Krishna Asks to Return to Dvaraka

Verse 1 (14.16.1)

विजिते पाण्डवेयैस्तु प्रशान्ते च द्विजोत्तम । राष्ट्रे ते चक्रतुर्वीरौ वासुदेवधनंजयौ ॥

vijite pāṇḍaveyaistu praśānte ca dvijottama | rāṣṭre te cakraturvīrau vāsudevadhanaṃjayau

When the Pandavas had triumphed and the realm was at peace, O best of the twice-born, what did those two heroes, Vasudeva and Dhananjaya, do in the realm?

Note on the text: Corrected चत्रतुर् → चक्रतुर् (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; the perfect cakratuḥ, as in the critical edition). The page reads ते where CE 14.15.1 reads kiṃ ("what"); the question is rendered as the sense requires.

Verse 2 (14.16.2)

विजिते पाण्डवे राजन्प्रशान्ते च विशाम्पतौ । राष्ट्रे बभूवतुर्हृष्टौ वासुदेवधनंजयौ ॥

vijite pāṇḍave rājanpraśānte ca viśāmpatau | rāṣṭre babhūvaturhṛṣṭau vāsudevadhanaṃjayau

When the Pandava had triumphed, O king, and the lord of the people was at peace, Vasudeva and Dhananjaya lived happily in the realm.

Note on the text: Corrected पाण्डवै राजन् → पाण्डवे राजन् (misprint in Wikisource; ऐ is not a valid ending here; the locative पाण्डवे, parallel to विशाम्पतौ (CE has पाण्डवेयैः … विशां पते)).

Verse 3 (14.16.3)

विजह्राते मुदा युक्तौ दिवि देवेश्वराविव । तौ वनेषु विचित्रेषु पर्वतेषु ससानुषु ॥

vijahrāte mudā yuktau divi deveśvarāviva | tau vaneṣu vicitreṣu parvateṣu sasānuṣu

Joined in joy, the two roamed like the two lords of the gods in heaven, through varied forests and over mountains with their ridges.

Note on the text: Corrected देवश्वराविव → देवेश्वराविव (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel; देवेश्वरौ, as in the critical edition). Corrected ससानुषुः → ससानुषु (misprint in Wikisource; stray visarga on a locative plural).

Verse 4 (14.16.4)

तीर्थेषु चैव पुण्येषु पल्वलेषु नदीषु च । चंक्रम्यमाणौ संहृष्टावश्विनाविव नन्दने ॥

tīrtheṣu caiva puṇyeṣu palvaleṣu nadīṣu ca | caṃkramyamāṇau saṃhṛṣṭāvaśvināviva nandane

At holy bathing places, in pools and rivers, they wandered about delighted, like the two Ashvins in Nandana.

Note on the text: The page's footnote after the colophon (first line शैलेषु गह्वरारण्ये … , a manuscript reading) is not added.

Verse 5 (14.16.5)

इन्द्रप्रस्थे महात्मानौ रेमाते कृष्णपाण्डवौ । प्रविश्य तां सभां रम्यां विजह्राते च भारत ॥

indraprasthe mahātmānau remāte kṛṣṇapāṇḍavau | praviśya tāṃ sabhāṃ ramyāṃ vijahrāte ca bhārata

The two great-souled ones, Krishna and the Pandava, took their pleasure at Indraprastha; and having entered that lovely assembly hall, they amused themselves there, O Bharata.

Verse 6 (14.16.6)

तत्र युद्धकथाश्चित्राः परिक्लेशांश्च पार्थिव । कथायोगे कथायोगे कथयामासतुः सदा ॥

tatra yuddhakathāścitrāḥ parikleśāṃśca pārthiva | kathāyoge kathāyoge kathayāmāsatuḥ sadā

There, O king, at every turn of conversation, they recounted the wondrous tales of the war and the hardships they had borne.

Verse 7 (14.16.7)

ऋषीणां देवतानां च वंशांस्तावाहतुः सदा । प्रीयमाणौ महात्मानौ पुराणावृषिसत्तमौ ॥

ṛṣīṇāṃ devatānāṃ ca vaṃśāṃstāvāhatuḥ sadā | prīyamāṇau mahātmānau purāṇāvṛṣisattamau

They also spoke of the lineages of sages and gods, those two great-souled, ancient best of sages, taking delight in it.

Verse 8 (14.16.8)

मधुरास्तु कथाश्चित्राश्चित्रार्थपदनिश्चयाः । निश्चयज्ञः स पार्थाय कथयामास केशवः ॥

madhurāstu kathāścitrāścitrārthapadaniścayāḥ | niścayajñaḥ sa pārthāya kathayāmāsa keśavaḥ

Sweet and varied were the tales, with their varied meanings and well-fixed words; Keshava, who knew the truth of things, told them to Partha.

Verse 9 (14.16.9)

पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्तं ज्ञातीनां च सहस्रशः । कथाभिः शमयामास पार्थं शौरिर्जनार्दनः ॥

putraśokābhisaṃtaptaṃ jñātīnāṃ ca sahasraśaḥ | kathābhiḥ śamayāmāsa pārthaṃ śaurirjanārdanaḥ

Shauri Janardana soothed Partha, who was scorched by grief for his sons and for thousands of his kinsmen, with his tales.

Note on the text: Corrected पार्तं → पार्थं (misprint in Wikisource; the name is Pārtha).

Verse 10 (14.16.10)

स तमाश्वास्य विधिवद्विधानज्ञो महातपाः । अपहृत्यात्मनो भारं विशश्रामेव सात्वतः ॥

sa tamāśvāsya vidhivadvidhānajño mahātapāḥ | apahṛtyātmano bhāraṃ viśaśrāmeva sātvataḥ

Having comforted him duly, he, the knower of method, of great austerity, the Satvata, seemed to rest, having laid down his own burden.

Verse 11 (14.16.11)

ततः कथान्ते गोविन्दो गुडाकेशमुवाच ह । सान्त्वयञ्श्लक्ष्णया वाचा हेतुयुक्तमिदं वचः ॥

tataḥ kathānte govindo guḍākeśamuvāca ha | sāntvayañślakṣṇayā vācā hetuyuktamidaṃ vacaḥ

Then, at the end of the tales, Govinda said to Gudakesha these reasoned words, comforting him with gentle speech:

Note on the text: Corrected गुडाखेश → गुडाकेश (misprint in Wikisource; the epithet is Guḍākeśa, as in the critical edition).

Verse 12 (14.16.12)

विजितेयं धरा कृत्स्ना सव्यसाचिन्परंतप । त्वद्बाहुबलमाश्रित्य राज्ञा धर्मसुतेन ह ॥

vijiteyaṃ dharā kṛtsnā savyasācinparaṃtapa | tvadbāhubalamāśritya rājñā dharmasutena ha

"This whole earth has been won, O Savyasachin, scorcher of foes, by King Yudhishthira, son of Dharma, relying on the strength of your arms.

Note on the text: Corrected त्वद्बाहुबलामाश्रित्य → त्वद्बाहुबलमाश्रित्य (misprint in Wikisource; a stray ā after बल; बलम् + आश्रित्य, as in the critical edition). Speaker: the page prints no heading here; the speech (verses 12-34) is Krishna's, introduced by the narration of verse 11, and the page itself names him Vasudeva as speaker in the next adhyaya.

Verse 13 (14.16.13)

असपत्नां महीं भुङ्क्ते धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः । भीमसेनानुभावेन यमयोश्च नरोत्तम ॥

asapatnāṃ mahīṃ bhuṅkte dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | bhīmasenānubhāvena yamayośca narottama

Yudhishthira, king of dharma, enjoys the earth without a rival through the might of Bhimasena and of the twins, O best of men.

Verse 14 (14.16.14)

धर्मेण राज्ञा धर्मज्ञ प्राप्तं राज्यमकण्टकम् । धर्मेण निहतः सङ्ख्ये स च राजा सुयोधनः ॥

dharmeṇa rājñā dharmajña prāptaṃ rājyamakaṇṭakam | dharmeṇa nihataḥ saṅkhye sa ca rājā suyodhanaḥ

By the righteous king, O knower of dharma, the kingdom has been won free of thorns; and by dharma was King Suyodhana slain in battle.

Note on the text: Corrected धर्मेणि → धर्मेण (misprint in Wikisource; stray vowel sign; instrumental धर्मेण, as in the critical edition).

Verse 15 (14.16.15)

अधर्मरुचयो लुब्धाः सदा चाप्रियवादिनः । धार्तराष्ट्रा दुरात्मानः सानुबन्धा निपातिताः ॥

adharmarucayo lubdhāḥ sadā cāpriyavādinaḥ | dhārtarāṣṭrā durātmānaḥ sānubandhā nipātitāḥ

The wicked sons of Dhritarashtra, fond of unrighteousness, greedy, and ever speaking unkindly, have been struck down with their followers.

Verse 16 (14.16.16)

प्रशान्तामखिलां पार्थ पृथिवीं पृथिवीपतिः । भुङ्क्ते धर्मसुतो राजा त्वया गुप्तः कुरूद्वह ॥

praśāntāmakhilāṃ pārtha pṛthivīṃ pṛthivīpatiḥ | bhuṅkte dharmasuto rājā tvayā guptaḥ kurūdvaha

The lord of the earth, the son of Dharma, enjoys the whole earth, now at peace, guarded by you, O bull of the Kurus.

Verse 17 (14.16.17)

रमे चाहं त्वया सार्धमरण्येष्वपि पाण्डव । किमु यत्र जनोऽयं वै पृथा चामित्रकर्शन ॥

rame cāhaṃ tvayā sārdhamaraṇyeṣvapi pāṇḍava | kimu yatra jano'yaṃ vai pṛthā cāmitrakarśana

I delight in being with you even in forests, O Pandava; how much more here, where these people and Pritha are, O destroyer of foes.

Note on the text: Corrected चामित्रकर्मन → चामित्रकर्शन (misprint in Wikisource; the vocative amitrakarśana (destroyer of foes), as in the critical edition).

Verse 18 (14.16.18)

यत्र धर्मसुतो राजा यत्र यत्र भीमो महाबलः । यत्र माद्रवतीपुत्रौ रतिस्तत्र परा मम ॥

yatra dharmasuto rājā yatra yatra bhīmo mahābalaḥ | yatra mādravatīputrau ratistatra parā mama

Where the righteous king is, where mighty Bhima is, where the two sons of Madri are, there my delight is greatest.

Verse 19 (14.16.19)

तथैव स्वर्गलोकेषु सभोद्देशेषु कौरव । रमणीयेषु पुण्येषु सहितस्य त्वयाऽनध ॥

tathaiva svargalokeṣu sabhoddeśeṣu kaurava | ramaṇīyeṣu puṇyeṣu sahitasya tvayā'nadha

So too I delight in the heavenly, lovely and holy corners of the assembly hall, O Kaurava, when I am together with you, sinless one.

Note on the text: Corrected पुष्णेषु → पुण्येषु (misprint in Wikisource; dropped letter; the word is puṇyeṣu, as in the critical edition).

Verse 20 (14.16.20)

कालो महांस्त्वतीतो मे शूरसूनुमपश्यतः । बलदेवं च कौरव्य तथाऽन्यान्वृष्णिपुङ्गवान् ॥

kālo mahāṃstvatīto me śūrasūnumapaśyataḥ | baladevaṃ ca kauravya tathā'nyānvṛṣṇipuṅgavān

A long time has passed for me without seeing Shura's son, my father, and Baladeva, O Kaurava, and the other bulls of the Vrishnis.

Note on the text: Corrected कौरव्यं → कौरव्य (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara; the vocative kauravya, as in the critical edition).

Verse 21 (14.16.21)

सोहं गन्तुमभीप्सामि पुरीं द्वारावतीं प्रति । रोचतां गमनं तुभ्यं ममापि पुरुषर्षभ ॥

sohaṃ gantumabhīpsāmi purīṃ dvārāvatīṃ prati | rocatāṃ gamanaṃ tubhyaṃ mamāpi puruṣarṣabha

So I wish to go to the city of Dvaravati. Let my going please you also, bull among men.

Verse 22 (14.16.22)

उक्तो बहुविधं राजा तत्रतत्र युधिष्ठिरः । सह भीष्मेण यद्युक्तमस्माभिः शोककर्शितः ॥

ukto bahuvidhaṃ rājā tatratatra yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | saha bhīṣmeṇa yadyuktamasmābhiḥ śokakarśitaḥ

King Yudhishthira was spoken to by us in many ways, here and there, together with Bhishma, in whatever way was fitting, when he was wasted with grief.

Note on the text: Corrected शोकर्शितः → शोककर्शितः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ka; the compound is śokakarśitaḥ (wasted with grief)).

Verse 23 (14.16.23)

शिष्टो युधिष्ठिरोऽस्माभिः शास्ता सन्नपि पाण्डवः । तेन तत्तु वचः सम्यग्गृहीतं सुमहात्मना ॥

śiṣṭo yudhiṣṭhiro'smābhiḥ śāstā sannapi pāṇḍavaḥ | tena tattu vacaḥ samyaggṛhītaṃ sumahātmanā

Yudhishthira, though himself a ruler, was instructed by us; and that great-souled one took our counsel well to heart.

Note on the text: Corrected युधिष्टिरो → युधिष्ठिरो (misprint in Wikisource; ष्ट for ष्ठ; the name is Yudhiṣṭhira).

Verse 24 (14.16.24)

धर्मपुत्रे हि धर्मज्ञे कृतज्ञे सत्यवादिनि । सत्यं धर्मो मतिश्चाग्र्या स्थितिश्च सततं स्थिरा ॥

dharmaputre hi dharmajñe kṛtajñe satyavādini | satyaṃ dharmo matiścāgryā sthitiśca satataṃ sthirā

In the son of Dharma, a knower of dharma, grateful and truthful, truth, dharma and the highest wisdom abide, and his steadiness is ever firm.

Verse 25 (14.16.25)

तत्र गत्वा महात्मानं यदि ते रोचतेऽर्जुन । अस्मद्गमनसंयुक्तं वचो ब्रूहि जनाधिपम् ॥

tatra gatvā mahātmānaṃ yadi te rocate'rjuna | asmadgamanasaṃyuktaṃ vaco brūhi janādhipam

If it pleases you, Arjuna, go to that great-souled king and give him word of our departure.

Verse 26 (14.16.26)

न हि तस्याप्रियं कुर्यां प्राणत्यागेऽप्युपस्थिते । कुतो गन्तुं महाबाहो पुरीं द्वारावतीं प्रति ॥

na hi tasyāpriyaṃ kuryāṃ prāṇatyāge'pyupasthite | kuto gantuṃ mahābāho purīṃ dvārāvatīṃ prati

I would not do anything that displeases him even if the moment to give up my life stood before me; how then could I go, O mighty-armed one, to the city of Dvaravati?

Note on the text: Corrected प्राणत्योगे → प्राणत्यागे (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel sign; the word is prāṇatyāge).

Verse 27 (14.16.27)

सर्वं त्विदमहं पार्थ त्वत्प्रीतिहितकाम्यया । ब्रवीमि सत्यं कौरव्य न मिथ्यैतत्कथञ्चन ॥

sarvaṃ tvidamahaṃ pārtha tvatprītihitakāmyayā | bravīmi satyaṃ kauravya na mithyaitatkathañcana

All this I say, Partha, out of a wish for your affection and welfare; it is true, O Kaurava, and not at all false.

Note on the text: Corrected पार्त → पार्थ (misprint in Wikisource; the name is Pārtha).

Verse 28 (14.16.28)

प्रयोजनं च निर्वृत्तमिह वासेन मेऽर्जुन । धार्तराष्ट्रो हतो राजा सबलः सपदानुगः ॥

prayojanaṃ ca nirvṛttamiha vāsena me'rjuna | dhārtarāṣṭro hato rājā sabalaḥ sapadānugaḥ

My purpose in staying here is fulfilled, Arjuna: King Dhritarashtra's son has been slain, with his army and his followers.

Verse 29 (14.16.29)

पृथिवी च वशे तात धर्मपुत्रस्य धीमतः । स्थिता समुद्रवसना सशैलवनकानना ॥

pṛthivī ca vaśe tāta dharmaputrasya dhīmataḥ | sthitā samudravasanā saśailavanakānanā

The earth, dear one, lies under the sway of the wise son of Dharma, stretching to the ocean as her garment, with her mountains, forests and groves.

Note on the text: CE 14.15.29 has three lines; its third line (citā ratnair bahuvidhaiḥ kururājasya pāṇḍava) is the first line of the next verse here.

Verse 30 (14.16.30)

चिता रत्नैर्बहुविधैः कुरुराजस्य पाण्डव । धर्मेण राजा धर्मज्ञः पातु सर्वां वसुन्धराम् ॥

citā ratnairbahuvidhaiḥ kururājasya pāṇḍava | dharmeṇa rājā dharmajñaḥ pātu sarvāṃ vasundharām

She is heaped with gems of many kinds, O Pandava, for the Kuru king. May that king, knower of dharma, protect the whole earth by dharma,

Note on the text: First line = CE 14.15.29e; second line = CE 14.15.30a.

Verse 31 (14.16.31)

उपास्यमानो मुनिभिः सिद्धैश्चापि महात्मभिः । स्तूयमानश्च सततं बन्दिभिर्भरतर्षभ ॥

upāsyamāno munibhiḥ siddhaiścāpi mahātmabhiḥ | stūyamānaśca satataṃ bandibhirbharatarṣabha

waited upon by sages and by great-souled Siddhas, and constantly praised by bards, O best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 14.15.30c and 30e; the speaker of the whole sentence continues from the preceding verse.

Verse 32 (14.16.32)

तं मया सह गत्वाऽद्य राजानं कुरुवर्धनम् । आपृच्छ कुरुशार्दूल गमनं द्वारकां प्रति ॥

taṃ mayā saha gatvā'dya rājānaṃ kuruvardhanam | āpṛccha kuruśārdūla gamanaṃ dvārakāṃ prati

So go with me today to the king who makes the Kurus prosper, and, O tiger of the Kurus, ask his leave for the journey to Dvaraka.

Verse 33 (14.16.33)

इदं शरीरं वसु यच्च मे गृहे । निवेदितं पार्थ सदा युधिष्ठिरे । प्रियश्च मान्यश्च हि मे युधिष्ठिरः । सदा कुरूणामधिपो महामतिः ॥

idaṃ śarīraṃ vasu yacca me gṛhe | niveditaṃ pārtha sadā yudhiṣṭhire | priyaśca mānyaśca hi me yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | sadā kurūṇāmadhipo mahāmatiḥ

This body of mine, and whatever wealth is in my house, O Partha, has ever been placed at Yudhishthira's disposal; for Yudhishthira, the wise lord of the Kurus, is dear to me and always to be honoured.

Note on the text: Four lines, as printed on the page (CE 14.15.32 prints it as two long lines).

Verse 34 (14.16.34)

प्रयोजनं चापि निवासकारणे । न विद्यते मे त्वदृते नृपात्मज । स्थिता हि पृथ्वी तव पार्थ शासने । गुरोः सुवृत्तस्य युधिष्ठिरस्य च ॥

prayojanaṃ cāpi nivāsakāraṇe | na vidyate me tvadṛte nṛpātmaja | sthitā hi pṛthvī tava pārtha śāsane | guroḥ suvṛttasya yudhiṣṭhirasya ca

And I have no reason to remain here apart from you, O prince; for the earth stands under your command, Partha, and under that of your elder, the well-conducted Yudhishthira."

Note on the text: Four lines, as printed on the page (CE 14.15.33 prints it as two long lines).

Verse 35 (14.16.35)

इतीदमुक्तः स तदा महात्मना । जनार्दनेनामितविक्रमोऽर्जुनः । तथेति दुःखादिव वाक्यमैरय- । ज्जनार्दनं सम्प्रतिपूज्य पार्थिव ॥

itīdamuktaḥ sa tadā mahātmanā | janārdanenāmitavikramo'rjunaḥ | tatheti duḥkhādiva vākyamairaya- | jjanārdanaṃ sampratipūjya pārthiva

Thus addressed by the great-souled Janardana, Arjuna of immeasurable prowess said "So be it," as though in pain, and honoured Janardana, O king.

Note on the text: Narration returns to Vaishampayana (the page prints no heading). The third line is printed split across the line break (वाक्यमैरय- / ज्जनार्दनं) and is kept so.