Funeral Rites for Abhimanyu; Vyasa Urges the Horse Sacrifice

Verse 1 (14.62.1)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु पुत्रस्य वचः शूरात्मजस्तदा । विहाय शोकं धर्मात्मा ददौ श्राद्धमनुत्तमम् ॥

etacchrutvā tu putrasya vacaḥ śūrātmajastadā | vihāya śokaṃ dharmātmā dadau śrāddhamanuttamam

Hearing this speech of his son, the son of Shura, righteous at heart, put away his grief and gave a most excellent funeral offering.

Verse 2 (14.62.2)

तथैव वासुदेवश्च स्वस्त्रीयस्य महात्मनः । दयितस्य पितुर्नित्यमकरोदौर्ध्वदेहिकम् ॥

tathaiva vāsudevaśca svastrīyasya mahātmanaḥ | dayitasya piturnityamakarodaurdhvadehikam

In the same way Vasudeva performed the rites for the departed for his noble nephew, who had always been dear to his father.

Note on the text: Corrected दयितस्यि → दयितस्य (misprint in Wikisource; stray ि; the critical edition has dayitasya).

Verse 3 (14.62.3)

षष्टिं शतसहस्राणि ब्राह्मणानां महौजसाम् । विधिवद्भोजयामास भोज्यं सर्वगुणान्वितम् ॥

ṣaṣṭiṃ śatasahasrāṇi brāhmaṇānāṃ mahaujasām | vidhivadbhojayāmāsa bhojyaṃ sarvaguṇānvitam

He fed sixty hundred-thousand (six million) brahmins of great splendour, duly, with food endowed with every excellence.

Verse 4 (14.62.4)

आच्छाद्य च महाबाहुर्धनतृष्णामपानुदत् । ब्राह्मणानां तदा कृष्णस्तदभूद्रोमहर्षणम् ॥

ācchādya ca mahābāhurdhanatṛṣṇāmapānudat | brāhmaṇānāṃ tadā kṛṣṇastadabhūdromaharṣaṇam

The mighty-armed Krishna also clothed the brahmins and drove out their craving for wealth; it was a thing to make the hair stand on end.

Verse 5 (14.62.5)

सुवर्णं चैव गाश्चैव शयनाच्छादनानि च । दीयमानं तदा विप्राः प्रभूतमिति चाब्रुवन् ॥

suvarṇaṃ caiva gāścaiva śayanācchādanāni ca | dīyamānaṃ tadā viprāḥ prabhūtamiti cābruvan

Gold, cows, beds and clothing were given, and the brahmins said, "It is plenty."

Note on the text: Corrected विप्रः → विप्राः (misprint in Wikisource; the subject of अब्रुवन् is plural; the critical edition has viprāḥ).

Verse 6 (14.62.6)

वासुदेवोऽथ दाशार्हो बलदेवः ससात्यकिः । अभिमन्योस्तदा श्राद्धमकुर्वन्सत्यकस्तदा । अतीव दुःखसंतप्ता न शमं चोपलेभिरे ॥

vāsudevo'tha dāśārho baladevaḥ sasātyakiḥ | abhimanyostadā śrāddhamakurvansatyakastadā | atīva duḥkhasaṃtaptā na śamaṃ copalebhire

Vasudeva, the Dasharha, and Baladeva with Satyaki then performed Abhimanyu's funeral rite, and Satyaka too; burning with exceeding grief, they found no peace.

Note on the text: Corrected बलेदेवः → बलदेवः (misprint in Wikisource; stray े; the critical edition has baladevaḥ). Three-line verse; CE lines 14,061.006a, 006c, 006e.

Verse 7 (14.62.7)

तथैव पाण्डवा वीरा नगरे नागसह्वये । नोपागच्छन्त वै शान्तिमभिमन्युविनाकृताः ॥

tathaiva pāṇḍavā vīrā nagare nāgasahvaye | nopāgacchanta vai śāntimabhimanyuvinākṛtāḥ

In the same way the heroic Pandavas, in the city called Nagasahvaya, found no peace, bereft of Abhimanyu.

Verse 8 (14.62.8)

सुबहूनि च राजेन्द्र दिवसानि विराटजा । नाभुङ्क्त पतिदुःखार्ता तदभूत्करुणं महत् ॥

subahūni ca rājendra divasāni virāṭajā | nābhuṅkta patiduḥkhārtā tadabhūtkaruṇaṃ mahat

For very many days, O king of kings, Virata's daughter ate nothing, tormented by grief for her husband; it was a great and piteous sorrow.

Note on the text: Matched by hand: lines 1-2 = CE 14,061.008a and 008c. The third line of that CE verse (008e, 'kukṣistha eva tasyāstu sa garbhaḥ saṃpralīyata') is not in Wikisource.

Verse 9 (14.62.9)

ध्रियमाणे तु तस्मिंस्तु गर्भे कुक्षिस्थ एव च । आजगाम ततो व्यासो ज्ञात्वा दिव्येन चक्षुषा ॥

dhriyamāṇe tu tasmiṃstu garbhe kukṣistha eva ca | ājagāma tato vyāso jñātvā divyena cakṣuṣā

While the child was being sustained there, still within her womb, Vyasa came, having learned of it with his divine sight.

Note on the text: Corrected धियमाणे → ध्रियमाणे (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र; the critical edition has dhriyamāṇe). Matched by hand: line 1 = CE star passage 14,061.008f*0130_01 (printed with the verse 14.61.8); line 2 = 14,061.009a.

Verse 10 (14.62.10)

समागम्याब्रवीद्धीमान्पृथां पृथुललोचनाम् । उत्तरां च महातेजाः शोकः संत्यज्यतामयम् ॥

samāgamyābravīddhīmānpṛthāṃ pṛthulalocanām | uttarāṃ ca mahātejāḥ śokaḥ saṃtyajyatāmayam

Coming to them, the wise Vyasa spoke to wide-eyed Pritha, and to Uttara as well, that greatly radiant sage: "Let this grief be cast off.

Note on the text: Corrected समागम्याब्रवीमान्पृथां → समागम्याब्रवीद्धीमान्पृथां (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition has āgamya cābravīd dhīmān pṛthāṃ, the printed ब्रवीमान् being a corruption of ब्रवीद्धीमान्) and महातेजाःइ → महातेजाः (stray इ). Matched by hand: line 1 = CE 14,061.009c; line 2 = 14,061.009e. The second line is Vyasa's own speech beginning mid-verse, so the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 11 (14.62.11)

जनिष्यते महातेजाः पुत्रस्तव यशस्विनि । प्रभावाद्वासुदेवस्य मम व्याहरणादपि । पाण्डवानामयं चान्ते पालयिष्यति मेदिनीम् ॥

janiṣyate mahātejāḥ putrastava yaśasvini | prabhāvādvāsudevasya mama vyāharaṇādapi | pāṇḍavānāmayaṃ cānte pālayiṣyati medinīm

A son of great brilliance will be born to you, glorious one, by the power of Vasudeva and by my word as well; and after the Pandavas, he will protect the earth.

Note on the text: Vyasa's speech continuing from the previous verse (no heading on the page); given to him as it fills the whole verse. CE lines 14,061.010a, 010c, 010e. जनिष्यते (CE janiṣyati) is a valid middle-voice future, kept.

Verse 12 (14.62.12)

धनञ्जयं च सम्प्रेक्ष्य धर्मराजस्य शृण्वतः । व्यासो वाक्यमुवाचेदं हर्षयन्निव भारत ॥

dhanañjayaṃ ca samprekṣya dharmarājasya śṛṇvataḥ | vyāso vākyamuvācedaṃ harṣayanniva bhārata

Then, looking at Dhananjaya, in the hearing of Dharmaraja, Vyasa spoke these words, as if gladdening him, O Bharata:

Verse 13 (14.62.13)

पौत्रस्तव महाभागो जनिष्यति महामनाः । पृथ्वीं सागरपर्यन्तां पालयिष्यति धर्मतः ॥

pautrastava mahābhāgo janiṣyati mahāmanāḥ | pṛthvīṃ sāgaraparyantāṃ pālayiṣyati dharmataḥ

Your grandson, of great good fortune and noble mind, will be born, and he will rule the earth to the ocean's shore in accord with dharma.

Note on the text: Vyasa's speech (no heading on the page); given to him as it fills the whole verse.

Verse 14 (14.62.14)

तस्माच्छोकं कुरुश्रेष्ठ जहि त्वमरिकर्शन । विचार्यमत्र न हि ते सत्यमेतद्भविष्यति ॥

tasmācchokaṃ kuruśreṣṭha jahi tvamarikarśana | vicāryamatra na hi te satyametadbhaviṣyati

Therefore, best of the Kurus, scourge of foes, cast off your grief; there is nothing here for you to doubt, for this will come true.

Note on the text: Vyasa's speech (no heading on the page).

Verse 15 (14.62.15)

यच्चापि वृष्णिवीरेण कृष्णेन कुरुनन्दन । पुरोक्तं तत्तथा भावि मा तेऽत्रास्तु विचारणा ॥

yaccāpi vṛṣṇivīreṇa kṛṣṇena kurunandana | puroktaṃ tattathā bhāvi mā te'trāstu vicāraṇā

And what the Vrishni hero Krishna said before, delight of the Kurus, will also come to pass just so; let there be no doubt in you about it.

Note on the text: Corrected वृष्णिवीरेणि → वृष्णिवीरेण (misprint in Wikisource; stray ि; the critical edition has vṛṣṇivīreṇa). Vyasa's speech (no heading on the page).

Verse 16 (14.62.16)

विबुधानां गतो लोकानक्षयानात्मनिर्जितान् । न स शोच्यस्त्वया वीरो न चान्यैः कुरुभिस्तथा ॥

vibudhānāṃ gato lokānakṣayānātmanirjitān | na sa śocyastvayā vīro na cānyaiḥ kurubhistathā

That hero has gone to the imperishable worlds of the gods, won by his own deeds. He is not to be mourned by you, nor by the other Kurus.

Note on the text: Vyasa's speech (no heading on the page).

Verse 17 (14.62.17)

एवं पितामहेनोक्तो धर्मात्मा स धनञ्जयः । त्यक्त्वा शोकं महाराज हृष्टरूपोऽभवत्तदा ॥

evaṃ pitāmahenokto dharmātmā sa dhanañjayaḥ | tyaktvā śokaṃ mahārāja hṛṣṭarūpo'bhavattadā

Thus addressed by his grandfather, Dhananjaya, righteous at heart, put away his sorrow, O great king, and became cheerful.

Verse 18 (14.62.18)

पिताऽपि तव धर्मज्ञ गर्भे तस्मिन्महामते । अवर्धत यथाकामं शुक्लपक्षे यथा शशी ॥

pitā'pi tava dharmajña garbhe tasminmahāmate | avardhata yathākāmaṃ śuklapakṣe yathā śaśī

And your father too, O knower of dharma, great-minded Janamejaya, grew in that womb as he pleased, like the moon in the bright fortnight.

Note on the text: Corrected धर्मेज्ञ → धर्मज्ञ (stray े) and शसी → शशी (स for श) (misprints in Wikisource; the critical edition has dharmajña and śaśī). यथाकामं (CE yathākālaṃ) is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 19 (14.62.19)

ततः संचोदयामास व्यासो धर्मात्मजं नृपम् । अश्वमेधं प्रति तदा ततः सोऽन्तर्हितोऽभवत् ॥

tataḥ saṃcodayāmāsa vyāso dharmātmajaṃ nṛpam | aśvamedhaṃ prati tadā tataḥ so'ntarhito'bhavat

Then Vyasa urged the king, the son of Dharma, towards the horse sacrifice, and thereupon vanished from sight.

Verse 20 (14.62.20)

धर्मराजोपि मेधावी श्रुत्वा व्यासस्य तद्वचः । वित्तोपनयने तात चकार गमने मतिम् ॥

dharmarājopi medhāvī śrutvā vyāsasya tadvacaḥ | vittopanayane tāta cakāra gamane matim

And Dharmaraja, the wise, hearing Vyasa's words, set his mind, my dear, on going to bring the wealth.