The Pandavas Encamp at the Mountain and Keep Their Vigil

Verse 1 (14.64.1)

ततस्ते प्रययुर्हृष्टाः प्रहृष्टनरवाहनाः । रथघोषेण महता पूरयन्तो वसुन्धराम् ॥

tataste prayayurhṛṣṭāḥ prahṛṣṭanaravāhanāḥ | rathaghoṣeṇa mahatā pūrayanto vasundharām

Then they set out, delighted, with men and mounts in high spirits, filling the earth with the din of their chariots.

Verse 2 (14.64.2)

संस्तूयमानाः स्तुतिभिः सूतमागधबन्दिभिः । स्वेन सैन्येन संवीता यथाऽऽदित्याः स्वरश्मिभिः ॥

saṃstūyamānāḥ stutibhiḥ sūtamāgadhabandibhiḥ | svena sainyena saṃvītā yathā''dityāḥ svaraśmibhiḥ

Praised by charioteers, bards and minstrels with their eulogies, and surrounded by their own army, they were like the Adityas with their own rays.

Verse 3 (14.64.3)

पाण्डुरेणातपत्रेण ध्रियमाणेन मूर्धनि । बभौ युधिष्ठिरस्तत्र पौर्णमास्यामिवोडुराट् ॥

pāṇḍureṇātapatreṇa dhriyamāṇena mūrdhani | babhau yudhiṣṭhirastatra paurṇamāsyāmivoḍurāṭ

With a white parasol held over his head, Yudhishthira shone there like the lord of the stars on the night of the full moon.

Note on the text: Corrected युधिष्टिर → युधिष्ठिर (misprint in Wikisource; ष्ट for ष्ठ; the critical edition has yudhiṣṭhiraḥ).

Verse 4 (14.64.4)

जयाशिषः प्रहृष्टानां नराणां पथि पाण्डवः । प्रत्यगृह्णाद्यथान्यायं यथावत्पुरुषर्षभः ॥

jayāśiṣaḥ prahṛṣṭānāṃ narāṇāṃ pathi pāṇḍavaḥ | pratyagṛhṇādyathānyāyaṃ yathāvatpuruṣarṣabhaḥ

Along the road the Pandava, bull among men, duly and rightly received the blessings of victory from the delighted people.

Verse 5 (14.64.5)

तथैव सैनिका राजन्राजानमनुयान्ति ये । तेषां हलहलाशब्दो दिवं स्तब्ध्वा व्यतिष्ठत ॥

tathaiva sainikā rājanrājānamanuyānti ye | teṣāṃ halahalāśabdo divaṃ stabdhvā vyatiṣṭhata

And the soldiers, O king, who followed the king, made such a roar that the sound rose up and filled the sky.

Verse 6 (14.64.6)

सरांसि सरितश्चैव वनान्युपवनानि च । अत्यक्रामन्महाराजो गिरिं चाप्यन्वपद्यत ॥

sarāṃsi saritaścaiva vanānyupavanāni ca | atyakrāmanmahārājo giriṃ cāpyanvapadyata

The great king passed lakes, rivers, forests and groves, and came to the mountain.

Verse 7 (14.64.7)

तस्मिन्देशे च राजेन्द्र यत्र तद्द्रव्यमुत्तमम् । चक्रे निवेशनं राजा पाण्डवः सहसैनिकैः । शिवे देशे समे चैव तदा भरतसत्तम ॥

tasmindeśe ca rājendra yatra taddravyamuttamam | cakre niveśanaṃ rājā pāṇḍavaḥ sahasainikaiḥ | śive deśe same caiva tadā bharatasattama

In the place where that excellent treasure lay, O king of kings, the Pandava king made his camp with his soldiers, on level and auspicious ground, O best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Corrected स्मिन्देशे → तस्मिन्देशे (misprint in Wikisource; dropped initial त; the critical edition has tasmin deśe). Three-line verse; CE lines 14,063.007a, 007c, 007e.

Verse 8 (14.64.8)

अग्रतो ब्राह्मणान्कृत्वा तपोविद्यादमान्वितान् । पुरोहितं च कौरव्य वेदवेदाङ्गपारगम् ॥

agrato brāhmaṇānkṛtvā tapovidyādamānvitān | purohitaṃ ca kauravya vedavedāṅgapāragam

Placing in front the brahmins rich in austerity, learning and self-control, and the family priest, versed in the Vedas and their limbs, O Kaurava,

Verse 9 (14.64.9)

आग्निवेश्यं च राजानो ब्राह्मणाः सपुरोधसः । कृत्वा शान्तिं यथान्यायं सर्वशः पर्यवारयन् ॥

āgniveśyaṃ ca rājāno brāhmaṇāḥ sapurodhasaḥ | kṛtvā śāntiṃ yathānyāyaṃ sarvaśaḥ paryavārayan

the kings and the brahmins with their chaplain, having duly performed a rite of peace, surrounded Agniveshya on every side.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads आग्निवेश्यं च राजानो (CE: prāṅ niveśāt tu rājānaṃ, 'before the encampment'); recension variant, kept, with आग्निवेश्य taken as a name and object of पर्यवारयन्. The page's verse-end marks for this verse read 14-64-9a/9c.

Verse 10 (14.64.10)

कृत्वा तु मध्ये राजानममात्यांश्च यथाविधि । षट्पदं नवसङ्ख्यानं निवेशं चक्रिरे जनाः ॥

kṛtvā tu madhye rājānamamātyāṃśca yathāvidhi | ṣaṭpadaṃ navasaṅkhyānaṃ niveśaṃ cakrire janāḥ

Placing the king and his ministers in the middle, as is proper, the people laid out the camp on a plan of six sections and nine divisions.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads षट्पदं … जनाः (CE: ṣaṭpathaṃ navasaṃsthānaṃ … dvijāḥ); recension variant, kept.

Verse 11 (14.64.11)

मत्तानां वारणेन्द्राणां निवेशं च यथाविधि । कारयित्वा स राजेन्द्रो ब्राह्मणानिदमब्रवीत् ॥

mattānāṃ vāraṇendrāṇāṃ niveśaṃ ca yathāvidhi | kārayitvā sa rājendro brāhmaṇānidamabravīt

Having had a place made, as was proper, for the rutting lordly elephants, that king said to the brahmins:

Verse 12 (14.64.12)

अस्मिन्कार्ये द्विजश्रेष्ठा नक्षत्रे दिवसे शुभे । यथा भवन्तो मन्यन्ते कर्तुमर्हन्ति तत्तथा ॥

asminkārye dvijaśreṣṭhā nakṣatre divase śubhe | yathā bhavanto manyante kartumarhanti tattathā

"Best of the twice-born, in this undertaking, on an auspicious day and under an auspicious constellation, may you do just as you think fit.

Note on the text: Yudhishthira's speech (no heading on the page); given to him as it fills the whole verse. Wikisource reads अर्हन्ति (CE: arhatha); recension variant, kept.

Verse 13 (14.64.13)

न नः कालात्ययो वै स्यादिहैव परिलम्बताम् । इति निश्चित्य विप्रेन्द्राः क्रियतां यदनन्तरम् ॥

na naḥ kālātyayo vai syādihaiva parilambatām | iti niścitya viprendrāḥ kriyatāṃ yadanantaram

Let there be no loss of time for us by lingering here. Having decided that, foremost of brahmins, let what comes next be done."

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

Verse 14 (14.64.14)

श्रुत्वैतद्वचनं राज्ञो ब्राह्मणाः सपुरोधसः । इदमूचुर्वचो हृष्टा धर्मराजप्रियेप्सवः ॥

śrutvaitadvacanaṃ rājño brāhmaṇāḥ sapurodhasaḥ | idamūcurvaco hṛṣṭā dharmarājapriyepsavaḥ

Hearing these words of the king, the brahmins with their chaplain, delighted and wishing to please the king of dharma, spoke these words:

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (14,063.014a): Wikisource prints श्रुत्वैतद्व********* ब्राह्मणाः सपुरोधसः (letters lost, shown as asterisks); the critical edition has śrutvaitad vacanaṃ rājño brāhmaṇāḥ sapurodhasaḥ, restored as श्रुत्वैतद्वचनं राज्ञो ब्राह्मणाः सपुरोधसः.

Verse 15 (14.64.15)

अद्यैव नक्षत्रमहश्च पुण्यं । यतामहे श्रेष्ठतमक्रियासु । तपोभिरद्येह वसाम राज- । न्नुपोष्यतां चापि भवद्भिरद्य ॥

adyaiva nakṣatramahaśca puṇyaṃ | yatāmahe śreṣṭhatamakriyāsu | tapobhiradyeha vasāma rāja- | nnupoṣyatāṃ cāpi bhavadbhiradya

"This very day and this constellation are holy; let us strive in the best of rites. Today we shall dwell here in austerity, O king, and you too must fast today."

Note on the text: Corrected नक्षत्रिमहश्च → नक्षत्रमहश्च (misprint in Wikisource; stray ि; the critical edition has nakṣatram ahaś ca). The Brahmins' speech has no heading on the page; given to them as it fills the whole verse. The page prints the line-end word राज- / न्नुपोष्यतां split across two lines; kept as printed. Wikisource reads तपोभिः (CE: ambhobhiḥ); recension variant, kept.

Verse 16 (14.64.16)

श्रुत्वा तु तेषां द्विजसत्तमानां । कृतोपवासा रजनीं नरेन्द्राः ॥

śrutvā tu teṣāṃ dvijasattamānāṃ | kṛtopavāsā rajanīṃ narendrāḥ

Hearing what those best of the twice-born said, the lords of men, having fasted,

Note on the text: Matched by hand: lines 1-2 of the four-line CE verse 14,063.016 (016a, 016b); the Wikisource division into two couplets (here and in the next verse) is kept.

Verse 17 (14.64.17)

ऊषुः प्रतीताः कुशसंस्तरेषु । यथाऽध्वरे प्रज्वलिता हुताशाः ॥

ūṣuḥ pratītāḥ kuśasaṃstareṣu | yathā'dhvare prajvalitā hutāśāḥ

passed the night contentedly on beds of kusha grass, like blazing fires at a sacrifice.

Note on the text: Matched by hand: lines 3-4 of the four-line CE verse 14,063.016 (016c, 016d). Wikisource reads यथाऽध्वरे प्रज्वलिता हुताशाः (CE: yathādhvareṣu jvalitā havyavāhāḥ); recension variant, kept.

Verse 18 (14.64.18)

ततो निशा सा व्यगमन्महात्मनां । संशृण्वतां विप्रसमीरिता गिरः । ततः प्रभाते विमले द्विजर्षभा । वचोऽब्रुवन्धर्मसुतं नराधिपम् ॥

tato niśā sā vyagamanmahātmanāṃ | saṃśṛṇvatāṃ viprasamīritā giraḥ | tataḥ prabhāte vimale dvijarṣabhā | vaco'bruvandharmasutaṃ narādhipam

Then that night passed for those great-souled men as they listened to the words spoken by the brahmins; and when the clear dawn came, the eminent brahmins said to Dharma's son, the lord of men: