Parikshit Is Named and Hastinapura Is Decorated for the Pandavas

Verse 1 (14.70.1)

ब्रह्मास्त्रं तु यदा राजन्कृष्णेन प्रतिसंहृतम् । तदा तद्वेश्म ते पित्रा तेजसाऽभिविदीपितम् ॥

brahmāstraṃ tu yadā rājankṛṣṇena pratisaṃhṛtam | tadā tadveśma te pitrā tejasā'bhividīpitam

When the Brahma weapon, O king, was withdrawn by Krishna, that chamber was lit up by your father's radiance.

Verse 2 (14.70.2)

ततो रक्षांसि सर्वाणि नेशुस्त्यक्त्वा गृहं तु तत् । अन्तरिक्षे च वागासीत्साधु केशव साध्विति ॥

tato rakṣāṃsi sarvāṇi neśustyaktvā gṛhaṃ tu tat | antarikṣe ca vāgāsītsādhu keśava sādhviti

Then all the demons fled, leaving that house, and a voice came from the sky: "Well done, Keshava, well done!"

Verse 3 (14.70.3)

तदस्त्रं ज्वलितं चापि पितामहमगात्तदा । ततः प्राणान्पुनर्लेभे पिता तव नरेश्वर ॥

tadastraṃ jvalitaṃ cāpi pitāmahamagāttadā | tataḥ prāṇānpunarlebhe pitā tava nareśvara

And that blazing weapon then went to the Grandfather (Brahma); and your father regained his life-breaths, O lord of men.

Verse 4 (14.70.4)

व्यचेष्टत च बालोसौ यथोत्साहं यथाबलम् । बभूवुर्मुदिता राजंस्ततस्ता भरतस्त्रियः ॥

vyaceṣṭata ca bālosau yathotsāhaṃ yathābalam | babhūvurmuditā rājaṃstatastā bharatastriyaḥ

And that child stirred, with such eagerness and strength as he had. Then those Bharata women, O king, were glad.

Note on the text: Corrected यताबलम् → यथाबलम् (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ; critical edition yathābalam). First line is the critical edition's line 14.69.3e; second line is 14.69.4a.

Verse 5 (14.70.5)

ब्राह्मणा वाचयामासुर्गोविन्दस्यैव शासनात् । ततस्ता मुदिताः सर्वाः प्रशशंसुर्जनार्दनम् ॥

brāhmaṇā vācayāmāsurgovindasyaiva śāsanāt | tatastā muditāḥ sarvāḥ praśaśaṃsurjanārdanam

At Govinda's command the Brahmins recited blessings; then all those glad women praised Janardana.

Note on the text: Lines are the critical edition's 14.69.4c and 5a.

Verse 6 (14.70.6)

स्त्रियो भरतसिंहानां नावं लब्ध्वेव पारगाः । कुन्ती द्रुपदपुत्री च सुभद्रा चोत्तरा तथा । स्त्रियश्चान्या नृसिंहानां बभूवुर्हृष्टमानसाः ॥

striyo bharatasiṃhānāṃ nāvaṃ labdhveva pāragāḥ | kuntī drupadaputrī ca subhadrā cottarā tathā | striyaścānyā nṛsiṃhānāṃ babhūvurhṛṣṭamānasāḥ

The women of the Bharata lions were like travellers who have found a boat and reached the far shore: Kunti, Drupada's daughter, Subhadra and Uttara, and the other women of those lions among men, all became glad at heart.

Note on the text: Three lines on the page: the critical edition's 14.69.5c, 6a and 6c.

Verse 7 (14.70.7)

तत्र मल्ला नटाश्चैव ग्रन्थिकाः सौख्यशायिकाः । सूतमागधसङ्घाश्चाप्यस्तुवंस्तं जनार्दनम् ॥

tatra mallā naṭāścaiva granthikāḥ saukhyaśāyikāḥ | sūtamāgadhasaṅghāścāpyastuvaṃstaṃ janārdanam

There wrestlers and actors, granthikas and saukhashayikas, and companies of bards and eulogists praised Janardana.

Note on the text: Lines are the critical edition's 14.69.7a and 7c. Wikisource omits "jhallā" from the first line (critical edition: mallā naṭā jhallā granthikāḥ saukhaśāyikāḥ); recension variant, kept.

Verse 8 (14.70.8)

कुरुवंशस्तवाख्याभिराशीर्भिर्भरतर्षभ । सभाजयत संहृष्टो महाराज महाजनः ॥

kuruvaṃśastavākhyābhirāśīrbhirbharatarṣabha | sabhājayata saṃhṛṣṭo mahārāja mahājanaḥ

With praises of the Kuru line and with blessings, O best of Bharatas, the great multitude honoured him, overjoyed, O great king.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a backtick and a closing quote). Wikisource prints this passage between backticks and the critical edition gives it as star passage 14.69.7f*0140_01. Line 1 is the critical edition's 14.69.7e.

Verse 9 (14.70.9)

उत्थाय तु यथाकालमुत्तरा यदुनन्दनम् । अभ्यवादयत प्रीता सह पुत्रेण भारत ॥

utthāya tu yathākālamuttarā yadunandanam | abhyavādayata prītā saha putreṇa bhārata

Then, rising at the proper time, Uttara, glad, saluted the delight of the Yadus together with her son, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Lines are the critical edition's 14.69.8a and 8c.

Verse 10 (14.70.10)

ततस्तस्यै ददौ प्रीतो बहुरत्नं विशेषतः । तथैव वृष्णिशार्दूलो नाम चास्याकरोत्प्रभुः । पितुस्तव महाराज सत्यसन्धो जनार्दनः ॥

tatastasyai dadau prīto bahuratnaṃ viśeṣataḥ | tathaiva vṛṣṇiśārdūlo nāma cāsyākarotprabhuḥ | pitustava mahārāja satyasandho janārdanaḥ

Then, pleased, he gave her many jewels in particular; and likewise that lord, the tiger of the Vrishnis, Janardana of unfailing resolve, gave your father his name, O great king.

Note on the text: Three lines on the page: the critical edition's 14.69.8e, 9a and 9c.

Verse 11 (14.70.11)

परिक्षीणे कुले यस्माज्जातोऽयमभिमन्युजः । परिक्षिदिति नामास्य भवत्वित्यब्रवीत्तदा ॥

parikṣīṇe kule yasmājjāto'yamabhimanyujaḥ | parikṣiditi nāmāsya bhavatvityabravīttadā

"Because this son of Abhimanyu was born when the family had become extinct (parikshina), let his name be Parikshit," he said then.

Verse 12 (14.70.12)

सोऽवर्धत यथाकालं पिता तव जनाधिप । मनःप्रह्लादनश्चासीत्सर्वलोकस्य भारत ॥

so'vardhata yathākālaṃ pitā tava janādhipa | manaḥprahlādanaścāsītsarvalokasya bhārata

Your father grew up in due time, O lord of men, and was a delight to the minds of the whole world, O Bharata.

Verse 13 (14.70.13)

मासजातस्तु ते वीर पिता भवति भारत । अथाजग्मुः सुबहुलं रत्नमादाय पाण्डवाः ॥

māsajātastu te vīra pitā bhavati bhārata | athājagmuḥ subahulaṃ ratnamādāya pāṇḍavāḥ

When your father was a month old, O hero, O Bharata, the Pandavas came, bringing a very great quantity of jewels.

Verse 14 (14.70.14)

मेरुकूटनिभान्भाण्डान्कलशान्भाजनानि च । कृताकृतं महद्धेममादाय पुरुषोत्तमाः ॥

merukūṭanibhānbhāṇḍānkalaśānbhājanāni ca | kṛtākṛtaṃ mahaddhemamādāya puruṣottamāḥ

Vessels like the peaks of Meru, water-jars and containers, and a great quantity of gold, wrought and unwrought, those best of men brought with them,

Note on the text: Corrected महद्भीमम् → महद्धेमम् (misprint in Wikisource; भी for धे; critical edition mahad dhemam). Removed a stray wiki mark (a backtick). Wikisource prints this passage between backticks and the critical edition gives it as star passage 14.69.12d*0142_01–02.

Verse 15 (14.70.15)

भारार्तैर्वाहनैस्तत्र गोरुते गोरुते पथि । निवसन्तो ययुर्देवं स्मरन्तः परमेष्ठिनः ॥

bhārārtairvāhanaistatra gorute gorute pathi | nivasanto yayurdevaṃ smarantaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ

on vehicles weighed down with loads, halting at every cow-call's distance along the road, and went on, remembering the god, the Supreme Lord.

Note on the text: Corrected भारतैर्वाहनैस्तत्र → भारार्तैर्वाहनैस्तत्र (misprint in Wikisource; misreading of भारार्तैः (weighed down by loads); critical edition bhārārtair vāhanais). Wikisource prints this passage between backticks and the critical edition gives it as star passage 14.69.12d*0142_03–04.

Verse 16 (14.70.16)

नासीत्तत्र नृपः कश्चिदभारार्तो नृपं विना । भीमादयोऽपि यज्ञार्थं वहन्ते किं पुनर्जनाः ॥

nāsīttatra nṛpaḥ kaścidabhārārto nṛpaṃ vinā | bhīmādayo'pi yajñārthaṃ vahante kiṃ punarjanāḥ

Except for the king himself there was no noble there who was not weighed down by a load; even Bhima and the others carried burdens for the sacrifice, so what of the common folk?

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (a closing quote). Wikisource prints this passage between backticks and the critical edition gives it as star passage 14.69.12d*0142_05–06.

Verse 17 (14.70.17)

तान्समीपगताञ्श्रुत्वा निर्ययुर्वृष्णिपुङ्गवाः । अलञ्चक्रुश्च माल्यौघैर्नगरं नागसाह्वयम् ॥

tānsamīpagatāñśrutvā niryayurvṛṣṇipuṅgavāḥ | alañcakruśca mālyaughairnagaraṃ nāgasāhvayam

Hearing that they had come near, the bulls of the Vrishnis went out, and the men adorned the city of Nagasahvaya with floods of garlands.

Verse 18 (14.70.18)

पताकाभिर्विचित्राभिर्ध्वजैश्च विविधैरपि । वेश्मानि समलञ्चक्रुः पौराश्चापि जनेश्वर ॥

patākābhirvicitrābhirdhvajaiśca vividhairapi | veśmāni samalañcakruḥ paurāścāpi janeśvara

With many-coloured banners and flags of every sort, the citizens too adorned the houses, O lord of men.

Note on the text: Corrected जनेश्वरः → जनेश्वर (misprint in Wikisource; visarga on a vocative; critical edition janādhipa).

Verse 19 (14.70.19)

देवतायतनानां च पूजाः सुविविधास्तथा । संदिदेशाथ विदुरः पाण्डुपुत्रप्रियेप्सया ॥

devatāyatanānāṃ ca pūjāḥ suvividhāstathā | saṃdideśātha viduraḥ pāṇḍuputrapriyepsayā

And Vidura, wishing to please the sons of Pandu, gave orders for worship of many kinds at the shrines of the gods.

Verse 20 (14.70.20)

राजमार्गाश्च तत्रासन्सुमनोभिरलङ्कृताः । शुशुभे तत्पुरं चापि समुद्रौघनिभस्वनम् ॥

rājamārgāśca tatrāsansumanobhiralaṅkṛtāḥ | śuśubhe tatpuraṃ cāpi samudraughanibhasvanam

The royal roads there were adorned with flowers, and the city shone, with a sound like the surge of the ocean.

Verse 21 (14.70.21)

नर्तकैश्चापि नृत्यद्भिर्गायकानां च निःस्वनैः । आसीद्वैश्रवणस्येव निवासस्तत्पुरं तदा ॥

nartakaiścāpi nṛtyadbhirgāyakānāṃ ca niḥsvanaiḥ | āsīdvaiśravaṇasyeva nivāsastatpuraṃ tadā

With dancers dancing and the voices of singers, that city was then like the dwelling of Vaishravana.

Verse 22 (14.70.22)

बन्दिभिश्च नरै राजन्स्त्रीसहायैश्च सर्वशः । तत्रतत्र विविक्तेषु समन्तादुपशोभितम् ॥

bandibhiśca narai rājanstrīsahāyaiśca sarvaśaḥ | tatratatra vivikteṣu samantādupaśobhitam

With bards and with men and their women by the thousand, O king, it was made beautiful on every side, here and there in secluded places.

Verse 23 (14.70.23)

पताका धूयमानाश्च समन्तान्मातरिश्वना । अदर्शयन्निव तदा कुरून्वै दक्षिणोत्तरान् ॥

patākā dhūyamānāśca samantānmātariśvanā | adarśayanniva tadā kurūnvai dakṣiṇottarān

The banners, tossed on every side by the wind, seemed then to show the Kurus, those of the south and those of the north.

Verse 24 (14.70.24)

अघोषयंस्तदा चापि पुरुषा राजमार्गतः । सर्वरात्रविहारोऽद्य रत्नाभरणलक्षणः ॥

aghoṣayaṃstadā cāpi puruṣā rājamārgataḥ | sarvarātravihāro'dya ratnābharaṇalakṣaṇaḥ

And men on the royal road then proclaimed: "Tonight there is a revel through the whole night, marked by jewels and ornaments."

Note on the text: Corrected चाप → चापि (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara; critical edition cāpi).