The Sacrificial Horse Is Released with Arjuna as Its Guardian

Verse 1 (14.72.1)

एवमुक्तस्तु कृष्णेन धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । व्यासमामन्त्र्य मेधावी ततो वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

evamuktastu kṛṣṇena dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | vyāsamāmantrya medhāvī tato vacanamabravīt

Thus addressed by Krishna, the wise Yudhishthira, son of Dharma, took leave of Vyasa and then spoke these words.

Note on the text: Corrected व्यासमामन्त्र्य् → व्यासमामन्त्र्य and वाचनमब्रवीत् → वचनमब्रवीत् (misprints in Wikisource; stray virama, wrong vowel; the critical edition has āmantrya and vacanam abravīt).

Verse 2 (14.72.2)

यदा कालं भवान्वेत्ति हयमेधस्य तत्त्वतः । दीक्षयस्व तदा मां त्वं त्वय्यायत्तो हि मे क्रतुः ॥

yadā kālaṃ bhavānvetti hayamedhasya tattvataḥ | dīkṣayasva tadā māṃ tvaṃ tvayyāyatto hi me kratuḥ

Whenever you know the true time for the horse sacrifice, consecrate me then; my sacrifice rests on you.

Note on the text: Corrected क्रुतुः → क्रतुः (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel sign; the critical edition has kratuḥ). Speaker changed from वैशम्पायन (the heading carried over in the input) to युधिष्ठिर: the verse is his speech to Vyasa. Wikisource reads यदा … दीक्षयस्व तदा मां (CE: yathā … tadā mā), recension variant, kept.

Verse 3 (14.72.3)

अयं पैलोऽथ कौन्तेय याज्ञवल्क्यस्तथैव च । विधानं यद्यथा कालं तत्कर्तारौ न संशयः ॥

ayaṃ pailo'tha kaunteya yājñavalkyastathaiva ca | vidhānaṃ yadyathā kālaṃ tatkartārau na saṃśayaḥ

Here is Paila, son of Kunti, and Yajnavalkya too; these two will carry out the rites in their proper time and manner, without doubt.

Note on the text: Corrected पैलोथ → पैलोऽथ (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha; the critical edition has pailo 'tha). Wikisource reads अयं … कर्तारौ (CE: ahaṃ … kartāro), recension variant, kept: here Paila and Yajnavalkya are named as the two who will perform it.

Verse 4 (14.72.4)

चैत्र्यां हि पौर्णमास्यां तु तव दीक्षा भविष्यति । सम्भाराः सम्भ्रियन्तां च यज्ञार्थं पुरुषर्षभ ॥

caitryāṃ hi paurṇamāsyāṃ tu tava dīkṣā bhaviṣyati | sambhārāḥ sambhriyantāṃ ca yajñārthaṃ puruṣarṣabha

Your consecration will take place on the full moon of the month of Chaitra. Let the materials for the sacrifice be gathered, O best of men.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads पौर्णमास्यां तु (CE: ca) and तव दीक्षा / सम्भाराः सम्भ्रियन्तां च (CE: te), recension variants, kept.

Verse 5 (14.72.5)

अश्वविद्याविदश्चैव सूता विप्राश्च तद्विदः । मेध्यमश्वं परीक्षन्तां तव यज्ञार्थसिद्धये ॥

aśvavidyāvidaścaiva sūtā viprāśca tadvidaḥ | medhyamaśvaṃ parīkṣantāṃ tava yajñārthasiddhaye

Let men who know the lore of horses, charioteers and brahmins who understand it, examine a horse fit for sacrifice, so that your sacrifice may succeed.

Verse 6 (14.72.6)

तमुत्सृज यथाशास्त्रं पृथिवीं सागराम्बराम् । सपर्येतु यशो नाम्ना तव पार्थिव वर्धयन् ॥

tamutsṛja yathāśāstraṃ pṛthivīṃ sāgarāmbarām | saparyetu yaśo nāmnā tava pārthiva vardhayan

Release it according to the rules over the earth, whose garment is the ocean; let it range over it, O king, spreading your fame by its name.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads तमुत्सृज … सपर्येतु (CE: tam utsṛjya … sa paryetu), recension variant, kept. The CE's star lines 14,071.006d*0144_01–02 are not in the page.

Verse 7 (14.72.7)

इत्युक्तः स तथेत्युक्त्वा पाण्डवः पृथिवीपतिः । चकार सर्वं राजेन्द्र यथोक्तं ब्रह्मवादिना ॥

ityuktaḥ sa tathetyuktvā pāṇḍavaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ | cakāra sarvaṃ rājendra yathoktaṃ brahmavādinā

Thus addressed, the Pandava, lord of the earth, said "So be it" and did everything just as the Brahmin sage had said, O king of kings.

Note on the text: Speaker changed from व्यास (carried over in the input) to वैशम्पायन: the verse is narration (the CE prints the heading vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca at 14.71.7).

Verse 8 (14.72.8)

सम्भाराश्चैव राजेन्द्र सर्वे सङ्कल्पितास्तथा ॥

sambhārāścaiva rājendra sarve saṅkalpitāstathā

And all the materials, O king of kings, were likewise made ready.

Note on the text: Corrected सम्भारश्चैव → सम्भाराश्चैव and सङ्कल्पितास्तता → सङ्कल्पितास्तथा (misprints in Wikisource; a short vowel for the plural सम्भाराः, and त for थ). This is the single line 14-72-8a on the page; it corresponds to the third line (14,071.007e) of CE 14.71.7, which ends saṃkalpitābhavan (recension variant). Speaker changed from व्यास to वैशम्पायन: narration.

Verse 9 (14.72.9)

स सम्भारान्समाहृत्य नृपो धर्मसुतस्तदा । न्यवेदयदमेयात्मा कृष्णद्वैपायनाय वै ॥

sa sambhārānsamāhṛtya nṛpo dharmasutastadā | nyavedayadameyātmā kṛṣṇadvaipāyanāya vai

Having gathered the materials, King Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma, of immeasurable soul, then reported it to Krishna Dvaipayana.

Note on the text: Speaker changed from व्यास (carried over in the input) to वैशम्पायन: narration.

Verse 10 (14.72.10)

ततोऽब्रवीन्महातेजा व्यासो धर्मात्मजं नृपम् । यथाकालं यथायोगं सज्जाः स्म तव दीक्षणे ॥

tato'bravīnmahātejā vyāso dharmātmajaṃ nṛpam | yathākālaṃ yathāyogaṃ sajjāḥ sma tava dīkṣaṇe

Then Vyasa, of great radiance, said to the king, Dharma's son: "We are ready for your consecration, in due time and due order."

Note on the text: The first line is narration and the second Vyasa's words; kept under Vyasa, the page's heading, since the verse carries his speech.

Verse 11 (14.72.11)

स्फ्यश्च कूर्चश्च सौवर्णो यच्चान्यदपि कौरव । यत्तु योग्यं भवेत्किञ्चिद्रौक्मं तत्क्रियतामिति ॥

sphyaśca kūrcaśca sauvarṇo yaccānyadapi kaurava | yattu yogyaṃ bhavetkiñcidraukmaṃ tatkriyatāmiti

"The sphya and the kurcha should be of gold, O Kaurava, and whatever else may be suitable should likewise be made of gold."

Note on the text: Wikisource reads यत्तु योग्यं (CE: tatra yogyaṃ), recension variant, kept. The commentary glosses on स्फ्यः and कूर्चः printed after the colophon (14-72-11) are not added.

Verse 12 (14.72.12)

अश्वश्चोत्सृज्यतामद्य पृथ्व्यामथ यथाक्रमम् । सुगुप्तं चरतां चापि यथाशास्त्रं यथाविधि ॥

aśvaścotsṛjyatāmadya pṛthvyāmatha yathākramam | suguptaṃ caratāṃ cāpi yathāśāstraṃ yathāvidhi

"And let the horse be released on the earth today, in due order, and let it roam well guarded, according to the scripture and the rule."

Note on the text: Wikisource reads सुगुप्तं चरतां चापि यथाशास्त्रं यथाविधि (CE: suguptaś ca caratv eṣa yathāśāstraṃ yudhiṣṭhira), recension variant, kept. The commentary gloss printed after the colophon (14-72-12) is not added.

Verse 13 (14.72.13)

अयमश्वो यथा ब्रह्मन्नुत्सृष्टः पृथिवीमिमाम् । चरिष्यति यथाकामं तत्र वै संविधीयताम् ॥

ayamaśvo yathā brahmannutsṛṣṭaḥ pṛthivīmimām | cariṣyati yathākāmaṃ tatra vai saṃvidhīyatām

Brahmin, when this horse has been released over this earth, it will wander as it pleases; let arrangements be made for that.

Note on the text: Corrected यता → यथा and संविदीयताम् → संविधीयताम् (misprints in Wikisource; dropped aspiration; the critical edition has saṃvidhīyatām, and reads mayā for यथा, which is kept as a recension variant). Heading युधिष्ठिर उवाच (14-72-13x) kept.

Verse 14 (14.72.14)

पृथिवीं पर्यटन्तं हि तुरगं कामचारिणम् । कः पालयेदिति मुने तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति ॥

pṛthivīṃ paryaṭantaṃ hi turagaṃ kāmacāriṇam | kaḥ pālayediti mune tadbhavānvaktumarhati

Sage, who is to guard the horse as it wanders freely over the earth? Please tell me that.

Verse 15 (14.72.15)

इत्युक्तः स तु राजेन्द्र कृष्णद्वैपायनोऽब्रवीत् । भीमसेनादवरजः श्रेष्ठः सर्वधनुष्मताम् । जिष्णुः सहिष्णुर्धृष्णुश्च स एनं पालयिष्यति ॥

ityuktaḥ sa tu rājendra kṛṣṇadvaipāyano'bravīt | bhīmasenādavarajaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvadhanuṣmatām | jiṣṇuḥ sahiṣṇurdhṛṣṇuśca sa enaṃ pālayiṣyati

Thus addressed, O king of kings, Krishna Dvaipayana said: "The younger brother of Bhimasena, the best of all bowmen, Jishnu, patient and bold, will guard it."

Note on the text: Corrected धृष्णुस्च → धृष्णुश्च (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition has dhṛṣṇuś ca). Speaker changed from युधिष्ठिर (the heading carried over in the input) to व्यास: the first line is narration, the rest Vyasa's answer. Lines = CE 14.71.14a, 14c, 15a.

Verse 16 (14.72.16)

शक्तः स हि महीं जेतुं निवातकवचान्तकः । तस्मिन्ह्यस्त्राणि दिव्यानि दिव्यं संहननं तथा । दिव्यं धनुश्चेषुधी च स एनमनुयास्यति ॥

śaktaḥ sa hi mahīṃ jetuṃ nivātakavacāntakaḥ | tasminhyastrāṇi divyāni divyaṃ saṃhananaṃ tathā | divyaṃ dhanuśceṣudhī ca sa enamanuyāsyati

"He is able to conquer the earth, the slayer of the Nivatakavachas. In him are divine weapons, a divine frame, a divine bow and two quivers; he will follow the horse."

Note on the text: Corrected धनश्चेषुधी → धनुश्चेषुधी (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel; the critical edition has dhanuś ceṣudhī). Speaker changed from युधिष्ठिर to व्यास (Vyasa's reply continues). Lines = CE 14.71.15c, 16a, 16c.

Verse 17 (14.72.17)

स हि धर्मार्थकुशलः सर्वविद्याविशारदः । यथाशास्त्रं नृपश्रेष्ठ चारयिष्यति ते हयम् ॥

sa hi dharmārthakuśalaḥ sarvavidyāviśāradaḥ | yathāśāstraṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha cārayiṣyati te hayam

"He is skilled in dharma and in worldly aims, versed in every branch of learning; he will make your horse range according to the rules, best of kings."

Note on the text: Speaker changed from युधिष्ठिर to व्यास (Vyasa's reply continues).

Verse 18 (14.72.18)

राजपुत्रो महाबाहुः श्यामो राजीवलोचनः । अभिमन्योः पिता वीरः स एनमनुयास्यति ॥

rājaputro mahābāhuḥ śyāmo rājīvalocanaḥ | abhimanyoḥ pitā vīraḥ sa enamanuyāsyati

"The prince, mighty-armed, dark, lotus-eyed, the heroic father of Abhimanyu, will follow it."

Note on the text: Speaker changed from युधिष्ठिर to व्यास (Vyasa's reply continues).

Verse 19 (14.72.19)

भीमसेनोऽपि तेजस्वी कौन्तेयोऽमितविक्रमः । समर्थो रक्षितुं राष्ट्रं नकुलश्च विशाम्पते ॥

bhīmaseno'pi tejasvī kaunteyo'mitavikramaḥ | samartho rakṣituṃ rāṣṭraṃ nakulaśca viśāmpate

"Bhimasena too, the radiant son of Kunti of boundless valour, is able to protect the kingdom, and Nakula also, O lord of the people."

Note on the text: Corrected भीमसेनोपि → भीमसेनोऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha; the critical edition has bhīmaseno 'pi). Speaker changed from युधिष्ठिर to व्यास (Vyasa's reply continues).

Verse 20 (14.72.20)

सहदेवस्तु कौरव्य समाधास्यति बुद्धिमान् । कुटुम्बतन्त्रं विधिवत्सर्वमेव महायशाः ॥

sahadevastu kauravya samādhāsyati buddhimān | kuṭumbatantraṃ vidhivatsarvameva mahāyaśāḥ

"And Sahadeva, the wise and widely renowned, O Kauravya, will manage all the affairs of the household in due form."

Note on the text: Corrected समायास्यति → समाधास्यति (misprint in Wikisource; wrong akshara, giving a verb that does not fit कुटुम्बतन्त्रं; the critical edition has samādhāsyati). Speaker changed from युधिष्ठिर to व्यास (Vyasa's reply continues).

Verse 21 (14.72.21)

स तु सर्वं यथान्यायमुक्तं कुरुकुलोद्वहः । चकार फल्गुनं चापि संदिदेश हयं प्रति ॥

sa tu sarvaṃ yathānyāyamuktaṃ kurukulodvahaḥ | cakāra phalgunaṃ cāpi saṃdideśa hayaṃ prati

The chief of the Kuru line then did all that had been properly said, and he gave his instructions to Phalguna about the horse.

Note on the text: Corrected यथान्यायमुक्त → यथान्यायमुक्तं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; the critical edition has uktaṃ). Speaker changed from युधिष्ठिर (the heading carried over in the input) to वैशम्पायन: narration. Wikisource reads स तु (CE: tat tu), recension variant, kept.

Verse 22 (14.72.22)

एह्यर्जुन त्वया वीर हयोऽयं परिपाल्यताम् । त्वमर्हो रक्षितुं ह्येनं नान्यः कश्चन मानवः ॥

ehyarjuna tvayā vīra hayo'yaṃ paripālyatām | tvamarho rakṣituṃ hyenaṃ nānyaḥ kaścana mānavaḥ

"Come, Arjuna, hero; let this horse be guarded by you. You are the one fit to protect it; no other man is."

Note on the text: Heading युधिष्ठिर उवाच (14-72-22x) kept.

Verse 23 (14.72.23)

ये चापि त्वां महाबाहो प्रत्युद्यान्ति नराधिपाः । तैर्विग्रहो यथा न स्यात्तथा कार्यं त्वयाऽनघ ॥

ye cāpi tvāṃ mahābāho pratyudyānti narādhipāḥ | tairvigraho yathā na syāttathā kāryaṃ tvayā'nagha

"And as for the kings who come out to meet you, O mighty-armed, act, sinless one, so that there may be no fighting with them."

Note on the text: Wikisource reads प्रत्युद्यान्ति (CE: pratyudīyur), recension variant, kept.

Verse 24 (14.72.24)

आख्यातव्यश्च भवता यज्ञोऽयं मम सर्वशः । पार्थिवेभ्यो महाबाहो समये गम्यतामिति ॥

ākhyātavyaśca bhavatā yajño'yaṃ mama sarvaśaḥ | pārthivebhyo mahābāho samaye gamyatāmiti

"You must announce this sacrifice of mine to the kings everywhere, O mighty-armed; let them come at the proper time."

Note on the text: Corrected भता → भवता (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara; the critical edition has bhavatā).

Verse 25 (14.72.25)

एवमुक्त्वा स धर्मात्मा भ्रातरं सव्यसाचिनम् । भीमं च नकुलं चैव पुरगुप्तौ समादधत् ॥

evamuktvā sa dharmātmā bhrātaraṃ savyasācinam | bhīmaṃ ca nakulaṃ caiva puraguptau samādadhat

Having spoken thus to his brother Savyasachin, the righteous-souled king appointed Bhima and Nakula to guard the city,

Note on the text: Heading वैशम्पायन उवाच (14-72-25x) kept.

Verse 26 (14.72.26)

कुटुम्बतन्त्रे च तदा सहदेवं युधांपतिम् । अनुमान्य महीपालं धृतराष्ट्रं युधिष्ठिरः ॥

kuṭumbatantre ca tadā sahadevaṃ yudhāṃpatim | anumānya mahīpālaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

and Sahadeva, the lord of warriors, to the management of the household; and having obtained the assent of King Dhritarashtra, Yudhishthira...

Note on the text: The sentence runs on into the next adhyaya.