Ulupi Explains the Vasus' Curse; Arjuna Departs

Verse 1 (14.82.1)

किमागमनकृत्यं ते कौरव्यकुलनन्दिनि । मणलूरपतेर्मातुस्तथैव च रणाजिरे ॥

kimāgamanakṛtyaṃ te kauravyakulanandini | maṇalūrapatermātustathaiva ca raṇājire

"What is the purpose of your coming, O delight of Kauravya's family, and that of the mother of the lord of Manalura, to this battlefield?

Verse 2 (14.82.2)

कच्चित्कुशलकामासि राज्ञोऽस्य भुजगात्मजे । मम वा चपलापाङ्गि कच्चित्त्वं शुभमिच्छसि ॥

kaccitkuśalakāmāsi rājño'sya bhujagātmaje | mama vā capalāpāṅgi kaccittvaṃ śubhamicchasi

Do you wish this king well, daughter of the serpents? Or, lady of the restless glance, do you wish good to me?

Note on the text: Corrected कच्चित्वं → कच्चित्त्वं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped त; "kaccit tvaṃ", as the critical edition reads).

Verse 3 (14.82.3)

कच्चित्ते पृथुलश्रोणि नाप्रियं प्रियदर्शने । अकार्षमहमज्ञानादयं वा बभ्रुवाहनः ॥

kaccitte pṛthulaśroṇi nāpriyaṃ priyadarśane | akārṣamahamajñānādayaṃ vā babhruvāhanaḥ

Broad-hipped lady of pleasing sight, I hope that nothing displeasing to you has been done, through ignorance, by me or by this Babhruvahana.

Verse 4 (14.82.4)

कच्चिन्नु राजपुत्री ते सपत्नी चैत्रवाहनी । चित्राङ्गदा वरारोहा नापराध्यति किञ्चन ॥

kaccinnu rājaputrī te sapatnī caitravāhanī | citrāṅgadā varārohā nāparādhyati kiñcana

And I hope that your co-wife, the princess Chitrangada, the lovely-hipped daughter of Chitravahana, does not wrong you in any way."

Note on the text: Corrected राजपूत्री → राजपुत्री (misprint in Wikisource; a long ū for short u; "rājaputrī", as the critical edition reads).

Verse 5 (14.82.5)

तमुवाचोरगपतेर्दुहिता प्रहसन्त्यथ । न मे त्वमपराद्धोसि न हि मे बभ्रुवाहनः । न जनित्री तथाऽस्येयं मम या प्रेष्यवत्स्थिता ॥

tamuvācoragapaterduhitā prahasantyatha | na me tvamaparāddhosi na hi me babhruvāhanaḥ | na janitrī tathā'syeyaṃ mama yā preṣyavatsthitā

Then the daughter of the lord of serpents said to him, laughing: "You have not wronged me, nor has Babhruvahana; nor has this his mother, who stands here as though she were my servant.

Note on the text: Three-line verse (14-82-5a,b,c) = critical edition 14.82.5a–e. Corrected यो प्रेष्यवत्थिता → या प्रेष्यवत्स्थिता (misprint in Wikisource; the relative must be feminine, agreeing with "janitrī", and the स of "sthitā" had dropped; the critical edition reads "yā preṣyavat sthitā"). Line 2 reads "na hi me babhruvāhanaḥ" where the critical edition has "na nṛpo babhruvāhanaḥ" (a variant, kept).

Verse 6 (14.82.6)

श्रूयतां यद्यथा चेदं मया सर्वं विचेष्टितम् । न मे कोपस्त्वया कार्यः शिरसा त्वां प्रसादये ॥

śrūyatāṃ yadyathā cedaṃ mayā sarvaṃ viceṣṭitam | na me kopastvayā kāryaḥ śirasā tvāṃ prasādaye

Listen to all that I have done and why; you should not be angry with me; I appease you with my head bowed.

Verse 7 (14.82.7)

त्वत्प्रियार्थं हि कौरव्य कृतमेतन्मया विभो । यत्तच्छृणु महाबाहो निखिलेन धनंजय ॥

tvatpriyārthaṃ hi kauravya kṛtametanmayā vibho | yattacchṛṇu mahābāho nikhilena dhanaṃjaya

All this was done by me to please you, O Kauravya, O lord. Hear it, mighty-armed Dhananjaya, in full.

Verse 8 (14.82.8)

महाभारतयुद्धे यत्त्वया शान्तनवो नृपः । अधर्मेण हतः पार्थ तस्यैषा निष्कृतिः कृता ॥

mahābhāratayuddhe yattvayā śāntanavo nṛpaḥ | adharmeṇa hataḥ pārtha tasyaiṣā niṣkṛtiḥ kṛtā

In the war of the Mahabharata, Partha, you killed King Shantanu's son by unrighteous means; this is the atonement that has been made for that.

Verse 9 (14.82.9)

न हि भीष्मस्त्वया वीर युद्ध्यमानो हि पातितः । शिखण्डिना तु संयुक्तस्तमाश्रित्य हतस्त्वया ॥

na hi bhīṣmastvayā vīra yuddhyamāno hi pātitaḥ | śikhaṇḍinā tu saṃyuktastamāśritya hatastvayā

For Bhishma, O hero, was not brought down by you as he fought; he was engaged with Shikhandin, and it was by taking shelter behind him that you killed him.

Verse 10 (14.82.10)

तस्य शान्तिमकृत्वा त्वं त्यजेथा यदि जीवितम् । कर्मणा तेन पापेन पतेथा निरये ध्रुवम् । एषा तु विहिता शान्तिः पुत्राद्यां प्राप्तवानसि ॥

tasya śāntimakṛtvā tvaṃ tyajethā yadi jīvitam | karmaṇā tena pāpena patethā niraye dhruvam | eṣā tu vihitā śāntiḥ putrādyāṃ prāptavānasi

If you had given up your life without making peace for that, you would surely have fallen into hell because of that sinful deed. But this is the atonement that has been ordained, which you have received from your son,

Note on the text: Wikisource's three-line verse (14-82-10a,b,c) = critical edition 14.82.10a–d plus the first line of 14.82.11 ("eṣā tu vihitā śāntiḥ putrād yāṃ prāptavān asi"). Cited at the CE verse holding its first line.

Verse 11 (14.82.11)

वसुभिर्वसुधापाल गङ्गया च महामते । पुरा हि श्रुतमेतत्ते वसुभिः कथितं मया ॥

vasubhirvasudhāpāla gaṅgayā ca mahāmate | purā hi śrutametatte vasubhiḥ kathitaṃ mayā

ordained by the Vasus and by Ganga, O wise protector of the earth. Long ago I heard this from the Vasus, and now I have told it to you.

Note on the text: Wikisource's verse 11 = the second line of critical edition 14.82.11 ("vasubhir vasudhāpāla gaṅgayā ca mahāmate") plus the first line of 14.82.12 ("purā hi śrutam etad vai vasubhiḥ kathitaṃ mayā"; here "etat te" for "etad vai", a variant, kept). Cited at the CE verse holding its first line.

Verse 12 (14.82.12)

गङ्गायास्तीरमाश्रित्य हते शान्तनवे नृप । आप्लुत्य देवा वसवः समेत्य च महानदीम् । इदमूचुर्वचो घोरं भागीरथ्या मते तदा ॥

gaṅgāyāstīramāśritya hate śāntanave nṛpa | āplutya devā vasavaḥ sametya ca mahānadīm | idamūcurvaco ghoraṃ bhāgīrathyā mate tadā

When Shantanu's son had been killed, the Vasu gods came to the bank of the Ganga, bathed, and gathered about the great river; and with the assent of Bhagirathi they spoke these dreadful words.

Note on the text: Wikisource's three-line verse (14-82-12a,b,c) = the second line of critical edition 14.82.12 plus both lines of 14.82.13 ("āplutya devā vasavaḥ …"; "idam ūcur vaco ghoraṃ …"). Cited at the CE verse holding its first line (the CE has "āgamya" for Wikisource's "āśritya", a variant, kept).

Verse 13 (14.82.13)

एष शान्तनवो भीष्मो निहतः सव्यसाचिना । अयुद्ध्यमानः सङ्ग्रामे संसक्तोऽन्येन भामिनि ॥

eṣa śāntanavo bhīṣmo nihataḥ savyasācinā | ayuddhyamānaḥ saṅgrāme saṃsakto'nyena bhāmini

"This Bhishma, Shantanu's son, was killed by Savyasachin while he was not fighting, but engaged with another, O lady.

Verse 14 (14.82.14)

तदनेनानुषङ्गेण वयमद्य धनञ्जयम् । शापेन योजयामेति तथाऽस्त्विति च साऽब्रवीत् ॥

tadanenānuṣaṅgeṇa vayamadya dhanañjayam | śāpena yojayāmeti tathā'stviti ca sā'bravīt

On account of this offence, let us bind Dhananjaya with a curse today." "So be it," she said.

Verse 15 (14.82.15)

तदहं पितुरावेद्य प्रविश्य व्यथितेन्द्रिया । अभवं स च तच्छ्रुत्वा विषादमगमत्परम् ॥

tadahaṃ piturāvedya praviśya vyathitendriyā | abhavaṃ sa ca tacchrutvā viṣādamagamatparam

I reported this to my father, and, entering his presence with my senses shaken, I became distressed; and having heard it, he fell into deep despair.

Verse 16 (14.82.16)

पिता तु मे वसून्गत्वा त्वदर्थे समयाचत । पुनः पुनः प्रसाद्यैतांस्त एनमिदमब्रुवन् ॥

pitā tu me vasūngatvā tvadarthe samayācata | punaḥ punaḥ prasādyaitāṃsta enamidamabruvan

My father went to the Vasus and pleaded with them on your behalf, propitiating them again and again; and they said this to him:

Verse 17 (14.82.17)

पुत्रस्तस्य महाभाग मणलूरेश्वरो युवा । स एनं रणमध्यस्थः शरैः पातयिता भुवि ॥

putrastasya mahābhāga maṇalūreśvaro yuvā | sa enaṃ raṇamadhyasthaḥ śaraiḥ pātayitā bhuvi

"His son, O fortunate one, the young lord of Manalura, will fell him to the ground with arrows as he stands in the midst of battle.

Verse 18 (14.82.18)

एवं कृते स नागेन्द्र मुक्तशापो भविष्यति । गच्छेति वसुभिश्चोक्तो मम चेदं शशंस सः ॥

evaṃ kṛte sa nāgendra muktaśāpo bhaviṣyati | gaccheti vasubhiścokto mama cedaṃ śaśaṃsa saḥ

When that is done, O lord of serpents, he will be freed from the curse. Go." Thus told by the Vasus, he reported this to me.

Verse 19 (14.82.19)

तच्छ्रुत्वा त्वं मया तस्माच्छापादसि विमोक्षितः । न हि त्वां देवराजोऽपि समरेषु पराजयेत् ॥

tacchrutvā tvaṃ mayā tasmācchāpādasi vimokṣitaḥ | na hi tvāṃ devarājo'pi samareṣu parājayet

Hearing that, I freed you from that curse. For not even the king of the gods could defeat you in battles.

Verse 20 (14.82.20)

आत्मा पुत्रः स्मृतस्तस्मात्तेनेहासि पराजितः । न हि दोषो मम मतः कथं वा मन्यसे विभो ॥

ātmā putraḥ smṛtastasmāttenehāsi parājitaḥ | na hi doṣo mama mataḥ kathaṃ vā manyase vibho

The son is said to be one's own self; that is why you were defeated here by him. I do not consider it a fault of mine. Or what do you think, O lord?"

Verse 21 (14.82.21)

इत्येवमुक्तो विजयः प्रसन्नात्माऽब्रवीदिदम् । सर्वं मे सुप्रियं देवि यदेतत्कृतवत्यसि ॥

ityevamukto vijayaḥ prasannātmā'bravīdidam | sarvaṃ me supriyaṃ devi yadetatkṛtavatyasi

Told thus, Vijaya, with a glad heart, said: "Goddess, all that you have done is very dear to me."

Verse 22 (14.82.22)

इत्युक्त्वा सोऽब्रवीत्पुत्रं मणलूरपतिं जयः । चित्राङ्गदायाः शृण्वन्त्याः कौरव्यदुहितुस्तदा ॥

ityuktvā so'bravītputraṃ maṇalūrapatiṃ jayaḥ | citrāṅgadāyāḥ śṛṇvantyāḥ kauravyaduhitustadā

Having said this, Jaya then spoke to his son, the lord of Manalura, while Chitrangada and Kauravya's daughter listened.

Verse 23 (14.82.23)

युधिष्ठिरस्याश्वमेधः परिचैत्रीं भविष्यति । तत्रागच्छेः सहामात्यो मातृभ्यां सहितो नृप ॥

yudhiṣṭhirasyāśvamedhaḥ paricaitrīṃ bhaviṣyati | tatrāgaccheḥ sahāmātyo mātṛbhyāṃ sahito nṛpa

"Yudhishthira's horse sacrifice will take place at the coming full moon of Chaitra. Come there, O king, with your ministers and both your mothers."

Verse 24 (14.82.24)

इत्येवमुक्तः पार्थेन स राजा बभ्रुवाहनः । उवाच पितरं धीमानिदमस्राविलेक्षणः ॥

ityevamuktaḥ pārthena sa rājā babhruvāhanaḥ | uvāca pitaraṃ dhīmānidamasrāvilekṣaṇaḥ

Thus addressed by Partha, the wise King Babhruvahana, his eyes brimming with tears, said to his father:

Verse 25 (14.82.25)

उपयास्यामि धर्मज्ञ भवतः शासनादहम् । अश्वमेधे महायज्ञे द्विजातिपरिवेषकः ॥

upayāsyāmi dharmajña bhavataḥ śāsanādaham | aśvamedhe mahāyajñe dvijātipariveṣakaḥ

"I shall come, O knower of dharma, at your command, to the great sacrifice of the horse, to serve the twice-born.

Note on the text: Corrected सासनादहम् → शासनादहम् (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; "śāsanād", "by command", as the critical edition reads).

Verse 26 (14.82.26)

मम त्वनुग्रहार्थाय प्रविशस्व पुरं स्वकम् । भार्याभ्यां सह धर्मज्ञ माभूत्तेऽत्र विचारणा ॥

mama tvanugrahārthāya praviśasva puraṃ svakam | bhāryābhyāṃ saha dharmajña mābhūtte'tra vicāraṇā

But for my sake, as a favour to me, enter your own city with both your wives, O knower of dharma; let there be no hesitation in this.

Verse 27 (14.82.27)

उषित्वेह निशामेकां सुखं स्वभवने प्रभो । पुनरश्वानुगमनं कर्तासि जयतांवर ॥

uṣitveha niśāmekāṃ sukhaṃ svabhavane prabho | punaraśvānugamanaṃ kartāsi jayatāṃvara

After staying here one night in comfort in your own house, O lord, you can resume following the horse, O best of victors."

Verse 28 (14.82.28)

इत्युक्तः स तु पुत्रेण तदा वानरकेतनः । स्मयन्प्रोवाच कौन्तेयस्तदा चित्राङ्गदासुतम् ॥

ityuktaḥ sa tu putreṇa tadā vānaraketanaḥ | smayanprovāca kaunteyastadā citrāṅgadāsutam

Thus addressed by his son, Kunti's son, whose banner bore the ape, then said to Chitrangada's son with a smile:

Note on the text: Corrected इत्युक्ताः स तु प्रत्रेण → इत्युक्तः स तु पुत्रेण (misprint in Wikisource; a wrong visarga/ā and a dropped ु; the critical edition reads "ity uktaḥ sa tu putreṇa").

Verse 29 (14.82.29)

विदितं ते महाबाहो यथा दीक्षां चराम्यहम् । न स तावत्प्रवेक्ष्यामि पुरं ते पृथुलोचन ॥

viditaṃ te mahābāho yathā dīkṣāṃ carāmyaham | na sa tāvatpravekṣyāmi puraṃ te pṛthulocana

"You know, mighty-armed one, that I am keeping the vow of consecration; therefore I shall not enter your city now, broad-eyed one.

Verse 30 (14.82.30)

यथाकामं व्रजत्येष यज्ञियाश्वो नरर्षभ । स्वस्ति तेऽस्तु गमिष्यामि न स्थानं विद्यते मम ॥

yathākāmaṃ vrajatyeṣa yajñiyāśvo nararṣabha | svasti te'stu gamiṣyāmi na sthānaṃ vidyate mama

This sacrificial horse goes wherever it pleases, bull among men. May you be well; I shall go; I have no place to stay."

Verse 31 (14.82.31)

स तत्र विधिवत्तेन पूजितः पाकशासनिः । भार्याभ्यामभ्यनुज्ञातः प्रायाद्भरतसत्तमः ॥

sa tatra vidhivattena pūjitaḥ pākaśāsaniḥ | bhāryābhyāmabhyanujñātaḥ prāyādbharatasattamaḥ

Having been duly honoured there by him, and having taken leave of his two wives, Indra's son, best of the Bharatas, departed.

Note on the text: Wikisource prints this as two single-line verses (14-82-31a and 14-82-32a, the second printed beside the colophon); joined as one śloka, as in the critical edition (14.82.32). Verse-end mark moved to the end of the second line; wikisource_number is that of the first row (31).