Dhritarashtra Asks What Ashvatthama Said

Verse 1 (7.195.1)

अधर्मेण हतं श्रुत्वा धृष्टद्युम्नेन सञ्जय । ब्राह्मणं पितरं वृद्धमश्वत्थामा किमब्रवीत् ॥

adharmeṇa hataṃ śrutvā dhṛṣṭadyumnena sañjaya | brāhmaṇaṃ pitaraṃ vṛddhamaśvatthāmā kimabravīt

Sanjaya, when Ashvatthama heard that his aged brahmin father had been killed by Dhrishtadyumna through unrighteousness, what did he say?

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: the input (15 verses) agrees with the raw page’s table row for row (printed 5-195-1 to 5-195-15; the page’s “5-” is a typo for 7). Wikisource 195 corresponds to CE 7.166.1–15; CE star passage 7.166.1d*1357_01–03 is not on the page. The page’s two footnotes are not part of the text.

Verse 2 (7.195.2)

मानवं वारुणाग्नेयं ब्राह्ममस्त्रं च वीर्यवान् । ऐन्द्रं नारायणं चैव यस्मिन्नित्यं प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥

mānavaṃ vāruṇāgneyaṃ brāhmamastraṃ ca vīryavān | aindraṃ nārāyaṇaṃ caiva yasminnityaṃ pratiṣṭhitam

The mighty one in whom the human, Varuna, Agni and Brahma weapons, and those of Indra and Narayana, ever abide—

Verse 3 (7.195.3)

तमधर्मेण धर्मिष्ठं धृष्टद्युम्नेन संयुगे । श्रुत्वा निहतमाचार्यं सोऽश्वत्थामा किमब्रवीत् ॥

tamadharmeṇa dharmiṣṭhaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnena saṃyuge | śrutvā nihatamācāryaṃ so'śvatthāmā kimabravīt

When he heard that his teacher, that most righteous man, had been killed in battle by Dhrishtadyumna through unrighteousness, what did that Ashvatthama say?

Note on the text: Matches CE 7.166.13 (the CE’s other copy of this refrain; the page prints both, here and at v13). The page reads संयुगे and सोऽश्वत्थामा; the CE’s 7.166.3 has saṃjaya and aśvatthāmā.

Verse 4 (7.195.4)

येन रामादवाप्येह धनुर्वेदं महात्मना । प्रोक्तान्यस्त्राणि दिव्यानि पुत्राय गुणकाङ्क्षिणा ॥

yena rāmādavāpyeha dhanurvedaṃ mahātmanā | proktānyastrāṇi divyāni putrāya guṇakāṅkṣiṇā

He, the great soul, who obtained the science of the bow from Rama and, desiring merit for his son, taught him the divine weapons—

Note on the text: The page reads गुणकाङ्क्षिणा; its footnote gives गुरुकाङ्क्षिणे (the CE’s reading) as a variant. The page’s reading is kept.

Verse 5 (7.195.5)

एकमेव हि लोकेऽस्मिन्नात्मतो गुणवत्तरम् । इच्छन्ति पुरुषाः पुत्रं लोके नान्यं कथञ्चन ॥

ekameva hi loke'sminnātmato guṇavattaram | icchanti puruṣāḥ putraṃ loke nānyaṃ kathañcana

There is one thing alone that men want in this world: a son better than themselves; and nothing else at all.

Verse 6 (7.195.6)

आचार्याणां भवन्त्येव रहस्यानि महात्मनाम् । तानि पुत्राय वा दद्युः शिष्यायानुगताय वा ॥

ācāryāṇāṃ bhavantyeva rahasyāni mahātmanām | tāni putrāya vā dadyuḥ śiṣyāyānugatāya vā

Great teachers do have secrets, and these they give either to a son or to a devoted pupil.

Verse 7 (7.195.7)

स शिष्यः प्राप्य तत्सर्वं सविशेषं च सञ्जय । शूरः शारद्वतीपुत्रः सङ्ख्ये द्रोणादनन्तरः ॥

sa śiṣyaḥ prāpya tatsarvaṃ saviśeṣaṃ ca sañjaya | śūraḥ śāradvatīputraḥ saṅkhye droṇādanantaraḥ

That pupil, Sanjaya, having received all of it and more besides—the valiant son of Sharadvati, next to Drona in battle—

Verse 8 (7.195.8)

रामस्य तु समः शस्त्रे पुरन्दरसमो युधि । कार्तवीर्यसमो वीर्ये बृहस्पतिसमो मतौ ॥

rāmasya tu samaḥ śastre purandarasamo yudhi | kārtavīryasamo vīrye bṛhaspatisamo matau

equal to Rama in weapons, equal to Purandara in battle, equal to Kartavirya in might, equal to Brihaspati in intellect,

Verse 9 (7.195.9)

महीधरसमः स्थैर्ये तेजसाऽग्निसमो युवा । समुद्र इव गाम्भीर्ये क्रोधे चाशीविषोपमः ॥

mahīdharasamaḥ sthairye tejasā'gnisamo yuvā | samudra iva gāmbhīrye krodhe cāśīviṣopamaḥ

young, equal to the mountain in steadiness, to fire in splendour, to the ocean in depth, and in anger like a venomous serpent.

Verse 10 (7.195.10)

स रथी प्रथमो लोके दृढधन्वा जितक्लमः । शीघ्रोऽनिल इवाक्रन्दे चरन्क्रुद्ध इवान्तकः ॥

sa rathī prathamo loke dṛḍhadhanvā jitaklamaḥ | śīghro'nila ivākrande carankruddha ivāntakaḥ

He is the first charioteer in the world, firm of bow, untiring, swift as the wind in the clash, moving in anger like Death himself.

Verse 11 (7.195.11)

अस्यता येन सङ्ग्रामे धरण्यभिनिपीडिता । मेघस्तनितनिर्घोषा कम्पते भयविह्वला । यो न व्यथति सङ्ग्रामे वीरः सत्यपराक्रमः ॥

asyatā yena saṅgrāme dharaṇyabhinipīḍitā | meghastanitanirghoṣā kampate bhayavihvalā | yo na vyathati saṅgrāme vīraḥ satyaparākramaḥ

When he shoots in battle the earth is pressed down by him; “with a sound like thundering clouds, she trembles, distraught with fear”; he is a hero who does not waver in battle, true in his valour,

Note on the text: Three lines, as on the page: line 1 = CE 7.166.11a; line 2 (the page prints it between quote marks) = CE star passage 7.166.11b*1358_01; line 3 = CE 7.166.11c. Removed the stray wiki marks (` and ') around the bracketed line. Corrected सङ्ग्रमे → सङ्ग्रामे (misprint in Wikisource; dropped long ā; the critical edition reads saṃgrāme). Corrected निर्घोषं → निर्घोषा (misprint in Wikisource; the epithet must agree with the singular feminine subject (the earth) of कम्पते; the critical edition reads meghastanitanirghoṣā). Corrected विह्वलाः → विह्वला (misprint in Wikisource; likewise must agree with the singular earth; the critical edition reads bhayaviklavā).

Verse 12 (7.195.12)

वेदस्नातो व्रतस्नातो धनुर्वेदे च पारगः । महोदधिरिवाक्षोभ्यो रामो दाशरथिर्यथा ॥

vedasnāto vratasnāto dhanurvede ca pāragaḥ | mahodadhirivākṣobhyo rāmo dāśarathiryathā

bathed in the Vedas and in vows, a master of the science of the bow, unshakable as the great ocean, like Rama, son of Dasharatha.

Verse 13 (7.195.13)

तमधर्मेण धर्मिष्ठं धृष्टद्युम्नेन संयुगे । श्रुत्वा निहतमाचार्यमश्वत्थामा किमब्रवीत् ॥

tamadharmeṇa dharmiṣṭhaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnena saṃyuge | śrutvā nihatamācāryamaśvatthāmā kimabravīt

When he heard that his teacher, that most righteous man, had been killed in battle by Dhrishtadyumna through unrighteousness, what did Ashvatthama say?

Note on the text: Matches CE 7.166.3 (the page’s second copy of the refrain; the first copy, v3, matches CE 7.166.13).

Verse 14 (7.195.14)

धृष्टद्युम्नस्य यो मृत्युः सृष्टस्तेन महात्मना । यथा द्रोणस्य पाञ्चाल्यो यज्ञसेनसुतोऽभवत् ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnasya yo mṛtyuḥ sṛṣṭastena mahātmanā | yathā droṇasya pāñcālyo yajñasenasuto'bhavat

He whom that great soul brought into being to be the death of Dhrishtadyumna, just as the Panchala, the son of Yajnasena, became the death of Drona—

Note on the text: Ashvatthama is the one “created” by Drona as Dhrishtadyumna’s death; the sentence is completed by v15.

Verse 15 (7.195.15)

तं नृशंसेन पापेन क्रूरेणादीर्घदर्शिना । श्रुत्वा निहतमाचार्यमश्वत्थामा किमब्रवीत् ॥

taṃ nṛśaṃsena pāpena krūreṇādīrghadarśinā | śrutvā nihatamācāryamaśvatthāmā kimabravīt

When he heard that his teacher had been killed by that cruel, sinful, savage and short-sighted man, what did Ashvatthama say?