Omens in the Thirty-Sixth Year

Verse 1 (16.1.1)

षट्त्रिंशे त्वथ संप्राप्ते वर्षे कौरवनन्दनः । ददर्श विपरीतानि निमित्तानि युधिष्ठिरः ॥

ṣaṭtriṃśe tvatha saṃprāpte varṣe kauravanandanaḥ | dadarśa viparītāni nimittāni yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

When the thirty-sixth year had come, Yudhishthira, the delight of the Kurus, saw omens of ill, all contrary to the natural order.

Note on the text: Corrected त्वथ् → त्वथ (misprint in Wikisource; stray virama on the final थ). Corrected कौरवन्दनः → कौरवनन्दनः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara न, the pāda is a syllable short; CE reads kauravanandanaḥ). Corrected युधिष्टिरः → युधिष्ठिरः (misprint in Wikisource; ष्ट for ष्ठ; CE reads yudhiṣṭhiraḥ). The page's first row ran together the invocation (श्रीवेदव्यासाय नमः; नारायणं नमस्कृत्य … जयमुदीरयेत्), which is dropped as not verse text (cf. CE star passage 16,000.000*0001), and the heading 'वैशम्पायन उवाच'.

Verse 2 (16.1.2)

ववुर्वाताश्च निर्घाता रूक्षाः शर्करवर्षिणः । अपसव्यानि शकुना मण्डलानि प्रचक्रिरे ॥

vavurvātāśca nirghātā rūkṣāḥ śarkaravarṣiṇaḥ | apasavyāni śakunā maṇḍalāni pracakrire

Harsh winds blew, with crashing thunderclaps, raining gravel; and the birds wheeled in circles keeping to the left, the inauspicious way.

Verse 3 (16.1.3)

प्रत्यगूहुर्महानद्यो दिशो नीहारसंवृताः । उल्काश्चाङ्गारवर्षिण्यः प्रापतन्गगनाद्भुवि ॥

pratyagūhurmahānadyo diśo nīhārasaṃvṛtāḥ | ulkāścāṅgāravarṣiṇyaḥ prāpatangaganādbhuvi

The great rivers flowed backwards, the quarters were shrouded in mist, and meteors raining embers fell from the sky to the earth.

Verse 4 (16.1.4)

आदित्यो रजसा राजन्समवच्छन्नमण्डलः । विरश्मिरुदये नित्यं कबन्धैः समलङ्कृतः ॥

ādityo rajasā rājansamavacchannamaṇḍalaḥ | viraśmirudaye nityaṃ kabandhaiḥ samalaṅkṛtaḥ

O king, the sun, its disc veiled in dust, rose every day without rays, and headless trunks were seen all about it.

Note on the text: Corrected समवच्छन्नगनाद्भुवि → समवच्छन्नमण्डलः (misprint in Wikisource; the line's ending was copied from the previous verse; CE reads samavacchannamaṇḍalaḥ).

Verse 5 (16.1.5)

परिवेषाश्च दृश्यन्ते दारुणाश्च चन्द्रसूर्ययोः । त्रिवर्णाः श्यामरुक्षान्तास्तथा भस्मारुणप्रभाः ॥

pariveṣāśca dṛśyante dāruṇāśca candrasūryayoḥ | trivarṇāḥ śyāmarukṣāntāstathā bhasmāruṇaprabhāḥ

Dreadful haloes were seen around the moon and the sun, three-coloured, dark and rough at the edges, with an ashen-red glow.

Note on the text: Corrected दारुणाश्च द्रसूर्ययोः → दारुणाश्च चन्द्रसूर्ययोः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped letters चन्; CE reads candrasūryayoḥ).

Verse 6 (16.1.6)

एते चान्ये च बहव उत्पाता भयशंसिनः । दृश्यन्ते जगतो नाथ दिवमारोढुमिच्छति ॥

ete cānye ca bahava utpātā bhayaśaṃsinaḥ | dṛśyante jagato nātha divamāroḍhumicchati

These and many other omens that foretold terror were seen, as the Lord of the world wished to ascend to heaven.

Note on the text: Corrected भयसंसिनः → भयशंसिनः (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; CE reads bhayaśaṃsinaḥ). Line 1 = CE 16,001.006a; line 2 = star line 16,001.006d*0002_01 (the star line reads 'jagato nāthe', 'when the Lord of the world …'; translated in that sense).

Verse 7 (16.1.7)

यस्य प्रसादाद्धर्मोऽयं कृते यद्वत्कलावपि । पाण्डवाश्च महाभाग युक्तास्तु यशसाऽनघ ॥

yasya prasādāddharmo'yaṃ kṛte yadvatkalāvapi | pāṇḍavāśca mahābhāga yuktāstu yaśasā'nagha

He by whose grace this Dharma stands even in the Kali age as it did in the Krita; and the Pandavas, O blessed and sinless one, are endowed with glory.

Note on the text: Removed the stray backtick, closing quote and doubled danda (`…।।') that bracket a vulgate-only couplet on the page. Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 16,001.006d*0003_01-02 (CE: 'pāṇḍavās tu mahābhāgā yuktās tu yaśasānaghāḥ').

Verse 8 (16.1.8)

कस्य चित्त्वथ कालस्य कुरुराजो विशङ्कितः । शुश्राव वृष्णिचक्रस्य मुसलोत्सादनं कृतम् ॥

kasya cittvatha kālasya kururājo viśaṅkitaḥ | śuśrāva vṛṣṇicakrasya musalotsādanaṃ kṛtam

After some time the Kuru king, full of foreboding, heard that the host of the Vrishnis had been destroyed by the pestle.

Verse 9 (16.1.9)

विमुक्तं वासुदेवं च श्रुत्वा रामं च पाण्डवः । समानीयाब्रवीद्भ्रातॄन्किं करिष्याम इत्युत ॥

vimuktaṃ vāsudevaṃ ca śrutvā rāmaṃ ca pāṇḍavaḥ | samānīyābravīdbhrātṝnkiṃ kariṣyāma ityuta

Hearing that Vasudeva and Rama had been released from life, the Pandava called his brothers together and said, 'What are we to do?'

Note on the text: Corrected भ्रातृन्कि करिष्याम → भ्रातॄन्किं करिष्याम (misprint in Wikisource; short ऋ for long ॠ and dropped anusvara; CE reads bhrātṝn kiṃ kariṣyāma).

Verse 10 (16.1.10)

परस्परं समासाद्य ब्रह्मदण्डबलात्कृतान् । वृष्णीन्विनष्टांस्ते श्रुत्वा व्यथिताः पाण्डवा भृशम् ॥

parasparaṃ samāsādya brahmadaṇḍabalātkṛtān | vṛṣṇīnvinaṣṭāṃste śrutvā vyathitāḥ pāṇḍavā bhṛśam

The Pandavas were deeply distressed to hear that the Vrishnis, by the force of a brahmin's curse, had fallen upon one another and perished.

Note on the text: Corrected वृष्णिन्विनष्टास्ते → वृष्णीन्विनष्टांस्ते (misprint in Wikisource; accusative plurals वृष्णीन् and विनष्टान् (before ते) were misprinted; CE reads vṛṣṇīn vinaṣṭāṃs te).

Verse 11 (16.1.11)

निधनं वासुदेवस्य समुद्रस्येव शोषणम् । वीरा न श्रद्दधुस्तस्य विनाशं शार्ङ्गधन्वनः ॥

nidhanaṃ vāsudevasya samudrasyeva śoṣaṇam | vīrā na śraddadhustasya vināśaṃ śārṅgadhanvanaḥ

The death of Vasudeva was like the drying up of the ocean; the heroes could not believe in the destruction of the wielder of the Sharnga bow.

Verse 12 (16.1.12)

मौसलं ते समाश्रित्य दुःखशोकसमन्विताः । विषण्णा हतसंकल्पाः पाण्डवाः समुपाविशन् ॥

mausalaṃ te samāśritya duḥkhaśokasamanvitāḥ | viṣaṇṇā hatasaṃkalpāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ samupāviśan

Dwelling in mind on the slaughter by the pestles, the Pandavas, overcome with grief and sorrow, dejected and their purpose broken, sat down.

Note on the text: Corrected विष्ण्णा → विषण्णा (misprint in Wikisource; the ष and ण are transposed; CE reads viṣaṇṇā). Corrected हतसंकल्पाःकि पाण्डवाः → हतसंकल्पाः पाण्डवाः (misprint in Wikisource; stray letters कि (a footnote mark) run into the text; CE reads hatasaṃkalpāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ). The page's footnote glosses 'मौसलम्' as 'the slaughter done by the pestle'.