Yudhishthira's Farewell and Vidura's Counsel

Verse 1 (2.100.1)

आमन्त्रयामि भरतांस्तथा वृद्धं पितामहम् । राजानं सोमदत्तं च महाराजं च बाह्लिकम् ॥

āmantrayāmi bharatāṃstathā vṛddhaṃ pitāmaham | rājānaṃ somadattaṃ ca mahārājaṃ ca bāhlikam

I take leave of the Bharatas, of our aged grandsire, of King Somadatta and of the great king Bahlika,

Verse 2 (2.100.2)

द्रोणं कृपं नृपांश्चान्यानश्वत्थामानमेव च । विदुरं धृतराष्ट्रं च धार्तराष्ट्रांश्च सर्वशः ॥

droṇaṃ kṛpaṃ nṛpāṃścānyānaśvatthāmānameva ca | viduraṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ ca dhārtarāṣṭrāṃśca sarvaśaḥ

of Drona, Kripa, the other kings and Ashvatthaman, of Vidura, Dhritarashtra and all the sons of Dhritarashtra,

Verse 3 (2.100.3)

सौमदत्तिं महावीर्यं विकर्णं च महामतिम् । युयुत्सुं सञ्जयं चैव तथैवान्यान्सभासदः ॥

saumadattiṃ mahāvīryaṃ vikarṇaṃ ca mahāmatim | yuyutsuṃ sañjayaṃ caiva tathaivānyānsabhāsadaḥ

of Somadatta's mighty son, of the wise Vikarna, of Yuyutsu and Sanjaya, and likewise of the other members of the assembly;

Note on the text: Removed a stray quote mark ('). The first line is not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives it in its apparatus as 592*, after 2.69.2); the second line is 2.69.3a.

Verse 4 (2.100.4)

गान्धारीं च महाभागां मातरं च तथा पृथाम् । सर्वानामन्त्र्य गच्छामि द्रष्टाऽस्मि पुनरेत्य वः ॥

gāndhārīṃ ca mahābhāgāṃ mātaraṃ ca tathā pṛthām | sarvānāmantrya gacchāmi draṣṭā'smi punaretya vaḥ

of the noble Gandhari and of my mother Pritha. Having taken leave of you all, I go; I shall see you again when I return.

Note on the text: Removed a stray quote mark ('). The first line is not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives it in its apparatus as 593*, reading pṛthāṃ tathā); the second line is 2.69.3c.

Verse 5 (2.100.5)

न च किञ्चिदथोचुस्तं ह्रियाऽऽसन्ना युधिष्ठिरम् । मनोभिरेव कल्याणं दध्युस्ते तस्य धीमतः ॥

na ca kiñcidathocustaṃ hriyā''sannā yudhiṣṭhiram | manobhireva kalyāṇaṃ dadhyuste tasya dhīmataḥ

Overcome with shame, they said nothing at all to Yudhishthira then; only in their hearts did they wish that wise man well.

Verse 6 (2.100.6)

आर्या पृथा राजपुत्री नारण्यं गन्तुमर्हति । सुकुमारी च वृद्धा च नित्यं चैव सुखोचिता ॥

āryā pṛthā rājaputrī nāraṇyaṃ gantumarhati | sukumārī ca vṛddhā ca nityaṃ caiva sukhocitā

The noble Pritha, a king's daughter, should not go to the forest. She is delicate and old, and has always been used to comfort.

Verse 7 (2.100.7)

इह वत्स्यति कल्याणी सत्कृता मम वेश्मनि । इति पार्था विजानीध्वमगदं वोऽस्तु सर्वशः ॥

iha vatsyati kalyāṇī satkṛtā mama veśmani | iti pārthā vijānīdhvamagadaṃ vo'stu sarvaśaḥ

The good lady will live in my house, held in honour. Know this, sons of Pritha, and may you be safe in every way.

Verse 8 (2.100.8)

तथेत्युक्त्वाऽब्रुवन्सर्वे यथा नो वदसेऽनघ । त्वं पितृव्यः पितृसमो वयं च त्वत्परायणाः ॥

tathetyuktvā'bruvansarve yathā no vadase'nagha | tvaṃ pitṛvyaḥ pitṛsamo vayaṃ ca tvatparāyaṇāḥ

Saying "So be it," they all replied: "As you tell us, sinless one. You are our father's brother and like a father to us, and we look to you as our refuge.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 8–9 in its apparatus as 594*, after 2.69.5, under the same heading पाण्डवा ऊचुः.

Verse 9 (2.100.9)

यथाऽऽज्ञापयसे विद्वंस्त्वं हि नः परमो गुरुः । यच्चान्यदपि कर्तव्यं तद्विधत्स्व महामते ॥

yathā''jñāpayase vidvaṃstvaṃ hi naḥ paramo guruḥ | yaccānyadapi kartavyaṃ tadvidhatsva mahāmate

We shall do as you command, learned one, for you are our highest teacher. Whatever else must be done, arrange it, wise one."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 594*, after 2.69.5).

Verse 10 (2.100.10)

युधिष्ठिर विजानीहि ममेदं भरतर्षभ । नाधर्मेण जितः कश्चिद्व्यथते वै पराजये ॥

yudhiṣṭhira vijānīhi mamedaṃ bharatarṣabha | nādharmeṇa jitaḥ kaścidvyathate vai parājaye

Yudhishthira, bull of the Bharatas, learn this from me: no one who has been beaten by unrighteous means need be pained by his defeat.

Verse 11 (2.100.11)

त्वं वै धर्मं विजानीषे युद्धे जेता धनञ्जयः । हन्ताऽरीणां भीमसेनो नकुलस्त्वर्थसङ्ग्रही ॥

tvaṃ vai dharmaṃ vijānīṣe yuddhe jetā dhanañjayaḥ | hantā'rīṇāṃ bhīmaseno nakulastvarthasaṅgrahī

You know dharma; Dhananjaya is a victor in battle; Bhimasena is a slayer of enemies; Nakula a gatherer of wealth;

Verse 12 (2.100.12)

संयन्ता सहदेवस्तु धौम्यो ब्रह्मविदुत्तमः । धर्मार्थकुशला चैव द्रौपदी धर्मचारिणी ॥

saṃyantā sahadevastu dhaumyo brahmaviduttamaḥ | dharmārthakuśalā caiva draupadī dharmacāriṇī

Sahadeva keeps order; Dhaumya is the best of those who know brahman; and Draupadi, who walks the path of dharma, is skilled in both dharma and worldly affairs.

Verse 13 (2.100.13)

अन्योन्यस्य प्रियाः सर्वे तथैव प्रियदर्शनाः । परैरभेद्याः सन्तुष्टाः को वो न स्पृहयेदिह ॥

anyonyasya priyāḥ sarve tathaiva priyadarśanāḥ | parairabhedyāḥ santuṣṭāḥ ko vo na spṛhayediha

You are all dear to one another and pleasant to look upon; no enemy can divide you, and you are content. Who here would not envy you?

Note on the text: Corrected को वोन न → को वो न (misprint in Wikisource; a stray syllable; the critical edition reads ko vo na). प्रियदर्शनाः for the critical edition's priyavādinaḥ is a recension variant.

Verse 14 (2.100.14)

एष वै सर्वकल्याणः समाधिस्तव भारत । नैनं शत्रुर्विषहते शक्रेणापि समोऽप्युत ॥

eṣa vai sarvakalyāṇaḥ samādhistava bhārata | nainaṃ śatrurviṣahate śakreṇāpi samo'pyuta

This discipline of yours, Bharata, is the source of every good. No enemy can withstand it, not even one equal to Shakra.

Verse 15 (2.100.15)

हिमवत्यनुशिष्टोऽसि मेरुसावर्णिना पुरा । द्वैपायनेन कृष्णेन नगरे वारणावते ॥

himavatyanuśiṣṭo'si merusāvarṇinā purā | dvaipāyanena kṛṣṇena nagare vāraṇāvate

In the past you were taught by Meru-Savarni on the Himalaya, and by Krishna Dvaipayana in the city of Varanavata,

Verse 16 (2.100.16)

भृगुतुङ्गे च रामेण दृषद्वत्यां च शम्भुना । अश्रौषीरसितस्यापि महर्षेरञ्जनं प्रति ॥

bhṛgutuṅge ca rāmeṇa dṛṣadvatyāṃ ca śambhunā | aśrauṣīrasitasyāpi maharṣerañjanaṃ prati

by Rama on Bhrigu's peak, and by Shambhu on the Drishadvati; and you have heard the great sage Asita as well, near Mount Anjana.

Note on the text: Corrected दृष्टद्वत्यां → दृषद्वत्यां (misprint in Wikisource; the river Drishadvati; the critical edition reads dṛṣadvatyāṃ) and अश्रौषीरसि तस्यापि → अश्रौषीरसितस्यापि (a misplaced space split the name of the sage Asita; the critical edition reads aśrauṣīr asitasyāpi).

Verse 17 (2.100.17)

कल्माषीतीरसंस्थस्य गतस्त्वं शिष्यतां भृगोः । द्रष्टा सदा नारदस्ते धौम्यस्तेऽयं पुरोहितः ॥

kalmāṣītīrasaṃsthasya gatastvaṃ śiṣyatāṃ bhṛgoḥ | draṣṭā sadā nāradaste dhaumyaste'yaṃ purohitaḥ

You became the pupil of Bhrigu, who dwells on the bank of the Kalmashi; Narada always watches over you, and this Dhaumya is your priest.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives it in its apparatus as 596*, after 2.69.13); the second line is 2.69.14a (the CE reads nāradasya). From here to verse 24 Wikisource's verses run half a verse out of step with the critical edition.

Verse 18 (2.100.18)

माहासीः साम्पराये त्वं बुद्धिं तामृषिपूजिताम् । पुरूरवसमैलं त्वं बुद्ध्या जयसि पाण्डव ॥

māhāsīḥ sāmparāye tvaṃ buddhiṃ tāmṛṣipūjitām | purūravasamailaṃ tvaṃ buddhyā jayasi pāṇḍava

Do not abandon, with the next world in view, the understanding that the sages honour. By understanding you surpass Pururavas, son of Ila, O Pandava;

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 2.69.14c and 2.69.15a of the critical edition. माहासीः (mā hāsīḥ, "do not abandon") for the critical edition's mā hārṣīḥ is a recension variant.

Verse 19 (2.100.19)

शक्त्या जयसि राज्ञोऽन्यानृषीन्धर्मोपसेवया । ऐन्द्रे जये धृतमना याम्ये कोपविधारणे ॥

śaktyā jayasi rājño'nyānṛṣīndharmopasevayā | aindre jaye dhṛtamanā yāmye kopavidhāraṇe

in power you surpass other kings, and in devotion to dharma you surpass the sages. Set your mind on victory, as Indra does; on holding back anger, as Yama does;

Note on the text: Corrected धर्गोपसेवया → धर्मोपसेवया (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads dharmopasevayā). Lines correspond to 2.69.15c and 2.69.16a.

Verse 20 (2.100.20)

तथा विसर्गे कौबेरे वारुणे चैव संयमे । आत्मप्रदानं सौम्यत्वमद्भ्यश्चैवोपजीवनम् ॥

tathā visarge kaubere vāruṇe caiva saṃyame | ātmapradānaṃ saumyatvamadbhyaścaivopajīvanam

on giving, as Kubera does; and on self-restraint, as Varuna does. Take from the Moon its gentleness and readiness to give itself, and from the waters the power to sustain life;

Note on the text: Corrected वारुणे कोपविधारणे → वारुणे चैव संयमे (copying error in Wikisource: the pada repeats कोपविधारणे from the previous verse and is a syllable too long; the page's own gloss on 2-100-20 explains संयमे, and the critical edition reads vāruṇe caiva saṃyame). Lines correspond to 2.69.16c and 2.69.17a.

Verse 21 (2.100.21)

भूमेः क्षमा च तेजश्च समग्रं सूर्यमण्डलात् । वायोर्बलं प्राप्नुहि त्वं भूतेभ्यश्चात्मसम्पदम् ॥

bhūmeḥ kṣamā ca tejaśca samagraṃ sūryamaṇḍalāt | vāyorbalaṃ prāpnuhi tvaṃ bhūtebhyaścātmasampadam

from the earth, forbearance; from the sun's orb, all its radiance; from the wind, strength; and from the elements, the fullness of your own being. Gain these.

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 2.69.17c and 2.69.18a. प्राप्नुहि त्वं … आत्मसम्पदम् for the critical edition's viddhi sa tvaṃ … ātmasaṃbhavam is a recension variant.

Verse 22 (2.100.22)

अगदं वोऽस्तु भद्रं वो द्रष्टाऽस्मि पुनरागतान् । आपद्धर्मार्थकृच्छ्रेषु सर्वकार्येषु वा पुनः ॥

agadaṃ vo'stu bhadraṃ vo draṣṭā'smi punarāgatān | āpaddharmārthakṛcchreṣu sarvakāryeṣu vā punaḥ

May you be safe, and may it go well with you; I shall see you when you return. In hardships touching dharma and wealth, and in all your undertakings,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 2.69.18c and 2.69.19a.

Verse 23 (2.100.23)

यथावत्प्रतिपद्येथाः काले काले युधिष्ठिर । आपृष्टोऽसीह कौन्तेय स्वस्ति प्राप्नुहि भारत ॥

yathāvatpratipadyethāḥ kāle kāle yudhiṣṭhira | āpṛṣṭo'sīha kaunteya svasti prāpnuhi bhārata

act rightly as each occasion demands, Yudhishthira. You have my leave, son of Kunti; fare well, Bharata.

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 2.69.19c and 2.69.20a.

Verse 24 (2.100.24)

कृतार्थं स्वस्तिमन्तं त्वां द्रक्ष्यामः पुनरागतम् । न हि वो वृजिनं किञ्चिद्वेद कश्चित्पुराकृतम् ॥

kṛtārthaṃ svastimantaṃ tvāṃ drakṣyāmaḥ punarāgatam | na hi vo vṛjinaṃ kiñcidveda kaścitpurākṛtam

We shall see you come back with your purpose achieved and in good fortune. For no one knows of any wrong that you have done in the past.

Note on the text: Corrected स्वस्मिमन्तं → स्वस्तिमन्तं (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads svastimantaṃ). The first line is 2.69.20c; the second line is not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 597*).

Verse 25 (2.100.25)

एवमुक्तस्तथेत्युक्त्वा पाण्डवः सत्यविक्रमः । भीष्मद्रोणौ नमस्कृत्य प्रातिष्ठत युधिष्ठिरः ॥

evamuktastathetyuktvā pāṇḍavaḥ satyavikramaḥ | bhīṣmadroṇau namaskṛtya prātiṣṭhata yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Thus addressed, Yudhishthira, the Pandava of true valour, said "So be it," bowed to Bhishma and Drona, and set out.