The City Mourns and Kunti's Lament

Verse 1 (2.101.1)

ततः सम्प्रस्थिते तत्र धर्मराजे तदा नृप । जनाः समन्ताद्द्रष्टुं तं समारुरुहुरातुराः ॥

tataḥ samprasthite tatra dharmarāje tadā nṛpa | janāḥ samantāddraṣṭuṃ taṃ samāruruhurāturāḥ

Then, O king, as the King of Dharma set out, people on every side climbed up in distress to see him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 1–2).

Verse 2 (2.101.2)

ततः प्रासादवर्याणि विमानशिखराणि च । गोपुराणि च सर्वाणि वृक्षानन्यांश्च सर्वशः ॥

tataḥ prāsādavaryāṇi vimānaśikharāṇi ca | gopurāṇi ca sarvāṇi vṛkṣānanyāṃśca sarvaśaḥ

They climbed the finest mansions, the tops of towered palaces, all the city gates and every tree besides;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 3–4).

Verse 3 (2.101.3)

अथाधिरुह्य सस्त्रीका उदासीना व्यलोकयन् । न हि रथ्यास्तदा शक्या गन्तुं ताश्च जनाकुलाः ॥

athādhiruhya sastrīkā udāsīnā vyalokayan | na hi rathyāstadā śakyā gantuṃ tāśca janākulāḥ

and having climbed them, together with their wives, they looked on, powerless to help; for the streets could not be walked then, so packed were they with people.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 5–6).

Verse 4 (2.101.4)

आरुह्य स्मानतास्तत्र दीनाः पश्यन्ति पाण्डवान् । पदातिं वर्जितच्छत्रं चेलभूषणवर्जितम् ॥

āruhya smānatāstatra dīnāḥ paśyanti pāṇḍavān | padātiṃ varjitacchatraṃ celabhūṣaṇavarjitam

Perched up there, bowed with grief, the wretched people watched the Pandavas: Partha on foot, without a royal parasol, without fine clothes or ornaments,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 7–8).

Verse 5 (2.101.5)

वल्कलाजिनसंवीतं पार्थं दृष्ट्वा जनास्तदा । ऊचुर्बहुविधा वाचो भृशोपहतचेतसः ॥

valkalājinasaṃvītaṃ pārthaṃ dṛṣṭvā janāstadā | ūcurbahuvidhā vāco bhṛśopahatacetasaḥ

clad in bark and deerskin. Seeing him then, the people, their hearts deeply stricken, spoke words of many kinds:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 9–10).

Verse 6 (2.101.6)

यं यान्तमनुयाति स्म चतुरङ्गबलं महत् । तमेकं कृष्णया सार्धमनुगच्छन्ति पाण्डवाः ॥

yaṃ yāntamanuyāti sma caturaṅgabalaṃ mahat | tamekaṃ kṛṣṇayā sārdhamanugacchanti pāṇḍavāḥ

He whom a great army of four divisions used to follow when he went out, him now only the Pandavas follow, with Krishna,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 11–12).

Verse 7 (2.101.7)

चत्वारो भ्रातरश्चैव धौम्यश्चैव पुरोहितः । भीमार्जुनौ वारयित्वा निकृत्या बद्धकार्मुकौ ॥

catvāro bhrātaraścaiva dhaumyaścaiva purohitaḥ | bhīmārjunau vārayitvā nikṛtyā baddhakārmukau

his four brothers and Dhaumya the priest. And he has held back Bhima and Arjuna, whose bows are bound by fraud.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 13–14).

Verse 8 (2.101.8)

धर्म एवास्थितो येन त्यक्त्वा राज्यं महात्मना । या न शक्या पुरा द्रष्टुं भूतैराकाशगैरपि ॥

dharma evāsthito yena tyaktvā rājyaṃ mahātmanā | yā na śakyā purā draṣṭuṃ bhūtairākāśagairapi

The great-souled man by whom dharma alone is upheld has given up his kingdom. She whom not even the beings that move through the sky could see before,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 15–16).

Verse 9 (2.101.9)

तामद्य कृष्णां पश्यन्ति राजमार्गगता जनाः । अङ्गरागोचितां कृष्णां रक्तचन्दनसेविनीम् ॥

tāmadya kṛṣṇāṃ paśyanti rājamārgagatā janāḥ | aṅgarāgocitāṃ kṛṣṇāṃ raktacandanasevinīm

that Krishna the people walking the royal road now see, Krishna, who is used to fragrant unguents and to red sandal paste.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 17–18).

Verse 10 (2.101.10)

वर्षमुष्णं च शीतं च नेष्यत्याशु विवर्णताम् । अद्य नूनं पृथा देवी सत्यमाविश्य भाषते ॥

varṣamuṣṇaṃ ca śītaṃ ca neṣyatyāśu vivarṇatām | adya nūnaṃ pṛthā devī satyamāviśya bhāṣate

Rain, heat and cold will soon take the colour from her cheeks. Surely today Queen Pritha speaks with the full force of truth:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 19–20).

Verse 11 (2.101.11)

पुत्रान्स्नुषां च देवी तु द्रष्टुमद्याथ नार्हति । निर्गुणस्यापि पुत्रस्य कथं स्याद्दुःखदर्शनम् ॥

putrānsnuṣāṃ ca devī tu draṣṭumadyātha nārhati | nirguṇasyāpi putrasya kathaṃ syādduḥkhadarśanam

the queen cannot bear today to look upon her sons and her daughter-in-law. Even with a son who has no virtues, how could one bear to see him in sorrow?

Note on the text: Corrected स्याहुः स्वदर्शनम् → स्याद्दुःखदर्शनम् (misprint in Wikisource; स्याहुः is not a word and the pada is garbled; the CE appendix reads syād duḥkhadarśanam). Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 21–22).

Verse 12 (2.101.12)

किम्पुनर्यस्य लोकोऽयं जितो वृत्तेन केवलम् । आनृशंस्यमनुक्रोशो धृतिः शीलं दमः शमः ॥

kimpunaryasya loko'yaṃ jito vṛttena kevalam | ānṛśaṃsyamanukrośo dhṛtiḥ śīlaṃ damaḥ śamaḥ

How much more one who has won this world by his conduct alone! Kindness, compassion, steadfastness, good character, self-restraint and calm:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 23–24).

Verse 13 (2.101.13)

पाण्डवं शोभयन्त्येते षड्गुणाः पुरुषोत्तमम् । तस्मादस्योपघातेन प्रजाः परमपीडिताः ॥

pāṇḍavaṃ śobhayantyete ṣaḍguṇāḥ puruṣottamam | tasmādasyopaghātena prajāḥ paramapīḍitāḥ

these six virtues adorn the Pandava, that best of men. That is why, now that he is struck down, his subjects suffer so deeply,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 25–26).

Verse 14 (2.101.14)

औदकानीव सत्वानि ग्रीष्मे सलिलसङ्क्षयात् । पीडया पीडितं सर्वं जगदस्य जगत्पतेः ॥

audakānīva satvāni grīṣme salilasaṅkṣayāt | pīḍayā pīḍitaṃ sarvaṃ jagadasya jagatpateḥ

like creatures of the water when the water dries up in summer. The whole world is pained by the pain of this lord of the world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 27–28).

Verse 15 (2.101.15)

मूलस्यैवोपघातेन वृक्षः पुष्पफलोपगः । मूलं ह्येष मनुष्याणां धर्मराजो महाद्युतिः ॥

mūlasyaivopaghātena vṛkṣaḥ puṣpaphalopagaḥ | mūlaṃ hyeṣa manuṣyāṇāṃ dharmarājo mahādyutiḥ

A tree in flower and fruit suffers when its root is harmed; and this King of Dharma, of great splendour, is the root of mankind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 29–30).

Verse 16 (2.101.16)

पुष्पं फलं च पत्रं च शाखास्तस्येतरे जनाः । ते भ्रातर इव क्षिप्रं सपुत्राः सहबान्धवाः ॥

puṣpaṃ phalaṃ ca patraṃ ca śākhāstasyetare janāḥ | te bhrātara iva kṣipraṃ saputrāḥ sahabāndhavāḥ

The rest of the people are his flowers, fruit, leaves and branches. Like his brothers, let us go quickly, with our sons and our kin,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 31–32).

Verse 17 (2.101.17)

गच्छन्तमनुगच्छामो येन गच्छति पाण्डवः । उद्यानानि परित्यज्य क्षेत्राणि च गृहाणि च ॥

gacchantamanugacchāmo yena gacchati pāṇḍavaḥ | udyānāni parityajya kṣetrāṇi ca gṛhāṇi ca

and follow him as he goes, by whatever road the Pandava takes. Leaving our gardens, our fields and our houses,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 33–34).

Verse 18 (2.101.18)

एकदुःखसुखाः पार्थमनुयाम सुधार्मिकम् । समुच्छ्रितपताकानि परिध्वस्ताजिराणि च ॥

ekaduḥkhasukhāḥ pārthamanuyāma sudhārmikam | samucchritapatākāni paridhvastājirāṇi ca

sharing one sorrow and one joy, let us follow Partha, the most righteous. Let our houses, their banners still raised, their courtyards in ruins,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 35–36).

Verse 19 (2.101.19)

उपात्तधनधान्यानि हृतसाराणि सर्वशः । रजसाऽप्यवकीर्णानि परित्यक्तानि दैवतैः ॥

upāttadhanadhānyāni hṛtasārāṇi sarvaśaḥ | rajasā'pyavakīrṇāni parityaktāni daivataiḥ

their wealth and grain carried off, everything of value removed, covered with dust, deserted by their household gods,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 37–38).

Verse 20 (2.101.20)

मूषकैः परिधावद्भिरुद्बिलैरावृतानि च । अपेतोदकधूमानि हीनसंमार्जनानि च ॥

mūṣakaiḥ paridhāvadbhirudbilairāvṛtāni ca | apetodakadhūmāni hīnasaṃmārjanāni ca

overrun by scurrying mice and riddled with burrows, without water or hearth-smoke, never swept,

Note on the text: Corrected उद्बलैः → उद्बिलैः (misprint in Wikisource; the CE appendix reads udbilaiḥ, "burrows dug up"). Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 39–40).

Verse 21 (2.101.21)

प्रनष्टबलिकर्मेज्यामन्त्रहोमजपानि च । दुष्कालेनेव भग्नानि भिन्नभाजनवन्ति च ॥

pranaṣṭabalikarmejyāmantrahomajapāni ca | duṣkāleneva bhagnāni bhinnabhājanavanti ca

where offerings, rites, sacrifices, mantras, oblations and quiet prayer have all ceased, broken down as if by famine and strewn with shattered pots:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 41–42).

Verse 22 (2.101.22)

अस्मत्त्यक्तानि वेश्मानि सौबलः प्रतिपद्यताम् । वनं नगरमेवास्तु येन गच्छन्ति पाण्डवाः ॥

asmattyaktāni veśmāni saubalaḥ pratipadyatām | vanaṃ nagaramevāstu yena gacchanti pāṇḍavāḥ

these houses that we leave behind, let Saubala have them. Let the forest where the Pandavas are going become the city.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 43–44).

Verse 23 (2.101.23)

अस्माभिश्च परित्यक्तं पुरं सम्पद्यतां वनम् । बिलानि दंष्ट्रिणः सर्वे स्थानानि मृगपक्षिणः ॥

asmābhiśca parityaktaṃ puraṃ sampadyatāṃ vanam | bilāni daṃṣṭriṇaḥ sarve sthānāni mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ

And let the city we abandon become a forest. Let all the fanged beasts leave their dens, and the beasts and birds their haunts;

Note on the text: Corrected वानि → स्थानानि (misprint in Wikisource; वानि is not a word and the pada is a syllable short; the CE appendix reads sthānāni). Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 45–46).

Verse 24 (2.101.24)

त्यजन्त्वस्मद्भयाद्भीता गजाः सिंहा वनान्यपि । अनाक्रान्तं प्रपद्यन्तः सेवमानं त्यजन्तु च ॥

tyajantvasmadbhayādbhītā gajāḥ siṃhā vanānyapi | anākrāntaṃ prapadyantaḥ sevamānaṃ tyajantu ca

let elephants and lions, afraid of us, abandon even the forests; let them take to untrodden ground and leave the ground that people use.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 47–48).

Verse 25 (2.101.25)

तृणमांसफलादानां देशांस्त्यक्त्वा मृगद्विजाः । वयं पार्थैर्वने सम्यक्सह वत्स्याम निर्वृताः ॥

tṛṇamāṃsaphalādānāṃ deśāṃstyaktvā mṛgadvijāḥ | vayaṃ pārthairvane samyaksaha vatsyāma nirvṛtāḥ

Let the beasts and birds leave the lands that feed grass-eaters, flesh-eaters and fruit-eaters. We shall live content in the forest, together with the sons of Pritha.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 49–50).

Verse 26 (2.101.26)

इत्येवं विविधा वाचो नानाजनसमीरिताः । शुश्राव पार्थः श्रुत्वा च न विचक्रेऽस्य मानसम् ॥

ityevaṃ vividhā vāco nānājanasamīritāḥ | śuśrāva pārthaḥ śrutvā ca na vicakre'sya mānasam

Such were the many words spoken by people of every kind. Partha heard them, but hearing them, his mind did not waver.

Note on the text: Speaker changed from जना (carried over in the input) to वैशम्पायन: the townspeople's speech ends with verse 25 and narration resumes (the CE appendix also marks Vaiśaṃpāyana here). Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 51–52).

Verse 27 (2.101.27)

ततः प्रासादसंस्थास्तु समन्ताद्वै गृहे गृहे । ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्राणां चैव योषितः ॥

tataḥ prāsādasaṃsthāstu samantādvai gṛhe gṛhe | brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ caiva yoṣitaḥ

Then, on every side, in house after house, the women of the brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas and shudras, standing up on the mansions,

Note on the text: Speaker changed from जना to वैशम्पायन (narration). Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 53–54).

Verse 28 (2.101.28)

गत्वा स्वगृहजालानि उत्पाट्यावरणानि च । ददृशुः पाण्डवान्दीनान्वल्कलाजिनवाससः ॥

gatvā svagṛhajālāni utpāṭyāvaraṇāni ca | dadṛśuḥ pāṇḍavāndīnānvalkalājinavāsasaḥ

went to the lattice windows of their homes and, pulling aside the screens, looked at the wretched Pandavas dressed in bark and deerskin,

Note on the text: Speaker changed from जना to वैशम्पायन (narration). Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 55–56).

Verse 29 (2.101.29)

कृष्णां त्वदृष्टपूर्वां तां व्रजन्तीं पद्भिरेव च । एकवस्त्रां रुदन्तीं तां मुक्तकेशीं रजस्वलाम् ॥

kṛṣṇāṃ tvadṛṣṭapūrvāṃ tāṃ vrajantīṃ padbhireva ca | ekavastrāṃ rudantīṃ tāṃ muktakeśīṃ rajasvalām

and Krishna, whom they had never seen before, walking on foot, in a single garment, weeping, her hair loose, in her monthly season.

Note on the text: Speaker changed from जना to वैशम्पायन (narration). Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 57–58).

Verse 30 (2.101.30)

दृष्ट्वा तदा स्त्रियः सर्वा विवर्णवदना भृशम् । विलप्य बहुधा मोहाद्दुःखशोकेन पीडिताः । हाहा धिग्धिग्धिगित्युक्त्वा नेत्रैरश्रूण्यवर्तयन् ॥

dṛṣṭvā tadā striyaḥ sarvā vivarṇavadanā bhṛśam | vilapya bahudhā mohādduḥkhaśokena pīḍitāḥ | hāhā dhigdhigdhigityuktvā netrairaśrūṇyavartayan

Seeing her then, all the women, their faces drained of colour, lamented in many ways in their bewilderment, tormented by grief and sorrow; crying "Alas, alas! Shame, shame, shame!" they let the tears stream from their eyes.

Note on the text: Speaker changed from जना to वैशम्पायन (narration). A three-line verse in Wikisource and in the CE appendix alike. Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 59–61).

Verse 31 (2.101.31)

जनस्याथ वचः श्रुत्वा स राजा भ्रातृभिः सह । उद्दिश्य वनावासाय प्रतस्थे कृतनिश्चयः ॥

janasyātha vacaḥ śrutvā sa rājā bhrātṛbhiḥ saha | uddiśya vanāvāsāya pratasthe kṛtaniścayaḥ

Hearing what the people said, the king set out with his brothers, firmly resolved on going to live in the forest.

Note on the text: Speaker changed from जना to वैशम्पायन (narration). Corrected वजः → वचः (misprint in Wikisource; the CE appendix reads vacaḥ). Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 1–31 in Appendix I, No. 41, before 2.70.1 (this verse: lines 62–63).

Verse 32 (2.101.32)

तस्मिन्सम्प्रस्थिते कृष्णा पृथां प्राप्य यशस्विनीम् । अपृच्छद्भृशदुःखार्ता याश्चान्यास्तत्र योषितः ॥

tasminsamprasthite kṛṣṇā pṛthāṃ prāpya yaśasvinīm | apṛcchadbhṛśaduḥkhārtā yāścānyāstatra yoṣitaḥ

As he set out, Krishna, deeply grieved, went to the glorious Pritha and asked leave of her and of the other women there.

Verse 33 (2.101.33)

यथार्हं वन्दनाश्लेषान्कृत्वा गन्तुमियेष सा । ततो निनादः सुमहान्पाण्डवान्तःपुरेऽभवत् ॥

yathārhaṃ vandanāśleṣānkṛtvā gantumiyeṣa sā | tato ninādaḥ sumahānpāṇḍavāntaḥpure'bhavat

Having bowed to each and embraced each as was fitting, she made ready to go. Then a great cry of lament arose in the inner apartments of the Pandavas.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (2.70.2ab): Wikisource prints only the second line of this verse (numbered 33a alone), and the first line, यथार्हं वन्दनाश्लेषान्कृत्वा गन्तुमियेष सा, has been supplied from the CE. Also removed a stray space in पाण्डवान्तःपुरे (Wikisource prints पाण्डवान्तः पुरे).

Verse 34 (2.101.34)

कुन्ती च भृशसन्तप्ता द्रौपदीं प्रेक्ष्य गच्छतीम् । शोकविह्वलया वाचा कृच्छ्राद्वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

kuntī ca bhṛśasantaptā draupadīṃ prekṣya gacchatīm | śokavihvalayā vācā kṛcchrādvacanamabravīt

And Kunti, sorely pained to see Draupadi going, spoke with difficulty in a voice shaken by grief:

Note on the text: Corrected भृशशन्तप्ता → भृशसन्तप्ता (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads bhṛśasaṃtaptā).

Verse 35 (2.101.35)

वत्से शोको न ते कार्यः प्राप्येदं व्यसनं महत् । स्त्रीधर्माणामभिज्ञाऽसि शीलाचारवती तथा ॥

vatse śoko na te kāryaḥ prāpyedaṃ vyasanaṃ mahat | strīdharmāṇāmabhijñā'si śīlācāravatī tathā

Child, you must not grieve at meeting this great misfortune. You know the duties of women, and you are rich in virtue and good conduct.

Note on the text: Speaker changed from वैशम्पायन to कुन्ती: Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 35–39 are the words of Kunti announced in verse 34.

Verse 36 (2.101.36)

न त्वां सन्देष्टुमर्हामि भर्तॄन्प्रति शुचिस्मिते । साध्वी गुणसमापन्ना भूषितं ते कुलद्वयम् ॥

na tvāṃ sandeṣṭumarhāmi bhartṝnprati śucismite | sādhvī guṇasamāpannā bhūṣitaṃ te kuladvayam

I need not instruct you, sweet-smiling one, in your duty to your husbands. You are a virtuous woman, rich in good qualities, and you have brought honour to both your families.

Note on the text: Speaker changed from वैशम्पायन to कुन्ती (Kunti's words continue). Corrected शन्देष्टुम् → सन्देष्टुम् (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads saṃdeṣṭum).

Verse 37 (2.101.37)

सभाग्याः कुरवश्चेमे ये न दग्धास्त्वयाऽनघे । अरिष्टं व्रज पन्थानं मदनुध्यानबृंहिता ॥

sabhāgyāḥ kuravaśceme ye na dagdhāstvayā'naghe | ariṣṭaṃ vraja panthānaṃ madanudhyānabṛṃhitā

Fortunate are these Kurus that you did not burn them up, sinless one. Go safely on your way, strengthened by my thoughts of you.

Note on the text: Speaker changed from वैशम्पायन to कुन्ती (Kunti's words continue).

Verse 38 (2.101.38)

भाविन्यर्थे हि सत्स्त्रीणां वैकृतं नोपजायते । गुरुधर्माभिगुप्ता च श्रेयः क्षिप्रमवप्स्यसि ॥

bhāvinyarthe hi satstrīṇāṃ vaikṛtaṃ nopajāyate | gurudharmābhiguptā ca śreyaḥ kṣipramavapsyasi

Good women are not shaken by what is bound to happen. Guarded by your duty to your elders, you will soon find what is good.

Note on the text: Speaker changed from वैशम्पायन to कुन्ती (Kunti's words continue).

Verse 39 (2.101.39)

सहदेवश्च मे पुत्रः सदाऽवेक्ष्यो वने वसन् । यथेदं व्यसनं प्राप्य नायं सीदेन्महामतिः ॥

sahadevaśca me putraḥ sadā'vekṣyo vane vasan | yathedaṃ vyasanaṃ prāpya nāyaṃ sīdenmahāmatiḥ

And always look after my son Sahadeva while he lives in the forest, so that this wise one does not sink under the misfortune that has come upon him.

Note on the text: Speaker changed from वैशम्पायन to कुन्ती (Kunti's words continue).

Verse 40 (2.101.40)

तथेत्युक्त्वा तु सा देवी स्रवन्नेत्रजलाविला । शोणिताक्तैकवसना मुक्तकेशी विनिर्ययौ ॥

tathetyuktvā tu sā devī sravannetrajalāvilā | śoṇitāktaikavasanā muktakeśī viniryayau

Saying "So be it," the queen, her eyes streaming with tears, wearing her single garment stained with blood, her hair unbound, went out.

Note on the text: Corrected तथेन्युक्त्वा → तथेत्युक्त्वा (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads tathety uktvā).

Verse 41 (2.101.41)

तां क्रोशन्तीं पृथा दुःखादनुवव्राज गच्छतीम् । अथापश्यत्सुतान्सर्वान्हृताभरणवाससः ॥

tāṃ krośantīṃ pṛthā duḥkhādanuvavrāja gacchatīm | athāpaśyatsutānsarvānhṛtābharaṇavāsasaḥ

Pritha in her grief followed her as she went away weeping. Then she saw all her sons, stripped of their ornaments and garments,

Note on the text: Corrected अथापश्यन् → अथापश्यत् (misprint in Wikisource; the subject is Pritha, singular; the critical edition reads athāpaśyat).

Verse 42 (2.101.42)

रुरुचर्मावृततनून्ह्रिया किञ्चिदवाङ्मुखान् । परैः परीतान्संहृष्टैः सुहृद्भिश्चानुशोचितान् ॥

rurucarmāvṛtatanūnhriyā kiñcidavāṅmukhān | paraiḥ parītānsaṃhṛṣṭaiḥ suhṛdbhiścānuśocitān

their bodies covered with ruru skins, their faces turned a little downward in shame, surrounded by exulting enemies and pitied by their friends.

Note on the text: Corrected अवाह्मुखान् → अवाङ्मुखान् (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads avāṅmukhān).

Verse 43 (2.101.43)

तदवस्थान्सुतान्सर्वानुपसृत्यातिवत्सला । स्वजमानाऽवदच्छोकात्तत्तद्विलपती बहु ॥

tadavasthānsutānsarvānupasṛtyātivatsalā | svajamānā'vadacchokāttattadvilapatī bahu

Going up to her sons in that state, full of tender love, she embraced them and in her grief lamented at length:

Note on the text: Corrected छेकात् → छोकात् (misprint in Wikisource; शोकात् after a stop; the critical edition reads chokāt). स्वजमाना ("embracing") for the critical edition's sasvajānā is a recension variant.

Verse 44 (2.101.44)

कथं सद्धर्मचारित्रान्वृत्तस्थितिविभूषितान् । अक्षुद्रान्दृढभक्तांश्च दैवतेज्यापरान्सदा ॥

kathaṃ saddharmacāritrānvṛttasthitivibhūṣitān | akṣudrāndṛḍhabhaktāṃśca daivatejyāparānsadā

How is it that you, adorned with true dharma, good conduct and steadfast behaviour, noble-minded, firm in devotion and ever intent on worshipping the gods,

Verse 45 (2.101.45)

व्यसनं वः समभ्यागात्कोऽयं विधिविपर्ययः । कस्यापध्यानजं चेदमागः पश्यामि वो धिया ॥

vyasanaṃ vaḥ samabhyāgātko'yaṃ vidhiviparyayaḥ | kasyāpadhyānajaṃ cedamāgaḥ paśyāmi vo dhiyā

how has this disaster come upon you? What reversal of fate is this? Whose ill will has brought this wrong upon you? I search my mind for it.

Verse 46 (2.101.46)

स्यात्तु मद्भाग्यदोषोऽयं याऽहं युष्मानजीजनम् । दुःखायासभुजोऽत्यर्थं युक्तानप्युत्तमैर्गुणैः ॥

syāttu madbhāgyadoṣo'yaṃ yā'haṃ yuṣmānajījanam | duḥkhāyāsabhujo'tyarthaṃ yuktānapyuttamairguṇaiḥ

It must be the fault of my own ill fortune, for it was I who bore you, and you suffer pain and hardship beyond measure though you are endowed with the highest virtues.

Verse 47 (2.101.47)

कथं वत्स्यथ दुर्गेषु वने ऋद्धिविनाकृताः । वीर्यसत्वबलोत्साहतेजोभिरकृशाः कृशाः ॥

kathaṃ vatsyatha durgeṣu vane ṛddhivinākṛtāḥ | vīryasatvabalotsāhatejobhirakṛśāḥ kṛśāḥ

How will you live in the wild places of the forest, robbed of your prosperity, you who lack nothing in valour, courage, strength, energy and splendour, yet are now so worn?

Verse 48 (2.101.48)

यद्येवमहमज्ञास्यं वने वासं हि वो ध्रुवम् । शतशृङ्गान्मृते पाण्डौ नागमिष्यं गजाह्वयम् ॥

yadyevamahamajñāsyaṃ vane vāsaṃ hi vo dhruvam | śataśṛṅgānmṛte pāṇḍau nāgamiṣyaṃ gajāhvayam

Had I known that living in the forest was certain for you, I would not have come from Shatashringa to Hastinapura when Pandu died.

Verse 49 (2.101.49)

धन्यं वः पितरं मन्ये तपोमेधान्वितं तथा । यः पुत्राधिमसम्प्राप्य स्वर्गेच्छामकरोत्प्रियाम् ॥

dhanyaṃ vaḥ pitaraṃ manye tapomedhānvitaṃ tathā | yaḥ putrādhimasamprāpya svargecchāmakarotpriyām

I count your father blessed, rich in austerity and wisdom, who chose heaven and set his heart on it without ever having to suffer grief for his sons.

Verse 50 (2.101.50)

धन्यां चातीन्द्रियज्ञानामिमां प्राप्तां परां गतिम् । मन्ये तु माद्रीं धर्मज्ञां कल्याणीं सर्वथैव तु ॥

dhanyāṃ cātīndriyajñānāmimāṃ prāptāṃ parāṃ gatim | manye tu mādrīṃ dharmajñāṃ kalyāṇīṃ sarvathaiva tu

And blessed I count Madri, who knew dharma, gracious in every way, who with knowledge beyond the senses has reached this highest goal.

Verse 51 (2.101.51)

रत्या मत्या च गत्या च ययाऽहमभिसन्धिता । जीवितप्रियतां मह्यं धिङ्मां सङ्क्लेशभागिनीम् ॥

ratyā matyā ca gatyā ca yayā'hamabhisandhitā | jīvitapriyatāṃ mahyaṃ dhiṅmāṃ saṅkleśabhāginīm

Shame on my love of life, by which attachment, my own thoughts and my lot have deceived me; shame on me, who am given a share of sorrow!

Note on the text: The second half differs from the critical edition (dhig imāṃ kleśabhāginīm), a recension variant.

Verse 52 (2.101.52)

पुत्रका न विहास्ये वः कृच्छ्रलब्धान्प्रियान्सतः । साऽहं यास्यामि हि वनं हा कृष्णे किं जहासि माम् ॥

putrakā na vihāsye vaḥ kṛcchralabdhānpriyānsataḥ | sā'haṃ yāsyāmi hi vanaṃ hā kṛṣṇe kiṃ jahāsi mām

My little sons, I will not leave you, you whom I won with such hardship and who are so dear and good. I too shall go to the forest. Ah, Krishna, why do you leave me?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 52–60 in Appendix I, No. 42, after 2.70.20 (this verse: lines 1–2).

Verse 53 (2.101.53)

अन्तवत्यसुधर्मेऽस्मिन्धात्रा किं नु प्रमादतः । ममान्तो नैव विहितस्तेनायुर्न जहाति माम् ॥

antavatyasudharme'smindhātrā kiṃ nu pramādataḥ | mamānto naiva vihitastenāyurna jahāti mām

In this life that must come to an end, has the Creator through some oversight failed to ordain my end? That is why life will not leave me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 52–60 in Appendix I, No. 42, after 2.70.20 (this verse: lines 3–4).

Verse 54 (2.101.54)

हा कृष्ण द्वारकावासिन्क्वासि सङ्कर्षणानुज । कस्मान्न त्रायसे दुःखान्मां चेमांश्च नरोत्तमान् ॥

hā kṛṣṇa dvārakāvāsinkvāsi saṅkarṣaṇānuja | kasmānna trāyase duḥkhānmāṃ cemāṃśca narottamān

Ah Krishna, dweller in Dvaraka, younger brother of Sankarshana, where are you? Why do you not save me and these best of men from sorrow?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 52–60 in Appendix I, No. 42, after 2.70.20 (this verse: lines 5–6).

Verse 55 (2.101.55)

अनादिनिधनं ये त्वामनुध्यायन्ति वै नराः । तांस्त्वं पासीत्ययं वादः स गतो व्यर्थतां कथम् ॥

anādinidhanaṃ ye tvāmanudhyāyanti vai narāḥ | tāṃstvaṃ pāsītyayaṃ vādaḥ sa gato vyarthatāṃ katham

It is said that you, who are without beginning or end, protect those who meditate on you. How has that saying come to nothing?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 52–60 in Appendix I, No. 42, after 2.70.20 (this verse: lines 7–8).

Verse 56 (2.101.56)

इमे सद्धर्ममाहात्म्ययशोवीर्यानुवर्तिनः । नार्हन्ति व्यसनं भोक्तुं नन्वेषां क्रियतां दया ॥

ime saddharmamāhātmyayaśovīryānuvartinaḥ | nārhanti vyasanaṃ bhoktuṃ nanveṣāṃ kriyatāṃ dayā

These men follow true dharma, greatness, glory and valour; they do not deserve to suffer misfortune. Surely pity should be shown to them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 52–60 in Appendix I, No. 42, after 2.70.20 (this verse: lines 9–10).

Verse 57 (2.101.57)

सेयं नीत्यर्थविज्ञेषु कथमापदुपागता । स्थितेषु कुलनाथेषु कथमापदुपागता ॥

seyaṃ nītyarthavijñeṣu kathamāpadupāgatā | sthiteṣu kulanātheṣu kathamāpadupāgatā

How has this calamity come upon us among men who know statecraft and its ends? How has this calamity come while the heads of the family stand by?

Note on the text: Wikisource repeats कथमापदुपागता at the end of the first line, where the CE appendix reads भीष्मद्रोणकृपादिषु (bhīṣmadroṇakṛpādiṣu, "among Bhishma, Drona, Kripa and the rest"); probably an eye-skip, but the line is valid as printed and is kept and translated as it stands. Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 52–60 in Appendix I, No. 42, after 2.70.20 (this verse: lines 11–12).

Verse 58 (2.101.58)

हा पाण्डो हा महाराज क्वासि किं समुपेक्षसे । पुत्रान्विवास्यतः साधूनरिभिर्द्यूतनिर्जितान् ॥

hā pāṇḍo hā mahārāja kvāsi kiṃ samupekṣase | putrānvivāsyataḥ sādhūnaribhirdyūtanirjitān

Ah Pandu! Ah great king! Where are you? Why do you look on unmoved while your good sons, beaten at dice, are driven into exile by their enemies?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 52–60 in Appendix I, No. 42, after 2.70.20 (this verse: lines 13–14).

Verse 59 (2.101.59)

सहदेव निवर्तस्व ननु त्वमसि मे प्रियः । शरीरादपि माद्रेय मां मा त्याक्षीः कुपुत्रवत् ॥

sahadeva nivartasva nanu tvamasi me priyaḥ | śarīrādapi mādreya māṃ mā tyākṣīḥ kuputravat

Sahadeva, turn back! You are dearer to me than my own body, son of Madri. Do not abandon me like an undutiful son.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 52–60 in Appendix I, No. 42, after 2.70.20 (this verse: lines 15–16).

Verse 60 (2.101.60)

व्रजन्तु भ्रातरस्तेऽमी यदि सत्याभिसन्धिनः । मत्परित्राणजं धर्ममिहैव त्वमवाप्नुहि ॥

vrajantu bhrātaraste'mī yadi satyābhisandhinaḥ | matparitrāṇajaṃ dharmamihaiva tvamavāpnuhi

Let these brothers of yours go, if they are bound by their vow of truth; but you, stay here and win the merit that comes from protecting me.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्रातरस्ते → भ्रातरस्ते (misprint in Wikisource; the CE appendix reads bhrātaras te). Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 52–60 in Appendix I, No. 42, after 2.70.20 (this verse: lines 17–18).

Verse 61 (2.101.61)

एवं विलपतीं कुन्तीमभिवाद्य प्रणम्य च । पाण्डवा विगतानन्दा वनायैव प्रवव्रजुः ॥

evaṃ vilapatīṃ kuntīmabhivādya praṇamya ca | pāṇḍavā vigatānandā vanāyaiva pravavrajuḥ

Saluting Kunti as she lamented thus and bowing to her, the Pandavas, all joy gone, went away to the forest.

Note on the text: Corrected विपलतीं → विलपतीं (misprint in Wikisource; transposed syllables; the critical edition reads vilapatīṃ). अभिवाद्य for the critical edition's abhisāntvya is a recension variant.

Verse 62 (2.101.62)

विदुरश्चापि तामार्तां कुन्तीमाश्वास्य हेतुभिः । प्रावेशयद्गृहं क्षत्ता स्वयमार्ततरः शनैः ॥

viduraścāpi tāmārtāṃ kuntīmāśvāsya hetubhiḥ | prāveśayadgṛhaṃ kṣattā svayamārtataraḥ śanaiḥ

And Vidura the steward, himself even more distressed, comforted the stricken Kunti with reasoned words and slowly led her into the house.

Note on the text: The critical edition reads vidurādayaś ca … prāveśayan gṛhaṃ kṣattuḥ (Vidura and the others brought her into Vidura's house), a recension variant.

Verse 63 (2.101.63)

धार्तराष्ट्रस्त्रियस्ताश्च निखिलेनोपलभ्य तत् । गमनं परिकर्षं च कृष्णाया द्यूतमण्डले ॥

dhārtarāṣṭrastriyastāśca nikhilenopalabhya tat | gamanaṃ parikarṣaṃ ca kṛṣṇāyā dyūtamaṇḍale

The women of Dhritarashtra's household, learning everything that had happened, the departure and the dragging of Krishna in the gaming hall,

Note on the text: Corrected धार्तराष्ट्रस्त्रिस्ताश्च → धार्तराष्ट्रस्त्रियस्ताश्च (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped syllable; the CE apparatus reads dhārtarāṣṭrastriyas tāś ca). Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives verses 63–64 in its apparatus as 600*, after 2.70.22.

Verse 64 (2.101.64)

रुरुदुः सुस्वनं सर्वा विनिन्दन्त्यः कुरून्भृशम् । दध्युश्च सुचिरं कालं करासक्तमुखाम्बुजाः ॥

ruruduḥ susvanaṃ sarvā vinindantyaḥ kurūnbhṛśam | dadhyuśca suciraṃ kālaṃ karāsaktamukhāmbujāḥ

all wept aloud, bitterly reproaching the Kurus, and sat brooding for a long time, their lotus faces resting in their hands.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 600*, after 2.70.22).

Verse 65 (2.101.65)

राजा च धृतराष्ट्रस्तु पुत्राणामनयं तदा । ध्यायन्नुद्विग्नहृदयो न शान्तिमधिजग्मिवान् ॥

rājā ca dhṛtarāṣṭrastu putrāṇāmanayaṃ tadā | dhyāyannudvignahṛdayo na śāntimadhijagmivān

King Dhritarashtra, brooding then on his sons' misconduct, was troubled at heart and found no peace.

Note on the text: Verses 65–66 expand the critical edition's 2.70.23 with the lines its apparatus gives as 601*: the first quarter of this verse is 2.70.23a (variant), the rest is 601*.

Verse 66 (2.101.66)

स चिन्तयन्ननेकाग्रः शोकव्याकुलचेतनः । क्षत्तुः सम्प्रेषयामास शीघ्रमागम्यतामिति ॥

sa cintayannanekāgraḥ śokavyākulacetanaḥ | kṣattuḥ sampreṣayāmāsa śīghramāgamyatāmiti

Thinking it over, his mind unsettled and confused with grief, he sent word to the steward: "Let him come at once."

Note on the text: The first line is from the critical edition's apparatus (601*); the second line is 2.70.23c.

Verse 67 (2.101.67)

ततो जगाम विदुरो धृतराष्ट्रनिवेशनम् । तं पर्यपृच्छत्संविग्नो धृतराष्ट्रो जनाधिपः ॥

tato jagāma viduro dhṛtarāṣṭraniveśanam | taṃ paryapṛcchatsaṃvigno dhṛtarāṣṭro janādhipaḥ

Then Vidura went to Dhritarashtra's palace, and Dhritarashtra, lord of men, questioned him in great agitation.