Vidura Describes the Pandavas' Departure

Verse 1 (2.102.1)

तमागतमथो राजा विदुरं दीर्घदर्शिनम् । साशङ्क इव पप्रच्छ धृतराष्ट्रोऽम्बिकासुतः ॥

tamāgatamatho rājā viduraṃ dīrghadarśinam | sāśaṅka iva papraccha dhṛtarāṣṭro'mbikāsutaḥ

Then King Dhritarashtra, son of Ambika, as though troubled by misgiving, questioned the far-sighted Vidura, who had come to him.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रपच्छ → पप्रच्छ and धृतराष्टो → धृतराष्ट्रो (misprints in Wikisource; प्रपच्छ is not a verb form and धृतराष्टो drops the र् of the name; the apparatus reads papraccha dhṛtarāṣṭro). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this verse only in its apparatus, as 2.71.0*0602).

Verse 2 (2.102.2)

कथं गच्छति कौन्तेयो धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । भीमसेनः सव्यसाची माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ ॥

kathaṃ gacchati kaunteyo dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | bhīmasenaḥ savyasācī mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau

"How does Kunti's son Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma, go? And Bhimasena, and Savyasachin, and the two Pandavas who are the sons of Madri?

Note on the text: Corrected माद्रीपुत्री → माद्रीपुत्रौ (misprint in Wikisource; the dual is required with पाण्डवौ, as in the critical edition's mādrīputrau). Wikisource prints no speaker heading; this is Dhritarashtra's question (the critical edition heads it dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca).

Verse 3 (2.102.3)

धौम्यश्चैव कथं क्षत्तर्द्रौपदी च यशस्विनी । श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं सर्वं तेषां शंस विचेष्टितम् ॥

dhaumyaścaiva kathaṃ kṣattardraupadī ca yaśasvinī | śrotumicchāmyahaṃ sarvaṃ teṣāṃ śaṃsa viceṣṭitam

And how does Dhaumya go, Kshattri, and the glorious Draupadi? I wish to hear all of it; tell me what each of them did."

Verse 4 (2.102.4)

वस्त्रेण संवृत्य मुखं कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । बाहू विशालौ सम्पश्यन्भीमो गच्छति पाण्डवः ॥

vastreṇa saṃvṛtya mukhaṃ kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | bāhū viśālau sampaśyanbhīmo gacchati pāṇḍavaḥ

"Yudhishthira, Kunti's son, goes with his face covered by his cloth. Bhima the Pandava goes gazing at his mighty arms.

Verse 5 (2.102.5)

सिकता वपन्सव्यसाची राजानमनुगच्छति । माद्रीपुत्रः सहदेवो मुखमालिप्य गच्छति ॥

sikatā vapansavyasācī rājānamanugacchati | mādrīputraḥ sahadevo mukhamālipya gacchati

Savyasachin follows the king, scattering sand. Sahadeva, son of Madri, goes with his face smeared over.

Verse 6 (2.102.6)

पांसूपलिप्तसर्वाङ्गो नकुलश्चित्तविह्वलः । दर्शनीयतमो लोके राजानमनुगच्छति ॥

pāṃsūpaliptasarvāṅgo nakulaścittavihvalaḥ | darśanīyatamo loke rājānamanugacchati

Nakula, the handsomest man in the world, his whole body smeared with dust and his mind distraught, follows the king.

Verse 7 (2.102.7)

कृष्णा तु केशैः प्रच्छाद्य मुखमायतलोचना । दर्शनीया प्ररुदती राजानमनुगच्छति ॥

kṛṣṇā tu keśaiḥ pracchādya mukhamāyatalocanā | darśanīyā prarudatī rājānamanugacchati

Krishna, the long-eyed and lovely, covering her face with her hair and weeping, follows the king.

Verse 8 (2.102.8)

धौम्यो रौद्राणि सामानि याम्यानि च विशाम्पते । गायन्गच्छति मार्गेषु कुशानादाय पाणिना ॥

dhaumyo raudrāṇi sāmāni yāmyāni ca viśāmpate | gāyangacchati mārgeṣu kuśānādāya pāṇinā

Dhaumya, O lord of the people, walks along the road with kusha grass in his hand, chanting the fierce Saman hymns that belong to Yama."

Verse 9 (2.102.9)

विविधानीह रूपाणि कृत्वा गच्छन्ति पाण्डवाः । तन्ममाचक्ष्व विदुर कस्मादेवं व्रजन्ति ते ॥

vividhānīha rūpāṇi kṛtvā gacchanti pāṇḍavāḥ | tanmamācakṣva vidura kasmādevaṃ vrajanti te

"The Pandavas go in these various guises. Tell me, Vidura, why they go in this way."

Verse 10 (2.102.10)

निकृतस्यापि ते पुत्रैर्हृते राज्ये धनेषु च । न धर्माच्चलते बुद्धिर्धर्मराजस्य धीमतः ॥

nikṛtasyāpi te putrairhṛte rājye dhaneṣu ca | na dharmāccalate buddhirdharmarājasya dhīmataḥ

"Though your sons have cheated him and taken his kingdom and his wealth, the mind of the wise King of Dharma does not stray from dharma.

Verse 11 (2.102.11)

योऽसौ राजा घृणी नित्यं धार्तराष्ट्रेषु भारत । निकृत्या भ्रंशितः क्रोधान्नोन्मीलयति लोचने ॥

yo'sau rājā ghṛṇī nityaṃ dhārtarāṣṭreṣu bhārata | nikṛtyā bhraṃśitaḥ krodhānnonmīlayati locane

That king, O Bharata, who has always been kind to the sons of Dhritarashtra, now that he has been brought down by deceit, will not open his eyes, because of his anger.

Verse 12 (2.102.12)

नाहं जनं निर्दहेयं दृष्ट्वा घोरेण चक्षुषा । स पिधाय मुखं राजा तस्माद्गच्छति पाण्डवः ॥

nāhaṃ janaṃ nirdaheyaṃ dṛṣṭvā ghoreṇa cakṣuṣā | sa pidhāya mukhaṃ rājā tasmādgacchati pāṇḍavaḥ

"Let me not burn up the people by looking on them with my terrible gaze": that is why the king, the Pandava, goes with his face covered.

Verse 13 (2.102.13)

यथा च भीमो व्रजति तन्मे निगदतः शृणु । बाह्वोर्बले नास्ति समो ममेति भरतर्षभ ॥

yathā ca bhīmo vrajati tanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu | bāhvorbale nāsti samo mameti bharatarṣabha

Now hear from me how Bhima goes. "No one equals me in the strength of his arms," he thinks, O bull of the Bharatas;

Note on the text: Corrected व्रजति निगदतः → व्रजति तन्मे निगदतः (misprint in Wikisource; the first line is two syllables short and lacks the object of शृणु; the critical edition reads tan me nigadataḥ).

Verse 14 (2.102.14)

बाहू विशालौ कृत्वाऽसौ तेन भीमोऽपि गच्छति । बाहू विदर्शयन्राजन्बाहुद्रविणदर्पितः ॥

bāhū viśālau kṛtvā'sau tena bhīmo'pi gacchati | bāhū vidarśayanrājanbāhudraviṇadarpitaḥ

and so Bhima goes with his mighty arms spread wide, showing off his arms, O king, proud of the wealth that lies in them,

Note on the text: Corrected भीमोपि → भीमोऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha, as in the critical edition's bhīmo 'pi). Wikisource verses 14–16 run a line out of step with the critical edition: this verse = 2.71.13ab–cd.

Verse 15 (2.102.15)

चिकीर्षन्कर्म शत्रुभ्यो बाहुद्रव्यानुरूपतः । प्रदिशञ्शरसम्पातान्कुन्तीपुत्रोऽर्जुनस्तदा ॥

cikīrṣankarma śatrubhyo bāhudravyānurūpataḥ | pradiśañśarasampātānkuntīputro'rjunastadā

meaning to do to his enemies deeds that match the strength of his arms. Arjuna, Kunti's son, showing how his arrows will fly,

Note on the text: First line = critical edition 2.71.13ef; second line = 2.71.14ab.

Verse 16 (2.102.16)

सिकता वपन्सव्यसाची राजानमनुगच्छति । असक्ताः सिकतास्तस्य यथा सम्प्रति भारत । असक्तं शरवर्षाणि तथा मोक्ष्यति शत्रुषु ॥

sikatā vapansavyasācī rājānamanugacchati | asaktāḥ sikatāstasya yathā samprati bhārata | asaktaṃ śaravarṣāṇi tathā mokṣyati śatruṣu

follows the king scattering sand, the left-handed archer. As the grains of sand he scatters now fall apart, none clinging to another, O Bharata, so will he loose his showers of arrows on his enemies, unceasing.

Note on the text: First line = critical edition 2.71.14cd; second and third lines = 2.71.15.

Verse 17 (2.102.17)

न मे कश्चिद्विजानीयान्मुखमद्येति भारत । मुखमालिप्य तेनासौ सहदेवोऽपि गच्छति ॥

na me kaścidvijānīyānmukhamadyeti bhārata | mukhamālipya tenāsau sahadevo'pi gacchati

"Let no one know my face today," O Bharata: that is why Sahadeva too goes with his face smeared over.

Verse 18 (2.102.18)

नाहं मनांस्याददेयं मार्गे स्त्रीणामिति प्रभो । पांसूपलिप्तसर्वाङ्गो नकुलस्तेन गच्छति ॥

nāhaṃ manāṃsyādadeyaṃ mārge strīṇāmiti prabho | pāṃsūpaliptasarvāṅgo nakulastena gacchati

"Let me not steal the hearts of the women along the road," my lord: that is why Nakula goes with his whole body smeared with dust.

Verse 19 (2.102.19)

एकवस्त्रा प्ररुदती मुक्तकेशी रजस्वला । शोणितेनाक्तवसना द्रौपदी वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

ekavastrā prarudatī muktakeśī rajasvalā | śoṇitenāktavasanā draupadī vākyamabravīt

Draupadi, in a single garment, weeping, her hair unbound, in her season, her garment stained with blood, spoke these words:

Verse 20 (2.102.20)

यत्कृतेऽहमिदं प्राप्ता तेषां वर्षे चतुर्दशे । हतपत्यो हतसुता हतबन्धुजनप्रियाः ॥

yatkṛte'hamidaṃ prāptā teṣāṃ varṣe caturdaśe | hatapatyo hatasutā hatabandhujanapriyāḥ

"Those on whose account I have come to this: in the fourteenth year from now their wives, husbands slain, sons slain, kinsmen and loved ones slain,

Verse 21 (2.102.21)

बन्धुशोणितदिग्धाङ्ग्यो मुक्तकेश्यो रजस्वलाः । एवं कृतोदका भार्याः प्रवेक्ष्यन्ति गजाह्वयम् ॥

bandhuśoṇitadigdhāṅgyo muktakeśyo rajasvalāḥ | evaṃ kṛtodakā bhāryāḥ pravekṣyanti gajāhvayam

their limbs smeared with the blood of their kin, their hair unbound, in their season, will enter Hastinapura like this, having offered the water to the dead."

Verse 22 (2.102.22)

कृत्वा तु नैर्ऋतान्दर्भान्धीरो धौम्यः पुरोहितः । सामानि गायन्याम्यानि पुरतो याति भारत ॥

kṛtvā tu nairṛtāndarbhāndhīro dhaumyaḥ purohitaḥ | sāmāni gāyanyāmyāni purato yāti bhārata

The steadfast Dhaumya, the family priest, holding the darbha grass turned toward the quarter of Nirriti, walks in front, chanting the Samans of Yama, O Bharata.

Verse 23 (2.102.23)

हतेषु भरतेष्वाजौ कुरूणां गुरवस्तदा । एवं सामानि गास्यन्तीत्युक्त्वा धौम्योऽपि गच्छति ॥

hateṣu bharateṣvājau kurūṇāṃ guravastadā | evaṃ sāmāni gāsyantītyuktvā dhaumyo'pi gacchati

"When the Bharatas are slain in battle, the gurus of the Kurus will sing the Samans like this": having said this, Dhaumya too goes on.

Note on the text: Split: the input merged Wikisource verses 23 and 24 (the page numbers them separately); removed the stray verse number. Corrected धौम्योपि → धौम्योऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha, as in the critical edition's dhaumyo 'pi).

Verse 24 (2.102.24)

प्रस्थाप्य पाण्डवाञ्शेषान्निःशेषस्ते भविष्यति । इति धौम्यो व्यवसितो रौद्रसामानि गायति ॥

prasthāpya pāṇḍavāñśeṣānniḥśeṣaste bhaviṣyati | iti dhaumyo vyavasito raudrasāmāni gāyati

"Having sent away the Pandavas, who were all that would have been left to you, you will be left with nothing": so resolved, Dhaumya chants the fierce Samans."

Note on the text: Split from the input's merged verse (Wikisource numbers it 24); closed up the stray space in निः शेषस्. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as 2.71.22d*0603, lines 01–02).

Verse 25 (2.102.25)

किमब्रुवन्नैकृतिकः किं वा नागरिका जनाः । तथ्येन मे समाचक्ष्व क्षत्तः सर्वमशेषतः ॥

kimabruvannaikṛtikaḥ kiṃ vā nāgarikā janāḥ | tathyena me samācakṣva kṣattaḥ sarvamaśeṣataḥ

"What did they say, the men of crooked ways, and what did the people of the city say? Tell me all of it truly, Kshattri, leaving nothing out."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives a variant of it only in its apparatus, as 2.71.22d*0603, lines 03–04). Wikisource's heading धृतराष्ट्र उवाच, which the input carried as a separate verse, is dropped and the speaker set accordingly.

Verse 26 (2.102.26)

ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्रा येऽन्ये वदन्त्यथ । तच्छृणुष्व महाराज वक्ष्यते च मया तव ॥

brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrā ye'nye vadantyatha | tacchṛṇuṣva mahārāja vakṣyate ca mayā tava

"Brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas, shudras, and others besides are speaking out. Listen, great king, to what they say; I shall tell it to you.

Note on the text: Removed the speaker heading and stray number (विदुर उवाच।। 26x ।) that had slipped into the verse text. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as 2.71.22d*0603, lines 05–06).

Verse 27 (2.102.27)

हाहा गच्छन्ति नो नाथाः समवेक्षध्वमीदृशम् । अहो धिक्कुरुवृद्धानां बालानामिव चेष्टितम् ॥

hāhā gacchanti no nāthāḥ samavekṣadhvamīdṛśam | aho dhikkuruvṛddhānāṃ bālānāmiva ceṣṭitam

"Alas, alas! Our protectors are leaving us! Look at this, all of you! Shame on the elders of the Kurus, who behave like children!

Note on the text: First line = critical edition 2.71.23ab; the second line is in its apparatus as 2.71.23b*0604, line 01.

Verse 28 (2.102.28)

राष्ट्रेभ्यः पाण्डुदायादाँल्लोभान्निर्वासयन्ति ये । अनाथाः स्म वयं सर्वे वियुक्ताः पाण्डुनन्दनैः ॥

rāṣṭrebhyaḥ pāṇḍudāyādām̐llobhānnirvāsayanti ye | anāthāḥ sma vayaṃ sarve viyuktāḥ pāṇḍunandanaiḥ

Out of greed they drive the heirs of Pandu from the realm. We are all without protectors now, parted from the sons of Pandu.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as 2.71.23b*0604, lines 02–03).

Verse 29 (2.102.29)

दुर्विनीतेषु लुब्धेषु का प्रीतिः कौरवेषु नः । इति पौराः सुदुःखार्ताः क्रोशन्ति स्म पुनः पुनः ॥

durvinīteṣu lubdheṣu kā prītiḥ kauraveṣu naḥ | iti paurāḥ suduḥkhārtāḥ krośanti sma punaḥ punaḥ

What love can we have for these ill-bred, greedy Kauravas?" So the citizens, deeply stricken with grief, cried out again and again.

Note on the text: Closed up the stray space in सुदुः खार्ताः. First line is in the critical edition's apparatus as 2.71.23b*0604, line 04; second line = 2.71.23cd.

Verse 30 (2.102.30)

एवमाकारलिङ्गैस्ते व्यवसायं मनोगतम् । कथयन्तश्च कौन्तेया वनं जग्मुर्मनस्विनः ॥

evamākāraliṅgaiste vyavasāyaṃ manogatam | kathayantaśca kaunteyā vanaṃ jagmurmanasvinaḥ

"Thus, by their outward signs and bearing, the high-minded sons of Kunti made known the resolve in their hearts as they went to the forest.

Verse 31 (2.102.31)

एवं तेषु नराग्र्येषु निर्यत्सु गजसाह्वयात् । अनभ्रे विद्युतश्चासन्भूमिश्च समकम्पत ॥

evaṃ teṣu narāgryeṣu niryatsu gajasāhvayāt | anabhre vidyutaścāsanbhūmiśca samakampata

As those foremost of men went out of Hastinapura, lightning flashed from a cloudless sky and the earth trembled.

Verse 32 (2.102.32)

राहुरग्रसदादित्यमपर्वणि विशाम्पते । उल्का चाप्यपसव्येन पुरं कृत्वा व्यशीर्यत ॥

rāhuragrasadādityamaparvaṇi viśāmpate | ulkā cāpyapasavyena puraṃ kṛtvā vyaśīryata

Rahu swallowed the sun out of season, O lord of the people, and a meteor, passing the city on the inauspicious side, broke apart.

Verse 33 (2.102.33)

प्रत्याहरन्ति क्रव्यादा गृध्रगोमायुवायसाः । देवायतनचैत्येषु प्राकाराट्टालकेषु च ॥

pratyāharanti kravyādā gṛdhragomāyuvāyasāḥ | devāyatanacaityeṣu prākārāṭṭālakeṣu ca

Flesh-eating creatures, vultures, jackals and crows, carry their prey onto the temples and shrines, the ramparts and the watchtowers.

Verse 34 (2.102.34)

एवमेते महोत्पाताः प्रादुरासन्दुरासदाः । भरतानामभावाय राजन्दुर्मन्त्रिते तव ॥

evamete mahotpātāḥ prādurāsandurāsadāḥ | bharatānāmabhāvāya rājandurmantrite tava

Such were the great and dreadful portents that appeared, O king, foretelling the ruin of the Bharatas through your evil counsel."

Verse 35 (2.102.35)

एवं प्रवदतोरेव तयोस्तत्र विशाम्पते । धृतराष्ट्रस्य राज्ञश्च विदुरस्य च धीमतः ॥

evaṃ pravadatoreva tayostatra viśāmpate | dhṛtarāṣṭrasya rājñaśca vidurasya ca dhīmataḥ

While the two of them, King Dhritarashtra and the wise Vidura, were still speaking thus, O lord of the people,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as 2.71.28d*0605).

Verse 36 (2.102.36)

नारदश्च सभामध्ये कुरूणामग्रतः स्थितः । महर्षिभिः परिवृतो रौद्रं वाक्यमुवाच ह ॥

nāradaśca sabhāmadhye kurūṇāmagrataḥ sthitaḥ | maharṣibhiḥ parivṛto raudraṃ vākyamuvāca ha

Narada appeared in the midst of the assembly, standing before the Kurus and surrounded by great sages, and spoke these dreadful words:

Verse 37 (2.102.37)

इतश्चतुर्दशे वर्षे विनङ्क्ष्यन्तीह कौरवाः । दुर्योधनापराधेन भीमार्जुनबलेन च ॥

itaścaturdaśe varṣe vinaṅkṣyantīha kauravāḥ | duryodhanāparādhena bhīmārjunabalena ca

"In the fourteenth year from now the Kauravas will perish here, through Duryodhana's offence and through the might of Bhima and Arjuna."

Note on the text: Corrected विङ्क्ष्यन्तीह → विनङ्क्ष्यन्तीह (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara leaves the line a syllable short; the critical edition reads vinaṅkṣyantīha). Narada's words, without a printed heading.

Verse 38 (2.102.38)

इत्युक्त्वा दिवमाक्रम्य क्षिप्रमन्तरधीयत । ब्राह्मीं श्रियं सुविपुलां बिभ्रद्देवर्षिसत्तमः ॥

ityuktvā divamākramya kṣipramantaradhīyata | brāhmīṃ śriyaṃ suvipulāṃ bibhraddevarṣisattamaḥ

Having said this, the best of the divine sages, bearing the vast splendour of Brahman, rose into the sky and swiftly vanished.

Verse 39 (2.102.39)

ततो दुर्योधनः कर्णः शकुनिश्चापि सौबलः । द्रोणं द्वीपममन्यन्त राज्यं चास्मै न्यवेदयन् ॥

tato duryodhanaḥ karṇaḥ śakuniścāpi saubalaḥ | droṇaṃ dvīpamamanyanta rājyaṃ cāsmai nyavedayan

Then Duryodhana, Karna and Shakuni, son of Subala, looked on Drona as their island of refuge and placed the kingdom in his hands.

Verse 40 (2.102.40)

अथाब्रवीत्ततो द्रोणो दुर्योधनममर्षणम् । दुःशासनं च कर्णं च सर्वानेव च भारतान् ॥

athābravīttato droṇo duryodhanamamarṣaṇam | duḥśāsanaṃ ca karṇaṃ ca sarvāneva ca bhāratān

Then Drona spoke to the resentful Duryodhana, to Duhshasana and Karna, and to all the Bharatas:

Verse 41 (2.102.41)

अवध्यान्पाण्डवान्प्राहुर्देवपुत्रान्द्विजातयः । अहं तु शरणं प्राप्तान्वर्तमानो यथाबलम् ॥

avadhyānpāṇḍavānprāhurdevaputrāndvijātayaḥ | ahaṃ tu śaraṇaṃ prāptānvartamāno yathābalam

"The twice-born say that the Pandavas, being sons of the gods, cannot be slain. Yet I, doing all that my strength allows,

Note on the text: Corrected चै → तु (misprint in Wikisource; चै is not a word; the critical edition reads ahaṃ tu). Drona's speech, without a printed heading, runs to the first half of verse 55.

Verse 42 (2.102.42)

गन्ता सर्वात्मना भक्त्या धार्तराष्ट्रान्सराजकान् । नोत्सहेयं परित्यक्तुं दैवं हि बलवत्तरम् ॥

gantā sarvātmanā bhaktyā dhārtarāṣṭrānsarājakān | notsaheyaṃ parityaktuṃ daivaṃ hi balavattaram

will stand wholeheartedly and loyally by the sons of Dhritarashtra and their king, who have come to me for refuge. I cannot bring myself to abandon them; fate is the stronger.

Verse 43 (2.102.43)

धर्मतः पाण्डुपुत्रा वै वनं गच्छन्ति निर्जिताः । ते च द्वादश वर्षाणि वने वत्स्यन्ति पाण्डवाः ॥

dharmataḥ pāṇḍuputrā vai vanaṃ gacchanti nirjitāḥ | te ca dvādaśa varṣāṇi vane vatsyanti pāṇḍavāḥ

The sons of Pandu have been defeated and are going to the forest as dharma requires; and the Pandavas will live in the forest for twelve years.

Note on the text: Corrected पाण्डवः → पाण्डवाः (misprint in Wikisource; the subject of वत्स्यन्ति must be plural; the critical edition has the plural kauravāḥ here, a recension variant).

Verse 44 (2.102.44)

चरितब्रह्मचर्याश्च क्रोधामर्षवशानुगाः । वैरं निर्यातयिष्यन्ति महद्दुःखाय पाण्डवाः ॥

caritabrahmacaryāśca krodhāmarṣavaśānugāḥ | vairaṃ niryātayiṣyanti mahadduḥkhāya pāṇḍavāḥ

Having lived as brahmacharins, and ruled by anger and resentment, the Pandavas will avenge this enmity, to our great sorrow.

Verse 45 (2.102.45)

मया च भ्रंशितो राजन्द्रुपदः सखिविग्रहे । पुत्रार्थमयजद्राजा वधाय मम भारत ॥

mayā ca bhraṃśito rājandrupadaḥ sakhivigrahe | putrārthamayajadrājā vadhāya mama bhārata

I, O king, cast Drupada down in a quarrel between friends; and that king offered a sacrifice for a son who would kill me, O Bharata.

Verse 46 (2.102.46)

याजोपयाजतपसा पुत्रं लेभे स पावकात् । धृष्टद्युम्नं द्रौपदीं च वेदीमध्यात्सुमध्यमाम् ॥

yājopayājatapasā putraṃ lebhe sa pāvakāt | dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ draupadīṃ ca vedīmadhyātsumadhyamām

Through the austerities of Yaja and Upayaja he obtained from the fire a son, Dhrishtadyumna, and from the middle of the altar the slender-waisted Draupadi.

Verse 47 (2.102.47)

धृष्टद्युम्नस्तु पार्थानां स्यालः सम्बन्धतो मतः । पाण्डवानां प्रियरतस्तस्मान्मां भयमाविशत् ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnastu pārthānāṃ syālaḥ sambandhato mataḥ | pāṇḍavānāṃ priyaratastasmānmāṃ bhayamāviśat

Dhrishtadyumna is held to be the brother-in-law of the sons of Pritha through this marriage, and he is devoted to the Pandavas' good; that is why fear has entered me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as 2.71.39d*0607).

Verse 48 (2.102.48)

ज्वालावर्णो देवदत्तो धनुष्मान्कवची शरी । मर्त्यधर्मतया तस्मादद्य मे साध्वसो महान् ॥

jvālāvarṇo devadatto dhanuṣmānkavacī śarī | martyadharmatayā tasmādadya me sādhvaso mahān

He is the colour of flame, a gift of the gods, armed with bow, armour and arrows; and since I am bound by the law of mortals, great is my dread today.

Verse 49 (2.102.49)

गतो हि पक्षतां तेषां पार्षतः परवीरहा । रथातिरथसङ्ख्यायां योऽग्रणीरर्जुनो युवा ॥

gato hi pakṣatāṃ teṣāṃ pārṣataḥ paravīrahā | rathātirathasaṅkhyāyāṃ yo'graṇīrarjuno yuvā

For Prishata's grandson, slayer of enemy heroes, has taken their side, the side on which young Arjuna stands foremost in any count of chariot-warriors and great chariot-warriors.

Note on the text: First line = critical edition 2.71.41ab (with परवीरहा for puruṣarṣabhaḥ); the second line is in its apparatus as 2.71.41b*0608.

Verse 50 (2.102.50)

सृष्टप्राणो भृशतरं तेन चेत्सङ्गमो मम । किमन्यद्दुःखमधिकं परमं भुवि कौरवाः ॥

sṛṣṭaprāṇo bhṛśataraṃ tena cetsaṅgamo mama | kimanyadduḥkhamadhikaṃ paramaṃ bhuvi kauravāḥ

He is overflowing with vigour; if I must meet him in battle, what greater sorrow could there be on earth, O Kauravas?

Note on the text: First line = critical edition 2.71.41cd in a variant reading (तेन चेत्सङ्गमो मम for tasmād yotsye tavāribhiḥ); the second line is in its apparatus as 2.71.41d*0609, line 01.

Verse 51 (2.102.51)

धृष्टद्युम्नो द्रोणमृत्युरिति विप्रथितं वचः । मद्वधायाश्रितोऽप्येष लोके चाप्यतिविश्रुतः ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumno droṇamṛtyuriti viprathitaṃ vacaḥ | madvadhāyāśrito'pyeṣa loke cāpyativiśrutaḥ

"Dhrishtadyumna is Drona's death": so runs the word that has spread abroad. He was sought for my slaying, and that too is widely known in the world.

Note on the text: First line is in the critical edition's apparatus as 2.71.41d*0609, line 02; second line = 2.71.42ab (variant मद्वधायाश्रितोऽप्येष for madvadhāya śruto hy eṣa).

Verse 52 (2.102.52)

सोऽयं नूनमनुप्राप्तस्त्वत्कृते कालपर्ययः । त्वरितं कुरुत श्रेयो नैतदेतावता कृतम् ॥

so'yaṃ nūnamanuprāptastvatkṛte kālaparyayaḥ | tvaritaṃ kuruta śreyo naitadetāvatā kṛtam

Surely this turn of time has come upon you because of what you have done. Do quickly what is for your good; this is not settled by what has been done so far.

Note on the text: Wikisource verses 52–55 run a line out of step with the critical edition: first line = 2.71.42cd, second line = 2.71.43ab.

Verse 53 (2.102.53)

मुहूर्तं सुखमेवैतत्तालच्छायेव हैमनी । यजध्वं च महायज्ञैर्भोगानश्नीत दत्त च ॥

muhūrtaṃ sukhamevaitattālacchāyeva haimanī | yajadhvaṃ ca mahāyajñairbhogānaśnīta datta ca

This happiness lasts only a moment, like the shade of a palm tree in winter. Offer great sacrifices, enjoy your pleasures and give gifts;

Note on the text: Corrected जयध्वं → यजध्वं (misprint in Wikisource; transposed aksharas, and with महायज्ञैः the sense is "sacrifice"; the critical edition reads yajadhvaṃ). First line = critical edition 2.71.43cd, second line = 2.71.44ab.

Verse 54 (2.102.54)

इतश्चतुर्दशे वर्षे महत्प्राप्स्यथ वैशसम् । दुर्योधन निशम्यैतत्प्रतिपद्य यथेच्छसि ॥

itaścaturdaśe varṣe mahatprāpsyatha vaiśasam | duryodhana niśamyaitatpratipadya yathecchasi

for in the fourteenth year from now a great slaughter will overtake you. Duryodhana, hear this and do as you see fit:

Note on the text: First line = critical edition 2.71.44cd, second line = 2.71.45ab.

Verse 55 (2.102.55)

शमं वा पाण्डुपुत्रेण प्रयुङ्क्ष्व यदि मन्यसे ॥

śamaṃ vā pāṇḍuputreṇa prayuṅkṣva yadi manyase

or make peace with the son of Pandu, if you think it right."

Note on the text: Split: Wikisource's verse 55 is two half-lines with the heading वैशम्पायन उवाच between them; this first half ends Drona's speech. Removed the stray verse number and the heading from the text. = critical edition 2.71.45cd (variant शमं वा पाण्डुपुत्रेण for sāma vā pāṇḍaveyeṣu).

Verse 56 (2.102.56)

द्रोणस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा धृतराष्ट्रोऽब्रवीदिदम् ॥

droṇasya vacanaṃ śrutvā dhṛtarāṣṭro'bravīdidam

Hearing Drona's words, Dhritarashtra said this:

Note on the text: Second half of Wikisource's verse 55, after the heading वैशम्पायन उवाच. Restored वचनं (Wikisource prints द्रोणस्य --चनं, an akshara lost; the critical edition reads vacanaṃ).

Verse 57 (2.102.57)

सम्यगाह गुरुः क्षत्तरुपावर्तय पाण्डवान् । यदि ते न निवर्तन्ते सत्कृता यान्तु पाण्डवाः ॥

samyagāha guruḥ kṣattarupāvartaya pāṇḍavān | yadi te na nivartante satkṛtā yāntu pāṇḍavāḥ

"The teacher has spoken rightly, Kshattri. Bring the Pandavas back. If they will not turn back, then let the Pandavas go with honour,

Note on the text: Split: the input merged Wikisource verses 56 and 57 (the page numbers them separately); removed the stray verse number. First line = critical edition 2.71.46cd, second line = 2.71.47ab (variant यदि ते for yadi vā). Dhritarashtra's words, without a printed heading.

Verse 58 (2.102.58)

सशस्त्ररथपादाता भोगवन्तश्च पुत्रकाः ॥

saśastrarathapādātā bhogavantaśca putrakāḥ

with weapons, chariots and foot-soldiers, and well provided with comforts, those sons of mine."

Note on the text: Split from the input's merged verse (Wikisource numbers this single line 57). = critical edition 2.71.47cd.