Yudhishthira Resolves on the Rajasuya and Sends for Krishna

Verse 1 (2.13.1)

ऋषेस्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा निशश्वास युधिष्ठिरः । चिन्तयन्राजसूयेष्टिं न लेभे शर्म भारत ॥

ṛṣestadvacanaṃ śrutvā niśaśvāsa yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | cintayanrājasūyeṣṭiṃ na lebhe śarma bhārata

Hearing the sage's words, Yudhishthira sighed deeply; as he thought about the Rajasuya sacrifice, he found no peace, O Bharata.

Verse 2 (2.13.2)

राजर्षीणां च तं श्रुत्वा महिमानं महात्मनाम् । यज्वनां कर्मभिः पुण्यैर्लोकप्राप्तिं समीक्ष्य च ॥

rājarṣīṇāṃ ca taṃ śrutvā mahimānaṃ mahātmanām | yajvanāṃ karmabhiḥ puṇyairlokaprāptiṃ samīkṣya ca

Having heard of the greatness of those great-souled royal sages, and seeing how sacrificers win higher worlds through their holy deeds,

Verse 3 (2.13.3)

हरिश्चन्द्रं च राजर्षिं रोचमानं विशेषतः । यज्वानं यज्ञमाहर्तुं राजसूयमियेष सः ॥

hariścandraṃ ca rājarṣiṃ rocamānaṃ viśeṣataḥ | yajvānaṃ yajñamāhartuṃ rājasūyamiyeṣa saḥ

and above all the royal sage Harishchandra, a sacrificer who shone with special splendour, he wished to undertake the Rajasuya sacrifice.

Note on the text: Corrected राजर्षि → राजर्षिं (misprint in Wikisource; the accusative needs the anusvara, as in the critical edition, rājarṣiṃ) and रोजमानं → रोचमानं (misprint in Wikisource; ज for च — the participle is rocamānaṃ, "shining", as in the critical edition).

Verse 4 (2.13.4)

युधिष्ठिरस्ततः सर्वानर्चयित्वा सभासदः । प्रत्यर्चितश्च तैः सर्वैर्यज्ञायैव मनो दधे ॥

yudhiṣṭhirastataḥ sarvānarcayitvā sabhāsadaḥ | pratyarcitaśca taiḥ sarvairyajñāyaiva mano dadhe

Then Yudhishthira honoured all the members of the assembly and, honoured by them in return, set his mind on the sacrifice.

Verse 5 (2.13.5)

स राजसूयं राजेन्द्र कुरूणामृषभस्तदा । आहर्तुं प्रवणं चक्रे मनः सञ्चिन्त्य चासकृत् ॥

sa rājasūyaṃ rājendra kurūṇāmṛṣabhastadā | āhartuṃ pravaṇaṃ cakre manaḥ sañcintya cāsakṛt

That bull of the Kurus, O king of kings, having thought it over again and again, inclined his mind to perform the Rajasuya.

Verse 6 (2.13.6)

भूयश्चाद्भुतवीर्यौजा धर्ममेवानुचिन्तयन् । किं हितं सर्वलोकानां भवेदिति मनो दधे ॥

bhūyaścādbhutavīryaujā dharmamevānucintayan | kiṃ hitaṃ sarvalokānāṃ bhavediti mano dadhe

And again, he of wondrous valour and vigour, reflecting on dharma alone, turned his mind to what would be for the good of all the worlds.

Verse 7 (2.13.7)

अनुगृह्णन्प्रजाः सर्वाः सर्वधर्मभृतां वरः । अविशेषेण सर्वेषां हितं चक्रे युधिष्ठिरः ॥

anugṛhṇanprajāḥ sarvāḥ sarvadharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ | aviśeṣeṇa sarveṣāṃ hitaṃ cakre yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Showing favour to all his subjects, Yudhishthira, best of all upholders of dharma, worked for the good of all without distinction.

Verse 8 (2.13.8)

सर्वेषां दीयतां देयं मुष्णन्कोपमदावुभौ । साधु धर्मेति धर्मेति नान्यच्छ्रूयेत भाषितम् ॥

sarveṣāṃ dīyatāṃ deyaṃ muṣṇankopamadāvubhau | sādhu dharmeti dharmeti nānyacchrūyeta bhāṣitam

"Let what is due be given to all," he would say, putting away both anger and pride; nothing was heard spoken but "Well done! Dharma! Dharma!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 9 (2.13.9)

एवं गते ततस्तस्मिन्पितरीवाश्वसञ्जनाः । न तस्य विद्यते द्वेष्टा ततोऽस्याजातशत्रुता ॥

evaṃ gate tatastasminpitarīvāśvasañjanāḥ | na tasya vidyate dveṣṭā tato'syājātaśatrutā

Things being so, the people trusted in him as in a father. There was no one who hated him; hence he was called Ajatashatru, "he whose enemy was never born."

Note on the text: Corrected द्रेष्टा → द्वेष्टा (misprint in Wikisource; र for व — the word is dveṣṭā, "one who hates", as in the critical edition). Corresponds to CE 2.12.8ab–cd (missed by the automatic alignment).

Verse 10 (2.13.10)

परिग्रहान्नरेन्द्रस्य भीमस्य परिपालनात् । शत्रूणां क्षपणाच्चैव बीभत्सोः सव्यसाचिनः ॥

parigrahānnarendrasya bhīmasya paripālanāt | śatrūṇāṃ kṣapaṇāccaiva bībhatsoḥ savyasācinaḥ

Through the king's care for his people, Bhima's protection, and the destruction of enemies by Bibhatsu, the ambidextrous archer (Arjuna),

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (vulgate recension); the critical edition records these lines only in its apparatus, as an insertion after 2.12.8.

Verse 11 (2.13.11)

बलीनां सम्यगुत्थानान्नकुलस्य यशस्विनः । धीमतः सहदेवस्य धर्माणामनुशासनात् ॥

balīnāṃ samyagutthānānnakulasya yaśasvinaḥ | dhīmataḥ sahadevasya dharmāṇāmanuśāsanāt

through the proper collection of revenue by the illustrious Nakula, and the teaching of dharma by the wise Sahadeva,

Note on the text: Removed a stray backtick and quote mark (wiki marks) around the first line. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition's apparatus (insertion after 2.12.8) has only the second line.

Verse 12 (2.13.12)

वैनत्यात्सर्वतश्चैव नकुलस्य स्वभावतः । अविग्रहा वीतभयाः स्वकर्मनिरताः सदा ॥

vainatyātsarvataścaiva nakulasya svabhāvataḥ | avigrahā vītabhayāḥ svakarmaniratāḥ sadā

and through the natural modesty that Nakula showed on every side, the people lived without strife or fear, always devoted to their own work.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition's apparatus (insertion after 2.12.8) has only the second line.

Verse 13 (2.13.13)

निकामवर्षाः स्फीताश्च आसञ्जनपदास्तथा । वार्धुषी यज्ञसत्वानि गोरक्षं कर्षणं वणिक् ॥

nikāmavarṣāḥ sphītāśca āsañjanapadāstathā | vārdhuṣī yajñasatvāni gorakṣaṃ karṣaṇaṃ vaṇik

The countries had rain as they wished and grew prosperous. Money-lending, the fruits of sacrifice, cattle-keeping, farming and trade —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (vulgate recension); the critical edition records these lines only in its apparatus, as an insertion after 2.12.8.

Verse 14 (2.13.14)

विशेषात्सर्वमेवैतत्सञ्जज्ञे राजकर्मणा । अनुकर्षं च निष्कर्षं व्याधिपावकमूर्छनम् ॥

viśeṣātsarvamevaitatsañjajñe rājakarmaṇā | anukarṣaṃ ca niṣkarṣaṃ vyādhipāvakamūrchanam

all of this flourished especially through the king's governance. Pressing the poor for old arrears, extorting taxes from the people, and the spread of disease and fire —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (vulgate recension); the critical edition records these lines only in its apparatus, as an insertion after 2.12.8.

Verse 15 (2.13.15)

सर्वमेव न तत्रासीद्धर्मनित्ये युधिष्ठिरे । दस्युभ्यो वञ्चकेभ्यश्च राज्ञः प्रति परस्परम् ॥

sarvameva na tatrāsīddharmanitye yudhiṣṭhire | dasyubhyo vañcakebhyaśca rājñaḥ prati parasparam

none of this existed there while Yudhishthira was ever devoted to dharma. From robbers or from cheats, toward the king or among the people themselves,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (vulgate recension); the critical edition records these lines only in its apparatus, as an insertion after 2.12.8.

Verse 16 (2.13.16)

राजवल्लभतश्चैव नाश्रूयत मृषाकृतम् । प्रियं कर्तुमुपस्थातुं बलिकर्म स्वकर्मजम् ॥

rājavallabhataścaiva nāśrūyata mṛṣākṛtam | priyaṃ kartumupasthātuṃ balikarma svakarmajam

or from the king's favourites, no false dealing was ever heard of. To please the king, to wait upon him, and to bring the tribute owed from their own occupations,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (vulgate recension); the critical edition records these lines only in its apparatus, as an insertion after 2.12.8.

Verse 17 (2.13.17)

अभिहर्तुं नृपाः षट्सु पृथक्जात्यैश्च नैगमैः । ववृधे विषयस्तत्र धर्मनित्ये युधिष्ठिरे ॥

abhihartuṃ nṛpāḥ ṣaṭsu pṛthakjātyaiśca naigamaiḥ | vavṛdhe viṣayastatra dharmanitye yudhiṣṭhire

kings came separately in all six seasons, together with merchants of every caste. The realm grew while Yudhishthira was ever devoted to dharma,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (vulgate recension); the critical edition records these lines only in its apparatus, as an insertion after 2.12.8. Removed two invisible zero-width non-joiner characters (in षट्सु and पृथक्जात्यैश्च).

Verse 18 (2.13.18)

कामतोऽप्युपयुञ्जानै राजसैर्लोभजैर्जनैः । सर्वव्यापी सर्वगुणी सर्वसाहः स सर्वराट् ॥

kāmato'pyupayuñjānai rājasairlobhajairjanaiḥ | sarvavyāpī sarvaguṇī sarvasāhaḥ sa sarvarāṭ

even though men of passionate and greedy temper enjoyed its goods at will. He was all-pervading, endowed with every virtue, enduring all things, the sovereign of all —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (vulgate recension); the critical edition records these lines only in its apparatus, as an insertion after 2.12.8.

Verse 19 (2.13.19)

यस्मिन्नधिकृतः सम्राड् भ्राजमानो महायशाः । यत्र राजन्दश दिशः पितृतो मातृतस्तथा । अनुरक्ताः प्रजा आसन्नागोपाला द्विजातयः ॥

yasminnadhikṛtaḥ samrāḍ bhrājamāno mahāyaśāḥ | yatra rājandaśa diśaḥ pitṛto mātṛtastathā | anuraktāḥ prajā āsannāgopālā dvijātayaḥ

the illustrious emperor, shining in splendour, under whose rule, O king, in all ten directions the people, from the cowherds to the twice-born, were devoted to him as to a father and a mother.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (vulgate recension); the critical edition records these lines only in its apparatus, as an insertion after 2.12.8.

Verse 20 (2.13.20)

स मन्त्रिणः समानाय्य भ्रातृंश्च वदतां वरः । राजसूयं प्रति तदा पुनः पुनरपृच्छत ॥

sa mantriṇaḥ samānāyya bhrātṛṃśca vadatāṃ varaḥ | rājasūyaṃ prati tadā punaḥ punarapṛcchata

That best of speakers summoned his ministers and his brothers and asked them again and again about the Rajasuya.

Note on the text: Removed a stray Latin letter "b" before राजसूयं (an extraction artefact).

Verse 21 (2.13.21)

ते पृच्छ्यमानाः सहिता वचोऽर्थ्यं मन्त्रिणस्तदा । युधिष्ठिरं महाप्राज्ञं यियक्षुमिदमब्रुवन् ॥

te pṛcchyamānāḥ sahitā vaco'rthyaṃ mantriṇastadā | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ mahāprājñaṃ yiyakṣumidamabruvan

Being asked, the ministers together then spoke these words full of meaning to the wise Yudhishthira, who wished to sacrifice:

Verse 22 (2.13.22)

येनाभिषिक्तो नृपतिर्वारुणं गुणमृच्छति । तेन राजाऽपि तं कृत्स्नं सम्राड्गुणमभीप्सति ॥

yenābhiṣikto nṛpatirvāruṇaṃ guṇamṛcchati | tena rājā'pi taṃ kṛtsnaṃ samrāḍguṇamabhīpsati

The sacrifice through which a consecrated king attains the rank of Varuna is the one by which a king, though already a king, seeks the full rank of an emperor.

Note on the text: Corrected कुत्स्नं → कृत्स्नं (misprint in Wikisource; the word is kṛtsnaṃ, "entire", as in the critical edition) and अभीप्सृति → अभीप्सति (misprint in Wikisource; the verb is abhīpsati, as in the critical edition). Speaker: the ministers' speech, introduced in the previous verse (no heading in the text).

Verse 23 (2.13.23)

तस्य सम्राड्गुणार्हस्य भवतः कुरुनन्दन । राजसूयस्य समयं मन्यन्ते सुहृदस्तव ॥

tasya samrāḍguṇārhasya bhavataḥ kurunandana | rājasūyasya samayaṃ manyante suhṛdastava

Since you, O joy of the Kurus, are worthy of imperial rank, your friends think the time has come for the Rajasuya.

Verse 24 (2.13.24)

तस्य यज्ञस्य समयः स्वाधीनः क्षत्रसम्पदा । साम्ना षडग्नयो यस्मिंश्चीयन्ते शंसितव्रतैः ॥

tasya yajñasya samayaḥ svādhīnaḥ kṣatrasampadā | sāmnā ṣaḍagnayo yasmiṃścīyante śaṃsitavrataiḥ

The time for that sacrifice depends on a king's warrior strength. In it, men of praised vows build the six fires to the chanting of the Saman.

Verse 25 (2.13.25)

दर्वीहोमानुपादाय सर्वान्यः प्राप्नुते क्रतून् । अभिषेकं च यज्ञान्ते सर्वजित्तेन चोच्यते ॥

darvīhomānupādāya sarvānyaḥ prāpnute kratūn | abhiṣekaṃ ca yajñānte sarvajittena cocyate

He who, beginning with the darvi oblations, accomplishes all the sacrifices and at the end of the sacrifice receives the consecration, is for that reason called "the conqueror of all."

Verse 26 (2.13.26)

समर्थोऽसि महाबाहो सर्वे ते वशगा वयम् । अचिरात्त्वं महाराज राजसूयमवाप्स्यसि ॥

samartho'si mahābāho sarve te vaśagā vayam | acirāttvaṃ mahārāja rājasūyamavāpsyasi

You are able, mighty-armed one; we are all at your command. Before long, great king, you will accomplish the Rajasuya.

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to CE 2.12.15ab; the second line is not in the critical edition (vulgate recension).

Verse 27 (2.13.27)

अविचार्य महाराज राजसूये मनः कुरु । इत्येवं सुहृदः सर्वे पृथक्च सह चाब्रुवन् ॥

avicārya mahārāja rājasūye manaḥ kuru | ityevaṃ suhṛdaḥ sarve pṛthakca saha cābruvan

"Without hesitation, great king, set your mind on the Rajasuya." So all his friends spoke, each on his own and all together.

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to CE 2.12.15cd, the second to CE 2.12.16ab (the editions divide these verses differently).

Verse 28 (2.13.28)

स धर्म्यं पाण्डवस्तेषां वचः श्रुत्वा विशाम्पते । धृष्टमिष्टं वरिष्ठं च जग्राह मनसाऽरिहा ॥

sa dharmyaṃ pāṇḍavasteṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā viśāmpate | dhṛṣṭamiṣṭaṃ variṣṭhaṃ ca jagrāha manasā'rihā

Hearing their righteous words, O lord of the people, the son of Pandu, destroyer of foes, took them to heart as bold, welcome and excellent.

Note on the text: Corrected वरिष्टं → वरिष्ठं (misprint in Wikisource; ट for ठ — the word is variṣṭhaṃ, as in the critical edition). The lines correspond to CE 2.12.16cd–ef.

Verse 29 (2.13.29)

श्रुत्वा सुहृद्वचस्तच्च जानंश्चाप्यात्मनः क्षमम् । स प्रशस्तक्रियारम्भः परीक्षामुपचक्रमे ॥

śrutvā suhṛdvacastacca jānaṃścāpyātmanaḥ kṣamam | sa praśastakriyārambhaḥ parīkṣāmupacakrame

Having heard his friends' words, and knowing too what lay within his own power, he whose undertakings were always well judged began to examine the matter.

Note on the text: Removed a stray backtick (wiki mark) before the second line. The first line corresponds to CE 2.12.17ab; the second line is not in the critical edition (vulgate recension).

Verse 30 (2.13.30)

चतुर्भिर्भीमसेनाद्यैर्भ्रातृभिः सहितो हितम् । एवमुक्तस्तथा पार्थो धर्म एव मनो दधे ॥

caturbhirbhīmasenādyairbhrātṛbhiḥ sahito hitam | evamuktastathā pārtho dharma eva mano dadhe

With his four brothers, led by Bhimasena, he considered what would be beneficial; and addressed in this way, the son of Pritha set his mind on dharma alone.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Wikisource prints a redundant "वैशम्पायन उवाच" heading before this verse; the narrator does not change.

Verse 31 (2.13.31)

स राजसूयं राजेन्द्रः कुरूणामृषभः क्रतुम् । जगाम मनसा सद्य आहरिष्यन्युधिष्ठिरः ॥

sa rājasūyaṃ rājendraḥ kurūṇāmṛṣabhaḥ kratum | jagāma manasā sadya āhariṣyanyudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Yudhishthira, king of kings and bull of the Kurus, at once went in his mind toward performing the Rajasuya sacrifice.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 32 (2.13.32)

भूयस्त्वद्भुतवीर्योऽपि धर्ममेवानुपालयन् । पुनः पुनर्मनो दध्रे राजसूयाय भारत ॥

bhūyastvadbhutavīryo'pi dharmamevānupālayan | punaḥ punarmano dadhre rājasūyāya bhārata

And though of wondrous valour, still upholding dharma alone, he set his mind again and again on the Rajasuya, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected वीर्योपि → वीर्योऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha) and removed a stray quote mark (wiki mark). The first line is not in the critical edition (vulgate recension; it echoes 2.12.6); the second corresponds to CE 2.12.17cd.

Verse 33 (2.13.33)

स भ्रातृभिः पुनर्धीमानृत्विग्भिश्च महात्मभिः । मन्त्रिभिश्चापि सहितो धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

sa bhrātṛbhiḥ punardhīmānṛtvigbhiśca mahātmabhiḥ | mantribhiścāpi sahito dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Then the wise Yudhishthira, the King of Dharma, together once more with his brothers, the great-souled priests and his ministers,

Note on the text: Corrected ऋत्विग्निश्च → ऋत्विग्भिश्च (misprint in Wikisource; न for भ — the instrumental is ṛtvigbhiś, as in the critical edition). Corresponds to CE 2.12.18ab.

Verse 34 (2.13.34)

धौम्यद्वैपायनाद्यैश्च मन्त्रयामास मन्त्रवित् । विराटद्रुपदाभ्यां च सात्यकेन च धीमता ॥

dhaumyadvaipāyanādyaiśca mantrayāmāsa mantravit | virāṭadrupadābhyāṃ ca sātyakena ca dhīmatā

and with Dhaumya, Dvaipayana and the others, he, skilled in counsel, took counsel; and with Virata and Drupada, and with the wise Satyaki,

Note on the text: Removed a stray backtick (wiki mark) before the second line. The first line corresponds to CE 2.12.18cd (critical edition: mantribhiḥ for मन्त्रवित्); the second line is not in the critical edition (vulgate recension).

Verse 35 (2.13.35)

युधामन्यूत्तमौजोभ्यां सौभद्रेण च धीमता । द्रौपदेयैः परं शूरैर्मन्त्रयामास संवृतः ॥

yudhāmanyūttamaujobhyāṃ saubhadreṇa ca dhīmatā | draupadeyaiḥ paraṃ śūrairmantrayāmāsa saṃvṛtaḥ

with Yudhamanyu and Uttamaujas, with the wise son of Subhadra (Abhimanyu), and with the sons of Draupadi, great heroes — surrounded by them he took counsel.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 36 (2.13.36)

भवन्तो राजसूयस्य सम्राडर्हस्य सुक्रतोः । श्रद्दधानस्य वदत ममावाप्तिः कथं भवेत् ॥

bhavanto rājasūyasya samrāḍarhasya sukratoḥ | śraddadhānasya vadata mamāvāptiḥ kathaṃ bhavet

Tell me, sirs: how may I, a man of faith, attain the Rajasuya, that excellent sacrifice fit for an emperor?

Note on the text: Removed the speaker heading "युधिष्ठिर उवाच" and a stray quote mark, which had slipped into the verse text; the speaker is set to Yudhishthira, as the heading shows. Corresponds to CE 2.12.19, which reads the verse differently (iyaṃ yā rājasūyasya … spṛhā me sā kathaṃ bhavet).

Verse 37 (2.13.37)

एवमुक्तास्तु ते तेन राज्ञा राजीवलोचन । इदमूचुर्वचः काले धर्मराजं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

evamuktāstu te tena rājñā rājīvalocana | idamūcurvacaḥ kāle dharmarājaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram

Thus addressed by the king, O lotus-eyed one, they spoke these timely words to Yudhishthira, the King of Dharma:

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 2.12.20ab (critical edition: dharmātmānaṃ for धर्मराजं).

Verse 38 (2.13.38)

अर्हस्त्वमसि धर्मज्ञ राजसूयं महाक्रतुम् । अथैवमुक्ते नृपतावृत्विग्भिर्ऋषिभिस्तथा ॥

arhastvamasi dharmajña rājasūyaṃ mahākratum | athaivamukte nṛpatāvṛtvigbhirṛṣibhistathā

"You are worthy, knower of dharma, of the great Rajasuya sacrifice." When the king had been told this by the priests and the sages,

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to CE 2.12.20ef, the second to CE 2.12.21ab (the editions divide these verses differently).

Verse 39 (2.13.39)

मन्त्रिणो भ्रातरश्चास्य तद्वचः प्रत्यपूजयन् । स तु राजा महाप्राज्ञः पुनरेवात्मनाऽऽत्मवान् ॥

mantriṇo bhrātaraścāsya tadvacaḥ pratyapūjayan | sa tu rājā mahāprājñaḥ punarevātmanā''tmavān

his ministers and brothers applauded those words. But the king, wise and self-possessed, once more by himself,

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to CE 2.12.21cd, the second to CE 2.12.22ab.

Verse 40 (2.13.40)

भूयो विममृशे पार्थो लोकानां हितकाम्यया । सामर्थ्ययोगं सम्प्रेक्ष्य देशकालौ व्ययागमौ ॥

bhūyo vimamṛśe pārtho lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā | sāmarthyayogaṃ samprekṣya deśakālau vyayāgamau

the son of Pritha reflected yet again, wishing for the good of the worlds, weighing his strength and how to use it, the place and the time, the outlay and the income.

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to CE 2.12.22cd, the second to CE 2.12.23ab.

Verse 41 (2.13.41)

विमृश्य सम्यक् च धिया कुर्वन्प्राज्ञो न सीदति । नहि यज्ञसमारम्भः केवलात्मविनिश्चयात् ॥

vimṛśya samyak ca dhiyā kurvanprājño na sīdati | nahi yajñasamārambhaḥ kevalātmaviniścayāt

One who acts after weighing things well with his intellect does not come to grief, for the undertaking of a sacrifice does not succeed by one's own resolve alone —

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to CE 2.12.23cd, the second to CE 2.12.24ab (critical edition: kevalātmavipattaye for केवलात्मविनिश्चयात्).

Verse 42 (2.13.42)

भवतीति समाज्ञाय यत्नतः कार्यमुद्वहन् । स निश्चयार्थं कार्यस्य कृष्णमेव जनार्दनम् ॥

bhavatīti samājñāya yatnataḥ kāryamudvahan | sa niścayārthaṃ kāryasya kṛṣṇameva janārdanam

knowing this, and bearing the task with care, he turned, to settle the matter, to Krishna himself, Janardana;

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to CE 2.12.24cd, the second to CE 2.12.25ab.

Verse 43 (2.13.43)

सर्वलोकात्परं मत्वा जगाम मनसा हरिम् । अप्रमेयं महाबाहुं कामाञ्जातमजं नृषु ॥

sarvalokātparaṃ matvā jagāma manasā harim | aprameyaṃ mahābāhuṃ kāmāñjātamajaṃ nṛṣu

holding him to be beyond the whole world, he went to Hari in his mind. Immeasurable, mighty-armed, unborn yet born among men of his own will —

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to CE 2.12.25cd, the second to CE 2.12.26ab.

Verse 44 (2.13.44)

पाण्डवस्तर्कयामास कर्मभिर्देवसंमतैः । नास्य किञ्चिदविज्ञातं नास्य किञ्चिदकर्मजम् ॥

pāṇḍavastarkayāmāsa karmabhirdevasaṃmataiḥ | nāsya kiñcidavijñātaṃ nāsya kiñcidakarmajam

so the son of Pandu judged him, by deeds that the gods approve. "Nothing is unknown to him, nothing is beyond his doing,

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to CE 2.12.26cd (critical edition: devasaṃmitaiḥ for देवसंमतैः), the second to CE 2.12.27ab.

Verse 45 (2.13.45)

न स किञ्चिन्न विषहेदिति कृष्णममन्यत । स तु तां नैष्ठिकीं बुद्धिं कृत्वा पार्थो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

na sa kiñcinna viṣahediti kṛṣṇamamanyata | sa tu tāṃ naiṣṭhikīṃ buddhiṃ kṛtvā pārtho yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

and there is nothing he cannot bear" — so he thought of Krishna. Having formed this settled conviction, Yudhishthira, son of Pritha,

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to CE 2.12.27cd, the second to CE 2.12.28ab.

Verse 46 (2.13.46)

गुरुवद्भूतगुरवे प्राहिणोद्दूतमञ्जसा । शीघ्रगेन रथेनाशु स दूतः प्राप्य यादवान् ॥

guruvadbhūtagurave prāhiṇoddūtamañjasā | śīghragena rathenāśu sa dūtaḥ prāpya yādavān

at once sent a messenger to that teacher of all beings, as one would to an elder. Travelling swiftly in a fast chariot, the messenger reached the Yadavas

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to CE 2.12.28cd, the second to CE 2.12.29ab.

Verse 47 (2.13.47)

द्वारकावासिनं कृष्णं द्वारवत्यां समासदत् । स प्रभुं प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा व्यज्ञापयत माधवम् ॥

dvārakāvāsinaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ dvāravatyāṃ samāsadat | sa prabhuṃ prāñjalirbhūtvā vyajñāpayata mādhavam

and came to Krishna, who dwelt in Dvaraka, in the city of Dvaravati. With joined palms he made his message known to Madhava, the Lord.

Note on the text: Removed a stray backtick (wiki mark) before the second line. The first line corresponds to CE 2.12.29cd; the second line is not in the critical edition (vulgate recension).

Verse 48 (2.13.48)

धर्मराजो हृषीकेश धौम्यव्यासादिभिः सह । पाञ्चालमात्स्यसहितैर्भ्रातृभिश्चैव सर्वशः ॥

dharmarājo hṛṣīkeśa dhaumyavyāsādibhiḥ saha | pāñcālamātsyasahitairbhrātṛbhiścaiva sarvaśaḥ

O Hrishikesha, the King of Dharma, with Dhaumya, Vyasa and the others, with the Panchalas and the Matsyas, and with all his brothers —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 49 (2.13.49)

त्वद्दर्शनं महाबाहो काङ्क्षते स युधिष्ठिरः ॥

tvaddarśanaṃ mahābāho kāṅkṣate sa yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

that Yudhishthira longs to see you, mighty-armed one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). A single line in Wikisource.

Verse 50 (2.13.50)

इन्द्रसेनवचः श्रुत्वा यादवप्रवरो बली । दर्शनाकाङ्क्षिणं पार्थं दर्शनाकाङ्क्षयाच्युतः ॥

indrasenavacaḥ śrutvā yādavapravaro balī | darśanākāṅkṣiṇaṃ pārthaṃ darśanākāṅkṣayācyutaḥ

Hearing Indrasena's words, the mighty Achyuta, chief of the Yadavas, himself eager to see the son of Pritha who was eager to see him,

Note on the text: Removed a stray quote mark (wiki mark) after the first line. The first line is not in the critical edition (vulgate recension); the second corresponds to CE 2.12.30ab.

Verse 51 (2.13.51)

आमन्त्र्य राजन्सुहृदो वसुदेवं च माधवः । इन्द्रसेनेन सहित इन्द्रप्रस्थमगात्तदा । व्यतीत्य विविधान्देशांस्त्वरावान्क्षिप्रवाहनः ॥

āmantrya rājansuhṛdo vasudevaṃ ca mādhavaḥ | indrasenena sahita indraprasthamagāttadā | vyatītya vividhāndeśāṃstvarāvānkṣipravāhanaḥ

Madhava took leave of his friends and of Vasudeva, O king, and went then to Indraprastha with Indrasena, crossing many lands in haste with his swift horses.

Note on the text: Corrected क्षिप्रवाहनवः → क्षिप्रवाहनः (misprint in Wikisource; a doubled syllable — the critical edition reads kṣipravāhanaḥ). Removed a stray backtick and quote mark (wiki marks) around the first line. The first line is not in the critical edition (vulgate recension); the second corresponds to CE 2.12.30cd and the third to CE 2.12.31ab.

Verse 52 (2.13.52)

इन्द्रप्रस्थगतं पार्थमभ्यगच्छज्जनार्दनः । स गृहे पितृवद्भ्रात्रा धर्मराजेन पूजितः ॥

indraprasthagataṃ pārthamabhyagacchajjanārdanaḥ | sa gṛhe pitṛvadbhrātrā dharmarājena pūjitaḥ

Janardana came to the son of Pritha in Indraprastha. In the palace he was honoured as a father is honoured by his cousin, the King of Dharma,

Note on the text: Corrected पितृवद्धात्रा → पितृवद्भ्रात्रा (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped भ — the commentary printed with the text glosses भ्रात्रा, "by his cousin", and the critical edition reads bhrātrā; पितृवत् is kept against its bhrātṛvat as a recension variant). The first line corresponds to CE 2.12.31cd, the second to CE 2.12.32ab.

Verse 53 (2.13.53)

भीमेन च ततोऽपश्यत्स्वसारं प्रीतिमान्पितुः । प्रीतः प्रीतेन सुहृदा रेमे स सहितस्तदा ॥

bhīmena ca tato'paśyatsvasāraṃ prītimānpituḥ | prītaḥ prītena suhṛdā reme sa sahitastadā

and by Bhima. Then, full of affection, he saw his father's sister (Kunti). Delighted, he spent his time happily in the company of his loving friend.

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to CE 2.12.32cd, the second to CE 2.12.33ab.

Verse 54 (2.13.54)

अर्जुनेन यमाभ्यां च गुरुवत्पर्युपासितः । तं विश्रान्तं शुभे देशे क्षणिनं कल्पमच्युतम् । धर्मराजः समागम्य ज्ञापयत्स्वप्रयोजनम् ॥

arjunena yamābhyāṃ ca guruvatparyupāsitaḥ | taṃ viśrāntaṃ śubhe deśe kṣaṇinaṃ kalpamacyutam | dharmarājaḥ samāgamya jñāpayatsvaprayojanam

Arjuna and the twins attended on him with reverence, as on an elder. When Achyuta had rested in a pleasant place and was at leisure and at ease, the King of Dharma came to him and made his purpose known.

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to CE 2.12.33cd; the second and third lines to CE 2.12.34 (critical edition: kalyam for कल्पम्, which the commentary printed with the text glosses as समर्थम्, "fit").

Verse 55 (2.13.55)

प्रार्थितो राजसूयो मे न चासौ केवलेप्सया । प्राप्यते येन तत्ते हि विदितं कृष्ण सर्वशः ॥

prārthito rājasūyo me na cāsau kevalepsayā | prāpyate yena tatte hi viditaṃ kṛṣṇa sarvaśaḥ

I have set my heart on the Rajasuya, but it is not won by wishing alone. By what means it is won, Krishna, is known to you in every respect.

Verse 56 (2.13.56)

यस्मिन्सर्वं सम्भवति यश्च सर्वत्र पूज्यते । यश्च सर्वेश्वरो राजा राजसूयं स विन्दति ॥

yasminsarvaṃ sambhavati yaśca sarvatra pūjyate | yaśca sarveśvaro rājā rājasūyaṃ sa vindati

He in whom all things are possible, who is honoured everywhere, and who is lord of all — that king attains the Rajasuya.

Verse 57 (2.13.57)

तं राजसूयं सुहृदः कार्यमाहुः समेत्य मे । तत्र मे निश्चिततमं तव कृष्ण गिरा भवेत् ॥

taṃ rājasūyaṃ suhṛdaḥ kāryamāhuḥ sametya me | tatra me niścitatamaṃ tava kṛṣṇa girā bhavet

My friends have come together and told me that I should perform the Rajasuya. But in this, Krishna, your word will be the most decisive for me.

Verse 58 (2.13.58)

केचिद्धि सौहृदादेव न दोषं परिचक्षते । स्वार्थहेतोस्तथैवान्ये प्रियमेव वदन्त्युत ॥

keciddhi sauhṛdādeva na doṣaṃ paricakṣate | svārthahetostathaivānye priyameva vadantyuta

For some, out of friendship alone, do not point out the faults; others likewise, for their own gain, say only what is pleasing.

Note on the text: Corrected सौहृदा देवे → सौहृदादेव (misprint in Wikisource; a misdivided सौहृदात् एव, "out of friendship alone" — the critical edition reads sauhṛdād eva).

Verse 59 (2.13.59)

प्रियमेव परीप्सन्ते केचिदात्मनि यद्धितम् । एवम्प्रायाश्च दृश्यन्ते जनवादाः प्रयोजने ॥

priyameva parīpsante kecidātmani yaddhitam | evamprāyāśca dṛśyante janavādāḥ prayojane

Some seek only what is pleasant, whatever seems good to themselves; such, for the most part, are the opinions people offer on any undertaking.

Verse 60 (2.13.60)

त्वं तु हेतूनतीत्यैतान्कामक्रोधौ व्युदस्य च । परमं यत्क्षमं लोके यथावद्वक्तुमर्हसि ॥

tvaṃ tu hetūnatītyaitānkāmakrodhau vyudasya ca | paramaṃ yatkṣamaṃ loke yathāvadvaktumarhasi

But you, rising above these motives and setting aside desire and anger, should tell me truly what is best and fitting in the world.