Sahadeva's Challenge and Shishupala's Revolt

Verse 1 (2.62.1)

एवमुक्त्वा ततो भीष्मो विरराम महाबलः । व्याजहारोत्तरं तत्र सहदेवोऽर्थवद्वचः ॥

evamuktvā tato bhīṣmo virarāma mahābalaḥ | vyājahārottaraṃ tatra sahadevo'rthavadvacaḥ

Having spoken thus, the mighty Bhishma fell silent. Then Sahadeva gave his answer there, in words full of meaning:

Note on the text: Corrected भीष्णो → भीष्मो (misprint in Wikisource; the name Bhishma, as in the critical edition).

Verse 2 (2.62.2)

केशवं केशिहन्तारमप्रमेयपराक्रमम् । पूज्यमानं मया यो वः कृष्णं न सहते नृपाः ॥

keśavaṃ keśihantāramaprameyaparākramam | pūjyamānaṃ mayā yo vaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ na sahate nṛpāḥ

"O kings, whoever among you cannot bear that I honour Keshava, the slayer of Keshi, Krishna of immeasurable prowess,

Verse 3 (2.62.3)

सर्वेषां बलिनां मूर्ध्नि मयेदं निहितं पदम् । एवमुक्ते मया सम्यगुत्तरं प्रब्रवीतु सः ॥

sarveṣāṃ balināṃ mūrdhni mayedaṃ nihitaṃ padam | evamukte mayā samyaguttaraṃ prabravītu saḥ

on the heads of all of you mighty ones I have set this foot of mine. Now that I have spoken plainly, let him give his answer.

Verse 4 (2.62.4)

स एव हि मया वध्यो भविष्यति न संशयः । मतिमन्तश्च ये केचिदाचार्यं पितरं गुरुम् ॥

sa eva hi mayā vadhyo bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ | matimantaśca ye kecidācāryaṃ pitaraṃ gurum

He shall surely be slain by me; there is no doubt of it. And let those kings who are wise acknowledge him who is teacher, father and guru

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical-edition text; it appears in its apparatus as passage *362 after 2.36.3. The second line is 2.36.4a.

Verse 5 (2.62.5)

अर्च्यमर्चितमर्घार्हमनुजानन्तु ते नृपाः ॥

arcyamarcitamarghārhamanujānantu te nṛpāḥ

as rightly honoured, worthy of worship and of the guest-offering."

Note on the text: Wikisource verse 5 is split here: its first line ends Sahadeva's speech and its second line returns to narration. This line is 2.36.4c in the critical edition.

Verse 6 (2.62.6)

ततो न व्याजहारैषां कश्चिद्बुद्धिमतां सताम् ॥

tato na vyājahāraiṣāṃ kaścidbuddhimatāṃ satām

Then none of those wise and good men said a word, none of those proud and mighty kings,

Note on the text: Second half of Wikisource verse 5, split off because narration resumes here (see the previous verse). This line is 2.36.5a in the critical edition.

Verse 7 (2.62.7)

मानिनां बलिनां राज्ञां मध्ये वै दर्शिते पदे । ततोऽपतत्पुष्पवृष्टिः सहदेवस्य मूर्धनि ॥

mānināṃ balināṃ rājñāṃ madhye vai darśite pade | tato'patatpuṣpavṛṣṭiḥ sahadevasya mūrdhani

though the foot had been shown in their midst. Then a rain of flowers fell on Sahadeva's head,

Note on the text: The critical edition divides these lines differently: the first is 2.36.5c, the second 2.36.6a.

Verse 8 (2.62.8)

अदृश्यरूपा वाचश्चाप्यब्रुवन्साधुसाध्विति । आविध्यदजिनं कृष्णं भविष्यद्भूतजल्पनः ॥

adṛśyarūpā vācaścāpyabruvansādhusādhviti | āvidhyadajinaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ bhaviṣyadbhūtajalpanaḥ

and unseen voices cried, "Well done, well done!" Narada, who tells of what is to come and what has been, shook out his black antelope skin,

Note on the text: Corrected अविध्यदजिनं → आविध्यदजिनं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ā: āvidhyat "shook, waved", as in the critical edition, not avidhyat "pierced"). The critical edition divides these lines differently: the first is 2.36.6c, the second 2.36.7a.

Verse 9 (2.62.9)

सर्वसंशयनिर्मोक्ता नारदः सर्वलोकवित् । उवाचाखिलभूतानां मध्ये स्पष्टतरं वचः ॥

sarvasaṃśayanirmoktā nāradaḥ sarvalokavit | uvācākhilabhūtānāṃ madhye spaṣṭataraṃ vacaḥ

Narada, who knows all the worlds and dispels every doubt, and spoke these words very clearly in the midst of all beings:

Note on the text: The first line is 2.36.7c in the critical edition; the second is not in its text and appears in its apparatus as passage *363, line 1.

Verse 10 (2.62.10)

कृष्णं कमलपत्राक्षं नार्चयिष्यन्ति ये नराः । जीवन्मृतास्तु ते ज्ञेया न सभाष्याः कदाचन ॥

kṛṣṇaṃ kamalapatrākṣaṃ nārcayiṣyanti ye narāḥ | jīvanmṛtāstu te jñeyā na sabhāṣyāḥ kadācana

"Those men who will not honour lotus-eyed Krishna should be known as dead though living, and should never be spoken to."

Note on the text: Not in the critical-edition text; it appears in its apparatus as passage *363, lines 2–3 (after 2.36.7). Corrected कदाचना → कदाचन (misprint in Wikisource; "ever", as in the apparatus).

Verse 11 (2.62.11)

पूजयित्वा च पूजार्हान्ब्रह्मक्षत्रविशेषवित् । सहदेवो नृणां देवः समापयत कर्म तत् ॥

pūjayitvā ca pūjārhānbrahmakṣatraviśeṣavit | sahadevo nṛṇāṃ devaḥ samāpayata karma tat

Having honoured those worthy of honour, Sahadeva, a god among men, who knew the distinctions of brahmins and kshatriyas, brought that rite to its close.

Verse 12 (2.62.12)

तस्मिन्नभ्यर्चिते कृष्णे सुनीथः शत्रुकर्षणः । अतिताम्रेक्षणः कोपादुवाच मनुजाधिपान् ॥

tasminnabhyarcite kṛṣṇe sunīthaḥ śatrukarṣaṇaḥ | atitāmrekṣaṇaḥ kopāduvāca manujādhipān

When Krishna had been honoured, Sunitha, tormentor of his foes, his eyes deep red with rage, spoke to the lords of men:

Verse 13 (2.62.13)

स्थितः सेनापतिर्योऽहं मन्यध्वं किं तु साम्प्रतम् । युधि तिष्ठाम सन्नह्य समेतान्वृष्णिपाण्डवान् ॥

sthitaḥ senāpatiryo'haṃ manyadhvaṃ kiṃ tu sāmpratam | yudhi tiṣṭhāma sannahya sametānvṛṣṇipāṇḍavān

"I stand here as your commander; what do you think now? Let us arm ourselves and stand firm in battle against the Vrishnis and Pandavas together."

Note on the text: Corrected मन्वध्वं → मन्यध्वं (misprint in Wikisource; "think", as in the critical edition). The base text's योऽहं and किं तु are kept (the critical edition reads वोऽहं and किं नु).

Verse 14 (2.62.14)

इति सर्वान्समुत्साह्य राज्ञस्तांश्चेदिपुङ्गवः । यज्ञोपघाताय ततः सोऽमन्त्रयत राजभिः ॥

iti sarvānsamutsāhya rājñastāṃścedipuṅgavaḥ | yajñopaghātāya tataḥ so'mantrayata rājabhiḥ

Having thus roused all those kings, the bull of the Chedis then took counsel with them to wreck the sacrifice.

Note on the text: Corrected समुत्साद्य → समुत्साह्य ("having roused", not "having destroyed"), राज्ञस्तांशअचेदिपुङ्गवः → राज्ञस्तांश्चेदिपुङ्गवः (broken conjunct) and सोऽमन्त्रतय → सोऽमन्त्रयत (transposed aksharas); misprints in Wikisource, all as in the critical edition.

Verse 15 (2.62.15)

तत्राहूतागताः सर्वे सुनीथप्रमुखा गणाः । समदृश्यन्त सङ्क्रुद्धा विवर्णवदनास्तथा ॥

tatrāhūtāgatāḥ sarve sunīthapramukhā gaṇāḥ | samadṛśyanta saṅkruddhā vivarṇavadanāstathā

All the bands that had been summoned came there, with Sunitha at their head, and they could be seen, enraged, their faces drained of colour.

Note on the text: Removed a stray full stop after गणाः (Wikisource typing mark).

Verse 16 (2.62.16)

युधिष्ठिराभिषेकं च वासुदेवस्य चार्हणम् । न स्याद्यथा तथा कार्यमेवं सर्वे तदाऽब्रुवन् ॥

yudhiṣṭhirābhiṣekaṃ ca vāsudevasya cārhaṇam | na syādyathā tathā kāryamevaṃ sarve tadā'bruvan

"It must be so arranged that Yudhishthira's consecration and the honouring of Vasudeva do not take place": so they all said then.

Note on the text: The first line is 2.36.9a in the critical edition; the second is not in its text and appears in its apparatus as passage *364, line 1.

Verse 17 (2.62.17)

निष्कर्षान्निश्चयात्सर्वे राजानः क्रोधमूर्छिताः । अब्रुवंस्तत्र राजानो निर्वेदादात्मनिश्चयात् ॥

niṣkarṣānniścayātsarve rājānaḥ krodhamūrchitāḥ | abruvaṃstatra rājāno nirvedādātmaniścayāt

Having weighed the matter and made up their minds, all the kings, beside themselves with anger, spoke there out of resentment and their own resolve.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical-edition text and appears in its apparatus as passage *364, line 2; the second line is 2.36.9c.

Verse 18 (2.62.18)

सुहृद्भिर्वार्यमाणानां तेषां हि वपुराबभौ । आमिषादपकृष्टानां सिंहानामिव गर्जताम् ॥

suhṛdbhirvāryamāṇānāṃ teṣāṃ hi vapurābabhau | āmiṣādapakṛṣṭānāṃ siṃhānāmiva garjatām

As their friends held them back, they looked like roaring lions dragged away from their prey.

Note on the text: Corrected सिहानामिव → सिंहानामिव (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara, "of lions", as in the critical edition).

Verse 19 (2.62.19)

तं बलौघमपर्यन्तं राजसागरमक्षयम् । कुर्वाणं समयं कृष्णो युद्धाय बुबुधे तदा ॥

taṃ balaughamaparyantaṃ rājasāgaramakṣayam | kurvāṇaṃ samayaṃ kṛṣṇo yuddhāya bubudhe tadā

Krishna then perceived that this boundless flood of forces, this unending ocean of kings, was making a pact for war.

Note on the text: Corrected राजसागारमक्षयम् → राजसागरमक्षयम् (misprint in Wikisource; "ocean of kings", as in the critical edition).