Duryodhana Humiliated in the Hall

Verse 1 (2.74.1)

वसन्दुर्योधनस्तस्यां सभायां पुरुषर्षभ । शनैर्ददर्श तां सर्वां सभां शकुनिना सह ॥

vasanduryodhanastasyāṃ sabhāyāṃ puruṣarṣabha | śanairdadarśa tāṃ sarvāṃ sabhāṃ śakuninā saha

Staying on in that hall, bull among men, Duryodhana slowly looked over the whole of it together with Shakuni.

Verse 2 (2.74.2)

तस्यां दिव्यानभिप्रायान्ददर्श कुरुनन्दनः । न दृष्टपूर्वा ये तेन नगरे नागसाह्वये ॥

tasyāṃ divyānabhiprāyāndadarśa kurunandanaḥ | na dṛṣṭapūrvā ye tena nagare nāgasāhvaye

In it the Kuru prince saw marvellous designs such as he had never seen before in the city named for the elephant.

Verse 3 (2.74.3)

स कदाचित्सभामध्ये धार्तराष्ट्रो महीपतिः । स्फाटिकं स्थलमासाद्य जलमित्यभिशङ्कया ॥

sa kadācitsabhāmadhye dhārtarāṣṭro mahīpatiḥ | sphāṭikaṃ sthalamāsādya jalamityabhiśaṅkayā

Once, in the middle of the hall, the son of Dhritarashtra, lord of the earth, came upon a crystal floor and, suspecting it to be water,

Verse 4 (2.74.4)

स्ववस्त्रोत्कर्षणं राजा कृतवान्बुद्धिमोहितः । दुर्मना विमुखश्चैव परिचक्राम तां सभाम् ॥

svavastrotkarṣaṇaṃ rājā kṛtavānbuddhimohitaḥ | durmanā vimukhaścaiva paricakrāma tāṃ sabhām

the king, his judgement deluded, drew up his garment. Then, downcast and turning away, he went on around the hall.

Verse 5 (2.74.5)

ततः स्थले निपतितो दुर्मना व्रीडितो नृपः । निःश्वसन्विमुखश्चापि परिचक्राम तां सभाम् ॥

tataḥ sthale nipatito durmanā vrīḍito nṛpaḥ | niḥśvasanvimukhaścāpi paricakrāma tāṃ sabhām

Then, having fallen on dry ground, the king, downcast and ashamed, sighing and turning away, went on around the hall.

Note on the text: Joined निः श्वसन् → निःश्वसन् (spacing error in Wikisource splitting the word). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the first line is in the critical edition's apparatus as star passage 421, after 2.43.4; the second is not there.

Verse 6 (2.74.6)

ततः स्फाटिकतोयां वै स्फाटिकाम्बुजशोभिताम् । वापीं मत्वा स्थलमिव सवासाः प्रापतञ्जले ॥

tataḥ sphāṭikatoyāṃ vai sphāṭikāmbujaśobhitām | vāpīṃ matvā sthalamiva savāsāḥ prāpatañjale

Then, taking a pool of crystal-clear water adorned with crystal lotuses for dry ground, he fell into the water with his clothes on.

Verse 7 (2.74.7)

जले निपतितं दृष्ट्वा भीमसेनो महाबलः । जहास जहसुश्चैव किङ्कराश्च सुयोधनम् ॥

jale nipatitaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ | jahāsa jahasuścaiva kiṅkarāśca suyodhanam

Seeing Suyodhana fallen into the water, mighty Bhimasena laughed, and the servants laughed at him too.

Note on the text: Only the opening words match CE 2.43.6a (jale nipatitaṃ dṛṣṭvā kiṃkarā jahasur bhṛśam); the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 422, after 2.43.6).

Verse 8 (2.74.8)

वासांसि च शुभान्यस्मै प्रददू राजशासनात् । तथागतं तु तं दृष्ट्वा भीमसेनो महाबलः ॥

vāsāṃsi ca śubhānyasmai pradadū rājaśāsanāt | tathāgataṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ

At the king's command they gave him fine clothes. Seeing him in that state, mighty Bhimasena,

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 2.43.6cd and 7ab (the verse division differs).

Verse 9 (2.74.9)

अर्जुनश्च यमौ चोभौ सर्वे ते प्राहसंस्तदा । नामर्षयत्ततस्तेषामवहासममर्षणः ॥

arjunaśca yamau cobhau sarve te prāhasaṃstadā | nāmarṣayattatasteṣāmavahāsamamarṣaṇaḥ

Arjuna and both the twins all laughed then. Duryodhana, who could not bear slights, did not endure their laughter.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 2.43.7cd and 8ab (the verse division differs).

Verse 10 (2.74.10)

आकारं रक्षमाणस्तु न स तान्समुदैक्षत । पुनर्वसनमुत्क्षिप्य प्रतरिष्यन्निव स्थलम् ॥

ākāraṃ rakṣamāṇastu na sa tānsamudaikṣata | punarvasanamutkṣipya pratariṣyanniva sthalam

Guarding his expression, he did not look at them. Again he lifted his garment, as if about to wade across, at a spot of dry ground

Note on the text: Corrected प्रतिरिष्यन्निव → प्रतरिष्यन्निव (misprint in Wikisource; प्रति- gives no verb form here, the sense being 'as if about to wade across' — the critical edition reads pratariṣyann iva). Corresponds to CE 2.43.8cd and 9ab.

Verse 11 (2.74.11)

आरुरोह ततः सर्वे जहसुश्च पुनर्जनाः । द्वारं तु पिहिताकारं स्फाटिकं प्रेक्ष्य भूमिपः । प्रविशन्नाहतो मूर्ध्नि व्याघूर्णित इव स्थितः ॥

āruroha tataḥ sarve jahasuśca punarjanāḥ | dvāraṃ tu pihitākāraṃ sphāṭikaṃ prekṣya bhūmipaḥ | praviśannāhato mūrdhni vyāghūrṇita iva sthitaḥ

and climbed onto it; and again everyone laughed. Then, seeing a crystal door that appeared shut, the king tried to pass through, struck his head, and stood there reeling.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 2.43.9cd; the other two are not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 424, lines 1–2, after 2.43.9).

Verse 12 (2.74.12)

तादृशं च परं द्वारं स्फाटिकोरुकवाटकम् । विघट्टयन्कराभ्यां तु निष्क्रम्याग्रे पपात हा ॥

tādṛśaṃ ca paraṃ dvāraṃ sphāṭikorukavāṭakam | vighaṭṭayankarābhyāṃ tu niṣkramyāgre papāta hā

At another such door, with great crystal panels, he pushed with both hands, came out, and, alas, fell headlong in front of it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints it in the apparatus as star passage 424, lines 3–4, after 2.43.9).

Verse 13 (2.74.13)

द्वारं तु वितताकारं समापेदे पुनश्च सः । तद्वृत्तं चेति मन्वानो द्वारस्थानादुपारमत् ॥

dvāraṃ tu vitatākāraṃ samāpede punaśca saḥ | tadvṛttaṃ ceti manvāno dvārasthānādupāramat

Again he came to a door that stood wide open, and, thinking it would turn out the same way, he drew back from the doorway.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 2.43.10 (dvāraṃ ca vivṛtākāraṃ lalāṭena samāhanat / saṃvṛtaṃ ceti manvāno dvāradeśād upāramat).

Verse 14 (2.74.14)

एवं प्रलम्भान्विविधान्प्राप्य तत्र विशाम्पते । पाण्डवेयाभ्यनुज्ञातस्ततो दुर्योधनो नृपः ॥

evaṃ pralambhānvividhānprāpya tatra viśāmpate | pāṇḍaveyābhyanujñātastato duryodhano nṛpaḥ

Having met with such various deceptions there, lord of the people, King Duryodhana then took leave of the Pandavas

Verse 15 (2.74.15)

अपहृष्टेन मनसा राजसूये महाक्रतौ । प्रेक्ष्य तामद्भुतामृद्धिं जगाम गजसाह्वयम् ॥

apahṛṣṭena manasā rājasūye mahākratau | prekṣya tāmadbhutāmṛddhiṃ jagāma gajasāhvayam

and, joyless at heart after seeing the wondrous splendour at the great Rajasuya rite, went to the city named for the elephant.

Verse 16 (2.74.16)

पाण्डवश्रीप्रतप्तस्य ध्यायमानस्य गच्छतः । दुर्योधनस्य नृपतेः पापा मतिरजायत ॥

pāṇḍavaśrīprataptasya dhyāyamānasya gacchataḥ | duryodhanasya nṛpateḥ pāpā matirajāyata

As King Duryodhana went along brooding, scorched by the fortune of the Pandavas, an evil resolve was born in him.

Verse 17 (2.74.17)

पार्थान्सुमनसो दृष्ट्वा पार्थिवांश्च वशानुगान् । कृत्स्नं चापि हितं लोकमाकुमारं कुरूद्वह ॥

pārthānsumanaso dṛṣṭvā pārthivāṃśca vaśānugān | kṛtsnaṃ cāpi hitaṃ lokamākumāraṃ kurūdvaha

Seeing the sons of Pritha glad at heart and the kings obedient to them, and the whole world, down to the children, well disposed toward them, O Kuru prince,

Verse 18 (2.74.18)

महिमानं परं चापि पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम् । दुर्योधनो धार्तराष्ट्रो विवर्णः समपद्यत ॥

mahimānaṃ paraṃ cāpi pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām | duryodhano dhārtarāṣṭro vivarṇaḥ samapadyata

and the surpassing greatness of the great-souled Pandavas, Duryodhana, son of Dhritarashtra, turned pale.

Note on the text: Corrected दूर्योधनो → दुर्योधनो (misprint in Wikisource; ू for ु).

Verse 19 (2.74.19)

स तु गच्छन्ननेकाग्रः सभामेकोऽन्वचिन्तयत् । श्रियं च तामनुपमां धर्मराजस्य धीमतः ॥

sa tu gacchannanekāgraḥ sabhāmeko'nvacintayat | śriyaṃ ca tāmanupamāṃ dharmarājasya dhīmataḥ

As he went along, distracted and alone, he kept thinking of the hall and of the matchless fortune of the wise King of Dharma.

Note on the text: Corrected अनेकाग्नः → अनेकाग्रः (misprint in Wikisource; न for र — the critical edition reads anekāgraḥ, as does verse 21).

Verse 20 (2.74.20)

प्रमत्तो धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्रो दुर्योधनस्तदा । नाभ्यभाषत्सुबलजं भाषमाणं पुनः पुनः ॥

pramatto dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putro duryodhanastadā | nābhyabhāṣatsubalajaṃ bhāṣamāṇaṃ punaḥ punaḥ

Lost in thought, Duryodhana, son of Dhritarashtra, did not answer the son of Subala, though he spoke to him again and again.

Verse 21 (2.74.21)

अनेकाग्रं तु तं दृष्ट्वा शकुनिः प्रत्यभाषत । दुर्योधन कुतोमूलं निःश्वसन्निव गच्छसि ॥

anekāgraṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā śakuniḥ pratyabhāṣata | duryodhana kutomūlaṃ niḥśvasanniva gacchasi

Seeing him distracted, Shakuni said: "Duryodhana, what is the cause of it, that you go along sighing like this?"

Note on the text: Corrected कृतोमूलं → कुतोमूलं (misprint in Wikisource; ृ for ु — the critical edition reads kutomūlaṃ).

Verse 22 (2.74.22)

दृष्ट्वेमां पृथिवीं कृत्स्नां युधिष्ठिरवशानुगाम् । जितामस्त्रप्रतापेन श्वेताश्वस्य महात्मनः ॥

dṛṣṭvemāṃ pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ yudhiṣṭhiravaśānugām | jitāmastrapratāpena śvetāśvasya mahātmanaḥ

"Seeing this whole earth under the sway of Yudhishthira, conquered by the might of the weapons of the great-souled hero of the white horses,

Verse 23 (2.74.23)

तं च यज्ञं तथाभूतं दृष्ट्वा पार्थस्य मातुल । यथा शक्रस्य देवेषु तथाभूतं महाद्युतेः ॥

taṃ ca yajñaṃ tathābhūtaṃ dṛṣṭvā pārthasya mātula | yathā śakrasya deveṣu tathābhūtaṃ mahādyuteḥ

"and seeing that sacrifice of the son of Pritha, uncle, which for that glorious one was like Indra's among the gods,

Verse 24 (2.74.24)

अमर्षेण तु सम्पूर्णो दह्यमानो दिवानिशम् । शुचिशुक्रागमे काले शुष्ये तोयमिवाल्पकम् ॥

amarṣeṇa tu sampūrṇo dahyamāno divāniśam | śuciśukrāgame kāle śuṣye toyamivālpakam

"I am filled with resentment and burn day and night; I am drying up like a little water when the hot months come.

Verse 25 (2.74.25)

पश्य सात्वतमुख्येन शिशुपालो निपातितः । न च तत्र पुमानासीत्कश्चित्तस्य पदानुगः ॥

paśya sātvatamukhyena śiśupālo nipātitaḥ | na ca tatra pumānāsītkaścittasya padānugaḥ

"See: Shishupala was struck down by the chief of the Satvatas, and not one man there followed in his steps.

Verse 26 (2.74.26)

दह्यमाना हि राजानः पाण्डवोत्थेन वह्निना । क्षान्तवन्तोऽपराधं ते को हि तत्क्षन्तुमर्हति ॥

dahyamānā hi rājānaḥ pāṇḍavotthena vahninā | kṣāntavanto'parādhaṃ te ko hi tatkṣantumarhati

"For the kings, though burning in the fire that rose from the Pandavas, forgave that offence. Yet who could forgive it?

Verse 27 (2.74.27)

वासुदेवेन तत्कर्म यथाऽयुक्तं महत्कृतम् । सिद्धं च पाण्डुपुत्राणां प्रतापेन महात्मनाम् ॥

vāsudevena tatkarma yathā'yuktaṃ mahatkṛtam | siddhaṃ ca pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ pratāpena mahātmanām

"Vasudeva did that great deed, unfitting as it was, and it succeeded through the might of the great-souled sons of Pandu.

Verse 28 (2.74.28)

तथाहि रत्नान्यादाय विविधानि नृपा नृपम् । उपातिष्ठन्त कौन्तेयं वैश्या इव करप्रदाः ॥

tathāhi ratnānyādāya vividhāni nṛpā nṛpam | upātiṣṭhanta kaunteyaṃ vaiśyā iva karapradāḥ

"So too the kings, bringing jewels of every kind, waited on the king, the son of Kunti, like vaishyas paying their taxes.

Note on the text: Corrected रत्नन्यादाय → रत्नान्यादाय (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ा — the critical edition reads ratnāny ādāya) and कौन्येयं → कौन्तेयं (misprint; dropped त).

Verse 29 (2.74.29)

श्रियं तथागतां दृष्ट्वा ज्वलन्तीमिव पाण्डवे । अमर्षवशमापन्नो दह्यामि न तथोचितः ॥

śriyaṃ tathāgatāṃ dṛṣṭvā jvalantīmiva pāṇḍave | amarṣavaśamāpanno dahyāmi na tathocitaḥ

"Seeing such fortune with the Pandava, blazing as it were, I have fallen into the grip of resentment and I burn, I who did not deserve this.

Note on the text: Corrected तथागतं → तथागतां (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ा — the adjective must agree with the feminine श्रियं and ज्वलन्तीम्).

Verse 30 (2.74.30)

वह्निमेव प्रवेक्ष्यामि भक्षयिष्यामि वा विषम् । अपो वापि प्रवेक्ष्यामि न हि शक्ष्यामि जीवितुम् ॥

vahnimeva pravekṣyāmi bhakṣayiṣyāmi vā viṣam | apo vāpi pravekṣyāmi na hi śakṣyāmi jīvitum

"I will enter fire, or swallow poison, or drown myself in water; for I shall not be able to live.

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width non-joiner character inside प्रवेक्ष्यामि and restored the missing word-space in प्रवेक्ष्यामिन हि → प्रवेक्ष्यामि न हि (misprint in Wikisource).

Verse 31 (2.74.31)

को हि नाम पुमांल्लोके मर्षयिष्यति सत्ववान् । सपत्नानृद्ध्यतो दृष्ट्वा हीनमात्मानमेव च ॥

ko hi nāma pumāṃlloke marṣayiṣyati satvavān | sapatnānṛddhyato dṛṣṭvā hīnamātmānameva ca

"What man of spirit in the world will put up with seeing his rivals prosper and himself brought low?

Verse 32 (2.74.32)

सोऽहं न स्त्री न चाप्यस्त्री न पुमान्नापुमानपि । योऽहं तां मर्षयाम्यद्य तादृशीं श्रियमागताम् ॥

so'haṃ na strī na cāpyastrī na pumānnāpumānapi | yo'haṃ tāṃ marṣayāmyadya tādṛśīṃ śriyamāgatām

"I am neither woman nor not-woman, neither man nor not-man, if I put up today with such fortune as has come to them.

Verse 33 (2.74.33)

ईश्वरत्वं पृथिव्याश्च वसुमत्तां च तादृशीम् । यज्ञं च तादृशं दृष्ट्वा मादृशः को न सञ्ज्वरेत् ॥

īśvaratvaṃ pṛthivyāśca vasumattāṃ ca tādṛśīm | yajñaṃ ca tādṛśaṃ dṛṣṭvā mādṛśaḥ ko na sañjvaret

"Seeing such lordship over the earth, such wealth and such a sacrifice, who like me would not burn with fever?

Note on the text: Corrected संञ्ज्वरेत् → सञ्ज्वरेत् (misprint in Wikisource; the nasal is written twice — the critical edition reads saṃjvaret).

Verse 34 (2.74.34)

अशक्तश्चैक एवाहं तामाहर्तुं नृपश्रियम् । सहायांश्च न पश्यामि तेन मृत्युं विचिन्तये ॥

aśaktaścaika evāhaṃ tāmāhartuṃ nṛpaśriyam | sahāyāṃśca na paśyāmi tena mṛtyuṃ vicintaye

"Alone I am unable to seize that royal fortune, and I see no allies; so I think of death.

Verse 35 (2.74.35)

दैवमेव परं मन्ये पौरुषं च निरर्थकम् । दृष्ट्वा कुन्तीसुते शुद्धां श्रियं तामहतां तथा ॥

daivameva paraṃ manye pauruṣaṃ ca nirarthakam | dṛṣṭvā kuntīsute śuddhāṃ śriyaṃ tāmahatāṃ tathā

"I think fate alone is supreme and human effort useless, when I see that pure and unimpaired fortune with the son of Kunti.

Verse 36 (2.74.36)

कृतो यत्नो मया पूर्वं विनाशे तस्य सौबल । तच्च सर्वमतिक्रम्य संवृद्धोऽप्स्विव पङ्कजम् ॥

kṛto yatno mayā pūrvaṃ vināśe tasya saubala | tacca sarvamatikramya saṃvṛddho'psviva paṅkajam

"Earlier I made efforts to destroy him, son of Subala; but he overcame them all and grew like a lotus in the water.

Note on the text: Corrected पङ्गजम् → पङ्कजम् (misprint in Wikisource; ग for क — the critical edition reads paṅkajam).

Verse 37 (2.74.37)

तेन दैवं परं मन्ये पौरुषं च निरर्थकम् । धार्तराष्ट्राश्च हीयन्ते पार्था वर्धन्ति नित्यशः । कृष्णस्तु सुमनास्तेषां विवर्धयति सम्पदः ॥

tena daivaṃ paraṃ manye pauruṣaṃ ca nirarthakam | dhārtarāṣṭrāśca hīyante pārthā vardhanti nityaśaḥ | kṛṣṇastu sumanāsteṣāṃ vivardhayati sampadaḥ

"Therefore I think fate supreme and human effort useless: the sons of Dhritarashtra decline while the sons of Pritha grow day by day, and Krishna, well disposed to them, increases their prosperity.

Note on the text: Corrected न दैवं → तेन दैवं (misprint in Wikisource; the line is a syllable short and न reverses the sense of verse 35 — the critical edition reads tena daivaṃ). Removed a stray wiki quote mark ('). The first two lines are CE 2.43.34; the third is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE's apparatus has it, reading durmanās, as line 2 of star passage 426 after 2.43.19). Wikisource's line marks here are displaced (37a, 37b, 38c).

Verse 38 (2.74.38)

सोऽहं श्रियं च तां दृष्ट्वा सभां तां च तथाविधाम् । रक्षिभिश्चावहासं तं परितप्ये यथाऽग्निना ॥

so'haṃ śriyaṃ ca tāṃ dṛṣṭvā sabhāṃ tāṃ ca tathāvidhām | rakṣibhiścāvahāsaṃ taṃ paritapye yathā'gninā

"Having seen that fortune and that hall of such a kind, and the mockery of its guards, I am tormented as if by fire.

Verse 39 (2.74.39)

स मामभ्यनुजानीहि मातुलाद्य सुदुःखितम् । अमर्षं च समाविष्टं धृतराष्ट्रे निवेदय ॥

sa māmabhyanujānīhi mātulādya suduḥkhitam | amarṣaṃ ca samāviṣṭaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭre nivedaya

"So give me leave, uncle, for today I am deeply grieved; and tell Dhritarashtra of the resentment that has taken hold of me."

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (2.43.36ab): Wikisource prints only the second line, as a one-line verse marked 39a after displaced line marks (38a, 39b), and the request to tell Dhritarashtra lacks its opening; the first line स मामभ्यनुजानीहि मातुलाद्य सुदुःखितम् is supplied from the CE.