Shakuni Proposes the Game of Dice

Verse 1 (2.76.1)

अनुभूय तु राज्ञस्तं राजसूयं सुदुर्मतिः । युधिष्ठिरस्य शकुनिर्दुर्योधनसुसंयुतः ॥

anubhūya tu rājñastaṃ rājasūyaṃ sudurmatiḥ | yudhiṣṭhirasya śakunirduryodhanasusaṃyutaḥ

Having witnessed that Rajasuya of King Yudhishthira, the evil-minded Shakuni, in close company with Duryodhana,

Note on the text: Corrected दुर्योधसुसंयुतः → दुर्योधनसुसंयुतः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped न, which also leaves the line a syllable short). Removed a stray wiki quote mark (`). The first line varies from the critical edition (सुदुर्मतिः for mahākratum) and the second line differs from it (the critical edition reads yudhiṣṭhirasya nṛpater gāndhārīputrasaṃyutaḥ).

Verse 2 (2.76.2)

विवेश हास्तिनपुरं दुर्योधनमतेन सः । बाढमित्येव शकुनिर्दृढं हृदि चकार ह ॥

viveśa hāstinapuraṃ duryodhanamatena saḥ | bāḍhamityeva śakunirdṛḍhaṃ hṛdi cakāra ha

entered Hastinapura in keeping with Duryodhana's wish. "Very well," said Shakuni, and he fixed the resolve firmly in his heart.

Note on the text: Corrected वाढमित्येव → बाढमित्येव (misprint in Wikisource; the word is बाढम्, "very well", as the critical edition's apparatus reads bāḍham). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition's apparatus has it as passage 0435 after 2.45.1).

Verse 3 (2.76.3)

अस्वस्थतां च तां दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रस्य पापकृत् । भारतानां च दुष्टात्मा क्षयाय हि नृपक्षयः ॥

asvasthatāṃ ca tāṃ dṛṣṭvā dhārtarāṣṭrasya pāpakṛt | bhāratānāṃ ca duṣṭātmā kṣayāya hi nṛpakṣayaḥ

Seeing the distress of Dhritarashtra's son, that evildoer, wicked of soul, the ruin of kings, set himself on the destruction of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Corrected चतां → च तां (misprint in Wikisource; two words run together). Removed a stray wiki quote mark ('). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition's apparatus has it as passage 0435 after 2.45.1). Wikisource lacks the apparatus's fourth line (pāpaḥ pāpātmanā tena …).

Verse 4 (2.76.4)

प्रियकृन्मतमाज्ञाय पूर्वं दुर्योधनस्य तत् । प्रज्ञाचक्षुषमासीनं शकुनिः सौबलस्तदा ॥

priyakṛnmatamājñāya pūrvaṃ duryodhanasya tat | prajñācakṣuṣamāsīnaṃ śakuniḥ saubalastadā

Knowing beforehand what Duryodhana wanted, and eager to please him, Shakuni, son of Subala, then went to the wise king whose eyes were his wisdom, as he sat there.

Verse 5 (2.76.5)

दुर्योधनवचः श्रुत्वा धृतराष्ट्रं जनाधिपम् । उपगम्य महाप्राज्ञं शकुनिर्वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

duryodhanavacaḥ śrutvā dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ janādhipam | upagamya mahāprājñaṃ śakunirvākyamabravīt

Having heard Duryodhana's words, Shakuni approached Dhritarashtra, the wise ruler of men, and spoke.

Verse 6 (2.76.6)

दुर्योधनो महाराज विवर्णो हरिणः कृशः । दीनश्चिन्तापरश्चैव तं विद्धि मनुजाधिप ॥

duryodhano mahārāja vivarṇo hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ | dīnaścintāparaścaiva taṃ viddhi manujādhipa

Great king, Duryodhana has grown pale, wan and thin, wretched and lost in brooding. Know this, lord of men.

Verse 7 (2.76.7)

न वै परीक्षसे सम्यगसह्यं शत्रुसंभवम् । ज्येष्ठपुत्रस्य हृच्छोकं किमर्थं नावबुध्यसे ॥

na vai parīkṣase samyagasahyaṃ śatrusaṃbhavam | jyeṣṭhaputrasya hṛcchokaṃ kimarthaṃ nāvabudhyase

You do not examine it properly — this unbearable grief in your eldest son's heart, born of his enemies. Why do you not perceive it?

Verse 8 (2.76.8)

एवमुक्तः शकुनिना धृतराष्ट्रो जनेश्वरः । दुर्योधनं समाहूय इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

evamuktaḥ śakuninā dhṛtarāṣṭro janeśvaraḥ | duryodhanaṃ samāhūya idaṃ vacanamabravīt

Thus addressed by Shakuni, Dhritarashtra, lord of men, summoned Duryodhana and said these words.

Note on the text: Corrected समाहूयं → समाहूय (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara on the gerund). Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and '). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition's apparatus has it as passage 0437 after 2.45.5). The verse is narration, though Wikisource prints no heading before it; the next heading names Dhritarashtra.

Verse 9 (2.76.9)

दुर्योधन कुतोमूलं भृशमार्तोऽसि पुत्रक । श्रोतव्यश्चेन्मया सोऽर्थो ब्रूहि मे कुरुनन्दन ॥

duryodhana kutomūlaṃ bhṛśamārto'si putraka | śrotavyaścenmayā so'rtho brūhi me kurunandana

Duryodhana, my son, what is the root of this deep distress of yours? If it is something I should hear, tell me, joy of the Kurus.

Note on the text: Corrected कृतोमूलं → कुतोमूलं (misprint in Wikisource; the page's own commentary glosses कुतोमूलं, and the critical edition reads kutomūlaṃ).

Verse 10 (2.76.10)

अयं त्वां शकुनिः प्राह विवर्णं हरिणं कृशम् । चिन्तयंश्च न पश्यामि शोकस्य तव सम्भवम् ॥

ayaṃ tvāṃ śakuniḥ prāha vivarṇaṃ hariṇaṃ kṛśam | cintayaṃśca na paśyāmi śokasya tava sambhavam

Shakuni here tells me you are pale, wan and thin; yet, ponder as I may, I see no cause for your grief.

Note on the text: Corrected हरिमं → हरिणं (misprint in Wikisource; हरिम is not a word, and the critical edition reads hariṇaṃ, as Wikisource itself does in verses 6 and 12).

Verse 11 (2.76.11)

ऐश्वर्यं हि महत्पुत्र त्वयि सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् । भ्रातरः सुहृदश्चैव नाचरन्ति तवाप्रियम् ॥

aiśvaryaṃ hi mahatputra tvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam | bhrātaraḥ suhṛdaścaiva nācaranti tavāpriyam

All this great sovereignty, son, is established in you. Your brothers and friends do nothing to displease you.

Verse 12 (2.76.12)

आच्छादयसि प्रावारानश्नासि पिशितौदनम् । आजानेया वहन्त्यश्वाः केनासि हरिणः कृशः ॥

ācchādayasi prāvārānaśnāsi piśitaudanam | ājāneyā vahantyaśvāḥ kenāsi hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ

You wrap yourself in fine cloaks, you eat meat and rice, thoroughbred horses draw you. What has made you pale and thin?

Verse 13 (2.76.13)

शयनानि महार्हाणि योषितश्च मनोरमाः । गुणवन्ति च वेश्मानि विहाराश्च यथासुखम् ॥

śayanāni mahārhāṇi yoṣitaśca manoramāḥ | guṇavanti ca veśmāni vihārāśca yathāsukham

Costly beds, lovely women, well-appointed houses, and pleasure-grounds to suit your fancy —

Verse 14 (2.76.14)

देवानामिव ते सर्वं वाचि बद्धं न संशयः । स दीन इव दुर्धर्ष कस्माच्छोचसि पुत्रक ॥

devānāmiva te sarvaṃ vāci baddhaṃ na saṃśayaḥ | sa dīna iva durdharṣa kasmācchocasi putraka

all of it, as with the gods, waits upon your word, no doubt. Why then, invincible one, do you grieve like a wretched man, my son?

Note on the text: Corrected देवनामिव → देवानामिव (misprint in Wikisource; देवन means gaming, and the sense "as with the gods" needs देवानाम्, as the critical edition reads).

Verse 15 (2.76.15)

मात्रा पित्रा च पुत्रस्य यद्वै कार्यं परं स्मृतम् । प्राप्तस्त्वमसि तत्तात निखिलां नः कुलश्रियम् ॥

mātrā pitrā ca putrasya yadvai kāryaṃ paraṃ smṛtam | prāptastvamasi tattāta nikhilāṃ naḥ kulaśriyam

What a mother and father are held to owe a son as their highest duty, you have received, dear son: the whole glory of our house.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and '). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 31, after 2.45.11, lines 0001–0002).

Verse 16 (2.76.16)

उपस्थितः सर्वकामैस्त्रिदिवे वासवो यथा । विविधैरन्नपानैश्च प्रवरैः किं नु शोचसि ॥

upasthitaḥ sarvakāmaistridive vāsavo yathā | vividhairannapānaiśca pravaraiḥ kiṃ nu śocasi

You are attended by every desire, like Vasava in heaven, with choice food and drink of many kinds. Why then do you grieve?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 31, after 2.45.11, lines 0003–0004).

Verse 17 (2.76.17)

निरुक्तं निगमं छन्दः षडङ्गान्यस्त्रशास्त्रवान् । अधीती कृतविद्यस्त्वं दशव्याकरणैः कृपात् ॥

niruktaṃ nigamaṃ chandaḥ ṣaḍaṅgānyastraśāstravān | adhītī kṛtavidyastvaṃ daśavyākaraṇaiḥ kṛpāt

Etymology, the Vedic texts, prosody, the six auxiliary sciences and the science of arms you have mastered; you are learned, schooled by Kripa through the ten grammars.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 31, after 2.45.11, lines 0006–0007).

Verse 18 (2.76.18)

हलायुधात्कृपाद्द्रोणादस्त्रविद्यामधीतवान् । भ्रातृज्येष्ठः स्थितो राज्ये किमु शोचसि पुत्रक ॥

halāyudhātkṛpāddroṇādastravidyāmadhītavān | bhrātṛjyeṣṭhaḥ sthito rājye kimu śocasi putraka

From Halayudha, from Kripa and from Drona you learned the science of weapons. Eldest among the brothers, you are established in the kingdom; why then do you grieve, my son?

Note on the text: Corrected भ्राताज्येष्ठः → भ्रातृज्येष्ठः (misprint in Wikisource; the compound stem is भ्रातृ-, as the critical edition's appendix and Wikisource's next adhyaya read). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 31, after 2.45.11, lines 0008–0009).

Verse 19 (2.76.19)

पृथग्जनैरलभ्यं यदशनाच्छादनं बहु । प्रभुः सन्भुञ्जसे पुत्र संस्तुतः सूतमागधैः ॥

pṛthagjanairalabhyaṃ yadaśanācchādanaṃ bahu | prabhuḥ sanbhuñjase putra saṃstutaḥ sūtamāgadhaiḥ

The abundant food and clothing that common men cannot obtain, you enjoy as master, my son, praised by bards and heralds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 31, after 2.45.11, lines 0010–0011).

Verse 20 (2.76.20)

तस्य ते विदितप्रज्ञ शोकमूलमिदं कथम् । लोकेऽस्मिञ्ज्येष्ठभागन्यस्तन्ममाचक्ष्व पृच्छतः ॥

tasya te viditaprajña śokamūlamidaṃ katham | loke'smiñjyeṣṭhabhāganyastanmamācakṣva pṛcchataḥ

How then has this root of grief taken hold of you, whose wisdom is known to all? Who else in this world holds the eldest's share? Tell me, for I ask you.

Note on the text: Corrected लोकेस्मिञ् → लोकेऽस्मिञ् (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 31, after 2.45.11, lines 0012–0013).

Verse 21 (2.76.21)

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा मन्दः क्रोधवशानुगः । पितरं प्रत्युवाचेदं स्वमतिं सम्प्रकाशयन् ॥

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā mandaḥ krodhavaśānugaḥ | pitaraṃ pratyuvācedaṃ svamatiṃ samprakāśayan

Hearing his words, the dull-witted Duryodhana, in the grip of anger, answered his father, laying bare his own mind.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki quote mark ('). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 31, after 2.45.11, lines 0014–0015).

Verse 22 (2.76.22)

अश्नाम्याच्छादये चाहं यथा कुपुरुषस्तथा । अमर्षं धारये चोग्रं निनीषुः कालपर्ययम् ॥

aśnāmyācchādaye cāhaṃ yathā kupuruṣastathā | amarṣaṃ dhāraye cograṃ ninīṣuḥ kālaparyayam

I eat and I clothe myself like a man of no account. I carry a fierce resentment, waiting to bring about the turn of time.

Verse 23 (2.76.23)

अमर्षणः स्वाः प्रकृतीरभिभूय परं स्थितः । क्लेशान्मुमुक्षुः परजान्स वै पुरुष उच्यते ॥

amarṣaṇaḥ svāḥ prakṛtīrabhibhūya paraṃ sthitaḥ | kleśānmumukṣuḥ parajānsa vai puruṣa ucyate

He who cannot bear wrongs, who masters his own subjects and stands supreme, and who seeks to shake off the troubles his enemies cause — he is called a man.

Verse 24 (2.76.24)

सन्तोषो वै श्रियं हन्ति ह्यभिमानं च भारत । अनुक्रोशभये चोभे यैर्वृतो नाश्नुते महत् ॥

santoṣo vai śriyaṃ hanti hyabhimānaṃ ca bhārata | anukrośabhaye cobhe yairvṛto nāśnute mahat

Contentment kills fortune, and so does pride, O Bharata; and pity and fear, both of them — whoever is held by these attains nothing great.

Verse 25 (2.76.25)

न मां प्रीणाति मद्भुक्तं श्रियं दृष्ट्वा युधिष्ठिरे । अतिज्वलन्तीं कौन्तेये विवर्णकरणीं मम ॥

na māṃ prīṇāti madbhuktaṃ śriyaṃ dṛṣṭvā yudhiṣṭhire | atijvalantīṃ kaunteye vivarṇakaraṇīṃ mama

What I enjoy gives me no pleasure, now that I have seen the fortune of Yudhishthira, son of Kunti, blazing so fiercely — the fortune that drains the colour from my face.

Note on the text: Corrected युधिष्ठेरे → युधिष्ठिरे (misprint in Wikisource; the name is युधिष्ठिर).

Verse 26 (2.76.26)

सपत्नानृध्यतोऽऽत्मानं हीयमानं निशाम्य च । अदृश्यामपि कौन्तेये श्रियं पश्यन्निवोद्यताम् ॥

sapatnānṛdhyato''tmānaṃ hīyamānaṃ niśāmya ca | adṛśyāmapi kaunteye śriyaṃ paśyannivodyatām

Seeing my rivals prospering and myself in decline, I seem to see that fortune of Kunti's son rising up before me even when it is out of sight.

Note on the text: Corrected नृद्व्यतोत्मानं → सपत्नानृध्यतोऽऽत्मानं (misprint in Wikisource; the first line has lost सपत्नान् and garbled ऋध्यतः, leaving it two syllables short and without sense; restored from the critical edition, 2.45.16, which reads sapatnān ṛdhyato ''tmānaṃ). Corrected कौन्तेय → कौन्तेये (misprint in Wikisource; the vocative cannot address Dhritarashtra, and the critical edition reads the locative kaunteye).

Verse 27 (2.76.27)

तस्मादहं विवर्णश्च दीनश्च हरिणः कृशः । अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि स्नातका गृहमेधिनः ॥

tasmādahaṃ vivarṇaśca dīnaśca hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ | aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi snātakā gṛhamedhinaḥ

That is why I am pale, wretched, wan and thin. Eighty-eight thousand householders who have completed their Vedic studies —

Note on the text: Corrected हरिमः → हरिणः (misprint in Wikisource; हरिम is not a word, and the critical edition reads hariṇaḥ). The lines correspond to the critical edition's 2.45.16ef and 2.45.17ab.

Verse 28 (2.76.28)

त्रिंशद्दासीक एकैको यान्बिभर्ति युधिष्ठिरः । दशान्यानि सहस्राणि यतीनामूर्ध्वरेतसाम् । भुञ्जते रुक्मपात्रीभिर्युधिष्ठिरनिवेशने ॥

triṃśaddāsīka ekaiko yānbibharti yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | daśānyāni sahasrāṇi yatīnāmūrdhvaretasām | bhuñjate rukmapātrībhiryudhiṣṭhiraniveśane

each with thirty slave-girls — Yudhishthira maintains; and ten thousand others, ascetics of unbroken chastity, eat from golden plates in Yudhishthira's palace.

Note on the text: The lines correspond to the critical edition's 2.45.17cd and 2.45.18; the second line differs from it (the critical edition reads nityaṃ tatrānnam uttamam).

Verse 29 (2.76.29)

कदलीमृगमोकानि कृष्णश्यामारुणानि च । काम्भोजः प्राहिणोत्तस्मै परार्ध्यानपि कम्बलान् । गजयोषिद्गवाश्वस्य शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥

kadalīmṛgamokāni kṛṣṇaśyāmāruṇāni ca | kāmbhojaḥ prāhiṇottasmai parārdhyānapi kambalān | gajayoṣidgavāśvasya śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

The king of the Kambojas sent him skins of the kadali deer, black, dark and red, and costly blankets, and elephants, women, cattle and horses by hundreds and by thousands.

Note on the text: The lines correspond to the critical edition's 2.45.19 and 2.45.20ab (गज for ratha in the third line).

Verse 30 (2.76.30)

त्रिंशतं चोष्ट्रवामीनां शतानि विचरन्त्युत । राजन्या बलिमादाय समेता हि नृपक्षये ॥

triṃśataṃ coṣṭravāmīnāṃ śatāni vicarantyuta | rājanyā balimādāya sametā hi nṛpakṣaye

Three thousand she-camels roam there too, and princes bearing tribute have gathered at the king's dwelling.

Note on the text: Corrected शतं → त्रिंशतं (misprint in Wikisource; the line is a syllable short, and the critical edition reads triṃśataṃ). The second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; its apparatus has it as passage 0440 after 2.45.20).

Verse 31 (2.76.31)

पृथग्विधानि रत्नानि पार्थिवाः पृथिवीपते । आहरन्क्रतुमुख्येऽस्मिन्कुन्तीपुत्राय भूरिशः ॥

pṛthagvidhāni ratnāni pārthivāḥ pṛthivīpate | āharankratumukhye'sminkuntīputrāya bhūriśaḥ

Kings brought gems of every kind in abundance, lord of the earth, to the son of Kunti at that foremost of sacrifices.

Note on the text: Corrected रत्नान → रत्नानि (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ि).

Verse 32 (2.76.32)

न क्वचिद्धि मया तादृग्दृष्टपूर्वो न च श्रुतः । यादृग्धनागमो यज्ञे पाण्डुपुत्रस्य धीमतः ॥

na kvaciddhi mayā tādṛgdṛṣṭapūrvo na ca śrutaḥ | yādṛgdhanāgamo yajñe pāṇḍuputrasya dhīmataḥ

Never before have I seen or heard of such an inflow of wealth as came at the sacrifice of Pandu's wise son.

Verse 33 (2.76.33)

असत्यं चेदिदं सर्वं सञ्जयं प्रष्टुमर्हसि । अपर्यन्तं धनौघं तं दृष्ट्वा शत्रोरहं नृप । शर्म नैवाभिगच्छामि चिन्तयानो विशाम्पते ॥

asatyaṃ cedidaṃ sarvaṃ sañjayaṃ praṣṭumarhasi | aparyantaṃ dhanaughaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā śatrorahaṃ nṛpa | śarma naivābhigacchāmi cintayāno viśāmpate

If you think all this untrue, you may ask Sanjaya. Seeing that endless flood of my enemy's wealth, O king, I find no peace, brooding on it, lord of the people.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and '). The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; its apparatus has it as passage 0441 after 2.45.22); the other two lines are 2.45.23.

Verse 34 (2.76.34)

ब्राह्मणा वाटधानाश्च गोमन्तः शतसङ्घशः । त्रिखर्वं बलिमादाय द्वारि तिष्ठन्ति वारिताः ॥

brāhmaṇā vāṭadhānāśca gomantaḥ śatasaṅghaśaḥ | trikharvaṃ balimādāya dvāri tiṣṭhanti vāritāḥ

Brahmins, and men with flourishing farmlands, rich in cattle, in companies of hundreds, stand at the gate held back, bearing tribute of three kharvas.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्रह्मणा → ब्राह्मणा (misprint in Wikisource; the sense needs "Brahmins", as the critical edition reads brāhmaṇā).

Verse 35 (2.76.35)

कमण्डलूनुपादाय जातरूपमयाञ्शुभान् । त्रैखर्वाः प्रतिवेद्यास्मै लेभिरेऽथ प्रवेशनम् ॥

kamaṇḍalūnupādāya jātarūpamayāñśubhān | traikharvāḥ prativedyāsmai lebhire'tha praveśanam

Bringing fine water-pots of gold, those who bore the three kharvas announced themselves to him and only then were let in.

Note on the text: The second line differs from the critical edition (which reads evaṃ baliṃ samādāya praveśaṃ lebhire tataḥ).

Verse 36 (2.76.36)

यथैव मधु शक्राय धारयन्त्यमरस्त्रियः । तदस्मै कांस्यमाहार्षीद्वारुणं कलशोदधिः ॥

yathaiva madhu śakrāya dhārayantyamarastriyaḥ | tadasmai kāṃsyamāhārṣīdvāruṇaṃ kalaśodadhiḥ

As the immortal women bear honey for Shakra, so the Ocean brought him Varuna's vessel of bronze.

Note on the text: Corrected धारयन्त्यमरस्त्रियटः → धारयन्त्यमरस्त्रियः (misprint in Wikisource; stray ट).

Verse 37 (2.76.37)

शङ्खप्रवरमादाय वासुदेवोऽभिषिक्तवान् । शैक्यं रुक्मसहस्रस्य बहुरत्नविभूषितम् ॥

śaṅkhapravaramādāya vāsudevo'bhiṣiktavān | śaikyaṃ rukmasahasrasya bahuratnavibhūṣitam

Vasudeva took the finest of conches and consecrated him; and there was a vessel borne in a sling, wrought with a thousand pieces of gold and adorned with many jewels.

Note on the text: Corrected शक्यं → शैक्यं (misprint in Wikisource; the page's own commentary explains शैक्यं, a vessel borne in a sling, and the critical edition reads śaikyaṃ). The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; its apparatus has it as passage 0442 after 2.45.27ab); Wikisource puts it before the line it follows there.

Verse 38 (2.76.38)

दृष्ट्वा च मम तत्सर्वं ज्वररूपमिवाभवत् । गृहीत्वा तत्तु गच्छन्ति समुद्रौ पूर्वदक्षिणौ ॥

dṛṣṭvā ca mama tatsarvaṃ jvararūpamivābhavat | gṛhītvā tattu gacchanti samudrau pūrvadakṣiṇau

Seeing all that, it came over me like a fever. Carrying vessels, men go to the eastern and southern oceans,

Note on the text: The lines correspond to the critical edition's 2.45.27cd and 2.45.28ab.

Verse 39 (2.76.39)

तथैव पश्चिमं यान्ति गृहीत्वा भरतर्षभ । उत्तरं तु न गच्छन्ति विना तात पतत्रिणः । तत्र गत्वाऽर्जुनो दण्डमाजहारामितं धनम् ॥

tathaiva paścimaṃ yānti gṛhītvā bharatarṣabha | uttaraṃ tu na gacchanti vinā tāta patatriṇaḥ | tatra gatvā'rjuno daṇḍamājahārāmitaṃ dhanam

and likewise they go to the western, carrying them, bull of the Bharatas; but to the northern none go, dear father, except the birds. Yet Arjuna went there and took tribute, wealth beyond measure.

Note on the text: Corrected त्तरं → उत्तरं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped initial उ, which leaves the line a syllable short; the critical edition reads uttaraṃ). The lines correspond to the critical edition's 2.45.28cd and 2.45.29ab; the third line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; its apparatus has it as passage 0444 after 2.45.29ab).

Verse 40 (2.76.40)

कृतां बैन्दुसरै रत्नैर्मयेन स्फाटिकच्छदाम् । अपश्यं नलिनीं पूर्णामुदकस्येव भारत ॥

kṛtāṃ baindusarai ratnairmayena sphāṭikacchadām | apaśyaṃ nalinīṃ pūrṇāmudakasyeva bhārata

I saw a lotus pool, built by Maya with gems from Bindusaras and roofed with crystal; it looked as though it were full of water, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki quote mark (`). Not in the critical edition at this point (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 32, after 2.45.29, lines 0001–0002). The critical edition's constituted text has a parallel only in Duryodhana's second account, adhyaya 2.46.

Verse 41 (2.76.41)

उत्कर्षन्तं च वासश्च प्राहसन्मां वृकोदरः । किङ्कराश्च सभापाला जहसुर्भरतर्षभ ॥

utkarṣantaṃ ca vāsaśca prāhasanmāṃ vṛkodaraḥ | kiṅkarāśca sabhāpālā jahasurbharatarṣabha

As I hitched up my garment, Vrikodara laughed at me, and the servants and keepers of the hall laughed too, bull of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition at this point (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 32, after 2.45.29, lines 0003–0004). The critical edition's constituted text has a parallel only in Duryodhana's second account, adhyaya 2.46.

Verse 42 (2.76.42)

पित्रोरर्थे विशेषेण प्रावृण्वं तत्र जीवितम् । तत्र स्म यदि शक्तः स्यां घातयेयं वृकोदरम् ॥

pitrorarthe viśeṣeṇa prāvṛṇvaṃ tatra jīvitam | tatra sma yadi śaktaḥ syāṃ ghātayeyaṃ vṛkodaram

Above all for my parents' sake I held my life in check there; had I had the power then, I would have had Vrikodara killed.

Note on the text: Corrected त्म → स्म (misprint in Wikisource; the particle is स्म). Not in the critical edition at this point (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 32, after 2.45.29, lines 0005–0006). The critical edition's constituted text has a parallel only in Duryodhana's second account, adhyaya 2.46.

Verse 43 (2.76.43)

सपत्नेनापहासो हि स मां दहति भारत ॥

sapatnenāpahāso hi sa māṃ dahati bhārata

The mockery of my rival burns me, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition at this point (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 32, after 2.45.29, lines 0007). The critical edition's constituted text has a parallel only in Duryodhana's second account, adhyaya 2.46. The half-verse stands alone in the appendix as well.

Verse 44 (2.76.44)

तत्र स्फाटिकतोयां हि स्फाटिकाम्बुजशोभिताम् । सभां पुष्करिणीं मत्वा पतितोऽस्मि नराधिप ॥

tatra sphāṭikatoyāṃ hi sphāṭikāmbujaśobhitām | sabhāṃ puṣkariṇīṃ matvā patito'smi narādhipa

There, taking a part of the hall, with its crystal water and its crystal lotuses, for a real pond, I fell in, lord of men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition at this point (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 32, after 2.45.29, lines 0008–0009). The critical edition's constituted text has a parallel only in Duryodhana's second account, adhyaya 2.46.

Verse 45 (2.76.45)

तत्र मामहसद्भीमः सह पार्थेन सस्वरम् । द्रौपदी च सह स्त्रीभिः पातयन्ती मनो मम ॥

tatra māmahasadbhīmaḥ saha pārthena sasvaram | draupadī ca saha strībhiḥ pātayantī mano mama

There Bhima laughed at me aloud together with Partha, and Draupadi too, with the women, making my heart sink.

Note on the text: Corrected चसह → च सह (misprint in Wikisource; two words run together). Not in the critical edition at this point (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 32, after 2.45.29, lines 0010–0011). The critical edition's constituted text has a parallel only in Duryodhana's second account, adhyaya 2.46.

Verse 46 (2.76.46)

क्लिन्नवस्त्रस्य च जले किङ्करा राजचोदिताः । ददुर्वासांसि मेऽन्यानि तच्च दुःखतरं मम ॥

klinnavastrasya ca jale kiṅkarā rājacoditāḥ | dadurvāsāṃsi me'nyāni tacca duḥkhataraṃ mama

Since my clothes were soaked in the water, servants at the king's bidding gave me other garments, and that pained me even more.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition at this point (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 32, after 2.45.29, lines 0012–0013). The critical edition's constituted text has a parallel only in Duryodhana's second account, adhyaya 2.46.

Verse 47 (2.76.47)

अस्तम्भा इव तिष्ठन्ति स्तम्भा इव सहस्रशः । सोऽहं तत्राहतो राजन्स्फटिकाभ्यन्तरे विभो ॥

astambhā iva tiṣṭhanti stambhā iva sahasraśaḥ | so'haṃ tatrāhato rājansphaṭikābhyantare vibho

Things that are not pillars stand there like pillars by the thousand; and there, inside the crystal, I was struck, O king, my lord.

Note on the text: Corrected सोहं → सोऽहं (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha). Not in the critical edition at this point (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 32, after 2.45.29, lines 0014–0015). The critical edition's constituted text has a parallel only in Duryodhana's second account, adhyaya 2.46.

Verse 48 (2.76.48)

अद्वारेण विनिर्गच्छन्द्वारसंस्थानरूपिणा । अभिहत्य शिलां भूयो ललाटेनास्मि विक्षतः ॥

advāreṇa vinirgacchandvārasaṃsthānarūpiṇā | abhihatya śilāṃ bhūyo lalāṭenāsmi vikṣataḥ

Going out through what was no door but had the shape of a door, I struck the stone again and cut my forehead.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition at this point (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 32, after 2.45.29, lines 0017–0018). The critical edition's constituted text has a parallel only in Duryodhana's second account, adhyaya 2.46.

Verse 49 (2.76.49)

आमृशन्निव तां दृष्ट्वा मार्गान्तरमुपाविशम् । इदं द्वारमिदं राजन्नद्वारमिति मां प्रति । अद्भुतं प्रहसन्वाक्यं बभाषे स वृकोदरः ॥

āmṛśanniva tāṃ dṛṣṭvā mārgāntaramupāviśam | idaṃ dvāramidaṃ rājannadvāramiti māṃ prati | adbhutaṃ prahasanvākyaṃ babhāṣe sa vṛkodaraḥ

Seeing it, I went groping, as it were, and took another way. "This is the door, O king; that is not the door," Vrikodara said to me, laughing — a scornful jest.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition at this point (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 32, after 2.45.29, lines 0019, 0021–0022). The critical edition's constituted text has a parallel only in Duryodhana's second account, adhyaya 2.46.

Verse 50 (2.76.50)

स्त्रियश्च तत्र मां दृष्ट्वा जहसुस्तादृशं नृप । सर्वं हासकरं तेषां सदस्यानां नरर्षभ ॥

striyaśca tatra māṃ dṛṣṭvā jahasustādṛśaṃ nṛpa | sarvaṃ hāsakaraṃ teṣāṃ sadasyānāṃ nararṣabha

The women there laughed when they saw me in that state, O king; all of it was a source of laughter to those members of the assembly, bull among men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition at this point (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 32, after 2.45.29, lines 0020, 0023). The critical edition's constituted text has a parallel only in Duryodhana's second account, adhyaya 2.46.

Verse 51 (2.76.51)

न श्रुतानि न दृष्टानि यानि रत्नानि मे क्वचित् । तानि मे तत्र दृष्टानि तेन तप्तोऽस्मि दुःखितः ॥

na śrutāni na dṛṣṭāni yāni ratnāni me kvacit | tāni me tatra dṛṣṭāni tena tapto'smi duḥkhitaḥ

Gems I had never heard of nor seen anywhere, I saw there; that is why I burn with misery.

Note on the text: Corrected रत्नान → रत्नानि (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ि) and तप्तोस्मि → तप्तोऽस्मि (missing avagraha). Not in the critical edition at this point (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 32, after 2.45.29, lines 0024–0025). The critical edition's constituted text has a parallel only in Duryodhana's second account, adhyaya 2.46.

Verse 52 (2.76.52)

हुताशनं प्रवेक्ष्यामि प्रवेक्ष्यामि महोदधिम् । सम्भावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते ॥

hutāśanaṃ pravekṣyāmi pravekṣyāmi mahodadhim | sambhāvitasya cākīrtirmaraṇādatiricyate

I will enter the fire, I will enter the great ocean; for a man held in honour, disgrace is worse than death.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki quote mark ('). Not in the critical edition at this point (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, No. 32, after 2.45.29, lines 0026–0027). The critical edition's constituted text has a parallel only in Duryodhana's second account, adhyaya 2.46.

Verse 53 (2.76.53)

इदं चाद्भुतमत्रासीत्तन्मे निगदतः शृणु ॥

idaṃ cādbhutamatrāsīttanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu

And there was this marvel there; hear me as I tell it.

Note on the text: A half-verse in Wikisource; it is the critical edition's 2.45.29cd, which follows the appendix passage there as well.

Verse 54 (2.76.54)

पूर्णे शतसहस्रे तु विप्राणां भुञ्जतां सदा । स्थापितस्तत्र सञ्ज्ञार्थं शङ्खो ध्मायति नित्यशः ॥

pūrṇe śatasahasre tu viprāṇāṃ bhuñjatāṃ sadā | sthāpitastatra sañjñārthaṃ śaṅkho dhmāyati nityaśaḥ

Each time a full hundred thousand Brahmins had eaten, a conch set up there as a signal was blown, constantly.

Note on the text: Corrected नित्यसः → नित्यशः (misprint in Wikisource; the adverb is नित्यशः).

Verse 55 (2.76.55)

मुहुर्मुहुः प्रणदतस्तस्य शङ्खस्य भारत । अनिशं शब्दमश्रौषं ततो रोमाणि मेऽहृषन् ॥

muhurmuhuḥ praṇadatastasya śaṅkhasya bhārata | aniśaṃ śabdamaśrauṣaṃ tato romāṇi me'hṛṣan

From that conch sounding again and again, O Bharata, I heard the call without pause, and my hair stood on end.

Verse 56 (2.76.56)

पार्थिवैर्बहुभिः कीर्णमुपस्थानं दिदृक्षुभिः । अशोभत महाराज नक्षत्रैर्द्यौरिवामला ॥

pārthivairbahubhiḥ kīrṇamupasthānaṃ didṛkṣubhiḥ | aśobhata mahārāja nakṣatrairdyaurivāmalā

The audience hall, crowded with many kings eager to see it, shone, great king, like the spotless sky with its stars.

Note on the text: Corrected द्यैः → द्यौः (misprint in Wikisource; "like the spotless sky" needs द्यौः, as the critical edition's apparatus reads dyaur ivāmalā). The second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; its apparatus has it as passage 0445 after 2.45.32ab).

Verse 57 (2.76.57)

सर्वरत्नान्युपादाय पार्थिवा वै जनेश्वर । यज्ञे तस्य महाराज पाण्डुपुत्रस्य धीमतः ॥

sarvaratnānyupādāya pārthivā vai janeśvara | yajñe tasya mahārāja pāṇḍuputrasya dhīmataḥ

Bringing every kind of gem, lord of men, the kings were present at the sacrifice of that wise son of Pandu, great king;

Note on the text: Corrected ज्ञे → यज्ञे (misprint in Wikisource; dropped य, which leaves the line a syllable short; the critical edition reads yajñe). The lines correspond to the critical edition's 2.45.32cd and 2.45.33ab.

Verse 58 (2.76.58)

वैश्या इव महीपाला द्विजातिपरिवेषकाः । न सा श्रीर्देवराजस्य यमस्य वरुणस्य च । गुह्यकाधिपतेर्वापि या श्री राजन्युधिष्ठिरे ॥

vaiśyā iva mahīpālā dvijātipariveṣakāḥ | na sā śrīrdevarājasya yamasya varuṇasya ca | guhyakādhipatervāpi yā śrī rājanyudhiṣṭhire

rulers of the earth, like Vaishyas, served food to the twice-born. Not the king of the gods, nor Yama, nor Varuna, nor even the lord of the Guhyakas has such splendour as is Yudhishthira's, O king.

Note on the text: The lines correspond to the critical edition's 2.45.33cd and 2.45.34.

Verse 59 (2.76.59)

तां दृष्ट्वा पाण्डुपुत्रस्य श्रियं परमिकामहम् । शान्तिं न परिगच्छामि दह्यमानेन चेतसा ॥

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍuputrasya śriyaṃ paramikāmaham | śāntiṃ na parigacchāmi dahyamānena cetasā

Having seen that supreme fortune of Pandu's son, I find no peace; my mind is on fire.

Note on the text: Corrected परमिक्रामहम् → परमिकामहम् (misprint in Wikisource; stray र; the critical edition reads paramikām aham).

Verse 60 (2.76.60)

अप्राप्य पाण्डवैश्वर्यं शमो मम न विद्यते । अरीन्बाणैः शाययिष्ये शयिष्ये वा हतः परैः ॥

aprāpya pāṇḍavaiśvaryaṃ śamo mama na vidyate | arīnbāṇaiḥ śāyayiṣye śayiṣye vā hataḥ paraiḥ

Until I win the Pandavas' sovereignty I shall know no peace. I will lay my enemies low with arrows, or lie slain by my foes.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki quote mark (`). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition's apparatus has it as passage 0447 after 2.45.35). Its second line differs (avāpsye vā śriyaṃ bāṇaiḥ).

Verse 61 (2.76.61)

एतादृशस्य मे किं तु जीवितेन परन्तप । वर्धन्ते पाण्डवा राजन्वयं हि स्थितवृद्धयः ॥

etādṛśasya me kiṃ tu jīvitena parantapa | vardhante pāṇḍavā rājanvayaṃ hi sthitavṛddhayaḥ

What use is life to one like me, scorcher of foes? The Pandavas keep growing, O king, while we stand still.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki quote mark ('). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition's apparatus has it as passage 0447 after 2.45.35).

Verse 62 (2.76.62)

यामेतामतुलां लक्ष्मीं दृष्टवानसि पाण्डवे । तस्याः प्राप्तावुपायं मे शृणु सत्यपराक्रम ॥

yāmetāmatulāṃ lakṣmīṃ dṛṣṭavānasi pāṇḍave | tasyāḥ prāptāvupāyaṃ me śṛṇu satyaparākrama

That matchless fortune you have seen in the Pandava — hear from me the way to gain it, you whose valour is true.

Note on the text: Corrected तस्याटः → तस्याः (misprint in Wikisource; stray ट).

Verse 63 (2.76.63)

अहमक्षेष्वभिज्ञोऽस्मि पृथिव्यामपि भारत । हृदयज्ञः पणज्ञश्च विशेषज्ञश्च देवने ॥

ahamakṣeṣvabhijño'smi pṛthivyāmapi bhārata | hṛdayajñaḥ paṇajñaśca viśeṣajñaśca devane

I am skilled at dice beyond anyone on earth, O Bharata. I know the heart of the game, the stakes, and its finer points.

Verse 64 (2.76.64)

द्यूतप्रियश्च कौन्तेयो न च जानाति देवितुम् । आहूतश्चैष्यति व्यक्तं नित्यमेवाह्वयत्स्वयम् ॥

dyūtapriyaśca kaunteyo na ca jānāti devitum | āhūtaścaiṣyati vyaktaṃ nityamevāhvayatsvayam

Kunti's son loves dicing but does not know how to play. Called, he is sure to come; he has always been one to challenge others himself.

Verse 65 (2.76.65)

नियतं तं विजेष्यामि कृत्वा तु कपटं विभो । आनयामि समृद्धिं तां दिव्यां चोपाह्वयस्व तम् ॥

niyataṃ taṃ vijeṣyāmi kṛtvā tu kapaṭaṃ vibho | ānayāmi samṛddhiṃ tāṃ divyāṃ copāhvayasva tam

I will surely defeat him by working a trick, my lord, and bring that splendid prosperity here. So invite him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition's apparatus has it as passage 0448 after 2.45.38). The apparatus has the first line and the opening of the second; Wikisource completes it.

Verse 66 (2.76.66)

एवमुक्तः शकुनिना राजा दुर्योधनस्ततः । धृतराष्ट्रमिदं वाक्यमपदान्तरमब्रवीत् ॥

evamuktaḥ śakuninā rājā duryodhanastataḥ | dhṛtarāṣṭramidaṃ vākyamapadāntaramabravīt

Thus addressed by Shakuni, King Duryodhana at once said to Dhritarashtra:

Verse 67 (2.76.67)

अयमुत्सहते राजञ्श्रियमाहर्तुमक्षवित् । द्यूतेन पाण्डुपुत्रस्य तदनुज्ञातुमर्हसि ॥

ayamutsahate rājañśriyamāhartumakṣavit | dyūtena pāṇḍuputrasya tadanujñātumarhasi

This man, who knows the dice, is ready to win the fortune of Pandu's son by gambling, O king. You should give your consent.

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana's words, though Wikisource prints no heading after the narrator's line (the input carried Vaishampayana over). The critical edition places this verse at 2.45.40, identical in wording.

Verse 68 (2.76.68)

क्षत्ता मन्त्री महाप्राज्ञः स्थितो यस्यास्मि शासने । तेन सङ्गम्य वेत्स्यामि कार्यस्यास्य विनिश्चयम् ॥

kṣattā mantrī mahāprājñaḥ sthito yasyāsmi śāsane | tena saṅgamya vetsyāmi kāryasyāsya viniścayam

The steward, my counsellor of great wisdom, under whose guidance I stand — I will meet with him and learn what should be decided in this matter.

Verse 69 (2.76.69)

स हि धर्मं पुरस्कृत्य दीर्घदर्शी परं हितम् । उभयोः पक्षयोर्युक्तं वक्ष्यत्यर्थविनिश्चयम् ॥

sa hi dharmaṃ puraskṛtya dīrghadarśī paraṃ hitam | ubhayoḥ pakṣayoryuktaṃ vakṣyatyarthaviniścayam

For he looks far ahead and puts dharma first; he will declare a decision that is truly beneficial and fair to both sides.

Note on the text: Corrected उभयोटः → उभयोः (misprint in Wikisource; stray ट).

Verse 70 (2.76.70)

निवर्तयिष्यति त्वाऽसौ यदि क्षत्ता समेष्यति । निवृत्ते त्वयि राजेन्द्र मरिष्येऽहमसंशयम् ॥

nivartayiṣyati tvā'sau yadi kṣattā sameṣyati | nivṛtte tvayi rājendra mariṣye'hamasaṃśayam

If the steward comes, he will turn you back. And if you turn back, lord of kings, I shall die, have no doubt.

Verse 71 (2.76.71)

स त्वं मयि मृते राजन्विदुरेण सुखी भव । भोक्ष्यसे पृथिवीं कृत्स्नां किं मया त्वं करिष्यसि ॥

sa tvaṃ mayi mṛte rājanvidureṇa sukhī bhava | bhokṣyase pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ kiṃ mayā tvaṃ kariṣyasi

When I am dead, O king, be happy with Vidura. You will enjoy the whole earth; what need will you have of me?

Note on the text: Removed a stray speaker heading (शम्पायन उवाच, i.e. वैशम्पायन उवाच) that Wikisource prints as a third line of this verse; it introduces the next verse.

Verse 72 (2.76.72)

आर्तवाक्यं तु तत्तस्य प्रणयोक्तं निशम्य सः । धृतराष्ट्रोऽब्रवीत्प्रेष्यन्दुर्योधनमते स्थितः ॥

ārtavākyaṃ tu tattasya praṇayoktaṃ niśamya saḥ | dhṛtarāṣṭro'bravītpreṣyanduryodhanamate sthitaḥ

Hearing those anguished words of his, spoken out of affection, Dhritarashtra, holding to Duryodhana's view, said to his servants:

Note on the text: Speaker: Wikisource's heading for Vaishampayana is printed at the end of the previous verse (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 73 (2.76.73)

स्थूणासहस्रैर्बृहतीं शतद्वारां सभां मम । मनोरमां दर्शनीयामाशु कुर्वन्तु शिल्पिनः ॥

sthūṇāsahasrairbṛhatīṃ śatadvārāṃ sabhāṃ mama | manoramāṃ darśanīyāmāśu kurvantu śilpinaḥ

Let craftsmen quickly build me a great hall with a thousand pillars and a hundred doors, lovely and splendid to behold.

Note on the text: Corrected कुर्वन्तुं → कुर्वन्तु (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara on the imperative). Speaker: Dhritarashtra's order to his servants, without a printed heading.

Verse 74 (2.76.74)

ततः संस्तीर्य रत्नैस्तां तक्ष्ण आनाय्य सर्वशः । सुकृतां सुप्रवेशां च निवेदयत मेऽशनैः ॥

tataḥ saṃstīrya ratnaistāṃ takṣṇa ānāyya sarvaśaḥ | sukṛtāṃ supraveśāṃ ca nivedayata me'śanaiḥ

Then, bringing in carpenters from every quarter and spreading it with gems, report to me promptly when it is well made and easy to enter.

Note on the text: Speaker: Dhritarashtra, continuing his order. The first line differs from the critical edition (तक्ष्ण आनाय्य for akṣān āvāpya).

Verse 75 (2.76.75)

दुर्योधनस्य शान्त्यर्थमिति निश्चित्य भूमिपः । धृतराष्ट्रो महाराज प्राहिणोद्विदुराय वै ॥

duryodhanasya śāntyarthamiti niścitya bhūmipaḥ | dhṛtarāṣṭro mahārāja prāhiṇodvidurāya vai

Having made this decision to give Duryodhana peace, King Dhritarashtra, great king, sent word to Vidura.

Note on the text: Corrected दूर्योधनस्य → दुर्योधनस्य (misprint in Wikisource; the name has short उ). Speaker: narration (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 76 (2.76.76)

अपृष्ट्वा विदुरं स्वस्य नासीत्कश्चिद्विनिश्चयः । द्यूते दोषांश्च जानन्स पुत्रस्नेहादकृष्यत ॥

apṛṣṭvā viduraṃ svasya nāsītkaścidviniścayaḥ | dyūte doṣāṃśca jānansa putrasnehādakṛṣyata

Without consulting Vidura he had no settled judgement of his own. Though he knew the evils of dicing, he was carried along by love for his son.

Note on the text: Corrected स्वस्यन नासीत् → स्वस्य नासीत् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray न, which also makes the line a syllable long). Speaker: narration (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 77 (2.76.77)

तच्छ्रुत्वा विदुरो धीमान्कलिद्वारमुपस्थितम् । विनाशमुखमुत्पन्नं धृतराष्ट्रमुपाद्रवत् ॥

tacchrutvā viduro dhīmānkalidvāramupasthitam | vināśamukhamutpannaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭramupādravat

Hearing that, wise Vidura, seeing the gate of Kali at hand and the mouth of ruin opening, hurried to Dhritarashtra.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 78 (2.76.78)

सोऽभिगम्य महात्मानं भ्राता भ्रातरमग्रजम् । मूर्ध्ना प्रणम्य चरणाविदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

so'bhigamya mahātmānaṃ bhrātā bhrātaramagrajam | mūrdhnā praṇamya caraṇāvidaṃ vacanamabravīt

Coming before his great-souled elder brother, the brother bowed his head to his feet and spoke these words.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 79 (2.76.79)

नाभिनन्दामि ते राजन्व्यवसायमिमं प्रभो । पुत्रैर्भेदो यथा न स्याद्द्यूतहेतोस्तथा कुरु ॥

nābhinandāmi te rājanvyavasāyamimaṃ prabho | putrairbhedo yathā na syāddyūtahetostathā kuru

I do not approve of this undertaking of yours, O king, my lord. Act so that no rift arises among your sons on account of the dice.

Note on the text: Corrected स्थाद् → स्याद् (misprint in Wikisource; the verb is स्यात्, as the critical edition reads syād), and removed an invisible zero-width character inside the word.

Verse 80 (2.76.80)

क्षत्तः पुत्रेषु पुत्रैर्मे कलहो न भविष्यति । यदि देवाः प्रसादं नः करिष्यन्ति न संशयः ॥

kṣattaḥ putreṣu putrairme kalaho na bhaviṣyati | yadi devāḥ prasādaṃ naḥ kariṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ

Steward, there will be no quarrel between my sons and their cousins, if the gods show us their favour, no doubt.

Verse 81 (2.76.81)

अशुभं वा शुभं वापि हितं वा यदि वाऽहितम् । प्रवर्ततां सुहृद्द्यूतं दिष्टमेतन्न संशयः ॥

aśubhaṃ vā śubhaṃ vāpi hitaṃ vā yadi vā'hitam | pravartatāṃ suhṛddyūtaṃ diṣṭametanna saṃśayaḥ

Be it ill or good, beneficial or harmful, let this friendly game go ahead; this is fate, no doubt.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (2.45.54cd): Wikisource prints only the first line, ending with a single danda, and the sentence has no verb without the second.

Verse 82 (2.76.82)

मयि सन्निहिते द्रोणे भीष्मे त्वयि च भारत । अनयो दैवविहितो न कथञ्चिद्भविष्यति ॥

mayi sannihite droṇe bhīṣme tvayi ca bhārata | anayo daivavihito na kathañcidbhaviṣyati

While I am at hand, and Drona, Bhishma and you, O Bharata, no calamity decreed by fate will come about in any way.

Verse 83 (2.76.83)

गच्छ त्वं रथमास्थाय हयैर्वातसमैर्जवे । खाण्डवप्रस्थमद्यैव समानय युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

gaccha tvaṃ rathamāsthāya hayairvātasamairjave | khāṇḍavaprasthamadyaiva samānaya yudhiṣṭhiram

Go, mount a chariot drawn by horses swift as the wind, and bring Yudhishthira from Khandavaprastha this very day.

Verse 84 (2.76.84)

न वाच्यो व्यवसायो मे विदुरैतद्ब्रवीमि ते । दैवमेव परं मन्ये येनैतदुपपद्यते ॥

na vācyo vyavasāyo me viduraitadbravīmi te | daivameva paraṃ manye yenaitadupapadyate

My resolve is not to be argued against, Vidura; I tell you this. I hold fate supreme, by which this is coming about.

Verse 85 (2.76.85)

इत्युक्तो विदुरो धीमान्नेदमस्तीति चिन्तयन् । आपगेयं महाप्राज्ञमभ्यगच्छत्सुदुःखितः ॥

ityukto viduro dhīmānnedamastīti cintayan | āpageyaṃ mahāprājñamabhyagacchatsuduḥkhitaḥ

So addressed, wise Vidura, thinking "This is not right," went in deep distress to the most wise son of the river.

Note on the text: Corrected सुदुः खितः → सुदुःखितः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray space splits the word). Speaker: narration (the input carried Dhritarashtra over).