Duryodhana Recounts His Humiliation in Maya's Hall

Verse 1 (2.77.1)

कथं समभवद्द्यूतं भ्रातॄणां तन्महात्ययम् । यत्र तद्व्यसनं प्राप्तं पाण्डवैर्मे पितामहैः ॥

kathaṃ samabhavaddyūtaṃ bhrātṝṇāṃ tanmahātyayam | yatra tadvyasanaṃ prāptaṃ pāṇḍavairme pitāmahaiḥ

How did that game of dice among the brothers come about, so ruinous, in which my grandfathers the Pandavas met with that calamity?

Verse 2 (2.77.2)

के च तत्र सभास्तारा राजानो ब्रह्मवित्तम । के चैनमन्वमोदन्त के चैनं प्रत्यषेधयन् ॥

ke ca tatra sabhāstārā rājāno brahmavittama | ke cainamanvamodanta ke cainaṃ pratyaṣedhayan

Which kings sat in that assembly, best of those who know Brahman? Who approved of it, and who opposed it?

Note on the text: Corrected समास्तारा → सभास्तारा (misprint in Wikisource; the word is सभास्तार, "member of the assembly", as the critical edition reads sabhāstārā).

Verse 3 (2.77.3)

विस्तरेणैतदिच्छामि कथ्यमानं त्वया द्विज । मूलं ह्येतद्विनाशस्य पृथिव्या द्विजसत्तम ॥

vistareṇaitadicchāmi kathyamānaṃ tvayā dvija | mūlaṃ hyetadvināśasya pṛthivyā dvijasattama

I wish to hear this told by you in full, O Brahmin, for this was the root of the destruction of the earth, best of the twice-born.

Verse 4 (2.77.4)

एवमुक्तस्ततो राज्ञा व्यासशिष्यः प्रतापवान् । आचचक्षेऽथ यद्वृत्तं तत्सर्वं वेदतत्त्ववित् ॥

evamuktastato rājñā vyāsaśiṣyaḥ pratāpavān | ācacakṣe'tha yadvṛttaṃ tatsarvaṃ vedatattvavit

Thus addressed by the king, the mighty disciple of Vyasa, who knew the truth of the Vedas, then related all that had happened.

Note on the text: Corrected वेदतत्त्वविद् → वेदतत्त्ववित् (misprint in Wikisource; a word-final द् before the end of the verse; the next row of the page prints वेदतत्त्ववित्). Wikisource then prints this verse a second time, under the heading वैशम्पायन उवाच (its verse 5); that duplicate has been dropped. The critical edition has here instead Vaishampayana's opening line (2.46.5), which Wikisource lacks.

Verse 5 (2.77.5)

विदुरस्य मतिं ज्ञात्वा धृतराष्ट्रोऽम्बिकासुतः । दुर्योधनमिदं वाक्यमुवाच विजने पुनः ॥

vidurasya matiṃ jñātvā dhṛtarāṣṭro'mbikāsutaḥ | duryodhanamidaṃ vākyamuvāca vijane punaḥ

Knowing Vidura's view, Dhritarashtra, son of Ambika, spoke again to Duryodhana in private:

Verse 6 (2.77.6)

अलं द्यूतेन गान्धारे विदुरो न प्रशंसति । न ह्यसौ सुमहाबुद्धिरहितं नो वदिष्यति ॥

alaṃ dyūtena gāndhāre viduro na praśaṃsati | na hyasau sumahābuddhirahitaṃ no vadiṣyati

Enough of dicing, son of Gandhari! Vidura does not approve of it. That man of great understanding will never tell us what is harmful.

Note on the text: Speaker: Dhritarashtra's speech to Duryodhana continues (Wikisource prints no heading; the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 7 (2.77.7)

हितं हि परमं मन्ये विदुरो यत्प्रभाषते । क्रियतां पुत्र तत्सर्वमेतन्मन्ये हितं तव ॥

hitaṃ hi paramaṃ manye viduro yatprabhāṣate | kriyatāṃ putra tatsarvametanmanye hitaṃ tava

What Vidura says I hold to be our highest good. Do all of it, my son; I think it is good for you.

Note on the text: Speaker: Dhritarashtra's speech to Duryodhana continues (Wikisource prints no heading; the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 8 (2.77.8)

देवर्षिर्वासवगुरुर्देवराजाय धीमते । यत्प्राह शास्त्रं भगवान्बृहस्पतिरुदारधीः । तद्वेद विदुरः सर्वं सरहस्यं महाकविः ॥

devarṣirvāsavagururdevarājāya dhīmate | yatprāha śāstraṃ bhagavānbṛhaspatirudāradhīḥ | tadveda viduraḥ sarvaṃ sarahasyaṃ mahākaviḥ

The science that the blessed Brihaspati, the divine seer and preceptor of Vasava, noble of mind, taught to the wise king of the gods — Vidura, that great sage, knows all of it, together with its secrets.

Note on the text: Corrected वासवागुरुर् → वासवगुरुर् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray ा, which also makes the line a syllable long) and तद्दे → तद्वेद (misprint in Wikisource; the verb वेद has been garbled and the line is a syllable short; the critical edition reads tad veda). The lines correspond to the critical edition's 2.46.9 and 2.46.10ab. Speaker: Dhritarashtra's speech to Duryodhana continues (Wikisource prints no heading; the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 9 (2.77.9)

स्थितस्तु वचने तस्य सदाऽहमपि पुत्रक । विदुरो वापि मेधावी कुरूणां प्रवरो मतः ॥

sthitastu vacane tasya sadā'hamapi putraka | viduro vāpi medhāvī kurūṇāṃ pravaro mataḥ

And I too, my son, always abide by his word. Vidura, the wise, is held the foremost of the Kurus,

Note on the text: The lines correspond to the critical edition's 2.46.10cd and 2.46.11ab. Speaker: Dhritarashtra's speech to Duryodhana continues (Wikisource prints no heading; the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 10 (2.77.10)

उद्धवो वा महाबुद्धिर्वृष्णीनामर्चितो नृप । तदलं पुत्र द्यूतेन द्यूते भेदो हि दृश्यते ॥

uddhavo vā mahābuddhirvṛṣṇīnāmarcito nṛpa | tadalaṃ putra dyūtena dyūte bhedo hi dṛśyate

as Uddhava, of great understanding, is honoured among the Vrishnis, O king. So enough of dicing, my son; in dicing, division is plain to see.

Note on the text: The lines correspond to the critical edition's 2.46.11cd and 2.46.12ab. Speaker: Dhritarashtra's speech to Duryodhana continues (Wikisource prints no heading; the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 11 (2.77.11)

भेदे विनाशो राज्यस्य तत्पुत्र परिवर्जय ॥

bhede vināśo rājyasya tatputra parivarjaya

In division lies the ruin of a kingdom; so shun it, my son.

Note on the text: A half-verse in Wikisource: the critical edition's 2.46.12cd. Speaker: Dhritarashtra's speech to Duryodhana continues (Wikisource prints no heading; the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 12 (2.77.12)

पित्रा मात्रा च पुत्रस्य यद्वै कार्यं परं स्मृतम् । प्राप्तस्त्वमसि तन्नाम पितृपैतामहं पदम् ॥

pitrā mātrā ca putrasya yadvai kāryaṃ paraṃ smṛtam | prāptastvamasi tannāma pitṛpaitāmahaṃ padam

What a father and mother are held to owe a son as their highest duty you have received: the very seat of your father and grandfather.

Note on the text: Speaker: Dhritarashtra's speech to Duryodhana continues (Wikisource prints no heading; the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 13 (2.77.13)

अधीतवान्कृती शास्त्रे लालितः सततं गृहे । भ्रातृज्येष्ठः स्थितो राज्ये विन्दसे किं न शोभनम् ॥

adhītavānkṛtī śāstre lālitaḥ satataṃ gṛhe | bhrātṛjyeṣṭhaḥ sthito rājye vindase kiṃ na śobhanam

You are learned and accomplished in the sciences, cherished always at home; eldest among the brothers, established in the kingdom — what good thing do you lack?

Note on the text: Corrected विन्दसरे → विन्दसे (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र, which also makes the line a syllable long). Speaker: Dhritarashtra's speech to Duryodhana continues (Wikisource prints no heading; the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 14 (2.77.14)

पृथग्जनैरलभ्यं यद्भोजनाच्छादनं परम् । तत्प्राप्तोऽसि महाबाहो कस्माच्छोचसि पुत्रक ॥

pṛthagjanairalabhyaṃ yadbhojanācchādanaṃ param | tatprāpto'si mahābāho kasmācchocasi putraka

The finest food and clothing, which common men cannot obtain, you have obtained, mighty-armed one. Why then do you grieve, my son?

Note on the text: Corrected तत्प्राप्तोसि → तत्प्राप्तोऽसि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha) and कस्माच्छोनसि → कस्माच्छोचसि (misprint in Wikisource; न for च; the critical edition reads śocasi). Speaker: Dhritarashtra's speech to Duryodhana continues (Wikisource prints no heading; the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 15 (2.77.15)

स्फीतं राष्ट्रं महाबाहो पितृपैतामहं महत् । नित्यमाज्ञापयन्भासि दिवि देवेश्वरो यथा ॥

sphītaṃ rāṣṭraṃ mahābāho pitṛpaitāmahaṃ mahat | nityamājñāpayanbhāsi divi deveśvaro yathā

Ruling a great and prosperous kingdom handed down from your father and grandfather, you shine, giving commands always, like the lord of the gods in heaven.

Note on the text: Speaker: Dhritarashtra's speech to Duryodhana continues (Wikisource prints no heading; the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 16 (2.77.16)

यादृशं च तवैश्वर्यं तदन्येषां सुदुर्लभम् । ये चोपभोगास्ते राजन्मया ते परिकीर्तिताः ॥

yādṛśaṃ ca tavaiśvaryaṃ tadanyeṣāṃ sudurlabham | ye copabhogāste rājanmayā te parikīrtitāḥ

Such sovereignty as yours is very hard for others to attain, and the pleasures you enjoy, O king, I have already described to you.

Note on the text: 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 0452 after 2.46.16). Speaker: Dhritarashtra's speech to Duryodhana continues (Wikisource prints no heading; the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 17 (2.77.17)

तस्य ते विदितप्रज्ञ शोकमूलमिदं कथम् । समुत्थितं दुःखकरं तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

tasya te viditaprajña śokamūlamidaṃ katham | samutthitaṃ duḥkhakaraṃ tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

How then has this root of grief, this source of pain, sprung up in you, whose wisdom is known? You should tell me.

Note on the text: Speaker: Dhritarashtra's speech to Duryodhana continues (Wikisource prints no heading; the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 18 (2.77.18)

अश्नाम्याच्छादयामीति प्रपश्यन्हीनपौरुषः । नामर्षं कुरुते यस्तु पुरुषः सोऽधमः स्मृतः ॥

aśnāmyācchādayāmīti prapaśyanhīnapauruṣaḥ | nāmarṣaṃ kurute yastu puruṣaḥ so'dhamaḥ smṛtaḥ

The man of little spirit who looks on, thinking only "I eat, I am clothed," and feels no indignation, is called the lowest of men.

Verse 19 (2.77.19)

न मां प्रीणाति राजेन्द्र लक्ष्मीः साधारणी विभो । ज्वलितामेव कौन्तेये श्रियं दृष्ट्वा च विव्यथे ॥

na māṃ prīṇāti rājendra lakṣmīḥ sādhāraṇī vibho | jvalitāmeva kaunteye śriyaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca vivyathe

Ordinary fortune gives me no pleasure, lord of kings, my lord; having seen that blazing fortune in Kunti's son, I am in torment.

Note on the text: Corrected कौन्येये → कौन्तेये (misprint in Wikisource; य for त).

Verse 20 (2.77.20)

सर्वां च पृथिवीं चैव युधिष्ठिरवशानुगाम् । स्थिरोऽस्मि योऽहं जीवामि दुःखादेतद्ब्रवीमि ते ॥

sarvāṃ ca pṛthivīṃ caiva yudhiṣṭhiravaśānugām | sthiro'smi yo'haṃ jīvāmi duḥkhādetadbravīmi te

And seeing the whole earth under Yudhishthira's sway, I am hardened indeed that I still live; I say this to you out of grief.

Verse 21 (2.77.21)

आवर्जिता इवाभान्ति नीपाश्चित्रककौकुराः । कारस्करा लोहजङ्घा युधिष्ठिरनिवेशने ॥

āvarjitā ivābhānti nīpāścitrakakaukurāḥ | kāraskarā lohajaṅghā yudhiṣṭhiraniveśane

The Nipas, the Chitrakas and the Kaukuras, the Karaskaras and the Lohajanghas look like bondsmen in Yudhishthira's palace.

Note on the text: Corrected कारस्कारा → कारस्करा (misprint in Wikisource; the people are the Karaskaras, as the critical edition reads kāraskarāḥ). The first line differs from the critical edition (नीपाश्चित्रककौकुराः for nighnāś caitrakikaukurāḥ), a reading the page's own commentary supports.

Verse 22 (2.77.22)

हिमवत्सागरानूपाः सर्वे रत्नाकरास्तथा । अन्त्याः सर्वे पर्युदस्ता युधिष्ठिरनिवेशने ॥

himavatsāgarānūpāḥ sarve ratnākarāstathā | antyāḥ sarve paryudastā yudhiṣṭhiraniveśane

The peoples of the Himalaya, of the sea and of the marshlands, all the lands that yield gems, and all the outermost tribes were pushed back to wait in Yudhishthira's palace.

Note on the text: Corrected सागरानुपाः → सागरानूपाः (misprint in Wikisource; the word is अनूप, "marshland", as the critical edition reads sāgarānūpāḥ).

Verse 23 (2.77.23)

ज्येष्ठोऽयमिति मां मत्वा श्रेष्ठश्चेति विशाम्पते । युधिष्ठिरेण सत्कृत्य युक्तो रत्नपरिग्रहे ॥

jyeṣṭho'yamiti māṃ matvā śreṣṭhaśceti viśāmpate | yudhiṣṭhireṇa satkṛtya yukto ratnaparigrahe

Thinking me the eldest and the best, lord of the people, Yudhishthira honoured me and put me in charge of receiving the gems.

Verse 24 (2.77.24)

उपस्थितानां रत्नानां श्रेष्ठानामर्घहारिणाम् । नादृश्यत परः पारो नापरस्तत्र भारत ॥

upasthitānāṃ ratnānāṃ śreṣṭhānāmarghahāriṇām | nādṛśyata paraḥ pāro nāparastatra bhārata

Of the choice and costly gems that arrived there, O Bharata, no end could be seen, near or far.

Verse 25 (2.77.25)

न मे हस्तः समभवद्वसु तत्प्रतिगृह्णतः । अतिष्ठन्त मयि श्रान्ते गृह्य दूराहृतं वसु ॥

na me hastaḥ samabhavadvasu tatpratigṛhṇataḥ | atiṣṭhanta mayi śrānte gṛhya dūrāhṛtaṃ vasu

My hand could not keep up with receiving that wealth; when I grew tired, they stood waiting, holding the riches brought from afar.

Note on the text: Corrected गृग्य → गृह्य (misprint in Wikisource; ग for ह; the critical edition reads gṛhya).

Verse 26 (2.77.26)

कृतां बिन्दुसरोरत्नैर्मयेन स्फाटिकच्छदाम् । अपश्यं नलिनीं पूर्णामुदकस्येव भारत ॥

kṛtāṃ bindusaroratnairmayena 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.

Verse 27 (2.77.27)

वस्त्रमुत्कर्षति मयि प्राहसत्स वृकोदरः । शत्रोर्ऋद्धिविशेषेण विमूढं रत्नवर्जितम् ॥

vastramutkarṣati mayi prāhasatsa vṛkodaraḥ | śatrorṛddhiviśeṣeṇa vimūḍhaṃ ratnavarjitam

As I drew up my garment, Vrikodara laughed at me — at me, dazed by my enemy's surpassing wealth and poor in gems.

Note on the text: Corrected विमूढ रत्तवर्जितम् → विमूढं रत्नवर्जितम् (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped anusvara, which leaves the line a syllable short, and त्त for त्न; the critical edition reads vimūḍhaṃ ratnavarjitam).

Verse 28 (2.77.28)

तत्र स्म यदि शक्तः स्यां पातयेऽहं वृकोदरम् । यदि कुर्यां समारम्भं भीमं हन्तुं नराधिप ॥

tatra sma yadi śaktaḥ syāṃ pātaye'haṃ vṛkodaram | yadi kuryāṃ samārambhaṃ bhīmaṃ hantuṃ narādhipa

Had I the power there, I would have struck Vrikodara down. But if I had set about killing Bhima, lord of men,

Note on the text: Corrected स्यं → स्यां (misprint in Wikisource; the verb is स्याम्, as the critical edition reads syāṃ). The second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; its apparatus has it as passage 0455 after 2.46.28ab).

Verse 29 (2.77.29)

शिशुपाल इवास्माकं गतिः स्यान्नात्र संशयः । सपत्नेनावहासो मे स मां दहति भारत ॥

śiśupāla ivāsmākaṃ gatiḥ syānnātra saṃśayaḥ | sapatnenāvahāso me sa māṃ dahati bhārata

our end would have been like Shishupala's, no doubt of it. The mockery of my rival burns me, O Bharata.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; its apparatus has it as passage 0455 after 2.46.28ab); the second line is 2.46.28cd.

Verse 30 (2.77.30)

पुनश्च तादृशीमेव वापीं जलजशालिनीम् । मत्वा शिलासमां तोये पतितोऽस्मि नराधिप ॥

punaśca tādṛśīmeva vāpīṃ jalajaśālinīm | matvā śilāsamāṃ toye patito'smi narādhipa

And again, taking a pool just like it, full of lotuses, for a floor of stone, I fell into the water, lord of men.

Verse 31 (2.77.31)

तत्र मां प्राहसत्कृष्णः पार्थेन सह सुस्वरम् । द्रौपदी च सह स्त्रीभिर्व्यथयन्ती मनो मम ॥

tatra māṃ prāhasatkṛṣṇaḥ pārthena saha susvaram | draupadī ca saha strībhirvyathayantī mano mama

There Krishna laughed at me loudly together with Partha, and Draupadi too, with the women, wounding my heart.

Verse 32 (2.77.32)

क्लिन्नवस्त्रस्य तु जले किङ्करा राजनोदिताः । ददुर्वासांसि मेऽन्यानि तच्च दुःखं परं मम ॥

klinnavastrasya tu jale kiṅkarā rājanoditāḥ | dadurvāsāṃsi me'nyāni tacca duḥkhaṃ paraṃ mama

Since my clothes were soaked in the water, servants sent by the king gave me other garments, and that was the greatest pain of all to me.

Verse 33 (2.77.33)

प्रलम्भं च शृणुष्वान्यद्वदतो मे नराधिप । अद्वारेण विनिर्गच्छन्द्वारसंस्थानरूपिणा । अभिहत्य शिलां भूयो ललाटेनास्मि विक्षतः ॥

pralambhaṃ ca śṛṇuṣvānyadvadato me narādhipa | advāreṇa vinirgacchandvārasaṃsthānarūpiṇā | abhihatya śilāṃ bhūyo lalāṭenāsmi vikṣataḥ

And hear another deception, lord of men, as I tell it: going out through what was no door but had the shape of a door, I struck the stone again and cut my forehead.

Verse 34 (2.77.34)

तत्र मां यमजौ दूरादालोक्याभिहतं तदा । बाहुभिः परिगृह्णीतां शोचन्तौ सहितावुभौ ॥

tatra māṃ yamajau dūrādālokyābhihataṃ tadā | bāhubhiḥ parigṛhṇītāṃ śocantau sahitāvubhau

Then the twins, seeing from a distance that I had been struck, both came grieving together and took hold of me in their arms.

Verse 35 (2.77.35)

उवाच सहदेवस्तु तत्र मां विस्मयन्निव । इदं द्वारं धार्तराष्ट्र मा गच्छेति पुनः पुनः ॥

uvāca sahadevastu tatra māṃ vismayanniva | idaṃ dvāraṃ dhārtarāṣṭra mā gaccheti punaḥ punaḥ

Sahadeva, as though surprised, kept saying to me there, again and again, "This is the door, son of Dhritarashtra — don't go that way."

Note on the text: Corrected इद → इदं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped anusvara, which leaves the line a syllable short).

Verse 36 (2.77.36)

भीमसेनेन तत्रोक्तो धृतराष्ट्रात्मजेति च । सम्बोध्य प्रहसित्वा च इतो द्वारं नराधिप ॥

bhīmasenena tatrokto dhṛtarāṣṭrātmajeti ca | sambodhya prahasitvā ca ito dvāraṃ narādhipa

And Bhimasena, calling me "son of Dhritarashtra" and laughing, told me there, "This way is the door, O king."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition's apparatus has it as passage 0458 after 2.46.34).

Verse 37 (2.77.37)

नामधेयानि रत्नानां पुरस्तान्न श्रुतानि मे । यानि दृष्टानि मे तस्यां मनस्तपति तच्च मे ॥

nāmadheyāni ratnānāṃ purastānna śrutāni me | yāni dṛṣṭāni me tasyāṃ manastapati tacca me

The very names of the gems I saw in that hall I had never heard before; and that too torments my mind.