The Second Game: Yudhishthira Stakes Exile in the Forest

Verse 1 (2.98.1)

ततो व्यध्वगतं पार्थं प्रातिकामी युधिष्ठिरम् । उवाच वचनाद्राज्ञो धृतराष्ट्रस्य धीमतः ॥

tato vyadhvagataṃ pārthaṃ prātikāmī yudhiṣṭhiram | uvāca vacanādrājño dhṛtarāṣṭrasya dhīmataḥ

Then, at the word of the wise King Dhritarashtra, the usher (Pratikami) spoke to Partha Yudhishthira, who had already gone far along the road:

Verse 2 (2.98.2)

उपास्तीर्णा सभा राजन्नक्षानुप्त्वा युधिष्ठिर । एहि पाण्डव दीव्येति पिता त्वाह नराधिपः ॥

upāstīrṇā sabhā rājannakṣānuptvā yudhiṣṭhira | ehi pāṇḍava dīvyeti pitā tvāha narādhipaḥ

"The hall is spread, O king, and the dice are cast, Yudhishthira. 'Come, Pandava, and play,' says your father, the lord of men."

Note on the text: Speaker: Pratikami (the usher). Verse 1 introduces his words and this verse is wholly his speech, with no printed heading; the input carried Vaishampayana over.

Verse 3 (2.98.3)

धातुर्नियोगाद्भूतानि प्राप्नुवन्ति शुभाशुभम् । न निवृत्तिस्तयोरस्ति देवितव्यं पुनर्यदि ॥

dhāturniyogādbhūtāni prāpnuvanti śubhāśubham | na nivṛttistayorasti devitavyaṃ punaryadi

By the Ordainer's decree beings meet with good and ill; there is no escaping either. If I must play again, then play I must.

Note on the text: Corrected देवतव्यं → देवितव्यं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped i-sign; the gerundive of div is devitavya, as the critical edition reads).

Verse 4 (2.98.4)

अक्षद्यूते समाह्वानं नियोगात्स्थविरस्य च । जानन्नपि क्षयकरं नातिक्रमितुमुत्सहे ॥

akṣadyūte samāhvānaṃ niyogātsthavirasya ca | jānannapi kṣayakaraṃ nātikramitumutsahe

A summons to dicing, and at the old king's command: though I know it will bring ruin, I cannot bring myself to disobey.

Verse 5 (2.98.5)

असम्भवो हेममयस्य जन्तो- । स्तथापि रामो लुलुभे मृगाय । प्रायः समासन्नपराभवाणां । धियो विपर्यस्ततरा भवन्ति ॥

asambhavo hemamayasya janto- | stathāpi rāmo lulubhe mṛgāya | prāyaḥ samāsannaparābhavāṇāṃ | dhiyo viparyastatarā bhavanti

A golden deer is a thing that cannot be, yet Rama was lured by a deer. As a rule, the minds of those whose downfall is near are badly turned about.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension; apparatus 2.67.*583, where it follows 2.67.5).

Verse 6 (2.98.6)

इति ब्रुवन्निववृते भ्रातृभिः सह पाण्डवः । जानंश्च शकुनेर्मायां पार्थो द्यूतमियात्पुनः ॥

iti bruvannivavṛte bhrātṛbhiḥ saha pāṇḍavaḥ | jānaṃśca śakunermāyāṃ pārtho dyūtamiyātpunaḥ

Speaking thus, the Pandava turned back with his brothers; and Partha, knowing Shakuni's trickery, went to the dicing again.

Note on the text: Corrected जानांश्च → जानंश्च (misprint in Wikisource; long ā in the participle jānan; the critical edition reads jānaṃś ca).

Verse 7 (2.98.7)

विविशुस्ते सभां तां तु पुनरेव महारथाः । व्यथयन्ति स्म चेतांसि सुहृदां भरतर्षभाः ॥

viviśuste sabhāṃ tāṃ tu punareva mahārathāḥ | vyathayanti sma cetāṃsi suhṛdāṃ bharatarṣabhāḥ

Those great chariot-warriors, bulls of the Bharatas, entered that hall once more, and wrung the hearts of their friends.

Note on the text: Corrected मुहृदां → सुहृदां (misprint in Wikisource; म for स; the critical edition reads suhṛdāṃ).

Verse 8 (2.98.8)

यथोपजोषमासीनाः पुनर्द्यूतप्रवृत्तये । सर्वलोकविनाशाय दैवेनोपनिपीडिताः ॥

yathopajoṣamāsīnāḥ punardyūtapravṛttaye | sarvalokavināśāya daivenopanipīḍitāḥ

They sat down at their ease to begin the dicing again, driven on by fate toward the destruction of the whole world.

Verse 9 (2.98.9)

अमुञ्चत्स्थविरो यद्वो धनं पूजितमेव तत् । महाधनं ग्लहं त्वेकं शृणु भो भरतर्षभ ॥

amuñcatsthaviro yadvo dhanaṃ pūjitameva tat | mahādhanaṃ glahaṃ tvekaṃ śṛṇu bho bharatarṣabha

The wealth the old king let you keep is honoured as yours. But hear of one stake of great worth, O bull of the Bharatas.

Verse 10 (2.98.10)

वयं वा द्वादशाब्दानि युष्माभिर्द्यूतनिर्जिताः । प्रविशेम महारण्यं रौरवाजिनवाससः ॥

vayaṃ vā dvādaśābdāni yuṣmābhirdyūtanirjitāḥ | praviśema mahāraṇyaṃ rauravājinavāsasaḥ

Either we, beaten at dice by you, shall enter the great forest for twelve years, clad in the skins of the ruru deer,

Verse 11 (2.98.11)

त्रयोदशं च स्वजनैरज्ञाताः परिवत्सरम् । ज्ञाताश्च पुनरन्यानि वने वर्षाणि द्वादश ॥

trayodaśaṃ ca svajanairajñātāḥ parivatsaram | jñātāśca punaranyāni vane varṣāṇi dvādaśa

and spend the thirteenth year unrecognised by our own people, and, if recognised, live in the forest for another twelve years;

Verse 12 (2.98.12)

अस्माभिर्निर्जिता यूयं वने द्वादश वत्सरान् । वसध्वं कृष्णया सार्धमजिनैः प्रतिवासिताः ॥

asmābhirnirjitā yūyaṃ vane dvādaśa vatsarān | vasadhvaṃ kṛṣṇayā sārdhamajinaiḥ prativāsitāḥ

or you, beaten by us, shall live in the forest for twelve years with Krishna (Draupadi), clad in deerskins,

Verse 13 (2.98.13)

त्रयोदशं च स्वजनैरज्ञाताः परिवत्सरम् । ज्ञाताश्च पुनरन्यानि वने वर्षाणि द्वादश ॥

trayodaśaṃ ca svajanairajñātāḥ parivatsaram | jñātāśca punaranyāni vane varṣāṇi dvādaśa

and spend the thirteenth year unrecognised by your own people, and, if recognised, live in the forest for another twelve years.

Note on the text: Corrected पिरवत्सरम् → परिवत्सरम् (misprint in Wikisource; misplaced i-sign). Wikisource repeats verse 11 here to apply the same terms to the Pandavas; the critical edition gives the verse once (2.67.10).

Verse 14 (2.98.14)

त्रयोदशे च निर्वृत्ते पुनरेव यथोचितम् । स्वराज्यं प्रतिपत्तव्यमितरैरथवेतरैः ॥

trayodaśe ca nirvṛtte punareva yathocitam | svarājyaṃ pratipattavyamitarairathavetaraiḥ

When the thirteenth year is over, each side, the one or the other, shall take back its own kingdom as is proper.

Verse 15 (2.98.15)

अनेन व्यवसायेन सहास्माभिर्युधिष्ठिर । अक्षानुप्त्वा पुनर्द्यूतमेहि दीव्यस्व भारत ॥

anena vyavasāyena sahāsmābhiryudhiṣṭhira | akṣānuptvā punardyūtamehi dīvyasva bhārata

On these terms, Yudhishthira, come, cast the dice and play with us again, O Bharata.

Verse 16 (2.98.16)

अथ सभ्याः सभामध्ये समुच्छ्रितकरास्तदा । ऊचुरुद्विग्नमनसः संवेगात्सर्व एव हि ॥

atha sabhyāḥ sabhāmadhye samucchritakarāstadā | ūcurudvignamanasaḥ saṃvegātsarva eva hi

Then the courtiers in the midst of the hall raised their hands, and all of them, troubled in mind, spoke out in their great agitation:

Note on the text: Speaker: Vaishampayana (narration; the input carried Shakuni over). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension; apparatus 2.67.*585).

Verse 17 (2.98.17)

अहो धिग्बान्धवा नैनं बोधयन्ति महद्भयम् । बुद्ध्या बुद्ध्येन्न वा बुद्ध्येदयं वै भरतर्षभ ॥

aho dhigbāndhavā nainaṃ bodhayanti mahadbhayam | buddhyā buddhyenna vā buddhyedayaṃ vai bharatarṣabha

"Alas, shame! His kinsmen do not make him see this great danger. Whether this bull of the Bharatas will grasp it by his own reason, or will not, who can say?"

Verse 18 (2.98.18)

जनप्रवादान्सुबहूञ्शृण्वन्नपि नराधिपः । ह्रिया च धर्मसंयोगात्पार्थो द्यूतमियात्पुनः ॥

janapravādānsubahūñśṛṇvannapi narādhipaḥ | hriyā ca dharmasaṃyogātpārtho dyūtamiyātpunaḥ

Though he heard much talk of this kind from the people, the lord of men, Partha, out of shame and his bond to dharma, went to the dicing again.

Verse 19 (2.98.19)

जानन्नपि महाबुद्धिः पुनर्द्यूतमवर्तयत् । अप्यासन्नो विनाशः स्यात्कुरूणामितिचिन्तयन् ॥

jānannapi mahābuddhiḥ punardyūtamavartayat | apyāsanno vināśaḥ syātkurūṇāmiticintayan

Knowing all this, the wise one began the game again, thinking, "Perhaps the destruction of the Kurus is close at hand."

Note on the text: Corrected जानन्नापि → जानन्नपि (misprint in Wikisource; stray long ā; the critical edition reads jānann api).

Verse 20 (2.98.20)

कथं वै मद्विधो राजा स्वधर्ममनुपालयन् । आहूतो विनिवर्तेत दीव्यामि शकुने त्वया ॥

kathaṃ vai madvidho rājā svadharmamanupālayan | āhūto vinivarteta dīvyāmi śakune tvayā

How could a king like me, who keeps to his own duty, turn back when challenged? I will play with you, Shakuni.

Verse 21 (2.98.21)

गवाश्वं बहुधेनुकमपर्यन्तमजाविकम् । गजाः कोशो हिरण्यं च दासीदासाश्च सर्वशः ॥

gavāśvaṃ bahudhenukamaparyantamajāvikam | gajāḥ kośo hiraṇyaṃ ca dāsīdāsāśca sarvaśaḥ

Cattle and horses, many milch cows, goats and sheep without end, elephants, treasure and gold, slave women and men of every kind:

Verse 22 (2.98.22)

हित्वा नो ग्लह एवैको वनवासाय पाण्डवाः । यूयं वयं वा विजिता वसेम वनमाश्रिताः ॥

hitvā no glaha evaiko vanavāsāya pāṇḍavāḥ | yūyaṃ vayaṃ vā vijitā vasema vanamāśritāḥ

leaving all these aside, our single stake is exile in the forest, sons of Pandu. You or we, whoever is beaten, shall live in the forest,

Verse 23 (2.98.23)

त्रयोदशं च वै वर्षमज्ञाताः स्वजनैस्तथा । अनेन व्यवसायेन दीव्याम पुरुषर्षभाः ॥

trayodaśaṃ ca vai varṣamajñātāḥ svajanaistathā | anena vyavasāyena dīvyāma puruṣarṣabhāḥ

and the thirteenth year as well, unrecognised by our own people. On these terms let us play, bulls among men,

Note on the text: Corrected वर्णमज्ञाताः → वर्षमज्ञाताः (misprint in Wikisource; ण for ष; the critical edition's apparatus reads varṣam). The first line is not in the critical edition's constituted text (apparatus 2.67.*586); the second corresponds to CE 2.67.20ab.

Verse 24 (2.98.24)

समुत्क्षेपेण चैकेन वनवासाय भारत ॥

samutkṣepeṇa caikena vanavāsāya bhārata

with a single throw, for exile in the forest, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Wikisource prints this verse as a single line (24a); it completes the preceding verse and corresponds to CE 2.67.20cd. Nothing is lost.

Verse 25 (2.98.25)

एवं दैवबलाविष्टो धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः । भीष्मद्रोणैर्वार्यमाणो विदुरेण च धीमता ॥

evaṃ daivabalāviṣṭo dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | bhīṣmadroṇairvāryamāṇo vidureṇa ca dhīmatā

Thus Yudhishthira, the Dharma king, overcome by the power of fate, though Bhishma and Drona tried to stop him, and the wise Vidura,

Note on the text: Removed the speaker heading "` वैशम्पायन उवाच ।" (with a stray wiki backtick) that had slipped into the verse text; the verse is now given to Vaishampayana (the input carried Shakuni over to this verse and the five that follow). Corrected भीष्मद्रोणाऽऽवार्यमाणो → भीष्मद्रोणैर्वार्यमाणो (misprint in Wikisource; the agents of वार्यमाणो need the instrumental; the critical edition's Appendix I reads bhīṣmadroṇair vāryamāṇo). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 40, after 2.67.21).

Verse 26 (2.98.26)

युयुत्सुना कृपेणाथ सञ्जयेन च भारत । गान्धार्या पृथया चैव भीमार्जुनयमैस्तथा ॥

yuyutsunā kṛpeṇātha sañjayena ca bhārata | gāndhāryā pṛthayā caiva bhīmārjunayamaistathā

and Yuyutsu, Kripa and Sanjaya, O Bharata, Gandhari and Pritha, and Bhima, Arjuna and the twins,

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. 40, after 2.67.21).

Verse 27 (2.98.27)

विकर्णेन च वीरेण द्रौपद्या द्रौणिना तथा । सोमदत्तेन च तथा बाह्लीकेन च धीमता ॥

vikarṇena ca vīreṇa draupadyā drauṇinā tathā | somadattena ca tathā bāhlīkena ca dhīmatā

the heroic Vikarna, Draupadi and Drona's son, Somadatta and the wise Bahlika:

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. 40, after 2.67.21).

Verse 28 (2.98.28)

वार्यमाणोऽपि सततं न च राजन्नियच्छति । एवं संवार्यमाणोऽपि कौन्तेयो हितकाम्यया ॥

vāryamāṇo'pi satataṃ na ca rājanniyacchati | evaṃ saṃvāryamāṇo'pi kaunteyo hitakāmyayā

though they kept on trying to stop him, he did not hold back, O king. Even as they held him back in this way, wishing him well, the son of Kunti,

Note on the text: Corrected वार्यमाणोपि → वार्यमाणोऽपि and संवार्यमाणोपि → संवार्यमाणोऽपि (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. 40, after 2.67.21).

Verse 29 (2.98.29)

देवकार्यार्थसिद्ध्यर्थं मुहूर्तं कलिमाविशत् । आविष्टः कलिना राजञ्छकुनिं प्रत्यभाषत ॥

devakāryārthasiddhyarthaṃ muhūrtaṃ kalimāviśat | āviṣṭaḥ kalinā rājañchakuniṃ pratyabhāṣata

for the fulfilment of the gods' purpose, for a moment passed under the sway of Kali. Possessed by Kali, O king, he answered Shakuni,

Note on the text: Corrected अविष्टः → आविष्टः (misprint in Wikisource; short a for ā; the participle of ā-viś; the critical edition's Appendix I reads āviṣṭaḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 40, after 2.67.21).

Verse 30 (2.98.30)

एवं भवत्विति तदा वनवासाय दीव्यति । प्रतिजग्राह तं पार्थो ग्लहं जग्राह सौबलः । जितमित्येव शकुनिर्युधिष्ठिरमभाषत ॥

evaṃ bhavatviti tadā vanavāsāya dīvyati | pratijagrāha taṃ pārtho glahaṃ jagrāha saubalaḥ | jitamityeva śakuniryudhiṣṭhiramabhāṣata

"So be it," and played then for exile in the forest. Partha accepted the stake, and Saubala made the throw. "I have won!" said Shakuni to Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki quote mark (') after दीव्यति. The first line is not in the critical edition (vulgate recension; its Appendix I, no. 40, last line); the second and third correspond to CE 2.67.21.