Duryodhana Enters the Lake

Verse 1 (9.29.1)

निहते मामके सैन्ये निःशेषे शिबिरे कृते । पाण्डवानां बले सूत किन्नु शेषमभूत्तदा ॥

nihate māmake sainye niḥśeṣe śibire kṛte | pāṇḍavānāṃ bale sūta kinnu śeṣamabhūttadā

When my army had been destroyed and the camp left wholly empty, charioteer, what then remained of the Pandavas' force?

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: the page is the right adhyaya (its rows are labelled 9-29-1 to 9-29-91, the colophon reads एकोनत्रिंशोऽध्यायः । 29, and it is not a copy of 28 or 30); the input has 91 verses and agrees with the page's poem block verse for verse (this page has a poem block only, no table). Its text is the critical edition's 9.28 from 9.28.19 on (the CE divides the adhyayas differently). Not added: the six chapter-summary heading lines above the poem (numbered 1-6), and, after the colophon, a list of variant readings (9-29-38 हतो दुर्योधन इति क.पाठः; 9-29-39 अहमेकोऽवशिष्टस्तु इति क.पाठः; a stray 9-29-29 एकोनत्रिंशोऽध्यायः line). This verse: lines 1-2 are CE 9.28.19ac, which the alignment left unmatched; the critical edition's 19e opens the next verse here.

Verse 2 (9.29.2)

एतन्मे पृच्छतो ब्रूहि कुशलो ह्यसि सञ्जय । यच्च दुर्योधनो मानी कृतवांस्तनयो मम । बलक्षयं तथा दृष्ट्वा स एकः पृथिवीपतिः ॥

etanme pṛcchato brūhi kuśalo hyasi sañjaya | yacca duryodhano mānī kṛtavāṃstanayo mama | balakṣayaṃ tathā dṛṣṭvā sa ekaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ

Tell me this as I ask, Sanjaya, for you are skilled in the telling; and tell me too what my proud son Duryodhana did when he saw his army destroyed and himself left alone, the lord of the earth.

Note on the text: Corrected वलक्षयं → बलक्षयं (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब; the critical edition reads balakṣayaṃ). Line 1 is the critical edition's 9.28.19e; lines 2-3 are 9.28.20ac (the alignment left them unmatched). Recension variant मानी (CE mandaḥ) kept.

Verse 3 (9.29.3)

रथानां द्वे सहस्रे तु सप्त नागशतानि च । पञ्च चाश्वसहस्राणि पत्तीनामयुतानि च ॥

rathānāṃ dve sahasre tu sapta nāgaśatāni ca | pañca cāśvasahasrāṇi pattīnāmayutāni ca

Two thousand chariots, seven hundred elephants, five thousand horses, and tens of thousands of foot-soldiers —

Note on the text: Line 2 is a recension variant (पत्तीनामयुतानि; CE pattīnāṃ ca śataṃ śatāḥ); kept.

Verse 4 (9.29.4)

एतच्छेषमभूद्राजन्पाण्डवानां महद्बलम् । परिगृह्य हि यद्युद्धे धृष्टद्युम्नो व्यवस्थितः ॥

etaccheṣamabhūdrājanpāṇḍavānāṃ mahadbalam | parigṛhya hi yadyuddhe dhṛṣṭadyumno vyavasthitaḥ

this, O king, was all that remained of the Pandavas' great host, the force that Dhrishtadyumna had gathered about him and held in order in the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected मह्रद्बलम् → महद्बलम् (misprint in Wikisource; stray conjunct ह्र for ह; the critical edition reads mahad balam).

Verse 5 (9.29.5)

एकाकी भरतश्रेष्ठ ततो दुर्योधनो नृपः । नापश्यत्समरे कञ्चित्सहायं रथिनां वरः ॥

ekākī bharataśreṣṭha tato duryodhano nṛpaḥ | nāpaśyatsamare kañcitsahāyaṃ rathināṃ varaḥ

Then, O best of the Bharatas, King Duryodhana, the foremost of charioteers, found no companion anywhere in the battle, and stood alone.

Verse 6 (9.29.6)

नर्दमानान्परान्दृष्ट्वा स्वबलस्य च सङ्क्षयम् । दृष्ट्वा भरतशार्दूलः कश्मलेनाभिसंवृतः । हतं स्वहयमुत्सृज्य प्राङ्मुखः प्राद्रावद्भयात् ॥

nardamānānparāndṛṣṭvā svabalasya ca saṅkṣayam | dṛṣṭvā bharataśārdūlaḥ kaśmalenābhisaṃvṛtaḥ | hataṃ svahayamutsṛjya prāṅmukhaḥ prādrāvadbhayāt

Seeing the enemy roaring and his own force destroyed, that tiger among the Bharatas was overcome with faintness. Abandoning his slain horse, he fled in terror, facing east.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match: line 1 is the critical edition's 9.28.24a (नर्दमानान्परान्दृष्ट्वा; CE nardamānān parāṃś caiva), line 2 its star passage 9.28.24b*0171_01, line 3 is 9.28.24c.

Verse 7 (9.29.7)

एकादशचमूभर्ता पुत्रो दुर्योधनस्तव । गदामादाय तेजस्वी पदातिः प्रस्थितो ह्रदम् ॥

ekādaśacamūbhartā putro duryodhanastava | gadāmādāya tejasvī padātiḥ prasthito hradam

Your son Duryodhana, who had been lord of eleven armies, took up his mace and, that proud warrior now on foot, set out for the lake.

Verse 8 (9.29.8)

नातिदूरं ततो गत्वा पद्भ्यामेव नराधिपः । सस्मार वचनं क्षत्तुर्धर्मशीलस्य धीमतः ॥

nātidūraṃ tato gatvā padbhyāmeva narādhipaḥ | sasmāra vacanaṃ kṣatturdharmaśīlasya dhīmataḥ

When he had gone not far, that lord of men, still on foot, remembered the words of Kshattri, the wise and righteous Vidura.

Note on the text: Corrected क्षत्रुर् → क्षत्तुर् (misprint in Wikisource; त्र for त्त; the critical edition reads kṣattur).

Verse 9 (9.29.9)

इदं नूनं महाप्राज्ञो विदुरो दृष्टवान्पुरा । महद्व्यसनमस्माकं क्षत्रियाणां च सर्वशः ॥

idaṃ nūnaṃ mahāprājño viduro dṛṣṭavānpurā | mahadvyasanamasmākaṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ

Surely the greatly wise Vidura foresaw this long ago — this great calamity that has fallen on us and on all the Kshatriyas.

Note on the text: Corrected दृष्ट्वान्पुरा → दृष्टवान्पुरा (misprint in Wikisource; the participle is दृष्टवान्; the critical edition reads dṛṣṭavān). Corrected मह्रद्व्सन → महद्व्यसन (misprint in Wikisource; stray ह्र for ह and the य of व्यसन dropped; the critical edition has a different word here, mahad vaiśasam, and Wikisource's महद्व्यसनम् is read as a recension variant). Line 2 also ends क्षत्रियाणां च सर्वशः (CE saṃyuge); recension variant, kept.

Verse 10 (9.29.10)

एवं विचिन्तयानस्तु प्रविविक्षुर्ह्रदं नृपः । दुःखसन्तप्तहृदयो दृष्ट्वा राजन्बलक्षयम् ॥

evaṃ vicintayānastu pravivikṣurhradaṃ nṛpaḥ | duḥkhasantaptahṛdayo dṛṣṭvā rājanbalakṣayam

So he reflected, O king, and, his heart burning with grief at the destruction of his army, the king wished to enter the lake.

Verse 11 (9.29.11)

दशैकाक्षौहिणीभर्ता तदा दुर्योधनोऽपि सन् । प्राप्तवान्व्यसनं तीव्रं दैवं हि बलवत्तरम् ॥

daśaikākṣauhiṇībhartā tadā duryodhano'pi san | prāptavānvyasanaṃ tīvraṃ daivaṃ hi balavattaram

Though he had been lord of ten and one akshauhinis, Duryodhana now met with a grievous misfortune; fate is indeed the stronger.

Note on the text: Removed the stray backtick before दशैकाक्षौहिणी… and the quote mark after बलवत्तरम्. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 9.28.28d*0172_01-02, printed after 9.28.28. The alignment found no match.

Verse 12 (9.29.12)

पाण्डवास्तु महाराज धृष्टद्युम्नपुरोगमाः । अभ्यद्रवन्त सङ्क्रुद्धास्तव राजन्बलं प्रति ॥

pāṇḍavāstu mahārāja dhṛṣṭadyumnapurogamāḥ | abhyadravanta saṅkruddhāstava rājanbalaṃ prati

But the Pandavas, O great king, with Dhrishtadyumna at their head, rushed furiously upon your army, O king.

Verse 13 (9.29.13)

शक्त्यृष्टिप्रासहस्तानां बलानामभिगर्जताम् । सङ्कल्पमकरोन्मोघं गाण्डीवेन धनञ्जयः ॥

śaktyṛṣṭiprāsahastānāṃ balānāmabhigarjatām | saṅkalpamakaronmoghaṃ gāṇḍīvena dhanañjayaḥ

Dhananjaya, with his Gandiva bow, made vain the purpose of the roaring troops who held javelins, swords and lances in their hands.

Verse 14 (9.29.14)

तान्हत्वा निशितैर्वाणैः सामात्यान्सह बन्धुभिः । रथे श्वेतहये तिष्ठन्नर्जुनो बह्वशोभत ॥

tānhatvā niśitairvāṇaiḥ sāmātyānsaha bandhubhiḥ | rathe śvetahaye tiṣṭhannarjuno bahvaśobhata

Having slain them with sharp arrows, together with their counsellors and kinsmen, Arjuna, standing on his chariot with its white horses, shone brilliantly.

Verse 15 (9.29.15)

सुबलस्य हते पुत्रे सवाजिरथकुञ्जरे । महावनमिव च्छिन्नमभवत्तावकं बलम् ॥

subalasya hate putre savājirathakuñjare | mahāvanamiva cchinnamabhavattāvakaṃ balam

When Subala's son was slain, with his horses, chariots and elephants, your army became like a great forest that has been felled.

Verse 16 (9.29.16)

अनेकशतसाहस्रे बले दुर्योधनस्य ह । नान्यो महारथो राजञ्जीवमानो व्यदृश्यत ॥

anekaśatasāhasre bale duryodhanasya ha | nānyo mahāratho rājañjīvamāno vyadṛśyata

In Duryodhana's army of many hundreds of thousands, no other great chariot-warrior was seen alive, O king,

Verse 17 (9.29.17)

द्रोणपुत्रादृते वीरात्तथैव कृतवर्मणः । कृपाच्च गौतमाद्राजन्पार्थिवाच्च तवात्मजात् ॥

droṇaputrādṛte vīrāttathaiva kṛtavarmaṇaḥ | kṛpācca gautamādrājanpārthivācca tavātmajāt

except the heroic son of Drona, Kritavarman, Kripa the son of Gotama, and your own son, the king.

Verse 18 (9.29.18)

धृष्टद्युम्नस्तु मां दृष्ट्वा हसन्सात्यकिमब्रवीत् । किमनेन गृहीतेन नानेनार्थोऽस्ति जीवता ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnastu māṃ dṛṣṭvā hasansātyakimabravīt | kimanena gṛhītena nānenārtho'sti jīvatā

Dhrishtadyumna, seeing me, laughed and said to Satyaki, "What is the use of holding him? There is no purpose in this man's living."

Verse 19 (9.29.19)

धृष्टद्युम्नवचः श्रुत्वा शिनेर्नप्ता महारथः । उद्यम्य निशितं खड्गं हन्तुं मामुद्यतस्तदा ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnavacaḥ śrutvā śinernaptā mahārathaḥ | udyamya niśitaṃ khaḍgaṃ hantuṃ māmudyatastadā

Hearing Dhrishtadyumna's words, the great warrior, Shini's grandson, raised his sharp sword, ready to kill me.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गं → खड्गं (misprint in Wikisource; the word is खड्ग; the critical edition reads khaḍgaṃ).

Verse 20 (9.29.20)

तमागम्य महाप्राज्ञः कृष्णद्वैपायनोऽब्रवीत् । मुच्यतां सञ्जयो जीवन्न हन्तव्यः कथञ्चन ॥

tamāgamya mahāprājñaḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyano'bravīt | mucyatāṃ sañjayo jīvanna hantavyaḥ kathañcana

Then the greatly wise Krishna Dvaipayana came up to him and said, "Let Sanjaya go; he must not be killed, in any way."

Verse 21 (9.29.21)

द्वैपायनवचः श्रुत्वा शिनेर्नप्ता कृताञ्जलिः । ततो मामब्रवीन्मुक्त्वा स्वस्ति सञ्जय साधय ॥

dvaipāyanavacaḥ śrutvā śinernaptā kṛtāñjaliḥ | tato māmabravīnmuktvā svasti sañjaya sādhaya

Hearing Dvaipayana's words, Shini's grandson, with joined palms, set me free and said to me, "Go in peace, Sanjaya, and accomplish your purpose."

Verse 22 (9.29.22)

अनुज्ञातस्त्वहं तेन न्यस्तवर्मा निरायुधः । प्रातिष्ठं येन नगरं सायाह्ने रुधिरोक्षितः ॥

anujñātastvahaṃ tena nyastavarmā nirāyudhaḥ | prātiṣṭhaṃ yena nagaraṃ sāyāhne rudhirokṣitaḥ

Released by him, with my armour laid aside and without weapons, I set out for the city, at evening, smeared with blood.

Verse 23 (9.29.23)

क्रोशमात्रमपक्रान्तं गदापाणिमवस्थितम् । एकं दुर्योधनं राजन्नपश्यं भृशविक्षतम् ॥

krośamātramapakrāntaṃ gadāpāṇimavasthitam | ekaṃ duryodhanaṃ rājannapaśyaṃ bhṛśavikṣatam

When I had gone about a krosha, I saw King Duryodhana standing alone, mace in hand, sorely wounded.

Verse 24 (9.29.24)

स तु मामश्रुपूर्णाक्षो नाशक्नोदभिवीक्षितुम् । उपप्रैक्षत मां दृष्ट्वा तथा दीनमवस्थितम् ॥

sa tu māmaśrupūrṇākṣo nāśaknodabhivīkṣitum | upapraikṣata māṃ dṛṣṭvā tathā dīnamavasthitam

His eyes were full of tears and he could not look at me; seeing me standing there in such wretchedness, he only glanced at me.

Verse 25 (9.29.25)

तं चाहमपि शोचन्तं दृष्ट्वैकाकिनमाहवे । मुहूर्तं नाशकं वक्तुमतिदुःखपरिप्लुतः ॥

taṃ cāhamapi śocantaṃ dṛṣṭvaikākinamāhave | muhūrtaṃ nāśakaṃ vaktumatiduḥkhapariplutaḥ

And I too, grieving to see him alone on the battlefield, was for a moment unable to speak, overwhelmed by sorrow.

Verse 26 (9.29.26)

यस्य मूर्धाभिषिक्तानां सहस्रमणिमौलिनाम् । आहृत्य च करं सर्वं स्वस्य वेश्म समागतम् ॥

yasya mūrdhābhiṣiktānāṃ sahasramaṇimaulinām | āhṛtya ca karaṃ sarvaṃ svasya veśma samāgatam

He to whose house a thousand anointed kings with jewelled crowns had come, bringing all their tribute;

Note on the text: Removed the stray backtick before यस्य मूर्धाभिषिक्तानाम्. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 9.28.42d*0173_01-02, printed after 9.28.42. The alignment found no match. The thought is Sanjaya's own and unspoken, so it stays with the narrator (a run of nine verses, 26-34, one sentence).

Verse 27 (9.29.27)

चतुःसागरपर्यन्ता पृथिवी रत्नभूषिता । कर्णेनैकेन यस्यार्थे करमाहारिता पुरा ॥

catuḥsāgaraparyantā pṛthivī ratnabhūṣitā | karṇenaikena yasyārthe karamāhāritā purā

for whose sake Karna alone once gathered tribute from the earth, adorned with jewels and bounded by the four oceans;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 9.28.42d*0173_03-04, printed after 9.28.42. The alignment found no match. The thought is Sanjaya's own and unspoken, so it stays with the narrator.

Verse 28 (9.29.28)

यस्याज्ञा परराष्ट्रेषु कर्णेनैव प्रसारिता । नाभवद्यस्य शस्त्रेषु खेदो राज्ञः प्रशासतः ॥

yasyājñā pararāṣṭreṣu karṇenaiva prasāritā | nābhavadyasya śastreṣu khedo rājñaḥ praśāsataḥ

whose command Karna alone carried into foreign kingdoms, and who, while he ruled as king, never knew weariness in the use of arms;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 9.28.42d*0173_05-06, printed after 9.28.42. The alignment found no match. The thought is Sanjaya's own and unspoken, so it stays with the narrator.

Verse 29 (9.29.29)

आसीनो हास्तिनपुरे क्षेमं राज्यमकण्टकम् । अन्वपालयदैश्वर्यात्कुबेरमपि नास्मरत् ॥

āsīno hāstinapure kṣemaṃ rājyamakaṇṭakam | anvapālayadaiśvaryātkuberamapi nāsmarat

who, seated in Hastinapura, guarded his kingdom in safety, free of thorns, and in his sovereignty did not even remember Kubera;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 9.28.42d*0173_07-08, printed after 9.28.42. The alignment found no match. The thought is Sanjaya's own and unspoken, so it stays with the narrator.

Verse 30 (9.29.30)

भवनाद्भवनं राजन्प्रयातुं पृथिवीपते । देवालयप्रदेशे च पन्था यस्य हिरण्मयः ॥

bhavanādbhavanaṃ rājanprayātuṃ pṛthivīpate | devālayapradeśe ca panthā yasya hiraṇmayaḥ

who, whenever he went from one palace to another, O king, O lord of the earth, had a golden road even through the grounds of the temples;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 9.28.42d*0173_09-10, printed after 9.28.42. Line 2 reads देवालयप्रदेशे (CE star passage: devālayapraveśe); recension variant, kept. The thought is Sanjaya's own and unspoken, so it stays with the narrator.

Verse 31 (9.29.31)

पताकावृतसूर्यांशुतोरणोच्छ्रितशोभिताः । प्रयाणे पृथिवीभर्तुर्धन्यानामभवन्गृहाः ॥

patākāvṛtasūryāṃśutoraṇocchritaśobhitāḥ | prayāṇe pṛthivībharturdhanyānāmabhavangṛhāḥ

when the lord of the earth set out, the houses of the fortunate shone with banners that hid the rays of the sun and with lofty arches;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 9.28.42d*0173_11-12, printed after 9.28.42. The alignment found no match. The thought is Sanjaya's own and unspoken, so it stays with the narrator.

Verse 32 (9.29.32)

आरुह्यैरावतप्रख्यं नागमिन्द्रसमो बली । विभूत्या सुमहत्या यः प्रयाति पृथिवीपते ॥

āruhyairāvataprakhyaṃ nāgamindrasamo balī | vibhūtyā sumahatyā yaḥ prayāti pṛthivīpate

who, mounted on an elephant like Airavata, mighty as Indra, went forth in very great splendour, O lord of the earth —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 9.28.42d*0173_13-14, printed after 9.28.42. The alignment found no match. The thought is Sanjaya's own and unspoken, so it stays with the narrator.

Verse 33 (9.29.33)

तं भृशक्षतसर्वाङ्गं पद्भ्यामेव धरातले । तिष्ठन्तमेकं दृष्ट्वा तु ममाभूत्क्लेश उत्तमः ॥

taṃ bhṛśakṣatasarvāṅgaṃ padbhyāmeva dharātale | tiṣṭhantamekaṃ dṛṣṭvā tu mamābhūtkleśa uttamaḥ

seeing him now with his whole body badly wounded, standing alone on the bare ground, on foot, I felt the deepest anguish.

Note on the text: Corrected पद्ध्यामेव → पद्भ्यामेव (misprint in Wikisource; ध for भ; the critical edition's star passage reads padbhyām). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 9.28.42d*0173_15-16, printed after 9.28.42 (line 1 there reads taṃ bhṛśaṃ kṣatam indrābhaṃ; recension variant, kept). The alignment found no match. The thought is Sanjaya's own and unspoken, so it stays with the narrator.

Verse 34 (9.29.34)

तस्य चैवंविधस्याद्य जगन्नाथस्य भूपते । आपदप्रतिमैवाभूद्बलीयान्विधिरेव हि ॥

tasya caivaṃvidhasyādya jagannāthasya bhūpate | āpadapratimaivābhūdbalīyānvidhireva hi

For such a king, lord of the world, no calamity today could have had its like; fate, indeed, is the stronger.

Note on the text: Removed the stray quote mark after हि. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 9.28.42d*0173_17-18, printed after 9.28.42. The alignment found no match. The thought is Sanjaya's own and unspoken, so it stays with the narrator.

Verse 35 (9.29.35)

ततोऽस्मै तदहं सर्वमुक्तवान्ग्रहणं तदा । द्वैपायनप्रसादाच्च जीवतो मोक्षमाहवे ॥

tato'smai tadahaṃ sarvamuktavāngrahaṇaṃ tadā | dvaipāyanaprasādācca jīvato mokṣamāhave

Then I told him all of it: how I had been seized, and how, by the grace of Dvaipayana, I had been let go alive from the battle.

Verse 36 (9.29.36)

स मुहूर्तमिव ध्यात्वा प्रतिलभ्य च चेतनाम् । भ्रातॄंश्च सर्वसैन्यानि पर्यपृच्छत मां ततः ॥

sa muhūrtamiva dhyātvā pratilabhya ca cetanām | bhrātṝṃśca sarvasainyāni paryapṛcchata māṃ tataḥ

After a moment, as if in thought, he recovered his senses and then asked me about his brothers and all his armies.

Verse 37 (9.29.37)

तस्मै तदहमाचक्षे सर्वं प्रत्यक्षदर्शिवान् । भ्रातॄंश्च निहतान्सर्वान्सैन्यं च विनिपातितम् ॥

tasmai tadahamācakṣe sarvaṃ pratyakṣadarśivān | bhrātṝṃśca nihatānsarvānsainyaṃ ca vinipātitam

I told him everything, as one who had seen it with his own eyes: that all his brothers were slain and the army struck down.

Note on the text: Corrected भ्रातॄश्च → भ्रातॄंश्च (misprint in Wikisource; anusvara dropped from the accusative plural; the critical edition reads bhrātṝṃś ca).

Verse 38 (9.29.38)

त्रयः किल रथाः शिष्टास्तावकानां नराधिप । इति प्रस्थानकाले मां कृष्णद्वैपायनोऽब्रवीत् ॥

trayaḥ kila rathāḥ śiṣṭāstāvakānāṃ narādhipa | iti prasthānakāle māṃ kṛṣṇadvaipāyano'bravīt

"Three chariot-warriors of yours are left, O lord of men" — so Krishna Dvaipayana had told me at the time of my departure.

Verse 39 (9.29.39)

स दीर्घमिव निःश्वस्य प्रत्यवेक्ष्य पुनः पुनः । असौ मां पाणिना स्पृष्ट्वा पुत्रस्ते पर्यभाषत ॥

sa dīrghamiva niḥśvasya pratyavekṣya punaḥ punaḥ | asau māṃ pāṇinā spṛṣṭvā putraste paryabhāṣata

Sighing deeply, and looking at me again and again, your son touched me with his hand and said:

Verse 40 (9.29.40)

त्वदन्यो नेह सङ्ग्रामे कश्चिज्जीवति सञ्जय । द्वितीयं नेह पश्यामि ससहायाश्च पाण्डवाः ॥

tvadanyo neha saṅgrāme kaścijjīvati sañjaya | dvitīyaṃ neha paśyāmi sasahāyāśca pāṇḍavāḥ

Apart from you, Sanjaya, no one else is alive here in the battle. I see no second; and the Pandavas have their allies with them.

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width joiner inside पाण्डवाः. Speaker: Duryodhana's own words (the page prints no heading; verse 39 introduces them: पुत्रस्ते पर्यभाषत), so verses 40-43 are given to Duryodhana, the page's Sanjaya carry-over being overruled; in the critical edition too the words are Duryodhana's.

Verse 41 (9.29.41)

ब्रूयाः सञ्जय राजानं प्रज्ञाचक्षुषमीश्वरम् । दुर्योधनस्तव सुतः प्रविष्टो ह्रदमित्युत ॥

brūyāḥ sañjaya rājānaṃ prajñācakṣuṣamīśvaram | duryodhanastava sutaḥ praviṣṭo hradamityuta

Tell the king, Sanjaya, the lord whose eyes are wisdom: "Your son Duryodhana has entered the lake."

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana's own words (no heading on the page; see verse 40).

Verse 42 (9.29.42)

सुहृद्भिस्तादृशैर्हीनः पुत्रैर्भ्रातृभिरेव च । पाण्डवैश्च हृते राज्ये को नु जीवेत मादृशः ॥

suhṛdbhistādṛśairhīnaḥ putrairbhrātṛbhireva ca | pāṇḍavaiśca hṛte rājye ko nu jīveta mādṛśaḥ

Bereft of such friends, of sons and brothers, with the kingdom seized by the Pandavas, who like me could go on living?

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana's own words (no heading on the page; see verse 40). Line 2 reads जीवेत (CE jīvati); recension variant, kept.

Verse 43 (9.29.43)

आचक्षीथाः सर्वमिदं मां च मुक्तं महाहवात् । अस्मिंस्तोयह्रदे गुप्तं जीवन्तं भृशविक्षतम् ॥

ācakṣīthāḥ sarvamidaṃ māṃ ca muktaṃ mahāhavāt | asmiṃstoyahrade guptaṃ jīvantaṃ bhṛśavikṣatam

Tell him all this, and that I have been freed from the great battle, and that I lie hidden, alive and sorely wounded, in this lake of water.

Note on the text: Corrected आस्मिं → अस्मिं (misprint in Wikisource; the demonstrative is अस्मिन्; the critical edition reads asmiṃs). Speaker: Duryodhana's own words (no heading on the page; see verse 40). Recension variants kept: आचक्षीथाः (CE ācakṣethāḥ), गुप्तं (CE suptaṃ).

Verse 44 (9.29.44)

एवमुक्त्वा महाराज प्राविशत्तं महाह्रदम् । अस्तम्भयत तोयं च मायया मनुजाधिपः ॥

evamuktvā mahārāja prāviśattaṃ mahāhradam | astambhayata toyaṃ ca māyayā manujādhipaḥ

Having spoken thus, O great king, the lord of men entered that great lake and, by his magic, made the water stand still.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads प्राविशत्तं महाह्रदम् (CE prāviśat taṃ hradaṃ nṛpaḥ); recension variant, kept.

Verse 45 (9.29.45)

तस्मिन्ह्रदं प्रविष्टे तु त्रीन्रथाञ्श्रान्तवाहनान् । अपश्यं सहितानेकस्तं देशं समुपेयुषः ॥

tasminhradaṃ praviṣṭe tu trīnrathāñśrāntavāhanān | apaśyaṃ sahitānekastaṃ deśaṃ samupeyuṣaḥ

When he had entered the lake, I, alone, saw three chariot-warriors, their horses weary, come together to that spot.

Verse 46 (9.29.46)

कृपं शारद्वतं वीरं द्रौणिं च रथिनां वरम् । भोजं च कृतवर्माणं सहिताञ्शरविक्षतान् ॥

kṛpaṃ śāradvataṃ vīraṃ drauṇiṃ ca rathināṃ varam | bhojaṃ ca kṛtavarmāṇaṃ sahitāñśaravikṣatān

They were the hero Kripa Sharadvata, the son of Drona, best of charioteers, and Kritavarman of the Bhojas, all together and wounded by arrows.

Verse 47 (9.29.47)

ते सर्वं मामभिप्रेक्ष्य तूर्णमश्वाननोदयन् । उपयाय तु मामूचुर्दिष्ट्या जीवसि सञ्जय ॥

te sarvaṃ māmabhiprekṣya tūrṇamaśvānanodayan | upayāya tu māmūcurdiṣṭyā jīvasi sañjaya

They all looked at me, quickly urged on their horses, and coming up said to me, "By good fortune you are alive, Sanjaya."

Verse 48 (9.29.48)

अपृच्छंश्चैव मां सर्वे पुत्रं तव जनाधिपम् । कच्चिद्दुर्योधनो राजा स नो जीवति सञ्जय ॥

apṛcchaṃścaiva māṃ sarve putraṃ tava janādhipam | kaccidduryodhano rājā sa no jīvati sañjaya

And they all asked me about your son, the king: "Is King Duryodhana alive, Sanjaya?"

Verse 49 (9.29.49)

आख्यातवानहं तेभ्यस्तदा कुशलिनं नृपम् । तच्चैव सर्वमाचक्षं यन्मां दुर्योधनोऽब्रवीत् ॥

ākhyātavānahaṃ tebhyastadā kuśalinaṃ nṛpam | taccaiva sarvamācakṣaṃ yanmāṃ duryodhano'bravīt

I told them then that the king was well, and I related to them everything that Duryodhana had said to me,

Note on the text: The alignment found no match: lines 1-2 are CE 9.28.57ac.

Verse 50 (9.29.50)

ह्रदं चैवाहमाचक्षं यं प्रविष्टो नराधिपः । अश्वत्थामा तु तद्राजन्निशम्य वचनं मम ॥

hradaṃ caivāhamācakṣaṃ yaṃ praviṣṭo narādhipaḥ | aśvatthāmā tu tadrājanniśamya vacanaṃ mama

and I told them of the lake that the king had entered. Ashvatthama, O king, hearing my words,

Note on the text: The alignment found no match: line 1 is CE 9.28.57e, line 2 is 9.28.58a.

Verse 51 (9.29.51)

तं ह्रदं विपुलं प्रेक्ष्य करुणं पर्यदेवयत् । अहो धिक्स न जानाति जीवतोऽस्मान्नराधिप । पर्याप्ता हि वयं तेन सह योधयितुं परान् ॥

taṃ hradaṃ vipulaṃ prekṣya karuṇaṃ paryadevayat | aho dhiksa na jānāti jīvato'smānnarādhipa | paryāptā hi vayaṃ tena saha yodhayituṃ parān

looked at that vast lake and lamented piteously, "Ah, shame! He does not know, O king, that we are alive. We are quite able to fight the enemy together with him."

Note on the text: The alignment found no match: line 1 is CE 9.28.58c, line 2 is 59a (अहो धिक्स न जानाति; CE aho dhiṅ na sa jānāti), line 3 is 59c. Lines 2-3 are Ashvatthama's words inside Sanjaya's narration.

Verse 52 (9.29.52)

ते तु तत्र चिरं कालं विलप्य च महारथाः । प्राद्रवन्रथिनां श्रेष्ठा दृष्ट्वा पाण्डुसुतान्रणे ॥

te tu tatra ciraṃ kālaṃ vilapya ca mahārathāḥ | prādravanrathināṃ śreṣṭhā dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍusutānraṇe

Those great warriors, the best of charioteers, having lamented there a long time, fled on seeing the sons of Pandu in the battle.

Verse 53 (9.29.53)

ते तु मां रथमारोप्य कृपस्य सुपरिष्कृतम् । सेनानिवेशमाजग्मुर्हतशेषास्त्रयो रथाः ॥

te tu māṃ rathamāropya kṛpasya supariṣkṛtam | senāniveśamājagmurhataśeṣāstrayo rathāḥ

They put me into Kripa's well-appointed chariot, and the three surviving chariot-warriors came to the camp.

Verse 54 (9.29.54)

तत्र गुल्माः परिक्षिप्ताः सूर्ये चास्तमिते सति । सर्वे विचुक्रुशुः श्रुत्वा पुत्राणां तव संक्षयम् ॥

tatra gulmāḥ parikṣiptāḥ sūrye cāstamite sati | sarve vicukruśuḥ śrutvā putrāṇāṃ tava saṃkṣayam

There the detachments posted around the camp, as the sun set, all cried out on hearing of the destruction of your sons.

Verse 55 (9.29.55)

ततो वृद्धा महाराज योषितां रक्षिणो नराः । राजदारानुपादाय प्रययुर्नगरं प्रति ॥

tato vṛddhā mahārāja yoṣitāṃ rakṣiṇo narāḥ | rājadārānupādāya prayayurnagaraṃ prati

Then, great king, the old men who guarded the women took the king's wives and set out for the city.

Note on the text: Corrected पययुर् → प्रययुर् (misprint in Wikisource; प्र of प्रययुः lost; the critical edition reads prayayur).

Verse 56 (9.29.56)

तत्र विक्रोशमानानां रुदतीनां च सर्वशः । प्रादुरासीन्महाञ्शब्दः श्रुत्वा तद्बलसङ्क्षयम् ॥

tatra vikrośamānānāṃ rudatīnāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ | prādurāsīnmahāñśabdaḥ śrutvā tadbalasaṅkṣayam

As they wailed and wept on every side, a great clamour arose among them when they heard of the destruction of the host.

Verse 57 (9.29.57)

ततस्ता योषितो राजन्रुदन्त्यो वै मुहुर्मुहुः । कुरर्य इव शब्देन नादयन्त्यो महीतलम् ॥

tatastā yoṣito rājanrudantyo vai muhurmuhuḥ | kurarya iva śabdena nādayantyo mahītalam

Then those women, O king, weeping again and again, filled the earth with their cries, like ospreys.

Verse 58 (9.29.58)

आजघ्नुः करजैश्चापि पाणिभिश्च शिरांस्युत । लुलुचुश्च तदा केशान्क्रोशन्त्यस्तत्रतत्र ह ॥

ājaghnuḥ karajaiścāpi pāṇibhiśca śirāṃsyuta | lulucuśca tadā keśānkrośantyastatratatra ha

They struck their heads with their nails and their hands, and tore out their hair, crying out here and there.

Verse 59 (9.29.59)

हाहाकारविनादिन्यो विनिघ्नन्त्य उरांसि च । शोचन्त्यस्तत्र रुरुदुः क्रन्दमाना विशाम्पते ॥

hāhākāravinādinyo vinighnantya urāṃsi ca | śocantyastatra ruruduḥ krandamānā viśāmpate

Crying "Alas! Alas!", beating their breasts, they grieved and wept, lamenting, O lord of the people.

Verse 60 (9.29.60)

ततो दुर्योधनामात्याः साश्रुकण्ठा भृशातुराः । राजदारानुपामन्त्र्य प्रययुर्नगरं प्रति ॥

tato duryodhanāmātyāḥ sāśrukaṇṭhā bhṛśāturāḥ | rājadārānupāmantrya prayayurnagaraṃ prati

Then Duryodhana's ministers, their throats choked with tears and sorely distressed, addressed the king's wives and set out for the city.

Verse 61 (9.29.61)

वेत्रव्यासक्तहस्ताश्च द्वाराध्यक्षा विशाम्पते । शयनीयानि शुभ्राणि स्पर्ध्यास्तरणवन्ति च । समादाय ययुस्तूर्णं नगरं दाररक्षिणः ॥

vetravyāsaktahastāśca dvārādhyakṣā viśāmpate | śayanīyāni śubhrāṇi spardhyāstaraṇavanti ca | samādāya yayustūrṇaṃ nagaraṃ dārarakṣiṇaḥ

The door-keepers, with canes clutched in their hands, O lord of the people, and the guards of the women, quickly took up the fine white beds and the rich coverlets and went to the city.

Verse 62 (9.29.62)

आस्थायाश्वतरीयुक्तान्स्यन्दनानपरे पुनः । स्वान्स्वान्दारानुपादाय प्रययुर्नगरं प्रति ॥

āsthāyāśvatarīyuktānsyandanānapare punaḥ | svānsvāndārānupādāya prayayurnagaraṃ prati

Others mounted chariots yoked to mules, and, taking each his own wives, set out for the city.

Verse 63 (9.29.63)

अदृष्टपूर्वा या नार्यो भास्करेणापि वेश्मसु । ददृशुस्ता महाराज जना याताः पुरं प्रति ॥

adṛṣṭapūrvā yā nāryo bhāskareṇāpi veśmasu | dadṛśustā mahārāja janā yātāḥ puraṃ prati

Women whom even the sun had never seen in their houses were seen, O great king, by the people as they went to the city.

Verse 64 (9.29.64)

ताः स्त्रियो भरतश्रेष्ठ सौकुमार्यसमन्विताः । प्रययुर्नगरं तूर्णं हतस्वपतिबान्धवाः ॥

tāḥ striyo bharataśreṣṭha saukumāryasamanvitāḥ | prayayurnagaraṃ tūrṇaṃ hatasvapatibāndhavāḥ

Those women, O best of the Bharatas, delicate by nature, their husbands and kinsmen slain, hurried to the city.

Verse 65 (9.29.65)

आगोपालाविपालेभ्यो द्रवन्तो नगरं प्रति । ययुर्मनुष्याः सम्भ्रान्ता भीमसेनभयार्दिताः ॥

āgopālāvipālebhyo dravanto nagaraṃ prati | yayurmanuṣyāḥ sambhrāntā bhīmasenabhayārditāḥ

From the cowherds and shepherds on up, men fled toward the city in confusion, tormented by fear of Bhimasena.

Verse 66 (9.29.66)

अपिचैषां भयं तीव्रं पार्थेभ्योऽभूत्सुदारुणम् । प्रेक्षमाणास्तदाऽन्योन्यमाधावन्नगरं प्रति ॥

apicaiṣāṃ bhayaṃ tīvraṃ pārthebhyo'bhūtsudāruṇam | prekṣamāṇāstadā'nyonyamādhāvannagaraṃ prati

And a fierce, dreadful fear of the sons of Pritha seized them; looking at one another, they ran toward the city.

Verse 67 (9.29.67)

तस्मिंस्तथा वर्तमाने विद्रवे भृशदारुणे । युयुत्सुः शोकसम्मूढः प्राप्तकालमचिन्तयत् ॥

tasmiṃstathā vartamāne vidrave bhṛśadāruṇe | yuyutsuḥ śokasammūḍhaḥ prāptakālamacintayat

In that dreadful rout, Yuyutsu, bewildered with grief, considered what the time required.

Verse 68 (9.29.68)

जितो दुर्योधनः सङ्ख्ये पाण्डवैर्भीमविक्रमैः । एकादशचमूभर्ता भ्रातरश्चास्य सूदिताः ॥

jito duryodhanaḥ saṅkhye pāṇḍavairbhīmavikramaiḥ | ekādaśacamūbhartā bhrātaraścāsya sūditāḥ

Duryodhana has been defeated in battle by the Pandavas of dreadful valour; he who was lord of eleven armies, and his brothers, have been slain.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match: lines are CE 9.28.76ac. The thought is Yuyutsu's own and unspoken (verses 68-72), so it stays with the narrator.

Verse 69 (9.29.69)

हताश्च कुरवः सर्वे भीष्मद्रोणपुरःसराः । अहमेको विमुक्तस्तु भाग्ययोगाद्यदृच्छया ॥

hatāśca kuravaḥ sarve bhīṣmadroṇapuraḥsarāḥ | ahameko vimuktastu bhāgyayogādyadṛcchayā

All the Kurus, with Bhishma and Drona at their head, are dead; I alone have been left free, by a turn of fortune, by chance.

Note on the text: Corrected पुरः सराः → पुरःसराः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray space inside the compound; the critical edition reads puraḥsarāḥ). The alignment found no match: line 1 is CE 9.28.76e, line 2 is 9.28.77a. The thought is Yuyutsu's own and unspoken, so it stays with the narrator.

Verse 70 (9.29.70)

विद्रुतानि च सर्वाणि शिबिराद्वै समन्ततः । इतस्ततः पलायन्ते हतनाथा हतौजसः ॥

vidrutāni ca sarvāṇi śibirādvai samantataḥ | itastataḥ palāyante hatanāthā hataujasaḥ

And all the camps have been scattered on every side; here and there they flee, their protectors slain, their vigour gone,

Note on the text: Removed the opening square bracket (an editor's mark, closed after verse 71). The alignment found no match: line 1 is CE 9.28.77c; line 2 is the CE star passage 9.28.77d*0174_01. The thought is Yuyutsu's own and unspoken, so it stays with the narrator.

Verse 71 (9.29.71)

अदृष्टपूर्वा दुःखार्ता भयव्याकुललोचनाः । हरिणा इव वित्रस्ता वीक्षमाणा दिशो दश ॥

adṛṣṭapūrvā duḥkhārtā bhayavyākulalocanāḥ | hariṇā iva vitrastā vīkṣamāṇā diśo daśa

distressed by grief as never seen before, their eyes wild with fear, like frightened deer gazing in all ten directions.

Note on the text: Removed the closing square bracket (an editor's mark opened in verse 70). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 9.28.77d*0174_02-03, printed after 9.28.77. The thought is Yuyutsu's own and unspoken, so it stays with the narrator.

Verse 72 (9.29.72)

दुर्योधनस्य सचिवा ये केचिदवशेषिताः । राजदारानुपादाय प्रययुर्नगरं प्रति । प्राप्तकालमहं मन्ये प्रवेशं तैः सह प्रभो ॥

duryodhanasya sacivā ye kecidavaśeṣitāḥ | rājadārānupādāya prayayurnagaraṃ prati | prāptakālamahaṃ manye praveśaṃ taiḥ saha prabho

Whatever ministers of Duryodhana remain are taking the king's wives and going to the city. I think the time has come to enter the city with them, my lord.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match: lines are CE 9.28.78a, 78c and 79a. The thought is Yuyutsu's own and unspoken, so it stays with the narrator.

Verse 73 (9.29.73)

युधिष्ठिरमनुज्ञाय वासुदेवं तथैव च । एतमर्थं महाबाहुरुभयोः सन्न्यवेदयत् ॥

yudhiṣṭhiramanujñāya vāsudevaṃ tathaiva ca | etamarthaṃ mahābāhurubhayoḥ sannyavedayat

Having obtained the leave of Yudhishthira and of Vasudeva as well, the mighty-armed one laid this matter before both of them.

Note on the text: Corrected वासूदेवं → वासुदेवं (misprint in Wikisource; long ू for ु; the word is वासुदेव). The alignment found no match: line 1 is CE 9.28.79c, line 2 is 80a. Line 1 names Vasudeva where the critical edition reads bhīmasenaṃ; recension variant, kept.

Verse 74 (9.29.74)

तस्य प्रीतोऽभवद्राजा नित्यं करुणवेदिता । परिष्वज्य महाबाहुर्वैश्यापुत्रं व्यसर्जयत् ॥

tasya prīto'bhavadrājā nityaṃ karuṇaveditā | pariṣvajya mahābāhurvaiśyāputraṃ vyasarjayat

The king, who always had compassion for others, was pleased with him; embracing the mighty-armed son of the Vaishya woman, he sent him off.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match: lines are CE 9.28.80c and 80e.

Verse 75 (9.29.75)

ततः स रथमास्थाय द्रुतमश्वानचोदयत् । संवाहयितवांश्चापि राजदारान्पुरं प्रति ॥

tataḥ sa rathamāsthāya drutamaśvānacodayat | saṃvāhayitavāṃścāpi rājadārānpuraṃ prati

Then he mounted his chariot and quickly urged on the horses, and he had the king's wives escorted to the city.

Verse 76 (9.29.76)

तैश्चैव सहितः क्षिप्रमस्तं गच्छति भास्करे । प्रविष्टो हास्तिनपुरं बाष्पकण्ठोऽश्रुलोचनः ॥

taiścaiva sahitaḥ kṣipramastaṃ gacchati bhāskare | praviṣṭo hāstinapuraṃ bāṣpakaṇṭho'śrulocanaḥ

With them he quickly entered Hastinapura as the sun was setting, his throat choked and his eyes full of tears.

Verse 77 (9.29.77)

अपश्यत महाप्राज्ञं विदुरं साश्रुलोचनम् । राज्ञः समीपान्निष्क्रान्तं शोकोपहतचेतसम् ॥

apaśyata mahāprājñaṃ viduraṃ sāśrulocanam | rājñaḥ samīpānniṣkrāntaṃ śokopahatacetasam

He saw the greatly wise Vidura, his eyes filled with tears, who had come out from the king's presence, his mind struck down with grief.

Verse 78 (9.29.78)

तमब्रवीत्सत्यधृतिः प्रणतं त्वग्रतः स्थितम् ॥

tamabravītsatyadhṛtiḥ praṇataṃ tvagrataḥ sthitam

Vidura, firm in truth, spoke to him as he stood bowing before him:

Note on the text: The alignment found no match: the line is CE 9.28.84a (tam abravīt satyadhṛtiḥ praṇataṃ tv agrataḥ sthitam). The page's heading विदुर उवाच follows this verse.

Verse 79 (9.29.79)

दिष्ट्या कुरुक्षये वृत्ते अस्मिंस्त्वं पुत्र जीवसि । विना राज्ञः प्रवेशाद्वै किमसि त्वमिहागतः । एतद्वै कारणं सर्वं विस्तरेण निवेदय ॥

diṣṭyā kurukṣaye vṛtte asmiṃstvaṃ putra jīvasi | vinā rājñaḥ praveśādvai kimasi tvamihāgataḥ | etadvai kāraṇaṃ sarvaṃ vistareṇa nivedaya

By good fortune, my son, you are alive now that this slaughter of the Kurus has come to pass. Why have you come here without the king's entering the city? Tell me the whole reason, in full.

Note on the text: Corrected पर्वेशार्द्वै → प्रवेशाद्वै (misprint in Wikisource; letters transposed and द्व for द्वै; the critical edition reads praveśād vai). The alignment found no match: the lines are CE 9.28.84c, 85a and 85c (line 1 reorders 84c: दिष्ट्या कुरुक्षये वृत्ते अस्मिंस्त्वं पुत्र जीवसि; recension variant, kept). Speaker Vidura per the page's heading विदुर उवाच (in the critical edition Sanjaya narrates the whole of this).

Verse 80 (9.29.80)

निहते शकुनौ तत्र सज्ञातिसुतबान्धवे । हतशेषपरीवारो राजा दुर्योधनस्ततः । स्वकं स हयमुत्सृज्य प्राङ्मुखः प्राद्रवद्भयात् ॥

nihate śakunau tatra sajñātisutabāndhave | hataśeṣaparīvāro rājā duryodhanastataḥ | svakaṃ sa hayamutsṛjya prāṅmukhaḥ prādravadbhayāt

When Shakuni was slain there with his kinsmen, sons and relations, King Duryodhana, his retinue reduced to a remnant, abandoned his own horse and fled in terror, facing east.

Note on the text: Speaker Yuyutsu per the page's heading युयुत्सुरुवाच. The page's reading तत्र (CE tāta) is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 81 (9.29.81)

अपक्रान्ते तु नृपतौ स्कन्धावारनिवेशनात् । भयव्याकुलितं सर्वं प्राद्रावन्नगरं प्रति ॥

apakrānte tu nṛpatau skandhāvāraniveśanāt | bhayavyākulitaṃ sarvaṃ prādrāvannagaraṃ prati

When the king had gone away from the encampment, the whole force, trembling with fear, ran toward the city.

Verse 82 (9.29.82)

ततो राज्ञः कलत्राणि भ्रातॄणां चास्य सर्वतः । वाहनेषु समारोप्य अध्यक्षाः प्राद्रावन्भयात् ॥

tato rājñaḥ kalatrāṇi bhrātṝṇāṃ cāsya sarvataḥ | vāhaneṣu samāropya adhyakṣāḥ prādrāvanbhayāt

Then the superintendents, placing the wives of the king and of his brothers on carriages on every side, fled in fear.

Verse 83 (9.29.83)

ततोऽहं समनुज्ञाप्य राजानं सहकेशवम् । प्रविष्टो हास्तिनपुरं रक्षन्लोकस्य वाच्यताम् ॥

tato'haṃ samanujñāpya rājānaṃ sahakeśavam | praviṣṭo hāstinapuraṃ rakṣanlokasya vācyatām

Then I, having taken leave of the king together with Keshava, entered Hastinapura, to guard against the reproach of the people.

Verse 84 (9.29.84)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु वचनं वैश्यापुत्रेण भाषितम् । प्राप्तकालमिति ज्ञात्वा विदुरः सर्वधर्मवित् । अपूजयदमेयात्मा युयुत्सुं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ vaiśyāputreṇa bhāṣitam | prāptakālamiti jñātvā viduraḥ sarvadharmavit | apūjayadameyātmā yuyutsuṃ vākyamabravīt

Hearing these words spoken by the son of the Vaishya woman, and knowing that the time had come, Vidura, who knew all dharma, of immeasurable soul, honoured Yuyutsu and spoke:

Note on the text: Line 3 reads वाक्यमब्रवीत् (CE vākyakovidam); recension variant, kept. The page's heading सञ्जय उवाच precedes this verse.

Verse 85 (9.29.85)

प्राप्तकालमिदं सर्वं ब्रुवता भरतक्षये । रक्षितः कुलधर्मश्च सानुक्रोशतया त्वया ॥

prāptakālamidaṃ sarvaṃ bruvatā bharatakṣaye | rakṣitaḥ kuladharmaśca sānukrośatayā tvayā

You have said what the time required, in this destruction of the Bharatas; and out of compassion you have kept the duty of the family.

Note on the text: Removed the opening square bracket (an editor's mark, closed after verse 87). Speaker: Vidura's own words (verse 84 introduces them: वाक्यमब्रवीत्; the page's Sanjaya heading before verse 84 is carried over, so verses 85-87 are given to Vidura). Line 1 is CE 9.28.91a (ब्रुवता; CE bhavato); line 2 is the CE star passage 9.28.91b*0175_01.

Verse 86 (9.29.86)

दिष्ट्या त्वामिह सङ्ग्रामादस्माद्वीरक्षयात्पुरम् । समागतमपश्याम ह्यंशुमन्तमिव प्रजाः ॥

diṣṭyā tvāmiha saṅgrāmādasmādvīrakṣayātpuram | samāgatamapaśyāma hyaṃśumantamiva prajāḥ

By good fortune, my child, we see you come to the city from this slaughter of heroes, as people see the shining sun return.

Note on the text: Corrected दिष्ठ्या → दिष्ट्या (misprint in Wikisource; ठ for ट; the critical edition's star passage reads diṣṭyā). Corrected सङ्ग्राम दस्माद् → सङ्ग्रामादस्माद् (misprint in Wikisource; stray space and a split word; the critical edition's star passage reads saṃgrāmād asmād). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 9.28.91b*0175_02-03, printed after 9.28.91. Speaker: Vidura's own words (see verse 85).

Verse 87 (9.29.87)

अन्धस्य नृपतेर्यष्टिर्लुब्धस्यादीर्घदर्शिनः । बहुशो याच्यमानस्य दैवोपहतचेतसः । त्वमेको व्यसनार्तस्य ध्रियसे पुत्र सर्वथा ॥

andhasya nṛpateryaṣṭirlubdhasyādīrghadarśinaḥ | bahuśo yācyamānasya daivopahatacetasaḥ | tvameko vyasanārtasya dhriyase putra sarvathā

You alone, my son, are the staff of the blind king, greedy and short-sighted, often begged to no avail, his mind struck down by fate; you alone sustain him in his affliction, in every way.

Note on the text: Corrected अन्धस्यं → अन्धस्य (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara; the critical edition's star passage reads andhasya). Removed the closing square bracket (an editor's mark opened in verse 85). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 9.28.91b*0175_04-06, printed after 9.28.91. Speaker: Vidura's own words (see verse 85).

Verse 88 (9.29.88)

अद्य त्वमिह विश्रान्तः श्वोऽभिगन्ता युधिष्ठिरम् । एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं विदुरः साश्रुलोचनः । युयुत्सुं समनुज्ञाप्य प्रविवेश नृपक्षयम् ॥

adya tvamiha viśrāntaḥ śvo'bhigantā yudhiṣṭhiram | etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ viduraḥ sāśrulocanaḥ | yuyutsuṃ samanujñāpya praviveśa nṛpakṣayam

"Rest here today; tomorrow you shall go to Yudhishthira." Having spoken these words, Vidura, with tears in his eyes, took leave of Yuyutsu and entered the royal palace.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match: line 1 is CE 9.28.91c (Vidura's words); line 2 corresponds to 92a (एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं विदुरः साश्रुलोचनः; CE …sarvadharmavit); line 3 is 92c. The first line is Vidura's speech inside Sanjaya's narration, so the verse stays with Sanjaya.

Verse 89 (9.29.89)

पौरजानपदैर्दुःखाद्धाहेति भृशनादितम् । निरानन्दं गतश्रीकं हृताराममिवाशयम् । शून्यरूपमपध्वस्तं दुःखाद्दुःखतरोऽभवत् ॥

paurajānapadairduḥkhāddhāheti bhṛśanāditam | nirānandaṃ gataśrīkaṃ hṛtārāmamivāśayam | śūnyarūpamapadhvastaṃ duḥkhādduḥkhataro'bhavat

The city resounded with the townsfolk's and countrymen's cries of "Alas!" in their grief; joyless, stripped of splendour, like a dwelling robbed of its garden, empty and ruined, it made Vidura more sorrowful than before.

Note on the text: Removed the opening square bracket (an editor's mark, closed after verse 91). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 9.28.92d*0177_01-03, printed after 9.28.92 (variants kept: हृताराममिवाशयम्, CE hṛtanāgam ivāśayam; the last line differs). The alignment found no match.

Verse 90 (9.29.90)

विदुरः सर्वधर्मज्ञो विक्लवेनान्तरात्मना । विवेश नगरे राजन्निशश्वास शनैः शनैः ॥

viduraḥ sarvadharmajño viklavenāntarātmanā | viveśa nagare rājanniśaśvāsa śanaiḥ śanaiḥ

Vidura, who knew all dharma, his inner self shaken, went into the city, O king, sighing slowly again and again.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 9.28.92d*0177_04-05, printed after 9.28.92. The alignment found no match.

Verse 91 (9.29.91)

युयुत्सुरपि तां रात्रिं स्वगृहे न्यवसत्तदा । वन्द्यमानः स्वकैश्चापि नाभ्यनन्दत्सुदुःखितः । चिन्तयानः क्षयं तीव्रं भरतानां परस्परम् ॥

yuyutsurapi tāṃ rātriṃ svagṛhe nyavasattadā | vandyamānaḥ svakaiścāpi nābhyanandatsuduḥkhitaḥ | cintayānaḥ kṣayaṃ tīvraṃ bharatānāṃ parasparam

And Yuyutsu spent that night in his own house, deeply grieved; though honoured by his own people, he took no joy in it, brooding on the terrible mutual destruction of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match: line 1 is CE 9.28.92e; lines 2-3 are its star passage 9.28.92f*0178_01-02. The page's colophon follows this verse and is not part of the text.