Yudhishthira's Coronation

Verse 1 (12.39.1)

ततः कुन्तीसुतो राजा गतमन्युर्गतज्वरः । काञ्चने प्राड्भुखो हृष्टो न्यषीदत्परमासने ॥

tataḥ kuntīsuto rājā gatamanyurgatajvaraḥ | kāñcane prāḍbhukho hṛṣṭo nyaṣīdatparamāsane

Then Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, freed from anger and from the fever of grief, glad, sat facing east on a golden seat.

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: the page is the right adhyaya (rows labelled 12-39-1 to 12-39-24; the colophon reads एकोनचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः । 39). Its text is the critical edition's 12.40.1-22 (the CE numbers this adhyaya 40), with several star passages. The title line above the table is a heading, not a verse. The page ends with its colophon; the glosses printed after the table (12-39-1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 16) are not added, and no other block follows. Not on the page: the CE star line 12.40.11d*0055_01 and the CE star passage 12.40.20d*0058_01-04 (vulgate omissions; not added), and the CE's Appendix I passage 12.40.22d@005 (the phalashruti lines after verse 22; not added). Speakers: the page heads Vaishampayana for the whole adhyaya; verses 21-23 are the assembled brahmins' words of blessing, unheaded, and are given to them.

Verse 2 (12.39.2)

तमेवाभिमुखौ पीठे प्रदीप्ते काञ्चने शुभे । सात्यकिर्वासुदेवश्च निषीदतुररिंदमौ ॥

tamevābhimukhau pīṭhe pradīpte kāñcane śubhe | sātyakirvāsudevaśca niṣīdaturariṃdamau

Facing him, on a shining, handsome golden seat, sat Satyaki and Vasudeva, the subduers of their foes.

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from the critical edition (12.40.2: tam evābhimukhau pīṭhe sevyāstaraṇasaṃvṛte, "on a seat covered with a handsome spread"); recension variant, Wikisource reading kept.

Verse 3 (12.39.3)

मध्ये कृत्वा तु राजानं भीमसेनार्जुनावुभौ । निषीदतुर्महात्मानौ श्लक्ष्णयोर्मणिपीठयोः ॥

madhye kṛtvā tu rājānaṃ bhīmasenārjunāvubhau | niṣīdaturmahātmānau ślakṣṇayormaṇipīṭhayoḥ

Placing the king between them, the two great-souled ones, Bhimasena and Arjuna, sat on two smooth jewelled seats.

Verse 4 (12.39.4)

दान्ते शय्यासने शुभ्रे जाम्बूनदविभूषिते । पृथाऽपि सहदेवेन सहास्ते नकुलेन च ॥

dānte śayyāsane śubhre jāmbūnadavibhūṣite | pṛthā'pi sahadevena sahāste nakulena ca

On a white ivory couch-seat adorned with river-gold, Pritha sat as well, together with Sahadeva and Nakula.

Verse 5 (12.39.5)

सुधर्मा विदुरो धौम्यो धृतराष्ट्रश्च कौरवः । निषेदुर्ज्वलनाकारेष्वासनेषु पृथक्पृथक् ॥

sudharmā viduro dhaumyo dhṛtarāṣṭraśca kauravaḥ | niṣedurjvalanākāreṣvāsaneṣu pṛthakpṛthak

Sudharma, Vidura, Dhaumya and the Kuru king Dhritarashtra sat each on a separate seat blazing like fire.

Verse 6 (12.39.6)

युयुत्सुः सञ्जयश्चैव गान्धारी च यशस्विनी । धृतराष्ट्रो यतो राजा ततः सर्वे समाविशन् ॥

yuyutsuḥ sañjayaścaiva gāndhārī ca yaśasvinī | dhṛtarāṣṭro yato rājā tataḥ sarve samāviśan

Yuyutsu, Sanjaya and the renowned Gandhari took their places, and wherever King Dhritarashtra sat, all the others settled around him.

Note on the text: Line 2 ends समाविशन् where the CE has upāviśan; recension variant.

Verse 7 (12.39.7)

तत्रोपविष्टो धर्मात्मा श्वेताः सुमनसोऽस्पृशत् । स्वस्तिकानक्षतान्भूमिं सुवर्णं रजतं मणीन् ॥

tatropaviṣṭo dharmātmā śvetāḥ sumanaso'spṛśat | svastikānakṣatānbhūmiṃ suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ maṇīn

Seated there, the righteous-souled king touched white flowers, swastika-marked offerings, unbroken rice, the earth, gold, silver and jewels.

Verse 8 (12.39.8)

ततः प्रकृतयः सर्वाः पुरस्कृत्य पुरोहितम् । ददृशुर्धर्मराजानमादाय बहुमङ्गलम् ॥

tataḥ prakṛtayaḥ sarvāḥ puraskṛtya purohitam | dadṛśurdharmarājānamādāya bahumaṅgalam

Then all the subjects, with the family priest at their head, came into the sight of King Dharmaraja, bringing many auspicious things:

Verse 9 (12.39.9)

पृथिवीं च सुवर्णं च रत्नानि विविधानि च । आभिषेचनिकं भाण्डं सर्वसंभारसंभृतम् ॥

pṛthivīṃ ca suvarṇaṃ ca ratnāni vividhāni ca | ābhiṣecanikaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ sarvasaṃbhārasaṃbhṛtam

earth, gold and jewels of many kinds, and the vessels for the consecration, furnished with every requisite.

Verse 10 (12.39.10)

काञ्चनौदुम्बरास्तत्र राजताः पृथिवीमयाः । पूर्णकुम्भाः सुमनसो लाजा बर्हीषि गोरसाः ॥

kāñcanaudumbarāstatra rājatāḥ pṛthivīmayāḥ | pūrṇakumbhāḥ sumanaso lājā barhīṣi gorasāḥ

There were vessels of gold, of copper, of silver and of clay, full jars, flowers, parched grain, kusha grass and products of the cow.

Verse 11 (12.39.11)

शमीपिप्पलपालाशसमिधो मधुसर्पिषी । स्रुव औदुम्बरः शङ्खस्तथा हेमविभूषितः ॥

śamīpippalapālāśasamidho madhusarpiṣī | sruva audumbaraḥ śaṅkhastathā hemavibhūṣitaḥ

There were sticks of shami, pippala and palasha wood, honey and ghee, a ladle of udumbara wood, and a conch adorned with gold.

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from the critical edition (12.40.11: śamīpalāśapuṃnāgāḥ …); recension variant.

Verse 12 (12.39.12)

दाशार्हेणाभ्यनुज्ञातस्तत्र धौम्यः पुरोहितः । प्रागुदक्प्रवणे वेदीं लक्षणेनोपलिख्य च ॥

dāśārheṇābhyanujñātastatra dhaumyaḥ purohitaḥ | prāgudakpravaṇe vedīṃ lakṣaṇenopalikhya ca

With the permission of Dasharha, Dhaumya the family priest marked out an altar on ground sloping to the north-east, drawing the proper lines.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads उपलिख्य where the CE has upalipya ha (recension variant); the form is good Sanskrit.

Verse 13 (12.39.13)

व्याघ्रचर्मोत्तरे शुक्ले सर्वतोभद्र आसने । दृढपादप्रतिष्ठाने हुताशनसमत्विषि ॥

vyāghracarmottare śukle sarvatobhadra āsane | dṛḍhapādapratiṣṭhāne hutāśanasamatviṣi

On it was a white all-auspicious seat spread with a tiger skin, firm on its legs and bright as fire.

Note on the text: Corrected हुताशनसमत्विपि → हुताशनसमत्विषि (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition reads hutāśanasamatviṣi, "bright as fire"). Line 1 reads शुक्ले where the CE has ślakṣṇe; recension variant.

Verse 14 (12.39.14)

उपवेश्य महात्मानं कृष्णां च द्रुपदात्मजाम् । जुहाव पावकं धीमान्विधिमन्त्रपुरस्कृतम् ॥

upaveśya mahātmānaṃ kṛṣṇāṃ ca drupadātmajām | juhāva pāvakaṃ dhīmānvidhimantrapuraskṛtam

Having seated the great-souled king there, together with Krishna, the daughter of Drupada, the wise priest made offering to the fire with rites and mantras.

Verse 15 (12.39.15)

तत उत्थाय दाशार्हः शङ्खमादाय पूरितम् । अभ्यषिञ्चत्पतिं पृथ्व्याः कुन्तीपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम् । धृतराष्ट्रश्च राजर्षिः सर्वाः प्रकृतयस्तथा ॥

tata utthāya dāśārhaḥ śaṅkhamādāya pūritam | abhyaṣiñcatpatiṃ pṛthvyāḥ kuntīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram | dhṛtarāṣṭraśca rājarṣiḥ sarvāḥ prakṛtayastathā

Then Dasharha stood up, took the filled conch, and consecrated Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, as lord of the earth, and so did the royal sage Dhritarashtra and all the subjects.

Note on the text: Three lines: line 1 is the critical edition's star line 12.40.14d*0056_01 (tata utthāya dāśārhaḥ śaṅkham ādāya pūjitam; Wikisource reads पूरितम् "filled" for pūjitam "honoured", recension variant); lines 2-3 are CE 12.40.15ac.

Verse 16 (12.39.16)

अनुज्ञातोऽथ कृष्णेन भ्रातृभिः सह पाण्डवः । पाञ्चजन्याभिषिक्तश्च राजाऽमृतमुखोऽभवत् ॥

anujñāto'tha kṛṣṇena bhrātṛbhiḥ saha pāṇḍavaḥ | pāñcajanyābhiṣiktaśca rājā'mṛtamukho'bhavat

Permitted by Krishna, together with his brothers, the Pandava, consecrated with the water of the Panchajanya, became a king with a face like nectar.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 12.40.15d*0057 (lines 01-02: samanujñāya kṛṣṇena bhrātṛbhiḥ saha pāṇḍavaḥ / pāñcajanyābhiṣiktaś ca rājāmṛtamukho 'bhavat), with the variant अनुज्ञातोऽथ for samanujñāya.

Verse 17 (12.39.17)

ततोऽनुवादयामासुः पणवानकदुन्दुभीन् ॥

tato'nuvādayāmāsuḥ paṇavānakadundubhīn

Then they made the panava drums, the anakas and the dundubhis sound.

Note on the text: A single line in the page's division: it is CE 12.40.16a. The page carries 16c (below) as the first line of the next verse.

Verse 18 (12.39.18)

धर्मराजोऽपि तत्सर्वं प्रतिजग्राह धर्मतः । पूजयामास तांश्चापि विधिवद्भूरिदक्षिणः ॥

dharmarājo'pi tatsarvaṃ pratijagrāha dharmataḥ | pūjayāmāsa tāṃścāpi vidhivadbhūridakṣiṇaḥ

Dharmaraja received all that in due form, and he also honoured them as the rite required, giving rich fees.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 12.40.16c; line 2 is CE 12.40.17a.

Verse 19 (12.39.19)

ततो निष्कसहस्रेण ब्राह्मणान्स्वस्त्यवाचयन् । वेदाध्ययनसंपन्नान्धृतिशीलसमन्वितान् ॥

tato niṣkasahasreṇa brāhmaṇānsvastyavācayan | vedādhyayanasaṃpannāndhṛtiśīlasamanvitān

Then for a thousand nishkas they had brahmins, learned in the Veda and endowed with steadfastness and good conduct, pronounce the blessing.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 12.40.17c; line 2 is CE 12.40.17e (variant: vedādhyayanasaṃpannāñ śīlavṛttasamanvitān).

Verse 20 (12.39.20)

ते प्रीता ब्राह्मणा राजन्स्वस्त्यूचुर्जयमेव च । हंसा इव च नर्दन्तः प्रशशंसुर्युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

te prītā brāhmaṇā rājansvastyūcurjayameva ca | haṃsā iva ca nardantaḥ praśaśaṃsuryudhiṣṭhiram

Pleased, those brahmins, O king, uttered blessings and cries of victory, and praised Yudhishthira with a sound like the cries of swans.

Verse 21 (12.39.21)

युधिष्ठिर महाबाहो दिष्ट्या जयसि पाण्डव । दिष्ट्या स्वधर्मं प्राप्तोऽसि विक्रमेण महाद्युते ॥

yudhiṣṭhira mahābāho diṣṭyā jayasi pāṇḍava | diṣṭyā svadharmaṃ prāpto'si vikrameṇa mahādyute

"O Yudhishthira of mighty arms, by good fortune you have won, O Pandava. By good fortune, through your valour, you have reached your own rightful place, O greatly radiant one."

Note on the text: The brahmins' blessing, unheaded (the CE prints no heading here either); the input carried Vaishampayana over.

Verse 22 (12.39.22)

दिष्ट्या गाण्डीवधन्वा च भीमसेनश्च पाण्डवः । त्वं चापि कुशली राजन्माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ ॥

diṣṭyā gāṇḍīvadhanvā ca bhīmasenaśca pāṇḍavaḥ | tvaṃ cāpi kuśalī rājanmādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau

"By good fortune the wielder of the Gandiva and Bhimasena the Pandava are safe, and you too, O king, and the two sons of Madri, the Pandavas."

Note on the text: The brahmins' blessing, unheaded (the CE prints no heading here either); the input carried Vaishampayana over.

Verse 23 (12.39.23)

मुक्ता वीरक्षयात्तस्मात्संग्रामाद्विजितद्विषः । क्षिप्रमुत्तरकार्याणि कुरु सर्वाणि भारत ॥

muktā vīrakṣayāttasmātsaṃgrāmādvijitadviṣaḥ | kṣipramuttarakāryāṇi kuru sarvāṇi bhārata

"Freed from that destruction of heroes, that battle, with your enemies conquered, quickly do all the tasks that come next, O Bharata."

Note on the text: The brahmins' blessing, unheaded (the CE prints no heading here either); the input carried Vaishampayana over. Line 1 differs from the critical edition (12.40.21: muktā vīrakṣayād asmāt saṃgrāmān nihatadviṣaḥ; line 2 uttarakālāni … kāryāṇi pāṇḍava); recension variants.

Verse 24 (12.39.24)

ततः प्रीत्याऽर्चितः सद्भिर्धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः । प्रतिपेदे महद्राज्यं सुहृद्भिः सह भारत ॥

tataḥ prītyā'rcitaḥ sadbhirdharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | pratipede mahadrājyaṃ suhṛdbhiḥ saha bhārata

Then, honoured with affection by the good, Dharmaraja Yudhishthira took up his great kingdom together with his friends, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; the verse is CE 12.40.22 (tataḥ pratyarcitaḥ sadbhir dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ), line 1 with the recension variant प्रीत्याऽर्चितः for pratyarcitaḥ.