Funeral Rites and Gifts for the Dead

Verse 1 (12.41.1)

ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा ज्ञातीनां ये हता युधि । श्राद्धानि कारयामास तेषां पृथगुदारधीः ॥

tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā jñātīnāṃ ye hatā yudhi | śrāddhāni kārayāmāsa teṣāṃ pṛthagudāradhīḥ

Then King Yudhishthira, of noble mind, had the funeral rites performed separately for those of his kinsmen who had been killed in battle.

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: the page is the right adhyaya (rows labelled 12-41-1 to 12-41-12; the colophon reads एकचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः । 41). Its text is the critical edition's 12.42.1-12 (the CE numbers this adhyaya 42; no star passages), verse for verse. The title line above the table is a heading, not a verse. The page ends with its colophon; the one gloss printed after the table (12-41-10, a variant reading) is not added, and no other block follows. Speaker: the page heads Vaishampayana for the whole adhyaya, all of it narration. Line 1 reads युधि where the CE has mṛdhe (recension variant).

Verse 2 (12.41.2)

धृतराष्ट्रो ददौ राजा पुत्राणामौर्ध्वदेहिकम् । सर्वकामगुणोपेतमन्नं गाश्च धनानि च । रत्नानि च विचित्राणि महार्हाणि महायशाः ॥

dhṛtarāṣṭro dadau rājā putrāṇāmaurdhvadehikam | sarvakāmaguṇopetamannaṃ gāśca dhanāni ca | ratnāni ca vicitrāṇi mahārhāṇi mahāyaśāḥ

King Dhritarashtra gave the funeral gifts for his sons: food with every desirable quality, cows and wealth, and rare and costly jewels of many kinds, that king of great renown.

Verse 3 (12.41.3)

युधिष्ठिरस्तु द्रोणस्य कर्णस्य च महात्मनः । धृष्टद्युम्नाभिमन्युभ्यां हेडिम्बस्य च रक्षसः ॥

yudhiṣṭhirastu droṇasya karṇasya ca mahātmanaḥ | dhṛṣṭadyumnābhimanyubhyāṃ heḍimbasya ca rakṣasaḥ

And Yudhishthira did so for Drona, for the great-souled Karna, for Dhrishtadyumna and Abhimanyu, and for the rakshasa Haidimba.

Note on the text: Line 1 gives Drona before Karna; the CE has karṇasya droṇasya (recension variant).

Verse 4 (12.41.4)

विराटप्रभृतीनां च सुहृदामुपकारिणाम् । द्रुपदद्रौपदेयानां द्रौपद्या सहितो ददौ ॥

virāṭaprabhṛtīnāṃ ca suhṛdāmupakāriṇām | drupadadraupadeyānāṃ draupadyā sahito dadau

For Virata and the others, his friends and benefactors, and for Drupada and the sons of Draupadi, he gave, together with Draupadi.

Verse 5 (12.41.5)

ब्राह्मणानां सहस्राणि पृथगेकैकमुद्दिशन् । धनै रत्नैश्च गोभिश्च वस्त्रैश्च समतर्पयत् ॥

brāhmaṇānāṃ sahasrāṇi pṛthagekaikamuddiśan | dhanai ratnaiśca gobhiśca vastraiśca samatarpayat

Dedicating the gifts to each of the dead in turn, he satisfied thousands of brahmins with wealth, jewels, cows and clothing.

Note on the text: Line 2 differs from the critical edition (12.42.5: dhanaiś ca vastrai ratnaiś ca gobhiś ca samatarpayat); order of the items and the verb form, recension variants.

Verse 6 (12.41.6)

ये चान्ये पृथिवीपाला येषां नास्ति सुहृज्जनः । उद्दिश्योद्दिश्य तेषां च चक्रे राजौर्ध्वदेहिकम् ॥

ye cānye pṛthivīpālā yeṣāṃ nāsti suhṛjjanaḥ | uddiśyoddiśya teṣāṃ ca cakre rājaurdhvadehikam

And for the other kings of the earth who had no friend left, the king performed the funeral rites, naming them one by one.

Verse 7 (12.41.7)

सभाः प्रपाश्च विविधास्तटाकानि च पाण्डवः । सुहृदां कारयामास सर्वेषामौर्ध्वदेहिकम् ॥

sabhāḥ prapāśca vividhāstaṭākāni ca pāṇḍavaḥ | suhṛdāṃ kārayāmāsa sarveṣāmaurdhvadehikam

The Pandava also had halls, water-sheds and many tanks built as the funeral rite for all his friends.

Verse 8 (12.41.8)

स तेषामनृणो भूत्वा गत्वा लोकेष्ववाच्यताम् । कृतकृत्योऽभवद्राजा प्रजा धर्मेण पालयन् ॥

sa teṣāmanṛṇo bhūtvā gatvā lokeṣvavācyatām | kṛtakṛtyo'bhavadrājā prajā dharmeṇa pālayan

Having cleared his debt to them and passed beyond reproach in the worlds, the king felt his duty done, and ruled his subjects by dharma.

Verse 9 (12.41.9)

धृतराष्ट्रं यथापूर्वं गान्धारीं विदुरं तथा । सर्वांश्च कौरवान्मान्यान्भृत्यांश्च समपूजयत् ॥

dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ yathāpūrvaṃ gāndhārīṃ viduraṃ tathā | sarvāṃśca kauravānmānyānbhṛtyāṃśca samapūjayat

Dhritarashtra, Gandhari and Vidura he honoured as before, and all the revered Kauravas and the servants as well.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads कौरवान्मान्यान् where the CE has kauravāmātyān (recension variant).

Verse 10 (12.41.10)

याश्च तत्र स्त्रियः काश्चिद्धतवीरा हतात्मजाः । सर्वास्ताः कौरवो राजा संपूज्यापालयद्धृणी ॥

yāśca tatra striyaḥ kāściddhatavīrā hatātmajāḥ | sarvāstāḥ kauravo rājā saṃpūjyāpālayaddhṛṇī

And whatever women were there whose heroes and sons had been slain, the Kuru king, compassionate, honoured them all and protected them.

Note on the text: Corrected संपूज्यापालायद्धृणी → संपूज्यापालयद्धृणी (misprint in Wikisource; a stray ा after the ल; the critical edition reads saṃpūjyāpālayad ghṛṇī). The page prints a doubled danda after line 1; the input already has a single one.

Verse 11 (12.41.11)

दीनान्धकृपणानां च गृहाच्छादनभोजनैः । आनृशंस्यपरो राजा चकारानुग्रहं प्रभुः ॥

dīnāndhakṛpaṇānāṃ ca gṛhācchādanabhojanaiḥ | ānṛśaṃsyaparo rājā cakārānugrahaṃ prabhuḥ

With houses, clothing and food he showed kindness to the wretched, the blind and the poor, that lord, devoted to gentleness.

Verse 12 (12.41.12)

स विजित्य महीं कृत्स्नामानृण्यं प्राप्य वैरिषु । निःसपत्नः सुखी राजा विजहार युधिष्ठिरः ॥

sa vijitya mahīṃ kṛtsnāmānṛṇyaṃ prāpya vairiṣu | niḥsapatnaḥ sukhī rājā vijahāra yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Having conquered the whole earth and cleared the debt of enmity against his foes, Yudhishthira lived happily as a king without rivals.