Gandhari Mourns Duryodhana

Verse 1 (11.17.1)

दुर्योधनं हतं दृष्ट्वा गान्धारी शोककर्शिता । सहसा न्यपतद्भूमौ छिन्नेव कदली वने ॥

duryodhanaṃ hataṃ dṛṣṭvā gāndhārī śokakarśitā | sahasā nyapatadbhūmau chinneva kadalī vane

Seeing Duryodhana slain, Gandhari, wasted with grief, suddenly fell to the ground like a plantain tree cut down in the forest.

Note on the text: Recension variant of CE 11.17.1 (CE tato duryodhanaṃ dṛṣṭvā gāndhārī śokakarśitā; Wikisource has दुर्योधनं हतं दृष्ट्वा), kept.

Verse 2 (11.17.2)

सा तु लब्ध्वा पुनः संज्ञां विक्रुश्य च विलप्य च । दुर्योधनमभिप्रेक्ष्य शयानं रुधिरोक्षितम् ॥

sā tu labdhvā punaḥ saṃjñāṃ vikruśya ca vilapya ca | duryodhanamabhiprekṣya śayānaṃ rudhirokṣitam

When she had regained consciousness, crying out and lamenting, she looked at Duryodhana lying smeared with blood,

Verse 3 (11.17.3)

परिष्वज्याथ गान्धारी कृपणं पर्यदेवयत् । हाहापुत्रेति शोकार्ता विललापाकुलेन्द्रिया ॥

pariṣvajyātha gāndhārī kṛpaṇaṃ paryadevayat | hāhāputreti śokārtā vilalāpākulendriyā

and, embracing him, Gandhari lamented piteously, crying "Ah, my son!" in her grief, her senses overwhelmed.

Verse 4 (11.17.4)

सुगूढजत्रु विपुलं हारनिष्कविभूषितम् । वारिणा नेत्रजेनोरः सिञ्चन्ती शोकतापिता ॥

sugūḍhajatru vipulaṃ hāraniṣkavibhūṣitam | vāriṇā netrajenoraḥ siñcantī śokatāpitā

She sprinkled with the water of her eyes his broad chest, its collarbones well hidden, adorned with necklaces and gold ornaments, tormented as she was by grief,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are CE 11.17.4a and 4c; the CE's third line (4e) stands as line 1 of the next verse here. The alignment found no match.

Verse 5 (11.17.5)

समीपस्थं हृषीकेशमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् । उपस्थितेऽस्मिन्सङ्ग्रामे ज्ञातीनां संक्षये विभो ॥

samīpasthaṃ hṛṣīkeśamidaṃ vacanamabravīt | upasthite'sminsaṅgrāme jñātīnāṃ saṃkṣaye vibho

and spoke these words to Hrishikesha, who stood near her: "When this war had arrived, lord, bringing the destruction of our kinsmen,

Note on the text: Corrected हृषीकेशमिद → हृषीकेशमिदं (misprint in Wikisource; anusvara dropped; CE 11.17.4e idaṃ vacanam). Line 1 is CE 11.17.4e; line 2 is CE 11.17.5a, where Gandhari's speech begins. The verse is left whole under the narrator. The alignment found no match.

Verse 6 (11.17.6)

मामयं प्राह वार्ष्णेय प्राञ्चलिर्नृपसत्तमः । अस्मिञ्ज्ञातिसमुद्धर्षे जयमम्बा ब्रवीतु मे ॥

māmayaṃ prāha vārṣṇeya prāñcalirnṛpasattamaḥ | asmiñjñātisamuddharṣe jayamambā bravītu me

this best of kings, Varshneya, said to me with joined palms: 'Mother, speak victory for me in this slaughter of kinsmen.'

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading. Line 1 is CE 11.17.5c, line 2 is CE 11.17.5e. The alignment found no match.

Verse 7 (11.17.7)

इत्युक्ते जानती सर्वमहं स्वव्यसनागमम् । अब्रुवं पुरुषव्याघ्र यतो धर्मस्ततो जयः ॥

ityukte jānatī sarvamahaṃ svavyasanāgamam | abruvaṃ puruṣavyāghra yato dharmastato jayaḥ

Told this, knowing the whole of my own coming misfortune, I answered, tiger among men: 'Where there is dharma, there is victory.'

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading. Lines 1–2 are CE 11.17.6a and 6c; the CE's star line 11.17.6b*0050_01 is not in Wikisource.

Verse 8 (11.17.8)

तथा तु युध्यमानस्त्वं सम्प्रगृह्य सुपुत्रक । ध्रुवं शस्त्रजिताँल्लोकान्प्राप्स्यस्यमरवत्प्रभो ॥

tathā tu yudhyamānastvaṃ sampragṛhya suputraka | dhruvaṃ śastrajitām̐llokānprāpsyasyamaravatprabho

'Fighting like that, taking up your arms, my good son, you will surely gain, lord, the worlds won by weapons, as the immortals do.'

Note on the text: Corrected युव्यमान → युध्यमान (misprint in Wikisource; व् for ध्; CE yudhyamāna). Corrected शखजिताँल्लोकान् → शस्त्रजिताँल्लोकान् (misprint in Wikisource; त्र dropped; CE 11.17.7c śastrajitāṃl lokān). Speaker supplied: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading. Recension variant of CE 11.17.7 (CE yathā na yudhyamānas tvaṃ saṃpramuhyasi putraka / dhruvaṃ śastrajitāṃl lokān prāptāsy amaravad vibho), kept.

Verse 9 (11.17.9)

इत्येवमब्रुवं पूर्वं नैवं शोचामि वै प्रभो । धृतराष्ट्रं तु शोचामि कृपणं हतबान्धवम् ॥

ityevamabruvaṃ pūrvaṃ naivaṃ śocāmi vai prabho | dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ tu śocāmi kṛpaṇaṃ hatabāndhavam

So I spoke before, and I do not grieve for him thus, lord. I grieve for Dhritarashtra, wretched, his kinsmen slain.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (11.17.8a): Wikisource prints इत्येवxxx where its text is lost; restored to इत्येवमब्रुवं (CE ity evam abruvaṃ). Wikisource's नैवं (CE nainaṃ) is kept as a recension variant. Speaker: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading.

Verse 10 (11.17.10)

अमर्षणं युधां श्रेष्ठं कृतास्त्रं युद्धदुर्मदम् । शयानं वीरशयने पश्य माधव मे सुतम् ॥

amarṣaṇaṃ yudhāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ kṛtāstraṃ yuddhadurmadam | śayānaṃ vīraśayane paśya mādhava me sutam

See, Madhava, my son, intolerant of insult, best of fighters, skilled in weapons, maddened for battle, lying on a hero's bed.

Note on the text: Corrected अमर्वणं → अमर्षणं (misprint in Wikisource; व for ष; CE 11.17.9a amarṣaṇam). Speaker supplied: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading.

Verse 11 (11.17.11)

योऽयं मूर्धावसिक्तानामग्रे याति परन्तपः । सोऽयं पांसुषु शेतेऽद्य पश्य कालस्य पर्ययम् ॥

yo'yaṃ mūrdhāvasiktānāmagre yāti parantapaḥ | so'yaṃ pāṃsuṣu śete'dya paśya kālasya paryayam

He who used to go at the head of anointed kings, scourge of his enemies, now lies in the dust. See how Time turns.

Note on the text: Corrected बोऽयं → योऽयं (misprint in Wikisource; ब for य; CE 11.17.10a yo 'yam). Corrected मूर्धावसिक्तानाये → मूर्धावसिक्तानामग्रे (misprint in Wikisource; मूर्धावसिक्तानामग्रे is the evident word (the final syllables are garbled); CE mūrdhāvasiktānām agre). Corrected सोऽवं → सोऽयं (misprint in Wikisource; व for य; CE so 'yam). Corrected पञ्च कालस्य → पश्य कालस्य (misprint in Wikisource; पञ्च for पश्य; CE paśya kālasya). Speaker supplied: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading.

Verse 12 (11.17.12)

ध्रुवं दुर्योधनो वीरो गतिं न सुलभां गतः । तथा ह्यभिमुखः शेते शयने वीरसेविते ॥

dhruvaṃ duryodhano vīro gatiṃ na sulabhāṃ gataḥ | tathā hyabhimukhaḥ śete śayane vīrasevite

Surely the hero Duryodhana has reached a goal not easily won, for he lies facing the enemy on a bed fit for heroes.

Note on the text: Corrected दुवं → ध्रुवं (misprint in Wikisource; ध्र dropped; CE 11.17.11a dhruvam). Restored from the critical edition (11.17.11c): Wikisource prints अभिxxxx where its text is lost; restored to अभिमुखः (CE abhimukhaḥ). Speaker supplied: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading.

Verse 13 (11.17.13)

यं पुरा पर्युपासीना रमयन्ति वरस्त्रियः । तं वीरशयने सुप्तं रमयन्त्यशिवाः शिवाः ॥

yaṃ purā paryupāsīnā ramayanti varastriyaḥ | taṃ vīraśayane suptaṃ ramayantyaśivāḥ śivāḥ

The man whom lovely women once sat around and delighted, now asleep on a hero's bed, is "delighted" by ill-omened jackals and she-jackals.

Note on the text: Corrected समयन्ति → रमयन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; स for र; CE 11.17.11d*0051_01 ramayanti). Corrected सं वीरशयने → तं वीरशयने (misprint in Wikisource; सं for तं; CE star line taṃ vīraśayane). Speaker supplied: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: these two lines are its star passage 11.17.11d*0051_01–02 (yaṃ purā paryupāsīnā ramayanti varastriyaḥ / taṃ vīraśayane suptaṃ ramayanty aśivāḥ śivāḥ), which the alignment did not match.

Verse 14 (11.17.14)

यं पुरा पर्युपासीना रमयन्ति महीक्षितः । महीतलस्थं निहतं गृध्रास्तं पर्युपासते ॥

yaṃ purā paryupāsīnā ramayanti mahīkṣitaḥ | mahītalasthaṃ nihataṃ gṛdhrāstaṃ paryupāsate

The man whom kings once sat around and delighted, now that he lies slain on the ground, vultures sit around.

Note on the text: Corrected महीतलस्यं → महीतलस्थं (misprint in Wikisource; य for थ; CE 11.17.12c mahītalasthaṃ). Speaker supplied: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading.

Verse 15 (11.17.15)

यं पुरा व्यजनैरम्यैरुपवीजन्ति योषितः । तमद्य पक्षव्यजनैरुपवीजन्ति पक्षिणः ॥

yaṃ purā vyajanairamyairupavījanti yoṣitaḥ | tamadya pakṣavyajanairupavījanti pakṣiṇaḥ

The man whom women once fanned with lovely fans, birds now fan with the fans of their wings.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading. Joined पक्षव्यजनै रुपवीजन्ति → पक्षव्यजनैरुपवीजन्ति (stray space in Wikisource; the text is unchanged). Line 1 is a recension variant (CE agryair for रम्यैः), kept.

Verse 16 (11.17.16)

एष शेते महाबाहुर्बलवान्सत्यविक्रमः । सिंहेनेव द्विपः सङ्ख्ये भीमसेनेन पातितः ॥

eṣa śete mahābāhurbalavānsatyavikramaḥ | siṃheneva dvipaḥ saṅkhye bhīmasenena pātitaḥ

Here lies the mighty-armed, strong, truly valiant man, brought down in battle by Bhimasena as an elephant is by a lion.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading.

Verse 17 (11.17.17)

पश्य दुर्योधनं कृष्ण शयानं रुधिरोक्षितम् । निहतं भीमसेनेन गदां सम्मृज्य भारत ॥

paśya duryodhanaṃ kṛṣṇa śayānaṃ rudhirokṣitam | nihataṃ bhīmasenena gadāṃ sammṛjya bhārata

Look at Duryodhana, Krishna, lying smeared with blood, slain by Bhimasena as, O Bharata, he brandished his mace.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading. Line 2 is a recension variant (CE nihataṃ bhīmasenena gadām udyamya bhārata; Wikisource has सम्मृज्य, kept).

Verse 18 (11.17.18)

अक्षौहिणीर्महाबाहुर्दश चैकां च केशव । आनयद्यः पुरा सङ्ख्ये सोऽनयान्निधनं गतः ॥

akṣauhiṇīrmahābāhurdaśa caikāṃ ca keśava | ānayadyaḥ purā saṅkhye so'nayānnidhanaṃ gataḥ

The mighty-armed man who once brought eleven akshauhinis into battle, Keshava, has met his death through his own misconduct.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading.

Verse 19 (11.17.19)

एष दुर्योधनः शेते महेष्वासो महाबलः । शार्दूल इव सिंहेन भीमसेनेन पातितः ॥

eṣa duryodhanaḥ śete maheṣvāso mahābalaḥ | śārdūla iva siṃhena bhīmasenena pātitaḥ

Here lies Duryodhana, the great archer, of great strength, brought down by Bhimasena as a tiger is by a lion.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading. Line 2 is a recension variant (CE maheṣvāso mahārathaḥ), kept.

Verse 20 (11.17.20)

विदुरं ह्यवमत्यैष पितरं चैव मन्दभाक् । बालो वृद्धावमानेन मन्दो मृत्युवशं गतः ॥

viduraṃ hyavamatyaiṣa pitaraṃ caiva mandabhāk | bālo vṛddhāvamānena mando mṛtyuvaśaṃ gataḥ

Scorning Vidura, and his own father too, this unlucky boy, a fool in his contempt for his elders, has fallen into the power of Death.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading.

Verse 21 (11.17.21)

निःसपत्ना मही यस्य त्रयोदशसमाः स्थिता । स शेते निहतो भूमौ पुत्रो मे पृथिवीपतिः ॥

niḥsapatnā mahī yasya trayodaśasamāḥ sthitā | sa śete nihato bhūmau putro me pṛthivīpatiḥ

For thirteen years the earth, without a rival, remained his; he lies slain on the ground, my son, the lord of the earth.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading.

Verse 22 (11.17.22)

अपश्यं कृष्ण पृथिवीं धार्तराष्ट्रानुशासिताम् । पूर्णां हस्तिगवाश्वैश्च वार्ष्णेय न तु तच्चिरम् ॥

apaśyaṃ kṛṣṇa pṛthivīṃ dhārtarāṣṭrānuśāsitām | pūrṇāṃ hastigavāśvaiśca vārṣṇeya na tu tacciram

I saw, Krishna, the earth ruled by Dhritarashtra's sons, full of elephants, cows and horses; but it did not last long, Varshneya.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading.

Verse 23 (11.17.23)

तामेवाद्य महाबाहो पश्याम्यन्यानुशासिताम् । हीनां हस्तिगवाश्वेन किन्नु जीवामि माधव ॥

tāmevādya mahābāho paśyāmyanyānuśāsitām | hīnāṃ hastigavāśvena kinnu jīvāmi mādhava

That same earth, mighty-armed one, I see today governed by others and stripped of elephants, cows and horses. Why do I live on, Madhava?

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading.

Verse 24 (11.17.24)

इदं कष्टतरं पश्य पुत्रस्यापि वधान्मम । या इमाः पर्युपासन्ते हताञ्शूरान्रणे स्त्रियः ॥

idaṃ kaṣṭataraṃ paśya putrasyāpi vadhānmama | yā imāḥ paryupāsante hatāñśūrānraṇe striyaḥ

See what is harder to bear even than the killing of my son: these women who sit around the heroes slain in the battle.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading.

Verse 25 (11.17.25)

प्रकीर्णकेशां सुश्रोणीं दुर्योधनभुजाङ्कगाम् । रुक्मवेदिनिभां पश्य कृष्ण लक्ष्मणमातरम् ॥

prakīrṇakeśāṃ suśroṇīṃ duryodhanabhujāṅkagām | rukmavedinibhāṃ paśya kṛṣṇa lakṣmaṇamātaram

Look, Krishna, at Lakshmana's mother, her hair loose, her hips fair, bright as a golden altar, lying in the crook of Duryodhana's arm.

Note on the text: Corrected दुर्योधनभूजाङ्कगाम् → दुर्योधनभुजाङ्कगाम् (misprint in Wikisource; ू for ु; CE 11.17.23a duryodhanabhujāṅkagām). Speaker supplied: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading.

Verse 26 (11.17.26)

नूनमेषा पुरा बाला जीवमाने महाभुजे । भुजावाश्रित्य रमते सुभुजस्य मनस्विनी ॥

nūnameṣā purā bālā jīvamāne mahābhuje | bhujāvāśritya ramate subhujasya manasvinī

Surely this proud young woman, while the mighty-armed man lived, used to take delight resting on the arms of her well-armed husband.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading.

Verse 27 (11.17.27)

कथं तु शतधा नेदं हृदयं मम दीर्यते । पश्यन्त्या निहतं पुत्रं पौत्रेण सहितं रणे ॥

kathaṃ tu śatadhā nedaṃ hṛdayaṃ mama dīryate | paśyantyā nihataṃ putraṃ pautreṇa sahitaṃ raṇe

How is it that my heart does not split into a hundred pieces, as I see my son slain in battle, and my grandson with him?

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading. Page note: line 2 reads पुत्रेण सहितं रणे in one manuscript (झ.पाठः); not adopted.

Verse 28 (11.17.28)

पुत्रं रुधिरसंसिक्तमुपजिघ्रत्यनिन्दिता । दुर्योधनं तु वामोरूः पाणिना परिमार्जती ॥

putraṃ rudhirasaṃsiktamupajighratyaninditā | duryodhanaṃ tu vāmorūḥ pāṇinā parimārjatī

The blameless woman kisses her blood-drenched son, and, fair-thighed, wipes Duryodhana with her hand.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading.

Verse 29 (11.17.29)

किन्नु शोचति भर्तारं हतपुत्रं मनस्विनी । तथा ह्यवस्थिता भाति पुत्रं चाप्यभिवीक्ष्य सा ॥

kinnu śocati bhartāraṃ hataputraṃ manasvinī | tathā hyavasthitā bhāti putraṃ cāpyabhivīkṣya sā

Is the proud woman grieving for her husband, who has lost his son? So she seems, standing there, looking at her son as well.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading.

Verse 30 (11.17.30)

स्वशिरः पञ्चशाखाभ्यामभिहत्यायतेक्षणा । पतत्युरसि वीरस्य कुरुराजस्य माधव ॥

svaśiraḥ pañcaśākhābhyāmabhihatyāyatekṣaṇā | patatyurasi vīrasya kururājasya mādhava

Beating her own head with her five-branched hands, the wide-eyed woman falls on the chest of the Kuru king, the hero, Madhava.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading.

Verse 31 (11.17.31)

पुण्डरीकनिभा भाति पुण्डरीकान्तरप्रभा । मुखं प्रमृज्य पुत्रस्य भर्तुश्चैव तपस्विनी ॥

puṇḍarīkanibhā bhāti puṇḍarīkāntaraprabhā | mukhaṃ pramṛjya putrasya bhartuścaiva tapasvinī

She is radiant as a lotus, with the glow of the lotus's heart, the poor woman, as she wipes the face of her son and of her husband.

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading. Page note: पञ्चशाखाभ्यां means the two hands with their five fingers.

Verse 32 (11.17.32)

यदि सत्यागमाः सन्ति यदि वै श्रुतयस्तथा । ध्रुवं लोकानवाप्तोऽयं नृपो बाहुबलार्जितान् ॥

yadi satyāgamāḥ santi yadi vai śrutayastathā | dhruvaṃ lokānavāpto'yaṃ nṛpo bāhubalārjitān

If there are true scriptures, if the Vedas truly exist, then surely this king has gained the worlds won by the strength of his arms."

Note on the text: Speaker supplied: Gandhari's direct speech to Krishna, with no printed heading.