Krishna Rebukes Gandhari; the Dead Are Counted and Burned

Verse 1 (11.26.1)

उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ गान्धारि मा च शोके मनः कृथाः । तवैव ह्यपराधेन कुरवो निधनं गताः ॥

uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha gāndhāri mā ca śoke manaḥ kṛthāḥ | tavaiva hyaparādhena kuravo nidhanaṃ gatāḥ

Rise, rise, Gandhari, and do not set your mind on grief. It is through your own fault that the Kurus have met their end.

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: the page is the right adhyaya (rows labelled 11-26-1 to 11-26-44; the colophon reads षड्विंशोऽध्यायः । 26) and it is the critical edition's 11.26 (44 verses), verse for verse. The two summary lines above the table are headings, not verses. The page ends with its colophon; the glosses printed after the table (11-26-2, 3, 4, 5, 17, 24, 43 and the adhyaya name) are not added, and no text of the next adhyaya follows. Not on the page: the CE star lines 11.26.11b*0068_01-02, 14d*0069_01 and 38b*0070_01 (vulgate omissions; not added). The CE verses 11.25.44-46 listed as unmatched in the input belong to the preceding adhyaya, not to this page. Speaker: Krishna is headed श्रीभगवान् on the page (the CE heads him vāsudeva); the page's heading is kept.

Verse 2 (11.26.2)

यत्त्वं पुत्रं दुरात्मानमीर्षुमत्यन्तमानिनम् । दुर्योधनं पुरस्कृत्य दुष्कृतं साधु मन्यसे ॥

yattvaṃ putraṃ durātmānamīrṣumatyantamāninam | duryodhanaṃ puraskṛtya duṣkṛtaṃ sādhu manyase

You made your son Duryodhana, an evil-minded, envious and exceedingly proud man, your guide, and thought his wrongdoing right.

Verse 3 (11.26.3)

निष्ठुरं वैरपुरुषं वृद्धानां शासनातिगम् । कथमात्मकृतं दोषं मय्याधातुमिहेच्छसि ॥

niṣṭhuraṃ vairapuruṣaṃ vṛddhānāṃ śāsanātigam | kathamātmakṛtaṃ doṣaṃ mayyādhātumihecchasi

He was cruel, a man of enmity, who flouted the rule of his elders. How, then, do you wish to lay upon me a fault of your own making?

Verse 4 (11.26.4)

मृतं वा यदि वा नष्टं योऽतीतमनुशोचति । दुःखेन लभते दुःखं द्वावनर्थौ प्रपद्यते ॥

mṛtaṃ vā yadi vā naṣṭaṃ yo'tītamanuśocati | duḥkhena labhate duḥkhaṃ dvāvanarthau prapadyate

Whoever grieves over what is dead or lost, over what is past, gets sorrow from sorrow and falls into two misfortunes.

Verse 5 (11.26.5)

तपोर्थीयं ब्राह्मणी धत्त गर्भं । गौर्वोढारं धावितारं तुरङ्गी । शूद्रा दासं पशुपालं च वैश्या । वधार्थीयं त्वद्विधा राजपुत्री ॥

taporthīyaṃ brāhmaṇī dhatta garbhaṃ | gaurvoḍhāraṃ dhāvitāraṃ turaṅgī | śūdrā dāsaṃ paśupālaṃ ca vaiśyā | vadhārthīyaṃ tvadvidhā rājaputrī

A brahmin woman bears a child for the sake of austerity; a cow bears one who carries burdens; a mare, one who runs; a shudra woman bears a servant; a vaishya woman, a keeper of cattle; but a princess such as you bears one for the sake of slaughter.

Note on the text: Line 3 reads च where the CE has तु (recension variant, Wikisource reading kept).

Verse 6 (11.26.6)

तच्छ्रुत्वा वासुदेवस्य पुनरुक्तं वचोऽप्रियम् । तूष्णीं बभूव गान्धारी शोकव्याकुललोचना ॥

tacchrutvā vāsudevasya punaruktaṃ vaco'priyam | tūṣṇīṃ babhūva gāndhārī śokavyākulalocanā

Hearing this unwelcome, repeated speech of Vasudeva, Gandhari fell silent, her eyes clouded with grief.

Note on the text: Speaker heading printed वैशंपायन (anusvara spelling) at 11-26-6x; normalised to वैशम्पायन.

Verse 7 (11.26.7)

धृतराष्ट्रस्तु राजर्षिर्निगृह्याबुद्धिजं तमः । पर्यपृच्छत धर्मज्ञो धर्मराजं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

dhṛtarāṣṭrastu rājarṣirnigṛhyābuddhijaṃ tamaḥ | paryapṛcchata dharmajño dharmarājaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram

But Dhritarashtra, the royal sage and knower of dharma, restraining the darkness born of unwisdom, questioned Yudhishthira, the king of dharma.

Note on the text: Speaker spelling वैशंपायन normalised to वैशम्पायन (as at verse 6). Line 2 reads धर्मज्ञो where the CE has dharmātmā (recension variant).

Verse 8 (11.26.8)

जीवतां परिमाणज्ञः सैन्यानामसि पाण्डव । हतानां यदि जानीषे परिमाणं वदस्व मे ॥

jīvatāṃ parimāṇajñaḥ sainyānāmasi pāṇḍava | hatānāṃ yadi jānīṣe parimāṇaṃ vadasva me

You know the number of the living among the armies, Pandava. If you know the number of the slain, tell it to me.

Note on the text: Corrected वदस्वं → वदस्व (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara on the imperative, "tell"; the CE has vadasva). Speaker: Dhritarashtra (his question, unheaded; the input carried Vaishampayana over; verse 7 is the narration introducing it).

Verse 9 (11.26.9)

दशायुतसहस्राणि सहस्राणि च विंशतिः । कोट्यः षष्टिश्च षट् चैव ह्यस्मिन्राजन्मृधे हताः ॥

daśāyutasahasrāṇi sahasrāṇi ca viṃśatiḥ | koṭyaḥ ṣaṣṭiśca ṣaṭ caiva hyasminrājanmṛdhe hatāḥ

Ten myriads of thousands, and twenty thousand more, and sixty-six crores: so many, O king, have been slain in this battle.

Note on the text: The numerals in line 1 and the end of line 2 differ from the CE (daśāyutānām ayutam …; ye 'smin rājamṛdhe hatāḥ); recension variant, Wikisource reading kept and translated as printed.

Verse 10 (11.26.10)

अलक्ष्याणां च वीराणां सहस्राणि चतुर्दश । दश चान्यानि राजेन्द्र शतं षष्टिश्च भारत ॥

alakṣyāṇāṃ ca vīrāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi caturdaśa | daśa cānyāni rājendra śataṃ ṣaṣṭiśca bhārata

Of the unrecorded heroes there are fourteen thousand, and ten thousand more, O king of kings, and a hundred and sixty, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected आलक्षाणां → अलक्ष्याणां (misprint in Wikisource; आलक्षा- is not a word here, "of the unrecorded/unseen"; the CE has alakṣyāṇām). Line 2 ends शतं षष्टिश्च भारत where the CE has śataṃ ṣaṣṭiś ca pañca ca (recension variant, so 160 against the CE's 165; Wikisource kept).

Verse 11 (11.26.11)

युधिष्ठिर गतिं कां ते गताः पुरुषसत्तम । आचक्ष्व मे महाबाहो सर्वज्ञो ह्यसि मे मतः ॥

yudhiṣṭhira gatiṃ kāṃ te gatāḥ puruṣasattama | ācakṣva me mahābāho sarvajño hyasi me mataḥ

Yudhishthira, what destination have they gone to, O best of men? Tell me, mighty-armed one; I hold you to be all-knowing.

Note on the text: Corrected युधिष्ठिरगतिं → युधिष्ठिर गतिं (misprint in Wikisource; the vocative "Yudhishthira" is run into गतिं, giving a meaningless compound; the CE has yudhiṣṭhira gatiṃ). Line 1 ends puruṣasattama (singular) where the CE has puruṣasattamāḥ (recension variant).

Verse 12 (11.26.12)

यैर्हुतानि शरीराणि हृष्टैः परमसंयुगे । देवराजसमाँल्लोकान्गतास्ते सत्यविक्रमाः ॥

yairhutāni śarīrāṇi hṛṣṭaiḥ paramasaṃyuge | devarājasamām̐llokāngatāste satyavikramāḥ

Those who gladly gave their bodies as offerings in the great battle have gone, true in valour, to worlds like those of the king of the gods.

Verse 13 (11.26.13)

ये त्वहृष्टेन मनसा मर्तव्यमिति भारत । युध्यमाना हताः सङ्ख्ये गन्धर्वैः सह सङ्गताः ॥

ye tvahṛṣṭena manasā martavyamiti bhārata | yudhyamānā hatāḥ saṅkhye gandharvaiḥ saha saṅgatāḥ

Those who fought and were slain in battle with joyless hearts, thinking "we must die", O Bharata, have gone to join the Gandharvas.

Verse 14 (11.26.14)

ये च सङ्ग्रामभूमिष्ठा याचमानाः पराङ्मुखाः । शस्त्रेण निधनं प्राप्ता गतास्ते गुह्यकान्प्रति ॥

ye ca saṅgrāmabhūmiṣṭhā yācamānāḥ parāṅmukhāḥ | śastreṇa nidhanaṃ prāptā gatāste guhyakānprati

Those who stood on the field of battle and, begging for mercy, turned their faces away, and met their death by the sword, have gone to the Guhyakas.

Verse 15 (11.26.15)

पात्यमानाः परैर्ये तु हीयमाना निरायुधाः । ह्रीनिषेवा महात्मानः परानभिमुखा रणे ॥

pātyamānāḥ parairye tu hīyamānā nirāyudhāḥ | hrīniṣevā mahātmānaḥ parānabhimukhā raṇe

Those great-souled men who, struck down by their enemies, were brought low and left weaponless, yet held to modesty and faced their foes in the fight,

Note on the text: Corrected हीनिषेवा → ह्रीनिषेवा (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct ra is dropped, ह्री "modesty"; the CE has hrīniṣedhā, the second member is a recension variant). Line 1 begins पात्यमानाः where the CE has pīḍyamānāḥ (recension variant). The sentence runs into verse 16.

Verse 16 (11.26.16)

छिद्यमानाः शितैः शस्त्रैः क्षत्रधर्मपरायणाः । हतास्ते ब्रह्मसदनं गता वीराः सुवर्चसः ॥

chidyamānāḥ śitaiḥ śastraiḥ kṣatradharmaparāyaṇāḥ | hatāste brahmasadanaṃ gatā vīrāḥ suvarcasaḥ

and who were cut down by sharp weapons while devoted to the warrior's duty: those radiant heroes, slain, have gone to the abode of Brahma.

Verse 17 (11.26.17)

ये त्वत्र निहता राजन्नन्तरायोधनं प्रति । यथाकथञ्चित्पुरुषास्ते गता ह्युत्तरां गतिम् ॥

ye tvatra nihatā rājannantarāyodhanaṃ prati | yathākathañcitpuruṣāste gatā hyuttarāṃ gatim

And those men who were slain here, O king, in the midst of the battlefield, in whatever way, have gone to the higher state.

Note on the text: Line 2 differs from the CE (yathā kathaṃ cit te rājan saṃprāptā uttarān kurūn); the page's gloss records the variants ते गतास्तूत्तरान्कुरून् / ते गतास्तूत्तमां गतिम् / ते गता ह्यधमां गतिम्. Wikisource reading (…ह्युत्तरां गतिम्) kept.

Verse 18 (11.26.18)

केन ज्ञानबलेनैव पुत्र पश्यसि सिद्धवत् । तन्मे वद महाबाहो श्रोतव्यं यदि वै मया ॥

kena jñānabalenaiva putra paśyasi siddhavat | tanme vada mahābāho śrotavyaṃ yadi vai mayā

By what power of knowledge do you see this, my son, like a perfected sage? Tell me that, mighty-armed one, if it is fit for me to hear.

Verse 19 (11.26.19)

निदेशाद्भवतः पूर्वं वने विचरता मया । तीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गेन सम्प्राप्तोऽयमनुग्रहः ॥

nideśādbhavataḥ pūrvaṃ vane vicaratā mayā | tīrthayātrāprasaṅgena samprāpto'yamanugrahaḥ

Formerly, by your command, while I wandered in the forest, in the course of my pilgrimage to the holy places, this favour came to me.

Verse 20 (11.26.20)

देवर्षिर्लोमशो दृष्टस्ततः प्राप्तोऽस्म्यनुस्मृतिम् । दिव्यं चक्षुरपि प्राप्तं ज्ञानयोगेन वै पुरा ॥

devarṣirlomaśo dṛṣṭastataḥ prāpto'smyanusmṛtim | divyaṃ cakṣurapi prāptaṃ jñānayogena vai purā

I met the divine sage Lomasha, and from that I gained recollection; and by the discipline of knowledge I had earlier obtained the divine eye as well.

Verse 21 (11.26.21)

ये त्वनाथा जनास्तात नाथवन्तश्च पाण्डव । कच्चित्तेषां शरीराणि धक्ष्यन्ति विधिपूर्वकम् ॥

ye tvanāthā janāstāta nāthavantaśca pāṇḍava | kaccitteṣāṃ śarīrāṇi dhakṣyanti vidhipūrvakam

Those people, dear son, who were without protectors, and those who had them, O Pandava: will their bodies be burned with due rites?

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width joiner inside पाण्डव (encoding artefact in Wikisource). Line 1 differs from the CE (ye 'trānāthā janasyāsya sanāthā ye ca bhārata); recension variant.

Verse 22 (11.26.22)

न येषां शान्तिकर्तारो न च येऽत्राहिताग्नयः । वयं च तेषां कुर्यामो बहुत्वात्तात कर्मणाम् ॥

na yeṣāṃ śāntikartāro na ca ye'trāhitāgnayaḥ | vayaṃ ca teṣāṃ kuryāmo bahutvāttāta karmaṇām

As for those who have no one to perform the rites of peace for them, and those who kept no sacred fires, we shall do it for them, father, given how many the rites are.

Note on the text: Speaker: Yudhishthira, as the page heads him at 11-26-22x; the CE prints no new heading after Dhritarashtra's 11.26.21, so it leaves 21-23 to one speaker. Page heading kept. Line 2 differs from the CE (vayaṃ ca kasya kuryāmo bahutvāt tāta karmaṇaḥ); recension variant. The sense of line 2 is uncertain.

Verse 23 (11.26.23)

यान्सुपर्णाश्च गृध्राश्च विकर्षन्ति ततस्ततः । तेषां सङ्कर्षणा लोका भविष्यन्ति न संशयः ॥

yānsuparṇāśca gṛdhrāśca vikarṣanti tatastataḥ | teṣāṃ saṅkarṣaṇā lokā bhaviṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ

Those whom vultures and eagles drag this way and that: for them the worlds that draw them in will be theirs, without doubt.

Note on the text: Corrected गुध्राश्च → गृध्राश्च (misprint in Wikisource; गुध्र is not a word, "vultures"; the CE has gṛdhrāś). Line 2 differs from the CE (teṣāṃ tu karmaṇā lokā bhaviṣyanti yudhiṣṭhira); recension variant, and its sense (सङ्कर्षणा लोकाः) is uncertain. Speaker as at verse 22.

Verse 24 (11.26.24)

एवमुक्त्वा महाराज कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । आदिदेश सुधर्माणं धौम्यं सूतं च सञ्जयम् ॥

evamuktvā mahārāja kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | ādideśa sudharmāṇaṃ dhaumyaṃ sūtaṃ ca sañjayam

Having spoken thus, O great king, Yudhishthira, son of Kunti, gave his orders to Sudharman, to Dhaumya, to the charioteer Sanjaya,

Verse 25 (11.26.25)

विदुरं च महाबुद्धिं युयुत्सुं चैव कौरवम् । इन्द्रसेनमुखान्भृत्यान्सूतांश्चैव सहस्रशः ॥

viduraṃ ca mahābuddhiṃ yuyutsuṃ caiva kauravam | indrasenamukhānbhṛtyānsūtāṃścaiva sahasraśaḥ

to Vidura of great wisdom, to Yuyutsu of the Kuru line, to Indrasena and the other attendants, and to the charioteers in their thousands:

Verse 26 (11.26.26)

भवन्तः कारयन्त्वेषां प्रेतकार्याण्यशेषतः । यथा नाथवतां किञ्चिच्छरीरं न विनश्यति ॥

bhavantaḥ kārayantveṣāṃ pretakāryāṇyaśeṣataḥ | yathā nāthavatāṃ kiñciccharīraṃ na vinaśyati

See to it that all the funeral rites for these dead are performed in full, so that no body is lost to ruin, as would not happen with those who have protectors.

Note on the text: Speaker: Yudhishthira (his order to the men named in verses 24-25, unheaded; the input carried Vaishampayana over). Line 2 differs from the CE (yathā cānāthavat kiṃ cic charīraṃ na vinaśyati); recension variant.

Verse 27 (11.26.27)

शासनाद्धर्मराजस्य क्षत्ता सूतश्च सञ्जयः । सुधर्मा धौम्यसहित इन्द्रसेनादयस्तथा ॥

śāsanāddharmarājasya kṣattā sūtaśca sañjayaḥ | sudharmā dhaumyasahita indrasenādayastathā

At the command of Dharmaraja, Vidura, the charioteer Sanjaya, Sudharman together with Dhaumya, and Indrasena and the others,

Verse 28 (11.26.28)

चन्दनागुरुकाष्ठानि तथा कालीयकान्युत । घृतं तैलं च गन्धांश्च क्षौमाणि वसनानि च ॥

candanāgurukāṣṭhāni tathā kālīyakānyuta | ghṛtaṃ tailaṃ ca gandhāṃśca kṣaumāṇi vasanāni ca

sandalwood and aloe logs, and likewise kaliyaka wood, ghee, oil, perfumes, and garments of silk,

Verse 29 (11.26.29)

समाहृत्य महार्हाणि दारूणां चैव सञ्चयान् । रथांश्च मृदितांस्तत्र नानाप्रहरणानि च ॥

samāhṛtya mahārhāṇi dārūṇāṃ caiva sañcayān | rathāṃśca mṛditāṃstatra nānāpraharaṇāni ca

gathered costly things and heaps of timber, and the chariots broken up there, and weapons of many kinds,

Note on the text: Corrected दारुणां → दारूणां (misprint in Wikisource; the genitive plural of दारु needs the long ū, "of timber"; the CE has dārūṇām) and मृदितास्तत्र → मृदितांस्तत्र (misprint; the participle must be accusative to agree with रथांश्च, "chariots broken up"; the CE has mṛditāṃs tatra).

Verse 30 (11.26.30)

चिताः कृत्वा प्रयत्नेन यथामुख्यान्नराधिपान् । दाहयामासुरव्यग्राः शास्त्रदृष्टेन कर्मणा ॥

citāḥ kṛtvā prayatnena yathāmukhyānnarādhipān | dāhayāmāsuravyagrāḥ śāstradṛṣṭena karmaṇā

and, building the pyres with care, in order of rank for the chief kings, they calmly burned them by the rite the scriptures prescribe.

Note on the text: Corrected दाहयामासुरव्याग्राः → दाहयामासुरव्यग्राः, i.e. अव्याग्राः → अव्यग्राः (misprint in Wikisource; long ā wrongly written, "calm, unflustered"; the CE has avyagrā).

Verse 31 (11.26.31)

दुर्योधनं च राजानं भ्रातॄंश्चास्य कर्मणा । शल्यं शलं च राजानं भूरिश्रवसमेव च ॥

duryodhanaṃ ca rājānaṃ bhrātṝṃścāsya karmaṇā | śalyaṃ śalaṃ ca rājānaṃ bhūriśravasameva ca

King Duryodhana and his brothers, with the rite; King Shalya and Shala, and Bhurishravas;

Note on the text: Line 1 ends भ्रातॄंश्चास्य कर्मणा where the CE has bhrātṝṃś cāsya śatādhikān (recension variant).

Verse 32 (11.26.32)

जयद्रथं च राजानमभिमन्युं च भारत । दौःशासनिं लक्ष्मणं च धृष्टकेतुं च पार्थिवम् ॥

jayadrathaṃ ca rājānamabhimanyuṃ ca bhārata | dauḥśāsaniṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ ca dhṛṣṭaketuṃ ca pārthivam

King Jayadratha and Abhimanyu, O Bharata; Duhshasana's son and Lakshmana, and King Dhrishtaketu;

Verse 33 (11.26.33)

बृहद्वलं सोमदत्तं सृञ्जयं च महारथम् । राजानं क्षेमधन्वानं विराटद्रुपदौ तथा ॥

bṛhadvalaṃ somadattaṃ sṛñjayaṃ ca mahāratham | rājānaṃ kṣemadhanvānaṃ virāṭadrupadau tathā

Brihadbala, Somadatta, and Srinjaya the great charioteer; King Kshemadhanvan, and Virata and Drupada;

Note on the text: Lines differ from the CE (bṛhantaṃ somadattaṃ ca sṛñjayāṃś ca śatādhikān); recension variant, Wikisource names kept.

Verse 34 (11.26.34)

शिखण्डिनं च पाञ्चाल्यं धृष्टद्युम्नं च पार्षतम् । युधामन्युं च विक्रान्तमुत्तमौजसमेव च ॥

śikhaṇḍinaṃ ca pāñcālyaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca pārṣatam | yudhāmanyuṃ ca vikrāntamuttamaujasameva ca

Shikhandin the Panchala, and Dhrishtadyumna son of Prishata; the valiant Yudhamanyu, and Uttamauja;

Verse 35 (11.26.35)

कौसल्यं द्रौपदेयांश्च शकुनिं चापि सौबलम् । अचलं वृषकं चैव भगदत्तं च पार्थिवम् ॥

kausalyaṃ draupadeyāṃśca śakuniṃ cāpi saubalam | acalaṃ vṛṣakaṃ caiva bhagadattaṃ ca pārthivam

the Kosalan, the sons of Draupadi, Shakuni the son of Subala, Achala and Vrishaka, and King Bhagadatta;

Note on the text: Corrected भगदत्ते → भगदत्तं (misprint in Wikisource; locative for accusative in a list of accusatives, "Bhagadatta"; the CE has bhagadattaṃ).

Verse 36 (11.26.36)

कर्णं वैकर्तनं चैव सहपुत्रममर्षणम् । केकयांश्च महेष्वासांस्त्रिगर्तांश्च महारथान् ॥

karṇaṃ vaikartanaṃ caiva sahaputramamarṣaṇam | kekayāṃśca maheṣvāsāṃstrigartāṃśca mahārathān

Karna Vaikartana, the implacable, together with his son; the great archers the Kekayas, and the Trigartas, great charioteers;

Verse 37 (11.26.37)

घटोत्कचं राक्षसेन्द्रं बकभ्रातरमेव च । अलम्बुसं राक्षसेन्द्रं जलसन्धं च पार्थिवम् ॥

ghaṭotkacaṃ rākṣasendraṃ bakabhrātarameva ca | alambusaṃ rākṣasendraṃ jalasandhaṃ ca pārthivam

Ghatotkacha, lord of the Rakshasas, and the brother of Baka; Alambusha, lord of the Rakshasas, and King Jalasandha;

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

Verse 38 (11.26.38)

एतांश्चान्यांश्च सुबहून्पार्थिवांश्च सहस्रशः । धृतधाराहुतैर्दीप्तैः पावकैः समदाहयन् ॥

etāṃścānyāṃśca subahūnpārthivāṃśca sahasraśaḥ | dhṛtadhārāhutairdīptaiḥ pāvakaiḥ samadāhayan

these and many other kings, by the thousand, they burned with blazing fires fed with streams of ghee.

Note on the text: Corrected चान्यांस्च → चान्यांश्च (misprint in Wikisource; स्च is not a conjunct of this word, "and others"; the CE has anyāṃś ca). The input found no critical-edition match; the verse is CE 11.26.38 (lines a and c), where the CE's star line 38b*0070_01 is not on the page. Line 1 differs from the CE (anyāṃś ca pārthivān rājañ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ); recension variant.

Verse 39 (11.26.39)

पितृमेधाश्च केषाञ्चित्प्रावर्तन्त महात्मनाम् । सामभिश्चाप्यगायन्त तेऽन्वशासत चापरैः ॥

pitṛmedhāśca keṣāñcitprāvartanta mahātmanām | sāmabhiścāpyagāyanta te'nvaśāsata cāparaiḥ

Funeral offerings to the ancestors were begun for some of those great-souled men; the Samans were chanted, and they conducted the rites together with others.

Note on the text: Line 2 ends तेऽन्वशासत चापरैः where the CE has te 'nvaśocyanta cāparaiḥ ("and they were mourned by others"). The Wikisource reading is kept and translated as printed, but it may be corrupt; its sense is uncertain.

Verse 40 (11.26.40)

साम्नामृचां च नादेन स्त्रीणां च रुदितस्वनैः । कश्मलं सर्वभूतानां निशायां समपद्यत ॥

sāmnāmṛcāṃ ca nādena strīṇāṃ ca ruditasvanaiḥ | kaśmalaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ niśāyāṃ samapadyata

With the sound of the Samans and Riks and the weeping of the women, a stupor came over all beings in the night.

Verse 41 (11.26.41)

हुताश्च तत्प्रदीप्ताश्च दीप्यमानाश्च पावकाः । नभसीवान्वदृश्यन्त ग्रहास्तन्वभ्रसंवृताः ॥

hutāśca tatpradīptāśca dīpyamānāśca pāvakāḥ | nabhasīvānvadṛśyanta grahāstanvabhrasaṃvṛtāḥ

The fires, fed with oblations, blazing up and shining, looked like planets in the sky veiled by thin cloud.

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from the CE (te vidhūmāḥ pradīptāś ca dīpyamānāś ca pāvakāḥ); recension variant.

Verse 42 (11.26.42)

ये चाप्यनाथास्तत्रासन्नानादेशसमागताः । तांश्च सर्वान्समानीय राशीकृत्वा सहस्रशः ॥

ye cāpyanāthāstatrāsannānādeśasamāgatāḥ | tāṃśca sarvānsamānīya rāśīkṛtvā sahasraśaḥ

And those who were without protectors there, who had come from many lands: all of them he gathered together, and made heaps of them by the thousand,

Verse 43 (11.26.43)

चित्वा दारुभिरव्यग्रैः प्रभूतैः स्नेहपाचितैः । दाहयामास तान्सर्वान्विदुरो राजशासनात् ॥

citvā dārubhiravyagraiḥ prabhūtaiḥ snehapācitaiḥ | dāhayāmāsa tānsarvānviduro rājaśāsanāt

and, calmly piling them up with plentiful logs steeped in oil, Vidura, at the king's command, burned them all.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads अव्यग्रैः, snehapācitaiḥ (adjectives on the logs) where the CE has avyagraḥ (Vidura) and snehatāpitaiḥ; recension variants, Wikisource reading kept (the page's gloss explains स्नेहपाचितैः as स्नेहसंयुक्तैः). Rendered as printed.

Verse 44 (11.26.44)

कारयित्वा क्रियास्तेषां कुरुराजो युधिष्ठिरः । धृतराष्ट्रं पुरस्कृत्य गङ्गामभिमुखोऽगमत् ॥

kārayitvā kriyāsteṣāṃ kururājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ puraskṛtya gaṅgāmabhimukho'gamat

When the rites had been performed for them, Yudhishthira, king of the Kurus, put Dhritarashtra at his head and went toward the Ganga.