Yudhishthira Sees His Kin Restored in Heaven

Verse 1 (18.4.1)

ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा देवैः सर्षिमरुद्गणैः । स्तूयमानो ययौ तत्र यत्र ते कुरुपुङ्गवाः ॥

tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā devaiḥ sarṣimarudgaṇaiḥ | stūyamāno yayau tatra yatra te kurupuṅgavāḥ

Then King Yudhishthira, praised by the gods together with the sages and the hosts of the Maruts, went to the place where those bulls among the Kurus were.

Note on the text: Recension variant, kept: Wikisource स्तूयमानः ('praised') against CE pūjyamānaḥ ('honoured').

Verse 2 (18.4.2)

ददर्श तत्र गोविन्दं ब्राह्मेण वपुषाऽन्वितम् । तेनैव दृष्टपूर्वेण सादृश्येनैव सूचितम् ॥

dadarśa tatra govindaṃ brāhmeṇa vapuṣā'nvitam | tenaiva dṛṣṭapūrveṇa sādṛśyenaiva sūcitam

There he saw Govinda, endowed with a body of Brahman's own splendour, made known only by its likeness to the very form he had seen before.

Verse 3 (18.4.3)

दीप्यमानं स्ववपुषा दिव्यैरस्त्रैरुपस्थितम् । चक्रप्रभृतिभिर्घोरैर्दिव्यैः पुरुषविग्रहैः ॥

dīpyamānaṃ svavapuṣā divyairastrairupasthitam | cakraprabhṛtibhirghorairdivyaiḥ puruṣavigrahaiḥ

He shone with his own radiance, and divine weapons stood in attendance on him, the discus and the rest, terrible, in the forms of living beings.

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 of CE 18.4.3, a three-line verse (CE 18.4.3a, c); its third line (3e) begins the next Wikisource verse.

Verse 4 (18.4.4)

उपास्यमानं वीरेण फल्गुनेन सुवर्चसा । तथास्वरूपं कौन्तेयो ददर्श मधुसूदनम् ॥

upāsyamānaṃ vīreṇa phalgunena suvarcasā | tathāsvarūpaṃ kaunteyo dadarśa madhusūdanam

The heroic and radiant Phalguna was serving him; and the son of Kunti saw Madhusudana in that same form.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 18.4.3e (the third line of the verse begun in Wikisource verse 3); line 2 = CE star passage 18.4.3x*0015_01.

Verse 5 (18.4.5)

तावुभौ पुरुषव्याघ्रौ समुद्वीक्ष्य युधिष्ठिरम् । यथावत्प्रतिपेदाते पूजया देवपूजितौ ॥

tāvubhau puruṣavyāghrau samudvīkṣya yudhiṣṭhiram | yathāvatpratipedāte pūjayā devapūjitau

Those two tigers among men, honoured by the gods, on seeing Yudhishthira received him with due reverence.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 18.4.3x*0015_02-03.

Verse 6 (18.4.6)

अपरस्मिन्नथोद्देशे कर्णं शस्त्रभृतां वरम् । द्वादशादित्यसहितं ददर्श कुरुनन्दनः ॥

aparasminnathoddeśe karṇaṃ śastrabhṛtāṃ varam | dvādaśādityasahitaṃ dadarśa kurunandanaḥ

In another place the delight of the Kurus saw Karna, best of weapon-bearers, together with the twelve Adityas.

Verse 7 (18.4.7)

अथापरस्मिन्नुद्देशे मरुद्गणवृतं विभुम् । भीमसेनमथापश्यत्तेनैव वपुषाऽन्वितम् ॥

athāparasminnuddeśe marudgaṇavṛtaṃ vibhum | bhīmasenamathāpaśyattenaiva vapuṣā'nvitam

Then, in yet another place, he saw the mighty Bhimasena surrounded by the hosts of the Maruts, endowed with that same body.

Note on the text: Recension variant, kept: Wikisource विभुम् against CE prabhum.

Verse 8 (18.4.8)

वायोर्मूर्तिमतः पार्श्वे दिव्यमूर्तिसमन्वितम् । श्रिया परमया युक्तं सिद्धिं परमिकां गतम् ॥

vāyormūrtimataḥ pārśve divyamūrtisamanvitam | śriyā paramayā yuktaṃ siddhiṃ paramikāṃ gatam

He stood beside the embodied Vayu, attended by divine forms, joined to supreme splendour, and had reached the highest perfection.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 18.4.5x*0017_01-02.

Verse 9 (18.4.9)

अश्विनोस्तु तथा स्थाने दीप्यमानौ स्वतेजसा । नकुलं सहदेवं च ददर्श कुरुनन्दनः ॥

aśvinostu tathā sthāne dīpyamānau svatejasā | nakulaṃ sahadevaṃ ca dadarśa kurunandanaḥ

In the place of the two Ashvins, blazing with their own brilliance, the delight of the Kurus saw Nakula and Sahadeva.

Verse 10 (18.4.10)

तथा ददर्श पाञ्चालीं कमलोत्पलमालिनीम् । वपुषा स्वर्गमाक्रम्य तिष्ठन्तीमर्कवर्चसम् ॥

tathā dadarśa pāñcālīṃ kamalotpalamālinīm | vapuṣā svargamākramya tiṣṭhantīmarkavarcasam

Then he saw the Panchali, wreathed with lotuses and water-lilies, standing there bright as the sun, her form filling heaven.

Verse 11 (18.4.11)

तत्रैनां सहसा राजा स्प्रष्टुमैच्छद्युधिष्ठिरः । ततोऽस्य भगवानिन्द्रः कथयामास देवराट् ॥

tatraināṃ sahasā rājā spraṣṭumaicchadyudhiṣṭhiraḥ | tato'sya bhagavānindraḥ kathayāmāsa devarāṭ

There King Yudhishthira suddenly wished to touch her; and then the blessed Indra, king of the gods, spoke to him.

Note on the text: Recension variants, kept: Wikisource तत्रैनां … स्प्रष्टुम् ('to touch') against CE athainām … praṣṭum ('to ask').

Verse 12 (18.4.12)

श्रीरेषा द्रौपदीरूपा त्वदर्थे मानुषं गता । अयोनिजा लोककान्ता पुण्यगन्धा युधिष्ठिर ॥

śrīreṣā draupadīrūpā tvadarthe mānuṣaṃ gatā | ayonijā lokakāntā puṇyagandhā yudhiṣṭhira

"This is Shri herself, who took the form of Draupadi and went into the human world for your sake, Yudhishthira: unborn of any womb, beloved of the world, of sacred fragrance."

Note on the text: Speaker: Indra, whose speech begins in the second half of the previous verse (no heading is printed; the CE has no separate heading either).

Verse 13 (18.4.13)

रत्यर्थं भवतां ह्येषा निर्मिता शूलपाणिना । द्रुपदस्य कुले जाता भवद्भिश्चोपजीविता ॥

ratyarthaṃ bhavatāṃ hyeṣā nirmitā śūlapāṇinā | drupadasya kule jātā bhavadbhiścopajīvitā

"The wielder of the trident fashioned her for the delight of you all; she was born in Drupada's house, and you lived with her as your wife."

Note on the text: Order of the lines is reversed relative to the critical edition: line 1 = CE 18.4.10c, line 2 = CE 18.4.10a. Same words.

Verse 14 (18.4.14)

एते पञ्च महाभागा गन्धर्वाः पावकप्रभाः । द्रौपद्यास्तनया राजन्युष्माकममितौजसः ॥

ete pañca mahābhāgā gandharvāḥ pāvakaprabhāḥ | draupadyāstanayā rājanyuṣmākamamitaujasaḥ

"These five glorious beings, bright as fire, are Gandharvas: they are Draupadi's sons, O king, of boundless might, born to you."

Verse 15 (18.4.15)

पश्य गन्धर्वराजानं धृतराष्ट्रं मनीषिणम् । एनं च त्वं विजानीहि भ्रातरं पूर्वजं पितुः ॥

paśya gandharvarājānaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ manīṣiṇam | enaṃ ca tvaṃ vijānīhi bhrātaraṃ pūrvajaṃ pituḥ

"Look at the king of the Gandharvas, the wise Dhritarashtra; and know him also as your father's elder brother."

Verse 16 (18.4.16)

अयं ते पूर्वजो भ्राता कौन्तेयः पावकद्युतिः । सूर्यपुत्रो रथिश्रेष्ठो राधेय इति विश्रुतः । आदित्यसहितो भाति पश्यैनं पुरुषर्षभम् ॥

ayaṃ te pūrvajo bhrātā kaunteyaḥ pāvakadyutiḥ | sūryaputro rathiśreṣṭho rādheya iti viśrutaḥ | ādityasahito bhāti paśyainaṃ puruṣarṣabham

"This is your elder brother, Kunti's son, radiant as fire, the son of the Sun, best of charioteers, known as Radheya. He shines in company with the Adityas; look at him, bull among men."

Note on the text: Line 2 is a recension variant, kept: Wikisource सूर्यपुत्रो रथिश्रेष्ठो against CE sūryaputro 'grajaḥ śreṣṭho. Lines 1 and 3 = CE 18.4.13a, e.

Verse 17 (18.4.17)

साध्यानामथ देवानां विश्वेषां मरुतामपि । गणेषु पश्य राजेन्द्र वृष्णन्धकमहारथान् । सात्यकिप्रमुखान्वीरान्भोजांश्चैव महाबलान् ॥

sādhyānāmatha devānāṃ viśveṣāṃ marutāmapi | gaṇeṣu paśya rājendra vṛṣṇandhakamahārathān | sātyakipramukhānvīrānbhojāṃścaiva mahābalān

"Among the hosts of the Sadhyas and the gods, the Vishvedevas and the Maruts, look, O best of kings, at the great charioteers of the Vrishnis and Andhakas, the heroes headed by Satyaki, and the mighty Bhojas."

Note on the text: Recension variants, kept: विश्वेषाम् for CE vasūnām; महाबलान् for CE mahārathān.

Verse 18 (18.4.18)

सोमेन सहितं पश्य सौभद्रमपराजितम् । अभिमन्युं महेष्वासं निशाकरसमद्युतिम् ॥

somena sahitaṃ paśya saubhadramaparājitam | abhimanyuṃ maheṣvāsaṃ niśākarasamadyutim

"See Subhadra's son, the unconquered Abhimanyu, the great archer, bright as the moon, in company with Soma."

Verse 19 (18.4.19)

एष पाण्डुर्महेष्वासः कुन्त्या माद्र्या च सङ्गतः । विमानेन सदाऽभ्येति पिता तव ममान्तिकम् ॥

eṣa pāṇḍurmaheṣvāsaḥ kuntyā mādryā ca saṅgataḥ | vimānena sadā'bhyeti pitā tava mamāntikam

"This is Pandu, the great archer, united with Kunti and Madri; your father always comes to me in his celestial car."

Verse 20 (18.4.20)

वसुभिः सहितं पश्य भीष्मं शान्तनवं नृपम् । द्रोणं बृहस्पतेः पार्श्वे गुरुमेनं निशामय ॥

vasubhiḥ sahitaṃ paśya bhīṣmaṃ śāntanavaṃ nṛpam | droṇaṃ bṛhaspateḥ pārśve gurumenaṃ niśāmaya

"See Bhishma, Shantanu's son, the king, with the Vasus; and behold Drona, your teacher, beside Brihaspati."

Verse 21 (18.4.21)

एते चान्ये महीपाला योधास्तव च पाण्डव । गन्धर्वसहिता यान्ति यक्षपुण्यजनैस्तथा ॥

ete cānye mahīpālā yodhāstava ca pāṇḍava | gandharvasahitā yānti yakṣapuṇyajanaistathā

"These and other kings, and your warriors, O Pandava, go in company with the Gandharvas, and with the Yakshas and the Punyajanas."

Note on the text: Recension variant, kept: Wikisource गन्धर्वसहिता यान्ति यक्षपुण्यजनैस्तथा against CE gandharvaiḥ sahitā yānti yakṣaiḥ puṇyajanais tathā (same sense).

Verse 22 (18.4.22)

गुह्यकानां गतिं चापि केचित्प्राप्ता नराधिपाः । त्यक्त्वा देहं जितः स्वर्गः पुण्यवाग्बुद्धिकर्मभिः ॥

guhyakānāṃ gatiṃ cāpi kecitprāptā narādhipāḥ | tyaktvā dehaṃ jitaḥ svargaḥ puṇyavāgbuddhikarmabhiḥ

"Some kings have also reached the state of the Guhyakas; having cast off the body, they have won heaven through pure speech, thought and deed."

Note on the text: Recension variants, kept: केचित्प्राप्ता नराधिपाः (CE ke cit prāptā nṛsattamāḥ) and जितः स्वर्गः (CE jitasvargāḥ).