Duryodhana's Plot to Seize Krishna

Verse 1 (5.130.1)

तत्तु वाक्यमनादृत्य सोऽर्थवन्मातृभाषितम् । पुनः प्रतस्थे संरम्भात्सकाशमकृतात्मनाम् ॥

tattu vākyamanādṛtya so'rthavanmātṛbhāṣitam | punaḥ pratasthe saṃrambhātsakāśamakṛtātmanām

But he disregarded those meaningful words his mother had spoken and, in his fury, set off once more to join the men of undisciplined minds.

Verse 2 (5.130.2)

ततः सभाया निर्गम्य मन्त्रयामास कौरवः । सौबलेन मताक्षेण राज्ञा शकुनिना सह ॥

tataḥ sabhāyā nirgamya mantrayāmāsa kauravaḥ | saubalena matākṣeṇa rājñā śakuninā saha

Leaving the assembly hall, the Kaurava then took counsel with King Shakuni, son of Subala, the master of dice.

Verse 3 (5.130.3)

दुर्योधनं धार्तराष्ट्रं कर्णं दुःशासनोऽब्रवीत् । नोचेत्सन्धास्यसे राजन्स्वेन कामेन पाण्डवैः । बद्ध्वैव त्वां प्रदास्यन्ति पाण्डुपुत्राय भारत ॥

duryodhanaṃ dhārtarāṣṭraṃ karṇaṃ duḥśāsano'bravīt | nocetsandhāsyase rājansvena kāmena pāṇḍavaiḥ | baddhvaiva tvāṃ pradāsyanti pāṇḍuputrāya bhārata

Duhshasana said to Duryodhana, son of Dhritarashtra, and to Karna: If you do not make peace with the Pandavas of your own accord, O King, they will bind you and hand you over to the son of Pandu, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records verses 3–6 in its apparatus as the star passage 5.128.2d*0483 (this verse is lines 1–3). Removed a stray backtick (`), the opening quotation mark of the passage (closed in verse 6). Corrected दुःशासनोऽब्रवीति → दुःशासनोऽब्रवीत् (misprint in Wikisource; an augmented present is no valid form and the extra syllable breaks the metre; the star passage reads duḥśāsano 'bravīt).

Verse 4 (5.130.4)

वैकर्तनं त्वां च मां च त्रीनेतान्भरतर्षभ । पाण्डवेभ्यः प्रदास्यन्ति भीष्मद्रोणौ पिता च ते ॥

vaikartanaṃ tvāṃ ca māṃ ca trīnetānbharatarṣabha | pāṇḍavebhyaḥ pradāsyanti bhīṣmadroṇau pitā ca te

Vaikartana, you and me, the three of us, O bull among the Bharatas, Bhishma, Drona and your father will hand over to the Pandavas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 5.128.2d*0483, lines 4–5. Speaker set to Duhshasana: his words, begun in the second line of verse 3, fill this verse (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 5 (5.130.5)

दुःशासनस्य तद्वाक्यं निशम्य भरतर्षभ । दुर्योधनो धार्तराष्ट्रो निश्वस्य प्रहसन्निव ॥

duḥśāsanasya tadvākyaṃ niśamya bharatarṣabha | duryodhano dhārtarāṣṭro niśvasya prahasanniva

When he heard Duhshasana's words, O bull among the Bharatas, Duryodhana, son of Dhritarashtra, sighed and, as if laughing,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 5.128.2d*0483, lines 6–7.

Verse 6 (5.130.6)

एकान्तमुपसृत्येह मन्त्रं पुनरमन्त्रयत् । सौबलेन मताक्षेण राज्ञा शकुनिना सह ॥

ekāntamupasṛtyeha mantraṃ punaramantrayat | saubalena matākṣeṇa rājñā śakuninā saha

withdrew to a secluded place and again held counsel with King Shakuni, son of Subala, the master of dice.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension). Line 1 is the critical edition's apparatus 5.128.2d*0483, line 8 (reading upasaṃgamya for उपसृत्येह); line 2 repeats the second line of verse 2 (CE 5.128.2cd) and is not part of the star passage. Removed a stray quote mark with a doubled danda (`।।'`), the closing mark of the passage opened in verse 3.

Verse 7 (5.130.7)

दुर्योधनस्य कर्णस्य शकुनेः सौबलस्य च । दुःशासनचतुर्थानामिदमासीद्विचेष्टितम् ॥

duryodhanasya karṇasya śakuneḥ saubalasya ca | duḥśāsanacaturthānāmidamāsīdviceṣṭitam

This was the scheme of Duryodhana, of Karna, of Shakuni son of Subala, and of Duhshasana, the fourth among them:

Verse 8 (5.130.8)

पुराऽयमस्मान्गृह्णाति क्षिप्रकारी जनार्दनः । सहितो धृतराष्ट्रेण राज्ञा शान्तनवेन च ॥

purā'yamasmāngṛhṇāti kṣiprakārī janārdanaḥ | sahito dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa rājñā śāntanavena ca

Before this swift-acting Janardana, together with King Dhritarashtra and Bhishma son of Shantanu, can seize us,

Note on the text: Speaker set to Duryodhana and his allies: their plan, introduced in verse 7, fills verses 8–12 with no printed heading; Wikisource prints वैशंपायन उवाच again at verse 13, where the narration resumes (the input carried Vaishampayana).

Verse 9 (5.130.9)

वयमेव हृषीकेशं निगृह्णीम बलादिव । प्रसह्य पुरुषव्याघ्रमिन्द्रो वैरोचनिं यथा ॥

vayameva hṛṣīkeśaṃ nigṛhṇīma balādiva | prasahya puruṣavyāghramindro vairocaniṃ yathā

let us seize Hrishikesha ourselves, by force, overpowering that tiger among men as Indra overpowered Virochana's son.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Duryodhana and his allies (see verse 8).

Verse 10 (5.130.10)

श्रुत्वा गृहीतं वार्ष्णेयं पाण्डवा हतचेतसः । निरुत्साहा भविष्यन्ति भग्नदंष्ट्रा इवोरगाः ॥

śrutvā gṛhītaṃ vārṣṇeyaṃ pāṇḍavā hatacetasaḥ | nirutsāhā bhaviṣyanti bhagnadaṃṣṭrā ivoragāḥ

When they hear that the Vrishni has been taken, the Pandavas will lose heart and all their zeal, like snakes whose fangs are broken.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Duryodhana and his allies (see verse 8).

Verse 11 (5.130.11)

अयं ह्येषां महाबाहुः सर्वेषां शर्म वर्म च । अस्मिन्गृहीते वरदे ऋषभे सर्वसात्वताम् । निरुद्यमा भविष्यन्ति पाण्डवाः सोमकैः सह ॥

ayaṃ hyeṣāṃ mahābāhuḥ sarveṣāṃ śarma varma ca | asmingṛhīte varade ṛṣabhe sarvasātvatām | nirudyamā bhaviṣyanti pāṇḍavāḥ somakaiḥ saha

For this mighty-armed one is the shelter and the armour of them all. Once this giver of boons, the bull of all the Satvatas, is taken, the Pandavas and the Somakas will give up the struggle.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Duryodhana and his allies (see verse 8).

Verse 12 (5.130.12)

तस्माद्वयमिहैवैकं केशवं क्षिप्रकारिणम् । क्रोशतो धृतराष्ट्रस्य बद्ध्वा योत्स्यामहे रिपून् ॥

tasmādvayamihaivaikaṃ keśavaṃ kṣiprakāriṇam | krośato dhṛtarāṣṭrasya baddhvā yotsyāmahe ripūn

Therefore let us bind this swift-acting Keshava, alone as he is, right here, though Dhritarashtra cry out against it, and then fight our enemies.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Duryodhana and his allies (see verse 8).

Verse 13 (5.130.13)

तेषां पापमभिप्रायं पापानां दुष्टचेतसाम् । इङ्गितज्ञः कविः क्षिप्रमन्वबुद्ध्यत सात्यकिः ॥

teṣāṃ pāpamabhiprāyaṃ pāpānāṃ duṣṭacetasām | iṅgitajñaḥ kaviḥ kṣipramanvabuddhyata sātyakiḥ

Satyaki, wise and quick to read the signs, at once perceived the evil intent of those wicked, corrupt-hearted men.

Verse 14 (5.130.14)

तदर्थमभिनिष्क्रम्य हार्दिक्येन सहास्थितः । अब्रवीत्कृतवर्माणं क्षिप्रं योजय वाहिनीम् ॥

tadarthamabhiniṣkramya hārdikyena sahāsthitaḥ | abravītkṛtavarmāṇaṃ kṣipraṃ yojaya vāhinīm

For that reason he went out and stood with Hardikya, and said to Kritavarma, "Make the army ready at once.

Verse 15 (5.130.15)

व्यूढानीकः सभाद्वारमुपतिष्ठस्व दंशितः । यावदाख्याम्यहं चैतत्कृष्णायाक्लिष्टकारिणे ॥

vyūḍhānīkaḥ sabhādvāramupatiṣṭhasva daṃśitaḥ | yāvadākhyāmyahaṃ caitatkṛṣṇāyākliṣṭakāriṇe

Draw up your ranks, put on your armour and take your stand at the door of the hall, while I tell this to Krishna, who acts without strain."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Satyaki: the rest of his order to Kritavarma, begun in the second line of verse 14 (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 16 (5.130.16)

स प्रविश्य सभां वीरः सिंहो गिरिगुहामिव । आचष्ट तमभिप्रायं केशवाय महात्मने ॥

sa praviśya sabhāṃ vīraḥ siṃho giriguhāmiva | ācaṣṭa tamabhiprāyaṃ keśavāya mahātmane

The hero entered the hall like a lion entering a mountain cave, and told the great-souled Keshava what those men intended.

Verse 17 (5.130.17)

धृतराष्ट्रं ततश्चैव विदुरं चान्वभाषत । तेषामेतमभिप्रायमाचचक्षे स्मयन्निव ॥

dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ tataścaiva viduraṃ cānvabhāṣata | teṣāmetamabhiprāyamācacakṣe smayanniva

Then he spoke to Dhritarashtra and to Vidura as well and, as if smiling, told them of the plan those men had made:

Verse 18 (5.130.18)

धर्मादर्थाच्च कामाच्च कर्म साधुविगर्हितम् । मन्दाः कर्तुमिहेच्छन्ति न चावाप्यं कथंचन ॥

dharmādarthācca kāmācca karma sādhuvigarhitam | mandāḥ kartumihecchanti na cāvāpyaṃ kathaṃcana

These fools mean to do here a deed that good men condemn, a deed against dharma, gain and pleasure alike, and one that can in no way be achieved.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Satyaki: his report to Dhritarashtra and Vidura, announced in verse 17, fills verses 18–20 (no heading in Wikisource). Line 1 reads धर्मादर्थाच्च कामाच्च where the critical edition has dharmād apetam arthāc ca (a recension variant).

Verse 19 (5.130.19)

पुरा विकुर्वते मूढाः पापात्मानः समागताः । धर्षिताः काममन्युभ्यां क्रोधलोभवशानुगाः ॥

purā vikurvate mūḍhāḥ pāpātmānaḥ samāgatāḥ | dharṣitāḥ kāmamanyubhyāṃ krodhalobhavaśānugāḥ

Banded together, these deluded, evil-hearted men, overcome by desire and passion and ruled by anger and greed, are about to do violence.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Satyaki (see verse 18).

Verse 20 (5.130.20)

इमं हि पुण्डरीकाक्षं जिघृक्षन्त्यल्पचेतसः । पटेनाग्निं प्रज्वलितं यथा बाला यथा जडाः ॥

imaṃ hi puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ jighṛkṣantyalpacetasaḥ | paṭenāgniṃ prajvalitaṃ yathā bālā yathā jaḍāḥ

For these small-minded men want to seize the lotus-eyed one, as children or simpletons might try to catch a blazing fire in a cloth.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Satyaki (see verse 18).

Verse 21 (5.130.21)

सात्यकेस्तद्वचः श्रुत्वा विदुरो दीर्घदर्शिवान् । धृतराष्ट्रं महाबाहुमब्रवीत्कुरुसंसदि ॥

sātyakestadvacaḥ śrutvā viduro dīrghadarśivān | dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ mahābāhumabravītkurusaṃsadi

Hearing Satyaki's words, the far-sighted Vidura said to the mighty-armed Dhritarashtra in the assembly of the Kurus:

Verse 22 (5.130.22)

राजन्परीतकालास्ते पुत्राः सर्वे परन्तप । अशक्यमयशस्यं च कर्तुं कर्म समुद्यताः ॥

rājanparītakālāste putrāḥ sarve parantapa | aśakyamayaśasyaṃ ca kartuṃ karma samudyatāḥ

O King, scorcher of foes, the time of all your sons has come, for they are set on a deed that cannot be done and brings only disgrace.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vidura: his speech, announced in verse 21, runs through verse 34 (no heading in Wikisource). Corrected असक्यम् → अशक्यम् (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; the critical edition reads aśakyam).

Verse 23 (5.130.23)

इमं हि पुण्डरीकाक्षमभिभूय प्रसह्य च । निग्रहीतुं किलेच्छन्ति सहिता वासवानुजम् ॥

imaṃ hi puṇḍarīkākṣamabhibhūya prasahya ca | nigrahītuṃ kilecchanti sahitā vāsavānujam

For they wish, it is said, to band together, overpower this lotus-eyed one, Vasava's younger brother, and take him by force.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vidura (see verse 22).

Verse 24 (5.130.24)

इमं पुरुषशार्दूलमप्रधृष्यं दुरासदम् । आसाद्य नभविष्यन्ति पतङ्गा इव पावकम् ॥

imaṃ puruṣaśārdūlamapradhṛṣyaṃ durāsadam | āsādya nabhaviṣyanti pataṅgā iva pāvakam

Coming up against this tiger among men, whom none can assail or approach, they will perish like moths that fly into a fire.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vidura (see verse 22). Corrected दुरसदम् → दुरासदम् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign, which leaves the quarter a syllable short; the critical edition reads durāsadam).

Verse 25 (5.130.25)

अयमिच्छन्हि तान्सर्वान्युध्यमानाञ्जनार्दनः । सिंहो नागानिव क्रुद्धो गमयेद्यमसादनम् ॥

ayamicchanhi tānsarvānyudhyamānāñjanārdanaḥ | siṃho nāgāniva kruddho gamayedyamasādanam

If he wished, Janardana could send them all, fighting as they are, to the abode of Yama, as an angry lion does elephants.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vidura (see verse 22).

Verse 26 (5.130.26)

न त्वयं निन्दितं कर्म कुर्यात्पापं कथंचन । न च धर्मादपक्रामेदच्युतः पुरुषोत्तमः ॥

na tvayaṃ ninditaṃ karma kuryātpāpaṃ kathaṃcana | na ca dharmādapakrāmedacyutaḥ puruṣottamaḥ

But he would never do a condemned or sinful deed; Achyuta, the highest of beings, would not stray from dharma.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vidura (see verse 22). Corrected अपक्रामदेच्युतः → अपक्रामेदच्युतः (misprint in Wikisource; the e-sign is misplaced; the critical edition reads apakrāmed acyutaḥ).

Verse 27 (5.130.27)

यथा वाराणसी दग्धा साश्वा सरथकुञ्जरा । सानुबन्धस्तु कृष्णेन काशीनामृषभो हतः ॥

yathā vārāṇasī dagdhā sāśvā sarathakuñjarā | sānubandhastu kṛṣṇena kāśīnāmṛṣabho hataḥ

As Varanasi was burned with its horses, chariots and elephants, and the bull of the Kashis was slain by Krishna together with his kin,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 7, lines 1–2 (printed after 5.128.17, at the start of Vidura's speech; Wikisource places the passage after 5.128.22). Removed a stray backtick (`), the opening quotation mark of the passage (verses 27–34). Speaker set to Vidura (see verse 22).

Verse 28 (5.130.28)

तथा नागपुरं दग्ध्वा शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः । स्वयं कालेश्वरो भूत्वा नाशयिष्यति कौरवान् ॥

tathā nāgapuraṃ dagdhvā śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ | svayaṃ kāleśvaro bhūtvā nāśayiṣyati kauravān

so the bearer of conch, discus and mace will burn Nagapura and, becoming the lord of Time himself, destroy the Kauravas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 7, lines 3–4 (printed after 5.128.17, at the start of Vidura's speech; Wikisource places the passage after 5.128.22). Speaker set to Vidura (see verse 22).

Verse 29 (5.130.29)

पारिजातहरं ह्येनमेकं यदुसुखावहम् । नाभ्यवर्तत संरब्धो वृत्रहा वसुभिः सह ॥

pārijātaharaṃ hyenamekaṃ yadusukhāvaham | nābhyavartata saṃrabdho vṛtrahā vasubhiḥ saha

When he carried off the Parijata tree single-handed to bring joy to the Yadus, the slayer of Vritra, for all his rage and with the Vasus at his side, could not stand against him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 7, lines 5–6 (printed after 5.128.17, at the start of Vidura's speech; Wikisource places the passage after 5.128.22). Speaker set to Vidura (see verse 22).

Verse 30 (5.130.30)

प्राप्य निर्मोचने पाशान्षट्सहस्रांस्तरस्विनः । हृतास्ते वासुदेवेन ह्युपसङ्क्रम्य कौरवान् ॥

prāpya nirmocane pāśānṣaṭsahasrāṃstarasvinaḥ | hṛtāste vāsudevena hyupasaṅkramya kauravān

At Nirmochana Vasudeva came upon six thousand mighty foes armed with nooses and destroyed them; so too could he fall upon the Kauravas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 7, lines 7–8 (printed after 5.128.17, at the start of Vidura's speech; Wikisource places the passage after 5.128.22). Speaker set to Vidura (see verse 22).

Verse 31 (5.130.31)

द्वारमासाद्य सौभस्य विधूय गदया गिरिम् । द्युमत्सेनः सहामात्यः कृष्णेन विनिपातितः ॥

dvāramāsādya saubhasya vidhūya gadayā girim | dyumatsenaḥ sahāmātyaḥ kṛṣṇena vinipātitaḥ

Reaching the gate of Saubha, he shattered a mountain with his mace, and Dyumatsena with his ministers was struck down by Krishna.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 7, lines 9–10 (printed after 5.128.17, at the start of Vidura's speech; Wikisource places the passage after 5.128.22). Speaker set to Vidura (see verse 22).

Verse 32 (5.130.32)

शेषवत्त्वात्कुरूणां तु धर्मापेक्षी तथाऽच्युतः । क्षमते पुण्डरीकाक्षः शक्तः सन्पापकर्मणाम् ॥

śeṣavattvātkurūṇāṃ tu dharmāpekṣī tathā'cyutaḥ | kṣamate puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ śaktaḥ sanpāpakarmaṇām

But since the Kurus' time has not yet run out, and since he has regard for dharma, the lotus-eyed Achyuta bears with these evildoers, though he has the power to crush them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 7, lines 11–12 (printed after 5.128.17, at the start of Vidura's speech; Wikisource places the passage after 5.128.22). Speaker set to Vidura (see verse 22).

Verse 33 (5.130.33)

एते हि यदि गोविन्दमिच्छन्ति सह राजभिः । अद्यैवातिथयः सर्वे भविष्यन्ति यमस्य ते ॥

ete hi yadi govindamicchanti saha rājabhiḥ | adyaivātithayaḥ sarve bhaviṣyanti yamasya te

If these men, together with the kings, set their sights on Govinda, this very day they will all become the guests of Yama.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 7, lines 13–14 (printed after 5.128.17, at the start of Vidura's speech; Wikisource places the passage after 5.128.22). Speaker set to Vidura (see verse 22).

Verse 34 (5.130.34)

यथा वायोस्तृणाग्राणि वशं यान्ति बलीयसः । तथा चक्रभृतः सर्वे वशमेष्यन्ति कौरवाः ॥

yathā vāyostṛṇāgrāṇi vaśaṃ yānti balīyasaḥ | tathā cakrabhṛtaḥ sarve vaśameṣyanti kauravāḥ

As the tips of the grass bow to the power of the stronger wind, so all the Kauravas will fall under the power of the discus-bearer.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 7, lines 15–16 (printed after 5.128.17, at the start of Vidura's speech; Wikisource places the passage after 5.128.22). Speaker set to Vidura (see verse 22). Corrected तृणाग्रणि → तृणाग्राणि (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ā-sign; the apparatus reads tṛṇāgrāṇi).

Verse 35 (5.130.35)

विदुरेणैवमुक्ते तु केशवो वाक्यमब्रवीत् । धृतराष्ट्रमभिप्रेक्ष्य सुहृदां शृण्वतां मिथः ॥

vidureṇaivamukte tu keśavo vākyamabravīt | dhṛtarāṣṭramabhiprekṣya suhṛdāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ mithaḥ

When Vidura had spoken thus, Keshava looked at Dhritarashtra and spoke, while all his well-wishers listened:

Note on the text: Wikisource's speaker heading (वैशंपायन उवाच) had slipped into the verse text, followed by a stray quote mark that closes the passage of verses 27–34; removed and made the speaker. Corrected श्रृण्वतां → शृण्वतां (misprint in Wikisource; श्रृ for शृ; the critical edition reads śṛṇvatāṃ).

Verse 36 (5.130.36)

राजन्नेते यदि क्रुद्धा मां निगृह्णीयुरोजसा । एते वा मामहं वैनाननुजानीहि पार्थिव ॥

rājannete yadi kruddhā māṃ nigṛhṇīyurojasā | ete vā māmahaṃ vainānanujānīhi pārthiva

O King, if these men in their anger try to seize me by force, then either they will take me or I them. Give me leave, lord of the earth.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vasudeva (Krishna): his reply, announced in verse 35, runs through verse 43 (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 37 (5.130.37)

एतान्हि सर्वान्संरब्धान्नियन्तुमहमुत्सहे । न त्वहं निन्दितं कर्म कुर्यां पापं कथंचन ॥

etānhi sarvānsaṃrabdhānniyantumahamutsahe | na tvahaṃ ninditaṃ karma kuryāṃ pāpaṃ kathaṃcana

I am able to restrain them all, enraged as they are. But I would never do a condemned or sinful deed.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vasudeva (Krishna) (see verse 36).

Verse 38 (5.130.38)

पाण्डवार्थे हि लुभ्यन्तः स्वार्थान्हास्यन्ति ते सुताः । एते चेदेवमिच्छन्ति कृतकार्यो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

pāṇḍavārthe hi lubhyantaḥ svārthānhāsyanti te sutāḥ | ete cedevamicchanti kṛtakāryo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Coveting the Pandavas' wealth, your sons will lose their own. If this is what they want, Yudhishthira's purpose is already achieved.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vasudeva (Krishna) (see verse 36).

Verse 39 (5.130.39)

अद्यैव ह्यहमेनांश्च ये चैनाननु भारत । निगृह्य राजन्पार्थेभ्यो दद्यां किं दुष्कृतं भवेत् ॥

adyaiva hyahamenāṃśca ye cainānanu bhārata | nigṛhya rājanpārthebhyo dadyāṃ kiṃ duṣkṛtaṃ bhavet

This very day, O Bharata, I could seize these men and all who follow them, O King, and hand them over to the sons of Pritha. What wrong would there be in that?

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vasudeva (Krishna) (see verse 36).

Verse 40 (5.130.40)

एष मे निश्चयो राजन्यद्येषोऽस्य विनिश्चयः । नर्दन्तु सहिताः शङ्खाः पणवानकनिस्वनैः ॥

eṣa me niścayo rājanyadyeṣo'sya viniścayaḥ | nardantu sahitāḥ śaṅkhāḥ paṇavānakanisvanaiḥ

This is my resolve, O King, if that is his resolve. Let the conches sound together with the roll of drums and kettledrums.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 5.128.27b*0486, lines 2–3. Removed a stray backtick (`), the opening quotation mark of the passage (closed in verse 41). Speaker set to Vasudeva (Krishna) (see verse 36).

Verse 41 (5.130.41)

अनायासेन पार्थानां वर्ततां च शिवं महत् । निगृह्य राजन्पार्थेभ्यो दद्यां चेत्सुकृतं भवेत् ॥

anāyāsena pārthānāṃ vartatāṃ ca śivaṃ mahat | nigṛhya rājanpārthebhyo dadyāṃ cetsukṛtaṃ bhavet

Then great good would come to the sons of Pritha without any effort. If I seized these men and gave them to the Parthas, O King, it would be a good deed.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension). Line 1 is the critical edition's apparatus 5.128.27b*0486, line 4; line 2 repeats, with चेत्सुकृतं for किं दुष्कृतं, the second line of verse 39 (CE 5.128.27cd). Removed a stray quote mark with a doubled danda that closes the passage. Corrected पर्वतां → वर्ततां (misprint in Wikisource; प for व; the apparatus reads vartatāṃ). Speaker set to Vasudeva (Krishna) (see verse 36).

Verse 42 (5.130.42)

इदं तु न प्रवर्तेयं निन्दितं कर्म भारत । सन्निधौ ते महाराज क्रोधजं पापबुद्धिजम् ॥

idaṃ tu na pravarteyaṃ ninditaṃ karma bhārata | sannidhau te mahārāja krodhajaṃ pāpabuddhijam

But in your presence, great king, I will not set my hand to this condemned deed, O Bharata, a deed born of anger and of an evil mind.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vasudeva (Krishna) (see verse 36).

Verse 43 (5.130.43)

एष दुर्योधनो राजन्यथेच्छति तथाऽस्तु तत् । अहं तु सर्वांस्तनयाननुजानामि ते नृप ॥

eṣa duryodhano rājanyathecchati tathā'stu tat | ahaṃ tu sarvāṃstanayānanujānāmi te nṛpa

Let it be as this Duryodhana wishes, O King. For my part, lord of men, I give all your sons leave to do as they will.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vasudeva (Krishna) (see verse 36). Line 2 reads सर्वांस्तनयाननुजानामि ते नृप ("I give all your sons leave, O king") where the critical edition has sarvān samayān anujānāmi bhārata (a recension variant).

Verse 44 (5.130.44)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु विदुरं धृतराष्ट्रोऽभ्यभाषत । क्षिप्रमानय तं पापं राज्यलुब्धं सुयोधनम् ॥

etacchrutvā tu viduraṃ dhṛtarāṣṭro'bhyabhāṣata | kṣipramānaya taṃ pāpaṃ rājyalubdhaṃ suyodhanam

Hearing this, Dhritarashtra said to Vidura, "Bring that wicked Suyodhana here at once, greedy for the kingdom as he is,

Verse 45 (5.130.45)

सहमित्रं सहामात्यं ससोदर्यं सहानुगम् । शक्नुयां यदि पन्थानमवतारयितुं पुनः ॥

sahamitraṃ sahāmātyaṃ sasodaryaṃ sahānugam | śaknuyāṃ yadi panthānamavatārayituṃ punaḥ

with his friends and his ministers, his brothers and his followers, in case I can bring him back to the right path once more."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Dhritarashtra: the rest of his order to Vidura, begun in the second line of verse 44 (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 46 (5.130.46)

ततो दुर्योधनं क्षत्ता पुनः प्रावेशयत्सभाम् । अकामं भ्रातृभिः सार्धं राजभिः परिवारितम् ॥

tato duryodhanaṃ kṣattā punaḥ prāveśayatsabhām | akāmaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ rājabhiḥ parivāritam

So the steward brought Duryodhana back into the hall against his will, together with his brothers and surrounded by the kings.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रावेशयत्मभाम् → प्रावेशयत्सभाम् (misprint in Wikisource; म for स; the critical edition reads prāveśayat sabhām).

Verse 47 (5.130.47)

अथ दुर्योधनं राजा धृतराष्ट्रोऽभ्यभाषत । कर्णदुःशासनाभ्यां च राजभिश्चापि संवृतम् ॥

atha duryodhanaṃ rājā dhṛtarāṣṭro'bhyabhāṣata | karṇaduḥśāsanābhyāṃ ca rājabhiścāpi saṃvṛtam

Then King Dhritarashtra spoke to Duryodhana, who stood surrounded by Karna, Duhshasana and the kings:

Note on the text: Corrected दुरोयधनं → दुर्योधनं (misprint in Wikisource; transposed letters; the critical edition reads duryodhanaṃ).

Verse 48 (5.130.48)

नृशंस पापभूयिष्ठ क्षुद्रकर्मसहायवान् । पापैः सहायैः संहत्य पापं कर्म चिकीर्षसि ॥

nṛśaṃsa pāpabhūyiṣṭha kṣudrakarmasahāyavān | pāpaiḥ sahāyaiḥ saṃhatya pāpaṃ karma cikīrṣasi

Cruel one, steeped in sin, with base men for your helpers! You have joined with wicked allies and seek to do a wicked deed,

Note on the text: Speaker set to Dhritarashtra: his rebuke of Duryodhana, announced in verse 47, fills verses 48–53 (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 49 (5.130.49)

अशक्यमयशस्यं च सद्भिश्चापि विगर्हितम् । यथा त्वादृशको मूढो व्यवस्येत्कुलपांसनः ॥

aśakyamayaśasyaṃ ca sadbhiścāpi vigarhitam | yathā tvādṛśako mūḍho vyavasyetkulapāṃsanaḥ

a deed impossible and shameful, condemned by the good, such as only a fool like you, the disgrace of his family, would attempt.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Dhritarashtra (see verse 48).

Verse 50 (5.130.50)

त्वमिमं पुण्डरीकाक्षमप्रधृष्यं दुरासदम् । पापैः सहायैः संहत्य निग्रहीतुं किलेच्छसि ॥

tvamimaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣamapradhṛṣyaṃ durāsadam | pāpaiḥ sahāyaiḥ saṃhatya nigrahītuṃ kilecchasi

You mean, it seems, to join with wicked allies and seize this lotus-eyed one, whom none can assail or approach.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Dhritarashtra (see verse 48).

Verse 51 (5.130.51)

यो न शक्यो बलात्कर्तुं देवैरपि सवासवैः । तं त्वं प्रार्थयसे मन्द बालश्चन्द्रमसं यथा ॥

yo na śakyo balātkartuṃ devairapi savāsavaiḥ | taṃ tvaṃ prārthayase manda bālaścandramasaṃ yathā

He whom even the gods with Vasava cannot overpower, him you reach for, fool, like a child reaching for the moon.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Dhritarashtra (see verse 48).

Verse 52 (5.130.52)

देवैर्मनुष्यैर्गन्धर्वैरसुरैरुरगैश्च यः । न सोढुं समरे शक्यस्तं न बुध्यसि केशवम् ॥

devairmanuṣyairgandharvairasurairuragaiśca yaḥ | na soḍhuṃ samare śakyastaṃ na budhyasi keśavam

You do not understand Keshava, whom neither gods nor men, gandharvas, asuras nor serpents can withstand in battle.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Dhritarashtra (see verse 48).

Verse 53 (5.130.53)

दुर्ग्राह्यः पाणिना वायुर्दुस्पर्शः पाणिना शशी । दुर्धरा पृथिवी मूर्ध्ना दुर्ग्राह्यः केशवो बलात् ॥

durgrāhyaḥ pāṇinā vāyurdusparśaḥ pāṇinā śaśī | durdharā pṛthivī mūrdhnā durgrāhyaḥ keśavo balāt

The wind is hard to grasp in the hand, the moon hard to touch with the hand, the earth hard to bear on the head, and Keshava hard to seize by force.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Dhritarashtra (see verse 48).

Verse 54 (5.130.54)

इत्युक्ते धृतराष्ट्रेण क्षत्ताऽपि विदुरोऽब्रवीत् । दुर्योधनमभिप्रेक्ष्य धार्तराष्ट्रममर्षणम् ॥

ityukte dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa kṣattā'pi viduro'bravīt | duryodhanamabhiprekṣya dhārtarāṣṭramamarṣaṇam

When Dhritarashtra had said this, Vidura the steward also spoke, looking at Duryodhana, the unforgiving son of Dhritarashtra:

Verse 55 (5.130.55)

दुर्योधन निबोधेदं वचनं मम सांप्रतम् । सौभद्वारे वानरेन्द्रो द्विविदो नाम नामतः । शिलावर्षेण महता छादयामास केशवम् ॥

duryodhana nibodhedaṃ vacanaṃ mama sāṃpratam | saubhadvāre vānarendro dvivido nāma nāmataḥ | śilāvarṣeṇa mahatā chādayāmāsa keśavam

Duryodhana, hear these timely words of mine. At the gate of Saubha the monkey lord named Dvivida covered Keshava with a great shower of rocks;

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vidura: his speech, announced in verse 54, runs to the end of the adhyaya (no heading in Wikisource). Line 1 is not in the critical edition's text; its apparatus has it as 5.128.41d*0487 (printed after 41, where Wikisource prints it before); lines 2–3 are CE 5.128.41.

Verse 56 (5.130.56)

ग्रहीतुकामो विक्रम्य सर्वयत्नेन माधवम् । ग्रहीतुं नाशकच्चैनं तं त्वं प्रार्थयसे बलात् ॥

grahītukāmo vikramya sarvayatnena mādhavam | grahītuṃ nāśakaccainaṃ taṃ tvaṃ prārthayase balāt

he strove with all his might to seize Madhava, yet he could not take him, and you would take him by force!

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vidura (see verse 55).

Verse 57 (5.130.57)

प्राग्ज्योतिषगतं शौरिं नरकः सह दानवैः । ग्रहीतुं नाशकत्तत्र तं त्वं प्रार्थयसे बलात् ॥

prāgjyotiṣagataṃ śauriṃ narakaḥ saha dānavaiḥ | grahītuṃ nāśakattatra taṃ tvaṃ prārthayase balāt

When Shauri went to Pragjyotisha, Naraka and the danavas could not seize him there, and you would take him by force!

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vidura (see verse 55). Wikisource gives this verse before CE 5.128.43 (verse 59).

Verse 58 (5.130.58)

अनेकयुगवर्षायुर्निहत्य नरकं मृधे । नीत्वा कन्यासहस्राणि उपयेमे यथाविधि ॥

anekayugavarṣāyurnihatya narakaṃ mṛdhe | nītvā kanyāsahasrāṇi upayeme yathāvidhi

He slew in battle Naraka, whose life had spanned many ages, carried off the thousands of maidens and married them with due rites.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 5.128.44d*0488, lines 1–2. Speaker set to Vidura (see verse 55).

Verse 59 (5.130.59)

निर्मोचने षट्सहस्राः पाशैर्बद्ध्वा महासुराः । ग्रहीतुं नाशकंश्चैनं तं त्वं प्रार्थयसे बलात् ॥

nirmocane ṣaṭsahasrāḥ pāśairbaddhvā mahāsurāḥ | grahītuṃ nāśakaṃścainaṃ taṃ tvaṃ prārthayase balāt

At Nirmochana six thousand great asuras bound him with nooses, yet could not hold him, and you would take him by force!

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vidura (see verse 55).

Verse 60 (5.130.60)

अनेन हि हता बाल्ये पूतना शिशुना तदा । गोवर्धनो धारितश्च गवार्थे भरतर्षभ ॥

anena hi hatā bālye pūtanā śiśunā tadā | govardhano dhāritaśca gavārthe bharatarṣabha

It was he who, as a baby, killed Putana in his childhood, and who held up Mount Govardhana to protect the cows, O bull among the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vidura (see verse 55).

Verse 61 (5.130.61)

अरिष्टो धेनुकश्चैव चाणूरश्च महाबलः । अश्वराजश्च निहतः कंसश्चारिष्टमाचरन् ॥

ariṣṭo dhenukaścaiva cāṇūraśca mahābalaḥ | aśvarājaśca nihataḥ kaṃsaścāriṣṭamācaran

Arishta and Dhenuka, the mighty Chanura, the king of horses, and Kamsa, who did evil, were all slain by him.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vidura (see verse 55).

Verse 62 (5.130.62)

जरासन्धश्च वक्रश्च शिशुपालश्च वीर्यवान् । बाणश्च निहतः सङ्ख्ये राजानश्च निषूदिताः ॥

jarāsandhaśca vakraśca śiśupālaśca vīryavān | bāṇaśca nihataḥ saṅkhye rājānaśca niṣūditāḥ

Jarasandha and Vakra, the valiant Shishupala and Bana were struck down in battle, and kings were destroyed.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vidura (see verse 55). Corrected बाणाश्च → बाणश्च (misprint in Wikisource; stray ā-sign, which makes a plural against the singular निहतः; the critical edition reads bāṇaś ca).

Verse 63 (5.130.63)

वरुणो निर्जितो राजा पावकश्चामितौजसा । पारिजातं च हरता जितः साक्षाच्छचीपतिः ॥

varuṇo nirjito rājā pāvakaścāmitaujasā | pārijātaṃ ca haratā jitaḥ sākṣācchacīpatiḥ

By him of boundless might King Varuna was vanquished, and Agni too; and when he carried off the Parijata, the lord of Shachi himself was defeated.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vidura (see verse 55).

Verse 64 (5.130.64)

एकार्णवे च स्वपता निहतौ मधुकैटभौ । जन्मान्तरमुपागम्य हयग्रीवस्तथा हतः ॥

ekārṇave ca svapatā nihatau madhukaiṭabhau | janmāntaramupāgamya hayagrīvastathā hataḥ

Lying asleep on the one ocean, he slew Madhu and Kaitabha; and in another birth he likewise slew Hayagriva.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vidura (see verse 55).

Verse 65 (5.130.65)

अयं कर्ता न क्रियते कारणं चापि पौरुषे । यद्यदिच्छेदयं शौरिस्तत्तत्कुर्यादयत्नतः ॥

ayaṃ kartā na kriyate kāraṇaṃ cāpi pauruṣe | yadyadicchedayaṃ śauristattatkuryādayatnataḥ

He is the maker and is made by none; he is the cause of all human striving. Whatever Shauri wishes, he can do without effort.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vidura (see verse 55).

Verse 66 (5.130.66)

तं न बुध्यसि गोविन्दं घोरविक्रममच्युतम् । आशीविषमिव क्रुद्धं तेजोराशिमनिन्दितम् ॥

taṃ na budhyasi govindaṃ ghoravikramamacyutam | āśīviṣamiva kruddhaṃ tejorāśimaninditam

You do not understand Govinda, Achyuta of terrible valour, who is like an angry venomous serpent, a mass of fiery energy beyond reproach.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vidura (see verse 55). Corrected गोविन्द → गोविन्दं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara, the object of बुध्यसि; the critical edition reads govindaṃ) and क्रूद्धं → क्रुद्धं (misprint; long ū for short u; the critical edition reads kruddhaṃ).

Verse 67 (5.130.67)

प्रधर्षयन्महाबाहुं कृष्णमक्लिष्टकारिणम् । पतङ्गोऽग्निमिवासाद्य सामात्यो नभविष्यसि ॥

pradharṣayanmahābāhuṃ kṛṣṇamakliṣṭakāriṇam | pataṅgo'gnimivāsādya sāmātyo nabhaviṣyasi

If you assail the mighty-armed Krishna, who acts without strain, you and your ministers will perish like a moth that flies into a fire.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vidura (see verse 55).