Uluka Delivers Duryodhana's Taunts

Verse 1 (5.161.1)

सेनानिवेशं संप्राप्तः कैतव्यः पाण्डवस्य ह । समागतः पाण्डवेयैर्युधिष्ठिरमभाषत ॥

senāniveśaṃ saṃprāptaḥ kaitavyaḥ pāṇḍavasya ha | samāgataḥ pāṇḍaveyairyudhiṣṭhiramabhāṣata

Reaching the Pandava's encampment, Kaitavya met the Pandavas and spoke to Yudhishthira:

Verse 2 (5.161.2)

अभिज्ञो दूतवाक्यानां यथोक्तं ब्रुवतो मम । दुर्योधनसमादेशं श्रुत्वा न क्रोद्धुमर्हसि ॥

abhijño dūtavākyānāṃ yathoktaṃ bruvato mama | duryodhanasamādeśaṃ śrutvā na kroddhumarhasi

"You know the ways of envoys. When I repeat Duryodhana's message exactly as it was given to me, you should not be angry at hearing it."

Note on the text: Speaker: Uluka's own words to Yudhishthira, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 3 (5.161.3)

उलूक न भयं तेऽस्ति ब्रूहि त्वं विगतज्वरः । यन्मतं धार्तराष्ट्रस्य लुब्धस्यादीर्घदर्शिनः ॥

ulūka na bhayaṃ te'sti brūhi tvaṃ vigatajvaraḥ | yanmataṃ dhārtarāṣṭrasya lubdhasyādīrghadarśinaḥ

"Uluka, you have nothing to fear. Speak without anxiety, and tell us what the greedy, short-sighted son of Dhritarashtra has in mind."

Note on the text: Corrected यन्मत्तं → यन्मतं (misprint in Wikisource; the doubled त turns मतम् "opinion" into मत्तम् "drunk"; the critical edition reads yan mataṃ).

Verse 4 (5.161.4)

ततो द्युतिमतां मध्ये पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम् । सृञ्जयानां च मत्स्यानां कृष्णस्य च यशस्विनः ॥

tato dyutimatāṃ madhye pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām | sṛñjayānāṃ ca matsyānāṃ kṛṣṇasya ca yaśasvinaḥ

Then, in the midst of the radiant, great-souled Pandavas, of the Srinjayas and the Matsyas and of the famous Krishna,

Verse 5 (5.161.5)

द्रुपदस्य सपुत्रस्य विराटस्य च संनिधौ । भूमिपानां च सर्वेषां मध्ये वाक्यं जगाद ह ॥

drupadasya saputrasya virāṭasya ca saṃnidhau | bhūmipānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ madhye vākyaṃ jagāda ha

in the presence of Drupada and his sons and of Virata, and in the midst of all the kings, he spoke these words:

Verse 6 (5.161.6)

इदं त्वामब्रवीद्राजा धार्तराष्ट्रो महामनाः । शृण्वतां कुरुवीराणां तन्निबोध युधिष्ठिर ॥

idaṃ tvāmabravīdrājā dhārtarāṣṭro mahāmanāḥ | śṛṇvatāṃ kuruvīrāṇāṃ tannibodha yudhiṣṭhira

"The high-minded King Duryodhana, son of Dhritarashtra, has said this to you in the hearing of the Kuru heroes. Listen to it, Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Corrected श्रृण्वतां → शृण्वतां (misprint in Wikisource; श्रृ for शृ, the critical edition reads śṛṇvatāṃ).

Verse 7 (5.161.7)

पराजितोऽसि द्यूतेन कृष्णा चानायिता सभाम् । शक्योऽमर्षो मनुष्येण कर्तुं पुरुषमानिना ॥

parājito'si dyūtena kṛṣṇā cānāyitā sabhām | śakyo'marṣo manuṣyeṇa kartuṃ puruṣamāninā

You were beaten at dice, and Krishna was dragged into the assembly hall. A man who prides himself on his manhood may well feel indignation at that.

Verse 8 (5.161.8)

द्वादशैव तु वर्षाणि वने धिष्ण्याद्विवासितः । संवत्सरं विराटस्य दास्यमास्थाय चोषितः ॥

dvādaśaiva tu varṣāṇi vane dhiṣṇyādvivāsitaḥ | saṃvatsaraṃ virāṭasya dāsyamāsthāya coṣitaḥ

For twelve full years you were driven from your home into the forest, and for a year you lived in Virata's house as a servant.

Verse 9 (5.161.9)

अमर्षं राज्यहरणं वनवासं च पाण्डव । द्रौपद्याश्च परिक्लेशं संस्मरन्पुरुषो भव ॥

amarṣaṃ rājyaharaṇaṃ vanavāsaṃ ca pāṇḍava | draupadyāśca parikleśaṃ saṃsmaranpuruṣo bhava

Remember your anger, the seizing of your kingdom, your exile in the forest and the torment of Draupadi, son of Pandu, and be a man!

Verse 10 (5.161.10)

अशक्तेन च यच्छप्तं भीमसेनेन पाण्डव । दुःशासनस्य रुधिरं पीयतां यदि शक्यते ॥

aśaktena ca yacchaptaṃ bhīmasenena pāṇḍava | duḥśāsanasya rudhiraṃ pīyatāṃ yadi śakyate

And the oath that Bhimasena swore in his helplessness, son of Pandu — let him drink Duhshasana's blood, if he can.

Verse 11 (5.161.11)

लोहाभिसारो निर्वृत्तः कुरुक्षेत्रमकर्दमम् । समः पन्था भृतास्तेऽश्वाः श्वो युध्यस्व सकेशवः ॥

lohābhisāro nirvṛttaḥ kurukṣetramakardamam | samaḥ panthā bhṛtāste'śvāḥ śvo yudhyasva sakeśavaḥ

The lustration of weapons is done, Kurukshetra is free of mud, the roads are level and your horses are well fed. Tomorrow, fight — with Keshava at your side!

Note on the text: Corrected भृतास्तेश्वाः → भृतास्तेऽश्वाः (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha in ते अश्वाः — Wikisource 160 has पुष्टास्तेऽश्वाः in the same verse). The critical edition reads bhṛtā yodhāḥ.

Verse 12 (5.161.12)

असमागम्य भीष्मेण संयुगे किं विकत्थसे । आरुरुक्षुर्यथा पङ्गुः पर्वतं गन्धमादनम् ॥

asamāgamya bhīṣmeṇa saṃyuge kiṃ vikatthase | ārurukṣuryathā paṅguḥ parvataṃ gandhamādanam

Why do you boast before you have met Bhishma in battle? You are like a lame man who longs to climb Mount Gandhamadana.

Verse 13 (5.161.13)

एवं कत्थसि कौन्तेय अकत्थन्पुरुषो भव । सूतपुत्रं सुदुर्धर्षं शल्यं च बलिनां वरम् ॥

evaṃ katthasi kaunteya akatthanpuruṣo bhava | sūtaputraṃ sudurdharṣaṃ śalyaṃ ca balināṃ varam

This is how you boast, son of Kunti; stop boasting and be a man. Without defeating the charioteer's son, so hard to assail, and Shalya, foremost of the strong,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is star passage *560, printed after 5.158.12 (reading akatthan kuru pauruṣam). Corrected सुदुर्घर्षं → सुदुर्धर्षं (misprint in Wikisource; घ for ध, *560 reads sudurdharṣaṃ).

Verse 14 (5.161.14)

द्रोणं च बलिनां श्रेष्ठं शचीपतिसमं युधि । अजित्वा संयुगे पार्थ राज्यं कथमिहेच्छसि ॥

droṇaṃ ca balināṃ śreṣṭhaṃ śacīpatisamaṃ yudhi | ajitvā saṃyuge pārtha rājyaṃ kathamihecchasi

and Drona, best of the strong, equal in battle to Indra, lord of Shachi — without conquering them in battle, Partha, how can you hope for the kingdom here?

Verse 15 (5.161.15)

ब्राह्मे धनुषि चाचार्यं वेदयोरन्तगं द्वयोः । युधि धुर्यमविक्षोभ्यमनीकचरमच्युतम् ॥

brāhme dhanuṣi cācāryaṃ vedayorantagaṃ dvayoḥ | yudhi dhuryamavikṣobhyamanīkacaramacyutam

Drona is the teacher of the Brahma-lore of the bow, who has mastered both the Vedas; in battle he bears the yoke, cannot be shaken, moves among the ranks and never falls.

Verse 16 (5.161.16)

द्रोणं महाद्युतिं पार्थ जेतुमिच्छसि तन्मृषा । न हि शुश्रुम वातेन मेरुमुन्मथितं गिरिम् ॥

droṇaṃ mahādyutiṃ pārtha jetumicchasi tanmṛṣā | na hi śuśruma vātena merumunmathitaṃ girim

You wish to conquer the splendid Drona, Partha: that is a vain hope. We have never heard of Mount Meru being torn up by the wind.

Verse 17 (5.161.17)

अनिलो वा वहेन्मेरुं द्यौर्वापि निपतेन्महीम् । युगं वा परिवर्तेत यद्येवं स्याद्यथात्थ माम् ॥

anilo vā vahenmeruṃ dyaurvāpi nipatenmahīm | yugaṃ vā parivarteta yadyevaṃ syādyathāttha mām

The wind might carry off Meru, or the sky fall to the earth, or the age turn round, if things were as you tell me.

Verse 18 (5.161.18)

को ह्यस्ति जीविताकाङ्क्षी प्राप्येममरिमर्दनम् । गजो वाजी रथो वापि पुनः स्वस्ति गृहान्व्रजेत् ॥

ko hyasti jīvitākāṅkṣī prāpyemamarimardanam | gajo vājī ratho vāpi punaḥ svasti gṛhānvrajet

Who that wants to live — elephant, horse or chariot — could come up against this crusher of foes and go home again safe?

Verse 19 (5.161.19)

कथमाभ्यामभिध्यातः संसृष्टो दारुणेन वा । रणे जीवन्विमुच्येत पदा भूमिमुपस्पृशन् ॥

kathamābhyāmabhidhyātaḥ saṃsṛṣṭo dāruṇena vā | raṇe jīvanvimucyeta padā bhūmimupaspṛśan

Marked out by these two, or caught by either of these terrible men, how could anyone come out of battle alive, still touching the ground with his feet?

Verse 20 (5.161.20)

किं दर्दुरः कूपशयो यथेमां । न बुध्यसे राजचमूं समेताम् । दुराधर्षां देवचमूप्रकाशां । गुप्तां नरेन्द्रैस्त्रिदशैरिव द्याम् ॥

kiṃ darduraḥ kūpaśayo yathemāṃ | na budhyase rājacamūṃ sametām | durādharṣāṃ devacamūprakāśāṃ | guptāṃ narendraistridaśairiva dyām

Why, like a frog lying in a well, do you not grasp this royal army gathered here — unassailable, shining like the army of the gods, guarded by kings as heaven is guarded by the Thirty?

Note on the text: Corrected दुर्दुरः → दर्दुरः, बुध्यमे → बुध्यसे and दुराधरषां → दुराधर्षां (misprints in Wikisource; the critical edition reads darduraḥ, budhyase, durādharṣāṃ).

Verse 21 (5.161.21)

प्राच्यैः प्रतीच्यैरथ दाक्षिणात्यै- । रुदीच्यकाम्भोजशकैः खशैश्च । साल्वैः समत्स्यैः कुरुमुख्यदेश्यै- । र्म्लेच्छैः पुलिन्दैर्द्रविडान्ध्रकाञ्च्यैः ॥

prācyaiḥ pratīcyairatha dākṣiṇātyai- | rudīcyakāmbhojaśakaiḥ khaśaiśca | sālvaiḥ samatsyaiḥ kurumukhyadeśyai- | rmlecchaiḥ pulindairdraviḍāndhrakāñcyaiḥ

It is guarded by men of the east and of the west, of the south and of the north; by the Kambojas, the Shakas and the Khashas; by the Shalvas and the Matsyas; by men of the chief Kuru lands; by the mlecchas, the Pulindas, the Dravidas, the Andhras and the Kanchis.

Verse 22 (5.161.22)

नानाजनौघं युधि संप्रवृद्धं । गाङ्गं यथा वेगमपारणीयम् । मां च स्थितं नागबलस्य मध्ये । युयुत्ससे मन्द किमल्पबुद्धे ॥

nānājanaughaṃ yudhi saṃpravṛddhaṃ | gāṅgaṃ yathā vegamapāraṇīyam | māṃ ca sthitaṃ nāgabalasya madhye | yuyutsase manda kimalpabuddhe

This host of many peoples, swollen for battle like the irresistible current of the Ganga — and me standing in the midst of my army of elephants: is it these you want to fight, you dull, witless fool?"

Note on the text: Corrected नाङ्गं → गाङ्गं, अपारकणीयम् → अपारणीयम् and युयुत्समे → युयुत्ससे (misprints in Wikisource; the critical edition reads gāṅgaṃ and yuyutsase; for the stray क in अपारकणीयम् the smallest fix is अपारणीयम्, as Wikisource 160 prints this verse — the critical edition reads avāraṇīyam).

Verse 23 (5.161.23)

इत्येवमुक्त्वा राजानं धर्मपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम् । अभ्यावृत्य पुनर्जिष्णुमुलूकः प्रत्यभाषत ॥

ityevamuktvā rājānaṃ dharmaputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram | abhyāvṛtya punarjiṣṇumulūkaḥ pratyabhāṣata

Having spoken thus to King Yudhishthira, son of Dharma, Uluka turned again to Jishnu and said:

Note on the text: Speaker: narration, given to Sanjaya (the input carried उलूक over). Corrected अभ्यवृत्य → अभ्यावृत्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ā, the critical edition reads abhyāvṛtya).

Verse 24 (5.161.24)

अकत्थमानो युध्यस्व कत्थसेऽर्जुन किं बहु । पर्यायात्सिद्धिरेतस्य नैतत्सिध्यति कत्थनात् ॥

akatthamāno yudhyasva katthase'rjuna kiṃ bahu | paryāyātsiddhiretasya naitatsidhyati katthanāt

"Fight without boasting. Why do you boast so much, Arjuna? Success in this comes in its proper course; it is not won by boasting.

Note on the text: Speaker: Uluka, now addressing Arjuna, without a printed heading. Corrected कत्थेसेऽर्जुन → कत्थसेऽर्जुन and सिद्धिरेस्य → सिद्धिरेतस्य (misprints in Wikisource; a stray े and a dropped त; the critical edition reads katthase 'rjuna, siddhir etasya).

Verse 25 (5.161.25)

यदीदं कत्थनाल्लोके सिध्येत्कर्म धनञ्जय । सर्वे भवेयुः सिद्धार्थाः कत्थने को हि दुर्गतः ॥

yadīdaṃ katthanālloke sidhyetkarma dhanañjaya | sarve bhaveyuḥ siddhārthāḥ katthane ko hi durgataḥ

If deeds in this world were accomplished by boasting, Dhananjaya, everyone would gain his ends — for who is poor at boasting?

Verse 26 (5.161.26)

जानामि ते वासुदेवं सहायं । जानामि ते गाण्डिवं तालमात्रम् । जानाम्येतत्त्वादृशो नास्ति योद्धा । जानानस्ते राज्यमेतद्धरामि ॥

jānāmi te vāsudevaṃ sahāyaṃ | jānāmi te gāṇḍivaṃ tālamātram | jānāmyetattvādṛśo nāsti yoddhā | jānānaste rājyametaddharāmi

I know you have Vasudeva for your ally. I know your Gandiva is as tall as a palm tree. I know there is no warrior like you. Knowing all this, I am taking this kingdom of yours.

Verse 27 (5.161.27)

न तु पर्यायधर्मेण राज्यं प्राप्नोति मानुषः । मनसैवानुकूलानि विधाता कुरुते वशे ॥

na tu paryāyadharmeṇa rājyaṃ prāpnoti mānuṣaḥ | manasaivānukūlāni vidhātā kurute vaśe

A man does not win a kingdom by the law of due course; it is the Ordainer who, by his will alone, makes things favourable and brings them under one's sway.

Verse 28 (5.161.28)

त्रयोदश समा भुक्तं राज्यं विलपतस्तव । भूयश्चैव प्रशासिष्ये निहत्य त्वां सबान्धवम् ॥

trayodaśa samā bhuktaṃ rājyaṃ vilapatastava | bhūyaścaiva praśāsiṣye nihatya tvāṃ sabāndhavam

For thirteen years I have enjoyed the kingdom while you lamented, and I shall rule it again after killing you and your kin.

Verse 29 (5.161.29)

क्व तदा गाण्डिवं तेऽभूद्यत्त्वं दासपणैर्जितः । क्व तदा भीमसेनस्य बलमासीच्च फाल्गुन ॥

kva tadā gāṇḍivaṃ te'bhūdyattvaṃ dāsapaṇairjitaḥ | kva tadā bhīmasenasya balamāsīcca phālguna

Where was your Gandiva then, when you were won as a stake in the wager of slaves? Where, Phalguna, was Bhimasena's strength then?

Note on the text: Corrected फाल्गुना → फाल्गुन (misprint in Wikisource; the vocative needs the short a, as the critical edition reads phalguna).

Verse 30 (5.161.30)

सगदाद्भीमसेनाद्वा पार्थाद्वापि सगाण्डिवात् । न वै मोक्षस्तदा वोऽभूद्विना कृष्णामनिन्दिताम् ॥

sagadādbhīmasenādvā pārthādvāpi sagāṇḍivāt | na vai mokṣastadā vo'bhūdvinā kṛṣṇāmaninditām

There was no release for you then — not through Bhimasena with his mace, nor through Partha with his Gandiva — except through the blameless Krishna.

Note on the text: Corrected वोभूद् → वोऽभूद् (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha, the critical edition reads vo 'bhūd).

Verse 31 (5.161.31)

सा वो दास्ये समापन्नान्मोचयामास पार्षती । अमानुष्यं समापन्नान्दासकर्मण्यवस्थितान् ॥

sā vo dāsye samāpannānmocayāmāsa pārṣatī | amānuṣyaṃ samāpannāndāsakarmaṇyavasthitān

It was she, Parshati, who freed you when you had fallen into slavery, sunk to a state unfit for men and set to the work of slaves.

Verse 32 (5.161.32)

अवोचं यत्षण्डतिलानहं वस्तथ्यमेव तत् । धृता हि वेणी पार्थेन विराटनगरे तदा ॥

avocaṃ yatṣaṇḍatilānahaṃ vastathyameva tat | dhṛtā hi veṇī pārthena virāṭanagare tadā

When I called you sesame seeds with no oil in them, I spoke the plain truth: for Partha wore his hair in a braid in Virata's city then.

Verse 33 (5.161.33)

सूदकर्मणि च श्रान्तं विराटस्य महानसे । भीमसेनेन कौन्तेय यच्च तन्मम पौरुषम् ॥

sūdakarmaṇi ca śrāntaṃ virāṭasya mahānase | bhīmasenena kaunteya yacca tanmama pauruṣam

And Bhimasena wore himself out at a cook's work in Virata's kitchen, son of Kunti — and that was my doing.

Verse 34 (5.161.34)

एवमेतत्सदा दण्डं क्षत्रियाः क्षत्रिये दधुः । वेणीं कृत्वा षण्डवेषः कन्यां नर्तितवानसि ॥

evametatsadā daṇḍaṃ kṣatriyāḥ kṣatriye dadhuḥ | veṇīṃ kṛtvā ṣaṇḍaveṣaḥ kanyāṃ nartitavānasi

Thus have kshatriyas always dealt out punishment to a kshatriya: you braided your hair, put on a eunuch's dress and taught a girl to dance.

Note on the text: Corrected सदां → सदा (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara, the critical edition reads sadā). Only the first line matches 5.158.33ab; the second line (वेणीं कृत्वा …) differs from the critical edition's (śreṇyāṃ kakṣyāṃ ca veṇyāṃ ca saṃyuge yaḥ palāyate) — the vulgate reading, kept.

Verse 35 (5.161.35)

न भयाद्वासुदेवस्य न चापि तव फाल्गुन । राज्यं प्रतिप्रदास्यामि युध्यस्व सहकेशवः ॥

na bhayādvāsudevasya na cāpi tava phālguna | rājyaṃ pratipradāsyāmi yudhyasva sahakeśavaḥ

Not out of fear of Vasudeva, nor of you, Phalguna, will I give back the kingdom. Fight, with Keshava beside you!

Note on the text: Corrected प्रतिप्रदाकस्यामि → प्रतिप्रदास्यामि and युद्ध्यस्व → युध्यस्व (misprints in Wikisource; a stray क and a doubled द; the critical edition reads pratipradāsyāmi, yudhyasva).

Verse 36 (5.161.36)

न माया हीन्द्रजालं वा कुहका वापि भीषणा । आत्तशस्त्रस्य मे युद्धे वहन्ति प्रतिगर्जनाः ॥

na māyā hīndrajālaṃ vā kuhakā vāpi bhīṣaṇā | āttaśastrasya me yuddhe vahanti pratigarjanāḥ

No magic, no conjuror's trick, no fearful sorcery avails against me when I have taken up my weapons in battle; such things draw from me only roars of defiance.

Verse 37 (5.161.37)

वासुदेवसहस्रं वा फाल्गुनानां शतानि वा । आसाद्य माममोघेषुं द्रविष्यन्ति दिशो दश ॥

vāsudevasahasraṃ vā phālgunānāṃ śatāni vā | āsādya māmamogheṣuṃ draviṣyanti diśo daśa

A thousand Vasudevas or hundreds of Phalgunas, coming up against me whose arrows never miss, would scatter to the ten directions.

Note on the text: Corrected दशः → दश (misprint in Wikisource; stray visarga, the critical edition reads diśo daśa).

Verse 38 (5.161.38)

संयुगं गच्छ भीष्मेण भिन्धि वा शिरसा गिरिम् । तरेमं वा महागाधं बाहुभ्यां पुरुषोदधिम् ॥

saṃyugaṃ gaccha bhīṣmeṇa bhindhi vā śirasā girim | taremaṃ vā mahāgādhaṃ bāhubhyāṃ puruṣodadhim

Go and meet Bhishma in battle, or split a mountain with your head, or swim with your arms across this vast and fathomless ocean of men —

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (5.158.37d): in Wikisource the last quarter is a repeat of the next verse's last quarter (सौमदत्तितिमिङ्गिलम्), which leaves the ocean of the metaphor unnamed; बाहुभ्यां पुरुषोदधिम् (bāhubhyāṃ puruṣodadhim) is supplied, as Wikisource 160 also reads it. Corrected भूष्मेण → भीष्मेण (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads bhīṣmeṇa). The third quarter keeps the base reading तरेमं वा (CE prataremaṃ).

Verse 39 (5.161.39)

शारद्वतमहामीनं विविंशतिमहोरगम् । बृहद्बलमहोद्वेलं सौमदत्तितिमिङ्गिलम् ॥

śāradvatamahāmīnaṃ viviṃśatimahoragam | bṛhadbalamahodvelaṃ saumadattitimiṅgilam

whose great fish is Sharadvata, whose great serpent is Vivimshati, whose great tide is Brihadbala, whose whale is the son of Somadatta,

Note on the text: Corrected सौमदत्तिकतिमिङ्गितम् → सौमदत्तितिमिङ्गिलम् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क and त for ल; the critical edition reads saumadattitimiṃgilam). The page marks this verse's lines "a" and "d"; nothing is missing.

Verse 40 (5.161.40)

भीष्मवेगमपर्यन्तं द्रोणग्राहदुरासदम् । कर्णशल्यझषावर्तं काम्भोजबडबामुखम् ॥

bhīṣmavegamaparyantaṃ droṇagrāhadurāsadam | karṇaśalyajhaṣāvartaṃ kāmbhojabaḍabāmukham

whose boundless surge is Bhishma, made impassable by the crocodile Drona, whose whirlpools full of fish are Karna and Shalya, whose undersea fire is the Kamboja,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is star passage *562, which the critical edition prints within 5.158.39 (after its first line). Corrected काम्भोजबडबासुखम् → काम्भोजबडबामुखम् (misprint in Wikisource; स for म, *562 reads kāmbojavaḍavāmukham).

Verse 41 (5.161.41)

दुःशासनौघं शलशल्यमत्स्यं । सुषेणचित्रायुधनागनक्रम् । जयद्रथाद्रिं पुरुमित्रगाधं । दुर्मर्षणोदं शकुनिप्रपातम् ॥

duḥśāsanaughaṃ śalaśalyamatsyaṃ | suṣeṇacitrāyudhanāganakram | jayadrathādriṃ purumitragādhaṃ | durmarṣaṇodaṃ śakuniprapātam

whose flood is Duhshasana, whose fish are Shala and Shalya, whose sharks and crocodiles are Sushena and Chitrayudha, whose rock is Jayadratha, whose depth is Purumitra, whose waters are Durmarshana and whose waterfall is Shakuni —

Verse 42 (5.161.42)

शस्त्रौघमक्षय्यमतिप्रवृद्धं । यदावगाह्य श्रमनष्टचेताः । भविष्यसि त्वं हतसर्वबान्धव- । स्तदा मनस्ते परितापमेष्यति ॥

śastraughamakṣayyamatipravṛddhaṃ | yadāvagāhya śramanaṣṭacetāḥ | bhaviṣyasi tvaṃ hatasarvabāndhava- | stadā manaste paritāpameṣyati

this ocean of weapons, inexhaustible and swollen beyond measure: when you plunge into it, your mind numbed with exhaustion and all your kinsmen slain, then your heart will be filled with remorse.

Verse 43 (5.161.43)

तदा मनस्ते त्रिदिवादिवाशुचे- । र्निवर्तिता पार्थ महीप्रशासनात् । प्रशाम्य राज्यं हि सुदुर्लभं त्वया । बुभूषितः स्वर्ग इवातपस्विना ॥

tadā manaste tridivādivāśuce- | rnivartitā pārtha mahīpraśāsanāt | praśāmya rājyaṃ hi sudurlabhaṃ tvayā | bubhūṣitaḥ svarga ivātapasvinā

Then your mind will turn away from ruling the earth, Partha, as an impure man is turned away from heaven. So be still: the kingdom you long for is as hard for you to win as heaven is for one who has done no penance."