Sanjaya Returns to Hastinapura

Verse 1 (5.32.1)

अनुज्ञातः पाण्डवेन प्रययौ सञ्जयस्तदा । शासनं धृतराष्ट्रस्य सर्वं कृत्वा महात्मनः ॥

anujñātaḥ pāṇḍavena prayayau sañjayastadā | śāsanaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya sarvaṃ kṛtvā mahātmanaḥ

Given leave by the son of Pandu, Sanjaya then set out, having carried out every instruction of the great-souled Dhritarashtra.

Verse 2 (5.32.2)

सम्प्राप्य हास्तिनपुरं शीघ्रं च प्रविवेश ह । अन्तःपुरमुपस्थाय द्वाःस्थं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

samprāpya hāstinapuraṃ śīghraṃ ca praviveśa ha | antaḥpuramupasthāya dvāḥsthaṃ vacanamabravīt

Reaching Hastinapura, he entered it swiftly, went to the inner palace, and spoke to the doorkeeper.

Verse 3 (5.32.3)

आचक्ष्व मां धृतराष्ट्राय द्वाःस्थ । उपागतं पाण्डवानां सकाशात् । जागर्ति चेदभिवदेस्त्वं हि क्षत्तः । प्रविशेयं विदितो भूमिपस्य ॥

ācakṣva māṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrāya dvāḥstha | upāgataṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ sakāśāt | jāgarti cedabhivadestvaṃ hi kṣattaḥ | praviśeyaṃ vidito bhūmipasya

"Doorkeeper, announce me to Dhritarashtra — I have come from the Pandavas. If he is awake, tell him, attendant, and I will enter once the lord of the earth knows of it."

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Verse 4 (5.32.4)

सञ्जयोऽयं भूमिपते नमस्ते । दिदृक्षया द्वारमुपागतस्ते । प्राप्तो दूतः पाण्डवानां सकाशा- । त्प्रशाधि राजन्किमयं करोतु ॥

sañjayo'yaṃ bhūmipate namaste | didṛkṣayā dvāramupāgataste | prāpto dūtaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ sakāśā- | tpraśādhi rājankimayaṃ karotu

"Lord of the earth, this is Sanjaya; salutations to you. He has come to your door wishing to see you. He has arrived as envoy from the Pandavas. Command me, O king: what is he to do?"

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Verse 5 (5.32.5)

आचक्ष्व मां सुखिनं काल्यमस्मै । प्रवेश्यतां स्वागतं सञ्जयाय । न चाहमेतस्य भवाम्यकाल्यः । स मे कस्माद्द्वारि तिष्ठेत क्षत्तः ॥

ācakṣva māṃ sukhinaṃ kālyamasmai | praveśyatāṃ svāgataṃ sañjayāya | na cāhametasya bhavāmyakālyaḥ | sa me kasmāddvāri tiṣṭheta kṣattaḥ

"Tell him I am well and free to see him; let Sanjaya be shown in and made welcome. I am never unready to receive him. Why should he stand at my door, attendant?"

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Verse 6 (5.32.6)

ततः प्रविश्यानुमते नृपस्य । महद्वेश्म प्राज्ञशूरार्यगुप्तम् । सिंहासनस्थं पार्थिवमाससाद । वैचित्रवीर्यं प्राञ्जलिः सूतपुत्रः ॥

tataḥ praviśyānumate nṛpasya | mahadveśma prājñaśūrāryaguptam | siṃhāsanasthaṃ pārthivamāsasāda | vaicitravīryaṃ prāñjaliḥ sūtaputraḥ

Then, with the king's permission, the son of the suta entered the great hall guarded by wise, brave and noble men, and with joined palms approached the king, the son of Vichitravirya, seated on his throne.

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Verse 7 (5.32.7)

सञ्जयोऽहं भूमिपते नमस्ते । प्राप्तोऽस्मि गत्वा नरदेव पाण्डवान् । अभिवाद्य त्वां पाण्डुपुत्रो मनस्वी । युधिष्ठिरः कुशलं चान्वपृच्छत् ॥

sañjayo'haṃ bhūmipate namaste | prāpto'smi gatvā naradeva pāṇḍavān | abhivādya tvāṃ pāṇḍuputro manasvī | yudhiṣṭhiraḥ kuśalaṃ cānvapṛcchat

"I am Sanjaya, lord of the earth; salutations to you. I have come back, O god among men, from my visit to the Pandavas. Pandu's high-minded son Yudhishthira salutes you and has asked after your welfare."

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Verse 8 (5.32.8)

स ते पुत्रान्पृच्छति प्रीयमाणः । कच्चित्पुत्रैः प्रीयसे नप्तृभिश्च । तथा सुहृद्भिः सचिवैश्च राज- । न्ये चापि त्वामुपजीवन्ति तैश्च ॥

sa te putrānpṛcchati prīyamāṇaḥ | kaccitputraiḥ prīyase naptṛbhiśca | tathā suhṛdbhiḥ sacivaiśca rāja- | nye cāpi tvāmupajīvanti taiśca

"With affection he asks after your sons: do you take joy in your sons and your grandsons, and likewise in your friends and ministers, O king, and in those who live in dependence on you?"

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Verse 9 (5.32.9)

अभ्येत्य त्वां तात वदामि सञ्जय । अजातशत्रुं च सुखेन पार्थम् । कच्चित्स राजा कुशली सपुत्रः । सहामात्यः सानुजः कौरवाणाम् ॥

abhyetya tvāṃ tāta vadāmi sañjaya | ajātaśatruṃ ca sukhena pārtham | kaccitsa rājā kuśalī saputraḥ | sahāmātyaḥ sānujaḥ kauravāṇām

"Having welcomed you, dear Sanjaya, I ask about Ajatashatru, the son of Pritha: is he happy? Is that king of the Kauravas well, together with his sons, his ministers and his younger brothers?"

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Verse 10 (5.32.10)

सहामात्यः कुशली पाण्डुपुत्रो । भूयश्चातो यच्च तेऽग्रे मनोऽभूत् । निर्णिक्तधर्मार्थकरो मनस्वी । बहुश्रुतो दृष्टिमाञ्शीलवांश्च ॥

sahāmātyaḥ kuśalī pāṇḍuputro | bhūyaścāto yacca te'gre mano'bhūt | nirṇiktadharmārthakaro manasvī | bahuśruto dṛṣṭimāñśīlavāṃśca

"Pandu's son is well, together with his ministers, and he wants more than this — what you yourself once had in mind for him. He acts by pure dharma and artha; he is high-minded, deeply learned, clear-sighted and of good character."

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Verse 11 (5.32.11)

परं धर्मात्पाण्डवस्यानृशंस्यं । धर्मः परो वित्तचयान्मतोऽस्य । सुखप्रिये धर्महीने न पार्थो- । ऽनुरुध्यते भारत तस्य विद्धि ॥

paraṃ dharmātpāṇḍavasyānṛśaṃsyaṃ | dharmaḥ paro vittacayānmato'sya | sukhapriye dharmahīne na pārtho- | 'nurudhyate bhārata tasya viddhi

"For the Pandava, kindness ranks even above dharma, and dharma he holds higher than piling up wealth. Know this, Bharata: where pleasure and comfort lack dharma, the son of Pritha does not pursue them."

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Verse 12 (5.32.12)

परप्रयुक्तः पुरुषो विचेष्टते । सूत्रप्रोता दारुमयीव योषा । इमं दृष्ट्वा नियमं पाण्डवस्य । मन्ये परं कर्म दैवं मनुष्यात् ॥

paraprayuktaḥ puruṣo viceṣṭate | sūtraprotā dārumayīva yoṣā | imaṃ dṛṣṭvā niyamaṃ pāṇḍavasya | manye paraṃ karma daivaṃ manuṣyāt

"A man moves as another directs him, like a wooden doll worked by strings. Seeing this restraint of the Pandava, I think that divine destiny is mightier than human effort."

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Verse 13 (5.32.13)

इमं च दृष्ट्वा तव कर्मदोषं । पादोदर्कं घोरमवर्णरूपम् । यावन्नरः कामयतेऽतिकाल्यं । तावन्नरोऽयं लभते प्रशंसाम् ॥

imaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā tava karmadoṣaṃ | pādodarkaṃ ghoramavarṇarūpam | yāvannaraḥ kāmayate'tikālyaṃ | tāvannaro'yaṃ labhate praśaṃsām

"And seeing this fault in your deeds — dreadful, shameful and bound to end in ruin — I think that a man wins praise only for as long as he seeks what befits the time."

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Verse 14 (5.32.14)

अजातशत्रुस्तु विहाय पापं । जीर्णां त्वचं सर्प इवासमर्थाम् । विरोचतेऽहार्यवृत्तेन धीरो । युधिष्ठिरस्त्वयि पापं विसृज्य ॥

ajātaśatrustu vihāya pāpaṃ | jīrṇāṃ tvacaṃ sarpa ivāsamarthām | virocate'hāryavṛttena dhīro | yudhiṣṭhirastvayi pāpaṃ visṛjya

"Ajatashatru, casting off sin as a snake casts off its worn-out, useless skin, shines by his steady conduct — the steadfast Yudhishthira — leaving the sin upon you."

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Verse 15 (5.32.15)

अङ्गात्मनः कर्म निबोध राज- । न्धर्मार्थयुक्तादार्यवृत्तादपेतम् । उपक्रोशं चेह गतोऽसि राज- । न्नोहेश्च पापं प्रसजेदमुत्र ॥

aṅgātmanaḥ karma nibodha rāja- | ndharmārthayuktādāryavṛttādapetam | upakrośaṃ ceha gato'si rāja- | nnoheśca pāpaṃ prasajedamutra

"Consider your own deeds, O king: they have strayed from noble conduct joined with dharma and artha. You have earned reproach here, O king, and the sin may cling to you in the world beyond as well."

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Verse 16 (5.32.16)

स त्वमर्थं संशयितं विना तै- । राशंससे पुत्रवशानुगोऽद्य । अधर्मशब्दश्च महान्पृथिव्यां । नेदं कर्म त्वत्समं भारताग्र्य ॥

sa tvamarthaṃ saṃśayitaṃ vinā tai- | rāśaṃsase putravaśānugo'dya | adharmaśabdaśca mahānpṛthivyāṃ | nedaṃ karma tvatsamaṃ bhāratāgrya

"Following your son's will, you now hope to secure an uncertain gain without the Pandavas; and a great cry of unrighteousness has gone up across the earth. This deed is not worthy of you, foremost of the Bharatas."

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Verse 17 (5.32.17)

हीनप्रज्ञो दौष्कुलेयो नृशंसो । दीर्घवैरी क्षत्रविद्यास्वधीरः । एवन्धर्मा नापदः सन्तितीर्षे- । द्धीनवीर्यो यश्च भवेदशिष्टः ॥

hīnaprajño dauṣkuleyo nṛśaṃso | dīrghavairī kṣatravidyāsvadhīraḥ | evandharmā nāpadaḥ santitīrṣe- | ddhīnavīryo yaśca bhavedaśiṣṭaḥ

"A man of little wisdom, of low birth and cruel, who nurses long enmity and is unsteady in the lore of the warrior, a man of such a nature, weak in valour and ill-bred — such a man cannot win his way through misfortune."

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Verse 18 (5.32.18)

कुले जातो धर्मवान्यो यशस्वी । बहुश्रुतः सुखजीवी यतात्मा । धर्मार्थयोर्ग्रथितयोर्बिभर्ति । नान्यत्र दिष्टस्य वशादुपैति ॥

kule jāto dharmavānyo yaśasvī | bahuśrutaḥ sukhajīvī yatātmā | dharmārthayorgrathitayorbibharti | nānyatra diṣṭasya vaśādupaiti

"He who is born in a good family, righteous and renowned, deeply learned, living in contentment and self-controlled, holds to dharma and artha bound together, and does not stray from them except under the sway of fate."

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Verse 19 (5.32.19)

कथं हि मन्त्राग्र्यधरो मनीषी । धर्मार्थयोरापदि सम्प्रणेता । एवंयुक्तः सर्वमन्त्रैरहीनो । अनानृशंस्यं कर्म कुर्यादमूढः ॥

kathaṃ hi mantrāgryadharo manīṣī | dharmārthayorāpadi sampraṇetā | evaṃyuktaḥ sarvamantrairahīno | anānṛśaṃsyaṃ karma kuryādamūḍhaḥ

"How could a wise man who holds the best counsel, a guide in dharma and artha in times of trouble, so endowed, lacking no counsel and no fool — how could he do a cruel deed?"

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Verse 20 (5.32.20)

तवापीमे मन्त्रविदः समेत्य । समासते कर्मसु नित्ययुक्ताः । तेषामयं बलवान्निश्चयश्च । कुरुक्षयार्थे निरयो व्यपादि ॥

tavāpīme mantravidaḥ sametya | samāsate karmasu nityayuktāḥ | teṣāmayaṃ balavānniścayaśca | kurukṣayārthe nirayo vyapādi

"These counsellors of yours meet and sit together too, ever intent upon the business at hand; and this is their firm resolve: ruin like hell has been fixed upon, for the destruction of the Kurus."

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Verse 21 (5.32.21)

अकालिकं कुरवो नाभविष्य- । न्पापेन चेत्पापमजातशत्रुः । इच्छेज्जातु त्वयि पापं विसृज्य । निन्दा चेयं तव लोकेऽभविष्यत् ॥

akālikaṃ kuravo nābhaviṣya- | npāpena cetpāpamajātaśatruḥ | icchejjātu tvayi pāpaṃ visṛjya | nindā ceyaṃ tava loke'bhaviṣyat

"The Kurus would perish before their time if Ajatashatru ever chose to repay sin with sin, laying the sin upon you; and then this blame would fall on you in the world."

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Verse 22 (5.32.22)

किमन्यत्र विषयादीश्वराणां । यत्र पार्थः परलोकं ददर्श । अत्यक्रामत्स तथा संमतः स्या- । न्न संशयो नास्ति मनुष्यकारः ॥

kimanyatra viṣayādīśvarāṇāṃ | yatra pārthaḥ paralokaṃ dadarśa | atyakrāmatsa tathā saṃmataḥ syā- | nna saṃśayo nāsti manuṣyakāraḥ

"What else is there for rulers but their domain? Yet the son of Pritha has looked towards the world beyond. He has risen above it, and so he would be honoured. There is no doubt of it: nothing here is of man's making."

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Verse 23 (5.32.23)

एतान्गुणान्कर्मकृतानवेक्ष्य । भावाभावौ वर्तमानावनित्यौ । बलिर्हि राजा पारमविन्दमानो । नान्यत्कालात्कारणं तत्र मेने ॥

etānguṇānkarmakṛtānavekṣya | bhāvābhāvau vartamānāvanityau | balirhi rājā pāramavindamāno | nānyatkālātkāraṇaṃ tatra mene

"Seeing that these qualities are produced by action, and that being and not-being, as they come and go, are impermanent, King Bali, finding no end to it, held that there was no cause in the matter but Time."

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Verse 24 (5.32.24)

चक्षुः श्रोत्रे नासिका त्वक्च जिह्वा । ज्ञानस्यैतान्यायतनानि जन्तोः । तानि प्रीतान्येव तृष्णाक्षयान्ते । तान्यव्यथो दुःखहीनः प्रणुद्यात् ॥

cakṣuḥ śrotre nāsikā tvakca jihvā | jñānasyaitānyāyatanāni jantoḥ | tāni prītānyeva tṛṣṇākṣayānte | tānyavyatho duḥkhahīnaḥ praṇudyāt

"Eye, ears, nose, skin and tongue — these are the seats of a creature's knowing. They are content only when craving is ended; untroubled and free of sorrow, one should master them."

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Verse 25 (5.32.25)

न त्वेव मन्ये पुरुषस्य कर्म । संवर्तते सुप्रयुक्तं यथावत् । मातुः पितुः कर्मणाभिप्रसूतः । संवर्धते विधिवद्भोजनेन ॥

na tveva manye puruṣasya karma | saṃvartate suprayuktaṃ yathāvat | mātuḥ pituḥ karmaṇābhiprasūtaḥ | saṃvardhate vidhivadbhojanena

"Yet I do not think that a man's deed turns out just as he intended, however well he applies himself. Born of the act of mother and father, he grows in due course by food."

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Verse 26 (5.32.26)

प्रियाप्रिये सुखदुःखे च राज- । न्निन्दाप्रशंसे च भजेत एनम् । परस्त्वेनं गर्हयतेऽपराधे । प्रशंसते साधुवृत्तं तमेव ॥

priyāpriye sukhaduḥkhe ca rāja- | nnindāpraśaṃse ca bhajeta enam | parastvenaṃ garhayate'parādhe | praśaṃsate sādhuvṛttaṃ tameva

"Pleasant and unpleasant, joy and sorrow, blame and praise all come to a man, O king. Others censure him for his faults and praise him when his conduct is good."

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Verse 27 (5.32.27)

स त्वा गर्हे भारतानां विरोधा- । दन्तो नूनं भवितायं प्रजानाम् । नो चेदिदं तव कर्मापराधा- । त्कुरून्दहेत्कृष्णवर्त्मेव कक्षम् ॥

sa tvā garhe bhāratānāṃ virodhā- | danto nūnaṃ bhavitāyaṃ prajānām | no cedidaṃ tava karmāparādhā- | tkurūndahetkṛṣṇavartmeva kakṣam

"So I censure you, because of this strife among the Bharatas; surely it will be the end of the people. Otherwise, through the fault of your deeds, this will burn up the Kurus as fire burns dry brushwood."

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Verse 28 (5.32.28)

त्वमेवैको जातपुत्रेषु राज- । न्वशं गन्ता सर्वलोके नरेन्द्र । कामात्मनां श्लाघसे द्यूतकाले । नान्यच्छमात्पश्य विपाकमस्य ॥

tvamevaiko jātaputreṣu rāja- | nvaśaṃ gantā sarvaloke narendra | kāmātmanāṃ ślāghase dyūtakāle | nānyacchamātpaśya vipākamasya

"Of all who have sons in the whole world, O king, you alone have fallen under their sway, lord of men. At the time of the dice you praised those ruled by desire. Look for no outcome of this but peace."

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Verse 29 (5.32.29)

अनाप्तानां प्रग्रहात्त्वं नरेन्द्र । तथाप्तानां निग्रहाच्चैव राजन् । भूमिं स्फीतां दुर्बलत्वादनन्तां । न शक्तस्त्वं रक्षितुं कौरवेय ॥

anāptānāṃ pragrahāttvaṃ narendra | tathāptānāṃ nigrahāccaiva rājan | bhūmiṃ sphītāṃ durbalatvādanantāṃ | na śaktastvaṃ rakṣituṃ kauraveya

"By taking up the untrustworthy, lord of men, and by spurning the trustworthy, O king, you are through your weakness unable to protect this rich and boundless earth, scion of Kuru."

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Verse 30 (5.32.30)

अनुज्ञातो रथवेगावधूतः । श्रान्तो निपद्ये शयनं नृसिंह । प्रातः श्रोतारः कुरवः सभाया- । मजातशत्रोर्वचनं समेताः ॥

anujñāto rathavegāvadhūtaḥ | śrānto nipadye śayanaṃ nṛsiṃha | prātaḥ śrotāraḥ kuravaḥ sabhāyā- | majātaśatrorvacanaṃ sametāḥ

"With your leave, shaken by the speed of the chariot and weary, I will go to my bed, lion among men. In the morning the Kurus, gathered in the assembly hall, shall hear Ajatashatru's words."

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