Sanjaya Asks for Vyasa and Gandhari

Verse 1 (5.66.1)

दुर्योधने धार्तराष्ट्रे तद्वचो नाभिनन्दति । तूष्णींभूतेषु सर्वेषु समुत्तस्थुर्नरर्षभाः ॥

duryodhane dhārtarāṣṭre tadvaco nābhinandati | tūṣṇīṃbhūteṣu sarveṣu samuttasthurnararṣabhāḥ

When Duryodhana, the son of Dhritarashtra, would not welcome those words, and all had fallen silent, those bulls among men rose up.

Verse 2 (5.66.2)

उत्थितेषु महाराज पृथिव्यां सर्वराजसु । रहिते सञ्जयं राजा परिप्रष्टुं प्रचक्रमे ॥

utthiteṣu mahārāja pṛthivyāṃ sarvarājasu | rahite sañjayaṃ rājā paripraṣṭuṃ pracakrame

When all the kings of the earth had risen, great king, the king, now in private, began to question Sanjaya.

Verse 3 (5.66.3)

आशंसमानो विजयं तेषां पुत्रवशानुगः । आत्मनश्च परेषां च पाण्डवानां च निश्चयम् ॥

āśaṃsamāno vijayaṃ teṣāṃ putravaśānugaḥ | ātmanaśca pareṣāṃ ca pāṇḍavānāṃ ca niścayam

In thrall to his son and hoping for victory for his side, he wished to learn the settled state of things for himself, for the others, and for the Pandavas.

Verse 4 (5.66.4)

गावल्गणे ब्रूहि नः सारफल्गु । स्वसेनायां यावदिहास्ति किंचित् । त्वं पाण्डवानां निपुणं वेत्थ सर्वं । किमेषां ज्यायः किमु तेषां कनीयः ॥

gāvalgaṇe brūhi naḥ sāraphalgu | svasenāyāṃ yāvadihāsti kiṃcit | tvaṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ nipuṇaṃ vettha sarvaṃ | kimeṣāṃ jyāyaḥ kimu teṣāṃ kanīyaḥ

Son of Gavalgana, tell us what is strong and what is weak in our own army, everything there is of it here. You know all about the Pandavas thoroughly: what is stronger on our side, and what is weaker on theirs?

Note on the text: Corrected स्वेसनायं → स्वसेनायां (misprint in Wikisource; misplaced e-sign and dropped ā-sign, critical edition svasenāyāṃ).

Verse 5 (5.66.5)

त्वमेतयोः सारवित्सर्वदर्शी । धर्मार्थयोर्निपुणो निश्चयज्ञः । स मे पृष्टः सञ्जय ब्रूहि सर्वं । युध्यमानाः कतरेऽस्मिन्न सन्ति ॥

tvametayoḥ sāravitsarvadarśī | dharmārthayornipuṇo niścayajñaḥ | sa me pṛṣṭaḥ sañjaya brūhi sarvaṃ | yudhyamānāḥ katare'sminna santi

You know the strength of both, you see all things, you are skilled in dharma and in worldly affairs and know what is certain. So, Sanjaya, now that I ask you, tell me everything: which of them will hold back from this war?

Verse 6 (5.66.6)

न त्वां ब्रूयां रहिते जातु किंचि- । दसूया हि त्वां प्रविशेत राजन् । आनयस्व पितरं महाव्रतं । गान्धारीं च महिषीमाजमीढ ॥

na tvāṃ brūyāṃ rahite jātu kiṃci- | dasūyā hi tvāṃ praviśeta rājan | ānayasva pitaraṃ mahāvrataṃ | gāndhārīṃ ca mahiṣīmājamīḍha

I would never tell you anything in private, O king, for resentment might take hold of you. Bring your father, of great vows, and Queen Gandhari, O descendant of Ajamidha.

Verse 7 (5.66.7)

तौ तेऽसूयां विनयेतां नरेन्द्र । धर्मज्ञौ तौ निपुणौ निश्चयज्ञौ । तयोस्तु त्वां सन्निधौ तद्वदेयं । कृत्स्नं मतं केशवपार्थयोर्यत् ॥

tau te'sūyāṃ vinayetāṃ narendra | dharmajñau tau nipuṇau niścayajñau | tayostu tvāṃ sannidhau tadvadeyaṃ | kṛtsnaṃ mataṃ keśavapārthayoryat

Those two will dispel your resentment, lord of men, for they know dharma, they are wise and they discern what is certain. In their presence I will tell you the whole mind of Keshava and the Partha.

Note on the text: Corrected तो → तौ (misprint in Wikisource; o-sign for au-sign, critical edition tau).

Verse 8 (5.66.8)

इत्युक्तेन च गान्धारी व्यासश्चात्राजगामह । आनीतौ विदुरेणेह सभां शीघ्रं प्रवेशितौ ॥

ityuktena ca gāndhārī vyāsaścātrājagāmaha | ānītau vidureṇeha sabhāṃ śīghraṃ praveśitau

When he had said this, Gandhari and Vyasa came there; Vidura brought them, and they were quickly shown into the hall.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 5.65.8*0359.

Verse 9 (5.66.9)

ततस्तन्मतमाज्ञाय सञ्जयस्यात्मजस्य च । अभ्युपेत्य महाप्राज्ञः कृष्णद्वैपायनोऽब्रवीत् ॥

tatastanmatamājñāya sañjayasyātmajasya ca | abhyupetya mahāprājñaḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyano'bravīt

Then, knowing the minds of Sanjaya and of his own son, the wise Krishna Dvaipayana drew near and said:

Verse 10 (5.66.10)

संपृच्छते धृतराष्ट्राय सञ्जय । आचक्ष्व सर्वं यावदेषोऽनुयुङ्क्ते । सर्वं यावद्वेत्थ तस्मिन्यथाव- । द्याथातथ्यं वासुदेवेऽर्जुने च ॥

saṃpṛcchate dhṛtarāṣṭrāya sañjaya | ācakṣva sarvaṃ yāvadeṣo'nuyuṅkte | sarvaṃ yāvadvettha tasminyathāva- | dyāthātathyaṃ vāsudeve'rjune ca

Sanjaya, tell Dhritarashtra, who is questioning you, everything he asks of you. Tell him all you know of Vasudeva and Arjuna, fully and truly.

Note on the text: Corrected धृतराष्ट्रय → धृतराष्ट्राय (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ā-sign, critical edition dhṛtarāṣṭrāya).