Duryodhana, Karna and Duhshasana Plan a New Search

Verse 1 (4.30.1)

ततो दुर्योधनो राजा श्रुत्वा तेषां वचस्तदा । चिरमन्तर्मना भूत्वा इदमाह सभासदः ॥

tato duryodhano rājā śrutvā teṣāṃ vacastadā | ciramantarmanā bhūtvā idamāha sabhāsadaḥ

Then King Duryodhana, having heard their words, sat lost in thought for a long while, and then said this to the members of the assembly:

Verse 2 (4.30.2)

अशक्यं खलु कार्यस्य गतिं ज्ञातुं हि तत्वतः । तस्मात्सर्वे परीक्षध्वं क्वनु स्युः पाण्डवा गताः ॥

aśakyaṃ khalu kāryasya gatiṃ jñātuṃ hi tatvataḥ | tasmātsarve parīkṣadhvaṃ kvanu syuḥ pāṇḍavā gatāḥ

It is indeed impossible to know truly how a matter will turn out. Therefore all of you, find out where the Pandavas may have gone.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Duryodhana: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 3 (4.30.3)

अल्पावशिष्टः कालस्तु गतो भूयिष्ठ एव च । तेषामज्ञातचर्यायामस्मिन्वर्षे त्रयोदशे ॥

alpāvaśiṣṭaḥ kālastu gato bhūyiṣṭha eva ca | teṣāmajñātacaryāyāmasminvarṣe trayodaśe

Little of the time remains; the greater part of their period of living unknown, in this thirteenth year, has already passed.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Duryodhana: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 4 (4.30.4)

अपि वर्षस्य शेषं ते ह्यतीयुरिह पाण्डवाः । निवृत्तसमयास्ते हि सत्यव्रतपरायणाः ॥

api varṣasya śeṣaṃ te hyatīyuriha pāṇḍavāḥ | nivṛttasamayāste hi satyavrataparāyaṇāḥ

If the Pandavas get through the rest of the year here, then, their pledge fulfilled — for they are devoted to truth and to their vows —

Note on the text: Speaker set to Duryodhana: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 5 (4.30.5)

क्षरन्त इव नागेन्द्राः सर्वे ह्याशीविषोपमाः । दुःखाद्भवेयुः संरब्धाः कौरवान्प्रति ते ध्रुवम् ॥

kṣaranta iva nāgendrāḥ sarve hyāśīviṣopamāḥ | duḥkhādbhaveyuḥ saṃrabdhāḥ kauravānprati te dhruvam

like great serpents spitting venom, all of them deadly as poisonous snakes, they will surely turn in fury on the Kauravas because of what they have suffered.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Duryodhana: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 6 (4.30.6)

विज्ञातव्या मनुष्येन्द्रास्तर्कया सुप्रणीतया । निपुणैश्चारपुरुषैः प्राज्ञैर्दक्षैः सुसंवृतैः ॥

vijñātavyā manuṣyendrāstarkayā supraṇītayā | nipuṇaiścārapuruṣaiḥ prājñairdakṣaiḥ susaṃvṛtaiḥ

Those lords of men must be found out by well-directed reasoning, through skilled spies who are shrewd, capable and well concealed.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus, 4.25.5d*0513. Speaker set to Duryodhana: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 7 (4.30.7)

अज्ञातसमये ज्ञाताः कृच्छ्ररूपसमाश्रिताः । प्रविशेयुर्जितक्रोधास्तावदेव पुनर्वनम् ॥

ajñātasamaye jñātāḥ kṛcchrarūpasamāśritāḥ | praviśeyurjitakrodhāstāvadeva punarvanam

If they are recognised while the time of hiding still runs, then, in their wretched guise and mastering their anger, they must go back into the forest for the same length of time again.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Duryodhana: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 8 (4.30.8)

तस्मात्क्षिप्रं विचिन्वध्वं यथा चात्यन्तमव्ययम् । राज्यं निर्द्वन्द्वमव्यग्रं निःसपत्नं चिरं भवेत् ॥

tasmātkṣipraṃ vicinvadhvaṃ yathā cātyantamavyayam | rājyaṃ nirdvandvamavyagraṃ niḥsapatnaṃ ciraṃ bhavet

So search for them quickly, so that our kingdom may stay secure and undiminished for a long time — free of conflict, untroubled and without rivals.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Duryodhana: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 9 (4.30.9)

दुर्योधनेनैवमुक्ते वचनेऽतीव दुःखिना । ततः कर्णोऽब्रवीद्वाक्यं सत्यधर्मार्थसंयुतम् ॥

duryodhanenaivamukte vacane'tīva duḥkhinā | tataḥ karṇo'bravīdvākyaṃ satyadharmārthasaṃyutam

When Duryodhana, in deep distress, had spoken these words, Karna then spoke words joined with truth, dharma and good sense:

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE apparatus 4.25.8d*0514; line 2 joins a variant of CE 4.25.8a (athābravīt tataḥ karṇaḥ) to the apparatus fragment 4.25.8a*0515 (satyadharmārthasaṃyutam).

Verse 10 (4.30.10)

एते पुनर्न गच्छन्तु अन्ये गच्छन्तु भारत । शीघ्रवृत्ता नरा योग्या निपुणाश्छन्नचारिणः ॥

ete punarna gacchantu anye gacchantu bhārata | śīghravṛttā narā yogyā nipuṇāśchannacāriṇaḥ

Let these men not go again; let others go, Bharata — quick-moving, capable men, skilled at going about in disguise.

Note on the text: Line 1 joins the apparatus fragment 4.25.8a*0515 (ete punar na gacchantu) to CE 4.25.8b–c (gacchantu bhārata / anye); line 2 is a variant of CE 4.25.8cd (dhūrtatarā dakṣā nibhṛtāḥ sādhukāriṇaḥ). Speaker set to Karna: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 11 (4.30.11)

चरन्तु देशान्विविधान्स्फीताञ्जनपदाकुलान् । तत्र गोष्ठीषु रम्यासु सिद्धा ब्राह्मणरूपिणः ॥

carantu deśānvividhānsphītāñjanapadākulān | tatra goṣṭhīṣu ramyāsu siddhā brāhmaṇarūpiṇaḥ

Let them roam many lands, prosperous and crowded with people; and there, at pleasant gatherings, let accomplished men disguised as brahmins,

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.25.9 (saṃvītāḥ for विविधान्; its second line reads tatra goṣṭhīṣv athānyāsu siddhapravrajiteṣu ca). Speaker set to Karna: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 12 (4.30.12)

परिवाहेषु तीर्थेषु विविधेष्वाकरेषु च । अन्वेष्टव्या मनुष्येन्द्र पाण्डवाश्छन्नचारिणः ॥

parivāheṣu tīrtheṣu vividheṣvākareṣu ca | anveṣṭavyā manuṣyendra pāṇḍavāśchannacāriṇaḥ

at watercourses, at sacred fords and at mines of every kind, seek out, lord of men, the Pandavas who are going about in disguise —

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 4.25.10ab (paricāreṣu for परिवाहेषु); line 2 is a variant of CE 4.25.11cd (anveṣṭavyāś ca nipuṇaṃ pāṇḍavāś channavāsinaḥ). Speaker set to Karna: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 13 (4.30.13)

नदीकुञ्जेषु तीर्थेषु ग्रामेषु नगरेषु च । आश्रमेषु च रम्येषु पर्वतेषु गुहासु च ॥

nadīkuñjeṣu tīrtheṣu grāmeṣu nagareṣu ca | āśrameṣu ca ramyeṣu parvateṣu guhāsu ca

in river thickets, at sacred fords, in villages and cities, in pleasant hermitages, on mountains and in caves.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Karna: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 14 (4.30.14)

विज्ञातव्या मनुष्येन्द्र तर्कया सुविनीतया । विविधैस्तत्परैः सम्यङ्निपुणैस्तज्ज्ञसंमतैः ॥

vijñātavyā manuṣyendra tarkayā suvinītayā | vividhaistatparaiḥ samyaṅnipuṇaistajjñasaṃmataiḥ

They must be discovered, lord of men, by well-disciplined reasoning, through men of many kinds, devoted to the task, thoroughly skilled and esteemed by those who know the work.

Note on the text: Corrected सुविनूतया → सुविनीतया (misprint in Wikisource; ू for ी; the CE reads suvinītayā) and सम्यङ्विपुणैस् → सम्यङ्निपुणैस् (misprint in Wikisource; व for न — सम्यक् + निपुणैः; विपुण is no word; the CE has nipuṇa- in this line). Line 1 is a variant of CE 4.25.10cd (manuṣyais tais for मनुष्येन्द्र); line 2 is a variant of CE 4.25.11ab (tajjñair nipuṇasaṃvṛtaiḥ). Speaker set to Karna: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 15 (4.30.15)

अथाग्रजानन्तरजो भ्रातुः प्रियहिते रतः । ज्येष्ठं दुःशासनस्तत्र भ्राता भ्रातरमब्रवीत् ॥

athāgrajānantarajo bhrātuḥ priyahite rataḥ | jyeṣṭhaṃ duḥśāsanastatra bhrātā bhrātaramabravīt

Then Duhshasana, the brother born next after the eldest, always intent on his brother's pleasure and welfare, spoke there to his elder brother:

Note on the text: The CE's first line reads pāpabhāvānurāgiṇam ("[his brother,] who loved wickedness") for भ्रातुः प्रियहिते रतः.

Verse 16 (4.30.16)

येषु नः प्रत्ययो राजंश्चारेषु मनुजाधिप । ते यान्तु दत्तदेया वै भूयस्तान्परिमार्गितुम् ॥

yeṣu naḥ pratyayo rājaṃścāreṣu manujādhipa | te yāntu dattadeyā vai bhūyastānparimārgitum

King, lord of men, let those spies whom we trust be given their due and go out once more to hunt for them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus: line 1 is 4.25.13d*0517 and line 2 is 4.25.13d*0518. Speaker set to Duhshasana: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 17 (4.30.17)

यदाह कर्णो राजेन्द्र सर्वमेतदवेक्ष्यताम् । यथोद्दिष्टं चराः सर्वे मृगयन्तु यतस्ततः ॥

yadāha karṇo rājendra sarvametadavekṣyatām | yathoddiṣṭaṃ carāḥ sarve mṛgayantu yatastataḥ

King of kings, let all that Karna has said be heeded. Let all the spies search here and there as they have been directed.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of CE 4.25.14ab (etac ca karṇo yat prāha sarvam īkṣāmahe tathā); line 2 is CE 4.25.14cd. Speaker set to Duhshasana: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 18 (4.30.18)

घ्राणैः पश्यन्ति पशवो वेदैरेव द्विजोत्तमाः । चारैः पश्यन्ति राजानश्चक्षुर्भ्यामितरे जनाः ॥

ghrāṇaiḥ paśyanti paśavo vedaireva dvijottamāḥ | cāraiḥ paśyanti rājānaścakṣurbhyāmitare janāḥ

Cattle see by smell, the best of brahmins by the Vedas, kings by their spies, and other people with their two eyes.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus, 4.25.14b*0522. The apparatus reads vedaiḥ paśyanti brāhmaṇāḥ for वेदैरेव द्विजोत्तमाः. Speaker set to Duhshasana: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 19 (4.30.19)

यथोक्ताश्चारपुरुषा मृगयन्तु पुनःपुनः । एते चान्ये च बहवो देशांश्च नगराणि च ॥

yathoktāścārapuruṣā mṛgayantu punaḥpunaḥ | ete cānye ca bahavo deśāṃśca nagarāṇi ca

Let the spies, as instructed, search again and again — these men and many others too — through the lands and the cities.

Note on the text: Line 1 is found nowhere in the critical edition (vulgate-only); line 2 is a variant of CE 4.25.14ef (bhūyāṃso deśād deśaṃ yathāvidhi). Speaker set to Duhshasana: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 20 (4.30.20)

न हि तेषां गतिर्वासः प्रवृत्तिर्वोपलभ्यते । अत्यन्तं वा निगूढास्ते पारं वोर्मिमतो गताः ॥

na hi teṣāṃ gatirvāsaḥ pravṛttirvopalabhyate | atyantaṃ vā nigūḍhāste pāraṃ vormimato gatāḥ

For no trace of their path, their dwelling or their doings can be found. Either they are utterly hidden, or they have gone to the far shore of the ocean.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Duhshasana: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 21 (4.30.21)

व्यालैर्वाऽपि महारण्ये भक्षिताः शूरमानिनः । द्वीपं वा परमं प्राप्ता गिरिदुर्गवनेष्वपि ॥

vyālairvā'pi mahāraṇye bhakṣitāḥ śūramāninaḥ | dvīpaṃ vā paramaṃ prāptā giridurgavaneṣvapi

Or, proud of their valour, they have been devoured by beasts of prey in the great forest; or they have reached some distant island, or are among mountain strongholds and forests.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 4.25.16ab; line 2 is the CE apparatus 4.25.16b*0524, line 1 (giridurgaṃ vanāni vā). Speaker set to Duhshasana: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 22 (4.30.22)

हीनदर्पा निराशास्ते भक्षिता वाऽपि राक्षसैः । अथवा विषमं प्राप्य विनष्टाः शाश्वतीः समाः ॥

hīnadarpā nirāśāste bhakṣitā vā'pi rākṣasaiḥ | athavā viṣamaṃ prāpya vinaṣṭāḥ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ

Or, their pride broken and their hopes gone, they have been eaten by rakshasas; or else, falling into some calamity, they have perished for all time.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE apparatus 4.25.16b*0524, line 2; line 2 is CE 4.25.16cd. Speaker set to Duhshasana: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 23 (4.30.23)

तस्मान्मानसमव्यग्रं कृत्वाऽऽत्मानं नियम्य च । कुरु कार्यं महोत्साहं मन्यसे यन्नराधिप ॥

tasmānmānasamavyagraṃ kṛtvā''tmānaṃ niyamya ca | kuru kāryaṃ mahotsāhaṃ manyase yannarādhipa

Therefore, lord of men, keep your mind untroubled, master yourself, and with great energy do whatever you think should be done.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Duhshasana: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).