The Weapons Hidden in the Shami Tree

Verse 1 (4.7.1)

स राजधानीं संप्राप्य पार्थिवोऽर्जुनमब्रवीत् । इमानि पुरुषव्याघ्र आयुधानि परंतप । कस्मिन्न्यासयितव्यानि गुप्तिश्चैषां कथं भवेत् ॥

sa rājadhānīṃ saṃprāpya pārthivo'rjunamabravīt | imāni puruṣavyāghra āyudhāni paraṃtapa | kasminnyāsayitavyāni guptiścaiṣāṃ kathaṃ bhavet

On reaching the capital, the king said to Arjuna: "Tiger among men, scorcher of foes, where shall we deposit these weapons? How are they to be kept safe?

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 4.5.9ab (which reads kaunteyo for pārthivo); lines 2–3 are in the apparatus as 4.5.9*0147.

Verse 2 (4.7.2)

सायुधा हि वयं तात प्रवेक्ष्यामः पुरं यदि । समुद्वेगं जनस्यास्य करिष्यामो न संशयः ॥

sāyudhā hi vayaṃ tāta pravekṣyāmaḥ puraṃ yadi | samudvegaṃ janasyāsya kariṣyāmo na saṃśayaḥ

If we enter the city carrying weapons, my friend, we shall alarm its people, no doubt of it.

Verse 3 (4.7.3)

गाण्डीवं हि नरव्याघ्र त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् । कथं नाविष्कृताः स्यामो धार्तराष्ट्रस्य मारिष ॥

gāṇḍīvaṃ hi naravyāghra triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam | kathaṃ nāviṣkṛtāḥ syāmo dhārtarāṣṭrasya māriṣa

The Gandiva, tiger among men, is famous in all three worlds. How then could we escape being discovered by Dhritarashtra's son, sir?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); line 2 appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.10*0149, and line 1 resembles 4.5.10*0148 line 1.

Verse 4 (4.7.4)

यदीदं धनुरादाय चरेम सजने पुरे । क्षिप्रं नः प्रतिजानीयुर्मनुष्या नात्र संशयः ॥

yadīdaṃ dhanurādāya carema sajane pure | kṣipraṃ naḥ pratijānīyurmanuṣyā nātra saṃśayaḥ

If we went about the crowded city carrying this bow, people would recognise us at once, no doubt of it.

Note on the text: Corrected यदीद.. → यदीदं (misprint in Wikisource; the final letter is lost and replaced by dots; "this" (bow)). Corrected क्षिप्र नः → क्षिप्रं नः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it resembles the CE apparatus passage 4.5.10*0148, lines 2–3.

Verse 5 (4.7.5)

एकस्मिन्नपि विज्ञाते समयं नो व्यतीत्य च । भूयो द्वादशवर्षाणि प्रविशेम वनं वयम् ॥

ekasminnapi vijñāte samayaṃ no vyatītya ca | bhūyo dvādaśavarṣāṇi praviśema vanaṃ vayam

If even one of us were recognised, we would have broken our pact, and we would have to go into the forest again for another twelve years.

Note on the text: Corresponds in sense to CE 4.5.11, worded differently and with the lines in reverse order.

Verse 6 (4.7.6)

तस्मात्सर्वाणि शस्त्राणि प्रच्छाद्यान्यत्र यत्र वा । प्रविशेम पुरश्रेष्ठं तथा सम्यक्कृतं भवेत् ॥

tasmātsarvāṇi śastrāṇi pracchādyānyatra yatra vā | praviśema puraśreṣṭhaṃ tathā samyakkṛtaṃ bhavet

So let us hide all our weapons somewhere or other and then enter this fine city; that way all will be done rightly."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.11*0151, lines 1–2.

Verse 7 (4.7.7)

अजातशत्रोर्वचनं श्रुत्वा चैव महायशाः । उवाच धर्मपुत्रं तमर्जुनः परवीरहा ॥

ajātaśatrorvacanaṃ śrutvā caiva mahāyaśāḥ | uvāca dharmaputraṃ tamarjunaḥ paravīrahā

Hearing these words of Ajatashatru, the glorious Arjuna, slayer of enemy heroes, said to the son of Dharma:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.11*0151, lines 3–4.

Verse 8 (4.7.8)

इयं वने मनुष्येन्द्र महती दृश्यते शमी । भीमशाखा दुरारोहा श्मशानस्य समीपतः ॥

iyaṃ vane manuṣyendra mahatī dṛśyate śamī | bhīmaśākhā durārohā śmaśānasya samīpataḥ

"Lord of men, here in the forest stands a great shami tree, with fearsome branches and hard to climb, close to a cremation ground.

Verse 9 (4.7.9)

उत्पथे चापि जातेयं मनुष्यैर्न निषेव्यते । विपुलाऽऽकीर्णशाखा च वायसैरुपसेविता ॥

utpathe cāpi jāteyaṃ manuṣyairna niṣevyate | vipulā''kīrṇaśākhā ca vāyasairupasevitā

It has grown up off the path, and people do not resort to it. Its branches spread wide, and crows haunt it.

Note on the text: Line 1 echoes CE 4.5.13 (na cāpi vidyate kaś cin manuṣya … utpathe hi vane jātā) in other words; line 2 is in the apparatus as 4.5.13*0156.

Verse 10 (4.7.10)

स्नेहानुबद्धां पश्यामि दुरारोहामिमां शमीम् ॥

snehānubaddhāṃ paśyāmi durārohāmimāṃ śamīm

I see that this shami is thick with sap and hard to climb.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.13*0156, line 2.

Verse 11 (4.7.11)

समीपे च श्मशानस्य गृहं नास्य विशेषतः । समासज्यायुधान्यस्यां गच्छामो नगरं नृप ॥

samīpe ca śmaśānasya gṛhaṃ nāsya viśeṣataḥ | samāsajyāyudhānyasyāṃ gacchāmo nagaraṃ nṛpa

It stands near the cremation ground, and above all there is no house near it. Let us hang our weapons in it and go on to the city, O king.

Note on the text: Line 1 is close to the apparatus line 4.5.13*0157 (which reads gahanasya for gṛhaṃ nāsya); line 2 is CE 4.5.14ab (with nṛpa for prati).

Verse 12 (4.7.12)

न चास्यां चारयिष्यन्ति मनुष्याः पार्थ केचन ॥

na cāsyāṃ cārayiṣyanti manuṣyāḥ pārtha kecana

Nor will people graze their herds near it, son of Pritha.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE.

Verse 13 (4.7.13)

धनुर्भिः पुरुषं कृत्वा चर्मकेशास्थिसंवृतम् । उद्बन्धमिव कृत्वा च धनुर्ज्यापाशसंवृतम् । अस्यामायुधमासज्य गच्छाम नगरं वयम् ॥

dhanurbhiḥ puruṣaṃ kṛtvā carmakeśāsthisaṃvṛtam | udbandhamiva kṛtvā ca dhanurjyāpāśasaṃvṛtam | asyāmāyudhamāsajya gacchāma nagaraṃ vayam

Let us make the bows into the shape of a man, covered with skin, hair and bones, and make it look like a hanged man, bound with the nooses of the bowstrings; then hang our weapons in this tree and go on to the city.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); lines 1–2 appear in the CE apparatus as 4.5.13*0153, and line 3 appears nowhere in the CE.

Verse 14 (4.7.14)

एवं परिहरिष्यन्ति मनुष्या वनचारिणः । अत्रैवं नावबुध्यन्ते मनुष्याः केचिदायुधम् ॥

evaṃ parihariṣyanti manuṣyā vanacāriṇaḥ | atraivaṃ nāvabudhyante manuṣyāḥ kecidāyudham

That way the people who roam the forest will keep away from it, and no one here will notice the weapons."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.13*0154 and *0155.

Verse 15 (4.7.15)

एवमुक्त्वा स राजानं धर्मात्मानं धनञ्जयः । प्रचक्रमे निधानाय शस्त्राणां भरतर्षभ ॥

evamuktvā sa rājānaṃ dharmātmānaṃ dhanañjayaḥ | pracakrame nidhānāya śastrāṇāṃ bharatarṣabha

Having said this to the righteous king, Dhananjaya set about hiding the weapons, bull among the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Corrected शश्त्राणां → शस्त्राणां (misprint in Wikisource; श for स; the critical edition reads śastrāṇāṃ). The critical edition names Yudhishthira as the one addressed (yudhiṣṭhiram) where Wikisource names the speaker, Dhananjaya.

Verse 16 (4.7.16)

तानि सर्वाणि संनह्य पञ्च पञ्चाचलोपमाः । आयुधानि कलापांश्च निस्त्रिंशानतुलप्रभान् ॥

tāni sarvāṇi saṃnahya pañca pañcācalopamāḥ | āyudhāni kalāpāṃśca nistriṃśānatulaprabhān

The five brothers, like five mountains, bound together all their weapons — their quivers and their swords of matchless brilliance.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.15*0158.

Verse 17 (4.7.17)

ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा सहदेवमुवाच ह । आरुह्येमां शमीं वीर निधत्स्वेहायुधानि नः ॥

tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā sahadevamuvāca ha | āruhyemāṃ śamīṃ vīra nidhatsvehāyudhāni naḥ

Then King Yudhishthira said to Sahadeva: "Climb this shami, hero, and put our weapons here."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.15*0159, lines 1–2.

Verse 18 (4.7.18)

इति संदिश्य तं पार्थः पुनरेव धनञ्जयम् । अब्रवीदायुधानीह निधातुं भरतर्षभः ॥

iti saṃdiśya taṃ pārthaḥ punareva dhanañjayam | abravīdāyudhānīha nidhātuṃ bharatarṣabhaḥ

Having given him this instruction, Partha, the bull of the Bharatas, then told Dhananjaya to lay his weapons here too.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.15*0159, lines 3–4.

Verse 19 (4.7.19)

येन देवान्मनुष्यांश्च पिशाचोरगराक्षसान् । निवातकवचांश्चापि पौलोमांश्च परंतपः । कालकेयांश्च दुर्धर्षान्सर्वांश्चैकरथोऽजयत् ॥

yena devānmanuṣyāṃśca piśācoragarākṣasān | nivātakavacāṃścāpi paulomāṃśca paraṃtapaḥ | kālakeyāṃśca durdharṣānsarvāṃścaikaratho'jayat

The bow with which, alone on his chariot, he had conquered gods and men, pishachas, serpents and rakshasas, the Nivatakavachas and the Paulomas, the invincible Kalakeyas and all the rest,

Note on the text: Corrected दुर्धाषान् → दुर्धर्षान् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped syllable; the apparatus reads durdharṣān). Lines 1 and 3 expand CE 4.5.16ab (yena devān manuṣyāṃś ca sarpāṃś caikaratho 'jayat); the added names are in the apparatus as 4.5.16*0160.

Verse 20 (4.7.20)

स्फीताञ्जनपदांश्चान्यानजयत्कुरुनन्दनः । तदुदग्रं महाघोरं सपत्नगणसूदनम् । अपज्यमकरोत्पार्थो गाण्डीवं च भयंकरम् ॥

sphītāñjanapadāṃścānyānajayatkurunandanaḥ | tadudagraṃ mahāghoraṃ sapatnagaṇasūdanam | apajyamakarotpārtho gāṇḍīvaṃ ca bhayaṃkaram

and with which the delight of the Kurus had conquered other prosperous lands — that lofty, terrible Gandiva, destroyer of hosts of enemies, the bow that strikes fear, Partha now unstrung.

Note on the text: Corrected मूदनम् → सूदनम् (misprint in Wikisource; मू for सू; the critical edition reads sūdanam). Line 1 is CE 4.5.16cd; lines 2–3 are CE 4.5.17 (which reads udāraṃ mahāghoṣaṃ … gāṇḍīvam abhayaṃkaram).

Verse 21 (4.7.21)

येन वीरः कुरुक्षेत्रमभ्यरक्षत्परंतपः । जृम्भिते च धनुःश्रेष्ठे न्यासार्थं नृपसत्तमः ॥

yena vīraḥ kurukṣetramabhyarakṣatparaṃtapaḥ | jṛmbhite ca dhanuḥśreṣṭhe nyāsārthaṃ nṛpasattamaḥ

And the bow with which the hero, scorcher of foes, had protected Kurukshetra — once that finest of bows had been unstrung, the best of kings, to lay his own in trust,

Note on the text: Line 2 is in the CE apparatus as 4.5.18*0161 line 1 (which reads dhanuṣyastraṃ).

Verse 22 (4.7.22)

धर्मपुत्रो महातेजाः सर्वलोकवशंकरम् । भुजङ्गभोगसदृशं मणिकाञ्चनभूषितम् ॥

dharmaputro mahātejāḥ sarvalokavaśaṃkaram | bhujaṅgabhogasadṛśaṃ maṇikāñcanabhūṣitam

the glorious son of Dharma took that bow which held all the worlds in its power, shaped like the coils of a serpent and adorned with gems and gold,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.18*0161, lines 2–3.

Verse 23 (4.7.23)

वित्रासनं दानवानां राक्षसानां च नित्यशः । धनूरत्नं महातेजा जृम्भयामास पाण्डवः ॥

vitrāsanaṃ dānavānāṃ rākṣasānāṃ ca nityaśaḥ | dhanūratnaṃ mahātejā jṛmbhayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ

the bow that was ever the terror of danavas and rakshasas — and that jewel among bows the glorious Pandava unstrung.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); line 1 appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.18*0161 line 4, and line 2 stands where CE 4.5.18cd has amuñcad dhanuṣas tasya jyām akṣayyāṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ, in other words.

Verse 24 (4.7.24)

पाञ्चालान्येन संग्रामे भीमसेनोऽजयत्पुरा । प्रत्यषेधद्बहूनेकः सपत्नांश्चापि दिग्जये ॥

pāñcālānyena saṃgrāme bhīmaseno'jayatpurā | pratyaṣedhadbahūnekaḥ sapatnāṃścāpi digjaye

The bow with which Bhimasena had once conquered the Panchalas in battle, and with which, single-handed, he had held back many enemies in his conquest of the quarters;

Verse 25 (4.7.25)

निशम्य यस्य विस्फारं विद्रवन्ति रणे परे । पर्वतस्येव दीर्णस्य विस्फोटमशनेरिव ॥

niśamya yasya visphāraṃ vidravanti raṇe pare | parvatasyeva dīrṇasya visphoṭamaśaneriva

whose twang, like the crack of a splitting mountain or the crash of a thunderbolt, sent enemies fleeing in battle;

Note on the text: Corrected विष्कारं → विस्फारं (misprint in Wikisource; "twang" is garbled; the critical edition reads visphāraṃ).

Verse 26 (4.7.26)

सैन्धवं येन राजानं जित्वा क्रुद्धः परामृशत् । येन क्रोधवशाञ्जघ्ने पर्वते गन्धमादने ॥

saindhavaṃ yena rājānaṃ jitvā kruddhaḥ parāmṛśat | yena krodhavaśāñjaghne parvate gandhamādane

with which, in his anger, he had defeated King Saindhava (Jayadratha) and seized him; with which he slew the Krodhavasha demons on Mount Gandhamadana,

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 4.5.21ab worded differently (CE: parāmṛṣata cānagha); line 2 is in the apparatus as 4.5.21*0162 line 1.

Verse 27 (4.7.27)

दिव्यं सौगन्धिकं पुष्पं येनाजैषीत्स पाण्डवः । त्रिगर्तान्येन संग्रामे जित्वा त्रैगर्तमानयत् ॥

divyaṃ saugandhikaṃ puṣpaṃ yenājaiṣītsa pāṇḍavaḥ | trigartānyena saṃgrāme jitvā traigartamānayat

and with which the Pandava won the heavenly saugandhika flower; with which he defeated the Trigartas in battle and brought back their king —

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (4.5.21*0162, line 3): Wikisource prints "0" in place of this verse's second line (row 4-7-27b) and no verse number; the missing line "trigartān yena saṃgrāme jitvā traigartam ānayat" follows line 2 of the same apparatus passage, which is this verse's first line. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 28 (4.7.28)

इन्द्राशनिसमस्पर्शं वज्रहाटकभूषितम् । ज्यापाशं धनुषस्तस्य भीमसेनोऽवतारयत् ॥

indrāśanisamasparśaṃ vajrahāṭakabhūṣitam | jyāpāśaṃ dhanuṣastasya bhīmaseno'vatārayat

the string of that bow, which struck like Indra's thunderbolt and was adorned with diamonds and gold, Bhimasena now took off.

Note on the text: Line 2 is CE 4.5.21cd; line 1 is in the apparatus as 4.5.21*0162 line 4 (which reads indrāyudha- for indrāśani-).

Verse 29 (4.7.29)

नकुलं पुनराहूय धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः । उवाच येन संग्रामे सर्वशत्रूञ्जिघांससि ॥

nakulaṃ punarāhūya dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | uvāca yena saṃgrāme sarvaśatrūñjighāṃsasi

Then Yudhishthira, the Dharma-king, called Nakula to him and said: "The bow with which you seek to slay all your enemies in battle,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.21*0163, lines 1–2.

Verse 30 (4.7.30)

सुराष्ट्राञ्जितवान्येन शार्ङ्गगाण्डीवसन्निभम् । सुवर्णविकृतं सारमिन्द्रायुधनिभं वरम् ॥

surāṣṭrāñjitavānyena śārṅgagāṇḍīvasannibham | suvarṇavikṛtaṃ sāramindrāyudhanibhaṃ varam

with which you conquered the Surashtras — a bow like the Sharnga and the Gandiva, worked with gold, strong, splendid as Indra's rainbow —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.21*0163, lines 3–4.

Verse 31 (4.7.31)

तवानुरूपं सुकृतं चापमेतदलङ्कृतम् । तत्स्रंसयित्वा ज्यापाशं निधातुं धनुराहर ॥

tavānurūpaṃ sukṛtaṃ cāpametadalaṅkṛtam | tatsraṃsayitvā jyāpāśaṃ nidhātuṃ dhanurāhara

this well-made, ornamented bow, worthy of you — loosen its string and bring it here to be laid away."

Note on the text: Corrected तद्व्यंसयित्वा → तत्स्रंसयित्वा (misprint in Wikisource; व्यंसयित्वा ("having deceived") gives no sense with the bowstring; Wikisource's own verse 35 and the CE apparatus read sraṃsayitvā, "having loosened"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.21*0163, lines 5–6 (which read sudṛḍhaṃ for sukṛtaṃ).

Verse 32 (4.7.32)

अजयत्पश्चिमामाशां धनुषा येन पाण्डवः । माद्रीपुत्रो महाबाहुस्ताम्रास्यो मितभाषिता ॥

ajayatpaścimāmāśāṃ dhanuṣā yena pāṇḍavaḥ | mādrīputro mahābāhustāmrāsyo mitabhāṣitā

The bow with which the Pandava had conquered the western quarter — the long-armed son of Madri, copper-faced and sparing of words,

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 4.5.22ab; line 2 is in the apparatus as 4.5.22*0166.

Verse 33 (4.7.33)

तस्य मौर्वीमपाकर्षच्छूरः संक्रन्दनो युधि । कुले नास्ति समो रूपे यस्येति नकुलः स्मृतः ॥

tasya maurvīmapākarṣacchūraḥ saṃkrandano yudhi | kule nāsti samo rūpe yasyeti nakulaḥ smṛtaḥ

drew off the string of that bow, the hero who makes his foes cry out in battle — he who is called Nakula because no one in his family is his equal in beauty.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (4.5.22cd): Wikisource prints this verse with its first line left blank (row 4-7-33a is empty), leaving the sentence begun in verse 32 without its verb; the missing line "tasya maurvīm apākarṣac chūraḥ saṃkrandano yudhi" stands between 4.5.22*0166 (verse 32, line 2) and 4.5.22*0167, which is this verse's second line.

Verse 34 (4.7.34)

सहदेवं च संप्रेक्ष्य पुनर्धर्मसुतोऽब्रवीत् । कलिङ्गान्दाक्षिणात्यांश्च मागधांश्चाजिशोभनः ॥

sahadevaṃ ca saṃprekṣya punardharmasuto'bravīt | kaliṅgāndākṣiṇātyāṃśca māgadhāṃścājiśobhanaḥ

Looking at Sahadeva, the son of Dharma spoke again: "You who shine in battle — the Kalingas, the southerners and the Magadhas,

Note on the text: Corrected द्राक्षिणात्यांश्च → दाक्षिणात्यांश्च (misprint in Wikisource; stray र; the apparatus reads dākṣiṇātyāṃś). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.21*0163, lines 7–8.

Verse 35 (4.7.35)

येनैव शत्रून्समरे अधाक्षीररिमर्दन । तत्स्रंसयित्वा ज्यापाशं निधातुं धनुराहर ॥

yenaiva śatrūnsamare adhākṣīrarimardana | tatsraṃsayitvā jyāpāśaṃ nidhātuṃ dhanurāhara

the enemies you burned up in combat with this very bow, crusher of foes — loosen its string and bring it here to be laid away."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.21*0163, lines 9–10.

Verse 36 (4.7.36)

दक्षिणां दक्षिणाचारो दिशं येनाजयत्प्रभुः । अपज्यमकरोद्वीरः सहदेवस्तदायुधम् ॥

dakṣiṇāṃ dakṣiṇācāro diśaṃ yenājayatprabhuḥ | apajyamakarodvīraḥ sahadevastadāyudham

The bow with which that lord of courteous conduct had conquered the southern quarter — that weapon the hero Sahadeva now unstrung.

Verse 37 (4.7.37)

दीप्तान्खड्गांश्च सुदृढान्सुतीक्ष्णान्कनकत्सरून् । विविधान्क्षुरनाराचान्निस्त्रिंशांश्च शरानपि । आयुधानि कलापांश्च गदाश्च निदधुः सह ॥

dīptānkhaḍgāṃśca sudṛḍhānsutīkṣṇānkanakatsarūn | vividhānkṣuranārācānnistriṃśāṃśca śarānapi | āyudhāni kalāpāṃśca gadāśca nidadhuḥ saha

Their gleaming swords, very strong and very sharp, with golden hilts; razor-headed arrows and iron shafts of many kinds, long blades and arrows besides; their weapons, quivers and maces — all these they laid away together.

Note on the text: Corrected दीप्तान्खण्डांश्च → दीप्तान्खड्गांश्च (misprint in Wikisource; खण्ड ("pieces") for खड्ग ("swords"), as the golden hilts show; the critical edition reads khaḍgāṃś). Corresponds in sense to CE 4.5.24, worded differently; line 3 is close to Appendix I No. 3, line 1.

Verse 38 (4.7.38)

अथाब्रवीद्धर्मराजः सहदेवं परन्तपः । आरुह्येमां शमीं वीर निधत्स्वेहायुधानि नः ॥

athābravīddharmarājaḥ sahadevaṃ parantapaḥ | āruhyemāṃ śamīṃ vīra nidhatsvehāyudhāni naḥ

Then the Dharma-king, scorcher of foes, said to Sahadeva: "Climb this shami, hero, and put our weapons here.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); line 1 appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.31*0175 line 8, and line 2 repeats verse 17's second line (4.5.15*0159 line 2); the apparatus passage has no second line here, so nothing is restored.

Verse 39 (4.7.39)

इदं गोमृगमभ्याशे गतसत्वमचेतनम् । एतदुत्कृत्य वै वीर धनूंषि परिवेष्टय ॥

idaṃ gomṛgamabhyāśe gatasatvamacetanam | etadutkṛtya vai vīra dhanūṃṣi pariveṣṭaya

Close by lies this dead gayal, lifeless. Flay it, hero, and wrap the bows in its hide."

Note on the text: Corrected धनूंपि → धनूंषि (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.31*0175, lines 9–10.

Verse 40 (4.7.40)

एवमुक्तो महाबाहुः सहदेवो यथोक्तवत् । शमीमारुह्य त्वरितो धनूंषि परिवेष्टयत् ॥

evamukto mahābāhuḥ sahadevo yathoktavat | śamīmāruhya tvarito dhanūṃṣi pariveṣṭayat

So told, long-armed Sahadeva did as he was bidden: he quickly climbed the shami and wrapped up the bows.

Note on the text: Corrected धनूंपि → धनूंषि (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.31*0175, lines 11–12.

Verse 41 (4.7.41)

शीतवातातपभयाद्वर्षत्राणाय दुर्जयः । तानि वीरो यथा जानन्निराबाधानि सर्वशः । पुनः पुनः सुसंवेष्ट्य कृत्वा सुकृतमावरम् ॥

śītavātātapabhayādvarṣatrāṇāya durjayaḥ | tāni vīro yathā jānannirābādhāni sarvaśaḥ | punaḥ punaḥ susaṃveṣṭya kṛtvā sukṛtamāvaram

To guard them against cold, wind and sun, and above all against the rain, the unconquerable hero, knowing how to keep them wholly safe, wrapped them round again and again and made them a well-fitted covering.

Note on the text: Corrected वर्पत्राणाय → वर्षत्राणाय (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष). Corrected निरावाधानि → निराबाधानि (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब; the apparatus reads nirābādhāni). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.31*0175, lines 13–15.

Verse 42 (4.7.42)

यत्र चापश्यत स वै तिरोवर्षाणि वर्षति । तत्र तानि दृढैः पाशैः सुगाढं पर्यबन्धत ॥

yatra cāpaśyata sa vai tirovarṣāṇi varṣati | tatra tāni dṛḍhaiḥ pāśaiḥ sugāḍhaṃ paryabandhata

Where he saw that the rain would be kept off them, there he bound them tight with strong cords.

Note on the text: Corrected तिरोवर्पाणि वर्पति → तिरोवर्षाणि वर्षति (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष). Corrected पर्यवन्धत → पर्यबन्धत (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब; the critical edition reads paryabandhata).

Verse 43 (4.7.43)

ततः परमदूरस्थमुञ्छवृत्तिकलेवरम् । प्रायोपवेशनाच्छुष्कं स्नायुचर्मास्थिसंयुतम् ॥

tataḥ paramadūrasthamuñchavṛttikalevaram | prāyopaveśanācchuṣkaṃ snāyucarmāsthisaṃyutam

Then, not far off, lay the body of a man who had lived by gleaning; he had dried up fasting unto death, and was nothing but sinew, skin and bone.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.31*0175, lines 16–17. The CE apparatus reads athāparam adūrastham where Wikisource has tataḥ param adūrastham.

Verse 44 (4.7.44)

तच्चानीय धनुर्मध्ये निबबन्धुः पाण्डवाः । उपायकुशलाः सर्वे प्रणदन्तः समब्रुवन् ॥

taccānīya dhanurmadhye nibabandhuḥ pāṇḍavāḥ | upāyakuśalāḥ sarve praṇadantaḥ samabruvan

The Pandavas brought it and tied it in among the bows. Then, skilled in devising means, they all cried out together:

Note on the text: Corrected निबबन्धु → निबबन्धुः (misprint in Wikisource; missing visarga). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.31*0175, lines 18–19.

Verse 45 (4.7.45)

अस्य बद्धस्य दौर्गन्ध्यान्मनुष्या वनचारिणः । दूरात्परिहरिष्यन्ति सशवेयं शमी इति ॥

asya baddhasya daurgandhyānmanuṣyā vanacāriṇaḥ | dūrātparihariṣyanti saśaveyaṃ śamī iti

"Because of the stench of this body tied here, the people who roam the forest will keep well away, saying: 'This shami has a corpse in it.'"

Note on the text: Corresponds in sense to CE 4.5.27cdef, worded as in the apparatus 4.5.31*0175 lines 20–21.

Verse 46 (4.7.46)

अथाब्रवीन्महाराजो धर्मात्मा स युधिष्ठिरः । रज्जुभिः सुकृतं प्राज्ञ विनिर्बध्नीहि पाण्डव ॥

athābravīnmahārājo dharmātmā sa yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | rajjubhiḥ sukṛtaṃ prājña vinirbadhnīhi pāṇḍava

Then the great king, the righteous Yudhishthira, said: "Wise Pandava, tie it securely with ropes;

Note on the text: Corrected रञ्जुभिः → रज्जुभिः (misprint in Wikisource; ञ्ज for ज्ज; "ropes", as the apparatus reads rajjubhiḥ). Corrected विनिर्वध्नीहि → विनिर्बध्नीहि (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.31*0175, lines 22–23.

Verse 47 (4.7.47)

यानि चात्र विशालानि रूढमूलानि मन्यसे । तेषामुपरि बध्नीहि इदं विप्रकलेवरम् ॥

yāni cātra viśālāni rūḍhamūlāni manyase | teṣāmupari badhnīhi idaṃ viprakalevaram

tie this brahmin's body above whichever branches you judge to be broad and firmly rooted."

Note on the text: Corrected तेपामुपरि → तेषामुपरि (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष). Corrected विप्रकलवरम् → विप्रकलेवरम् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign; the apparatus reads viprakalevaram). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.31*0175, lines 24–25.

Verse 48 (4.7.48)

तच्छ्रुत्वा सहदेवस्तु पर्यबध्नत तच्छवम् ॥

tacchrutvā sahadevastu paryabadhnata tacchavam

Hearing this, Sahadeva tied the corpse fast.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE in this wording (compare the apparatus line 4.5.31*0176, "tathā tat sarvam akarot sahadevo yathoktavān").

Verse 49 (4.7.49)

युधिष्ठिरः शुचिर्भूत्वा मनसाऽभिप्रणम्य च । ब्रह्माणमिन्द्रं वरदं कुबेरं वरुणानिलौ ॥

yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śucirbhūtvā manasā'bhipraṇamya ca | brahmāṇamindraṃ varadaṃ kuberaṃ varuṇānilau

Yudhishthira purified himself and bowed in his mind to Brahma, to Indra the giver of boons, to Kubera, Varuna and Anila (the Wind),

Note on the text: Corrected ब्रह्माणामिन्द्रं → ब्रह्माणमिन्द्रं (misprint in Wikisource; stray vowel sign; the CE appendix reads brahmāṇam). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I No. 3 (after 4.5.24), lines 9–10.

Verse 50 (4.7.50)

रुद्रं यमं च विष्णुं च सोमार्कौ धर्ममेव च । पृथिवीमन्तरिक्षं च दिशश्चोपदिशस्तथा । वसूंश्च मरुतश्चैव ज्वलनं चातितेजसम् ॥

rudraṃ yamaṃ ca viṣṇuṃ ca somārkau dharmameva ca | pṛthivīmantarikṣaṃ ca diśaścopadiśastathā | vasūṃśca marutaścaiva jvalanaṃ cātitejasam

to Rudra, Yama and Vishnu, to the Moon, the Sun and Dharma, to the Earth and the Sky, to the quarters and the intermediate quarters, to the Vasus and the Maruts, and to the blazing Fire.

Note on the text: Corrected वसूश्चं → वसूंश्च (misprint in Wikisource; misplaced anusvara; the CE appendix reads vasūṃś ca). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I No. 3 (after 4.5.24), lines 11–13.

Verse 51 (4.7.51)

दिवाचरा रात्रिचराणि वाऽपि यानीह भूतान्यनुकीर्तितानि । तेभ्यो नमस्कृत्य च सुव्रतेभ्यः प्रणम्य तेषां शरणं गतोऽहम् ॥

divācarā rātricarāṇi vā'pi yānīha bhūtānyanukīrtitāni | tebhyo namaskṛtya ca suvratebhyaḥ praṇamya teṣāṃ śaraṇaṃ gato'ham

"To all the beings named here, those that move by day and those that move by night, faithful to their vows, I offer homage; bowing to them, I take refuge in them.

Note on the text: Corrected तेपां → तेषां (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I No. 3 (after 4.5.24), lines 14–17.

Verse 52 (4.7.52)

सर्वायुधानीह महाबलानि न्यासं महादेवसमीपतो वै । न्यस्याम्यहं वायुसमीपतश्च वनस्पतीनां च सपर्वतानाम् ॥

sarvāyudhānīha mahābalāni nyāsaṃ mahādevasamīpato vai | nyasyāmyahaṃ vāyusamīpataśca vanaspatīnāṃ ca saparvatānām

All these mighty weapons I here deposit in trust in the presence of Mahadeva and of Vayu, and of the trees and the mountains.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I No. 3 (after 4.5.24), lines 18–21.

Verse 53 (4.7.53)

एष न्यासो मया दत्तः सोमसूर्यानिलान्तिके । मम पार्थस्य वा देयं पूर्णे वर्षे त्रयोदशे ॥

eṣa nyāso mayā dattaḥ somasūryānilāntike | mama pārthasya vā deyaṃ pūrṇe varṣe trayodaśe

This deposit I have made in the presence of the Moon, the Sun and the Wind. When the thirteenth year is complete, it is to be given back to me or to Partha.

Note on the text: Corrected सोममूर्यानिलान्तिके → सोमसूर्यानिलान्तिके (misprint in Wikisource; मू for सू; the CE appendix reads sūryasomānilāntike). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I No. 3 (after 4.5.24), lines 22–23.

Verse 54 (4.7.54)

नेदं भीमे प्रदातव्यमयं क्रुद्धो वृकोदरः । आमर्षान्नित्यसंक्रुद्धो धृतराष्ट्रसुतान्प्रति । अपूर्णकाले प्रहरेत्क्रोधसंजातमत्सरः ॥

nedaṃ bhīme pradātavyamayaṃ kruddho vṛkodaraḥ | āmarṣānnityasaṃkruddho dhṛtarāṣṭrasutānprati | apūrṇakāle praharetkrodhasaṃjātamatsaraḥ

It must not be given to Bhima, for Vrikodara is wrathful. Out of resentment he is always enraged against the sons of Dhritarashtra, and with his jealous anger roused he might strike before the time is complete.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I No. 3 (after 4.5.24), lines 24–26.

Verse 55 (4.7.55)

पुनः प्रवेशो नः स्यात्तु वनवासाय सर्वदा । समये परिपूर्णे तु धार्तराष्ट्रान्निहन्महे ॥

punaḥ praveśo naḥ syāttu vanavāsāya sarvadā | samaye paripūrṇe tu dhārtarāṣṭrānnihanmahe

Then we would have to go back into the forest to live there for good. But when the term is complete, we shall slay the sons of Dhritarashtra.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I No. 3 (after 4.5.24), lines 27–28.

Verse 56 (4.7.56)

एष चार्थश्च धर्मश्च कामः कीर्तिरलं यशः । मदायत्तमिदं सर्वं जीवितं च न संशयः ॥

eṣa cārthaśca dharmaśca kāmaḥ kīrtiralaṃ yaśaḥ | madāyattamidaṃ sarvaṃ jīvitaṃ ca na saṃśayaḥ

Wealth, righteousness, pleasure, fame and glory in full — all this rests with me, and life itself; there is no doubt of it."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I No. 3 (after 4.5.24), lines 29–30.

Verse 57 (4.7.57)

दैवतेभ्यो नमस्कृत्य शमीं कृत्वा प्रदक्षिणम् । नगरं गन्तुमायाताः सर्वे ते भ्रातरः सह ॥

daivatebhyo namaskṛtya śamīṃ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇam | nagaraṃ gantumāyātāḥ sarve te bhrātaraḥ saha

Having bowed to the gods and walked sunwise around the shami, all the brothers set out together to go to the city.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I No. 3 (after 4.5.24), lines 33–34.

Verse 58 (4.7.58)

आगोपालाविपालेभ्यः कर्षकेभ्यः परंतप । आजग्मुर्नगराभ्याशं दर्शयन्तः पुनः पुनः ॥

āgopālāvipālebhyaḥ karṣakebhyaḥ paraṃtapa | ājagmurnagarābhyāśaṃ darśayantaḥ punaḥ punaḥ

Pointing it out again and again to everyone, from cowherds and shepherds to ploughmen, O scorcher of foes, they came near the city.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 4.5.29, worded as in the apparatus 4.5.31*0175 lines 1–2.

Verse 59 (4.7.59)

अशीतिशतवर्षेयं माताऽस्माकमिहान्तिके । बहुकालपरीणामा मृत्योस्तु वशमेयुषी । न चाग्निसंस्कारमियं प्रापिता कुलधर्मतः ॥

aśītiśatavarṣeyaṃ mātā'smākamihāntike | bahukālaparīṇāmā mṛtyostu vaśameyuṣī | na cāgnisaṃskāramiyaṃ prāpitā kuladharmataḥ

"This is our mother, here beside us, a hundred and eighty years old. After a long span of life she has passed into the power of death, and by the custom of our family she has not been given the rites of fire."

Note on the text: Corrected वर्पेयं → वर्षेयं (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष). Corrected वशमेयुपी → वशमेयुषी (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष). Line 1 corresponds to CE 4.5.28ab; the verse is worded as in the apparatus 4.5.31*0175 lines 3–5.

Verse 60 (4.7.60)

यः समासाद्यते कश्चित्तस्मिन्देशे यदृच्छया । तमेवमूचुर्धर्मज्ञाः कुलधर्मो न ईदृशः ॥

yaḥ samāsādyate kaścittasmindeśe yadṛcchayā | tamevamūcurdharmajñāḥ kuladharmo na īdṛśaḥ

Whoever chanced to come upon them in that place, those knowers of dharma told him: "Such is our family custom."

Note on the text: Corrected तमेवमृचुर् → तमेवमूचुर् (misprint in Wikisource; ऋ for ऊ; the apparatus reads ūcur). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.31*0175, lines 6–7.

Verse 61 (4.7.61)

विश्रावयन्तस्ते हृष्टा दिशः सर्वा व्यनादयन् । स्वर्गतेयमिहास्माकं जननी शोकविह्वला ॥

viśrāvayantaste hṛṣṭā diśaḥ sarvā vyanādayan | svargateyamihāsmākaṃ jananī śokavihvalā

Spreading the word, glad at heart, they made every quarter ring with it: "Here our mother, overcome with grief, has gone to heaven.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.31*0175, lines 26–27.

Verse 62 (4.7.62)

वने विचरमाणानां लुब्धानां वनचारिणाम् । कुलधर्मोऽयमस्माकं पूर्वैराचरितः पुरा ॥

vane vicaramāṇānāṃ lubdhānāṃ vanacāriṇām | kuladharmo'yamasmākaṃ pūrvairācaritaḥ purā

We are hunters who roam the forest, and this is our family custom, followed by our forefathers of old."

Note on the text: Line 2 is CE 4.5.28cd (which reads ācarito 'pi ca); line 1 is in the apparatus as 4.5.31*0175 line 28.

Verse 63 (4.7.63)

एवं ते सुकृतं कृत्वा समन्तादवघुष्य च । भीमसेनोऽर्जुनश्चैव माद्रीपुत्रावुभावपि ॥

evaṃ te sukṛtaṃ kṛtvā samantādavaghuṣya ca | bhīmaseno'rjunaścaiva mādrīputrāvubhāvapi

Having done this skilfully and proclaimed it all around, Bhimasena and Arjuna, and both sons of Madri,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.31*0175, lines 30–31.

Verse 64 (4.7.64)

युधिष्ठिरश्च कृष्णा च राजपत्नी सुमध्यमा । ततो यथासमाज्ञप्तं नगरं प्राविशंस्तदा ॥

yudhiṣṭhiraśca kṛṣṇā ca rājapatnī sumadhyamā | tato yathāsamājñaptaṃ nagaraṃ prāviśaṃstadā

Yudhishthira, and Krishna, the slender-waisted queen, then entered the city as had been agreed,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.31*0175, lines 32–33. Line 2 is close to CE 4.5.31ab.

Verse 65 (4.7.65)

मत्स्यराज्ञो विराटस्य समीपं वस्तुमञ्जसा । अज्ञातचर्यां चरितुं वर्षं राष्ट्रे त्रयोदशम् ॥

matsyarājño virāṭasya samīpaṃ vastumañjasā | ajñātacaryāṃ carituṃ varṣaṃ rāṣṭre trayodaśam

to live close to Virata, king of the Matsyas, without trouble, and to pass the thirteenth year unrecognised in his kingdom.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.31*0175, lines 34–35. Line 2 is close to CE 4.5.31cd.

Verse 66 (4.7.66)

अतश्छन्नानि नामानि चकारैषां युधिष्ठिरः । जयो जयेशो विजयो जयत्सेनो जयद्बलः । आपत्सु नामभिस्त्वेतैः समाह्वामः परस्परम् ॥

ataśchannāni nāmāni cakāraiṣāṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | jayo jayeśo vijayo jayatseno jayadbalaḥ | āpatsu nāmabhistvetaiḥ samāhvāmaḥ parasparam

So Yudhishthira gave them secret names — Jaya, Jayesha, Vijaya, Jayatsena and Jayadbala — saying: "In times of danger we shall call one another by these names."

Note on the text: Re-divided at Wikisource's own verse mark: the page closes verse 66 ("।। 66 ।।") after the line āpatsu … parasparam, but the extraction had attached that line to the next verse. Corresponds to CE 4.5.30 (which reads jayanto for jayeśo), worded as in the apparatus 4.5.31*0175 lines 36–38.

Verse 67 (4.7.67)

ततो यथाप्रतिज्ञाभिः प्राविशन्नगरं महत् । अज्ञातचर्यां वत्स्यन्तो राष्ट्रे वर्षं त्रयोदशम् ॥

tato yathāpratijñābhiḥ prāviśannagaraṃ mahat | ajñātacaryāṃ vatsyanto rāṣṭre varṣaṃ trayodaśam

Then, true to their pledges, they entered the great city, to live in that kingdom for the thirteenth year unrecognised.

Note on the text: Re-divided at Wikisource's own verse mark ("।। 67 ।।"): this verse joins the second line of the extraction's verse 67 with its one-line verse 68.