Dhritarashtra Quits Home

Verse 1 (bhagavata.1.13.1)

सूत उवाच विदुरस्तीर्थयात्रायां मैत्रेयादात्मनो गतिम् । ज्ञात्वागाद्धास्तिनपुरं तयावाप्तविवित्सितः ॥ १ ॥

sūta uvāca viduras tīrtha-yātrāyāṁ maitreyād ātmano gatim jñātvāgād dhāstinapuraṁ tayāvāpta-vivitsitaḥ

Suta said: Vidura, on his pilgrimage, having learned from Maitreya the true destination of the self, went on to Hastinapura, having gained through him all that he had wished to know.

Verse 2 (bhagavata.1.13.2)

यावतः कृतवान् प्रश्नान् क्षत्ता कौषारवाग्रतः । जातैकभक्तिर्गोविन्दे तेभ्यश्चोपरराम ह ॥ २ ॥

yāvataḥ kṛtavān praśnān kṣattā kauṣāravāgrataḥ jātaika-bhaktir govinde tebhyaś copararāma ha

As many questions as Vidura had put before Maitreya, having now attained sole devotion to Govinda, he ceased to ask them further.

Verse 3 (bhagavata.1.13.3)

तं बन्धुमागतं दृष्ट्वा धर्मपुत्रः सहानुजः । धृतराष्ट्रो युयुत्सुश्च सूतः शारद्वतः पृथा ॥ ३ ॥

taṁ bandhum āgataṁ dṛṣṭvā dharma-putraḥ sahānujaḥ dhṛtarāṣṭro yuyutsuś ca sūtaḥ śāradvataḥ pṛthā

Seeing that kinsman arrived, the son of Dharma together with his younger brothers, and Dhritarashtra, and Yuyutsu, and Sanjaya, and Kripa the son of Sharadvat, and Pritha —

Verse 4 (bhagavata.1.13.4)

गान्धारी द्रौपदी ब्रह्मन् सुभद्रा चोत्तरा कृपी । अन्याश्च जामयः पाण्डोर्ज्ञातयः ससुताः स्त्रियः ॥ ४ ॥

gāndhārī draupadī brahman subhadrā cottarā kṛpī anyāś ca jāmayaḥ pāṇḍor jñātayaḥ sasutāḥ striyaḥ

— and Gandhari, and Draupadi, O brahmin, and Subhadra, and Uttara, and Kripi, and the other kinswomen of the Pandavas, together with their sons —

Verse 5 (bhagavata.1.13.5)

प्रत्युज्जग्मुः प्रहर्षेण प्राणं तन्व इवागतम् । अभिसङ्गम्य विधिवत् परिष्वङ्गाभिवादनैः ॥ ५ ॥

pratyujjagmuḥ praharṣeṇa prāṇaṁ tanva ivāgatam abhisaṅgamya vidhivat pariṣvaṅgābhivādanaiḥ

— all hastened forward in joy, as though life itself had returned to their bodies, greeting him with due ceremony, with embraces and salutations.

Verse 6 (bhagavata.1.13.6)

मुमुचुः प्रेमबाष्पौघं विरहौत्कण्ठ्यकातराः । राजा तमर्हयाञ्चक्रे कृतासनपरिग्रहम् ॥ ६ ॥

mumucuḥ prema-bāṣpaughaṁ virahautkaṇṭhya-kātarāḥ rājā tam arhayāṁ cakre kṛtāsana-parigraham

They wept streams of tears out of pure love, distressed by the ache of separation. The king then had a seat prepared and paid him due honor.

Verse 7 (bhagavata.1.13.7)

तं भुक्तवन्तं विश्रान्तमासीनं सुखमासने । प्रश्रयावनतो राजा प्राह तेषां च शृण्वताम् ॥ ७ ॥

taṁ bhuktavantaṁ viśrāntam āsīnaṁ sukham āsane praśrayāvanato rājā prāha teṣāṁ ca śṛṇvatām

When he had eaten and rested, and was seated at ease, the king, bowing before him in humility, began to speak, with the others listening.

Verse 8 (bhagavata.1.13.8)

युधिष्ठिर उवाच अपि स्मरथ नो युष्मत्पक्षच्छायासमेधितान् । विपद्गणाद्विषाग्न्यादेर्मोचिता यत्समातृकाः ॥ ८ ॥

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca api smaratha no yuṣmat- pakṣa-cchāyā-samedhitān vipad-gaṇād viṣāgnyāder mocitā yat samātṛkāḥ

Yudhishthira said: Do you remember us — nurtured under the shade of your protecting wing, along with our mother, saved by you from calamity after calamity, from poison and from fire?

Verse 9 (bhagavata.1.13.9)

कया वृत्त्या वर्तितं वश्चरद्भिः क्षितिमण्डलम् । तीर्थानि क्षेत्रमुख्यानि सेवितानीह भूतले ॥ ९ ॥

kayā vṛttyā vartitaṁ vaś caradbhiḥ kṣiti-maṇḍalam tīrthāni kṣetra-mukhyāni sevitānīha bhūtale

By what means did you sustain yourself, wandering over the circuit of the earth? What holy places, foremost among sacred sites, did you visit here on this earth?

Verse 10 (bhagavata.1.13.10)

भवद्विधा भागवतास्तीर्थभूताः स्वयं विभो । तीर्थीकुर्वन्ति तीर्थानि स्वान्तःस्थेन गदाभृता ॥ १० ॥

bhavad-vidhā bhāgavatās tīrtha-bhūtāḥ svayaṁ vibho tīrthī-kurvanti tīrthāni svāntaḥ-sthena gadābhṛtā

O lord, devotees such as yourself are themselves holy places embodied; for bearing the mace-bearing Lord within your own heart, you turn every place you visit into a place of pilgrimage.

Verse 11 (bhagavata.1.13.11)

अपि नः सुहृदस्तात बान्धवाः कृष्णदेवताः । दृष्टाः श्रुता वा यदवः स्वपुर्यां सुखमासते ॥ ११ ॥

api naḥ suhṛdas tāta bāndhavāḥ kṛṣṇa-devatāḥ dṛṣṭāḥ śrutā vā yadavaḥ sva-puryāṁ sukham āsate

And, dear uncle, our well-wishing kinsmen devoted to Krishna, the Yadus — did you see them, or hear news of them? Are they living happily in their own city?

Verse 12 (bhagavata.1.13.12)

इत्युक्तो धर्मराजेन सर्वं तत् समवर्णयत् । यथानुभूतं क्रमशो विना यदुकुलक्षयम् ॥ १२ ॥

ity ukto dharma-rājena sarvaṁ tat samavarṇayat yathānubhūtaṁ kramaśo vinā yadu-kula-kṣayam

Thus questioned by the king of dharma, Vidura described everything in due order, just as he had experienced it — except for the destruction of the Yadu dynasty.

Verse 13 (bhagavata.1.13.13)

नन्वप्रियं दुर्विषहं नृणां स्वयमुपस्थितम् । नावेदयत् सकरुणो दुःखितान् द्रष्टुमक्षमः ॥ १३ ॥

nanv apriyaṁ durviṣahaṁ nṛṇāṁ svayam upasthitam nāvedayat sakaruṇo duḥkhitān draṣṭum akṣamaḥ

For truly, that event — so unwelcome and unbearable to human hearts, which had already come to pass on its own — this, out of pure compassion, he did not disclose, unable to bear the sight of their grief.

Verse 14 (bhagavata.1.13.14)

कञ्चित्कालमथावात्सीत्सत्कृतो देववत्सुखम् । भ्रातुर्ज्येष्ठस्य श्रेयस्कृत्सर्वेषां सुखमावहन् ॥ १४ ॥

kañcit kālam athāvātsīt sat-kṛto devavat sukham bhrātur jyeṣṭhasya śreyas-kṛt sarveṣāṁ sukham āvahan

For some time thereafter he remained there, honored and content as a god among them, working for the welfare of his eldest brother and bringing happiness to everyone.

Verse 15 (bhagavata.1.13.15)

अबिभ्रदर्यमा दण्डं यथावदघकारिषु । यावद्दधार शूद्रत्वं शापाद्वर्षशतं यमः ॥ १५ ॥

abibhrad aryamā daṇḍaṁ yathāvad agha-kāriṣu yāvad dadhāra śūdratvaṁ śāpād varṣa-śataṁ yamaḥ

For as long as Yama bore the condition of a shudra, under a curse, for a hundred years, Aryama duly wielded the rod of justice in his place, against wrongdoers.

Verse 16 (bhagavata.1.13.16)

युधिष्ठिरो लब्धराज्यो दृष्ट्वा पौत्रं कुलन्धरम् । भ्रातृभिर्लोकपालाभैर्मुमुदे परया श्रिया ॥ १६ ॥

yudhiṣṭhiro labdha-rājyo dṛṣṭvā pautraṁ kulan-dharam bhrātṛbhir loka-pālābhair mumude parayā śriyā

Yudhishthira, his kingdom regained, and having beheld his grandson, the bearer of the dynasty, rejoiced greatly, together with his brothers — who were like the guardians of the four quarters — in the greatest splendor.

Verse 17 (bhagavata.1.13.17)

एवं गृहेषु सक्तानां प्रमत्तानां तदीहया । अत्यक्रामदविज्ञातः कालः परमदुस्तरः ॥ १७ ॥

evaṁ gṛheṣu saktānāṁ pramattānāṁ tad-īhayā atyakrāmad avijñātaḥ kālaḥ parama-dustaraḥ

Thus, for those attached to household life, wholly absorbed in its cares, time — imperceptible, and hardest of all things to overcome — slipped by unnoticed.

Verse 18 (bhagavata.1.13.18)

विदुरस्तदभिप्रेत्य धृतराष्ट्रमभाषत । राजन्निर्गम्यतां शीघ्रं पश्येदं भयमागतम् ॥ १८ ॥

viduras tad abhipretya dhṛtarāṣṭram abhāṣata rājan nirgamyatāṁ śīghraṁ paśyedaṁ bhayam āgatam

Perceiving this, Vidura spoke to Dhritarashtra: O king, leave this place at once — look, this danger has already come upon you.

Verse 19 (bhagavata.1.13.19)

प्रतिक्रिया न यस्येह कुतश्चित्कर्हिचित्प्रभो । स एष भगवान् कालः सर्वेषां नः समागतः ॥ १९ ॥

pratikriyā na yasyeha kutaścit karhicit prabho sa eṣa bhagavān kālaḥ sarveṣāṁ naḥ samāgataḥ

This, O lord, is a thing for which no remedy exists, anywhere, at any time — this is none other than the Supreme Lord himself, in the form of time, come upon all of us.

Verse 20 (bhagavata.1.13.20)

येन चैवाभिपन्नोऽयं प्राणैः प्रियतमैरपि । जनः सद्यो वियुज्येत किमुतान्यैर्धनादिभिः ॥ २० ॥

yena caivābhipanno ’yaṁ prāṇaiḥ priyatamair api janaḥ sadyo viyujyeta kim utānyair dhanādibhiḥ

Once a person is overtaken by him, he is parted at once even from his own dearest life-breath — how much more easily, then, from lesser things, such as wealth?

Verse 21 (bhagavata.1.13.21)

पितृभ्रातृसुहृत्पुत्रा हतास्ते विगतं वयम् । आत्मा च जरया ग्रस्तः परगेहमुपाससे ॥ २१ ॥

pitṛ-bhrātṛ-suhṛt-putrā hatās te vigataṁ vayam ātmā ca jarayā grastaḥ para-geham upāsase

Your father, your brothers, your well-wishers and your sons are gone; your own years are spent; and you yourself, seized now by old age, live on in another man's house.

Verse 22 (bhagavata.1.13.22)

अन्धः पुरैव वधिरो मन्दप्रज्ञाश्च साम्प्रतम् । विशीर्णदन्तो मन्दाग्निः सरागः कफमुद्वहन् ॥ २२ ॥

andhaḥ puraiva vadhiro manda-prajñāś ca sāmprataṁ viśīrṇa-danto mandāgniḥ sarāgaḥ kapham udvahan

Blind from birth, and now grown deaf as well, your memory grown feeble, your teeth decayed, your digestive fire weak, your body ailing, coughing up phlegm —

Verse 23 (bhagavata.1.13.23)

अहो महीयसी जन्तोर्जीविताशा यथा भवान् । भीमापवर्जितं पिण्डमादत्ते गृहपालवत् ॥ २३ ॥

aho mahīyasī jantor jīvitāśā yathā bhavān bhīmāpavarjitaṁ piṇḍam ādatte gṛha-pālavat

Ah, how powerful is a creature's hope to go on living — that you, like a household dog, take the scraps that Bhima leaves behind.

Verse 24 (bhagavata.1.13.24)

अग्निर्निसृष्टो दत्तश्च गरो दाराश्च दूषिताः । हृतं क्षेत्रं धनं येषां तद्दत्तैरसुभिः कियत् ॥ २४ ॥

agnir nisṛṣṭo dattaś ca garo dārāś ca dūṣitāḥ hṛtaṁ kṣetraṁ dhanaṁ yeṣāṁ tad-dattair asubhiḥ kiyat

Fire was set against them, poison was given, their wives were dishonored, their land and their wealth taken away — after all this, what is a life worth that is granted by those you so wronged?

Verse 25 (bhagavata.1.13.25)

तस्यापि तव देहोऽयं कृपणस्य जिजीविषोः । परैत्यनिच्छतो जीर्णो जरया वाससी इव ॥ २५ ॥

tasyāpi tava deho ’yaṁ kṛpaṇasya jijīviṣoḥ paraity anicchato jīrṇo jarayā vāsasī iva

Even this body of yours, O pitiable man, will pass away in due course despite your longing to live on — worn thin and cast off, like an old garment frayed by age.

Verse 26 (bhagavata.1.13.26)

गतस्वार्थमिमं देहं विरक्तो मुक्तबन्धनः । अविज्ञातगतिर्जह्यात् स वै धीर उदाहृतः ॥ २६ ॥

gata-svārtham imaṁ dehaṁ virakto mukta-bandhanaḥ avijñāta-gatir jahyāt sa vai dhīra udāhṛtaḥ

He alone is called truly steadfast, who, detached and freed from every bond, leaves behind this body once it has served its purpose, going where none can know.

Verse 27 (bhagavata.1.13.27)

यः स्वकात्परतो वेह जातनिर्वेद आत्मवान् । हृदि कृत्वा हरिं गेहात्प्रव्रजेत्स नरोत्तमः ॥ २७ ॥

yaḥ svakāt parato veha jāta-nirveda ātmavān hṛdi kṛtvā hariṁ gehāt pravrajet sa narottamaḥ

He who awakens to true dispassion — whether through his own realization or by learning it from another — and, holding Hari within his heart, departs from home, he is the noblest among men.

Verse 28 (bhagavata.1.13.28)

अथोदीचीं दिशं यातु स्वैरज्ञातगतिर्भवान् । इतोऽर्वाक्प्रायशः कालः पुंसां गुणविकर्षणः ॥ २८ ॥

athodīcīṁ diśaṁ yātu svair ajñāta-gatir bhavān ito ’rvāk prāyaśaḥ kālaḥ puṁsāṁ guṇa-vikarṣaṇaḥ

Go, then, toward the north, alone, letting no one know your path — for the age now approaching, more than the one now ending, steadily strips men of their virtues.

Verse 29 (bhagavata.1.13.29)

एवं राजा विदुरेणानुजेन प्रज्ञाचक्षुर्बोधित आजमीढः । छित्त्वा स्वेषु स्नेहपाशान्द्रढिम्नो निश्चक्राम भ्रातृसन्दर्शिताध्वा ॥ २९ ॥

evaṁ rājā vidureṇānujena prajñā-cakṣur bodhita ājamīḍhaḥ chittvā sveṣu sneha-pāśān draḍhimno niścakrāma bhrātṛ-sandarśitādhvā

Thus was the king, that descendant of Ajamidha, whose true eye was wisdom, awakened by his younger brother Vidura; and cutting through the bonds of affection for his own kin, resolute now, he set forth upon the path his brother had shown him.

Verse 30 (bhagavata.1.13.30)

पतिं प्रयान्तं सुबलस्य पुत्री पतिव्रता चानुजगाम साध्वी । हिमालयं न्यस्तदण्डप्रहर्षं मनस्विनामिव सत्सम्प्रहारः ॥ ३० ॥

patiṁ prayāntaṁ subalasya putrī pati-vratā cānujagāma sādhvī himālayaṁ nyasta-daṇḍa-praharṣaṁ manasvinām iva sat samprahāraḥ

The chaste daughter of King Subala, devoted to her husband, followed him as he set out for the Himalaya — the mountain that delights those who have taken up the renunciate's staff, as a true trial delights the resolute.

Verse 31 (bhagavata.1.13.31)

अजातशत्रुः कृतमैत्रो हुताग्नि- र्विप्रान्नत्वा तिलगोभूमिरुक्मैः । गृहं प्रविष्टो गुरुवन्दनाय न चापश्यत्पितरौ सौबलीं च ॥ ३१ ॥

ajāta-śatruḥ kṛta-maitro hutāgnir viprān natvā tila-go-bhūmi-rukmaiḥ gṛhaṁ praviṣṭo guru-vandanāya na cāpaśyat pitarau saubalīṁ ca

Yudhishthira, the king without enmity, having performed his morning rites and fire-offering, having bowed to the brahmins and honored them with sesame, cows, land and gold, entered the inner chambers to pay his respects to his elders — but found neither his uncles nor Subala's daughter there.

Verse 32 (bhagavata.1.13.32)

तत्र सञ्जयमासीनं पप्रच्छोद्विग्नमानसः । गावल्गणे क्व नस्तातो वृद्धो हीनश्च नेत्रयोः ॥ ३२ ॥

tatra sañjayam āsīnaṁ papracchodvigna-mānasaḥ gāvalgaṇe kva nas tāto vṛddho hīnaś ca netrayoḥ

There, deeply troubled at heart, he asked Sanjaya, who sat nearby: O son of Gavalgana, where is our uncle, aged and sightless?

Verse 33 (bhagavata.1.13.33)

अम्बा च हतपुत्रार्ता पितृव्यः क्व गतः सुहृत् । अपि मय्यकृतप्रज्ञे हतबन्धुः स भार्यया । आशंसमानः शमलं गङ्गायां दुःखितोऽपतत् ॥ ३३ ॥

ambā ca hata-putrārtā pitṛvyaḥ kva gataḥ suhṛt api mayy akṛta-prajñe hata-bandhuḥ sa bhāryayā āśaṁsamānaḥ śamalaṁ gaṅgāyāṁ duḥkhito ’patat

And my mother, grieving over her slain sons — where has our well-wishing uncle gone? Has he, holding me responsible for the ruin of his kin, cast himself grieving into the Ganga together with his wife, seeking to wash away his sorrow?

Verse 34 (bhagavata.1.13.34)

पितर्युपरते पाण्डौ सर्वान्नः सुहृदः शिशून् । अरक्षतां व्यसनतः पितृव्यौ क्व गतावितः ॥ ३४ ॥

pitary uparate pāṇḍau sarvān naḥ suhṛdaḥ śiśūn arakṣatāṁ vyasanataḥ pitṛvyau kva gatāv itaḥ

When our father Pandu passed away and we were all still children, these two uncles protected us from every calamity, our truest well-wishers — where have they gone from here?

Verse 35 (bhagavata.1.13.35)

सूत उवाच कृपया स्नेडहवैक्लव्यात्सूतो विरहकर्शितः । आत्मेश्वरमचक्षाणो न प्रत्याहातिपीडितः ॥ ३५ ॥

sūta uvāca kṛpayā sneha-vaiklavyāt sūto viraha-karśitaḥ ātmeśvaram acakṣāṇo na pratyāhātipīḍitaḥ

Suta said: Out of compassion and the anguish of affection, Sanjaya — worn thin by separation from his own master, whom he could no longer see — was too overwhelmed to reply.

Verse 36 (bhagavata.1.13.36)

विमृज्याश्रूणि पाणिभ्यां विष्टभ्यात्मानमात्मना । अजातशत्रुं प्रत्यूचे प्रभोः पादावनुस्मरन् ॥ ३६ ॥

vimṛjyāśrūṇi pāṇibhyāṁ viṣṭabhyātmānam ātmanā ajāta-śatruṁ pratyūce prabhoḥ pādāv anusmaran

Wiping away his tears with his hands, steadying himself through his own resolve, and calling to mind the feet of his master, he replied at last to Yudhishthira.

Verse 37 (bhagavata.1.13.37)

सञ्जय उवाच नाहं वेद व्यवसितं पित्रोर्वः कुलनन्दन । गान्धार्या वा महाबाहो मुषितोऽस्मि महात्मभिः ॥ ३७ ॥

sañjaya uvāca nāhaṁ veda vyavasitaṁ pitror vaḥ kula-nandana gāndhāryā vā mahā-bāho muṣito ’smi mahātmabhiḥ

Sanjaya said: I do not know the intention of your two elders, O joy of this family, nor of Gandhari, mighty-armed one — I have been left behind, outwitted by these great souls.

Verse 38 (bhagavata.1.13.38)

अथाजगाम भगवान् नारदः सहतुम्बुरुः । प्रत्युत्थायाभिवाद्याह सानुजोऽभ्यर्चयन्मुनिम् ॥ ३८ ॥

athājagāma bhagavān nāradaḥ saha-tumburuḥ pratyutthāyābhivādyāha sānujo ’bhyarcayan munim

Then the godly sage Narada arrived, together with his companion Tumburu; rising at once, Yudhishthira and his brothers greeted him with homage and worshiped the sage.

Verse 39 (bhagavata.1.13.39)

युधिष्ठिर उवाच नाहं वेद गतिं पित्रोर्भगवन् क्व गतावितः । अम्बा वा हतपुत्रार्ता क्व गता च तपस्विनी ॥ ३९ ॥

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca nāhaṁ veda gatiṁ pitror bhagavan kva gatāv itaḥ ambā vā hata-putrārtā kva gatā ca tapasvinī

Yudhishthira said: O lord, I do not know where my two elders have gone from here, nor where my grieving mother, mourning her slain sons, austere as she is, has gone.

Verse 40 (bhagavata.1.13.40)

कर्णधार इवापारे भगवान् पारदर्शकः । अथाबभाषे भगवान् नारदो मुनिसत्तमः ॥ ४० ॥

karṇadhāra ivāpāre bhagavān pāra-darśakaḥ athābabhāṣe bhagavān nārado muni-sattamaḥ

"You alone, like a helmsman upon a shoreless sea, can see across to safety." Thus addressed, the godly Narada, greatest among sages, began to speak.

Verse 41 (bhagavata.1.13.41)

नारद उवाच मा कञ्चन शुचो राजन् यदीश्वरवशं जगत् । लोकाः सपाला यस्येमे वहन्ति बलिमीशितुः । स संयुनक्ति भूतानि स एव वियुनक्ति च ॥ ४१ ॥

nārada uvāca mā kañcana śuco rājan yad īśvara-vaśaṁ jagat lokāḥ sapālā yasyeme vahanti balim īśituḥ sa saṁyunakti bhūtāni sa eva viyunakti ca

Narada said: Grieve for no one at all, O king, for this world lies under the sway of the Lord; all the worlds, together with their guardians, pay tribute to that ruler — it is he who brings beings together, and he alone who parts them again.

Verse 42 (bhagavata.1.13.42)

यथा गावो नसि प्रोतास्तन्त्यां बद्धाश्च दामभिः । वाक्तन्त्यां नामभिर्बद्धा वहन्ति बलिमीशितुः ॥ ४२ ॥

yathā gāvo nasi protās tantyāṁ baddhāś ca dāmabhiḥ vāk-tantyāṁ nāmabhir baddhā vahanti balim īśituḥ

As cattle, pierced through the nose, are led about bound by ropes, so men, bound by their given names through the rope of speech, carry out their tribute to that same ruler.

Verse 43 (bhagavata.1.13.43)

यथा क्रीडोपस्कराणां संयोगविगमाविह । इच्छया क्रीडितुः स्यातां तथैवेशेच्छया नृणाम् ॥ ४३ ॥

yathā krīḍopaskarāṇāṁ saṁyoga-vigamāv iha icchayā krīḍituḥ syātāṁ tathaiveśecchayā nṛṇām

As the pieces of a game come together and scatter apart by the will of the one who plays, so too the meetings and partings of men occur by the will of the Lord.

Verse 44 (bhagavata.1.13.44)

यन्मन्यसे ध्रुवं लोकमध्रुवं वा न चोभयम् । सर्वथा न हि शोच्यास्ते स्नेहादन्यत्र मोहजात् ॥ ४४ ॥

yan manyase dhruvaṁ lokam adhruvaṁ vā na cobhayam sarvathā na hi śocyās te snehād anyatra mohajāt

Whether you consider this world eternal, or non-eternal, or neither of the two — in every case, there is truly nothing here worth grieving over, save for the delusion born of mere attachment.

Verse 45 (bhagavata.1.13.45)

तस्माज्जह्यङ्ग वैक्लव्यमज्ञानकृतमात्मनः । कथं त्वनाथाः कृपणा वर्तेरंस्ते च मां विना ॥ ४५ ॥

tasmāj jahy aṅga vaiklavyam ajñāna-kṛtam ātmanaḥ kathaṁ tv anāthāḥ kṛpaṇā varteraṁs te ca māṁ vinā

Therefore, dear one, give up this distress of yours, born only of ignorance about the true self. You are thinking, how will they, helpless and pitiable, get on without me?

Verse 46 (bhagavata.1.13.46)

कालकर्मगुणाधीनो देहोऽयं पाञ्चभौतिकः । कथमन्यांस्तु गोपायेत्सर्पग्रस्तो यथा परम् ॥ ४६ ॥

kāla-karma-guṇādhīno deho ’yaṁ pāñca-bhautikaḥ katham anyāṁs tu gopāyet sarpa-grasto yathā param

This body of yours, made of the five elements, is itself subject to time, to action, and to the qualities of matter — how then could it protect others, being itself already caught, as it were, in a serpent's grip?

Verse 47 (bhagavata.1.13.47)

अहस्तानि सहस्तानामपदानि चतुष्पदाम् । फल्गूनि तत्र महतां जीवो जीवस्य जीवनम् ॥ ४७ ॥

ahastāni sahastānām apadāni catuṣ-padām phalgūni tatra mahatāṁ jīvo jīvasya jīvanam

The handless are prey to those with hands, the footless to the four-footed, the weak to the strong — such is the way of this world: one life is the sustenance of another.

Verse 48 (bhagavata.1.13.48)

तदिदं भगवान् राजन्नेक आत्मात्मनां स्वदृक् । अन्तरोऽनन्तरो भाति पश्य तं माययोरुधा ॥ ४८ ॥

tad idaṁ bhagavān rājann eka ātmātmanāṁ sva-dṛk antaro ’nantaro bhāti paśya taṁ māyayorudhā

This same Supreme Lord, O king, the one self within all selves, self-perceiving, appears both as the one within and the one beyond — behold him, manifest in countless ways through his own divine power.

Verse 49 (bhagavata.1.13.49)

सोऽयमद्य महाराज भगवान् भूतभावनः । कालरूपोऽवतीर्णोऽस्यामभावाय सुरद्विषाम् ॥ ४९ ॥

so ’yam adya mahārāja bhagavān bhūta-bhāvanaḥ kāla-rūpo ’vatīrṇo ’syām abhāvāya sura-dviṣām

This same Lord, O great king, the nurturer of all beings, has now descended upon this earth in the very form of time, to bring about the destruction of those who hate the gods.

Verse 50 (bhagavata.1.13.50)

निष्पादितं देवकृत्यमवशेषं प्रतीक्षते । तावद् यूयमवेक्षध्वं भवेद् यावदिहेश्वरः ॥ ५० ॥

niṣpāditaṁ deva-kṛtyam avaśeṣaṁ pratīkṣate tāvad yūyam avekṣadhvaṁ bhaved yāvad iheśvaraḥ

Having accomplished the work he came to do for the gods, he now waits for what remains. So watch and wait, as long as the Lord still walks this earth.

Verse 51 (bhagavata.1.13.51)

धृतराष्ट्रः सह भ्रात्रा गान्धार्या च स्वभार्यया । दक्षिणेन हिमवत ऋषीणामाश्रमं गतः ॥ ५१ ॥

dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ saha bhrātrā gāndhāryā ca sva-bhāryayā dakṣiṇena himavata ṛṣīṇām āśramaṁ gataḥ

Dhritarashtra, together with his brother Vidura and his own wife Gandhari, has gone to the southern slope of the Himalaya, to the hermitage of the sages.

Verse 52 (bhagavata.1.13.52)

स्रोतोभिः सप्तभिर्या वै स्वर्धुनी सप्तधा व्यधात् । सप्तानां प्रीतये नाना सप्तस्रोतः प्रचक्षते ॥ ५२ ॥

srotobhiḥ saptabhir yā vai svardhunī saptadhā vyadhāt saptānāṁ prītaye nānā sapta-srotaḥ pracakṣate

The place where the heavenly river divided herself into seven streams, for the pleasure of the seven sages — that place, in its several branches, is known as Saptasrota.

Verse 53 (bhagavata.1.13.53)

स्नात्वानुसवनं तस्मिन्हुत्वा चाग्नीन्यथाविधि । अब्भक्ष उपशान्तात्मा स आस्ते विगतैषणः ॥ ५३ ॥

snātvānusavanaṁ tasmin hutvā cāgnīn yathā-vidhi ab-bhakṣa upaśāntātmā sa āste vigataiṣaṇaḥ

Bathing there at the three appointed hours, offering fire-oblations by rule, taking nothing but water for food, his mind now stilled, he dwells there, free of every worldly craving.

Verse 54 (bhagavata.1.13.54)

जितासनो जितश्वासः प्रत्याहृतषडिन्द्रियः । हरिभावनया ध्वस्तरजःसत्त्वतमोमलः ॥ ५४ ॥

jitāsano jita-śvāsaḥ pratyāhṛta-ṣaḍ-indriyaḥ hari-bhāvanayā dhvasta- rajaḥ-sattva-tamo-malaḥ

Master now of his posture and of his breath, his senses drawn inward, through meditation on Hari he has cleansed away the taints of passion, goodness and ignorance alike.

Verse 55 (bhagavata.1.13.55)

विज्ञानात्मनि संयोज्य क्षेत्रज्ञे प्रविलाप्य तम् । ब्रह्मण्यात्मानमाधारे घटाम्बरमिवाम्बरे ॥ ५५ ॥

vijñānātmani saṁyojya kṣetrajñe pravilāpya tam brahmaṇy ātmānam ādhāre ghaṭāmbaram ivāmbare

He now joins his self to the discerning intellect, dissolves that in turn into the knower of the field, and merges the self at last into Brahman, its final ground — as the space enclosed within a jar merges back into space itself when the jar is broken.

Verse 56 (bhagavata.1.13.56)

ध्वस्तमायागुणोदर्को निरुद्धकरणाशयः । निवर्तिताखिलाहार आस्ते स्थाणुरिवाचलः । तस्यान्तरायो मैवाभूः सन्न्यस्ताखिलकर्मणः ॥ ५६ ॥

dhvasta-māyā-guṇodarko niruddha-karaṇāśayaḥ nivartitākhilāhāra āste sthāṇur ivācalaḥ tasyāntarāyo maivābhūḥ sannyastākhila-karmaṇaḥ

The fruits born of maya's qualities now destroyed within him, the workings of mind and senses stilled, all taking of food set aside, he will remain unmoving, like a rooted pillar. Let nothing now obstruct him, who has renounced all action.

Verse 57 (bhagavata.1.13.57)

स वा अद्यतनाद् राजन् परतः पञ्चमेऽहनि । कलेवरं हास्यति स्वं तच्च भस्मीभविष्यति ॥ ५७ ॥

sa vā adyatanād rājan parataḥ pañcame ’hani kalevaraṁ hāsyati svaṁ tac ca bhasmī-bhaviṣyati

He shall, O king, on the fifth day from today, let go of this body of his; and it will be reduced to ashes.

Verse 58 (bhagavata.1.13.58)

दह्यमानेऽग्निभिर्देहे पत्युः पत्नी सहोटजे । बहिः स्थिता पतिं साध्वी तमग्निमनु वेक्ष्यति ॥ ५८ ॥

dahyamāne ’gnibhir dehe patyuḥ patnī sahoṭaje bahiḥ sthitā patiṁ sādhvī tam agnim anu vekṣyati

While her husband's body burns within the flames of their hut, his chaste wife, standing outside, shall watch that fire — and follow her husband into it.

Verse 59 (bhagavata.1.13.59)

विदुरस्तु तदाश्चर्यं निशाम्य कुरुनन्दन । हर्षशोकयुतस्तस्माद् गन्ता तीर्थनिषेवकः ॥ ५९ ॥

viduras tu tad āścaryaṁ niśāmya kuru-nandana harṣa-śoka-yutas tasmād gantā tīrtha-niṣevakaḥ

Vidura, O joy of the Kurus, having witnessed that wonder, torn between joy and grief, shall then leave that place, and continue on his round of sacred pilgrimage.

Verse 60 (bhagavata.1.13.60)

इत्युक्त्वाथारुहत् स्वर्गं नारदः सहतुम्बुरुः । युधिष्ठिरो वचस्तस्य हृदि कृत्वाजहाच्छुचः ॥ ६० ॥

ity uktvāthāruhat svargaṁ nāradaḥ saha-tumburuḥ yudhiṣṭhiro vacas tasya hṛdi kṛtvājahāc chucaḥ

Having spoken thus, Narada, together with Tumburu, ascended into the heavens; and Yudhishthira, holding those words within his heart, let go of his sorrow.