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Book 01 – Chapter 145
BORI CE: 01-145-001 जनमेजय उवाच |
MN DUTT: 01-157-001 जनमेजय उवाच एकचक्रां गतास्ते तु कुन्तीपुत्रा महारथाः |
M. N. Dutt: Janamejaya said : O best of twice-born, what did the Pandavas, those great car-warriors, the sons of Kunti, do when they went to Ekachakra? |
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BORI CE: 01-145-002 वैशंपायन उवाच |
MN DUTT: 01-157-002 वैशम्पायन उवाच एकचक्रां गतास्ते तु कुन्तीपुत्रा महारथाः |
M. N. Dutt: Vaishampayana said : These great car-warriors, the sons of Pandu, going to Ekachakra, lived for a short time in a Brahmana's house. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-003 रमणीयानि पश्यन्तो वनानि विविधानि च BORI CE: 01-145-004 चेरुर्भैक्षं तदा ते तु सर्व एव विशां पते |
MN DUTT: 01-157-003 रमणीयानि पश्यन्तो वनानि विविधानि च |
M. N. Dutt: O king, they saw many beautiful woods and countries, rivers and lakes, as they roamed about bagging their bread. O account of their many accomplishments they became (great) favourites of all men. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-005 निवेदयन्ति स्म च ते भैक्षं कुन्त्याः सदा निशि |
MN DUTT: 01-157-004 निवेदयन्ति स्म तदा कुन्त्या भैक्षं सदा निशि |
M. N. Dutt: They offered to Kunti every night all the food (that they got during the day) and it (the food) was divided (by Kunti) and they each ate separately the share of each. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-006 अर्धं ते भुञ्जते वीराः सह मात्रा परंतपाः |
MN DUTT: 01-157-005 अर्धं ते भुञ्जते वीराः सह मात्रा परंतपाः |
M. N. Dutt: Those heroes, those chastisers of foes, with their mother, ate half of the food collected, the greatly strong Bhima alone ate the other half. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-007 तथा तु तेषां वसतां तत्र राजन्महात्मनाम् |
MN DUTT: 01-157-006 तथा तु तेषां वसतां तस्मिन् राष्ट्रे महात्मनाम् |
M. N. Dutt: O best of the Bharata race, the illustrious men thus passed some days in that country. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-008 ततः कदाचिद्भैक्षाय गतास्ते भरतर्षभाः |
MN DUTT: 01-157-007 ततः कदाचिद् भैक्षाय गतास्ते पुरुषर्षभाः |
M. N. Dutt: One day, when those best of men went out food, Bhima (alone) was (at home) with Pritha This mother. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-009 अथार्तिजं महाशब्दं ब्राह्मणस्य निवेशने |
MN DUTT: 01-157-008 अथार्तिजं महाशब्दं ब्राह्मणस्य निवेशने |
M. N. Dutt: O descendant of Bharata, Kunti heard loud and heart-rending lamentations in the house of the Brahmana. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-010 रोरूयमाणांस्तान्सर्वान्परिदेवयतश्च सा BORI CE: 01-145-011 मथ्यमानेव दुःखेन हृदयेन पृथा ततः BORI CE: 01-145-012 वसामः सुसुखं पुत्र ब्राह्मणस्य निवेशने |
MN DUTT: 01-157-009 रोरूयमाणांस्तान् दृष्ट्वा परिदेवयतश्च सा |
M. N. Dutt: O king, seeing them weeping and piteously lamenting, she could not bear it from her compassion and form her goodness of heart. Being sorry in mind, the amiable Pritha spoke to Bhima these words full of compassion. "O son, our grief being gone we were happily living in this Brahmana's house, unknown to Dhritarashtra's son and much respected by him. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-013 सा चिन्तये सदा पुत्र ब्राह्मणस्यास्य किं न्वहम् |
MN DUTT: 01-157-010 सा चिन्तये सदा पुत्र ब्राह्मणस्यास्य किं न्वहम् |
M. N. Dutt: O son, I always think what might be good for the Brahmana and what good I can do to him, as men who live in others, house (ought to) try to do. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-014 एतावान्पुरुषस्तात कृतं यस्मिन्न नश्यति |
MN DUTT: 01-157-011 एतावान् पुरुषस्तात कृतं यस्मिन् न नश्यति |
M. N. Dutt: O child, he is truly a man who pays back the benefit received. Such an act is never destroyed. One should do more (good) than others do him. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-015 तदिदं ब्राह्मणस्यास्य दुःखमापतितं ध्रुवम् |
MN DUTT: 01-157-012 तदिदं ब्राह्मणस्यास्य दुःखमापतितं ध्रुवम् |
M. N. Dutt: This Brahmana has certainly fallen into a great distress. If we can be of any help to him (in his present distress), we should by (somewhat) repay his services. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-016 भीम उवाच |
MN DUTT: 01-157-013 भीमसेन उवाच ज्ञायतामस्य यद् यतश्चैव समुत्थितम् |
M. N. Dutt: Bhima said: Learn what distress and from what cause that distress has befallen him. Having learnt it, I shall try to remove it (his distress), however difficult its achievement may be. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-017 वैशंपायन उवाच |
MN DUTT: 01-157-014 वैशम्पायन उवाच एवं तौ कथयन्तौ च भूयः शुश्रुवतुः स्वनम् |
M. N. Dutt: Vaishampayana said : O king when those two (Kunti and Bhima) were thus talking, they heard a cry of sorrow proceeding from the Brahmana and his wife. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-018 अन्तःपुरं ततस्तस्य ब्राह्मणस्य महात्मनः |
MN DUTT: 01-157-015 अन्तःपुरं ततस्तस्य ब्राह्मणस्य महात्मनः |
M. N. Dutt: As the Kamadhenu (the all-boon giving cow) runs at her tethered calf, so Kunti ran in all hurry to the inner apartment of the highsouled Brahmana. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-019 ततस्तं ब्राह्मणं तत्र भार्यया च सुतेन च |
MN DUTT: 01-157-016 ततस्तं ब्राह्मणं तत्र भार्यया च सुतेन च |
M. N. Dutt: She saw there the Brahmana, his wife, his son and his daughter, all sitting with cast-down faces. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-020 ब्राह्मण उवाच |
MN DUTT: 01-157-017 दुःखानामागमो ब्राह्मण उवाच धिगिदं जीवितं लोके गतसारमनर्थकम् |
M. N. Dutt: The Brahmana said: Fie on the life in this world which is hollow as the read. It is full of misery; it is a slave to others; it is based on great sorrow. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-021 जीविते परमं दुःखं जीविते परमो ज्वरः |
MN DUTT: 01-157-018 जीविते परमं दुःखं जीविते परमो ज्वरः |
M. N. Dutt: To live is to suffer great misery; to live is to suffer great diseases. Life is certainly a record of sorrows. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-022 एकात्मापि हि धर्मार्थौ कामं च न निषेवते |
MN DUTT: 01-157-019 आत्मा ह्येको हि धर्मार्थो कामं चैव निषेवते |
M. N. Dutt: The soul is one, but it has to serve Dharma, Artha and Kama. By simultaneous pursuit of these, great misery is occasioned. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-023 आहुः केचित्परं मोक्षं स च नास्ति कथंचन |
MN DUTT: 01-157-020 आहुः केचित् परं मोक्षं स च नास्ति कथंचन |
M. N. Dutt: Some say salvation is our highest object of attainment, but it can never be attained. The acquisition of wealth is hell; it is attended with misery. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-024 अर्थेप्सुता परं दुःखमर्थप्राप्तौ ततोऽधिकम् |
MN DUTT: 01-157-021 अर्थेप्सुता परं दुःखमर्थप्राप्तौ ततोऽधिकम् |
M. N. Dutt: Great misery is for those that desire wealth, greater for him who has (already) acquired it. Great affection is engendered on the acquired wealth; and when it goes away, the misery is great. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-025 न हि योगं प्रपश्यामि येन मुच्येयमापदः |
MN DUTT: 01-157-022 न हि योगं प्रपश्यामि येन मुच्येयमापदः |
M. N. Dutt: I do not see by what means I can escape from this danger and how can I fiy away (from this place) with my son and wife? |
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BORI CE: 01-145-026 यतितं वै मया पूर्वं यथा त्वं वेत्थ ब्राह्मणि |
MN DUTT: 01-157-023 यतितं वै मया पूर्वं वेत्थ ब्राह्मणि तत् तथा |
M. N. Dutt: O Brahmani, (wife), remember, I tried to go to some other place where we could be happy, but you did not listen to my words. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-027 इह जाता विवृद्धास्मि पिता चेह ममेति च |
MN DUTT: 01-157-024 इह जाता विवृद्धास्मि पिता चापि ममेति वै |
M. N. Dutt: When I repeatedly asked you to go, you, O foolish woman, said, "I am born here; I have grown old here; this is my ancestral homestead." |
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BORI CE: 01-145-028 स्वर्गतो हि पिता वृद्धस्तथा माता चिरं तव |
MN DUTT: 01-157-025 स्वर्गतोऽपि पिता वृद्धस्तथा माता चिरं तव |
M. N. Dutt: Your father is dead, your old mother died long ago. Your friends and relatives are also dead, why do you (then) desire to live here? |
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BORI CE: 01-145-029 सोऽयं ते बन्धुकामाया अशृण्वन्त्या वचो मम |
MN DUTT: 01-157-026 सोऽयं ते बन्धुकामाया अशृण्वत्या वचो मम |
M. N. Dutt: From you affection towards your relatives and friends, you did not then listen to my words. The great misery for the loss of a relative and friend has now come to us. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-030 अथ वा मद्विनाशोऽयं न हि शक्ष्यामि कंचन |
MN DUTT: 01-157-027 अथवा मद्विनाशोऽयं न हि शक्ष्यामि कंचन |
M. N. Dutt: Oh, how can I bear it? The time has come for my own death. I shall not be able to live like a cruel wretch by abandoning my own relatives and friends. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-031 सहधर्मचरीं दान्तां नित्यं मातृसमां मम |
MN DUTT: 01-157-028 सहधर्मचरी दान्तां नित्यं मातृसमां मम |
M. N. Dutt: You are always my heip-mate in all virtuous acts, you are like a mother to me. The gods have given you to me as my friend; you are my chief stay. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-032 मात्रा पित्रा च विहितां सदा गार्हस्थ्यभागिनीम् BORI CE: 01-145-033 कुलीनां शीलसंपन्नामपत्यजननीं मम BORI CE: 01-145-034 कुत एव परित्यक्तुं सुतां शक्ष्याम्यहं स्वयम् BORI CE: 01-145-035 भर्तुरर्थाय निक्षिप्तां न्यासं धात्रा महात्मना |
MN DUTT: 01-157-029 पित्रा मात्रा च विहितां सदा गार्हस्थ्यभागिनीम् |
M. N. Dutt: You were made by my parents as a partner of my domestic life; you are nobly-born and of good disposition; you are a mother of children; you are ever devoted to me; you are innocent, ever constant to your vows; you have chosen and wed me in due rites, how can I abandon you for the sake of saving my own life? How shall I be able to abandon my own son? (He is) a child of tender years, having no bcard (yet on his chin). How shall I sacrifice my daughter whom I have begotten myself, who has been given to me by the illustrious creator for bestowing her on a husband and through whom I am to enjoy, along with my ancestors, these regions attainable by those only who possess daughter's sons. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-036 मन्यन्ते केचिदधिकं स्नेहं पुत्रे पितुर्नराः |
MN DUTT: 01-157-030 मन्यते केचिदधिकं स्नेहं पुत्रे पितुर्नराः |
M. N. Dutt: Some men think that father's affection for his son is greater; others (think that father's affection) for his daughter (is greater); but mine is equal. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-037 यस्मिँल्लोकाः प्रसूतिश्च स्थिता नित्यमथो सुखम् |
MN DUTT: 01-157-031 यस्यां लोकाः प्रसूतिश्च स्थिता नित्यमथो सुखम् |
M. N. Dutt: How can I abandon the innocent girl upon whom rests the region of internal bliss and my own lineage and perpetual happiness? |
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BORI CE: 01-145-038 आत्मानमपि चोत्सृज्य तप्स्ये प्रेतवशं गतः |
MN DUTT: 01-157-032 आत्मानमपि चोत्सृज्य तप्स्यामि परलोकगः |
M. N. Dutt: If I sacrifice myself and go to the other world, I shall still be repentant, for being abandoned by me, they would not be able to live. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-039 एषां चान्यतमत्यागो नृशंसो गर्हितो बुधैः |
MN DUTT: 01-157-033 एषां चान्यतमत्यागो नृशंसो गर्हितो बुधैः |
M. N. Dutt: To abandon any of these (my wife son or daughter) will be a cruel and most wicked act. If I sacrifice myself, they will (also) die without me. |
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BORI CE: 01-145-040 स कृच्छ्रामहमापन्नो न शक्तस्तर्तुमापदम् |
MN DUTT: 01-157-034 स कृच्छ्रामहमापन्नो न शक्तस्तर्तुमापदम् |
M. N. Dutt: The distress into which I have fallen is great; I do not know the means of escape (from it). Alas! What means shall I adopt with my friends and relatives! It is better that I should die with them; I am unable to live (any longer). |
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