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Book 11 – Chapter 001
BORI CE: 11-001-001 जनमेजय उवाच |
MN DUTT: 06-180-002 जनमेजय उवाच हते दुर्योधने चैव हते सैन्ये च सर्वशः |
M. N. Dutt: Janamejaya said “After Duryodhana, and all the warriors had fallen, what, O sage, did king Dhritarashtra do after hearing of it. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-002 तथैव कौरवो राजा धर्मपुत्रो महामनाः |
MN DUTT: 06-180-003 तथैव कौरवो राजा धर्मपुत्रो महामनाः |
M. N. Dutt: What also did the great Kuru king Yudhishthira the son of Dharma do? What did the three survivors (of the Kuru army, viz.,) Kripa and the others do? |
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BORI CE: 11-001-003 अश्वत्थाम्नः श्रुतं कर्म शापश्चान्योन्यकारितः |
MN DUTT: 06-180-004 अश्वत्थाम्नः श्रुतं कर्म शापादन्योन्यकारितात् |
M. N. Dutt: I have heard everything about the deeds of Ashvatthaman. Tell me what took place after that mutual denunciation of curses. Tell me all that Sanjaya said to the blind old king!” |
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BORI CE: 11-001-004 वैशंपायन उवाच |
MN DUTT: 06-180-005 वैशम्पायन उवाच हते पुत्रशते दीनं छिन्नशाखमिव दुमम् |
M. N. Dutt: Vaishampayana said “After he had lost his hundred sons, king Dhritarashtra. stricken with grief on that account, dejected, and looking like a tree shorn of its branches became stupefied with anxiety and lost his power of speech. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-005 ध्यानमूकत्वमापन्नं चिन्तया समभिप्लुतम् |
MN DUTT: 06-180-006 ध्यानमूकत्वमापन्नं चिन्तया सपभिप्लुतम् |
M. N. Dutt: Possessed of great wisdom, approaching the king the greatly wise Sanjaya, addressed him, saying-Why do you grieve, O monarch? Grief is absolutely useless. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-006 किं शोचसि महाराज नास्ति शोके सहायता |
MN DUTT: 06-180-007 अक्षौहिण्यो हताश्चाष्टौ दश चैव विशाम्पते |
M. N. Dutt: Eight and ten Akshauhinis of warriors, O king, have been killed. The Earth had become desolate, and is almost empty now. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-007 नानादिग्भ्यः समागम्य नानादेश्या नराधिपाः |
MN DUTT: 06-180-008 नानादिग्भ्यः समागम्य नानादेश्या नराधिपाः |
M. N. Dutt: Kings of various countries, united with your son, and have all been killed. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-008 पितॄणां पुत्रपौत्राणां ज्ञातीनां सुहृदां तथा |
MN DUTT: 06-180-009 पितृणां पुत्रपौत्राणां ज्ञातीनां सुहृदां तथा |
M. N. Dutt: Let now the obsequial rites of your fathers, sons, grandsons, kinsmen and friends and preceptors be performed duly. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-009 वैशंपायन उवाच |
MN DUTT: 06-180-010 वैशम्पायन उवाच तच्छ्रुत्वा करुणं वाक्यं पुत्रपौत्रवधार्दितः |
M. N. Dutt: Vaishampayana continued Deprived of sons, counselors and all his friends, the energetic king Dhritarashtra suddenly dropped down on the Earth like a tree uprooted by the wind. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-010 धृतराष्ट्र उवाच |
MN DUTT: 06-180-011 धृतराष्ट्र उवाच हतपुत्रो हतामात्यो हतसर्वसुहज्जनः |
M. N. Dutt: Dhritarashtra said Deprived as I am of sons, counselors and all my friends, I shall, forsooth, have to rove about sorrowfully over the Earth. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-011 किं नु बन्धुविहीनस्य जीवितेन ममाद्य वै |
MN DUTT: 06-180-012 किं नु बन्धुविहीनस्य जीवितेन ममाद्य वै |
M. N. Dutt: What necessity have I now of life itself, deprived as I am of relatives and friends, I am like a bird shorn of its wings and afflicted with decrepitude? |
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BORI CE: 11-001-012 हृतराज्यो हतसुहृद्धतचक्षुश्च वै तथा |
MN DUTT: 06-180-013 हृतराज्यो हतबन्धुर्हतचक्षुश्च वै तथा |
M. N. Dutt: Deprived of kingdom, deprived of relatives, and shorn of eyes, I cannot, O you of great wisdom, shine any longer on Earth like a luminary divested of its splendour. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-013 न कृतं सुहृदां वाक्यं जामदग्न्यस्य जल्पतः |
MN DUTT: 06-180-014 न कृतं सुहृदां वाक्यं जामदग्न्यस्य जल्पतः |
M. N. Dutt: I did not follow the advice of friends, of Jamadagni's son, of the celestial Rishi Narada, and of Krishna-Dvaipayana. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-014 सभामध्ये तु कृष्णेन यच्छ्रेयोऽभिहितं मम |
MN DUTT: 06-180-015 सभामध्ये तु कृष्णेन यच्छ्रेयोऽभिहितं मम |
M. N. Dutt: In the midst of the assembly, Krishna told me what was for my good, saying,-Do away with hostilities, O king! Let your son take the entire kingdom. I did not foolishly follow that advice, and I am now obliged to repent. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-015 तच्च वाक्यमकृत्वाहं भृशं तप्यामि दुर्मतिः |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-016 दुर्योधनस्य च तथा वृषभस्येव नर्दतः |
MN DUTT: 06-180-016 न हि श्रोतास्मि भीष्मस्य धर्मयुक्तं प्रभाषितम् |
M. N. Dutt: I did not listen to the good counsels of Bhishma. Alas, having heard of the destruction of Duryodhana whose roars were as deep as those of a bull, of the death of Dusshasana and the extinction of Karna and the setting of the Drona-sun, my-heart is not sundered into pieces. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-017 न स्मराम्यात्मनः किंचित्पुरा संजय दुष्कृतम् |
MN DUTT: 06-180-017 न स्मराभ्यात्मनः किंचित् पुरा संजय दुष्कृतम् |
M. N. Dutt: I do not, O Sanjaya, remember any evil act committed by me in my pristine birth, consequences of which fool as I am, I am now suffering. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-018 नूनं ह्यपकृतं किंचिन्मया पूर्वेषु जन्मसु |
MN DUTT: 06-180-018 नूनं व्यपकृतं किंचिन्मया पूर्वेषु जन्मसु |
M. N. Dutt: Forsooth, I committed great sins in my previous lives, for which the great God has made me suffer such a grief. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-019 परिणामश्च वयसः सर्वबन्धुक्षयश्च मे |
MN DUTT: 06-180-019 परिणामश्च वयसः सर्वबन्धुक्षयश्च मे |
M. N. Dutt: This destruction of all my relatives, wellwishers and friends, at this old age has been brought about by Destiny. Who is there on Earth more afflicted than my wretched self. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-020 तन्मामद्यैव पश्यन्तु पाण्डवाः संशितव्रतम् |
MN DUTT: 06-180-020 तन्मामद्यैव पश्यन्तु पाण्डवाः संशितव्रताः |
M. N. Dutt: Therefore, let the Pandavas come and see me this very day determined upon following the long way that leads to the regions of Brahman." |
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BORI CE: 11-001-021 वैशंपायन उवाच |
MN DUTT: 06-180-021 वैशम्पायन उवाच तस्य लालप्यमानस्य बहुशोकं वितन्वतः |
M. N. Dutt: Vaishampayana continued-"While king Dhritarashtra was thus bewailing, Sanjaya addressed him in the following words for driving away his grief. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-022 शोकं राजन्व्यपनुद श्रुतास्ते वेदनिश्चयाः |
MN DUTT: 06-180-022 शोकं राजन् व्यपनुद श्रुतास्ते वेदनिश्चयाः |
M. N. Dutt: Cast off your grief, O king! You have heard the teachings of the Vedas and various scriptures, from the lips of the old, O king! You have heard those words which the sages said to Srinjaya while the latter was stricken with grief on account of the death of his son. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-023 तथा यौवनजं दर्पमास्थिते ते सुते नृप |
MN DUTT: 06-180-023 यथा यौवनजं दर्पमास्थिते तं सुते नृप |
M. N. Dutt: When your son, O king, grew elated with pride, you did not accept the advice offered to you by your well-wisher. You did not, through covetousness, do what was really for your good. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 06-180-024 असिनैवैकधारेण स्वबुद्ध्या तु विचेष्टितम् |
M. N. Dutt: Your own intelligence, like a sharp sword, has cut you. You only sought the company of wicked men, |
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BORI CE: 11-001-024 तव दुःशासनो मन्त्री राधेयश्च दुरात्मवान् |
MN DUTT: 06-180-025 यस्य दुःशासनो मन्त्री राधेयश्च दुरात्मवान् |
M. N. Dutt: Your son had Dusshasana, the wicked son of Radha, the equally wicked Shakuni, Chritrasena and Shalya for his counsellor. Your son made the entire world his enemy. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-025 कुरुवृद्धस्य भीष्मस्य गान्धार्या विदुरस्य च |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 06-180-026 कुरुवृद्धस्य भीष्मस्य गान्धार्या विदुरस्य च |
M. N. Dutt: You son, O Bharata, did not follow the words of Bhishma the reverend chief of the Kurus, of Gandhari and Vidura, of Drona, O king, of Kripa the son of Sharadvat of the mighty-armed Krishna, of the intelligent Narada, of many other Rishis, and of Vyasa himself. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 06-180-027 धर्म: सत्कृतः कश्चिन्नित्यं युद्धमभीप्सता |
M. N. Dutt: Though powerful your son was of little intelligence, proud, always anxious to fight, wicked, ungovernable, and discontented. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 06-180-028 श्रुतवानसि मेधावी सत्यवांश्चैव नित्यदा |
M. N. Dutt: You are learned, intelligent, and always truthful. Righteous and intelligent persons like yourself, are never stupefied by grief. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-026 न धर्मः सत्कृतः कश्चिन्नित्यं युद्धमिति ब्रुवन् |
MN DUTT: 06-180-029 न धर्मः सत्कृतः कश्चित् तव पुत्रेण मारिष |
M. N. Dutt: For this the Kshatriya order has been exterminated, because they did not care for virtue, and always talked of battle, and the fame of your foes enhanced. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-027 मध्यस्थो हि त्वमप्यासीर्न क्षमं किंचिदुक्तवान् |
MN DUTT: 06-180-030 मध्यस्थो हि त्वमप्यासीन क्षमकिञ्चिदुक्तवान् |
M. N. Dutt: You had occupied the position of an umpire, but you did not utter a word of wholesome advice. Unfitted as you were for the work, you did not hold the scales evenly. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-028 आदावेव मनुष्येण वर्तितव्यं यथा क्षमम् |
MN DUTT: 06-180-031 आदावेव मनुष्येण वर्तितव्यं यथाक्षमम् |
M. N. Dutt: Every one should, at the beginning follow such a line of action that he mey not have, in the end, to repent for something already done by him. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-029 पुत्रगृद्ध्या त्वया राजन्प्रियं तस्य चिकीर्षता |
MN DUTT: 06-180-032 पुत्रगृद्ध्या त्वया राजन् प्रियं तस्य चिकीर्षितम् |
M. N. Dutt: Out of affection for your son, O king, you did what was agreeable to Duryodhana. You are obliged to repent for that now. You should not, however, grieve. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-030 मधु यः केवलं दृष्ट्वा प्रपातं नानुपश्यति |
MN DUTT: 06-180-033 केवलं दृष्ट्वा प्रपातं नानुपश्यति |
M. N. Dutt: The man who always looks at the honey without seeing the fall, meets with destruction through his covetousness for honey. Such a man is obliged to repent like yourself. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-031 अर्थान्न शोचन्प्राप्नोति न शोचन्विन्दते सुखम् |
MN DUTT: 06-180-034 अर्थान्न शोचन् प्राप्नोति न शोचन् विन्दते फलम् |
M. N. Dutt: The man who indulges in grief never acquires wealth. By grieving one loses the fruits he seeks for. Grief again stands in the way of the acquisition of objects dear to us. The man who grieves loses even his salvation. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-032 स्वयमुत्पादयित्वाग्निं वस्त्रेण परिवेष्टयेत् |
MN DUTT: 06-180-035 स्वयमुत्पादयित्वागिनं वस्त्रेण परिवेष्टयन् |
M. N. Dutt: The man who keeps a burning coal within the folds of his cloth and is burnt by the fire thereof is surely called a fool if he grieves for his injuries. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-033 त्वयैव ससुतेनायं वाक्यवायुसमीरितः |
MN DUTT: 06-180-036 त्वयैव ससुतेनायं वाक्यवायुसमीरितः |
M. N. Dutt: with your You and your son, had with your words fanned the Partha-fire, and covetousness as clarified butter made that fire blaze forth into burning flames. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-034 तस्मिन्समिद्धे पतिताः शलभा इव ते सुताः |
MN DUTT: 06-180-037 तस्मिन् समिद्धे पतिताः शलभा इव ते सुताः |
M. N. Dutt: Yours fell into that burning fire like insects. You should not, however, grieve for them now that they have all been burnt in the fire of the enemy's arrows. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-035 यच्चाश्रुपातकलिलं वदनं वहसे नृप |
MN DUTT: 06-180-038 यच्चाश्रुपातात् कलिलं वदनं वहसे नृप |
M. N. Dutt: The shedding of tears, O king, is not approved by the scriptures or praised by the wise. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-036 विस्फुलिङ्गा इव ह्येतान्दहन्ति किल मानवान् |
MN DUTT: 06-180-039 विस्फुलिङ्गा इव ह्येतान् दहन्ति किल मानवान् |
M. N. Dutt: These tears, like sparks of fire, consume the head for whom they are shed. Drive away your grief with your intelligence, and cheer yourself up with your mental strength. |
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BORI CE: 11-001-037 एवमाश्वासितस्तेन संजयेन महात्मना |
MN DUTT: 06-180-040 वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमाश्वासितस्तेन संजयेन महात्मना |
M. N. Dutt: Thus was the king consoled by the great Sanjaya. Vidura then, O scorcher of foes, once again addressed the king, showing great intelligence." |
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