Shalya Parva

[ज] एवं निपतिते कर्णे समरे सव्यसाचिना अल्पावशिष्टाः कुरवः किमकुर्वत वै दविज

Janamejaya asked: O brahmin, when Karna had thus fallen in battle at the hands of Arjuna, what did the few remaining Kauravas do?

उदीर्यमाणं च बलं दृष्ट्वा राजा सुयॊधनः पाण्डवैः पराप्तकालं च किं परापद्यत कौरवः

Seeing the swelling strength of the Pandavas and that his hour had come, what did King Suyodhana decide to do?

एतद इच्छाम्य अहं शरॊतुं तद आचक्ष्व दविजॊत्तम न हि तृप्यामि पूर्वेषां शृण्वानश चरितं महत

This I wish to hear; tell it to me, O best of brahmins, for I am never satisfied hearing of my forefathers' great deeds.

[वै] ततः कर्णे हते राजन धार्तराष्ट्रः सुयॊधनः भृशं शॊकार्णवे मग्नॊ निराशः सर्वतॊ ऽभवत

Vaisampayana said: O king, when Karna was slain, Duryodhana sank deep into an ocean of grief and became utterly hopeless.

हा कर्ण हा कर्ण इति शॊचमानः पुनः पुनः कृच्छ्रात सवशिबिरं परायाद धतशेषैर नृपैः सह

Lamenting again and again, 'Alas, Karna! Alas, Karna!', he made his way with great difficulty to his own camp, along with the surviving kings.

स समाश्वास्यमानॊ ऽपि हेतुभिः शास्त्रनिश्चितैः राजभिर नालभच छर्म सूतपुत्र वधं समरन

Though the kings tried to console him with reasons drawn from scripture, he found no peace, still remembering the death of the charioteer's son.

स दिवं बलवन मत्वा भवितव्यं च पार्थिवः संग्रामे निश्चयं कृत्वा पुनर युद्धाय निर्ययौ

Concluding that fate was mightier and that what must be would be, the king resolved himself for battle and set out to fight once more.

शल्यं सेनापतिं कृत्वा विधिवद राजपुंगवः रणायनिर्ययौ राजा हतशेषैर नृपैः सह

Duly appointing Shalya as his commander, the foremost of kings marched out to battle with the surviving kings.

ततः सुतुमुलं युद्धं कुरुपाण्डवसेनयॊः बभूव भरतश्रेष्ठ देवासुररणॊपमम

Then a tumultuous battle broke out between the armies of the Kurus and Pandavas, resembling the war between gods and demons.

ततः शल्यॊ महाराज कृत्वा कदनम आहवे पाण्डुसैन्यस्य मध्याह्ने धर्मराजेन पातितः

O great king, Shalya, after wreaking havoc on the Pandava army in that battle, was struck down at midday by Yudhishthira.

ततॊ दुर्यॊधनॊ राजा हतबन्धू रणाजिरात अपसृत्य हरदं घॊरं विवेश रिपुजाद भयात

Then King Duryodhana, having lost his kinsmen, withdrew from the battlefield and, in fear of the enemy, hid himself in a terrible lake.

अथापराह्णे तस्याह्नः परिवार्य महारथैः हरदाद आहूय यॊगेन भीमसेनेन पातितः

Then in the afternoon of that day, the great warriors surrounded the lake, called him out by their strategy, and Bhimasena struck him down.

तस्मिन हते महेष्वासे हतशिष्टास तरयॊ रथाः संरभान निशि राजेन्द्र जघ्नुः पाञ्चाल सैनिकान

When that great archer had fallen, the three surviving chariot-warriors, filled with fury, slaughtered the Panchala soldiers that night.

ततः पूर्वाह्णसमये शिबिराद एत्य संजयः परविवेश पुरीं दीनॊ दुःखशॊकसमन्वितः

Then, in the forenoon, Sanjaya came from the camp and entered the city, wretched, overwhelmed with sorrow and grief.

परविश्य च पुरं तूर्णं भुजाव उच्छ्रित्य दुःखितः वेपमानस ततॊ राज्ञः परविवेश निवेशनम

Entering the city swiftly, raising his arms in grief and trembling, he then went into the king's palace.

रुरॊद च नरव्याघ्र हा राजन्न इति दुःखितः अहॊ बत विविग्नाः सम निधनेन महात्मनः

He wept, O tiger among men, crying 'Alas, O king!' in sorrow, saying, 'Ah, we are stricken with grief at the death of these great souls.'

अहॊ सुबलवान कालॊ गतिश च परमा तथा शक्रतुल्यबलाः सर्वे यत्रावध्यन्त पार्थिवाः

'Ah, how mighty is Time, and how supreme its course, in which even kings equal in strength to Indra have been slain.'

दृष्ट्वैव च पुरॊ राजञ जनः सार्वः स संजयम पररुरॊद भृशॊद्विग्नॊ हा राजन्न इति सस्वरम

O king, as soon as the people of the city saw Sanjaya, they too wept aloud in great anguish, crying 'Alas, O king!'

आकुमारं नरव्याघ्र तत पुरं वै समन्ततः आर्तनादं महच चक्रे शरुत्वा विनिहतं नृपम

O tiger among men, on hearing that the king and his sons had been slain, the whole city, down to the children, raised a great cry of anguish.

धावतश चाप्य अपश्यच च तत्र तरीन पुरुषर्षभान नष्टचित्तान इवॊन्मत्ताञ शॊकेन भृशपीडितान

As he hurried on he saw three eminent men there, seemingly out of their senses, like madmen, sorely afflicted with grief.

तथा स विह्वलः सूतः परविश्य नृपतिक्षयम ददर्श नृपतिश्रेष्ठं परज्ञा चक्षुषम ईश्वरम

Thus that distraught charioteer, entering the king's residence, beheld the foremost of kings, the lord whose eye was wisdom.

दृष्ट्वा चासीनम अनघं समन्तात परिवारितम सनुषाभिर भरतश्रेष्ठ गान्धार्या विदुरेण च

He saw him, blameless, seated, surrounded on all sides by his daughters-in-law, by Gandhari, and by Vidura.

तथान्यैश च सुहृद्भिश च जञातिभिश च हितैषिभिः तम एव चार्थं धयायन्तं कर्णस्य निधनं परति

And by other friends and well-wishing kinsmen too — all of them brooding over that same matter, the death of Karna.

रुदन्न एवाब्रवीद वाक्यं राजानं जनमेजय नातिहृष्टमनाः सूतॊ बाष्पसंदिग्धया गिरा

O Janamejaya, weeping, his mind far from joyful, the charioteer spoke to the king in a voice choked with tears.

संजयॊ ऽयं नरव्याघ्र नमस ते भरतर्षभ अद्राधिपॊ हतः शल्यः शकुनिः सौबलस तथा उलूकः पुरुषव्याघ्र कैतव्यॊ दृढविक्रमः

'I am Sanjaya, O tiger among men, salutations to you, O bull of the Bharatas. The lord of Madra, Shalya, is slain, as is Shakuni; and Uluka, the resolute son of Shakuni, too.'

संशप्तका हताः सर्वे काम्बॊजाश च शकैः सह मलेच्छाश च पार्वतीयाश च यवनाश च निपातिताः

'All the Samsaptakas have been slain, along with the Kambojas and the Shakas; the Mlecchas, mountain-dwellers, and Yavanas have all been struck down.'

पराच्या हता महाराज दाक्षिणात्याश च सर्वशः उदीच्या निहताः सर्वे परतीच्याश च नराधिप राजानॊ राजपुत्राश च सर्वतॊ निहता नृप

'The warriors of the East are slain, O great king, and of the South entirely; those of the North and West too have all been killed — kings and princes have fallen on every side.'

दुर्यॊधनॊ हतॊ राजन यथॊक्तं पाण्डवेन च भग्नसक्थॊ महाराज शेते पांसुषु रूषितः

'Duryodhana has been slain, O king, just as the Pandava had vowed; with his thigh broken, O great king, he lies covered in dust.'

धृष्टद्द्युम्नॊ हतॊ राजञ शिखाण्डी चापराजितः उत्तमौजा युधामन्युस तथा राजन परभद्रकाः

'Dhrishtadyumna has been slain, O king, and Shikhandi too, though unconquered; so too Uttamaujas and Yudhamanyu, along with the Prabhadrakas.'

पाञ्चालाश च नरव्याघ्राश चेदयश च निषूदिताः तव पुत्रा हताः सर्वे दरौपदेयाश च भारत कर्ण पुत्रॊ हतः शूरॊ वृषा सेनॊ महाबलः

'The Panchalas and Chedis have been destroyed; all your sons have been slain, O Bharata, and Draupadi's sons too. Karna's brave and mighty son Vrishasena has fallen.'

नरा विनिहताः सर्वे गजाश च विनिपातिताः रथिनश च नरव्याघ्र हयाश च निहता युधि

'All the foot-soldiers have perished, the elephants have fallen, and the chariot-warriors and horses too have been slain in battle.'

किं चिच छेषं च शिबिरं तावकानां कृतं विभॊ पाण्डवानां च शूराणां समासाद्य परस्परम

'Only a little of your camp remains, my lord, after your warriors and the brave Pandavas clashed with one another.'

परायः सत्री शेषम अभवज जगत कालेन मॊहितम साप्त पाण्डवतः शेषा धार्तराष्ट्रास तथा तरयः

'Almost only the women remain — the world has been overwhelmed by Time. Of the Pandava side seven remain, and of Dhritarashtra's side only three.'

ते चैव भरातरः पञ्च वासुदेवॊ ऽथ सात्यकिः कृपश च कृतवर्मा च दरौणिश च जयतां वरः

'Those are the five [Pandava] brothers, Vasudeva Krishna, and Satyaki; and Kripa, Kritavarma, and Drona's son Ashvatthama, foremost among the victorious.'

तवाप्य एते महाराज रथिनॊ नृपसत्तम अक्षौहिणीनां सर्वासां समेतानां जनेश्वर एते शेषा महाराज सर्वे ऽनये निधनं गताः

'These are the chariot-warriors remaining from your side too, O great king, best of monarchs — out of all the assembled akshauhini armies, only these survive; all the rest have met their death.'

कालेन निहतं सर्वं जगद वै भरतर्षभ दुर्यॊधनं वै पुरतः कृत्वा वैरस्य भारत

'Time has destroyed this entire world, O bull of the Bharatas, with Duryodhana at the forefront, on account of his enmity, O Bharata.'

एतच छरुत्वा वचः करूरं धृतराष्ट्रॊ जनेश्वरः निपपात महाराज गतसत्त्वॊ महीतले

On hearing this cruel report, Dhritarashtra, lord of men, fell senseless to the ground, O great king.

तस्मिन निपतिते भूमौ विदुरॊ ऽपि महायशाः निपपात महाराज राजव्यसनकर्शितः

When he had fallen to the ground, the illustrious Vidura too collapsed, O great king, worn out by the king's calamity.

गान्धारी च नृपश्रेष्ठ सर्वाश च कुरु यॊषितः पतिताः सहसा भूमौ शरुत्वा करूरं वचश च ताः

O best of kings, Gandhari and all the women of the Kuru house, on hearing that cruel news, suddenly fell to the ground.

निःसंज्ञं पतितं भूमौ तदासीद राजमण्डलम परलाप युक्ता महती कथा नयस्ता पटे यथा

The whole assembly of royalty lay fallen and senseless on the ground then, like a great tale of lamentation painted upon a canvas.

कृच्छ्रेण तु ततॊ राजा धृतराष्ट्रॊ महीपतिः शनैर अलभत पराणान पुत्रव्यसनकर्शितः

Then, with great difficulty, King Dhritarashtra slowly regained his senses, worn thin by grief for his sons.

लब्ध्वा तु स नृपः संज्ञां वेपमानः सुदुःखितः उदीक्ष्य च दिशः सर्वाः कषत्तारं वाक्यम अब्रवीत

Having regained consciousness, that king, trembling and deeply grieved, looked about in every direction and spoke this word to Vidura.

विद्वन कषत्तर महाप्राज्ञ तवं गतिर भरतर्षभ ममानाथस्य सुभृशं पुत्रैर हीनस्य सर्वशः एवम उक्त्वा ततॊ भूयॊ विसंज्ञॊ निपपात ह

'O wise, most learned Kshattri, you are now my sole refuge, O bull of the Bharatas, for I am utterly without protector, bereft of all my sons.' Saying this, he again fell senseless.

तं तथा पतितं दृष्ट्वा बान्धवा ये ऽसय के चन शीतैस तु सिषिचुस तॊयैर विव्यजुर वयजनैर अपि

Seeing him fallen thus, whatever kinsmen were there sprinkled him with cool water and fanned him with fans.

स तु दीर्घेण कालेन परत्याश्वस्तॊ महीपतिः तूष्णीं दध्यौ महीपालः पुत्रव्यसनकर्शितः निःश्वसञ जिह्मग इव कुम्भक्षिप्तॊ विशां पते

After a long while the king was revived, and, worn out with grief for his sons, that ruler sat silent, sighing like a serpent thrown into a pot.

संजयॊ ऽपय अरुदत तत्र दृष्ट्वा राजानम आतुरम तथा सर्वाः सत्रियश चैव गान्धारी च यशस्विनी

Sanjaya too wept there on seeing the king so afflicted, as did all the women and the illustrious Gandhari.

ततॊ दीर्घेण कालेन विदुरं वाक्यम अब्रवीत धृतराष्ट्रॊ नरव्याघ्रॊ मुह्यमानॊ मुहुर मुहुः

Then, after a long while, Dhritarashtra, that tiger among men, repeatedly lapsing into confusion, spoke this word to Vidura.

गच्छन्तु यॊषितः सर्वा गान्धारी च यशस्विनी तथेमे सुहृदः सर्वे भरश्यते मे मनॊ भृशम

'Let all the women depart, and illustrious Gandhari too, and all these friends as well — my mind is greatly disturbed.'

एवम उक्तस ततः कषत्ता ताः सत्रियॊ भरतर्षभ विसर्जयाम आस शनैर वेपमानः पुनः पुनः

Thus addressed, Vidura then, trembling again and again, slowly sent those women away, O bull of the Bharatas.

निश्चक्रमुस ततः सर्वास ताः सत्रियॊ भरतर्षभ सुहृदश च ततः सर्वे दृष्ट्वा राजानम आतुरम

Then all those women, O bull of the Bharatas, went out, and so did all the friends, having seen the king so afflicted.

ततॊ नरपतिं तत्र लब्धसंज्ञं परंतप अवेक्ष्य संजयॊ दीनॊ रॊदमानं भृशातुरम

Then, O scorcher of foes, Sanjaya, wretched himself, beheld the king, who had regained his senses, weeping and greatly afflicted.

पराञ्जलिर निःश्वसन्तं च तं नरेन्द्रं मुहुर मुहुः समाश्वासयत कषत्ता वचसा मधुरेण ह

With joined palms, Vidura consoled that lord of men, who sighed again and again, with gentle words.

[वै] विसृष्टास्व अथ नारीषु धृतराष्ट्रॊ ऽमबिका सुतः विललाप महाराज दुःखाद दुःखतरं गतः

Vaisampayana said: Then, when the women had been sent away, Dhritarashtra, Ambika's son, lamented, sinking into grief deeper than before.

सधूमम इव निःश्वस्य करौ धुन्वन पुनः पुनः विचिन्त्य च महाराज ततॊ वचनम अब्रवीत

Sighing as if breathing smoke, and wringing his hands again and again, he reflected, O great king, and then spoke these words.

अहॊ बत महद दुःखं यद अहं पाण्डवान रणे कषेमिणश चाव्ययांश चैव तवत्तः सूत शृणॊमि वै

'Ah, what great sorrow it is that I now hear from you, O charioteer, that the Pandavas are safe and unharmed after the battle.'

वज्रसार मयं नूनं हृदयं सुदृढं मम यच छरुत्वा निहतान पुत्रान दीर्यते न सहस्रधा

'Surely my heart must be made of adamant and very hard indeed, since, hearing that my sons have been slain, it does not shatter into a thousand pieces.'

इन्तयित्वा वचस तेषां बाल करीडां च संजय अद्य शरुत्वा हतान पुत्रान भृशं मे दीर्यते मनः

'Recalling their childhood words and their childish play, O Sanjaya, my mind is torn apart today on hearing that my sons are slain.'

अन्धत्वाद यदि तेषां तु न मे रूपनिदर्शनम पुत्रस्नेह कृता परीतिर नित्यम एतेषु धारिता

'Because of my blindness I never saw their forms, yet the affection born of a father's love for his sons I ever bore for them.'

बालभावम अतिक्रान्तान यौवनस्थांश च तान अहम मध्यप्राप्तांस तथा शरुत्वा हृष्ट आसं तथानघ

'Hearing that they had passed beyond childhood, that they stood in youth, and later that they reached middle age, O sinless one, I was filled with joy.'

तान अद्य निहतन शरुत्वा हृतैश्वर्यान हृतौजसः न लभे वै कव चिच छान्तिं पुत्राधिभिर अभिप्लुतः

'Now, hearing that they have been slain, robbed of their sovereignty and their vigor, I find peace nowhere, overwhelmed by grief for my sons.'

एह्य एहि पुत्र राजेन्द्र ममानाथस्य सांप्रतम तवया हीनॊ महाबाहॊ कां नु यास्याम्य अहं गतिम

'Come, come, my son, O foremost of kings — I am now without protector; bereft of you, O mighty-armed one, to what refuge shall I go?'

गतिर भूत्वा महाराज जञातीनां सुहृदां तथा अन्धं वृद्धं च मां वीर विहाय कव नु गच्छसि

'Having been the refuge of your kinsmen and friends, O great king, where have you gone, O hero, leaving me, blind and old, behind?'

सा कृपा सा च ते परीतिः सा च राजन सुमानिता कथं विनिहतः पार्थैः संयुगेष्व अपराजितः

'Where is that compassion, that affection, that honor of yours, O king? How could you, ever unconquered in battles, have been slain by the sons of Pritha?'

कथं तवं पृथिवीपालान भुक्त्वा ताथ समागतान शेषे विनिहतॊ भूमौ पराकृतः कुनृपॊ यथा

'How is it that you, who once enjoyed the homage of kings who came to you, now lie slain upon the ground, like some common, lowborn king?'

कॊ नु माम उत्थितं काल्ये तात तातेति वक्ष्यति महाराजेति सततं लॊकनाथेति चासकृत

'Who now will greet me as I rise at dawn, calling me father, father, or ever call me great king and lord of the world?'

परिष्वज्य च मां कण्ठे सनेहेनाक्लिन्न लॊचनः अनुशाधीति कौरव्य तत साधु वद मे वचः

'Who will embrace me by the neck with love, eyes moist with affection, and say, Instruct me, O Kaurava, speaking that good word to me?'

ननु नामाहम अश्रौषं वचनं तव पुत्रक भूयसी मम पृथ्वीयं यथा पार्थस्य नॊ तथा

'Did I not indeed hear your words, my son, saying: This earth of mine is greater — not so is that of the son of Pritha?'

भगदत्तः कृपः शल्य आवन्त्यॊ ऽथ जयद्रथः भूरिश्रवाः सॊमदत्तॊ महाराजॊ ऽथ बाह्लिकः

'[He had told me:] Bhagadatta, Kripa, Shalya, the king of Avanti, Jayadratha; Bhurishravas, Somadatta, and great king Bahlika.'

अश्वत्थामा च भॊजश च मागधश च महाबलः बृहद्बलश च काशीशः शकुनिश चापि सौबलः

'Ashvatthama, the Bhoja king, the mighty king of Magadha, Brihadbala the lord of Kashi, and Shakuni son of Subala.'

मलेच्छाश च बहुसाहस्राः शकाश च यवनैः सह सुदक्षिणश च काम्बॊजस तरिगर्ताधिपतिस तथा

'Many thousands of Mlecchas, the Shakas together with the Yavanas, Sudakshina the Kamboja king, and the lord of the Trigartas.'

भीष्मः पितामहश चैव भारद्वाजॊ ऽथ गौतमः शरुतायुश चाच्युतायुश च शतायुश चापि वीर्यवान

'Grandsire Bhishma, Drona son of Bharadvaja, Kripa the Gautama, Shrutayus, Achyutayus, and the mighty Shatayus.'

जलसंधॊ ऽथार्श्यशृङ्गी राक्षसश चाप्य अलायुधः अलम्बुसॊ महाबाहुः सुबाहुश च महारथः

'Jalasandha, Rishyashringa's son, the rakshasa Alayudha, the mighty-armed Alambusa, and the great chariot-warrior Subahu.'

एते चान्ये च बहवॊ राजानॊ राजसत्तम मदर्थम उद्यताः सर्वे पराणांस तयक्त्वा रणे परभॊ

'These and many other kings, O best of monarchs, all strove for my sake, giving up their lives in battle, my lord.'

येषां मध्ये सथितॊ युद्धे भरातृभिः परिवारितः यॊधयिष्याम्य अहं पार्थान पाञ्चालांश चैव सर्वशः

'[He said:] Standing amidst them in battle, surrounded by my brothers, I shall fight the sons of Pritha and all the Panchalas.'

चेदींश च नृपशार्दूल दरौपदेयांश च संयुगे सात्यकिं कुन्तिभॊजं च राक्षसं च घटॊत्कचम

'...and the Chedis, O tiger among kings, and the sons of Draupadi in battle, Satyaki, Kuntibhoja, and the rakshasa Ghatotkacha.'

एकॊ ऽपय एषां महाराज समर्थः संनिवारणे समरे पाण्डवेयानां संक्रुद्धॊ हय अभिधावताम किं पुनः सहिता वीराः कृतवैराश च पाण्डवैः

'Even a single one of these, O great king, when enraged, can hold back the Pandavas charging in battle — how much more so all these heroes united, sworn enemies of the Pandavas?'

अथ वा सर्व एवैते पाण्डवस्यानुयायिभिः यॊत्स्यन्ति सह राजैन्द्र हनिष्यन्ति च तान मृधे

'Or rather, all of these together will fight the followers of the Pandavas, O king, and will slay them in battle.'

कर्णस तव एकॊ मया सार्धं निहनिष्यति पाण्डवान ततॊ नृपतयॊ वीराः सथास्यन्ति मम शासने

'Karna alone, together with me, will destroy the Pandavas; then all these heroic kings will remain under my command.'

यश च तेषां परणेता वै वासुदेवॊ महाबलः न स संनह्यते राजन्न इति माम अब्रवीद वचः

'And as for their leader, the mighty Vasudeva — he does not even arm himself for war,' so he had told me.

तस्याहं वदतः सूत बहुशॊ मम संनिधौ युक्तितॊ हय अनुपश्यामि निहतान पाण्डवान मृधे

O charioteer, as he spoke thus to me many times in my presence, I truly reasoned it out and saw before me the Pandavas already slain in battle.

तेषां मध्ये सथिता यत्र हन्यन्ते मम पुत्रकाः वयायच्छमानाः समरे किम अन्यद भागधेयतः

Standing in their midst, where my sons were struck down while striving in battle, what else is there but destiny?

भीष्मश च निहतॊ यत्र लॊकनाथः परतापवान शिखण्डिनं समासाद्य मृगेन्द्र इव जम्बुकम

There too the mighty lord of men, Bhishma, was slain when he encountered Shikhandin, like a lion falling before a jackal.

दरॊणश च बराह्मणॊ यत्र सार्व शस्त्रास्त्रपारगः निहतः पाण्डवैः संख्ये किम अन्यद भागधेयतः

And there the brahmin Drona, master of all weapons and missiles, was killed in that battle by the Pandavas — what else is there but destiny?

भूरि शवरा हतॊ यत्र सॊमदत्तश च साम्युगे बाह्लीकश च महाराज किम अन्याद भग धेयतः

There Bhurishravas was slain, and Somadatta too fell in that same battle, and Bahlika as well, O great king — what else is there but destiny?

सुदक्षिणॊ हतॊ यत्र जलसंधश च कौरवः शरुतायुश चाच्युतायुश च किम अन्यद भागधेयतः

There Sudakshina was slain, and Jalasandha the Kaurava too, and Shrutayus and Achyutayus — what else is there but destiny?

बृहद्बलॊ हतॊ यत्र मगधश च महाबलः आवन्त्यॊ निहतॊ यत्र तरिगर्तश च जनाधिपः संशप्तकाश च बहवः किम अन्यद भागधेयतः

There Brihadbala was slain, and the mighty king of Magadha, and the king of Avanti fell, and the ruler of Trigarta, and many of the Samshaptakas — what else is there but destiny?

अलम्बुसस तथा राजन राक्षासश चाप्य अलायुधः आर्श्यशृङ्गश च निहतः किम अन्यद भागधेयतः

So too, O king, Alambusa, and the rakshasa Alayudha, and Rishyashringa's son were slain — what else is there but destiny?

नारायणा हता यत्र गॊपाला युद्धदुर्मदाः मलेच्छाश च बहुसाहस्राः किम अन्यद भागधेयतः

There the Narayana cowherd-warriors, formidable in battle, were slain, and many thousands of mlecchas — what else is there but destiny?

शकुनिः सौबलॊ यत्र कैतव्यश च महाबलः निहतः सबलॊ वीरः किम अन्यद भागधेयतः

There Shakuni, son of Subala, and the mighty Kaitavya, along with their army, that hero, were slain — what else is there but destiny?

राजानॊ राजपुत्राश च शूराः परिघबाहवः निहता बहवॊ यत्र किम अन्यद भागधेयतः

Many kings and princes, heroes with arms like iron bars, were slain there — what else is there but destiny?

नानादेशसमावृत्ताः कषत्रिया यत्र संजय निहताः समरे सर्वे किम अन्यद भागधेयतः

O Sanjaya, kshatriyas gathered from many lands were all slain there in battle — what else is there but destiny?

पुत्राश च मे विनिहताः पौत्राश चैव महाबलाः वयस्या भरातरश चैव किम अन्यद भागधेयतः

My sons were slain, and my mighty grandsons too, my companions and my brothers — what else is there but destiny?

भागधेय समायुक्तॊ धरुवम उत्पद्यते नरः यश च भाग्यसमायुक्तः स शुभं पराप्नुयान नरः

A man who is joined with good fortune surely prospers, and one endowed with such fortune attains happiness.

अहं वियुक्तः सवैर भाग्यैः पुत्रैश चैवेह संजय कथम अद्य भविष्यामि वृद्धः शत्रुवशं गतः

But I, O Sanjaya, have been deprived here of my own good fortune and of my sons — how, grown old, shall I now live, fallen under my enemies' power?

नान्यद अत्र परं मन्ये वनवासाद ऋते परभॊ सॊ ऽहं वनं गमिष्यामि निर्बन्धुर जञातिसंक्षये

O lord, I think there is nothing better here than to go and dwell in the forest; kinless, with my kin destroyed, I shall go to the forest.

न हि मे ऽनयद भवेच छरेयॊ वनाभ्युपगमाद ऋते इमाम अवस्थां पराप्तस्य लूनपक्षस्य संजय

O Sanjaya, for one who has reached this state, with wings clipped, there is truly no better good than going to the forest.

दुर्यॊधनॊ हतॊ यत्र शल्यश च निहतॊ युधि दुःशासनॊ विशस्तश च विकर्णश च महाबलः

There Duryodhana was slain, and Shalya too was killed in battle, and Duhshasana was torn apart, and the mighty Vikarna as well.

कथं हि भीमसेनस्य शरॊष्ये ऽहं शब्दम उत्तमम एकेन समरे येन हतं पुत्रशतं मम

How shall I bear to hear that supreme, terrible word — that by Bhimasena alone in battle my hundred sons were slain?

असकृद वदतस तस्य दुर्यॊधन वधेन च दुःखशॊकाभिसंतप्तॊ न शरॊष्ये परुषा गिरः

Tormented by grief and sorrow at the repeated retelling of Duryodhana's slaying, I shall not be able to bear such harsh words.

एवं स शॊकसंतप्तः पार्थिवॊ हतबान्धवः मुहुर मुहुर मुह्यमानः पुत्राधिभिर अभिप्लुतः

Thus that king, scorched by grief, his kinsmen slain, overwhelmed again and again by grief for his sons, fell repeatedly into confusion.