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Mahābhārata • Parva 12 (Śāntiparva) • Adhyāya 27

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 27

शान्तिपर्व • अध्यायः 27

Śāntiparva Adhyāya 27 of the classical Mahābhārata with 33 verses.

Total: 33 Verses • Citations: MBh 12.27.1–33 • 250 Lexicon Terms
अभिमन्यौ हते बाले द्रौपद्यास्तनयेषु च । धृष्टद्युम्ने विराटे च द्रुपदे च महीपतौ ॥
वसुषेणे च धर्मज्ञे धृष्टकेतौ च पार्थिवे । तथान्येषु नरेन्द्रेषु नानादेश्येषु संयुगे ॥
न विमुञ्चति मां शोको ज्ञातिघातिनमातुरम् । राज्यकामुकमत्युग्रं स्ववंशोच्छेदकारकम् ॥
यस्याङ्के क्रीडमानेन मया वै परिवर्तितम् । स मया राज्यलुब्धेन गाङ्गेयो विनिपातितः ॥
English Translation
He upon whose breast and limbs I used to play, alas, that Ganga's son has been killed by me in battle out of desire for sovereignty.
यदा ह्येनं विघूर्णन्तमपश्यं पार्थसायकैः । कम्पमानं यथा वज्रैः प्रेक्षमाणं शिखण्डिनम् ॥
English Translation
When I saw that foremost of men, viz., our grandfather, assailed by Shikhandin and trembling and reeling in consequence of Partha's arrows that resembled thunder-bolts in power, when I saw his tall form cut all over with blazing arrows and himself become weak like an aged lion, my heart was greatly pained.
जीर्णं सिंहमिव प्रांशुं नरसिंहं पितामहम् । कीर्यमाणं शरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्दृष्ट्वा मे व्यथितं मनः ॥
प्राङ्मुखं सीदमानं च रथादपच्युतं शरैः । घूर्णमानं यथा शैलं तदा मे कश्मलोऽभवत् ॥
English Translation
When I saw that destroyer of hostile cars reel like a mountain summit and drop down on the terrace of his own car with his face turned towards the east, my senses were bewildered.
यः स बाणधनुष्पाणिर्योधयामास भार्गवम् । बहून्यहानि कौरव्यः कुरुक्षेत्रे महामृधे ॥
समेतं पार्थिवं क्षत्रं वाराणस्यां नदीसुतः । कन्यार्थमाह्वयद्वीरो रथेनैकेन संयुगे ॥
येन चोग्रायुधो राजा चक्रवर्ती दुरासदः । दग्धः शस्त्रप्रतापेन स मया युधि घातितः ॥
स्वयं मृत्युं रक्षमाणः पाञ्चाल्यं यः शिखण्डिनम् । न बाणैः पातयामास सोऽर्जुनेन निपातितः ॥
English Translation
Knowing full well that Shikhandin the prince of Panchala was his slayer, that hero still refrained from killing the prince with his arrow. Alas, such a magnanimous warrior was killed by Arjuna.
यदैनं पतितं भूमावपश्यं रुधिरोक्षितम् । तदैवाविशदत्युग्रो ज्वरो मे मुनिसत्तम । येन संवर्धिता बाला येन स्म परिरक्षिताः ॥
English Translation
O best of sages, when I saw the grandfather stretched on the Earth and bathed in blood, a violent fever afflicted my heart.
स मया राज्यलुब्धेन पापेन गुरुघातिना । अल्पकालस्य राज्यस्य कृते मूढेन घातितः ॥
आचार्यश्च महेष्वासः सर्वपार्थिवपूजितः । अभिगम्य रणे मिथ्या पापेनोक्तः सुतं प्रति ॥
तन्मे दहति गात्राणि यन्मां गुरुरभाषत । सत्यवाक्यो हि राजंस्त्वं यदि जीवति मे सुतः । सत्यं मा मर्शयन्विप्रो मयि तत्परिपृष्टवान् ॥
English Translation
The recollection of that act of mine is burning all my limbs. The preceptor said to me,-Tell me truly, O king, whether my son lives still,—Expecting truth from me, the Brahmana asked me only. By silently saying the word elephant, I behaved falsely towards him.
कुञ्जरं चान्तरं कृत्वा मिथ्योपचरितं मया । सुभृशं राज्यलुब्धेन पापेन गुरुघातिना ॥
English Translation
Sinful that I am, highly covetous of kingdom, and a destroyer of my reverend elders, I behaved even thus towards my preceptor in battle, casting off the garb of truth-for I said to him that Ashvatthama had been slain when, in sooth, an elephant of the name had been slain.
सत्यकञ्चुकमास्थाय मयोक्तो गुरुराहवे । अश्वत्थामा हत इति कुञ्जरे विनिपातिते । कान्नु लोकान्गमिष्यामि कृत्वा तत्कर्म दारुणम् ॥
अघातयं च यत्कर्णं समरेष्वपलायिनम् । ज्येष्ठं भ्रातरमत्युग्रं को मत्तः पापकृत्तमः ॥
अभिमन्युं च यद्बालं जातं सिंहमिवाद्रिषु । प्रावेशयमहं लुब्धो वाहिनीं द्रोणपालिताम् ॥
English Translation
Through covetousness I caused young Abhimanyu that hero who resembled a lion born in the hills, to enter into the array that was protected by Drona himself.
तदाप्रभृति बीभत्सुं न शक्नोमि निरीक्षितुम् । कृष्णं च पुण्डरीकाक्षं किल्बिषी भ्रूणहा यथा ॥
English Translation
I am guilty of infanticide. Sinful as I am, I have not, since then, been able to look at the face of Arjuna or the lotus-eyed Krishna.
द्रौपदीं चाप्यदुःखार्हां पञ्चपुत्रविनाकृताम् । शोचामि पृथिवीं हीनां पञ्चभिः पर्वतैरिव ॥
English Translation
I grieve also for Draupadi who is deprived of her five sons like the Earth shorn of her five mountains.
सोऽहमागस्करः पापः पृथिवीनाशकारकः । आसीन एवमेवेदं शोषयिष्ये कलेवरम् ॥
English Translation
I am a great sinner and a destroyer of the Earth. Not rising from this seat which I now occupy, I will emaciate my body (by starvation) and meet with death.
प्रायोपविष्टं जानीध्वमद्य मां गुरुघातिनम् । जातिष्वन्यास्वपि यथा न भवेयं कुलान्तकृत् ॥
English Translation
Know me who am the destroyer of my preceptor as one who has sat down here observing the Praya vow. A destroyer of my family, I must do so in order that I may not be born again in any of other orders of being.
न भोक्ष्ये न च पानीयमुपयोक्ष्ये कथंचन । शोषयिष्ये प्रियान्प्राणानिहस्थोऽहं तपोधन ॥
English Translation
I shall abstain from taking all food and drink, and without moving from here, O great ascetic, shall dry up my life-breaths which are sodear.
यथेष्टं गम्यतां काममनुजाने प्रसाद्य वः । सर्वे मामनुजानीत त्यक्ष्यामीदं कलेवरम् ॥
English Translation
I humbly pray you to grant me permission in this and go wherever you please. Let every one grant me permission. I shall renounce this body of mine."
तमेवंवादिनं पार्थं बन्धुशोकेन विह्वलम् । मैवमित्यब्रवीद्व्यासो निगृह्य मुनिसत्तमः ॥
English Translation
Vaishampayana said Preventing Pritha's son, who beside himself with sorrow on account of his kinsmen, gave vent to such words, Vyasa, that best of ascetics, said, first telling him,-'This cannot be.'
अतिवेलं महाराज न शोकं कर्तुमर्हसि । पुनरुक्तं प्रवक्ष्यामि दिष्टमेतदिति प्रभो ॥
English Translation
Vyasa said 'You should not, O king, indulge in such painful grief. I shall again say what I have once said. All this is Destiny, O powerful one.
संयोगा विप्रयोगाश्च जातानां प्राणिनां ध्रुवम् । बुद्बुदा इव तोयेषु भवन्ति न भवन्ति च ॥
English Translation
Forsooth, all creatures that are born show at first a union (of various ingredients and forces). Dissolution, however, overtakes them at the end. Like bubbles in water they come and go away. All things collected together are sure to be dissipated, and all things that rise must fall down. Union terininates in dissolution and life terininates in death.
सर्वे क्षयान्ता निचयाः पतनान्ताः समुच्छ्रयाः । संयोगा विप्रयोगान्ता मरणान्तं हि जीवितम् ॥
सुखं दुःखान्तमालस्यं दाक्ष्यं दुःखं सुखोदयम् । भूतिः श्रीर्ह्रीर्धृतिः सिद्धिर्नादक्षे निवसन्त्युत ॥
English Translation
Idleness, though pleasant for the time being, ends in misery, and skilful labour, though painful in beginning, ends in happiness. Affluence, Prosperity, Modesty, Contentment, and Fame reside in labour and skill but not in idleness.
नालं सुखाय सुहृदो नालं दुःखाय दुर्हृदः । न च प्रज्ञालमर्थेभ्यो न सुखेभ्योऽप्यलं धनम् ॥
English Translation
Friends cannot confer happiness nor foes inflict misery. Likewise wisdom does not give wealth nor does wealth bring happiness.
यथा सृष्टोऽसि कौन्तेय धात्रा कर्मसु तत्कुरु । अत एव हि सिद्धिस्ते नेशस्त्वमात्मना नृप ॥
English Translation
O son of Kunti, you have been created by your Maker to engage yourself in action. Success originates from work, You cannot, O king, avoid Work."
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