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Mahābhārata • Parva 15 (Āśramavāsikaparva) • Adhyāya 45

Āśramavāsikaparva Adhyāya 45

आश्रमवासिकपर्व • अध्यायः 45

Āśramavāsikaparva Adhyāya 45 of the classical Mahābhārata with 45 verses.

Total: 45 Verses • Citations: MBh 15.45.1–45 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 2 of 2 (Verses 15 shown)
ऋषिपुत्रो मनीषी स राजा चक्रेऽस्य तद्वचः । संनिरुध्येन्द्रियग्राममासीत्काष्ठोपमस्तदा ॥
गान्धारी च महाभागा जननी च पृथा तव । दावाग्निना समायुक्ते स च राजा पिता तव ॥
संजयस्तु महामात्रस्तस्माद्दावादमुच्यत । गङ्गाकूले मया दृष्टस्तापसैः परिवारितः ॥
स तानामन्त्र्य तेजस्वी निवेद्यैतच्च सर्वशः । प्रययौ संजयः सूतो हिमवन्तं महीधरम् ॥
English Translation
I saw him on the banks of Ganga in the midst of ascetics. Gifted with great, energy and great intelligence's he bade them farewell and then started for the mountains of Himavat.
एवं स निधनं प्राप्तः कुरुराजो महामनाः । गान्धारी च पृथा चैव जनन्यौ ते नराधिप ॥
English Translation
Thus the great Kuru king met with his death, and it was thus that Gandhari and Kunti, your two others, also met with death, O monarch.
यदृच्छयानुव्रजता मया राज्ञः कलेवरम् । तयोश्च देव्योरुभयोर्दृष्टानि भरतर्षभ ॥
English Translation
In course of my wanderings at will, I saw the bodies of that king and those two queens, O Bharata.
ततस्तपोवने तस्मिन्समाजग्मुस्तपोधनाः । श्रुत्वा राज्ञस्तथा निष्ठां न त्वशोचन्गतिं च ते ॥
English Translation
Many ascetics came to that asylum, having heard of the end of king Dhritarashtra. They did not at all grieve for that end of theirs.
तत्राश्रौषमहं सर्वमेतत्पुरुषसत्तम । यथा च नृपतिर्दग्धो देव्यौ ते चेति पाण्डव ॥
English Translation
There, O best of men, I heard all the details of how the king and the two qucens, O son of Pandu, had been burnt.
न शोचितव्यं राजेन्द्र स्वन्तः स पृथिवीपतिः । प्राप्तवानग्निसंयोगं गान्धारी जननी च ते ॥
English Translation
O king of kings, you should not grieve for him. The monarch, of his own will, as also Gandhari and your mother, got that contact with fire,
एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु सर्वेषां पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम् । निर्याणं धृतराष्ट्रस्य शोकः समभवन्महान् ॥
English Translation
Vaishampayana said, Hearing of the departure of Dhritarashtra from his world, the great Pandavas all bewailed.
अन्तःपुराणां च तदा महानार्तस्वरोऽभवत् । पौराणां च महाराज श्रुत्वा राज्ञस्तदा गतिम् ॥
अहो धिगिति राजा तु विक्रुश्य भृशदुःखितः । ऊर्ध्वबाहुः स्मरन्मातुः प्ररुरोद युधिष्ठिरः । भीमसेनपुरोगाश्च भ्रातरः सर्व एव ते ॥
English Translation
'O Fie', cried king Yudhishthira in great agony, raising his arms a loft. Thinking of his mother, he wept like a child. All is brothers too, headed by Bhimasena, old the same.
अन्तःपुरेषु च तदा सुमहान्रुदितस्वनः । प्रादुरासीन्महाराज पृथां श्रुत्वा तथागताम् ॥
English Translation
Hearing that Pritha had met with such a face, the royal ladies bewailed aloud in grief.
तं च वृद्धं तथा दग्धं हतपुत्रं नराधिपम् । अन्वशोचन्त ते सर्वे गान्धारीं च तपस्विनीम् ॥
English Translation
All the people grieved upon hearing that the old king, who had become childless, had been burnt to death and that the helpless Gandhari too had shared his fate.
तस्मिन्नुपरते शब्दे मुहूर्तादिव भारत । निगृह्य बाष्पं धैर्येण धर्मराजोऽब्रवीदिदम् ॥
English Translation
When those sounds of wailing ceased for a while, king Yudhishthira the just, shopping his tears by summoning all his patience, said these words.
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