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Mahābhārata • Parva 15 (Āśramavāsikaparva) • Adhyāya 15

Āśramavāsikaparva Adhyāya 15

आश्रमवासिकपर्व • अध्यायः 15

Āśramavāsikaparva Adhyāya 15 of the classical Mahābhārata with 27 verses.

Total: 27 Verses • Citations: MBh 15.15.1–27 • 250 Lexicon Terms
एवमुक्तास्तु ते तेन पौरजानपदा जनाः । वृद्धेन राज्ञा कौरव्य नष्टसंज्ञा इवाभवन् ॥
English Translation
Thus addressed, O you of Kuru's race, by the old king, the citizens and the inhabitants of the provinces stood sometime like men shorn of consciousness.
तूष्णींभूतांस्ततस्तांस्तु बाष्पकण्ठान्महीपतिः । धृतराष्ट्रो महीपालः पुनरेवाभ्यभाषत ॥
वृद्धं मां हतपुत्रं च धर्मपत्न्या सहानया । विलपन्तं बहुविधं कृपणं चैव सत्तमाः ॥
पित्रा स्वयमनुज्ञातं कृष्णद्वैपायनेन वै । वनवासाय धर्मज्ञा धर्मज्ञेन नृपेण च ॥
सोऽहं पुनः पुनर्याचे शिरसावनतोऽनघाः । गान्धार्या सहितं तन्मां समनुज्ञातुमर्हथ ॥
English Translation
You sinless ones, I with Gandhari, repeatedly solicit you with bent heads, You should all grant us permission.
श्रुत्वा तु कुरुराजस्य वाक्यानि करुणानि ते । रुरुदुः सर्वतो राजन्समेताः कुरुजाङ्गलाः ॥
English Translation
Vaishampayana said Hearing these pitiable words of the Kuru king, O monarch, the assembled dwellers of Kurujangala all began to weep.
उत्तरीयैः करैश्चापि संछाद्य वदनानि ते । रुरुदुः शोकसंतप्ता मुहूर्तं पितृमातृवत् ॥
English Translation
Covering their faces with their hands and upper garments, all those men, burning with grief, wept for a while as father sand mothers would weep.
हृदयैः शून्यभूतैस्ते धृतराष्ट्रप्रवासजम् । दुःखं संधारयन्तः स्म नष्टसंज्ञा इवाभवन् ॥
English Translation
Bearing in their hearts, from which every other thoughts had been removed, the sorrow born of Dhritarashtra's desire to leave the world, they looked like men shorn of consciousness.
ते विनीय तमायासं कुरुराजवियोगजम् । शनैः शनैस्तदान्योन्यमब्रुवन्स्वमतान्युत ॥
English Translation
Checking that agitation of heart due to the announcement of Dhritarashtra's desire of going to the forest, they gradually were able to address one another, expressing their wishes.
ततः संधाय ते सर्वे वाक्यान्यथ समासतः । एकस्मिन्ब्राह्मणे राजन्नावेश्योचुर्नराधिपम् ॥
English Translation
Setting their words briefly, O king, they charged a certain Brahmana therewith and thus replied to the old king.
ततः स्वचरणे वृद्धः संमतोऽर्थविशारदः । साम्बाख्यो बह्वृचो राजन्वक्तुं समुपचक्रमे ॥
English Translation
That learned Brahinana, of good conduct, chosen by unanimous consent, conversant with all subjects, master of all the Rics, and named Samba, tried to speak.
अनुमान्य महाराजं तत्सदः संप्रभाष्य च । विप्रः प्रगल्भो मेधावी स राजानमुवाच ह ॥
English Translation
Taking the permission of the whole assembly and with its full approbation, that learned Brahmana of great intelligence, conscious of his own powers, said these words to the king.
राजन्वाक्यं जनस्यास्य मयि सर्वं समर्पितम् । वक्ष्यामि तदहं वीर तज्जुषस्व नराधिप ॥
English Translation
O monarch, the answer of this assembly has been committed to my care. I shall speak it out, O hero! Do you receive it, O king.
यथा वदसि राजेन्द्र सर्वमेतत्तथा विभो । नात्र मिथ्या वचः किंचित्सुहृत्त्वं नः परस्परम् ॥
English Translation
What you say, O king of kings, is all true, O powerful one. There is nothing in it that is in even slightly tinctured with untruth, you are our well-wisher, as, indeed, we are yours.
न जात्वस्य तु वंशस्य राज्ञां कश्चित्कदाचन । राजासीद्यः प्रजापालः प्रजानामप्रियो भवेत् ॥
English Translation
Indeed, in this royal family, there never was a king who coming to rulc his subjects, became unpopular with them.
पितृवद्भ्रातृवच्चैव भवन्तः पालयन्ति नः । न च दुर्योधनः किंचिदयुक्तं कृतवान्नृप ॥
English Translation
You have ruled us like fathers or brothers. King Duryodhana never did us any wrong.
यथा ब्रवीति धर्मज्ञो मुनिः सत्यवतीसुतः । तथा कुरु महाराज स हि नः परमो गुरुः ॥
English Translation
Do that, O king, which that righteoussouled ascetic, the son of Satyavati, has said. He is, indeed out foremost of instructors.
त्यक्ता वयं तु भवता दुःखशोकपरायणाः । भविष्यामश्चिरं राजन्भवद्गुणशतैर्हृताः ॥
English Translation
Left by you, O king, we shall have to pass our days in grief and sorrow, remembering hundreds of virtues possessed by you.
यथा शंतनुना गुप्ता राज्ञा चित्राङ्गदेन च । भीष्मवीर्योपगूढेन पित्रा च तव पार्थिव ॥
English Translation
We were well-protected and ruled by king Duryodhana even as we had been ruled by king Shantanu, or by Chitrangada, or by your father, O monarch, who was protected by the prowess of Bhishma, or by Pandu, that ruler of Earth, who was overlooked by you in all is deeds.
भवद्बुद्धियुजा चैव पाण्डुना पृथिवीक्षिता । तथा दुर्योधनेनापि राज्ञा सुपरिपालिताः ॥
न स्वल्पमपि पुत्रस्ते व्यलीकं कृतवान्नृप । पितरीव सुविश्वस्तास्तस्मिन्नपि नराधिपे । वयमास्म यथा सम्यग्भवतो विदितं तथा ॥
English Translation
Your son, O monarch, never did us the slightest wrong. We lived, depending on that king as trustfully as on our own father.
तथा वर्षसहस्राय कुन्तीपुत्रेण धीमता । पाल्यमाना धृतिमता सुखं विन्दामहे नृप ॥
राजर्षीणां पुराणानां भवतां वंशधारिणाम् । कुरुसंवरणादीनां भरतस्य च धीमतः ॥
वृत्तं समनुयात्येष धर्मात्मा भूरिदक्षिणः । नात्र वाच्यं महाराज सुसूक्ष्ममपि विद्यते ॥
उषिताः स्म सुखं नित्यं भवता परिपालिताः । सुसूक्ष्मं च व्यलीकं ते सपुत्रस्य न विद्यते ॥
यत्तु ज्ञातिविमर्देऽस्मिन्नात्थ दुर्योधनं प्रति । भवन्तमनुनेष्यामि तत्रापि कुरुनन्दन ॥
English Translation
The slightest omission cannot be laid at your doors and yours sons. Regarding what you have said about Duryodhana in the matter of this destruction of kinsmen, I beg you, O delighter of the Kurus, (to listen to me).
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