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Mahābhārata • Parva 1 (Ādiparva) • Adhyāya 1

Ādiparva Adhyāya 1

आदिपर्व • अध्यायः 1

Ādiparva Adhyāya 1 of the classical Mahābhārata with 211 verses.

Total: 211 Verses • Citations: MBh 1.1.1–211 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 4 of 8 (Verses 30 shown)
यत्रावहसितश्चासीत्प्रस्कन्दन्निव संभ्रमात् । प्रत्यक्षं वासुदेवस्य भीमेनानभिजातवत् ॥
English Translation
(To charging him more) when he was confused at certain architectural deceptions, Bhima sneered at him, before Vasudeva, saying he was of low birth.
स भोगान्विविधान्भुञ्जन्रत्नानि विविधानि च । कथितो धृतराष्ट्रस्य विवर्णो हरिणः कृशः ॥
English Translation
It was represented to Dhritarashtra that his son notwithstanding he was partaking various objects of enjoyments and valuable things, was becoming pale, lean and meagre.
अन्वजानात्ततो द्यूतं धृतराष्ट्रः सुतप्रियः । तच्छ्रुत्वा वासुदेवस्य कोपः समभवन्महान् ॥
English Translation
Out of affection for him the blind king gave his son permission to play at dice (with the Pandavas). When Krishna came to know this, he became very angry.
नातिप्रीतमनाश्चासीद्विवादांश्चान्वमोदत । द्यूतादीननयान्घोरान्प्रवृद्धांश्चाप्युपैक्षत ॥
English Translation
And being displeased, he did nothing to stop the dispute, but overlooked the fatal game and other horrible unjust deeds that were the result of it.
निरस्य विदुरं द्रोणं भीष्मं शारद्वतं कृपम् । विग्रहे तुमुले तस्मिन्नहन्क्षत्रं परस्परम् ॥
English Translation
In spite of Bhishma, Drona, Vidura and the son of Shardvata, Kripa, he made the Kshatriyas kill one another in the great battle that followed.
जयत्सु पाण्डुपुत्रेषु श्रुत्वा सुमहदप्रियम् । दुर्योधनमतं ज्ञात्वा कर्णस्य शकुनेस्तथा । धृतराष्ट्रश्चिरं ध्यात्वा संजयं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥
English Translation
(At the end of the battle) Dhritarashtra, hearing the news of the Pandavas' success and recollecting the vows that Duryodhana, Karna and Shakuni had taken.
शृणु संजय मे सर्वं न मेऽसूयितुमर्हसि । श्रुतवानसि मेधावी बुद्धिमान्प्राज्ञसंमतः ॥
English Translation
You are learned in the Shastras, you are intelligent and you are possessed of wisdom. (Hear), my inclinations were never for war, nor did I feel pleasure in the destruction of my race.
न विग्रहे मम मतिर्न च प्रीये कुरुक्षये । न मे विशेषः पुत्रेषु स्वेषु पाण्डुसुतेषु च ॥
वृद्धं मामभ्यसूयन्ति पुत्रा मन्युपरायणाः । अहं त्वचक्षुः कार्पण्यात्पुत्रप्रीत्या सहामि तत् । मुह्यन्तं चानुमुह्यामि दुर्योधनमचेतनम् ॥
English Translation
I felt no difference between my sons and the sons of Pandu. My own sons were wayward and they hated me, because I was old and blind. I bore all on account of my miserable state of being blind and for paternal affection. I was foolish and thoughtless and Duryodhana grew in folly.
राजसूये श्रियं दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवस्य महौजसः । तच्चावहसनं प्राप्य सभारोहणदर्शने ॥
English Translation
My own son was a spectator of the great wealth of the powerful sons of Pandu and was sneered at for his awkwardness in entering into the hall.
अमर्षितः स्वयं जेतुमशक्तः पाण्डवान्रणे । निरुत्साहश्च संप्राप्तुं श्रियमक्षत्रियो यथा । गान्धारराजसहितश्छद्मद्यूतममन्त्रयत् ॥
English Translation
Being unwilling to bear all this at the same time being incapable of vanquishing the Pandavas in the field of bettle, he planned a most unjust game at dice, instead of being willing to obtain fortune by his own exertion and with the help of the king of Gandhara.
तत्र यद्यद्यथा ज्ञातं मया संजय तच्छृणु । श्रुत्वा हि मम वाक्यानि बुद्ध्या युक्तानि तत्त्वतः । ततो ज्ञास्यसि मां सौते प्रज्ञाचक्षुषमित्युत ॥
English Translation
Hear, O Sanjaya all that happened afterwards and all that came to my knowledge. When you hear all that I say, recollecting everything you will then know me to be a man having prophetic eyes.
यदाश्रौषं धनुरायम्य चित्रं; विद्धं लक्ष्यं पातितं वै पृथिव्याम् । कृष्णां हृतां पश्यतां सर्वराज्ञां; तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥
English Translation
I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that Arjuna, having bent the bow, had pierced the mark and brought it to the ground and had carried away the princes Krishnaa (Draupadi) in the presence of the assembled chiefs and potentates.
यदाश्रौषं द्वारकायां सुभद्रां; प्रसह्योढां माधवीमर्जुनेन । इन्द्रप्रस्थं वृष्णिवीरौ च यातौ; तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥
English Translation
I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that Subhadra of the Madhu race had been forcibly carried away by Arjuna and had been subsequently married by him in the city of Dwarka and the two heroes of the Vrishni race, instead of being angry, had come to Indraprastha as friends.
यदाश्रौषं देवराजं प्रवृष्टं; शरैर्दिव्यैर्वारितं चार्जुनेन । अग्निं तथा तर्पितं खाण्डवे च; तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥
English Translation
I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that Arjuna had satisfied Agni by giving him the forest of Khandava preventing at the same time by his celestial arrows the downpour made by Indra, the king of the celestials.
यदाश्रौषं हृतराज्यं युधिष्ठिरं; पराजितं सौबलेनाक्षवत्याम् । अन्वागतं भ्रातृभिरप्रमेयै;स्तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥
English Translation
I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that Yudhishthira had been defeated by Saubala at dice and had been deprived of his kingdom as its result but still he was attended by his powerful brothers.
यदाश्रौषं द्रौपदीमश्रुकण्ठीं; सभां नीतां दुःखितामेकवस्त्राम् । रजस्वलां नाथवतीमनाथव;त्तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥
English Translation
I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that weeping and sorrowing, Draupadi in the season of her impurity, had been dragged into court with but one cloth on and treated as if she had none in this, though she had her protectors.
यदाश्रौषं विविधास्तात चेष्टा; धर्मात्मनां प्रस्थितानां वनाय । ज्येष्ठप्रीत्या क्लिश्यतां पाण्डवानां; तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥
English Translation
I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that the four Pandava brothers, weeping in sorrow, had followed their eldest brother and had tried every means to mitigate his discomfort.
यदाश्रौषं स्नातकानां सहस्रै;रन्वागतं धर्मराजं वनस्थम् । भिक्षाभुजां ब्राह्मणानां महात्मनां; तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥
English Translation
I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that Yudhishthira had been followed into wilderness by Snatakas and by holy Brahmanas.
यदाश्रौषमर्जुनो देवदेवं; किरातरूपं त्र्यम्बकं तोष्य युद्धे । अवाप तत्पाशुपतं महास्त्रं; तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥
English Translation
I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that, Arjuna, after pleasing in combat the god of gods, the three-eyed Shiva who appeared before him in the guise of a hunter, had obtained the great weapon Pashupata.
यदाश्रौषं त्रिदिवस्थं धनंजयं; शक्रात्साक्षाद्दिव्यमस्त्रं यथावत् । अधीयानं शंसितं सत्यसंधं; तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥
English Translation
I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that the just and famous Arjuna had gone to the land of the celestials and had there obtained celestial weapons from Indra, the king of the gods.
यदाश्रौषं वैश्रवणेन सार्धं; समागतं भीममन्यांश्च पार्थान् । तस्मिन्देशे मानुषाणामगम्ये; तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥
English Translation
I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that Bhima and other sons of Kunti, had gone to that country which was inaccessible to men and met Vaishravana.
यदाश्रौषं घोषयात्रागतानां; बन्धं गन्धर्वैर्मोक्षणं चार्जुनेन । स्वेषां सुतानां कर्णबुद्धौ रतानां; तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥
English Translation
I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that my sons were taken prisoners by the Gandharvas their journey to Ghoshayatra, but were rescued by Arjuna.
यदाश्रौषं यक्षरूपेण धर्मं; समागतं धर्मराजेन सूत । प्रश्नानुक्तान्विब्रुवन्तं च सम्य;क्तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥
English Translation
on I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that Dharma had come in the guise of a Yaksha and asked some questions of Yudhishthira, who answered them well.
यदाश्रौषं मामकानां वरिष्ठा;न्धनंजयेनैकरथेन भग्नान् । विराटराष्ट्रे वसता महात्मना; तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥
English Translation
I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that all the chief warriors of my side had been defeated by Arjuna on a single chariot while he was in the kingdom of Virata.
यदाश्रौषं सत्कृतां मत्स्यराज्ञा; सुतां दत्तामुत्तरामर्जुनाय । तां चार्जुनः प्रत्यगृह्णात्सुतार्थे; तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥
English Translation
I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that king of Matsya (Virata) had offered his virtuous daughter Uttara to Arjuna and Arjuna had accepted her for his son Abhimanyu.
यदाश्रौषं निर्जितस्याधनस्य; प्रव्राजितस्य स्वजनात्प्रच्युतस्य । अक्षौहिणीः सप्त युधिष्ठिरस्य; तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥
English Translation
I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that Yudhishthira, who was defeated at dice and deprived of his wealth, who was exiled and separated from his relatives and friends, had collected an army of seven Akshauhinis.
यदाश्रौषं नरनारायणौ तौ; कृष्णार्जुनौ वदतो नारदस्य । अहं द्रष्टा ब्रह्मलोके सदेति; तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥
English Translation
I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that Narada declared that Krishna and Arjuna are Nara and Narayana and they had been seen together in the region of Brahma.
यदाश्रौषं माधवं वासुदेवं; सर्वात्मना पाण्डवार्थे निविष्टम् । यस्येमां गां विक्रममेकमाहु;स्तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥
English Translation
I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that Vasudeva of the Madhu race, who covered the whole universe with his but one foot, had been heartily engaged to do good to the Pandavas.
यदाश्रौषं कर्णदुर्योधनाभ्यां; बुद्धिं कृतां निग्रहे केशवस्य । तं चात्मानं बहुधा दर्शयानं; तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय ॥
English Translation
I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that Karna and Duryodhana had determined to make Krishna a prisoner, but he had shown the whole universe in himself.
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