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Mahābhārata • Parva 5 (Udyogaparva) • Adhyāya 32

Udyogaparva Adhyāya 32

उद्योगपर्व • अध्यायः 32

Udyogaparva Adhyāya 32 of the classical Mahābhārata with 31 verses.

Total: 31 Verses • Citations: MBh 5.32.1–31 • 250 Lexicon Terms
अनुज्ञातः पाण्डवेन प्रययौ संजयस्तदा । शासनं धृतराष्ट्रस्य सर्वं कृत्वा महात्मनः ॥
English Translation
Vaishampayana said Then did Sanjaya, permitted by the son of Pandu, depart, doing all the behest's of the great-souled Dhritarashtra.
संप्राप्य हास्तिनपुरं शीघ्रं च प्रविवेश ह । अन्तःपुरमुपस्थाय द्वाःस्थं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥
English Translation
Having reached Hastinapura, he entered it quickly and standing at the gate (entrance of the) inner apartments of the palace said these words to the gate-keeper.
आचक्ष्व मां धृतराष्ट्राय द्वाःस्थ; उपागतं पाण्डवानां सकाशात् । जागर्ति चेदभिवदेस्त्वं हि क्षत्तः; प्रविशेयं विदितो भूमिपस्य ॥
संजयोऽयं भूमिपते नमस्ते; दिदृक्षया द्वारमुपागतस्ते । प्राप्तो दूतः पाण्डवानां सकाशा;त्प्रशाधि राजन्किमयं करोतु ॥
English Translation
The gate-keeper said O you lord of the earth, I bow down to you. Sanjaya is come to your door, desirous of an audience. He is arrived here as an envoy from the presence of the sons of Pandu. Command, O king, as to what he should do.
आचक्ष्व मां सुखिनं काल्यमस्मै; प्रवेश्यतां स्वागतं संजयाय । न चाहमेतस्य भवाम्यकाल्यः; स मे कस्माद्द्वारि तिष्ठेत क्षत्तः ॥
English Translation
Dhritarashtra said Inform him of my well-being. Let him enter. Welcome to Sanjaya. I am never unwilling to receive him, why does he, who can enter at any moment, stand at my door.
ततः प्रविश्यानुमते नृपस्य; महद्वेश्म प्राज्ञशूरार्यगुप्तम् । सिंहासनस्थं पार्थिवमाससाद; वैचित्रवीर्यं प्राञ्जलिः सूतपुत्रः ॥
English Translation
Vaishampayana said Then with the king's permission, the son of Suta having entered that large hall with clasped hands, approached the royal so Vichitravirya, seated on the throne and protected by wise men, heroes and honorable men.
संजयोऽहं भूमिपते नमस्ते; प्राप्तोऽस्मि गत्वा नरदेव पाण्डवान् । अभिवाद्य त्वां पाण्डुपुत्रो मनस्वी; युधिष्ठिरः कुशलं चान्वपृच्छत् ॥
English Translation
Sanjaya said I am Sanjaya, I bow down to the lord of the earth. Setting out from here, I reached the sons of Pandu, O god among men. The spirited Yudhishthira having sent his greetings to you, afterwards asked me about your health.
स ते पुत्रान्पृच्छति प्रीयमाणः; कच्चित्पुत्रैः प्रीयसे नप्तृभिश्च । तथा सुहृद्भिः सचिवैश्च राज;न्ये चापि त्वामुपजीवन्ति तैश्च ॥
English Translation
And he gladly enquired about the health of your sons and asks you if you are pleased with your sons and son's sons and friends and ministers and all those who live dependent on you.
अभ्येत्य त्वां तात वदामि संजय; अजातशत्रुं च सुखेन पार्थम् । कच्चित्स राजा कुशली सपुत्रः; सहामात्यः सानुजः कौरवाणाम् ॥
English Translation
Dhritarashtra said Blessing you, I say, O Sanjaya, is the son of Pritha he who creates no enemies, in happiness? Is that king of the Kauravas well with his sons, ministers and younger brothers.
सहामात्यः कुशली पाण्डुपुत्रो; भूयश्चातो यच्च तेऽग्रे मनोऽभूत् । निर्णिक्तधर्मार्थकरो मनस्वी; बहुश्रुतो दृष्टिमाञ्शीलवांश्च ॥
English Translation
Sanjaya said With his ministers, the son of Pandu is in health; he desires that which was formerly his own, he who acquires virtue and wealth and commits no wrong deed, who is spirited, of great learning, of great fore-sight and of good behaviour.
परं धर्मात्पाण्डवस्यानृशंस्यं; धर्मः परो वित्तचयान्मतोऽस्य । सुखप्रिये धर्महीने न पार्थो;ऽनुरुध्यते भारत तस्य विद्धि ॥
English Translation
With the sons of Pandu humanity is superior to virtue and in his opinion virtue is superior to the accumulation of wealth. He is inclined to the through, O son of Bharata, that happiness and joy are essential to virtue.
परप्रयुक्तः पुरुषो विचेष्टते; सूत्रप्रोता दारुमयीव योषा । इमं दृष्ट्वा नियमं पाण्डवस्य; मन्ये परं कर्म दैवं मनुष्यात् ॥
English Translation
Led by the will of God, a man acts like a wooden doll moved about by a thread. Seeing the sufferings of the son of Pandu I think that the ordinations of the gods have greater force than the exertions of man.
इमं च दृष्ट्वा तव कर्मदोषं; पादोदर्कं घोरमवर्णरूपम् । यावन्नरः कामयतेऽतिकाल्यं; तावन्नरोऽयं लभते प्रशंसाम् ॥
English Translation
Seeing again your sinful deeds which will give rise to misery and which are eminently indescribable, (I am of opinion) that so long as a mighty foe waits for an opportunity, the other obtains praise.
अजातशत्रुस्तु विहाय पापं; जीर्णां त्वचं सर्प इवासमर्थाम् । विरोचतेऽहार्यवृत्तेन धीरो; युधिष्ठिरस्त्वयि पापं विसृज्य ॥
English Translation
The hero Yudhishthira, who has created no enemies, casting away all sins as a snake does its worn out slough, which cannot remain on it, shines resplendent having transferred (the effect of) his sins to you.
अङ्गात्मनः कर्म निबोध राज;न्धर्मार्थयुक्तादार्यवृत्तादपेतम् । उपक्रोशं चेह गतोऽसि राज;न्नोहेश्च पापं प्रसजेदमुत्र ॥
English Translation
Reflect, Oking, the suicidal (effects of your) acts which are the reverse of the acts of honorable men and unproductive either of virtue or of wealth you have obtained blame, O king, in this world and again will you get misery in another.
स त्वमर्थं संशयितं विना तै;राशंससे पुत्रवशानुगोऽद्य । अधर्मशब्दश्च महान्पृथिव्यां; नेदं कर्म त्वत्समं भारताग्र्य ॥
English Translation
Now following the whims of your son, you expect to obtain the wealth which it is hard to gain; you want to enjoy without them to share it. This act has been loudly proclaimed to be vicious in this world and this act is not worthy of you, O you foremost of the race of Bharata.
हीनप्रज्ञो दौष्कुलेयो नृशंसो; दीर्घवैरी क्षत्रविद्यास्वधीरः । एवंधर्मा नापदः संतितीर्षे;द्धीनवीर्यो यश्च भवेदशिष्टः ॥
English Translation
Those who are devoid of wisdom, who are born is low families, who are cruel, who cherish feelings of enmity for a long time and who are not steady in the acquisitions of a Kshatriya, who are devoid to heroism and who are vicious-those who answer this description are overtaken by ruin.
कुले जातो धर्मवान्यो यशस्वी; बहुश्रुतः सुखजीवी यतात्मा । धर्मार्थयोर्ग्रथितयोर्बिभर्ति; नान्यत्र दिष्टस्य वशादुपैति ॥
English Translation
It is through luck that one is born in a high family, is mighty, is renowned, is vastly learned, is happy in this life, tries to subdue his soul or supports virtue and vice which have a close connection between them.
कथं हि मन्त्राग्र्यधरो मनीषी; धर्मार्थयोरापदि संप्रणेता । एवंयुक्तः सर्वमन्त्रैरहीनो; अनानृशंस्यं कर्म कुर्यादमूढः ॥
English Translation
The Kurus will prematurely cease to exist, if through your sins, he who has created no enemies wishes you misery. He will transfer (effect of) his sins to you and you will be blamed in the world.
तवापीमे मन्त्रविदः समेत्य; समासते कर्मसु नित्ययुक्ताः । तेषामयं बलवान्निश्चयश्च; कुरुक्षयार्थे निरयो व्यपादि ॥
English Translation
Why should a man who is advised by the best of ministers, who is wise and who is master of actions producing virtue and interest in times of distress and who has not lost his senses why should such a man do a cruel deed like a man who is devoid of all advice.
अकालिकं कुरवो नाभविष्य;न्पापेन चेत्पापमजातशत्रुः । इच्छेज्जातु त्वयि पापं विसृज्य; निन्दा चेयं तव लोकेऽभविष्यत् ॥
English Translation
All these ministers of yours, ever devoted to work, wait together. It is through their firm determination (that they will not give back to the Pandavas their share of the kingdom) that the destruction of the Kurus will be accomplished.
किमन्यत्र विषयादीश्वराणां; यत्र पार्थः परलोकं ददर्श । अत्यक्रामत्स तथा संमतः स्या;न्न संशयो नास्ति मनुष्यकारः ॥
English Translation
What else is it but divine that the son of Pritha left this world to behold the other and was there honored like one having the privilege of roaming about both the worlds. This is not the doing of a man. There is no doubt about it.
एतान्गुणान्कर्मकृतानवेक्ष्य; भावाभावौ वर्तमानावनित्यौ । बलिर्हि राजा पारमविन्दमानो; नान्यत्कालात्कारणं तत्र मेने ॥
English Translation
Seeing that the growth of these attributes (viz., heroism etc.) depended on action and that wealth and poverty were transient, king Bali, in his search about the cause of this came to the conclusion that god and nothing else was the cause thereof.
चक्षुः श्रोत्रे नासिका त्वक्च जिह्वा; ज्ञानस्यैतान्यायतनानि जन्तोः । तानि प्रीतान्येव तृष्णाक्षयान्ते; तान्यव्यथो दुःखहीनः प्रणुद्यात् ॥
English Translation
The eye, the ear, the nose, the touch and the tongue, these are the sources of the knowledge of animals. These are gratified if thirst is destroyed; therefore should a man cheerfully bring these under control.
न त्वेव मन्ये पुरुषस्य कर्म; संवर्तते सुप्रयुक्तं यथावत् । मातुः पितुः कर्मणाभिप्रसूतः; संवर्धते विधिवद्भोजनेन ॥
English Translation
Others put it in a different way. (They say) that the desired effect must come out of one's acts when done properly. (Thus) the child is the outcome of the act of its father and mother and it grows by proper diet.
प्रियाप्रिये सुखदुःखे च राज;न्निन्दाप्रशंसे च भजेत एनम् । परस्त्वेनं गर्हयतेऽपराधे; प्रशंसते साधुवृत्तं तमेव ॥
English Translation
O king, man is subject to good and bad, happiness and misery, praise and censure. He wins praise when he does any good act and blame when he commits any wrong.
स त्वा गर्हे भारतानां विरोधा;दन्तो नूनं भवितायं प्रजानाम् । नो चेदिदं तव कर्मापराधा;त्कुरून्दहेत्कृष्णवर्त्मेव कक्षम् ॥
English Translation
I blame you; for, the result of this struggle between the sons of Bharata will surely be the destruction of innumerable human lives and if peace be not concluded the Kurus will be consumed by Arjuna like a heap of dried grass by a blazing fire through your fault.
त्वमेवैको जातपुत्रेषु राज;न्वशं गन्ता सर्वलोके नरेन्द्र । कामात्मनां श्लाघसे द्यूतकाले; नान्यच्छमात्पश्य विपाकमस्य ॥
English Translation
O Lord of men, you, alone of all the world having come under the influence of your headstrong son, regarded success as sure and did not prevent the dispute at the time of the game; now, see the result of this.
अनाप्तानां प्रग्रहात्त्वं नरेन्द्र; तथाप्तानां निग्रहाच्चैव राजन् । भूमिं स्फीतां दुर्बलत्वादनन्तां; न शक्तस्त्वं रक्षितुं कौरवेय ॥
English Translation
O king, O lord of men, you will not be able to return this broad domain on account of your weakness, in listening to the counsels of false ministers and rejecting that of faithful advisers, Oson of Kuru.
अनुज्ञातो रथवेगावधूतः; श्रान्तो निपद्ये शयनं नृसिंह । प्रातः श्रोतारः कुरवः सभाया;मजातशत्रोर्वचनं समेताः ॥
English Translation
O best of men, being very much fatigued by the speedy motion of the car I solicit your permission to retire to rest; for in the morning the sons of Kuru assembled in the council chamber will listen to the message of him who has created no enemies.
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