pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: धर्मात्मा तात सर्वज्ञः पारावर्येण निर्णये। अमर्त्य इव मर्त्यः सन्नेष प्राणानधारयत्॥
English: Pious and acquainted with all forms of duty, by the help of his knowledge of both the worlds, that hero, though mortal, is still alive like an immortal.
Sanskrit: नास्ति युद्धे कृती कश्चिन्न विद्वान् न पराक्रमी। यत्र शान्तनवो भीष्मः शेतेऽद्य निहतः शरैः॥
English: When Shantanu's son lies to-day, struck down with arrows, it seems that no other person alive on Earth who is learned and powerful and who is competent to perform great feats in battle.
Sanskrit: स्वयमेते शूरेण पृच्छ्यमानेन पाण्डवैः। धर्मज्ञेनाहवे मृत्युरादिष्टःसत्यवादिना॥
English: Solicited by the Pandavas, this truthful, righteous, and virtuous hero, communicate to them the means of his own death.
Sanskrit: प्रणष्टः कुरुवंशश्च पुनर्येन समुद्धृतः। स गतः कुरुभिः सार्धं महाबुद्धिः पराभवम्॥
English: Alas, he who had revived the extinct line of Kuru, that illustrious and highly intelligent person, has left the world with all the Kurus in his company.
Sanskrit: कं नु परिप्रक्ष्यन्ति माधव। गते देवव्रते स्वर्ग देवकल्पे नरर्षभे॥
English: From whom, O Madhava, will the Kurus, receive instructions of religion and duty after that foremost of men, viz., Devavrata, who resembles a god, shall have gone to heaven?
Sanskrit: अर्जुनस्य विनेतारमाचार्यं सात्यकेस्तथा। तं पश्य पतितं द्रोणं कुरूणां गुरुमुत्तमम्॥
English: See Drona, that best of Brahmanas, that preceptor of Arjuna, of Satyaki, and of the Kurus, is lying on the ground.
Sanskrit: अस्त्रं चतुर्विधं वेद यथैव त्रिदशेश्वरः। भार्गवो वा महावीर्यस्तथा द्रोणोऽपि माधव॥
English: The highly energetic Drona, O Madhava, was as a master of the four kinds of arms like Shukra of Vrigu's race.
Sanskrit: यस्य प्रसादाद् बीभत्सुः पाण्डव: कर्म दुष्करम्। चकार स हतः शेते नैनमस्त्राण्यपालयन्॥ धर्मेषु कुरवः
English: Through his favour, Vibhatsu the son of Pandu has achieved the most of difficult feats. He now lies dead on the ground. Weapons refused to come at last at his command.
Sanskrit: यं पुरोधाय कुरव आह्वयन्ति स्म पाण्डवान्। सोऽयं शस्त्रभृतां श्रेष्ठो द्रोणः शस्त्रैः परिक्षतः॥
English: Placing him at their head, the Kauravas had challenged the Pandavas. That foremost of all warriors was in the end wounded with weapons.
Sanskrit: यस्य निर्दहतः सेनां गतिरग्नेरिवाभवत्। स भूमौ निहतः शेते शान्तार्चिरिव पावकः॥
English: As he moved about in battle, scorching his enemies in every direction, his movement resembled that of a blazing fire. Alas, he now lies dead on the ground, like an extinguished fire.
Sanskrit: धनुर्मुष्टिरशीर्णश्च हस्तावापश्च माधव। द्रोणस्य निहतस्याजौ दृश्यते जीवतो यथा॥
English: The handle of the bow is yet in his grasp, The leathern fences, O Madhava, pre still on his fingers. Though killed, he still looks as if alive.
Sanskrit: वेदा यस्माच चत्वारः सर्वाण्यस्त्राणि केशव। अनपेतानि वै शूराद् यथैवादौ प्रजापतैः॥
English: The four Vedas, and all kinds, of weapons, O Keshava, did not leave that hero even as they do not the Lord Prajapati.
Sanskrit: वन्दनार्हविमौ तस्य बन्दिभिर्वन्दितौ शुभौ। गोमायवो विकर्षन्ति पादौ शिष्यशतार्चितौ॥
English: His auspicious feet, worthy of adoration and adored before by bards and eulogists, and worshipped by disciples, are now being dragged by jackals.
Sanskrit: द्रोणं दुपदपुत्रेण निहतं मधुसूदन। कृपी कृपणमन्वास्ते दुःखोपहतचेतना॥
English: Senseless with sorrow, Kripi sorrowfully attends, O destroyer of Madhu, on that Drona who has been killed by Draupada's son.
Sanskrit: तां पश्य रुदतीमार्ता मुक्तकेशीमधोमुखीम्। हतं पतिमुपासन्ती द्रोणं शस्त्रभृतां वरम्॥
English: Look at that sorrow-stricken lady, fallen upon the Earth, with disheveled hair and face Juser hanging down. Alas, she serves sorrowfully her lifeless husband, that best of all holders of weapons, lying on the ground.
Sanskrit: बाणैर्भिन्नतनुत्राणं धृष्टद्युम्नेन केशव। उपास्ते वै मृधे द्रोणं जटिला ब्रह्मचारिणी॥
English: Many Brahmana saints, with matted locks on their head, are serving the body of Drona that is cased in armour cut asunder, O Keshava, with the arrows of Dhrishtadyumna.
Sanskrit: प्रेतकृत्यं च यतते कृपी कृपणमातुरा। हतस्य समरे भर्तुः सुकुमारी यशस्विनी॥
English: The illustrious and delicate Kripi, depressed and Sorrow-stricken, is trying to perform the last rites on the body of her husband killed in battle.
Sanskrit: अग्नीनाधाय विधिवञ्चितां प्रज्वाल्य सर्वतः। द्रोणमाधाय गायन्ति त्रीणि सामानि सामगाः॥
English: There, having placed the body of Drona on the funeral pyre and having put fire with due rites, those reciters of Samans are singing the three verses.
Sanskrit: कुर्वन्ति च चितामेते जटिला ब्रह्मचारिणः। धनुभिः शक्तिभिश्चैव रथनीडैश्च माधव॥
English: Those Brahmana saints, with matted locks on their head, have made the funeral pyre of that Brahmana with bows and arrows and carboxes, O Madhava.
Sanskrit: शरैश्च विविधैरन्यैर्धक्ष्यते भूरितेजसम्। इति द्रोणं समाधाय शंसन्ति च रुदन्ति च॥
English: Having collected various other sorts of arrows, that highly energetic hero is being consumed by them. Having placed his body on the pyre, they are singing and weeping.
Sanskrit: सामभिस्त्रिभिरन्तस्थैरनुशंसन्ति चापरे। अग्नावग्निं समाधाय द्रोणं हुत्वा हुताशने॥ गच्छन्त्यभिमुखा गङ्गां द्रोणशिष्या द्विजातयः। अपसव्यां चितिं कृत्वा पुरस्कृत्य कृपी च ते॥
English: Others are reciting the three well-known Saman verses that are used on such occasions. Burning the dead body of Drona on that fire, like fire in fire, those saintly disciples of his, are proceeding towards the banks of Ganga, along the left side of the pyre and having placed Kripi at their head."
Sanskrit: गान्धार्युवाच सोमदत्तसुतं पश्य युयुधानेन पातितम्। विद्युतमानं विहगैर्बहुभिर्माधवान्तिके॥
English: Gandhari said See the son of Somadatta, who was killed by Yuyudhana, is being cut by a large number of birds.
Sanskrit: पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्तः सोमदत्तो जनार्दन। युयुधानं महेष्वासं गर्हयन्निव दृश्यते॥
English: Burning with sorrow at the death of his son, Somadatta, O Janarddana, seems to blame the great bowman Yuyudhana.
Sanskrit: असौ हि भूरिश्रवसो माता शोकपरिप्लुता। आश्वासयति भर्तारं सोमदत्तमनिन्दिता॥ दिष्ट्या नैनं महाराज दारुणं भरतक्षयम्। कुरुसंक्रन्दनं घोरं युगान्तमनुपश्यसि॥
English: There the mother of Bhurishravas that faultless lady, beside herself with grief, is addressing her lord Somadatta, saying,-By good luck, O king, you do not witness this terrible destruction of the Bharatas, this extermination of the Kurus, this sight resembling the spectacles occurring at the end of a cycle.
Sanskrit: दिष्ट्या यूपध्वजं पुत्रं वीरं भूरिसहस्रदम्। अनेकक्रतुयज्वानं निहतं नानुपश्यसि॥
English: By good luck, you do not see your heroic, son, who bore the device of the sacrificial stake on his banner and who celebrated numberless sacrifices with profuse presents to all, killed on the field of battle.
Sanskrit: दिष्ट्या स्नुषाणामाक्रन्दे घोरं विलपितं बहु। न शृणोषि महाराज सारसीनामिवार्णवे॥
English: By good luck, you do not hear those dreadful wails of woe uttered amidst this destruction by your daughter-in-law like the screams of a fight of cranes of the sea.
Sanskrit: एकवस्त्रार्धसंवीताः प्रकीर्णासितमूर्धजाः। स्नुषास्ते परिधावन्ति हतापत्या हतेश्वराः।। :॥
English: Your daughters-in-law, deprived of both husbands and sons, are running about, each clad in a single piece of cloth and each with her clad in a single piece of cloth and each with her black hairs all disheveled.
Sanskrit: श्वापदैर्भक्ष्यमाणं त्वमहो दिष्ट्या न पश्यसि। छिन्नबाहुं नरव्याघ्रमर्जुनेन निपातितम्॥
English: By good luck, you do not see to-day your son, that foremost of men, deprived of one of his arms, killed by Arjuna, and now being devoured by beasts of prey.
Sanskrit: शलं विनिहतं संख्ये भूरिश्रवसमेव च। स्नुषाश्च विविधाः सर्वा दिष्ट्या नाद्येह पश्यसि॥
English: By good luck, you do not see to-day your son Shala killed in battle, and Bhurishravas deprived of life, and your widowed daughterin-law plunged into grief.
Sanskrit: दिष्ट्या तत् काञ्चनं छत्रं यूपकेतोर्महात्मनः। विनिकीर्णं रथोपस्थे सौमदत्तेर्न पश्यसि॥
English: By good luck, you do not see the golden umbrella of that illustrious hero who had the sacrificial stake as his emblem on his banner, torn and broken on the terrace of his car.
Sanskrit: अमूस्तु भूरिश्रवसो भार्याः सात्यकिना हतम्। परिवार्यानुशोचन्ति भर्तारमसितेक्षणाः॥
English: There the black-eyed wives of Bhurishravas are bewailing piteously surrounding their lord killed by Satyaki.
Sanskrit: एता विलय करुणं भर्तृशोकेन कर्शिताः। पतन्त्यभिमुखा भूमौ कृपणं वत केशव॥
English: Stricken with sorrow on account of the slaughter of their husband, those ladies bewailing piteously, are falling down on the Earth with their faces toward the ground, and slowly approaching you, O Keshava!
Sanskrit: बीभत्सुरतिबीभत्सं कर्मेदमकरोत् कथम्। प्रमत्तस्य यदच्छत्सीद् बाहुं शूरस्य यज्वनः॥
English: Alas, why did Arjuna of pure deeds commit such a heinous crime, since he cut off the arm of a heedless warrior who was brave and used to perform sacrifices.
Sanskrit: ततः पापतरं कर्म कृतवानपि सात्यकिः। यस्मात् प्रायोविष्टस्य प्राहार्षीत् संशितात्मनः॥
English: Alas, Satyaki perpetrated a still more sinful act, for he killed a person of restrained soul while sitting in the observance of the praya VOW.
Sanskrit: एको द्वाभ्यां हतः शेषे त्वमधर्मेण धार्मिक। किं नु वक्ष्यति वै सत्सु गोष्ठीषु च सभासु च॥
English: Alas, O righteous one, you are lying on the ground, killed unfairly by two foes. Thus, O Madhava, those wives of Bhurishravas are crying aloud in sorrow.
Sanskrit: अपुण्यमयशस्यं च कर्मेदं सात्यकिः स्वयम्। इति यूपध्वजस्यैताः स्त्रियः क्रोशन्ति माधव॥ भार्या यूपध्वजस्यैषा करसम्मितमध्यमा। कृत्वोत्सङ्गे भुजं भर्तुः कृपणं परिदेवति॥
English: There, those wives of that warrior, all having slender waists, are placing upon their laps the cut off arm of their husband and weeping bitterly. Here is that arm which used to attack the girdles, grind the deep bosoms and touch the navel, the thighs, and the hips, of fair ladies, and loosen the ties of the drawers worn by them.
Sanskrit: अयं स हन्ता शूराणां मित्राणाप्रभयप्रदः। प्रदाता गोसहस्राणां क्षत्रियान्तकरः करः॥
English: Here is that arm which killed enemies and dispelled the fears of friends, which gave thousands of kine and rotted out the Kshatriyas in battle.
Sanskrit: वासुदेवस्य सांनिध्ये पार्थेनालिष्टकर्मणा। युध्यतः समरेऽन्येन प्रमत्तस्य निपातितः॥
English: In the presence of Vasudeva himself, Arjuna of pure deeds cut it off while you were heedless and engaged with another in battle.
Sanskrit: किं नु वक्ष्यासि संसत्सु कथासु च जनार्दन। अर्जुनस्य महत् कर्म स्वयं वा स किरीटभृत्॥ इत्येवं गर्हयित्वैषा तूष्णीमास्ते वराङ्गना तामेतामनुशोचन्ति सपत्न्यः स्वामिव स्नुषाम्॥
English: How will you, O Janarddana, describe this great fear of Arjuna while speaking of it in the midst of assemblies. What also will the diadem-decked Arjuna himself say of it?-Censuring you in this way, that best of ladies nas stopped at last. The co-wives of that lady are lamenting piteously with her as if she wee their daughter-in-law.
Sanskrit: गान्धारराजः शकुनिर्बलवान् सत्यविक्रमः। निहतः सहदेवेन भागिनेयेन मातुलः॥
English: There the powerful Shakuni, the king of the Gandharas, having irresistible prowess, has been killed by Sahadeva, the maternal uncle by the sister's son.
Sanskrit: यः पुरा हेमदण्डाभ्यां व्यजनाभ्यां स्म वीज्यते। स एष पक्षिभिः पक्षैः शयान उपवीज्यते॥
English: Formerly, he used to be fanned with a two gold-handed fans. Alas, now, his boy lunging on the ground is being fanned by birds with their wings.
Sanskrit: यः स्वरूपाणि कुरुते शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः। तस्य मायाविनो माया दग्धाः पाण्डवतेजसा॥
English: He used to assume hundreds and thousands of forms. All the illusions, however, of that man possessed of great illusory powers, have been burnt by the energy of the son of Pandu.
Sanskrit: मायया निकृतिप्रज्ञो जितवान् यो युधिष्ठिरम्। सभायां विपुलं राज्य स पुनजीवितं जितः॥
English: Highly wily, he had defeated Yudhishthira in the assembly by his power of deception and won from him his vast kingdom. The son of Pandu, however, has now conquered Shakuni's life-breaths.
Sanskrit: शकुन्ताः शकुनि कृष्ण समन्तात् पर्युपासते। कैतवं मम पुत्राणां विनाशायोपशिक्षितम्॥
English: Look, O Krishna, a number of birds is not sitting around Shakuni. An expert in dice, alas, he had also mastered the means for the destruction of my sons.
Sanskrit: एतेनैतन्महद् वैरं प्रसक्तं पाण्डवैः सह। वधाय मम पुत्राणामात्मनः सगणस्य च॥
English: This fire of hostility with the Pandavas had been lighted by Shakuni, for the destruction of my children as also of himself and his followers ar relatives.
Sanskrit: यथैव ममत्राणां लोका: शस्त्रजिताः प्रभो। एवमस्यापि दुर्बुद्धेर्लोकाः शस्त्रेण वै जिताः॥
English: Like those gained by my sons, O powerful one, by the use of arms, this man too, however wicked-souled, has obtained many blissful regions by the use of weapons.
Sanskrit: कथं च नायं तत्रापि पुत्रान्मे भ्रातृभिः सह। विरोधयेदृजुप्रज्ञाननृजुर्मधुसूदन॥
English: My fear, O destroyer of Madhu, is that wily man may not create dissensions even there between my children all of whom are simple and confiding.
Sanskrit: श्रीभगवानुवाच उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ गान्धारि मा च शोके मनः कृथाः। तवैव ह्यपराधेन कुरवो निधनं गताः॥
English: Krishna said "Arise, arise, O Gandhari, do not grieve. Through your fault, this huge destruction has taken place.
Sanskrit: यत् त्वं पुत्रं दुरात्मानमीघुमत्यन्तमानिनम्। दुर्योधनं पुरस्कृत्य दुष्कृतं साधु मन्यसे॥
English: Your son Duryodhana, was wicked, envious,. and exceedingly arrogant. Praising his wicked acts, you thought them to be good.
Sanskrit: निष्ठुरं वैरपुरुषं वृद्धानां शासनातिगम्। कथमात्मकृतं दोषं मय्याधातुमिहेच्छसि॥
English: Highly ruthless, he was the embodiment of hostilities, and disobedient to the commands of the old. Why do you then attribute your own faults to me?
Sanskrit: मृतं वा यदि वा नष्टं योऽतीतमनुशोचति। दुःखेन लभते दुःखं द्वावनौँ प्रपद्यते॥
English: Dead or lost, the person who grieves for what has already taken place, and suffers great grief. By grieving one increases it twofold.
Sanskrit: तपोर्थीयं ब्राह्मणी धत्त गर्भ गौर्वोढारं धावितारं तुरङ्गी। शूद्रा दासं पशुपालं च वैश्या वधार्थीयं त्वद्विधा राजपुत्री॥
English: A saintly woman bears children for the practice of austerities; the cow brings forth offspring for bearing burden; the mare brings forth her young for acquiring speed of motion; the Shudra woman bears a child for increasing the number of keepers of cattle. A princes, however, like you, brings forth soon for being killed.
Sanskrit: वैशम्पायन उवाच तच्छ्रुत्वा वासुदेवस्य पुनरुक्तं वचोऽप्रियम्। तूष्णीं बभूव गान्धारी शोकव्याकुललोचना॥
English: Vaishampayana said Hearing these words of Vasudeva that were unpleasant to her, Gandhari, with heart stricken greatly with grief, remained silent.
Sanskrit: धृतराष्ट्रस्तु राजर्षिर्निगृह्याबुद्धिजं तमः। पर्यपृच्छत धर्मज्ञो धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरम्॥ जीवतां परिमाणज्ञः सैन्यानामसि पाण्डव। हतानां यदि जानीषे परिमाणं वदस्व मे॥
English: Restraining the grief that originates from folly, the royal sage Dhritarashtra, enquired of Yudhishthira the just, saying,-'If, O son of Pandu, you know it, tell me the number of those that have been killed in this battle, as also of those that have escaped alive.'
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच दशायुतानामयुतं सहस्राणि च विंशतिः। कोट्यः षष्टिश्च षट् चैव ह्यस्मिन् राजन् मृधे हताः॥९
English: Yudhishthira answered One billion six hundred and sixty millions and twenty thousand men have been killed in this battle:
Sanskrit: अलक्षितानां वीराणां सहस्राणि चतुर्दशा दश चान्यानि राजेन्द्र शतं षष्टिश्च पञ्च च॥
English: The number is twenty-four thousand one hundred and sixty five heroes that have escaped.'
Sanskrit: धृतराष्ट्र उवाच युधिष्ठिर गतिं कां ते गताः पुरुषसत्तम। आचक्ष्व मे महाबाहो सर्वज्ञो ह्यसि मे मतः॥
English: Dhritarashtra said Tell me, O mighty-armed one, for you know everything, what ends those foremost of men have attained to.'
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच यैर्हतानि शरीराणि हृष्टैः परमसंयुगे। देवराजसमाल्लोकान् गतास्ते सत्यविक्रमः॥
English: Yudhishthira said Those truly powerful warriors that have cheerfully met with death in fierce battle, have all attained to regions like those of Indra.
Sanskrit: ये त्वहृष्टेन मनसा मर्तव्यमिति भारत। युध्यमाना हता: संख्ये गन्धर्वैः सह संगताः॥
English: Knowing death to be certain, they that have met it cheerlessly, have attained to the region of the Gandharvas.
Sanskrit: ये च संग्रामभूमिष्ठा याचमानाः पराङ्मुखाः। शस्त्रेण निधनं प्राप्ता गतास्ते गुह्यकान् प्रति॥
English: Those warriors that have been killed by weapons, while turning away from the field of begging for quarter, have reached the region of the Guhyakas.
Sanskrit: पात्यमानाः परैर्ये तु हीयमाना निरायुधाः। ह्रीनिषेवा महात्मानः परानभिमुखा रणे॥ छिद्यमानाः शितैः शस्त्रैः क्षत्रधर्मपरायणाः। गतास्ते ब्रह्मसदनं न मेऽत्रास्ति विचारणा॥
English: Those great warriors who, observing the duties of Kshatriyas and regarding flight from battle to be disgraceful, have fallen, wounded with keen weapons, while advancing unarmed against fighting foes, have all assumed bring forms and reached the regions of Brahman!
Sanskrit: ये त्वत्र निहता राजन्नन्तरायोधनं प्रति। यथाकथंचित् पुरुषास्ते गतास्तूत्तरान् कुरून्॥
English: The remaining warriors, that have anyhow been killed on the field of battle, have attained to the region of the Uttara Kuru.'
Sanskrit: धृतराष्ट्र उवाच केन ज्ञानबलेनैवं पुत्र पश्यसि सिद्धवत्। तन्मे वद महाबाहो श्रोतव्यं यदि वै मया॥
English: Dhritarashtra said By what knowledge, O son, you see these things like one crowned with ascetic success? Tell me this, O mighty-armed one, if you think that I can listen to it properly!'
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच निदेशाद् भवतः पूर्वं वने विचरता मया। तीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गेन सम्प्राप्तोऽयमनुग्रहः॥
English: Yudhishthira said While at your behest I wandered in the foremost, I obtained this boon at the time of sojourning to the sacred places!
Sanskrit: देवर्षिर्लोमशो दृष्टस्ततः प्राप्तोऽस्म्यनुस्मृतिम्। दिव्यं चक्षुरपि प्राप्तं ज्ञानयोगेन वै पुरा॥
English: I met with the celestial Rishi Lomasha and acquired from him the boon of spiritual vision. Again on another occasion I obtained second sight through the power of knowledge!
Sanskrit: धृतराष्ट्र उवाच अनाथानां जनानां च सनाथानां च भारत। कचित् तेषां शरीराणि धक्ष्यसे विधिपूर्वकम्॥
English: Dhritarashtra said It is necessary that our people should burn duly the dead bodies of both who have friends and who have not?
Sanskrit: न येषामस्ति संस्कर्ता न च येऽत्राहिताग्नयः। वयं च कस्य कुर्याम बहुत्वात् तात कर्मणाम्॥
English: What shall we do with those that have none to look after them and that have no sacred fires? We have many duties to perform. Who are those whose (funeral) rites we should perform?
Sanskrit: यान् सुपर्णाश्च गृध्राश्च विकर्षन्ति यतस्ततः। तेषां तु कर्मणा लोका भविष्यन्ति युधिष्ठिर॥
English: O Yudhishthira, will they obtain blissful regions by the merit of their deeds, they whose bodies are now being torn and dragged by vultures and other birds?'
Sanskrit: वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्तो महाराज कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः। आदिदेश सुधर्माणं धौम्यं सूतं च संजयम्॥ विदुरं च महाबुद्धिं युयुत्सुं चैव कौरवम्। इन्द्रसेनमुखांश्चैव भृत्यान् सूतांश्च सर्वशः॥ भवन्तः कारयन्त्वेषां प्रेतकार्याण्यशेषतः। यथा चानाथवत् किंचिच्छरीरं न विनश्यति॥
English: Vaishampayana said Thus addressed, Kunti's son the highly wise Yudhisthira commanded Sudharman (the priest of the Kauravas), Dhaumya, Sanjaya of the Suta order, Vidura of great wisdom, and Yuyutsu of Kuru's race, and all his servants headed by Indrasena, and all the other Sutas that were with him, saying,—'Cause the funeral rites of the killed, numbering by thousands, to be duly performed, so that so body may die for want of men to take care of them!
Sanskrit: शासनाद् धर्मराजस्य क्षत्ता सूतश्च संजयः। सुधर्मा धौम्यसहित इन्द्रसेनादयस्तथा॥ चन्दनागुरुकाष्ठानि तथा कालीयकान्युत। घृतं तैलं च गन्धांश्च क्षौमाणि वसनानि च॥ समाहृत्य महार्हाणि दारूणां चैव संजयान्। रथांश्च मृदितांस्तत्र नानाप्रहरणानि च॥ चिताः कृत्वा प्रयत्नेन यथामुख्यान् नराधिपान्। दाहयामासुरव्यग्राः शास्त्रदृष्टेन कर्मणा॥
English: Vaishampayana said Thus commanded by king Yudhishthira the just, Vidura, Sanjaya, Sudharman, Dhaumya and Indrasena and others, procuring sandal and other kinds of wood used on such occasions, as also clarified butter and oil and perfumes and rich silken robes and other kinds of cloth, and large heaps of dry wood, and broken car and various kinds of weapons, caused funeral pyres to be duly made and lighted and then without delay burnt duly, the dead bodies of the kings.
Sanskrit: दुर्योधनं च राजानं भ्रातृ॑श्चास्य महारथान्। शल्यं शलं च राजानं भूरिश्रवसमेव च॥ जयद्रथं च राजानमभिमन्युं च भारत। दौःशासनि लक्ष्मणं च धृष्टकेतुं च पार्थिवम्॥ बृहन्तं सोमदत्तं च संजयांश्च शताधिकान्। राजानं क्षेमधन्वानं विराटद्रुपदौ तथा॥ शिखण्डिनं च पाञ्चाल्यं धृष्टद्युम्नं च पार्षतम्। युधामन्युं च विक्रान्तमुत्तमौजसमेव च॥ कौसल्यं द्रौपदेयांश्च शकुनि चापि सौबलम्। अचलं वृषकं चैव भगदत्तं च पार्थिवम्॥ कर्णं वैकर्तनं चैव सहपुत्रममर्षणम्। केकयांश्च महेष्वासांस्त्रिगर्ताश्च महारथान्॥ घटोत्कचं राक्षसेन्द्रं बकभ्रातरमेव च। अलम्बुषं राक्षसेन्द्रं जलसन्धं च पार्थिवम्॥ एतांश्चान्यांश्च सुबहून् पार्थिवांश्च सहस्रशः। धृतधाराहुतैर्दीप्तैः पावकैः समदाहयन्॥
English: They properly burnt upon those fires burning with libations of clarified butter poured in torrents over them, the bodies of Duryodhana and his hundred brothers, of Shalya, and Shala, and king Bhruishravas; of king Jayadratha and Abhimanyu, O Bharata; of Dussasana's son and Lakshmana and king Dhrishtaketu; of Vrihanta and Somadatta and the hundreds of Srinjayas; of king Khemadhanvan and Virata and Drupada; of Shikhandin the prince of Panchalas, and Dhirishtadyumna of Prisata's race; of the valiant Yudhamanyu and Uttamaujas; of the ruler of the Kosalas, the sons of Draupadi, and Shakuni the son of Subala; of Achala and Vrisaka, and king Bhagadatta; of Karna and his son of great wrath; of those great bowmen, viz., the Kekaya princes, and those mighty carwarriors, viz., the Trigartas; of Ghatotkacha the prince of Rakshasas, and the brother of Vaka; of Alamvusha, that best of Rakshasas, and king Jalasandha; and of hundreds and thousands of others kings.
Sanskrit: पितृमेधाश्च केषांचित् प्रावर्तन्त महात्मनाम्। सामभिश्चाप्यगायन्त तेऽन्वशोचन्त चापरैः॥
English: The Pitri-medha rites in honor of some of the great persons who were dead were performed there, while some sang Samans, and some cried for the dead.
Sanskrit: साम्नामृचां च नादेन स्त्रीणां च रुदितस्वनैः। कश्मलं सर्वभूतानां निशायां समपद्यत॥
English: With the loud sound of Samans and Richs, and the cries of the women, all creatures became stupefied that night.
Sanskrit: ते विधूमाः प्रदीप्ताश्च दीप्यमानाश्च पावकाः। नभसीवान्वदृश्यन्त ग्रहास्तन्वभ्रसंवृताः॥
English: The funeral fires, smokeless and burning brightly looked like shining planets in the sky enveloped by clouds.
Sanskrit: ये चाप्यनाथास्तत्रासन् नानादेशसमागताः। तांश्च सर्वान् समानाय्य राशीन् कृत्वा सहस्रशः॥४२ चित्वा दारुभिरव्यप्रैः प्रभूतैः स्नेहपाचितैः। दाहयामास तान् सर्वान् विदुरो राजशासनात्॥
English: Those among the dead that had hailed from various kingdoms and had no friends, were collected together in thousands of heaps and, at the command of Yudhishthira, were caused to be burnt by Vidura with the help a large number of persons acting coolly out of goodwill and affection, on pyres made of dry wood.
Sanskrit: कारयित्वा ऋियास्तेषां कुरुराजो युधिष्ठिरः। धृतराष्ट्र पुरस्कृत्य गङ्गामभिमुखोऽगमत्॥
English: Having performed their last rites, the Kuru king Yudhishthira, placing Dhritarashtra at his head, proceeded towards the river Ganga.
Sanskrit: वैशम्पायन उवाच ते समासाद्य गङ्गां तु शिवां पुण्यजलोचिताम्। ह्रदिनीं च प्रसन्नां च महारूपां महावनाम्॥ भूषणान्युत्तरीयाणि वेष्टनान्यवमुच्य च। ततः पितॄणां भ्रातॄणां पौत्राणां स्वजनस्य च॥ पुत्राणामार्यकाणां च पतीनां च कुरुस्त्रियः। उदकं चक्रिरे सर्वा रुदत्यो भृशदुःखिताः॥
English: Vaishampayana said Arrived at the holy Ganga full of sacred water, containing many lakes, adorned with high banks and broad shores, and having a vest bed, they threw off their ornaments, upper garments, and belts and girdles. The Kuru ladies, crying and stricken with great sorrow offered oblations of water of their fathers and grandsons and brothers and kinsmen and sons and seniors and husbands. Conversant with duties, they also performed the water-rite for their friends.