pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: विसर्जयैनं यात्वेष स्वराज्यमनुशासताम्। मास: समधिकस्तेषामतीतो वसतां वने॥
English: Do you send him away. Let him return to his kingdom and rule it! They have passed more then a month in thus living in the forest.
Sanskrit: एतद्धि नित्यं यत्नेन पदं रक्ष्यं नराधिप। बहुप्रत्यर्थिकं ह्येतद् राज्यं नाम कुरुद्वह॥
English: The station of sovereignty should always be well-guarded, o king! O you of Kuru's race, kingdom has many enemies.'
Sanskrit: इत्युक्तः कौरवो राजा व्यासेनातुलतेजसा। युधिष्ठिरमथाहूय वाग्मी वचनमब्रवीत्॥ अजातशत्रो भद्रं ते शृणु मे भ्रातृभिः सह। त्वत्प्रसादान्महीपाल शोको नास्मान् प्रबाधते॥
English: Thus addressed by Vyasa of incomparable energy, the Kuru king, well versed in words summoned Yudhishthira and said to him, 'O you having no enemies, blessing on you! Do you listen to me, with all your brothers! Through your grace, O king, grief no longer stands in my way.
Sanskrit: रमे चाहं त्वया पुत्र पुरेव गजसाह्वये। नाथेनानुगतो विद्वन् प्रियेषु परिवर्तिना॥
English: I am living as happily, O son, with you here as if I were in the city of Hastinapur. With you as my protector, O learned one, I am enjoying all agreeable objects.
Sanskrit: प्राप्तं पुत्रफलं त्वत्तः प्रीतिर्मे परमा त्वयि। न मे मन्युर्महाबाहो गम्यतां पुत्र मा चिरम्॥
English: I have obtained from you all those services which a son renders to his sire. I am highly pleased with you. I have not the least dissatisfaction with you. O mighty-armed one. Go now, O son, without waiting here any longer.
Sanskrit: भवन्तं चेह सम्प्रेक्ष्य तपो मे परिहीयते। तपोयुक्तं शरीरं च त्वां दृष्ट्वा धारितं पुनः॥
English: Meeting with you, my penances are being slackened. This my body, gifted with penances. I have been able to sustain only on account of my meeting with you.
Sanskrit: मातरौ ते तथैवेमे शीर्णपर्णकृताशने। मम तुल्यव्रते पुत्र न चिरं वर्तयिष्यतः॥
English: These two mothers of yours, living now upon fallen leaves of trees, and observing vows similar to mine, will not live long.
Sanskrit: दुर्योधनप्रभृतयो दृष्टा लोकान्तरं गताः। व्यासस्य तपसो वीर्याद् भवतश्च समागमात्॥
English: We have seen Duryodhana and others who have become dwellers of the other world, through the power of Vyasa's penances and through the merit of this my meeting with you.
Sanskrit: प्रयोजनं च निर्वृत्तं जीवितस्य ममानघ। उग्रं तपः समास्थास्ये त्वमनुज्ञातुमर्हसि॥
English: O sinless one, I have gained the object of my life. I now wish to practice the austerest of penances. You should grant me permission.
Sanskrit: त्वय्यद्य पिण्डः कीर्तिश्च कुलं चेदं प्रतिष्ठितम्। श्वो वाद्य वा महाबाहो गम्यतां पुत्र मा चिरम्॥
English: The obsequial cake, the fame and achievements, and the family of our ancestors, now depend upon you entirely. O mightyarmed one, do you then go either to-morrow or this very day. Do not tarry. O son.
Sanskrit: राजनीति: सुबहुशः श्रुता : सुबहुशः श्रुता ते भरतर्षभ। संदेष्टव्यं ने पश्यामि कृतं मे भवता विभो॥
English: O chief of Bharata's race, you have repeatedly heard what the duties are of kings. I do not see what more I can say to you. I have no longer any necessity with you, O you of great power.
Sanskrit: वैशम्पायन उवाच इत्युक्तवचनं तं तु नृपो राजानमब्रवीत्। न मामर्हसि धर्मज्ञ परित्यक्तुमनागसम्॥
English: Vaishampayana continued : King Yudhishthira replied to the (old) king who said so, saying, 'O you who know every rules of virtue, you should not cast me off in this way. I am guilty of not fault.
Sanskrit: कामं गच्छन्तु मे सर्वे भ्रातरोऽनुचरास्तथा। भवन्तमहमन्विष्ये मातरौ च यतव्रतः॥
English: Let all my brothers and followers go as they like. With steadfast vows I shall wait upon you and upon these two mothers of mine.'
Sanskrit: तमुवाचाथ गान्धारी मैवं पुत्र शृणुष्व च। त्वय्यधीनं कुरुकुलं पिण्डश्च श्वशुरस्य मे॥
English: Gandhari then said to him. 'O son, let it not be so. Listen, the family of Kuru is now dependent on you. The obsequial cake also of my father-in-law depends on you Depart then, O son.
Sanskrit: गम्यतां पुत्र पर्याप्तमेतावत् पूजिता वयम्। राजा यदाह तत् कार्यं त्वया पुत्र पितुर्वचः॥
English: We have been sufficiently honoured and served by you. You should do what the king says. Indeed, O son, you should obey the command of your sire.
Sanskrit: वैशम्पायन उवाच इत्युक्तः स तु गान्धार्या कुन्तीमिदमभाषत। स्नेहबाष्पाकुले नेत्रे प्रमृज्य रुदतीं वचः॥
English: Vaishampayana continued : Thus addressed by Gandhari, king Yudhishthira, rubbing his eyes which were bathed in tears of affection, said these words bewailingly.
Sanskrit: विसर्जयति मां राजा गान्धारी च यशस्विनी। भवत्यां बद्धचित्तस्तु कथं यास्यामि दुःखितः॥
English: The king is renouncing me, a also the illustrious Gandhari. My heart, however, is bound to you. How shall I, stricken as I am with sorrow, leave you.
Sanskrit: न चोत्सहे तपोविघ्नं कर्तुं ते धर्मचारिणि। तपसो हि परं नास्ति तपसा विन्दते महत्॥
English: I do not, however, at the same time, venture to obstruct your penances, O rights our lady! There is nothing higher than penances. It is by penances that one act quires the Supreme.
Sanskrit: ममापि न तथा राज्ञि राज्ये बुद्धिर्यथा पुरा। तपस्येवानुरक्तं मे मनः सर्वात्मना तथा।॥
English: O queen, my heart not longer as of old towards kingdom. My mind is wholly set upon penances now.
Sanskrit: शून्येयं च मही कृत्स्ना न मे प्रीतिकरी शुभे। बान्धवा नः परिक्षीणा बलं नो न यथा पुरा।॥
English: The entire Earth is empty now. O auspicious lady, she does not please me any longer! Our kinsmen have been reduced in number. Our strength is no longer what it was before.
Sanskrit: पञ्चालाः सुभृशं क्षीणां: कथामात्रावशेषिताः। न तेषां कुलकर्तारं कंचित् पश्याम्यहं शुभे॥
English: The Panchalas have been wholly rooted out. Only nominally they exist. O auspicious lady, I do not see any one who may assist at their reestablishment and growth.
Sanskrit: सर्वे हि भस्मसान्नीतास्ते द्रोणेन रणाजिरे. अवशिष्टाश्च निहता द्रोणपुत्रेण वै निशि॥
English: All of them have been reduced to ashes by Drona on the field of battle. The remnant were killed by Drona's son at night.
Sanskrit: चेदयश्चैव मत्स्याश्च दृष्टपूर्वास्तथैव नः। केवलं वृष्णिचक्रं च वासुदेवपरिग्रहात्॥
English: The Chedis and the Matsyas, who were our friends, no longer exist. Only the tribes of the Vrishnis are all that remain, Vasudeva having kept them up.
Sanskrit: यद् दृष्ट्वा स्थातुमिच्छामि धर्मार्थं नार्थहेतुतः। शिवेन पश्य न: सर्वान् दुर्लभं तव दर्शनम्॥
English: Seeing only the Vrishnis I wish to live. My desire of life, however, is due to my wish of acquiring merit and not riches or enjoyment. Do you cast auspicious looks upon us all. It will be difficult for us to see you.
Sanskrit: अविषह्यं च राजा हि तीन चारप्स्यते तपः। एतच्छ्रुत्वा महाबाहुः सहदेवो युधां पतिः॥ युधिष्ठिरमुवाचेदं बाष्पव्याकुललोचनः। नोत्सहेऽहं परित्यक्तुं मातरं भरतर्षभ॥
English: The king will commence to practice the most austere and unbearable of penances!' Hearing these words, that king of battle, the mighty-armed Shadeva with eyes bathed in tears, addressed Yudhishthira, saying, 'O chief of Bharata race, I dare not leave my mother.
Sanskrit: प्रतियातु भवान् क्षिप्रं तपस्तप्स्याम्यहं विभो। इहैव शोषयिष्यामि तपसेदं कलेवरम्॥ पादशुश्रूषणे रक्तो राज्ञो मात्रोस्तथानयोः। तमुवाच ततः कुन्ती परिष्वज्य महाभुजम्॥
English: Do you return to the capital soon. I shall practice penances, O powerful one! Even here I shall reduce my body by penances, engaged in serving the feet of the king and of these my mothers!' To Kunti, after embracing that mighty armed here, addressed him thus, Depart, O son! Do not say so.
Sanskrit: गम्मतां पुत्र मैवं त्वं वोच: कुरुः वचो ममा आगमा वः शिवाः सन्तु स्वस्था भवत पुत्रकाः।।४०
English: Obey my behest! Do all of you go hence. Let peace by yours! You sons, let happiness be yours!
Sanskrit: उपरोधो भवेदेवमस्माकं तपसः कृते। त्वत्स्नेहपाशबद्धा च हीयेयं तपसः परात्॥
English: By your stay here, our penances will be impeded. Fettered by the ties of my affection for you. I shall fall off from my high penance's.
Sanskrit: तस्मात् पुत्रक गच्छ त्वं शिष्टमल्पं च नः प्रभो। एवं संस्तम्भितं वाक्यैः कुन्त्या बहुविधैर्मनः॥ सहदेवस्य राजेन्द्र राज्ञश्चैव विशेषतः। ते मात्रा समनुज्ञाता राज्ञा च कुरुपुङ्गवाः॥ अभिवाद्य कुरुश्रेष्ठमामन्त्रयितुमारभन्।
English: Therefore, O son, leave us. Short is the period of our existence, O you of great power. By these and various other speeches of Kunti, the minds of Sahadeva and king Yudhishthira were composed. Those foremost ones of Kuru's race, having received the permission of their mother as also of the (old) monarch, saluted the latter and began to take his leave.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच राज्यं प्रतिगमिष्यामः शिवेन प्रतिनन्दिताः॥ अनुज्ञातास्त्वया राजन् गमिष्यामो विकल्मषाः।
English: Yudhishthira said Delighted by auspicious blessings, we shall return to the capital. Indeed, O king having received your permission, we shall leave this hermitage freed from every sin.
Sanskrit: एवमुक्तः स राजर्षिर्धर्मराज्ञा महात्मना॥ अनुजज्ञे स कौरव्यमभिनन्द्य युधिष्ठिरम्।
English: Thus addressed by the great king Yudhishthira the just, that royal sage, viz., Dhritarashtra, blessed Yudhishthira and gave him permission.
Sanskrit: भीमं च बलिनां श्रेष्ठं सन्त्वयामास पार्थिवः॥ स चास्य सम्यङ् मेधावी प्रत्यपद्यत वीर्यवान्।
English: The king comforted Bhima, that foremost of all persons gifted with great strength. Gifted with great energy and great intelligence, Bhima showed his sub-missiveness to the king.
Sanskrit: अर्जुनं च समाश्लिष्य यमौ च पुरुषर्षभौ॥ अनुजज्ञे स कौरव्यः परिष्वज्याभिनन्द्य च।
English: Embracing Arjuna and clasping those foremost of men, viz., the twins also, and blessing them repeatedly, the Kuru king gave them permission to go.
Sanskrit: गान्धार्या चाभ्यनुज्ञाताः कृतपादाभिवादनाः॥ जनन्या समुमाघ्राता: परिष्वक्ताश्च ते नृपम्। चक्रुः प्रदक्षिणं सर्वे वत्सा इव निवारणे॥ पुनः पुनर्निरीक्षन्तः प्रचक्रुस्ते प्रदक्षिणम्।
English: They adored the feet of Gandhari and received her blessings also. Their mother Kunti then smelt their heads, and dismissed them. They then went round the king like calves, when prevented from sucking, their dams, Indeed, they repeatedly walked round him, loO king steadfastly at him.
Sanskrit: द्रौपदीप्रमुखाश्चैव सर्वाः कौरवयोषितः॥ न्यायतः श्वशुरे वृर्ति प्रयुज्य प्रययुस्ततः।
English: Then all the ladies of the Kaurava household, headed by Draupadi, adored their father-in-law according to the rites laid down in the scriptures, and departed.
Sanskrit: श्वश्रूभ्यां समनुज्ञाता: परिष्वज्याभिनन्दिताः॥ संदिष्टाश्चेति कर्तव्यं प्रययुभर्तृभिः सह।
English: Gandhari and Kunti embraced each of hem, and blessing them bade them go. Their mothers-in-law instructed them as to how they should behave themselves. Getting leave, they then departed, with their husband.
Sanskrit: ततः प्रजज्ञे निनदः सूतानां युज्यतामिति॥ उष्ट्राणां क्रोशतां चापि हयानां हेषतामपि।
English: Then loud sounds were heard, uttered by the charioteers that said, “Yoke, yoke,' as also of camels that granted aloud and of horses that neighed briskly.
Sanskrit: ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा सदारः सहसैनिकः। नगरं हास्तिनपुरं पुनरायात् सबान्धवः॥
English: King Yudhishthira, with his wives and troops and all his kinsmen, started for Hastinapur.
Sanskrit: वैशम्पायन उवाच द्विवर्षोपनिवृत्तेषु पाण्डवेषु यदृच्छया। देवर्षिर्नारदो राजन्नाजगाम युधिष्ठिरम्॥
English: After two years had passed from the date of the return of the Pandavas from the retreat of heir sire), the celestial Rishi, Narada, O king, came to Yudhishthria.
Sanskrit: तमभ्यर्च्य महाबाहुः कुरुराजो युधिष्ठिरः। आसीनं परिविश्वस्तं प्रोवाचं वदतां वरः॥ चिरात्तु नानुपश्यामि भगवन्तमुपस्थितम्। कच्चित् ते कुशलं विप्र शुभं वा प्रत्युपस्थितम्॥
English: the mighty-armed Kuru king, that foremost of speakers, viz., Yudhishthira, having duly adored him, made him take a seat. After the Rishi had rested a while, the king asked him saying, 'It is after a long time that I see your holy self arrived at my court. Are you in peace and happiness, O learned Bhimasena?
Sanskrit: के देशाः परिदृष्टास्ते किं च कार्यं करोमि ते। तद् ब्रूहि द्विजमुख्य त्वं त्वं ह्यस्माकं परा गतिः॥
English: What are toe countries which you have passed through? What can I do for you? Do you tell me. You are the foremost of twiceborn ones, and you are our highest refuge.
Sanskrit: नारद उवाच चिरदृष्टष्येऽसि मेत्येवमागतोऽहं तपोवनात्। परिदृष्टानि तीर्थानि गङ्गा चैव मया नृप॥
English: Narada said I have not seen you for a long time. Hence it is that I have come to you from my asylum. I have seen many sacred waters and the sacred rivers Ganga, also, O king.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच वदन्ति पुरुषा मेऽद्य गङ्गातीरनिवासिनः। धृतराष्ट्र महात्मानमास्थितं परमं तपः॥
English: People living on the banks of Ganga report that the great Dhritarashtra is practicing the austerest of penances.
Sanskrit: अपि दृष्टस्त्वया तत्र कुशली स कुरूद्वहः। गान्धारी च पृथा चैव सूतपुत्रश्च संजयः॥
English: Have you seen him there? Is that perpetuator o Kuru's race in peace? Are Gandhari and Pritha and the Suta's son Sanjaya also in peace?
Sanskrit: कथं च वर्तते चाद्य पिता मम स पार्थिवः। श्रोतुमिच्छामि भगवन् यदि दृष्टस्त्वया नृपः॥
English: How, indeed, is that royal sire of mine doing? I wish to hear this, O holy one, if you have seen the king.
Sanskrit: नारद उवाच स्थिरीभूय महाराज शृणु वृत्तं यथातथम्। यथा श्रुतं च दृष्टं च मया तस्मिंस्तपोवने॥
English: Narada said Listen, O king, with calmness to me as I tell you what I have heard and seen in that asylum.
Sanskrit: वनवासनिवृत्तेषु भवत्सु कुरुनन्दन। कुरुक्षेत्रात् पिता तुभ्यं गङ्गाद्वारं ययौ नृप॥
English: After your return from Kurukshetra, O delighter of the Kurus, Your sire, O king, proceeded towards Gangadvara.
Sanskrit: गान्धार्या सहितो धीमान् वध्वा कुन्त्या समन्वितः। संजयेन च सूतेन साग्निहोज्ञः सयाजकः॥
English: That intelligent king took with him his (sacred) fire, Gandhari and his daughter-in-law Kunti, as also Sanjaya of the Suta caste, and all the Yajakas.
Sanskrit: आतस्थे स तास्तीव्र पिता तव तपोधनः। वीटां मुखे समाधाय वायुभक्षोऽभवन्मुनिः॥
English: Having penances for wealth, your sire set himself to the practice of severe austerities. He held pebbled of stone in his mouth and had air alone for his food, and abstained altogether from speech.
Sanskrit: वने स मुनिभिः सर्वैः पूज्यमानो महातपाः। त्वगस्थिमात्रशेषः स षण्मासानभवन्नृपः॥
English: Engaged in severe penances, he was adored by all the ascetics in the forest. In six months the king was reduced to only a skeleton.
Sanskrit: गान्धारी तु जलाहारी कुन्ती मासोपवासिनी। संजयः षष्ठभुक्तेन वर्तयामास भारत॥
English: Gandhari lived on water alone, while Kunti took a little food a intervals of month. Sanjaya, O Bharata, lived, eating a little every sixth day.
Sanskrit: अग्नींस्तु याजकास्तत्र जुहुवुर्विधिवत् प्रभो। दृश्यतोऽदृश्यतश्चैव बने तस्मिन् नृपस्य वै॥
English: The sacred fire, O monarch, (bclonging to the Kuru king) was duly adored by the sacrificing assistants who were with him, with libations of clarified butter poured on it. They did this whether the king saw the rite or not.
Sanskrit: अनिकेतोऽथ राजा स बभूव वनगोचरः। ते चापि सहिते देव्यौ संजयश्च तमन्वयुः॥
English: The king had no fixed dwelling. He became a wanderer through those forests. The two queens, as also Sanjaya, followed him.
Sanskrit: संजयो नृपतेर्नेता समेषु विषमेषु च। गान्धार्याश्च पृथा चैव चक्षुरासीदनिन्दिता॥
English: Sanjaya acted as the guide on even and uneven land. The faultless Pritha, O king, became the eye of Gandhari.
Sanskrit: ततः कदाचिद् गङ्गायाः कच्छे स नृपसत्तमः। गङ्गायामाप्लुतो धीमानाश्रमाभिमुखोऽभवत्॥
English: One day, that best of kings went to a spot on the margin of Ganga. He then bathed in the sacred river and finishing his ablutions turned his face toward his hermitage.
Sanskrit: अथ वायुः समुद्भूतो दावाग्निरभवन्महान्। ददाह तद् वनं सर्वे परिगृह्य समन्वतः॥
English: The wind rose high. A fierce wild fire set in. It began to burn that forest all around.
Sanskrit: दह्यत्सु मृगयूथेषु द्विजिह्वेषु समन्ततः। वराहाणां च यूथेषु संश्रयत्सु जलाशयान्॥
English: When the herds of animals were being burnt all around, as also the snakes which inhabited. that region, herds of wild board began to take themselves to the nearest marshes and waters.
Sanskrit: समाविद्धे वने तस्मिन् प्राप्ते व्यसन उत्तमे। निराहारतया राजन् मन्दप्राणविचेष्टितः॥
English: When that forest was thus afflicted on all sides and such distress came upon all the living creature living there, the king, who had taken no food, was incapable of moving or exerting himself at all.
Sanskrit: असमर्योऽपसरणे सुकृशे मातरौ च ते। ततः स नृपतिर्दृष्ट्वा वह्निमायान्तमन्तिकात्॥ इदमाह ततः सूतं संजयं जयतां वरः। गच्छ संजय यत्राग्निर्न त्वां दहति कर्हिचित्॥
English: Your two mothers also, exceedingly emaciated, could not move. The king, seeing the fire approach him from all sides, addressed the Suta Sanjaya, that foremost of skillful charioteers, saying, 'Go, O Sanjaya, to such a place where the fire may not burn you.
Sanskrit: वयमत्राग्निना युक्ता गमिष्यामः परां गतिम्। तमुवाच किलोद्विग्नः संजयो वदतां वरः॥ राजन् मृत्युरनिष्टोऽयं भविता ते वृथाग्निना। न चोपाय प्रपश्यामि मोक्षणे जातवेदसः॥
English: As regards ourselves, we shall allow our bodies to be destroyed by this fire and attain to the greatest end. To him, Sanjaya, that foremost of speakers, said-'O king, this death, brought on by a fire that is not sacred, will prove calamitous to you. I do not, however, see any means by which you can escape from this fire. our
Sanskrit: यदत्रानन्तरं कार्य तद् भवान् वक्तुमर्हति। इत्युक्तः संजयेनेदं पुनराह स पार्थिवः॥ नैष मृत्युरनिष्टो नो निःसृतानां गृहात् स्वयम्। जलमग्निस्तथा वायुरथवाऽपि विकर्षणम्॥ तापसानां प्रशस्यन्ते गच्छ संजय मा चिरम्। इत्युक्त्वा संजयं राजा समाधाय मनस्तथा॥
English: That which should next be done should be marked by you. Thus addressed by Sanjaya the king once more said, “This death cannot be calamitous to us, for we have left our home of own accord. Water, fire, wind, and abstention from food, are laudable for ascetics. Do you, therefore, leave us, O Sanjaya, forthwith.' Having said these words to Sanjaya the king concentrated his mind.
Sanskrit: प्राङ्मुखः सह गान्धार्या कुन्त्या चोपाविशत् तदा। संजयस्तं तथा दृष्ट्वा प्रदक्षिणमथाकरोत्॥
English: Facing the east, he sat down, with Gandhari and Kunti. Seeing him in that attitude Sanjaya walked round him.
Sanskrit: उवाच चैनं मेधावी युड्क्ष्वात्मानमिति प्रभो। ऋषिपुत्रो मनीषी स राजा चक्रेऽस्य तद् वचः॥
English: Gifted with intelligence, Sanjaya said, 'Do you concentrate your mind. O powerful one!' The son of a Rishi, and himself endued with great wisdom, the king acted as he was told.
Sanskrit: सन्निमध्येन्द्रियग्राममासीत् काष्ठोपमस्तदा। गान्धारी च महाभागा जननी च पृथा तव॥
English: Governing all the senses, he remained like a post of wood. The highly blessed Gandhari, and your mother Pritha top, remained in the same attitude.
Sanskrit: दावाग्निना समायुक्ते स च राजा पिता तव। संजयस्तु महामात्रस्तस्माद् दावादमुच्यत॥
English: Then your royal sire was overtaken by the wild-fire, Sanjaya, his minister succeeded in escaping from that fire.
Sanskrit: गङ्गाकूले मया दृष्टस्तापसैः परिवारितः। स तानामन्त्र्य तेजस्वी निवेद्येतच्च सर्वशः॥ प्रययौ संजयो धीमान् हिमवन्तं महीधरम्।
English: 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.
Sanskrit: एवं स निधनं प्राप्तः कुरुराजो महामनाः॥ गान्धारी च पृथा चैव जनन्यौ ते विशाम्पते।
English: 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.
Sanskrit: यदृच्छयानुव्रजता मया राज्ञः कलेवरम्॥ तयोश्च देव्योरुभयोर्मया दृष्टानि भारत।
English: In course of my wanderings at will, I saw the bodies of that king and those two queens, O Bharata.
Sanskrit: ततस्तपोवने तस्मिन् समाजग्मुस्तपोधनाः॥ श्रुत्वा राज्ञस्तदा निष्ठां न त्वशोचन गतीश्च ते।
English: 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.
Sanskrit: तत्राश्रौषमहं सर्वमेतत् पुरुषसत्तम॥ यथा च नृपतिर्दग्धो देव्यौ ते चेति पाण्डव
English: 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.
Sanskrit: न शोचितव्यं राजेन्द्र स्वत: स पृथिवीपतिः॥ प्राप्तवानग्निसंयोगं गान्धारी जननी च ते।
English: 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,
Sanskrit: वैशम्पायन उवाच एतच्छ्रुत्वा च सर्वेषां पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम्॥ निर्याणं धृतराष्ट्रस्य शोकः समभवन्महान्।
English: Vaishampayana said, Hearing of the departure of Dhritarashtra from his world, the great Pandavas all bewailed.
Sanskrit: अन्तःपुराणां च तदा महानार्तस्वरोऽभवत्।॥
English: Lord sounds of wailing were heard within the inner apartments of the palace. The citizens also, hearing of the end of the old king, bewailed aloud.
Sanskrit: अहो धिगिति राजा तु विक्रुश्य भृशदुःखितः॥ ऊर्ध्वबाहुः स्मरन् मातुः प्ररुरोद युधिष्ठिरः। भीमसेनपुरोगाश्च भ्रातरः सर्व एव ते॥
English: '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.
Sanskrit: अन्तःपुरेषु च तदा सुमहान् रुदितस्वनः। प्रादुरासीन्महाराज पृथां श्रुत्वा तथागताम्॥
English: Hearing that Pritha had met with such a face, the royal ladies bewailed aloud in grief.
Sanskrit: तं च वृद्धं तथा दग्धं हतपुत्रं नराधिपम्। अन्वशोचन्त ते सर्वे गान्धारी च तपस्विनीम्॥
English: 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.
Sanskrit: तस्मिन्नुपरते शब्दे मुहूर्तादिव भारत। निगृह्य बाष्पं धैर्येण धर्मराजोऽब्रवीदिदम्॥
English: When those sounds of wailing ceased for a while, king Yudhishthira the just, shopping his tears by summoning all his patience, said these words.
Sanskrit: तथा महात्मनस्तस्य तपस्युग्रे च वर्ततः। अनाथस्येव निधनं तिष्ठत्स्वास्मासु बन्धुषु॥ दुर्विज्ञेया गतिर्ब्रह्मन् पुरुषाणां मतिर्मम। यत्र वैचित्रवीर्योऽसौ दग्ध एवं वनाग्निना॥
English: When such a fate overtook that great king who was engaged in austere penances, despite the fact of his having such kinsmen as ourselves all alive. It seems to me, O twice born one, that the end of human beings is difficult to guess. Alas, who would have thought that the son of Vichitravirya would thus be burns to death.
Sanskrit: यस्य पुत्रशतं श्रीमदभवद् बाहुशालिनः। नागायुतबलो राजा स दग्धो हि दवाग्निना॥
English: He had a hundred sons each gifted with mighty-arms and possessed of great prosperity! The king himself had the strength of ten thousand elephants, Alas, even he has been burnt to death in a wild fire.
Sanskrit: यं पुरा पर्यवीजन्त तालवृन्तैर्वरस्त्रियः। तं गृध्राः पर्यवीजन्त दावाग्निपरिकालितम्॥
English: Alas, he had formerly been fanned with palm leaves by the fair hands of beautiful women, was fanned by vultures with their wings after he had been burnt to death in a wild fire.
Sanskrit: सूतमागधसंघेश्च शयानो यः प्रबोध्यते। धरण्यां स नृपः शेते पापस्य मम कर्मभिः॥
English: He was formerly roused from sleep every morning by bands of Sutas and Magadhas had to sleep on the naked earth through the acts of my sinful self.
Sanskrit: न च शोचामि गान्धारी हतपुत्रां यशस्विनीम्। पतिलोकमनुप्राप्तां तथा भर्तृव्रते स्थिताम्॥
English: I do not grieve for the famous Gandhari who had been deprived of all her children. Observing the same vows as her husband. she has acquired those very regions which have become his.
Sanskrit: पृथामेव च शोचामि या पुत्रैश्वर्यमृद्धिमत्। उत्सृज्य सुमहद् दीप्तं वनवासमरोचयत्॥
English: I grieve, however, for Pritha who, renouncing the blazing prosperity of her sons, became desirous of living in the forest.
Sanskrit: धिग् राज्यमिदमस्माकं धिग् बलं धिक् पराक्रमम्। क्षत्रधर्मे च धिग् यस्मान्मृता जीवामहे वयम्॥
English: Fie on this sovereignty of ours, fie on our prowess, fie on the practices of Kshatriyas! Though alive, we are really dead.
Sanskrit: सुसूक्ष्मा किल कालस्य गतिर्द्विजवरोत्तम।
English: O foremost of superior Brahmanas, the course of Time is very subtle and difficult to understand inasmuch as Kunti, casting off sovereignty, became desirous so living in the forest.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिरस्य जननी भीमस्य विजयस्य च। अनाथवत् कथं दग्ध इति मुह्यामि चिन्तयन्॥
English: How is it that she who was the mother of Yudhishthira, of Bhima, of Vijaya, was brunt to death like helpless creature! Thinking of this I become stupefied.