pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: एतच्च सर्ववीराणां काक्षितं भरतर्षभ। संग्रामेऽभिमुखो मृत्युं प्राप्नुयादिति मानद॥
English: O Bharata, you are renowned for honouring others, listen that all chivalrous persons are passionate and consider it their prime objective to die while facing bravely the enemy.
Sanskrit: स च वीरान् रणे हत्वा राजपुत्रान् महाबलान्। वीरैराकाइक्षितं मृत्युं सम्प्रापतोऽभिमुखं रणे॥
English: That they may fall in battle facing their enemies. As regards Abhimanyu, he, having slain in battle many heroic and mighty princes.
Sanskrit: मा शुचः पुरुषव्याघ्र पूर्वैरेष सनातनः। धर्मकृद्भिः कृतो धर्मः क्षत्रियाणां रणे क्षयः॥
English: Hath reaped that death in battle which is so much desired by the heroes, O foremost of men, do not lament. The ancient sages have specified this to be the enduring merit of the Kshatriyas, viz., their fall in battle.
Sanskrit: इमे ते भ्रातरः सर्वे दीना भरतसत्तम। त्वयि शोकसमाविष्टे नृपाश्च सुहृदस्तव॥
English: O foremost of the Bharatas, these your brothers are highly distressed. As also these monarchs and these your relatives, beholding you plunged in sorrow.
Sanskrit: एतांश्च वचसा साम्ना समाश्वासय मानद। विदितं वेदितव्यं ते न शोकं कर्तुमर्हसि॥
English: "O bestower of honour, do you console them with comforting speech. Everything worthy of being know is known to you. It behoves you not to indulge in grief.”
Sanskrit: एवमाश्वासितः पार्थः कृष्णेनाद्भुतकर्मणा। ततोऽव्रबीत् तदा भ्रातृन् सर्वान् पार्थः सगद्गदान्॥
English: Thus consoled by Krishna of wonderful deeds, the son of Pritha (Arjuna) said to all his brothers these words in a voice choked with griefस दीर्घबाहुः पृथ्वंसो दीर्घराजीवलोचनः।
Sanskrit: अभिमन्युर्यथावृत्तः श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं तथा॥
English: O lord of Earth, that mighty-armed one, that one possessed of eyes large lake lotus petals namely Abhimanyu, how he fought, I desire to know?
Sanskrit: सनागस्यन्दनहयान् द्रक्ष्यध्वं निहतान् मया। संग्रामे सानुबन्धांस्तान् मम पुत्रस्य वैरिणः॥
English: You will see that, I will consume the enemy with their elephants, chariois and steeds in battle all those opponents of my son together with all their blood relations.
Sanskrit: कथं च वः कृतास्त्राणां सर्वेषां शस्त्रपाणिनाम्।। सौभद्रो निधनं गच्छेद वर्जिणापि समागतः॥
English: You all are accomplished in the use of weapons and are even now armed with weapons. How then could Subhadra's son be slain in battle, even if it were the wielder of the thunder-bolt whom he might have encountered?
Sanskrit: यद्येवमहमज्ञास्यमशक्तान् रक्षणे मम। पुत्रस्य पाण्डुपञ्चालान् मया गुप्तो भवेत् ततः॥
English: Alas, if I had known that the Pandavas and the Panchalas would be incompetent to protect my son in battle, myself would then have protected him.
Sanskrit: कथं च वो रथस्थानां शरवर्षाणि मुञ्चताम्। नीतोऽभिमन्युनिधनं कदर्थीकृत्य वः परैः॥
English: You were all then on your chariots and were shooting your arrows; how could then Abhimanyu be slain by the enemy spreading havoc in your troops?
Sanskrit: अहो वः पौरुषं नास्ति न च वोऽस्ति पराक्रमः। यत्राभिमन्युः समरे पश्यतां वो निपातितः॥
English: Alas, you possess no manliness! you have no prowess. Inasmuch as even before your very sight Abhimanyu was felled in battle.
Sanskrit: आत्मानमेव गहेयं यदहं वै सुदुर्बलान्। युष्मानाज्ञाय निर्यातो भीरूनकृतनिश्चयान्॥
English: It is better I should blame myself, since knowing you all to be cowards, sneaking and irresolute, I went away.
Sanskrit: आहोस्विद् भूषणार्थाय वर्म शस्त्रायुधानि वः। वाचस्तु वक्तुं संसत्सु मम पुत्रमरक्षताम्॥
English: Alas! are your armours, weapons, offensive and defensive, mere decorations of your persons? Are your eloquence mere empty words suited to an assembly only? For, you all failed to protect my son.
Sanskrit: एवमुक्त्वा ततो वाक्यं तिष्ठंश्चापवरासिमान्। न स्माशक्यत बीभत्सुः केनचित्प्रसमीक्षितुम्॥
English: Having spoken these words, Arjuna sat down armed with his bow and excellent sword. Then none was able to look at Vibhatsu.
Sanskrit: तमन्तकमिव क्रुद्धं नि:श्वसन्तं मुहुर्मुहुः। पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्तमश्रुपूर्णमुखं तदा॥
English: Who then resembled the enraged destroyer, repeatedly drawing long and heavy sighs. Then his friends could not speak to Arjuna or look at him who was burning with the grief on account of his son's death and whose countenance was then over-flooded with tears.
Sanskrit: न भाषितुं शक्नुवन्ति द्रष्टुं वा सुहृदोऽर्जुनम्। अन्यत्र वासुदेवाद्वा ज्येष्ठाद्वा पाण्डुनन्दनात्॥
English: Except the son of Vasudeva or the eldest son of Pandu, none then ventured to speak to Arjuna.
Sanskrit: सर्वास्ववस्थासु हितावर्जुनस्य मनोनुगौ। बहुमानात् प्रियत्वाच्च तावेनं वक्तुमर्हतः॥
English: These two (Yudhishthira and Krishna) were always agreeable to Arjuna. These two were only competent to address him all occasions, in as much as they were held in great veneration and dear love.
Sanskrit: ततस्तं पुत्रशोकेन भृशं पीडितमानसम्। राजीवलोचनं कुद्धं राजा वचनमब्रवीत्॥
English: Then the king addressed the following words to that one possessed of eyes like lotus petals, whose heart was then aching with the sorrow caused by the (untimely) demise of his son and who was excited to the highest pitch of fury. on
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच त्वयि याते महाबाहो संशप्तकबलं प्रति। प्रयत्नमकरोत् तीव्रमाचार्यो ग्रहणे मम॥
English: Yudhishthira said When, O mighty-armed one, you had gone against the Samshaptaka hosts, the preceptor Drona exerted himself vigourously for capturing me.
Sanskrit: व्यूढानीका वयं द्रोणं वारयामः स्म सर्वशः। प्रतिव्यूह्य स्थानीकं यतमानं तथा रणे॥
English: We then began to resist Drona and his troops arrayed in order on all sides, by dispensing off our troops and car divisions in counter array and striving hard.
Sanskrit: स वार्यमाणो रथिभिर्मयि चापि सुरक्षिते। अस्मानभिजगामाशु पीडयन् निशितैः शरैः॥
English: Though he was thus resisted by many and though I was well protected, yet he began to smite us with agility, afflicting us with his sharp shafts.
Sanskrit: ते पीड्यमाना द्रोणेन द्रोणानीकं न शक्नुमः। प्रतिवीक्षितुमप्याजौ भेत्तुं तत् कुत एव तु॥
English: My troops then, thus afflicted by Drona, were not even able, in battle, to look at his divisions what to speak of the thought of breaking through them!
Sanskrit: वयं त्वप्रतिमं वीर्ये सर्वे सौभद्रमात्मजम्। उक्तवन्तः स्म तं तात भिन्ध्यनीकमिति प्रभो॥
English: Then we all, O sire, spoke to Subhadra's son, who was unequalled in his prowess, saying-'O lord, do you break through these divisions of the enemy.'
Sanskrit: स तथा नोदितोऽस्माभिः सदश्व इव वीर्यवान्। असह्यपि तं भारं वोदुमेवोपचक्रमे॥
English: That highly puissant hero then thus urged on by ourselves, like a good horse, prepared himself to take that burden upon himself, however unbearable it might have been for him.
Sanskrit: स तवास्त्रोपदेशेन वीर्येण च समन्वितः। प्राविशत् तद्बलं बालः सुपर्ण इव सागरम्॥
English: Then that boy of tender years, endued with energy and possessed of the knowledge of weapons received from you, broke through that array, like Suparna entering into the ocean.
Sanskrit: तेऽनुयाता वयं वीरं सात्वतीपुत्रमाहवे। प्रवेष्टकामास्तेनैव येन स प्राविशच्चमूम्॥
English: Then we followed that hero in battle, that son of a daughter of the Satvata race, desirous of entering the hostile ranks even through the path he then opened for us.
Sanskrit: ततः सैन्धवको राजा क्षुद्रस्तात जयद्रथः। वरदानेन रुद्रस्य सर्वान् नः समवारयत्॥
English: Then alas, O sire, the puny ruler of the Sindhus, king Jayadratha resisted us all, through the virtue of a boon received from the god Rudra (Mahadeva).
Sanskrit: ततो द्रोणः कृपः कर्णो द्रौणिः कौसल्य एव च। कृतवर्मा च सौभद्रं षड् रथाः पर्यवारयन्॥
English: Thereupon Drona, Kripa, Karna, Drona's son, the king of the Kosalas and Kritavarman-these six car-warriors surrounded the son of Subhadra.
Sanskrit: परिवार्य तु तैः सर्वैर्युधि वालो महारथैः। यतमानः परं शक्त्या बहुभिर्विरधीकृतः॥
English: Thus surrounded by all those mighty carwarriors in battle, that boy though striking to the best of his abilities, was deprived of the use of his car, by the tremendous odds he was fighting against.
Sanskrit: ततो दौःशासनिः क्षिप्रं तथा तैर्विरथीकृतम्। संशयं परमं प्राप्य दिष्टान्तेनाभ्ययोजयत्॥
English: Thus when Abhimanyu was deprived of the use of his car by those warriors, Dushasana's son, who himself was involved in great catastrophe, succeeded, as fate would have it, in making Abhimanyu see his end.
Sanskrit: स तु हत्वा सहस्राणि नराश्वरथदन्तिनाम्। अष्टौ रथसहस्राणि नव दन्तिशतानि च॥
English: Having slain thousands of men, steeds, carwarriors and tusked elephants and eight thousands car-warriors and nine hundred elephants.
Sanskrit: राजपुत्रसहस्रे द्वे वीरांश्चालक्षितान् बहून्। वृद्धलं च राजानं स्वर्गेणाजौ प्रयोज्य ह॥
English: Two thousand princes and many other unknown heroes and also having dispatched king Brihadbala to Heaven.
Sanskrit: ततः परमधर्मात्मा दिष्टान्तमुपजग्मिवान्। एतावदेव निवृत्तमस्माकं शोकवर्धनम्॥
English: That one of highly illustrious soul through Destiny, attained his own end. Thus everything that now burns us with grief, has taken place.
Sanskrit: स चैवं पुरुषव्याघ्रः स्वर्गलोकमवाप्तवान्। ततोऽर्जुनो वचः श्रुत्वा धर्मराजेन भाषितम्॥
English: That foremost of men has also in his way, ascended to paradise.” Sanjay Said-Thus Arjuna hearing the word spoken by the virtuous king Yudhishthira.
Sanskrit: हा पुत्र इति निःश्वस्य व्यथितोन्यपतद् भुवि। विषण्णवदनाः सर्वे परिवार्य धनंजयम्॥
English: And saying, O my son! and sighing like a furnace, fell down on the earth in great distress. Then every one present, with melancholy countenances sat surrounding Dhananjaya.
Sanskrit: नेत्रैरनिमिषैर्दीनाः प्रत्यवेक्षन् परस्परम्। प्रतिलभ्य ततः संज्ञा वासविः क्रोधमूच्छितः॥
English: And highly distressed they began to gaze vacantly at one another with winkless eyes. Then regaining his consciousness and burning with rage, the son of Vasava.
Sanskrit: कम्पमानो ज्वरेणेव निःश्वसंश्च मुहुर्मुहुः। पार्णि पाणौविनिष्पिष्य श्वसमानोऽश्रुनेत्रवान्॥
English: Shivering as if with fever and repeatedly sighing and squeezing his hands and drawing deep breaths and with eyes flooded with tears and rolling his eyes like one mad, said these
Sanskrit: अर्जुन उवाच उन्मत्त इव विप्रेक्षन्निदं वचनमब्रवीत्। सत्यं वः प्रतिजानामि श्वोऽस्मि हन्ता जयद्रथम्। न चेद् वधभयाद् भीतो धार्तराष्ट्रान् प्रहास्यति॥
English: Arjuna said I tell you this for sooth that, tomorrow I will slay Jayadrath, provided that, afraid of being slain, he does not forsake the sons of Dhritarashtra.
Sanskrit: न चास्माशरणं गच्छेत् कृष्णं वा पुरुषोत्तमम्। भवन्तं वा महाराज श्वोऽस्मि हन्ता जयद्रथम्॥
English: Or seek our refuge or that of Krishna the foremost of all male being or that of yourself, O monarch. I will surely slay Jayadratha tomorrow.
Sanskrit: धार्तराष्ट्रप्रियकरं मयि विस्मृतसौहृदम्। पापं बालवधे हेतुं श्वोऽस्मि हन्ता जयद्रथम्॥
English: Tomorrow will I slay Jayadratha who forgetting his friendship for me, has been doing good to the sons of Dhritarashtra and who has become instrumental in bringing about the slaughter of my boy.
Sanskrit: रक्षमाणाश्च तं संख्ये ये मां योत्स्यन्ति केचन। अपि द्रोणकृपौ राजन् छादयिष्यामि ताञ्छरैः॥
English: Desirous of protecting him in battle whosoever shall fight with me, I will cover him, O king, with my arrows, be he Drona himself or Kripa.
Sanskrit: यद्येतदेवं संग्रामे न कुर्यां पुरुषर्षभाः। मा स्म पुण्यकृतां लोकान् प्राप्नुयां शूरसम्मतान्॥
English: O foremost of men, O best of heroes, if I do not do tomorrow in battle what I promise to do, then let me not ever attain to the regions which the righteous attain after death.
Sanskrit: ये लोका मातृहतॄणां ये चापि पितृघातिनाम्। गुरुदारगतानां ये पिशुनानां च ये सदा॥ साधूनसूयतां ये च ये चापि परिवादिनाम्। ये च निक्षेपहर्तृणां ये च विश्वासघातिनाम्॥ भुक्तपूर्वां स्त्रियं ये च विन्दतामघशंसिनाम्। ब्रह्मघ्नानां च ये लोका ये च गोघातिनामपि॥ पायसं वा यवान्नं वा शाकं कृसरमेव वा। संयावापूपमांसानि ये च लोका वृथाश्नताम्॥
English: Those regions which are allotted to those who ravish their own mothers, to those who slay their fathers, who violate their preceptor's beds and who are malicious; those regions which are reserved for those who harbour hatred against the righteous, who speak maliciously of others, who appropriate the wealth entrusted with them and who betray their trusts; those regions that are for them who abuse others' wives enjoyed by them before or for them that slay Brahmanas or for them that slaughter the kine or for them that drink payasas or eat food prepared from barley or herbs or articles prepared from milk, sesamum and rice and Pupas and other kinds of cakes or meat, without having first offered them to the gods.
Sanskrit: तानन्हायाधिगच्छेयं न चेद्धन्यां जयद्रथम्। वेदाध्यायिनमत्यर्थं संशितं वा द्विजोत्तमम्॥ अवमन्यमानो यान् याति वृद्धान् साधून् गुरुंस्तथा। स्पृशतो ब्राह्मणं गां च पादेनाग्निं च या भवेत्॥ याऽप्सु श्लेष्म पुरीषं च मूत्रं वा मुञ्चतां गतिः। तां गच्छेयं गतिं कष्टां न चेद्धन्यां जयद्रथम्॥
English: Even those regions shall I attain to, if I do not slay Jayadratha. Those regions to which they go who contemn the Brahmanas devoted to the study of the Vedas or otherwise deserving of veneration or those that are senior in years or those that are senior in years or those that are pious or those that are preceptors, (even those region shall mine if I do not slay Jayadratha). That end which becomes theirs who touch the Brahmanas and the fire with their feet, that end which becomes theirs, who throw phlegm or excretions on and discharge urine in water, even that most miserable end shall be mine, if indeed I do not slay Jayadratha tomorrow.
Sanskrit: नग्नस्य नायमानस्य या च वन्ध्यातिथेर्गतिः। उत्कोचिनां मृषोक्तीनां वञ्चकानां च या गतिः॥ आत्मापहारिणां या च या च मिथ्याभिशंसिनाम्। भृत्यैः संदिश्यमानानां पुत्रदाराश्रितैस्तथा॥ असंविभज्य क्षुद्राणां या गतिर्मिष्टमश्नताम्। तां गच्छेयं गति घोरां न चेद्धन्यां जयद्रथम्॥
English: That end that overtakes him who bathes naked in water or him who does not hospitably entertain a guest; that and that overtakes them who accept bribes, speak falsehoods and deceive and cheat men; that end that overtakes them who offend against their own souls or who falsely utter praises, that end ihat overtakes low wretches who eat sweetmeats before servants, and wives and dependents without giving them a share of them, may that end also overtake me if I do not slay Jayadratha.
Sanskrit: संश्रितं चापि यस्त्यक्त्वा साधुं तद्वचने रतम्। न विभर्ति नृशंसात्मा निन्दते चोपकारिणम्॥ अर्हते प्रातिवेश्याय श्राद्धं यो न ददाति च। अनर्हेभ्यश्च यो दद्याद् वृषलीपतये तथा॥ मद्यपो भिन्नमर्यादः कृतघ्नो भर्तृनिन्दकः। तेषां गतिमियां क्षिप्रं न चेद्धन्यां जयद्रथम्॥
English: That end which overtakes the cruel-hearted wretch who without maintaining a pious and sons obedient protege casts him off or him who without giving a deserving neighbour the offerings in a sraddha, gives them to one undeserving of them; that end that overtakes them who accept in marriage Vrishalis; that end which becomes his who indulges in wine, his who contemns those that are worthy of veneration or his who is ungrateful or his who speaks evil of his brethren, that end shall also soon overtake me if I do not slay Jayadratha.
Sanskrit: भुञ्जानानां तु सव्येन उत्सङ्गे चापि खादताम्। पालाशमासनं चैव तिन्दुकैर्दन्तधावनम्॥ ये चावर्जयतां लोकाः स्वपतां च तथोषसि।
English: (If I fail in killing Jayadratha) the hellish living obtained by the people eating meal through left hand, put the food on lap while eating, not abandon the seat of Palasha and brush of Tenduki shall be accepted by me.
Sanskrit: शीतभीताश्च ये विप्रा रणभीताश्च क्षत्रियाः॥ एककूपोदकग्रामे वेदध्वनिविवर्जिते। षण्मासं तत्र वसतां तथा शास्त्रं विनिन्दताम्॥ दिवामैथुनिनां चापि दिवसेषु च शेरते। अगारदाहिनां चैव गरदानां च ये मताः॥ अग्न्यातिथ्यविहीनाश्च गोपानेषु च विघ्नदाः। रजस्वला सेवयन्तः कन्यां शुल्केन दायिनः॥ या च वै बहुयाजिनां ब्राह्मणानां श्ववृत्तिनाम्। आस्यमैथुनिकानां च ये दिवा मैथुने रताः॥ ब्राह्मणस्य प्रतिश्रुत्य यो वै लोभाद् ददाति न। तेषां गतिं गमिष्यामि श्वो न हन्यां जयद्रथम्॥
English: If I fail in killing Jayadratha tomorrow, the status of living or the insults as befallen on the persons described hereinafter shall be accepted by me. These persons are-the Brahmins who fear of winter, the Kshatriya who fears of battle, the village where single well is dug for drinking water and where Vedic hymns never chanted-the persons living in such village for six mouths, the people who condemn the scriptures, who cohabit and sleep in the day, who set others' home on fire and poison them, who seldom arrange offering and entertain guests, who disturb cows to drink water, who enjoy intercourse with wife during her marriage by collecting fee, who make numerous clients and live on service even after born in Brahmin family, who enjoy intercourse unnatural way (insertion of penis in mouth) or do intercourse in the day and who promise to give something to any Brahmin but avoid lateron under influence of greed.
Sanskrit: धर्मादपेता ये चान्ये मया नात्रानुकीर्तिताः। ये चानुकीर्तितास्तेषां गतिं क्षिप्रमवाप्नुयाम्॥ यदि व्युष्टामिमां रात्रिं श्वो न हन्यां जयद्रथम्।
English: The ends of all those wretched persons whom I have not enumerated, as also of those whom I have here mentioned, shall soon overtake me, if, after this night passing away, I do not slay Jayadratha tomorrow.
Sanskrit: इमां चाप्यपरां भूयः प्रतिज्ञां मे निबोधत॥ यद्यस्मिन्त्रहते पापे सूर्योऽस्तमुपयास्यति। इहैव सम्प्रवेष्टाऽहं ज्वलितं जातवेदसम्॥
English: Now listen to another oath of mine. If tomorrow's sun sets before I succeed in slaying this sinful wretch, then even here shall I enter into a blazing fire.
Sanskrit: असुरसुरमनुष्या: पक्षिणो वोरगा वा पितृजनिचरा वा ब्रह्मदेवर्षयो वा। चरमचरमपीदं यत्परं चापि तस्मात् तदपि ममरिपुं तं रक्षितुं नैव शक्ताः॥
English: Asuras and the celestials, mortals, winged creatures, reptiles or ancestral manes, rangers of the night, Brahmanical or celestials sages, the mobile and immobile things and beings and what other things there may be on the face of the earth, even all these will not be able to protect that foe of mine.
Sanskrit: यदि विशति रसातलं तदग्यं वियदपि देवपुरं दितेः पुरं वा। तदपि शरशतैरहं प्रभाते भृशमभिमन्युरिपोः शिरोऽभिहर्ता॥
English: If he enters the nether regions or ascends to the skies or repairs to the celestial regions or to the dominion of the Daityas, I will still, with a group of hundred, shafts, cut-off the head of Abhimanyu's enemy, when this night passed away."
Sanskrit: संजय उवाच एवमुक्त्वा विचिक्षेप गाण्डीवं सव्यदक्षिणम्। तस्य शब्दमतिक्रम्य धनुः शब्दोऽस्पृशद् दिवम्॥
English: Sanjaya Said Having spoken these words, Arjuna began to twang his bow with both his right and left arms. Rising above the voice of Arjuna, the sound of the twanging bow touched even the very heavens.
Sanskrit: अर्जुनेन प्रतिज्ञाते पाञ्चजन्यं जनार्दनः। प्रदध्मौ तत्रं संकुद्धो देवदत्तं च फाल्गुनः॥
English: When Arjuna had thus taken that oath Janardana blew the conch Panchajanya and Phalguna also excited with rage blew his conch Devadatta.
Sanskrit: स पाञ्चजन्योऽच्युतवक्त्रवायुना भृशं सुपूर्णोदरनिःसृत ध्वनिः। जगत सपाताल वियद्दिगीश्वरं प्रकम्पयामास युगात्यये यथा॥
English: Then that conch Panchajanya being filled with the breath of the undeteriorating Krishna, emitted a loud sound and that sound then caused the universe, the nether regions, the heavens and the quarters O lord, to tremble, as if the end of a Yuga had come.
Sanskrit: ततो वादित्रघोषाश्च प्रादुरासन् सहस्रशः। सिंहनादश्च पाण्डूनां प्रतिज्ञाते महात्मना॥
English: Then when the high-souled Arjuna had taken that oath, sounds of thousands of musical instruments and fierce war-cries, arose from the encampment of the Pandavas.
Sanskrit: संजय उवाच श्रुत्वा तु तं महाशब्दं पाण्डूनां जयगृद्धिनाम्। चारैः प्रवेदिते तत्र समुत्थाय जयद्रथः॥
English: Sanjaya said Having heard the loud uproar created by the Pandavas desirous of victory and having ascertained through spies the cause thereof, Jayadratha then rose up.
Sanskrit: शोकसम्मूढहृदयो दुःखेनाभिपरिप्लुतः। मज्जमान इवागाधे विपुले शोकसागरे॥
English: With a heart confounded with grief and overwhelmed with affliction and like one sinking in an extensive and deep sea of sorrow.
Sanskrit: अगाम समिति राज्ञां सैन्धवो विमृशन् बहु। स तेषां नरदेवानां सकाशे पर्यदेवयन्॥
English: Then that ruler of the Sindhus, having reflected for a long while, proceeded to the assembly of the kings; there, before the assemblage of monarchs, expressing his grief.
Sanskrit: अभिमन्योः पितुर्भीतः सव्रीडो वाक्यमब्रवीत्। योऽसौ पाण्डो:किल क्षेत्रे जातः शक्रेण कामिना॥
English: And afraid of the father of Abhimanyu and overwhelmed with shame, he spoke these words-"He, who was begotten upon the wife of Pandu by the lustful Indra.
Sanskrit: स निनीषति दुर्बुद्धिर्मा किलैकं यमक्षयम्। तत् स्वस्ति वोऽस्तु यास्यामि स्वगृहं जीवितेप्सया।।५
English: That one of perverse intellect is desirous of dispatching me to the abode of Death. Good be tide you all, I shall now go back to my home out of a desire for saving my life.
Sanskrit: अथवास्त्रप्रतिबलास्त्रात मां क्षत्रियर्षभाः। पार्थेन प्रार्थिनं वीरास्ते संदत्त ममाभयम्॥
English: Or, O foremost of the Kshatriyas, do you all protect me with the power of your weapons; O heroes, the son of Pritha (Arjuna) seeks to slay me; do you give me assurances of safety.
Sanskrit: द्रोणदुर्योधनकृपाः कर्णमद्रेशबाह्निकाः। दुःशासनादयः शक्तास्त्रातुं मामन्तकार्दितम्॥ किमङ्ग पुनरेकेन फाल्गुनेन जिघांसता। न त्रायेयुभवन्तो मां समस्ताः पतयः क्षितेः॥
English: Drona, Duryodhana, Kripa, Karna, the rulers of the Madras and the Balhikas and Dushasana and others, these are competent to save even one who is seized by Death himself. Why then should not all these rulers of earth, united together, be able to protect me, when I are threatened by Phalguna who seeks to slay me?
Sanskrit: प्रहर्षे पाण्डवेयानां श्रुत्वा मम महद् भयम्। सीदन्ति मम गात्राणि मुमूर्षोरिव पार्थिवाः॥
English: Having heard the rejoicings of the sons of Pandu, I am struck with fear and O ruler of men, my limbs are loosing strength, like those of one on the verge of death.
Sanskrit: वधो नूनं प्रतिज्ञातो मम गाण्डीवधन्वना। तथा हि हृष्टाः क्रोशन्ति शोककाले स्म पाण्डवाः॥
English: Without doubt, the wielder of the bow Gandiva has promised to slay me; therefore it is that, the Pandavas are shouting with delight at a time when they should grieve.
Sanskrit: तन्न देवा न गन्धर्वा नासुरोरगराक्षसाः। उत्सहन्तेऽन्यथाकर्तुं कुत एव नराधिपाः॥
English: Even the Gandharavas, the Asuras the reptiles and the Rakshasas, cannot dare baffle a vow of Arjuna, what to speak of the rulers of men?
Sanskrit: तस्मानमामनुजानीत भद्रं वोऽस्तु नरर्षभाः। अदर्शनं गमिष्यामि न मां द्रक्ष्यन्ति पाण्डवाः॥
English: Therefore foremost of men, do you all accord me your permission (to go home); may good betide you; I shall go concealed and the Pandavas will not be able to detect me."
Sanskrit: एवं विलपमानं तं भयाद् व्याकुलचेतसम्। आत्मकार्यगरीयस्त्वाद् राजा दुर्योधनोऽब्रवीत्॥
English: Him thus lamenting with heart confounded with the burden of fear, king Duryodhana ever devoted to his own personal interests, said these wordsन भेतव्यं नरव्याघ्र को हि त्वां पुरुषर्षभ।
Sanskrit: मध्ये क्षत्रियवीराणां तिष्ठन्तं प्रार्थयेद् युधि॥
English: O foremost among men, you should entertain no fear. What person, O beat of men, can seek to slay you, when you stand in the midst of the Kshatriya heroes.
Sanskrit: दुःशासनः सुबाहुश्च कालिङ्गश्चाप्युदायुधः। विन्दानुविन्दावावन्त्यौ द्रोणो द्रौणिश्च सौबलः॥ एते चान्ये च बहवो नानाजनपदेश्वराः। ससैन्यास्त्वाभियास्यन्ति व्येतु ते मानसो ज्वरः॥
English: Myself, Vikartana's son Karna, Chitrasena, Vivinshati, Bhurishravas, Shala, Shalya, the invincible Vrishasena, Purumitra, Jaya, Bhoja, Sudakshina the ruler of the Kambojas, the mighty armed Satyavrata, Vikarna and Durmukha, Dushasana, Subahu, the ruler of the Kalingas with arms uplifted, Vinda and Anuvinda of Avanti, Drona and the son of Drona, Subala's son, these and many other rulers of various countries, attended with all their troops, shall exert themselves in protecting you. Let the fever of fear be driven away mind.
Sanskrit: त्वं चापि रथिनां श्रेष्ठः स्वयं शूरोऽमिताते। स कथं पाण्डवेयेभ्यो भयं पश्यसि सैन्धव॥
English: You also, O you of unrivalled effulgence, are the foremost of all heroes; why then, O ruler of the Sindhus, do you entertain fear from the Pandavas.
Sanskrit: अक्षौहिण्यो दशैका च मदीयास्तव रक्षणे। यत्ता योत्स्यन्ति मा भैस्त्वं सैन्धव व्येतु ते भयम्॥
English: These ten and one Akshouhini of my troops shall strive their best for protecting you. Be not afraid, O ruler of the Sindhus. Let fear be driven away from your heart.