Mahabharata 5.64: catuḥ ṣaṣṭhitamo'dhyāyaḥ

5.64.1

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
evamuktvā mahāprājño dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ suyodhanam |
punareva mahābhāgaḥ saṃjayaṃ paryapṛcchata || 1 ||

"Vaisampayana said, 'Having addressed Suyodhana thus, the highly blessed and wise Dhritarashtra again asked Sanjaya, saying, 'Tell me, O Sanjaya, what thou hast not yet said, viz., what Arjuna told thee after the conclusion of Vasudeva's speech, for great is my curiosity to hear it.'

5.64.2

brūhi saṃjaya yaccheṣaṃ vāsudevādanantaram |
yadarjuna uvāca tvāṃ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me || 2 ||

5.64.3

saṃjaya uvāca |
vāsudevavacaḥ śrutvā kuntīputro dhanaṃjayaḥ |
uvāca kāle durdharṣo vāsudevasya śṛṇvataḥ || 3 ||

"Sanjaya said, 'Having heard the words spoken by Vasudeva, the irresistible Dhananjaya, the son of Kunti, when the opportunity came, said these words in the hearing of Vasudeva. 'O Sanjaya, our grandsire, the son of Santanu, and Dhritarashtra, and Drona, and Kripa, and Karna, and king Vahlika, and Drona's son, and Somadatta, and Sakuni the son of Suvala; and Dussasana, and Sala, and Purumitra, and Vivingsati;

5.64.4

pitāmahaṃ śāṃtanavaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ ca saṃjaya |
droṇaṃ kṛpaṃ ca karṇaṃ ca mahārājaṃ ca bāhlikam || 4 ||

5.64.5

drauṇiṃ ca somadattaṃ ca śakuniṃ cāpi saubalam |
duḥśāsanaṃ śalaṃ caiva purumitraṃ viviṃśatim || 5 ||

5.64.6

vikarṇaṃ citrasenaṃ ca jayatsenaṃ ca pārthivam |
vindānuvindāvāvantyau durmukhaṃ cāpi kauravam || 6 ||

[paragraph continues] Vikarna, and Chitrasena, and king Jayatsena, and Vinda and Anuvinda, the two chiefs of Avanti, and Bhurisravas, and king Bhagadatta, and king Jarasandha and other rulers of the earth, assembled there to fight for the good of the Kauravas, are all on the eve of death. They have been assembled by Dhritarashtra's son for being offered up as libations on the blazing Pandava-fire. In my name, Sanjaya, enquire after the welfare of those assembled kings according to their respective ranks, paying them proper regard at the same time. Thou shouldest also, O Sanjaya, say this, in the presence of all kings, unto Suyodhana-that foremost of all sinful men. Wrathful and wicked, of sinful soul and exceedingly covetous, do thou, O Sanjaya, see that that fool with his counsellors hears all that I say.' And with this preface, Pritha's son Dhananjaya, endued with great wisdom, and possessed of large eyes with red corners, glancing at Vasudeva, then spoke unto me these words pregnant with both virtue and profit, 'Thou hast already heard the measured words spoken by the high-souled chief of the Madhu's race. Say unto the assembled kings that those are also my words. And say this also for me, unto those kings,--Do ye together try to act in such a way that libations may not have to be poured into the arrowy fire of the great sacrifice of battle, in which the rattle of car-wheels will sound as mantras, and the rank-routing bow will act as the ladle. If, indeed, ye do not give up unto Yudhishthira, that slayer of foes, his own share in the kingdom asked back by him, I shall then, by means of my arrows, send all of you, with cavalry, infantry, and elephants, into the inauspicious regions of departed spirits.' Then bidding adieu unto Dhananjaya and Hari of four arms and bowing unto them both, I have with great speed come hither to convey those words of grave import to thee, O thou that art endued with effulgence equal that of the very gods.'

5.64.7

saindhavaṃ duḥsahaṃ caiva bhūriśravasameva ca |
bhagadattaṃ ca rājānaṃ jalasaṃdhaṃ ca pārthivam || 7 ||

5.64.8

ye cāpyanye pārthivāstatra yoddhuṃ samāgatāḥ kauravāṇāṃ priyārtham |
mumūrṣavaḥ pāṇḍavāgnau pradīpte samānītā dhārtarāṣṭreṇa sūta || 8 ||

5.64.9

yathānyāyaṃ kauśalaṃ vandanaṃ ca samāgatā madvacanena vācyāḥ |
idaṃ brūyāḥ saṃjaya rājamadhye suyodhanaṃ pāpakṛtāṃ pradhānam || 9 ||

5.64.10

amarṣaṇaṃ durmatiṃ rājaputraṃ pāpātmānaṃ dhārtarāṣṭraṃ sulubdham |
sarvaṃ mamaitadvacanaṃ samagraṃ sahāmātyaṃ saṃjaya śrāvayethāḥ || 10 ||

5.64.11

evaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya dhanaṃjayo māṃ tato'rthavaddharmavaccāpi vākyam |
provācedaṃ vāsudevaṃ samīkṣya pārtho dhīmām̐llohitāntāyatākṣaḥ || 11 ||

5.64.12

yathā śrutaṃ te vadato mahātmano madhupravīrasya vacaḥ samāhitam |
tathaiva vācyaṃ bhavatā hi madvacaḥ samāgateṣu kṣitipeṣu sarvaśaḥ || 12 ||

5.64.13

śarāgnidhūme rathaneminādite dhanuḥsruveṇāstrabalāpahāriṇā |
yathā na homaḥ kriyate mahāmṛdhe tathā sametya prayatadhvamādṛtāḥ || 13 ||

5.64.14

na cetprayacchadhvamamitraghātino yudhiṣṭhirasyāṃśamabhīpsitaṃ svakam |
nayāmi vaḥ svāśvapadātikuñjarāndiśaṃ pitṝṇāmaśivāṃ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ || 14 ||

5.64.15

tato'hamāmantrya caturbhujaṃ hariṃ dhanaṃjayaṃ caiva namasya satvaraḥ |
javena saṃprāpta ihāmaradyute tavāntikaṃ prāpayituṃ vaco mahat || 15 ||