यज्ञैश्च विविधैस्तात कृतंपापमरिंदम। अवधूय महाराजगच्छेम स्वर्गमुत्तमम्
By various sacrifices, O subduer of enemies, the sin has been expiated; casting it off, O great king, let us attain the highest heaven.
एवमेतद्भवेद्राजन्यदि राजा न बालिशः। अस्माकं दीर्घसूत्रः स्याद्भवान्धर्मपरायणः
So it would be, O King, if the king were not foolish; if you were devoted to dharma, our delay would be long.
निकृत्या निकृतिप्रत्रा हन्तव्या इति निश्चयः। न हि नैकृतिकं हत्वा निकृत्या पापमुच्यते। तथा भारत धर्मेषु धर्मज्ञैरिह दृश्यते
The settled rule is that those who act deceitfully must be slain by deceit; for one is not freed from sin by slaying the deceitful with deceit, so is seen by the wise in matters of dharma, O Bharata.
अहोरात्रं महाराज तुल्यं संवत्सरेण ह। तथैव वेदवचनं श्रूयते नित्यदा विभो। संवत्सरो महाराज पूर्णो भवति कृच्छ्रतः
O great king, a day and night are equal to a year; so the Vedic statement is always heard, O mighty one; a year, O king, is completed with difficulty.
यदि वेदाः प्रमाणं ते दिवसादूर्ध्वमच्युत। तयोदशादितः कालो ज्ञायतां परिनिष्ठितः
If the Vedas are your authority, O infallible one, then let the time be reckoned from the eleventh day onward as completed.
कालो दुर्योधनं हन्तुं सानुबन्धमरिंदम। एकाग्रां पृथिवीं सर्वां पुरा राजन्करोति सः
Time, O subduer of enemies, will destroy Duryodhana and his followers; it once made the whole earth single-minded under a king.
द्यूतप्रियेण राजेन्द्र तथा तद्भवता कृतम्। प्रायेणाज्ञातच्रयायां वयं सर्वेनिपातिताः
Because of your fondness for dice, O king, such was done by you; through ignorance, we all have been cast down.
न तं देशं प्रपश्यामि यत्र सोऽस्मान्सुदुर्जनः। न विज्ञास्यति दुष्टात्मा चारैरिति सुयोधनः
I do not see any place where that wicked man will not discover us by spies, O Suyodhana, evil-minded as he is.
अधिगम्य च सर्वान्नो वनवासमिमं ततः। प्रव्राजयिष्यतिपुनर्निकृत्याऽधमपूरुषः। यद्यस्मानभिगच्छेत पापः स हि कथंचन
And after sending us all into this forest exile, that vile man, skilled in deceit, will again try to banish us; if that wicked one ever approaches us, by any means—
अज्ञातचर्यामुत्तीर्णान्दृष्ट्वा च पुनराह्वयेत्। द्यूतेन ते महाराज पुनर्युद्धं प्रवर्तते
Seeing us return after completing our incognito, he will summon us once more, O King, and again provoke a contest through dice.
भवांश्च पुनराहूतो द्यूतेनैवापनेष्यति। स तथाऽक्षेषु कुशलो निश्चितो गतचेतनः
And you, when called again to the game of dice, will surely be defeated; for he is skilled and determined in dice, with his mind set on trickery.
चरिष्यसि महाराज वनेषु वसतीः पुनः
You will again, O King, have to dwell in the forests, living in exile once more.
यद्यस्मान्सुमहाराज कृपणान्कर्तुमर्हसि। यावज्जीवमवेक्षस्व वेदधर्मांश्च कृत्स्नशः। निकृत्या निकृतिप्रज्ञो हन्तव्य इति निश्चयः
If you, O great king, wish to make us wretched, then for your whole life observe the Vedic duties in their entirety; but one who is skilled in deceit and acts with treachery must, it is certain, be destroyed.
अनुज्ञातस्त्वया गत्वायावच्छक्ति सुयोधनम्। यथैव कक्षमुत्सृष्टो दहेदनिलसारथिः। हनिष्यामि तथा मन्दमनुजानातु मे भवान्
If you permit me, I will go and destroy Suyodhana to the best of my ability, just as the wind-driven fire burns up the dry grass; let me, with your approval, slay that wicked one.
एवं ब्रुवाणं भीमं तु धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः। उवाच सान्त्वयन्राजा मूर्न्ध्युपाघ्राय पाण्डवम्
To Bhima, who spoke thus, King Yudhishthira, the righteous king, consoled him, placing his hand on Bhima’s head.
असशयं महाबाहो हनिष्यसि सुयोधनम्। वर्षात्रयोदशादूर्ध्वं सह गाण्डीवधन्वना
Without doubt, mighty-armed one, you will slay Suyodhana after thirteen years, together with the wielder of Gandiva.
यत्त्वमाभाषसे पार्थ प्राप्तः काल इति प्रभो। अनृतं नत्सहे वक्तुं न ह्येतन्मयि विद्यते
What you say, O Partha, that the time has come, O lord, I cannot bear to utter a falsehood; such a thing does not exist in me.
अन्तरेणापि कौन्तेय निकृतिंपापनिश्चयम्। हन्ता त्वमसि दुर्धर्ष सानुबन्धं सुयोधनम्
Even without resorting to deceit, O son of Kunti, you are capable of slaying Suyodhana and his allies, who are fixed in evil.
एवं ब्रुवति भीमं तु धर्मराजे युधिष्ठिरे। आजगाम महाभागो बृहदश्वो महानृषिः
As Yudhishthira, the king of dharma, spoke thus to Bhima, the illustrious and great sage Brihadasva arrived.
तमभिप्रेक्ष्यधर्मात्मा संप्राप्तं धर्मचारिणम्। शास्त्रवन्मधुपर्केण पूजयामास धर्मराट्
Seeing that righteous sage, devoted to dharma, approach, King Yudhishthira honored him with the customary offering of hospitality and sweet words.
आश्वस्तं चैनमासीनमुपासनो युधिष्ठिरः। अभिप्रेक्ष्य महाबाहुः कृपणं बह्वभाषत
When the sage was seated and had been welcomed, Yudhishthira, the mighty-armed, gazed at him and, deeply troubled, spoke at length.
अक्षद्यूते च भगवन्धनं राज्यं च मे हृतम्। आहूय निकृतिप्रज्ञैः कितवैरक्षकोविदैः
O revered one, in the game of dice, my wealth and kingdom were taken from me, summoned by those skilled in deceit and dice, those cunning gamblers.
अनक्षज्ञस्य हि सतो निकृत्या पापनिश्चयैः। भार्या च मे सभां नीता प्राणेभ्योपि गरीयसी
For one unskilled in dice, who is upright, to be cheated by those fixed in evil—my wife, dearer to me than life, was dragged into the assembly.
पुनर्द्यूतेन मां जित्वा वनवासां सुदारुणम्। प्राव्राजयन्मंहारण्यमजिनैः परिवारितम्
Then, having defeated me again at dice, they exiled me to the terrible forest, to dwell in the wilderness, clad in deerskin.
अहं वने दुर्वसतीर्वसन्परमदुःखितः। अक्षद्यूताभिषङ्गेण गिरः शृण्वन्सुदारुणाः
Living in the forest, enduring harsh hardships, I, deeply afflicted, hear cruel words because of the disgrace of the dice.
आर्तानां सुहृदां वाचो द्यूतप्रभृति शंसताम्। अहं हृदि श्रिताः स्मृत्वा सर्वरात्रीर्विचिन्तयन्
Remembering, night after night, the words of my suffering friends, who lament the outcome of the dice, I hold their pain in my heart and ponder it constantly.
यस्मिंश्च वयमायत्ताः सदा गाण्डीवधन्वनि। `स चेन्द्रलोकं गतवानस्त्रहेतोर्महाबलः
And upon whom we are always dependent, the wielder of the Gandiva bow—he, mighty in strength, has gone to the world of Indra for the sake of weapons.
विना महात्मना तेन गतसत्व इवास्महे। कदा द्रक्ष्यामि बीभत्सुं कृतास्त्रं पुनरागतम्
Without that great-souled one, we are as if lifeless; when will I see Arjuna, skilled in arms, returned once more?
इति सर्वे महेष्वासं चिन्तयाना धनंजयम्। अनेन तु विषण्णोऽहं कारणेन सहानुजः
Thus, all of us, thinking of Dhananjaya, the great archer, are filled with concern; and for this reason, along with my brothers, I am despondent.
वनवासान्निवृत्तं मां पुनस्ते पापबुद्धयः। जानन्तः प्रीयमाणा वै देवने भ्रातृभिः सह। द्यूतेनैवाह्वयिष्यन्ति बलादक्षेषु तद्विदः
When I return from exile, those wicked-minded men, knowing I rejoice with my brothers in the forest, will surely invite me again to dice, by force, as before.