रक्षणे विस्मृता कुन्ती व्यग्रा ब्राह्मणभोजने। पुरोहितेन सहितान्ब्राह्मणान्पर्यवेषयत्
Kuntī, preoccupied with serving food to the brāhmaṇas together with the family priest, forgot her duty of vigilance.
दर्शनीयांस्ततः पुत्रान्पाण्डुः पञ्च महावने। तान्पश्यन्पर्वते रम्ये स्वबाहुबलमाश्रितः
Then Pāṇḍu, relying on his own strength, beheld his five handsome sons in the beautiful mountain forest.
सुपुष्पितवने काले कदाचिन्मधुमाधवे। भूतसंमोहने राजा सभार्यो व्यचरद्वनम्
Once, during the blossoming season of Madhu and Mādhava, the king wandered the forest with his wife, in a place that enchanted all beings.
पलाशैस्तिलकैश्चूतैश्चम्पकैः पारिभद्रकैः। अन्यैश्च बहुभिर्वृक्षैः फलपुष्पसमृद्धिभिः
With palāśa, tilaka, mango, campaka, pāribhadra, and many other trees abundant with fruit and flowers,
जलस्थानैश्च विविधैः पद्मिनीभिश्च शोभितम्। पाण्डोर्वनं तत्संप्रेक्ष्य प्रजज्ञे हृदि मन्मथः
Adorned with various pools and blooming lotuses, that forest of Pāṇḍu, when beheld, stirred love in his heart.
प्रहृष्टमनसं तत्र विचरन्तं यथाऽमरम्। तं माद्र्यनुजगामैका वसनं बिभ्रती शुभम्
There, as he wandered joyfully like a god, Mādrī followed him alone, wearing beautiful garments.
समीक्षमाणः स तु तां वयःस्थां तनुवाससम्। तस्य कामः प्रवृते गहनेऽग्निरिवोद्गतः
Seeing her, youthful and lightly clad, desire arose in him in that secluded place, like fire suddenly kindled.
रहस्येकां तु तां दृष्ट्वा राजा राजीवलोचनाम्। न शशाक नियन्तुं तं कामं कामवशीकृतः
Seeing her alone in secret, the king, his eyes like lotuses, was overpowered by desire and could not restrain himself.
अथ सोऽष्टादशे वर्षे ऋतौ माद्रमलङ्कृताम्। आजुहाव ततः पाण्डुः परीतात्मा यशस्विनीम्
Then, in the eighteenth year, during the proper season, Pāṇḍu, his mind seized, summoned the illustrious Mādrī, adorned for union.
तत एनां बलाद्राजा निजग्राह रहोगताम्। वार्यमाणस्तया देव्या विस्फुरन्त्या यथाबलम्
Thereupon, the king seized her by force in that secluded spot, though the queen struggled and tried to resist him as best she could.
स तु कामपरीतात्मा तं शापं नान्वबुध्यत। माद्रीं मैथुनधर्मेण सोऽन्वगच्छद्बलादिव
Overcome by desire, he did not recall the curse, and united with Mādrī in the act of love, as if compelled by force.
जीवितान्ताय कौरव्य मन्मथस्य वशं गतः। शापजं भयमुत्सृज्य विधिना संप्रचोदितः
Swayed by passion, disregarding the fear of the curse, and driven by fate, he moved towards the end of his life, O Kauravya.
तस्य कामात्मनो बुद्धिः साक्षात्कालेन मोहिता। संप्रमथ्येन्द्रियग्रामं प्रनष्टा सह चेतसा
His mind, overpowered by desire and deluded by fate itself, lost all discernment, as his senses and awareness were overcome.
स तया सह संगम्य भार्यया कुरुनन्दनः। पाण्डुः परमधर्मात्मा युयुजे कालधर्मणा
Thus, Pāṇḍu, the most righteous, united with his wife Mādrī, O joy of the Kurus, and was seized by the law of time.
ततो माद्री समालिङ्ग्य राजानं गतचेतसम्। मुमोच दुःखजं शब्दं पुनः पुनरतीव हि
Then Mādrī, embracing the king whose senses had departed, cried out again and again in deep sorrow.
सह पुत्रैस्ततः कुन्ती माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ। आजग्मुः सहितास्तत्र यत्र राजा तथागतः
Thereafter, Kuntī together with her sons, and the two sons of Mādrī, all came to where the king lay thus.
ततो माद्र्यब्रवीद्राजन्नार्ता कुन्तीमिदं वचः। एकैव त्वमिहागच्छ तिष्ठन्त्वत्रैव दारकाः
Then, O King, Mādrī, distressed, spoke these words to Kuntī: 'You alone should go from here; let the children remain here.'
तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्यास्तत्रैवाधाय दरकान्। हता।हमिति विक्रुश्च सहसैवाजगाम सा
Hearing her words, she left the children there, cried out, 'I am lost!' and suddenly went.
दृष्ट्वा पाण्डुं च माद्रीं च शयानौ धरणीतले। कुन्ती शोकपरीताङ्गी विललाप सुदुःखिता
Seeing Pāṇḍu and Mādrī lying on the ground, Kuntī, her body seized by grief, lamented in deep sorrow.
रक्ष्यमाणो मया नित्यं वीरः सततमात्मवान्। कथं त्वामत्यतिक्रान्तः शापं जानन्वनौकसः
Though I always protected you, O steadfast hero, how did you, knowing the curse, transgress it, dwelling in the forest?
ननु नाम त्वया माद्रि रक्षितव्यो नराधिपः। सा कथं लोभितवती विजने त्वं नराधिपम्
Surely, Mādrī, it was your duty to protect the king; how then, in solitude, were you tempted and led the king astray?
कथं दीनस्य सततं त्वामासाद्य रहोगताम्। तं विचिन्तयतः शापं प्रहर्षः समजायत
How, finding you alone, did he, always afflicted, feel joy while thinking of the curse?
धन्या त्वमसि बाह्लीकि मत्तो भाग्यतरा तथा। दृष्टवत्यसि यद्वक्त्रं प्रहृष्टस्य महीपतेः
Blessed are you, O Bāhlīka's daughter, and more fortunate than I, for you beheld the face of the delighted king.
विलपन्त्या मया देवि वार्यमाणेन चासकृत्। आत्मा न वारितोऽनेन सत्यं दिष्टं चिकीर्षुणा
Though I, O lady, tried again and again to restrain him as he lamented, his self was not restrained, truly, by the will of fate.
तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा कुन्ती शोकाग्निदीपिता। पपात सहसा भूमौ छिन्नमूल इव द्रुमः
Hearing these words, Kuntī, consumed by the fire of grief, suddenly fell to the ground like a tree with its roots cut.
निश्चेष्टा पतिता भूमौ मोहेन न चचाल सा। तस्मिन्क्षणे कृतस्नानमहताम्बरसंवृतम्
Fallen motionless on the ground, she did not stir, overcome by faintness; at that moment, after bathing and donning great garments—
अलङ्कारकृतं पाण्डुं शयानं शयने शुभे। कुन्तीमुत्थाप्य माद्री तु मोहेनाविष्टचेतनाम्
Having adorned Pāṇḍu, who lay on a splendid bed, Mādrī raised Kuntī, whose senses were overcome by faintness.
आर्ये एहीति तां कुन्तीं दर्शयामास कौरव। पादयोः पतिता कुन्ती पुनरुत्थाय भूमिपम्
O Kaurava, saying, 'Noble lady, come,' Mādrī showed Kuntī; Kuntī, rising again, fell at the king's feet.
रक्तचन्दनदिग्धांङ्गं महारजनवाससम्। सस्मितेन च वक्त्रेण वदन्तमिव भारतम्
His limbs anointed with red sandal, clad in fine yellow garments, with a smiling face as if speaking—
परिरभ्य ततो मोहाद्विललापाकुलेन्द्रिया। माद्री चापि समालिङ्ग्य राजानं विललाप सा
Then, out of delusion, embracing him, her senses bewildered, she lamented; and Mādrī too, embracing the king, wept.