Bhagavata Purana

पृथा तु भ्रातरं प्राप्तं अक्रूरमुपसृत्य तम् । उवाच जन्मनिलयं स्मरन्त्यश्रुकलेक्षणा

Pṛthā, seeing her brother Akrura arrived, approached him, her eyes filled with tears as she remembered her birthplace, and spoke to him.

अपि स्मरन्ति नः सौम्य पितरौ भ्रातरश्च मे । भगिन्यौ भ्रातृपुत्राश्च जामयः सख्य एव च

O gentle one, do my parents, brothers, sisters, nephews, sisters-in-law, and friends still remember us?

भ्रात्रेयो भगवान् कृष्णः शरण्यो भक्तवत्सलः । पैतृष्वसेयान् स्मरति रामश्चाम्बुरुहेक्षणः

The illustrious Krishna, my cousin, who is the refuge and beloved of His devotees, and Rama, the lotus-eyed, remember their maternal aunt’s children.

सपत्‍नमध्ये शोचन्तीं वृकानां हरिणीमिव । सान्त्वयिष्यति मां वाक्यैः पितृहीनांश्च बालकान्

In the midst of my co-wives, grieving like a doe among wolves, He will console me with words, and also comfort my children who are bereft of their father.

कृष्ण कृष्ण महायोगिन् विश्वात्मन् विश्वभावन । प्रपन्नां पाहि गोविन्द शिशुभिश्चावसीदतीम्

Krishna, Krishna, great yogi, soul of the universe, creator of the world, protect me, O Govinda, who have taken refuge in You and am sinking together with my children.

नान्यत्तव पदाम्भोजात् पश्यामि शरणं नृणाम् । बिभ्यतां मृत्युसंसाराद् ईस्वरस्यापवर्गिकात्

I see no other refuge for people than Your lotus feet, O Lord, who delivers from the fearful ocean of birth and death.

नमः कृष्णाय शुद्धाय ब्रह्मणे परमात्मने । योगेश्वराय योगाय त्वामहं शरणं गता

Salutations to Krishna, the pure, the Supreme Spirit, the Supreme Soul, the Lord of yoga and embodiment of yoga; I have sought refuge in You.

श्रीशुक उवाच - इत्यनुस्मृत्य स्वजनं कृष्णं च जगदीश्वरम् । प्रारुदद् दुखिता राजन् भवतां प्रपितामही

Śuka said: Thus, remembering her relatives and Krishna, the Lord of the universe, your great-grandmother, O King, began to pray, afflicted with sorrow.

समदुःखसुखोऽक्रूरो विदुरश्च महायशाः । सान्त्वयामासतुः कुन्तीं तत्पुत्रोत्पत्तिहेतुभिः

The noble Vidura, who was impartial in happiness and distress, and the renowned Akrura, comforted Kunti with reasons related to the birth of her sons.

यास्यन् राजानमभ्येत्य विषमं पुत्रलालसम् । अवदत्सुहृदां मध्ये बन्धुभिः सौहृदोदितम्

As the king was about to depart, he approached the ruler, who was partial to his own sons, and spoke among friends and relatives, prompted by goodwill.

अक्रूर उवाच - भो भो वैचित्रवीर्य त्वं कुरूणां कीर्तिवर्धन । भ्रातर्युपरते पाण्डौ अधुनाऽऽसनमास्थितः

Akrura said: O descendant of Vicitravīrya, you who increase the fame of the Kurus, now that your brother Pāṇḍu has departed, you have assumed the throne.

धर्मेण पालयन् उर्वीं प्रजाः शीलेन रञ्जयन् । वर्तमानः समः स्वेषु श्रेयः कीर्तिमवाप्स्यसि

By ruling the earth righteously, pleasing the people with virtue, and remaining impartial to your own, you will attain prosperity and fame.

अन्यथा त्वाचरँल्लोके गर्हितो यास्यसे तमः । तस्मात्समत्वे वर्तस्व पाण्डवेष्वात्मजेषु च

Otherwise, if you act differently in this world, you will be condemned and fall into darkness; therefore, remain impartial toward the Pāṇḍavas and your own sons.

नेह चात्यन्तसंवासः कस्यचित् केनचित् सह । राजन् स्वेनापि देहेन किमु जायात्मजादिभिः

In this world, O King, no one has perpetual association with anyone—not even with one's own body, what to speak of wife, sons, and others.

एकः प्रसूयते जन्तुः एक एव प्रलीयते । एकोऽनुभुङ्‌क्ते सुकृतं एक एव च दुष्कृतम्

A being is born alone and dies alone; alone one enjoys the results of good deeds, and alone also the results of evil.

अधर्मोपचितं वित्तं हरन्त्यन्येऽल्पमेधसः । सम्भोजनीयापदेशैः जलानीव जलौकसः

Wealth acquired unrighteously is seized by others of little intelligence, just as leeches take water under the pretext of friendship.

पुष्णाति यानधर्मेण स्वबुद्ध्या तमपण्डितम् । तेऽकृतार्थं प्रहिण्वन्ति प्राणा रायः सुतादयः

He who, lacking wisdom, supports others unrighteously by his own judgment, finds that his life, wealth, sons, and others abandon him unfulfilled.

स्वयं किल्बिषमादाय तैस्त्यक्तो नार्थकोविदः । असिद्धार्थो विशत्यन्धं स्वधर्मविमुखस्तमः

Having taken on sin himself, abandoned by those for whom he was not wise in wealth, he, failing in his purpose, enters blind darkness, turning away from his own duty.

तस्माल्लोकमिमं राजन् स्वप्नमायामनोरथम् । वीक्ष्यायम्यात्मनात्मानं समः शान्तो भव प्रभो

Therefore, O King, seeing this world as a dream, illusion, and fantasy, know yourself by yourself, and be equal-minded and peaceful, O master.

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच - यथा वदति कल्याणीं वाचं दानपते भवान् । तथानया न तृप्यामि मर्त्यः प्राप्य यथामृतम्

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: O lord of charity, just as you speak these auspicious words, so I am never satisfied by them, as a mortal is never satisfied upon obtaining nectar.

तथापि सूनृता सौम्य हृदि न स्थीयते चले । पुत्रानुरागविषमे विद्युत् सौदामनी यथा

Still, gentle one, though words may be sweet, they do not remain steady in the heart, which is restless with the poison of attachment to one's children, just as lightning does not linger in the sky.

ईश्वरस्य विधिं को नु विधुनोत्यन्यथा पुमान् । भूमेर्भारावताराय योऽवतीर्णो यदोः कुले

Who indeed can overturn the will of the Lord, O man? He who has descended in the Yadu dynasty for the removal of the earth's burden.

( वसंततिलका ) यो दुर्विमर्शपथया निजमाययेदं सृष्ट्वा गुणान् विभजते तदनुप्रविष्टः । तस्मै नमो दुरवबोधविहारतन्त्र संसारचक्रगतये परमेश्वराय

He who, by his own inscrutable power, creates this world and divides the qualities, then enters into it—unto him, the Supreme Lord, whose play is beyond comprehension, who moves within the wheel of worldly existence, I offer my respects.

श्रीशुक उवाच - ( अनुष्टुप् ) इत्यभिप्रेत्य नृपतेः अभिप्रायं स यादवः । सुहृद्‌भिः समनुज्ञातः पुनर्यदुपुरीमगात्

Śuka said: Thus understanding the king's intention, that Yadava, having been permitted by his friends, returned again to the city of the Yadus.

शशंस रामकृष्णाभ्यां धृतराष्ट्रविचेष्टितम् । पाण्डवान् प्रति कौरव्य यदर्थं प्रेषितः स्वयम्

He reported to Rāma and Kṛṣṇa all that Dhṛtarāṣṭra had done regarding the Pāṇḍavas, for which he himself had been sent.

इति श्रीमद्‍भागवते महापुराणे पारमहंस्यां संहितायां दशमस्कन्धे पूर्वार्धे एकोनपञ्चाशोऽध्यायः

Thus ends the forty-ninth chapter of the first half of the tenth book in the Śrīmad Bhāgavata Mahāpurāṇa, the scripture for the paramahaṃsas.

रामकृष्णयोर्जरासन्धेन सह युद्धं, द्वारकादुर्गनिर्माणंच - श्रीशुक उवाच। अस्तिः प्राप्तिश्च कंसस्य महिष्यौ भरतर्षभ। मृते भर्तरि दुःखार्ते ईयतुः स्म पितुर्गृहान्

Śuka said: O best of the Bharatas, Asti and Prāpti, the wives of Kaṃsa, grieving at the death of their husband, went to the house of their father.

पित्रे मगधराजाय जरासन्धाय दुःखिते। वेदयां चक्रतुः सर्वमात्मवैधव्यकारणम्

To their father, Jarāsandha, the king of Magadha, who was distressed, they revealed everything, the cause of their widowhood.

स तदप्रियमाकर्ण्य शोकामर्षयुतो नृप। अयादवीं महीं कर्तुं चक्रे परममुद्यमम्

Hearing that unpleasant news, the king, filled with grief and anger, made a great effort to destroy the Yadava clan.