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When I heard that the honest and renowned Arjuna had gone to Devaloka, and had obtained Devastras there from Indra himself then, O Sanjaya, I knew we could never win. |
When I heard that Arjuna had vanquished the Kalakeyas and the Paulomas, arrogant with the boon they had which made them invulnerable even to the Devas, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory. |
When I heard that Arjuna Parantapa, scourge of his enemies, had been to the realm of Indra to kill those Asuras, and had returned victorious, then, O Sanjaya, I knew we were doomed. |
When I heard that Bhima and the other sons of Pritha, accompanied by Vaisravana, had arrived in the country that is inaccessible to man, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. |
When I heard that my sons, misled by Karna s advice, while on their Ghoshayatra, had been taken prisoners by the Gandharvas and then freed by Arjuna, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of succeeding. |
When I heard that Dharma, the God of Justice, came as a Yaksha and asked Yudhishtira some questions about dharma, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. |
When I heard that my sons had failed to discover the Pandavas in disguise, while they lived with Draupadi in the kingdom of Virata, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. |
When I heard that the great Kshatriyas of my kingdom had all been vanquished by Arjuna, by himself, in a single chariot, in the country of Virata, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. |
When I heard that Vasudeva of the race of Madhu, who covered this Earth with one stride, was committed to the welfare of the Pandavas, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. |
When I heard that the king of the Matsyas had offered his virtuous daughter Uttaraa to Arjuna and that Arjuna had accepted her for his son Abhimanyu, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. |
When I heard that Yudhishtira, beaten at dice, his wealth and kingdom snatched from him, exiled and his old connections severed, had still assembled an army of seven Akshauhinis, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory. |
When I heard Narada declare that Krishna and Arjuna were Nara and Narayana and that he, Narada, had seen them together in Brahmaloka, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of being victorious. |
When I heard that Krishna was anxious to make peace, for the good of humankind, and came to the Kurus, but went away without having been able to accomplish his mission, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. |
When I heard that Karna and Duryodhana resolved on imprisoning Krishna, but he revealed his Viswarupa, his body the Universe, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. |
When I heard that as he was leaving Hastinapura, Pritha stood, sorrowing, near his chariot and Krishna consoled her, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope that we could have victory. |
When I heard that Vasudeva and Bhishma, son of Shantanu, counselled the Pandavas and that Drona, son of Bharadwaja, blessed them, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of succeeding. |
When Karna said to Bhishma, I will not ght while you are ghting , and left the eld, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of winning the war. |
When I heard that Krishna, Arjuna, and the bow Gandiva of untold prowess these three of fearsome tejas, energy had come together, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory. |
When I heard that Arjuna was seized by compunction in his chariot and ready to abandon the war, but Krishna showed him all the worlds within his body, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope that we could prevail. |
When I heard that Bhishma, the desolator of our enemies, who killed ten thousand warriors every day in battle, had not slain any of the Pandavas, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope. |
When I heard that Bhishma, the righteous son of Ganga, himself told the sons of Pandu how he could be slain in battle, and that the Pandavas slew him joyfully, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of succeeding. |
When I heard that Arjuna placed Sikhandin before himself in his chariot, and shot the invincible Bhishma of boundless courage with a torrent of arrows, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. |
When I heard that the aged Kshatriya Bhishma, having all but razed the race of Shomaka, was felled and lay upon a bed of arrows, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of being victorious. |
When I heard that upon Bhishma s being thirsty and asking for water, Arjuna pierced the ground with the Parjannyastra and quenched his thirst, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. |
When Vayu, with Indra and Surya, united as allies for the success of the sons of Kunti, and beasts of prey terri ed our legions by their inauspicious presence, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. |
When the exceptional warrior Drona, though he showed a myriad marvellous varieties of the art of war, did not slay any of the Pandavas, then, O Sanjaya, I lost hope that we might win. |
When I heard that the Maharatha Samsaptakas of our army who meant to bring Arjuna down were all killed by Arjuna, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. |
When I heard that our impenetrable vyuha, guarded by the mighty Drona, had been cloven, singly, and entered by Subhadra s valiant son, O Sanjaya, I lost hope of victory. |
When I heard that our Maharathas, unable to vanquish Arjuna, had surrounded and murdered the boy Abhimanyu, and crowed over this slaughter with beaming faces, then, O Sanjaya, I lost hope of success. |
When I heard that the foolish Kauravas shouted for joy after killing Abhimanyu and that the enraged Arjuna swore to kill Jayadratha, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of succeeding. |
When I heard that Arjuna ful lled his vow in the face of all his enemies, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope. |
When I heard that when Arjuna s horses were overcome with tiredness, Krishna unyoked them, made them drink and harnessed them again before he brought them back into battle, Sanjaya, I lost every hope. |
When I heard that while his horses were exhausted and went to drink, Arjuna remained in his chariot and held all his attackers at bay, Sanjaya, I knew our cause was lost. |
When I heard that Satyaki of the race of Vrishni struck panic into the invincible elephant legions of the army of Drona and rode easily to the side of Krishna and Arjuna, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory. |
When I heard that after having Bhimasena helpless and in the eye of his arrow, Karna allowed him to escape with his life, only taunting him and dragging him a short way with the end of his bow, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. |
When I heard that Drona, Kritavarma, Kripa, Karna, Aswatthama, and the heroic Salya, king of Madra could not prevent the slaying of Saindhava Jayadratha, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. |
When I heard that Krishna s cunning made Karna use the celestial Sakti, given him by Indra, against the Rakshasa Ghatotkacha of the dreadful visage, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. |
When I heard that in the duel between Karna and Ghatotkacha, that Sakti, which could surely have slain Arjuna, had been cast at Ghatotkacha, Sanjaya, I lost hope again. |
When I heard that Dhristadyumna broke every law of honourable battle, and slew Drona who sat alone, unresisting and determined to die in his chariot, then, O Sanjaya, I lost every hope. |
When I heard that Madri s son Nakula engaged Aswatthama in single combat before both armies, proved equal to Drona s son and drove his chariot in circles around Aswatthama, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory. |
When, upon the death of Drona, his son invoked the Narayanastra but failed to consume the Pandavas, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope. |
When I heard that Bhimasena drank the blood of his brother Dushasana on the battle eld without anybody being able to stop him, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory. |
When I heard that the boundlessly valiant, invincible Karna was slain by Arjuna in that duel between brothers, mysterious even to the gods, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. |
When I heard that Yudhisthira Dharmaraja defeated the tameless Aswatthama, Dushasana, and the erce Kritavarma, too, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory. |
When I heard that Yudhishtira killed the brave king of Madra, who always dared Krishna to do battle with him, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success. |
When I heard that the evil Shakuni, who owned occult powers, who was the very root of the gambling, and indeed, all the bitter feud, was slain by Pandu s son Sahadeva, then, O Sanjaya, I lost hope of success. |
When I heard that the exhausted Duryodhana ed to a lake and sought sanctuary in its waters, lying there alone, his strength gone and without a chariot, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of succeeding. |
When I heard that the Pandavas arrived at that lake with Krishna, and standing on its shore, called out contemptuously, tauntingly to my son, who could never tolerate an insult, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of prevailing. |
When I heard that while, after showing in circles a dazzling array of innovative styles of gada yuddha, he was unfairly struck down, at Krishna s behest, then, Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory. |
When I heard that Aswatthama and his confederates slaughtered the Panchalas and the sons of Draupadi in their sleep, a horrible and dastardly deed, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of victory. |
When I heard that, pursued by Bhima, Aswatthama discharged the rst of weapons, Aishika, which direly wounded the embryo in the womb of Uttaraa, then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of winning. |
When I heard that Arjuna repulsed Aswatthama s astra, the Brahmashira, with another weapon over which he pronounced the word Sasti, and that Aswatthama had then to give up the jewellike growth on his head, then, O Sanjaya, I lost all hope. |
When I heard that upon the embryo in the womb of Virata s daughter being wounded by Aswatthama with a mahastra, Dwaipayana and Krishna pronounced curses on Drona s son, then, O Sanjaya, I lost every hope. |
Alas! |
I must pity Gandhari, childless now, all her grandchildren slain, her parents, brothers and kindred gone. |
Oh, hard indeed has been the achievement of the Pandavas they have recovered a kingdom and left no rival to challenge them. |
Alas! |
I have heard that the war has left only ten alive three from our side, and from the Pandavas , seven that dreadful war has claimed eighteen Akshauhinis of Kshatriyas, all slain! |
All around me is darkness, and a swoon comes over me. |
Consciousness leaves me, Sanjaya, and my mind is far from me. |
Suta said, Thus bemoaning his fate, Dhritarashtra was overcome by anguish and swooned for a while when he revived, he addressed Sanjaya again. |
After what has happened, Sanjaya, I want to put an end to my life at once I nd not the slightest advantage in preserving it any longer. |
Suta said, Sanjaya, wise son of Gavalgana, now interrupted the distraught lord of Earth, who lamented thus and sighed like a serpent, repeatedly fainting. |
Words of deep import spoke Sanjaya. |
You have heard, O Rajan, of the mighty men of immense valour, spoken of by Vyasa and the Rishi Narada Kshatriyas born of royal families, splendid with every quality, versed in astras, glorious like amsas of Indra men who conquered the world with dharma and performed sacri ces with offerings to Brahmanas, who having obtained renown in this world, at last succumbed to time. |
Such men were Saibya, the valiant Maharatha Srinjaya, great amongst conquerors Suhotra Rantideva and the magni cent Kakshivanta Balhika, Damana, Saryati, Ajita, and Nala Viswamitra, destroyer of foes Ambarisha, of matchless strength Marutta, Manu, Ikshvaku, Gaya, and Bharata Rama the son of Dasaratha Sasabindu and Bhagiratha Kritavirya, the fortunate, and Janamejaya Yayati of untold punya who performed mahayagnas, in which the Devas themselves assisted him, and by whose vedis and stambas this entire Bhumi, with her peopled and uninhabited realms, is marked. |
The Devarishi Narada spoke of these twentyfour kings once to Saibya, when that king grieved over the loss of his children. |
Besides these, other rajas had gone before, still more powerful, Maharathas of noble mind, resplendent with every worthy quality Puru, Kuru, Yadu, Sura and Viswasrava of great glory Anuha, Yuvanaswa, Kakutstha, Vikrami, and Raghu Vijaya, Vitihorta, Anga, Bhava, Sweta, and Vripadguru Usinara, Sataratha, Kanka, Duliduha, and Druma Dambhodbhava, Para, Vena, Sagara, Sankriti, and Nimi Ajeya, Parasu, Pundra, Sambhu, and holy Devavridha Devahuya, Supratika, and Brihadratha Mahatsaha, Vinitatma, Shukratu, and Nala, the king of the Nishadas Satyavrata, Santabhaya, Sumitra, and Subala Janujangha, Anaranya, Arka, Priyabhritya, Chuchivrata, Balabandhu, Nirmardda, Ketusringa, and Brhidbala Dhrishtaketu, Brihatketu, Driptaketu, and Niramaya Abikshit, Chapala, Dhurta, Kritabandhu, and Dridheshudhi Mahapuranasambhavya, Pratyanga, Paraha and Sruti. |
These, O Rajan, and other kings, we hear enumerated in hundreds and thousands, and still others in millions, princes of power and wisdom, who renounced abundant kingdom and pleasures and met death just as your sons have done. |
Their dharma, valour and generosity, their magnanimity, faith, truth, purity, simplicity and mercy have been recorded for the world by holy pauranikas of bygone ages, men of great gyana. |
Though endowed with every noble virtue, they yielded up their lives. |
Your sons were malevolent, in amed by passion, greedy and evil. |
You are versed in the Shastras, O Bharata2, and are intelligent and wise those whose hearts are guided by the Shastras never succumb to misfortune. |
You, O Kshatriya, know both the kindness and severity of fate this anxiety for your children does not become you. |
It does not be t you to grieve over the inevitable for who can avert the dictates of inelucatable fate? |
No one can escape the path marked out for him by Providence. |
Existence and nonexistence, pleasure and pain, all have Time as their root. |
Time creates all things and Time destroys all creatures. |
It is Time that burns living beings and Time that extinguishes the re. |
All conditions, good and evil, in the three worlds, are caused by Time. |
Time cuts short all things and creates them anew. |
Time is awake when all other things sleep Time cannot be overcome. |
Time passes over all things without being slowed by any. |
Knowing, as you do, that all things past and future and all that is in the present moment are children of Time, it does not be t you to cast aside your reason. |
Sauti said, Thus, Sanjaya comforted the king Dhritarashtra, overwhelmed by grief for his sons, and restored some calm to his mind. |
And using these arguments of Sanjaya for his subject, Dwaipayana composed a holy Upanishad that has been given to the world by learned and holy Pauranikas in the Puranas they composed. |
The study of the Mahabharata is an act of piety. |
He that reads a mere foot of it, with faith, has his sins washed away entirely. |
Here, Devas, Devarishis, and immaculate Brahmarishis of punya have been spoken of likewise, Yakshas and great Uragas, the Nagas. |
Here also the eternal Vasudeva, possessed of the six attributes, is described. |
He is the truth, and just, the pure and holy, the eternal Brahman, the Paramatman, the constant light, whose divine deeds the Sages recount from whom the manifest and unmanifest Universe, with its principles of generation and evolution, and birth, death and rebirth issue. |
That which is called Adhyatma, the Sovereign Spirit of nature, that partakes of the attributes of the Panchamahabhuta, the ve elements, is described here. |
Adhyatma has also been called Purusha, being above such names as unmanifest and the rest it is also that which the greatest Yatis, who are exempt from common destiny and endowed with the power of dhyana and tapas, behold abiding in their hearts, rather like a re ected image in a mirror. |
When the man of faith, devoted to piety, and constant in virtue, reads this canto, he is set free from sin. |
The believer who constantly hears this canto of the Bharata, the Introduction, being recited, from the beginning, never falls into dif culties. |
The man that repeats any part of the introduction during the two sandhyas of dawn and dusk is freed from the sins he commits during the day or the night. |
This canto, the very body of the Bharata, is truth and nectar. |
As butter is to curd, the Brahmana among bipeds, the Aranyaka among the Vedas, and Amrita among medicaments, as the sea is among water bodies, and the cow among quadrupeds, so is the Bharata among Itihasas, great legends. |
He that causes it, even a single metre of it, to be recited to Brahmanas during a sraddha, his offerings of food and drink to the manes of his Pitrs become inexhaustible. |
With the help of Itihasas and the Puranas, the Veda might be expounded but the Veda fears the man of small intellect lest he should try to expound the scripture. |
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