Mahabharata, Book 12, Section VIशान्तिपर्व

Kisari Mohan Ganguli’s English prose (1883–96), beside the Sanskrit of adhyāya 12.6.

6Sanskrit adhyāya 12.6 · Sanskrit source · English source

Sanskrit

वैशंपायन उवाच।
एतावदुक्त्वा देवर्षिर्विरराम स नारदः।
युधिष्ठिरस्तु राजर्षिर्दध्यौ शोकपरिप्लुतः।।
तं दीनमनसं वीरमधोवदनमातुरम्।
निःश्वसन्तं यथा नागं पर्यश्रुनयनं तथा।।
कुन्ती शोकपरीताङ्गी दुःखोपहतचेतना।
अब्रवीन्मधुराभाषा काले वचनमर्थवत्।।
युधिष्ठिर महाबाहो नैनं शोचितुमर्हसि।
जहि शोकं महाप्राज्ञ श्रृणु चेदं वचो मम।।
याचितः स मया पूर्वं भ्राता ज्ञापयितुं तव।
भास्करेण च देवेन पित्रा धर्मभृतां वरः।।
यद्वाच्यं हितकामेन सुहृदां भूतिमिच्छता।
तथा दिवाकरेणोक्तः स्वप्नान्ते मम चाग्रतः।।
न चैनमशकद्भानुरहं वा स्नेहकारणैः।
पुरा प्रत्यनुनेतुं वा नेतुं वाऽप्येकतां त्वया।।
ततः कालपरीतः स वैरस्योद्धरणे रतः।
प्रतीपकारी युष्माकमिति चोपेक्षितो मया।।
इत्युक्तो धर्मराजस्तु मात्रा बाष्पाकुलेक्षणः।
उवाच वाक्यं धर्मात्मा शोकव्याकुललोचनः।।
भवत्या गूढमन्त्रत्वाद्वञ्चिताः स्म तदा भृशम्।।
शशाप च महातेजाः सर्वलोकेषु योषितः।
न गुह्यं धारयिष्यन्तीत्येवं दुःखसमन्वितः।।
स राजा पुत्रपौत्राणां संबन्धिसुहृदां तदा।
स्मरन्नुद्विग्नहृदयो बभूवोद्विग्नचेतनः।।
ततः शोकपरीतात्मा सधूम इव पावकः।
निर्वेदमगमद्धीमान्राज्ये संतापपीडितः।।
।। इति श्रीमन्महाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि
राजधर्मपर्वणि षष्ठोऽध्यायः।। 6।।

English Ganguli

"Vaisampayana said, 'Having said these words, the celestial Rishi Narada became silent. The royal sage Yudhishthira, filled with grief, became plunged in meditation. Beholding that hero cheerless and unmanned by sorrow, sighing like a snake and shedding copious tears, Kunti, herself filled with grief and almost deprived of her senses by sorrow, addressed him in these sweet words of grave import and well-suited to the occasion, "O mighty-armed Yudhishthira, it behoveth thee not to give way to sorrow thus. O thou of great wisdom, kill this grief of thine, and listen to what I say. I tried in past times to apprise Karna of his brothership with thee. The god Surya also, O foremost of all righteous persons, did the same. All that a well-wishing friend, from desire of good, should say unto one, was said unto Karna by that god in a dream and once more in my presence. Neither by affliction nor by reasons could Surya or myself succeed in pacifying him or inducing him to unite himself with thee. Succumbing to the influence of Time, he became resolved upon wreaking his enmity on thee. As he was bent upon doing injuries upon you all, I myself gave up the attempt." Thus addressed by his mother, king Yudhishthira, with tearful eyes and heart agitated by grief, said these words, "In consequence of thyself having concealed thy counsels, this great affliction has overtaken me!" Possessed of great energy, the righteous king, then, in sorrow, cursed all the women of the world, saying, "Henceforth no woman shall succeed in keeping a secret." The king, then, recollecting his sons and grandsons and kinsmen and friends, became filled with anxiety and grief. Afflicted with sorrow, the intelligent king, resembling a fire covered with smoke, became overwhelmed with despair.'"