Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.001
Speaker: śrī-śuka uvāca
ekadā tu sabhā-madhya āsthito munibhir vṛtaḥ / brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyair vaiśyair bhrātṛbhiś ca yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
English translation
Śrī Śuka said: Once Yudhiṣṭhira sat in the assembly surrounded by sages, brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, and his brothers,
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.002
ācāryaiḥ kula-vṛddhaiś ca jñāti-sambandhi-bāndhavaiḥ / śṛṇvatām eva caiteṣām ābhāṣyedam uvāca ha
English translation
together with teachers, family elders, kinsmen, relatives, and friends. Addressing them all as they listened, he spoke.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.003
Speaker: śrī-yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
kratu-rājena govinda rājasūyena pāvanīḥ / yakṣye vibhūtīr bhavatas tat sampādaya naḥ prabho
English translation
Śrī Yudhiṣṭhira said: Govinda, through the king of sacrifices, the purifying Rājasūya, I wish to worship Your manifestations. Lord, please bring it to completion for us.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.004*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
tvat-pāduke avirataṃ pari ye caranti / dhyāyanty abhadra-naśane śucayo gṛṇanti vindanti te kamala-nābha bhavāpavargam / āśāsate yadi ta āśiṣa īśa nānye
English translation
Lotus-naveled Lord, those pure souls who constantly surround Your sandals, meditate upon them as destroying impurity, and glorify them attain liberation from becoming. If they desire blessings, they obtain them; others do not.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.005*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
tad deva-deva bhavataś caraṇāravinda- / sevānubhāvam iha paśyatu loka eṣaḥ & / ye tvāṃ bhajanti na bhajanty uta vobhayeṣāṃ / niṣṭhāṃ pradarśaya vibho kuru-sṛñjayānām
English translation
God of gods, let this world witness the power of serving Your lotus feet. Almighty Lord, reveal among the Kurus and Sṛñjayas the distinct destinies of those who worship You and those who do not.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.006*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
na brahmaṇaḥ sva-para-bheda-matis tava syāt / sarvātmanaḥ sama-dṛśaḥ sva-sukhānubhūteḥ & / saṃsevatāṃ sura-taror iva te prasādaḥ / sevānurūpam udayo na viparyayo 'tra
English translation
As the Absolute, the Self of all, equal toward all and established in Your own bliss, You make no distinction between self and other. Yet like a celestial wish-fulfilling tree, Your grace appears to those who serve You according to their service, never otherwise.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.007
Speaker: śrī-bhagavān uvāca
samyag vyavasitaṃ rājan bhavatā śatru-karśana / kalyāṇī yena te kīrtir lokān anubhaviṣyati
English translation
The Supreme Lord said: Enemy-subduing king, your resolve is proper. Through it your auspicious fame will spread throughout the worlds.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.008
ṛṣīṇāṃ pitṛ-devānāṃ suhṛdām api naḥ prabho / sarveṣām api bhūtānām īpsitaḥ kratu-rāḍ ayam
English translation
Lord, this king of sacrifices is desired by the sages, ancestors, gods, friends, by Us, and by all beings.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.009
vijitya nṛpatīn sarvān kṛtvā ca jagatīṃ vaśe / sambhṛtya sarva-sambhārān āharasva mahā-kratum
English translation
Conquer every king, bring the earth under control, gather all provisions, and then undertake the great sacrifice.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.010
ete te bhrātaro rājaṃl loka-pālāṃśa-sambhavāḥ / jito 'smy ātmavatā te 'haṃ durjayo yo 'kṛtātmabhiḥ
English translation
King, your brothers were born from portions of the guardians of the worlds. You are self-controlled and have conquered even Me, whom the uncontrolled cannot conquer.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.011
na kaścin mat-paraṃ loke tejasā yaśasā śriyā / vibhūtibhir vābhibhaved devo 'pi kim u pārthivaḥ
English translation
No one devoted to Me can be overcome in this world by power, fame, beauty, or opulence, not even by a god, much less an earthly king.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.012
Speaker: śrī-śuka uvāca
niśamya bhagavad-gītaṃ prītaḥ phulla-mukhāmbujaḥ / bhrātṝn dig-vijaye 'yuṅkta viṣṇu-tejopabṛṃhitān
English translation
Śrī Śuka said: Delighted by the Lord's song, his lotus face blossoming, Yudhiṣṭhira assigned his brothers, strengthened by Viṣṇu's power, to conquer the directions.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.013
sahadevaṃ dakṣiṇasyām ādiśat saha sṛñjayaiḥ / diśi pratīcyāṃ nakulam udīcyāṃ savyasācinam / prācyāṃ vṛkodaraṃ matsyaiḥ kekayaiḥ saha madrakaiḥ
English translation
He sent Sahadeva south with the Sṛñjayas, Nakula west, Savyasācī north, and Vṛkodara east with the Matsyas, Kekayas, and Madrakas.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.014
te vijitya nṛpān vīrā ājahrur digbhya ojasā / ajāta-śatrave bhūri draviṇaṃ nṛpa yakṣyate
English translation
O King, those heroes forcefully conquered the rulers in every direction and brought abundant wealth to Ajātaśatru for the sacrifice.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.015
śrutvājitaṃ jarāsandhaṃ nṛpater dhyāyato hariḥ / āhopāyaṃ tam evādya uddhavo yam uvāca ha
English translation
Hearing that Jarāsandha alone remained unconquered, Hari revealed to the meditating king the very strategy Uddhava had previously proposed.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.016
bhīmaseno 'rjunaḥ kṛṣṇo brahma-linga-dharās trayaḥ / jagmur girivrajaṃ tāta bṛhadratha-suto yataḥ
English translation
Dear king, Bhīmasena, Arjuna, and Kṛṣṇa disguised themselves as brāhmaṇas and went to Girivraja, where Bṛhadratha's son lived.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.017
te gatvātithya-velāyāṃ gṛheṣu gṛha-medhinam / brahmaṇyaṃ samayāceran rājanyā brahma-liṅginaḥ
English translation
The three kṣatriyas wearing brāhmaṇa emblems approached the brāhmaṇa-devoted householder at the appointed time for receiving guests.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.018
rājan viddhy atithīn prāptān arthino dūram āgatān / tan naḥ prayaccha bhadraṃ te yad vayaṃ kāmayāmahe
English translation
'King, know us as needy guests who have come from afar. Grant us what we desire, and may good fortune be yours.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.019
kiṃ durmarṣaṃ titikṣūṇāṃ kim akāryam asādhubhiḥ / kiṃ na deyaṃ vadānyānāṃ kaḥ paraḥ sama-darśinām
English translation
'What is intolerable to the patient, impossible for the unprincipled, ungivable for the generous, or foreign to those who see all equally?
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.020
yo 'nityena śarīreṇa satāṃ geyaṃ yaśo dhruvam / nācinoti svayaṃ kalpaḥ sa vācyaḥ śocya eva saḥ
English translation
'A capable man who fails to earn enduring fame praised by saints with this impermanent body deserves censure and pity.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.021
hariścandro rantideva uñchavṛttiḥ śibir baliḥ / vyādhaḥ kapoto bahavo hy adhruveṇa dhruvaṃ gatāḥ
English translation
'Hariścandra, Rantideva, Uñchavṛtti, Śibi, Bali, the hunter, the dove, and many others attained the permanent through the impermanent.'
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.022
Speaker: śrī-śuka uvāca
svarair ākṛtibhis tāṃs tu prakoṣṭhair jyā-hatair api / rājanya-bandhūn vijñāya dṛṣṭa-pūrvān acintayat
English translation
Śrī Śuka said: Recognizing by their voices, forms, and bowstring-scarred forearms that they were kṣatriyas he had seen before, Jarāsandha considered.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.023
rājanya-bandhavo hy ete brahma-liṅgāni bibhrati / dadāni bhikṣitaṃ tebhya ātmānam api dustyajam
English translation
'These kṣatriyas wear brāhmaṇa emblems. I shall give them what they request, even my own body, so difficult to surrender.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.024
baler nu śrūyate kīrtir vitatā dikṣv akalmaṣā / aiśvaryād bhraṃśitasyāpi vipra-vyājena viṣṇunā
English translation
'Bali's stainless fame still spreads through every direction, although Viṣṇu, disguised as a brāhmaṇa, deprived him of sovereignty.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.025
śriyaṃ jihīrṣatendrasya viṣṇave dvija-rūpiṇe / jānann api mahīm prādād vāryamāṇo 'pi daitya-rāṭ
English translation
'Although he knew Viṣṇu in brāhmaṇa form wished to take Indra's fortune, and though others tried to stop him, the Daitya king gave Him the earth.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.026
jīvatā brāhmaṇārthāya ko nv arthaḥ kṣatra-bandhunā / dehena patamānena nehatā vipulaṃ yaśaḥ
English translation
'What value is there in life for a fallen kṣatriya who does not strive for abundant fame with his perishing body for a brāhmaṇa's sake?'
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.027
ity udāra-matiḥ prāha kṛṣṇārjuna-vṛkodarān / he viprā vriyatāṃ kāmo dadāmy ātma-śiro 'pi vaḥ
English translation
Thus nobly resolved, he told Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna, and Vṛkodara, 'Brāhmaṇas, choose your desire. I shall give you even my head.'
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.028
Speaker: śrī-bhagavān uvāca
yuddhaṃ no dehi rājendra dvandvaśo yadi manyase / yuddhārthino vayaṃ prāptā rājanyā nānya-kāṅkṣiṇaḥ
English translation
The Supreme Lord said: King of kings, if you think it proper, give us single combat. We are kṣatriyas who have come seeking battle and desire nothing else.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.029
asau vṛkodaraḥ pārthas tasya bhrātārjuno hy ayam / anayor mātuleyaṃ māṃ kṛṣṇaṃ jānīhi te ripum
English translation
This is Vṛkodara, Pṛthā's son, and this is his brother Arjuna. Know Me as their maternal cousin Kṛṣṇa, your enemy.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.030
evam āvedito rājā jahāsoccaiḥ sma māgadhaḥ / āha cāmarṣito mandā yuddhaṃ tarhi dadāmi vaḥ
English translation
Thus informed, the Magadhan king laughed loudly and, angry, said, 'Fools, then I shall give you battle.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.031
na tvayā bhīruṇā yotsye yudhi viklava-tejasā / mathurāṃ sva-purīṃ tyaktvā samudraṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ
English translation
'I will not fight you, coward, whose courage failed in battle and who abandoned your city Mathurā to seek refuge in the ocean.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.032
ayaṃ tu vayasātulyo nāti-sattvo na me samaḥ / arjuno na bhaved yoddhā bhīmas tulya-balo mama
English translation
'Arjuna is not a suitable opponent: he is younger and neither exceptionally strong nor my equal. But Bhīma's strength equals mine.'
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.033
ity uktvā bhīmasenāya prādāya mahatīṃ gadām / dvitīyāṃ svayam ādāya nirjagāma purād bahiḥ
English translation
Having spoken, he gave Bhīmasena a massive club, took another himself, and went outside the city.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.034
tataḥ samekhale vīrau saṃyuktāv itaretaram / jaghnatur vajra-kalpābhyāṃ gadābhyāṃ raṇa-durmadau
English translation
On level ground the two battle-mad heroes engaged each other and struck with clubs hard as thunderbolts.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.035
maṇḍalāni vicitrāṇi savyaṃ dakṣiṇam eva ca / caratoḥ śuśubhe yuddhaṃ naṭayor iva raṅgiṇoḥ
English translation
As they moved in intricate circles to the left and right, their battle looked splendid, like two actors upon a stage.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.036
tataś caṭa-caṭā-śabdo vajra-niṣpesa-sannibhaḥ / gadayoḥ kṣiptayo rājan dantayor iva dantinoḥ
English translation
O King, when their clubs collided they made a cracking sound like thunderbolts striking, or the tusks of two elephants.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.037*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
te vai gade bhuja-javena nipātyamāne / anyonyato 'ṃsa-kaṭi-pāda-karoru-jatrum cūrṇī-babhūvatur upetya yathārka-śākhe / saṃyudhyator dviradayor iva dīpta-manvyoḥ
English translation
Driven by the speed of their arms against each other's shoulders, waists, feet, hands, thighs, and collarbones, the two clubs shattered like branches struck in combat by two furious elephants.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.038*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
itthaṃ tayoḥ prahatayor gadayor nṛ-vīrau / kruddhau sva-muṣṭibhir ayaḥ-sparaśair apiṣṭām & / śabdas tayoḥ praharator ibhayor ivāsīn / nirghāta-vajra-paruṣas tala-tāḍanotthaḥ
English translation
When both clubs were destroyed, the two angry heroes pounded each other with fists hard as iron. The sound of their blows was fierce as thunder and lightning, like two elephants striking with their forelegs.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.039
tayor evaṃ praharatoḥ sama-śikṣā-balaujasoḥ / nirviśeṣam abhūd yuddham akṣīṇa-javayor nṛpa
English translation
O King, thus they fought with equal training, strength, and vigor, neither gaining advantage nor losing speed.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.040
śatror janma-mṛtī vidvāñ jīvitaṃ ca jarā-kṛtam / pārtham āpyāyayan svena tejasācintayad dhariḥ
English translation
Hari knew the enemy's birth and death and how Jarā had created his life. Infusing Pṛthā's son with His own power, He considered.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.041
sañcintyārī-vadhopāyaṃ bhīmasyāmogha-darśanaḥ / darśayām āsa viṭapaṃ pāṭayann iva saṃjñayā
English translation
Infallible in vision, He devised the means to kill the enemy and showed Bhīma by a sign, tearing a tree branch apart.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.042
tad vijñāya mahā-sattvo bhīmaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ / gṛhītvā pādayoḥ śatruṃ pātayām āsa bhū-tale
English translation
Understanding the sign, mighty Bhīma, foremost of fighters, seized the enemy by his feet and threw him to the ground.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.043
ekam pādaṃ padākramya dorbhyām anyaṃ pragṛhya saḥ / gudataḥ pāṭayām āsa śākham iva mahā-gajaḥ
English translation
Stepping upon one foot and grasping the other with both hands, he tore Jarāsandha apart from the anus upward, as a great elephant splits a branch.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.044
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
eka-pādoru-vṛṣaṇa-kaṭi-pṛṣṭha-stanāṃsake / eka-bāhv-akṣi-bhrū-karṇe śakale dadṛśuḥ prajāḥ
English translation
The people saw the two halves, each with one foot, thigh, testicle, hip, side of the back, breast, shoulder, arm, eye, eyebrow, and ear.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.045
hāhā-kāro mahān āsīn nihate magadheśvare / pūjayām āsatur bhīmaṃ parirabhya jayācyatau
English translation
When the lord of Magadha was slain, a great cry of anguish arose. Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna embraced Bhīma and honored him.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.72.046
sahadevaṃ tat-tanayaṃ bhagavān bhūta-bhāvanaḥ / abhyaṣiñcad ameyātmā magadhānāṃ patiṃ prabhuḥ / mocayām āsa rājanyān saṃruddhā māgadhena ye
English translation
The immeasurable Supreme Lord, creator of beings, installed Jarāsandha's son Sahadeva as lord of Magadha and released the kings whom the Magadhan had imprisoned.