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कर्ण उवाच या नः श्रुता मनुष्येषु स्त्रियो रूपेण संमताः तासामेतादृशं कर्म न कस्यांचन शुश्रुमः
M. N. Dutt: Karna said We have not heard of such an act performed by any woman who are noted in this world for their beauty.
क्रोधाविष्टेषु पार्थेषु धार्तराष्ट्रेषु चाप्यति द्रौपदी पाण्डुपुत्राणां कृष्णा शान्तिरिहाभवत्
M. N. Dutt: When the sons of Pandu and Dhritarashtra were excited with anger, this Krishna, the daughter of Drupada, become their salvation.
अप्लवेऽम्भसि मग्नानामप्रतिष्ठे निमज्जताम् पाञ्चाली पाण्डुपुत्राणां नौरेषा पारगाभवत्
M. N. Dutt: The sons of Pandu were sinking boatless in an ocean of distress, this Panchali, becoming a boat to them, brought them safely to the shore.
वैशंपायन उवाच तद्वै श्रुत्वा भीमसेनः कुरुमध्येऽत्यमर्षणः स्त्री गतिः पाण्डुपुत्राणामित्युवाच सुदुर्मनाः
M. N. Dutt: Vaishampayana said Hearing the words, "A woman is the refuge for the sons of Pandu, "uttered in the midst of the Kurus (by Karna), the angry Bhima in great affliction said:
त्रीणि ज्योतींषि पुरुष इति वै देवलोऽब्रवीत् अपत्यं कर्म विद्या च यतः सृष्टाः प्रजास्ततः
M. N. Dutt: Bhima said (O Arjuna), Devala has said that offspring, acts and learning, these are the three lights that is in every person, for from these (three) has sprung the creation,
Supplementary Passages:
2.64.5 After 5ab, T1 G5 ins. (Cv glosses): *573 युद्धेऽपराङ्मुखत्वं च आहूतस्यानिवर्तनम् दाराणां रक्षणं चैव इति तज्ज्योतिषां त्रयम्
अमेध्ये वै गतप्राणे शून्ये ज्ञातिभिरुज्झिते देहे त्रितयमेवैतत्पुरुषस्योपजायते
M. N. Dutt: When life becomes extinct and the body becomes impure and is cast off by the relatives, these three (offspring, acts and learning) become of service to every person,
तन्नो ज्योतिरभिहतं दाराणामभिमर्शनात् धनंजय कथं स्वित्स्यादपत्यमभिमृष्टजम्
M. N. Dutt: But the light that is in us has been dimmed by this act of insult done to our wife. O Dhananjaya, how can a son born from this insulted wife of ours prove serviceable to us?
अर्जुन उवाच न चैवोक्ता न चानुक्ता हीनतः परुषा गिरः भारताः प्रतिजल्पन्ति सदा तूत्तमपूरुषाः
AI Translation: Arjuna said: And they do not speak or say harsh words from a position of inferiority. The Bharatas always speak to the best of men.
स्मरन्ति सुकृतान्येव न वैराणि कृतानि च सन्तः प्रतिविजानन्तो लब्ध्वा प्रत्ययमात्मनः
M. N. Dutt: Those that are good remember only the good deeds of their enemies and not any act of hostility that their enemies might do. The good men do good to others without any expectation of getting a return.
Supplementary Passages:
2.64.9 After 9, T1 ins.: *574 पुनर्युधिष्ठिरं भीमः क्रुद्धो वचनमब्रवीत् अनुजानीहि मां राजन्निग्रहाय दुरात्मनाम्
भीम उवाच इहैवैतांस्तुरा सर्वान्हन्मि शत्रून्समागतान् अथ निष्क्रम्य राजेन्द्र समूलान्कृन्धि भारत
AI Translation: Bhima said: Here I will kill all these enemies who have come. Then, O lord of kings, having come out, O descendant of the Bharata dynasty, uproot them.
किं नो विवदितेनेह किं नः क्लेशेन भारत अद्यैवैतान्निहन्मीह प्रशाधि वसुधामिमाम्
AI Translation: What is the use of quarrelling here? What is the use of affliction to us, O descendant of Bharata? I shall slay these very day. Rule over this earth.
वैशंपायन उवाच इत्युक्त्वा भीमसेनस्तु कनिष्ठैर्भ्रातृभिर्वृतः मृगमध्ये यथा सिंहो मुहुः परिघमैक्षत
AI Translation: Vaishampayana said: Thus speaking, Bhimasena, surrounded by his younger brothers, looked at the mace again and again, like a lion in the midst of deer.
सान्त्व्यमानो वीज्यमानः पार्थेनाक्लिष्टकर्मणा स्विद्यते च महाबाहुरन्तर्दाहेन वीर्यवान्
AI Translation: The mighty one, the powerful one, was being consoled and fanned by Partha, the performer of unblemished deeds, but he was perspiring due to internal burning.
क्रुद्धस्य तस्य स्रोतोभ्यः कर्णादिभ्यो नराधिप सधूमः सस्फुलिङ्गार्चिः पावकः समजायत
AI Translation: From the nostrils and other orifices of the angry king, O lord of men, a fire with smoke, sparks and flames arose.
भ्रुकुटीपुटदुष्प्रेक्ष्यमभवत्तस्य तन्मुखम् युगान्तकाले संप्राप्ते कृतान्तस्येव रूपिणः
AI Translation: His face became difficult to look at, with the frown of anger, like the embodiment of Death at the time of the end of the world.
युधिष्ठिरस्तमावार्य बाहुना बाहुशालिनम् मैवमित्यब्रवीच्चैनं जोषमास्स्वेति भारत
AI Translation: Yudhishthira, the son of Pandu, restrained him with his arm, and said to him, "Do not do this!" "Be patient," he said to him, O
निवार्य तं महाबाहुं कोपसंरक्तलोचनम् पितरं समुपातिष्ठद्धृतराष्ट्रं कृताञ्जलिः
AI Translation: Having restrained him, whose eyes were red with anger, the mighty-armed one, he stood before his father Dhritarashtra, with folded hands.