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Canto 1

Govindam Ādi Purusham

 

Chapter 7: The Son of Drona Punished

(1) S'rī S'aunaka said: "After the departure of Nārada Muni, what did the great lordship Vyāsadeva do, having heard from the great sage what he wanted to know?"

(2)
Sūta replied: "On the western bank of the Sarasvatī where sages meditate, there is at S'amyāprāsa an ās'rama for the promotion of transcendental activities. (3) There Vyāsadeva sat down, in his hermitage surrounded by berry trees, to focus his mind after he had performed his water sacrifice. (4) With his mind connected in the devotion of yoga, he saw, free from material concerns perfectly being fixed, the complete of both the Original Person [the Purusha] and the external energy that depends on Him. (5) The living entities bewildered because of the conditioning of their bodies by the qualities of nature take, despite their transcendental position, things not wanted for granted and undergo the reactions thereof. (6) For the common man, who does not know that in the yoga of devotion unto Him in the Beyond all that is unwanted finds its end, the sage [in this book] compiled the different stories relating to the Absolute Truth. (7) Simply listening to this literature about the Supreme Personality of Krishna, will give rise to one's personal devotion that takes away lamentation, illusion and fear. (8) After having arranged that collection of stories about the Supreme Lord, the sage taught it to his son S'uka, engaged on the path of self-realization."

(9)
S'aunaka asked: "Why would he, always on the path of self-realization being contented within and indifferent [about other matters], engage in such a vast study?"

(10)
Sūta said: "Such are His wonderful qualities that even sages, freed from all bondage and taking pleasure in the soul, are of pure devotional service unto Vishnu, Urukrama [the Lord of the Great Steps]. (11) The powerful son of Vyāsa is beloved by the devotees because he, in having taken up the regular study of this great narration, was always absorbed in the transcendental quality of the Supreme Lord. (12) I shall now tell you the story about the birth, activities and deliverance of King Parīkchit, the sage among the kings, as also the story about how the sons of Pāndu came to renounce the world. These stories lead to the stories about Lord Krishna.

(13-14) 
When on the battlefield of Kurukshetra the warriors of the Pāndavas and the Kauravas had found their heroic fate and the son of King Dhritarāshthra [Duryodhana] was lamenting his broken thigh bones due to being beaten by the club of Bhīma, the son of Dronācārya [As'vatthāmā] thought that he could please his master Duryodhana by delivering the heads of the sleeping sons of Draupadī as a trophy. But the master disapproved his heinous act. (15) The mother of the children [of the Pāndavas], cried aggrieved bitter tears when she heard about the massacre. Arjuna [who headed the Pāndavas], tried to pacify her and said: (16) 'I can only wipe the tears from your eyes, my dearest, when the head of that degraded brahmin aggressor is severed by the arrows of my bow Gāndīva. I will present it to you so that you can place your foot on it, taking a bath after the cremation of your sons.' (17) Satisfying her with this choice of words Arjuna, with the Infallible One as his driver and friend, fully armed and equipped ascended his chariot to pursue As'vatthāmā, the son of his martial teacher. (18) When he from a distance saw him in hot pursuit, the child murderer fearing for his life fled with his chariot in great speed, just like Brahmā [and also Sūrya] did when he fled from S'iva [*]. (19) Finding himself unprotected the moment his horses got tired, [As'vatthāmā] the brahmin son for his defense resorted to the ultimate weapon [the brahmāstra]. (20) With his life in danger, he touched water and concentrated to recite the mantras, even though he did not know how to stop the process. (21) Arjuna saw a life threatening, fiercely glaring light spreading in all directions, whereupon he turned to the Lord [who drove his chariot] and said: (22) 'Krishna, oh Krishna, You are the Almighty One who takes away the fears of the devotees, You alone are the path of liberation for those who suffer in their material existence. (23) You are the transcendental, original enjoyer and direct controller of the material energy. You are the One who, from within the bliss and knowledge of Your Self, by means of Your internal potency, puts an end to the material illusion. (24) From that position You, in the heart of the conditioned souls, exercise the blessing of Your influence that is characterized by [the regulation of] dharma and the other civil virtues. (25) Thus You incarnate in order to take away the burden from the earth and to satisfy Your friends and pure devotees as the constant object of their meditation. (26) Oh Lord of All Lords, I do not know where this highly dangerous, dazzling light spreading in all directions comes from.'

(27)
The Supreme Lord said: 'Know that this is caused by the son of Drona who, faced with his pending death, launched the brahmāstra without knowing how to retract it. (28) Nothing else can counter this weapon but another one; you will have to fight the immense glare of this weapon with your martial art, by engaging the power of your own weapon.' "
 
(29)
Sūta said: "After hearing what the Supreme Lord said, the killer of the other warrior, Arjuna, sipped water himself while circumambulating the Lord, and launched his brahmāstra. (30) The combined glare of the two colliding weapons thereupon covered heaven, earth and the space in between, with an expanding ball of fire as bright as the sun. (31) When the inhabitants of the three worlds saw how the heat of the two weapons scorched them severely, it reminded them of the fire of annihilation at the end of time [sāmvartaka]. (32) Realizing the disturbance it all created for the common people and their worlds, Arjuna then retracted, to the wish of Vāsudeva, both the weapons. (33) Arjuna thereupon, angered with eyes red as copper, arrested the dangerous son of Gautamī, binding him skillfully with ropes like he was an animal. (34) After he with force had bound the enemy and was about to take him to the military camp, the Supreme Lord, who saw it with His lotus eyes, said to the angered Arjuna: (35) 'Never let this relative of the scholars go, punish him immediately, for he has killed innocent boys in their sleep. (36) Someone who knows the principles of religion does not kill an enemy who is careless, intoxicated, insane, asleep, of tender age, a woman, foolish, a surrendered soul, afraid or who has lost his chariot. (37) But someone who shameless and cruel thinks he can maintain himself at the cost of others' lives, deserves it to be stopped in his tracks for his own good, to prevent the person from landing in hell because of that fault. (38) Also I personally heard you make the promise to the daughter of the King of Pāńcāla: 'I will bring you the head of the one you consider the murderer of your sons.' (39) He, not being more than the burned ashes of his family, an offending sinner who is responsible for the assassination of your sons and is someone who displeased his own master, must therefore be sentenced.' "

(40)
Sūta said: "Although Arjuna, by Krishna being put to a test concerning the matter of his duty, was encouraged to do so, he did not aspire to kill the son of his teacher, despite the fact that he was the heinous murderer of his sons. (41) After they thereupon had reached his camp, his dear friend and charioteer Govinda entrusted the assassin to his dear wife who was lamenting over her murdered sons. (42) Upon seeing the criminal, who, silent from his heinous act, tied up in ropes was brought in, Draupadī, from the beauty of her nature, out of compassion showed the son of the teacher the necessary respect [one owes a brahmin]. (43) She in her piety, could not bear the sight of him brought in ropes and said: 'Release him, for he as a brahmin is a teacher of us. (44) It is by his [Drona's] mercy that you yourself have received the confidential knowledge of archery and of the release and control of all kinds of weapons. (45) The lordship of Drona for certain still exists in the form of his son, because his other half Kripī [his wife], with a son present, did not follow her husband into death [by means of satī]. (46) Therefore, oh most fortunate one in knowing the dharma, by the goodness that is in you, cause no grief to this ever respectable and honorable family. (47) Do not make his mother, Drona's devoted wife, cry the way I do, in my constantly shedding tears in distress over a lost child. (48) If the noble administration is of no restraint in relating to the brahminical order and enrages them, that rule will burn up in no time and land in grief together with its family members.' "

(49)
Sūta said: "Dear brahmins, the king [of the Pāndavas, Yudhishthhira] supported the statements of the queen, for they were in accord with the dharma, just and merciful, glorious without duplicity and partiality. (50) And so did Nakula and Sahadeva [the younger brothers of the king] and also Sātyaki, Arjuna, the Supreme Lord the son of Devakī, including the ladies and others. (51) Thereupon Bhīma said indignantly: 'It is well known that he who without a good reason, neither for himself nor for his master, has killed sleeping children, deserves death.'

(52) The four-armed one [Krishna] had heard the words spoken by Bhīma and Draupadī and looking at the face of His friend [Arjuna] then said with a faint smile: (53-54) 'One should not kill the relative of a brahmin, even though one kills an aggressor - as far as I am concerned both is prescribed to be carried out when we want to follow the rules. You have to keep to the truth of the promise you made when you pacified your wife and must also act to the satisfaction of Bhīma and of Me.' "

(55)
Sūta said: 'At once understanding what the Lord meant, he separated with his sword the crown jewel from the head of the brahmin along with his hair. (56) He [As'vatthāmā] who, next to the loss of his bodily luster because of the infanticide also had lost strength by the loss of his jewel, was next released from the ropes and driven out of the camp. (57) Cutting off the hair, confiscating the wealth and banishment are the forms of punishment reserved for brahmin relatives, not any other method of physical approach. (58) The sons of Pāndu together with Draupadī, then, overtaken by grief, performed the necessary duties in respect of the deceased family members."



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Text 1

S'rī S'aunaka said: "After the departure of Nārada Muni, what did the great lordship Vyāsadeva do, having heard from the great sage what he wanted to know?"

S'rī S'aunaka said: "What did, upon the departure of Nārada Muni, the great lordship of Vyāsadeva do after having heard from the great sage what he wanted to know?" (Vedabase)

 

Text 2

Sūta replied: "On the western bank of the Sarasvatī where sages meditate, there is at S'amyāprāsa an ās'rama for the promotion of transcendental activities.

Sūta replied: "On the western bank of the Sarasvatī where sages meditate there is at S'amyāprāsa an ās'rama for the promotion of transcendental activities. (Vedabase)

 

Text 3

There Vyāsadeva sat down, in his hermitage surrounded by berry trees, to focus his mind after he had performed his water sacrifice.

There, in his own place sat Vyāsadeva surrounded by berrytrees concentrating his mind after his oblations of water. (Vedabase)

 

Text 4

With his mind connected in the devotion of yoga, he saw, free from material concerns perfectly being fixed, the complete of both the Original Person [the Purusha] and the external energy that depends on Him.

With his mind aligning in the devotion of yoga saw he, being perfectly fixed without material concerns, the entirety of both the Original Person [the purusha] and the external energy depending on Him. (Vedabase)

 

Text 5

The living entities bewildered because of the conditioning of their bodies by the qualities of nature take, despite their transcendental position, things not wanted for granted and undergo the reactions thereof.

The living entities conditioned to the modes of nature take, in spite of the transcendental of their soul, the unwanted for granted and undergo the reactions thereof. (Vedabase)

 

Text 6

For the common man, who does not know that in the yoga of devotion unto the Him in the Beyond all that is unwanted finds its end, the sage [in this book] compiled the different stories relating to the Absolute Truth.

For the common people unaware of the cessation of the unwanted that is found in the yoga of devotion to the One in the Beyond, compiled the sage, who saw this, the different stories relating to the Absolute Truth. (Vedabase)

 

Text 7

Simply listening to this literature about the Supreme Personality of Krishna, will give rise to one's personal devotion that takes away lamentation, illusion and fear.

Simply attending to the literatures about the supreme personality of Krishna will make the devotional sprout that takes away lamentation, illusion and fear. (Vedabase)

 

Text 8

After having arranged that collection of stories about the Supreme Lord, the sage taught it to his son S'uka, engaged on the path of self-realization."

After having assembled and revised the collections of stories, taught he them his son S'ukadeva Gosvāmī, the wise intent upon self-realization." (Vedabase)


Text 9

S'aunaka asked: "Why would he, always on the path of self-realization being contented within and indifferent [about other matters], engage in such a vast study?"

S'aunaka asked: "Why should he, fully on the path of self-realization, being contented within in divine indifference, undergo this vast study?"  (Vedabase)

 

Text 10

Sūta said: "Such are His wonderful qualities that even sages, freed from all bondage and taking pleasure in the soul, are of pure devotional service unto Vishnu, Urukrama [the Lord of the Great Steps].

Sūta said: "Such are His wonderful qualities that, in spite of taking pleasure in the soul, as well the common people as the sages freed from all material bondage are of pure devotional service unto Lord Vishnu, Urukrama. (Vedabase)

 

Text 11

The powerful son of Vyāsa is beloved by the devotees because he, in having taken up the regular study of this great narration, was always absorbed in the transcendental quality of the Supreme Lord.

With the quality of being absorbed in the thought of the Supreme Lord, was S'uka, as the son of Vyāsa, beloved with the devotees for the fact that he had taken up the regular study of this great narration. (Vedabase)

 

Text 12

I shall now tell you the story about the birth, activities and deliverance of King Parīkchit, the sage among the kings, as also the story about how the sons of Pāndu came to renounce the world. These stories lead to the stories about Lord Krishna.

So let me now tell you the stories of Krishna about the birth, activities and deliverance of king Parīkchit, the rishi among the kings, as well as of the renunciation of the sons of Pāndu. (Vedabase)

 

Text 13-14

When on the battlefield of Kurukshetra the warriors of the Pāndavas and the Kauravas had found their heroic fate and the son of King Dhritarāshthra [Duryodhana] was lamenting his broken thigh bones due to being beaten by the club of Bhīma, the son of Dronācārya [As'vatthāmā] thought that he could please his master Duryodhana by delivering the heads of the sleeping sons of Draupadī as a trophy. But the master disapproved his heinous act.

When on the battlefield of Kurukshetra the warriors of the Pāndavas and the Kauravas had found their heroic fate and the son of King Dhritarāshthra [Duryodhana] was lamenting his broken spine due to being beaten by the club of Bhīma, thought the son of Dronācārya [As'vatthāmā] that he could please his master Duryodhana by delivering the heads of the sleeping sons of Draupadī as a prize - but when the master came to see this, he disapproved of this heinous act. (Vedabase)

 

Text 15

The mother of the children [of the Pāndavas], cried aggrieved bitter tears when she heard about the massacre. Arjuna [who headed the Pāndavas], tried to pacify her and said:

The mother of the children [of the Pāndavas], hearing of the massacre cried bitter tears in lamentation. Arjuna [who headed the Pāndavas], trying to pacify her, said: (Vedabase):

 

Text 16

'I can only wipe the tears from your eyes, my dearest, when the head of that degraded brahmin aggressor is severed by the arrows of my bow Gāndīva. I will present it to you so that you can place your foot on it, taking a bath after the cremation of your sons.'

'I can only take the tears from your eyes away o gentle lady, when the head of that degraded brahmin aggressor is severed by the arrows of my bow Gāndīva. I will present it to you so you can put your foot on it and then, after the cremation of your sons, may take a bath.' (Vedabase)

 

Text 17

Satisfying her with this choice of words Arjuna, with the Infallible One as his driver and friend, fully armed and equipped ascended his chariot to pusue As'vatthāmā, the son of his martial teacher.

Satisfying her with this choice of words got Arjuna, he who is guided by the Infallible One, being armed and equipped on his chariot to persecute As'vatthāmā, the son of his martial teacher.  (Vedabase)

 

Text 18

When he from a distance saw him in hot pursuit, the child murderer fearing for his life fled with his chariot in great speed, just like Brahmā [ and also Sūrya] did when he fled from S'iva [*].

When he from a distance saw him in hot pursuit, fled the child murderer with his chariot in great speed to save his life, like Sūrya did fleeing from S'iva [*]. (Vedabase)

 

Text 19

Finding himself unprotected the moment his horses got tired, [As'vatthāmā] the brahmin son for his defense resorted to the ultimate weapon [the brahmāstra].

Seeing himself unprotected when his horses got tired, resorted [As'vatthāmā] the brahmin son, only thinking of himself, to the ultimate weapon [the brahmāstra]. (Vedabase)

 

Text 20

With his life in danger, he touched water and concentrated to recite the mantras, even though he did not know how to stop the process.

With his life in danger, he touched water and concentrated to recite the mantras, without knowing how to stop the process though. (Vedabase)

 

Text 21

Arjuna saw a life threatening, fiercely glaring light spreading in all directions, whereupon he turned to the Lord [who drove his chariot] and said:

A glaring light spread in all directions that fierce, that seeing the life threat Arjuna turned to the Lord [who drove his chariot] and said: (Vedabase):

 

Text 22

'Krishna, oh Krishna, You are the Almighty One who takes away the fears of the devotees, You alone are the path of liberation for those who suffer in their material existence.

'O, Krishna, Krishna, You are the Almighty who takes away the fears of the devotees, You alone are the path of liberation for those suffering in their material existence. (Vedabase)

 

Text 23

You are the transcendental, original enjoyer and direct controller of the material energy. You are the One who, from within the bliss and knowledge of Your Self, by means of Your internal potency, puts an end to the material illusion.

You are the transcendental, original enjoyer and direct controller of the material energy; You are the one who, by His own internal potency, in the bliss and knowledge of Your own Self casts off the material illusion. (Vedabase)

 

Text 24

From that position You, in the heart of the conditioned souls, exercise the blessing of Your influence that is characterized by [the regulation of] dharma and the other civil virtues.

From that position are You in Your might, in the heart of the ones materially entangled, arranging in the first place for the ultimate good of the righteousness [of dharma: truth, purity, penance and compassion].  (Vedabase)


Text 25

Thus You incarnate in order to take away the burden from the earth and to satisfy Your friends and pure devotees as the constant object of their meditation.

Thus You incarnate to remove the burden of the material world and for the satisfaction and remembrance of Your friends and pure devotees. (Vedabase)

 

Text 26

Oh Lord of All Lords, I do not know where this highly dangerous, dazzling light spreading in all directions comes from.'

O Lord of Lords, I don't know where this highly dangerous, dazzling light spreading all around originates from.' (Vedabase)

 

Text 27

The Supreme Lord said: 'Know that this is caused by the son of Drona who, faced with his pending death, launched the brahmāstra without knowing how to retract it.

The Supreme Lord said: 'Take it from Me that it is of the son of Drona, who, faced with the imminence of his death, launched the weapon of mantras, not even knowing how to retract it. (Vedabase)

 

Text 28

Nothing else can counter this weapon but another one; you will have to fight the immense glare of this weapon with your martial art, by engaging the power of your own weapon.' "

Nothing else can counter this weapon but another one; in fact you will have to subdue this immense glare by means of the dazzle of your own martial expertise'." (Vedabase)


Text 29

Sūta said: "After hearing what the Supreme Lord said, the killer of the other warrior, Arjuna, sipped water himself while circumambulating the Lord, and launched his brahmāstra.

 Sūta said: "After hearing what the Supreme Lord said, sipped Arjuna, circumambulating the Lord, water himself and took he up the supreme weapon to curb the one of his opponent. (Vedabase)


Text 30

The combined glare of the two colliding weapons thereupon covered heaven, earth and the space in between, with an expanding ball of fire as bright as the sun.

Thereupon was of the combined glare of the two weapons the whole firmament as well as outer space covered by an expanding ball of fire as bright as the sun. (Vedabase)

 

Text 31

When the inhabitants of the three worlds saw how the heat of the two weapons scorched them severely, it reminded them of the fire of annihilation at the end of time [sāmvartaka].

When the inhabitants of the three worlds saw how the heat of both of the weapons scorched them severely, reminded that them of the fire of annihilation at the end of time [sāmvartaka]. (Vedabase)

 

Text 32

Realizing the disturbance it all created for the common people and their worlds, Arjuna then retracted, to the wish of Vāsudeva, both the weapons.

Realizing the disturbance it all created for the common people and their places, retracted Arjuna, on the instigation of Vāsudeva, both the weapons. (Vedabase)

 

Text 33

Arjuna thereupon, angered with eyes red as copper, arrested the dangerous son of Gautamī, binding him skillfully with ropes like he was an animal.

Then arrested Arjuna, angered with eyes red as copper, the son of Gautamī, binding him skillfully with ropes as if it concerned an animal. (Vedabase)

 

Text 34

After he with force had bound the enemy and was about to take him to the military camp, the Supreme Lord, who saw it with His lotus eyes, said to the angered Arjuna:

When he with force had bound the enemy and was about to take him to the military camp, said the Supreme Lord, looking on with His lotus eyes, to the angered Arjuna: (Vedabase)

 

Text 35

'Never let this relative of the scholars go, punish him immediately, for he has killed innocent boys in their sleep.

'Never let this relative of the learned go, punish him, for he has killed innocent boys in their sleep. (Vedabase)

 

Text 36

Someone who knows the principles of religion does not kill an enemy who is careless, intoxicated, insane, asleep, of tender age, a woman, foolish, a surrendered soul, afraid or who has lost his chariot.

One who knows the principles of religion is afraid to kill an enemy who is careless, intoxicated, insane, asleep, of tender age, a woman, foolish, a surrendered soul or someone who lost his chariot. (Vedabase)

 

Text 37

But someone who shameless and cruel thinks he can maintain himself at the cost of others' lives, deserves it to be stopped in his tracks for his own good, to prevent the person from landing in hell because of that fault.

But someone who shameless and cruel thinks he can rightly maintain his own life at the cost of the lives of others, certainly deserves to be stopped in his path for his own good, because the person [of the criminal as well as the one permissive] is brought down by crime. (Vedabase)

 

Text 38

Also I personally heard you make the promise to the daughter of the King of Pāńcāla: 'I will bring you the head of the one you consider the murderer of your sons.'

I personally heard you making the promise to the daughter of the King of Pāńcāla: 'I will bring you the head of the one you consider the murderer of your sons.' (Vedabase)

 

Text 39

He, not being more than the burned ashes of his family, an offending sinner who is responsible for the assassination of your sons and is someone who displeased his own master, must therefore be sentenced.' "

He, being not more than the burnt ashes of his family, an offending sinner who is responsible for the assassination of your sons and is someone who displeased his own master, must therefore be sentenced'." (Vedabase)

 

Text 40

Sūta said: "Although Arjuna, by Krishna being put to a test concerning the matter of his duty, was encouraged to do so, he did not aspire to kill the son of his teacher, despite the fact that he was the heinous murderer of his sons.

Sūta said: "Although Arjuna, by Krishna being put to a test concerning the matter of his duty, was encouraged to do so, didn't he aspire to kill the son of his teacher, despite of the fact that he was the heinous murderer of his sons. (Vedabase)

 

Text 41

After they thereupon had reached his camp, his dear friend and charioteer Govinda entrusted the assassin to his dear wife who was lamenting over her murdered sons.

Thereafter having reached his own camp, along with his dear friend and charioteer Govinda, he entrusted the assassin to his dear wife who was lamenting over her murdered sons. (Vedabase)

 

Text 42

Upon seeing the criminal, who, silent from his heinous act, tied up in ropes was brought in, Draupadī, from the beauty of her nature, out of compassion showed the son of the teacher the necessary respect [one owes a brahmin].

Upon seeing the criminal thus brought in like an animal tied in ropes and being silent from his heinous act, Draupadī, of the beauty of her nature out of compassion showed the son of the teacher due respect. (Vedabase)

 

Text 43

She in her piety, could not bear the sight of him brought in ropes and said: 'Release him, for he as a brahmin is a teacher of us.

She couldn't bear the sight of him brought in ropes and said: 'Release him, for he is a learned one [a brāhmana], our teacher'. (Vedabase)

 

Text 44

It is by his [Drona's] mercy that you yourself have received the confidential knowledge of archery and of the release and control of all kinds of weapons.

By his [Drona's] mercy you yourself have received the confidential knowledge of the martial arts and the release and control of all kinds of weapons. (Vedabase)

 

Text 45

The lordship of Drona for certain still exists in the form of his son, because his other half Kripī [his wife], with a son present, did not follow her husband into death [by means of satī].

The lordship of Drona for certain still exists in the form of his son, because his other half Kripī [his wife] with a son present didn't follow her husband into death [by means of satī]. (Vedabase)

 

Text 46

Therefore, oh most fortunate one in knowing the dharma, by the goodness that is in you, cause no grief to this ever respectable and honorable family.

Therefore, o most fortunate one in knowing the dharma, by the goodness that is in you, cause no grief to the ever respectable and honorable family.  (Vedabase)

 

Text 47

Do not make his mother, Drona's devoted wife, cry the way I do, in my constantly shedding tears in distress over a lost child.

Do not make his mother, Drona's devoted wife, cry the way I do, in constantly shedding tears in distress over a lost child. (Vedabase)

 

Text 48

If the noble administration is of no restraint in relating to the brahminical order and enrages them, that rule will burn up in no time and land in grief together with its family members.' "

If the noble administration is of no restraint in relating to the order of the learned, will that rule burn up in no time and will, together with its family members, come to grief '." (Vedabase)

 

Text 49

Sūta said: "Dear brahmins, the king [of the Pāndavas, Yudhishthhira] supported the statements of the queen, for they were in accord with the dharma, just and merciful, glorious without duplicity and partiality.

Sūta said: "O learned ones, the king [of the Pāndavas, Yudhishthhira] supported the statements of the queen as they were in accord with the dharma, were of justice, merciful, without duplicity and glorious in equity. (Vedabase)

 

Text 50

And so did Nakula and Sahadeva [the younger brothers of the king] and also Sātyaki, Arjuna, the Supreme Lord the son of Devakī, including the ladies and others.

And so did Nakula and Sahadeva [the younger brothers of the king] and also Sātyaki, Arjuna, the Supreme Lord the son of Devakī, as well as the ladies and others. (Vedabase)

 

Text 51

Thereupon Bhīma said indignantly: 'It is well known that he who without a good reason, neither for himself nor for his master, has killed sleeping children, deserves death.'

Thereupon said Bhīma indignantly: 'For his for no reason, nor for himself nor for his master, having killed sleeping children, is death declared to be the reward.' (Vedabase)

 

Text 52

The four-armed one [Krishna] had heard the words spoken by Bhīma and Draupadī and looking at the face of His friend [Arjuna] then said with a faint smile:

The four-armed one [Lord Krishna], after hearing the words spoken by Bhīma and Draupadī and having seen the face of His friend [Arjuna], said, like He was smiling: (Vedabase)

 

Text 53-54

'One should not kill the relative of a brahmin, even though one kills an aggressor - as far as I am concerned both is prescribed to be carried out when we want to follow the rules. You have to keep to the truth of the promise you made when you pacified your wife and must also act to the satisfaction of Bhīma and of Me.' "

'The relative of a brahmin is not to be killed, although one kills an aggressor - this both is by Me certainly prescribed to be carried out abiding by the rules. You have to keep to the truth as promised by pacifying your wife and also act to the satisfaction of as well Bhīma as of Me'." (Vedabase)

 

Text 55

Sūta said: "At once understanding what the Lord meant, he separated with his sword the crown jewel from the head of the brahmin along with his hair.

Sūta said: "Immediately understanding what the Lord meant, separated he with his sword the jewel from the head of the twice-born one along with his hair. (Vedabase)

 

Text 56

He [As'vatthāmā] who, next to the loss of his bodily luster because of the infanticide also had lost strength by the loss of his jewel, was next released from the ropes and driven out of the camp.

After releasing him from the ropes, had he [As'vatthāmā], next to the loss of his bodily luster because of the infanticide, also lost his strength being deprived of his jewel and was he driven out of the camp. (Vedabase)

 

Text 57

Cutting off the hair, confiscating the wealth and banishment are the forms of punishment reserved for brahmin relatives, not any other method of physical approach.

Cutting the hair, taking the wealth and banishment are the forms of corporal punishment reserved for the relatives of the learned, not any other method of dealing with the body. (Vedabase)

 

Text 58

The sons of Pāndu together with Draupadī, then, overtaken by grief, performed the necessary duties in respect of the deceased family members."

Thereafter performed the sons of Pāndu together with Draupadī, overtaken by grief, the duties needed in respect of deceased family members." (Vedabase)

 

*: Brahmā once was attracted to his daughter. S'iva then attacked him furiously with his trident, whereupon Brahmā fled for his life. In another story is written how the sun-god once chased the demon Vidyunmālī, whereupon S'iva furiously attacked him with his trident. The sun-god fleeing toppled at Kās'ī, where he became known as Lolārka.  

 



 

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