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From him, by his mercy we have attained wealth, kingdom, wives, life, family, citizens, victory over enemies, and the higher worlds.
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- O son of Bhṛgu! The courageous hero Parīkṣit in the womb of his mother, burned by the heat of the weapon, saw the form of the Lord.
- Yudhiṣṭhira had the brāhmaṇas such as Dhaumya and Kṛpācārya chant auspicious verses such as puṇyāham and perform the birth rites.
- O great souls! Will this son follow our lineage of reputed saintly kings with fame and good praise?
- He is the best of archers like Arjuna and Kārtavīrya, is intolerable as fire and is insurmountable as the ocean.
- He is impartial to all beings like Yudhiṣṭhira, easily satisfied like Śiva, and the shelter of all living beings like Nārāyaṇa.
- O king! Having discerned the truth about the Lord from the son of Vyāsa, giving up his body on the bank of the Gaṅgā, he will certainly attain the Lord.
- atha trayodaśo ’dhyāyaḥ
- Having learned about Kṛṣṇa, the goal of the jīva, from Maitreya while on pilgrimage, Vidura came to Hastināpura with a desire to teach that.
- Agitated by the longing created by separation, they shed tears of love. The king had him accept a seat and worshipped him.
- As you wandered over the earth, what did you do for maintenance? What major holy places did you serve on the earth?
- As long as Yama passed his life for a hundred years as a śudra because of a curse, Aryamā performed his duties of punishing the sinful in an appropriate way.
- O master! The supremely powerful time which no one can stop has approached us all.
- What is the use of life maintained by food given by those whom you tried to burn, poison, whose wife you insulted, and whose land and wealth you stole?
- Therefore, go to the north, somewhere unknown to your relatives. Then time, destroyer of most of man’s qualities, will come.
- Has he thrown himself in the Gaṅgā along with his wife, out of sorrow, with all his children dead, while contemplating my foolish offense?
- When our father Pāṇḍu departed, these two protected all us children, who were their relatives, from dangers. From this place, where have they gone?
- O king! Do not lament for anything, because this world is dependent on the Lord. The Lord to who even the devatās carry offerings joins and separates the living beings.
- Just as the items used in playing are brought together and separated by the will of the player, humans are brought together and separated by the will of the Lord.
- This body of five elements is dependent on time, karma and the material ingredients. How can a person, as if bitten by a snake, protect others?
- He, the lord of Dvārakā, protector of all beings, has appeared in the form of time to destroy the demons.
- Having completed the actions for the devatās, he is waiting for the remaining activities. While he remains on earth, you should consider all things as objects of attachment.
- Do not be an obstacle to Dhṛtarāṣṭra who has renounced all actions! O king! Five days from now he will give up his body. He will turn himself to ashes.
- While his body is being burned along with the cottage, the noble wife, situated outside, will enter the fire to follow her husband.
- Saying this, Nārada with his vīṇa ascended to Svarga. Yudhiṣṭhira, taking those words in his heart, gave up his lamentation.
- Seeing the men’s sinful qualities filled with greed and the extremely inauspicious symptoms appearing according to time, he spoke to Bhīma.
- From him, by his mercy we have attained wealth, kingdom, wives, life, family, citizens, victory over enemies, and the higher worlds.
- This pigeon, a messenger of death, the owl which is making my mind tremble and the crow desire to empty the universe with their harsh cries.
- The calves do not drink milk and the cows do not give milk. The cows wail with tearful faces and the bulls do not enjoy the fields.
- O Arjuna! Are our relatives, the Madhus, Bhojas, Daśārhas, Arhas, Sātvatas, Andhakas and Vṛṣṇīs well in Dvārakā?
- Is Lord Govinda, who is kind to the brāhmaṇas and affectionate to the devotees, happily presiding over the Sudharmā hall surrounded by his friends in the city?
- Were you struck by harsh words without affection? Did you fail to give what you had promised to someone who requested from you and then remained silent?
- Giver of shelter, did you perhaps reject brāhmaṇas, children, cows, elders, invalids and women, and other living beings, who took shelter of you?
- pāṇḍava-svargārohaṇaṁ nāma
- Just as a dead person without life becomes repulsive, the world which is separated from Kṛṣṇa even for a moment appears repulsive.
- O best of kings! Without the lord, my dear friend, companion, my mind being vacant, while protecting his queens on the road, like a weakling, I was defeated by criminal cowherds.
- According to common vision only, the destruction of the Yadus occurred by the will of the Lord, because actually living beings themselves cause their own survival and destruction.
- When I remember the words of Govinda which were suitable to place, time and subject, and which calmed the pain in my heart, those words break my heart.
- When Arjuna contemplated the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa with deep affection, his intelligence, regaining steadiness, became calm.
- Regarding both burdens equally, the Lord separated himself from that portion of the Yadus by which he removed the burden of the earth, like removing a thorn with another thorn.
- He enthroned Vajra as the king of Śūrasena in Mathurā and then being capable, performing pṛajāpatya sacrifice, placed within himself the fires.
- Giving up all clothing and bracelets, he was free of thoughts of “I” and “mine” and the unlimited bonds of attraction.
- He wore torn cloth, did not eat, stopped speaking, shaved his head, and showed himself as a dumb or insane person or a ghost.
- Vidura also, by absorbing his mind in Kṛṣṇa, gave up his body at Prabhāsa and went to his abode escorted by Pitṛs.
- parīkṣite dharma-pṛthvī-saṁvādo nāma
- He married Iṛāvatī, the daughter of king Uttara, and bore four sons starting with Janamejaya.
- He had gone out from his city to gather tribute with his troops along with chariots, horses, and elephants on a chariot with lion flag, pulled by black horses and well decorated.
- Conquering Bhadrāśva, Ketumāla, Bhārata, the northern Kuru provinces, and other countries such as Kimpuruṣa, he received taxes.
- Hear from me the most astonishing event that suddenly occurred while he was following this procedure of the previous kings daily.
- O best of the devatās! I lament for myself and you, and for the devatās, Pitṛs, sages, devotees and all the varṇas and āśramas.
- While the earth and dharma were conversing, the king named Parīkṣit came to the Sarasvatī River flowing east.
TRANSLATION
From him, by his mercy we have attained wealth, kingdom, wives, life, family, citizens, victory over enemies, and the higher worlds.
COMMENTARY
Without the absence of Kṛṣṇa, the ill omens would not appear. That is expressed in this verse. Lokāḥ means “higher worlds attained by sacrifices.”
|| 1.14.10 ||
paśyotpātān nara-vyāghra divyān bhaumān sadaihikān |
dāruṇān śaṁsato ’dūrād bhayaṁ no buddhi-mohanam ||
TRANSLATION
Lion among men! See the ill omens in the sky, land and bodies indicating fearful situation close at hand which will bewilder our intelligence.
COMMENTARY
The omens indicate fear (bhayam śaṁsataḥ).
|| 1.14.11 ||
ūrv-akṣi-bāhavo mahyaṁ sphuranty aṅga punaḥ punaḥ |
vepathuś cāpi hṛdaye ārād dāsyanti vipriyam ||
TRANSLATION
O Bhīma! My left thigh, eye and arm are repeatedly twitching. There is trembling in my heart. Soon these omens will bring misfortune.
COMMENTARY
Here the bodily omens are described. Actually the trembling of the left side is inauspicious. The plural case is poetic license.
|| 1.14.12 ||
śivaiṣodyantam ādityam abhirauty analānanā |
mām aṅga sārameyo ’yam abhirebhaty abhīruvat ||
TRANSLATION
Bhīma! A jackal spitting fire is howling while facing the rising sun. A fearless dog is looking at me and howling.
COMMENTARY
The omens on the earth are described. A jackal (śivā) facing the rising sun is howling while vomiting fire from his mouth. O Bhīma (aṅga)! A fearless dog looking at me is howling.
|| 1.14.13 ||
śastāḥ kurvanti māṁ savyaṁ dakṣiṇaṁ paśavo ’pare |
vāhāṁś ca puruṣa-vyāghra lakṣaye rudato mama ||
TRANSLATION
O tiger among men! Auspicious animals are circling me counterclockwise and inauspicious animals are circling me clockwise. I see that my horses are crying.
COMMENTARY
Auspicious animals are ones like the cow. They are going to the left (savyam). Inauspicious animals like the donkey are going clockwise. I see that the horses (vāhān) are crying.
|| 1.14.14 ||
mṛtyu-dūtaḥ kapoto ’yam ulūkaḥ kampayan manaḥ |
pratyulūkaś ca kuhvānair[59] viśvaṁ vai śūnyam icchataḥ ||
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