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Chapter 16.3

Verse 1 View Details
एवं प्रयतमानानां वृष्णीनामन्धकैः सह । कालो गृहाणि सर्वेषां परिचक्राम नित्यशः ॥
Vaishampayana said While the Vrishnis and the Andhakas were thus trying (to avoid the impending calamity), the embodied from of time (death) every day wandered about their houses.
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एवं | प्रयतमानानां | वृष्णीनाम् | अन्धकैः | सह
कालो | गृहाणि | सर्वेषां | परिचक्राम | नित्यशः
Verse 2 View Details
करालो विकटो मुण्डः पुरुषः कृष्णपिङ्गलः । गृहाण्यवेक्ष्य वृष्णीनां नादृश्यत पुनः क्वचित् ॥
He looked like a man of terrible and fierce aspect. Of bald head, he was black and of tawny color. Sometimes he was beheld by the Vrishnis as he peered into their houses.
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करालो | विकटो | मुण्डः | पुरुषः | कृष्ण + पिङ्गल
गृह + अवेक्ष् | वृष्णीनां | न + दृश् | पुनः | क्वचित्
Verse 3 View Details
उत्पेदिरे महावाता दारुणाश्चा दिने दिने । वृष्ण्यन्धकविनाशाय बहवो रोमहर्षणाः ॥
Day by day strong winds blew, and many were the evil omens which arose, awful and foreboding the destruction of the Vrishnis and the Andhakas.
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उत्पेदिरे | महत् + वात | दिने | दिने
वृष्णि + अन्धक + विनाश | मुसलं | घोरम् | आयसम्
Verse 4 View Details
विवृद्धमूषका रथ्या विभिन्नमणिकास्तथा । चीचीकूचीति वाश्यन्त्यः सारिका वृष्णिवेश्मसु । नोपशाम्यति शब्दश्च स दिवारात्रमेव हि ॥
Sharikas chirped, sitting within the houses of the Vrishnis. The noise made by those birds ceased not for even a short while by day or by night.
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विवृध् + मूषक | रथ्या | विभिद् + मणिक + तथा
चीचीकूची + इति | वाश्यन्त्यः | सारिका | वृष्णि + वेश्मन्
न + उपशम् | शब्द + च | स | दिवारात्रम् | एव | हि
Verse 5 View Details
अनुकुर्वन्नुलूकानां सारसा विरुतं तथा । अजाः शिवानां च रुतमन्वकुर्वत भारत ॥
The Sarashas were heard to imitate the hooting of the owl, and goats imitated the cries, O Bharata, of Jackals.
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अनुकुर्वन्न् | उलूकानां | सारसा | विरुतं | तथा
अजाः | शिवानां | च | रुतम् | अन्वकुर्वत | भारत
Verse 6 View Details
पाण्डुरा रक्तपादाश्च विहगाः कालचोदिताः । वृष्ण्यन्धकानां गेहेषु कपोता व्यचरंस्तदा ॥
Many birds appeared, moved by Death, which were pale of color, but that had legs red of hue. Pigeons were seen to always disport in the houses of the Vrishni.
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पाण्डुरा | रक्त + पाद + च | विहगाः | काल + चोदय्
वृष्णि + अन्धक | गेहेषु | कपोता | विचर् + तदा
Verse 7 View Details
व्यजायन्त खरा गोषु करभाश्वतरीषु च । शुनीष्वपि बिडालाश्च मूषका नकुलीषु च ॥
Asses were born of kine, and elephants of mules. Cats were born of bitches, and mouse of the mungoose.
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व्यजायन्त | खरा | गोषु | करभ + अश्वतरी | च
शुनी + अपि | बिडाल + च | मूषका | नकुलीषु | च
Verse 8 View Details
नापत्रपन्त पापानि कुर्वन्तो वृष्णयस्तदा । प्राद्विषन्ब्राह्मणांश्चापि पितॄन्देवांस्तथैव च ॥
The Vrishnis, committing sinful deeds, were not seen to feel any shame. They showed disregard for Brahmanas and the departed manes and the departed manes and the celestials.
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न + अपत्रप् | पापानि | कुर्वन्तो | वृष्णि + तदा
प्राद्विषन् | ब्राह्मण + च + अपि | पितॄन् | देव + तथा + एव | च
Verse 9 View Details
गुरूंश्चाप्यवमन्यन्त न तु रामजनार्दनौ । पत्न्यः पतीन्व्युच्चरन्त पत्नीश्च पतयस्तथा ॥
They insulted and humiliated their preceptors and elders. Only Rama and Janardana acted differently. Wives deceived their husbands, and husbands deceived wives.
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गुरु + च + अपि + अवमन् | न | तु | राम + जनार्दन
पत्न्यः | पतीन् | व्युच्चरन्त | पत्नी + च | पति + तथा
Verse 10 View Details
विभावसुः प्रज्वलितो वामं विपरिवर्तते । नीललोहितमाञ्जिष्ठा विसृजन्नर्चिषः पृथक् ॥
Fires, when ignited cast their flames towards the left. Sometimes they threw out flames whose colour was blue and red.
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विभावसुः | प्रज्वलितो | वामं | विपरिवर्तते
नील + लोहित + माञ्जिष्ठ | विसृजन्न् | अर्चिषः | पृथक्
Verse 11 View Details
उदयास्तमने नित्यं पुर्यां तस्यां दिवाकरः । व्यदृश्यतासकृत्पुंभिः कबन्धैः परिवारितः ॥
The Sun, whether when rising or setting over that city, seemed to be surrounded by headless trunks of human beings.
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उदय + अस्तमन | नित्यं | पुर्यां | तस्यां | दिवाकरः
विदृश् + असकृत् | पुंभिः | कबन्धैः | परिवारितः
Verse 12 View Details
महानसेषु सिद्धेऽन्ने संस्कृतेऽतीव भारत । आहार्यमाणे कृमयो व्यदृश्यन्त नराधिप ॥
In cook-rooms, upon food that was clean and well-boiled, were soon, when it was served out for eating, innumerable worms of various kinds.
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महानसेषु | सिद्धे | ऽन्ने | संस्कृते | ऽतीव | भारत
तेन | तेन | व्यदृश्यन्त | समुपेता | नराधिपाः
Verse 13 View Details
पुण्याहे वाच्यमाने च जपत्सु च महात्मसु । अभिधावन्तः श्रूयन्ते न चादृश्यत कश्चन ॥
When Brahmanas, receiving gifts, blessed the day or the hour fixed for this or that undertaking or when great men were engaged in silent recitations, the heavy trend was heard of many men running about but no one could be seen to whom the sound of such sound could be ascribed.
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पुण्याहे | वाच्यमाने | च | जपत्सु | च | महात्मसु
अभिधावन्तः | श्रूयन्ते | न | च + दृश् | कश्चन
Verse 14 View Details
परस्परं च नक्षत्रं हन्यमानं पुनः पुनः । ग्रहैरपश्यन्सर्वे ते नात्मनस्तु कथंचन ॥
The Constellations were repeatedly seen to be struck by the planets. None amongst the Yadavas could, however, see the constellation of his birth.
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परस्परं | च | नक्षत्रं | हन्यमानं | पुनः | पुनः
ग्रहैर् | अपश्यन् | सर्वे | ते | न + आत्मन् + तु | कथंचन
Verse 15 View Details
नदन्तं पाञ्चजन्यं च वृष्ण्यन्धकनिवेशने । समन्तात्प्रत्यवाश्यन्त रासभा दारुणस्वराः ॥
When the Panchajanya was blown in their houses, asses of dissonant and awful voice brayed aloud from all sides.
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नदन्तं | पाञ्चजन्यं | च | वृष्णि + अन्धक + निवेशन
समन्तात् | प्रत्यवाश्यन्त | रासभा | दारुण + स्वर
Verse 16 View Details
एवं पश्यन्हृषीकेशः संप्राप्तं कालपर्ययम् । त्रयोदश्याममावास्यां तां दृष्ट्वा प्राब्रवीदिदम् ॥
Seeing these sings which showed the perverse course of Time, and seeing that the day of the new moon coincided with the thirteenth (and the fourteenth) lunation's, Hrishkesha, summoning the Yadavas, said to them these words:
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एवं | पश्यन् | हृषीकेशः | सम्प्राप्तं | काल + पर्यय
त्रयोदश्याम् | अमावास्यां | तां | दृष्ट्वा | प्राब्रवीद् | इदम्
Verse 17 View Details
चतुर्दशी पञ्चदशी कृतेयं राहुणा पुनः । तदा च भारते युद्धे प्राप्ता चाद्य क्षयाय नः ॥
The fourteenth lunation has been made the fifteenth by Rahu once more. Such a day had appeared at the time of the great battle of the Bharatas. It has once more appeared, it seems, for our destruction.'
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चतुर्दशी | पञ्चदशी | कृ + इदम् | राहुणा | पुनः
तदा | च | भारते | युद्धे | प्राप्ता | च + अद्य | क्षयाय | नः
Verse 18 View Details
विमृशन्नेव कालं तं परिचिन्त्य जनार्दनः । मेने प्राप्तं स षट्त्रिंशं वर्षं वै केशिसूदनः ॥
The destroyer of Keshi, viz., Janardana, thinking upon the omens that Time showed, understood that the thirty-sixth year had come, and that what Gandhari, burning with grief on account of the death of her sons, and deprived of all her kinsmen, had said was about to take place.
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विमृशन्न् | एव | कालं | तं | परिचिन्त्य | जनार्दनः
मेने | प्राप्तं | स | षट्त्रिंशं | वर्षं | वै | केशिसूदनः
Verse 19 View Details
पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्ता गान्धारी हतबान्धवा । यदनुव्याजहारार्ता तदिदं समुपागतम् ॥
The destroyer of Keshi, viz., Janardana, thinking upon the omens that Time showed, understood that the thirty-sixth year had come, and that what Gandhari, burning with grief on account of the death of her sons, and deprived of all her kinsmen, had said was about to take place.
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सा | च | देवी | महाभागा | गान्धारी | हन् + बान्धव
यद् | अनुव्याहृ + आर्त | तद् | इदं | समुपागतम्
Verse 20 View Details
इदं च तदनुप्राप्तमब्रवीद्यद्युधिष्ठिरः । पुरा व्यूढेष्वनीकेषु दृष्ट्वोत्पातान्सुदारुणान् ॥
The present is exactly similar to that time which Yudhishthira had marked at sight of those dreadful omens which appeared when the two armies were arranged in battle-order.
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इदं | च | तद् | अनुप्राप्तम् | अब्रवीद् | यद् | युधिष्ठिरः
पुरा | व्यूह् + अनीक | दृश् + उत्पात | सु + दारुण
Verse 21 View Details
इत्युक्त्वा वासुदेवस्तु चिकीर्षन्सत्यमेव तत् । आज्ञापयामास तदा तीर्थयात्रामरिंदम ॥
Vasudeva, having said so, tried to bring about those occurrences which would make Gandhari's words true. That chastiser of enemies commanded the Vrishnis to make a pilgrimage to some sacred water.
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इति + वच् | वासुदेव + तु | चिकीर्षन् | सत्यम् | एव | तत्
वारयामास | तान् | वीरान् | सान्त्व + पूर्वम् | अरिंदमः
Verse 22 View Details
अघोषयन्त पुरुषास्तत्र केशवशासनात् । तीर्थयात्रा समुद्रे वः कार्येति पुरुषर्षभाः ॥
The messengers immediately proclaimed at the command of Keshava that the Vrishnis should make a journey to the sea-coast for bathing in the sacred waters of the ocean.
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अघोषयन्त | पुरुष + तत्र | केशव + शासन
तीर्थ + यात्रा | समुद्रे | वः | कृ + इति | पुरुष + ऋषभ

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