Mahabharata · 1.204.13–14
॥
Devanāgarī
दक्षिणे तां करे सुभ्रूं सुन्दो जग्राह पाणिना ॥
उपसुन्दो ऽपि जग्राह वामे पाणौ तिलोत्तमाम् ॥
वरप्रदानमत्तौ ताव् औरसेन बलेन च ॥
धनरत्नमदाभ्यां च सुरापानमदेन च ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
dakṣiṇe tāṃ kare subhrūṃ sundo jagrāha pāṇinā ||
upasundo 'pi jagrāha vāme pāṇau tilottamām ||
varapradānamattau tāv aurasena balena ca ||
dhanaratnamadābhyāṃ ca surāpānamadena ca ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
दक्षिणे तां करे सुभ्रूं सुन्दः जग्राह पाणिनाdakṣiṇe tāṃ kare subhrūṃ sundaḥ jagrāha pāṇināSunda seized that fair-browed woman by her right hand with his hand;
उपसुन्दः अपि जग्राह वामे पाणौ तिलोत्तमाम्upasundaḥ api jagrāha vāme pāṇau tilottamāmand Upasunda seized Tilottama by her left hand;
वरप्रदानमत्तौ तौ औरसेन बलेन चvarapradānamattau tau aurasena balena caintoxicated by the granting of the boon, and by their own strength,
धनरत्नमदाभ्यां च सुरापानमदेन चdhanaratnamadābhyāṃ ca surāpānamadena caand by pride in wealth and jewels, and by the intoxication of wine-drinking --
सुन्दोsundooriginal form "sundo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
उपसुन्दोupasundooriginal form "upasundo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽपि'pioriginal form "'pi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ताव्tāvoriginal form "tāv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation
"Sunda seized that fair-browed woman by her right hand; and Upasunda seized Tilottama by her left hand; intoxicated by the granting of the boon, and by their own strength, and by pride in wealth and jewels, and by the intoxication of wine-drinking --"
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Here all the intoxications that clouded them are enumerated. It is significant that the intoxications are piled one upon another -- boon, strength, wealth, wine: pride of many kinds together blinds completely. Herein lies a lesson: intoxication with success and strength is more dangerous than the intoxication of wine. Thus the scripture shows the sum of their blindness; and each, having seized her hand, will not yield -- and from this the quarrel will break out.