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एतस्मात् कारणात् राजन् न आगमम् नागसाह्वयम् यदि अगाम् परवीरघ्न न हि जीवेत् सुयोधनःetasmāt kāraṇāt rājan na āgamam nāgasāhvayam yadi agām paravīraghna na hi jīvet suyodhanaḥFor this reason, O king, I did not come to Hastinapura; had I come, O slayer of enemy heroes, Suyodhana would not have lived
वैशंपायन उवाचvaiśaṃpāyana uvācaVaishampayana said
एवम् उक्त्वा महाबाहुः कौरवम् पुरुषोत्तमः आमन्त्र्य प्रययौ धीमान् पाण्डवान् मधुसूदनःevam uktvā mahābāhuḥ kauravam puruṣottamaḥ āmantrya prayayau dhīmān pāṇḍavān madhusūdanaḥHaving spoken thus, the mighty-armed, wise Madhusudana, Purushottama, took leave of the Kaurava and the Pandavas and departed
अभिवाद्य महाबाहुः धर्मराजम् युधिष्ठिरम् राज्ञा मूर्धनि उपाघ्रातः भीमेन च महाभुजःabhivādya mahābāhuḥ dharmarājam yudhiṣṭhiram rājñā mūrdhani upāghrātaḥ bhīmena ca mahābhujaḥThe mighty-armed one bowed to Dharmaraja Yudhishthira; the king smelled his head, and so did the mighty-armed Bhima
सुभद्राम् अभिमन्युम् च रथम् आरोप्य काञ्चनम् आरुरोह रथम् कृष्णः पाण्डवैः अभिपूजितःsubhadrām abhimanyum ca ratham āropya kāñcanam āruroha ratham kṛṣṇaḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ abhipūjitaḥHaving set Subhadra and Abhimanyu on the golden chariot, Krishna mounted the chariot, honored by the Pandavas
सैन्यसुग्रीवयुक्तेन रथेन आदित्यवर्चसा द्वारकाम् प्रययौ कृष्णः समाश्वास्य युधिष्ठिरम्sainyasugrīvayuktena rathena ādityavarcasā dvārakām prayayau kṛṣṇaḥ samāśvāsya yudhiṣṭhiramOn the chariot yoked with Sainya and Sugriva, radiant as the sun, Krishna set out for Dvaraka, having consoled Yudhishthira
ततः प्रयाते दाशार्हे धृष्टद्युम्नः अपि पार्षतः द्रौपदेयान् उपादाय प्रययौ स्वपुरम् तदाtataḥ prayāte dāśārhe dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ api pārṣataḥ draupadeyān upādāya prayayau svapuram tadāThen, when the Dasharha had departed, Dhrishtadyumna, son of Prishata, took the sons of Draupadi and set out for his own city
धृष्टकेतुः स्वसारम् च समादाय अथ चेदिराट् जगाम पाण्डवान् दृष्ट्वा रम्याम् शुक्तिमतीम् पुरीम्dhṛṣṭaketuḥ svasāram ca samādāya atha cedirāṭ jagāma pāṇḍavān dṛṣṭvā ramyām śuktimatīm purīmDhrishtaketu, king of Chedi, having taken his sister and seen the Pandavas, went to the pleasant city of Shuktimati
केकयाः च अपि अनुज्ञाताः कौन्तेयेन अमिततेजसा आमन्त्र्य पाण्डवान् सर्वान् प्रययुः ते अपि भारतkekayāḥ ca api anujñātāḥ kaunteyena amitatejasā āmantrya pāṇḍavān sarvān prayayuḥ te api bhārataThe Kekayas too, given leave by the immeasurably splendid son of Kunti, took leave of all the Pandavas and departed as well, O Bharata
ब्राह्मणाः च विशः च एव तथा विषयवासिनः विसृज्यमानाः सुभृशम् न त्यजन्ति स्म पाण्डवान्brāhmaṇāḥ ca viśaḥ ca eva tathā viṣayavāsinaḥ visṛjyamānāḥ subhṛśam na tyajanti sma pāṇḍavānThe brahmanas, vaishyas, and the inhabitants of the region, even when dismissed, would not readily leave the Pandavas
समवायः स राजेन्द्र सुमहाद्भुतदर्शनः आसीत् महात्मनाम् तेषाम् काम्यके भरतर्षभsamavāyaḥ sa rājendra sumahādbhutadarśanaḥ āsīt mahātmanām teṣām kāmyake bharatarṣabhaThat gathering of great souls, O lord of kings, was a truly wondrous sight, in Kamyaka, O bull of the Bharatas
युधिष्ठिरः तु विप्रान् तान् अनुमान्य महामनाः शशास पुरुषान् काले रथान् योजयत इति हyudhiṣṭhiraḥ tu viprān tān anumānya mahāmanāḥ śaśāsa puruṣān kāle rathān yojayata iti haYudhishthira, the great-minded, having honored those brahmanas, in due time commanded the men: 'Yoke the chariots'
कारणाद्kāraṇādoriginal form "kāraṇād", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नागमंnāgamaṃoriginal form "nāgamaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यद्य्yadyoriginal form "yady", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अगांagāṃoriginal form "agāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कौरवंkauravaṃoriginal form "kauravaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महाबाहुर्mahābāhuroriginal form "mahābāhur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
धर्मराजंdharmarājaṃoriginal form "dharmarājaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मूर्धन्य्mūrdhanyoriginal form "mūrdhany", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
उपाघ्रातोupāghrātooriginal form "upāghrāto", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अभिमन्युंabhimanyuṃoriginal form "abhimanyuṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
रथंrathaṃoriginal form "rathaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पाण्डवैर्pāṇḍavairoriginal form "pāṇḍavair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
रथेनादित्यवर्चसाrathenādityavarcasāoriginal form "rathenādityavarcasā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
द्वारकांdvārakāṃoriginal form "dvārakāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
धृष्टद्युम्नोdhṛṣṭadyumnooriginal form "dhṛṣṭadyumno", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽपि'pioriginal form "'pi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
स्वपुरंsvapuraṃoriginal form "svapuraṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
स्वसारंsvasāraṃoriginal form "svasāraṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
समादायाथsamādāyāthaoriginal form "samādāyātha", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
रम्यांramyāṃoriginal form "ramyāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शुक्तिमतींśuktimatīṃoriginal form "śuktimatīṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
केकयाश्kekayāśoriginal form "kekayāś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चाप्य्cāpyoriginal form "cāpy", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कौन्तेयेनामितौजसाkaunteyenāmitaujasāoriginal form "kaunteyenāmitaujasā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्रययुस्prayayusoriginal form "prayayus", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽपि'pioriginal form "'pi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ब्राह्मणाश्brāhmaṇāśoriginal form "brāhmaṇāś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विशश्viśaśoriginal form "viśaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चैवcaivaoriginal form "caiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सुभृशंsubhṛśaṃoriginal form "subhṛśaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
आसीन्āsīnoriginal form "āsīn", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महात्मनांmahātmanāṃoriginal form "mahātmanāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तेषांteṣāṃoriginal form "teṣāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
युधिष्ठिरस्yudhiṣṭhirasoriginal form "yudhiṣṭhiras", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विप्रांस्viprāṃsoriginal form "viprāṃs", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
योजयतेतिyojayatetioriginal form "yojayateti", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
The account of the Saubha explains Krishna's absence, but it does not cancel his promise to Draupadi. The allies disperse, and the Pandavas remain in the forest; outward support withdraws so that the trial of dharma may continue within their own hearts.