na hi prapaśyāmi mamāpanudyād yac chokam ucchoṣaṇam indriyāṇām
avāpya bhūmāv asapatnam ṛddhaṃ rājyaṃ surāṇām api cādhipatyam
na | – | av. – not; |
hi | – | av. – because, just, indeed, surely; |
prapaśyāmi | – | pra-√dṛś (to see clearly) Praes. P 3v.1 – I see; |
mama | – | asmat sn. 6n.1 – my; |
apanudyāt | – | apa-√nud (to remove) Pot. P 1v.1 – it would remove; |
yat | – | yat sn. 1n.1 m. – that which (correlative of: tat); |
śokam | – | śoka 2n.1 m. – sorrow, heat (from: √śuc – to grieve, to burn); |
ucchoṣaṇam | – | ucchoṣaṇa 2n.1 m. – which is drying up (from: ut-√śuṣ – to dry up): |
indriyāṇām | – | indriya 6n.3 n. – of the senses (from: √ind – to be powerful); |
avāpya | – | ava-√āp (to obtain) absol. – after obtaining; |
bhūmau | – | bhūmi 7n.1 f. – on earth; |
asapatnam | – | a-sa-patna 2n.1 n. – unrivaled (from: sa-patna – rival; sa-patnī – co-wife); |
ṛddham | – | ṛddha (√ṛdh – to grow) PP 2n.1 n. – grown, prosperous, thriving; |
rājyam | – | rājya (√rāj – to reign) PF 2n.1 n. – kingdom, power; |
surāṇām | – | sura 6n.3 m. – of the gods, divinities; |
api | – | av. – although, moreover, besides, even; |
ca | – | av. – and; |
ādhipatyam | – | ādhi-patya 2n.1 n. – rule, supremacy (from: adhi-pati – ruler ober others); |
evaṃ yuddham ārabhya nivṛttavyāpārān bhavato dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ prasahya hanyur iti cet, astu, tad-vadha-labdha-vijayād adharmyād asmākaṃ dharmādharmāv ajānadbhis tair hananam eva garīya iti me pratibhātīty uktvā, yan mahyaṃ śreya iti niścitaṃ tat śarṇāgatāya tava śiṣyāya me brūhīty atimātra-kṛpaṇo bhagavat-pādāmbujam upasasāra
tvam eva vicārya yad yuktaṃ tat kurv iti cet, tatrāha na hi prapaśyāmīti | indriyāṇām ucchoṣaṇam atiśoṣaṇa-karaṃ madīyaṃ śokaṃ yat karma apanudyāt apanayet tad ahaṃ na prapaśyāmīti | yadyapi bhūmau niṣkaṇṭakaṃ samṛddhaṃ rājyaṃ prāpsyāmi | tathā surendratvam api yadi prāpsyāmi evam abhīṣṭaṃ tat tat sarvam avāpyāpi śokāpanodanopāyaṃ na prapaśyāmīty anvayaḥ ||8||
nanu svayam eva tvaṃ śreyo vicāraya śruta-sampanno ‚si kiṃ para-śiṣyatvenety ata āha nahīti | yac-chreyaḥ prāptaṃ sat-kartṛ mama śokam apanudyād apanuden nivārayet tan na paśyāmi hi yasmāt tasmān māṃ śādhīti so ‚haṃ bhagavaḥ śocāmi taṃ mā bhagavāñ chokasya pāraṃ tārayatu [ChāU 7.1.3] iti śruty-artho darśitaḥ | śokānapanode ko doṣa ity āśaṅkya tad-viśeṣaṇam āha indriyāṇām ucchoṣaṇam iti | sarvadā santāpa-karam ity arthaḥ |
nanu yuddhe prayatamānasya tava śoka-nivṛttir bhaviṣyati jeṣyasi cet tadā rājya-prāptyā dvāv etau puruṣau loke ity ādi-dharma-śāstrād ity āśaṅkyāha avāpyety ādinā | śatru-varjitaṃ sasyādi-sampannaṃ ca rājyaṃ tathā surāṇām ādhipatyaṃ hiraṇyagarbhatva-paryantam aiśvaryam avāpya sthitasyāpi mama yac chokam apanudyāt tan na paśyāmīty anvayaḥ | tad yatheha karma-jito lokaḥ kṣīyata evam evāmutra puṇya-jito lokaḥ kṣīyate [Chā 8.1.6] iti śruteḥ | yat-kṛtakaṃ tad-anityam ity anumānāt pratyakṣeṇāpy aihikānāṃ vināśa-darśanāc ca naihika āmutriko vā bhogaḥ śoka-nivartakaḥ kintu sva-sattā-kāle ‚pi bhoga-pāratantryādinā vināśa-kāle ‚pi vicchedāc choka-janaka eveti na yuddhaṃ śoka-nivṛttaye ‚nuṣṭheyam ity arthaḥ | etenehāmutra-bhoga-virāgo ‚dhikāri-viśeṣaṇatvena darśitaḥ
nanu mayi tava sakhya-bhāva eva, na tu gauravam | atas tvāṃ katham ahaṃ śiṣyaṃ karomi ? tasmād yatra tava gauravaṃ taṃ kam api dvaipāyanādikaṃ prapadyasva ity ata āha na hīti | mama śokam apanudyāt dūrīkuryād evaṃ janaṃ na prakarṣeṇa paśyāmi trijagaty ekaṃ tvāṃ vinā | svasmād adhika-buddhimantaṃ bṛhaspatim api na jānāmīty ataḥ śokārta eva khalu kaṃ prapadyeya iti bhāvaḥ | yad yataḥ śokād indriyāṇām ucchoṣaṇaṃ mahā-nidāghāt kṣudra-sarasām iva utkarṣeṇa śoṣo bhavati |
nanu tarhi sāmprataṃ tvaṃ śokārta eva khalu yudhyasva | tataś caitān jitvā rājyaṃ prātavatas tava rājya-bhogābhiniveśenaiva śoko ‚payāsyatīty āha avāpyeti | bhūmau niṣkaṇṭakaṃ rājyaṃ svarge surāṇām ādhipatyaṃ vā prāpyāpi sthitasya mamendriyāṇām etad ucchoṣaṇam evety arthaḥ
nanu tvaṃ śāstrajño ‚si sva-hitaṃ vicāryānutiṣṭha, sakhyur me śiṣyaḥ kathaṃ bhaver iti cet tatrāha na hīti | yat karma mama śokam apanudyād dūrīkuryāt tad ahaṃ na prapaśyāmi | śokaṃ viśinaṣṭi – indriyāṇām ucchoṣaṇam iti | tasmāc choka-vināśāya tvāṃ prapanno ‚smīti | itthaṃ ca so ‚haṃ bhagavaḥ śocāmi taṃ māṃ bhavān śokasya pāraṃ tārayatu iti śruty-artho darśitaḥ |
nanu tvam adhunā śokākulaḥ prapadyase yuddhāt sukha-samṛddhi-lābhe viśoko bhaviṣyasīti cet tatrāha avāpyeti | yadi yuddhe vijayī syāṃ tadā bhūmāv asapatnaṃ niṣkaṇṭakaṃ rājyaṃ prāpya yadi ca tatra hataḥ syāṃ tadā svarge surāṇām ādhipatyaṃ prāpya sthitasya me viśokatvaṃ na bhaved ity arthaḥ | tad yatheha karma-jito lokaḥ kṣīyata evam evāmutra puṇya-jito lokaḥ kṣīyate [ChāU 8.1.6] iti śruter naihikaṃ pāratrikaṃ vā yuddha-labdhaṃ sukhaṃ śokāpahaṃ tasmāt tādṛśam eva śreyastvaṃ brūhīti na yuddhaṃ śoka-haram