अध्याय 9
1 [युधिस्ठिर]
मुहूर्तं तावद एकाग्रॊ मनः शरॊत्रे ऽनतरात्मनि
धारयित्वापि ते शरुत्वा रॊचतां वचनं मम
1 [युधिस्ठिर]
मुहूर्तं तावद एकाग्रॊ मनः शरॊत्रे ऽनतरात्मनि
धारयित्वापि ते शरुत्वा रॊचतां वचनं मम
1 भीष्म उवाच
ततः शिखण्डिनॊ माता यथातत्त्वं नराधिप
आचचक्षे महाबाहॊ भर्त्रे कन्यां शिखण्डिनीम
“Vaisampayana continued, ‘Then Kunti spoke unto Bhimasena and Arjuna andthe twins regarding the journey to Panchala. They all said, ‘So be it.’Then, O king, Kunti with her sons saluted the Brahmana (in whose housethey had dwelt) and set out for the delightful town of the illustriousDrupada.’
“Vaisampayana said, ‘Meanwhile, understanding from his spies that theslayer of Madhu had set out, Dhritarashtra,
कृपाचार्य महर्षि शरद्वान के पुत्र थे| महर्षि शरद्वान महर्षि गौतम के पुत्र थे, इसी कारण इनको गौतम भी कहते थे| वे धनुर्विद्या में पूर्ण पारंगत थे| इंद्र भी इनकी असाधारण पटुता देखकर इनसे डरने लगा था|
“Lomasa said, ‘O son of Kunti, Bharadwaja returned to his hermitage afterperforming the ritual duties of the day, and having collected thesacrificial fuel.
“Sanjaya said, ‘Engaged in taking the lives of brave warriors, Arjuna’sson then resembled the Destroyer himself, when the latter takes the livesof all creatures on the arrival of the Universal Dissolution.
बारक सुमिरत तोहि होहि तिन्हहि सम्मुख सुखद|
क्यों न संभारहि मोहि दया सिंधु दसरत्थ के||