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धिङ्मां धिक्शाल्वराजानं धिग्धातारमथापि च । येषां दुर्नीतभावेन प्राप्तास्म्यापदमुत्तमाम्॥५-१७३-६॥
“Shame on me; shame on the king of Śālva; and shame also on the Ordainer (Fate)—through whose misgoverned disposition I have come to an extreme calamity.”
english translation
सर्वथा भागधेयानि स्वानि प्राप्नोति मानवः । अनयस्यास्य तु मुखं भीष्मः शांतनवो मम॥५-१७३-७॥
In every way a person attains the portion allotted by destiny. But in this misfortune of mine, Bhīṣma Śāṃtanava is the immediate cause.
english translation
सा भीष्मे प्रतिकर्तव्यमहं पश्यामि सांप्रतम् । तपसा वा युधा वापि दुःखहेतुः स मे मतः । को नु भीष्मं युधा जेतुमुत्सहेत महीपतिः॥५-१७३-८॥
Now I see that a response must be directed toward Bhīṣma—whether through austerity or through armed contest; for he is, in my judgment, the cause of my suffering. For what king would dare to defeat Bhīṣma in battle?
english translation
एवं सा परिनिश्चित्य जगाम नगराद्बहिः । आश्रमं पुण्यशीलानां तापसानां महात्मनाम् । ततस्तामवसद्रात्रिं तापसैः परिवारिता॥५-१७३-९॥
Having thus resolved, she went out from the city to the hermitage of great-souled ascetics of virtuous conduct. There she spent the night, surrounded by the ascetics.
english translation
आचख्यौ च यथा वृत्तं सर्वमात्मनि भारत । विस्तरेण महाबाहो निखिलेन शुचिस्मिता । हरणं च विसर्गं च शाल्वेन च विसर्जनम्॥५-१७३-१०॥
And she related, O Bhārata—fully and in detail, O mighty-armed one—everything that had happened to her: her abduction, her release, and her being rejected by Śālva.
english translation