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निकृत्या भ्रंशिता राज्याज्जनार्हा निर्जनं गताः । विनीतक्रोधहर्षाश्च ब्रह्मण्याः सत्यवादिनः॥५-८८-६॥
By deception they were driven from the kingdom—though worthy of the people’s honor—and went into the wilderness; they restrained anger and elation, were devoted to sacred learning, and spoke the truth.
english translation
त्यक्त्वा प्रियसुखे पार्था रुदन्तीमपहाय माम् । अहार्षुश्च वनं यान्तः समूलं हृदयं मम॥५-८८-७॥
The Pārthas, forsaking comforts dear to them and leaving me weeping, went to the forest; as they departed, they seemed to carry off my heart, torn up from its very roots.
english translation
अतदर्हा महात्मानः कथं केशव पाण्डवाः । ऊषुर्महावने तात सिंहव्याघ्रगजाकुले॥५-८८-८॥
O Keśava, how did the high-minded Pāṇḍavas—who were not suited to such hardship—live in the great forest, thronged with lions, tigers, and elephants, my dear child?
english translation
बाला विहीनाः पित्रा ते मया सततलालिताः । अपश्यन्तः स्वपितरौ कथमूषुर्महावने॥५-८८-९॥
Those boys—bereft of their father and ever cherished by me—how did they live in the great forest, not seeing their own parents?
english translation
शङ्खदुन्दुभिनिर्घोषैर्मृदङ्गैर्वैणवैरपि । पाण्डवाः समबोध्यन्त बाल्यात्प्रभृति केशव॥५-८८-१०॥
O Keśava, from childhood onward the Pāṇḍavas were awakened by the resonant sounds of conches and dundubhi-kettledrums, and also by drums and stringed instruments.
english translation