The wail of
Gandhari (Gandhari vilapam)
By
Thunjathu
ezhuthachan
Translation
attempt by
P.R.Ramachander
(Note
For very many
years , one of my great desire was to
translate this great piece
of Malayalam literature. It occurs
in Mahabharatham kili pattu by
THunjathu Ezhuthachan .Since I did not have that book, and also because
I was not able to get , my dream was unfinished. Few days back, my daughter
enacted the role
of Gandhari extremely well.
Then I requested my friend Sri Anantha narayanan Vaidhyanathan for it .Within an hour I got the
needed pages,In my
translation attempt I was not able to bring
the emotion of regal sorrow of his great
work and this is the result of my
attempt . Pardon me for all errors and deficiencies.My
grateful
thanks to my friend
Sri Ananthanarayanan
Vaidhyanathan)
(When Gandhari
wished to see her sons and relations
who were lying dead in the
battle field, the pandavas and Lord Krishna , took her
toKuru Kshethra. Seeing the
dead people belonging
to both sides lying there,
with extreme pain,
Gandhari
told Lord Krishna)
“Oh Krishna , did you not see , Bhagadatha,
The greatest among
kings of this world,
Lying on earth near his
elephant along with his bow,
Fell by the arrow sent by the
son of Indra,
Completely
decorating himself with blood, OhShiva, Oh Shiva”
.
“The divine son, who has
an auspicious ,
Pretty form resembling
an emerald stone ,
The son of
ARjuna whose fame is beyond
words,
Oh husband of a
Gopi maiden , your
nephew.
Why did you
not prevent him being killed
Is getting him killed , very interesting to you”
“Do you not
have even a slight sorrow,
Seeing us weep ,
with our mind getting worried,
Is your mind
made of stone? Though I feel ,
That even a stone
would slightly melt seeing all this,.”
“The land
where DRona was cremated is seen there
And was he not a
Brahmin?,Oh mind, would any one
else,
Allow the cruel
Drishtadhyumna to kill
That very
disciplined Guru?
Except you , Oh greatly wise person”
“Alas , again on
the other side,
My son Dushasana
who has a pretty body,
Lies there ,
his chest has been opened and blood has been drunk
And oh son can I bear seeing your chest,
And Oh Lord Krishna
, why did you show all this to
me,
As the fire is
burning within my mind, Oh my god “
“Karna , the king
of Anga who is very important,
To my children, is lying there without his
ear globes
And his neck is
shining there and the arrow,
Of the one who is greater
than all archers is lying there, Oh my god
His body is very pretty to see and oh god,
What is the reason that
his body is being ,
Torn and pulled
by the dogs and foxes , oh god”
“Oh little one ,
Oh my son, oh Duryodhana,
Your golden crown and magic of your decorations,
Your pride
and your greatness like that of king of devas,
Your majestic look
and beauty,
Leaving all those things
,you have also,
Left your father
who was very dear to you,
Why did you leave all
that and suddenly depart,
And seeing all
this my mind is breaking in to pieces
You who normally
sleep on the bed of silk,
Are lying down
on earth , in the bed of blood,
With the stored
great anger, BHeema beat you,
And killed you
breaking your leg”
Saying all this
with great emotion of sorrow she wailed ,
“I am not
able to see all these,”
Gandhari then ran, fell down on earth, rolled,
Again and again and
then she fainted,
Suddenly she woke
up and left all her reservations
and shouted,
“Oh Kesava , in
this earth , I have not seen,
Any one who is
as cruel as you”
Gandhari again told
Krishna,
“YOu who have very
many friends,
Along with your entire family would all together die like this ,
Without any doubt when thirty six years
go by”,
“It should come
like that only , is the, ,
Firm desire in
my mind also , Oh lady,
Good has happened
to you madam and to me,
Possibly
that is the resolve of great
God.” Said Krishna
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