Myths and Legends of India Vol. 1 by William Radice

Author:William Radice
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789386057082
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2016-04-14T16:00:00+00:00

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Meanwhile, learned Vidura

sent to the forest

a man of unimpeachable character

(continued Vaisampayana).

He went where instructed,

and saw the Pandavas

and their mother measuring

the depth of a river.

This man was the spy

who had revealed to mahatma

Vidura all the machinations

of ill-minded Duryodhana.

For which reason Vidura

sent him to Kunti’s sons;

and he showed them

a mind-swift, wind-swift boat,

Fitted with various gadgets,

decked with flags, sturdily

constructed by shipwrights

to withstand stormy waves.

The boat was moored

on holy Ganga’s banks.

To establish his credentials

as Vidura’s messenger,

he said, ‘O Yudhishthira,

this is what Vidura told you:

He survives who knows

that straw-consumer and dew-drier

cannot harm those who

burrow holes in the ground.

Vidura has sent me.

You can depend on me.

Besides, dharma-learned Vidura

also said to me,

O son of Kunti, that you

will defeat in battle

Karna, Sakuni, and

Duryodhana and his brothers.

The boat waits for you.

May its journey be pleasant.

May it take you swiftly

away from this place.’

He saw the brothers

and their mother anxious,

so, climbing along with them

into the boat, he said:

‘Vidura has embraced you, and smelt

your heads; he asked me

to make your journey auspicious,

to shield you from harm.’

With these words, your majesty,

the man piloted the heroes

carefully over the Ganga’s waters

to the opposite bank.

When they had reached

the opposite bank safely

he shouted May victory be yours!

and returned to his home.

The Pandavas sent word

of their safety to Vidura,

and secretly and hurriedly

pressed on, none else knowing.

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