SIMON BRODBECK
Cardiff University BrodbeckSP@cardiff.ac.uk<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE PLAN TO CAPTURE YUDHI\u1e62\u1e6cHIRA IN THE DRO\u1e46APARVAN<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n After Dro\u1e47a is made Kaurava sen\u0101pati<\/em>, Duryodhana asks him to capture Yudhi\u1e63\u1e6dhira alive. This paper explains and discusses this. The interpretation offered hinges on one line:<\/p>\n\n\n\n satyapratij\u00f1e tv \u0101n\u012bte punardy\u016btena nirjite<\/u><\/strong><\/em> | When true-to-his-promise is brought and defeated in again-dicing, The Kaunteyas, devoted to him, will go to the forest again. Does this line refer to a future dice match that Duryodhana wants to have with Yudhi\u1e63\u1e6dhira after Dro\u1e47a has captured him, and that Duryodhana would win, thus banishing the P\u0101\u1e47\u1e0davas into exile again? The southern-recension hyparchetype interpolates an extra line in the middle of the verse to require this interpretation: 91*, tasmi\u00f1 j\u012bvati c\u0101n\u012bte<\/u> hy up\u0101yair bahubhi\u1e25 k\u1e5btai\u1e25<\/em>. N\u012blaka\u1e47\u1e6dha is silent here and does not include this southern-recension interpolation in his text, but nonetheless, the translators Ganguli, Dutt, Pilikian, Smith, and Debroy follow this interpretation. Alternatively, as I argue, the line refers to the second dice match in the Sabh\u0101parvan<\/em>, which Yudhi\u1e63\u1e6dhira was brought back for and defeated in (\u0101n\u012bte<\/em>, nirjite<\/em>). The covenant was that if the P\u0101\u1e47\u1e0davas were discovered during their thirteenth year\u2015the year in disguise\u2015they would go into exile for twelve more years. This interpretation hinges on the fact that Duryodhana knows Arjuna was discovered, after shedding his disguise as B\u1e5bhanna\u1e0d\u0101 shortly before the thirteenth year finished. In the paper\u2019s first half, this interpretation is supported by reviewing the word punardy\u016bta<\/em>– in the Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em>, and also \u201cThe End of the P\u0101\u1e47\u1e0davas\u2019 Year in Disguise\u201d in the Vir\u0101\u1e6daparvan<\/em>, as discussed in my article in Journal of Hindu Studies<\/em> 13.3 (2020). There I showed that Arjuna was discovered, but that Arjuna and Uttara kept this from Yudhi\u1e63\u1e6dhira. The issue was ostensibly concluded when Bh\u012b\u1e63ma ruled that the thirteenth year was over at that point, and Duryodhana had to defer to Bh\u012b\u1e63ma\u2019s ruling. But in the Udyogaparvan<\/em>, Duryodhana refused to return the P\u0101\u1e47\u1e0davas\u2019 kingdom because they should first serve another twelve years. Bh\u012b\u1e63ma\u2019s death seems now to provide Duryodhana with the option of a dialogue with Yudhi\u1e63\u1e6dhira. He wants to gamble that Yudhi\u1e63\u1e6dhira is satyapratij\u00f1a<\/em>-, \u201ctrue to his promise\u201d. In the paper\u2019s second half, the Dro\u1e47aparvan<\/em> narrative is reviewed in light of this interpretation. Dro\u1e47a prompted Bh\u012b\u1e63ma\u2019s false ruling (\u201cDhana\u1e43jaya would not have shown himself, if their exile were not over\u201d, 4.46.16, trans. van Buitenen) and is repeatedly accused by Duryodhana of deliberately not capturing Yudhi\u1e63\u1e6dhira. This accusation is credible, especially in light of Dro\u1e47a\u2019s identity as an avat\u0101ra<\/em> of B\u1e5bhaspati in order to ensure mass slaughter. But the possibility of Yudhi\u1e63\u1e6dhira\u2019s capture is thrilling when Yudhi\u1e63\u1e6dhira makes himself increasingly vulnerable by sending away first S\u0101tyaki and then Bh\u012bma to support Arjuna. The paper also wonders whether Yudhi\u1e63\u1e6dhira (at some level) wants to be captured so that the covenant can be fulfilled; it revisits the Yudhi\u1e63\u1e6dhira\u2013Arjuna spat in the Kar\u1e47aparvan<\/em> (8,45\u201350) in light of Arjuna\u2019s Vir\u0101\u1e6daparvan<\/em> deception and this Dro\u1e47aparvan<\/em> sequel; and it revisits Dharma\u2019s promise that the P\u0101\u1e47\u1e0davas will be undiscovered during their thirteenth year (at 3,298.15\u201319) as a possible way out of the ambiguities of this situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SIMON BRODBECKCardiff University BrodbeckSP@cardiff.ac.uk THE PLAN TO CAPTURE YUDHI\u1e62\u1e6cHIRA IN THE DRO\u1e46APARVAN After Dro\u1e47a is made Kaurava sen\u0101pati, Duryodhana asks him to capture Yudhi\u1e63\u1e6dhira alive. This paper explains and discusses this. The interpretation offered hinges on one line: satyapratij\u00f1e tv \u0101n\u012bte punardy\u016btena nirjite |punar y\u0101syanty ara\u1e47y\u0101ya kauntey\u0101s tam anuvrat\u0101\u1e25 || MBh 7,11.17 || When true-to-his-promise […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2124","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2124"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2354,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2124\/revisions\/2354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
punar y\u0101syanty ara\u1e47y\u0101ya kauntey\u0101s tam anuvrat\u0101\u1e25<\/em> || MBh 7,11.17 ||<\/p>\n\n\n\n
OR<\/u><\/strong> Since true-to-his-promise was brought and defeated in again-dicing,<\/p>\n\n\n\n