01.176
Core-Pancharatra: Pandavas take a seat along with Brahmins.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (name of the sage) उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
एवमुक्ताः प्रयातास्ते पाण्डवा जनमेजय। राज्ञा दक्षिणपाञ्चालान्द्रुपदेनाभिरक्षितान् ॥१-१७६-१॥
evamuktāḥ prayātās te pāṇḍavā janamejaya। rājñā dakṣiṇapāñcālān drupadenābhirakṣitān ॥1-176-1॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - having been addressed; प्रयाताः (prayātāḥ) - departed; ते (te) - they; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas; जनमेजय (janamejaya) - O Janamejaya; राज्ञा (rājñā) - by the king; दक्षिणपाञ्चालान् (dakṣiṇapāñcālān) - the southern Pāñcālas; द्रुपदेन (drupadena) - by Drupada; अभिरक्षितान् (abhirakṣitān) - protected;]
(Thus having been addressed, they, the Pāṇḍavas, departed, O Janamejaya. The southern Pāñcālas, protected by King Drupada.)
O Janamejaya, thus addressed, the Pāṇḍavas departed. The southern Pāñcālas were protected by King Drupada.
ततस्ते तं महात्मानं शुद्धात्मानमकल्मषम्। ददृशुः पाण्डवा राजन्पथि द्वैपायनं तदा ॥१-१७६-२॥
tataste taṃ mahātmānaṃ śuddhātmānamakalmaṣam। dadṛśuḥ pāṇḍavā rājanpathi dvaipāyanaṃ tadā ॥1-176-2॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ते (te) - they; तं (taṃ) - him; महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - great-souled; शुद्धात्मानम् (śuddhātmānam) - pure-souled; अकल्मषम् (akalmaṣam) - sinless; ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - saw; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas; राजन् (rājan) - O king; पथि (pathi) - on the path; द्वैपायनम् (dvaipāyanam) - Vyāsa; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(Then they saw him, the great-souled, pure-souled, sinless Vyāsa, on the path, O king, then.)
Then, O king, the Pāṇḍavas saw the great and pure-souled, sinless Vyāsa on the path.
तस्मै यथावत्सत्कारं कृत्वा तेन च सान्त्विताः। कथान्ते चाभ्यनुज्ञाताः प्रययुर्द्रुपदक्षयम् ॥१-१७६-३॥
tasmai yathāvat-satkāraṃ kṛtvā tena ca sāntvitāḥ। kathānte cābhyanujñātāḥ prayayur drupada-kṣayam ॥1-176-3॥
[तस्मै (tasmai) - to him; यथावत् (yathāvat) - as is proper; सत्कारं (satkāram) - honor; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done; तेन (tena) - by him; च (ca) - and; सान्त्विताः (sāntvitāḥ) - having been consoled; कथान्ते (kathānte) - at the end of the conversation; च (ca) - and; अभ्यनुज्ञाताः (abhyanujñātāḥ) - having been permitted; प्रययुः (prayayur) - departed; द्रुपदक्षयम् (drupada-kṣayam) - to Drupada's abode;]
(To him, having done proper honor, and having been consoled by him, at the end of the conversation and having been permitted, they departed to Drupada's abode.)
After showing him due honor and being consoled by him, at the end of the conversation and with his permission, they departed for Drupada's residence.
पश्यन्तो रमणीयानि वनानि च सरांसि च। तत्र तत्र वसन्तश्च शनैर्जग्मुर्महारथाः ॥१-१७६-४॥
paśyanto ramaṇīyāni vanāni ca sarāṃsi ca। tatra tatra vasantas ca śanair jagmur mahārathāḥ ॥1-176-4॥
[पश्यन्तः (paśyantaḥ) - seeing; रमणीयानि (ramaṇīyāni) - beautiful; वनानि (vanāni) - forests; च (ca) - and; सरांसि (sarāṃsi) - lakes; च (ca) - and; तत्र (tatra) - there; तत्र (tatra) - there; वसन्तः (vasantaḥ) - dwelling; च (ca) - and; शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly; जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - went; महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great chariot-warriors;]
(Seeing beautiful forests and lakes, here and there, and dwelling, the great chariot-warriors slowly went.)
The great chariot-warriors slowly proceeded, seeing beautiful forests and lakes here and there, and staying at various places along the way.
स्वाध्यायवन्तः शुचयो मधुराः प्रियवादिनः। आनुपूर्व्येण सम्प्राप्ताः पाञ्चालान्कुरुनन्दनाः ॥१-१७६-५॥
svādhyāyavantaḥ śucayo madhurāḥ priyavādinaḥ। ānupūrvyeṇa samprāptāḥ pāñcālān kurunandanāḥ ॥1-176-5॥
[स्वाध्यायवन्तः (svādhyāyavantaḥ) - possessed of self-study; शुचयः (śucayaḥ) - pure; मधुराः (madhurāḥ) - sweet; प्रियवादिनः (priyavādinaḥ) - speaking agreeable words; आनुपूर्व्येण (ānupūrvyeṇa) - in due order; सम्प्राप्ताः (samprāptāḥ) - having arrived; पाञ्चालान् (pāñcālān) - to the Pañcālas; कुरुनन्दनाः (kurunandanāḥ) - descendants of Kuru;]
(Possessed of self-study, pure, sweet, speaking agreeable words, having arrived in due order, the descendants of Kuru (went) to the Pañcālas.)
The descendants of Kuru, who were devoted to self-study, pure, sweet-natured, and spoke agreeable words, arrived at the Pañcālas in due order.
ते तु दृष्ट्वा पुरं तच्च स्कन्धावारं च पाण्डवाः। कुम्भकारस्य शालायां निवेशं चक्रिरे तदा ॥१-१७६-६॥
te tu dṛṣṭvā puraṃ tac ca skandhāvāraṃ ca pāṇḍavāḥ। kumbhakārasya śālāyāṃ niveśaṃ cakrire tadā ॥1-176-6॥
[ते (te) - they; तु (tu) - but; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; पुरम् (puram) - city; तत् (tat) - that; च (ca) - and; स्कन्धावारम् (skandhāvāram) - military camp; च (ca) - and; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas; कुम्भकारस्य (kumbhakārasya) - of the potter; शालायाम् (śālāyām) - in the house; निवेशम् (niveśam) - settlement; चक्रिरे (cakrire) - made; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(They but having seen the city and that military camp and the Pāṇḍavas in the potter's house settlement made then.)
But after seeing the city and that military camp, the Pāṇḍavas then made their settlement in the potter's house.
तत्र भैक्षं समाजह्रुर्ब्राह्मीं वृत्तिं समाश्रिताः। तांश्च प्राप्तांस्तदा वीराञ्जज्ञिरे न नराः क्वचित् ॥१-१७६-७॥
tatra bhaikṣaṃ samājahrur brāhmīṃ vṛttiṃ samāśritāḥ। tāṃś ca prāptāṃs tadā vīrāñ jajñire na narāḥ kvacit॥1-176-7॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; भैक्षं (bhaikṣam) - alms; समाजह्रुः (samājahrur) - collected together; ब्राह्मीं (brāhmīm) - Brahmanical; वृत्तिं (vṛttim) - livelihood; समाश्रिताः (samāśritāḥ) - having adopted; तांश् (tāṃś) - them; च (ca) - and; प्राप्तान् (prāptān) - who had attained; तदा (tadā) - then; वीरान् (vīrān) - heroes; जज्ञिरे (jajñire) - recognized; न (na) - not; नराः (narāḥ) - men; क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere;]
(There, having adopted the Brahmanical livelihood, they collected alms together; and then, men did not recognize those heroes who had attained (that state) anywhere.)
There, they adopted the Brahmanical way of life and collected alms together; at that time, no one anywhere recognized those heroes who had attained that state.
यज्ञसेनस्य कामस्तु पाण्डवाय किरीटिने। कृष्णां दद्यामिति सदा न चैतद्विवृणोति सः ॥१-१७६-८॥
yajñasenasya kāmastu pāṇḍavāya kirīṭine। kṛṣṇāṃ dadyāmiti sadā na caitadvivṛṇoti saḥ ॥1-176-8॥
[यज्ञसेनस्य (yajñasenasya) - of Yajñasena; कामः (kāmaḥ) - desire; तु (tu) - but; पाण्डवाय (pāṇḍavāya) - to Pāṇḍava; किरीटिने (kirīṭine) - to the one with the crown; कृष्णां (kṛṣṇām) - Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī); दद्याम् (dadyām) - I should give; इति (iti) - thus; सदा (sadā) - always; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; एतत् (etat) - this; विवृणोति (vivṛṇoti) - he declares; सः (saḥ) - he;]
(But the desire of Yajñasena is always thus: 'I should give Kṛṣṇā to the crowned Pāṇḍava,' yet he does not declare this.)
Yajñasena always wishes to give Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī) to the crowned Pāṇḍava, but he never openly declares this.
सोऽन्वेषमाणः कौन्तेयान्पाञ्चाल्यो जनमेजय। दृढं धनुरनायम्यं कारयामास भारत ॥१-१७६-९॥
so'nveṣamāṇaḥ kaunteyān pāñcālyo janamejaya। dṛḍhaṃ dhanur anāyamyaṃ kārayāmāsa bhārata ॥1-176-9॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; अन्वेषमाणः (anveṣamāṇaḥ) - searching; कौन्तेयान् (kaunteyān) - the sons of Kuntī; पाञ्चाल्यः (pāñcālyaḥ) - the son of Pāñcālī; जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya; दृढम् (dṛḍham) - firm; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; अनायम्यम् (anāyamyaṃ) - not easily drawn; कारयामास (kārayāmāsa) - caused to be made; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(He, searching for the sons of Kuntī, the son of Pāñcālī, Janamejaya, caused a firm, not easily drawn bow to be made, O Bhārata.)
O Bhārata, Janamejaya, the son of Pāñcālī, searching for the sons of Kuntī, had a strong and hard-to-draw bow made.
यन्त्रं वैहायसं चापि कारयामास कृत्रिमम्। तेन यन्त्रेण सहितं राजा लक्ष्यं च काञ्चनम् ॥१-१७६-१०॥
yantraṃ vaihāyasaṃ cāpi kārayāmāsa kṛtrimam। tena yantreṇa sahitaṃ rājā lakṣyaṃ ca kāñcanam ॥1-176-10॥
[यन्त्रं (yantram) - machine; विहायसं (vaihāyasaṃ) - aerial; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; कारयामास (kārayāmāsa) - caused to be made; कृत्रिमम् (kṛtrimam) - artificial; तेन (tena) - with that; यन्त्रेण (yantreṇa) - with the machine; सहितं (sahitaṃ) - together; राजा (rājā) - the king; लक्ष्यं (lakṣyam) - target; च (ca) - and; काञ्चनम् (kāñcanam) - golden;]
(The king also caused an artificial aerial machine to be made. With that machine, together, the king (had) a golden target (set up).)
The king had an artificial aerial machine constructed, and with that machine, he set up a golden target.
द्रुपद उवाच॥
drupada uvāca॥
[द्रुपद (drupada) - Drupada; (proper noun, name of a king); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac', to speak);]
(Drupada said;)
Drupada said.
इदं सज्यं धनुः कृत्वा सज्येनानेन सायकैः। अतीत्य लक्ष्यं यो वेद्धा स लब्धा मत्सुतामिति ॥१-१७६-११॥
idaṃ sajyaṃ dhanuḥ kṛtvā sajyenānena sāyakaiḥ। atītya lakṣyaṃ yo veddhā sa labdhā matsutāmiti ॥1-176-11॥
[इदं (idaṃ) - this; सज्यं (sajyaṃ) - strung; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made; सज्येन (sajyena) - with the strung; अनेन (anena) - by this; सायकैः (sāyakaiḥ) - with arrows; अतीत्य (atītya) - having surpassed; लक्ष्यं (lakṣyaṃ) - target; यः (yaḥ) - who; वेद्धा (veddhā) - pierces; सः (saḥ) - he; लब्धा (labdhā) - obtains; मत्सुताम् (matsutām) - my daughter; इति (iti) - thus;]
(Having made this bow strung, with this strung bow and arrows, whoever, having surpassed the target, pierces (it), he thus obtains my daughter.)
Whoever, having strung this bow and with these arrows, surpasses and pierces the target, he shall win my daughter—thus (it is declared).
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
इति स द्रुपदो राजा सर्वतः समघोषयत्। तच्छ्रुत्वा पार्थिवाः सर्वे समीयुस्तत्र भारत ॥१-१७६-१२॥
iti sa drupado rājā sarvataḥ samaghoṣayat। tacchrutvā pārthivāḥ sarve samīyus tatra bhārata ॥1-176-12॥
[इति (iti) - thus; स (sa) - he; द्रुपदः (drupadaḥ) - Drupada; राजा (rājā) - king; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - on all sides; समघोषयत् (samaghoṣayat) - caused to be proclaimed; तत् (tat) - that; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; पार्थिवाः (pārthivāḥ) - kings; सर्वे (sarve) - all; समीयुः (samīyuḥ) - assembled; तत्र (tatra) - there; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(Thus he, King Drupada, caused it to be proclaimed on all sides. Having heard that, all the kings assembled there, O Bhārata.)
Thus King Drupada had it proclaimed everywhere. Upon hearing this, all the kings gathered there, O Bhārata.
ऋषयश्च महात्मानः स्वयंवरदिदृक्षया। दुर्योधनपुरोगाश्च सकर्णाः कुरवो नृप ॥१-१७६-१३॥
ṛṣayaś ca mahātmānaḥ svayaṃvaradidṛkṣayā। duryodhanapurogāś ca saskarṇāḥ kuravo nṛpa ॥1-176-13॥
[ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - seers; च (ca) - and; महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - great-souled ones; स्वयंवर (svayaṃvara) - self-choice (of husband); दिदृक्षया (didṛkṣayā) - with the desire to see; दुर्योधन (duryodhana) - Duryodhana; पुरोगाः (purogāḥ) - led by; च (ca) - and; स (sa) - with; कर्णाः (karṇāḥ) - Karna; कुरवः (kuravaḥ) - the Kurus; नृप (nṛpa) - O king;]
(Seers and great-souled ones, with the desire to see the svayaṃvara; and the Kurus, led by Duryodhana, with Karṇa, O king.)
O king, seers and great-souled ones came to witness the svayaṃvara, and the Kurus, led by Duryodhana and accompanied by Karṇa, were also present.
ब्राह्मणाश्च महाभागा देशेभ्यः समुपागमन्। तेऽभ्यर्चिता राजगणा द्रुपदेन महात्मना ॥१-१७६-१४॥
brāhmaṇāś ca mahābhāgā deśebhyaḥ samupāgaman। te'bhyaṛcitā rājagaṇā drupadena mahātmanā ॥1-176-14॥
[ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brāhmaṇas; (priests; learned men;) च (ca) - and; महाभागाः (mahābhāgāḥ) - greatly fortunate; देशेभ्यः (deśebhyaḥ) - from the regions; समुपागमन् (samupāgaman) - approached together; ते (te) - they; अभ्यर्चिताः (abhyarcitāḥ) - having been worshipped; राजगणाः (rājagaṇāḥ) - groups of kings; द्रुपदेन (drupadena) - by Drupada; महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled;]
(Brāhmaṇas and greatly fortunate (ones) from the regions approached together. They, having been worshipped, (the) groups of kings, by Drupada, the great-souled.)
Brāhmaṇas and other greatly fortunate ones from various regions assembled together. The groups of kings, having been honored by the noble Drupada, were received with respect.
ततः पौरजनाः सर्वे सागरोद्धूतनिःस्वनाः। शिशुमारपुरं प्राप्य न्यविशंस्ते च पार्थिवाः ॥१-१७६-१५॥
tataḥ paurajanāḥ sarve sāgaroddhūtaniḥsvanāḥ। śiśumārapuraṃ prāpya nyaviśaṃste ca pārthivāḥ ॥1-176-15॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; पौरजनाः (paurajanāḥ) - citizens; सर्वे (sarve) - all; सागर-उद्धूत-निःस्वनाः (sāgara-uddhūta-niḥsvanāḥ) - with ocean-raised sound; शिशुमारपुरं (śiśumārapuram) - Śiśumāra city; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached; न्यविशंस्ते (nyaviśaṃste) - they settled; च (ca) - and; पार्थिवाः (pārthivāḥ) - kings;]
(Then all the citizens, with ocean-raised sound, having reached Śiśumāra city, the kings and they settled.)
Then all the citizens, accompanied by the sound raised by the ocean, reached the city of Śiśumāra, and the kings also settled there.
प्रागुत्तरेण नगराद्भूमिभागे समे शुभे। समाजवाटः शुशुभे भवनैः सर्वतो वृतः ॥१-१७६-१६॥
prāguttareṇa nagarādbhūmibhāge same śubhe। samājavāṭaḥ śuśubhe bhavanaiḥ sarvato vṛtaḥ ॥1-176-16॥
[प्रागुत्तरेण (prāguttareṇa) - by the north-eastern; नगरात् (nagarāt) - from the city; भूमिभागे (bhūmibhāge) - in the plot of land; समे (same) - level; शुभे (śubhe) - auspicious; समाजवाटः (samājavāṭaḥ) - assembly-garden; शुशुभे (śuśubhe) - shone; भवनैः (bhavanaiḥ) - with buildings; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - on all sides; वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - surrounded;]
(By the north-eastern (side), from the city, in the level, auspicious plot of land, the assembly-garden shone, surrounded on all sides with buildings.)
To the northeast of the city, in a level and auspicious plot of land, the assembly-garden stood out, surrounded on all sides by buildings.
प्राकारपरिखोपेतो द्वारतोरणमण्डितः। वितानेन विचित्रेण सर्वतः समवस्तृतः ॥१-१७६-१७॥
prākāraparikhopeto dvāratoraṇamaṇḍitaḥ। vitānena vicitreṇa sarvataḥ samavastṛtaḥ ॥1-176-17॥
[प्राकार (prākāra) - rampart; wall; परिखा (parikhā) - moat; उपेतः (upetaḥ) - endowed with; furnished with; द्वार (dvāra) - gate; तोरण (toraṇa) - archway; gateway; मण्डितः (maṇḍitaḥ) - adorned; decorated; वितानेन (vitānena) - with a canopy; विचित्रेण (vicitreṇa) - variegated; wonderful; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - on all sides; everywhere; समवस्तृतः (samavastṛtaḥ) - completely covered; enveloped;]
(Endowed with ramparts and moats, adorned with gates and archways, completely covered on all sides with a wonderful canopy.)
It was furnished with ramparts and moats, decorated with gateways and arches, and was entirely covered everywhere with a splendid canopy.
तूर्यौघशतसङ्कीर्णः परार्ध्यागुरुधूपितः। चन्दनोदकसिक्तश्च माल्यदामैश्च शोभितः ॥१-१७६-१८॥
tūryaughaśatasaṅkīrṇaḥ parārdhyāgurudhūpitaḥ। candanodakasiktaśca mālyadāmaiśca śobhitaḥ ॥1-176-18॥
[तूर्य (tūrya) - musical instrument; ओघ (ogha) - multitude; शत (śata) - hundred; सङ्कीर्णः (saṅkīrṇaḥ) - mixed; परार्ध्य (parārdhya) - most precious; अगुरु (aguru) - aloeswood; धूपितः (dhūpitaḥ) - fumigated; चन्दन (candana) - sandalwood; उदक (udaka) - water; सिक्तः (siktaḥ) - sprinkled; च (ca) - and; माल्य (mālya) - garland; दामैः (dāmaiḥ) - with strings; च (ca) - and; शोभितः (śobhitaḥ) - adorned;]
(Mixed with hundreds of musical instruments, fumigated with the most precious aloeswood, sprinkled with sandalwood water, and adorned with garlands and strings.)
It was filled with the sounds of hundreds of musical instruments, perfumed with the finest aloeswood incense, sprinkled with sandalwood water, and beautifully decorated with garlands and strings.
कैलासशिखरप्रख्यैर्नभस्तलविलेखिभिः। सर्वतः संवृतैर्नद्धः प्रासादैः सुकृतोच्छ्रितैः ॥१-१७६-१९॥
kailāsaśikharaprakhyair nabhastalavilekhibhiḥ। sarvataḥ saṁvṛtair naddhaḥ prāsādaiḥ sukṛtocchritaiḥ ॥1-176-19॥
[कैलासशिखरप्रख्यैः (kailāsaśikharaprakhyaiḥ) - by those resembling the peaks of Kailāsa; नभस्तलविलेखिभिः (nabhastalavilekhibhiḥ) - piercing the surface of the sky; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - on all sides; संवृतैः (saṁvṛtaiḥ) - enclosed; नद्धः (naddhaḥ) - bound; प्रासादैः (prāsādaiḥ) - by mansions; सुकृतोच्छ्रितैः (sukṛtocchritaiḥ) - well-constructed and lofty;]
(Bound on all sides by mansions resembling the peaks of Kailāsa, piercing the surface of the sky, enclosed and well-constructed, lofty.)
He was surrounded on all sides by lofty, well-built mansions, resembling the peaks of Kailāsa and piercing the sky.
सुवर्णजालसंवीतैर्मणिकुट्टिमभूषितैः। सुखारोहणसोपानैर्महासनपरिच्छदैः ॥१-१७६-२०॥
suvarṇajālasaṃvītair maṇikuṭṭimabhūṣitaiḥ। sukhārohaṇasopānair mahāsanaparicchadaiḥ ॥1-176-20॥
[सुवर्ण-जाल-संवीतैः (suvarṇa-jāla-saṃvītaiḥ) - with golden nets covered; मणि-कुट्टिम-भूषितैः (maṇi-kuṭṭima-bhūṣitaiḥ) - with jewel-paved (floors) adorned; सुख-अारोहण-सोपानैः (sukha-ārohaṇa-sopānaiḥ) - with easy-to-climb stairs; महा-आसन-परिच्छदैः (mahā-āsana-paricchadaiḥ) - with great seat furnishings;]
(With golden nets covered, with jewel-paved (floors) adorned, with easy-to-climb stairs, with great seat furnishings.)
Adorned with golden netting, jewel-inlaid floors, comfortable stairways, and grand seat furnishings.
अग्राम्यसमवच्छन्नैरगुरूत्तमवासितैः। हंसाच्छवर्णैर्बहुभिरायोजनसुगन्धिभिः ॥१-१७६-२१॥
agrāmyasamavacchannair agurūttamavāsitaiḥ। haṃsācchavarṇair bahubhir āyojana-sugandhibhiḥ ॥1-176-21॥
[अग्राम्य (agrāmya) - not rural; not unrefined; समवच्छन्नैः (samavacchannaiḥ) - evenly covered; enveloped; अगुरूत्तम (agurūttama) - best aloeswood; वासितैः (vāsitaiḥ) - perfumed; scented; हंस (haṃsa) - swan; आच्छवर्णैः (ācchavarṇaiḥ) - white-colored; shining; बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many; आयोजन (āyojana) - for a yojana (distance measure); सुगन्धिभिः (sugandhibhiḥ) - fragrant; with good scent;]
(With not-rural, evenly covered, best aloeswood-perfumed (things), with swan-white-colored, by many, for a yojana, fragrant (things).)
Covered evenly with the best aloeswood perfume, not unrefined, and filled with many swan-white, fragrant things whose scent extended for a yojana.
असम्बाधशतद्वारैः शयनासनशोभितैः। बहुधातुपिनद्धाङ्गैर्हिमवच्छिखरैरिव ॥१-१७६-२२॥
asambādhaśatadvāraiḥ śayanāsanaśobhitaiḥ। bahudhātupinaddhāṅgairhimavacchikharairiva ॥1-176-22॥
[असम्बाध (asambādha) - not crowded; शत (śata) - hundred; द्वारैः (dvāraiḥ) - with doors; शयन (śayana) - bed; आसन (āsana) - seat; शोभितैः (śobhitaiḥ) - adorned; बहु (bahu) - many; धातु (dhātu) - minerals; पिनद्ध (pinaddha) - encrusted; अङ्गैः (aṅgaiḥ) - with parts; हिमवत् (himavat) - Himalaya; शिखरैः (śikharaiḥ) - with peaks; इव (iva) - like;]
(With uncrowded hundred doors, adorned with beds and seats, with many parts encrusted with minerals, like the peaks of the Himalaya.)
With a hundred uncrowded doors, adorned with beds and seats, with many parts encrusted with various minerals, like the peaks of the Himalaya.
तत्र नानाप्रकारेषु विमानेषु स्वलङ्कृताः। स्पर्धमानास्तदान्योन्यं निषेदुः सर्वपार्थिवाः ॥१-१७६-२३॥
tatra nānāprakāreṣu vimāneṣu swalaṅkṛtāḥ। spardhamānās tad anyonyaṃ niṣeduḥ sarvapārthivāḥ ॥1-176-23॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; नाना-प्रकारेषु (nānā-prakāreṣu) - in various kinds; विमानेषु (vimāneṣu) - in aerial cars; स्वलङ्कृताः (swalaṅkṛtāḥ) - well-adorned; स्पर्धमानाः (spardhamānāḥ) - competing; तदा (tadā) - then; अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - with each other; निषेदुः (niṣeduḥ) - sat; सर्व-पार्थिवाः (sarva-pārthivāḥ) - all kings;]
(There, in various kinds of aerial cars, well-adorned, competing, then with each other, sat all the kings.)
There, all the kings, well-adorned, sat in various kinds of aerial cars, competing with one another.
तत्रोपविष्टान्ददृशुर्महासत्त्वपराक्रमान्। राजसिंहान्महाभागान्कृष्णागुरुविभूषितान् ॥१-१७६-२४॥
tatropaviṣṭāndadṛśurmahāsattvaparākrāmān। rājasiṃhānmahābhāgānkṛṣṇāguru-vibhūṣitān ॥1-176-24॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; उपविष्टान् (upaviṣṭān) - seated; ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw; महासत्त्व (mahāsattva) - great beings; पराक्रमान् (parākrāmān) - valiant; राजसिंहान् (rājasiṃhān) - royal lions; महाभागान् (mahābhāgān) - highly fortunate; कृष्णागुरु (kṛṣṇāguru) - black agallochum; विभूषितान् (vibhūṣitān) - adorned;]
(There they saw seated great beings, valiant, royal lions, highly fortunate, adorned with black agallochum.)
There they saw the great, valiant, and highly fortunate royal lions seated, adorned with black agallochum.
महाप्रसादान्ब्रह्मण्यान्स्वराष्ट्रपरिरक्षिणः। प्रियान्सर्वस्य लोकस्य सुकृतैः कर्मभिः शुभैः ॥१-१७६-२५॥
mahāprasādān brahmaṇyān svarāṣṭra-parirakṣiṇaḥ। priyān sarvasya lokasya sukṛtaiḥ karmabhiḥ śubhaiḥ ॥1-176-25॥
[महाप्रसादान् (mahāprasādān) - greatly gracious ones; ब्रह्मण्याः (brahmaṇyāḥ) - devoted to Brahman; स्वराष्ट्रपरिरक्षिणः (svarāṣṭra-parirakṣiṇaḥ) - protectors of their own kingdom; प्रियान् (priyān) - dear; सर्वस्य (sarvasya) - of all; लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world; सुकृतैः (sukṛtaiḥ) - by virtuous deeds; कर्मभिः (karmabhiḥ) - by actions; शुभैः (śubhaiḥ) - by auspicious ones;]
(Greatly gracious, devoted to Brahman, protectors of their own kingdom, dear to all the world, by virtuous, auspicious actions.)
They are greatly gracious, devoted to Brahman, protectors of their own kingdom, and dear to all the world because of their virtuous and auspicious actions.
मञ्चेषु च परार्ध्येषु पौरजानपदा जनाः। कृष्णादर्शनतुष्ट्यर्थं सर्वतः समुपाविशन् ॥१-१७६-२६॥
mañceṣu ca parārdhyeṣu paurajānapadā janāḥ। kṛṣṇādarśanatuṣṭyarthaṃ sarvataḥ samupāviśan ॥1-176-26॥
[मञ्चेषु (mañceṣu) - on platforms; च (ca) - and; परार्ध्येषु (parārdhyeṣu) - excellent; पौरजानपदा (paurajānapadā) - citizens and country people; जनाः (janāḥ) - people; कृष्णादर्शनतुष्ट्यर्थं (kṛṣṇādarśanatuṣṭyartham) - for the satisfaction of seeing Kṛṣṇa; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides; समुपाविशन् (samupāviśan) - sat down together;]
(On the platforms and excellent seats, the citizens and country people, for the satisfaction of seeing Kṛṣṇa, from all sides sat down together.)
The citizens and country people gathered from all sides and sat together on the excellent platforms, eager for the satisfaction of seeing Kṛṣṇa.
ब्राह्मणैस्ते च सहिताः पाण्डवाः समुपाविशन्। ऋद्धिं पाञ्चालराजस्य पश्यन्तस्तामनुत्तमाम् ॥१-१७६-२७॥
brāhmaṇais te ca sahitāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ samupāviśan। ṛddhiṃ pāñcālarājasya paśyantas tām anuttamām ॥1-176-27॥
[ब्राह्मणैः (brāhmaṇaiḥ) - by the Brāhmaṇas; ते (te) - they; च (ca) - and; सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - accompanied; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas; समुपाविशन् (samupāviśan) - sat down together; ऋद्धिं (ṛddhim) - prosperity; पाञ्चालराजस्य (pāñcālarājasya) - of the king of the Pāñcālas; पश्यन्तः (paśyantaḥ) - seeing; ताम् (tām) - that; अनुत्तमाम् (anuttamām) - unsurpassed;]
(The Pāṇḍavas, accompanied by the Brāhmaṇas, sat down together, seeing that unsurpassed prosperity of the king of the Pāñcālas.)
The Pāṇḍavas, along with the Brāhmaṇas, sat down, beholding the unparalleled prosperity of the king of the Pāñcālas.
ततः समाजो ववृधे स राजन्दिवसान्बहून्। रत्नप्रदानबहुलः शोभितो नटनर्तकैः ॥१-१७६-२८॥
tataḥ samājo vavṛdhe sa rājan divasān bahūn। ratnapradānabahulaḥ śobhito naṭanartakaiḥ ॥1-176-28॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; समाजः (samājaḥ) - assembly; ववृधे (vavṛdhe) - grew; सः (saḥ) - he; राजन् (rājan) - O king; दिवसान् (divasān) - days; बहून् (bahūn) - many; रत्नप्रदानबहुलः (ratnapradānabahulaḥ) - abundant in giving jewels; शोभितः (śobhitaḥ) - adorned; नटनर्तकैः (naṭanartakaiḥ) - by actors and dancers;]
(Then the assembly grew, O king, for many days; abounding in the giving of jewels, adorned by actors and dancers.)
Then, O king, the assembly flourished for many days, being rich in the distribution of jewels and splendid with actors and dancers.
वर्तमाने समाजे तु रमणीयेऽह्नि षोडशे। आप्लुताङ्गी सुवसना सर्वाभरणभूषिता ॥१-१७६-२९॥
vartamāne samāje tu ramaṇīye' hni ṣoḍaśe। āplutāṅgī suvasanā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā ॥1-176-29॥
[वर्तमाने (vartamāne) - in the present; समाजे (samāje) - in the society; तु (tu) - but; रमणीये (ramaṇīye) - on the beautiful; अह्नि (ahni) - day; षोडशे (ṣoḍaśe) - sixteenth; आप्लुताङ्गी (āplutāṅgī) - with body bathed; सुवसना (suvasanā) - well-clad; सर्वाभरणभूषिता (sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā) - adorned with all ornaments;]
(In the present society but on the beautiful sixteenth day, with body bathed, well-clad, adorned with all ornaments.)
But in the present society, on the beautiful sixteenth day, she was bathed, well-dressed, and adorned with all ornaments.
वीरकांस्यमुपादाय काञ्चनं समलङ्कृतम्। अवतीर्णा ततो रङ्गं द्रौपदी भरतर्षभ ॥१-१७६-३०॥
vīrakāṃsyam upādāya kāñcanaṃ samalaṅkṛtam। avatīrṇā tato raṅgaṃ draupadī bharatarṣabha ॥1-176-30॥
[वीरकांस्यम् (vīrakāṃsyam) - hero's bell-metal; उपादाय (upādāya) - having taken; काञ्चनम् (kāñcanam) - gold; समलङ्कृतम् (samalaṅkṛtam) - well-adorned; अवतीर्णा (avatīrṇā) - descended; ततः (tataḥ) - then; रङ्गम् (raṅgam) - arena; द्रौपदी (draupadī) - Draupadī; भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - bull among the Bharatas;]
(Having taken the hero's bell-metal, gold, well-adorned, then Draupadī descended to the arena, O bull among the Bharatas.)
O bull among the Bharatas, Draupadī, having taken the hero's bell-metal and the well-adorned gold, then descended to the arena.
पुरोहितः सोमकानां मन्त्रविद्ब्राह्मणः शुचिः। परिस्तीर्य जुहावाग्निमाज्येन विधिना तदा ॥१-१७६-३१॥
purohitaḥ somakānāṃ mantravidbrāhmaṇaḥ śuciḥ। paristīrya juhāvāgnimājyena vidhinā tadā ॥1-176-31॥
[पुरोहितः (purohitaḥ) - chief priest; सोमकानां (somakānāṃ) - of the Somakas; मन्त्रवित् (mantravit) - knower of mantras; ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - brāhmaṇa; शुचिः (śuciḥ) - pure; परिस्तीर्य (paristīrya) - having spread around; जुहाव (juhāva) - offered (oblations); अग्निम् (agnim) - fire; आज्येन (ājyena) - with ghee; विधिना (vidhinā) - according to the rule; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(The chief priest of the Somakas, the brāhmaṇa who was a knower of mantras and pure, having spread (the kuśa grass) around, then offered (oblations) into the fire with ghee according to the rule.)
The chief priest of the Somakas, a brāhmaṇa skilled in mantras and pure, then performed the ritual by spreading the kuśa grass and offering ghee into the fire according to the prescribed method.
स तर्पयित्वा ज्वलनं ब्राह्मणान्स्वस्ति वाच्य च। वारयामास सर्वाणि वादित्राणि समन्ततः ॥१-१७६-३२॥
sa tarpayitvā jvalanaṃ brāhmaṇān svasti vācya ca। vārayāmāsa sarvāṇi vāditrāṇi samantataḥ ॥1-176-32॥
[स (sa) - he; तर्पयित्वा (tarpayitvā) - having satisfied; ज्वलनं (jvalanam) - the fire; ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - the Brāhmaṇas; स्वस्ति (svasti) - auspiciousness; वाच्य (vācya) - to be spoken; च (ca) - and; वारयामास (vārayāmāsa) - he caused to stop; सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all; वादित्राणि (vāditrāṇi) - musical instruments; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - on all sides;]
(He, having satisfied the fire and the Brāhmaṇas, and having auspiciousness to be spoken, caused all the musical instruments on all sides to stop.)
Having satisfied the fire and the Brāhmaṇas, and after auspicious words were spoken, he ordered all the musical instruments everywhere to cease.
निःशब्दे तु कृते तस्मिन्धृष्टद्युम्नो विशां पते। रङ्गमध्यगतस्तत्र मेघगम्भीरया गिरा ॥ वाक्यमुच्चैर्जगादेदं श्लक्ष्णमर्थवदुत्तमम् ॥१-१७६-३३॥
niḥśabde tu kṛte tasmin dhṛṣṭadyumno viśāṃ pate। raṅgamadhyagatas tatra meghagambhīrayā girā॥ vākyam uccair jagādedam ślakṣṇam arthavad uttamam॥1-176-33॥
[निःशब्दे (niḥśabde) - in silence; तु (tu) - but; कृते (kṛte) - having been made; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; धृष्टद्युम्नः (dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna; विशां (viśām) - of the people; पते (pate) - O lord; रङ्गमध्यगतः (raṅgamadhyagataḥ) - having gone to the center of the arena; तत्र (tatra) - there; मेघगम्भीरया (meghagambhīrayā) - with a voice deep as a cloud; गिरा (girā) - with speech; वाक्यम् (vākyam) - sentence; उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - loudly; जगाद (jagāda) - spoke; इदम् (idam) - this; श्लक्ष्णम् (ślakṣṇam) - gentle; अर्थवत् (arthavat) - meaningful; उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent;]
(But when silence was made there, O lord of the people, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, having gone to the center of the arena, with a voice deep as a cloud, spoke this sentence loudly, gentle, meaningful, and excellent.)
When silence fell, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, O lord of the people, entered the center of the arena and, with a voice deep as a cloud, loudly spoke these gentle, meaningful, and excellent words.
इदं धनुर्लक्ष्यमिमे च बाणाः; शृण्वन्तु मे पार्थिवाः सर्व एव। यन्त्रच्छिद्रेणाभ्यतिक्रम्य लक्ष्यं; समर्पयध्वं खगमैर्दशार्धैः ॥१-१७६-३४॥
idaṃ dhanurlakṣyam ime ca bāṇāḥ; śṛṇvantu me pārthivāḥ sarva eva। yantracchidreṇābhyatikramya lakṣyaṃ; samarpayadhvaṃ khagamair daśārdhaiḥ ॥1-176-34॥
[इदं (idaṃ) - this; धनुर्लक्ष्यम् (dhanurlakṣyam) - bow-target; इमे (ime) - these; च (ca) - and; बाणाः (bāṇāḥ) - arrows; शृण्वन्तु (śṛṇvantu) - let them hear; मे (me) - my; पार्थिवाः (pārthivāḥ) - kings; सर्व (sarva) - all; एव (eva) - indeed; यन्त्रच्छिद्रेण (yantracchidreṇa) - through the machine's hole; अभ्यतिक्रम्य (abhyatikramya) - having surpassed; लक्ष्यम् (lakṣyam) - target; समर्पयध्वम् (samarpayadhvam) - you all offer; खगमैः (khagamaiḥ) - with arrows; दशार्धैः (daśārdhaiḥ) - tenfold;]
(This is the bow-target, and these are the arrows; let all the kings indeed hear me. Having surpassed the target through the machine's hole, you all offer with tenfold arrows.)
This is the bow-target and these are the arrows; let all the kings listen to me. Whoever surpasses the target through the machine's hole, let them offer with ten arrows.
एतत्कर्ता कर्म सुदुष्करं यः; कुलेन रूपेण बलेन युक्तः। तस्याद्य भार्या भगिनी ममेयं; कृष्णा भवित्री न मृषा ब्रवीमि ॥१-१७६-३५॥
etatkartā karma suduṣkaraṃ yaḥ; kulena rūpeṇa balena yuktaḥ। tasyādya bhāryā bhaginī mameyaṃ; kṛṣṇā bhavitri na mṛṣā bravīmi ॥1-176-35॥
[एतत् (etat) - this; कर्त्ता (kartā) - doer; कर्म (karma) - action; सुदुष्करं (suduṣkaraṃ) - very difficult; यः (yaḥ) - who; कुलेन (kulena) - by lineage; रूपेण (rūpeṇa) - by beauty; बलेन (balena) - by strength; युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - endowed; तस्य (tasya) - his; अद्य (adya) - today; भार्या (bhāryā) - wife; भगिनी (bhaginī) - sister; मम (mama) - my; इयम् (iyam) - this; कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - Kṛṣṇā; भवित्री (bhavitri) - will become; न (na) - not; मृषा (mṛṣā) - false; ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak;]
(This doer (is) one who performs a very difficult action; who is endowed with lineage, beauty, and strength. Today, his wife, my sister, this Kṛṣṇā, will become (his); I do not speak falsely.)
He who has accomplished this very difficult deed, endowed with noble lineage, beauty, and strength—today, my sister Kṛṣṇā will become his wife; I do not speak falsely.
तानेवमुक्त्वा द्रुपदस्य पुत्रः; पश्चादिदं द्रौपदीमभ्युवाच। नाम्ना च गोत्रेण च कर्मणा च; सङ्कीर्तयंस्तान्नृपतीन्समेतान् ॥१-१७६-३६॥
tānevamuktvā drupadasya putraḥ; paścād idaṃ draupadīm abhyuvāca. nāmnā ca gotreṇa ca karmaṇā ca; saṅkīrtayaṃs tān nṛpatīn sametān ॥1-176-36॥
[तान् (tān) - them; एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; द्रुपदस्य (drupadasya) - of Drupada; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards; इदं (idaṃ) - this; द्रौपदीम् (draupadīm) - to Draupadī; अभ्युवाच (abhyuvāca) - addressed; नाम्ना (nāmnā) - by name; च (ca) - and; गोत्रेण (gotreṇa) - by lineage; च (ca) - and; कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by deed; च (ca) - and; सङ्कीर्तयन् (saṅkīrtayan) - reciting; तान् (tān) - them; नृपतीन् (nṛpatīn) - kings; समेतान् (sametān) - assembled;]
(Having thus spoken to them, the son of Drupada afterwards addressed this to Draupadī. By name, by lineage, and by deed, reciting those assembled kings.)
After saying this to them, Drupada's son then addressed Draupadī. He recited the names, lineages, and deeds of those assembled kings.
