01.187
Core-Pancharatra: Pandavas disclose themselves and wish to wed Draupadi as per dharma.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
तत आहूय पाञ्चाल्यो राजपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम्। परिग्रहेण ब्राह्मेण परिगृह्य महाद्युतिः ॥१-१८७-१॥
tata āhūya pāñcālyo rājaputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram। parigraheṇa brāhmeṇa parigṛhya mahādyutiḥ ॥1-187-1॥
[तत् (tat) - then; आहूय (āhūya) - having called; पाञ्चाल्या (pāñcālyā) - by Draupadī; राजपुत्रम् (rājaputram) - prince; युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhishthira; परिग्रहेण (parigraheṇa) - with embrace; ब्राह्मेण (brāhmeṇa) - with a Brāhmic (sacred) manner; परिगृह्य (parigṛhya) - having embraced; महाद्युतिः (mahādyutiḥ) - the greatly radiant one;]
(Then, having called the prince Yudhishthira by Draupadī, having embraced with a Brāhmic (sacred) embrace, the greatly radiant one.)
Then Draupadī called the prince Yudhishthira, and having embraced him in a sacred manner, the greatly radiant one (Yudhishthira) was thus received.
पर्यपृच्छददीनात्मा कुन्तीपुत्रं सुवर्चसम्। कथं जानीम भवतः क्षत्रियान्ब्राह्मणानुत ॥१-१८७-२॥
paryapṛcchadadīnātmā kuntīputraṃ suvarcasam। kathaṃ jānīma bhavataḥ kṣatriyānbrāhmaṇānuta ॥1-187-2॥
[पर्यपृच्छत् (paryapṛcchat) - he asked; (from root pṛcch, to ask, with prefix pari, around) अदीनात्मा (adīnātmā) - not dejected in spirit; (a- not, dīna- dejected, ātmā- self) कुन्तीपुत्रम् (kuntīputram) - Kuntī's son; (Kuntī- proper noun, putra- son) सुवर्चसम् (suvarcasam) - of splendid radiance; (su- good, varcasa- radiance) कथम् (katham) - how; जानीम (jānīma) - shall we know; (from root jñā, to know, 1st person plural) भवतः (bhavataḥ) - of you; (genitive plural of bhavat, you) क्षत्रियान् (kṣatriyān) - Kṣatriyas; (accusative plural of kṣatriya, warrior class) ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - Brāhmaṇas; (accusative plural of brāhmaṇa, priestly class) उत (uta) - and;]
(He who was not dejected in spirit asked Kuntī's son of splendid radiance: "How shall we know your Kṣatriyas and Brāhmaṇas and?")
The one with an undepressed spirit questioned Kuntī's radiant son: "How can we recognize your Kṣatriyas and Brāhmaṇas?"
वैश्यान्वा गुणसम्पन्नानुत वा शूद्रयोनिजान्। मायामास्थाय वा सिद्धांश्चरतः सर्वतोदिशम् ॥१-१८७-३॥
vaiśyān vā guṇasampannān uta vā śūdrayonijān। māyām āsthāya vā siddhāṃś carataḥ sarvatodiśam ॥1-187-3॥
[वैश्यान् (vaiśyān) - Vaiśyas; (members of the Vaiśya class;) वा (vā) - or; गुणसम्पन्नान् (guṇasampannān) - endowed with qualities; उत (uta) - and; वा (vā) - or; शूद्रयोनिजान् (śūdrayonijān) - born of Śūdra womb; मायाम् (māyām) - illusion; आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having resorted to; वा (vā) - or; सिद्धान् (siddhān) - perfected beings; चरतः (carataḥ) - moving; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - on all sides; दिशम् (diśam) - direction;]
(Vaiśyas or those endowed with qualities and or those born of Śūdra womb; having resorted to illusion or perfected beings moving in all directions.)
Vaiśyas, or those possessing virtues, or those born of Śūdra origin; having taken to illusion, or perfected beings, roam in all directions.
कृष्णाहेतोरनुप्राप्तान्दिवः संदर्शनार्थिनः। ब्रवीतु नो भवान्सत्यं संदेहो ह्यत्र नो महान् ॥१-१८७-४॥
kṛṣṇāhetoranuprāptāndivaḥ saṃdarśanārthinaḥ। bravītu no bhavānsatyaṃ saṃdeho hyatra no mahān ॥1-187-4॥
[कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī); हेतोः (hetoḥ) - for the sake; अनुप्राप्तान् (anuprāptān) - arrived; दिवः (divaḥ) - from heaven; संदर्शनार्थिनः (saṃdarśanārthinaḥ) - desiring to see; ब्रवीतु (bravītu) - let (him) speak; नः (naḥ) - to us; भवान् (bhavān) - you; सत्यं (satyaṃ) - truth; संदेहः (saṃdehaḥ) - doubt; हि (hi) - indeed; अत्र (atra) - here; नः (naḥ) - for us; महान् (mahān) - great;]
(For the sake of Kṛṣṇā, those who have arrived from heaven, desiring to see—let you speak the truth to us; indeed, here is a great doubt for us.)
Please tell us the truth about those who have come from heaven for Kṛṣṇā's sake and wish to be seen; for we have a great doubt here.
अपि नः संशयस्यान्ते मनस्तुष्टिरिहाविशेत्। अपि नो भागधेयानि शुभानि स्युः परन्तप ॥१-१८७-५॥
api naḥ saṁśayasyānte manastuṣṭirihāviśet। api no bhāgadheyāni śubhāni syuḥ parantapa ॥1-187-5॥
[अपि (api) - indeed; नः (naḥ) - our; संशयस्य (saṁśayasya) - of doubt; अन्ते (ante) - at the end; मनः (manaḥ) - mind; तुष्टिः (tuṣṭiḥ) - satisfaction; इह (iha) - here; आविशेत् (āviśet) - may enter; अपि (api) - indeed; नः (naḥ) - our; भागधेयानि (bhāgadheyāni) - destined shares; शुभानि (śubhāni) - auspicious things; स्युः (syuḥ) - may be; परन्तप (parantapa) - O scorcher of foes;]
(Indeed, at the end of our doubt, may satisfaction of mind enter here; indeed, may our destined shares, auspicious things, be, O scorcher of foes.)
May satisfaction of mind come to us here at the end of our doubts; may auspicious things destined for us indeed be ours, O scorcher of foes.
कामया ब्रूहि सत्यं त्वं सत्यं राजसु शोभते। इष्टापूर्तेन च तथा वक्तव्यमनृतं न तु ॥१-१८७-६॥
kāmayā brūhi satyaṃ tvaṃ satyaṃ rājasu śobhate। iṣṭāpūrtena ca tathā vaktavyam anṛtaṃ na tu॥1-187-6॥
[कामया (kāmayā) - by desire; by wish; ब्रूहि (brūhi) - speak; say; सत्यं (satyaṃ) - truth; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; सत्यं (satyaṃ) - truth; राजसु (rājasu) - among kings; शोभते (śobhate) - shines; is esteemed; इष्टापूर्तेन (iṣṭāpūrtena) - by sacrifices and charitable works; च (ca) - and; तथा (tathā) - likewise; in that way; वक्तव्यम् (vaktavyam) - should be spoken; अनृतं (anṛtam) - untruth; falsehood; न (na) - not; तु (tu) - but;]
(By desire, speak the truth; you, truth among kings, shines. By sacrifices and charitable works also, likewise, untruth should not be spoken, but.)
Speak the truth out of desire; truth is esteemed among kings. By sacrifices and charitable works also, likewise, one should not speak falsehood.
श्रुत्वा ह्यमरसङ्काश तव वाक्यमरिंदम। ध्रुवं विवाहकरणमास्थास्यामि विधानतः ॥१-१८७-७॥
śrutvā hy amarasaṅkāśa tava vākyam ariṃdama। dhruvaṃ vivāhakaraṇam āsthāsyāmi vidhānataḥ ॥1-187-7॥
[श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; हि (hi) - indeed; अमरसङ्काश (amarasaṅkāśa) - like a god; तव (tava) - your; वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words; अरिंदम (ariṃdama) - O subduer of enemies; ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly; विवाहकरणम् (vivāhakaraṇam) - marriage arrangement; आस्थास्यामि (āsthāsyāmi) - I shall undertake; विधानतः (vidhānataḥ) - according to rule;]
(Having heard, indeed, O godlike one, your words, O subduer of enemies, certainly the marriage arrangement I shall undertake according to rule.)
O subduer of enemies, having truly heard your words, O godlike one, I will certainly undertake the marriage arrangements according to the prescribed rules.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira; (proper noun; name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac' - to speak);]
(Yudhishthira said;)
Yudhishthira said.
मा राजन्विमना भूस्त्वं पाञ्चाल्य प्रीतिरस्तु ते। ईप्सितस्ते ध्रुवः कामः संवृत्तोऽयमसंशयम् ॥१-१८७-८॥
mā rājan-vimanā bhūs-tvaṃ pāñcālya prītir-astu te। īpsitas-te dhruvaḥ kāmaḥ saṃvṛtto'yam-asaṃśayam ॥1-187-8॥
[मा (mā) - do not; राजन् (rājan) - O king; विमना (vimanā) - disheartened; भूः (bhūḥ) - be; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; पाञ्चाल्य (pāñcālya) - O son of Pāñcālī; प्रीति (prīti) - affection; अस्तु (astu) - let there be; ते (te) - to you; ईप्सितः (īpsitaḥ) - desired; ते (te) - by you; ध्रुवः (dhruvaḥ) - certain; कामः (kāmaḥ) - wish; संवृत्तः (saṃvṛttaḥ) - has come to pass; अयम् (ayam) - this; असंशयम् (asaṃśayam) - without doubt;]
(Do not, O king, be disheartened, O son of Pāñcālī; let there be affection for you. The wish desired by you has certainly come to pass, this is without doubt.)
O king, do not be disheartened, O son of Pāñcālī; let there be affection for you. The wish you desired has certainly come to pass, without any doubt.
वयं हि क्षत्रिया राजन्पाण्डोः पुत्रा महात्मनः। ज्येष्ठं मां विद्धि कौन्तेयं भीमसेनार्जुनाविमौ ॥ याभ्यां तव सुता राजन्निर्जिता राजसंसदि ॥१-१८७-९॥
vayaṃ hi kṣatriyā rājan pāṇḍoḥ putrā mahātmanaḥ। jyeṣṭhaṃ māṃ viddhi kaunteyaṃ bhīmasenārjunāvimau॥ yābhyāṃ tava sutā rājan nirjitā rājasaṃsadi॥1-187-9॥
[वयम् (vayam) - we; हि (hi) - indeed; क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - kṣatriyas; राजन् (rājan) - O king; पाण्डोः (pāṇḍoḥ) - of Pāṇḍu; पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled; ज्येष्ठम् (jyeṣṭham) - eldest; माम् (mām) - me; विद्धि (viddhi) - know; कौन्तेयम् (kaunteyam) - son of Kuntī; भीमसेन-अर्जुनौ (bhīmasena-arjunau) - Bhīmasena and Arjuna; इमौ (imau) - these two; याभ्याम् (yābhyām) - by whom; तव (tava) - your; सुताः (sutāḥ) - sons; राजन् (rājan) - O king; निर्जिताः (nirjitāḥ) - defeated; राज-संसदि (rāja-saṃsadi) - in the royal assembly;]
(We indeed are kṣatriyas, O king, sons of the great-souled Pāṇḍu. Know me as the eldest, the son of Kuntī, and these two as Bhīmasena and Arjuna, by whom your sons, O king, were defeated in the royal assembly.)
O king, we are kṣatriyas, the sons of the noble Pāṇḍu. Know me as the eldest, the son of Kuntī, and these two as Bhīmasena and Arjuna, by whom your sons were defeated in the royal assembly.
यमौ तु तत्र राजेन्द्र यत्र कृष्णा प्रतिष्ठिता। व्येतु ते मानसं दुःखं क्षत्रियाः स्मो नरर्षभ ॥ पद्मिनीव सुतेयं ते ह्रदादन्यं ह्रदं गता ॥१-१८७-१०॥
yamau tu tatra rājendra yatra kṛṣṇā pratiṣṭhitā। vyetu te mānasaṃ duḥkhaṃ kṣatriyāḥ smo nararṣabha॥ padminīva suteyaṃ te hradād anyaṃ hradaṃ gatā॥1-187-10॥
[यमौ (yamau) - the two sons of Yama (Yudhishthira and Bhima); तु (tu) - but; तत्र (tatra) - there; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king; यत्र (yatra) - where; कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī); प्रतिष्ठिता (pratiṣṭhitā) - is situated; व्येतु (vyetu) - let pass away; ते (te) - your; मानसं (mānasaṃ) - mental; दुःखं (duḥkhaṃ) - sorrow; क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - we are kṣatriyas; स्मः (smaḥ) - are; नरर्षभ (nararṣabha) - O bull among men; पद्मिनीव (padminīva) - like a lotus-lady; सुता (sutā) - daughter; इयं (iyaṃ) - this; ते (te) - your; ह्रदात् (hradāt) - from the lake; अन्यं (anyaṃ) - another; ह्रदं (hradaṃ) - lake; गता (gatā) - has gone;]
(The two sons of Yama, but there, O king, where Kṛṣṇā is situated, let your mental sorrow pass away. We are kṣatriyas, O bull among men. Like a lotus-lady, this daughter of yours has gone from one lake to another lake.)
O king, the two sons of Yama, where Kṛṣṇā is present, let your sorrow pass away. We are kṣatriyas, O best of men. Like a lotus-lady, your daughter has moved from one lake to another.
इति तथ्यं महाराज सर्वमेतद्ब्रवीमि ते। भवान्हि गुरुरस्माकं परमं च परायणम् ॥१-१८७-११॥
iti tathyaṃ mahārāja sarvam etad bravīmi te। bhavān hi guruḥ asmākaṃ paramaṃ ca parāyaṇam ॥1-187-11॥
[इति (iti) - thus; तथ्यम् (tathyaṃ) - truth; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; एतत् (etat) - this; ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak; ते (te) - to you; भवान् (bhavān) - you; हि (hi) - indeed; गुरुः (guruḥ) - teacher; अस्माकम् (asmākaṃ) - of us; परमम् (paramam) - supreme; च (ca) - and; परायणम् (parāyaṇam) - refuge;]
(Thus the truth, O great king, all this I speak to you. You indeed are the teacher of us, the supreme and the refuge.)
Thus, O great king, I declare all this truth to you. For you are indeed our teacher, the supreme and our ultimate refuge.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (proper noun, name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac', to speak);]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
ततः स द्रुपदो राजा हर्षव्याकुललोचनः। प्रतिवक्तुं तदा युक्तं नाशकत्तं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥१-१८७-१२॥
tataḥ sa drupado rājā harṣavyākulalocanaḥ। prativaktuṃ tadā yuktaṃ nāśakat taṃ yudhiṣṭhiram ॥1-187-12॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; स (sa) - he; द्रुपदः (drupadaḥ) - Drupada; राजा (rājā) - king; हर्षव्याकुललोचनः (harṣavyākulalocanaḥ) - with eyes filled with joy and agitation; प्रतिवक्तुम् (prativaktum) - to reply; तदा (tadā) - then; युक्तम् (yuktam) - fit; न (na) - not; अशकत् (aśakat) - was able; तं (taṃ) - him; युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhishthira;]
(Then he, King Drupada, with eyes filled with joy and agitation, was not able to suitably reply to Yudhishthira at that time.)
Then King Drupada, his eyes brimming with both joy and agitation, was unable to give a fitting reply to Yudhishthira at that moment.
यत्नेन तु स तं हर्षं संनिगृह्य परन्तपः। अनुरूपं ततो राजा प्रत्युवाच युधिष्ठिरम् ॥१-१८७-१३॥
yatnena tu sa taṃ harṣaṃ saṃnigṛhya parantapaḥ| anurūpaṃ tato rājā pratyuvāca yudhiṣṭhiram ॥1-187-13॥
[यत्नेन (yatnena) - with effort; तु (tu) - but; सः (saḥ) - he; तं (taṃ) - that; हर्षं (harṣam) - joy; संनिगृह्य (saṃnigṛhya) - having restrained; परन्तपः (parantapaḥ) - scorcher of foes; अनुरूपं (anurūpam) - appropriate; ततः (tataḥ) - then; राजा (rājā) - the king; प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - replied; युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - to Yudhishthira;]
(But he, the scorcher of foes, having restrained that joy with effort, then the king appropriately replied to Yudhishthira.)
But he, the king who scorches his foes, controlled his joy with effort and then replied appropriately to Yudhishthira.
पप्रच्छ चैनं धर्मात्मा यथा ते प्रद्रुताः पुरा। स तस्मै सर्वमाचख्यावानुपूर्व्येण पाण्डवः ॥१-१८७-१४॥
papraccha cainaṃ dharmātmā yathā te pradrutāḥ purā। sa tasmai sarvamācakhyāvānupūrvyeṇa pāṇḍavaḥ ॥1-187-14॥
[पप्रच्छ (papraccha) - asked; च (ca) - and; एनम् (enam) - him; धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - righteous-souled; यथा (yathā) - as; ते (te) - they; प्रद्रुताः (pradrutāḥ) - had fled; पुरा (purā) - formerly; सः (saḥ) - he; तस्मै (tasmai) - to him; सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything; आचख्यावत् (ācakhyāvat) - related; अनुपूर्व्येण (anupūrvyeṇa) - in order; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - the Pāṇḍava;]
(The righteous-souled (one) asked him as (to) how they had fled formerly. He related everything to him in order, the Pāṇḍava.)
The righteous one asked him how they had fled before. The Pāṇḍava then recounted everything to him in sequence.
तच्छ्रुत्वा द्रुपदो राजा कुन्तीपुत्रस्य भाषितम्। विगर्हयामास तदा धृतराष्ट्रं जनेश्वरम् ॥१-१८७-१५॥
tacchrutvā drupado rājā kuntīputrasya bhāṣitam। vigarhayāmāsa tadā dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ janeśvaram ॥1-187-15॥
[तत् (tat) - that; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; द्रुपदः (drupadaḥ) - Drupada; राजा (rājā) - king; कुन्तीपुत्रस्य (kuntīputrasya) - of Kuntī's son; भाषितम् (bhāṣitam) - speech; विगर्हयामास (vigarhayāmāsa) - censured; तदा (tadā) - then; धृतराष्ट्रम् (dhṛtarāṣṭram) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra; जनेश्वरम् (janeśvaram) - lord of men;]
(That having heard, Drupada the king, the speech of Kuntī's son, censured then Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the lord of men.)
Having heard that, King Drupada, after listening to the words of Kuntī's son, then censured Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the lord of men.
आश्वासयामास च तं कुन्तीपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम्। प्रतिजज्ञे च राज्याय द्रुपदो वदतां वरः ॥१-१८७-१६॥
āśvāsayāmāsa ca taṃ kuntīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram। pratijajñe ca rājyāya drupado vadatāṃ varaḥ ॥1-187-16॥
[आश्वासयामास (āśvāsayāmāsa) - caused to be consoled; च (ca) - and; तं (taṃ) - him; कुन्तीपुत्रं (kuntīputraṃ) - Kuntī's son; युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhiṣṭhira; प्रतिजज्ञे (pratijajñe) - promised; च (ca) - and; राज्याय (rājyāya) - for the kingdom; द्रुपदः (drupadaḥ) - Drupada; वदतां (vadatāṃ) - of speakers; वरः (varaḥ) - the best;]
(And caused to be consoled him, Kuntī's son Yudhiṣṭhira. And Drupada, the best of speakers, promised for the kingdom.)
He consoled Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Kuntī. Drupada, the best among speakers, also promised the kingdom.
ततः कुन्ती च कृष्णा च भीमसेनार्जुनावपि। यमौ च राज्ञा संदिष्टौ विविशुर्भवनं महत् ॥१-१८७-१७॥
tataḥ kuntī ca kṛṣṇā ca bhīmasenārjunāv api। yamau ca rājñā saṃdiṣṭau viviśur bhavanaṃ mahat॥1-187-17॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; कुन्ती (kuntī) - Kuntī; च (ca) - and; कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī); च (ca) - and; भीमसेनार्जुनौ (bhīmasenārjunau) - Bhīmasena and Arjuna; अपि (api) - also; यमौ (yamau) - the two sons of Yama (Nakula and Sahadeva); च (ca) - and; राज्ञा (rājñā) - by the king; संदिष्टौ (saṃdiṣṭau) - having been instructed; विविशुः (viviśuḥ) - entered; भवनं (bhavanaṃ) - the mansion; महत् (mahat) - great;]
(Then Kuntī and Kṛṣṇā and Bhīmasena and Arjuna also, the two sons of Yama and, having been instructed by the king, entered the great mansion.)
Then Kuntī, Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī), Bhīmasena, Arjuna, and the two sons of Yama (Nakula and Sahadeva), having been instructed by the king, entered the great mansion.
तत्र ते न्यवसन्राजन्यज्ञसेनेन पूजिताः। प्रत्याश्वस्तांस्ततो राजा सह पुत्रैरुवाच तान् ॥१-१८७-१८॥
tatra te nyavasan rājanya-jña-senena pūjitāḥ। pratyāśvastāṃs tato rājā saha putrair uvāca tān ॥1-187-18॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; ते (te) - they; न्यवसन् (nyavasan) - dwelt; राजन्य (rājanya) - by the king; ज्ञसेनेन (jña-senena) - by Jñasena; पूजिताः (pūjitāḥ) - honored; प्रत्याश्वस्तान् (pratyāśvastān) - reassured; ततः (tataḥ) - then; राजा (rājā) - the king; सह (saha) - with; पुत्रैः (putraiḥ) - sons; उवाच (uvāca) - spoke; तान् (tān) - to them;]
(There they dwelt, honored by King Jñasena. Then, the king, having reassured them, spoke to them together with his sons.)
There, they stayed, honored by King Jñasena. After reassuring them, the king addressed them along with his sons.
गृह्णातु विधिवत्पाणिमद्यैव कुरुनन्दनः। पुण्येऽहनि महाबाहुरर्जुनः कुरुतां क्षणम् ॥१-१८७-१९॥
gṛhṇātu vidhivat-pāṇim-adyaiva kurunandanaḥ। puṇye'ahani mahābāhur-arjunaḥ kurutāṃ kṣaṇam ॥1-187-19॥
[गृह्णातु (gṛhṇātu) - let him take; (from √grah, to seize) विधिवत् (vidhivat) - according to rule; पाणिम् (pāṇim) - the hand; अद्यैव (adyaiva) - today itself; कुरुनन्दनः (kurunandanaḥ) - O joy of the Kurus; पुण्ये (puṇye) - on the auspicious; अहनि (ahani) - day; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; कुरुताम् (kurutām) - let him do; क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - the moment;]
(Let him take the hand according to rule today itself, O joy of the Kurus. On the auspicious day, let mighty-armed Arjuna do the moment.)
O joy of the Kurus, let him take her hand according to the prescribed rites today itself. On this auspicious day, let mighty-armed Arjuna perform the ceremony at this very moment.
ततस्तमब्रवीद्राजा धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः। ममापि दारसम्बन्धः कार्यस्तावद्विशां पते ॥१-१८७-२०॥
tatastamabravīdrājā dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ। mamāpi dārasambandhaḥ kāryastāvadviśāṃ pate ॥1-187-20॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तम् (tam) - to him; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; राजा (rājā) - king; धर्मपुत्रः (dharmaputraḥ) - son of Dharma; युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira; मम (mama) - my; अपि (api) - also; दारसम्बन्धः (dārasambandhaḥ) - marriage connection; कार्यः (kāryaḥ) - must be done; तावत् (tāvat) - so long as; विशां (viśām) - of men; पते (pate) - O lord;]
(Then to him the king, son of Dharma, Yudhishthira, said: "My marriage connection also must be done, O lord of men, so long as (it is proper).")
Then King Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma, said to him: "My marriage alliance too must be arranged, O lord of men, as is appropriate."
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.
भवान्वा विधिवत्पाणिं गृह्णातु दुहितुर्मम। यस्य वा मन्यसे वीर तस्य कृष्णामुपादिश ॥१-१८७-२१॥
bhavān vā vidhivat pāṇiṃ gṛhṇātu duhitur mama। yasya vā manyase vīra tasya kṛṣṇām upādiśa ॥1-187-21॥
[भवान् (bhavān) - you; (honorific) वा (vā) - or; विधिवत् (vidhivat) - according to rule; पाणिं (pāṇim) - hand; गृह्णातु (gṛhṇātu) - may take; दुहितुः (duhituḥ) - of the daughter; मम (mama) - of me; my; यस्य (yasya) - of whom; वा (vā) - or; मन्यसे (manyase) - you think; वीर (vīra) - hero; तस्य (tasya) - of him; कृष्णाम् (kṛṣṇām) - Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī); उपादिश (upādiśa) - indicate; assign;]
(You or, according to rule, may take the hand of my daughter; or, O hero, of whom you think, to him indicate Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī).)
You may, according to proper custom, take my daughter's hand yourself, or, O hero, indicate Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī) to whomever you think suitable.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira; (proper noun, name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac', to speak);]
(Yudhiṣṭhira said;)
Yudhiṣṭhira said.
सर्वेषां द्रौपदी राजन्महिषी नो भविष्यति। एवं हि व्याहृतं पूर्वं मम मात्रा विशां पते ॥१-१८७-२२॥
sarveṣāṃ draupadī rājan mahiṣī no bhaviṣyati। evaṃ hi vyāhṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ mama mātrā viśāṃ pate ॥1-187-22॥
[सर्वेषां (sarveṣāṃ) - of all; द्रौपदी (draupadī) - Draupadī; राजन् (rājan) - O king; महिषी (mahiṣī) - queen; नः (naḥ) - our; भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be; एवं (evaṃ) - thus; हि (hi) - indeed; व्याहृतं (vyāhṛtam) - spoken; पूर्वं (pūrvam) - before; मम (mama) - by my; मात्रा (mātrā) - mother; विशां (viśām) - of the people; पते (pate) - O lord;]
(Of all, Draupadī, O king, queen our will be. Thus indeed spoken before by my mother, O lord of the people.)
O king, Draupadī will be the queen of all of us. For thus it was formerly declared by my mother, O lord of the people.
अहं चाप्यनिविष्टो वै भीमसेनश्च पाण्डवः। पार्थेन विजिता चैषा रत्नभूता च ते सुता ॥१-१८७-२३॥
ahaṃ cāpyaniviṣṭo vai bhīmasenaś ca pāṇḍavaḥ। pārthena vijitā caiṣā ratnabhūtā ca te sutā ॥1-187-23॥
[अहं (ahaṃ) - I; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अनिविष्टः (aniviṣṭaḥ) - not settled; वै (vai) - indeed; भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhīmasena; च (ca) - and; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - the Pāṇḍava; पार्थेन (pārthena) - by Pārtha; विजिता (vijitā) - conquered; च (ca) - and; एषा (eṣā) - this; रत्नभूता (ratnabhūtā) - become a jewel; च (ca) - and; ते (te) - your; सुता (sutā) - daughter;]
(I and also not settled indeed Bhīmasena and the Pāṇḍava; by Pārtha conquered and this become a jewel and your daughter.)
I, as well as the unsettled Bhīmasena, the Pāṇḍava, have been conquered by Pārtha; and this daughter of yours has become a jewel.
एष नः समयो राजन्रत्नस्य सहभोजनम्। न च तं हातुमिच्छामः समयं राजसत्तम ॥१-१८७-२४॥
eṣa naḥ samayo rājanratnasya sahabhojanam। na ca taṃ hātumicchāmaḥ samayaṃ rājasattama ॥1-187-24॥
[एष (eṣa) - this; नः (naḥ) - our; समयः (samayaḥ) - time; राजन् (rājan) - O king; रत्नस्य (ratnasya) - of the jewel; सह (saha) - together; भोजनम् (bhojanam) - eating; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; तं (taṃ) - that; हातुम् (hātum) - to abandon; इच्छामः (icchāmaḥ) - we wish; समयम् (samayam) - time; राजसत्तम (rājasattama) - O best of kings;]
(This is our time, O king, for eating together with the jewel. And we do not wish to abandon that time, O best of kings.)
O king, this is our time to dine together with the jewel, and we do not wish to give up that time, O best of kings.
सर्वेषां धर्मतः कृष्णा महिषी नो भविष्यति। आनुपूर्व्येण सर्वेषां गृह्णातु ज्वलने करम् ॥१-१८७-२५॥
sarveṣāṃ dharmataḥ kṛṣṇā mahiṣī no bhaviṣyati। ānupūrvyeṇa sarveṣāṃ gṛhṇātu jvalane karam ॥1-187-25॥
[सर्वेषां (sarveṣāṃ) - of all; धर्मतः (dharmataḥ) - according to dharma; कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī); महिषी (mahiṣī) - queen; नो (no) - our; भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be; आनुपूर्व्येण (ānupūrvyeṇa) - in order; सर्वेषां (sarveṣāṃ) - of all; गृह्णातु (gṛhṇātu) - let (her) accept; ज्वलने (jvalane) - in the fire; करम् (karam) - hand;]
(Of all, according to dharma, Kṛṣṇā will be our queen. In order, of all, let her accept the hand in the fire.)
Kṛṣṇā, according to dharma, will be the queen of all of us. Let her, in due order, accept the hand of each of us in the fire.
द्रुपद उवाच॥
drupada uvāca॥
[द्रुपद (drupada) - Drupada; (proper noun, name of a king); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from root 'vac' - to speak);]
(Drupada said;)
Drupada said.
एकस्य बह्व्यो विहिता महिष्यः कुरुनन्दन। नैकस्या बहवः पुंसो विधीयन्ते कदाचन ॥१-१८७-२६॥
ekasya bahvyo vihitā mahiṣyaḥ kurunandana। naikasyā bahavaḥ puṃso vidhīyante kadācana ॥1-187-26॥
[एकस्य (ekasya) - of one; बह्व्यः (bahvyaḥ) - many (feminine); विहिता (vihitā) - appointed; महिष्यः (mahiṣyaḥ) - queens; कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - O joy of the Kurus; न (na) - not; एकस्या (ekasyā) - of one (feminine); बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many (masculine); पुंसः (puṃsaḥ) - of a man; विधीयन्ते (vidhīyante) - are ordained; कदाचन (kadācana) - ever;]
(Of one (man), many queens are appointed, O joy of the Kurus. Of one (woman), many men are never ordained at any time.)
O Kurunandana, a single man may have many wives, but a single woman is never permitted to have many husbands.
लोकवेदविरुद्धं त्वं नाधर्मं धार्मिकः शुचिः। कर्तुमर्हसि कौन्तेय कस्मात्ते बुद्धिरीदृशी ॥१-१८७-२७॥
lokavedaviruddhaṃ tvaṃ nādharmaṃ dhārmikaḥ śuciḥ। kartumarhasi kaunteya kasmātte buddhirīdṛśī ॥1-187-27॥
[लोक (loka) - world; वेद (veda) - Veda; विरुद्धं (viruddhaṃ) - opposed; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; न (na) - not; अधर्मं (adharmaṃ) - unrighteousness; धार्मिकः (dhārmikaḥ) - righteous; शुचिः (śuciḥ) - pure; कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do; अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought; कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kunti; कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why; ते (te) - your; बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect; ईदृशी (īdṛśī) - such;]
(You, righteous and pure, ought not to do what is opposed to the world and the Veda, O son of Kunti. Why is your intellect such?)
O son of Kunti, you are righteous and pure; you should not perform what is opposed to the world and the Veda. Why has your mind become like this?
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira; (proper noun, name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (from the root 'vac', to speak);]
(Yudhiṣṭhira said;)
Yudhiṣṭhira said.
सूक्ष्मो धर्मो महाराज नास्य विद्मो वयं गतिम्। पूर्वेषामानुपूर्व्येण यातं वर्त्मानुयामहे ॥१-१८७-२८॥
sūkṣmo dharmo mahārāja nāsya vidmo vayaṃ gatim। pūrveṣām ānupūrvyeṇa yātaṃ vartmānuyāmahe ॥1-187-28॥
[सूक्ष्मः (sūkṣmaḥ) - subtle; delicate; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - dharma; righteousness; law; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; न (na) - not; अस्य (asya) - of this; विद्मः (vidmaḥ) - we know; वयम् (vayam) - we; गतिम् (gatim) - the course; path; way; पूर्वेषाम् (pūrveṣām) - of the former ones; of the predecessors; आनुपूर्व्येण (ānupūrvyeṇa) - in succession; in order; यातम् (yātam) - gone; traversed; वर्त्म (vartma) - path; अनुयामहे (anuyāmahe) - we follow;]
(Subtle is dharma, O great king; we do not know the course of this. In succession to the former ones, we follow the path that has been traversed.)
O great king, dharma is subtle; we do not know its course. We follow the path traversed in succession by our predecessors.
न मे वागनृतं प्राह नाधर्मे धीयते मतिः। एवं चैव वदत्यम्बा मम चैव मनोगतम् ॥१-१८७-२९॥
na me vāganṛtaṃ prāha nādharme dhīyate matiḥ। evaṃ caiva vadaty ambā mama caiva manogatam ॥1-187-29॥
[न (na) - not; मे (me) - my; वाक् (vāk) - speech; अनृतम् (anṛtam) - falsehood; प्राह (prāha) - spoke; न (na) - not; अधर्मे (adharme) - in unrighteousness; धीयते (dhīyate) - is placed; मतिः (matiḥ) - mind; एवं (evaṃ) - thus; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; वदति (vadati) - speaks; अम्बा (ambā) - mother; मम (mama) - my; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; मनोगतम् (manogatam) - what is in (my) mind;]
(Not my speech spoke falsehood, not in unrighteousness is placed (my) mind. Thus and indeed speaks mother and indeed what is in my mind.)
My speech has never uttered falsehood, nor is my mind set on unrighteousness. Thus my mother speaks, and this is also what is in my heart.
एष धर्मो ध्रुवो राजंश्चरैनमविचारयन्। मा च तेऽत्र विशङ्का भूत्कथञ्चिदपि पार्थिव ॥१-१८७-३०॥
eṣa dharmo dhruvo rājaṃścarainamavicārayan। mā ca te'tra viśaṅkā bhūtkathaṃcidapi pārthiva ॥1-187-30॥
[एष (eṣa) - this; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - dharma; ध्रुवः (dhruvaḥ) - firm; राजन् (rājan) - O king; चर (cara) - act; एनम् (enam) - this; अविचारयन् (avicārayan) - without doubting; मा (mā) - do not; च (ca) - and; ते (te) - your; अत्र (atra) - here; विशङ्का (viśaṅkā) - doubt; भूत् (bhūt) - should be; कथञ्चित् (kathaṃcit) - in any way; अपि (api) - even; पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O king;]
(This dharma is firm, O king, act on this without doubting. And let there not be any doubt here for you in any way, O king.)
O king, this dharma is certain; act upon it without hesitation. Do not let any doubt arise in you here in any way, O king.
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.
त्वं च कुन्ती च कौन्तेय धृष्टद्युम्नश्च मे सुतः। कथयन्त्वितिकर्तव्यं श्वः काले करवामहे ॥१-१८७-३१॥
tvaṃ ca kuntī ca kaunteya dhṛṣṭadyumnaś ca me sutaḥ। kathayantv itikartavyaṃ śvaḥ kāle karavāmahe ॥1-187-31॥
[त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; च (ca) - and; कुन्ती (kuntī) - Kuntī; च (ca) - and; कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - son of Kuntī; धृष्टद्युम्नः (dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna; च (ca) - and; मे (me) - my; सुतः (sutaḥ) - son; कथयन्तु (kathayantu) - let them discuss; इति (iti) - thus; कर्तव्यं (kartavyaṃ) - what is to be done; श्वः (śvaḥ) - tomorrow; काले (kāle) - at the time; करवामहे (karavāmahe) - let us do;]
(You and Kuntī and the son of Kuntī, Dhṛṣṭadyumna and my son, let them discuss thus what is to be done; tomorrow at the time let us do.)
You, Kuntī, the son of Kuntī, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, and my son—let them discuss what should be done; tomorrow, at the appointed time, let us act accordingly.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
ते समेत्य ततः सर्वे कथयन्ति स्म भारत। अथ द्वैपायनो राजन्नभ्यागच्छद्यदृच्छया ॥१-१८७-३२॥
te sametya tataḥ sarve kathayanti sma bhārata। atha dvaipāyano rājannabhyāgacchadyadṛcchayā ॥1-187-32॥
[ते (te) - they; समेत्य (sametya) - having assembled; ततः (tataḥ) - then; सर्वे (sarve) - all; कथयन्ति (kathayanti) - speak; स्म (sma) - indeed; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; अथ (atha) - then; द्वैपायनः (dvaipāyanaḥ) - Vyāsa; राजन् (rājan) - O king; अभ्यागच्छत् (abhyāgacchat) - approached; यदृच्छया (yadṛcchayā) - by chance;]
(They, having assembled, then all spoke, indeed, O Bhārata. Then Vyāsa, O king, approached by chance.)
After they had all gathered and were speaking, O Bhārata, then Vyāsa, O king, happened to arrive there by chance.
