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द्रौपदीहरणपर्व
draupadī-haraṇa-parva
[द्रौपदी (draupadī) - Draupadī; (proper noun, name of the heroine); हरण (haraṇa) - abduction; taking away; पर्व (parva) - section; book; episode;]
(Draupadī abduction section)
Section on the abduction of Draupadī
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
तस्मिन्बहुमृगेऽरण्ये रममाणा महारथाः। काम्यके भरतश्रेष्ठा विजह्रुस्ते यथामराः ॥०३-२४८-१॥
tasmin bahu-mṛge 'raṇye ramamāṇā mahārathāḥ। kāmyake bharataśreṣṭhā vijahrus te yathāmarāḥ॥03-248-1॥
[तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; बहुमृगे (bahu-mṛge) - with many deer; अरण्ये ('raṇye) - in the forest; रममाणा (ramamāṇāḥ) - enjoying themselves; महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great chariot-warriors; काम्यके (kāmyake) - in the Kāmyaka (forest); भरतश्रेष्ठाः (bharataśreṣṭhāḥ) - the best of the Bhāratas; विजह्रुः (vijahrus) - they sported; ते (te) - they; यथा (yathā) - like; अमराः (amarāḥ) - the immortals (gods);]
(In that forest with many deer, enjoying themselves, the great chariot-warriors in the Kāmyaka, the best of the Bhāratas, they sported like the immortals.)
In that forest abounding with deer, the great chariot-warriors, the best of the Bhāratas, enjoyed themselves in Kāmyaka just like the gods. (03-248-1)
प्रेक्षमाणा बहुविधान्वनोद्देशान्समन्ततः। यथर्तुकालरम्याश्च वनराजीः सुपुष्पिताः ॥०३-२४८-२॥
prekṣamāṇā bahuvidhān vanoddeśān samantataḥ। yathārtu-kāla-ramyāś ca vana-rājīḥ supuṣpitāḥ॥03-248-2॥
[प्रेक्षमाणा (prekṣamāṇā) - seeing; बहुविधान् (bahuvidhān) - of many kinds; वनोद्देशान् (vanoddeśān) - forest tracts; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - on all sides; यथ (yatha) - just as; ऋतु-काल-रम्याः (ṛtu-kāla-ramyāḥ) - made beautiful by season and time; च (ca) - and; वन-राजीः (vana-rājīḥ) - rows of forests; सुपुष्पिताः (supuṣpitāḥ) - well-blossomed;]
(Seeing forest tracts of many kinds on all sides, and rows of forests made beautiful by season and time, well-blossomed.)
She looked about at many kinds of forest regions on every side, and at the rows of forests beautifully blossoming in their proper season. (03-248-2)
पाण्डवा मृगयाशीलाश्चरन्तस्तन्महावनम्। विजह्रुरिन्द्रप्रतिमाः कञ्चित्कालमरिंदमाः ॥०३-२४८-३॥
pāṇḍavā mṛgayāśīlāś carantas tanmahāvanam। vijahrur indrapratimāḥ kañcit kālam ariṃdamāḥ॥03-248-3॥
[पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pandavas; मृगया-शीलाः (mṛgayā-śīlāḥ) - fond of hunting; चरन्तः (carantaḥ) - wandering; तत्-महावनम् (tat-mahāvanam) - that great forest; विजह्रुः (vijahrur) - they sported; इन्द्र-प्रतिमाः (indra-pratimāḥ) - equal to Indra; कञ्चित् (kañcit) - for some; कालम् (kālam) - time; अरिंदमाः (ariṃdamāḥ) - subduers of enemies;]
(The Pandavas, fond of hunting, wandering that great forest, equal to Indra, sported for some time, subduers of enemies.)
The Pandavas, who were fond of hunting, roamed that great forest and, being as powerful as Indra, spent some time there enjoying themselves, those subduers of enemies. (03-248-3)
ततस्ते यौगपद्येन ययुः सर्वे चतुर्दिशम्। मृगयां पुरुषव्याघ्रा ब्राह्मणार्थे परन्तपाः ॥०३-२४८-४॥
tatas te yaugapadyena yayuḥ sarve caturdiśam। mṛgayāṃ puruṣavyāghrā brāhmaṇārthe parantapāḥ ॥03-248-4॥
[ततः (tatas) - then; ते (te) - they; यौगपद्येन (yaugapadyena) - simultaneously; ययुः (yayuḥ) - went; सर्वे (sarve) - all; चतुर्दिशम् (caturdiśam) - in the four directions; मृगयाम् (mṛgayām) - hunt; पुरुषव्याघ्राः (puruṣavyāghrāḥ) - tiger-men; ब्राह्मणार्थे (brāhmaṇārthe) - for the sake of the brāhmaṇa; परन्तपाः (parantapāḥ) - destroyers of foes;;]
(Then they simultaneously went all in the four directions. To hunt, the tiger-men, for the sake of the brāhmaṇa, destroyers of foes.)
Then all of them, the tiger-men and destroyers of foes, set out simultaneously in the four directions to hunt for the sake of the brāhmaṇa. (03-248-4)
द्रौपदीमाश्रमे न्यस्य तृणबिन्दोरनुज्ञया। महर्षेर्दीप्ततपसो धौम्यस्य च पुरोधसः ॥०३-२४८-५॥
draupadīm āśrame nyasya tṛṇabindor anujñayā। maharṣer dīptatapaso dhaumyasya ca purodhasaḥ ॥03-248-5॥
[द्रौपदीम् (draupadīm) - Draupadī (accusative singular); आश्रमे (āśrame) - in the hermitage; न्यस्य (nyasya) - having placed; तृणबिन्दोः (tṛṇabindoḥ) - by Tṛṇabindu (genitive singular); अनुज्ञया (anujñayā) - with the permission; महर्षेः (maharṣeḥ) - of the great sage; दीप्ततपसः (dīptatapasaḥ) - of blazing austerity; धौम्यस्य (dhaumyasya) - of Dhaumya; च (ca) - and; पुरोधसः (purodhasaḥ) - of the priest;]
(Having placed Draupadī in the hermitage, with the permission of Tṛṇabindu, of the great sage of blazing austerity, and of Dhaumya, the priest.)
Draupadī was left in the hermitage with the permission of Tṛṇabindu, the great sage of blazing austerity, and Dhaumya the priest. (03-248-5)
ततस्तु राजा सिन्धूनां वार्द्धक्षत्रिर्महायशाः। विवाहकामः शाल्वेयान्प्रयातः सोऽभवत्तदा ॥०३-२४८-६॥
tatastu rājā sindhūnāṁ vārdhakhatrirmahāyaśāḥ। vivāhakāmaḥ śālveyānprayātaḥ so'bhavattadā ॥03-248-6॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तु (tu) - but; राजा (rājā) - king; सिन्धूनाम् (sindhūnām) - of the Sindhus; वार्द्धक्षत्रिः (vārdhakhatriḥ) - Vārdhakhatri (proper noun; king's name); महायशाः (mahāyaśāḥ) - greatly renowned; विवाहकामः (vivāhakāmaḥ) - desirous of marriage; शाल्वेयान् (śālveyān) - to (the land/people of) Śālva; प्रयातः (prayātaḥ) - departed; सः (saḥ) - he; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(Then but the king of the Sindhus, Vārdhakhatri, greatly renowned, desirous of marriage, to Śālva departed; he became then.)
Then, however, the greatly renowned king of the Sindhus, Vārdhakhatri, who desired a marriage, set out for Śālva at that time. (03-248-6)
महता परिबर्हेण राजयोग्येन संवृतः। राजभिर्बहुभिः सार्धमुपायात्काम्यकं च सः ॥०३-२४८-७॥
mahatā paribarheṇa rājayogyena saṁvṛtaḥ। rājabhirbahubhiḥ sārdhamupāyātkāmyakaṁ ca saḥ॥03-248-7॥
[महता (mahatā) - by great; by large; परिबर्हेण (paribarheṇa) - by equipment; furnishings; राजयोग्येन (rājayogyena) - suitable for kings; fit for royalty; संवृतः (saṁvṛtaḥ) - surrounded; attended; राजभिः (rājabhiḥ) - by kings; बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many; सार्धम् (sārdham) - together with; उपायात् (upāyāt) - he arrived; he went; काम्यकं (kāmyakam) - Kāmyaka (name of a forest); च (ca) - and; सः (saḥ) - he;]
(He, attended by great equipment suitable for royalty, together with many kings, arrived at Kāmyaka also.)
He, accompanied by a great retinue suitable for a king and surrounded by many kings, came to Kāmyaka as well. (03-248-7)
तत्रापश्यत्प्रियां भार्यां पाण्डवानां यशस्विनीम्। तिष्ठन्तीमाश्रमद्वारि द्रौपदीं निर्जने वने ॥०३-२४८-८॥
tatrāpaśyat priyāṃ bhāryāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ yaśasvinīm| tiṣṭhantīm āśramadvāri draupadīṃ nirjane vane ॥03-248-8॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he saw; प्रियाम् (priyām) - dear; भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife; पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pāṇḍavas; यशस्विनीम् (yaśasvinīm) - illustrious; तिष्ठन्तीम् (tiṣṭhantīm) - standing; आश्रमद्वारि (āśramadvāri) - at the hermitage entrance; द्रौपदीम् (draupadīm) - Draupadī; निर्जने (nirjane) - solitary; वने (vane) - in the forest;]
(There he saw the dear wife of the Pāṇḍavas, illustrious, standing at the hermitage entrance, Draupadī, in the solitary forest.)
There he saw Draupadī, the illustrious and beloved wife of the Pāṇḍavas, standing at the entrance of the hermitage in the lonely forest. (03-248-8)
विभ्राजमानां वपुषा बिभ्रतीं रूपमुत्तमम्। भ्राजयन्तीं वनोद्देशं नीलाभ्रमिव विद्युतम् ॥०३-२४८-९॥
vibhrājamānāṃ vapuṣā bibhratīṃ rūpam uttamam। bhrājayantīṃ vanoddeśaṃ nīlābhram iva vidyutam ॥03-248-9॥
[विभ्राजमानां (vibhrājamānāṃ) - shining; वपुषा (vapuṣā) - with form; बिभ्रतीं (bibhratīṃ) - bearing; रूपम् (rūpam) - form; उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent; भ्राजयन्तीं (bhrājayantīṃ) - illuminating; वनोद्देशं (vanoddeśaṃ) - the forest region; नीलाभ्रमिव (nīlābhram iva) - like a dark cloud; विद्युतम् (vidyutam) - lightning;]
(Shining with form, bearing an excellent form, illuminating the forest region like lightning (illuminates) a dark cloud.)
Radiant in form, bearing an excellent appearance, she illuminated the forest region like lightning brightens a dark cloud. (03-248-9)
अप्सरा देवकन्या वा माया वा देवनिर्मिता। इति कृत्वाञ्जलिं सर्वे ददृशुस्तामनिन्दिताम् ॥०३-२४८-१०॥
apsarā devakanyā vā māyā vā devanirmitā। iti kṛtvāñjaliṃ sarve dadṛśustāmaninditām ॥03-248-10॥
[अप्सरा (apsarā) - celestial nymph; देवकन्या (devakanyā) - divine maiden; वा (vā) - or; माया (māyā) - illusion; वा (vā) - or; देवनिर्मिता (devanirmitā) - created by the gods; इति (iti) - thus; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made; अञ्जलिं (añjaliṃ) - joined palms; सर्वे (sarve) - all; ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw; ताम् (tām) - her; अनिन्दिताम् (aninditām) - blameless;]
(Celestial nymph, divine maiden, or illusion, or created by the gods—thus, having made joined palms, all saw her blameless.)
Considering her as a celestial nymph, a divine maiden, an illusion, or one created by the gods, all with joined palms gazed upon that blameless lady. (03-248-10)
ततः स राजा सिन्धूनां वार्द्धक्षत्रिर्जयद्रथः। विस्मितस्तामनिन्द्याङ्गीं दृष्ट्वासीद्धृष्टमानसः ॥०३-२४८-११॥
tataḥ sa rājā sindhūnāṃ vārdhākṣatirjayadrathaḥ। vismitastāmanindyāṅgīṃ dṛṣṭvā āsīddhṛṣṭamānasaḥ॥03-248-11॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; स (sa) - he; राजा (rājā) - king; सिन्धूनाम् (sindhūnām) - of the Sindhus; वार्द्धक्षत्रिः (vārdhākṣatriḥ) - son of Vṛddhakṣatra; जयद्रथः (jayadrathaḥ) - Jayadratha; विस्मितः (vismitaḥ) - astonished; ताम् (tām) - her; अनिन्द्याङ्गीम् (anindyāṅgīm) - faultless-limbed; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; आसीत् (āsīt) - became; धृष्टमानसः (dhṛṣṭamānasaḥ) - bold-minded;]
(Then he king of the Sindhus, the son of Vṛddhakṣatra, Jayadratha, astonished, having seen her faultless-limbed, became bold-minded.)
Then Jayadratha, the king of the Sindhus and son of Vṛddhakṣatra, was astonished on seeing her with faultless limbs and became confident. (03-248-11)
स कोटिकाश्यं राजानमब्रवीत्काममोहितः। कस्य त्वेषानवद्याङ्गी यदि वापि न मानुषी ॥०३-२४८-१२॥
sa koṭikāśyaṃ rājānam abravīt kāmamohitaḥ। kasya tveṣānavadyāṅgī yadi vāpi na mānuṣī॥03-248-12॥
[स (sa) - he; कोटिकाश्यं (koṭikāśyam) - Koṭikāśya (proper noun, name of a king); राजानम् (rājānam) - king (accusative singular); अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; काममोहितः (kāmamohitaḥ) - deluded by desire; कस्य (kasya) - whose; तु (tu) - but; एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine); अनवद्याङ्गी (anavadyāṅgī) - faultless-limbed (female of impeccable form); यदि (yadi) - if; वा (vā) - or; अपि (api) - even; न (na) - not; मानुषी (mānuṣī) - human (feminine);]
(He, deluded by desire, said to King Koṭikāśya: “Whose is this faultless-limbed one, or is she not human?”)
Deluded by desire, he said to King Koṭikāśya, “Whose is this woman with faultless limbs, or is she even not human?” (03-248-12)
विवाहार्थो न मे कश्चिदिमां दृष्ट्वातिसुन्दरीम्। एतामेवाहमादाय गमिष्यामि स्वमालयम् ॥०३-२४८-१३॥
vivāhārtho na me kaścid imāṃ dṛṣṭvā ati-sundarīm. etām eva aham ādāya gamiṣyāmi sva-mālayam ॥03-248-13॥
[विवाहार्थः (vivāhārthaḥ) - for the purpose of marriage; न (na) - not; मे (me) - to me; कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone; इमाम् (imām) - this (girl); दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; अतिसुन्दरीम् (ati-sundarīm) - very beautiful; एताम् (etām) - this one; एव (eva) - only; अहम् (aham) - I; आदाय (ādāya) - having taken; गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I shall go; स्वम् (svam) - own; आलयम् (ālayam) - abode;]
(For the purpose of marriage, not to me anyone, having seen this very beautiful (girl). This one only, having taken, I shall go to my own abode.)
No one has come to me with marriage in mind after seeing this very beautiful girl. I will take only her and go to my own abode. (03-248-13)
गच्छ जानीहि सौम्यैनां कस्य का च कुतोऽपि वा। किमर्थमागता सुभ्रूरिदं कण्टकितं वनम् ॥०३-२४८-१४॥
gaccha jānīhi saumyainām kasya kā ca kuto'pi vā. kimarthamāgatā subhrūridaṃ kaṇṭakitaṃ vanam ॥03-248-14॥
[गच्छ (gaccha) - go; जानीहि (jānīhi) - ascertain; सौम्य (saumya) - gentle one; एनां (enām) - her; कस्य (kasya) - of whom; का (kā) - who (she); च (ca) - and; कुतः अपि वा (kutaḥ api vā) - from where possibly; किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what purpose; आगता (āgatā) - come; सुभ्रूः (subhrūḥ) - beautiful-browed (one); इदं (idaṃ) - this; कण्टकितम् (kaṇṭakitam) - filled with thorns; वनम् (vanam) - forest;]
(Go, ascertain, gentle one, her, of whom, who (she) and, from where possibly. For what purpose come, beautiful-browed (one), this filled with thorns forest.)
Go, gentle one, find out whose, who she is and from where she may have come. For what purpose has this beautiful-browed lady come to this thorn-filled forest? (3-248-14)
अपि नाम वरारोहा मामेषा लोकसुन्दरी। भजेदद्यायतापाङ्गी सुदती तनुमध्यमा ॥०३-२४८-१५॥
api nāma varārohā mām eṣā lokasundarī। bhajed adya āyatāpāṅgī sudatī tanumadhyamā ॥03-248-15॥
[अपि (api) - indeed; perhaps; नाम (nāma) - by chance; indeed; वरारोहा (varārohā) - having beautiful hips; one of excellent form; माम् (mām) - me; एषा (eṣā) - this (woman); लोकसुन्दरी (lokasundarī) - the beauty of the world; world-beautiful woman; भजेत् (bhajet) - might choose; might accept; अद्य (adya) - today; आयतापाङ्गी (āyatāpāṅgī) - having long eyes; सुदती (sudatī) - having beautiful teeth; तनुमध्यमा (tanumadhyamā) - slender-waisted (woman);]
(Indeed, by chance, the one of beautiful form, this world-beautiful woman, might choose me today, the long-eyed, beautiful-toothed, slender-waisted (woman).)
Oh, if only, by chance, this beautiful-hipped, world-renowned beauty with long eyes, lovely teeth, and a slender waist, might choose me today. (03-248-15)
अप्यहं कृतकामः स्यामिमां प्राप्य वरस्त्रियम्। गच्छ जानीहि को न्वस्या नाथ इत्येव कोटिक ॥०३-२४८-१६॥
apyahaṃ kṛtakāmaḥ syām imāṃ prāpya varastriyam। gaccha jānīhi ko nvasyā nātha ity eva koṭika ॥03-248-16॥
[अपि (api) - indeed; also; अहं (ahaṃ) - I; कृतकामः (kṛtakāmaḥ) - having desires fulfilled; स्याम् (syām) - I may be; इमां (imām) - this (accusative feminine); प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained; वरस्त्रियम् (varastriyam) - excellent woman; गच्छ (gaccha) - go; जानीहि (jānīhi) - find out; know; कः (kaḥ) - who; नु (nu) - indeed; अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of her; नाथः (nāthaḥ) - lord; husband; इति (iti) - thus; एव (eva) - only; just; कोटिक (koṭika) - Koṭika (proper name);]
(Indeed, I may become one whose desires are fulfilled, having obtained this excellent woman. Go, find out: who indeed is her lord, thus only, Koṭika.)
Indeed, having won this excellent woman, I may become one whose desires are fulfilled. Go and find out, Koṭika, who her lord is. (03-248-16)
स कोटिकाश्यस्तच्छ्रुत्वा रथात्प्रस्कन्द्य कुण्डली। उपेत्य पप्रच्छ तदा क्रोष्टा व्याघ्रवधूमिव ॥०३-२४८-१७॥
sa koṭikāśyastacchrutvā rathāt praskandya kuṇḍalī| upetya papraccha tadā kroṣṭā vyāghravadūm iva ॥03-248-17॥
[स (sa) - he; कोटिकाश्यः (koṭikāśyaḥ) - Koṭikāśya (a proper name, 'the Koṭikāśyan'); तत्-श्रुत्वा (tat-śrutvā) - having heard that; रथात्-प्रस्कन्द्य (rathāt praskandya) - leaping down from the chariot; कुण्डली (kuṇḍalī) - Kuṇḍalī (proper name); उपेत्य (upetya) - having approached; पप्रच्छ (papraccha) - asked; तदा (tadā) - then; क्रोष्टा (kroṣṭā) - the jackal; व्याघ्रवधूम्-इव (vyāghravadūm iva) - like the tiger's wife;]
(He Koṭikāśya, having heard that, leaping down from the chariot, Kuṇḍalī, having approached, asked then the jackal, like the tiger's wife.)
Then Koṭikāśya, having heard that, Kuṇḍalī leapt down from the chariot and, approaching, questioned the jackal like the tiger's wife. (3-248-17)
