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vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
Vaiśampāyana said;
saroṣarāgopahatena valgūnā; sarāganetreṇa natonnatabhruvā| mukhena visphūrya suvīrarāṣṭrapaṃ; tato'bravīttaṃ drupadātmajā punaḥ॥03-252-1॥
Affected by charming appearance filled with both anger and passion, with passionate eyes and expressive eyebrows, having presented her face to the noble king, then the daughter of Drupada spoke again to him. (03-252-1)
yaśasvinastīkṣṇaviṣānmahārathā; nadhikṣipan mūḍha na lajjase katham. mahendrakalpān niratān svakarmasu; sthitān samūheṣv api yakṣarakṣasām ॥03-252-2॥
O fool, how is it that you do not feel ashamed, insulting these renowned, deadly, great chariot-warriors—who are equal to Indra, devoted to their duties, and stand even amidst assemblies of yakṣas and rākṣasas? (03-252-2)
na kiñcidiīḍyaṃ pravadanti pāpaṃ; vanecaraṃ vā gṛhamedhinaṃ vā. tapasvinaṃ samparipūrṇavidyaṃ; bhaṣanti haivaṃ śvanarāḥ suvīra ॥03-252-3॥
The dog-like men never speak ill of anything praiseworthy, whether a forest-dweller, a householder, or an ascetic filled with all knowledge; they bark in this way, O noble one. (03-252-3)
ahaṃ tu manye tava nāsti kaści; devatādṛśe kṣatriyasaṃniveśe. yas tv adya pātālamukhe patantaṃ; pāṇau gṛhītvā pratisaṃharet ॥03-252-4॥
But I think there is no one for you, even among those like deities in the warrior assembly, who today, as you fall at the mouth of the netherworld, could grasp you by the hand and draw you back. (03-252-4)
nāgaṁ prabhinnaṁ girikūṭakalpa-m-upatyakāṁ haimavatīṁ carantam. daṇḍīva yūthād apasedhase tvaṁ; yo jetum āśaṁsasi dharmarājam ॥03-252-5॥
You, who aspire to conquer Dharmarāja, are like someone who wishes to drive away, with a staff, a wild elephant wandering in a Himalayan valley, resembling a mountain peak, from its herd. (03-252-5)
bālyātprasuptasya mahābalasya; siṃhasya pakṣmāṇi mukhāllunāsi. padā samāhatya palāyamānaḥ; kruddhaṃ yadā drakṣyasi bhīmasenam ॥03-252-6॥
You pluck the eyelashes from the mouth of a sleeping lion of great strength during your childhood, but when you encounter Bhimasena angry, after striking with your foot while fleeing, you will understand (the outcome). (03-252-6)
mahā-balaṃ ghorataraṃ pravṛddhaṃ; jātaṃ hariṃ parvata-kandareṣu. prasuptam-ugraṃ prapadena haṃsi; yaḥ kruddham-āsetsyasi jiṣṇum-ugram ॥03-252-7॥
The lion of great strength, more terrible and fully grown, born in the mountain caves — if you strike the terrible one sleeping with your foot, you will meet the victorious and terrible one when he is angry. (03-252-7)
kṛṣṇoragau tīkṣṇaviṣau dvijihvau; mattaḥ padākrāmasi pucchadeśe. yaḥ pāṇḍavābhyāṃ puruṣottamābhyāṃ; jaghanyajābhyāṃ prayuyutsase tvam ॥03-252-8॥
Intoxicated, you step with your feet on the tail region of black serpents possessing sharp poison and two tongues. You wish to contend with the two Pāṇḍavas, who are the best among men but whom you call ignoble. (03-252-8)
yathā ca veṇuḥ kadalī nalo vā; phalanty-abhāvāya na bhūtaye''tmanaḥ. tathaiva māṃ taiḥ parirakṣyamāṇā mā dāsyase karkaṭakīva garbham ॥03-252-9॥
Just as the bamboo, plantain, or reed produce fruit that leads to their own destruction and not to their own good, in the same way, if you protect me by them, do not let me, like a crab, give birth to my own destroyer. (3-252-9)
jayadratha uvāca॥
Jayadratha said.
jānāmi kṛṣṇe viditaṃ mamaita; dyathāvidhāste naradevaputrāḥ. na tvevametena vibhīṣaṇena; śakyā vayaṃ trāsayituṃ tvayādya ॥03-252-10॥
I know this, O Kṛṣṇa, it is known to me; as is appropriate, those are the sons of men. But by this Vibhīṣaṇa, we cannot be frightened by you today. (03-252-10)
vayaṁ punaḥ saptadaśeṣu kṛṣṇe; kuleṣu sarve'navameṣu jātāḥ। ṣaḍbhyo guṇebhyo'bhyadhikā vihīnā; nmanyāmahe draupadi pāṇḍuputrān ॥03-252-11॥
O Draupadī, we, all born among the seventeen noble families without any inferiority, do not consider the sons of Pāṇḍu to be superior to us in any of the six qualities. (03-252-11)
sā kṣipram-ātiṣṭha gajaṁ rathaṁ vā; na vākyamātreṇa vayaṁ hi śakyāḥ. āśaṁsa vā tvaṁ kṛpaṇaṁ vadantī; sauvīrarājasya punaḥ prasādam ॥03-252-12॥
Either quickly mount the elephant or the chariot; for we cannot accomplish this by mere words. Or, you—speaking miserably—may hope again for the favor of the king of Sauvīra. (03-252-12)
draupady-uvāca॥
Draupadī said;
mahābalā kiṁ tv-iha durbaleva; sauvīrarājasya matāham-asmi. yāhaṁ pramāthād-iha sampratītā; sauvīrarājaṁ kṛpaṇaṁ vadeyam ॥03-252-13॥
O mighty-armed one, why do you seem weak here? I am regarded as belonging to the king of Sauvīra. I, who found refuge here from oppression, should call the king of Sauvīra pitiable. (03-252-13)
yasyā hi kṛṣṇau padavīṃ caretām; samāsthitāvekarathe sahāyau. indro'pi tāṃ nāpaharet kathaṃ ci; nmanuṣyamātraḥ kṛpaṇaḥ kuto'nyaḥ ॥03-252-14॥
Indeed, the path of her whose companions are the two Kṛṣṇas—mounting the same chariot as helpers—could not be seized even by Indra; how then could a mere wretched human or anyone else do so? (03-252-14)
yadā kirīṭī paravīraghātī; nighnan rathastho dviṣatāṃ manāṃsi. madantare tvaddhvajinīṃ praveṣṭā; kakṣaṃ dahann agnir ivoṣṇageṣu ॥03-252-15॥
When the diademed warrior, destroyer of enemy heroes, slaying from his chariot the minds of foes, enters your army in my midst like fire burning the undergrowth among dry grasses. (03-252-15)
janārdanasyānugā vṛṣṇivīrā; maheṣvāsāḥ kekayāścāpi sarve. ete hi sarve mama rājaputrāḥ; prahṛṣṭarūpāḥ padavīṃ careyuḥ ॥03-252-16॥
The followers of Janārdana, the Vṛṣṇi heroes, the great bowmen, and also all the Kekayas—these indeed are all my royal sons; with joyful countenances they might proceed on the path. (3-252-16)
maurvī-visṛṣṭāḥ stanayitnu-ghoṣāḥ; gāṇḍīva-muktāḥ tu ati-vega-vantaḥ। hastaṃ samāhatya dhanañjayasya; bhīmāḥ śabdaṃ ghorataraṃ nadanti ॥03-252-17॥
Arrows released from the bowstring, thundering like thunder, and shot from the Gāṇḍīva with great speed, after striking Dhanañjaya's hand, resound with even a more dreadful roar. (03-252-17)
gāṇḍīvamuktāṃśca mahāśaraughāḥ; nipataṅgasaṅghāniva śīghravegān. saśaṅkhaghoṣaḥ satalatraghoṣaḥ; gāṇḍīvadhanvā muhurudvamaṃśca ॥ yadā śarān arpayitā tavorasi; tadā manaste kimivābhaviṣyat ॥03-252-18॥
The great torrents of arrows shot from the Gāṇḍīva, swift as swarms of moths, along with the resounding blasts of conches and twanging of bowstrings, were ceaselessly discharged by the wielder of the Gāṇḍīva bow. When he was aiming arrows at your chest, what must your mind have been like then? (03-252-18)
gadā-hastaṃ bhīmam abhidravantaṃ; mādrī-putrau sampatantau diśaś ca। amarṣa-jaṃ krodha-viṣaṃ vamantau; dṛṣṭvā ciraṃ tāpam upaiṣyase'dhama ॥03-252-19॥
When you see Bhima with mace in hand charging at you, and the two sons of Mādrī rushing forward from all directions, both spewing the poison of anger born from intolerance, O wicked one, you will long suffer agony. (03-252-19)
yathā cāhaṃ nāticare kathaṃ cid patīn mahārhān manasā api jātu. tenādya satyena vaśīkṛtaṃ tvāṃ draṣṭāsmi pārthaiḥ parikṛṣyamāṇam ॥03-252-20॥
Just as I have never transgressed my greatly worthy husbands in any way, even in my mind at any time, therefore today by that truth may you be subdued—I shall see you being dragged around by the Parthas. (03-252-20)
na sambhramaṃ gantum ahaṃ hi śakṣye; tvayā nṛśaṃsena vikṛṣyamāṇā। samāgatāhaṃ hi kurupravīraiḥ; punar vanaṃ kāmyakam āgatā ca ॥03-252-21॥
I truly cannot go in agitation, being dragged by you, cruel one; I had once come along with the noble Kuru heroes, and now again I have come to the Kamyaka forest. (03-252-21)
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
Vaiśampāyana said;
sā tānanuprekṣya viśālanetrā; jighṛkṣamāṇān avabhartsayantī. provāca mā mā spṛśateti bhītā; dhaumyaṃ pracukrośa purohitaṃ sā ॥03-252-22॥
She, the large-eyed lady, saw them desiring to seize her and rebuked them; frightened, she said, "Do not, do not touch me," and cried out to Dhaumya, the priest. (03-252-22)
jagrāha tām uttaravastradeśe; jayadrathas taṃ samavākṣipat sā. tayā samākṣiptatanuḥ sa pāpaḥ; papāta śākhīva nikṛttamūlaḥ ॥03-252-23॥
He seized her by the upper garment, but Jayadratha threw him down. Struck down by her, that evil man fell like a branch whose root has been severed. (03-252-23)
pragṛhyamāṇā tu mahājavena; muhurviniḥśvasya ca rājaputrī. sā kṛṣyamāṇā ratham āruroh; dhaumyasya pādāv abhivādya kṛṣṇā ॥03-252-24॥
But Kṛṣṇā, the princess, as she was being seized and dragged rapidly, repeatedly sighing, ascended the chariot after saluting Dhaumya’s feet. (03-252-24)
dhaumya uvāca॥
Dhaumya said.
neyaṁ śakyā tvayā netum avijitya mahārathān। dharmaṁ kṣatrasya paurāṇam avekṣasva jayadratha ॥03-252-25॥
O Jayadratha, you cannot take away this woman without first defeating the great chariot-warriors. Consider the ancient law of the kṣatriya race. (03-252-25)
kṣudraṁ kṛtvā phalaṁ pāpaṁ prāpsyasi tvam asaṁśayam। āsādya pāṇḍavān vīrān dharmarājapurogamān॥03-252-26॥
By committing a base act, you will surely reap an evil result, encountering the heroic Pāṇḍavas led by Dharmarāja. (03-252-26)
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
Vaiśampāyana said.
ity uktvā hriyamāṇāṃ tāṃ rājaputrīṃ yaśasvinīm। anvagacchata tadā dhaumyaḥ padātigaṇamadhyagaḥ॥03-252-27॥
Thus, having spoken, Dhaumya, amidst the group of foot-soldiers, followed the illustrious princess as she was being carried away. (03-252-27)
