04.012
जनमेजय उवाच॥
Janamejaya said.
एवं मत्स्यस्य नगरे वसन्तस्तत्र पाण्डवाः। अत ऊर्ध्वं महावीर्याः किमकुर्वन्त वै द्विज ॥०४-१२-१॥
Thus, the Pāṇḍavas dwelled in the city of Matsya. After that, O twice-born, what did those mighty heroes do next? (04-12-1)
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
Vaiśampāyana said.
एवं ते न्यवसंस्तत्र प्रच्छन्नाः कुरुनन्दनाः। आराधयन्तो राजानं यदकुर्वन्त तच्छृणु ॥०४-१२-२॥
Thus the Kuru princes stayed there in concealment. Listen to what they did while honoring the king. (04-12-2)
युधिष्ठिरः सभास्तारः सभ्यानामभवत्प्रियः। तथैव च विराटस्य सपुत्रस्य विशां पते ॥०४-१२-३॥
Yudhiṣṭhira, the foremost in the assembly, became dear to the members of the assembly. Likewise, O lord of the people, he was dear to Virāṭa and his son. (04-12-3)
स ह्यक्षहृदयज्ञस्तान्क्रीडयामास पाण्डवः। अक्षवत्यां यथाकामं सूत्रबद्धानिव द्विजान् ॥०४-१२-४॥
He, the skilled dice-player, the son of Pāṇḍu, indeed played with them on the dice-board at will, as if the twice-born were strung on a thread. (04-12-4)
अज्ञातं च विराटस्य विजित्य वसु धर्मराट्। भ्रातृभ्यः पुरुषव्याघ्रो यथार्हं स्म प्रयच्छति ॥०४-१२-५॥
Dharmarāṭ (Yudhiṣṭhira), the tiger among men, having conquered the unknown wealth of Virāṭa, indeed gives it suitably to his brothers. (04-12-5)
भीमसेनोऽपि मांसानि भक्ष्याणि विविधानि च। अतिसृष्टानि मत्स्येन विक्रीणाति युधिष्ठिरे ॥०४-१२-६॥
Bhīmasena also sells to Yudhiṣṭhira various edible meats left over by Matsya. (04-12-6)
वासांसि परिजीर्णानि लब्धान्यन्तःपुरेऽर्जुनः। विक्रीणानश्च सर्वेभ्यः पाण्डवेभ्यः प्रयच्छति ॥०४-१२-७॥
Arjuna obtains worn out garments in the inner chambers, sells them, and gives them to all the Pāṇḍavas. (04-12-7)
सहदेवोऽपि गोपानां वेषमास्थाय पाण्डवः। दधि क्षीरं घृतं चैव पाण्डवेभ्यः प्रयच्छति ॥०४-१२-८॥
Sahadeva, the Pāṇḍava, also, having assumed the attire of cowherds, gives curd, milk, and ghee to the Pāṇḍavas. (04-12-8)
नकुलोऽपि धनं लब्ध्वा कृते कर्मणि वाजिनाम्। तुष्टे तस्मिन्नरपतौ पाण्डवेभ्यः प्रयच्छति ॥०४-१२-९॥
Nakula also, having acquired wealth after the horse-sacrifice was accomplished and the king was pleased, gives it to the Pāṇḍavas. (04-12-9)
कृष्णापि सर्वान्भ्रातॄंस्तान्निरीक्षन्ती तपस्विनी। यथा पुनरविज्ञाता तथा चरति भामिनी ॥०४-१२-१०॥
Kṛṣṇā too, looking at all those brothers, that ascetic lady moved about just as if she were unrecognized—the illustrious woman conducted herself in that way. (04-12-10)
एवं सम्पादयन्तस्ते तथान्योन्यं महारथाः। प्रेक्षमाणास्तदा कृष्णामूषुश्छन्ना नराधिप ॥०४-१२-११॥
Thus, O king, those great chariot-warriors, while accomplishing (their aims) in this way with each other and watching Kṛṣṇā, concealed themselves and stayed in hiding. (04-12-11)
अथ मासे चतुर्थे तु ब्रह्मणः सुमहोत्सवः। आसीत्समृद्धो मत्स्येषु पुरुषाणां सुसंमतः ॥०४-१२-१२॥
Then, in the fourth month, there was a very great and prosperous festival of Brahmā among the Matsyas, highly esteemed by men. (04-12-12)
तत्र मल्लाः समापेतुर्दिग्भ्यो राजन्सहस्रशः। महाकाया महावीर्याः कालखञ्जा इवासुराः ॥०४-१२-१३॥
O king, there wrestlers by the thousands gathered from all directions—great-bodied and mighty, misshapen by Time, like demons. (04-12-13)
वीर्योन्नद्धा बलोदग्रा राज्ञा समभिपूजिताः। सिंहस्कन्धकटिग्रीवाः स्ववदाता मनस्विनः ॥ असकृल्लब्धलक्षास्ते रङ्गे पार्थिवसंनिधौ ॥०४-१२-१४॥
Endowed with great heroism, exceedingly strong, honored by the king, with the shoulders, waist, and necks of lions, possessing self-born radiance and a noble mind—those men repeatedly achieved their aims on the arena in the presence of the king. (4-12-14)
तेषामेको महानासीत्सर्वमल्लान्समाह्वयत्। आवल्गमानं तं रङ्गे नोपतिष्ठति कश्चन ॥०४-१२-१५॥
Among them, there was one great wrestler who challenged all the wrestlers together. Although he was leaping in the arena, not a single person approached him. (04-12-15)
यदा सर्वे विमनसस्ते मल्ला हतचेतसः। अथ सूदेन तं मल्लं योधयामास मत्स्यराट् ॥०४-१२-१६॥
When all the wrestlers became dispirited and downcast, then the king of Matsya had the charioteer make that wrestler fight. (04-12-16)
चोद्यमानस्ततो भीमो दुःखेनैवाकरोन्मतिम्। न हि शक्नोति विवृते प्रत्याख्यातुं नराधिपम् ॥०४-१२-१७॥
Then, being questioned, Bhīma, deeply grieved, made up his mind, for he could not openly refuse the king. (04-12-17)
ततः स पुरुषव्याघ्रः शार्दूलशिथिलं चरन्। प्रविवेश महारङ्गं विराटमभिहर्षयन् ॥०४-१२-१८॥
Then that tiger among men, moving with the looseness of a tiger, entered the great arena, bringing joy to King Virāṭa. (04-12-18)
बबन्ध कक्ष्यां कौन्तेयस्ततस्तं हर्षयञ्जनम्। ततस्तं वृत्रसङ्काशं भीमो मल्लं समाह्वयत् ॥०४-१२-१९॥
Kaunteya tied on his girdle and, gladdening the people, then Bhima challenged that wrestler who resembled Vṛtra. (04-12-19)
तावुभौ सुमहोत्साहावुभौ तीव्रपराक्रमौ। मत्ताविव महाकायौ वारणौ षष्टिहायनौ ॥०४-१२-२०॥
Those two, both with great enthusiasm and intense valor, resembled sixty-year-old, great-bodied, intoxicated elephants. (04-12-20)
चकर्ष दोर्भ्यामुत्पाट्य भीमो मल्लममित्रहा। विनदन्तमभिक्रोशञ्शार्दूल इव वारणम् ॥०४-१२-२१॥
Bhima, the destroyer of enemies, uprooted the wrestler with his two arms and dragged him, roaring and shouting at him, like a tiger attacks an elephant. (04-12-21)
तमुद्यम्य महाबाहुर्भ्रामयामास वीर्यवान्। ततो मल्लाश्च मत्स्याश्च विस्मयं चक्रिरे परम् ॥०४-१२-२२॥
The mighty-armed, powerful one lifted him up and whirled him. Then the wrestlers and the people of Matsya were greatly astonished. (04-12-22)
भ्रामयित्वा शतगुणं गतसत्त्वमचेतनम्। प्रत्यपिंषन्महाबाहुर्मल्लं भुवि वृकोदरः ॥०४-१२-२३॥
Vṛkodara, the mighty-armed, whirled the wrestler a hundred times and, when he was devoid of strength and unconscious, threw him down on the ground. (04-12-23)
तस्मिन्विनिहते मल्ले जीमूते लोकविश्रुते। विराटः परमं हर्षमगच्छद्बान्धवैः सह ॥०४-१२-२४॥
When that wrestler Jīmūta, renowned in the world, was slain, Virāṭa, along with his kinsmen, attained the highest joy. (04-12-24)
संहर्षात्प्रददौ वित्तं बहु राजा महामनाः। बल्लवाय महारङ्गे यथा वैश्रवणस्तथा ॥०४-१२-२५॥
Out of great joy, the magnanimous king gave much wealth to Ballava in the great arena, just as Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera) would do. (04-12-25)
एवं स सुबहून्मल्लान्पुरुषांश्च महाबलान्। विनिघ्नन्मत्स्यराजस्य प्रीतिमावहदुत्तमाम् ॥०४-१२-२६॥
In this way, while defeating many wrestlers and mighty men, he brought the utmost delight to the king of the Matsyas. (04-12-26)
यदास्य तुल्यः पुरुषो न कश्चित्तत्र विद्यते। ततो व्याघ्रैश्च सिंहैश्च द्विरदैश्चाप्ययोधयत् ॥०४-१२-२७॥
When there was no man equal to him there, then he fought with tigers, lions, and elephants also. (04-12-27)
पुनरन्तःपुरगतः स्त्रीणां मध्ये वृकोदरः। योध्यते स्म विराटेन सिंहैर्मत्तैर्महाबलैः ॥०४-१२-२८॥
Again, having entered the inner quarters, Vṛkodara (Bhīma) was engaged in battle by Virāṭa with mad and mighty lions, in the presence of the women. (04-12-28)
बीभत्सुरपि गीतेन सुनृत्तेन च पाण्डवः। विराटं तोषयामास सर्वाश्चान्तःपुरस्त्रियः ॥०४-१२-२९॥
Arjuna, even as Bībhatsu, delighted King Virāṭa and all the women of the inner palace with his singing and excellent dancing. (04-12-29)
अश्वैर्विनीतैर्जवनैस्तत्र तत्र समागतैः। तोषयामास नकुलो राजानं राजसत्तम ॥०४-१२-३०॥
Nakula gratified the king, the best among kings, by assembling disciplined and swift horses here and there. (04-12-30)
तस्मै प्रदेयं प्रायच्छत्प्रीतो राजा धनं बहु। विनीतान्वृषभान्दृष्ट्वा सहदेवस्य चाभिभो ॥०४-१२-३१॥
The king, pleased, gave much wealth to him, having seen the humble bulls of Sahadeva, O chief. (04-12-31)
एवं ते न्यवसंस्तत्र प्रच्छन्नाः पुरुषर्षभाः। कर्माणि तस्य कुर्वाणा विराटनृपतेस्तदा ॥०४-१२-३२॥
Thus, those foremost of men lived there concealed, performing tasks for King Virāṭa at that time. (04-12-32)
