Mahabharata - Virāṭa Parva (महाभारत - विराटपर्वम्)
04.015
कीचक उवाच॥
kīcaka uvāca॥
[कीचक (kīcaka) - Kīcaka (proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Kīcaka said;)
Kīcaka said.
स्वागतं ते सुकेशान्ते सुव्युष्टा रजनी मम। स्वामिनी त्वमनुप्राप्ता प्रकुरुष्व मम प्रियम् ॥०४-१५-१॥
svāgataṃ te sukeśānte suvyuṣṭā rajanī mama. svāminī tvam anuprāptā prakuruṣva mama priyam ॥04-15-1॥
[स्वागतं (svāgataṃ) - welcome; ते (te) - to you; सुकेश-अन्ते (sukeśānte) - at the end of the night (lit. at the end of beautiful tresses – a poetic expression for night ending or dawn); सुव्युष्टा (suvyuṣṭā) - well-passed; रजनी (rajanī) - night; मम (mama) - my; स्वामिनी (svāminī) - mistress; त्वम् (tvam) - you; अनुप्राप्ता (anuprāptā) - (have) arrived; प्रकुरुष्व (prakuruṣva) - do (for me); मम (mama) - my; प्रियम् (priyam) - beloved (thing);]
(Welcome to you at the end of the night, my well-passed night; mistress, you have arrived, do my beloved (thing) for me.)
Welcome to you at the close of the night, my mistress; you have arrived after the night has beautifully passed—please do my beloved wish. (04-15-1)
सुवर्णमालाः कम्बूश्च कुण्डले परिहाटके। आहरन्तु च वस्त्राणि कौशिकान्यजिनानि च ॥०४-१५-२॥
suvarṇamālāḥ kambūś ca kuṇḍale parihāṭake। āharantu ca vastrāṇi kauśikāny ajināni ca ॥04-15-2॥
[सुवर्णमालाः (suvarṇamālāḥ) - golden necklaces; कम्बूः (kambūḥ) - conch-shells; च (ca) - and; कुण्डले (kuṇḍale) - earrings; परिहाटके (parihāṭake) - armlets; आहरन्तु (āharantu) - let them bring; च (ca) - and; वस्त्राणि (vastrāṇi) - garments; कौशिकानि (kauśikāni) - silken; अजिनानि (ajināni) - deerskins; च (ca) - and;]
(golden necklaces, conch-shells and earrings, armlets; let them bring and garments, silken, deerskins, and.)
Let them bring golden necklaces, conch-shells, earrings, armlets, and also garments—both silken and deerskins. (04-15-2)
अस्ति मे शयनं शुभ्रं त्वदर्थमुपकल्पितम्। एहि तत्र मया सार्धं पिबस्व मधुमाधवीम् ॥०४-१५-३॥
asti me śayanaṃ śubhraṃ tvad-artham upakalpitam। ehi tatra mayā sārdhaṃ pibasva madhu-mādhavīm॥04-15-3॥
[अस्ति (asti) - there is; मे (me) - to me; शयनं (śayanam) - bed; शुभ्रं (śubhram) - white; त्वदर्थम् (tvad-artham) - for you; उपकल्पितम् (upakalpitam) - prepared; एहि (ehi) - come; तत्र (tatra) - there; मया (mayā) - by me; सार्धं (sārdham) - together with; पिबस्व (pibasva) - drink; मधुमाधवीम् (madhu-mādhavīm) - Madhu and Mādhavī (springtime wine);]
(There is to me a bed white, for you prepared. Come there with me together, drink Madhu-Mādhavī.)
I have a white bed prepared for you. Come there with me and drink Madhu-Mādhavī. (04-15-3)
द्रौपद्युवाच॥
draupadyuvāca॥
[द्रौपदी (draupadī) - Draupadī; (proper noun, name of the speaker); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (spoke);]
(Draupadī said;)
Draupadī said.
अप्रैषीद्राजपुत्री मां सुराहारीं तवान्तिकम्। पानमानय मे क्षिप्रं पिपासा मेति चाब्रवीत् ॥०४-१५-४॥
apraiṣīd rājaputrī māṃ surāhārīṃ tavāntikam। pānam ānaya me kṣipraṃ pipāsā me iti cābravīt ॥04-15-4॥
[अप्रैषीत् (apraiṣīt) - she sent; राजपुत्री (rājaputrī) - princess; मां (māṃ) - me; सुराहारीम् (surāhārīm) - one who serves liquor; तव (tava) - your; अन्तिकम् (antikam) - presence; पानम् (pānam) - drink; आनय (ānaya) - bring; मे (me) - to me; क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly; पिपासा (pipāsā) - thirst; मे (me) - to me; इति (iti) - thus; च (ca) - and; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - she said;]
(The princess sent me, the liquor-server, to your presence. "Bring drink for me quickly, I am thirsty"—and she said thus.)
The princess sent me, the liquor-server, to you. She said: "Bring me a drink quickly, for I am thirsty." (04-15-4)
कीचक उवाच॥
kīcaka uvāca॥
[कीचक (kīcaka) - Kīcaka; (proper noun, a name); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Kīcaka said;)
Kīcaka said.
अन्या भद्रे नयिष्यन्ति राजपुत्र्याः परिस्रुतम्। वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
anyā bhadre nayiṣyanti rājaputryāḥ parisrutam। vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[अन्या (anyā) - other (feminine); भद्रे (bhadre) - O auspicious one; नयिष्यन्ति (nayiṣyanti) - will bring; राजपुत्र्याः (rājaputryāḥ) - princesses; परिस्रुतम् (parisrutam) - parisrutam (a kind of beverage); वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Other, O auspicious one, will bring the beverage called parisrutam; Vaiśampāyana said.)
Vaiśampāyana said: "O auspicious one, other princesses will bring the beverage called parisrutam."
इत्येनां दक्षिणे पाणौ सूतपुत्रः परामृशत्। सा गृहीता विधुन्वाना भूमावाक्षिप्य कीचकम् ॥ सभां शरणमाधावद्यत्र राजा युधिष्ठिरः ॥०४-१५-६॥
ity enāṃ dakṣiṇe pāṇau sūtaputraḥ parāmṛśat। sā gṛhītā vidhunvānā bhūmāv ākṣipya kīcakam॥ sabhāṃ śaraṇam ādhāvat yatra rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ॥04-15-6॥
[इति (iti) - thus; एनाम् (enām) - her; दक्षिणे (dakṣiṇe) - in/with (his) right; पाणौ (pāṇau) - hand; सूतपुत्रः (sūtaputraḥ) - the son of the charioteer; परामृशत् (parāmṛśat) - touched; सा (sā) - she; गृहीता (gṛhītā) - having been seized; विधुन्वाना (vidhunvānā) - shaking; भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground; आक्षिप्य (ākṣipya) - having thrown; कीचकम् (kīcakam) - Kīcaka; सभाम् (sabhām) - assembly; शरणम् (śaraṇam) - as refuge; आधावत् (ādhāvat) - ran; यत्र (yatra) - where; राजा (rājā) - king; युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira;]
(Thus, the son of the charioteer touched her with his right hand. She, having been seized, shaking, having thrown Kīcaka on the ground, ran to the assembly as refuge where King Yudhiṣṭhira (was). (04-15-6))
Thus, the son of the charioteer touched her with his right hand. She, having been seized, shaking, threw Kīcaka to the ground and ran towards the assembly for refuge where King Yudhiṣṭhira was. (04-15-6)
तां कीचकः प्रधावन्तीं केशपक्षे परामृशत्। अथैनां पश्यतो राज्ञः पातयित्वा पदावधीत् ॥०४-१५-७॥
tāṃ kīcakaḥ pradhāvantīṃ keśapakṣe parāmṛśat। athaināṃ paśyato rājñaḥ pātayitvā padā avadhīt॥04-15-7॥
[तां (tāṃ) - her; कीचकः (kīcakaḥ) - Kīcaka (proper noun); प्रधावन्तीं (pradhāvantīm) - running; केशपक्षे (keśapakṣe) - in the hair; परामृशत् (parāmṛśat) - seized; अथ (atha) - then; एनाम् (enām) - her (accusative fem. sg.); पश्यतः (paśyataḥ) - while watching; राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king; पातयित्वा (pātayitvā) - having made fall; पदा (padā) - with (his) foot; अवधीत् (avadhīt) - struck;]
(Her Kīcaka, running, seized by the hair. Then her, while the king was watching, having made (her) fall, with his foot struck.)
Kīcaka, as she was running, caught her by the hair. Then, as the king looked on, he threw her down and struck her with his foot. (04-15-7)
ततो योऽसौ तदार्केण राक्षसः संनियोजितः। स कीचकमपोवाह वातवेगेन भारत ॥०४-१५-८॥
tato yo’sau tadārkeṇa rākṣasaḥ saṃniyojitaḥ। sa kīcakamapovāha vātavegena bhārata॥04-15-8॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; यः (yaḥ) - who; असौ (asau) - that; तदा (tadā) - at that time; अर्केण (arkeṇa) - by the sun; राक्षसः (rākṣasaḥ) - the demon; संनियोजितः (saṃniyojitaḥ) - made to join; सः (saḥ) - he; कीचकम् (kīcakam) - Kīcaka; अपोवाह (apovāha) - carried away; वातवेगेन (vātavegena) - by the force of the wind; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(Then that demon, who at that time was made to join by the sun, he carried away Kīcaka by the force of the wind, O Bhārata.)
Then, O Bhārata, that demon who had been associated with the sun at that time carried away Kīcaka with the force of the wind. (04-15-8)
स पपात ततो भूमौ रक्षोबलसमाहतः। विघूर्णमानो निश्चेष्टश्छिन्नमूल इव द्रुमः ॥०४-१५-९॥
sa papāta tato bhūmau rakṣobala-samāhataḥ। vighūrṇamānaḥ niśceṣṭaś chinna-mūla iva drumaḥ॥04-15-9॥
[स (sa) - he; पपात (papāta) - fell; ततः (tataḥ) - then; भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground; रक्षोबलसमाहतः (rakṣobala-samāhataḥ) - struck by the Rakṣasa force; विघूर्णमानः (vighūrṇamānaḥ) - reeling; निश्चेष्टः (niśceṣṭaḥ) - motionless; छिन्नमूलः (chinna-mūlaḥ) - with the root cut off; इव (iva) - like; द्रुमः (drumaḥ) - a tree;]
(He fell then on the ground, struck by the Rakṣasa force, reeling, motionless, like a tree with its root cut off.)
He fell to the ground, struck by the strength of the demon, reeling and motionless like a tree whose root had been cut. (04-15-9)
तां चासीनौ ददृशतुर्भीमसेनयुधिष्ठिरौ। अमृष्यमाणौ कृष्णायाः कीचकेन पदा वधम् ॥०४-१५-१०॥
tāṃ cāsī nau dadṛśatur bhīmasenayudhiṣṭhirau। amṛṣyamāṇau kṛṣṇāyāḥ kīcakena padā vadham ॥04-15-10॥
[ताम् (tām) - her; च (ca) - and; आसीनौ (āsī nau) - sitting (dual); ददृशतु: (dadṛśatuḥ) - saw (dual); भीमसेन-युधिष्ठिरौ (bhīmasena-yudhiṣṭhirau) - Bhīmasena and Yudhiṣṭhira (dual); अमृष्यमाणौ (amṛṣyamāṇau) - unable to endure (dual); कृष्णायाः (kṛṣṇāyāḥ) - of Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī); कीचकेन (kīcakena) - by Kīcaka; पदा (padā) - by the foot; वधम् (vadham) - violence, striking;]
(Her, and sitting (the two) saw Bhīmasena and Yudhiṣṭhira, unable to endure of Kṛṣṇā by Kīcaka by the foot violence.)
Bhīmasena and Yudhiṣṭhira, sitting there, saw her—Kṛṣṇā—suffering violence by Kīcaka's foot, unable to bear it. (04-15-10)
तस्य भीमो वधप्रेप्सुः कीचकस्य दुरात्मनः। दन्तैर्दन्तांस्तदा रोषान्निष्पिपेष महामनाः ॥०४-१५-११॥
tasya bhīmo vadha-prepsuḥ kīcakasya dur-ātmanaḥ। dantaiḥ dantān tadā roṣāt niṣpipeṣa mahā-manāḥ॥04-15-11॥
[तस्य (tasya) - of him; of that one; भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhima; वधप्रेप्सुः (vadha-prepsuḥ) - desirous of killing; कीचकस्य (kīcakasya) - of Kīcaka; दुरात्मनः (dur-ātmanaḥ) - wicked-souled; evil-minded; दन्तैः (dantaiḥ) - with (his) teeth; दन्तान् (dantān) - (his) teeth; तदा (tadā) - then; रोषात् (roṣāt) - out of anger; निष्पिपेष (niṣpipeṣa) - crushed; ground; महामनाः (mahā-manāḥ) - great-minded;]
(Of him, Bhima, desirous of killing wicked-souled Kīcaka, then, with (his) teeth, (Kīcaka's) teeth, out of anger, crushed, the great-minded.)
Bhima, full of anger and intent on killing, crushed the wicked Kīcaka's teeth with his own teeth, being great-minded. (04-15-11)
अथाङ्गुष्ठेनावमृद्नादङ्गुष्ठं तस्य धर्मराट्। प्रबोधनभयाद्राजन्भीमस्य प्रत्यषेधयत् ॥०४-१५-१२॥
athāṅguṣṭhenāvamṛdnādaṅguṣṭhaṃ tasya dharmarāṭ। prabodhanabhayādrājanbhīmasya pratyaṣedhayat ॥04-15-12॥
[अथ (atha) - then; अङ्गुष्ठेन (aṅguṣṭhena) - with (his) thumb; अवमृद्नात् (avamṛdnāt) - pressed down; अङ्गुष्ठं (aṅguṣṭham) - the thumb; तस्य (tasya) - his; धर्मराट् (dharmarāṭ) - the king of righteousness; प्रबोधन (prabodhana) - awakening; भयात् (bhayāt) - out of fear; राजन् (rājan) - O king; भीमस्य (bhīmasya) - of Bhīma; प्रत्यषेधयत् (pratyaṣedhayat) - he restrained;]
(Then, with (his) thumb, the king of righteousness pressed down his (own) thumb. Out of fear of awakening, O king, (he) restrained Bhīma.)
Then, the king of righteousness pressed down his own thumb with his thumb and, out of fear of waking him, restrained Bhīma, O king. (04-15-12)
सा सभाद्वारमासाद्य रुदती मत्स्यमब्रवीत्। अवेक्षमाणा सुश्रोणी पतींस्तान्दीनचेतसः ॥०४-१५-१३॥
sā sabhādvāram āsādya rudatī matsyam abravīt। avekṣamāṇā suśroṇī patīṁs tān dīna-cetasaḥ॥04-15-13॥
[सा (sā) - she; सभाद्वारम् (sabhādvāram) - assembly door; आसाद्य (āsādya) - having approached; रुदती (rudatī) - weeping; मत्स्यम् (matsyam) - Matsya (king); अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke; अवेक्षमाणा (avekṣamāṇā) - looking; सुश्रोणी (suśroṇī) - the beautiful-hipped one; पतीन् (patīn) - husbands; तान् (tān) - those; दीनचेतसः (dīna-cetasaḥ) - with downcast hearts;]
(She, having approached the assembly door, weeping, spoke to Matsya; looking, the beautiful-hipped one at those husbands with downcast hearts.)
She approached the assembly door weeping, and addressed King Matsya while looking at her husbands, who were despondent. (04-15-13)
आकारमभिरक्षन्ती प्रतिज्ञां धर्मसंहिताम्। दह्यमानेव रौद्रेण चक्षुषा द्रुपदात्मजा ॥०४-१५-१४॥
ākāram abhirakṣantī pratijñāṃ dharmasaṃhitām। dahyamānā iva raudreṇa cakṣuṣā drupadātmajā ॥04-15-14॥
[आकारम् (ākāram) - form; अभिरक्षन्ती (abhirakṣantī) - protecting; प्रतिज्ञाम् (pratijñām) - vow; धर्मसंहिताम् (dharmasaṃhitām) - joined with dharma; दह्यमाना (dahyamānā) - being burned; इव (iva) - as if; रौद्रेण (raudreṇa) - by fierce; चक्षुषा (cakṣuṣā) - by eye; द्रुपदात्मजा (drupadātmajā) - the daughter of Drupada;]
(The daughter of Drupada, protecting her form, her vow joined with dharma, being burned as if by a fierce eye.)
The daughter of Drupada, as if being burned by a fierce gaze, was protecting her form and her vow joined with righteousness. (04-15-14)
द्रौपद्युवाच॥
draupady uvāca॥
[द्रौपदि (draupadi) - Draupadī; (proper noun, name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (he/she) spoke;]
(Draupadī said;)
Draupadī said.
येषां वैरी न स्वपिति पदा भूमिमुपस्पृशन्। तेषां मां मानिनीं भार्यां सूतपुत्रः पदावधीत् ॥०४-१५-१५॥
yeṣāṃ vairī na svapiti padā bhūmim upaspṛśan। teṣāṃ māṃ māninīṃ bhāryāṃ sūtaputraḥ padā avadhīt ॥04-15-15॥
[येषां (yeṣām) - of whom; वैरी (vairī) - enemy; न (na) - not; स्वपिति (svapiti) - sleeps; पदा (padā) - with (the) foot; भूमिम् (bhūmim) - the ground; उपस्पृशन् (upaspṛśan) - touching; तेषां (teṣām) - of those; माम् (mām) - me; मानिनीम् (māninīm) - proud; भार्यां (bhāryām) - wife; सूतपुत्रः (sūtaputraḥ) - the charioteer's son; पदा (padā) - with (his) foot; अवधीत् (avadhīt) - struck;]
(Of whom the enemy does not sleep, touching the ground with (his) foot; of those, me, the proud wife, the charioteer's son struck with (his) foot.)
Of those whose enemy does not sleep, touching the ground with his foot, of them—the charioteer's son struck me, the proud wife, with his foot. (04-15-15)
ये दद्युर्न च याचेयुर्ब्रह्मण्याः सत्यवादिनः। तेषां मां मानिनीं भार्यां सूतपुत्रः पदावधीत् ॥०४-१५-१६॥
ye dadyur na ca yāceyur brahmaṇyāḥ satyavādinaḥ। teṣāṃ māṃ māninīṃ bhāryāṃ sūtaputraḥ padāvadhīt ॥04-15-16॥
[ये (ye) - who; (those) who; दद्यु: (dadyuḥ) - would give; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; याचेयुः (yāceyuḥ) - would beg; ब्रह्मण्याः (brahmaṇyāḥ) - devoted to Brahman (the Vedas); सत्यवादिनः (satyavādinaḥ) - truth-speaking; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; माम् (mām) - me; मानिनीम् (māninīm) - proud; भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife; सूतपुत्रः (sūtaputraḥ) - son of a charioteer; पद्-अवधीत् (pad- avadhīt) - struck (with his foot);]
(Who would give and would not beg, devoted to Brahman, speakers of truth; of them, me, the proud wife, the son of a charioteer struck (with his foot).)
The son of a charioteer struck me, the proud wife of those who would give but not beg, who are devoted to Brahman and speakers of truth, with his foot. (04-15-16)
येषां दुन्दुभिनिर्घोषो ज्याघोषः श्रूयतेऽनिशम्। तेषां मां मानिनीं भार्यां सूतपुत्रः पदावधीत् ॥०४-१५-१७॥
yeṣāṃ dundubhi-nirghoṣo jyā-ghoṣaḥ śrūyate'niśam। teṣāṃ māṃ māninīṃ bhāryāṃ sūta-putraḥ padāvadhīt॥04-15-17॥
[येषां (yeṣām) - of whom; दुन्दुभि-निर्घोषः (dundubhi-nirghoṣaḥ) - sound of kettle-drum; ज्या-घोषः (jyā-ghoṣaḥ) - sound of the bow-string; श्रूयते (śrūyate) - is heard; अनिशम् (aniśam) - always; तेषां (teṣām) - of those; माम् (mām) - me; मानिनीं (māninīm) - proud; भार्यां (bhāryām) - wife; सूतपुत्रः (sūta-putraḥ) - son of the charioteer; पद (pada) - by the foot; अवधीत् (avadhīt) - struck, killed;]
(Of whom the sound of the kettle-drum and the sound of the bow-string is heard always, of those the son of the charioteer killed me, their proud wife, by the foot.)
The son of the charioteer struck me, the proud wife of those whose kettle-drum and bowstring are always heard, by the foot. (04-15-17)
ये ते तेजस्विनो दान्ता बलवन्तोऽभिमानिनः। तेषां मां मानिनीं भार्यां सूतपुत्रः पदावधीत् ॥०४-१५-१८॥
ye te tejasvino dāntā balavanto'bhimāninaḥ। teṣāṃ māṃ māninīṃ bhāryāṃ sūtaputraḥ padāvadhīt ॥04-15-18॥
[ये (ye) - who; (those) which; ते (te) - they; तेजस्विनः (tejasvinaḥ) - powerful; radiant; (full of) energy; दान्ताः (dāntāḥ) - self-controlled; tamed; बलवन्तः (balavantaḥ) - strong; mighty; अभिमानिनः (abhimāninaḥ) - proud; arrogant; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; माम् (mām) - me; मानिनीम् (māninīm) - proud; dignified; भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife; सूतपुत्रः (sūtaputraḥ) - charioteer's son; पदावधीत् (padāvadhīt) - struck (with his) foot; kicked;]
(Who (are) they, powerful, self-controlled, strong, proud; of them, me, the proud wife, the charioteer's son struck (with his) foot.)
Those who are powerful, self-controlled, strong, and proud—of them, to me, their proud wife, the charioteer's son struck with his foot. (04-15-18)
सर्वलोकमिमं हन्युर्धर्मपाशसितास्तु ये। तेषां मां मानिनीं भार्यां सूतपुत्रः पदावधीत् ॥०४-१५-१९॥
sarvalokamimaṃ hanyurdharmapāśasitāstu ye। teṣāṃ māṃ māninīṃ bhāryāṃ sūtaputraḥ padāvadhīt ॥04-15-19॥
[सर्वलोकम् (sarvalokam) - all worlds; इमम् (imam) - this; हन्युः (hanyuḥ) - would slay; धर्मपाशसिताः (dharmapāśasitāḥ) - bound by the fetters of dharma; तु (tu) - however; ये (ye) - who; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those; माम् (mām) - me; मानिनीम् (māninīm) - proud; भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife; सूतपुत्रः (sūtaputraḥ) - charioteer's son; पद्-अवधीत् (pad-avadhīt) - struck the foot;]
(All worlds—this—would slay—bound by the fetters of dharma—however—who—of those—me—proud—wife—the charioteer's son—struck on the foot.)
Those who, though bound by the fetters of dharma, would slay all this world, of those, me—the proud wife—the charioteer's son struck on the foot. (4-15-19)
शरणं ये प्रपन्नानां भवन्ति शरणार्थिनाम्। चरन्ति लोके प्रच्छन्नाः क्व नु तेऽद्य महारथाः ॥०४-१५-२०॥
śaraṇaṃ ye prapannānāṃ bhavanti śaraṇārthinām। caranti loke pracchannāḥ kva nu te'dya mahārathāḥ॥04-15-20॥
[शरणं (śaraṇam) - refuge; ये (ye) - who; प्रपन्नानाम् (prapannānām) - of those who have submitted (themselves); भवन्ति (bhavanti) - are; शरणार्थिनाम् (śaraṇārthinām) - of those who seek refuge; चरन्ति (caranti) - move; लोके (loke) - in the world; प्रच्छन्नाः (pracchannāḥ) - hidden; क्व (kva) - where; नु (nu) - indeed; ते (te) - they; अद्य (adya) - today; महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great chariot-warriors;]
(Refuge who of those who have submitted are, of those who seek refuge; move in the world hidden; where indeed they today, great chariot-warriors.)
Those who are the refuge of those who have submitted and of those who seek refuge, who move about hidden in the world—where indeed are those great chariot-warriors today? (04-15-20)
कथं ते सूतपुत्रेण वध्यमानां प्रियां सतीम्। मर्षयन्ति यथा क्लीबा बलवन्तोऽमितौजसः ॥०४-१५-२१॥
kathaṃ te sūtaputreṇa vadhyamānāṃ priyāṃ satīm। marṣayanti yathā klībā balavanto'mitaujasaḥ॥04-15-21॥
[कथं (kathaṃ) - how; ते (te) - your; सूतपुत्रेण (sūtaputreṇa) - by the charioteer's son; वध्यमानां (vadhyamānāṃ) - being slain; प्रियां (priyām) - dear (one); सतीम् (satīm) - virtuous; मर्षयन्ति (marṣayanti) - tolerate; यथा (yathā) - as; क्लीबा (klībā) - impotent men; बलवन्तः (balavantaḥ) - powerful; अमितौजसः (amitaujasaḥ) - of immeasurable energy;]
(How your (wives), while being slain by the charioteer's son, dear and virtuous, as impotent men, powerful ones of immeasurable energy, tolerate (this)?)
How do your powerful and immensely energetic men tolerate their dear and virtuous wife being slain by the charioteer's son like impotent men? (04-15-21)
क्व नु तेषाममर्षश्च वीर्यं तेजश्च वर्तते। न परीप्सन्ति ये भार्यां वध्यमानां दुरात्मना ॥०४-१५-२२॥
kva nu teṣām amarṣaś ca vīryaṃ tejaś ca vartate। na parīpsanti ye bhāryāṃ vadhyamānāṃ dur-ātmanā ॥04-15-22॥
[क्व (kva) - where; नु (nu) - indeed; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; अमर्षः (amarṣaḥ) - anger; च (ca) - and; वीर्यम् (vīryam) - power; तेजः (tejaḥ) - energy; च (ca) - and; वर्तते (vartate) - exists; न (na) - not; परीप्सन्ति (parīpsanti) - desire to protect; ये (ye) - those who; भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife; वध्यमानाम् (vadhyamānām) - being killed; दुरात्मना (dur-ātmanā) - by a wicked-souled one;]
(Where indeed of them anger and power and energy exists; not they desire to protect the wife being killed by a wicked-souled one.)
Where now is their anger, power, and energy, those who do not wish to protect a wife being slain by a wicked man? (04-15-22)
मयात्र शक्यं किं कर्तुं विराटे धर्मदूषणम्। यः पश्यन्मां मर्षयति वध्यमानामनागसम् ॥०४-१५-२३॥
mayātra śakyaṁ kiṁ kartuṁ virāṭe dharmaduṣaṇam। yaḥ paśyan māṁ marṣayati vadyamānāmanāgasam ॥04-15-23॥
[मया (mayā) - by me; अत्र (atra) - here; शक्यं (śakyaṁ) - possible; किं (kiṁ) - what; कर्तुं (kartuṁ) - to do; विराटे (virāṭe) - in Virāṭa (kingdom); धर्मदूषणम् (dharmaduṣaṇam) - violation of dharma; यः (yaḥ) - who; पश्यन् (paśyan) - seeing; माम् (mām) - me; मर्षयति (marṣayati) - tolerates; वध्यमानाम् (vadhyamānām) - being slain; अनागसम् (anāgasam) - innocent;]
(By me here, what possible to do in Virāṭa (kingdom) violation of dharma? Who seeing me, tolerates being slain, innocent.)
What violation of dharma is possible for me to do here in the kingdom of Virāṭa? Who, seeing me, would tolerate my being slain, though I am innocent? (04-15-23)
न राजन्राजवत्किञ्चित्समाचरसि कीचके। दस्यूनामिव धर्मस्ते न हि संसदि शोभते ॥०४-१५-२४॥
na rājan rājavat kiñcit samācarasi kīcake. dasyūnām iva dharmas te na hi saṃsadi śobhate ॥04-15-24॥
[न (na) - not; राजन् (rājan) - O king; राजवत् (rājavat) - like a king; किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - at all; समाचरसि (samācarasi) - you act; कीचके (kīcake) - O Kīcaka; दस्यूनाम् (dasyūnām) - of bandits; इव (iva) - like; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - conduct; ते (te) - your; न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; संसदि (saṃsadi) - in assembly; शोभते (śobhate) - shines;]
(Not, O king, like a king at all you act, O Kīcaka. Like bandits, conduct your, not indeed in assembly shines.)
O king, you do not act in the least like a king, O Kīcaka. Your conduct is like that of bandits; indeed, it does not shine in the assembly. (04-15-24)
न कीचकः स्वधर्मस्थो न च मत्स्यः कथञ्चन। सभासदोऽप्यधर्मज्ञा य इमं पर्युपासते ॥०४-१५-२५॥
na kīcakaḥ svadharmastho na ca matsyaḥ kathañcana। sabhāsado'pyadharmajñā ya imaṃ paryupāsate ॥04-15-25॥
[न (na) - not; कीचकः (kīcakaḥ) - Kīcaka; स्वधर्मस्थः (svadharmasthaḥ) - situated in his own duty; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; मत्स्यः (matsyaḥ) - the Matsya (kingdom/king); कथञ्चन (kathañcana) - in any way; सभासदः (sabhāsadaḥ) - the assembly members; अपि (api) - even; अधर्मज्ञाः (adharmajñāḥ) - knowers of unrighteousness; यः (yaḥ) - who; इमम् (imam) - this (one); पर्युपासते (paryupāsate) - associate with, attend upon;]
(Not Kīcaka is situated in his own duty, and not the Matsya in any way. Even the assembly members are knowers of unrighteousness who attend upon this one.)
Neither is Kīcaka established in his own duty, nor is the Matsya (king/kingdom) in any way. Even the assembly members are aware of unrighteousness who support this person. (04-15-25)
नोपालभे त्वां नृपते विराट जनसंसदि। नाहमेतेन युक्ता वै हन्तुं मत्स्य तवान्तिके ॥ सभासदस्तु पश्यन्तु कीचकस्य व्यतिक्रमम् ॥०४-१५-२६॥
nopālabhe tvāṃ nṛpate virāṭa janasaṃsadi। nāhametena yuktā vai hantuṃ matsya tavāntike॥ sabhāsadastu paśyantu kīcakasya vyatikramam॥04-15-26॥
[नोपालभे (nopālabhe) - I did not find; (from root labh, prefix upa- with na- negation, first person sg. ātmane-pada imperfect); त्वां (tvām) - you; (accusative singular, second person pronoun); नृपते (nṛpate) - O king; (vocative singular); विराट (virāṭa) - Virāṭa; (proper noun, king's name, vocative singular); जनसंसदि (janasaṃsadi) - in the public assembly; (locative singular, janasaṃsada - gathering of people); न (na) - not; (negation particle); अहम् (aham) - I; (nominative singular, first person pronoun); एतेन (etena) - by him; (instrumental singular, this one); युक्ता (yuktā) - joined; united; involved; (feminine nominative singular, past passive participle from yuj-); वै (vai) - indeed; truly; (emphatic particle); हन्तुम् (hantum) - to kill; (infinitive, from root han-); मत्स्य (matsya) - Matsya; (proper noun, refers to King Matsya or the realm); तव (tava) - your; (genitive singular, second person pronoun); अन्तिके (antike) - in the presence; (locative singular); सभासदः (sabhāsadaḥ) - assembly members; (nominative plural); तु (tu) - but; (particle); पश्यन्तु (paśyantu) - let them see; (third person plural imperative of paś-); कीचकस्य (kīcakasya) - of Kīcaka; (genitive singular, proper noun); व्यतिक्रमम् (vyatikramam) - misconduct; transgression; (accusative singular);]
(I did not find you, O king Virāṭa, in the public assembly. I am not joined by him indeed to kill (him) in the presence of your Matsya. But let the assembly members see the misconduct of Kīcaka. (04-15-26))
O King Virāṭa, I did not find you in the public assembly. I most certainly am not involved with him in a way to kill him in your presence in Matsya. Let the members of the assembly see the wrongdoing of Kīcaka. (04-15-26)
विराट उवाच॥
virāṭ uvāca॥
[विराट् (virāṭ) - Virāṭ (proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Virāṭ said;)
Virāṭ said.
परोक्षं नाभिजानामि विग्रहं युवयोरहम्। अर्थतत्त्वमविज्ञाय किं नु स्यात्कुशलं मम ॥०४-१५-२७॥
parokṣaṁ nābhijānāmi vigrahaṁ yuvayor aham। arthatattvam avijñāya kiṁ nu syāt kuśalaṁ mama॥04-15-27॥
[परोक्षं (parokṣam) - the indirect; hidden; concealed; न (na) - not; अभिजानामि (abhijānāmi) - I know; I perceive; विग्रहम् (vigraham) - conflict; quarrel; युवयोः (yuvayoḥ) - of you both; अहम् (aham) - I; अर्थतत्त्वम् (arthatattvam) - the real nature of the matter; the essence of the issue; अविज्ञाय (avijñāya) - not having known; not understanding; किम् (kim) - what; नु (nu) - indeed; स्यात् (syāt) - could be; might be; कुशलं (kuśalam) - welfare; well-being; मम (mama) - my;]
(The indirect (thing) I do not know, your quarrel I, the essence of the matter not having known, what indeed could be well-being for me?)
I do not know the hidden reason for your quarrel; without understanding the real essence of the matter, how can my welfare be ensured? (04-15-27)
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (a proper noun: name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
ततस्तु सभ्या विज्ञाय कृष्णां भूयोऽभ्यपूजयन्। साधु साध्विति चाप्याहुः कीचकं च व्यगर्हयन् ॥०४-१५-२८॥
tatastu sabhyā vijñāya kṛṣṇāṃ bhūyo'bhyapūjayan. sādhu sādhviti cāpyāhuḥ kīcakaṃ ca vyagarhayan ॥04-15-28॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तु (tu) - indeed; सभ्याः (sabhyāḥ) - the assembly members; विज्ञाय (vijñāya) - having understood; कृष्णाम् (kṛṣṇām) - Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī); भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; अभ्यपूजयन् (abhyapūjayan) - honored; साधु साधु इति (sādhu sādhu iti) - 'well done, well done', saying thus; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; आहुः (āhuḥ) - they said; कीचकं (kīcakam) - Kīcaka; च (ca) - and; व्यगर्हयन् (vyagarhayan) - they censured;]
(Then indeed the assembly members, having understood Kṛṣṇā, again honored (her); 'Well done, well done' also they said, and Kīcaka they censured.)
Then the assembly members, recognizing Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī), once more honored her; they said, 'Well done, well done,' and censured Kīcaka. (04-15-28)
सभ्या ऊचुः॥
sabhyā ūcuḥ॥
[सभ्या (sabhyā) - assembly members; judges; ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - said;]
(assembly members said;)
The assembly members said.
यस्येयं चारुसर्वाङ्गी भार्या स्यादायतेक्षणा। परो लाभश्च तस्य स्यान्न स शोचेत्कदाचन ॥०४-१५-२९॥
yasyeyaṁ cārusarvāṅgī bhāryā syādāyatekṣaṇā। paro lābhaśca tasya syānna sa śocetkadācana ॥04-15-29॥
[यस्यम् (yasya) - of whom; इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine); चारु-सर्वाङ्गी (cāru-sarvāṅgī) - having beautiful limbs; भार्या (bhāryā) - wife; स्यात् (syāt) - might be; आयतेक्षणा (āyatekṣaṇā) - having large eyes; परः (paraḥ) - other; लाभः (lābhaḥ) - gain; च (ca) - and; तस्य (tasya) - for him; स्यात् (syāt) - might be; न (na) - not; सः (saḥ) - he; शोचेत् (śocet) - should grieve; कदाचन (kadācana) - at any time;]
(Of whom this beautiful-limbed wife might be, having large eyes, and other gain might be for him, he should not grieve at any time.)
He who has this charming, beautiful-limbed wife with large eyes, for whom there is such a gain, should never grieve. (04-15-29)
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (proper noun, name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
एवं सम्पूजयंस्तत्र कृष्णां प्रेक्ष्य सभासदः। युधिष्ठिरस्य कोपात्तु ललाटे स्वेद आसजत् ॥०४-१५-३०॥
evaṃ sampūjayaṃs tatra kṛṣṇāṃ prekṣya sabhāsadaḥ। yudhiṣṭhirasya kopāt tu lalāṭe sveda āsajat ॥04-15-30॥
[एवं (evaṃ) - thus; सम्पूजयं (sampūjayaṃ) - honoring; स्तत्र (tatra) - there; कृष्णां (kṛṣṇām) - Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī); प्रेक्ष्य (prekṣya) - having seen; सभासदः (sabhāsadaḥ) - the assembly members; युधिष्ठिरस्य (yudhiṣṭhirasya) - of Yudhiṣṭhira; कोपात् (kopāt) - from anger; तु (tu) - but; ललाटे (lalāṭe) - on the forehead; स्वेद (sveda) - sweat; आसजत् (āsajat) - clung;]
(Thus, honoring (her) there, having seen Kṛṣṇā, the assembly members—but from the anger of Yudhiṣṭhira, sweat clung on (his) forehead.)
Thus, while honoring Kṛṣṇā there and seeing her, the members of the assembly saw that, due to Yudhiṣṭhira's anger, sweat appeared upon his forehead. (04-15-30)
अथाब्रवीद्राजपुत्रीं कौरव्यो महिषीं प्रियाम्। गच्छ सैरन्ध्रि मात्र स्थाः सुदेष्णाया निवेशनम् ॥०४-१५-३१॥
athābravīd rājaputrīṃ kauravyo mahiṣīṃ priyām। gaccha sairandhri mātra sthāḥ sudeṣṇāyā niveśanam ॥04-15-31॥
[अथ (atha) - then; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said; राजपुत्रीं (rājaputrīm) - the princess; कौरव्यो (kauravyo) - the Kaurava (Prince); महिषीं (mahiṣīm) - the queen; प्रियाम् (priyām) - dear (to him); गच्छ (gaccha) - go; सैरन्ध्रि (sairandhri) - Sairandhri (the maid's name); मात्र (mātra) - only; स्थाः (sthāḥ) - remain; सुदेष्णाया (sudeṣṇāyā) - of Sudeshna; निवेशनम् (niveśanam) - dwelling (house);]
(Then he said to the princess, the Kaurava, the dear queen: Go, Sairandhri, only remain in Sudeshna's dwelling.)
Then the Kaurava said to the princess, the beloved queen: "Go, Sairandhri, and remain only in Sudeshna's quarters." (04-15-31)
भर्तारमनुरुध्यन्त्यः क्लिश्यन्ते वीरपत्नयः। शुश्रूषया क्लिश्यमानाः पतिलोकं जयन्त्युत ॥०४-१५-३२॥
bhartāramanurudhyantyaḥ kliśyante vīrapatnayaḥ। śuśrūṣayā kliśyamānāḥ patilokaṃ jayantyuta ॥04-15-32॥
[भर्तारम् (bhartāram) (bhartāram) - husband; (accusative singular masculine); अनुरुध्यन्त्यः (anurudhyantyaḥ) (anurudhyantyaḥ) - following; (nominative plural feminine present participle); क्लिश्यन्ते (kliśyante) (kliśyante) - are afflicted; suffer; (present passive, 3rd person plural); वीरपत्नयः (vīrapatnayaḥ) (vīrapatnayaḥ) - wives of heroes; (nominative plural feminine); शुश्रूषया (śuśrūṣayā) (śuśrūṣayā) - by service; (instrumental singular feminine); क्लिश्यमानाः (kliśyamānāḥ) (kliśyamānāḥ) - being tormented; afflicted; (nominative plural feminine participle); पतिलोकं (patilokam) (patilokaṃ) - the world of the husband; husband's realm; (accusative singular masculine); जयन्ति (jayanti) (jayanti) - conquer; attain; (present active 3rd person plural); उत (uta) (uta) - indeed; also;]
(Wives of heroes, following (their) husbands, are afflicted; being tormented by service, they indeed conquer the world of the husband.)
The wives of heroes, who follow their husbands and suffer, endure hardship by dutiful service and thereby truly attain the realm of their husbands. (04-15-32)
मन्ये न कालं क्रोधस्य पश्यन्ति पतयस्तव। तेन त्वां नाभिधावन्ति गन्धर्वाः सूर्यवर्चसः ॥०४-१५-३३॥
manye na kālaṃ krodhasya paśyanti patayas tava. tena tvāṃ nābhidhāvanti gandharvāḥ sūryavarcasaḥ ॥04-15-33॥
[मन्ये (manye) - I think; न (na) - not; कालं (kālaṃ) - time; क्रोधस्य (krodhasya) - of anger; पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - see; पतयः (patayaḥ) - masters; lords; तव (tava) - your; तेन (tena) - because of that; त्वां (tvāṃ) - you; न (na) - not; अभिधावन्ति (abhidhāvanti) - rush towards; advance upon; गन्धर्वाः (gandharvāḥ) - Gandharvas; सूर्यवर्चसः (sūryavarcasaḥ) - having the brilliance of the sun;]
(I think not the time of anger your masters see. Because of that, you the Gandharvas having brilliance of the sun do not rush towards.)
I think your masters do not recognize the time for anger. Therefore, Gandharvas of sun-like brilliance do not rush against you. (04-15-33)
अकालज्ञासि सैरन्ध्रि शैलूषीव विधावसि। विघ्नं करोषि मत्स्यानां दीव्यतां राजसंसदि ॥ गच्छ सैरन्ध्रि गन्धर्वाः करिष्यन्ति तव प्रियम् ॥०४-१५-३४॥
akālajñāsi sairandhri śailūṣīva vidhāvasi। vighnaṃ karoṣi matsyānāṃ dīvyatāṃ rājasaṃsadi ॥ gaccha sairandhri gandharvāḥ kariṣyanti tava priyam ॥04-15-34॥
[अकालज्ञासि (akālajñāsi) - you know not the proper time; सैरन्ध्रि (sairandhri) - O Sairandhri; शैलूषीव (śailūṣīva) - like an actress; विधावसि (vidhāvasi) - you behave; विघ्नं (vighnam) - obstruction; करोषि (karoṣi) - you cause; मत्स्यानाम् (matsyānām) - of the Matsyas; दीव्यताम् (dīvyatām) - engaged in play (dice); राजसंसदि (rājasaṃsadi) - in the royal assembly; गच्छ (gaccha) - go; सैरन्ध्रि (sairandhri) - O Sairandhri; गन्धर्वाः (gandharvāḥ) - the Gandharvas; करिष्यन्ति (kariṣyanti) - will do; तव (tava) - your; प्रियम् (priyam) - that which is pleasing;]
(You know not the proper time, O Sairandhri, like an actress you behave. You cause obstruction to the Matsyas playing in the royal assembly. Go, O Sairandhri, the Gandharvas will do what is pleasing to you. (04-15-34))
You do not know the appropriate time, Sairandhri, and act like an actress. You create disturbance for the Matsyas while they play in the royal court. Leave, Sairandhri—let the Gandharvas do what pleases you. (04-15-34)
द्रौपद्युवाच॥
draupadyuvāca॥
[द्रौपदि (draupadi) - Draupadī; (the proper name of the speaker, wife of the Pāṇḍavas); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Draupadī said;)
Draupadī said.
अतीव तेषां घृणिनामर्थेऽहं धर्मचारिणी। तस्य तस्येह ते वध्या येषां ज्येष्ठोऽक्षदेविता ॥०४-१५-३५॥
atīva teṣāṃ ghṛṇinām arthe'ham dharmacāriṇī. tasya tasyeha te vadhyā yeṣāṃ jyeṣṭho'kṣadevitā ॥04-15-35॥
[अतीव (atīva) - excessively; तेषां (teṣāṃ) - of those; घृणिनाम् (ghṛṇinām) - of the cruel ones; अर्थे (arthe) - for the sake (of); अहम् (aham) - I; धर्मचारिणी (dharmacāriṇī) - one who practices righteousness; तस्य (tasya) - of him; तस्य (tasya) - of him; इह (iha) - here; ते (te) - they; वध्या (vadhyā) - deserving to be slain; येषां (yeṣām) - of whom; ज्येष्ठः (jyeṣṭhaḥ) - elder; first-born; अक्षदेविता (akṣadevitā) - worshipping dice;]
(Excessively, of those cruel ones, for the sake (of), I, who practices righteousness. Of him, of him, here, they, deserving to be slain, of whom, the eldest is worshipping dice.)
I, practicing righteousness, am especially angered at those cruel ones for whose sake, here, those ought to be slain whose eldest (brother) worships dice. (04-15-35)
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
इत्युक्त्वा प्राद्रवत्कृष्णा सुदेष्णाया निवेशनम्। केशान्मुक्त्वा तु सुश्रोणी संरम्भाल्लोहितेक्षणा ॥०४-१५-३६॥
ity uktvā prādravat kṛṣṇā sudeṣṇāyā niveśanam। keśān muktvā tu suśroṇī saṁrambhāl lohitekṣaṇā॥04-15-36॥
[इति (iti) - thus; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; प्राद्रवत् (prādravat) - ran away; कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī); सुदेष्णाया (sudeṣṇāyāḥ) - of Sudēṣṇā; निवेशनम् (niveśanam) - residence; केशान् (keśān) - hair; मुक्त्वा (muktvā) - having loosened; तु (tu) - but; सुश्रोणी (suśroṇī) - having beautiful hips; संरम्भात् (saṁrambhāt) - out of agitation; लोहितेक्षणा (lohitekṣaṇā) - with reddened eyes;]
(Thus having spoken, Kṛṣṇā ran to Sudēṣṇā’s residence. Having loosened her hair, but the beautiful-hipped (woman), out of agitation, with reddened eyes.)
Having said this, Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī), her hair loosened, eyes reddened in agitation, and possessing beautiful hips, ran toward Sudēṣṇā’s residence. (4-15-36)
शुशुभे वदनं तस्या रुदन्त्या विरतं तदा। मेघलेखाविनिर्मुक्तं दिवीव शशिमण्डलम् ॥०४-१५-३७॥
śuśubhe vadanaṃ tasyā rudantyā virataṃ tadā। meghalekhā-vinirmuktaṃ divīva śaśimaṇḍalam ॥04-15-37॥
[शुशुभे (śuśubhe) - shone; became bright; वदनं (vadanaṃ) - face; तस्या (tasyā) - her; रुदन्त्या (rudantyā) - weeping (of her who was crying); विरतं (virataṃ) - ceased; stopped; तदा (tadā) - then; मेघलेखाविनिर्मुक्तं (meghalekhā-vinirmuktaṃ) - freed from streaks of cloud; दिवि (divi) - in the sky; इव (iva) - like; as if; शशिमण्डलम् (śaśimaṇḍalam) - the disk of the moon;]
(Shone face her of the weeping (her who was crying) ceased then; freed from streaks of cloud in the sky like the disk of the moon.)
Then her face, when her weeping stopped, shone like the disk of the moon freed from streaks of cloud in the sky. (04-15-37)
सुदेष्णोवाच॥
sudeṣṇo uvāca॥
[सुदेष्णः (sudeṣṇaḥ) - Sudeṣṇa; (a proper noun; name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (speaking verb in past tense);]
(Sudeṣṇaḥ said;)
Sudeṣṇa said.
कस्त्वावधीद्वरारोहे कस्माद्रोदिषि शोभने। कस्याद्य न सुखं भद्रे केन ते विप्रियं कृतम् ॥०४-१५-३८॥
kastvāvadhīd varārohe kasmād rodiṣi śobhane। kasyādya na sukhaṃ bhadre kena te vipriyaṃ kṛtam ॥04-15-38॥
[कः (kaḥ) - who; त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative); अवधीद् (avadhīt) - killed; वरारोहे (varārohe) - O one of excellent thighs; कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why; रोदिषि (rodiṣi) - are you weeping; शोभने (śobhane) - O beautiful one; कस्य (kasya) - whose; आद्य (adya) - today; न (na) - not; सुखम् (sukham) - happiness; भद्रे (bhadre) - O auspicious lady; केन (kena) - by whom; ते (te) - to you; विप्रियम् (vipriyam) - unpleasant thing; कृतम् (kṛtam) - has been done;]
(Who killed you, O one of excellent thighs? Why are you weeping, O beautiful one? Whose, today, not happiness, O auspicious lady? By whom has unpleasantness been done to you?)
Who has killed you, O lady with beautiful thighs? Why are you weeping, O lovely one? O blessed lady, whose happiness is absent today? By whom has some unpleasant act been done to you? (04-15-38)
द्रौपद्युवाच॥
draupady uvāca॥
[द्रौपदी (draupadī) - Draupadī; (proper noun, name of the speaker); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Draupadī said;)
Draupadī said.
कीचको मावधीत्तत्र सुराहारीं गतां तव। सभायां पश्यतो राज्ञो यथैव विजने तथा ॥०४-१५-३९॥
kīcako māvadhīttatra surāhārīṃ gatāṃ tava। sabhāyāṃ paśyato rājño yathaiva vijane tathā॥04-15-39॥
[कीचकः (kīcakaḥ) - Kīcaka; (proper noun, subject); माम् (mām) - me; (accusative singular); अवधीत् (avadhīt) - killed; slew; (third person singular past tense); तत्र (tatra) - there; (in that place); सुरा (surā) - liquor; wine; (feminine); आहार्यां (āhāryāṃ) - who had gone to fetch; (accusative singular feminine, referring to liquor); गताम् (gatām) - who had gone; (accusative singular feminine, agreeing with āhāryāṃ); तव (tava) - your; (genitive singular); सभायाम् (sabhāyām) - in (the) assembly; (locative singular); पश्यतः (paśyataḥ) - while watching; seeing; (present participle genitive singular masculine); राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king; (genitive singular); यथा (yathā) - just as; as; (indeclinable); एव (eva) - indeed; just; (emphatic particle); विजने (vijane) - in privacy; in a secluded place; (locative singular); तथा (tathā) - so; similarly; (indeclinable);]
(Kīcaka killed me there, who had gone to fetch liquor, yours, in the assembly as well as in privacy, just so, while the king was watching.)
Kīcaka killed me there, your attendant who had gone to fetch liquor, both in the assembly before the watching king and in privacy in just the same way. (04-15-39)
सुदेष्णोवाच॥
sudeṣṇo uvāca॥
[सुदेष्णः (sudeṣṇaḥ) - Sudeṣṇa; (a proper noun, name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sudeṣṇa said;)
Sudeṣṇa said.
घातयामि सुकेशान्ते कीचकं यदि मन्यसे। योऽसौ त्वां कामसंमत्तो दुर्लभामभिमन्यते ॥०४-१५-४०॥
ghātayāmi sukeśānte kīcakaṃ yadi manyase। yo'sau tvāṃ kāmasaṃmatto durlabhām abhimanyate॥04-15-40॥
[घातयामि (ghātayāmi) - I will cause to be slain; सुकेशान्ते (sukeśānte) - O Sukeśāntā (one with beautiful hair); कीचकं (kīcakaṃ) - Kīcaka; यदि (yadi) - if; मন্যसे (manyase) - you consider; यः (yaḥ) - who; असौ (asau) - that person; त्वाम् (tvām) - you; कामसंमत्तः (kāmasaṃmattaḥ) - intoxicated with desire; दुर्लभाम् (durlabhām) - difficult-to-attain; अभिमन्यते (abhimanyate) - desires;]
(I will cause Kīcaka to be slain, O Sukeśāntā, if you consider (so); that person who, intoxicated with desire, desires you, difficult-to-attain.)
O Sukeśāntā, if you agree, I will have Kīcaka killed—that man who, intoxicated with desire, covets you, who are hard to attain. (04-15-40)
द्रौपद्युवाच॥
draupadyuvāca॥
[द्रौपदी (draupadī) - Draupadī; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Draupadī said.)
Draupadī said.
अन्ये वै तं वधिष्यन्ति येषामागः करोति सः। मन्ये चाद्यैव सुव्यक्तं परलोकं गमिष्यति ॥०४-१५-४१॥
anye vai taṃ vadhiṣyanti yeṣām āgaḥ karoti saḥ। manye ca adya eva suvyaktaṃ paralokaṃ gamiṣyati ॥04-15-41॥
[अन्ये (anye) - others; वै (vai) - indeed; तं (taṃ) - him; वधिष्यन्ति (vadhiṣyanti) - will kill; येषाम् (yeṣām) - of whom; आगः (āgaḥ) - offence; करोति (karoti) - does; सः (saḥ) - he; मन्ये (manye) - I think; च (ca) - and; अद्यैव (adya eva) - today itself; सुव्यक्तम् (suvyaktam) - clearly; परलोकम् (paralokam) - the other world; गमिष्यति (gamiṣyati) - will go;]
(Others indeed him will kill, of whom offence does he; I think and today itself clearly the other world will go.)
Others, indeed, will kill him who commits an offence against them; I think that he will clearly go to the other world today itself. (04-15-41)

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ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय। तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय। मृत्योर्माऽमृतं गमय। ॐ शान्ति: शान्ति: शान्ति: ॥ - बृहदारण्यकोपनिषद् 1.3.28
"Ōm! Lead me from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, and from death to immortality. Let there be peace, peace, and peace. Ōm!" - Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.3.28

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