04.023
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
Vaiśampāyana said.
ते दृष्ट्वा निहतान्सूतान्राज्ञे गत्वा न्यवेदयन्। गन्धर्वैर्निहता राजन्सूतपुत्राः परःशताः ॥०४-२३-१॥
Having seen the slain charioteers, they went to the king and informed him: "O king, hundreds of charioteers' sons have been slain by the Gandharvas." (04-23-1)
यथा वज्रेण वै दीर्णं पर्वतस्य महच्छिरः। विनिकीर्णं प्रदृश्येत तथा सूता महीतले ॥०४-२३-२॥
Just as the great summit of a mountain split by the thunderbolt is seen scattered, so was Sūta on the ground. (04-23-2)
सैरन्ध्री च विमुक्तासौ पुनरायाति ते गृहम्। सर्वं संशयितं राजन्नगरं ते भविष्यति ॥०४-२३-३॥
Sairandhrī, having been released, will return again to your house; O king, your entire city will become suspicious. (04-23-3)
तथारूपा हि सैरन्ध्री गन्धर्वाश्च महाबलाः। पुंसामिष्टश्च विषयो मैथुनाय न संशयः ॥०४-२३-४॥
Indeed, Sairandhrī of such a form and the mighty Gandharvas are, for men, a desired object of union; there is no doubt. (04-23-4)
यथा सैरन्ध्रिवेषेण न ते राजन्निदं पुरम्। विनाशमेति वै क्षिप्रं तथा नीतिर्विधीयताम् ॥०४-२३-५॥
Just as the city, through the guise of Sairandhri, does not quickly reach destruction for you, O king, so should policy be established. (04-23-5)
तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा विराटो वाहिनीपतिः। अब्रवीत्क्रियतामेषां सूतानां परमक्रिया ॥०४-२३-६॥
Having heard those words of theirs, Virāṭa, the commander of the army, said: "Let the highest funeral rites be performed for these charioteers." (04-23-6)
एकस्मिन्नेव ते सर्वे सुसमिद्धे हुताशने। दह्यन्तां कीचकाः शीघ्रं रत्नैर्गन्धैश्च सर्वशः ॥०४-२३-७॥
Let all your Kīcakas be quickly burned entirely with jewels and perfumes on the same well-kindled fire. (04-23-7)
सुदेष्णां चाब्रवीद्राजा महिषीं जातसाध्वसः। सैरन्ध्रीमागतां ब्रूया ममैव वचनादिदम् ॥०४-२३-८॥
The king, being filled with fear, said to Queen Sudeshna: 'Tell Sairandhri, who has come, this on my behalf.' (4-23-8)
गच्छ सैरन्ध्रि भद्रं ते यथाकामं चराबले। बिभेति राजा सुश्रोणि गन्धर्वेभ्यः पराभवात् ॥०४-२३-९॥
Go, Sairandhri, may you fare well. Do as you wish, O gentle lady. The king, O beautiful-hipped one, fears being defeated by the Gandharvas. (04-23-9)
न हि तामुत्सहे वक्तुं स्वयं गन्धर्वरक्षिताम्। स्त्रियस्त्वदोषास्तां वक्तुमतस्त्वां प्रब्रवीम्यहम् ॥०४-२३-१०॥
Indeed, I am not able to speak about her myself, as she is protected by Gandharvas. Because of your fault, I speak to you about her.
अथ मुक्ता भयात्कृष्णा सूतपुत्रान्निरस्य च। मोक्षिता भीमसेनेन जगाम नगरं प्रति ॥०४-२३-११॥
Then Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī), released from fear after Bhīmasena drove away the Sūta's sons and freed her, went towards the city. (04-23-11)
त्रासितेव मृगी बाला शार्दूलेन मनस्विनी। गात्राणि वाससी चैव प्रक्षाल्य सलिलेन सा ॥०४-२३-१२॥
She, high-minded like a young doe frightened by a tiger, washed her limbs and clothes with water. (04-23-12)
तां दृष्ट्वा पुरुषा राजन्प्राद्रवन्त दिशो दश। गन्धर्वाणां भयत्रस्ताः केचिद्दृष्टीर्न्यमीलयन् ॥०४-२३-१३॥
Seeing her, O King, the men ran away in all ten directions, and some of the Gandharvas, stricken with fear, closed their eyes. (04-23-13)
ततो महानसद्वारि भीमसेनमवस्थितम्। ददर्श राजन्पाञ्चाली यथा मत्तं महाद्विपम् ॥०४-२३-१४॥
Thereafter, O king, Pāñcālī saw Bhīmasena standing at the kitchen door, just like a great intoxicated elephant. (04-23-14)
तं विस्मयन्ती शनकैः सञ्ज्ञाभिरिदमब्रवीत्। गन्धर्वराजाय नमो येनास्मि परिमोचिता ॥०४-२३-१५॥
Astonished, she slowly said with gestures: “Obeisance to the king of the Gandharvas, by whom I have been set free.” (04-23-15)
भीमसेन उवाच॥
Bhimasena said.
ये यस्या विचरन्तीह पुरुषा वशवर्तिनः। तस्यास्ते वचनं श्रुत्वा अनृणा विचरन्त्युत ॥०४-२३-१६॥
The men who move about here obedient to her, having heard her word, indeed wander free from any debt. (04-23-16)
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
Vaiśampāyana said.
ततः सा नर्तनागारे धनञ्जयमपश्यत। राज्ञः कन्या विराटस्य नर्तयानं महाभुजम् ॥०४-२३-१७॥
Then she saw Dhanañjaya in the dance hall — the mighty-armed dancer, daughter of King Virāṭa. (04-23-17)
ततस्ता नर्तनागाराद्विनिष्क्रम्य सहार्जुनाः। कन्या ददृशुरायान्तीं कृष्णां क्लिष्टामनागसम् ॥०४-२३-१८॥
Then, having left the dancing hall with Arjuna, the young women saw Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī) approaching—distressed and without fault. (04-23-18)
कन्या ऊचुः॥
The maidens said.
दिष्ट्या सैरन्ध्रि मुक्तासि दिष्ट्यासि पुनरागता। दिष्ट्या विनिहताः सूता ये त्वां क्लिश्यन्त्यनागसम् ॥०४-२३-१९॥
By good fortune, O Sairandhri, you have been freed; by good fortune, you have returned; and by good fortune, those charioteers who tormented you despite your innocence have been vanquished. (04-23-19)
बृहन्नडोवाच॥
Bṛhannaḍa said.
कथं सैरन्ध्रि मुक्तासि कथं पापाश्च ते हताः। इच्छामि वै तव श्रोतुं सर्वमेव यथातथम् ॥०४-२३-२०॥
How, O Sairandhri, were you freed? How were your evil-doers killed? I truly wish to hear everything from you exactly as it happened. (04-23-20)
सैरन्ध्र्युवाच॥
Sairandhri said.
बृहन्नडे किं नु तव सैरन्ध्र्या कार्यमद्य वै। या त्वं वससि कल्याणि सदा कन्यापुरे सुखम् ॥०४-२३-२१॥
O Bṛhannadā, what is your purpose with Sairandhrī today? You, O auspicious one, always reside happily in the city of maidens. (04-23-21)
न हि दुःखं समाप्नोषि सैरन्ध्री यदुपाश्नुते। तेन मां दुःखितामेवं पृच्छसे प्रहसन्निव ॥०४-२३-२२॥
Sairandhrī, you do not attain the sorrow that she does. Because of that, you ask me, who am sorrowful, in this way, as if smiling. (04-23-22)
बृहन्नडोवाच॥
Bṛhannaḍa said.
बृहन्नडापि कल्याणि दुःखमाप्नोत्यनुत्तमम्। तिर्यग्योनिगता बाले न चैनामवबुध्यसे ॥०४-२३-२३॥
O virtuous girl, even a hermaphrodite experiences the greatest pain, having entered the womb of lower animals, yet you are not able to recognize her. (04-23-23)
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
Vaiśampāyana said.
ततः सहैव कन्याभिर्द्रौपदी राजवेश्म तत्। प्रविवेश सुदेष्णायाः समीपमपलायिनी ॥०४-२३-२४॥
Then, together with the maidens, Draupadī entered that royal palace, approaching Sudeṣṇā without fleeing. (04-23-24)
तामब्रवीद्राजपुत्री विराटवचनादिदम्। सैरन्ध्रि गम्यतां शीघ्रं यत्र कामयसे गतिम् ॥०४-२३-२५॥
The princess addressed her, saying, on the order of Virāṭa: "Sairandhri, quickly go wherever you wish to go." (04-23-25)
राजा बिभेति भद्रं ते गन्धर्वेभ्यः पराभवात्। त्वं चापि तरुणी सुभ्रु रूपेणाप्रतिमा भुवि ॥०४-२३-२६॥
The king is afraid, wishing you safety, of defeat at the hands of the Gandharvas; and you too, young lady with lovely eyebrows, are unmatched in beauty on earth. (04-23-26)
सैरन्ध्र्युवाच॥
Sairandhri said;
त्रयोदशाहमात्रं मे राजा क्षमतु भामिनि। कृतकृत्या भविष्यन्ति गन्धर्वास्ते न संशयः ॥०४-२३-२७॥
O beautiful lady, let the king forgive me for only thirteen days; these gandharvas will undoubtedly have accomplished their purpose. (04-23-27)
ततो मां तेऽपनेष्यन्ति करिष्यन्ति च ते प्रियम्। ध्रुवं च श्रेयसा राजा योक्ष्यते सह बान्धवैः ॥०४-२३-२८॥
After that, they will take me away and do what is pleasing for you. Certainly, the king will prosper and be united with his relatives. (04-23-28)
