04.034
Uttara said.
Today I could follow the track of Dṛḍhadhanvā’s cows, if only I had a charioteer skilled with horses. (04-34-1)
I do not find a man who would serve as my charioteer; look, all of you, at my charioteer who has quickly yoked my chariot and is about to depart. (04-34-2)
For twenty-eight nights, or for a month, or at least by the end, during that great battle, my charioteer was killed there. (04-34-3)
If I should obtain another man not skilled in driving the chariot instead of you, I—being swift—will go today with the greatly raised banner. (04-34-4)
Enter that hostile army crowded with elephants, horses, and chariots; having conquered the Kurus whose valor was broken by the power of arms, bring back the cattle. (04-34-5)
Duryodhana, Bhīṣma (the son of Śantanu), Karṇa (the son of Vikartana), Kṛpa, Droṇa along with his son, and the great archers assembled there. (04-34-6)
Just as Indra, the bearer of the thunderbolt, terrifies the Dānavas in battle, so, having caused terror, I will bring back the cattle again within this very moment. (04-34-7)
The Kurus, having found it empty, take away the cattle-wealth and go. What could I possibly do since I was not there? (04-34-8)
Let those assembled Kurus witness my power today. How is it that this Pārtha, Arjuna, is overpowering us directly? (04-34-9)
Vaiśampāyana said.
Panchali did not tolerate the repeated mention of Bibhatsu (Arjuna) by him as he spoke those words among the women. (04-34-10)
Then the ascetic woman, as if bashful, slowly approached him from among the women and spoke these words. (04-34-11)
That one who is like a great elephant, a young man of pleasing appearance, who is known as Bṛhannaḍa, was the charioteer of Pārtha (Arjuna). (04-34-12)
He was newly skilled in archery, and a disciple of that great-souled one. I have seen him before, O hero, while wandering towards the Pāṇḍavas. (04-34-13)
When that fire burned the great Khāṇḍava forest, at that time the excellent horses of Arjuna were gathered by him. (04-34-14)
With that charioteer, Pārtha overcame all creatures completely at Khāṇḍavaprastha. Truly, there is no charioteer like him. (04-34-15)
This beautiful-hipped maiden, your younger sister—whatever she says, the hero will surely do, there is no doubt. (04-34-16)
If indeed he were the charioteer, without doubt he would defeat all the Kurus, recover the cows, and certainly return. (04-34-17)
Thus spoken to by Sairandhrī, he replied to his sister: "Go, O faultless-limbed one, bring Bṛhannadā." (04-34-18)
She, having been sent quickly by her brother, went to the dancing hall where the mighty-armed Pāṇḍava, concealed by his vow, was staying. (04-34-19)
