15.032
पाण्डववर्णनम्
Description of the Pāṇḍavas;
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
Vaiśampāyana said.
स तैः सह नरव्याघ्रैर्भ्रातृभिर्भरतर्षभ। राजा रुचिरपद्माक्षैरासां चक्रे तदाश्रमे ॥१५-३२-१॥
O bull among the Bharatas, the king, together with his brothers—tiger-like men with beautiful lotus eyes—dwelt with them in that hermitage. (15-32-1)
तापसैश्च महाभागैर्नानादेशसमागतैः। द्रष्टुं कुरुपतेः पुत्रान्पाण्डवान्पृथुवक्षसः ॥१५-३२-२॥
Ascetics and highly fortunate men, who had come from various regions, arrived to see the broad-chested Pāṇḍavas, the sons of the lord of the Kurus. (15-32-2)
तेऽब्रुवञ्ज्ञातुमिच्छामः कतमोऽत्र युधिष्ठिरः। भीमार्जुनयमाश्चैव द्रौपदी च यशस्विनी ॥१५-३२-३॥
They said, "We wish to know which of these is Yudhiṣṭhira here, and also Bhīma, Arjuna, Yama, and Draupadī the illustrious." (15-32-3)
तानाचख्यौ तदा सूतः सर्वान्नामाभिनामतः। सञ्जयो द्रौपदीं चैव सर्वाश्चान्याः कुरुस्त्रियः ॥१५-३२-४॥
Then the charioteer announced all of them by name; Sanjaya included Draupadī and all the other Kuru women as well. (15-32-4)
य एष जाम्बूनदशुद्धगौर; तनुर्महासिंह इव प्रवृद्धः। प्रचण्डघोणः पृथुदीर्घनेत्र; स्ताम्रायतास्यः कुरुराज एषः ॥१५-३२-५॥
This person, whose complexion is bright like pure gold from the Jambu river, whose body is grown like a great lion, with a fierce nose, broad and long eyes, and a reddish elongated face—this is the king of the Kurus. (15-32-5)
अयं पुनर्मत्तगजेन्द्रगामी; प्रतप्तचामीकरशुद्धगौरः। पृथ्वायतांसः पृथुदीर्घबाहु; र्वृकोदरः पश्यत पश्यतैनम् ॥१५-३२-६॥
Here again is Vṛkodara, who advances like a frenzied king elephant; whose fair complexion shines pure as refined gold; with broad, long shoulders and massive, lengthy arms—look, look at him! (15-32-6)
यस्त्वेष पार्श्वेऽस्य महाधनुष्मा; ञ्श्यामो युवा वारणयूथपाभः। सिंहोन्नतांसो गजखेलगामी; पद्मायताक्षोऽर्जुन एष वीरः ॥१५-३२-७॥
But this hero at his side, possessing a great bow, dark-complexioned, young, resembling a leader among elephants, with lion-like raised shoulders, moving among elephant troops, and with eyes like lotus petals—this is Arjuna. (15-32-7)
कुन्तीसमीपे पुरुषोत्तमौ तु; यमाविमौ विष्णुमहेन्द्रकल्पौ। मनुष्यलोके सकले समोऽस्ति; ययोर्न रूपे न बले न शीले ॥१५-३२-८॥
Near Kuntī, these two chief men are like Yama, and equal to Viṣṇu and Indra; in the entire world of men, there is none equal to them, neither in appearance, nor strength, nor in character. (15-32-8)
इयं पुनः पद्मदलायताक्षी; मध्यं वयः किञ्चिदिव स्पृशन्ती। नीलोत्पलाभा पुरदेवतेव; कृष्णा स्थिता मूर्तिमतीव लक्ष्मीः ॥१५-३२-९॥
Here again, this lady with eyes like lotus petals, just at the very flower of her youth, possessing a complexion like a blue lotus, stands as if she were the very embodiment of Lakṣmī, resembling the goddess of the city, Kṛṣṇā. (15-32-9)
अस्यास्तु पार्श्वे कनकोत्तमाभा; यैषा प्रभा मूर्तिमतीव गौरी। मध्ये स्थितैषा भगिनी द्विजाग्र्या; चक्रायुधस्याप्रतिमस्य तस्य ॥१५-३२-१०॥
But at her side, the one with the radiance of the finest gold—this embodied splendor, the fair one—stands in the midst; she is the foremost among the twice-born sisters of the unrivalled wielder of the discus. (15-32-10)
इयं स्वसा राजचमूपतेस्तु; प्रवृद्धनीलोत्पलदामवर्णा। पस्पर्ध कृष्णेन नृपः सदा यो; वृकोदरस्यैष परिग्रहोऽग्र्यः ॥१५-३२-११॥
This is the sister of the king, commander of the royal army; her complexion was like a garland of fully bloomed blue lotuses. She always rivaled Kṛṣṇa. She is the excellent wife of Vṛkodara. (15-32-11)
इयं च राज्ञो मगधाधिपस्य; सुता जरासन्ध इति श्रुतस्य। यवीयसो माद्रवतीसुतस्य; भार्या मता चम्पकदामगौरी ॥१५-३२-१२॥
This is the daughter of Jarāsandha, the king of Magadha, who is well known; she is regarded as Campakadāmagaurī, the wife of the younger son of Mādravatī. (15-32-12)
इन्दीवरश्यामतनुः स्थिता तु; यैषापरासन्नमहीतले च। भार्या मता माद्रवतीसुतस्य; ज्येष्ठस्य सेयं कमलायताक्षी ॥१५-३२-१३॥
She who stands here, dark like a blue lotus, near at hand upon the earth—this lotus-eyed one is considered the wife of the eldest son of Madri. (15-32-13)
इयं तु निष्टप्तसुवर्णगौरी; राज्ञो विराटस्य सुता सपुत्रा। भार्याभिमन्योर्निहतो रणे यो; द्रोणादिभिस्तैर्विरथो रथस्थैः ॥१५-३२-१४॥
This is the fair daughter of King Virāta, golden like purified gold, together with her son—the wife of Abhimanyu, who was slain in battle, deprived of his chariot, by Droṇa and others, by those fighting from their chariots. (15-32-14)
एतास्तु सीमन्तशिरोरुहा याः; शुक्लोत्तरीया नरराजपत्न्यः। राज्ञोऽस्य वृद्धस्य परंशताख्याः; स्नुषा विवीरा हतपुत्रनाथाः ॥१५-३२-१५॥
But these, with their hair parted at the center of the head, wearing white upper garments, the wives of the king—these daughters-in-law of the aged king Paraṃśatā, are widowed, their sons and husbands having been slain. (15-32-15)
एता यथामुख्यमुदाहृता वो; ब्राह्मण्यभावादृजुबुद्धिसत्त्वाः। सर्वा भवद्भिः परिपृच्छ्यमाना; नरेन्द्रपत्न्यः सुविशुद्धसत्त्वाः ॥१५-३२-१६॥
These wives of kings, whose minds are very pure and whose intellects are upright due to their devotion to brahmanhood, have all been mentioned to you in due order; you may question all of them. (15-32-16)
एवं स राजा कुरुवृद्धवर्यः; समागतस्तैर्नरदेवपुत्रैः। पप्रच्छ सर्वान्कुशलं तदानीं; गतेषु सर्वेष्वथ तापसेषु ॥१५-३२-१७॥
In this way, the king, eldest and best among the Kurus, after assembling with those royal princes, then asked everyone about their welfare, when all the ascetics had departed. (15-32-17)
योधेषु चाप्याश्रममण्डलं तं; मुक्त्वा निविष्टेषु विमुच्य पत्रम्। स्त्रीवृद्धबाले च सुसंनिविष्टे; यथार्हतः कुशलं पर्यपृच्छत् ॥१५-३२-१८॥
Having left the āśrama area among the warriors and, when they had settled down and removed their armor, he inquired after the well-being of the women, the elderly, and the children, as was proper. (15-32-18)
