15.032
Description of the Pāṇḍavas;
Vaiśampāyana said.
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)
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)
They said, "We wish to know which of these is Yudhiṣṭhira here, and also Bhīma, Arjuna, Yama, and Draupadī the illustrious." (15-32-3)
Then the charioteer announced all of them by name; Sanjaya included Draupadī and all the other Kuru women as well. (15-32-4)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
