Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.211
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1.211.1
ततस्ते पाण्डवाः सर्वे पाञ्चाल्यश्च महायशाः ।
प्रत्युथाय महात्मानं कृष्णं सर्वेऽभ्यवादयन् ॥ १.२११.१ ॥
Then all the Pāṇḍavas and the illustrious Pāñcāla prince rose and greeted the great-souled Kṛṣṇa.
1.211.2
प्रतिनन्द्य स तां पूजां पृष्ट्वा कुशलमन्ततः ।
आसने काञ्चने शुद्धे निषसाद महामनाः ॥ १.२११.२ ॥
Returning that honour and at last inquiring after their welfare, the great-minded one sat down on a pure golden seat.
1.211.3
अनुज्ञातास्तु ते सर्वे कृष्णेनामिततेजसा ।
आसनेषु महार्हेषु निषेदुर्द्विपदां वराः ॥ १.२११.३ ॥
Permitted by Kṛṣṇa of boundless splendour, all those best of men sat down on precious seats.
1.211.4
ततो मुहूर्तान्मधुरां वाणीमुच्चार्य पार्षतः ।
पप्रच्छ तं महात्मानं द्रौपद्यर्थं विशांपते ॥ १.२११.४ ॥
Then, after a moment, Pārṣata spoke sweet words and asked that great-souled one about Draupadī, O lord of the people.
1.211.5
कथमेका बहूनां स्यान्न च स्याद्धर्मसंकरः ।
एतन्मे भगवान्सर्वं प्रब्रवीतु यथातथम् ॥ १.२११.५ ॥
How could one woman be the wife of many, and how would confusion of dharma not arise? Blessed one, tell me all of this exactly as it is.
1.211.6
अस्मिन्धर्मे विप्रलब्धे लोकवेदविरोधके ।
यस्य यस्य मतं यद्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छामि तस्य तत् ॥ १.२११.६ ॥
Regarding this dharma, which has been misled and runs counter to worldly custom and the Veda, I wish to hear whatever opinion each one holds.
1.211.7
अधर्मोऽयं मम मतो विरुद्धो लोकवेदयोः ।
न ह्येका विद्यते पत्नी बहूनां द्विजसत्तम ॥ १.२११.७ ॥
O best of the twice-born, this seems to me to be unrighteousness, opposed to both worldly custom and the Veda; for one wife does not belong to many husbands.
1.211.8
न चाप्याचरितः पूर्वैरयं धर्मो महात्मभिः ।
न चाप्यधर्मो विद्वद्भिश्चरितव्यः कथंचन ॥ १.२११.८ ॥
This custom was never practised by the ancestors or by the great-souled ones, and the wise should in no way practise unrighteousness.
1.211.9
ततोऽहं न करोम्येनं व्यवसायं क्रियां प्रति ।
धर्मः सदैव संदिग्धः प्रतिभाति हि मे त्वयम् ॥ १.२११.९ ॥
Therefore I do not resolve upon this action; to me this dharma always appears doubtful.
1.211.10
यवीयसः कथं भार्यां ज्येष्ठो भ्राता द्विजर्षभ ।
ब्रह्मन्समभिवर्तेत सद्वृत्तः संस्तपोधन ॥ १.२११.१० ॥
O bull among the twice-born, how could an elder brother approach the wife of his younger brother? O brahmin, O treasure of austerity, though he be of good conduct?
1.211.11
न तु धर्मस्य सूक्ष्मत्वाद्गतिं विद्मः कथंचन ।
अधर्मो धर्म इति वा व्यवसायो न शक्यते ॥ १.२११.११ ॥
But because dharma is subtle, we do not in any way know its course; it cannot be determined whether this is unrighteousness or dharma.
1.211.12
कर्तुमस्मद्विधैर्ब्रह्मंस्ततोऽयं न व्यवस्यते ।
पञ्चानां महिषी कृष्णा भवत्विति कथंचन ॥ १.२११.१२ ॥
O brahmin, men like us cannot do this; therefore it is not resolved that Kṛṣṇā should become the chief wife of the five.
1.211.13
न मे वागनृतं प्राह नाधर्मे धीयते मतिः ।
वर्तते हि मनो मेऽत्र नैषोऽधर्मः कथंचन ॥ १.२११.१३ ॥
My speech has never spoken falsehood, and my mind does not settle on unrighteousness. Indeed my mind is inclined here; this is in no way unrighteousness.
1.211.14
श्रूयते हि पुराणेऽपि जटिला नाम गौतमी ।
ऋषीनध्यासितवती सप्त धर्मभृतां वरा ॥ १.२११.१४ ॥
It is indeed heard in the ancient lore that Jaṭilā, named Gautamī, attended upon seven sages, the best of those who uphold dharma.
1.211.15
तथैव मुनिजा वार्क्षी तपोभिर्भावितात्मनः ।
संगताभूद्दश भ्रातॄनकेन्म्नः प्रचेतसः ॥ १.२११.१५ ॥
Likewise the sage's daughter Vārkṣī, of a self purified by austerities, came together with the ten brothers of Pracetas.
1.211.16
गुरोर्हि वचनं प्राहुर्धर्म्यं धर्मज्ञसत्तम ।
गुरूणां चैव सर्वेषां माता परमको गुरुः ॥ १.२११.१६ ॥
Indeed, the word of a teacher is called righteous, O best of those who know dharma; and among all teachers the mother is the supreme teacher.
1.211.17
सा चाप्युक्तवती वाचं भैक्षवद्भुज्यतामिति ।
तस्मादेतदहं मन्ये परं धर्मं द्विजोत्तम ॥ १.२११.१७ ॥
And she also spoke these words: "Enjoy it as alms." Therefore, O best of the twice-born, I consider this the supreme dharma.
1.211.18
एतमेतद्यथा प्राह धर्मचारी युधिष्ठिरः ।
भुज्यतां भ्रातृभिः सार्धमित्यर्जुनमचोदयम्।
अनृतान्मे भयं तीव्रं मुच्येऽहमनृतात्कथम् ॥ १.२११.१८ ॥
Just as the dharma-practicing Yudhiṣṭhira has said, so I urged Arjuna: "Enjoy it together with your brothers." I have a fierce fear of falsehood; how shall I be freed from falsehood?
1.211.19
अनृतान्मोक्ष्यसे भद्रे धर्मश्चैव सनातनः ।
ननु वक्ष्यामि सर्वेषां पाञ्चाल शृमु मे स्वयम् ॥ १.२११.१९ ॥
O gentle lady, you will be freed from falsehood, and that is the eternal dharma. Listen to me, O Pāñcālī; I myself shall tell of all of them.
1.211.20
यथाऽयं विहितो धर्मो यतश्चायं सनातनः ।
यथा च प्राह कौन्तेयस्तथा धर्मो न संशयः ॥ १.२११.२० ॥
As this dharma is ordained, and as it is eternal, and as the son of Kuntī has spoken, so is dharma; there is no doubt.
1.211.21
तत उत्थाय भगवान्व्यासो द्वैपायनः प्रभुः ।
करे गृहीत्वा राजानं राजवेश्म समाविशत् ॥ १.२११.२१ ॥
Then the venerable Vyāsa Dvaipāyana, the lord, rose, took the king by the hand, and entered the royal palace.
1.211.22
पाण्डवाश्चापि कुन्ती च धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पार्षतः ।
विविशुस्तेऽपि तत्रैव प्रतीक्षन्ते स्म तावुभौ ॥ १.२११.२२ ॥
The Pāṇḍavas, and Kuntī, and Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the son of Pṛṣata, also entered there; those two were waiting there.
1.211.23
ततो द्वैपायनस्त्समै नरेन्द्राय महात्मने ।
आचख्यौ तद्यथा धर्मो बहूनामेकपत्निता ॥ १.२११.२३ ॥
Then Dvaipāyana explained to that high-souled king how, in dharma, many men may share one wife.
1.211.24
यथा च ते ददुश्चैव राजपुत्र्याः पुरा वरम् ।
धर्माद्यास्तपसा तुष्टाः पञ्चपत्नीत्वमीश्वराः ॥ १.२११.२४ ॥
And just as in former times they gave a boon to the princess, so the lords led by Dharma, pleased by her austerity, gave her the boon of being the wife of five husbands.