Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 15.27
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15.27.1
स तैः सह नरव्याध्रैर्भ्रातृभिर्भरतर्षभ ।
राजा रुचिरपद्माक्षैरासांचक्रे तदाश्रमे ॥ १५.२७.१ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, the king sat down in that hermitage with those tiger-among-men brothers, lotus-eyed and graceful.
15.27.2
तापसैश्च महाभागैर्नानादेशसमागतैः ।
द्रष्टुं कुरुपतेः पुत्रान्पाण्डवान्पृथुवक्षसः ॥ १५.२७.२ ॥
And the greatly fortunate ascetics who had come from many lands, to see the broad-chested sons of the lord of the Kurus, the Pāṇḍavas.
15.27.3
ते ब्रुवञ्ज्ञातुमिच्छामः कतमोऽत्र युधिष्ठिरः ।
भीमार्जुनौ यमौ चैव द्रौपदी च यशस्विनी ॥ १५.२७.३ ॥
They said: "We wish to know which one here is Yudhiṣṭhira, and Bhīma and Arjuna, the twins, and the glorious Draupadī."
15.27.4
तानाचख्यौ तदा सूतस्तेषां नाम प्रधानतः ।
संजयो द्रौपदीं चैव सर्वाश्चान्या कुरुस्त्रियः ॥ १५.२७.४ ॥
Then the charioteer Sañjaya named them one by one, chiefly, and also Draupadī and all the other Kuru women.
15.27.5
य एष जांबूनदशुद्धगौर-
स्तनुर्महासिंह इव प्रवृद्धः।
प्रचण्डघोणः पृथुदीर्घनेत्र-
स्ताम्रायताक्षः कुरुराज एषः ॥ १५.२७.५ ॥
This one, pure golden-white like refined gold, with a body grown like a great lion, fierce-nosed, broad and long-eyed, red and wide-eyed: this is the king of the Kurus.
15.27.6
अयं पुनर्मत्तगजेन्द्रगामी ।
प्रतप्तचामीकरशुद्धगौरः।
पृथ्वायतांसः पृथुदीर्घबाहु-
र्वृकोदरः पश्यत पश्यतेमम् ॥ १५.२७.६ ॥
This one, who walks like a rutting lord of elephants, pure white like heated gold, broad and long-shouldered, broad and long-armed, is Vṛkodara. Look, look at him!
15.27.7
यस्त्वेष पार्श्वेऽस्य महाधनुष्मा-
ञ्श्यामो युवा वारणयूथपाभः।
सिंहोन्नतांसो गजखेलगामी ।
पद्मायताक्षोऽर्जुन एष वीरः ॥ १५.२७.७ ॥
Beside him stands this great archer, the dark young man like a lord of elephant herds, lion-shouldered, walking with the gait of an elephant at play, lotus-eyed: this hero is Arjuna.
15.27.8
कुन्तीसमीपे पुरुषोत्तमौ तु ।
यमाविमौ विष्णुमहेन्द्रकल्पौ।
मनुष्यलोके सकले समोस्ति ।
ययोर्न रूपे न बले न शीले ॥ १५.२७.८ ॥
Near Kuntī are these two best of men, equal to Viṣṇu and Indra. In the whole human world there is no one equal to them, in beauty, strength or character.
15.27.9
इयं पुनः पद्मदलायताक्षी ।
मध्यं वयः किञ्चिदिव स्पशन्ती।
नीलोत्पलाभा पुरदेवतेव ।
कृष्णा स्थिता मूर्तिमतीव लक्ष्मीः ॥ १५.२७.९ ॥
Here again stands Kṛṣṇā, large-eyed like lotus petals, just touching the middle of her years, blue-lotus-hued, like a city goddess, as if Lakṣmī herself stood embodied.
15.27.10
अस्यास्तु पार्श्वे कनकोपमत्व-
गेषा स्थिता मूर्तिमतीव गौरी।
सत्ये स्थिता सा भगिनी द्विजाग्र्या-
श्चक्रायुधस्याप्रतिमस्य तस्य ॥ १५.२७.१० ॥
Beside her stands Gaurī, her skin like gold, as if embodied. She is the sister of that incomparable wielder of the discus, Satyā, foremost of the twice-born.
15.27.11
इयं च जांबूनदशुद्धगौरी ।
पार्थस्य भार्या भुजगेन्द्रकन्या।
चित्राङ्गदा चैव नरेन्द्रकन्या ।
यैषा सवर्णार्द्रमधूकपुष्पैः ॥ १५.२७.११ ॥
This one, fair as pure Jāmbūnada gold, is Arjuna's wife, the serpent-king's daughter, and also Citrāṅgadā, the king's daughter, adorned with golden, dew-wet madhūka flowers.
15.27.12
इयं स्वसा राजचमूपतेश्च ।
प्रवृद्धनीलोत्पलदामवर्णा।
पस्पर्ध कृष्णेन सदा नृपो यो ।
वृकोदरस्यैष परिग्रहोऽग्र्यः ॥ १५.२७.१२ ॥
This is the sister of the commander of the royal army, her colour like a garland of full-blown blue lotuses. She was once the wife of the king who always contended with Kṛṣṇa; she is now the foremost wife of Vṛkodara (Bhīma).
15.27.13
इयं च राज्ञो मगधाधिपस्य ।
सुता जरासंध इति श्रुतस्य।
यवीयसो माद्रवतीसुतस्य ।
भार्या मता चम्पकदामगौरी ॥ १५.२७.१३ ॥
This is the daughter of the king of Magadha, the renowned Jarāsaṃdha, fair as a garland of champaka flowers. She was considered the wife of the younger son of Mādravatī (Sahadeva).
15.27.14
इन्दीवरश्यामतनुः स्थिता तु ।
यैषा पराऽऽसन्नतरोर्लतेव।
भार्या मता माद्रवतीसुतस्य ।
ज्येष्ठस्य सेयं कमलायताक्षी ॥ १५.२७.१४ ॥
This woman, dark-bodied like a blue lotus, stands like a creeper clinging to the nearest tree; she was considered the wife of the elder son of Mādravatī (Nakula). She is lotus-eyed.
15.27.15
इयं तु निष्टप्तसुवर्णगौरी ।
राज्ञो विराटस्य सुता सपुत्रा।
भार्याऽभिमन्योर्निहतो रणे यो ।
द्रोणादिभिस्तैर्विरथो रथस्थैः ॥ १५.२७.१५ ॥
This one, fair as refined gold, is the daughter of King Virāṭa, with her son. She is the wife of Abhimanyu, who was slain in battle when he was left without a chariot, by Droṇa and the other chariot-warriors.
15.27.16
एतास्तु सीमन्तशिरोरुहा याः ।
शुक्लोत्तरीया नरराजपत्न्यः।
राज्ञोस्य वृद्धस्य परंशताख्याः ।
स्नुषा नृवीराहतपुत्रनाथाः ॥ १५.२७.१६ ॥
These are the wives of kings, their hair parted at the crown, wearing white upper garments; they are the daughters-in-law of this aged king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra), called the Paraśatas, whose sons and lords were slain by heroic men.
15.27.17
क्षान्ताश्च दान्ताश्च कुलोद्भवाश्च ॥ १५.२७.१७ ॥
They are patient, self-controlled, and of noble birth.
15.27.18
एवं स राजा कुरुवृद्धवर्यः ।
समागतस्तैर्नरदेवपुत्रैः।
पप्रच्छ सर्वं कुशलं तदानीं ।
गतेषु सर्वेष्वथ तापसेषु ॥ १५.२७.१८ ॥
Thus that king, best of the elder Kurus, having met those sons of kings, then asked after the well-being of all of them, once all the ascetics had gone.
15.27.19
योधेषु चाप्याश्रममण्डलं त-
न्मत्वा निविष्टेषु विमुच्य पत्रम्।
स्त्रीवृद्धबाले च सुसंनिविष्टे ।
यथार्हतस्तान्कुशलान्यपृच्छत् ॥ १५.२७.१९ ॥
Among the warriors too, having regarded that circle of hermitages as such, and when they had settled there having laid down their weapons, he asked after the well-being of them all, settled well with their women, elders and children, each according to his due.