Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 2.91
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2.91.1
पुरस्तात्करणीयं मे न कृतं कार्यमुत्तरम् ।
विह्वलाऽस्मि कृताऽनेन कर्षता बलिना बलात् ॥ २.९१.१ ॥
What I should have done before I did not do, and what is to be done now I cannot do. I am distraught, dragged by force by this mighty one.
2.91.2
अभिवादं करोम्येषां कुरूणां कुरुसंसदि ।
न मे स्यादपराधोऽयं तदिदं न कृतं मया
वैशम्पायन उवाच ॥ २.९१.२ ॥
I offer salutations to these Kurus in the assembly of the Kurus. Let this not be my offence, for I have not done this.
2.91.3
सा तेन च समाधूता दुःखेन च तपस्विनी ।
पतिता विललापेदं सभायामतथोचिता ॥ २.९१.३ ॥
Shaken by him and struck down by grief, the ascetic-like woman fell and lamented thus in the assembly, unfitting for one such as her.
2.91.4
स्वयंवरे यास्मि नृपैदृष्टा रङ्गे समागतैः ।
न दृष्टपूर्वा चान्यत्र साऽहमद्य सभां गता ॥ २.९१.४ ॥
At the self-choice ceremony I was seen by the kings gathered in the arena, I who had never been seen elsewhere; today I have come into this assembly.
2.91.5
यां न वायुर्न चादित्यो दृष्टवन्तौ पुरा गृहे ।
साऽहमद्य सभामध्ये दृष्टास्मि जनसंसदि ॥ २.९१.५ ॥
I whom neither the wind nor the sun had seen before in the house, today I am seen in the midst of the assembly, in the gathering of people.
2.91.6
यां न मृष्यन्ति वातेन स्पृश्यमानां गृहे पुरा ।
स्पृश्यमानां सहन्तेऽद्य पाण्डवास्तां दूरात्मना ॥ २.९१.६ ॥
She whom the Pāṇḍavas could not bear even to be touched by the wind in the house long ago — today the Pāṇḍavas endure her being touched by that wicked-souled one.
2.91.7
मृष्यन्ति कुरवश्चेमे मन्ये कालस्य पर्ययम् ।
स्नुषां दुहितरं चैव क्लिश्यमानामनर्हतीम् ॥ २.९१.७ ॥
The Kurus here are enduring this; I think it is a reversal of time, that I, who am like a daughter-in-law and a daughter and do not deserve it, am being tormented like this.
2.91.8
किंन्वतः कृपणं भूयो यदहं स्त्री सती शुभा ।
सभामध्यं विगाहेऽद्य क्व नु धर्मो महीक्षिताम् ॥ २.९१.८ ॥
What could be more pitiful than this? I, a virtuous and auspicious woman, am being brought into the middle of the assembly today. Where now is the dharma of kings?
2.91.9
धर्म्यं स्त्रियं सभां पूर्वे न नयन्तीति नः श्रुतम् ।
स नष्टः कौरवेयेषु पूर्वो धर्मः सनातनः ॥ २.९१.९ ॥
We have heard that the ancestors did not bring a woman into the assembly in accordance with dharma. Among the sons of Kuru that ancient, eternal dharma has been destroyed.
2.91.10
कथं हि भार्या पाण्डुनां पार्षतस्य स्वसा सती ।
वासुदेवस्य च सखी पार्थिवानां सभामियाम् ॥ २.९१.१० ॥
How is it that I, the wife of the Pāṇḍavas, the sister of Pārṣata, a virtuous woman and the friend of Vāsudeva, am brought into this assembly of kings?
2.91.11
तामिमां धर्मराजस्य भार्यां सदृशवर्णजाम् ।
ब्रूत दासीमदासीं वा तत्करिष्यामि कौरवाः। ॥ २.९१.११ ॥
Tell me, Kauravas, whether this wife of King Dharma, born of an equal caste, is a slave-woman or not; I shall act accordingly.
2.91.12
अयं मां सुदृढं क्षुद्रः कौरवाणां यशोहरः ।
क्लिश्नाति नाहं तत्सोढुं क्षुद्रः कौरवाणां यशोहरः। ॥ २.९१.१२ ॥
This base man, the robber of the Kauravas' fame, torments me most cruelly; I cannot bear it. This base man robs the Kauravas of their glory.
2.91.13
जितां वाऽप्यजितां वापि मन्यध्वं मां यथा नृपाः ।
तथा प्रत्युक्तमिच्छामि तत्करिष्यामि कौरवाः ॥ २.९१.१३ ॥
Kauravas, however you kings regard me, as won or not won, so I wish to be answered; that I will do.
2.91.14
उक्तवानस्मि कल्याणि धर्मस्य परमा गतिः ।
लोके न शक्यते ज्ञातुमपि विज्ञैर्महात्मभिः ॥ २.९१.१४ ॥
Auspicious one, I have said that the supreme goal of dharma cannot be known in the world even by the wise great-souled ones.
2.91.15
बलवांश्च यथा धर्मं लोके पश्यति पुरुषः ।
स धर्मो धर्मवेलायां भवत्यभिहतः परः ॥ २.९१.१५ ॥
As the strong man in the world sees dharma, that same dharma, at the hour of dharma, is struck down by another.
2.91.16
न विवेक्तुं च ते प्रश्नमिमं शक्नोमि निश्चयात् ।
सूक्ष्मत्वाद्गहनत्वाच्च कार्यस्यास्य च गौरवात् ॥ २.९१.१६ ॥
I am not able to resolve this question of yours with certainty, for the matter is subtle, profound, and weighty.
2.91.17
नूनमन्तः कुलस्यास्य भविता न चिरादिव ।
तथा हि कुरवः सर्वे लोभमोहपरायणाः ॥ २.९१.१७ ॥
Surely the end of this lineage will come not long from now, for all the Kurus are intent on greed and delusion.
2.91.18
कुलेषु जाताः कल्याणि व्यसनैराहता भृशम् ।
धर्म्यान्मार्गान्न च्यवन्ते येषां नस्त्वं बधूः स्थिता ॥ २.९१.१८ ॥
Auspicious one, you stand as the daughter-in-law of those who, born into noble lines and struck heavily by misfortunes, do not fall from the path of dharma.
2.91.19
उपपन्नं च पाञ्चालि तवेदं वृत्तमीदृशम् ।
यत्कृच्छ्रमपि सम्प्राप्ता धर्ममेवान्ववेक्षसे ॥ २.९१.१९ ॥
Draupadī, your conduct is fitting indeed: though you have fallen into such distress, you still look only to dharma.
2.91.20
एते द्रोणादयश्चैव वृद्धा धर्मविदो जनाः ।
शून्यैः शरीरैस्तिष्ठन्ति गतासव इवानताः ॥ २.९१.२० ॥
These elders, Droṇa and the others, knowers of dharma, stand bowed with empty bodies, as if lifeless.
2.91.21
युधिष्ठिरस्तु प्रश्नोऽस्मिन्प्रमाणमिति मे मतिः ।
अजितां वा जितां वेति स्वयं व्याख्यातुमर्हति ॥ २.९१.२१ ॥
In this question, Yudhiṣṭhira is the authority, in my view; let him himself explain whether she was unwon or won.