Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.265
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3.265.1
तस्मिन्बहुमृगेऽरण्ये अटमाना महारथाः ।
काम्यके भरतश्रेष्ठा विजह्वुस्ते यथामराः ॥ ३.२६५.१ ॥
In that forest abounding in deer, roaming as great charioteers, the best of the Bharatas took their pleasure in Kāmyaka, like immortals.
3.265.2
प्रेक्षमाणा बहुविधान्वनोद्देशान्समन्ततः ।
यथर्तुकालरम्याश्चवनराजीः सुषुष्पिताः ॥ ३.२६५.२ ॥
Gazing on the many regions of the forest on every side, and on the rows of trees, delightful in their season and fully in blossom.
3.265.3
पाण्डवा मृगयाशीलाश्चरन्तस्तन्महद्वनम् ।
विजह्नरिन्द्रप्रिमाः कंचित्कालमरिंदमाः ॥ ३.२६५.३ ॥
The Pāṇḍavas, fond of the chase, wandering through that great forest, dear to Indra, subduers of foes, took their pleasure for some time.
3.265.4
ततस्ते यौगपद्येन ययुः सर्वे चतुर्दिशम् ।
मृगयां पुरुषव्याघ्रा ब्राह्मणार्थे परतपाः ॥ ३.२६५.४ ॥
Then they all went together in four directions to hunt for a brahmin's sake — those tigers among men, scorchers of their foes.
3.265.5
द्रौपदीमाश्रमे न्यस् तृणबिन्दोरनुज्ञया ।
महर्षेर्दीप्ततपसो घौम्यस्य च पुरोधसः ॥ ३.२६५.५ ॥
Draupadī was placed in the hermitage with the permission of the great sage Tṛṇabindu, whose austerity blazed, and of the household priest Dhaumya.
3.265.6
तस्तु राजा सिंधूनां वार्धक्षत्रिर्महायशाः ।
विवाहकामः साल्वेयान्प्रयातः सोऽभवत्तदा ॥ ३.२६५.६ ॥
But the king of the Sindhus, son of Vṛddhakṣatra, of great fame, desiring marriage, had set out for the Sālveyas at that time.
3.265.7
महता परिबर्हेण राजयोग्येन संवृतः ।
राजभिर्बहुभिः सार्धमुपायात्काम्यकं च सः ॥ ३.२६५.७ ॥
Surrounded by a great retinue fit for a king, he went to the Kāmyaka forest together with many kings.
3.265.8
तत्रापश्यत्प्रियां भार्यां पाण्डवानां यशस्विनीम् ।
तिष्ठन्तीमाश्रमद्वारि द्रौपदीं निर्जने वने ॥ ३.२६५.८ ॥
There he saw Draupadī, the beloved and glorious wife of the Pāṇḍavas, standing at the hermitage gate in the solitary forest.
3.265.9
विभ्राजमानां वपुषा बिभ्रतीं रूपमुत्तमम् ।
भ्राजयन्तीं वनोद्देशं नीलाभ्रमिव विद्युतम् ॥ ३.२६५.९ ॥
Radiant in her body, bearing supreme beauty, lighting up the forest region like lightning in a dark-blue cloud.
3.265.10
अप्सरा देवकन्या वा माया वा देवनिर्मिता ।
इतिकृत्वाञ्जलिं सर्वे ददृशृस्तामनिन्दिताम् ॥ ३.२६५.१० ॥
Thinking, "Is she an apsaras, a daughter of the gods, or an illusion created by the gods?", all of them looked upon that blameless woman with joined palms.
3.265.11
तः स राजा सिन्धूनां वार्धक्षत्रिर्जयद्रथः ।
विस्मितस्त्वनवद्याङ्गीं दृष्ट्वा तां दुष्टमानसः ॥ ३.२६५.११ ॥
Jayadratha, the king of the Sindhus, son of Vṛddhakṣatra, astonished at the sight of her faultless limbs, became evil-minded.
3.265.12
स कोटिकाश्यं राजानमब्रवीत्काममोहितः ।
कस्य त्वेषाऽनवद्याङ्गी यदिवाऽपिन मानुषी ॥ ३.२६५.१२ ॥
Deluded by desire, he said to King Koṭikāśya: "Whose is this faultless-limbed woman? Or is she not even a human being?"
3.265.13
विवाहार्थो न मे कश्चिदिमां दृष्ट्वाऽतिमुन्दरीम् ।
एतामेवाहमादाय गमिष्यामि स्वमालयम् ॥ ३.२६५.१३ ॥
Seeing her so very beautiful, I have no purpose of marriage at all. Taking only her, I shall go to my own dwelling.
3.265.14
गच्छ जानीहि सौम्येमां कस्य वाऽत्र कुतोपि वा ।
किमर्थमागता सुभ्रूरिदं कष्टकितं वनम् ॥ ३.२६५.१४ ॥
Go, gentle one, and find out whose she is, and from where or for what purpose she has come here. Why has this fair-browed woman come to this thorny forest?
3.265.15
अपि नाम वरारोहा मामेषा लोकसुन्दरी ।
भजेदद्यायतापाङ्गी सुदती तनुमध्यमा ॥ ३.२६५.१५ ॥
Perhaps this fair-hipped woman, the most beautiful in the world, long-eyed, fine-toothed and slender-waisted, will favor me today.
3.265.16
अप्यहं कृतकामः स्यामिमां प्राप्य वरस्रियम् ।
गच्छजानीहि कोन्वस्या नाथ इत्येव कोटिक ॥ ३.२६५.१६ ॥
Perhaps, having obtained this excellent woman, I may fulfill my desire. Go, Koṭika, and find out who is her protector.
3.265.17
स कोटिकाश्यस्तच्छ्रुत्वा रथात्प्रस्कन्द्य कुण्डली ।
उपेत्यपप्रच्छ तदा क्रोष्टा व्याघ्रवधूमिव ॥ ३.२६५.१७ ॥
Hearing this, Koṭikāśya leapt down from his chariot, adorned with earrings, went up to her and asked, as a jackal might ask a tigress.