Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.274
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3.274.1
एवं हृतायां कृष्णायां प्राप्य क्लेशमनुत्तमम् ।
अत ऊर्द्वं नरव्याघ्राः किमकुर्वत पाण्डवाः ॥ ३.२७४.१ ॥
Thus, when Kṛṣṇā had been carried off and had suffered the utmost distress, what did the Pāṇḍavas, tigers among men, do after that?
3.274.2
एवं कृष्णां मोक्षयित्वाविनिर्जित्य जयद्रथम् ।
आसांचक्रे मुनिगणैर्धर्मराजो युधिष्टिरः ॥ ३.२७४.२ ॥
Having thus freed Kṛṣṇā and utterly defeated Jayadratha, King Yudhiṣṭhira, the king of dharma, sat down with groups of sages.
3.274.3
तेषां मध्येमहर्षीणां शृण्वतामनुशोचताम् ।
मार्कण्डेयमिदं वाक्यमब्रवीत्पाण्डुनन्दनः ॥ ३.२७४.३ ॥
Among those great sages who were listening and grieving, the son of Pāṇḍu spoke these words to Mārkaṇḍeya.
3.274.4
भगवन्देवर्षीणां त्वं ख्यातो भूतभविष्यवित् ।
संशयं परिपृच्छमि च्छिन्धि मे हृदि संस्थितम् ॥ ३.२७४.४ ॥
Revered one, you are renowned among the divine sages as a knower of the past and future. I ask you a doubt; resolve the doubt lodged in my heart.
3.274.5
द्रुपदस्य सुता ह्येषा वेदिमध्यात्समुत्थिता ।
अयोनिजा महाभागास्नुषा पाण्डोर्महात्मनः ॥ ३.२७४.५ ॥
This is the daughter of Drupada, who arose from the middle of the sacrificial altar, not born of a womb, greatly fortunate, the daughter-in-law of the great-souled Pāṇḍu.
3.274.6
मन्ये कालश्च भगवान्दैवं च दुरतिक्रमम् ।
भवितव्यं च भूतानां यस् नास्ति व्यतिक्रमः ॥ ३.२७४.६ ॥
I think time is revered, and fate is hard to overcome; what must happen to beings admits of no transgression.
3.274.7
कथं हि पत्नीमस्माकं धर्मज्ञां धर्मचारिणीम् ।
संस्पृशेदीदृशो भावः शुचिं स्तैन्यमिवानृतम् ॥ ३.२७४.७ ॥
How could such a thought touch our wife, who knows dharma and follows dharma, as theft and falsehood might touch one who is pure?
3.274.8
न हि पापं कृतंकिंचित्कर्म वा निन्दितं क्वचित् ।
द्रौपद्या ब्राह्मणेष्वेव धर्मः सुचरितो महान् ॥ ३.२७४.८ ॥
Draupadī has never done any sinful deed or any blameworthy action; toward the brahmins she has practised great dharma well.
3.274.9
तां जहार बलाद्राजा मूढबुद्धिर्जयद्रथः ।
तस्याः संहरणात्पापः शिरसः केशवापनम् ॥ ३.२७४.९ ॥
The king Jayadratha, foolish of mind, seized her by force; and because of that abduction, the sinner had his head shaved.
3.274.10
पराजयं च संग्रामे ससहाः समाप्तवान् ।
प्रत्याहृता तथाऽस्माभिर्हत्वा तत्सैन्धवं बलम् ॥ ३.२७४.१० ॥
In battle he suffered defeat with his followers; and we, having slain that army of the Sindhus, took her back.
3.274.11
तद्दारहरणं प्राप्तमस्माभिरवितर्कितम् ।
दुःखश्चायं वने वासो मृगयायां च जीविका ॥ ३.२७४.११ ॥
The abduction of our wife befell us unforeseen; and this dwelling in the forest, with our livelihood from the hunt, is painful.
3.274.12
हिंसा च मृगजातीनां वनौकोभिर्वनौकसाम् ।
ज्ञातिभिर्विप्रवासश्च मिथ्याव्यवसितैरियम् ॥ ३.२७४.१२ ॥
The slaughter of the kinds of deer is done by forest-dwellers, and this exile was brought on us by kinsmen who acted on false resolutions.
3.274.13
अस्ति नूनं मया कश्चिदल्पभाग्यतरो नरः ।
भवता दृष्टपूर्वो वा श्रुतपूर्वोऽपि वा क्वचित् ॥ ३.२७४.१३ ॥
Have I perhaps seen or heard of some man more unfortunate than all others? Have you ever seen or heard of such a one?