Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 4.20
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4.20.1
एवं विलपमानायां पाञ्चाल्यां मत्स्यपुङ्गवः ।
अशक्तः कीचकं तत्र शासितुं बलदर्पितम् ।
विराटराजः मूतं तु सान्त्वेनैव न्यवारयत् ॥ ४.२०.१ ॥
Thus, while Pāñcālī was lamenting, the best of the Matsyas, King Virāṭa, unable to punish Kīcaka, proud of his strength, restrained him there only with soothing words.
4.20.2
कीचकं मत्स्यराजेन कृतागसमनिन्दिता ।
नापराधानुरूपेण दण्डेन प्रतिपादितम् ॥ ४.२०.२ ॥
Kīcaka had committed an offence, yet the king of the Matsyas did not inflict on him a punishment fitting his offence, out of regard for the blameless one.
4.20.3
पाञ्चालराजस्य सुता दृष्ट्वा सुरसुतोपमा ।
धर्मज्ञा व्यवहाराणां कीचके कृतकिल्बिषे ।
पुनः प्रोवाच राजानं स्मरन्ती धर्ममुत्तमम् ॥ ४.२०.३ ॥
The daughter of the king of Pañcāla, like a daughter of the gods, knowing the dharma of legal procedure, seeing Kīcaka's sin, remembering the supreme dharma, again spoke to the king.
4.20.4
संप्रेक्ष्य च वरारोहा सर्वांस्तत्र सभासदः ।
राजानुवर्तनपरान्कीचकं च कृतागसम्।
विराटं चाह पाञ्चाली दुःखेनाविष्टचेतना ॥ ४.२०.४ ॥
Seeing all the court members there, intent on pleasing the king, and seeing the offender Kīcaka, the beautiful-hipped Pāñcālī, with her mind overcome by grief, spoke to Virāṭa.
4.20.5
न राजन्राजवत्किंचित्समाचरसि कीचके ।
दस्यूनामिव ते धर्मो न सत्सु परिवर्तते ॥ ४.२०.५ ॥
O king, you are not acting in any way as a king should in the matter of Kīcaka. Your dharma does not prevail among the good; it is like the dharma of robbers.
4.20.6
न कीचकः स्वधर्मस्थो न च मत्स्यः कथंचन ।
सभासदोऽप्यधर्मज्ञा य इमं पर्युपासते ॥ ४.२०.६ ॥
Neither Kīcaka abides in his own dharma, nor the Matsya king in any way. And the court members who attend upon him are also ignorant of dharma.
4.20.7
न धर्मं कीचको वेत्ति राजभृत्यास्तथैव च ।
न राजा विनयं ब्रूते अमात्याश्च न जानते ॥ ४.२०.७ ॥
Kīcaka knows no dharma, and likewise the king's servants. The king does not teach discipline, and the ministers do not know it.
4.20.8
नोपालभे त्वां नृपते विराटं नृपसंसदि ।
नाहमेतेन युक्ता वै हन्तुं मात्स्य तवान्तिके ॥ ४.२०.८ ॥
O king, in the assembly of kings I do not reproach you, Virāṭa. O Matsya, in your presence I am not fit to kill him.
4.20.9
सभासदस्तु पश्यन्तु कीचकं धर्मलङ्घिनम् ।
विराटनृपते पश्य मामनाथामनागसम् ॥ ४.२०.९ ॥
Let the members of the assembly see Kīcaka, the transgressor of dharma. O king Virāṭa, behold me, unprotected and blameless.
4.20.10
न साम फलते दुष्टे दुष्टे दण्डः प्रयुज्यते ॥ ४.२०.१० ॥
Conciliation does not bear fruit with the wicked; punishment is applied to the wicked.
4.20.11
अदण्ड्यान्दण्डयन्राजा दण्ड्यांश्चैवाप्यदण्डयन् ।
स राजा न भवेल्लोके राजशब्दस्य भाजनम् ॥ ४.२०.११ ॥
The king who punishes those not to be punished, and does not punish those who should be punished, is in the world no bearer of the name 'king'.
4.20.12
दीनान्धकृपणाशक्तपङ्गुकुब्जजडादिकान् ।
अनाथबालवृद्धांश्च पुरुषान्वा स्त्रियोऽपि वा ।
दुष्टचोराभिभूतांश्च पालयेदवनीपतिः ॥ ४.२०.१२ ॥
The lord of the earth should protect the wretched, the blind, the helpless poor, the infirm, the lame, the hunchbacked, the dull and such others; unprotected children and the old; men or women; and those oppressed by the wicked and by thieves.
4.20.13
अनाथानां च नाथः स्यादपितॄणां पिता नृपः ।
माता भवेदमातॄणामगुरूणां गुरुर्भवेत्।
अगतीनां गती राजा नृणां राजा परायणम् ॥ ४.२०.१३ ॥
Let the king be the lord of the masterless, the father of the fatherless. Let him be the mother of the motherless and the teacher of the teacherless. Let the king be the refuge of the helpless and the supreme support of men.
4.20.14
विशेषतः परैर्दुष्टैः परामृष्टं नरोत्तमः ।
स्त्रियं साध्वीमनाथां च पालयेत्स्वसुतामिव ॥ ४.२०.१४ ॥
Especially a virtuous woman, masterless and assailed by wicked enemies, the best of men should protect as if she were his own daughter.
4.20.15
त्वद्गृहावसतिं राजन्नेतावत्कालपर्ययम् ।
अधिकां त्वत्सुतायाश्च पश्य मां कीचकाहतां ॥ ४.२०.१५ ॥
O king, look upon me, struck by Kīcaka, more than the time I have spent dwelling in your house, and as though I were your own daughter.
4.20.16
परोक्षं नाभिजानामि विग्रहं युवयोरहम् ।
अर्थतत्त्वमविज्ञाय किं स्यादकुशलं मम ॥ ४.२०.१६ ॥
I did not see the quarrel between you two with my own eyes. Not knowing the real facts, what harm could come to me?
4.20.17
येषां न वैरी स्वपिति पदा भूमिमुपस्पृशन् ।
तेषां मां मानिनीं भार्यां सूतपुत्रः पदाऽवधीत् ॥ ४.२०.१७ ॥
Whose enemy does not sleep at ease even when he touches the ground with his foot, their proud wife, me, was struck with the foot by the charioteer's son.
4.20.18
ये च दद्युर्न याचेयुर्ब्रह्मण्याः सत्यवादिनः ।
येषां दुन्दुभिनिर्घोषो ज्याघोषः श्रूयते भृशम्।
तेषां मां दयितां भार्यां सूतपुत्रः पदाऽवधीत् ॥ ४.२०.१८ ॥
Those who give and do not beg, who revere the Brahmins and speak the truth, whose drum-roar and bowstring-twang are heard loudly, their beloved wife, me, was struck with the foot by the charioteer's son.
4.20.19
तेजस्विनस्तथा क्षान्ता बलवन्तश्च मानिनः ।
महेष्वासा रणे शूरा गर्विता मानतत्पराः।
तेषां मां मानिनीं भार्यां सूतपुत्रः पदाऽवधीत् ॥ ४.२०.१९ ॥
They are radiant, forbearing, mighty and proud; great archers, heroes in battle, dignified and intent on honour. Their honoured wife, I, was struck with the foot by the charioteer's son.
4.20.20
सर्वलोकमिमं हन्युर्यदि क्रुद्धा महाबलाः ।
तेषां मां दयितां भार्यां सूतपुत्रः पदाऽवधीत् ॥ ४.२०.२० ॥
If in anger those mighty ones were to destroy this whole world, still the charioteer's son struck with the foot me, their beloved wife.
4.20.21
येषां नास्ति समः कश्चिद्वीर्ये सत्ये बले दमे ।
तेषां मां दयितां भार्यां सूतपुत्रः पदाऽवधीत् ॥ ४.२०.२१ ॥
Those whom no one equals in valour, truth, strength or self-restraint: their beloved wife, I, was struck with the foot by the charioteer's son.
4.20.22
येषां न सदृशः कश्चिद्धनाद्यैर्भुवि मानवः ।
तेषां मां दयितां भार्यां सूतपुत्रः पदाऽवधीत् ॥ ४.२०.२२ ॥
Those to whom no man on earth is equal in wealth and the like: their beloved wife, I, was struck with the foot by the charioteer's son.
4.20.23
तवाग्रतो विशेषेण प्रजानां च हितैषिणः ।
पश्यतो निहता राजंस्तेनेह जगतीपते ॥ ४.२०.२३ ॥
O king, before your very eyes, especially while you watched the well-wishers of the subjects being slain, O lord of the earth, by him this has happened here.
4.20.24
शरणं ये प्रपन्नानां भवन्ति शरणार्थिनाम् ।
चरन्ति लोके प्रच्छन्नाः क्वनु तेऽद्य महाबलाः ॥ ४.२०.२४ ॥
Those who become a refuge for those who have taken shelter and for those who seek shelter, those mighty ones: where, then, are they wandering today in hiding in the world?
4.20.25
कथं ते सूतपुत्रेण वध्यमानां प्रियां सतीम् ।
मर्षयन्ति यथा क्लीबा बलवन्तोऽतितेजसः ॥ ४.२०.२५ ॥
How do they endure it, like eunuchs, as I, beloved and virtuous, am struck by the charioteer's son? They are strong and of great brilliance.
4.20.26
क्वनु तेषाममर्षश्च वीर्यं तेषां च तद्बलम् ।
न परीप्सन्ति ये भार्यां वध्यमानां दुरात्माना ॥ ४.२०.२६ ॥
Then where is their indignation, their valour, and their strength? Where are those wicked men who, seeing their wife being struck, do not seek to protect her?
4.20.27
मयाऽपि शक्यं किं कर्तुं विराटे धर्मदूषणे ।
मां मर्षंयति यः पश्यन्वध्यमानामनागसम् ॥ ४.२०.२७ ॥
What could I do, even against Virāṭa, the defiler of dharma, who endures seeing me, blameless, being struck?
4.20.28
धर्मो विद्धो ह्यधर्मेण सभां यत्रोपतिष्ठति ।
न चेद्विशल्यः क्रियते सर्वे विद्धाः सभासदः ॥ ४.२०.२८ ॥
Where dharma, pierced by adharma, comes to stand in the assembly, and if it is not extracted, then all the members of the assembly are pierced.
4.20.29
यत्र धर्मो ह्यधर्मेम सत्यं यत्रानृतेन च ।
हन्यते प्रेक्षमाणानां हतास्तत्र सभासदः ॥ ४.२०.२९ ॥
Where dharma is slain by adharma and truth by falsehood, while the members of the assembly look on, there the members of the assembly are already slain.
4.20.30
तस्यास्तत्कृपणं श्रुत्वा सैरन्ध्र्याः परिदेवितम् ।
ततः सभ्यास्तु ते सर्वे भूयः कृष्णामपूजयन्।
साधुसाध्विति चाप्याहुः कीचकं चाप्यगर्हयन् ॥ ४.२०.३० ॥
Having heard that piteous lament of the Sairandhrī, then all the members of the assembly again honoured Kṛṣṇā, saying 'Well done, well done,' and they also reproached Kīcaka.
4.20.31
केचित्कृष्णां प्रशंसन्ति केचिन्निन्दन्ति कीचकम् ।
केचिन्निन्दन्ति राजानं केचिद्देवीं च तां नराः ॥ ४.२०.३१ ॥
Some praised Kṛṣṇā, some blamed Kīcaka, some blamed the king, and some blamed that queen as well.
4.20.32
यस्येयं चारुसर्वाङ्गी भार्या स्यादायतेक्षणा ।
परो लाभश्च तस्य स्यान्न स शोचेत्कदाचन ॥ ४.२०.३२ ॥
Whoever has this woman, lovely in every limb and large-eyed, as his wife, great gain will be his, and he will never grieve.
4.20.33
यस्या गात्रं शुभं पीनं मुखं जयति पङ्कजम् ।
गतिर्हंसं स्मितं कुन्दं सौषा नार्हति पद्वधम् ॥ ४.२०.३३ ॥
Whose fair, full body and face surpass the lotus, whose gait surpasses the swan and whose smile the kunda flower, she does not deserve to be killed by a kick.
4.20.34
द्वात्रिंशद्दशना यस्याः श्वेता मांसनिबन्धनाः ।
स्निग्धाश्च मृदवः केशाः सैषा नार्हति पद्वधम् ॥ ४.२०.३४ ॥
She, whose thirty-two white teeth are firmly set in the flesh and whose hair is glossy and soft, does not deserve to be killed by a kick.
4.20.35
पद्मं चक्रं ध्वजं शङ्खं प्रासादो मकरस्तथा ।
यस्याः पाणितले सन्ति सैषा नार्हति पद्वधम् ॥ ४.२०.३५ ॥
She, on whose palm are the lotus, discus, banner, conch, palace and makara, does not deserve to be killed by a kick.
4.20.36
आवर्ताः खलु चत्वारः सर्वे चैव प्रदक्षिणाः ।
समं गात्रं शुभं स्निग्धं यस्या नार्हति पद्वधम् ॥ ४.२०.३६ ॥
Her four whorls, indeed, all turn to the right; she, whose body is even, fair and smooth, does not deserve to be killed by a kick.
4.20.37
अच्छिद्रहस्तपादा च अच्छिद्रदशना च या ।
कन्या कमलपत्राक्षी कथमर्हति पद्वधम् ॥ ४.२०.३७ ॥
This maiden, flawless in hands, feet and teeth, with eyes like lotus petals—how can she deserve a blow from a foot?
4.20.38
सेयं लक्षणसंपन्ना पूर्णचन्द्रनिभानना ।
सुरूपिणी सुवदना नेयं योग्या पदा वधम् ॥ ४.२०.३८ ॥
She, endowed with auspicious marks, her face like the full moon, beautiful in form and lovely of countenance, does not deserve a blow from a foot.
4.20.39
देवदेवीव सुभगा शक्रदेवीव शोभना ।
अप्सरा इव सारूप्यान्नेयं योग्या पदा वधम् ॥ ४.२०.३९ ॥
Fortunate as the goddess of the gods, radiant as Indra's consort, equal in beauty to an apsaras, she does not deserve a blow from a foot.
4.20.40
इति स्मापूजसंस्तत्र कृष्णां प्रेक्ष्य सभासदः ॥ ४.२०.४० ॥
Thus saying, the assembled courtiers looked upon Kṛṣṇā and began to praise her.
4.20.41
सा विनिःश्वस्य सुश्रोणी भूमावन्तर्मुखी स्थिता ।
तूष्णीमासीत्तदा दृष्ट्वा विवक्षन्तं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥ ४.२०.४१ ॥
Sighing deeply, the fair-hipped woman stood on the ground with her face turned inward, and remained silent, seeing that Yudhiṣṭhira was about to speak.
4.20.42
युधिष्ठिरस्य कोपात्तु ललाटे स्वेद आस्रवत् ।
अब्रवीद्धर्मपुत्रोऽथ सैरन्ध्रीं महिषीं प्रियाम् ।
कृष्णां तत्र नृपाभ्याशे परिव्राजकरूपधृत् ॥ ४.२०.४२ ॥
From anger, sweat began to flow on Yudhiṣṭhira's forehead. Then the son of Dharma spoke to Kṛṣṇā, his beloved chief queen, the maidservant Sairandhrī, who stood near the king in the guise of a wandering ascetic.
4.20.43
गच्छ सैरन्ध्रि मा भैस्त्वं सुदेष्णाया निवेशनम् ।
राजा ह्ययं धर्मशीलो विराटः परलोकभीः ।
यतस्त्वां न परित्राति सत्ये धर्मपथे स्थितः ॥ ४.२०.४३ ॥
Go, Sairandhrī, do not fear; go to the dwelling of Sudeṣṇā. This king Virāṭa is virtuous in dharma and fears the other world; standing firmly on the path of truth and dharma, he will certainly protect you.
4.20.44
भर्तारमनुरुन्धन्त्यः क्लिश्यन्ते वीरपत्नयः ।
शुश्रूषया क्लिश्यमानाः पतिलोकं जयन्त्युत ॥ ४.२०.४४ ॥
Wives of heroes, following their husbands, endure hardship; enduring affliction in service, they win the world of their husband.
4.20.45
मन्ये न कालः क्रोधस्य पश्यन्ति पतयस्तव ।
तेन त्वां नाभिधावन्ति गन्धर्वाः सूर्यवर्चसः ॥ ४.२०.४५ ॥
I think this is not the time for anger; your husbands are watching, and that is why the Gandharvas, radiant as the sun, do not rush toward you.
4.20.46
श्रूयन्तां ते सुकेशान्ते मोक्षधर्माश्रयाः कथाः ।
यथा धर्मः कुलस्त्रीणां दृष्टो धर्मानुरोधनात् ॥ ४.२०.४६ ॥
Listen, O fair-haired one, to those tales that rest on the dharma of liberation, in which the dharma of women of good family has been seen through following dharma.
4.20.47
नास्ति यज्ञः स्त्रियाः कश्चिन्न श्राद्धं नाप्युपोषणम् ।
या तु भर्तारि शुश्रूषा सा स्वर्गायाभिजायते ॥ ४.२०.४७ ॥
For a woman there is no sacrifice, no ancestral rite, not even fasting; but the service rendered to her husband is what leads to heaven.
4.20.48
पिता रक्षति कौमारे भर्ता रक्षति यौवने ।
पुत्रस्तु स्थाविरे भावे न स्त्री स्वातन्त्र्यमर्हति ॥ ४.२०.४८ ॥
In childhood a father protects, in youth a husband protects, and in old age a son protects; a woman does not deserve independence.
4.20.49
भीरु भर्तृभयात्पत्न्यो न क्रुध्यन्ति कदाचन ।
बहुभिश्च परिक्लेशैरवज्ञाताश्च शत्रुभिः ।
अनन्यभावाः शुद्धाश्च पुण्यलोकं जयन्त्युत ॥ ४.२०.४९ ॥
O timid one, wives out of fear of their husbands never grow angry. Even when despised by many hardships and by enemies, women of undivided devotion and purity win the world of merit.
4.20.50
न क्रोधकालं नियतं पश्यन्ति पतयस्तव ।
न क्रुद्धान्प्रतियायाद्वै पतींस्ते वृत्रहा अपि।
तेन त्वां नाभिधावन्ति गन्धर्वाः कामरूपिणः ॥ ४.२०.५० ॥
Your husbands do not watch for a fixed time of anger, and not even Indra, slayer of Vṛtra, would approach husbands who are angry. Therefore the Gandharvas, who take any form at will, do not rush toward you.
4.20.51
यदि ते समयः कश्चित्कृतो ह्यायतलोचने ।
तं स्मरस्व क्षमाशीले क्षमा धर्मो ह्यनुत्तमः ॥ ४.२०.५१ ॥
O wide-eyed one, if you have made some agreement, remember it. O patient one, patience is the highest dharma.
4.20.52
क्षमा धर्मः क्षमा सत्यं क्षमा दानं क्षमा तपः ।
क्षमावतामयं लोकः परलोकः क्षमावतांम् ॥ ४.२०.५२ ॥
Patience is dharma, patience is truth, patience is giving, patience is austerity. This world belongs to the patient, and the next world belongs to the patient.
4.20.53
द्व्यंशिनो द्वादशाङ्गस्य चतुर्विंशतिपर्वणः ।
कस्त्रिषष्ठिशतारस्य मासोनस्याक्षमी भवेत् ॥ ४.२०.५३ ॥
Who would be impatient over the one month less of that wheel of the year, which has two parts, twelve limbs, twenty-four joints, and three hundred and sixty spokes?
4.20.54
गच्छ सैरन्ध्रि गन्धर्वाः करिष्यन्ति तव प्रियम् ।
व्यपनेष्यन्ति ते दुःखं येन ते विप्रियं कृतम् ॥ ४.२०.५४ ॥
Go, O Sairandhrī! The Gandharvas will do what is dear to you, and they will remove the sorrow caused to you by the one who has done what is displeasing to you.
4.20.55
इत्येवमुक्ते तिष्ठन्तीं पुनरेवाह धर्मराट् ।
विघ्नं करोषि वै भद्रे दीव्यतां राजसंसदि ॥ ४.२०.५५ ॥
Thus addressed, as she stood there, the king of dharma spoke again: 'O gentle lady, you are causing an obstruction to those who are gambling in the royal assembly.'
4.20.56
तस्मात्त्वमपि सुश्रोणि शैलूषीव विभासि नः ।
एवमुक्ता तु सा भर्त्रा समुद्वीक्ष्याब्रवीदिदम् ॥ ४.२०.५६ ॥
Therefore, O fair-hipped one, you too appear to us like a dancer.' Thus addressed by her husband, she looked at them and spoke these words.
4.20.57
सत्यमुक्तं त्वया विद्वञ्शैलूषीं विद्धि मां पुनः ।
शैलूषकस्य तस्याहं येषां ज्येष्ठोऽक्षकोविदः ॥ ४.२०.५७ ॥
'O wise one, you have spoken truly. Yet know me to be the wife of an actor. I belong to that actor, among whom the eldest is skilled at dice.'
4.20.58
एवमुक्त्वा वरारोहा परिमृज्याननं शुभम् ।
केशान्विमुक्तान्संयम्य रुधिरेण समुक्षितान् ॥ ४.२०.५८ ॥
Having spoken thus, the lovely-hipped woman wiped her beautiful face and gathered up her loosened hair, sprinkled with blood.
4.20.59
पांसुकुण्ठितसर्वाङ्गी गजराजवधूरिव ।
प्रतस्थे नागनासोरूर्भर्तुराज्ञाय शासनम् ॥ ४.२०.५९ ॥
With all her limbs dulled with dust, like the consort of the king of elephants, the elephant-trunk-thighed woman set out, knowing her husband's command.
4.20.60
विमुक्ता मृगशावाक्षी निरन्तरपयोधरा ।
प्रभा नक्षत्रराजस्य कालमेघैरिवावृता ॥ ४.२०.६० ॥
Freed, doe-eyed, with full unbroken breasts, she shone like the radiance of the king of stars covered by dark clouds.
4.20.61
यस्यार्थे पाण्डवेयास्तु त्यजेयुरपि जीवितम् ।
तां ते दृष्ट्वा तथा कृष्णां क्षमिणो धर्मचारिणः।
समयं नातिवर्तन्ते वेलामिव महोदधिः ॥ ४.२०.६१ ॥
For whose sake the Pāṇḍavas would even give up their lives — seeing Kṛṣṇā thus, the patient, dharma-walking men do not transgress their term, as the great ocean does not overstep its shore.
4.20.62
सा प्रविश्य प्रवेपन्ती सुदेष्णाया निवेशनम् ।
रुदन्ती चारुसर्वाङ्गी तस्यास्तस्थावथाग्रतः ॥ ४.२०.६२ ॥
Trembling, she entered Sudeṣṇā's dwelling; weeping, lovely in all her limbs, she stood before her.
4.20.63
तामुवाच विराटस्य महिषी शाठ्यमास्थिता ।
किमिदं पद्मसंकाशं सुदन्तोष्ठाक्षिनासिकम् ॥ ४.२०.६३ ॥
The chief queen of Virāṭa, feigning deceit, spoke to her: "Lotus-like one, with fine teeth, lips, eyes and nose — what is this?"
4.20.64
रुदन्त्या अवमृष्टास्रं पूर्णेन्दुसमवर्चसम् ।
बिम्बोष्ठं कृष्णताराभ्यामत्यन्तरुचिरप्रभम्।
नयनाभ्यामजिह्याभ्यां मुखं ते मुञ्चते जलम् ॥ ४.२०.६४ ॥
Wiping away tears as you weep, your face — radiant as the full moon, bimba-lipped, with dark pupils and exceedingly lovely lustre — sheds water from your unwavering eyes.
4.20.65
कस्त्वाऽवधीद्वरारोहे कस्माद्रोदिषि शोभने ।
को विप्रयुज्यते दारैः सपुत्रैः सहबान्धवैः ॥ ४.२०.६५ ॥
Who has struck you, O lovely-hipped one? Why do you weep, O radiant one? Who has been separated from wives, sons and kinsmen?
4.20.66
कस्याद्य राजा कुपितो वधमाज्ञापयिष्यति ।
ब्रूहि किं ते प्रियं कर्म कं त्यजे घातयामि वा ॥ ४.२०.६६ ॥
On whom today will the angered king order death? Tell me, what is your desired deed? Whom shall I abandon, or have slain?
4.20.67
तां निःश्वस्याब्रवीत्कृष्णा जानन्ती नाम पृच्छसि ।
भ्रातुस्त्वं मामनुप्रेष्य किमेवं हि विकत्थसे ॥ ४.२०.६७ ॥
Sighing, she replied: "Do you ask though you know? Having sent me on your brother's errand, why do you boast like this?"
4.20.68
कीचको माऽवधीत्तत्र सुराहारीमितोगताम् ।
सभायां पश्यतो राज्ञो यथा वै निर्जने वने ॥ ४.२०.६८ ॥
There Kīcaka dishonored me—I who had come among the drinkers of liquor—in the assembly itself, before the king's eyes, as one would in a deserted forest.
4.20.69
घातयामि सुदन्तोष्ठि कीचकं यदि मन्यसे ।
भ्राता यद्येष मे व्यक्तं योऽतीतो धर्मचारिणीम्।
यस्त्वां कामाभिभूतात्मा दुर्लभामवमन्यते ॥ ४.२०.६९ ॥
O lovely-toothed, lovely-lipped one, if you wish, I will have Kīcaka killed. If this brother of mine—who has overstepped the virtuous woman, and who, his mind overpowered by desire, disregards you, so hard to obtain—is clearly at fault…
4.20.70
अद्यैव तं हनिष्यन्ति येषामागस्करो हि सः ।
मन्येऽहमद्य वा श्वो वा परलोकं गमिष्यति ॥ ४.२०.७० ॥
Today those whom he has wronged will surely kill him. I think he will go to the other world today or tomorrow.
4.20.71
भ्रातुः प्रयच्छ त्वरिता जीवच्छ्राद्धं त्वमद्य वै ।
सुहृष्टं कुरु वै चैनं नासून्मन्ये धरिष्यति ॥ ४.२०.७१ ॥
Quickly perform the living man's funeral rite for your brother—today. Prepare him joyfully; I think he will not be able to keep his breath any longer.
4.20.72
तेषां हि मम भर्तॄणां पञ्चानां धर्मचारिणाम् ।
एको दुर्धषणोऽत्यर्थं बले चाप्रतिमो भुवि ॥ ४.२०.७२ ॥
Of those five husbands of mine who walk the path of dharma, one is exceedingly invincible and unmatched in strength on earth.
4.20.73
निर्मनुष्यमिमं लोकं कुर्यात्क्रुद्धो निशामिमाम् ।
न स संक्रुध्यते तावद्गन्धर्वः कामरूपधृत् ॥ ४.२०.७३ ॥
Enraged, he could make this world empty of men this very night, but the gandharva who takes whatever form he wishes has not yet grown angry.
4.20.74
नूनं ज्ञास्यति यावद्वै ममैतत्पादघातनम् ।
तत्क्षणात्कीचकः पापः सपुत्रभ्रातृबान्धवः।
विनशिष्यति दुष्टात्मा यथा दुष्कृतकर्मकृत् ॥ ४.२०.७४ ॥
Surely, as soon as he learns of this kick of my foot, that sinful Kīcaka will be destroyed at that very moment, with his sons, brothers and kinsmen, like a wicked-minded doer of evil deeds.
4.20.75
अपि चैतत्पुरा प्रोक्तं निपुणैर्मनुजोत्तमैः ।
एकस्तु कुरुते पापं कालपाशवशं गतः।
नीचेनात्मापराधेन कुलं तेन विनश्यति ॥ ४.२०.७५ ॥
This too was said long ago by wise and excellent men: when a single man commits evil and falls under the power of time's noose, the base man destroys his family through his own offence.
4.20.76
सुदेष्णामेवमुक्त्वा तु सैरन्ध्री दुःखमोहिता ।
कीचकस्य वधार्थाय व्रतदीक्षामुपागमत् ॥ ४.२०.७६ ॥
Having spoken thus to Sudeṣṇā, the maidservant, bewildered by sorrow, undertook the consecration of a vow for the slaying of Kīcaka.
4.20.77
अभ्यर्थिता च नारीभिर्मानिता च सुदेष्णया ।
न च स्नाति न चाश्नाति न पांसून्परिमार्जति।
रुधिरक्लिन्नवदना बभूव मृदितेक्षणा ॥ ४.२०.७७ ॥
Though entreated by the women and honoured by Sudeṣṇā, she did not bathe, did not eat, did not wipe away the dust; her face wet with blood, her eyes crushed-looking, she became.
4.20.78
तां तथा शोकसन्तप्तां दृष्ट्वा प्ररुदितां स्त्रियः ।
कीचकस्य वधं सर्वा मनोभिश्च शशंसिरे ॥ ४.२०.७८ ॥
Seeing her thus tormented by grief and weeping bitterly, all the women wished in their hearts for the death of Kīcaka.