Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 4.22
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4.22.1
सा सूतपुत्राभिहता राजपुत्री सुदुःखिता ।
वधं कृष्णा परीप्सन्ती सूतपुत्रस्य भामिनी ॥ ४.२२.१ ॥
Struck by the charioteer's son, the princess was deeply grieved; Kṛṣṇā, the proud woman, sought his death.
4.22.2
जगामावासमेवाथ तदा सा द्रुपदात्मजा ।
कृत्वा शौचं यथान्यायं कृष्णा सा तनुमध्यमा ॥ ४.२२.२ ॥
Then the daughter of Drupada went to her dwelling; having performed purification as is proper, Kṛṣṇā, slender-waisted, went there.
4.22.3
गात्राणि वाससी चैव प्रक्षाल्य सलिलेन सा ।
चिन्तयामास रुदती तस्य दुःखस्य निर्णयम् ॥ ४.२२.३ ॥
Having washed her limbs and garments with water, weeping, she pondered a resolution to that sorrow.
4.22.4
किं करोमि क्व गच्छामि कथं कार्यं भवेन्मम ।
इत्येवं चिन्तयित्वा सा भीमं तं मनसाऽगमत्।
अन्यः कर्ता विना भीमान्न मेऽद्य मनसेप्सितम् ॥ ४.२२.४ ॥
'What shall I do? Where shall I go? How shall my task be done?' Thinking thus, she went in her mind to Bhīma. Today there is no other doer of my heart's desire but Bhīma.
4.22.5
प्रादुर्भूते क्षणे रात्रौ विहाय शयनं स्वकम् ।
दुःखेन महता युक्ता मानसेन मनस्विनी ।
प्राद्रवन्नाथमिच्छन्ती तथा नाथवती सती ॥ ४.२२.५ ॥
At a moment in the night, leaving her own bed, the high-minded woman, filled with great mental grief, ran, desiring a protector — thus the virtuous one, wishing to have a protector.
4.22.6
सा वै महानसं प्राप्य भीमसेनं सुचिस्मिता ।
उपासर्पत पाञ्चाली वासितेव महागजम् ॥ ४.२२.६ ॥
That sweetly smiling Pāñcālī reached the kitchen and approached Bhīmasena, as a female elephant in heat approaches a great bull elephant.
4.22.7
सर्वश्वेतेव माहेयी वने वृद्धा त्रिहायणी ।
महर्पभं यथा सुप्तमर्थिनी वननिर्झरे ।
संप्रसुप्तं तथा सिंहिं मृगराजवधूरिव ॥ ४.२२.७ ॥
Like an all-white she-buffalo, old and three years grown, seeking the great bull sleeping by the forest stream, so did the wife of the king of beasts approach the lion sunk in deep sleep.
4.22.8
अभिप्रसार्य बाहुभ्यां पतिं सुप्तं समाश्लिषत् ।
सुजातं गोमतीतीरे सालं वल्लीव पुष्पिता ॥ ४.२२.८ ॥
Stretching out both arms, she embraced her husband as he slept, as a flowering creeper clings to a well-grown sal tree on the bank of the Gomatī.
4.22.9
परिस्पृस्य च पाणिभ्यां पतिं सुप्तमबोधयत् ।
श्रीरिवान्या महोत्साहं सुप्तं विष्णुमिवार्णवे ।
क्षौमावदाते शयने शयानं वृषभेक्षणम् ॥ ४.२२.९ ॥
Touching him with her hands, she woke her husband as he slept, as another Śrī rouses the sleeping Viṣṇu, of great energy, in the ocean, the bull-eyed one lying on a bed of white silk.
4.22.10
यथा शची देवराजं रुद्राणी शंकरं यथा ।
ब्रह्माणमिव सावित्री देवसेना गुहं यथा ॥ ४.२२.१० ॥
As Śacī to the king of the gods, as Rudrāṇī to Śaṃkara, as Sāvitrī to Brahmā, as Devasenā to Guha.
4.22.11
दिशागजसमाकारं गजं गजवधूरिव ।
भीमं प्राबोधयत्कान्ता लक्ष्मीर्दामोदरं यथा ॥ ४.२२.११ ॥
As a she-elephant rouses the elephant like the elephants of the quarters, so his beloved wife woke Bhīma, as Lakṣmī wakes Dāmodara.
4.22.12
वीणेव मधुरालापा स्वरं गान्धारमाश्रिता ।
अभ्यभाषत पाञ्चाली कौरवं पाण्डुनन्दनम् ॥ ४.२२.१२ ॥
Pāñcālī, sweet-spoken as a lute, resorting to the Gāndhāra note, addressed the Kaurava, the son of Pāṇḍu.
4.22.13
उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ किं शेषे भीमसेन मृतो यथा ।
न मृतः स हि पापीयान्भार्यामालम्ब्य जीवति ॥ ४.२२.१३ ॥
Get up, get up! Why do you lie like one dead, Bhīmasena? That wicked man is not dead; he lives, relying on his wife.
4.22.14
तस्मिञ्जीवति पापिष्ठे सेनावाहे मम द्विषि ।
तत्कर्मं कृतवत्यद्य कथं निद्रां निषेवसे ॥ ४.२२.१४ ॥
While that most wicked army-leader, my enemy, is still alive and has done that deed today, how can you indulge in sleep?
4.22.15
सुखसुप्तश्च तं शब्दं निशम्य स वृकोदरः ।
संवेदितः कुरुश्रेष्ठः तोत्रैरिव महागजः ॥ ४.२२.१५ ॥
Hearing that sound, Vṛkodara, who had been sleeping peacefully, was roused like a great elephant stirred by goads—the best of the Kurus.
4.22.16
स वै विहाय शयनं यस्मिन्सुप्तः प्रबोधितः ।
उदतिष्ठदमेयात्मा पर्यङ्के सोत्तरच्छदे ॥ ४.२२.१६ ॥
Leaving the bed on which he had slept, awakened, he of immeasurable self rose from the couch spread with a cover.
4.22.17
उपवेश्य च दुर्धर्पः पाञ्चालकुलवर्धनीम् ।
अथाब्रवीद्राजपुत्रीं कौरव्यो महिषीं प्रियाम् ॥ ४.२२.१७ ॥
Having seated the princess who increases the lineage of Pañcāla, the unassailable Kaurava then spoke to her, his beloved chief wife.
4.22.18
केनार्थेन च संप्राप्ता त्वरितेव ममान्तिकम् ।
न ते प्रकृतिमान्वर्णः कृशा त्वमभिलक्ष्यसे ॥ ४.२२.१८ ॥
For what reason have you come to me so hastily? Your natural complexion is not seen; you appear thin.
4.22.19
प्रकाशं यदि वा गुह्यं सर्वमाख्यातुमर्हसि ।
आचक्ष्व त्वमशेषेण सर्वं विद्यामहं यथा ॥ ४.२२.१९ ॥
Whether it is open or secret, you ought to tell everything. Tell it all completely, so that I may know.
4.22.20
सुखं वा यदि वा दुःखं शुभं वा यदि वाऽशुभम् ।
यद्यप्यसुकरं कर्म कृतमित्यवधारय ॥ ४.२२.२० ॥
Whether it is happiness or sorrow, good or evil, and even if the deed was difficult, know that it has been done.
4.22.21
अहमेव हि ते कृष्णे विश्वास्यः सर्वकर्मसु ।
अहमापत्सु चापि त्वां मोक्षयामि पुनः पुनः ॥ ४.२२.२१ ॥
O Kṛṣṇā, I alone am to be trusted by you in all deeds. Even in calamities I shall free you again and again.
4.22.22
शीघ्रमुक्त्वा यथाकामं यत्ते कार्यं विवक्षितम् ।
गच्छ वै शयनायैव यावदन्यो न बुध्यते ॥ ४.२२.२२ ॥
Having quickly said what you wish to say, as you please, go to sleep, before anyone else notices.
4.22.23
सा लञ्जमाना भीता च अधोमुखमुखी ततः ।
नोवाच किंचिद्वचनं बाष्पदूषितलोचना ॥ ४.२२.२३ ॥
Then she, ashamed and frightened, her face bent downward, her eyes clouded with tears, said nothing at all.
4.22.24
अथाब्रवीद्भीमपराक्रमो बली वृकोदरः पाण्डवमुख्यसंमतः ।
प्रब्रूहि किं ते करवाणि सुन्दरि प्रियं प्रिये वारणमत्तगामिनि ॥ ४.२२.२४ ॥
Then Bhīma, of terrible valour, strong, Vṛkodara, esteemed as chief among the Pāṇḍavas, spoke: Tell me, beautiful one, what dear thing may I do for you? O beloved, you who walk like a rutting elephant!
4.22.25
अशोच्यता कुतस्तस्या यस्या भर्ता युधिष्ठिरः ।
जानन्सर्वाणि दुःखानि किं मां भीमानुपृच्छसि ॥ ४.२२.२५ ॥
How could she be free from grief, whose husband is Yudhiṣṭhira? Knowing all the sorrows, why do you ask me, Bhīma?
4.22.26
यन्मां दासीप्रवादेन प्रातिकामी तदाऽनयत् ।
सभायां परिषन्मध्ये तन्मे मर्माणि कृन्तति ॥ ४.२२.२६ ॥
That word 'maidservant' with which Prātikāmin then brought me into the assembly, into the midst of the council, cuts my very vitals.
4.22.27
विकृष्टा हास्तिनपुरे सभायां राजसंसदि ।
दुःशासनेन केशान्ते परामृष्टा रजस्वला ॥ ४.२२.२७ ॥
Dragged into the royal assembly at Hāstinapura, I was seized by the hair by Duḥśāsana while I was menstruating.
4.22.28
क्षत्रियैस्तत्र कर्णाद्यैर्दृष्टा दुर्योधनेन च ।
श्वशुराभ्यां च भीष्मेण विदुरेण च धीमता।
द्रोणेन च महाबाहो कृपेण च परंतप ॥ ४.२२.२८ ॥
There the warriors headed by Karṇa, Duryodhana, my fathers-in-law, Bhīṣma, the wise Vidura, Droṇa and Kṛpa all saw me, O scorcher of foes.
4.22.29
साऽहं श्वशुरयोर्मध्ये भ्रातृमध्ये च पाण्डव ।
केशे गृहीत्वा च सभां नीता जीवति वै त्वयि ॥ ४.२२.२९ ॥
I, in the midst of my fathers-in-law and in the midst of the brothers, O Pāṇḍava, was dragged to the assembly by the hair—while you were alive.
4.22.30
विप्रयुक्ता ततश्चाहं वने राज्याद्वनं गता ।
साऽहं वने दुर्वसतिं वसती त्वध्वकर्शिता ।
जटासुरपरिक्लेशात्प्राप्तापि सुमहद्भयम् ॥ ४.२२.३० ॥
Then, separated, I went from the kingdom to the forest. Dwelling in a hard dwelling in the forest, worn out by the journey, I also met with great fear through the affliction of Jaṭāsura.
4.22.31
पार्थिवस्य सुता नाम कानु जीवेन मादृशी ।
अनुभूय भृशं दुःखमन्यत्र द्रौपदीं प्रभो ॥ ४.२२.३१ ॥
What other daughter of a king, living as I do, has endured such great sorrow, O lord, except Draupadī?
4.22.32
वनवासगता चाहं सैन्धवेन दुरात्मना ।
परामृष्टा द्वितीयं च सोद्रुमुत्सहते तु का ॥ ४.२२.३२ ॥
When I was in forest exile, the wicked Saindhava laid hands on me. What woman would dare to endure it a second time?
4.22.33
पद्भ्यां पर्यचरं चाहं देशान्विषमसंस्थितान् ।
दुर्गाञ्श्वापदसंकीर्णांस्त्वयि जीवति पाण्डवे ॥ ४.२२.३३ ॥
O Pāṇḍava, while you were alive I wandered on foot through rough, difficult lands thronged with wild beasts.
4.22.34
ततोऽहं द्वादशे वर्षे वन्यमूलफलाशना ।
इदं पुरमनुप्राप्ता सुदेष्णापरिचारिका।
परस्त्रियमुपातिष्ठे सत्यधर्मपरायणा ॥ ४.२२.३४ ॥
Then, in the twelfth year, eating wild roots and fruits, I came to this city and became a servant of Sudeṣṇā. Devoted to truth and dharma, I served another's wife.
4.22.35
गोशीर्षकं पद्मकं च हरिश्यामं च चन्दनम् ।
नित्यं पिषे विराटस्य त्वयि जीवति पाण्डव ॥ ४.२२.३५ ॥
O Pāṇḍava, while you are alive I grind the gośīrṣa, padmaka and hari-śyāma sandalwood for Virāṭa every day.
4.22.36
साऽहं बहूनिः दुःखानि गणयामि न ते कृते ॥ ४.२२.३६ ॥
I do not count my many sorrows, nor do I count them for your sake.
4.22.37
मत्स्यराजसमक्षं तु तस्य धूर्तस्य पश्यतः ।
कीचकेन पदा स्पृष्टा का नु जीवेत मादृशी ॥ ४.२२.३७ ॥
In the presence of the king of the Matsyas, while that scoundrel looks on, what woman like me could live, touched by Kīcaka's foot?
4.22.38
एवं बहुविधैर्दुःखैः क्लिश्यमाना च पाण्डव ।
न मां जानासि कौन्तेय किं फलं जीवितेन मे ॥ ४.२२.३८ ॥
Thus tormented by many kinds of sorrow, O Pāṇḍava, do you not know me? O son of Kuntī, what use is life to me?
4.22.39
द्रुपदस्य सुता चाहं धृष्टद्युम्नस्य चानुजा ।
अग्निकुण्डात्समुद्भूता नोर्व्यां जातु चराम्यहम् ॥ ४.२२.३९ ॥
I am the daughter of Drupada and the younger sister of Dhṛṣṭadyumna, born from the sacrificial fire-pit; I have never walked upon the earth as an ordinary woman.
4.22.40
कीचकं चेन्न हन्यास्त्वं ग्रीवां बद्ध्वा जले म्रिये ।
विषमालेड्य पास्यामि प्रवेक्ष्याम्यथवाऽनलं ॥ ४.२२.४० ॥
If you do not kill Kīcaka, I will die in the water with a noose around my neck, or lick and drink poison, or enter the fire.
4.22.41
आत्मानं नाशयिष्यामि वृक्षमारुह्य वा पते ।
शस्त्रेणाङ्गं च भेत्स्यामि किं फलं जीवितेन मे ॥ ४.२२.४१ ॥
I will destroy myself, or climb a tree, O husband, or pierce my body with a weapon. What use is life to me?
4.22.42
योऽयं राज्ञो विराटस्य कीचको नाम भारत ।
सेनानीः पुरुषव्याघ्र स्यालः परमदुर्मतिः ॥ ४.२२.४२ ॥
O descendant of Bharata, this Kīcaka, the commander of King Virāṭa's army — O tiger among men — is the king's brother-in-law, of utterly wicked mind.
4.22.43
स मां सैरन्ध्रिवेषेण वसन्तीं राजवेश्मनि ।
नित्यमेवाह दुष्टात्मा भार्या मम भवेति वै ॥ ४.२२.४३ ॥
In the king's palace, disguised as a maidservant, that evil-minded man always said to me, 'Become my wife.'
4.22.44
तेनैवमुच्यमानाया वधार्हेणारिसूदन ।
कालेनेव फलं पक्वं हृदयं मे विदीर्यते ॥ ४.२२.४४ ॥
Destroyer of foes, as he, deserving of death, speaks thus to me, my heart is torn like a ripe fruit when its time has come.
4.22.45
शरणं भव कौन्तेय मा स्म गच्छे युधिष्ठिरम् ।
निरुद्योगं निरामर्षं निर्वीर्यमरिमर्दन ॥ ४.२२.४५ ॥
Son of Kuntī, be my refuge; do not go to Yudhiṣṭhira. Crusher of foes, he is without enterprise, without indignation, without vigour.
4.22.46
मा स्म सीमन्तिनी काचिञ्जनयेत्पुत्रमीदृशम् ॥ ४.२२.४६ ॥
May no woman ever bear such a son.
4.22.47
विजानामि तवामर्षं बलं वीर्यं च पाण्डव ।
ततोऽहं परिदेवामि चाग्रतस्ते महाबल ॥ ४.२२.४७ ॥
Pāṇḍava, I know your indignation, your strength and your valour; therefore, mighty one, I lament before you.
4.22.48
यथा यूथपतिर्मत्तः कुञ्जरः षाष्टिहायनः ।
भूमौ निपतितं बिल्वं पद्भ्यमाक्रम्य पीडयेत् ॥ ४.२२.४८ ॥
As a maddened herd-leader elephant, sixty years old, tramples and crushes a bael fruit fallen to the ground under its feet.
4.22.49
तथैव च शिरस्तस्य निपात्य धरणीतले ।
वामेन पुरुषव्याघ्र मर्द मादेन पाण्डव ॥ ४.२२.४९ ॥
In the same way, having felled his head upon the ground, O tiger among men, Pāṇḍava, crush him with your left foot.
4.22.50
स चेदुद्यन्तमादित्यं प्रातरुत्थाय पश्यति ।
कीचकः शर्वरीं व्युष्टां नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे ॥ ४.२२.५० ॥
If Kīcaka, rising at dawn, sees the sun as it rises, and the night has passed into morning, I shall not dare to live.
4.22.51
शापितोसि मम प्राणैः सुकृतेनार्जुनस्य च ।
युधिष्ठिरस्य पादाभ्यां यमयोर्जीवितेन च।
कीचकस्य वधं नाद्य प्रतिजानासि भारत ॥ ४.२२.५१ ॥
I adjure you by my life, by the merit of Arjuna, by the feet of Yudhiṣṭhira, and by the lives of the twins: will you not vow today to kill Kīcaka, O Bhārata?
4.22.52
भ्रात च विगर्हस्व ज्येष्ठं दुर्द्यूतदेविनम् ।
यस्मास्मि कर्मणा प्राप्ता दुःखमेतदनन्तकम् ॥ ४.२२.५२ ॥
And reproach your eldest brother, addicted to the wretched dice game, through whose deed I have come to this endless sorrow.
4.22.53
येषां मुख्यतमो ज्येष्ठो भवेत्तु कुलपांसनः ।
भ्रातरं परमन्वीयुस्तेऽपि शालीनबुद्धयः ॥ ४.२२.५३ ॥
Those among whom the foremost, the eldest, is a defiler of the family, they too, of modest understanding, follow that very brother.
4.22.54
को हि राज्यं परित्यज्य सपुत्रपशुबान्धवम् ।
प्रव्रजेत महारण्यमजिनैः परिवारितः ॥ ४.२२.५४ ॥
Who, having abandoned kingdom, sons, cattle and kinsmen, would go forth into the great forest, clad in skins?
4.22.55
यदि निष्कसहस्राणि यद्वाऽन्यत्सारवद्धनम् ।
सायं प्रातरदेविष्यदपि संवत्सरायुतम् ॥ ४.२२.५५ ॥
If there were thousands of gold coins, or other substantial wealth, it could have been given morning and evening for ten thousand years.
4.22.56
रुक्मं हिरण्यं वासांसि यानं युग्यमजाविकम् ।
अश्वाश्वतरसङ्घाश्च न जातु क्षयमाव्रजेत् ॥ ४.२२.५६ ॥
Gold ornaments, gold, garments, carriages, draft animals, goats and sheep, and herds of horses and mules would never have diminished.
4.22.57
सोयं द्यूतप्रवादेन श्रियश्चैवावरोपितः ।
तूष्णीमास्ते यथा मूढः स्वानि कर्माणि चिन्तयन् ॥ ४.२२.५७ ॥
This is the one who, through the talk of dice, has been stripped even of fortune, and sits silent like a fool, brooding over his own deeds.
4.22.58
पुरा दशसहस्राणि दन्तिनां वाजिनामपि ।
यं यान्तमनुयान्ति स्म सोयं द्यूतेन जीवति ॥ ४.२२.५८ ॥
He, whom ten thousand elephants and horses once followed as he went, now lives by dice.
4.22.59
तथा शतसहस्राणि स्त्रीणाममिततेजसाम् ।
उपासते स्म राजानमिन्द्रप्रस्थे युधिष्ठिरम् ॥ ४.२२.५९ ॥
Likewise, in Indraprastha, hundreds of thousands of women of immeasurable splendour used to attend upon King Yudhiṣṭhira.
4.22.60
शतं दासीसहस्राणां यस्य नित्यं महानसे ।
पात्रहस्ता दिवारात्रमतिथीन्भोजयन्त्युत ॥ ४.२२.६० ॥
In whose great kitchen a hundred thousand maidservants, vessels in hand, fed guests day and night.
4.22.61
एष निष्कसहस्राणि दत्त्वा प्रातर्दिनेदिने ।
द्यूतजेन ह्यनर्थेन महता समुपावृतः ॥ ४.२२.६१ ॥
Every morning, day after day, he gives away thousands of gold coins, yet he is beset by the great calamity born of dice.
4.22.62
एनं सुस्वरसंपन्ना बहवः सूतमागधाः ।
सुप्तं प्रातरुपातिष्ठन्सुमृष्टमणिकुण्डलाः ॥ ४.२२.६२ ॥
Many bards and panegyrists of sweet voice, wearing well-polished jewelled earrings, would attend upon him in the morning while he was still asleep.
4.22.63
सहस्रं वालखिल्यानां सहस्रमुदवासिनाम् ।
सहस्रमश्मकुट्टानां सहस्रं वायुभोजिनाम् ॥ ४.२२.६३ ॥
A thousand Vālakhilyas, a thousand dwellers in water, a thousand stone-grinders, and a thousand air-eaters.
4.22.64
सहस्रं मुनिपत्नीनां सहस्रं ब्रह्मचारिणाम् ।
सहस्रं मौनशीलानां सहस्रं गृहमेधिनाम् ॥ ४.२२.६४ ॥
A thousand wives of sages, a thousand celibate students, a thousand who keep silence, and a thousand householders.
4.22.65
हंसाः परमहंसाश्च योगिनश्च द्विजातयः ।
कुटीरकाः परिव्राजो ये चान्ये वनचारिणः ॥ ४.२२.६५ ॥
Swans and supreme swans, yogis and twice-born men, hut-dwellers, wandering mendicants, and the other forest-wanderers.
4.22.66
संविभक्तात्मकाश्चैव बहवश्चोर्ध्वरेतसः ।
चतुर्वेदविदो विप्राः शिक्षामीमांसपारगाः ।
क्रमपाठाश्च ये विप्राः सामाध्यायनिकाश्च ये ॥ ४.२२.६६ ॥
Many who give themselves fully, the celibate who raise their seed upward, brahmins learned in the four Vedas and masters of phonetics and Mīmāṃsā, reciters of the krama recitation, and the brahmins who study the Sāmaveda.
4.22.67
सहस्रमृषयो यस्य नित्यमासन्सभासदः ।
तपःश्रुतोपसंपन्नाः सर्वकामैरुपास्थिताः ॥ ४.२२.६७ ॥
In whose assembly a thousand sages were always present as members, endowed with austerity and learning, and with all their desires attended to.
4.22.68
अन्धान्वृद्धाननाथांस्तु सर्वराष्ट्रेषु दुःखितान् ।
बिभर्त्यन्नार्थिनो नित्यमानृशंस्याद्युधिष्ठिरः ॥ ४.२२.६८ ॥
Out of compassion, Yudhiṣṭhira always supports the blind, the aged, the helpless, and the suffering throughout all the realms, and those who seek food.
4.22.69
स एष निलयं प्राप्तो मत्स्यस्य परिचारकः ।
सभायां विनतो राज्ञः कङ्को नाम युधिष्ठिरः ॥ ४.२२.६९ ॥
This Yudhiṣṭhira has come to the dwelling of the king of Matsya as his attendant, and sits humbly in the king's assembly under the name Kaṅka.
4.22.70
इन्द्रप्रस्थे निवसतः समये यस्य पार्थिवाः ।
आसन्बलिकराः सर्वे सोन्येभ्यो भृतिमिच्छति ॥ ४.२२.७० ॥
In the time when he dwelt at Indraprastha, all the kings were tribute-payers to him; now he seeks his livelihood from others.
4.22.71
पार्थिवाः पृथिवीपाला यस्यासन्वशवर्तिनः ।
स वशे विवशो राज्ञां परेषामद्य वर्तते ॥ ४.२२.७१ ॥
He whose obedient kings, protectors of the earth, once served him, now lives powerless under the control of other kings.
4.22.72
संप्राप्य पृथिवीं कृत्स्नां रश्मिवानिव तेजसा ।
सोद्य राज्ञो विराटस्य सभास्तारो युधिष्ठिरः ॥ ४.२२.७२ ॥
He who obtained the entire earth and shone with splendour like the sun now sits as an attendant in the assembly of King Virāṭa.
4.22.73
यमुपासत राजानं सभायामृषिसत्तमाः ।
तमुपासीनमद्यान्यं पश्य पाण्डव पाण्डवम् ॥ ४.२२.७३ ॥
The king whom the finest sages attended in the assembly, see him now seated attending another, O Pāṇḍava, the Pāṇḍava.
4.22.74
अनवद्यं महाप्राज्ञं जीवितार्थेन संवृतम् ।
दृष्ट्वा कस्य न दुःखं स्याद्धर्मराजं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥ ४.२२.७४ ॥
Who would not grieve on seeing Yudhiṣṭhira, the king of dharma, blameless and of great wisdom, reduced for the sake of livelihood?
4.22.75
उपास्ते स्म सभायां यं कृत्स्नाऽपि च वसुन्धरा ।
तमुपासीनमद्यान्यं पश्य भारत भारतम् ॥ ४.२२.७५ ॥
The king in whose assembly the whole earth once attended, see him now seated attending another, O Bhārata, the Bhārata.
4.22.76
एवं बहुविदैर्दुःखैः पीड्यमानामनाथवत् ।
शोकसागरमध्यस्थां किं मां भीम न पश्यसि ॥ ४.२२.७६ ॥
Thus afflicted by many sorrows, standing like one without a protector in the midst of an ocean of grief, why do you not see me, O Bhīma?
4.22.77
इदं तु मे दुःखतरं यत्त्वां वक्ष्यामि भारत ।
न मेऽभ्यसूया कर्तव्या दुःखादेतद्ब्रवीम्यहम् ॥ ४.२२.७७ ॥
O Bhārata, what I am about to tell you is even more painful. Do not take offence at me; it is from grief that I speak this.
4.22.78
शार्दूलैर्महिषैर्नागौरगारे योत्स्यसे सदा ।
कैकेय्याः प्रेक्षमाणायास्तदा मे कश्मलोऽभवत् ॥ ४.२२.७८ ॥
In the palace you were always to fight with tigers, buffaloes and elephants, and while Kaikeyī watched, then a faintness came over me.
4.22.79
हसन्त्यन्तःपुरे नार्यो मम चेष्टां निरीक्ष्य च ॥ ४.२२.७९ ॥
The women of the inner palace laughed, seeing my behaviour.
4.22.80
तत उत्थाय कैकेयी सर्वास्ताः प्रत्यभाषत ।
प्रेक्ष्य मामनवद्याङ्गीं कश्मलाभिहतामिव ॥ ४.२२.८० ॥
Then Kaikeyī rose and answered all of them, seeing me, faultless of limb, struck as if by dismay.
4.22.81
स्नेहात्संवासजादेव तदा वै चारुहासिनी ।
युध्यमानं महावीर्यमिमं समनुशोचति ॥ ४.२२.८१ ॥
Then, sweet-smiling, out of affection born of living together, she grieves for this mighty warrior who is fighting.
4.22.82
कल्याणरूपा सैरन्ध्री वललश्चापि सुन्दरः ।
स्त्रीणां चित्तं हि दुर्ज्ञेयं युक्तरूपौ हि मे मतौ ॥ ४.२२.८२ ॥
Sairandhrī is beautiful in form, and Valala is handsome too. A woman's mind is indeed hard to know; to me the two seem well matched in appearance.
4.22.83
सैरन्ध्री प्रियसंवासान्नित्यं करुणवादिनी ।
अस्मिन्राजकुले चैतौ तुल्यकालनिवासिनौ ॥ ४.२२.८३ ॥
Sairandhrī, through a dear companionship, always speaks with pity; in this royal household, these two have dwelt for an equal time.
4.22.84
इति ब्रुवाणा वाक्यानि सा मां नित्यमजीजपत् ।
क्रुध्यन्तीं मां च संप्रेक्ष्य पर्यशङ्कत मां त्वयि ॥ ४.२२.८४ ॥
Speaking such words, she constantly soothed me; seeing me angry, she came to suspect me of your doing.
4.22.85
तस्यां तथा ब्रुवन्त्यां तु भीमो भीमपराक्रमः ।
नोवाच किंचिद्वचनं संरम्भाद्रक्तलोचनः ॥ ४.२२.८५ ॥
As she spoke thus, Bhīma of terrible prowess, red-eyed with anger, said nothing at all.
4.22.86
ज्ञात्वा-तु रुषितं भीमं द्रौपदी पुनरब्रवीत् ।
शोके यौधिष्ठिरे मग्ना नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे ॥ ४.२२.८६ ॥
Knowing Bhīma was angry, Draupadī spoke again: "Sunk in grief for Yudhiṣṭhira, I have no will to live."
4.22.87
यंस्तु देवान्मनुष्यांश्च सर्वानेकरथोऽजयत् ।
सोयं राज्ञो विराटस्य कन्यानां नर्तको युवा।
आस्ते वेषप्रतिच्छन्नः कन्यानां परिचारकः ॥ ४.२२.८७ ॥
He who alone on a single chariot conquered gods and men alike, that young dancer now dwells in disguise as an attendant to the maidens of King Virāṭa.
4.22.88
योऽतर्पयदमेयात्मा खाण्डवे जातवेदसम् ।
सोऽन्तःपुरगतः पार्थः कूपेऽग्निरिव संवृतः ॥ ४.२२.८८ ॥
He who satisfied Agni in the Khāṇḍava forest, the immeasurable-souled Pārtha, has gone into the inner palace, hidden like a fire concealed in a well.
4.22.89
यस्माद्भयममित्राणां सदैव पुरुषर्षभात् ।
स लोकपरिभूतेन वेषेणास्ते धनंजयः ॥ ४.२२.८९ ॥
The bull among men, from whom enemies always felt fear, Dhanaṃjaya now dwells in a garb despised by the world.
4.22.90
यस्यं ज्यातलनिर्घोषात्समकम्पन्त शत्रवः ।
षण्डरूपं वहन्तं तं गीतं नृत्तावलम्बनम् ।
कुर्वन्तमर्जुनं दृष्ट्वा न मे स्वास्थ्यं मनो व्रजेत् ॥ ४.२२.९० ॥
At the twang of whose bowstring all enemies trembled together — when I see Arjuna bearing the form of a eunuch, singing and relying on dance, my mind cannot find composure.
4.22.91
स्त्रियो गीतस्वरात्तस्य मुदिताः पर्युपासते ॥ ४.२२.९१ ॥
Delighted by the sound of his song, the women attend upon him.
4.22.92
किरीटं सूर्यसंकाशं यस्य मूर्धन्यशोभत ।
वेणीविकृतकेशान्तः सोऽयमद्य धनंजयः ॥ ४.२२.९२ ॥
He upon whose head once shone a diadem bright as the sun, with the ends of his hair bound in a braid — that very Dhanaṃjaya is he today.
4.22.93
यस्मिन्नस्त्राणि दिव्यानि समस्तानि महात्मनि ।
आधारः सर्वविद्यानां यो धारयति कुण्डले ॥ ४.२२.९३ ॥
In that great-souled one dwell all the divine weapons; he is the support of all knowledge, and he wears the two earrings.
4.22.94
यं वै राजसहस्राणि तेजसाऽप्रतिमं भुवि ।
समरे नातिवर्तन्ते वेलामिव महोर्मयः ॥ ४.२२.९४ ॥
Whose matchless splendour on earth thousands of kings cannot overstep in battle, as great waves do not overstep the shore.
4.22.95
सोयं राज्ञो विराटस्य कन्यानां नर्तको युवा ।
आस्ते वेषप्रतिच्छन्नः कन्यानां परिचारकः ॥ ४.२२.९५ ॥
This young man is the dancer of King Virāṭa's maidens; disguised in attire, he sits as an attendant to the maidens.
4.22.96
यस्य स्म रथनिर्घोषात्समकम्पत मेदिनी ।
सपर्वतवनाकाशा सहस्थावरजङ्गमा ॥ ४.२२.९६ ॥
At the rumble of whose chariot the earth, with mountains, forests and sky, and all things moving and still, trembled together.
4.22.97
यस्मिञ्जाते महेष्वासे कुन्त्याः प्रीतिरवर्धत ।
न स शोचति मामद्य भीमसेन तवानुजः ॥ ४.२२.९७ ॥
When that great archer was born, Kuntī's joy grew. O Bhīmasena, your younger brother does not grieve for me today.
4.22.98
विभूषितमलंकारैः कुण्डलैः परिपातुकैः ।
कम्बुपाणिमथायान्तं दृष्ट्वा सीदति मे मनः ॥ ४.२२.९८ ॥
Adorned with ornaments and shining earrings, seeing him come with a conch in hand, my mind sinks.
4.22.99
वेणीविकृतकेशान्तं भीमधन्वानमर्जुनम् ।
कन्यापरिवृतं दृष्ट्वा शोकं गच्छति मे मनः ॥ ४.२२.९९ ॥
Seeing Arjuna of the terrible bow, his hair braided and altered at the ends, surrounded by maidens, my mind goes to grief.
4.22.100
यदा ह्येनं परिवृतं कन्याभिर्देवरूपिणम् ।
प्रच्छन्नमिव मातङ्गं परिपूर्णं करेणुभिः ॥ ४.२२.१०० ॥
When he, god-formed, is surrounded by maidens, like a concealed elephant fully surrounded by she-elephants...
4.22.101
मात्स्यं पार्थं च गायन्तं विराटं समुपस्थितम् ।
पश्यामि तूर्यमध्यस्थं दृष्ट्वा मुह्यति मे मनः ॥ ४.२२.१०१ ॥
I see Pārtha singing in the presence of King Virāṭa of the Matsyas, standing amid the musicians; seeing him, my mind is bewildered.
4.22.102
नूनमार्या न जानाति कृच्छ्रं प्राप्तं धनंजयम् ।
अजातशत्रुं कौरव्यं मग्नं द्युर्द्यूतदेविनम् ॥ ४.२२.१०२ ॥
Surely the noble lady does not know that Dhanaṃjaya has fallen into hardship, and that Ajātaśatru, the Kaurava, has sunk into gambling.
4.22.103
ऐन्द्रवारुणवायव्यब्रह्माग्नेयैः सवैष्णवैः ।
अग्नीन्संतर्पयन्पार्थः सर्वशत्रुनिबर्हणः।
दिव्यैरस्त्रैरमेयात्मा सर्वांश्चैकरथोऽजयत् ॥ ४.२२.१०३ ॥
Satisfying the fires with the divine weapons of Indra, Varuṇa, Vāyu, Brahmā and Agni, and with Viṣṇu's weapon, Pārtha, destroyer of all enemies, of immeasurable self, alone on his chariot, conquered them all.
4.22.104
कौबेरं वैष्णवं शैवमस्त्राण्यन्यानि भारत ।
दर्शयन्नस्त्रवीर्यं च वासुदेवसहायवान् ॥ ४.२२.१०४ ॥
O Bhārata, displaying the weapons of Kubera, Viṣṇu, Śiva and others, showing the might of his weapons, with Vāsudeva as his ally.
4.22.105
दिव्यं गान्धर्वमस्त्रं च वायव्यमथ वैष्णवम् ।
ब्राह्मं पाशुपतं चैव स्थूणाकर्णं च दर्शयन् ॥ ४.२२.१०५ ॥
Displaying the divine Gandharva weapon, the Vāyavya, then the Vaiṣṇava, the Brāhma, the Pāśupata and the Sthūṇākarṇa.
4.22.106
पौलोमान्कालकेयांश्च इन्द्रशत्रून्महाबलान् ।
निवातकवचैः सार्धं घोरानेकरथोऽजयत्।
सोन्तःपुरगतः पार्थः कूपेऽग्निरिव संवृतः ॥ ४.२२.१०६ ॥
Upon his single chariot he conquered the Paulomas and the Kālakeyas, Indra's mighty enemies, and the terrible host together with the Nivātakavacas; Pārtha, while dwelling in the women's quarters, was like a fire enclosed in a well.
4.22.107
यो वै महातपः कुर्वन्महाबलपराक्रमः ।
युद्धेन तोषयामास शंकरं शूलपाणिनम् ॥ ४.२२.१०७ ॥
He who, performing great austerity, with great strength and valor pleased Śaṃkara, the trident-bearer, through battle.
4.22.108
कन्यापुरगतं दृष्ट्वा गोष्ठेष्विव महावृषम् ।
स्त्रीवेषविकृतं पार्थं कुन्तीं गच्छति मे मनः ॥ ४.२२.१०८ ॥
Seeing Pārtha, gone into the women's quarters, like a great bull among the cattle pens, disguised in a woman's dress, my mind goes toward Kuntī's son.
4.22.109
यः स्त्रीभिर्नित्यसंपन्नो रूपेणास्त्रेण मेधया ।
सोऽश्वबन्धो विराटस्य पश्य कालस्य पर्ययम् ॥ ४.२२.१०९ ॥
He who always shone among women, accomplished in beauty, weapons and wisdom, is now Virāṭa's keeper of horses. Behold the reversal of time.
4.22.110
राजकन्याश्च वेश्याश्च विशां दुहितरश्च याः ।
सर्वाः सारयुता नार्यो दामग्रन्थिवशं गताः ।
प्रेष्यकर्मणि तं दृष्ट्वा शोचामि विलपामि च ॥ ४.२२.११० ॥
Princesses, courtesans, and the daughters of the common folk, all women of excellence, have fallen under the sway of the knotted cord. Seeing him in servile labor, I grieve and lament.
4.22.111
विराटमुपतिष्ठन्तं दर्शयन्तं च वाजिनम् ।
अभ्यकीर्यन्त बृन्दानि दामग्रन्थिमुदीक्षितुम् ।
विनयन्तं जवेनाश्वान्धर्मराजस्य पश्यतः ॥ ४.२२.१११ ॥
As he stood attending Virāṭa and showing the horse, crowds gathered to watch the knotted cord of the wager. While the king of dharma looked on, he swiftly trained the horses.
4.22.112
किंनु मां मन्यसे पार्थ सुखितेति परन्तप ।
तथा दृष्ट्वा यवीयांसं सहदेवं युधांपतिम् ॥ ४.२२.११२ ॥
O Pārtha, O scorcher of foes, why do you think I am happy? Likewise, seeing the younger Sahadeva, lord of warriors.
4.22.113
तं दृष्ट्वा गोषु गोसङ्ख्यं वत्सचर्मक्षितीशयम् ।
दुःखशोकपरीताङ्गी पाण्डुभूताऽस्मि पाण्डव ॥ ४.२२.११३ ॥
Seeing him counting the cattle and lying on the bare earth upon a calf-skin, O Pāṇḍava, my limbs surrounded by sorrow and grief have turned pale.
4.22.114
सहदेवस्य वृत्तानि चिन्तयन्ती पुनःपुनः ।
न पश्यामि महाभाग सहदेवस्य दुःष्कृतम्।
यस्मादेवंविधं क्लेशं प्राप्नुयात्सत्यविक्रमः ॥ ४.२२.११४ ॥
Pondering again and again Sahadeva's conduct, O greatly fortunate one, I see no fault of Sahadeva's by which the truly valiant one should suffer such affliction.
4.22.115
दूयामि भरतश्रेष्ठ दृष्ट्वा ते भ्रातरं प्रियम् ।
गोषु गोवृषसंकाशं मात्स्येनापि निवेशितम् ॥ ४.२२.११५ ॥
O best of the Bharatas, seeing your dear brother set among the cattle like a bull among cows, placed there even by the king of the Matsyas, I am distressed.
4.22.116
संरब्धतररक्ताक्षं गोपालानां पुरोगमम् ।
विराटमभिनन्दन्तं वित्ते मे भवति ज्वरः ॥ ४.२२.११६ ॥
Seeing Virāṭa, with very angry reddened eyes, foremost among the cowherds, rejoicing in his wealth, a fever rises within my heart.
4.22.117
सहदेवं हि मे नित्यं वीरमार्या प्रशंसति ।
महाभिजनसंपन्नो नीतिमान्कुलवानपि ॥ ४.२२.११७ ॥
The noble lady always praises my hero Sahadeva, who is endowed with a great lineage, prudent, and of good family.
4.22.118
हीनिषेवो ह्यनवमो धार्मिकश्च प्रियश्च मे ।
स तेऽरण्येषु वोढव्यः पाञ्चालि रजनीष्वपि ॥ ४.२२.११८ ॥
He is modest, blameless, righteous, and dear to me. O Pāñcālī, he is the one fit to attend you in the forests, even in the nights.
4.22.119
सुकुमारश्च शूरश्च राजानं चाप्यनुव्रतः ।
ज्येष्ठापचायिनं वीरं स्वयं पाञ्चालि भोजयेः ॥ ४.२२.११९ ॥
Tender yet valiant, and devoted also to the king, that hero who honours his elder brother, O Pāñcālī, you yourself should feed.
4.22.120
इत्युवाच हि मां कुन्ती रुदती पुत्रगृद्धिनी ।
प्रव्रजन्तं महारण्यं तं परिष्वज्य तिष्ठती ॥ ४.२२.१२० ॥
Thus Kuntī, weeping and longing for her sons, spoke to me, standing and embracing him as he set out for the great forest.
4.22.121
तं दृष्ट्वा गोषु गोपालवेषमास्थाय धिष्ठितम् ।
सहदेवं युधांश्रेष्ठं किंनु जीवामि पाण्डवः ॥ ४.२२.१२१ ॥
Seeing him, Sahadeva, best of warriors, standing among the cows in the disguise of a cowherd, how then may I live, O Pāṇḍava?
4.22.122
एवं दुःखशताविष्टा युधिष्ठिरनिमित्ततः ॥ ४.२२.१२२ ॥
Thus, beset by a hundred sorrows on account of Yudhiṣṭhira,
4.22.123
पुनः प्रतिविशिष्टानि दुःखानि शृणु भारत ।
वर्धन्ते मयि कौन्तेय वक्ष्याम्यन्यानि तानि वै ॥ ४.२२.१२३ ॥
Hear again, O Bhārata, of those sorrows that are peculiarly mine. They grow within me, O son of Kuntī; I shall tell you of the others as well.
4.22.124
युष्मासु ध्रियमाणेषु दुःखानि विविधान्युत ।
शोषयन्ति शरीरं मे किंनु दुःखतरं ततः ॥ ४.२२.१२४ ॥
While you are alive, various sorrows also wither my body. What sorrow could be greater than that?
4.22.125
एकभर्ता तु या नारी सा सुखेनैव वर्तते ।
पञ्च मे पतयः सन्ति मम दुःखमनन्तकम् ॥ ४.२२.१२५ ॥
A woman with a single husband lives in happiness indeed; I have five husbands, and my sorrow is endless.