Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 4.25
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4.25.1
तथा भद्रे करिष्यामि यथा त्वं भीरु भाषसे ।
अद्यैनं सूदयिष्यामि कीचकं सह बान्धवैः ॥ ४.२५.१ ॥
Good lady, timid one, I will do just as you say. Today I will slay him together with his kinsmen.
4.25.2
अस्याः प्रदोषे शर्वर्याः कुरुष्वानेन संविदम् ।
दुःखं शोकं च निर्धूय याज्ञसेनि शुचिस्मिते ॥ ४.२५.२ ॥
Daughter of Yajñasena, bright-smiling one, shaking off grief and sorrow, make an arrangement with him at the beginning of this night.
4.25.3
यैषा नर्तनशालेह मत्स्यराजेन कारिता ।
दिवात्र कन्या नृत्यन्ति रात्रौ यान्ति तथा गृहं ॥ ४.२५.३ ॥
This dance hall here, built by the king of the Matsyas, is where maidens dance by day and go home at night.
4.25.4
तत्रास्ति शयनं भीरु दृढाङ्गं सुप्रतिष्ठितम् ।
तत्रैनं दर्शयिष्यामि पूर्वप्रेतान्पितामहान् ।
त्वद्दर्शनसमुत्थेन कामेनाकुलितेन्द्रियम् ॥ ४.२५.४ ॥
There is a bed there, strong-limbed and well set. There I will show him, whose senses are stirred by the desire arising from seeing you, the spirits of his former ancestors.
4.25.5
संकेतं सूतपुत्रस्य कारयस्व शुभानने ।
यथा परे न पश्येयुः कुर्वन्तीं तेन संविदम् ॥ ४.२५.५ ॥
Fair-faced one, arrange a signal with the charioteer's son, so that others do not see you making your arrangement with him.
4.25.6
तथा कुरुष्व कल्याणि यथा सन्निहितो भवेत् ।
तथा कुर्याश्च संकेतं सूतपुत्रस्य संवृतम् ॥ ४.२५.६ ॥
Good lady, do so that he may be present here, and make a secret signal with the charioteer's son.
4.25.7
आवयोः संगमं भीरु यथा मार्त्यो न बुध्यति ।
कीचकस्य विनाशाय तथा कुरु नृपात्मजे ॥ ४.२५.७ ॥
Timid one, arrange our meeting so that no mortal perceives it, and do likewise, O princess, for the destruction of Kīcaka.
4.25.8
तत्र तौ कथयित्वा तु बाष्पमुत्सृज्य दुःखितौ ।
रात्रिशेषं तमत्युग्रं धारयामासतुर्हृदि ॥ ४.२५.८ ॥
There the two of them, having talked, shedding tears and grieved, held that most dreadful plan in their hearts and passed the rest of the night.
4.25.9
भीमेन च प्रतिज्ञाते कीचकस्य वधे तदा ।
द्रौपदी च सुदेष्णायाः प्रविवेश पुनर्गृहम् ॥ ४.२५.९ ॥
When Bhīma had vowed Kīcaka's killing, Draupadī entered Sudeṣṇā's house again.
4.25.10
तस्यां रजन्यां व्युष्टायां प्रातरुत्थाय कीचकः ।
गत्वा राजकुलायैव द्रौपदीमिदमब्रवीत् ॥ ४.२५.१० ॥
When that night had dawned, Kīcaka rose in the morning, went to the royal palace, and spoke these words to Draupadī.
4.25.11
यत्त्वाऽहं पश्यतो राज्ञः पातयित्वा पदाऽहनम् ।
न कंचिल्लभसे नाथमभिपन्ना बलीयसा ॥ ४.२५.११ ॥
Because I struck you with my foot, knocking you down while the king looked on, you find no protector now, fallen into the power of the stronger one.
4.25.12
प्रवादेन तु मात्स्यानामयं राजेति चोच्यते ।
अहमेव हि राजा वै मात्स्यानां वाहिनीपतिः ॥ ४.२५.१२ ॥
By mere report he is called the king of the Matsyas, but in truth I am the king of the Matsyas and the commander of their army.
4.25.13
सा सुखं प्रतिपद्यस्व दासो भीरु भवामि ते ।
न ह्यहं त्वामृते भीरु चिरं जीवितुमुत्सहे ॥ ४.२५.१३ ॥
Take your pleasure, timid one; I will become your servant. Without you, timid one, I have no desire to live long.
4.25.14
अहन्यहनि सुश्रोणि शतनिष्कं ददामि ते ।
दासीशतं च ते दद्यां दासानामपि चापरम् ॥ ४.२५.१४ ॥
Day after day, fair-hipped woman, I will give you a hundred niṣkas of gold. I would also give you a hundred maidservants and other servants.
4.25.15
रथांश्चाश्वतरीयुक्तानस्तु नौ भीरु संगमः ।
सुदासानां सहस्रं च महिषाणां सहस्रकम् ॥ ४.२५.१५ ॥
Let there be our union, timid one; and chariots yoked with mules. A thousand fine servants and a thousand buffaloes.
4.25.16
अन्तःपुरसहस्रं च हेमकूटसहस्रकम् ।
तुभ्यं दास्यामि सर्वाणि राजार्हाण्यम्बराणि च ॥ ४.२५.१६ ॥
A thousand women of the inner apartments and a thousand gold-peaked ornaments I will give you, and all garments fit for a king.
4.25.17
एतन्मे वचनं सत्यं प्रतिपद्यस्व कीचक ।
न ते सखा वा भ्राता वा जानीयात्संगमं मया ॥ ४.२५.१७ ॥
Accept this true word of mine, Kīcaka: let neither your friend nor your brother learn of our union.
4.25.18
अनुप्रवादाद्भीताऽस्मि गन्धर्वाणां यशस्विनाम् ।
अनुबोधाद्गनर्थः स्यादयशश्च महद्भवेत।
एतन्मे प्रतिजानीहि ततोऽहं वशगा तव ॥ ४.२५.१८ ॥
I am afraid of the talk of the renowned Gandharvas; if it became known, great harm and great dishonour would follow. Promise me this, and then I will be under your power.
4.25.19
एवमेतत्करिष्यामि यथा सुश्रोणि भाषसे ।
एकोऽहमागमिष्यामि शून्यमावसथं तव ॥ ४.२५.१९ ॥
Thus I will do, as you say, O fair-hipped one. I alone will come to your empty dwelling.
4.25.20
समागमार्थं रम्भोरु त्वया मदनदर्पितः ।
यथा त्वां नैव पश्येयुर्गन्धर्वाः सूर्यवर्चसः ॥ ४.२५.२० ॥
For the sake of union with you, O plantain-thighed one, maddened by desire, so that the Gandharvas, radiant as the sun, may not see you at all.
4.25.21
यदेतन्नर्तनागारं मात्स्यराजेन कारितम् ।
दिवात्र कन्या नृत्यन्ति रात्रौ यान्ति स्वकं गृहं ॥ ४.२५.२१ ॥
This dance-hall, which the king of the Matsyas had built, here by day the maidens dance, and at night they go to their own homes.
4.25.22
निशायां तत्र गच्छेथा गन्धर्वास्तन्न जानते ।
तत्र दोषः परिहृतो भविष्यति न संशयः ॥ ४.२५.२२ ॥
At night you should go there, for the Gandharvas do not know that. There the fault will be removed; there is no doubt.
4.25.23
एकस्त्वं नर्तनागारं रात्रौ संकेतमाव्रज ।
तत्राहं भविता तुभ्यं वशगा नात्र संशयः ॥ ४.२५.२३ ॥
Go alone at night to the appointed place in the dance-hall; there I shall be yours, submissive to you, there is no doubt.
4.25.24
तथा भद्रे करिष्यामि यथा त्वं भीरु वक्ष्यसि ।
एकः सन्नर्तनागारमागमिष्यामि भामिनि।
समागमार्थं सुश्रोणि शपे च सुकृतेन मे ॥ ४.२५.२४ ॥
So be it, good lady, I will do as you, timid one, say. Alone I will come to the dance-hall. O passionate lady, O fair-hipped one, for the sake of union I swear by my good deeds.
4.25.25
यथा त्वां नावबुध्यन्ति गन्धर्वा वरवर्णिनि ।
सत्यं ते प्रतिजानामि गन्धर्वेभ्यो न ते भयम्।
अलंकरिष्याम्यद्याहं त्वत्समागमनाय वै ॥ ४.२५.२५ ॥
So that the Gandharvas will not perceive you, O lady of excellent complexion—I truly promise you, you need have no fear of the Gandharvas. Today I shall adorn myself for the sake of meeting you.
4.25.26
वासांसि च विचित्राणि मनोज्ञानि तवापि च ।
यथा मां न त्यजेथास्त्वं तथ रंस्ये त्वया सह ॥ ४.२५.२६ ॥
And I will give you variegated and delightful garments too, so that you will not abandon me; in this way I shall take my pleasure with you.
4.25.27
तथा चेदप्यहं सूत दर्शयिष्यामि ते सुखम् ।
यन्नानुभूतं भवता जन्मप्रभृति कीचक ॥ ४.२५.२७ ॥
If that is so, O charioteer, I shall show you the pleasure that you have never experienced since birth, O Kīcaka.
4.25.28
तमर्थमपि जल्पन्त्या द्रौपद्याः कीचकस्य ह ।
क्षणमात्रं तदभवन्मासेनैव समं नृप ॥ ४.२५.२८ ॥
And while Draupadī and Kīcaka were talking of that very matter, O king, that single moment became equal to a month.
4.25.29
कीचकोऽथ गृहं गत्वा भृशं हर्षपरिप्लुतः ।
सैरन्ध्रीरूपिणीं मूढो मृत्युं तां नावबुद्धवान् ॥ ४.२५.२९ ॥
Then Kīcaka, having gone home, was overwhelmed with great joy; the deluded man did not perceive that Death, in the form of Sairandhrī.
4.25.30
गन्धाभरणमाल्येषु व्यासक्तः स विशेषतः ।
अलंचक्रे तदाऽऽत्मानं सत्वरः काममोहितः ॥ ४.२५.३० ॥
Absorbed especially in perfumes, ornaments and garlands, deluded by desire, he hastily adorned himself.
4.25.31
तस्य तत्कुर्वतः कर्म कालो दीर्घ इवाभवत् ।
अनुचिन्तयतश्चापि तामेवायतलोचनाम् ॥ ४.२५.३१ ॥
As he did that deed, time seemed long to him, and so too while he kept thinking of her, the long-eyed woman.
4.25.32
आसीदभ्यधिका चापि श्रीः श्रियं प्रमुमुक्षतः ।
निर्वाणकाले दीपस्य वर्तीमिव दिधक्षतः ॥ ४.२५.३२ ॥
His splendor grew even greater, like a lamp's flame at the time of its going out, eager to burn its wick.
4.25.33
कृतसंप्रत्ययस्तस्याः कीचकः काममोहितः ।
नाजानात्पतनं स्वस्य चिन्तयंस्तां शुभाननाम् ॥ ४.२५.३३ ॥
Kīcaka, confident of her and deluded by desire, thinking of the fair-faced woman, did not know his own downfall.
4.25.34
ततस्तु द्रौपदी गत्वा भीमसेनं महानसे ।
उपातिष्ठत कल्याणी कौरव्यं पतिमन्तिकात् ॥ ४.२५.३४ ॥
Then Draupadī, the fair one, went to Bhīmasena in the kitchen and stood near her Kaurava husband.
4.25.35
तमुवाच सुकेशान्ता कीचकस्य कृतो मया ।
सङ्गमो नर्तनागारे यथाऽवोचः परन्तप ॥ ४.२५.३५ ॥
The fine-haired woman said to him: Tormentor of enemies, as you had told me, I have arranged a meeting with Kīcaka in the dance hall.
4.25.36
कालेन नियतं बद्धः कामेन च बलात्कृतः ।
शून्यं स नर्तनागारमागमिष्यति कीचकः।
एको निशि महाबाहो कीचकं तं निषूदय ॥ ४.२५.३६ ॥
Surely bound by time and forcibly drawn by desire, Kīcaka will come to the empty dance hall. Mighty-armed one, alone at night, slay that Kīcaka.
4.25.37
तं मूतपुत्रं कौन्तेय कीचकं मददर्पितम् ।
गत्वा त्वं नर्तनागारं निर्जीवं कुरु पाण्डव ॥ ४.२५.३७ ॥
Son of Kuntī, go to the dance-hall and make that charioteer's son Kīcaka, drunk with pride, lifeless, O Pāṇḍava.
4.25.38
गर्वितः मूतपुत्रोऽसौ गन्धर्वानवमन्यते ।
स त्वं प्रहरतांश्रेष्ठ नालं नाग इवोद्धर ॥ ४.२५.३८ ॥
That proud charioteer's son even despises the Gandharvas. Best of strikers, you cannot lift him up, as one cannot lift an elephant.
4.25.39
अस्रं दुःखाभिभूताया मम मार्जस्व भारत ।
बाहुवीर्यानुरूपं च दर्शयाद्य पराक्रमम्।
आत्मनश्चैव भद्रं ते कुरु मानं कुलस्य च ॥ ४.२५.३९ ॥
Wipe away my tears, O Bhārata, I who am overcome with sorrow. Show today prowess befitting the might of your arms. May you prosper, and preserve your honor and that of your family.
4.25.40
स्वागतं ते वरारोहे यन्मां वेदयसे प्रियम् ।
नह्यस्य कंचिदिच्छामि सहायं वरवर्णिनि ॥ ४.२५.४० ॥
Welcome to you, O lovely-hipped one, for you bring me this pleasing news. O fair-complexioned one, I do not wish for any helper for him.
4.25.41
सा मे प्रीतिस्त्वयाऽऽख्याता कीचकस्य समागमे ।
हत्वा हिडिम्बं या प्रीतिर्ममासीत्सा शुचिस्मिते ॥ ४.२५.४१ ॥
The delight you have declared to me about the meeting with Kīcaka, O pure-smiling one, is that same delight I once felt in slaying Hiḍimba.
4.25.42
सत्यं भ्रातॄंश्च पुत्रांश्च पुरस्कृत्य शपामि ते ।
कीचकं निहनिष्यामि वृत्रं देवपतिर्यथा ॥ ४.२५.४२ ॥
Truly, placing my brothers and sons before me, I swear to you: I will slay Kīcaka just as the lord of the gods slew Vṛtra.
4.25.43
प्रसह्य निहनिष्यामि केशवः केशिनं यथा ।
रहस्यं वा प्रकाशं वा सूदयिष्यामि कीचकम् ॥ ४.२५.४३ ॥
Just as Keśava slew Keśin, I will forcibly kill him; whether in secret or in the open, I will destroy Kīcaka.
4.25.44
अहं भद्रे हनिष्यामि कीचकं मदनान्वितम् ।
यस्त्वां कामाभिभूतात्मा दुर्लभामभिमन्यते ॥ ४.२५.४४ ॥
O gentle lady, I will slay Kīcaka, who is filled with lust; his mind overcome by desire, he thinks of you, who are unattainable.
4.25.45
अथ चेदवबुध्यन्ति सूतपुत्रं मया हतम् ।
निर्मनुष्यं करिष्यामि मत्स्यानामिदमालयम् ॥ ४.२५.४५ ॥
And if they learn that the charioteer's son has been slain by me, I will make this dwelling of the Matsyas devoid of people.
4.25.46
मया हतांश्चेन्मात्स्यांस्तु धार्तराष्ट्रो विबुध्यति ।
दुर्योधनं ततो हत्वा सानुबन्धं सबान्धवम्।
कुरुणामखिलं राज्यं प्रतिपत्स्यामि भामिनि ॥ ४.२५.४६ ॥
If, with the Matsyas slain by me, the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra awakens, then, having slain Duryodhana with his followers and kinsmen, I will obtain the entire kingdom of the Kurus, O fair lady.
4.25.47
नाहं शक्तोऽनुनयितुं कुन्तीपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम् ।
कामं सत्यमुपासीत कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ।
काममन्ये ह्युपासन्तु विनीता धर्मचारिणः ॥ ४.२५.४७ ॥
I am not able to conciliate Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Kuntī. Let Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Kuntī, serve truth as he wishes; let others, humble and practicing dharma, serve as they wish.
4.25.48
त्वां तु दुःखमिदं प्राप्तां नाहं शक्नोम्युपेक्षितुम् ।
निर्वृता भव पाञ्चालि कीचकस्य वधात्पुनः ॥ ४.२५.४८ ॥
This sorrow has come upon you, and I cannot overlook it. O Pāñcālī, be at peace again through the slaying of Kīcaka.
4.25.49
कीचकस्य वधं भीम यदि जानन्ति नागराः ।
त्वया कृतं महाबाहो नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे ॥ ४.२५.४९ ॥
O Bhīma, if the townsfolk learn that Kīcaka's killing was done by you, O mighty-armed one, I will not dare to live.
4.25.50
कथं सत्याच्च नापेयाद्राजाऽयं मत्कृते प्रभो ।
निशि गूढं तथा भीम कीचकं तं निपातय ॥ ४.२५.५० ॥
O lord, how could this king, for my sake, fall from truth? Therefore, O Bhīma, bring that Kīcaka down secretly at night.
4.25.51
अनुबुद्धे हि कौन्तेयो धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ।
पुनर्वनं व्रजेद्धीमाननुजैः परिवारितः ॥ ४.२५.५१ ॥
If Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Kuntī and king of dharma, becomes aware of it, he will go back to the forest again, surrounded by his younger brothers.
4.25.52
कश्च धर्मपरं ज्येष्ठमतिवर्तेत भारत ।
भीम भीताऽस्मि संबोधात्साधु मा चापलं कृथाः ॥ ४.२५.५२ ॥
O descendant of Bharata, who would transgress against the eldest, intent on dharma? O Bhīma, I am afraid; so be mindful, and do not act rashly.
4.25.53
यथा न कश्चिञ्जानीते सूतपुत्रं त्वया हतम् ।
तथा कुरुष्व कौरव्य बलवन्नरिमर्दन ।
अदृश्यमानस्त्वंतस्य भिन्धि प्राणानरिन्दम ॥ ४.२५.५३ ॥
Act so that no one learns that the charioteer's son was slain by you, O Kaurava, mighty crusher of foes. Unseen, O subduer of enemies, take his life.