Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 4.28
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4.28.1
ते दृष्ट्वा निहतान्सूतान्भीमसेनेन भारत ।
पौराश्च सहिताः सर्वे राज्ञे गत्वा न्यवेदयन् ।
गन्धर्वेण हता राजन्सूतपुत्राः परश्शतम् ॥ ४.२८.१ ॥
O descendant of Bharata, seeing the charioteers slain by Bhīmasena, all the citizens together went to the king and reported: O king, more than a hundred sons of the charioteer have been slain by a gandharva.
4.28.2
यथा वज्रेण दीर्णं वै पर्वतस्य महच्छिरः ।
विनिकार्णाः प्रदृश्यन्ते तथा सूता महीतले ॥ ४.२८.२ ॥
As the great peak of a mountain split by a thunderbolt is seen scattered, so the charioteers are seen strewn across the ground.
4.28.3
सैरन्ध्री चापि मुक्ता सा पुनरायाति ते गृहम् ।
सर्वं संशयितं राजन्नगरं ते भविष्यति ॥ ४.२८.३ ॥
Sairandhrī, too, once released, will come back to your house again. O king, your entire city will be placed in doubt.
4.28.4
तथारूपा हि सैरन्ध्री गन्धर्वाश्च महाबलाः ।
पुंसामिष्टश्च विषयो मैथुनाय न संशयः ॥ ४.२८.४ ॥
Such indeed is Sairandhrī in form, and the gandharvas are mighty. To men she is an object desired for union; there is no doubt of it.
4.28.5
यथा सैरन्ध्रिदोषेण नेदं राजन्पुरं तव ।
विनाशमेति वै क्षिप्रं तथा साधु विधीयताम् ॥ ४.२८.५ ॥
O king, so that this your city does not quickly meet destruction through the fault of Sairandhrī, let proper arrangements be made.
4.28.6
सर्वाङ्गसौष्ठवयुतां रूपलावण्यशालिनीम् ।
पश्यतामनिमेषेण चक्षुषा वनितां शुभाम्।
मनसश्चक्षुषश्चैव प्रतिबन्धो न विद्यते ॥ ४.२८.६ ॥
Those who look upon that beautiful woman, endowed with beauty in every limb and graced with form and loveliness, gaze without blinking; for there is no restraint upon the mind or the eye.
4.28.7
तस्मात्तां यः पुमान्दृष्ट्वा रूपेणाप्रतिमां भुवि ।
गच्छेत्कामवशं मूढो गन्धर्वैः स निहन्यते ॥ ४.२८.७ ॥
Therefore the deluded man who, having seen her matchless beauty on earth, goes under the power of desire is slain by the Gandharvas.
4.28.8
निष्कासयैनां भवनात्पुराच्चैव विशेषतः ।
कालः प्रविश्य सैरन्ध्रीं पुरं नाशयते ध्रुवम् ॥ ४.२८.८ ॥
Expel her from the house, and especially from the city; for Death, having entered this sairandhrī, will surely destroy the city.
4.28.9
तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा विराटो वाहिनीपतिः ।
अब्रवीत्क्रियतामेषां सूतानामपरक्रिया ॥ ४.२८.९ ॥
Having heard their words, Virāṭa, lord of the army, said: "Let the funeral rites be performed for these charioteers."
4.28.10
एकस्मिन्नेव ते सर्वे सुसमिद्धे हुताशने ।
दह्यन्तां कीचकाः सर्वे सर्वगन्धैश्च सर्वशः ॥ ४.२८.१० ॥
"Let all those Kīcakas be burned together in one well-kindled fire, with every kind of fragrance."
4.28.11
इत्युक्त्वा परमोद्वग्निः प्रविश्यान्तःपुरं शुभम् ।
सुदेष्णां चाब्रवीद्राजा महिषीं जातसाध्वसः ॥ ४.२८.११ ॥
Having said this, the king, greatly agitated, entered the auspicious inner apartments and, seized with fear, spoke to his queen Sudeṣṇā.
4.28.12
सैरन्ध्रीमागतां ब्रूया ममैव वचनादिह ।
गच्छ सैरन्ध्रि भद्रं ते यथाकामं चराधुना ।
बिभेति राजा सैरन्धि गन्धर्वेभ्यः पराभवात् ॥ ४.२८.१२ ॥
Say this to the sairandhrī who has come here, in my name: "Sairandhrī, may good fortune be yours; now go wherever you wish, for the king is afraid of defeat at the hands of the Gandharvas."
4.28.13
न हि तामुत्सहे वक्तुं स्वयं गन्धर्वरक्षिताम् ।
स्त्रियास्त्वदोषस्तां वक्तुमतस्त्वां प्रब्रवीम्यहम् ॥ ४.२८.१३ ॥
I do not dare to speak to her myself, she who is protected by the gandharvas. A woman bears no fault; therefore I speak to you.
4.28.14
एकस्मिन्नेव ते सर्वे सुसमिद्धे हुताशने ।
अदहन्कीचकान्सर्वान्संस्कारैश्चैव सर्वशः ॥ ४.२८.१४ ॥
All of them, in one blazing fire, burned all the Kīcakas and performed their funeral rites in full.
4.28.15
अथ मुक्ता भयात्कृष्णा सूतपुत्रान्निरस्य च ।
मोक्षिता भीमसेनेन जगाम नगरं प्रति ॥ ४.२८.१५ ॥
Then Kṛṣṇā, freed from fear, having driven off the charioteer's sons and rescued by Bhīmasena, went toward the city.
4.28.16
त्रासितेव मृगी बाला शार्दूलेन मनस्विनी ।
सा तु गात्राणि वासश्च प्रक्षाल्य प्रविवेश ह ॥ ४.२८.१६ ॥
Like a young doe terrified by a tiger, that high-minded woman washed her limbs and garment and entered.
4.28.17
तां दृष्ट्वा पुरुषा राजन्प्राद्रवन्त दिशो दश ।
गन्धर्वाणां भयत्रस्ताः केचिद्दृष्टिं न्यमीलयन् ॥ ४.२८.१७ ॥
Seeing her, O king, the men fled in all ten directions; some, terrified of the gandharvas, shut their eyes.
4.28.18
प्रदुद्रुवुश्चाप्यपरे तथा जना हस्तैश्च चक्षूंषि पिधाय मोहिताः ।
मा पश्यत स्मेति च तां ब्रुवन्तस्तथा जनाश्चुक्रुशुरार्तरूपाः ॥ ४.२८.१८ ॥
Others too fled; bewildered, covering their eyes with their hands and saying, 'Do not look at her,' the people cried out in distress.
4.28.19
तामद्य यः पश्यति रूपशालिनीं शयीत भग्नोऽत्र यथैव कीचकाः ।
इति ब्रुवन्तो भयविग्नचेतसो भयेन गन्धर्वगतेन मोहिताः ॥ ४.२८.१९ ॥
"Whoever looks at her, radiant in beauty, today will lie broken here just as the Kīcakas did," so saying, people with minds unsettled by fear, bewildered by the Gandharva's power.
4.28.20
ततो महानसद्वारे भीमसेनमवस्थितम् ।
ददर्श राजन्पाञ्चाली यथा मत्तं महाद्विपम् ॥ ४.२८.२० ॥
Then, O king, Pāñcālī saw Bhīmasena standing at the kitchen door, like a maddened great elephant.
4.28.21
सोपहासं तु शनकैः संज्ञाभिरिदमब्रवीत् ।
नमो गन्धर्वराजाय येनास्मि परिमोक्षिता ॥ ४.२८.२१ ॥
But with mockery, softly, by signs, she said this: "Homage to the king of the Gandharvas, by whom I have been freed."
4.28.22
कीचकेभ्यो विनिर्दोषामनाथां वसतीं गृहे ।
यो मां रक्षति सन्त्रस्तां गन्धर्वाय नमोस्तु ते ॥ ४.२८.२२ ॥
Homage to the Gandharva who protects me, terrified, blameless and unprotected in the house, from the Kīcakas.
4.28.23
ये यस्या विचरन्तीह पुरुषा वशवर्तिनः ।
तेषां च वशगा नित्यं विचर त्वं यथेष्टतः ॥ ४.२८.२३ ॥
Those men who here move about under her power, and those who are always subject to them as well — move about as you wish.
4.28.24
ये पुरा विचरन्तीह पुरुषा वशवर्तिनः ।
तस्यास्ते वचनं श्रुत्वा ह्यनृणा विहरन्त्वितः ॥ ४.२८.२४ ॥
Those men who formerly moved about here under her power — let them, hearing her word, go about from here free of debt.
4.28.25
तयोस्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा जझिरे नेतरे जनाः ।
ततः पाञ्चालराजस्य सुता चापि जगाम ह ॥ ४.२८.२५ ॥
Hearing those words of the two, the other people were not astonished. Then the daughter of the king of the Pāñcālas also went away.
4.28.26
ततः सा नर्तनागारे धनंजयमपश्यत ।
राज्ञः कन्या विराटस्य नर्तयन्तं महाभुजम् ॥ ४.२८.२६ ॥
Then she saw Dhanaṃjaya in the dance hall, teaching dance to the daughter of King Virāṭa, the mighty-armed one.
4.28.27
ततस्ता नर्तनागाराद्विनिष्क्रम्य सहार्जुनाः ।
कन्या ददृशुरायान्तीं कृष्णां क्लिष्टामनागसम् ॥ ४.२८.२७ ॥
Then those maidens, coming out of the dance hall together with Arjuna, saw Kṛṣṇā approaching, distressed and blameless.
4.28.28
दिष्ट्या सैरन्ध्रि मुक्ताऽसि दिष्ट्याऽसि पुनरागता ।
दिष्ट्या च निहताः सूता ये त्वां क्लिश्यन्त्यनागसम् ॥ ४.२८.२८ ॥
By good fortune, O Sairandhrī, you are freed; by good fortune you have returned; and by good fortune those charioteers who tormented you, blameless as you are, have been slain.
4.28.29
कथं सैरन्ध्रि मुक्ताऽसि कथं पापाश्च ते हताः ।
इच्छामि ते कथां श्रोतुं कथयस्व यथातथम् ॥ ४.२८.२९ ॥
How, O Sairandhrī, were you freed, and how were those sinners slain? I wish to hear the story from you; tell it exactly as it was.
4.28.30
बृहन्नले किंनु तव सैरन्ध्र्या कार्यमद्य वै ।
या त्वं रंस्यसि कल्याणि सदा कन्यापुरे सुखं ॥ ४.२८.३० ॥
O Bṛhannalā, what business have you today with the Sairandhrī? O auspicious one, you will always delight happily in the city of maidens.
4.28.31
न हि दुःख समाप्नोषि सैरन्ध्री यदुपाश्रुते ।
सुखेन वर्तसे येह न तद्दुःखमवाप्यते।
तेन मां दुःखितामेवं पृच्छसि प्रहसन्त्यपि ॥ ४.२८.३१ ॥
Sairandhrī, you do not suffer sorrow, for you live happily here, and so that sorrow does not reach you. Yet you ask me this way, laughing, though I am full of sorrow.
4.28.32
बृहन्नलाऽपि कल्याणि दुःखमाप्नोत्यनन्तकम् ।
तिर्यग्योनिगतेवेयं न चैनामवबुध्यसे ॥ ४.२८.३२ ॥
O auspicious one, even Bṛhannalā suffers endless sorrow. This state of being fallen into an animal's condition you do not understand.
4.28.33
त्वया सहोषिता चास्मि त्वं च सर्वैः सहोषिता ।
त्वत्तः कृच्छ्रतरं वासं वसेयमहमङ्गने ।
क्लिश्यन्त्यां त्वयि सुश्रोणि कोनु दुःखं न चिन्तयेत्॥। ॥ ४.२८.३३ ॥
I have lived with you, and you have lived with all of them. O lady, I would dwell in a harder life than yours. O fair-hipped one, while you suffer in distress, who would not think of sorrow?
4.28.34
न तु केनचिदन्यन्तं कस्यचिद्धृदयं क्वचित् ।
वेदितुं शक्यते नूनं तेन मां नावबुध्यसे ॥ ४.२८.३४ ॥
No one can ever truly know the inner depths of another's heart, anywhere. Therefore you do not understand me.
4.28.35
ततः सहैव कन्याभिर्द्रौपदी राजवेश्म तत् ।
प्रविवेश सुदेष्णायाः समीपमनसूयिनी ॥ ४.२८.३५ ॥
Then, together with the maidens, Draupadī entered that royal palace, near Sudeṣṇā, free from envy.
4.28.36
तामब्रवीद्राजपत्नी विराटवचनादिदम् ।
सैरन्ध्रि गम्यतां शीघ्रं यत्र कामयसे गतिम् ।
राजा बिभेति सैरन्ध्रि गन्धर्वेभ्यः पराभवात् ॥ ४.२८.३६ ॥
At Virāṭa's word the queen said to her: Go quickly, Sairandhrī, wherever you wish to go. Sairandhrī, the king fears the gandharvas because of his defeat.
4.28.37
त्वं चापि तरुणी सुभ्रू रूपेणाप्रतिमा भुवि ।
चित्तानि च नृणां भद्रे रक्तानि स्पर्शजे सुखे ॥ ४.२८.३७ ॥
You too are young, fair-browed, and unmatched in beauty on earth. Gentle one, the minds of men are drawn to the pleasure born of touch.
4.28.38
तस्मात्त्वत्तो भयं मह्यं राष्ट्रस्य नगरस्य च ।
गच्छाद्यैव यथेष्टं त्वं नगराद्यत्र रंस्यसे ॥ ४.२८.३८ ॥
Therefore I and the kingdom and the city fear you. Go today as you wish, leave the city and go wherever you will find pleasure.
4.28.39
त्वन्निमित्तं शुभे मह्यं सर्वो बन्धुजनो हतः ।
नृशंसा खलु ते बुद्धिर्भ्रातॄणां मे कृतो वधः ॥ ४.२८.३९ ॥
Good woman, because of you all my kinsmen were slain. Your intention is indeed cruel, and the killing of my brothers was done.
4.28.40
तस्माद्गन्धर्वराजेभ्यो भयमद्य प्रवर्तते ।
यथेष्टं गच्छ सैरन्ध्रि स्वस्ति चेह यथा भवेत् ॥ ४.२८.४० ॥
Therefore fear now arises from the gandharva kings. Sairandhrī, go as you wish, so that there may be safety here.
4.28.41
सुदेष्णाया वचः श्रुत्वा सैरन्ध्री चेदमब्रवीत् ।
त्रयोदशाहमात्रं तु राजा क्षाम्यतु भामिनि ॥ ४.२८.४१ ॥
Having heard Sudeṣṇā's words, the maidservant said this: Only thirteen days, lady. Let the king bear with me.
4.28.42
कृतकृत्या अविष्यन्ति गन्धर्वास्ते न संशयः ।
ततो मामुपनेष्यन्ति करिष्यन्ति च ते प्रियम् ॥ ४.२८.४२ ॥
The Gandharvas will have accomplished their aim, of this there is no doubt. Then they will bring me back and do what is dear to you.
4.28.43
ध्रुवं च श्रेयसा राजा योक्ष्यते सह बान्धवैः ।
राज्ञः कृतोपकाराश्च कृतज्ञाश्च सदा शुभे।
साधवश्च बलोत्सिक्ताः कृतप्रतिकृतेप्सवः ॥ ४.२८.४३ ॥
Surely the king will be joined with his kinsmen in prosperity. O auspicious one, those who have received the king's favours, always grateful and good, puffed up with strength, desire to repay kindness with kindness.
4.28.44
अर्थिनी मा ब्रवीत्येषा यद्वातद्वेति चिन्तय ।
भरस्व तदहर्मात्रं तत्ते श्रेयो भविष्यति ॥ ४.२८.४४ ॥
She pleads with me: 'Whatever it may be, think it over.' Bear it for a single day; that will be your good fortune.
4.28.45
तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा कैकेयी दुःखमोहिता ।
उवाच द्रौपदीमार्ता भ्रातृव्यसनकर्शिता ॥ ४.२८.४५ ॥
Hearing her words, Kaikeyī, bewildered with grief and wasted by the misfortune of her brother, spoke to Draupadī in distress.
4.28.46
वस भद्रे यथेष्टं त्वं त्वामहं शरणं गता ।
त्रायस्व मम भर्तारं पुत्रांश्चैव विशेषतः ॥ ४.२८.४६ ॥
Stay, gracious one, as you wish; I have come to you for refuge. Protect my husband, and my sons especially.
4.28.47
इत्युक्तवा राजशार्दूल राज्ञे सर्वं न्यवेदयत् ।
त्रिंशद्रात्रिमिमां भीरुः कृतकृत्या निवासये ॥ ४.२८.४७ ॥
Having said this, tiger among kings, she reported everything to the king. Fearful Draupadī said: 'Having accomplished my purpose, I will remain these thirty nights.'