Drupada Spurns Drona; Drona Comes to the Kurus

Verse 1 (1.141.1)

ततो द्रुपदमासाद्य भारद्वाजः प्रतापवान् । अब्रवीत्पार्थिवं राजन्सखायं विद्धि मामिह ॥

tato drupadamāsādya bhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān | abravītpārthivaṃ rājansakhāyaṃ viddhi māmiha

Then, O king, the mighty son of Bharadvaja went to Drupada and said to the ruler: "Know me here as your friend."

Note on the text: Aligned by hand to CE 1.122.1 (which reads pārṣataṃ for पार्थिवं); the automatic alignment matched the near-identical 1.154.14, where the same scene is retold.

Verse 2 (1.141.2)

इत्येवमुक्तः सख्या स प्रीतिपूर्वं जनेश्वरः । भारद्वाजेन पाञ्चाल्यो नामृष्यत वचोऽस्य तत् ॥

ityevamuktaḥ sakhyā sa prītipūrvaṃ janeśvaraḥ | bhāradvājena pāñcālyo nāmṛṣyata vaco'sya tat

Addressed so affectionately by his friend, Bharadvaja's son, the Panchala lord of men could not bear those words of his.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रीतिर्पूर्वं → प्रीतिपूर्वं (misprint in Wikisource; a stray repha — the critical edition's apparatus reads prītipūrvaṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.1*1348, lines 1–2).

Verse 3 (1.141.3)

स क्रोधामर्षजिह्मभ्रूः कषायीकृतलोचनः । ऐश्वर्यमदसंपन्नो द्रोणं राजाऽब्रवीदिदम् ॥

sa krodhāmarṣajihmabhrūḥ kaṣāyīkṛtalocanaḥ | aiśvaryamadasaṃpanno droṇaṃ rājā'bravīdidam

His brows knit with anger and indignation, his eyes reddened, swollen with the pride of power, the king said this to Drona:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.1*1348, lines 3–4).

Verse 4 (1.141.4)

अकृतेयं तव प्रज्ञा ब्रह्मन्नातिसमञ्जसा । यन्मां ब्रवीषि प्रसभं सखा तेऽहमिति द्विज ॥

akṛteyaṃ tava prajñā brahmannātisamañjasā | yanmāṃ bravīṣi prasabhaṃ sakhā te'hamiti dvija

Drupada said: "Your understanding is unformed, brahmin, and hardly fitting, that you boldly tell me, twice-born, 'I am your friend.'

Note on the text: Corrected व्रवीषि → ब्रवीषि (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब — the critical edition reads bravīṣi).

Verse 5 (1.141.5)

न हि राज्ञामुदीर्णानामेवंभूतैर्नरैः क्वचित् । सख्यं भवति मन्दात्मञ्श्रिया हीनैर्धनच्युतैः ॥

na hi rājñāmudīrṇānāmevaṃbhūtairnaraiḥ kvacit | sakhyaṃ bhavati mandātmañśriyā hīnairdhanacyutaiḥ

"Never, fool, do exalted kings have friendship with men such as you, bereft of fortune and stripped of wealth.

Verse 6 (1.141.6)

सौहृदान्यपि जीर्यन्ते कालेन परिजीर्यतः । सौहृदं मे त्वया ह्यासीत्पूर्वं सामर्थ्यबन्धनम् ॥

sauhṛdānyapi jīryante kālena parijīryataḥ | sauhṛdaṃ me tvayā hyāsītpūrvaṃ sāmarthyabandhanam

"Friendships too wear away with time, as a man himself wears away. I had a friendship with you before, founded on our being equals then.

Verse 7 (1.141.7)

न सख्यमजरं लोके हृदि तिष्ठति कस्यचित् । कामश्चैतन्नाशयति क्रोधो वैनं रहत्युत ॥

na sakhyamajaraṃ loke hṛdi tiṣṭhati kasyacit | kāmaścaitannāśayati krodho vainaṃ rahatyuta

"No friendship stays ageless in anyone's heart in this world. Desire destroys it, and anger too breaks it.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 1.122.5 (which reads jātu dṛśyeta karhi cit / kāmo vainaṃ viharati krodhaś cainaṃ pravṛścati); aligned by hand.

Verse 8 (1.141.8)

मैवं जीर्णमुपास्स्व त्वं सख्यं भवदुपाधिकृत् । आसीत्सख्यं द्विजश्रेष्ठ त्वया मेऽर्थनिबन्धनम् ॥

maivaṃ jīrṇamupāssva tvaṃ sakhyaṃ bhavadupādhikṛt | āsītsakhyaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha tvayā me'rthanibandhanam

"Do not cling so to a worn-out friendship; it was made by circumstance. Our friendship, best of the twice-born, was bound to a purpose.

Verse 9 (1.141.9)

न दरिद्रो वसुमतो नाविद्वान्विदुषः सखा । न शूरस्य सखा क्लीबः सखिपूर्वं किमिष्यते ॥

na daridro vasumato nāvidvānviduṣaḥ sakhā | na śūrasya sakhā klībaḥ sakhipūrvaṃ kimiṣyate

"The poor man is no friend to the rich, nor the unlearned to the learned; the coward is no friend to the brave. Why do you look for a friendship of old?

Verse 10 (1.141.10)

ययोरेव समं वित्तं ययोरेव समं श्रुतम् । तयोर्विवाहः सख्यं च न तु पुष्टविपुष्टयोः ॥

yayoreva samaṃ vittaṃ yayoreva samaṃ śrutam | tayorvivāhaḥ sakhyaṃ ca na tu puṣṭavipuṣṭayoḥ

"Marriage and friendship are for those whose wealth is equal and whose learning is equal — not for the well-fed and the starving.

Verse 11 (1.141.11)

नाश्रोत्रियः श्रोत्रियस्य नारथी रथिनः सखा । नाराजा पार्थिवस्यापि सखिपूर्वं किमिष्यते ॥

nāśrotriyaḥ śrotriyasya nārathī rathinaḥ sakhā | nārājā pārthivasyāpi sakhipūrvaṃ kimiṣyate

"One unversed in the Veda is no friend to one who is versed in it; one without a chariot is no friend to a chariot-warrior; one who is not a king is no friend to a ruler. Why do you look for a friendship of old?"

Note on the text: Aligned by hand to CE 1.122.9, whose second line reads nārājñā saṃgataṃ rājñaḥ; the verse is word for word CE 1.154.15, where the scene is retold.

Verse 12 (1.141.12)

द्रुपदेनैवमुक्तस्तु भारद्वाजः प्रतापवान् । मुहूर्तं चिन्तयित्वा तु मन्युनाऽभिपरिप्लुतः ॥

drupadenaivamuktastu bhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān | muhūrtaṃ cintayitvā tu manyunā'bhipariplutaḥ

Spoken to thus by Drupada, the mighty son of Bharadvaja, flooded with anger, reflected for a moment.

Verse 13 (1.141.13)

स विनिश्चित्य मनसा पाञ्चाल्यं प्रतिबुद्धिमान् । शिष्यैः परिवृतः श्रीमान्पुत्रेण सहितस्तथा ॥

sa viniścitya manasā pāñcālyaṃ pratibuddhimān | śiṣyaiḥ parivṛtaḥ śrīmānputreṇa sahitastathā

Having made up his mind about the Panchala king, the wise and glorious Drona, surrounded by his disciples and accompanied by his son,

Note on the text: Removed the wiki quote marks (` … ') around the second line and a stray ।। inside it. The first line = CE 1.122.11ab; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.11*1354).

Verse 14 (1.141.14)

जगाम कुरुमुख्यानां नगरं नागसाह्वयम् । तां प्रतिज्ञां प्रतिज्ञाय यां कर्ता नचिरादिव ॥

jagāma kurumukhyānāṃ nagaraṃ nāgasāhvayam | tāṃ pratijñāṃ pratijñāya yāṃ kartā nacirādiva

went to Nagasahvaya, the city of the Kuru chiefs, having made a vow that he would fulfil before long.

Note on the text: Corrected नागरं → नगरं (misprint in Wikisource; a lengthened vowel — "city", as the critical edition's nagaraṃ). The first line = CE 1.122.11cd; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.11*1353).

Verse 15 (1.141.15)

स नागपुरमागम्य गौतमस्य निवेशने । भारद्वाजोऽवसत्तत्र प्रच्छन्नं द्विजसत्तमः ॥

sa nāgapuramāgamya gautamasya niveśane | bhāradvājo'vasattatra pracchannaṃ dvijasattamaḥ

Arriving at Nagapura, that best of brahmins, the son of Bharadvaja, lived there unknown in the house of Gautama (Kripa).

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.11*1357, lines 1–2).

Verse 16 (1.141.16)

ततोऽस्य तनुजः पार्थान्कृपस्यानन्तरं प्रभुः । अस्त्राणि शिक्षयामास नाबुध्यन्त च तं जनाः ॥

tato'sya tanujaḥ pārthānkṛpasyānantaraṃ prabhuḥ | astrāṇi śikṣayāmāsa nābudhyanta ca taṃ janāḥ

His able son then taught the sons of Pritha the use of weapons after Kripa, and people did not know who he was.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.11*1357, lines 3–4).

Verse 17 (1.141.17)

एवं स तत्र गूढात्मा कंचित्कालमुवास ह । कुमारास्त्वथ निष्क्रम्य समेता गजसाह्वयात् ॥

evaṃ sa tatra gūḍhātmā kaṃcitkālamuvāsa ha | kumārāstvatha niṣkramya sametā gajasāhvayāt

So he lived there for some time, keeping himself hidden. Then one day the princes went out together from Gajasahvaya

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.11*1357, line 5); the second = CE 1.122.12ab.

Verse 18 (1.141.18)

क्रीडन्तो वीटया तत्र वीराः पर्यचरन्मुदा । तेषां संक्रीडमानानामुदपानेऽङ्गुलीयकम् ॥

krīḍanto vīṭayā tatra vīrāḥ paryacaranmudā | teṣāṃ saṃkrīḍamānānāmudapāne'ṅgulīyakam

and, playing with a ball, the young heroes roamed about there happily. As they played, into a well

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki quote mark (`) before the second line. The first line = CE 1.122.12cd; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.12*1358).

Verse 19 (1.141.19)

पपात धर्मपुत्रस्य वीटा तत्रैव चापतत् । गर्ताम्बुना प्रतिच्छन्नं तारारूपमिवाम्बरे ॥

papāta dharmaputrasya vīṭā tatraiva cāpatat | gartāmbunā praticchannaṃ tārārūpamivāmbare

fell the ring of Dharma's son, and the ball fell there too. Covered by the water of the pit, it shone like a star in the sky.

Note on the text: Corrected गर्तान्बुना → गर्ताम्बुना (misprint in Wikisource; न् for म् in अम्बु — the critical edition's apparatus reads ambunā). The first line is a variant of CE 1.122.13ab (papāta kūpe sā vīṭā …); the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.13*1360, line 1).

Verse 20 (1.141.20)

दृष्ट्वा चैते कुमाराश्च तं यत्नात्पर्यवारयन् । ततस्ते यत्नमातिष्ठन्वीटामुद्धर्तुमादृताः । न च ते प्रत्यपद्यन्त कर्म वीटोपलब्धये ॥

dṛṣṭvā caite kumārāśca taṃ yatnātparyavārayan | tataste yatnamātiṣṭhanvīṭāmuddhartumādṛtāḥ | na ca te pratyapadyanta karma vīṭopalabdhaye

Seeing it, the princes eagerly gathered round. Intent on lifting out the ball, they set to work, but could find no way to recover it.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki quote mark (') after the first line. Corrected प्रत्ययद्यन्त → प्रत्यपद्यन्त (misprint in Wikisource; य for प — the critical edition reads pratyapadyanta). A three-line verse as printed: the first two lines are not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.13*1360, line 2, and *1359); the third = CE 1.122.13cd.

Verse 21 (1.141.21)

ततोऽन्योन्यमवैक्षन्त व्रीडयावनताननाः । तस्या योगमविदन्तो भृशं चोत्कण्ठिताभवन् ॥

tato'nyonyamavaikṣanta vrīḍayāvanatānanāḥ | tasyā yogamavidanto bhṛśaṃ cotkaṇṭhitābhavan

Then they looked at one another, their faces bowed in shame, and, not knowing how to get it back, grew very anxious.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.13*1361).

Verse 22 (1.141.22)

तेऽपश्यन्ब्राह्मणं श्याममापन्नं पलितं कृशम् । कृत्यवन्तमदूरस्थमग्निहोत्रपुरस्कृतम् ॥

te'paśyanbrāhmaṇaṃ śyāmamāpannaṃ palitaṃ kṛśam | kṛtyavantamadūrasthamagnihotrapuraskṛtam

Then they saw a brahmin close by — dark, grey-haired, lean and in want — busy with his rites, his agnihotra fire before him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.13*1362).

Verse 23 (1.141.23)

ते तं दृष्ट्वा महात्मानमुपगम्य कुमारकाः । भग्नोत्साहक्रियात्मानो ब्राह्मणं पर्यवारयन् ॥

te taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahātmānamupagamya kumārakāḥ | bhagnotsāhakriyātmāno brāhmaṇaṃ paryavārayan

Seeing that great-souled man, the boys went up to him and, their zeal and their efforts spent, gathered around the brahmin.

Note on the text: Corrected महातमानम् → महात्मानम् (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped virama — the critical edition's apparatus reads mahātmānam). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.13*1363).

Verse 24 (1.141.24)

अथ द्रोणः कुमारांस्तान्दृष्ट्वा कृत्यवतस्तदा । प्रहस्य मन्दं पैशल्यादभ्यभाषत वीर्यवान् ॥

atha droṇaḥ kumārāṃstāndṛṣṭvā kṛtyavatastadā | prahasya mandaṃ paiśalyādabhyabhāṣata vīryavān

Then the mighty Drona, seeing the princes intent on their task, gave a gentle smile and spoke to them with skill:

Note on the text: Corrected कत्यवशस्तदा → कृत्यवतस्तदा (misprint in Wikisource; कत्यवशः is not a word — the critical edition reads kṛtyavatas, "intent on their task").

Verse 25 (1.141.25)

अहो वो धिग्बलं क्षात्रं धिगेतां वः कृतास्त्रताम् । भरतस्यान्वये जाता ये वीटां नाधिगच्छत ॥

aho vo dhigbalaṃ kṣātraṃ dhigetāṃ vaḥ kṛtāstratām | bharatasyānvaye jātā ye vīṭāṃ nādhigacchata

"Shame on your warrior strength, and shame on this skill of yours with weapons! Born in the line of Bharata, you cannot retrieve a ball!

Note on the text: Speaker changed from वैशम्पायन to द्रोण: no speaker line is printed, but the whole verse is Drona's speech, introduced in the verse before.

Verse 26 (1.141.26)

वीटां च मुद्रिकां चैव ह्यहमेतदपि द्वयम् । उद्धरेयमिषीकाभिर्भोजनं मे प्रदीयताम् ॥

vīṭāṃ ca mudrikāṃ caiva hyahametadapi dvayam | uddhareyamiṣīkābhirbhojanaṃ me pradīyatām

"The ball and the ring too — both of these I will lift out with blades of reed grass. Let a meal be given to me."

Note on the text: Speaker changed from वैशम्पायन to द्रोण: the verse continues Drona's speech. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.15*1365, lines 1–2).

Verse 27 (1.141.27)

ततोऽब्रवीत्तदा द्रोणं कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । कृपस्यानुमते ब्रह्मन्भिक्षामाप्नुहि शाश्वतीम् ॥

tato'bravīttadā droṇaṃ kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | kṛpasyānumate brahmanbhikṣāmāpnuhi śāśvatīm

Then Kunti's son Yudhishthira said to Drona: "With Kripa's leave, brahmin, you shall have alms that last for ever."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.15*1365, lines 5–6).

Verse 28 (1.141.28)

एवमुक्तः प्रत्युवाच प्रहस्य भरतानिदम् । एषा मुष्टिरिषीकाणां मयाऽस्त्रेणाभिमन्त्रिता ॥

evamuktaḥ pratyuvāca prahasya bharatānidam | eṣā muṣṭiriṣīkāṇāṃ mayā'streṇābhimantritā

So addressed, he laughed and said this to the Bharatas: "This handful of reeds I have charged with the power of a weapon-spell.

Note on the text: Wikisource prints the speaker line द्रोण उवाच between the two lines of this verse; the verse is kept with the narrator, who speaks its first line. The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.15*1365, line 7); the second = CE 1.122.16ab.

Verse 29 (1.141.29)

अस्या वीर्यं निरीक्षध्वं यदन्येषु न विद्यते । वेत्स्यामीषिकया वीटां तामिषीकां तथाऽन्यया ॥

asyā vīryaṃ nirīkṣadhvaṃ yadanyeṣu na vidyate | vetsyāmīṣikayā vīṭāṃ tāmiṣīkāṃ tathā'nyayā

"See its power, which nothing else has. With one reed I shall pierce the ball, and that reed with another,

Note on the text: = CE 1.122.16cd + 17ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 30 (1.141.30)

तामन्यया समायोगे वीटाया ग्रहणं मम । ततो यथोक्तं द्रोणेन तत्सर्वं कृतमञ्जसा ॥

tāmanyayā samāyoge vīṭāyā grahaṇaṃ mama | tato yathoktaṃ droṇena tatsarvaṃ kṛtamañjasā

"and that one with yet another; by joining them so I shall take hold of the ball." Then everything Drona had said was done, with ease.

Note on the text: Wikisource prints the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच between the two lines of this verse; the verse is kept with Drona, who speaks its first line. The first line = CE 1.122.17cd (which reads samāyogo … grahaṇe); the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.17*1367).

Verse 31 (1.141.31)

तदवेक्ष्य कुमारास्ते विस्मयोत्फुल्ललोचनाः । आश्चर्यमिदमत्यन्तमिति मत्वा वचोऽब्रुवन् ॥

tadavekṣya kumārāste vismayotphullalocanāḥ | āścaryamidamatyantamiti matvā vaco'bruvan

Seeing it, the princes, their eyes wide with wonder, thought it a great marvel and said:

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 1.122.18ab; the second line differs from the critical edition. Aligned by hand.

Verse 32 (1.141.32)

मुद्रिकामपि विप्रर्षे शीघ्रमेतां समुद्धर । ततः शरं समादाय धनुश्चापि महायशाः ॥

mudrikāmapi viprarṣe śīghrametāṃ samuddhara | tataḥ śaraṃ samādāya dhanuścāpi mahāyaśāḥ

"Lift out this ring as well, quickly, O brahmin sage!" Then the glorious one took up an arrow and his bow,

Note on the text: Corrected मुद्रिकामणि → मुद्रिकामपि, शीध्रम् → शीघ्रम् and समुद्धरथ → समुद्धर (misprints in Wikisource; ण for प, ध for घ, and an extra syllable that breaks the metre and the singular address — the critical edition's apparatus reads mudrikām api viprarṣe śīghram etāṃ samuddhara). Wikisource prints the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच between the two lines of this verse. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.18*1368, lines 1–2).

Verse 33 (1.141.33)

शरेण विद्ध्वा मुद्रां तामूर्ध्वमावाहयत्प्रभुः । स शरं समुपादाय कूपादङ्गुलिवेष्टनम् ॥

śareṇa viddhvā mudrāṃ tāmūrdhvamāvāhayatprabhuḥ | sa śaraṃ samupādāya kūpādaṅguliveṣṭanam

and, piercing the ring with the arrow, the master drew it upward. Taking the arrow, he then gave the ring from the well

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.18*1368, lines 3–4).

Verse 34 (1.141.34)

ददौ ततः कुमाराणां विस्मितानामविस्मितः । मुद्रिकामुद्धृतां दृष्ट्वा तमाहुस्ते कुमारकाः ॥

dadau tataḥ kumārāṇāṃ vismitānāmavismitaḥ | mudrikāmuddhṛtāṃ dṛṣṭvā tamāhuste kumārakāḥ

to the astonished princes, not astonished in the least himself. Seeing the ring brought up, the princes said to him:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.18*1368, lines 5–6).

Verse 35 (1.141.35)

अभिवन्दामहे ब्रह्मन्नैतदन्येषु विद्यते । कोऽसि कस्यासि जानीमो वयं किं करवामहे ॥

abhivandāmahe brahmannaitadanyeṣu vidyate | ko'si kasyāsi jānīmo vayaṃ kiṃ karavāmahe

The princes said: "We salute you, brahmin! No one else has such skill. Who are you, and whose son? We wish to know. What may we do for you?"

Note on the text: Speaker changed from वैशम्पायन to the princes (कुमारा ऊचुः): no speaker line is printed, but the whole verse is their speech, introduced in the verse before.

Verse 36 (1.141.36)

एवमुक्तस्ततो द्रोणः प्रत्युवाच कुमारकान् । आचक्षध्वं च भीष्माय रूपेण च गुणैश्च माम् ॥

evamuktastato droṇaḥ pratyuvāca kumārakān | ācakṣadhvaṃ ca bhīṣmāya rūpeṇa ca guṇaiśca mām

So addressed, Drona answered the boys: "Tell Bhishma about me — my appearance and my qualities;

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.19*1369); the second = CE 1.122.20ab.

Verse 37 (1.141.37)

स एव सुमहातेजाः सांप्रतं प्रतिपत्स्यते । तथेत्युक्त्वा च गत्वा च भीष्ममूचुः कुमारकाः ॥

sa eva sumahātejāḥ sāṃprataṃ pratipatsyate | tathetyuktvā ca gatvā ca bhīṣmamūcuḥ kumārakāḥ

"that man of great splendour will know at once what to do." Saying "So be it," the princes went and told Bhishma

Note on the text: Wikisource prints the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच between the two lines of this verse. = CE 1.122.20cd (which reads sumahābuddhiḥ) + a variant of 21ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 38 (1.141.38)

ब्राह्मणस्य वचः कृत्स्नं तच्च कर्म तथाविधम् । भीष्मः श्रुत्वा कुमाराणां द्रोणं तं प्रत्यजानत ॥

brāhmaṇasya vacaḥ kṛtsnaṃ tacca karma tathāvidham | bhīṣmaḥ śrutvā kumārāṇāṃ droṇaṃ taṃ pratyajānata

all of the brahmin's words, and that feat of his, just as it was. Hearing it from the princes, Bhishma knew him for Drona.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 1.122.21cd + 22ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 39 (1.141.39)

युक्तरूपः स हि गुरुरित्येवमनुचिन्त्य च । अथैनमानीय तदा स्वयमेव सुसत्कृतम् ॥

yuktarūpaḥ sa hi gururityevamanucintya ca | athainamānīya tadā svayameva susatkṛtam

Thinking, "He is just the teacher we need," Bhishma then fetched him in person and received him with every honour.

Note on the text: = CE 1.122.22cd + 23ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 40 (1.141.40)

परिपप्रच्छ निपुणं भीष्मः शस्त्रभृतां वरः । हेतुमागमने तच्च द्रोणः सर्वं न्यवेदयत् ॥

paripapraccha nipuṇaṃ bhīṣmaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ | hetumāgamane tacca droṇaḥ sarvaṃ nyavedayat

Bhishma, the best of those who bear arms, asked him carefully the reason for his coming, and Drona told him everything.

Note on the text: = CE 1.122.23ce, aligned by hand.

Verse 41 (1.141.41)

महर्षेरग्निवेश्यस्य सकाशमहमच्युत । अस्त्रार्थमगमं पूर्वं धनुर्वेदजिघृक्षया ॥

maharṣeragniveśyasya sakāśamahamacyuta | astrārthamagamaṃ pūrvaṃ dhanurvedajighṛkṣayā

Drona said: "Long ago, unfailing one, I went to the great sage Agnivesha to learn weapons, wishing to master the science of archery.

Verse 42 (1.141.42)

ब्रह्मचारी विनीतात्मा जटिलो बहुलाः समाः । अवसं सुचिरं तत्र गुरुशुश्रूषणे रतः ॥

brahmacārī vinītātmā jaṭilo bahulāḥ samāḥ | avasaṃ suciraṃ tatra guruśuśrūṣaṇe rataḥ

"A disciplined celibate student with matted hair, I lived there a very long time, for many years, devoted to serving my teacher.

Verse 43 (1.141.43)

पाञ्चाल्यो राजपुत्रश्च यज्ञसेनो महाबलः । इष्वस्त्रहेतोर्न्यवसत्तस्मिन्नेव गुरौ प्रभुः ॥

pāñcālyo rājaputraśca yajñaseno mahābalaḥ | iṣvastrahetornyavasattasminneva gurau prabhuḥ

"The prince of Panchala, the mighty Yajnasena, a powerful youth, lived with that same teacher to learn archery.

Verse 44 (1.141.44)

स मे तत्र सखा चासीदुपकारी प्रियश्च मे । तेनाहं सह संगम्य वर्तयन्सुचिरं प्रभो ॥

sa me tatra sakhā cāsīdupakārī priyaśca me | tenāhaṃ saha saṃgamya vartayansuciraṃ prabho

"He was my friend there, helpful to me and dear to me. I spent a long time in his company, my lord,

Verse 45 (1.141.45)

बाल्यात्प्रभृति कौरव्य सहाध्ययनमेव च । स मे सखा सदा तत्र प्रियवादी प्रियंकरः ॥

bālyātprabhṛti kauravya sahādhyayanameva ca | sa me sakhā sadā tatra priyavādī priyaṃkaraḥ

"and we studied together from boyhood, descendant of Kuru. There he was always my friend, kind in word and kind in deed.

Note on the text: = CE 1.122.27ef + a variant of 28ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 46 (1.141.46)

अब्रवीदिति मां भीष्म वचनं प्रीतिवर्धनम् । अहं प्रियतमः पुत्रः पितुर्द्रोण महात्मनः ॥

abravīditi māṃ bhīṣma vacanaṃ prītivardhanam | ahaṃ priyatamaḥ putraḥ piturdroṇa mahātmanaḥ

"He spoke these words to me, Bhishma, that deepened our affection: 'I am my great-souled father's dearest son, Drona.

Note on the text: = CE 1.122.28cd + 29ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 47 (1.141.47)

अभिषेक्ष्यति मां राज्ये स पाञ्चाल्यो यदा तदा । तद्भोज्यं भवता राज्यमर्धं सत्येन ते शपे ॥

abhiṣekṣyati māṃ rājye sa pāñcālyo yadā tadā | tadbhojyaṃ bhavatā rājyamardhaṃ satyena te śape

"'When the Panchala king anoints me to the throne, then half the kingdom shall be yours to enjoy — I swear it to you by the truth.

Note on the text: = CE 1.122.29cd + a variant of 30ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 48 (1.141.48)

मम भोगाश्च वित्तं च त्वदधीनं सुखानि च । एवमुक्त्वाऽथ वव्राज कृतास्त्रः पूजितो मया ॥

mama bhogāśca vittaṃ ca tvadadhīnaṃ sukhāni ca | evamuktvā'tha vavrāja kṛtāstraḥ pūjito mayā

"'My pleasures, my wealth and my comforts shall all be at your command.' Having said this, he left, his training in arms complete, honoured by me.

Note on the text: = CE 1.122.30cd + a variant of 31ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 49 (1.141.49)

तच्च वाक्यमहं नित्यं मनसा धारयंस्तदा । सोऽहं पितृनियोगेन पुत्रलोभाद्यशस्विनीम् ॥

tacca vākyamahaṃ nityaṃ manasā dhārayaṃstadā | so'haṃ pitṛniyogena putralobhādyaśasvinīm

"I always kept those words of his in my mind. Then, at my father's bidding and wishing for a son, I

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 75, lines 1–2).

Verse 50 (1.141.50)

शारद्वतीं महाप्रज्ञामुपयेमे महाव्रताम् । अग्निहोत्रे च सत्रे च दमे च सततं रताम् ॥

śāradvatīṃ mahāprajñāmupayeme mahāvratām | agnihotre ca satre ca dame ca satataṃ ratām

"married the illustrious Sharadvati, wise and of great vows, ever devoted to the agnihotra, to sacrifice and to self-restraint.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 75, lines 3–4).

Verse 51 (1.141.51)

लेभे च गौतमी पुत्रमश्वत्थामानमौरसम् । भीमविक्रमकर्माणमादित्यसमतेजसम् ॥

lebhe ca gautamī putramaśvatthāmānamaurasam | bhīmavikramakarmāṇamādityasamatejasam

"Gautami bore me a son of my own body, Ashvatthaman, fearsome in valour and in deed, radiant as the sun.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 75, lines 5–6).

Verse 52 (1.141.52)

पुत्रेण तेन प्रीतोऽहं भरद्वाजो मया यथा । गोक्षीरं पिबतो दृष्ट्वा धनिनस्तत्र पुत्रकान् । अश्वत्थामारुदद्बालस्तन्मे संदेहयद्दिशः ॥

putreṇa tena prīto'haṃ bharadvājo mayā yathā | gokṣīraṃ pibato dṛṣṭvā dhaninastatra putrakān | aśvatthāmārudadbālastanme saṃdehayaddiśaḥ

"I rejoiced in that son as Bharadvaja had rejoiced in me. Once, seeing the sons of rich men drinking cow's milk, the child Ashvatthaman cried, and at that I was at my wits' end.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 75, lines 7–9). A three-line verse as printed.

Verse 53 (1.141.53)

न स्नातकोऽवसीदेत वर्तमानः स्वकर्मसु । इति संचिन्त्य मनसा तं देशं बहुशो भ्रमन् ॥

na snātako'vasīdeta vartamānaḥ svakarmasu | iti saṃcintya manasā taṃ deśaṃ bahuśo bhraman

"Thinking, 'A snataka who keeps to his own duties should not come to want,' I wandered again and again through that country,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 75, lines 10–11).

Verse 54 (1.141.54)

विशुद्धमिच्छन्गाङ्गेय धर्मोपेतं प्रतिग्रहम् । अन्तादन्तं परिक्रम्य नाध्यगच्छं पयस्विनीम् ॥

viśuddhamicchangāṅgeya dharmopetaṃ pratigraham | antādantaṃ parikramya nādhyagacchaṃ payasvinīm

"seeking, son of Ganga, a pure gift sanctioned by dharma. I went from one end to the other, but could not obtain a milch cow.

Note on the text: Corrected विशुद्धणिच्छन् → विशुद्धमिच्छन् (misprint in Wikisource; ण for म — the critical edition's Appendix reads viśuddham icchan). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 75, lines 12–13).

Verse 55 (1.141.55)

यवपिष्टोदकेनैनं लोभयेयं कुमारकम् । पीत्वा पिष्टरसं बालः क्षीरं पीतं मयाऽपि च ॥

yavapiṣṭodakenainaṃ lobhayeyaṃ kumārakam | pītvā piṣṭarasaṃ bālaḥ kṣīraṃ pītaṃ mayā'pi ca

"I thought I would coax the boy with water mixed with barley flour. And the child, having drunk the flour-water, thinking 'I too have drunk milk,'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 75, lines 14–15; its first line reads atha piṣṭodakenainaṃ lobhayanti kumārakāḥ).

Verse 56 (1.141.56)

ननर्तोत्थाय कौरव्य हृष्टो बाल्याद्विमोहितः । तं दृष्ट्वा नृत्यमानं तु बालैः परिवृतं सुतम् ॥

nanartotthāya kauravya hṛṣṭo bālyādvimohitaḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā nṛtyamānaṃ tu bālaiḥ parivṛtaṃ sutam

"jumped up and danced with joy, descendant of Kuru, deluded in his childishness. Seeing my son dancing like that, surrounded by other children

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 75, lines 16–17).

Verse 57 (1.141.57)

हास्यतामुपसंप्राप्तं कश्मलं तत्र मेऽभवत् । द्रोणं धिगस्त्वधनिनं यो धनं नाधिगच्छति ॥

hāsyatāmupasaṃprāptaṃ kaśmalaṃ tatra me'bhavat | droṇaṃ dhigastvadhaninaṃ yo dhanaṃ nādhigacchati

"and made a laughing-stock, I was overwhelmed with dismay. 'Shame on penniless Drona, who cannot earn wealth,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 75, lines 18–19).

Verse 58 (1.141.58)

पिष्टोदकं सुतो यस्य पीत्वा क्षीरस्य तृष्णया । नृत्यतिस्म मुदाविष्टः क्षीरं पीतं मयाऽप्युत ॥

piṣṭodakaṃ suto yasya pītvā kṣīrasya tṛṣṇayā | nṛtyatisma mudāviṣṭaḥ kṣīraṃ pītaṃ mayā'pyuta

"'whose son, thirsting for milk, drinks flour-water and dances about in glee, thinking he too has drunk milk!'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 75, lines 20–21).

Verse 59 (1.141.59)

इति संभाषतां वाचं श्रुत्वा मे बुद्धिरच्यवत् । आत्मानं चात्मना गर्हन्मनसेदं व्यचिन्तयम् ॥

iti saṃbhāṣatāṃ vācaṃ śrutvā me buddhiracyavat | ātmānaṃ cātmanā garhanmanasedaṃ vyacintayam

"Hearing people speak such words, my mind was shaken. Reproaching myself, I reflected thus in my heart:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 75, lines 22–23).

Verse 60 (1.141.60)

अपि चाहं पुरा विप्रैर्वर्जितो गर्हितो वसे । परोपसेवां पापिष्ठां न च कुर्यां धनेप्सया ॥

api cāhaṃ purā viprairvarjito garhito vase | paropasevāṃ pāpiṣṭhāṃ na ca kuryāṃ dhanepsayā

"'Before this too I have lived shunned and despised by brahmins; yet I will not, for the sake of wealth, take up service to another, the most sinful of things.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 75, lines 24–25).

Verse 61 (1.141.61)

इति मत्वा प्रियं पुत्रं भीष्मादाय ततो ह्यहम् । पूर्वस्नेहानुरागित्वात्सदारः सौमकिं गतः ॥

iti matvā priyaṃ putraṃ bhīṣmādāya tato hyaham | pūrvasnehānurāgitvātsadāraḥ saumakiṃ gataḥ

"With this in mind, Bhishma, I took my dear son and, out of my old affection and attachment, went with my wife to the son of Somaka.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 75, lines 26–27).

Verse 62 (1.141.62)

अभिषिक्तं तु श्रुत्वैव कृतार्थोऽस्मीति चिन्तयन् । प्रियं सखायं सुप्रीतो राज्यस्थं समुपागमम् ॥

abhiṣiktaṃ tu śrutvaiva kṛtārtho'smīti cintayan | priyaṃ sakhāyaṃ suprīto rājyasthaṃ samupāgamam

"The moment I heard he had been anointed king, I thought, 'My purpose is won,' and in great joy I went to my dear friend, now established on his throne,

Note on the text: = a variant of CE 1.122.31cd + 32ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 63 (1.141.63)

संस्मरन्सङ्गमं चैव वचनं चैव तस्य तत् । ततो द्रुपदमागम्य सखिपूर्वमहं प्रभो ॥

saṃsmaransaṅgamaṃ caiva vacanaṃ caiva tasya tat | tato drupadamāgamya sakhipūrvamahaṃ prabho

"remembering our companionship and those words of his. Then, my lord, coming to Drupada as his friend of old, I

Note on the text: Corrected सखइपूर्वम् → सखिपूर्वम् (misprint in Wikisource; an independent इ in place of the vowel sign ि — the critical edition reads sakhipūrvam). = CE 1.122.32cd + 33ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 64 (1.141.64)

अब्रुवं पुरुषव्याघ्र सखायं विद्धि मामिति । उपस्थितस्तु द्रुपदं सखिवच्चास्मि सङ्गतः ॥

abruvaṃ puruṣavyāghra sakhāyaṃ viddhi māmiti | upasthitastu drupadaṃ sakhivaccāsmi saṅgataḥ

"said, 'Tiger among men, know me as your friend.' I stood before Drupada and met him as a friend would.

Note on the text: = CE 1.122.33cd + a variant of 34ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 65 (1.141.65)

स मां निराकारमिव प्रहसन्निदमब्रवीत् । अकृतेयं तव प्रज्ञा ब्रह्मन्नातिसमञ्जसा ॥

sa māṃ nirākāramiva prahasannidamabravīt | akṛteyaṃ tava prajñā brahmannātisamañjasā

"But he laughed at me as if I were nobody, and said: 'Your understanding is unformed, brahmin, and hardly fitting,

Note on the text: = CE 1.122.34cd + 35ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 66 (1.141.66)

यदात्थ मां त्वं प्रसभं सखा तेऽहमिति द्विज । संगतानीह जीर्यन्ति कालेन परिजीर्यतः ॥

yadāttha māṃ tvaṃ prasabhaṃ sakhā te'hamiti dvija | saṃgatānīha jīryanti kālena parijīryataḥ

"'that you boldly tell me, twice-born, that you are my friend. Ties in this world wear away with time, as a man himself wears away.

Note on the text: Corrected संगतनीह → संगतानीह (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped vowel sign that leaves the line a syllable short — the critical edition's apparatus reads saṃgatānīha). The first line = CE 1.122.35cd; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.35*1373, line 1).

Verse 67 (1.141.67)

सौहृदं मे त्वया ह्यासीत्पूर्वं सामर्थ्यबन्धनम् । नाश्रोत्रियः श्रोत्रियस्य नारथी रथिनः सखा ॥

sauhṛdaṃ me tvayā hyāsītpūrvaṃ sāmarthyabandhanam | nāśrotriyaḥ śrotriyasya nārathī rathinaḥ sakhā

"'I had a friendship with you before, founded on our being equals then. One unversed in the Veda is no friend to one who is versed in it, nor one without a chariot to a chariot-warrior.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.35*1373, lines 2–3).

Verse 68 (1.141.68)

साम्याद्धि सख्यं भवति वैषम्यान्नोपपद्यते । न सख्यमजरं लोके विद्यते जातु कस्यचित् ॥

sāmyāddhi sakhyaṃ bhavati vaiṣamyānnopapadyate | na sakhyamajaraṃ loke vidyate jātu kasyacit

"'Friendship comes from equality; from inequality it does not arise. No friendship in the world is ever free from ageing.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.35*1373, lines 4–5).

Verse 69 (1.141.69)

कामो वैनं विहरति क्रोधो वैनं रहत्युत । मैवं जीर्णमुपास्स्व त्वं सख्यं भवदुपाधिकृत् ॥

kāmo vainaṃ viharati krodho vainaṃ rahatyuta | maivaṃ jīrṇamupāssva tvaṃ sakhyaṃ bhavadupādhikṛt

"'Desire scatters it, and anger breaks it. Do not cling so to a worn-out friendship; it was made by circumstance.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.35*1373, lines 6–7).

Verse 70 (1.141.70)

आसीत्सख्यं द्विजश्रेष्ठ त्वया मेऽर्थनिबन्धनम् । नह्यनाढ्यः सखाऽऽढ्यस्य नाविद्वान्विदुषः सखा ॥

āsītsakhyaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha tvayā me'rthanibandhanam | nahyanāḍhyaḥ sakhā''ḍhyasya nāvidvānviduṣaḥ sakhā

"'Our friendship, best of the twice-born, was bound to a purpose. The man without means is no friend to the wealthy, nor the unlearned to the learned;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.35*1373, lines 8–9).

Verse 71 (1.141.71)

न शूरस्य सखा क्लीबः सखिपूर्वं किमिष्यते । न हि राज्ञामुदीर्णानामेवं भूतैर्नरैः क्वचित् ॥

na śūrasya sakhā klībaḥ sakhipūrvaṃ kimiṣyate | na hi rājñāmudīrṇānāmevaṃ bhūtairnaraiḥ kvacit

"'the coward is no friend to the brave. Why do you look for a friendship of old? Never, fool, do exalted kings have friendship with men such as you,

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.35*1373, line 10); the second = CE 1.122.36ab.

Verse 72 (1.141.72)

सख्यं भवति मन्दात्मञ्छ्रिया हीनैर्धनच्युतैः । नाश्रोत्रियः श्रोत्रियस्य नारथी रथिनः सखा ॥

sakhyaṃ bhavati mandātmañchriyā hīnairdhanacyutaiḥ | nāśrotriyaḥ śrotriyasya nārathī rathinaḥ sakhā

"'bereft of fortune and stripped of wealth. One unversed in the Veda is no friend to one who is versed in it, nor one without a chariot to a chariot-warrior;

Note on the text: = CE 1.122.36cd + 37ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 73 (1.141.73)

नाराजा पार्थिवस्यापि सखिपूर्वं किमिष्यते । अहं त्वया न जानामि राज्यार्थे संविदं कृताम् ॥

nārājā pārthivasyāpi sakhipūrvaṃ kimiṣyate | ahaṃ tvayā na jānāmi rājyārthe saṃvidaṃ kṛtām

"'one who is not a king is no friend to a ruler. Why do you look for a friendship of old? I know of no pact made with you about a kingdom.

Note on the text: The first line repeats CE 1.122.37cd (also CE apparatus 1.122.35*1374); the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.36*1375, line 1).

Verse 74 (1.141.74)

एकरात्रं तु ते ब्रह्मन्कामं दास्यामि भोजनम् । एवमुक्तस्त्वहं तेन सदारः प्रस्थितस्तदा ॥

ekarātraṃ tu te brahmankāmaṃ dāsyāmi bhojanam | evamuktastvahaṃ tena sadāraḥ prasthitastadā

"'But I will gladly give you food for one night, brahmin.' Spoken to thus by him, I set out at once with my wife,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.36*1375, lines 2–3).

Verse 75 (1.141.75)

तां प्रतिज्ञां प्रतिज्ञाय यां कर्ताऽस्म्यचिरादिव । द्रुपदेनैवमुक्तोऽहं मन्युनाऽभिपरिप्लुतः ॥

tāṃ pratijñāṃ pratijñāya yāṃ kartā'smyacirādiva | drupadenaivamukto'haṃ manyunā'bhipariplutaḥ

"having made a vow that I shall fulfil before long. Spoken to thus by Drupada, overwhelmed with anger,

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.36*1375, line 4); the second = CE 1.122.38ab.

Verse 76 (1.141.76)

अभ्यागच्छं कुरून्भीष्म शिष्यैरर्थी गुणान्वितैः । ततोऽहं भवतः कामं संवर्धयितुमागतः ॥

abhyāgacchaṃ kurūnbhīṣma śiṣyairarthī guṇānvitaiḥ | tato'haṃ bhavataḥ kāmaṃ saṃvardhayitumāgataḥ

"I came to the Kurus, Bhishma, in search of worthy disciples. And so I have come to further your wishes.

Note on the text: The first line = CE 1.122.38cd; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.38*1377, line 1).

Verse 77 (1.141.77)

इदं नागपुरं रम्यं ब्रूहि किं करवाणि ते । एवमुक्तस्तदा भीष्मो भारद्वाजमभाषत ॥

idaṃ nāgapuraṃ ramyaṃ brūhi kiṃ karavāṇi te | evamuktastadā bhīṣmo bhāradvājamabhāṣata

"Here is lovely Nagapura. Tell me, what may I do for you?" So addressed, Bhishma then spoke to Bharadvaja's son.

Note on the text: Wikisource prints the speaker line वैशंपायन उवाच between the two lines of this verse; the verse is kept with Drona, who speaks its first line. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.38*1377, lines 2–3).

Verse 78 (1.141.78)

अपज्यं क्रियतां चापं साध्वस्त्रं प्रतिपादय । भुङ्क्ष्व भोगान्भृशं प्रीतः पूज्यमानः कुरुक्षये ॥

apajyaṃ kriyatāṃ cāpaṃ sādhvastraṃ pratipādaya | bhuṅkṣva bhogānbhṛśaṃ prītaḥ pūjyamānaḥ kurukṣaye

Bhishma said: "Unstring your bow, and teach the weapons well. Enjoy every pleasure to the full, content and honoured, in the house of the Kurus.

Note on the text: Corrected भुङ्क्ष → भुङ्क्ष्व (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped व in the imperative — the critical edition's apparatus reads bhuṅkṣva). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.38*1377, lines 4–5).

Verse 79 (1.141.79)

कुरूणामस्ति यद्वित्तं राज्यं चेदं सराष्ट्रकम् । त्वमेव परमो राजा सर्वे वाक्यकरास्तव ॥

kurūṇāmasti yadvittaṃ rājyaṃ cedaṃ sarāṣṭrakam | tvameva paramo rājā sarve vākyakarāstava

"Whatever wealth the Kurus have, and this kingdom with all its lands — you are its supreme king; everyone will do your bidding.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.38*1377, lines 6–7).

Verse 80 (1.141.80)

यच्च ते प्रार्थितं ब्रह्मन्कृतं तदिति चिन्त्यताम् । दिष्ट्या प्राप्तोऽसि विप्रर्षे महान्मेऽनुग्रहः कृतः ॥

yacca te prārthitaṃ brahmankṛtaṃ taditi cintyatām | diṣṭyā prāpto'si viprarṣe mahānme'nugrahaḥ kṛtaḥ

"Whatever you have wished for, brahmin, consider it done. It is our good fortune that you have come, brahmin sage; you have done me a great kindness."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.122.38*1377, lines 8–9).