The Births of Dhrishtadyumna and Draupadi

Verse 1 (1.149.1)

द्रोणेन वैरं द्रुपदो न सुष्वाप स्मरंस्तदा । क्षात्रेण वै बलेनास्य नाऽशशंसे पराजयम् ॥

droṇena vairaṃ drupado na suṣvāpa smaraṃstadā | kṣātreṇa vai balenāsya nā'śaśaṃse parājayam

Nursing his enmity with Drona, Drupada could not sleep as he brooded on it; nor did he hope to defeat him by a kshatriya's strength.

Note on the text: Removed the speaker heading (वैशंपायन उवाच ।) and a stray backtick (wiki mark) from the text; the speaker is Vaishampayana. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 2 (1.149.2)

हीनं विदित्वा चात्मानं ब्राह्मेणापि बलेन च । द्रुपदोऽमर्षणाद्राजा कर्मसिद्धान्द्विजोत्तमान् ॥

hīnaṃ viditvā cātmānaṃ brāhmeṇāpi balena ca | drupado'marṣaṇādrājā karmasiddhāndvijottamān

Knowing himself inferior in a brahmin's power as well, King Drupada, unable to bear the insult, set out in search of excellent brahmins accomplished in sacred rites.

Note on the text: The second line is a variant of CE 1.155.1ab (amarṣī drupado rājā); the first is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Aligned by hand.

Verse 3 (1.149.3)

अन्विच्छन्परिचक्राम ब्राह्मणावसथान्बहून् । नास्ति श्रेष्ठं ममापत्यं धिग्बन्धूनिति च ब्रुवन् ॥

anvicchanparicakrāma brāhmaṇāvasathānbahūn | nāsti śreṣṭhaṃ mamāpatyaṃ dhigbandhūniti ca bruvan

Seeking them, he wandered through many dwellings of brahmins, saying, "I have no excellent offspring; shame on my kinsmen!"

Note on the text: The first line = CE 1.155.1cd; the second loosely parallels CE 1.155.2c and 3b. Aligned by hand.

Verse 4 (1.149.4)

निश्वासपरमो ह्यासीद्द्रोणं प्रतिचिकीर्षया । न सन्ति मम मित्राणि लोकेऽस्मिन्नास्ति वीर्यवान् ॥

niśvāsaparamo hyāsīddroṇaṃ praticikīrṣayā | na santi mama mitrāṇi loke'sminnāsti vīryavān

Longing to repay Drona, he did little but sigh: "I have no friends; there is no one valiant in this world."

Note on the text: The first line = CE 1.155.3cd; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Aligned by hand.

Verse 5 (1.149.5)

पुत्रजन्म परीप्सन्वै पृथिवीमन्वयादिमाम् । प्रभावशिक्षाविनयाद्द्रोणस्यास्त्रबलेन च ॥

putrajanma parīpsanvai pṛthivīmanvayādimām | prabhāvaśikṣāvinayāddroṇasyāstrabalena ca

Longing for the birth of a son, he roamed this earth. But because of Drona's power, training and discipline, and the might of his weapons,

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 1.155.2a; the second loosely parallels CE 1.155.4ab. Aligned by hand.

Verse 6 (1.149.6)

कर्तुं प्रयतमानो वै न शशाक पराजयम् । अभितः सोऽथ कल्माषीं गङ्गातीरे परिभ्रमन् ॥

kartuṃ prayatamāno vai na śaśāka parājayam | abhitaḥ so'tha kalmāṣīṃ gaṅgātīre paribhraman

though he strove, he could not bring about his defeat. Then, wandering along the bank of the Ganga near the Kalmashi,

Note on the text: The first line loosely parallels CE 1.155.4ef; the second = CE 1.155.5ab (which reads gaṅgākūle). Aligned by hand.

Verse 7 (1.149.7)

ब्राह्मणावसथं पुण्यमाससाद महीपतिः । तत्र नास्नातकः कश्चिन्न चासीदव्रतो द्विजः ॥

brāhmaṇāvasathaṃ puṇyamāsasāda mahīpatiḥ | tatra nāsnātakaḥ kaścinna cāsīdavrato dvijaḥ

the king came upon a holy settlement of brahmins. There was no brahmin there who had not completed his studies, and none who kept no vows.

Note on the text: = CE 1.155.5cd + 6ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 8 (1.149.8)

तथैव तौ महाभागौ सोऽपश्यच्छंसितव्रतौ । याजोपयाजौ ब्रह्मर्षी भ्रातरौ पृषतात्मजः ॥

tathaiva tau mahābhāgau so'paśyacchaṃsitavratau | yājopayājau brahmarṣī bhrātarau pṛṣatātmajaḥ

There, too, the son of Prishata saw two illustrious brahmin seers of praiseworthy vows, the brothers Yaja and Upayaja,

Note on the text: = CE 1.155.6cd + 7ab (with variants), aligned by hand.

Verse 9 (1.149.9)

संहिताध्ययने युक्तौ गोत्रतश्चापि काश्यपौ । अरण्ये युक्तरूपौ तौ ब्राह्मणावृषिसत्तमौ ॥

saṃhitādhyayane yuktau gotrataścāpi kāśyapau | araṇye yuktarūpau tau brāhmaṇāvṛṣisattamau

devoted to reciting the Samhita and of the Kashyapa lineage — two brahmins, best among seers, well suited to the forest life.

Note on the text: = CE 1.155.7cd + 8ab (which reads tāraṇe for अरण्ये), aligned by hand.

Verse 10 (1.149.10)

स उपामन्त्रयामास सर्वकामैरतन्द्रितः । बुद्ध्वा तयोर्बलं बुद्धिं कनीयांसमुपह्वरे ॥

sa upāmantrayāmāsa sarvakāmairatandritaḥ | buddhvā tayorbalaṃ buddhiṃ kanīyāṃsamupahvare

Tirelessly he invited them, offering everything they could desire. Having judged their strength and understanding, he approached the younger in private,

Note on the text: = CE 1.155.8cd + 9ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 11 (1.149.11)

प्रपेदे छन्दयन्कामैरुपयाजं धृतव्रतम् । गुरुशुश्रूषणे युक्तः प्रियकृत्सर्वकामदम् ॥

prapede chandayankāmairupayājaṃ dhṛtavratam | guruśuśrūṣaṇe yuktaḥ priyakṛtsarvakāmadam

Upayaja, firm in his vows, tempting him with all he might wish. Serving him as one serves a guru, doing what pleased him and granting every wish,

Note on the text: The first line = CE 1.155.9cd; the second is a variant of CE 1.155.10ab. Aligned by hand.

Verse 12 (1.149.12)

पाद्येनासनदानेन तथाऽर्घ्येण फलैश्च तम् । अर्हयित्वा यथान्यायमुपयाजोऽब्रवीत्ततः ॥

pādyenāsanadānena tathā'rghyeṇa phalaiśca tam | arhayitvā yathānyāyamupayājo'bravīttataḥ

he honoured him duly with water for his feet, a seat, the guest-offering and fruits. Then Upayaja said:

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second is a variant of CE 1.155.10cd, where Drupada addresses Upayaja instead. Aligned by hand.

Verse 13 (1.149.13)

येन कार्यविशेषेण त्वमस्मानभिकाङ्क्षसे । कृतश्चायं समुद्योगस्तद्ब्रवीतु भवानिति ॥

yena kāryaviśeṣeṇa tvamasmānabhikāṅkṣase | kṛtaścāyaṃ samudyogastadbravītu bhavāniti

"For what particular purpose do you seek us, and why has all this effort been made? Tell me that."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Upayaja (his question; Wikisource prints no heading). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 14 (1.149.14)

स बुद्ध्वा प्रीतिसंयुक्तमृषीणामुत्तमं तदा । उवाच छन्दयन्कामैर्द्रुपदः स तपस्विनम् ॥

sa buddhvā prītisaṃyuktamṛṣīṇāmuttamaṃ tadā | uvāca chandayankāmairdrupadaḥ sa tapasvinam

Seeing that the best of seers was well disposed, Drupada then spoke to that ascetic, tempting him with all he might desire:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 15 (1.149.15)

येन मे कर्मणा ब्रह्मन्पुत्रः स्याद्द्रोणमृत्यवे । उपयाज चरस्वैतत्प्रदास्यामि धनं तव ॥

yena me karmaṇā brahmanputraḥ syāddroṇamṛtyave | upayāja carasvaitatpradāsyāmi dhanaṃ tava

"Brahmin Upayaja, perform the rite by which I may have a son who will be Drona's death, and I will give you wealth."

Note on the text: Corrected द्रोणमृत्येव → द्रोणमृत्यवे (misprint in Wikisource; the vowel signs are misplaced — the critical edition and verse 29 read droṇamṛtyave). Speaker set to Drupada (his request; Wikisource prints no heading). The first line = CE 1.155.11ab; the second is a variant of 11cd.

Verse 16 (1.149.16)

नाहं फलार्थी द्रुपद योऽर्थी स्यात्तत्र गम्यताम् । प्रत्याख्यातस्तु तेनैवं स वै सज्जनसंनिधौ ॥

nāhaṃ phalārthī drupada yo'rthī syāttatra gamyatām | pratyākhyātastu tenaivaṃ sa vai sajjanasaṃnidhau

"I do not seek rewards, Drupada. Go to someone who does." Refused in this way by him, in the presence of good men,

Note on the text: Wikisource prints Upayaja's heading before the first line and Vaishampayana's before the second. The first line loosely parallels CE 1.155.13ab; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 17 (1.149.17)

आराधयिष्यन्द्रुपदः स तं पर्यचरत्तदा । ततः संवत्सरस्यान्ते द्रुपदं द्विजसत्तमः ॥

ārādhayiṣyandrupadaḥ sa taṃ paryacarattadā | tataḥ saṃvatsarasyānte drupadaṃ dvijasattamaḥ

Drupada, still hoping to win him over, waited upon him. Then, at the end of a year, that best of brahmins,

Note on the text: = CE 1.155.13cd + 14ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 18 (1.149.18)

उपयाजोऽब्रवीद्वाक्यं काले मधुरया गिरा । ज्येष्ठो भ्राता न मेऽत्याक्षीद्विचरन्विजने वने ॥

upayājo'bravīdvākyaṃ kāle madhurayā girā | jyeṣṭho bhrātā na me'tyākṣīdvicaranvijane vane

Upayaja, spoke to Drupada at the proper time in a sweet voice: "My elder brother, wandering in a lonely forest, did not pass over

Note on the text: The first line = CE 1.155.14cd and is narration; Upayaja's speech begins in the second, a variant of CE 1.155.15ab (mamāgṛhṇād for न मेऽत्याक्षीद्). Aligned by hand.

Verse 19 (1.149.19)

अपरिज्ञातशौचायां भूमौ निपतितं फलम् । तदपश्यमहं भ्रातुरसांप्रतमनुव्रजन् ॥

aparijñātaśaucāyāṃ bhūmau nipatitaṃ phalam | tadapaśyamahaṃ bhrāturasāṃpratamanuvrajan

a fruit that had fallen on ground whose cleanness was unknown. Following behind my brother, I saw that unseemly act.

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from Vaishampayana (carry-over) to Upayaja, whose speech runs to verse 25. = CE 1.155.15cd + 16ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 20 (1.149.20)

विमर्शं हि फलादाने नायं कुर्यात्कथंचन । नापश्यत्फलं दृष्ट्वा दोषांस्तस्याऽऽनुबन्धिकान् ॥

vimarśaṃ hi phalādāne nāyaṃ kuryātkathaṃcana | nāpaśyatphalaṃ dṛṣṭvā doṣāṃstasyā''nubandhikān

He would never stop to think before taking a fruit; seeing the fruit, he did not see the faults that cling to it.

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 1.155.16cd; the second of 17ab. The second line is a syllable short (नापश्यत्फलं दृष्ट्वा) but is left as printed. Aligned by hand.

Verse 21 (1.149.21)

विविनक्ति न शौचार्थी सोऽन्यत्रापि कथं भवेत् । संहिताध्ययनस्यान्ते पञ्चयज्ञान्निरूप्य च ॥

vivinakti na śaucārthī so'nyatrāpi kathaṃ bhavet | saṃhitādhyayanasyānte pañcayajñānnirūpya ca

One who, though he should care for purity, makes no distinction here — how could he be otherwise in other matters? At the end of his Samhita recitation, after performing the five sacrifices,

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 1.155.17cd; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Aligned by hand.

Verse 22 (1.149.22)

भैक्षमुञ्छेन सहितं भुञ्जानस्तु तदा तदा । कीर्तयत्येव राजर्षे भोजनस्य रसं पुनः ॥

bhaikṣamuñchena sahitaṃ bhuñjānastu tadā tadā | kīrtayatyeva rājarṣe bhojanasya rasaṃ punaḥ

he eats, time after time, food begged as alms together with gleanings, and keeps praising the taste of the meal again and again, O royal sage.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 23 (1.149.23)

संहिताध्ययनं कुर्वन्वने गुरुकुले वसन् । भैक्षमुच्छिष्टमन्येषां भुङ्क्ते स्म सततं तथा ॥

saṃhitādhyayanaṃ kurvanvane gurukule vasan | bhaikṣamucchiṣṭamanyeṣāṃ bhuṅkte sma satataṃ tathā

Even while reciting the Samhita and living in his teacher's house in the forest, he always ate the leftover alms of others,

Note on the text: A variant of CE 1.155.18ab–cd, aligned by hand.

Verse 24 (1.149.24)

कीर्तयन्गुणमन्नानामथ प्रीतो मुहुर्मुहुः । एवं फलार्थिनं तस्मान्मन्येऽहं तर्कचक्षुषा ॥

kīrtayanguṇamannānāmatha prīto muhurmuhuḥ | evaṃ phalārthinaṃ tasmānmanye'haṃ tarkacakṣuṣā

praising the virtues of the food with delight, again and again. So, reasoning it out, I judge him to be one who seeks rewards.

Note on the text: Corrected फलार्थिनस्त्समान् → फलार्थिनं तस्मान् (misprint in Wikisource; त्समान् is no word — the object of मन्ये is फलार्थिनम्, as in the critical edition's phalārthinaṃ, followed by तस्मात् 'therefore'). The first line is a variant of CE 1.155.18ef; the second of 19ab. Aligned by hand.

Verse 25 (1.149.25)

तं वै गच्छेह नृपते त्वां स संयाजयिष्यति ॥

taṃ vai gaccheha nṛpate tvāṃ sa saṃyājayiṣyati

Go to him, O king; he will perform the sacrifice for you."

Note on the text: = CE 1.155.19cd (which reads gacchasva); a single line in Wikisource.

Verse 26 (1.149.26)

उपयाजवचः श्रुत्वा याजस्याश्रममभ्यगात् । जुगुप्समानो नृपतिर्मनसेदं विचिन्तयन् ॥

upayājavacaḥ śrutvā yājasyāśramamabhyagāt | jugupsamāno nṛpatirmanasedaṃ vicintayan

Hearing Upayaja's words, the king went to Yaja's hermitage, though he felt distaste as he turned the matter over in his mind.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 1.155.20 (lines in a different order), aligned by hand.

Verse 27 (1.149.27)

भृशं संपूज्य पूजार्हमृषिं याजमुवाच ह । गोशतानि ददान्यष्टौ याज याजय मां विभो ॥

bhṛśaṃ saṃpūjya pūjārhamṛṣiṃ yājamuvāca ha | gośatāni dadānyaṣṭau yāja yājaya māṃ vibho

He paid great honour to the seer Yaja, who deserved honour, and said to him: "I will give you eight hundred cows, Yaja; perform a sacrifice for me, my lord.

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 1.155.20ef; the second of 21ab (ayutāni … gavām for गोशतानि). Drupada's speech begins in the second line. Aligned by hand.

Verse 28 (1.149.28)

द्रोणवैरान्तरे तप्तं विषण्णं शरणागतम् । ब्रह्मबन्धुप्रणिहितं न क्षत्रं क्षत्रियो जयेत् ॥

droṇavairāntare taptaṃ viṣaṇṇaṃ śaraṇāgatam | brahmabandhupraṇihitaṃ na kṣatraṃ kṣatriyo jayet

I am scorched by my enmity with Drona, dejected, and I have come to you for refuge. No kshatriya can overcome a kshatriya's power that has a brahmin behind it.

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from Vaishampayana (carry-over) to Drupada, whose speech runs to verse 41. The first line loosely parallels CE 1.155.21cd; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 29 (1.149.29)

तस्माद्द्रोणभयार्तं मां भवांस्त्रातुमिहार्हति । येन मे कर्मणा ब्रह्मन्पुत्रः स्याद्द्रोणमृत्यवे ॥

tasmāddroṇabhayārtaṃ māṃ bhavāṃstrātumihārhati | yena me karmaṇā brahmanputraḥ syāddroṇamṛtyave

So you should protect me here, tormented as I am by fear of Drona. Perform the rite, brahmin, by which I may have a son who will be Drona's death,

Note on the text: The second line repeats CE 1.155.11ab; the first is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 30 (1.149.30)

अर्जुनस्यापि वै भार्या भवेद्या वरवर्णिनी । स हि ब्रह्मविदां श्रेष्ठो ब्राह्मे क्षात्रेऽप्यनुत्तमः ॥

arjunasyāpi vai bhāryā bhavedyā varavarṇinī | sa hi brahmavidāṃ śreṣṭho brāhme kṣātre'pyanuttamaḥ

and a daughter too, of lovely complexion, who may become Arjuna's wife. For Drona is the best of those who know the Veda, unsurpassed in both the brahmin's and the warrior's lore.

Note on the text: The second line is a variant of CE 1.155.22ab; the first (asking for a daughter to be Arjuna's wife) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 31 (1.149.31)

ततो द्रोणस्तु माऽजैषीत्सखिविग्रहकारणात् । क्षत्रियो नास्ति तुल्योऽस्य पृथिव्यां कश्चिदग्रणीः ॥

tato droṇastu mā'jaiṣītsakhivigrahakāraṇāt | kṣatriyo nāsti tulyo'sya pṛthivyāṃ kaścidagraṇīḥ

That is why Drona defeated me in our quarrel as friends. There is no kshatriya on earth equal to him, none who stands ahead of him.

Note on the text: = CE 1.155.22cd (variant) + 23ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 32 (1.149.32)

भारताचार्यमुख्यस्य भारद्वाजस्य धीमतः । द्रोणस्य शरजालानि रिपुदेहहराणि च ॥

bhāratācāryamukhyasya bhāradvājasya dhīmataḥ | droṇasya śarajālāni ripudehaharāṇi ca

The volleys of arrows of Drona, the wise son of Bharadvaja, chief among the teachers of the Bharatas, carry off the bodies of his enemies.

Note on the text: = CE 1.155.23cd + 24ab (with variants), aligned by hand.

Verse 33 (1.149.33)

षडरत्नि धनुश्चास्य खड्गमप्रतिमं तथा । स हि ब्राह्मणवेषेण क्षात्रं वेगमसंशयम् ॥

ṣaḍaratni dhanuścāsya khaḍgamapratimaṃ tathā | sa hi brāhmaṇaveṣeṇa kṣātraṃ vegamasaṃśayam

His bow is six cubits long, and his sword is matchless. For in the guise of a brahmin, beyond doubt, that great archer, the high-minded son of Bharadvaja,

Note on the text: Corrected खड्गमप्रतिम → खड्गमप्रतिमं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara — the adjective must agree with खड्गम्). The first line is a variant of CE 1.155.24cd; the second of 25ab (brāhmaṇavegena for ब्राह्मणवेषेण). Aligned by hand.

Verse 34 (1.149.34)

प्रतिहन्ति महेष्वासो भारद्वाजो महामनाः । कार्तवीर्यसमो ह्येष खट्वाङ्गप्रतिमो रणे ॥

pratihanti maheṣvāso bhāradvājo mahāmanāḥ | kārtavīryasamo hyeṣa khaṭvāṅgapratimo raṇe

beats back the onrush of the kshatriyas. In battle he is the equal of Kartavirya and the like of Khatvanga;

Note on the text: The first line = CE 1.155.25cd; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 35 (1.149.35)

क्षत्रोच्छेदाय विहितो जामदग्न्य इवास्थितः ॥

kṣatrocchedāya vihito jāmadagnya ivāsthitaḥ

he stands like Jamadagni's son, as though ordained for the destruction of the kshatriyas.

Note on the text: = CE 1.155.26ab; a single line in Wikisource.

Verse 36 (1.149.36)

सहितं क्षत्रवेगेन ब्रह्मवेगेन सांप्रतम् । उपपन्नं हि मन्येऽहं भारद्वाजं यशस्विनम् ॥

sahitaṃ kṣatravegena brahmavegena sāṃpratam | upapannaṃ hi manye'haṃ bhāradvājaṃ yaśasvinam

I judge the illustrious son of Bharadvaja to be endowed now with a kshatriya's force joined to a brahmin's force.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 37 (1.149.37)

नेषवस्तमपाकुर्युर्न च प्रासा न चासयः । ब्राह्मं तस्य महातेजो मन्त्राहुतिहुतं यथा ॥

neṣavastamapākuryurna ca prāsā na cāsayaḥ | brāhmaṃ tasya mahātejo mantrāhutihutaṃ yathā

Arrows cannot drive him back, nor darts, nor swords; his great brahmin splendour is like a fire fed with oblations and mantras.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The second line loosely parallels CE 1.155.27ab.

Verse 38 (1.149.38)

तस्य ह्यस्त्रबलं घोरमप्रसह्यं परैर्भुवि । शत्रून्समेत्य जयति क्षत्रं ब्रह्मपुरस्कृतम् ॥

tasya hyastrabalaṃ ghoramaprasahyaṃ parairbhuvi | śatrūnsametya jayati kṣatraṃ brahmapuraskṛtam

The might of his weapons is terrible, not to be withstood by his foes on earth. A kshatriya's power with a brahmin at its head meets its enemies and conquers them.

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 1.155.26cd; the second of 27cd. Aligned by hand.

Verse 39 (1.149.39)

ब्रह्मक्षत्रे च सहिते ब्रह्मतेजो विशिष्यते । सोऽहं क्षत्रबलाद्दीनो ब्रह्मतेजः प्रपेदिवान् ॥

brahmakṣatre ca sahite brahmatejo viśiṣyate | so'haṃ kṣatrabalāddīno brahmatejaḥ prapedivān

Where brahmin and kshatriya power are joined, the brahmin's splendour prevails. So I, lacking in kshatriya strength, have turned to the splendour of a brahmin.

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 1.155.27ef; the second = 28ab. Aligned by hand.

Verse 40 (1.149.40)

द्रोणाद्विशिष्टमासाद्य भवन्तं ब्रह्मवित्तमम् । द्रोणान्तकमहं पुत्रं लभेयं युधि दुर्जयम् ॥

droṇādviśiṣṭamāsādya bhavantaṃ brahmavittamam | droṇāntakamahaṃ putraṃ labheyaṃ yudhi durjayam

Having found you, the greatest knower of the Veda and greater than Drona, may I obtain a son who will be Drona's end, invincible in battle.

Note on the text: = CE 1.155.28cd + 29ab, aligned by hand.

Verse 41 (1.149.41)

द्रोणमृत्युर्यथा मेऽद्य पुत्रो जायेत वीर्यवान् । तत्कर्म कुरु मे याज निर्वपाम्यर्बुदं गवाम् ॥

droṇamṛtyuryathā me'dya putro jāyeta vīryavān | tatkarma kuru me yāja nirvapāmyarbudaṃ gavām

Perform for me, Yaja, the rite by which a valiant son may be born to me this very day to be Drona's death. I will offer you a hundred million cows."

Note on the text: Corrected अर्बुद्धं → अर्बुदं (misprint in Wikisource; a doubled akshara — the word is arbuda, as in the critical edition). The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second = CE 1.155.29cd.

Verse 42 (1.149.42)

तथेत्युक्त्वा तु तं याजो यज्ञार्थमुपकल्पयन् । गुर्वर्थ इति चाकाममुपयाजमचोदयत् ॥

tathetyuktvā tu taṃ yājo yajñārthamupakalpayan | gurvartha iti cākāmamupayājamacodayat

Saying "So be it," Yaja began to make ready for the sacrifice, and, calling it a service owed to his elder, he urged on Upayaja, who was unwilling.

Note on the text: Corrected तुं → तु (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara — the critical edition reads tu). = CE 1.155.30ab–cd (which reads yājyārtham), aligned by hand.

Verse 43 (1.149.43)

द्रुपदं च महाराजमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् । मा भैस्त्वं संप्रदास्यामि कर्मणा भवतः सुतम् ॥

drupadaṃ ca mahārājamidaṃ vacanamabravīt | mā bhaistvaṃ saṃpradāsyāmi karmaṇā bhavataḥ sutam

And he said these words to the great king Drupada: "Do not be afraid. Through this rite I will give you a son.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 44 (1.149.44)

क्षिप्रमुत्तिष्ठ चाव्यग्रः संभारानुपकल्पय । एवमुक्त्वा प्रतिज्ञाय कर्म चास्याददे मुनिः ॥

kṣipramuttiṣṭha cāvyagraḥ saṃbhārānupakalpaya | evamuktvā pratijñāya karma cāsyādade muniḥ

Rise quickly and calmly, and gather the materials." Having said this and given his promise, the sage took up the rite for him.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Yaja: the first line closes his speech to Drupada, and Wikisource prints Vaishampayana's heading only before the second line. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 45 (1.149.45)

ब्राह्मणो द्विपदां श्रेष्ठो यथाविधि कथाक्रमम् । याजो द्रोणविनाशाय याजयामास तं नृपम् ॥

brāhmaṇo dvipadāṃ śreṣṭho yathāvidhi kathākramam | yājo droṇavināśāya yājayāmāsa taṃ nṛpam

Yaja, a brahmin and the best of men, performed the sacrifice for that king in due form and proper order, for the destruction of Drona.

Note on the text: The second line is a variant of CE 1.155.30ef; the first is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 46 (1.149.46)

गुर्वर्थेऽयोजयत्कर्म याजस्यापि समीपतः । ततस्तस्य नरेन्द्रस्य उपयाजो महातपाः ॥

gurvarthe'yojayatkarma yājasyāpi samīpataḥ | tatastasya narendrasya upayājo mahātapāḥ

For his elder's sake, Upayaja too took part in the rite at Yaja's side. Then the great ascetic Upayaja

Note on the text: The second line = CE 1.155.31ab; the first is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 47 (1.149.47)

आचख्यौ कर्म वैतानं तथा पुत्रफलाय वै । इह पुत्रो महावीर्यो महातेजा महाबलः । इष्यते यद्विधो राजन्भविता स तथाविधः ॥

ācakhyau karma vaitānaṃ tathā putraphalāya vai | iha putro mahāvīryo mahātejā mahābalaḥ | iṣyate yadvidho rājanbhavitā sa tathāvidhaḥ

explained to the king the Vedic fire-rite for gaining a son: "Here, O king, a son of great valour, great splendour and great strength will be born, just such as you desire."

Note on the text: Corrected आचव्यौ → आचख्यौ (misprint in Wikisource; व for ख — the critical edition reads ācakhyau). = CE 1.155.31cd + 32 (with variants), aligned by hand. The second and third lines are Upayaja's words.

Verse 48 (1.149.48)

भारद्वाजस्य हन्तारं सोऽभिसन्धाय पार्थिवः । आजह्रेऽथ तदा राजन्द्रुपदः कर्म सिद्धये ॥

bhāradvājasya hantāraṃ so'bhisandhāya pārthivaḥ | ājahre'tha tadā rājandrupadaḥ karma siddhaye

Resolved on a slayer of Bharadvaja's son, King Drupada then gathered all that was needed for the success of the rite, O king.

Note on the text: Corrected आजहे → आजह्रे (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped र — the perfect of आ-हृ is ājahre, as in the critical edition).

Verse 49 (1.149.49)

ब्राह्मणो द्विपदां श्रेष्ठो जुहाव च यथाविधि । कौसवी नाम तस्यासीद्या वै तां पुत्रगृद्धिनः ॥

brāhmaṇo dvipadāṃ śreṣṭho juhāva ca yathāvidhi | kausavī nāma tasyāsīdyā vai tāṃ putragṛddhinaḥ

The brahmin, best of men, made the offerings according to rule. The king, who longed for a son, had a queen named Kausavi;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 50 (1.149.50)

सौत्रामणिं तथा पत्नीं ततः कालेऽभ्ययात्तदा । याजस्तु सवनस्यान्ते देवीमाह्वापयत्तदा ॥

sautrāmaṇiṃ tathā patnīṃ tataḥ kāle'bhyayāttadā | yājastu savanasyānte devīmāhvāpayattadā

then, at the proper time, he approached the Sautramani rite along with his wife. At the close of the offering, Yaja had the queen summoned:

Note on the text: The second line = CE 1.155.34ab (which reads havanasyānte); the first is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 51 (1.149.51)

प्रेहि मां राज्ञि पृषति मिथुनं त्वामुपस्थितम् । कुमारश्च कुमारी च पितृवंशविवृद्धये ॥

prehi māṃ rājñi pṛṣati mithunaṃ tvāmupasthitam | kumāraśca kumārī ca pitṛvaṃśavivṛddhaye

"Come to me, Queen Prishati! A pair of children awaits you, a boy and a girl, to carry on their father's line."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Yaja (his summons; Wikisource prints no heading). The first line = CE 1.155.34cd; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 52 (1.149.52)

नालिप्तं वै मम मुखं पुण्यान्गन्धान्बिभर्मि च । न पत्नी तेऽस्मि सूत्यर्थे तिष्ठ याज मम प्रिये ॥

nāliptaṃ vai mama mukhaṃ puṇyāngandhānbibharmi ca | na patnī te'smi sūtyarthe tiṣṭha yāja mama priye

"My face is not yet anointed, and I am still wearing holy perfumes; I am not ready, as your wife, for the rite of birth. Wait, Yaja, as a kindness to me."

Note on the text: A different wording of CE 1.155.35.

Verse 53 (1.149.53)

याजेन श्रपितं हव्यमुपयाजेन मन्त्रितम् । कथं कामं न संदध्यात्पृषति प्रेहि तिष्ठ वा ॥

yājena śrapitaṃ havyamupayājena mantritam | kathaṃ kāmaṃ na saṃdadhyātpṛṣati prehi tiṣṭha vā

"The oblation cooked by Yaja and consecrated with mantras by Upayaja — how could it fail to fulfil its purpose? Prishati, come, or stay away!"

Verse 54 (1.149.54)

एवमुक्त्वा तु याजेन हुते हविषि संस्कृते । उत्तस्थौ पावकात्तस्मात्कुमारो देवसंनिभः ॥

evamuktvā tu yājena hute haviṣi saṃskṛte | uttasthau pāvakāttasmātkumāro devasaṃnibhaḥ

When Yaja had said this and poured the consecrated oblation, there rose from that fire a boy like a god,

Verse 55 (1.149.55)

ज्वालावर्णो घोररूपः किरीटी वर्म धारयन् । वीरः सखड्गः सशरो धनुष्मान्स नदन्मुहुः ॥

jvālāvarṇo ghorarūpaḥ kirīṭī varma dhārayan | vīraḥ sakhaḍgaḥ saśaro dhanuṣmānsa nadanmuhuḥ

the colour of flame and fearsome in form, wearing a crown and armour — a hero with sword, arrows and bow, roaring again and again.

Note on the text: Corrected सखङ्गः → सखड्गः (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग — the critical edition reads sakhaḍgaḥ).

Verse 56 (1.149.56)

सोऽभ्यरोहद्रथवरं तेन च प्रययौ तदा । जातमात्रे कुमारे च वाक्किलान्तर्हिताब्रवीत् ॥

so'bhyarohadrathavaraṃ tena ca prayayau tadā | jātamātre kumāre ca vākkilāntarhitābravīt

He mounted a splendid chariot and drove off in it. As soon as the boy was born, a voice, unseen, spoke:

Note on the text: The first line = CE 1.155.39ab; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 57 (1.149.57)

एष शिष्यश्च मृत्युश्च भारद्वाजस्य जायते । भयापहो राजपुत्रः पाञ्चालानां यशस्करः ॥

eṣa śiṣyaśca mṛtyuśca bhāradvājasya jāyate | bhayāpaho rājaputraḥ pāñcālānāṃ yaśaskaraḥ

"This prince is born to be both the pupil and the death of Bharadvaja's son. He will banish fear and bring glory to the Panchalas.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the voice from the sky (the whole verse is its speech; Wikisource prints no heading). The second line = CE 1.155.40ab; the first is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 58 (1.149.58)

राज्ञः शोकापहो जात एष द्रोणवधाय हि । इत्यवोचन्महद्भूतमदृश्यं खेचरं तदा ॥

rājñaḥ śokāpaho jāta eṣa droṇavadhāya hi | ityavocanmahadbhūtamadṛśyaṃ khecaraṃ tadā

He is born to take away the king's grief, and to slay Drona." So spoke a great being, invisible, moving in the sky.

Note on the text: = CE 1.155.40cd–ef, aligned by hand. The first line ends the voice's speech.

Verse 59 (1.149.59)

ततः प्रणेदुः पाञ्चालाः प्रहृष्टाः साधुसाध्विति । द्वितीयायां च होत्रायां हुते हविषि मन्त्रिते ॥

tataḥ praṇeduḥ pāñcālāḥ prahṛṣṭāḥ sādhusādhviti | dvitīyāyāṃ ca hotrāyāṃ hute haviṣi mantrite

Then the Panchalas shouted in delight, "Well done! Well done!" And at the second offering, when the consecrated oblation was poured,

Note on the text: The first line = CE 1.155.39cd; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 60 (1.149.60)

कुमारी चापि पाञ्चाली वेदिमध्यात्समुत्थिता । प्रत्याख्याते पृषत्या च याजके भरतर्षभ ॥

kumārī cāpi pāñcālī vedimadhyātsamutthitā | pratyākhyāte pṛṣatyā ca yājake bharatarṣabha

a Panchala princess too rose from the middle of the altar, O bull among the Bharatas, even though Prishati had turned the priest away.

Note on the text: The first line = CE 1.155.41ab; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 61 (1.149.61)

पुनः कुमारी पाञ्चाली सुभगा वेदिमध्यगा । अन्तर्वेद्यां समुद्भूता कन्या सा सुमनोहरा ॥

punaḥ kumārī pāñcālī subhagā vedimadhyagā | antarvedyāṃ samudbhūtā kanyā sā sumanoharā

Again: the Panchala princess, blessed with fortune, standing in the midst of the altar — a maiden most lovely, risen from within the altar —

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 1.155.41cd; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 62 (1.149.62)

श्यामा पद्मपलाशाक्षी नीलकुञ्चितमूर्धजा । मानुषं विग्रहं कृत्वा साक्षाच्छ्रीरिव वर्णिनी ॥

śyāmā padmapalāśākṣī nīlakuñcitamūrdhajā | mānuṣaṃ vigrahaṃ kṛtvā sākṣācchrīriva varṇinī

was dark, with eyes like lotus petals and dark curling hair, lovely in colour, like Shri herself who had taken a human form.

Verse 63 (1.149.63)

ताम्रतुङ्गनखी सुभ्रूश्चारुपीनपयोधरा । नीलोत्पलसमो गन्धो यस्याः क्रोशात्प्रधावति ॥

tāmratuṅganakhī subhrūścārupīnapayodharā | nīlotpalasamo gandho yasyāḥ krośātpradhāvati

Her nails were copper-red and raised, her brows fine, her breasts lovely and full; a fragrance like the blue lotus spread from her for a krosha around.

Note on the text: The second line = CE 1.155.43ab (which reads pravāyati); the first is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 64 (1.149.64)

या बिभर्ति परं रूपं यस्या नास्त्युपमा भुवि । देवदानवयक्षाणामीप्सिता वरवर्णिनी ॥

yā bibharti paraṃ rūpaṃ yasyā nāstyupamā bhuvi | devadānavayakṣāṇāmīpsitā varavarṇinī

She bore the highest beauty; there was none to compare with her on earth. Gods, Danavas and Yakshas alike desired that fair maiden.

Note on the text: The first line = CE 1.155.43cd; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 65 (1.149.65)

तां चापि जातां सुश्रोणीं वागुवाचाशरीरिणी । सर्वयोषिद्वरा कृष्णा क्षयं क्षत्रस्य नेष्यति ॥

tāṃ cāpi jātāṃ suśroṇīṃ vāguvācāśarīriṇī | sarvayoṣidvarā kṛṣṇā kṣayaṃ kṣatrasya neṣyati

When that shapely maiden was born, a bodiless voice spoke: "Krishna, the finest of all women, will lead the kshatriyas to destruction.

Verse 66 (1.149.66)

सुरकार्यमियं काले करिष्यति सुमध्यमा । अस्या हेतोः क्षत्रियाणां महदुत्पत्स्यते भयम् ॥

surakāryamiyaṃ kāle kariṣyati sumadhyamā | asyā hetoḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ mahadutpatsyate bhayam

In time this slender-waisted one will accomplish the purpose of the gods. Because of her a great terror will arise for the kshatriyas."

Note on the text: Speaker set to the voice from the sky (the whole verse is its speech; Wikisource prints no heading).

Verse 67 (1.149.67)

तच्छ्रुत्वा सर्वपाञ्चालाः प्रणेदुः सिंहसङ्घवत् । न चैनान्हर्षसंपन्नानियं सेहे वसुन्धरा ॥

tacchrutvā sarvapāñcālāḥ praṇeduḥ siṃhasaṅghavat | na cainānharṣasaṃpannāniyaṃ sehe vasundharā

Hearing this, all the Panchalas roared like a pride of lions; and the earth could not bear them, so full of joy were they.

Verse 68 (1.149.68)

तथा तु मिथुनं जज्ञे द्रुपदस्य महात्मनः । कुमारश्च कुमारी च मनोज्ञौ तौ नरर्षभौ ॥

tathā tu mithunaṃ jajñe drupadasya mahātmanaḥ | kumāraśca kumārī ca manojñau tau nararṣabhau

Thus twins were born to the great-souled Drupada, a boy and a girl, both delightful, the finest of their kind,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 69 (1.149.69)

श्रिया परमया युक्तौ क्षात्रेण वपुषा तथा । तौ दृष्ट्वा पृषती याजं प्रपेदे सा सुतार्थिनी ॥

śriyā paramayā yuktau kṣātreṇa vapuṣā tathā | tau dṛṣṭvā pṛṣatī yājaṃ prapede sā sutārthinī

endowed with supreme splendour and with a warrior's form. Seeing them, Prishati, who longed for children, went to Yaja:

Note on the text: The second line = CE 1.155.47ab; the first is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 70 (1.149.70)

न वै मदन्यां जननीं जानीयातामिमाविति । तथेत्युवाच तां याजो राज्ञः प्रियचिकीर्षया ॥

na vai madanyāṃ jananīṃ jānīyātāmimāviti | tathetyuvāca tāṃ yājo rājñaḥ priyacikīrṣayā

"Let these two know no mother but me." "So be it," Yaja said to her, wishing to please the king.

Note on the text: = CE 1.155.47cd + 48ab, aligned by hand. The first line is Prishati's request, framed by the narration.

Verse 71 (1.149.71)

तयोस्तु नामनी चक्रुर्द्विजाः संपूर्णमानसाः । धृष्टत्वादप्रधृष्यत्वात् द्युम्नाद्युत्संभवादपि ॥

tayostu nāmanī cakrurdvijāḥ saṃpūrṇamānasāḥ | dhṛṣṭatvādapradhṛṣyatvāt dyumnādyutsaṃbhavādapi

Then the brahmins, their hearts content, named the two. Because of his boldness, because he could not be overpowered, and because he was born with splendour,

Note on the text: = CE 1.155.48cd + 49ab (with variants), aligned by hand.

Verse 72 (1.149.72)

धृष्टद्युम्नः कुमारोऽयं द्रुपदस्य भवत्विति । कृष्णेत्येवाभवत्कन्या कृष्णाभूत्सा हि वर्णतः ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ kumāro'yaṃ drupadasya bhavatviti | kṛṣṇetyevābhavatkanyā kṛṣṇābhūtsā hi varṇataḥ

"Let this boy of Drupada be called Dhrishtadyumna." And the girl became Krishna, for she was dark in colour.

Note on the text: Corrected द्रुपद्सय → द्रुपदस्य (misprint in Wikisource; transposed letters) and कृष्णा भूत्सा → कृष्णाभूत्सा (spacing slip; कृष्णा अभूत्, as in the critical edition's kṛṣṇābhūt). = CE 1.155.49cd + 50ab (variant), aligned by hand.

Verse 73 (1.149.73)

तथा तन्मिथुनं जज्ञे द्रुपदस्य महामखे । वैदिकाध्ययने पारं धृष्टद्युम्नो गतस्तदा ॥

tathā tanmithunaṃ jajñe drupadasya mahāmakhe | vaidikādhyayane pāraṃ dhṛṣṭadyumno gatastadā

So those twins were born at Drupada's great sacrifice. In time Dhrishtadyumna reached the far shore of Vedic learning.

Note on the text: The first line = CE 1.155.50cd; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 74 (1.149.74)

धृष्टद्युम्नं तु पाञ्चाल्यमानीय स्वं निवेशनम् । उपाकरोदस्त्रहेतोर्भारद्वाजः प्रतापवान् ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ tu pāñcālyamānīya svaṃ niveśanam | upākarodastrahetorbhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān

The mighty son of Bharadvaja brought Dhrishtadyumna, the Panchala prince, to his own house and took him on as his pupil in arms.

Verse 75 (1.149.75)

अमोक्षणीयं दैवं हि भावि मत्वा महामतिः । तथा तत्कृतवान्द्रोण आत्मकीर्त्यनुरक्षणात् ॥

amokṣaṇīyaṃ daivaṃ hi bhāvi matvā mahāmatiḥ | tathā tatkṛtavāndroṇa ātmakīrtyanurakṣaṇāt

Judging that fate, which must come to pass, cannot be escaped, the wise Drona did this to protect his own good name.

Verse 76 (1.149.76)

सर्वास्त्राणि स तु क्षिप्रमाप्तवान्परया धिया ॥

sarvāstrāṇi sa tu kṣipramāptavānparayā dhiyā

And with his keen intelligence the prince quickly mastered every weapon.

Note on the text: A single line in Wikisource. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).