Hidimba Pleads for Bhima

Verse 1 (1.167.1)

सा तानेवापतत्तूर्णं भगिनी तस्य रक्षसः । अब्रुवाणा हिडिम्बा तु राक्षसी पाण्डवान्प्रति ॥

sā tānevāpatattūrṇaṃ bhaginī tasya rakṣasaḥ | abruvāṇā hiḍimbā tu rākṣasī pāṇḍavānprati

The rakshasi Hidimba, sister of that rakshasa, hurried after them, saying nothing to the Pandavas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1552). Wikisource's तानेवापतत् (star passage: tato nyapatat) is kept.

Verse 2 (1.167.2)

अभिवाद्य ततः कुन्तीं धर्मराजं च पाण्डवम् । अभिपूज्य ततः सर्वान्भीमसेनमभाषत ॥

abhivādya tataḥ kuntīṃ dharmarājaṃ ca pāṇḍavam | abhipūjya tataḥ sarvānbhīmasenamabhāṣata

She greeted Kunti and Yudhishthira, the King of Dharma, paid her respects to them all, and then spoke to Bhimasena:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1552).

Verse 3 (1.167.3)

अहं ते दर्शनादेव मन्मथस्य वशं गता । क्रूरं भ्रातृवचो हित्वा सा त्वामेवानुरुन्धती ॥

ahaṃ te darśanādeva manmathasya vaśaṃ gatā | krūraṃ bhrātṛvaco hitvā sā tvāmevānurundhatī

From the moment I saw you I fell under the power of Love. I cast aside my brother's cruel command and gave my heart to you alone.

Note on the text: Corrected दर्शादेव → दर्शनादेव (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara न; the line is a syllable short; star passage 1552 reads darśanād eva). Corrected त्वामेवानिरुन्धती → त्वामेवानुरुन्धती (misprint in Wikisource; ि for ु; star passage 1552 reads tvām evānurundhatī, 'devoted to you alone'). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1552). Speaker set to Hidimba (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 3–4 are her words to Bhimasena announced in verse 2.

Verse 4 (1.167.4)

राक्षसे रौद्रसङ्काशे तवापश्यं विचेष्टितम् । अहं शुश्रूषुरिच्छेयं तव गात्रं निषेवितुम् ॥

rākṣase raudrasaṅkāśe tavāpaśyaṃ viceṣṭitam | ahaṃ śuśrūṣuriccheyaṃ tava gātraṃ niṣevitum

I watched what you did against that terrible rakshasa. I long to serve you and to give myself to you.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick, quote mark or doubled danda) from the Wikisource text. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1552). Speaker set to Hidimba (see verse 3).

Verse 5 (1.167.5)

स्मरन्ति वैरं रक्षांसि मायामाश्रित्य मोहिनीम् । हिडिम्बे व्रज पन्थानं त्वमिमं भ्रातृसेवितम् ॥

smaranti vairaṃ rakṣāṃsi māyāmāśritya mohinīm | hiḍimbe vraja panthānaṃ tvamimaṃ bhrātṛsevitam

Rakshasas remember a feud and resort to bewildering magic. Hidimba, go the way your brother has gone.

Verse 6 (1.167.6)

क्रुद्धोऽपि पुरुषव्याघ्र भीम मा स्म स्त्रियं वधीः । शरीरगुप्त्यभ्यधिकं धर्मं गोपाय पाण्डव ॥

kruddho'pi puruṣavyāghra bhīma mā sma striyaṃ vadhīḥ | śarīraguptyabhyadhikaṃ dharmaṃ gopāya pāṇḍava

Even in anger, Bhima, tiger among men, do not kill a woman. Guard dharma, son of Pandu, even before the safety of your own body.

Verse 7 (1.167.7)

वधाभिप्रायमायान्तमवधीस्त्वं महाबलम् । रक्षसस्तस्य भगिनी किं नः क्रुद्धा करिष्यति ॥

vadhābhiprāyamāyāntamavadhīstvaṃ mahābalam | rakṣasastasya bhaginī kiṃ naḥ kruddhā kariṣyati

You have killed the mighty one who came here meaning to kill us. What can his sister do to us, however angry she may be?

Verse 8 (1.167.8)

हिडिम्बा तु ततः कुन्तीमभिवाद्य कृताञ्जलिः । युधिष्ठिरं तु कौन्तेयमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

hiḍimbā tu tataḥ kuntīmabhivādya kṛtāñjaliḥ | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ tu kaunteyamidaṃ vacanamabravīt

Then Hidimba bowed to Kunti with joined palms and spoke these words to Yudhishthira, Kunti's son:

Verse 9 (1.167.9)

आर्ये जानासि यद्दुःखमिह स्त्रीणामनङ्गजम् । तदिदं मामनुप्राप्तं भीमसेनकृते शुभे ॥

ārye jānāsi yadduḥkhamiha strīṇāmanaṅgajam | tadidaṃ māmanuprāptaṃ bhīmasenakṛte śubhe

Noble lady, you know the pain that love brings to women in this world. That pain has come upon me, good lady, because of Bhimasena.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Hidimba (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 9–32 are her speech announced in verse 8.

Verse 10 (1.167.10)

सोढं तत्परमं दुःखं मया कालप्रतीक्षया । सोऽयमभ्यागतः कालो भविता मे सुखोदयः ॥

soḍhaṃ tatparamaṃ duḥkhaṃ mayā kālapratīkṣayā | so'yamabhyāgataḥ kālo bhavitā me sukhodayaḥ

I have borne that terrible pain, waiting for the right time. Now that time has come, and it will be the dawn of my happiness.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Hidimba (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 9–32 are her speech announced in verse 8.

Verse 11 (1.167.11)

मया ह्युत्सृज्य सुहृदः स्वधर्मं स्वजनं तथा । वृतोऽयं पुरुषव्याघ्रस्तव पुत्रः पतिः शुभे ॥

mayā hyutsṛjya suhṛdaḥ svadharmaṃ svajanaṃ tathā | vṛto'yaṃ puruṣavyāghrastava putraḥ patiḥ śubhe

Forsaking my friends, my own dharma and my own people, I have chosen this tiger among men, your son, as my husband, good lady.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Hidimba (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 9–32 are her speech announced in verse 8.

Verse 12 (1.167.12)

वीरेणाऽहं तथाऽनेन त्वया चापि यशस्विनी । प्रत्याख्याता न जीवामि सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि ते ॥

vīreṇā'haṃ tathā'nena tvayā cāpi yaśasvinī | pratyākhyātā na jīvāmi satyametadbravīmi te

If I am turned away by this hero, and by you too, glorious lady, I shall not live. I tell you this in truth.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. The first line is a variant of 1.143.8ab of the critical edition (vareṇāpi for वीरेणाऽहं); the second line is not in it (found in the vulgate recension). Speaker set to Hidimba (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 9–32 are her speech announced in verse 8.

Verse 13 (1.167.13)

यदर्हसि कृपां कर्तुं मयि त्वं वरवर्णिनि । मत्वा मूढेति तन्मां त्वं भक्ता वाऽनुगतेति वा ॥

yadarhasi kṛpāṃ kartuṃ mayi tvaṃ varavarṇini | matvā mūḍheti tanmāṃ tvaṃ bhaktā vā'nugateti vā

So be kind to me, lovely lady, as you ought to be, whether you think of me as a foolish girl or as one devoted to you and following you.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1554); the second line is a variant of 1.143.9ab. Speaker set to Hidimba (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 9–32 are her speech announced in verse 8.

Verse 14 (1.167.14)

भर्त्राऽनेन महाभागे संयोजय सुतेन ह । समुपादाय गच्छेयं यथेष्टं देवरूपिणम् । पुनश्चैवानयिष्यामि विस्रम्भं कुरु मे शुभे ॥

bhartrā'nena mahābhāge saṃyojaya sutena ha | samupādāya gaccheyaṃ yatheṣṭaṃ devarūpiṇam | punaścaivānayiṣyāmi visrambhaṃ kuru me śubhe

Unite me, fortunate lady, with this son of yours as my husband. Let me take him, godlike as he is, and go wherever I please; and I will bring him back again. Trust me, good lady.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. The first line = 1.143.9cd of the critical edition (which reads sutena te); the second and third lines = 1.143.10 (variant readings). Speaker set to Hidimba (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 9–32 are her speech announced in verse 8.

Verse 15 (1.167.15)

अहं हि समये लप्स्ये प्राग्भ्रातुरपवर्जनात् । ततः सोऽभ्यपतद्रात्रौ भीमसेनजिघांसया ॥

ahaṃ hi samaye lapsye prāgbhrāturapavarjanāt | tataḥ so'bhyapatadrātrau bhīmasenajighāṃsayā

For I hoped to win him by an honest compact before I broke with my brother. Then my brother fell upon him in the night, bent on killing Bhimasena.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick, quote mark or doubled danda) from the Wikisource text. Corrected प्राग्भ्रातुरपर्वजनात् → प्राग्भ्रातुरपवर्जनात् (misprint in Wikisource; अपर्वजन is not a word; star passage 1556 reads prāg bhrātur apavarjanāt). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1556). Speaker set to Hidimba (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 9–32 are her speech announced in verse 8.

Verse 16 (1.167.16)

यथायथा विक्रमते यथारिमधितिष्ठति । तथातथा समासाद्य पाण्डवं काममोहिता ॥

yathāyathā vikramate yathārimadhitiṣṭhati | tathātathā samāsādya pāṇḍavaṃ kāmamohitā

And the more Bhima showed his prowess and got the better of his enemy, the more I, bewildered by love, was drawn to the Pandava.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1556). Speaker set to Hidimba (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 9–32 are her speech announced in verse 8.

Verse 17 (1.167.17)

न यातुधान्यहं त्वार्ये न चास्मि रजनीचरी । ईशा रक्षस्स्वसा ह्यस्मि राज्ञि सालकटङ्कटी ॥

na yātudhānyahaṃ tvārye na cāsmi rajanīcarī | īśā rakṣassvasā hyasmi rājñi sālakaṭaṅkaṭī

I am no sorceress, noble lady, nor a prowler of the night. I am a mistress in my own right, the rakshasa's sister, O queen, of the Salakatankata line.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1556). Speaker set to Hidimba (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 9–32 are her speech announced in verse 8.

Verse 18 (1.167.18)

पुत्रेण तव संयुक्ता युवतिर्देववर्णिनी । सर्वान्वोऽहमुपस्थास्ये पुरस्कृत्य वृकोदरम् ॥

putreṇa tava saṃyuktā yuvatirdevavarṇinī | sarvānvo'hamupasthāsye puraskṛtya vṛkodaram

Joined to your son, a young woman as fair as a goddess, I will wait upon you all, with Vrikodara foremost.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1556). Speaker set to Hidimba (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 9–32 are her speech announced in verse 8.

Verse 19 (1.167.19)

अप्रमत्ता प्रमत्तेषु शुश्रूषुरसकृत्त्वहम् । वृजिने तारयिष्यामि दासीवच्च नरर्षभाः ॥

apramattā pramatteṣu śuśrūṣurasakṛttvaham | vṛjine tārayiṣyāmi dāsīvacca nararṣabhāḥ

Watchful while you are off your guard, I will serve you again and again. In hardship I will carry you through, like a servant, O bulls among men.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick, quote mark or doubled danda) from the Wikisource text. The automatic alignment found no match. The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1556, which ends anahaṃvadā); the second line is a variant of 1.143.11cd. Speaker set to Hidimba (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 9–32 are her speech announced in verse 8.

Verse 20 (1.167.20)

पृष्ठेन वो वहिष्यामि विमानं सुकृतानिव । यूयं प्रसादं कुरुत भीमसेनो भजेत माम् ॥

pṛṣṭhena vo vahiṣyāmi vimānaṃ sukṛtāniva | yūyaṃ prasādaṃ kuruta bhīmaseno bhajeta mām

I will carry you on my back, as a celestial chariot carries those who have done good. Show me your favour, and let Bhimasena take me as his own.

Note on the text: The first line agrees with 1.143.12ab of the critical edition only in its opening words; Wikisource's reading is kept. Speaker set to Hidimba (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 9–32 are her speech announced in verse 8.

Verse 21 (1.167.21)

एवं ब्रुवन्ती ह तथा प्रत्याख्याता क्रियां प्रति । भूम्यां दुष्कृतिनो लोकान्गमिष्येऽहं न संशयः ॥

evaṃ bruvantī ha tathā pratyākhyātā kriyāṃ prati | bhūmyāṃ duṣkṛtino lokāngamiṣye'haṃ na saṃśayaḥ

If, after pleading like this, I am refused what I ask, I shall go without a doubt to the worlds of those who do evil on earth.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick, quote mark or doubled danda) from the Wikisource text. The automatic alignment found no match. The first line is a variant of 1.143.8cd of the critical edition; the second line is not in it (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1555). Speaker set to Hidimba (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 9–32 are her speech announced in verse 8.

Verse 22 (1.167.22)

अहं हि मनसा ध्यात्वा सर्वं वेत्स्यामि सर्वदा । आपन्निस्तरणे प्राणान्धारयिष्ये न केनचित् ॥

ahaṃ hi manasā dhyātvā sarvaṃ vetsyāmi sarvadā | āpannistaraṇe prāṇāndhārayiṣye na kenacit

When I fix my mind in meditation, I shall always know everything. Unless I am rescued from this distress, I will not keep my life by any means.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick, quote mark or doubled danda) from the Wikisource text. The automatic alignment found no match. The first line is a variant of 1.143.11ab of the critical edition; the second line differs from 1.143.13ab (āpadas taraṇe prāṇān dhārayed yena yena hi). Wikisource's readings are kept. Speaker set to Hidimba (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 9–32 are her speech announced in verse 8.

Verse 23 (1.167.23)

सर्वमावृत्य कर्तव्यं धर्मं समनुपश्यता । आपत्सु यो धारयति स वै धर्मविदुत्तमः ॥

sarvamāvṛtya kartavyaṃ dharmaṃ samanupaśyatā | āpatsu yo dhārayati sa vai dharmaviduttamaḥ

One who keeps dharma in view must do what has to be done, setting all else aside. Whoever upholds dharma in times of distress is the best of those who know dharma.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. The first line is a variant of 1.143.13cd of the critical edition; the second line = 1.143.14ab. Speaker set to Hidimba (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 9–32 are her speech announced in verse 8.

Verse 24 (1.167.24)

व्यसनं ह्येव धर्मस्य धर्मिणामापदुच्यते । पुण्यात्प्राणान्धारयति पुण्यं वै प्राणधारणम् ॥

vyasanaṃ hyeva dharmasya dharmiṇāmāpaducyate | puṇyātprāṇāndhārayati puṇyaṃ vai prāṇadhāraṇam

For the righteous, misfortune is said to be a danger to dharma itself. It is for the sake of merit that one keeps oneself alive, and keeping alive is itself an act of merit.

Note on the text: Corrected पुम्यात्प्राणान् → पुण्यात्प्राणान् (misprint in Wikisource; पुम्यात् is not a word; म्य for ण्य; the critical edition reads puṇyaṃ prāṇān). The automatic alignment found no match. The first line = 1.143.14cd of the critical edition; the second line is a variant of 1.143.15ab. Speaker set to Hidimba (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 9–32 are her speech announced in verse 8.

Verse 25 (1.167.25)

येन केनाचरेद्धर्मं तस्मिन्गर्हा न विद्यते । महतोऽत्र स्त्रियं कामाद्बाधितां त्राहि मामपि ॥

yena kenācareddharmaṃ tasmingarhā na vidyate | mahato'tra striyaṃ kāmādbādhitāṃ trāhi māmapi

By whatever means one practises dharma, there is no blame in it. So save me too, a woman tormented here by overwhelming desire.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick, quote mark or doubled danda) from the Wikisource text. Corrected कामाद्वाधितां → कामाद्बाधितां (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब; Appendix I.87 reads bādhitām). The automatic alignment found no match. The first line is a variant of 1.143.15cd of the critical edition; the second line is not in it (found in the vulgate recension; Appendix I.87, line 1). Speaker set to Hidimba (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 9–32 are her speech announced in verse 8.

Verse 26 (1.167.26)

धर्मार्थकाममोक्षेषु दयां कुर्वन्ति साधवः । तत्तु धर्ममिति प्राहुर्मुनयो धर्मवत्सलाः ॥

dharmārthakāmamokṣeṣu dayāṃ kurvanti sādhavaḥ | tattu dharmamiti prāhurmunayo dharmavatsalāḥ

The good show compassion in matters of dharma, wealth, desire and liberation, and sages devoted to dharma call that very thing dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.87, lines 2–3. Speaker set to Hidimba (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 9–32 are her speech announced in verse 8.

Verse 27 (1.167.27)

दिव्यज्ञानेन जानामि व्यतीतानागतानहम् । तस्माद्वक्ष्यामि वः श्रेय आसन्नं सर उत्तमम् ॥

divyajñānena jānāmi vyatītānāgatānaham | tasmādvakṣyāmi vaḥ śreya āsannaṃ sara uttamam

By divine insight I know what is past and what is still to come. So I will tell you what is good for you: close by there is an excellent lake.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.87, lines 4–5. Speaker set to Hidimba (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 9–32 are her speech announced in verse 8.

Verse 28 (1.167.28)

अद्यासाद्य सरः स्नात्वा विश्रम्य च वनस्पतौ । श्वः प्रभाते महद्भूतं प्रादुर्भूतं जगत्पतिम् ॥

adyāsādya saraḥ snātvā viśramya ca vanaspatau | śvaḥ prabhāte mahadbhūtaṃ prādurbhūtaṃ jagatpatim

Go to the lake today, bathe, and rest under the great tree. Tomorrow at dawn you will see a great being who has come among you, the lord of the world,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.87, lines 6–7. Speaker set to Hidimba (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 9–32 are her speech announced in verse 8.

Verse 29 (1.167.29)

व्यासं कमलपत्राक्षं दृष्ट्वा शोकं विहास्यथ । धार्तराष्ट्राद्विवासं च दहनं वारणावते ॥

vyāsaṃ kamalapatrākṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā śokaṃ vihāsyatha | dhārtarāṣṭrādvivāsaṃ ca dahanaṃ vāraṇāvate

lotus-eyed Vyasa, and when you see him you will put away your grief. Your banishment by Dhritarashtra's son, the burning at Varanavata,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.87, lines 8–9. Speaker set to Hidimba (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 9–32 are her speech announced in verse 8.

Verse 30 (1.167.30)

त्राणं च विदुरात्तुभ्यं विदितं ज्ञानचक्षुषा । आवासे शालिहोत्रस्य स वो वासं विधास्यति ॥

trāṇaṃ ca vidurāttubhyaṃ viditaṃ jñānacakṣuṣā | āvāse śālihotrasya sa vo vāsaṃ vidhāsyati

and your rescue through Vidura: all this I know with the eye of knowledge. He will give you a place to stay in the dwelling of Shalihotra.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.87, lines 10–11. Speaker set to Hidimba (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 9–32 are her speech announced in verse 8.

Verse 31 (1.167.31)

वर्षवातातपसहो ह्ययं पुण्यो वनस्पतिः । पीतमात्रे तु पानीये क्षुत्पिपासे विनश्यतः ॥

varṣavātātapasaho hyayaṃ puṇyo vanaspatiḥ | pītamātre tu pānīye kṣutpipāse vinaśyataḥ

This holy tree keeps off rain, wind and sun, and as soon as one drinks the water there, hunger and thirst vanish.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.87, lines 12–13. Speaker set to Hidimba (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 9–32 are her speech announced in verse 8.

Verse 32 (1.167.32)

तपसा शालिहोत्रेण सरो वृक्षश्च निर्मितः । कादम्बाः सारसा हंसाः कुरर्यः कुररैः सह ॥

tapasā śālihotreṇa saro vṛkṣaśca nirmitaḥ | kādambāḥ sārasā haṃsāḥ kuraryaḥ kuraraiḥ saha

Shalihotra made the lake and the tree by the power of his austerities. Kadamba geese, cranes, swans, and ospreys with their mates

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.87, lines 14–15. Speaker set to Hidimba (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 9–32 are her speech announced in verse 8.

Verse 33 (1.167.33)

रुवन्ति मधुरं गीतं गान्धर्वस्वनमिश्रितम् । तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा कुन्ती वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

ruvanti madhuraṃ gītaṃ gāndharvasvanamiśritam | tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā kuntī vacanamabravīt

…sing sweetly there, their song mingled with the music of the Gandharvas." Hearing these words of hers, Kunti spoke

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.87, lines 16–17. Speaker set to Hidimba for the first line, which ends her speech; Wikisource prints वैशंपायन उवाच before the second line, which is narration. Kept as one verse.

Verse 34 (1.167.34)

युधिष्ठिरं महाप्राज्ञं सर्वधर्मविशारदम् । त्वं हि धर्मभृतां श्रेष्ठो मयोक्तं शृणु भारत ॥

yudhiṣṭhiraṃ mahāprājñaṃ sarvadharmaviśāradam | tvaṃ hi dharmabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭho mayoktaṃ śṛṇu bhārata

to the wise Yudhishthira, learned in all dharma: "You are the best of those who uphold dharma; listen, Bharata, to what I say.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.87, lines 18–19. Wikisource prints कुन्त्युवाच before the second line, which begins Kunti's words; kept as one verse under the narrator.

Verse 35 (1.167.35)

राक्षस्येषा हि वाक्येन धर्मं वदति साधु वै । भावेन दुष्टा भीमं वै किं करिष्यति राक्षसी ॥

rākṣasyeṣā hi vākyena dharmaṃ vadati sādhu vai | bhāvena duṣṭā bhīmaṃ vai kiṃ kariṣyati rākṣasī

This rakshasi speaks rightly of dharma in her words. And even if she were wicked at heart, what could a rakshasi do to Bhima?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.87, lines 20–21.

Verse 36 (1.167.36)

भजतां पाण्डवं वीरमपत्यार्थं यदीच्छसि । एवमेतद्यथाऽऽत्थ त्वं हिडिम्बे नात्र संशयः ॥

bhajatāṃ pāṇḍavaṃ vīramapatyārthaṃ yadīcchasi | evametadyathā''ttha tvaṃ hiḍimbe nātra saṃśayaḥ

Let her have the heroic Pandava, if you wish for offspring." Yudhishthira said: "It is just as you say, Hidimba; there is no doubt of it.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick, quote mark or doubled danda) from the Wikisource text. The automatic alignment found no match. The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; Appendix I.87, line 22); the second line = 1.143.16ab. Wikisource prints युधिष्ठिर उवाच before the second line; kept as one verse under Kunti, with the speaker named in the translation.

Verse 37 (1.167.37)

स्थातव्यं तु त्वया धर्मे यथा ब्रूयां सुमध्यमे । नित्यं कृताह्निका स्नाता कृतशौचा सुरूपिणी ॥

sthātavyaṃ tu tvayā dharme yathā brūyāṃ sumadhyame | nityaṃ kṛtāhnikā snātā kṛtaśaucā surūpiṇī

But you must hold to dharma, slender-waisted one, as I shall tell you. Every day, having done your daily rites, bathed and purified yourself, lovely one,

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick, quote mark or doubled danda) from the Wikisource text. The automatic alignment found no match. The first line = 1.143.16cd of the critical edition; the second line is not in it (found in the vulgate recension; star passage 1558).

Verse 38 (1.167.38)

स्नातं कृताह्निकं भद्रे कृतकौतुकमङ्गलम् । भीमसेनं भजेथास्त्वमुदिते वै दिवाकरे ॥

snātaṃ kṛtāhnikaṃ bhadre kṛtakautukamaṅgalam | bhīmasenaṃ bhajethāstvamudite vai divākare

you may be with Bhimasena, good lady, once he has bathed, done his daily rites and performed the auspicious ceremony, after the sun has risen.

Note on the text: The second line differs from the critical edition (prāg astagamanād raveḥ, 'before sunset'); Wikisource's reading is kept.

Verse 39 (1.167.39)

अहस्सु विहरानेन यथाकामं मनोजवा । अयं त्वानयितव्यस्ते भीमसेनः सदा निशि ॥

ahassu viharānena yathākāmaṃ manojavā | ayaṃ tvānayitavyaste bhīmasenaḥ sadā niśi

By day, swift as thought, roam with him as you please; but you must always bring Bhimasena back at night.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match; aligned by hand with 1.143.18 of the critical edition.

Verse 40 (1.167.40)

प्राक्सन्ध्यातो विमोक्तव्यो रक्षितव्यश्च नित्यशः । एवं रमस्व भीमेन यावद्गर्भस्य वेदनम् ॥

prāksandhyāto vimoktavyo rakṣitavyaśca nityaśaḥ | evaṃ ramasva bhīmena yāvadgarbhasya vedanam

He must be let go before the evening twilight and guarded at all times. Take your pleasure with Bhima in this way until you know that you have conceived.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.88, lines 1–2.

Verse 41 (1.167.41)

एष ते समयो भद्रे शुश्रूषा चाप्रमत्तया । नित्यानुकूलया भूत्वा कर्तव्यं शोभनं त्वया ॥

eṣa te samayo bhadre śuśrūṣā cāpramattayā | nityānukūlayā bhūtvā kartavyaṃ śobhanaṃ tvayā

This is your compact, good lady: serve him attentively, always be pleasing to him, and do what is fitting."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.88, lines 3–4.