The Brahmins on the Road to Panchala

Verse 1 (1.185.1)

गते भगवति व्यासे पाण्डवा हृष्टमानसाः । ते प्रयाता नरव्याघ्रा मात्रा सह परन्तपाः ॥

gate bhagavati vyāse pāṇḍavā hṛṣṭamānasāḥ | te prayātā naravyāghrā mātrā saha parantapāḥ

When the blessed Vyasa had gone, the Pandavas, glad at heart — those tigers among men, scorchers of foes — set out with their mother.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki backtick before the second line. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension): the first line has no counterpart there at all; the second is line 1 of Appendix I, No. 96, which the critical edition prints after 1.157.16.

Verse 2 (1.185.2)

ब्राह्मणान्गच्छतोऽपश्यन्पाञ्चालान्सगणान्पथि । अथ ते ब्राह्मणा ऊचुः पाण्डवान्ब्रह्मचारिणः ॥

brāhmaṇāngacchato'paśyanpāñcālānsagaṇānpathi | atha te brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ pāṇḍavānbrahmacāriṇaḥ

On the road they saw Brahmins, with their companions, travelling to the Panchalas. Those Brahmins then spoke to the Pandavas, who went as brahmacharis:

Note on the text: Corrected गच्छतो पश्यन् → गच्छतोऽपश्यन् (misprint in Wikisource; a missing avagraha turns the verb 'they saw' into a participle and leaves the sentence without a verb — the appendix reads gacchato 'paśyan). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 96, after 1.157.16 — here lines 2–3).

Verse 3 (1.185.3)

क्व भवन्तो गमिष्यन्ति कुतो वाऽऽगच्छथेति ह । प्रयातानेकचक्रायाः सोदर्यान्देवदर्शिनः ॥

kva bhavanto gamiṣyanti kuto vā''gacchatheti ha | prayātānekacakrāyāḥ sodaryāndevadarśinaḥ

"Where are you going, sirs, and where do you come from?" Yudhishthira answered: "We have set out from Ekachakra — brothers born of one mother, godlike to look upon.

Note on the text: Yudhishthira's reply begins with the second line (Wikisource prints युधिष्ठिर उवाच between the lines). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 96, after 1.157.16 — here lines 4–5).

Verse 4 (1.185.4)

भवन्तो नोऽभिजानन्तु सहितान्ब्रह्मचारिणः । गच्छतो नस्तु पाञ्चालान्द्रुपदस्य पुरं प्रति ॥

bhavanto no'bhijānantu sahitānbrahmacāriṇaḥ | gacchato nastu pāñcālāndrupadasya puraṃ prati

Know us, sirs, as brahmacharis travelling together, on our way to the Panchalas, to the city of Drupada.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Yudhishthira (his reply begins in verse 3, where Wikisource prints युधिष्ठिर उवाच; the input carried Vaishampayana over). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 96, after 1.157.16 — here lines 6–7).

Verse 5 (1.185.5)

इच्छामो भवतो ज्ञातुं परं कौतूहलं हि नः ॥

icchāmo bhavato jñātuṃ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ

We should like to know about you, for we are very curious."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Yudhishthira (his reply begins in verse 3, where Wikisource prints युधिष्ठिर उवाच; the input carried Vaishampayana over). A single line, as printed in Wikisource (numbered 5a only). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 96, after 1.157.16 — here line 8).

Verse 6 (1.185.6)

एते सार्धं प्रयाताः स्मो वयमप्यत्र गामिनः । तत्राप्यद्भुतसङ्काश उत्सवो भविता महान् ॥

ete sārdhaṃ prayātāḥ smo vayamapyatra gāminaḥ | tatrāpyadbhutasaṅkāśa utsavo bhavitā mahān

We here have set out together, and we too are bound for that place. A great festival, wondrous to behold, is to be held there.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 96, after 1.157.16 — here lines 9–10).

Verse 7 (1.185.7)

ततस्तु यज्ञसेनस्य द्रुपदस्य महात्मनः । यासावयोनिजा कन्या स्थास्यते सा स्वयंवरे ॥

tatastu yajñasenasya drupadasya mahātmanaḥ | yāsāvayonijā kanyā sthāsyate sā svayaṃvare

For the daughter of the great-souled Drupada Yajnasena, the maiden not born of a womb, is to stand at her svayamvara.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 96, after 1.157.16 — here lines 11–12).

Verse 8 (1.185.8)

दर्शनीयाऽनवद्याङ्गी सुकुमारी यशस्विनी । धृष्टद्युम्नस्य भगिनी द्रोणशत्रोः प्रतापिनः ॥

darśanīyā'navadyāṅgī sukumārī yaśasvinī | dhṛṣṭadyumnasya bhaginī droṇaśatroḥ pratāpinaḥ

She is lovely to look upon, flawless in every limb, delicate and renowned — the sister of Dhrishtadyumna, the valiant foe of Drona,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 96, after 1.157.16 — here lines 13–14). A near-identical verse stands at CE 1.175.8, in the critical edition's own account of this meeting.

Verse 9 (1.185.9)

जातो यः पावकाच्छूरः सशरः सशरासनः । सुसमिद्धान्महाभागः सोमकानां महारथः ॥

jāto yaḥ pāvakācchūraḥ saśaraḥ saśarāsanaḥ | susamiddhānmahābhāgaḥ somakānāṃ mahārathaḥ

the hero who was born from the blazing fire with arrows and bow, the illustrious great chariot-warrior of the Somakas,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 96, after 1.157.16 — here lines 15–16).

Verse 10 (1.185.10)

यस्मिन्संजायमाने हि वागुवाचाशरीरिणी । एष मृत्युश्च शिष्यश्च भारद्वाजस्य जायते ॥

yasminsaṃjāyamāne hi vāguvācāśarīriṇī | eṣa mṛtyuśca śiṣyaśca bhāradvājasya jāyate

at whose birth a bodiless voice proclaimed: "Here is born the pupil of Drona, Bharadvaja's son, and his death."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 96, after 1.157.16 — here lines 17–18).

Verse 11 (1.185.11)

स्वसा तस्य तु वेद्याश्च जाता तस्मिन्महामखे । स्त्रीरत्नमसितापाङ्गी श्यामा नीलोत्पलद्युतिः ॥

svasā tasya tu vedyāśca jātā tasminmahāmakhe | strīratnamasitāpāṅgī śyāmā nīlotpaladyutiḥ

His sister was born from the altar at that same great sacrifice — a jewel among women, dark-eyed, dark-complexioned, with the sheen of a blue lotus.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 96, after 1.157.16 — here lines 19–20).

Verse 12 (1.185.12)

तां यज्ञसेनस्य सुतां द्रौपदीं परमां स्त्रियम् । गच्छामस्तत्र वै द्रष्टुं तं चैवास्याः स्वयंवरम् ॥

tāṃ yajñasenasya sutāṃ draupadīṃ paramāṃ striyam | gacchāmastatra vai draṣṭuṃ taṃ caivāsyāḥ svayaṃvaram

We are going there to see Yajnasena's daughter Draupadi, the finest of women, and her svayamvara.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 96, after 1.157.16 — here lines 21–22).

Verse 13 (1.185.13)

राजानो राजपुत्राश्च यज्वानो भूरिदक्षिणाः । स्वाध्यायवन्तः शुचयो महात्मानो धृतव्रताः ॥

rājāno rājaputrāśca yajvāno bhūridakṣiṇāḥ | svādhyāyavantaḥ śucayo mahātmāno dhṛtavratāḥ

Kings and princes, performers of sacrifices who give rich fees, devoted to Vedic study, pure, great-souled and firm in their vows,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 96, after 1.157.16 — here lines 23–24). A near-identical verse stands at CE 1.175.12, in the critical edition's own account of this meeting.

Verse 14 (1.185.14)

तरुणा दर्शनीयाश्च बलवन्तो दुरासदाः । महारथाः कृतास्त्राश्च समेष्यन्तीह भूमिपाः ॥

taruṇā darśanīyāśca balavanto durāsadāḥ | mahārathāḥ kṛtāstrāśca sameṣyantīha bhūmipāḥ

young, handsome, strong and hard to withstand, great chariot-warriors skilled in arms — such rulers of the earth will gather there.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 96, after 1.157.16 — here lines 25–26).

Verse 15 (1.185.15)

ते तत्र विविधं दानं विजयार्थं नरेश्वराः । प्रदास्यन्ति धनं गाश्च भक्ष्यभोज्यानि सर्वशः ॥

te tatra vividhaṃ dānaṃ vijayārthaṃ nareśvarāḥ | pradāsyanti dhanaṃ gāśca bhakṣyabhojyāni sarvaśaḥ

There those lords of men, hoping for victory, will give gifts of many kinds — wealth and cattle and every sort of food.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 96, after 1.157.16 — here lines 27–28). A near-identical verse stands at CE 1.175.14, in the critical edition's own account of this meeting.

Verse 16 (1.185.16)

प्रतिलप्स्यामहे सर्वं दृष्ट्वा कृष्णां स्वयंवरे । यं च सा क्षत्रियं रङ्गे कुमारी वरयिष्यति ॥

pratilapsyāmahe sarvaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇāṃ svayaṃvare | yaṃ ca sā kṣatriyaṃ raṅge kumārī varayiṣyati

We shall receive it all, once we have seen Krishna at her svayamvara and the kshatriya whom the maiden chooses in the arena.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 96, after 1.157.16 — here lines 29–30).

Verse 17 (1.185.17)

तदा वैतालिकाश्चैव नर्तकाः सूतमागधाः । निबोधकाश्च देशेभ्यः समेष्यन्ति महाबलाः ॥

tadā vaitālikāścaiva nartakāḥ sūtamāgadhāḥ | nibodhakāśca deśebhyaḥ sameṣyanti mahābalāḥ

Bards and dancers, sutas and magadhas, and heralds from many lands will gather there then, O mighty ones.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 96, after 1.157.16 — here lines 31–32). A near-identical verse stands at CE 1.175.16, in the critical edition's own account of this meeting.

Verse 18 (1.185.18)

एतत्कौतूहलं तत्र दृष्ट्वा वै प्रतिगृह्य च । सहास्माभिर्महात्मानो मात्रा सह निवत्स्यथ ॥

etatkautūhalaṃ tatra dṛṣṭvā vai pratigṛhya ca | sahāsmābhirmahātmāno mātrā saha nivatsyatha

When you have seen the spectacle there and received your gifts, great-souled ones, you will stay with us, together with your mother.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 96, after 1.157.16 — here lines 33–34).

Verse 19 (1.185.19)

दर्शनीयांश्च वः सर्वानेकरूपानवस्थितान् । समीक्ष्य कृष्णा वरयेत्संगत्यान्यतमं पतिम् ॥

darśanīyāṃśca vaḥ sarvānekarūpānavasthitān | samīkṣya kṛṣṇā varayetsaṃgatyānyatamaṃ patim

And when Krishna sees all of you standing there, alike in looks and handsome, she may well choose one of you as her husband.

Note on the text: Corrected कृष्मा → कृष्णा (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण leaves no valid word — the appendix reads kṛṣṇā). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 96, after 1.157.16 — here lines 35–36). A near-identical verse stands at CE 1.175.18, in the critical edition's own account of this meeting.

Verse 20 (1.185.20)

अयमेकश्च वो भ्राता दर्शनीयो महाभुजः । नियुध्यमानो विजयेत्संगत्य द्रविणं महत् ॥

ayamekaśca vo bhrātā darśanīyo mahābhujaḥ | niyudhyamāno vijayetsaṃgatya draviṇaṃ mahat

And this one brother of yours, handsome and mighty-armed, might join the contests, fight, and win great wealth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 96, after 1.157.16 — here lines 37–38). A near-identical verse stands at CE 1.175.19, in the critical edition's own account of this meeting. (a looser match)

Verse 21 (1.185.21)

परमं भो गमिष्यामो द्रष्टुं तत्र स्वयंवरम् । द्रौपदीं यज्ञसेनस्य कन्यां तस्यास्तथोत्सवम् ॥

paramaṃ bho gamiṣyāmo draṣṭuṃ tatra svayaṃvaram | draupadīṃ yajñasenasya kanyāṃ tasyāstathotsavam

Very well, sirs — we shall go there to see the svayamvara, and Draupadi, the daughter of Yajnasena, and her festival.

Note on the text: Removed a stray ।। and wiki quote mark (') before the closing ॥. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage only in Appendix I, No. 96, after 1.157.16 — here lines 39–40).