Krishna Saves the Pandavas from Durvasas

Verse 1 (3.264.1)

ततः कदाचिद्दुर्वासाः सुखासीनांस्तु पाण्डवान् । भुक्त्वा चावस्थितां कृष्णां ज्ञात्वा तस्मिन्वने मुनिः । अभ्यागच्छत्परिवृतः शिष्यैरयुतसंमितैः ॥

tataḥ kadāciddurvāsāḥ sukhāsīnāṃstu pāṇḍavān | bhuktvā cāvasthitāṃ kṛṣṇāṃ jñātvā tasminvane muniḥ | abhyāgacchatparivṛtaḥ śiṣyairayutasaṃmitaiḥ

Then one day the sage Durvasas, knowing that the Pandavas were seated at their ease and that Krishna had eaten and was resting, came to them in that forest, surrounded by his ten thousand disciples.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 58–60.

Verse 2 (3.264.2)

दृष्ट्वायान्तं तमतिथिं स च राजा युधिष्ठिरः । जगामाभिमुखः श्रीमान्सह भ्रातृभिरच्युतः ॥

dṛṣṭvāyāntaṃ tamatithiṃ sa ca rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | jagāmābhimukhaḥ śrīmānsaha bhrātṛbhiracyutaḥ

Seeing that guest approaching, the glorious King Yudhishthira, ever steadfast, went out with his brothers to meet him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 61–62. Corrected दृष्ट्वा यान्तं → दृष्ट्वायान्तं (misprint in Wikisource; the wrong word division turns āyāntam, 'coming', into yāntam, 'going'; the appendix reads dṛṣṭvāyāntaṃ).

Verse 3 (3.264.3)

तस्मै बद्ध्वाञ्जलिं सम्यगुपवेश्य वरासने । विधिवत्पूजयित्वा तमातिथ्येन न्यमन्त्रयत् । आह्निकं भगवन्कृत्वा शीघ्रमेहीति चाब्रवीत् ॥

tasmai baddhvāñjaliṃ samyagupaveśya varāsane | vidhivatpūjayitvā tamātithyena nyamantrayat | āhnikaṃ bhagavankṛtvā śīghramehīti cābravīt

With joined palms he seated him properly on a fine seat, worshipped him according to the rule and invited him as a guest. "Blessed one, perform your daily rites and come back quickly," he said.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 63–65. Corrected तमातिथ्यन → तमातिथ्येन (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped vowel sign; the appendix reads tam ātithyena).

Verse 4 (3.264.4)

जगाम च मुनिः सोपि स्नातुं शिष्यैः सहानघः । भोजयेत्सहशिष्यं मां कथमित्यविचिन्तयन् ॥

jagāma ca muniḥ sopi snātuṃ śiṣyaiḥ sahānaghaḥ | bhojayetsahaśiṣyaṃ māṃ kathamityavicintayan

And the sinless sage went off with his disciples to bathe, without once wondering how the king would feed him and his disciples.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 66–67.

Verse 5 (3.264.5)

न्यमज्जत्सलिले चापि मुनिसङ्घः समाहितः ॥

nyamajjatsalile cāpi munisaṅghaḥ samāhitaḥ

The whole company of sages, composed in mind, plunged into the water.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, line 68.

Verse 6 (3.264.6)

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे राजन्द्रौपदी योषितां वरा । चिन्तामवाप परमामन्नहेतोः पतिव्रता ॥

etasminnantare rājandraupadī yoṣitāṃ varā | cintāmavāpa paramāmannahetoḥ pativratā

Meanwhile, O king, Draupadi, best of women and devoted to her husbands, fell into deep anxiety on account of the food.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 69–70. Corrected योपितां → योषितां (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the appendix reads yoṣitāṃ).

Verse 7 (3.264.7)

सा चिन्तयन्ती च यदा नान्नहेतुमविन्दत । मनसा चिन्तयामास कृष्णं कंसनिषूदनम् ॥

sā cintayantī ca yadā nānnahetumavindata | manasā cintayāmāsa kṛṣṇaṃ kaṃsaniṣūdanam

And when, for all her thinking, she could find no way to provide food, she called Krishna, the slayer of Kamsa, to mind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 71–72.

Verse 8 (3.264.8)

कृष्णकृष्ण महाबाहो देवकीनन्दनाव्यय । वासुदेव जगन्नाथ प्रणतार्तिविनाशन ॥

kṛṣṇakṛṣṇa mahābāho devakīnandanāvyaya | vāsudeva jagannātha praṇatārtivināśana

"Krishna, Krishna, mighty-armed, son of Devaki, imperishable one! Vasudeva, lord of the world, destroyer of the distress of those who bow to you!

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 73–74.

Verse 9 (3.264.9)

विश्वात्मन्विश्वजनक विश्वहर्तः प्रभोऽव्यय । प्रपन्नपाल गोपाल प्रजापाल परात्पर । आकूतीनां च चित्तीनां प्रवर्तक नताऽस्मि ते ॥

viśvātmanviśvajanaka viśvahartaḥ prabho'vyaya | prapannapāla gopāla prajāpāla parātpara | ākūtīnāṃ ca cittīnāṃ pravartaka natā'smi te

Soul of the universe, its begetter and its destroyer, imperishable lord! Protector of those who take refuge in you, Gopala, protector of all creatures, higher than the highest! Mover of every intention and every thought, I bow to you.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 75–77.

Verse 10 (3.264.10)

वरेण्य वरदानन्त अगतीनां गतिप्रद । पुराणपुरुष प्राणमनोवृत्त्याद्यगोचर ॥

vareṇya varadānanta agatīnāṃ gatiprada | purāṇapuruṣa prāṇamanovṛttyādyagocara

Most worthy to be chosen, giver of boons, endless one, who grant a refuge to those who have none! Primeval Person, beyond the reach of breath, mind and all their workings!

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 78–79.

Verse 11 (3.264.11)

सर्वाध्यक्ष पराध्यक्ष त्वामहं शरणं गता । पाहि मां कृपया देव शरणागतवत्सल ॥

sarvādhyakṣa parādhyakṣa tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatā | pāhi māṃ kṛpayā deva śaraṇāgatavatsala

Overseer of all, supreme overseer, I have come to you for refuge. Protect me in your compassion, O god, you who are tender to those who seek your shelter.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 80–81.

Verse 12 (3.264.12)

नीलोत्पलदलश्याम पद्मगर्भारुणेक्षण । पीताम्बरपरीधान लसत्कौस्तुभभूषण ॥

nīlotpaladalaśyāma padmagarbhāruṇekṣaṇa | pītāmbaraparīdhāna lasatkaustubhabhūṣaṇa

You who are dark as the petal of a blue lotus, whose eyes are red like the heart of a lotus, who are clad in yellow and adorned with the shining Kaustubha gem!

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 82–83.

Verse 13 (3.264.13)

त्वमादिरन्तो भूतानां त्वमेव च परायणम् । परात्परतरं ज्योतिर्विश्वात्मा सर्वतोमुखः ॥

tvamādiranto bhūtānāṃ tvameva ca parāyaṇam | parātparataraṃ jyotirviśvātmā sarvatomukhaḥ

You are the beginning and the end of beings, and you alone are their final refuge. You are the light higher than the highest, the soul of the universe, facing every way.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 84–85.

Verse 14 (3.264.14)

त्वामेवाहुः परं बीजं निधानं सर्वसंपदाम् । त्वया नाथेन देवेश सर्वापद्भ्यो भयं न हि ॥

tvāmevāhuḥ paraṃ bījaṃ nidhānaṃ sarvasaṃpadām | tvayā nāthena deveśa sarvāpadbhyo bhayaṃ na hi

They call you the supreme seed, the storehouse of all riches. With you as protector, lord of the gods, there is no fear from any calamity.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 86–87. Corrected सर्वापद्म्यो → सर्वापद्भ्यो (misprint in Wikisource; द्म for द्भ; the appendix reads sarvāpadbhyo).

Verse 15 (3.264.15)

दुःशासनादहं पूर्वं सभायां मोचिता यथा । तथैव संकटादस्मान्मामुद्धर्तुमिहार्हसि ॥

duḥśāsanādahaṃ pūrvaṃ sabhāyāṃ mocitā yathā | tathaiva saṃkaṭādasmānmāmuddhartumihārhasi

Just as you once set me free from Duhshasana in the assembly hall, so now you must rescue me from this plight."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 88–89.

Verse 16 (3.264.16)

एवं स्तुतस्तदा देवः कृष्णया भक्तवत्सलः । द्रौपद्याः संकटं ज्ञात्वा देवदेवो जगत्पतिः ॥

evaṃ stutastadā devaḥ kṛṣṇayā bhaktavatsalaḥ | draupadyāḥ saṃkaṭaṃ jñātvā devadevo jagatpatiḥ

Praised thus by Krishna, the god who loves his devotees, the god of gods and lord of the world, learned of Draupadi's plight.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 90–91.

Verse 17 (3.264.17)

पार्श्वस्थां शयने त्यक्त्वा रुक्मिणीं केशवः प्रभुः । तत्राजगाम त्वरितो ह्यचिन्त्यगतिरीश्वरः ॥

pārśvasthāṃ śayane tyaktvā rukmiṇīṃ keśavaḥ prabhuḥ | tatrājagāma tvarito hyacintyagatirīśvaraḥ

Leaving Rukmini, who lay beside him on the couch, Lord Keshava, the master whose movements are beyond thought, came there in haste.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 92–93. Corrected पार्स्वस्थां → पार्श्वस्थां (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; the appendix reads pārśvasthāṃ).

Verse 18 (3.264.18)

ततस्तं द्रौपदी दृष्ट्वाप्रणम्य परया मुदा । अब्रवीद्वासुदेवाय मुनेरागमनादिकम् ॥

tatastaṃ draupadī dṛṣṭvāpraṇamya parayā mudā | abravīdvāsudevāya munerāgamanādikam

Seeing him, Draupadi bowed with great joy and told Vasudeva of the sage's arrival and all that followed.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 94–95.

Verse 19 (3.264.19)

ततस्तामब्रवीत्कृष्णः क्षुधितोस्मि भृशातुरः । शीघ्रं भोजय मां कृष्णे पश्चात्सर्वं करिष्यसि ॥

tatastāmabravītkṛṣṇaḥ kṣudhitosmi bhṛśāturaḥ | śīghraṃ bhojaya māṃ kṛṣṇe paścātsarvaṃ kariṣyasi

Then Krishna said to her, "I am hungry and quite faint. Feed me quickly, Krishna; afterwards you can see to everything else."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 96–97.

Verse 20 (3.264.20)

निशम्य तद्वचः कृष्णा लज्जिता वाक्यमब्रवीत् । स्थाल्यां भास्करदत्तायामन्नं मद्भोजनावधि ॥

niśamya tadvacaḥ kṛṣṇā lajjitā vākyamabravīt | sthālyāṃ bhāskaradattāyāmannaṃ madbhojanāvadhi

Hearing his words, Krishna was abashed and said, "The food in the vessel given by the Sun lasts only until I have eaten,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 98–99.

Verse 21 (3.264.21)

भुक्तवत्यस्म्यहं देव तस्मादन्नं न विद्यते । ततः प्रोवाच भगवान्कृष्णां कमललोचनः ॥

bhuktavatyasmyahaṃ deva tasmādannaṃ na vidyate | tataḥ provāca bhagavānkṛṣṇāṃ kamalalocanaḥ

and I have eaten, lord, so there is no food left." Then the blessed, lotus-eyed one said to Krishna:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 100–101.

Verse 22 (3.264.22)

कृष्णे न नर्मकालोऽयं क्षुच्छ्रमेणातुरे मयि । शीघ्रं गच्छ मम स्थालीमानयित्वा प्रदर्शय ॥

kṛṣṇe na narmakālo'yaṃ kṣucchrameṇāture mayi | śīghraṃ gaccha mama sthālīmānayitvā pradarśaya

"Krishna, this is no time for jesting, when I am faint with hunger and weariness. Go quickly, bring the vessel and show it to me."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 102–103.

Verse 23 (3.264.23)

इति निर्बन्धतः स्थालीमानाय्य स यदूद्वहः । स्थाल्याः कण्ठेऽथ संलग्नं शाकान्नं वीक्ष्यकेशवः ॥

iti nirbandhataḥ sthālīmānāyya sa yadūdvahaḥ | sthālyāḥ kaṇṭhe'tha saṃlagnaṃ śākānnaṃ vīkṣyakeśavaḥ

Having insisted on it and had the vessel brought, Keshava, the foremost of the Yadus, looked and saw a morsel of vegetable and rice clinging to its rim.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 104–105.

Verse 24 (3.264.24)

उपयुज्याब्रवीदेनामनेन हरिरीश्वरः । विश्वात्मा प्रीयतां देवस्तुष्टश्चास्त्विति यज्ञभूक् ॥

upayujyābravīdenāmanena harirīśvaraḥ | viśvātmā prīyatāṃ devastuṣṭaścāstviti yajñabhūk

Eating it, Hari the lord said to her, "By this may the god who is the soul of the universe, the enjoyer of sacrifices, be pleased and satisfied."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 106–107.

Verse 25 (3.264.25)

आकारय मुनीञ्शीघ्रं भोजनायेति चाब्रवीत् । भीमसेनं महाबाहुः कृष्णः क्लेशविनाशनः ॥

ākāraya munīñśīghraṃ bhojanāyeti cābravīt | bhīmasenaṃ mahābāhuḥ kṛṣṇaḥ kleśavināśanaḥ

"Call the sages to their meal at once," said mighty-armed Krishna, the remover of affliction, to Bhimasena.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, line 108. The second line (भीमसेनं महाबाहुः कृष्णः क्लेशविनाशनः) is not in the appendix text; Wikisource's footnote records the झ. reading सहदेवं for भीमसेनं.

Verse 26 (3.264.26)

ततो जगाम त्वरितो भीमसेनो महायशाः । आकारितुं तु तान्सर्वान्भोजनार्थं नृपोत्तम । स्नातुं गतान्देवनद्यां दुर्वासःप्रभृतीन्मुनीन् ॥

tato jagāma tvarito bhīmaseno mahāyaśāḥ | ākārituṃ tu tānsarvānbhojanārthaṃ nṛpottama | snātuṃ gatāndevanadyāṃ durvāsaḥprabhṛtīnmunīn

Then the renowned Bhimasena went quickly, best of kings, to summon to the meal all the sages, Durvasas and the rest, who had gone to bathe in the river of the gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 109–110. The middle line (आकारितुं तु तान्सर्वान्भोजनार्थं नृपोत्तम) is not in the appendix text, which also names Sahadeva rather than Bhimasena here, as Wikisource's footnote notes for the झ. manuscript.

Verse 27 (3.264.27)

ते चावतीर्णाः सलिले कृतवन्तोऽघमर्षणम् । दृष्ट्वोद्गारान्सान्नरसांस्तृप्त्या परमया युताः । उत्तीर्य सलिलात्तस्माद्दृष्टवन्तः परस्परम् ॥

te cāvatīrṇāḥ salile kṛtavanto'ghamarṣaṇam | dṛṣṭvodgārānsānnarasāṃstṛptyā paramayā yutāḥ | uttīrya salilāttasmāddṛṣṭavantaḥ parasparam

Those sages, who had gone down into the water and were reciting the Aghamarshana, began to belch with the taste of food and found themselves completely sated. Coming up out of the water, they looked at one another.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 111–113.

Verse 28 (3.264.28)

दुर्वाससमभिप्रेक्ष्यते सर्वे मुनयोऽब्रुवन् । राज्ञा हिकारयित्वाऽन्नं वयं स्नातुं समागताः ॥

durvāsasamabhiprekṣyate sarve munayo'bruvan | rājñā hikārayitvā'nnaṃ vayaṃ snātuṃ samāgatāḥ

Looking toward Durvasas, all the sages said, "We came to bathe after having the king prepare food for us,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 114–115.

Verse 29 (3.264.29)

आकण्ठतृप्ता विप्रर्षे किंस्विद्भुञ्जामहे वयम् । वृथा पाकः कृतोस्माभिस्तत्र किं करवामहे ॥

ākaṇṭhatṛptā viprarṣe kiṃsvidbhuñjāmahe vayam | vṛthā pākaḥ kṛtosmābhistatra kiṃ karavāmahe

and now, brahmin seer, we are full to the throat. How can we eat? We have had the food cooked for nothing. What are we to do?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 116–117.

Verse 30 (3.264.30)

वृथा पाकेन राजर्षेरपराधः कृतो महान् । माऽस्मानधाक्षुर्दृष्ट्वैव पाण्डवाः क्रूरचक्षुषा ॥

vṛthā pākena rājarṣeraparādhaḥ kṛto mahān | mā'smānadhākṣurdṛṣṭvaiva pāṇḍavāḥ krūracakṣuṣā

"By having food cooked in vain we have done the royal seer a great wrong. May the Pandavas not burn us with their fierce gaze the moment they see us!

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 118–119.

Verse 31 (3.264.31)

स्मृत्वाऽनुभावं राजर्षेरम्बरीषस्य धीमतः । बिभेमि सुतरां विप्रा हरिपादाश्रयाज्जनात् ॥

smṛtvā'nubhāvaṃ rājarṣerambarīṣasya dhīmataḥ | bibhemi sutarāṃ viprā haripādāśrayājjanāt

Remembering the power of the wise royal seer Ambarisha, I am greatly afraid, brahmins, of men who have taken refuge at the feet of Hari.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 120–121.

Verse 32 (3.264.32)

पाण्डवाश्च महात्मानः सर्वे धर्मपरायणाः । शूराश्चकृतविद्याश्च व्रतिनस्तपसि स्थिताः ॥

pāṇḍavāśca mahātmānaḥ sarve dharmaparāyaṇāḥ | śūrāścakṛtavidyāśca vratinastapasi sthitāḥ

The great-souled Pandavas are all devoted to dharma; they are heroes, learned, keepers of vows and steadfast in austerity,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 122–123.

Verse 33 (3.264.33)

सदाचाररता नित्यं वासुदेवपरायणाः । क्रुद्धास्ते निर्दहेयुर्वै तूलराशिमिवानलः । तत एतानपृष्ट्वैव शिष्याः शीघ्रं पलायत ॥

sadācāraratā nityaṃ vāsudevaparāyaṇāḥ | kruddhāste nirdaheyurvai tūlarāśimivānalaḥ | tata etānapṛṣṭvaiva śiṣyāḥ śīghraṃ palāyata

always intent on right conduct and devoted to Vasudeva. If angered, they would burn us up as fire burns a heap of cotton. So, disciples, run away quickly without taking leave of them."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 124–126.

Verse 34 (3.264.34)

इत्युक्तास्ते द्विजाः सर्वे मुनिना गुरुणा तदा । पाण्डवेभ्यो भृशं भीता दुद्रुवुस्ते दिशो दश ॥

ityuktāste dvijāḥ sarve muninā guruṇā tadā | pāṇḍavebhyo bhṛśaṃ bhītā dudruvuste diśo daśa

Told this by the sage, their teacher, all those brahmins, terrified of the Pandavas, fled in all ten directions.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 127–128.

Verse 35 (3.264.35)

भीमसेनो देवनद्यामपश्यन्मुनिसत्तमान् । तीर्थेष्वितस्ततस्तस्या विचचार गवेषयन् ॥

bhīmaseno devanadyāmapaśyanmunisattamān | tīrtheṣvitastatastasyā vicacāra gaveṣayan

Bhimasena, not finding the excellent sages in the river of the gods, wandered here and there among its bathing places looking for them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 129–130. Corrected तीर्थे ष्वितस्ततस्तस्या → तीर्थेष्वितस्ततस्तस्या (misprint in Wikisource; a word broken by a stray space; the appendix reads tīrtheṣv itas tatas tasyā). The appendix names Sahadeva here, as Wikisource's footnote notes for the झ. manuscript.

Verse 36 (3.264.36)

तत्रस्थेभ्यस्तापसेभ्यः श्रुत्वा तांश्चैव विद्रुतान् । युधिष्ठिरमथाभ्येत्य तं वृत्तान्तं न्यवेदयत् ॥

tatrasthebhyastāpasebhyaḥ śrutvā tāṃścaiva vidrutān | yudhiṣṭhiramathābhyetya taṃ vṛttāntaṃ nyavedayat

Hearing from the ascetics who lived there that they had fled, he went back to Yudhishthira and told him what had happened.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 131–132. Corrected ताश्चैव → तांश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; the pronoun must be masculine to agree with विद्रुतान्; the appendix reads tāṃś caiva).

Verse 37 (3.264.37)

ततस्ते पाण्डवाः सर्वे प्रत्यागमनकाङ्क्षिणः । प्रतीक्षन्तः कियत्कालं जितात्मानोऽवतस्थिरे ॥

tataste pāṇḍavāḥ sarve pratyāgamanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ | pratīkṣantaḥ kiyatkālaṃ jitātmāno'vatasthire

Then all the Pandavas, self-controlled, waited for some time, expecting them to return.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 133–134. Corrected प्र्यागमनकाङ्क्षिणः → प्रत्यागमनकाङ्क्षिणः and प्रतीक्षनतः → प्रतीक्षन्तः (misprints in Wikisource; a dropped akshara and a broken conjunct; the appendix reads pratyāgamanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ pratīkṣantaḥ).

Verse 38 (3.264.38)

निशीथेऽभ्येत्य चाकस्मादस्मान्स च्छलयिष्यति । कथं च निस्तरेमास्मात्कृच्छ्राद्दैवोपसादितात् ॥

niśīthe'bhyetya cākasmādasmānsa cchalayiṣyati | kathaṃ ca nistaremāsmātkṛcchrāddaivopasāditāt

"He will come upon us suddenly at midnight and catch us out. How shall we escape this hardship that fate has brought upon us?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 135–136.

Verse 39 (3.264.39)

इति चिन्तापरान्दृष्ट्वा निःश्वसन्तो मुहुर्मुहुः । उवाच वचनं श्रीमान्कृष्णः प्रत्यक्षतां गतः ॥

iti cintāparāndṛṣṭvā niḥśvasanto muhurmuhuḥ | uvāca vacanaṃ śrīmānkṛṣṇaḥ pratyakṣatāṃ gataḥ

Seeing them sunk in worry and sighing again and again, the glorious Krishna appeared before them and spoke these words:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 137–138.

Verse 40 (3.264.40)

भवतामापदं ज्ञात्वा ऋषेः परमकोपनात् । द्रौपद्या चिन्तितः पार्था अहं सत्वरमागतः ॥

bhavatāmāpadaṃ jñātvā ṛṣeḥ paramakopanāt | draupadyā cintitaḥ pārthā ahaṃ satvaramāgataḥ

"Knowing the danger you were in from that most irascible seer, sons of Pritha, I came at once, called to mind by Draupadi.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 139–140.

Verse 41 (3.264.41)

न भयं विद्यतेतस्मादृषेर्दुर्वाससोऽल्पकम् । तेजसा भवतां भीतः पूर्वमेव पलायितः ॥

na bhayaṃ vidyatetasmādṛṣerdurvāsaso'lpakam | tejasā bhavatāṃ bhītaḥ pūrvameva palāyitaḥ

You have not the slightest thing to fear from the seer Durvasas. Afraid of your power, he has already fled.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 141–142.

Verse 42 (3.264.42)

धर्मनित्यास्तु ये केचिन्न ते सीदन्ति कर्हिचित् । आपृच्छे वो गमिष्यामि नियतं भद्रमस्तु वः ॥

dharmanityāstu ye kecinna te sīdanti karhicit | āpṛcche vo gamiṣyāmi niyataṃ bhadramastu vaḥ

Those who are ever devoted to dharma never come to grief. I take my leave of you and will go now. May good fortune be with you always."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 143–144.

Verse 43 (3.264.43)

श्रुत्वेरितं केशवस्य बभूवुः स्वस्थमानसाः । द्रौपद्या सहिताः पार्थास्तमूचुर्विगतज्वराः ॥

śrutveritaṃ keśavasya babhūvuḥ svasthamānasāḥ | draupadyā sahitāḥ pārthāstamūcurvigatajvarāḥ

Hearing Keshava's words, the sons of Pritha and Draupadi grew easy in mind, and with their fever gone they said to him:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 145–146. Corrected स्वस्थामानसाः → स्वस्थमानसाः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray vowel sign; the appendix reads svasthamānasāḥ).

Verse 44 (3.264.44)

त्वया नाथेन गोविन्द दुस्तरामापदं विभो । तीर्णाः प्लवमिवासाद्य मज्जमाना महार्णवे ॥

tvayā nāthena govinda dustarāmāpadaṃ vibho | tīrṇāḥ plavamivāsādya majjamānā mahārṇave

"With you as our protector, Govinda, lord, we have crossed a calamity that was hard to cross, like men drowning in the great ocean who come upon a raft."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 147–148.

Verse 45 (3.264.45)

स्वस्ति साधय भद्रं ते इत्याज्ञातो ययौ पुरीम् ॥

svasti sādhaya bhadraṃ te ityājñāto yayau purīm

"Farewell, and good fortune to you!" Given leave with these words, he went to his city.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, line 149.

Verse 46 (3.264.46)

पाण्डवाश्च महाभाग द्रौपद्या सहिताः प्रभो । ऊषुः प्रहृष्टमनसो विहरन्तो वनाद्वनम् । इति तेऽभिहितं राजन्यत्पृष्टोऽहमिह त्वया ॥

pāṇḍavāśca mahābhāga draupadyā sahitāḥ prabho | ūṣuḥ prahṛṣṭamanaso viharanto vanādvanam | iti te'bhihitaṃ rājanyatpṛṣṭo'hamiha tvayā

And the Pandavas with Draupadi, illustrious lord, lived on joyfully, roaming from forest to forest. So I have told you, O king, what you asked of me here.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 150–152.

Verse 47 (3.264.47)

एवंविधान्यलीकानि धार्तराष्ट्रैर्दुरात्मभिः । पाण्डवेषु वनस्थेषु प्रयुक्तानि वृथाऽभवन् ॥

evaṃvidhānyalīkāni dhārtarāṣṭrairdurātmabhiḥ | pāṇḍaveṣu vanastheṣu prayuktāni vṛthā'bhavan

Such were the wrongs the wicked sons of Dhritarashtra contrived against the Pandavas while they lived in the forest, and every one of them came to nothing.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.25, lines 153–154.