Kotikashya Questions Draupadi

Verse 1 (3.266.1)

का त्वं कदम्बस्य विनम्य शाखां । किमाश्रमे तिष्ठसि शोभमाना । देदीप्यमानाऽग्निशिखेव नक्तं । व्याधूयमाना पवनेन सुभ्रूः ॥

kā tvaṃ kadambasya vinamya śākhāṃ | kimāśrame tiṣṭhasi śobhamānā | dedīpyamānā'gniśikheva naktaṃ | vyādhūyamānā pavanena subhrūḥ

"Who are you, standing in the hermitage so radiant, bending down a branch of the kadamba, blazing like a flame of fire at night, fair-browed one, as the wind plays about you?

Note on the text: Corrected सूभ्रूः → सुभ्रूः (misprint in Wikisource; ू for ु; CE subhrūḥ).

Verse 2 (3.266.2)

अतीव रूपेण समन्विता त्वं । न चाप्यरण्येषु बिभेषि किंनु । देवी नु यक्षी यदिदानवी वा । वराप्सरा दैत्यवराङ्गना वा ॥

atīva rūpeṇa samanvitā tvaṃ | na cāpyaraṇyeṣu bibheṣi kiṃnu | devī nu yakṣī yadidānavī vā | varāpsarā daityavarāṅganā vā

You are endowed with surpassing beauty; are you not afraid in these forests? Are you a goddess, a yakshi or a danavi, a celestial nymph of the first rank, or the wife of a lord of the daityas?

Verse 3 (3.266.3)

वपुष्मती वोरगराजकन्या । वनेचरी वा क्षणदाचरस्त्री । त्वं देवराज्ञो वरुणस्य पत्नी । यमस्य सोमस्य धनेश्वरस्य ॥

vapuṣmatī voragarājakanyā | vanecarī vā kṣaṇadācarastrī | tvaṃ devarājño varuṇasya patnī | yamasya somasya dhaneśvarasya

Or a lovely daughter of a king of serpents, or a woman of the forest, or the wife of a night-roaming rakshasa? Are you the wife of the divine king Varuna, or of Yama, of Soma, or of the lord of wealth?

Verse 4 (3.266.4)

धातुर्विधातुः सवितुर्विभोर्वा । शक्रस्य वा त्वं सदनात्प्रपन्ना । न ह्येव नः पृच्छसि ये वयं स्म । न चापि जानीम तवेह नाथम् ॥

dhāturvidhātuḥ saviturvibhorvā | śakrasya vā tvaṃ sadanātprapannā | na hyeva naḥ pṛcchasi ye vayaṃ sma | na cāpi jānīma taveha nātham

Or have you come from the abode of Dhatri, of Vidhatri, of Savitri, of the all-pervading lord, or of Shakra? You do not ask who we are, and we do not know who your protector is here.

Verse 5 (3.266.5)

वयं हि मानं तव वर्धयन्तः । पृच्छाम भद्रेप्रभवं प्रभुं च । आचक्ष्व बन्धूंश्च पतिं कुलं च । जातिं च यच्चेह करोषि कार्यम् ॥

vayaṃ hi mānaṃ tava vardhayantaḥ | pṛcchāma bhadreprabhavaṃ prabhuṃ ca | ācakṣva bandhūṃśca patiṃ kulaṃ ca | jātiṃ ca yacceha karoṣi kāryam

Paying you due honour, good lady, we ask about your origin and your lord. Tell us of your kinsmen, your husband and your family, your lineage, and what you are doing here.

Note on the text: Corrected यच्चेगह → यच्चेह (misprint in Wikisource; a stray akshara; CE yac ceha).

Verse 6 (3.266.6)

अहं तु राज्ञः सुरथस्य पुत्रो । यं कोटिकाश्येति विदुर्मनुष्याः । वश्येन्द्रियः सत्यरतिर्वरोरु । वृद्धोपसेवी गुरुपूजकश्च ॥

ahaṃ tu rājñaḥ surathasya putro | yaṃ koṭikāśyeti vidurmanuṣyāḥ | vaśyendriyaḥ satyaratirvaroru | vṛddhopasevī gurupūjakaśca

I am the son of King Suratha, whom men know as Kotikashya. My senses are under control, fair-thighed one; I delight in truth, I serve my elders and honour my teachers.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a backtick and a closing quote) around the second line, which Wikisource sets apart as an insertion. The first line is CE 3.249.6ab; the second line is not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension) but is recorded in its apparatus as passage 1195* (reading sabhyaruciḥ for satyaratiḥ). The CE's 3.249.6 continues with the lines given here as verse 7.

Verse 7 (3.266.7)

असौ तु यस्तिष्ठतिकाञ्चनाङ्गे । रथे हुतोऽग्निश्चयने यथैव । त्रिगर्तराजः कमलायताक्षः । क्षेमंकरो नाम स एष वीरः ॥

asau tu yastiṣṭhatikāñcanāṅge | rathe huto'gniścayane yathaiva | trigartarājaḥ kamalāyatākṣaḥ | kṣemaṃkaro nāma sa eṣa vīraḥ

And that man standing in the golden chariot, blazing like a fire fed with offerings on the sacrificial altar, the lotus-eyed king of the Trigartas, is the hero named Kshemankara.

Note on the text: Corrected तथे → रथे and तरिगर्तराजः → त्रिगर्तराजः (misprints in Wikisource; त for र, and a broken conjunct; CE rathe, trigartarājaḥ). This verse is CE 3.249.6cdef, which the critical edition joins to the previous verse.

Verse 8 (3.266.8)

अस्मात्परस्त्वेष महाधनुष्मा- । न्पुत्रः कुलिन्दाधिपतेर्वरिष्ठः । निरीक्षते त्वां विपुलायताक्षः । सुपुष्पितः पर्वतवासनित्यः ॥

asmātparastveṣa mahādhanuṣmā- | nputraḥ kulindādhipatervariṣṭhaḥ | nirīkṣate tvāṃ vipulāyatākṣaḥ | supuṣpitaḥ parvatavāsanityaḥ

Beyond him is this great bowman, the eldest son of the lord of the Kulindas, who gazes at you with wide, long eyes; he is in the bloom of youth and makes his home in the mountains.

Verse 9 (3.266.9)

असौ तु यः पुष्करिणीसमीपे । श्यामो युवा तिष्ठति दर्शनीयः । इक्ष्वाकुराजः सुबलस्य पुत्रः । स एव हन्ता द्विषतां सुगात्रि ॥

asau tu yaḥ puṣkariṇīsamīpe | śyāmo yuvā tiṣṭhati darśanīyaḥ | ikṣvākurājaḥ subalasya putraḥ | sa eva hantā dviṣatāṃ sugātri

And that dark, handsome youth standing by the lotus pond is the Ikshvaku king, son of Subala; he is a slayer of his enemies, lovely-limbed lady.

Verse 10 (3.266.10)

यस्यानुयात्रं ध्वजिनः प्रयान्ति । सौवीरका द्वादशराजपुत्राः । शोणाश्वयुक्तेषु रथेषु सर्वे । मखेषु दीप्ता इव हव्यवाहाः ॥

yasyānuyātraṃ dhvajinaḥ prayānti | sauvīrakā dvādaśarājaputrāḥ | śoṇāśvayukteṣu ratheṣu sarve | makheṣu dīptā iva havyavāhāḥ

He whom twelve Sauvira princes follow, bearing banners, all in chariots yoked with red horses, like fires blazing at sacrifices —

Note on the text: Corrected मस्वेषु → मखेषु and इव्यवाहाः → हव्यवाहाः (misprints in Wikisource; स्व for ख and इ for ह; CE makheṣu, havyavāhāḥ).

Verse 11 (3.266.11)

अङ्गारकः कुञ्जरो गुप्तकश्च । शत्रुंजयः संजयसुप्रवृद्धौ । प्रभंकरोऽथ भ्रमरो रविश्च । शूरः प्रतापःकुहनश्च नाम ॥

aṅgārakaḥ kuñjaro guptakaśca | śatruṃjayaḥ saṃjayasupravṛddhau | prabhaṃkaro'tha bhramaro raviśca | śūraḥ pratāpaḥkuhanaśca nāma

Angaraka, Kunjara and Guptaka, Shatrunjaya, Sanjaya and Supravriddha, Prabhankara, Bhramara and Ravi, Shura, Pratapa and the one named Kuhana —

Note on the text: Corrected श्रुंजयः → शत्रुंजयः (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara that leaves the line a syllable short; CE śatruṃjayaḥ).

Verse 12 (3.266.12)

यं षट्सहस्रा रथिनोऽनुयान्ति । नागा हयाश्चैव पदातिनश्च । जयद्रथो नाम यदि श्रुतस्ते । सौवीरराजः सुभगे स एषः ॥

yaṃ ṣaṭsahasrā rathino'nuyānti | nāgā hayāścaiva padātinaśca | jayadratho nāma yadi śrutaste | sauvīrarājaḥ subhage sa eṣaḥ

he whom six thousand chariot-warriors follow, with elephants, horses and foot soldiers, is Jayadratha, king of the Sauviras, if you have heard of him, fortunate lady.

Verse 13 (3.266.13)

तस्यापरे भ्रातरोऽदीनसत्वा । बलाहकानीकविदारणाद्याः । सौवीरवीराः प्रवरा युवानो । राजानमेते बलिनोऽनुयान्ति ॥

tasyāpare bhrātaro'dīnasatvā | balāhakānīkavidāraṇādyāḥ | sauvīravīrāḥ pravarā yuvāno | rājānamete balino'nuyānti

His other brothers, of undaunted spirit, Balahaka, Anika, Vidarana and the rest, foremost young heroes of the Sauviras, strong men all, follow the king.

Verse 14 (3.266.14)

एतैः सहायैरुपयाति राजा । मरुद्गणैरिन्द्र इवाभिगुप्तः । अजानतां ख्यापय नः सुकेशि । कस्यासि भार्या दुहिता च कस्य ॥

etaiḥ sahāyairupayāti rājā | marudgaṇairindra ivābhiguptaḥ | ajānatāṃ khyāpaya naḥ sukeśi | kasyāsi bhāryā duhitā ca kasya

With these companions the king travels, guarded like Indra by the hosts of the Maruts. We do not know you; tell us, lovely-haired one, whose wife you are and whose daughter."