Jayadratha Woos Draupadi

Verse 1 (3.268.1)

तथाऽऽसीनेषु सर्वेषु तेषु राजसु भारत । कोटिकाश्यो जगामाशु सिन्धुराजनिवेशनम् ॥

tathā''sīneṣu sarveṣu teṣu rājasu bhārata | koṭikāśyo jagāmāśu sindhurājaniveśanam

While all those kings were seated thus, Bharata, Kotikashya went quickly to the camp of the king of Sindhu

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`) before the second line (it opens a mark that closes at the end of verse 28). The first line is CE 3.251.1a (reading athāsīneṣu); the second is not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension; its apparatus has it, reading sindhurājaniṣevitam, as 3.251.1b*1199).

Verse 2 (3.268.2)

यदुक्तं कृष्णया सार्धं तत्सर्वं प्रत्यवेदयत् । कोटिकाश्यवचः श्रुत्वा शैब्यं सौवीरकोऽब्रवीत् ॥

yaduktaṃ kṛṣṇayā sārdhaṃ tatsarvaṃ pratyavedayat | koṭikāśyavacaḥ śrutvā śaibyaṃ sauvīrako'bravīt

and reported to him everything that had been said with Krishna. Hearing Kotikashya's words, the Sauvira king said to Shaibya:

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension; its apparatus has it as 3.251.1b*1197); the second is CE 3.251.1cd.

Verse 3 (3.268.3)

यदा वाचं व्याहरन्त्यामस्यां मे रमते मनः । सीमन्तिनीनां मुख्यायां विनिवृत्तः कथं भवान् ॥

yadā vācaṃ vyāharantyāmasyāṃ me ramate manaḥ | sīmantinīnāṃ mukhyāyāṃ vinivṛttaḥ kathaṃ bhavān

"Since my heart delights in her, this woman who spoke with you, the foremost of all women, how is it that you have come back without her?"

Note on the text: Corrected सुख्यायां → मुख्यायां (misprint in Wikisource; सुख्या is not a word here; the critical edition reads mukhyāyāṃ). Speaker: Jayadratha's words to Kotikashya (announced in verse 2), with no printed heading; the input carried Vaishampayana over (also verses 4–5).

Verse 4 (3.268.4)

एतां दृष्ट्वा स्त्रियो मेऽन्या यथा शाखामृगस्त्रियः । प्रतिभान्ति महाबाहो सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि ते ॥

etāṃ dṛṣṭvā striyo me'nyā yathā śākhāmṛgastriyaḥ | pratibhānti mahābāho satyametadbravīmi te

"Now that I have seen her, other women look to me like she-monkeys, mighty-armed one; I am telling you the truth."

Verse 5 (3.268.5)

दर्शनादेव हि मनस्तया मेऽपहृतं भृशम् । तां समाचक्ष्व कल्याणीं यदि स्याच्छैब्य मानुषी ॥

darśanādeva hi manastayā me'pahṛtaṃ bhṛśam | tāṃ samācakṣva kalyāṇīṃ yadi syācchaibya mānuṣī

"With a single look she has stolen my heart completely. Tell me about that lovely lady, Shaibya, if she is a human woman."

Verse 6 (3.268.6)

एषा वै द्रौपदी कृष्णा राजपुत्री यशस्विनी । पञ्चानां पाण्डुपुत्राणां महिषी संमता भृशम् ॥

eṣā vai draupadī kṛṣṇā rājaputrī yaśasvinī | pañcānāṃ pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ mahiṣī saṃmatā bhṛśam

"This is Draupadi, Krishna, the illustrious princess, the chief queen of the five sons of Pandu, held in the highest honour."

Verse 7 (3.268.7)

सर्वेषां चैव पार्थानां प्रिया बहुमता सती । तया समेत्य सौवीर सौवीराभिमुखो व्रज ॥

sarveṣāṃ caiva pārthānāṃ priyā bahumatā satī | tayā sametya sauvīra sauvīrābhimukho vraja

"She is dear to all the Parthas, much esteemed and virtuous. Now that you have met her, Sauvira, turn your face towards Sauvira."

Verse 8 (3.268.8)

एवमुक्तः प्रत्युवाच पश्यामि द्रौपदीमिति । पतिः सौवीरसिन्धूनां दुष्टभावो जयद्रथः ॥

evamuktaḥ pratyuvāca paśyāmi draupadīmiti | patiḥ sauvīrasindhūnāṃ duṣṭabhāvo jayadrathaḥ

Told this, Jayadratha, lord of the Sauviras and the Sindhus, a man of wicked intent, replied, "I shall see Draupadi."

Verse 9 (3.268.9)

स प्रविश्याश्रमं पुण्यं सिंहगोष्ठं वृको यथा । आत्मना सप्तमः कृष्णामिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

sa praviśyāśramaṃ puṇyaṃ siṃhagoṣṭhaṃ vṛko yathā | ātmanā saptamaḥ kṛṣṇāmidaṃ vacanamabravīt

He entered the holy hermitage as a wolf enters a lion's den, and with six companions, himself the seventh, he spoke these words to Krishna:

Verse 10 (3.268.10)

कुशलं ते वरारोहे भर्तारस्तेऽप्यनामयाः । येषां कुशलकामासि तेऽपि कच्चिदनामयाः ॥

kuśalaṃ te varārohe bhartāraste'pyanāmayāḥ | yeṣāṃ kuśalakāmāsi te'pi kaccidanāmayāḥ

"Are you well, lady of lovely hips? Are your husbands in good health? And those whose welfare you care for, are they free from illness too?"

Note on the text: Word spacing corrected (तेऽपिकच्चिद् → तेऽपि कच्चिद्). Speaker: Jayadratha's greeting (announced in verse 9), with no printed heading; the input carried Vaishampayana over.

Verse 11 (3.268.11)

अपि ते कुशलं राजन्राष्ट्रे कोशे बले तथा । कच्चिदेकः शिबीनाढ्यान्सौवीरान्सह सिन्धुभिः । अनुतिष्ठसि धर्मेण ये चान्ये विदितास्त्वया ॥

api te kuśalaṃ rājanrāṣṭre kośe bale tathā | kaccidekaḥ śibīnāḍhyānsauvīrānsaha sindhubhiḥ | anutiṣṭhasi dharmeṇa ye cānye viditāstvayā

"Is all well with you, king, in your realm, your treasury and your army? Do you alone rule by dharma the wealthy Shibis, the Sauviras together with the Sindhus, and the other lands you have won?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); its apparatus has these three lines, reading rājye rāṣṭre, as 3.251.10d*1200, placed after the next verse.

Verse 12 (3.268.12)

कौरव्यः कुशली राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । अहं च भ्रातरश्चास्य यांश्चान्यान्परिपृच्छसि ॥

kauravyaḥ kuśalī rājā kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | ahaṃ ca bhrātaraścāsya yāṃścānyānparipṛcchasi

"The Kaurava king, Kunti's son Yudhishthira, is well, and so am I, and so are his brothers and all the others you ask about."

Verse 13 (3.268.13)

पाद्यं प्रतिगृहाणेदमासनं च नृपात्मज । मृगान्विता मृगीश्चैव प्रातराशं ददानि ते ॥

pādyaṃ pratigṛhāṇedamāsanaṃ ca nṛpātmaja | mṛgānvitā mṛgīścaiva prātarāśaṃ dadāni te

"Accept this water for your feet and this seat, prince. I will give you deer, and does as well, for your morning meal:"

Note on the text: Wikisource reads मृगान्विता मृगीश्चैव where the critical edition has mṛgān pañcāśataṃ caiva ("fifty deer"); kept as printed.

Verse 14 (3.268.14)

ऐणेयान्पृषतान्न्यङ्कून्हरिणाञ्शरभाञ्शशान् । ऋक्षान्रुरूञ्शम्बरांश्च गवयांश्च मृगान्बहून् ॥

aiṇeyānpṛṣatānnyaṅkūnhariṇāñśarabhāñśaśān | ṛkṣānrurūñśambarāṃśca gavayāṃśca mṛgānbahūn

"aineya antelopes, spotted deer, nyanku deer, harinas, sharabhas and hares, bears, ruru deer, sambars, gayals and many other beasts,"

Note on the text: Corrected ऋक्षाव्रुरूञ् → ऋक्षान्रुरूञ् (misprint in Wikisource; व्रु for न्रु in ऋक्षान् + रुरून्; the critical edition reads ṛśyān rurūñ).

Verse 15 (3.268.15)

वराहान्महिषांश्चैव याश्चान्या मृगजातयः । प्रदास्यति स्वयं तुभ्यं कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

varāhānmahiṣāṃścaiva yāścānyā mṛgajātayaḥ | pradāsyati svayaṃ tubhyaṃ kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

"boars and buffaloes and every other kind of game: Kunti's son Yudhishthira will give them to you himself."

Note on the text: Corrected वराहामहिषांश्चैव → वराहान्महिषांश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; dropped न्; the critical edition reads varāhān mahiṣāṃś caiva) and युधिष्टिरः → युधिष्ठिरः (misprint; ट for ठ).

Verse 16 (3.268.16)

कुशलं प्रातराशस्य सर्वं मे दित्सितं त्वया । एहि मे रथमारोह सुखमाप्नुहि केवलम् ॥

kuśalaṃ prātarāśasya sarvaṃ me ditsitaṃ tvayā | ehi me rathamāroha sukhamāpnuhi kevalam

"The morning meal is well enough; you have offered me everything. Come, mount my chariot and know nothing but happiness."

Verse 17 (3.268.17)

गतश्रीकान्हृतराज्यान्कृपणान्गतचेतसः । अरण्यवासिनः पार्थान्नानुरोद्धुं त्वमर्हसि ॥

gataśrīkānhṛtarājyānkṛpaṇāngatacetasaḥ | araṇyavāsinaḥ pārthānnānuroddhuṃ tvamarhasi

"You should not stand by the Parthas, who have lost their fortune and their kingdom, wretched and dispirited, living in the forest."

Verse 18 (3.268.18)

नैव प्राज्ञा गतश्रीकं भर्तारमुपयुञ्जते । युञ्जानमनुयुञ्जीत न श्रियः संक्षये वसेत् ॥

naiva prājñā gataśrīkaṃ bhartāramupayuñjate | yuñjānamanuyuñjīta na śriyaḥ saṃkṣaye vaset

"Wise women do not cling to a husband whose fortune is gone. A woman should attach herself to one who prospers, and not stay where fortune has wasted away."

Note on the text: Corrected शरियः → श्रियः (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; the critical edition reads śriyaḥ).

Verse 19 (3.268.19)

श्रिया विहीना राष्ट्राच्च विनष्टाः शाश्वतीः समाः । अलं ते पाण्डुपुत्राणां भक्त्या क्लेशमुपासितुम् ॥

śriyā vihīnā rāṣṭrācca vinaṣṭāḥ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ | alaṃ te pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ bhaktyā kleśamupāsitum

"Stripped of fortune and of kingdom, they are ruined for years without end. Enough of enduring hardship out of devotion to the sons of Pandu!"

Verse 20 (3.268.20)

भार्या मे भव सुश्रोणि त्यजैनान्सुखमाप्नुहि । अखिलान्सिन्धुसौवीरानाप्नुहि त्वं मया सह ॥

bhāryā me bhava suśroṇi tyajainānsukhamāpnuhi | akhilānsindhusauvīrānāpnuhi tvaṃ mayā saha

"Be my wife, lovely-hipped one; leave them and be happy. Win with me all the lands of Sindhu and Sauvira."

Note on the text: Corrected मुखम् → सुखम् (misprint in Wikisource; म for स; the critical edition reads sukham āpnuhi).

Verse 21 (3.268.21)

इत्युक्ता सिन्धुराजेन वाक्यं हृदयकम्पनम् । कृष्णा तस्मादपाक्रामद्देशात्सभ्रुकुटीमुखी ॥

ityuktā sindhurājena vākyaṃ hṛdayakampanam | kṛṣṇā tasmādapākrāmaddeśātsabhrukuṭīmukhī

Addressed thus by the king of Sindhu in words that made her heart tremble, Krishna drew back from the spot, a frown on her face.

Verse 22 (3.268.22)

अवमत्यास्य तद्वाक्यमाक्षिप्य च सुमध्यमा । मैवमित्यब्रवीत्कृष्णा लज्जस्वेति च सैन्धवम् ॥

avamatyāsya tadvākyamākṣipya ca sumadhyamā | maivamityabravītkṛṣṇā lajjasveti ca saindhavam

Scorning his words and brushing them aside, the slender-waisted Krishna said to the Saindhava, "Not so! Be ashamed!"

Note on the text: Corrected तद्वांक्यम् → तद्वाक्यम् (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara).

Verse 23 (3.268.23)

सा काङ्क्षमाणा भर्तृणामुपयातमनिन्दिता । विलम्बयामास परं वाक्यैर्वाक्यानि युञ्जती ॥

sā kāṅkṣamāṇā bhartṛṇāmupayātamaninditā | vilambayāmāsa paraṃ vākyairvākyāni yuñjatī

Longing for her husbands to return, the blameless woman held him off for a long while, answering his words with words.

Verse 24 (3.268.24)

नैवं वद महाबाहो न्याय्यं त्वं न च मन्यसे । पाण्डूनां धार्तराष्ट्राणां स्वसा चैव कनीयसी ॥

naivaṃ vada mahābāho nyāyyaṃ tvaṃ na ca manyase | pāṇḍūnāṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ svasā caiva kanīyasī

"Do not speak so, mighty-armed one; you are not thinking of what is right. The younger sister of the Pandavas and of Dhritarashtra's sons

Note on the text: Speaker heading printed as द्रैपद्युवाच (misprint for द्रौपद्युवाच), corrected. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); its apparatus has the passage of verses 24–28 as 3.251.21d*1202; this verse is its lines 1–2.

Verse 25 (3.268.25)

दुश्शला नाम तस्यास्त्वं भर्ता राजकुलोद्वह । मम भ्राता च न्याय्येन त्वया रक्ष्या महारथ ॥

duśśalā nāma tasyāstvaṃ bhartā rājakulodvaha | mama bhrātā ca nyāyyena tvayā rakṣyā mahāratha

is Duhshala, and you are her husband, upholder of a royal house. So by right you are my brother, and I am someone you must protect, great warrior.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); its apparatus has these lines as 3.251.21d*1202, lines 3–4.

Verse 26 (3.268.26)

धर्मिष्ठानां कुले जातो न धर्मं त्वमवेक्षसे ॥

dharmiṣṭhānāṃ kule jāto na dharmaṃ tvamavekṣase

Born in a family of the most righteous, you have no regard for dharma."

Note on the text: Split from Wikisource verse 26 at the change of speaker: this first line ends Draupadi's speech, and the second returns to narration (the critical edition's apparatus marks vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ at this point). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension; apparatus 3.251.21d*1202, line 5).

Verse 27 (3.268.27)

इत्युक्तः सिन्धुराजोऽथ वाक्यमुत्तरमब्रवीत् ॥

ityuktaḥ sindhurājo'tha vākyamuttaramabravīt

Addressed thus, the king of Sindhu then gave this answer:

Note on the text: Second line of Wikisource verse 26, split off at the change of speaker: Vaishampayana's narration. Corrected सिन्धुराजोथ → सिन्धुराजोऽथ (missing avagraha in Wikisource). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension; apparatus 3.251.21d*1202, line 6, reading sindhurājo 'pi).

Verse 28 (3.268.28)

राज्ञां धर्मं न जानीषे स्त्रियो रत्नानि चैव हि । साधारणानि लोकेऽस्मिन्प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः ॥

rājñāṃ dharmaṃ na jānīṣe striyo ratnāni caiva hi | sādhāraṇāni loke'sminpravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ

"You do not know the dharma of kings. The wise say that in this world women and jewels are common property."

Note on the text: Speaker: Jayadratha's reply (announced in the preceding line), with no printed heading. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension; apparatus 3.251.21d*1202, lines 7–8).

Verse 29 (3.268.29)

स्वसा च स्वस्रिया चैव भ्रातृभार्या तथैव च । सुखं गृह्णन्ति राजानस्ताश्च तत्र नृपोद्भवाः ॥

svasā ca svasriyā caiva bhrātṛbhāryā tathaiva ca | sukhaṃ gṛhṇanti rājānastāśca tatra nṛpodbhavāḥ

"A sister, a sister's daughter, a brother's wife: kings take them freely, and those women too are of royal birth."

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (') at the end, closing the mark opened in verse 1. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension; apparatus 3.251.21d*1202, lines 9–10, reading saṃgṛhṇanti).