Draupadi Rebukes Jayadratha and Is Carried Off

Verse 1 (3.269.1)

सरोषरागोपहतेन वल्गुना । सरागनेत्रेण नतोन्नतभ्रुवा । मुखेन विस्फूर्य सुवीरराष्ट्रपं । ततोऽब्रवीत्तं द्रुपदात्मजा पुनः ॥

saroṣarāgopahatena valgunā | sarāganetreṇa natonnatabhruvā | mukhena visphūrya suvīrarāṣṭrapaṃ | tato'bravīttaṃ drupadātmajā punaḥ

Then, her lovely face darkened and flushed with anger, her eyes reddened, her brows arched and knitted, Drupada's daughter snorted at the lord of the Sauvira kingdom and spoke to him again:

Verse 2 (3.269.2)

यशस्विनस्तीक्ष्णविषान्महारथा- । नभिब्रुवन्मूढ न लज्जसे कथम् । महेन्द्रकल्पान्निरतान्स्वकर्मसु । स्थितान्समूहेष्वपि यक्षरक्षसाम् ॥

yaśasvinastīkṣṇaviṣānmahārathā- | nabhibruvanmūḍha na lajjase katham | mahendrakalpānniratānsvakarmasu | sthitānsamūheṣvapi yakṣarakṣasām

"Fool, how are you not ashamed to speak like this of those glorious great warriors, deadly as venom, equal to great Indra, devoted to their duties, who stand firm even against hosts of Yakshas and Rakshasas?"

Note on the text: Corrected स्तितान् → स्थितान् (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ; the critical edition reads sthitān). Speaker: Draupadi's speech (announced in verse 1), with no printed heading; the input carried Vaishampayana over (also verses 3–9).

Verse 3 (3.269.3)

न किंचिदार्याः प्रवदन्ति पापं । वनेचरं वा गृहमेधिनं वा । तपस्विनं संपरिपूर्णविद्यं । भजन्ति चैवं सुनराः सुवीर ॥

na kiṃcidāryāḥ pravadanti pāpaṃ | vanecaraṃ vā gṛhamedhinaṃ vā | tapasvinaṃ saṃparipūrṇavidyaṃ | bhajanti caivaṃ sunarāḥ suvīra

"The noble speak no evil of anyone, whether a forest-dweller or a householder or an ascetic perfect in learning; good men, Sauvira, honour such people."

Note on the text: Word spacing corrected (वनेचरंवा → वनेचरं वा). Speaker: Draupadi's speech (announced in verse 1), with no printed heading; the input carried Vaishampayana over.

Verse 4 (3.269.4)

अहं तु मन्ये तव नास्ति कश्चि- । देतादृशे क्षत्रियसंनिवेशे । यस्त्वद्य पातालमुखे पतन्तं । पाणौ गृहीत्वा प्रतिसंहरेत ॥

ahaṃ tu manye tava nāsti kaści- | detādṛśe kṣatriyasaṃniveśe | yastvadya pātālamukhe patantaṃ | pāṇau gṛhītvā pratisaṃhareta

"I think there is no one in this gathering of kshatriyas of yours who could catch you by the hand today as you fall into the mouth of the underworld, and pull you back."

Note on the text: Speaker: Draupadi's speech (announced in verse 1), with no printed heading; the input carried Vaishampayana over.

Verse 5 (3.269.5)

नागं प्रभिन्नं गिरिकूटकल्प- । मुपत्यकां हैमवतीं चरन्तम् । दण्डीव यूथादपसेधसि त्वं । यो जेतुमाशंससि धर्मराजम् ॥

nāgaṃ prabhinnaṃ girikūṭakalpa- | mupatyakāṃ haimavatīṃ carantam | daṇḍīva yūthādapasedhasi tvaṃ | yo jetumāśaṃsasi dharmarājam

"You who hope to conquer the King of Dharma are like a man with only a stick trying to drive from its herd an elephant in rut, huge as a mountain peak, roaming the Himalayan foothills."

Note on the text: Corrected प्रमिन्नं → प्रभिन्नं (misprint in Wikisource; म for भ; प्रभिन्न, "in rut"; the critical edition reads prabhinnaṃ). Speaker: Draupadi's speech (announced in verse 1), with no printed heading; the input carried Vaishampayana over.

Verse 6 (3.269.6)

बाल्यात्प्रसुप्तस्य महाबलस्य । सिंहस्य पक्ष्माणि मुखाल्लुनासि । पदा समाहत्य पलायमानः । क्रुद्धं यदा द्रक्ष्यसि भीमसेनम् ॥

bālyātprasuptasya mahābalasya | siṃhasya pakṣmāṇi mukhāllunāsi | padā samāhatya palāyamānaḥ | kruddhaṃ yadā drakṣyasi bhīmasenam

"In your folly you are kicking a sleeping lion of great strength and plucking the whiskers from his face; you will run when you see Bhimasena enraged."

Note on the text: Corrected सिंहस् → सिंहस्य (dropped akshara in Wikisource; the critical edition reads siṃhasya). Speaker: Draupadi's speech (announced in verse 1), with no printed heading; the input carried Vaishampayana over.

Verse 7 (3.269.7)

महाबलं घोरतरं प्रवृद्धं । जातं हरिं पर्वतकन्दरेषु । प्रसुप्तमुग्रं प्रपदेन हंसि । यः क्रुद्धमायोत्स्यसि जिष्णुमुग्रम् ॥

mahābalaṃ ghorataraṃ pravṛddhaṃ | jātaṃ hariṃ parvatakandareṣu | prasuptamugraṃ prapadena haṃsi | yaḥ kruddhamāyotsyasi jiṣṇumugram

"You who would fight the fierce Jishnu in his anger are striking with your toe a sleeping lion, mighty, terrible and full-grown, born in the mountain caves."

Note on the text: Speaker: Draupadi's speech (announced in verse 1), with no printed heading; the input carried Vaishampayana over.

Verse 8 (3.269.8)

कृष्णोरगौ तीक्ष्णमुखौ द्विजिह्वौ । मत्तः पदा क्रामसि पुच्छदेशे । यः पाण्डवाभ्यां पुरुषोत्तमाभ्यां । जघन्यजाभ्यां प्रयुयुत्ससे त्वम् ॥

kṛṣṇoragau tīkṣṇamukhau dvijihvau | mattaḥ padā krāmasi pucchadeśe | yaḥ pāṇḍavābhyāṃ puruṣottamābhyāṃ | jaghanyajābhyāṃ prayuyutsase tvam

"You who want to fight the two youngest Pandavas, those best of men, are like a drunkard treading on the tails of two black cobras, sharp-fanged and forked-tongued."

Note on the text: Speaker: Draupadi's speech (announced in verse 1), with no printed heading; the input carried Vaishampayana over.

Verse 9 (3.269.9)

यथा च वेणुः कदली नलो वा । फलन्त्यभावाय न भूतयेऽऽत्मनः । तथैव मां तैः परिरक्ष्यमाणा- । मादास्यसे कर्कटकीव गर्भम् ॥

yathā ca veṇuḥ kadalī nalo vā | phalantyabhāvāya na bhūtaye''tmanaḥ | tathaiva māṃ taiḥ parirakṣyamāṇā- | mādāsyase karkaṭakīva garbham

"As the bamboo, the plantain and the reed bear fruit only to their own ruin and not their good, so you will seize me, guarded as I am by them, as the crab conceives her young."

Note on the text: Speaker: Draupadi's speech (announced in verse 1), with no printed heading; the input carried Vaishampayana over.

Verse 10 (3.269.10)

जानामि कृष्णे विदितं ममैत- । द्यथाविधास्ते नरदेवपुत्राः । न त्वेवमेतेन विभीषणेन । शक्या वयं त्रासयितुं त्वयाऽद्य ॥

jānāmi kṛṣṇe viditaṃ mamaita- | dyathāvidhāste naradevaputrāḥ | na tvevametena vibhīṣaṇena | śakyā vayaṃ trāsayituṃ tvayā'dya

"I know, Krishna, I am well aware what kind of men those princes are. But you cannot frighten us today with threats like these."

Verse 11 (3.269.11)

वयं पुनः सप्तदशेषु कृष्णे । कुलेषु सर्वेऽनवमेषु जाताः । षड्भ्यो गुणेभ्योऽभ्यधिका विहीना- । न्मन्यामहे द्रौपदि पाण्डुपुत्रान् ॥

vayaṃ punaḥ saptadaśeṣu kṛṣṇe | kuleṣu sarve'navameṣu jātāḥ | ṣaḍbhyo guṇebhyo'bhyadhikā vihīnā- | nmanyāmahe draupadi pāṇḍuputrān

"We, for our part, Krishna, were all born in the seventeen noble families; surpassing them in the six virtues, we regard the sons of Pandu, Draupadi, as our inferiors."

Note on the text: Corrected द्रौपदी → द्रौपदि (misprint in Wikisource; sense and metre need the vocative; the critical edition reads draupadi); the hyphen marking the word विहीनान् carried across the line break is supplied.

Verse 12 (3.269.12)

सा क्षिप्रमातिष्ठ गजं रथं वा । न वाक्यमात्रेण वयं हि शक्याः । आशंस वा त्वं कृपणं वदन्ती । सौवीरराजस्य पुनः प्रसादम् ॥

sā kṣipramātiṣṭha gajaṃ rathaṃ vā | na vākyamātreṇa vayaṃ hi śakyāḥ | āśaṃsa vā tvaṃ kṛpaṇaṃ vadantī | sauvīrarājasya punaḥ prasādam

"So mount at once, elephant or chariot; we are not to be stopped by mere words. Or else speak humbly and beg the Sauvira king for his favour from now on."

Verse 13 (3.269.13)

महाबला किंत्विह दुर्बलेव । सौवीरराजस्य मताऽहमस्मि । नाहं प्रमाथादिह संप्रतीता । सौवीरराजं कृपणं वदेयम् ॥

mahābalā kiṃtviha durbaleva | sauvīrarājasya matā'hamasmi | nāhaṃ pramāthādiha saṃpratītā | sauvīrarājaṃ kṛpaṇaṃ vadeyam

"I am strong, yet here the Sauvira king takes me for weak. I, who am sure of myself, will not speak humbly to the Sauvira king for fear of force."

Verse 14 (3.269.14)

यस्या हि कृष्णौ पदवीं चरेतां । समास्थितावेकरथे समेतौ । इन्द्रोऽपि तां नापहरेत्कथंचि- । न्मनुष्यमात्रः कृपणः कुतोऽन्यः ॥

yasyā hi kṛṣṇau padavīṃ caretāṃ | samāsthitāvekarathe sametau | indro'pi tāṃ nāpaharetkathaṃci- | nmanuṣyamātraḥ kṛpaṇaḥ kuto'nyaḥ

"She whose trail the two Krishnas would follow, riding together in a single chariot, not even Indra could carry off by any means; how much less a wretched mortal!"

Note on the text: Word spacing corrected (इन्द्रोऽपितां → इन्द्रोऽपि तां).

Verse 15 (3.269.15)

यथा किरीटी परवीरघाती । निघ्नन्रथस्थो द्विषतां मनांसि । मदन्तरे त्वद्ध्वजिनीं प्रवेष्टा । कक्षं दहन्नग्निरिवोष्णगेषु ॥

yathā kirīṭī paravīraghātī | nighnanrathastho dviṣatāṃ manāṃsi | madantare tvaddhvajinīṃ praveṣṭā | kakṣaṃ dahannagnirivoṣṇageṣu

"As the Diadem-wearer, slayer of enemy heroes, standing in his chariot and striking at the hearts of his foes, enters your army for my sake like a fire burning dry brush in the hot season,"

Note on the text: Corrected विकीटी → किरीटी (misprint in Wikisource; the Diadem-wearer, Arjuna; the critical edition reads kirīṭī) and वक्षं → कक्षं (misprint; व for क; dry brush, the critical edition's kakṣaṃ). Wikisource's यथा, where the critical edition reads yadā, is kept.

Verse 16 (3.269.16)

जनार्दनः सान्धकवृष्णिवीरो । महेष्वासाः केकयाश्चापि सर्वे । एते हि सर्वे मम राजपुत्राः । प्रहृष्टरूपाः पदवीं चरेयुः ॥

janārdanaḥ sāndhakavṛṣṇivīro | maheṣvāsāḥ kekayāścāpi sarve | ete hi sarve mama rājaputrāḥ | prahṛṣṭarūpāḥ padavīṃ careyuḥ

"Janardana with the heroes of the Andhakas and Vrishnis, and all the great archers of the Kekayas — all these princes would follow my trail in high spirits."

Verse 17 (3.269.17)

मौर्वीविसृष्टाः स्तनयित्नुघोषा । गाण्डीवमुक्तास्त्वतिवेगवन्तः । हस्तं समाहत्य धनंजयस्य । भीमाः शब्दं घोरतरं नदन्ति ॥

maurvīvisṛṣṭāḥ stanayitnughoṣā | gāṇḍīvamuktāstvativegavantaḥ | hastaṃ samāhatya dhanaṃjayasya | bhīmāḥ śabdaṃ ghorataraṃ nadanti

"Loosed from the bowstring with the roar of thunder, shot from the Gandiva with tremendous speed, the terrible arrows, as the string strikes Dhananjaya's hand, make a most dreadful sound."

Note on the text: Corrected नदनति → नदन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; transposed letters; the critical edition reads nadanti).

Verse 18 (3.269.18)

गाण्डीवमुक्तांश्च महाशरौघान् । पतङ्गसङ्घानिव शीघ्रवेगान् । यदा द्रष्टास्यर्जुनं वीर्यशालिनं । तदा स्वबुद्धिं प्रतिनिन्दितासि ॥

gāṇḍīvamuktāṃśca mahāśaraughān | pataṅgasaṅghāniva śīghravegān | yadā draṣṭāsyarjunaṃ vīryaśālinaṃ | tadā svabuddhiṃ pratininditāsi

"When you see the mighty Arjuna with great floods of arrows loosed from the Gandiva, swift as swarms of locusts, then you will curse your own judgement."

Note on the text: The first line is CE 3.252.18ab; the second is not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension; its apparatus has it as 3.252.18b*1203).

Verse 19 (3.269.19)

सशङ्खघोषः सतलत्रघोषो । गाण्डीवधन्वा मुहुरुद्वहंश्च । यदा शरानर्पयिता तवोरसि । तदा मनस्ते किमिवाभविष्यत् ॥

saśaṅkhaghoṣaḥ satalatraghoṣo | gāṇḍīvadhanvā muhurudvahaṃśca | yadā śarānarpayitā tavorasi | tadā manaste kimivābhaviṣyat

"When the bearer of the Gandiva, to the blare of conches and the slap of his arm-guard, again and again raises his bow and drives his arrows into your chest, what will your heart feel then?"

Note on the text: CE 3.252.18cd–ef (the critical edition prints Wikisource verses 18–19 as one six-line verse, which the alignment left unmatched).

Verse 20 (3.269.20)

गदाहस्तं भीममभिद्रवन्तं । माद्रीपुत्रौ संपतन्तौ दिशश्च । अमर्षजं क्रोधविषं वमन्तौ । दृष्ट्वा चिरं तापमुपैष्यसेऽधम ॥

gadāhastaṃ bhīmamabhidravantaṃ | mādrīputrau saṃpatantau diśaśca | amarṣajaṃ krodhaviṣaṃ vamantau | dṛṣṭvā ciraṃ tāpamupaiṣyase'dhama

"When you see Bhima rushing at you mace in hand, and the two sons of Madri sweeping in from every side, spewing the venom of their fury, you will burn with regret for a long time, wretch."

Verse 21 (3.269.21)

यथा वाऽहं नातिचरे कथंचि- । त्पतीन्महार्हान्मनसाऽपि जातु । तेनाद्य सत्येन वशीकृतं त्वां । द्रष्टास्मि पार्थैः परिकृष्यमाणम् ॥

yathā vā'haṃ nāticare kathaṃci- | tpatīnmahārhānmanasā'pi jātu | tenādya satyena vaśīkṛtaṃ tvāṃ | draṣṭāsmi pārthaiḥ parikṛṣyamāṇam

"As surely as I have never wronged my noble husbands, not even in thought, by that truth I shall see you today overpowered and dragged along by the Parthas."

Note on the text: Word spacing corrected (मनसाऽपिजातु → मनसाऽपि जातु; वशीकृतंत्वां → वशीकृतं त्वां).

Verse 22 (3.269.22)

न संभ्रमं गन्तुमहं हि शक्ष्ये । त्वया नृशंसेन विकृष्यमाणा । समागताऽहं हि कुरुप्रवीरैः । पुनर्वनं काम्यकमागताऽस्मि ॥

na saṃbhramaṃ gantumahaṃ hi śakṣye | tvayā nṛśaṃsena vikṛṣyamāṇā | samāgatā'haṃ hi kurupravīraiḥ | punarvanaṃ kāmyakamāgatā'smi

"Though you drag me off, cruel man, I shall not panic. I shall be reunited with the Kuru heroes and come back again to the Kamyaka forest."

Verse 23 (3.269.23)

इत्येवमुक्तस्तु स सिन्धुनाथ- । स्तां द्रौपदीमाह विशालनेत्राम् । आरुह्यतामाशु रथं मदीयं । मा त्वां बलाद्द्रौपदि कर्षयेऽहम् ॥

ityevamuktastu sa sindhunātha- | stāṃ draupadīmāha viśālanetrām | āruhyatāmāśu rathaṃ madīyaṃ | mā tvāṃ balāddraupadi karṣaye'ham

Spoken to thus, the lord of Sindhu said to the large-eyed Draupadi, "Mount my chariot at once, Draupadi, so that I need not drag you by force."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and '). Corrected वलात् → बलात् (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब), द्दौपदि → द्द्रौपदि (dropped र्; बलात् + द्रौपदि) and कर्षयेहम् → कर्षयेऽहम् (missing avagraha); word spacing restored. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 24 (3.269.24)

सा ताननुप्रेक्ष्य विशालनेत्रा । जिघृक्षमाणानवभर्त्सयन्ती । प्रोवाच मा मा स्पृशतेति भीता । धौम्यं प्रचुक्रोश पुरोहितं सा ॥

sā tānanuprekṣya viśālanetrā | jighṛkṣamāṇānavabhartsayantī | provāca mā mā spṛśateti bhītā | dhaumyaṃ pracukrośa purohitaṃ sā

Looking at the men who were trying to seize her, the large-eyed woman rebuked them and said in fear, "Do not touch me, do not!" and she cried out to Dhaumya, the family priest.

Verse 25 (3.269.25)

जग्राह तामुत्तरवस्त्रदेशे । जयद्रथस्तं समवाक्षिपत्सा । तया समाक्षिप्ततनुः स पापः । पपात शाखीव निकृत्तमूलः ॥

jagrāha tāmuttaravastradeśe | jayadrathastaṃ samavākṣipatsā | tayā samākṣiptatanuḥ sa pāpaḥ | papāta śākhīva nikṛttamūlaḥ

Jayadratha seized her by the upper garment, but she shoved him away, and thrown back by her the villain fell like a tree cut off at the root.

Verse 26 (3.269.26)

प्रगृह्यमाणा तु महाजवेन । मुहुर्विनिःश्वस्य च राजपुत्री । सा मृष्यमाणा रथमारुरोह । धौम्यस्य पादावभिवाद्य कृष्णा ॥

pragṛhyamāṇā tu mahājavena | muhurviniḥśvasya ca rājaputrī | sā mṛṣyamāṇā rathamāruroha | dhaumyasya pādāvabhivādya kṛṣṇā

But when she was seized again with great force, the princess Krishna, sighing again and again, bore it and mounted the chariot, after bowing at Dhaumya's feet.

Verse 27 (3.269.27)

नेयं शक्या त्वया नेतुमविजित्य महारथान् । धर्मं क्षत्रस्य पौराणमवेक्षस्व जयद्रथ ॥

neyaṃ śakyā tvayā netumavijitya mahārathān | dharmaṃ kṣatrasya paurāṇamavekṣasva jayadratha

"You cannot carry her off without first defeating those great warriors. Look to the ancient dharma of the kshatriyas, Jayadratha."

Note on the text: Corrected क्षत्रस् → क्षत्रस्य (dropped akshara in Wikisource; the critical edition reads kṣatrasya).

Verse 28 (3.269.28)

क्षुद्रं कृत्वा फलं पापं त्वं प्राप्स्यसि न संशयः । आसाद्य पाण्डवान्वीरान्धर्मराजपुरोगमान् ॥

kṣudraṃ kṛtvā phalaṃ pāpaṃ tvaṃ prāpsyasi na saṃśayaḥ | āsādya pāṇḍavānvīrāndharmarājapurogamān

"Having done this petty deed, you will without doubt reap its evil fruit when you come up against the heroic Pandavas led by the King of Dharma."

Note on the text: Word spacing corrected (कृत्वाफलंपापं → कृत्वा फलं पापं).

Verse 29 (3.269.29)

इत्युक्त्वा ह्रियमाणां तां राजपुत्रीं यशस्विनीम् । अन्वगच्छत्तदा धौम्यः पदातिगणमध्यगः ॥

ityuktvā hriyamāṇāṃ tāṃ rājaputrīṃ yaśasvinīm | anvagacchattadā dhaumyaḥ padātigaṇamadhyagaḥ

Having said this, Dhaumya followed the glorious princess as she was carried away, walking in the midst of the foot-soldiers.

Note on the text: Corrected इत्युक्तवाह्रियमाणां → इत्युक्त्वा ह्रियमाणां (misprint in Wikisource; उक्तवा for उक्त्वा; the critical edition reads ity uktvā hriyamāṇāṃ).