Draupadi Points Out Her Husbands

Verse 1 (3.271.1)

ततो घोरतरः शब्दो वने समभवत्तदा । भीमसेनार्जुनौ दृष्ट्वा क्षत्रियाणाममर्षिणाम् ॥

tato ghorataraḥ śabdo vane samabhavattadā | bhīmasenārjunau dṛṣṭvā kṣatriyāṇāmamarṣiṇām

Then a most dreadful uproar arose in the forest as the impatient kshatriyas caught sight of Bhimasena and Arjuna.

Note on the text: Corrected क्षत्रियणाम् → क्षत्रियाणाम् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign; the critical edition reads kṣatriyāṇām); word spacing restored (दृष्ट्वा क्षत्रियाणाम्).

Verse 2 (3.271.2)

तेषां ध्वजाग्राण्यभिवीक्ष्य राजा । स्वयंदुरात्मा कुरुपुङ्गवानाम् । जयद्रथो याज्ञसेनीमुवाच । रथे स्थितां भानुमतीं हतौजाः ॥

teṣāṃ dhvajāgrāṇyabhivīkṣya rājā | svayaṃdurātmā kurupuṅgavānām | jayadratho yājñasenīmuvāca | rathe sthitāṃ bhānumatīṃ hataujāḥ

Seeing the tops of the banners of those bulls of the Kurus, the wicked king Jayadratha, his courage gone, spoke to the radiant Yajnaseni standing in his chariot:

Verse 3 (3.271.3)

आयान्तीमे पञ्चरथा महान्तो । मन्ये च कृष्णे पतयस्तवैते । सा जानती ख्यापय नः सुकेशि । परंपरं पाण्डवानां रथस्थम् ॥

āyāntīme pañcarathā mahānto | manye ca kṛṣṇe patayastavaite | sā jānatī khyāpaya naḥ sukeśi | paraṃparaṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ rathastham

"Five great chariots are coming; I think, Krishna, these are your husbands. You know them, lovely-haired one, so tell us which of the Pandavas stands in each chariot."

Note on the text: Speaker: Jayadratha's words to Draupadi (announced in verse 2), with no printed heading; the input carried Vaishampayana over.

Verse 4 (3.271.4)

किं ते ज्ञातैर्मूढ महाधनुर्धरै- । रनायुष्यं कर्म कृत्वाऽतिघोरम् । एते वीराः पतयो मे समेता । न वः शेषः कश्चिदिहास्ति युद्धे ॥

kiṃ te jñātairmūḍha mahādhanurdharai- | ranāyuṣyaṃ karma kṛtvā'tighoram | ete vīrāḥ patayo me sametā | na vaḥ śeṣaḥ kaścidihāsti yuddhe

"What good will it do you to know these great archers, fool, now that you have done this most dreadful deed that cuts short your life? Here are my heroic husbands, come together; not one of you will be left alive in this battle."

Note on the text: The speaker heading द्रौपद्युवाच् had slipped into the verse text as its first line; removed and made the speaker (the input carried Vaishampayana over; Draupadi speaks through verse 21). Corrected कुत्वा → कृत्वा (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads kṛtvā).

Verse 5 (3.271.5)

आख्यातव्यं त्वेव सर्वं मुमूर्षो- । र्मया तुभ्यं पृष्टया धर्म एषः । न मे व्यथा विद्यते त्वद्भयं वा । संपश्यन्त्याः सानुजं धर्मराजम् ॥

ākhyātavyaṃ tveva sarvaṃ mumūrṣo- | rmayā tubhyaṃ pṛṣṭayā dharma eṣaḥ | na me vyathā vidyate tvadbhayaṃ vā | saṃpaśyantyāḥ sānujaṃ dharmarājam

"Still, since you ask, I must tell a dying man everything; that is the rule. Seeing the King of Dharma with his younger brothers, I feel no anguish and no fear of you."

Verse 6 (3.271.6)

यस्य ध्वजाग्रे नदतो मृदङ्गौ । नन्दोपनन्दौ मधुरौ सुयुक्तौ । एनं स्वधर्मार्थविनिश्चयज्ञं । सदा जनाः कृत्यवन्तोऽनुयान्ति ॥

yasya dhvajāgre nadato mṛdaṅgau | nandopanandau madhurau suyuktau | enaṃ svadharmārthaviniścayajñaṃ | sadā janāḥ kṛtyavanto'nuyānti

"He on the top of whose banner two drums, Nanda and Upananda, sound sweetly and in fine accord — he knows the settled truth of his own dharma and its ends, and men with business to settle always follow him."

Note on the text: Corrected यस् → यस्य (dropped akshara in Wikisource; the critical edition reads yasya).

Verse 7 (3.271.7)

य एष जाम्बूनदशुद्धगौरः । प्रचण्डघोणस्तनुरायताक्षः । एतं कुरुश्रेष्ठतमं वदन्ति । युधिष्ठिरं धर्मसुतं पतिं मे ॥

ya eṣa jāmbūnadaśuddhagauraḥ | pracaṇḍaghoṇastanurāyatākṣaḥ | etaṃ kuruśreṣṭhatamaṃ vadanti | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ dharmasutaṃ patiṃ me

"He who is fair as pure gold, with a prominent nose, slender, with large eyes — him they call the best of the Kurus: Yudhishthira, son of Dharma, my husband."

Verse 8 (3.271.8)

अप्येष शत्रोः शरणागतस्य । दद्यात्प्राणान्धर्मचारी नृवीरः । परैह्येनं मूढ जवेन भूतये । त्वमात्मनः प्राञ्जलिर्न्यस्तशस्त्रः ॥

apyeṣa śatroḥ śaraṇāgatasya | dadyātprāṇāndharmacārī nṛvīraḥ | paraihyenaṃ mūḍha javena bhūtaye | tvamātmanaḥ prāñjalirnyastaśastraḥ

"That hero among men, who walks in dharma, would grant his life even to an enemy who came to him for refuge. Run to him quickly, fool, for your own good, with joined palms and your weapons laid down."

Note on the text: Corrected न्यस्शस्त्रः → न्यस्तशस्त्रः (dropped akshara in Wikisource; the critical edition reads nyastaśastraḥ).

Verse 9 (3.271.9)

अथाप्येनं पश्यसि यं रथस्थं । महाभुजं सालमिव प्रवृद्धम् । संदष्टौष्ठं भ्रुकुटीसंहतभ्रुवं । वृकोदरो नाम पतिर्ममैषः ॥

athāpyenaṃ paśyasi yaṃ rathasthaṃ | mahābhujaṃ sālamiva pravṛddham | saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhaṃ bhrukuṭīsaṃhatabhruvaṃ | vṛkodaro nāma patirmamaiṣaḥ

"And this one you see in the chariot, mighty-armed, tall as a full-grown sal tree, biting his lip, his brows knit in a frown — he is my husband named Wolf-belly."

Note on the text: Corrected रथस्यं → रथस्थं (misprint in Wikisource; य for थ; the critical edition reads rathasthaṃ).

Verse 10 (3.271.10)

आजानेया बलिनः साधुदान्ता । महाबलाः शूरमुदावहन्ति । एतस्य कर्माण्यतिमानुषाणि । भीमेति शब्दोऽस्य ततः पृथिव्याम् ॥

ājāneyā balinaḥ sādhudāntā | mahābalāḥ śūramudāvahanti | etasya karmāṇyatimānuṣāṇi | bhīmeti śabdo'sya tataḥ pṛthivyām

"Thoroughbred horses, strong, well trained and mighty, draw that hero. His deeds are beyond human power; that is why he is known on earth by the name Bhima, the Terrible."

Verse 11 (3.271.11)

नास्यापराद्धाः शेषमवाप्नुवन्ति । नायं वैरं विस्मरते कदाचित् । वैरस्यान्तं संविधायोपयाति । पश्चाच्छान्तिं न च तत्तप्यतीव ॥

nāsyāparāddhāḥ śeṣamavāpnuvanti | nāyaṃ vairaṃ vismarate kadācit | vairasyāntaṃ saṃvidhāyopayāti | paścācchāntiṃ na ca tattapyatīva

"Those who wrong him do not survive; he never forgets an enmity. Only when he has brought a feud to its end does he find peace, and then he does not brood over it much."

Verse 12 (3.271.12)

धनुर्धराग्र्यो धृतिमान्यशस्वी । जितेन्द्रियो वृद्धसेवी नृवीरः । भ्राता च शिष्यश्च युधिष्ठिरस्य । धनंजयो नाम पतिर्ममैषः ॥

dhanurdharāgryo dhṛtimānyaśasvī | jitendriyo vṛddhasevī nṛvīraḥ | bhrātā ca śiṣyaśca yudhiṣṭhirasya | dhanaṃjayo nāma patirmamaiṣaḥ

"Foremost of archers, steadfast and illustrious, master of his senses, attentive to his elders, a hero among men, brother and disciple of Yudhishthira — this is my husband named Dhananjaya."

Verse 13 (3.271.13)

यो वै न कामान्न भयान्न लोभा- । त्त्यजेद्धर्मं न नृशंसं च कुर्यात् । स एष वैश्वानरतुल्यतेजाः । कुन्तीसुतः शत्रुसहः प्रमाथी ॥

yo vai na kāmānna bhayānna lobhā- | ttyajeddharmaṃ na nṛśaṃsaṃ ca kuryāt | sa eṣa vaiśvānaratulyatejāḥ | kuntīsutaḥ śatrusahaḥ pramāthī

"He who would never abandon dharma out of desire, fear or greed, nor do a cruel deed — this is Kunti's son, bright as fire, who withstands his foes and crushes them."

Verse 14 (3.271.14)

यः सर्वधर्मार्थविनिश्चयज्ञो । भयार्तानां भयहर्ता मनीषी । बन्धुप्रियः शस्त्रभृतां वरिष्ठो । महाहवेष्वप्रतिवार्यवीर्यः ॥

yaḥ sarvadharmārthaviniścayajño | bhayārtānāṃ bhayahartā manīṣī | bandhupriyaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ variṣṭho | mahāhaveṣvaprativāryavīryaḥ

"He who knows the settled truth of every dharma and its purpose, the wise one who takes away the fear of the frightened, beloved of his kin, the best of those who bear arms, whose valour none can withstand in great battles,"

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वधर्मार्त → सर्वधर्मार्थ (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ; the critical edition reads sarvadharmārtha); removed stray wiki marks (` and ') around the second line. The first line is CE 3.254.14ab; the second is not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension; its apparatus has it as 3.254.14b*1212).

Verse 15 (3.271.15)

यस्योत्तमं रूपमाहुः पृथिव्यां । यं पाण्डवाः परिरक्षन्ति सर्वे । प्राणैर्गरीयांसमनुव्रतं वै । स एष वीरो नकुलः पतिर्मे ॥

yasyottamaṃ rūpamāhuḥ pṛthivyāṃ | yaṃ pāṇḍavāḥ parirakṣanti sarve | prāṇairgarīyāṃsamanuvrataṃ vai | sa eṣa vīro nakulaḥ patirme

"he whose beauty they call the finest on earth, whom all the Pandavas protect, dearer to them than life, ever devoted to them — this is the hero Nakula, my husband."

Note on the text: The first line is CE 3.254.14cd and the second CE 3.254.15ab; the critical edition divides verses 14–19 differently.

Verse 16 (3.271.16)

यः खड्गयोधी लघुचित्रहस्तो । महांश्च धीमान्सहदेवोऽद्वितीयः । यस्याद्यकर्म द्रक्ष्यसे मूढसत्त्व । शतक्रतोर्वा दैत्यसेनासु सङ्ख्ये ॥

yaḥ khaḍgayodhī laghucitrahasto | mahāṃśca dhīmānsahadevo'dvitīyaḥ | yasyādyakarma drakṣyase mūḍhasattva | śatakratorvā daityasenāsu saṅkhye

"The swordsman, light and deft of hand, great and wise, the peerless Sahadeva — you will see his work today, you fool, like Shatakratu's among the Daitya hosts in battle."

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्ग → खड्ग and मूढसत्व → मूढसत्त्व (misspellings in Wikisource; the critical edition reads khaḍga and mūḍhasattva). The first line is CE 3.254.15cd and the second CE 3.254.16ab; the critical edition divides verses 14–19 differently.

Verse 17 (3.271.17)

शूरः कृतास्त्रो मतिमान्मनस्वी । प्रियंकरो धर्मसुतस्य राज्ञः । हुताशचन्द्रार्कसमानतेजा । जघन्यजः पाण्डवानां प्रियश्च ॥

śūraḥ kṛtāstro matimānmanasvī | priyaṃkaro dharmasutasya rājñaḥ | hutāśacandrārkasamānatejā | jaghanyajaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ priyaśca

"Brave, skilled in weapons, intelligent and resolute, devoted to pleasing the king, the son of Dharma; bright as fire, moon and sun, the youngest of the Pandavas and dear to them,"

Note on the text: The first line is CE 3.254.16cd and the second CE 3.254.17ab (where the critical edition reads ya eṣa candrārka- for हुताशचन्द्रार्क-); the critical edition divides verses 14–19 differently.

Verse 18 (3.271.18)

बुद्ध्या समो यस्य नरो न विद्यते । वक्ता तथा सत्सु विनिश्चयज्ञः । स एष शूरो नित्यममर्षणश्च । धीमान्प्राज्ञः सहदेवः पतिर्मे ॥

buddhyā samo yasya naro na vidyate | vaktā tathā satsu viniścayajñaḥ | sa eṣa śūro nityamamarṣaṇaśca | dhīmānprājñaḥ sahadevaḥ patirme

"whose equal in understanding no man can be found, an eloquent speaker who knows what is settled among the good — this is the hero Sahadeva, my husband, ever intolerant of wrong, wise and learned."

Note on the text: Corrected यस् → यस्य (dropped akshara in Wikisource; the critical edition reads yasya); word spacing restored (सएष → स एष). The first line is CE 3.254.17cd and the second CE 3.254.18ab; the critical edition divides verses 14–19 differently.

Verse 19 (3.271.19)

त्यजेत्प्राणान्प्रविशेद्धव्यवाहं । न त्वेवैष व्याहरेद्धर्मबाह्यम् । सदा मनस्वी क्षत्रधर्मे रतश्च । कुन्त्याः प्राणैरिष्टतमो नृवीरः ॥

tyajetprāṇānpraviśeddhavyavāhaṃ | na tvevaiṣa vyāhareddharmabāhyam | sadā manasvī kṣatradharme rataśca | kuntyāḥ prāṇairiṣṭatamo nṛvīraḥ

"He would give up his life or walk into the fire sooner than say anything against dharma; ever high-minded and devoted to the duty of a kshatriya, that hero among men is dearer to Kunti than her own life."

Note on the text: CE 3.254.18cd–ef; the critical edition divides verses 14–19 differently.

Verse 20 (3.271.20)

विशीर्यन्तीं नावमिवार्णवान्ते । रत्नाभिपूर्णां मकरस्य पृष्ठे । सेनां तवेमां हतसर्वयोधां । विक्षोभितां द्रक्ष्यसि पाण्डुपुत्रैः ॥

viśīryantīṃ nāvamivārṇavānte | ratnābhipūrṇāṃ makarasya pṛṣṭhe | senāṃ tavemāṃ hatasarvayodhāṃ | vikṣobhitāṃ drakṣyasi pāṇḍuputraiḥ

"Like a ship laden with jewels breaking apart on a sea monster's back far out on the ocean, you will see this army of yours shattered by the sons of Pandu, all its warriors slain."

Note on the text: Corrected विशीर्यनतीं → विशीर्यन्तीं (misprint in Wikisource; transposed letters; the critical edition reads viśīryantīṃ).

Verse 21 (3.271.21)

इत्येते वै कथिताः पाण्डुपुत्रा । यांस्त्वं मोहादवमत्य प्रवृत्तः । यद्येतेभ्यो मुच्यसे रिष्टदेहः । पुनर्जन्म प्राप्स्यसे जीवितं च ॥

ityete vai kathitāḥ pāṇḍuputrā | yāṃstvaṃ mohādavamatya pravṛttaḥ | yadyetebhyo mucyase riṣṭadehaḥ | punarjanma prāpsyase jīvitaṃ ca

"These, then, are the sons of Pandu I have described, whom you in your folly have despised and set yourself against. If you escape them, even with your body wounded, you will have won a new birth and your life."

Verse 22 (3.271.22)

ततः पार्थाः पञ्च पञ्चेन्द्रकल्पा- । स्त्यक्त्वा त्रस्तान्प्राञ्जलींस्तान्पदातीन् । रथानीकं शरवर्षान्धकारं । चक्रुः क्रुद्धाः सर्वतस्ते निगृह्य ॥

tataḥ pārthāḥ pañca pañcendrakalpā- | styaktvā trastānprāñjalīṃstānpadātīn | rathānīkaṃ śaravarṣāndhakāraṃ | cakruḥ kruddhāḥ sarvataste nigṛhya

Then the five Parthas, like five Indras, left alone the terrified foot-soldiers who stood with joined palms, and in their fury hemmed in the chariot host on every side and darkened it with showers of arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected यथाऽनीकं → रथानीकं (misprint in Wikisource; य for र, which leaves यथा without sense; the critical edition reads rathānīkaṃ); word spacing restored (पञ्च पञ्चेन्द्रकल्पाः). Wikisource prints no closing colophon for this adhyaya, but no text is lost: this verse ends CE 3.254, and the next page opens with CE 3.255.1.