Yudhishthira's Question to Markandeya

Verse 1 (3.274.1)

एवं हृतायां कृष्णायां प्राप्य क्लेशमनुत्तमम् । अत ऊर्ध्वं नरव्याघ्राः किमकुर्वत पाण्डवाः ॥

evaṃ hṛtāyāṃ kṛṣṇāyāṃ prāpya kleśamanuttamam | ata ūrdhvaṃ naravyāghrāḥ kimakurvata pāṇḍavāḥ

After Krishna (Draupadi) had been carried off in this way and they had suffered such extreme distress, what did those tigers among men, the Pandavas, do next?

Note on the text: Corrected ऊर्द्वं → ऊर्ध्वं (misprint in Wikisource; द for ध, CE 3.257.1 ūrdhvaṃ).

Verse 2 (3.274.2)

एवं कृष्णां मोक्षयित्वाविनिर्जित्य जयद्रथम् । आसांचक्रे मुनिगणैर्धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

evaṃ kṛṣṇāṃ mokṣayitvāvinirjitya jayadratham | āsāṃcakre munigaṇairdharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Having thus rescued Krishna and defeated Jayadratha, Yudhishthira, the King of Dharma, sat among the companies of sages.

Note on the text: Corrected युधिष्टिरः → युधिष्ठिरः (misprint in Wikisource; ट for ठ, CE 3.257.2 yudhiṣṭhiraḥ).

Verse 3 (3.274.3)

तेषां मध्येमहर्षीणां शृण्वतामनुशोचताम् । मार्कण्डेयमिदं वाक्यमब्रवीत्पाण्डुनन्दनः ॥

teṣāṃ madhyemaharṣīṇāṃ śṛṇvatāmanuśocatām | mārkaṇḍeyamidaṃ vākyamabravītpāṇḍunandanaḥ

In the midst of those great sages, who listened and grieved with him, the son of Pandu spoke these words to Markandeya:

Verse 4 (3.274.4)

भगवन्देवर्षीणां त्वं ख्यातो भूतभविष्यवित् । संशयं परिपृच्छामि च्छिन्धि मे हृदि संस्थितम् ॥

bhagavandevarṣīṇāṃ tvaṃ khyāto bhūtabhaviṣyavit | saṃśayaṃ paripṛcchāmi cchindhi me hṛdi saṃsthitam

"Blessed one, among the divine sages you are renowned as one who knows the past and the future. I put to you a doubt that lies in my heart; resolve it for me.

Note on the text: Corrected परिपृच्छमि → परिपृच्छामि (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign, CE star passage 1229 paripṛcchāmi). Speaker set to Yudhishthira, whose question begins here (no heading is printed; the input carried वैशंपायन; the CE apparatus prints 'yudhiṣṭhira uvāca'). Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); CE star passage 1229 after 3.257.3.

Verse 5 (3.274.5)

द्रुपदस्य सुता ह्येषा वेदिमध्यात्समुत्थिता । अयोनिजा महाभागास्नुषा पाण्डोर्महात्मनः ॥

drupadasya sutā hyeṣā vedimadhyātsamutthitā | ayonijā mahābhāgāsnuṣā pāṇḍormahātmanaḥ

"This daughter of Drupada rose from the middle of the sacrificial altar. Not born of a womb, she is most noble, the daughter-in-law of the great-souled Pandu.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); CE star passage 1230 after 3.257.3.

Verse 6 (3.274.6)

मन्ये कालश्च भगवान्दैवं च दुरतिक्रमम् । भवितव्यं च भूतानां यस्य नास्ति व्यतिक्रमः ॥

manye kālaśca bhagavāndaivaṃ ca duratikramam | bhavitavyaṃ ca bhūtānāṃ yasya nāsti vyatikramaḥ

"I think that Time is a mighty lord, that fate is hard to overcome, and that what is destined for beings can never be escaped.

Note on the text: Corrected यस् → यस्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara, CE 3.257.4 yasya).

Verse 7 (3.274.7)

कथं हि पत्नीमस्माकं धर्मज्ञां धर्मचारिणीम् । संस्पृशेदीदृशो भावः शुचिं स्तैन्यमिवानृतम् ॥

kathaṃ hi patnīmasmākaṃ dharmajñāṃ dharmacāriṇīm | saṃspṛśedīdṛśo bhāvaḥ śuciṃ stainyamivānṛtam

"Otherwise, how could such a thing touch our wife, who knows dharma and lives by it, as a false charge of theft might touch an honest person?

Verse 8 (3.274.8)

न हि पापं कृतंकिंचित्कर्म वा निन्दितं क्वचित् । द्रौपद्या ब्राह्मणेष्वेव धर्मः सुचरितो महान् ॥

na hi pāpaṃ kṛtaṃkiṃcitkarma vā ninditaṃ kvacit | draupadyā brāhmaṇeṣveva dharmaḥ sucarito mahān

"Draupadi has committed no sin and done no blameworthy deed anywhere; on the contrary, she has faithfully practised great dharma towards Brahmins.

Verse 9 (3.274.9)

तां जहार बलाद्राजा मूढबुद्धिर्जयद्रथः । तस्याः संहरणात्पापः शिरसः केशवापनम् ॥

tāṃ jahāra balādrājā mūḍhabuddhirjayadrathaḥ | tasyāḥ saṃharaṇātpāpaḥ śirasaḥ keśavāpanam

"Yet the foolish King Jayadratha carried her off by force. For that abduction the wicked man had his head shaved,

Note on the text: = CE 3.257.7a–d (the automatic alignment missed it; Wikisource reads पापः for prāptaḥ). Wikisource divides CE 3.257.7–9, three six-quarter verses, into four couplets (verses 9–12).

Verse 10 (3.274.10)

पराजयं च संग्रामे ससहायः समाप्तवान् । प्रत्याहृता तथाऽस्माभिर्हत्वा तत्सैन्धवं बलम् ॥

parājayaṃ ca saṃgrāme sasahāyaḥ samāptavān | pratyāhṛtā tathā'smābhirhatvā tatsaindhavaṃ balam

"and he and his allies met defeat in battle. We brought her back after destroying that army of the Sindhus.

Note on the text: Corrected ससहाः → ससहायः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara, CE 3.257.7e sasahāyaḥ). Line 1 is CE 3.257.7ef; line 2 is CE 3.257.8ab.

Verse 11 (3.274.11)

तद्दारहरणं प्राप्तमस्माभिरवितर्कितम् । दुःखश्चायं वने वासो मृगयायां च जीविका ॥

taddāraharaṇaṃ prāptamasmābhiravitarkitam | duḥkhaścāyaṃ vane vāso mṛgayāyāṃ ca jīvikā

"Still, we have suffered this abduction of our wife, which we never foresaw. Hard is this life in the forest, living by the hunt,

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 3.257.8cd; line 2 is CE 3.257.9ab (the automatic alignment missed both).

Verse 12 (3.274.12)

हिंसा च मृगजातीनां वनौकोभिर्वनौकसाम् । ज्ञातिभिर्विप्रवासश्च मिथ्याव्यवसितैरियम् ॥

hiṃsā ca mṛgajātīnāṃ vanaukobhirvanaukasām | jñātibhirvipravāsaśca mithyāvyavasitairiyam

"killing wild creatures, forest-dwellers preying on the dwellers of the forest; and we have been sent into exile by our own kinsmen, who acted with deceit.

Note on the text: = CE 3.257.9c–f (the automatic alignment missed it; Wikisource reads इयम् for ayam, as its commentary does).

Verse 13 (3.274.13)

अस्ति नूनं मया कश्चिदल्पभाग्यतरो नरः । भवता दृष्टपूर्वो वा श्रुतपूर्वोऽपि वा क्वचित् ॥

asti nūnaṃ mayā kaścidalpabhāgyataro naraḥ | bhavatā dṛṣṭapūrvo vā śrutapūrvo'pi vā kvacit

"Is there, I wonder, any man more unfortunate than I? Have you ever seen or heard of such a one?"