Yudhishthira Enters the Assembly Hall

Verse 1 (2.4.1)

तां तु कृत्वा सभां श्रेष्ठां मयश्चार्जुनमब्रवीत् । भूतानां च महावीर्यो ध्वजाग्रे किङ्करो गणः ॥

tāṃ tu kṛtvā sabhāṃ śreṣṭhāṃ mayaścārjunamabravīt | bhūtānāṃ ca mahāvīryo dhvajāgre kiṅkaro gaṇaḥ

Having built that finest of assembly halls, Maya said to Arjuna: "A host of beings of great might, the Kinkaras, will stand at the top of your banner."

Note on the text: Removed a stray backtick (wiki mark) before the verse. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition gives these lines only in its apparatus (2.4.*38, lines 1–2).

Verse 2 (2.4.2)

तव विष्फारघोषेण मेघवन्निनदिष्यति । अयं हि सूर्यसङ्काशो ज्वलनस्य रथो महान् ॥

tava viṣphāraghoṣeṇa meghavanninadiṣyati | ayaṃ hi sūryasaṅkāśo jvalanasya ratho mahān

At the twang of your bow it will roar like a thundercloud. This great chariot of Agni shines like the sun,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Apparatus 2.4.*38, lines 3–4.

Verse 3 (2.4.3)

इमे च दिविजाः श्वेता वीर्यवन्तो हयोत्तमाः । मायामयः कृतो ह्येष ध्वजो वानरलक्षणः ॥

ime ca divijāḥ śvetā vīryavanto hayottamāḥ | māyāmayaḥ kṛto hyeṣa dhvajo vānaralakṣaṇaḥ

and these white horses, born in heaven, are mighty, the best of steeds. This banner bearing the monkey emblem has been made by magic power.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Apparatus 2.4.*38, lines 5–6.

Verse 4 (2.4.4)

असज्जमानो वृक्षेषु धूमकेतुरिवोच्छ्रितः । बहुवर्णं हि लक्ष्येत ध्वजं वानरलक्षणम् ॥

asajjamāno vṛkṣeṣu dhūmaketurivocchritaḥ | bahuvarṇaṃ hi lakṣyeta dhvajaṃ vānaralakṣaṇam

Never catching on the trees, raised high like a comet, the banner with the monkey emblem will be seen in many colours.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Apparatus 2.4.*38, lines 7–8.

Verse 5 (2.4.5)

ध्वजोत्कटं ह्यनवमं युद्धे द्रक्ष्यसि विष्ठितम् । एष वीरः सव्यसाचिन्ध्वजस्यान्ते भविष्यति ॥

dhvajotkaṭaṃ hyanavamaṃ yuddhe drakṣyasi viṣṭhitam | eṣa vīraḥ savyasācindhvajasyānte bhaviṣyati

In battle you will see him stationed high upon the banner, unsurpassed. This hero, O Savyasachin, will be at the top of your banner.

Note on the text: Corrected एव → एष (misprint in Wikisource; the clause needs the demonstrative for its subject वीरः, "this hero" — cf. the apparatus variant 2.4.*39 eṣā … savyasācin). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The first line is in the apparatus (2.4.*38, line 9); the second line is not in the critical edition.

Verse 6 (2.4.6)

इत्युक्त्वाऽऽलिङ्ग्य वीभत्सुं विसृष्टः प्रययौ मयः ॥

ityuktvā''liṅgya vībhatsuṃ visṛṣṭaḥ prayayau mayaḥ

Having said this, Maya embraced Bibhatsu (Arjuna), took his leave and departed.

Note on the text: Removed a stray quote mark after मयः. A single line in Wikisource and in the critical edition's apparatus alike (2.4.*38, line 10). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 7 (2.4.7)

ततः प्रवेशनं तस्यां चक्रे राजा युधिष्ठिरः । अयुतं भोजयित्वा तु ब्राह्मणानां नराधिपः ॥

tataḥ praveśanaṃ tasyāṃ cakre rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | ayutaṃ bhojayitvā tu brāhmaṇānāṃ narādhipaḥ

Then King Yudhishthira, lord of men, made his entry into the hall, having first fed ten thousand brahmins

Verse 8 (2.4.8)

साज्येन पायसेनैव मधुना मिश्रितेन च । भक्ष्यैर्मूलैः फलैश्चैव मांसैर्वाराहहारिणैः । कृसरेणाथ जीवन्त्या हविष्येण च सर्वशः ॥

sājyena pāyasenaiva madhunā miśritena ca | bhakṣyairmūlaiḥ phalaiścaiva māṃsairvārāhahāriṇaiḥ | kṛsareṇātha jīvantyā haviṣyeṇa ca sarvaśaḥ

with rice cooked in milk, mixed with ghee and honey; with sweetmeats, roots and fruits, and the meat of boar and deer; with krisara, with jivanti, and with sacrificial food of every kind;

Note on the text: Only the opening (milk-rice with ghee and honey, sweetmeats, roots and fruits) corresponds to CE 2.4.2ab; the meat of boar and deer and the third line are not in the critical edition (vulgate recension).

Verse 9 (2.4.9)

मांसप्रकारैर्विविधैः खाद्यैश्चापि तथा नृप । चोष्यैश्च विविधै राजन्पेयैश्च बहुविस्तरैः ॥

māṃsaprakārairvividhaiḥ khādyaiścāpi tathā nṛpa | coṣyaiśca vividhai rājanpeyaiśca bahuvistaraiḥ

with many kinds of meat dishes and other foods, O king, and with many things to be sucked and drinks in great abundance.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 10 (2.4.10)

अहतैश्चैव वासोभिर्माल्यैरुच्चावचैरपि । तर्पयामास विप्रेन्द्रान्नानादिग्भ्यः समागतान् ॥

ahataiścaiva vāsobhirmālyairuccāvacairapi | tarpayāmāsa viprendrānnānādigbhyaḥ samāgatān

With new garments and garlands of every kind he satisfied the foremost brahmins, who had come from every quarter.

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to CE 2.4.2cd; the second line is not in the critical edition (vulgate recension).

Verse 11 (2.4.11)

ददौ तेभ्यः सहस्राणि गवां प्रत्येकशः पुनः । पुण्याहघोषस्तत्रासीद्दिवस्पृगिव भारत ॥

dadau tebhyaḥ sahasrāṇi gavāṃ pratyekaśaḥ punaḥ | puṇyāhaghoṣastatrāsīddivaspṛgiva bhārata

He also gave each of them a thousand cows. The sound of the blessings for an auspicious day rose there, O Bharata, as if it touched the sky.

Verse 12 (2.4.12)

वादित्रैर्विविधैर्दिव्यैर्गन्धैरुच्चावचैरपि । पूजयित्वा कुरुश्रेष्ठो देवतानि निवेश्य च ॥

vāditrairvividhairdivyairgandhairuccāvacairapi | pūjayitvā kuruśreṣṭho devatāni niveśya ca

With many kinds of divine music and with perfumes of every sort, the best of the Kurus worshipped the deities and installed them there.

Verse 13 (2.4.13)

तत्र मल्ला नटा झल्लाः सूता वैतालिकास्तथा । उपतस्थुर्महात्मानं धर्मपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

tatra mallā naṭā jhallāḥ sūtā vaitālikāstathā | upatasthurmahātmānaṃ dharmaputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram

Wrestlers, actors, jhallas, bards and heralds came there to wait upon the great-souled Yudhishthira, son of Dharma.

Verse 14 (2.4.14)

तथा स कृत्वा पूजां तां भ्रातृभिः सह पाण्डवः । तस्यां सभायां रम्यायां रेमे शक्रो यथा दिवि ॥

tathā sa kṛtvā pūjāṃ tāṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha pāṇḍavaḥ | tasyāṃ sabhāyāṃ ramyāyāṃ reme śakro yathā divi

Having performed that worship together with his brothers, the Pandava took his delight in that lovely hall, as Shakra does in heaven.

Verse 15 (2.4.15)

सभायामृषयस्तस्यां पाण्डवैः सह आसते । आसाञ्चक्रुर्नरेन्द्राश्च नानादेशसमागताः ॥

sabhāyāmṛṣayastasyāṃ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha āsate | āsāñcakrurnarendrāśca nānādeśasamāgatāḥ

Sages sat in that hall with the Pandavas, and kings who had gathered from many lands took their seats there too.

Verse 16 (2.4.16)

असितो देवलः सत्यः सर्पिर्माली महाशिराः । अर्वावसुः सुमित्रश्च मैत्रेयः शुनको बलिः ॥

asito devalaḥ satyaḥ sarpirmālī mahāśirāḥ | arvāvasuḥ sumitraśca maitreyaḥ śunako baliḥ

Asita, Devala, Satya, Sarpirmali, Mahashiras, Arvavasu, Sumitra, Maitreya, Shunaka, Bali,

Note on the text: Corrected अर्वा वसुः → अर्वावसुः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray space split the sage Arvavasu's name in two — the critical edition reads arvāvasuḥ).

Verse 17 (2.4.17)

बको दाल्भ्यः स्थूलशिराः कृष्णद्वैपायनः शुकः । सुमन्तुर्जैमिनिः पैलो व्यासशिष्यास्तथा वयम् ॥

bako dālbhyaḥ sthūlaśirāḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ śukaḥ | sumanturjaiminiḥ pailo vyāsaśiṣyāstathā vayam

Baka, Dalbhya, Sthulashiras, Krishna Dvaipayana, Shuka, and we, the disciples of Vyasa: Sumantu, Jaimini and Paila;

Verse 18 (2.4.18)

तित्तिरिर्याज्ञवल्क्यश्च ससुतो रोमहर्षणः । अप्सुहोम्यश्च धौम्यश्च अणीमाण्डव्यकौशिकौ ॥

tittiriryājñavalkyaśca sasuto romaharṣaṇaḥ | apsuhomyaśca dhaumyaśca aṇīmāṇḍavyakauśikau

Tittiri, Yajnavalkya, Romaharshana with his son, Apsuhomya, Dhaumya, Animandavya and Kaushika;

Verse 19 (2.4.19)

दामोष्णीषस्त्रैबलीश्च पर्णादो घटजानुकः । मौञ्जायनो वायुभक्षः पाराशर्यश्च सारिकः ॥

dāmoṣṇīṣastraibalīśca parṇādo ghaṭajānukaḥ | mauñjāyano vāyubhakṣaḥ pārāśaryaśca sārikaḥ

Damoshnisha, Traibali, Parnada, Ghatajanuka, Maunjayana, Vayubhaksha, Parasharya and Sarika;

Note on the text: Corrected दामोष्णीपस् → दामोष्णीषस् (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष — the name is Damoshnisha, as in the critical edition, dāmoṣṇīṣas).

Verse 20 (2.4.20)

बलिवाकः सिनीवाकः सप्तपालः कृतश्रमः । जातूकर्णः शिखावांश्च आलम्बः पारिजातकः ॥

balivākaḥ sinīvākaḥ saptapālaḥ kṛtaśramaḥ | jātūkarṇaḥ śikhāvāṃśca ālambaḥ pārijātakaḥ

Balivaka, Sinivaka, Saptapala, Kritashrama, Jatukarna, Shikhavat, Alamba and Parijataka;

Verse 21 (2.4.21)

पर्वतश्च महाभागो मार्कण्डेयो महामुनिः । पवित्रपाणिः सावर्णो भालुकिर्गालवस्तथा ॥

parvataśca mahābhāgo mārkaṇḍeyo mahāmuniḥ | pavitrapāṇiḥ sāvarṇo bhālukirgālavastathā

the illustrious Parvata, the great sage Markandeya, Pavitrapani, Savarna, Bhaluki and Galava;

Verse 22 (2.4.22)

जङ्घाबन्धुश्च रैभ्यश्च कोपवेगस्तथा भृगुः । हरिबभ्रुश्च कौण्डिन्यो बभ्रुमाली सनातनः ॥

jaṅghābandhuśca raibhyaśca kopavegastathā bhṛguḥ | haribabhruśca kauṇḍinyo babhrumālī sanātanaḥ

Janghabandhu, Raibhya, Kopavega, Bhrigu, Haribabhru, Kaundinya, Babhrumali and Sanatana;

Verse 23 (2.4.23)

काक्षीवानौशिजश्चैव नाचिकेतोऽथ गौतमः । पैङ्ग्यो वराहः शुनकः शाण्डिल्यश्च महातपाः ॥

kākṣīvānauśijaścaiva nāciketo'tha gautamaḥ | paiṅgyo varāhaḥ śunakaḥ śāṇḍilyaśca mahātapāḥ

Kakshivan son of Ushij, Naciketa, Gautama, Paingya, Varaha, Shunaka, and Shandilya of great austerity;

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 2.4.15abcd (missed by the automatic alignment because the two editions divide this list differently).

Verse 24 (2.4.24)

कुक्कुरो वेणुजङ्घोऽथ कालापः कठ एव च । मुनयो धर्मविद्वांसो धृतात्मानो जितेन्द्रियाः ॥

kukkuro veṇujaṅgho'tha kālāpaḥ kaṭha eva ca | munayo dharmavidvāṃso dhṛtātmāno jitendriyāḥ

Kukkura, Venujangha, Kalapa and Katha: sages who knew dharma, steadfast in spirit and masters of their senses.

Note on the text: The lines correspond to CE 2.4.15ef and 2.4.16ab (the editions divide the verses differently).

Verse 25 (2.4.25)

एते चान्ये च बहवो वेदवेदाङ्गपारगाः । उपासते महात्मानं सभायामृषिसत्तमाः ॥

ete cānye ca bahavo vedavedāṅgapāragāḥ | upāsate mahātmānaṃ sabhāyāmṛṣisattamāḥ

These and many other excellent seers, who had mastered the Vedas and the Vedangas, attended on the great-souled king in the hall,

Note on the text: The lines correspond to CE 2.4.16cd and 2.4.17ab.

Verse 26 (2.4.26)

कथयन्तः कथाः पुण्या धर्मज्ञाः शुचयोऽमलाः । तथैव क्षत्रियश्रेष्ठा धर्मराजमुपासते ॥

kathayantaḥ kathāḥ puṇyā dharmajñāḥ śucayo'malāḥ | tathaiva kṣatriyaśreṣṭhā dharmarājamupāsate

telling sacred stories, knowers of dharma, pure and without stain. In the same way the best of the kshatriyas attended on the King of Dharma:

Note on the text: The lines correspond to CE 2.4.17cd and 2.4.18ab.

Verse 27 (2.4.27)

श्रीमान्महात्मा धर्मात्मा मुञ्जकेतुर्विवर्धनः । सङ्ग्रामजिद्दुर्मुखश्च उग्रसेनश्च वीर्यवान् ॥

śrīmānmahātmā dharmātmā muñjaketurvivardhanaḥ | saṅgrāmajiddurmukhaśca ugrasenaśca vīryavān

the glorious, great-souled and righteous Munjaketu, Vivardhana, Sangramajit, Durmukha, the valiant Ugrasena,

Note on the text: The lines correspond to CE 2.4.18cd and 2.4.19ab.

Verse 28 (2.4.28)

कक्षसेनः क्षितिपतिः क्षेमकश्चापराजितः । कम्बोजराजः कमठः कम्पनश्च महाबलः ॥

kakṣasenaḥ kṣitipatiḥ kṣemakaścāparājitaḥ | kambojarājaḥ kamaṭhaḥ kampanaśca mahābalaḥ

Kakshasena, lord of the earth, the unconquered Kshemaka, Kamatha king of the Kambojas, and the mighty Kampana,

Note on the text: The lines correspond to CE 2.4.19cd and 2.4.19ef.

Verse 29 (2.4.29)

सततं कम्पयामास यवनानेक एव यः । बलपौरुषसम्पन्नान्कृतास्त्रानमितौजसः । यथाऽसुरान्कालकेयान्देवो वज्रधरस्तथा ॥

satataṃ kampayāmāsa yavanāneka eva yaḥ | balapauruṣasampannānkṛtāstrānamitaujasaḥ | yathā'surānkālakeyāndevo vajradharastathā

who alone kept the Yavanas forever trembling, strong and manly though they were, skilled in weapons and of boundless vigour, as the wielder of the thunderbolt did the Kalakeya asuras;

Note on the text: The middle line is not in the critical edition's constituted text (apparatus 2.4.*46; vulgate recension).

Verse 30 (2.4.30)

जटासुरो मद्रकानां च राजा । कुन्तिः पुलिन्दश्च किरातराजः । तथाङ्गवाङ्गौ सहपुण्ड्रकेण । पाण्ड्योड्रराजौ च सहान्ध्रकेण ॥

jaṭāsuro madrakānāṃ ca rājā | kuntiḥ pulindaśca kirātarājaḥ | tathāṅgavāṅgau sahapuṇḍrakeṇa | pāṇḍyoḍrarājau ca sahāndhrakeṇa

Jatasura, the king of the Madrakas, Kunti, Pulinda, the king of the Kiratas, the kings of Anga and Vanga together with Pundraka, and the kings of the Pandyas and the Odras together with Andhraka;

Verse 31 (2.4.31)

अङ्गो वङ्गः सुमित्रश्च शैब्यश्चामित्रकर्शनः । किरातराजः सुमना यवनाधिपतिस्तथा ॥

aṅgo vaṅgaḥ sumitraśca śaibyaścāmitrakarśanaḥ | kirātarājaḥ sumanā yavanādhipatistathā

Anga, Vanga, Sumitra, Shaibya the scourge of his foes, Sumanas king of the Kiratas, and the lord of the Yavanas;

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's constituted text (apparatus 2.4.*48; vulgate recension); the second corresponds to CE 2.4.22ab.

Verse 32 (2.4.32)

चाणूरो देवरातश्च भोजो भीमरथश्च यः । श्रुतायुधश्च कालिङ्गो जयसेनश्च मागधः ॥

cāṇūro devarātaśca bhojo bhīmarathaśca yaḥ | śrutāyudhaśca kāliṅgo jayasenaśca māgadhaḥ

Chanura, Devarata, Bhoja, Bhimaratha, Shrutayudha of Kalinga and Jayasena of Magadha;

Note on the text: The lines correspond to CE 2.4.22cd and 2.4.23ab.

Verse 33 (2.4.33)

सुकर्मा चेकितानश्च पुरुश्चामित्रकर्शनः । केतुमान्वसुदानश्च वैदेहोऽथ कृतक्षणः ॥

sukarmā cekitānaśca puruścāmitrakarśanaḥ | ketumānvasudānaśca vaideho'tha kṛtakṣaṇaḥ

Sukarman, Chekitana, Puru the scourge of his foes, Ketumat, Vasudana, the king of Videha and Kritakshana;

Note on the text: The lines correspond to CE 2.4.23cd and 2.4.24ab.

Verse 34 (2.4.34)

सुधर्मा चानिरुद्धश्च श्रुतायुश्च महाबलः । अनूपराजो दुर्धर्षः क्रमजिच्च सुदर्शनः ॥

sudharmā cāniruddhaśca śrutāyuśca mahābalaḥ | anūparājo durdharṣaḥ kramajicca sudarśanaḥ

Sudharman, Aniruddha, the mighty Shrutayus, the invincible king of Anupa, Kramajit and Sudarshana;

Note on the text: Corrected दुर्धर्पः → दुर्धर्षः (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष, as in the critical edition, durdharṣaḥ). The lines correspond to CE 2.4.24cd and 2.4.25ab.

Verse 35 (2.4.35)

शिशुपालः सहसुतः करूषाधिपतिस्तथा । वृष्णीनां चैव दुर्धर्षाः कुमारा देवरूपिणः ॥

śiśupālaḥ sahasutaḥ karūṣādhipatistathā | vṛṣṇīnāṃ caiva durdharṣāḥ kumārā devarūpiṇaḥ

Shishupala with his son, the lord of the Karushas, and the invincible princes of the Vrishnis, godlike in form:

Note on the text: Corrected करूपाधिपतिस् → करूषाधिपतिस् and दुर्धर्पाः → दुर्धर्षाः (misprints in Wikisource; प for ष — the Karusha country, and durdharṣa "invincible", as in the critical edition). The lines correspond to CE 2.4.25cd and 2.4.26ab.

Verse 36 (2.4.36)

आहुको विपृथुश्चैव गदः सारण एव च । अक्रूरः कृतवर्मा च सत्यकश्च शिनेः सुतः ॥

āhuko vipṛthuścaiva gadaḥ sāraṇa eva ca | akrūraḥ kṛtavarmā ca satyakaśca śineḥ sutaḥ

Ahuka, Viprithu, Gada, Sarana, Akrura, Kritavarman, and Satyaka the son of Shini;

Note on the text: The lines correspond to CE 2.4.26cd and 2.4.27ab.

Verse 37 (2.4.37)

भीष्मकोऽथाकृतिश्चैव द्युमत्सेनश्च वीर्यवान् । केकयाश्च महेष्वासा यज्ञसेनश्च सोमकिः ॥

bhīṣmako'thākṛtiścaiva dyumatsenaśca vīryavān | kekayāśca maheṣvāsā yajñasenaśca somakiḥ

Bhishmaka, Akriti, the valiant Dyumatsena, the Kekaya princes, great archers, and Yajnasena son of Somaka;

Note on the text: The lines correspond to CE 2.4.27cd and 2.4.27ef.

Verse 38 (2.4.38)

केतुमान्वसुमांश्चैव कृतास्त्रश्च महाबलः । एते चान्ये च बहवः क्षत्रिया मुख्यसंमताः ॥

ketumānvasumāṃścaiva kṛtāstraśca mahābalaḥ | ete cānye ca bahavaḥ kṣatriyā mukhyasaṃmatāḥ

Ketumat, Vasumat and the mighty Kritastra. These and many other kshatriyas, honoured as the foremost,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition has these lines only in its apparatus (2.4.*51 and 2.4.*52, line 1).

Verse 39 (2.4.39)

उपासते सभायां स्म कुन्तीपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम् । अर्जुनं ये च संश्रित्य राजपुत्रा महाबलाः ॥

upāsate sabhāyāṃ sma kuntīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram | arjunaṃ ye ca saṃśritya rājaputrā mahābalāḥ

attended on Yudhishthira, son of Kunti, in the hall. And there were mighty princes who, taking Arjuna as their refuge,

Note on the text: Corrected ये व → ये च (misprint in Wikisource; व for च — "व" alone gives no sense here; the critical edition reads cāpi). The first line is not in the critical edition's constituted text (apparatus 2.4.*52, line 2); the second corresponds to CE 2.4.28ab.

Verse 40 (2.4.40)

अशिक्षन्त धनुर्वेदं रौरवाजिनवाससः । तत्रैव शिक्षिता राजन्कुमारा वृष्णिनन्दनाः ॥

aśikṣanta dhanurvedaṃ rauravājinavāsasaḥ | tatraiva śikṣitā rājankumārā vṛṣṇinandanāḥ

learned the science of archery, dressed in the skins of the ruru deer. There too, O king, the princes who delighted the Vrishnis received their training:

Note on the text: The lines correspond to CE 2.4.28cd and 2.4.29ab.

Verse 41 (2.4.41)

रौक्मिणेयश्च साम्बश्च युयुधानश्च सात्यकिः । सुधर्मा चानिरुद्धश्च शैव्यश्च नरपुङ्गवः ॥

raukmiṇeyaśca sāmbaśca yuyudhānaśca sātyakiḥ | sudharmā cāniruddhaśca śaivyaśca narapuṅgavaḥ

Raukmineya (Pradyumna, son of Rukmini), Samba, Yuyudhana Satyaki, Sudharman, Aniruddha, and Shaibya, a bull among men.

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to CE 2.4.29cd; the second is not in the critical edition's constituted text (apparatus 2.4.*53; vulgate recension).

Verse 42 (2.4.42)

एते चान्ये च बहवो राजानः पृथिवीपते । धनञ्जयसखा चात्र नित्यमास्ते स्म तुम्बुरुः ॥

ete cānye ca bahavo rājānaḥ pṛthivīpate | dhanañjayasakhā cātra nityamāste sma tumburuḥ

These and many other kings were there, O lord of the earth. And Tumburu, the friend of Dhananjaya, always sat there too.

Verse 43 (2.4.43)

उपासते महात्मानमासीनं सप्तविंशतिः । चित्रसेनः सहामात्यो गन्धर्वाप्सरसस्तथा ॥

upāsate mahātmānamāsīnaṃ saptaviṃśatiḥ | citrasenaḥ sahāmātyo gandharvāpsarasastathā

Twenty-seven of them waited upon the great-souled king as he sat: Chitrasena with his ministers, and gandharvas and apsarases as well,

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's constituted text (apparatus 2.4.*55; vulgate recension); the second corresponds to CE 2.4.31ab.

Verse 44 (2.4.44)

गीतवादित्रकुशलाः साम्यतालविशारदाः । प्रमाणेऽथ लये स्थाने किन्नराः कृतनिश्रमाः ॥

gītavāditrakuśalāḥ sāmyatālaviśāradāḥ | pramāṇe'tha laye sthāne kinnarāḥ kṛtaniśramāḥ

skilled in song and instrument, versed in measure and rhythm; and kinnaras who had laboured to master metre, tempo and pitch.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रमाणोऽथ → प्रमाणेऽथ (misprint in Wikisource; the locative is needed, parallel to लये स्थाने — the critical edition reads pramāṇe 'tha). The lines correspond to CE 2.4.31cd and 2.4.32ab.

Verse 45 (2.4.45)

सञ्चोदितास्तुम्बुरुणा गन्धर्वसहितास्तदा । गायन्ति दिव्यतानैस्ते यथान्यायं मनस्विनः ॥

sañcoditāstumburuṇā gandharvasahitāstadā | gāyanti divyatānaiste yathānyāyaṃ manasvinaḥ

Urged on by Tumburu and joined by the gandharvas, those high-minded singers sang with heavenly melodies, each in its proper order,

Note on the text: The lines correspond to CE 2.4.32cd and 2.4.33ab.

Verse 46 (2.4.46)

पाण्डुपुत्रानृषींश्चैव रमयन्त उपासते । तस्यां सभायामासीनाः सुव्रताः सत्यसङ्गराः ॥

pāṇḍuputrānṛṣīṃścaiva ramayanta upāsate | tasyāṃ sabhāyāmāsīnāḥ suvratāḥ satyasaṅgarāḥ

and so attended on the sons of Pandu and the sages, delighting them. Seated in that hall, firm in their vows and true to their promises,

Note on the text: The lines correspond to CE 2.4.33cd and 2.4.34ab.

Verse 47 (2.4.47)

दिवीव देवा ब्रह्माणं युधिष्ठिरमुपासते ॥

divīva devā brahmāṇaṃ yudhiṣṭhiramupāsate

they attended on Yudhishthira as the gods in heaven attend on Brahma.

Note on the text: A single line in Wikisource, closing the sentence begun in the previous verse; it corresponds to CE 2.4.34cd.