Draupadi Is Dragged into the Assembly

Verse 1 (2.89.1)

एहि क्षत्तर्द्रौपदीमानयस्व । प्रियां भार्यां संमतां पाण्डवानाम् । संमार्जतां वेश्म परैतु शीघ्रं । तत्रास्तु दासीभिरपुण्यशीला ॥

ehi kṣattardraupadīmānayasva | priyāṃ bhāryāṃ saṃmatāṃ pāṇḍavānām | saṃmārjatāṃ veśma paraitu śīghraṃ | tatrāstu dāsībhirapuṇyaśīlā

Come, steward, bring Draupadi here, the dear and honoured wife of the Pandavas. Let her sweep the house; let her go there quickly, and let that woman of unholy conduct live among the slave-girls.

Note on the text: Corrected मानस्व → मानयस्व (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara — "bring", as in the critical edition). The last line is a recension variant (the critical edition reads ānando naḥ saha dāsībhir astu).

Verse 2 (2.89.2)

दुर्विभाषं भाषितं त्वादृशेन । न मन्द सम्बुद्ध्यसि पाशबद्धः । प्रपाते त्वं लम्बमानो न वेत्सि । व्याघ्रान्मृगः कोपयसेऽतिवेलम् ॥

durvibhāṣaṃ bhāṣitaṃ tvādṛśena | na manda sambuddhyasi pāśabaddhaḥ | prapāte tvaṃ lambamāno na vetsi | vyāghrānmṛgaḥ kopayase'tivelam

Only one like you could utter such evil words. Fool, you are bound in a noose and do not see it. You hang over a precipice and do not know it; you are a deer provoking tigers beyond all bounds.

Note on the text: Corrected दर्विभाषं → दुर्विभाषं (misprint in Wikisource; "evil speech" — the critical edition reads durvibhāvyaṃ bhavati here, a different reading).

Verse 3 (2.89.3)

आशीविषास्ते शिरसि पूर्णकोपा महाविषाः । मा कोपिष्ठाः सुमन्दात्मन्मा गमस्त्वं यमक्षयम् ॥

āśīviṣāste śirasi pūrṇakopā mahāviṣāḥ | mā kopiṣṭhāḥ sumandātmanmā gamastvaṃ yamakṣayam

Serpents of deadly venom, full of fury, are poised over your head. Do not enrage them, you utter fool; do not go to the abode of Yama.

Verse 4 (2.89.4)

न हि दासीत्वमापन्ना कृष्णा भवितुमर्हति । अनीशेन हि राज्ञैषा पणे न्यस्तेति मे मतिः ॥

na hi dāsītvamāpannā kṛṣṇā bhavitumarhati | anīśena hi rājñaiṣā paṇe nyasteti me matiḥ

Krishna has not fallen into slavery, and she cannot become a slave. For she was staked by the king when he was no longer his own master; that is my judgement.

Note on the text: Corrected जनीशेन → अनीशेन (misprint in Wikisource; "by one who was not master [of himself]", as in the critical edition).

Verse 5 (2.89.5)

अयं दत्ते वेणुरिवात्मघाती । फलं राजा धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्रः । द्यूतं हि वैराय महाभयाय । मत्तो न बुध्यत्ययमन्तकालम् ॥

ayaṃ datte veṇurivātmaghātī | phalaṃ rājā dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putraḥ | dyūtaṃ hi vairāya mahābhayāya | matto na budhyatyayamantakālam

This king, the son of Dhritarashtra, is bearing fruit like the bamboo that kills itself by fruiting. This gambling leads to enmity and great terror, but in his intoxication he does not see that his hour of death has come.

Verse 6 (2.89.6)

नारुन्तुदः स्यान्न नृशंसवादी । न हीनतः परमभ्याददीत । ययास्य वाचा पर उद्विजेत । न तां वदेद्रुशतीं पापलोक्याम् ॥

nāruntudaḥ syānna nṛśaṃsavādī | na hīnataḥ paramabhyādadīta | yayāsya vācā para udvijeta | na tāṃ vadedruśatīṃ pāpalokyām

One should not wound others to the quick, nor speak cruelly, nor take from another by base means. One should not utter words that make another shrink in dread; such scorching speech leads to the worlds of sinners.

Note on the text: Corrected हीनताः → हीनतः (misprint in Wikisource; "by base means", as in the critical edition) and वदेदुशती → वदेद्रुशतीं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र् and anusvara — the accusative "burning [speech]" agreeing with तां, as in the critical edition's ruśatīṃ).

Verse 7 (2.89.7)

समुच्चरन्त्यतिवादाश्च वक्त्रा- । द्यैराहतः शोचति रात्र्यहानि । परस्य नामर्मसु ते पतन्ति । तान्पण्डितो नावसृजेत्परेषु ॥

samuccarantyativādāśca vaktrā- | dyairāhataḥ śocati rātryahāni | parasya nāmarmasu te patanti | tānpaṇḍito nāvasṛjetpareṣu

Harsh words fly out of the mouth, and one who is struck by them grieves night and day. They strike nowhere but at another's vital points; therefore a wise man should never loose them at others.

Note on the text: Corrected ध्यौराहतः → द्यैराहतः (misprint in Wikisource; वक्त्राद् + यैराहतः, "struck by which", as in the critical edition).

Verse 8 (2.89.8)

अजो हि शस्त्रमगिलत्किलैकः । शस्त्रे विपन्ने शिरसास्य भूमौ । निकृन्तनं स्वस्य कण्ठस्य घोरं । तद्वद्वैरं मा कृथाः पाण्डुपुत्रैः ॥

ajo hi śastramagilatkilaikaḥ | śastre vipanne śirasāsya bhūmau | nikṛntanaṃ svasya kaṇṭhasya ghoraṃ | tadvadvairaṃ mā kṛthāḥ pāṇḍuputraiḥ

They say a goat once swallowed a knife; when the knife stuck fast, its head against the ground, it brought about the dreadful cutting of its own throat. Do not make such an enmity with the sons of Pandu.

Note on the text: Corrected वेरं → वैरं (misprint in Wikisource; "enmity"). The rest of the verse (अगिलत्, शिरसास्य भूमौ, कृथाः) is a recension variant of the critical edition's akhanat … padbhir apāsya bhūmim … khanīḥ.

Verse 9 (2.89.9)

न किञ्चिदित्थं प्रवदन्ति पार्था । वनेचरं वा गृहमेधिनं वा । तपस्विनं वा परिपूर्णविद्यं । भषन्ति हैवं श्वनराः सदैव ॥

na kiñciditthaṃ pravadanti pārthā | vanecaraṃ vā gṛhamedhinaṃ vā | tapasvinaṃ vā paripūrṇavidyaṃ | bhaṣanti haivaṃ śvanarāḥ sadaiva

The sons of Pritha never speak like this to anyone, whether forest-dweller or householder, ascetic or one perfect in learning. It is dog-like men who always bark in this way.

Verse 10 (2.89.10)

द्वारं सुघोरं नरकस्य जिह्यं । न बुध्यते धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्रः । तमन्वेतारो बहवः कुरूणां । द्यूतोदये सह दुःशासनेन ॥

dvāraṃ sughoraṃ narakasya jihyaṃ | na budhyate dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putraḥ | tamanvetāro bahavaḥ kurūṇāṃ | dyūtodaye saha duḥśāsanena

The son of Dhritarashtra does not see the dreadful, crooked gate of hell. Many of the Kurus, together with Duhshasana, will follow him through it when this game bears its fruit.

Verse 11 (2.89.11)

मज्जन्त्यलाबूनि शिलाः प्लवन्ते । मुह्यन्ति नावोम्भसि शश्वदेव । मूढो राजा धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्रो । न मे वाचः पथ्यरूपाः शृणोति ॥

majjantyalābūni śilāḥ plavante | muhyanti nāvombhasi śaśvadeva | mūḍho rājā dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putro | na me vācaḥ pathyarūpāḥ śṛṇoti

Gourds sink and stones float, ships are forever lost on the waters, when the foolish king, the son of Dhritarashtra, will not listen to my wholesome words.

Verse 12 (2.89.12)

अन्तो नूनं भवितायं कुरूणां । सुदारुणः सर्वहरो विनाशः । वाचः काव्याः सुहृदां पथ्यरूपा । न श्रूयन्ते वर्धते लोभ एव ॥

anto nūnaṃ bhavitāyaṃ kurūṇāṃ | sudāruṇaḥ sarvaharo vināśaḥ | vācaḥ kāvyāḥ suhṛdāṃ pathyarūpā | na śrūyante vardhate lobha eva

Surely this will be the end of the Kurus, a most terrible destruction that sweeps away everything. The wise and wholesome words of friends go unheard, and only greed grows.

Note on the text: Corrected नूं → नूनं and करूणां → कुरूणां (misprints in Wikisource; "surely" and "of the Kurus", as in the critical edition).

Verse 13 (2.89.13)

धिगस्तु क्षत्तारमिति ब्रुवाणो । दर्पेण मत्तो धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्रः । अवैक्षत प्रातिकामीं सभाया- । मुवाच चैनं परमार्यमध्ये ॥

dhigastu kṣattāramiti bruvāṇo | darpeṇa matto dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putraḥ | avaikṣata prātikāmīṃ sabhāyā- | muvāca cainaṃ paramāryamadhye

Crying "Shame on the steward!", the son of Dhritarashtra, drunk with pride, looked toward the usher in the hall and spoke to him in the midst of those noble men:

Verse 14 (2.89.14)

त्वं प्रातिकामिन्द्रौपदीमानयस्व । न ते भयं विद्यते पाण्डवेभ्यः । क्षत्ता ह्ययं विवदत्येव भीतो । न चास्माकं वृद्धिकामः सदैव ॥

tvaṃ prātikāmindraupadīmānayasva | na te bhayaṃ vidyate pāṇḍavebhyaḥ | kṣattā hyayaṃ vivadatyeva bhīto | na cāsmākaṃ vṛddhikāmaḥ sadaiva

Usher, you bring Draupadi here. You have nothing to fear from the Pandavas. This steward is frightened and only argues; he never wishes for our prosperity.

Verse 15 (2.89.15)

एवमुक्तः प्रातिकामी स सूतः । प्रायाच्छीघ्रं राजवचो निशम्य । प्रविश्य च श्वेव हि सिंहगोष्ठं । समासदन्महिषीं पाण्डवानाम् ॥

evamuktaḥ prātikāmī sa sūtaḥ | prāyācchīghraṃ rājavaco niśamya | praviśya ca śveva hi siṃhagoṣṭhaṃ | samāsadanmahiṣīṃ pāṇḍavānām

So addressed, the usher, a suta, set off quickly on hearing the king's command. Entering like a dog into a lion's den, he approached the queen of the Pandavas.

Note on the text: Corrected सिंहगेष्ठं → सिंहगोष्ठं (misprint in Wikisource; "lion's den", as in the critical edition).

Verse 16 (2.89.16)

युधिष्ठिरो द्यूतमदेन मत्तो । दुर्योधनो द्रौपदि त्वामजैषीत् । सा त्वं प्रपद्यस्व धृतराष्ट्रस्य वेश्म । नयामि त्वां कर्मणि याज्ञसेनि ॥

yudhiṣṭhiro dyūtamadena matto | duryodhano draupadi tvāmajaiṣīt | sā tvaṃ prapadyasva dhṛtarāṣṭrasya veśma | nayāmi tvāṃ karmaṇi yājñaseni

Yudhishthira was maddened by the frenzy of the dice, and Duryodhana has won you, Draupadi. So come to the house of Dhritarashtra; I am taking you to your work, Yajnaseni.

Verse 17 (2.89.17)

कथं त्वेवं वदसि प्रातिकामिन् । को हि दीव्येद्भार्यया राजपुत्रः । मूढो राजा द्यूतमदेन मत्तो । ह्यभून्नान्यत्कैतवमस्य किञ्चित् ॥

kathaṃ tvevaṃ vadasi prātikāmin | ko hi dīvyedbhāryayā rājaputraḥ | mūḍho rājā dyūtamadena matto | hyabhūnnānyatkaitavamasya kiñcit

How can you speak like this, usher? What prince would gamble with his wife as the stake? The king was foolish, maddened by the frenzy of the dice; had he nothing else at all to stake?

Note on the text: Corrected प्रातिकामि- → प्रातिकामिन् (misprint in Wikisource; the vocative lost its final न्, as in the critical edition) and मूडो → मूढो (misprint in Wikisource; "foolish").

Verse 18 (2.89.18)

यदा नाभूत्कैतवमन्यदस्य । तदाऽदेवीत्पाण्डवोऽजातशत्रुः । न्यस्ताः पूर्वं भ्रातरस्तेन राज्ञा । स्वयं चात्मा त्वमथो राजपुत्रि ॥

yadā nābhūtkaitavamanyadasya | tadā'devītpāṇḍavo'jātaśatruḥ | nyastāḥ pūrvaṃ bhrātarastena rājñā | svayaṃ cātmā tvamatho rājaputri

It was when he had nothing else left to stake that the Pandava Ajatashatru played on. First the king staked his brothers, then his own self, and then you, princess.

Verse 19 (2.89.19)

गच्छ त्वं कितवं गत्वा सभायां पृच्छ सूतज । किं तु पूर्वं पराजैषीरात्मानमथवा नु माम् ॥

gaccha tvaṃ kitavaṃ gatvā sabhāyāṃ pṛccha sūtaja | kiṃ tu pūrvaṃ parājaiṣīrātmānamathavā nu mām

Go, son of a suta; go to the hall and ask that gambler: whom did you lose first, yourself or me?

Note on the text: This verse is 2.60.7ab–cd in the critical edition (which reads kiṃ nu … ātmānaṃ māṃ nu bhārata); the automatic alignment missed it.

Verse 20 (2.89.20)

एतज्ज्ञात्वा समागच्छ ततो मां नय सूतज । ज्ञात्वा चिकीर्षितमहं राज्ञो यास्यामि दुःखिता ॥

etajjñātvā samāgaccha tato māṃ naya sūtaja | jñātvā cikīrṣitamahaṃ rājño yāsyāmi duḥkhitā

Find this out and come back, son of a suta, and then take me. Once I know what the king intends, I will go, grieving though I am.

Note on the text: The first line is 2.60.7ef in the critical edition; the second line is not in its text and appears in its apparatus as passage *528 (found in the vulgate recension). Corrected नयं → नय (misprint in Wikisource; the imperative "take", as in the critical edition).

Verse 21 (2.89.21)

सभां गत्वा स चोवाच द्रौपद्यास्तद्वचस्तदा । युधिष्ठिरं नरेन्द्राणां मध्ये स्थितमिदं वचः ॥

sabhāṃ gatvā sa covāca draupadyāstadvacastadā | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ narendrāṇāṃ madhye sthitamidaṃ vacaḥ

He went to the hall and repeated Draupadi's words, speaking thus to Yudhishthira as he sat among the kings:

Note on the text: The first line is 2.60.8ab in the critical edition; the second line is not in its text and appears in its apparatus as passage *529 (found in the vulgate recension). Corrected द्रौपद्यस्तद् → द्रौपद्यास्तद् (misprint in Wikisource; genitive "of Draupadi", as in the critical edition) and नरेनद्राणां → नरेन्द्राणां (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct).

Verse 22 (2.89.22)

कस्येशो नः पराजैषीरिति त्वामाह द्रौपदी । किं नु पूर्वं पराजैषीरात्मानमथवापि माम् ॥

kasyeśo naḥ parājaiṣīriti tvāmāha draupadī | kiṃ nu pūrvaṃ parājaiṣīrātmānamathavāpi mām

"Whose master were you when you lost us?" Draupadi asks you. "Whom did you lose first, yourself or me?"

Note on the text: This verse is 2.60.8cd–ef in the critical edition; the automatic alignment missed it.

Verse 23 (2.89.23)

युधिष्ठिरस्तु निश्चेता गतसत्व इवाभवत् । न तं सूतं प्रत्युवाच वचनं साध्वसाधु वा ॥

yudhiṣṭhirastu niścetā gatasatva ivābhavat | na taṃ sūtaṃ pratyuvāca vacanaṃ sādhvasādhu vā

But Yudhishthira sat senseless, like one whose life had left him. He gave the suta no answer, good or bad.

Verse 24 (2.89.24)

इहैवागत्य पाञ्चाली प्रश्नमेनं प्रभाषताम् । इहैव सर्वे शृण्वन्तु तस्याश्चैतस्य यद्वचः ॥

ihaivāgatya pāñcālī praśnamenaṃ prabhāṣatām | ihaiva sarve śṛṇvantu tasyāścaitasya yadvacaḥ

Let Panchali come here and ask this question herself. Let everyone hear, right here, what she says and what he answers.

Verse 25 (2.89.25)

स गत्वा राजभवनं दुर्योधनवशानुगः । उवाच द्रौपदीं सूतः प्रातिकामी व्यथन्निव ॥

sa gatvā rājabhavanaṃ duryodhanavaśānugaḥ | uvāca draupadīṃ sūtaḥ prātikāmī vyathanniva

The suta, the usher who did Duryodhana's bidding, went to the royal quarters and, as if in pain, said to Draupadi:

Verse 26 (2.89.26)

सभ्यास्त्वमी राजपुत्र्याह्वयन्ति । मन्ये प्राप्तः संशयः कौरवाणाम् । न वै समृद्धिं पालयते लघीयान् । यस्त्वां सभां नेष्यति राजपुत्रि ॥

sabhyāstvamī rājaputryāhvayanti | manye prāptaḥ saṃśayaḥ kauravāṇām | na vai samṛddhiṃ pālayate laghīyān | yastvāṃ sabhāṃ neṣyati rājaputri

Princess, the men of the assembly are summoning you. I think a crisis has come upon the Kauravas. That petty man who will bring you into the hall, princess, has no care to preserve his fortune.

Note on the text: Corrected समृद्दिं → समृद्धिं (misprint in Wikisource; "prosperity", as in the critical edition).

Verse 27 (2.89.27)

एवं नूनं व्यदधात्संविधाता । स्पर्शावुभौ स्पृशतो वृद्धबालौ । धर्मं त्वेकं परमं प्राह लोके । स नः शमं धास्यति गोप्यमानः ॥

evaṃ nūnaṃ vyadadhātsaṃvidhātā | sparśāvubhau spṛśato vṛddhabālau | dharmaṃ tvekaṃ paramaṃ prāha loke | sa naḥ śamaṃ dhāsyati gopyamānaḥ

Surely the Ordainer has ordained it so. Joy and sorrow, both alike, touch the old and the young. But he declared dharma alone to be supreme in the world; if we guard it, dharma will bring us peace.

Verse 28 (2.89.28)

सोऽयं धर्मो मा त्यगात्कौरवान्वै । सभ्यान्गत्वा पृच्छ धर्म्यं वचो मे । ते मां ब्रूयुर्निश्चितं तत्करिष्ये । धर्मात्मानो नीतिमन्तो वरिष्ठाः ॥

so'yaṃ dharmo mā tyagātkauravānvai | sabhyāngatvā pṛccha dharmyaṃ vaco me | te māṃ brūyurniścitaṃ tatkariṣye | dharmātmāno nītimanto variṣṭhāḥ

Let not this dharma forsake the Kauravas. Go to the men of the assembly and put my righteous question to them. Whatever they, righteous, wise in policy and eminent, tell me with certainty, that I will do.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as passage *531, lines 1–4, after 2.60.13.

Verse 29 (2.89.29)

श्रुत्वा सूतस्तद्वचो याज्ञसेन्याः । सभां गत्वा प्राह वाक्यं तदानीम् । अधोमुखास्ते न च किञ्चिदूचु- । र्निर्बन्धं तं धार्तराष्ट्रस्य बुद्ध्वा ॥

śrutvā sūtastadvaco yājñasenyāḥ | sabhāṃ gatvā prāha vākyaṃ tadānīm | adhomukhāste na ca kiñcidūcu- | rnirbandhaṃ taṃ dhārtarāṣṭrasya buddhvā

Hearing Yajnaseni's words, the suta went to the hall and repeated them. The men sat with heads bowed and said nothing, knowing how set the son of Dhritarashtra was on his purpose.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as passage *531, lines 5–8, after 2.60.13.

Verse 30 (2.89.30)

युधिष्ठिरस्तु तच्छ्रुत्वा दुर्योधनचिकीर्षितम् । द्रौपद्याः संमतं दूतं प्राहिणोद्भरतर्षभ ॥

yudhiṣṭhirastu tacchrutvā duryodhanacikīrṣitam | draupadyāḥ saṃmataṃ dūtaṃ prāhiṇodbharatarṣabha

But Yudhishthira, hearing what Duryodhana meant to do, sent a messenger whom Draupadi trusted, O bull of the Bharatas, with this message:

Verse 31 (2.89.31)

एकवस्त्रा त्वधोनीवी रोदमाना रजस्वला । सभामागम्य पाञ्चालि श्वशुरस्याग्रतो भव ॥

ekavastrā tvadhonīvī rodamānā rajasvalā | sabhāmāgamya pāñcāli śvaśurasyāgrato bhava

Panchali, come to the hall as you are, in a single garment with its knot worn low, weeping and in your season, and stand before your father-in-law.

Note on the text: Corrected एकवस्त्र त्वधोनीवो → एकवस्त्रा त्वधोनीवी (misprints in Wikisource; feminine "in a single garment" and "with the knot of her garment low", as in the critical edition). Wikisource has this as Yudhishthira's message (vocative पाञ्चालि, imperative भव); the critical edition has it as narration (pāñcālī … 'bhavat, "she came and stood").

Verse 32 (2.89.32)

अथ त्वामागतां दृष्ट्वा राजपुत्रीं सभां तदा । सभ्याः सर्वे विनिन्देरन्मनोभिर्धृतराष्ट्रजम् ॥

atha tvāmāgatāṃ dṛṣṭvā rājaputrīṃ sabhāṃ tadā | sabhyāḥ sarve vininderanmanobhirdhṛtarāṣṭrajam

Then, when they see you, a princess, come into the hall, all the members of the assembly will condemn the son of Dhritarashtra in their hearts.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as passage *532, after 2.60.15. Corrected मनोर्भिर् → मनोभिर् (misprint in Wikisource; "in their minds", as in the apparatus).

Verse 33 (2.89.33)

स गत्वा त्वरितं दूतः कृष्णाया भवनं नृप । न्यवेदयन्मतं धीमान्धर्मराजस्य निश्चितम् ॥

sa gatvā tvaritaṃ dūtaḥ kṛṣṇāyā bhavanaṃ nṛpa | nyavedayanmataṃ dhīmāndharmarājasya niścitam

The wise messenger went quickly to Krishna's apartments, O king, and told her the settled wish of the Dharma king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as passage *533, after 2.60.15.

Verse 34 (2.89.34)

पाण्डवाश्च महात्मानो दीना दुःखसमन्विताः । सत्येनातिपरीताङ्गा नोदीक्षन्ते स्म किञ्चन ॥

pāṇḍavāśca mahātmāno dīnā duḥkhasamanvitāḥ | satyenātiparītāṅgā nodīkṣante sma kiñcana

And the great-souled Pandavas, wretched and sunk in sorrow, their limbs held fast by their truthfulness, could not raise their eyes to anything.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as passage *534, after 2.60.15.

Verse 35 (2.89.35)

ततस्त्वेषां मुखमालोक्य राजा । दुर्योधनः सूतमुवाच हृष्टः । इहैवैतामानय प्रातिकामिन् । प्रत्यक्षमस्याः कुरवो ब्रुवन्तु ॥

tatastveṣāṃ mukhamālokya rājā | duryodhanaḥ sūtamuvāca hṛṣṭaḥ | ihaivaitāmānaya prātikāmin | pratyakṣamasyāḥ kuravo bruvantu

Then King Duryodhana, looking at their faces, said gleefully to the suta, "Bring her right here, usher; let the Kurus speak in her presence."

Note on the text: Corrected ब्रुवन्तः → ब्रुवन्तु (misprint in Wikisource; the participle leaves Duryodhana's sentence without a verb — "let the Kurus speak", as in the critical edition).

Verse 36 (2.89.36)

ततः सूतस्तस्य वशानुगामी । भीतश्च कोपाद्द्रुपदात्मजायाः । विहाय मानं पुनरेव सभ्या- । नुवाच कृष्णां किमहं ब्रवीमि ॥

tataḥ sūtastasya vaśānugāmī | bhītaśca kopāddrupadātmajāyāḥ | vihāya mānaṃ punareva sabhyā- | nuvāca kṛṣṇāṃ kimahaṃ bravīmi

Then the suta, who did his bidding but feared the anger of Drupada's daughter, set aside his pride and asked the assembly once more, "What am I to say to Krishna?"

Verse 37 (2.89.37)

दुःशासनैष मम सूतपुत्रो । वृकोदरादुद्विजतेऽल्पचेताः । स्वयं प्रगृह्यानय याज्ञसेनीं । किं ते करिष्यन्त्यवशाः सपत्नाः ॥

duḥśāsanaiṣa mama sūtaputro | vṛkodarādudvijate'lpacetāḥ | svayaṃ pragṛhyānaya yājñasenīṃ | kiṃ te kariṣyantyavaśāḥ sapatnāḥ

Duhshasana, this suta's son of mine has little spirit and is afraid of Vrikodara. Go yourself, seize Yajnaseni and bring her here. What can our helpless rivals do to you?

Verse 38 (2.89.38)

ततः समुत्थाय स राजपुत्रः । श्रुत्वा भ्रातुः शासनं रक्तदृष्टिः । प्रविश्य तद्वेश्म महारथाना- । मित्यब्रवीद्द्रौपदीं राजपुत्रीम् ॥

tataḥ samutthāya sa rājaputraḥ | śrutvā bhrātuḥ śāsanaṃ raktadṛṣṭiḥ | praviśya tadveśma mahārathānā- | mityabravīddraupadīṃ rājaputrīm

Then that prince rose, his eyes red, having heard his brother's command. Entering the dwelling of those great chariot-warriors, he said to the princess Draupadi:

Verse 39 (2.89.39)

एह्येहि पाञ्चालि राजपुत्रि । दुर्योधनं पश्य विमुक्तलज्जा । कुरून्भजस्वायतपत्रनेत्रे । धर्मेण लब्धाऽसि सभां परैहि ॥

ehyehi pāñcāli rājaputri | duryodhanaṃ paśya vimuktalajjā | kurūnbhajasvāyatapatranetre | dharmeṇa labdhā'si sabhāṃ paraihi

Come, come, Panchali, princess! Cast off your shame and look upon Duryodhana. Serve the Kurus, you with eyes long as lotus petals; you have been won lawfully. Come to the hall.

Note on the text: Corrected राजपुत्रीम् → राजपुत्रि (misprint in Wikisource; the accusative cannot stand in this address and looks carried over from the line before; the vocative fits). The line is still a syllable short; the critical edition reads ehy ehi pāñcāli jitāsi kṛṣṇe.

Verse 40 (2.89.40)

ततः समुत्थाय सुदुर्मनाः सा । विवर्णमामृज्य मुखं करेण । आर्ता प्रदुद्राव यतः स्त्रियस्ता । वृद्धस्य राज्ञः कुरुपुङ्गवस्य ॥

tataḥ samutthāya sudurmanāḥ sā | vivarṇamāmṛjya mukhaṃ kareṇa | ārtā pradudrāva yataḥ striyastā | vṛddhasya rājñaḥ kurupuṅgavasya

Then she rose in deep distress, wiped her pale face with her hand, and in her anguish ran toward the women of the aged king, the bull of the Kurus.

Note on the text: Corrected सुदूर्मनाः → सुदुर्मनाः (misprint in Wikisource; "deeply distressed", as in the critical edition).

Verse 41 (2.89.41)

ततो जवेनाभिससार रोषा- । द्दुःशासनस्तामभिगर्जमानः । दीर्घेषु नीलेष्वथ चोर्मिमत्सु । जग्राह केशेषु नरेन्द्रपत्नीम् ॥

tato javenābhisasāra roṣā- | dduḥśāsanastāmabhigarjamānaḥ | dīrgheṣu nīleṣvatha cormimatsu | jagrāha keśeṣu narendrapatnīm

Then Duhshasana rushed after her in fury, roaring, and seized the king's wife by her long, dark, wavy hair.

Verse 42 (2.89.42)

ये राजसूयावभृथे जलेन । महाक्रतौ मन्त्रपूतेन सिक्ताः । ते पाण्डवानां परिभूय वीर्यं । बलात्प्रमृष्टा धृतराष्ट्रजेन ॥

ye rājasūyāvabhṛthe jalena | mahākratau mantrapūtena siktāḥ | te pāṇḍavānāṃ paribhūya vīryaṃ | balātpramṛṣṭā dhṛtarāṣṭrajena

That hair which had been sprinkled with mantra-purified water at the closing bath of the great Rajasuya sacrifice, the son of Dhritarashtra now seized by force, scorning the might of the Pandavas.

Verse 43 (2.89.43)

स तां पराकृष्य सभासमीप- । मानीय कृष्णामतिदीर्घकेशीम् । दुःशासनो नाथवतीमनाथव- । च्चकर्ष वायुः कदलीमिवार्ताम् ॥

sa tāṃ parākṛṣya sabhāsamīpa- | mānīya kṛṣṇāmatidīrghakeśīm | duḥśāsano nāthavatīmanāthava- | ccakarṣa vāyuḥ kadalīmivārtām

Dragging Krishna of the very long hair, Duhshasana brought her up to the hall. Though she had protectors, he hauled her along as if she had none, as the wind tosses a stricken plantain tree.

Verse 44 (2.89.44)

सा कृष्यमाणा नमिताङ्गयष्टिः । शनैरुवाचाथ रजस्वलाऽस्मि । एकं च वासो मम मन्दबुद्धे । सभां नेतुं नार्हसि मामनार्य ॥

sā kṛṣyamāṇā namitāṅgayaṣṭiḥ | śanairuvācātha rajasvalā'smi | ekaṃ ca vāso mama mandabuddhe | sabhāṃ netuṃ nārhasi māmanārya

As she was dragged, her slender body bent, she said softly, "I am in my season, and I have only a single garment on, you fool. You must not take me into the hall, base man."

Note on the text: Corrected कृष्णमाणा → कृष्यमाणा (misprint in Wikisource; "being dragged", as in the critical edition).

Verse 45 (2.89.45)

ततोऽब्रवीत्तां प्रसभं निगृह्य । केशेषु कृष्णेषु तदा स कृष्णाम् । कृष्णं च जिष्णुं च हरिं नरं च । त्राणाय विक्रोशसि याज्ञसेनि ॥

tato'bravīttāṃ prasabhaṃ nigṛhya | keśeṣu kṛṣṇeṣu tadā sa kṛṣṇām | kṛṣṇaṃ ca jiṣṇuṃ ca hariṃ naraṃ ca | trāṇāya vikrośasi yājñaseni

Then, holding Krishna fast by her dark hair, he said to her: "Cry out to Krishna and Jishnu, to Hari and Nara, for protection as you will, Yajnaseni!"

Note on the text: Corrected केशेशु → केशेषु (misprint in Wikisource; "by the hair") and त्रायाय विक्रोशति → त्राणाय विक्रोशसि (misprint in Wikisource; "for protection", as in the critical edition, and the second person needed with the vocative याज्ञसेनि in Duhshasana's taunt; the critical edition reads trāṇāya vikrośa nayāmi hi tvām).

Verse 46 (2.89.46)

रजस्वला वा भव याज्ञसेनि । एकाम्बरा वाप्यथवा विवस्त्रा । द्यूते जिता चासि कृताऽसि दासी । दासीषु वासश्च यथोपजोषम् ॥

rajasvalā vā bhava yājñaseni | ekāmbarā vāpyathavā vivastrā | dyūte jitā cāsi kṛtā'si dāsī | dāsīṣu vāsaśca yathopajoṣam

Be in your season, Yajnaseni, or in a single garment, or even naked: you were won at dice and have been made a slave, and your place is among the slave-women, at our pleasure.

Verse 47 (2.89.47)

प्रकीर्णकेशी पतितार्धवस्त्रा । दुःशासनेन व्यवधूयमाना । ह्रीमत्यमर्षेण च दह्यमाना । शनैरिदं वाक्यमुवाच कृष्णा ॥

prakīrṇakeśī patitārdhavastrā | duḥśāsanena vyavadhūyamānā | hrīmatyamarṣeṇa ca dahyamānā | śanairidaṃ vākyamuvāca kṛṣṇā

Her hair dishevelled, half her garment fallen away, shaken about by Duhshasana, the modest Krishna, burning with indignation, softly spoke these words:

Note on the text: Corrected हीमत्य → ह्रीमत्य (misprint in Wikisource; "modest", as in the critical edition).

Verse 48 (2.89.48)

इमे सभायामुपनीतशास्त्राः । क्रियावन्तः सर्व एवेन्द्रकल्पाः । गुरुस्थाना गुरवश्चैव सर्वे । तेषामग्रे नोत्सहे स्थातुमेवम् ॥

ime sabhāyāmupanītaśāstrāḥ | kriyāvantaḥ sarva evendrakalpāḥ | gurusthānā guravaścaiva sarve | teṣāmagre notsahe sthātumevam

In this hall sit men schooled in the scriptures, devoted to the sacred rites, all of them like Indra. All are my elders or stand in the place of elders. I cannot stand before them like this.

Note on the text: Corrected समायामुपनीत° → सभायामुपनीत° (misprint in Wikisource; "in the hall", as in the critical edition).

Verse 49 (2.89.49)

नृशंसकर्मंस्त्वमनार्यवृत्त । मा मां विवस्त्रां कुरु मा विकार्षीः । न मर्षयेयुस्तव राजपुत्राः । सेन्द्रापि देवा यदि ते सहायाः ॥

nṛśaṃsakarmaṃstvamanāryavṛtta | mā māṃ vivastrāṃ kuru mā vikārṣīḥ | na marṣayeyustava rājaputrāḥ | sendrāpi devā yadi te sahāyāḥ

You of cruel deeds and ignoble conduct, do not strip me, do not drag me. The princes would never forgive you, even if the gods with Indra were your allies.

Note on the text: Corrected नशंसकर्मंस्त्वमनार्यवृत → नृशंसकर्मंस्त्वमनार्यवृत्त (misprints in Wikisource; "of cruel deeds" and "of ignoble conduct", as in the critical edition) and मा मा → मा मां (misprint in Wikisource; the object "me", as in the critical edition).

Verse 50 (2.89.50)

धर्मे स्थितो धर्मसुतो महात्मा । धर्मश्च सूक्ष्मो निपुणोपलक्ष्यः । वाचापि भर्तुः परमाणुमात्र- । मिच्छामि दोषं न गुणान्विसृज्य ॥

dharme sthito dharmasuto mahātmā | dharmaśca sūkṣmo nipuṇopalakṣyaḥ | vācāpi bhartuḥ paramāṇumātra- | micchāmi doṣaṃ na guṇānvisṛjya

The great-souled son of Dharma stands firm in dharma, and dharma is subtle, discerned only by the skilful. Even in words I would not wish to find in my husband a fault the size of an atom, setting his virtues aside.

Verse 51 (2.89.51)

इदं त्वकार्यं कुरुवीरमध्ये । रजस्वलां यत्परिकर्षसे माम् । न चापि कश्चित्कुरुतेऽत्र कुत्सां । ध्रुवं तवेदं मतमभ्युपेतः ॥

idaṃ tvakāryaṃ kuruvīramadhye | rajasvalāṃ yatparikarṣase mām | na cāpi kaścitkurute'tra kutsāṃ | dhruvaṃ tavedaṃ matamabhyupetaḥ

But this is a wicked deed, that in the midst of the Kuru heroes you drag me here in my season. And no one here condemns it; surely every one of them has come round to your view.

Verse 52 (2.89.52)

धिगस्तु नष्टः खलु भारतानां । धर्मस्तथा क्षत्रविदां च वृत्तम् । यत्र ह्यतीतां कुरुधर्मवेलां । प्रेक्षन्ति सर्वे कुरवः सभायाम् ॥

dhigastu naṣṭaḥ khalu bhāratānāṃ | dharmastathā kṣatravidāṃ ca vṛttam | yatra hyatītāṃ kurudharmavelāṃ | prekṣanti sarve kuravaḥ sabhāyām

Shame! The dharma of the Bharatas is truly lost, and the conduct of those who know the warrior's code as well, when all the Kurus in the hall stand watching the bounds of Kuru dharma overstepped.

Verse 53 (2.89.53)

द्रोणस्य भीष्मस्य च नास्ति सत्त्वं । क्षत्तुस्तथैवास्य महात्मनोपि । राज्ञस्तथा हीममधर्ममुग्रं । न लक्षयन्ति कुरुवृद्धमुख्याः ॥

droṇasya bhīṣmasya ca nāsti sattvaṃ | kṣattustathaivāsya mahātmanopi | rājñastathā hīmamadharmamugraṃ | na lakṣayanti kuruvṛddhamukhyāḥ

Drona and Bhishma have no strength of spirit left, nor has this great-souled steward, nor the king either; that is why the foremost elders of the Kurus do not heed this terrible wrong.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (2.60.34c): Wikisource prints a garbled second line (क्षत्तुस्तथैवास्य चनास्ति सत्त्वं), a dittography of the lines around it, and has lost the line राज्ञस्तथा हीममधर्ममुग्रं (rājñas tathā hīmam adharmam ugraṃ). The garbled line is dropped and the lost line restored in its place. The second line (क्षत्तुस्तथैवास्य महात्मनोपि) and न लक्षयन्ति are kept as Wikisource prints them (the critical edition reads dhruvaṃ … and lakṣayante).

Verse 54 (2.89.54)

तथा ब्रुवन्ती करुणं सुमध्यमा । भर्तॄन्कटाक्षैः कुपितानपश्यत् । सा पाण्डवान्कोपपरीतदेहा- । न्सन्दीपयामास कटाक्षपातैः ॥

tathā bruvantī karuṇaṃ sumadhyamā | bhartṝnkaṭākṣaiḥ kupitānapaśyat | sā pāṇḍavānkopaparītadehā- | nsandīpayāmāsa kaṭākṣapātaiḥ

Speaking so piteously, the slender-waisted woman cast sidelong glances at her angry husbands, and with those darting glances she set the Pandavas ablaze, their bodies already gripped by wrath.

Verse 55 (2.89.55)

हृतेन राज्येन तथा धनेन । रत्नैश्च मुख्यैर्न तथा बभूव । यथा त्रपाकोपसमीरितेन । कृष्णाकटाक्षेण बभूव दुःखम् ॥

hṛtena rājyena tathā dhanena | ratnaiśca mukhyairna tathā babhūva | yathā trapākopasamīritena | kṛṣṇākaṭākṣeṇa babhūva duḥkham

The loss of their kingdom, of their wealth and of their finest jewels did not pain them as much as Krishna's sidelong glance, driven by shame and anger.

Verse 56 (2.89.56)

दुःशासनश्चापि समीक्ष्य कृष्णा- । मवेक्षमाणां कृपणान्पतींस्तान् । आधूय वेगेन विसञ्ज्ञकल्पा- । मुवाच दासीति हसन्सशब्दम् ॥

duḥśāsanaścāpi samīkṣya kṛṣṇā- | mavekṣamāṇāṃ kṛpaṇānpatīṃstān | ādhūya vegena visañjñakalpā- | muvāca dāsīti hasansaśabdam

And Duhshasana, seeing Krishna looking toward her wretched husbands, shook her so violently that she nearly fainted, and laughing aloud called her "Slave!"

Verse 57 (2.89.57)

कर्णस्तु तद्वाक्यमतीव हृष्टः । सम्पूजयामास हसन्सशब्दम् । गान्धारराजः सुबलस्य पुत्र- । स्तथैव दुःशासनमभ्यनन्दत् ॥

karṇastu tadvākyamatīva hṛṣṭaḥ | sampūjayāmāsa hasansaśabdam | gāndhārarājaḥ subalasya putra- | stathaiva duḥśāsanamabhyanandat

Karna, delighted, applauded those words with loud laughter, and the king of Gandhara, Subala's son, likewise cheered Duhshasana on.

Verse 58 (2.89.58)

सभ्यास्तु ये तत्र बभूवुरन्ये । ताभ्यामृते धार्तराष्ट्रेण चैव । तेषामभूद्दुःखमतीव कृष्णां । दृष्ट्वा सभायां परिकृष्यमाणाम् ॥

sabhyāstu ye tatra babhūvuranye | tābhyāmṛte dhārtarāṣṭreṇa caiva | teṣāmabhūdduḥkhamatīva kṛṣṇāṃ | dṛṣṭvā sabhāyāṃ parikṛṣyamāṇām

But all the others in the assembly, apart from those two and the son of Dhritarashtra, were deeply grieved to see Krishna dragged about in the hall.

Note on the text: Removed a stray space inside दुःखम् (Wikisource prints दुः खम).

Verse 59 (2.89.59)

न धर्मसौक्ष्म्यात्सुभगे विवेक्तुं । शक्नोमि ते प्रश्नमिमं यथावत् । अस्वाम्यशक्तः पणितुं परस्वं । स्त्रियाश्च भर्तुर्वशतां समीक्ष्य ॥

na dharmasaukṣmyātsubhage vivektuṃ | śaknomi te praśnamimaṃ yathāvat | asvāmyaśaktaḥ paṇituṃ parasvaṃ | striyāśca bharturvaśatāṃ samīkṣya

Because dharma is subtle, gracious lady, I cannot rightly settle this question of yours. One who is not the owner cannot stake what belongs to another; yet one must also consider that a wife is under her husband's authority.

Note on the text: Corrected शक्रोमि → शक्नोमि (misprint in Wikisource; "I am able", as in the critical edition).

Verse 60 (2.89.60)

त्यजेत सर्वां पृथिवीं समृद्धां । युधिष्ठिरो धर्ममथो न जह्यात् । उक्तं जितोऽस्मीति च पाण्डवेन । तस्मान्न शक्नोमि विवेक्तुमेतत् ॥

tyajeta sarvāṃ pṛthivīṃ samṛddhāṃ | yudhiṣṭhiro dharmamatho na jahyāt | uktaṃ jito'smīti ca pāṇḍavena | tasmānna śaknomi vivektumetat

Yudhishthira would give up the whole prosperous earth, but he would not forsake dharma. And the Pandava himself said, "I have been won." Therefore I cannot settle this.

Verse 61 (2.89.61)

द्यूतेऽद्वितीयः शकुनिर्नरेषु । कुन्तीसुतस्तेन निसृष्टकामः । न मन्यते तां निकृतिं युधिष्ठिर- । स्तस्मान्न ते प्रश्नमिमं ब्रवीमि ॥

dyūte'dvitīyaḥ śakunirnareṣu | kuntīsutastena nisṛṣṭakāmaḥ | na manyate tāṃ nikṛtiṃ yudhiṣṭhira- | stasmānna te praśnamimaṃ bravīmi

At dice Shakuni has no equal among men, and the son of Kunti played against him of his own free will. Yudhishthira does not regard it as trickery; therefore I do not answer this question of yours.

Note on the text: Corrected द्व्यूते → द्यूते (misprint in Wikisource; "at dice") and तस्मान् ते → तस्मान्न ते (misprint in Wikisource; the dropped न flips the sense — "therefore I do not answer", as in the critical edition).

Verse 62 (2.89.62)

आहूय राजा कुशलैरनार्यै- । र्दुष्टात्मभिर्नैकृतिकैः सभायाम् । द्यूतप्रियैर्नातिकृतप्रयत्नः । कस्मादयं नाम निसृष्टकामः ॥

āhūya rājā kuśalairanāryai- | rduṣṭātmabhirnaikṛtikaiḥ sabhāyām | dyūtapriyairnātikṛtaprayatnaḥ | kasmādayaṃ nāma nisṛṣṭakāmaḥ

The king was summoned to the hall by skilled, ignoble, wicked cheats who love gambling, and he himself had little practice at it. How then can he be said to have played of his own free will?

Verse 63 (2.89.63)

अशुद्धभावैर्निकृतिप्रवृत्तै- । रबुध्यमानः कुरुपाण्डवाग्र्यः । सम्भूय सर्वैश्च जितोऽपि यस्मा- । त्पश्चादयं कैतवमभ्युपेतः ॥

aśuddhabhāvairnikṛtipravṛttai- | rabudhyamānaḥ kurupāṇḍavāgryaḥ | sambhūya sarvaiśca jito'pi yasmā- | tpaścādayaṃ kaitavamabhyupetaḥ

The foremost of the Kurus and Pandavas did not see through those men of impure heart, bent on trickery. He was beaten by all of them acting together, and only afterwards did he accept the wager.

Verse 64 (2.89.64)

तिष्ठन्ति चेमे कुरवः सभाया- । मीशाः सुतानां च तथा स्नुषाणाम् । समीक्ष्य सर्वे मम चापि वाक्यं । विब्रूत मे प्रश्नमिमं यथावत् ॥

tiṣṭhanti ceme kuravaḥ sabhāyā- | mīśāḥ sutānāṃ ca tathā snuṣāṇām | samīkṣya sarve mama cāpi vākyaṃ | vibrūta me praśnamimaṃ yathāvat

These Kurus stand here in the hall, masters of sons and of daughters-in-law alike. Weigh my words, all of you, and answer this question of mine as it should be answered.

Note on the text: Corrected स्नुपाणाम् → स्नुषाणाम् (misprint in Wikisource; "of daughters-in-law", as in the critical edition).

Verse 65 (2.89.65)

न सा सभा यत्र न सन्ति वृद्धा । न ते वृद्धा ये न वदन्ति धर्मम् । नासौ धर्मो यत्र न सत्यमस्ति । न तत्सत्यं यच्छलेनानुविद्धम् ॥

na sā sabhā yatra na santi vṛddhā | na te vṛddhā ye na vadanti dharmam | nāsau dharmo yatra na satyamasti | na tatsatyaṃ yacchalenānuviddham

That is no assembly where there are no elders; they are no elders who do not speak dharma; that is no dharma in which there is no truth; and that is no truth which is shot through with deceit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as passage *540, after 2.60.45.

Verse 66 (2.89.66)

तथा ब्रुवन्तीं करुणं रुदन्ती- । मवेक्षमाणां कृपणान्पतींस्तान् । दुःशासनः परुषाण्यप्रियाणि । वाक्यान्युवाचामधुराणि चैव ॥

tathā bruvantīṃ karuṇaṃ rudantī- | mavekṣamāṇāṃ kṛpaṇānpatīṃstān | duḥśāsanaḥ paruṣāṇyapriyāṇi | vākyānyuvācāmadhurāṇi caiva

As she spoke so piteously, weeping and looking at her wretched husbands, Duhshasana spoke harsh, unkind and bitter words to her.

Verse 67 (2.89.67)

तां कृष्यमाणां च रजस्वलां च । स्रस्तोत्तरीयामतदर्हमाणाम् । वृकोदरः प्रेक्ष्य युधिष्ठिरं च । चकार कोपं परमार्तरूपः ॥

tāṃ kṛṣyamāṇāṃ ca rajasvalāṃ ca | srastottarīyāmatadarhamāṇām | vṛkodaraḥ prekṣya yudhiṣṭhiraṃ ca | cakāra kopaṃ paramārtarūpaḥ

Seeing her dragged about in her season, her upper garment slipping, she who deserved none of this, Vrikodara looked at Yudhishthira and, in utmost anguish, was seized with rage.