Draupadi's Boons

Verse 1 (2.93.1)

द्रौपद्या वचनं श्रुत्वा चुकोपाथ धनञ्जयः । स तदा क्रोधताम्राक्ष इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

draupadyā vacanaṃ śrutvā cukopātha dhanañjayaḥ | sa tadā krodhatāmrākṣa idaṃ vacanamabravīt

Hearing Draupadi's words, Dhananjaya grew angry, and with eyes copper-red with rage he said:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 38 (after 2.63.21), lines 113–114).

Verse 2 (2.93.2)

अयं तु मां वारयते धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः । इत्युक्त्वा क्रोधताम्राक्षो धनुरादाय वीर्यवान् ॥

ayaṃ tu māṃ vārayate dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | ityuktvā krodhatāmrākṣo dhanurādāya vīryavān

"It is the King of Dharma, Yudhishthira, who holds me back." So saying, the mighty hero, his eyes red with anger, took up his bow.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 38 (after 2.63.21), lines 115–116).

Verse 3 (2.93.3)

सव्यसाची समुत्पत्य ताञ्छत्रून्समुदैक्षत । उद्यतं फल्गुनं तत्र ददृशुः सर्वपार्थिवाः ॥

savyasācī samutpatya tāñchatrūnsamudaikṣata | udyataṃ phalgunaṃ tatra dadṛśuḥ sarvapārthivāḥ

Savyasachin leapt up and gazed at his enemies. All the kings there saw Phalguna risen up,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 38 (after 2.63.21), lines 117–118).

Verse 4 (2.93.4)

युगान्ते सर्वलोकांस्तु दहन्तमिव पावकम् । वीक्षमाणं धनुष्पाणिं हन्तुकामं मुहुर्मुहुः ॥

yugānte sarvalokāṃstu dahantamiva pāvakam | vīkṣamāṇaṃ dhanuṣpāṇiṃ hantukāmaṃ muhurmuhuḥ

like the fire at the end of the age that burns up all the worlds, bow in hand, looking about him, eager to kill again and again,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 38 (after 2.63.21), lines 119–120). Corrected धनुष्पामिं → धनुष्पाणिं (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण; the appendix reads dhanuṣpāṇiṃ).

Verse 5 (2.93.5)

हन्तुकामं पशून्क्रुद्धं रुद्रं दक्षक्रतौ यथा । तथाभूतं नरं दृष्ट्वा विषेदुस्तत्र मानवाः ॥

hantukāmaṃ paśūnkruddhaṃ rudraṃ dakṣakratau yathā | tathābhūtaṃ naraṃ dṛṣṭvā viṣedustatra mānavāḥ

eager to kill, like the enraged Rudra at Daksha's sacrifice bent on slaying the victims. Seeing the man in that state, the people there were filled with dismay.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 38 (after 2.63.21), lines 121–122).

Verse 6 (2.93.6)

धनञ्जयस्य वीर्यज्ञा निराशा जीविते तदा । मृतभूताभवन्सर्वे नेत्रैरनिमिषैरिव ॥

dhanañjayasya vīryajñā nirāśā jīvite tadā | mṛtabhūtābhavansarve netrairanimiṣairiva

Knowing Dhananjaya's prowess, they lost all hope of life; they all became like dead men, their eyes as if no longer blinking.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 38 (after 2.63.21), lines 123–124). Corrected धनञ्जयस्यव → धनञ्जयस्य (stray akshara that breaks the metre) and मृतभूता भवन् → मृतभूताभवन् (misprint in Wikisource; wrong word division, the verb is abhavan "became"; the appendix reads mṛtabhūtābhavan).

Verse 7 (2.93.7)

अर्जुनं धर्मपुत्रं च समुदैक्षन्त पार्थिवाः । क्रुद्धं तदाऽर्जुनं दृष्ट्वा पृथिवी च चचाल ह ॥

arjunaṃ dharmaputraṃ ca samudaikṣanta pārthivāḥ | kruddhaṃ tadā'rjunaṃ dṛṣṭvā pṛthivī ca cacāla ha

The kings gazed at Arjuna and at the son of Dharma. Seeing Arjuna then in his wrath, the earth itself shook.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 38 (after 2.63.21), lines 125–126).

Verse 8 (2.93.8)

खेचराणि च भूतानि वित्रेसुर्वै भयार्दिताः । नादित्यो विरराजाथ नापि वान्ति च मारुताः ॥

khecarāṇi ca bhūtāni vitresurvai bhayārditāḥ | nādityo virarājātha nāpi vānti ca mārutāḥ

The creatures that move in the sky trembled, stricken with fear. The sun no longer shone, nor did the winds blow;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 38 (after 2.63.21), lines 127–128).

Verse 9 (2.93.9)

न चन्द्रो न च नक्षत्रं द्यौर्दिशो न विभान्ति ह । सर्वमाविद्धमभवज्जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् ॥

na candro na ca nakṣatraṃ dyaurdiśo na vibhānti ha | sarvamāviddhamabhavajjagatsthāvarajaṅgamam

neither moon nor stars, nor sky nor the quarters, shone. The whole world, moving and unmoving, was thrown into turmoil.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 38 (after 2.63.21), lines 129–130). Corrected दिशोन न → दिशो न (misprint in Wikisource; doubled न that breaks the metre).

Verse 10 (2.93.10)

उत्पतन्स बभौ पार्थो दिवाकर इवाम्बरे ॥

utpatansa babhau pārtho divākara ivāmbare

As he sprang up, Partha blazed like the sun in the sky.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 38 (after 2.63.21), lines 131). Corrected वभौ पार्तो → बभौ पार्थो (misprints in Wikisource; व for ब, त for थ). The verse is a single line in Wikisource and in the appendix alike.

Verse 11 (2.93.11)

पार्थं दृष्ट्वान्तरे क्रुद्धं कालान्तकयमोपमम् । भीमसेनो मुदा युक्तो युद्धायैव मनो दधे ॥

pārthaṃ dṛṣṭvāntare kruddhaṃ kālāntakayamopamam | bhīmaseno mudā yukto yuddhāyaiva mano dadhe

Seeing Partha raging in their midst like Kala, the Ender, Yama himself, Bhimasena was filled with joy and set his mind on battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 38 (after 2.63.21), lines 132–133). Restored the dropped word अन्तरे ("in their midst"), without which the first quarter is two syllables short, from the appendix (pārthaṃ dṛṣṭvāntare kruddhaṃ).

Verse 12 (2.93.12)

पाञ्चाली च ददर्शाथ सुसङ्क्रुद्धं धनञ्जयम् । हन्तुकामं रिपून्सर्वान्सुपर्णमिव पन्नगान् ॥

pāñcālī ca dadarśātha susaṅkruddhaṃ dhanañjayam | hantukāmaṃ ripūnsarvānsuparṇamiva pannagān

And Panchali saw Dhananjaya in towering wrath, eager to kill all his enemies as Garuda is eager to kill serpents.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 38 (after 2.63.21), lines 134–135). Corrected मर्वान् → सर्वान् (misprint in Wikisource; म for स).

Verse 13 (2.93.13)

दुष्प्रेक्षः सोऽभवत्क्रुद्धो युगान्ताग्निरिव ज्वलन् । तं दृष्ट्वा तेजसा युक्तं विव्यथुः पुरवासिनः ॥

duṣprekṣaḥ so'bhavatkruddho yugāntāgniriva jvalan | taṃ dṛṣṭvā tejasā yuktaṃ vivyathuḥ puravāsinaḥ

In his fury he was dreadful to look upon, blazing like the fire at the end of the age. Seeing him filled with that fierce energy, the townsfolk trembled.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 38 (after 2.63.21), lines 136–137). Corrected विव्यधुः → विव्यथुः (misprint in Wikisource; ध for थ, "pierced" for "trembled"; the appendix reads vivyathuḥ).

Verse 14 (2.93.14)

उत्पतन्तं तु वेगेन ततो दृष्ट्वा धनञ्जयम् । जग्राह स तदा राजा पुरुहूतो यथा हरिम् ॥

utpatantaṃ tu vegena tato dṛṣṭvā dhanañjayam | jagrāha sa tadā rājā puruhūto yathā harim

Then, seeing Dhananjaya leaping up with force, the king held him back, as Indra might hold back Vishnu.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 38 (after 2.63.21), lines 138–139).

Verse 15 (2.93.15)

उवाच स घृणी ज्येष्ठो धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः । मा पार्थ साहसं कार्षीर्मा विनाशं गमेद्यशः ॥

uvāca sa ghṛṇī jyeṣṭho dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | mā pārtha sāhasaṃ kārṣīrmā vināśaṃ gamedyaśaḥ

Then the eldest, the compassionate King of Dharma, Yudhishthira, said, "Partha, do nothing rash, lest your fame be ruined."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 38 (after 2.63.21), lines 140–141).

Verse 16 (2.93.16)

अहमेतान्पापकृतो द्यूतज्ञान्दग्धुमुत्सहे । किन्त्वसत्यगतिं दृष्ट्वा क्रोधो नाशमुपैति मे ॥

ahametānpāpakṛto dyūtajñāndagdhumutsahe | kintvasatyagatiṃ dṛṣṭvā krodho nāśamupaiti me

I am able to burn these evil-doers, these gamblers, myself. But when I consider the path of untruth, my anger dies away.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 38 (after 2.63.21), lines 142–143), with variant readings in both lines. Corrected कन्त्त्व → किन्त्व (misprint in Wikisource; broken किन्तु). Yudhishthira's words, printed under Vaishampayana's heading, are given to Yudhishthira.

Verse 17 (2.93.17)

त्वमिमं जगतोऽर्थे वै कोपं संयच्छ पाण्डव ॥

tvamimaṃ jagato'rthe vai kopaṃ saṃyaccha pāṇḍava

For the world's sake, Pandava, restrain this wrath of yours.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 38 (after 2.63.21), lines 144). A single line in Wikisource and in the appendix alike; Yudhishthira's words are given to him.

Verse 18 (2.93.18)

एवमुक्तस्तदा राज्ञा पाण्डवोऽथ धनञ्जयः । क्रोधं संशमयन्पार्थो धार्तराष्ट्रं प्रति स्थितः ॥

evamuktastadā rājñā pāṇḍavo'tha dhanañjayaḥ | krodhaṃ saṃśamayanpārtho dhārtarāṣṭraṃ prati sthitaḥ

Thus addressed by the king, Partha Dhananjaya the Pandava calmed his anger and stood facing Dhritarashtra's son.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 38 (after 2.63.21), lines 145–146).

Verse 19 (2.93.19)

तस्मिन्वीरे प्रशान्ते तु पाण्डवे फल्गुने पुनः । सुसम्प्रहृष्टमभवज्जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् ॥

tasminvīre praśānte tu pāṇḍave phalgune punaḥ | susamprahṛṣṭamabhavajjagatsthāvarajaṅgamam

When the hero Phalguna the Pandava had grown calm again, the whole world, moving and unmoving, rejoiced.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 38 (after 2.63.21), lines 147–148).

Verse 20 (2.93.20)

वारितं च तथा दृष्ट्वा भ्रात्रा पार्थं वृकोदरः । बभूव विमना राजन्नभून्निश्शब्दमत्र वै ॥

vāritaṃ ca tathā dṛṣṭvā bhrātrā pārthaṃ vṛkodaraḥ | babhūva vimanā rājannabhūnniśśabdamatra vai

Seeing Partha restrained by his brother in this way, Vrikodara became downcast, O king, and the hall fell utterly silent.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 38 (after 2.63.21), lines 149–150).

Verse 21 (2.93.21)

ततो राज्ञो धृतराष्ट्रस्य गेहे । गोमायुरुच्चैर्व्याहरदग्निहोत्रे । तं रासभाः प्रत्यभाषन्त राज- । न्समन्ततः पक्षिणश्चैव रौद्राः ॥

tato rājño dhṛtarāṣṭrasya gehe | gomāyuruccairvyāharadagnihotre | taṃ rāsabhāḥ pratyabhāṣanta rāja- | nsamantataḥ pakṣiṇaścaiva raudrāḥ

Then in King Dhritarashtra's house a jackal howled loudly in the chamber of the sacred fire; asses brayed back in answer, O king, and fearsome birds cried out on every side.

Verse 22 (2.93.22)

तं वै शब्दं विदुरस्तत्त्ववेदी । शुश्राव घोरं सुबलात्मजा च । भीष्मो द्रोणो गौतमश्चापि विद्वान् । स्वस्तिस्वस्तीत्यपि चैवाहुरुच्चैः ॥

taṃ vai śabdaṃ vidurastattvavedī | śuśrāva ghoraṃ subalātmajā ca | bhīṣmo droṇo gautamaścāpi vidvān | svastisvastītyapi caivāhuruccaiḥ

Vidura, who knew the truth of things, heard that dreadful sound, and so did the daughter of Subala; and Bhishma, Drona and the learned Gautama cried aloud, "May all be well! May all be well!"

Verse 23 (2.93.23)

ततो गान्धारी विदुरश्चापि विद्वां- । स्तमुत्पातं घोरमालक्ष्य राज्ञे । निवेदयामासतुरार्तवत्तदा । ततो राजा वाक्यमिदं बभाषे ॥

tato gāndhārī viduraścāpi vidvāṃ- | stamutpātaṃ ghoramālakṣya rājñe | nivedayāmāsaturārtavattadā | tato rājā vākyamidaṃ babhāṣe

Then Gandhari and the wise Vidura, marking that dreadful portent, told the king of it in distress; and the king then spoke these words:

Verse 24 (2.93.24)

हतोऽसि दुर्योधन मन्दबुद्धे । यस्त्वं सभायां कुरुपुङ्गवानाम् । स्त्रियं समाभाषसि दुर्विनीत । विशेषतो द्रौपदीं धर्मपत्नीम् ॥

hato'si duryodhana mandabuddhe | yastvaṃ sabhāyāṃ kurupuṅgavānām | striyaṃ samābhāṣasi durvinīta | viśeṣato draupadīṃ dharmapatnīm

You are lost, Duryodhana, you dull-witted fool, who in the assembly of the bulls of the Kurus speak so insolently to a woman, and above all to Draupadi, a lawful wife!

Verse 25 (2.93.25)

एवमुक्त्वा धृतराष्ट्रो मनीषी । हितान्वेषी बान्धवानामपायात् । कृष्णां पाञ्चालीमब्रवीत्सान्त्वपूर्वं । विमृश्यैतत्प्रज्ञया तत्त्वबुद्धिः ॥

evamuktvā dhṛtarāṣṭro manīṣī | hitānveṣī bāndhavānāmapāyāt | kṛṣṇāṃ pāñcālīmabravītsāntvapūrvaṃ | vimṛśyaitatprajñayā tattvabuddhiḥ

Having said this, wise Dhritarashtra, seeking the good of his kin and their escape from disaster, weighed the matter with insight, discerning the truth, and spoke gently to Krishna Panchali:

Note on the text: Joined Wikisource's verse 25 with the line numbered 26a, which completes it (the four quarters are the critical edition's 2.63.26); in the input that line had been merged with Dhritarashtra's speech, whose heading falls after it.

Verse 26 (2.93.26)

वरं वृणीष्व पाञ्चालि मत्तो यदभिवाञ्छसि । वधूनां हि विशिष्टा मे त्वं धर्मपरमा सती ॥

varaṃ vṛṇīṣva pāñcāli matto yadabhivāñchasi | vadhūnāṃ hi viśiṣṭā me tvaṃ dharmaparamā satī

Choose a boon from me, Panchali, whatever you desire. Of all my daughters-in-law you are the most distinguished, devoted to dharma and virtuous.

Note on the text: Joined the lines numbered 26b and 27a into one verse (the critical edition's 2.63.27), spoken by Dhritarashtra; the input had split them across two verses. The Wikisource heading misspells the speaker as "धृतराष्ट".

Verse 27 (2.93.27)

ददासि चेद्वरं मह्यं वृणोमि भरतर्षभ । सर्वधर्मानुगः श्रीमानदासोऽस्तु युधिष्ठिरः ॥

dadāsi cedvaraṃ mahyaṃ vṛṇomi bharatarṣabha | sarvadharmānugaḥ śrīmānadāso'stu yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

If you grant me a boon, bull of the Bharatas, this is my choice: let the glorious Yudhishthira, who follows every dharma, be no slave,

Note on the text: Inserted the missing word space in मह्यंवृणोमि → मह्यं वृणोमि.

Verse 28 (2.93.28)

मनस्विनमजानन्तो मैवं ब्रूयुः कुमारकाः । एतं वै दासपुत्रेति प्रतिविन्ध्यं ममात्मजम् ॥

manasvinamajānanto maivaṃ brūyuḥ kumārakāḥ | etaṃ vai dāsaputreti prativindhyaṃ mamātmajam

so that boys who do not know my proud son Prativindhya will not speak of him as "the son of a slave".

Verse 29 (2.93.29)

राजपुत्रः पुरा भूत्वा यथा नान्यः पुमान्क्वचित् । लालितो दासपुत्रत्वं पश्यन्नश्येद्धि भारत ॥

rājaputraḥ purā bhūtvā yathā nānyaḥ pumānkvacit | lālito dāsaputratvaṃ paśyannaśyeddhi bhārata

Having been a prince, cherished as no other man ever was, he would surely perish, Bharata, if he saw himself made the son of a slave.

Verse 30 (2.93.30)

एवं भवतु कल्याणि यथा त्वमभिभाषसे । द्वितीयं ते वरं भद्रे ददानि वरयस्व ह । मनो हि मे वितरति नैकं त्वं वरमर्हसि ॥

evaṃ bhavatu kalyāṇi yathā tvamabhibhāṣase | dvitīyaṃ te varaṃ bhadre dadāni varayasva ha | mano hi me vitarati naikaṃ tvaṃ varamarhasi

Let it be as you say, fair lady. I give you a second boon, good woman; choose it. My heart tells me that you deserve more than a single boon.

Note on the text: The second and third lines are the critical edition's 2.63.31; the first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 31 (2.93.31)

सरथौ सधनुष्कौ च भीमसेनधनञ्जयौ । यमौ च वरये राजन्नदासान्स्ववशानहम् ॥

sarathau sadhanuṣkau ca bhīmasenadhanañjayau | yamau ca varaye rājannadāsānsvavaśānaham

Bhimasena and Dhananjaya with their chariots and bows, and the twins: these I choose, O king, free from slavery and their own masters.

Note on the text: Corrected सघनुष्कौ न → सधनुष्कौ च (misprints in Wikisource; घ for ध, and न for च, which would wrongly negate the request; the critical edition reads sadhanuṣkau ca). The second line differs from the critical edition's 2.63.32cd (recension variant).

Verse 32 (2.93.32)

तथाऽस्तु ते महाभागे यथा त्वं नन्दिनीच्छसि । तृतीयं वरयास्मत्तो नासि द्वाभ्यां सुसंस्कृता । त्वं हि सर्वस्नुषाणां मे श्रेयसी धर्मचारिणी ॥

tathā'stu te mahābhāge yathā tvaṃ nandinīcchasi | tṛtīyaṃ varayāsmatto nāsi dvābhyāṃ susaṃskṛtā | tvaṃ hi sarvasnuṣāṇāṃ me śreyasī dharmacāriṇī

So be it, most fortunate one, as you wish, my daughter. Choose a third boon from me; two do not honour you enough. Of all my daughters-in-law you are the best, and you walk in dharma.

Note on the text: Joined Wikisource's verse 32 with the line numbered 33a, printed before Draupadi's heading, which completes it; the last two lines are the critical edition's 2.63.33 and the first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 33 (2.93.33)

लोभो धर्मस्य नाशाय भगवन्नाहमुत्सहे । अनर्हा वरमादातुं तृतीयं राजसत्तम ॥

lobho dharmasya nāśāya bhagavannāhamutsahe | anarhā varamādātuṃ tṛtīyaṃ rājasattama

Greed destroys dharma, revered lord; I dare not. I am not worthy to take a third boon, best of kings.

Verse 34 (2.93.34)

एकमाहुर्वैश्यवरं द्वौ तु क्षत्रस्त्रियो वरौ । त्रयस्तु राज्ञो राजेन्द्र ब्राह्मणस्य शतं वराः ॥

ekamāhurvaiśyavaraṃ dvau tu kṣatrastriyo varau | trayastu rājño rājendra brāhmaṇasya śataṃ varāḥ

They say a vaishya may have one boon and a kshatriya woman two; a king three, lord of kings, and a brahmin a hundred.

Note on the text: Corrected एकाम् → एकम् (misprint in Wikisource; the feminine does not agree with वैश्यवरं; the critical edition reads ekam).

Verse 35 (2.93.35)

पापीयांस इमे भूत्वा सन्तीर्णाः पतयो मम । वेत्स्यन्ति चैव भद्राणि राजन्पुण्येन कर्मणा ॥

pāpīyāṃsa ime bhūtvā santīrṇāḥ patayo mama | vetsyanti caiva bhadrāṇi rājanpuṇyena karmaṇā

My husbands had fallen into a wretched state; now they have been brought across it. By their own good deeds, O king, they will find good fortune.