Draupadi Enters Sudeshna's Service as a Sairandhri

Verse 1 (4.14.1)

ततः कृष्णा सुकेशी सा दर्शनीया शुचिस्मिता । वेणीकेशान्समुत्क्षिप्य पीनवृत्तकुचा शुभा । जुगूहे दक्षिणे पार्श्वे मृदूनसितलोचना ॥

tataḥ kṛṣṇā sukeśī sā darśanīyā śucismitā | veṇīkeśānsamutkṣipya pīnavṛttakucā śubhā | jugūhe dakṣiṇe pārśve mṛdūnasitalocanā

Then Krishna — lovely-haired, beautiful to see, sweetly smiling, full-breasted and fair — gathered up her braided hair and hid those soft tresses on her right side, the dark-eyed one.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE apparatus 4.8.1*0194; line 2 is a variant of CE 4.8.1ab; line 3 is CE 4.8.1cd.

Verse 2 (4.14.2)

वासश्च परिधायैकं कृष्णा सुमलिनं महत् । कृत्वा वेषं च सैरन्ध्र्याः कृष्णा व्यचरदार्तवत् ॥

vāsaśca paridhāyaikaṃ kṛṣṇā sumalinaṃ mahat | kṛtvā veṣaṃ ca sairandhryāḥ kṛṣṇā vyacaradārtavat

Putting on a single garment, large and very soiled, and taking the dress of a sairandhri, a maid in service, Krishna wandered about like a woman in distress.

Verse 3 (4.14.3)

प्रविष्टा नगरं भीरूः सैरन्ध्रीवेषसंयुता । तां नराः परिधावन्तः स्त्रियश्च समुपाद्रवन् ॥

praviṣṭā nagaraṃ bhīrūḥ sairandhrīveṣasaṃyutā | tāṃ narāḥ paridhāvantaḥ striyaśca samupādravan

The timid lady entered the city in the guise of a sairandhri. Men came running toward her, and women too crowded round.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE apparatus 4.8.2d*0197; line 2 is CE 4.8.3ab.

Verse 4 (4.14.4)

अपृच्छंस्ते च तां दृष्ट्वा का त्वं किं च चिकीर्षसि । सा तानुवाच राजेन्द्र सैरन्ध्र्यहमुपागता । कर्म चेच्छामि वै कर्तुं तस्य या मां भरिष्यति ॥

apṛcchaṃste ca tāṃ dṛṣṭvā kā tvaṃ kiṃ ca cikīrṣasi | sā tānuvāca rājendra sairandhryahamupāgatā | karma cecchāmi vai kartuṃ tasya yā māṃ bhariṣyati

Seeing her, they asked: "Who are you? What do you want to do?" She answered them, O king of kings: "I am a sairandhri, and I have come here. I wish to work for anyone who will keep me."

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 4.8.3cd.

Verse 5 (4.14.5)

तस्या रूपेण वेषेण श्लक्ष्णया च गिरा तथा । न श्रद्दधानास्तां देवीमन्नहेतोरुपस्थिताम् ॥

tasyā rūpeṇa veṣeṇa ślakṣṇayā ca girā tathā | na śraddadhānāstāṃ devīmannahetorupasthitām

Seeing her beauty and her dress and hearing her gentle speech, they could not believe that this lady had come for the sake of a living.

Verse 6 (4.14.6)

विराटस्य तु कैकेयी भार्या परमसंमता । आलोकयन्ती ददृशे प्रासादाद्द्रुपदात्मजाम् ॥

virāṭasya tu kaikeyī bhāryā paramasaṃmatā | ālokayantī dadṛśe prāsādāddrupadātmajām

Now Virata's beloved wife, the princess of Kekaya, looking out from the palace, saw the daughter of Drupada.

Verse 7 (4.14.7)

सा समीक्ष्य तथारूपामनाथामेकवाससम् । स्त्रीभिश्च पुरुषैश्चापि सर्वतः परिवारिताम् ॥

sā samīkṣya tathārūpāmanāthāmekavāsasam | strībhiśca puruṣaiścāpi sarvataḥ parivāritām

She saw her in that state — beautiful, without a protector, wearing a single garment, and hemmed in on every side by women and men.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 4.8.7ab; line 2 is Appendix I.6, line 1.

Verse 8 (4.14.8)

विराटभार्या तां देवी कारुण्याज्जातसंभ्रमा । अप्रेषयत्समीपस्थाः स्त्रियो वृद्धाश्च तत्पराः ॥

virāṭabhāryā tāṃ devī kāruṇyājjātasaṃbhramā | apreṣayatsamīpasthāḥ striyo vṛddhāśca tatparāḥ

Moved with pity, the queen, Virata's wife, at once sent off the women standing near her, and the elderly women devoted to her service.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.6, lines 2–3 (after 4.8.7b).

Verse 9 (4.14.9)

अपनीय ततः सर्वा आनयध्वमिहैव ताम् । यदा दृष्टा मया साध्वी कम्पते मे मनस्तदा । तस्माच्छीघ्रमिहानाय्य दर्शयध्वं यदीच्छथ ॥

apanīya tataḥ sarvā ānayadhvamihaiva tām | yadā dṛṣṭā mayā sādhvī kampate me manastadā | tasmācchīghramihānāyya darśayadhvaṃ yadīcchatha

"Clear the crowd away and bring her here. Whenever I look at that good woman my heart trembles. So bring her here quickly and let me see her, if you would please me."

Note on the text: Corrected इहानाय → इहानाय्य (misprint in Wikisource; आनाय is no form of आ-नी, and the sense needs the gerund "having brought"; Appendix I.6 reads ihānāyya). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.6, lines 4–6 (after 4.8.7b). Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 10 (4.14.10)

तास्तथोक्ता उपागम्य द्रौपदीं परिसंगताः । आनीय सर्वथा त्वेनामब्रुवन्मधुराक्षरम् ॥

tāstathoktā upāgamya draupadīṃ parisaṃgatāḥ | ānīya sarvathā tvenāmabruvanmadhurākṣaram

So instructed, the women went and gathered round Draupadi, and, having brought her along with every courtesy, spoke to her in sweet words.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.6, lines 7–8 (after 4.8.7b).

Verse 11 (4.14.11)

भद्रे त्वां द्रष्टुमिच्छन्ती सुदेष्णा हर्म्यभूतले । त्वदर्थं प्रैषयच्चास्मान्द्रष्टुं तां त्वं यदीच्छसि । आयाह्यस्माभिरेवाद्य रक्ष्यमाणा यथेष्टतः ॥

bhadre tvāṃ draṣṭumicchantī sudeṣṇā harmyabhūtale | tvadarthaṃ praiṣayaccāsmāndraṣṭuṃ tāṃ tvaṃ yadīcchasi | āyāhyasmābhirevādya rakṣyamāṇā yatheṣṭataḥ

"Good lady, Sudeshna, up on the palace terrace, wishes to see you, and she has sent us for you. If you would see her, come with us now; we will look after you as you wish."

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 correspond to Appendix I.6, lines 9–10 (line 2 reads differently there); line 3 is found nowhere in the critical edition (vulgate-only). Speaker set to the women Sudeshna sent: the verse is wholly their direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 12 (4.14.12)

तच्छ्रुत्वा द्रौपदी तासां वचनं वाक्यकोविदा । ईप्सितार्थातिलाभेन हृष्टाऽऽयाता गृहोत्तमम् ॥

tacchrutvā draupadī tāsāṃ vacanaṃ vākyakovidā | īpsitārthātilābhena hṛṣṭā''yātā gṛhottamam

Hearing their words, Draupadi, who was skilled in speech, was glad to gain so readily what she wanted, and came to that fine house.

Note on the text: Corrected ईप्सितर्थ → ईप्सितार्थ (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign in ईप्सित + अर्थ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); found nowhere in the critical edition, including its apparatus.

Verse 13 (4.14.13)

राजवेश्म ह्युपाक्रम्य यत्राग्र्यमहिषी स्थिता । सुदेष्णामगमत्कृष्णा राजभार्यां यशस्विनीम् ॥

rājaveśma hyupākramya yatrāgryamahiṣī sthitā | sudeṣṇāmagamatkṛṣṇā rājabhāryāṃ yaśasvinīm

Making her way into the royal residence where the chief queen was, Krishna approached Sudeshna, the illustrious wife of the king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.6, lines 12–13 (after 4.8.7b).

Verse 14 (4.14.14)

कृष्णान्केशान्मृदून्दीर्घान्समुद्ग्रथ्यासितेक्षणा । कुञ्चिताग्रांस्तु सूक्ष्माग्रान्दर्शनीयान्निबध्य च । जुगूहे दक्षिणे पार्श्वे मृदूनायतलोचना ॥

kṛṣṇānkeśānmṛdūndīrghānsamudgrathyāsitekṣaṇā | kuñcitāgrāṃstu sūkṣmāgrāndarśanīyānnibadhya ca | jugūhe dakṣiṇe pārśve mṛdūnāyatalocanā

The dark-eyed lady bound up her long, soft, dark hair, curled and fine at the tips and lovely to see, and hid it on her right side, she of the long eyes.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.6, lines 14–16 (after 4.8.7b).

Verse 15 (4.14.15)

सा प्रविश्य विराटस्य द्रौपद्यन्तःपुरं शुभा । ह्रीनिषेवान्विता बाला कम्पमाना लतेव सा ॥

sā praviśya virāṭasya draupadyantaḥpuraṃ śubhā | hrīniṣevānvitā bālā kampamānā lateva sā

Lovely Draupadi entered Virata's inner apartments, a young woman full of modesty, trembling like a creeper.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.6, lines 17–18 (after 4.8.7b). The appendix reads hrīniṣedhānvitā for ह्रीनिषेवान्विता.

Verse 16 (4.14.16)

अभिगम्य च सुश्रोणी सर्वलक्षणसंयुता । ददर्शावस्थितां हैमे पीठे रत्नपरिच्छदे ॥

abhigamya ca suśroṇī sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutā | dadarśāvasthitāṃ haime pīṭhe ratnaparicchade

Coming forward, the fair-hipped lady, endowed with every auspicious mark, saw the queen seated on a golden seat set with jewels,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.6, lines 19–20 (after 4.8.7b).

Verse 17 (4.14.17)

रक्तसूक्ष्माम्बरधरां मेघे सौदामिनीमिव । नानावर्णविचित्रां च सर्वाभरणभूषिताम् ॥

raktasūkṣmāmbaradharāṃ meghe saudāminīmiva | nānāvarṇavicitrāṃ ca sarvābharaṇabhūṣitām

dressed in fine red cloth, like lightning in a cloud, bright with many colours and adorned with every ornament;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.6, lines 21–22 (after 4.8.7b).

Verse 18 (4.14.18)

सुभ्रूं सुकेशीं सुश्रोणीं कुब्जवामनमध्यगाम् । बहुपुष्पोपकीर्णायां भूम्यां वेदिमिवाध्वरे ॥

subhrūṃ sukeśīṃ suśroṇīṃ kubjavāmanamadhyagām | bahupuṣpopakīrṇāyāṃ bhūmyāṃ vedimivādhvare

with fine brows, lovely hair and shapely hips, attended by hunchbacked and dwarf maids, like a sacrificial altar on ground strewn with many flowers:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.6, lines 23–24 (after 4.8.7b).

Verse 19 (4.14.19)

सुदेष्णां राजमहिषीं सर्वालंकारभूषिताम् । श्रीमतीं राजपुत्रीणां शतेन परिवारिताम् ॥

sudeṣṇāṃ rājamahiṣīṃ sarvālaṃkārabhūṣitām | śrīmatīṃ rājaputrīṇāṃ śatena parivāritām

Sudeshna, the chief queen, decked in every ornament, glorious, surrounded by a hundred princesses.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.6, lines 25–26 (after 4.8.7b).

Verse 20 (4.14.20)

ताः सर्वा द्रौपदीं दृष्ट्वा सन्तप्ताः परमाङ्गनाः । परितश्चोपतस्थुस्ताः सहसोत्थाय चासनात् ॥

tāḥ sarvā draupadīṃ dṛṣṭvā santaptāḥ paramāṅganāḥ | paritaścopatasthustāḥ sahasotthāya cāsanāt

All those noble ladies, seeing Draupadi, were troubled; they rose at once from their seats and stood around her,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.6, lines 27–28 (after 4.8.7b). The appendix reads tvaritāḥ for परितः.

Verse 21 (4.14.21)

निरीक्षमाणाः सर्वास्ताः शचीं देवीमिवागताम् । गूढगुल्फां वरारोहां कृष्णां ताम्रायतेक्षणाम् । अतिसर्वानवद्याङ्गीं नतगात्रीं सुमध्यमाम् ॥

nirīkṣamāṇāḥ sarvāstāḥ śacīṃ devīmivāgatām | gūḍhagulphāṃ varārohāṃ kṛṣṇāṃ tāmrāyatekṣaṇām | atisarvānavadyāṅgīṃ natagātrīṃ sumadhyamām

gazing at her as though the goddess Shachi had come among them — her ankles hidden, her hips shapely, dark, with long eyes tinged with red, flawless in every limb, slender-waisted, her body gracefully bowed;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.6, lines 29–31 (after 4.8.7b).

Verse 22 (4.14.22)

न ह्रस्वां नातिमहतीं जातां बहुतृणे वने । ऋश्यरोहीमिवानिन्द्यां सुकेशीं मृगलोचनाम् ॥

na hrasvāṃ nātimahatīṃ jātāṃ bahutṛṇe vane | ṛśyarohīmivānindyāṃ sukeśīṃ mṛgalocanām

neither short nor too tall, flawless as a doe born in a forest of thick grass, lovely-haired and deer-eyed;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.6, lines 32–33 (after 4.8.7b).

Verse 23 (4.14.23)

तां मृगीमिव वित्रस्तां यूथभ्रष्टामिव द्विपाम् । लक्ष्मीमिव विशालाक्षीं विद्यामिव यशस्विनीम् ॥

tāṃ mṛgīmiva vitrastāṃ yūthabhraṣṭāmiva dvipām | lakṣmīmiva viśālākṣīṃ vidyāmiva yaśasvinīm

like a frightened doe, like a she-elephant strayed from her herd; wide-eyed like Lakshmi, glorious like Learning itself;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.6, lines 34–35 (after 4.8.7b).

Verse 24 (4.14.24)

रोहिणीमिव ताराणां दीप्तामग्निशिखामिव । पार्वतीमिव रुद्राणीं वेलामिव महोदधेः ॥

rohiṇīmiva tārāṇāṃ dīptāmagniśikhāmiva | pārvatīmiva rudrāṇīṃ velāmiva mahodadheḥ

like Rohini among the stars, bright as a tongue of flame; like Parvati, the consort of Rudra; like the shore that bounds the great ocean;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.6, lines 36–37 (after 4.8.7b).

Verse 25 (4.14.25)

सुलभामिव नागीनां मृगीणामिव किन्नरीम् । गङ्गामिव विशुद्धाङ्गीं शारदीमिव शर्वरीम् ॥

sulabhāmiva nāgīnāṃ mṛgīṇāmiva kinnarīm | gaṅgāmiva viśuddhāṅgīṃ śāradīmiva śarvarīm

like Sulabha among the Naga women, like a Kinnari among the deer-women; pure-limbed as the Ganga, lovely as an autumn night;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.6, lines 38–39 (after 4.8.7b).

Verse 26 (4.14.26)

तामचिन्त्यतमां लोके इलामिव यशस्विनीम् । सावित्रीमिव दुर्धर्षां ब्राह्म्या लक्ष्म्या समन्विताम् ॥

tāmacintyatamāṃ loke ilāmiva yaśasvinīm | sāvitrīmiva durdharṣāṃ brāhmyā lakṣmyā samanvitām

the most wondrous in the world, glorious like Ila, unassailable like Savitri, endowed with the splendour of Brahma;

Note on the text: Corrected दुर्धषां → दुर्धर्षां (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र्; the appendix reads durdharṣām) and समन्वितां → समन्विताम् at the verse end (pausa form). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.6, lines 40–41 (after 4.8.7b).

Verse 27 (4.14.27)

सीतामिव सतीं शुद्धामरुन्धतीमिव प्रियाम् । सुदेष्णा पर्यपृच्छत्तां विस्मयोत्फुल्ललोचना ॥

sītāmiva satīṃ śuddhāmarundhatīmiva priyām | sudeṣṇā paryapṛcchattāṃ vismayotphullalocanā

chaste and pure like Sita, beloved like Arundhati. Sudeshna, her eyes wide with wonder, questioned her:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension): line 1 is found nowhere in the critical edition; line 2 is Appendix I.6, line 42.

Verse 28 (4.14.28)

का त्वं सर्वानवद्याङ्गि कुतोसि त्वमिहागता । कस्य वा त्वं विशालाक्षि किं वा ते करवाण्यहम् ॥

kā tvaṃ sarvānavadyāṅgi kutosi tvamihāgatā | kasya vā tvaṃ viśālākṣi kiṃ vā te karavāṇyaham

"Who are you, lady flawless in every limb? Where have you come here from? To whom do you belong, wide-eyed one? What can I do for you?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.6, lines 43–44 (after 4.8.7b). Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 29 (4.14.29)

गूढगुल्फा समानोरूस्त्रिगम्भीरा षडुन्नता । स्निग्धा पञ्चसु रक्तेषु हंसगद्गदभाषिणी ॥

gūḍhagulphā samānorūstrigambhīrā ṣaḍunnatā | snigdhā pañcasu rakteṣu haṃsagadgadabhāṣiṇī

"Your ankles are hidden and your thighs well matched; you are deep in three places and raised in six; glowing in the five that should be red; and you speak with the soft voice of a swan."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 30 (4.14.30)

सुकेशी सुस्वरा श्यामा पीनश्रोणीपयोधरा । अरालपक्ष्मनयना बिम्बोष्ठी तनुमध्यमा ॥

sukeśī susvarā śyāmā pīnaśroṇīpayodharā | arālapakṣmanayanā bimboṣṭhī tanumadhyamā

"Your hair is lovely, your voice sweet; you are young and dark, with full hips and breasts; your eyes have curving lashes, your lips are like bimba fruit, your waist is slender."

Note on the text: Corrected शुकेशी → सुकेशी (misprint in Wikisource; शुकेशी is no word; the CE reads sukeśī). Line 1 is CE 4.8.11ab (reading सुस्वरा for sustanī); line 2 is a variant of CE 4.8.12ab. Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 31 (4.14.31)

कम्बुग्रीवा गूढसिरा पूर्णचन्द्रनिभानना । दानवी किन्नरी वा त्वं गन्धर्वी वनदेवता ॥

kambugrīvā gūḍhasirā pūrṇacandranibhānanā | dānavī kinnarī vā tvaṃ gandharvī vanadevatā

"Your neck is like a conch, your veins are hidden, your face is like the full moon. Are you a Danava woman, a Kinnari, a Gandharvi, or a goddess of the woods?"

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 4.8.12cd; line 2 is found nowhere in the critical edition (vulgate-only; compare CE 4.8.13cd). Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 32 (4.14.32)

अप्सरा वाऽसि नागी वा तारा वा त्वं विलासिनी । अलम्बुसा मिश्रकेशी पुण्डरीकाऽथ मालिनी ॥

apsarā vā'si nāgī vā tārā vā tvaṃ vilāsinī | alambusā miśrakeśī puṇḍarīkā'tha mālinī

"Are you an Apsaras, a Naga woman, or a star, graceful one? Are you Alambusa, Mishrakeshi, Pundarika or Malini?"

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE apparatus 4.8.13d*0203; line 2 is CE 4.8.14ab. Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 33 (4.14.33)

तेनतेनैव संपन्ना काश्मीरीव तुरंगमा । इन्द्राणी त्वथ रुद्राणी स्वधा वाऽप्यथवा रतिः ॥

tenatenaiva saṃpannā kāśmīrīva turaṃgamā | indrāṇī tvatha rudrāṇī svadhā vā'pyathavā ratiḥ

"You are endowed with every such mark, like a mare from Kashmir. Are you Indrani, or Rudrani, or Svadha, or else Rati?"

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 4.8.11cd; line 2 is a variant of CE 4.8.14cd. Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 34 (4.14.34)

देवि देवेषु विख्याता ब्रूहि का त्वमिहागता । तव ह्यनुपमं रूपं भूषणैरपि वर्जितम् ॥

devi deveṣu vikhyātā brūhi kā tvamihāgatā | tava hyanupamaṃ rūpaṃ bhūṣaṇairapi varjitam

"Goddess, you must be one of those renowned among the gods. Tell me, who are you that have come here? Your beauty is beyond compare, even without ornaments."

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of CE 4.8.14ef; line 2 is the CE apparatus 4.8.14f*0205, line 1. Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 35 (4.14.35)

त्वां सृष्ट्वोपरतं मन्ये लोककर्तारमीश्वरम् । न तृप्यन्ति स्त्रियो दृष्ट्वा का न पुंसां रतिर्भवेत् ॥

tvāṃ sṛṣṭvoparataṃ manye lokakartāramīśvaram | na tṛpyanti striyo dṛṣṭvā kā na puṃsāṃ ratirbhavet

"I think the Lord, the maker of the world, stopped creating once he had made you. Women cannot look at you enough — what then must men feel?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus, 4.8.14f*0205, lines 2–3. Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 36 (4.14.36)

प्रवालपुष्पस्तबकैराचिता वनदेवताः । त्वामेव हि निरीक्षन्ते विस्मिता रूपसंपदा ॥

pravālapuṣpastabakairācitā vanadevatāḥ | tvāmeva hi nirīkṣante vismitā rūpasaṃpadā

"The goddesses of the forest, decked with clusters of fresh shoots and flowers, gaze at you alone, astonished at the wealth of your beauty."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus, 4.8.14f*0206, lines 1–2. Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 37 (4.14.37)

अन्तःपुरगता नार्यो मृगाः पक्षिगणा नराः । सर्वे त्वामेव कल्याणि निरीक्षन्ते सुविस्मिताः ॥

antaḥpuragatā nāryo mṛgāḥ pakṣigaṇā narāḥ | sarve tvāmeva kalyāṇi nirīkṣante suvismitāḥ

"The women of the inner apartments, the deer, the flocks of birds and the men — all of them gaze at you alone, lovely one, in great wonder."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus, 4.8.14f*0206, lines 3–4. Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 38 (4.14.38)

न त्वादृशी काचन मे त्रिषु लोकेषु सुन्दरी । दृष्टपूर्वा श्रुता वाऽपि चक्षुषा विद्यते शुभा ॥

na tvādṛśī kācana me triṣu lokeṣu sundarī | dṛṣṭapūrvā śrutā vā'pi cakṣuṣā vidyate śubhā

"In all the three worlds I have never seen with my own eyes, or heard of, a beauty like you, so fair to look upon."

Note on the text: Corrected चक्षुपा → चक्षुषा (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus, 4.8.14f*0206, lines 5–6, which reads vapuṣā. Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 39 (4.14.39)

नास्मि देवी न गन्धर्वी न यक्षी न च किन्नरी । सैरन्ध्री नाम मे जातिर्वन्यमूलफलाशना ॥

nāsmi devī na gandharvī na yakṣī na ca kinnarī | sairandhrī nāma me jātirvanyamūlaphalāśanā

"I am no goddess, no Gandharvi, no Yakshi and no Kinnari. My station is that of a sairandhri, and I have lived on wild roots and fruits."

Note on the text: Corrected नास्ति → नास्मि (misprint in Wikisource; स्ति for स्मि — the first-person "I am not" is required by the reply and by मे in the next line; the CE reads nāsmi). Line 1 is otherwise a variant of CE 4.8.15ab; line 2 is found nowhere in the critical edition (vulgate-only).

Verse 40 (4.14.40)

पतीनां प्रेक्षमाणानां कस्मिंश्चित्कारणान्तरे । केशपाशे परामृष्टा साऽहं त्रस्ता वनं गता ॥

patīnāṃ prekṣamāṇānāṃ kasmiṃścitkāraṇāntare | keśapāśe parāmṛṣṭā sā'haṃ trastā vanaṃ gatā

"Before my husbands' very eyes, for a certain cause, I was seized by my hair; frightened, I went away to the forest."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus, 4.8.15d*0208, lines 1–2.

Verse 41 (4.14.41)

तत्र द्वादशवर्षाणि वन्यमूलफलाशना । चराम्यनिलया सुभ्रूः सा तवान्तिकमागता ॥

tatra dvādaśavarṣāṇi vanyamūlaphalāśanā | carāmyanilayā subhrūḥ sā tavāntikamāgatā

"There for twelve years I lived on wild roots and fruits, wandering without a home; and now, fair-browed lady, I have come to you."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus, 4.8.15d*0208, lines 3–4.

Verse 42 (4.14.42)

जानामि केशान्ग्रथितुं विचित्रान्ग्रथितुं मणीन् । मल्लिकोत्पलपद्मानां जानामि ग्रथितुं स्रजः ॥

jānāmi keśāngrathituṃ vicitrāngrathituṃ maṇīn | mallikotpalapadmānāṃ jānāmi grathituṃ srajaḥ

"I know how to dress hair and how to string bright gems; I know how to weave garlands of jasmine, water-lilies and lotuses."

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of CE 4.8.16ab; line 2 corresponds to the CE apparatus 4.8.16b*0209 (its second half reads differently).

Verse 43 (4.14.43)

सिन्धुवारकजातीनां रचयाम्यवतंसकान् । पत्रं मृगाङ्गमगरुं पिंषे च हरिचन्दनम् । ग्रथयिष्यामि चित्राश्च स्रजः परमशोभनाः ॥

sindhuvārakajātīnāṃ racayāmyavataṃsakān | patraṃ mṛgāṅgamagaruṃ piṃṣe ca haricandanam | grathayiṣyāmi citrāśca srajaḥ paramaśobhanāḥ

"I make ear-ornaments of sinduvara and jati flowers; I grind fragrant leaves, musk, aloe-wood and yellow sandal; and I will string bright garlands of great beauty."

Note on the text: Corrected पिषे → पिंषे (misprint in Wikisource; the present of पिष् is पिंषे, as in CE 4.8.16a). Lines 1–2 are the CE apparatus 4.8.16b*0210 (reading mṛṇālam for मृगाङ्गम् and piṅkṣye); line 3 is CE 4.8.16cd.

Verse 44 (4.14.44)

आराधयं सत्यभामां कृष्णस्य महिषीं प्रियाम् । कृष्णां च भार्यां पार्थानां नारीणामुत्तमां तथा ॥

ārādhayaṃ satyabhāmāṃ kṛṣṇasya mahiṣīṃ priyām | kṛṣṇāṃ ca bhāryāṃ pārthānāṃ nārīṇāmuttamāṃ tathā

"I served Satyabhama, the beloved queen of Krishna, and Krishna, the wife of the sons of Pritha and the finest of women."

Note on the text: Corrected आराधनं → आराधयं (misprint in Wikisource; न for य — the verb "I served" is needed to govern सत्यभामां; the CE reads ārādhayam).

Verse 45 (4.14.45)

तथाऽस्मि सुभ्रुवा चाहमिष्टलाभेन तोषिता । मालिनी चेति मे नाम स्वयं देवी चकार ह । कृष्णा कमलपत्राक्षी सा मे प्राणसमा सखी ॥

tathā'smi subhruvā cāhamiṣṭalābhena toṣitā | mālinī ceti me nāma svayaṃ devī cakāra ha | kṛṣṇā kamalapatrākṣī sā me prāṇasamā sakhī

"And so that fair-browed lady pleased me with the gifts I wished for. The queen herself gave me the name Malini. Lotus-eyed Krishna is a friend as dear to me as life."

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE apparatus 4.8.17d*0211 (reading subhṛtā for सुभ्रुवा); line 2 is a variant of CE 4.8.19ab; line 3 is Appendix I.7, line 1. CE 4.8.18 has no counterpart here.

Verse 46 (4.14.46)

न चाहं चिरमिच्छामि क्वचिद्वस्तुं शुभानने । व्रतं किलैतदस्माकं कुलधर्मोऽयमीदृशः ॥

na cāhaṃ ciramicchāmi kvacidvastuṃ śubhānane | vrataṃ kilaitadasmākaṃ kuladharmo'yamīdṛśaḥ

"I do not wish to stay long in any one place, lovely-faced lady. That, it is said, is our vow; such is the custom of our family."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.7, lines 2–3 (after 4.8.19b).

Verse 47 (4.14.47)

योऽस्माकं तु हरेद्द्रव्यं देशं वसनमेव वा । न क्रोद्धव्यं किलास्माभिरस्मद्गुरुरमर्षणः ॥

yo'smākaṃ tu hareddravyaṃ deśaṃ vasanameva vā | na kroddhavyaṃ kilāsmābhirasmadgururamarṣaṇaḥ

"If anyone takes our goods, our land or even our clothes, we must not be angry, so it is said; for our elder does not tolerate it."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.7, lines 4–5 (after 4.8.19b). The appendix reads aroṣaṇaḥ for अमर्षणः.

Verse 48 (4.14.48)

साऽहं वनानि दुर्गाणि तीर्थानि च सरांसि च । शैलांश्च विविधान्रम्यान्सरितश्च समुद्रगाः ॥

sā'haṃ vanāni durgāṇi tīrthāni ca sarāṃsi ca | śailāṃśca vividhānramyānsaritaśca samudragāḥ

"So I wander through forests hard to pass, sacred fords and lakes, many lovely mountains, and rivers flowing to the sea,"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.7, lines 6–7 (after 4.8.19b).

Verse 49 (4.14.49)

भर्तृशोकपरीताङ्गी भर्तृसब्रह्मचारिणी । विचरामि महीं दुर्गां यत्र सायंनिवेशना ॥

bhartṛśokaparītāṅgī bhartṛsabrahmacāriṇī | vicarāmi mahīṃ durgāṃ yatra sāyaṃniveśanā

"my whole body worn with grief for my husbands, keeping the same austere vow as they, roaming the hard earth and resting wherever evening finds me."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.7, lines 8–9 (after 4.8.19b).

Verse 50 (4.14.50)

वीरपत्नी यदा देवी चरमाणेषु भर्तृषु । साऽहं विवत्सा विधिना गन्धमादनपर्वतात् । शृणोमि तव सौशील्यं भर्तुर्मधुरभाषिणि ॥

vīrapatnī yadā devī caramāṇeṣu bhartṛṣu | sā'haṃ vivatsā vidhinā gandhamādanaparvatāt | śṛṇomi tava sauśīlyaṃ bharturmadhurabhāṣiṇi

"When the queen, the heroes' wife, went wandering with her husbands, I, parted by fate from my own child, heard at Mount Gandhamadana of your good nature and your husband's, sweet-spoken lady."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.7, lines 10–12 (after 4.8.19b).

Verse 51 (4.14.51)

माहात्म्यं च ततः श्रुत्वा ब्राह्मणानां समीपतः । त्वामुपस्थातुमिच्छामि ततश्चाहमिहागता ॥

māhātmyaṃ ca tataḥ śrutvā brāhmaṇānāṃ samīpataḥ | tvāmupasthātumicchāmi tataścāhamihāgatā

"Then, having heard of your greatness from Brahmins, I wished to serve you, and so I have come here."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.7, lines 13–14 (after 4.8.19b).

Verse 52 (4.14.52)

गुरवो मम धर्मश्च वायुः शक्रस्तथाऽश्विनौ । तेषां प्रसादाच्च न मां कश्चिद्धर्षयते पुमान् ॥

guravo mama dharmaśca vāyuḥ śakrastathā'śvinau | teṣāṃ prasādācca na māṃ kaściddharṣayate pumān

"My elders — Dharma, Vayu, Shakra and the two Ashvins — by their grace no man can lay hands on me."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.7, lines 15–16 (after 4.8.19b).

Verse 53 (4.14.53)

एवमुक्त्वा सुदेष्णां तां कृताञ्जलिपुटा स्थिता । साऽब्रवीद्विस्मयाविष्टा द्रौपदीं योषितां वराम् ॥

evamuktvā sudeṣṇāṃ tāṃ kṛtāñjalipuṭā sthitā | sā'bravīdvismayāviṣṭā draupadīṃ yoṣitāṃ varām

Having spoken thus to Sudeshna, she stood with her palms joined. Sudeshna, overcome with wonder, said to Draupadi, the best of women:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE apparatus has a variant of it at 4.8.14f*0207, where it introduces Draupadi's reply instead of Sudeshna's.

Verse 54 (4.14.54)

न भरेयमहं भद्रे संशयो मम विद्यते । राजा त्वयं हि त्वां दृष्ट्वा मतिं पापां करिष्यति ॥

na bhareyamahaṃ bhadre saṃśayo mama vidyate | rājā tvayaṃ hi tvāṃ dṛṣṭvā matiṃ pāpāṃ kariṣyati

"Good lady, I could not keep you; I have my misgivings. For once this king sees you, he will turn his mind to wrong."

Note on the text: A different version of CE 4.8.20, where Sudeshna says she would gladly keep her but fears the king. Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 55 (4.14.55)

साऽहं त्वां न क्षमां मन्ये वसन्तीमिह वेश्मनि । एष दोषोस्ति सुश्रोणि कथं वाभीरु मन्यसे ॥

sā'haṃ tvāṃ na kṣamāṃ manye vasantīmiha veśmani | eṣa doṣosti suśroṇi kathaṃ vābhīru manyase

"So I do not think it fitting for you to live here in my house. That is the danger, fair-hipped one. What do you think, timid lady?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus, 4.8.20d*0212. Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 56 (4.14.56)

स्थिता राजकुले नार्यो याश्चेमा मम वेश्मनि । त्वामेवैकां निरीक्षन्ते विस्मयाद्वरवर्णिनि ॥

sthitā rājakule nāryo yāścemā mama veśmani | tvāmevaikāṃ nirīkṣante vismayādvaravarṇini

"The women of the royal household who live here in my house gaze at you alone in wonder, lovely lady."

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of CE 4.8.21ab; line 2 is the CE apparatus 4.8.21d*0213. Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 57 (4.14.57)

वृक्षांश्चोपस्थितान्पश्य य इमे मम वेश्मनि । विनमन्ते हि त्वां दृष्ट्वा पुमांसं कं न लोभयेः ॥

vṛkṣāṃścopasthitānpaśya ya ime mama veśmani | vinamante hi tvāṃ dṛṣṭvā pumāṃsaṃ kaṃ na lobhayeḥ

"Look at the trees standing here in my house: even they bow down on seeing you. What man would you not tempt?"

Note on the text: Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 58 (4.14.58)

बिभर्षि परमं रूपमतिमानुषमद्भुतम् । तिर्यग्योनिगताश्चापि निरीक्षन्ते सविस्मयाः । तव रूपमनिन्द्याङ्गि किं पुनर्मानवा भुवि ॥

bibharṣi paramaṃ rūpamatimānuṣamadbhutam | tiryagyonigatāścāpi nirīkṣante savismayāḥ | tava rūpamanindyāṅgi kiṃ punarmānavā bhuvi

"You bear a supreme beauty, more than human and wondrous. Even creatures born as beasts and birds gaze at your beauty in wonder, flawless one — how much more the men of this earth!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus, 4.8.22d*0214. Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 59 (4.14.59)

राजा विराटः सुश्रोणि दृष्ट्वा ते परमं वपुः । मां विहाय वरारोहे त्वां गच्छेत्सर्वचेतसा ॥

rājā virāṭaḥ suśroṇi dṛṣṭvā te paramaṃ vapuḥ | māṃ vihāya varārohe tvāṃ gacchetsarvacetasā

"Once King Virata sees your supreme form, fair-hipped one, he will leave me, lovely lady, and turn to you with all his heart."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 60 (4.14.60)

यं हि त्वमनवद्याङ्गी नरमायतलोचने । सुप्रसन्ना हि वीक्षेथाः स कामवशगो भवेत् ॥

yaṃ hi tvamanavadyāṅgī naramāyatalocane | suprasannā hi vīkṣethāḥ sa kāmavaśago bhavet

"Any man on whom you look with favour, flawless one with long eyes, would fall under the sway of desire."

Note on the text: Corrected कामवरागो → कामवशगो (misprint in Wikisource; र for श; the CE reads kāmavaśago). Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 61 (4.14.61)

सुस्नाताऽलंकृता हि त्वं यमीक्षेथा हि मानुषम् । ग्लानिर्न तस्य दुःखं वा न तन्द्रिर्न पराजयः ॥

susnātā'laṃkṛtā hi tvaṃ yamīkṣethā hi mānuṣam | glānirna tasya duḥkhaṃ vā na tandrirna parājayaḥ

"The man you would look upon, freshly bathed and adorned, would know no weariness, no sorrow, no sloth and no defeat;"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus, 4.8.24d*0215, lines 1–2. Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 62 (4.14.62)

न शोको न च सन्तापो न क्रोधो नानृतं वदे । यं त्वं सर्वानवद्याङ्गि भजेथाः समलंकृता ॥

na śoko na ca santāpo na krodho nānṛtaṃ vade | yaṃ tvaṃ sarvānavadyāṅgi bhajethāḥ samalaṃkṛtā

"no grief, no torment, no anger — I tell no lie — the man whom you, flawless in every limb, would favour in all your finery."

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वातवद्याङ्गि → सर्वानवद्याङ्गि (misprint in Wikisource; त for न; the apparatus reads sarvānavadyāṅgi). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus, 4.8.24d*0215, lines 3–4. Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 63 (4.14.63)

न व्याधिर्न जरा तस्य न तृष्णा न क्षुधा भवेत् । यस्य त्वं वशगा सुभ्रु भवेरङ्कगता सती ॥

na vyādhirna jarā tasya na tṛṣṇā na kṣudhā bhavet | yasya tvaṃ vaśagā subhru bhaveraṅkagatā satī

"He would know neither sickness nor old age, neither thirst nor hunger — the man whose own you became, fair-browed one, resting in his arms."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus, 4.8.24d*0215, lines 5–6. Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 64 (4.14.64)

पञ्चत्वमपि संप्राप्तं यं च त्वं परिषस्वजेः । बाहुभ्यामनुरूपाभ्यां स जीवेदिति मे मतिः ॥

pañcatvamapi saṃprāptaṃ yaṃ ca tvaṃ pariṣasvajeḥ | bāhubhyāmanurūpābhyāṃ sa jīvediti me matiḥ

"Even a man who had met his death would live again, I believe, if you held him in those shapely arms."

Note on the text: Corrected परिपस्वजेः → परिषस्वजेः (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the apparatus reads pariṣasvajeḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus, 4.8.24d*0215, lines 7–8. Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 65 (4.14.65)

यस्य हि त्वं भवेर्भार्या यं च हृष्टा परिष्वजेः । अतिजीवेत्स सर्वेषु देवेष्विव पुरन्दरः ॥

yasya hi tvaṃ bhaverbhāryā yaṃ ca hṛṣṭā pariṣvajeḥ | atijīvetsa sarveṣu deveṣviva purandaraḥ

"The man whose wife you were, and whom you embraced in joy, would surpass all others in life, as Purandara surpasses the gods."

Note on the text: Corrected अतिजीवेस्य → अतिजीवेत्स (misprint in Wikisource; the verb अतिजीवेत् and the pronoun स are garbled together; the apparatus reads atijīvet sa). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus, 4.8.24d*0215, lines 9–10. Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 66 (4.14.66)

अध्यारोहेद्यथा वृक्षं यथा वाऽऽरुह्य तक्षति । राजवेश्मनि वामोरु ननु स्यास्त्वं तथा मम ॥

adhyārohedyathā vṛkṣaṃ yathā vā''ruhya takṣati | rājaveśmani vāmoru nanu syāstvaṃ tathā mama

"As a man might climb a tree, or climb it and then cut it from under himself, so, fair-thighed one, would you surely be for me in this royal house."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE apparatus 4.8.24d*0216 has a different version of this simile. Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 67 (4.14.67)

यथा कर्कटकी गर्भमाधत्ते मृत्युमात्मनः । तथाविधमहं मन्ये तव सुभ्रु समागमम् ॥

yathā karkaṭakī garbhamādhatte mṛtyumātmanaḥ | tathāvidhamahaṃ manye tava subhru samāgamam

"As the female crab conceives her young only to her own death, so I regard your company, fair-browed one."

Note on the text: The CE's second line reads "your dwelling (here), sweetly smiling one" for "your company, fair-browed one". Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 68 (4.14.68)

अनुमानये त्वां सैरन्ध्रि नावमन्ये कथंचन । भर्तृशीलभयाद्भद्रे तव वासं न रोचये ॥

anumānaye tvāṃ sairandhri nāvamanye kathaṃcana | bhartṛśīlabhayādbhadre tava vāsaṃ na rocaye

"I respect you, Sairandhri, and in no way despise you; but, good lady, for fear of my husband's nature I do not want you to stay."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus, 4.8.26d*0217. Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 69 (4.14.69)

नाहं शक्या विराटेन यद्वा चान्येन केनचित् । देवगन्धर्वयक्षैर्वा द्रष्टुं दुष्टेन चेतसा ॥

nāhaṃ śakyā virāṭena yadvā cānyena kenacit | devagandharvayakṣairvā draṣṭuṃ duṣṭena cetasā

"Neither Virata nor anyone else — not gods, Gandharvas or Yakshas — can look on me with a wicked heart."

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of CE 4.8.27ab; line 2 is the CE apparatus 4.8.27b*0218.

Verse 70 (4.14.70)

गन्धर्वाः पालयन्ते मां सुकुलाः पञ्च सुव्रताः । पुत्रा देवादिदेवानां सूर्यपावकवर्चसः ॥

gandharvāḥ pālayante māṃ sukulāḥ pañca suvratāḥ | putrā devādidevānāṃ sūryapāvakavarcasaḥ

"Five Gandharvas of noble family, true to their vows, protect me — sons of the foremost of the gods, with the splendour of the sun and of fire."

Note on the text: Corresponds loosely to CE 4.8.27cd–28ab, which reads differently.

Verse 71 (4.14.71)

यश्च दुःशीलवान्मर्त्यो मां स्पृशेद्दुष्टचेतसा । स तामेव निशां शीघ्रं शयीत मुसलैर्हतः ॥

yaśca duḥśīlavānmartyo māṃ spṛśedduṣṭacetasā | sa tāmeva niśāṃ śīghraṃ śayīta musalairhataḥ

"Any ill-natured mortal who touched me with wicked intent would that very night lie dead, struck down with clubs."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus, 4.8.28d*0219, lines 1–2.

Verse 72 (4.14.72)

यस्यापि हि शतं पूर्णं बान्धवानां भवेदपि । सहस्रं वा विशालाक्षि कोटिर्वापि सहस्रिका । दुष्टचित्तश्च मां ब्रूयान्न स जीवेत्तवाग्रतः ॥

yasyāpi hi śataṃ pūrṇaṃ bāndhavānāṃ bhavedapi | sahasraṃ vā viśālākṣi koṭirvāpi sahasrikā | duṣṭacittaśca māṃ brūyānna sa jīvettavāgrataḥ

"Even if he had a full hundred kinsmen, wide-eyed lady, or a thousand, or a thousand crores, the man who spoke to me with evil intent would not live, before your very eyes."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus, 4.8.28d*0219, lines 3–5.

Verse 73 (4.14.73)

न तस्य त्रिदशा देवा नासुरा न च पन्नगाः । तेभ्यो गन्धर्वराजेभ्यस्त्राणं कुर्युरसंशयम् ॥

na tasya tridaśā devā nāsurā na ca pannagāḥ | tebhyo gandharvarājebhyastrāṇaṃ kuryurasaṃśayam

"Neither the thirty gods, nor the Asuras, nor the serpents could save him from those Gandharva kings; of that there is no doubt."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus, 4.8.28d*0219, lines 6–7.

Verse 74 (4.14.74)

सुदेष्णे विश्वस त्वं मां स्वजने बान्धवेऽपि वा । नाहं शक्या नरैर्द्रष्टुं न च मे वृत्तमीदृशम् ॥

sudeṣṇe viśvasa tvaṃ māṃ svajane bāndhave'pi vā | nāhaṃ śakyā narairdraṣṭuṃ na ca me vṛttamīdṛśam

"Sudeshna, trust me as you would your own people or your kin. Men cannot look on me that way, and such is not my conduct."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus, 4.8.28d*0219, lines 8–9, which reads spraṣṭum for द्रष्टुं.

Verse 75 (4.14.75)

यो मे न दद्यादुच्छिष्टं न च पादौ प्रधावयेत् । प्रीयेरंस्तेन वासेन गन्धर्वाः पतयो मम ॥

yo me na dadyāducchiṣṭaṃ na ca pādau pradhāvayet | prīyeraṃstena vāsena gandharvāḥ patayo mama

"My Gandharva husbands would be pleased with my stay in a house where no one gives me leftovers to eat or makes me wash his feet."

Verse 76 (4.14.76)

यो हि मां पुरुषो गृद्ध्येद्यथाऽन्याः प्राकृतस्त्रियः । तामेव स इमां रात्रिं प्रविशेदपरां तनुम् ॥

yo hi māṃ puruṣo gṛddhyedyathā'nyāḥ prākṛtastriyaḥ | tāmeva sa imāṃ rātriṃ praviśedaparāṃ tanum

"Any man who lusted after me as after other common women would that very night pass into another body."

Verse 77 (4.14.77)

न चाप्यहं चालयितुं शक्या केनचिदङ्गने । दुःखशीलाश्च गन्धर्वास्त इमे बलिनः प्रियाः । एवं निवसमानायां मयि मा ते भयं हि भूत् ॥

na cāpyahaṃ cālayituṃ śakyā kenacidaṅgane | duḥkhaśīlāśca gandharvāsta ime balinaḥ priyāḥ | evaṃ nivasamānāyāṃ mayi mā te bhayaṃ hi bhūt

"No one can make me waver, lady. Those Gandharvas, my dear ones, are mighty and fierce. While I live here on these terms, have no fear on my account."

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 correspond to CE 4.8.31 (line 2 reads differently); line 3 is the CE apparatus 4.8.31d*0221, line 1.

Verse 78 (4.14.78)

एवमुक्ता तु सैरन्ध्र्या सुदेष्णा वाक्यमब्रवीत् । वसेह मयि कल्याणि यदि ते वृत्तमीदृशम् ॥

evamuktā tu sairandhryā sudeṣṇā vākyamabravīt | vaseha mayi kalyāṇi yadi te vṛttamīdṛśam

Addressed thus by the Sairandhri, Sudeshna said: "Live here with me, lovely lady, if such is your way."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus: line 1 is 4.8.31d*0221, line 2, and line 2 is 4.8.32d*0222, line 1.

Verse 79 (4.14.79)

कश्च ते दातुमुच्छिष्टं पुमानर्हति भामिनि । प्रसारयेच्च कः पादौ लक्ष्मीं दृष्ट्वैव बुद्धिमान् ॥

kaśca te dātumucchiṣṭaṃ pumānarhati bhāmini | prasārayecca kaḥ pādau lakṣmīṃ dṛṣṭvaiva buddhimān

"What man would dare to give you leftovers, spirited lady? What man of sense, seeing Lakshmi herself, would stretch out his feet to you?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus, 4.8.32d*0222, lines 2–3. Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 80 (4.14.80)

एवमाचारसंपन्ना एवं देवपरायणा । रक्ष्या त्वमसि भूतानां सावित्रीवद्विजन्मनाम् ॥

evamācārasaṃpannā evaṃ devaparāyaṇā | rakṣyā tvamasi bhūtānāṃ sāvitrīvadvijanmanām

"So rich in good conduct and so devoted to the gods, you are to be protected by all beings, as Savitri is by the twice-born."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus, 4.8.32d*0223, lines 1–2. Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 81 (4.14.81)

देवता इव कल्याणि पूजिता वरवर्णिनी । वस भद्रे मयि प्रीता प्रीतिर्हि मयि वर्तते । सर्वकामैः प्रमुदिता निरुद्विग्नमनाः सुखम् ॥

devatā iva kalyāṇi pūjitā varavarṇinī | vasa bhadre mayi prītā prītirhi mayi vartate | sarvakāmaiḥ pramuditā nirudvignamanāḥ sukham

"Honoured like a goddess, lovely one, live here happily with me, good lady, for I am fond of you. Live in comfort, with every wish fulfilled and your mind at ease."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus, 4.8.32d*0223, lines 3–5. Speaker set to Sudeshna: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 82 (4.14.82)

सुदेष्णयैवमुक्ता सा संप्रीता चारुहासिनी । निर्विशङ्का विराटस्य विवेशान्तःपुरं सुखम् ॥

sudeṣṇayaivamuktā sā saṃprītā cāruhāsinī | nirviśaṅkā virāṭasya viveśāntaḥpuraṃ sukham

Spoken to thus by Sudeshna, the sweetly smiling lady, well pleased and free of fear, happily entered Virata's inner apartments.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds loosely to CE 4.8.33ab; line 2 is the CE apparatus 4.8.33b*0225, line 1.

Verse 83 (4.14.83)

याज्ञसेनी सुदेष्णां तु शुश्रूषन्ती विशांपते । अवसत्परिचारार्हा सुदुःखं जनमेजय ॥

yājñasenī sudeṣṇāṃ tu śuśrūṣantī viśāṃpate | avasatparicārārhā suduḥkhaṃ janamejaya

Yajnaseni, who deserved to be waited on herself, lived there waiting on Sudeshna, in deep sorrow, O lord of the people, Janamejaya.

Note on the text: Corrected शुश्रूपन्ती → शुश्रूषन्ती (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the CE reads śuśrūṣantī). The CE places this verse at the start of the Kichaka episode (4.13.2); its first line also appears in the apparatus at 4.8.33b*0225.

Verse 84 (4.14.84)

एवं विराटे न्यवसंस्तु पाण्डवाः कृष्णा तथाऽन्तःपुरमेत्य शोभना । अज्ञातचर्यां प्रतिरुद्धमानसा यथाऽग्नयो भस्मनि गूढतेजसः ॥

evaṃ virāṭe nyavasaṃstu pāṇḍavāḥ kṛṣṇā tathā'ntaḥpurametya śobhanā | ajñātacaryāṃ pratiruddhamānasā yathā'gnayo bhasmani gūḍhatejasaḥ

Thus the Pandavas lived at Virata's court, and lovely Krishna too, having entered the inner apartments, keeping their hidden life with their hearts held in check, like fires whose blaze lies hidden under ash.

Note on the text: Corrected अग्रथो → अग्नयो (misprint in Wikisource; अग्रथः is no word; the simile is "like fires", as in the apparatus agnayaḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus, 4.8.33d*0226.