Kichaka Desires Draupadi

Verse 1 (4.16.1)

वसमानेषु पार्थेषु मत्स्यस्य नगरे तदा । महारथेषु च्छन्नेषु मासा दश समाययुः ॥

vasamāneṣu pārtheṣu matsyasya nagare tadā | mahāratheṣu cchanneṣu māsā daśa samāyayuḥ

While the sons of Pritha, those great chariot-warriors, were living in disguise in the city of the Matsya king, ten months came round.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads समाययुः ("came round") where the critical edition has samatyayuḥ ("passed"); the Wikisource reading is kept.

Verse 2 (4.16.2)

याज्ञसेनी सुदेष्णां तु शुश्रूषन्ती विशांपते । आवसत्परिचारार्हा सुदुःखं जनमेजय ॥

yājñasenī sudeṣṇāṃ tu śuśrūṣantī viśāṃpate | āvasatparicārārhā suduḥkhaṃ janamejaya

Yajnaseni, who deserved to be waited on herself, lived there in great misery, O lord of the people, serving Sudeshna, O Janamejaya.

Note on the text: This is CE 4.13.2 (unmatched by the automatic alignment); Wikisource reads आवसत् for avasat.

Verse 3 (4.16.3)

तथा चरन्ती पाञ्चाली सुदेष्णाया निवेशने । तां देवीं तोषयामास तथा चान्तःपुरस्त्रियः ॥

tathā carantī pāñcālī sudeṣṇāyā niveśane | tāṃ devīṃ toṣayāmāsa tathā cāntaḥpurastriyaḥ

Living thus in Sudeshna's palace, the princess of Panchala pleased the queen and the women of the inner quarters as well.

Note on the text: Corrected ता देवीं तोपयामास → तां देवीं तोषयामास (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara and प for ष; "she pleased that queen", as in the critical edition's apparatus tāṃ devīṃ toṣayām āsa). The first line is CE 4.13.3ab (unmatched by the automatic alignment); the second is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.13.3b*0263, line 1).

Verse 4 (4.16.4)

तस्मिन्वर्षे गतप्राये कीचकस्तु महाबलः । सेनापतिर्विराटस्य ददर्श द्रुपदात्मजाम् ॥

tasminvarṣe gataprāye kīcakastu mahābalaḥ | senāpatirvirāṭasya dadarśa drupadātmajām

When that year was nearly over, the mighty Kichaka, commander of Virata's army, saw the daughter of Drupada.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.13.3b*0263, line 2); the second line is CE 4.13.3cd, with द्रुपदात्मजाम् for jalajānanām.

Verse 5 (4.16.5)

तां दृष्ट्वा देवगर्भाभां चरन्तीं देवतामिव । कीचकः कामयामास कामबाणप्रपीडितः ॥

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā devagarbhābhāṃ carantīṃ devatāmiva | kīcakaḥ kāmayāmāsa kāmabāṇaprapīḍitaḥ

Seeing her moving about like a goddess, shining like a child of the gods, Kichaka desired her, tormented by the arrows of love.

Note on the text: Corrected देवगर्भायां → देवगर्भाभां (misprint in Wikisource; य for भ; "shining like a child of the gods", as in the critical edition's devagarbhābhāṃ).

Verse 6 (4.16.6)

स तु कामाग्निसंतप्तः सुदेष्णामभिगम्य वै । प्रहसन्निव सेनानीरिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

sa tu kāmāgnisaṃtaptaḥ sudeṣṇāmabhigamya vai | prahasanniva senānīridaṃ vacanamabravīt

Burning with the fire of desire, the commander went to Sudeshna and, as if smiling, said these words:

Verse 7 (4.16.7)

नेयं मया जातु पुरेह दृष्टा राज्ञी विराटस्य निवेशने शुभा । रूपेण चोन्मादयतीव मां भृशं गन्धेन जाता मदिरेव भामिनी ॥

neyaṃ mayā jātu pureha dṛṣṭā rājñī virāṭasya niveśane śubhā | rūpeṇa conmādayatīva māṃ bhṛśaṃ gandhena jātā madireva bhāminī

Never before have I seen this lovely woman here in Virata's palace — she is like a queen. With her beauty this radiant woman maddens me utterly, as wine does with its fragrance.

Note on the text: Speaker assigned: Kichaka, whose words the previous verse introduces. Wikisource reads राज्ञी where the critical edition has rājño; the Wikisource reading is kept.

Verse 8 (4.16.8)

का देवरूपा हृदयंगमा शुभे ह्याचक्ष्व मे कस्य कुतोत्र शोभने । चित्तं हि निर्मथ्य करोति मां वशे न चान्यदत्रौषधमस्ति मे मतम् ॥

kā devarūpā hṛdayaṃgamā śubhe hyācakṣva me kasya kutotra śobhane | cittaṃ hi nirmathya karoti māṃ vaśe na cānyadatrauṣadhamasti me matam

Tell me, lovely lady, who is this woman with the beauty of a goddess, who has gone straight to my heart? Whose is she, and where has she come from, this fair one? She has churned my mind and brought me under her power; I can see no other cure for it.

Note on the text: Corrected अत्रौपधम् → अत्रौषधम् (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; औषधम्, "remedy", as in the critical edition's atrauṣadham).

Verse 9 (4.16.9)

अहो तवेयं परिचारिका शुभा प्रत्यग्ररूपा प्रतिभाति मामियम् । अयुक्तरूपं हि करोति कर्म ते प्रशास्तु मां यच्च ममास्ति किंचन ॥

aho taveyaṃ paricārikā śubhā pratyagrarūpā pratibhāti māmiyam | ayuktarūpaṃ hi karoti karma te praśāstu māṃ yacca mamāsti kiṃcana

Ah, this fair attendant of yours seems to me fresh in her youthful beauty. The work she does for you is unworthy of her. Let her rule over me and over all I own.

Verse 10 (4.16.10)

प्रभूतनागाश्वरथं महाजनं समृद्धियुक्तं बहुपानभोजनम् । मनोहरं काञ्चनचित्रभूषणं गृहं महच्छोभयतामियं मम ॥

prabhūtanāgāśvarathaṃ mahājanaṃ samṛddhiyuktaṃ bahupānabhojanam | manoharaṃ kāñcanacitrabhūṣaṇaṃ gṛhaṃ mahacchobhayatāmiyaṃ mama

Let her grace my great house, with its many elephants, horses and chariots and its many people, rich and prosperous, with plenty of drink and food, delightful and adorned with gold.

Note on the text: Corrected बहुपानयोजनम् → बहुपानभोजनम् (misprint in Wikisource; य for भ; "with plenty of drink and food", as in the critical edition's bahupānabhojanam). Wikisource's महाजनं (for the critical edition's mahādhanaṃ) is kept.

Verse 11 (4.16.11)

ततः सुदेष्णामनुमन्त्र्य कीचकस्ततः समभ्येत्य नराधिपात्मजाम् । उवाच कृष्णामभिसान्त्वयंस्तदा मृगेन्द्रकन्यामिव जम्बुको वने ॥

tataḥ sudeṣṇāmanumantrya kīcakastataḥ samabhyetya narādhipātmajām | uvāca kṛṣṇāmabhisāntvayaṃstadā mṛgendrakanyāmiva jambuko vane

Then Kichaka, having talked it over with Sudeshna, went up to the king's daughter and spoke to Krishna, trying to win her with soft words, like a jackal in the forest approaching the daughter of a lion.

Verse 12 (4.16.12)

का त्वं कस्यासि कल्याणि कुतो वा त्वं वरानने । प्राप्ता विराटनगरं तत्त्वमाचक्ष्व शोभने ॥

kā tvaṃ kasyāsi kalyāṇi kuto vā tvaṃ varānane | prāptā virāṭanagaraṃ tattvamācakṣva śobhane

Who are you, lovely one, and whose? From where have you come to Virata's city, fair-faced lady? Tell me truly, beautiful one.

Note on the text: Speaker assigned: Kichaka, whose words the previous verse introduces. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.12, lines 1–2.

Verse 13 (4.16.13)

रूपमग्र्यं तथा कान्तिः सौकुमार्यमनुत्तमम् । कान्त्या विभाति वक्त्रं ते शशाङ्क इव निर्मलं ॥

rūpamagryaṃ tathā kāntiḥ saukumāryamanuttamam | kāntyā vibhāti vaktraṃ te śaśāṅka iva nirmalaṃ

Your beauty is supreme, your grace and delicacy unsurpassed; your face shines with radiance like the spotless moon.

Note on the text: Corrected वक्रं → वक्त्रं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त्; वक्त्र, "face", as in the CE's Appendix I.12 vaktraṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.12, lines 3–4.

Verse 14 (4.16.14)

नेत्रे सुविपुले सुभ्रु पद्मपत्रनिभे शुभे । वाक्यं ते चारुसर्वाङ्गि परपुष्टरुतोपमम् ॥

netre suvipule subhru padmapatranibhe śubhe | vākyaṃ te cārusarvāṅgi parapuṣṭarutopamam

Your eyes are very large, fair-browed one, lovely as lotus petals; your voice, lady perfect in every limb, is like the call of the cuckoo.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (पद्मपत्रनिभेशुभे → पद्मपत्रनिभे शुभे). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.12, lines 5–6.

Verse 15 (4.16.15)

एवंरूपा मया नारी काचिदन्या महीतले । न दृष्टपूर्वा सुश्रोणि यादृशी त्वमनिन्दिते ॥

evaṃrūpā mayā nārī kācidanyā mahītale | na dṛṣṭapūrvā suśroṇi yādṛśī tvamanindite

Never before on this earth have I seen another woman of such beauty as you, lovely-hipped and flawless one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.12, lines 7–8.

Verse 16 (4.16.16)

लक्ष्मीः पद्मालया का त्वमथ भूतिः सुमध्यमे । ह्रीः श्रीः कीर्तिरथो कान्तिरासां का त्वं वरानने ॥

lakṣmīḥ padmālayā kā tvamatha bhūtiḥ sumadhyame | hrīḥ śrīḥ kīrtiratho kāntirāsāṃ kā tvaṃ varānane

Who are you — Lakshmi who dwells in the lotus, or Bhuti, slender-waisted one? Of Hri, Shri, Kirti and Kanti — which of these are you, fair-faced one?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.12, lines 9–10.

Verse 17 (4.16.17)

अतीव रूपिणी किं त्वमनङ्गाङ्गविहारिणी । अतीव भ्राजसे सुभ्रु प्रभेवेन्दोरनुत्तमा ॥

atīva rūpiṇī kiṃ tvamanaṅgāṅgavihāriṇī | atīva bhrājase subhru prabhevendoranuttamā

You are surpassingly beautiful — are you Rati, who sports in the body of the bodiless god of love? You shine exceedingly, fair-browed one, like the peerless light of the moon.

Note on the text: Corrected अनङ्गविहारिणी → अनङ्गाङ्गविहारिणी (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ङ्गा, which leaves the line a syllable short; the commentary printed below the next page glosses अनङ्गाङ्गविहारिणी as Rati, and the CE's Appendix I.12 reads anaṅgāṅgavihāriṇī). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.12, lines 11–12.

Verse 18 (4.16.18)

अपि चेक्षणपक्ष्माणां स्मितज्योत्स्नोपमं शुभम् । दिव्यांशुरश्मिभिर्वृत्तं दिव्यकान्तिमनोरमम् ॥

api cekṣaṇapakṣmāṇāṃ smitajyotsnopamaṃ śubham | divyāṃśuraśmibhirvṛttaṃ divyakāntimanoramam

And the smile of your eyelashes is lovely as moonlight, ringed with rays of heavenly light and charming with heavenly radiance.

Note on the text: Corrected स्थित → स्मित (misprint in Wikisource; स्थ for स्म; the commentary printed below the next page glosses स्मितं as the slight parting of the eyelashes, and the CE's Appendix I.12 reads smitajyotsnopamaṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.12, lines 13–14.

Verse 19 (4.16.19)

निरीक्ष्य वक्त्रचन्द्रं ते लक्ष्म्याऽनुपमया युतम् । कृत्स्ने जगति को नेह कामस्य वशगो भवेत् ॥

nirīkṣya vaktracandraṃ te lakṣmyā'nupamayā yutam | kṛtsne jagati ko neha kāmasya vaśago bhavet

Who in the whole world, seeing your moon-like face endowed with peerless beauty, would not fall under the sway of desire?

Note on the text: Corrected वक्रचन्द्रं → वक्त्रचन्द्रं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त्; "your moon of a face", as in the CE's Appendix I.12 vaktracandraṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.12, lines 15–16.

Verse 20 (4.16.20)

हारालंकारयोग्यौ तु स्तनौ चोभौ सुशोभनौ । सुजातौ सहितौ लक्ष्म्या पीनौ वृत्तौ निरन्तरौ ॥

hārālaṃkārayogyau tu stanau cobhau suśobhanau | sujātau sahitau lakṣmyā pīnau vṛttau nirantarau

Both your breasts, worthy of necklaces and ornaments, are very lovely — shapely, close together, full of grace, full, round and touching.

Note on the text: Corrected शुभोभनौ → सुशोभनौ (misprint in Wikisource; garbled word; "very lovely", which keeps the metre, as in the CE's Appendix I.12 suśobhanau). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.12, lines 17–18.

Verse 21 (4.16.21)

कुड्मलाम्बुरुहाकारौ तव सुभ्रु पयोधरौ । कामप्रतोदाविव मां तुदतश्चारुहासिनि ॥

kuḍmalāmburuhākārau tava subhru payodharau | kāmapratodāviva māṃ tudataścāruhāsini

Your breasts, fair-browed one, shaped like lotus buds, prick me like the goads of love, sweetly smiling one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.12, lines 19–20.

Verse 22 (4.16.22)

वलीविभङ्गचतुरं स्तनभारविनामितम् । कराग्रसंमितं मध्यं तवेदं तनुमध्यमे ॥

valīvibhaṅgacaturaṃ stanabhāravināmitam | karāgrasaṃmitaṃ madhyaṃ tavedaṃ tanumadhyame

This waist of yours, slender-waisted one, graceful with its folds and bent by the weight of your breasts, could be spanned by the fingertips.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.12, lines 21–22.

Verse 23 (4.16.23)

दृष्ट्वैव चारुजघनं सरित्पुलिनसंनिभम् । कामव्याधिरसाध्यो मामप्याक्रामति भामिनि ॥

dṛṣṭvaiva cārujaghanaṃ saritpulinasaṃnibham | kāmavyādhirasādhyo māmapyākrāmati bhāmini

At the mere sight of your lovely hips, like the sandbank of a river, an incurable sickness of love overcomes even me, radiant lady.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.12, lines 23–24.

Verse 24 (4.16.24)

जज्वाल चाग्निमदनो दावाग्निरिव निर्दयः । त्वत्सङ्गमाभिसंकल्पविवृद्धो मां दहत्ययम् ॥

jajvāla cāgnimadano dāvāgniriva nirdayaḥ | tvatsaṅgamābhisaṃkalpavivṛddho māṃ dahatyayam

The fire of love has blazed up, merciless as a forest fire; swollen by the hope of union with you, it burns me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.12, lines 25–26.

Verse 25 (4.16.25)

आत्मप्रदानवर्षेण संगमाम्भोधरेण च । शमयस्व वरारोहे ज्वलन्तं मन्मथानलम् ॥

ātmapradānavarṣeṇa saṃgamāmbhodhareṇa ca | śamayasva varārohe jvalantaṃ manmathānalam

With the rain of giving yourself and the cloud of union, quench this blazing fire of love, fair-hipped one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.12, lines 27–28.

Verse 26 (4.16.26)

मच्चित्तोन्मादनकरा मन्मथस्य शरोत्कराः । त्वत्सङ्गमाशानिशितास्तीव्राः शशिनिभानने । मह्यं विदार्य हृदयमिदं निर्दयवेगिताः ॥

maccittonmādanakarā manmathasya śarotkarāḥ | tvatsaṅgamāśāniśitāstīvrāḥ śaśinibhānane | mahyaṃ vidārya hṛdayamidaṃ nirdayavegitāḥ

Moon-faced one, the volleys of Manmatha's arrows, which madden my mind, sharpened by the hope of union with you, keen and driven with merciless speed, have torn open this heart of mine

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.12, lines 29–31.

Verse 27 (4.16.27)

प्रविष्टा ह्यसितापाङ्गि प्रचण्डाश्चण्डदारुणाः । अत्युन्मादसमारम्भाः प्रीत्युन्मादकरा मम । आत्मप्रदानसंभोगैर्मामुद्धर्तुमिहार्हसि ॥

praviṣṭā hyasitāpāṅgi pracaṇḍāścaṇḍadāruṇāḥ | atyunmādasamārambhāḥ prītyunmādakarā mama | ātmapradānasaṃbhogairmāmuddhartumihārhasi

and entered it, dark-eyed one — furious, fierce and cruel, rousing me to utter frenzy, maddening me with longing. You must rescue me here by giving yourself to me in love.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.12, lines 32–34.

Verse 28 (4.16.28)

चित्रमाल्याम्बरधरा सर्वाभरणभूषिता । कामं प्रकामं सेव त्वं मया सह विलासिनि ॥

citramālyāmbaradharā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā | kāmaṃ prakāmaṃ seva tvaṃ mayā saha vilāsini

Wearing bright garlands and garments, adorned with every ornament, enjoy love to the full with me, playful one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.12, lines 35–36.

Verse 29 (4.16.29)

नार्हसीहासुखं वस्तुं सुखार्हा सुखवर्जिता । प्राप्नुह्यनुत्तमं सौख्यं मत्तस्त्वं मत्तगामिनि ॥

nārhasīhāsukhaṃ vastuṃ sukhārhā sukhavarjitā | prāpnuhyanuttamaṃ saukhyaṃ mattastvaṃ mattagāmini

You who deserve comfort should not live here in misery, deprived of it. Gain from me the highest happiness, you who walk with an elephant's sway.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.12, lines 37–38.

Verse 30 (4.16.30)

स्वादून्यमृतकल्पानि पेयानि विविधानि च । पिबमाना मनोज्ञानि रममाणा यथासुखम् ॥

svādūnyamṛtakalpāni peyāni vividhāni ca | pibamānā manojñāni ramamāṇā yathāsukham

Drinking sweet drinks of many kinds, like nectar and delightful, and taking your pleasure as you please,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.12, lines 39–40.

Verse 31 (4.16.31)

भोगोपचारान्विविधान्सौभाग्यं चाप्यनुत्तमम् । पानं पिब महाभागे भोगैश्चानुत्तमैः शुभैः ॥

bhogopacārānvividhānsaubhāgyaṃ cāpyanuttamam | pānaṃ piba mahābhāge bhogaiścānuttamaiḥ śubhaiḥ

enjoy comforts and pleasures of every kind and the highest good fortune; drink, noble lady, amid the finest and fairest delights.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.12, lines 41–42.

Verse 32 (4.16.32)

इदं हि रूपं प्रथमं तवानघे निरर्थकं केवलमद्य भामिनि । अधार्यमाणा स्रगिवोत्तमा शुभा न शोभसे सुन्दरि शोभना सती ॥

idaṃ hi rūpaṃ prathamaṃ tavānaghe nirarthakaṃ kevalamadya bhāmini | adhāryamāṇā sragivottamā śubhā na śobhase sundari śobhanā satī

This first bloom of your beauty, faultless and radiant lady, is now wholly wasted. Like a fine, lovely garland that no one wears, you do not shine, beautiful one, beautiful though you are.

Note on the text: Corrected स्नगिवोत्तमा → स्रगिवोत्तमा (misprint in Wikisource; न for र; स्रक्, "garland", as in the critical edition's srag ivottamā).

Verse 33 (4.16.33)

त्यजामि दारान्मम ये पुरातना भवन्तु दास्यस्तव चारुहासिनि । अहं च ते सुन्दरि दासवत्स्थितः सदा भविष्ये वशगो वरानने ॥

tyajāmi dārānmama ye purātanā bhavantu dāsyastava cāruhāsini | ahaṃ ca te sundari dāsavatsthitaḥ sadā bhaviṣye vaśago varānane

I will give up the wives I have had till now; let them be your servants, sweetly smiling one. And I myself, beautiful one, will stand before you like a slave, always at your command, fair-faced lady.