Sudeshna Sends Draupadi to Kichaka

Verse 1 (4.18.1)

प्रत्याख्यातश्च पाञ्चाल्या कीचकः काममोहितः । प्रविश्य राजभवनं भगिन्या अग्रतः स्थितः ॥

pratyākhyātaśca pāñcālyā kīcakaḥ kāmamohitaḥ | praviśya rājabhavanaṃ bhaginyā agrataḥ sthitaḥ

Rebuffed by the Panchala princess, Kichaka, maddened by desire, went into the royal palace and stood before his sister.

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 4.14.1a; the second line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.14.1b*0283, line 1).

Verse 2 (4.18.2)

सोभिवीक्ष्य सुकेशान्तां सुदेष्णां भगिनीं प्रियाम् । अमर्यादेन कामेन घोरेणाभिपरिप्लुतः ॥

sobhivīkṣya sukeśāntāṃ sudeṣṇāṃ bhaginīṃ priyām | amaryādena kāmena ghoreṇābhipariplutaḥ

Looking at his dear sister Sudeshna of the lovely hair, he was swept away by a fierce desire that knew no bounds.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.14.1b*0283, line 2); the second line is CE 4.14.1c.

Verse 3 (4.18.3)

स तु मूर्ध्न्यञ्जलिं कृत्वा भगिन्याश्चरणावुभौ । संमोहाभिहतस्तूर्णं वातोद्धृत इवार्णवः ॥

sa tu mūrdhnyañjaliṃ kṛtvā bhaginyāścaraṇāvubhau | saṃmohābhihatastūrṇaṃ vātoddhṛta ivārṇavaḥ

Joining his palms above his head before both his sister's feet, struck down by infatuation, he was all at once like an ocean whipped up by the wind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.14.1d*0284, lines 1–2. Corrected मूर्ध्र्यञ्जलिं → मूर्ध्न्यञ्जलिं (misprint in Wikisource; mūrdhni + añjalim; the CE apparatus reads mūrdhny añjaliṃ).

Verse 4 (4.18.4)

स प्रोवाच सुदुःखार्तो भगिनीं निश्वसन्मुहुः । अव्यक्तमृदुना साम्ना शुष्यता च पुनःपुनः ॥

sa provāca suduḥkhārto bhaginīṃ niśvasanmuhuḥ | avyaktamṛdunā sāmnā śuṣyatā ca punaḥpunaḥ

Deeply distressed, sighing again and again, his mouth going dry over and over, he spoke to his sister in a faint, soft, coaxing voice:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.14.1d*0284, lines 3–4.

Verse 5 (4.18.5)

यथा सुदेष्णे सैरन्ध्र्या संगच्छेयं सकामया । तथा शीघ्रं कुरुष्वाद्य माऽहं प्राणान्प्रहासिषम् ॥

yathā sudeṣṇe sairandhryā saṃgaccheyaṃ sakāmayā | tathā śīghraṃ kuruṣvādya mā'haṃ prāṇānprahāsiṣam

"Sudeshna, arrange it quickly, today, so that I may be united with the sairandhri, and she willing. Do not let me lose my life.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.14.2: the wording differs except for the closing words of the second line (māhaṃ prāṇān prahāsiṣam).

Verse 6 (4.18.6)

यदीयमनवद्याङ्गी न मामद्यापि काङ्क्षते । चेतसाऽभिप्रसन्नेन गतोस्मि यमसादनम् ॥

yadīyamanavadyāṅgī na māmadyāpi kāṅkṣate | cetasā'bhiprasannena gatosmi yamasādanam

If this woman of flawless limbs will not have me even now, with a willing heart, I am as good as gone to the abode of Yama."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 1–2.

Verse 7 (4.18.7)

तमुवाच परिष्वज्य सुदेष्णा भ्रातरं प्रियम् । भ्रातुर्जीवितरक्षार्थं समाश्वास्यासितेक्षणा ॥

tamuvāca pariṣvajya sudeṣṇā bhrātaraṃ priyam | bhrāturjīvitarakṣārthaṃ samāśvāsyāsitekṣaṇā

Dark-eyed Sudeshna embraced her dear brother and, to save his life, comforted him and spoke:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The first line is in the CE's Appendix I.15, line 3; the second line appears nowhere in the CE.

Verse 8 (4.18.8)

शरणागतेयं सुश्रोणी मया दत्ताभया च सा । शुभाचारा च भद्रं ते नैनां वक्तुमिहोत्सहे ॥

śaraṇāgateyaṃ suśroṇī mayā dattābhayā ca sā | śubhācārā ca bhadraṃ te naināṃ vaktumihotsahe

"This fair-hipped woman came to me for refuge, and I have promised her safety. She is of good conduct besides — bless you — and I cannot bring myself to speak to her of this.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 4–5.

Verse 9 (4.18.9)

एषा हि शक्या नान्येन स्प्रष्टुं पापेन चेतसा । गन्धर्वाः किल पञ्चेमां रक्षन्ति रमयन्ति च ॥

eṣā hi śakyā nānyena spraṣṭuṃ pāpena cetasā | gandharvāḥ kila pañcemāṃ rakṣanti ramayanti ca

No one else can touch her with sinful intent, for five Gandharvas, they say, guard her and take their delight in her.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 6–7.

Verse 10 (4.18.10)

एवमेषा ममाचष्टे तथा प्रथमसंगमे । तथैव गजनासोरूः सत्यमाह ममान्तिके । ते हि क्रुद्धा महात्मानो नाशयेयुर्हि जीवितम् ॥

evameṣā mamācaṣṭe tathā prathamasaṃgame | tathaiva gajanāsorūḥ satyamāha mamāntike | te hi kruddhā mahātmāno nāśayeyurhi jīvitam

So she told me at our first meeting, and so this woman with thighs like an elephant's trunk has told me truthfully, face to face. Those great-souled ones, if angered, would take a man's life.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 8–10.

Verse 11 (4.18.11)

राजा चैव समीक्ष्यैनां संमोहं गतवानिह । मया च सत्यवचनैरनुनीतो महीपतिः ॥

rājā caiva samīkṣyaināṃ saṃmohaṃ gatavāniha | mayā ca satyavacanairanunīto mahīpatiḥ

The king himself was infatuated when he saw her here, but I won the lord of the earth over with truthful words.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 11–12.

Verse 12 (4.18.12)

सोप्येनामनिशं दृष्ट्वा मनसैवाभ्यनन्दत । भयाद्गन्धर्वमुख्यानां जीवितस्योपघातिनाम् । मनसाऽपि ततस्त्वेनां न चिन्तयति पार्थिवः ॥

sopyenāmaniśaṃ dṛṣṭvā manasaivābhyanandata | bhayādgandharvamukhyānāṃ jīvitasyopaghātinām | manasā'pi tatastvenāṃ na cintayati pārthivaḥ

He too, though he saw her constantly, admired her only in his heart; and for fear of those Gandharva chiefs, who can destroy life, the king no longer thinks of her even in his mind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 13–15.

Verse 13 (4.18.13)

ते हि क्रुद्धा महात्मानो गरुडानिलतेजसः । दहेयुरपि लोकांस्त्रीन्युगान्तेष्विव भास्करः ॥

te hi kruddhā mahātmāno garuḍānilatejasaḥ | daheyurapi lokāṃstrīnyugānteṣviva bhāskaraḥ

For those great-souled ones, when angered, have the fiery might of Garuda and the wind; they could burn up even the three worlds, like the sun at the end of the ages.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 16–17.

Verse 14 (4.18.14)

सैरन्ध्र्या ह्येतदाख्यातं मम तेषां महद्बलम् । तव चाहमिदं गुह्यं स्नेहाद्वक्ष्यामि बन्धुवत् ॥

sairandhryā hyetadākhyātaṃ mama teṣāṃ mahadbalam | tava cāhamidaṃ guhyaṃ snehādvakṣyāmi bandhuvat

It was the sairandhri who told me of their great strength; and I tell you this secret out of affection, as your own kin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 18–19. Corrected सैनन्ध्र्या → सैरन्ध्र्या (misprint in Wikisource; the CE reads sairandhryā).

Verse 15 (4.18.15)

मा गमिष्यसि वै कृच्छ्रां गतिं परमदुर्गमाम् । बलिनस्ते रुजं कुर्युः कुलस्य च धनस्य च ॥

mā gamiṣyasi vai kṛcchrāṃ gatiṃ paramadurgamām | balinaste rujaṃ kuryuḥ kulasya ca dhanasya ca

Do not set out on a hard road that is so very difficult to travel. Those mighty ones would bring ruin on your family and your wealth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 20–21.

Verse 16 (4.18.16)

तस्मान्नास्यां मनः कर्तुं यदि प्राणाः प्रियास्तव । न चिन्तयेथा मागास्त्वं मत्प्रियं च यदीच्छसि ॥

tasmānnāsyāṃ manaḥ kartuṃ yadi prāṇāḥ priyāstava | na cintayethā māgāstvaṃ matpriyaṃ ca yadīcchasi

So, if your life is dear to you, do not set your heart on her. If you wish to please me, do not think of her and do not go to her."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 22–23. Corrected प्राणा प्रियास्तव → प्राणाः प्रियास्तव (misprint in Wikisource; the visarga of prāṇāḥ was dropped; the CE reads prāṇāḥ priyās tava).

Verse 17 (4.18.17)

एवमुक्तस्तु दुष्टात्मा भगिनीं कीचकोऽब्रवीत् । गन्धर्वाणां शतं वाऽपि सहस्रमयुतानि वा । अहमेको वधिष्यामि गन्धर्वान्पञ्च किं पुनः ॥

evamuktastu duṣṭātmā bhaginīṃ kīcako'bravīt | gandharvāṇāṃ śataṃ vā'pi sahasramayutāni vā | ahameko vadhiṣyāmi gandharvānpañca kiṃ punaḥ

Told this, the wicked Kichaka said to his sister: "A hundred Gandharvas, a thousand, or tens of thousands — I alone will kill them. What then of five?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 24–26.

Verse 18 (4.18.18)

न च त्वमभिजानीषे स्त्रीणां गुह्यमनुत्तमम् । पुत्रं वा किल पौत्रं वा भ्रातरं वा मनस्विनम् ॥

na ca tvamabhijānīṣe strīṇāṃ guhyamanuttamam | putraṃ vā kila pautraṃ vā bhrātaraṃ vā manasvinam

And you do not know the deepest secret of women. Be it a son, a grandson, or a spirited brother —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 27–28.

Verse 19 (4.18.19)

रहसीह नरं दृष्ट्वा नानागन्धविभूषितम् । योनिरुत्स्विद्यते स्त्रीणां सतीनामपि च श्रुतम् ॥

rahasīha naraṃ dṛṣṭvā nānāgandhavibhūṣitam | yonirutsvidyate strīṇāṃ satīnāmapi ca śrutam

when women see a man alone, adorned with all manner of perfumes, their bodies are roused with desire, even the virtuous ones; so it is said.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 29–30.

Verse 20 (4.18.20)

मां निरीक्ष्यानुलिप्ताङ्गं सर्वाभरणभूषितम् । वशमेष्यति सैरन्ध्री मन्मथेनाभिपीडिता । सा त्वं दृष्ट्वा ब्रूहि चैनां मम चेज्जीवितं प्रियं ॥

māṃ nirīkṣyānuliptāṅgaṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam | vaśameṣyati sairandhrī manmathenābhipīḍitā | sā tvaṃ dṛṣṭvā brūhi caināṃ mama cejjīvitaṃ priyaṃ

When she sees me, my limbs anointed and decked with every ornament, the sairandhri, tormented by the god of love, will come under my sway. So go and see her and speak to her, if my life is dear to you."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The first two lines appear nowhere in the CE; the third is a variant of Appendix I.15, line 31. Corrected चेञ्जीवितं → चेज्जीवितं (misprint in Wikisource; cet + jīvitam gives cej jīvitam; ñj is not a possible sandhi here).

Verse 21 (4.18.21)

एवमुक्ता सुदेष्णा तु शोकेनाभिप्रपीडिता । अहो दुःखमहो कृच्छ्रमहो पापमिति स्मह ॥

evamuktā sudeṣṇā tu śokenābhiprapīḍitā | aho duḥkhamaho kṛcchramaho pāpamiti smaha

Spoken to like this, Sudeshna, sorely stricken with grief, cried out, "Alas, the sorrow! Alas, the hardship! Alas, the sin!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 32–33.

Verse 22 (4.18.22)

प्रारुदद्भृशदुःखार्ता विपाकं तस्य वीक्ष्य सा । पातालेषु पतत्येष विलपन्बडवामुखे ॥

prārudadbhṛśaduḥkhārtā vipākaṃ tasya vīkṣya sā | pātāleṣu patatyeṣa vilapanbaḍavāmukhe

Overcome with grief, she wept bitterly as she saw where this would lead: "He is falling, wailing, into the netherworlds, into the fire of the mare's mouth."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 34–35.

Verse 23 (4.18.23)

त्वत्कृते विनशिष्यन्ति भ्रातरः सुहृदश्च मे । किंनु शक्यं मया कर्तुं यत्त्वमेवमभिप्लुतः ॥

tvatkṛte vinaśiṣyanti bhrātaraḥ suhṛdaśca me | kiṃnu śakyaṃ mayā kartuṃ yattvamevamabhiplutaḥ

"Because of you my brothers and friends will perish. What can I do, when you are so swept away?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 36–37.

Verse 24 (4.18.24)

न च श्रेयोऽभिजानीषे काममेवानुवर्तसे । ध्रुवं गतायुस्त्वं पाप यदेवं काममोहितः । अकर्तव्ये हि मां पापे नियुनङ्क्षि नराधम ॥

na ca śreyo'bhijānīṣe kāmamevānuvartase | dhruvaṃ gatāyustvaṃ pāpa yadevaṃ kāmamohitaḥ | akartavye hi māṃ pāpe niyunaṅkṣi narādhama

You do not see what is good for you; you only follow your desire. Surely your life is spent, sinner, since you are so blinded by lust. Basest of men, you are pressing me into a sinful deed that should never be done.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 38–40.

Verse 25 (4.18.25)

अपि चैतत्पुरा प्रोक्तं निपुणैर्मनुजोत्तमैः । एकस्तु कुरुते पापं स्वजातिस्तेन हन्यते ॥

api caitatpurā proktaṃ nipuṇairmanujottamaiḥ | ekastu kurute pāpaṃ svajātistena hanyate

And this was said long ago by wise and excellent men: one man commits a sin, and his whole kin are destroyed for it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 41–42.

Verse 26 (4.18.26)

गतस्त्वं धर्मराजस्य विषयं नात्र संशयः । अदूषितमिदं सर्वं स्वजनं घातयिष्यसि ॥

gatastvaṃ dharmarājasya viṣayaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ | adūṣitamidaṃ sarvaṃ svajanaṃ ghātayiṣyasi

You have entered the realm of Yama, king of dharma — of that there is no doubt — and you will bring death on all these kinsmen of yours who have done no wrong.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, lines 43–44.

Verse 27 (4.18.27)

एतत्तु मे दुःखतरं येनाहं भ्रातृसौहृदात् । विदितार्था करिष्यामि तुष्टो भव कुलक्षये ॥

etattu me duḥkhataraṃ yenāhaṃ bhrātṛsauhṛdāt | viditārthā kariṣyāmi tuṣṭo bhava kulakṣaye

What grieves me more is that, knowing all this, I will do it out of love for my brother. Be content, then, with the ruin 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.15, lines 45–46.

Verse 28 (4.18.28)

गच्छ शीघ्रमितस्त्वं हि स्वमेव भवनं शुभम् । किंचित्कार्यं समुद्दिश्य सुरामन्नं च कारय ॥

gaccha śīghramitastvaṃ hi svameva bhavanaṃ śubham | kiṃcitkāryaṃ samuddiśya surāmannaṃ ca kāraya

Go quickly from here to your own fine house. On some pretext, have wine and food prepared.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (the CE gives it only in Appendix I.15, line 47); the second line is a variant of CE 4.14.5a.

Verse 29 (4.18.29)

कृते चान्ने सुरायां च प्रेषयिष्यसि मे पुनः । तामहं प्रेषयिष्यामि मध्वन्नार्थं तवान्तिकम् ॥

kṛte cānne surāyāṃ ca preṣayiṣyasi me punaḥ | tāmahaṃ preṣayiṣyāmi madhvannārthaṃ tavāntikam

When the food and the wine are ready, send word to me again, and I will send her to you to fetch the wine and food.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.14.5b*0286, line 1); the second line is a variant of CE 4.14.5c.

Verse 30 (4.18.30)

ततः संप्रेषितामेनां विजने निरवग्रहाम् । सान्त्वयेथा यथान्यायं यदि साम सहिष्यति ॥

tataḥ saṃpreṣitāmenāṃ vijane niravagrahām | sāntvayethā yathānyāyaṃ yadi sāma sahiṣyati

Then, when she has been sent and is alone with you, with no one to hinder you, win her over gently as is fitting, if she will bear soft words.

Verse 31 (4.18.31)

सद्यः कृतमिदं सर्वं शेषमत्रानुचिन्तय ॥

sadyaḥ kṛtamidaṃ sarvaṃ śeṣamatrānucintaya

All this can be done at once; think out the rest yourself."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.14.6d*0287, line 1. Wikisource prints it as a one-line verse.

Verse 32 (4.18.32)

सुदेष्णयैवमुक्तस्तु कीचकः कालचोदितः । त्वरमाणः प्रचक्राम स्वगृहं राजवेश्मनः ॥

sudeṣṇayaivamuktastu kīcakaḥ kālacoditaḥ | tvaramāṇaḥ pracakrāma svagṛhaṃ rājaveśmanaḥ

Told this by Sudeshna, Kichaka, driven on by Time, hurried from the royal palace to his own house.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.14.7d*0288, lines 1–2.

Verse 33 (4.18.33)

आगम्य च गृहं रम्यं सुरामन्नं चकार ह । अजैडकं च सुकृतं बहु चोच्चावचान्मृगान् ॥

āgamya ca gṛhaṃ ramyaṃ surāmannaṃ cakāra ha | ajaiḍakaṃ ca sukṛtaṃ bahu coccāvacānmṛgān

Reaching his pleasant house, he had wine and food prepared: well-cooked goat and sheep, and plenty of game of every kind, large and small,

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.14.7d*0288, line 3); the second line is a variant of CE 4.14.8a.

Verse 34 (4.18.34)

भक्षांश्च विविधाकारान्बहूंश्चोच्चावचांस्तदा । कारयामास कुशलैरन्नपानैः सुसंस्कृतम् ॥

bhakṣāṃśca vividhākārānbahūṃścoccāvacāṃstadā | kārayāmāsa kuśalairannapānaiḥ susaṃskṛtam

and many dishes of every shape and kind, large and small. He had skilled cooks prepare it all, the food and the drink finely dressed.

Note on the text: The first line appears nowhere in the CE (vulgate only); the second line is a variant of CE 4.14.8c.

Verse 35 (4.18.35)

त्वरावान्कालपाशेन कण्ठे बद्धः पशुर्यथा । नावबुध्यत मूढात्मा मरणं समुपस्थितम् ॥

tvarāvānkālapāśena kaṇṭhe baddhaḥ paśuryathā | nāvabudhyata mūḍhātmā maraṇaṃ samupasthitam

In his haste, like a beast with the noose of Time tied round its neck, the fool did not see that death was upon him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.14.9d*0289, lines 1–2.

Verse 36 (4.18.36)

आनीतायां सुरायां तु कृते चान्ने सुसंस्कृते । कीचकः पुनरागम्य सुदेष्णां वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

ānītāyāṃ surāyāṃ tu kṛte cānne susaṃskṛte | kīcakaḥ punarāgamya sudeṣṇāṃ vākyamabravīt

When the wine had been brought and the food well prepared, Kichaka came back and said to Sudeshna:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.14.9d*0289, lines 3–4.

Verse 37 (4.18.37)

मधु मांसं च बहुधा भक्ष्याश्च बहुधा कृताः । सुदेष्णे ब्रूहि सैरन्ध्रीं यथा सा मे गृहं व्रजेत् ॥

madhu māṃsaṃ ca bahudhā bhakṣyāśca bahudhā kṛtāḥ | sudeṣṇe brūhi sairandhrīṃ yathā sā me gṛhaṃ vrajet

"Honey and meat in plenty, and many kinds of food, have been made ready. Sudeshna, tell the sairandhri to come to my house

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.14.9d*0289, lines 5–6.

Verse 38 (4.18.38)

केनचित्त्वद्य कार्येण त्वर शीघ्रं मम प्रियम् । अहं हि शरणं देवं प्रतिपद्ये वृषध्वजम् । समागमं मे सैरन्ध्र्या मरणं वा दिशेति वै ॥

kenacittvadya kāryeṇa tvara śīghraṃ mama priyam | ahaṃ hi śaraṇaṃ devaṃ pratipadye vṛṣadhvajam | samāgamaṃ me sairandhryā maraṇaṃ vā diśeti vai

on some errand today. Hurry, quickly, do what I want. I take refuge in the god whose banner bears the bull: let him grant me union with the sairandhri, or death."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.14.9d*0289, lines 7–9.

Verse 39 (4.18.39)

सा तमाह विनिःश्वस्य प्रतिगच्छ स्वकं गृहम् । एषाऽहमपि सैरन्ध्रीं सुरार्थे तूर्णमादिशे ॥

sā tamāha viniḥśvasya pratigaccha svakaṃ gṛham | eṣā'hamapi sairandhrīṃ surārthe tūrṇamādiśe

Sighing, she said to him, "Go back to your own house. I myself will send the sairandhri at once to fetch the wine."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.14.9d*0289, lines 10–11.

Verse 40 (4.18.40)

एवमुक्तस्तु पापात्मा कीचकस्त्वरितः पुनः । स्वगृहं प्राविशत्तूर्णं सैरन्ध्रीगतमानसः ॥

evamuktastu pāpātmā kīcakastvaritaḥ punaḥ | svagṛhaṃ prāviśattūrṇaṃ sairandhrīgatamānasaḥ

Told this, the sinful Kichaka hurried back and quickly entered his own house, his mind fixed on the sairandhri.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.14.9d*0289, lines 12–13.

Verse 41 (4.18.41)

कीचकं तु गतं ज्ञात्वा त्वरमाणं स्वकं गृहम् । सैरन्ध्रीं तत आहूय सुदेष्णा वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

kīcakaṃ tu gataṃ jñātvā tvaramāṇaṃ svakaṃ gṛham | sairandhrīṃ tata āhūya sudeṣṇā vākyamabravīt

Knowing that Kichaka had hurried off to his own house, Sudeshna then called the sairandhri and said:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.14.9d*0289, lines 14–15. Corrected सदेष्णा → सुदेष्णा (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped vowel sign; the CE apparatus reads sudeṣṇā).

Verse 42 (4.18.42)

गच्छ सैरन्ध्रि मत्प्रीत्यै कीचकस्य निवेशनम् । सुरामानय सुश्रोणि तृषिताऽहं विलासिनि ॥

gaccha sairandhri matprītyai kīcakasya niveśanam | surāmānaya suśroṇi tṛṣitā'haṃ vilāsini

"Go to Kichaka's house, sairandhri, to please me. Bring me wine, fair-hipped one; I am thirsty, my charming one."

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.14.10: the second line differs in wording.

Verse 43 (4.18.43)

सुदेष्णयैवमुक्ता सा निःश्वसन्ती नृपात्मजा । अब्रवीच्छोकसन्तप्ता नाहं तत्र व्रजामि वै ॥

sudeṣṇayaivamuktā sā niḥśvasantī nṛpātmajā | abravīcchokasantaptā nāhaṃ tatra vrajāmi vai

Spoken to thus by Sudeshna, the king's daughter sighed and, burning with grief, said, "I will not go there.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.14.10d*0290, lines 1–2. Corrected वैः → वै (misprint in Wikisource; a stray visarga on the particle vai; the CE apparatus reads vai).

Verse 44 (4.18.44)

सूतपुत्रो हि मां भद्रे कामात्मा चाभिमन्यते । न गच्छेयमहं तस्य राजपुत्रि निवेशनम् । त्वमेव भद्रे जानासि यथा स निरपत्रपः ॥

sūtaputro hi māṃ bhadre kāmātmā cābhimanyate | na gaccheyamahaṃ tasya rājaputri niveśanam | tvameva bhadre jānāsi yathā sa nirapatrapaḥ

For the suta's son, a man ruled by lust, has designs on me, good lady. I would not go to his house, princess. You yourself know, good lady, how shameless he is.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.14.10d*0290, line 3); the other two lines are CE 4.14.11.

Verse 45 (4.18.45)

समयश्च कृतो भद्रे यथा प्रथमसंगमे । तथा निवसमानायां यथाऽहं नान्यचारिणी ॥

samayaśca kṛto bhadre yathā prathamasaṃgame | tathā nivasamānāyāṃ yathā'haṃ nānyacāriṇī

And an agreement was made, good lady, at our first meeting: that while I lived here I would go to no other man.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). It appears nowhere in the CE in this wording; it echoes the sense of CE 4.14.13 (the agreement made when she entered the queen's service).

Verse 46 (4.18.46)

कीचकश्च सुकेशान्ते मूढो मदनगर्वितः । स मामिह गतां दृष्ट्वा व्यवस्यति निराकृतिम् । कथं नु वै तत्र गतां मर्षयेन्मामबान्धवाम् ॥

kīcakaśca sukeśānte mūḍho madanagarvitaḥ | sa māmiha gatāṃ dṛṣṭvā vyavasyati nirākṛtim | kathaṃ nu vai tatra gatāṃ marṣayenmāmabāndhavām

And Kichaka, lady of lovely hair, is a fool, swollen with lust. When he sees me come there, he will set about dishonouring me. How would he spare me once I am there, with no kin to protect me?

Note on the text: The first two lines are a variant of CE 4.14.14; the third line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.14.14d*0291, line 1).

Verse 47 (4.18.47)

बह्व्यः सन्ति तव प्रेष्या राजपुत्रि वशानुगाः । अन्यां प्रेषय कैकेयि संरक्ष्याऽहमिह त्वया ॥

bahvyaḥ santi tava preṣyā rājaputri vaśānugāḥ | anyāṃ preṣaya kaikeyi saṃrakṣyā'hamiha tvayā

You have many maids, princess, who do your bidding. Send another, Kaikeyi, and keep me safe here.

Verse 48 (4.18.48)

कीचकस्यालयं देवि न यामि भयकम्पिता । यद्यदन्यच्च मे कर्म करोमि च सुदुष्करम् ॥

kīcakasyālayaṃ devi na yāmi bhayakampitā | yadyadanyacca me karma karomi ca suduṣkaram

Trembling with fear, my queen, I will not go to Kichaka's house. Whatever other task you have for me I will do, however hard it may be."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.14.15d*0292, lines 1–2.

Verse 49 (4.18.49)

एवमुक्ता तु पाञ्चाल्या दैवयोगेन कैकयी । तां विराटस्य माहिषी क्रुद्धा भूयोऽन्वशासत ॥

evamuktā tu pāñcālyā daivayogena kaikayī | tāṃ virāṭasya māhiṣī kruddhā bhūyo'nvaśāsata

Spoken to thus by the Panchala princess, Kaikeyi, Virata's queen, as fate would have it, grew angry and commanded her again:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.14.15d*0292, lines 3–4.

Verse 50 (4.18.50)

कीचकं चैव गच्छ त्वं बलात्कारेण चोदिता । नास्ति मेऽन्या त्वया तुल्या सा त्वं शीघ्रतरं व्रज ॥

kīcakaṃ caiva gaccha tvaṃ balātkāreṇa coditā | nāsti me'nyā tvayā tulyā sā tvaṃ śīghrataraṃ vraja

"Go to Kichaka — you are ordered to, by force if need be. I have no other maid to equal you, so go, and quickly.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.14.16b*0293, lines 1–2. Corrected बलात्कारे चोदिता → बलात्कारेण चोदिता (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara leaves the line a syllable short; the CE apparatus reads balātkāreṇa coditā).

Verse 51 (4.18.51)

अवश्यं त्वेव गन्तव्यं किमर्थं मां विवक्षसि । शीघ्रं गच्छ त्वरस्वेति मत्प्रीतिवशमाचर ॥

avaśyaṃ tveva gantavyaṃ kimarthaṃ māṃ vivakṣasi | śīghraṃ gaccha tvarasveti matprītivaśamācara

You must go, without fail. Why do you want to argue with me? Go quickly, hurry; do as I wish.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.14.16b*0293, lines 3–4.

Verse 52 (4.18.52)

न हीदृशो मम भ्राता किं त्वं समभिशङ्कसे । उक्त्वा चैनां बलाच्चैव विनियुज्य प्रभुत्वतः ॥

na hīdṛśo mama bhrātā kiṃ tvaṃ samabhiśaṅkase | uktvā caināṃ balāccaiva viniyujya prabhutvataḥ

My brother is not that kind of man; why do you suspect him?" Saying this, she pressed her into the errand by force, by her authority as mistress,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records the first line in its apparatus as 4.14.16b*0293, line 5, and the second as 4.14.17*0294, line 1.

Verse 53 (4.18.53)

भाजनं प्रददौ चास्यै सपिधानं हिरण्मयम् । या सुजाता सुगन्धा च तामानय सुरामिति ॥

bhājanaṃ pradadau cāsyai sapidhānaṃ hiraṇmayam | yā sujātā sugandhā ca tāmānaya surāmiti

and gave her a golden vessel with a lid, saying, "Bring the wine that is finest and most fragrant."

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 4.14.17a; the second line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.14.17b*0295, line 1).

Verse 54 (4.18.54)

सा शङ्कमाना रुदती वेपन्ती द्रुपदात्मजा । दैवतेभ्यो नमस्कृत्वा श्वशुरेभ्यस्तथाऽब्रवीत् ॥

sā śaṅkamānā rudatī vepantī drupadātmajā | daivatebhyo namaskṛtvā śvaśurebhyastathā'bravīt

Fearful, weeping and trembling, the daughter of Drupada bowed to the gods and to her fathers-in-law, and said:

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 4.14.17c; the second line appears nowhere in the CE (vulgate only).

Verse 55 (4.18.55)

यथाऽहमन्यं पार्थेभ्यो नाभिजानामि मानवम् । तेन सत्येन मां दृष्ट्वा कीचको मा वशं नयेत् ॥

yathā'hamanyaṃ pārthebhyo nābhijānāmi mānavam | tena satyena māṃ dṛṣṭvā kīcako mā vaśaṃ nayet

"As I know no man other than the sons of Pritha, by that truth may Kichaka, when he sees me, not bring me into his power.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.14.18; Wikisource's second line is the same refrain as in the next verse (the CE's reads tena satyena māṃ prāptāṃ kīcako mā vaśe kṛthāḥ). Corrected नाभिजानापि → नाभिजानामि (misprint in Wikisource; the CE reads nābhijānāmi).

Verse 56 (4.18.56)

यथाऽहं पाण्डुपुत्रेभ्यः पञ्चभ्यो नान्यगामिनी । तेन सत्येन मां दृष्ट्वा कीचको मा वशं नयेत् ॥

yathā'haṃ pāṇḍuputrebhyaḥ pañcabhyo nānyagāminī | tena satyena māṃ dṛṣṭvā kīcako mā vaśaṃ nayet

As I go to no one but the five sons of Pandu, by that truth may Kichaka, when he sees me, not bring me into his power."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.14.18d*0296, lines 1–2.