Kichaka Kicks Draupadi Before the Court

Verse 1 (4.19.1)

अकीर्तयत सुश्रोणी धर्मं शक्रं दिवाकरम् । मारुतं चाश्विनौ देवौ कुबेरं वरुणं यमम् ॥

akīrtayata suśroṇī dharmaṃ śakraṃ divākaram | mārutaṃ cāśvinau devau kuberaṃ varuṇaṃ yamam

The fair-hipped woman called upon Dharma, Shakra, the Sun, the Wind, the two Ashvin gods, Kubera, Varuna and Yama,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.14.19*0297, lines 1–2.

Verse 2 (4.19.2)

रुद्रमग्निं भगं विष्णुं स्कन्दं पूषणमेव च । सावित्रीसहितं चापि ब्रह्माणं पर्यकीर्तयत् ॥

rudramagniṃ bhagaṃ viṣṇuṃ skandaṃ pūṣaṇameva ca | sāvitrīsahitaṃ cāpi brahmāṇaṃ paryakīrtayat

Rudra, Agni, Bhaga, Vishnu, Skanda and Pushan; and she invoked Brahma together with Savitri.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.14.19*0297, lines 3–4.

Verse 3 (4.19.3)

इत्येवं मृगशावाक्षी सुश्रोणी धर्मचारिणी । उपातिष्ठत सा सूर्यं मुहूर्तमबला तदा ॥

ityevaṃ mṛgaśāvākṣī suśroṇī dharmacāriṇī | upātiṣṭhata sā sūryaṃ muhūrtamabalā tadā

Having invoked them all, the fawn-eyed, fair-hipped woman, devoted to dharma and without protection, stood for a moment in worship before the Sun.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.14.19*0297, line 5); the second line is CE 4.14.19a. Corrected मृगशवाक्षी → मृगशावाक्षी (misprint in Wikisource; mṛgaśāva, a fawn; the CE apparatus reads mṛgaśāvākṣī).

Verse 4 (4.19.4)

तदस्यास्तनुमध्यायाः सर्वं सूर्योऽवबुद्धवान् । अन्तर्हितं ततस्तस्या रक्षो रक्षार्थमादिशत् ॥

tadasyāstanumadhyāyāḥ sarvaṃ sūryo'vabuddhavān | antarhitaṃ tatastasyā rakṣo rakṣārthamādiśat

The Sun understood everything about that slender-waisted woman, and then ordered a rakshasa, unseen, to guard her.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 4.14.19c and the second is CE 4.14.20a (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 5 (4.19.5)

तच्चैनां नाजहात्तत्र सर्वावस्थास्वनिन्दिताम् ॥

taccaināṃ nājahāttatra sarvāvasthāsvaninditām

And it did not leave that blameless woman there, whatever befell her.

Note on the text: A one-line verse in Wikisource; it is CE 4.14.20c.

Verse 6 (4.19.6)

प्रतस्थे सा सुकेशान्ता त्वरमाणा पुनःपुनः । विलम्बमाना विवशा कीचकस्य निवेशनम् ॥

pratasthe sā sukeśāntā tvaramāṇā punaḥpunaḥ | vilambamānā vivaśā kīcakasya niveśanam

The lady of lovely hair set out, helpless, for Kichaka's house, now hurrying, now lingering, again and again.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.14.20d*0298, lines 1–2.

Verse 7 (4.19.7)

तां मृगीमिव वित्रस्तां दृष्ट्वा कृष्णां समागताम् । उत्पपातासनात्तूर्णं नावं लब्ध्वेव पारगः ॥

tāṃ mṛgīmiva vitrastāṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇāṃ samāgatām | utpapātāsanāttūrṇaṃ nāvaṃ labdhveva pāragaḥ

Seeing Krishna arrive, frightened like a doe, he sprang up from his seat at once, like a man who must cross a river and has found a boat.

Verse 8 (4.19.8)

श्लक्ष्णं चोवाच वाक्यं स कीचकः काममूर्च्छितः । स्वागतं ते सुकेशान्ते सुव्युष्टा रजनी मम ॥

ślakṣṇaṃ covāca vākyaṃ sa kīcakaḥ kāmamūrcchitaḥ | svāgataṃ te sukeśānte suvyuṣṭā rajanī mama

Kichaka, faint with desire, spoke to her in honeyed words: "Welcome, lady of lovely hair! My night has dawned into a happy morning.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.14.21d*0299, line 1); the second line is CE 4.15.1a.

Verse 9 (4.19.9)

स्वामिनी त्वमनुप्राप्ता चिरस्य भवनं शुभे । कुरुष्व च मयि प्रीतिं वशं चोपानयस्व माम् ॥

svāminī tvamanuprāptā cirasya bhavanaṃ śubhe | kuruṣva ca mayi prītiṃ vaśaṃ copānayasva mām

At long last, lovely one, you have come to my house as its mistress. Show me your love, and make me your own.

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 4.15.1c; the second line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.15.1d*0300, line 1).

Verse 10 (4.19.10)

प्रतिगृह्णीष्व मे भोगांस्त्वदर्थमुपकल्पितान् । सर्वरत्नमयीं मालां कुण्डले च हिरण्मये ॥

pratigṛhṇīṣva me bhogāṃstvadarthamupakalpitān | sarvaratnamayīṃ mālāṃ kuṇḍale ca hiraṇmaye

Accept the pleasures I have prepared for you: a garland made of every kind of gem, and a pair of golden earrings,

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.15.1d*0300, line 2); the second line corresponds loosely to CE 4.15.2a.

Verse 11 (4.19.11)

वासांसि चन्दनं माल्यं धूपशुद्धां च वारुणीम् । प्रतिगृह्णीष्व भद्रं ते विहर त्वं यथेच्छसि । प्रीत्या मे कुरु पद्माक्षि प्रसादं प्रियदर्शने ॥

vāsāṃsi candanaṃ mālyaṃ dhūpaśuddhāṃ ca vāruṇīm | pratigṛhṇīṣva bhadraṃ te vihara tvaṃ yathecchasi | prītyā me kuru padmākṣi prasādaṃ priyadarśane

garments, sandal paste, garlands, and wine purified with incense. Accept them — bless you — and enjoy yourself as you please. For love of me, lotus-eyed and lovely one, grant me your favour.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The first line appears nowhere in the CE; the other two are in its apparatus as 4.15.2d*0302, lines 1–2. Corrected मद्माक्षि → पद्माक्षि (misprint in Wikisource; madmākṣi is not a word; the CE apparatus reads padmākṣi).

Verse 12 (4.19.12)

स्वास्तीर्णमस्ति शयनं सितसूक्ष्मोत्तरच्छदम् । अत्रारुह्य मया सार्धं पिबेमां वरवारुणीम् ॥

svāstīrṇamasti śayanaṃ sitasūkṣmottaracchadam | atrāruhya mayā sārdhaṃ pibemāṃ varavāruṇīm

Here is a bed, well spread, with a fine white coverlet. Climb onto it with me and drink this choice wine.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.15.3, differently worded.

Verse 13 (4.19.13)

भजस्व मां विशालाक्षि भर्ता ते सदृशोस्म्यहम् । उपसर्प वरारोहे मेरुमर्कप्रभा यथा ॥

bhajasva māṃ viśālākṣi bhartā te sadṛśosmyaham | upasarpa varārohe merumarkaprabhā yathā

Be mine, wide-eyed one; I am a husband worthy of you. Come to me, lovely-hipped one, as the sun's radiance comes to Mount Meru."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.3d*0303, lines 3–4.

Verse 14 (4.19.14)

स मूढः कीचकस्तत्र प्राप्तां राजीवलोचनाम् । अब्रवीद्द्रौपदीं दृष्ट्वा दुरात्मा ह्यात्मसंमतः ॥

sa mūḍhaḥ kīcakastatra prāptāṃ rājīvalocanām | abravīddraupadīṃ dṛṣṭvā durātmā hyātmasaṃmataḥ

So the foolish, wicked, self-infatuated Kichaka spoke there to lotus-eyed Draupadi when he saw that she had come.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.3d*0303, lines 1–2. The CE apparatus places these lines before the two of the preceding verse; Wikisource sets them after Kichaka's speech, under a narrator heading.

Verse 15 (4.19.15)

कीचकेनैवमुक्ता सा द्रौपदी वरवर्णिनी । अब्रवीत्तमनाचारं नेदृशं वक्तुमर्हसि ॥

kīcakenaivamuktā sā draupadī varavarṇinī | abravīttamanācāraṃ nedṛśaṃ vaktumarhasi

Spoken to thus by Kichaka, the lovely Draupadi said to that man of evil ways, "You should not speak like this.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.3d*0303, lines 5–6.

Verse 16 (4.19.16)

नाहं शक्या त्वया स्प्रष्टुं श्वपचेनेव ब्राह्मणी । गन्तुमिच्छसि दुर्बुद्धे गतिं दुर्गतरान्तराम् ॥

nāhaṃ śakyā tvayā spraṣṭuṃ śvapaceneva brāhmaṇī | gantumicchasi durbuddhe gatiṃ durgatarāntarām

You can no more touch me than an outcaste can touch a Brahmin woman. Fool, you want to tread a road that leads down into depths still harder to escape,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.3d*0303, lines 7–8.

Verse 17 (4.19.17)

यत्र गच्छन्ति बहवः परदाराभिमर्शकाः । नराः संभिन्नमर्यादाः कीटवच्चाशुभाश्रयाः ॥

yatra gacchanti bahavaḥ paradārābhimarśakāḥ | narāḥ saṃbhinnamaryādāḥ kīṭavaccāśubhāśrayāḥ

where the many men go who lay hands on other men's wives, men who break every bound and who end, like worms, in foul places.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.3d*0303, lines 9–10.

Verse 18 (4.19.18)

अप्रैषीन्मां सुराहारीं सुदेष्णा त्वन्निवेशनम् । तस्यै नयिष्ये मदिरां भगिनी तृषिता तव ॥

apraiṣīnmāṃ surāhārīṃ sudeṣṇā tvanniveśanam | tasyai nayiṣye madirāṃ bhaginī tṛṣitā tava

Sudeshna has sent me to your house to fetch wine. I am to take the wine to her; your sister is thirsty.

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 4.15.4a; the second line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.15.4b*0304, line 1).

Verse 19 (4.19.19)

पिपासिता च कैकेयी तूर्णं मामादिशत्ततः । दीयतां मे सुरा शीघ्रं सूतपुत्र व्रजाम्यहम् ॥

pipāsitā ca kaikeyī tūrṇaṃ māmādiśattataḥ | dīyatāṃ me surā śīghraṃ sūtaputra vrajāmyaham

Kaikeyi was thirsty and sent me off at once. Give me the wine quickly, son of the suta; I am going."

Note on the text: The first line corresponds loosely to CE 4.15.4c; the second line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.15.4d*0305, line 1).

Verse 20 (4.19.20)

अन्या भद्रे हरिष्यन्ति राजपुत्र्याः सुरामिमाम् । किं त्वं यास्यसि कल्याणि मदर्थं त्वमिहागता ॥

anyā bhadre hariṣyanti rājaputryāḥ surāmimām | kiṃ tvaṃ yāsyasi kalyāṇi madarthaṃ tvamihāgatā

"Other women will carry this wine to the princess, good lady. Why should you go, lovely one, when you have come here for my sake?"

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 4.15.5a; the second line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.15.5b*0306, line 1).

Verse 21 (4.19.21)

इत्युक्त्वा दक्षिणे पाणौ सूतपुत्रः परामृशत् । सा गृहीता विधून्वन्ती भूमौ निक्षिप्य भाजनम् । सभां शरणमाधावद्यत्र राजा युधिष्ठिरः ॥

ityuktvā dakṣiṇe pāṇau sūtaputraḥ parāmṛśat | sā gṛhītā vidhūnvantī bhūmau nikṣipya bhājanam | sabhāṃ śaraṇamādhāvadyatra rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

With that, the suta's son seized her by the right hand. Caught, she shook herself free, threw the vessel to the ground, and ran for refuge to the assembly hall where King Yudhishthira was.

Verse 22 (4.19.22)

तां कीचकः प्रधावन्तीं केशपक्षे परामृशत् । पातयित्वा तु तां भूमौ सूतपुत्रः पदाऽवधीत् ॥

tāṃ kīcakaḥ pradhāvantīṃ keśapakṣe parāmṛśat | pātayitvā tu tāṃ bhūmau sūtaputraḥ padā'vadhīt

As she ran, Kichaka caught her by the hair; throwing her to the ground, the suta's son kicked her

Verse 23 (4.19.23)

सभायां पश्यतो राज्ञो विराटस्य महात्मनः । ब्राह्मणानां च वृद्धानां क्षत्रियाणां च पश्यतां ॥

sabhāyāṃ paśyato rājño virāṭasya mahātmanaḥ | brāhmaṇānāṃ ca vṛddhānāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ ca paśyatāṃ

in the assembly, before the eyes of the great-souled King Virata, and before the eyes of the aged Brahmins and the Kshatriyas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.7d*0309, lines 1–2.

Verse 24 (4.19.24)

तस्याः पादाभितप्ताया मुखाद्रुधिरमास्रवत् ॥

tasyāḥ pādābhitaptāyā mukhādrudhiramāsravat

Struck by his foot, she bled from the mouth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.7d*0309, line 3. Wikisource prints it as a one-line verse.

Verse 25 (4.19.25)

ततो दिवाकरेणाशु राक्षसः संनियोजितः । स कीचकमपोवाह वातवेगेन भारत ॥

tato divākareṇāśu rākṣasaḥ saṃniyojitaḥ | sa kīcakamapovāha vātavegena bhārata

Then at once the rakshasa whom the Sun had appointed swept Kichaka away with the force of the wind, O Bharata.

Verse 26 (4.19.26)

स पपात तदा भूमौ रक्षोबलसमीरितः । विघूर्णमानो निश्चेष्टश्छिन्नमूल इव द्रुमः ॥

sa papāta tadā bhūmau rakṣobalasamīritaḥ | vighūrṇamāno niśceṣṭaśchinnamūla iva drumaḥ

Struck by the rakshasa's strength, he fell to the ground, reeling and motionless, like a tree cut off at the root.

Verse 27 (4.19.27)

तां दृष्ट्वा तत्र ते सभ्या हाहाभूताः समन्ततः । न युक्तं सूतपुत्रेति कीचकेति च तेऽवदन् । किमियं वध्यते बाला कृपणा चाप्यबान्धवा ॥

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā tatra te sabhyā hāhābhūtāḥ samantataḥ | na yuktaṃ sūtaputreti kīcaketi ca te'vadan | kimiyaṃ vadhyate bālā kṛpaṇā cāpyabāndhavā

Seeing her, the members of the assembly cried out in dismay on every side. "This is not right, son of the suta! Not right, Kichaka!" they said. "Why is this poor girl, who has no kin to protect her, being beaten?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.9d*0310, lines 1–3.

Verse 28 (4.19.28)

तस्यामासन्हि ते पार्थाः सभायां भ्रातरस्तथा । अमृष्यमाणाः कृष्णायाः कीचकेन पदा वधं ॥

tasyāmāsanhi te pārthāḥ sabhāyāṃ bhrātarastathā | amṛṣyamāṇāḥ kṛṣṇāyāḥ kīcakena padā vadhaṃ

The sons of Pritha, the brothers, were sitting there in that hall, unable to bear Kichaka's kicking of Krishna.

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 4.15.10a (which names only Bhimasena and Yudhishthira as present).

Verse 29 (4.19.29)

तां दृष्ट्वा भीमसेनस्य क्रोधादास्रमवर्तत । धूमोच्छ्वासः समभवन्नेत्रे चोच्छ्रितपक्ष्मणी । सस्वेदा भ्रुकुटी चोग्रा ललाटे समवर्तत ॥

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmasenasya krodhādāsramavartata | dhūmocchvāsaḥ samabhavannetre cocchritapakṣmaṇī | sasvedā bhrukuṭī cogrā lalāṭe samavartata

Seeing her, Bhimasena's eyes filled with tears of rage. His breath came out like smoke, his eyelashes stood up stiff, and a fierce frown, beaded with sweat, gathered on his brow.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.10d*0311, line 1, and 4.15.10d*0312, lines 1–2.

Verse 30 (4.19.30)

तस्य भीमो वधप्रेप्सुः कीचकस्य दुरात्मनः । दन्तैर्दन्तांस्तदा रोषान्निष्पिपेष महामनाः ॥

tasya bhīmo vadhaprepsuḥ kīcakasya durātmanaḥ | dantairdantāṃstadā roṣānniṣpipeṣa mahāmanāḥ

Eager to kill the wicked Kichaka, great-hearted Bhima ground his teeth together in fury.

Note on the text: Corrected रोपान् → रोषान् (misprint in Wikisource; ropa for roṣa, "in anger"; the CE reads roṣān).

Verse 31 (4.19.31)

भूयः संचरितः क्रुद्धः सहसोत्थाय चासनात् । निरैक्षत द्रुमं दीर्घं राजानं चाप्यवैक्षत ॥

bhūyaḥ saṃcaritaḥ kruddhaḥ sahasotthāya cāsanāt | niraikṣata drumaṃ dīrghaṃ rājānaṃ cāpyavaikṣata

Stirring again in his anger, he rose suddenly from his seat, looked at a tall tree, and looked at the king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The first line is a variant of the line the CE's apparatus gives as 4.15.11d*0314, line 1; the second is 4.15.11d*0315, line 1.

Verse 32 (4.19.32)

वधमाकाङ्क्षमाणं तं कीचकस्य दुरात्मनः । आकारेणैव भीमं स प्रत्यषेधद्युधिष्ठिरः ॥

vadhamākāṅkṣamāṇaṃ taṃ kīcakasya durātmanaḥ | ākāreṇaiva bhīmaṃ sa pratyaṣedhadyudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Yudhishthira checked Bhima, who longed to kill the wicked Kichaka, with a look alone.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.11d*0315, lines 2–3. Corrected प्रत्यपेधद् → प्रत्यषेधद् (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the CE apparatus reads pratyaṣedhad).

Verse 33 (4.19.33)

तस्य राजा शनैः संज्ञां कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । चकार भीमसेनस्य रोषाविष्टस्य धीमतः ॥

tasya rājā śanaiḥ saṃjñāṃ kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | cakāra bhīmasenasya roṣāviṣṭasya dhīmataḥ

King Yudhishthira, son of Kunti, quietly made a sign to the wise Bhimasena, who was seized with rage.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.11d*0315, lines 4–5.

Verse 34 (4.19.34)

प्रत्याख्यानं तदा चाह कङ्को नाम युधिष्ठिरः ॥

pratyākhyānaṃ tadā cāha kaṅko nāma yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Then Yudhishthira, who went by the name of Kanka, spoke words to hold him back:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.11d*0315, line 6. Wikisource prints it as a one-line verse.

Verse 35 (4.19.35)

सूद मा साहसं कार्षीः फलितोऽयं वनस्पतिः । नात्र शुष्काणि काष्ठानि सन्ति यानि च कानि च ॥

sūda mā sāhasaṃ kārṣīḥ phalito'yaṃ vanaspatiḥ | nātra śuṣkāṇi kāṣṭhāni santi yāni ca kāni ca

"Cook, do nothing rash. This tree is bearing fruit. There is no dry wood here, none at all.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.11d*0315, lines 7–8.

Verse 36 (4.19.36)

यदि ते दारुकृत्यं स्यान्निष्क्रम्य नगराद्बहिः । समूलं शातयेर्वृक्षं श्रमस्ते न भविष्यति ॥

yadi te dārukṛtyaṃ syānniṣkramya nagarādbahiḥ | samūlaṃ śātayervṛkṣaṃ śramaste na bhaviṣyati

If you need wood, go out of the city and cut down a tree, root and all; it will cost you no trouble.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.11d*0315, lines 9–10.

Verse 37 (4.19.37)

यस्य चार्द्रस्य वृक्षस्य शीतच्छायां समाश्रयेत् । न तस्य पर्णे द्रुह्येत पूर्ववृत्तमनुस्मरन् ॥

yasya cārdrasya vṛkṣasya śītacchāyāṃ samāśrayet | na tasya parṇe druhyeta pūrvavṛttamanusmaran

One should not harm even a leaf of the green tree in whose cool shade one has sheltered, remembering the good it did before.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.11d*0315, lines 11–12.

Verse 38 (4.19.38)

न क्रोधकालसमयः सूद मा चापलं कृथाः । अपूर्णोऽयं द्विपक्षोनो नेदं बलवतां बहु ॥

na krodhakālasamayaḥ sūda mā cāpalaṃ kṛthāḥ | apūrṇo'yaṃ dvipakṣono nedaṃ balavatāṃ bahu

This is not the time for anger, cook; do not be rash. These two fortnights of ours are not yet complete; for the strong this is no great matter."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.11d*0315, lines 13–14.

Verse 39 (4.19.39)

अथाङ्गुष्ठेनावमृद्नादङ्गुष्ठं तत्र धर्मराट् । प्रबोधनभयाद्राज्ञो भीमं तं प्रत्यषेधयत् ॥

athāṅguṣṭhenāvamṛdnādaṅguṣṭhaṃ tatra dharmarāṭ | prabodhanabhayādrājño bhīmaṃ taṃ pratyaṣedhayat

Then the king of dharma pressed Bhima's toe with his own and, fearing that the king would discover them, held Bhima back.

Note on the text: Corrected नावमृद्गाद → नावमृद्नाद (misprint in Wikisource; ग for न; the CE reads avamṛdnād).

Verse 40 (4.19.40)

भीमसेनस्तु तद्वाक्यं श्रुत्वा परपुरञ्जयः । सहसोत्पतितं क्रोधं न्ययच्छद्धृतिमान्बलात् । इङ्गितज्ञः स तु भ्रातुस्तूष्णीमासीद्वृकोदरः ॥

bhīmasenastu tadvākyaṃ śrutvā parapurañjayaḥ | sahasotpatitaṃ krodhaṃ nyayacchaddhṛtimānbalāt | iṅgitajñaḥ sa tu bhrātustūṣṇīmāsīdvṛkodaraḥ

Hearing those words, Bhimasena, conqueror of enemy cities, steady of mind, forcibly held down the anger that had suddenly flared up in him; reading his brother's signs, Vrikodara fell silent.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.12d*0318, lines 1–3.

Verse 41 (4.19.41)

भीमस्य च समारम्भं दृष्ट्वा राज्ञोऽस्य चेष्टितम् । द्रौपदी चाधिकं क्रोधात्प्रारुदत्सा पुनःपुनः ॥

bhīmasya ca samārambhaṃ dṛṣṭvā rājño'sya ceṣṭitam | draupadī cādhikaṃ krodhātprārudatsā punaḥpunaḥ

Seeing Bhima's start and the king's restraining gesture, Draupadi wept again and again, all the more from anger.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.12d*0318, lines 4–5.

Verse 42 (4.19.42)

कीचकेनानुगमनात्कृष्णा ताम्रायतेक्षणा । सभाद्वारमुपगम्य रुदन्ती वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

kīcakenānugamanātkṛṣṇā tāmrāyatekṣaṇā | sabhādvāramupagamya rudantī vākyamabravīt

Krishna, her long eyes reddened from being chased by Kichaka, came to the door of the hall and, weeping, spoke,

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of the line the CE's apparatus gives as 4.15.12d*0318, line 6; the second line is a variant of CE 4.15.13a.

Verse 43 (4.19.43)

अवेक्षमाणा सुश्रोणी पतींस्तान्दीनचेतसः । आकारं परिरक्षन्ती प्रतिज्ञां धर्मसंयुताम् । दह्यमानेव रौद्रेण चक्षुषा द्रुपदात्मजा ॥

avekṣamāṇā suśroṇī patīṃstāndīnacetasaḥ | ākāraṃ parirakṣantī pratijñāṃ dharmasaṃyutām | dahyamāneva raudreṇa cakṣuṣā drupadātmajā

the fair-hipped daughter of Drupada, looking at her husbands sunk in misery, guarding her disguise and the pledge bound up with dharma, as though she would burn them with her fierce eyes:

Note on the text: The first line is CE 4.15.13c; the second and third lines are CE 4.15.14 (Wikisource divides the verses differently).

Verse 44 (4.19.44)

प्रजारक्षणशीलानां राज्ञां ह्यमिततेजसाम् । कार्याऽनुपालनं नित्यं धर्मे सत्ये च तिष्ठताम् ॥

prajārakṣaṇaśīlānāṃ rājñāṃ hyamitatejasām | kāryā'nupālanaṃ nityaṃ dharme satye ca tiṣṭhatām

"For kings of boundless power whose nature is to protect their subjects, who stand firm in dharma and truth, it is a constant duty to see justice done in every matter —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16, lines 1–2.

Verse 45 (4.19.45)

स्वप्रजायां प्रजायां च विशेषं नाधिगच्छताम् । प्रियेष्वपि च वध्येषु समत्वं ये समाश्रिताः ॥

svaprajāyāṃ prajāyāṃ ca viśeṣaṃ nādhigacchatām | priyeṣvapi ca vadhyeṣu samatvaṃ ye samāśritāḥ

kings who make no distinction between their own people and other subjects, and who keep an even mind toward those dear to them and those who deserve punishment.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16, lines 3–4.

Verse 46 (4.19.46)

विवादेषु प्रवृत्तेषु समं कार्यानुदर्शिना । राज्ञा धर्मासनस्थेन जितौ लोकावुभावपि ॥

vivādeṣu pravṛtteṣu samaṃ kāryānudarśinā | rājñā dharmāsanasthena jitau lokāvubhāvapi

When disputes arise, a king seated on the throne of justice who weighs the case impartially wins both worlds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16, lines 5–6.

Verse 47 (4.19.47)

राजन्धर्मासनस्थो हि रक्ष मां त्वमनागसम् ॥

rājandharmāsanastho hi rakṣa māṃ tvamanāgasam

King, you sit on the throne of justice: protect me, for I am blameless.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16, line 7. Wikisource prints it as a one-line verse.

Verse 48 (4.19.48)

अहं त्वनपराध्यन्ती कीचकेन दुरात्मना । पश्यतस्ते महाराज हता पादेन दासिवत् ॥

ahaṃ tvanaparādhyantī kīcakena durātmanā | paśyataste mahārāja hatā pādena dāsivat

Though I had done no wrong, the wicked Kichaka struck me with his foot like a slave-woman, while you looked on, great king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16, lines 8–9. Corrected दासिवात् → दासिवत् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray long vowel; the CE reads dāsivat, "like a slave-woman").

Verse 49 (4.19.49)

त्वत्समक्षं नृपश्रेष्ठ निष्पिष्टा वसुधातले । अनागसं कृपार्हां मां स्त्रियं त्वं परिपालय ॥

tvatsamakṣaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha niṣpiṣṭā vasudhātale | anāgasaṃ kṛpārhāṃ māṃ striyaṃ tvaṃ paripālaya

Before your very eyes, best of kings, I was trampled to the ground. Protect me, a blameless woman who deserves pity.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16, lines 10–11.

Verse 50 (4.19.50)

रक्ष मां कीचकाद्भीतां धर्मं रक्ष नरेश्वर । मत्स्याधिप प्रजा रक्ष पिता पुत्रानिवौरसान् ॥

rakṣa māṃ kīcakādbhītāṃ dharmaṃ rakṣa nareśvara | matsyādhipa prajā rakṣa pitā putrānivaurasān

Protect me, for I am afraid of Kichaka; protect dharma, lord of men. Lord of the Matsyas, protect your subjects as a father protects the sons of his own body.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16, lines 12–13.

Verse 51 (4.19.51)

यस्त्वधर्मेण कार्याणि मोहात्मा कुरुते नृपः । अचिरात्तं दुरात्मानं वशे कुर्वन्ति शत्रवः ॥

yastvadharmeṇa kāryāṇi mohātmā kurute nṛpaḥ | acirāttaṃ durātmānaṃ vaśe kurvanti śatravaḥ

A king who, his mind deluded, conducts affairs unrighteously is soon brought under the power of his enemies, wicked as he is.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16, lines 14–15.

Verse 52 (4.19.52)

मत्स्यानां कुलजस्त्वं हि तेषां सत्यं परायणम् । त्वं किलैवंविधो जातः कुले धर्मपरायणे ॥

matsyānāṃ kulajastvaṃ hi teṣāṃ satyaṃ parāyaṇam | tvaṃ kilaivaṃvidho jātaḥ kule dharmaparāyaṇe

You are born of the Matsya line, for whom truth is the highest refuge; you are said to have been born such a man, into a family devoted to dharma.

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

Verse 53 (4.19.53)

अतस्त्वाहमभिक्रन्दे शरणार्थं नराधिप । त्राहि मामद्य राजेन्द्र कीचकात्पापपूरुषात् ॥

atastvāhamabhikrande śaraṇārthaṃ narādhipa | trāhi māmadya rājendra kīcakātpāpapūruṣāt

So I cry out to you for refuge, lord of men. Save me today, king of kings, from Kichaka, that sinful man.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16, lines 18–19.

Verse 54 (4.19.54)

अनाथामिह मां ज्ञात्वा कीचकः पुरुषाधमः । प्रहरत्येव नीचात्मा न तु धर्ममवेक्षते ॥

anāthāmiha māṃ jñātvā kīcakaḥ puruṣādhamaḥ | praharatyeva nīcātmā na tu dharmamavekṣate

Knowing that I have no protector here, Kichaka, lowest of men, base of mind, simply strikes me and pays no heed to dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16, lines 20–21.

Verse 55 (4.19.55)

अकार्याणामनारम्भात्कार्याणामनुपालनात् । प्रजासु ये सुवृत्तास्ते स्वर्गमायान्ति भूमिपाः ॥

akāryāṇāmanārambhātkāryāṇāmanupālanāt | prajāsu ye suvṛttāste svargamāyānti bhūmipāḥ

Kings who refrain from what should not be done, who carry through what should be done, and who deal rightly with their subjects, go to heaven.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16, lines 22–23.

Verse 56 (4.19.56)

कार्याकार्यविशेषज्ञाः कामकारेण पार्थिवाः । प्रजासु किल्बिषं कृत्वा नरकं यान्त्यधोमुखाः ॥

kāryākāryaviśeṣajñāḥ kāmakāreṇa pārthivāḥ | prajāsu kilbiṣaṃ kṛtvā narakaṃ yāntyadhomukhāḥ

Kings who know the difference between what should and should not be done, yet wrong their subjects at their own whim, go headlong down to hell.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16, lines 24–25.

Verse 57 (4.19.57)

नैव यज्ञैर्न वा दानैर्न गुरोरुपसेवनात् । प्राप्नुवन्ति तथा धर्मं यथा कार्यानुपालनात् ॥

naiva yajñairna vā dānairna gurorupasevanāt | prāpnuvanti tathā dharmaṃ yathā kāryānupālanāt

Not by sacrifices, nor by gifts, nor by serving their teachers do kings gain such merit as by seeing justice done.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16, lines 26–27.

Verse 58 (4.19.58)

अपि चेदं पुरा ब्रह्मा प्रोवाचेन्द्राय पृच्छते । द्वन्द्वं कार्यमकार्यं च लोके चासीत्परं यथा ॥

api cedaṃ purā brahmā provācendrāya pṛcchate | dvandvaṃ kāryamakāryaṃ ca loke cāsītparaṃ yathā

And this too Brahma once told Indra when he asked: how the pair, what should be done and what should not, stood highest in the world;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16, lines 28–29.

Verse 59 (4.19.59)

धर्माधर्मौ पुनर्द्वन्द्वं विनियुक्तमथापि वा । क्रियाणामक्रियाणां च प्रापणे पुण्यपापयोः ॥

dharmādharmau punardvandvaṃ viniyuktamathāpi vā | kriyāṇāmakriyāṇāṃ ca prāpaṇe puṇyapāpayoḥ

and how, again, dharma and adharma were appointed as a pair, as were doing and not doing, leading to merit and to sin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16, lines 30–31.

Verse 60 (4.19.60)

प्रजायां सृज्यमानायां पुरा ह्येतदुदाहृतम् । एतद्वो मानुषाः सम्यक्कार्यं द्वन्द्वत्रयं भुवि ॥

prajāyāṃ sṛjyamānāyāṃ purā hyetadudāhṛtam | etadvo mānuṣāḥ samyakkāryaṃ dvandvatrayaṃ bhuvi

When creatures were being created, this was declared long ago: 'Men, you must rightly carry out these three pairs on earth.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16, lines 32–33.

Verse 61 (4.19.61)

अस्मिन्सुनीते दुर्नीते लभते कर्मजं फलम् । कल्याणकारी कल्याणं पापकारी च पापकम् ॥

asminsunīte durnīte labhate karmajaṃ phalam | kalyāṇakārī kalyāṇaṃ pāpakārī ca pāpakam

Whether one guides this well or badly, one reaps the fruit born of one's deeds: the doer of good receives good, and the doer of evil, evil.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16, lines 34–35.

Verse 62 (4.19.62)

तेन गच्छति संसर्गं स्वर्गाय नरकाय वा । सुकृतं दुष्कृतं वाऽपि कृत्वा मोहेन मानवः । पश्चात्तापेन तप्येत स्वबुद्ध्या मरणं गतः ॥

tena gacchati saṃsargaṃ svargāya narakāya vā | sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ vā'pi kṛtvā mohena mānavaḥ | paścāttāpena tapyeta svabuddhyā maraṇaṃ gataḥ

By that a person is joined to heaven or to hell. A man who has done good or evil out of delusion, and has gone to his death by his own design, is tormented by remorse.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The first line is in the CE's Appendix I.16, line 36; the other two appear nowhere in the CE.

Verse 63 (4.19.63)

एवमुक्त्वा परं वाक्यं विससर्ज शतक्रतुम् । शक्रोप्यापृच्छ्य ब्रह्माणं देवराज्यमपालयत् ॥

evamuktvā paraṃ vākyaṃ visasarja śatakratum | śakropyāpṛcchya brahmāṇaṃ devarājyamapālayat

Having spoken these supreme words, Brahma dismissed Shatakratu; and Shakra, taking leave of Brahma, ruled the kingdom of the gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16, lines 37–38.

Verse 64 (4.19.64)

यथोक्तं देवराजेन ब्रह्मणा परमेष्ठिना । तथा त्वमपि राजेन्द्र कार्याकार्ये स्थिरो भव ॥

yathoktaṃ devarājena brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā | tathā tvamapi rājendra kāryākārye sthiro bhava

As Brahma, the supreme lord, declared it to the king of the gods, so you too, king of kings, stand firm in what should and should not be done."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.16, lines 39–40.