Draupadi Rebukes Virata; Yudhishthira Sends Her Away

Verse 1 (4.20.1)

एवं विलपमानायां पाञ्चाल्यां मत्स्यपुङ्गवः । अशक्तः कीचकं तत्र शासितुं बलदर्पितम् । विराटराजः सूतं तु सान्त्वेनैव न्यवारयत् ॥

evaṃ vilapamānāyāṃ pāñcālyāṃ matsyapuṅgavaḥ | aśaktaḥ kīcakaṃ tatra śāsituṃ baladarpitam | virāṭarājaḥ sūtaṃ tu sāntvenaiva nyavārayat

While the princess of Panchala was lamenting in this way, Virata, the bull among the Matsyas, was unable to chastise Kichaka there, proud as he was of his strength; the king only held the Suta back with soothing words.

Note on the text: Corrected मूतं → सूतं (misprint in Wikisource; "the Suta", i.e. Kichaka, as in the critical edition's apparatus sūtaṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I no. 16 (inserted after 4.15.14), lines 41–43. Speaker heading वैशंपायन normalised to वैशम्पायन.

Verse 2 (4.20.2)

कीचकं मत्स्यराजेन कृतागसमनिन्दिता । नापराधानुरूपेण दण्डेन प्रतिपादितम् ॥

kīcakaṃ matsyarājena kṛtāgasamaninditā | nāparādhānurūpeṇa daṇḍena pratipāditam

The blameless lady saw that the Matsya king had not dealt Kichaka, who had committed the offence, a punishment fitting his crime.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I no. 16 (inserted after 4.15.14), lines 44–45.

Verse 3 (4.20.3)

पाञ्चालराजस्य सुता दृष्ट्वा सुरसुतोपमा । धर्मज्ञा व्यवहाराणां कीचके कृतकिल्बिषे । पुनः प्रोवाच राजानं स्मरन्ती धर्ममुत्तमम् ॥

pāñcālarājasya sutā dṛṣṭvā surasutopamā | dharmajñā vyavahārāṇāṃ kīcake kṛtakilbiṣe | punaḥ provāca rājānaṃ smarantī dharmamuttamam

The daughter of the Panchala king, like a daughter of the gods and versed in the law of judicial proceedings, seeing that Kichaka had done wrong, spoke to the king again, mindful of the highest dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I no. 16 (inserted after 4.15.14), lines 46–48. Wikisource reads कीचके कृतकिल्बिषे where the CE has kīcakaṃ kṛtakilbiṣam.

Verse 4 (4.20.4)

संप्रेक्ष्य च वरारोहा सर्वांस्तत्र सभासदः । राजानुवर्तनपरान्कीचकं च कृतागसम् । विराटं चाह पाञ्चाली दुःखेनाविष्टचेतना ॥

saṃprekṣya ca varārohā sarvāṃstatra sabhāsadaḥ | rājānuvartanaparānkīcakaṃ ca kṛtāgasam | virāṭaṃ cāha pāñcālī duḥkhenāviṣṭacetanā

The fair-hipped Panchali looked round at all the members of the assembly there, intent only on humouring the king, and at Kichaka who had done the wrong, and with her heart overcome by grief she said to Virata:

Note on the text: Lines 1 and 3 are not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives them only in Appendix I no. 16 (inserted after 4.15.14), lines 49–50. The middle line (राजानुवर्तनपरान्…) is found nowhere in the CE — vulgate only.

Verse 5 (4.20.5)

न राजन्राजवत्किंचित्समाचरसि कीचके । दस्यूनामिव ते धर्मो न सत्सु परिवर्तते ॥

na rājanrājavatkiṃcitsamācarasi kīcake | dasyūnāmiva te dharmo na satsu parivartate

"O king, in Kichaka's case you do nothing at all as a king should. Your justice is like that of robbers; it has no place among the good.

Note on the text: The second line differs from the CE (na hi saṃsadi śobhate), a recension variant. Speaker set to Draupadi, whose speech to Virata this is (Wikisource carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 6 (4.20.6)

न कीचकः स्वधर्मस्थो न च मत्स्यः कथंचन । सभासदोऽप्यधर्मज्ञा य इमं पर्युपासते ॥

na kīcakaḥ svadharmastho na ca matsyaḥ kathaṃcana | sabhāsado'pyadharmajñā ya imaṃ paryupāsate

Kichaka does not keep to his own duty, nor does the Matsya king in any way; and the members of this assembly who wait upon such a man do not know dharma either.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Draupadi (Wikisource carried वैशंपायन over her speech).

Verse 7 (4.20.7)

न धर्मं कीचको वेत्ति राजभृत्यास्तथैव च । न राजा विनयं ब्रूते अमात्याश्च न जानते ॥

na dharmaṃ kīcako vetti rājabhṛtyāstathaiva ca | na rājā vinayaṃ brūte amātyāśca na jānate

Kichaka does not know dharma, nor do the king's servants; the king does not speak up for discipline, and his ministers do not understand it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.25d*0325. Speaker set to Draupadi, whose speech to Virata this is (Wikisource carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 8 (4.20.8)

नोपालभे त्वां नृपते विराटं नृपसंसदि । नाहमेतेन युक्ता वै हन्तुं मात्स्य तवान्तिके ॥

nopālabhe tvāṃ nṛpate virāṭaṃ nṛpasaṃsadi | nāhametena yuktā vai hantuṃ mātsya tavāntike

I do not reproach you, King Virata, in this assembly of kings; I am in no position to slay this man here in your presence, O Matsya.

Note on the text: Matches the first two lines of CE 4.15.26 (Wikisource विराटं नृपसंसदि for virāṭa janasaṃsadi); its third line opens the next verse. Speaker set to Draupadi, whose speech to Virata this is (Wikisource carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 9 (4.20.9)

सभासदस्तु पश्यन्तु कीचकं धर्मलङ्घिनम् । विराटनृपते पश्य मामनाथामनागसम् ॥

sabhāsadastu paśyantu kīcakaṃ dharmalaṅghinam | virāṭanṛpate paśya māmanāthāmanāgasam

But let the members of the assembly look upon Kichaka, who tramples on dharma. King Virata, look at me — helpless and without blame.

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of the last line of CE 4.15.26 (kīcakasya vyatikramam); the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension) — its apparatus has it as 4.15.26f*0328. Speaker set to Draupadi, whose speech to Virata this is (Wikisource carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 10 (4.20.10)

न साम फलते दुष्टे दुष्टे दण्डः प्रयुज्यते ॥

na sāma phalate duṣṭe duṣṭe daṇḍaḥ prayujyate

Conciliation bears no fruit with the wicked; on the wicked, punishment must be used.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.26f*0329 (line 1). A single line in Wikisource, as it is in the apparatus; nothing appears to be lost. Speaker set to Draupadi, whose speech to Virata this is (Wikisource carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 11 (4.20.11)

अदण्ड्यान्दण्डयन्राजा दण्ड्यांश्चैवाप्यदण्डयन् । स राजा न भवेल्लोके राजशब्दस्य भाजनम् ॥

adaṇḍyāndaṇḍayanrājā daṇḍyāṃścaivāpyadaṇḍayan | sa rājā na bhavelloke rājaśabdasya bhājanam

A king who punishes those who do not deserve punishment and leaves unpunished those who do is not worthy of the name of king in this world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.26f*0329 (lines 2–3). Speaker set to Draupadi, whose speech to Virata this is (Wikisource carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 12 (4.20.12)

दीनान्धकृपणाशक्तपङ्गुकुब्जजडादिकान् । अनाथबालवृद्धांश्च पुरुषान्वा स्त्रियोऽपि वा । दुष्टचोराभिभूतांश्च पालयेदवनीपतिः ॥

dīnāndhakṛpaṇāśaktapaṅgukubjajaḍādikān | anāthabālavṛddhāṃśca puruṣānvā striyo'pi vā | duṣṭacorābhibhūtāṃśca pālayedavanīpatiḥ

The lord of the earth should protect the wretched, the blind, the poor, the weak, the lame, the hunchbacked, the dull-witted and their like; orphans, children and the old, men and women alike; and those oppressed by the wicked and by thieves.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.26f*0329 (lines 4–6). Speaker set to Draupadi, whose speech to Virata this is (Wikisource carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 13 (4.20.13)

अनाथानां च नाथः स्यादपितॄणां पिता नृपः । माता भवेदमातॄणामगुरूणां गुरुर्भवेत् । अगतीनां गती राजा नृणां राजा परायणम् ॥

anāthānāṃ ca nāthaḥ syādapitṝṇāṃ pitā nṛpaḥ | mātā bhavedamātṝṇāmagurūṇāṃ gururbhavet | agatīnāṃ gatī rājā nṛṇāṃ rājā parāyaṇam

The king should be a protector to those who have none, a father to the fatherless, a mother to the motherless and a teacher to those without a teacher. The king is the refuge of those who have no refuge; the king is the last support of men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.26f*0329 (lines 7–9). Speaker set to Draupadi, whose speech to Virata this is (Wikisource carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 14 (4.20.14)

विशेषतः परैर्दुष्टैः परामृष्टां नरोत्तमः । स्त्रियं साध्वीमनाथां च पालयेत्स्वसुतामिव ॥

viśeṣataḥ parairduṣṭaiḥ parāmṛṣṭāṃ narottamaḥ | striyaṃ sādhvīmanāthāṃ ca pālayetsvasutāmiva

Above all, the best of men should protect a virtuous, unprotected woman assaulted by wicked strangers, as though she were his own daughter.

Note on the text: Corrected परामृष्टं → परामृष्टां (misprint in Wikisource; the participle qualifies स्त्रियं, and the critical edition's apparatus reads parāmṛṣṭāṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.26f*0329 (lines 10–11). Speaker set to Draupadi, whose speech to Virata this is (Wikisource carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 15 (4.20.15)

त्वद्गृहावसतिं राजन्नेतावत्कालपर्ययम् । अधिकां त्वत्सुतायाश्च पश्य मां कीचकाहतां ॥

tvadgṛhāvasatiṃ rājannetāvatkālaparyayam | adhikāṃ tvatsutāyāśca paśya māṃ kīcakāhatāṃ

O king, I have lived in your house all this length of time, and more than your own daughter. See me now, struck down by Kichaka."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.26f*0329 (lines 12–13). Speaker set to Draupadi, whose speech to Virata this is (Wikisource carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 16 (4.20.16)

परोक्षं नाभिजानामि विग्रहं युवयोरहम् । अर्थतत्त्वमविज्ञाय किं स्यादकुशलं मम ॥

parokṣaṃ nābhijānāmi vigrahaṃ yuvayoraham | arthatattvamavijñāya kiṃ syādakuśalaṃ mama

"I know nothing of the quarrel between you two, which took place out of my sight. Without knowing the real facts of the matter, how can I be at fault?"

Note on the text: Speaker heading विराट kept. Wikisource reads किं स्यादकुशलं मम where the CE has kiṃ nu syāt kuśalaṃ mama.

Verse 17 (4.20.17)

येषां न वैरी स्वपिति पदा भूमिमुपस्पृशन् । तेषां मां मानिनीं भार्यां सूतपुत्रः पदाऽवधीत् ॥

yeṣāṃ na vairī svapiti padā bhūmimupaspṛśan | teṣāṃ māṃ māninīṃ bhāryāṃ sūtaputraḥ padā'vadhīt

"They whose enemy cannot sleep as long as his feet touch the earth — their proud wife the Suta's son has kicked.

Verse 18 (4.20.18)

ये च दद्युर्न याचेयुर्ब्रह्मण्याः सत्यवादिनः । येषां दुन्दुभिनिर्घोषो ज्याघोषः श्रूयते भृशम् । तेषां मां दयितां भार्यां सूतपुत्रः पदाऽवधीत् ॥

ye ca dadyurna yāceyurbrahmaṇyāḥ satyavādinaḥ | yeṣāṃ dundubhinirghoṣo jyāghoṣaḥ śrūyate bhṛśam | teṣāṃ māṃ dayitāṃ bhāryāṃ sūtaputraḥ padā'vadhīt

They who give and never beg, devoted to brahmins and truthful, whose kettledrums roar and whose bowstrings twang loudly — their beloved wife the Suta's son has kicked.

Note on the text: This verse joins CE 4.15.16ab (the givers who do not beg) and 4.15.17ab (the kettledrums and bowstrings) before a single refrain.

Verse 19 (4.20.19)

तेजस्विनस्तथा क्षान्ता बलवन्तश्च मानिनः । महेष्वासा रणे शूरा गर्विता मानतत्पराः । तेषां मां मानिनीं भार्यां सूतपुत्रः पदाऽवधीत् ॥

tejasvinastathā kṣāntā balavantaśca māninaḥ | maheṣvāsā raṇe śūrā garvitā mānatatparāḥ | teṣāṃ māṃ māninīṃ bhāryāṃ sūtaputraḥ padā'vadhīt

They who are glorious yet forbearing, strong and proud, mighty archers, heroes in battle, high-spirited and jealous of their honour — their proud wife the Suta's son has kicked.

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 4.15.18ab; the middle line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension) — its apparatus has it as 4.15.18d*0321.

Verse 20 (4.20.20)

सर्वलोकमिमं हन्युर्यदि क्रुद्धा महाबलाः । तेषां मां दयितां भार्यां सूतपुत्रः पदाऽवधीत् ॥

sarvalokamimaṃ hanyuryadi kruddhā mahābalāḥ | teṣāṃ māṃ dayitāṃ bhāryāṃ sūtaputraḥ padā'vadhīt

They, mighty in strength, who could destroy this whole world if roused to anger — their beloved wife the Suta's son has kicked.

Note on the text: The first line differs from the CE (dharmapāśasitās tu ye for यदि क्रुद्धा महाबलाः), a recension variant.

Verse 21 (4.20.21)

येषां नास्ति समः कश्चिद्वीर्ये सत्ये बले दमे । तेषां मां दयितां भार्यां सूतपुत्रः पदाऽवधीत् ॥

yeṣāṃ nāsti samaḥ kaścidvīrye satye bale dame | teṣāṃ māṃ dayitāṃ bhāryāṃ sūtaputraḥ padā'vadhīt

They who have no equal in valour, truth, strength or self-control — their beloved wife the Suta's son has kicked.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.18d*0322 (lines 1–2).

Verse 22 (4.20.22)

येषां न सदृशः कश्चिद्धनाद्यैर्भुवि मानवः । तेषां मां दयितां भार्यां सूतपुत्रः पदाऽवधीत् ॥

yeṣāṃ na sadṛśaḥ kaściddhanādyairbhuvi mānavaḥ | teṣāṃ māṃ dayitāṃ bhāryāṃ sūtaputraḥ padā'vadhīt

They whom no man on earth can match in wealth and the like — their beloved wife the Suta's son has kicked.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.18d*0322 (lines 3–4).

Verse 23 (4.20.23)

तवाग्रतो विशेषेण प्रजानां च हितैषिणः । पश्यतो निहता राजंस्तेनेह जगतीपते ॥

tavāgrato viśeṣeṇa prajānāṃ ca hitaiṣiṇaḥ | paśyato nihatā rājaṃsteneha jagatīpate

And I have been struck down by him here, O king, lord of the world, right before your eyes as you looked on — you who wish your subjects well.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.18d*0322 (lines 5–6).

Verse 24 (4.20.24)

शरणं ये प्रपन्नानां भवन्ति शरणार्थिनाम् । चरन्ति लोके प्रच्छन्नाः क्वनु तेऽद्य महाबलाः ॥

śaraṇaṃ ye prapannānāṃ bhavanti śaraṇārthinām | caranti loke pracchannāḥ kvanu te'dya mahābalāḥ

They who are the shelter of all who come to them seeking refuge — where are those mighty men today, as they wander the world in hiding?

Note on the text: Wikisource reads महाबलाः where the CE has mahārathāḥ.

Verse 25 (4.20.25)

कथं ते सूतपुत्रेण वध्यमानां प्रियां सतीम् । मर्षयन्ति यथा क्लीबा बलवन्तोऽतितेजसः ॥

kathaṃ te sūtaputreṇa vadhyamānāṃ priyāṃ satīm | marṣayanti yathā klībā balavanto'titejasaḥ

How can they, strong and of surpassing energy, bear like eunuchs to see their dear and faithful wife beaten by the Suta's son?

Verse 26 (4.20.26)

क्वनु तेषाममर्षश्च वीर्यं तेषां च तद्बलम् । न परीप्सन्ति ये भार्यां वध्यमानां दुरात्मना ॥

kvanu teṣāmamarṣaśca vīryaṃ teṣāṃ ca tadbalam | na parīpsanti ye bhāryāṃ vadhyamānāṃ durātmanā

Where now is their indignation, their valour, that strength of theirs, when they make no move to rescue their wife as a villain beats her?

Note on the text: Corrected दुरात्माना → दुरात्मना (misprint in Wikisource; instrumental "by the villain", as in the critical edition's durātmanā).

Verse 27 (4.20.27)

मयाऽपि शक्यं किं कर्तुं विराटे धर्मदूषणे । मां मर्षयति यः पश्यन्वध्यमानामनागसम् ॥

mayā'pi śakyaṃ kiṃ kartuṃ virāṭe dharmadūṣaṇe | māṃ marṣayati yaḥ paśyanvadhyamānāmanāgasam

What can I do, when Virata defiles the law — he who watches me being beaten, though I am blameless, and lets it pass?

Note on the text: Corrected मर्षंयति → मर्षयति (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara, cf. the critical edition's marṣayati). Wikisource's विराटे धर्मदूषणे and line order differ from the CE, a recension variant.

Verse 28 (4.20.28)

धर्मो विद्धो ह्यधर्मेण सभां यत्रोपतिष्ठति । न चेद्विशल्यः क्रियते सर्वे विद्धाः सभासदः ॥

dharmo viddho hyadharmeṇa sabhāṃ yatropatiṣṭhati | na cedviśalyaḥ kriyate sarve viddhāḥ sabhāsadaḥ

Where dharma, pierced by adharma, comes before an assembly and the dart is not drawn out, all the members of that assembly are pierced.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.23d*0324 (lines 1–2).

Verse 29 (4.20.29)

यत्र धर्मो ह्यधर्मेण सत्यं यत्रानृतेन च । हन्यते प्रेक्षमाणानां हतास्तत्र सभासदः ॥

yatra dharmo hyadharmeṇa satyaṃ yatrānṛtena ca | hanyate prekṣamāṇānāṃ hatāstatra sabhāsadaḥ

Where dharma is slain by adharma and truth by falsehood while they look on, there the members of the assembly are themselves slain."

Note on the text: Corrected ह्यधर्मेम → ह्यधर्मेण (misprint in Wikisource; as in the line before and the critical edition's apparatus hy adharmeṇa). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.23d*0324 (lines 3–4).

Verse 30 (4.20.30)

तस्यास्तत्कृपणं श्रुत्वा सैरन्ध्र्याः परिदेवितम् । ततः सभ्यास्तु ते सर्वे भूयः कृष्णामपूजयन् । साधुसाध्विति चाप्याहुः कीचकं चाप्यगर्हयन् ॥

tasyāstatkṛpaṇaṃ śrutvā sairandhryāḥ paridevitam | tataḥ sabhyāstu te sarve bhūyaḥ kṛṣṇāmapūjayan | sādhusādhviti cāpyāhuḥ kīcakaṃ cāpyagarhayan

Hearing the Sairandhri's piteous lament, all the members of the court honoured Krishna once more; they cried "Well done! Well done!" and censured Kichaka.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension) — its apparatus has it as 4.15.28*0330; the other two lines are a variant of CE 4.15.28.

Verse 31 (4.20.31)

केचित्कृष्णां प्रशंसन्ति केचिन्निन्दन्ति कीचकम् । केचिन्निन्दन्ति राजानं केचिद्देवीं च तां नराः ॥

kecitkṛṣṇāṃ praśaṃsanti kecinnindanti kīcakam | kecinnindanti rājānaṃ keciddevīṃ ca tāṃ narāḥ

Some of the men praised Krishna, some condemned Kichaka, some condemned the king, and some the queen.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.28d*0331.

Verse 32 (4.20.32)

यस्येयं चारुसर्वाङ्गी भार्या स्यादायतेक्षणा । परो लाभश्च तस्य स्यान्न स शोचेत्कदाचन ॥

yasyeyaṃ cārusarvāṅgī bhāryā syādāyatekṣaṇā | paro lābhaśca tasya syānna sa śocetkadācana

"He whose wife is this long-eyed woman, lovely in every limb, has the highest gain and would never know grief.

Verse 33 (4.20.33)

यस्या गात्रं शुभं पीनं मुखं जयति पङ्कजम् । गतिर्हंसं स्मितं कुन्दं सैषा नार्हति पद्वधम् ॥

yasyā gātraṃ śubhaṃ pīnaṃ mukhaṃ jayati paṅkajam | gatirhaṃsaṃ smitaṃ kundaṃ saiṣā nārhati padvadham

She whose body is lovely and full, whose face outshines the lotus, whose gait surpasses the swan and whose smile the jasmine — she does not deserve to be kicked.

Note on the text: Corrected सौषा → सैषा (misprint in Wikisource; सा एषा, as in the following verses and the critical edition's apparatus saiṣā). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.29d*0333 (lines 1–2).

Verse 34 (4.20.34)

द्वात्रिंशद्दशना यस्याः श्वेता मांसनिबन्धनाः । स्निग्धाश्च मृदवः केशाः सैषा नार्हति पद्वधम् ॥

dvātriṃśaddaśanā yasyāḥ śvetā māṃsanibandhanāḥ | snigdhāśca mṛdavaḥ keśāḥ saiṣā nārhati padvadham

She who has thirty-two teeth, white and firmly set, and soft, glossy hair — she does not deserve to be kicked.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.29d*0333 (lines 3–4).

Verse 35 (4.20.35)

पद्मं चक्रं ध्वजं शङ्खं प्रासादो मकरस्तथा । यस्याः पाणितले सन्ति सैषा नार्हति पद्वधम् ॥

padmaṃ cakraṃ dhvajaṃ śaṅkhaṃ prāsādo makarastathā | yasyāḥ pāṇitale santi saiṣā nārhati padvadham

She on whose palms are the marks of the lotus, the discus, the banner, the conch, the palace and the makara — she does not deserve to be kicked.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.29d*0333 (lines 5–6).

Verse 36 (4.20.36)

आवर्ताः खलु चत्वारः सर्वे चैव प्रदक्षिणाः । समं गात्रं शुभं स्निग्धं यस्या नार्हति पद्वधम् ॥

āvartāḥ khalu catvāraḥ sarve caiva pradakṣiṇāḥ | samaṃ gātraṃ śubhaṃ snigdhaṃ yasyā nārhati padvadham

She who has four whorls of hair, all turning to the right, and a body well-proportioned, lovely and smooth — she does not deserve to be kicked.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.29d*0333 (lines 7–8).

Verse 37 (4.20.37)

अच्छिद्रहस्तपादा च अच्छिद्रदशना च या । कन्या कमलपत्राक्षी कथमर्हति पद्वधम् ॥

acchidrahastapādā ca acchidradaśanā ca yā | kanyā kamalapatrākṣī kathamarhati padvadham

How can she deserve to be kicked — a young woman whose hands and feet close without a gap, whose teeth are set without a gap, whose eyes are like lotus petals?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.29d*0333 (lines 9–10).

Verse 38 (4.20.38)

सेयं लक्षणसंपन्ना पूर्णचन्द्रनिभानना । सुरूपिणी सुवदना नेयं योग्या पदा वधम् ॥

seyaṃ lakṣaṇasaṃpannā pūrṇacandranibhānanā | surūpiṇī suvadanā neyaṃ yogyā padā vadham

She is endowed with every auspicious mark, her face like the full moon, beautiful in form and fair of face; she is not one to be struck with the foot.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.29d*0333 (lines 11–12).

Verse 39 (4.20.39)

देवदेवीव सुभगा शक्रदेवीव शोभना । अप्सरा इव सारूप्यान्नेयं योग्या पदा वधम् ॥

devadevīva subhagā śakradevīva śobhanā | apsarā iva sārūpyānneyaṃ yogyā padā vadham

Fortunate as a goddess among the gods, lovely as Indra's queen, like an Apsaras in her likeness — she is not one to be struck with the foot."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.29d*0333 (lines 13–14). Wikisource reads सारूप्यान् where the apparatus has saurūpyān.

Verse 40 (4.20.40)

इति स्मापूजयंस्तत्र कृष्णां प्रेक्ष्य सभासदः ॥

iti smāpūjayaṃstatra kṛṣṇāṃ prekṣya sabhāsadaḥ

In this way the members of the assembly honoured Krishna there as they looked upon her.

Note on the text: Corrected स्मापूजसंस्तत्र → स्मापूजयंस्तत्र (misprint in Wikisource; स्म + अपूजयन् "they honoured", cf. the critical edition's saṃpūjayaṃs tatra). A single line in Wikisource: it is CE 4.15.30ab, whose second half (Yudhishthira's sweat) Wikisource gives as the first line of verse 42, so nothing is lost. Speaker set to Vaishampayana (narration; Wikisource carried सभ्या over it).

Verse 41 (4.20.41)

सा विनिःश्वस्य सुश्रोणी भूमावन्तर्मुखी स्थिता । तूष्णीमासीत्तदा दृष्ट्वा विवक्षन्तं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

sā viniḥśvasya suśroṇī bhūmāvantarmukhī sthitā | tūṣṇīmāsīttadā dṛṣṭvā vivakṣantaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram

The fair-hipped woman sighed and stood with her face turned down to the ground; then, seeing that Yudhishthira wished to speak, she fell silent.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE, not even in its apparatus. Speaker set to Vaishampayana (narration; Wikisource carried सभ्या over it).

Verse 42 (4.20.42)

युधिष्ठिरस्य कोपात्तु ललाटे स्वेद आस्रवत् । अब्रवीद्धर्मपुत्रोऽथ सैरन्ध्रीं महिषीं प्रियाम् । कृष्णां तत्र नृपाभ्याशे परिव्राजकरूपधृत् ॥

yudhiṣṭhirasya kopāttu lalāṭe sveda āsravat | abravīddharmaputro'tha sairandhrīṃ mahiṣīṃ priyām | kṛṣṇāṃ tatra nṛpābhyāśe parivrājakarūpadhṛt

In his anger, sweat streamed down Yudhishthira's forehead. Then the son of Dharma, who wore the guise of a wandering ascetic, spoke there in the king's presence to Krishna, the Sairandhri, his beloved queen:

Note on the text: The first line is CE 4.15.30cd (Wikisource आस्रवत् for āsajat); the second is a variant of CE 4.15.31ab; the third is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension) — its apparatus has it as 4.15.31b*0334. Speaker set to Vaishampayana (narration; Wikisource carried सभ्या over it).

Verse 43 (4.20.43)

गच्छ सैरन्ध्रि मा भैस्त्वं सुदेष्णाया निवेशनम् । राजा ह्ययं धर्मशीलो विराटः परलोकभीः । यतस्त्वां न परित्राति सत्ये धर्मपथे स्थितः ॥

gaccha sairandhri mā bhaistvaṃ sudeṣṇāyā niveśanam | rājā hyayaṃ dharmaśīlo virāṭaḥ paralokabhīḥ | yatastvāṃ na paritrāti satye dharmapathe sthitaḥ

"Go to Sudeshna's quarters, Sairandhri, and do not be afraid. This King Virata is righteous by nature and fears for the world to come; since he, standing on the path of truth and dharma, does not shield you, go.

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 4.15.31cd (Wikisource मा भैस्त्वं for mātra sthāḥ); the other two lines are not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension) — its apparatus has them as 4.15.31d*0335. Speaker set to Yudhishthira, who speaks this verse (Wikisource carried सभ्या over it).

Verse 44 (4.20.44)

भर्तारमनुरुन्धन्त्यः क्लिश्यन्ते वीरपत्नयः । शुश्रूषया क्लिश्यमानाः पतिलोकं जयन्त्युत ॥

bhartāramanurundhantyaḥ kliśyante vīrapatnayaḥ | śuśrūṣayā kliśyamānāḥ patilokaṃ jayantyuta

The wives of heroes suffer hardship in following their husbands' will; through the hardship of that service they win the world of their husbands.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Yudhishthira (Wikisource carried सभ्या over his speech).

Verse 45 (4.20.45)

मन्ये न कालः क्रोधस्य पश्यन्ति पतयस्तव । तेन त्वां नाभिधावन्ति गन्धर्वाः सूर्यवर्चसः ॥

manye na kālaḥ krodhasya paśyanti patayastava | tena tvāṃ nābhidhāvanti gandharvāḥ sūryavarcasaḥ

It is not, I think, the time for anger, as your husbands see it; that is why the Gandharvas, radiant as the sun, do not rush to your side.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Yudhishthira (Wikisource carried सभ्या over his speech).

Verse 46 (4.20.46)

श्रूयन्तां ते सुकेशान्ते मोक्षधर्माश्रयाः कथाः । यथा धर्मः कुलस्त्रीणां दृष्टो धर्मानुरोधनात् ॥

śrūyantāṃ te sukeśānte mokṣadharmāśrayāḥ kathāḥ | yathā dharmaḥ kulastrīṇāṃ dṛṣṭo dharmānurodhanāt

Hear, lady of lovely hair, these teachings grounded in the dharma of liberation, and learn how the duty of women of good family is understood in keeping with dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I no. 17 (inserted after 4.15.33), lines 1–2. Speaker set to Yudhishthira, who speaks this verse (Wikisource carried सभ्या over it).

Verse 47 (4.20.47)

नास्ति यज्ञः स्त्रियाः कश्चिन्न श्राद्धं नाप्युपोषणम् । या तु भर्तारि शुश्रूषा सा स्वर्गायाभिजायते ॥

nāsti yajñaḥ striyāḥ kaścinna śrāddhaṃ nāpyupoṣaṇam | yā tu bhartāri śuśrūṣā sā svargāyābhijāyate

For a woman there is no sacrifice of her own, no shraddha rite, no fast; it is her service to her husband that leads her to heaven.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I no. 17 (inserted after 4.15.33), lines 3–4. Speaker set to Yudhishthira, who speaks this verse (Wikisource carried सभ्या over it).

Verse 48 (4.20.48)

पिता रक्षति कौमारे भर्ता रक्षति यौवने । पुत्रस्तु स्थाविरे भावे न स्त्री स्वातन्त्र्यमर्हति ॥

pitā rakṣati kaumāre bhartā rakṣati yauvane | putrastu sthāvire bhāve na strī svātantryamarhati

Her father protects her in childhood, her husband in youth, and her son in old age; a woman is not meant to be independent.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I no. 17 (inserted after 4.15.33), lines 5–6. Speaker set to Yudhishthira, who speaks this verse (Wikisource carried सभ्या over it).

Verse 49 (4.20.49)

भीरु भर्तृभयात्पत्न्यो न क्रुध्यन्ति कदाचन । बहुभिश्च परिक्लेशैरवज्ञाताश्च शत्रुभिः । अनन्यभावाः शुद्धाश्च पुण्यलोकं जयन्त्युत ॥

bhīru bhartṛbhayātpatnyo na krudhyanti kadācana | bahubhiśca parikleśairavajñātāśca śatrubhiḥ | ananyabhāvāḥ śuddhāśca puṇyalokaṃ jayantyuta

Timid one, wives never grow angry, out of awe for their husbands; though they meet with many hardships and are slighted by enemies, they remain pure and single-minded and win the world of merit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I no. 17 (inserted after 4.15.33), lines 9–11. (Wikisource's reading differs in places.) Speaker set to Yudhishthira, who speaks this verse (Wikisource carried सभ्या over it).

Verse 50 (4.20.50)

न क्रोधकालं नियतं पश्यन्ति पतयस्तव । न क्रुद्धान्प्रतियायाद्वै पतींस्ते वृत्रहा अपि । तेन त्वां नाभिधावन्ति गन्धर्वाः कामरूपिणः ॥

na krodhakālaṃ niyataṃ paśyanti patayastava | na kruddhānpratiyāyādvai patīṃste vṛtrahā api | tena tvāṃ nābhidhāvanti gandharvāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ

Your husbands do not see that the appointed time for anger has come. Once your husbands are roused, not even Indra, slayer of Vritra, could stand against them; that is why the Gandharvas, who take any form they wish, do not rush to your side.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I no. 17 (inserted after 4.15.33), lines 12–14. Speaker set to Yudhishthira, who speaks this verse (Wikisource carried सभ्या over it).

Verse 51 (4.20.51)

यदि ते समयः कश्चित्कृतो ह्यायतलोचने । तं स्मरस्व क्षमाशीले क्षमा धर्मो ह्यनुत्तमः ॥

yadi te samayaḥ kaścitkṛto hyāyatalocane | taṃ smarasva kṣamāśīle kṣamā dharmo hyanuttamaḥ

If some pact has been made, long-eyed lady, remember it, you who are forgiving by nature; forgiveness is the highest dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I no. 17 (inserted after 4.15.33), lines 15–16. Speaker set to Yudhishthira, who speaks this verse (Wikisource carried सभ्या over it).

Verse 52 (4.20.52)

क्षमा धर्मः क्षमा सत्यं क्षमा दानं क्षमा तपः । क्षमावतामयं लोकः परलोकः क्षमावताम् ॥

kṣamā dharmaḥ kṣamā satyaṃ kṣamā dānaṃ kṣamā tapaḥ | kṣamāvatāmayaṃ lokaḥ paralokaḥ kṣamāvatām

Forgiveness is dharma, forgiveness is truth, forgiveness is giving, forgiveness is austerity. This world belongs to the forgiving, and the world beyond belongs to the forgiving.

Note on the text: Corrected क्षमावतांम् → क्षमावताम् (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara, as in क्षमावताम् earlier in the line). The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension) — the CE gives it only in Appendix I no. 17 (inserted after 4.15.33), line 17; the second line appears nowhere there (cf. Appendix I no. 19, line 68). Speaker set to Yudhishthira, who speaks this verse (Wikisource carried सभ्या over it).

Verse 53 (4.20.53)

द्व्यंशिनो द्वादशाङ्गस्य चतुर्विंशतिपर्वणः । कस्त्रिषष्ठिशतारस्य मासोनस्याक्षमी भवेत् ॥

dvyaṃśino dvādaśāṅgasya caturviṃśatiparvaṇaḥ | kastriṣaṣṭhiśatārasya māsonasyākṣamī bhavet

Who would lose patience with the wheel of two halves, twelve parts and twenty-four joints, with its three hundred and sixty spokes, when only a month of it remains?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I no. 17 (inserted after 4.15.33), lines 18–19. (cf. also 4.15.12d*0316). Speaker set to Yudhishthira, who speaks this verse (Wikisource carried सभ्या over it).

Verse 54 (4.20.54)

गच्छ सैरन्ध्रि गन्धर्वाः करिष्यन्ति तव प्रियम् । व्यपनेष्यन्ति ते दुःखं येन ते विप्रियं कृतम् ॥

gaccha sairandhri gandharvāḥ kariṣyanti tava priyam | vyapaneṣyanti te duḥkhaṃ yena te vipriyaṃ kṛtam

Go, Sairandhri; the Gandharvas will do what you wish. They will drive away your sorrow, and him who has done you this wrong."

Note on the text: The first line is CE 4.15.34ef; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension) — its apparatus has it as 4.15.34f*0337. Speaker set to Yudhishthira, who speaks this verse (Wikisource carried सभ्या over it).

Verse 55 (4.20.55)

इत्येवमुक्ते तिष्ठन्तीं पुनरेवाह धर्मराट् । विघ्नं करोषि वै भद्रे दीव्यतां राजसंसदि ॥

ityevamukte tiṣṭhantīṃ punarevāha dharmarāṭ | vighnaṃ karoṣi vai bhadre dīvyatāṃ rājasaṃsadi

When this had been said and she still stood there, the king of dharma spoke again: "Good lady, you are disturbing those who are playing at dice in the king's court.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension) — the CE gives it only in Appendix I no. 17 (inserted after 4.15.33), line 20; the second line is a variant of CE 4.15.34cd. Wikisource places this rebuke after the dismissal of the previous verse. Speaker set to Vaishampayana (narration; Wikisource carried सभ्या over it).

Verse 56 (4.20.56)

तस्मात्त्वमपि सुश्रोणि शैलूषीव विभासि नः । एवमुक्ता तु सा भर्त्रा समुद्वीक्ष्याब्रवीदिदम् ॥

tasmāttvamapi suśroṇi śailūṣīva vibhāsi naḥ | evamuktā tu sā bhartrā samudvīkṣyābravīdidam

So you too, fair-hipped one, look to us like an actress." Spoken to thus by her husband, she looked up at him and said this:

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension) — it appears nowhere in the CE (cf. 4.15.34a, śailūṣīva vidhāvasi); the second line is a variant of 4.15.34b*0336. Speaker set to Vaishampayana: the verse mixes Yudhishthira's words with narration (Wikisource carried सभ्या over it).

Verse 57 (4.20.57)

सत्यमुक्तं त्वया विद्वञ्शैलूषीं विद्धि मां पुनः । शैलूषकस्य तस्याहं येषां ज्येष्ठोऽक्षकोविदः ॥

satyamuktaṃ tvayā vidvañśailūṣīṃ viddhi māṃ punaḥ | śailūṣakasya tasyāhaṃ yeṣāṃ jyeṣṭho'kṣakovidaḥ

"You have spoken truly, learned one; know that I am indeed an actress. I belong to that troupe of players whose eldest is skilled at dice."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE. Draupadi's reply there (4.15.35) is a different verse that shares only the closing words yeṣāṃ jyeṣṭho 'kṣa-. Speaker set to Draupadi, whose reply this is (Wikisource carried सभ्या over it).

Verse 58 (4.20.58)

एवमुक्त्वा वरारोहा परिमृज्याननं शुभम् । केशान्विमुक्तान्संयम्य रुधिरेण समुक्षितान् ॥

evamuktvā varārohā parimṛjyānanaṃ śubham | keśānvimuktānsaṃyamya rudhireṇa samukṣitān

Having said this, the fair-hipped woman wiped her lovely face and bound up her loosened hair, which was spattered with blood.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.37d*0338 (lines 1–2). Speaker set to Vaishampayana (narration; Wikisource carried सभ्या over it).

Verse 59 (4.20.59)

पांसुकुण्ठितसर्वाङ्गी गजराजवधूरिव । प्रतस्थे नागनासोरूर्भर्तुराज्ञाय शासनम् ॥

pāṃsukuṇṭhitasarvāṅgī gajarājavadhūriva | pratasthe nāganāsorūrbharturājñāya śāsanam

Her whole body grimed with dust, like the mate of a lordly elephant, she whose thighs were like an elephant's trunk set out, heeding her husband's command.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.37d*0338 (lines 3–4). Speaker set to Vaishampayana (narration; Wikisource carried सभ्या over it).

Verse 60 (4.20.60)

विमुक्ता मृगशावाक्षी निरन्तरपयोधरा । प्रभा नक्षत्रराजस्य कालमेघैरिवावृता ॥

vimuktā mṛgaśāvākṣī nirantarapayodharā | prabhā nakṣatrarājasya kālameghairivāvṛtā

As she went, the fawn-eyed woman with full, close-set breasts looked like the radiance of the moon, king of the stars, veiled by dark clouds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.37d*0338 (lines 5–6). Speaker set to Vaishampayana (narration; Wikisource carried सभ्या over it).

Verse 61 (4.20.61)

यस्यार्थे पाण्डवेयास्तु त्यजेयुरपि जीवितम् । तां ते दृष्ट्वा तथा कृष्णां क्षमिणो धर्मचारिणः । समयं नातिवर्तन्ते वेलामिव महोदधिः ॥

yasyārthe pāṇḍaveyāstu tyajeyurapi jīvitam | tāṃ te dṛṣṭvā tathā kṛṣṇāṃ kṣamiṇo dharmacāriṇaḥ | samayaṃ nātivartante velāmiva mahodadhiḥ

Seeing Krishna thus — she for whose sake the Pandavas would give up even their lives — they, patient and walking in dharma, did not break their pact, as the great ocean does not pass its shore.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.37d*0338 (lines 7–9). Speaker set to Vaishampayana (narration; Wikisource carried सभ्या over it).

Verse 62 (4.20.62)

सा प्रविश्य प्रवेपन्ती सुदेष्णाया निवेशनम् । रुदन्ती चारुसर्वाङ्गी तस्यास्तस्थावथाग्रतः ॥

sā praviśya pravepantī sudeṣṇāyā niveśanam | rudantī cārusarvāṅgī tasyāstasthāvathāgrataḥ

Trembling, she entered Sudeshna's quarters, and the weeping woman, lovely in every limb, stood before her.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.37d*0338 (lines 10–11). Speaker set to Vaishampayana (narration; Wikisource carried सभ्या over it).

Verse 63 (4.20.63)

तामुवाच विराटस्य महिषी शाठ्यमास्थिता । किमिदं पद्मसंकाशं सुदन्तोष्ठाक्षिनासिकम् ॥

tāmuvāca virāṭasya mahiṣī śāṭhyamāsthitā | kimidaṃ padmasaṃkāśaṃ sudantoṣṭhākṣināsikam

Virata's queen, resorting to guile, said to her: "What is this — your face, lotus-like, with lovely teeth, lips, eyes and nose,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); its apparatus has the first line as 4.15.37d*0338 (line 12) and the second as 4.15.38*0339 (line 1). Speaker set to Vaishampayana: the verse opens with narration and Sudeshna's question begins in its second line (Wikisource carried सभ्या over it).

Verse 64 (4.20.64)

रुदन्त्या अवमृष्टास्रं पूर्णेन्दुसमवर्चसम् । बिम्बोष्ठं कृष्णताराभ्यामत्यन्तरुचिरप्रभम् । नयनाभ्यामजिह्याभ्यां मुखं ते मुञ्चते जलम् ॥

rudantyā avamṛṣṭāsraṃ pūrṇendusamavarcasam | bimboṣṭhaṃ kṛṣṇatārābhyāmatyantaruciraprabham | nayanābhyāmajihyābhyāṃ mukhaṃ te muñcate jalam

your face, bright as the full moon, which you wipe of tears as you weep, with lips red as the bimba fruit and of surpassing loveliness with its dark pupils — it pours water from your clear eyes!

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.15.38*0339 (lines 2–4). (Wikisource's reading differs in places.) Speaker set to Sudeshna, who speaks this verse (Wikisource carried सभ्या over it).

Verse 65 (4.20.65)

कस्त्वाऽवधीद्वरारोहे कस्माद्रोदिषि शोभने । को विप्रयुज्यते दारैः सपुत्रैः सहबान्धवैः ॥

kastvā'vadhīdvarārohe kasmādrodiṣi śobhane | ko viprayujyate dāraiḥ saputraiḥ sahabāndhavaiḥ

Who struck you, lovely one? Why do you weep, fair lady? Who is to be parted from his wife, his sons and his kin?

Note on the text: The first line is CE 4.15.38ab; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension) — its apparatus has it as 4.15.38b*0340. Speaker set to Sudeshna, who speaks this verse (Wikisource carried सभ्या over it).

Verse 66 (4.20.66)

कस्याद्य राजा कुपितो वधमाज्ञापयिष्यति । ब्रूहि किं ते प्रियं कर्म कं त्यजे घातयामि वा ॥

kasyādya rājā kupito vadhamājñāpayiṣyati | brūhi kiṃ te priyaṃ karma kaṃ tyaje ghātayāmi vā

With whom is the king angry today, that he will order his death? Tell me, what would please you? Whom shall I cast off, or have put to death?"

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension) — it appears nowhere in the CE (cf. 4.15.38cd); the second is a variant of 4.15.38d*0341 (line 1). Speaker set to Sudeshna, who speaks this verse (Wikisource carried सभ्या over it).

Verse 67 (4.20.67)

तां निःश्वस्याब्रवीत्कृष्णा जानन्ती नाम पृच्छसि । भ्रातुस्त्वं मामनुप्रेष्य किमेवं हि विकत्थसे ॥

tāṃ niḥśvasyābravītkṛṣṇā jānantī nāma pṛcchasi | bhrātustvaṃ māmanupreṣya kimevaṃ hi vikatthase

Sighing, Krishna answered her: "You know, and yet you ask! You sent me to your brother — why do you talk 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 4.15.38d*0341 (lines 2–3). Speaker heading वैशंपायन normalised to वैशम्पायन; the verse mixes narration with Draupadi's words, so it stays with the narrator.

Verse 68 (4.20.68)

कीचको माऽवधीत्तत्र सुराहारीमितो गताम् । सभायां पश्यतो राज्ञो यथा वै निर्जने वने ॥

kīcako mā'vadhīttatra surāhārīmito gatām | sabhāyāṃ paśyato rājño yathā vai nirjane vane

Kichaka struck me there, when I had gone from here to fetch wine, in the assembly before the king's very eyes, as if in a deserted forest."

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (सुराहारीमितोगताम् → सुराहारीमितो गताम्). The second half differs from the CE, a recension variant. Speaker set to Draupadi, whose words these are (Wikisource left the narrator).

Verse 69 (4.20.69)

घातयामि सुदन्तोष्ठि कीचकं यदि मन्यसे । भ्राता यद्येष मे व्यक्तं योऽतीतो धर्मचारिणीम् । यस्त्वां कामाभिभूतात्मा दुर्लभामवमन्यते ॥

ghātayāmi sudantoṣṭhi kīcakaṃ yadi manyase | bhrātā yadyeṣa me vyaktaṃ yo'tīto dharmacāriṇīm | yastvāṃ kāmābhibhūtātmā durlabhāmavamanyate

"Lady of lovely teeth and lips, I will have Kichaka killed if you wish it — though he is plainly my brother — for he has wronged a woman who walks in dharma; overcome by desire, he insults you, a woman not to be had."

Note on the text: The middle line is not in the critical edition's text — its apparatus has it as 4.15.40b*0342; the other lines are a variant of CE 4.15.40.

Verse 70 (4.20.70)

अद्यैव तं हनिष्यन्ति येषामागस्करो हि सः । मन्येऽहमद्य वा श्वो वा परलोकं गमिष्यति ॥

adyaiva taṃ haniṣyanti yeṣāmāgaskaro hi saḥ | manye'hamadya vā śvo vā paralokaṃ gamiṣyati

"Those whom he has offended will kill him this very day. I think that today or tomorrow he will go to the other world.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.15.41 (anye vai taṃ vadhiṣyanti for अद्यैव तं हनिष्यन्ति).

Verse 71 (4.20.71)

भ्रातुः प्रयच्छ त्वरिता जीवच्छ्राद्धं त्वमद्य वै । सुहृष्टं कुरु वै चैनं नासून्मन्ये धरिष्यति ॥

bhrātuḥ prayaccha tvaritā jīvacchrāddhaṃ tvamadya vai | suhṛṣṭaṃ kuru vai cainaṃ nāsūnmanye dhariṣyati

Make haste and perform your brother's shraddha today while he still lives; make him well pleased, for I do not think he will keep his life.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I no. 18 (inserted after 4.15.41), lines 1–2.

Verse 72 (4.20.72)

तेषां हि मम भर्तॄणां पञ्चानां धर्मचारिणाम् । एको दुर्मर्षणोऽत्यर्थं बले चाप्रतिमो भुवि ॥

teṣāṃ hi mama bhartṝṇāṃ pañcānāṃ dharmacāriṇām | eko durmarṣaṇo'tyarthaṃ bale cāpratimo bhuvi

Of those five husbands of mine, who walk in dharma, one is exceedingly hard to bear and has no equal in strength on earth.

Note on the text: Corrected दुर्धषणो → दुर्मर्षणो (misprint in Wikisource; दुर्धषण is not a word — the CE's durmarṣaṇo, with म misread as ध and the repha dropped). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I no. 18 (inserted after 4.15.41), lines 3–4.

Verse 73 (4.20.73)

निर्मनुष्यमिमं लोकं कुर्यात्क्रुद्धो निशामिमाम् । न स संक्रुध्यते तावद्गन्धर्वः कामरूपधृत् ॥

nirmanuṣyamimaṃ lokaṃ kuryātkruddho niśāmimām | na sa saṃkrudhyate tāvadgandharvaḥ kāmarūpadhṛt

Enraged, he could empty this world of men this very night. That Gandharva, who takes any form he wishes, is not yet angry —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I no. 18 (inserted after 4.15.41), lines 5–6.

Verse 74 (4.20.74)

नूनं ज्ञास्यति यावद्वै ममैतत्पादघातनम् । तत्क्षणात्कीचकः पापः सपुत्रभ्रातृबान्धवः । विनशिष्यति दुष्टात्मा यथा दुष्कृतकर्मकृत् ॥

nūnaṃ jñāsyati yāvadvai mamaitatpādaghātanam | tatkṣaṇātkīcakaḥ pāpaḥ saputrabhrātṛbāndhavaḥ | vinaśiṣyati duṣṭātmā yathā duṣkṛtakarmakṛt

only until he learns of this kick dealt to me. Surely, the moment he knows, the wicked Kichaka will perish with his sons, brothers and kin, as every evildoer does.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I no. 18 (inserted after 4.15.41), lines 7–9.

Verse 75 (4.20.75)

अपि चैतत्पुरा प्रोक्तं निपुणैर्मनुजोत्तमैः । एकस्तु कुरुते पापं कालपाशवशं गतः । नीचेनात्मापराधेन कुलं तेन विनश्यति ॥

api caitatpurā proktaṃ nipuṇairmanujottamaiḥ | ekastu kurute pāpaṃ kālapāśavaśaṃ gataḥ | nīcenātmāparādhena kulaṃ tena vinaśyati

And this was said long ago by wise and excellent men: one man, fallen into the noose of Time, commits a sin, and through that base man's own offence his whole family perishes."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I no. 18 (inserted after 4.15.41), lines 10–12.

Verse 76 (4.20.76)

सुदेष्णामेवमुक्त्वा तु सैरन्ध्री दुःखमोहिता । कीचकस्य वधार्थाय व्रतदीक्षामुपागमत् ॥

sudeṣṇāmevamuktvā tu sairandhrī duḥkhamohitā | kīcakasya vadhārthāya vratadīkṣāmupāgamat

Having said this to Sudeshna, the Sairandhri, distraught with grief, took a vow to bring about Kichaka's death.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I no. 18 (inserted after 4.15.41), lines 13–14. Speaker heading वैशंपायन normalised to वैशम्पायन.

Verse 77 (4.20.77)

अभ्यर्थिता च नारीभिर्मानिता च सुदेष्णया । न च स्नाति न चाश्नाति न पांसून्परिमार्जति । रुधिरक्लिन्नवदना बभूव मृदितेक्षणा ॥

abhyarthitā ca nārībhirmānitā ca sudeṣṇayā | na ca snāti na cāśnāti na pāṃsūnparimārjati | rudhiraklinnavadanā babhūva mṛditekṣaṇā

Though the women entreated her and Sudeshna showed her honour, she would neither bathe nor eat nor wipe off the dust; her face was wet with blood and her eyes were swollen.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I no. 18 (inserted after 4.15.41), lines 15–17. Wikisource reads रुधिरक्लिन्नवदना where the CE has -vasanā.

Verse 78 (4.20.78)

तां तथा शोकसन्तप्तां दृष्ट्वा प्ररुदितां स्त्रियः । कीचकस्य वधं सर्वा मनोभिश्च शशंसिरे ॥

tāṃ tathā śokasantaptāṃ dṛṣṭvā praruditāṃ striyaḥ | kīcakasya vadhaṃ sarvā manobhiśca śaśaṃsire

Seeing her so tormented by grief and weeping, all the women in their hearts longed for Kichaka's death.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I no. 18 (inserted after 4.15.41), lines 18–19.