Bhima Counsels Patience; Draupadi Demands Kichaka's Death

Verse 1 (4.24.1)

आश्वासयंस्तां पाञ्चालीं भीमसेन उवाच ह । शृणु भद्रे वरारोहे क्रोधात्तत्र तु चिन्तितम् ॥

āśvāsayaṃstāṃ pāñcālīṃ bhīmasena uvāca ha | śṛṇu bhadre varārohe krodhāttatra tu cintitam

Consoling Panchali, Bhimasena said: "Listen, good lady of lovely hips, to what I resolved there in my anger."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus at 4.20.1*0394: line 1 is its line 7 (āśvāsayan hi pāñcālīṃ…, which it marks as Vaishampayana's narration), line 2 its line 1. The verse opens Bhima's speech without a heading, so it stays with the narrator.

Verse 2 (4.24.2)

त्वां वै सभागतां दृष्ट्वा मात्स्यानां कदनं महत् । कर्तुकामेन भद्रं ते वृक्षश्चावेक्षितो मया ॥

tvāṃ vai sabhāgatāṃ dṛṣṭvā mātsyānāṃ kadanaṃ mahat | kartukāmena bhadraṃ te vṛkṣaścāvekṣito mayā

When I saw you come into the assembly hall, I wanted to make a great slaughter of the Matsyas (bless you), and I even eyed a tree for the purpose.

Note on the text: Corrected त्वं → त्वां (misprint in Wikisource; the object of दृष्ट्वा, agreeing with सभागतां, must be accusative; the apparatus reads tvāṃ vai sabhāgatāṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.20.1*0394, lines 2–3. Speaker set to Bhimasena: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 3 (4.24.3)

तत्र मां धर्मराजस्तु कटाक्षेण न्यवारयत् । तज्ज्ञात्वाऽवाङ्मुखस्तूष्णीमास्थितोस्मि महानसं ॥

tatra māṃ dharmarājastu kaṭākṣeṇa nyavārayat | tajjñātvā'vāṅmukhastūṣṇīmāsthitosmi mahānasaṃ

But the King of Dharma checked me there with a sidelong glance. Understanding it, I kept silent, my face cast down, and went to the kitchen.

Note on the text: Corrected अवाङ्भुखः → अवाङ्मुखः (misprint in Wikisource; भ for म; "with face cast down", as the apparatus reads avāṅmukhas). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.20.1*0394, lines 4–5 (line 1 also stands in the CE text as 4.20.2cd; the apparatus reads tad dhyātvā for तज्ज्ञात्वा).

Verse 4 (4.24.4)

शृणुष्वान्यत्प्रतिज्ञातं यद्वदामीह भामिनि । धिगस्तु मे बाहुबलं गाण्डीवं फल्गुनस्य च । यत्ते रक्तौ पुरा भूत्वा पाणी कृतकिणाविमौ ॥

śṛṇuṣvānyatpratijñātaṃ yadvadāmīha bhāmini | dhigastu me bāhubalaṃ gāṇḍīvaṃ phalgunasya ca | yatte raktau purā bhūtvā pāṇī kṛtakiṇāvimau

Hear something else I have vowed, which I say here, lady: shame on the strength of my arms, and on Phalguna's Gandiva, that these hands of yours, once rosy, have grown callused.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE apparatus 4.20.1*0394, line 6; lines 2–3 are CE 4.20.1.

Verse 5 (4.24.5)

तदद्य मां तु तपति यत्कृतं न मया पुरा । सभायां स्म विराटस्य करोमि कदनं महत् ॥

tadadya māṃ tu tapati yatkṛtaṃ na mayā purā | sabhāyāṃ sma virāṭasya karomi kadanaṃ mahat

What torments me today is what I left undone before: I would have made a great slaughter in Virata's very hall.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE apparatus 4.20.1d*0395 (reading mānutapati); line 2 is CE 4.20.2ab.

Verse 6 (4.24.6)

तत्र मे कारणं भाति कौन्तेयो यत्प्रतीक्षते । तदहं तस्य विज्ञाय स्थितो धर्मस्य शासने ॥

tatra me kāraṇaṃ bhāti kaunteyo yatpratīkṣate | tadahaṃ tasya vijñāya sthito dharmasya śāsane

But one reason held me back there: the son of Kunti is waiting for his time. Knowing his mind, I stood firm under the rule of dharma.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE apparatus 4.20.2b*0397, line 1; line 2 is a variant of CE 4.20.2ef (tad ahaṃ tasya vijñāya sthita evāsmi bhāmini).

Verse 7 (4.24.7)

यच्च राज्यात्प्रच्यवनं कुरूणामवधश्च यः । सुयोधनस्य कर्णस्य शकुनेः सौबलस्य च ॥

yacca rājyātpracyavanaṃ kurūṇāmavadhaśca yaḥ | suyodhanasya karṇasya śakuneḥ saubalasya ca

And that we fell from our kingdom, and that the Kurus were not slain, Suyodhana, Karna, and Shakuni son of Subala,

Verse 8 (4.24.8)

दुःशासनस्य पापस्य यन्मया न हृतं शिरः । तन्मां दहति कल्याणि हृदि शल्यमिवार्पितम् ॥

duḥśāsanasya pāpasya yanmayā na hṛtaṃ śiraḥ | tanmāṃ dahati kalyāṇi hṛdi śalyamivārpitam

and that I did not cut off the head of the wicked Duhshasana: this burns me, fair one, like a dart lodged in my heart.

Note on the text: CE 4.20.4abcd (the automatic alignment missed it; the CE reads tan me for तन्मां and adds as 4.20.4ef the line Wikisource gives in verse 13).

Verse 9 (4.24.9)

अपि चान्यद्वरारोहे स्मरिष्यसि वचो मम । पुण्ये तीरे सरस्वत्या यत्प्रतिष्ठाम संगताः । तत्राहमब्रवं कृष्णे सर्वक्लेशाननुस्मरन् ॥

api cānyadvarārohe smariṣyasi vaco mama | puṇye tīre sarasvatyā yatpratiṣṭhāma saṃgatāḥ | tatrāhamabravaṃ kṛṣṇe sarvakleśānanusmaran

And you will remember something else I said, lady of lovely hips, when we had gathered and halted on the holy bank of the Sarasvati. There, Krishna, remembering all our hardships, I said:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.20.4d*0398, lines 1–3 (reading pūrvakleśān for सर्वक्लेशान्).

Verse 10 (4.24.10)

न चाहमनुगच्छेयं धर्मराजं युधिष्ठिरम् । धनञ्जयं च पाञ्चालि माद्रिपुत्रौ च भ्रातरौ । कृत्वैतां च मतिं कृष्णे युधिष्ठिरमगर्हयम् ॥

na cāhamanugaccheyaṃ dharmarājaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram | dhanañjayaṃ ca pāñcāli mādriputrau ca bhrātarau | kṛtvaitāṃ ca matiṃ kṛṣṇe yudhiṣṭhiramagarhayam

"I will not follow Yudhishthira, the King of Dharma, nor Dhananjaya, Panchali, nor my brothers the two sons of Madri." Having made up my mind so, Krishna, I reproached Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.20.4d*0398, lines 4–6.

Verse 11 (4.24.11)

परुषं वचनं श्रुत्वा मम धर्मात्मजस्तदा । ह्रीमान्वाक्यमहीनार्थं ब्रुवन्राजा युधिष्ठिरः । सर्वानन्वनयद्भ्रातॄन्मुनेर्धौम्यस्य पश्यतः ॥

paruṣaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā mama dharmātmajastadā | hrīmānvākyamahīnārthaṃ bruvanrājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | sarvānanvanayadbhrātṝnmunerdhaumyasya paśyataḥ

Hearing my harsh words then, the son of Dharma, King Yudhishthira, modest as he is, spoke words full of meaning and won over all his brothers, while the sage Dhaumya looked on.

Note on the text: Corrected हीमान् → ह्रीमान् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र्; "modest", as the apparatus reads hrīmān). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.20.4d*0398, lines 7–9.

Verse 12 (4.24.12)

मा रोदी राज्ञि लोकानां सर्वागमगुणान्विता । रक्षितव्यं सहास्माभिः सत्यमप्रतिमं भुवि ॥

mā rodī rājñi lokānāṃ sarvāgamaguṇānvitā | rakṣitavyaṃ sahāsmābhiḥ satyamapratimaṃ bhuvi

Do not weep, queen; you are endowed with the virtues of all the scriptures of the world. The truth, which has no equal on earth, must be guarded by you along with us.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.20.4d*0398, lines 10–11 (reading sarvāgamaguṇānvite and sadāsmābhiḥ).

Verse 13 (4.24.13)

अनुनीतेषु चास्मासु अनुनीता त्वमप्यसि । मा धर्मं जहि सुश्रोणि क्रोधं जहि महामते ॥

anunīteṣu cāsmāsu anunītā tvamapyasi | mā dharmaṃ jahi suśroṇi krodhaṃ jahi mahāmate

Since we were won over, you too have been won over. Do not abandon dharma, lady of lovely hips; abandon your anger, wise one.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE apparatus 4.20.4d*0398, line 12 (reading tvam apy uta); line 2 is CE 4.20.4ef.

Verse 14 (4.24.14)

इमं तु समुपालम्भं त्वत्तो राजा युधिष्ठिरः । शृणुयाद्यदि कल्याणि कृत्स्नं जह्यात्स जीवितं ॥

imaṃ tu samupālambhaṃ tvatto rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | śṛṇuyādyadi kalyāṇi kṛtsnaṃ jahyātsa jīvitaṃ

If King Yudhishthira were to hear this reproach from you, fair one, he would give up his life altogether.

Verse 15 (4.24.15)

धनञ्जयो वा सुश्रोणि यमौ चापि सुमध्यमे । लोकान्तरगतेष्वेषु नाहं शक्ष्यामि जीवितुम् ॥

dhanañjayo vā suśroṇi yamau cāpi sumadhyame | lokāntaragateṣveṣu nāhaṃ śakṣyāmi jīvitum

So would Dhananjaya, lady of lovely hips, and the twins as well, slender-waisted one; and if they passed to the other world, I could not live.

Verse 16 (4.24.16)

धर्मं शृणुष्व पाञ्चालि यत्ते वक्ष्यामि मानिनि ॥

dharmaṃ śṛṇuṣva pāñcāli yatte vakṣyāmi mānini

Hear the dharma I shall tell you, Panchali, proud lady.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.20.6d*0399 (reading bhāmini for मानिनि). A single line in Wikisource as in the apparatus.

Verse 17 (4.24.17)

दुहिता जनकस्यासीद्वैदेही यदि ते श्रुता । पतिमन्वचरत्सीता महारण्यनिवासिनम् ॥

duhitā janakasyāsīdvaidehī yadi te śrutā | patimanvacaratsītā mahāraṇyanivāsinam

Janaka's daughter, the princess of Videha, Sita, of whom you may have heard, followed her husband when he lived in the great forest.

Verse 18 (4.24.18)

वसन्ती च महारण्ये रामस्य महिषी प्रिया । रावणेन हृता सीता राक्षसीभिश्च तर्जिता । सा क्लिश्यमाना सुश्रोणी राममेवान्वपद्यत ॥

vasantī ca mahāraṇye rāmasya mahiṣī priyā | rāvaṇena hṛtā sītā rākṣasībhiśca tarjitā | sā kliśyamānā suśroṇī rāmamevānvapadyata

While she lived in the great forest, Rama's beloved queen Sita was carried off by Ravana and threatened by the demonesses; yet, tormented as she was, the fair-hipped lady held to Rama alone.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of CE 4.20.10a (rakṣasā nigrahaṃ prāpya rāmasya mahiṣī priyā); line 2 is the CE apparatus 4.20.10b*0400; line 3 is CE 4.20.10c.

Verse 19 (4.24.19)

लोपामुद्रा तथा भीरु भर्तारमृषिसत्तमम् । भगवन्तमगस्त्यं सा वनायैवान्वपद्यत ॥

lopāmudrā tathā bhīru bhartāramṛṣisattamam | bhagavantamagastyaṃ sā vanāyaivānvapadyata

In the same way, timid one, Lopamudra followed her husband, the blessed Agastya, best of seers, into the forest itself.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 4.20.11ab; line 2 differs from the CE (agastyam anvayād dhitvā kāmān sarvān amānuṣān).

Verse 20 (4.24.20)

सुकन्या नाम शर्यातेर्भार्गवच्यवनं वने । वल्मीकभूतं साध्वी तमन्वपद्यत भामिनी ॥

sukanyā nāma śaryāterbhārgavacyavanaṃ vane | valmīkabhūtaṃ sādhvī tamanvapadyata bhāminī

Sukanya, daughter of Sharyati, the virtuous and lovely, devoted herself in the forest to Chyavana of Bhrigu's line, who had become like an anthill.

Verse 21 (4.24.21)

नालायनी चेन्द्रसेना रूपेणाप्रतिमा भुवि । पतिमन्वचरद्वृद्धं पुरा वर्षसहस्रिणम् ॥

nālāyanī cendrasenā rūpeṇāpratimā bhuvi | patimanvacaradvṛddhaṃ purā varṣasahasriṇam

Nalayani Indrasena, unequalled in beauty on earth, long ago followed her aged husband, who was a thousand years old.

Verse 22 (4.24.22)

नलं राजानमेवाथ दमयन्ती वनान्तरे । अन्वगच्छत्पुरा कृष्णे तथा भर्तॄंस्त्वमन्वगाः ॥

nalaṃ rājānamevātha damayantī vanāntare | anvagacchatpurā kṛṣṇe tathā bhartṝṃstvamanvagāḥ

And long ago, Krishna, Damayanti followed King Nala into the depths of the forest, just as you have followed your husbands.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.20.12b*0402.

Verse 23 (4.24.23)

यथैताः कीर्तिता नार्यो रूपवत्यः पतिव्रताः । तथा त्वमपि कल्याणि सर्वैः समुदिता गुणैः ॥

yathaitāḥ kīrtitā nāryo rūpavatyaḥ pativratāḥ | tathā tvamapi kalyāṇi sarvaiḥ samuditā guṇaiḥ

As these women are praised, beautiful and devoted to their husbands, so you too, fair one, are endowed with every virtue.

Verse 24 (4.24.24)

मा दीर्घं क्षम कालं त्वं त्रिंशद्रात्रमनिन्दिते । पूर्णे त्रयोदशे वर्षे राज्ञां राज्ञी भविष्यसि ॥

mā dīrghaṃ kṣama kālaṃ tvaṃ triṃśadrātramanindite | pūrṇe trayodaśe varṣe rājñāṃ rājñī bhaviṣyasi

Bear with this time, which is not long: thirty nights, blameless one. When the thirteenth year is complete, you will be a queen over kings.

Verse 25 (4.24.25)

सत्येन ते शपे चाहं भविता नान्यथेति च ॥

satyena te śape cāhaṃ bhavitā nānyatheti ca

I swear to you by the truth: it will be so, and not otherwise.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.20.13d*0403, line 1. A single line in Wikisource as in the apparatus.

Verse 26 (4.24.26)

सर्वासां परमस्त्रीणां प्रामाण्यं कर्तुमर्हसि । सर्वेषां च नरेन्द्राणां मूर्ध्नि स्थास्यसि भामिनि ॥

sarvāsāṃ paramastrīṇāṃ prāmāṇyaṃ kartumarhasi | sarveṣāṃ ca narendrāṇāṃ mūrdhni sthāsyasi bhāmini

You should be the model for all the noblest women. You will stand at the head of all kings, lady.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.20.13d*0403, lines 2–3.

Verse 27 (4.24.27)

भर्तृभक्त्या च वृत्तेन भोगानाप्स्यसि दुर्लभान् । यातायां तु प्रतिज्ञायां महान्तं भोगमाप्नुयाः ॥

bhartṛbhaktyā ca vṛttena bhogānāpsyasi durlabhān | yātāyāṃ tu pratijñāyāṃ mahāntaṃ bhogamāpnuyāḥ

Through devotion to your husbands and through your conduct you will win joys hard to gain; when the vow has run its course you will attain great happiness.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.20.13d*0403, lines 4–5 (reading prāpsyasi and pūrṇāyāṃ).

Verse 28 (4.24.28)

गुरुभक्तिकृतं ज्ञात्वा राज्ञां मूर्ध्नि स्थिता भवेः ॥

gurubhaktikṛtaṃ jñātvā rājñāṃ mūrdhni sthitā bhaveḥ

Knowing what devotion to your elders brings, you will stand at the head of kings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.20.13d*0403, line 6 (reading kuru bhartṛgataṃ jñātvā). A single line in Wikisource as in the apparatus.

Verse 29 (4.24.29)

आर्तप्रलापा कौन्तेय न राजानमुपालभे । अपारयन्त्या दुःखानि कृतं बाष्पप्रमोचनम् ॥

ārtapralāpā kaunteya na rājānamupālabhe | apārayantyā duḥkhāni kṛtaṃ bāṣpapramocanam

Son of Kunti, it was the lament of my anguish; I do not blame the king. Unable to bear my sorrows, I let my tears flow.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.20.14 (the automatic alignment missed it): the CE has ārtayaitan mayā bhīma kṛtaṃ bāṣpavimokṣaṇam / apārayantyā duḥkhāni na rājānam upālabhe, with the half-lines in the other order.

Verse 30 (4.24.30)

इदं तु दुःखं कौन्तेय ममासह्यं निबोध तत् ॥

idaṃ tu duḥkhaṃ kaunteya mamāsahyaṃ nibodha tat

But hear this grief of mine, son of Kunti, which I cannot bear.

Note on the text: Corrected ममासद्यं → ममासह्यं (misprint in Wikisource; द for ह; "unbearable", as in 4.23.23 and the apparatus, mamāsahyaṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.20.14d*0404, line 2. A single line in Wikisource as in the apparatus.

Verse 31 (4.24.31)

योऽयं राज्ञो विराटस्य सूतपुत्रस्तु कीचकः । स्यालो नाम प्रवादेन भोजस्त्रैगर्तदेशजः ॥

yo'yaṃ rājño virāṭasya sūtaputrastu kīcakaḥ | syālo nāma pravādena bhojastraigartadeśajaḥ

This Kichaka, King Virata's suta-born general, known by repute as his brother-in-law, a Bhoja born in the land of Trigarta,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.20.14d*0404, lines 3–4.

Verse 32 (4.24.32)

त्यक्तधर्मो नृशंसश्च सर्वार्थेषु च वल्लभः । नित्यमेवाह दुष्टात्मा भार्या मे भव शोभने । अविनीतः सुदुष्टात्मा मामनाथेति चिन्तयन् ॥

tyaktadharmo nṛśaṃsaśca sarvārtheṣu ca vallabhaḥ | nityamevāha duṣṭātmā bhāryā me bhava śobhane | avinītaḥ suduṣṭātmā māmanātheti cintayan

has cast off dharma; he is cruel, and the king's favourite in every matter. The wicked man keeps saying to me, "Be my wife, lovely one." Ill-bred and utterly wicked, he thinks I have no one to protect me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.20.14d*0404, lines 5–7 (reading cintya saḥ for चिन्तयन्).

Verse 33 (4.24.33)

किमुक्तेन व्यतीतेन भीमसेन महाबल । प्रत्युपस्थितकालस्य कार्यस्यानन्तरो भव ॥

kimuktena vyatītena bhīmasena mahābala | pratyupasthitakālasya kāryasyānantaro bhava

But what use is talk of what is past, mighty Bhimasena? Turn at once to the task whose time has come.

Verse 34 (4.24.34)

ममेह भीम कैकेयी रूपाद्धि भयशङ्किता । नित्यमुद्विजते राजा कथं नेयादिमामिति ॥

mameha bhīma kaikeyī rūpāddhi bhayaśaṅkitā | nityamudvijate rājā kathaṃ neyādimāmiti

Here, Bhima, Queen Kaikeyi, alarmed by my beauty, lives in constant dread: "How can the king keep from going to her?"

Verse 35 (4.24.35)

तस्या विदित्वा तं भावं स्वयं चानृतदर्शनः । कीचकोपि च दुष्टात्मा पुनः प्रार्थयते च मां ॥

tasyā viditvā taṃ bhāvaṃ svayaṃ cānṛtadarśanaḥ | kīcakopi ca duṣṭātmā punaḥ prārthayate ca māṃ

Knowing her feeling, the wicked Kichaka, false at heart himself, keeps pressing his suit on me again.

Verse 36 (4.24.36)

तमहं कुपिता भीम पुनः कोपं नियम्य च । अब्रवं कामसंमूढमात्मानं रक्ष कीचक ॥

tamahaṃ kupitā bhīma punaḥ kopaṃ niyamya ca | abravaṃ kāmasaṃmūḍhamātmānaṃ rakṣa kīcaka

Angry with him, Bhima, yet restraining my anger once more, I said to him, crazed with lust as he was: "Protect yourself, Kichaka."

Verse 37 (4.24.37)

गन्धर्वाणामहं भार्या पञ्चानां महिषी प्रिया । ते त्वां निहन्युर्दुर्धर्षाः शूराः साहसकारिणः ॥

gandharvāṇāmahaṃ bhāryā pañcānāṃ mahiṣī priyā | te tvāṃ nihanyurdurdharṣāḥ śūrāḥ sāhasakāriṇaḥ

"I am the wife of five Gandharvas, their beloved queen. Those invincible heroes, bold in action, would kill you."

Verse 38 (4.24.38)

एवमुक्तस्तु दुष्टात्मा कीचकः प्रत्युवाच ह । नाहं बिभेमि सैरन्ध्रि गन्धर्वाणां शुचिस्मिते ॥

evamuktastu duṣṭātmā kīcakaḥ pratyuvāca ha | nāhaṃ bibhemi sairandhri gandharvāṇāṃ śucismite

Told this, the wicked Kichaka replied: "I do not fear the Gandharvas, sairandhri of the bright smile."

Note on the text: Corrected भैरन्ध्रि → सैरन्ध्रि (misprint in Wikisource; भ for स; the vocative of सैरन्ध्री, as the critical edition reads sairandhri).

Verse 39 (4.24.39)

शतं सहस्रमपि वा गन्धर्वाणामहं रणे । समागतं हनिष्यामि त्वं भीरु कुरु मे क्षणम् ॥

śataṃ sahasramapi vā gandharvāṇāmahaṃ raṇe | samāgataṃ haniṣyāmi tvaṃ bhīru kuru me kṣaṇam

"Let a hundred, even a thousand Gandharvas come together: I will kill them in battle. Grant me your favour, timid one."

Verse 40 (4.24.40)

इत्युक्ता चाब्रवं सूतं कामातुरमहं पुनः । न त्वं प्रतिबलस्तेषां गन्धर्वाणां यशस्विनाम् ॥

ityuktā cābravaṃ sūtaṃ kāmāturamahaṃ punaḥ | na tvaṃ pratibalasteṣāṃ gandharvāṇāṃ yaśasvinām

Addressed so, I spoke again to the lust-sick suta: "You are no match for those famous Gandharvas."

Verse 41 (4.24.41)

धर्मे स्थिताऽस्मि सततं कुलशीलसमन्विता । नेच्छामि किंचिद्वध्यं त्वां तस्माज्जीवसि कीचक ॥

dharme sthitā'smi satataṃ kulaśīlasamanvitā | necchāmi kiṃcidvadhyaṃ tvāṃ tasmājjīvasi kīcaka

"I keep always to dharma, endowed with good family and conduct. I wish no one to be killed; that is why you are still alive, Kichaka."

Verse 42 (4.24.42)

एवमुक्तस्तु दुष्टात्मा प्रहस्य स्वनवत्ततः । न तिष्ठति स सन्मार्गे न च धर्मं बुभूषति ॥

evamuktastu duṣṭātmā prahasya svanavattataḥ | na tiṣṭhati sa sanmārge na ca dharmaṃ bubhūṣati

Told this, the wicked man laughed aloud. He does not keep to the good path, nor has he any wish for dharma.

Note on the text: Corrected तिष्ठिति → तिष्ठति (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel sign; the critical edition reads na tiṣṭhati).

Verse 43 (4.24.43)

पापात्मा पापकारी च कामराजवशानुगः । अविनीतश्च दुष्टात्मा प्रत्याख्यातः पुनः पुनः ॥

pāpātmā pāpakārī ca kāmarājavaśānugaḥ | avinītaśca duṣṭātmā pratyākhyātaḥ punaḥ punaḥ

Evil in heart and evil in deed, he follows wherever desire, his king, leads him; ill-bred and wicked, he has been refused again and again.

Note on the text: CE 4.20.25abcd (the automatic alignment missed it; the CE reads pāpabhāvaś ca kāmarāga- for पापकारी च कामराज-).

Verse 44 (4.24.44)

दर्शनेदर्शने हन्याद्यदि जह्यां च जीवितम् । धर्मे प्रयतमानानां महान्धर्मो नशिष्यति ॥

darśanedarśane hanyādyadi jahyāṃ ca jīvitam | dharme prayatamānānāṃ mahāndharmo naśiṣyati

He could strike me down whenever he sees me; and if I lose my life, then for you who strive to keep dharma, a great dharma will perish.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 4.20.25ef; line 2 is CE 4.20.26ab (the alignment missed both).

Verse 45 (4.24.45)

समयं रक्षमाणानां दारा वो न भवन्ति च । भार्यायां रक्ष्यमाणायां प्रजा भवति रक्षिता । प्रजायां रक्ष्यमाणायामात्मा भवति रक्षितः ॥

samayaṃ rakṣamāṇānāṃ dārā vo na bhavanti ca | bhāryāyāṃ rakṣyamāṇāyāṃ prajā bhavati rakṣitā | prajāyāṃ rakṣyamāṇāyāmātmā bhavati rakṣitaḥ

While you guard your pledge, you will have no wife left. When a wife is protected, the offspring are protected; and when the offspring are protected, one's own self is protected.

Note on the text: Corrected भार्याजां → भार्यायां (misprint in Wikisource; ज for य; the locative absolute needs भार्यायां रक्ष्यमाणायां, as the critical edition reads). Line 1 is CE 4.20.26cd; lines 2–3 are CE 4.20.27 (the alignment missed them).

Verse 46 (4.24.46)

वदतां वर्णधर्मांश्च ब्राह्मणानां च मे श्रुतम् । क्षत्रियस्य सदा धर्मो नान्यो दस्युनिबर्हणात् ॥

vadatāṃ varṇadharmāṃśca brāhmaṇānāṃ ca me śrutam | kṣatriyasya sadā dharmo nānyo dasyunibarhaṇāt

I have heard it from brahmins who expound the duties of the classes: a kshatriya's duty is always nothing other than to destroy robbers.

Note on the text: Corrected वंदतां → वदतां (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara; "of those who speak", as the critical edition reads vadatāṃ).

Verse 47 (4.24.47)

पश्यतो धर्मराजस्य कीचको माऽन्वधावत । तवैव च समक्षं वै भीमसेन महाबल ॥

paśyato dharmarājasya kīcako mā'nvadhāvata | tavaiva ca samakṣaṃ vai bhīmasena mahābala

Kichaka chased me while the King of Dharma looked on, and before your own eyes too, mighty Bhimasena.

Note on the text: Corrected तवेव → तवैव (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign; "before your very eyes", as the critical edition reads tava caiva). Wikisource's कीचको माऽन्वधावत ("Kichaka chased me", with the enclitic मा) is kept for the CE's kīcako māṃ padāvadhīt.

Verse 48 (4.24.48)

त्वया चाहं परित्राता भीम तस्माज्जटासुरात् ॥

tvayā cāhaṃ paritrātā bhīma tasmājjaṭāsurāt

It was you, Bhima, who rescued me from that Jatasura.

Note on the text: Corrected तस्माञ्जटासुरात् → तस्माज्जटासुरात् (misprint in Wikisource; final त् before ज becomes ज्, not ञ्; the critical edition reads tasmād ghorāj jaṭāsurāt). CE 4.20.30ab; a single line in Wikisource, its other half standing at the head of the next verse.

Verse 49 (4.24.49)

जयद्रथं तथैव त्वमजैषीर्भ्रातृभिः सह । जहीममपि पापिष्ठं योयं मामवमन्यते । कीचको राजवाल्लभ्याच्छोककृन्मम भारत ॥

jayadrathaṃ tathaiva tvamajaiṣīrbhrātṛbhiḥ saha | jahīmamapi pāpiṣṭhaṃ yoyaṃ māmavamanyate | kīcako rājavāllabhyācchokakṛnmama bhārata

In the same way, with your brothers, you defeated Jayadratha. Kill this most wicked man too, who insults me: Kichaka, who through the king's favour brings me grief, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 4.20.30cd; lines 2–3 are CE 4.20.31.

Verse 50 (4.24.50)

कीचकं कामसन्तप्तं भिन्धि कुम्भमिवाश्मनि । यो निमित्तमनर्थानां बहूनां मम भारत ॥

kīcakaṃ kāmasantaptaṃ bhindhi kumbhamivāśmani | yo nimittamanarthānāṃ bahūnāṃ mama bhārata

Smash Kichaka, burning with lust, as one smashes a pot on a stone, he who is the cause of my many misfortunes, Bharata.

Verse 51 (4.24.51)

तं चेज्जीवन्तमादित्यः प्रातरभ्युदयिष्यति । विषमालोड्य पास्यामि मा कीचकवशंगमम् ॥

taṃ cejjīvantamādityaḥ prātarabhyudayiṣyati | viṣamāloḍya pāsyāmi mā kīcakavaśaṃgamam

If the sun rises tomorrow morning on him still alive, I will mix poison and drink it, rather than fall into Kichaka's power.

Note on the text: Corrected चेञ्जीवन्तम् → चेज्जीवन्तम् (misprint in Wikisource; final त् before ज becomes ज्, not ञ्; the critical edition reads cej jīvantam).

Verse 52 (4.24.52)

श्रेयो हि मरणं मह्यं भीमसेन तवाग्रतः । इत्युक्त्वा प्रारुदत्कृष्णा भीमस्योरसि संश्रिता ॥

śreyo hi maraṇaṃ mahyaṃ bhīmasena tavāgrataḥ | ityuktvā prārudatkṛṣṇā bhīmasyorasi saṃśritā

"Better for me to die before your eyes, Bhimasena." Saying this, Krishna broke into tears, leaning on Bhima's chest.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 4.20.33ef; line 2 is CE 4.20.34ab, which the CE heads वैशम्पायन उवाच. Wikisource prints no heading, so the verse stays with Draupadi, whose words open it.

Verse 53 (4.24.53)

भीमश्च तां परिष्वज्य महत्सान्त्वं प्रयुज्य च । कीचकं मनसाऽगच्छत्सृक्किणी परिलेलिहन् ॥

bhīmaśca tāṃ pariṣvajya mahatsāntvaṃ prayujya ca | kīcakaṃ manasā'gacchatsṛkkiṇī parilelihan

Bhima embraced her and comforted her at length; and in his mind he went for Kichaka, licking the corners of his mouth.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 4.20.34cd; line 2 is CE 4.20.34ef (reading parisaṃlihan). Speaker set to Vaishampayana: the verse is narration, and the input carried Draupadi over.

Verse 54 (4.24.54)

आश्वासयित्वा बहुशो भृशमार्तां सुमध्यमाम् । हेतुतत्त्वार्थसंयुक्तैर्वचोभिर्द्रुपदात्मजाम् ॥

āśvāsayitvā bahuśo bhṛśamārtāṃ sumadhyamām | hetutattvārthasaṃyuktairvacobhirdrupadātmajām

Having consoled again and again the deeply distressed, slender-waisted daughter of Drupada with words full of reason, truth and sense,

Note on the text: Corrected हेतुतत्वार्थ → हेतुतत्त्वार्थ (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त्; तत्त्व "truth", as the apparatus reads hetutattvārtha-). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.20.34d*0407, lines 1–2. Speaker set to Vaishampayana: the verse is narration, and the input carried Draupadi over.

Verse 55 (4.24.55)

प्रमृज्य वदनं तस्याः पाणिनाऽश्रुसमाकुलम् । उवाच चैनां दुःखार्तां भीमः क्रोधसमन्वितः ॥

pramṛjya vadanaṃ tasyāḥ pāṇinā'śrusamākulam | uvāca caināṃ duḥkhārtāṃ bhīmaḥ krodhasamanvitaḥ

and wiping with his hand her face, flooded with tears, Bhima, filled with anger, spoke to her in her sorrow:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.20.34d*0407, line 3, and 4.20.34d*0408 (reading krodhavaśaṃ gataḥ). Speaker set to Vaishampayana: the verse is narration, and the input carried Draupadi over.