Bhima Kills Kichaka in the Dancing Hall

Verse 1 (4.26.1)

तथा भद्रे करिष्यामि यथा त्वं भीरु भाषसे । अदृश्यमानस्तस्याहं तमिस्रायां सकुण्डलम् ॥

tathā bhadre kariṣyāmi yathā tvaṃ bhīru bhāṣase | adṛśyamānastasyāhaṃ tamisrāyāṃ sakuṇḍalam

I will do as you say, good lady, timid one. Unseen by him, in the darkness, I will take his head, earrings and all,

Verse 2 (4.26.2)

नागो बिल्वमिवाक्रम्य पोथयिष्यामि तच्छिरः । अलभ्यामिच्छतस्तस्य कीचकस्य दुरात्मनः ॥

nāgo bilvamivākramya pothayiṣyāmi tacchiraḥ | alabhyāmicchatastasya kīcakasya durātmanaḥ

and crush it as an elephant tramples a bilva fruit: the head of that wicked Kichaka, who longs for a woman he can never have.

Verse 3 (4.26.3)

मया यदुक्तं पाञ्चालि धर्मराजसुतं प्रति । कोपादृते किमन्यत्तु नानुवर्तेत को नृपम् ॥

mayā yaduktaṃ pāñcāli dharmarājasutaṃ prati | kopādṛte kimanyattu nānuvarteta ko nṛpam

What I said against the son of Dharma, the king, Panchali, was nothing but anger. Who would not obey the king?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.21.37d*0432.

Verse 4 (4.26.4)

एवमुक्त्वा महाबाहुस्तत्र पाण्डवनन्दनः । अर्धरात्रे तदोत्थाय सत्ववान्भीमविक्रमः ॥

evamuktvā mahābāhustatra pāṇḍavanandanaḥ | ardharātre tadotthāya satvavānbhīmavikramaḥ

Having said this, the mighty-armed delight of the Pandavas, strong and terrible in valour, rose at midnight

Note on the text: Corrected एवमुक्तवा → एवमुक्त्वा (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct in the gerund; the apparatus reads evam uktvā). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.21.38*0434 (line 1) and 4.21.38*0435 (line 2).

Verse 5 (4.26.5)

अवदातेन मृदुना पटेनाच्छादितस्तथा । द्रौपदीं पृष्ठतः कृत्वा यत्रासीन्नर्तनालयः ॥

avadātena mṛdunā paṭenācchāditastathā | draupadīṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā yatrāsīnnartanālayaḥ

and, wrapped in a soft white cloth, with Draupadi following behind, went to where the dancing hall stood.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.21.38*0436 (reading tadā for तथा).

Verse 6 (4.26.6)

स भीमः प्रथमं गत्वा तमिस्रायामुपाविशत् । मृगं सिंह इवादृश्यः प्रत्याकाङ्क्षत्स कीचकम् ॥

sa bhīmaḥ prathamaṃ gatvā tamisrāyāmupāviśat | mṛgaṃ siṃha ivādṛśyaḥ pratyākāṅkṣatsa kīcakam

Bhima went there first and sat down in the darkness; unseen, like a lion lying in wait for a deer, he waited for Kichaka.

Verse 7 (4.26.7)

कीचकस्तु शिरःस्नातो निशायां समलंकृतः । सङ्केतमगमत्तूर्णं शून्यागारमपावृतम् ॥

kīcakastu śiraḥsnāto niśāyāṃ samalaṃkṛtaḥ | saṅketamagamattūrṇaṃ śūnyāgāramapāvṛtam

Kichaka, having bathed his head and adorned himself well, hurried through the night to the meeting-place, the empty hall that stood open,

Note on the text: Line 1 loosely parallels CE 4.21.39ab; line 2 is the CE apparatus 4.21.39b*0438.

Verse 8 (4.26.8)

तदेव नर्तनागारं पाञ्चाली यदभाषत । तां मन्यमानः संकेते सैरन्ध्रीं काममोहितः ॥

tadeva nartanāgāraṃ pāñcālī yadabhāṣata | tāṃ manyamānaḥ saṃkete sairandhrīṃ kāmamohitaḥ

that very dancing hall Panchali had named, thinking, bewildered by desire, that the sairandhri would be at the meeting-place.

Note on the text: Loosely parallels CE 4.21.39cd–40ab; the wording differs.

Verse 9 (4.26.9)

प्रविश्य नर्तनागारं ततस्तं पुरुषर्षभम् । पूर्वागतं भीमसेनं दृप्तमप्रतिमौजसम् ॥

praviśya nartanāgāraṃ tatastaṃ puruṣarṣabham | pūrvāgataṃ bhīmasenaṃ dṛptamapratimaujasam

Entering the dancing hall, he came upon that bull among men, Bhimasena, proud and of matchless might, who had arrived before him

Note on the text: Corrected दृप्तमप्रतिमजसम् → दृप्तमप्रतिमौजसम् (misprint in Wikisource; the vowel sign of औ is lost, and अप्रतिमजस is no word; the critical edition reads apratimaujasam). Line 1 echoes CE 4.21.40c; line 2 is a variant of CE 4.21.41ab.

Verse 10 (4.26.10)

शयानं शयने तत्र मृत्युं मूढः परामृशत् । जाज्वल्यमानं कोपेन कृष्णाधर्षणजेन च ॥

śayānaṃ śayane tatra mṛtyuṃ mūḍhaḥ parāmṛśat | jājvalyamānaṃ kopena kṛṣṇādharṣaṇajena ca

and lay on the bed there, blazing with the anger born of the outrage done to Krishna; and the fool laid hands on his own death.

Verse 11 (4.26.11)

एकान्ते भीममासाद्य कीचकः कालचोदितः । हर्षोन्मथितचित्तात्मा स्मयमानोऽभ्यभाषत ॥

ekānte bhīmamāsādya kīcakaḥ kālacoditaḥ | harṣonmathitacittātmā smayamāno'bhyabhāṣata

Coming up to Bhima in that secluded place, Kichaka, driven on by Time, his heart churned with delight, spoke with a smile:

Verse 12 (4.26.12)

प्रहितं ते मया भद्रे बहुवित्तं शुचिस्मिते । त्वयि तिष्ठतु तत्सर्वं यथाऽसि स्वयमागता ॥

prahitaṃ te mayā bhadre bahuvittaṃ śucismite | tvayi tiṣṭhatu tatsarvaṃ yathā'si svayamāgatā

I have sent you great wealth, good lady of the pure smile. Let all of it stay with you, since you have come to me of your own accord.

Note on the text: Loosely parallels CE 4.21.44. No speaker heading in Wikisource; Kichaka's words (verses 12–14), announced in verse 11, are assigned to him (Wikisource carried over Vaishampayana).

Verse 13 (4.26.13)

अकस्मान्मां प्रशंसन्ति सदा गृहगताः स्त्रियः । बलवान्दर्शनीयश्च नान्यस्ते सदृशः पुमान् ॥

akasmānmāṃ praśaṃsanti sadā gṛhagatāḥ striyaḥ | balavāndarśanīyaśca nānyaste sadṛśaḥ pumān

The women of my household always praise me, unprompted: "You are strong and handsome; there is no other man like you."

Verse 14 (4.26.14)

अहं रूपेण संपन्नः स्नातोऽगुरुविभूषितः । नित्यमेव प्रियः स्त्रीणां सौभाग्यात्प्रियदर्शनः । रूपस्य तन्मया प्राप्तं फलं कमललोचने ॥

ahaṃ rūpeṇa saṃpannaḥ snāto'guruvibhūṣitaḥ | nityameva priyaḥ strīṇāṃ saubhāgyātpriyadarśanaḥ | rūpasya tanmayā prāptaṃ phalaṃ kamalalocane

I am handsome, bathed and adorned with aloe-wood scent; I am ever dear to women and, by my good fortune, pleasing to look upon. Now, lotus-eyed one, I have won the fruit of that beauty.

Note on the text: Corrected स्नातो गुरुविभूषितः → स्नातोऽगुरुविभूषितः (misprint in Wikisource; the missing avagraha turns अगुरु, aloe-wood perfume, into गुरु; the apparatus reads snānāgaruvibhūṣitaḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.21.45d*0442.

Verse 15 (4.26.15)

दिष्ट्या त्वं दर्शनीयोऽसि दिष्ट्याऽऽत्मानं प्रशंससि ॥

diṣṭyā tvaṃ darśanīyo'si diṣṭyā''tmānaṃ praśaṃsasi

How fortunate that you are handsome! How fortunate that you sing your own praises!

Note on the text: Corrected दर्शनीयोसि → दर्शनीयोऽसि (missing avagraha; the critical edition reads darśanīyo 'si). CE 4.21.46ab only: Wikisource prints it as a one-line verse, and the second half of 4.21.46 closes verse 17, so nothing is lost.

Verse 16 (4.26.16)

त्वयाऽपीदृग्गुणा नारी रूपशीलसमन्विता । अदृष्टपूर्वा पश्य त्वं यतो जानासि सूतज । द्रक्ष्यसि त्वं मुहूर्तेन यथेयं स्त्री गुणान्विता ॥

tvayā'pīdṛgguṇā nārī rūpaśīlasamanvitā | adṛṣṭapūrvā paśya tvaṃ yato jānāsi sūtaja | drakṣyasi tvaṃ muhūrtena yatheyaṃ strī guṇānvitā

A woman of such qualities, endowed with beauty and character, you have never seen before; look, then, son of a Suta, since you are a judge of such things. In a moment you will see what qualities this woman has.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.21.46b*0443, lines 1–3 (where the woman is the object: īdṛgguṇāṃ nārīṃ … adṛṣṭapūrvāṃ paśyasva yato jāto 'si).

Verse 17 (4.26.17)

उपरंस्यसि कामाच्च शीघ्रं त्वं स्प्रष्टुमर्हसि । ईदृशस्तु त्वया स्पर्शः स्पृष्टपूर्वो न कर्हिचित् ॥

uparaṃsyasi kāmācca śīghraṃ tvaṃ spraṣṭumarhasi | īdṛśastu tvayā sparśaḥ spṛṣṭapūrvo na karhicit

You will soon be done with desire; quickly, you should touch me. Never before have you felt a touch like this.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE apparatus 4.21.46b*0443, line 4 (reading draṣṭum for स्प्रष्टुम्); line 2 is CE 4.21.46cd.

Verse 18 (4.26.18)

स्पर्शं वेत्सि विदग्धस्त्वं कामधर्मविचक्षणः । स्त्रीणां प्रीतिकरो नान्यस्त्वत्समः पुरुषस्त्विह ॥

sparśaṃ vetsi vidagdhastvaṃ kāmadharmavicakṣaṇaḥ | strīṇāṃ prītikaro nānyastvatsamaḥ puruṣastviha

You know about touch, clever as you are and skilled in the ways of love; no other man here pleases women as you do.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.21.46d*0444.

Verse 19 (4.26.19)

इत्युक्त्वा तं महाबाहुर्भीमो भीमपराक्रमः । सहसोत्पत्य कौन्तेयः प्रहस्येदमुवाच ह ॥

ityuktvā taṃ mahābāhurbhīmo bhīmaparākramaḥ | sahasotpatya kaunteyaḥ prahasyedamuvāca ha

Having said this to him, the mighty-armed son of Kunti, Bhima of terrible valour, suddenly sprang up and, laughing, said this:

Verse 20 (4.26.20)

अद्य त्वां भगिनी पापं कृष्यमाणं मया भुवि । द्रक्ष्यतेऽद्रिप्रतीकाशं सिंहेनेव महागजम् ॥

adya tvāṃ bhaginī pāpaṃ kṛṣyamāṇaṃ mayā bhuvi | drakṣyate'dripratīkāśaṃ siṃheneva mahāgajam

Today your sister will see you, you sinner, huge as a mountain, dragged along the ground by me like a great elephant by a lion.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.21.47d*0445, lines 1–2 (reading drakṣyaty for द्रक्ष्यते and mahādvipam for महागजम्). No speaker heading in Wikisource; Bhima's words (verses 20–21), announced in verse 19, are assigned to him (Wikisource carried over Vaishampayana).

Verse 21 (4.26.21)

निराबाधा त्वयि हते सैरन्ध्री विचरिष्यति । सुखमेव चरिष्यन्ति सैरन्ध्र्याः पतयः सदा ॥

nirābādhā tvayi hate sairandhrī vicariṣyati | sukhameva cariṣyanti sairandhryāḥ patayaḥ sadā

With you slain, the sairandhri will go about unmolested, and the sairandhri's husbands will live in happiness for ever.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.21.47d*0445, lines 3–4 (reading tadā for सदा).

Verse 22 (4.26.22)

ततो जग्राह केशेषु माल्यवत्सु सुगन्धिषु ॥

tato jagrāha keśeṣu mālyavatsu sugandhiṣu

Then he seized him by his garlanded, fragrant hair.

Note on the text: The last line of CE 4.21.47 (47e, which begins bhīmo jagrāha); Wikisource prints it as a one-line verse after Bhima's taunt, so nothing is lost.

Verse 23 (4.26.23)

गृहीत्वा कीचकं भीमो विरराज महाबलः । गृहीत्वा ग्रासकामस्तु सिंहः क्षुद्रमृगं यथा ॥

gṛhītvā kīcakaṃ bhīmo virarāja mahābalaḥ | gṛhītvā grāsakāmastu siṃhaḥ kṣudramṛgaṃ yathā

Holding Kichaka, the mighty Bhima shone like a hungry lion that has seized a small deer.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); its first line resembles CE 4.21.58a, which Wikisource gives in full as verse 37.

Verse 24 (4.26.24)

स केशेषु परामृष्टो बलेन बलिनां वरः । आक्षिप्य केशान्वेगेन बाह्वोर्जग्राह पाण्डवम् ॥

sa keśeṣu parāmṛṣṭo balena balināṃ varaḥ | ākṣipya keśānvegena bāhvorjagrāha pāṇḍavam

Seized by the hair with force, that strongest of the strong jerked his hair free and gripped the Pandava in his arms.

Verse 25 (4.26.25)

बाहुयुद्धं तयोरासीत्क्रुद्धयोर्नरसिंहयोः । वसन्ते वासिताहेतोर्बलिनोर्नागयोरिव ॥

bāhuyuddhaṃ tayorāsītkruddhayornarasiṃhayoḥ | vasante vāsitāhetorbalinornāgayoriva

Then a wrestling match began between those two enraged lions among men, like the fight of two mighty bull elephants over a cow elephant in spring,

Verse 26 (4.26.26)

कीचकानां तु मुख्यस्य नराणामुत्तमस्य च । वालिसुग्रीवयोर्भ्रात्रोः पुरेव कपिसिंहयोः ॥

kīcakānāṃ tu mukhyasya narāṇāmuttamasya ca | vālisugrīvayorbhrātroḥ pureva kapisiṃhayoḥ

between the chief of the Kichakas and the best of men, like the fight long ago between the brothers Vali and Sugriva, lions among monkeys.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.23, lines 1 and 3 (after 4.21.49d). Line 2 of that passage is not in Wikisource; the verse reads complete without it, its genitives continuing तयोः of verse 25.

Verse 27 (4.26.27)

शार्दूलाविव गर्जन्तौ तार्क्ष्यनागाविवोद्यतौ । समयत्नौ समक्रोधौ पतितौ भीमकीचकौ ॥

śārdūlāviva garjantau tārkṣyanāgāvivodyatau | samayatnau samakrodhau patitau bhīmakīcakau

Roaring like two tigers, rearing up like Garuda and a serpent, equal in effort and equal in fury, Bhima and Kichaka went down together.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.21.49d*0447, lines 1–2.

Verse 28 (4.26.28)

गजाविव मदोन्मत्तौ नदन्तौ पतितौ क्षितौ । वृषभाविव वल्मीकं मृद्नन्तौ समविक्रमौ ॥

gajāviva madonmattau nadantau patitau kṣitau | vṛṣabhāviva valmīkaṃ mṛdnantau samavikramau

Like two elephants maddened by rut they fell to the earth bellowing; equal in valour, they were like two bulls trampling an anthill.

Note on the text: Corrected मृद्गन्तौ → मृद्नन्तौ (misprint in Wikisource; ग for न; the participle of मृद् is मृद्नत्, and the apparatus reads mṛdnantau). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.21.49d*0447, lines 3–4 (reading garjantau for नदन्तौ).

Verse 29 (4.26.29)

ईषदागलितं चापि क्रोधाच्चावाङ्मुखं स्थितम् । कीचको बलवान्भीमं जानुभ्यां पातयद्भुवि ॥

īṣadāgalitaṃ cāpi krodhāccāvāṅmukhaṃ sthitam | kīcako balavānbhīmaṃ jānubhyāṃ pātayadbhuvi

As Bhima stood, giving way a little, his face turned down in anger, the mighty Kichaka threw him to the ground with his knees.

Verse 30 (4.26.30)

पातितो भीमसेनस्तु कीचकेन बलीयसा । उत्पपाताथ वेगेन दण्डाहत इवोरगः ॥

pātito bhīmasenastu kīcakena balīyasā | utpapātātha vegena daṇḍāhata ivoragaḥ

Thrown down by the powerful Kichaka, Bhimasena sprang up again with speed, like a snake struck with a stick.

Verse 31 (4.26.31)

स्पर्धया च बलोन्मत्तौ तावुभौ भीमकीचकौ । निश्शब्दं पर्यकर्षेतामन्योन्यस्य विनिर्जये ॥

spardhayā ca balonmattau tāvubhau bhīmakīcakau | niśśabdaṃ paryakarṣetāmanyonyasya vinirjaye

Maddened by their strength and their rivalry, Bhima and Kichaka dragged at each other without a sound, each striving to overcome the other.

Verse 32 (4.26.32)

ततस्तद्भवनश्रेष्ठं प्राकम्पत तदा भृशम् । तौ क्रोधवशमापन्नावन्योन्यमभिजघ्नतुः ॥

tatastadbhavanaśreṣṭhaṃ prākampata tadā bhṛśam | tau krodhavaśamāpannāvanyonyamabhijaghnatuḥ

Then that finest of halls shook violently, as the two, in the grip of fury, struck at each other.

Verse 33 (4.26.33)

तलाभ्यां भीमसेनेन वक्षस्यभिहतो बली । कीचको रोषरक्ताक्षो न चचाल पदात्पदम् ॥

talābhyāṃ bhīmasenena vakṣasyabhihato balī | kīcako roṣaraktākṣo na cacāla padātpadam

Struck on the chest by Bhimasena with the flats of his hands, the mighty Kichaka, his eyes red with rage, did not budge a step.

Verse 34 (4.26.34)

मुहूर्तमशकत्सोढुं वेगं तस्य महात्मनः । कीचको भीमसेनेन पश्चात्पश्चादहीयत ॥

muhūrtamaśakatsoḍhuṃ vegaṃ tasya mahātmanaḥ | kīcako bhīmasenena paścātpaścādahīyata

For a moment he could withstand the onslaught of that great-souled man; then Kichaka began to give ground before Bhimasena, step by step.

Verse 35 (4.26.35)

तं हीयमानं विज्ञाय भीमसेनो महाबलः । वक्षस्यानीय वेगेन प्रममाथ विचेतसम् ॥

taṃ hīyamānaṃ vijñāya bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ | vakṣasyānīya vegena pramamātha vicetasam

Seeing him weaken, the mighty Bhimasena pulled him violently to his chest and crushed him until he lost his senses.

Verse 36 (4.26.36)

क्रोधाविष्टो विनिःश्वस्य पुनश्चैनं वृकोदरः । जग्राह जयतांश्रेष्ठः केशेष्वेव भृशं तदा ॥

krodhāviṣṭo viniḥśvasya punaścainaṃ vṛkodaraḥ | jagrāha jayatāṃśreṣṭhaḥ keśeṣveva bhṛśaṃ tadā

Filled with anger and breathing hard, Vrikodara, best of victors, again seized him firmly by the hair.

Note on the text: Corrected विनिश्चस्य → विनिःश्वस्य (misprint in Wikisource; "breathing hard"; the critical edition reads viniḥśvasya).

Verse 37 (4.26.37)

गृहीत्वा कीचकं भीमो विरराज महाबलः । आमिषार्थे गृहीत्वैव शार्दूलो मृगयूथपम् ॥

gṛhītvā kīcakaṃ bhīmo virarāja mahābalaḥ | āmiṣārthe gṛhītvaiva śārdūlo mṛgayūthapam

Holding Kichaka, the mighty Bhima shone like a tiger that has seized the leader of a herd of deer for its meat.

Verse 38 (4.26.38)

पुनश्चातिबलस्तत्र कीचको बलदर्पितः । व्यायच्छन्नेव दुर्धर्षः पाण्डवेन तरस्विना ॥

punaścātibalastatra kīcako baladarpitaḥ | vyāyacchanneva durdharṣaḥ pāṇḍavena tarasvinā

Yet the very strong Kichaka, proud of his strength and hard to overcome, still struggled there against the swift Pandava.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.21.58d*0448, lines 1–2.

Verse 39 (4.26.39)

मुष्टिना भीमसेनेन शिरस्यभिहतो भृशम् । कीचको वृत्तरक्ताक्षो गतासुरपतद्भुवि ॥

muṣṭinā bhīmasenena śirasyabhihato bhṛśam | kīcako vṛttaraktākṣo gatāsurapatadbhuvi

Struck hard on the head by Bhimasena's fist, Kichaka, his red eyes rolling, fell lifeless to the ground.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.21.58d*0448, lines 3–4.

Verse 40 (4.26.40)

आस्ये पाणी च पादौ च शिरोग्रीवां सकुण्डलाम् । काये प्रवेशयामास मृदित्वाऽङ्गानि सर्वशः ॥

āsye pāṇī ca pādau ca śirogrīvāṃ sakuṇḍalām | kāye praveśayāmāsa mṛditvā'ṅgāni sarvaśaḥ

Crushing every limb, he thrust the hands and feet into the mouth, and the head and neck, earrings and all, into the trunk.

Verse 41 (4.26.41)

स तं मथितसर्वाङ्गं मांसपिण्डमथाकरोत् ॥

sa taṃ mathitasarvāṅgaṃ māṃsapiṇḍamathākarot

Having crushed all his limbs, he turned him into a lump of flesh.

Note on the text: CE 4.21.60ab only: Wikisource prints it as a one-line verse, and the second half of 4.21.60 closes verse 42, so nothing is lost.

Verse 42 (4.26.42)

तत्राग्निं स्वयमुज्ज्वाल्य पाणिसंघर्षजं बली । कृष्णायै दर्शयामास भीमसेनो महाबलः ॥

tatrāgniṃ svayamujjvālya pāṇisaṃgharṣajaṃ balī | kṛṣṇāyai darśayāmāsa bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ

Then, kindling a fire there himself by friction with his hands, the mighty Bhimasena showed him to Krishna.

Note on the text: Corrected कष्णायै → कृष्णायै (misprint in Wikisource; the vowel sign ृ is lost; the critical edition reads kṛṣṇāyai). Line 1 is a variant of the CE apparatus 4.21.60b*0449; line 2 is CE 4.21.60cd.

Verse 43 (4.26.43)

उवाच च महातेजा द्रौपदीं योषितां वराम् । त्वयि कामुकमत्यन्तं पापिनं पारदारिकम् । पश्यैनमेहि पाञ्चालि कामुकोऽयं मया हतः ॥

uvāca ca mahātejā draupadīṃ yoṣitāṃ varām | tvayi kāmukamatyantaṃ pāpinaṃ pāradārikam | paśyainamehi pāñcāli kāmuko'yaṃ mayā hataḥ

And the glorious one said to Draupadi, best of women: "Come, Panchali, look at him, the lecher who lusted after you beyond all measure, the sinner who coveted another man's wife. This lecher has been killed by me.

Note on the text: Lines 1 and 3 are a variant of CE 4.21.61; line 2 appears nowhere in the critical edition (vulgate-only).

Verse 44 (4.26.44)

प्रार्थयन्ते सुकेशान्ते ये त्वां शीलसमन्विताम् । एवं स्वपन्ति ते भीरु शेतेऽयं कीचको यथा । यस्त्वामभ्यहनद्भद्रे पदा भूमौ निपात्य च ॥

prārthayante sukeśānte ye tvāṃ śīlasamanvitām | evaṃ svapanti te bhīru śete'yaṃ kīcako yathā | yastvāmabhyahanadbhadre padā bhūmau nipātya ca

Those who court you, lovely-haired one, you who are rich in virtue, shall sleep as this Kichaka sleeps, timid one, he who knocked you to the ground and kicked you, good lady."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.21.61d*0450, lines 5–6 (reading prārthayanti and evaṃ te bhīru vadhyante kīcakaḥ śobhate yathā), and 4.21.61d*0451, line 1. Speaker set to Bhima: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 45 (4.26.45)

एवमुक्त्वा महाबाहुर्गन्धर्वेण हतं तदा । विज्ञापनार्थमन्येषां विरराम महाहवात् ॥

evamuktvā mahābāhurgandharveṇa hataṃ tadā | vijñāpanārthamanyeṣāṃ virarāma mahāhavāt

Having said this, the mighty-armed one withdrew from that great combat, so that others would be given to understand that Kichaka had been slain by a Gandharva.

Note on the text: Corrected महाहवम् → महाहवात् (misprint in Wikisource; वि-रम्, "cease from", takes the ablative, and the accusative gives no sense; the apparatus reads mahāhavāt). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.21.61d*0451, lines 2–3.

Verse 46 (4.26.46)

तथा स कीचकं हत्वा गत्वा रोषस्य निष्कृतिम् । आमन्त्र्य द्रौपदीं पश्चात्क्षिप्रमायान्महानसम् ॥

tathā sa kīcakaṃ hatvā gatvā roṣasya niṣkṛtim | āmantrya draupadīṃ paścātkṣipramāyānmahānasam

Having thus killed Kichaka and paid his anger its due, he took leave of Draupadi and quickly went back to the kitchen.

Verse 47 (4.26.47)

स्नात्वाऽनुलेपनं कृत्वा व्यापूर्य च मनोरथम् । सुखोपविष्टः शयने भीमो भीमपराक्रमः ॥

snātvā'nulepanaṃ kṛtvā vyāpūrya ca manoratham | sukhopaviṣṭaḥ śayane bhīmo bhīmaparākramaḥ

He bathed and anointed himself, and with his wish fulfilled, Bhima of terrible valour lay down at ease on his bed.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.21.62d*0452, lines 1–2.

Verse 48 (4.26.48)

ततः कृष्णा यदा मेने गतं भीमं महानसम् । कीचकं घातयित्वा च द्रौपदी योषितां वरा । प्रहृष्टा गतसंत्रासा सभापालानुवाच ह ॥

tataḥ kṛṣṇā yadā mene gataṃ bhīmaṃ mahānasam | kīcakaṃ ghātayitvā ca draupadī yoṣitāṃ varā | prahṛṣṭā gatasaṃtrāsā sabhāpālānuvāca ha

When Krishna judged that Bhima had reached the kitchen, Draupadi, best of women, having had Kichaka killed, joyful and freed from fear, said to the guards of the hall:

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE apparatus 4.21.62d*0452, line 3; lines 2–3 are CE 4.21.63.

Verse 49 (4.26.49)

कीचको निहतः शेते गन्धर्वैः पतिभिर्मम । परस्त्रीकामसंतप्तं समागच्छत पश्यत ॥

kīcako nihataḥ śete gandharvaiḥ patibhirmama | parastrīkāmasaṃtaptaṃ samāgacchata paśyata

Kichaka lies here, slain by the Gandharvas, my husbands. Come, all of you, and look at him, burned up by lust for another man's wife.

Note on the text: Corrected समागच्छन्त → समागच्छत (misprint in Wikisource; a stray न्; the sense needs the imperative "come together", paired with पश्यत; the critical edition reads samāgacchata). Speaker set to Draupadi: the verse is wholly her direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it.

Verse 50 (4.26.50)

तच्छ्रुत्वा भाषितं तस्या नर्तनागाररक्षिणः । सहसैव समुत्तस्थुरुल्कामादाय सर्वशः ॥

tacchrutvā bhāṣitaṃ tasyā nartanāgārarakṣiṇaḥ | sahasaiva samuttasthurulkāmādāya sarvaśaḥ

Hearing her words, the guards of the dancing hall all rose up at once, taking torches.

Verse 51 (4.26.51)

तस्यास्तं निहतं श्रुत्वा कीचकस्य सहोदराः । ततो गत्वा तु तद्वेश्म कीचकं विनिपातितम् । गतासुं ददृशुर्भूमौ रुधिरेण समुक्षितम् ॥

tasyāstaṃ nihataṃ śrutvā kīcakasya sahodarāḥ | tato gatvā tu tadveśma kīcakaṃ vinipātitam | gatāsuṃ dadṛśurbhūmau rudhireṇa samukṣitam

Hearing from her that he had been killed, Kichaka's brothers came, and going into that building they saw Kichaka struck down, lying lifeless on the ground, drenched in blood.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE apparatus 4.21.65d*0453 (reading ninadaṃ, "her cry", for निहतं); lines 2–3 are CE 4.21.66.

Verse 52 (4.26.52)

पार्ष्णिपाणिशिरोहीनं दृष्ट्वा ते विस्मिताऽभवन् ॥

pārṣṇipāṇiśirohīnaṃ dṛṣṭvā te vismitā'bhavan

Seeing him without heels, hands or head, they were struck with wonder.

Note on the text: Corrected पार्ष्णिपामि → पार्ष्णिपाणि (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण, as in verse 53; पाणि, "hand"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.21.66d*0455, line 1 (reading pāṇipādavihīnaṃ tu … vyathitābhavan). Wikisource prints it as a one-line verse.

Verse 53 (4.26.53)

क्वास्य ग्रीवा क्व चरणौ क्व पाणी क्व शिरः क्व दृक् । इति स्म ते परीक्षन्ते गन्धर्वेण हतं तदा ॥

kvāsya grīvā kva caraṇau kva pāṇī kva śiraḥ kva dṛk | iti sma te parīkṣante gandharveṇa hataṃ tadā

"Where is his neck? Where are his feet? Where are his hands, where his head, where his eyes?" So they examined him, slain as he was by a Gandharva.

Note on the text: Corrected चरमौ → चरणौ and पामी → पाणी (misprints in Wikisource; म for ण; the critical edition reads caraṇau and pāṇī).

Verse 54 (4.26.54)

अमानुषं कृतं कर्म तं दृष्ट्वा विनिपातितम् । निरीक्षन्ते ततः सर्वे परं विस्मयमागताः ॥

amānuṣaṃ kṛtaṃ karma taṃ dṛṣṭvā vinipātitam | nirīkṣante tataḥ sarve paraṃ vismayamāgatāḥ

Seeing him struck down in this way, a deed beyond human power, they all stared at him, overcome with utter amazement.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.21.66d*0455, lines 3 and 2, in that order.