Bhima Slays the Upakichakas

Verse 1 (4.27.1)

तत्काले तु समागम्य सर्वे तत्रास्य बान्धवाः । रुरुदुः कीचकं दृष्ट्वा परिवार्योपतस्थिरे ॥

tatkāle tu samāgamya sarve tatrāsya bāndhavāḥ | ruruduḥ kīcakaṃ dṛṣṭvā parivāryopatasthire

At that time all his kinsmen gathered there; seeing Kichaka, they wept and stood around him.

Verse 2 (4.27.2)

सर्वे संहृष्टरोमाणः संत्रस्ताः प्रेक्ष्य कीचकम् । तथा संभुग्नसर्वाङ्गं कूर्मं स्थल इवोद्धृतम् ॥

sarve saṃhṛṣṭaromāṇaḥ saṃtrastāḥ prekṣya kīcakam | tathā saṃbhugnasarvāṅgaṃ kūrmaṃ sthala ivoddhṛtam

All of them, their hair standing on end, were terrified at the sight of Kichaka, every limb of him crushed in, like a tortoise dragged out onto dry land,

Verse 3 (4.27.3)

पोथितं भीमसेनेन महेन्द्रेणेव दानवम् । कीचकं बलसंमत्तं दुर्धर्षं येन केन चित् ॥

pothitaṃ bhīmasenena mahendreṇeva dānavam | kīcakaṃ balasaṃmattaṃ durdharṣaṃ yena kena cit

pounded by Bhimasena as a Danava is pounded by great Indra: Kichaka, drunk with his strength, whom no one at all could overcome.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 4.22.3a (Wikisource reads महेन्द्रेणेव for tam indreṇeva); line 2 is not in the critical edition's text — its apparatus has it as 4.22.3b*0458, line 1.

Verse 4 (4.27.4)

गन्धर्वेण हतं श्रुत्वा कीचकं पुरुषर्षभम् । संस्कारयितुमिच्छन्तो बहिर्नेतुं प्रचक्रमुः ॥

gandharveṇa hataṃ śrutvā kīcakaṃ puruṣarṣabham | saṃskārayitumicchanto bahirnetuṃ pracakramuḥ

Hearing that Kichaka, that bull among men, had been killed by a Gandharva, they wished to perform his funeral rites and began to carry him outside.

Note on the text: Line 1 is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.22.3b*0458, line 2); line 2 is CE 4.22.3cd.

Verse 5 (4.27.5)

अपश्यन्नथ ते कृष्णां सूतपुत्राः समागताः । अदूरादनवद्याङ्गीं स्तम्भमालिङ्ग्य तिष्ठतीम् ॥

apaśyannatha te kṛṣṇāṃ sūtaputrāḥ samāgatāḥ | adūrādanavadyāṅgīṃ stambhamāliṅgya tiṣṭhatīm

Then the assembled sons of sutas saw Krishna, flawless of limb, standing close by with her arms around a pillar.

Note on the text: Corrected मूतपुत्राः → सूतपुत्राः (misprint in Wikisource; म for स; the critical edition reads sūtaputrāḥ). Wikisource's अपश्यन्नथ ते (for dadṛśus te tataḥ) is kept.

Verse 6 (4.27.6)

समागतेषु सूतेषु तानुवाचोपकीचकः । हसन्निव तदाऽमर्षान्निर्दहन्निव चक्षुषा ॥

samāgateṣu sūteṣu tānuvācopakīcakaḥ | hasanniva tadā'marṣānnirdahanniva cakṣuṣā

When the sutas had gathered, one of the Upakichakas, Kichaka's brothers, spoke to them, laughing as it were in his fury and all but burning her up with his eyes:

Note on the text: Corrected पदाऽमर्षान् → तदाऽमर्षान् (misprint in Wikisource; प for त — पदा, "with the foot", makes no sense here; the critical edition's apparatus reads tadāmarṣān). Line 1 is CE 4.22.5ab (reading समागतेषु for samaveteṣu); line 2 is not in the critical edition's text — its apparatus has it as 4.22.5b*0459.

Verse 7 (4.27.7)

हन्यतां शीघ्रमसती यत्कृते कीचको हतः । अथवा नैव हन्तव्या दह्यतां कामिना सह ॥

hanyatāṃ śīghramasatī yatkṛte kīcako hataḥ | athavā naiva hantavyā dahyatāṃ kāminā saha

Let the wanton be killed at once, she for whose sake Kichaka was slain. Or rather, she need not be killed: let her be burned together with the man who desired her.

Note on the text: Speaker assigned: the Upakichaka, whose words the previous verse introduces (Wikisource carried over Vaishampayana). Line 1 is CE 4.22.5cd; line 2 is CE 4.22.6ab (reading नैव for neha).

Verse 8 (4.27.8)

मृतस्यापि प्रियं कार्यं सूतपुत्रस्य सर्वथा । इयं हि दुष्टचरिता मम भ्रातुरमित्रिणी ॥

mṛtasyāpi priyaṃ kāryaṃ sūtaputrasya sarvathā | iyaṃ hi duṣṭacaritā mama bhrāturamitriṇī

Even in death the suta's son must be pleased in every way. This woman of wicked conduct is my brother's enemy.

Note on the text: The Upakichaka's speech continues. Line 1 is CE 4.22.6cd; line 2 is not in the critical edition's text — its apparatus has it as 4.22.6d*0460, line 1 (reading duṣṭacāritrā for दुष्टचरिता).

Verse 9 (4.27.9)

यत्कृते मरणं प्राप्तो नेयं जीवितुमर्हति । सहेयं दह्यतां सूता आमन्त्र्य च जनाधिपम् । हतस्यापि हि गन्धर्वैः कीचकस्य प्रियं भवेत् ॥

yatkṛte maraṇaṃ prāpto neyaṃ jīvitumarhati | saheyaṃ dahyatāṃ sūtā āmantrya ca janādhipam | hatasyāpi hi gandharvaiḥ kīcakasya priyaṃ bhavet

She for whose sake he met his death does not deserve to live. Sutas, take leave of the king and let her be burned with him; that will please Kichaka, even though he was slain by the Gandharvas.

Note on the text: The Upakichaka's speech continues. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.22.6d*0460, lines 2–4 (reading āpṛcchya for आमन्त्र्य).

Verse 10 (4.27.10)

ततो विराटमासाद्य सूताः प्राञ्जलयोऽब्रुवन् । कीचकोऽयं हतः शेते गन्धर्वैः कामरूपिभिः ॥

tato virāṭamāsādya sūtāḥ prāñjalayo'bruvan | kīcako'yaṃ hataḥ śete gandharvaiḥ kāmarūpibhiḥ

Then the sutas went to Virata and said with folded hands, "Here lies Kichaka, slain by Gandharvas who take whatever form they please.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.22.7d*0461, lines 1–2 (reading āgamya for आसाद्य). The CE's own 4.22.7 says the same in other words.

Verse 11 (4.27.11)

सैरन्ध्र्या घातितो रात्रौ तं दहेम सहानया । मानिताः स्मस्त्वया वीर तदनुज्ञातुमर्हसि ॥

sairandhryā ghātito rātrau taṃ dahema sahānayā | mānitāḥ smastvayā vīra tadanujñātumarhasi

He was killed in the night because of the Sairandhri; let us burn her along with him. You have always honoured us, hero; give us your consent."

Note on the text: Speaker assigned: the sutas, whose words the previous verse begins (Wikisource carried over Vaishampayana; the CE apparatus marks this speech sūtāḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.22.7d*0461, lines 3–4 (reading mānitā hi tvayā rājaṃs for मानिताः स्मस्त्वया वीर).

Verse 12 (4.27.12)

पराक्रमं तु सूतानां ज्ञात्वा राजाऽन्वमन्यत । सैरन्ध्र्याः सूतपुत्रेण सह दाहं नराधिपः ॥

parākramaṃ tu sūtānāṃ jñātvā rājā'nvamanyata | sairandhryāḥ sūtaputreṇa saha dāhaṃ narādhipaḥ

Knowing the might of the sutas, the king, lord of men, consented to the Sairandhri's being burned with the suta's son.

Verse 13 (4.27.13)

ततस्ते समनुज्ञाताः सर्वे तत्रास्य बान्धवाः । रुरुदुः कीचकं दृष्ट्वा परिवार्याभितः स्थिताः ॥

tataste samanujñātāḥ sarve tatrāsya bāndhavāḥ | ruruduḥ kīcakaṃ dṛṣṭvā parivāryābhitaḥ sthitāḥ

Then, given leave, all his kinsmen stood around Kichaka on every side, looking on him and weeping.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.22.10d*0462, lines 1–2 (reading paricāryābhitaḥ for परिवार्याभितः). Wikisource has nothing for CE 4.22.9–10.

Verse 14 (4.27.14)

आरोप्य कृष्णां सह कीचकेन निबध्य केशेषु च पादयोश्च । ते चापि सूता वचनैरवोचन्नुद्दिश्य चैनामभिवीक्ष्य कृष्णाम् ॥

āropya kṛṣṇāṃ saha kīcakena nibadhya keśeṣu ca pādayośca | te cāpi sūtā vacanairavocannuddiśya caināmabhivīkṣya kṛṣṇām

They lifted Krishna up beside Kichaka and bound her by the hair and by the feet; and those sutas, looking at Krishna and pointing to her, spoke these words:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.22.10d*0462, lines 3–6 (reading atha for सह).

Verse 15 (4.27.15)

यस्याः कृतेऽयं निहतो महात्मा तस्माद्धि सा कीचकमार्गमेतु । अवार्यसत्वेन च कीचकेन गतासुना सुन्दरी स्वर्गलोकम् ॥

yasyāḥ kṛte'yaṃ nihato mahātmā tasmāddhi sā kīcakamārgametu | avāryasatvena ca kīcakena gatāsunā sundarī svargalokam

She for whose sake this great-spirited man was slain, let her follow Kichaka's path. With Kichaka of irresistible strength, now lifeless, let the beauty go to the world of heaven.

Note on the text: Corrected कृते।़यं → कृतेऽयं (misprint in Wikisource; a stray danda and nukta stand for the avagraha). Speaker assigned: the sutas, whose words the previous verse introduces (Wikisource carried over Vaishampayana). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.22.10d*0462, lines 7–10 (reading kīcakamārgagās tu and anāryasattvena for कीचकमार्गमेतु and अवार्यसत्वेन).

Verse 16 (4.27.16)

सा तेन कृष्णा शयने निबद्धा यशस्विनी चैव मनस्विनी च । अनार्यसत्त्वेन महार्यसत्त्वा गतासुना सा प्ररुरोद कृष्णा । विलम्बमाना विवशा हि दुष्टैस्तत्रैव पर्यङ्कवरे शुभाङ्गी ॥

sā tena kṛṣṇā śayane nibaddhā yaśasvinī caiva manasvinī ca | anāryasattvena mahāryasattvā gatāsunā sā praruroda kṛṣṇā | vilambamānā vivaśā hi duṣṭaistatraiva paryaṅkavare śubhāṅgī

So Krishna, glorious and proud, was bound on the bier with him. Noble of spirit, tied to that lifeless man of base spirit, she wept aloud, the lovely one, hanging helpless there on that fine litter at the hands of the wicked.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Lines 1 and 3 are in its apparatus as 4.22.10d*0462, lines 11–14 (reading sāśeta for सा तेन); line 2 appears nowhere in the critical edition.

Verse 17 (4.27.17)

ह्रियमाणाऽथ सुश्रोणी सूतपुत्रैरनिन्दिता । प्राक्रोशन्नाथमिच्छन्ती कृष्णा नाथवती सती ॥

hriyamāṇā'tha suśroṇī sūtaputrairaninditā | prākrośannāthamicchantī kṛṣṇā nāthavatī satī

As she was carried off by the suta's sons, the blameless Krishna of shapely hips, who had protectors of her own, cried out, longing for a protector.

Verse 18 (4.27.18)

मृतेन सह बद्धाङ्गी निराशा जीविते तदा । श्मशानाभिमुखं नीता करेणुरिव रौति सा ॥

mṛtena saha baddhāṅgī nirāśā jīvite tadā | śmaśānābhimukhaṃ nītā kareṇuriva rauti sā

Bound limb to limb with the dead man, despairing of life, she was borne toward the cremation ground, crying out like a cow-elephant.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.22.11d*0463.

Verse 19 (4.27.19)

जयो जयेशो विजयो जयत्सेनो जयद्बलः । ते मे वाचं विजानन्तु सूतपुत्रा नयन्ति माम् ॥

jayo jayeśo vijayo jayatseno jayadbalaḥ | te me vācaṃ vijānantu sūtaputrā nayanti mām

Jaya, Jayesha, Vijaya, Jayatsena, Jayadbala: let them hear my voice! The suta's sons are carrying me away.

Note on the text: Corrected त मे → ते मे (misprint in Wikisource; dropped e-sign; the refrain reads ते मे in verses 20 and 22 and in the critical edition). Wikisource's जयेशो (for the CE's jayanto) is kept.

Verse 20 (4.27.20)

येषां दुन्दुभिनिर्घोषो ज्याघोषः श्रूयते महान् । ते मे वाचं विजानन्तु सूतपुत्रा नयन्ति माम् ॥

yeṣāṃ dundubhinirghoṣo jyāghoṣaḥ śrūyate mahān | te me vācaṃ vijānantu sūtaputrā nayanti mām

They whose kettledrums thunder and the great twang of whose bowstrings is heard: let them hear my voice! The suta's sons are carrying me away.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension): line 1 is in its apparatus as 4.22.12d*0464; line 2 is the refrain of 4.22.12cd, repeated.

Verse 21 (4.27.21)

येषां ज्यातलनिर्घोषो विस्फूर्जितमिवाशनेः । अश्रूयत महान्युद्धे भीमघोषस्तरस्विनाम् ॥

yeṣāṃ jyātalanirghoṣo visphūrjitamivāśaneḥ | aśrūyata mahānyuddhe bhīmaghoṣastarasvinām

Those mighty ones, the slap of whose bowstrings, like the crack of a thunderbolt, rang out with a fearful roar in great battle,

Note on the text: Corrected भीमघोपस् → भीमघोषस् (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition reads bhīmaghoṣas). Wikisource's अश्रूयत महान्युद्धे (for vyaśrūyata mahāyuddhe) is kept.

Verse 22 (4.27.22)

रथघोषश्च बलवान्गन्धर्वाणां तरस्विनाम् । ते मे वाचं विजानन्तु सूतपुत्रा नयन्ति माम् ॥

rathaghoṣaśca balavāngandharvāṇāṃ tarasvinām | te me vācaṃ vijānantu sūtaputrā nayanti mām

and the mighty rumble of whose chariots was heard, those swift Gandharvas: let them hear my voice! The suta's sons are carrying me away.

Note on the text: Corrected रथघोपश्च → रथघोषश्च (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition reads rathaghoṣaś) and बिजानन्तु → विजानन्तु (misprint; ब for व; the critical edition reads vijānantu).

Verse 23 (4.27.23)

येषां वीर्यमतुल्यं तु शक्रस्येव बलं यशः । राजसिंहा इवाग्र्यास्ते मां जानन्तु सुदुःखितां ॥

yeṣāṃ vīryamatulyaṃ tu śakrasyeva balaṃ yaśaḥ | rājasiṃhā ivāgryāste māṃ jānantu suduḥkhitāṃ

They whose valour is matchless, whose strength and fame are like Shakra's, foremost among kings like lions: let them know me in my deep distress!

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.22.14d*0465.

Verse 24 (4.27.24)

इत्यस्याः कृपणा वाचः कृष्णायाः परिदेविताः । श्रुत्वैवाभ्युत्थितो भीमः शयनादविचारयन् ॥

ityasyāḥ kṛpaṇā vācaḥ kṛṣṇāyāḥ paridevitāḥ | śrutvaivābhyutthito bhīmaḥ śayanādavicārayan

Hearing these piteous laments of Krishna, Bhima sprang up from his bed without a moment's thought.

Note on the text: Speaker corrected to Vaishampayana: this is narration, though Wikisource leaves it under Draupadi's heading (the critical edition heads it vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca). Wikisource's इत्यस्याः and अभ्युत्थितो (for tasyās tāḥ and abhyapatad) are kept.

Verse 25 (4.27.25)

अहं सैरन्ध्रि ते वाचः शृणोमि तव भाषिताः । तस्मात्ते सूतपुत्रेभ्यो न भयं जातु विद्यते ॥

ahaṃ sairandhri te vācaḥ śṛṇomi tava bhāṣitāḥ | tasmātte sūtaputrebhyo na bhayaṃ jātu vidyate

Sairandhri, I hear the words you have spoken. So you have nothing whatever to fear from the suta's sons.

Note on the text: This is CE 4.22.16 (unmatched by the automatic alignment), worded differently in Wikisource (ते वाचः … तव भाषिताः and जातु for te vācaṃ tvayā … bhāṣitām and bhīru).

Verse 26 (4.27.26)

इत्युक्त्वा स महाबाहुर्विजजृम्भे जिघांसया ॥

ityuktvā sa mahābāhurvijajṛmbhe jighāṃsayā

Having said this, the mighty-armed one stretched his limbs, eager to kill.

Note on the text: This one-line verse is CE 4.22.17ab (unmatched by the automatic alignment).

Verse 27 (4.27.27)

ततः स व्यायतं बद्ध्वा वस्त्रं विपरिवेष्ट्य च । अद्वारेणाभ्यवस्कन्द्य निर्जगाम बहिस्तदा ॥

tataḥ sa vyāyataṃ baddhvā vastraṃ vipariveṣṭya ca | advāreṇābhyavaskandya nirjagāma bahistadā

Then, tying his garment tightly and wrapping it about him, he leapt out where there was no gate and went outside.

Note on the text: CE 4.22.17cd–ef (unmatched by the automatic alignment); Wikisource reads बद्ध्वा वस्त्रं विपरिवेष्ट्य for kṛtvā veṣaṃ viparivartya.

Verse 28 (4.27.28)

स लङ्घयित्वा प्राकारमारुह्य तरसा द्रुमम् । श्मशानाभिमुखः प्रायाद्यत्र ते कीचका गताः ॥

sa laṅghayitvā prākāramāruhya tarasā drumam | śmaśānābhimukhaḥ prāyādyatra te kīcakā gatāḥ

Leaping over the rampart and swiftly climbing a tree, he made for the cremation ground, where the Kichakas had gone.

Verse 29 (4.27.29)

स लङ्घयित्वा प्राकारं निःसृत्य च पुरोत्तमात् । जवेनोत्पतितो भीमः सूतानामग्रतस्तदा ॥

sa laṅghayitvā prākāraṃ niḥsṛtya ca purottamāt | javenotpatito bhīmaḥ sūtānāmagratastadā

Having leapt the rampart and come out of that fine city, Bhima bounded swiftly ahead and came out in front of the sutas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.22.18d*0466, lines 1–2.

Verse 30 (4.27.30)

चितासमीपं गत्वा स तत्रापश्यन्महाबलः । तालमात्रं महास्कन्धमूर्ध्वशुष्कं वनस्पतिम् ॥

citāsamīpaṃ gatvā sa tatrāpaśyanmahābalaḥ | tālamātraṃ mahāskandhamūrdhvaśuṣkaṃ vanaspatim

Going near the pyre, the mighty one saw there a great tree, tall as a palm, with massive boughs, dry at the top.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.22.18d*0466, lines 3–4 (reading tatrāpaśyad vanaspatim and viśāṃ pate for तत्रापश्यन्महाबलः and वनस्पतिम्).

Verse 31 (4.27.31)

तं नागवदुपक्रम्य बाहुभ्यां परिरभ्य च । वृक्षमुत्पाटयामास भीमो भीमपराक्रमः ॥

taṃ nāgavadupakramya bāhubhyāṃ parirabhya ca | vṛkṣamutpāṭayāmāsa bhīmo bhīmaparākramaḥ

Going at it like an elephant and clasping it in his arms, Bhima of terrible prowess tore the tree up by the roots.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Line 1 is in its apparatus as 4.22.18d*0466, line 5; line 2 appears nowhere in the critical edition (the apparatus goes on skandham āropayām āsa daśavyāmaṃ paraṃtapaḥ).

Verse 32 (4.27.32)

ततो वृक्षं दशव्यामं निष्पत्रमकरोत्तदा ॥

tato vṛkṣaṃ daśavyāmaṃ niṣpatramakarottadā

Then he stripped the tree, ten fathoms long, of its leaves.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); Wikisource prints it as a one-line verse, and it appears nowhere in the CE as such (compare 4.22.19a, sa taṃ vṛkṣaṃ daśavyāmaṃ saskandhaviṭapaṃ balī).

Verse 33 (4.27.33)

तं महाकायमुद्यम्य भ्रामयित्वा च वेगितः । प्रगृह्याभ्यपतत्सूतान्दण्डपाणिरिवान्तकः ॥

taṃ mahākāyamudyamya bhrāmayitvā ca vegitaḥ | pragṛhyābhyapatatsūtāndaṇḍapāṇirivāntakaḥ

Raising that huge trunk and whirling it with force, he gripped it and fell upon the sutas like Death with his staff in hand.

Note on the text: Line 1 is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.22.19b*0467); line 2 is CE 4.22.19cd (reading अभ्यपतत् for abhyadravat).

Verse 34 (4.27.34)

ऊरुवेगेन तस्याथ न्यग्रोधाश्वत्थकिंशुकाः । भूमौ निपतिता वृक्षाः संभग्नास्तत्र शेरते ॥

ūruvegena tasyātha nyagrodhāśvatthakiṃśukāḥ | bhūmau nipatitā vṛkṣāḥ saṃbhagnāstatra śerate

With the force of his thighs, banyan, ashvattha and kimshuka trees were thrown to the ground and lay there shattered.

Verse 35 (4.27.35)

तं सिंहमिव संक्रुद्धं दृष्ट्वा गन्धर्वमागतम् । वित्रेसुश्च तदा सूता विषादभयपीडिताः ॥

taṃ siṃhamiva saṃkruddhaṃ dṛṣṭvā gandharvamāgatam | vitresuśca tadā sūtā viṣādabhayapīḍitāḥ

Seeing the Gandharva come upon them like an enraged lion, the sutas trembled, racked with dismay and fear.

Note on the text: Corrected विपादभय → विषादभय (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition reads viṣādabhaya-).

Verse 36 (4.27.36)

तमन्तकमिव क्रुद्धं गन्धर्वभयशङ्किताः । दिधक्षन्तस्तथा ज्येष्ठं भ्रातरं चोपकीचकाः । परस्परमथोचुस्ते विषादभयमोहिताः ॥

tamantakamiva kruddhaṃ gandharvabhayaśaṅkitāḥ | didhakṣantastathā jyeṣṭhaṃ bhrātaraṃ copakīcakāḥ | parasparamathocuste viṣādabhayamohitāḥ

Afraid of the Gandharva, furious as Death himself, the Upakichakas, who had meant to burn her with their eldest brother, said to one another, bewildered by dismay and fear:

Verse 37 (4.27.37)

गन्धर्वो बलवानेति क्रुद्ध उद्यम्य पादपम् । प्रबुद्धाः सुमहाभागा गन्धर्वाः सूर्यवर्चसः । सैरन्ध्री मुच्यतां शीघ्रं भयं नो महदागतम् ॥

gandharvo balavāneti kruddha udyamya pādapam | prabuddhāḥ sumahābhāgā gandharvāḥ sūryavarcasaḥ | sairandhrī mucyatāṃ śīghraṃ bhayaṃ no mahadāgatam

The mighty Gandharva is coming, enraged, with a tree raised high! The Gandharvas are roused, most powerful, radiant as the sun. Let the Sairandhri go at once; a great danger has come upon us.

Note on the text: Speaker assigned: the Upakichakas, whose words the previous verse introduces (Wikisource carried over Vaishampayana). Lines 1 and 3 are CE 4.22.23; line 2 is in its apparatus as 4.22.23b*0468.

Verse 38 (4.27.38)

ते दृष्ट्वाऽथ समाविद्धं भीमसेनेन पादपम् । विमुच्य द्रौपदीं त्रस्ताः प्राद्रवन्नगरं प्रति ॥

te dṛṣṭvā'tha samāviddhaṃ bhīmasenena pādapam | vimucya draupadīṃ trastāḥ prādravannagaraṃ prati

Seeing the tree brandished by Bhimasena, they let Draupadi go and fled in terror toward the city.

Verse 39 (4.27.39)

द्रवतस्तांश्च संप्रेक्ष्य स वज्री दानवानिव । अथ भीमः समुत्पत्य द्रवतां पुरतोऽभवत् ॥

dravatastāṃśca saṃprekṣya sa vajrī dānavāniva | atha bhīmaḥ samutpatya dravatāṃ purato'bhavat

Seeing them flee, Bhima leapt up like the wielder of the thunderbolt against the Danavas and placed himself in front of the fugitives.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 4.22.25ab (unmatched by the automatic alignment); line 2 is not in the critical edition's text — its apparatus has it as 4.22.24d*0469, line 1 (reading purato 'patat for पुरतोऽभवत्).

Verse 40 (4.27.40)

ते तं दृष्ट्वा भयोद्विग्ना निश्चेष्टाः समवस्थिताः ॥

te taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhayodvignā niśceṣṭāḥ samavasthitāḥ

Seeing him, they stood rooted to the spot, overwhelmed with fear.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.22.24d*0469, line 2.

Verse 41 (4.27.41)

दृष्ट्वा ताञ्शतसङ्ख्यकान्स वज्री दानवानिव । एकेनैव प्रहारेण दश सप्त च विंशतिम् । अष्टादश च पञ्चाशञ्जघान स वृकोदरः ॥

dṛṣṭvā tāñśatasaṅkhyakānsa vajrī dānavāniva | ekenaiva prahāreṇa daśa sapta ca viṃśatim | aṣṭādaśa ca pañcāśañjaghāna sa vṛkodaraḥ

Looking on those men, a hundred in number, Vrikodara, like the thunderbolt-wielder among the Danavas, struck them down, a single blow for each group: ten, seven, twenty, eighteen and fifty.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.22.24d*0469, lines 3–5 (whose last line reads triṃśac catvāripañcāśāñ for अष्टादश च पञ्चाशञ्). Wikisource's numbers, 10 + 7 + 20 + 18 + 50, total the hundred and five of the next verse.

Verse 42 (4.27.42)

शतं पञ्चाधिकं भीमः प्राहिणोद्यमसादनम् । वृक्षेणैकेन राजेन्द्र प्रभञ्जनसुतो बली । वायुवेगसमः श्रीमान्सर्वान्सूतानशेषतः ॥

śataṃ pañcādhikaṃ bhīmaḥ prāhiṇodyamasādanam | vṛkṣeṇaikena rājendra prabhañjanasuto balī | vāyuvegasamaḥ śrīmānsarvānsūtānaśeṣataḥ

With a single tree, O king of kings, the mighty son of the Wind, glorious and swift as the wind, sent a hundred and five to Yama's abode: every one of the sutas, to the last man.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 4.22.25cd; lines 2–3 are not in the critical edition's text — its apparatus has them as 4.22.25d*0470 (reading etena for एकेन) and 4.22.25d*0471, line 1.

Verse 43 (4.27.43)

तान्निहत्य महाबाहुर्भीमसेनो महाबलः । आश्वासयत्तदा कृष्णां प्रतिमुच्य च बन्धनात् ॥

tānnihatya mahābāhurbhīmaseno mahābalaḥ | āśvāsayattadā kṛṣṇāṃ pratimucya ca bandhanāt

Having killed them, the mighty-armed Bhimasena of great strength freed Krishna from her bonds and comforted her.

Note on the text: Line 1 is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.22.25d*0471, line 2); line 2 is CE 4.22.26ab (reading प्रतिमुच्य च बन्धनात् for pravimucya viśāṃ pate).

Verse 44 (4.27.44)

उवाच श्लक्ष्णया वाचा पाञ्चालीं भरतर्षभः । अश्रुपूर्णमुखीं भीतामुद्धरन्स वृकोदरः ॥

uvāca ślakṣṇayā vācā pāñcālīṃ bharatarṣabhaḥ | aśrupūrṇamukhīṃ bhītāmuddharansa vṛkodaraḥ

Lifting up the frightened Panchali, her face streaming with tears, Vrikodara, bull of the Bharatas, spoke to her gently:

Note on the text: Corresponds loosely to CE 4.22.26cd–ef (unmatched by the automatic alignment), which Wikisource words differently.

Verse 45 (4.27.45)

मा खिदस्त्वं याज्ञसेनि पातिव्रत्यव्रते स्थिता । पातिव्रत्ये स्थिता नारी व्रतं रक्षेत्सदाऽत्मनः ॥

mā khidastvaṃ yājñaseni pātivratyavrate sthitā | pātivratye sthitā nārī vrataṃ rakṣetsadā'tmanaḥ

Do not grieve, Yajnaseni, you who keep the vow of devotion to your husband. A woman who abides in that devotion should always guard her vow.

Note on the text: Removed the stray bracket "[" and footnote mark "(*)" at the start. Speaker assigned: Bhima, whose speech the previous verse introduces (Wikisource carried over Vaishampayana). Verses 45–54, the tale of Devarata's wife, are bracketed in Wikisource, with a footnote that these ten verses are found only in the "gha" manuscript. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.26, lines 1–2.

Verse 46 (4.27.46)

पुरा स्त्री देवरातस्य पतिप्रीता शिरोमणिः । कदाचिद्भर्तृरूपेण रक्षसाऽपहृता सती ॥

purā strī devarātasya patiprītā śiromaṇiḥ | kadācidbhartṛrūpeṇa rakṣasā'pahṛtā satī

Long ago the wife of Devarata, crown-jewel of women devoted to their husbands, virtuous as she was, was once carried off by a rakshasa who had taken her husband's form.

Note on the text: Bhima's speech continues. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.26, lines 3–4.

Verse 47 (4.27.47)

कस्यचित्सरसस्तीरे तां निवेश्य स राक्षसः । तद्भर्तृरूपं संत्यज्य रक्षो भूत्वा सुदारुणम् ॥

kasyacitsarasastīre tāṃ niveśya sa rākṣasaḥ | tadbhartṛrūpaṃ saṃtyajya rakṣo bhūtvā sudāruṇam

Setting her down on the bank of a certain lake, the rakshasa cast off her husband's form and became a most dreadful demon.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.26, lines 5–6.

Verse 48 (4.27.48)

साम्ना दानेन भेदेन सा यदा नान्वमन्यत । तदा तां पातयित्वा स मैथुनायोपचक्रमे ॥

sāmnā dānena bhedena sā yadā nānvamanyata | tadā tāṃ pātayitvā sa maithunāyopacakrame

When she would not yield to coaxing, gifts or threats of discord, he threw her down and set about violating her.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.26, lines 7–8.

Verse 49 (4.27.49)

ततः सा धैर्यमास्थाय विवरं न ददौ तदा । ततः स खड्गमुत्कृष्य भीषयामास तां सतीम् ॥

tataḥ sā dhairyamāsthāya vivaraṃ na dadau tadā | tataḥ sa khaḍgamutkṛṣya bhīṣayāmāsa tāṃ satīm

But she, summoning her courage, gave him no opening. Then he drew his sword and tried to terrify that virtuous woman.

Note on the text: Corrected विवरं त ददौ → विवरं न ददौ (misprint in Wikisource; त for न — she gave him no opening, as what follows shows; Appendix I.26 reads na dadau) and खङ्गम् → खड्गम् (misprint; ङ्ग for ड्ग, "sword"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.26, lines 9–10.

Verse 50 (4.27.50)

साऽपि त्यक्तभया साध्वी प्राणत्यागे सुनिश्चिता । प्रतिज्ञामकरोत्कृष्णे पातिव्रत्यपरायणा ॥

sā'pi tyaktabhayā sādhvī prāṇatyāge suniścitā | pratijñāmakarotkṛṣṇe pātivratyaparāyaṇā

But that good woman, casting off fear and resolved to give up her life, wholly devoted to her husband, made a solemn vow, Krishna:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.26, lines 11–12.

Verse 51 (4.27.51)

आराधितो यदि मया भर्ता मे दैवतं महत् । कर्मणा मनसा वाचा गुरवस्तोषिता मया । तेन सत्येन योनिर्मे भवत्वद्य शिला दृढा ॥

ārādhito yadi mayā bhartā me daivataṃ mahat | karmaṇā manasā vācā guravastoṣitā mayā | tena satyena yonirme bhavatvadya śilā dṛḍhā

"If I have worshipped my husband as my great deity, and if I have pleased my elders in deed, thought and word, then by that truth let my womb become hard stone this very day."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.26, lines 13–15.

Verse 52 (4.27.52)

एवं तया प्रतिज्ञाते तद्योनिः सा शिलाऽभवत् । अन्तरा नाभिजान्वोर्यत्तत्सर्वं च शिलाऽभवत् ॥

evaṃ tayā pratijñāte tadyoniḥ sā śilā'bhavat | antarā nābhijānvoryattatsarvaṃ ca śilā'bhavat

The moment she had vowed this, her womb turned to stone; all that lay between navel and knees became stone.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.26, lines 16–17.

Verse 53 (4.27.53)

ततः स खड्गमुद्धृत्य वेगेनास्याः शिरोऽहरत् ॥

tataḥ sa khaḍgamuddhṛtya vegenāsyāḥ śiro'harat

Then he raised his sword and swiftly struck off her head.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गम् → खड्गम् (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग, "sword"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.26, line 18 (reading utkṛṣya for उद्धृत्य).

Verse 54 (4.27.54)

जया नाम सखी साऽभूत्पार्वत्या नखमांसवत् । तस्मात्पतिव्रतायाश्च दुःखमल्पं सुखं बहु ॥

jayā nāma sakhī sā'bhūtpārvatyā nakhamāṃsavat | tasmātpativratāyāśca duḥkhamalpaṃ sukhaṃ bahu

She became Jaya, the companion of Parvati, as close to her as nail to flesh. So it is that for a woman devoted to her husband, sorrow is small and happiness great.

Note on the text: Removed the closing bracket and doubled verse-end mark ("।। ]") that end the bracketed passage in Wikisource. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.26, lines 19–20.

Verse 55 (4.27.55)

एवं ते भीरु वध्यन्ते ये त्वां हिंसन्ति मानवाः । गच्छ त्वं नगरं कृष्णे न भयं विद्यते तव ॥

evaṃ te bhīru vadhyante ye tvāṃ hiṃsanti mānavāḥ | gaccha tvaṃ nagaraṃ kṛṣṇe na bhayaṃ vidyate tava

This is how those men are slain who harm you, timid one. Go to the city, Krishna; you have nothing to fear.

Note on the text: CE 4.22.27ab–cd (unmatched by the automatic alignment); Wikisource reads हिंसन्ति मानवाः for kliśyanty anāgasam and गच्छ for praihi.

Verse 56 (4.27.56)

अन्येन त्वं पथा शीघ्रं सुदेष्णाया निवेशनम् । अन्येनाहं गमिष्यामि विराटस्य महानसम् । यथा नौ नावबुध्येरन्रात्रावेवं व्यवस्थितौ ॥

anyena tvaṃ pathā śīghraṃ sudeṣṇāyā niveśanam | anyenāhaṃ gamiṣyāmi virāṭasya mahānasam | yathā nau nāvabudhyeranrātrāvevaṃ vyavasthitau

Go quickly by another road to Sudeshna's quarters; I shall go by another to Virata's kitchen. Let us arrange it so tonight, that they do not find us out.

Note on the text: Line 1 is in the critical edition's apparatus as 4.22.27d*0472; line 2 is CE 4.22.27ef; line 3 is in the apparatus as 4.22.27d*0474, line 1.

Verse 57 (4.27.57)

साऽगच्छन्नगरं कृष्णा भीमेनाश्वासिता सती ॥

sā'gacchannagaraṃ kṛṣṇā bhīmenāśvāsitā satī

Comforted by Bhima, the virtuous Krishna went to the city.

Note on the text: Verse division from here to 65 follows Wikisource's own verse-end marks: the page prints each of the numbers 57–64 after the first line of its row, so verse 57 is this single line and each following verse joins the second line of one row to the first line of the next (the extraction had paired the lines by row instead). The page's own note on verse 63 confirms this division. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.22.27d*0474, line 2 (reading bhīmasenāśvāsitā).

Verse 58 (4.27.58)

कृतकृत्या सुदेष्णाया भवनं शुभलक्षणा । शचीव नहुषे शप्ते प्रविवेश त्रिविष्टपम् ॥

kṛtakṛtyā sudeṣṇāyā bhavanaṃ śubhalakṣaṇā | śacīva nahuṣe śapte praviveśa triviṣṭapam

Her purpose achieved, she of auspicious marks entered Sudeshna's palace, as Shachi entered heaven once Nahusha had been cursed.

Note on the text: Re-divided to follow Wikisource's own verse-end marks (see verse 57). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.22.27d*0474, lines 3–4.

Verse 59 (4.27.59)

भीमोऽप्यमितवीर्यस्तु बलवानरिमर्दनः । सर्वांस्तान्कीचकांस्तत्र हत्वा धर्मात्मजानुजः ॥

bhīmo'pyamitavīryastu balavānarimardanaḥ | sarvāṃstānkīcakāṃstatra hatvā dharmātmajānujaḥ

Bhima too, of boundless valour, the mighty crusher of foes, younger brother of Dharma's son, having killed all those Kichakas there,

Note on the text: Re-divided to follow Wikisource's own verse-end marks (see verse 57). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.22.27d*0474, lines 5–6.

Verse 60 (4.27.60)

निःशेषं कीचकान्हत्वा रामो रात्रिचरानिव । जितशत्रुरदीनात्मा प्रविवेश पुरं ततः ॥

niḥśeṣaṃ kīcakānhatvā rāmo rātricarāniva | jitaśatruradīnātmā praviveśa puraṃ tataḥ

having killed the Kichakas to the last man, as Rama killed the night-roaming demons, entered the city, his foes conquered, his spirit undaunted.

Note on the text: Re-divided to follow Wikisource's own verse-end marks (see verse 57). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.22.27d*0474, lines 7–8 (reading niḥśeṣān and rātriṃcarān).

Verse 61 (4.27.61)

पञ्चाधिकं शतं तत्र निहतं तेन भारत । महावनमिव छिन्नं शिश्ये विगलितद्रुमम् ॥

pañcādhikaṃ śataṃ tatra nihataṃ tena bhārata | mahāvanamiva chinnaṃ śiśye vigalitadrumam

A hundred and five lay there slain by him, Bharata, like a great forest felled, its trees strewn about.

Note on the text: Re-divided to follow Wikisource's own verse-end marks (see verse 57). This is CE 4.22.28 (reading तत्र … तेन for tac ca … tatra).

Verse 62 (4.27.62)

एवं ते निहता राजञ्शतं पञ्चोपकीचकाः । स च सेनापतिः सूत इत्येतत्सूतषट्शतम् ॥

evaṃ te nihatā rājañśataṃ pañcopakīcakāḥ | sa ca senāpatiḥ sūta ityetatsūtaṣaṭśatam

Thus, O king, the hundred and five Upakichakas were slain; with the suta commander himself, that made a hundred and six sutas.

Note on the text: Re-divided to follow Wikisource's own verse-end marks (see verse 57). This is CE 4.22.29 (reading पञ्चोपकीचकाः and सूत for pañca ca kīcakāḥ and pūrvam).

Verse 63 (4.27.63)

न गन्धर्वभयात्किंचिद्वक्तुं कीचकबान्धवाः । अशक्नुवन्तस्तां तत्र भयादप्यभिवीक्षितुम् ॥

na gandharvabhayātkiṃcidvaktuṃ kīcakabāndhavāḥ | aśaknuvantastāṃ tatra bhayādapyabhivīkṣitum

For fear of the Gandharva, Kichaka's kinsmen could say nothing to her there; in their fear they could not even look at her.

Note on the text: Re-divided to follow Wikisource's own verse-end marks (see verse 57). Corrected भयाकिंचिद् → भयात्किंचिद् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त्; "for fear of the Gandharva", as the page's own note on this verse construes it). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.22.29d*0475 (reading chekur vaktuṃ for किंचिद्वक्तुं).

Verse 64 (4.27.64)

विराटनगरे चापि सर्वे मात्स्याः समागताः । काल्यं पञ्चशतं चैतानपश्यन्सारथीन्हतान् ॥

virāṭanagare cāpi sarve mātsyāḥ samāgatāḥ | kālyaṃ pañcaśataṃ caitānapaśyansārathīnhatān

And all the Matsyas who had gathered in Virata's city saw at daybreak those hundred and five charioteers lying slain.

Note on the text: Re-divided to follow Wikisource's own verse-end marks (see verse 57). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.22.29d*0476.

Verse 65 (4.27.65)

तद्दृष्ट्वा महदाश्चर्यं नरा नार्यश्च नागराः । विस्मयं परमं गत्वा नोचुः किंचन भारत ॥

taddṛṣṭvā mahadāścaryaṃ narā nāryaśca nāgarāḥ | vismayaṃ paramaṃ gatvā nocuḥ kiṃcana bhārata

Seeing that great marvel, the men and women of the city were struck with utter amazement and said nothing at all, Bharata.

Note on the text: Re-divided to follow Wikisource's own verse-end marks (see verse 57). This is CE 4.22.30 (Wikisource reads नागराः for saṃgatāḥ).