Bhima the Cook and Arjuna as Brihannala

Verse 1 (4.3.1)

एवं निर्दिश्य चात्मानं निश्वसन्नुष्णमार्तिजम् । विमुञ्चन्नश्रु नेत्राभ्यां भीमसेनमुवाच ह ॥

evaṃ nirdiśya cātmānaṃ niśvasannuṣṇamārtijam | vimuñcannaśru netrābhyāṃ bhīmasenamuvāca ha

Having thus described his own part, Yudhishthira, sighing hot sighs of pain and shedding tears from his eyes, said to Bhimasena:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.1.23b*0026.

Verse 2 (4.3.2)

भीमसेन कथं कर्म मात्स्यराष्ट्रे करिष्यसि । हत्वा क्रोधवशांस्तत्र पर्वते गन्धमादने ॥

bhīmasena kathaṃ karma mātsyarāṣṭre kariṣyasi | hatvā krodhavaśāṃstatra parvate gandhamādane

"Bhimasena, what work will you do in the Matsya kingdom — you who on Mount Gandhamadana slew the Krodhavasha demons,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.1.23b*0027, lines 1–2. No speaker heading in Wikisource; Yudhishthira's question (verses 2–7), announced in verse 1, is assigned to him (Wikisource carried over Vaishampayana).

Verse 3 (4.3.3)

यक्षान्क्रोधाभिताम्राक्षान्राक्षसांश्चापि पौरुषात् । प्रादाः पाञ्चालकन्यायै पद्मानि सुबहून्यपि ॥

yakṣānkrodhābhitāmrākṣānrākṣasāṃścāpi pauruṣāt | prādāḥ pāñcālakanyāyai padmāni subahūnyapi

and by your manly might the yakshas with eyes red with rage, and the rakshasas too, and brought the Panchala princess a great many lotuses;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.1.23b*0027, lines 3–4.

Verse 4 (4.3.4)

बकं राक्षसराजानं भीषणं पुरुषादकम् । जघ्निवानसि कौन्तेय ब्राह्मणार्थमरिन्दम । क्षेमा चाभयसंवीता सैकचक्रा त्वया कृता ॥

bakaṃ rākṣasarājānaṃ bhīṣaṇaṃ puruṣādakam | jaghnivānasi kaunteya brāhmaṇārthamarindama | kṣemā cābhayasaṃvītā saikacakrā tvayā kṛtā

who slew Baka, king of the rakshasas, the fearsome man-eater, for a brahmin's sake, son of Kunti, tamer of foes, and made Ekachakra safe and free from fear;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.1.23b*0027, lines 5–7.

Verse 5 (4.3.5)

हिडिम्बं च महावीर्यं किर्मीरं चैव राक्षसम् । त्वया हत्वा महाबाहो वनं निष्कण्टकं कृतम् ॥

hiḍimbaṃ ca mahāvīryaṃ kirmīraṃ caiva rākṣasam | tvayā hatvā mahābāho vanaṃ niṣkaṇṭakaṃ kṛtam

who killed the mighty Hidimba and the rakshasa Kirmira, mighty-armed one, and so cleared the forest of its thorns;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.1.23b*0027, lines 8–9.

Verse 6 (4.3.6)

आपदं चापि संप्राप्ता द्रौपदी चारुहासिनी । जटासुरवधं कृत्वा वयं च परिमोक्षिताः ॥

āpadaṃ cāpi saṃprāptā draupadī cāruhāsinī | jaṭāsuravadhaṃ kṛtvā vayaṃ ca parimokṣitāḥ

and when Draupadi of the lovely smile had fallen into danger, you slew Jatasura and set us all free.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.1.23b*0027, lines 10–11.

Verse 7 (4.3.7)

मत्स्यराजान्तिके तात वीर्यपूर्णोऽत्यमर्षणः । वृकोदर विराटस्य बलीयान्दुर्बलीयसः । समीपे नगरे तस्य वत्स्यसे केन कर्मणा ॥

matsyarājāntike tāta vīryapūrṇo'tyamarṣaṇaḥ | vṛkodara virāṭasya balīyāndurbalīyasaḥ | samīpe nagare tasya vatsyase kena karmaṇā

Full of valour and quick to resent a wrong as you are, Vrikodara, and far stronger than the weaker Virata — by what work will you live close to the Matsya king, in his own city, my dear brother?"

Note on the text: Corrected मत्स्यराजांन्तिके → मत्स्यराजान्तिके (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara; the critical edition's apparatus reads matsyarājāntike). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.1.23b*0027, lines 12–14; its last half-line (वत्स्यसे केन कर्मणा) echoes CE 4.1.23d (raṃsyase kena karmaṇā).

Verse 8 (4.3.8)

सूदोऽहं वललो नाम्ना सूपकारो नराधिप । उपस्थास्यामि राजानं विराटमिति रोचये ॥

sūdo'haṃ valalo nāmnā sūpakāro narādhipa | upasthāsyāmi rājānaṃ virāṭamiti rocaye

"I shall present myself to King Virata as a cook named Valala, a maker of sauces, lord of men; that is what I prefer.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 4.2.1 (listed there among the unmatched verses), which reads paurogavo bruvāṇo 'haṃ ballavo nāma nāmataḥ in its first line; Wikisource gives that line as a footnoted variant ("इति पाठः"), not in the verse, and its own reading, with the Southern name Valala (वललो), is kept.

Verse 9 (4.3.9)

रसान्नानाविधांश्चापि स्वादूंश्च मधुरांस्तथा । सूपांश्चापि करिष्यामि कुशलोस्मि महानसे ॥

rasānnānāvidhāṃścāpi svādūṃśca madhurāṃstathā | sūpāṃścāpi kariṣyāmi kuśalosmi mahānase

I shall make savoury dishes of many kinds, tasty and sweet, and sauces as well; I am skilled in the kitchen.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.2.1d*0030); the second line is CE 4.2.2ab.

Verse 10 (4.3.10)

कृतपूर्वाणि यान्यस्य व्यञ्जनानि सुशिक्षितैः । तान्यप्यभिभविष्यामि प्रीतिं संजनयन्नहम् ॥

kṛtapūrvāṇi yānyasya vyañjanāni suśikṣitaiḥ | tānyapyabhibhaviṣyāmi prītiṃ saṃjanayannaham

Whatever dishes his well-trained cooks have made for him before, I shall surpass even those and so win his affection.

Note on the text: CE 4.2.2cd–ef (reading yair asya for यान्यस्य), a recension variant.

Verse 11 (4.3.11)

पूर्वमप्राशितांस्तेन कर्ता रसगुणान्वितान् । स्वादु व्यञ्जनमास्वाद्य मात्स्यः प्रीतो भविष्यति ॥

pūrvamaprāśitāṃstena kartā rasaguṇānvitān | svādu vyañjanamāsvādya mātsyaḥ prīto bhaviṣyati

I shall make dishes full of flavour and goodness that he has never tasted before; tasting the delicious fare, the Matsya king will be pleased.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.2.2f*0031.

Verse 12 (4.3.12)

आहरिष्यामि दारूणां पाटितानां शतंशतम् । राजा कर्माणि मे दृष्ट्वा न मां परिभविष्यति ॥

āhariṣyāmi dārūṇāṃ pāṭitānāṃ śataṃśatam | rājā karmāṇi me dṛṣṭvā na māṃ paribhaviṣyati

I shall bring in split firewood by the hundreds upon hundreds; seeing my work, the king will not slight me.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 4.2.3 (listed there among the unmatched verses); Wikisource reads पाटितानां शतंशतम् and राजा कर्माणि मे दृष्ट्वा न मां परिभविष्यति, recension variants.

Verse 13 (4.3.13)

ये च तस्य महामल्लाः समरेष्वपराजिताः । कृतप्रतापा बहुशो राज्ञः प्रत्यायिता बले ॥

ye ca tasya mahāmallāḥ samareṣvaparājitāḥ | kṛtapratāpā bahuśo rājñaḥ pratyāyitā bale

And those great wrestlers of his, unbeaten in contests, who have often shown their prowess and whom the king trusts for their strength,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.2.5b*0036, lines 1–2.

Verse 14 (4.3.14)

रङ्गोपजीविनः सर्वे परेषां च भयावहाः । तानहं निहनिष्यामि रतिं राज्ञः प्रवर्तयन् ॥

raṅgopajīvinaḥ sarve pareṣāṃ ca bhayāvahāḥ | tānahaṃ nihaniṣyāmi ratiṃ rājñaḥ pravartayan

all of whom live by the arena and strike fear into others — those I shall beat down, to the king's delight.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.2.5b*0036, line 3); the second corresponds to CE 4.2.5cd (prītiṃ tasya vivardhayan for रतिं राज्ञः प्रवर्तयन्).

Verse 15 (4.3.15)

न च तान्युध्यमानोऽहं नयिष्ये यमसादनम् । तथा तान्निहनिष्यामि जीविष्यन्ति यथाऽऽतुराः ॥

na ca tānyudhyamāno'haṃ nayiṣye yamasādanam | tathā tānnihaniṣyāmi jīviṣyanti yathā''turāḥ

But in fighting them I shall not send them to the abode of Yama; I shall strike them down so that, though hurt, they will live.

Note on the text: Corresponds loosely to CE 4.2.6 (listed there among the unmatched verses), which has the same sense in different words; a recension variant.

Verse 16 (4.3.16)

वृषो वा महिषो वापि नागो वा षाष्टिहायनः । सिंहो व्याघ्रो ग्रहीतव्यो भविष्यति न संशयः ॥

vṛṣo vā mahiṣo vāpi nāgo vā ṣāṣṭihāyanaḥ | siṃho vyāghro grahītavyo bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

Should a bull or a buffalo, an elephant sixty years old, a lion or a tiger have to be caught, it will be done, no doubt of it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.2.4d*0035, lines 1–2.

Verse 17 (4.3.17)

तान्सर्वान्दुर्ग्रहानन्यैराशीविषविषोपमान् । बलादहं ग्रहीष्यामि मत्स्यराजस्य पश्यतः ॥

tānsarvāndurgrahānanyairāśīviṣaviṣopamān | balādahaṃ grahīṣyāmi matsyarājasya paśyataḥ

All of them, hard for others to seize and deadly as the venom of snakes, I shall seize by force while the Matsya king looks on.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.2.4d*0035, lines 3–4.

Verse 18 (4.3.18)

आरालिका वा सूदा वा येऽस्य युक्ता महानसे । तानहं प्रीणयिष्यामि मनुष्यान्स्वेन कर्मणा ॥

ārālikā vā sūdā vā ye'sya yuktā mahānase | tānahaṃ prīṇayiṣyāmi manuṣyānsvena karmaṇā

The cooks and kitchen hands employed in his kitchen — those men I shall please by my own work.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रीणयिष्यामिं → प्रीणयिष्यामि (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara) and मनुष्यान्स्तेन → मनुष्यान्स्वेन (misprint in Wikisource; स्तेन "thief" for स्वेन "by my own"; the critical edition's apparatus reads manuṣyān svena karmaṇā). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.2.6d*0038.

Verse 19 (4.3.19)

आरालिको गोविकर्ता सूपकर्ता नियोधकः । आसं युधिष्ठिरस्याहमिति वक्ष्यामि मानवान् ॥

ārāliko govikartā sūpakartā niyodhakaḥ | āsaṃ yudhiṣṭhirasyāhamiti vakṣyāmi mānavān

I shall tell people: "I was Yudhishthira's cook, carver of meat, maker of sauces and wrestler."

Verse 20 (4.3.20)

आत्मानमात्मना रक्षंश्चरिष्यामि विशांपते । इत्येवं च प्रतिज्ञातं विचरिष्याम्यहं यथा । विराटनगरे च्छन्नो विराटस्य समीपतः ॥

ātmānamātmanā rakṣaṃścariṣyāmi viśāṃpate | ityevaṃ ca pratijñātaṃ vicariṣyāmyahaṃ yathā | virāṭanagare cchanno virāṭasya samīpataḥ

Guarding myself by my own efforts, lord of the people, I shall go about. This is what I have resolved, and this is how I shall live — hidden in Virata's city, close to Virata."

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 4.2.8ab; line 2 corresponds loosely to 4.2.8cd; line 3 corresponds to the apparatus passage 4.2.8b*0039 (virāṭanagare channo matsyarājasamīpataḥ).

Verse 21 (4.3.21)

अग्निर्ब्राह्मणरूपेण प्रच्छन्नोऽन्नमयाचत । महाशनं ब्राह्मणं मां प्रमुञ्चार्जुन खाण्डवे ॥

agnirbrāhmaṇarūpeṇa pracchanno'nnamayācata | mahāśanaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ māṃ pramuñcārjuna khāṇḍave

"Agni, hidden in the form of a brahmin, once begged for food: 'Arjuna, give me, a brahmin of huge appetite, my fill at Khandava.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.2.20d*0047, lines 1–2.

Verse 22 (4.3.22)

संशुश्रुवे च धर्मात्मा यस्तमर्थं चकार ह । तस्मै ब्राह्मणरूपाय हुताशाय महायशाः । विजित्यैकरथेनेन्द्रं हत्वा पन्नगराक्षसान् ॥

saṃśuśruve ca dharmātmā yastamarthaṃ cakāra ha | tasmai brāhmaṇarūpāya hutāśāya mahāyaśāḥ | vijityaikarathenendraṃ hatvā pannagarākṣasān

And the righteous one, of great fame, gave his promise and fulfilled that purpose for Agni, eater of oblations, in his brahmin form — conquering Indra with a single chariot and slaying serpents and rakshasas.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has them as 4.2.20d*0047, lines 3–4); line 3 is CE 4.2.11cd.

Verse 23 (4.3.23)

यस्तु देवान्मनुष्यांश्च सर्वानेकरथोऽजयत् । स भीमधन्वा श्वेताश्वः पाण्डवः किं करिष्यति ॥

yastu devānmanuṣyāṃśca sarvānekaratho'jayat | sa bhīmadhanvā śvetāśvaḥ pāṇḍavaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati

He who with a single chariot conquered all gods and men — what will that Pandava of the terrible bow and the white horses do?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.2.20d*0047, lines 5–6.

Verse 24 (4.3.24)

आशीविषसमस्पर्शो नागानामिव वासुकिः । दृष्टीविष इवाहीनामग्निस्तेजस्विनामिव ॥

āśīviṣasamasparśo nāgānāmiva vāsukiḥ | dṛṣṭīviṣa ivāhīnāmagnistejasvināmiva

His touch is like a venomous snake's; he is like Vasuki among the nagas, like the snake whose very glance is poison among serpents, like fire among the radiant;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.2.20d*0047, lines 7–8.

Verse 25 (4.3.25)

समुद्र इव सिन्धूनां शैलानां हिमवानिव । महेन्द्र इव देवानां दानवानां बलिर्यथा ॥

samudra iva sindhūnāṃ śailānāṃ himavāniva | mahendra iva devānāṃ dānavānāṃ baliryathā

like the ocean among rivers, like Himavat among mountains, like great Indra among the gods, like Bali among the Danavas;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.2.20d*0047, lines 9–10.

Verse 26 (4.3.26)

सुप्रतीको गजेन्द्राणां युग्यानां तुरगो यथा । कुबेर इव यक्षाणां मृगाणां केसरी यथा ॥

supratīko gajendrāṇāṃ yugyānāṃ turago yathā | kubera iva yakṣāṇāṃ mṛgāṇāṃ kesarī yathā

like Supratika among lordly elephants, like the horse among draught animals, like Kubera among the yakshas, like the lion among beasts;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.2.20d*0047, lines 11–12.

Verse 27 (4.3.27)

राक्षसानां दशग्रीवो दैत्यानामिव शम्बरः । रुद्राणामिव कापाली विष्णुर्बलवतामिव ॥

rākṣasānāṃ daśagrīvo daityānāmiva śambaraḥ | rudrāṇāmiva kāpālī viṣṇurbalavatāmiva

like ten-headed Ravana among the rakshasas, like Shambara among the Daityas, like the skull-bearer Shiva among the Rudras, like Vishnu among the mighty;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.2.20d*0047, lines 13–14.

Verse 28 (4.3.28)

रोषामर्षसमायुक्तो भुजङ्गानां च तक्षकः । वायुवेगबलोद्धृतो गरुडः पततामिव ॥

roṣāmarṣasamāyukto bhujaṅgānāṃ ca takṣakaḥ | vāyuvegabaloddhṛto garuḍaḥ patatāmiva

like Takshaka among serpents, full of wrath and fury; like Garuda among birds, borne on the speed and force of the wind;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.2.20d*0047, lines 15–16.

Verse 29 (4.3.29)

तपतामिव चादित्यः प्रजानां ब्राह्मणो यथा । ह्रदानामिव पातालं पर्जन्यो नर्दतामिव ॥

tapatāmiva cādityaḥ prajānāṃ brāhmaṇo yathā | hradānāmiva pātālaṃ parjanyo nardatāmiva

like the sun among things that blaze, like the brahmin among creatures, like Patala among the deeps, like Parjanya among things that thunder;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.2.20d*0047, lines 17–18.

Verse 30 (4.3.30)

आयुधानां वरो वज्रः ककुद्मांश्च गवां वरः । धृतराष्ट्रश्च नागानां हस्तिष्वैरावतो यथा ॥

āyudhānāṃ varo vajraḥ kakudmāṃśca gavāṃ varaḥ | dhṛtarāṣṭraśca nāgānāṃ hastiṣvairāvato yathā

as the thunderbolt is best of weapons and the humped bull best of cattle; like Dhritarashtra among the nagas, like Airavata among elephants;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.2.20d*0047, lines 19–20.

Verse 31 (4.3.31)

पुत्रः प्रियाणामधिको भार्या च सुहृदां वरा । गिरीणां प्रवरो मेरुर्देवानां मधुसूदनः । ग्रहाणां प्रवरश्चन्द्रः सरसां मानसो यथा ॥

putraḥ priyāṇāmadhiko bhāryā ca suhṛdāṃ varā | girīṇāṃ pravaro merurdevānāṃ madhusūdanaḥ | grahāṇāṃ pravaraścandraḥ sarasāṃ mānaso yathā

as a son is dearest among loved ones and a wife best among friends; as Meru is foremost among mountains and Madhusudana among the gods; as the moon is foremost among the planets and Manasa among lakes —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.2.20d*0047, lines 21–23.

Verse 32 (4.3.32)

यथैतानि विशिष्टानि स्वस्यां जात्यां वृकोदर । एवं युवा गुडाकेशः श्रेष्ठः सर्वधनुष्मताम् ॥

yathaitāni viśiṣṭāni svasyāṃ jātyāṃ vṛkodara | evaṃ yuvā guḍākeśaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvadhanuṣmatām

just as these excel, Vrikodara, each in its own kind, so does young Gudakesha excel all bowmen.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (4.2.15cd, = apparatus 4.2.20d*0047, line 25): Wikisource prints only the first line of this verse and leaves its second row (4-3-32b) blank, so the sentence begun in verses 24–31 has no main clause. The first line is the apparatus passage 4.2.20d*0047, line 24 (cf. CE 4.2.15ab).

Verse 33 (4.3.33)

सोयमिन्द्रादनवमो वासुदेवाच्च भारत । उषित्वा पञ्च वर्षाणि सहस्राक्षस्य वेश्मनि । ब्रह्मचारी व्रते युक्तः सर्वशस्त्रभृतांवरः ॥

soyamindrādanavamo vāsudevācca bhārata | uṣitvā pañca varṣāṇi sahasrākṣasya veśmani | brahmacārī vrate yuktaḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃvaraḥ

He is in no way less than Indra or Vasudeva, O Bharata. He lived for five years in the house of thousand-eyed Indra, a celibate keeping his vow, the best of all who bear weapons.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.2.20d*0047, lines 26–28.

Verse 34 (4.3.34)

अवाप चास्त्रमस्त्रज्ञः सर्वज्ञः सर्वसंमतः । क्षिप्रं चाणु विचित्रं च ध्रुवं च वदतां वरः ॥

avāpa cāstramastrajñaḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvasaṃmataḥ | kṣipraṃ cāṇu vicitraṃ ca dhruvaṃ ca vadatāṃ varaḥ

That master of weapons, all-knowing and honoured by all, the best of speakers, obtained the divine weapons — swift, subtle, wondrous and unfailing.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.2.20d*0047, lines 29–30.

Verse 35 (4.3.35)

अनुज्ञातः सुरेन्द्रेण पुनः प्रत्यागतो महीम् । धार्तराष्ट्रविनाशाय पाण्डवानां जयाय च ॥

anujñātaḥ surendreṇa punaḥ pratyāgato mahīm | dhārtarāṣṭravināśāya pāṇḍavānāṃ jayāya ca

With the leave of the lord of the gods he has come back to earth, for the destruction of the sons of Dhritarashtra and the victory of the Pandavas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.2.20d*0047, lines 31–32.

Verse 36 (4.3.36)

यं मन्ये द्वादशं रुद्रमादित्यानां त्रयोदशम् । वसूनां नवमं मन्ये गिरीणामष्टमः स्मृतः ॥

yaṃ manye dvādaśaṃ rudramādityānāṃ trayodaśam | vasūnāṃ navamaṃ manye girīṇāmaṣṭamaḥ smṛtaḥ

I count him the twelfth Rudra, the thirteenth Aditya, the ninth Vasu; and among the mountains he is reckoned the eighth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.2.20d*0047, lines 33 (= CE 4.2.18ab). The second line corresponds loosely to the apparatus passage 4.2.18b*0045 (vasūnāṃ navamaṃ manye grahāṇāṃ daśamaṃ tathā).

Verse 37 (4.3.37)

यस्य दीर्घौ समौ बाहू ज्याघातेन किणीकृतौ । दक्षिणश्चैव सव्यश्च बाहू अनडुहो यथा ॥

yasya dīrghau samau bāhū jyāghātena kiṇīkṛtau | dakṣiṇaścaiva savyaśca bāhū anaḍuho yathā

His two arms are long and evenly matched, hardened by the strokes of the bowstring — the right as well as the left — strong as a bull's;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.2.20d*0047, lines 34–35 (cf. CE 4.2.18cd–ef).

Verse 38 (4.3.38)

तलाङ्गुलित्राभ्युचितौ नागराजकरोपमौ । पीनौ परिघसङ्काशौ मृदुताम्रतलौ शुभौ ॥

talāṅgulitrābhyucitau nāgarājakaropamau | pīnau parighasaṅkāśau mṛdutāmratalau śubhau

used to the leather guards of palm and finger, like the trunk of a king of elephants, thick as iron bars, handsome, with soft, copper-red palms.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.2.20d*0047, lines 36. The second line corresponds loosely to the apparatus passage 4.2.20d*0049 (janau parighasaṃkāśau sadā mṛdutarau śubhau).

Verse 39 (4.3.39)

श्यामो युवा गुडाकेशो दर्शनीयश्च पाण्डवः । गाण्डीवधन्वा श्वेताश्वः किरीटी वानरध्वजः ॥

śyāmo yuvā guḍākeśo darśanīyaśca pāṇḍavaḥ | gāṇḍīvadhanvā śvetāśvaḥ kirīṭī vānaradhvajaḥ

Dark, young, Gudakesha, handsome is that Pandava — wielder of the Gandiva, master of white horses, wearer of the diadem, with the ape on his banner.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.2.20d*0047, lines 37–38.

Verse 40 (4.3.40)

किंरूपधारी किंकर्मा किंचेष्टः किंपरायणः । बीभत्सुर्भीमधन्वा च किं करिष्यति चार्जुनः । कुन्तीपुत्रो विराटस्य रमते केन कर्मणा ॥

kiṃrūpadhārī kiṃkarmā kiṃceṣṭaḥ kiṃparāyaṇaḥ | bībhatsurbhīmadhanvā ca kiṃ kariṣyati cārjunaḥ | kuntīputro virāṭasya ramate kena karmaṇā

What form will he take, what work will he do, how will he conduct himself, on what will he rely? What will Arjuna do, Bibhatsu of the terrible bow? By what work will the son of Kunti find his place with Virata?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.2.20d*0047, lines 39–41.

Verse 41 (4.3.41)

इमौ किणीकृतौ बाहू ज्याघाततलपीडनात् । नित्यं कञ्चुकसंछन्नौ नान्यथा गोप्तुमुत्सहे ॥

imau kiṇīkṛtau bāhū jyāghātatalapīḍanāt | nityaṃ kañcukasaṃchannau nānyathā goptumutsahe

"These arms of mine are calloused from the pressure of the bowstring and the arm-guard. I can hide them in no other way than by keeping them always covered with a bodice.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.2.21d*0055.

Verse 42 (4.3.42)

किं तु कार्यवशादेतदाचरिष्यामि कुत्सितम् ॥

kiṃ tu kāryavaśādetadācariṣyāmi kutsitam

Yet, forced by what we must do, I shall take up this despised role.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.2.21d*0056. Wikisource prints it as a single line, and so does the apparatus; nothing appears to be lost.

Verse 43 (4.3.43)

बाहू मे भरतश्रेष्ठ महालाञ्छनलक्षितौ । ज्याघातेन महान्तौ मे गूहितुं नान्यथोत्सहे ॥

bāhū me bharataśreṣṭha mahālāñchanalakṣitau | jyāghātena mahāntau me gūhituṃ nānyathotsahe

My arms, best of the Bharatas, are marked with great scars; the bowstring has made them large, and I cannot conceal them in any other way.

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to the apparatus passage 4.2.21d*0057 (mahāvyañjanalakṣitau for महालाञ्छनलक्षितौ); the second corresponds loosely to CE 4.2.21cd.

Verse 44 (4.3.44)

उभौ कम्बू प्रतीमुच्य कुण्डले परिपातुके । वेणीकृतशिरा भूत्वा भविष्यामि बृहन्नला ॥

ubhau kambū pratīmucya kuṇḍale paripātuke | veṇīkṛtaśirā bhūtvā bhaviṣyāmi bṛhannalā

Putting on a pair of conch-shell bangles and dangling earrings, and braiding my hair, I shall become Brihannala.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 4.2.22 (listed there among the unmatched verses); Wikisource reads उभौ कम्बू … परिपातुके for karṇayoḥ … jvalanopame and the name बृहन्नला for bṛhannaḍā, recension variants.

Verse 45 (4.3.45)

पठन्नाख्यायिकां नाम स्त्रीभावेन पुनः पुनः । प्रजानां समुदाचारं बहुनर्मकृतं वदन् । रमयिष्यामि राजानमन्यं चान्तःपुरे जनम् ॥

paṭhannākhyāyikāṃ nāma strībhāvena punaḥ punaḥ | prajānāṃ samudācāraṃ bahunarmakṛtaṃ vadan | ramayiṣyāmi rājānamanyaṃ cāntaḥpure janam

Reciting tales again and again in a woman's manner, and talking with much jesting of people's ways, I shall entertain the king and the others in the women's quarters.

Note on the text: Lines 1 and 3 correspond to CE 4.2.23; line 2 corresponds to 4.2.25ab (bahu karmakṛtaṃ for बहुनर्मकृतं).

Verse 46 (4.3.46)

नृत्तं गीतं च वादित्रं दिव्यं च विविधं तथा । शिक्षयिष्याम्यहं राजन्विराटनगरे स्त्रियः ॥

nṛttaṃ gītaṃ ca vāditraṃ divyaṃ ca vividhaṃ tathā | śikṣayiṣyāmyahaṃ rājanvirāṭanagare striyaḥ

I shall teach the women of Virata's city dancing, singing and music, divine and of many kinds, O king.

Verse 47 (4.3.47)

स्त्रीभावसमुदाचारान्नृत्तगीतकथाश्रयैः । छादयिष्यामि राजेन्द्र माययाऽऽत्मानमात्मना ॥

strībhāvasamudācārānnṛttagītakathāśrayaiḥ | chādayiṣyāmi rājendra māyayā''tmānamātmanā

By a woman's ways, and by dance, song and storytelling, I shall disguise myself by my own art, lord of kings.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.2.24d*0061); the second is CE 4.2.25cd (kaunteya for राजेन्द्र).

Verse 48 (4.3.48)

युधिष्ठिरस्य गेहेऽस्मिन्द्रौपद्याः परिचारिका । उषिताऽस्मीति वक्ष्यामि धर्मराजस्य संमता ॥

yudhiṣṭhirasya gehe'smindraupadyāḥ paricārikā | uṣitā'smīti vakṣyāmi dharmarājasya saṃmatā

I shall say: "I lived in Yudhishthira's house as Draupadi's maid, esteemed by the King of Dharma."

Verse 49 (4.3.49)

उर्वश्याश्चापि शापेन प्राप्तोस्मि नृप षण्डताम् । शक्रप्रसादान्मुक्तोऽहं वर्षादूर्ध्वं त्रयोदशात् । इत्येतन्मे प्रतिज्ञातं विचरिष्याम्यहं यथा ॥

urvaśyāścāpi śāpena prāptosmi nṛpa ṣaṇḍatām | śakraprasādānmukto'haṃ varṣādūrdhvaṃ trayodaśāt | ityetanme pratijñātaṃ vicariṣyāmyahaṃ yathā

By Urvashi's curse, O king, I have fallen into the state of a eunuch; by Shakra's grace I shall be freed from it after the thirteenth year. This is what I have resolved, and this is how I shall go about.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.2.26d*0062 (reading varṣāṇāṃ tu trayodaśam for वर्षादूर्ध्वं त्रयोदशात्). The third line appears nowhere in the critical edition (vulgate only).

Verse 50 (4.3.50)

एतेन विधिना छन्नः कृतकेन यथा नलः । विहरिष्यामि राजेन्द्र विराटस्य पुरे सुखम् ॥

etena vidhinā channaḥ kṛtakena yathā nalaḥ | vihariṣyāmi rājendra virāṭasya pure sukham

In this way, hidden in an assumed character as Nala once was, I shall live happily in Virata's city, lord of kings."

Verse 51 (4.3.51)

वासुदेवसमो लोके यशसा विक्रमेण च । सोयं राज्ये विराटस्य भवने भरतर्षभः ॥

vāsudevasamo loke yaśasā vikrameṇa ca | soyaṃ rājye virāṭasya bhavane bharatarṣabhaḥ

"He who is Vasudeva's equal in the world in fame and valour — this bull of the Bharatas will live in Virata's kingdom, in his palace,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records the two lines in its apparatus as 4.2.20d*0050 and *0051, within Yudhishthira's praise of Arjuna before Arjuna replies.

Verse 52 (4.3.52)

मेरुः प्रच्छादित इव वसन्वज्रेण मुष्टिना । आख्याता षण्डकोस्मीति प्रतिज्ञातं हि पातकं ॥

meruḥ pracchādita iva vasanvajreṇa muṣṭinā | ākhyātā ṣaṇḍakosmīti pratijñātaṃ hi pātakaṃ

like Meru hidden from view, like a thunderbolt held in a fist; and he will declare, 'I am a eunuch' — a grievous vow indeed!"

Note on the text: Corrected वज्रोण → वज्रेण (misprint in Wikisource; a wrong vowel sign in the instrumental of vajra). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the critical edition.