Virata Honours the Pandavas and Sends Word of Victory

Verse 1 (4.36.1)

ततो विराटः कौन्तेयानतिमानुषविक्रमान् । अर्चयामास वित्तेन मानेन च महारथान् । वचसा चैव सान्त्वेन स्नेहेन च मुदाऽन्वितः ॥

tato virāṭaḥ kaunteyānatimānuṣavikramān | arcayāmāsa vittena mānena ca mahārathān | vacasā caiva sāntvena snehena ca mudā'nvitaḥ

Then Virata, overjoyed, honoured the sons of Kunti, great chariot-warriors of more than human valour, with wealth and marks of esteem, with kind words and with affection.

Note on the text: Speaker heading वैशंपायन normalised to वैशम्पायन. The first two lines are 4.32.36; the third is not in the critical edition's text (apparatus 4.32.36d*0609).

Verse 2 (4.36.2)

यथैव मम रत्नानि युष्माकं तानि वै तथा । कार्यं कुरुत तैः सर्वैर्यथाकामं यथासुखम् ॥

yathaiva mama ratnāni yuṣmākaṃ tāni vai tathā | kāryaṃ kuruta taiḥ sarvairyathākāmaṃ yathāsukham

All my treasures are yours just as they are mine. Use them all as you will and as it pleases you.

Verse 3 (4.36.3)

ददाम्यलंकृताः कन्या वसूनि विविधानि च । मनसा चाप्यभिप्रेतं यद्वः शत्रुनिबर्हणाः ॥

dadāmyalaṃkṛtāḥ kanyā vasūni vividhāni ca | manasā cāpyabhipretaṃ yadvaḥ śatrunibarhaṇāḥ

I will give you maidens decked with ornaments, riches of every kind, and whatever else your hearts desire, slayers of foes.

Verse 4 (4.36.4)

युष्माकं विक्रमादद्य मुक्तोऽहं स्वस्तिमानिह । तस्माद्भवन्तो मत्स्यानामीश्वराः सर्व एव हि ॥

yuṣmākaṃ vikramādadya mukto'haṃ svastimāniha | tasmādbhavanto matsyānāmīśvarāḥ sarva eva hi

By your valour I have been freed today and am here safe and well. Therefore all of you are lords of the Matsyas.

Verse 5 (4.36.5)

तं तथावादिनं तत्र कौरवेयाः पृथक्पृथक् । ऊचुः प्रहृष्टमनसो युधिष्ठिरपुरोगमाः ॥

taṃ tathāvādinaṃ tatra kauraveyāḥ pṛthakpṛthak | ūcuḥ prahṛṣṭamanaso yudhiṣṭhirapurogamāḥ

As he spoke so, the descendants of Kuru, with Yudhishthira at their head, answered him one by one with glad hearts:

Verse 6 (4.36.6)

प्रतिनन्दामहे वाचं सर्वथैव विशांपते । एतावताऽद्य प्रीताःस्मो यत्त्वं मुक्तोसि शत्रुभिः ॥

pratinandāmahe vācaṃ sarvathaiva viśāṃpate | etāvatā'dya prītāḥsmo yattvaṃ muktosi śatrubhiḥ

We welcome your words in every way, lord of the people. We are content today with this alone, that you have been freed from your enemies.

Note on the text: No speaker heading in Wikisource; the reply of the Pandavas (verses 6–7), announced in verse 5, is assigned to them.

Verse 7 (4.36.7)

यत्त्वं मुक्तोसि शत्रुभ्यो ह्येतत्कार्यं हितं हि नः । न किंचित्कार्यमस्माकं न धनं मृगयामहे ॥

yattvaṃ muktosi śatrubhyo hyetatkāryaṃ hitaṃ hi naḥ | na kiṃcitkāryamasmākaṃ na dhanaṃ mṛgayāmahe

That you are freed from your enemies is the very good we sought. There is nothing more we need, and we seek no wealth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.32.41d*0610.

Verse 8 (4.36.8)

अथाब्रवीत्प्रीतमना मात्स्यराजो युधिष्ठिरम् । निर्भरः प्रीतिपूरेण हर्षगद्गदया गिरा ॥

athābravītprītamanā mātsyarājo yudhiṣṭhiram | nirbharaḥ prītipūreṇa harṣagadgadayā girā

Then the Matsya king, glad at heart and overflowing with affection, spoke to Yudhishthira in a voice choked with joy.

Note on the text: The first line is 4.32.42a; the second is not in the critical edition's text (apparatus 4.32.42b*0611).

Verse 9 (4.36.9)

पुनरेव महाबाहुर्विराटो राजसत्तमः । एहि त्वामभिषेक्ष्यामि मत्स्यराजस्तु नो भवान् ॥

punareva mahābāhurvirāṭo rājasattamaḥ | ehi tvāmabhiṣekṣyāmi matsyarājastu no bhavān

Once more the mighty-armed Virata, best of kings, said: "Come, I will consecrate you; you shall be our king of the Matsyas."

Note on the text: 4.32.42c–e.

Verse 10 (4.36.10)

मनसा चाप्यभिप्रेतं यत्ते शत्रुनिबर्हण । तत्तेऽहं संप्रदास्यामि सर्वमर्हति नो भवान् ॥

manasā cāpyabhipretaṃ yatte śatrunibarhaṇa | tatte'haṃ saṃpradāsyāmi sarvamarhati no bhavān

Whatever your heart desires, slayer of foes, I will give it to you; you are worthy of all that we have.

Note on the text: No speaker heading in Wikisource; Virata's words (verses 10–12), begun in verse 9, are assigned to him.

Verse 11 (4.36.11)

रत्नानि गाः सुवर्णं च मणिमुक्तमथापि वा । वैयाघ्रपद्य विप्रेन्द्र सर्वथैव नमोस्तु ते ॥

ratnāni gāḥ suvarṇaṃ ca maṇimuktamathāpi vā | vaiyāghrapadya viprendra sarvathaiva namostu te

Jewels, cattle, gold, gems and pearls, or anything else — O Vaiyaghrapadya, best of brahmins, I bow to you in every way.

Verse 12 (4.36.12)

त्वत्कृते ह्यद्य पश्यामि राज्यमात्मानमेव च । यतश्च जातः संरम्भः स च शत्रुर्वशं गतः ॥

tvatkṛte hyadya paśyāmi rājyamātmānameva ca | yataśca jātaḥ saṃrambhaḥ sa ca śatrurvaśaṃ gataḥ

It is thanks to you that today I look on my kingdom and my own life again, and the enemy from whom all this strife arose has fallen into our power.

Verse 13 (4.36.13)

ततो युधिष्ठिरो मात्स्यं पुनरेवाब्रवीद्वचः । प्रतिनन्दामि ते वाचं मनोज्ञां मात्स्य भाषितां ॥

tato yudhiṣṭhiro mātsyaṃ punarevābravīdvacaḥ | pratinandāmi te vācaṃ manojñāṃ mātsya bhāṣitāṃ

Then Yudhishthira spoke once more to the Matsya king: "I welcome the pleasing words you have spoken, O Matsya."

Verse 14 (4.36.14)

आनृशंस्यपरो नित्यं सुमुखः सततं भवान् । पुनरेव विराटश्च राजा कङ्कमभाषत ॥

ānṛśaṃsyaparo nityaṃ sumukhaḥ satataṃ bhavān | punareva virāṭaśca rājā kaṅkamabhāṣata

"You are ever devoted to kindness and always gracious." Then King Virata spoke again to Kanka:

Note on the text: The first line is 4.32.47a (Yudhishthira's words; the critical edition reads susukhaḥ satataṃ bhava); the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension) — the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 33 (inserted after 4.32.47ab), line 1.

Verse 15 (4.36.15)

अहो शूद्रस्य कर्माणि वललस्य द्विजोत्तम । सोहं शूद्रेण संग्रामे वललेनाभिरक्षितः ॥

aho śūdrasya karmāṇi valalasya dvijottama | sohaṃ śūdreṇa saṃgrāme valalenābhirakṣitaḥ

Ah, the deeds of the shudra Valala, best of the twice-born! It was by Valala, a shudra, that I was protected in battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 33 (inserted after 4.32.47ab), lines 2–3. No speaker heading in Wikisource; Virata's speech to Kanka (verses 15–18), announced in verse 14, is assigned to him.

Verse 16 (4.36.16)

त्वत्कृते सर्वमेवैतदुपपन्नं ममानघ । वरं वृणीष्व भद्रं ते ब्रूहि किं करवाणि ते ॥

tvatkṛte sarvamevaitadupapannaṃ mamānagha | varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te brūhi kiṃ karavāṇi te

All this has come to me because of you, sinless one. Choose a boon, and may good fortune be yours; tell me what I may do for you.

Note on the text: Corrected वृष्णीष्व → वृणीष्व (misprint in Wikisource; the imperative of vṛ, 'choose', as in the appendix's vṛṇīṣva). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 33 (inserted after 4.32.47ab), lines 4–5.

Verse 17 (4.36.17)

ददामि ते महाप्रीत्या रत्नान्युच्चावचान्यहम् । शयनासनयानानि कन्याश्च समलंकृताः ॥

dadāmi te mahāprītyā ratnānyuccāvacānyaham | śayanāsanayānāni kanyāśca samalaṃkṛtāḥ

Out of my great affection I will give you jewels of every kind, beds, seats and carriages, and maidens richly adorned,

Note on the text: Corrected समलंकुताः → समलंकृताः (misprint in Wikisource; the appendix reads samalaṃkṛtāḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 33 (inserted after 4.32.47ab), lines 6–7.

Verse 18 (4.36.18)

हस्त्यश्वरथसङ्घाश्च राष्ट्राणि विविधानि च । एतानि च मम प्रीत्या प्रतिगृह्ण ममान्तिके ॥

hastyaśvarathasaṅghāśca rāṣṭrāṇi vividhāni ca | etāni ca mama prītyā pratigṛhṇa mamāntike

throngs of elephants, horses and chariots, and kingdoms of many kinds. Accept these for love of me, here in my presence.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 33 (inserted after 4.32.47ab), lines 8–9.

Verse 19 (4.36.19)

तं तथावादिनं तत्र कौरव्यः प्रत्यभाषत । एषैव तु मम प्रीतिर्यत्त्वं मुक्तोसि शत्रुभिः ॥

taṃ tathāvādinaṃ tatra kauravyaḥ pratyabhāṣata | eṣaiva tu mama prītiryattvaṃ muktosi śatrubhiḥ

As he spoke so, the Kaurava answered him there: "My only joy is this, that you have been freed from your enemies."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 33 (inserted after 4.32.47ab), lines 10–11.

Verse 20 (4.36.20)

प्रतीतश्चेत्पुरं तुष्टः प्रविशाद्य परंतप । दारैः पुत्रैश्च संश्लिष्य सा हि प्रीतिर्ममातुला ॥

pratītaścetpuraṃ tuṣṭaḥ praviśādya paraṃtapa | dāraiḥ putraiśca saṃśliṣya sā hi prītirmamātulā

If you are content and at ease, enter your city today, scorcher of foes, and embrace your wives and sons: that is a joy to me beyond compare.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 33 (inserted after 4.32.47ab), lines 12–13 (reading pravekṣyasi tadānagha for प्रविशाद्य परंतप). No speaker heading in Wikisource; the words of Kanka (Yudhishthira) in verses 20–21, begun in verse 19, are assigned to him — verse 22 names him as the speaker.

Verse 21 (4.36.21)

सुशर्माणं तु राजेन्द्र सभृत्यबलवाहनम् । विसर्जय नरश्रेष्ठं वरमेतदहं वृणे ॥

suśarmāṇaṃ tu rājendra sabhṛtyabalavāhanam | visarjaya naraśreṣṭhaṃ varametadahaṃ vṛṇe

And let Susharma, that best of men, go free with his servants, troops and mounts, O king of kings: that is the boon I choose.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 33 (inserted after 4.32.47ab), lines 14–15.

Verse 22 (4.36.22)

एवमुक्ते तु कङ्केन विराटो राजसत्तमः । प्रत्युवाच ततः कङ्कं सुशर्मा यातु चेष्टतः ॥

evamukte tu kaṅkena virāṭo rājasattamaḥ | pratyuvāca tataḥ kaṅkaṃ suśarmā yātu ceṣṭataḥ

When Kanka had said this, Virata, best of kings, answered him: "Let Susharma go as he pleases."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 33 (inserted after 4.32.47ab), lines 16–17.

Verse 23 (4.36.23)

गच्छन्तु दूतास्त्वरिता नगरं तव पार्थिव । सुहृदां प्रियमाख्यातुं घोषयन्तु च ते जयम् ॥

gacchantu dūtāstvaritā nagaraṃ tava pārthiva | suhṛdāṃ priyamākhyātuṃ ghoṣayantu ca te jayam

Let swift messengers go to your city, O king, to tell the good news to your friends and proclaim your victory.

Note on the text: Speaker heading कङ्ख corrected to कङ्क (misprint in Wikisource's heading). 4.32.47c–e (tvaritaṃ for त्वरिताः).

Verse 24 (4.36.24)

ततस्तद्वचनान्मात्स्यो दूतान्राजा समादिशत् । आचक्षध्वं पुरं गत्वा संग्रामे विजयं मम ॥

tatastadvacanānmātsyo dūtānrājā samādiśat | ācakṣadhvaṃ puraṃ gatvā saṃgrāme vijayaṃ mama

At his word the Matsya king commanded messengers: "Go to the city and announce my victory in battle."

Note on the text: Corrected सत्वा → गत्वा (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads gatvā). The speaker कङ्ख carried over from the previous heading is corrected: this verse is narration.

Verse 25 (4.36.25)

कुमार्यः समलंकृत्य पर्यागच्छन्तु मे पुरात् । वादित्राणि च सर्वाणि गणिकाश्च स्वलंकृताः । प्रत्यायान्तु च मे शीघ्रं नागराः सर्व एव ते ॥

kumāryaḥ samalaṃkṛtya paryāgacchantu me purāt | vāditrāṇi ca sarvāṇi gaṇikāśca svalaṃkṛtāḥ | pratyāyāntu ca me śīghraṃ nāgarāḥ sarva eva te

Let maidens adorn themselves and come out from my city to meet me, with all the musical instruments and with courtesans in their finery; and let all the townspeople come quickly out to welcome me.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रयागच्छन्तु → पर्यागच्छन्तु (misprint in Wikisource; a misplaced repha — the critical edition reads paryāgacchantu). These are Virata's orders to the messengers, begun in the previous verse; Wikisource carried over कङ्ख as speaker, and the verse is assigned to Virata. The first two lines are 4.32.49 (kumārāḥ, 'the princes', for कुमार्यः); the third is not in the critical edition's text (apparatus 4.32.49d*0615).

Verse 26 (4.36.26)

एवमुक्तास्तथा दूता रात्रौ यात्वा तु केवलम् । ततोऽन्तरे चानुषिता दूताः शीघ्रानुयायिनः ॥

evamuktāstathā dūtā rātrau yātvā tu kevalam | tato'ntare cānuṣitā dūtāḥ śīghrānuyāyinaḥ

So instructed, the swift messengers travelled through that whole night, never halting on the way,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.32.50b*0616, lines 1–2 (reading vai uṣitā for चानुषिता). The speaker कङ्ख carried over in Wikisource is corrected: verses 26–27 are narration.

Verse 27 (4.36.27)

नगरं प्राविशंस्ते वै सूर्ये सम्यगथोदिते । विराटनगरं प्राप्य शीघ्रं नान्दीमघोषयन् । पताकोच्छ्रयमाल्याढ्यं पुरमप्रतिमं यथा ॥

nagaraṃ prāviśaṃste vai sūrye samyagathodite | virāṭanagaraṃ prāpya śīghraṃ nāndīmaghoṣayan | patākocchrayamālyāḍhyaṃ puramapratimaṃ yathā

and entered the city just as the sun had fully risen. Reaching Virata's city, they quickly had the joyful news proclaimed, and the city, rich with raised banners and garlands, looked beyond compare.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (apparatus 4.32.50b*0616, line 3); the second line is a variant of 4.32.50c (virāṭasya purābhyāśe dūtā jayam aghoṣayan); the third is in the apparatus only (4.32.50d*0617).