The Journey to Virata's City

Verse 1 (4.6.1)

तेऽग्निं प्रदक्षिणं कृत्वा ब्राह्मणं च पुरोहितम् । अभिवाद्य ततः सर्वे प्रस्थातुमुपचक्रमुः ॥

te'gniṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā brāhmaṇaṃ ca purohitam | abhivādya tataḥ sarve prasthātumupacakramuḥ

They walked sunwise around the fire, saluted the brahmin, their family priest, and then all of them made ready to set out.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to CE 4.4.49ab (which reads brāhmaṇāṃś ca tapodhanān); line 2 is close to the apparatus line 4.4.49*0126 (abhivādya tataḥ sarve …).

Verse 2 (4.6.2)

अनुशिष्टोऽस्मि भद्रं ते नैतद्वक्ताऽस्ति कश्चन । कुन्तीमृते मातरं नः पितरं च यशस्विनम् ॥

anuśiṣṭo'smi bhadraṃ te naitadvaktā'sti kaścana | kuntīmṛte mātaraṃ naḥ pitaraṃ ca yaśasvinam

"I have been well instructed — blessings on you. No one else would counsel us like this, except Kunti, our mother, and our illustrious father.

Note on the text: Corrected अनुशिष्टोस्मि → अनुशिष्टोऽस्मि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha). The critical edition ends the verse viduraṃ ca mahāmatim.

Verse 3 (4.6.3)

यदेवानन्तरं कार्यं तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति । तारणाय तु दुःखस्य प्रस्थानाय भवाय च ॥

yadevānantaraṃ kāryaṃ tadbhavānvaktumarhati | tāraṇāya tu duḥkhasya prasthānāya bhavāya ca

Now please tell us whatever must be done next, so that we may cross beyond this sorrow, set out, and prosper."

Verse 4 (4.6.4)

तेषां प्रतिष्ठमानानां धौम्यो मन्त्रानथाजपत् । सर्वविघ्नप्रशमनानर्थसिद्धिकरांस्तथा । ततः पावकमुज्ज्वाल्य मन्त्रहव्यपुरस्कृतम् ॥

teṣāṃ pratiṣṭhamānānāṃ dhaumyo mantrānathājapat | sarvavighnapraśamanānarthasiddhikarāṃstathā | tataḥ pāvakamujjvālya mantrahavyapuraskṛtam

As they were setting out, Dhaumya recited mantras that remove every obstacle and bring success in one's aims. Then he kindled the fire and honoured it with mantras and offerings.

Note on the text: Corrected मुञ्ज्वाल्य → मुज्ज्वाल्य (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; the critical edition apparatus reads ujjvālya). Corrected पुरुस्कृतम् → पुरस्कृतम् (misprint in Wikisource; the apparatus reads puraskṛtam). Not in the critical edition's constituted text; it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.4.48*0125.

Verse 5 (4.6.5)

याज्ञसेनीं पुरस्कृत्य सर्व एव महारथाः । प्राद्रवन्सह धौम्येन बद्धशस्त्रा वनाद्वनम् ॥

yājñasenīṃ puraskṛtya sarva eva mahārathāḥ | prādravansaha dhaumyena baddhaśastrā vanādvanam

Placing Yajnaseni (Draupadi) at their head, all those great chariot-warriors, their weapons strapped on, hurried off with Dhaumya from forest to forest.

Note on the text: Line 1 shares its first half with CE 4.4.49cd (… ṣaḍ evātha pravavrajuḥ); line 2 is in the CE apparatus as 4.4.49*0129.

Verse 6 (4.6.6)

ते वीरा बद्धनिस्त्रिंशा धनुर्बाणकलापिनः । अगच्छन्भीमधन्वानः काम्यकाद्यमुनां नदीम् ॥

te vīrā baddhanistriṃśā dhanurbāṇakalāpinaḥ | agacchanbhīmadhanvānaḥ kāmyakādyamunāṃ nadīm

Those heroes, swords at their belts, carrying bows and quivers of arrows, archers with terrible bows, went from the Kamyaka forest to the river Yamuna.

Note on the text: Line 2 differs from the critical edition (baddhagodhāṅgulitrāṇāḥ kālindīm abhito yayuḥ).

Verse 7 (4.6.7)

उत्तरेण दशार्णानां पाञ्चालान्दक्षिणेन तु । अन्तरेण यकृल्लोम्नः शूरसेनांश्च पाण्डवाः ॥

uttareṇa daśārṇānāṃ pāñcālāndakṣiṇena tu | antareṇa yakṛllomnaḥ śūrasenāṃśca pāṇḍavāḥ

Keeping north of the Dasharnas and south of the Panchalas, passing between the Yakrilloma country and the Shurasenas, the Pandavas

Note on the text: This verse is CE 4.5.3cd–4ab (Wikisource divides the lines differently).

Verse 8 (4.6.8)

ते तस्या दक्षिणं तीरमन्वगच्छन्पदातयः । ततः प्रत्यक्प्रयातास्ते संक्रामन्तो वनाद्वनम् ॥

te tasyā dakṣiṇaṃ tīramanvagacchanpadātayaḥ | tataḥ pratyakprayātāste saṃkrāmanto vanādvanam

went on foot along the river's southern bank. Then, turning west, they passed from forest to forest,

Note on the text: Line 2 is in the CE apparatus as 4.5.2*0132.

Verse 9 (4.6.9)

वसाना वनदुर्गेषु रमणीयेषु धन्विनः । पल्वलेषु च रम्येषु नदीनां संगमेषु च ॥

vasānā vanadurgeṣu ramaṇīyeṣu dhanvinaḥ | palvaleṣu ca ramyeṣu nadīnāṃ saṃgameṣu ca

the archers halting in the depths of lovely forests, beside pleasant ponds and where rivers meet.

Note on the text: Line 1 is close to CE 4.5.2cd (vasanto giridurgeṣu vanadurgeṣu dhanvinaḥ); line 2 is in the apparatus as 4.5.2*0133.

Verse 10 (4.6.10)

द्रुमान्नानाविधाकारान्नानाविधलताकुलान् । कुसुमाढ्यान्मनःकान्ताञ्शुभगन्धान्मनोरमान् ॥

drumānnānāvidhākārānnānāvidhalatākulān | kusumāḍhyānmanaḥkāntāñśubhagandhānmanoramān

Trees of many shapes, hung with creepers of many kinds, rich in blossom, pleasing to the mind, sweet-scented and lovely —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.2*0133 (lines 2–3).

Verse 11 (4.6.11)

पार्था निरीक्षमाणाश्च तान्द्रुमान्पुष्पशालिनः । जिघ्रन्तः पुष्पगन्धांश्च फलगन्धान्मनोरमान् ॥

pārthā nirīkṣamāṇāśca tāndrumānpuṣpaśālinaḥ | jighrantaḥ puṣpagandhāṃśca phalagandhānmanoramān

those flowering trees the sons of Pritha gazed upon as they went, breathing in the lovely scent of their blossoms and fruit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.2*0135.

Verse 12 (4.6.12)

विध्यन्तो मृगजातानि महेष्वासा महाबलाः । उषित्वा द्वादशसमा वने परपुरंजयाः । लुब्धान्ब्रुवाणा मात्स्यस्य विषयं प्राविशंस्तदा ॥

vidhyanto mṛgajātāni maheṣvāsā mahābalāḥ | uṣitvā dvādaśasamā vane parapuraṃjayāḥ | lubdhānbruvāṇā mātsyasya viṣayaṃ prāviśaṃstadā

Shooting game of every kind, those mighty archers of great strength, conquerors of enemy cities, who had lived twelve years in the forest, now entered the realm of the Matsya king, calling themselves hunters.

Note on the text: Corrected महेप्वासा → महेष्वासा (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition reads maheṣvāsāḥ). Corrected उपित्वा → उषित्वा (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the apparatus reads uṣitvā). Corrected विपयं → विषयं (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition reads viṣayaṃ). Line 1 is CE 4.5.3ab, line 3 is CE 4.5.4cd, and line 2 is in the apparatus as 4.5.3*0136.

Verse 13 (4.6.13)

तत्र धौम्यं महेष्वासाः पाण्डवेया व्यसर्जयन् । अग्निहोत्रं परिचरन्सोऽबुद्धोऽवसदाश्रमे ॥

tatra dhaumyaṃ maheṣvāsāḥ pāṇḍaveyā vyasarjayan | agnihotraṃ paricaranso'buddho'vasadāśrame

There the great archers, the sons of Pandu, took leave of Dhaumya. Tending the sacred fires, he lived on in a hermitage, unrecognised.

Note on the text: Corrected महेप्वासाः → महेष्वासाः (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.4*0139.

Verse 14 (4.6.14)

ततस्तेषु प्रयातेषु पाण्डवेषु महात्मसु । इन्द्रसेनमुखाश्चैव यथोक्तं प्राप्य निर्वृताः । रथानश्वांश्च रक्षन्तः सुखमूषुः सुसंवृताः ॥

tatasteṣu prayāteṣu pāṇḍaveṣu mahātmasu | indrasenamukhāścaiva yathoktaṃ prāpya nirvṛtāḥ | rathānaśvāṃśca rakṣantaḥ sukhamūṣuḥ susaṃvṛtāḥ

When those great-souled Pandavas had gone, Indrasena and the other attendants, having reached the place they had been told of, lived there in comfort, content and well protected, looking after the chariots and horses.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.4*0140 (line 3 also at 4.4.49*0127).

Verse 15 (4.6.15)

ततो जनपदं प्राप्य कृष्णा राजानमब्रवीत् ॥

tato janapadaṃ prāpya kṛṣṇā rājānamabravīt

Then, when they reached the settled country, Krishna (Draupadi) said to the king:

Note on the text: This line is CE 4.5.5ab; Wikisource prints it as a one-line verse.

Verse 16 (4.6.16)

पश्यैकपद्यो दृश्यन्ते क्षेत्रे गोष्ठं समाश्रिताः । वृक्षांश्चोपवनोपेतान्ग्रामाणां नगरस्य च ॥

paśyaikapadyo dṛśyante kṣetre goṣṭhaṃ samāśritāḥ | vṛkṣāṃścopavanopetāngrāmāṇāṃ nagarasya ca

"Look — footpaths can be seen, and cattle-pens set among the fields, and trees and groves belonging to the villages and the city.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 4.5.5cd with a different second half (CE: kṣetrāṇi vividhāni ca); line 2 is in the apparatus as 4.5.5*0141.

Verse 17 (4.6.17)

व्यक्तं दूरे विराटस्य राजधानी भविष्यति । वसामेहापरां रात्रिं बलवान्मे परिश्रमः ॥

vyaktaṃ dūre virāṭasya rājadhānī bhaviṣyati | vasāmehāparāṃ rātriṃ balavānme pariśramaḥ

Clearly Virata's capital must still be far off. Let us spend one more night here; my weariness is great."

Note on the text: Corrected विराटम...राजधानी → विराटस्य राजधानी (misprint in Wikisource; letters lost and replaced by dots; the critical edition reads virāṭasya rājadhānī).

Verse 18 (4.6.18)

इमां कमलपत्राक्षीं द्रौपदीं माद्रिनन्दन । मुहूर्तं परिगृह्यैनां बाहुभ्यां नकुल व्रज ॥

imāṃ kamalapatrākṣīṃ draupadīṃ mādrinandana | muhūrtaṃ parigṛhyaināṃ bāhubhyāṃ nakula vraja

"Nakula, son of Madri, take this lotus-eyed Draupadi up in your arms for a while and walk on.

Note on the text: Corrected घाहुभ्यां → बाहुभ्यां (misprint in Wikisource; घ for ब; the apparatus reads bāhubhyāṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.6*0143.

Verse 19 (4.6.19)

ततोऽदूरे विराटस्य नगरं भरतर्षभ । राजधान्यां निवत्स्यामः प्रमुक्तमिव नो वनम् ॥

tato'dūre virāṭasya nagaraṃ bharatarṣabha | rājadhānyāṃ nivatsyāmaḥ pramuktamiva no vanam

Virata's city is not far from here, bull among the Bharatas. We will make our home in his capital, as though set free from the forest."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.6*0143.

Verse 20 (4.6.20)

पूर्वाह्णे मृगयां कृत्वा मया विद्धा मृगा वने । अटवी च मया दूरं धृता मृगवधेप्सुना ॥

pūrvāhṇe mṛgayāṃ kṛtvā mayā viddhā mṛgā vane | aṭavī ca mayā dūraṃ dhṛtā mṛgavadhepsunā

"This morning I went hunting and shot deer in the forest, and in my eagerness to kill game I ranged far through the wild country,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.6*0143.

Verse 21 (4.6.21)

विषमा ह्यतिदुर्गा च वेगवत्परिधावता । सोऽहं घर्माभितप्तो वै नैनामादातुमुत्सहे ॥

viṣamā hyatidurgā ca vegavatparidhāvatā | so'haṃ gharmābhitapto vai naināmādātumutsahe

rough and very hard going, as I ran at full speed. So I am worn out by the heat, and I cannot carry her."

Note on the text: Corrected सोहं → सोऽहं (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha). Corrected धर्माभितप्तो → घर्माभितप्तो (misprint in Wikisource; ध for घ; "scorched by the heat", as the apparatus reads gharmābhitapto). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.6*0143.

Verse 22 (4.6.22)

सहदेव त्वमादाय मुहूर्तं द्रौपदीं नय । राजधान्यां निवत्स्यामः सुमुक्तमिव नो वनम् ॥

sahadeva tvamādāya muhūrtaṃ draupadīṃ naya | rājadhānyāṃ nivatsyāmaḥ sumuktamiva no vanam

"Sahadeva, you take Draupadi and carry her for a while. We will make our home in the capital, well freed from the forest."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.6*0143.

Verse 23 (4.6.23)

अहमप्यस्मि तृषितः क्षुधया परिपीडितः । परिश्रान्तश्च भद्रं ते नैनामादातुमुत्सहे ॥

ahamapyasmi tṛṣitaḥ kṣudhayā paripīḍitaḥ | pariśrāntaśca bhadraṃ te naināmādātumutsahe

"I too am thirsty and tormented by hunger, and worn out besides. Forgive me, but I cannot carry her."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.6*0143 (line 2 worded differently there).

Verse 24 (4.6.24)

एहि वीर विशालाक्ष वीरसिंह इवार्जुन । इमां कमलपत्राक्षीं द्रौपदीं द्रुपदात्मजाम् ॥

ehi vīra viśālākṣa vīrasiṃha ivārjuna | imāṃ kamalapatrākṣīṃ draupadīṃ drupadātmajām

"Come, hero, large-eyed Arjuna, like a lion among heroes: this lotus-eyed Draupadi, daughter of Drupada —

Note on the text: Corrected विशालाश्च → विशालाक्ष (misprint in Wikisource; the vocative "large-eyed" is garbled; the apparatus reads viśālākṣa). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the CE apparatus as 4.5.7*0144.

Verse 25 (4.6.25)

परिगृह्य मुहूर्तं त्वं बाहुभ्यां कुशलं व्रज । राजधान्यां निवत्स्यामः प्रमुक्तमिव नो वनम् ॥

parigṛhya muhūrtaṃ tvaṃ bāhubhyāṃ kuśalaṃ vraja | rājadhānyāṃ nivatsyāmaḥ pramuktamiva no vanam

take her up in your arms for a while and carry her safely. We will make our home in the capital, as though set free from the forest."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); line 1 is in the CE apparatus as 4.5.7*0144, and line 2 stands in place of CE 4.5.7cd (… vimuktāś ca vanāditaḥ).

Verse 26 (4.6.26)

गुरोर्वचनमाज्ञाय संप्रहृष्टो जितेन्द्रियः । बाहुभ्यां परिगृह्याथ राजपुत्रीमनिन्दिताम् । प्रवव्राज महाबाहुरर्जुनः प्रियदर्शनाम् ॥

gurorvacanamājñāya saṃprahṛṣṭo jitendriyaḥ | bāhubhyāṃ parigṛhyātha rājaputrīmaninditām | pravavrāja mahābāhurarjunaḥ priyadarśanām

Hearing his elder's command, the self-controlled, long-armed Arjuna was glad. He took the blameless princess, lovely to look upon, in his arms and set off.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); line 1 resembles the apparatus line 4.5.8*0145 and line 3 is 4.5.8*0146 line 1; line 2 is not in the CE.

Verse 27 (4.6.27)

जटिलो वल्कलधरः शततूणीधनुर्धरः । स्कन्धे कृत्वा वरारोहां बालामायतलोचनाम् । आनीय नगराभ्याशमवातारयदर्जुनः ॥

jaṭilo valkaladharaḥ śatatūṇīdhanurdharaḥ | skandhe kṛtvā varārohāṃ bālāmāyatalocanām | ānīya nagarābhyāśamavātārayadarjunaḥ

With his matted hair and bark garments, bearing a hundred quivers and his bow, Arjuna lifted the young, large-eyed, fair-hipped woman onto his shoulder; and when he had brought her near the city, he set her down.

Note on the text: Merged: Wikisource numbers this three-line verse 27 (its rows 4-6-27a/b and 4-6-28a), but the extraction had split off the last line as a separate verse. Lines 1–2 are in the CE apparatus as 4.5.8*0146 (which reads śaratūṇa- for śatatūṇī-); line 3 corresponds to CE 4.5.8cd.