Virata Strikes Kanka over the Dice

Verse 1 (4.70.1)

प्रस्थाप्य सेनां कन्याश्च गणिकाश्च स्वलंकृताः । मत्स्यराजो महाराजः प्रहृष्ट इदमब्रवीत् ॥

prasthāpya senāṃ kanyāśca gaṇikāśca svalaṃkṛtāḥ | matsyarājo mahārājaḥ prahṛṣṭa idamabravīt

Having sent out the army, the maidens and the courtesans in their finery, the great king of the Matsyas spoke joyfully:

Note on the text: Speaker heading वैशंपायन उवाच printed above this verse. A variant of CE 4.63.29ab–cd (reading mahāprājñaḥ for mahārājaḥ).

Verse 2 (4.70.2)

त्रिगर्ताः कुरवः सर्वे संग्रामे निर्जिता मया । प्रविश्यान्तःपुरं हृष्टा द्यूतं दीव्याम ब्राह्मण ॥

trigartāḥ kuravaḥ sarve saṃgrāme nirjitā mayā | praviśyāntaḥpuraṃ hṛṣṭā dyūtaṃ dīvyāma brāhmaṇa

"The Trigartas and the Kurus have all been conquered by me in battle. Let us go into the inner apartments, brahmin, and play at dice in our joy.

Note on the text: Corrected व्रिगर्ताः → त्रिगर्ताः (misprint in Wikisource; व for त; the critical edition's apparatus reads trigartāḥ). Virata's speech (no speaker heading printed). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.63.29b*1069, lines 2–3 (reading dyūtaṃ devyāmahe vayam).

Verse 3 (4.70.3)

अक्षानाहर सैरन्ध्रि आसनं चोपकल्पय । आदाय व्यजनं त्वं च पार्श्वतोऽनन्तरा भव ॥

akṣānāhara sairandhri āsanaṃ copakalpaya | ādāya vyajanaṃ tvaṃ ca pārśvato'nantarā bhava

Bring the dice, Sairandhri, and set out a seat; take a fan as well and stand close at my side."

Note on the text: Its opening words (akṣān āhara sairandhri) are CE 4.63.29e; the rest is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.63.29e*1070).

Verse 4 (4.70.4)

तं तथावादिनं दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवः प्रत्यभाषत । न देवितव्यं हृष्टेन कितवेनेति नः श्रुतम् ॥

taṃ tathāvādinaṃ dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavaḥ pratyabhāṣata | na devitavyaṃ hṛṣṭena kitaveneti naḥ śrutam

Seeing him speak so, the Pandava replied: "We have heard it said that one should not gamble with a gambler who is elated.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रत्यभापत → प्रत्यभाषत (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition reads pratyabhāṣata). Narration; its second line begins Yudhishthira's reply (no speaker heading printed).

Verse 5 (4.70.5)

न त्वामद्य मुदा युक्तमहं देवितुमुत्सहे । प्रियं तु ते चिकीर्षामि वर्ततां यदि रोचते । द्यूतं कर्तुं न वाञ्छामि नरेन्द्र जनसंसदि ॥

na tvāmadya mudā yuktamahaṃ devitumutsahe | priyaṃ tu te cikīrṣāmi vartatāṃ yadi rocate | dyūtaṃ kartuṃ na vāñchāmi narendra janasaṃsadi

Today, when you are so full of joy, I dare not play with you. Yet I wish to do what pleases you; let the game go on if you like. Still, lord of men, I have no wish to play dice before an assembly of people."

Note on the text: Corrected चिकीर्पामि → चिकीर्षामि (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition reads cikīrṣāmi). Kanka's (Yudhishthira's) reply continues (no speaker heading printed). The first two lines are a variant of CE 4.63.31 (reading manyase for rocate); the third is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.63.31d*1071, reading tava saṃsadi).

Verse 6 (4.70.6)

स्त्रियो गावो हिरण्यं च यच्चान्यद्वसु किंचन । न मे किंचित्त्वया कार्यमन्तरेणापि देवितम् ॥

striyo gāvo hiraṇyaṃ ca yaccānyadvasu kiṃcana | na me kiṃcittvayā kāryamantareṇāpi devitam

"Women, cattle, gold or whatever other wealth there may be — you need stake none of it with me; I ask nothing of you, even apart from the game."

Note on the text: Speaker heading विराट उवाच printed above this verse. A variant of CE 4.63.32 (reading rakṣyam and devitum).

Verse 7 (4.70.7)

किं ते द्यूतेन राजेन्द्र बहुदोषेण मानद । देवने बहवो दोषास्तस्मात्तत्परिवर्जयेत् ॥

kiṃ te dyūtena rājendra bahudoṣeṇa mānada | devane bahavo doṣāstasmāttatparivarjayet

"What have you to do with dice, king of kings, giver of honour? Gambling is full of faults; there are many evils in gaming, and so one should shun it.

Note on the text: Speaker heading कङ्क उवाच printed above this verse.

Verse 8 (4.70.8)

श्रुतो वा यदि वा दृष्टो धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः । स राज्यं धनमक्षय्यं पणमेकममन्यत ॥

śruto vā yadi vā dṛṣṭo dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | sa rājyaṃ dhanamakṣayyaṃ paṇamekamamanyata

You may have heard of Yudhishthira, the king of dharma, or even seen him. He staked his kingdom and his inexhaustible wealth as a single wager,

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.63.34abc (reading śrutas te … pāṇḍavo vai yudhiṣṭhiraḥ / sa rājyaṃ sumahat sphītaṃ); its last words (paṇam ekam amanyata) are in the apparatus as 4.63.34c*1073, line 1.

Verse 9 (4.70.9)

कृष्णां च भार्यां दयितां भ्रातॄंश्च त्रिदशोपमान् । निःसंशयं स कितवः पश्चात्तप्यति पाण्डवः ॥

kṛṣṇāṃ ca bhāryāṃ dayitāṃ bhrātṝṃśca tridaśopamān | niḥsaṃśayaṃ sa kitavaḥ paścāttapyati pāṇḍavaḥ

and his beloved wife Krishna, and his brothers, who are like the gods. That gambler, the Pandava, now surely repents of it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text apart from its words bhrātṝṃś ca tridaśopamān (CE 4.63.34d) (found in the vulgate recension); the rest is in its apparatus as 4.63.34c*1073, line 2, and *1074, line 1.

Verse 10 (4.70.10)

विविधानां च रत्नानां धनानां च पराजये । अभीप्सितविनाशश्च वाक्पारुष्यमनन्तरम् ॥

vividhānāṃ ca ratnānāṃ dhanānāṃ ca parājaye | abhīpsitavināśaśca vākpāruṣyamanantaram

When one loses jewels of every kind and riches, there follows the ruin of all one desires, and after it harsh words.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.63.34c*1074, lines 2–3 (reading abhakṣita- for abhīpsita-).

Verse 11 (4.70.11)

अविश्वास्यं बुधैर्नित्यमेकाह्ना द्रव्यनाशनम् । द्यूते हारितवान्सर्वं तस्माद्द्यूतं न रोचये ॥

aviśvāsyaṃ budhairnityamekāhnā dravyanāśanam | dyūte hāritavānsarvaṃ tasmāddyūtaṃ na rocaye

The wise hold that gambling is never to be trusted; in a single day it destroys one's wealth. He lost everything at dice; that is why I take no pleasure in dice.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.63.34c*1074, line 4); the second is CE 4.63.35ab.

Verse 12 (4.70.12)

अथवा मन्यसे राजन्दीव्याव यदि रोचते । एवमाभाष्य वाक्यैस्तु क्रीडतस्तौ नरोत्तमौ ॥

athavā manyase rājandīvyāva yadi rocate | evamābhāṣya vākyaistu krīḍatastau narottamau

Or if you think it right, O king, let us play, if it pleases you." Having spoken these words, the two best of men played.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 4.63.35cd; the second, which is narration, is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.63.35d*1075).

Verse 13 (4.70.13)

प्रवर्तमाने द्यूते तु मात्स्यः पाण्डवमब्रवीत् ॥

pravartamāne dyūte tu mātsyaḥ pāṇḍavamabravīt

As the game went on, the king of the Matsyas said to the Pandava:

Note on the text: Wikisource prints this single line as a whole verse, with its own verse-end mark; in the critical edition it is the first half of 4.63.36. It is narration: the input had carried Kanka over as its speaker.

Verse 14 (4.70.14)

पश्य पुत्रेण मे युद्धे तादृशाः कुरवो जिताः । कुरवोऽतिरथाः सर्वे देवैरपि सुदुर्जयाः ॥

paśya putreṇa me yuddhe tādṛśāḥ kuravo jitāḥ | kuravo'tirathāḥ sarve devairapi sudurjayāḥ

"See: such Kurus as those were conquered in battle by my son — the Kurus, all of them great chariot-warriors, hard for even the gods to conquer!"

Note on the text: Virata's words (no speaker heading printed). The first line is CE 4.63.36cd; the second is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.63.36d*1076).

Verse 15 (4.70.15)

ततोऽब्रवीद्धर्मराजो द्यूते मात्स्यं युधिष्ठिरः । दिष्ट्या ते विजिता गावः कुरवश्च पराजिताः ॥

tato'bravīddharmarājo dyūte mātsyaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | diṣṭyā te vijitā gāvaḥ kuravaśca parājitāḥ

Then Yudhishthira, the king of dharma, said to the king of the Matsyas over the dice: "By good fortune your cattle have been won back and the Kurus defeated.

Note on the text: Narration; its second line begins Yudhishthira's reply (no speaker heading printed). The first line is a variant of CE 4.63.37ab; the second is in its apparatus as 4.63.37b*1077, line 1.

Verse 16 (4.70.16)

अत्यद्भुततमं मन्ये उत्तरश्चेत्कुरूञ्जयेत् । यन्ता बृहन्नला यस्य स कथंचिद्विजेष्यते ॥

atyadbhutatamaṃ manye uttaraścetkurūñjayet | yantā bṛhannalā yasya sa kathaṃcidvijeṣyate

I would think it the greatest of wonders if Uttara were to conquer the Kurus; but he whose charioteer is Brihannala will win, one way or another."

Note on the text: Corrected कूरूञ्जयेत् → कुरूञ्जयेत् (misprint in Wikisource; ू for ु in कुरून्; the critical edition's apparatus reads kurūñ jayet). Kanka's reply continues (no speaker heading printed). The first line is in the critical edition's apparatus as 4.63.37b*1077, line 2; the second is a variant of CE 4.63.37cd (kathaṃ sa na vijeṣyati).

Verse 17 (4.70.17)

ततो विराटः क्षुभितो मन्युना च परिप्लुतः । उवाच वचनं क्रुद्धः परिव्राजमनन्तरम् ॥

tato virāṭaḥ kṣubhito manyunā ca pariplutaḥ | uvāca vacanaṃ kruddhaḥ parivrājamanantaram

At this Virata, shaken and flooded with anger, at once spoke furiously to the mendicant:

Note on the text: The input had carried Kanka over as speaker; this is narration. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.63.37d*1078, lines 1–2.

Verse 18 (4.70.18)

तादृशेन तु योधेन महेष्वासेन धीमता । कुरवो निर्जिता युद्धे तत्र किं ब्राह्मणाद्भुतम् ॥

tādṛśena tu yodhena maheṣvāsena dhīmatā | kuravo nirjitā yuddhe tatra kiṃ brāhmaṇādbhutam

"It was by such a warrior as he — a great archer and a wise one — that the Kurus were defeated in battle. What wonder is there in that, brahmin?"

Note on the text: Virata's words (no speaker heading printed; the input had carried Kanka over). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.63.37d*1078, lines 3–4.

Verse 19 (4.70.19)

यन्ता तथाविधो यस्य रथे तिष्ठति वीर्यवान् । यदेतद्दुष्करं कुर्यात्तत्र किं नाद्भुतं भवेत् ॥

yantā tathāvidho yasya rathe tiṣṭhati vīryavān | yadetadduṣkaraṃ kuryāttatra kiṃ nādbhutaṃ bhavet

"When a man has so mighty a charioteer standing in his chariot, and achieves so hard a feat — what in that is not a wonder?"

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (its apparatus, 4.63.37d*1078, lines 5–6, Kanka's reply): Wikisource prints the heading युधिष्ठिर उवाच here but places under it a repeat of Virata's next verse (समं षण्डेन मे पुत्रं ब्रह्मबन्धो प्रशंससि । वाच्यावाच्यं न जानीषे नूनं मामवमन्यसे ॥, verse 20), so Yudhishthira's reply was lost; the page's own commentary note on verse 19 glosses the word किं, which the restored lines contain. The duplicate has been replaced. Not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 20 (4.70.20)

समं षण्डेन मे पुत्रं ब्रह्मबन्धो प्रशंससि । वाच्यावाच्यं न जानीषे नूनं मामवमन्यसे ॥

samaṃ ṣaṇḍena me putraṃ brahmabandho praśaṃsasi | vācyāvācyaṃ na jānīṣe nūnaṃ māmavamanyase

"You praise my son as the equal of a eunuch, you wretch of a brahmin! You do not know what may be said and what may not; surely you hold me in contempt.

Note on the text: Speaker heading विराट उवाच printed above this verse. A variant of CE 4.63.38cd and 4.63.39ab (reading samaṃ putreṇa me ṣaṇḍhaṃ).

Verse 21 (4.70.21)

पुमांसो बहवो दृष्टाः सूताश्च बहवो मया । विक्रम्य यन्ता योद्धा च न मे दृष्टः कदाचन ॥

pumāṃso bahavo dṛṣṭāḥ sūtāśca bahavo mayā | vikramya yantā yoddhā ca na me dṛṣṭaḥ kadācana

I have seen many men and many charioteers, but never have I seen a charioteer who could charge in and fight as a warrior as well.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.63.37d*1078, lines 7–8 (reading balino for bahavo).

Verse 22 (4.70.22)

विप्रियं न चरेद्राज्ञामनुकूलं प्रियं वदेत् । आचरन्विप्रियं राज्ञां न जातु सुखमेधते ॥

vipriyaṃ na caredrājñāmanukūlaṃ priyaṃ vadet | ācaranvipriyaṃ rājñāṃ na jātu sukhamedhate

One should not do what displeases kings; one should say what is agreeable and pleasing. He who does what displeases kings never prospers.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.63.37d*1078, lines 9–10.

Verse 23 (4.70.23)

वयस्यत्वात्तु ते सर्वमपराधमिमं क्षमे । नेदृशीं प्रवदेर्वाचं यदि जीवितुमिच्छसि ॥

vayasyatvāttu te sarvamaparādhamimaṃ kṣame | nedṛśīṃ pravadervācaṃ yadi jīvitumicchasi

Because you are my friend I forgive you this whole offence; but do not speak such words again if you wish to live."

Note on the text: Corrected प्रवदर्वाचं → प्रवदेर्वाचं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped e-sign in the optative प्रवदेः). A variant of CE 4.63.40.

Verse 24 (4.70.24)

ततोऽब्रवीत्पुनः कङ्कः प्रहस्य कुरुवर्धनः । बृहन्नलाया राजेन्द्र घुष्यतां नगरे जयः ॥

tato'bravītpunaḥ kaṅkaḥ prahasya kuruvardhanaḥ | bṛhannalāyā rājendra ghuṣyatāṃ nagare jayaḥ

Then Kanka, the prosperer of the Kurus, laughed and spoke again: "King of kings, let it be Brihannala's victory that is proclaimed in the city.

Note on the text: Corrected सजेन्द्र → राजेन्द्र and धुष्यतां → घुष्यतां (misprints in Wikisource; स for रा and ध for घ; the critical edition's apparatus reads rājendra ghuṣyatāṃ). Speaker heading वैशंपायन उवाच printed above this verse; narration, its second line beginning Kanka's speech. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.63.40d*1079, lines 1–2.

Verse 25 (4.70.25)

उत्तरेण तु सारथ्यं कृतं नूनं भविष्यति । निमित्तं किंचिदुत्पन्नं तर्कश्चापि दृढो मम । यतो जानामि राजेन्द्र नान्यथा तद्भविष्यति ॥

uttareṇa tu sārathyaṃ kṛtaṃ nūnaṃ bhaviṣyati | nimittaṃ kiṃcidutpannaṃ tarkaścāpi dṛḍho mama | yato jānāmi rājendra nānyathā tadbhaviṣyati

Surely it was Uttara who served as charioteer. Some sign has appeared, and my reasoning is firm, so that I know, king of kings, that it cannot be otherwise.

Note on the text: Kanka's speech continues (no speaker heading printed). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.63.40d*1079, lines 3–5.

Verse 26 (4.70.26)

कुरवोऽपि महावीर्या देवैरपि सुदुर्जयाः । ससोमवरुणादित्यैः सयक्षेशहुताशनैः ॥

kuravo'pi mahāvīryā devairapi sudurjayāḥ | sasomavaruṇādityaiḥ sayakṣeśahutāśanaiḥ

The Kurus too are mighty, hard to conquer even for the gods — even for Soma, Varuna and the Adityas, with the lord of the Yakshas and Fire.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.63.40d*1079, lines 6–7 (reading sakubera- for sayakṣeśa-).

Verse 27 (4.70.27)

यत्र शान्तनवो भीष्मो द्रोणकर्णौ सुदुर्जयौ । अश्वत्थामा विकर्णश्च सोमदत्तो जयद्रथः ॥

yatra śāntanavo bhīṣmo droṇakarṇau sudurjayau | aśvatthāmā vikarṇaśca somadatto jayadrathaḥ

Where there stand Bhishma son of Shantanu, Drona and Karna, both hard to conquer, Ashvatthama, Vikarna, Somadatta, Jayadratha,

Note on the text: Kanka's speech continues (no speaker heading printed; the critical edition prints yudhiṣṭhira uvāca before 4.63.41). The first line is a variant of CE 4.63.41ab (yatra droṇas tathā bhīṣmo drauṇir vaikartanaḥ kṛpaḥ); the second is in its apparatus as 4.63.41b*1080, line 1.

Verse 28 (4.70.28)

भूरिश्रवाः शलो भूरिर्जलसन्धिश्च वीर्यवान् । दुर्योधनो दुष्प्रसहो दुःशासनविविंशती ॥

bhūriśravāḥ śalo bhūrirjalasandhiśca vīryavān | duryodhano duṣprasaho duḥśāsanaviviṃśatī

Bhurishravas, Shala, Bhuri, mighty Jalasandha, Duryodhana, Dushprasaha, Duhshasana and Vivimshati,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.63.41b*1080, lines 2–3.

Verse 29 (4.70.29)

वृषसेनोऽश्ववेगश्च वायुवेगसुवर्चसौ । बाह्लीकः शूरसेनश्च युयुत्सुश्च परन्तपः ॥

vṛṣaseno'śvavegaśca vāyuvegasuvarcasau | bāhlīkaḥ śūrasenaśca yuyutsuśca parantapaḥ

Vrishasena, Ashvavega, Vayuvega and Suvarchas, Bahlika, Shurasena, and Yuyutsu, scorcher of foes,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.63.41b*1080, lines 4–5 (reading aśvasenaś, vātavega- and bhūrisenaś).

Verse 30 (4.70.30)

सौबलः शकुनिश्चैव द्युमत्सेनश्च साल्वराट् । अन्ये च बहवः शूरा नानाजनपदेश्वराः ॥

saubalaḥ śakuniścaiva dyumatsenaśca sālvarāṭ | anye ca bahavaḥ śūrā nānājanapadeśvarāḥ

Shakuni son of Subala, Dyumatsena king of the Salvas, and many other heroes, lords of many lands;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.63.41b*1080, lines 6–7.

Verse 31 (4.70.31)

कृपेणाचार्यमुख्येन सहिताः कुरवो नृपाः । सज्जकार्मुकनिस्त्रिंशा रथिनो रथयूथपाः । अन्ये चैव महावीर्या राजपुत्रा महारथाः ॥

kṛpeṇācāryamukhyena sahitāḥ kuravo nṛpāḥ | sajjakārmukanistriṃśā rathino rathayūthapāḥ | anye caiva mahāvīryā rājaputrā mahārathāḥ

the Kuru kings with Kripa, foremost of teachers, chariot-fighters and leaders of chariot-troops with bows strung and swords ready, and other princes too, of great valour, great chariot-warriors —

Note on the text: Corrected सञ्जकार्मुक → सज्जकार्मुक (misprint in Wikisource; ञ्ज for ज्ज; सज्ज "ready, strung"; the critical edition's apparatus reads sajjakārmuka-). The first two lines are not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has them as 4.63.41b*1080, lines 8–9, reading nṛpa); the third has only a loose counterpart in CE 4.63.41cd (duryodhanaś ca rājendra tathānye ca mahārathāḥ).

Verse 32 (4.70.32)

मरुद्गणैः परिवृतः साक्षादपि पुरंदरः । तद्बलं न जयेत्क्रुद्धो भीष्मद्रोणादिभिर्वृतम् ॥

marudgaṇaiḥ parivṛtaḥ sākṣādapi puraṃdaraḥ | tadbalaṃ na jayetkruddho bhīṣmadroṇādibhirvṛtam

not even Purandara himself, surrounded by the hosts of the Maruts, could in his wrath conquer that army, led by Bhishma, Drona and the rest.

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 4.63.42ab (reading śatakratuḥ); the second is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.63.42b*1081).

Verse 33 (4.70.33)

कस्तद्बृहन्नलादन्यो मनुष्यः प्रतियोत्स्यति । यस्य बाहुबले तुल्यो न भविष्यति कश्चन ॥

kastadbṛhannalādanyo manuṣyaḥ pratiyotsyati | yasya bāhubale tulyo na bhaviṣyati kaścana

What man other than Brihannala could fight against it — he whose equal in strength of arm there never will be,

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 4.63.42cd (ko 'nyo bṛhannaḍāyās tān pratiyudhyeta saṃgatān); the second is in its apparatus as 4.63.42d*1082, line 1.

Verse 34 (4.70.34)

अतीव समरं दृष्ट्वा हर्षो यस्याभिवर्धते । किमेवं पुरुषो लोके दिवि वा भुवि विद्यते ॥

atīva samaraṃ dṛṣṭvā harṣo yasyābhivardhate | kimevaṃ puruṣo loke divi vā bhuvi vidyate

whose delight only grows at the sight of fierce battle? Is there any such man in the world, in heaven or on earth?"

Note on the text: Corrected लोको → लोके (misprint in Wikisource; ो for े in the locative; the critical edition's apparatus reads loke). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.63.42d*1082, line 2 (reading upajāyate), and *1084.

Verse 35 (4.70.35)

तेन संक्षुभितो राजा दीर्यमाणेन चेतसा । अब्रवीद्वचनं क्रूरमजानन्वै युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

tena saṃkṣubhito rājā dīryamāṇena cetasā | abravīdvacanaṃ krūramajānanvai yudhiṣṭhiram

At this the king, enraged and torn at heart, spoke harsh words, not knowing that it was Yudhishthira:

Note on the text: Speaker heading वैशंपायन उवाच printed above this verse. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.63.42d*1086, lines 1–2 (reading tāta for krūram).

Verse 36 (4.70.36)

कङ्क मा ब्रूहि मे वाक्यं प्रतिकूलं द्विजोत्तम । बहुशः प्रतिषिद्धस्त्वं न च वाचं नियच्छसि ॥

kaṅka mā brūhi me vākyaṃ pratikūlaṃ dvijottama | bahuśaḥ pratiṣiddhastvaṃ na ca vācaṃ niyacchasi

"Kanka, do not speak words that go against me, best of the twice-born! You have been forbidden many times, yet you do not restrain your tongue.

Note on the text: Corrected कङ्ख → कङ्क (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ख for ङ्क; the critical edition's apparatus reads kaṅka). Virata's words (no speaker heading printed). The first line is in the critical edition's apparatus as 4.63.42d*1086, line 3; the second is a variant of CE 4.63.43ab.

Verse 37 (4.70.37)

नियन्ता चेन्न विद्येत न कश्चिद्धर्ममाचरेत् । इति प्रक्षुभितो राजा सोऽक्षेणाभ्यहनद्भृशम् ॥

niyantā cenna vidyeta na kaściddharmamācaret | iti prakṣubhito rājā so'kṣeṇābhyahanadbhṛśam

If there were none to restrain, no one would follow dharma." So saying, the king, beside himself, struck him hard with a die.

Note on the text: The first line, the end of Virata's words, is CE 4.63.43cd; the second, narration, is a variant of CE 4.63.44ab.

Verse 38 (4.70.38)

तस्य तक्षकभोगाभं बाहुमुत्क्षिप्य दक्षिणम् । विराटः प्राहनत्क्रुद्धः कर्णमाश्रित्य दक्षिणम् ॥

tasya takṣakabhogābhaṃ bāhumutkṣipya dakṣiṇam | virāṭaḥ prāhanatkruddhaḥ karṇamāśritya dakṣiṇam

Raising his right arm, like the coils of the serpent Takshaka, Virata in his anger struck at his right ear,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.63.44b*1087 (reading udyamya and prāharat).

Verse 39 (4.70.39)

मुखे युधिष्ठिरं कोपान्मैवमित्यवभर्त्सयन् । बलवत्प्रतिविद्धस्य नस्तः शोणितमास्रवत् ॥

mukhe yudhiṣṭhiraṃ kopānmaivamityavabhartsayan | balavatpratividdhasya nastaḥ śoṇitamāsravat

striking Yudhishthira in the face in his fury and rebuking him: "Not like that!" Struck so violently, he began to bleed from the nose.

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 4.63.44cd; the second, of CE 4.63.45ab (reading āgamat).

Verse 40 (4.70.40)

अक्षेणाभिहतो राजा विराटेन युधिष्ठिरः । तूष्णीमासीन्महाबाहुः कृष्णां पश्यन्सुदुःखिताम् ॥

akṣeṇābhihato rājā virāṭena yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | tūṣṇīmāsīnmahābāhuḥ kṛṣṇāṃ paśyansuduḥkhitām

King Yudhishthira, the mighty-armed, struck with the die by Virata, sat silent, looking at Krishna, who was deeply grieved.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.63.45b*1088, lines 1–2.

Verse 41 (4.70.41)

तस्य रक्तोत्पलनिभं शिरसः शोणितं तदा । प्रावर्तत महाबाहोरभिघातान्महात्मनः ॥

tasya raktotpalanibhaṃ śirasaḥ śoṇitaṃ tadā | prāvartata mahābāhorabhighātānmahātmanaḥ

Then blood, red as a red lotus, flowed from the head of the great-souled, mighty-armed man because of the blow.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.63.45b*1088, lines 3–4.

Verse 42 (4.70.42)

तदप्राप्तं महीं पार्थः पाणिभ्यां समधारयत् । अवैक्षत च धर्मात्मा द्रौपदीं पार्श्वतः स्थिताम् ॥

tadaprāptaṃ mahīṃ pārthaḥ pāṇibhyāṃ samadhārayat | avaikṣata ca dharmātmā draupadīṃ pārśvataḥ sthitām

Before it could reach the ground the son of Pritha caught it in both hands, and the righteous one looked at Draupadi, who stood at his side.

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 4.63.45cd (reading pratyagṛhṇata); the second is CE 4.63.46ab.

Verse 43 (4.70.43)

सा वेदनामभिज्ञाय भर्तुश्चित्तवशानुगा । सा विषण्णा च भीता च क्रुद्धा च द्रुपदात्मजा ॥

sā vedanāmabhijñāya bhartuścittavaśānugā | sā viṣaṇṇā ca bhītā ca kruddhā ca drupadātmajā

She, who followed her husband's every thought, understood his pain; and the daughter of Drupada was dejected, frightened and angry.

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 4.63.46cd (sā veda tam abhiprāyaṃ); the second is in its apparatus as 4.63.46d*1089, line 1.

Verse 44 (4.70.44)

बाष्पं नियम्य कृच्छ्रेण भर्तुर्निःश्रेयसैषिणी । उत्तरीयेण सूक्ष्मेण तूर्णं जग्राह शोणितम् ॥

bāṣpaṃ niyamya kṛcchreṇa bharturniḥśreyasaiṣiṇī | uttarīyeṇa sūkṣmeṇa tūrṇaṃ jagrāha śoṇitam

Holding back her tears with difficulty, seeking only her husband's good, she quickly caught the blood in her fine upper cloth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.63.46d*1089, lines 2–3.

Verse 45 (4.70.45)

निगृह्य रक्तं वस्त्रेण सैरन्ध्री दुःखमोहिता । सौवर्णं गृह्य भृङ्गारं शोणितं तदपामृजत् । युधिष्ठिरस्य राजेन्द्र द्रुपदेन्द्रसुता तदा ॥

nigṛhya raktaṃ vastreṇa sairandhrī duḥkhamohitā | sauvarṇaṃ gṛhya bhṛṅgāraṃ śoṇitaṃ tadapāmṛjat | yudhiṣṭhirasya rājendra drupadendrasutā tadā

Having caught the blood in the cloth, the Sairandhri, distraught with grief, took a golden pitcher, and then the daughter of the lord Drupada washed away Yudhishthira's blood, O king.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.63.46d*1089, line 4); the other two lines are not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension), which has only a loose counterpart at 4.63.47 (a golden vessel filled to catch the blood).

Verse 46 (4.70.46)

सैरन्ध्रि किमिदं रक्तमुत्तरीयेण गृह्यते । कोऽत्र हेतुर्विशालाक्षि तन्ममाचक्ष्व तत्त्वतः ॥

sairandhri kimidaṃ raktamuttarīyeṇa gṛhyate | ko'tra heturviśālākṣi tanmamācakṣva tattvataḥ

"Sairandhri, what is this blood that you are catching in your upper cloth? What is the reason for it, wide-eyed one? Tell me truly."

Note on the text: Corrected कोत्र → कोऽत्र, तन्मप्राचक्ष्व → तन्ममाचक्ष्व and तत्वतः → तत्त्वतः (misprints in Wikisource; a missing avagraha, a garbled मप्रा that is no word, and a dropped त्; the appendix reads ko 'tra and tan mamācakṣva). Speaker heading विराट उवाच printed above this verse. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 58 (inserted after 4.63.47d), lines 1–2 (reading pṛcchataḥ for tattvataḥ).

Verse 47 (4.70.47)

रक्तबिन्दूनि यावन्ति कङ्कस्य धरणीतले । तावद्वर्षाणि राष्ट्रे ते अनावृष्टिर्भविष्यति ॥

raktabindūni yāvanti kaṅkasya dharaṇītale | tāvadvarṣāṇi rāṣṭre te anāvṛṣṭirbhaviṣyati

"As many drops of Kanka's blood as fall to the ground, for so many years there will be drought in your kingdom.

Note on the text: Corrected रक्तबिन्दनि → रक्तबिन्दूनि (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ू; the appendix reads raktabindūni). Speaker heading सैरन्ध्र्युवाच printed above this verse. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 58 (inserted after 4.63.47d), lines 3–4 (reading dharaṇīm iyuḥ).

Verse 48 (4.70.48)

एतन्निमित्तं मात्स्येन्द्र कङ्कस्य रुधिरं मया । गृहीतमुत्तरीयेण विनाशो मा भवेत्तव ॥

etannimittaṃ mātsyendra kaṅkasya rudhiraṃ mayā | gṛhītamuttarīyeṇa vināśo mā bhavettava

For this reason, lord of the Matsyas, I caught Kanka's blood in my upper cloth — so that ruin may not come upon you.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 58 (inserted after 4.63.47d), lines 5–6 (reading rājendra).

Verse 49 (4.70.49)

यतीशं यो विहन्येत तस्यायुर्विनशिष्यति । यो यतीशं नियम्येत सहस्रं यातना यमे ॥

yatīśaṃ yo vihanyeta tasyāyurvinaśiṣyati | yo yatīśaṃ niyamyeta sahasraṃ yātanā yame

The life of one who strikes a lord among ascetics will perish; one who punishes a lord among ascetics suffers a thousand torments in Yama's realm.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the critical edition, neither in its apparatus nor in Appendix I.

Verse 50 (4.70.50)

यतौ रक्तं दर्शयति यावत्पांसुरगृह्यत । तावन्तः पितृलोकस्थाः पितरः प्रपतन्त्यधः ॥

yatau raktaṃ darśayati yāvatpāṃsuragṛhyata | tāvantaḥ pitṛlokasthāḥ pitaraḥ prapatantyadhaḥ

When one makes an ascetic bleed, as many grains of dust as the blood soaks, so many of his forefathers in the world of the ancestors fall down from it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the critical edition, neither in its apparatus nor in Appendix I.

Verse 51 (4.70.51)

इति ज्ञात्वा विराटेन्द्र धृतं रक्तं च वाससा । मया तव हितार्थाय त्वयि प्रणयकारणात् ॥

iti jñātvā virāṭendra dhṛtaṃ raktaṃ ca vāsasā | mayā tava hitārthāya tvayi praṇayakāraṇāt

Knowing this, lord Virata, I held the blood in my cloth, for your good and out of my regard for you."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the critical edition, neither in its apparatus nor in Appendix I.