Mahabharata — Volume II (Dutt edition) — Chapter 266
MBh 2 266.1
वैशम्पायन उवाच अथाब्रवीद् द्रौपदी राजपुत्री पृष्टा शिबीनां प्रवरेण तेन। अवेक्ष्य मन्दं प्रविमुच्य शाखां संगृह्णती कौशिकमुत्तरीयम्॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca athābravīd draupadī rājaputrī pṛṣṭā śibīnāṃ pravareṇa tena| avekṣya mandaṃ pravimucya śākhāṃ saṃgṛhṇatī kauśikamuttarīyam||
Vaishampayana said : Being thus accosted that foremost of Shibi's race, the princess Draupadi, looking gently, leaving of the Kadamba branch and arranging her silken raiment, said,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 266.2
बुद्ध्याभिजानामि नरेन्द्रपुत्र न मादृशी त्वामभिभाष्टुमर्हति। मन्यो नरो वाप्यथवपि नारी॥
buddhyābhijānāmi narendraputra na mādṛśī tvāmabhibhāṣṭumarhati| manyo naro vāpyathavapi nārī||
I know it, O prince, that it is not proper for me to address you thus, there is no other man or woman who can speak with you.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 266.3
एका ह्यहं सम्प्रति तेन वाचं ददामि वै भद्र निबोध चेदम्। अहं शरण्ये कथमेकमेका त्वामालपेयं निरता स्वधर्मे॥
ekā hyahaṃ samprati tena vācaṃ dadāmi vai bhadra nibodha cedam| ahaṃ śaraṇye kathamekamekā tvāmālapeyaṃ niratā svadharme||
I am alone here just now so I should speak, know, O gentle sir, being alone in this forest, I should not speak to you, remembering the practices of our sex.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 266.4
जानामि च त्वां सुरथस्य पुत्रं यं कोटिकास्येति विदुर्मनुष्याः। माख्यामि बन्धून् प्रथितं कुलं च॥
jānāmi ca tvāṃ surathasya putraṃ yaṃ koṭikāsyeti vidurmanuṣyāḥ| mākhyāmi bandhūn prathitaṃ kulaṃ ca||
I have learnt you to be the son of Suratha whom people know as Kotikasya; so O Shaivya, I shall tell you of my relations and illustrious race.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 266.5
अपत्यमस्मि द्रुपदस्य राज्ञः कृष्णेति मां शैब्य विदुर्मनुष्याः। साहं वृणे पञ्च जनान् पतित्वे ये खाण्डवप्रस्थगताः श्रुतास्ते॥
apatyamasmi drupadasya rājñaḥ kṛṣṇeti māṃ śaibya vidurmanuṣyāḥ| sāhaṃ vṛṇe pañca janān patitve ye khāṇḍavaprasthagatāḥ śrutāste||
I am the daughter of the king Drupada, O Shaivya, people know me as Krishna; I have elected five men as my husbands of whom you may have heard while they were living in Khandavaprastha.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 266.6
युधिष्ठिरो भीमसेनार्जुनौ च माझ्याश्च पुत्रौ पुरुषप्रवीरौ। ते मां निवेश्येह दिशश्चतस्रो विभज्य पार्था मृगयां प्रयाताः॥
yudhiṣṭhiro bhīmasenārjunau ca mājhyāśca putrau puruṣapravīrau| te māṃ niveśyeha diśaścatasro vibhajya pārthā mṛgayāṃ prayātāḥ||
Those foremost of men, Yudhishthira, Bhimasena, Arjuna and the two sons of Madri, leaving me hear and having assigned four quarters, have gone out on hunting.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 266.7
प्राची राजा दक्षिणां भीमसेनो जयः प्रतीची यमजावुदीचीम्। मन्ये त तेषां रथसत्तमानां कालोऽभितः प्राप्त इहोपयातुम्॥
prācī rājā dakṣiṇāṃ bhīmaseno jayaḥ pratīcī yamajāvudīcīm| manye ta teṣāṃ rathasattamānāṃ kālo'bhitaḥ prāpta ihopayātum||
The king has gone to the east, Bhimasena towards the south, Arjuna to the west and the twin brothers towards the north. Me-thinks, the time of the arrival of those leading carwarriors, has come.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 266.8
सम्मानिता यास्यथ तैर्यथेष्टं विमुच्य वाहानवरोहयध्वम्। प्रियातिथिर्धर्मसुतो महात्मा प्रोतो भविष्यत्यभिवीक्ष्य युष्मान्॥
sammānitā yāsyatha tairyatheṣṭaṃ vimucya vāhānavarohayadhvam| priyātithirdharmasuto mahātmā proto bhaviṣyatyabhivīkṣya yuṣmān||
Do you get down and dismiss your carriage so that yet may go after receiving a befitting welcome from them. The high-souled son of Dharma is fond of guests and will, in sooth, be glad to see you.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 266.9
एतावदुक्त्वा दुपदात्मजा सा शैव्यात्मजं चन्द्रमुखी प्रतीता। विवेश तां पर्णशालां प्रशस्तां संचिन्त्य तेषामतिथित्वमर्थे॥
etāvaduktvā dupadātmajā sā śaivyātmajaṃ candramukhī pratītā| viveśa tāṃ parṇaśālāṃ praśastāṃ saṃcintya teṣāmatithitvamarthe||
Having thus addressed Shaivya's son, the daughter of Draupadi, with a face beautiful as the moon, remembering well the hospitable tendency of her husband, entered her spacious cottage.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)