महाभारतम् — ३.२२२

वैशंपायन उवाच ।

उपासीनेषु विप्रेषु पाण्डवेषु महात्मसु ।
द्रौपदी सत्यभामा च विविशाते तदा समम् ।
जाहस्यमाने सुप्रीते सुखं तत्र निषीदतुः ॥

M N Dutt Vaishampayana sajd : When the high-souled Pandavas and the Brahmanas had taken their seats. Draupadi and Satyabhama entered the hermitage.

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चिरस्य दृष्ट्वा राजेन्द्र तेऽन्योन्यस्य प्रियंवदे ।
कथयामासतुश्चित्राः कथाः कुरुयदुक्षिताम् ॥

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अथाब्रवीत्सत्यभामा कृष्णस्य महिषी प्रिया ।
सात्राजिती याज्ञसेनीं रहसीदं सुमध्यमा ॥

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केन द्रौपदि वृत्तेन पाण्डवानुपतिष्ठसि ।
लोकपालोपमान्वीरान्यूनः परमसंमतान् ।
कथं च वशगास्तुभ्यं न कुप्यन्ति च ते शुभे ॥

M N Dutt Those heroes who are endued with great strength and beauty and who are like the Lokapalas themselves. O beautiful lady, how is it that they are so obedient to you and that they are never angry with you?

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तव वश्या हि सततं पाण्डवाः प्रियदर्शने ।
मुखप्रेक्षाश्च ते सर्वे तत्त्वमेतद्ब्रवीहि मे ॥

M N Dutt O lady of lovely feature, the Pandavas are always obedient to you. They are all watchful to do your bidding. Tell me its reason.

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व्रतचर्या तपो वापि स्नानमन्त्रौषधानि वा ।
विद्यावीर्यं मूलवीर्यं जपहोमस्तथागदाः ॥

M N Dutt It is vows or asceticism or incantations or drug in your season or the efficacy of science or the influence of youthful appearance or the recitation of particular formulae or homa or collyrium and other medicament?

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मम आचक्ष्व पाञ्चालि यशस्यं भगवेदनम् ।
येन कृष्णे भवेन्नित्यं मम कृष्णो वशानुगः ॥

M N Dutt Tell me, O Panchala princess, of that blessed and auspicious thing by which, O Krishna, (Draupadi) my husband (Krishna) may be ever obedient to me.”

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एवमुक्त्वा सत्यभामा विरराम यशस्विनी ।
पतिव्रता महाभागा द्रौपदी प्रत्युवाच ताम् ॥

M N Dutt Having said this, the illustrious Satyabhama stopped. The greatly blessed and chaste Draupadi thus replied to her,

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असत्स्त्रीणां समाचारं सत्ये मामनुपृच्छसि ।
असदाचरिते मार्गे कथं स्यादनुकीर्तनम् ॥

M N Dutt “O Satyabhama, you ask me of the practices of wicked women. How can I speak of practices adopted by wicked women?

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अनुप्रश्नः संशयो वा नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते ।
तथा ह्युपेता बुद्ध्या त्वं कृष्णस्य महिषी प्रिया ॥

M N Dutt It does not become you to put further questions to me or to doubt me. You are intelligent, you are the favourite wife of Krishna.

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यदैव भर्ता जानीयान्मन्त्रमूलपरां स्त्रियम् ।
उद्विजेत तदैवास्याः सर्पाद्वेश्मगतादिव ॥

M N Dutt When the husband learns that his wife is addicted to incantations and drugs, from that day he begins to dread her as if a poisonous snake has entered into his sleeping chamber.

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उद्विग्नस्य कुतः शान्तिरशान्तस्य कुतः सुखम् ।
न जातु वशगो भर्ता स्त्रियाः स्यान्मन्त्रकारणात् ॥

M N Dutt Can a man afflicted with fear have peace? How can one who has no peace have happiness? A husband can never be made obedient by a wife with the help of mantras.

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अमित्रप्रहितांश्चापि गदान्परमदारुणान् ।
मूलप्रवादैर्हि विषं प्रयच्छन्ति जिघांसवः ॥

M N Dutt We hear of painful diseases transmitted by enemies. Those that desire to kill others send poison in the shape of gifts, so that the man that takes the powders so sent by tongues or skin is certainly deprived of his life as soon as possible.

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जिह्वया यानि पुरुषस्त्वचा वाप्युपसेवते ।
तत्र चूर्णानि दत्तानि हन्युः क्षिप्रमसंशयम् ॥

M N Dutt We hear of painful diseases transmitted by enemies. Those that desire to kill others send poison in the shape of gifts, so that the man that takes the powders so sent by tongues or skin is certainly deprived of his life as soon as possible.

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जलोदरसमायुक्ताः श्वित्रिणः पलितास्तथा ।
अपुमांसः कृताः स्त्रीभिर्जडान्धबधिरास्तथा ॥

M N Dutt Women have sometimes caused dropsy and leprosy, decrepitude, impotency and idiocy, blindness and deafness in men (by administering drugs to enchant them).

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पापानुगास्तु पापास्ताः पतीनुपसृजन्त्युत ।
न जातु विप्रियं भर्तुः स्त्रिया कार्यं कथंचन ॥

M N Dutt These wicked women, ever treading in the path of sin, do some times injure their husbands. But the wife should never do injury to her husband.

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वर्ताम्यहं तु यां वृत्तिं पाण्डवेषु महात्मसु ।
तां सर्वां शृणु मे सत्यां सत्यभामे यशस्विनि ॥

M N Dutt O illustrious Satyabhama, hear now of my conduct towards the high-souled Pandavas.

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अहंकारं विहायाहं कामक्रोधौ च सर्वदा ।
सदारान्पाण्डवान्नित्यं प्रयतोपचराम्यहम् ॥

M N Dutt Abandoning vanity and subduing desire and wrath, I always serve with devotion the Pandavas with all their wives.

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प्रणयं प्रतिसंगृह्य निधायात्मानमात्मनि ।
शुश्रूषुर्निरभीमाना पतीनां चित्तरक्षिणी ॥

M N Dutt Restraining jealously with devotion of heart and without any feeling of degradation at the service I perform, I always serve my husbands.

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दुर्व्याहृताच्छङ्कमाना दुःस्थिताद्दुरवेक्षितात् ।
दुरासिताद्दुर्व्रजितादिङ्गिताध्यासितादपि ॥

M N Dutt Ever fearing to utter what is evil and false or to look or sit or walk with impropriety or to cast glances indicative of the feelings of the heart, I serve the sons of Pritha, those mighty warriors as blazing as the sun or fire and as handsome as the moon, those heroes who are endued with fearful energy and prowess and who are capable of killing their enemies by a glance of their eyes.

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सूर्यवैश्वानरनिभान्सोमकल्पान्महारथान् ।
सेवे चक्षुर्हणः पार्थानुग्रतेजःप्रतापिनः ॥

M N Dutt Ever fearing to utter what is evil and false or to look or sit or walk with impropriety or to cast glances indicative of the feelings of the heart, I serve the sons of Pritha, those mighty warriors as blazing as the sun or fire and as handsome as the moon, those heroes who are endued with fearful energy and prowess and who are capable of killing their enemies by a glance of their eyes.

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देवो मनुष्यो गन्धर्वो युवा चापि स्वलंकृतः ।
द्रव्यवानभिरूपो वा न मेऽन्यः पुरुषो मतः ॥

M N Dutt Celestials or men or Gandharvas, young or handsome, wealthy and adorned with ornaments, my heart is never attracted to any other.

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नाभुक्तवति नास्नाते नासंविष्टे च भर्तरि ।
न संविशामि नाश्नामि सदा कर्मकरेष्वपि ॥

M N Dutt I never bathe or eat or sleep till he that is my husband has bathed or eaten or slept, till all our servants and followers have bathed, eaten and slept.

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क्षेत्राद्वनाद्वा ग्रामाद्वा भर्तारं गृहमागतम् ।
प्रत्युत्थायाभिनन्दामि आसनेनोदकेन च ॥

M N Dutt Whether returning from the field, the forest or the town or hastily rising up I always salute my husband with water and seat.

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प्रमृष्टभाण्डा मृष्टान्ना काले भोजनदायिनी ।
संयता गुप्तधान्या च सुसंमृष्टनिवेशना ॥

M N Dutt I always keep the house and all the household articles and the food that is to be taken well-ordered and clean. I carefully keep the rice and serve them the food at the proper time.

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अतिरस्कृतसंभाषा दुःस्त्रियो नानुसेवती ।
अनुकूलवती नित्यं भवाम्यनलसा सदा ॥

M N Dutt I am never angry, I never speak harsh words, I never imitate women that are wicked. Avoiding idleness, I always do what is agreeable.

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अनर्मे चापि हसनं द्वारि स्थानमभीक्ष्णशः ।
अवस्करे चिरस्थानं निष्कुटेषु च वर्जये ॥

M N Dutt I never laugh except at a jest, I never stay for a long time at the gate of the house, I never stay long in places of nature's call or in pleasure gardens of the house.

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अतिहासातिरोषौ च क्रोधस्थानं च वर्जये ।
निरताहं सदा सत्ये भर्तॄणामुपसेवने ।
सर्वथा भर्तृरहितं न ममेष्टं कथंचन ॥

M N Dutt I always refrain from laughing loudly or indulging in high passion and from everything that may give offence. O Satyabhama, I am always engaged in serving my husbands.

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यदा प्रवसते भर्ता कुटुम्बार्थेन केनचित् ।
सुमनोवर्णकापेता भवामि व्रतचारिणी ॥

M N Dutt A separation from my husband is never agreeable to me. When my husbands leave home to go to my relatives,

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यच्च भर्ता न पिबति यच्च भर्ता न खादति ।
यच्च नाश्नाति मे भर्ता सर्वं तद्वर्जयाम्यहम् ॥

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यथोपदेशं नियता वर्तमाना वराङ्गने ।
स्वलंकृता सुप्रयता भर्तुः प्रियहिते रता ॥

M N Dutt Whatever my husband does not enjoy, I always renounce. O beautiful lady, adorned with ornaments and ever self-controlled by the instructions received by me, I always devotedly seek the welfare of my husbands. I always perform those duties that my mother-in-law formerly told me in respect of relatives.

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ये च धर्माः कुटुम्बेषु श्वश्र्वा मे कथिताः पुरा ।
भिक्षाबलिश्राद्धमिति स्थालीपाकाश्च पर्वसु ।
मान्यानां मानसत्कारा ये चान्ये विदिता मया ॥

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तान्सर्वाननुवर्तामि दिवारात्रमतन्द्रिता ।
विनयान्नियमांश्चापि सदा सर्वात्मना श्रिता ॥

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मृदून्सतः सत्यशीलान्सत्यधर्मानुपालिनः ।
आशीविषानिव क्रुद्धान्पतीन्परिचराम्यहम् ॥

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पत्याश्रयो हि मे धर्मो मतः स्त्रीणां सनातनः ।
स देवः सा गतिर्नान्या तस्य का विप्रियं चरेत् ॥

M N Dutt My opinion is that to depend on one's husband is the eternal virtue of women. The husband is wife's god, he is her (sole) refuge. There is no other refuge for her. How can then a wife act what is disagreeable to her husband?

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अहं पतीन्नातिशये नात्यश्ने नातिभूषये ।
नापि परिवदे श्वश्रूं सर्वदा परियन्त्रिता ॥

M N Dutt I never either in sleeping or in eating or in adorning my person act against the wishes of my husbands. I am always guided by my husbands. I never speak ill of my mother-inlaw.

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अवधानेन सुभगे नित्योत्थानतयैव च ।
भर्तारो वशगा मह्यं गुरुशुश्रूषणेन च ॥

M N Dutt O blessed lady, my husband has become obedient to me for my diligence, my alacrity and for the humility with which I serve my Gurus.

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नित्यमार्यामहं कुन्तीं वीरसूं सत्यवादिनीम् ।
स्वयं परिचराम्येका स्नानाच्छादनभोजनैः ॥

M N Dutt Every day I personally wait with food and drink and clothes upon the revered and truthful Kunti, the mother of those heroes.

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नैतामतिशये जातु वस्त्रभूषणभोजनैः ।
नापि परिवदे चाहं तां पृथां पृथिवीसमाम् ॥

M N Dutt I never show any preference for myself over her in matters of food and attire and ornaments. I never reprove in words Pritha (Kuni) who is equal to the earth herself in forgiveness.

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अष्टावग्रे ब्राह्मणानां सहस्राणि स्म नित्यदा ।
भुञ्जते रुक्मपात्रीषु युधिष्ठिरनिवेशने ॥

M N Dutt Eight thousand Brahmanas were formerly fed every day in the palace of Yudhishthira from plates of gold.

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अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि स्नातका गृहमेधिनः ।
त्रिंशद्दासीक एकैको यान्बिभर्ति युधिष्ठिरः ॥

M N Dutt Eighty thousand Snataka Brahmanas, all leading domestic lives, were entertained by Yudhishthira with thirty maid-servants assigned to each.

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दशान्यानि सहस्राणि येषामन्नं सुसंस्कृतम् ।
ह्रियते रुक्मपात्रीभिर्यतीनामूर्ध्वरेतसाम् ॥

M N Dutt Besides these, ten thousand Yatis with their desire under complete control had their pure and well-cooked food carried to them in golden plates.

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तान्सर्वानग्रहारेण ब्राह्मणान्ब्रह्मवादिनः ।
यथार्हं पूजयामि स्म पानाच्छादनभोजनैः ॥

M N Dutt All those Brahmanas that were the utterers of the Vedas, I used always to worship duty with food, drink and clothes taken from stores, when a portion of them had been dedicated to Vishvadeva.

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शतं दासीसहस्राणि कौन्तेयस्य महात्मनः ।
कम्बुकेयूरधारिण्यो निष्ककण्ठ्यः स्वलंकृताः ॥

M N Dutt The illustrious son of Kunti, had one hundred thousand well-dressed maid-servants with bracelets of their arms and golden ornaments on their necks; they were adorned with costly garlands and gold in profusion and they were sprinkled with sandal paste. Adorned with gems and gold, they were all well-skilled in dancing and singing.

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महार्हमाल्याभरणाः सुवर्णाश्चन्दनोक्षिताः ।
मणीन्हेम च बिभ्रत्यो नृत्यगीतविशारदाः ॥

M N Dutt The illustrious son of Kunti, had one hundred thousand well-dressed maid-servants with bracelets of their arms and golden ornaments on their necks; they were adorned with costly garlands and gold in profusion and they were sprinkled with sandal paste. Adorned with gems and gold, they were all well-skilled in dancing and singing.

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तासां नाम च रूपं च भोजनाच्छादनानि च ।
सर्वासामेव वेदाहं कर्म चैव कृताकृतम् ॥

M N Dutt I knew the names and features of every one of those girls and also what they used to eat and what they used to wear and what they used not to do.

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शतं दासीसहस्राणि कुन्तीपुत्रस्य धीमतः ।
पात्रीहस्ता दिवारात्रमतिथीन्भोजयन्त्युत ॥

M N Dutt The greatly intelligent son of Kunti had also one hundred thousand maid-servants who duly used to feed the guests with plates of gold in their hands.

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शतमश्वसहस्राणि दश नागायुतानि च ।
युधिष्ठिरस्यानुयात्रमिन्द्रप्रस्थनिवासिनः ॥

M N Dutt When Yudhishthira lived in Indraprastha, one lakh horses and one lakh elephants used to follow him.

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एतदासीत्तदा राज्ञो यन्महीं पर्यपालयत् ।
येषां संख्याविधिं चैव प्रदिशामि शृणोमि च ॥