महाभारतम् — ४.१७

द्रौपद्युवाच ।

अशोच्यं नु कुतस्तस्या यस्या भर्ता युधिष्ठिरः ।
जानन्सर्वाणि दुःखानि किं मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि ॥

M N Dutt Draupadi said Whence can there be a freedom of grief to her who has Yudhishthira for her husband? Knowing all my griefs do you ask me?

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यन्मां दासीप्रवादेन प्रातिकामी तदानयत् ।
सभायां पार्षदो मध्ये तन्मां दहति भारत ॥

M N Dutt The grief, when Pratikami dragged me in the court in the midst of the courtiers calling me a slave, burns me still, C Bharata,

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पार्थिवस्य सुता नाम का नु जीवेत मादृशी ।
अनुभूय भृशं दुःखमन्यत्र द्रौपदीं प्रभो ॥

M N Dutt What other princess like me, would live enduring such a hard misery?

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वनवासगतायाश्च सैन्धवेन दुरात्मना ।
परामर्शं द्वितीयं च सोढुमुत्सहते नु का ॥

M N Dutt Who else except me has so much energy as to suffer the insult offered by the wicked prince of Sindhu during our stay in the forest?

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मत्स्यराज्ञः समक्षं च तस्य धूर्तस्य पश्यतः ।
कीचकेन पदा स्पृष्टा का नु जीवेत मादृशी ॥

M N Dutt Who else like me, can live having been kicked by Kichaka in the very presence of the wicked king of the Matsya's?

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एवं बहुविधैः क्लेशैः क्लिश्यमानां च भारत ।
न मां जानासि कौन्तेय किं फलं जीवितेन मे ॥

M N Dutt O Bharata, of what use is the life to me, when you, O son of Kunti, do not think of me, who have been afflicted with various woes like these?

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योऽयं राज्ञो विराटस्य कीचको नाम भारत ।
सेनानीः पुरुषव्याघ्र स्यालः परमदुर्मतिः ॥

M N Dutt O Bharata, the most wicked-minded one of vile nature, known by the name Kichaka, who is the leader of his forces, addresses we, everyday, O best men, while living in the royal palace in the guise of a Sairandhri, saying "do you become my wife."

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स मां सैरन्ध्रिवेषेण वसन्तीं राजवेश्मनि ।
नित्यमेवाह दुष्टात्मा भार्या मम भवेति वै ॥

M N Dutt O Bharata, the most wicked-minded one of vile nature, known by the name Kichaka, who is the leader of his forces, addresses we, everyday, O best men, while living in the royal palace in the guise of a Sairandhri, saying "do you become my wife."

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तेनोपमन्त्र्यमाणाया वधार्हेण सपत्नहन् ।
कालेनेव फलं पक्वं हृदयं मे विदीर्यते ॥

M N Dutt O slayer of foes, thus addressed by him deserving destruction, my heart is bursting like a fruit ripened in due time.

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भ्रातरं च विगर्हस्व ज्येष्ठं दुर्द्यूतदेविनम् ।
यस्यास्मि कर्मणा प्राप्ता दुःखमेतदनन्तकम् ॥

M N Dutt You should pass censure on your eldest brother who is sorely addicted to the despicable game of dice, through whose act alone I have received this endless woe.

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को हि राज्यं परित्यज्य सर्वस्वं चात्मना सह ।
प्रव्रज्यायैव दीव्येत विना दुर्द्यूतदेविनम् ॥

M N Dutt Who else, except him, addicted sore to gambling, would play, renouncing kingdom and every thing including his self, in order to lead a life in the forest?

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यदि निष्कसहस्रेण यच्चान्यत्सारवद्धनम् ।
सायंप्रातरदेविष्यदपि संवत्सरान्बहून् ॥

M N Dutt If he had played morning and evening for many years together pawning Nishkas by thousands and other treasures of value, still his silver and gold robes and cars, teams and goats, and sheep and horses and mules would have hardly suffered any diminution.

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रुक्मं हिरण्यं वासांसि यानं युग्यमजाविकम् ।
अश्वाश्वतरसंघांश्च न जातु क्षयमावहेत् ॥

M N Dutt If he had played morning and evening for many years together pawning Nishkas by thousands and other treasures of value, still his silver and gold robes and cars, teams and goats, and sheep and horses and mules would have hardly suffered any diminution.

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सोऽयं द्यूतप्रवादेन श्रिया प्रत्यवरोपितः ।
तूष्णीमास्ते यथा मूढः स्वानि कर्माणि चिन्तयन् ॥

M N Dutt But deprived of fortune by rivalry of dice he now holds silence like a fool meditating over his own misdeeds.

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दश नागसहस्राणि पद्मिनां हेममालिनाम् ।
यं यान्तमनुयान्तीह सोऽयं द्यूतेन जीवति ॥

M N Dutt It is he, who while going out, was followed by ten thousand elephants, adorned with golden garlands, and he now supports himself by gambling at dice.

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तथा शतसहस्राणि नृणाममिततेजसाम् ।
उपासते महाराजमिन्द्रप्रस्थे युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

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शतं दासीसहस्राणि यस्य नित्यं महानसे ।
पात्रीहस्तं दिवारात्रमतिथीन्भोजयन्त्युत ॥

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एष निष्कसहस्राणि प्रदाय ददतां वरः ।
द्यूतजेन ह्यनर्थेन महता समुपावृतः ॥

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एनं हि स्वरसंपन्ना बहवः सूतमागधाः ।
सायंप्रातरुपातिष्ठन्सुमृष्टमणिकुण्डलाः ॥

M N Dutt Many bards and eulogists gifted with musical voice, and decked with bright ear-rings beset with gems, worshipped him morning and evening.

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सहस्रमृषयो यस्य नित्यमासन्सभासदः ।
तपःश्रुतोपसंपन्नाः सर्वकामैरुपस्थिताः ॥

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अन्धान्वृद्धांस्तथानाथान्सर्वान्राष्ट्रेषु दुर्गतान् ।
बिभर्त्यविमना नित्यमानृशंस्याद्युधिष्ठिरः ॥

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स एष निरयं प्राप्तो मत्स्यस्य परिचारकः ।
सभायां देविता राज्ञः कङ्को ब्रूते युधिष्ठिरः ॥

M N Dutt That very monarch Yudhishthira, who is forbearing, of unfailing prowess, and having a mind bent on giving every one his legitimate due, and in consequence of his not indulging in to a harmful feeling, maintained daily, in his kingdom, the blind, the old, the helpless, the orphans of various kinds and many others in such distress. That Yudhishthira, NOW becoming a servant of the king of the Matsya's, and a gambler in his court, and calling himself by the name Kanka, has surely attained the misery of hell.

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इन्द्रप्रस्थे निवसतः समये यस्य पार्थिवाः ।
आसन्बलिभृतः सर्वे सोऽद्यान्यैर्भृतिमिच्छति ॥

M N Dutt Alas! even he begs for his subsistence at another's hands whom residing at Indraprastha, all the kings of earth used to pay tributes.

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पार्थिवाः पृथिवीपाला यस्यासन्वशवर्तिनः ।
स वशे विवशो राजा परेषामद्य वर्तते ॥

M N Dutt Alas! even that king, who had all the kings of earth in subjection, has lost his liberty and lives in subjection to others.

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प्रताप्य पृथिवीं सर्वां रश्मिवानिव तेजसा ।
सोऽयं राज्ञो विराटस्य सभास्तारो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

M N Dutt Having dazzled, like the sun, the whole of this earth with his power, even that king Yudhishthira remains as a courtier of king Virata.

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यमुपासन्त राजानः सभायामृषिभिः सह ।
तमुपासीनमद्यान्यं पश्य पाण्डव पाण्डवम् ॥

M N Dutt O Pritha's son, behold that Pandava today waiting upon another, who was waited upon in court by the kings with sages.

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अतदर्हं महाप्राज्ञं जीवितार्थेऽभिसंश्रितम् ।
दृष्ट्वा कस्य न दुःखं स्याद्धर्मात्मानं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

M N Dutt Beholding that virtuous Yudhishthira of great wisdom, undeserving of such a plight and serving another for maintenance who is there that is not overtaken by grief.

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उपास्ते स्म सभायां यं कृत्स्ना वीर वसुंधरा ।
तमुपासीनमद्यान्यं पश्य भारत भारतम् ॥

M N Dutt O Pritha's son, behold that Pandava today waiting upon another, who was waited upon in court by the kings with sages.

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एवं बहुविधैर्दुःखैः पीड्यमानामनाथवत् ।
शोकसागरमध्यस्थां किं मां भीम न पश्यसि ॥

M N Dutt O Bhima, why do you not look at me who am stationed in the midst of the sea of sorrow and afflicted like a helpless one, with various woes.