Book 4 Chapter 3 | |
1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
1 | kiṃ tvaṃ nakula kurvāṇas tatra tāta cariṣyasi
sukumāraś ca śūraś ca darśanīyaḥ sukhocitaḥ |
2 | nakula uvāca |
2 | aśvabandho bhaviṣyāmi virāṭanṛpater aham
granthiko nāma nāmnāhaṃ karmaitat supriyaṃ mama |
3 | kuśalo 'smy aśvaśikṣāyāṃ tathaivāśvacikitsite
priyāś ca satataṃ me 'śvāḥ kururāja yathā tava |
4 | ye mām āmantrayiṣyanti virāṭanagare janāḥ
tebhya evaṃ pravakṣyāmi vihariṣyāmy ahaṃ yathā |
5 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
5 | sahadeva kathaṃ tasya samīpe vihariṣyasi
kiṃ vā tvaṃ tāta kurvāṇaḥ pracchanno vicariṣyasi |
6 | sahadeva uvāca |
6 | gosaṃkhyātā bhaviṣyāmi virāṭasya mahīpateḥ
pratiṣeddhā ca dogdhā ca saṃkhyāne kuśalo gavām |
7 | tantipāla iti khyāto nāmnā viditam astu te
nipuṇaṃ ca cariṣyāmi vyetu te mānaso jvaraḥ |
8 | ahaṃ hi bhavatā goṣu satataṃ prakṛtaḥ purā
tatra me kauśalaṃ karma avabuddhaṃ viśāṃ pate |
9 | lakṣaṇaṃ caritaṃ cāpi gavāṃ yac cāpi maṅgalam
tat sarvaṃ me suviditam anyac cāpi mahīpate |
10 | vṛṣabhān api jānāmi rājan pūjitalakṣaṇān
yeṣāṃ mūtram upāghrāya api vandhyā prasūyate |
11 | so 'ham evaṃ cariṣyāmi prītir atra hi me sadā
na ca māṃ vetsyati paras tat te rocatu pārthiva |
12 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
12 | iyaṃ tu naḥ priyā bhāryā prāṇebhyo 'pi garīyasī
māteva paripālyā ca pūjyā jyeṣṭheva ca svasā |
13 | kena sma karmaṇā kṛṣṇā draupadī vicariṣyati
na hi kiṃ cid vijānāti karma kartuṃ yathā striyaḥ |
14 | sukumārī ca bālā ca rājaputrī yaśasvinī
pativratā mahābhāgā kathaṃ nu vicariṣyati |
15 | mālyagandhān alaṃkārān vastrāṇi vividhāni ca
etāny evābhijānāti yato jātā hi bhāminī |
16 | draupady uvāca |
16 | sairandhryo 'rakṣitā loke bhujiṣyāḥ santi bhārata
naivam anyāḥ striyo yānti iti lokasya niścayaḥ |
17 | sāhaṃ bruvāṇā sairandhrī kuśalā keśakarmaṇi
ātmaguptā cariṣyāmi yan māṃ tvam anupṛcchasi |
18 | sudeṣṇāṃ pratyupasthāsye rājabhāryāṃ yaśasvinīm
sā rakṣiṣyati māṃ prāptāṃ mā te bhūd duḥkham īdṛśam |
19 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
19 | kalyāṇaṃ bhāṣase kṛṣṇe kule jātā yathā vadet
na pāpam abhijānāsi sādhu sādhvīvrate sthitā |