सुखोपविष्टं तु पुरोहितं तं; युधिष्ठिरो ब्राह्मणम् इत्य् उवाच ॥
पाञ्चालराजेन सुता निसृष्टा; स्वधर्मदृष्टेन यथानुकामम् ॥
प्रदिष्टशुल्का द्रुपदेन राज्ञा; सानेन वीरेण तथानुवृत्ता ॥
न तत्र वर्णेषु कृता विवक्षा; न जीवशिल्पे न कुले न गोत्रे ॥
sukhopaviṣṭaṃ tu purohitaṃ taṃ; yudhiṣṭhiro brāhmaṇam ity uvāca ||
pāñcālarājena sutā nisṛṣṭā; svadharmadṛṣṭena yathānukāmam ||
pradiṣṭaśulkā drupadena rājñā; sānena vīreṇa tathānuvṛttā ||
na tatra varṇeṣu kṛtā vivakṣā; na jīvaśilpe na kule na gotre ||
Yudhishthira said to the brahmin priest, comfortably seated: "The daughter was given by the king of Panchala according to his own dharma, as he wished; with the bridal fee set by king Drupada, she has been won by this hero. There was no stipulation there as to caste, craft, lineage, or gotra."
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Here Yudhishthira points to the very terms of the contest. His observation is significant: the king himself set no condition of caste -- the victor had only to accomplish the feat; therefore no reproach of unequal lineage can stand. Here is fidelity to the letter of the agreement: what was set as the condition decides the matter; the prize is won by deed, not by rank. Thus the scripture shows the legal integrity of the victory; and Yudhishthira dispels Drupada's worry with Drupada's own condition.