ये ते पूर्वं शक्ररूपा निरुद्धास्; तस्यां दर्यां पर्वतस्योत्तरस्य ॥
इहैव ते पाण्डवा वीर्यवन्तः; शक्रस्यांशः पाण्डवः सव्यसाची ॥
एवम् एते पाण्डवाः संबभूवुर्; ये ते राजन् पूर्वम् इन्द्रा बभूवुः ॥
लक्ष्मीश् चैषां पूर्वम् एवोपदिष्टा; भार्या यैषा द्रौपदी दिव्यरूपा ॥
ye te pūrvaṃ śakrarūpā niruddhās; tasyāṃ daryāṃ parvatasyottarasya ||
ihaiva te pāṇḍavā vīryavantaḥ; śakrasyāṃśaḥ pāṇḍavaḥ savyasācī ||
evam ete pāṇḍavāḥ saṃbabhūvur; ye te rājan pūrvam indrā babhūvuḥ ||
lakṣmīś caiṣāṃ pūrvam evopadiṣṭā; bhāryā yaiṣā draupadī divyarūpā ||
'Those who formerly, in the form of Shakra, were confined in that cave of the northern mountain — these are the valorous Pandavas here; and the Pandava Savyasachin is a portion of Shakra. Thus these Pandavas came to be, who, O king, were formerly Indras; and Lakshmi, formerly destined to be their wife, is this very Draupadi of divine form.'
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Here the mystery of the marriage is resolved: Draupadi is Lakshmi, destined from of old for the five Indras. It is telling that the plurality of husbands is no human whim but an eternal divine arrangement: the five were one and the same office of Indra, and one Lakshmi was destined for them from ancient times. It must be said plainly: this is a singular, incomparable case belonging to descended gods, not a rule for men. This shows that the extraordinary in the lives of avatars and descended beings is not to be imitated: it is holy in its own order and without parallel. The verse reveals the divine background of the union, and what seemed troubling as impropriety is disclosed as an eternal design.