वैशंपायन उवाच
इत्य् एनां दक्षिणे पाणौ सूतपुत्रः परामृशत् ॥
सा गृहीता विधुन्वाना भूमाव् आक्षिप्य कीचकम् ॥
सभां शरणम् आधावद् यत्र राजा युधिष्ठिरः ॥
तां कीचकः प्रधावन्तीं केशपक्षे परामृशत् ॥
अथैनां पश्यतो राज्ञः पातयित्वा पदावधीत् ॥
ततो यो ऽसौ तदार्केण राक्षसः संनियोजितः ॥
स कीचकम् अपोवाह वातवेगेन भारत ॥
स पपात ततो भूमौ रक्षोबलसमाहतः ॥
विघूर्णमानो निश्चेष्टश् छिन्नमूल इव द्रुमः ॥
तां चासीनौ ददृशतुर् भीमसेनयुधिष्ठिरौ ॥
अमृष्यमाणौ कृष्णायाः कीचकेन पदा वधम् ॥
तस्य भीमो वधप्रेप्सुः कीचकस्य दुरात्मनः ॥
दन्तैर् दन्तांस् तदा रोषान् निष्पिपेष महामनाः ॥
अथाङ्गुष्ठेनावमृद्नाद् अङ्गुष्ठं तस्य धर्मराट् ॥
प्रबोधनभयाद् राजन् भीमस्य प्रत्यषेधयत् ॥
सा सभाद्वारम् आसाद्य रुदती मत्स्यम् अब्रवीत् ॥
अवेक्षमाणा सुश्रोणी पतींस् तान् दीनचेतसः ॥
आकारम् अभिरक्षन्ती प्रतिज्ञां धर्मसंहिताम् ॥
दह्यमानेव रौद्रेण चक्षुषा द्रुपदात्मजा ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
ity enāṃ dakṣiṇe pāṇau sūtaputraḥ parāmṛśat ||
sā gṛhītā vidhunvānā bhūmāv ākṣipya kīcakam ||
sabhāṃ śaraṇam ādhāvad yatra rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
tāṃ kīcakaḥ pradhāvantīṃ keśapakṣe parāmṛśat ||
athaināṃ paśyato rājñaḥ pātayitvā padāvadhīt ||
tato yo 'sau tadārkeṇa rākṣasaḥ saṃniyojitaḥ ||
sa kīcakam apovāha vātavegena bhārata ||
sa papāta tato bhūmau rakṣobalasamāhataḥ ||
vighūrṇamāno niśceṣṭaś chinnamūla iva drumaḥ ||
tāṃ cāsīnau dadṛśatur bhīmasenayudhiṣṭhirau ||
amṛṣyamāṇau kṛṣṇāyāḥ kīcakena padā vadham ||
tasya bhīmo vadhaprepsuḥ kīcakasya durātmanaḥ ||
dantair dantāṃs tadā roṣān niṣpipeṣa mahāmanāḥ ||
athāṅguṣṭhenāvamṛdnād aṅguṣṭhaṃ tasya dharmarāṭ ||
prabodhanabhayād rājan bhīmasya pratyaṣedhayat ||
sā sabhādvāram āsādya rudatī matsyam abravīt ||
avekṣamāṇā suśroṇī patīṃs tān dīnacetasaḥ ||
ākāram abhirakṣantī pratijñāṃ dharmasaṃhitām ||
dahyamāneva raudreṇa cakṣuṣā drupadātmajā ||
So saying, the son of the suta seized her by the right hand. Seized, she wrenched herself free, threw Kichaka to the ground, and ran for refuge to the assembly hall where King Yudhishthira was. Kichaka caught up with her as she fled, seized her by the hair, threw her down before the king's eyes, and struck her with his foot. Then that rakshasa whom the Sun had appointed hurled Kichaka away with the force of the wind, O Bharata. Struck down by the rakshasa's strength, he fell to the ground, reeling, motionless, like a tree with its root cut through. Bhimasena and Yudhishthira, seated there, saw her and could not bear that Kichaka had struck Krishna with his foot. Great-souled Bhima, wishing to kill that evil-souled Kichaka, ground his teeth together in rage. Then the King of Dharma pressed his thumb hard against his own thumb and, fearing Bhima would break loose, restrained him, O king. Reaching the doors of the assembly, the fair-hipped one, weeping, spoke to the king of the Matsyas, looking upon her husbands with a downcast heart. The daughter of Drupada kept up their appearance and the vow bound to dharma, yet she herself seemed to burn with a fierce glance.
2873dcbc4219 · प्रकाशित 16 जुल॰ 2026, 6:11:28 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The scene is almost unbearable: strength stands close by, yet a vow holds it back. Yudhishthira restrains Bhima not because Draupadi's pain is small, but because anger let loose too soon would undo the whole year.