[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) › 1.186 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.186: ṣaḍaśītyadhika śatatamo'dhyāyaḥ Mahābhārata 1.186 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### ṣaḍaśītyadhika śatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ### [1.186.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.186.1) dūta uvāca | janyārthamannaṃ drupadena rājñā vivāhahetorupasaṃskṛtaṃ ca | tadāpnuvadhvaṃ kṛtasarvakāryāḥ kṛṣṇā ca tatraiva ciraṃ na kāryam || 1 || > "Vaisampayana continued, 'The messenger said, 'King Drupada hath, in view of his daughter's nuptials prepared a good feast for the bride-groom's party. Come ye thither after finishing your daily rites. Krishna's wedding will take place there. Delay ye not. These cars adorned with golden lotuses drawn by excellent horses are worthy of kings. Riding on them, come ye into the abode of the king of the Panchalas.' > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa ### [1.186.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.186.2) ime rathāḥ kāñcanapadmacitrāḥ sadaśvayuktā vasudhādhipārhāḥ | etānsamāruhya paraita sarve pāñcālarājasya niveśanaṃ tat || 2 || ### [1.186.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.186.3) vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca | tataḥ prayātāḥ kurupuṃgavāste purohitaṃ taṃ prathamaṃ prayāpya | āsthāya yānāni mahānti tāni kuntī ca kṛṣṇā ca sahaiva yāte || 3 || > "Vaisampayana continued, 'Then those bulls among the Kurus, dismissing the priest and causing Kunti and Krishna to ride together on one of those cars, themselves ascended those splendid vehicles and proceeded towards \[paragraph continues\] Drupada's place. Meanwhile, O Bharata, hearing from his priest the words that Yudhishthira had said, king Drupada, in order to ascertain the order to which those heroes belonged, kept ready a large collection of articles (required by the ordinance for the wedding of each of the four orders). And he kept ready fruits, sanctified garlands, and coats of mail, and shields, and carpets, and kine, and seeds, and various other articles and implements of agriculture. And the king also collected, O monarch, every article appertaining to other arts, and various implements and apparatus of every kind of sport. And he also collected excellent coats of mail and shining shields, and swords and scimitars, of fine temper, and beautiful chariots and horses, and first-class bows and well-adorned arrows, and various kinds of missiles ornamented with gold. And he also kept ready darts and rockets and battle-axes and various utensils of war. And there were in that collection beds and carpets and various fine things, and cloths of various sorts. When the party went to Drupada's abode, Kunti taking with her the virtuous Krishna entered the inner apartments of the king. The ladies of the king's household with joyous hearts worshipped the queen of the Kurus. Beholding, O monarch, those foremost of men, each possessing the sportive gait of the lion, with deer-skins for their upper garments, eyes like unto those of mighty bulls, broad shoulders, and long-hanging arms like unto the bodies of mighty snakes, the king, and the king's ministers, and the king's son, and the king's friends and attendants, all became exceedingly glad. Those heroes sat on excellent seats, furnished with footstools without any awkwardness and hesitation. And those foremost of men sat with perfect fearlessness on those costly seats one after another according to the order of their ages. After those heroes were seated, well-dressed servants male and female, and skilful cooks brought excellent and costly viands worthy of kings on gold and silver plates. Then those foremost of men dined on those dishes and became well-pleased. And after the dinner was over, those heroes among men, passing over all other articles, began to observe with interest the various utensils of war. Beholding this, Drupada's son and Drupada himself, along with all his chief ministers of state, understanding the sons of Kunti to be all of royal blood became exceedingly glad.'" > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa ### [1.186.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.186.4) śrutvā tu vākyāni purohitasya yānyuktavānbhārata dharmarājaḥ | jijñāsayaivātha kurūttamānāṃ dravyāṇyanekānyupasaṃjahāra || 4 || ### [1.186.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.186.5) phalāni mālyāni susaṃskṛtāni carmāṇi varmāṇi tathāsanāni | gāścaiva rājannatha caiva rajjūrdravyāṇi cānyāni kṛṣīnimittam || 5 || ### [1.186.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.186.6) anyeṣu śilpeṣu ca yānyapi syuḥ sarvāṇi kḷptānyakhilena tatra | krīḍānimittāni ca yāni tāni sarvāṇi tatropajahāra rājā || 6 || ### [1.186.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.186.7) rathāśvavarmāṇi ca bhānumanti khaḍgā mahānto'śvarathāśca citrāḥ | dhanūṃṣi cāgryāṇi śarāśca mukhyāḥ śaktyṛṣṭayaḥ kāñcanabhūṣitāśca || 7 || ### [1.186.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.186.8) prāsā bhuśuṇḍyaśca paraśvadhāśca sāṃgrāmikaṃ caiva tathaiva sarvam | śayyāsanānyuttamasaṃskṛtāni tathaiva cāsanvividhāni tatra || 8 || ### [1.186.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.186.9) kuntī tu kṛṣṇāṃ parigṛhya sādhvīmantaḥpuraṃ drupadasyāviveṣa | striyaśca tāṃ kauravarājapatnīṃ pratyarcayāṃ cakruradīnasattvāḥ || 9 || ### [1.186.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.186.10) tānsiṃhavikrāntagatīnavekṣya maharṣabhākṣānajinottarīyān | gūḍhottarāṃsānbhujagendrabhogapralambabāhūnpuruṣapravīrān || 10 || ### [1.186.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.186.11) rājā ca rājñaḥ sacivāśca sarve putrāśca rājñaḥ suhṛdastathaiva | preṣyāśca sarve nikhilena rājanharṣaṃ samāpeturatīva tatra || 11 || ### [1.186.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.186.12) te tatra vīrāḥ paramāsaneṣu sapādapīṭheṣvaviśaṅkamānāḥ | yathānupūrvyā viviśurnarāgryāstadā mahārheṣu na vismayantaḥ || 12 || ### [1.186.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.186.13) uccāvacaṃ pārthivabhojanīyaṃ pātrīṣu jāmbūnadarājatīṣu | dāsāśca dāsyaśca sumṛṣṭaveṣāḥ bhojāpakāścāpyupajahrurannam || 13 || ### [1.186.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.186.14) te tatra bhuktvā puruṣapravīrā yathānukāmaṃ subhṛśaṃ pratītāḥ | utkramya sarvāṇi vasūni tatra sāṃgrāmikānyāviviśurnṛvīrāḥ || 14 || ### [1.186.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.186.15) tallakṣayitvā drupadasya putro rājā ca sarvaiḥ saha mantrimukhyaiḥ | samarcayāmāsurupetya hṛṣṭāḥ kuntīsutānpārthivaputrapautrān || 15 || ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.1.196.2) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.194.1) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.194.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.186) · Pramāṇa