Mahabharata 3.250: pañcāśadadhika dviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
athābravīddraupadī rājaputrī pṛṣṭā śibīnāṃ pravareṇa tena |
avekṣya mandaṃ pravimucya śākhāṃ saṃgṛhṇatī kauśikamuttarīyam || 1 ||

Vaisampayana continued, "The princess Draupadi, thus questioned by that ornament of Sivi's race, moved her eyes gently, and letting go her hold of the Kadamva blanch and arranging her silken apparel she said, I am aware, O prince, that it is not proper for a person like me to address you thus, but as there is not another man or woman here to speak with thee and as I am alone here just now, let me, therefore, speak. Know, worthy sir, that being alone in this forest here, I should not speak unto thee, remembering the usages of my sex. I have learned, O Saivya, that thou art Suratha's son, whom people know by the name of Kotika. Therefore, on my part, I shall now tell thee of my relations and renowned race. I am the daughter of king Drupada, and people know me by the name of Krishna, and I have accepted as my husbands, five persons of whom you may have heard while they were living at Kahandavaprastha. Those noble persons, viz., Yudhishthira, Bhimasena, Arjuna, and the two sons of Madri, leaving me here and having assigned unto themselves the four points of the horizon, have gone out on a hunting excursion. The king hath gone to the east, Bhimasena towards the south, Arjuna to the west, and the twin brothers towards the north! Therefore, do ye now alight and dismiss your carriages so that ye may depart after receiving a due welcome from them. The high-souled son of Dharma is fond of guests and will surely be delighted to see you!' Having addressed Saivya's son in this way, the daughter of Drupada, with face beautiful as the moon, remembering well her husband's character for hospitality, entered her spacious cottage."

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buddhyābhijānāmi narendraputra na mādṛśī tvāmabhibhāṣṭumarhā |
na tveha vaktāsti taveha vākyamanyo naro vāpyatha vāpi nārī || 2 ||

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ekā hyahaṃ saṃprati tena vācaṃ dadāni vai bhadra nibodha cedam |
ahaṃ hyaraṇye kathamekamekā tvāmālapeyaṃ niratā svadharme || 3 ||

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jānāmi ca tvāṃ surathasya putraṃ yaṃ koṭikāśyeti vidurmanuṣyāḥ |
tasmādahaṃ śaibya tathaiva tubhyamākhyāmi bandhūnprati tannibodha || 4 ||

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apatyamasmi drupadasya rājñaḥ kṛṣṇeti māṃ śaibya vidurmanuṣyāḥ |
sāhaṃ vṛṇe pañca janānpatitve ye khāṇḍavaprasthagatāḥ śrutāste || 5 ||

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yudhiṣṭhiro bhīmasenārjunau ca mādryāśca putrau puruṣapravīrau |
te māṃ niveśyeha diśaścatasro vibhajya pārthā mṛgayāṃ prayātāḥ || 6 ||

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prācīṃ rājā dakṣiṇāṃ bhīmaseno jayaḥ pratīcīṃ yamajāvudīcīm |
manye tu teṣāṃ rathasattamānāṃ kālo'bhitaḥ prāpta ihopayātum || 7 ||

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saṃmānitā yāsyatha tairyatheṣṭaṃ vimucya vāhānavagāhayadhvam |
priyātithirdharmasuto mahātmā prīto bhaviṣyatyabhivīkṣya yuṣmān || 8 ||

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etāvaduktvā drupadātmajā sā śaibyātmajaṃ candramukhī pratītā |
viveśa tāṃ parṇakuṭīṃ praśastāṃ saṃcintya teṣāmatithisvadharmam || 9 ||