[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) › 3.254.3 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.254.3 Mahābhārata 3.254.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.254.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.254.3) āyāntīme pañca rathā mahānto manye ca kṛṣṇe patayastavaite | sā jānatī khyāpaya naḥ sukeśi paraṃ paraṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ rathastham || 3 || > Vaisampayana said, "The hostile Kshatriyas, incensed at sight of Bhimasena and Arjuna, sent up a loud shout in the forest. And the wicked king Jayadratha, when he saw the standards of those bulls of the Kuru race, lost his heart, and addressing the resplendent Yagnaseni seated on his car, said, 'Those five great warriors, O Krishna, that are coming, are I believe, thy husbands. As thou knowest the sons of Pandu well, do thou, O lady of beautiful tresses, describe them one by one to us, pointing out which of them rideth which car!' Thus addressed, Draupadi replied, 'Having done this violent deed calculated to shorten thy life, what will it avail thee now, O fool, to know the names of those great warriors, for, now that my heroic husbands are come, not one of ye will be left alive in battle. However as thou art on the point of death and hast asked me, I will tell thee everything, this being consistent with the ordinance. Beholding king Yudhishthira the just with his younger brothers, I have not the slighest anxiety or fear from thee! That warrior at the top of whose flagstaff two handsome and sonorous tabours called Nanda and Upananda are constantly played upon,--he, O Sauvira chief, hath a correct knowledge of the morality of his own acts. Men that have attained success always walk in his train. > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 3.254.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.254.2) - [Next: 3.254.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.254.4) - [Up: 3.254](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.254) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.3.268.1.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.271.3) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.270.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.254.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.254.3) · Pramāṇa