Nayadhamma Kahao

SR No.: 034981
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: N V Vaidya
Publisher: N V Vaidya
Total Pages: 174
Language: Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 15 MB

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the god Susthita said to Kșşņa :-"O B., shall I bring back queen Draupadi to Hastināpura from the Dhātakikhanda, from Bhārata, exactly in the manner she was carried away by the god, the friend from childhood of Padma. nābha, or shall I drown (lit. throw away) king Padmanabha, with all his army, city (or citizens), as well as his conveyances (i. e, chariots etc., in the Lavaņa sea ?. Then Kțşņa replied to the god Susthita as follows:-"Do you not, O B., (bother to)...bring her back. Do you, however, O B., give passage for the five chariots of the five Pandavas, as well as for the sixth one belonging to me. I shall myself, in person, go to the rescue of Draupadī. Then the god Susthita said to Krşņa :— 'Be it as you say". And he made way for, (or gave passage to the five chariots of the Pandavas as well as for the sixth one belonging to Krsna. Then Krspa gave leave to (or dismissed) his fourfold army, and accompanied by the five Pāndavas and himself as the sixth, crossed the Lavaņa sea in six chariots, [P.42] and went to the capital city Aparakamkā; and on coming to the excellent park (outside) it, he parked his chariot, called his charioteer Dāruka, and said to him :-"Go you, O B., and enter the capital Aparakamkā; and there, trampling down with, (or placing) your left foot on the foot-rest of king Padmanabha, give him this letter on the point of a lance; and knitting your eyebrows, and with a frown, and being furious, enraged, angry, full of wrath, and ferocious you say to him the following:-Oh you Padmanābha, you who are courting what uobody desires! You who possess all the evil and bad characteristics! You, who are devoid of any merit, and born on the fourteenth day of the month! You, who have no grace, sense of shame, and steadiness of mind! You will be no more to-day (i.e. you will die to-day)! Were you not aware (of the consequences) when you suddenly brought hither (perforce) queen Draupadī, the sister of Krsna Vāsudeva ? But even now (after all this), you restore (lit. return) queen Draupadi to Kļşņa Vāsudeva, or otherwise come out ready for a fight. Here is Kļšņa accompanied by the five Pandavas, who has come to the rescue of queen Draupadī, in all heste'. Then the charioteer Dāruka,