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Here is queen Draupadi, whom I have brought hither forthwith, from Hastinapura, and she is in the As'oka grove. Now, you are the best judge of the future (i.e. now everything rests with you);"- and with these words he went away as he had come. Then queen Draupadi, being roused from her slumber after a while, could not recognise that As'okagrove, as well as that palace, and so she said to herself :"Neither this palace nor the As'oka-grove belongs to us. I. do not know, therefore, whether some god, or demon, or demi-god, or Kinnara, or a Mahoraga, or a Gandharva, has brought me hither to this As'oka-grove belonging to some other king; and with this thought she became depressed and dejected, and went on brooding. Then king Padmanabha, bathed...upto... decked with all (sorts of) ornaments, and surrounded by a retinue of attendants in the harem, went towards the As'oka-grove, went to the spot where queen Draupadi was, and seeing her depressed, dejected, and brooding, said to her:-"O B., why is it that you are depressed...upto... brooding? [P.38] "Thus, O B., you are brought (hither) from Jumbūdvīpa, from Bharata Varsa, from the city Hastinapura, from the palace of king Yudhisthira, by a god who is my friend from childhood. Do you not, therefore, O B., be depressed ... upto... brooding? Do you, therefore, stay here, enjoying the various and plenty of pleasures with me?" Then Draupadi replied to the king Padmanabha as follows:- "Thus verily, O B., in Jambudvipa, in the Bharata Varsa, in the city Dwaravati, lives my beloved brother named Kṛṣṇa. If he, therefore, does not come to my rescue immediately within six months, then, O B., I shall agree to whatever you order, direct, instruct or command." Then Padmanabha agreed to this condition of Draupadi, and kept her in the apartment for maidens. Then Draupadi stayed there, practising continuously fasts of two days, and observing the Ayambila austerities, and thus exerting herself.
[38.129] Now that king Yudhisthira, being awakened after a while, and not finding queen Draupadi by his side, got up from his bed, and searched and sought Draupadi everywhere; but when he did not have any trace, Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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