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50 passagesरूपाभिजन-सम्पन्नो माद्री-पुत्रौ बलान्वितौ । गोकर्म-रक्षा-व्यापारे विराट-प्रेष्यतां गतौ ॥
The two sons of Mādrī, endowed with beauty and noble lineage and possessed of strength, went into Virāṭa’s servitude in the occupation of cattle-work and guarding.
रूपेणाप्रतिमेन यौवन-गुणैः श्रेष्ठे कुले जन्मना कान्त्या श्रीर् इव यात्र सापि विदशां काल-क्रमाद् आगता । सैरन्ध्रीति स-गर्वितं युवतिभिः साक्षेपम् आख्यातया द्रौपद्या ननु मत्स्य-राज-भवने धृष्टं न किं चन्दनम् ॥
She who here, by incomparable beauty, by the excellences of youth, by birth in a most noble family, and by radiance, was like Śrī—she too, in the course of time, came to a wretched state. Surely, in the palace of the Matsya king, was sandalwood not dhṛṣṭam by Draupadī, who was called “Sairandhrī” by the young women proudly and with reproach? The transmitted dhṛṣṭam with “sandalwood” is not straightforward: literally it suggests “dared against” or “handled boldly/insolently”; if it is being used for the servant’s work with sandalwood, the intended sense is “rubbed” or “ground.”
मेघवर्ण आह-तात ! असि-धारा-व्रतम् इदं मन्ये यद् अरिणा सह संवासः ।
Meghavarṇa said: “Dear one, I think this is a vow as sharp as the edge of a sword: dwelling together with an enemy.”
सो ऽब्रवीत्-देव ! एवम् एतत् । परं न तादृङ्-मूर्ख-समागमः क्वापि मया दृष्टः । न च महाप्रज्ञम् अनेक-शास्त्रेष्व् अप्रतिम-बुद्धिं रक्ताक्षं विना धीमान् । यत्-कारणं तेन मदीयं यथावस्थितं चित्तं ज्ञातम् । ये पुनर् अन्ये मन्त्रिणस् ते महा-मूर्खा मन्त्रि-मात्र-व्यपदेशोपजीविनो ऽतत्त्व-कुशला, यैर् इदम् अपि न ज्ञातम् । यतः-
He said: “My lord, so it is. But nowhere have I seen such an encounter with a fool. Nor, apart from the red-eyed one, have I seen a wise man who is greatly learned, incomparable in intellect among many sciences. Because of him my mind was understood as it truly is. The other ministers, however, are great fools, living merely by the designation ‘minister’ and not skilled in realities; by them even this was not understood. Because—”
अरितो ऽभ्यागतो भृत्यो दुष्टस् तत्-सङ्ग-तत्-परः । अपसर्प-सधर्मत्वान् नित्योद्वेगी च दूषितः ॥
A servant who has come from the enemy is wicked, devoted to association with that [enemy], sharing the nature of a spy, always anxious, and corrupt.
Panchatantra
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