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(Swayamvara Parva continued)
"Vaisampayana said, 'When the Kuru princes
(Bhima and Arjuna) were wending towards the abode of the potter,
Dhrishtadyumna, the Panchala prince followed them. And sending away all his
attendants, he concealed himself in some part of the potter's house, unknown to
the Pandavas. Then Bhima, that grinder of all foes, and Jishnu, and the
illustrious twins, on returning from their eleemosynary round in the evening,
cheerfully gave everything unto Yudhishthira. Then the kind-hearted Kunti
addressing the daughter of Drupada said, 'O amiable one, take thou first a
portion from this and devote it to the gods and give it away to Brahmanas, and
feed those that desire to eat and give unto those who have become our guests.
Divide the rest into two halves. Give one of these unto Bhima, O amiable one,
for this strong youth of fair complexion--equal unto a king of elephants--this
hero always eateth much. And divide the other half into six parts, four for
these youths, one for myself, and one for thee.' Then the princess hearing
those instructive words of her mother-in-law cheerfully did all that she had
been directed to do. And those heroes then all ate of the food prepared by
Krishna. Then Sahadeva, the son of Madri, endued with great activity, spread on
the ground a bed of kusa grass. Then those heroes, each spreading thereon his
deer-skin, laid themselves down to sleep. And those foremost of the Kuru
princes lay down with heads towards the south. And Kunti laid herself down
along the line of their heads, and Krishna along that of their feet. And
Krishna though she lay with the sons of Pandu on that bed of kusa grass along
the line of their feet as if she were their nether pillow, grieved not in her
heart nor thought disrespectfully of those bulls amongst the Kurus. Then those
heroes began to converse with one another. And the conversations of those
princes, each worthy to lead an army, was exceedingly interesting they being
upon celestial cars and weapons and elephants, and swords and arrows, and
battle-axes. And the son of the Panchala king listened (from his place of
concealment) unto all they said. And all those who were with him beheld Krishna
in that state.
"When morning came, the prince Dhristadyumna
set out from his place of concealment with great haste in order to report to
Drupada in detail all that had happened at the potter's abode and all that he
had heard those heroes speak amongst themselves during the night. The king of Panchala
had been sad because he knew not the Pandavas as those who had taken away his
daughter. And the illustrious monarch asked Dhristadyumna on his return, 'Oh,
where hath Krishna gone? Who hath taken her away? Hath any Sudra or anybody of
mean descent, or hath a tribute-paying Vaisya by taking my daughter away,
placed his dirty foot on my head? O son, hath that wreath of flowers been
thrown away on a grave-yard? Hath any Kshatriya of high birth, or any one of
the superior order (Brahmana) obtained my daughter? Hath any one of mean
descent, by having won Krishna, placed his left foot on my head? I would not, O
son, grieve but feel greatly happy, if my daughter hath been united with Partha
that foremost of men! O thou exalted one, tell me truly who hath won my
daughter today? O, are the sons of that foremost of Kurus, Vichitravirya's son
alive? Was it Partha (Arjuna) that took up the bow and shot the mark?'"
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