SECTION –CCLXIII
(Draupadi-harana Parva Continued)
Kotika said, "Excellent lady, who art thou
that standest alone, leaning on a branch of the Kadamva tree at this hermitage
and looking grand like a flame of fire blazing at night time, and fanned by the
wind? Exquisitely beautiful as thou art, how is it that thou feelest not any
fear in these forests? Methinks thou art a goddess, or a Yakshi, or a Danavi,
or an excellent Apsara, or the wife of a Daitya, or a daughter of the Naga
king, or a Rakshasi or the wife of Varuna, or of Yama, or of Soma, or of
Kuvera, who, having assumed a human form, wanderest in these forests. Or, hast
thou come from the mansions of Dhatri, or of Vidhatri, or of Savitri, or of
Vibhu, or of Sakra? Thou dost not ask us who we are, nor do we know who
protects thee here! Respectfully do we ask thee, good lady, who is thy powerful
father, and, O, do tell us truly the names of thy husband, thy relatives, and
thy race, and tell us also what thou dost here. As for us, I am king Suratha's
son whom people know by the name of Kotika, and that man with eyes large as the
petals of the lotus, sitting on a chariot of gold, like the sacrificial fire on
the altar, is the warrior known by the name of Kshemankara, king of Trigarta.
And behind him is the famous son of the king of Pulinda, who is even now gazing
on thee. Armed with a mighty bow and endued with large eyes, and decorated with
floral wreaths, he always liveth on the breasts of mountains. The dark and
handsome young man, the scourge of his enemies, standing at the edge of that
tank, is the son of Suvala of the race of Ikshwaku. And if, O excellent lady,
thou hast ever heard the name of Jayadratha, the king of Sauviras, even he is
there at the head of six thousand chariots, with horses and elephants and
infantry, and followed by twelve Sauvira princes as his standard-bearers, named
Angaraka, Kunjara, Guptaka, Satrunjaya, Srinjaya, Suprabiddha, Prabhankara,
Bhramara, Ravi, Sura, Pratapa and Kuhana, all mounted on chariots drawn by
chestnut horses and every one of them looking like the fire on the sacrificial
altar. The brothers also of the king, viz., the powerful Valahaka, Anika,
Vidarana and others, are among his followers. These strong-limbed and noble
youths are the flowers of the Sauvira chivalry. The king is journeying in the
company of these his friends, like Indra surrounded by the Maruts. O
fine-haired lady, do tell us that are unacquainted (with these matters), whose
wife and whose daughter thou art."
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