गूढगुल्फा समानोरूस्त्रिगम्भीरा षडुन्नता। स्निग्धा पञ्चसु रक्तेषु हंसगद्गदभाषिणी ।। 29
With hidden ankles, equal thighs, three deep lines, six raised features; gentle, with five rosy parts, speaking in a swan’s melodious voice.
शुकेशी सुस्वरा श्यामा पीनश्रोणीपयोधरा। अरालपक्ष्मनयना बिम्बोष्ठी तनुमध्यमा ।। 30
With beautiful hair, sweet voice, dusky complexion, full hips and breasts; eyes with curved lashes, lips like ripe fruit, slender-waisted.
कम्बुग्रीवा गूढसिरा पूर्णचन्द्रनिभानना । दानवी किन्नरी वा त्वं गन्धर्वी वनदेवता ।। 31
Neck like a conch, veins concealed, face like the full moon—are you a demoness, a celestial maiden, a Gandharvi, or a forest goddess?
अप्सरा वाऽसि नागी वा तारा वा त्वं विलासिनी । अलम्बुसा मिश्रकेशी पुण्डरीकाऽथ मालिनी ।। 32
Are you an Apsaras, a serpent maiden, a star among beauties? Alambusa, Mishrakeshi, Pundarika, or Malini?
तेनतेनैव संपन्ना काश्मीरीव तुरंगमा। इन्द्राणी त्वथ रुद्राणी स्वधा वाऽप्यथवा रतिः ।। 33
Endowed with every grace, like a Kashmiri mare; are you Indrani, Rudrani, Svadha, or perhaps Rati?
देवि देवेषु विख्याता ब्रूहि का त्वमिहागता। तव ह्यनुपमं रूपं भूषणैरपि वर्जितम् ।। 34
O goddess famed among the gods, tell me who you are who has come here. Your beauty is unmatched, even without adornments.
त्वां सृष्ट्वोपरतं मन्ये लोककर्तारमीश्वरम्। न तृप्यन्ति स्त्रियो दृष्ट्वा का न पुंसां रतिर्भवेत् ।। 35
I think the creator ceased after making you; women do not tire of gazing at you, and what man would not be captivated?
प्रवालपुष्पस्तबकैराचिता वनदेवताः। त्वामेव हि निरीक्षन्ते विस्मिता रूपसंपदा ।। 36
Forest goddesses adorned with clusters of coral flowers gaze only at you, astonished by your beauty.
अन्तःपुरगता नार्यो मृगाः पक्षिगणा नराः। सर्वे त्वामेव कल्याणि निरीक्षन्ते सुविस्मिताः ।। 37
Women of the palace, animals, birds, and men—all gaze at you, O lovely one, utterly amazed.
न त्वादृशी काचन मे त्रिषु लोकेषु सुन्दरी। दृष्टपूर्वा श्रुता वाऽपि चक्षुपा विद्यते शुभा ।। 38
No beauty like you exists in the three worlds; none seen or heard of, none known to the eye, O auspicious one.
नास्ति देवी न गन्धर्वी न यक्षी न च किन्नरी। सैरन्ध्री नाम मे जातिर्वन्यमूलफलाशना ।। 39
There is no goddess, Gandharvi, Yakshi, or Kinnari like you. My name is Sairandhri, I live on wild roots and fruits.
पतीनां प्रेक्षमाणानां कस्मिंश्चित्कारणान्तरे। केशपाशे परामृष्टा साऽहं त्रस्ता वनं गता ।। 40
Once, while my husbands were watching, for some reason my hair was touched; frightened, I fled to the forest.
तत्र द्वादशवर्षाणि वन्यमूलफलाशना। चराम्यनिलया सुभ्रूः सा तवान्तिकमागता ।। 41
There, for twelve years, I wandered eating wild roots and fruits, homeless, O fair-browed one, and now I have come to you.
जानामि केशान्ग्रथितुं विचित्रान्ग्रथितुं मणीन्। मल्लिकोत्पलपद्मानां जानामि ग्रथितुं स्रजः ।। 42
I know how to braid hair, to string jewels in intricate ways; I know how to weave garlands of jasmine, lotus, and lilies.
सिन्धुवारकजातीनां रचयाम्यवतंसकान्। पत्रं मृगाङ्गमगरुं पिषे च हरिचन्दनम् । ग्रथयिष्यामि चित्राश्च स्रजः परमशोभनाः ।। 43
I will make garlands from sindhuvara and jati flowers; I will grind leaves, deer musk, agarwood, and yellow sandalwood; and I will weave together beautiful, splendid wreaths.
आराधनं सत्यभामां कृष्णस्य महिषीं प्रियाम्। कृष्णां च भार्यां पार्थानां नारीणामुत्तमां तथा ।। 44
I will worship Satyabhama, the beloved queen of Krishna, and also Krishna herself, the wife of the Parthas and foremost among women.
तथाऽस्मि सुभ्रुवा चाहमिष्टलाभेन तोषिता। मालिनी चेति मे नाम स्वयं देवी चकार ह। कृष्णा कमलपत्राक्षी सा मे प्राणसमा सखी ।। 45
Thus, O beautiful-browed one, I was pleased by the fulfillment of my desire; and Krishna herself gave me the name Malini. That lotus-eyed Krishna, equal to my very life, became my dear friend.
न चाहं चिरमिच्छामि क्वचिद्वस्तुं शुभानने। व्रतं किलैतदस्माकं कुलधर्मोऽयमीदृशः ।। 46
O auspicious-faced one, I do not wish to stay long anywhere; this is our vow, and such is the tradition of our lineage.
योऽस्माकं तु हरेद्द्रव्यं देशं वसनमेव वा। न क्रोद्धव्यं किलास्माभिरस्मद्गुरुरमर्षणः ।। 47
If anyone should take our possessions, our land, or our dwelling, we must not become angry—such is the teaching of our elders, who are free from wrath.
साऽहं वनानि दुर्गाणि तीर्थानि च सरांसि च। शैलांश्च विविधान्रम्यान्सरितश्च समुद्रगाः ।। 48
Thus I wander through forests, fortresses, sacred fords, lakes, and various delightful mountains, as well as rivers flowing to the sea.
भर्तृशोकपरीताङ्गी भर्तृसब्रह्मचारिणी । विचरामि महीं दुर्गां यत्र सायंनिवेशना ।। 49
Afflicted in body by grief for my husband, and observing chastity for his sake, I roam this difficult earth, seeking a place to rest at night.
वीरपत्नी यदा देवी चरमाणेषु भर्तृषु। साऽहं विवत्सा विधिना गन्धमादनपर्वतात्। शृणोमि तव सौशील्यं भर्तुर्मधुरभाषिणि ।। 50
When the goddess, wife of a hero, wanders after her husband, I, left alone by fate on Mount Gandhamadana, heard of your noble character, O sweet-spoken wife.
माहात्म्यं च ततः श्रुत्वा ब्राह्मणानां समीपतः। त्वामुपस्थातुमिच्छामि ततश्चाहमिहागता ।। 51
Having heard of your greatness from the Brahmanas, I wished to approach you, and thus I have come here.
गुरवो मम धर्मश्च वायुः शक्रस्तथाऽश्विनौ । तेषां प्रसादाच्च न मां कश्चिद्धर्षयते पुमान् ।। 52
My teachers, my duty, the Wind, Indra, and the Ashvins—all these protect me by their grace, so that no man dares to harm me.
एवमुक्त्वा सुदेष्णां तां कृताञ्जलिपुटा स्थिता। साऽब्रवीद्विस्मयाविष्टा द्रौपदीं योषितां वराम् ।। 53
Having spoken thus to Sudeshna, she stood with joined palms; then, filled with wonder, she addressed Draupadi, the best of women.
न भरेयमहं भद्रे संशयो मम विद्यते। राजा त्वयं हि त्वां दृष्ट्वा मतिं पापां करिष्यति ।। 54
O gentle lady, I am uncertain whether I can bear this; for when the king sees you, he will surely be seized by evil intent.
साऽहं त्वां न क्षमां मन्ये वसन्तीमिह वेश्मनि। एष दोषोस्ति सुश्रोणि कथं वाभीरु मन्यसे ।। 55
Therefore, I do not think it proper for you to stay here in my house; this is the fault, O lovely-hipped one—how do you, timid woman, consider it?
स्थिता राजकुले नार्यो याश्चेमा मम वेश्मनि। त्वामेवैकां निरीक्षन्ते विस्मयाद्वरवर्णिनि ।। 56
The women who dwell in the royal household and those in my own palace all gaze at you alone in astonishment, O woman of excellent complexion.
वृक्षांश्चोपस्थितान्पश्य य इमे मम वेश्मनि। विनमन्ते हि त्वां दृष्ट्वा पुमांसं कं न लोभयेः ।। 57
See even the trees standing here in my house—they bow down when they see you; what man would not be tempted by you?
बिभर्षि परमं रूपमतिमानुषमद्भुतम्। तिर्यग्योनिगताश्चापि निरीक्षन्ते सविस्मयाः । तव रूपमनिन्द्याङ्गि किं पुनर्मानवा भुवि ।। 58
You possess supreme beauty, wondrous and beyond human; even creatures of other births look upon you in amazement. O faultless one, what then of men on earth?