Mahabharata Condensed in the Poet's Own Words /219

VIRATA PARVA
 
203
 
"King, the whole world, mountains and

forests included, has been searched every-

where, and we do not find the Pandavas.

That mighty Kichaka who devastated the
 

Trigarta country has been
 
killed in the
 

night by some Gandharvas, on account of

some woman."
 

 
दुर्योधनः-

' अशातसमये शाज्ञाताः प्रविशेयुः पुनर्वनम् ।

शङ्के कृष्णानिमित्तं तु भीमसेनेन कीचकः ।

गन्धर्वव्यपदेशेत हतो निशि महाबलः ॥
 

Duryodhana-

"If the Pandavas are found out in their
incognito life, they shall enter the forest

incognito life, they shall enter the forest
again. I suspect, it is on account of

Draupadi that the mighty Kichaka was

killed at night by Bhimasena, under pretext

of being a Gandharva.
 

 
'faqzanè azð grozarşgaantur:विराटनगरे मन्ये पाण्डवाश्छन्नचारिणः' ॥
 

"I think, it is in Virata's capital that

the Pandavas are living concealed.