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ADI PARVA
 
सज्यं च चक्रे निमिपान्तरेण
विव्याध लक्ष्यं निपपात तच्च ॥
 
75.
 
He stringed it in a minute and pierced
the target; and it fell.
 
विनाऽपि हासं हसतीव कृष्णा
 
पार्थस्य वक्षस्यविशङ्कमाना ।
क्षिप्त्वा स्रजं पार्थिववीरमध्ये
वराय वव्रे मदनं रतीव ॥
 
Draupadi, appearing to smile even without
smiling, unhesitatingly threw the garland on
Arjuna's chest and in the midst of royal
warriors, chose him as husband, as Rati
(chose) Madana.
 
द्वैपायनवचः कृत्स्नं सस्मार मनुजर्षभः ।
 
अब्रवीत्सहितान्भ्रातॄन मिथोभेदभयान्नृपः ।
'सर्वेषां द्रौपदी भार्या भविष्यति हि नश्शुभा ॥
 
(Yudhisthira), the best among men,
thought of the whole of Vyasa's
words. The king (Yudhisthira), afraid of
mutual quarrel, told his brothers assembled
together : "Beautiful Draupadi shall become
the wife of us all."