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अब्रवीद्भरतश्रेष्ठ द्रुपदः प्रणयानतः । यदाह मां भवान्ब्रह्मन्संबन्धिवचनाद्वचः । तस्योत्तरं प्रतिवचो दूत एव वदिष्यति॥५-१९३-२१॥
Drupada said, O best of the Bharatas, with courteous restraint: “Brāhmaṇa, the words you have spoken to me are on a kinsman’s behalf; the reply—my counter-statement—will be spoken by the envoy himself.”
english translation
ततः संप्रेषयामास द्रुपदोऽपि महात्मने । हिरण्यवर्मणे दूतं ब्राह्मणं वेदपारगम्॥५-१९३-२२॥
Then Drupada, too, dispatched to the high-souled Hiraṇyavarman an envoy—a brāhmaṇa well-versed in the Vedas.
english translation
समागम्य तु राज्ञा स दशार्णपतिना तदा । तद्वाक्यमाददे राजन्यदुक्तं द्रुपदेन ह॥५-१९३-२३॥
Having met then with the Daśārṇa king, he conveyed, O king, that statement which had been spoken by Drupada.
english translation
आगमः क्रियतां व्यक्तं कुमारो वै सुतो मम । मिथ्यैतदुक्तं केनापि तन्न श्रद्धेयमित्युत॥५-१९३-२४॥
“Let a clear verification be undertaken: the youth is indeed my son. This was spoken falsely by someone; it is not to be accepted as credible.”
english translation
ततः स राजा द्रुपदस्य श्रुत्वा विमर्शयुक्तो युवतीर्वरिष्ठाः । संप्रेषयामास सुचारुरूपाः शिखण्डिनं स्त्री पुमान्वेति वेत्तुम्॥५-१९३-२५॥
Then that king, having heard Drupada’s account and deliberated, dispatched excellent young women of pleasing appearance to ascertain whether Śikhaṇḍin was female or male.
english translation