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वैशंपायन उवाच । राज्ञस्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा धृतराष्ट्रस्य संजयः । उपप्लव्यं ययौ द्रष्टुं पाण्डवानमितौजसः ॥५-२३-१॥

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Having heard the words of King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Sañjaya went to Upaplavya to see the Pāṇḍavas of immeasurable prowess.

english translation

स तु राजानमासाद्य धर्मात्मानं युधिष्ठिरम् । प्रणिपत्य ततः पूर्वं सूतपुत्रोऽभ्यभाषत॥५-२३-२॥

Having reached King Yudhiṣṭhira, righteous in disposition, the charioteer’s son first bowed down and then addressed him.

english translation

गावल्गणिः संजयः सूतसूनुरजातशत्रुमवदत्प्रतीतः । दिष्ट्या राजंस्त्वामरोगं प्रपश्ये सहायवन्तं च महेन्द्रकल्पम्॥५-२३-३॥

Gāvalgaṇi Sañjaya, the charioteer’s son, spoke with satisfaction to Ajātaśatru: “By auspicious fortune, O King, I behold you free from illness and upheld by allies, resembling Mahendra in stature and majesty.”

english translation

अनामयं पृच्छति त्वाम्बिकेयो वृद्धो राजा धृतराष्ट्रो मनीषी । कच्चिद्भीमः कुशली पाण्डवाग्र्यो धनंजयस्तौ च माद्रीतनूजौ॥५-२३-४॥

Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Ambikā’s son—the aged and discerning king—asks after your well-being. He inquires whether Bhīma, foremost of the Pāṇḍavas, whether Dhanañjaya (Arjuna), and whether the two sons of Mādrī are safe and in good condition.

english translation

कच्चित्कृष्णा द्रौपदी राजपुत्री सत्यव्रता वीरपत्नी सपुत्रा । मनस्विनी यत्र च वाञ्छसि त्वमिष्टान्कामान्भारत स्वस्तिकामः॥५-२३-५॥

He asks whether Kṛṣṇā Draupadī—the princess devoted to truth, wife of heroes and mother of sons, steadfast in mind—attains, wherever you may wish, O Bhārata, the desired ends, with well-being as her aim.

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