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निरामर्षेष्वचेष्टेषु प्रेक्षमाणेषु पाण्डुषु । त्राहि मामिति गोविन्द मनसा काङ्क्षितोऽसि मे॥५-८०-२६॥
When the Pāṇḍavas, bereft of effective response and merely watching, stood inactive, I longed for you in my mind, O Govinda, thinking: ‘Protect me.’
english translation
यत्र मां भगवान्राजा श्वशुरो वाक्यमब्रवीत् । वरं वृणीष्व पाञ्चालि वरार्हासि मतासि मे॥५-८०-२७॥
There, the venerable king—my father-in-law—addressed me: ‘Choose a boon, O Pāñcālī; you are deemed worthy of a boon by me.’
english translation
अदासाः पाण्डवाः सन्तु सरथाः सायुधा इति । मयोक्ते यत्र निर्मुक्ता वनवासाय केशव॥५-८०-२८॥
When I said, ‘Let the Pāṇḍavas not be slaves; let them keep their chariots and weapons,’ they were released—yet only to go forth to forest-exile, O Keśava.
english translation
एवंविधानां दुःखानामभिज्ञोऽसि जनार्दन । त्राहि मां पुण्डरीकाक्ष सभर्तृज्ञातिबान्धवाम्॥५-८०-२९॥
You know well sufferings of this kind, O Janārdana. Protect me, O lotus-eyed one—together with my husbands, my kinsmen, and my kin.
english translation
नन्वहं कृष्ण भीष्मस्य धृतराष्ट्रस्य चोभयोः । स्नुषा भवामि धर्मेण साहं दासीकृताभवम्॥५-८०-३०॥
Indeed, O Kṛṣṇa, by dharma I am the daughter-in-law of both Bhīṣma and Dhṛtarāṣṭra; yet I was made into a servant.
english translation