I Like Pāñcālikā-Dolls
A Nano Tale
"You're courting Śālveya's Uttarā? She's our son's age!" Duḥśalā protested.
"I like pāñcālikā-dolls," Jayadratha smirked.
Canonical basis: Āraṇyakaparvan 248.6
tatas tu rājā Sindhūnāṃ Vārddhakṣatrir mahā-yaśāḥ
vivāha-kāmaḥ Śālveyān prayātaḥ so'bhavat tadā
Canonical basis: Virāṭaparvan 29.2
asakṛn nikṛtaḥ pūrvaṃ Matsyaiḥ Sālveyakaiḥ saha
sūtena c'aiva Matsyasya kīcakena punaḥ punaḥ
Canonical basis: Virāṭaparvan 35.22-23
ath'Ottarā ca kanyāś ca sakhyas tām abruvaṃs tadā
Bṛhannaḍe ānayethā vāsāṃsi rucirāṇi naḥ
pāñcālikā'rthaṃ sūkṣmāṇi citrāṇi vividhāni ca
vijitya saṃgrāma-gatān Bhīṣma-Droṇa-mukhān Kurūn
Canonical basis: Udyogaparvan 22.18
sah'oṣitaś carit'ārtho vayaḥsthaḥ
Śālveyānām adhipo vai Virāṭaḥ
saha putraiḥ Pāṇḍav'ārthe ca śaśvad
Yudhiṣṭhiraṃ bhakta iti śrutaṃ me
Canonical basis: Āśvamedhikaparvan 77.33
Abhimanyor yathā jātaḥ Parikṣit para-vīra-hā
tathā'yaṃ Surathāj jāto mama pautro mahā-bhuja
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