I Like Pāñcālikā-Dolls

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