Shloka 13
Draupadī Meets Kṛṣṇa’s Queens — Narratives of the Lord’s Marriages and the Queens’ Bhakti
श्रीसत्योवाच सप्तोक्षणोऽतिबलवीर्यसुतीक्ष्णशृङ्गान् पित्रा कृतान् क्षितिपवीर्यपरीक्षणाय । तान् वीरदुर्मदहनस्तरसा निगृह्य क्रीडन् बबन्ध ह यथा शिशवोऽजतोकान् ॥ १३ ॥ य इत्थं वीर्यशुल्कां मां दासीभिश्चतुरङ्गिणीम् । पथि निर्जित्य राजन्यान् निन्ये तद्दास्यमस्तु मे ॥ १४ ॥
śrī-satyovāca saptokṣaṇo ’ti-bala-vīrya-su-tīkṣṇa-śṛṅgān pitrā kṛtān kṣitipa-vīrya-parīkṣaṇāya tān vīra-durmada-hanas tarasā nigṛhya krīḍan babandha ha yathā śiśavo ’ja-tokān
シュリー・サティヤーは言った。父は私の手を望む王たちの武勇を試すため、鋭い角を持つ並外れて強大な牡牛を七頭用意しました。多くの勇士の驕りを焼き尽くしたその牡牛たちを、シュリー・クリシュナはたやすく制し、子どもが遊びで子山羊を縛るように結びつけられました。こうして主は御武勇そのものを代価として私を得られたのです。さらに侍女たちと四部軍を伴い、道中で抗う王たちを打ち破って私を連れ去られました。あの主に仕える恵みを、どうか私にお授けください。
FAQs
Satyā explains that her father arranged seven immensely powerful bulls to test royal suitors; Kṛṣṇa effortlessly subdued and bound them, winning her hand.
Because He defeats displays of arrogant strength with ease, showing that worldly power is insignificant before the Supreme Lord.
The verse teaches humility: what seems impossible to humans is effortless for the Divine, so devotion and surrender are stronger than pride in ability.