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THE CHOICE OF DRAUPADI 221
spoken at the evening meal. The king was well pleased
because that the brethren were Kshatriyas and not
Brahmans.
In the morning Drupada sent a priest to the potter's
house to ask how it fared with all the brethren.
Said Yudhishthira: " Inform thou the rajah that his
daughter hath been won by a family who will not bring
shame or disgrace upon his royal name. None but a
man of high birth could have shot down the fish of
gold."
Drupada, ere this message was delivered unto him,
sent a second messenger bidding the brethren to come
to the palace because that the nuptial feast was ready.
. . . Two chariots awaited them. Then Pritha and
Draupadi entered one of the chariots together, and the
five brethren entered the other, and they were all driven
towards the royal palace.
When the people beheld the Pandavas and marked
their comely bearing and royal gait, they knew that they
were not Brahmans, but high-born Kshatriyas.
The Pandava guests were made welcome, and the
king and his son and all his counsellors sat down to feast
with them.
Said the rajah at length unto Yudhishthira: " I per-
, ceive that you are men of high birth. Tell me, there-
fore, I pray thee, who ye are—your names and your
lineage."
Yudhishthira said : " We are of humble birth. Do
now with us as is thy desire."
Said Drupada: "In Indra's name, I adjure thee to
reveal yourselves unto me now."
Yudhishthira said: "Know, then, that we are the
Pandava princes. . . . Our brother Arjuna was the
winner of Draupadi. Thy daughter, like to a lotus,
spoken at the evening meal. The king was well pleased
because that the brethren were Kshatriyas and not
Brahmans.
In the morning Drupada sent a priest to the potter's
house to ask how it fared with all the brethren.
Said Yudhishthira: " Inform thou the rajah that his
daughter hath been won by a family who will not bring
shame or disgrace upon his royal name. None but a
man of high birth could have shot down the fish of
gold."
Drupada, ere this message was delivered unto him,
sent a second messenger bidding the brethren to come
to the palace because that the nuptial feast was ready.
. . . Two chariots awaited them. Then Pritha and
Draupadi entered one of the chariots together, and the
five brethren entered the other, and they were all driven
towards the royal palace.
When the people beheld the Pandavas and marked
their comely bearing and royal gait, they knew that they
were not Brahmans, but high-born Kshatriyas.
The Pandava guests were made welcome, and the
king and his son and all his counsellors sat down to feast
with them.
Said the rajah at length unto Yudhishthira: " I per-
, ceive that you are men of high birth. Tell me, there-
fore, I pray thee, who ye are—your names and your
lineage."
Yudhishthira said : " We are of humble birth. Do
now with us as is thy desire."
Said Drupada: "In Indra's name, I adjure thee to
reveal yourselves unto me now."
Yudhishthira said: "Know, then, that we are the
Pandava princes. . . . Our brother Arjuna was the
winner of Draupadi. Thy daughter, like to a lotus,