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SECOND EXILE OF THE PANDAVAS 251
Pandava, to the garden of Kuvera,1 King of Yakshas, lord
of treasure, who dwells in Mount Kailasa in the Hima-
layas ; then Bhima procured sweet-scented flowers, which
gave youth to those who had grown aged and turned grief
into joy, and these he gave unto Draupadi.
Krishna came to visit the Pandavas in the forest, and
Draupadi lamented before him, saying : " The evil-hearted
Duryodhana dared to claim me for his slave. Fie! fie!
upon the Pandavas because that they looked on in silence
when I was put to shame. Is it not the duty of a husband
to protect his wife? . . . These husbands of mine, who
have the prowess of lions, saw me afflicted, nor lifted a
hand to save."
Draupadi wept bitter tears from her exquisite coppery
eyes, but Krishna at length comforted her, saying: " Thou
wilt yet live to see the wives of those men who persecuted
thee lamenting over their fallen husbands as they welter
in their life blood. ... I will help the Pandavas, and thou
wilt be once again a queen over kings."
Krishna said to Yudhishthira: " Had I been at Dwaraka
when thou wert called upon to visit Hastinapur, this unfair
match would not have taken place, for I would have warned
Dhritarashtra. But I was waging a war against demons.
• . . What can I do, now that this disaster is accom-
plished ? ... It is not easy to confine the waters after
the dam hath burst."
After Krishna returned to his kingdom, Draupadi con-
tinued to lament her fate. She said to Yudhishthira:
"The sinful, evil-hearted Duryodhana hath a heart of
steel. . . . O king, I lie on the ground, remembering my
soft luxurious bed. I, who sit on a grass mat, cannot for-
get my chairs of ivory. I have seen thee in the court of
Like the Teutonic elf-king Laurin, whose wonderful rose garden is among the
Tyrolese mountains—Teutonic Myth and Legend.
Pandava, to the garden of Kuvera,1 King of Yakshas, lord
of treasure, who dwells in Mount Kailasa in the Hima-
layas ; then Bhima procured sweet-scented flowers, which
gave youth to those who had grown aged and turned grief
into joy, and these he gave unto Draupadi.
Krishna came to visit the Pandavas in the forest, and
Draupadi lamented before him, saying : " The evil-hearted
Duryodhana dared to claim me for his slave. Fie! fie!
upon the Pandavas because that they looked on in silence
when I was put to shame. Is it not the duty of a husband
to protect his wife? . . . These husbands of mine, who
have the prowess of lions, saw me afflicted, nor lifted a
hand to save."
Draupadi wept bitter tears from her exquisite coppery
eyes, but Krishna at length comforted her, saying: " Thou
wilt yet live to see the wives of those men who persecuted
thee lamenting over their fallen husbands as they welter
in their life blood. ... I will help the Pandavas, and thou
wilt be once again a queen over kings."
Krishna said to Yudhishthira: " Had I been at Dwaraka
when thou wert called upon to visit Hastinapur, this unfair
match would not have taken place, for I would have warned
Dhritarashtra. But I was waging a war against demons.
• . . What can I do, now that this disaster is accom-
plished ? ... It is not easy to confine the waters after
the dam hath burst."
After Krishna returned to his kingdom, Draupadi con-
tinued to lament her fate. She said to Yudhishthira:
"The sinful, evil-hearted Duryodhana hath a heart of
steel. . . . O king, I lie on the ground, remembering my
soft luxurious bed. I, who sit on a grass mat, cannot for-
get my chairs of ivory. I have seen thee in the court of
Like the Teutonic elf-king Laurin, whose wonderful rose garden is among the
Tyrolese mountains—Teutonic Myth and Legend.