श्रीभद्रोवाच पिता मे मातुलेयाय स्वयमाहूय दत्तवान् । कृष्णे कृष्णाय तच्चित्तामक्षौहिण्या सखीजनै: ॥ १५ ॥ अस्य मे पादसंस्पर्शो भवेज्जन्मनि जन्मनि । कर्मभिर्भ्राम्यमाणाया येन तच्छ्रेय आत्मन: ॥ १६ ॥
śrī-bhadrovāca pitā me mātuleyāya svayam āhūya dattavān kṛṣṇe kṛṣṇāya tac-cittām akṣauhiṇyā sakhī-janaiḥ asya me pāda-saṁsparśo bhavej janmani janmani karmabhir bhrāmyamāṇāyā yena tac chreya ātmanaḥ
- śrī-bhadrā uvāca
- Śrī Bhadrā said
- pitā
- father
- me
- my
- mātuleyāya
- to my maternal cousin
- svayam
- of his own accord
- āhūya
- inviting
- dattavān
- gave
- kṛṣṇe
- O Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)
- kṛṣṇāya
- to Lord Kṛṣṇa
- tat
- absorbed in whom
- cittām
- whose heart
- akṣauhiṇyā
- with an akṣauhiṇī military guard
- sakhī-janaiḥ
- and with my female companions
- asya
- His
- me
- for me
- pāda
- of the feet
- saṁsparśaḥ
- the touch
- bhavet
- may it be
- janmani janmani
- in one life after another
- karmabhiḥ
- due to the reactions of material activities
- bhrāmyamāṇāyāḥ
- who will be wandering
- yena
- by which
- tat
- that
- śreyaḥ
- ultimate perfection
- ātmanaḥ
- of myself
Śrī Bhadrā said: My dear Draupadī, of his own free will my father invited his nephew Kṛṣṇa, to whom I had already dedicated my heart, and offered me to Him as His bride. My father presented me to the Lord with an akṣauhiṇi military guard and a retinue of my female companions. My ultimate perfection is this: to always be allowed to touch Lord Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet as I wander from life to life, bound by my karma.