SB 1.15.7

यत्संश्रयाद्द्रुपदगेहमुपागतानां राज्ञां स्वयंवरमुखे स्मरदुर्मदानाम् ।
तेजो हृतं खलु मयाभिहतश्च मत्स्यः सज्जीकृतेन धनुषाधिगता च कृष्णा ॥७॥

yat-saṁśrayād drupada-geham upāgatānāṁ
rājñāṁ svayaṁvara-mukhe smara-durmadānām
tejo hṛtaṁ khalu mayābhihataś ca matsyaḥ
sajjīkṛtena dhanuṣādhigatā ca kṛṣṇā

yatplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigyat

which; about whom; all these; all those; although; and as; and whichever; anything; as; as a matter of fact; as it is; as its; as much as; as they are; because; because of; because of which; because of whom; by the result of which; by the Supreme Lord; by which; by which way; by whom (the Supreme Lord); by whom; by whose; by whose merciful; even though; everything that was required; fixed under Your direction; for; for which; from both of whom; from him; from which; from whom; from whose; from Yuyudha; he whose; his; His eternal form which; his son; if; in which; in whom; inasmuch as; Kṛṣṇa; now further; of him (Somāpi); of him; of Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune; of the fire-gods; of the Lord; of the Supreme Lord; of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; of which (the intermediate space); of which; of whom (of the Supreme Lord); who; who is; whom; whose; whose form; Your.—by whose merciful; saṁśrayātplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigsaṁśrayāt

by strength.—by strength; drupadaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigdrupada

in the palace of King Drupada.-gehamplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_biggeham

family affairs; in family affairs; to the house.—in the palace of King Drupada; upāgatānāmplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigupāgatānām

all those assembled.—all those assembled; rājñāmplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigrājñām

by the royal order; of a royal family; of kings; of the kings; of the princes; of the royal; unto the royal dynasties or kings (who are always very puffed up).—of the princes; svayaṁvaraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigsvayaṁvara

on the occasion of the selection of the bridegroom.-mukheplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigmukhe

at the mouth; by the mouth; from his mouth; from the mouth; from the mouths; in his mouth; in the face; in the face of; in the facial expressions; in the mouth; in the mouths; in their mouths; on the face; on the mouth; on their faces; only in the mouth; with his mouth; within the mouth.—on the occasion of the selection of the bridegroom; smaraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigsmara

by the smiling; please remember.-durmadānāmplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigdurmadānām

all lusty in thought.—all lusty in thought; tejaḥplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigtejah

ability to defeat others; bodily effulgence; brilliance; by influence; effulgence; fire; glare; glories; heat; influence; light; of power; potency; power; prowess; semen; splendid; splendor; strength; supreme power; temperature; the brilliance; the brilliant effulgence; the curse; the fire in the body; the heat of which; the material power; vigor; wrath.—power; hṛtamplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bighrtam

has been taken away; taken away; taken by force; usurped; vanquished; was taken.—vanquished; khaluplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigkhalu

as a matter of fact; as it were; as well as; certainly; even; famous as; however; indeed; naturally; nevertheless; of course; undoubtedly.—as it were; mayāplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigmaya

consisting of; made of; O Maya.—by me; abhihataḥplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigabhihatah

addressed by; pierced.—pierced; caplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigca

ca; all these; also; also other bodily forms; also that I have not been able to ask; and (the five gross material elements and the ten acting and knowledge-gathering senses); and; and also; and Devahūti; and for all; and the paraphernalia; as also; as much as; as well; as well as; but; certainly; either; however; indeed; only; or; over and above; respectively; the word ca; this word ca; thus; totally; unlimitedly; verily.—also; matsyaḥplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigmatsyaḥ

a big fish; incarnation of the fish; the fish target.—the fish target; sajjīplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigsajjī

by equipping the bow.-kṛtenaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigkṛtena

by discharge of duty; with His act.—by equipping the bow; dhanuṣāplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigdhanuṣā

by that bow also.—by that bow also; adhigatāplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigadhigata

being firmly convinced; obtained.—gained; caplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigca

ca; all these; also; also other bodily forms; also that I have not been able to ask; and (the five gross material elements and the ten acting and knowledge-gathering senses); and; and also; and Devahūti; and for all; and the paraphernalia; as also; as much as; as well; as well as; but; certainly; either; however; indeed; only; or; over and above; respectively; the word ca; this word ca; thus; totally; unlimitedly; verily.—also; kṛṣṇāplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigkrsna

kṛṣ-ṇa; about Kṛṣṇa; and Kṛṣṇa; black; Hare Kṛṣṇa; in Kṛṣṇa; is Lord Kṛṣṇa; Kṛṣṇa; Kṛṣṇa is now present; Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; Lord Kṛṣṇa; Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself; Lord Kṛṣṇa's; Lord Kṛṣṇa's holy name; Lord Kṛṣṇa's name; Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa; My dear Kṛṣṇa; O Kṛṣṇa; O Lord Kṛṣṇa; O my Lord Kṛṣṇa; of Kṛṣṇa; of Lord Kṛṣṇa; of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa; of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa; of the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa; of the mode of ignorance; the Deity of Lord Kṛṣṇa; the holy name Kṛṣṇa; the holy name of Kṛṣṇa; the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa; the Lord; the name of Kṛṣṇa; the Personality of Godhead; the Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa; the presence of Lord Kṛṣṇa; the Supreme Absolute Personality of Godhead; the Supreme Lord; the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa; the Supreme Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa; the Supreme Personality of Godhead; the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa; to Lord Kṛṣṇa; unto Lord Kṛṣṇa; Śrī Kṛṣṇa.—Draupadī. ¶

Only by His merciful strength was I able to vanquish all the lusty princes assembled at the palace of King Drupada for the selection of the bridegroom. With my bow and arrow I could pierce the fish target and thereby gain the hand of Draupadī. ¶

Draupadī was the most beautiful daughter of King Drupada, and when she was a young girl almost all the princes desired her hand. But Drupada Mahārāja decided to hand over his daughter to Arjuna only and therefore contrived a peculiar way. There was a fish hanging on the inner roof of the house under the protection of a wheel. The condition was that out of the princely order, one must be able to pierce the fish’s eyes through the wheel of protection, and no one would be allowed to look up at the target. On the ground there was a waterpot in which the target and wheel were reflected, and one had to fix his aim towards the target by looking at the trembling water in the pot. Mahārāja Drupada well knew that only Arjuna or alternately Karṇa could successfully carry out the plan. But still he wanted to hand his daughter to Arjuna. And in the assembly of the princely order, when Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the brother of Draupadī, introduced all the princes to his grown-up sister, Karṇa was also present in the game. But Draupadī tactfully avoided Karṇa as the rival of Arjuna, and she expressed her desires through her brother Dhṛṣṭadyumna that she was unable to accept anyone who was less than a kṣatriya. The vaiśyas and the śūdras are less important than the kṣatriyas. Karṇa was known as the son of a carpenter, a śūdra. So Draupadī avoided Karṇa by this plea. When Arjuna, in the dress of a poor brāhmaṇa, pierced the difficult target, everyone was astonished, and all of them, especially Karṇa, offered a stiff fight to Arjuna, but as usual by the grace of Lord Kṛṣṇa he was able to emerge very successful in the princely fight and thus gain the valuable hand of Kṛṣṇā, or Draupadī. Arjuna was lamentingly remembering the incident in the absence of the Lord, by whose strength only he was so powerful. ¶