Sumadhva Vijaya 1.37
duHshAsanenAkulitAn priyAyAH sUxmAnarAlAnasitAMshcha keshAn .
jighAMsayA vairijanasya tIxNaH sa kR^iShNasarpAniva sa~ncikAya ..37..
padacCheda:
duHshAsanena AkulitAn priyAyAH sUxmAn arAlAn asitAn cha keshAn jighAMsayA vairijanasya tIxNaH saH kR^iShNasarpAn iva sa~ncikAya.
anvaya:
yathA tIxNaH [kashchit] AkulitAn sUxmAn arAlAn asitAn cha kR^iShNasarpAn vairijanasya jighAMsayA sa~ncinoti tathA saH duHshAsanena AkulitAn sUxmAn arAlAn asitAn cha priyAyAH keshAn vairijanasya jighAMsayA sa~ncikAya.
anvayArtha:
yathA= Just as kashchit tIxNaH=some vindictive person duHshAsanena=one deploying a strong snake repellent AkulitAn=carried hither and thither sUxmAn= tender arAlAn=curved asitAn=black cha=and kR^iShNasarpAn=snakes vairijanasya jighAMsayA = for the purpose of killing the enemy sa~ncinoti=gathers tathA=in the same way saH=bhIma duHshAsanena= by the duHshAsana AkulitAn=made to spread out sUxmAn=tender arAlAn=curly asitAn=black cha=and priyAyAH=of his beloved keshAn=hairs vairijanasya jighAMsayA =for the purpose of killing the enemy sa~ncikAya=joined.
Summary:
Just as some vindictive person gathers, for the purpose of killing the enemy, tender, curved and black snakes, carried hither and thither by a person deploying a strong snake repellent, this bhIma, joined, making a vow to kill his enemies, the tender, curly, black hairs of his beloved draupadI, made to spread out by duHshAsana (by dragging her to the court grabbing her hairs).
Notes:
1. According to MBTN 21.393 abaddhakeshA prayayau draupadI sA sabhAtalAt - draupadi went out of the court room with her hairs left untied. So the word sa~ncikAya should be appropriately interpreted to mean that the hairs(previously spread out) were only joined and left untied.
2. It has been said in the shloka that bhIma joined the hairs of draupadi. But draupadi being a rajasvala at that time, it seems appropriate to interpret the above statement as “bhIma, by his vow to kill duHshAsana etc, caused draupadi to join her hairs”. Just as a bridge though actually built by the workers is still said to have been built by the king (for passing orders to build the bridge). Similarly bhIma is said to have joined the hairs of draupadi by his vow to kill duHshAsana etc.
