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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.15.7

యత్సంశ్రయాద్ ద్రుపదగేహముపాగతానాం రాజ్ఞాం స్వయంవరముఖే స్మరదుర్మదానామ్ । తేజో హృతం ఖలు మయాభిహతశ్చ మత్స్య: సజ్జీకృతేన ధనుషాధిగతా చ కృష్ణా ॥ ౭ ॥
yat-saṁśrayād drupada-geham upāgatānāṁ
[yat-samshrayaad drupada-geham upaagataanaam]
rājṣāṁ svayaṁvara-mukhe smara-durmadānām
[raajshaam svayamvara-mukhe smara-durmadaanaam]
tejo hṛtaṁ khalu mayābhihataś ca matsyaḥ
[tejo hritam khalu mayaabhihatash cha matsyah]
sajjīkṛtena dhanuṣādhigatā ca kṛṣṇā
[sajjeekritena dhanushaadhigataa cha krishnaa]
yat — by whose merciful saṁśrayāt — by strength drupada-geham — in the palace of King Drupada upāgatānām — all those assembled rājṣām — of the princes svayaṁvara-mukhe — on the occasion of the selection of the bridegroom smara-durmadānām — all lusty in thought tejaḥ — power hṛtam — vanquished khalu — as it were mayā — by me abhihataḥ — pierced ca — also matsyaḥ — the fish target sajjī-kṛtena — by equipping the bow dhanuṣā — by that bow also adhigatā — gained ca — also kṛṣṇā — Draupadī.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yat-saṁśrayād drupada-geham upāgatānāṁ
yat
by whose merciful
saṁśrayāt
by strength
drupada-geham
in the palace of King Drupada
upāgatānām
all those assembled
rājṣāṁ svayaṁvara-mukhe smara-durmadānām
rājṣām
of the princes
svayaṁvara-mukhe
on the occasion of the selection of the bridegroom
smara-durmadānām
all lusty in thought
tejo hṛtaṁ khalu mayābhihataś ca matsyaḥ
tejaḥ
power
hṛtam
vanquished
khalu
as it were
mayā
by me
abhihataḥ
pierced
ca
also
matsyaḥ
the fish target
sajjīkṛtena dhanuṣādhigatā ca kṛṣṇā
sajjī-kṛtena
by equipping the bow
dhanuṣā
by that bow also
adhigatā
gained
ca
also
kṛṣṇā
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.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
By taking shelter of him, I stole the power of the kings who had come to Drupada’s house for the svayaṁvara ceremony and were mad with lust, then pierced the fish with the strung bow and obtained Draupadī.
Commentary

Because of taking shelter of him, at the svayaṁvara I stole the power of the kings, and obtained Draupadī.

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