The Sons of Shantanu and the Death of Chitrangada

Verse 1 (1.108.1)

चेदिराजसुतां ज्ञात्वा दाशराजेन वर्धिताम् । विवाहं कारयामास शास्त्रदृष्टेन कर्मणा ॥

cedirājasutāṃ jñātvā dāśarājena vardhitām | vivāhaṃ kārayāmāsa śāstradṛṣṭena karmaṇā

Knowing her to be the daughter of the king of Chedi, raised by the fisher king, Shantanu had the marriage performed with the rites the scriptures prescribe.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Removed stray wiki marks (backtick and quote marks that flag the southern insertion).

Verse 2 (1.108.2)

ततो विवाहे निर्वृत्ते स राजा शान्तनुर्नृपः । तां कन्यां रूपसंपन्नां स्वगृहे संन्यवेशयत् ॥

tato vivāhe nirvṛtte sa rājā śāntanurnṛpaḥ | tāṃ kanyāṃ rūpasaṃpannāṃ svagṛhe saṃnyaveśayat

When the wedding was over, King Shantanu settled the beautiful maiden in his house.

Verse 3 (1.108.3)

ततः शान्तनवो धीमान्सत्यवत्यामजायत । वीरश्चित्राङ्गदो नाम वीर्यवान्पुरुषेश्वरः ॥

tataḥ śāntanavo dhīmānsatyavatyāmajāyata | vīraścitrāṅgado nāma vīryavānpuruṣeśvaraḥ

Then a wise son of Shantanu was born to Satyavati: the hero named Chitrangada, valiant, a lord among men.

Verse 4 (1.108.4)

अथापरं महेष्वासं सत्यवत्यां सुतं प्रभुः । विचित्रवीर्यं राजानं जनयामास वीर्यवान् ॥

athāparaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ satyavatyāṃ sutaṃ prabhuḥ | vicitravīryaṃ rājānaṃ janayāmāsa vīryavān

Then the mighty lord fathered another son in Satyavati, a great archer, King Vichitravirya.

Verse 5 (1.108.5)

अप्राप्तवति तस्मिंस्तु यौवनं पुरुषर्षभे । स राजा शान्तनुर्धीमान्कालधर्ममुपेयिवान् ॥

aprāptavati tasmiṃstu yauvanaṃ puruṣarṣabhe | sa rājā śāntanurdhīmānkāladharmamupeyivān

Before that bull among men had reached youth, the wise King Shantanu met the law of time and died.

Verse 6 (1.108.6)

स्वर्गते शान्तनौ भीष्मश्चित्राङ्गदमरिन्दमम् । स्थापयामास वै राज्ये सत्यवत्या मते स्थितः ॥

svargate śāntanau bhīṣmaścitrāṅgadamarindamam | sthāpayāmāsa vai rājye satyavatyā mate sthitaḥ

When Shantanu had gone to heaven, Bhishma, abiding by Satyavati's wishes, placed Chitrangada, subduer of foes, on the throne.

Note on the text: Corrected अरिन्दनम् → अरिन्दमम् (misprint in Wikisource; न for म, as in the critical edition's ariṃdamam and in verse 14).

Verse 7 (1.108.7)

स तु चित्राङ्गदः शौर्यात्सर्वांश्चिक्षेप पार्थिवान् । मनुष्यं न हि मेने स कंचित्सदृशमात्मनः ॥

sa tu citrāṅgadaḥ śauryātsarvāṃścikṣepa pārthivān | manuṣyaṃ na hi mene sa kaṃcitsadṛśamātmanaḥ

Proud of his prowess, Chitrangada scorned all kings; he thought no man his equal.

Note on the text: Corrected मेन → मेने (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign, as in the critical edition's mene).

Verse 8 (1.108.8)

तं क्षिपन्तं सुरांश्चैव मनुष्यानसुरांस्तथा । गन्धर्वराजो बलवांस्तुल्यनामाऽभ्ययात्तदा ॥

taṃ kṣipantaṃ surāṃścaiva manuṣyānasurāṃstathā | gandharvarājo balavāṃstulyanāmā'bhyayāttadā

As he scorned gods, men and asuras alike, a mighty king of the Gandharvas who bore the same name came against him.

Verse 9 (1.108.9)

त्वं वै सदृशनामासि युद्धं देहि नृपात्मज । नाम वाऽन्यत्प्रगृह्णीष्व यदि युद्धं न दास्यसि ॥

tvaṃ vai sadṛśanāmāsi yuddhaṃ dehi nṛpātmaja | nāma vā'nyatpragṛhṇīṣva yadi yuddhaṃ na dāsyasi

You bear the same name as I do; give me battle, prince. Or else take some other name, if you will not give battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Removed stray wiki marks (backtick and quote marks that flag the southern insertion).

Verse 10 (1.108.10)

त्वयाहं युद्धमिच्छामि त्वत्सकाशं तु नामतः । आगतोऽस्मि वृथाऽऽभाष्य न गच्छेन्नाम ते मम ॥

tvayāhaṃ yuddhamicchāmi tvatsakāśaṃ tu nāmataḥ | āgato'smi vṛthā''bhāṣya na gacchennāma te mama

I want to fight you; it is because of the name that I have come to you, and I have not spoken in vain. My name shall not stay with you.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Corrected आगतोस्मि → आगतोऽस्मि (missing avagraha in Wikisource).

Verse 11 (1.108.11)

इत्युक्त्वा गर्जमानौ तौ हिरण्वत्यास्तटं गतौ । तेनास्य सुमहद्युद्धं कुरुक्षेत्रे बभूव ह ॥

ityuktvā garjamānau tau hiraṇvatyāstaṭaṃ gatau | tenāsya sumahadyuddhaṃ kurukṣetre babhūva ha

Having said this, the two went roaring to the bank of the Hiranvati, and a very great battle took place between them at Kurukshetra.

Note on the text: First line not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second is 1.95.7e. Removed stray wiki marks (backtick and quote marks that flag the southern insertion).

Verse 12 (1.108.12)

तयोर्बलवतोस्तत्र गन्धर्वकुरुमुख्ययोः । नद्यास्तीरे हिरण्वत्याः समास्तिस्रोऽभवद्रणः ॥

tayorbalavatostatra gandharvakurumukhyayoḥ | nadyāstīre hiraṇvatyāḥ samāstisro'bhavadraṇaḥ

Between those two mighty ones, the Gandharva and the chief of the Kurus, the battle went on for three years there on the bank of the river Hiranvati.

Verse 13 (1.108.13)

तस्मिन्विमर्दे तुमुले शस्त्रवर्षसमाकुले । मायाधिकोऽवधीद्वीरं गन्धर्वः कुरुसत्तमम् ॥

tasminvimarde tumule śastravarṣasamākule | māyādhiko'vadhīdvīraṃ gandharvaḥ kurusattamam

In that fierce clash, thick with showers of weapons, the Gandharva, the greater in magic, slew the heroic best of the Kurus.

Verse 14 (1.108.14)

स हत्वा तु नरश्रेष्ठं चित्राङ्गदमरिन्दमम् । अन्ताय कृत्वा गन्धर्वो दिवमाचक्रमे ततः ॥

sa hatvā tu naraśreṣṭhaṃ citrāṅgadamarindamam | antāya kṛtvā gandharvo divamācakrame tataḥ

Having slain Chitrangada, best of men and subduer of foes, and brought him to his end, the Gandharva then went up to heaven.

Verse 15 (1.108.15)

तस्मिन्पुरुषशार्दूले निहते भूरितेजसि । भीष्मः शान्तनवो राजा प्रेतकार्याण्यकारयत् ॥

tasminpuruṣaśārdūle nihate bhūritejasi | bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavo rājā pretakāryāṇyakārayat

When that tiger among men, of great splendour, had been slain, Bhishma, Shantanu's royal son, had his funeral rites performed.

Verse 16 (1.108.16)

विचित्रवीर्यं च तदा बालमप्राप्तयौवनम् । कुरुराज्ये महाबाहुरभ्यषिञ्चदनन्तरम् ॥

vicitravīryaṃ ca tadā bālamaprāptayauvanam | kururājye mahābāhurabhyaṣiñcadanantaram

Then the mighty-armed Bhishma at once consecrated Vichitravirya, still a boy who had not reached youth, in the kingdom of the Kurus.

Verse 17 (1.108.17)

विचित्रवीर्यः स तदा भीष्मस्य वचने स्थितः । अन्वशासन्महाराज पितृपैतामहं पदम् ॥

vicitravīryaḥ sa tadā bhīṣmasya vacane sthitaḥ | anvaśāsanmahārāja pitṛpaitāmahaṃ padam

Vichitravirya, abiding by Bhishma's word, ruled the realm of his fathers and forefathers, great king.