Bhishma Wins the Daughters of Kashi

Verse 1 (1.109.1)

हते चित्राङ्गदे भीष्मो बाले भ्रातरि कौरव । पालयामास तद्राज्यं सत्यवत्या मते स्थितः ॥

hate citrāṅgade bhīṣmo bāle bhrātari kaurava | pālayāmāsa tadrājyaṃ satyavatyā mate sthitaḥ

After Chitrangada was slain, O Kaurava, while his brother was still a boy, Bhishma ruled that kingdom, abiding by the wishes of Satyavati.

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Verse 2 (1.109.2)

तथा विचित्रवीर्यं तु वर्तमानं सुखेऽतुले । संप्राप्तयौवनं दृष्ट्वा भ्रातरं धीमतां वरः । भीष्मो विचित्रवीर्यस्य विवाहायाकरोन्मतिम् ॥

tathā vicitravīryaṃ tu vartamānaṃ sukhe'tule | saṃprāptayauvanaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhrātaraṃ dhīmatāṃ varaḥ | bhīṣmo vicitravīryasya vivāhāyākaronmatim

Then, seeing his brother Vichitravirya, who was living in unequalled happiness, come of age, Bhishma, foremost of the wise, set his mind on Vichitravirya's marriage.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ।'). The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); lines 2–3 are 1.96.2. Speaker set to Vaishampayana (the input has no speaker).

Verse 3 (1.109.3)

अथ काशिपतेर्भीष्मः कन्यास्तिस्रोऽप्सरोपमाः । शुश्राव सहिता राजन्वृण्वाना वै स्वयंवरम् ॥

atha kāśipaterbhīṣmaḥ kanyāstisro'psaropamāḥ | śuśrāva sahitā rājanvṛṇvānā vai svayaṃvaram

Then Bhishma heard, O king, that the three daughters of the king of Kashi, lovely as apsarases, were all together choosing their husbands at a svayamvara.

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Verse 4 (1.109.4)

ततः स रथिनां श्रेष्ठो रथेनैकेन शत्रुजित् । जगामानुमते मातुः पुरीं वाराणसीं प्रभुः ॥

tataḥ sa rathināṃ śreṣṭho rathenaikena śatrujit | jagāmānumate mātuḥ purīṃ vārāṇasīṃ prabhuḥ

So, with his mother's leave, that best of chariot-fighters, the conqueror of foes, went in a single chariot to the city of Varanasi.

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Verse 5 (1.109.5)

तत्र राज्ञः समुदितान्सर्वतः समुपागतान् । ददर्श कन्यास्ताश्चैव भीष्मः शान्तनुनन्दनः ॥

tatra rājñaḥ samuditānsarvataḥ samupāgatān | dadarśa kanyāstāścaiva bhīṣmaḥ śāntanunandanaḥ

There Bhishma, son of Shantanu, saw the kings who had gathered from every quarter, and he saw those maidens too.

Note on the text: Corrected ताश्वै → ताश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; a syllable lost and च misread as व, the critical edition reads tāś caiva). Speaker set to Vaishampayana (the input has no speaker).

Verse 6 (1.109.6)

तासां कामेन संमत्ताः सहिताः काशिकोसलाः । वङ्गाः पुण्ड्राः कलिङ्गाश्च ते जग्मुस्तां पुरीं प्रति ॥

tāsāṃ kāmena saṃmattāḥ sahitāḥ kāśikosalāḥ | vaṅgāḥ puṇḍrāḥ kaliṅgāśca te jagmustāṃ purīṃ prati

Drawn by desire for the maidens, the kings of Kashi and Kosala, of Vanga, Pundra and Kalinga, had come together to that city.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ।'). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Speaker set to Vaishampayana (the input has no speaker).

Verse 7 (1.109.7)

कीर्त्यमानेषु राज्ञां तु तदा नामसु सर्वशः । एकाकिनं तदा भीष्मं वृद्धं शान्तनुनन्दनम् ॥

kīrtyamāneṣu rājñāṃ tu tadā nāmasu sarvaśaḥ | ekākinaṃ tadā bhīṣmaṃ vṛddhaṃ śāntanunandanam

As the names of the kings were being announced one by one, the maidens saw Bhishma, the aged son of Shantanu, standing there alone,

Note on the text: The first line is 1.96.6ab of the critical edition; the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Speaker set to Vaishampayana (the input has no speaker).

Verse 8 (1.109.8)

सोद्वेगा इव तं दृष्ट्वा कन्याः परमशोभनाः । अपाक्रामन्त ताः सर्वा वृद्ध इत्येव चिन्तया ॥

sodvegā iva taṃ dṛṣṭvā kanyāḥ paramaśobhanāḥ | apākrāmanta tāḥ sarvā vṛddha ityeva cintayā

and at the sight of him those most beautiful maidens, as if in alarm, all moved away from him, with the single thought, "He is old."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Speaker set to Vaishampayana (the input has no speaker).

Verse 9 (1.109.9)

वृद्धः परमधर्मात्मा वलीपलितधारणः । किंकारणमिहायातो निर्लज्जो भरतर्षभः ॥

vṛddhaḥ paramadharmātmā valīpalitadhāraṇaḥ | kiṃkāraṇamihāyāto nirlajjo bharatarṣabhaḥ

"An old man, supremely righteous, wrinkled and grey-haired — why has this shameless bull of the Bharatas come here?

Note on the text: Corrected किकारणम् → किंकारणम् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara, "for what reason"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Speaker set to Vaishampayana (the input has no speaker).

Verse 10 (1.109.10)

मिथ्याप्रतिज्ञो लोकेषु किं वदिष्यति भारत । ब्रह्मचारीति भीष्मो हि वृथैव प्रथितो भुवि ॥

mithyāpratijño lokeṣu kiṃ vadiṣyati bhārata | brahmacārīti bhīṣmo hi vṛthaiva prathito bhuvi

What will this breaker of his vow say to the world, O Bharata? Bhishma has been famed on earth as a celibate for nothing!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Speaker set to Vaishampayana (the input has no speaker).

Verse 11 (1.109.11)

इत्येवं प्रब्रुवन्तस्ते हसन्ति स्म नृपाधमाः । क्षत्रियाणां वचः श्रुत्वा भीष्मश्चुक्रोध भारत ॥

ityevaṃ prabruvantaste hasanti sma nṛpādhamāḥ | kṣatriyāṇāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā bhīṣmaścukrodha bhārata

Saying such things, those basest of kings laughed. Hearing the words of the kshatriyas, O Bharata, Bhishma grew angry.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रबुवन्तः → प्रब्रुवन्तः (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct ब्र, "saying"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Speaker set to Vaishampayana (the input has no speaker).

Verse 12 (1.109.12)

भीष्मस्तदा स्वयं कन्या वरयामास ताः प्रभुः । उवाच च महीपालान्राजञ्जलदनिःस्वनः ॥

bhīṣmastadā svayaṃ kanyā varayāmāsa tāḥ prabhuḥ | uvāca ca mahīpālānrājañjaladaniḥsvanaḥ

Then mighty Bhishma himself chose those maidens, and, O king, he spoke to the rulers of the earth in a voice like the rumble of a rain-cloud.

Note on the text: The verse spans 1.96.6cd–7ab of the critical edition.

Verse 13 (1.109.13)

रथमारोप्य ताः कन्या भीष्मः प्रहरतां वरः । आहूय दानं कन्यानां गुणवद्भ्यः स्मृतं बुधैः ॥

rathamāropya tāḥ kanyā bhīṣmaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ | āhūya dānaṃ kanyānāṃ guṇavadbhyaḥ smṛtaṃ budhaiḥ

Placing the maidens on his chariot, Bhishma, best of warriors, said: "The wise have handed down that a maiden may be given to men of merit who are invited for the purpose;

Note on the text: The verse spans 1.96.7cd–8ab of the critical edition.

Verse 14 (1.109.14)

अलङ्कृत्य यथाशक्ति प्रदाय च धनान्यपि । प्रयच्छन्त्यपरे कन्यां मिथुनेन गवामपि ॥

alaṅkṛtya yathāśakti pradāya ca dhanānyapi | prayacchantyapare kanyāṃ mithunena gavāmapi

others give a maiden after adorning her as best they can and bestowing wealth besides; others again give a maiden for a pair of cattle;

Note on the text: The verse spans 1.96.8cd–9ab of the critical edition.

Verse 15 (1.109.15)

वित्तेन कथितेनान्ये बलेनान्येऽनुमान्य च । प्रमत्तामुपयन्त्यन्ये स्वयमन्ये च विन्दते ॥

vittena kathitenānye balenānye'numānya ca | pramattāmupayantyanye svayamanye ca vindate

some take a wife for an agreed sum of money, some by force, and others with her consent; some take a woman who is off her guard, and some find a wife by themselves;

Note on the text: The verse spans 1.96.9cd–10ab of the critical edition.

Verse 16 (1.109.16)

आर्षं विधिं पुरस्कृत्य दारान्विन्दन्ति चापरे । अष्टमं तमथो वित्त विवाहं कविभिर्वृतम् ॥

ārṣaṃ vidhiṃ puraskṛtya dārānvindanti cāpare | aṣṭamaṃ tamatho vitta vivāhaṃ kavibhirvṛtam

and still others win wives by following the rite of the rishis. Know this, then, as the eighth form of marriage, accepted by the learned.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line is 1.96.10cd.

Verse 17 (1.109.17)

स्वयंवरं तु राजन्याः प्रशंसन्त्युपयान्ति च । प्रमथ्य तु हृतामाहुर्ज्यायसीं धर्मवादिनः ॥

svayaṃvaraṃ tu rājanyāḥ praśaṃsantyupayānti ca | pramathya tu hṛtāmāhurjyāyasīṃ dharmavādinaḥ

Kshatriyas praise the svayamvara and take part in it, but those who expound dharma call that bride the better who is carried off by force.

Verse 18 (1.109.18)

ता इमाः पृथिवीपाला जिहीर्षामि बलादितः । ते यतध्वं परं शक्त्या विजयायेतराय वा ॥

tā imāḥ pṛthivīpālā jihīrṣāmi balāditaḥ | te yatadhvaṃ paraṃ śaktyā vijayāyetarāya vā

Therefore, rulers of the earth, I mean to carry these maidens off from here by force. Strive with all your might, for victory or for defeat.

Note on the text: The verse is 1.96.12ab–cd of the critical edition.

Verse 19 (1.109.19)

स्थितोऽहं पृथिवीपाला युद्धाय कृतनिश्चयः । एवमुक्त्वा महीपालान्काशिराजं च वीर्यवान् ॥

sthito'haṃ pṛthivīpālā yuddhāya kṛtaniścayaḥ | evamuktvā mahīpālānkāśirājaṃ ca vīryavān

Here I stand, rulers of the earth, resolved to fight." Having spoken thus to the kings and to the king of Kashi, the valiant

Note on the text: The verse spans 1.96.12ef–13ab of the critical edition.

Verse 20 (1.109.20)

सर्वाः कन्याः स कौरव्यो रथमारोप्य च स्वकम् । आमन्त्र्य च स तान्प्रायाच्छीघ्रं कन्याः प्रगृह्य ताः ॥

sarvāḥ kanyāḥ sa kauravyo rathamāropya ca svakam | āmantrya ca sa tānprāyācchīghraṃ kanyāḥ pragṛhya tāḥ

Kaurava placed all the maidens on his own chariot, and, taking his leave of the kings, he swiftly departed with the maidens.

Note on the text: The verse is 1.96.13cd–ef of the critical edition.

Verse 21 (1.109.21)

ततस्ते पार्थिवाः सर्वे समुत्पेतुरमर्षिताः । संस्पृशन्तः स्वकान्बाहून्दशन्तो दशनच्छदान् ॥

tataste pārthivāḥ sarve samutpeturamarṣitāḥ | saṃspṛśantaḥ svakānbāhūndaśanto daśanacchadān

Then all those kings sprang up in fury, touching their arms and biting their lips.

Verse 22 (1.109.22)

तेषामाभरणान्याशु त्वरितानां विमुञ्चताम् । आमुञ्चतां च वर्माणि संभ्रमः सुमहानभूत् ॥

teṣāmābharaṇānyāśu tvaritānāṃ vimuñcatām | āmuñcatāṃ ca varmāṇi saṃbhramaḥ sumahānabhūt

As they hastily threw off their ornaments and put on their armour, there was a great commotion.

Verse 23 (1.109.23)

ताराणामिव संपातो बभूव जनमेजय । भूषणानां च सर्वेषां कवचानां च सर्वशः ॥

tārāṇāmiva saṃpāto babhūva janamejaya | bhūṣaṇānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ kavacānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ

The falling of all their ornaments and of their armour on every side, Janamejaya, was like a shower of falling stars.

Verse 24 (1.109.24)

सवर्मभिर्भूषणैश्च प्रकीर्यद्भिरितस्ततः । सक्रोधामर्षजिह्मभ्रूकषायीकृतलोचनाः ॥

savarmabhirbhūṣaṇaiśca prakīryadbhiritastataḥ | sakrodhāmarṣajihmabhrūkaṣāyīkṛtalocanāḥ

With armour and ornaments scattering here and there, their brows knit in anger and indignation and their eyes reddened,

Note on the text: Corrected प्रकीर्यद्बिः → प्रकीर्यद्भिः (misprint in Wikisource; ब for भ in the instrumental plural ending).

Verse 25 (1.109.25)

सूतोपक्लृप्तान् रुचिरान्सदश्वैरुपकल्पितान् । रथानास्थाय ते वीराः सर्वप्रहरणान्विताः ॥

sūtopaklṛptān rucirānsadaśvairupakalpitān | rathānāsthāya te vīrāḥ sarvapraharaṇānvitāḥ

those heroes mounted handsome chariots made ready by their charioteers and yoked with fine horses, and, armed with every kind of weapon,

Note on the text: The verse is 1.96.18ab–cd of the critical edition.

Verse 26 (1.109.26)

प्रयान्तमथ कौरव्यमनुसस्रुरुदायुधाः । ततः समभवद्युद्धं तेषां तस्य च भारत । एकस्य च बहूनां च तुमुलं रोमहर्षणम् ॥

prayāntamatha kauravyamanusasrurudāyudhāḥ | tataḥ samabhavadyuddhaṃ teṣāṃ tasya ca bhārata | ekasya ca bahūnāṃ ca tumulaṃ romaharṣaṇam

they pursued the departing Kaurava with weapons raised. Then, O Bharata, a battle broke out between them and him, one against many, tumultuous and hair-raising.

Note on the text: The first line is 1.96.18ef of the critical edition; lines 2–3 are 1.96.19.

Verse 27 (1.109.27)

ते त्विषून्दशसाहस्रांस्तस्मिन्युगपदाक्षिपन् । अप्राप्तांश्चैव तानाशु भीष्मः सर्वांस्तथाऽन्तरा ॥

te tviṣūndaśasāhasrāṃstasminyugapadākṣipan | aprāptāṃścaiva tānāśu bhīṣmaḥ sarvāṃstathā'ntarā

They loosed ten thousand arrows at him all at once, but before they could reach him Bhishma swiftly, in mid-air,

Verse 28 (1.109.28)

अच्छिनच्छरवर्षेण महता लोमवाहिना । ततस्ते पार्थिवाः सर्वे सर्वतः परिवार्य तम् ॥

acchinaccharavarṣeṇa mahatā lomavāhinā | tataste pārthivāḥ sarve sarvataḥ parivārya tam

cut them all down with a great shower of feathered arrows. Then all those kings surrounded him on every side

Note on the text: The first line ends 1.96.20 of the critical edition (acchinat); the second line is 1.96.21ab.

Verse 29 (1.109.29)

ववृषुः शरवर्षेण वर्षेणेवाद्रिमम्बुदाः । स तं बाणमयं वर्षं शरैरावार्य सर्वतः ॥

vavṛṣuḥ śaravarṣeṇa varṣeṇevādrimambudāḥ | sa taṃ bāṇamayaṃ varṣaṃ śarairāvārya sarvataḥ

and rained arrows on him as clouds pour rain on a mountain. He held off that downpour of shafts with arrows on every side,

Note on the text: The verse spans 1.96.21cd–22ab of the critical edition.

Verse 30 (1.109.30)

ततः सर्वान्महीपालान्पर्यविध्यत्त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः । एकैकस्तु ततो भीष्मं राजन्विव्याध पञ्चभिः ॥

tataḥ sarvānmahīpālānparyavidhyattribhistribhiḥ | ekaikastu tato bhīṣmaṃ rājanvivyādha pañcabhiḥ

and then pierced every one of the kings with three arrows each. Each of them in turn, O king, struck Bhishma with five,

Note on the text: The first line is 1.96.22cd of the critical edition; the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 31 (1.109.31)

स च तान्प्रतिविव्याध द्वाभ्यां द्वाभ्यां पराक्रमन् । तद्युद्धमासीत्तुमुलं घोरं देवासुरोपमम् ॥

sa ca tānprativivyādha dvābhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ parākraman | tadyuddhamāsīttumulaṃ ghoraṃ devāsuropamam

and he, pressing forward, pierced them back with two arrows each. That battle was tumultuous and terrible, like the war of the gods and the asuras,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 32 (1.109.32)

पश्यतां लोकवीराणां शरशक्तिसमाकुलम् । स धनूंषि ध्वजाग्राणि वर्माणि च शिरांसि च ॥

paśyatāṃ lokavīrāṇāṃ śaraśaktisamākulam | sa dhanūṃṣi dhvajāgrāṇi varmāṇi ca śirāṃsi ca

thick with arrows and spears, as the heroes of the world looked on. In that fight Bhishma cut down bows, the tops of standards, armour and heads

Note on the text: Corrected शिरांसि → शिरांसि च (misprint in Wikisource; a syllable lost: the half-line is one syllable short and the list needs its closing च; conjectural, since the critical edition lacks the line). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 33 (1.109.33)

चिच्छेद समरे भीष्मः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः । तस्यातिपुरुषं कर्म लाघवं रथचारिणः ॥

ciccheda samare bhīṣmaḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ | tasyātipuruṣaṃ karma lāghavaṃ rathacāriṇaḥ

by the hundred and by the thousand. His more than human feat, and the deftness of that chariot-fighter,

Note on the text: Corrected शतशोथ → शतशोऽथ (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha). The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line answers to 1.96.23ab, which reads tasyāti puruṣān anyāṃl lāghavaṃ.

Verse 34 (1.109.34)

रक्षणं चात्मनः संख्ये शत्रवोऽप्यभ्यपूजयन् । अक्षतः क्षपयित्वान्यानसङ्ख्येयपराक्रमः ॥

rakṣaṇaṃ cātmanaḥ saṃkhye śatravo'pyabhyapūjayan | akṣataḥ kṣapayitvānyānasaṅkhyeyaparākramaḥ

and the way he guarded himself in battle, were honoured even by his enemies. Unscathed himself, having laid the others low, he of immeasurable prowess,

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ।'). The first line is 1.96.23cd of the critical edition; the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 35 (1.109.35)

आनिनाय स काश्यस्य सुताः सागरगासुतः । तान्विनिर्जित्य तु रणे सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरः ॥

ānināya sa kāśyasya sutāḥ sāgaragāsutaḥ | tānvinirjitya tu raṇe sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ

the son of the ocean-going river brought away the daughters of the king of Kashi. Having vanquished them in battle, that best of all who bear arms,

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ।'). The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line is 1.96.24ab.

Verse 36 (1.109.36)

कन्याभिः सहितः प्रायाद्भारतो भारतान्प्रति । ततस्तं पृष्ठतो राजञ्शाल्वराजो महारथः ॥

kanyābhiḥ sahitaḥ prāyādbhārato bhāratānprati | tatastaṃ pṛṣṭhato rājañśālvarājo mahārathaḥ

the Bharata, set out with the maidens towards the land of the Bharatas. Then, O king, the king of the Shalvas, a great chariot-warrior, came up behind him;

Note on the text: The verse spans 1.96.24cd–25ab of the critical edition.

Verse 37 (1.109.37)

अभ्यगच्छदमेयात्मा भीष्मं शान्तनवं रणे । वारणं जघने भिन्दन्दन्ताभ्यामपरो यथा ॥

abhyagacchadameyātmā bhīṣmaṃ śāntanavaṃ raṇe | vāraṇaṃ jaghane bhindandantābhyāmaparo yathā

that man of boundless spirit fell upon Bhishma, son of Shantanu, in battle, as one elephant gores another in the flank with his tusks,

Note on the text: The verse spans 1.96.25cd–26ab of the critical edition.

Verse 38 (1.109.38)

वासितामनुसंप्राप्तो यूथपो बलिनां वरः । स्त्रीकामस्तिष्ठतिष्ठेति भीष्ममाह स पार्थिवः ॥

vāsitāmanusaṃprāpto yūthapo balināṃ varaḥ | strīkāmastiṣṭhatiṣṭheti bhīṣmamāha sa pārthivaḥ

a herd-leader, strongest of the strong, who has followed a female in season. Desiring the maiden, that king cried to Bhishma, "Stop! Stop!" —

Note on the text: The verse spans 1.96.26cd–27ab of the critical edition.

Verse 39 (1.109.39)

साल्वराजो महाबाहुरमर्षेण प्रचोदितः । ततः स पुरुषव्याघ्रो भीष्मः परबलार्दनः ॥

sālvarājo mahābāhuramarṣeṇa pracoditaḥ | tataḥ sa puruṣavyāghro bhīṣmaḥ parabalārdanaḥ

the mighty-armed king of the Shalvas, driven by indignation. Then that tiger among men, Bhishma, crusher of enemy hosts,

Note on the text: The verse spans 1.96.27cd–28ab of the critical edition.

Verse 40 (1.109.40)

तद्वाक्याकुलितः क्रोधाद्विधूमोग्निरिव ज्वलन् । विततेषुधनुष्पाणिर्विकुञ्चितललाटभृत् ॥

tadvākyākulitaḥ krodhādvidhūmogniriva jvalan | vitateṣudhanuṣpāṇirvikuñcitalalāṭabhṛt

stung by those words and blazing with anger like a smokeless fire, his bow in hand with arrow drawn and his brow furrowed,

Note on the text: The first line is 1.96.28cd of the critical edition; the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 41 (1.109.41)

क्षत्रधर्मं समास्थाय व्यपेतभयसंभ्रमः । निवर्तयामास रथं साल्वं प्रति महारथः ॥

kṣatradharmaṃ samāsthāya vyapetabhayasaṃbhramaḥ | nivartayāmāsa rathaṃ sālvaṃ prati mahārathaḥ

holding to the warrior's code, free of fear and confusion, the great chariot-fighter turned his chariot back towards Shalva.

Verse 42 (1.109.42)

निवर्तमानं तं दृष्ट्वा राजानः सर्व एव ते । प्रेक्षकाः समपद्यन्त भीष्मसाल्वसमागमे ॥

nivartamānaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā rājānaḥ sarva eva te | prekṣakāḥ samapadyanta bhīṣmasālvasamāgame

Seeing him turn back, all those kings became onlookers at the encounter of Bhishma and Shalva.

Verse 43 (1.109.43)

तौ वृषाविव नर्दन्तौ बलिनौ वासितान्तरे । अन्योन्यमभिवर्तेतां बलविक्रमशालिनौ ॥

tau vṛṣāviva nardantau balinau vāsitāntare | anyonyamabhivartetāṃ balavikramaśālinau

Like two strong bulls bellowing over a cow in season, the two of them, rich in strength and valour, closed with each other.

Verse 44 (1.109.44)

ततो भीष्मं शान्तनवं शरैः शतसहस्रशः । साल्वराजो नरश्रेष्ठः समवाकिरदाशुगैः ॥

tato bhīṣmaṃ śāntanavaṃ śaraiḥ śatasahasraśaḥ | sālvarājo naraśreṣṭhaḥ samavākiradāśugaiḥ

Then the king of the Shalvas, best of men, covered Bhishma, son of Shantanu, with swift arrows by the hundred thousand.

Verse 45 (1.109.45)

पूर्वमभ्यर्दितं दृष्ट्वा भीष्मं साल्वेन ते नृपाः । विस्मिताः समपद्यन्त साधुसाध्विति चाब्रुवन् ॥

pūrvamabhyarditaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīṣmaṃ sālvena te nṛpāḥ | vismitāḥ samapadyanta sādhusādhviti cābruvan

Seeing Bhishma struck first by Shalva, those kings were amazed and cried, "Well done! Well done!"

Verse 46 (1.109.46)

लाघवं तस्य ते दृष्ट्वा समरे सर्वपार्थिवाः । अपूजयन्त संहृष्टा वाग्भिः साल्वं नराधिपम् ॥

lāghavaṃ tasya te dṛṣṭvā samare sarvapārthivāḥ | apūjayanta saṃhṛṣṭā vāgbhiḥ sālvaṃ narādhipam

Seeing his deftness in the fight, all the kings were delighted and praised King Shalva aloud.

Verse 47 (1.109.47)

क्षत्रियाणां ततो वाचः श्रुत्वा परपुरञ्जयः । क्रुद्धः शान्तनवो भीष्मस्तिष्ठतिष्ठेत्यभाषत ॥

kṣatriyāṇāṃ tato vācaḥ śrutvā parapurañjayaḥ | kruddhaḥ śāntanavo bhīṣmastiṣṭhatiṣṭhetyabhāṣata

Hearing those words of the kshatriyas, Bhishma son of Shantanu, conqueror of enemy cities, said in anger, "Stand! Stand!"

Note on the text: Corrected परपुञ्जयः → परपुरञ्जयः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र, the critical edition reads parapuraṃjayaḥ).

Verse 48 (1.109.48)

सारथिं चाब्रवीत्क्रुद्धो याहि यत्रैष पार्थिवः । यावदेनं निहन्म्यद्य भुजङ्गमिव पक्षिराट् ॥

sārathiṃ cābravītkruddho yāhi yatraiṣa pārthivaḥ | yāvadenaṃ nihanmyadya bhujaṅgamiva pakṣirāṭ

And in his anger he said to his charioteer, "Drive to where this king is, so that I may slay him today, as Garuda, king of birds, slays a serpent."

Verse 49 (1.109.49)

ततोऽस्त्रं वारुणं सम्यग्योजयामास कौरवः । तेनाश्वांश्चतुरोऽमृद्नात्साल्वराजस्य भूपते ॥

tato'straṃ vāruṇaṃ samyagyojayāmāsa kauravaḥ | tenāśvāṃścaturo'mṛdnātsālvarājasya bhūpate

Then the Kaurava fitted the Varuna weapon with care, and with it, O lord of the earth, he crushed the four horses of the king of the Shalvas.

Note on the text: Corrected अमृद्गात् → अमृद्नात् (misprint in Wikisource; ग for न, the critical edition reads amṛdnāc).

Verse 50 (1.109.50)

अस्त्रैरस्त्राणि संवार्य साल्वराजस्य कौरवः । भीष्मो नृपतिशार्दूल न्यवधीत्तस्य सारथिम् ॥

astrairastrāṇi saṃvārya sālvarājasya kauravaḥ | bhīṣmo nṛpatiśārdūla nyavadhīttasya sārathim

Warding off the weapons of the king of the Shalvas with his own, Bhishma the Kaurava, O tiger among kings, slew his charioteer,

Note on the text: The verse is 1.96.38ab–cd of the critical edition.

Verse 51 (1.109.51)

अस्त्रेण चास्याथैन्द्रेण न्यवधीत्तुरगोत्तमान् । कन्याहेतोर्नरश्रेष्ठ भीष्मः शान्तनवस्तदा ॥

astreṇa cāsyāthaindreṇa nyavadhītturagottamān | kanyāhetornaraśreṣṭha bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavastadā

and with the weapon of Indra he slew his excellent horses. Then for the maidens' sake, O best of men, Bhishma son of Shantanu

Note on the text: The verse spans 1.96.38ef–39ab of the critical edition, which has no Aindra weapon here (astreṇa cāpy athaikena).

Verse 52 (1.109.52)

जित्वा विसर्जयामास जीवन्तं नृपसत्तमम् । ततः साल्वः स्वनगरं प्रययौ भरतर्षभ ॥

jitvā visarjayāmāsa jīvantaṃ nṛpasattamam | tataḥ sālvaḥ svanagaraṃ prayayau bharatarṣabha

defeated that best of kings and let him go alive. Then Shalva went back to his own city, O bull of the Bharatas,

Note on the text: The verse is 1.96.39cd–ef of the critical edition.

Verse 53 (1.109.53)

स्वराज्यमन्वशाच्चैव धर्मेण नृपतिस्तदा । राजानो ये च तत्रासन्स्वयंवरदिदृक्षवः ॥

svarājyamanvaśāccaiva dharmeṇa nṛpatistadā | rājāno ye ca tatrāsansvayaṃvaradidṛkṣavaḥ

and that king went on ruling his kingdom righteously. And the kings who had come there wishing to see the svayamvara,

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line is 1.96.40ab.

Verse 54 (1.109.54)

स्वान्येव तेऽपि राष्ट्राणि जग्मुः परपुरञ्जयाः । एवं विजित्य ताः कन्या भीष्मः प्रहरतां वरः ॥

svānyeva te'pi rāṣṭrāṇi jagmuḥ parapurañjayāḥ | evaṃ vijitya tāḥ kanyā bhīṣmaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ

those conquerors of enemy cities, went back to their own kingdoms. Having thus won the maidens, Bhishma, best of warriors,

Note on the text: The verse spans 1.96.40cd–41ab of the critical edition.

Verse 55 (1.109.55)

प्रययौ हास्तिनपुरं यत्र राजा स कौरवः । विचित्रवीर्यो धर्मात्मा प्रशास्ति वसुधामिमाम् ॥

prayayau hāstinapuraṃ yatra rājā sa kauravaḥ | vicitravīryo dharmātmā praśāsti vasudhāmimām

set out for Hastinapura, where the Kaurava king, the righteous Vichitravirya, ruled this earth

Note on the text: The first line is 1.96.41cd of the critical edition; the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 56 (1.109.56)

यथा पितास्य कौरव्यः शान्तनुर्नृपसत्तमः । सोऽचिरेणैव कालेन अत्यक्रामन्नराधिप ॥

yathā pitāsya kauravyaḥ śāntanurnṛpasattamaḥ | so'cireṇaiva kālena atyakrāmannarādhipa

as his father, the Kaurava Shantanu, best of kings, had done. In a short time, O king, he passed through

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line is 1.96.42ab.

Verse 57 (1.109.57)

वनानि सरितश्चैव शैलांश्च विविधद्रुमान् । अक्षतः क्षपयित्वाऽरीन्सङ्ख्येऽसङ्ख्येयविक्रमः ॥

vanāni saritaścaiva śailāṃśca vividhadrumān | akṣataḥ kṣapayitvā'rīnsaṅkhye'saṅkhyeyavikramaḥ

forests and rivers, hills and trees of many kinds. Unscathed himself, having laid his enemies low in battle, he of countless feats,

Note on the text: Corrected विनिधान्द्रुमान् → विविधद्रुमान् (misprint in Wikisource; न for व and a stray न्, the critical edition reads vividhadrumān). The verse spans 1.96.42cd–43ab of the critical edition.

Verse 58 (1.109.58)

आनयामास काश्यस्य सुताः सागरगासुतः । स्नुषा इव स धर्मात्मा भगिनीरिव चानुजाः ॥

ānayāmāsa kāśyasya sutāḥ sāgaragāsutaḥ | snuṣā iva sa dharmātmā bhaginīriva cānujāḥ

the son of the ocean-going river, brought the daughters of the king of Kashi. Righteous as he was, he treated them like daughters-in-law, like younger sisters,

Note on the text: The verse spans 1.96.43cd–44ab of the critical edition.

Verse 59 (1.109.59)

यथा दुहितरश्चैव परिगृह्य ययौ कुरून् । आनिन्ये स महाबाहुर्भ्रातुः प्रियचिकीर्षया ॥

yathā duhitaraścaiva parigṛhya yayau kurūn | āninye sa mahābāhurbhrātuḥ priyacikīrṣayā

and like daughters, and so took them to the Kurus. The mighty-armed hero brought them home, wishing to please his brother.

Note on the text: Corrected दुहितश्चैव → दुहितरश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र, the critical edition reads duhitaraś caiva). The first line is 1.96.44cd of the critical edition; the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 60 (1.109.60)

ताः सर्वगुणसंपन्ना भ्राता भ्रात्रे यवीयसे । भीष्मो विचित्रवीर्याय प्रददौ विक्रमाहृताः ॥

tāḥ sarvaguṇasaṃpannā bhrātā bhrātre yavīyase | bhīṣmo vicitravīryāya pradadau vikramāhṛtāḥ

Those maidens, endowed with every virtue and won by valour, Bhishma the elder brother gave to his younger brother Vichitravirya.

Verse 61 (1.109.61)

एवं धर्मेण धर्मज्ञः कृत्वा कर्मातिमानुषम् । भ्रातुर्विचित्रवीर्यस्य विवाहायोपचक्रमे ॥

evaṃ dharmeṇa dharmajñaḥ kṛtvā karmātimānuṣam | bhrāturvicitravīryasya vivāhāyopacakrame

Having thus, as one who knew dharma, accomplished a more than human feat in keeping with dharma, he set about arranging the marriage of his brother Vichitravirya.

Note on the text: The verse is 1.96.46ab–cd of the critical edition.

Verse 62 (1.109.62)

सत्यवत्या सह मिथः कृत्वा निश्चयमात्मवान् । विवाहं कारयिष्यन्तं भीष्मं काशिपतेः सुता । ज्येष्ठा तासामिदं वाक्यमब्रवीद्धसती तदा ॥

satyavatyā saha mithaḥ kṛtvā niścayamātmavān | vivāhaṃ kārayiṣyantaṃ bhīṣmaṃ kāśipateḥ sutā | jyeṣṭhā tāsāmidaṃ vākyamabravīddhasatī tadā

When the self-possessed Bhishma, having settled the matter in private with Satyavati, was about to have the marriage performed, the eldest of the daughters of the king of Kashi said these words to him with a smile:

Note on the text: The first line is 1.96.46ef of the critical edition; lines 2–3 are 1.96.47 (which divides abravīd dha satī; Wikisource's अब्रवीद्धसती is read as "said, smiling").

Verse 63 (1.109.63)

मया सौभपतिः पूर्वं मनसा हि वृतः पतिः । तेन चास्मि वृता पूर्वमेष कामश्च मे पितुः ॥

mayā saubhapatiḥ pūrvaṃ manasā hi vṛtaḥ patiḥ | tena cāsmi vṛtā pūrvameṣa kāmaśca me pituḥ

"In my heart I had already chosen the lord of Saubha as my husband, and he had already chosen me; and this was my father's wish as well.

Verse 64 (1.109.64)

मया वरयितव्योऽभूत्साल्वस्तस्मिन्स्वयंवरे । एतद्विज्ञाय धर्मज्ञ धर्मतत्त्वं समाचर ॥

mayā varayitavyo'bhūtsālvastasminsvayaṃvare | etadvijñāya dharmajña dharmatattvaṃ samācara

At that svayamvara it was Shalva I was to choose. Knowing this, you who know dharma, act according to the true nature of dharma."

Verse 65 (1.109.65)

एवमुक्तस्तया भीष्मः कन्यया विप्रसंसदि । चिन्तामभ्यगमद्वीरो युक्तां तस्यैव कर्मणः ॥

evamuktastayā bhīṣmaḥ kanyayā viprasaṃsadi | cintāmabhyagamadvīro yuktāṃ tasyaiva karmaṇaḥ

Addressed thus by the maiden in the assembly of brahmins, the hero Bhishma fell to thinking about what was right in the matter.

Verse 66 (1.109.66)

अन्यसक्ता त्वियं कन्या ज्येष्ठा त्वम्बा मया जिता । वाचा दत्ता मनोदत्ता कृतमङ्गलवाचना ॥

anyasaktā tviyaṃ kanyā jyeṣṭhā tvambā mayā jitā | vācā dattā manodattā kṛtamaṅgalavācanā

"This maiden I won, Amba, the eldest, is attached to another. She has been promised in word and given in heart, and the auspicious blessings have been spoken over her.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 67 (1.109.67)

निर्दिष्टा तु परस्यैव सा त्याज्या परचिन्तिनी । इत्युक्त्वा चानुमान्यैव भ्रातरं स्ववशानुगम् ॥

nirdiṣṭā tu parasyaiva sā tyājyā paracintinī | ityuktvā cānumānyaiva bhrātaraṃ svavaśānugam

Since she has been pledged to another and her thoughts are on another, she must be let go." Having reflected thus, and having won the consent of his brother, who followed his lead,

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (।।'). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 68 (1.109.68)

विनिश्चित्य स धर्मज्ञो ब्राह्मणैर्वेदपारगैः । अनुजज्ञे तदा ज्येष्ठामम्बां काशिपतेः सुताम् ॥

viniścitya sa dharmajño brāhmaṇairvedapāragaiḥ | anujajñe tadā jyeṣṭhāmambāṃ kāśipateḥ sutām

the knower of dharma, after reaching a decision with brahmins versed in the Vedas, gave leave to Amba, the eldest daughter of the king of Kashi.

Verse 69 (1.109.69)

अम्बिकाम्बालिके भार्ये प्रादाद्भ्रात्रे यवीयसे । भीष्मो विचित्रवीर्याय विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा ॥

ambikāmbālike bhārye prādādbhrātre yavīyase | bhīṣmo vicitravīryāya vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā

Ambika and Ambalika Bhishma gave as wives to his younger brother Vichitravirya, with the rites the scriptures prescribe.

Verse 70 (1.109.70)

तयोः पाणी गृहीत्वा तु रूपयौवनदर्पितः । विचित्रवीर्यो धर्मात्मा नाम्बामैच्छत्कथंचन ॥

tayoḥ pāṇī gṛhītvā tu rūpayauvanadarpitaḥ | vicitravīryo dharmātmā nāmbāmaicchatkathaṃcana

Having taken the hands of those two, the righteous Vichitravirya, proud of his beauty and youth, would by no means accept Amba.

Note on the text: The first line answers to 1.96.53ab of the critical edition (tayoḥ pāṇiṃ gṛhītvā sa rūpayauvanadarpitaḥ); the second line agrees with it only in its first half (vicitravīryo dharmātmā), and nāmbām aicchat kathaṃcana is found only in the CE apparatus after 1.96.53.

Verse 71 (1.109.71)

अम्बामन्यस्य कीर्त्यन्तीमब्रवीच्चारुदर्शनाम् । पापस्य फलमेवैष कामोऽसाधुर्निरर्थकः । परतन्त्रोपभोगो मामार्य नाऽऽयोक्तुमर्हसि ॥

ambāmanyasya kīrtyantīmabravīccārudarśanām | pāpasya phalamevaiṣa kāmo'sādhurnirarthakaḥ | paratantropabhogo māmārya nā''yoktumarhasi

Of the lovely Amba, who was naming another as her choice, he said: "This desire is surely the fruit of sin, ignoble and pointless. Noble brother, you should not join me to a woman who is bound to another."

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`). Speaker set to Vichitravirya: lines 2–3 are his words (the first line is narration), as the critical edition's apparatus marks them. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 72 (1.109.72)

प्रातिष्ठच्छान्तनोर्वंशस्तात यस्य त्वमन्वयः । अकामवृत्तो धर्मात्मन्साधु मन्ये मतं तव ॥

prātiṣṭhacchāntanorvaṃśastāta yasya tvamanvayaḥ | akāmavṛtto dharmātmansādhu manye mataṃ tava

"Dear brother, the line of Shantanu, of which you are the offspring, stands secure. You are righteous and not ruled by desire; I think your judgment is right."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 73 (1.109.73)

इत्युक्त्वाम्बां समालोक्य विधिवद्वाक्यमब्रवीत् । विसृष्टा ह्यसि गच्छ त्वं यथाकाममनिन्दिते ॥

ityuktvāmbāṃ samālokya vidhivadvākyamabravīt | visṛṣṭā hyasi gaccha tvaṃ yathākāmamanindite

Having said this, he looked at Amba and spoke to her in due form: "You are released; go wherever you please, blameless one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 74 (1.109.74)

नानियोज्ये समर्थोऽहं नियोक्तुं भ्रातरं प्रियम् । अन्यभावगतां चापि को नारीं वासयेद्गृहे ॥

nāniyojye samartho'haṃ niyoktuṃ bhrātaraṃ priyam | anyabhāvagatāṃ cāpi ko nārīṃ vāsayedgṛhe

I cannot press my dear brother into what should not be pressed on him. And who would keep in his house a woman whose heart has gone to another?

Note on the text: Corrected अन्यबावगतां → अन्यभावगतां (misprint in Wikisource; ब for भ, the CE apparatus reads anyabhāvagatāṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 75 (1.109.75)

अतस्त्वां न नियोक्ष्यामि अन्यकामासि गम्यताम् । अहमप्यूर्ध्वरेता वै निवृत्तो दारकर्मणि ॥

atastvāṃ na niyokṣyāmi anyakāmāsi gamyatām | ahamapyūrdhvaretā vai nivṛtto dārakarmaṇi

So I will not press him to it; you love another, so go. I too am sworn to celibacy and have turned away from marriage.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 76 (1.109.76)

न संबन्धस्तदावाभ्यां भविता वै कथंचन । इत्युक्ता सा गता तत्र सखीभिः परिवारिता ॥

na saṃbandhastadāvābhyāṃ bhavitā vai kathaṃcana | ityuktā sā gatā tatra sakhībhiḥ parivāritā

So there can be no bond of any kind between the two of us." Addressed thus, she went away, surrounded by her companions,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 77 (1.109.77)

निर्दिष्टा हि शनै राजन्साल्वराजपुरं प्रति । अथाम्बा साल्वमागम्य साऽब्रवीत्प्रतिपूज्य तं ॥

nirdiṣṭā hi śanai rājansālvarājapuraṃ prati | athāmbā sālvamāgamya sā'bravītpratipūjya taṃ

sent on, O king, at an easy pace towards the city of the king of the Shalvas. Then Amba came to Shalva, and after paying him honour she said:

Note on the text: Corrected साल्वंमागम्य → साल्वमागम्य (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara, the CE apparatus reads sālvam āgamya). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 78 (1.109.78)

पुरा निर्दिष्टभावा त्वामागतास्मि वरानन । देवव्रतं समुत्सृज्य सानुजं भरतर्षभम् ॥

purā nirdiṣṭabhāvā tvāmāgatāsmi varānana | devavrataṃ samutsṛjya sānujaṃ bharatarṣabham

"Having long since given my heart to you, I have come to you, fair-faced one, leaving behind Devavrata, bull of the Bharatas, and his younger brother.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 79 (1.109.79)

प्रतिगृह्णीष्व भद्रं ते विधिवन्मां समुद्यताम् ॥

pratigṛhṇīṣva bhadraṃ te vidhivanmāṃ samudyatām

Bless you — accept me with due rites, for I offer myself to you."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53). Wikisource gives this as a single line, as does the apparatus (it closes a three-line stanza with the previous verse).

Verse 80 (1.109.80)

तयैवमुक्तः साल्वोऽपि प्रहसन्निदमब्रवीत् । निर्जिताऽसीह भीष्मेण मां विनिर्जित्य राजसु ॥

tayaivamuktaḥ sālvo'pi prahasannidamabravīt | nirjitā'sīha bhīṣmeṇa māṃ vinirjitya rājasu

Addressed thus by her, Shalva laughed and said: "You were won here by Bhishma, after he had defeated me before the kings.

Note on the text: Corrected साल्वोपि → साल्वोऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 81 (1.109.81)

अन्येन निर्जितां भद्रे विसृष्टां तेन चालयात् । न गृह्णामि वरारोहे तत्र चैव तु गम्यताम् ॥

anyena nirjitāṃ bhadre visṛṣṭāṃ tena cālayāt | na gṛhṇāmi varārohe tatra caiva tu gamyatām

A woman won by another, good lady, and sent away by him from his house, I will not take, fair one. Go back there."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 82 (1.109.82)

इत्युक्ता सा समागम्य कुरुराज्यमनुत्तमम् । अम्बाब्रवीत्ततो भीष्मं त्वयाऽहं सहसा हृता ॥

ityuktā sā samāgamya kururājyamanuttamam | ambābravīttato bhīṣmaṃ tvayā'haṃ sahasā hṛtā

Told this, Amba came back to the peerless kingdom of the Kurus and said to Bhishma: "You carried me off by force.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 83 (1.109.83)

क्षत्रधर्ममवेक्षस्व त्वं भर्ता मम धर्मतः । यां यः स्वयंवरे कन्यां निर्जयेच्छौर्यसंपदा ॥

kṣatradharmamavekṣasva tvaṃ bhartā mama dharmataḥ | yāṃ yaḥ svayaṃvare kanyāṃ nirjayecchauryasaṃpadā

Consider the law of the kshatriyas: by dharma you are my husband. When a man, by the wealth of his valour, wins a maiden at a svayamvara,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 84 (1.109.84)

राज्ञः सर्वान्विनिर्जित्य स तामुद्वाहयेद्ध्रुवम् । अतस्त्वमेव भर्ता मे त्वयाऽहं निर्जिता यतः ॥

rājñaḥ sarvānvinirjitya sa tāmudvāhayeddhruvam | atastvameva bhartā me tvayā'haṃ nirjitā yataḥ

defeating all the kings, he must surely marry her. So you alone are my husband, since it was you who won me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 85 (1.109.85)

तस्माद्वहस्व मां भीष्म निर्जितां संसदि त्वया । ऊर्ध्वरेता ह्यहमिति प्रत्युवाच पुनःपुनः ॥

tasmādvahasva māṃ bhīṣma nirjitāṃ saṃsadi tvayā | ūrdhvaretā hyahamiti pratyuvāca punaḥpunaḥ

Therefore marry me, Bhishma, for you won me before the assembly." "I am sworn to celibacy," he answered again and again.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 86 (1.109.86)

भीष्मं सा चाब्रवीदम्बा यथाजैषीस्तथा कुरु । एवमन्वगमद्भीष्मं षट्समाः पुष्करेक्षणा ॥

bhīṣmaṃ sā cābravīdambā yathājaiṣīstathā kuru | evamanvagamadbhīṣmaṃ ṣaṭsamāḥ puṣkarekṣaṇā

And Amba said to Bhishma, "As you won me, so act." In this way the lotus-eyed woman followed Bhishma for six years.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 87 (1.109.87)

ऊर्ध्वरेतास्त्वहं भद्रे विवाहविमुखोऽभवम् । तमेव साल्वं गच्छ त्वं यः पुरा मनसा वृतः ॥

ūrdhvaretāstvahaṃ bhadre vivāhavimukho'bhavam | tameva sālvaṃ gaccha tvaṃ yaḥ purā manasā vṛtaḥ

"I am sworn to celibacy, good lady, and have turned away from marriage. Go to that same Shalva whom you chose in your heart long ago.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 88 (1.109.88)

अन्यसक्तं किमर्थं त्वमात्मानमवदः पुरा । अन्यसक्तां वधूं कन्यां वासयेत्स्वगृहे न हि ॥

anyasaktaṃ kimarthaṃ tvamātmānamavadaḥ purā | anyasaktāṃ vadhūṃ kanyāṃ vāsayetsvagṛhe na hi

Why did you declare yourself bound to another before? No one would keep in his house as a bride a maiden who is bound to another.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 89 (1.109.89)

नाहमुद्वाहयिष्ये त्वां मम भ्रात्रे यवीयसे । विचित्रवीर्याय शुभे यथेष्टं गम्यतामिति ॥

nāhamudvāhayiṣye tvāṃ mama bhrātre yavīyase | vicitravīryāya śubhe yatheṣṭaṃ gamyatāmiti

I will not have you married to my younger brother Vichitravirya, fair one. Go wherever you wish."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 90 (1.109.90)

भूयः साल्वं समभ्येत्य राजन्गृह्णीष्व मामिति । नाहं गृह्णाम्यन्यजितामिति साल्वनिराकृता ॥

bhūyaḥ sālvaṃ samabhyetya rājangṛhṇīṣva māmiti | nāhaṃ gṛhṇāmyanyajitāmiti sālvanirākṛtā

Going to Shalva once more, she said, "King, take me." "I do not take a woman won by another," said Shalva, and turned her away;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 91 (1.109.91)

ऊर्ध्वरेतास्त्वहमिति भीष्मेण च निराकृता । अम्बा भीष्मं पुनः साल्वं भीष्मं साल्वं पुनः पुनः ॥

ūrdhvaretāstvahamiti bhīṣmeṇa ca nirākṛtā | ambā bhīṣmaṃ punaḥ sālvaṃ bhīṣmaṃ sālvaṃ punaḥ punaḥ

"I am sworn to celibacy," said Bhishma, and turned her away too. So Amba went to Bhishma, then to Shalva, to Bhishma and to Shalva, again and again,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 92 (1.109.92)

गमनागमनेनैवमनैषीत्षट् समा नृप । अश्रुभिर्भूमिमुक्षन्ती शोचन्ती सा मनस्विनी ॥

gamanāgamanenaivamanaiṣītṣaṭ samā nṛpa | aśrubhirbhūmimukṣantī śocantī sā manasvinī

and in this going and coming, O king, she spent six years, wetting the earth with her tears and grieving, that proud-hearted woman —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 93 (1.109.93)

पीनोन्नतकुचद्वन्द्वा विशालजघनेक्षणा । श्रोणीभरालसगमा राकाचन्द्रनिभानना ॥

pīnonnatakucadvandvā viśālajaghanekṣaṇā | śroṇībharālasagamā rākācandranibhānanā

full and high of breast, broad of hip and wide of eye, slow of gait under the weight of her hips, her face like the full moon;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 94 (1.109.94)

वर्षत्कादम्बिनीमूर्ध्नि स्फुरन्ती चञ्चलेव सा । सा ततो द्वादश समा बाहुदामभितो नदीम् । पार्श्वे हिमवतो रम्ये तपो घोरं समाददे ॥

varṣatkādambinīmūrdhni sphurantī cañcaleva sā | sā tato dvādaśa samā bāhudāmabhito nadīm | pārśve himavato ramye tapo ghoraṃ samādade

she was like lightning flashing at the head of a raining bank of cloud. Then for twelve years, by the river Bahuda, on a lovely slope of the Himalaya, she undertook fierce austerities.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 95 (1.109.95)

संक्षिप्तकरणा तत्र तप आस्थाय सुव्रता । पादाङ्गुष्ठेन साऽतिष्ठदकम्पन्त ततः सुराः ॥

saṃkṣiptakaraṇā tatra tapa āsthāya suvratā | pādāṅguṣṭhena sā'tiṣṭhadakampanta tataḥ surāḥ

There, firm in her vow, drawing in her senses and given to austerity, she stood on the tip of her big toe, and at that the gods trembled.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 96 (1.109.96)

तस्यास्तत्तु तपो दृष्ट्वा सुराणां क्षोभकारकम् । विस्मितश्चैव हृष्टश्च तस्यानुग्रहबुद्धिमान् ॥

tasyāstattu tapo dṛṣṭvā surāṇāṃ kṣobhakārakam | vismitaścaiva hṛṣṭaśca tasyānugrahabuddhimān

Seeing that austerity of hers, which shook the gods, the lord Kumara was amazed and delighted, and resolved to show her favour —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 97 (1.109.97)

अनन्तसेनो भगवान्कुमारो वरदः प्रभुः । मानयन्राजपुत्रीं तां ददौ तस्यै शुभां स्रजम् ॥

anantaseno bhagavānkumāro varadaḥ prabhuḥ | mānayanrājaputrīṃ tāṃ dadau tasyai śubhāṃ srajam

the blessed Kumara, lord of endless hosts, the giver of boons. Honouring that princess, he gave her a beautiful garland:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 98 (1.109.98)

एषा पुष्करिणी दिव्या यथावत्समुपस्थिता । अम्बे त्वच्छोकशमनी माला भुवि भविष्यति ॥

eṣā puṣkariṇī divyā yathāvatsamupasthitā | ambe tvacchokaśamanī mālā bhuvi bhaviṣyati

"This divine garland of lotuses, which has come to you as is fitting, will be the end of your grief, Amba, here on earth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).

Verse 99 (1.109.99)

एतां चैव मया दत्तां मालां यो धारयिष्यति । सोऽस्य भीष्मस्य निधने कारणं वै भविष्यति ॥

etāṃ caiva mayā dattāṃ mālāṃ yo dhārayiṣyati | so'sya bhīṣmasya nidhane kāraṇaṃ vai bhaviṣyati

And whoever wears this garland that I have given will be the cause of this Bhishma's death."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE gives this passage only in its apparatus, after 1.96.53).