Satyavati Retires to the Forest; Duryodhana Turns against Bhima

Verse 1 (1.137.1)

ततः क्षत्ता च भीष्मश्च व्यासो राजा च बन्धुभिः । ददुः श्राद्धं तदा पाण्डोः स्वधामृतमयं तदा ॥

tataḥ kṣattā ca bhīṣmaśca vyāso rājā ca bandhubhiḥ | daduḥ śrāddhaṃ tadā pāṇḍoḥ svadhāmṛtamayaṃ tadā

Then the steward Vidura, Bhishma, Vyasa and the king, with their kinsmen, performed Pandu's shraddha, offering svadha food that was like nectar.

Verse 2 (1.137.2)

पुरोहितसहायास्ते यथान्यायमकुर्वत । कुरूंश्च विप्रमुख्यांश्च भोजयित्वा सहस्रशः । रत्नौघान्द्विजमुख्येभ्यो दत्त्वा ग्रामवरांस्तथा ॥

purohitasahāyāste yathānyāyamakurvata | kurūṃśca vipramukhyāṃśca bhojayitvā sahasraśaḥ | ratnaughāndvijamukhyebhyo dattvā grāmavarāṃstathā

Aided by the family priests, they did it as was proper. They fed the Kurus and the foremost Brahmins by the thousands, and gave heaps of jewels and fine villages to the chief of the twice-born.

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 and third = 1.119.2.

Verse 3 (1.137.3)

कृतशौचांस्ततस्तांस्तु पाण्डवान्भरतर्षभान् । आदाय विविशुः सर्वे पुरं वारणसाह्वयम् ॥

kṛtaśaucāṃstatastāṃstu pāṇḍavānbharatarṣabhān | ādāya viviśuḥ sarve puraṃ vāraṇasāhvayam

Then, when the Pandavas, those bulls of the Bharatas, had been purified, everyone took them along and entered the city named after the elephant.

Verse 4 (1.137.4)

सततं स्मानुशोचन्तस्तमेव भरतर्षभम् । पौरजानपदाः सर्वे मृतं स्वमिव बान्धवम् ॥

satataṃ smānuśocantastameva bharatarṣabham | paurajānapadāḥ sarve mṛtaṃ svamiva bāndhavam

All the people of the city and the countryside kept grieving for that bull of the Bharatas as though for a kinsman of their own who had died.

Verse 5 (1.137.5)

श्राद्धावसाने तु तदा दृष्ट्वा तं दुःखितं जनम् । संमूढां दुःखशोकार्तां व्यासो मातरमब्रवीत् ॥

śrāddhāvasāne tu tadā dṛṣṭvā taṃ duḥkhitaṃ janam | saṃmūḍhāṃ duḥkhaśokārtāṃ vyāso mātaramabravīt

When the shraddha was over, Vyasa saw how sorrowful the people were and said to his mother, who was bewildered and stricken with grief and pain:

Verse 6 (1.137.6)

अतिक्रान्तसुखाः कालाः पर्युपस्थितदारुणाः । श्वःश्वः पापिष्ठदिवसाः पृथिवी गतयौवना ॥

atikrāntasukhāḥ kālāḥ paryupasthitadāruṇāḥ | śvaḥśvaḥ pāpiṣṭhadivasāḥ pṛthivī gatayauvanā

"The days of happiness are past, and terrible times are at hand. Each day will be worse than the one before; the earth has lost her youth.

Verse 7 (1.137.7)

बहुमायासमाकीर्णो नानादोषसमाकुलः । लुप्तधर्मक्रियाचारो घोरः कालो भविष्यति ॥

bahumāyāsamākīrṇo nānādoṣasamākulaḥ | luptadharmakriyācāro ghoraḥ kālo bhaviṣyati

A dreadful time is coming, crowded with deceit and full of every kind of fault, when the rites and practices of dharma will be lost.

Note on the text: = the first two lines of 1.119.7 of the critical edition, aligned by hand.

Verse 8 (1.137.8)

कुरूणामनयाच्चापि पृथिवी न भविष्यति । गच्छ त्वं योगमास्थाय युक्ता वस तपोवने ॥

kurūṇāmanayāccāpi pṛthivī na bhaviṣyati | gaccha tvaṃ yogamāsthāya yuktā vasa tapovane

Through the misdeeds of the Kurus the earth itself will cease to be. Go, take up yoga, and live with a composed mind in a forest of austerities.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second = 1.119.8ab (which reads tyāgam for योगम्).

Verse 9 (1.137.9)

माद्राक्षीस्त्वं कुलस्यास्य घोरं संक्षयमात्मनः । तथेति समनुज्ञाय सा प्रविश्याब्रवीत्स्नुषाम् ॥

mādrākṣīstvaṃ kulasyāsya ghoraṃ saṃkṣayamātmanaḥ | tatheti samanujñāya sā praviśyābravītsnuṣām

"Do not live to see the terrible destruction of your own family." She agreed, saying "So be it," went inside and said to her daughter-in-law:

Note on the text: = 1.119.8cd (which reads mā drakṣyasi) + 1.119.9ab of the critical edition, aligned by hand. The first line ends Vyasa's speech; the second is narration.

Verse 10 (1.137.10)

अम्बिके तव पौत्रस्य दुर्नयात्किल भारताः । सानुबन्धा विनङ्क्ष्यन्ति पौराश्चैवेति नः श्रुतम् ॥

ambike tava pautrasya durnayātkila bhāratāḥ | sānubandhā vinaṅkṣyanti paurāścaiveti naḥ śrutam

"Ambika, it is said that through the misconduct of your grandson the Bharatas will perish with all their followers, and the citizens too; so we have heard.

Note on the text: Corrected अम्बिक → अम्बिके (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign े of the vocative — the critical edition reads ambike). = 1.119.9cd–ef of the critical edition (which reads putrasya and pautrāś for पौत्रस्य and पौराश्), aligned by hand.

Verse 11 (1.137.11)

तत्कौसल्यामिमामार्तां पुत्रशोकाभिपीडिताम् । वनमादाय भद्रं ते गच्छावो यदि मन्यसे ॥

tatkausalyāmimāmārtāṃ putraśokābhipīḍitām | vanamādāya bhadraṃ te gacchāvo yadi manyase

So, if you agree, let us take Kausalya here, afflicted and tormented by grief for her son, and go to the forest. Blessings on you."

Verse 12 (1.137.12)

तथेत्युक्ता त्वम्बिकया भीष्ममामन्त्र्य सुव्रता । वनं ययौ सत्यवती स्नुषाभ्यां सह भारत ॥

tathetyuktā tvambikayā bhīṣmamāmantrya suvratā | vanaṃ yayau satyavatī snuṣābhyāṃ saha bhārata

Ambika answered, "So be it," and Satyavati, firm in her vows, took leave of Bhishma and went to the forest with her two daughters-in-law, O Bharata.

Verse 13 (1.137.13)

ताः सुघोरं तपस्तप्त्वा देव्यो भरतसत्तम । देहं त्यक्त्वा महाराज गतिमिष्टां ययुस्तदा ॥

tāḥ sughoraṃ tapastaptvā devyo bharatasattama | dehaṃ tyaktvā mahārāja gatimiṣṭāṃ yayustadā

There, O best of the Bharatas, those queens practised most severe austerities, and in time, O great king, they left their bodies and went to the state they longed for.

Verse 14 (1.137.14)

अथाप्तवन्तो वेदोक्तान्संस्कारान्पाण्डवास्तदा । संव्यवर्धन्त भोगांस्ते भुञ्जानाः पितृवेश्मनि ॥

athāptavanto vedoktānsaṃskārānpāṇḍavāstadā | saṃvyavardhanta bhogāṃste bhuñjānāḥ pitṛveśmani

The Pandavas then received the sacraments laid down in the Veda, and they grew up enjoying every comfort in their father's house.

Verse 15 (1.137.15)

धार्तराष्ट्रैश्च सहिताः क्रीडन्तो मुदिताः सुखम् । बालक्रीडासु सर्वासु विशिष्टास्तेजसाऽभवन् ॥

dhārtarāṣṭraiśca sahitāḥ krīḍanto muditāḥ sukham | bālakrīḍāsu sarvāsu viśiṣṭāstejasā'bhavan

Playing happily with the sons of Dhritarashtra, they outshone them in vigour in all the games of boyhood.

Verse 16 (1.137.16)

जवे लक्ष्याभिहरणे भोज्ये पांसुविकर्षणे । धार्तराष्ट्रान्भीमसेनः सर्वान्स परिमर्दति ॥

jave lakṣyābhiharaṇe bhojye pāṃsuvikarṣaṇe | dhārtarāṣṭrānbhīmasenaḥ sarvānsa parimardati

In running, in hitting the mark, in eating and in scattering dust, Bhimasena got the better of all the sons of Dhritarashtra.

Verse 17 (1.137.17)

हर्षात्प्रक्रीडमानांस्तान् गृह्य राजन्निलीयते । शिरःसु विनिगृह्यैतान्योजयामास पाण्डवैः ॥

harṣātprakrīḍamānāṃstān gṛhya rājannilīyate | śiraḥsu vinigṛhyaitānyojayāmāsa pāṇḍavaiḥ

When they were playing in high spirits, O king, he would seize them and hide; he would grab them by the head and set them to grapple with the Pandavas.

Verse 18 (1.137.18)

शतमेकोत्तरं तेषां कुमाराणां महौजसाम् । एक एव निगृह्णाति नातिकृच्छ्राद्वृकोदरः ॥

śatamekottaraṃ teṣāṃ kumārāṇāṃ mahaujasām | eka eva nigṛhṇāti nātikṛcchrādvṛkodaraḥ

Vrikodara alone, with no great effort, overpowered those hundred and one princes of great vigour.

Verse 19 (1.137.19)

कचेषु च निगृह्यैनान्विनिहत्य बलाद्बली । चकर्ष क्रोशतो भूमौ घृष्टजानुशिरोंसकान् ॥

kaceṣu ca nigṛhyainānvinihatya balādbalī | cakarṣa krośato bhūmau ghṛṣṭajānuśiroṃsakān

The strong boy would seize them by the hair, throw them down by force and drag them screaming along the ground, their knees, heads and shoulders scraped.

Verse 20 (1.137.20)

दश बालाञ्जले क्रीडन्भुजाभ्यां परिगृह्य सः । आस्ते स्म सलिले मग्नो मृतकल्पान्विमुञ्चति ॥

daśa bālāñjale krīḍanbhujābhyāṃ parigṛhya saḥ | āste sma salile magno mṛtakalpānvimuñcati

Playing in the water, he would clasp ten boys in his arms and stay under the water, letting them go only when they were half dead.

Verse 21 (1.137.21)

फलानि वृक्षमारुह्य विचिन्वन्ति च ये तदा । तदा पादप्रहारेण भीमः कम्पयते द्रुमान् ॥

phalāni vṛkṣamāruhya vicinvanti ca ye tadā | tadā pādaprahāreṇa bhīmaḥ kampayate drumān

When the boys climbed a tree to gather fruit, Bhima would shake the tree with a kick.

Verse 22 (1.137.22)

प्रहारवेगाभिहता द्रुमा व्याघूर्णितास्ततः । सफलाः प्रपतन्ति स्म द्रुमात्स्रस्ताः कुमारकाः ॥

prahāravegābhihatā drumā vyāghūrṇitāstataḥ | saphalāḥ prapatanti sma drumātsrastāḥ kumārakāḥ

Struck by the force of the blow, the trees reeled, and the boys, shaken loose, fell from the tree along with the fruit.

Verse 23 (1.137.23)

केचिद्भग्नशिरोरस्काः केचिद्भग्नकटीमुखाः । निपेतुर्भ्रातरः सर्वे भीमसेनभुजार्दिताः ॥

kecidbhagnaśiroraskāḥ kecidbhagnakaṭīmukhāḥ | nipeturbhrātaraḥ sarve bhīmasenabhujārditāḥ

Some with their heads and chests broken, some with their hips and faces hurt, the brothers all fell, battered by Bhimasena's arms.

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

Verse 24 (1.137.24)

न ते नियुद्धे न जवे न योग्यासु कदाचन । कुमारा उत्तरं चक्रुः स्पर्धमाना वृकोदरम् ॥

na te niyuddhe na jave na yogyāsu kadācana | kumārā uttaraṃ cakruḥ spardhamānā vṛkodaram

In wrestling, in racing and in their exercises, the princes, vying with Vrikodara, could never once get the better of him.

Verse 25 (1.137.25)

एवं स धार्तराष्ट्रांश्च स्पर्धमानो वृकोदरः । अप्रियेऽतिष्ठदत्यन्तं बाल्यान्न द्रोहचेतसा ॥

evaṃ sa dhārtarāṣṭrāṃśca spardhamāno vṛkodaraḥ | apriye'tiṣṭhadatyantaṃ bālyānna drohacetasā

Thus Vrikodara, competing with the sons of Dhritarashtra, gave them great offence, but from boyishness, not from any wish to harm them.

Verse 26 (1.137.26)

ततो बलमतिख्यातं धार्तराष्ट्रः प्रतापवान् । भीमसेनस्य तज्ज्ञात्वा दुष्टभावमदर्शयत् ॥

tato balamatikhyātaṃ dhārtarāṣṭraḥ pratāpavān | bhīmasenasya tajjñātvā duṣṭabhāvamadarśayat

Then the mighty son of Dhritarashtra, seeing how famous Bhimasena's strength had become, revealed his wicked nature.

Verse 27 (1.137.27)

तस्य धर्मादपेतस्य पापानि परिपश्यतः । मोहादैश्वर्यलोभाच्च पापा मतिरजायत ॥

tasya dharmādapetasya pāpāni paripaśyataḥ | mohādaiśvaryalobhācca pāpā matirajāyata

As he strayed from dharma and fixed his eyes on evil, a wicked resolve arose in him from delusion and greed for power:

Verse 28 (1.137.28)

अयं बलवतां श्रेष्ठः कुन्तीपुत्रो वृकोदरः । मध्यमः कुन्तिपुत्राणां निकृत्या सन्निगृह्यतां ॥

ayaṃ balavatāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ kuntīputro vṛkodaraḥ | madhyamaḥ kuntiputrāṇāṃ nikṛtyā sannigṛhyatāṃ

"This son of Kunti, Vrikodara, the middle one of Kunti's sons, is the strongest of the strong. He must be brought down by deceit.

Verse 29 (1.137.29)

प्राणवान्विक्रमी चैव शौर्येण महताऽन्वितः । स्पर्धते चापि सहितानस्मानेको वृकोदरः ॥

prāṇavānvikramī caiva śauryeṇa mahatā'nvitaḥ | spardhate cāpi sahitānasmāneko vṛkodaraḥ

Full of strength and daring, endowed with great courage, Vrikodara alone takes on all of us together.

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

Verse 30 (1.137.30)

तं तु सुप्तं पुरोद्याने गङ्गायां प्रक्षिपामहे । अथ तस्मादवरजं श्रेष्ठं चैव युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

taṃ tu suptaṃ purodyāne gaṅgāyāṃ prakṣipāmahe | atha tasmādavarajaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ caiva yudhiṣṭhiram

When he is asleep in the garden by the city, let us throw him into the Ganga. Then his younger brother, and Yudhishthira the best of them,

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second = 1.119.27ab (which reads jyeṣṭhaṃ for श्रेष्ठं).

Verse 31 (1.137.31)

प्रसह्य बन्धने बद्ध्वा प्रशासिष्ये वसुन्धराम् । एवं स निश्चयं पापः कृत्वा दुर्योधनस्तदा । नित्यमेवान्तरप्रेक्षी भीमस्यासीन्महात्मनः ॥

prasahya bandhane baddhvā praśāsiṣye vasundharām | evaṃ sa niścayaṃ pāpaḥ kṛtvā duryodhanastadā | nityamevāntaraprekṣī bhīmasyāsīnmahātmanaḥ

I will forcibly put in chains, and I will rule the earth." Having made this resolve, the wicked Duryodhana was ever on the watch for a chance against the great-souled Bhima.

Note on the text: The first line = 1.119.27cd of the critical edition; the second and third = 1.119.28. The first line ends Duryodhana's thought; the rest is narration.

Verse 32 (1.137.32)

ततो जलविहारार्थं कारयामास भारत । चैलकम्बलवेश्मानि विचित्राणि महान्ति च ॥

tato jalavihārārthaṃ kārayāmāsa bhārata | cailakambalaveśmāni vicitrāṇi mahānti ca

Then, O Bharata, for sport in the water he had large and splendid pavilions of cloth and woollen hangings put up,

Verse 33 (1.137.33)

सर्वकामैः सुपूर्णानि पताकोच्छ्रायवन्ति च । तत्र संजनयामास नानागाराण्यनेकशः ॥

sarvakāmaiḥ supūrṇāni patākocchrāyavanti ca | tatra saṃjanayāmāsa nānāgārāṇyanekaśaḥ

well stocked with everything one could desire and hung with tall banners; and there he had many houses of different kinds built.

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

Verse 34 (1.137.34)

उदकक्रीडनं नाम कारयामास भारत । प्रमाणकोट्यां तं देशं स्थलं किंचिदुपेत्यह ॥

udakakrīḍanaṃ nāma kārayāmāsa bhārata | pramāṇakoṭyāṃ taṃ deśaṃ sthalaṃ kiṃcidupetyaha

He had a place for water games built, O Bharata, called Udakakridana, choosing a spot of land at Pramanakoti on the Ganga.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second corresponds to 1.119.30ab (which reads uddeśaṃ … upetya ca).

Verse 35 (1.137.35)

क्रीडावसाने ते सर्वे शुचिवस्त्राः स्वलङ्कृताः । सर्वकामसमृद्धं तदन्नं बुभुजिरे शनैः ॥

krīḍāvasāne te sarve śucivastrāḥ svalaṅkṛtāḥ | sarvakāmasamṛddhaṃ tadannaṃ bubhujire śanaiḥ

When the games were over, they all put on clean clothes and ornaments and slowly ate the food, which was rich in every delight.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`). = 1.119.30cd–ef of the critical edition, aligned by hand.

Verse 36 (1.137.36)

दिवसान्ते परिश्रान्ता विहृत्य च कुरूद्वहाः । विहारावसथेष्वेव वीरा वासमरोचयन् ॥

divasānte pariśrāntā vihṛtya ca kurūdvahāḥ | vihārāvasatheṣveva vīrā vāsamarocayan

At the end of the day, tired from their sport, the heroes of the Kuru line chose to spend the night in the pleasure lodges.

Verse 37 (1.137.37)

खिन्नस्तु बलवान्भीमो व्यायामाभ्यधिकस्तदा । वाहयित्वा कुमारांस्ताञ्जलक्रीडागतान्विभुः ॥

khinnastu balavānbhīmo vyāyāmābhyadhikastadā | vāhayitvā kumārāṃstāñjalakrīḍāgatānvibhuḥ

But mighty Bhima was weary, having exerted himself more than the rest; the strong one had carried the boys about in their water play,

Note on the text: = 1.119.32ab–cd of the critical edition, aligned by hand.

Verse 38 (1.137.38)

प्रमाणकोट्यां वासार्थं सुष्वापारुह्य तत्स्थलम् । शीतं वासं समासाद्य शान्तो मदविमोहितः ॥

pramāṇakoṭyāṃ vāsārthaṃ suṣvāpāruhya tatsthalam | śītaṃ vāsaṃ samāsādya śānto madavimohitaḥ

and, looking for a place to rest, he climbed up to that spot at Pramanakoti and lay down to sleep. Finding a cool place to lie, at rest and dazed with drowsiness,

Note on the text: = 1.119.32ef + 1.119.33ab of the critical edition (which reads vāsārthī and śrānto), aligned by hand.

Verse 39 (1.137.39)

निश्चेष्टः पाण्डवो राजन्सुष्वाप मृतवत्क्षितौ । ततो बद्ध्वा लतापाशैर्भीमं दुर्योधनः शनैः ॥

niśceṣṭaḥ pāṇḍavo rājansuṣvāpa mṛtavatkṣitau | tato baddhvā latāpāśairbhīmaṃ duryodhanaḥ śanaiḥ

the son of Pandu, O king, slept on the ground, motionless, like a dead man. Then Duryodhana quietly bound Bhima with nooses of creeper

Note on the text: = 1.119.33cd (which reads mṛtakalpavat) + 1.119.34ab of the critical edition, aligned by hand.

Verse 40 (1.137.40)

प्रमाणकोट्यां संसुप्तं गङ्गायां प्राक्षिपज्जले । ततः प्रबुद्धः कौन्तेयः सर्वान्संछिद्य बन्धनान् ॥

pramāṇakoṭyāṃ saṃsuptaṃ gaṅgāyāṃ prākṣipajjale | tataḥ prabuddhaḥ kaunteyaḥ sarvānsaṃchidya bandhanān

and threw him, asleep there at Pramanakoti, into the waters of the Ganga. Then the son of Kunti woke, broke all his bonds,

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to 1.119.34cd of the critical edition, which words it differently (gambhīraṃ bhīmavegaṃ ca sthalāj jalam apātayat); the second = 1.119.35ab.

Verse 41 (1.137.41)

उदतिष्ठद्बलाद्भूयो भीमः प्रहरतां वरः । स विमुक्तो महातेजा नाज्ञासीत्तेन तत्कृतम् ॥

udatiṣṭhadbalādbhūyo bhīmaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ | sa vimukto mahātejā nājñāsīttena tatkṛtam

and Bhima, best of fighters, rose up again by his own strength. Once free, the mighty one did not realise that Duryodhana had done this to him;

Note on the text: The first line = 1.119.35cd of the critical edition (which reads jalād for बलाद्); the second is not in it (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 42 (1.137.42)

पुनर्निद्रावशं प्राप्तस्तत्रैव प्रास्वपद्बली । अर्धरात्र्यां व्यतीतायामुत्तस्थुः कुरुपाण्डवाः । दुर्योधनस्तु कौन्तेयं दृष्ट्वा निर्वेदमभ्यगात् ॥

punarnidrāvaśaṃ prāptastatraiva prāsvapadbalī | ardharātryāṃ vyatītāyāmuttasthuḥ kurupāṇḍavāḥ | duryodhanastu kaunteyaṃ dṛṣṭvā nirvedamabhyagāt

overcome by sleep once more, the strong one went back to sleep in the same place. When half the night had passed, the Kurus and the Pandavas rose, and Duryodhana, seeing the son of Kunti, was filled with dismay.

Note on the text: Corrected कुरुपाण्जवाः → कुरुपाण्डवाः (misprint in Wikisource; ज for ड). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 43 (1.137.43)

सुप्तं चापि पुनः सर्पैस्तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रैर्महाविषैः । कुपितैर्दंशयामास सर्वेष्वेवाङ्गसन्धिषु ॥

suptaṃ cāpi punaḥ sarpaistīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrairmahāviṣaiḥ | kupitairdaṃśayāmāsa sarveṣvevāṅgasandhiṣu

Again, while he slept, Duryodhana had him bitten in every joint of his limbs by angry snakes with sharp fangs and deadly venom.

Verse 44 (1.137.44)

दंष्ट्राश्च दंष्ट्रिणां मर्मस्वपि तेन निपातिताः । त्वचं न चास्य बिभिदुः सारत्वात्पृथुवक्षसः ॥

daṃṣṭrāśca daṃṣṭriṇāṃ marmasvapi tena nipātitāḥ | tvacaṃ na cāsya bibhiduḥ sāratvātpṛthuvakṣasaḥ

Though he made the snakes strike their fangs even into his vital points, they could not pierce the skin of that broad-chested youth, so hard was it.

Note on the text: Corrected पृथुपक्षसः → पृथुवक्षसः (misprint in Wikisource; प for व — "broad-chested"; the critical edition reads pṛthuvakṣasaḥ).

Verse 45 (1.137.45)

प्रबुद्धो भीमसेनस्तान्सर्वान्सर्पानपोथयत् । सारथिं चास्य दयितमपहस्तेन जघ्निवान् ॥

prabuddho bhīmasenastānsarvānsarpānapothayat | sārathiṃ cāsya dayitamapahastena jaghnivān

Waking, Bhimasena crushed all the snakes, and with a backhand blow he killed Duryodhana's favourite charioteer.

Note on the text: Corrected भीसेन → भीमसेन (misprint in Wikisource; dropped म, one syllable short — the critical edition reads bhīmas). = 1.119.38 of the critical edition (which reads pratibuddhas tu bhīmas tān), aligned by hand.

Verse 46 (1.137.46)

तथान्यदिवसे राजन्हन्तुकामोऽत्यमर्षणः । वलनेन सहामन्त्र्य सौबलस्य मते स्थितः ॥

tathānyadivase rājanhantukāmo'tyamarṣaṇaḥ | valanena sahāmantrya saubalasya mate sthitaḥ

Another day, O king, the vindictive Duryodhana, bent on killing him, took counsel with Valana and, following the advice of Subala's son,

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

Verse 47 (1.137.47)

भोजने भीमसेनस्य ततः प्राक्षेपयद्विषम् । कालकूटं विषं तीक्ष्णं संभृतं रोमहर्षणम् ॥

bhojane bhīmasenasya tataḥ prākṣepayadviṣam | kālakūṭaṃ viṣaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ saṃbhṛtaṃ romaharṣaṇam

had poison put into Bhimasena's food: Kalakuta, a sharp poison, carefully gathered, that made the hair stand on end.

Verse 48 (1.137.48)

तच्चापि भुक्त्वाऽजरयदविकारो वृकोदरः । विकारं नाभ्यजनयत्सुतीक्ष्णमपि तद्विषम् ॥

taccāpi bhuktvā'jarayadavikāro vṛkodaraḥ | vikāraṃ nābhyajanayatsutīkṣṇamapi tadviṣam

Vrikodara ate that too and digested it without harm; sharp as the poison was, it worked no change in him.

Note on the text: Corrected भुक्त्वाऽजरदॉयदविकारो → भुक्त्वाऽजरयदविकारो (misprint in Wikisource; garbled अजरदॉयद् for अजरयद् "digested" — the critical edition reads bhuktvājarayad avikāro). = 1.119.40cd + 1.119.41ab of the critical edition (which reads vikāraṃ na hy ajanayat), aligned by hand.

Verse 49 (1.137.49)

भीमसंहननो भीमस्तस्मादजरयद्विषम् । ततोऽन्यदिवसे राजन्हन्तुकामो वृकोदरम् ॥

bhīmasaṃhanano bhīmastasmādajarayadviṣam | tato'nyadivase rājanhantukāmo vṛkodaram

So Bhima, of terrible frame, digested the poison. Then another day, O king, wanting to kill Vrikodara,

Note on the text: Corrected भीमस्त्समादजरयद् → भीमस्तस्मादजरयद् (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct त्स for तस्, which leaves the line a syllable short). The first line corresponds to 1.119.41cd of the critical edition (which reads tad apy ajarayat tataḥ); the second is not in it (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 50 (1.137.50)

सौबलेन सहायेन धार्तराष्ट्रोऽभ्यचिन्तयत् । चिन्तयन्नालभन्निद्रां दिवारात्रमतन्द्रितः ॥

saubalena sahāyena dhārtarāṣṭro'bhyacintayat | cintayannālabhannidrāṃ divārātramatandritaḥ

the son of Dhritarashtra, with Subala's son to help him, kept scheming; and scheming, he got no sleep, day or night, never resting.

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

Verse 51 (1.137.51)

एवं दुर्योधनः कर्णः शकुनिश्चापि सौबलः । अनेकैरप्युपायैस्ताञ्जिघांसन्ति स्म पाण्डवान् ॥

evaṃ duryodhanaḥ karṇaḥ śakuniścāpi saubalaḥ | anekairapyupāyaistāñjighāṃsanti sma pāṇḍavān

Thus Duryodhana, Karna and Shakuni son of Subala tried by many means to kill the Pandavas.

Verse 52 (1.137.52)

वैश्यापुत्रस्तदाचष्ट पार्थानां हितकाम्यया । पाण्डवा ह्यपि तत्सर्वं प्रत्यजानन्नरिन्दमाः । उद्भावनमकुर्वन्तो विदुरस्य मते स्थिताः ॥

vaiśyāputrastadācaṣṭa pārthānāṃ hitakāmyayā | pāṇḍavā hyapi tatsarvaṃ pratyajānannarindamāḥ | udbhāvanamakurvanto vidurasya mate sthitāḥ

Yuyutsu, the son of the Vaishya woman, told the sons of Pritha of this, out of goodwill toward them. The Pandavas, subduers of their foes, knew it all, yet, following Vidura's counsel, they did not bring it into the open.

Note on the text: Corrected वैश्या पुत्रस् → वैश्यापुत्रस् (misprint in Wikisource; a compound split by a space — the critical edition reads vaiśyāputras). Removed a stray wiki mark ('). The first line = 1.119.40ab of the critical edition; the second and third are not in it (found in the vulgate recension).