Drona's Fee: The Capture of Drupada

Verse 1 (1.148.1)

पाण्डवान्धार्तराष्ट्रांश्च कृतास्त्रान्प्रसमीक्ष्य सः । गुर्वर्थं दक्षिणां काले प्राप्तेऽमन्यत वै गुरुः ॥

pāṇḍavāndhārtarāṣṭrāṃśca kṛtāstrānprasamīkṣya saḥ | gurvarthaṃ dakṣiṇāṃ kāle prāpte'manyata vai guruḥ

When the teacher saw that the Pandavas and the sons of Dhritarashtra had mastered their weapons, he judged that the time had come for the teacher's fee.

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

Verse 2 (1.148.2)

अस्त्रशिक्षामनुज्ञातान्रङ्गद्वारमुपागतान् । भारद्वाजस्ततस्तांस्तु सर्वानेवाभ्यभाषत ॥

astraśikṣāmanujñātānraṅgadvāramupāgatān | bhāradvājastatastāṃstu sarvānevābhyabhāṣata

When they had been released from their training in arms and had gathered at the gate of the arena, Bharadvaja's son addressed them all:

Note on the text: Removed the wiki mark (backtick) at the start of the verse. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 3 (1.148.3)

इच्छामि दत्तां सहितां मह्यं परमदक्षिणाम् । एवमुक्तास्ततः सर्वे शिष्या द्रोणमथाब्रुवन् । भगवन्किं प्रयच्छाम आज्ञापयतु नो गुरुः ॥

icchāmi dattāṃ sahitāṃ mahyaṃ paramadakṣiṇām | evamuktāstataḥ sarve śiṣyā droṇamathābruvan | bhagavankiṃ prayacchāma ājñāpayatu no guruḥ

"I wish you to give me, all together, the supreme fee." Thus addressed, all the disciples said to Drona, "Lord, what shall we give? Let our teacher command us."

Note on the text: Removed the wiki marks (an inner ।। and a quote mark) at the end of the verse. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 4 (1.148.4)

ततः शिष्यान्समाहूय आचार्योऽर्थमचोदयत् । द्रोणः सर्वानशेषेण दक्षिणार्थं महीपते ॥

tataḥ śiṣyānsamāhūya ācāryo'rthamacodayat | droṇaḥ sarvānaśeṣeṇa dakṣiṇārthaṃ mahīpate

Then the teacher Drona called his disciples together, O lord of the earth, and charged every one of them with the task for his fee:

Verse 5 (1.148.5)

पञ्चालराजं द्रुपदं गृहीत्वा रणमूर्धनि । पर्यानयत भद्रं वः सा स्यात्परमदक्षिणा ॥

pañcālarājaṃ drupadaṃ gṛhītvā raṇamūrdhani | paryānayata bhadraṃ vaḥ sā syātparamadakṣiṇā

"Seize Drupada, king of the Panchalas, at the forefront of battle and bring him here. Good fortune be with you: that will be the supreme fee."

Note on the text: Corrected गृहित्वा → गृहीत्वा (misprint in Wikisource; the absolutive has a long ī — the critical edition reads gṛhītvā).

Verse 6 (1.148.6)

तथेत्युक्त्वा तु ते सर्वे रथैस्तूर्णं प्रहारिणः । आचार्यधनदानार्थं द्रोणेन सहिता ययुः ॥

tathetyuktvā tu te sarve rathaistūrṇaṃ prahāriṇaḥ | ācāryadhanadānārthaṃ droṇena sahitā yayuḥ

Saying "So be it," they all set out swiftly in their chariots, eager to strike, together with Drona, to pay the teacher what was owed him.

Verse 7 (1.148.7)

ततोऽभिजग्मुः पञ्चालान्निघ्नन्तस्ते नरर्षभाः । ममृदुस्तस्य नगरं द्रुपदस्य महौजसः ॥

tato'bhijagmuḥ pañcālānnighnantaste nararṣabhāḥ | mamṛdustasya nagaraṃ drupadasya mahaujasaḥ

Then those bulls among men advanced on the Panchalas, cutting them down as they went, and laid waste the city of the mighty Drupada.

Note on the text: = CE 1.128.4, aligned by hand.

Verse 8 (1.148.8)

दुर्योधनश्च कर्णश्च युयुत्सुश्च महाबलः । दुःशासनो विकर्णश्च जलसन्धः सुलोचनः ॥

duryodhanaśca karṇaśca yuyutsuśca mahābalaḥ | duḥśāsano vikarṇaśca jalasandhaḥ sulocanaḥ

Duryodhana and Karna, mighty Yuyutsu, Duhshasana, Vikarna, Jalasandha and Sulochana —

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

Verse 9 (1.148.9)

एते चान्ये च बहवः कुमारा बहुविक्रमाः । अहं पूर्वमहं पूर्वमित्येवं क्षत्रियर्षभाः ॥

ete cānye ca bahavaḥ kumārā bahuvikramāḥ | ahaṃ pūrvamahaṃ pūrvamityevaṃ kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ

these and many other princes of great prowess, bulls among Kshatriyas, each crying "Me first! Me first!" —

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

Verse 10 (1.148.10)

ततो वररथारूढाः कुमाराः सादिभिः सह । प्रविश्य नगरं सर्वे राजमार्गमुपाययुः ॥

tato vararathārūḍhāḥ kumārāḥ sādibhiḥ saha | praviśya nagaraṃ sarve rājamārgamupāyayuḥ

then all the princes, mounted on fine chariots and with horsemen beside them, entered the city and reached the royal highway.

Note on the text: Corrected वरराथारूढाः → वररथारूढाः (misprint in Wikisource; रा for र in रथ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 11 (1.148.11)

तस्मिन्काले तु पाञ्चालः श्रुत्वा दृष्ट्वा महद्बलम् । भ्रातृभिः सहितो राजंस्त्वरया निर्ययौ गृहात् ॥

tasminkāle tu pāñcālaḥ śrutvā dṛṣṭvā mahadbalam | bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito rājaṃstvarayā niryayau gṛhāt

At that moment the Panchala king, hearing of and seeing the great force, came out of his palace in haste with his brothers, O king.

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

Verse 12 (1.148.12)

ततस्तु कृतसन्नाहा यज्ञसेनसहोदराः । शरवर्षाणि मुञ्चन्तः प्रणेदुः सर्व एव ते ॥

tatastu kṛtasannāhā yajñasenasahodarāḥ | śaravarṣāṇi muñcantaḥ praṇeduḥ sarva eva te

Then Yajnasena's brothers, clad in armour, all roared together as they loosed showers of arrows.

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

Verse 13 (1.148.13)

ततो रथेन शुभ्रेण समासाद्य तु कौरवान् । यज्ञसेनः शरान्घोरान्ववर्ष युधि दुर्जयः ॥

tato rathena śubhreṇa samāsādya tu kauravān | yajñasenaḥ śarānghorānvavarṣa yudhi durjayaḥ

Then Yajnasena, invincible in battle, bore down on the Kauravas in his gleaming chariot and rained terrible arrows on them.

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

Verse 14 (1.148.14)

पूर्वमेव तु संमन्त्र्य पार्थो द्रोणमथाऽब्रवीत् । दर्पोद्रेकात्कुमाराणामाचार्यं द्विजसत्तमम् ॥

pūrvameva tu saṃmantrya pārtho droṇamathā'bravīt | darpodrekātkumārāṇāmācāryaṃ dvijasattamam

Even before this, Partha had taken counsel and, because of the princes' overweening pride, had said to the teacher Drona, best of the twice-born:

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

Verse 15 (1.148.15)

एषां पराक्रमस्यान्ते वयं कुर्याम साहसम् । एतैरशक्यः पाञ्चालो ग्रहीतुं रणमूर्धनि ॥

eṣāṃ parākramasyānte vayaṃ kuryāma sāhasam | etairaśakyaḥ pāñcālo grahītuṃ raṇamūrdhani

"When these have spent their prowess, we shall make our bold attempt. They cannot take the Panchala king at the forefront of battle."

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

Verse 16 (1.148.16)

एवमुक्त्वा तु कौन्तेयो भ्रातृभिः सहितोऽनघः । अर्धक्रोशे तु नगरादतिष्ठद्बहिरेव सः ॥

evamuktvā tu kaunteyo bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito'naghaḥ | ardhakrośe tu nagarādatiṣṭhadbahireva saḥ

Having said this, the blameless son of Kunti waited with his brothers outside the city, half a krosha away.

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

Verse 17 (1.148.17)

द्रुपदः कौरवान्दृष्ट्वा प्राधावत समन्ततः । शरजालेन महता मोहयन्कौरवीं चमूम् ॥

drupadaḥ kauravāndṛṣṭvā prādhāvata samantataḥ | śarajālena mahatā mohayankauravīṃ camūm

Drupada, seeing the Kauravas, fell on them from every side, bewildering the Kaurava host with a vast net of arrows.

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

Verse 18 (1.148.18)

तमुद्यतं रथेनैकमाशुकारिणमाहवे । अनेकमिव सन्त्रासान्मेनिरे तत्र कौरवाः ॥

tamudyataṃ rathenaikamāśukāriṇamāhave | anekamiva santrāsānmenire tatra kauravāḥ

As he rose against them, swift in action on a single chariot, the Kauravas there in their terror took him to be many.

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

Verse 19 (1.148.19)

द्रुपदस्य शरा घोरा विचेरुः सर्वतोदिशम् । ततः शङ्खाश्च भेर्यश्च मृदङ्गाश्च सहस्रशः ॥

drupadasya śarā ghorā viceruḥ sarvatodiśam | tataḥ śaṅkhāśca bheryaśca mṛdaṅgāśca sahasraśaḥ

Drupada's terrible arrows ranged in every direction. Then conches, kettledrums and drums by the thousand

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

Verse 20 (1.148.20)

प्रावाद्यन्त महाराज पञ्चालानां निवेशने । सिंहनादश्च संजज्ञे पञ्चालानां महात्मनाम् ॥

prāvādyanta mahārāja pañcālānāṃ niveśane | siṃhanādaśca saṃjajñe pañcālānāṃ mahātmanām

sounded, great king, in the city of the Panchalas, and a lion's roar went up from the great-hearted Panchalas,

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

Verse 21 (1.148.21)

धनुर्ज्यातलशब्दश्च संस्पृश्य गगनं महान् । दुर्योधनो विकर्णश्च सुबाहुर्दीर्घलोचनः ॥

dhanurjyātalaśabdaśca saṃspṛśya gaganaṃ mahān | duryodhano vikarṇaśca subāhurdīrghalocanaḥ

with the mighty sound of bowstrings striking the arm-guards, reaching up to the sky. Duryodhana, Vikarna, Subahu, Dirghalochana

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

Verse 22 (1.148.22)

दुःशासनश्च संक्रुद्धः शरवर्षैरवाकिरन् । सोऽतिविद्धो महेष्वासः पार्षतो युधि दुर्जयः ॥

duḥśāsanaśca saṃkruddhaḥ śaravarṣairavākiran | so'tividdho maheṣvāsaḥ pārṣato yudhi durjayaḥ

and Duhshasana, enraged, covered him with showers of arrows. Pierced deeply, the great archer Parshata, invincible in battle,

Note on the text: Corrected दुःशाशनश्च → दुःशासनश्च (misprint in Wikisource; श for स in the name Duhshasana). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 23 (1.148.23)

व्यधमत्तान्यनीकानि तत्क्षणादेव भारत । दुर्योधनं विकर्णं च कर्णं चापि महाबलम् ॥

vyadhamattānyanīkāni tatkṣaṇādeva bhārata | duryodhanaṃ vikarṇaṃ ca karṇaṃ cāpi mahābalam

scattered those divisions in an instant, O Bharata. Duryodhana, Vikarna, mighty Karna as well,

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

Verse 24 (1.148.24)

नानानृपसुतान्वीरान्सैन्यानि विविधानि च । अलातचक्रवत्सर्वं चरन्बाणैरतर्पयत् ॥

nānānṛpasutānvīrānsainyāni vividhāni ca | alātacakravatsarvaṃ caranbāṇairatarpayat

the heroic sons of many kings and their troops of every kind — he whirled among them all like a circling firebrand and glutted them with arrows.

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

Verse 25 (1.148.25)

ततस्तु नागराः सर्वे मुसलैर्यष्टिभिस्तदा । अभ्यवर्षन्त कौरव्यान्वर्षमाणा घना इव ॥

tatastu nāgarāḥ sarve musalairyaṣṭibhistadā | abhyavarṣanta kauravyānvarṣamāṇā ghanā iva

Then all the citizens rained blows on the Kauravas with clubs and staves, like clouds pouring down rain.

Note on the text: Corrected घा → घना (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara — the critical edition's apparatus reads ghanā iva). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 26 (1.148.26)

सबालवृद्धाः काम्पिल्याः कौरवानभ्ययुस्तदा । श्रुत्वा सुतुमुलं युद्धं कौरवानेव भारत ॥

sabālavṛddhāḥ kāmpilyāḥ kauravānabhyayustadā | śrutvā sutumulaṃ yuddhaṃ kauravāneva bhārata

Young and old, the people of Kampilya came out against the Kauravas, O Bharata; and the Kauravas, hearing that tumultuous battle,

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

Verse 27 (1.148.27)

द्रवन्तिस्म नदन्तिस्म क्रोशन्तः पाण्डवान्प्रति । पाण्डवास्तु स्वनं श्रुत्वा आर्तानां रोमहर्षणम् ॥

dravantisma nadantisma krośantaḥ pāṇḍavānprati | pāṇḍavāstu svanaṃ śrutvā ārtānāṃ romaharṣaṇam

ran back toward the Pandavas, crying out and shouting. The Pandavas, hearing the hair-raising cry of men in distress,

Note on the text: Corrected पाडवास्तु → पाण्डवास्तु (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ण्). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 28 (1.148.28)

अभिवाद्य ततो द्रोणं रथानारुरुहुस्तदा । युधिष्ठिरं निवार्याशु मा युध्यस्वेति पाण्डवम् ॥

abhivādya tato droṇaṃ rathānāruruhustadā | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ nivāryāśu mā yudhyasveti pāṇḍavam

saluted Drona and mounted their chariots. Quickly holding back Yudhishthira the Pandava with the words "Do not fight,"

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

Verse 29 (1.148.29)

माद्रेयौ चक्ररक्षौ तु फाल्गुनश्च तदाऽकरोत् । सेनाग्रगो भीमसेनस्तदाभूद्गदया सह ॥

mādreyau cakrarakṣau tu phālgunaśca tadā'karot | senāgrago bhīmasenastadābhūdgadayā saha

Phalguna then made the two sons of Madri the guards of his wheels. Bhimasena, mace in hand, went at the head of the army.

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

Verse 30 (1.148.30)

तदा शत्रुस्वनं श्रुत्वा भ्रातृभिः सहितोऽनघः । आयाज्जवेन कौन्तेयो रथेनानादयन्दिशः ॥

tadā śatrusvanaṃ śrutvā bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito'naghaḥ | āyājjavena kaunteyo rathenānādayandiśaḥ

Then, hearing the enemy's clamour, the blameless son of Kunti came on swiftly with his brothers, making the quarters resound with his chariot.

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

Verse 31 (1.148.31)

पञ्चालानां ततः सेनामुद्धूतार्णवनिःस्वनाम् । भीमसेनो महाबाहुर्दण्डपाणिरिवान्तकः ॥

pañcālānāṃ tataḥ senāmuddhūtārṇavaniḥsvanām | bhīmaseno mahābāhurdaṇḍapāṇirivāntakaḥ

Then mighty-armed Bhimasena, like Death with his staff in hand, fell upon the Panchala army, which roared like a storm-tossed ocean:

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

Verse 32 (1.148.32)

प्रविवेश महासेनां मकरः सागरं यथा । चतुरङ्गबलाकीर्णे ततस्तस्मिन्रणोत्सवे ॥

praviveśa mahāsenāṃ makaraḥ sāgaraṃ yathā | caturaṅgabalākīrṇe tatastasminraṇotsave

he entered that great host as a makara enters the sea. Then, in that festival of battle crowded with forces of all four arms,

Note on the text: Removed the wiki marks (backtick, an inner ।। and a quote mark) around the second line. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 33 (1.148.33)

स्वयमभ्यद्रवद्भीमो नागानीकं गदाधरः ॥

svayamabhyadravadbhīmo nāgānīkaṃ gadādharaḥ

Bhima, mace in hand, himself charged the elephant division.

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

Verse 34 (1.148.34)

स युद्धकुशलः पार्थो बाहुवीर्येण चातुलः । अहनत्कुञ्जरानीकं गदया कालरूपधृक् ॥

sa yuddhakuśalaḥ pārtho bāhuvīryeṇa cātulaḥ | ahanatkuñjarānīkaṃ gadayā kālarūpadhṛk

That son of Pritha, skilled in battle and unequalled in strength of arm, took on the form of Death and struck down the elephant division with his mace.

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

Verse 35 (1.148.35)

ते गजा गिरिसङ्काशाः क्षरन्तो रुधिरं बहु । भीमसेनस्य गदया भिन्नमस्तकपिण्डकाः ॥

te gajā girisaṅkāśāḥ kṣaranto rudhiraṃ bahu | bhīmasenasya gadayā bhinnamastakapiṇḍakāḥ

Those elephants, huge as mountains, streaming with blood, their skulls and temples split by Bhimasena's mace,

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

Verse 36 (1.148.36)

पतन्ति द्विरदा भूमौ वज्रघातादिवाचलाः । गजानश्वान्रथांश्चैव पातयामास पाण्डवः ॥

patanti dviradā bhūmau vajraghātādivācalāḥ | gajānaśvānrathāṃścaiva pātayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ

fell to the ground like mountains struck by the thunderbolt. The Pandava brought down elephants, horses and chariots;

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

Verse 37 (1.148.37)

पदातींश्च रथांश्चैव न्यवधीदर्जुनाग्रजः । गोपाल इव दण्डेन यथा पशुगणान्वने ॥

padātīṃśca rathāṃścaiva nyavadhīdarjunāgrajaḥ | gopāla iva daṇḍena yathā paśugaṇānvane

Arjuna's elder brother slew foot-soldiers and chariot-fighters, driving them as a cowherd drives his herds through the forest with his stick.

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

Verse 38 (1.148.38)

चालयन्रथनागांश्च संचचाल वृकोदरः । भारद्वाजप्रियं कर्तुमुद्यतः फाल्गुनस्तदा ॥

cālayanrathanāgāṃśca saṃcacāla vṛkodaraḥ | bhāradvājapriyaṃ kartumudyataḥ phālgunastadā

Vrikodara ranged about, scattering chariots and elephants. Then Phalguna, intent on pleasing Bharadvaja's son,

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

Verse 39 (1.148.39)

पार्षतं शरजालेन क्षिपन्नागात्स पाण्डवः । हयौघांश्च रथौघांश्च गजौघांश्च समन्ततः ॥

pārṣataṃ śarajālena kṣipannāgātsa pāṇḍavaḥ | hayaughāṃśca rathaughāṃśca gajaughāṃśca samantataḥ

came on, casting a net of arrows over Parshata. The Pandava, bringing down on every side hosts of horses, of chariots and of elephants,

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

Verse 40 (1.148.40)

पातयन्समरे राजन्युगान्ताग्निरिव ज्वलन् । ततस्ते हन्यमाना वै पञ्चालाः सृञ्जयास्तथा ॥

pātayansamare rājanyugāntāgniriva jvalan | tataste hanyamānā vai pañcālāḥ sṛñjayāstathā

blazed in the battle, O king, like the fire at the end of the age. Then the Panchalas and the Srinjayas, being cut down,

Note on the text: Corrected युगान्ताग्रिरिव → युगान्ताग्निरिव (misprint in Wikisource; ग्र for ग्न — the critical edition's apparatus reads yugāntāgnir iva). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 41 (1.148.41)

शरैर्नानाविधैस्तूर्णं पार्थं संछाद्य सर्वशः । सिंहनादं मुखैः कृत्वा समयुध्यन्त पाण्डवम् ॥

śarairnānāvidhaistūrṇaṃ pārthaṃ saṃchādya sarvaśaḥ | siṃhanādaṃ mukhaiḥ kṛtvā samayudhyanta pāṇḍavam

quickly covered Partha on every side with arrows of many kinds and, roaring like lions, fought the Pandava.

Note on the text: Corrected समयुध्वन्त → समयुध्यन्त (misprint in Wikisource; ध्व for ध्य — the critical edition's apparatus reads samayudhyanta). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 42 (1.148.42)

तद्युद्धमभवद्धोरं सुमहाद्भुतदर्शनम् । सिंहनादस्वनं श्रुत्वा नामृष्यत्पाकशासनिः ॥

tadyuddhamabhavaddhoraṃ sumahādbhutadarśanam | siṃhanādasvanaṃ śrutvā nāmṛṣyatpākaśāsaniḥ

That battle was terrible and a great wonder to behold. Hearing the lion's roars, the son of Indra could not bear it.

Note on the text: Corrected समुहाद्भुतदर्शनम् → सुमहाद्भुतदर्शनम् (misprint in Wikisource; transposed vowel signs — the critical edition's apparatus reads sumahādbhutadarśanam). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 43 (1.148.43)

ततः किरीटी सहसा पञ्चालान्समरेऽद्रवत् । छादयन्निषुजालेन महता मोहयन्निव ॥

tataḥ kirīṭī sahasā pañcālānsamare'dravat | chādayanniṣujālena mahatā mohayanniva

Then Kiritin suddenly charged the Panchalas in the battle, covering them with a great net of arrows as though to bewilder them.

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

Verse 44 (1.148.44)

शीघ्रमभ्यस्यतो बाणान्संदधानस्य चानिशम् । नान्तरं ददृशे किंचित्कौन्तेयस्य यशस्विनः ॥

śīghramabhyasyato bāṇānsaṃdadhānasya cāniśam | nāntaraṃ dadṛśe kiṃcitkaunteyasya yaśasvinaḥ

So swiftly did the glorious son of Kunti shoot and so ceaselessly did he fit his arrows that no pause at all could be seen between them.

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

Verse 45 (1.148.45)

न दिशो नान्तरिक्षं च तदा नैव च मेदिनी । अदृश्यत महाराज तत्र किंचिन्न सङ्गरे ॥

na diśo nāntarikṣaṃ ca tadā naiva ca medinī | adṛśyata mahārāja tatra kiṃcinna saṅgare

Neither the quarters nor the sky nor the earth could then be seen, great king; nothing at all could be seen there in that battle.

Note on the text: Removed the wiki mark (backtick) at the start of the verse. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 46 (1.148.46)

पाञ्चालानां कुरूणां च साधुसाध्विति निस्वनः । तत्र तूर्यनिनादश्च शङ्खानां च महास्वनः ॥

pāñcālānāṃ kurūṇāṃ ca sādhusādhviti nisvanaḥ | tatra tūryaninādaśca śaṅkhānāṃ ca mahāsvanaḥ

From the Panchalas and the Kurus alike went up the cry "Well done! Well done!", and with it the sound of trumpets and the mighty blare of conches,

Note on the text: Removed the wiki marks (an inner ।। and a quote mark) at the end of the verse. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 47 (1.148.47)

सिंहनादश्च संजज्ञे साधुशब्देन मिश्रितः । ततः पाञ्चालराजस्तु तथा सत्यजिता सह ॥

siṃhanādaśca saṃjajñe sādhuśabdena miśritaḥ | tataḥ pāñcālarājastu tathā satyajitā saha

and a lion's roar arose, mingled with the shouts of applause. Then the Panchala king, together with Satyajit,

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

Verse 48 (1.148.48)

त्वरमाणोऽभिदुद्राव महेन्द्रं शम्बरो यथा । महता शरवर्षेण पार्थः पाञ्चालमावृणोत् ॥

tvaramāṇo'bhidudrāva mahendraṃ śambaro yathā | mahatā śaravarṣeṇa pārthaḥ pāñcālamāvṛṇot

rushed forward in haste, as Shambara rushed at great Indra. Partha covered the Panchala king with a great rain of arrows.

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

Verse 49 (1.148.49)

ततो हलहलाशब्द आसीत्पाञ्चालके बले । जिघृक्षति महासिंहे गजानामिव यूथपम् ॥

tato halahalāśabda āsītpāñcālake bale | jighṛkṣati mahāsiṃhe gajānāmiva yūthapam

Then a great uproar went up in the Panchala army, as among elephants when a great lion moves to seize the leader of the herd.

Note on the text: Corrected जिवृक्षति → जिघृक्षति (misprint in Wikisource; व for घ — the critical edition's apparatus reads jighṛkṣati). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 50 (1.148.50)

दृष्ट्वा पार्थं तदायान्तं सत्यजित्सत्यविक्रमः । पाञ्चालं वै परिप्रेप्सुर्धनञ्जयमदुद्रुवत् ॥

dṛṣṭvā pārthaṃ tadāyāntaṃ satyajitsatyavikramaḥ | pāñcālaṃ vai pariprepsurdhanañjayamadudruvat

Seeing Partha bearing down, Satyajit, whose valour was true, ran at Dhananjaya, eager to save the Panchala king.

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

Verse 51 (1.148.51)

ततस्त्वर्जुनपाञ्चालौ युद्धाय समुपागतौ । व्यक्षोभयेतां तौ सैन्यमिन्द्रवैरोचनाविव ॥

tatastvarjunapāñcālau yuddhāya samupāgatau | vyakṣobhayetāṃ tau sainyamindravairocanāviva

Then Arjuna and the Panchala closed in combat and churned up the army like Indra and Virochana's son.

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

Verse 52 (1.148.52)

ततः सत्यजितं पार्थो दशभिर्मर्मभेदिभिः । विव्याध बलवद्गाढं तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥

tataḥ satyajitaṃ pārtho daśabhirmarmabhedibhiḥ | vivyādha balavadgāḍhaṃ tadadbhutamivābhavat

Then Partha pierced Satyajit deep and hard with ten arrows that struck at the vitals; it was a thing to marvel at.

Note on the text: Corrected बवलद्गाढं → बलवद्गाढं (misprint in Wikisource; transposed aksharas — the critical edition's apparatus reads balavad). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 53 (1.148.53)

ततः शरशतैः पार्थं पाञ्चालः शीघ्रमार्दयत् । पार्थस्तु शरवर्षेण च्छाद्यमानो महारथः ॥

tataḥ śaraśataiḥ pārthaṃ pāñcālaḥ śīghramārdayat | pārthastu śaravarṣeṇa cchādyamāno mahārathaḥ

Then the Panchala swiftly struck Partha with hundreds of arrows. Partha, the great chariot-warrior, as the rain of arrows covered him,

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

Verse 54 (1.148.54)

वेगं चक्रे महावेगो धनुर्ज्यामवमृज्य च । ततः सत्यजितश्चापं छित्त्वा राजानमभ्ययात् ॥

vegaṃ cakre mahāvego dhanurjyāmavamṛjya ca | tataḥ satyajitaścāpaṃ chittvā rājānamabhyayāt

swift as he was, put on greater speed and, rubbing down his bowstring, cut through Satyajit's bow and went for the king.

Note on the text: Corrected छित्वा → छित्त्वा (misprint in Wikisource; the absolutive of छिद् is छित्त्वा — the critical edition's apparatus reads chittvā). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 55 (1.148.55)

अथान्यद्धनुरादाय सत्यजिद्वेगवत्तरम् । साश्वं ससूतं सरथं पार्थं विव्याध सत्वरः ॥

athānyaddhanurādāya satyajidvegavattaram | sāśvaṃ sasūtaṃ sarathaṃ pārthaṃ vivyādha satvaraḥ

Then Satyajit took up another, swifter bow and quickly pierced Partha together with his horses, charioteer and chariot.

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

Verse 56 (1.148.56)

स तं न ममृषे पार्थः पाञ्चालेनार्दितो युधि । ततस्तस्य विनाशार्थं सत्वरं व्यसृजच्छरान् ॥

sa taṃ na mamṛṣe pārthaḥ pāñcālenārdito yudhi | tatastasya vināśārthaṃ satvaraṃ vyasṛjaccharān

Partha, hard pressed by the Panchala in battle, would not brook it, and loosed his arrows swiftly to destroy him —

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

Verse 57 (1.148.57)

हयान्ध्वजं धनुर्मुष्टिमुभौ तौ पार्ष्णिसारथी । स तथा भिद्यमानेषु कार्मुकेषु पुनः पुनः ॥

hayāndhvajaṃ dhanurmuṣṭimubhau tau pārṣṇisārathī | sa tathā bhidyamāneṣu kārmukeṣu punaḥ punaḥ

at his horses, his standard, his bow and its grip, and both the drivers who guarded his flanks. As his bows were shattered again and again

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

Verse 58 (1.148.58)

हयेषु विनिकृत्तेषु विमुखोऽभवदाहवे । स सत्यजितमालोक्य तथा विमुखमाहवे ॥

hayeṣu vinikṛtteṣu vimukho'bhavadāhave | sa satyajitamālokya tathā vimukhamāhave

and his horses cut down, Satyajit turned his back on the battle. Seeing Satyajit thus turned away from the fight,

Note on the text: Corrected आलेक्य → आलोक्य (misprint in Wikisource; े for ो — the critical edition's apparatus reads ālokya). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 59 (1.148.59)

वेगेन महता राजन्नभ्यधावत पार्षतम् । तदा चक्रे महद्युद्धमर्जुनो जयतां वरः ॥

vegena mahatā rājannabhyadhāvata pārṣatam | tadā cakre mahadyuddhamarjuno jayatāṃ varaḥ

Arjuna rushed at Parshata with great speed, O king; and then Arjuna, best of victors, fought a mighty battle.

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

Verse 60 (1.148.60)

तस्य पार्थो धनुश्छित्त्वा ध्वजं चोर्व्यामपातयत् । पञ्चभिस्तस्य विव्याध हयान्सूतं च सायकैः ॥

tasya pārtho dhanuśchittvā dhvajaṃ corvyāmapātayat | pañcabhistasya vivyādha hayānsūtaṃ ca sāyakaiḥ

Partha cut through his bow and brought his standard down to the earth, and with five arrows he pierced his horses and his charioteer.

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

Verse 61 (1.148.61)

तत उत्सृज्य तच्चापमाददानः शरावरम् । खड्गमुद्धृत्य कौन्तेयः सिंहनादमथाकरोत् ॥

tata utsṛjya taccāpamādadānaḥ śarāvaram | khaḍgamuddhṛtya kaunteyaḥ siṃhanādamathākarot

Then the son of Kunti cast aside his bow, took up a shield, drew his sword and gave a lion's roar.

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

Verse 62 (1.148.62)

पाञ्चालस्य रथस्येषामाप्लुत्य सहसाऽपतत् । पाञ्चालरथमास्थाय अवित्रस्तो धनञ्जयः ॥

pāñcālasya rathasyeṣāmāplutya sahasā'patat | pāñcālarathamāsthāya avitrasto dhanañjayaḥ

Leaping onto the pole of the Panchala king's chariot, he landed there in an instant. Standing on the Panchala's chariot, Dhananjaya, unafraid,

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

Verse 63 (1.148.63)

विक्षोभ्याम्भोनिधिं तार्क्ष्यस्तं नागमिव सोऽग्रहीत् । ततस्तु सर्वपाञ्चाला विद्रवन्ति दिशो दश ॥

vikṣobhyāmbhonidhiṃ tārkṣyastaṃ nāgamiva so'grahīt | tatastu sarvapāñcālā vidravanti diśo daśa

seized him, as Tarkshya (Garuda) churns up the ocean and seizes a serpent. Then all the Panchalas fled in the ten directions.

Note on the text: Restored the word spaces missing in Wikisource's first line (विक्षोभ्याम्भोनिधिंतार्क्ष्यस्तंनागमिव → विक्षोभ्याम्भोनिधिं तार्क्ष्यस्तं नागमिव). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 64 (1.148.64)

दर्शयन्सर्वसैन्यानां स बाह्वोर्बलमात्मनः । सिंहनादस्वनं कृत्वा निर्जगाम धनञ्जयः ॥

darśayansarvasainyānāṃ sa bāhvorbalamātmanaḥ | siṃhanādasvanaṃ kṛtvā nirjagāma dhanañjayaḥ

Showing all the armies the strength of his own arms, Dhananjaya gave a lion's roar and came out.

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

Verse 65 (1.148.65)

आयान्तमर्जुनं दृष्ट्वा कुमाराः सहितास्तदा । ममृदुस्तस्य नगरं द्रुपदस्य महात्मनः ॥

āyāntamarjunaṃ dṛṣṭvā kumārāḥ sahitāstadā | mamṛdustasya nagaraṃ drupadasya mahātmanaḥ

Seeing Arjuna coming, the princes all together laid waste the city of the great-souled Drupada.

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

Verse 66 (1.148.66)

संबन्धी कुरुवीराणां द्रुपदो राजसत्तमः । मा वधीस्तद्बलं भीम गुरुदानं प्रदीयताम् ॥

saṃbandhī kuruvīrāṇāṃ drupado rājasattamaḥ | mā vadhīstadbalaṃ bhīma gurudānaṃ pradīyatām

Arjuna said: "Drupada, best of kings, is a kinsman of the Kuru heroes. Do not destroy his forces, Bhima; let the teacher's fee be paid."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition's apparatus also gives this verse to Arjuna.

Verse 67 (1.148.67)

भीमसेनस्तदा राजन्नर्जुनेन निवारितः । अतृप्तो युद्धधर्मेषु न्यवर्तत महाबलः ॥

bhīmasenastadā rājannarjunena nivāritaḥ | atṛpto yuddhadharmeṣu nyavartata mahābalaḥ

Restrained by Arjuna, O king, mighty Bhimasena turned back, though still unsated with the deeds of war.

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

Verse 68 (1.148.68)

ते यज्ञसेनं द्रुपदं गृहीत्वा रणमूर्धनि । उपाजग्मुः सहामात्यं द्रोणाय भरतर्षभ ॥

te yajñasenaṃ drupadaṃ gṛhītvā raṇamūrdhani | upājagmuḥ sahāmātyaṃ droṇāya bharatarṣabha

They brought Yajnasena Drupada, captured at the forefront of battle, to Drona together with his ministers, O bull of the Bharatas.

Verse 69 (1.148.69)

भग्नदर्पं हृतधनं तं तथा वशमागतम् । स वैरं मनसा ध्यात्वा द्रोणो द्रुपदमब्रवीत् ॥

bhagnadarpaṃ hṛtadhanaṃ taṃ tathā vaśamāgatam | sa vairaṃ manasā dhyātvā droṇo drupadamabravīt

His pride broken, his wealth taken, Drupada had thus fallen into his power; and Drona, turning over the old enmity in his mind, said to him:

Verse 70 (1.148.70)

विमृज्य तरसा राष्ट्रं पुरं ते मृदितं मया । प्राप्य जीवन्रिपुवशं सखिपूर्वं किमिष्यते ॥

vimṛjya tarasā rāṣṭraṃ puraṃ te mṛditaṃ mayā | prāpya jīvanripuvaśaṃ sakhipūrvaṃ kimiṣyate

"I have swept away your kingdom by force and trampled your city. Fallen alive into your enemy's power, what do you want now of our former friendship?"

Verse 71 (1.148.71)

एवमुक्त्वा प्रहस्यैनं किंचित्स पुनरब्रवीत् । मा भैः प्राणभयाद्वीर क्षमिणो ब्राह्मणा वयम् ॥

evamuktvā prahasyainaṃ kiṃcitsa punarabravīt | mā bhaiḥ prāṇabhayādvīra kṣamiṇo brāhmaṇā vayam

Having said this, he laughed a little at him and spoke again: "Do not fear for your life, hero. We Brahmins are forgiving.

Verse 72 (1.148.72)

आश्रमे क्रीडितं यत्तु त्वया बाल्ये मया सह । तेन संवर्धितः स्नेहः प्रीतिश्च क्षत्रियर्षभ ॥

āśrame krīḍitaṃ yattu tvayā bālye mayā saha | tena saṃvardhitaḥ snehaḥ prītiśca kṣatriyarṣabha

"Our play together in the hermitage when we were boys made affection and fondness grow between us, bull among Kshatriyas.

Verse 73 (1.148.73)

प्रार्थयेयं त्वया सख्यं पुनरेव जनाधिप । वरं ददामि ते राजन्राज्यस्यार्धमवाप्नुहि ॥

prārthayeyaṃ tvayā sakhyaṃ punareva janādhipa | varaṃ dadāmi te rājanrājyasyārdhamavāpnuhi

"I would seek your friendship again, lord of men. I grant you a boon, king: take half of the kingdom.

Verse 74 (1.148.74)

अराजा किल नो राज्ञः सखा भवितुमर्हति । अतः प्रयतितं राज्ये यज्ञसेन मया तव ॥

arājā kila no rājñaḥ sakhā bhavitumarhati | ataḥ prayatitaṃ rājye yajñasena mayā tava

"One who is not a king, they say, cannot be a king's friend. That is why I strove for your kingdom, Yajnasena.

Verse 75 (1.148.75)

राजासि दक्षिणे कूले भागीरथ्याहमुत्तरे । सखायं मां विजानीहि पाञ्चाल यदि मन्यसे ॥

rājāsi dakṣiṇe kūle bhāgīrathyāhamuttare | sakhāyaṃ māṃ vijānīhi pāñcāla yadi manyase

"You are king on the southern bank of the Bhagirathi, and I on the northern. Know me as your friend, Panchala, if you think it fitting."

Verse 76 (1.148.76)

अनाश्चर्यमिदं ब्रह्मन्विक्रान्तेषु महात्मसु । प्रीये त्वयाऽहं त्वत्तश्च प्रीतिमिच्छामि शाश्वतीम् ॥

anāścaryamidaṃ brahmanvikrānteṣu mahātmasu | prīye tvayā'haṃ tvattaśca prītimicchāmi śāśvatīm

Drupada said: "This is no wonder, brahmin, among the great-souled and valiant. I am pleased with you, and I wish for your lasting goodwill."

Verse 77 (1.148.77)

एवमुक्तः स तं द्रोणो मोक्षयामास भारत । सत्कृत्य चैनं प्रीतात्मा राज्यार्धं प्रत्यपादयत् ॥

evamuktaḥ sa taṃ droṇo mokṣayāmāsa bhārata | satkṛtya cainaṃ prītātmā rājyārdhaṃ pratyapādayat

Addressed thus, Drona released him, O Bharata, and, glad at heart, honoured him and conferred half the kingdom on him.

Verse 78 (1.148.78)

माकन्दीमथ गङ्गायास्तीरे जनपदायुताम् । सोऽध्यावसद्दीनमनाः काम्पिल्यं च पुरोत्तमम् ॥

mākandīmatha gaṅgāyāstīre janapadāyutām | so'dhyāvasaddīnamanāḥ kāmpilyaṃ ca purottamam

Dispirited, Drupada then made his home in Makandi on the bank of the Ganga, a land full of settlements, and in Kampilya, finest of cities,

Note on the text: = CE 1.128.15ab–cd, aligned by hand.

Verse 79 (1.148.79)

दक्षिणांश्चापि पञ्चालान्यावच्चर्मण्वती नदी । द्रोणेन चैवं द्रुपदः परिभूयाथ पालितः ॥

dakṣiṇāṃścāpi pañcālānyāvaccarmaṇvatī nadī | droṇena caivaṃ drupadaḥ paribhūyātha pālitaḥ

and ruled the southern Panchalas as far as the river Charmanvati. So Drupada, humbled by Drona, was afterwards protected by him.

Note on the text: The first line = CE 1.128.15ef (which reads caiva for चापि); the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Aligned by hand.

Verse 80 (1.148.80)

क्षात्रेण च बलेनास्य नापश्यत्स पराजयम् । हीनं विदित्वा चात्मानं ब्राह्मेण स बलेन तु ॥

kṣātreṇa ca balenāsya nāpaśyatsa parājayam | hīnaṃ viditvā cātmānaṃ brāhmeṇa sa balena tu

He saw no way to defeat Drona by Kshatriya strength, and knowing himself weaker in a Brahmin's power,

Note on the text: Separated बलेनतु → बलेन तु (a missing word space in Wikisource). = CE 1.128.16cd + 17ab, aligned by hand; the critical edition reads brāhmaṇena balena ca for ब्राह्मेण स बलेन तु.

Verse 81 (1.148.81)

पुत्रजन्म परीप्सन्वै पृथिवीमन्वसंचरत् । अहिच्छत्रं च विषयं द्रोणः समभिपद्यत ॥

putrajanma parīpsanvai pṛthivīmanvasaṃcarat | ahicchatraṃ ca viṣayaṃ droṇaḥ samabhipadyata

he wandered the earth, seeking to have a son born to him. And Drona took possession of the land of Ahicchatra.

Note on the text: = CE 1.128.17cd–ef, aligned by hand; the critical edition reads sa rājā tad adhārayat for पृथिवीमन्वसंचरत्.

Verse 82 (1.148.82)

एवं राजन्नहिच्छत्रा पुरीजनपदायुता । युधि निर्जित्य पार्थेन द्रोणाय प्रतिपादिता ॥

evaṃ rājannahicchatrā purījanapadāyutā | yudhi nirjitya pārthena droṇāya pratipāditā

Thus, O king, Ahicchatra, a city with its countryside, was won in battle by Partha and handed over to Drona.

Note on the text: = CE 1.128.18, aligned by hand.