Arjuna and Bhima Hold Off the Kings

Verse 1 (1.205.1)

अजिनानि विधुन्वन्तः करकाश्च द्विजर्षभाः । ऊचुस्ते भीर्न कर्तव्या वयं योत्स्यामहे परान् ॥

ajināni vidhunvantaḥ karakāśca dvijarṣabhāḥ | ūcuste bhīrna kartavyā vayaṃ yotsyāmahe parān

The bulls among Brahmins, shaking their deerskins and water-pots, said, "Have no fear; we will fight the enemy."

Verse 2 (1.205.2)

तानेवं वदतो विप्रानर्जुनः प्रहसन्निव । उवाच प्रेक्षका भूत्वा यूयं तिष्ठत पार्श्वतः ॥

tānevaṃ vadato viprānarjunaḥ prahasanniva | uvāca prekṣakā bhūtvā yūyaṃ tiṣṭhata pārśvataḥ

As the Brahmins spoke this way, Arjuna, as if laughing, said: "Stand to one side and watch."

Verse 3 (1.205.3)

अहमेनानजिह्माग्रैः शतशो विकिरञ्छरैः । वारयिष्यामि संक्रुद्धान्मन्त्रैराशीविषानिव ॥

ahamenānajihmāgraiḥ śataśo vikirañcharaiḥ | vārayiṣyāmi saṃkruddhānmantrairāśīviṣāniva

"Scattering straight-pointed arrows by the hundred, I will hold back these enraged men, as spells hold back venomous snakes."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Arjuna: his words, begun in the previous verse, fill this verse (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 4 (1.205.4)

इति तद्धनुरानम्य शुल्कावाप्तं महाबलः । भ्रात्रा भीमेन सहितस्तस्थौ गिरिरिवाचलः ॥

iti taddhanurānamya śulkāvāptaṃ mahābalaḥ | bhrātrā bhīmena sahitastasthau giririvācalaḥ

With these words the mighty one bent the bow he had won as the bride-price and, with his brother Bhima beside him, stood as firm as a mountain.

Verse 5 (1.205.5)

ततः कर्णमुखान्दृष्ट्वा क्षत्रियान्युद्धदुर्मदान् । संपेततुरभीतौ तौ गजौ प्रतिगजानिव ॥

tataḥ karṇamukhāndṛṣṭvā kṣatriyānyuddhadurmadān | saṃpetaturabhītau tau gajau pratigajāniva

Then, seeing the Kshatriyas led by Karna, wild for battle, the two fearless brothers rushed at them like elephants charging rival elephants.

Note on the text: The first line reads differently in the critical edition; the second matches 1.181.5.

Verse 6 (1.205.6)

ऊचुश्च वाचः परुषास्ते राजानो युयुत्सवः । आहवे हि द्विजस्यापि वधो दृष्टो युयुत्सतः ॥

ūcuśca vācaḥ paruṣāste rājāno yuyutsavaḥ | āhave hi dvijasyāpi vadho dṛṣṭo yuyutsataḥ

The kings, eager for battle, spoke harsh words: "In war even a Brahmin may be slain if he seeks to fight; that has been seen before."

Verse 7 (1.205.7)

इत्येवमुक्त्वा राजानः सहसा दुद्रुवुर्द्विजान् । ततः कर्णो महातेजा जिष्णुं प्रति ययौ रणे ॥

ityevamuktvā rājānaḥ sahasā dudruvurdvijān | tataḥ karṇo mahātejā jiṣṇuṃ prati yayau raṇe

So saying, the kings suddenly rushed at the Brahmins. Then Karna, of great splendour, went against Jishnu in the fight,

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second corresponds to 1.181.7a in other words (aligned by hand).

Verse 8 (1.205.8)

युद्धार्थी वासिताहेतोर्गजः प्रतिगजं यथा । भीमसेनं ययौ शल्यो मद्राणामीश्वरो बली ॥

yuddhārthī vāsitāhetorgajaḥ pratigajaṃ yathā | bhīmasenaṃ yayau śalyo madrāṇāmīśvaro balī

eager to fight, as one elephant goes against another for the sake of a cow-elephant. Mighty Shalya, lord of the Madras, went against Bhimasena.

Note on the text: Aligned by hand: the first line = 1.181.7b, the second = 1.181.8a; Wikisource divides these verses differently.

Verse 9 (1.205.9)

दुर्योधनादयः सर्वे ब्राह्मणैः सह संगताः । मृदुपूर्वमयत्नेन प्रत्ययुध्यंस्तदाऽऽहवे ॥

duryodhanādayaḥ sarve brāhmaṇaiḥ saha saṃgatāḥ | mṛdupūrvamayatnena pratyayudhyaṃstadā''have

Duryodhana and all the others closed with the Brahmins and fought back gently, without real effort, in that encounter.

Note on the text: Aligned by hand with 1.181.8 (its last two lines).

Verse 10 (1.205.10)

ततोऽर्जुनः प्रत्यविध्यदापतन्तं शितैः शरैः । कर्णं वैकर्तनं श्रीमान्विकृष्य बलवद्धनुः ॥

tato'rjunaḥ pratyavidhyadāpatantaṃ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ | karṇaṃ vaikartanaṃ śrīmānvikṛṣya balavaddhanuḥ

Then glorious Arjuna, drawing his mighty bow, pierced Karna Vaikartana with sharp arrows as he came on.

Verse 11 (1.205.11)

तेषां शराणां वेगेन शितानां तिग्मतेजसाम् । विमुह्यमानो राधेयो यत्नात्तमनुधावति ॥

teṣāṃ śarāṇāṃ vegena śitānāṃ tigmatejasām | vimuhyamāno rādheyo yatnāttamanudhāvati

Dazed by the force of those sharp arrows of fierce energy, Radheya kept after him only with great effort.

Verse 12 (1.205.12)

तावुभावप्यनिर्देश्यौ लाघवाज्जयतां वरौ । अयुध्येतां सुसंरब्धावन्योन्यविजिगीषिणौ ॥

tāvubhāvapyanirdeśyau lāghavājjayatāṃ varau | ayudhyetāṃ susaṃrabdhāvanyonyavijigīṣiṇau

The two of them, best of victors, so quick that neither could be told apart, fought on in fury, each bent on conquering the other.

Verse 13 (1.205.13)

कृते प्रतिकृतं पश्य पश्य बाहुबलं च मे । इति शूरार्थवचनैरभाषेतां परस्परम् ॥

kṛte pratikṛtaṃ paśya paśya bāhubalaṃ ca me | iti śūrārthavacanairabhāṣetāṃ parasparam

"See how I answer your stroke! See the strength of my arm!" — with such warriors' words they called out to each other.

Verse 14 (1.205.14)

ततोऽर्जुनस्य भुजयोर्वीर्यमप्रतिमं भुवि । ज्ञात्वा वैकर्तनः कर्णः संरब्धः समयोधयत् ॥

tato'rjunasya bhujayorvīryamapratimaṃ bhuvi | jñātvā vaikartanaḥ karṇaḥ saṃrabdhaḥ samayodhayat

Then Karna Vaikartana, knowing that the might of Arjuna's arms had no equal on earth, fought on in fury.

Verse 15 (1.205.15)

अर्जुनेन प्रयुक्तांस्तान्बाणान्वेगवतस्तदा । प्रतिहत्य ननादोच्चैः सैन्यानि तदपूजयन् ॥

arjunena prayuktāṃstānbāṇānvegavatastadā | pratihatya nanādoccaiḥ sainyāni tadapūjayan

Beating back the swift arrows Arjuna had loosed, he roared aloud, and the troops applauded the feat.

Verse 16 (1.205.16)

तुष्यामि ते विप्रमुख्य भुजवीर्यस्य संयुगे । अविषादस्य चैवास्य शस्त्रास्त्रविजयस्य च ॥

tuṣyāmi te vipramukhya bhujavīryasya saṃyuge | aviṣādasya caivāsya śastrāstravijayasya ca

"I am pleased, chief of Brahmins, with the strength of your arms in battle, with your unflagging spirit, and with your mastery of weapons and missiles.

Note on the text: Corrected भुजवीयर्स्य → भुजवीर्यस्य (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct, as in the critical edition).

Verse 17 (1.205.17)

किं त्वं साक्षाद्धनुर्वेदो रामो वा विप्रसत्तम । अथ साक्षाद्धरिहयः साक्षाद्वा विष्णुरच्युतः ॥

kiṃ tvaṃ sākṣāddhanurvedo rāmo vā viprasattama | atha sākṣāddharihayaḥ sākṣādvā viṣṇuracyutaḥ

Are you the science of archery in person, best of Brahmins, or Rama? Or are you Indra of the bay horses himself, or Vishnu the Unfallen himself?

Verse 18 (1.205.18)

आत्मप्रच्छादनार्थं वै बाहुवीर्यमुपाश्रितः । विप्ररूपं विधायेदं मन्ये मां प्रतियुध्यसे ॥

ātmapracchādanārthaṃ vai bāhuvīryamupāśritaḥ | viprarūpaṃ vidhāyedaṃ manye māṃ pratiyudhyase

I think you have taken on this Brahmin's guise to hide yourself, and rely on the strength of your arms to fight me.

Verse 19 (1.205.19)

न हि मामाहवे क्रुद्धमन्यः साक्षाच्छचीपतेः । पुमान्योधयितुं शक्तः पाण्डवाद्वा किरीटिनः ॥

na hi māmāhave kruddhamanyaḥ sākṣācchacīpateḥ | pumānyodhayituṃ śaktaḥ pāṇḍavādvā kirīṭinaḥ

For when I am angry in battle, no other man can fight me except Indra, the lord of Shachi, himself, or Kiritin the Pandava.

Verse 20 (1.205.20)

दग्धा जतुगृहे सर्वे पाण्डवाः सार्जुनास्तदा । विनार्जुनं वा समरे मां निहन्तुमशक्नुवन् ॥

dagdhā jatugṛhe sarve pāṇḍavāḥ sārjunāstadā | vinārjunaṃ vā samare māṃ nihantumaśaknuvan

But all the Pandavas, Arjuna with them, were burned then in the house of lac; and apart from Arjuna, none of them could have struck me down in battle."

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

Verse 21 (1.205.21)

तमेवंवादिनं तत्र फाल्गुनः प्रत्यभाषत । नास्मि कर्ण धनुर्वेदो नास्मि रामः प्रतापवान् ॥

tamevaṃvādinaṃ tatra phālgunaḥ pratyabhāṣata | nāsmi karṇa dhanurvedo nāsmi rāmaḥ pratāpavān

As he spoke so, Phalguna answered him: "I am not the science of archery, Karna, nor am I mighty Rama.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vaishampayana: the first line is narration (the input had carried Karna on). The verse = the first two lines of 1.181.19 (aligned by hand).

Verse 22 (1.205.22)

ब्राह्मणोऽस्मि युधां श्रेष्ठः सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरः । ब्राह्मे पौरन्दरे चास्त्रे निष्ठितो गुरुशासनात् ॥

brāhmaṇo'smi yudhāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ | brāhme paurandare cāstre niṣṭhito guruśāsanāt

I am a Brahmin, foremost of fighters, best of all who bear arms. By my teacher's instruction I am perfected in the Brahma weapon and the weapon of Indra.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Arjuna: his reply to Karna, begun in the previous verse, fills this verse and the next (no heading in Wikisource; the input had carried Karna on). Corrected निष्ठितोगुरुशासनात् → निष्ठितो गुरुशासनात् (two words run together). Aligned by hand: the first line = 1.181.19c, the second = 1.181.20a.

Verse 23 (1.205.23)

स्थितोऽस्म्यद्य रणे जेतुं त्वां वै वीर स्थिरो भव । निर्जितोऽस्मीति वा ब्रूहि ततो व्रज यथासुखम् ॥

sthito'smyadya raṇe jetuṃ tvāṃ vai vīra sthiro bhava | nirjito'smīti vā brūhi tato vraja yathāsukham

I stand here in battle today to conquer you; hold firm, hero. Or else say, 'I am beaten,' and go wherever you please."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Arjuna (see the previous verse). Removed a stray wiki mark (`). The first line = 1.181.20b (aligned by hand); the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 24 (1.205.24)

एवमुक्त्वाऽथ कर्णस्य धनुश्चिच्छेद पाण्डवः । ततोऽन्यद्धनुरादाय संयोद्धुं सन्दधे शरम् ॥

evamuktvā'tha karṇasya dhanuściccheda pāṇḍavaḥ | tato'nyaddhanurādāya saṃyoddhuṃ sandadhe śaram

With these words the Pandava cut Karna's bow. Karna took up another bow and fitted an arrow to fight on.

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

Verse 25 (1.205.25)

दृष्ट्वा तच्चापि कौन्तेयश्छित्वा तद्धनुराशुगैः । तथा वैकर्तनं कर्णं बिभेद समरेऽर्जुनः ॥

dṛṣṭvā taccāpi kaunteyaśchitvā taddhanurāśugaiḥ | tathā vaikartanaṃ karṇaṃ bibheda samare'rjunaḥ

Seeing this, Arjuna son of Kunti cut that bow too with his swift arrows, and pierced Karna Vaikartana in the fight.

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

Verse 26 (1.205.26)

ततः कर्णस्तु राधेयः छिन्नधन्वा महाबलः । शरैरतीव विद्धाङ्गः पलायनमथाकरोत् ॥

tataḥ karṇastu rādheyaḥ chinnadhanvā mahābalaḥ | śarairatīva viddhāṅgaḥ palāyanamathākarot

Then Karna Radheya, mighty as he was, his bow cut and his limbs badly pierced with arrows, took to flight.

Note on the text: Corrected छिन्नछन्वा → छिन्नधन्वा (misprint in Wikisource; 'his bow cut', छ for ध). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 27 (1.205.27)

पुनरायान्मुहूर्तेन गृहीत्वा सशरं धनुः । ववर्ष शरवर्षाणि पार्थं वैकर्तनस्तथा ॥

punarāyānmuhūrtena gṛhītvā saśaraṃ dhanuḥ | vavarṣa śaravarṣāṇi pārthaṃ vaikartanastathā

In a moment he came back with a bow and arrows, and Vaikartana poured showers of arrows upon Partha.

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

Verse 28 (1.205.28)

तानि वै शरजालानि कौन्तेयोऽभ्यहनच्छरैः । ज्ञात्वा सर्वाञ्शरान्घोरान्कर्णोऽधावद्द्रुतं बहिः ॥

tāni vai śarajālāni kaunteyo'bhyahanaccharaiḥ | jñātvā sarvāñśarānghorānkarṇo'dhāvaddrutaṃ bahiḥ

The son of Kunti struck down those nets of arrows with arrows of his own. Seeing how dreadful all those arrows were, Karna ran swiftly out of the fight,

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (') and a doubled danda. Corrected कर्णोऽदावद्द्रुतं → कर्णोऽधावद्द्रुतं (misprint in Wikisource; अदावत् is no verb form, while अधावत् 'ran' fits the flight described). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 29 (1.205.29)

ब्राह्मं तेजस्तदाऽजय्यं मन्यमानो महारथः । अपरस्मिन्वनोद्देशे वीरौ शल्यवृकोदरौ ॥

brāhmaṃ tejastadā'jayyaṃ manyamāno mahārathaḥ | aparasminvanoddeśe vīrau śalyavṛkodarau

for the great chariot-warrior thought Brahmin power invincible. In another part of the ground, the two heroes Shalya and Vrikodara,

Note on the text: The first line = 1.181.21b (aligned by hand; Wikisource has no 1.181.21a, telling Karna's retreat at length in verses 24–28 instead). The second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); its sense matches 1.181.22a.

Verse 30 (1.205.30)

बलिनौ युद्धसंपन्नौ विद्यया च बलेन च । अन्योन्यमाह्वयन्तौ तु मत्ताविव महागजौ ॥

balinau yuddhasaṃpannau vidyayā ca balena ca | anyonyamāhvayantau tu mattāviva mahāgajau

both strong, both accomplished fighters in skill and in strength, challenged each other like two elephants in rut.

Note on the text: Aligned by hand: the first line corresponds to 1.181.22b in other words; the second = 1.181.23a.

Verse 31 (1.205.31)

मुष्टिभिर्जानुभिश्चैव निघ्नन्तावितरेतरम् । प्रकर्षणाकर्षणयोरभ्याकर्षविकर्षणैः ॥

muṣṭibhirjānubhiścaiva nighnantāvitaretaram | prakarṣaṇākarṣaṇayorabhyākarṣavikarṣaṇaiḥ

Striking each other with fists and knees, pushing and pulling, dragging each other in and wrenching each other away,

Note on the text: The first line = 1.181.23b (aligned by hand); the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 32 (1.205.32)

आचकर्षतुरन्योन्यं मुष्टिभिश्चापि जघ्नतुः । ततश्चटचटाशब्दः सुघोरो ह्यभवत्तयोः ॥

ācakarṣaturanyonyaṃ muṣṭibhiścāpi jaghnatuḥ | tataścaṭacaṭāśabdaḥ sughoro hyabhavattayoḥ

they hauled each other about and pounded each other with their fists. A terrible cracking sound rose from the two of them.

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

Verse 33 (1.205.33)

पाषाणसंपातनिभैः प्रहारैरभिजघ्नतुः । मुहूर्तं तौ तदाऽन्योन्यं समरे पर्यकर्षताम् ॥

pāṣāṇasaṃpātanibhaiḥ prahārairabhijaghnatuḥ | muhūrtaṃ tau tadā'nyonyaṃ samare paryakarṣatām

They struck each other with blows like the crash of falling rocks, and for a while the two grappled and dragged each other about on the field.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second = 1.181.23c (aligned by hand).

Verse 34 (1.205.34)

ततो भीमः समुत्क्षिप्य बाहुभ्यां शल्यमाहवे । अपातयत्कुरुश्रेष्ठो ब्राह्मणा जहसुस्तदा ॥

tato bhīmaḥ samutkṣipya bāhubhyāṃ śalyamāhave | apātayatkuruśreṣṭho brāhmaṇā jahasustadā

Then Bhima, best of the Kurus, lifted Shalya in his arms in the fight and threw him down, and the Brahmins laughed.

Note on the text: Aligned by hand with 1.181.24; the critical edition reads nyavadhīd balināṃ śreṣṭho for अपातयत्कुरुश्रेष्ठो.

Verse 35 (1.205.35)

तत्राश्चर्यं भीमसेनश्चकार पुरुषर्षभः । यच्छल्यं पातितं भूमौ नावधीद्बलिनं बली ॥

tatrāścaryaṃ bhīmasenaścakāra puruṣarṣabhaḥ | yacchalyaṃ pātitaṃ bhūmau nāvadhīdbalinaṃ balī

There Bhimasena, bull among men, did a wonderful thing: having thrown mighty Shalya to the ground, the mighty one did not kill him.

Note on the text: Aligned by hand with 1.181.25.

Verse 36 (1.205.36)

पातिते भीमसेनेन शल्ये कर्णे च शङ्किते । विस्मयः परमो जज्ञे सर्वेषां पश्यतां नृणाम् ॥

pātite bhīmasenena śalye karṇe ca śaṅkite | vismayaḥ paramo jajñe sarveṣāṃ paśyatāṃ nṛṇām

With Shalya thrown down by Bhimasena and Karna shaken, the greatest astonishment came over all the people looking on.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`). The first line = 1.181.26a (aligned by hand); the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 37 (1.205.37)

ततो राजसमूहस्य पश्यतो वृक्षमारुजत् । ततस्तु भीमं संज्ञाभिर्वारयामास धर्मराट् ॥

tato rājasamūhasya paśyato vṛkṣamārujat | tatastu bhīmaṃ saṃjñābhirvārayāmāsa dharmarāṭ

Then, as the throng of kings looked on, Bhima tore up a tree; but the King of Dharma checked him with signs.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in Appendix I, No. 99 (printed after 1.181.25), lines 1–2.

Verse 38 (1.205.38)

आकारज्ञस्तथा भ्रातुः पाण्डवोऽपि न्यवर्तत । धर्मराजश्च कौरव्य दुर्योधनममर्षणम् ॥

ākārajñastathā bhrātuḥ pāṇḍavo'pi nyavartata | dharmarājaśca kauravya duryodhanamamarṣaṇam

Reading his brother's look, the Pandava drew back. And the King of Dharma, O Kauravya, against the impatient Duryodhana

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in Appendix I, No. 99 (printed after 1.181.25), lines 3–4.

Verse 39 (1.205.39)

अयोधयत्सभामध्ये पश्यतां वै महीक्षिताम् । ततो दुर्योधनस्तं तु ह्यवज्ञाय युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

ayodhayatsabhāmadhye paśyatāṃ vai mahīkṣitām | tato duryodhanastaṃ tu hyavajñāya yudhiṣṭhiram

gave battle in the middle of the gathering while the kings looked on. But Duryodhana, holding Yudhishthira in contempt,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it has no counterpart even in Appendix I, No. 99.

Verse 40 (1.205.40)

नायोधयत्तदा तेन बलवान्वै सुयोधनः । एतस्मिन्नन्तरेऽविध्यद्बाणेनानतपर्वणा ॥

nāyodhayattadā tena balavānvai suyodhanaḥ | etasminnantare'vidhyadbāṇenānataparvaṇā

mighty Suyodhana would not fight him then. Meanwhile Yudhishthira, the King of Dharma, with a smooth-jointed arrow pierced

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension): the first line has no counterpart; the second = Appendix I, No. 99 (printed after 1.181.25), line 5.

Verse 41 (1.205.41)

दुर्योधनममित्रघ्नं धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः । ततो दुर्योधनः क्रुद्धो दण्डाहत इवोरगः ॥

duryodhanamamitraghnaṃ dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | tato duryodhanaḥ kruddho daṇḍāhata ivoragaḥ

Duryodhana, slayer of foes. At that Duryodhana, enraged like a snake struck with a stick,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in Appendix I, No. 99 (printed after 1.181.25), lines 6–7.

Verse 42 (1.205.42)

प्रत्ययुध्यत राजानं यत्नं परममास्थितः । छित्त्वा राजा धनुः सज्यं धार्तराष्ट्रस्य संयुगे ॥

pratyayudhyata rājānaṃ yatnaṃ paramamāsthitaḥ | chittvā rājā dhanuḥ sajyaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrasya saṃyuge

fought back against the king with all his might. In the fight the king cut the strung bow of Dhritarashtra's son

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in Appendix I, No. 99 (printed after 1.181.25), lines 8–9.

Verse 43 (1.205.43)

अभ्यवर्षच्छरौघैस्तं स हित्वा प्राद्रवद्रणम् । दुःशासनस्तु संक्रुद्धः सहदेवेन पार्थिव ॥

abhyavarṣaccharaughaistaṃ sa hitvā prādravadraṇam | duḥśāsanastu saṃkruddhaḥ sahadevena pārthiva

and rained floods of arrows on him, and he left the field and fled. Duhshasana, in a rage, O king, closed with Sahadeva;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in Appendix I, No. 99 (printed after 1.181.25), lines 10–11.

Verse 44 (1.205.44)

युद्ध्वा च सुचिरं कालं सहदेवेन निर्जितः । उत्सृज्य च धनुः सङ्ख्ये जानुभ्यामवनीं गतः । उत्थाय सोऽभिदुद्राव सोऽसिं जग्राह चर्म च ॥

yuddhvā ca suciraṃ kālaṃ sahadevena nirjitaḥ | utsṛjya ca dhanuḥ saṅkhye jānubhyāmavanīṃ gataḥ | utthāya so'bhidudrāva so'siṃ jagrāha carma ca

and after fighting a long while he was beaten by Sahadeva. Dropping his bow in the fight, he sank to his knees on the ground; then he rose, rushed forward, and seized sword and shield.

Note on the text: Corrected सोसिं → सोऽसिं (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha before असिं 'sword'). A three-line verse in Wikisource. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); Appendix I, No. 99, lines 12–14 tell the same in other words.

Verse 45 (1.205.45)

विकर्णचित्रसेनाभ्यां निगृहीतश्च कौरवः । मा युद्धमिति कौरव्य ब्राह्मणेनाबलेन वै ॥

vikarṇacitrasenābhyāṃ nigṛhītaśca kauravaḥ | mā yuddhamiti kauravya brāhmaṇenābalena vai

Vikarna and Chitrasena held the Kaurava back, O Kauravya, saying, "No fighting with a feeble Brahmin!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension): the first line = Appendix I, No. 99 (printed after 1.181.25), line 15; the second has no counterpart.

Verse 46 (1.205.46)

दुःसहो नकुलश्चोभौ युद्धं कर्तुं समुद्यतौ । तौ दृष्ट्वा कौरवा युद्धं वाक्यमूचुर्महाबलौ ॥

duḥsaho nakulaścobhau yuddhaṃ kartuṃ samudyatau | tau dṛṣṭvā kauravā yuddhaṃ vākyamūcurmahābalau

Duhsaha and Nakula both stood ready to fight. Seeing those two mighty ones locked in combat, the Kauravas spoke these words:

Note on the text: Corrected समुद्यतै → समुद्यतौ (misprint in Wikisource; the dual participle needs -औ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the first line loosely matches Appendix I, No. 99, line 16.

Verse 47 (1.205.47)

निवर्तन्तां भवन्तो वै कुतो विप्रेषु क्रूरता । दुर्बला ब्राह्मणाश्चेमे भवन्तो वै महाबलाः ॥

nivartantāṃ bhavanto vai kuto vipreṣu krūratā | durbalā brāhmaṇāśceme bhavanto vai mahābalāḥ

"Turn back, friends! Why such harshness toward Brahmins? These Brahmins are weak, and you are very strong.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Kauravas: their words, announced in the previous verse, fill this verse and the next (no heading in Wikisource). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension): the first line corresponds to Appendix I, No. 99, line 17 (with vigrahaḥ for क्रूरता); the second has no counterpart.

Verse 48 (1.205.48)

द्वावत्र ब्राह्मणौ क्रूरौ वाय्विन्द्रसदृशौ बले । ये वा के वा नमस्तेभ्यो गच्छामः स्वपुरं वयम् ॥

dvāvatra brāhmaṇau krūrau vāyvindrasadṛśau bale | ye vā ke vā namastebhyo gacchāmaḥ svapuraṃ vayam

Two of the Brahmins here are fierce, like Vayu and Indra in strength. Whoever they are, homage to them! We are going home to our city."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in Appendix I, No. 99 (printed after 1.181.25), lines 19–20.

Verse 49 (1.205.49)

एवं संभाषमाणास्ते न्यवर्तन्ताथ कौरवाः । जहृषुर्ब्राह्मणास्तत्र समेतास्तत्र सङ्घशः ॥

evaṃ saṃbhāṣamāṇāste nyavartantātha kauravāḥ | jahṛṣurbrāhmaṇāstatra sametāstatra saṅghaśaḥ

Talking in this way, the Kauravas turned back. The Brahmins gathered there in crowds rejoiced.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it loosely matches Appendix I, No. 99 (printed after 1.181.25), lines 21–22.

Verse 50 (1.205.50)

बहुशस्ते ततस्तत्र क्षत्रिया रणमूर्धनि । प्रेक्षमाणास्तथाऽतिष्ठन्ब्राह्मणांश्च समन्ततः ॥

bahuśaste tatastatra kṣatriyā raṇamūrdhani | prekṣamāṇāstathā'tiṣṭhanbrāhmaṇāṃśca samantataḥ

Many Kshatriyas stood there at the front of the fight, watching the Brahmins on every side.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it loosely matches Appendix I, No. 99 (printed after 1.181.25), line 23.

Verse 51 (1.205.51)

ब्राह्मणाश्च जयं प्राप्ताः कन्यामादाय निर्ययुः । विजिते भीमसेनेन शल्ये कर्णे च निर्जिते ॥

brāhmaṇāśca jayaṃ prāptāḥ kanyāmādāya niryayuḥ | vijite bhīmasenena śalye karṇe ca nirjite

And the Brahmins, victorious, went out taking the maiden with them. With Shalya beaten by Bhimasena, Karna overcome,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension): the first line = Appendix I, No. 99 (printed after 1.181.25), line 24; the second restates 1.181.26a in other words.

Verse 52 (1.205.52)

दुर्योधने चापयाते तथा दुःशासने रणात् । शङ्किताः सर्वराजानः परिवव्रुर्वृकोदरम् ॥

duryodhane cāpayāte tathā duḥśāsane raṇāt | śaṅkitāḥ sarvarājānaḥ parivavrurvṛkodaram

and Duryodhana and Duhshasana gone from the field, all the kings grew uneasy and gathered round Vrikodara.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (') and a doubled danda. The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second = 1.181.26b (aligned by hand).

Verse 53 (1.205.53)

ऊचुश्च सहितास्तत्र साध्विमौ ब्राह्मणर्षभौ । विज्ञायेतां क्वजन्मानौ क्वनिवासौ तथैव च ॥

ūcuśca sahitāstatra sādhvimau brāhmaṇarṣabhau | vijñāyetāṃ kvajanmānau kvanivāsau tathaiva ca

Together they said: "Well done, these two bulls among Brahmins! Let it be found out where they were born and where they live.

Verse 54 (1.205.54)

को हि राधासुतं कर्णं शक्तो योधयितुं रणे । अन्यत्र रामाद्द्रोणाद्वा पाण्डवाद्वा किरीटिनः ॥

ko hi rādhāsutaṃ karṇaṃ śakto yodhayituṃ raṇe | anyatra rāmāddroṇādvā pāṇḍavādvā kirīṭinaḥ

For who can fight Karna, son of Radha, in battle, other than Rama, or Drona, or Kiritin the Pandava,

Note on the text: Speaker set to the kings: their speech, begun in the previous verse, fills this verse and the four after it (no heading in Wikisource). The second line reads differently in the critical edition.

Verse 55 (1.205.55)

कृष्णाद्वा देवकीपुत्रात्कृपाद्वापि शरद्वतः । को वा दुर्योधनं शक्तः प्रतियोधयितुं रणे ॥

kṛṣṇādvā devakīputrātkṛpādvāpi śaradvataḥ | ko vā duryodhanaṃ śaktaḥ pratiyodhayituṃ raṇe

or Krishna son of Devaki, or Kripa son of Sharadvat? And who can stand against Duryodhana in battle?

Note on the text: Corrected प्रतियोथयितुं → प्रतियोधयितुं (misprint in Wikisource; थ for ध, as in the critical edition). The first line reads differently in the critical edition.

Verse 56 (1.205.56)

तथैव मद्राधिपतिं शल्यं बलवतां वरम् । बलदेवादृते वीरात्पाण्डवाद्वा वृकोदरात् ॥

tathaiva madrādhipatiṃ śalyaṃ balavatāṃ varam | baladevādṛte vīrātpāṇḍavādvā vṛkodarāt

Likewise Shalya, lord of the Madras, best of the strong: apart from heroic Baladeva, or Vrikodara the Pandava,

Note on the text: Corrected बलवतांवरम् → बलवतां वरम् (two words run together).

Verse 57 (1.205.57)

वीराद्दुर्योधनाद्वाऽन्यः शक्तः पातयितुं रणे । क्रियतामवहारोऽस्माद्युद्धाद्ब्राह्मणसंवृतात् ॥

vīrādduryodhanādvā'nyaḥ śaktaḥ pātayituṃ raṇe | kriyatāmavahāro'smādyuddhādbrāhmaṇasaṃvṛtāt

or heroic Duryodhana, who else could throw him down in battle? Let us withdraw from this fight, hedged about as it is with Brahmins.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second = 1.181.31a (aligned by hand).

Verse 58 (1.205.58)

ब्राह्मणा हि सदा रक्ष्याः सापराधाऽपि नित्यदा । अथैनानुपलभ्येह पुनर्योत्स्याम हृष्टवत् ॥

brāhmaṇā hi sadā rakṣyāḥ sāparādhā'pi nityadā | athainānupalabhyeha punaryotsyāma hṛṣṭavat

For Brahmins must always be protected, even when they are at fault. Once we have found out who they are, we will gladly fight again."

Note on the text: Corrected सापराधाऽपिनित्यदा → सापराधाऽपि नित्यदा (two words run together). The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second = 1.181.31b (aligned by hand).

Verse 59 (1.205.59)

तांस्तथावादिनः सर्वान्प्रसमीक्ष्य क्षितीश्वरान् । अथान्यान्पुरुषांश्चापि कृत्वा तत्कर्म संयुगे ॥

tāṃstathāvādinaḥ sarvānprasamīkṣya kṣitīśvarān | athānyānpuruṣāṃścāpi kṛtvā tatkarma saṃyuge

Having done that deed in the fight, the two brothers looked on at all those lords of the earth talking in this way, and at the other men as well, and held their peace.

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

Verse 60 (1.205.60)

तत्कर्म भीमस्य समीक्ष्य कृष्णः । कुन्तीसुतौ तौ परिशङ्कमानः । निवारयामास महीपतींस्ता- । न्धर्मेण लब्धेत्यनुनीय सर्वान् ॥

tatkarma bhīmasya samīkṣya kṛṣṇaḥ | kuntīsutau tau pariśaṅkamānaḥ | nivārayāmāsa mahīpatīṃstā- | ndharmeṇa labdhetyanunīya sarvān

Krishna, seeing that feat of Bhima's and suspecting that the two were Kunti's sons, held back all those kings, persuading them that she had been won fairly.

Verse 61 (1.205.61)

एवं ते विनिवृत्तास्तु युद्धाद्युद्धविशारदाः । यथावासं ययुः सर्वे विस्मिता राजसत्तमाः ॥

evaṃ te vinivṛttāstu yuddhādyuddhaviśāradāḥ | yathāvāsaṃ yayuḥ sarve vismitā rājasattamāḥ

So those best of kings, skilled in war, turned back from the fight and all went to their lodgings, full of wonder.

Verse 62 (1.205.62)

वृत्तो ब्रह्मोत्तरो रङ्गः पाञ्चाली ब्राह्मणैर्वृता । इति ब्रुवन्तः प्रययुर्ये तत्रासन्समागताः ॥

vṛtto brahmottaro raṅgaḥ pāñcālī brāhmaṇairvṛtā | iti bruvantaḥ prayayurye tatrāsansamāgatāḥ

"The contest has ended with the Brahmins on top; the Panchala princess has gone to the Brahmins" — saying this, all who had gathered there went away.

Verse 63 (1.205.63)

ब्राह्मणैस्तु प्रतिच्छन्नौ रौरवाजिनवासिभिः । कृच्छ्रेण जग्मतुस्तौ तु भीमसेनधनञ्जयौ ॥

brāhmaṇaistu praticchannau rauravājinavāsibhiḥ | kṛcchreṇa jagmatustau tu bhīmasenadhanañjayau

Screened by Brahmins clad in skins of the ruru deer, Bhimasena and Dhananjaya made their way out with difficulty.

Verse 64 (1.205.64)

विमुक्तौ जनसंबाधाच्छत्रुभिः परिविक्षतौ । कृष्णयानुगतौ तत्र नृवीरौ तौ विरेजतुः ॥

vimuktau janasaṃbādhācchatrubhiḥ parivikṣatau | kṛṣṇayānugatau tatra nṛvīrau tau virejatuḥ

Freed from the press of the crowd, wounded all over by their enemies, the two heroes among men, with Krishnaa following them, shone

Verse 65 (1.205.65)

पौर्णमास्यां घनैर्मुक्तौ चन्द्रसूर्याविवोदितौ । तेषां माता बहुविधं विनाशं पर्यचिन्तयत् ॥

paurṇamāsyāṃ ghanairmuktau candrasūryāvivoditau | teṣāṃ mātā bahuvidhaṃ vināśaṃ paryacintayat

like the moon and the sun risen free of clouds on the day of the full moon. Meanwhile their mother pictured their destruction in many forms,

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second = 1.181.37a (aligned by hand).

Verse 66 (1.205.66)

अनागच्छत्सु पुत्रेषु भैक्षकाले च लङ्घिते । धार्तराष्ट्रैर्हताश्च स्युर्विज्ञाय कुरुपुङ्गवाः ॥

anāgacchatsu putreṣu bhaikṣakāle ca laṅghite | dhārtarāṣṭrairhatāśca syurvijñāya kurupuṅgavāḥ

since her sons had not come home and the hour for alms had passed: "Have the sons of Dhritarashtra recognized the bulls of the Kurus and killed them,

Note on the text: Corrected लिङ्घिते → लङ्घिते (misprint in Wikisource; लिङ्घित is no word, लङ्घित 'passed' fits the alms-hour). Aligned by hand: the first line = 1.181.37b in other words, the second = 1.181.38a (where the critical edition reads hatā na syur).

Verse 67 (1.205.67)

मायान्वितैर्वा रक्षोभिः सुघोरैर्दृढवैरिभिः । विपरीतं मतं जातं व्यासस्यापि महात्मनः ॥

māyānvitairvā rakṣobhiḥ sughorairdṛḍhavairibhiḥ | viparītaṃ mataṃ jātaṃ vyāsasyāpi mahātmanaḥ

or have dreadful Rakshasas, full of guile and fixed in their enmity? Has even the great-souled Vyasa's judgement turned out false?"

Note on the text: Aligned by hand: the first line = 1.181.38b, the second = 1.181.39a.

Verse 68 (1.205.68)

इत्येवं चिन्तयामास सुतस्नेहावृता पृथा । ततः सुप्तजनप्राये दुर्दिने मेघसंप्लुते ॥

ityevaṃ cintayāmāsa sutasnehāvṛtā pṛthā | tataḥ suptajanaprāye durdine meghasaṃplute

So Pritha brooded, wrapped in love for her sons. Then, when almost everyone was at rest, on a dark day drenched with cloud,

Note on the text: Corrected चिन्तयामासं → चिन्तयामास (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara). The first line = 1.181.39b (aligned by hand); the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 69 (1.205.69)

महत्यथापराह्णे तु घनैः सूर्य इवावृतः । ब्राह्मणैः प्राविशत्तत्र जिष्णुर्भार्गववेश्म तत् ॥

mahatyathāparāhṇe tu ghanaiḥ sūrya ivāvṛtaḥ | brāhmaṇaiḥ prāviśattatra jiṣṇurbhārgavaveśma tat

late in the afternoon, Jishnu, like the sun veiled in clouds, entered that potter's house with the Brahmins.

Note on the text: The critical edition reads brahmapuraskṛtaḥ for भार्गववेश्म तत्.