Battle before Drupada's City; Krishna and Balarama Come to Panchala

Verse 1 (1.218.1)

सौमदत्तेर्वचः श्रुत्वा कर्णो वैकर्तनो वृषा । उवाच वचनं काले कालज्ञः सर्वकर्मणाम् ॥

saumadattervacaḥ śrutvā karṇo vaikartano vṛṣā | uvāca vacanaṃ kāle kālajñaḥ sarvakarmaṇām

Hearing Saumadatti's words, the mighty Karna Vaikartana, who knew the right time for every undertaking, spoke at the proper moment:

Note on the text: Speaker heading printed as वैशंपायन, normalised to वैशम्पायन. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 2 (1.218.2)

नीतिपूर्वमिदं सर्वमुक्तं वचनमर्थवत् । वचनं नाभ्यसूयामि श्रूयतां यद्वचस्त्विति ॥

nītipūrvamidaṃ sarvamuktaṃ vacanamarthavat | vacanaṃ nābhyasūyāmi śrūyatāṃ yadvacastviti

"All that has been said is grounded in policy and full of sense; I find no fault with the speech. But now hear what I have to say.

Note on the text: Karna's speech (introduced in verse 1) runs to verse 12; Wikisource prints no speaker line and carries वैशंपायन over. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 3 (1.218.3)

द्वैधीभावो न गन्तव्यः सर्वकर्मसु मानवैः । द्विधाभूतेन मनसा अन्यत्कर्म न सिध्यति ॥

dvaidhībhāvo na gantavyaḥ sarvakarmasu mānavaiḥ | dvidhābhūtena manasā anyatkarma na sidhyati

Men should not fall into a divided mind in any undertaking; with a mind split in two, no task succeeds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 4 (1.218.4)

संप्रयाणासनाभ्यां तु कर्शनेन तथैव च । नैतच्छक्यं पुरं हर्तुमाक्रन्दश्चाप्यशोभनः ॥

saṃprayāṇāsanābhyāṃ tu karśanena tathaiva ca | naitacchakyaṃ puraṃ hartumākrandaścāpyaśobhanaḥ

This city cannot be taken by marching on it, by sitting down before it, or by wearing it down; and merely shouting challenges is unseemly.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 5 (1.218.5)

अवमर्दनकालोऽत्र मतश्चिन्तयतो मम । यावन्नो वृष्णयः पार्ष्णिं न गृह्णन्ति रणप्रियाः ॥

avamardanakālo'tra mataścintayato mama | yāvanno vṛṣṇayaḥ pārṣṇiṃ na gṛhṇanti raṇapriyāḥ

As I weigh it, the time to crush them is now, before the Vrishnis, lovers of battle, fall upon our rear.

Note on the text: Restored the missing word space in गृह्णन्ति रणप्रियाः. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 6 (1.218.6)

भवन्तश्च तथा हृष्टाः स्वबाहुबलशालिनः । प्राकारमवमृद्नन्तु परिघाः पूरयन्त्वपि ॥

bhavantaśca tathā hṛṣṭāḥ svabāhubalaśālinaḥ | prākāramavamṛdnantu parighāḥ pūrayantvapi

And you, eager and strong in the might of your own arms, break down the rampart and fill in the moats.

Note on the text: Corrected अवमृद्रन्तु → अवमृद्नन्तु (misprint in Wikisource; wrong conjunct in the ninth-class verb, as in the critical edition's appendix "avamṛdnantu"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 7 (1.218.7)

प्रस्रावयन्तु सलिलं क्रियतां विषमं समम् । तृणकाष्ठेन महता खातमस्य प्रपूर्यताम् ॥

prasrāvayantu salilaṃ kriyatāṃ viṣamaṃ samam | tṛṇakāṣṭhena mahatā khātamasya prapūryatām

Let the water be drained off, let the uneven ground be made level, let its ditch be filled with great heaps of grass and timber.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 8 (1.218.8)

घुष्यतां राजमार्गेषु परेषां यो हनिष्यति । नागमश्वं पदातिं वा दानमानं स लप्स्यति ॥

ghuṣyatāṃ rājamārgeṣu pareṣāṃ yo haniṣyati | nāgamaśvaṃ padātiṃ vā dānamānaṃ sa lapsyati

Let it be proclaimed along the royal roads: whoever kills an enemy elephant, horse or foot-soldier shall receive gifts and honour.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 9 (1.218.9)

नागे दशसहस्राणि पञ्च चाश्वपदातिषु । रथे वै द्विगुणं नागाद्वसु दास्यन्ति पार्थिवाः ॥

nāge daśasahasrāṇi pañca cāśvapadātiṣu | rathe vai dviguṇaṃ nāgādvasu dāsyanti pārthivāḥ

For an elephant the kings will give ten thousand in wealth, for a horse or a foot-soldier five thousand, and for a chariot twice as much as for an elephant.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 10 (1.218.10)

यश्च कामसुखे सक्तो बालश्च स्थविरश्च यः । अयुद्धमनसो ये च ते तु तिष्ठन्तु भीरवः ॥

yaśca kāmasukhe sakto bālaśca sthaviraśca yaḥ | ayuddhamanaso ye ca te tu tiṣṭhantu bhīravaḥ

Whoever is attached to pleasure and comfort, whoever is a boy or an old man, and those whose hearts are not set on war, let those timid ones stay behind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 11 (1.218.11)

प्रदरश्च न दातव्यो न गन्तव्यमचोदितैः । यशो रक्षत भद्रं वो जेष्यामो वै रिपून्वयम् ॥

pradaraśca na dātavyo na gantavyamacoditaiḥ | yaśo rakṣata bhadraṃ vo jeṣyāmo vai ripūnvayam

No one is to break ranks, and no one is to advance without orders. Guard your fame, and good fortune be with you; we shall surely conquer our enemies.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 12 (1.218.12)

अनुलोमाश्च नो वाताः सततं मृगपक्षिणः । अग्नयश्च विराजन्ते शस्त्राणि कवचानि च ॥

anulomāśca no vātāḥ satataṃ mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ | agnayaśca virājante śastrāṇi kavacāni ca

The winds blow in our favour, and so do the beasts and birds at every turn; the fires burn bright, and so do our weapons and armour."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 13 (1.218.13)

ततः कर्णवचः श्रुत्वा धार्तराष्ट्रप्रियैषिणः । निर्ययुः पृथिवीपालाश्चालयन्तः परान्रणे ॥

tataḥ karṇavacaḥ śrutvā dhārtarāṣṭrapriyaiṣiṇaḥ | niryayuḥ pṛthivīpālāścālayantaḥ parānraṇe

Hearing Karna's words, the kings who sought to please Dhritarashtra's son marched out, to shake their enemies in battle.

Note on the text: Speaker heading printed as वैशंपायन, normalised to वैशम्पायन. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 14 (1.218.14)

न हि तेषां मनःसक्तिरिन्द्रियार्थेषु सर्वशः । यथा पुनररिघ्नानां प्रसभं युद्ध एव च ॥

na hi teṣāṃ manaḥsaktirindriyārtheṣu sarvaśaḥ | yathā punararighnānāṃ prasabhaṃ yuddha eva ca

Their minds were not set on the objects of the senses at all, but, as befits slayers of enemies, wholly and fiercely on battle.

Note on the text: Corrected परिरपुघ्नानां → पुनररिघ्नानां (misprint in Wikisource; scrambled aksharas that make no word; restored as in the critical edition's appendix "punar arighnānāṃ"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 15 (1.218.15)

वैकर्तनपुरोवातः सैन्धवोर्मिमहास्वनः । दुःशासनमहामत्स्यो दुर्योधनमहाग्रहः ॥

vaikartanapurovātaḥ saindhavormimahāsvanaḥ | duḥśāsanamahāmatsyo duryodhanamahāgrahaḥ

With Vaikartana (Karna) as the gale driving before it, the Sindhu king (Jayadratha) as the roar of its great waves, Duhshasana as its great fish and Duryodhana as its great crocodile,

Note on the text: Corrected पुरोव्रातः → पुरोवातः (misprint in Wikisource; intruded र; the ocean image needs पुरोवात "the wind blowing ahead", as in the critical edition's appendix "purovātaḥ"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 16 (1.218.16)

स राजसागरो भीमो भीमघोषप्रदर्शनः । अभिदुद्राव वेगेन पुरं तदपसव्यतः ॥

sa rājasāgaro bhīmo bhīmaghoṣapradarśanaḥ | abhidudrāva vegena puraṃ tadapasavyataḥ

that ocean of kings, terrible, fearsome to hear and to behold, rushed swiftly upon the city, keeping it on its right.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 17 (1.218.17)

तदनीकमनाधृष्यं शस्त्राग्निव्यालदीपितम् । समुत्कम्पितमाज्ञाय चुक्रुशुर्द्रुपदात्मजाः ॥

tadanīkamanādhṛṣyaṃ śastrāgnivyāladīpitam | samutkampitamājñāya cukruśurdrupadātmajāḥ

Perceiving that irresistible host surging forward, blazing with weapons as with fire and serpents, the sons of Drupada raised a shout.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 18 (1.218.18)

ते मेघसमनिर्घोषैर्बलिनः स्यन्दनोत्तमैः । निर्ययुर्नगरद्वारात्त्रासयन्तः परान्रणे ॥

te meghasamanirghoṣairbalinaḥ syandanottamaiḥ | niryayurnagaradvārāttrāsayantaḥ parānraṇe

Those mighty warriors sallied out from the city gate in their splendid chariots that thundered like clouds, striking terror into the enemy in battle:

Note on the text: Corrected परान्र ॥ → परान्रणे ॥ (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara, as in the critical edition's appendix "parān raṇe" and in verse 13 above). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 19 (1.218.19)

धृष्टद्युम्नः शिखण्डी च सुमित्रः प्रियदर्शनः । चित्रकेतुः सुकेतुश्च ध्वजकेतुश्च वीर्यवान् ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca sumitraḥ priyadarśanaḥ | citraketuḥ suketuśca dhvajaketuśca vīryavān

Dhrishtadyumna and Shikhandin, Sumitra and Priyadarshana, Chitraketu and Suketu, and the valiant Dhvajaketu,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 20 (1.218.20)

पुत्रा द्रुपदराजस्य बलवन्तो जयैषिणः । द्रुपदश्च महावीर्यः पाण्डरोष्णीषकेतनः ॥

putrā drupadarājasya balavanto jayaiṣiṇaḥ | drupadaśca mahāvīryaḥ pāṇḍaroṣṇīṣaketanaḥ

the mighty sons of King Drupada, eager for victory. And Drupada himself, of great valour, with a white turban for his emblem,

Note on the text: Corrected द्रुपदस्य महावीर्यः → द्रुपदश्च महावीर्यः (misprint in Wikisource; the genitive leaves verses 20–21 without a subject; the critical edition's appendix reads "drupadaś ca mahāvīryaḥ"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 21 (1.218.21)

पाण्डरव्यजनच्छत्रः पाण्डरध्वजवाहनः । स पुत्रगणमध्यस्थः शुशुभे राजसत्तमः ॥

pāṇḍaravyajanacchatraḥ pāṇḍaradhvajavāhanaḥ | sa putragaṇamadhyasthaḥ śuśubhe rājasattamaḥ

with white fan and parasol, white banner and white horses, that best of kings shone in the midst of his band of sons

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 22 (1.218.22)

चन्द्रमा ज्योतिषां मध्ये पौर्णमास्यामिवोदितः । अथोद्धूतपताकाग्रमजिह्मगतिमव्ययम् ॥

candramā jyotiṣāṃ madhye paurṇamāsyāmivoditaḥ | athoddhūtapatākāgramajihmagatimavyayam

like the moon risen among the stars on the night of the full moon. Then, as Drupada's army advanced, its banners streaming, moving straight on and unshaken,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 23 (1.218.23)

द्रुपदानीकमायान्तं कुरुसैन्यमभिद्रवत् । तयोरुभयतो जज्ञे तेषां तु तुमुलः स्वनः ॥

drupadānīkamāyāntaṃ kurusainyamabhidravat | tayorubhayato jajñe teṣāṃ tu tumulaḥ svanaḥ

the Kuru army charged at it as it came. From both sides a tumultuous din arose

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 24 (1.218.24)

बलयोः संप्रसरतोः सरितां स्रोतसोरिव । प्रकीर्णरथनागाश्वैस्तान्यनीकानि सर्वशः ॥

balayoḥ saṃprasaratoḥ saritāṃ srotasoriva | prakīrṇarathanāgāśvaistānyanīkāni sarvaśaḥ

as the two armies surged forward like the currents of two rivers. With chariots, elephants and horses scattered everywhere, those hosts

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 25 (1.218.25)

ज्योतींषीव प्रकीर्णानि सर्वतः प्रचकाशिरे । उत्कृष्टभेरीनिनदे संप्रवृत्ते महारवे ॥

jyotīṃṣīva prakīrṇāni sarvataḥ pracakāśire | utkṛṣṭabherīninade saṃpravṛtte mahārave

gleamed on every side like scattered stars. When the great clamour arose and the beaten kettledrums thundered,

Note on the text: Corrected ज्योतींषईव → ज्योतींषीव (misprint in Wikisource; a stray independent vowel; ज्योतींषि + इव). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 26 (1.218.26)

अमर्षिता महात्मानः पाण्डवा निर्ययुस्ततः । रथांश्च मेघनिर्घोषान्युक्तान्परमवाजिभिः ॥

amarṣitā mahātmānaḥ pāṇḍavā niryayustataḥ | rathāṃśca meghanirghoṣānyuktānparamavājibhiḥ

the great-souled Pandavas, unable to bear it, came out, mounting chariots that thundered like clouds, yoked to the finest horses,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 27 (1.218.27)

धून्वन्तो ध्वजिनः शुभ्रानास्थाय भरतर्षभाः । ततः पाण्डुसुतान्दृष्ट्वा रथस्थानात्तकार्मुकान् ॥

dhūnvanto dhvajinaḥ śubhrānāsthāya bharatarṣabhāḥ | tataḥ pāṇḍusutāndṛṣṭvā rathasthānāttakārmukān

the bulls of the Bharatas, brandishing their weapons, mounted on gleaming chariots with banners. Then, seeing the sons of Pandu standing in their chariots with bows in hand,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 28 (1.218.28)

नृपाणामभवत्कम्पो वेपथुर्हृदयेषु च । निर्यातेष्वथ पार्थेषु द्रौपदं तद्बलं रणे ॥

nṛpāṇāmabhavatkampo vepathurhṛdayeṣu ca | niryāteṣvatha pārtheṣu draupadaṃ tadbalaṃ raṇe

the kings were seized with trembling, and their hearts shook. When the sons of Pritha had come out, Drupada's army in the field

Note on the text: Corrected द्रोपदं → द्रौपदं (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel sign in the adjective from Drupada). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 29 (1.218.29)

आविशत्परमो हर्षः प्रमोदश्च जयं प्रति । सुमुहूर्तं व्यतिकरः सैन्यानामभवद्भृशम् ॥

āviśatparamo harṣaḥ pramodaśca jayaṃ prati | sumuhūrtaṃ vyatikaraḥ sainyānāmabhavadbhṛśam

was filled with the greatest joy and with gladness in the hope of victory. For a good while the armies were fiercely locked together.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 30 (1.218.30)

ततो द्वन्द्वमयुध्यन्त मृत्युं कृत्वा पुरस्कृतम् । जघ्नतुः समरे तस्मिन्सुमित्रप्रियदर्शनौ ॥

tato dvandvamayudhyanta mṛtyuṃ kṛtvā puraskṛtam | jaghnatuḥ samare tasminsumitrapriyadarśanau

Then they fought in pairs, putting death before them. In that fight Sumitra and Priyadarshana were struck down

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 31 (1.218.31)

जयद्रथश्च कर्णश्च पश्यतः सव्यसाचिनः । अर्जुनः प्रेक्ष्य निहतौ सुमित्रप्रियदर्शनौ ॥

jayadrathaśca karṇaśca paśyataḥ savyasācinaḥ | arjunaḥ prekṣya nihatau sumitrapriyadarśanau

by Jayadratha and Karna, before the eyes of Savyasachin (Arjuna). Seeing Sumitra and Priyadarshana slain, Arjuna

Note on the text: Corrected सौमित्रप्रियदर्शनौ → सुमित्रप्रियदर्शनौ (misprint in Wikisource; the warrior is Sumitra, as in verses 19 and 30 and in the critical edition's appendix). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 32 (1.218.32)

जयद्रथसुतं तत्र जघान पितुरन्तिके । वृषसेनादवरजं सुदामानं धनंजयः ॥

jayadrathasutaṃ tatra jaghāna piturantike | vṛṣasenādavarajaṃ sudāmānaṃ dhanaṃjayaḥ

slew Jayadratha's son on the spot, close beside his father; and Dhananjaya struck Sudaman, Vrishasena's younger brother,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 33 (1.218.33)

कर्णपुत्रं महेष्वासं रथनीडादपातयत् । तौ सुतौ निहतौ दृष्ट्वा राजसिंहौ तरस्विनौ ॥

karṇaputraṃ maheṣvāsaṃ rathanīḍādapātayat | tau sutau nihatau dṛṣṭvā rājasiṃhau tarasvinau

Karna's son, a great archer, down from his chariot seat. Seeing their two sons slain, the two lion-like kings, swift and strong,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 34 (1.218.34)

नामृष्येतां महाबाहू प्रहारमिव सद्गजौ । तौ जग्मतुरसंभ्रान्तौ फल्गुनस्य रथं प्रति ॥

nāmṛṣyetāṃ mahābāhū prahāramiva sadgajau | tau jagmaturasaṃbhrāntau phalgunasya rathaṃ prati

mighty-armed, could not bear it, as noble elephants cannot bear a blow. Undismayed, the two went for Phalguna's (Arjuna's) chariot,

Note on the text: Restored the missing word space in रथं प्रति. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 35 (1.218.35)

प्रतिमुक्ततलत्राणौ शपमानौ परस्परम् । सन्निपातस्तयोरासीदतिघोरो महामृधे ॥

pratimuktatalatrāṇau śapamānau parasparam | sannipātastayorāsīdatighoro mahāmṛdhe

their finger-guards fastened on, swearing oaths to each other. A most terrible clash took place between them in that great fight,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 36 (1.218.36)

वृत्रशम्बरयोः सङ्ख्ये वज्रिणेव महारणे । त्रीनश्वाञ्जघ्नतुस्तस्य फल्गुनस्य नरर्षभौ ॥

vṛtraśambarayoḥ saṅkhye vajriṇeva mahāraṇe | trīnaśvāñjaghnatustasya phalgunasya nararṣabhau

like that of Vritra and Shambara with the wielder of the thunderbolt in their great war. The two bulls among men killed three of Phalguna's horses.

Note on the text: Corrected सङ्क्ये → सङ्ख्ये and नर्षभौ → नरर्षभौ (misprints in Wikisource; wrong consonant, and a dropped akshara that leaves the line a syllable short; the critical edition's appendix reads "saṃkhye" and "nararṣabhau"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 37 (1.218.37)

ततः किलिकिलाशब्दः कुरूणामभवत्तदा । तान्हयान्निहतान्दृष्ट्वा भीमसेनः प्रतापवान् ॥

tataḥ kilikilāśabdaḥ kurūṇāmabhavattadā | tānhayānnihatāndṛṣṭvā bhīmasenaḥ pratāpavān

Then a shout of "kilikila" went up among the Kurus. Seeing those horses slain, the valiant Bhimasena

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 38 (1.218.38)

निमेषान्तरमात्रेण रथमश्वैरयोजयत् । उपयातं रथं दृष्ट्वा दुर्योधनपुरःसरौ ॥

nimeṣāntaramātreṇa rathamaśvairayojayat | upayātaṃ rathaṃ dṛṣṭvā duryodhanapuraḥsarau

yoked fresh horses to the chariot in the space of a blink. Seeing that chariot come up, the two scorchers of foes, with Duryodhana at their head,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 39 (1.218.39)

सौबलः सौमदत्तिश्च समेयातां परन्तपौ । तैः पञ्चभिरदीनात्मा भीमसेनो महाबलः ॥

saubalaḥ saumadattiśca sameyātāṃ parantapau | taiḥ pañcabhiradīnātmā bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ

Saubala (Shakuni) and Saumadatti, closed in. Against these five the undaunted Bhimasena of great strength

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 40 (1.218.40)

अयुध्यत तदा वीरैरिन्द्रियार्थैरिवेश्वरः । तैर्निरुद्धो न संत्रासं जगाम समितिंजयः ॥

ayudhyata tadā vīrairindriyārthairiveśvaraḥ | tairniruddho na saṃtrāsaṃ jagāma samitiṃjayaḥ

then fought, as the master of himself contends with the objects of the senses. Hemmed in by them, that victor in battle felt no fear,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 41 (1.218.41)

पञ्चभिर्द्विरदैर्मत्तैर्निरुद्ध इव केसरी । तस्यैते युगपत्पञ्च पञ्चभिर्निशितैः शरैः ॥

pañcabhirdviradairmattairniruddha iva kesarī | tasyaite yugapatpañca pañcabhirniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

like a lion hemmed in by five rutting elephants. All five of them at once, with five sharp arrows,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 42 (1.218.42)

सारथिं वाजिनश्चैव निन्युर्वैवस्वतक्षयम् । हताश्वात्स्यन्दनश्रेष्ठादवरुह्य महारथः ॥

sārathiṃ vājinaścaiva ninyurvaivasvatakṣayam | hatāśvātsyandanaśreṣṭhādavaruhya mahārathaḥ

sent his charioteer and his horses to the abode of Vivasvat's son (Yama). Leaping down from that finest of chariots, its horses slain, the great chariot-warrior,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 43 (1.218.43)

चचार विविधान्मार्गानसिमुद्यम्य पाण्डवः । अश्वस्कन्धेषु चक्रेषु युगेष्वीषासु चैव हि ॥

cacāra vividhānmārgānasimudyamya pāṇḍavaḥ | aśvaskandheṣu cakreṣu yugeṣvīṣāsu caiva hi

the Pandava, raised his sword and moved through many kinds of manoeuvre. On the horses' shoulders, on wheels, on yokes and on chariot-poles

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 44 (1.218.44)

व्यचरत्पातयञ्शत्रून्सुपर्ण इव भोगिनः । विधनुष्कं विकवचं विरथं च समीक्ष्य तम् ॥

vyacaratpātayañśatrūnsuparṇa iva bhoginaḥ | vidhanuṣkaṃ vikavacaṃ virathaṃ ca samīkṣya tam

he ranged about, felling his enemies, like Suparna (Garuda) among serpents. Seeing him without bow, without armour and without chariot,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 45 (1.218.45)

अभिपेतुर्नरव्याघ्रा अर्जुनप्रमुखा रथाः । धृष्टद्युम्नः शिखण्डी च यमौ च युधि दुर्जयौ ॥

abhipeturnaravyāghrā arjunapramukhā rathāḥ | dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca yamau ca yudhi durjayau

the chariot-warriors led by Arjuna, tigers among men, rushed to his side: Dhrishtadyumna and Shikhandin, and the twins, hard to conquer in battle.

Note on the text: Corrected नव्याघ्रा → नरव्याघ्रा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara that leaves the line a syllable short; the critical edition's appendix has "naravyāghram"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 46 (1.218.46)

तस्मिन्महारथे युद्धे प्रवृत्ते शरवृष्टिभिः । रथध्वजपताकाश्च सर्वमन्तरधीयत ॥

tasminmahārathe yuddhe pravṛtte śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ | rathadhvajapatākāśca sarvamantaradhīyata

When that battle of great chariot-warriors had begun with showers of arrows, everything, chariots, standards and banners, vanished from sight.

Note on the text: Corrected सवर्मन्तरधीयत → सर्वमन्तरधीयत (misprint in Wikisource; transposed र; the critical edition's appendix reads "sarvam antaradhīyata"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 47 (1.218.47)

तत्प्रवृत्तं चिरं कालं युद्धं सममिवाभवत् । रथेन तान्महाबाहुरर्जुनो व्यधमत्पुनः ॥

tatpravṛttaṃ ciraṃ kālaṃ yuddhaṃ samamivābhavat | rathena tānmahābāhurarjuno vyadhamatpunaḥ

That battle went on for a long time, and seemed evenly matched. Then the mighty-armed Arjuna, with his chariot, scattered them once more.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 48 (1.218.48)

तमापतन्तं दृष्ट्वैव महाबाहुर्धनुर्धरः । कर्णोऽस्त्रविदुषां श्रेष्ठो वारयामास सायकैः ॥

tamāpatantaṃ dṛṣṭvaiva mahābāhurdhanurdharaḥ | karṇo'straviduṣāṃ śreṣṭho vārayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ

The moment he saw him bearing down, the mighty-armed bowman Karna, foremost of those skilled in weapons, held him back with arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected दृष्ट्वेव → दृष्ट्वैव (misprint in Wikisource; इव "as if" gives no sense here; the critical edition's appendix reads "dṛṣṭvaiva"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 49 (1.218.49)

स तेनाभिहतः पार्थो वासविर्वज्रसन्निभान् । त्रीञ्शरान्संदधे क्रुद्धो वधात्क्रुद्धस्य पाण्डवः ॥

sa tenābhihataḥ pārtho vāsavirvajrasannibhān | trīñśarānsaṃdadhe kruddho vadhātkruddhasya pāṇḍavaḥ

Struck by him, Partha, the son of Vasava, fitted three arrows like thunderbolts in his wrath, the Pandava bent on slaying his angry foe.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 50 (1.218.50)

तैः शरैराहतं कर्णं ध्वजयष्टिमुपाश्रितम् । अपोवाह रथाच्चाशु सूतः परपुरंजयम् ॥

taiḥ śarairāhataṃ karṇaṃ dhvajayaṣṭimupāśritam | apovāha rathāccāśu sūtaḥ parapuraṃjayam

Karna, struck by those arrows and leaning on his flagstaff, conqueror of enemy cities, was swiftly carried away from the chariot-fight by his charioteer.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 51 (1.218.51)

ततः पराजिते कर्णे धार्तराष्ट्रान्महाभयम् । विवेश समुदग्रांश्च पाण्डवान्प्रसमीक्ष्य तु ॥

tataḥ parājite karṇe dhārtarāṣṭrānmahābhayam | viveśa samudagrāṃśca pāṇḍavānprasamīkṣya tu

Then, with Karna defeated, great fear entered the sons of Dhritarashtra, as they watched the Pandavas surging on.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 52 (1.218.52)

तत्प्रकम्पितमत्यर्थं तद्दृष्ट्वा सौबलो बलम् । गिरा मधुरया चापि समाश्वासयतासकृत् ॥

tatprakampitamatyarthaṃ taddṛṣṭvā saubalo balam | girā madhurayā cāpi samāśvāsayatāsakṛt

Seeing that army shaken to its depths, Saubala (Shakuni) comforted it again and again with gentle words.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 53 (1.218.53)

धार्तराष्ट्रैस्ततः सर्वैर्दुर्योधनपुरःसरैः । धृतं तत्पुनरेवासीद्बलं पार्थप्रपीडितम् ॥

dhārtarāṣṭraistataḥ sarvairduryodhanapuraḥsaraiḥ | dhṛtaṃ tatpunarevāsīdbalaṃ pārthaprapīḍitam

Then all the sons of Dhritarashtra, with Duryodhana at their head, rallied once more the army that Partha had hard pressed.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 54 (1.218.54)

ततो दुर्योधनं दृष्ट्वा भीमो भीमपराक्रमः । अक्रुध्यत्स महाबाहुरगारं जातुषं स्मरन् ॥

tato duryodhanaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmo bhīmaparākramaḥ | akrudhyatsa mahābāhuragāraṃ jātuṣaṃ smaran

Then, seeing Duryodhana, the mighty-armed Bhima of terrible prowess grew angry, remembering the house of lac.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 55 (1.218.55)

ततः संग्रामशिरसि ददर्श विपुलद्रुमम् । आयामभूतं तिष्ठन्तं स्कन्धपञ्चाशदुन्नतम् ॥

tataḥ saṃgrāmaśirasi dadarśa vipuladrumam | āyāmabhūtaṃ tiṣṭhantaṃ skandhapañcāśadunnatam

Then at the forefront of the battle he saw a huge tree standing, tall and broad, its trunk rising fifty cubits,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 56 (1.218.56)

महास्कन्धं महोत्सेधं शक्रध्वजमिवोच्छ्रितम् । तमुत्पाट्य च पाणिभ्यामुद्यम्य चरणावपि ॥

mahāskandhaṃ mahotsedhaṃ śakradhvajamivocchritam | tamutpāṭya ca pāṇibhyāmudyamya caraṇāvapi

great of trunk and great of height, raised up like Indra's banner. Tearing it up with both hands and lifting it on high, rushing forward on foot,

Note on the text: Corrected उत्पाठ्य → उत्पाट्य (misprint in Wikisource; aspirate for unaspirate; उत्पाट्य "uprooting"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 57 (1.218.57)

अभिपेदे परान्सङ्ख्ये वज्रपाणिरिवासुरान् । भीमसेनभयार्तानि फल्गुनाभिहतानि च ॥

abhipede parānsaṅkhye vajrapāṇirivāsurān | bhīmasenabhayārtāni phalgunābhihatāni ca

he fell upon the enemy in battle as the wielder of the thunderbolt falls upon the asuras. Terrified of Bhimasena and struck down by Phalguna,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 58 (1.218.58)

न शेकुस्तान्यनीकानि धार्तराष्ट्राण्युदीक्षितुम् । तानि संभ्रान्तयोधानि श्रान्तवाजिगजानि च ॥

na śekustānyanīkāni dhārtarāṣṭrāṇyudīkṣitum | tāni saṃbhrāntayodhāni śrāntavājigajāni ca

the divisions of Dhritarashtra's sons could not even look at them. Those divisions, their fighters bewildered and their horses and elephants exhausted,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 59 (1.218.59)

दिशः प्राकालयद्भीमो दिवीवाभ्राणि मारुतः । तान्निवृत्तान्निरानन्दान्नरवारणवाजिनः ॥

diśaḥ prākālayadbhīmo divīvābhrāṇi mārutaḥ | tānnivṛttānnirānandānnaravāraṇavājinaḥ

Bhima drove off to the quarters of the sky, as the wind drives clouds across the heavens. Those men, elephants and horses, turned back and joyless,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 60 (1.218.60)

नानुसस्रुर्न चाजघ्नुर्नोचुः किंचिच्च दारुणम् । स्वमेव शिबिरं जग्मुः क्षत्रियाः शरविक्षताः ॥

nānusasrurna cājaghnurnocuḥ kiṃcicca dāruṇam | svameva śibiraṃ jagmuḥ kṣatriyāḥ śaravikṣatāḥ

they did not pursue, did not strike, and spoke no harsh word to them. The kshatriyas, wounded by arrows, went back to their own camp.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 61 (1.218.61)

परेऽप्यभिययुर्हृष्टाः पुरं पौरसुखावहाः । मुहूर्तमभवद्युद्धं तेषां वै पाण्डवैः सह ॥

pare'pyabhiyayurhṛṣṭāḥ puraṃ paurasukhāvahāḥ | muhūrtamabhavadyuddhaṃ teṣāṃ vai pāṇḍavaiḥ saha

The others too, rejoicing, went back into the city, bringing happiness to its people. The fight with the Pandavas lasted only a short while;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 62 (1.218.62)

यावत्तद्युद्धमभवन्महद्देवासुरोपमम् । तावदेवाभवच्छान्तं निवृत्ता वै महारथाः ॥

yāvattadyuddhamabhavanmahaddevāsuropamam | tāvadevābhavacchāntaṃ nivṛttā vai mahārathāḥ

as soon as that battle, great as the war of gods and asuras, had broken out, so soon was it stilled, and the great chariot-warriors turned back.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 63 (1.218.63)

सुवृत्तं चक्रिरे सर्वे सुवृतामब्रुवन्वधूम् । कृतार्थं द्रुपदं चोचुर्धृष्टद्युम्नं च पार्षतम् ॥

suvṛttaṃ cakrire sarve suvṛtāmabruvanvadhūm | kṛtārthaṃ drupadaṃ cocurdhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca pārṣatam

All declared that it had ended well, and said that the bride had been well wedded; they called Drupada fortunate in his aims, and Dhrishtadyumna Parshata too.

Note on the text: Corrected सुव्रतं → सुवृत्तं (misprint in Wikisource; सुव्रत "of good vows" gives no sense with चक्रिरे; the critical edition's appendix reads "suvṛttaṃ"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 64 (1.218.64)

शकुनिः सिन्धुराजश्च कर्णदुर्योधनावपि । तेषां तदाभवद्दुःखं हृदि वाचा तु नाब्रुवन् ॥

śakuniḥ sindhurājaśca karṇaduryodhanāvapi | teṣāṃ tadābhavadduḥkhaṃ hṛdi vācā tu nābruvan

Shakuni and the king of Sindhu, and Karna and Duryodhana too, felt grief in their hearts, but said nothing aloud.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 65 (1.218.65)

ततः प्रयाता राजानः सर्व एव यथागतम् । धार्तराष्ट्रा हि ते सर्वे गता नागपुरं तदा ॥

tataḥ prayātā rājānaḥ sarva eva yathāgatam | dhārtarāṣṭrā hi te sarve gatā nāgapuraṃ tadā

Then all the kings departed as they had come, and all the sons of Dhritarashtra went back to the City of the Elephant (Hastinapura).

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 66 (1.218.66)

प्रागेव पूर्निरोधात्तु पाण्डवैरश्वसादिनः । प्रेषिता गच्छतारिष्टानस्मानाख्यात शौरये ॥

prāgeva pūrnirodhāttu pāṇḍavairaśvasādinaḥ | preṣitā gacchatāriṣṭānasmānākhyāta śauraye

Even before the city was besieged, the Pandavas had sent off horsemen: "Go, and tell Shauri (Krishna) that we are safe."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 67 (1.218.67)

तेऽचिरेणैव कालेन संप्राप्ता यादवीं पुरीम् । ऊचुः संकर्षणोपेन्द्रौ वचनं वचनक्षमौ ॥

te'cireṇaiva kālena saṃprāptā yādavīṃ purīm | ūcuḥ saṃkarṣaṇopendrau vacanaṃ vacanakṣamau

They soon reached the city of the Yadavas and gave the message to Sankarshana and Upendra (Balarama and Krishna), both masters of speech.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 68 (1.218.68)

कुशलं पाण्डवाः सर्वानाहुः स्मान्धकवृष्णयः । आत्मनश्चाहतानाहुर्विमुक्ताञ्जातुषाद्गृहात् ॥

kuśalaṃ pāṇḍavāḥ sarvānāhuḥ smāndhakavṛṣṇayaḥ | ātmanaścāhatānāhurvimuktāñjātuṣādgṛhāt

The Pandavas, they said, asked after the welfare of all the Andhakas and Vrishnis, and sent word that they themselves were unharmed and had escaped from the house of lac.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 69 (1.218.69)

समाजे द्रौपदीं लब्धामाहू राजीवलोचनाम् । आत्मनः सदृशीं सर्वैः शीलवृत्तसमाधिभिः ॥

samāje draupadīṃ labdhāmāhū rājīvalocanām | ātmanaḥ sadṛśīṃ sarvaiḥ śīlavṛttasamādhibhiḥ

They told how at the assembly they had won lotus-eyed Draupadi, a match for all of them in character, conduct and composure.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 70 (1.218.70)

तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं कृष्णस्तानुवाचोत्तरं वचः । सर्वमेतदहं जाने वधात्तस्य तु रक्षसः ॥

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ kṛṣṇastānuvācottaraṃ vacaḥ | sarvametadahaṃ jāne vadhāttasya tu rakṣasaḥ

Hearing these words, Krishna answered them: "I knew all this already, from the killing of that rakshasa."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 71 (1.218.71)

तत उद्योजयामास माधवश्चतुरङ्गिणीम् । सेनामुपानयत्तूर्णं पाञ्चालनगरीं प्रति ॥

tata udyojayāmāsa mādhavaścaturaṅgiṇīm | senāmupānayattūrṇaṃ pāñcālanagarīṃ prati

Then Madhava made ready his army of four branches and led it swiftly toward the city of the Panchalas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 72 (1.218.72)

ततः संकर्षणश्चैव केशवश्च महाबलः । यादवैः सह सर्वैश्च पाण्डवानभिजग्मतुः ॥

tataḥ saṃkarṣaṇaścaiva keśavaśca mahābalaḥ | yādavaiḥ saha sarvaiśca pāṇḍavānabhijagmatuḥ

Then Sankarshana and mighty Keshava, with all the Yadavas, came to the Pandavas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 73 (1.218.73)

पितृष्वसारं संपूज्य नत्वा चैव तु यादवीम् । द्रौपदीं भूषणैः शुभ्रैर्भूषयित्वा यथाविधि ॥

pitṛṣvasāraṃ saṃpūjya natvā caiva tu yādavīm | draupadīṃ bhūṣaṇaiḥ śubhrairbhūṣayitvā yathāvidhi

Having honoured their father's sister and bowed to the lady of the Yadavas, and having adorned Draupadi with bright ornaments as custom required,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 74 (1.218.74)

पाण्डवान्हर्षयित्वा तु पूजयामासतुश्च तान् । न्यायतः पूजितौ राज्ञा द्रुपदेन महात्मना ॥

pāṇḍavānharṣayitvā tu pūjayāmāsatuśca tān | nyāyataḥ pūjitau rājñā drupadena mahātmanā

they gladdened the Pandavas and honoured them. The two were duly honoured in turn by the great-souled King Drupada.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.

Verse 75 (1.218.75)

यादवाः पूजिताः सर्वे पाण्डवैश्च महात्मभिः । रेमिरे पाण्डवैः सार्धं ते पाञ्चालपुरे तदा ॥

yādavāḥ pūjitāḥ sarve pāṇḍavaiśca mahātmabhiḥ | remire pāṇḍavaiḥ sārdhaṃ te pāñcālapure tadā

All the Yadavas were honoured by the great-souled Pandavas, and they stayed happily with the Pandavas in the city of the Panchalas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives this passage in Appendix I, No. 103, after 1.192.7.