Arjuna Destroys Hiranyapura

Verse 1 (3.175.1)

निवर्तमानेन मया महद्दृष्टं ततोऽपरम् । पुरं कामगमं दिव्यं पावकार्कसमप्रभम् ॥

nivartamānena mayā mahaddṛṣṭaṃ tato'param | puraṃ kāmagamaṃ divyaṃ pāvakārkasamaprabham

As I was returning, I saw another great sight: a divine city that went wherever it wished, shining like fire and the sun.

Verse 2 (3.175.2)

रत्नद्रुममयैश्चित्रैर्भास्वरैश्च पतत्रिभिः । पौलोमैः कालकेयैश्च नित्यहृष्टैरधिष्ठितम् ॥

ratnadrumamayaiścitrairbhāsvaraiśca patatribhiḥ | paulomaiḥ kālakeyaiśca nityahṛṣṭairadhiṣṭhitam

It was bright with wonderful trees of jewels and with shining birds, and the Paulomas and the Kalakeyas, always in high spirits, dwelt in it.

Note on the text: Corrected रनित्यहृष्टैरधिष्ठिरतम् → नित्यहृष्टैरधिष्ठितम् (misprint in Wikisource; stray र before नित्य and inside अधिष्ठितम्, the critical edition reads nityahṛṣṭair adhiṣṭhitam).

Verse 3 (3.175.3)

गोपुराट्टालकोपेतं चतुर्द्वारं दुरासदम् । सर्वरत्नमयं दिव्यमद्भुतोपमदर्शनम् ॥

gopurāṭṭālakopetaṃ caturdvāraṃ durāsadam | sarvaratnamayaṃ divyamadbhutopamadarśanam

It had gate-towers and watchtowers and four gates, and was hard to assail; it was made wholly of jewels, divine, wondrous to behold.

Note on the text: The critical edition divides these lines differently: this verse is CE 3.170.3a–c.

Verse 4 (3.175.4)

द्रुमैः पुष्पफलोपेतैः सर्वरत्नमयैर्वृतम् । तथा पतत्रिभिर्दिव्यैरुपेतं सुमनोहरैः ॥

drumaiḥ puṣpaphalopetaiḥ sarvaratnamayairvṛtam | tathā patatribhirdivyairupetaṃ sumanoharaiḥ

It was surrounded by trees laden with flowers and fruit, all made of jewels, and filled with lovely divine birds.

Note on the text: Corrected पुष्पलोपेतैः → पुष्पफलोपेतैः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped फ, the pada is a syllable short and the critical edition reads puṣpaphalopetair). The lines are CE 3.170.3e and 4a.

Verse 5 (3.175.5)

असुरैर्नित्यमुदितैः शूलर्ष्टिमुसलायुधैः । चापमुद्गरहस्तैश्च स्रग्विभिः सर्वतो वृतम् ॥

asurairnityamuditaiḥ śūlarṣṭimusalāyudhaiḥ | cāpamudgarahastaiśca sragvibhiḥ sarvato vṛtam

On every side it was ringed by garlanded Asuras, ever joyful, armed with spears, double-edged swords and pestles, with bows and mallets in their hands.

Note on the text: The lines are CE 3.170.4c–e.

Verse 6 (3.175.6)

तदहं प्रेक्ष्य दैत्यानां पुरमद्भुतदर्शनम् । अपृच्छं मातलिं राजन्किमिदं दृश्यतेति वै ॥

tadahaṃ prekṣya daityānāṃ puramadbhutadarśanam | apṛcchaṃ mātaliṃ rājankimidaṃ dṛśyateti vai

Seeing that city of the Daityas, so wondrous to behold, I asked Matali, O king, "What is this that we see?"

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (प्रेक्ष्यदैत्यानां → प्रेक्ष्य दैत्यानां).

Verse 7 (3.175.7)

पुलोमा नाम दैतेयी कालका च महासुरी । दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं ते चेरतुः परमं तपः ॥

pulomā nāma daiteyī kālakā ca mahāsurī | divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ te ceratuḥ paramaṃ tapaḥ

A Daitya woman named Puloma and a great Asura woman named Kalaka practised the highest austerities for a thousand years of the gods.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (दिव्यंवर्षसहस्रं → दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं). The lines are CE 3.170.6a–c.

Verse 8 (3.175.8)

तपसोऽन्ते ततस्ताभ्यां स्वयंभूरददाद्वरम् । अगृह्णीतां वरं ते तु सुतानामल्पदुःखताम् ॥

tapaso'nte tatastābhyāṃ svayaṃbhūradadādvaram | agṛhṇītāṃ varaṃ te tu sutānāmalpaduḥkhatām

At the end of their austerities the Self-born granted them a boon, and the boon they chose was that their sons should suffer little sorrow,

Note on the text: Restored a missing avagraha (तपसोन्ते → तपसोऽन्ते). The lines are CE 3.170.6e and 7a.

Verse 9 (3.175.9)

अवध्यतां च राजेन्द्र सुरराक्षसपन्नगैः । पुरं सुरमणीयं च खचरं सुकृतप्रभम् ॥

avadhyatāṃ ca rājendra surarākṣasapannagaiḥ | puraṃ suramaṇīyaṃ ca khacaraṃ sukṛtaprabham

that they should not be slain by gods, Rakshasas or serpents, O king of kings, and that they should have a most delightful city that ranged the sky, bright with the radiance of merit,

Note on the text: Corrected स्वचरं → खचरं (misprint in Wikisource; ख misread as स्व, the commentary on verse 12 explains खपुरं as खचरत्वात् and the critical edition reads khacaraṃ). The lines are CE 3.170.7c and 8a.

Verse 10 (3.175.10)

सर्वरत्नैः समुदितं दुर्धर्षममरैरपि । महर्षियक्षगन्धर्वपन्नगासुरराक्षसैः ॥

sarvaratnaiḥ samuditaṃ durdharṣamamarairapi | maharṣiyakṣagandharvapannagāsurarākṣasaiḥ

filled with every kind of jewel, beyond the assault even of the immortals, and of the great seers, Yakshas, Gandharvas, serpents, Asuras and Rakshasas,

Note on the text: The lines are CE 3.170.8c–e.

Verse 11 (3.175.11)

सर्वकामगुणोपेतं वीतशोकमनामयम् । ब्रह्मणो भवनाच्छ्रेष्ठं कालकेयकृतं विभो ॥

sarvakāmaguṇopetaṃ vītaśokamanāmayam | brahmaṇo bhavanācchreṣṭhaṃ kālakeyakṛtaṃ vibho

rich in every object of desire, free of grief and of sickness. Made for the Kalakeyas, O lord, it surpasses even the abode of Brahma.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्र्हमणो → ब्रह्मणो (broken conjunct in Wikisource).

Verse 12 (3.175.12)

तदेतत्खपुरं दिव्यं चरत्यमरवर्जितम् । पौलोमाध्युषितं वीर कालकेयैश्च दानवैः ॥

tadetatkhapuraṃ divyaṃ caratyamaravarjitam | paulomādhyuṣitaṃ vīra kālakeyaiśca dānavaiḥ

This is that divine sky-city, O hero, which roams where the immortals are not, inhabited by the Paulomas and by the Kalakeya Danavas.

Verse 13 (3.175.13)

हिरण्यपुरमित्येवं ख्यायते नगरं महत् । रक्षितं कालकेयैश्च पौलोमैश्च महासुरैः ॥

hiraṇyapuramityevaṃ khyāyate nagaraṃ mahat | rakṣitaṃ kālakeyaiśca paulomaiśca mahāsuraiḥ

This great city is known as Hiranyapura, and it is guarded by the Kalakeyas and the Paulomas, mighty Asuras.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (रक्षितंकालकेयैश्च → रक्षितं कालकेयैश्च).

Verse 14 (3.175.14)

त एते मुदिता राजन्नवध्याः सर्वदैवतैः । निवसन्त्यत्र राजेन्द्र गतोद्वेगा निरुत्सुकाः ॥

ta ete muditā rājannavadhyāḥ sarvadaivataiḥ | nivasantyatra rājendra gatodvegā nirutsukāḥ

Here they live in joy, O king, beyond the reach of all the gods, O lord of kings, free of care and free of longing.

Note on the text: Restored missing word spaces (एतेमुदिता → एते मुदिता, निवसन्त्यत्रराजेन्द्र → निवसन्त्यत्र राजेन्द्र). The lines are CE 3.170.12a–c.

Verse 15 (3.175.15)

सुरासुरैरवध्यानां दानवानां धनञ्जय । मानुषान्मृत्युरेतेषां निर्दिष्टो ब्रह्मणा पुरा ॥

surāsurairavadhyānāṃ dānavānāṃ dhanañjaya | mānuṣānmṛtyureteṣāṃ nirdiṣṭo brahmaṇā purā

For these Danavas, whom neither gods nor Asuras can slay, O Dhananjaya, Brahma long ago ordained death at the hands of a man.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and '). The first line is not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension; the CE records it in its apparatus as 3.170.12d*0854); the second is CE 3.170.12e.

Verse 16 (3.175.16)

एतानपि रणे पार्थ कालकेयान्दुरासदान् । वज्रास्त्रेण नयस्वाशु विनाशं सुमहाबलान् ॥

etānapi raṇe pārtha kālakeyāndurāsadān | vajrāstreṇa nayasvāśu vināśaṃ sumahābalān

These Kalakeyas too, O Partha, so hard to face and so mighty, bring swiftly to destruction in battle with the thunderbolt weapon.

Note on the text: Removed stray square brackets and corrected पार्त → पार्थ (misprint in Wikisource; the apparatus reads pārtha). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 3.170.12f*0855, reading kālakañjān for कालकेयान्.

Verse 17 (3.175.17)

सुरासुरैरवध्यं तदहं ज्ञात्वा विशांपते । अब्रुवं मातलिं हृष्टो याह्येतत्पुरमञ्जसा ॥

surāsurairavadhyaṃ tadahaṃ jñātvā viśāṃpate | abruvaṃ mātaliṃ hṛṣṭo yāhyetatpuramañjasā

Knowing that city to be beyond the power of gods and Asuras, O lord of the people, I said gladly to Matali, "Drive straight to that city,

Verse 18 (3.175.18)

त्रिदशेशद्विषो यावत्क्षयमस्त्रैर्नयाम्यहम् । न कथंचिद्धि मे पापा न वध्या ये सुरद्विषः ॥

tridaśeśadviṣo yāvatkṣayamastrairnayāmyaham | na kathaṃciddhi me pāpā na vadhyā ye suradviṣaḥ

so that I may bring these enemies of the lord of the gods to destruction with my weapons. These wicked foes of the gods are by no means beyond my power to slay."

Verse 19 (3.175.19)

उवाह मां ततः शीघ्रं हिरण्यपुरमन्तिकात् । रथेन तेन दिव्येन हरियुक्तेन मातलिः ॥

uvāha māṃ tataḥ śīghraṃ hiraṇyapuramantikāt | rathena tena divyena hariyuktena mātaliḥ

Then Matali swiftly carried me close to Hiranyapura in that divine chariot yoked with bay horses.

Verse 20 (3.175.20)

ते मामालक्ष्य दैतेया विचित्राभरणाम्बराः । समुत्पेतुर्महावेगा रथानास्थाय दंशिताः ॥

te māmālakṣya daiteyā vicitrābharaṇāmbarāḥ | samutpeturmahāvegā rathānāsthāya daṃśitāḥ

Seeing me, the Daityas, in bright ornaments and garments, put on their armour, mounted their chariots and rushed up with great speed.

Verse 21 (3.175.21)

ततो नालीकनाराचैर्भल्लैः शक्त्यृष्टितोमरैः । प्रत्यघ्नन्दानवेन्द्रा मां क्रुद्धास्तीव्रपराक्रमाः ॥

tato nālīkanārācairbhallaiḥ śaktyṛṣṭitomaraiḥ | pratyaghnandānavendrā māṃ kruddhāstīvraparākramāḥ

Then the lords of the Danavas, enraged and fierce in prowess, struck at me with nalikas and iron shafts, broad-headed arrows, spears, double-edged swords and lances.

Verse 22 (3.175.22)

तदहं शस्त्रवर्षेण महता प्रत्यवारयम् । शस्त्रवर्षं महद्राजन्विद्याबलमुपाश्रितः ॥

tadahaṃ śastravarṣeṇa mahatā pratyavārayam | śastravarṣaṃ mahadrājanvidyābalamupāśritaḥ

Relying on the strength of my learning, O king, I checked that great rain of weapons with a great rain of weapons of my own.

Verse 23 (3.175.23)

व्यामोहयं च तान्सर्वान्रथमार्गैश्चरन्रणे । तेऽन्योन्यमभिसंमूढाः पातयन्ति स्म दानवाः ॥

vyāmohayaṃ ca tānsarvānrathamārgaiścaranraṇe | te'nyonyamabhisaṃmūḍhāḥ pātayanti sma dānavāḥ

Ranging the field along the many courses of the chariot, I confounded them all, and the Danavas, utterly bewildered, struck one another down.

Verse 24 (3.175.24)

तेषामेवं विमूढानामन्योन्यमभिधावताम् । शिरांसि विशिखैर्दीप्तैरच्छिन्दं शतसङ्घशः ॥

teṣāmevaṃ vimūḍhānāmanyonyamabhidhāvatām | śirāṃsi viśikhairdīptairacchindaṃ śatasaṅghaśaḥ

As they ran at one another in their confusion, I cut off their heads in hundreds with blazing arrows.

Verse 25 (3.175.25)

ते वध्यमाना दैतेयाः पुरमास्थाय तत्पुनः । खमुत्पेतुः सनगरा मायामास्थाय दानवीम् ॥

te vadhyamānā daiteyāḥ puramāsthāya tatpunaḥ | khamutpetuḥ sanagarā māyāmāsthāya dānavīm

Under that slaughter the Daityas took refuge in their city again and rose with it into the sky, resorting to the magic of the Danavas.

Verse 26 (3.175.26)

ततोऽहं शरवर्षेण महता कुरुनन्दन । मार्गमावृत्य दैत्यानां गतिं चैषामवारयम् ॥

tato'haṃ śaravarṣeṇa mahatā kurunandana | mārgamāvṛtya daityānāṃ gatiṃ caiṣāmavārayam

Then, O delight of the Kurus, with a great rain of arrows I blocked the path of the Daityas and stopped their course.

Verse 27 (3.175.27)

तत्पुरं खचरं दिव्यं कामगं दिव्यवर्चसम् । दैतेयैर्वरदानेन धार्यते स्म यथासुखम् ॥

tatpuraṃ khacaraṃ divyaṃ kāmagaṃ divyavarcasam | daiteyairvaradānena dhāryate sma yathāsukham

By virtue of the boon the Daityas could carry that divine city, which flew through the sky at will with heavenly splendour, wherever they pleased.

Verse 28 (3.175.28)

अन्तर्भूमौ निपतति पुनरूर्ध्वं प्रतिष्ठते । पुनस्तिर्यक् प्रयात्याशु पुनरप्सु निमज्जति ॥

antarbhūmau nipatati punarūrdhvaṃ pratiṣṭhate | punastiryak prayātyāśu punarapsu nimajjati

Now it would plunge beneath the earth, now rise up again on high; now it would dart off sideways, now sink beneath the waters.

Verse 29 (3.175.29)

अमरावतिसंकाशं तत्पुरं कामगं महत् । अहमस्त्रैर्बहुविधैः प्रत्यगृह्णां परंतप ॥

amarāvatisaṃkāśaṃ tatpuraṃ kāmagaṃ mahat | ahamastrairbahuvidhaiḥ pratyagṛhṇāṃ paraṃtapa

That great city, roving at will and like Amaravati to look upon, I assailed with weapons of many kinds, O scorcher of foes.

Verse 30 (3.175.30)

ततोऽहं शरजालेन दिव्यास्त्रनुदितेन च । व्यगृह्णां सह दैतेयैस्तत्पुरं पुरुषर्षभ ॥

tato'haṃ śarajālena divyāstranuditena ca | vyagṛhṇāṃ saha daiteyaistatpuraṃ puruṣarṣabha

Then, O bull among men, with a net of arrows driven by divine weapons I held that city fast, Daityas and all.

Verse 31 (3.175.31)

विक्षतं चायसैर्बाणैर्मत्प्रयुक्तैरजिह्मगैः । महीमभ्यपतद्राजन्प्रभग्नं पुरमासुरम् ॥

vikṣataṃ cāyasairbāṇairmatprayuktairajihmagaiḥ | mahīmabhyapatadrājanprabhagnaṃ puramāsuram

Torn by the straight-flying iron arrows I loosed, the shattered city of the Asuras fell to the earth, O king.

Note on the text: Corrected विक्षत → विक्षतं (dropped anusvara in Wikisource; the critical edition reads vikṣataṃ).

Verse 32 (3.175.32)

ते वध्यमाना मद्बाणैर्वज्रवेगैरयस्मयैः । पर्यभ्रमन्त वै राजन्नसुराः कालचोदिताः ॥

te vadhyamānā madbāṇairvajravegairayasmayaiḥ | paryabhramanta vai rājannasurāḥ kālacoditāḥ

Struck by my iron arrows, swift as the thunderbolt, the Asuras, driven on by Time, whirled about, O king.

Verse 33 (3.175.33)

ततो मातलिरारुह्य पुरस्तान्निपतन्निव । महीमवातरत्क्षिप्रं रथेनादित्यवर्चसा ॥

tato mātalirāruhya purastānnipatanniva | mahīmavātaratkṣipraṃ rathenādityavarcasā

Then Matali, having risen into the sky, swooped down to earth before them in the chariot bright as the sun, as if he were falling.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (मातलिरारुह्यपुरस्तान्निपतन्निव → मातलिरारुह्य पुरस्तान्निपतन्निव); the commentary glosses आरुह्य separately.

Verse 34 (3.175.34)

ततो रथसहस्राणि षष्टिस्तेषाममर्षिणाम् । युयुत्सूनां मया सार्धं पर्यवर्तन्त भारत । तान्यहं निशितैर्बाणैर्व्यधमं गार्ध्रराजितैः ॥

tato rathasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭisteṣāmamarṣiṇām | yuyutsūnāṃ mayā sārdhaṃ paryavartanta bhārata | tānyahaṃ niśitairbāṇairvyadhamaṃ gārdhrarājitaiḥ

Then sixty thousand chariots of those unyielding warriors, eager to fight, closed round me, O Bharata. I shattered them with sharp arrows decked with vulture feathers.

Note on the text: The lines are CE 3.170.30a–c and 31a.

Verse 35 (3.175.35)

ते युद्धे संन्यवर्तन्त समुद्रस्य यथोर्मयः । नेमे शक्या मानुषेण युद्धेनेति प्रचिन्त्य तत् ॥

te yuddhe saṃnyavartanta samudrasya yathormayaḥ | neme śakyā mānuṣeṇa yuddheneti pracintya tat

Yet they kept surging back into the fight like the waves of the sea. Thinking, "These cannot be overcome by human fighting,"

Note on the text: The lines are CE 3.170.31c and 32a.

Verse 36 (3.175.36)

ततोऽहमानुपूर्व्येण दिव्यान्यस्त्राण्ययोजयम् ॥

tato'hamānupūrvyeṇa divyānyastrāṇyayojayam

I then brought my divine weapons into play, one after another.

Note on the text: Wikisource prints this single line as a verse of its own; it is CE 3.170.32c, which with verses 34–35 makes up CE 3.170.30–32.

Verse 37 (3.175.37)

ततस्तानि सहस्राणि रथिनां चित्रयोधिनाम् । अस्त्राणि मम दिव्यानि प्रत्यघ्नञ्छनकैरिव ॥

tatastāni sahasrāṇi rathināṃ citrayodhinām | astrāṇi mama divyāni pratyaghnañchanakairiva

Then those thousands of chariot-warriors, masters of many styles of fighting, struck back at my divine weapons almost at their ease.

Note on the text: Corrected सहस्राणइ → सहस्राणि (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads sahasrāṇi).

Verse 38 (3.175.38)

रथमार्गान्विचित्रांस्ते विचरन्तो महाबलाः । प्रत्यदृश्यन्त संग्रामे शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥

rathamārgānvicitrāṃste vicaranto mahābalāḥ | pratyadṛśyanta saṃgrāme śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

Ranging over the many intricate courses of the chariot, those mighty warriors appeared on the field in hundreds and in thousands.

Verse 39 (3.175.39)

विचित्रमुकुटापीडा विचित्रकवचध्वजाः । विचित्राभरणाश्चैव मम प्रीतिकराऽभवन् ॥

vicitramukuṭāpīḍā vicitrakavacadhvajāḥ | vicitrābharaṇāścaiva mama prītikarā'bhavan

With their bright crowns and chaplets, their bright armour and banners and their bright ornaments, they were a delight to my eyes.

Verse 40 (3.175.40)

अहं तु शरवर्षैस्तानस्त्रप्रचोदितै रणे । नाशक्नुवं पीडयितुं ते तु मां प्रत्यपीडयन् ॥

ahaṃ tu śaravarṣaistānastrapracoditai raṇe | nāśaknuvaṃ pīḍayituṃ te tu māṃ pratyapīḍayan

But in that battle I could not harm them with my showers of arrows sped by weapons, while they pressed me hard.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (तुशरवर्षैः → तु शरवर्षैः) and corrected प्रचुदितै → प्रचोदितै (misprint in Wikisource; *cudita is not a form of cud, the participle is codita) and नाशक्रुवं → नाशक्नुवं (misprint; क्रु for क्नु, the critical edition reads nāśaknuvaṃ).

Verse 41 (3.175.41)

तैः पीड्यमानो बहुभिः कृतास्त्रैः कुशलैर्युधि । व्यथितोऽस्मि महायुद्धे भयं चागान्महन्मम ॥

taiḥ pīḍyamāno bahubhiḥ kṛtāstraiḥ kuśalairyudhi | vyathito'smi mahāyuddhe bhayaṃ cāgānmahanmama

Hard pressed in that great battle by so many skilled warriors, accomplished in weapons, I was shaken, and a great fear came over me.

Note on the text: Restored a missing avagraha (व्यथितोस्मि → व्यथितोऽस्मि).

Verse 42 (3.175.42)

ततोऽहं परमायत्तो मातलिं परिपृष्टवान् ॥

tato'haṃ paramāyatto mātaliṃ paripṛṣṭavān

Then, wholly intent, I questioned Matali:

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`) and restored a missing avagraha (ततोहं → ततोऽहं). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); verses 42–48 are recorded in the critical edition's apparatus as 3.170.37d*0856, lines 1–12 (this line is line 1, reading paramāyasto for परमायत्तो).

Verse 43 (3.175.43)

किमेते मम बाणौघैर्दिव्यास्त्रप्रतिमन्त्रितैः । न वध्यन्ते महाघोरैस्तत्त्वमाख्याहि पृच्छतः ॥

kimete mama bāṇaughairdivyāstrapratimantritaiḥ | na vadhyante mahāghoraistattvamākhyāhi pṛcchataḥ

"Why are these not slain by my floods of terrible arrows, charged with the spells of divine weapons? Tell me the truth of it, for I ask you."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); apparatus 3.170.37d*0856, lines 2–3.

Verse 44 (3.175.44)

स मामुवाच पर्याप्तस्त्वमेषां भरतर्षभ । तानुद्दिश्याथ मर्माणि प्रतिघातं तदाचर ॥

sa māmuvāca paryāptastvameṣāṃ bharatarṣabha | tānuddiśyātha marmāṇi pratighātaṃ tadācara

He said to me, "You are more than a match for them, O bull of the Bharatas. Aim at their vital points, and strike them so."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); apparatus 3.170.37d*0856, lines 4–5.

Verse 45 (3.175.45)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु राजेन्द्र संप्रहृष्टस्तमूचिवान् । निवर्तय रथं शीघ्रं पश्य चैतान्निपातितान् ॥

etacchrutvā tu rājendra saṃprahṛṣṭastamūcivān | nivartaya rathaṃ śīghraṃ paśya caitānnipātitān

Hearing this, O king of kings, I was delighted and said to him, "Turn the chariot round quickly, and watch these fall."

Note on the text: Corrected राजेनद्र → राजेन्द्र (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct) and restored the word space after it. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); apparatus 3.170.37d*0856, lines 6–7.

Verse 46 (3.175.46)

एवमुक्तो रथं तत्र मातलिः पर्यवर्तयत् ॥

evamukto rathaṃ tatra mātaliḥ paryavartayat

So addressed, Matali turned the chariot round where it stood.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); apparatus 3.170.37d*0856, line 8. Wikisource prints this single line as a verse of its own.

Verse 47 (3.175.47)

ततो मत्वा रणे भग्नं दानवाः प्रतिहर्षिताः । विचुक्रुशुर्महाराज स्वरेण महता मुहुः ॥

tato matvā raṇe bhagnaṃ dānavāḥ pratiharṣitāḥ | vicukruśurmahārāja svareṇa mahatā muhuḥ

Then the Danavas, thinking I had been routed, were overjoyed and shouted again and again with a mighty roar, O great king:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); apparatus 3.170.37d*0856, lines 9–10.

Verse 48 (3.175.48)

अभग्नः कैश्चिदप्येष पाण्डवो रणमूर्धनि । अस्माभिः समरे भग्न इत्येवं संघशस्तदा ॥

abhagnaḥ kaiścidapyeṣa pāṇḍavo raṇamūrdhani | asmābhiḥ samare bhagna ityevaṃ saṃghaśastadā

"This Pandava, whom no one has ever routed at the head of battle, has been routed by us in the fight!" So they cried out then in their throngs.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); apparatus 3.170.37d*0856, lines 11–12.

Verse 49 (3.175.49)

ततोऽहं देवदेवाय रुद्रायाव्यक्तमूर्तये । प्रयतः प्रणतो भूत्वा नमस्कृत्य महात्मने । स्वस्ति भूतेभ्य इत्युक्त्वा महास्त्रं समयोजयम् ॥

tato'haṃ devadevāya rudrāyāvyaktamūrtaye | prayataḥ praṇato bhūtvā namaskṛtya mahātmane | svasti bhūtebhya ityuktvā mahāstraṃ samayojayam

Then, self-controlled, I bowed low to Rudra, God of gods, whose form is unmanifest, and paying homage to that great being I said, "Well-being to all creatures!" and set to the bow the mighty weapon,

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (') and restored a missing avagraha (ततोहं → ततोऽहं). Restored the third line from the critical edition (3.170.38c): Wikisource repeats here the first line of the next verse (यत्तद्रौद्रमिति ख्यातं सर्वामित्रविनाशनम्), so the verse had lost its main verb. The second line is not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension; apparatus 3.170.38b*0857).

Verse 50 (3.175.50)

यत्तद्रौद्रमिति ख्यातं सर्वामित्रविनाशनम् । महत्पाशुपतं दिव्यं सर्वलोकनमस्कृतम् ॥

yattadraudramiti khyātaṃ sarvāmitravināśanam | mahatpāśupataṃ divyaṃ sarvalokanamaskṛtam

the one known as Raudra, destroyer of all foes: the great and divine Pashupata, honoured by all the worlds.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and '). The first line is CE 3.170.38e; the second is not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension; apparatus 3.170.38f*0858, reading ahaṃ for महत्).

Verse 51 (3.175.51)

ततोऽपश्यं त्रिशिरसं पुरुषं नवलोचनम् । त्रिमुखं षड्भुजं दीप्तमर्कज्वलनमूर्धजम् । लेलिहानैर्महानागैः कृतचिह्नममित्रहन् ॥

tato'paśyaṃ triśirasaṃ puruṣaṃ navalocanam | trimukhaṃ ṣaḍbhujaṃ dīptamarkajvalanamūrdhajam | lelihānairmahānāgaiḥ kṛtacihnamamitrahan

Then I saw a Person with three heads and nine eyes, three faces and six arms, blazing, his hair flaming like the sun and fire, and marked with great serpents darting their tongues, O slayer of foes.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`) and corrected षङ्भुजं → षड्भुजं (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads ṣaḍbhujaṃ).

Verse 52 (3.175.52)

विभीस्ततस्तदस्त्रं तु घोरं रौद्रं सनातनम् । दृष्ट्वा गाण्डीवसंयोगमानीय भरतर्षभ ॥

vibhīstatastadastraṃ tu ghoraṃ raudraṃ sanātanam | dṛṣṭvā gāṇḍīvasaṃyogamānīya bharatarṣabha

Then, my fear gone, O bull of the Bharatas, I looked on that terrible, eternal weapon of Rudra and fitted it to the Gandiva;

Verse 53 (3.175.53)

नमस्कृत्वा त्रिनेत्राय शर्वायामिततेजसे । मुक्तवान्दानवेन्द्राणां पराभावाय भारत ॥

namaskṛtvā trinetrāya śarvāyāmitatejase | muktavāndānavendrāṇāṃ parābhāvāya bhārata

and bowing to the three-eyed Sharva of boundless splendour, I loosed it for the overthrow of the lords of the Danavas, O Bharata.

Verse 54 (3.175.54)

मुक्तमात्रे ततस्तस्मिन्रूपाण्यासन्सहस्रशः । मृगाणामथ सिंहानां व्याघ्राणां च विशांपते ॥

muktamātre tatastasminrūpāṇyāsansahasraśaḥ | mṛgāṇāmatha siṃhānāṃ vyāghrāṇāṃ ca viśāṃpate

The moment it was loosed, forms appeared in their thousands, O lord of the people: of deer, of lions and of tigers;

Note on the text: Corrected व्याग्राणां → व्याघ्राणां (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads vyāghrāṇāṃ). The lines are CE 3.170.42a–c.

Verse 55 (3.175.55)

ऋक्षाणां महिषाणां च पन्नगानां तथा गवाम् । शरभाणां गजानां च वानराणां च सङ्घशः । ऋषभाणां वराहाणां मार्जाराणां तथैव च ॥

ṛkṣāṇāṃ mahiṣāṇāṃ ca pannagānāṃ tathā gavām | śarabhāṇāṃ gajānāṃ ca vānarāṇāṃ ca saṅghaśaḥ | ṛṣabhāṇāṃ varāhāṇāṃ mārjārāṇāṃ tathaiva ca

of bears, buffaloes, serpents and cattle; of sharabhas, of elephants, and of monkeys in troops; of bulls, boars and cats;

Note on the text: The lines are CE 3.170.42e and 43a–c (the second line a variant of 43a).

Verse 56 (3.175.56)

सालावृकाणां प्रेतानां भुरुण्डानां च सर्वशः । गृध्राणां गरुडानां च चमराणां तथैव च ॥

sālāvṛkāṇāṃ pretānāṃ bhuruṇḍānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ | gṛdhrāṇāṃ garuḍānāṃ ca camarāṇāṃ tathaiva ca

of wolves, of ghosts and of bhurundas on every side; of vultures, of Garudas and of yaks;

Note on the text: The lines are CE 3.170.43e and 44a.

Verse 57 (3.175.57)

देवानां च ऋषीणां च गन्धर्वाणां च सर्वशः । पिशाचानां सयक्षाणां तथैव च सुरद्विषाम् ॥

devānāṃ ca ṛṣīṇāṃ ca gandharvāṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ | piśācānāṃ sayakṣāṇāṃ tathaiva ca suradviṣām

of gods, of seers and of Gandharvas on every side; of Pishachas and Yakshas, and likewise of the enemies of the gods;

Note on the text: Corrected रच → च (misprint in Wikisource; stray र). The first line is not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension; apparatus 3.170.44b*0863); the second is CE 3.170.44c.

Verse 58 (3.175.58)

गुह्यकानां च संग्रामे नैर्ऋतानां तथैव च । झषाणां गजवक्राणामुलूकानां तथैव च ॥

guhyakānāṃ ca saṃgrāme nairṛtānāṃ tathaiva ca | jhaṣāṇāṃ gajavakrāṇāmulūkānāṃ tathaiva ca

of Guhyakas in battle, and of Nairritas too; of sea monsters, of elephant-faced beings, and of owls;

Verse 59 (3.175.59)

मीनवाजिसरूपाणां नानाशस्त्रासिपाणिनाम् । तथैव यातुधानानां गदामुद्गरधारिणाम् ॥

mīnavājisarūpāṇāṃ nānāśastrāsipāṇinām | tathaiva yātudhānānāṃ gadāmudgaradhāriṇām

of beings shaped like fish and horses, bearing swords and many kinds of weapons; and likewise of Yatudhanas carrying maces and mallets.

Verse 60 (3.175.60)

एतैश्चान्यैश्च बहुभिर्नानारूपधरैस्तदा । सर्वमासीज्जगद्व्याप्तं तस्मिन्नस्त्रे विसर्जिते ॥

etaiścānyaiśca bahubhirnānārūpadharaistadā | sarvamāsījjagadvyāptaṃ tasminnastre visarjite

With these and many others of manifold shapes the whole world was filled when that weapon was released.

Note on the text: Corrected एतैस्चान्यैश्च → एतैश्चान्यैश्च (misprint in Wikisource; स्च for श्च).

Verse 61 (3.175.61)

त्रिशिरोभिश्चतुर्दंष्ट्रैश्चतुरास्यैश्चतुर्भुजैः । अनेकरूपसंयुक्तैर्मांसमेदोवसास्थिभिः ॥

triśirobhiścaturdaṃṣṭraiścaturāsyaiścaturbhujaiḥ | anekarūpasaṃyuktairmāṃsamedovasāsthibhiḥ

By beings with three heads, with four tusks, four faces and four arms, of many shapes, bound up with flesh, fat, marrow and bone,

Note on the text: Corrected वसास्तिभिः → वसास्थिभिः (misprint in Wikisource; the commentary on this verse reads मांसमेदोवसास्थिभिः). The lines are CE 3.170.48a–c.

Verse 62 (3.175.62)

अभीक्ष्णं वध्यमानास्ते दानवा ये समागताः । अर्कज्वलनतेजोभिर्वज्राशनिसमप्रभैः ॥

abhīkṣṇaṃ vadhyamānāste dānavā ye samāgatāḥ | arkajvalanatejobhirvajrāśanisamaprabhaiḥ

the Danavas who had gathered there were struck down again and again. And with arrows that had the radiance of the sun and fire and the brilliance of the thunderbolt and lightning,

Note on the text: The lines are CE 3.170.48e and 49a.

Verse 63 (3.175.63)

अद्रिसारमयैश्चान्यैर्बाणैरपि निबर्हणैः । न्यहनं दानवान्सर्वान्मुहूर्तेनैव भारत ॥

adrisāramayaiścānyairbāṇairapi nibarhaṇaiḥ | nyahanaṃ dānavānsarvānmuhūrtenaiva bhārata

and with other deadly arrows made of iron, I slew all the Danavas in a single moment, O Bharata.

Note on the text: The lines are CE 3.170.49c–e.

Verse 64 (3.175.64)

गाण्डीवास्त्रप्रणुन्नांस्तान्गतासून्नभसश्च्युतान् । दृष्ट्वाऽहं प्राणमं भूयस्त्रिपुरघ्नाय वेधसे ॥

gāṇḍīvāstrapraṇunnāṃstāngatāsūnnabhasaścyutān | dṛṣṭvā'haṃ prāṇamaṃ bhūyastripuraghnāya vedhase

Seeing them driven by the weapon from the Gandiva, lifeless and fallen from the sky, I bowed once more to the Creator, the destroyer of the Three Cities.

Verse 65 (3.175.65)

तथा रौद्रास्त्रनिष्पिष्टान्दिव्याभरणभूषितान् । निशाम्य परमं हर्षमगमद्देवसारथिः ॥

tathā raudrāstraniṣpiṣṭāndivyābharaṇabhūṣitān | niśāmya paramaṃ harṣamagamaddevasārathiḥ

Seeing them, adorned with divine ornaments, crushed by the weapon of Rudra, the charioteer of the gods was filled with the greatest joy.

Verse 66 (3.175.66)

तदसह्यं कृतं कर्म देवैरपि दुरासदम् । दृष्ट्वा मां पूजयामास मातलिः शक्रसारथिः ॥

tadasahyaṃ kṛtaṃ karma devairapi durāsadam | dṛṣṭvā māṃ pūjayāmāsa mātaliḥ śakrasārathiḥ

Seeing that deed done, which none could withstand and which even the gods would find hard to achieve, Matali, Shakra's charioteer, paid me honour.

Verse 67 (3.175.67)

उवाच वचनं चेदं प्रीयमाणः कृताञ्जलिः । हतांस्तान्दानवान्दृष्ट्वा मया सङ्ख्ये सहस्रशः ॥

uvāca vacanaṃ cedaṃ prīyamāṇaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ | hatāṃstāndānavāndṛṣṭvā mayā saṅkhye sahasraśaḥ

Having seen those Danavas slain by me in battle in their thousands, he joined his palms in delight and spoke these words:

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`), corrected उचाच → उवाच (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads uvāca) and restored a missing word space (चेदंप्रीयमाणः → चेदं प्रीयमाणः). The second line is not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension; apparatus 3.170.53b*0864).

Verse 68 (3.175.68)

सुरासुरैरसह्यं हि कर्म यत्साधितं त्वया । न ह्येतत्संयुगे कर्तुमपि शक्तः सुरेश्वरः । ध्रुवं धनञ्जय प्रीतस्त्वयि शक्रः पुरार्दन ॥

surāsurairasahyaṃ hi karma yatsādhitaṃ tvayā | na hyetatsaṃyuge kartumapi śaktaḥ sureśvaraḥ | dhruvaṃ dhanañjaya prītastvayi śakraḥ purārdana

The deed you have accomplished is beyond the strength of gods and Asuras; not even the lord of the gods could have done this in battle. Surely, Dhananjaya, Shakra the breaker of cities is pleased with you.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and '). The first two lines are CE 3.170.53c–e; the third is not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension; apparatus 3.170.53f*0865). Speaker: Matali's own words, which Wikisource prints under Arjuna's heading; its अर्जुन उवाच before verse 70 marks where Arjuna resumes.

Verse 69 (3.175.69)

सुरासुरैरवध्यं हि पुरमेतत्खगं महत् । त्वया विमथितं वीर स्ववीर्यतपसो बलात् ॥

surāsurairavadhyaṃ hi purametatkhagaṃ mahat | tvayā vimathitaṃ vīra svavīryatapaso balāt

This great sky-city could not be destroyed by gods or Asuras, yet you have crushed it, O hero, by the strength of your own valour and austerity.

Note on the text: Speaker: Matali (see verse 68).

Verse 70 (3.175.70)

विध्वस्ते खपुरे तस्मिन्दानवेषु हतेषु च । विनदन्त्यः स्त्रियः सर्वा निष्पेतुर्नगराद्बहिः ॥

vidhvaste khapure tasmindānaveṣu hateṣu ca | vinadantyaḥ striyaḥ sarvā niṣpeturnagarādbahiḥ

When that sky-city had been destroyed and the Danavas slain, all their women came out of the city, wailing.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्वस्ते → विध्वस्ते (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads vidhvaste).

Verse 71 (3.175.71)

प्रकीर्णकेश्यो व्यथिताः कुरर्य इव दुःखिताः । पेतुः पुत्रान्पितृन्भ्रातॄञ्शोचमाना महीतले ॥

prakīrṇakeśyo vyathitāḥ kurarya iva duḥkhitāḥ | petuḥ putrānpitṛnbhrātṝñśocamānā mahītale

Hair dishevelled, distraught, grieving like ospreys, they fell upon the ground, mourning their sons, their fathers and their brothers.

Verse 72 (3.175.72)

रुदत्यो दीनकण्ठ्यस्तु निनदन्त्यो हतेश्वराः । उरांसि पाणिभिर्घ्नन्त्यो विस्रस्तस्रग्विभूषणाः ॥

rudatyo dīnakaṇṭhyastu ninadantyo hateśvarāḥ | urāṃsi pāṇibhirghnantyo visrastasragvibhūṣaṇāḥ

Weeping in piteous voices and crying aloud, their lords slain, they beat their breasts with their hands, their garlands and ornaments slipping from them.

Verse 73 (3.175.73)

तच्छोकयुक्तमश्रीकं दुःखदैन्यसमाहतम् । न बभौ दानवपुरं हतत्विट्कं हतेश्वरम् ॥

tacchokayuktamaśrīkaṃ duḥkhadainyasamāhatam | na babhau dānavapuraṃ hatatviṭkaṃ hateśvaram

Filled with grief, its glory gone, stricken with sorrow and misery, its lustre lost and its lords slain, the city of the Danavas shone no more.

Verse 74 (3.175.74)

गन्धर्वनगराकारं हृतनागमिव ह्रदम् । शुष्कवृक्षमिवारण्यमदृश्यमभवत्पुरम् ॥

gandharvanagarākāraṃ hṛtanāgamiva hradam | śuṣkavṛkṣamivāraṇyamadṛśyamabhavatpuram

Like a city of the Gandharvas, like a lake whose elephants have been taken away, like a forest of withered trees, the city vanished from sight.

Verse 75 (3.175.75)

मां तु संहृष्टमनसं क्षिप्रं मातलिरानयत् । देवराजस्य भवनं कृतकर्माणमाहवात् ॥

māṃ tu saṃhṛṣṭamanasaṃ kṣipraṃ mātalirānayat | devarājasya bhavanaṃ kṛtakarmāṇamāhavāt

Matali quickly brought me from the battle, glad at heart and my task accomplished, to the palace of the king of the gods.

Verse 76 (3.175.76)

हिरण्यपुरमुत्सृज्य निहत्य च महासुरान् । निवातकवचांश्चैव ततोऽहं शक्रमागमम् ॥

hiraṇyapuramutsṛjya nihatya ca mahāsurān | nivātakavacāṃścaiva tato'haṃ śakramāgamam

Leaving Hiranyapura behind, having slain the great Asuras and the Nivatakavachas as well, I then came to Shakra.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (ततोऽहंशक्रमागमम् → ततोऽहं शक्रमागमम्).

Verse 77 (3.175.77)

मम कर्म च देवेन्द्रं मातलिर्विस्तरेण तत् । सर्वं विश्रावयामास यथाभूतं महाद्युते ॥

mama karma ca devendraṃ mātalirvistareṇa tat | sarvaṃ viśrāvayāmāsa yathābhūtaṃ mahādyute

And Matali told the king of the gods of my deeds, all of them, in full detail and just as they had happened, O glorious one:

Verse 78 (3.175.78)

हिरण्यपुरघातं च मायानां च निवारणम् । निवातकवचानां च वधं सङ्ख्ये महौजसाम् । कालकेयवधं चैव अद्भुतं रोमहर्षणम् ॥

hiraṇyapuraghātaṃ ca māyānāṃ ca nivāraṇam | nivātakavacānāṃ ca vadhaṃ saṅkhye mahaujasām | kālakeyavadhaṃ caiva adbhutaṃ romaharṣaṇam

the destruction of Hiranyapura and the thwarting of the illusions, the slaying in battle of the mighty Nivatakavachas, and the wondrous, hair-raising slaughter of the Kalakeyas.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and '). The third line is not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension; apparatus 3.170.63d*0867).

Verse 79 (3.175.79)

तच्छ्रुत्वा भगवान्प्रीतः सहस्राक्षः पुरंदरः । मरुद्भिः सहितः श्रीमान्साधु साध्वित्यथाब्रवीत् । परिष्वज्य च मां प्रेम्णा मूर्ध्नि चाघ्राय सस्मितम् ॥

tacchrutvā bhagavānprītaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ puraṃdaraḥ | marudbhiḥ sahitaḥ śrīmānsādhu sādhvityathābravīt | pariṣvajya ca māṃ premṇā mūrdhni cāghrāya sasmitam

Hearing this, the glorious Lord Purandara, the thousand-eyed, was pleased, and with the Maruts he said, "Well done, well done!" He embraced me with affection and, smiling, kissed me on the head.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') and restored a missing word space (साधुसाध्वित्यथाब्रवीत् → साधु साध्वित्यथाब्रवीत्). The third line is not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension; apparatus 3.170.64d*0868).

Verse 80 (3.175.80)

ततो मां देवराजो वै समाश्वास्य पुनः पुनः । अब्रवीद्विबुधैः सार्धमिदं समधुरं वचः ॥

tato māṃ devarājo vai samāśvāsya punaḥ punaḥ | abravīdvibudhaiḥ sārdhamidaṃ samadhuraṃ vacaḥ

Then the king of the gods, reassuring me again and again, spoke these sweet words to me in the company of the gods:

Verse 81 (3.175.81)

अतिदेवासुरं कर्म कृतमेव त्वया रणे । गुर्वर्थश्च कृतः पार्थ महाशत्रून्घ्नता मम ॥

atidevāsuraṃ karma kṛtameva tvayā raṇe | gurvarthaśca kṛtaḥ pārtha mahāśatrūnghnatā mama

You have done in battle a deed beyond gods and Asuras, and in slaying my mighty enemies, O Partha, you have paid your teacher's fee.

Note on the text: Speaker: Indra's own words (verses 81–84), printed under Arjuna's heading; Arjuna's heading opens the next adhyaya.

Verse 82 (3.175.82)

एवमेव सदा भाव्यं स्थिरेणाजौ धनंजय । असंमूढेन चास्त्राणां कर्तव्यं प्रतिपादनम् ॥

evameva sadā bhāvyaṃ sthireṇājau dhanaṃjaya | asaṃmūḍhena cāstrāṇāṃ kartavyaṃ pratipādanam

Be always like this, Dhananjaya, steady in battle, and keep a clear head in the use of your weapons.

Verse 83 (3.175.83)

अविषह्यो रणे हि त्वं देवदानवराक्षसैः । सयक्षासुरगन्धर्वैः सपक्षिगणपन्नगैः ॥

aviṣahyo raṇe hi tvaṃ devadānavarākṣasaiḥ | sayakṣāsuragandharvaiḥ sapakṣigaṇapannagaiḥ

In battle you are not to be withstood by gods, Danavas or Rakshasas, by Yakshas, Asuras or Gandharvas, or by the hosts of birds and serpents.

Verse 84 (3.175.84)

वसुधां चापि कौन्तेय त्वद्बाहुबलनिर्जिताम् । पालयिष्यति धर्मात्मा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

vasudhāṃ cāpi kaunteya tvadbāhubalanirjitām | pālayiṣyati dharmātmā kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

And the righteous Yudhishthira, son of Kunti, will rule the earth, O son of Kunti, won by the strength of your arms.