Yudhishthira Orders Duryodhana's Rescue

Verse 1 (3.244.1)

अस्मानभिगतांस्तात भयार्ताञ्छरणैषिणः । कौरवान्विषमप्राप्तान्कथं ब्रूयास्त्वमीदृशम् ॥

asmānabhigatāṃstāta bhayārtāñcharaṇaiṣiṇaḥ | kauravānviṣamaprāptānkathaṃ brūyāstvamīdṛśam

"My dear brother, how can you speak like this of the Kauravas, who have come to us in fear, seeking refuge, fallen into misfortune?"

Note on the text: Speaker heading printed as यधिष्ठिर in Wikisource (misprint); set to युधिष्ठिर.

Verse 2 (3.244.2)

भवन्ति भेदा ज्ञातीनां कलहाश्च वृकोदर । प्रसक्तानि च वैराणि ज्ञातिधर्मो न नश्यति ॥

bhavanti bhedā jñātīnāṃ kalahāśca vṛkodara | prasaktāni ca vairāṇi jñātidharmo na naśyati

"Divisions arise among kinsmen, Vrikodara, and quarrels too, and enmities persist; yet the duty of kinship does not perish."

Verse 3 (3.244.3)

यदा तु कश्चिज्ज्ञातीनां बाह्यः प्रार्थयते कुलम् । न मर्षयन्ति तत्सन्तो बाह्येनाभिप्रधर्षणम् ॥

yadā tu kaścijjñātīnāṃ bāhyaḥ prārthayate kulam | na marṣayanti tatsanto bāhyenābhipradharṣaṇam

"But when some outsider attacks the family, good men do not tolerate that assault by an outsider."

Verse 4 (3.244.4)

जानात्येष हि दुर्बुद्धिरस्मानिह चिरोषितान् । स एवं परिभूयास्मानकार्षीदिदमप्रियम् ॥

jānātyeṣa hi durbuddhirasmāniha ciroṣitān | sa evaṃ paribhūyāsmānakārṣīdidamapriyam

"This evil-minded one knows that we have been living here a long time; yet, slighting us, he has done this offensive thing."

Verse 5 (3.244.5)

दुर्योधनस्य ग्रहणाद्गन्धर्वेण बलाद्रणे । स्त्रीणां बाह्याभिमर्शाच्च हतं भवति नः कुलम् ॥

duryodhanasya grahaṇādgandharveṇa balādraṇe | strīṇāṃ bāhyābhimarśācca hataṃ bhavati naḥ kulam

"By the Gandharva's seizing Duryodhana by force in battle, and by outsiders laying hands on our women, our family is struck down."

Verse 6 (3.244.6)

शरणं च प्रपन्नानां त्राणार्थं च कुलस्य च । उत्तिष्ठध्वं नरव्याघ्राः सज्जीभवत मा चिरम् ॥

śaraṇaṃ ca prapannānāṃ trāṇārthaṃ ca kulasya ca | uttiṣṭhadhvaṃ naravyāghrāḥ sajjībhavata mā ciram

"To protect those who have sought refuge, and to protect the family, rise up, tigers among men! Make ready without delay."

Note on the text: Corrected श्चरणं → शरणं (misprint in Wikisource; a stray conjunct at the start of the verse; the critical edition has śaraṇaṃ).

Verse 7 (3.244.7)

अर्जुनश्च यमौ चैव त्वं च भीमापराजितः । मोक्षयध्वं नरव्याघ्रा ह्रियमाणं सुयोधनम् ॥

arjunaśca yamau caiva tvaṃ ca bhīmāparājitaḥ | mokṣayadhvaṃ naravyāghrā hriyamāṇaṃ suyodhanam

"Arjuna and the twins, and you, unconquered Bhima: free Suyodhana, tigers among men, as he is being carried off."

Verse 8 (3.244.8)

एते रथा नरव्याघ्राः सर्वशस्त्रसमन्विताः । धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राणां विमलाः काञ्चनध्वजाः ॥

ete rathā naravyāghrāḥ sarvaśastrasamanvitāḥ | dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāṇāṃ vimalāḥ kāñcanadhvajāḥ

"Here are chariots, tigers among men, furnished with every weapon: the spotless chariots of Dhritarashtra's sons, with golden banners."

Note on the text: Corrected विमला → विमलाः (misprint in Wikisource; the plural visarga before क is lost; the apparatus reads vimalāḥ). Line 1 is the critical edition's 3.232.8ab; line 2 appears only in its apparatus (3.232.8*1120, line 1).

Verse 9 (3.244.9)

सस्वनानधिरोहध्वं नित्यसज्जानिमान्रथान् । इन्द्रसेनादिभिः सूतैः कृतशस्त्रैरधिष्ठितान् ॥

sasvanānadhirohadhvaṃ nityasajjānimānrathān | indrasenādibhiḥ sūtaiḥ kṛtaśastrairadhiṣṭhitān

"Mount these rattling chariots, always kept ready, manned by Indrasena and the other charioteers, who are skilled in arms."

Note on the text: Line 1 appears only in the critical apparatus (3.232.8*1120, line 2); line 2 corresponds to the critical edition's 3.232.8cd with a different second half (कृतशस्त्रैरधिष्ठितान् for saṃyatāḥ kanakadhvajāḥ).

Verse 10 (3.244.10)

एतानास्थाय वै यत्ता गन्धर्वान्योद्धुमाहवे । सुयोधनस्य मोक्षाय प्रयतध्वमतन्द्रिताः ॥

etānāsthāya vai yattā gandharvānyoddhumāhave | suyodhanasya mokṣāya prayatadhvamatandritāḥ

"Mount them, be watchful, and fight the Gandharvas in battle; strive tirelessly to set Suyodhana free."

Note on the text: Corrected अतनद्रिताः → अतन्द्रिताः (misprint in Wikisource; a broken conjunct; the critical edition has atandritāḥ).

Verse 11 (3.244.11)

परैः परिभवे प्राप्ते वयं पञ्चोत्तरं शतम् । परस्परविरोधे तु वयं पञ्चैव ते शतम् ॥

paraiḥ paribhave prāpte vayaṃ pañcottaraṃ śatam | parasparavirodhe tu vayaṃ pañcaiva te śatam

"When others insult us, we are a hundred and five; only when we oppose one another are we five and they a hundred."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and ') and a doubled danda. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears only in the critical apparatus (3.232.3*1119 and 3.232.14*1122).

Verse 12 (3.244.12)

य एव कश्चिद्राजन्यः शरणार्थमिहागतम् । परं शक्त्याभिरक्षेत किं पुनस्त्वं वृकोदर ॥

ya eva kaścidrājanyaḥ śaraṇārthamihāgatam | paraṃ śaktyābhirakṣeta kiṃ punastvaṃ vṛkodara

"Any man of the royal order would protect with all his might even a stranger who came here for refuge; how much more you, Vrikodara!"

Verse 13 (3.244.13)

एवमुक्तस्तु कौन्तेयः पुनर्वाक्यमभाषत । कोपसंरक्तनयनः पूर्ववैरमनुस्मरन् ॥

evamuktastu kaunteyaḥ punarvākyamabhāṣata | kopasaṃraktanayanaḥ pūrvavairamanusmaran

Spoken to thus, the son of Kunti answered again, his eyes red with anger, remembering the old enmity:

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki quote mark (`). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's Appendix I (No. 23, lines 1–2), a passage placed after 3.232.21. Speaker set to Vaishampayana: the verse is narration, not Yudhishthira's speech.

Verse 14 (3.244.14)

पुरा जतुगृहेऽनेन दग्धुमस्मान्युधिष्ठिर । दुर्बुद्धिर्हि कृता वीर तदा दैवेन रक्षिताः ॥

purā jatugṛhe'nena dagdhumasmānyudhiṣṭhira | durbuddhirhi kṛtā vīra tadā daivena rakṣitāḥ

"Long ago this man tried to burn us in the house of lac, Yudhishthira. That was his evil design, hero, and fate alone saved us then."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's Appendix I (No. 23, lines 3–4), a passage placed after 3.232.21. Speaker set to Bhima: the verse is his direct speech to Yudhishthira (verses 14–19).

Verse 15 (3.244.15)

कालकूटविषं तीक्ष्णं भोजने मम भारत । उप्त्वा गङ्गां लतापाशैर्बद्ध्वा च प्राक्षिपत्प्रभो ॥

kālakūṭaviṣaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ bhojane mama bhārata | uptvā gaṅgāṃ latāpāśairbaddhvā ca prākṣipatprabho

"He put the deadly kalakuta poison in my food, O Bharata, and binding me with ropes of creeper, my lord, he threw me into the Ganga."

Note on the text: Corrected वैद्ध्वा → बद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; वै for ब; "having bound" is meant). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it is absent from the critical text, its apparatus and the Appendix I passage (No. 23) that carries the surrounding verses.

Verse 16 (3.244.16)

रसातलं च संप्राप्य तदा वासुकिमञ्जसा । तत्र दृष्ट्वा तु राजेन्द्रपुनः प्राप्तो महीतलम् ॥

rasātalaṃ ca saṃprāpya tadā vāsukimañjasā | tatra dṛṣṭvā tu rājendrapunaḥ prāpto mahītalam

"I reached Rasatala then and quickly came to Vasuki; and after seeing him there, O lord of kings, I returned to the surface of the earth."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it is absent from the critical text, its apparatus and the Appendix I passage (No. 23) that carries the surrounding verses.

Verse 17 (3.244.17)

द्यूतकालेऽपिकौन्तेय वृजिनानि कृतानि वै । द्रौपद्याश्च परामर्शः केशग्रहणमेव च । वस्त्रापहरणं चैव सभामध्ये कृतानि वै ॥

dyūtakāle'pikaunteya vṛjināni kṛtāni vai | draupadyāśca parāmarśaḥ keśagrahaṇameva ca | vastrāpaharaṇaṃ caiva sabhāmadhye kṛtāni vai

"At the time of the dice game too, son of Kunti, wrongs were done: Draupadi was manhandled, seized by the hair, and her garment was pulled away in the middle of the assembly hall. All this was done."

Note on the text: Corrected कृतनि → कृतानि and पराभर्शः → परामर्शः (misprints in Wikisource; a dropped vowel sign and भ for म; the appendix reads kṛtāni and parāmarśaḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's Appendix I (No. 23, lines 5–7), a passage placed after 3.232.21.

Verse 18 (3.244.18)

राज्यं चाच्छिद्य राजेन्द्र उक्तवान्परुषाणि नः । पुरा कृतानां पापानां फलं भुङ्क्ते सुयोधनः ॥

rājyaṃ cācchidya rājendra uktavānparuṣāṇi naḥ | purā kṛtānāṃ pāpānāṃ phalaṃ bhuṅkte suyodhanaḥ

"Having snatched away our kingdom, O lord of kings, he spoke harsh words to us. Suyodhana is reaping the fruit of the sins he committed before."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Line 2 appears in the critical edition's Appendix I (No. 23, line 8, placed after 3.232.21); line 1 is not found there.

Verse 19 (3.244.19)

अस्माभिरेवकर्तव्यं धार्तराष्ट्रस्य निग्रहम् । अन्येन तु कृतं तद्वै मैत्र्यमस्माकमिच्छता । उपकारी तु गन्धर्वो मा राजन्विमना भव ॥

asmābhirevakartavyaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrasya nigraham | anyena tu kṛtaṃ tadvai maitryamasmākamicchatā | upakārī tu gandharvo mā rājanvimanā bhava

"It was for us to punish Dhritarashtra's son; but another has done it, wishing for our friendship. The Gandharva has done us a service, O king; do not be downcast."

Note on the text: Corrected अस्माबिः → अस्माभिः (misprint in Wikisource; ब for भ; the appendix reads asmābhir). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's Appendix I (No. 23, lines 9–11), a passage placed after 3.232.21.

Verse 20 (3.244.20)

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे राजंश्चित्रसेनेन वै हृतः । विललाप सुदुःखार्तो नीयमानः सुयोधनः ॥

etasminnantare rājaṃścitrasenena vai hṛtaḥ | vilalāpa suduḥkhārto nīyamānaḥ suyodhanaḥ

Meanwhile, O king, Suyodhana, as he was being carried off by Chitrasena, lamented in deep distress:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's Appendix I (No. 23, lines 12–13), a passage placed after 3.232.21.

Verse 21 (3.244.21)

युधिष्ठिर महाबाहो सर्वधर्मभृतांवर । सपुत्रान्सहदारांश्च गन्धर्वेण हृतान्बलात् ॥

yudhiṣṭhira mahābāho sarvadharmabhṛtāṃvara | saputrānsahadārāṃśca gandharveṇa hṛtānbalāt

"Yudhishthira, mighty-armed, best of all who uphold dharma! We, with our sons and our wives, have been carried off by force by the Gandharva."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's Appendix I (No. 23, lines 14–15), a passage placed after 3.232.21. Speaker set to Duryodhana: verses 21–25 are his lament.

Verse 22 (3.244.22)

पाण्डुपुत्र महाबाहो कौरवाणां यशस्कर । सर्वधर्मभृतां श्रेष्ठ गन्धर्वेण हृतं बलात् । रक्षस्व पुरुषव्याघ्र युधिष्ठिर महायशः ॥

pāṇḍuputra mahābāho kauravāṇāṃ yaśaskara | sarvadharmabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭha gandharveṇa hṛtaṃ balāt | rakṣasva puruṣavyāghra yudhiṣṭhira mahāyaśaḥ

"Son of Pandu, mighty-armed, glory of the Kauravas, best of all who uphold dharma, I have been carried off by force by the Gandharva. Protect me, tiger among men, illustrious Yudhishthira!"

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki quote mark (') after the first line. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's Appendix I (No. 23, lines 16–18), a passage placed after 3.232.21.

Verse 23 (3.244.23)

भ्रातरं ते महाबाहो बद्ध्वा नयति मामयम् । दुश्शासनं दुर्विषहं दुर्मुखं दुर्जयं तथा ॥

bhrātaraṃ te mahābāho baddhvā nayati māmayam | duśśāsanaṃ durviṣahaṃ durmukhaṃ durjayaṃ tathā

"Mighty-armed one, this one has bound me, your brother, and is carrying me away, and Duhshasana, Durvishaha, Durmukha and Durjaya too."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's Appendix I (No. 23, lines 19–20), a passage placed after 3.232.21.

Verse 24 (3.244.24)

बद्ध्वा हरन्ति गन्धर्वा अस्मान्दारांश्च सर्वशः । अनुधावत मां क्षिप्रं रक्षध्वं पुरुषोत्तमाः ॥

baddhvā haranti gandharvā asmāndārāṃśca sarvaśaḥ | anudhāvata māṃ kṣipraṃ rakṣadhvaṃ puruṣottamāḥ

"The Gandharvas have bound us and are carrying us off, with all our wives. Run after me quickly; save us, best of men!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's Appendix I (No. 23, lines 21–22), a passage placed after 3.232.21.

Verse 25 (3.244.25)

यमौ मामनुधावेतां रक्षार्थं मम सायुधौ । कुरुवंशस्य सुमहदयशः प्राप्तमीदृशम् । व्यपोहयध्वं गन्धर्वाञ्जित्वा वीर्येण पाण्डवाः ॥

yamau māmanudhāvetāṃ rakṣārthaṃ mama sāyudhau | kuruvaṃśasya sumahadayaśaḥ prāptamīdṛśam | vyapohayadhvaṃ gandharvāñjitvā vīryeṇa pāṇḍavāḥ

"Let the twins run after me with their weapons to protect me. A great disgrace like this has fallen on the line of Kuru; sons of Pandu, conquer the Gandharvas with your valour and drive them off!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's Appendix I (No. 23, lines 23–25), a passage placed after 3.232.21.

Verse 26 (3.244.26)

एवं विलपमानस्य कौरवस्यार्तया गिरा । श्रुत्वा विलापं संभ्रान्तो घृणयाऽभिपरिप्लुतः ॥

evaṃ vilapamānasya kauravasyārtayā girā | śrutvā vilāpaṃ saṃbhrānto ghṛṇayā'bhipariplutaḥ

Hearing the Kaurava lament thus in an anguished voice, Yudhishthira, shaken and overcome with compassion,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's Appendix I (No. 23, lines 26–27), a passage placed after 3.232.21.

Verse 27 (3.244.27)

युधिष्ठिरः पुनर्वाक्यं भीमसेनमथाब्रवीत् । सुयोधनस्य मोक्षाय प्रयतध्वमतन्द्रिताः ॥

yudhiṣṭhiraḥ punarvākyaṃ bhīmasenamathābravīt | suyodhanasya mokṣāya prayatadhvamatandritāḥ

spoke again to Bhimasena: "Strive tirelessly to set Suyodhana free."

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki quote mark (') at the end. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension): line 1 is the last line (28) of the critical edition's Appendix I No. 23; line 2, the start of Yudhishthira's renewed speech, repeats line 2 of verse 10 and is not in the appendix.

Verse 28 (3.244.28)

क इवार्यो दयेत्प्राणानभिधावेति चोदितः । प्राञ्जलिं शरणापन्नं दृष्ट्वा शत्रुमपि ध्रुवम् ॥

ka ivāryo dayetprāṇānabhidhāveti coditaḥ | prāñjaliṃ śaraṇāpannaṃ dṛṣṭvā śatrumapi dhruvam

"What noble man, hearing the cry 'Run to help!', would hold back to spare his own life, on seeing even an enemy come for refuge with joined palms?"

Note on the text: Corrected प्राञ्जलं → प्राञ्जलिं (misprint in Wikisource; the i-sign is lost from prāñjaliṃ, "with joined palms", as in the critical edition). The first line keeps Wikisource's reading क इवार्यो दयेत्प्राणान् (critical edition: ka ihānyo bhavet trāṇam). Speaker set to Yudhishthira: verses 28–35 are his speech.

Verse 29 (3.244.29)

वरप्रदानं राज्यं च पुत्रजन्म च पाण्डवाः । शत्रोश्च मोक्षणं क्लेशात्त्रीणि चैकं च तत्समम् ॥

varapradānaṃ rājyaṃ ca putrajanma ca pāṇḍavāḥ | śatrośca mokṣaṇaṃ kleśāttrīṇi caikaṃ ca tatsamam

"Granting a boon, gaining a kingdom and the birth of a son, sons of Pandu: these are three; and freeing an enemy from distress is the one that equals them."

Note on the text: Corrected क्लेशास्त्रीणि → क्लेशात्त्रीणि (misprint in Wikisource; the ablative kleśāt, "from distress", is needed, as in the critical edition).

Verse 30 (3.244.30)

न ह्यस्त्यधिकमेतस्माद्यदापन्नः सुयोधनः । त्वद्बाहुबलमाश्रित्य जीवितं परिमार्गते ॥

na hyastyadhikametasmādyadāpannaḥ suyodhanaḥ | tvadbāhubalamāśritya jīvitaṃ parimārgate

"There is nothing greater than this: that Suyodhana, fallen into misfortune, looks to the strength of your arms to save his life."

Verse 31 (3.244.31)

स्वयमेव प्रधावेयं यदि न स्याद्वृकोदर । विततो मे क्रतुर्वीर न हि मेऽत्र विचारणा ॥

svayameva pradhāveyaṃ yadi na syādvṛkodara | vitato me kraturvīra na hi me'tra vicāraṇā

"I would run to him myself, Vrikodara, were it not that my sacrifice has been begun, hero; of that I have no doubt."

Verse 32 (3.244.32)

साम्नैव तु यथा भीम मोक्षयेथाः सुयोधनम् । तथा सर्वैरुपायैस्त्वं यतेथाः कुरुनन्दन ॥

sāmnaiva tu yathā bhīma mokṣayethāḥ suyodhanam | tathā sarvairupāyaistvaṃ yatethāḥ kurunandana

"Bhima, joy of the Kurus, make every effort so that you may free Suyodhana by conciliation alone."

Verse 33 (3.244.33)

न साम्ना प्रतिपद्येत यदि गन्धर्वराडसौ । पराक्रमेण मृदुना मोक्षयेथाः सुयोधनम् ॥

na sāmnā pratipadyeta yadi gandharvarāḍasau | parākrameṇa mṛdunā mokṣayethāḥ suyodhanam

"If that king of the Gandharvas will not yield to conciliation, free Suyodhana with gentle force."

Verse 34 (3.244.34)

अथासौ मृदुयुद्धेन न मुञ्चेद्भीम कौरवान् । सर्वोपायैर्विमोच्यास्ते निगृह्य परिपन्थिनः ॥

athāsau mṛduyuddhena na muñcedbhīma kauravān | sarvopāyairvimocyāste nigṛhya paripanthinaḥ

"And if he will not release the Kauravas even in a gentle fight, Bhima, then subdue the foes and free them by every means."

Note on the text: Corrected र्पिमोच्याः → र्विमोच्याः (misprint in Wikisource; प for व; the critical edition has vimocyās).

Verse 35 (3.244.35)

एतावद्धि मया शक्यं संदेष्टुं वै वृकोदर । वैताने कर्मणि तते वर्तमाने च भारत । वरप्रदानं सुमहद्याचकस्य प्रकीर्तितम् ॥

etāvaddhi mayā śakyaṃ saṃdeṣṭuṃ vai vṛkodara | vaitāne karmaṇi tate vartamāne ca bhārata | varapradānaṃ sumahadyācakasya prakīrtitam

"This is all I can enjoin on you, Vrikodara, while the Vaitana sacrifice has been begun and is under way, O Bharata. Granting a boon to one who asks is declared a very great thing."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and ') around the third line. Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 3.232.18 (unmatched by the automatic alignment); line 3 appears only in its apparatus (3.232.18*1124).

Verse 36 (3.244.36)

अजातशत्रोर्वचनं तच्छ्रुत्वा तु धनंजयः । प्रतिजज्ञे गुरोर्वाक्यं कौरवाणां विमोक्षणम् ॥

ajātaśatrorvacanaṃ tacchrutvā tu dhanaṃjayaḥ | pratijajñe gurorvākyaṃ kauravāṇāṃ vimokṣaṇam

Hearing those words of Ajatashatru, Dhananjaya vowed to carry out his elder's command and free the Kauravas.

Note on the text: Corrected अजातसत्रोः → अजातशत्रोः (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; the name is Ajatashatru, as in the critical edition).

Verse 37 (3.244.37)

यदि साम्ना न मोक्ष्यन्ति गन्धर्वा धृतराष्ट्रजान् । अद्य गन्धर्वराजस्य भूमिः पास्यति शोणितम् ॥

yadi sāmnā na mokṣyanti gandharvā dhṛtarāṣṭrajān | adya gandharvarājasya bhūmiḥ pāsyati śoṇitam

"If the Gandharvas will not release the sons of Dhritarashtra by peaceful means, today the earth shall drink the blood of the Gandharva king."

Note on the text: Corrected ककसाम्ना → साम्ना (misprint in Wikisource; stray aksharas क क that break the metre; the critical edition has sāmnā).

Verse 38 (3.244.38)

अर्जुनस्य तु तां श्रुत्वा प्रतिज्ञां सत्यवादिनः । कौरवाणां तदा राजन्पुनः प्रत्यागतं मनः ॥

arjunasya tu tāṃ śrutvā pratijñāṃ satyavādinaḥ | kauravāṇāṃ tadā rājanpunaḥ pratyāgataṃ manaḥ

Hearing that vow of the truthful Arjuna, O king, the Kauravas took heart once more.

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from Arjuna (carried over in Wikisource) to Vaishampayana: the verse is narration, and the critical edition prints a 'vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca' heading before it (3.232.21).