The Danavas' Promise and Duryodhana's Return

Verse 1 (3.253.1)

भोः सुयोधन राजेन्द्र भरतानां कुलोद्वह । शूरैः परिवृतो नित्यं तथैव च महात्मभिः ॥

bhoḥ suyodhana rājendra bharatānāṃ kulodvaha | śūraiḥ parivṛto nityaṃ tathaiva ca mahātmabhiḥ

O Suyodhana, lord of kings, upholder of the Bharata line, you are always surrounded by heroes and by great-souled men.

Verse 2 (3.253.2)

अकार्षीः साहसमिदं कस्मात्प्रायोपवेशनम् । आत्मत्यागी ह्यधो याति वाच्यतां चायशस्करीम् ॥

akārṣīḥ sāhasamidaṃ kasmātprāyopaveśanam | ātmatyāgī hyadho yāti vācyatāṃ cāyaśaskarīm

Why then have you undertaken this rash act, a fast unto death? One who takes his own life goes downward and earns reproach and ill repute.

Verse 3 (3.253.3)

न हि कार्यविरुद्धेषु बहुपापेषु कर्मसु । मूलघातिषु सज्जन्ते बुद्धिमन्तो भवद्विधाः ॥

na hi kāryaviruddheṣu bahupāpeṣu karmasu | mūlaghātiṣu sajjante buddhimanto bhavadvidhāḥ

Wise men like you do not engage in deeds that defeat their own purpose, that are full of sin and that strike at the very root.

Verse 4 (3.253.4)

नियच्छैनां मतिं राजन्धर्मार्थसुखनाशिनीम् । यशःप्रतापवीर्यघ्नीं शत्रूणां हर्षवर्धनीम् ॥

niyacchaināṃ matiṃ rājandharmārthasukhanāśinīm | yaśaḥpratāpavīryaghnīṃ śatrūṇāṃ harṣavardhanīm

Check this purpose, O king. It destroys dharma, wealth and happiness, it kills fame, majesty and valour, and it only swells your enemies' delight.

Verse 5 (3.253.5)

श्रूयतां तु प्रभो तत्त्वं दिव्यतां चात्मनो नृप । निर्माणं च शरीरस्य ततो धैर्यमवाप्नुहि ॥

śrūyatāṃ tu prabho tattvaṃ divyatāṃ cātmano nṛpa | nirmāṇaṃ ca śarīrasya tato dhairyamavāpnuhi

Hear the truth, lord, about your own divine nature, O king, and about how your body was made; then take heart.

Note on the text: Corrected रशरीरस्य → शरीरस्य (misprint in Wikisource; stray र; CE śarīrasya).

Verse 6 (3.253.6)

पुरा त्वं तपसाऽस्माभिर्लब्धो राजन्महेश्वरात् । पूर्वकायश्च ते सर्वो निर्मितो वज्रसंचयैः ॥

purā tvaṃ tapasā'smābhirlabdho rājanmaheśvarāt | pūrvakāyaśca te sarvo nirmito vajrasaṃcayaiḥ

Long ago, O king, we obtained you from Maheshvara by our austerity. The whole upper part of your body was fashioned from masses of thunderbolts,

Note on the text: Corrected त्व → त्वं (misprint in Wikisource; lost anusvara; CE tvaṃ).

Verse 7 (3.253.7)

अस्त्रैरभेद्यः शस्त्रैश्चाप्यधःकायश्च तेऽनघ । कृतः पुष्पमयो देव्या रूपतस्त्रीमनोहरः ॥

astrairabhedyaḥ śastraiścāpyadhaḥkāyaśca te'nagha | kṛtaḥ puṣpamayo devyā rūpatastrīmanoharaḥ

so that no weapon, thrown or wielded, can pierce it; and the lower part of your body, sinless one, the Goddess made of flowers, a form that charms the hearts of women.

Verse 8 (3.253.8)

एवमीश्वरसंयुक्तस्तव देहो नृपोत्तम । देव्या च राजशार्दूल दिव्यस्त्वं हि न मानुषः ॥

evamīśvarasaṃyuktastava deho nṛpottama | devyā ca rājaśārdūla divyastvaṃ hi na mānuṣaḥ

Thus your body, best of kings, was formed by the Lord and by the Goddess, O tiger among kings; you are divine, not human.

Verse 9 (3.253.9)

क्षत्रियाश्च महावीर्या भगदत्तपुरोगमाः । दिव्यास्त्रविदुषः शूराः क्षपयिष्यन्ति ते रिपून् ॥

kṣatriyāśca mahāvīryā bhagadattapurogamāḥ | divyāstraviduṣaḥ śūrāḥ kṣapayiṣyanti te ripūn

Mighty Kshatriyas led by Bhagadatta, heroes who know the divine weapons, will destroy your enemies.

Verse 10 (3.253.10)

तदलं ते विषादेन भयं तव न विद्यते । सहायार्थं च ते वीराः संभूता भुवि दानवाः ॥

tadalaṃ te viṣādena bhayaṃ tava na vidyate | sahāyārthaṃ ca te vīrāḥ saṃbhūtā bhuvi dānavāḥ

So enough of despair; you have nothing to fear. Heroic Danavas have been born on earth to be your allies.

Note on the text: Corrected बुवि → भुवि (misprint in Wikisource; ब for भ; CE bhuvi).

Verse 11 (3.253.11)

भीष्मद्रोणकृपादींश्च प्रवेक्ष्यन्त्यपरेऽसुराः । यैराविष्टा घृणां त्यक्त्वा योत्स्यन्ते तव वैरिभिः ॥

bhīṣmadroṇakṛpādīṃśca pravekṣyantyapare'surāḥ | yairāviṣṭā ghṛṇāṃ tyaktvā yotsyante tava vairibhiḥ

Other Asuras will enter into Bhishma, Drona, Kripa and the rest; possessed by them, these will cast off pity and fight your enemies.

Verse 12 (3.253.12)

नैव पुत्रान्न च भ्रातॄन्न पितॄन्न च बान्धवान् । नैव शिष्यान्न च ज्ञातीन्न बालान्स्थविरान्न च । युधि संप्रहरिष्यन्तो मोक्ष्यन्ति कुरुसत्तम ॥

naiva putrānna ca bhrātṝnna pitṝnna ca bāndhavān | naiva śiṣyānna ca jñātīnna bālānsthavirānna ca | yudhi saṃprahariṣyanto mokṣyanti kurusattama

When they strike in battle, O best of Kurus, they will spare neither sons nor brothers, neither fathers nor kinsmen, neither pupils nor relatives, neither the young nor the old.

Note on the text: Corrected बालान्त्यविरान्न → बालान्स्थविरान्न (misprint in Wikisource; त्य for स्थ; CE bālān sthavirān). The first two lines are CE 3.240.12, the third 3.240.13a (Wikisource divides verses 12–15 differently).

Verse 13 (3.253.13)

निःस्नेहा दानवाविष्टाः समाक्रान्तेऽन्तरात्मनि । प्रहरिष्यन्ति बन्धुभ्यः स्नेहमुत्सृज्य दूरतः ॥

niḥsnehā dānavāviṣṭāḥ samākrānte'ntarātmani | prahariṣyanti bandhubhyaḥ snehamutsṛjya dūrataḥ

Pitiless, possessed by the Danavas, their inner selves overpowered, they will strike at their own kin, casting affection far away.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 3.240.13c, the second 3.240.14a.

Verse 14 (3.253.14)

हृष्टाः पुरुषशार्दूलाः कलुषीकृतमानसाः । अनभिज्ञातमूलाश्च दैवाच्च विधिनिर्मितात् । व्याभाषमाणाश्चान्योन्यं न मे जीवन्विमोक्ष्यसे ॥

hṛṣṭāḥ puruṣaśārdūlāḥ kaluṣīkṛtamānasāḥ | anabhijñātamūlāśca daivācca vidhinirmitāt | vyābhāṣamāṇāścānyonyaṃ na me jīvanvimokṣyase

Exultant, those tigers among men, their minds clouded, not knowing the root of it all, driven by fate as destiny ordained, will call out to one another, "You will not escape me alive!"

Note on the text: The first two lines are CE 3.240.14c–e, the third 3.240.15a.

Verse 15 (3.253.15)

सर्वे शस्त्रास्त्रमोक्षेण पौरुषे समवस्थिताः । श्लाघमानाः कुरुश्रेष्ठ करिष्यन्ति जनक्षयम् ॥

sarve śastrāstramokṣeṇa pauruṣe samavasthitāḥ | ślāghamānāḥ kuruśreṣṭha kariṣyanti janakṣayam

All of them, standing firm in their manhood and loosing every kind of weapon and missile, boasting, O best of Kurus, will bring about a slaughter of the people.

Note on the text: Matches the last two lines of CE 3.240.15.

Verse 16 (3.253.16)

तेऽपि पञ्च महात्मानः प्रतियोत्स्यन्ति पाण्डवाः । वधं चैषां करिष्यन्ति दैवयुक्ता महाबलाः ॥

te'pi pañca mahātmānaḥ pratiyotsyanti pāṇḍavāḥ | vadhaṃ caiṣāṃ kariṣyanti daivayuktā mahābalāḥ

The five great-souled Pandavas too will fight back, and those mighty ones, aided by fate, will slay these men.

Note on the text: Corrected तेपि → तेऽपि (missing avagraha) and प्रतियोत्सन्ति → प्रतियोत्स्यन्ति (dropped य) (misprints in Wikisource; CE te 'pi, pratiyotsyanti).

Verse 17 (3.253.17)

दैत्यरक्षोगणाश्चैव संभूताः क्षत्रयोनिषु । योत्स्यन्ति युधि विक्रम्य शत्रुभिस्तव पार्थिव ॥

daityarakṣogaṇāścaiva saṃbhūtāḥ kṣatrayoniṣu | yotsyanti yudhi vikramya śatrubhistava pārthiva

Hosts of Daityas and Rakshasas, born in the wombs of Kshatriyas, will fight valiantly in battle against your enemies, O king.

Note on the text: Matches the first two lines of CE 3.240.17.

Verse 18 (3.253.18)

गदाभिर्मुसलैः शूलैः शस्त्रैरुच्चावचैस्तथा । प्रहरिष्यन्ति ते वीरास्तवारिषु महाबलाः ॥

gadābhirmusalaiḥ śūlaiḥ śastrairuccāvacaistathā | prahariṣyanti te vīrāstavāriṣu mahābalāḥ

With maces, clubs, spears and weapons of every kind, those mighty heroes will strike at your foes.

Note on the text: Removed the backtick and quote marks (Wikisource's marks for an added line) around the second line. Corrected प्रहरिष्यनति → प्रहरिष्यन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; apparatus prahariṣyanti). The first line is CE 3.240.17e; the second is not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension; it appears in the apparatus as 3.240.17f*1154).

Verse 19 (3.253.19)

यच्च तेऽन्तर्गतं वीर भयमर्जुनसंभवम् । तत्रापि विहितोऽस्माभिर्वधोपायोऽर्जुनस्य वै ॥

yacca te'ntargataṃ vīra bhayamarjunasaṃbhavam | tatrāpi vihito'smābhirvadhopāyo'rjunasya vai

And as for the fear of Arjuna that lies within you, hero, for that too we have arranged the means of Arjuna's death.

Verse 20 (3.253.20)

हतस्य नरकस्यात्मा कर्णमूर्तिमुपाश्रितः । तद्वैरं संस्मरन्वीर योत्स्यते केशवार्जुनौ ॥

hatasya narakasyātmā karṇamūrtimupāśritaḥ | tadvairaṃ saṃsmaranvīra yotsyate keśavārjunau

The soul of the slain Naraka has taken refuge in the form of Karna. Remembering that old enmity, hero, he will fight Keshava and Arjuna.

Verse 21 (3.253.21)

स ते विक्रमशौण्डीरो रणे पार्थं विजेष्यति । कर्णः प्रहरतां श्रेष्ठः सर्वांश्चारीन्महारथः ॥

sa te vikramaśauṇḍīro raṇe pārthaṃ vijeṣyati | karṇaḥ praharatāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvāṃścārīnmahārathaḥ

That Karna, proud in valour, foremost of fighters, a great chariot-warrior, will defeat Partha in battle for you, and all your enemies besides.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रहरतांश्रेष्ठः → प्रहरतां श्रेष्ठः (misprint in Wikisource; missing word break).

Verse 22 (3.253.22)

ज्ञात्वैतच्छद्मना वज्री रक्षार्थं सव्यसाचिनः । कुण्डले कवचं चैव कर्णस्यापहरिष्यति ॥

jñātvaitacchadmanā vajrī rakṣārthaṃ savyasācinaḥ | kuṇḍale kavacaṃ caiva karṇasyāpahariṣyati

Knowing this, the wielder of the thunderbolt will, by a ruse, carry off Karna's earrings and armour to protect Savyasachin.

Verse 23 (3.253.23)

तस्मादस्माभिरप्यत्र दैत्याः शतसहस्रशः । नियुक्ता राक्षसाश्चैव ये ते संशप्तका इति । प्रख्यातास्तेऽर्जुनं वीरं युधि हिंस्यन्ति मा शुचः ॥

tasmādasmābhirapyatra daityāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ | niyuktā rākṣasāścaiva ye te saṃśaptakā iti | prakhyātāste'rjunaṃ vīraṃ yudhi hiṃsyanti mā śucaḥ

Therefore we too have appointed Daityas by the hundred thousand, and Rakshasas, known as the Samshaptakas; they will strike down the hero Arjuna in battle. Do not grieve.

Verse 24 (3.253.24)

असपत्ना त्वया हीयं भोक्तव्या वसुधा नृप । मा विषादं गमस्तस्मान्नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते ॥

asapatnā tvayā hīyaṃ bhoktavyā vasudhā nṛpa | mā viṣādaṃ gamastasmānnaitattvayyupapadyate

You are to enjoy this earth without a rival, O king. So do not give way to despair; it does not become you.

Note on the text: Matches the first two lines of CE 3.240.23.

Verse 25 (3.253.25)

विनष्टे त्वयि चास्माकं पक्षो हीयेत कौरव । गच्छ वीर न ते बुद्धिरन्या कार्या कथंचन । त्वमस्माकं गतिर्नित्यं देवतानां च पाण्डवाः ॥

vinaṣṭe tvayi cāsmākaṃ pakṣo hīyeta kaurava | gaccha vīra na te buddhiranyā kāryā kathaṃcana | tvamasmākaṃ gatirnityaṃ devatānāṃ ca pāṇḍavāḥ

If you perish, O Kaurava, our side is lost. Go, hero; you must never think otherwise. You are always our refuge, as the Pandavas are the gods'.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 3.240.23e, the other two 3.240.24.

Verse 26 (3.253.26)

एवमुक्त्वा परिष्वज्य दैत्यास्तं राजकुञ्जरम् । समाश्वास्य च दुर्धर्षं पुत्रवद्दानवर्षभाः ॥

evamuktvā pariṣvajya daityāstaṃ rājakuñjaram | samāśvāsya ca durdharṣaṃ putravaddānavarṣabhāḥ

Having spoken thus, the Daityas, bulls among Danavas, embraced that elephant among kings and comforted the invincible one as though he were their son.

Verse 27 (3.253.27)

स्थिरां कृत्वा बुद्धिमस्य प्रियाण्युक्त्वा च भारत । गम्यतामित्यनुज्ञाय जयमाप्नुहि चेत्यथ ॥

sthirāṃ kṛtvā buddhimasya priyāṇyuktvā ca bhārata | gamyatāmityanujñāya jayamāpnuhi cetyatha

Having made his mind firm and spoken kind words to him, O Bharata, they gave him leave, saying, "Go, and win victory."

Verse 28 (3.253.28)

तैर्विसृष्टं महाबाहुं कृत्या सैवानयत्पुरः । तमेव देशं यत्रासौ तदा प्रायमुपाविशत् ॥

tairvisṛṣṭaṃ mahābāhuṃ kṛtyā saivānayatpuraḥ | tameva deśaṃ yatrāsau tadā prāyamupāviśat

When they had let the mighty-armed one go, the same Kritya carried him back to the very spot where he had sat down to fast unto death.

Verse 29 (3.253.29)

प्रतिनिक्षिप्य तं वीरं कृत्या समभिपूज्य च । अनुज्ञाता च राज्ञा सा तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥

pratinikṣipya taṃ vīraṃ kṛtyā samabhipūjya ca | anujñātā ca rājñā sā tatraivāntaradhīyata

Setting the hero down again and paying him honour, the Kritya took leave of the king and vanished on the spot.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रतिनिक्षिप्यतं → प्रतिनिक्षिप्य तं (misprint in Wikisource; missing word break).

Verse 30 (3.253.30)

गतायामथ तस्यां तु राजा दुर्योधनस्तदा । स्वप्नभूतमिदं सर्वमचिन्तयत भारत ॥

gatāyāmatha tasyāṃ tu rājā duryodhanastadā | svapnabhūtamidaṃ sarvamacintayata bhārata

When she had gone, O Bharata, King Duryodhana thought that all of this had been a dream.

Note on the text: Matches the first two lines of CE 3.240.29.

Verse 31 (3.253.31)

संमृश्य तानि वाक्यानि दानवोक्तानि दुर्मतेः । विजेष्यामि रणे पाण्डूनिति चास्याभवन्मतिः ॥

saṃmṛśya tāni vākyāni dānavoktāni durmateḥ | vijeṣyāmi raṇe pāṇḍūniti cāsyābhavanmatiḥ

Pondering the words the Danavas had spoken, the evil-minded one formed the resolve, "I shall defeat the sons of Pandu in battle."

Note on the text: Removed the backtick and quote marks (Wikisource's marks for an added line) around the first line. Corrected चास्याभवनमतिः → चास्याभवन्मतिः (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; CE abhavan matiḥ). The first line is not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension; the apparatus has a variant of it as 3.240.29d*1155); the second line is CE 3.240.29e.

Verse 32 (3.253.32)

कर्णं संशप्तकांश्चैव पार्थस्यामित्रघातिनः । अमन्यत वधे युक्तान्समर्थांश्च सुयोधनः ॥

karṇaṃ saṃśaptakāṃścaiva pārthasyāmitraghātinaḥ | amanyata vadhe yuktānsamarthāṃśca suyodhanaḥ

Suyodhana believed that Karna and the Samshaptakas were set on killing Partha, the slayer of foes, and were able to do it.

Verse 33 (3.253.33)

एवमाशा दृढा तस्य धार्तराष्ट्रस्य दुर्मतेः । विनिर्जये पाण्डवानामभवद्भरतर्षभ ॥

evamāśā dṛḍhā tasya dhārtarāṣṭrasya durmateḥ | vinirjaye pāṇḍavānāmabhavadbharatarṣabha

So the hope of conquering the Pandavas grew firm in that evil-minded son of Dhritarashtra, O bull of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Corrected तस् धार्तराष्ट्रस् → तस्य धार्तराष्ट्रस्य (misprint in Wikisource; lost य in both words; CE tasya dhārtarāṣṭrasya).

Verse 34 (3.253.34)

कर्णोऽप्याविष्टचित्तात्मा नरकस्यान्तरात्मना । अर्जुनस्य वधे क्रूरां करोति स्म तदा मतिम् ॥

karṇo'pyāviṣṭacittātmā narakasyāntarātmanā | arjunasya vadhe krūrāṃ karoti sma tadā matim

And Karna, his heart and mind possessed by the inner spirit of Naraka, now set his cruel resolve on killing Arjuna.

Verse 35 (3.253.35)

संशप्तकाश्च ते वीरा राक्षसाविष्टचेतसः । रजस्तमोभ्यामाक्रान्ताः फाल्गुनस्य वधैषिणः ॥

saṃśaptakāśca te vīrā rākṣasāviṣṭacetasaḥ | rajastamobhyāmākrāntāḥ phālgunasya vadhaiṣiṇaḥ

And those heroic Samshaptakas, their minds possessed by Rakshasas and overpowered by passion and darkness, longed to kill Phalguna.

Verse 36 (3.253.36)

भीष्मद्रोणकृपाद्याश्च दानवाक्रान्तचेतसः । न तथा पाण्डुपुत्राणां स्नेहवन्तोऽभवंस्तदा ॥

bhīṣmadroṇakṛpādyāśca dānavākrāntacetasaḥ | na tathā pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ snehavanto'bhavaṃstadā

Bhishma, Drona, Kripa and the others, their minds overpowered by Danavas, no longer felt the same affection for the sons of Pandu.

Note on the text: Matches the first two lines of CE 3.240.34.

Verse 37 (3.253.37)

न चाचचक्षे कस्मैचिदेतद्राजा सुयोधनः । कृत्ययाऽऽनाय्य कथितं यदस्य निशि दानवैः ॥

na cācacakṣe kasmaicidetadrājā suyodhanaḥ | kṛtyayā''nāyya kathitaṃ yadasya niśi dānavaiḥ

King Suyodhana told no one what the Danavas had said to him in the night, when the Kritya had brought him to them.

Note on the text: Removed the backtick and quote marks (Wikisource's marks for an added line) around the second line. Corrected कृत्ययाऽऽनाय्यकथितं → कृत्ययाऽऽनाय्य कथितं (misprint in Wikisource; missing word break). The first line is CE 3.240.34e; the second is not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension; the apparatus has a variant of it as 3.240.34f*1156, reading kṛtyayānāryakathitaṃ).

Verse 38 (3.253.38)

दुर्योधनं निशान्ते च कर्णो वैकर्तनोऽब्रवीत् । स्मयन्निवाञ्जलिं कृत्वा पार्थिवं हेतुमद्वचः ॥

duryodhanaṃ niśānte ca karṇo vaikartano'bravīt | smayannivāñjaliṃ kṛtvā pārthivaṃ hetumadvacaḥ

At the close of the night Karna, son of Vikartana, folded his hands and, as if smiling, spoke to the king words full of reason:

Note on the text: Corrected निशन्ते → निशान्ते (misprint in Wikisource; lost vowel sign; CE niśānte).

Verse 39 (3.253.39)

न मृतो जयते शत्रूञ्जीवन्भद्राणि पश्यति । मृतस्य भद्राणि कुतः कौरवेय कुतो जयः ॥

na mṛto jayate śatrūñjīvanbhadrāṇi paśyati | mṛtasya bhadrāṇi kutaḥ kauraveya kuto jayaḥ

A dead man does not defeat his enemies; it is the living who see good fortune. What good fortune is there for the dead, O Kauravya, and what victory?

Note on the text: Matches the first two lines of CE 3.240.36.

Verse 40 (3.253.40)

न कालोऽद्य विषादस्य भयस्य मरणस्य वा । परिष्वज्याब्रवीच्चैनं भुजाभ्यां स महाभुजः ॥

na kālo'dya viṣādasya bhayasya maraṇasya vā | pariṣvajyābravīccainaṃ bhujābhyāṃ sa mahābhujaḥ

"This is no time for despair, for fear or for death." Then the mighty-armed Karna embraced him with both arms and said:

Note on the text: Corrected कालाऽद्य → कालोऽद्य (wrong vowel sign) and चैवनं → चैनं (stray व) (misprints in Wikisource; CE kālo 'dya, cainaṃ). The first line is CE 3.240.36e, the second 3.240.37a. The verse joins the end of Karna's first words to the narration that follows, so it stays with the narrator.

Verse 41 (3.253.41)

उत्तिष्ठ राजन्किं शेषे कस्माच्छोचसि शत्रुहन् । शत्रून्प्रताप्य वीर्येण स कथं मर्तुमर्हसि ॥

uttiṣṭha rājankiṃ śeṣe kasmācchocasi śatruhan | śatrūnpratāpya vīryeṇa sa kathaṃ martumarhasi

Rise, O king. Why do you lie here? Why do you grieve, slayer of foes? You have scorched your enemies with your valour; how can you wish to die?

Note on the text: Matches the last two lines of CE 3.240.37.

Verse 42 (3.253.42)

अथवा ते भयं जातं दृष्ट्वाऽर्जुनपराक्रमम् । सत्यं ते प्रतिजानामि वधिष्यामि रणेऽर्जुनम् ॥

athavā te bhayaṃ jātaṃ dṛṣṭvā'rjunaparākramam | satyaṃ te pratijānāmi vadhiṣyāmi raṇe'rjunam

Or if fear has arisen in you at the sight of Arjuna's prowess, I give you my true promise: I will kill Arjuna in battle.

Note on the text: Corrected सत्यंते → सत्यं ते (misprint in Wikisource; missing word break).

Verse 43 (3.253.43)

गते त्रयोदशे वर्षे सत्येनायुधमालभे । आनयिष्याम्यहं पार्थान्वशं तव जनाधिप ॥

gate trayodaśe varṣe satyenāyudhamālabhe | ānayiṣyāmyahaṃ pārthānvaśaṃ tava janādhipa

When the thirteenth year has passed, I swear by truth as I touch my weapon, I shall bring the Parthas under your power, lord of men.

Note on the text: Corrected पार्तान् → पार्थान् (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ; CE pārthān).

Verse 44 (3.253.44)

एवमुक्तस्तु कर्णेन दैत्यानां वचनात्तथा । प्रणिपातेन चाप्येषामुदतिष्ठत्सुयोधनः ॥

evamuktastu karṇena daityānāṃ vacanāttathā | praṇipātena cāpyeṣāmudatiṣṭhatsuyodhanaḥ

Addressed thus by Karna, and moved by the words of the Daityas and by the humble pleas of his brothers, Suyodhana rose.

Note on the text: Matches the first two lines of CE 3.240.40.

Verse 45 (3.253.45)

दैत्यानां तद्वचः श्रुत्वा हृदि कृत्वा स्थिरां मतिम् । ततो मनुजशार्दूलो योजयामास वाहिनीम् । रथनागाश्वकलिलां पदातिजनसंकुलाम् ॥

daityānāṃ tadvacaḥ śrutvā hṛdi kṛtvā sthirāṃ matim | tato manujaśārdūlo yojayāmāsa vāhinīm | rathanāgāśvakalilāṃ padātijanasaṃkulām

Having heard the Daityas' words and set a firm resolve in his heart, that tiger among men then marshalled his army, thronged with chariots, elephants and horses and crowded with foot soldiers.

Note on the text: Corrected फलिलां → कलिलां (misprint in Wikisource; फ for क; CE kalilāṃ). The first line is CE 3.240.40e, the other two 3.240.41.

Verse 46 (3.253.46)

गङ्गौघप्रतिमा चास्य प्रयाणे शुशुभे चमूः ॥

gaṅgaughapratimā cāsya prayāṇe śuśubhe camūḥ

As it marched out, his host shone like the flood of the Ganga.

Note on the text: A single line, printed by Wikisource as its own verse; a variant of CE 3.240.42a. Nothing is lost: the lines that follow carry on the description as in the critical edition.

Verse 47 (3.253.47)

श्वेतच्छत्रैः पताकाभिश्चामरैश्च सुपाण्डुरैः । रथैर्नागैः पदातैश्च शुशुभेऽतीव संकुला ॥

śvetacchatraiḥ patākābhiścāmaraiśca supāṇḍuraiḥ | rathairnāgaiḥ padātaiśca śuśubhe'tīva saṃkulā

With white umbrellas, banners and gleaming white yak-tail whisks, crowded with chariots, elephants and foot soldiers, it shone exceedingly,

Note on the text: The first line is CE 3.240.42c, the second 3.240.43a.

Verse 48 (3.253.48)

व्यपेताभ्रघने काले द्यौरिवासीत्तु शारदी । हंसपङ्क्तिसमाकीर्णा भ्रमत्सारसशोभिता ॥

vyapetābhraghane kāle dyaurivāsīttu śāradī | haṃsapaṅktisamākīrṇā bhramatsārasaśobhitā

like the autumn sky when the banks of cloud have cleared, strewn with rows of swans and graced with wheeling cranes.

Note on the text: Removed the backtick and quote marks (Wikisource's marks for an added line) around the second line. The first line is CE 3.240.43c; the second is not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension; it appears in the apparatus as 3.240.43d*1157).

Verse 49 (3.253.49)

जयाशीर्भिर्द्विजेन्द्रैः स स्तूयमानोऽधिराजवत् । गृह्णन्नञ्जलिमालाश्च धार्तराष्ट्रो जनाधिपः ॥

jayāśīrbhirdvijendraiḥ sa stūyamāno'dhirājavat | gṛhṇannañjalimālāśca dhārtarāṣṭro janādhipaḥ

Praised like a sovereign by eminent brahmins with blessings for victory, and receiving rows of folded hands in salute, the son of Dhritarashtra, lord of men,

Verse 50 (3.253.50)

सुयोधनो ययावग्रे श्रिया परमया ज्वलन् । कर्णेन सार्धं राजेन्द्र सौबलेन च देविना ॥

suyodhano yayāvagre śriyā paramayā jvalan | karṇena sārdhaṃ rājendra saubalena ca devinā

Suyodhana went at the front, blazing with supreme splendour, together with Karna, O lord of kings, and with Subala's son, the gambler.

Note on the text: Corrected ज्वलम् → ज्वलन् (misprint in Wikisource; म् for न्; the nominative participle is needed; CE jvalan).

Verse 51 (3.253.51)

दुःशासनादयश्चास्य भ्रातरः सर्व एव ते । भूरिश्रवाः सोमदत्तो महाराजश्च बाह्लिकः ॥

duḥśāsanādayaścāsya bhrātaraḥ sarva eva te | bhūriśravāḥ somadatto mahārājaśca bāhlikaḥ

Duhshasana and all his other brothers, Bhurishravas, Somadatta and the great king Bahlika

Note on the text: Corrected माराजश्च → महाराजश्च (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ह; CE mahārājaś ca).

Verse 52 (3.253.52)

रथैर्नानाविधाकारैर्हयैर्गजवरैस्तथा । प्रयान्तं नृपसिंहं तमनुजग्मुः कुरूद्वहाः ॥

rathairnānāvidhākārairhayairgajavaraistathā | prayāntaṃ nṛpasiṃhaṃ tamanujagmuḥ kurūdvahāḥ

with chariots of many shapes, with horses and fine elephants, those leaders of the Kurus followed that lion among kings as he went.

Note on the text: Matches the first two lines of CE 3.240.47.

Verse 53 (3.253.53)

प्रहृष्टमनसः सर्वे दुर्योधनपुरोगमाः । कालेनाल्पेन राजेन्द्र स्वपुरं विविशुस्तदा ॥

prahṛṣṭamanasaḥ sarve duryodhanapurogamāḥ | kālenālpena rājendra svapuraṃ viviśustadā

All of them, joyful at heart, with Duryodhana at their head, entered their own city in a short while, O lord of kings.

Note on the text: Removed the backtick and quote marks (Wikisource's marks for an added line) around the first line. The first line is not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension; it appears in the apparatus as 3.240.47f*1159); the second line is CE 3.240.47e.