Dhritarashtra's Dread and the Vows in the Forest

Verse 1 (3.48.1)

तेषां तच्चरितं श्रुत्वा मनुष्यातीतमद्भुतम् । चिन्ताशोकपरीतात्मा मन्युनाभिपरिप्लुतः ॥

teṣāṃ taccaritaṃ śrutvā manuṣyātītamadbhutam | cintāśokaparītātmā manyunābhipariplutaḥ

Hearing of their deeds, wondrous and beyond what men can do, Dhritarashtra was overcome by anxiety and grief and flooded with distress.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as 3.48.1d*198.

Verse 2 (3.48.2)

दीर्घमुष्णं च निःश्वस्य धृतराष्ट्रोऽम्बिकासुतः । अब्रवीत्संजयं सूतमामन्त्र्य भरतर्षभ ॥

dīrghamuṣṇaṃ ca niḥśvasya dhṛtarāṣṭro'mbikāsutaḥ | abravītsaṃjayaṃ sūtamāmantrya bharatarṣabha

Sighing long and hot, Dhritarashtra, Ambika's son, called Sanjaya the charioteer to him and spoke, O bull of the Bharatas.

Verse 3 (3.48.3)

न रात्रौ न दिवा सूत शान्तिं प्राप्नोमि वै क्षणम् । संचिन्त्य दुर्णयं घोरमतीतं द्यूतजं हि तत् ॥

na rātrau na divā sūta śāntiṃ prāpnomi vai kṣaṇam | saṃcintya durṇayaṃ ghoramatītaṃ dyūtajaṃ hi tat

Charioteer, neither by night nor by day do I find peace for a single moment when I think on that dreadful wrong of the past, born of the dice game,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); with the next verse it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as 3.48.1d*199. Restored a missing word space (वैक्षणम् → वै क्षणम्). Wikisource prints no new speaker heading, but from here to verse 13 Dhritarashtra speaks to Sanjaya in the first person (introduced by the previous verse), so these verses are given to him rather than to Vaishampayana.

Verse 4 (3.48.4)

तेषामसह्यवीर्याणां शौर्यं धैर्यं धृतिं पराम् । अन्योन्यमनुरागं च भ्रातॄणामतिमानुषम् ॥

teṣāmasahyavīryāṇāṃ śauryaṃ dhairyaṃ dhṛtiṃ parām | anyonyamanurāgaṃ ca bhrātṝṇāmatimānuṣam

and on the courage, the steadiness and the supreme resolve of those brothers of unbearable valour, and on their more than human love for one another.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's apparatus as the second half of 3.48.1d*199.

Verse 5 (3.48.5)

देवपुत्रौ महाभागौ देवराजसमद्युती । नकुलः सहदेवश्च पाण्डवौ युद्धदुर्मदौ ॥

devaputrau mahābhāgau devarājasamadyutī | nakulaḥ sahadevaśca pāṇḍavau yuddhadurmadau

The two sons of the gods, the illustrious Nakula and Sahadeva, sons of Pandu, splendid as the king of the gods, are fierce in battle,

Verse 6 (3.48.6)

दृढायुधौ दूरपातौ युद्धे च कृतनिश्चयौ । शीघ्रहस्तौ दृढक्रोधौ नित्ययुक्तौ रथे स्थितौ ॥

dṛḍhāyudhau dūrapātau yuddhe ca kṛtaniścayau | śīghrahastau dṛḍhakrodhau nityayuktau rathe sthitau

firm of weapon, striking from afar, resolute in battle, quick of hand, steadfast in anger, ever ready, standing firm in their chariots.

Verse 7 (3.48.7)

भीमार्जुनौ पुरोधाय यदा तौ रणमूर्धनि । स्थास्येते सिंहविक्रान्तावश्विनाविव दुःसहौ । निःशेषमिह पश्यामि मम सैन्यस्य संजय ॥

bhīmārjunau purodhāya yadā tau raṇamūrdhani | sthāsyete siṃhavikrāntāvaśvināviva duḥsahau | niḥśeṣamiha paśyāmi mama sainyasya saṃjaya

When those two, with the valour of lions and as irresistible as the Ashvins, take their stand at the head of the battle with Bhima and Arjuna before them, I see nothing left of my army here, Sanjaya.

Note on the text: Merged Wikisource verses 7 and 8: Wikisource numbers the single closing line (its 8a) as a verse of its own, but it completes the sentence of verse 7, and the critical edition has the three lines as one verse, 3.48.4 (reading na śeṣam … tadā sainyasya, a recension variant of the third line).

Verse 8 (3.48.8)

तौ ह्यप्रतिरथौ युद्धे देवपुत्रौ महारथौ । द्रौपद्यास्तं परिक्लेशं न क्षंस्येतेऽत्यमर्षिणौ ॥

tau hyapratirathau yuddhe devaputrau mahārathau | draupadyāstaṃ parikleśaṃ na kṣaṃsyete'tyamarṣiṇau

Those two, unmatched in battle, sons of the gods, great chariot-warriors, fiercely resentful, will never forgive that torment of Draupadi.

Verse 9 (3.48.9)

वृष्णयोऽथ महेष्वासाः पाञ्चाला वा महौजसः । युधि सत्याभिसन्धेन वासुदेवेन रक्षिताः । प्रधक्ष्यन्ति रणे पार्थाः पुत्राणां मम वाहिनीम् ॥

vṛṣṇayo'tha maheṣvāsāḥ pāñcālā vā mahaujasaḥ | yudhi satyābhisandhena vāsudevena rakṣitāḥ | pradhakṣyanti raṇe pārthāḥ putrāṇāṃ mama vāhinīm

The Vrishnis too, great archers, and the mighty Panchalas; and the Parthas, guarded in battle by Vasudeva, who is true to his word, will burn up my sons' army in the fight.

Verse 10 (3.48.10)

रामकृष्णप्रणीतानां वृष्णीनां सूतनन्दन । न शक्यः सहितुं वेगः पर्वतैरपि दुःसहः ॥

rāmakṛṣṇapraṇītānāṃ vṛṣṇīnāṃ sūtanandana | na śakyaḥ sahituṃ vegaḥ parvatairapi duḥsahaḥ

Son of a charioteer, the onrush of the Vrishnis led by Rama and Krishna cannot be withstood; even mountains could not bear it.

Verse 11 (3.48.11)

तेषां मध्ये महेष्वासो भीमो भीमपराक्रमः । शैक्यया वीरघातिन्या गदया विचरिष्यति ॥

teṣāṃ madhye maheṣvāso bhīmo bhīmaparākramaḥ | śaikyayā vīraghātinyā gadayā vicariṣyati

In their midst the great archer Bhima, of terrible prowess, will range about with his hero-slaying mace, carried in its sling.

Verse 12 (3.48.12)

तथा गाण्डीवनिर्घोषं विस्फूर्जितमिवाशनेः । गदावेगं च भीमस्य नालं सोढुं नराधिपाः ॥

tathā gāṇḍīvanirghoṣaṃ visphūrjitamivāśaneḥ | gadāvegaṃ ca bhīmasya nālaṃ soḍhuṃ narādhipāḥ

The twang of the Gandiva, like the crash of a thunderbolt, and the force of Bhima's mace: no kings will be able to bear them.

Verse 13 (3.48.13)

ततोऽहं सुहृदां वाचो दुर्योधनवशानुगः । स्मरणीयाः स्मरिष्यामि मया या न कृताः पुरा ॥

tato'haṃ suhṛdāṃ vāco duryodhanavaśānugaḥ | smaraṇīyāḥ smariṣyāmi mayā yā na kṛtāḥ purā

Then I, who followed Duryodhana's will, shall remember the words of my friends, words worth remembering, which I did not heed before.

Verse 14 (3.48.14)

व्यतिक्रमोऽयं सुमहांस्त्वया राजन्नुपेक्षितः । समर्थेनापि यन्मोहात्पुत्रस्ते न निवारितः ॥

vyatikramo'yaṃ sumahāṃstvayā rājannupekṣitaḥ | samarthenāpi yanmohātputraste na nivāritaḥ

This great transgression you let pass, O king: though you had the power, in your delusion you did not restrain your son.

Verse 15 (3.48.15)

श्रुत्वाऽयं निर्जितान्द्यूते पाण्डवान्मधुसूदनः । त्वरितः काम्यके पार्थान्समभावयदच्युतः ॥

śrutvā'yaṃ nirjitāndyūte pāṇḍavānmadhusūdanaḥ | tvaritaḥ kāmyake pārthānsamabhāvayadacyutaḥ

When Madhusudana heard that the Pandavas had been beaten at dice, Achyuta hastened to the Kamyaka forest to see the Parthas and do them honour.

Note on the text: Corrected कामय्के → काम्यके (misprint in Wikisource; the forest is the Kamyaka, as in the critical edition's kāmyake).

Verse 16 (3.48.16)

द्रुपदस्य तथा पुत्रा धृष्टद्युम्नपुरोगमाः । विराटो धृष्टकेतुश्च केकयाश्च महारथाः ॥

drupadasya tathā putrā dhṛṣṭadyumnapurogamāḥ | virāṭo dhṛṣṭaketuśca kekayāśca mahārathāḥ

So too did the sons of Drupada, led by Dhrishtadyumna, and Virata, Dhrishtaketu, and the Kekayas, great chariot-warriors.

Verse 17 (3.48.17)

तैश्च यत्कथितं राजन्दृष्ट्वा पार्थान्पराजितान् । चारेण विदितं सर्वं तन्मया वेदितं च ते ॥

taiśca yatkathitaṃ rājandṛṣṭvā pārthānparājitān | cāreṇa viditaṃ sarvaṃ tanmayā veditaṃ ca te

What they said, O king, on seeing the Parthas defeated, I learned in full through a spy, and I have told it to you.

Verse 18 (3.48.18)

समागम्य वृतस्तत्र पाण्डवैर्मधुसूदनः । सारथ्ये फल्गुनस्याजौ तथेत्याह च तान्हरिः ॥

samāgamya vṛtastatra pāṇḍavairmadhusūdanaḥ | sārathye phalgunasyājau tathetyāha ca tānhariḥ

When Madhusudana met the Pandavas there and they chose him to be Phalguna's charioteer in battle, Hari said to them, "So be it."

Verse 19 (3.48.19)

अमर्षितो हि कृष्णोपि दृष्ट्वा पार्थांस्तदा गतान् । कृष्णाजिनोत्तरासङ्गानब्रवीच्च युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

amarṣito hi kṛṣṇopi dṛṣṭvā pārthāṃstadā gatān | kṛṣṇājinottarāsaṅgānabravīcca yudhiṣṭhiram

Krishna too was angered when he saw the Parthas gone into exile, wearing black deerskins as their upper garments, and he spoke to Yudhishthira:

Verse 20 (3.48.20)

या सा समृद्धिः पार्थानामिन्द्रप्रस्थे बभूव ह । राजसूये मया दृष्टा नृपैरन्यैः सुदुर्लभा ॥

yā sā samṛddhiḥ pārthānāmindraprasthe babhūva ha | rājasūye mayā dṛṣṭā nṛpairanyaiḥ sudurlabhā

That prosperity of the Parthas which there was in Indraprastha, which I saw at the Rajasuya, so hard for other kings to attain;

Note on the text: Krishna's words to Yudhishthira, quoted by Sanjaya, run from here to verse 29; they fill whole verses, so they are given to Krishna rather than to Sanjaya.

Verse 21 (3.48.21)

यत्र सर्वान्महीपालाञ्शस्त्रतेजोभयार्दितान् । सवङ्गाङ्गान्सपौण्ड्रौढ्रान्सचोलद्रविडान्ध्रकान् ॥

yatra sarvānmahīpālāñśastratejobhayārditān | savaṅgāṅgānsapauṇḍrauḍhrānsacoladraviḍāndhrakān

where I saw all the kings, harried by fear of your weapons' might: the Vangas and the Angas, with the Paundras and the Odras, the Cholas, the Dravidas and the Andhras,

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (यत्रसर्वान् → यत्र सर्वान्). आन्ध्रकान् is a recension variant of the critical edition's andhakān and is kept.

Verse 22 (3.48.22)

सागरानूपकांश्चैव ये च पत्तनवासिनः । सिंहलान्बर्बरान्म्लेच्छान्ये च लङ्कानिवासिनः ॥

sāgarānūpakāṃścaiva ye ca pattanavāsinaḥ | siṃhalānbarbarānmlecchānye ca laṅkānivāsinaḥ

the dwellers of the sea-coast marshes and those who live in the port towns, the Simhalas, the Barbaras, the Mlecchas, and those who live in Lanka,

Verse 23 (3.48.23)

पश्चिमानि च राष्ट्राणि शतशः सागरान्तिकान् । पह्लवान्दरदान्सर्वान्किरातान्यवनाञ्शकान् ॥

paścimāni ca rāṣṭrāṇi śataśaḥ sāgarāntikān | pahlavāndaradānsarvānkirātānyavanāñśakān

the western kingdoms by the hundred that border the ocean, the Pahlavas, the Daradas, all the Kiratas, the Yavanas and the Shakas,

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (चराष्ट्राणि → च राष्ट्राणि).

Verse 24 (3.48.24)

हारहूणांश्च चीनांश्च तुषारान्सैन्धवांस्तथा । जागुडान्रामठान्मुण्डान्स्त्रीराज्यमथ तङ्गणान् ॥

hārahūṇāṃśca cīnāṃśca tuṣārānsaindhavāṃstathā | jāguḍānrāmaṭhānmuṇḍānstrīrājyamatha taṅgaṇān

the Harahunas, the Chinas, the Tusharas and the Saindhavas, the Jagudas, the Ramathas, the Mundas, the Kingdom of Women, and the Tanganas,

Verse 25 (3.48.25)

केकयान्मालवांश्चैव तथा काश्मीरकानपि । अद्राक्षमहमाहूतान्यज्ञे ते परिवेषकान् ॥

kekayānmālavāṃścaiva tathā kāśmīrakānapi | adrākṣamahamāhūtānyajñe te pariveṣakān

the Kekayas, the Malavas and the people of Kashmir: all these I saw summoned to your sacrifice as servers of the food.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension), where 3.48.22 opens with ete cānye ca bahavo ye ca te bharatarṣabha; the second line corresponds to 3.48.22cd (the critical edition reads āgatān for आहूतान्).

Verse 26 (3.48.26)

सा ते समृद्धिर्यैरात्ता चपला प्रतिसारिणी । आदाय जीवितं तेषामाहरिष्यामि तामहम् ॥

sā te samṛddhiryairāttā capalā pratisāriṇī | ādāya jīvitaṃ teṣāmāhariṣyāmi tāmaham

That fickle fortune, which runs after the base, has been seized from you by these men; I will take their lives and bring it back to you.

Verse 27 (3.48.27)

रामेण सह कौरव्य भीमार्जुनयमैस्तथा । अक्रूरगदसाम्बैश्च प्रद्युम्नेनाहुकेन च ॥

rāmeṇa saha kauravya bhīmārjunayamaistathā | akrūragadasāmbaiśca pradyumnenāhukena ca

With Rama, O Kauravya, and with Bhima, Arjuna and the twins, with Akrura, Gada and Samba, with Pradyumna and Ahuka,

Note on the text: Corrected भीमार्जुनवयैस्तथा → भीमार्जुनयमैस्तथा (misprint in Wikisource; वयैः is no word here, the list needs यमैः, "the twins", as in the critical edition's bhīmārjunayamais). The critical edition joins this verse and the first line of the next as one three-line verse, 3.48.24.

Verse 28 (3.48.28)

धृष्टद्युम्नेन वीरेण शिशुपालात्मजेन च । दुर्योधनं रणे हत्वा सद्यः कर्णं च भारत । दुःशासनं सौबलेयं यश्चान्यः प्रतियोत्स्यति ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnena vīreṇa śiśupālātmajena ca | duryodhanaṃ raṇe hatvā sadyaḥ karṇaṃ ca bhārata | duḥśāsanaṃ saubaleyaṃ yaścānyaḥ pratiyotsyati

with the hero Dhrishtadyumna and the son of Shishupala, I will swiftly kill in battle Duryodhana and Karna, O Bharata, Duhshasana, Saubala, and whoever else fights against us.

Note on the text: Three-line verse: its first line is the last line of the critical edition's 3.48.24, its other two lines are 3.48.25.

Verse 29 (3.48.29)

ततस्त्वं हास्तिनपुरे भ्रातृभिः सहितो वसन् । धार्तराष्ट्रीं श्रियं प्राप्य प्रशाधि पृथिवीमिमां ॥

tatastvaṃ hāstinapure bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito vasan | dhārtarāṣṭrīṃ śriyaṃ prāpya praśādhi pṛthivīmimāṃ

Then you will live in Hastinapura with your brothers, win the fortune of Dhritarashtra's sons, and rule this earth.

Verse 30 (3.48.30)

अथैनमब्रवीद्राजा तस्मिन्वीरसमागमे । शृण्वत्स्वेतेषु वीरेषु धृष्टद्युम्नमुखेषु च ॥

athainamabravīdrājā tasminvīrasamāgame | śṛṇvatsveteṣu vīreṣu dhṛṣṭadyumnamukheṣu ca

Then, in that gathering of heroes, while all those heroes led by Dhrishtadyumna listened, the king said to him:

Verse 31 (3.48.31)

प्रतिगृह्णामि ते वाचमिमां सत्यां जनार्दन । अमित्रान्मे महाबाहो सानुबन्धान्हनिष्यसि ॥

pratigṛhṇāmi te vācamimāṃ satyāṃ janārdana | amitrānme mahābāho sānubandhānhaniṣyasi

I accept this true word of yours, Janardana. Mighty-armed one, you will slay my enemies together with all their followers.

Note on the text: Yudhishthira's reply, quoted by Sanjaya (this verse and the next); it fills whole verses, so it is given to Yudhishthira rather than to Sanjaya.

Verse 32 (3.48.32)

वर्षात्रयोदशादूर्ध्वं सत्यं मां कुरु केशव । प्रतिज्ञातो वने वासो राज्ञां मध्ये मया ह्ययम् ॥

varṣātrayodaśādūrdhvaṃ satyaṃ māṃ kuru keśava | pratijñāto vane vāso rājñāṃ madhye mayā hyayam

But keep me true to my word, Keshava, until the thirteenth year is past; for I pledged this dwelling in the forest in the midst of kings.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (राज्ञांमध्ये → राज्ञां मध्ये).

Verse 33 (3.48.33)

धर्मराजस्य वचनं प्रतिश्रुत्य सभासदः । धृष्टद्युम्नपुरोगास्ते समयामासुरञ्जसा ॥

dharmarājasya vacanaṃ pratiśrutya sabhāsadaḥ | dhṛṣṭadyumnapurogāste samayāmāsurañjasā

Hearing the words of the King of Dharma, the members of that gathering, with Dhrishtadyumna at their head, at once declared them fitting,

Note on the text: Removed a stray character (समयामासुऱञ्जसा → समयामासुरञ्जसा; ऱ for र). समयामासुः, which the commentary on the page explains as "they declared it fitting", is a recension variant of the critical edition's śamayām āsur and is kept. This verse and the next two divide the critical edition's two three-line verses 3.48.30–31 differently: this verse is 3.48.30ab.

Verse 34 (3.48.34)

केशवं मधुरैर्वाक्यैः कालयुक्तैरमर्षितम् । पाञ्चालीं प्राहुरक्लिष्टां वासुदेवस्य शृण्वतः ॥

keśavaṃ madhurairvākyaiḥ kālayuktairamarṣitam | pāñcālīṃ prāhurakliṣṭāṃ vāsudevasya śṛṇvataḥ

speaking to the angry Keshava in sweet words suited to the moment; and, in Vasudeva's hearing, they said to the spotless Panchali:

Note on the text: Its first line is 3.48.30ef of the critical edition and its second line 3.48.31ab (the critical edition reads cāhur for प्राहुः).

Verse 35 (3.48.35)

दुर्योधनस्तव क्रोधाद्देवि त्यक्ष्यति जीवितम् । प्रतिजानीम ते सत्यं मा शुचो वरवर्णिनि ॥

duryodhanastava krodhāddevi tyakṣyati jīvitam | pratijānīma te satyaṃ mā śuco varavarṇini

Because of your wrath, queen, Duryodhana will lose his life. We promise you this truly; do not grieve, fair lady.

Note on the text: This is 3.48.31cdef of the critical edition. The words of Dhrishtadyumna and the other heroes to Draupadi, quoted by Sanjaya, run from here to verse 40 (verse 41 sums them up); they fill whole verses, so they are given to these speakers rather than to Sanjaya.

Verse 36 (3.48.36)

ये स्म ते कुरवः कृष्णे दृष्ट्वा त्वां प्राहसंस्तदा । मांसानि तेषां खादन्तो हरिष्यन्ति वृकद्विजाः ॥

ye sma te kuravaḥ kṛṣṇe dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ prāhasaṃstadā | māṃsāni teṣāṃ khādanto hariṣyanti vṛkadvijāḥ

Krishna, those Kurus who laughed when they saw you then: wolves and birds will eat their flesh and carry it off.

Verse 37 (3.48.37)

पास्यन्ति रुधिरं तेषां गृध्रा गोमायवस्तथा । उत्तमाङ्गानि कर्षन्तो यैः कृष्टाऽसि सभातले ॥

pāsyanti rudhiraṃ teṣāṃ gṛdhrā gomāyavastathā | uttamāṅgāni karṣanto yaiḥ kṛṣṭā'si sabhātale

Vultures and jackals will drink their blood, dragging about the heads of those who dragged you across the floor of the hall.

Verse 38 (3.48.38)

तेषां द्रक्ष्यसि पाञ्चालि गात्राणि पृथिवीतले । क्रव्यादैः कृष्यमाणानि भक्ष्यमाणानि चासकृत् ॥

teṣāṃ drakṣyasi pāñcāli gātrāṇi pṛthivītale | kravyādaiḥ kṛṣyamāṇāni bhakṣyamāṇāni cāsakṛt

You will see their bodies on the ground, Panchali, dragged about and devoured again and again by eaters of flesh.

Verse 39 (3.48.39)

परिक्लिष्टाऽसि यैस्तत्र यैश्चासि समुपेक्षिता । तेषामुत्कृत्तशिरसां भूमिः पास्यति शोणितम् ॥

parikliṣṭā'si yaistatra yaiścāsi samupekṣitā | teṣāmutkṛttaśirasāṃ bhūmiḥ pāsyati śoṇitam

Those who tormented you there and those who looked on and did nothing: their heads will be cut off, and the earth will drink their blood.

Note on the text: Restored missing word spaces (परिक्लिष्टाऽसियैस्तत्रयैश्चासि → परिक्लिष्टाऽसि यैस्तत्र यैश्चासि).

Verse 40 (3.48.40)

एवं बहुविधा वाचस्त ऊचुः पुरुषर्षभाः । सर्वे तेजस्विनः शूराः सर्वे चाहतलक्षणाः ॥

evaṃ bahuvidhā vācasta ūcuḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ | sarve tejasvinaḥ śūrāḥ sarve cāhatalakṣaṇāḥ

Many such words did those bulls among men speak, all of them full of fire, all heroes, all bearing the marks of distinction.

Note on the text: Restored missing word spaces (सर्वेतेजस्विनः → सर्वे तेजस्विनः, सर्वेचाहतलक्षणाः → सर्वे चाहतलक्षणाः).

Verse 41 (3.48.41)

ते धर्मराजेन वृता वर्षादूर्ध्वं त्रयोदशात् । पुरस्कृत्योपयास्यन्ति वासुदेवं महारथाः ॥

te dharmarājena vṛtā varṣādūrdhvaṃ trayodaśāt | puraskṛtyopayāsyanti vāsudevaṃ mahārathāḥ

After the thirteenth year those great chariot-warriors, chosen by the King of Dharma, will march out with Vasudeva at their head.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (वृतावर्षात् → वृता वर्षात्).

Verse 42 (3.48.42)

रामश्च कृष्णश्च धनंजयश्च । प्रद्युम्नसाम्बौ युयुधानभीमौ । माद्रीसुतौ केकयराजपुत्राः । पाञ्चालपुत्राः सह मत्स्यराज्ञा ॥

rāmaśca kṛṣṇaśca dhanaṃjayaśca | pradyumnasāmbau yuyudhānabhīmau | mādrīsutau kekayarājaputrāḥ | pāñcālaputrāḥ saha matsyarājñā

Rama and Krishna and Dhananjaya, Pradyumna and Samba, Yuyudhana and Bhima, the two sons of Madri, the princes of Kekaya, and the princes of Panchala together with the king of the Matsyas:

Verse 43 (3.48.43)

एतान्सर्वाँल्लोकवीरानजेया- । न्महात्मनः सानुबन्धान्ससैन्यान् । को जीवितार्थी समरेऽभ्युदीया- । त्क्रुद्धान्सिंहान्केसरिणो यथैव ॥

etānsarvām̐llokavīrānajeyā- | nmahātmanaḥ sānubandhānsasainyān | ko jīvitārthī samare'bhyudīyā- | tkruddhānsiṃhānkesariṇo yathaiva

all these heroes of the world, unconquerable and great-souled, with their kin and their armies, like angry maned lions: who that wishes to live would go out against them in battle?

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वाल्लोँक → सर्वाँल्लोक (misprint in Wikisource; the nasal sign belongs on the final syllable of सर्वान् before ल्, as in the critical edition's sarvāṃl loka-). समरेऽभ्युदीयात् is a recension variant of the critical edition's pratyudīyāt and is kept.

Verse 44 (3.48.44)

यन्माऽब्रवीद्विदुरो द्यूतकाले । त्वं पाण्डवाञ्जेष्यसि चेन्नरेन्द्र । ध्रुवं कुरूणामयमन्तकालो । महाभयो भविता शोणितौघः ॥

yanmā'bravīdviduro dyūtakāle | tvaṃ pāṇḍavāñjeṣyasi cennarendra | dhruvaṃ kurūṇāmayamantakālo | mahābhayo bhavitā śoṇitaughaḥ

What Vidura told me at the time of the dicing, "If you defeat the Pandavas, lord of men, this will surely be the final hour of the Kurus, a time of great terror, a flood of blood,"

Note on the text: Corrected जेषय्सि → जेष्यसि and शोणितौधः → शोणितौघः (misprints in Wikisource; a misplaced virama in the future जेष्यसि, and ध for घ in ओघ, "flood"; the critical edition reads jeṣyasi … śoṇitaughaḥ).

Verse 45 (3.48.45)

मन्ये यथा तद्भवितेति सूत । यथा क्षत्ता प्राह वचः पुरा माम् । असंशयं भविता युद्धमेत- । द्गते काले पाण्डवानां यथोक्तम् ॥

manye yathā tadbhaviteti sūta | yathā kṣattā prāha vacaḥ purā mām | asaṃśayaṃ bhavitā yuddhameta- | dgate kāle pāṇḍavānāṃ yathoktam

I believe it will be just as the steward told me long ago, charioteer. Without doubt this war will come once the Pandavas' time has run its course, just as was foretold.