Arjuna Defeats the Trigartas

Verse 1 (14.74.1)

त्रिगर्तैरभवद्युद्धं कृतवैरैः किरीटिनः । महारथसमाज्ञातैर्हतानां पुत्रनप्तृभिः ॥

trigartairabhavadyuddhaṃ kṛtavairaiḥ kirīṭinaḥ | mahārathasamājñātairhatānāṃ putranaptṛbhiḥ

A battle took place between Kiritin and the Trigartas, who bore him enmity: reckoned great chariot-warriors, they were the sons and grandsons of those he had slain.

Verse 2 (14.74.2)

ते समाज्ञाय सम्प्राप्तं यज्ञियं तुरगोत्तमम् । विषयान्तं ततो वीरा दंशिताः पर्यवारयन् ॥

te samājñāya samprāptaṃ yajñiyaṃ turagottamam | viṣayāntaṃ tato vīrā daṃśitāḥ paryavārayan

Knowing that the best of sacrificial horses had arrived at the border of their land, those heroes put on their armour and surrounded it.

Note on the text: Restored the lost final syllable: Wikisource prints तुरगोत्तम***** (asterisks standing for the missing letters); the critical edition has turagottamam, so read तुरगोत्तमम्. Second line reads विषयान्तं (CE: viṣayānte), recension variant, kept.

Verse 3 (14.74.3)

रथिनो बद्धतूणीराः सदश्वैः समलङ्कृतैः । परिवार्य हयं राजन्ग्रहीतुं सम्प्रचक्रमुः ॥

rathino baddhatūṇīrāḥ sadaśvaiḥ samalaṅkṛtaiḥ | parivārya hayaṃ rājangrahītuṃ sampracakramuḥ

Charioteers with quivers bound on, and fine, well-adorned horses, surrounded the horse, O king, and set about seizing it.

Verse 4 (14.74.4)

ततः किरीटी सञ्चिन्त्य तेषां तत्र चिकीर्षितम् । वारयामास तान्वीरान्सान्त्वपूर्वमरिंदमः ॥

tataḥ kirīṭī sañcintya teṣāṃ tatra cikīrṣitam | vārayāmāsa tānvīrānsāntvapūrvamariṃdamaḥ

Then Kiritin, the tamer of foes, understanding what they meant to do, tried to hold those heroes back, beginning with gentle words.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads तेषां तत्र चिकीर्षितम् (CE: teṣāṃ rājñāṃ cikīrṣitam), recension variant, kept.

Verse 5 (14.74.5)

तदनादृत्य ते सर्वे शरैरभ्यहनंस्तदा । तमोरजोभ्यां संछन्नांस्तान्किरीटी न्यवारयत् ॥

tadanādṛtya te sarve śarairabhyahanaṃstadā | tamorajobhyāṃ saṃchannāṃstānkirīṭī nyavārayat

Paying him no heed, they all struck him with arrows then; and Kiritin held off those who were wrapped in darkness and dust.

Verse 6 (14.74.6)

तानव्रवीत्ततो जिष्णुः प्रहसन्निव भारत । निवर्तध्वमधर्मज्ञाः श्रेयो जीवितमेव च ॥

tānavravīttato jiṣṇuḥ prahasanniva bhārata | nivartadhvamadharmajñāḥ śreyo jīvitameva ca

Then Jishnu, as if laughing, said to them, O Bharata: "Turn back, you who know nothing of dharma; for you life itself is better."

Note on the text: Wikisource reads तानब्रवीत्ततो जिष्णुः (CE: abravīc ca tato jiṣṇuḥ) and श्रेयो जीवितमेव च (CE: śreyo jīvitam eva vaḥ), recension variants, kept. The first line is narration and the second Arjuna's words; kept under the page's heading.

Verse 7 (14.74.7)

स हि वीरः प्रयास्यन्वै धर्मराजेन वारितः । हतबान्धवा न ते पार्थ हन्तव्याः पार्थिवा इति ॥

sa hi vīraḥ prayāsyanvai dharmarājena vāritaḥ | hatabāndhavā na te pārtha hantavyāḥ pārthivā iti

For that hero, when about to set out, had been told by King Yudhishthira: "Kings whose kinsmen have been killed are not to be killed by you, Partha."

Note on the text: Corrected पार्त → पार्थ (misprint in Wikisource; wrong akshara; the critical edition has pārtha).

Verse 8 (14.74.8)

स तदा तद्वचः श्रुत्वा धर्मराजस्य धीमतः । तान्निवर्तध्वमित्याह न न्यवर्तन्ति चापि ते ॥

sa tadā tadvacaḥ śrutvā dharmarājasya dhīmataḥ | tānnivartadhvamityāha na nyavartanti cāpi te

Hearing those words of the wise king of dharma, he told them, "Turn back"; but they did not turn back.

Verse 9 (14.74.9)

ततस्त्रिगर्तराजानं सूर्यवर्माणमाहवे । विनद्य शरजालेन प्रजहास धनंजयः ॥

tatastrigartarājānaṃ sūryavarmāṇamāhave | vinadya śarajālena prajahāsa dhanaṃjayaḥ

Then Dhananjaya roared in the battle and, with a net of arrows, laughed aloud at Suryavarman, the Trigarta king.

Note on the text: Corrected शरजालेनि → शरजालेन (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel sign; the critical edition has śarajālena). Wikisource reads विनद्य (CE: vitatya), recension variant, kept.

Verse 10 (14.74.10)

ततस्ते रथघोषेण रथनेमिस्वनेन च । पूरयन्तो दिशः सर्वा धनंजयमुपाद्रवन् ॥

tataste rathaghoṣeṇa rathanemisvanena ca | pūrayanto diśaḥ sarvā dhanaṃjayamupādravan

Then, filling all the quarters with the rumble of their chariots and the sound of their wheel-rims, they rushed at Dhananjaya.

Note on the text: Corrected रथघोपेण → रथघोषेण (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition has rathaghoṣeṇa). Wikisource reads रथनेमिस्वनेन (CE: khuranemisvanena), recension variant, kept.

Verse 11 (14.74.11)

सूर्यवर्मा ततः पार्थे शराणां नतपर्वणाम् । शतान्यमुञ्चद्राजेन्द्र लघ्वस्त्रमभिदर्शयन् ॥

sūryavarmā tataḥ pārthe śarāṇāṃ nataparvaṇām | śatānyamuñcadrājendra laghvastramabhidarśayan

Then Suryavarman, O king of kings, loosed hundreds of straight-jointed arrows at Partha, showing his lightness of hand with weapons.

Note on the text: Corrected पार्ते → पार्थे (misprint in Wikisource; wrong akshara; the critical edition has pārthe).

Verse 12 (14.74.12)

तथैवान्ये महेष्वासा ये च तस्यानुयायिनः । मुमुचुः शरवर्षाणि धनंजयवधैषिणः ॥

tathaivānye maheṣvāsā ye ca tasyānuyāyinaḥ | mumucuḥ śaravarṣāṇi dhanaṃjayavadhaiṣiṇaḥ

In the same way the other great archers who followed him loosed showers of arrows, eager to kill Dhananjaya.

Verse 13 (14.74.13)

स ताञ्ज्यामुखनिर्मुक्तैर्बहुभिः सुबहूञ्शरान् । चिच्छेद पाण्डवो राजंस्ते भूमौ न्यपतंस्तदा ॥

sa tāñjyāmukhanirmuktairbahubhiḥ subahūñśarān | ciccheda pāṇḍavo rājaṃste bhūmau nyapataṃstadā

With his many arrows loosed from the end of the bowstring, the Pandava cut down their very many arrows, O king, and they fell to the ground.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads ज्यामुखनिर्मुक्तैः (CE: jyāpuṅkhanirmuktaiḥ), recension variant, kept.

Verse 14 (14.74.14)

केतुवर्मा तु तेजस्वी तस्यैवावरजो युवा । युयुधे भ्रातुरर्थाय पाण्डवेन यशस्विना ॥

ketuvarmā tu tejasvī tasyaivāvarajo yuvā | yuyudhe bhrāturarthāya pāṇḍavena yaśasvinā

But the radiant young Ketuvarman, his younger brother, fought for his brother's sake against the glorious Pandava.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads पाण्डवेन यशस्विना (CE: pāṇḍavena mahātmanā), recension variant, kept.

Verse 15 (14.74.15)

तमापतन्तं सम्प्रेक्ष्य केतुवर्माणमाहवे । अभ्यघ्नन्निशितैर्बाणैर्बीभत्सुः परवीरहा ॥

tamāpatantaṃ samprekṣya ketuvarmāṇamāhave | abhyaghnanniśitairbāṇairbībhatsuḥ paravīrahā

Seeing Ketuvarman rush at him in the battle, Bibhatsu, slayer of enemy heroes, struck him down with sharp arrows.

Verse 16 (14.74.16)

केतुवर्मण्यभिहते धृतवर्मा महारथः । रथेनाशु समुत्पत्य शरैर्जिष्णुमवाकिरत् ॥

ketuvarmaṇyabhihate dhṛtavarmā mahārathaḥ | rathenāśu samutpatya śarairjiṣṇumavākirat

When Ketuvarman had been struck down, the great chariot-warrior Dhritavarman swiftly sprang forward in his chariot and covered Jishnu with arrows.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads समुत्पत्य (CE: samāvṛtya), recension variant, kept.

Verse 17 (14.74.17)

तस्य तां शीघ्रतामीक्ष्य तुतोषातीव वीर्यवान् । गुडाकेशो महातेजा बालस्य धृतवर्मणः ॥

tasya tāṃ śīghratāmīkṣya tutoṣātīva vīryavān | guḍākeśo mahātejā bālasya dhṛtavarmaṇaḥ

Seeing the speed of the young Dhritavarman, the mighty Gudakesha, of great radiance, was greatly pleased.

Note on the text: Corrected महादेजा → महातेजा (misprint in Wikisource; द for त; the critical edition has mahātejā).

Verse 18 (14.74.18)

न संदधानं ददृशे नाददानं च तं तदा । किरन्तमेवं स शरान्ददृशे पाकशासनिः ॥

na saṃdadhānaṃ dadṛśe nādadānaṃ ca taṃ tadā | kirantamevaṃ sa śarāndadṛśe pākaśāsaniḥ

He did not see him fitting an arrow or drawing it, but only saw him scattering arrows; so the son of Indra saw him.

Verse 19 (14.74.19)

स तु तं पूजयामास धृतवर्माणमाहवे । मनसा तु मुहूर्तं वै रणे समभिहर्षयन् ॥

sa tu taṃ pūjayāmāsa dhṛtavarmāṇamāhave | manasā tu muhūrtaṃ vai raṇe samabhiharṣayan

He honoured Dhritavarman in the battle, delighting in him in his mind for a moment in the fight.

Verse 20 (14.74.20)

न विव्याध रणे क्रुद्धः कुन्तीपुत्रो हसन्निव । सौभद्रस्येव तत्कर्म दृष्ट्वा बालस्य विस्मितः ॥

na vivyādha raṇe kruddhaḥ kuntīputro hasanniva | saubhadrasyeva tatkarma dṛṣṭvā bālasya vismitaḥ

Angry though he was, Kunti's son did not wound him in the battle, but seemed to smile, astonished at the boy's deed, which was like Saubhadra's.

Note on the text: Removed the stray backtick before न. This verse is the critical edition's star passage 14,073.019d*0145_01–02 (after 14.73.19); it is not in the main text of the CE.

Verse 21 (14.74.21)

तं पन्नगमिव क्रुद्धं कुरुवीरः स्मयन्निव । प्रीतिपूर्वं महाबाहुः प्राणैर्न व्यपरोपयत् ॥

taṃ pannagamiva kruddhaṃ kuruvīraḥ smayanniva | prītipūrvaṃ mahābāhuḥ prāṇairna vyaparopayat

Though he was like an angry serpent, the hero of the Kurus, as if smiling, out of affection did not take his life.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads महाबाहुः (CE: mahārāja), recension variant, kept.

Verse 22 (14.74.22)

स तथा रक्ष्यमाणो वै पार्थेनामिततेजसा । धृतवर्मा शरं दीप्तं मुमोच विजये तदा ॥

sa tathā rakṣyamāṇo vai pārthenāmitatejasā | dhṛtavarmā śaraṃ dīptaṃ mumoca vijaye tadā

Thus protected by Partha of immeasurable radiance, Dhritavarman then loosed a blazing arrow at Vijaya.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads शरं दीप्तं (CE: śaraṃ tīkṣṇaṃ), recension variant, kept.

Verse 23 (14.74.23)

स तेन विजयस्तूर्णमासीद्विद्धः करे भृशम् । मुमोच गाण्डिवं मोहात्तत्पपाताथ भूतले ॥

sa tena vijayastūrṇamāsīdviddhaḥ kare bhṛśam | mumoca gāṇḍivaṃ mohāttatpapātātha bhūtale

Sharply struck in the hand by it, Vijaya swiftly let go of Gandiva in a daze, and it fell to the ground.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads आसीद्विद्धः … मोहात् (CE: asyan viddhaḥ … duḥkhāt), recension variant, kept.

Verse 24 (14.74.24)

धनुषः पततस्तस्य सव्यसाचिकराद्विभो । बभूव सदृशं रूपं शक्रचापस्य भारत ॥

dhanuṣaḥ patatastasya savyasācikarādvibho | babhūva sadṛśaṃ rūpaṃ śakracāpasya bhārata

As that bow fell from Savyasachin's hand, O lord, it took on a form like that of Shakra's rainbow, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 14.73.23a and the star line 14,073.023d*0146_01 (the CE's own 23c reads differently: indrasyevāyudhasyāsīd rūpaṃ bharatasattama); the input found no match.

Verse 25 (14.74.25)

तस्मिन्निपतिते दिव्ये महाधनुषि पार्थिवः । चकार सस्वनं हासं धृतवर्मा महाहवे ॥

tasminnipatite divye mahādhanuṣi pārthivaḥ | cakāra sasvanaṃ hāsaṃ dhṛtavarmā mahāhave

When that great divine bow had fallen, King Dhritavarman gave a loud laugh in the great battle.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads चकार सस्वनं हासं (CE: jahāsa sasvanaṃ hāsaṃ), recension variant, kept.

Verse 26 (14.74.26)

ततो रोषार्दितो जिष्णुः प्रमृज्य रुधिरं करात् । धनुरादत्त तद्दिव्यं शरवर्षैर्ववर्ष च ॥

tato roṣārdito jiṣṇuḥ pramṛjya rudhiraṃ karāt | dhanurādatta taddivyaṃ śaravarṣairvavarṣa ca

Then Jishnu, tormented by rage, wiped the blood from his hand, took up that divine bow and rained down showers of arrows.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads रोषार्दितो (CE: roṣānvito), recension variant, kept.

Verse 27 (14.74.27)

ततो हलहलाशब्दो दिवस्पृगभवत्तदा । नानाविधानां भूतानां तत्कर्माणि प्रशंसताम् ॥

tato halahalāśabdo divaspṛgabhavattadā | nānāvidhānāṃ bhūtānāṃ tatkarmāṇi praśaṃsatām

Then a tumult of voices rose that touched the sky, from the many kinds of beings praising that deed.

Verse 28 (14.74.28)

ततः सम्प्रेक्ष्य संक्रुद्धं कालान्तकयमोपमम् । जिष्णुं त्रैगर्तका योधाः परीताः पर्यवारयन् ॥

tataḥ samprekṣya saṃkruddhaṃ kālāntakayamopamam | jiṣṇuṃ traigartakā yodhāḥ parītāḥ paryavārayan

Then, seeing Jishnu enraged, like Time, the Ender and Yama, the Trigarta warriors closed in and surrounded him.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads परीताः (CE: tvaritāḥ), recension variant, kept.

Verse 29 (14.74.29)

अभिसृत्य परीप्सार्थं ततस्ते धृतवर्मणः । परिवव्रुर्गुडाकेशं तत्राक्रुद्ध्यद्धनंजयः ॥

abhisṛtya parīpsārthaṃ tataste dhṛtavarmaṇaḥ | parivavrurguḍākeśaṃ tatrākruddhyaddhanaṃjayaḥ

Rushing forward to protect Dhritavarman, they surrounded Gudakesha, and at that Dhananjaya grew furious.

Verse 30 (14.74.30)

ततो योधाञ्जघानाशु तेषां स दश चाष्ट च । महेन्द्रवज्रप्रतिमैरायसैर्बहुभिः शरैः ॥

tato yodhāñjaghānāśu teṣāṃ sa daśa cāṣṭa ca | mahendravajrapratimairāyasairbahubhiḥ śaraiḥ

Then he swiftly killed eighteen of those warriors with many iron arrows like the thunderbolt of Mahendra.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads आयसैर्बहुभिः शरैः (CE: āyasair niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ), recension variant, kept.

Verse 31 (14.74.31)

तान्सम्प्रभग्नान्सम्प्रेक्ष्य त्वरमाणो धनंजयः । शरैराशीविषाकारैर्जघान स्वनवद्धसन् ॥

tānsamprabhagnānsamprekṣya tvaramāṇo dhanaṃjayaḥ | śarairāśīviṣākārairjaghāna svanavaddhasan

Seeing them broken, Dhananjaya, in haste, laughed aloud and struck them with arrows shaped like venomous snakes.

Verse 32 (14.74.32)

ते भग्नमनसः सर्वे त्रैगर्तकमहारथाः । दिशोऽभिदुद्रुवुः राजन्धनंजयशरार्दिताः ॥

te bhagnamanasaḥ sarve traigartakamahārathāḥ | diśo'bhidudruvuḥ rājandhanaṃjayaśarārditāḥ

Their hearts broken, all those great Trigarta chariot-warriors, tormented by Dhananjaya's arrows, fled in every direction, O king.

Note on the text: Corrected दुद्रुवू → दुद्रुवुः (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel sign and missing visarga; the critical edition has vidudruvuḥ). Wikisource reads दिशोऽभिदुद्रुवुः (CE: diśo vidudruvuḥ sarvāḥ), recension variant, kept.

Verse 33 (14.74.33)

हतावशिष्टा हि पराः पार्थं दृष्टपराक्रमाः । तमूचुः पुरुषव्याघ्रं संशप्तकनिषूदनम् ॥

hatāvaśiṣṭā hi parāḥ pārthaṃ dṛṣṭaparākramāḥ | tamūcuḥ puruṣavyāghraṃ saṃśaptakaniṣūdanam

The survivors of the slain, who had seen Partha's prowess, spoke to him, the tiger among men, the destroyer of the Samshaptakas:

Note on the text: Removed the stray backtick and quote mark around the first line. The first line is the critical edition's star passage 14,073.031d*0147_01 (CE: purā for पराः); the second line is CE 14.73.32a. The input found no match.

Verse 34 (14.74.34)

तवास्म किंकराः सर्वे सर्वे वै वशगास्तव । आज्ञापयस्व नः पार्थ प्रह्वान्प्रेष्यानवस्थितान् । करिष्यामः प्रियं सर्वं तव कौरवनन्दन ॥

tavāsma kiṃkarāḥ sarve sarve vai vaśagāstava | ājñāpayasva naḥ pārtha prahvānpreṣyānavasthitān | kariṣyāmaḥ priyaṃ sarvaṃ tava kauravanandana

"We are all your servants; all of us are subject to you. Command us, Partha, who stand here humbly as your attendants. We shall do all that pleases you, joy of the Kurus."

Note on the text: Corrected आज्ञापयस्वः → आज्ञापयस्व (misprint in Wikisource; stray visarga; the critical edition has ājñāpayasva). The verse is the Trigartas' speech (CE: ta ūcuḥ); in the input it stayed under the narrator. Lines = CE 14.73.32c, 33a, 33c; the input found no match.

Verse 35 (14.74.35)

एतदाज्ञाय वचनं सर्वांस्तानब्रवीत्तदा । जीवितं रक्षत नृपाः शासनं प्रतिगृह्यताम् ॥

etadājñāya vacanaṃ sarvāṃstānabravīttadā | jīvitaṃ rakṣata nṛpāḥ śāsanaṃ pratigṛhyatām

Understanding their words, he then said to them all: "Save your lives, kings; accept my command."

Note on the text: Wikisource reads प्रतिगृह्यताम् (CE: gṛhyatām). The CE's star lines 14,073.034d*0148_01–02 (the invitation to Yudhishthira's sacrifice) are not on the page. The first line is narration and the second Arjuna's words; kept under the page's heading.