Arjuna Spares the Saindhavas at Duhshala's Plea

Verse 1 (14.78.1)

ततो गाण्डीवभृच्छूरो युद्धाय समुपस्थितः । विबभौ युधि दुर्धर्षो हिमवानचलो यथा ॥

tato gāṇḍīvabhṛcchūro yuddhāya samupasthitaḥ | vibabhau yudhi durdharṣo himavānacalo yathā

Then the heroic wielder of the Gandiva stood ready for battle, and shone in the fight, unassailable as the Himalaya mountain.

Note on the text: Wikisource adhyaya 78 corresponds to critical edition adhyaya 14.77. The page prints two chapter-heading lines (summaries of the contents) above the text; they are not verse text and are dropped. The narration is Vaishampayana's, as in the critical edition.

Verse 2 (14.78.2)

ततस्ते सैन्धवा योधाः पुनरेव व्यवस्थिताः । व्यमुञ्चन्त सुसंरब्धाः शरवर्षाणि भारत ॥

tataste saindhavā yodhāḥ punareva vyavasthitāḥ | vyamuñcanta susaṃrabdhāḥ śaravarṣāṇi bhārata

Then those Saindhava warriors, taking their places once more, loosed showers of arrows with great fury, O Bharata.

Verse 3 (14.78.3)

तान्प्रहस्य महाबाहुः पुनरेव व्यवस्थितान् । ततः प्रोवाच कौन्तेयो मुमूर्षूञ्श्लक्ष्णया गिरा ॥

tānprahasya mahābāhuḥ punareva vyavasthitān | tataḥ provāca kaunteyo mumūrṣūñślakṣṇayā girā

The mighty-armed son of Kunti laughed at them as they stood ready again, and then spoke in a gentle voice to those bent on dying:

Note on the text: Corrected मुमूर्षञ्श्लक्ष्णया → मुमूर्षूञ्श्लक्ष्णया (misprint in Wikisource: a dropped ū-vowel sign, so that the accusative plural ‘those bent on dying’ agreeing with the Saindhavas is restored; the critical edition has mumūrṣūñ ślakṣṇayā).

Verse 4 (14.78.4)

युध्यध्वं परया शक्त्या यतध्वं विजये मम । कुरुध्वं सर्वकार्याणि महद्वो भयमागतम् ॥

yudhyadhvaṃ parayā śaktyā yatadhvaṃ vijaye mama | kurudhvaṃ sarvakāryāṇi mahadvo bhayamāgatam

"Fight with all your strength, strive to conquer me, and do whatever else you have to do; a great danger has come upon you.

Note on the text: Direct speech of Arjuna (verses 4-5 fill whole verses with no printed heading). Wikisource reads यतध्वं विजये मम where the critical edition has yatadhvaṃ ca vadhe mama (recension variant, kept).

Verse 5 (14.78.5)

एष योत्स्यामि सर्वांस्तु निवार्य शरवागुराम् । तिष्ठध्वं युद्धमनसो दर्पं शमयितास्मि वः ॥

eṣa yotsyāmi sarvāṃstu nivārya śaravāgurām | tiṣṭhadhvaṃ yuddhamanaso darpaṃ śamayitāsmi vaḥ

I shall fight you all, warding off your net of arrows. Stand firm, with your minds set on battle; I shall curb your pride."

Verse 6 (14.78.6)

एतावदुक्त्वा कौरव्यो रोषाद्गाण्डीवभृत्तदा । ततोऽथ वचनं स्मृत्वा भ्रातुर्ज्येष्ठस्य भारत ॥

etāvaduktvā kauravyo roṣādgāṇḍīvabhṛttadā | tato'tha vacanaṃ smṛtvā bhrāturjyeṣṭhasya bhārata

So speaking in anger, the Kuru hero, wielder of the Gandiva, then, O Bharata, remembering his elder brother's words,

Verse 7 (14.78.7)

न हन्तव्या रणे तात क्षत्रिया विजिगीषवः । जेतव्याश्चेति यत्प्रोक्तं धर्मराज्ञा महात्मना । चिन्तयामास स तदा फल्गुनः पुरुषर्षभः ॥

na hantavyā raṇe tāta kṣatriyā vijigīṣavaḥ | jetavyāśceti yatproktaṃ dharmarājñā mahātmanā | cintayāmāsa sa tadā phalgunaḥ puruṣarṣabhaḥ

Phalguna, bull among men, then pondered what the great-souled Dharmaraja had said: "Kshatriyas who seek victory are not to be killed in battle, dear brother; they are to be conquered."

Verse 8 (14.78.8)

इत्युक्तोऽहं नरेन्द्रेण न हन्तव्या नृपा इति । कथितं न मृषेदं स्याद्धर्मराजवचः शुभम् ॥

ityukto'haṃ narendreṇa na hantavyā nṛpā iti | kathitaṃ na mṛṣedaṃ syāddharmarājavacaḥ śubham

"This is what the king told me: the kings are not to be killed. What Dharmaraja has said, so good a word, must not prove false.

Verse 9 (14.78.9)

न हन्येरंश्च राजानो राज्ञश्चाज्ञा कृता भवेत् । इति सञ्चिन्त्य स तदा फल्गुनः पुरुषर्षभः ॥

na hanyeraṃśca rājāno rājñaścājñā kṛtā bhavet | iti sañcintya sa tadā phalgunaḥ puruṣarṣabhaḥ

The kings must not be killed, and the king's command must be carried out." Thinking so, Phalguna, bull among men,

Note on the text: No automatic match. First line = CE 14,077.009a; second line = a variant of CE 14,077.009c (Wikisource फल्गुनः पुरुषर्षभः against CE bhrātuḥ priyahite rataḥ; recension variant, kept). Arjuna's unspoken thoughts (verses 8-9) stay with the narrator.

Verse 10 (14.78.10)

प्रोवाच वाक्यं धर्मज्ञः सैन्धवान्युद्धदुर्मदान् । बालांस्त्रियो वा युष्माकं न हनिष्ये व्यवस्थितान् ॥

provāca vākyaṃ dharmajñaḥ saindhavānyuddhadurmadān | bālāṃstriyo vā yuṣmākaṃ na haniṣye vyavasthitān

who knew dharma, spoke to the Saindhavas, maddened by the lust for battle: "I shall not kill those of you who stand here as boys or women,

Note on the text: No automatic match. First line = CE 14,077.009e; second line = CE 14,077.010a. The verse mixes narration (first line) with Arjuna's speech (second line), so it stays with the narrator.

Verse 11 (14.78.11)

यश्च वक्ष्यति सङ्ग्रामे तवास्मीति पराजितः । एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचो मह्यं कुरुध्वं हितमात्मनः ॥

yaśca vakṣyati saṅgrāme tavāsmīti parājitaḥ | etacchrutvā vaco mahyaṃ kurudhvaṃ hitamātmanaḥ

nor anyone who, defeated in the fight, says, 'I am yours.' Hear these words of mine and do what is good for yourselves;

Note on the text: No automatic match. First line = CE 14,077.010c; second line = CE 14,077.011a. Direct speech of Arjuna filling the whole verse, with no printed heading.

Verse 12 (14.78.12)

ततोऽन्यथा कृच्छ्रगता भविष्यथ मयाऽर्दिताः । एवमुक्त्वा तु तान्वीरान्युयुधे कुरुपुङ्गवः ॥

tato'nyathā kṛcchragatā bhaviṣyatha mayā'rditāḥ | evamuktvā tu tānvīrānyuyudhe kurupuṅgavaḥ

otherwise you will fall into grievous distress, tormented by me." Having said this to those heroes, the Kuru bull fought them,

Note on the text: No automatic match. First line = CE 14,077.011c; second line = CE 14,077.012a. The verse mixes Arjuna's speech (first line) with narration (second line), so it stays with the narrator.

Verse 13 (14.78.13)

अत्वरावानसम्भ्रान्तः संक्रुद्धैर्विजिगीषुभिः । शतं शतसहस्राणि शराणां नतपर्वणाम् ॥

atvarāvānasambhrāntaḥ saṃkruddhairvijigīṣubhiḥ | śataṃ śatasahasrāṇi śarāṇāṃ nataparvaṇām

without haste and without confusion, against those furious men who longed for victory. A hundred times a hundred thousand flat-jointed arrows

Note on the text: No automatic match. First line = CE 14,077.012c; second line = CE 14,077.013a (Wikisource शतं शतसहस्राणि where the critical edition has tataḥ śatasahasrāṇi; recension variant, kept).

Verse 14 (14.78.14)

मुमुचुः सैन्धवा राजंस्तदा गाण्डीवधन्वनि । शरानापततः क्रूरानाशीविषविषोपमान् । चिच्छेद निशितैर्बाणैरन्तरा स धनंजयः ॥

mumucuḥ saindhavā rājaṃstadā gāṇḍīvadhanvani | śarānāpatataḥ krūrānāśīviṣaviṣopamān | ciccheda niśitairbāṇairantarā sa dhanaṃjayaḥ

were loosed, O king, by the Saindhavas at the wielder of the Gandiva; but Dhananjaya cut down those cruel arrows, venomous as the poison of serpents, with sharp shafts while they were still in the air.

Note on the text: No automatic match. Lines = CE 14,077.013c, 014a and 014c (Wikisource's verses 13 and 14 divide the CE lines 013c, 014a and 014c differently; Wikisource शरानापततः and अन्तरा स against CE sa tān āpatataḥ and antaraiva: recension variants, kept).

Verse 15 (14.78.15)

छित्त्वा तु तानाशु चैव कङ्कपत्राञ्शिलाशितान् । एकैकमेषां समरे बिभेद निशितैः शरैः ॥

chittvā tu tānāśu caiva kaṅkapatrāñśilāśitān | ekaikameṣāṃ samare bibheda niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Having cut down those swift arrows, with their heron feathers and stone-whetted heads, he pierced each one of them in the battle with sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads तानाशु चैव and निशितैः शरैः where the critical edition has tān āśugamān and daśabhiḥ … śaraiḥ (recension variants, kept).

Verse 16 (14.78.16)

ततः प्रासांश्च शक्तीश्च पुनरेव धनंजये । जयद्रथं हतं स्मृत्वा चिक्षिपुः सैन्धवा नृपाः ॥

tataḥ prāsāṃśca śaktīśca punareva dhanaṃjaye | jayadrathaṃ hataṃ smṛtvā cikṣipuḥ saindhavā nṛpāḥ

Then the Saindhava kings, remembering that Jayadratha had been killed, hurled lances and spears at Dhananjaya once more.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रास्रांश्च → प्रासांश्च and शक्तीस्च → शक्तीश्च (misprints in Wikisource: प्रास्र is not a word and स् stands for श्; the critical edition has prāsāṃś ca śaktīś ca).

Verse 17 (14.78.17)

तेषां किरीटी सङ्कल्पं मोघं चक्रे महाबलः । सर्वांस्तानन्तरा च्छित्त्वा तदा चुक्रोश पाण्डवः ॥

teṣāṃ kirīṭī saṅkalpaṃ moghaṃ cakre mahābalaḥ | sarvāṃstānantarā cchittvā tadā cukrośa pāṇḍavaḥ

The mighty diademed one made their intent come to nothing; cutting all of them down midway, the Pandava then gave a shout.

Note on the text: Wikisource's row (labelled 17a, 17c, 17d) ends with a third line, तथैवापततां तेषां योधानां जयगृद्धिनाम्, which is only a stray repeat of the first line of the next verse (verse 18) and makes no sentence here; it is dropped. The remaining two lines = CE 14,077.017a and 017c (Wikisource महाबलः and तदा चुक्रोश against CE mahāmanāḥ and mudā cukrośa: recension variants, kept).

Verse 18 (14.78.18)

तथैवापततां तेषां योधानां जयगृद्धिनाम् । शिरांसि पातयामास भल्लैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥

tathaivāpatatāṃ teṣāṃ yodhānāṃ jayagṛddhinām | śirāṃsi pātayāmāsa bhallaiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ

He struck off the heads of those onrushing warriors, greedy for victory, with bhalla arrows with flat joints.

Note on the text: Corrected यजगृद्धिनाम् → जयगृद्धिनाम् (misprint in Wikisource: the letters are transposed; the critical edition has jayagṛddhinām).

Verse 19 (14.78.19)

तेषां प्रद्रवतां चापि पुनरेवाभिधावताम् । निवर्ततां च शब्दोऽभूत्पूर्णस्येव महोदधेः ॥

teṣāṃ pradravatāṃ cāpi punarevābhidhāvatām | nivartatāṃ ca śabdo'bhūtpūrṇasyeva mahodadheḥ

As they fled and rushed back again and turned about, a roar went up from them like the roar of the full ocean.

Verse 20 (14.78.20)

ते वध्यमानास्तु तदा पार्थेनामिततेजसा । यथाप्राणं यथोत्साहं योधयामासुरर्जुनम् ॥

te vadhyamānāstu tadā pārthenāmitatejasā | yathāprāṇaṃ yathotsāhaṃ yodhayāmāsurarjunam

Being cut down thus by Partha of boundless energy, they fought Arjuna with whatever strength and spirit they had.

Verse 21 (14.78.21)

ततस्ते फल्गुनेनाजौ शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः । कृता विसंज्ञा भूयिष्ठा क्लान्तवाहनसैनिकाः ॥

tataste phalgunenājau śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ | kṛtā visaṃjñā bhūyiṣṭhā klāntavāhanasainikāḥ

Then Phalguna's flat-jointed arrows left most of them senseless in that battle, their mounts and soldiers exhausted.

Verse 22 (14.78.22)

तांस्तु सर्वान्परिग्लानान्विदित्वा धृतराष्ट्रजा । दुःशला बालमादाय नप्तारं प्रययौ तदा ॥

tāṃstu sarvānpariglānānviditvā dhṛtarāṣṭrajā | duḥśalā bālamādāya naptāraṃ prayayau tadā

Knowing that they were all worn out, Dhritarashtra's daughter Duhshala then took the child, her grandson,

Note on the text: No automatic match. Lines = CE 14,077.022a and 022c.

Verse 23 (14.78.23)

सुरथस्य सुतं वीरं रथेनाथागमत्तदा । शान्त्यर्थं सर्वयोधानामभ्यगच्छत पाण्डवम् ॥

surathasya sutaṃ vīraṃ rathenāthāgamattadā | śāntyarthaṃ sarvayodhānāmabhyagacchata pāṇḍavam

the son of Suratha, a young hero, and came by chariot to bring peace among all the warriors; she approached the Pandava.

Note on the text: No automatic match. First line = CE 14,077.022e (Wikisource रथेनाथागमत्तदा against CE rathenānāgasaṃ tadā; recension variant, kept); second line = CE 14,077.023a.

Verse 24 (14.78.24)

सा धनंजयमासाद्य रुरोदार्तस्वरं तदा । धनंजयोपि तां दृष्ट्वा धनुर्विससृजे प्रभुः ॥

sā dhanaṃjayamāsādya rurodārtasvaraṃ tadā | dhanaṃjayopi tāṃ dṛṣṭvā dhanurvisasṛje prabhuḥ

Reaching Dhananjaya, she wept in a voice of grief; and Dhananjaya, seeing her, the lord put down his bow.

Note on the text: No automatic match. First line = CE 14,077.023c (Wikisource रुरोदार्तस्वरं against CE mumocārtasvaraṃ; recension variant, kept); second line = CE 14,077.023e.

Verse 25 (14.78.25)

समुत्सृज्य धनुः पार्थो विधिवद्भगिनीं तदा । प्राह किं करवाणीति सा च तं प्रत्युवाच ह ॥

samutsṛjya dhanuḥ pārtho vidhivadbhaginīṃ tadā | prāha kiṃ karavāṇīti sā ca taṃ pratyuvāca ha

Laying down his bow, Partha said to his sister, as was proper, "What shall I do?" and she answered him:

Note on the text: Corrected भगिनी → भगिनीं (misprint in Wikisource: the object of प्राह requires the accusative; the critical edition has bhaginīṃ). Wikisource reads समुत्सृज्य धनुः and सा च तं प्रत्युवाच ह where the critical edition has samutsṛṣṭadhanuḥ … vākyam abravīt (recension variants, kept).

Verse 26 (14.78.26)

एष ते भरतश्रेष्ठ स्वस्रीयस्यात्मजः शिशुः । अभिवादयते पार्थ तं पश्य पुरुषर्षभ ॥

eṣa te bharataśreṣṭha svasrīyasyātmajaḥ śiśuḥ | abhivādayate pārtha taṃ paśya puruṣarṣabha

"This is the little son of your sister's son, O best of the Bharatas; he greets you, Partha. Look at him, bull among men."

Note on the text: Direct speech of Duhshala (verses 26 and 28-31, 33-39 fill whole verses with no printed heading). Wikisource reads पार्थ where the critical edition has vīra (recension variant, kept).

Verse 27 (14.78.27)

इत्युक्तस्तस्य पितरं स पप्रच्छार्जुनस्तथा । क्वासाविति ततो राजन्दुःशला वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

ityuktastasya pitaraṃ sa papracchārjunastathā | kvāsāviti tato rājanduḥśalā vākyamabravīt

Thus addressed, Arjuna asked about the boy's father: "Where is he?" Then, O king, Duhshala answered:

Note on the text: The verse mixes narration with Arjuna's question and so stays with the narrator.

Verse 28 (14.78.28)

पितृशोकाभिसंतप्तो विषादार्तोऽस्य वै पिता । पञ्चत्वमगमद्वीरो यथा तन्मे निशामय ॥

pitṛśokābhisaṃtapto viṣādārto'sya vai pitā | pañcatvamagamadvīro yathā tanme niśāmaya

"This boy's father, burning with grief for his own father and sunk in despair, met his death, hero. Hear from me how it happened.

Note on the text: Direct speech of Duhshala.

Verse 29 (14.78.29)

स पूर्वं पितरं श्रुत्वा हतं युद्धे त्वयाऽनघ । त्वामागतं च संश्रुत्य युद्धाय हयसारिणम् । पितुश्च मृत्युदुःखार्तोऽजहात्प्राणान्धनंजय ॥

sa pūrvaṃ pitaraṃ śrutvā hataṃ yuddhe tvayā'nagha | tvāmāgataṃ ca saṃśrutya yuddhāya hayasāriṇam | pituśca mṛtyuduḥkhārto'jahātprāṇāndhanaṃjaya

He had first heard that his father had been killed in the battle by you, blameless one; then, hearing that you had come to fight, following the horse, tormented by the grief of his father's death, he gave up his life, Dhananjaya.

Verse 30 (14.78.30)

प्राप्तो बीभत्सुरित्येव नाम श्रुत्वैव तेऽनघ । विषादार्तः पपातोर्व्यां ममार च ममात्मजः ॥

prāpto bībhatsurityeva nāma śrutvaiva te'nagha | viṣādārtaḥ papātorvyāṃ mamāra ca mamātmajaḥ

Hearing only the name, 'Bibhatsu has come,' blameless one, my son fell to the ground, stricken with despair, and died.

Verse 31 (14.78.31)

तं दृष्ट्वा पतितं तत्र ततस्तस्यात्मजं प्रभो । गृहीत्वा समनुप्राप्ता त्वामद्य शरणैषिणी ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā patitaṃ tatra tatastasyātmajaṃ prabho | gṛhītvā samanuprāptā tvāmadya śaraṇaiṣiṇī

Seeing him fallen there, O lord, I took his son and have come to you today, seeking refuge."

Note on the text: Corrected शरणैपिणी → शरणैषिणी (misprint in Wikisource: प for ष; the critical edition has śaraṇaiṣiṇī). Wikisource reads तं दृष्ट्वा पतितं तत्र ततस्तस्यात्मजं प्रभो; the critical edition has taṃ tu dṛṣṭvā nipatitaṃ (recension variant, kept).

Verse 32 (14.78.32)

इत्युक्त्वाऽऽर्तस्वरं सा तु मुमोच धृतराष्ट्रजा । दीना दीनं स्थितं पार्थमब्रवीच्चाप्यधोमुखम् ॥

ityuktvā''rtasvaraṃ sā tu mumoca dhṛtarāṣṭrajā | dīnā dīnaṃ sthitaṃ pārthamabravīccāpyadhomukham

Having said this, Dhritarashtra's daughter cried out in anguish; and, wretched, she spoke to Partha, who stood downcast with his face lowered:

Verse 33 (14.78.33)

स्वसारं समवेक्षस्व स्वस्रीयात्मजमेव च । कर्तुमर्हसि धर्मज्ञ दयां कुरुकुलोद्वह । विस्मृत्य कुरुराजानं तं च मन्दं जयद्रथम् ॥

svasāraṃ samavekṣasva svasrīyātmajameva ca | kartumarhasi dharmajña dayāṃ kurukulodvaha | vismṛtya kururājānaṃ taṃ ca mandaṃ jayadratham

"Look upon your sister and upon her sister's grandson. You should show compassion, O knower of dharma, pride of the Kuru line, forgetting the Kuru king and that fool Jayadratha.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads स्वसारं समवेक्षस्व … दयां कुरुकुलोद्वह where the critical edition has svasāraṃ mām avekṣasva … dayāṃ mayi kurūdvaha (recension variants, kept). Direct speech of Duhshala.

Verse 34 (14.78.34)

अभिमन्योर्यथा जातः परिक्षित्परवीरहा । तथाऽयं सुरथाज्जातो मम पौत्रो महाभुज ॥

abhimanyoryathā jātaḥ parikṣitparavīrahā | tathā'yaṃ surathājjāto mama pautro mahābhuja

As Parikshit, slayer of enemy heroes, was born of Abhimanyu, so this boy, mighty-armed one, is born of Suratha, my grandson.

Verse 35 (14.78.35)

तमादाय नरव्याघ्र सम्प्रप्तास्मि तवान्तिकम् । शमार्थं सर्वयोधानां शृणु चेदं वचो मम ॥

tamādāya naravyāghra sampraptāsmi tavāntikam | śamārthaṃ sarvayodhānāṃ śṛṇu cedaṃ vaco mama

Taking him, tiger among men, I have come to you, to bring peace among all the warriors. Hear this word of mine.

Verse 36 (14.78.36)

आगतोऽयं महाबाहो तस्य मन्दस्य पुत्रकः । प्रसादमस्य बालस्य तस्मात्त्वं कर्तुमर्हसि ॥

āgato'yaṃ mahābāho tasya mandasya putrakaḥ | prasādamasya bālasya tasmāttvaṃ kartumarhasi

This, mighty-armed one, is the little son of that fool. Therefore you ought to show favour to this child.

Verse 37 (14.78.37)

एष प्रसाद्य शिरसा प्रशमार्थमरिंदम । याचते त्वां महाबाहो शमं गच्छ धनंजय ॥

eṣa prasādya śirasā praśamārthamariṃdama | yācate tvāṃ mahābāho śamaṃ gaccha dhanaṃjaya

With his head bowed to win your favour, he begs you for peace, subduer of foes. Be at peace, Dhananjaya.

Verse 38 (14.78.38)

बालस्य हतबन्धोश्च पार्थ किञ्चिदजानतः । प्रसादं कुरु धर्मज्ञ मा मन्युवशमन्वगाः ॥

bālasya hatabandhośca pārtha kiñcidajānataḥ | prasādaṃ kuru dharmajña mā manyuvaśamanvagāḥ

Show favour to a child who has lost his kinsmen and knows nothing, Partha, knower of dharma; do not fall under the sway of anger.

Verse 39 (14.78.39)

तमनार्थं नृशंसं च विस्मृत्यास्य पितामहम् । आगस्कारिणमत्यर्थं प्रसादं कर्तुमर्हसि ॥

tamanārthaṃ nṛśaṃsaṃ ca vismṛtyāsya pitāmaham | āgaskāriṇamatyarthaṃ prasādaṃ kartumarhasi

Forgetting his grandfather, that ignoble and cruel man who wronged you so greatly, you ought to show him favour."

Note on the text: Corrected आगस्कारिणमत्यर्तं → आगस्कारिणमत्यर्थं (misprint in Wikisource: त for थ; the critical edition has āgaskāriṇam atyartham).

Verse 40 (14.78.40)

एवं ब्रुवत्यां करुणं दुःशलायां धनंजयः । संस्मृत्य देवीं गान्धारीं धृतराष्ट्रं च पार्थिवम् । उवाच दुःखशोकार्तः क्षत्रधर्मं व्यगर्हयत् ॥

evaṃ bruvatyāṃ karuṇaṃ duḥśalāyāṃ dhanaṃjayaḥ | saṃsmṛtya devīṃ gāndhārīṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ ca pārthivam | uvāca duḥkhaśokārtaḥ kṣatradharmaṃ vyagarhayat

As Duhshala spoke so piteously, Dhananjaya, remembering the queen Gandhari and King Dhritarashtra, said, overcome with sorrow and grief, condemning the Kshatriya way:

Verse 41 (14.78.41)

धिक्तं दुर्योधनं क्षुद्रं राज्यलुब्धं च मानिनम् । यत्कृते बान्धवाः सर्वे मया नीता यमक्षयम् ॥

dhiktaṃ duryodhanaṃ kṣudraṃ rājyalubdhaṃ ca māninam | yatkṛte bāndhavāḥ sarve mayā nītā yamakṣayam

"Shame on that mean Duryodhana, greedy for the kingdom and full of pride, for whose sake all my kinsmen were sent by me to the abode of Yama!"

Note on the text: Removed the backtick and quote marks, and the stray danda, that Wikisource prints around the first line as an interpolated passage. Direct speech of Arjuna; the critical edition has this couplet as 14,077.040 (the line is identical).

Verse 42 (14.78.42)

इत्युक्त्वा बहु सान्त्वादि प्रसादमकरोज्जयः । परिष्वज्य च तां प्रीतो विससर्ज गृहान्प्रति ॥

ityuktvā bahu sāntvādi prasādamakarojjayaḥ | pariṣvajya ca tāṃ prīto visasarja gṛhānprati

Having said this, Jaya spoke many words of comfort and showed her favour; embracing her warmly, he sent her home.

Verse 43 (14.78.43)

दुःशला चापि तान्योधान्निवार्य महतो रणात् । सम्पूज्य पार्थं प्रययौ गृहानेव शुभानना ॥

duḥśalā cāpi tānyodhānnivārya mahato raṇāt | sampūjya pārthaṃ prayayau gṛhāneva śubhānanā

Duhshala too, fair of face, held back those warriors from the great battle, paid honour to Partha, and went to her home.

Verse 44 (14.78.44)

एवं निर्जित्य तान्वीरान्सैन्धवान्स धनंजयः । अन्वधावत धावन्तं हयं कामविचारिणम् ॥

evaṃ nirjitya tānvīrānsaindhavānsa dhanaṃjayaḥ | anvadhāvata dhāvantaṃ hayaṃ kāmavicāriṇam

Having thus conquered those heroes, the Saindhavas, Dhananjaya followed the horse as it ran wherever it pleased.

Note on the text: No automatic match. First line = CE star passage 14,077.043b*0151_01; second line = a variant of CE 14,077.043c (Wikisource अन्वधावत धावन्तं हयं कामविचारिणम् against CE punar evānvadhāvat sa taṃ hayaṃ kāmacāriṇam; recension variant, kept). Hence ce_ref 14.77.43.

Verse 45 (14.78.45)

ततो मृगमिवाकाशे यथा देवः पिनाकधृक् । ससार तं तथा वीरो विधिवद्यज्ञियं हयम् ॥

tato mṛgamivākāśe yathā devaḥ pinākadhṛk | sasāra taṃ tathā vīro vidhivadyajñiyaṃ hayam

Then that hero duly followed the sacrificial horse, as the god who bears the Pinaka follows a deer in the sky.

Note on the text: No automatic match. The two lines correspond to CE 14,077.044c and 044a, in reverse order and with variants (Wikisource ततो मृगमिवाकाशे यथा देवः पिनाकधृक् against CE tārāmṛgam ivākāśe devadevaḥ pinākadhṛk; ससार तं तथा वीरो against sasāra yajñiyaṃ vīro), kept as printed. Hence ce_ref 14.77.44.

Verse 46 (14.78.46)

स च वाजी यथेष्टेन तांस्तान्देशान्यथाक्रमम् । विचचार यथाकामं कर्म पार्थस्य वर्धयन् ॥

sa ca vājī yatheṣṭena tāṃstāndeśānyathākramam | vicacāra yathākāmaṃ karma pārthasya vardhayan

And that steed, going through one country after another in order, wandered as it wished, furthering Partha's work.

Verse 47 (14.78.47)

क्रमेण स हयस्त्वेवं विचरन्पुरुषर्षभ । मणिपूरपतेर्देशमुपायात्सहपाण्डवः ॥

krameṇa sa hayastvevaṃ vicaranpuruṣarṣabha | maṇipūrapaterdeśamupāyātsahapāṇḍavaḥ

Wandering on in this way, step by step, O bull among men, the horse, with the Pandava following, came to the country of the king of Manipura.

Note on the text: Corrected मणलूरपतेर्देशम् → मणिपूरपतेर्देशम् (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition has maṇipūrapater deśam; the page's own note records a manuscript reading भणिपूरपतेः). Wikisource reads विचरन्पुरुषर्षभ where the critical edition has vicaran bharatarṣabha (recension variant, kept).