Abhimanyu Routs Alambusa; Satyaki Battles Kripa, Ashvatthama and Drona

Verse 1 (6.101.1)

आर्जुनिं समरे शूरं विनिघ्नन्तं महारथान् । अलम्बुसः कथं युद्धे प्रत्ययुध्यत सञ्जय ॥

ārjuniṃ samare śūraṃ vinighnantaṃ mahārathān | alambusaḥ kathaṃ yuddhe pratyayudhyata sañjaya

Sanjaya, how did Alambusa fight back in battle against the heroic son of Arjuna as he was cutting down great chariot-warriors on the field?

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: checked against the raw Wikisource page (a table, one row per verse, 6-101-1 to 6-101-59, headed धृतराष्ट्र उवाच for verses 1–4 and सञ्जय उवाच for 5–59, ending with its colophon naming this the 101st adhyaya, on the ninth day of battle). Page and input agree on all 59 verses; together they correspond to the critical edition 6.97.1–57 (verses 8–30 here = 6.97.8–28, as Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses 6.97.8, 10, 15 and 28 into couplets). The critical edition's star passage 6.97.28b*0389 is not on the page. Corrected आर्जुनं → आर्जुनिं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ि, the patronymic "son of Arjuna" is needed, critical edition ārjuniṃ). महारथान् (CE mahāratham) kept as a variant.

Verse 2 (6.101.2)

आर्श्यशृङ्गिं कथं चैव सौभद्रः परवीरहा । तन्ममाचक्ष्व तत्त्वेन यथावृत्तं स्म संयुगे ॥

ārśyaśṛṅgiṃ kathaṃ caiva saubhadraḥ paravīrahā | tanmamācakṣva tattvena yathāvṛttaṃ sma saṃyuge

And how did Subhadra's son, slayer of enemy heroes, fight the son of Rishyashringa? Tell me truly how it went in the battle.

Note on the text: कथं चैव (CE kathaṃ cāpi) kept as a variant.

Verse 3 (6.101.3)

धनंजयश्च किं चक्रे मम सैन्येषु संयुगे । भीमो वा रथिनां श्रेष्ठो राक्षसो वा घटोत्कचः ॥

dhanaṃjayaśca kiṃ cakre mama sainyeṣu saṃyuge | bhīmo vā rathināṃ śreṣṭho rākṣaso vā ghaṭotkacaḥ

And what did Dhananjaya do among my troops in the battle? Or Bhima, best of chariot-warriors, or the rakshasa Ghatotkacha?

Note on the text: संयुगे and रथिनां (CE saṃjaya, balināṃ) kept as variants.

Verse 4 (6.101.4)

नकुलः सहदेवो वा सात्यकिर्वा महारथः । एतदाचक्ष्व मे सत्यं कुशलो ह्यसि सञ्जय ॥

nakulaḥ sahadevo vā sātyakirvā mahārathaḥ | etadācakṣva me satyaṃ kuśalo hyasi sañjaya

Or Nakula and Sahadeva, or the great chariot-warrior Satyaki? Tell me this truly, Sanjaya, for you are skilled in the telling.

Note on the text: सत्यं (CE sarvaṃ) kept as a variant.

Verse 5 (6.101.5)

हन्त तेऽहं प्रवक्ष्यामि संग्रामं रोमहर्षणम् । यथाऽभूद्राक्षसेन्द्रस्य सौभद्रस्य च मारिष ॥

hanta te'haṃ pravakṣyāmi saṃgrāmaṃ romaharṣaṇam | yathā'bhūdrākṣasendrasya saubhadrasya ca māriṣa

Very well, sir, I shall describe to you that hair-raising battle, as it went between the lord of the rakshasas and Subhadra's son,

Note on the text: Corrected हन्ते → हन्त (misprint in Wikisource; a stray े on the interjection, critical edition hanta). रोमहर्षणम् (CE lomaharṣaṇam) kept as a spelling variant.

Verse 6 (6.101.6)

अर्जुनश्च यथा सङ्ख्ये भीमसेनश्च पाण्डवः । नकुलः सहदेवश्च रणे चक्रुः पराक्रमम् ॥

arjunaśca yathā saṅkhye bhīmasenaśca pāṇḍavaḥ | nakulaḥ sahadevaśca raṇe cakruḥ parākramam

and how Arjuna and Bhimasena the Pandava, and Nakula and Sahadeva, showed their prowess in the fight;

Verse 7 (6.101.7)

तथैव तावकाः सर्वे भीष्मद्रोणपुरःसराः । अद्भुतानि विचित्राणि चक्रुः कर्माण्यभीतवत् ॥

tathaiva tāvakāḥ sarve bhīṣmadroṇapuraḥsarāḥ | adbhutāni vicitrāṇi cakruḥ karmāṇyabhītavat

and likewise how all your men, led by Bhishma and Drona, performed wonderful and varied feats as if they knew no fear.

Note on the text: Corrected विचिन्राणि → विचित्राणि (misprint in Wikisource; न्र for त्र, critical edition vicitrāṇi). पुरःसराः (CE purogamāḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 8 (6.101.8)

अलम्बुसस्तु समरे अभिमन्युं महारथम् । विनद्य सुमहानादं तर्जयित्वा मुहुर्मुहुः ॥

alambusastu samare abhimanyuṃ mahāratham | vinadya sumahānādaṃ tarjayitvā muhurmuhuḥ

On the field Alambusa, roaring a mighty roar at the great chariot-warrior Abhimanyu and threatening him again and again,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.97.8ab–cd (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost).

Verse 9 (6.101.9)

अभिदुद्राव वेगेन तिष्ठतिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत् । अभिमन्युश्च वेगेन सिंहवद्विनदन्मुहुः ॥

abhidudrāva vegena tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cābravīt | abhimanyuśca vegena siṃhavadvinadanmuhuḥ

rushed at him with speed, crying, "Stand! Stand!" And Abhimanyu, roaring again and again like a lion, sped

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.97.8ef + 6.97.9ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). अभिमन्युश्च वेगेन (CE saubhadro 'pi raṇe rājan) kept as a variant.

Verse 10 (6.101.10)

आर्श्यशृङ्गिं महेष्वासं पितुरत्यन्तवैरिणम् । ततः समीयतुः सङ्ख्ये त्वरितौ नरराक्षसौ ॥

ārśyaśṛṅgiṃ maheṣvāsaṃ pituratyantavairiṇam | tataḥ samīyatuḥ saṅkhye tvaritau nararākṣasau

against the son of Rishyashringa, the mighty archer who was his father's bitterest enemy. Then the man and the rakshasa swiftly closed in battle,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.97.9cd + 6.97.10ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). Corrected महेष्वासि → महेष्वासं (misprint in Wikisource; ि for the accusative anusvara, critical edition maheṣvāsaṃ) and समीपतुः → समीयतुः (misprint; प for य, giving no word; the dual perfect of sam-i, as the page itself prints it in the next adhyaya, where the critical edition has sameyatuḥ).

Verse 11 (6.101.11)

रथाभ्यां रथिनौ श्रेष्ठौ यथा वै देवदानवौ । मायावी राक्षसश्रेष्ठो दिव्यास्त्रश्चैव फाल्गुनिः ॥

rathābhyāṃ rathinau śreṣṭhau yathā vai devadānavau | māyāvī rākṣasaśreṣṭho divyāstraścaiva phālguniḥ

the two finest of chariot-warriors on their chariots, like a god and a Danava: the best of rakshasas a master of illusion, and Phalguna's son armed with divine weapons.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.97.10cd + 6.97.10ef (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). Corrected मायावा → मायावी (misprint in Wikisource; ा for ी, critical edition māyāvī). रथिनौ and दिव्यास्त्रः (CE rathināṃ, divyāstrajñaḥ) kept as variants.

Verse 12 (6.101.12)

ततः कार्ष्णिर्महाराज निशितैः सायकैस्त्रिभिः । आर्श्यशृङ्गिं रणे विद्ध्वा पुनर्विव्याध पञ्चभिः ॥

tataḥ kārṣṇirmahārāja niśitaiḥ sāyakaistribhiḥ | ārśyaśṛṅgiṃ raṇe viddhvā punarvivyādha pañcabhiḥ

Then, great king, Arjuna's son pierced Rishyashringa's son in battle with three sharp arrows, and pierced him again with five.

Note on the text: Corrected कर्ष्णिर् → कार्ष्णिर् (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ा, critical edition kārṣṇir) and विव्याव → विव्याध (misprint; व for ध, critical edition vivyādha).

Verse 13 (6.101.13)

अलम्बुसोऽपि संक्रुद्धः कार्ष्णिं नवभिराशुगैः । हृदि विव्याध वेगेन तोत्रैरिव महाद्विपम् ॥

alambuso'pi saṃkruddhaḥ kārṣṇiṃ navabhirāśugaiḥ | hṛdi vivyādha vegena totrairiva mahādvipam

Alambusa too, in a fury, struck Arjuna's son hard in the chest with nine swift arrows, as one drives goads into a great elephant.

Note on the text: Corrected अलम्बुरोऽपि → अलम्बुसोऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; र for स, critical edition alambuso 'pi) and कार्ष्णि → कार्ष्णिं (a dropped anusvara, the accusative is needed, critical edition kārṣṇiṃ).

Verse 14 (6.101.14)

ततः शरसहस्रेण क्षिप्रकारी निशाचरः । अर्जुनस्य सुतं सङ्ख्ये पीडयामास भारत ॥

tataḥ śarasahasreṇa kṣiprakārī niśācaraḥ | arjunasya sutaṃ saṅkhye pīḍayāmāsa bhārata

Then the night-ranger, quick in action, harried Arjuna's son in battle with a thousand arrows, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected अर्जुनास → अर्जुनस्य (misprint in Wikisource; the genitive ending garbled, critical edition arjunasya).

Verse 15 (6.101.15)

अभिमन्युस्ततः क्रुद्धो नवभिर्नतपर्वभिः । बिभेद निशितैर्बाणै राक्षसेन्द्रं महोरसि ॥

abhimanyustataḥ kruddho navabhirnataparvabhiḥ | bibheda niśitairbāṇai rākṣasendraṃ mahorasi

Then Abhimanyu, enraged, pierced the lord of the rakshasas in his broad chest with nine sharp, smooth-jointed arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected निशिसैर् → निशितैर् (misprint in Wikisource; स for त, critical edition niśitān). नवभिर्नतपर्वभिः … बिभेद … राक्षसेन्द्रं (CE navatiṃ nataparvaṇām … cikṣepa … rākṣasasya) kept as variants.

Verse 16 (6.101.16)

ते तस्य विविशुस्तूर्णं कायं निर्भिद्य मर्मसु । स तैर्विभिन्नसर्वाङ्गः शुशुभे राक्षसोत्तमः ॥

te tasya viviśustūrṇaṃ kāyaṃ nirbhidya marmasu | sa tairvibhinnasarvāṅgaḥ śuśubhe rākṣasottamaḥ

They tore through his body at the vital points and swiftly entered it. Wounded in every limb by them, the best of rakshasas looked splendid,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.97.15ab–cd (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). मर्मसु (CE marmaṇi) kept as a variant.

Verse 17 (6.101.17)

पुष्पितैः किंशुकै राजन्संस्तीर्ण इव पर्वतः । स संदधानश्च शरान्हेमपुङ्खान्महाबलः ॥

puṣpitaiḥ kiṃśukai rājansaṃstīrṇa iva parvataḥ | sa saṃdadhānaśca śarānhemapuṅkhānmahābalaḥ

like a mountain strewn with flowering kimshuka trees, O king. Bearing those gold-feathered arrows, the mighty

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.97.15ef + 6.97.16ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). स संदधानश्च शरान्हेमपुङ्खान्महाबलः (CE sa dhārayañ śarān hemapuṅkhān api mahābalaḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 18 (6.101.18)

विबभौ राक्षसश्रेष्ठः सज्वाल इव पर्वतः । ततः क्रुद्धो महाराज आर्श्यशृङ्गिरमर्षणः ॥

vibabhau rākṣasaśreṣṭhaḥ sajvāla iva parvataḥ | tataḥ kruddho mahārāja ārśyaśṛṅgiramarṣaṇaḥ

best of rakshasas shone like a mountain ablaze. Then, great king, Rishyashringa's son, enraged and unforgiving,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.97.16cd + 6.97.17ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). अमर्षणः (CE mahābalaḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 19 (6.101.19)

महेन्द्रप्रतिमं कार्ष्णिं छादयामास पत्रिभिः । तेन ते विशिखा मुक्ता यमदण्डोपमाः शिताः ॥

mahendrapratimaṃ kārṣṇiṃ chādayāmāsa patribhiḥ | tena te viśikhā muktā yamadaṇḍopamāḥ śitāḥ

covered Arjuna's son, who was like great Indra, with feathered shafts. The sharp arrows he loosed, like the rod of Yama,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.97.17cd + 6.97.18ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). Corrected कार्ष्णि → कार्ष्णिं (a dropped anusvara, the accusative is needed, critical edition kārṣṇiṃ).

Verse 20 (6.101.20)

अभिमन्युं विनिर्भिद्य प्राविशन्त धरातलम् । तथैवार्जुनिना मुक्ताः शराः कनकभूषणाः ॥

abhimanyuṃ vinirbhidya prāviśanta dharātalam | tathaivārjuninā muktāḥ śarāḥ kanakabhūṣaṇāḥ

pierced Abhimanyu through and entered the earth. In the same way the gold-adorned arrows loosed by Arjuna's son

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.97.18cd + 6.97.19ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). प्राविशन्त धरातलम् and तथैवार्जुनिना मुक्ताः शराः कनकभूषणाः (CE prāviśan dharaṇītalam, tathaivārjuninirmuktāḥ śarāḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇāḥ) kept as variants.

Verse 21 (6.101.21)

अलम्बुसं विनिर्भिद्य प्राविशन्त धरातलम् । सौभद्रस्तु रणे रक्षः शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥

alambusaṃ vinirbhidya prāviśanta dharātalam | saubhadrastu raṇe rakṣaḥ śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ

pierced Alambusa through and entered the earth. Then Subhadra's son, with his smooth-jointed arrows,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.97.19cd + 6.97.20ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost).

Verse 22 (6.101.22)

चक्रे विमुखमासाद्य बलं शक्र इवाहवे । विमुखं च रणे रक्षो वध्यमानं रणेऽरिणा ॥

cakre vimukhamāsādya balaṃ śakra ivāhave | vimukhaṃ ca raṇe rakṣo vadhyamānaṃ raṇe'riṇā

pressed the rakshasa hard and turned him back in the battle, as Shakra turned back the demon Bala in war. Turned back in battle and struck by his foe, the rakshasa

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.97.20cd + 6.97.21ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). बलं शक्र इवाहवे (CE mayaṃ śakra ivāhave; the vulgate names the demon Bala) and रणे … रणेऽरिणा (CE tato … raṇe 'riṇā) kept as variants.

Verse 23 (6.101.23)

प्रादुश्चक्रे महामायां तामसीमरिघातिनीम् । ततस्ते तमसा सर्वे वृताश्चासन्महीपते ॥

prāduścakre mahāmāyāṃ tāmasīmarighātinīm | tataste tamasā sarve vṛtāścāsanmahīpate

brought forth a great illusion of darkness that destroys enemies. Then all of them were wrapped in darkness, O lord of the earth;

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.97.21cd + 6.97.22ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). तामसीमरिघातिनीम् and वृताश्चासन्महीपते (CE tāmasīṃ paratāpanaḥ, hṛtā hy āsan mahītale) kept as variants.

Verse 24 (6.101.24)

नाभिमन्युमपश्यन्त नैव स्वान्न परान्रणे । अभिमन्युश्च तद्दृष्ट्वा घोररूपं महत्तमः ॥

nābhimanyumapaśyanta naiva svānna parānraṇe | abhimanyuśca taddṛṣṭvā ghorarūpaṃ mahattamaḥ

in the battle they could not see Abhimanyu, nor their own side, nor the enemy. And Abhimanyu, seeing that vast and dreadful darkness,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.97.22cd + 6.97.23ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). Corrected तदृष्ट्वा → तद्दृष्ट्वा (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped द्, critical edition tad dṛṣṭvā).

Verse 25 (6.101.25)

प्रादुश्चक्रेऽस्त्रमत्युग्रं भास्करं कुरुनन्दनः । ततः प्रकाशमभवज्जगत्सर्वं महीपते ॥

prāduścakre'stramatyugraṃ bhāskaraṃ kurunandanaḥ | tataḥ prakāśamabhavajjagatsarvaṃ mahīpate

the delight of the Kurus, brought forth the fierce solar weapon. Then the whole world grew bright, O lord of the earth,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.97.23cd + 6.97.24ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). Corrected अत्सुग्रं → अत्युग्रं (misprint in Wikisource; त्स for त्य, critical edition atyugraṃ).

Verse 26 (6.101.26)

तां चाभिजघ्निवान्मायां राक्षसस्य दुरात्मनः । संक्रुद्धश्च महावीर्यो राक्षसेन्द्रं नरोत्तमः ॥

tāṃ cābhijaghnivānmāyāṃ rākṣasasya durātmanaḥ | saṃkruddhaśca mahāvīryo rākṣasendraṃ narottamaḥ

and he struck down that illusion of the wicked rakshasa. Then the mighty best of men, enraged, covered the lord of the rakshasas

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.97.24cd + 6.97.25ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). तां चाभिजघ्निवान् (CE tāṃ cāpi jaghnivān) kept as a variant.

Verse 27 (6.101.27)

छादयामास समरे शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः । बह्वीस्तथाऽन्या मायाश्च प्रयुक्तास्तेन रक्षसा ॥

chādayāmāsa samare śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ | bahvīstathā'nyā māyāśca prayuktāstena rakṣasā

in the battle with smooth-jointed arrows. Many other illusions as well the rakshasa set to work,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.97.25cd + 6.97.26ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost).

Verse 28 (6.101.28)

सर्वास्त्रविदमेयात्मा वारयामास फाल्गुनिः । हतमायं ततो रक्षो वध्यमानं च सायकैः ॥

sarvāstravidameyātmā vārayāmāsa phālguniḥ | hatamāyaṃ tato rakṣo vadhyamānaṃ ca sāyakaiḥ

but Phalguna's son, of boundless spirit and master of every weapon, warded them all off. His illusions destroyed and struck by arrows, the rakshasa

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.97.26cd + 6.97.27ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost).

Verse 29 (6.101.29)

रथं तत्रैव संत्यज्य प्राद्रवन्महतो भयात् । तस्मिन्विनिर्जिते तूर्णं कूटयोधिनि राक्षसे ॥

rathaṃ tatraiva saṃtyajya prādravanmahato bhayāt | tasminvinirjite tūrṇaṃ kūṭayodhini rākṣase

abandoned his chariot right there and fled in great fear. When that rakshasa, the crooked fighter, had been swiftly defeated,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.97.27cd + 6.97.28ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost).

Verse 30 (6.101.30)

आर्जुनिः समरे सैन्यं तावकं संममर्द ह । मदान्धो वन्यनागेन्द्रः सपद्मां पद्मिनीमिव ॥

ārjuniḥ samare sainyaṃ tāvakaṃ saṃmamarda ha | madāndho vanyanāgendraḥ sapadmāṃ padminīmiva

Arjuna's son crushed your army in the battle, as a lordly wild elephant blind with rut crushes a pond full of lotuses.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.97.28cd + 6.97.28ef (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost).

Verse 31 (6.101.31)

ततः शान्तनवो भीष्मः सैन्यं दृष्ट्वाऽभिविद्रुतम् । महता शरवर्षेण सौभद्रं पर्यवारयत् ॥

tataḥ śāntanavo bhīṣmaḥ sainyaṃ dṛṣṭvā'bhividrutam | mahatā śaravarṣeṇa saubhadraṃ paryavārayat

Then Bhishma, son of Shantanu, seeing his army put to flight, surrounded Subhadra's son with a great shower of arrows.

Note on the text: शरवर्षेण (CE rathavaṃśena) kept as a variant.

Verse 32 (6.101.32)

कोष्ठीकृत्य च तं वीरं धार्तराष्ट्रा महारथाः । एवं सुबहवो युद्धे ततक्षुः सायकैर्दृढम् ॥

koṣṭhīkṛtya ca taṃ vīraṃ dhārtarāṣṭrā mahārathāḥ | evaṃ subahavo yuddhe tatakṣuḥ sāyakairdṛḍham

Hemming that hero in, the great chariot-warriors on Dhritarashtra's side, very many of them, cut at him hard with arrows in the fight.

Note on the text: Corrected महारथः → महारथाः (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ा, the plural is needed with धार्तराष्ट्राः, critical edition mahārathāḥ). कोष्ठीकृत्य and एवं (CE koṣṭhakīkṛtya, ekaṃ) kept as variants.

Verse 33 (6.101.33)

स तेषां रथिनां वीरः पितुस्तुल्यपराक्रमः । सदृशो वासुदेवस्य विक्रमेण बलेन च ॥

sa teṣāṃ rathināṃ vīraḥ pitustulyaparākramaḥ | sadṛśo vāsudevasya vikrameṇa balena ca

That hero, equal in prowess to his father and like Vasudeva in valour and strength, faced those chariot-warriors,

Verse 34 (6.101.34)

उभयोः सदृशं कर्म स पितुर्मातुलस्य च । रणे बहुविधं चक्रे सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरः ॥

ubhayoḥ sadṛśaṃ karma sa piturmātulasya ca | raṇe bahuvidhaṃ cakre sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ

and, best of all who bear weapons, he did deeds of many kinds in battle worthy of both his father and his maternal uncle.

Verse 35 (6.101.35)

ततो धनञ्जयो वीरो विनिघ्नंस्तव सैनिकान् । आससाद रणे भीष्मं पुत्रप्रेप्सुरमर्षणः ॥

tato dhanañjayo vīro vinighnaṃstava sainikān | āsasāda raṇe bhīṣmaṃ putraprepsuramarṣaṇaḥ

Then heroic Dhananjaya, slaying your soldiers, came upon Bhishma in the battle, unyielding and eager to reach his son.

Note on the text: वीरो (CE rājan) kept as a variant.

Verse 36 (6.101.36)

तथैव समरे राजन्पिता देवव्रतस्तव । आससाद रणे पार्थं स्वर्भानुरिव भास्करम् ॥

tathaiva samare rājanpitā devavratastava | āsasāda raṇe pārthaṃ svarbhānuriva bhāskaram

Likewise in that battle, O king, your father Devavrata came upon Partha, as Svarbhanu falls upon the sun.

Verse 37 (6.101.37)

ततः सरथनागाश्वाः पुत्रास्तव जनेश्वर । परिवव्रू रणे भीष्मं जुगुपुश्च समन्ततः ॥

tataḥ sarathanāgāśvāḥ putrāstava janeśvara | parivavrū raṇe bhīṣmaṃ jugupuśca samantataḥ

Then your sons, with chariots, elephants and horses, surrounded Bhishma in the battle and guarded him on every side, O lord of men.

Note on the text: जनेश्वर (CE viśāṃ pate) kept as a variant.

Verse 38 (6.101.38)

तथैव पाण्डवा राजन्परिवार्य धनञ्जयम् । रणाय महते युक्ता दंशिता भरतर्षभ ॥

tathaiva pāṇḍavā rājanparivārya dhanañjayam | raṇāya mahate yuktā daṃśitā bharatarṣabha

Likewise the Pandavas, O king, armoured and ready for a great battle, surrounded Dhananjaya, O bull of the Bharatas.

Verse 39 (6.101.39)

शारद्वतस्ततो राजन्भीष्मस्य प्रमुखे स्थितम् । अर्जुनं पञ्चविंशत्या सायकानां समाचिनोत् ॥

śāradvatastato rājanbhīṣmasya pramukhe sthitam | arjunaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā sāyakānāṃ samācinot

Then, O king, Kripa, son of Sharadvat, covered Arjuna, who stood in front of Bhishma, with twenty-five arrows.

Verse 40 (6.101.40)

प्रत्युद्गम्याथ विव्याध सात्यकिस्तं शितैः शरैः । पाण्डवप्रियकामार्थं शार्दूल इव कुञ्जरम् ॥

pratyudgamyātha vivyādha sātyakistaṃ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ | pāṇḍavapriyakāmārthaṃ śārdūla iva kuñjaram

Satyaki advanced against him and pierced him with sharp arrows, wishing to serve the Pandava, as a tiger strikes an elephant.

Verse 41 (6.101.41)

गौतमोऽपि त्वरायुक्तो माधवं नवभिः शरैः । हृदि विव्याध संक्रुद्धः कङ्कपत्रपरिच्छदैः ॥

gautamo'pi tvarāyukto mādhavaṃ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ | hṛdi vivyādha saṃkruddhaḥ kaṅkapatraparicchadaiḥ

Gautama too, quick and enraged, pierced Madhava in the chest with nine arrows fletched with heron feathers.

Verse 42 (6.101.42)

शैनेयोऽपि ततः क्रुद्धश्चापमानम्य वेगवान् । गौतमान्तकरं तूर्णं समाधत्त शिलीमुखम् ॥

śaineyo'pi tataḥ kruddhaścāpamānamya vegavān | gautamāntakaraṃ tūrṇaṃ samādhatta śilīmukham

Then Shaineya, enraged and swift, bent his bow and quickly set to it an arrow that would put an end to Gautama.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match; this is the critical edition's 6.97.40, whose first line reads bhṛśaṃ viddho mahārathaḥ for चापमानम्य वेगवान्, and ghoraṃ for तूर्णं. Kept as variants.

Verse 43 (6.101.43)

तमापतन्तं वेगेन शक्राशनिसमद्युतिम् । द्विधा चिच्छेद संक्रुद्धो द्रौणिः परमकोपनः ॥

tamāpatantaṃ vegena śakrāśanisamadyutim | dvidhā ciccheda saṃkruddho drauṇiḥ paramakopanaḥ

As it came on with speed, blazing like Shakra's thunderbolt, Drona's son, enraged and fiercely wrathful, cut it in two.

Verse 44 (6.101.44)

समुत्सृज्याथ शैनेयो गौतमं रथिनां वरः । अभ्यद्रवद्रणे द्रौणिं राहुः खे शशिनं यथा ॥

samutsṛjyātha śaineyo gautamaṃ rathināṃ varaḥ | abhyadravadraṇe drauṇiṃ rāhuḥ khe śaśinaṃ yathā

Then Shaineya, best of chariot-warriors, leaving Gautama, rushed at Drona's son in the battle, as Rahu in the sky rushes at the moon.

Verse 45 (6.101.45)

तस्य द्रोणसुतश्चापं द्विधा चिच्छेद भारत । अथैनं छिन्नधन्वानं ताडयामास सायकैः ॥

tasya droṇasutaścāpaṃ dvidhā ciccheda bhārata | athainaṃ chinnadhanvānaṃ tāḍayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ

Drona's son cut his bow in two, O Bharata, and then, his bow cut, struck him with arrows.

Verse 46 (6.101.46)

सोऽन्यत्कार्मुकमादाय शत्रुघ्नं भारसाधनम् । द्रौणिं षष्ट्या महाराज बाह्वोरुरसि चार्पयत् ॥

so'nyatkārmukamādāya śatrughnaṃ bhārasādhanam | drauṇiṃ ṣaṣṭyā mahārāja bāhvorurasi cārpayat

He took up another bow, deadly to foes and able to bear great strain, and struck Drona's son with sixty arrows in the arms and chest, great king.

Verse 47 (6.101.47)

स विद्धो व्यथितश्चैव मुहूर्तं कश्मलायुतः । निषसाद रथोपस्थे ध्वजयष्टिं समाश्रितः ॥

sa viddho vyathitaścaiva muhūrtaṃ kaśmalāyutaḥ | niṣasāda rathopasthe dhvajayaṣṭiṃ samāśritaḥ

Pierced and in pain, overcome for a moment by faintness, he sank down on the floor of his chariot, clinging to his flagstaff.

Note on the text: समाश्रितः (CE upāśritaḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 48 (6.101.48)

प्रतिलभ्य ततः संज्ञां द्रोणपुत्रः प्रतापवान् । वार्ष्णेयं समरे क्रुद्धो नाराचेन समार्पयत् ॥

pratilabhya tataḥ saṃjñāṃ droṇaputraḥ pratāpavān | vārṣṇeyaṃ samare kruddho nārācena samārpayat

Regaining his senses, Drona's mighty son, enraged, struck Varshneya in the battle with an iron arrow.

Note on the text: समार्पयत् (CE samardayat) kept as a variant.

Verse 49 (6.101.49)

शैनेयं स तु निर्भिद्य प्राविशद्धरणीतलम् । वसन्तकाले बलवान्बिलं सर्पशिशुर्यथा ॥

śaineyaṃ sa tu nirbhidya prāviśaddharaṇītalam | vasantakāle balavānbilaṃ sarpaśiśuryathā

It went right through Shaineya and entered the ground, as a strong young snake enters its hole in springtime.

Verse 50 (6.101.50)

अथापरेण भल्लेन माधवस्य ध्वजोत्तमम् । चिच्छेद समरे द्रौणिः सिंहनादं मुमोच ह ॥

athāpareṇa bhallena mādhavasya dhvajottamam | ciccheda samare drauṇiḥ siṃhanādaṃ mumoca ha

Then with another broad-headed arrow Drona's son cut down Madhava's fine banner in the battle and let out a lion's roar.

Note on the text: अथापरेण and मुमोच ह (CE tato 'pareṇa, nanāda ca) kept as variants.

Verse 51 (6.101.51)

पुनश्चैनं शरैर्घोरैश्छादयामास भारत । निदाघान्ते महाराज यथा मेघो दिवाकरम् ॥

punaścainaṃ śarairghoraiśchādayāmāsa bhārata | nidāghānte mahārāja yathā megho divākaram

And again, O Bharata, he covered him with terrible arrows, as a cloud covers the sun at the end of the hot season, great king.

Verse 52 (6.101.52)

सात्यकिश्च महाराज शरजालं निहत्य तत् । द्रौणिमभ्याकिरत्तूर्णं शरजालैरनेकधा ॥

sātyakiśca mahārāja śarajālaṃ nihatya tat | drauṇimabhyākirattūrṇaṃ śarajālairanekadhā

Satyaki, great king, destroyed that net of arrows and swiftly showered Drona's son with nets of arrows in many ways.

Note on the text: Corrected सात्यकोऽपि → सात्यकिश्च (misprint in Wikisource; सात्यक is no form of the hero's name, and सात्यकिरपि would break the metre, so the critical edition's sātyakiś ca is followed). अभ्याकिरत् (CE abhyapatat) kept as a variant.

Verse 53 (6.101.53)

तापयामास च द्रौणिं शैनेयः परवीरहा । विमुक्तो मेघजालेन यथैव तपनस्तथा ॥

tāpayāmāsa ca drauṇiṃ śaineyaḥ paravīrahā | vimukto meghajālena yathaiva tapanastathā

And Shaineya, slayer of enemy heroes, scorched Drona's son, like the sun freed from a net of clouds.

Note on the text: Corrected परवारहा → परवीरहा (misprint in Wikisource; ा for ी, critical edition paravīrahā).

Verse 54 (6.101.54)

शराणां च सहस्रेण पुनरेव समुद्यतः । सात्यकिश्छादयामास ननाद च महाबलः ॥

śarāṇāṃ ca sahasreṇa punareva samudyataḥ | sātyakiśchādayāmāsa nanāda ca mahābalaḥ

Rising up again, mighty Satyaki covered him with a thousand arrows and roared.

Note on the text: पुनरेव समुद्यतः (CE punar enaṃ samudyatam) kept as a variant.

Verse 55 (6.101.55)

दृष्ट्वा पुत्रं च तं ग्रस्तं राहुणेव निशाकरम् । अभ्यद्रवत शैनेयं भारद्वाजः प्रतापवान् ॥

dṛṣṭvā putraṃ ca taṃ grastaṃ rāhuṇeva niśākaram | abhyadravata śaineyaṃ bhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān

Seeing his son swallowed like the moon by Rahu, mighty Drona, son of Bharadvaja, rushed at Shaineya

Note on the text: च (CE tathā) kept as a variant.

Verse 56 (6.101.56)

विव्याध च सुतीक्ष्णेन पृषत्केन महामृधे । परीप्सन्स्वसुतं राजन्वार्ष्णेयेनाभिपीडितम् ॥

vivyādha ca sutīkṣṇena pṛṣatkena mahāmṛdhe | parīpsansvasutaṃ rājanvārṣṇeyenābhipīḍitam

and in the great battle pierced him with a very sharp arrow, O king, eager to rescue his own son, who was hard pressed by Varshneya.

Note on the text: Corrected खसुतं → स्वसुतं (misprint in Wikisource; ख for स्व, critical edition svasutaṃ). अभिपीडितम् (CE abhitāpitam) kept as a variant.

Verse 57 (6.101.57)

सात्यकिस्तु रणे हित्वा गुरुपुत्रं महारथम् । द्रोणं विव्याध विंशत्या सर्वपारशवैः शरैः ॥

sātyakistu raṇe hitvā guruputraṃ mahāratham | droṇaṃ vivyādha viṃśatyā sarvapāraśavaiḥ śaraiḥ

But Satyaki, leaving the great chariot-warrior, his teacher's son, in the battle, pierced Drona with twenty arrows made wholly of iron.

Note on the text: हित्वा (CE jitvā) kept as a variant.

Verse 58 (6.101.58)

तदन्तरममेयात्मा कौन्तेयः शत्रुतापनः । अभ्यद्रवद्रणे क्रुद्धो द्रोणं प्रति महारथः ॥

tadantaramameyātmā kaunteyaḥ śatrutāpanaḥ | abhyadravadraṇe kruddho droṇaṃ prati mahārathaḥ

At that moment Kaunteya, of boundless spirit, scorcher of foes, the great chariot-warrior, rushed in anger at Drona in the battle.

Note on the text: शत्रुतापनः (CE śvetavāhanaḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 59 (6.101.59)

ततो द्रोणश्च पार्थश्च समेयातां महामृधे । यथा बुधश्च शुक्रश्च महाराज नभस्तले ॥

tato droṇaśca pārthaśca sameyātāṃ mahāmṛdhe | yathā budhaśca śukraśca mahārāja nabhastale

Then Drona and Partha met in the great battle, great king, as Budha and Shukra meet in the sky.