Shakuni's Cavalry Destroyed; Shalya Attacks Yudhishthira

Verse 1 (6.105.1)

दृष्ट्वा भीष्मं रणे क्रुद्धं पाण्डवैरभिसंवृतम् । यथा मेघैर्महाराज तपान्ते दिवि भास्करम् ॥

dṛṣṭvā bhīṣmaṃ raṇe kruddhaṃ pāṇḍavairabhisaṃvṛtam | yathā meghairmahārāja tapānte divi bhāskaram

Seeing Bhishma, furious in battle, hemmed in by the Pandavas, great king, like the sun in the sky at the end of the hot season shut in by clouds,

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: checked against the raw Wikisource page (a table, one row per verse, 6-105-1 to 6-105-37, headed सञ्जय उवाच at verses 1, 7 and 29 — the headings at 7 and 29 close Duryodhana's speeches in verses 3–6 and 27–28 — and ending with its colophon naming this the 105th adhyaya, on the ninth day of battle). Page and input agree on all 37 verses; together they correspond to the critical edition 6.101.1–33 plus its star passages 6.101.15f*0402 and 32f*0405 (lines 1–4), which the page partly marks off with backticks. The page prints the critical edition's three-line verses 6.101.15, 31 and 32 as couplets. The critical edition's star passages *0401, *0403, *0404 and *0406 are not on the page and were not added. In this verse, corrected युद्धं → क्रुद्धं (misprint in Wikisource; युद्धं makes no sense as a description of Bhishma; the critical edition reads kruddhaṃ).

Verse 2 (6.105.2)

दुर्योधनो महाराज दुःशासनमभाषत । एष शूरो महेष्वासो भीष्मः शूरनिषूदनः ॥

duryodhano mahārāja duḥśāsanamabhāṣata | eṣa śūro maheṣvāso bhīṣmaḥ śūraniṣūdanaḥ

Duryodhana, great king, said to Duhshasana: "This brave great archer Bhishma, slayer of heroes,

Note on the text: शूरनिषूदनः (CE śatruniṣūdanaḥ) kept as a variant. Duryodhana's speech begins in line 2 and stays with the narrator here.

Verse 3 (6.105.3)

छादितः पाण्डवैः शूरैः समन्ताद्भरतर्षभ । तस्य कार्यं त्वया वीर रक्षणं सुमहात्मनः ॥

chāditaḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ śūraiḥ samantādbharatarṣabha | tasya kāryaṃ tvayā vīra rakṣaṇaṃ sumahātmanaḥ

is hemmed in on every side by the brave Pandavas, bull of the Bharatas. It is for you, hero, to protect that great-souled man.

Note on the text: No heading on the page for Duryodhana's speech (verses 3–6); it is given to him, and the page's own सञ्जय उवाच before verse 7 closes it.

Verse 4 (6.105.4)

रक्ष्यमाणो हि समरे भीष्मोऽस्माकं पितामहः । निहन्यात्समरे यत्तान्पाञ्चालान्पाण्डवैः सह ॥

rakṣyamāṇo hi samare bhīṣmo'smākaṃ pitāmahaḥ | nihanyātsamare yattānpāñcālānpāṇḍavaiḥ saha

For if he is guarded in battle, Bhishma our grandsire will slay the Panchalas, striving in the fight, together with the Pandavas.

Verse 5 (6.105.5)

तत्र कार्यतमं मन्ये भीष्मस्यैवाभिरक्षणम् । गोप्ता ह्येष महेष्वासो भीष्मोऽस्माकं महाव्रतः ॥

tatra kāryatamaṃ manye bhīṣmasyaivābhirakṣaṇam | goptā hyeṣa maheṣvāso bhīṣmo'smākaṃ mahāvrataḥ

So I think the most needful task is to guard Bhishma himself, for this great archer Bhishma, he of the great vow, is our protector.

Note on the text: कार्यतमं and महाव्रतः (CE kāryam ahaṃ, pitāmahaḥ) kept as variants.

Verse 6 (6.105.6)

स भवान्सर्वसैन्येन परिवार्य पितामहम् । समरे कर्म कुर्वाणं दुष्करं परिरक्षतु ॥

sa bhavānsarvasainyena parivārya pitāmaham | samare karma kurvāṇaṃ duṣkaraṃ parirakṣatu

So surround the grandsire with the whole army and guard him while he does his hard work in the battle."

Verse 7 (6.105.7)

स एवमुक्तः समरे पुत्रो दुःशासनस्तव । परिवार्य स्थितो भीष्मं सैन्येन महता वृतः ॥

sa evamuktaḥ samare putro duḥśāsanastava | parivārya sthito bhīṣmaṃ sainyena mahatā vṛtaḥ

So addressed, your son Duhshasana surrounded Bhishma in the battle and took his stand, encircled by a great army.

Verse 8 (6.105.8)

ततः शतसहस्राणां हयानां सुबलात्मजः । विमलप्रासहस्तानामृष्टितोमरधारिणाम् ॥

tataḥ śatasahasrāṇāṃ hayānāṃ subalātmajaḥ | vimalaprāsahastānāmṛṣṭitomaradhāriṇām

Then Subala's son, with a host of a hundred thousand horses, their riders carrying bright lances, swords and javelins,

Note on the text: शतसहस्राणां (CE śatasahasreṇa) kept as a variant; the page's gloss carries over सैन्येन from the previous verse, 'with an army of a hundred thousand horses'.

Verse 9 (6.105.9)

दर्पितानां सुवेगानां बलस्थानां पताकिनाम् । शिक्षितैर्युद्धकुशलैरुपेतानां नरोत्तमैः ॥

darpitānāṃ suvegānāṃ balasthānāṃ patākinām | śikṣitairyuddhakuśalairupetānāṃ narottamaiḥ

proud, swift, strong, bearing pennons, and mounted by the best of men, trained and skilled in war,

Verse 10 (6.105.10)

नकुलं सहदेवं च धर्मराजं च पाण्डवम् । न्यवारयन्नरश्रेष्ठान्परिवार्य समन्ततः ॥

nakulaṃ sahadevaṃ ca dharmarājaṃ ca pāṇḍavam | nyavārayannaraśreṣṭhānparivārya samantataḥ

surrounded Nakula, Sahadeva and the Pandava Dharmaraja on every side and held back those best of men.

Note on the text: नरश्रेष्ठान् (CE naraśreṣṭhaṃ) kept as a variant.

Verse 11 (6.105.11)

ततो दुर्योधनो राजा शूराणां हयसादिनाम् । अयुतं प्रेषयामास पाण्डवानां निवारणे ॥

tato duryodhano rājā śūrāṇāṃ hayasādinām | ayutaṃ preṣayāmāsa pāṇḍavānāṃ nivāraṇe

Then King Duryodhana sent ten thousand brave horsemen to hold back the Pandavas.

Verse 12 (6.105.12)

तैः प्रविष्टैर्महावेगैर्गरुत्मद्भिरिवाहवे । खुराहता धरा राजंश्चकम्पे च ननाद च ॥

taiḥ praviṣṭairmahāvegairgarutmadbhirivāhave | khurāhatā dharā rājaṃścakampe ca nanāda ca

As they swept in at great speed, like so many Garudas in the battle, the earth, beaten by their hooves, O king, trembled and resounded.

Verse 13 (6.105.13)

खुरशब्दश्च सुमहान्वाजिनां शुश्रुवे तदा । महावंशवनस्येव दह्यमानस्य पर्वते ॥

khuraśabdaśca sumahānvājināṃ śuśruve tadā | mahāvaṃśavanasyeva dahyamānasya parvate

The great noise of the horses' hooves was heard then like the noise of a great bamboo forest burning on a mountain.

Verse 14 (6.105.14)

उत्पतद्भिश्च तैस्तत्र समुद्धूतं महद्रजः । दिवाकररथं प्राप्य च्छादयामास भास्करम् ॥

utpatadbhiśca taistatra samuddhūtaṃ mahadrajaḥ | divākararathaṃ prāpya cchādayāmāsa bhāskaram

The great cloud of dust they raised as they sprang forward reached the chariot of the sun and hid the sun.

Note on the text: दिवाकररथं (CE divākarapathaṃ) kept as a variant.

Verse 15 (6.105.15)

वेगवद्भिर्हयैस्तैस्तु क्षोभिता पाण्डवी चमूः । निपतद्भिर्महावेगैर्हंसैरिव महत्सरः ॥

vegavadbhirhayaistaistu kṣobhitā pāṇḍavī camūḥ | nipatadbhirmahāvegairhaṃsairiva mahatsaraḥ

Those swift horses threw the Pandava host into turmoil, as great swans swooping down at speed churn up a great lake.

Note on the text: Corrected पाण्डवीक चमूः → पाण्डवी चमूः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क, 'the Pandava host'; the critical edition has the same sense with pāṇḍavaṃ balam). These lines are the critical edition's 6.101.15ab–cd; its third line opens the next verse. The automatic alignment missed this verse.

Verse 16 (6.105.16)

हेषतां चैव शब्देन न प्राज्ञायत किंचन । अन्तर्दधे महाञ्शब्दस्तेन शब्देन मोहितः ॥

heṣatāṃ caiva śabdena na prājñāyata kiṃcana | antardadhe mahāñśabdastena śabdena mohitaḥ

In the din of their neighing nothing else could be made out; every other great sound was lost, drowned by that sound.

Note on the text: Removed a backtick, a quote mark and a stray double danda that the page prints around line 2. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.101.15ef; line 2 is its star passage 6.101.15f*0402, not in the constituted text. The automatic alignment missed this verse.

Verse 17 (6.105.17)

ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ । प्रत्यघ्नंस्तरसा वेगं समरे हयसादिनाम् ॥

tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau | pratyaghnaṃstarasā vegaṃ samare hayasādinām

Then King Yudhishthira and the two Pandavas born of Madri beat back the onrush of the horsemen with force in the battle,

Verse 18 (6.105.18)

उद्वृत्तस्य महाराज प्रावृट्कालेऽतिपूर्यतः । पौर्णमास्यामम्बुवेगं यथा वेला महोदधेः ॥

udvṛttasya mahārāja prāvṛṭkāle'tipūryataḥ | paurṇamāsyāmambuvegaṃ yathā velā mahodadheḥ

as the shore holds back the surge of the great ocean, swollen in the rains and brimming over on the night of the full moon, great king.

Note on the text: प्रावृट्कालेऽतिपूर्यतः (CE prāvṛṭkālena pūryataḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 19 (6.105.19)

ततस्ते रथिनो राजञ्शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः । न्यकृन्तन्नुत्तमाङ्गानि शरेण हयसादिनाम् ॥

tataste rathino rājañśaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ | nyakṛntannuttamāṅgāni śareṇa hayasādinām

Then those chariot-warriors, O king, with straight-jointed arrows, cut off the heads of the horsemen.

Note on the text: शरेण (CE kāyebhyo) kept as a variant.

Verse 20 (6.105.20)

ते निपेतुर्महाराज निहता दृढधन्विभिः । नागैरिव महानागा यथावद्गिरिगह्वरे ॥

te nipeturmahārāja nihatā dṛḍhadhanvibhiḥ | nāgairiva mahānāgā yathāvadgirigahvare

Slain by those strong-bowed warriors, great king, they fell like great elephants struck down by elephants in a mountain ravine.

Note on the text: यथावद्गिरिगह्वरे (CE yathā syur girigahvare) kept as a variant.

Verse 21 (6.105.21)

तेऽपि प्रासैः सुनिशितैः शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः । न्यकृन्तन्नुत्तमाङ्गानि विचरन्तो दिशो दश ॥

te'pi prāsaiḥ suniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ | nyakṛntannuttamāṅgāni vicaranto diśo daśa

They too, with very sharp lances and straight-jointed arrows, cut off heads as they ranged in all ten directions.

Verse 22 (6.105.22)

अभ्याहता हयारोहा ऋष्टिभिर्भरतर्षभ । अत्यजन्नुत्तमाङ्गानि फलानीव महाद्रुमाः ॥

abhyāhatā hayārohā ṛṣṭibhirbharatarṣabha | atyajannuttamāṅgāni phalānīva mahādrumāḥ

Struck down by swords, bull of the Bharatas, the horsemen gave up their heads as great trees let fall their fruit.

Note on the text: अभ्याहता, अत्यजन् and महाद्रुमाः (CE atyāsannā, acchinann, mahādrumāt) kept as variants.

Verse 23 (6.105.23)

ससादिनो हया राजंस्तत्रतत्र निषूदिताः । पतिताः पात्यमानाश्च प्रत्यदृश्यन्त सर्वशः ॥

sasādino hayā rājaṃstatratatra niṣūditāḥ | patitāḥ pātyamānāśca pratyadṛśyanta sarvaśaḥ

Horses and their riders, O king, were cut down here and there; fallen and falling, they were seen everywhere.

Note on the text: Corrected समादिनो → ससादिनो (misprint in Wikisource; म for स, 'with their riders'; the critical edition reads sasādino). प्रत्यदृश्यन्त सर्वशः (CE śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 24 (6.105.24)

वध्यमाना हयाश्चैव प्राद्रवन्त भयार्दिताः । यथा सिंहं समासाद्य मृगाः प्राणपरायणाः ॥

vadhyamānā hayāścaiva prādravanta bhayārditāḥ | yathā siṃhaṃ samāsādya mṛgāḥ prāṇaparāyaṇāḥ

And the horses, as they were slaughtered, ran off in terror, like deer that have met a lion and run for their lives.

Note on the text: हयाश्चैव and सिंहं (CE hayās te tu, siṃhān) kept as variants. The critical edition's star passage *0403 after this verse is not on the page.

Verse 25 (6.105.25)

पाण्डवाश्च महाराज जित्वा शत्रून्महामृधे । दध्मुः शङ्खांश्च भेरीश्च ताडयामासुराहवे ॥

pāṇḍavāśca mahārāja jitvā śatrūnmahāmṛdhe | dadhmuḥ śaṅkhāṃśca bherīśca tāḍayāmāsurāhave

And the Pandavas, great king, having beaten their foes in the great battle, blew their conches and beat their drums on the field.

Note on the text: महामृधे (CE mahāhave) kept as a variant.

Verse 26 (6.105.26)

ततो दुर्योधनो दीनो दृष्ट्वा सैन्यं पराजितम् । अब्रवीद्भरतश्रेष्ठ मद्रराजमिदं वचः ॥

tato duryodhano dīno dṛṣṭvā sainyaṃ parājitam | abravīdbharataśreṣṭha madrarājamidaṃ vacaḥ

Then Duryodhana, downcast at seeing his army beaten, spoke these words to the king of the Madras, best of the Bharatas:

Note on the text: Corrected अब्रवीद्रतश्रेष्ठ → अब्रवीद्भरतश्रेष्ठ (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped भ; the critical edition reads abravīd bharataśreṣṭha). Line 1 (दीनो दृष्ट्वा सैन्यं पराजितम् for dṛṣṭvā dīnaṃ sainyam avasthitam) kept as a variant. The critical edition's star passage *0404 after this verse is not on the page.

Verse 27 (6.105.27)

एष पाण्डुसुतो ज्येष्ठो यमाभ्यां सहितो रणे । पश्यतां वो महाबाहो सेनां द्रावयति प्रभो ॥

eṣa pāṇḍusuto jyeṣṭho yamābhyāṃ sahito raṇe | paśyatāṃ vo mahābāho senāṃ drāvayati prabho

"This eldest son of Pandu, together with the twins, is routing our army in the battle while you look on, mighty-armed lord.

Note on the text: No heading on the page; Duryodhana's words to Shalya (verses 27–28), closed by the page's सञ्जय उवाच before verse 29, are given to him. Corresponds to the critical edition's 6.101.26 with variants (यमाभ्यां सहितो रणे for jitvā mātula māmakān; वो and द्रावयति प्रभो for no and drāvayate balī); the automatic alignment missed it.

Verse 28 (6.105.28)

तं वारय महाबाहो वेलेव मकरालयम् । त्वं हि संश्रूयसेऽत्यर्थमसह्यबलविक्रमः ॥

taṃ vāraya mahābāho veleva makarālayam | tvaṃ hi saṃśrūyase'tyarthamasahyabalavikramaḥ

Hold him back, mighty-armed one, as the shore holds back the ocean, for you are renowned far and wide for strength and valour none can withstand."

Verse 29 (6.105.29)

पुत्रस्य तव तद्वाक्यं श्रुत्वा शल्यः प्रतापवान् । स ययौ रथवंशेन यत्र राजा युधिष्ठिरः ॥

putrasya tava tadvākyaṃ śrutvā śalyaḥ pratāpavān | sa yayau rathavaṃśena yatra rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Hearing your son's words, mighty Shalya went with a column of chariots to where King Yudhishthira was.

Note on the text: स ययौ (CE prayayau) kept as a variant.

Verse 30 (6.105.30)

तदापतद्वै सहसा शल्यस्य सुमहद्बलम् । महौघवेगं समरे वारयामास पाण्डवः ॥

tadāpatadvai sahasā śalyasya sumahadbalam | mahaughavegaṃ samare vārayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ

As Shalya's great force bore down suddenly with the force of a great flood, the Pandava held it back in the battle.

Verse 31 (6.105.31)

मद्रराजं च समरे धर्मराजो महारथः । दशभिः सायकैस्तूर्णमाजघान स्तनान्तरे । नकुलः सहदेवश्च तं सप्तभिरजिह्मगैः ॥

madrarājaṃ ca samare dharmarājo mahārathaḥ | daśabhiḥ sāyakaistūrṇamājaghāna stanāntare | nakulaḥ sahadevaśca taṃ saptabhirajihmagaiḥ

And in the battle Dharmaraja, the great chariot-warrior, quickly struck the king of the Madras in the chest with ten arrows, and Nakula and Sahadeva struck him with seven straight-flying arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected अजिह्नगैः → अजिह्मगैः (misprint in Wikisource; ह्न for ह्म, 'straight-flying'; the critical edition reads ajihmagaiḥ). तं सप्तभिः (CE tribhis tribhir) kept as a variant.

Verse 32 (6.105.32)

मद्रराजोऽपि तान्सर्वानाजघान त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः । युधिष्ठिरं पुनः षष्ट्या विव्याध निशितैः शरैः ॥

madrarājo'pi tānsarvānājaghāna tribhistribhiḥ | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ punaḥ ṣaṣṭyā vivyādha niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

The king of the Madras struck each of them with three arrows, and pierced Yudhishthira again with sixty sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 of the critical edition's three-line 6.101.31; its third line opens the next verse. The automatic alignment missed this verse.

Verse 33 (6.105.33)

माद्रीपुत्रौ च संभ्रान्तौ द्वाभ्यां द्वाभ्यामताडयत् । ततो भीमो महाबाहुर्दृष्ट्वा राजानमाहवे ॥

mādrīputrau ca saṃbhrāntau dvābhyāṃ dvābhyāmatāḍayat | tato bhīmo mahābāhurdṛṣṭvā rājānamāhave

He struck each of the flustered sons of Madri with two arrows. Then mighty-armed Bhima, seeing the king in the battle

Note on the text: Corrected महाबहुः → महाबाहुः and राजनमाहवे → राजानमाहवे (misprints in Wikisource; dropped vowel signs; the critical edition reads mahābāhur, rājānam āhave). Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.101.31ef (संभ्रान्तौ for saṃrabdhau); line 2 is 6.101.32ab. The automatic alignment missed this verse.

Verse 34 (6.105.34)

मद्रराजवशं प्राप्तं मृत्योरास्यगतं यथा । अभ्यपद्यत संग्रामे युधिष्ठिरममित्रजित् ॥

madrarājavaśaṃ prāptaṃ mṛtyorāsyagataṃ yathā | abhyapadyata saṃgrāme yudhiṣṭhiramamitrajit

fallen into the power of the king of the Madras, as if into the jaws of death, came to Yudhishthira's side in the fight, the conqueror of his foes.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.101.32cd–ef (अभ्यपद्यत for abhyadravata). The automatic alignment missed this verse.

Verse 35 (6.105.35)

आपतन्नेव भीमस्तु मद्रराजमताडयत् । सर्वपारशवैस्तीक्ष्णैर्नाराचैर्मर्मभेदिभिः ॥

āpatanneva bhīmastu madrarājamatāḍayat | sarvapāraśavaistīkṣṇairnārācairmarmabhedibhiḥ

Even as he came on, Bhima struck the king of the Madras with keen shafts of solid iron that pierce the vitals.

Note on the text: Removed a backtick, a quote mark and a stray danda that the page prints around line 1. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 6.101.32f*0405, lines 1–2.

Verse 36 (6.105.36)

ततो भीष्मश्च द्रोणश्च सैन्येन महता वृतौ । राजानमभ्यपद्येतामञ्जसा शरवर्षिणौ ॥

tato bhīṣmaśca droṇaśca sainyena mahatā vṛtau | rājānamabhyapadyetāmañjasā śaravarṣiṇau

Then Bhishma and Drona, surrounded by a great army, came swiftly at the king, raining arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 6.101.32f*0405, lines 3–4. The critical edition's star passage *0406 after it is not on the page.

Verse 37 (6.105.37)

ततो युद्धं महाघोरं प्रावर्तत सुदारुणम् । अपरां दिशमास्थाय द्योतमाने दिवाकरे ॥

tato yuddhaṃ mahāghoraṃ prāvartata sudāruṇam | aparāṃ diśamāsthāya dyotamāne divākare

Then a terrible, most dreadful battle went on, while the sun, shining, moved toward the western quarter.