Yudhishthira Asks Bhishma How He May Be Slain

Verse 1 (6.107.1)

युध्यतामेव तेषां तु भास्करेऽस्तमुपागते । सन्ध्या समभवद्धोरा नापश्याम ततो रणम् ॥

yudhyatāmeva teṣāṃ tu bhāskare'stamupāgate | sandhyā samabhavaddhorā nāpaśyāma tato raṇam

While they were still fighting, the sun went down to its setting. A dreadful dusk came on, and after that we could no longer see the battle.

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: checked against the raw Wikisource page (a table, one row per verse, 6-107-1 to 6-107-108, with headings सञ्जय उवाच at 1, 25, 52, 56 and between the lines of 69, श्रीभगवानुवाच at 26, युधिष्ठिर उवाच at 41 and 73, भीष्म उवाच at 75, श्रीवासुदेव उवाच at 96 and अर्जुन उवाच at 103, ending with the colophon naming this the 107th adhyaya). Page and input agree on all 108 rows; verse 69 is split at its heading, giving 109 verses. Together they correspond to the critical edition 6.103.1–101 (Wikisource divides several of its three-line verses into couplets, so its numbering runs ahead). The page carries the critical edition's star passages *0423, *0427, *0429, *0431, *0432 and *0433, marked with wiki quote marks; *0424, *0425, *0426, *0428, *0430 and *0434 are not on the page. The unmatched 6.102.78 belongs to the end of the previous adhyaya and has no counterpart here.

Verse 2 (6.107.2)

ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा सन्ध्यां संदृश्य भारत । वध्यमानं च भीष्मेण त्यक्तास्त्रं भयविह्वलम् ॥

tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā sandhyāṃ saṃdṛśya bhārata | vadhyamānaṃ ca bhīṣmeṇa tyaktāstraṃ bhayavihvalam

Then King Yudhishthira, O Bharata, saw that dusk had fallen, that his army, being slain by Bhishma, had thrown down its weapons and was overcome with fear,

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match because line 2 differs: वध्यमानं च भीष्मेण त्यक्तास्त्रं भयविह्वलम् where the critical edition 6.103.2cd has vadhyamānaṃ balaṃ cāpi bhīṣmeṇāmitraghātinā; kept as a recension variant (line 1 is identical).

Verse 3 (6.107.3)

स्वसैन्यं च परावृत्तं पलायनपरायणम् । भीष्मं च युधि संरब्धं पीडयन्तं महारथम् ॥

svasainyaṃ ca parāvṛttaṃ palāyanaparāyaṇam | bhīṣmaṃ ca yudhi saṃrabdhaṃ pīḍayantaṃ mahāratham

that his own troops had turned back and were bent only on flight, and that Bhishma, the great chariot-warrior, was raging in the battle and harrying them;

Note on the text: स्वसैन्यं च (CE muktaśastraṃ) and पीडयन्तं महारथम् (CE anuyāntaṃ mahārathān) kept as variants.

Verse 4 (6.107.4)

सोमकांश्च जितान्दृष्ट्वा निरुत्साहान्महारथान् । निशामुखं च संप्रेक्ष्य घोररूपं भयानकम् । चिन्तयित्वा ततो राज्ञामपहारमकारयत् ॥

somakāṃśca jitāndṛṣṭvā nirutsāhānmahārathān | niśāmukhaṃ ca saṃprekṣya ghorarūpaṃ bhayānakam | cintayitvā tato rājñāmapahāramakārayat

and seeing the Somakas beaten and their great chariot-warriors disheartened, and looking at the face of night coming on, dreadful and fearsome, he took thought and had the kings withdraw from the fight.

Note on the text: A three-line verse as the page prints it (4a–c). Lines 1 and 3 are the critical edition's 6.103.4ab and cd (line 3 with the variant चिन्तयित्वा ततो राज्ञामपहारमकारयत् for cintayitvā ciraṃ dhyātvā avahāram arocayat); line 2 is its star passage 6.103.4b*0423, not in the constituted text. Removed the wiki quote marks (` … ') around line 2 and the stray danda printed inside them.

Verse 5 (6.107.5)

ततोऽपहारं सैन्यानां चक्रे राजा युधिष्ठिरः । तथैव तव सैन्यानामपहारो ह्यभूत्तदा ॥

tato'pahāraṃ sainyānāṃ cakre rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | tathaiva tava sainyānāmapahāro hyabhūttadā

So King Yudhishthira withdrew his forces, and in the same way your forces too were withdrawn at that time.

Note on the text: Corrected अपहारे → अपहारो (misprint in Wikisource; the locative leaves the verb ह्यभूत् without a subject, the critical edition reads avahāro hy abhūt). अपहार for the critical edition's avahāra (here and below) kept as Wikisource's spelling.

Verse 6 (6.107.6)

ततोऽपहारं सैन्यानां कृत्वा तत्र महारथाः । न्यविशन्त कुरुश्रेष्ठ संग्रामे क्षतविक्षताः ॥

tato'pahāraṃ sainyānāṃ kṛtvā tatra mahārathāḥ | nyaviśanta kuruśreṣṭha saṃgrāme kṣatavikṣatāḥ

Having withdrawn their forces, the great chariot-warriors, wounded and torn in the battle, went to rest in their quarters, O best of the Kurus.

Verse 7 (6.107.7)

भीष्मस्य समरे कर्म चिन्तयानास्तु पाण्डवाः । नालभन्त तदा शान्तिं भीष्मबाणप्रपीडिताः ॥

bhīṣmasya samare karma cintayānāstu pāṇḍavāḥ | nālabhanta tadā śāntiṃ bhīṣmabāṇaprapīḍitāḥ

The Pandavas, brooding on what Bhishma had done in battle and tormented by Bhishma's arrows, found no peace that night.

Note on the text: भीष्मबाणप्रपीडिताः (CE bhṛśaṃ bhīṣmeṇa pīḍitāḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 8 (6.107.8)

भीष्मोऽपि समरे जित्वा पाण्डवान्सह सृञ्जयान् । पूज्यमानस्तव सुतैर्वन्द्यमानश्च भारत ॥

bhīṣmo'pi samare jitvā pāṇḍavānsaha sṛñjayān | pūjyamānastava sutairvandyamānaśca bhārata

Bhishma too, having beaten the Pandavas and the Srinjayas in battle, honored and saluted by your sons, O Bharata,

Note on the text: सह सृञ्जयान् (CE saha sṛñjayaiḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 9 (6.107.9)

न्यविशत्कुरुभिः सार्धं हृष्टरूपैः समन्ततः । ततो रात्रिः समभवत्सर्वभूतप्रमोहिनी ॥

nyaviśatkurubhiḥ sārdhaṃ hṛṣṭarūpaiḥ samantataḥ | tato rātriḥ samabhavatsarvabhūtapramohinī

went to his quarters with the Kurus, who were rejoicing all around him. Then came night, which bewilders all creatures.

Verse 10 (6.107.10)

तस्मिन्रात्रिमुखे घोरे पाण्डवा वृष्णिभिः सह । सृञ्जयाश्च दुराधर्षा मन्त्राय समुपाविशन् ॥

tasminrātrimukhe ghore pāṇḍavā vṛṣṇibhiḥ saha | sṛñjayāśca durādharṣā mantrāya samupāviśan

At the onset of that dreadful night the Pandavas, with the Vrishnis and the unassailable Srinjayas, sat down to take counsel.

Verse 11 (6.107.11)

आत्मनिःश्रेयसं सर्वे प्राप्तकालं महाबलाः । मन्त्रयामासुरव्यग्रा मन्त्रनिश्चयकोविदाः ॥

ātmaniḥśreyasaṃ sarve prāptakālaṃ mahābalāḥ | mantrayāmāsuravyagrā mantraniścayakovidāḥ

All those mighty men, skilled at reaching decisions in counsel, calmly deliberated on what was best for themselves and what the hour required.

Verse 12 (6.107.12)

ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा मन्त्रयित्वा चिरं नृप । वासुदेवं समुद्वीक्ष्य वचनं चेदमाददे ॥

tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā mantrayitvā ciraṃ nṛpa | vāsudevaṃ samudvīkṣya vacanaṃ cedamādade

Then King Yudhishthira, after long deliberation, O king, looked toward Vasudeva and spoke these words:

Note on the text: वचनं चेदमाददे (CE vākyam etad uvāca ha) kept as a variant.

Verse 13 (6.107.13)

कृष्ण पश्य महात्मानं भीष्मं भीमपराक्रमम् । गजं नलवनानीव विमृद्नन्तं बलं मम ॥

kṛṣṇa paśya mahātmānaṃ bhīṣmaṃ bhīmaparākramam | gajaṃ nalavanānīva vimṛdnantaṃ balaṃ mama

Krishna, look at the great-souled Bhishma of terrible prowess, crushing my army as an elephant crushes a bed of reeds.

Note on the text: Speaker: Yudhishthira's speech (verses 13–24) has no printed heading on the page (the सञ्जय heading of verse 1 carries over until the सञ्जय heading at verse 25); it is given to Yudhishthira, whose words verse 12 introduces. Corrected माहात्मानं → महात्मानं (misprint in Wikisource; a stray long ā, critical edition mahātmānaṃ) and विमृद्गन्तं → विमृद्नन्तं (misprint in Wikisource; ग for न in the present participle of mṛd, critical edition vimṛdnantaṃ). The order कृष्ण पश्य (CE paśya kṛṣṇa) kept as a variant.

Verse 14 (6.107.14)

न चैवैनं महात्मानमुत्सहामो निरीक्षितुम् । लेलिह्यमानं सैन्येषु प्रवृद्धमिव पावकम् ॥

na caivainaṃ mahātmānamutsahāmo nirīkṣitum | lelihyamānaṃ sainyeṣu pravṛddhamiva pāvakam

We cannot even bear to look at that great-souled man as he licks at our troops like a fire blazing high.

Verse 15 (6.107.15)

यथा घोरो महानागस्तक्षको वै विषोल्बणः । तथा भीष्मो रणे क्रुद्धस्तीक्ष्णशस्त्रः प्रतापवान् ॥

yathā ghoro mahānāgastakṣako vai viṣolbaṇaḥ | tathā bhīṣmo raṇe kruddhastīkṣṇaśastraḥ pratāpavān

As the dreadful great serpent Takshaka is, swollen with venom, so is Bhishma in battle when he is angry, sharp-weaponed and blazing with power.

Note on the text: क्रुद्धस् (CE kṛṣṇa) kept as a variant.

Verse 16 (6.107.16)

गृहीतचापः समरे प्रमुञ्चन्निशिताञ्छरान् । शक्यो जेतुं यमः क्रुद्धो वज्रपाणिश्च देवराट् ॥

gṛhītacāpaḥ samare pramuñcanniśitāñcharān | śakyo jetuṃ yamaḥ kruddho vajrapāṇiśca devarāṭ

When he has taken up his bow in battle and is loosing his whetted arrows, Yama in his anger could sooner be conquered, and the king of the gods with the thunderbolt in his hand,

Note on the text: प्रमुञ्चन्निशिताञ्छरान् (CE vimuñcaṃś ca śitāñ śarān) kept as a variant.

Verse 17 (6.107.17)

वरुणः पाशभृच्चापि सगदो वा धनेश्वरः । न तु भीष्मः सुसंक्रुद्धः शक्यो जेतुं महाहवे ॥

varuṇaḥ pāśabhṛccāpi sagado vā dhaneśvaraḥ | na tu bhīṣmaḥ susaṃkruddhaḥ śakyo jetuṃ mahāhave

and Varuna who bears the noose, or the lord of wealth with his mace; but Bhishma, once he is roused to fury, cannot be conquered in great battle.

Note on the text: पाशभृच्चापि (CE pāśabhṛd vāpi) kept as a variant.

Verse 18 (6.107.18)

सोऽहमेवं गते कृष्ण निमग्नः शोकसागरे । आत्मनो बुद्धिदौर्बल्याद्भीष्ममासाद्य संयुगे ॥

so'hamevaṃ gate kṛṣṇa nimagnaḥ śokasāgare | ātmano buddhidaurbalyādbhīṣmamāsādya saṃyuge

Things having come to this, Krishna, I am sunk in an ocean of grief, because through the weakness of my own judgement I came up against Bhishma in battle.

Verse 19 (6.107.19)

वनं यास्यामि दुर्धर्ष श्रेयो वै तत्र मे गतम् । न युद्धं रोचते कृष्ण हन्ति भीष्मो हि नः सदा ॥

vanaṃ yāsyāmi durdharṣa śreyo vai tatra me gatam | na yuddhaṃ rocate kṛṣṇa hanti bhīṣmo hi naḥ sadā

I shall go to the forest, invincible one; my good lies there. I have no taste for war, Krishna, for Bhishma keeps slaying us.

Note on the text: श्रेयो वै तत्र मे (CE śreyo me tatra vai) and रोचते (CE rocaye) kept as variants.

Verse 20 (6.107.20)

यथा प्रज्वलितं वह्निं पतङ्गः समभिद्रवन् । एकतो मृत्युमभ्येति तथाऽहं भीष्ममेयिवान् ॥

yathā prajvalitaṃ vahniṃ pataṅgaḥ samabhidravan | ekato mṛtyumabhyeti tathā'haṃ bhīṣmameyivān

As a moth rushing at a blazing fire meets only its death, so have I come up against Bhishma.

Note on the text: एयिवान् (ā + īyivān; CE īyivān) kept as a variant.

Verse 21 (6.107.21)

क्षयं नीतोऽस्मि वार्ष्णेय राज्यहेतोः पराक्रमी । भ्रातरश्चैव मे शूराः सायकैर्भृशपीडिताः ॥

kṣayaṃ nīto'smi vārṣṇeya rājyahetoḥ parākramī | bhrātaraścaiva me śūrāḥ sāyakairbhṛśapīḍitāḥ

I have been brought to ruin, descendant of Vrishni, by my valor for the sake of a kingdom; and my brave brothers have been sorely wounded by arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected शुराः → शूराः (misprint in Wikisource; short u for ū, critical edition śūrāḥ).

Verse 22 (6.107.22)

मत्कृते भ्रातृसौहार्दाद्राज्यभ्रष्टा वनं गताः । परिक्लिष्टा तथा कृष्णा मत्कृते मधुसूदन ॥

matkṛte bhrātṛsauhārdādrājyabhraṣṭā vanaṃ gatāḥ | parikliṣṭā tathā kṛṣṇā matkṛte madhusūdana

For my sake, out of love for their brother, they lost their kingdom and went to the forest; and Krishnaa too has suffered for my sake, slayer of Madhu.

Note on the text: राज्यभ्रष्टा वनं गताः (CE rājyāt prabhraṃśanaṃ gatāḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 23 (6.107.23)

जीवितं बहु मन्येऽहं जीवितं ह्यद्य दुर्लभम् । जीवितस्याद्य शेषेण चरिष्ये धर्ममुत्तमम् ॥

jīvitaṃ bahu manye'haṃ jīvitaṃ hyadya durlabham | jīvitasyādya śeṣeṇa cariṣye dharmamuttamam

I hold life precious, and today life is hard to keep. With what remains of my life I shall practise the highest dharma.

Verse 24 (6.107.24)

यदि तेऽहमनुग्राह्यो भ्रातृभिः सह केशव । स्वधर्मस्याविरोधेन हितं व्याहर केशव ॥

yadi te'hamanugrāhyo bhrātṛbhiḥ saha keśava | svadharmasyāvirodhena hitaṃ vyāhara keśava

If I and my brothers deserve your favor, Keshava, then tell me, Keshava, what is good for us without going against my own dharma.

Note on the text: Corrected स केशव → सह केशव (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara leaves the line a syllable short, critical edition bhrātṛbhiḥ saha keśava). हितं व्याहर (CE tad udāhara) kept as a variant.

Verse 25 (6.107.25)

एवं श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य कारुण्याद्बहुविस्तरम् । प्रत्युवाच ततः कृष्णः सान्त्वयानो युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

evaṃ śrutvā vacastasya kāruṇyādbahuvistaram | pratyuvāca tataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sāntvayāno yudhiṣṭhiram

Hearing these many words of his, Krishna out of compassion then answered, comforting Yudhishthira:

Note on the text: एवं श्रुत्वा (CE etac chrutvā) kept as a variant.

Verse 26 (6.107.26)

धर्मपुत्र विषादं त्वं मा कृथाः सत्यसंगर । यस्य ते भ्रातरः शूरा दुर्जयाः शत्रुसूदनाः ॥

dharmaputra viṣādaṃ tvaṃ mā kṛthāḥ satyasaṃgara | yasya te bhrātaraḥ śūrā durjayāḥ śatrusūdanāḥ

Son of Dharma, true to your word, do not give way to despair, you whose brothers are heroes, hard to conquer, destroyers of their foes:

Note on the text: Corrected सत्रुसूदनाः → शत्रुसूदनाः (misprint in Wikisource; स for श, critical edition śatrusūdanāḥ).

Verse 27 (6.107.27)

अर्जुनो भीमसेनश्च वाय्वग्निसमतेजसौ । माद्रीपुत्रौ च विक्रान्तौ त्रिदशानामिवेश्वरौ ॥

arjuno bhīmasenaśca vāyvagnisamatejasau | mādrīputrau ca vikrāntau tridaśānāmiveśvarau

Arjuna and Bhimasena, whose energy equals the wind and fire, and the two valiant sons of Madri, like lords among the thirty gods.

Note on the text: Corrected त्रिदशानामिविश्वरौ → त्रिदशानामिवेश्वरौ (misprint in Wikisource; a broken इव + ईश्वरौ, critical edition tridaśānām iveśvarau).

Verse 28 (6.107.28)

मां वा नियुङ्क्ष्व सौहार्दाद्योत्स्ये भीष्मेण पाण्डव । त्वत्प्रयुक्तो महाराज किं न कुर्यां महाहवे ॥

māṃ vā niyuṅkṣva sauhārdādyotsye bhīṣmeṇa pāṇḍava | tvatprayukto mahārāja kiṃ na kuryāṃ mahāhave

Or appoint me, out of friendship, and I will fight Bhishma, son of Pandu. Sent by you, great king, what would I not do in great battle?

Note on the text: Corrected त्वप्रयुक्तो → त्वत्प्रयुक्तो (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped त्, critical edition tvatprayukto). महाराज (CE hy ahaṃ rājan) kept as a variant.

Verse 29 (6.107.29)

हनिष्यामि रणे भीष्ममाहूय पुरुषर्षभम् । पश्यतां धार्तराष्ट्राणां यदि नेच्छति फल्गुनः ॥

haniṣyāmi raṇe bhīṣmamāhūya puruṣarṣabham | paśyatāṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ yadi necchati phalgunaḥ

If Phalguna does not wish to, I will challenge Bhishma, that bull among men, and kill him in battle while the sons of Dhritarashtra look on.

Verse 30 (6.107.30)

यदि भीष्मे हते वीरे जयं पश्यसि पाण्डव । हन्तास्म्येकरथेनाद्य कुरुवृद्धं पितामहम् ॥

yadi bhīṣme hate vīre jayaṃ paśyasi pāṇḍava | hantāsmyekarathenādya kuruvṛddhaṃ pitāmaham

If you see victory in the death of the hero Bhishma, son of Pandu, I will slay the aged grandsire of the Kurus today with a single chariot.

Note on the text: Corrected पण्डव → पाण्डव (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped long ā, critical edition pāṇḍava). वीरे (CE rājañ) kept as a variant.

Verse 31 (6.107.31)

पश्य मे विक्रमं राजन्महेन्द्रस्येव संयुगे । विमुञ्चन्तं महास्त्राणि पातयिष्यामि तं रथात् ॥

paśya me vikramaṃ rājanmahendrasyeva saṃyuge | vimuñcantaṃ mahāstrāṇi pātayiṣyāmi taṃ rathāt

Watch my prowess in battle, O king, like that of great Indra: I will bring him down from his chariot as he looses his mighty weapons.

Note on the text: Corrected महास्त्रामि → महास्त्राणि (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण, critical edition mahāstrāṇi).

Verse 32 (6.107.32)

यः शत्रुः पाण्डुपुत्राणां मच्छत्रुः स न संशयः । मदर्था भवदर्था ये ये मदीयास्तवैव ते ॥

yaḥ śatruḥ pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ macchatruḥ sa na saṃśayaḥ | madarthā bhavadarthā ye ye madīyāstavaiva te

Whoever is the enemy of Pandu's sons is my enemy, there is no doubt of it. Those who are for me are for you, and those who are mine are yours alone.

Verse 33 (6.107.33)

तव भ्राता मम सखा संबन्धी शिष्य एव च । मांसान्युत्कृत्य दास्यामि फल्गुनार्थे महीपते ॥

tava bhrātā mama sakhā saṃbandhī śiṣya eva ca | māṃsānyutkṛtya dāsyāmi phalgunārthe mahīpate

Your brother is my friend, my kinsman and my disciple. For Phalguna's sake, lord of the earth, I would cut off my own flesh and give it.

Note on the text: दास्यामि (CE vai dadyām) and फल्गुनार्थे (CE arjunārthe) kept as variants.

Verse 34 (6.107.34)

एष चापि नरव्याघ्रो मत्कृते जीवितं त्यजेत् । एष नः समयस्तात तारयेम परस्परम् ॥

eṣa cāpi naravyāghro matkṛte jīvitaṃ tyajet | eṣa naḥ samayastāta tārayema parasparam

And this tiger among men would give up his life for my sake. This is our pact, dear friend: that we will each carry the other through.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.103.34ab–cd. From here to verse 39 Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses 6.103.34 and 38 into couplets, so the lines run one couplet out of step (the automatic alignment therefore found no match); nothing is lost.

Verse 35 (6.107.35)

स मां नियुङ्क्ष्व राजेन्द्र यावत्सज्जो भवाम्यहम् । प्रतिज्ञातमुपप्लाव्ये यत्तत्पार्थेन पूर्वतः ॥

sa māṃ niyuṅkṣva rājendra yāvatsajjo bhavāmyaham | pratijñātamupaplāvye yattatpārthena pūrvataḥ

So appoint me, king of kings, while I stand ready. What Partha vowed earlier at Upaplavya,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.103.34ef + 6.103.35ab. सज्जो (CE dvīpo) kept as a variant; उपप्लाव्ये (CE upaplavye) kept as Wikisource's usual spelling of the town's name.

Verse 36 (6.107.36)

पातयिष्यामि गाङ्गेयमित्युलूकस्य संनिधौ । परिरक्ष्यमिदं तावद्वचः पार्थस्य धीमतः ॥

pātayiṣyāmi gāṅgeyamityulūkasya saṃnidhau | parirakṣyamidaṃ tāvadvacaḥ pārthasya dhīmataḥ

in the presence of Uluka, "I shall bring down Ganga's son": that word of the wise Partha must be kept for now.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.103.35cd + 6.103.36ab. पातयिष्यामि (CE ghātayiṣyāmi) and परिरक्ष्यमिदं तावद्वचः (CE parirakṣyaṃ ca mama tad vacaḥ) kept as variants.

Verse 37 (6.107.37)

अनुज्ञातेन पार्थेन मया कार्यं न संशयः । अथवा फल्गुनस्यैष भारः परिमितो रणे ॥

anujñātena pārthena mayā kāryaṃ na saṃśayaḥ | athavā phalgunasyaiṣa bhāraḥ parimito raṇe

With Partha's leave I shall do it, there is no doubt. Or else, for Phalguna this burden in battle is well within his strength:

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.103.36cd + 6.103.37ab. अनुज्ञातेन पार्थेन (CE anujñātaṃ tu pārthena) kept as a variant.

Verse 38 (6.107.38)

स हनिष्यति संग्रामे भीष्मं परपुरंजयम् । अशक्यमपि कुर्याद्धि रणे पार्थः समुद्यतः ॥

sa haniṣyati saṃgrāme bhīṣmaṃ parapuraṃjayam | aśakyamapi kuryāddhi raṇe pārthaḥ samudyataḥ

he will kill Bhishma, conqueror of enemy cities, in battle. Once Partha sets himself to it in battle, he can do even the impossible.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.103.37cd + 6.103.38ab. स हनिष्यति (CE nihaniṣyati) kept as a variant.

Verse 39 (6.107.39)

त्रिदशान्वा समुद्युक्तान्सहितान्दैत्यदानवैः । निहन्यादर्जुनः सङ्ख्ये किमु भीष्मं नराधिप ॥

tridaśānvā samudyuktānsahitāndaityadānavaiḥ | nihanyādarjunaḥ saṅkhye kimu bhīṣmaṃ narādhipa

Arjuna could slay in battle the thirty gods themselves, ranged for war together with the Daityas and Danavas; how much more Bhishma, lord of men!

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.103.38cd + 6.103.38ef. Corrected निहन्त्याद् → निहन्याद् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray त् in the optative of han, critical edition nihanyād).

Verse 40 (6.107.40)

विपरीतो महावीर्यो गतसत्त्वोऽल्पजीवनः । भीष्मः शान्तनवो नूनं कर्तव्यं नावबुध्यते ॥

viparīto mahāvīryo gatasattvo'lpajīvanaḥ | bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavo nūnaṃ kartavyaṃ nāvabudhyate

Mighty Bhishma, son of Shantanu, has surely turned contrary: his judgement is gone, little life is left to him, and he no longer knows what he ought to do.

Note on the text: Corrected गतसत्वो → गतसत्त्वो (misprint in Wikisource; sattva is spelt with त्त्व, critical edition gatasattvo). अल्पजीवनः (CE 'lpajīvitaḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 41 (6.107.41)

एवमेतन्महाबाहो यथा वदसि माधव । सर्वे ह्येते न पर्याप्तास्तव वेगविधारणे ॥

evametanmahābāho yathā vadasi mādhava | sarve hyete na paryāptāstava vegavidhāraṇe

It is just as you say, mighty-armed Madhava. All these together are not enough to withstand your onslaught.

Note on the text: वेगविधारणे (CE veganivāraṇe) kept as a variant.

Verse 42 (6.107.42)

नियतं समवाप्स्यामि सर्वमेतद्यथेप्सितम् । यस्य मे पुरुषव्याघ्र भवान्पक्षे व्यवस्थितः ॥

niyataṃ samavāpsyāmi sarvametadyathepsitam | yasya me puruṣavyāghra bhavānpakṣe vyavasthitaḥ

I shall surely gain all that I desire, since you, tiger among men, have taken my side.

Note on the text: Corrected समावाप्स्यामि → समवाप्स्यामि (misprint in Wikisource; a stray long ā in sam-ava-āp, critical edition samavāpsyāmi). सर्वमेतद् (CE sarvam eva) and the second line भवान्पक्षे व्यवस्थितः (CE bhavān nātho mahābalaḥ) kept as variants.

Verse 43 (6.107.43)

सेन्द्रानपि रणे देवाञ्जयेयं जयतां वर । त्वया नाथेन गोविन्द किमु भीष्मं महारथम् ॥

sendrānapi raṇe devāñjayeyaṃ jayatāṃ vara | tvayā nāthena govinda kimu bhīṣmaṃ mahāratham

With you as my protector, Govinda, best of victors, I could conquer even the gods with Indra in battle; how much more Bhishma the great chariot-warrior!

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

Verse 44 (6.107.44)

न तु त्वामनृतं कर्तुमुत्सहे स्वात्मगौरवात् । अयुध्यमानः साहाय्यं यथोक्तं कुरु माधव ॥

na tu tvāmanṛtaṃ kartumutsahe svātmagauravāt | ayudhyamānaḥ sāhāyyaṃ yathoktaṃ kuru mādhava

But out of regard for my own honor I cannot bring myself to make your word false. Give us your help as you promised, Madhava, without fighting.

Note on the text: Corrected अयुध्यमानाः सहाय्यं → अयुध्यमानः साहाय्यं (misprints in Wikisource; a plural participle that cannot go with the singular कुरु addressed to Krishna, and a dropped long ā in sāhāyya "help"; the critical edition reads ayudhyamānaḥ sāhāyyaṃ). स्वात्मगौरवात् (CE svārthagauravāt) kept as a variant.

Verse 45 (6.107.45)

समयस्तु कृतः कश्चिन्मम भीष्मेण संयुगे । मन्त्रयिष्ये तवार्थाय न तु योत्स्ये कथंचन ॥

samayastu kṛtaḥ kaścinmama bhīṣmeṇa saṃyuge | mantrayiṣye tavārthāya na tu yotsye kathaṃcana

For Bhishma made a certain pact with me about the war: "I shall give counsel for your benefit, but I will never fight for you;

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.103.44ab–cd (with the variant मम भीष्मेण संयुगे for bhīṣmeṇa mama mādhava). Verses 45–47 divide the critical edition's three-line verses 6.103.44 and 45 into couplets, so the automatic alignment found no match; nothing is lost.

Verse 46 (6.107.46)

दुर्योधनार्थं योत्स्यामि सत्यमेतदिति प्रभो । स हि राज्यस्य मे दाता मन्त्रस्यैव च माधव ॥

duryodhanārthaṃ yotsyāmi satyametaditi prabho | sa hi rājyasya me dātā mantrasyaiva ca mādhava

I shall fight for Duryodhana's sake; this is the truth," my lord. So it is he who can give me the kingdom, and counsel too, Madhava.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.103.44ef + 6.103.45ab. दुर्योधनार्थं (CE duryodhanārthe) kept as a variant.

Verse 47 (6.107.47)

तस्माद्देवव्रतं भूयो वधोपायार्थमात्मनः । भवता सहिताः सर्वे प्रयाम मधुसूदन ॥

tasmāddevavrataṃ bhūyo vadhopāyārthamātmanaḥ | bhavatā sahitāḥ sarve prayāma madhusūdana

Therefore let us all go together with you once more to Devavrata, slayer of Madhu, to learn the means of his own death.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.103.45cd + 6.103.45ef. प्रयाम (CE pṛcchāmo) kept as a variant.

Verse 48 (6.107.48)

तद्वयं सहिता गत्वा भीष्ममाशु नरोत्तमम् । रुचिते तव पृच्छामि मन्त्रं वार्ष्णेय माचिरम् ॥

tadvayaṃ sahitā gatvā bhīṣmamāśu narottamam | rucite tava pṛcchāmi mantraṃ vārṣṇeya māciram

So let us go together quickly to Bhishma, the best of men, and, if it pleases you, descendant of Vrishni, I will ask him for counsel without delay.

Note on the text: The second line रुचिते तव पृच्छामि मन्त्रं वार्ष्णेय माचिरम् (CE rucite tava vārṣṇeya mantraṃ pṛcchāma kauravam) kept as a variant.

Verse 49 (6.107.49)

स वक्ष्यति हितं वाक्यं सत्यमस्माज्जनार्दन । यथा च वक्ष्यते कृष्ण तथा कर्तास्मि संयुगे ॥

sa vakṣyati hitaṃ vākyaṃ satyamasmājjanārdana | yathā ca vakṣyate kṛṣṇa tathā kartāsmi saṃyuge

He will tell us words that are good for us and true, Janardana, and as he tells me, Krishna, so shall I act in battle.

Note on the text: सत्यमस्माज् (CE tathyaṃ caiva) and यथा च (CE yathā sa) kept as variants.

Verse 50 (6.107.50)

स नो जयस्य दाता स्यान्मन्त्रस्य च दृढव्रतः । बालाः पित्रा विहीनाश्च तेन संवर्धिता वयम् ॥

sa no jayasya dātā syānmantrasya ca dṛḍhavrataḥ | bālāḥ pitrā vihīnāśca tena saṃvardhitā vayam

Firm in his vows, he will be the giver of victory to us, and of counsel. We were children who had lost our father, and it was he who brought us up.

Note on the text: स्यान् (CE ca) and दृढव्रतः (CE dhṛtavrataḥ) kept as variants.

Verse 51 (6.107.51)

तं चेत्पितामहं वृद्धं हन्तुमिच्छामि माधव । पितुः पितरमिष्टं च धिगस्तु क्षत्रजीविकाम् ॥

taṃ cetpitāmahaṃ vṛddhaṃ hantumicchāmi mādhava | pituḥ pitaramiṣṭaṃ ca dhigastu kṣatrajīvikām

And yet, Madhava, I want to kill that aged grandsire, my father's beloved father. Shame on the warrior's way of life!

Note on the text: इष्टं च (CE iṣṭaṃ vai) kept as a variant. The critical edition's star passages 6.103.49b*0424 and 49d*0425 are not on the page.

Verse 52 (6.107.52)

ततोऽब्रवीन्महाराज वार्ष्णेयः कुरुनन्दनम् । रोचते मे महाप्राज्ञ राजेन्द्र तव भाषितम् ॥

tato'bravīnmahārāja vārṣṇeyaḥ kurunandanam | rocate me mahāprājña rājendra tava bhāṣitam

Then, great king, the descendant of Vrishni said to Yudhishthira, the delight of the Kurus, "Your words please me, wise king of kings."

Note on the text: महाप्राज्ञ राजेन्द्र (CE mahābāho satataṃ) kept as a variant.

Verse 53 (6.107.53)

देवव्रतः कृती भीष्मः प्रेक्षितेनापि निर्दहेत् । गम्यतां स्ववधोपायं प्रष्टुं सागरगासुतम् ॥

devavrataḥ kṛtī bhīṣmaḥ prekṣitenāpi nirdahet | gamyatāṃ svavadhopāyaṃ praṣṭuṃ sāgaragāsutam

Devavrata Bhishma is a master; he could burn a man up with a mere glance. Let us go to the son of the sea-bound river to ask him the means of his own death.

Note on the text: Speaker: Krishna's speech (verses 53–55) continues without a printed heading after the narrator's line in verse 52 (the page's next heading is सञ्जय at verse 56); it is given to Vasudeva. Corresponds to 6.103.51ab–cd; verses 53–58 divide the critical edition's three-line verses 6.103.51–54 into couplets, so the automatic alignment found no match; nothing is lost. स्ववधोपायं … सागरगासुतम् (CE sa vadhopāyaṃ … sāgaragāsutaḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 54 (6.107.54)

वक्तुमर्हति सत्यं स त्वया पृष्टो विशेषतः । ते वयं तत्र गच्छामः प्रष्टुं कुरुपितामहम् ॥

vaktumarhati satyaṃ sa tvayā pṛṣṭo viśeṣataḥ | te vayaṃ tatra gacchāmaḥ praṣṭuṃ kurupitāmaham

He is bound to tell the truth, especially when you ask him. So let us go there to ask the grandsire of the Kurus.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.103.51ef + 6.103.52ab. Corrected वक्तमर्हति → वक्तुमर्हति (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped u in the infinitive, critical edition vaktum arhati).

Verse 55 (6.107.55)

गत्वा शान्तनवं वृद्धं मन्त्रं पृच्छाम भारत । स नो दास्यति मन्त्रं यं तेन योत्स्यामहे परान् ॥

gatvā śāntanavaṃ vṛddhaṃ mantraṃ pṛcchāma bhārata | sa no dāsyati mantraṃ yaṃ tena yotsyāmahe parān

Let us go to the aged son of Shantanu and ask his counsel, O Bharata. He will give us counsel, and with it we shall fight our enemies.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.103.52cd + 6.103.52ef. Line 1 गत्वा शान्तनवं वृद्धं मन्त्रं पृच्छाम भारत (CE praṇamya śirasā cainaṃ mantraṃ pṛcchāma mādhava) and स नो दास्यति मन्त्रं यं (CE sa no dāsyati yaṃ mantraṃ) kept as variants.

Verse 56 (6.107.56)

एवमामन्त्र्य ते वीराः पाण्डवाः पाण्डुपूर्वज । जग्मुस्ते सहिताः सर्वे वासुदेवश्च वीर्यवान् ॥

evamāmantrya te vīrāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ pāṇḍupūrvaja | jagmuste sahitāḥ sarve vāsudevaśca vīryavān

Having taken counsel thus, O elder brother of Pandu, the heroic Pandavas all went together, and the mighty Vasudeva with them,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.103.53ab–cd. एवमामन्त्र्य ते (CE evaṃ saṃmantrya vai) kept as a variant.

Verse 57 (6.107.57)

विमुक्तशस्त्रकवचा भीष्मस्य सदनं प्रति । प्रविश्य च तदा भीष्मं शिरोभिः प्रणिपेदिरे ॥

vimuktaśastrakavacā bhīṣmasya sadanaṃ prati | praviśya ca tadā bhīṣmaṃ śirobhiḥ praṇipedire

laying aside their weapons and armor, to Bhishma's dwelling. Entering, they bowed their heads before Bhishma.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.103.53ef + 6.103.54ab. प्रणिपेदिरे (CE pratipedire) kept as a variant.

Verse 58 (6.107.58)

पूजयन्तो महाराज पाण्डवा भरतर्षभम् । प्रणम्य शिरसा चैनं भीष्मं शरणमभ्ययुः ॥

pūjayanto mahārāja pāṇḍavā bharatarṣabham | praṇamya śirasā cainaṃ bhīṣmaṃ śaraṇamabhyayuḥ

Honoring that bull among the Bharatas, great king, the Pandavas bowed their heads to him and came to Bhishma for refuge.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.103.54cd + 6.103.54ef. भरतर्षभम् (CE bharatarṣabha) and अभ्ययुः (CE anvayuḥ) kept as variants. The critical edition's star passage 6.103.54f*0426 is not on the page.

Verse 59 (6.107.59)

तानुवाच महाबाहुर्भीष्मः कुरुपितामहः । स्वागतं तव वार्ष्णेय स्वागतं ते धनञ्जय ॥

tānuvāca mahābāhurbhīṣmaḥ kurupitāmahaḥ | svāgataṃ tava vārṣṇeya svāgataṃ te dhanañjaya

The mighty-armed Bhishma, grandsire of the Kurus, said to them, "Welcome to you, descendant of Vrishni; welcome to you, Dhananjaya."

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.103.55ab–cd; verses 59–60 divide the three-line 6.103.55 into couplets.

Verse 60 (6.107.60)

स्वागतं धर्मपुत्राय भीमाय यमयोस्तथा । किं वा कार्यं करोम्यद्य युष्माकं प्रीतिवर्धनं ॥

svāgataṃ dharmaputrāya bhīmāya yamayostathā | kiṃ vā kāryaṃ karomyadya yuṣmākaṃ prītivardhanaṃ

Welcome to the son of Dharma, to Bhima and to the twins. What can I do today to add to your happiness?

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhishma's words fill this verse without a printed heading; given to Bhishma. Corresponds to 6.103.55ef + 6.103.56ab. किं वा कार्यं करोम्यद्य युष्माकं प्रीतिवर्धनं (CE kiṃ kāryaṃ vaḥ karomy adya yuṣmatprītivivardhanam) kept as a variant.

Verse 61 (6.107.61)

युद्धादन्यत्र हे वत्साः प्रीयन्तां मा विशङ्कथ । सर्वात्मनापि कर्तास्मि यदपि स्यात्सुदुष्करम् । तथा ब्रुवाणं गाङ्गेयं प्रीतियुक्तं पुनःपुनः ॥

yuddhādanyatra he vatsāḥ prīyantāṃ mā viśaṅkatha | sarvātmanāpi kartāsmi yadapi syātsuduṣkaram | tathā bruvāṇaṃ gāṅgeyaṃ prītiyuktaṃ punaḥpunaḥ

"Anything but fighting, my children; be content and have no misgivings. I will do it with my whole heart, even if it is very hard." As Ganga's son spoke thus, affectionately, again and again,

Note on the text: A three-line verse as the page prints it (61a–c), mixing Bhishma's words (lines 1–2) and narration (line 3), so it stays with the narrator. Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 6.103.56b*0427 (the page's own note says this half-verse is found in only one manuscript); line 2 is 6.103.56cd (यदपि, CE yady api, kept as a variant); line 3 is 6.103.57ab. Removed the wiki quote marks (` … ') around line 1 and the stray danda printed inside them. Corrected सदुष्करम् → सुदुष्करम् (misprint in Wikisource; स for सु, critical edition suduṣkaram).

Verse 62 (6.107.62)

उवाच राजा दीनात्मा प्रीतियुक्तमिदं वचः । कथं जयेम सर्वज्ञ कथं राज्यं लभेमहि ॥

uvāca rājā dīnātmā prītiyuktamidaṃ vacaḥ | kathaṃ jayema sarvajña kathaṃ rājyaṃ labhemahi

the king, downcast, spoke these affectionate words: "How may we win, you who know all things? How may we gain the kingdom?"

Note on the text: Mixes narration (line 1) and Yudhishthira's question (line 2), so it stays with the narrator. Corresponds to 6.103.57cd + 6.103.58ab. उवाच राजा दीनात्मा प्रीतियुक्तमिदं वचः (CE uvāca vākyaṃ dīnātmā dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) and सर्वज्ञ (CE dharmajña) kept as variants. The star passage 6.103.57d*0428 is not on the page.

Verse 63 (6.107.63)

प्रजानां संशयो न स्यात्कथं तन्मे वद प्रभो । भवान्हि नो वधोपायं ब्रवीतु स्वयमात्मनः ॥

prajānāṃ saṃśayo na syātkathaṃ tanme vada prabho | bhavānhi no vadhopāyaṃ bravītu svayamātmanaḥ

And how may no peril come upon the people? Tell me that, my lord. You yourself must tell us the means of your own death.

Note on the text: Speaker: Yudhishthira's question (Wikisource verses 63–69 line 1) has no printed heading; given to Yudhishthira. Corresponds to 6.103.58cd + 6.103.59ab. Corrected बद → वद (misprint in Wikisource; ब for व, critical edition vada). संशयो (CE saṃkṣayo) kept as a variant.

Verse 64 (6.107.64)

भवन्तं समरे वीर विषहेम कथं वयम् । न हि ते सूक्ष्ममप्यस्ति रन्ध्रं कुरुपितामह ॥

bhavantaṃ samare vīra viṣahema kathaṃ vayam | na hi te sūkṣmamapyasti randhraṃ kurupitāmaha

How can we withstand you in battle, hero? For there is not the slightest opening in you, grandsire of the Kurus.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.103.59cd + 6.103.60ab. वीर (CE rājan) kept as a variant.

Verse 65 (6.107.65)

मण्डलेनैव धनुषा दृश्यसे संयुगे सदा । आददानं संदधानं विकर्षन्तं धनुर्न च ॥

maṇḍalenaiva dhanuṣā dṛśyase saṃyuge sadā | ādadānaṃ saṃdadhānaṃ vikarṣantaṃ dhanurna ca

In battle you are always seen with your bow drawn into a circle; we never see you taking an arrow, setting it to the string or drawing the bow,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.103.60cd + 6.103.61ab. दृश्यसे संयुगे सदा (CE sadā dṛśyo 'si saṃyuge) and आददानं (CE nādadānaṃ) kept as variants.

Verse 66 (6.107.66)

पश्यामस्त्वां महाबाहो रथे सूर्यमिवापरम् । रथाश्वनरनागानां हन्तारं परवीरहन् ॥

paśyāmastvāṃ mahābāho rathe sūryamivāparam | rathāśvanaranāgānāṃ hantāraṃ paravīrahan

but we see you on your chariot, mighty-armed one, like a second sun, slayer of enemy heroes, cutting down chariots, horses, men and elephants.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.103.61cd + 6.103.62ab. सूर्यमिवापरम् (CE sūryam iva sthitam) and रथाश्वनरनागानां (CE narāśvarathanāgānāṃ) kept as variants.

Verse 67 (6.107.67)

कोऽथवोत्सहते जेतुं त्वां पुमान्भरतर्षभ । वर्षता शरवर्षाणि महान्ति पुरुषर्षभ ॥

ko'thavotsahate jetuṃ tvāṃ pumānbharatarṣabha | varṣatā śaravarṣāṇi mahānti puruṣarṣabha

What man could dare to conquer you, bull of the Bharatas, as you pour down great showers of arrows, best of men?

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.103.62cd + 6.103.63ab. Corrected वां → त्वां (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped त्, the dual enclitic वां cannot stand here, critical edition tvāṃ). कोऽथवोत्सहते जेतुं (CE ka ivotsahate hantuṃ) and पुरुषर्षभ (CE puruṣottama) kept as variants.

Verse 68 (6.107.68)

क्षयं नीता हि पृतना संयुगे महती मम । यथा युधि जयेम त्वां यथा राज्यं भृशं मम ॥

kṣayaṃ nītā hi pṛtanā saṃyuge mahatī mama | yathā yudhi jayema tvāṃ yathā rājyaṃ bhṛśaṃ mama

My great army has been brought to ruin in battle. Tell me how we may conquer you in war, how the kingdom may surely be mine,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.103.63cd + 6.103.64ab. Corrected निता → नीता (misprint in Wikisource; short i for ī, critical edition nītā). संयुगे (CE bhavatā), जयेम (CE jayeyaṃ) and भृशं (CE bhaven) kept as variants.

Verse 69 (6.107.69)

मम सैन्यस्य च क्षेमं तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥

mama sainyasya ca kṣemaṃ tanme brūhi pitāmaha

and how my army may be safe; tell me that, grandsire.

Note on the text: Split at the page's सञ्जय उवाच heading, which it prints between the two lines of verse 69 (69a, heading, 69b); both halves keep wikisource_number 69. This half is Yudhishthira's and corresponds to 6.103.64cd (मम सैन्यस्य च क्षेमं, CE bhavet sainyasya vā śāntis, kept as a variant).

Verse 70 (6.107.70)

ततोऽब्रवीच्छान्तनवः पाण्डवान्पाण्डुपूर्वज ॥

tato'bravīcchāntanavaḥ pāṇḍavānpāṇḍupūrvaja

Then the son of Shantanu spoke to the Pandavas, O elder brother of Pandu:

Note on the text: Second half of Wikisource verse 69, split at the page's सञ्जय उवाच heading; corresponds to 6.103.65ab.

Verse 71 (6.107.71)

न कथंचन कौन्तेय मयि जीवति संयुगे । जयो भवति सर्वज्ञ सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि ते ॥

na kathaṃcana kaunteya mayi jīvati saṃyuge | jayo bhavati sarvajña satyametadbravīmi te

Son of Kunti, so long as I live there can be no victory for you in battle, you who know all things. I tell you this truly.

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhishma's reply (Wikisource verses 70–72) follows the सञ्जय heading without a heading of its own; given to Bhishma. Corresponds to 6.103.65cd + 6.103.65ef; the second line जयो भवति सर्वज्ञ सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि ते (CE yuṣmāsu dṛśyate vṛddhiḥ satyam etad bravīmi vaḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 72 (6.107.72)

निर्जिते मयि युद्धेन रणे जेष्यथ पाण्डवाः । क्षिप्रं मयि प्रहरत यदीच्छथ रणे जयम् ॥

nirjite mayi yuddhena raṇe jeṣyatha pāṇḍavāḥ | kṣipraṃ mayi praharata yadīcchatha raṇe jayam

Once I have been overcome in battle, you Pandavas will win the war. Strike at me quickly, if you want victory in battle.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.103.66ab–cd. युद्धेन रणे जेष्यथ पाण्डवाः (CE yuddhe tu dhruvaṃ jeṣyatha kauravān) kept as a variant.

Verse 73 (6.107.73)

अनुजानामि वः पार्थाः प्रहरध्वं यथासुखम् । एवं हि सुकृतं मन्ये भवतां विदितो ह्यहम् । हते मयि हतं सर्वं तस्मादेवं विधीयताम् ॥

anujānāmi vaḥ pārthāḥ praharadhvaṃ yathāsukham | evaṃ hi sukṛtaṃ manye bhavatāṃ vidito hyaham | hate mayi hataṃ sarvaṃ tasmādevaṃ vidhīyatām

I give you leave, sons of Pritha: strike me as you please. Now that you know me, I think this is the right course; when I am slain, all is slain. So let it be done.

Note on the text: A three-line verse as the page prints it (72a–c): 6.103.66ef + 6.103.67ab–cd.

Verse 74 (6.107.74)

ब्रूहि तस्मादुपायं नो यथा युद्धे जयेमहि । भवन्तं समरे क्रुद्धं दण्डहस्तमिवान्तकम् ॥

brūhi tasmādupāyaṃ no yathā yuddhe jayemahi | bhavantaṃ samare kruddhaṃ daṇḍahastamivāntakam

Then tell us the way by which we may conquer you in battle, when you rage in the fight like Death with his staff in hand.

Note on the text: दण्डहस्तम् (CE daṇḍapāṇim) kept as a variant.

Verse 75 (6.107.75)

शक्यो वज्रधरो जेतुं वरुणोऽथ यमस्तथा । न भवान्समरे शक्यः सेन्द्रैरपि सुरासुरैः ॥

śakyo vajradharo jetuṃ varuṇo'tha yamastathā | na bhavānsamare śakyaḥ sendrairapi surāsuraiḥ

The wielder of the thunderbolt can be conquered, and Varuna, and Yama too; but you cannot be conquered in battle even by the gods and asuras with Indra.

Verse 76 (6.107.76)

सत्यमेतन्महाबाहो यथा वदसि पाण्डव ॥

satyametanmahābāho yathā vadasi pāṇḍava

It is true, mighty-armed son of Pandu, just as you say.

Note on the text: A single line as the page prints it (75a); it is 6.103.70ab, and Wikisource verse 76 carries on with 70cd and 71, so nothing is lost.

Verse 77 (6.107.77)

नाहं जेतुं रणे शक्यः सेन्द्रैरपि सुरासुरैः । आत्तशस्त्रो रणे यत्तो गृहीतवरकार्मुकः । ततो मां न्यस्तशस्त्रं तु एते हन्युर्महारथाः ॥

nāhaṃ jetuṃ raṇe śakyaḥ sendrairapi surāsuraiḥ | āttaśastro raṇe yatto gṛhītavarakārmukaḥ | tato māṃ nyastaśastraṃ tu ete hanyurmahārathāḥ

I cannot be conquered in battle even by the gods and asuras with Indra, so long as I bear arms in battle, alert, holding my fine bow. But once I have laid down my weapons, these great chariot-warriors could kill me.

Note on the text: A three-line verse as the page prints it (76a–c): 6.103.70cd (नाहं जेतुं रणे शक्यः, CE nāhaṃ śakyo raṇe jetuṃ) + 6.103.71ab + 6.103.71cd (ततो मां न्यस्तशस्त्रं तु एते हन्युर्महारथाः, CE nyastaśastraṃ tu māṃ rājan hanyur yudhi mahārathāḥ, kept as a variant).

Verse 78 (6.107.78)

निक्षिप्तशस्त्रे पतिते विमुक्तकवचध्वजे । द्रवमाणे च भीते च तवास्मीति च वादिनि ॥

nikṣiptaśastre patite vimuktakavacadhvaje | dravamāṇe ca bhīte ca tavāsmīti ca vādini

Against one who has thrown down his weapons, who has fallen, whose armor and standard are gone, who is running away or afraid, or who says "I am yours";

Verse 79 (6.107.79)

स्त्रीजिते स्त्रीप्रधाने च स्त्रीप्रधायिनि धर्मज । स्त्रियां स्त्रीनामधेये च विकले चैकपुत्रिणि । अप्रसूते च षण्डे च न युद्धं रोचते मम ॥

strījite strīpradhāne ca strīpradhāyini dharmaja | striyāṃ strīnāmadheye ca vikale caikaputriṇi | aprasūte ca ṣaṇḍe ca na yuddhaṃ rocate mama

against one conquered by a woman, one ruled by a woman, one who puts a woman forward, son of Dharma; against a woman, one bearing a woman's name, one who is maimed, one who has only a single son, one who has had no child, or a eunuch, I have no wish to fight.

Note on the text: A three-line verse as the page prints it (78a–c). Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 6.103.72d*0429, not in the constituted text; lines 2–3 are 6.103.73ab–cd (एकपुत्रिणि and षण्डे, CE ekaputrake and duṣprekṣye, kept as variants). Removed the wiki quote marks (` … ') around line 1.

Verse 80 (6.107.80)

इमं मे शृणु राजेन्द्र संकल्पं पूर्वचिन्तितम् । असंकल्पध्वजं दृष्ट्वा न युध्येयं कदाचन ॥

imaṃ me śṛṇu rājendra saṃkalpaṃ pūrvacintitam | asaṃkalpadhvajaṃ dṛṣṭvā na yudhyeyaṃ kadācana

Hear also this resolve of mine, king of kings, formed long ago: when I see a standard of ill omen, I will never fight.

Note on the text: इमं मे शृणु राजेन्द्र (CE imaṃ ca śṛṇu me pārtha), असंकल्पध्वजं (CE amaṅgalyadhvajaṃ, here and in Wikisource verse 83) and कदाचन (CE kathaṃ cana) kept as variants.

Verse 81 (6.107.81)

य एष द्रौपदो राजंस्तव सैन्ये महारथः । शिखण्डी समरामर्षी शूरश्च समितिंजयः ॥

ya eṣa draupado rājaṃstava sainye mahārathaḥ | śikhaṇḍī samarāmarṣī śūraśca samitiṃjayaḥ

This son of Drupada in your army, O king, the great chariot-warrior Shikhandi, impatient for battle, brave and victorious in combat,

Note on the text: समरामर्षी (CE samarākāṅkṣī) kept as a variant. The critical edition's star passage 6.103.75b*0430 is not on the page.

Verse 82 (6.107.82)

यथाऽभवच्च स्त्रीपूर्वं पश्चात्पुंस्त्वं समागतः । जानन्ति च भवन्तोऽपि सर्वमेतद्यथातथम् ॥

yathā'bhavacca strīpūrvaṃ paścātpuṃstvaṃ samāgataḥ | jānanti ca bhavanto'pi sarvametadyathātatham

was first a woman and afterward attained manhood, as you all know, just as it happened.

Note on the text: समागतः (CE upāgataḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 83 (6.107.83)

अर्जुनः समरे शूरः पुरस्कृत्य शिखण्डिनम् । मामेव विशिखैस्तीक्ष्णैरभिद्रवतु दंशितः ॥

arjunaḥ samare śūraḥ puraskṛtya śikhaṇḍinam | māmeva viśikhaistīkṣṇairabhidravatu daṃśitaḥ

Let brave Arjuna, clad in armor, put Shikhandi in front in battle and rush at me alone with sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected शिखण्डीनम् → शिखण्डिनम् (misprint in Wikisource; long ī for i, critical edition śikhaṇḍinam). तीक्ष्णैर् (CE tūrṇam) kept as a variant.

Verse 84 (6.107.84)

असंकल्पध्वजे तस्मिन्स्त्रीपूर्वे च विशेषतः । न प्रहर्तुमभीप्सामि गृहीतेषु कथंचन ॥

asaṃkalpadhvaje tasminstrīpūrve ca viśeṣataḥ | na prahartumabhīpsāmi gṛhīteṣu kathaṃcana

Against that man of ill-omened standard, above all one who was once a woman, I will never wish to strike, even with arrows in my hand.

Note on the text: असंकल्पध्वजे (CE amaṅgalyadhvaje) and गृहीतेषु (CE gṛhīteṣuṃ) kept as variants.

Verse 85 (6.107.85)

तदन्तरं समासाद्य पाण्डवो मां धनञ्जयः । शरैर्घातयतु क्षिप्रं समन्ताद्भरतर्षभ ॥

tadantaraṃ samāsādya pāṇḍavo māṃ dhanañjayaḥ | śarairghātayatu kṣipraṃ samantādbharatarṣabha

Seizing that opening, let Dhananjaya son of Pandu quickly strike me down with arrows from every side, bull of the Bharatas.

Verse 86 (6.107.86)

न तं पश्यामि लोकेषु मां हन्याद्यः समुद्यतम् । ऋते कृष्णान्महाभागात्पाण्डवाद्वा धनञ्जयात् ॥

na taṃ paśyāmi lokeṣu māṃ hanyādyaḥ samudyatam | ṛte kṛṣṇānmahābhāgātpāṇḍavādvā dhanañjayāt

I see no one in the worlds who could kill me when I stand ready for battle, except the illustrious Krishna or Dhananjaya son of Pandu.

Note on the text: Corrected लोकेष → लोकेषु (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped u in the locative plural, critical edition lokeṣu). मां हन्याद्यः (CE yo māṃ hanyāt) kept as a variant word order.

Verse 87 (6.107.87)

पार्षतं तु पुरोधाय क्लीबमद्य ममाग्रतः । आत्तशस्त्रो रणे यत्तो गृहीतवरकार्मुकः । मां पातयतु बीभत्सुरेवं तव जयो ध्रुवम् ॥

pārṣataṃ tu purodhāya klībamadya mamāgrataḥ | āttaśastro raṇe yatto gṛhītavarakārmukaḥ | māṃ pātayatu bībhatsurevaṃ tava jayo dhruvam

So let Bibhatsu, armed, alert in battle and holding his fine bow, set the eunuch of Prishata's line before me today and bring me down. In this way your victory is certain.

Note on the text: A three-line verse as the page prints it (86a–c). Lines 1 and 3 correspond to 6.103.81ab–cd with variants (पार्षतं तु पुरोधाय क्लीबमद्य, CE eṣa tasmāt purodhāya kaṃ cid anyaṃ; तव जयो ध्रुवम्, CE te vijayo bhavet); line 2, आत्तशस्त्रो रणे यत्तो गृहीतवरकार्मुकः, repeats Wikisource verse 76 line 2 (CE 6.103.71ab) and is not in the critical edition at this place (vulgate only).

Verse 88 (6.107.88)

एतत्कुरुष्व कौन्तेय यथोक्तं मम सुव्रत । ततो जेष्यसि संग्रामे धार्तराष्ट्रान्समागतान् ॥

etatkuruṣva kaunteya yathoktaṃ mama suvrata | tato jeṣyasi saṃgrāme dhārtarāṣṭrānsamāgatān

Do this, son of Kunti, as I have told you, you of good vows. Then you will conquer the assembled sons of Dhritarashtra in battle.

Note on the text: Corrected जेष्वसि → जेष्यसि (misprint in Wikisource; व for य, critical edition jeṣyasi). मम सुव्रत (CE vacanaṃ mama) kept as a variant.

Verse 89 (6.107.89)

तेऽनुज्ञातास्ततः पार्था जग्मुः स्वशिबिरं प्रति । अभिवाद्य महात्मानं भीष्मं कुरुपितामहम् ॥

te'nujñātāstataḥ pārthā jagmuḥ svaśibiraṃ prati | abhivādya mahātmānaṃ bhīṣmaṃ kurupitāmaham

Given leave, the sons of Pritha saluted the great-souled Bhishma, grandsire of the Kurus, and went back to their own camp.

Verse 90 (6.107.90)

तथोक्तवति गाङ्गेये परलोकाय दीक्षिते । अर्जुनो दुःखसंतप्तः सव्रीडमिदमब्रवीत् ॥

tathoktavati gāṅgeye paralokāya dīkṣite | arjuno duḥkhasaṃtaptaḥ savrīḍamidamabravīt

When Ganga's son, consecrated for the passage to the other world, had spoken thus, Arjuna, burning with grief and ashamed, said this:

Verse 91 (6.107.91)

गुरुणा कुरुवृद्धेन कृतप्रज्ञेन धीमता । पितामहेन संग्रामे कथं योद्धास्मि माधव ॥

guruṇā kuruvṛddhena kṛtaprajñena dhīmatā | pitāmahena saṃgrāme kathaṃ yoddhāsmi mādhava

How shall I fight in battle against the grandsire, Madhava, my teacher, the elder of the Kurus, wise and of ripened understanding?

Note on the text: Speaker: Arjuna's speech (Wikisource verses 90–95) has no printed heading on the page (the सञ्जय heading of verse 88 carries over until the श्रीवासुदेव heading at verse 96); it is given to Arjuna, whose words Wikisource verse 89 introduces. कुरुवृद्धेन (CE kulavṛddhena) and योद्धास्मि (CE yotsyāmi) kept as variants.

Verse 92 (6.107.92)

क्रीडता हि मया बाल्ये वासुदेव महामनाः । पांसुरूषितगात्रेण महात्मा परुषीकृतः ॥

krīḍatā hi mayā bālye vāsudeva mahāmanāḥ | pāṃsurūṣitagātreṇa mahātmā paruṣīkṛtaḥ

When I was a child at play, Vasudeva, my limbs smeared with dust, I used to soil that great-souled, high-minded man.

Verse 93 (6.107.93)

यस्याहमधिरुह्याङ्कं बालः किल गदाग्रज । तातेत्यवोचं पितरं पितुः पाण्डोर्महात्मनः ॥

yasyāhamadhiruhyāṅkaṃ bālaḥ kila gadāgraja | tātetyavocaṃ pitaraṃ pituḥ pāṇḍormahātmanaḥ

Climbing into his lap as a little boy, elder brother of Gada, I used to call him "father", though he was the father of my father, the great-souled Pandu.

Note on the text: Corrected वालः → बालः (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब, critical edition bālaḥ).

Verse 94 (6.107.94)

नाहं तातस्तव पितुस्तातोऽस्मि तव भारत । इति मामब्रवीद्बाल्ये यः स वध्यः कथं मया ॥

nāhaṃ tātastava pitustāto'smi tava bhārata | iti māmabravīdbālye yaḥ sa vadhyaḥ kathaṃ mayā

"I am not your father, Bharata, but your father's father," he used to tell me when I was a child. How can I kill him?

Verse 95 (6.107.95)

कामं वध्यतु सैन्यं मे नाहं योत्स्ये महात्मना । जयो वास्तु वधो वा मे कथं वा कृष्ण मन्यसे ॥

kāmaṃ vadhyatu sainyaṃ me nāhaṃ yotsye mahātmanā | jayo vāstu vadho vā me kathaṃ vā kṛṣṇa manyase

Let my army be slain if it must; I will not fight that great soul. Whether it brings me victory or death, what do you think, Krishna?

Note on the text: सैन्यं मे (CE me sainyaṃ) kept as a variant word order.

Verse 96 (6.107.96)

कथमस्माद्विधः कृष्ण जानन्धर्मं सनातनम् । न्यस्तशस्त्रे च वृद्धे च प्रहरेद्धि पितामहे ॥

kathamasmādvidhaḥ kṛṣṇa jānandharmaṃ sanātanam | nyastaśastre ca vṛddhe ca prahareddhi pitāmahe

How could one like me, Krishna, who knows the eternal dharma, strike at the grandsire when he is old and has laid down his weapons?

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 6.103.89d*0431. Removed the wiki quote marks (` … ') and the doubled verse-end mark printed inside them.

Verse 97 (6.107.97)

प्रतिज्ञाय वधं जिष्णो पुरा भीष्मस्य संयुगे । क्षत्रधर्मे स्थितः पार्थ कथं नैनं हनिष्यसि ॥

pratijñāya vadhaṃ jiṣṇo purā bhīṣmasya saṃyuge | kṣatradharme sthitaḥ pārtha kathaṃ nainaṃ haniṣyasi

Jishnu, you vowed long ago to kill Bhishma in battle. Standing by the duty of a kshatriya, how can you not kill him, son of Pritha?

Note on the text: The page heads this speech श्रीवासुदेव उवाच where the critical edition has śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca; the page's heading is kept.

Verse 98 (6.107.98)

पातयैनं रथात्पार्थ क्षत्रियं युद्धदुर्मदम् । नाहत्वा युधि गाङ्गेयं विजयस्ते भविष्यति ॥

pātayainaṃ rathātpārtha kṣatriyaṃ yuddhadurmadam | nāhatvā yudhi gāṅgeyaṃ vijayaste bhaviṣyati

Bring him down from his chariot, son of Pritha, that kshatriya eager for battle. Unless you kill Ganga's son in battle, there will be no victory for you.

Note on the text: क्षत्रियं युद्धदुर्मदम् (CE vajrāhatam iva drumam) kept as a variant.

Verse 99 (6.107.99)

दृष्टमेतत्पुरा देवैर्भविष्यत्यवशस्य ते । यद्दृष्टं हि पुरा पार्थ तत्तथा न तदन्यथा ॥

dṛṣṭametatpurā devairbhaviṣyatyavaśasya te | yaddṛṣṭaṃ hi purā pārtha tattathā na tadanyathā

This was foreseen long ago by the gods, and it will come about whether you will it or not. What was foreseen long ago, son of Pritha, will happen so and not otherwise.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.103.92 with variants: दृष्टम् (CE diṣṭam) in line 1, and line 2 यद्दृष्टं हि पुरा पार्थ तत्तथा न तदन्यथा for hantā bhīṣmasya pūrvendra iti tan na tad anyathā; kept as the page prints it.

Verse 100 (6.107.100)

न हि भीष्मं दुराधर्षं व्यात्ताननमिवान्तकम् । त्वदन्यः शक्नुयाद्योद्धुमपि वज्रधरः स्वयम् ॥

na hi bhīṣmaṃ durādharṣaṃ vyāttānanamivāntakam | tvadanyaḥ śaknuyādyoddhumapi vajradharaḥ svayam

No one but you could fight Bhishma, who is hard to assail and like Death with jaws gaping wide, not even the wielder of the thunderbolt himself.

Note on the text: योद्धुम् (CE hantum) kept as a variant.

Verse 101 (6.107.101)

जहि भीष्मं स्थिरो भूत्वा शृणु चेदं वचो मम । यथोवाच पुरा शक्रं महाबुद्धिर्बृहस्पतिः ॥

jahi bhīṣmaṃ sthiro bhūtvā śṛṇu cedaṃ vaco mama | yathovāca purā śakraṃ mahābuddhirbṛhaspatiḥ

Stand firm and kill Bhishma, and hear these words of mine, which the wise Brihaspati once spoke to Shakra:

Note on the text: स्थिरो भूत्वा (CE mahābāho) kept as a variant.

Verse 102 (6.107.102)

ज्यायांसमपि चेद्वृद्धं गुणैरपि समन्वितम् । आततायिनमायान्तं हन्याद्घातकमात्मनः ॥

jyāyāṃsamapi cedvṛddhaṃ guṇairapi samanvitam | ātatāyinamāyāntaṃ hanyādghātakamātmanaḥ

"Even an elder, aged and endowed with virtues, should be slain if he comes on as an assailant seeking one's life."

Note on the text: Corrected हन्याद्धातकम् → हन्याद्घातकम् (misprint in Wikisource; ध for घ, critical edition hanyād ghātakam, and the page's own commentary glosses घातकम्). चेद्वृद्धं (CE cec chakra), आयान्तं (CE āmantrya) and आत्मनः (CE āgatam) kept as variants.

Verse 103 (6.107.103)

शाश्वतोऽयं स्थितो धर्मः क्षत्रियाणां धनञ्जय । योद्धव्यं रक्षितव्यं च यष्टव्यं चानसूयुभिः ॥

śāśvato'yaṃ sthito dharmaḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ dhanañjaya | yoddhavyaṃ rakṣitavyaṃ ca yaṣṭavyaṃ cānasūyubhiḥ

This is the eternal, established dharma of kshatriyas, Dhananjaya: free of envy, they must fight, protect and offer sacrifice.

Verse 104 (6.107.104)

शिखण्डी निधनं कृष्ण भीष्मस्य भविता ध्रुवम् । दृष्ट्वैव हि सदा भीष्मः पाञ्चाल्यं विनिवर्तते ॥

śikhaṇḍī nidhanaṃ kṛṣṇa bhīṣmasya bhavitā dhruvam | dṛṣṭvaiva hi sadā bhīṣmaḥ pāñcālyaṃ vinivartate

Shikhandi will surely be the cause of Bhishma's death, Krishna, for Bhishma always turns back the moment he sees the Panchala prince.

Verse 105 (6.107.105)

ते वयं प्रमुखे तस्य पुरस्कृत्य शिखण्डिनम् । गाङ्गेयं पातयिष्याम उपायेनेति मे मतिः ॥

te vayaṃ pramukhe tasya puraskṛtya śikhaṇḍinam | gāṅgeyaṃ pātayiṣyāma upāyeneti me matiḥ

So, putting Shikhandi in front of him, we shall bring down Ganga's son by this stratagem; that is my thought.

Note on the text: पुरस्कृत्य (CE sthāpayitvā) kept as a variant.

Verse 106 (6.107.106)

अहमन्यान्महेष्वासान्वारयिष्यामि सायकैः । शिखण्ड्यपि युधां श्रेष्ठं भीष्ममेवाभियोधयेत् ॥

ahamanyānmaheṣvāsānvārayiṣyāmi sāyakaiḥ | śikhaṇḍyapi yudhāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ bhīṣmamevābhiyodhayet

I shall hold off the other great archers with my arrows, and let Shikhandi fight Bhishma alone, the best of warriors.

Note on the text: श्रेष्ठं … अभियोधयेत् (CE śreṣṭho … abhiyāsyatu) kept as variants.

Verse 107 (6.107.107)

श्रुतं हि कुरुमुख्यस्य नाहं हन्यां शिखण्डिनम् । कन्या ह्येषा पुरा भूत्वा पुरुषः समपद्यत ॥

śrutaṃ hi kurumukhyasya nāhaṃ hanyāṃ śikhaṇḍinam | kanyā hyeṣā purā bhūtvā puruṣaḥ samapadyata

For we have heard the chief of the Kurus say, "I would not kill Shikhandi." This one was a girl before and later became a man.

Note on the text: श्रुतं हि (CE śrutaṃ te) and भूत्वा (CE jātā) kept as variants.

Verse 108 (6.107.108)

अर्जुनस्य वचः श्रुत्वा भीष्मस्य वधसंयुतम् । जहृषुर्हृष्टरोमाणः सकृष्णाः पाण्डवास्तदा ॥

arjunasya vacaḥ śrutvā bhīṣmasya vadhasaṃyutam | jahṛṣurhṛṣṭaromāṇaḥ sakṛṣṇāḥ pāṇḍavāstadā

Hearing Arjuna's words, which bore on the slaying of Bhishma, the Pandavas and Krishna rejoiced, their hair bristling with delight.

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 6.103.100d*0432, headed saṃjaya uvāca. Speaker: the input carried Arjuna over to this narration; it is the narrator's (Sanjaya). Removed the wiki quote marks (` … ') and the doubled verse-end mark printed inside them.

Verse 109 (6.107.109)

इत्येवं निश्चयं कृत्वा पाण्डवाः सहमाधवाः । अनुमान्य महात्मानं प्रययुर्हृष्टमानसाः । शयनानि यथा स्वानि भेजिरे पुरुषर्षभाः ॥

ityevaṃ niścayaṃ kṛtvā pāṇḍavāḥ sahamādhavāḥ | anumānya mahātmānaṃ prayayurhṛṣṭamānasāḥ | śayanāni yathā svāni bhejire puruṣarṣabhāḥ

Having settled on this resolve, the Pandavas with Madhava took leave of the great-souled one and set out with glad hearts, and those bulls among men went to rest on their own beds.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration (the critical edition heads 6.103.101 saṃjaya uvāca); the input carried Arjuna over. A three-line verse as the page prints it (108a–c): line 1 is 6.103.101ab, line 2 is the star passage 6.103.101b*0433 (not in the constituted text), line 3 is 6.103.101cd. The star passage 6.103.101d*0434 is not on the page.