Duels of the Tenth Day; Bhishma Consumes the Somakas

Verse 1 (6.116.1)

अभिमन्युर्महाराज तव पुत्रमयोधयत् । महत्या सेनया युक्तं भीष्महेतोः पराक्रमी ॥

abhimanyurmahārāja tava putramayodhayat | mahatyā senayā yuktaṃ bhīṣmahetoḥ parākramī

O great king, the valiant Abhimanyu fought your son, who was backed by a great army and fighting for Bhishma's sake.

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: checked against the raw Wikisource page (a table, one row per verse, 6-116-1 to 6-116-80, heading सञ्जय उवाच before verse 1, closing colophon present after verse 80); all eighty verses are Sanjaya's narration. This adhyaya is the first part of the critical edition's 6.112 (verses 1–77; the critical edition's 6.112.78 ff. continue in Wikisource adhyaya 117). From verse 29 to 36 and from 75 to 80 Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses (6.112.29, 30, 34, 74, 77) into couplets, so its lines run out of step with the critical edition's verse breaks; each verse cites the critical-edition verse holding its first line and the line mapping is given in its note. The page's two commentary lines after the colophon (on 6-116-27 and 6-116-45) are not verses and were not included.

Verse 2 (6.116.2)

दुर्योधनो रणे कार्ष्णिं नवभिर्नतपर्वभिः । आजघानोरसि क्रुद्धः पुनश्चैनं त्रिभिः शरैः ॥

duryodhano raṇe kārṣṇiṃ navabhirnataparvabhiḥ | ājaghānorasi kruddhaḥ punaścainaṃ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ

In the battle Duryodhana, enraged, struck Karshni (Abhimanyu) in the chest with nine straight arrows, and then again with three more.

Note on the text: Corrected कार्षिं → कार्ष्णिं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ण, the name Kārṣṇi, as in verses 3 and 5 and the critical edition's kārṣṇiṃ).

Verse 3 (6.116.3)

तस्य शक्तिं रणे कार्ष्णिर्मृत्योर्जिह्वामिवायसीम् । प्रेषयामास संक्रुद्धो दुर्योधनरथं प्रति ॥

tasya śaktiṃ raṇe kārṣṇirmṛtyorjihvāmivāyasīm | preṣayāmāsa saṃkruddho duryodhanarathaṃ prati

Karshni, furious, hurled at Duryodhana's chariot an iron spear like the tongue of Death.

Verse 4 (6.116.4)

तामापतन्तीं सहसा घोररूपां विशांपते । द्विधा चिच्छेद ते पुत्रः क्षुरप्रेण महारथः ॥

tāmāpatantīṃ sahasā ghorarūpāṃ viśāṃpate | dvidhā ciccheda te putraḥ kṣurapreṇa mahārathaḥ

As it came flying suddenly at him, terrible to behold, O lord of the people, your son, the great chariot-warrior, cut it in two with a razor-headed arrow.

Verse 5 (6.116.5)

तां शक्तिं पतितां दृष्ट्वा कार्ष्णिः परमकोपनः । दुर्योधनं त्रिभिर्बाणैर्बाह्वोरुरसि चार्पयत् ॥

tāṃ śaktiṃ patitāṃ dṛṣṭvā kārṣṇiḥ paramakopanaḥ | duryodhanaṃ tribhirbāṇairbāhvorurasi cārpayat

Seeing the spear fall, Karshni, now in a towering rage, drove three arrows into Duryodhana's arms and chest.

Verse 6 (6.116.6)

पुनश्चैनं शरैर्घोरैराजघान स्तनान्तरे । दशभिर्भरतश्रेष्ठ दुर्योधनममर्षणम् ॥

punaścainaṃ śarairghorairājaghāna stanāntare | daśabhirbharataśreṣṭha duryodhanamamarṣaṇam

And again, O best of the Bharatas, he struck the unyielding Duryodhana between the breasts with ten fearsome arrows.

Verse 7 (6.116.7)

तद्युद्धमभवद्धोरं चित्ररूपं च भारत । ईक्षितृप्रीतिजननं सर्वपार्थिवपूजितम् ॥

tadyuddhamabhavaddhoraṃ citrarūpaṃ ca bhārata | īkṣitṛprītijananaṃ sarvapārthivapūjitam

That fight, O Bharata, was terrible and wondrous to see; it delighted those who watched it and was praised by all the kings.

Note on the text: Corrected ईक्षितृप्रीतितजननं → ईक्षितृप्रीतिजननं (misprint in Wikisource; doubled akshara त; the critical edition reads īkṣitṛprītijananaṃ).

Verse 8 (6.116.8)

भीष्मस्य निधनार्थाय पार्थस्य विजयाय च । युयुधाते रणे वीरौ सौभद्रकुरुपुङ्गवौ ॥

bhīṣmasya nidhanārthāya pārthasya vijayāya ca | yuyudhāte raṇe vīrau saubhadrakurupuṅgavau

The two heroes, Subhadra's son and the bull of the Kurus, fought each other in the battle over the slaying of Bhishma and the victory of Partha.

Verse 9 (6.116.9)

सात्यकिं रभसं युद्धे द्रौणिर्ब्राह्मणपुङ्गवः । आजघानोरसि क्रुद्धो नाराचेन परंतपः ॥

sātyakiṃ rabhasaṃ yuddhe drauṇirbrāhmaṇapuṅgavaḥ | ājaghānorasi kruddho nārācena paraṃtapaḥ

Drauni (Ashvatthama), foremost of brahmins and scorcher of foes, angrily struck the impetuous Satyaki in the chest with an iron shaft.

Verse 10 (6.116.10)

शैनेयोऽपि गुरोः पुत्रं सर्वमर्मसु भारत । अताडयदमेयात्मा नवभिः कङ्कपत्रिभिः ॥

śaineyo'pi guroḥ putraṃ sarvamarmasu bhārata | atāḍayadameyātmā navabhiḥ kaṅkapatribhiḥ

Shaineya (Satyaki) too, of immeasurable spirit, O Bharata, struck the preceptor's son in all his vital parts with nine heron-feathered arrows.

Verse 11 (6.116.11)

अश्वत्थामा तु समरे सात्यकिं नवभिः शरैः । त्रिंशता च पुनस्तूर्णं बाह्वोरुरसि चार्पयत् ॥

aśvatthāmā tu samare sātyakiṃ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ | triṃśatā ca punastūrṇaṃ bāhvorurasi cārpayat

Ashvatthama in turn pierced Satyaki in the fight with nine arrows, and then swiftly with thirty more in the arms and chest.

Verse 12 (6.116.12)

सोऽतिविद्धो महेष्वासो द्रोणपुत्रेण सात्यकिः । द्रोणपुत्रं त्रिभिर्बाणैराजघान महायशाः ॥

so'tividdho maheṣvāso droṇaputreṇa sātyakiḥ | droṇaputraṃ tribhirbāṇairājaghāna mahāyaśāḥ

Badly wounded by Drona's son, the great archer Satyaki, a man of great fame, struck Drona's son with three arrows.

Verse 13 (6.116.13)

पौरवो धृष्टकेतुं च शरैराच्छाद्य संयुगे । बहुधा दारयांचक्रे महेष्वासं महारथः ॥

pauravo dhṛṣṭaketuṃ ca śarairācchādya saṃyuge | bahudhā dārayāṃcakre maheṣvāsaṃ mahārathaḥ

Paurava, a great chariot-warrior, covered Dhrishtaketu with arrows in the battle and tore that great archer open in many places.

Verse 14 (6.116.14)

तथैव पौरवं युद्धे धृष्टकेतुर्महारथः । त्रिंशता निशितैर्बाणैर्विव्याधाशु महाभुजः ॥

tathaiva pauravaṃ yuddhe dhṛṣṭaketurmahārathaḥ | triṃśatā niśitairbāṇairvivyādhāśu mahābhujaḥ

Likewise Dhrishtaketu, the mighty-armed great chariot-warrior, quickly pierced Paurava in the fight with thirty sharp arrows.

Verse 15 (6.116.15)

पौरवस्तु धनुश्छित्त्वा धृष्टकेतोर्महारथः । ननाद बलवन्नादं विव्याध च शितैः शरैः ॥

pauravastu dhanuśchittvā dhṛṣṭaketormahārathaḥ | nanāda balavannādaṃ vivyādha ca śitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Then Paurava, the great chariot-warrior, cut Dhrishtaketu's bow, roared a mighty roar, and pierced him with sharp arrows.

Verse 16 (6.116.16)

सोऽन्यत्कार्मुकमादाय पौरवं निशितैः शरैः । आजघान महाराज त्रिसप्तत्या शिलीमुखैः ॥

so'nyatkārmukamādāya pauravaṃ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | ājaghāna mahārāja trisaptatyā śilīmukhaiḥ

Dhrishtaketu took up another bow, O great king, and struck Paurava with seventy-three sharp arrows.

Verse 17 (6.116.17)

तौ तु तत्र महेष्वासौ महामात्रौ महारथौ । महता शरवर्षेण परस्परमवर्षताम् ॥

tau tu tatra maheṣvāsau mahāmātrau mahārathau | mahatā śaravarṣeṇa parasparamavarṣatām

Those two great archers, both men of rank and great chariot-warriors, rained a great shower of arrows on each other.

Verse 18 (6.116.18)

अन्योन्यस्य धनुश्छित्त्वा हयान्हत्वा च भारत । विरथावसियुद्धाय समीयतुरमर्षणौ ॥

anyonyasya dhanuśchittvā hayānhatvā ca bhārata | virathāvasiyuddhāya samīyaturamarṣaṇau

Each cut the other's bow and killed the other's horses, O Bharata; then, without chariots and unable to bear defeat, they closed for a sword fight.

Verse 19 (6.116.19)

आर्षभे चर्मणी चित्रे शतचन्द्रपुरस्कृते । तारकाशतचित्रे च निस्त्रिंशौ सुमहाप्रभौ ॥

ārṣabhe carmaṇī citre śatacandrapuraskṛte | tārakāśatacitre ca nistriṃśau sumahāprabhau

They took up bright shields of bull's hide, adorned with a hundred moons and figured with a hundred stars, and two swords of great brilliance,

Verse 20 (6.116.20)

प्रगृह्य विमलौ राजंस्तावन्योन्यमभिद्रुतौ । वासितासंगमे यत्तौ सिंहाविव महावने ॥

pragṛhya vimalau rājaṃstāvanyonyamabhidrutau | vāsitāsaṃgame yattau siṃhāviva mahāvane

and, grasping those spotless blades, O king, the two rushed at each other like two lions in a great forest contending for a mate in season.

Verse 21 (6.116.21)

मण्डलानि विचित्राणि गतप्रत्यागतानि च । चेरतुर्दर्शयन्तौ च प्रार्थयन्तौ परस्परम् ॥

maṇḍalāni vicitrāṇi gatapratyāgatāni ca | ceraturdarśayantau ca prārthayantau parasparam

They moved in varied circles, advancing and falling back, displaying their skill and seeking each other out.

Verse 22 (6.116.22)

पौरवो धृष्टकेतुं तु शङ्खदेशे महासिना । ताडयामास संक्रुद्धस्तिष्ठतिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत् ॥

pauravo dhṛṣṭaketuṃ tu śaṅkhadeśe mahāsinā | tāḍayāmāsa saṃkruddhastiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cābravīt

Paurava, enraged, struck Dhrishtaketu on the temple with his great sword, crying, 'Stand, stand!'

Verse 23 (6.116.23)

चेदिराजोऽपि समरे पौरवं पुरुषर्षभम् । आजघान शिताग्रेण जत्रुदेशे महासिना ॥

cedirājo'pi samare pauravaṃ puruṣarṣabham | ājaghāna śitāgreṇa jatrudeśe mahāsinā

The king of the Chedis too struck Paurava, that bull among men, on the collarbone with his sharp-pointed great sword.

Verse 24 (6.116.24)

तावन्योन्यं महाराज समासाद्य महाहवे । अन्योन्यवेगाभिहतौ निपेततुररिंदमौ ॥

tāvanyonyaṃ mahārāja samāsādya mahāhave | anyonyavegābhihatau nipetaturariṃdamau

Having closed with each other in that great battle, O great king, the two subduers of foes, each felled by the force of the other's blow, both dropped to the ground.

Verse 25 (6.116.25)

ततः स्वरथमारोप्य पौरवं तनयस्तव । जयत्सेनो रथेनाजावपोवाह रणाजिरात् ॥

tataḥ svarathamāropya pauravaṃ tanayastava | jayatseno rathenājāvapovāha raṇājirāt

Then your son Jayatsena lifted Paurava onto his own chariot and bore him away from the field of battle.

Verse 26 (6.116.26)

धृष्टकेतुं तु समरे माद्रीपुत्रः प्रतापवान् । अपोवाह रणे क्रुद्धः सहदेवः पराक्रमी ॥

dhṛṣṭaketuṃ tu samare mādrīputraḥ pratāpavān | apovāha raṇe kruddhaḥ sahadevaḥ parākramī

And Madri's son Sahadeva, valiant and mighty, angrily carried Dhrishtaketu away from the fight.

Note on the text: Corrected धृष्टकेतु तु → धृष्टकेतुं तु (misprint in Wikisource; the object needs the accusative, cf. the critical edition's dhṛṣṭaketuṃ). The verse is the critical edition's 6.112.26 (left unaligned by the matcher; it reads paraṃtapaḥ, rājan, pratāpavān where Wikisource has प्रतापवान्, क्रुद्धः, पराक्रमी — recension variants).

Verse 27 (6.116.27)

चित्रसेनः सुशर्माणं विद्ध्वा बहुभिरायसैः । पुनर्विव्याध तं षष्ट्या पुनश्च नवभिः शरैः ॥

citrasenaḥ suśarmāṇaṃ viddhvā bahubhirāyasaiḥ | punarvivyādha taṃ ṣaṣṭyā punaśca navabhiḥ śaraiḥ

Chitrasena pierced Susharma with many iron arrows, then pierced him again with sixty, and again with nine.

Note on the text: Corrected नवभि शरैः → नवभिः शरैः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga, critical edition navabhiḥ śaraiḥ).

Verse 28 (6.116.28)

सुशर्मा तु रणे क्रुद्धस्तव पुत्रं विशांपते । दशभिर्दशभिश्चैव विव्याध निशितैः शरैः ॥

suśarmā tu raṇe kruddhastava putraṃ viśāṃpate | daśabhirdaśabhiścaiva vivyādha niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Susharma, enraged in the battle, O lord of the people, pierced your son with sharp arrows, ten and ten again.

Note on the text: Corrected दशमिर्दशभिश्चैव → दशभिर्दशभिश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; म for भ, critical edition daśabhir daśabhiś caiva).

Verse 29 (6.116.29)

चित्रसेनश्च तं राजंस्त्रिंशता नतपर्वभिः । आजघान रणे क्रुद्धः स च तं प्रत्यविध्यत ॥

citrasenaśca taṃ rājaṃstriṃśatā nataparvabhiḥ | ājaghāna raṇe kruddhaḥ sa ca taṃ pratyavidhyata

And Chitrasena, O king, angrily struck him in the battle with thirty straight arrows, and Susharma pierced him in return.

Note on the text: Corrected रमे → रणे (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition raṇe). Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.29ab and cd (with नतपर्वभिः for nataparvaṇām).

Verse 30 (6.116.30)

भीष्मस्य समरे राजन्यशो मानं च वर्धयन् । सौभद्रो राजपुत्रं तु बृहद्बलमयोधयत् ॥

bhīṣmasya samare rājanyaśo mānaṃ ca vardhayan | saubhadro rājaputraṃ tu bṛhadbalamayodhayat

So they fought, O king, adding to Bhishma's fame and honour in the battle. Subhadra's son fought Prince Brihadbala,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.112.29ef (the third line of its verse 29); line 2 is 6.112.30ab.

Verse 31 (6.116.31)

पार्थहेतोः पराक्रान्तो भीष्मस्य निधनं प्रति । आर्जुनिं कोसलेन्द्रस्तु विद्ध्वा पञ्चभिरायसैः ॥

pārthahetoḥ parākrānto bhīṣmasya nidhanaṃ prati | ārjuniṃ kosalendrastu viddhvā pañcabhirāyasaiḥ

exerting himself for Partha's sake and for Bhishma's death. The lord of Kosala pierced Arjuna's son with five iron arrows

Note on the text: Line 1 is not in the critical edition's constituted text: its apparatus records it as the star passage 6.112.30b*0465 (with āyodhanaṃ for निधनं). Line 2 is the critical edition's 6.112.30cd.

Verse 32 (6.116.32)

पुनर्विव्याध विंशत्या शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः । सौभद्रः कोसलेन्द्रं तु विव्याधाष्टभिरायसैः ॥

punarvivyādha viṃśatyā śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ | saubhadraḥ kosalendraṃ tu vivyādhāṣṭabhirāyasaiḥ

and pierced him again with twenty straight arrows. Subhadra's son pierced the lord of Kosala with eight iron arrows,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.112.30ef; line 2 corresponds to its 6.112.31ab with a different reading (bṛhadbalaṃ ca saubhadro viddhvā navabhir āyasaiḥ — "eight" here, "nine" there).

Verse 33 (6.116.33)

नाकम्पयत संग्रामे विव्याध च पुनः शरैः । कौसल्यस्य धनुश्चापि पुनश्चिच्छेद फाल्गुनिः ॥

nākampayata saṃgrāme vivyādha ca punaḥ śaraiḥ | kausalyasya dhanuścāpi punaściccheda phālguniḥ

but could not shake him in the battle, and he pierced him again with arrows. Then Phalguni (Abhimanyu) cut the bow of the Kosala king as well

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.112.31cd (with शरैः for punaḥ); line 2 is its 6.112.32ab (recension variant word order).

Verse 34 (6.116.34)

आजघान शरैश्चापि त्रिंशता कङ्कपत्रिभिः । सोऽन्यत्कार्मुकमादाय राजपुत्रो बृहद्बलः ॥

ājaghāna śaraiścāpi triṃśatā kaṅkapatribhiḥ | so'nyatkārmukamādāya rājaputro bṛhadbalaḥ

and struck him with thirty heron-feathered arrows. Prince Brihadbala took up another bow

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.112.32cd; line 2 is its 6.112.33ab.

Verse 35 (6.116.35)

फाल्गुनिं समरे क्रुद्धो विव्याध बहुभिः शरैः । तयोर्युद्धं समभवद्भीष्महेतोः परंतप ॥

phālguniṃ samare kruddho vivyādha bahubhiḥ śaraiḥ | tayoryuddhaṃ samabhavadbhīṣmahetoḥ paraṃtapa

and, enraged, pierced Phalguni in the battle with many arrows. So a fight arose between the two for Bhishma's sake, O scorcher of foes,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.112.33cd; line 2 is its 6.112.34ab.

Verse 36 (6.116.36)

संरब्धयोर्महाराज समरे चित्रयोधिनोः । यथा देवासुरे युद्धे बलिवासवयोरभूत् ॥

saṃrabdhayormahārāja samare citrayodhinoḥ | yathā devāsure yuddhe balivāsavayorabhūt

a fight, O great king, between two furious warriors of wondrous skill, like the one between Bali and Vasava (Indra) in the war of the gods and the asuras.

Note on the text: Lines are the critical edition's 6.112.34cd and ef (it names Maya and Vasava where Wikisource has बलिवासवयोः — a recension variant).

Verse 37 (6.116.37)

भीमसेनो गजानीकं योधयन्बह्वशोभत । यथा शक्रो वज्रपाणिर्दारयन्पर्वतोत्तमान् ॥

bhīmaseno gajānīkaṃ yodhayanbahvaśobhata | yathā śakro vajrapāṇirdārayanparvatottamān

Bhimasena, fighting the elephant division, shone splendidly, like Shakra (Indra), the wielder of the thunderbolt, splitting the greatest mountains.

Verse 38 (6.116.38)

ते वध्यमाना भीमेन मातङ्गा गिरिसन्निभाः । निपेतुरुर्व्यां सहिता नादयन्तो वसुंधराम् ॥

te vadhyamānā bhīmena mātaṅgā girisannibhāḥ | nipetururvyāṃ sahitā nādayanto vasuṃdharām

Struck down by Bhima, the elephants, huge as hills, fell together upon the ground, making the earth resound.

Note on the text: Corrected मात्गा → मातङ्गा (misprint in Wikisource; a broken conjunct, critical edition mātaṅgā) and वसुधराम् → वसुंधराम् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara, which the metre needs; critical edition vasuṃdharām).

Verse 39 (6.116.39)

गिरिमात्रा हि ते नागा भिन्नाञ्जनचयोपमाः । विरेजुर्वसुधां प्राप्ता विकीर्णा इव पर्वताः ॥

girimātrā hi te nāgā bhinnāñjanacayopamāḥ | virejurvasudhāṃ prāptā vikīrṇā iva parvatāḥ

Those elephants, as big as mountains and dark as heaps of crushed collyrium, lay on the earth like scattered mountains.

Verse 40 (6.116.40)

युधिष्ठिरो महेष्वासो मद्रराजानमाहवे । महत्या सेनया गुप्तं पीडयामास संगतम् ॥

yudhiṣṭhiro maheṣvāso madrarājānamāhave | mahatyā senayā guptaṃ pīḍayāmāsa saṃgatam

The great archer Yudhishthira pressed hard in the battle the king of the Madras, who had come against him guarded by a large army.

Verse 41 (6.116.41)

मद्रेश्वरश्च समरे धर्मपुत्रं महारथम् । पीडयामास संरब्धो भीष्महेतोः पराक्रमी ॥

madreśvaraśca samare dharmaputraṃ mahāratham | pīḍayāmāsa saṃrabdho bhīṣmahetoḥ parākramī

And the lord of the Madras, valiant and furious, pressed hard the son of Dharma, the great chariot-warrior, in the battle for Bhishma's sake.

Verse 42 (6.116.42)

विराटं सैन्धवो राजा विद्ध्वा सन्नतपर्वभिः । नवभिः सायकैस्तीक्ष्णैस्त्रिंशता पुनरार्पयत् ॥

virāṭaṃ saindhavo rājā viddhvā sannataparvabhiḥ | navabhiḥ sāyakaistīkṣṇaistriṃśatā punarārpayat

The king of the Sindhus pierced Virata with nine sharp, straight arrows, and then drove thirty more into him.

Verse 43 (6.116.43)

विराटश्च महाराज सैन्धवं वाहिनीपतिः । त्रिंशद्भिर्निशितैर्बाणैराजघान स्तनान्तरे ॥

virāṭaśca mahārāja saindhavaṃ vāhinīpatiḥ | triṃśadbhirniśitairbāṇairājaghāna stanāntare

And Virata, O great king, the commander of an army, struck the Sindhu king between the breasts with thirty sharp arrows.

Verse 44 (6.116.44)

चित्रकार्मुकनिस्त्रिंशौ चित्रवर्मायुधध्वजौ । रेजतुश्चित्ररूपौ तौ संग्रामे मत्स्यसैन्धवौ ॥

citrakārmukanistriṃśau citravarmāyudhadhvajau | rejatuścitrarūpau tau saṃgrāme matsyasaindhavau

With bright bows and swords, bright armour, weapons and banners, those two, the Matsya king and the Sindhu king, shone splendidly in battle.

Verse 45 (6.116.45)

द्रोणः पाञ्चालपुत्रेण समागम्य महारणे । महासमुदयं चक्रे शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥

droṇaḥ pāñcālaputreṇa samāgamya mahāraṇe | mahāsamudayaṃ cakre śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ

Drona, meeting the son of the Panchala king in the great battle, waged a mighty combat with straight arrows.

Verse 46 (6.116.46)

ततो द्रोणो महाराज पार्षतस्य महद्धनुः । छित्त्वा पञ्चाशतेषूंश्च पार्षतं प्रति सृष्टवान् ॥

tato droṇo mahārāja pārṣatasya mahaddhanuḥ | chittvā pañcāśateṣūṃśca pārṣataṃ prati sṛṣṭavān

Then, O great king, Drona cut the great bow of Parshata (Dhrishtadyumna) and loosed fifty arrows at him.

Verse 47 (6.116.47)

सोऽन्यत्कार्मुकमादाय पार्षतः परवीरहा । द्रोणस्य मिषतो युद्धे प्रेषयामास सायकान् ॥

so'nyatkārmukamādāya pārṣataḥ paravīrahā | droṇasya miṣato yuddhe preṣayāmāsa sāyakān

Parshata, slayer of enemy heroes, took up another bow and, while Drona looked on, shot arrows at him in the fight.

Verse 48 (6.116.48)

ताञ्छराञ्छरघातेन चिच्छेद स महारथः । द्रोणो द्रुपदपुत्राय प्राहिणोत्पञ्च सायकान् ॥

tāñcharāñcharaghātena ciccheda sa mahārathaḥ | droṇo drupadaputrāya prāhiṇotpañca sāyakān

That great chariot-warrior cut down those arrows with strokes of his own; then Drona sent five arrows at Drupada's son.

Verse 49 (6.116.49)

ततः क्रुद्धो महाराज पार्षतः परवीरहा । द्रोणाय चिक्षेप गदां यमदण्डोपमां रणे ॥

tataḥ kruddho mahārāja pārṣataḥ paravīrahā | droṇāya cikṣepa gadāṃ yamadaṇḍopamāṃ raṇe

Then, O great king, Parshata, slayer of enemy heroes, in a rage hurled at Drona in the battle a mace like the rod of Yama.

Verse 50 (6.116.50)

तामापतन्तीं सहसा हेमपट्टविभूषिताम् । शरैः पञ्चाशता द्रोणो वारयामास संयुगे ॥

tāmāpatantīṃ sahasā hemapaṭṭavibhūṣitām | śaraiḥ pañcāśatā droṇo vārayāmāsa saṃyuge

As it came flying suddenly, adorned with bands of gold, Drona checked it in the fight with fifty arrows.

Verse 51 (6.116.51)

सा छिन्ना बहुधा राजन्द्रोणचापच्युतैः शरैः । चूर्णीकृता विशीर्यन्ती पपात वसुधातले ॥

sā chinnā bahudhā rājandroṇacāpacyutaiḥ śaraiḥ | cūrṇīkṛtā viśīryantī papāta vasudhātale

Cut into many pieces, O king, by the arrows shot from Drona's bow, it was ground to dust and fell, scattering, to the earth.

Note on the text: Corrected द्रोगचापच्युतैः → द्रोणचापच्युतैः (misprint in Wikisource; ग for ण, critical edition droṇacāpacyutaiḥ).

Verse 52 (6.116.52)

गदां विनिहतां दृष्ट्वा पार्षतः शत्रुतापनः । द्रोणाय शक्तिं चिक्षेप सर्वपारशवीं शुभाम् ॥

gadāṃ vinihatāṃ dṛṣṭvā pārṣataḥ śatrutāpanaḥ | droṇāya śaktiṃ cikṣepa sarvapāraśavīṃ śubhām

Seeing the mace destroyed, Parshata, tormentor of foes, hurled at Drona a fine spear made wholly of iron.

Verse 53 (6.116.53)

तां द्रोणो नवभिर्बाणैश्चिच्छेद युधि भारत । पार्षतं च महेष्वासं पीडयामास संयुगे ॥

tāṃ droṇo navabhirbāṇaiściccheda yudhi bhārata | pārṣataṃ ca maheṣvāsaṃ pīḍayāmāsa saṃyuge

Drona cut it with nine arrows in the battle, O Bharata, and pressed hard the great archer Parshata in the fight.

Note on the text: Corrected पीजयामास → पीडयामास (misprint in Wikisource; ज for ड, critical edition pīḍayām āsa).

Verse 54 (6.116.54)

एवमेतन्महायुद्धं द्रोणपार्षतयोरभूत् । भीष्मं प्रति महाराज घोररूपं भयानकम् ॥

evametanmahāyuddhaṃ droṇapārṣatayorabhūt | bhīṣmaṃ prati mahārāja ghorarūpaṃ bhayānakam

Thus, O great king, this great fight, dreadful and terrifying, took place between Drona and Parshata over Bhishma.

Verse 55 (6.116.55)

अर्जुनः प्राप्य गाङ्गेयं पीडयन्निशितैः शरैः । अभ्यद्रवत संयत्तो वने मत्तमिव द्विपम् ॥

arjunaḥ prāpya gāṅgeyaṃ pīḍayanniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | abhyadravata saṃyatto vane mattamiva dvipam

Arjuna reached Gangeya (Bhishma) and, tormenting him with sharp arrows, rushed at him with full resolve, as at a maddened elephant in the forest.

Verse 56 (6.116.56)

प्रत्युद्ययौ च तं राजा भगदत्तः प्रतापवान् । त्रिधा भिन्नेन नागेन मदान्धेन महाबलः ॥

pratyudyayau ca taṃ rājā bhagadattaḥ pratāpavān | tridhā bhinnena nāgena madāndhena mahābalaḥ

The valiant and mighty King Bhagadatta advanced to meet him on an elephant blind with rut, its ichor streaming from three places.

Verse 57 (6.116.57)

तमापतन्तं सहसा महेन्द्रगजसन्निभम् । परं यत्नं समास्थाय बीभत्सुः प्रत्यपद्यत ॥

tamāpatantaṃ sahasā mahendragajasannibham | paraṃ yatnaṃ samāsthāya bībhatsuḥ pratyapadyata

As it bore suddenly down on him, like the elephant of great Indra, Bibhatsu (Arjuna) made his utmost effort and met it.

Note on the text: Corrected समस्थाय → समास्थाय (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign, critical edition samāsthāya).

Verse 58 (6.116.58)

ततो गजगतो राजा भगदत्तः प्रतापवान् । अर्जुनं शरवर्षेण वारयामास संयुगे ॥

tato gajagato rājā bhagadattaḥ pratāpavān | arjunaṃ śaravarṣeṇa vārayāmāsa saṃyuge

Then the valiant King Bhagadatta, mounted on his elephant, held Arjuna back in the fight with a shower of arrows.

Verse 59 (6.116.59)

अर्जुनस्तु ततो नागमायान्तं रजतोपमैः । विमलैरायसैस्तीक्ष्णैरविध्यत महारणे ॥

arjunastu tato nāgamāyāntaṃ rajatopamaiḥ | vimalairāyasaistīkṣṇairavidhyata mahāraṇe

Then Arjuna, in that great battle, pierced the oncoming elephant with spotless, sharp iron arrows that gleamed like silver.

Verse 60 (6.116.60)

शिखण्डिनं च कौन्तेयो याहियाहीत्यचोदयत् । भीष्मं प्रति महाराज जह्येनमिति चाब्रवीत् ॥

śikhaṇḍinaṃ ca kaunteyo yāhiyāhītyacodayat | bhīṣmaṃ prati mahārāja jahyenamiti cābravīt

And Kunti's son urged Shikhandin on, crying, 'Go, go!', and, O great king, told him, 'Make for Bhishma and kill him!'

Verse 61 (6.116.61)

प्राग्ज्योतिषस्ततो हित्वा पाण्डवं पाण्डुपूर्वज । प्रययौ त्वरितो राजन्द्रुपदस्य रथं प्रति ॥

prāgjyotiṣastato hitvā pāṇḍavaṃ pāṇḍupūrvaja | prayayau tvarito rājandrupadasya rathaṃ prati

Then the king of Pragjyotisha (Bhagadatta), O elder brother of Pandu, left the Pandava and went swiftly, O king, toward Drupada's chariot.

Verse 62 (6.116.62)

ततोऽर्जुनो महाराज भीष्ममभ्यद्रवद्द्रुतम् । शिखण्डिनं पुरस्कृत्य ततो युद्धमवर्तत ॥

tato'rjuno mahārāja bhīṣmamabhyadravaddrutam | śikhaṇḍinaṃ puraskṛtya tato yuddhamavartata

Then, O great king, Arjuna rushed swiftly at Bhishma with Shikhandin in front of him, and the fighting began.

Verse 63 (6.116.63)

ततस्ते तावकाः शूराः पाण्डवं रभसं युधि । समभ्यधावन्क्रोशन्तस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥

tataste tāvakāḥ śūrāḥ pāṇḍavaṃ rabhasaṃ yudhi | samabhyadhāvankrośantastadadbhutamivābhavat

Then your brave warriors rushed shouting at the impetuous Pandava in the battle; it was a wondrous sight.

Verse 64 (6.116.64)

नानाविधान्यनीकानि पुत्राणां ते जनाधिप । अर्जुनो व्यधमत्काले दिवीवाभ्राणि मारुतः ॥

nānāvidhānyanīkāni putrāṇāṃ te janādhipa | arjuno vyadhamatkāle divīvābhrāṇi mārutaḥ

But Arjuna, O lord of men, scattered in good time the many kinds of divisions of your sons, as the wind scatters clouds across the sky.

Verse 65 (6.116.65)

शिखण्डी तु समासाद्य भरतानां पितामहम् । इषुभिस्तूर्णमव्यग्रो बहुभिः स समाचिनोत् ॥

śikhaṇḍī tu samāsādya bharatānāṃ pitāmaham | iṣubhistūrṇamavyagro bahubhiḥ sa samācinot

Shikhandin, reaching the grandsire of the Bharatas, calmly and swiftly covered him with many arrows.

Verse 66 (6.116.66)

रथाग्न्यगारश्चापार्चिरसिशक्तिगदेन्धनः । शरसङ्घमहाज्वालः क्षत्रियान्समरेऽदहत् ॥

rathāgnyagāraścāpārcirasiśaktigadendhanaḥ | śarasaṅghamahājvālaḥ kṣatriyānsamare'dahat

But the grandsire was a fire, with his chariot for its hearth, his bow for its flame, swords, spears and maces for its fuel, and showers of arrows for its great blaze; and he burned the kshatriyas in battle.

Note on the text: Corrected चापार्चिरशिशक्तिगदेन्धनः → चापार्चिरसिशक्तिगदेन्धनः (misprint in Wikisource; श for स in असि "sword", critical edition cāpārcir asiśaktigadendhanaḥ). In the critical edition this verse and the next (6.112.65–66) follow 6.112.64 (Wikisource's verse 68); the page's order is kept.

Verse 67 (6.116.67)

यथाऽग्निः सुमहानिद्धः कक्षे चरति सानिलः । तथा जज्वाल भीष्मोऽपि दिव्यान्यस्त्राण्युदीरयन् ॥

yathā'gniḥ sumahāniddhaḥ kakṣe carati sānilaḥ | tathā jajvāla bhīṣmo'pi divyānyastrāṇyudīrayan

As a great fire, kindled and driven by the wind, sweeps through dry brush, so Bhishma blazed, unleashing celestial weapons.

Verse 68 (6.116.68)

सोमकांश्च रणे भीष्मो जघ्ने पार्थपदानुगान् । न्यवारयत तत्सैन्यं पाण्डवस्य महारथः ॥

somakāṃśca raṇe bhīṣmo jaghne pārthapadānugān | nyavārayata tatsainyaṃ pāṇḍavasya mahārathaḥ

In the battle Bhishma slew the Somakas who followed in Partha's track, and that great chariot-warrior held back the Pandava's army.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.112.64, which there stands before the two verses printed above it here (Wikisource 66–67); the page's order is kept.

Verse 69 (6.116.69)

सुवर्णपुङ्खैरिषुभिः शितैः सन्नतपर्वभिः । नादयन्स दिशो भीष्मः प्रदिशश्च महाहवे ॥

suvarṇapuṅkhairiṣubhiḥ śitaiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ | nādayansa diśo bhīṣmaḥ pradiśaśca mahāhave

With sharp, straight arrows feathered with gold, Bhishma made the quarters and the spaces between them ring in that great battle.

Verse 70 (6.116.70)

पातयन्रथिनो राजन्हयांश्च सह सादिभिः । मुण्डतालवनानीव चकार स रथव्रजान् ॥

pātayanrathino rājanhayāṃśca saha sādibhiḥ | muṇḍatālavanānīva cakāra sa rathavrajān

Felling chariot-warriors, O king, and horses together with their riders, he made the ranks of chariots look like groves of palm trees with their crowns lopped off.

Verse 71 (6.116.71)

निर्मनुष्यान्रथान्राजन्गजानश्वांश्च संयुगे । चकार समरे भीष्मः सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरः ॥

nirmanuṣyānrathānrājangajānaśvāṃśca saṃyuge | cakāra samare bhīṣmaḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ

In that battle, O king, Bhishma, the best of all who bear weapons, left chariots, elephants and horses without their men.

Verse 72 (6.116.72)

तस्य ज्यातलनिर्घोषं विस्फूर्जितमिवाशनेः । निशम्य सर्वतो राजन्समकम्पन्त सैनिकाः ॥

tasya jyātalanirghoṣaṃ visphūrjitamivāśaneḥ | niśamya sarvato rājansamakampanta sainikāḥ

Hearing on every side the twang of his bowstring, like the crash of a thunderbolt, O king, the soldiers trembled.

Verse 73 (6.116.73)

अमोघा न्यपतन्बाणाः पितुस्ते मनुजेश्वर । नासञ्जन्त शरीरेषु भीष्मचापच्युताः शराः ॥

amoghā nyapatanbāṇāḥ pituste manujeśvara | nāsañjanta śarīreṣu bhīṣmacāpacyutāḥ śarāḥ

Your father's arrows, O lord of men, never fell in vain; the shafts loosed from Bhishma's bow did not stay lodged in the bodies they struck.

Note on the text: Corrected अघोमा → अमोघा (misprint in Wikisource; transposed aksharas, critical edition amoghā).

Verse 74 (6.116.74)

निर्मनुष्यान्रथान्राजन्सुयुक्ताञ्जवनैर्हयैः । वातायमानानद्राक्षं ध्रियमाणान्विशांपते ॥

nirmanuṣyānrathānrājansuyuktāñjavanairhayaiḥ | vātāyamānānadrākṣaṃ dhriyamāṇānviśāṃpate

I saw chariots empty of men, O king, still yoked to swift horses, careering like the wind as they were borne along, O lord of the people.

Verse 75 (6.116.75)

चेदिकाशिकरूषाणां सहस्राणि चतुर्दश । महारथाः समाख्याताः कुलपुत्रास्तनुत्यजः ॥

cedikāśikarūṣāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi caturdaśa | mahārathāḥ samākhyātāḥ kulaputrāstanutyajaḥ

Fourteen thousand great chariot-warriors of the Chedis, the Kashis and the Karushas, men of renown, sons of noble houses, ready to give up their lives,

Note on the text: Corrected करूशानां → करूषाणां (misprint in Wikisource; the people are the Karūṣas, critical edition karūṣāṇāṃ).

Verse 76 (6.116.76)

अपरावर्तिनः शूराः सुवर्णविकृतध्वजाः । संग्रामे भीष्ममासाद्य सवाजिरथकुञ्जराः ॥

aparāvartinaḥ śūrāḥ suvarṇavikṛtadhvajāḥ | saṃgrāme bhīṣmamāsādya savājirathakuñjarāḥ

heroes who never turned back, with banners worked in gold, met Bhishma in battle with their horses, chariots and elephants

Note on the text: Lines are the critical edition's 6.112.74ab and cd (left unaligned by the matcher).

Verse 77 (6.116.77)

जग्मुस्ते परलोकाय व्यादितास्यमिवान्तकम् । न तत्रासीद्रणे राजन्सोमकानां महारथः ॥

jagmuste paralokāya vyāditāsyamivāntakam | na tatrāsīdraṇe rājansomakānāṃ mahārathaḥ

and went to the other world, as if into the gaping jaws of Death. There was no great chariot-warrior of the Somakas in that battle, O king,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.112.74ef; line 2 is its 6.112.75ab (with रणे राजन् for mahārāja).

Verse 78 (6.116.78)

यः संप्राप्य रणे भीष्मं जीविते स्म मनो दधे । तांश्च सर्वान्रणे योधान्प्रेतराजपुरं प्रति ॥

yaḥ saṃprāpya raṇe bhīṣmaṃ jīvite sma mano dadhe | tāṃśca sarvānraṇe yodhānpretarājapuraṃ prati

who, once he had come up against Bhishma in battle, could still set his mind on living. And all those warriors in the battle

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.112.75cd; line 2 is its 6.112.76ab.

Verse 79 (6.116.79)

नीतानमन्यन्त जना दृष्ट्वा भीष्मस्य विक्रमम् । न कश्चिदेनं समरे प्रत्युद्याति महारथः ॥

nītānamanyanta janā dṛṣṭvā bhīṣmasya vikramam | na kaścidenaṃ samare pratyudyāti mahārathaḥ

people counted as already led away to the city of the king of the dead, when they saw Bhishma's prowess. No great chariot-warrior went out to meet him in the battle

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.112.76cd; line 2 is its 6.112.77ab.

Verse 80 (6.116.80)

ऋते पाण्डुसुतं वीरं श्वेताश्वं कृष्णसारथिम् । शिखण्डिनं च समरे पाञ्चाल्यममितौजसम् ॥

ṛte pāṇḍusutaṃ vīraṃ śvetāśvaṃ kṛṣṇasārathim | śikhaṇḍinaṃ ca samare pāñcālyamamitaujasam

except the heroic son of Pandu with his white horses and Krishna for his charioteer, and Shikhandin, the Panchala prince of boundless energy.

Note on the text: Lines are the critical edition's 6.112.77cd and ef. The sentence runs on into the next adhyaya in the critical edition (6.112.78 ff.); Wikisource closes the adhyaya here.