Arjuna Routs the Kings Sent Against Him

Verse 1 (6.117.1)

शिखण्डी तु रणे भीष्ममासाद्य पुरुषर्षभम् । दशभिर्निशितैर्भल्लैराजघान स्तनान्तरे ॥

śikhaṇḍī tu raṇe bhīṣmamāsādya puruṣarṣabham | daśabhirniśitairbhallairājaghāna stanāntare

Shikhandi, closing with Bhishma, that bull among men, in the battle, struck him in the middle of the chest with ten sharp broad-headed arrows.

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: checked against the raw Wikisource page (a table, one row per verse, 6-117-1 to 6-117-72, with the heading सञ्जय उवाच before verse 1 and the colophon naming the tenth day's battle). This adhyaya is the critical edition's 6.112.78–138 (the tenth day; Shikhandi and Arjuna against Bhishma). From verse 18 Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses into couplets, so verses 18–21, 29–43, 46–51 and 65–67 run half a verse out of step with it; each carries the ce_ref of the critical-edition verse holding its first line, and the notes map the lines. Verses 51 (line 1), 52–55, 67 (lines 2–3) and 68–69 are doublets: the critical edition has these lines once, at 6.113.9c–17 in the next adhyaya, and Wikisource prints them again there (118.10–19); they are kept here as the page prints them. Speeches without a printed heading that fill whole verses are given to their speakers: Arjuna (5–6) and Duryodhana (27–30). Line 1 ends पुरुषर्षभम् where the critical edition has the vocative bharatarṣabha, and line 2 (दशभिर्निशितैर्भल्लैराजघान स्तनान्तरे) differs from the critical edition's daśabhir daśabhir bāṇair ājaghāna mahāhave; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 2 (6.117.2)

शिखण्डिनं तु गाङ्गेयः क्रोधदीप्तेन चक्षुषा । संप्रेक्षत कटाक्षेण निर्दहन्निव भारत ॥

śikhaṇḍinaṃ tu gāṅgeyaḥ krodhadīptena cakṣuṣā | saṃprekṣata kaṭākṣeṇa nirdahanniva bhārata

The son of Ganga looked at Shikhandi out of the corner of his eye, his gaze blazing with anger, as though he would burn him up, O Bharata.

Verse 3 (6.117.3)

स्त्रीत्वं तस्य स्मरन्राजन्सर्वलोकस्य पश्यतः । नाजघान रणे भीष्मः स च तन्नावबुद्धवान् ॥

strītvaṃ tasya smaranrājansarvalokasya paśyataḥ | nājaghāna raṇe bhīṣmaḥ sa ca tannāvabuddhavān

Remembering that he had been a woman, O king, Bhishma did not strike him in the battle, though all the world was watching; and Shikhandi did not understand why.

Verse 4 (6.117.4)

अर्जुनस्तु महाराज शिखण्डिनमभाषत । अभित्वरस्वास्य वधे शिखण्डिन्रथसत्तम ॥

arjunastu mahārāja śikhaṇḍinamabhāṣata | abhitvarasvāsya vadhe śikhaṇḍinrathasattama

But Arjuna, O great king, said to Shikhandi: 'Make haste to kill him, Shikhandi, best of chariot-warriors.

Note on the text: Line 2 (अभित्वरस्वास्य वधे शिखण्डिन्रथसत्तम) differs from the critical edition's abhitvarasva tvarito jahi cainaṃ pitāmaham; kept as a recension variant. Arjuna's speech begins in line 2; the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 5 (6.117.5)

किं ते विवक्षया वीर जहि भीष्मं महारथम् । न ह्यन्यमनुपश्यामि कंचिद्यौधिष्ठिरे बले ॥

kiṃ te vivakṣayā vīra jahi bhīṣmaṃ mahāratham | na hyanyamanupaśyāmi kaṃcidyaudhiṣṭhire bale

What use is talk, hero? Kill Bhishma, the great chariot-warrior. I see no one else in Yudhishthira's army

Note on the text: Arjuna's speech, without a printed heading, fills verses 5–6.

Verse 6 (6.117.6)

यः शक्तः समरे भीष्मं योधयेत पितामहम् । ऋते त्वां पुरुषव्याघ्र सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि ते ॥

yaḥ śaktaḥ samare bhīṣmaṃ yodhayeta pitāmaham | ṛte tvāṃ puruṣavyāghra satyametadbravīmi te

who could fight Bhishma the grandsire in battle, except you, tiger among men. I tell you this truly.'

Verse 7 (6.117.7)

एवमुक्तस्तु पार्थेन शिखण्डी भरतर्षभ । शरैर्नानाविधैस्तूर्णं पितामहमुपाद्रवत् ॥

evamuktastu pārthena śikhaṇḍī bharatarṣabha | śarairnānāvidhaistūrṇaṃ pitāmahamupādravat

Thus addressed by Partha, O bull of the Bharatas, Shikhandi swiftly rushed at the grandsire with arrows of many kinds.

Verse 8 (6.117.8)

अचिन्तयित्वा तान्बाणान्पिता देवव्रतस्तव । अर्जुनं समरे क्रुद्धं वारयामास सायकैः ॥

acintayitvā tānbāṇānpitā devavratastava | arjunaṃ samare kruddhaṃ vārayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ

Paying no heed to those arrows, your father Devavrata held back the enraged Arjuna in the battle with his shafts.

Verse 9 (6.117.9)

तथैव च चमूं सर्वां पाण्डवानां महारथः । अप्रैषीत्स शरैस्तीक्ष्णैः परलोकाय मारिष ॥

tathaiva ca camūṃ sarvāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathaḥ | apraiṣītsa śaraistīkṣṇaiḥ paralokāya māriṣa

In the same way, sir, that great chariot-warrior sent the whole Pandava army to the other world with his sharp arrows.

Verse 10 (6.117.10)

तथैव पाण्डवा राजन्सैन्येन महता वृताः । भीष्मं संछादयामासुर्मेघा इव दिवाकरम् ॥

tathaiva pāṇḍavā rājansainyena mahatā vṛtāḥ | bhīṣmaṃ saṃchādayāmāsurmeghā iva divākaram

Likewise the Pandavas, O king, surrounded by a great host, covered Bhishma as clouds cover the sun.

Verse 11 (6.117.11)

स समन्तात्परिवृतो भीष्मो हि भरतर्षभ । निर्ददाह रणे शूरान्वने वह्निरिव ज्वलन् ॥

sa samantātparivṛto bhīṣmo hi bharatarṣabha | nirdadāha raṇe śūrānvane vahniriva jvalan

Surrounded on every side, O bull of the Bharatas, Bhishma burned up the heroes in the battle like a fire blazing in a forest.

Verse 12 (6.117.12)

तत्राद्भुतमपश्याम तव पुत्रस्य पौरुषम् । अयोधयच्च यत्पार्थं जुगोप च पितामहम् ॥

tatrādbhutamapaśyāma tava putrasya pauruṣam | ayodhayacca yatpārthaṃ jugopa ca pitāmaham

There we saw a marvel of manhood in your son: he fought Partha and protected the grandsire as well.

Verse 13 (6.117.13)

कर्मणा तेन समरे तव पुत्रस्य धन्विनः । दुःशासनस्य तुतुषुः सर्वे लोका महात्मनः ॥

karmaṇā tena samare tava putrasya dhanvinaḥ | duḥśāsanasya tutuṣuḥ sarve lokā mahātmanaḥ

All the worlds were gladdened by that feat in battle of your son, the great-souled bowman Duhshasana,

Verse 14 (6.117.14)

यदेकः समरे पार्थान्सानुगान्समयोधयत् । न चैनं पाण्डवा युद्धे वारयामासुरुल्बणम् ॥

yadekaḥ samare pārthānsānugānsamayodhayat | na cainaṃ pāṇḍavā yuddhe vārayāmāsurulbaṇam

for he alone fought the Parthas and their followers in the battle, and the Pandavas could not hold back that fierce warrior in the fight.

Verse 15 (6.117.15)

दुःशासनेन समरे रथिनो विरथीकृताः । सादिनश्च महेष्वासा हस्तिनश्च महाबलाः ॥

duḥśāsanena samare rathino virathīkṛtāḥ | sādinaśca maheṣvāsā hastinaśca mahābalāḥ

In that battle Duhshasana deprived chariot-warriors of their chariots; and horsemen, great bowmen, and mighty elephants,

Verse 16 (6.117.16)

विनिर्भिन्नाः शरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्निपेतुर्वसुधातले । शरातुरास्तथैवान्ये दन्तिनो विद्रुता दिशः ॥

vinirbhinnāḥ śaraistīkṣṇairnipeturvasudhātale | śarāturāstathaivānye dantino vidrutā diśaḥ

split open by his sharp arrows, fell to the ground; other elephants, stricken by arrows, fled in every direction.

Verse 17 (6.117.17)

यथाग्निरिन्धनं प्राप्य ज्वलेद्दीप्तार्चिरुल्बणम् । तथा जज्वाल पुत्रस्ते पाण्डुसेनां विनिर्दहन् ॥

yathāgnirindhanaṃ prāpya jvaleddīptārcirulbaṇam | tathā jajvāla putraste pāṇḍusenāṃ vinirdahan

As a fire that finds fuel blazes fiercely with bright flames, so your son blazed, burning up the Pandu army.

Verse 18 (6.117.18)

तं भारतमहामात्रं पाण्डवानां महारथः । जेतुं नोत्सहते कश्चिन्नाभ्युद्यातुं कथंचन ॥

taṃ bhāratamahāmātraṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathaḥ | jetuṃ notsahate kaścinnābhyudyātuṃ kathaṃcana

No great chariot-warrior of the Pandavas could bring himself to defeat that foremost of the Bharatas, or even to go out against him in any way,

Note on the text: Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.95a and 95c.

Verse 19 (6.117.19)

ऋते महेन्द्रतनयाच्छ्वेताश्वात्कृष्णसारथेः । स हि तं समरे राजन्निर्जित्य विजयोऽर्जुनः ॥

ṛte mahendratanayācchvetāśvātkṛṣṇasāratheḥ | sa hi taṃ samare rājannirjitya vijayo'rjunaḥ

except the son of great Indra, he of the white horses whose charioteer is Krishna. Arjuna, ever victorious, defeated him in the battle, O king,

Note on the text: Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.95e and 96a.

Verse 20 (6.117.20)

भीष्ममेवाभिदुद्राव सर्वसैन्यस्य पश्यतः । विजितस्तव पुत्रोऽपि भीष्मबाहुव्यपाश्रयः ॥

bhīṣmamevābhidudrāva sarvasainyasya paśyataḥ | vijitastava putro'pi bhīṣmabāhuvyapāśrayaḥ

and rushed at Bhishma himself while the whole army watched. Your son, though beaten, took shelter in the might of Bhishma's arms,

Note on the text: Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.96c and 97a.

Verse 21 (6.117.21)

पुनः पुनः समाश्वस्य प्रायुध्यत मदोत्कटः । अर्जुनस्तु रणे राजन्योधयन्संव्यराजत ॥

punaḥ punaḥ samāśvasya prāyudhyata madotkaṭaḥ | arjunastu raṇe rājanyodhayansaṃvyarājata

and, rallying again and again, fought on, wild with battle-pride; while Arjuna, O king, shone as he fought in the battle.

Note on the text: Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.97c and 97e. Line 2 (अर्जुनस्तु रणे राजन्योधयन्संव्यराजत) differs from the critical edition's arjunaṃ ca raṇe rājan yodhayan sa vyarājata; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 22 (6.117.22)

शिखण्डी तु रणे राजन्विव्याधैव पितामहम् । शरैरशनिसंस्पर्शैस्तथा सर्पविषोपमैः ॥

śikhaṇḍī tu raṇe rājanvivyādhaiva pitāmaham | śarairaśanisaṃsparśaistathā sarpaviṣopamaiḥ

Shikhandi, O king, kept piercing the grandsire in the battle with arrows that struck like thunderbolts and were like snake venom.

Verse 23 (6.117.23)

न च स्म ते रुजं चक्रुः पितुस्तव जनेश्वर । स्मयमानस्तु गाङ्गेयस्तान्बाणाञ्जगृहे तदा ॥

na ca sma te rujaṃ cakruḥ pitustava janeśvara | smayamānastu gāṅgeyastānbāṇāñjagṛhe tadā

Yet they caused your father no pain, O lord of men; smiling, the son of Ganga received those arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected स्मय्रमानस्तु → स्मयमानस्तु (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र्, critical edition smayamānaś).

Verse 24 (6.117.24)

उष्णार्तो हि नरो यद्वज्जलधाराः प्रतीच्छति । तथा जग्राह गाङ्गेयः शरधाराः शिखण्डिनः ॥

uṣṇārto hi naro yadvajjaladhārāḥ pratīcchati | tathā jagrāha gāṅgeyaḥ śaradhārāḥ śikhaṇḍinaḥ

As a man oppressed by heat welcomes streams of water, so the son of Ganga received Shikhandi's streams of arrows.

Verse 25 (6.117.25)

तं क्षत्रिया महाराज ददृशुर्घोरमाहवे । भीष्मं दहन्तं सैन्यानि पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम् ॥

taṃ kṣatriyā mahārāja dadṛśurghoramāhave | bhīṣmaṃ dahantaṃ sainyāni pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām

The Kshatriyas, O great king, saw the terrible Bhishma burning up the armies of the great-souled Pandavas in the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected महात्मनां → महात्मनाम् (misprint in Wikisource; anusvara for the final म् at the end of the verse, critical edition mahātmanām).

Verse 26 (6.117.26)

ततोऽब्रवीत्तव सुतः सर्वसैन्यानि मारिष । अभिद्रवत संग्रामे फल्गुनं सर्वतो रणे ॥

tato'bravīttava sutaḥ sarvasainyāni māriṣa | abhidravata saṃgrāme phalgunaṃ sarvato raṇe

Then your son said to all the troops, sir: 'Charge at Phalguna from every side in the battle.

Note on the text: Duryodhana's speech begins in line 2; the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 27 (6.117.27)

भीष्मो वः समरे सर्वान्पालयिष्यति धर्मवित् । तद्भयं सुमहत्त्यक्त्वा पाण्डवान्प्रति युध्यत ॥

bhīṣmo vaḥ samare sarvānpālayiṣyati dharmavit | tadbhayaṃ sumahattyaktvā pāṇḍavānprati yudhyata

Bhishma, who knows what is right, will protect all of you in the battle. Cast off that great fear and fight against the Pandavas.

Note on the text: Duryodhana's speech, without a printed heading, fills verses 27–30. Corrected पायिष्यति → पालयिष्यति (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ल, critical edition palayiṣyati, 'will protect').

Verse 28 (6.117.28)

एष तालेन महता भीष्मस्तिष्ठति पालयन् । सर्वेषां धार्तराष्ट्राणां समरे शर्म वर्म च ॥

eṣa tālena mahatā bhīṣmastiṣṭhati pālayan | sarveṣāṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ samare śarma varma ca

Here stands Bhishma under his great palm-tree banner, guarding all the sons of Dhritarashtra in the battle, their shelter and their armour.

Verse 29 (6.117.29)

देवा अपि समुद्युक्ता नालं भीष्मं समासितुम् । किमु पार्था महात्मानं मर्त्यभूता महाबलाः ॥

devā api samudyuktā nālaṃ bhīṣmaṃ samāsitum | kimu pārthā mahātmānaṃ martyabhūtā mahābalāḥ

Even the gods, arrayed for battle, could not stand against Bhishma; how much less the Parthas, mortal as they are, however mighty, against that great-souled one?

Note on the text: Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.105a and 105c.

Verse 30 (6.117.30)

तस्माद्द्रवत मा योधाः फल्गुनं प्राप्य संयुगे । अहमद्य रणे यत्तो योधयिष्यामि पाण्डवम् ॥

tasmāddravata mā yodhāḥ phalgunaṃ prāpya saṃyuge | ahamadya raṇe yatto yodhayiṣyāmi pāṇḍavam

So, warriors, do not flee when you meet Phalguna in battle. Today I myself, ready for battle, will fight the son of Pandu

Note on the text: Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.105e and 106a. तस्माद्द्रवत मा योधाः (critical edition tasmād dravata he yodhāḥ, a reading the page's footnote also records) kept as printed.

Verse 31 (6.117.31)

सहितः सर्वतो यत्तैर्भवद्भिर्वसुधाधिपैः । तच्छ्रुत्वा तु वचो राजंस्तव पुत्रस्य धन्विनः ॥

sahitaḥ sarvato yattairbhavadbhirvasudhādhipaiḥ | tacchrutvā tu vaco rājaṃstava putrasya dhanvinaḥ

together with all of you, lords of the earth, ready on every side.' Hearing these words of your son the bowman, O king,

Note on the text: Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.106c and 107a. Line 1 closes Duryodhana's speech; the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 32 (6.117.32)

अर्जुनं प्रति संयत्ता बलवन्तो महाबलाः । ते विदेहाः कलिङ्गाश्च दासेरकगणाश्च ह ॥

arjunaṃ prati saṃyattā balavanto mahābalāḥ | te videhāḥ kaliṅgāśca dāserakagaṇāśca ha

the strong and mighty warriors made ready against Arjuna: the Videhas, the Kalingas and the hosts of the Daserakas,

Note on the text: Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.107c and 108a.

Verse 33 (6.117.33)

अभिपेतुर्निषादाश्च सौवीराश्च महारणे । बाह्लीका दरदाश्चैव प्रतीच्योदीच्यमालवाः ॥

abhipeturniṣādāśca sauvīrāśca mahāraṇe | bāhlīkā daradāścaiva pratīcyodīcyamālavāḥ

the Nishadas and the Sauviras fell upon him in the great battle; the Bahlikas, the Daradas, the westerners, the northerners and the Malavas,

Note on the text: Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.108c and 109a.

Verse 34 (6.117.34)

अभीषाहाः शूरसेनाः शिबयोऽथ वसातयः । साल्वः शकास्त्रिगर्ताश्च अम्बष्ठाः केकयैः सह ॥

abhīṣāhāḥ śūrasenāḥ śibayo'tha vasātayaḥ | sālvaḥ śakāstrigartāśca ambaṣṭhāḥ kekayaiḥ saha

the Abhishahas, the Shurasenas, the Shibis and the Vasatis, Shalva, the Shakas, the Trigartas, and the Ambashthas together with the Kekayas

Note on the text: Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.109c and 110a. Corrected केकयौः → केकयैः (misprint in Wikisource; a wrong vowel sign, critical edition kekayaiḥ). साल्वः शकाः for śālvāśrayāḥ kept as a variant.

Verse 35 (6.117.35)

अभिपेतू रणे पार्थं पतङ्गा इव पावकम् । स तान्सर्वान्सहानीकान्महाराज महारथान् ॥

abhipetū raṇe pārthaṃ pataṅgā iva pāvakam | sa tānsarvānsahānīkānmahārāja mahārathān

fell upon Partha in the battle like moths upon a fire. All of them with their troops, O great king, those great chariot-warriors,

Note on the text: Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.110c and 111a.

Verse 36 (6.117.36)

दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि संचिन्त्य प्रसंधाय धनञ्जयः । स तैरस्त्रैर्महावेगैर्ददाह सुमहाबलः ॥

divyānyastrāṇi saṃcintya prasaṃdhāya dhanañjayaḥ | sa tairastrairmahāvegairdadāha sumahābalaḥ

Dhananjaya, calling divine weapons to mind and fitting them to his bow, mighty as he was, burned with those weapons of great speed,

Note on the text: Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.111c and 112a.

Verse 37 (6.117.37)

शरप्रतापैर्बीभत्सुः पतङ्गानिव पावकः । तस्य बाणसहस्राणि सृजतो दृढधन्विनः ॥

śarapratāpairbībhatsuḥ pataṅgāniva pāvakaḥ | tasya bāṇasahasrāṇi sṛjato dṛḍhadhanvinaḥ

Bibhatsu, with the scorching heat of his arrows, as a fire burns moths. As that firm bowman loosed thousands of arrows,

Note on the text: Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.112c and 113a.

Verse 38 (6.117.38)

दीप्यमानमिवाकाशे गाण्डीवं समदृश्यत । ते शरार्ता महाराज विप्रकीर्णमहाध्वजाः ॥

dīpyamānamivākāśe gāṇḍīvaṃ samadṛśyata | te śarārtā mahārāja viprakīrṇamahādhvajāḥ

Gandiva seemed to blaze in the sky. Afflicted by his arrows, O great king, their great banners scattered,

Note on the text: Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.113c and 114a.

Verse 39 (6.117.39)

नाभ्यवर्तन्त राजानः सहिता वानरध्वजम् । सध्वजा रथिनः पेतुर्हयारोहा हयैः सह ॥

nābhyavartanta rājānaḥ sahitā vānaradhvajam | sadhvajā rathinaḥ peturhayārohā hayaiḥ saha

those kings, even all together, could not advance against the ape-bannered one. Chariot-warriors fell with their banners, horsemen with their horses,

Note on the text: Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.114c and 115a.

Verse 40 (6.117.40)

सगजाश्च गजारोहाः किरीटिशरताडिताः । ततोऽर्जुनभुजोत्सृष्टैरावृताऽऽसीद्वसुंधरा ॥

sagajāśca gajārohāḥ kirīṭiśaratāḍitāḥ | tato'rjunabhujotsṛṣṭairāvṛtā''sīdvasuṃdharā

and elephant-riders with their elephants, struck by the arrows of the diademed one. Then the earth was covered with the shafts loosed from Arjuna's arms,

Note on the text: Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.115c and 116a.

Verse 41 (6.117.41)

विद्रुतं दिक्षु सर्वासु शरैर्बलमदृश्यत । अथ पार्थो महाराज द्रावयित्वा वरूथिनीम् ॥

vidrutaṃ dikṣu sarvāsu śarairbalamadṛśyata | atha pārtho mahārāja drāvayitvā varūthinīm

and the army was seen fleeing in every direction before his arrows. Then Partha, O great king, having put the host to flight,

Note on the text: Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.116c and 117a. Line 1 (विद्रुतं दिक्षु सर्वासु शरैर्बलमदृश्यत) differs from the critical edition's vidravadbhiś ca bahudhā balai rājñāṃ samantataḥ; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 42 (6.117.42)

दुःशासनाय सुबहून्प्रेषयामास सायकान् । ते तु भित्त्वा तव सुतं दुःशासनमयोमुखाः ॥

duḥśāsanāya subahūnpreṣayāmāsa sāyakān | te tu bhittvā tava sutaṃ duḥśāsanamayomukhāḥ

sent a great many arrows at Duhshasana. Those iron-tipped shafts pierced your son Duhshasana

Note on the text: Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.117c and 118a.

Verse 43 (6.117.43)

धरणीं विविशुः सर्वे वल्मीकमिव पन्नगाः । हयांश्चास्य ततो जघ्ने सारथिं च न्यपातयत् ॥

dharaṇīṃ viviśuḥ sarve valmīkamiva pannagāḥ | hayāṃścāsya tato jaghne sārathiṃ ca nyapātayat

and all went into the earth like snakes into an anthill. Then he killed his horses and brought down his charioteer.

Note on the text: Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.118c and 118e.

Verse 44 (6.117.44)

विविंशतिं च विंशत्या विरथीकृतवान्प्रभुः । आजघान भृशं चैव पञ्चभिर्नतपर्वभिः ॥

viviṃśatiṃ ca viṃśatyā virathīkṛtavānprabhuḥ | ājaghāna bhṛśaṃ caiva pañcabhirnataparvabhiḥ

With twenty arrows that lord deprived Vivimshati of his chariot, and struck him hard with five straight-jointed shafts.

Verse 45 (6.117.45)

कृपं विकर्णं शल्यं च विद्ध्वा बहुभिरायसैः । चकार विरथांश्चैव कौन्तेयः श्वेतवाहनः ॥

kṛpaṃ vikarṇaṃ śalyaṃ ca viddhvā bahubhirāyasaiḥ | cakāra virathāṃścaiva kaunteyaḥ śvetavāhanaḥ

Piercing Kripa, Vikarna and Shalya with many iron arrows, Kunti's son of the white horses deprived them too of their chariots.

Verse 46 (6.117.46)

एवं ते विरथाः सर्वे कृपः शल्यश्च मारिष । दुःशासनो विकर्णश्च तथैव च विविंशतिः ॥

evaṃ te virathāḥ sarve kṛpaḥ śalyaśca māriṣa | duḥśāsano vikarṇaśca tathaiva ca viviṃśatiḥ

So all of them, deprived of their chariots, sir, Kripa and Shalya, Duhshasana and Vikarna, and Vivimshati too,

Note on the text: Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.121a and 121c.

Verse 47 (6.117.47)

संप्राद्रवन्त समरे निर्जिताः सव्यसाचिना । पूर्वाह्णे भरतश्रेष्ठ पराजित्य महारथान् ॥

saṃprādravanta samare nirjitāḥ savyasācinā | pūrvāhṇe bharataśreṣṭha parājitya mahārathān

fled from the battle, defeated by Savyasachin. Having vanquished those great chariot-warriors in the forenoon, O best of the Bharatas,

Note on the text: Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.121e and 122a.

Verse 48 (6.117.48)

प्रजज्वाल रणे पार्थो विधूम इव पावकः । तथैव शरवर्षेण भास्करो रश्मिवानिव ॥

prajajvāla raṇe pārtho vidhūma iva pāvakaḥ | tathaiva śaravarṣeṇa bhāskaro raśmivāniva

Partha blazed in the battle like a smokeless fire. And like the sun with its rays, with a shower of arrows

Note on the text: Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.122c and 123a.

Verse 49 (6.117.49)

अन्यानपि महाराज तापयामास पार्थिवान् । पराङ्मुखीकृत्य तथा शरवर्षैर्महारथान् ॥

anyānapi mahārāja tāpayāmāsa pārthivān | parāṅmukhīkṛtya tathā śaravarṣairmahārathān

he scorched other kings as well, O great king. Turning the great chariot-warriors to flight with showers of arrows,

Note on the text: Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.123c and 124a.

Verse 50 (6.117.50)

प्रावर्तयत संग्रामे शोणितोदां महानदीम् । मध्येन कुरुसैन्यानां पाण्डवानां च भारत ॥

prāvartayata saṃgrāme śoṇitodāṃ mahānadīm | madhyena kurusainyānāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca bhārata

he set flowing in the battle a great river whose water was blood, through the midst of the Kuru and Pandava armies, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.124c and 124e.

Verse 51 (6.117.51)

तस्मिन्नतिमहाभीमे राजन्वीरवरक्षये । भीष्मं प्रति पराक्रान्ताः पाण्डवाः सह सृञ्जयैः ॥

tasminnatimahābhīme rājanvīravarakṣaye | bhīṣmaṃ prati parākrāntāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ saha sṛñjayaiḥ

In that most dreadful destruction of the foremost heroes, O king, the Pandavas with the Srinjayas pressed their attack against Bhishma.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a doublet of the critical edition's 6.113.11c, in the next adhyaya (Wikisource prints it again at 118.12, line 2). Line 2 (भीष्मं प्रति पराक्रान्ताः पाण्डवाः सह सृञ्जयैः) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 52 (6.117.52)

ते पराक्रान्तमालोक्य युधि राजन्पितामहम् । न न्यवर्तन्त ते पुत्रा ब्रह्मलोकपुरस्कृताः ॥

te parākrāntamālokya yudhi rājanpitāmaham | na nyavartanta te putrā brahmalokapuraskṛtāḥ

Seeing the grandsire showing his valour in the battle, O king, your sons did not turn back, setting the world of Brahma before them.

Note on the text: A doublet: the critical edition has this verse once, at 6.113.12 in the next adhyaya, which Wikisource prints again as 118.13–14 (with अभ्यवर्तन्त ते पुत्राः सर्वे सैन्यपुरस्कृताः for line 2).

Verse 53 (6.117.53)

इच्छन्तो निधनं युद्धे स्वर्गलोकपरायणाः । पाण्डवानभ्यवर्तन्त तावका युद्धदुर्मदाः ॥

icchanto nidhanaṃ yuddhe svargalokaparāyaṇāḥ | pāṇḍavānabhyavartanta tāvakā yuddhadurmadāḥ

Wishing for death in battle, intent on the world of heaven, your warriors, mad for battle, advanced upon the Pandavas.

Note on the text: A doublet of the critical edition's 6.113.13 (Wikisource 118.14–15). Line 2 ends तावका युद्धदुर्मदाः where the critical edition has tasmin vīravarakṣaye; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 54 (6.117.54)

पाण्डवाश्च महाराज स्मरन्तो विविधान्बहून् । क्लेशान्कृतान्सपुत्रेण त्वया पूर्वं नराधिप ॥

pāṇḍavāśca mahārāja smaranto vividhānbahūn | kleśānkṛtānsaputreṇa tvayā pūrvaṃ narādhipa

And the Pandavas, O great king, remembering the many and various wrongs done to them in the past by you and your son, O lord of men,

Note on the text: A doublet of the critical edition's 6.113.14 (Wikisource 118.15–16).

Verse 55 (6.117.55)

भयं त्यक्त्वा रणे शूराः स्वर्गलोकपुरस्कृताः । तावकांस्तव पुत्रांश्च योधयन्ति स्म हृष्टवत् ॥

bhayaṃ tyaktvā raṇe śūrāḥ svargalokapuraskṛtāḥ | tāvakāṃstava putrāṃśca yodhayanti sma hṛṣṭavat

cast off fear and, heroes that they were, with the world of heaven before them, fought your troops and your sons as if rejoicing.

Note on the text: A doublet of the critical edition's 6.113.15 (Wikisource 118.16–17).

Verse 56 (6.117.56)

गजाश्च रथसङ्घाश्च बहुधा रथिभिर्हताः । रथाश्च निहता नागैर्हयाश्चैव पदातिभिः ॥

gajāśca rathasaṅghāśca bahudhā rathibhirhatāḥ | rathāśca nihatā nāgairhayāścaiva padātibhiḥ

Elephants and throngs of chariots were slain in many ways by chariot-warriors; chariots were slain by elephants, and horses by foot-soldiers.

Note on the text: Line 2 ends हयाश्चैव पदातिभिः where the critical edition has nāgā hayapadātibhiḥ; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 57 (6.117.57)

अन्तरा च्छिद्यमानानि शरीराणि शिरांसि च । निपेतुर्दिक्षु सर्वासु गजाश्वरथयोधिनाम् ॥

antarā cchidyamānāni śarīrāṇi śirāṃsi ca | nipeturdikṣu sarvāsu gajāśvarathayodhinām

Bodies and heads of the fighters on elephants, horses and chariots, cut through in the middle, fell in every direction.

Verse 58 (6.117.58)

छन्नमायोधनं राजन्कुण्डलाङ्गदधारिभिः । पतितैः पात्यमानैश्च राजपुत्रैर्महारथैः ॥

channamāyodhanaṃ rājankuṇḍalāṅgadadhāribhiḥ | patitaiḥ pātyamānaiśca rājaputrairmahārathaiḥ

The battlefield, O king, was strewn with princes, great chariot-warriors wearing earrings and armlets, fallen and falling,

Verse 59 (6.117.59)

रथनेमिनिकृत्तैश्च गजैश्चैवावपोथितैः । पादातश्चाप्यधावन्त साश्वाश्च हययोधिनः ॥

rathaneminikṛttaiśca gajaiścaivāvapothitaiḥ | pādātaścāpyadhāvanta sāśvāśca hayayodhinaḥ

and with men cut down by chariot-wheels and crushed by elephants; the foot-soldiers ran, and the horsemen with their horses.

Verse 60 (6.117.60)

गजाश्च रथयोधाश्च परिपेतुः समन्ततः । विकीर्णाश्च रथा भूमौ भग्नचक्रयुगध्वजाः ॥

gajāśca rathayodhāśca paripetuḥ samantataḥ | vikīrṇāśca rathā bhūmau bhagnacakrayugadhvajāḥ

Elephants and chariot-fighters rushed about on every side, and chariots lay scattered on the ground with broken wheels, yokes and banners.

Note on the text: Corrected भग्रचक्र → भग्नचक्र (misprint in Wikisource; र for न in the conjunct, critical edition bhagnacakra-).

Verse 61 (6.117.61)

तद्गजाश्वरथौघानां रुधिरेण समुक्षितम् । छन्नमायोधनं रेजे रक्ताभ्रमिव शारदम् ॥

tadgajāśvarathaughānāṃ rudhireṇa samukṣitam | channamāyodhanaṃ reje raktābhramiva śāradam

Drenched with the blood of masses of elephants, horses and chariots, the covered battlefield shone like a red cloud in autumn.

Note on the text: Corrected समुक्षितम → समुक्षितम् (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped virama, critical edition samukṣitam).

Verse 62 (6.117.62)

श्वानः काकाश्च गृध्राश्च वृका गोमायुभिः सह । प्रणेदुर्भक्ष्यमासाद्य विकृताश्च मृगद्विजाः ॥

śvānaḥ kākāśca gṛdhrāśca vṛkā gomāyubhiḥ saha | praṇedurbhakṣyamāsādya vikṛtāśca mṛgadvijāḥ

Dogs, crows and vultures, wolves together with jackals, and hideous beasts and birds cried out as they found their food.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रणेर्दुर्भक्ष्यम् → प्रणेदुर्भक्ष्यम् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र्, critical edition praṇedur) and सगद्विजाः → मृगद्विजाः (misprint in Wikisource; not a word, critical edition mṛgadvijāḥ).

Verse 63 (6.117.63)

ववुर्बहुविधाश्चैव दिक्षु सर्वासु मारुताः । दृश्यमानेषु रक्षःसु भूतेषु च नदत्सु च ॥

vavurbahuvidhāścaiva dikṣu sarvāsu mārutāḥ | dṛśyamāneṣu rakṣaḥsu bhūteṣu ca nadatsu ca

Winds of many kinds blew in every direction, while Rakshasas were seen and ghosts were howling.

Note on the text: Corrected बहुविधश्चैव → बहुविधाश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped vowel sign, the adjective agrees with मारुताः, critical edition bahuvidhāś).

Verse 64 (6.117.64)

काञ्चनानि च दामानि पताकाश्च महाधनाः । धूयमाना व्यदृश्यन्त सहसा मारुतेरिताः ॥

kāñcanāni ca dāmāni patākāśca mahādhanāḥ | dhūyamānā vyadṛśyanta sahasā māruteritāḥ

Golden garlands and costly banners were seen suddenly shaking, tossed by the wind.

Verse 65 (6.117.65)

श्वेतच्छत्रसहस्राणि सध्वजाश्च महारथाः । विकीर्णाः समदृश्यन्त शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥

śvetacchatrasahasrāṇi sadhvajāśca mahārathāḥ | vikīrṇāḥ samadṛśyanta śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

Thousands of white umbrellas and great chariots with their banners were seen scattered by hundreds and by thousands.

Note on the text: Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.134a and 134c.

Verse 66 (6.117.66)

सपताकाश्च मातङ्गा दिशो जग्मुः शरातुराः । क्षत्रियाश्च मनुष्येन्द्र गदाशक्तिधनुर्धराः ॥

sapatākāśca mātaṅgā diśo jagmuḥ śarāturāḥ | kṣatriyāśca manuṣyendra gadāśaktidhanurdharāḥ

Elephants with their pennons fled in every direction, stricken by arrows; and Kshatriyas, O lord of men, bearing maces, spears and bows,

Note on the text: Lines map to the critical edition's 6.112.134e and 135a.

Verse 67 (6.117.67)

समन्ततश्च दृश्यन्ते पतिता धरणीतले । इषुभिस्ताड्यमानाश्च नाराचैश्च सहस्रशः । पेतुरार्तस्वरं कृत्वा तत्रतत्र महागजाः ॥

samantataśca dṛśyante patitā dharaṇītale | iṣubhistāḍyamānāśca nārācaiśca sahasraśaḥ | peturārtasvaraṃ kṛtvā tatratatra mahāgajāḥ

were seen fallen on the ground all around. Struck by arrows and by iron shafts in thousands, great elephants fell here and there, crying out in pain.

Note on the text: A three-line verse as the page prints it (67a–c). Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.112.135c; lines 2–3 are a doublet of its 6.113.9c and 10a, in the next adhyaya (Wikisource prints them again as 118.10–11). Removed the backtick and quote mark the page prints around line 2, with the danda inside them.

Verse 68 (6.117.68)

सेनापतिस्तु समरे प्राह सेनां महारथः । अभ्यद्रवत गाङ्गेयं सैनिकाः किं कृतेन वः ॥

senāpatistu samare prāha senāṃ mahārathaḥ | abhyadravata gāṅgeyaṃ sainikāḥ kiṃ kṛtena vaḥ

Then the commander, that great chariot-warrior, called to the army in the battle: 'Charge at the son of Ganga, soldiers! What use is holding back?'

Note on the text: A doublet of the critical edition's 6.113.16 (Wikisource 118.17–18). Line 2 ends सैनिकाः किं कृतेन वः where the critical edition has somakāḥ sṛñjayaiḥ saha; kept as a recension variant. Dhrishtadyumna's call begins in line 2; the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 69 (6.117.69)

सेनापतिवचः श्रुत्वा सोमकाः सह सृञ्जयैः । अभ्यद्रवन्त गाङ्गेयं शस्त्रवृष्ट्या समन्ततः ॥

senāpativacaḥ śrutvā somakāḥ saha sṛñjayaiḥ | abhyadravanta gāṅgeyaṃ śastravṛṣṭyā samantataḥ

Hearing the commander's words, the Somakas together with the Srinjayas charged at the son of Ganga with a rain of weapons from every side.

Note on the text: A doublet of the critical edition's 6.113.17 (Wikisource 118.18–19). Corrected गोङ्गेयं → गाङ्गेयं (misprint in Wikisource; a wrong vowel sign, critical edition gāṅgeyaṃ).

Verse 70 (6.117.70)

ततो भीष्मो महाराज दिव्यमस्त्रमुदीरयन् । अभ्यधावत कौन्तेयं मिषतां सर्वधन्विनाम् ॥

tato bhīṣmo mahārāja divyamastramudīrayan | abhyadhāvata kaunteyaṃ miṣatāṃ sarvadhanvinām

Then Bhishma, O great king, invoking a divine weapon, rushed at Kunti's son while all the bowmen looked on.

Verse 71 (6.117.71)

तं शिखण्डी रणे यान्तमभ्यद्रवत दंशितः । ततः समाहरद्भीष्मस्तदस्त्रं पावकोपमम् ॥

taṃ śikhaṇḍī raṇe yāntamabhyadravata daṃśitaḥ | tataḥ samāharadbhīṣmastadastraṃ pāvakopamam

As he went, Shikhandi, clad in armour, rushed at him in the battle; then Bhishma withdrew that fire-like weapon.

Verse 72 (6.117.72)

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु कौन्तेयः श्वेतवाहनः । निजघ्ने तावकं सैन्यं मोहयित्वा पितामहम् ॥

etasminneva kāle tu kaunteyaḥ śvetavāhanaḥ | nijaghne tāvakaṃ sainyaṃ mohayitvā pitāmaham

At that very moment Kunti's son of the white horses, bewildering the grandsire, cut down your army.