Arjuna Gives Bhishma a Pillow of Arrows

Verse 1 (6.120.1)

कथमासंस्तदा योधा हीना भीष्मेण सञ्जय । बलिना देवकल्पेन कौमारब्रह्मचारिणा ॥

kathamāsaṃstadā yodhā hīnā bhīṣmeṇa sañjaya | balinā devakalpena kaumārabrahmacāriṇā

How did the warriors fare then, Sanjaya, bereft of Bhishma, the mighty and godlike, who had been celibate from his boyhood?

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: checked against the raw Wikisource page (a table, one row per verse, 6-120-1 to 6-120-71c, with the heading धृतराष्ट्र उवाच before verse 1 and सञ्जय उवाच at rows 7x, 39x, 55x, 68x and 71x). This adhyaya is the critical edition's 6.115 (Bhishma on the bed of arrows; the pillow of arrows; Krishna and Yudhishthira that night). Wikisource's verses 7, 68 and 71 are split at the page's mid-verse headings (verses 7–8, 69–70 and 73–74 here). Speeches without a printed heading that fill whole verses are given to their speakers: Bhishma (34, 39, 43, 49–50, 52–55, 58–59), Arjuna (41), Krishna as वासुदेव (68–69) and Yudhishthira (71–73). Verse 1: कौमारब्रह्मचारिणा for gurvarthe brahmacāriṇā kept as a variant.

Verse 2 (6.120.2)

तदैव निहतान्मन्ये कुरूनन्यांश्च पाण्डवैः । न प्राहरद्यदा भीष्मो घृणित्वाद्द्रुपदात्मजम् ॥

tadaiva nihatānmanye kurūnanyāṃśca pāṇḍavaiḥ | na prāharadyadā bhīṣmo ghṛṇitvāddrupadātmajam

I think the Kurus and the others were already slain by the Pandavas at the moment when Bhishma, out of compassion, would not strike the son of Drupada.

Note on the text: पाण्डवैः for pārthivān and द्रुपदात्मजम् (masculine, of Shikhandin) for drupadātmaje kept as variants.

Verse 3 (6.120.3)

ततो दुःखतरं मन्ये किमन्यत्प्रभविष्यति । अद्यैव निहतं श्रुत्वा पितरं मम दुर्मतेः ॥

tato duḥkhataraṃ manye kimanyatprabhaviṣyati | adyaiva nihataṃ śrutvā pitaraṃ mama durmateḥ

What sorrow greater than this could there be, now that I hear that the father of wicked me has been slain today?

Verse 4 (6.120.4)

अश्मसारमयं नूनं हृदयं मम सञ्जय । श्रुत्वा विनिहतं भीष्मं शतधा यन्न दीर्यते ॥

aśmasāramayaṃ nūnaṃ hṛdayaṃ mama sañjaya | śrutvā vinihataṃ bhīṣmaṃ śatadhā yanna dīryate

Surely my heart is made of iron, Sanjaya, since it does not burst into a hundred pieces on hearing that Bhishma has been slain.

Verse 5 (6.120.5)

यदन्यन्निहतेनाजौ भीष्मेण जयमिच्छता । चेष्टितं कुरुसिंहेन तन्मे कथय सुव्रत ॥

yadanyannihatenājau bhīṣmeṇa jayamicchatā | ceṣṭitaṃ kurusiṃhena tanme kathaya suvrata

Whatever else that lion of the Kurus did after he was struck down in battle, still longing for victory, tell me that, you who keep your vows.

Note on the text: Wikisource prints the critical edition's 6.115.6 here, before 6.115.5 (verse 6). कुरुसिंहेन and सुव्रत for narasiṃhena and saṃjaya kept as variants.

Verse 6 (6.120.6)

पुनःपुनर्न मृष्यामि हतं देवव्रतं रणे । न हतो जामदग्न्येन दिव्यैरस्त्रैश्च यः पुरा ॥

punaḥpunarna mṛṣyāmi hataṃ devavrataṃ raṇe | na hato jāmadagnyena divyairastraiśca yaḥ purā

Again and again I cannot bear it, that Devavrata has been slain in battle, he whom even Jamadagni's son could not slay long ago with all his celestial weapons.

Verse 7 (6.120.7)

स हतो द्रौपदेयेन पाञ्चाल्येन शिखण्डिना ॥

sa hato draupadeyena pāñcālyena śikhaṇḍinā

And now he has been slain by Drupada's son, Shikhandin of Panchala!

Note on the text: First part of Wikisource's verse 7, split off because the page prints the heading सञ्जय उवाच (row 6-120-7x) after this line; the input had joined both parts and given them to Dhritarashtra. 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 6.115.5d*0482 (द्रौपदेयेन here means Drupada's son).

Verse 8 (6.120.8)

सायाह्ने न्यपतद्भूमौ धार्तराष्ट्रान्विषादयन् ॥

sāyāhne nyapatadbhūmau dhārtarāṣṭrānviṣādayan

Toward evening he fell to the earth, filling the sons of Dhritarashtra with despair

Note on the text: Second part of Wikisource's verse 7, after the heading सञ्जय उवाच; this is the critical edition's 6.115.7ab, which also opens Sanjaya's reply there.

Verse 9 (6.120.9)

पाञ्चालान्हर्षयंश्चैव भीष्मः कुरुपितामहः । स शेते शरतल्पस्थो मेदिनीमस्पृशंस्तदा ॥

pāñcālānharṣayaṃścaiva bhīṣmaḥ kurupitāmahaḥ | sa śete śaratalpastho medinīmaspṛśaṃstadā

and gladdening the Panchalas: Bhishma, grandsire of the Kurus. He lies on a bed of arrows, never touching the ground.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.115.7cd (पाञ्चालान्हर्षयंश्चैव भीष्मः कुरुपितामहः for pāñcālānāṃ dadad dharṣaṃ kuruvṛddhaḥ pitāmahaḥ, a variant); line 2 is 6.115.8ab.

Verse 10 (6.120.10)

भीष्मो रथात्प्रपतितः संछिन्नो बहुभिः शरैः । हाहेति तुमुलः शब्दो भूतानां समपद्यत ॥

bhīṣmo rathātprapatitaḥ saṃchinno bahubhiḥ śaraiḥ | hāheti tumulaḥ śabdo bhūtānāṃ samapadyata

When Bhishma fell from his chariot, cut through by many arrows, a tumultuous cry of "Alas, alas!" rose from all beings.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.115.8cd (संछिन्नो बहुभिः शरैः for pracyuto dharaṇītale, a variant); line 2 is 6.115.9ab.

Verse 11 (6.120.11)

सीमावृक्षे निपतिते कुरूणां समितिंजये । सेनयोरुभयो राजन्क्षत्रियान्भयमाविशत् ॥

sīmāvṛkṣe nipatite kurūṇāṃ samitiṃjaye | senayorubhayo rājankṣatriyānbhayamāviśat

When the boundary-tree of the Kurus, their victor in battle, had fallen, fear seized the Kshatriyas of both armies, O king.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.115.9cd (समितिंजये for samitikṣaye, a variant); line 2 is 6.115.10ab.

Verse 12 (6.120.12)

भीष्मं शान्तनवं दृष्ट्वा विशीर्णकवचध्वजम् । कुरवः पर्यवर्तन्त पाण्डवाश्च विशांपते ॥

bhīṣmaṃ śāntanavaṃ dṛṣṭvā viśīrṇakavacadhvajam | kuravaḥ paryavartanta pāṇḍavāśca viśāṃpate

Seeing Bhishma, son of Shantanu, with his armour and banner shattered, the Kurus and the Pandavas gathered round him, lord of the people.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. This verse is the critical edition's 6.115.10cd–ef.

Verse 13 (6.120.13)

खं तमःसंवृतमभूदासीद्भानुर्गतप्रभः । ररास पृथिवी चैव भीष्मे शान्तनवे हते ॥

khaṃ tamaḥsaṃvṛtamabhūdāsīdbhānurgataprabhaḥ | rarāsa pṛthivī caiva bhīṣme śāntanave hate

The sky was wrapped in darkness and the sun lost its radiance; the earth cried out when Bhishma, son of Shantanu, was slain.

Note on the text: Line 1 (खं तमःसंवृतमभूदासीद्भानुर्गतप्रभः) differs in wording from the critical edition's 6.115.11ab (khaṃ tamovṛtam āsīc ca nāsīd bhānumataḥ prabhā); kept as a recension variant.

Verse 14 (6.120.14)

अयं ब्रह्मविदां श्रेष्ठो गतिर्ब्रह्मविदां सदा । इत्यभाषन्त भूतानि शयानं पुरुषर्षभम् ॥

ayaṃ brahmavidāṃ śreṣṭho gatirbrahmavidāṃ sadā | ityabhāṣanta bhūtāni śayānaṃ puruṣarṣabham

"This is the best of those who know Brahman, ever the goal of those who know Brahman," the beings said of that bull among men as he lay there.

Verse 15 (6.120.15)

अयं पितरमाज्ञाय कामार्तं शन्तनुं पुरा । ऊर्ध्वरेतसमात्मानं चकार पुरुषर्षभः ॥

ayaṃ pitaramājñāya kāmārtaṃ śantanuṃ purā | ūrdhvaretasamātmānaṃ cakāra puruṣarṣabhaḥ

"Long ago, knowing his father Shantanu to be tormented by desire, this bull among men made himself one whose seed is held upward."

Verse 16 (6.120.16)

इति स्म शरतल्पस्थं भरतानां पितामहम् । ऋषयस्त्वभ्यभाषन्त सहिताः सिद्धचारणैः ॥

iti sma śaratalpasthaṃ bharatānāṃ pitāmaham | ṛṣayastvabhyabhāṣanta sahitāḥ siddhacāraṇaiḥ

So the sages, together with the Siddhas and Charanas, spoke of the grandsire of the Bharatas as he lay on his bed of arrows.

Note on the text: पितामहम् and अभ्यभाषन्त for amadhyamam and paryadhāvanta kept as variants.

Verse 17 (6.120.17)

हते शान्तनवे भीष्मे भरतानां पितामहे । न किंचित्प्रत्यपद्यन्त पुत्रास्तव हि मारिष ॥

hate śāntanave bhīṣme bharatānāṃ pitāmahe | na kiṃcitpratyapadyanta putrāstava hi māriṣa

When Bhishma, son of Shantanu, grandsire of the Bharatas, had been slain, your sons, sir, could think of nothing to do.

Verse 18 (6.120.18)

विषण्णवदनाश्चासन्हतश्रीकाश्च भारत । अतिष्ठन्व्रीडिताश्चैव ह्रिया युक्ता ह्यधोमुखाः ॥

viṣaṇṇavadanāścāsanhataśrīkāśca bhārata | atiṣṭhanvrīḍitāścaiva hriyā yuktā hyadhomukhāḥ

Their faces were downcast and their splendour gone, O Bharata; they stood there abashed, overcome with shame, their heads bowed.

Verse 19 (6.120.19)

पाण्डवाश्च जयं लब्ध्वा संग्रामशिरसि स्थिताः । सर्वे दध्मुर्महाशङ्खान्हेमजालपरिष्कृतान् ॥

pāṇḍavāśca jayaṃ labdhvā saṃgrāmaśirasi sthitāḥ | sarve dadhmurmahāśaṅkhānhemajālapariṣkṛtān

And the Pandavas, having won the victory, stood at the head of the battle and all blew their great conches adorned with nets of gold.

Note on the text: Corrected दध्युर्महाशङ्खान् → दध्मुर्महाशङ्खान् (misprint in Wikisource; य for म turns "blew" into "pondered", critical edition dadhmur).

Verse 20 (6.120.20)

हर्षात्तूर्यसहस्रेषु वाद्यमानेषु चानघ । अपश्याम महाराज भीमसेनं महाबलम् ॥

harṣāttūryasahasreṣu vādyamāneṣu cānagha | apaśyāma mahārāja bhīmasenaṃ mahābalam

As thousands of instruments sounded in joy, sinless one, we saw, great king, the mighty Bhimasena,

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. This verse is the critical edition's 6.115.18ab–cd, reading हर्षात्तूर्यसहस्रेषु for bhṛśaṃ tūryaninādeṣu and महाराज for raṇe rājan; kept as variants.

Verse 21 (6.120.21)

विक्रीडमानं कौन्तेयं हर्षेण महता युतम् । निहत्य तरसा शत्रुं महाबलसमन्वितम् ॥

vikrīḍamānaṃ kaunteyaṃ harṣeṇa mahatā yutam | nihatya tarasā śatruṃ mahābalasamanvitam

the son of Kunti, sporting and filled with great joy after swiftly slaying a foe of great strength.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.115.18ef (विक्रीडमानं for ākrīḍamānaṃ); line 2 is 6.115.19ab, reading निहत्य तरसा शत्रुं महाबलसमन्वितम् (singular) for nihatya samare śatrūn mahābalasamanvitān; kept as variants.

Verse 22 (6.120.22)

संमोहश्चापि तुमुलः कुरूणामभवत्ततः । कर्णदुर्योधनौ चापि निःश्वसेतां मुहुर्मुहुः ॥

saṃmohaścāpi tumulaḥ kurūṇāmabhavattataḥ | karṇaduryodhanau cāpi niḥśvasetāṃ muhurmuhuḥ

Then a great bewilderment came over the Kurus, and Karna and Duryodhana too sighed again and again.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.115.19cd (ततः for tadā); line 2 is 6.115.20ab.

Verse 23 (6.120.23)

तथा निपातिते भीष्मे कौरवाणां पितामहे । हाहाभूतमभूत्सर्वं निर्मर्यादमवर्तत ॥

tathā nipātite bhīṣme kauravāṇāṃ pitāmahe | hāhābhūtamabhūtsarvaṃ nirmaryādamavartata

When Bhishma, grandsire of the Kauravas, had thus been felled, everything turned to cries of woe and all order was lost.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. This verse is the critical edition's 6.115.20cd–ef, reading निपातिते … पितामहे for nipatite … dhuraṃdhare and हाहाभूतम् for hāhākāram; kept as variants.

Verse 24 (6.120.24)

दृष्ट्वा च पतितं भीष्मं पुत्रो दुःशासनस्तव । उत्तमं जवमास्थाय द्रोणानीकमुपाद्रवत् ॥

dṛṣṭvā ca patitaṃ bhīṣmaṃ putro duḥśāsanastava | uttamaṃ javamāsthāya droṇānīkamupādravat

Seeing Bhishma fallen, your son Duhshasana rode at his utmost speed to Drona's division.

Note on the text: Corrected द्रोणानीकभुपाद्रवत् → द्रोणानीकमुपाद्रवत् (misprint in Wikisource; भ for म, critical edition droṇānīkaṃ). उपाद्रवत् for samādravat kept as a variant.

Verse 25 (6.120.25)

भ्रात्रा प्रस्थापितो वीरः स्वेनानीकेन दंशितः । प्रययौ पुरुषव्याघ्रः स्वसैन्यमभिहर्षयन् ॥

bhrātrā prasthāpito vīraḥ svenānīkena daṃśitaḥ | prayayau puruṣavyāghraḥ svasainyamabhiharṣayan

Sent by his brother, that hero, a tiger among men, set out in armour with his own division, heartening his troops.

Verse 26 (6.120.26)

तमायान्तमभिप्रेक्ष्य कुरवः पर्यवारयन् । दुःशासनं महाराज किमयं वक्ष्यतीति च ॥

tamāyāntamabhiprekṣya kuravaḥ paryavārayan | duḥśāsanaṃ mahārāja kimayaṃ vakṣyatīti ca

Seeing him coming, the Kurus crowded round Duhshasana, great king, wondering what he would say.

Verse 27 (6.120.27)

ततो द्रोणाय निहतं भीष्ममाचष्ट कौरवः । द्रोणस्तदाऽप्रियं श्रुत्वा मुमोह भरतर्षभ ॥

tato droṇāya nihataṃ bhīṣmamācaṣṭa kauravaḥ | droṇastadā'priyaṃ śrutvā mumoha bharatarṣabha

Then the Kaurava told Drona that Bhishma had been slain; and hearing that unwelcome news, bull of the Bharatas, Drona swooned.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads मुमोह भरतर्षभ for sahasā nyapatad rathāt; kept as a variant.

Verse 28 (6.120.28)

स संज्ञामुपलभ्याशु भारद्वाजः प्रतापवान् । निवारयामास तदा स्वान्यनीकानि मारिष ॥

sa saṃjñāmupalabhyāśu bhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān | nivārayāmāsa tadā svānyanīkāni māriṣa

Swiftly regaining his senses, the mighty son of Bharadvaja then held back his own divisions, sir.

Verse 29 (6.120.29)

विनिवृत्तान्कुरून्दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवापि स्वसैनिकान् । रथैः शीघ्राश्वसंयुक्तैः समन्तात्पर्यवारयन् ॥

vinivṛttānkurūndṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavāpi svasainikān | rathaiḥ śīghrāśvasaṃyuktaiḥ samantātparyavārayan

Seeing the Kurus withdraw, the Pandavas too held back their own troops, sending chariots yoked to swift horses all around.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads रथैः शीघ्राश्वसंयुक्तैः समन्तात्पर्यवारयन् for dūtaiḥ śīghrāśvasaṃyuktair avahāram akārayan; kept as a variant.

Verse 30 (6.120.30)

निवृत्तेषु च सैन्येषु पारम्पर्येण सर्वशः । निर्मुक्तकवचाः सर्वे भीष्ममीयुर्नराधिपाः ॥

nivṛtteṣu ca sainyeṣu pāramparyeṇa sarvaśaḥ | nirmuktakavacāḥ sarve bhīṣmamīyurnarādhipāḥ

When the armies had withdrawn on every side, rank after rank, all the kings took off their armour and went to Bhishma.

Verse 31 (6.120.31)

व्युपरम्य ततो युद्धाद्योधाः शतसहस्रशः । उपतस्थुर्महात्मानं प्रजापतिमिवामराः ॥

vyuparamya tato yuddhādyodhāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ | upatasthurmahātmānaṃ prajāpatimivāmarāḥ

Ceasing from battle, warriors in their hundreds of thousands gathered round the great-souled one, as the immortals gather round Prajapati.

Verse 32 (6.120.32)

ते तु भीष्मं समासाद्य शयानं भरतर्षभम् । अभिवाद्यावतिष्ठन्त पाण्डवाः कुरुभिः सह ॥

te tu bhīṣmaṃ samāsādya śayānaṃ bharatarṣabham | abhivādyāvatiṣṭhanta pāṇḍavāḥ kurubhiḥ saha

Coming to Bhishma, the bull of the Bharatas, as he lay there, the Pandavas and the Kurus together saluted him and stood by.

Verse 33 (6.120.33)

अथ पाण्डून्कुरूंश्चैव प्रणिपत्याग्रतः स्थितान् । अभ्यभाषत धर्मात्मा भीष्मः शान्तनवस्तदा ॥

atha pāṇḍūnkurūṃścaiva praṇipatyāgrataḥ sthitān | abhyabhāṣata dharmātmā bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavastadā

Then the righteous Bhishma, son of Shantanu, spoke to the Pandavas and the Kurus, who stood before him after bowing down:

Verse 34 (6.120.34)

स्वागतं वो महाभागाः स्वागतं वो महारथाः । तुष्यामि दर्शनाच्चाहं युष्माकममरोपमाः ॥

svāgataṃ vo mahābhāgāḥ svāgataṃ vo mahārathāḥ | tuṣyāmi darśanāccāhaṃ yuṣmākamamaropamāḥ

"Welcome to you, fortunate ones! Welcome to you, great chariot-warriors! I am glad to see you, you who are like the immortals."

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhishma's greeting, announced in verse 33; the page prints no heading.

Verse 35 (6.120.35)

अभिनन्द्य स तानेवं शिरसा लम्बताऽब्रवीत् । परपार्श्वे तव सुतान्स्थितानुद्वीक्ष्य भारत । शिरो मे लम्बतेऽत्यर्थमुपधानं प्रदीयताम् ॥

abhinandya sa tānevaṃ śirasā lambatā'bravīt | parapārśve tava sutānsthitānudvīkṣya bhārata | śiro me lambate'tyarthamupadhānaṃ pradīyatām

Having greeted them thus, he spoke with his head hanging down, O Bharata, looking up at your sons standing on the far side: "My head hangs down too far; let a pillow be given me."

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Lines 1 and 3 are the critical edition's 6.115.32ab and cd; line 2 is its star passage 6.115.32b*0486 (परपार्श्वे for paripārśve), not in the constituted text. Removed the backtick and quote mark the page prints around line 2. Speaker: Sanjaya (narration closing with Bhishma's words).

Verse 36 (6.120.36)

ततो नृपाः समाजह्रुस्तनूनि च मृदूनि च । उपधानानि मुख्यानि नैच्छत्तानि पितामहः ॥

tato nṛpāḥ samājahrustanūni ca mṛdūni ca | upadhānāni mukhyāni naicchattāni pitāmahaḥ

Then the kings brought fine, soft pillows of the best kind, but the grandsire did not want them.

Verse 37 (6.120.37)

अथाब्रवीन्नरव्याघ्रः प्रहसन्निव तान्नृपान् । नैतानि वीरशय्यासु युक्तरूपाणि पार्थिवाः ॥

athābravīnnaravyāghraḥ prahasanniva tānnṛpān | naitāni vīraśayyāsu yuktarūpāṇi pārthivāḥ

Then that tiger among men said to those kings, as if with a smile: "These are not fitting for a hero's bed, O kings."

Note on the text: Corrected प्रसहन्निव → प्रहसन्निव (misprint in Wikisource; transposed aksharas, as in the critical edition's prahasann iva). अथाब्रवीन् for abravīc ca kept as a variant.

Verse 38 (6.120.38)

ततो वीक्ष्य नरश्रेष्ठमभ्यभाषत पाण्डवम् । धनञ्जयं दीर्घबाहुं सर्वलोकमहारथम् ॥

tato vīkṣya naraśreṣṭhamabhyabhāṣata pāṇḍavam | dhanañjayaṃ dīrghabāhuṃ sarvalokamahāratham

Then, looking at the best of men, he spoke to the Pandava Dhananjaya, the long-armed, the greatest chariot-warrior in all the world:

Verse 39 (6.120.39)

धनञ्जय महाबाहो शिरो मे तात लम्बते । दीयतामुपधानं वै यद्युक्तमिह मन्यसे ॥

dhanañjaya mahābāho śiro me tāta lambate | dīyatāmupadhānaṃ vai yadyuktamiha manyase

"Dhananjaya, mighty-armed one, my head hangs down, my son. Give me a pillow, such as you think fitting here."

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhishma's words to Arjuna, announced in verse 38; the page prints no heading (its सञ्जय उवाच before verse 40 marks the return to the narration). Line 1 reads शिरो मे तात लम्बते for śiraso me 'sya lambataḥ; kept as a variant.

Verse 40 (6.120.40)

समारोप्य महच्चापमभिवाद्य पितामहम् । नेत्राभ्यामश्रुपूर्णाभ्यामिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

samāropya mahaccāpamabhivādya pitāmaham | netrābhyāmaśrupūrṇābhyāmidaṃ vacanamabravīt

Stringing his great bow and saluting the grandsire, Arjuna, his eyes brimming with tears, spoke these words:

Note on the text: The page prints the heading सञ्जय उवाच (row 6-120-39x) before this verse. समारोप्य ("stringing") for sa saṃnyasya ("laying down") kept as a variant.

Verse 41 (6.120.41)

आज्ञापय कुरुश्रेष्ठ सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वर । प्रेष्योऽहं तव दुर्धर्ष क्रियतां किं पितामह ॥

ājñāpaya kuruśreṣṭha sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ vara | preṣyo'haṃ tava durdharṣa kriyatāṃ kiṃ pitāmaha

"Command me, best of the Kurus, foremost of all who bear arms! I am your servant, invincible one. What shall I do, grandsire?"

Note on the text: Speaker: Arjuna's words, announced in verse 40; the page prints no heading.

Verse 42 (6.120.42)

तमब्रवीच्छान्तनवः शिरो मे तात लम्बते । दीयतामुपधानं मे यद्युक्तमिह मन्यसे । उपधानं कुरुश्रेष्ठ उपधेहि ममार्जुन ॥

tamabravīcchāntanavaḥ śiro me tāta lambate | dīyatāmupadhānaṃ me yadyuktamiha manyase | upadhānaṃ kuruśreṣṭha upadhehi mamārjuna

Shantanu's son said to him: "My head hangs down, my son. Let me be given a pillow such as you think fitting here. Place a pillow for me, Arjuna, best of the Kurus.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.115.39ab; line 2, which the page prints between a backtick and a quote mark (removed here), is not in the critical edition, its apparatus or its appendix (found in the vulgate recension; it repeats verse 39's second line with मे for वै); line 3 is 6.115.39cd, reading उपधेहि ममार्जुन for phalgunopanayasva me; kept as a variant. Speaker: Sanjaya (narration introducing Bhishma's words).

Verse 43 (6.120.43)

वीरशय्यानुरूपं वै शीघ्रं वीर प्रयच्छ मे । त्वं हि पार्थ समर्थो वै श्रेष्ठः सर्वधनुष्मताम् ॥

vīraśayyānurūpaṃ vai śīghraṃ vīra prayaccha me | tvaṃ hi pārtha samartho vai śreṣṭhaḥ sarvadhanuṣmatām

Give me quickly, hero, one that befits a hero's bed; for you, Partha, are able, the best of all bowmen,

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.115.39ef (वीरशय्यानुरूपं वै for śayanasyānurūpaṃ hi); line 2 is 6.115.40ab (पार्थ समर्थो वै for pārtha mahābāho); kept as variants. Speaker: Bhishma's words continue; the page prints no heading.

Verse 44 (6.120.44)

क्षत्रधर्मस्य वेत्ता च बुद्धिसत्वगुणान्वितः । फल्गुनोऽपि तथेत्युक्त्वा व्यवसायं परंजयः ॥

kṣatradharmasya vettā ca buddhisatvaguṇānvitaḥ | phalguno'pi tathetyuktvā vyavasāyaṃ paraṃjayaḥ

one who knows the dharma of Kshatriyas and is endowed with understanding, courage and virtue." Phalguna said, "So be it," and, resolved on the task, that conqueror of foes

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.115.40cd (the end of Bhishma's words); line 2 is 6.115.41ab (फल्गुनोऽपि for phalgunas tu, व्यवसायं परंजयः for vyavasāyapurojavaḥ). Speaker: Sanjaya, as the narration resumes in line 2.

Verse 45 (6.120.45)

गृह्यानुमन्त्र्य गाण्डीवं शरान्सन्नतपर्वणः । अनुमान्य महात्मानं भरतानां महारथम् ॥

gṛhyānumantrya gāṇḍīvaṃ śarānsannataparvaṇaḥ | anumānya mahātmānaṃ bharatānāṃ mahāratham

took up Gandiva, consecrated with mantras arrows with smooth joints, and, asking leave of the great-souled chariot-warrior of the Bharatas,

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.115.41cd (गृह्यानुमन्त्र्य for pragṛhyāmantrya); line 2 is 6.115.42ab (महारथम् for amadhyamam); kept as variants.

Verse 46 (6.120.46)

त्रिभिस्तीक्ष्णैर्महावेगैरुदगृह्णाच्छिरः शरैः । अभिप्राये तु विदिते धर्मात्मा सव्यसाचिना ॥

tribhistīkṣṇairmahāvegairudagṛhṇācchiraḥ śaraiḥ | abhiprāye tu vidite dharmātmā savyasācinā

with three sharp, swift arrows he propped up his head. When the ambidextrous archer had understood his wish, the righteous

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.115.42cd; line 2 is 6.115.43ab. Corrected स्वयसाचिना → सव्यसाचिना (misprint in Wikisource; transposed aksharas, critical edition savyasācinā).

Verse 47 (6.120.47)

अतुष्यद्भरतश्रेष्ठो भीष्मो धर्मार्थतत्त्ववित् । उपधानेन दत्तेन प्रत्यनन्दद्धनञ्जयम् ॥

atuṣyadbharataśreṣṭho bhīṣmo dharmārthatattvavit | upadhānena dattena pratyanandaddhanañjayam

Bhishma, best of the Bharatas, who knew the truth of dharma and artha, was pleased, and he praised Dhananjaya for the pillow he had given.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.115.43cd; line 2 is 6.115.44ab.

Verse 48 (6.120.48)

प्राह सर्वान्समुद्वीक्ष्य भरतान्भारतं प्रति । कुन्तीपुत्रं युधां श्रेष्ठं सुहृदां प्रीतिवर्धनम् ॥

prāha sarvānsamudvīkṣya bharatānbhārataṃ prati | kuntīputraṃ yudhāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ suhṛdāṃ prītivardhanam

Then, glancing round at all the Bharatas, he spoke to that Bharata, Kunti's son, the best of fighters, who swells the joy of his friends:

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 6.115.44b*0489 (not in the constituted text); line 2 is 6.115.44cd.

Verse 49 (6.120.49)

शयनस्यानुरूपं मे पाण्डवोपहितं त्वया । यद्यन्यथा प्रपद्येथाः शपेयं त्वामहं पुरा ॥

śayanasyānurūpaṃ me pāṇḍavopahitaṃ tvayā | yadyanyathā prapadyethāḥ śapeyaṃ tvāmahaṃ purā

"You have given me, Pandava, a pillow fitting for my bed. Had you acted otherwise, I would have cursed you.

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhishma's words to Arjuna, announced in verse 48; the page prints no heading (verses 49–50). शयनस्यानुरूपं मे, प्रपद्येथाः and पुरा for anurūpaṃ śayānasya, pravartethāḥ and ruṣā kept as variants.

Verse 50 (6.120.50)

एवमेव महाबाहो धर्मेषु परितिष्ठता । स्वप्तव्यं क्षत्रियेणाजौ शरतल्पगतेन वै ॥

evameva mahābāho dharmeṣu paritiṣṭhatā | svaptavyaṃ kṣatriyeṇājau śaratalpagatena vai

Just so, mighty-armed one, should a Kshatriya who stands firm in his duties sleep on the battlefield, lying on a bed of arrows."

Note on the text: Speaker: as for verse 49.

Verse 51 (6.120.51)

एवमुक्त्वा तु बीभत्सुं सर्वांस्तानब्रवीद्वचः । राज्ञश्च राजपुत्रांश्च पाण्डवैरभिसंवृतान् ॥

evamuktvā tu bībhatsuṃ sarvāṃstānabravīdvacaḥ | rājñaśca rājaputrāṃśca pāṇḍavairabhisaṃvṛtān

Having said this to Bibhatsu, he spoke to all of them, the kings and princes gathered round with the Pandavas:

Verse 52 (6.120.52)

पश्यध्वमुपधानं मे पाण्डवेनाभिसन्धितम् । शयेयमस्यां शय्यायां यावदावर्तनं रवेः ॥

paśyadhvamupadhānaṃ me pāṇḍavenābhisandhitam | śayeyamasyāṃ śayyāyāṃ yāvadāvartanaṃ raveḥ

"See the pillow the Pandava has fitted for me! I shall lie on this bed until the sun turns back.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 6.115.47d*0490 (not in the constituted text); line 2 is 6.115.48ab. Corrected पाणडवेनाभिसन्धितम् → पाण्डवेनाभिसन्धितम् (misprint in Wikisource; a broken conjunct, apparatus pāṇḍavenābhisaṃdhitam). Speaker: Bhishma's words, announced in verse 51; the page prints no heading (verses 52–55).

Verse 53 (6.120.53)

ये तदा धारयिष्यन्ति ते च प्रेक्ष्यन्ति मां नृपाः । दिशं वैश्रवणाक्रान्तां यदा गन्ता दिवाकरः ॥

ye tadā dhārayiṣyanti te ca prekṣyanti māṃ nṛpāḥ | diśaṃ vaiśravaṇākrāntāṃ yadā gantā divākaraḥ

Those kings who survive until then will see me, when the sun goes to the quarter ruled by Vaishravana.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.115.48cd (धारयिष्यन्ति for pārayiṣyanti, ते च प्रेक्ष्यन्ति मां for te māṃ drakṣyanti vai); line 2 is 6.115.49ab; kept as variants. Speaker: as for verse 52.

Verse 54 (6.120.54)

नूनं सप्ताश्वयुक्तेन रथेनोत्तमतेजसा । रक्ष्येऽहं वै मम प्राणान्सुहृदः सुप्रियानिव ॥

nūnaṃ saptāśvayuktena rathenottamatejasā | rakṣye'haṃ vai mama prāṇānsuhṛdaḥ supriyāniva

Surely, until he sets out in his seven-horsed chariot of surpassing splendour, I shall guard my life-breaths as one guards dear friends.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is a variant of the critical edition's 6.115.49cd (नूनं सप्ताश्वयुक्तेन for arciṣmān pratapaṃl lokān); line 2 is a variant of 6.115.49ef (रक्ष्येऽहं वै मम प्राणान् … सुप्रियानिव, "I shall guard my life-breaths", for vimokṣye 'haṃ tadā prāṇān … supriyān api, "then I shall release my life-breaths"); kept as recension variants. Speaker: as for verse 52.

Verse 55 (6.120.55)

परिखाः खन्यतामत्र ममावसदने नृपाः । उपासिष्ये विवस्वन्तमेवं शरशताचितः । उपारमध्वं संग्रामाद्वैरमुत्सृज्य पार्थिवाः ॥

parikhāḥ khanyatāmatra mamāvasadane nṛpāḥ | upāsiṣye vivasvantamevaṃ śaraśatācitaḥ | upāramadhvaṃ saṃgrāmādvairamutsṛjya pārthivāḥ

Let a trench be dug here around my resting place, O kings. Covered thus with hundreds of arrows, I shall worship the sun. And you, kings, cease from battle and give up your enmity."

Note on the text: Speaker: as for verse 52. वैरमुत्सृज्य for vairāṇy utsṛjya kept as a variant.

Verse 56 (6.120.56)

उपातिष्ठन्नथो वैद्याः शल्योद्धरणकोविदाः । सर्वोपकरणैर्युक्ताः कुशलैः साधुशिक्षिताः ॥

upātiṣṭhannatho vaidyāḥ śalyoddharaṇakovidāḥ | sarvopakaraṇairyuktāḥ kuśalaiḥ sādhuśikṣitāḥ

Then surgeons came, skilled in drawing out arrows, furnished with all their instruments and well trained by experts.

Note on the text: The heading सञ्जय उवाच, which the page prints as row 6-120-55x (with a stray "?" inside the name), had slipped into this verse's text in the input; it is removed from the Sanskrit and taken as the speaker. कुशलैः साधुशिक्षिताः for kuśalās te suśikṣitāḥ kept as a variant.

Verse 57 (6.120.57)

तान्दृष्ट्वा जाह्नवीपुत्रः प्रोवाच तनयं तव । दत्तदेया विसृज्यन्तां पूजयित्वा चिकित्सकाः ॥

tāndṛṣṭvā jāhnavīputraḥ provāca tanayaṃ tava | dattadeyā visṛjyantāṃ pūjayitvā cikitsakāḥ

Seeing them, the son of Jahnavi said to your son: "Let the physicians be honoured, given their fees and sent away.

Note on the text: तनयं तव for vacanaṃ tadā kept as a variant.

Verse 58 (6.120.58)

एवंगते मयेदानीं वैद्यैः कार्यमिहास्ति किम् । क्षत्रधर्मे प्रशस्तां हि प्राप्तोऽस्मि परमां गतिम् ॥

evaṃgate mayedānīṃ vaidyaiḥ kāryamihāsti kim | kṣatradharme praśastāṃ hi prāpto'smi paramāṃ gatim

In this state, what have I to do with physicians now? I have reached the highest goal, the one praised in the Kshatriya's dharma.

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhishma's words continue, unheaded (verses 58–59).

Verse 59 (6.120.59)

नैष धर्मो महीपालाः शरतल्पगतस्य मे । एभिरेव शरैश्चाहं दग्धव्योऽग्नौ नराधिपाः ॥

naiṣa dharmo mahīpālāḥ śaratalpagatasya me | ebhireva śaraiścāhaṃ dagdhavyo'gnau narādhipāḥ

This is not the dharma, lords of the earth, for one who lies on a bed of arrows. With these very arrows I should be burned in the fire, rulers of men."

Note on the text: Speaker: as for verse 58. दग्धव्योऽग्नौ for dagdhavyo 'nte kept as a variant.

Verse 60 (6.120.60)

तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य पुत्रो दुर्योधनस्तव । वैद्यान्विसर्जयामास पूजयित्वा यथार्हतः ॥

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya putro duryodhanastava | vaidyānvisarjayāmāsa pūjayitvā yathārhataḥ

Hearing his words, your son Duryodhana honoured the physicians as they deserved and dismissed them.

Verse 61 (6.120.61)

ततस्ते विस्मयं जग्मुर्नानाजनपदेश्वराः । स्थितिं धर्मे परां दृष्ट्वा भीष्मस्यामिततेजसः ॥

tataste vismayaṃ jagmurnānājanapadeśvarāḥ | sthitiṃ dharme parāṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīṣmasyāmitatejasaḥ

Then the lords of the many countries were filled with wonder, seeing how firmly Bhishma of boundless splendour stood in dharma.

Verse 62 (6.120.62)

उपधानं ततो दत्त्वा पितुस्ते मनुजेश्वराः । सहिताः पाण्डवाः सर्वे कुरवश्च महारथाः ॥

upadhānaṃ tato dattvā pituste manujeśvarāḥ | sahitāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ sarve kuravaśca mahārathāḥ

Then, having given the pillow to your father, the rulers of men, all the Pandavas and the Kuru chariot-warriors together,

Verse 63 (6.120.63)

उपगम्य महात्मानं शयानं शयने शुभे ॥

upagamya mahātmānaṃ śayānaṃ śayane śubhe

approached the great-souled one lying on his splendid bed.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Wikisource prints this line, the critical edition's 6.115.58ab, as a verse of its own; the verse's other half, 6.115.58cd, opens the next verse. Nothing is lost.

Verse 64 (6.120.64)

तेऽभिवाद्य ततो भीष्मं कृत्वा च त्रिःप्रदक्षिणम् । विधाय रक्षां भीष्मस्य सर्व एव समन्ततः ॥

te'bhivādya tato bhīṣmaṃ kṛtvā ca triḥpradakṣiṇam | vidhāya rakṣāṃ bhīṣmasya sarva eva samantataḥ

They saluted Bhishma and walked around him three times, and, setting a guard all around him,

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.115.58cd (त्रिःप्रदक्षिणम् for cābhipradakṣiṇam); line 2 is 6.115.59ab.

Verse 65 (6.120.65)

वीराः स्वशिबिराण्येव ध्यायन्तः परमातुराः । निवेशायाभ्युपागच्छन्सायाह्ने रुधिरोक्षिताः ॥

vīrāḥ svaśibirāṇyeva dhyāyantaḥ paramāturāḥ | niveśāyābhyupāgacchansāyāhne rudhirokṣitāḥ

the heroes went back at evening to their own camps to rest, deeply distressed and brooding, drenched with blood.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. This verse is the critical edition's 6.115.59cd–ef.

Verse 66 (6.120.66)

निविष्टान्पाण्डवांश्चैव प्रीयमाणान्महारथान् । भीष्मस्य पतनं दृष्ट्वा उपगम्य महाबलः ॥

niviṣṭānpāṇḍavāṃścaiva prīyamāṇānmahārathān | bhīṣmasya patanaṃ dṛṣṭvā upagamya mahābalaḥ

When the Pandavas, the great chariot-warriors, had settled in camp, rejoicing at Bhishma's fall, the mighty one came to them,

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.115.60ab; line 2 is a variant of 6.115.60cd (भीष्मस्य पतनं दृष्ट्वा उपगम्य महाबलः for bhīṣmasya patanād dhṛṣṭān upagamya mahārathān).

Verse 67 (6.120.67)

उवाच माधवः काले धर्मपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम् । दिष्ट्या जयसि कौरव्य दिष्ट्या भीष्मो निपातितः ॥

uvāca mādhavaḥ kāle dharmaputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram | diṣṭyā jayasi kauravya diṣṭyā bhīṣmo nipātitaḥ

and Madhava spoke in due time to Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma: "By good fortune you are victorious, descendant of Kuru; by good fortune Bhishma has been brought down,

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.115.60ef (माधवः for yādavaḥ); line 2 is 6.115.61ab. Speaker: Sanjaya; Krishna's words begin in line 2.

Verse 68 (6.120.68)

अवध्यो मानुषैरेव सत्यसन्धो महारथः । अथवा दैवतैः सार्धं सर्वशास्त्रस्य पारगः ॥

avadhyo mānuṣaireva satyasandho mahārathaḥ | athavā daivataiḥ sārdhaṃ sarvaśāstrasya pāragaḥ

he who could not be slain by men, the great chariot-warrior true to his word, nor even by the gods together, he who had mastered every science.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.115.61cd (एव for eṣa); line 2 is 6.115.62ab (सार्धं for pārtha, सर्वशास्त्रस्य for sarvaśastrāstra-); kept as variants. Speaker: Krishna's words to Yudhishthira continue; the page prints no heading.

Verse 69 (6.120.69)

त्वां तु चक्षुर्हणं प्राप्य दग्धो घोरेण चक्षुषा ॥

tvāṃ tu cakṣurhaṇaṃ prāpya dagdho ghoreṇa cakṣuṣā

But meeting you, whose very glance can kill, he was burned by your terrible gaze."

Note on the text: First part of Wikisource's verse 68 (the critical edition's 6.115.62cd), split off because the page prints the heading सञ्जय उवाच (row 6-120-68x) after this line. Corrected चक्षुष → चक्षुषा (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped vowel sign, critical edition cakṣuṣā). Speaker: as for verse 68.

Verse 70 (6.120.70)

एवमुक्तो धर्मराजः प्रत्युवाच जनार्दनम् ॥

evamukto dharmarājaḥ pratyuvāca janārdanam

Thus addressed, the King of Dharma replied to Janardana:

Note on the text: Second part of Wikisource's verse 68, after the heading सञ्जय उवाच; this is the critical edition's 6.115.63ab.

Verse 71 (6.120.71)

तव प्रसादाद्विजयः क्रोधात्तव पराजयः । त्वं हि नः शरणं कृष्ण भक्तानामभयंकरः ॥

tava prasādādvijayaḥ krodhāttava parājayaḥ | tvaṃ hi naḥ śaraṇaṃ kṛṣṇa bhaktānāmabhayaṃkaraḥ

"By your grace comes victory, by your anger defeat. For you, Krishna, are our refuge, you who free your devotees from fear.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. This verse is the critical edition's 6.115.63cd–ef. Speaker: Yudhishthira's reply, announced in verse 70; the page prints no heading (verses 71–73).

Verse 72 (6.120.72)

अनाश्चर्यो जयस्तेषां येषां त्वमसि केशव । रक्षिता समरे नित्यं नित्यं चापि हिते रतः ॥

anāścaryo jayasteṣāṃ yeṣāṃ tvamasi keśava | rakṣitā samare nityaṃ nityaṃ cāpi hite rataḥ

Victory is no wonder for those whose protector in battle you ever are, Keshava, and whose good you are ever intent upon.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. This verse is the critical edition's 6.115.64ab–cd. Speaker: as for verse 71.

Verse 73 (6.120.73)

सर्वथा त्वां समासाद्य नाश्चर्यमिति मे मतिः ॥

sarvathā tvāṃ samāsādya nāścaryamiti me matiḥ

Having gained you, it is in every way no wonder; that is my belief."

Note on the text: First part of Wikisource's verse 71 (the critical edition's 6.115.64ef), split off because the page prints the heading सञ्जय उवाच (row 6-120-71x) after this line. Speaker: as for verse 71.

Verse 74 (6.120.74)

एवमुक्तः प्रत्युवाच स्मयमानो जनार्दनः । तवैवैतद्युक्तरूपं वचनं पार्थिवोत्तम ॥

evamuktaḥ pratyuvāca smayamāno janārdanaḥ | tavaivaitadyuktarūpaṃ vacanaṃ pārthivottama

Thus addressed, Janardana replied with a smile: "Such words befit you alone, best of kings."

Note on the text: Second part of Wikisource's verse 71 (rows 71b–71c), after the heading सञ्जय उवाच; this is the critical edition's 6.115.65 (तवैव for tvayy eva). Krishna's reply in line 2 has no heading of its own.