Arjuna Draws Water from the Earth for Bhishma

Verse 1 (6.121.1)

व्युष्टायां तु महाराज शर्वर्यां सर्वपार्थिवाः । पाण्डवा धार्तराष्ट्राश्च उपातिष्ठन्पितामहम् ॥

vyuṣṭāyāṃ tu mahārāja śarvaryāṃ sarvapārthivāḥ | pāṇḍavā dhārtarāṣṭrāśca upātiṣṭhanpitāmaham

When the night had passed, great king, all the kings, the Pandavas and the sons of Dhritarashtra, came to attend on the grandsire.

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: checked against the raw Wikisource page (a table, one row per verse, 6-121-1 to 6-121-58, with the heading सञ्जय उवाच before verses 1, 15 (printed with a stray backtick), 21, 39 and 57). This adhyaya is the critical edition's 6.116 (Arjuna draws water from the earth for Bhishma; Bhishma urges Duryodhana to make peace). Speeches without a printed heading that fill whole verses are given to Bhishma (14, 19–20, 32–38, 40–56). Verse 1: शर्वर्यां and उपातिष्ठन् for rajanyāṃ and abhijagmuḥ kept as variants.

Verse 2 (6.121.2)

तं वीरशयने वीरं शयानं कुरुसत्तम । अभिवाद्योपतस्थुर्वै क्षत्रियाः क्षत्रियर्षभम् ॥

taṃ vīraśayane vīraṃ śayānaṃ kurusattama | abhivādyopatasthurvai kṣatriyāḥ kṣatriyarṣabham

Saluting that hero as he lay on his hero's bed, best of the Kurus, the Kshatriyas stood in attendance on that bull among Kshatriyas.

Verse 3 (6.121.3)

कन्याश्चन्दनचूर्णैश्च लाजैर्माल्यैश्च सर्वशः । अवाकिरञ्छान्तनवं तत्र गत्वा सहस्रशः ॥

kanyāścandanacūrṇaiśca lājairmālyaiśca sarvaśaḥ | avākirañchāntanavaṃ tatra gatvā sahasraśaḥ

Maidens went there in their thousands and showered Shantanu's son on every side with sandal powder, parched grain and garlands.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.116.3ab; line 2 is its star passage 6.116.3b*0494, not in the constituted text.

Verse 4 (6.121.4)

स्त्रियो वृद्धास्तथा बालाः प्रेक्षकाश्च पृथग्जनाः । समभ्ययुः शान्तनवं भूतानीव तमोनुदम् ॥

striyo vṛddhāstathā bālāḥ prekṣakāśca pṛthagjanāḥ | samabhyayuḥ śāntanavaṃ bhūtānīva tamonudam

Women, old men and children, onlookers and common folk came to Shantanu's son as living beings come to the sun, the dispeller of darkness.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. This verse is the critical edition's 6.116.3cd–ef.

Verse 5 (6.121.5)

तूर्याणि शतसङ्ख्यानि तथैव नटनर्तकाः । शिल्पिनश्च तथाऽऽजग्मुः कुरुवृद्धं पितामहम् ॥

tūryāṇi śatasaṅkhyāni tathaiva naṭanartakāḥ | śilpinaśca tathā''jagmuḥ kuruvṛddhaṃ pitāmaham

Instruments by the hundred, actors and dancers, and craftsmen too came to the aged grandsire of the Kurus.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. A variant of the critical edition's 6.116.4 (शतसङ्ख्यानि for gaṇikā vārās; line 2 शिल्पिनश्च तथाऽऽजग्मुः कुरुवृद्धं पितामहम् for upānṛtyañ jaguś caiva vṛddhaṃ kurupitāmaham); kept as a recension variant.

Verse 6 (6.121.6)

उपागम्य च राजेन्द्र सन्नाहान्विप्रमुच्य ते । आयुधानि च निक्षिप्य सहिताः कुरुपाण्डवाः ॥

upāgamya ca rājendra sannāhānvipramucya te | āyudhāni ca nikṣipya sahitāḥ kurupāṇḍavāḥ

Coming there, king of kings, the Kurus and the Pandavas together took off their armour and laid down their weapons,

Note on the text: Corrected सन्नहान् → सन्नाहान् (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped vowel sign, critical edition saṃnāhān). Line 1 उपागम्य च राजेन्द्र for upāramya ca yuddhebhyaḥ kept as a variant.

Verse 7 (6.121.7)

अन्वासन्त दुराधर्षं देवव्रतमरिंदमम् । अन्योन्यं प्रीतिमन्तस्ते यथापूर्वं यथावयः ॥

anvāsanta durādharṣaṃ devavratamariṃdamam | anyonyaṃ prītimantaste yathāpūrvaṃ yathāvayaḥ

and sat round the unassailable Devavrata, tamer of foes, friendly toward one another as before, each in the order of his age.

Verse 8 (6.121.8)

सा पार्थिवशताकीर्णा समितिर्भीष्मशोभिता । शुशुभे भारती दीप्ता दिवीवादित्यमण्डलम् ॥

sā pārthivaśatākīrṇā samitirbhīṣmaśobhitā | śuśubhe bhāratī dīptā divīvādityamaṇḍalam

That assembly of the Bharatas, crowded with hundreds of kings and graced by Bhishma, shone bright like the orb of the sun in the sky.

Verse 9 (6.121.9)

विबभौ च नृपाणां सा गङ्गासुतमुपासताम् । देवानामिव देवेशं पितामहमुपासताम् ॥

vibabhau ca nṛpāṇāṃ sā gaṅgāsutamupāsatām | devānāmiva deveśaṃ pitāmahamupāsatām

That gathering of kings attending on Ganga's son shone like the gods attending on the Grandsire, the lord of the gods.

Verse 10 (6.121.10)

भीष्मस्तु वेदनां धैर्यान्निगृह्य भरतर्षभ । अभितप्तः शरैश्चैव नातिहृष्टमनाऽब्रवीत् ॥

bhīṣmastu vedanāṃ dhairyānnigṛhya bharatarṣabha | abhitaptaḥ śaraiścaiva nātihṛṣṭamanā'bravīt

But Bhishma, bull of the Bharatas, holding back his pain with fortitude yet burning from the arrows, spoke with little cheer.

Verse 11 (6.121.11)

शराभितप्तकायो हि शस्त्रसंपातमूर्च्छितः । पानीयमिति संप्रेक्ष्य राज्ञस्तान्प्रत्यभाषत ॥

śarābhitaptakāyo hi śastrasaṃpātamūrcchitaḥ | pānīyamiti saṃprekṣya rājñastānpratyabhāṣata

His body burning from the arrows and fainting from the shower of weapons, he looked at the kings and said to them, "Water!"

Note on the text: Corrected पानीयमित → पानीयमिति (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped vowel sign, "saying 'water'"). The verse differs in wording from the critical edition's 6.116.10 (शराभितप्तकायो हि शस्त्रसंपातमूर्च्छितः for śarābhitaptakāyo 'haṃ śarasaṃtāpamūrchitaḥ; पानीयमिति संप्रेक्ष्य for pānīyam abhikāṅkṣe 'haṃ); kept as a recension variant.

Verse 12 (6.121.12)

ततस्ते क्षत्रिया राजन्नुपाजह्रुः समन्ततः । भक्ष्यानुच्चावचान्राजन्वारिकुम्भांश्च शीतलान् ॥

tataste kṣatriyā rājannupājahruḥ samantataḥ | bhakṣyānuccāvacānrājanvārikumbhāṃśca śītalān

Then, O king, the Kshatriyas brought from every side foods of every kind and jars of cool water.

Verse 13 (6.121.13)

उपानीतं तु पानीयं दृष्ट्वा शान्तनवोऽब्रवीत् । न मेऽद्य सेवितुं योग्या भोगाः केवलमानुषाः ॥

upānītaṃ tu pānīyaṃ dṛṣṭvā śāntanavo'bravīt | na me'dya sevituṃ yogyā bhogāḥ kevalamānuṣāḥ

Seeing the water brought to him, Shantanu's son said: "Pleasures that are merely human are not fit for me to enjoy today.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. A variant of the critical edition's 6.116.12 (line 2 न मेऽद्य सेवितुं योग्या भोगाः केवलमानुषाः for nādya tāta mayā śakyaṃ bhogān kāṃś cana mānuṣān); kept as a recension variant. Speaker: Sanjaya (narration introducing Bhishma's words).

Verse 14 (6.121.14)

अपक्रान्तो मनुष्येभ्यः शरशय्यां गतो ह्यहम् । प्रतीक्षमाणस्तिष्ठामि निवृत्तिं शशिसूर्ययोः ॥

apakrānto manuṣyebhyaḥ śaraśayyāṃ gato hyaham | pratīkṣamāṇastiṣṭhāmi nivṛttiṃ śaśisūryayoḥ

I have departed from the world of men and lie on a bed of arrows; I remain here awaiting the turning of the moon and the sun."

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhishma's words, begun in verse 13; the page prints no heading. अपक्रान्तो मनुष्येभ्यः for upabhoktuṃ manuṣyebhyaḥ kept as a variant.

Verse 15 (6.121.15)

एवमुक्त्वा तदोवाच भीष्मः शरशतैश्चितः । पयः पास्यामि गोपाला गोमयं न तु गोमयम् । गोमयेनाग्निवर्णेन गोमयं न तु गोमयम् ॥

evamuktvā tadovāca bhīṣmaḥ śaraśataiścitaḥ | payaḥ pāsyāmi gopālā gomayaṃ na tu gomayam | gomayenāgnivarṇena gomayaṃ na tu gomayam

Having said this, Bhishma, pierced with hundreds of arrows, then said: "Protectors of the earth, I shall drink water born of go, the earth, and not gomaya, cow-dung: water raised from the earth by a fire-bright go, an arrow; born of the earth, and yet not cow-dung."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records these three lines in its apparatus as the star passage 6.116.13d*0498. The page prints them after the heading सञ्जय उवाच (row 6-121-15x), opened by a backtick and closed by a quote mark; the input had carried the heading and both marks into the text. The heading is taken as the speaker and the marks are removed. Corrected गोपयेनाग्निवर्णेन → गोमयेनाग्निवर्णेन (misprint in Wikisource; प for म breaks the riddle's play on gomaya, apparatus gomayenāgnivarṇena). Speaker: Sanjaya (narration introducing Bhishma's riddle).

Verse 16 (6.121.16)

एवमुक्त्वा शान्तनवो निन्दन्वाक्येन पार्थिवान् । अर्जुनं द्रष्टुमिच्छामीत्यभ्यभाषत भारत ॥

evamuktvā śāntanavo nindanvākyena pārthivān | arjunaṃ draṣṭumicchāmītyabhyabhāṣata bhārata

Having said this and reproached the kings with his words, Shantanu's son said, O Bharata, "I wish to see Arjuna."

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. A variant of the critical edition's 6.116.14 (निन्दन्वाक्येन पार्थिवान् for dīnavāk sarvapārthivān; line 2 अर्जुनं द्रष्टुमिच्छामीत्यभ्यभाषत भारत for dhanaṃjayaṃ mahābāhum abhyabhāṣata bhārata); kept as a recension variant.

Verse 17 (6.121.17)

अथोपेत्य महाबाहुरभिवाद्य पितामहम् । अतिष्ठत्प्राञ्जलिः प्रह्वः किं करोमीति चाब्रवीत् ॥

athopetya mahābāhurabhivādya pitāmaham | atiṣṭhatprāñjaliḥ prahvaḥ kiṃ karomīti cābravīt

Then the mighty-armed Arjuna came up, saluted the grandsire, and stood with joined palms, bowing low, and said, "What shall I do?"

Verse 18 (6.121.18)

तं दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवं राजन्नभिवाद्याग्रतः स्थितम् । अभ्यभाषत धर्मात्मा भीष्मः प्रीतो धनंजयम् ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavaṃ rājannabhivādyāgrataḥ sthitam | abhyabhāṣata dharmātmā bhīṣmaḥ prīto dhanaṃjayam

Seeing the Pandava standing before him after his salutation, O king, the righteous Bhishma spoke with pleasure to Dhananjaya:

Verse 19 (6.121.19)

दह्यतीव शरीरं मे संवृतस्य तवेषुभिः । मर्माणि परिदूयन्ते मुखं च परिशुष्यति ॥

dahyatīva śarīraṃ me saṃvṛtasya taveṣubhiḥ | marmāṇi paridūyante mukhaṃ ca pariśuṣyati

"My body seems to burn, covered as it is with your arrows; my vitals ache and my mouth is parched.

Note on the text: Corrected शरीर → शरीरं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped anusvara, critical edition śarīraṃ). दह्यतीव, संवृतस्य तवेषुभिः and मुखं च परिशुष्यति for dahyate 'daḥ, saṃsyūto 'smi maheṣubhiḥ and vadanaṃ mama śuṣyati kept as variants. Speaker: Bhishma's words, announced in verse 18; the page prints no heading (verses 19–20).

Verse 20 (6.121.20)

वेदनार्तशरीरस्य प्रयच्छापो ममार्जुन । त्वं हि शक्तो महेष्वास दातुमम्भो यथाविधि ॥

vedanārtaśarīrasya prayacchāpo mamārjuna | tvaṃ hi śakto maheṣvāsa dātumambho yathāvidhi

Give water to me, Arjuna, for my body is racked with pain; you, great archer, are able to give water in the proper way."

Note on the text: Speaker: as for verse 19. वेदनार्तशरीरस्य for hlādanārthaṃ śarīrasya kept as a variant.

Verse 21 (6.121.21)

अर्जुनस्तु तथेत्युक्त्वा रथमारुह्य वीर्यवान् । अधिज्यं बलवत्कृत्वा गाण्डीवं व्याक्षिपद्धनुः ॥

arjunastu tathetyuktvā rathamāruhya vīryavān | adhijyaṃ balavatkṛtvā gāṇḍīvaṃ vyākṣipaddhanuḥ

Arjuna said, "So be it," and the mighty one mounted his chariot, strung Gandiva with force and twanged the bow.

Note on the text: The page prints the heading सञ्जय उवाच (row 6-121-21x) before this verse.

Verse 22 (6.121.22)

तस्य ज्यातलनिर्घोषं विस्फूर्जितमिवाशनेः । वित्रेसुः सर्वभूतानि सर्वे श्रुत्वा च पार्थिवाः ॥

tasya jyātalanirghoṣaṃ visphūrjitamivāśaneḥ | vitresuḥ sarvabhūtāni sarve śrutvā ca pārthivāḥ

At the sound of its bowstring, like the crash of a thunderbolt, all creatures trembled, and so did all the kings who heard it.

Verse 23 (6.121.23)

ततः प्रदक्षिणं कृत्वा रथेन रथिनां वरः । शयानं भरतश्रेष्ठं सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरम् ॥

tataḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā rathena rathināṃ varaḥ | śayānaṃ bharataśreṣṭhaṃ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varam

Then the best of chariot-warriors drove round in his chariot, keeping on his right the best of the Bharatas, the foremost of all who bear arms, as he lay there.

Verse 24 (6.121.24)

संधाय च शरं दीप्तमभिमन्त्र्य स पाण्डवः । पर्जन्यास्त्रेण संयोज्य सर्वलोकस्य पश्यतः ॥

saṃdhāya ca śaraṃ dīptamabhimantrya sa pāṇḍavaḥ | parjanyāstreṇa saṃyojya sarvalokasya paśyataḥ

The Pandava fitted a blazing arrow, consecrated it with mantras and joined it to the Parjanya weapon, while all the world looked on.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. This verse is the critical edition's 6.116.22ab–cd (स पाण्डवः for mahāyaśāḥ).

Verse 25 (6.121.25)

अविध्यत्पृथिवीं पार्थः पार्श्वे भीष्मस्य दक्षिणे । उत्पपात ततो धारा वारिणो विमला शुभा ॥

avidhyatpṛthivīṃ pārthaḥ pārśve bhīṣmasya dakṣiṇe | utpapāta tato dhārā vāriṇo vimalā śubhā

Partha pierced the earth at Bhishma's right side, and up sprang a stream of water, pure and fair,

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.116.22ef; line 2 is 6.116.23ab (वारिणो विमला शुभा for vimalā vāriṇaḥ śivā).

Verse 26 (6.121.26)

शीतस्यामृतकल्पस्य दिव्यगन्धरसस्य च । अतर्पयत्ततः पार्थः शीतया जलधारया ॥

śītasyāmṛtakalpasya divyagandharasasya ca | atarpayattataḥ pārthaḥ śītayā jaladhārayā

cool, like nectar, of heavenly fragrance and taste. With that cool stream of water Partha then refreshed

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.116.23cd; line 2 is 6.116.24ab (जलधारया for vāridhārayā).

Verse 27 (6.121.27)

भीष्मं कुरूणामृषभं दिव्यं दिव्यपराक्रमम् । कर्मणा तेन पार्थस्य शक्रस्येव विकुर्वतः ॥

bhīṣmaṃ kurūṇāmṛṣabhaṃ divyaṃ divyaparākramam | karmaṇā tena pārthasya śakrasyeva vikurvataḥ

Bhishma, bull of the Kurus, godlike and of godlike prowess. At that deed of Partha, who wrought wonders like Shakra,

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.116.24cd (दिव्यं दिव्यपराक्रमम्, of Bhishma, for divyakarmaparākramaḥ, of Arjuna); line 2 is 6.116.25ab.

Verse 28 (6.121.28)

विस्मयं परमं जग्मुस्ततस्ते वसुधाधिपाः । तत्कर्म प्रेक्ष्य बीभत्सोरतिमानुषविक्रमम् ॥

vismayaṃ paramaṃ jagmustataste vasudhādhipāḥ | tatkarma prekṣya bībhatsoratimānuṣavikramam

those lords of the earth were struck with the greatest wonder. Seeing that superhuman feat of Bibhatsu,

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.116.25cd; line 2 is 6.116.26ab (अतिमानुषविक्रमम् for atimānuṣam adbhutam).

Verse 29 (6.121.29)

संप्रावेपन्त कुरवो गावः शीतार्दिता इव । विस्मयाच्चोत्तरीयाणि व्याविध्यन्सर्वतो नृपाः ॥

saṃprāvepanta kuravo gāvaḥ śītārditā iva | vismayāccottarīyāṇi vyāvidhyansarvato nṛpāḥ

the Kurus trembled like cattle stricken with cold, and in their amazement the kings waved their upper garments on every side.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.116.26cd; line 2 is 6.116.27ab.

Verse 30 (6.121.30)

शङ्खदुन्दुभिनिर्घोषस्तुमुलः सर्वतोऽभवत् । तृप्तः शान्तनवश्चापि राजन्बीभत्सुमब्रवीत् ॥

śaṅkhadundubhinirghoṣastumulaḥ sarvato'bhavat | tṛptaḥ śāntanavaścāpi rājanbībhatsumabravīt

A tumultuous roar of conches and drums arose on every side. And Shantanu's son, refreshed, O king, spoke to Bibhatsu,

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.116.27cd (शङ्खदुन्दुभिनिर्घोषस्तुमुलः for śaṅkhadundubhinirghoṣais tumulaṃ); line 2 is 6.116.28ab.

Verse 31 (6.121.31)

सर्वपार्थिववीराणां सन्निधौ पूजयन्निव । नैतच्चित्रं महाबाहो त्वयि कौरवनन्दन ॥

sarvapārthivavīrāṇāṃ sannidhau pūjayanniva | naitaccitraṃ mahābāho tvayi kauravanandana

as if honouring him in the presence of all the heroic kings: "This is no marvel in you, mighty-armed joy of the Kauravas.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.116.28cd; line 2 is 6.116.29ab. Speaker: Sanjaya; Bhishma's words begin in line 2.

Verse 32 (6.121.32)

कथितो नारदेनासि पूर्वर्षिरमितद्युते । वासुदेवसहायस्त्वं महत्कर्म करिष्यसि ॥

kathito nāradenāsi pūrvarṣiramitadyute | vāsudevasahāyastvaṃ mahatkarma kariṣyasi

Narada spoke of you as an ancient sage, you of boundless splendour. With Vasudeva as your ally you will accomplish a mighty deed

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.116.29cd (vocative अमितद्युते for amitadyutiḥ); line 2 is 6.116.30ab. Speaker: Bhishma's words continue; the page prints no heading (verses 32–38).

Verse 33 (6.121.33)

यन्नोत्सहति देवेन्द्रः सह देवैरपि ध्रुवम् । विदुस्त्वां निधनं पार्थ सर्वक्षत्रस्य तद्विदः ॥

yannotsahati devendraḥ saha devairapi dhruvam | vidustvāṃ nidhanaṃ pārtha sarvakṣatrasya tadvidaḥ

that the lord of the gods, even with all the gods, surely could not venture. Those who know such secrets know you, Partha, as the destroyer of the whole Kshatriya order.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.116.30cd; line 2 is 6.116.31ab. Speaker: as for verse 32.

Verse 34 (6.121.34)

धनुर्धराणामेकस्त्वं पृथिव्यां प्रवरो नृषु ॥

dhanurdharāṇāmekastvaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pravaro nṛṣu

Among the bowmen on earth you alone are foremost among men.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Wikisource prints this line, the critical edition's 6.116.31cd, as a verse of its own; nothing is lost. Speaker: as for verse 32.

Verse 35 (6.121.35)

मनुष्या जगति श्रेष्ठाः पक्षिणां पतगेश्वरः । सरितां सागरः श्रेष्ठो गौर्वरिष्ठा चतुष्पदाम् ॥

manuṣyā jagati śreṣṭhāḥ pakṣiṇāṃ patageśvaraḥ | saritāṃ sāgaraḥ śreṣṭho gaurvariṣṭhā catuṣpadām

In the world men are the best of creatures, among birds the lord of birds, among rivers the ocean is best, among four-footed beasts the cow is foremost;

Note on the text: Corrected सरितं → सरितां (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped vowel sign, the genitive plural "among rivers"). पतगेश्वरः and सरितां for garuḍo varaḥ and sarasāṃ kept as variants. Speaker: as for verse 32.

Verse 36 (6.121.36)

आदित्यस्तेजसां श्रेष्ठो गिरीणां हिमवान्वरः । जातीनां ब्राह्मणः श्रेष्ठः श्रेष्ठस्त्वमसि धन्विनां ॥

ādityastejasāṃ śreṣṭho girīṇāṃ himavānvaraḥ | jātīnāṃ brāhmaṇaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhastvamasi dhanvināṃ

among bright things the sun is best, among mountains Himavat is foremost, among castes the Brahmana is best, and among bowmen the best are you.

Note on the text: Speaker: as for verse 32.

Verse 37 (6.121.37)

न वै श्रुतं धार्तराष्ट्रेण वाक्यं । मयोच्यमानं विदुरेण चैव । द्रोणेन रामेण जनार्दनेन । मुहुर्मुहुः सञ्जयेनापि चोक्तम् ॥

na vai śrutaṃ dhārtarāṣṭreṇa vākyaṃ | mayocyamānaṃ vidureṇa caiva | droṇena rāmeṇa janārdanena | muhurmuhuḥ sañjayenāpi coktam

Dhritarashtra's son would not listen to the words I spoke, nor to Vidura's, nor to those of Drona, Rama and Janardana, nor to what Sanjaya said again and again.

Note on the text: Speaker: as for verse 32. मयोच्यमानं for saṃbodhyamānaṃ kept as a variant.

Verse 38 (6.121.38)

परीतबुद्धिर्हि विसंज्ञकल्पो । दुर्योधनो न च तच्छ्रद्दधाति । स शेष्यते वै निहतश्चिराय । शास्त्रातिगो भीमबलाभिभूतः ॥

parītabuddhirhi visaṃjñakalpo | duryodhano na ca tacchraddadhāti | sa śeṣyate vai nihataścirāya | śāstrātigo bhīmabalābhibhūtaḥ

His mind is perverse, he is all but senseless; Duryodhana puts no faith in it. He who has gone beyond the bounds of the scriptures will lie slain for a long time, overpowered by Bhima's strength."

Note on the text: Speaker: as for verse 32. Line 2 reads न च तच्छ्रद्दधाति for nābhyanandad vaco me; kept as a variant.

Verse 39 (6.121.39)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा तद्वचः कौरवेन्द्रो । दुर्योधनो दीनमना बभूव । तमब्रवीच्छान्तनवोऽभिवीक्ष्य । निबोध राजन्भव वीतमन्युः ॥

etacchrutvā tadvacaḥ kauravendro | duryodhano dīnamanā babhūva | tamabravīcchāntanavo'bhivīkṣya | nibodha rājanbhava vītamanyuḥ

Hearing those words, Duryodhana, lord of the Kauravas, grew downcast. Shantanu's son looked at him and said: "Listen, king, and let go of your anger.

Note on the text: The page prints the heading सञ्जय उवाच (row 6-121-39x) before this verse. Corrected तमब्रविच्छान्तनवो → तमब्रवीच्छान्तनवो (misprint in Wikisource; short i for ī, critical edition abravīc). एतच्छ्रुत्वा for tataḥ śrutvā kept as a variant.

Verse 40 (6.121.40)

दृष्टं दुर्योधनैतत्ते यथा पार्थेन धीमता । जलस्य धारा जनिता शीतस्यामृतगन्धिनः ॥

dṛṣṭaṃ duryodhanaitatte yathā pārthena dhīmatā | jalasya dhārā janitā śītasyāmṛtagandhinaḥ

You have seen, Duryodhana, how the wise Partha brought forth a stream of cool water with the fragrance of nectar.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. This verse is the critical edition's 6.116.37ab–cd (दुर्योधनैतत्ते for duryodhanedaṃ te). Speaker: Bhishma's words continue, unheaded (verses 40–56).

Verse 41 (6.121.41)

एतस्य कर्ता लोकेऽस्मिन्नान्यः कश्चन विद्यते । आग्नेयं वारुणं सौम्यं वायव्यमथ वैष्णवम् ॥

etasya kartā loke'sminnānyaḥ kaścana vidyate | āgneyaṃ vāruṇaṃ saumyaṃ vāyavyamatha vaiṣṇavam

There is no one else in this world who could do such a thing. The weapons of Agni, Varuna, Soma, Vayu and Vishnu,

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.116.37ef; line 2 is 6.116.38ab. Speaker: as for verse 40.

Verse 42 (6.121.42)

ऐन्द्रं पाशुपतं ब्राह्मं पारमेष्ठ्यं प्रजापतेः । धातुस्त्वष्टुश्च सवितुर्वैवस्वतमथापि वा ॥

aindraṃ pāśupataṃ brāhmaṃ pārameṣṭhyaṃ prajāpateḥ | dhātustvaṣṭuśca saviturvaivasvatamathāpi vā

of Indra, of Pashupati, of Brahma, the Parameshthya weapon of Prajapati, those of Dhatri, Tvashtri and Savitri, or that of Vivasvat's son:

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.116.38cd; line 2 is a variant of 6.116.38ef (वैवस्वतमथापि वा for divyāny astrāṇi sarvaśaḥ). Corrected ब्रह्मं → ब्राह्मं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped vowel sign, the adjective "of Brahma" like its neighbours, critical edition brāhmaṃ). Speaker: as for verse 40.

Verse 43 (6.121.43)

सर्वस्मिन्मानुषे लोके वेत्त्येको हि धनञ्जयः । कृष्णो वा देवकीपुत्रो नान्यो वेदेह कश्चन ॥

sarvasminmānuṣe loke vettyeko hi dhanañjayaḥ | kṛṣṇo vā devakīputro nānyo vedeha kaścana

in the whole world of men Dhananjaya alone knows them, or Krishna, the son of Devaki; no one else here knows them.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. This verse is the critical edition's 6.116.39ab–cd (नान्यो वेदेह कश्चन for nānyo vai veda kaś cana). Speaker: as for verse 40.

Verse 44 (6.121.44)

अशक्यः पाण्डवस्तात युद्धे जेतुं कथंचन । अमानुषाणि कर्माणि यस्यैतानि महात्मनः ॥

aśakyaḥ pāṇḍavastāta yuddhe jetuṃ kathaṃcana | amānuṣāṇi karmāṇi yasyaitāni mahātmanaḥ

The Pandava cannot be conquered in battle by any means, my son, that great-souled one whose deeds are beyond human power.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.116.39ef (singular अशक्यः पाण्डवः for na śakyāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ); line 2 is 6.116.40ab. Speaker: as for verse 40.

Verse 45 (6.121.45)

तेन सत्ववता सङ्ख्ये शूरेणाहवशोभिना । जिष्णुना समरे राजन्संधिर्भवतु मा चिरम् ॥

tena satvavatā saṅkhye śūreṇāhavaśobhinā | jiṣṇunā samare rājansaṃdhirbhavatu mā ciram

With that steadfast hero Jishnu, the glory of the battlefield, let there be peace, O king, without delay.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.116.40cd; line 2 is a variant of 6.116.40ef (जिष्णुना … संधिर्भवतु मा चिरम् for kṛtinā … saṃdhis te tāta yujyatām). Speaker: as for verse 40.

Verse 46 (6.121.46)

यावत्कृष्णो महाबाहुः स्वाधीनः कुरुसत्तम । तावत्पार्थेन शूरेण संधिस्ते तात युज्यताम् ॥

yāvatkṛṣṇo mahābāhuḥ svādhīnaḥ kurusattama | tāvatpārthena śūreṇa saṃdhiste tāta yujyatām

While mighty-armed Krishna is still his own master, best of the Kurus, make peace, my son, with the heroic Partha.

Note on the text: Speaker: as for verse 40. कुरुसत्तम for kurusaṃsadi kept as a variant.

Verse 47 (6.121.47)

यावन्न ते चमूः सर्वाः शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः । नाशयत्यर्जुनस्तावत्संधिस्ते तात युज्यताम् ॥

yāvanna te camūḥ sarvāḥ śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ | nāśayatyarjunastāvatsaṃdhiste tāta yujyatām

Before Arjuna destroys all your armies with his smooth-jointed arrows, make peace, my son.

Note on the text: Corrected य्रुज्यताम् → युज्यताम् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र in the conjunct, critical edition yujyatām, as in verses 46 and 49). यावन्न ते चमूः सर्वाः for yāvac camūṃ na te śeṣāṃ kept as a variant. Speaker: as for verse 40.

Verse 48 (6.121.48)

यावत्तिष्ठन्ति समरे हतशेषाः सहोदराः । नृपाश्च बहवो राजंस्तावत्संधिः प्रयुज्यताम् ॥

yāvattiṣṭhanti samare hataśeṣāḥ sahodarāḥ | nṛpāśca bahavo rājaṃstāvatsaṃdhiḥ prayujyatām

While your brothers who have survived the slaughter, and many kings, still stand in battle, O king, let peace be made.

Note on the text: Speaker: as for verse 40.

Verse 49 (6.121.49)

न निर्दहति ते यावत्क्रोधदीप्तेक्षणश्चमूम् । युधिष्ठिरो रणे तावत्संधिस्ते तात युज्यताम् ॥

na nirdahati te yāvatkrodhadīptekṣaṇaścamūm | yudhiṣṭhiro raṇe tāvatsaṃdhiste tāta yujyatām

Before Yudhishthira, his eyes blazing with anger, burns up your army in battle, make peace, my son.

Note on the text: Speaker: as for verse 40.

Verse 50 (6.121.50)

नकुलः सहदेवश्च भीमसेनश्च पाण्डवः । यावच्चमूं महाराज नाशयन्ति न सर्वशः ॥

nakulaḥ sahadevaśca bhīmasenaśca pāṇḍavaḥ | yāvaccamūṃ mahārāja nāśayanti na sarvaśaḥ

Before Nakula, Sahadeva and Bhimasena the Pandava, great king, utterly destroy your army,

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. This verse is the critical edition's 6.116.45ab–cd. Speaker: as for verse 40.

Verse 51 (6.121.51)

तावत्ते पाण्डवैर्वीरैः सौहार्दं मम रोचते । युद्धं मदन्तमेवास्तु तात संशाम्य पाण्डवैः ॥

tāvatte pāṇḍavairvīraiḥ sauhārdaṃ mama rocate | yuddhaṃ madantamevāstu tāta saṃśāmya pāṇḍavaiḥ

until then I would have you be friends with the heroic Pandavas. Let the war end with me, my son; make peace with the Pandavas.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is a variant of the critical edition's 6.116.45ef (पाण्डवैर्वीरैः सौहार्दं मम रोचते for pāṇḍavaiḥ sārdhaṃ saubhrātraṃ tāta rocatām); line 2 is 6.116.46ab. Speaker: as for verse 40.

Verse 52 (6.121.52)

एतत्ते रोचतां वाक्यं यदुक्तोऽसि मयाऽनघ । एतत्क्षममहं मन्ये तव चैव कुलस्य च ॥

etatte rocatāṃ vākyaṃ yadukto'si mayā'nagha | etatkṣamamahaṃ manye tava caiva kulasya ca

Let these words I have spoken to you please you, sinless one. I think this fitting for you and for your family.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. This verse is the critical edition's 6.116.46cd–ef, reading क्षमम् ("fitting") for kṣemam ("wholesome"); kept as a variant (the page's commentary notes the reading क्षेमम्). Speaker: as for verse 40.

Verse 53 (6.121.53)

त्यक्त्वा मन्युं व्युपशाम्यस्व पार्थैः । पर्याप्तमेतद्यत्कृतं फल्गुनेन । भीष्मस्यान्तादस्तु वः सौहृदं च । जीवन्तु शेषाः साधु राजन्प्रसीद ॥

tyaktvā manyuṃ vyupaśāmyasva pārthaiḥ | paryāptametadyatkṛtaṃ phalgunena | bhīṣmasyāntādastu vaḥ sauhṛdaṃ ca | jīvantu śeṣāḥ sādhu rājanprasīda

Give up your anger and be reconciled with the Parthas; what Phalguna has done is enough. With Bhishma's end let there be friendship among you; let those who remain live. Be gracious, O king.

Note on the text: Line 4 reads जीवन्तु शेषाः for saṃpraśleṣaḥ; kept as a variant. Speaker: as for verse 40.

Verse 54 (6.121.54)

राज्यस्यार्धं दीयतां पाण्डवाना- । मिन्द्रप्रस्थं धर्मराजोऽभियातु । मा मित्रध्रुक्पार्थिवानां जघन्यः । पापां कीर्तिं प्राप्स्यसे कौरवेन्द्र ॥

rājyasyārdhaṃ dīyatāṃ pāṇḍavānā- | mindraprasthaṃ dharmarājo'bhiyātu | mā mitradhrukpārthivānāṃ jaghanyaḥ | pāpāṃ kīrtiṃ prāpsyase kauravendra

Let half the kingdom be given to the Pandavas; let the King of Dharma go to Indraprastha. Do not become the basest of kings, a betrayer of friends, lord of the Kauravas, and win an evil name.

Note on the text: Corrected राज्यस्यार्दं → राज्यस्यार्धं (misprint in Wikisource; द for ध, critical edition ardhaṃ) and धरमराजो → धर्मराजो (misprint in Wikisource; a broken conjunct, critical edition dharmarājo). अभियातु for 'nuśāstu kept as a variant. Speaker: as for verse 40.

Verse 55 (6.121.55)

ममावसानाच्छान्तिरस्तु प्रजानां । संगच्छन्तां पाण्डवाः प्रीतिमन्तः । पिता पुत्रं मातुलं भागिनेयो । भ्राता चैव भ्रातरं प्रैतु राजन् ॥

mamāvasānācchāntirastu prajānāṃ | saṃgacchantāṃ pāṇḍavāḥ prītimantaḥ | pitā putraṃ mātulaṃ bhāgineyo | bhrātā caiva bhrātaraṃ praitu rājan

With my passing let there be peace for the people. Let the Pandavas come together with you in friendship; let father meet son, nephew his maternal uncle, and brother his brother, O king.

Note on the text: पाण्डवाः for pārthivāḥ kept as a variant. Speaker: as for verse 40.

Verse 56 (6.121.56)

न चेदेवं प्राप्तकालं वचो मे । मोहाविष्टः प्रतिपत्स्यस्यबुद्ध्या । तप्स्यस्यन्ते एतदन्ताः स्थ सर्वे । सत्यामेतां भारतीमीरयामि ॥

na cedevaṃ prāptakālaṃ vaco me | mohāviṣṭaḥ pratipatsyasyabuddhyā | tapsyasyante etadantāḥ stha sarve | satyāmetāṃ bhāratīmīrayāmi

If, bewildered, you do not in your folly accept these timely words of mine, you will burn with regret at the end; this is the end that awaits you all. These words I speak are true."

Note on the text: Line 3 (तप्स्यस्यन्ते एतदन्ताः स्थ सर्वे) differs from the critical edition's 6.116.50c (bhīṣmasyāntād etadantāḥ stha sarve); its opening matches the star passage 6.116.50b*0501 (tapsyasyante). Kept as a recension variant. Speaker: as for verse 40.

Verse 57 (6.121.57)

एतद्वाक्यं सौहृदादापगेयो । मध्ये राज्ञां भारतं श्रावयित्वा । तूष्णीमासीच्छल्यसंतप्तमर्मा । योज्यात्मानं वेदनां संनियम्य ॥

etadvākyaṃ sauhṛdādāpageyo | madhye rājñāṃ bhārataṃ śrāvayitvā | tūṣṇīmāsīcchalyasaṃtaptamarmā | yojyātmānaṃ vedanāṃ saṃniyamya

Having made the Bharata hear these words, spoken out of friendship in the midst of the kings, the son of the river fell silent, his vitals burning from the arrow-heads, composing himself in yoga and holding his pain in check.

Note on the text: The page prints the heading सञ्जय उवाच (row 6-121-57x) before this verse. योज्यात्मानं वेदनां संनियम्य for yatvātmānaṃ vedanāṃ saṃnigṛhya kept as a variant (the page's commentary glosses योज्य as joining the self in yogic concentration).

Verse 58 (6.121.58)

धर्मार्थसहितं वाक्यं श्रुत्वा हितमनामयम् । नारोचयत पुत्रस्ते मुमूर्षुरिव भेषजम् ॥

dharmārthasahitaṃ vākyaṃ śrutvā hitamanāmayam | nārocayata putraste mumūrṣuriva bheṣajam

But your son, though he heard those words, joined with dharma and artha, beneficial and wholesome, did not take to them, as a dying man takes no liking to medicine.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 6.116.51d*0503. The page's commentary notes that this verse is found in only one of its manuscripts (झ).