Karna Meets Bhishma on the Bed of Arrows

Verse 1 (6.122.1)

ततस्ते पार्थिवाः सर्वे जग्मुः स्वानालयान्पुनः । तूष्णींभूते महाराज भीष्मे शन्तनुनन्दने ॥

tataste pārthivāḥ sarve jagmuḥ svānālayānpunaḥ | tūṣṇīṃbhūte mahārāja bhīṣme śantanunandane

Then all those kings went back again to their own dwellings, O great king, while Bhishma, the son of Shantanu, lay silent.

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: checked against the raw Wikisource page (a table, one row per verse, 6-122-1 to 6-122-44, with speaker headings सञ्जय (verse 1), कर्ण (23), भीष्म (34; printed 6-112-34x, a typo for 6-122), सञ्जय (39) and वैशंपायन (40), ending with its colophon naming this the 122nd adhyaya and closing the Bhishmavadha Parva and the Bhishma Parva). Page and input agree on all 44 verses; the page's commentary notes (on 3, 12, 15, 18, 19, 22, 24, 28, 30, 33) are not part of the text. The adhyaya corresponds to the critical edition 6.117.1–34 with its star passages 6.117.9a*0505, 11d*0506, 22d*0507, 23f*0509 and 26d*0510 (all on the page); the critical edition's 6.117.4b*0504, 23f*0508, 26d*0511 and the closing 34d*0512 and 34d*0513 (two different, longer fruit-of-hearing passages) are not on the page. Wikisource reorders and re-couples several lines (verses 6–7, 9–13, 25–31). This verse is the critical edition's 6.117.1ab–cd.

Verse 2 (6.122.2)

श्रुत्वा तु निहतं भीष्मं राधेयः पुरुषर्षभः । ईषदागतसंत्रासस्त्वरयोपजगाम ह ॥

śrutvā tu nihataṃ bhīṣmaṃ rādheyaḥ puruṣarṣabhaḥ | īṣadāgatasaṃtrāsastvarayopajagāma ha

But Radheya, best of men, hearing that Bhishma had been struck down, came hurrying to him, with a slight tremor of dread.

Verse 3 (6.122.3)

स ददर्श महात्मानं शरतल्पगतं तदा । जन्मशय्यागतं वीरं कार्तिकेयमिव प्रभुम् ॥

sa dadarśa mahātmānaṃ śaratalpagataṃ tadā | janmaśayyāgataṃ vīraṃ kārtikeyamiva prabhum

He saw the great-souled one lying on his bed of arrows, a hero lying as on the bed of his birth, like the lord Karttikeya.

Note on the text: Line 2 is a variant of the critical edition's 6.117.3cd (वीरम् for devam).

Verse 4 (6.122.4)

निमीलिताक्षं तं वीरं साश्रुकण्ठस्तदा वृषा । अभ्येत्य पादयोस्तस्य निपपात महाद्युतिः ॥

nimīlitākṣaṃ taṃ vīraṃ sāśrukaṇṭhastadā vṛṣā | abhyetya pādayostasya nipapāta mahādyutiḥ

With tears in his throat, the radiant Vrisha came up to the hero, whose eyes were closed, and fell at his feet.

Note on the text: The critical edition has an extra line between these two, the star passage 6.117.4b*0504_01 ("Bhishma, Bhishma, mighty-armed!"), which is not on the page.

Verse 5 (6.122.5)

राधेयोऽहं कुरुश्रेष्ठ नित्यमक्षिगतस्तव । द्वेष्योऽत्यन्तमनागाः सन्निति चैनमुवाच ह ॥

rādheyo'haṃ kuruśreṣṭha nityamakṣigatastava | dveṣyo'tyantamanāgāḥ sanniti cainamuvāca ha

"I am Radheya, best of the Kurus, always an eyesore to you, hated though blameless" — so he said to him.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads नित्यमक्षिगतस्तव (the critical edition has cāṣkigatas, 6.117.5a); a recension variant.

Verse 6 (6.122.6)

तच्छ्रुत्वा कुरुवृद्धो हि शरैः संवृतलोचनः । रहितं धिष्ण्यमालोक्य समुत्सार्य च रक्षिणः ॥

tacchrutvā kuruvṛddho hi śaraiḥ saṃvṛtalocanaḥ | rahitaṃ dhiṣṇyamālokya samutsārya ca rakṣiṇaḥ

Hearing this, the aged Kuru, his eyes shut fast by the arrows, looked at the empty place, and sent the guards away,

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of the critical edition's 6.117.6a (कुरुवृद्धो हि शरैः संवृतलोचनः for kuruvṛddhaḥ sa balāt saṃvṛttalocanaḥ); line 2 is 6.117.7a (the automatic alignment missed both). Wikisource interleaves the critical edition's verses 6 and 7: this verse is 6a + 7a, the next is 7c + 6c.

Verse 7 (6.122.7)

पितेव पुत्रं गाङ्गेयः परिरभ्यैकपाणिना । शनैरुद्वीक्ष्य सस्नेहमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

piteva putraṃ gāṅgeyaḥ parirabhyaikapāṇinā | śanairudvīkṣya sasnehamidaṃ vacanamabravīt

and, as a father holds a son, the son of Ganga embraced him with one arm, slowly looked up at him, and said these affectionate words.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of the critical edition's 6.117.7c (परिरभ्यैकपाणिना for pariṣvajyaikabāhunā); line 2 is 6.117.6cd. See the note on verse 6.

Verse 8 (6.122.8)

न विप्रियं ममैवेह यत्स्पर्धेथा मया सह । यदि मां नाधिगच्छेथा न ते श्रेयो ध्रुवं भवेत् ॥

na vipriyaṃ mamaiveha yatspardhethā mayā saha | yadi māṃ nādhigacchethā na te śreyo dhruvaṃ bhavet

"That you have vied with me is in no way displeasing to me. If you were not to come to me, it would surely not be well for you.

Note on the text: A recension variant of the critical edition's 6.117.8ab (न विप्रियं ममैवेह यत्स्पर्धेथा मया सह for ehy ehi me vipratīpa spardhase tvaṃ mayā saha); line 2 is 6.117.8cd.

Verse 9 (6.122.9)

कौन्तेयस्त्वं न राधेयो न तवाधिरथः पिता । सूर्यजस्त्वं महाबाहो विदितो नारदान्मया ॥

kaunteyastvaṃ na rādheyo na tavādhirathaḥ pitā | sūryajastvaṃ mahābāho vidito nāradānmayā

You are Kunti's son, not Radha's; Adhiratha is not your father. You are born of the Sun, O mighty-armed — I learned it from Narada

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.117.9a with its star passage 6.117.9a*0505_01–02 (न तवाधिरथः पिता, सूर्यजस्त्वं महाबाहो), which Wikisource sets into a couplet.

Verse 10 (6.122.10)

कृष्णद्वैपायनाच्चैव तेजसा च न संशयः । न च द्वेषोऽस्ति मे तात त्वयि सत्यं ब्रवीमि ते ॥

kṛṣṇadvaipāyanāccaiva tejasā ca na saṃśayaḥ | na ca dveṣo'sti me tāta tvayi satyaṃ bravīmi te

and from Krishna Dvaipayana too, and by your radiance as well, beyond doubt. And I bear you no hatred, my child; I tell you the truth.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of the critical edition's 6.117.9c (तेजसा च for keśavāc ca); line 2 is 6.117.10ab. Corrected द्वेषोस्ति → द्वेषोऽस्ति (missing avagraha in Wikisource; the critical edition reads dveṣo 'sti).

Verse 11 (6.122.11)

तेजोवधनिमित्तं तु परुषं त्वाहमब्रुवम् । अकस्मात्पाण्डवान्हि त्वं द्विषसीति मतिर्मम ॥

tejovadhanimittaṃ tu paruṣaṃ tvāhamabruvam | akasmātpāṇḍavānhi tvaṃ dviṣasīti matirmama

I spoke harshly to you only to break your pride, for I thought: "Without cause you hate the Pandavas."

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of the critical edition's 6.117.10cd (परुषं त्वाहमब्रुवम् for paruṣāṇy aham uktavān); line 2 is 6.117.11ab.

Verse 12 (6.122.12)

येनासि बहुशो राज्ञा चोदितः सूतनन्दन । जातोऽसि धर्मलोपेन ततस्ते बुद्धिरीदृशी ॥

yenāsi bahuśo rājñā coditaḥ sūtanandana | jāto'si dharmalopena tataste buddhirīdṛśī

Because that king urged you on so many times, O son of a charioteer, and because you were born of a lapse of dharma, your mind has become what it is —

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of the critical edition's 6.117.11cd (येनासि बहुशो राज्ञा … सूतनन्दन for yenāsi bahuśo rūkṣaṃ … sūryanandana); line 2 is the star passage 6.117.11d*0506_01 (identical).

Verse 13 (6.122.13)

नीचाश्रयान्मत्सरेण द्वेषिणी गुणिनामपि । तेनासि बहुशो रूक्षं श्रावितः कुरुसंसदि ॥

nīcāśrayānmatsareṇa dveṣiṇī guṇināmapi | tenāsi bahuśo rūkṣaṃ śrāvitaḥ kurusaṃsadi

hostile even to the virtuous, out of dependence on the base and out of envy. That is why you were made to hear harsh words so many times in the Kuru assembly.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records both lines in its apparatus as the star passages 6.117.11d*0506_02 (line 1) and *0506_03 (line 2). Corrected गुमिनामपि → गुणिनामपि (misprint in Wikisource; ण lost, गुणिनाम् "of the virtuous"; the critical edition reads guṇinām).

Verse 14 (6.122.14)

जानामि समरे वीर्यं शत्रुभिर्दुःसहं भुवि । ब्रह्मण्यतां च शौर्यं च दाने च परमां स्थितिम् ॥

jānāmi samare vīryaṃ śatrubhirduḥsahaṃ bhuvi | brahmaṇyatāṃ ca śauryaṃ ca dāne ca paramāṃ sthitim

I know your valour in battle, which no foe on earth can bear, your devotion to the brahmins, your heroism, and your highest rank in giving.

Note on the text: A recension variant of the critical edition's 6.117.12 (शत्रुभिर्दुःसहं भुवि for śatrubhir duḥsahaṃ tava; परमां स्थितिम् for paramāṃ gatim).

Verse 15 (6.122.15)

न त्वया सदृशः कश्चित्पुरुषेष्वमरोपम । कुलभेदभयाच्चाहं सदा परुषमुक्तवान् ॥

na tvayā sadṛśaḥ kaścitpuruṣeṣvamaropama | kulabhedabhayāccāhaṃ sadā paruṣamuktavān

Among men there is no one like you, O godlike one; it was only from fear of a split in the family that I always spoke harshly.

Note on the text: Line 2 is a variant of the critical edition's 6.117.13cd (कुलभेदभयाच्चाहं for kulabhedaṃ ca matvāhaṃ).

Verse 16 (6.122.16)

इष्वस्त्रे भारसंधाने लाघवेऽस्त्रबले तथा । सदृशः फल्गुनेनासि कृष्णेन च महात्मना ॥

iṣvastre bhārasaṃdhāne lāghave'strabale tathā | sadṛśaḥ phalgunenāsi kṛṣṇena ca mahātmanā

In archery, in handling the weight of weapons, in lightness of hand and in the power of your missiles, you are the equal of Phalguna and of the great-souled Krishna.

Verse 17 (6.122.17)

कर्ण काशिपुरं गत्वा त्वयैकेन धनुष्मता । कन्यार्थे कुरुराजस्य राजानो मृदिता युधि ॥

karṇa kāśipuraṃ gatvā tvayaikena dhanuṣmatā | kanyārthe kururājasya rājāno mṛditā yudhi

Karna, going to the city of Kashi, you alone, bow in hand, crushed the kings in battle for the sake of the Kuru king's bride.

Note on the text: A recension variant of the critical edition's 6.117.15 (काशिपुरं, कन्यार्थे for rājapuraṃ, tasyārthe).

Verse 18 (6.122.18)

तथा च बलवान्राजा जरासन्धो दुरासदः । समरे समरश्लाघिन्न त्वया सदृशोऽभवत् ॥

tathā ca balavānrājā jarāsandho durāsadaḥ | samare samaraślāghinna tvayā sadṛśo'bhavat

And the mighty king Jarasandha, so hard to approach — O you who delight in praise of battle — was no match for you in the fight.

Note on the text: Line 2 differs in word order from the critical edition's 6.117.16cd (न त्वया सदृशोऽभवत् for tvayā na sadṛśo 'bhavat).

Verse 19 (6.122.19)

ब्रह्मण्यः सत्त्वयोधी च तेजसा च बलेन च । देवगर्भसमः सङ्ख्ये मनुष्यैरधिको युधि ॥

brahmaṇyaḥ sattvayodhī ca tejasā ca balena ca | devagarbhasamaḥ saṅkhye manuṣyairadhiko yudhi

Devoted to the brahmins, a fighter of true courage, with splendour and with strength, in battle like a child of the gods, you surpass men in combat.

Note on the text: A recension variant of the critical edition's 6.117.17 (ब्रह्मण्यः सत्त्वयोधी च तेजसा च बलेन च । देवगर्भसमः सङ्ख्ये मनुष्यैरधिको युधि for brahmaṇyaḥ satyavādī ca tejasārka ivāparaḥ / devagarbho 'jitaḥ saṃkhye manuṣyair adhiko bhuvi); the automatic similarity is low (0.73) because both lines differ in wording.

Verse 20 (6.122.20)

व्यपनीतोऽद्य मन्युर्मे यस्त्वां प्रति पुरा कृतः । दैवं पुरुषकारेण न शक्यमतिवर्तितुम् ॥

vyapanīto'dya manyurme yastvāṃ prati purā kṛtaḥ | daivaṃ puruṣakāreṇa na śakyamativartitum

The anger I once held against you has been put away today. Fate cannot be overcome by human effort.

Verse 21 (6.122.21)

सोदर्याः पाण्डवा वीरा भ्रातरस्तेऽरिसूदन । संगच्छ तैर्महाबाहो मम चेदिच्छसि प्रियम् ॥

sodaryāḥ pāṇḍavā vīrā bhrātaraste'risūdana | saṃgaccha tairmahābāho mama cedicchasi priyam

The heroic Pandavas are your brothers, born of the same womb, O slayer of foes. Join them, mighty-armed, if you wish to please me.

Verse 22 (6.122.22)

मया भवतु निर्वृत्तं वैरमादित्यनन्दन । पृथिव्यां सर्वराजानो भवन्त्वद्य निरामयाः ॥

mayā bhavatu nirvṛttaṃ vairamādityanandana | pṛthivyāṃ sarvarājāno bhavantvadya nirāmayāḥ

Let the enmity end with me, O son of the Sun, and let all the kings on earth be free from harm today."

Verse 23 (6.122.23)

जानाम्येव महाबाहो सर्वमेतन्न संशयः । यथा वदसि मे भीष्म कौन्तेयोऽहं न सूतजः ॥

jānāmyeva mahābāho sarvametanna saṃśayaḥ | yathā vadasi me bhīṣma kaunteyo'haṃ na sūtajaḥ

"I know all this, mighty-armed, without a doubt, just as you say, Bhishma: I am Kunti's son, not a charioteer's.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of the critical edition's 6.117.21ab (महाबाहो for mahāprājña); line 2 reads मे भीष्म for durdharṣa. The heading कर्ण उवाच is the page's (row 6-122-23x).

Verse 24 (6.122.24)

अवकीर्णस्त्वहं कुन्त्या सूतेन च विवर्धितः । भुक्त्वा दुर्योधनैश्वर्यं न मिथ्या कर्तुमुत्सहे ॥

avakīrṇastvahaṃ kuntyā sūtena ca vivardhitaḥ | bhuktvā duryodhanaiśvaryaṃ na mithyā kartumutsahe

But I was cast away by Kunti and raised by a charioteer; having enjoyed Duryodhana's lordship, I cannot make it a lie.

Verse 25 (6.122.25)

वसुदेवसुतो यद्वत्पाण्डवाय दृढव्रतः । वसु चैव शरीरं च पुत्रदारं तथा यशः ॥

vasudevasuto yadvatpāṇḍavāya dṛḍhavrataḥ | vasu caiva śarīraṃ ca putradāraṃ tathā yaśaḥ

As Vasudeva's son stands firm in his vows for the Pandava, so do I for Duryodhana: wealth and body, sons and wives, and fame —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); line 1 is the star passage 6.117.22d*0507_01; line 2 is a variant of 6.117.23ab (पुत्रदारं for yad udāraṃ). Corrected वमु → वसु (misprint in Wikisource; म for स, "wealth"; the critical edition reads vasu).

Verse 26 (6.122.26)

सर्वं दुर्योधनस्यार्थे त्यक्तं मे भूरिदक्षिण । मा चैतद्व्याधिमरणं क्षत्रं स्यादिति कौरव ॥

sarvaṃ duryodhanasyārthe tyaktaṃ me bhūridakṣiṇa | mā caitadvyādhimaraṇaṃ kṣatraṃ syāditi kaurava

all of it I have given up for Duryodhana's sake, O generous giver; and let not this warrior's calling end in death by disease, O Kaurava.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.117.23cd (first half); line 2 is its star passage 6.117.23f*0509_01.

Verse 27 (6.122.27)

कोपिताः पाण्डवा नित्यं मयाऽश्रित्य सुयोधनम् । अवश्यभावी ह्यर्थोऽयं यो न शक्यो निवर्तितुम् ॥

kopitāḥ pāṇḍavā nityaṃ mayā'śritya suyodhanam | avaśyabhāvī hyartho'yaṃ yo na śakyo nivartitum

Relying on Suyodhana, I have always provoked the Pandavas. This matter is bound to come, and it cannot be turned back.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.117.23e; line 2 is a variant of 6.117.24ab (अवश्यभावी ह्यर्थोऽयं यो न शक्यो निवर्तितुम् for avaśyabhāvī vai yo 'rtho na sa śakyo nivartitum).

Verse 28 (6.122.28)

दैवं पुरुषकारेण को विवर्तितुमुत्सहेत् । पृथिवीक्षयशंसीनि निमित्तानि पितामह ॥

daivaṃ puruṣakāreṇa ko vivartitumutsahet | pṛthivīkṣayaśaṃsīni nimittāni pitāmaha

Who could dare to turn fate back by human effort? The omens foretelling the destruction of the earth, grandfather,

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of the critical edition's 6.117.24cd (को विवर्तितुमुत्सहेत् for ko nivartitum utsahet); line 2 is 6.117.25ab. Corrected पृथिवीक्षयसंशीनि → पृथिवीक्षयशंसीनि (misprint in Wikisource; शं and सी transposed, "foretelling the destruction of the earth"; the critical edition reads śaṃsīni).

Verse 29 (6.122.29)

भवद्भिरुपलब्धानि कथितानि च संसदि । पाण्डवा वासुदेवश्च विदिता मम सर्वशः ॥

bhavadbhirupalabdhāni kathitāni ca saṃsadi | pāṇḍavā vāsudevaśca viditā mama sarvaśaḥ

were seen by you and declared in the assembly. The Pandavas and Vasudeva are known to me in every respect:

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.117.25cd; line 2 is 6.117.26ab.

Verse 30 (6.122.30)

अजेयाः पुरुषैरन्यैरिति तांश्चोत्सहामहे । विजयिष्ये रणे पाण्डूनिति मे निश्चितं मतम् ॥

ajeyāḥ puruṣairanyairiti tāṃścotsahāmahe | vijayiṣye raṇe pāṇḍūniti me niścitaṃ matam

that they cannot be conquered by other men; and yet we dare face them. "I shall conquer the Pandavas in battle" — this is my settled conviction.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.117.26cd; line 2 is its star passage 6.117.26d*0510_01. Corrected तंश्चोत्सहामहे → तांश्चोत्सहामहे (misprint in Wikisource; ā lost, "and we dare them"; the critical edition reads tāṃś cotsahāmahe) and निश्चितः मनः → निश्चितं मतम् (misprint in Wikisource; the sentence needs a neuter agreeing with the critical edition's niścitaṃ matam).

Verse 31 (6.122.31)

न च शक्यमवस्रष्टुं वैरमेतत्सुदारुणम् । धनंजयेन योत्स्येऽहं स्वधर्मप्रीतमानसः ॥

na ca śakyamavasraṣṭuṃ vairametatsudāruṇam | dhanaṃjayena yotsye'haṃ svadharmaprītamānasaḥ

And this most terrible enmity cannot be given up. I will fight Dhananjaya, my heart content in my own dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records both lines in its apparatus as the star passage 6.117.26d*0510_02–03 (line 1 reads न चेच्छक्यम् for न च शक्यम्).

Verse 32 (6.122.32)

अनुजानीष्व मां तात युद्धाय कृतनिश्चयम् । अनुज्ञातस्त्वया वीर युध्येयमिति मे मतिः ॥

anujānīṣva māṃ tāta yuddhāya kṛtaniścayam | anujñātastvayā vīra yudhyeyamiti me matiḥ

Give me leave, father, for I am resolved on battle. My thought is that I should fight with your permission, hero.

Note on the text: A recension variant of the critical edition's 6.117.27ab (युद्धाय कृतनिश्चयम् for yuddhe prītamanāḥ sadā); line 2 is 6.117.27cd.

Verse 33 (6.122.33)

दुरुक्तं विप्रतीपं वा रभसाच्चापलात्तथा । यन्मयेह कृतं किंचित्तन्मे त्वं क्षन्तुमर्हसि ॥

duruktaṃ vipratīpaṃ vā rabhasāccāpalāttathā | yanmayeha kṛtaṃ kiṃcittanme tvaṃ kṣantumarhasi

Whatever I have done here that was harsh or perverse, out of rashness or fickleness, you should forgive me for it."

Note on the text: A recension variant of the critical edition's 6.117.28 (रभसाच्चापलात्, यन्मयेह कृतं किंचित्तन्मे त्वं क्षन्तुमर्हसि for saṃrambhāc cāpalāt, yan mayāpakṛtaṃ kiṃ cit tad anukṣantum arhasi).

Verse 34 (6.122.34)

न चेच्छक्यमवस्रष्टुं वैरमेतत्सुदारुणम् । अनुजानामि कर्ण त्वां युध्यस्व स्वर्गकाम्यया ॥

na cecchakyamavasraṣṭuṃ vairametatsudāruṇam | anujānāmi karṇa tvāṃ yudhyasva svargakāmyayā

"If this most terrible enmity cannot be given up, then I give you leave, Karna: fight, with heaven as your aim.

Note on the text: A recension variant of the critical edition's 6.117.29ab (न चेच्छक्यमवस्रष्टुम् for na cec chakyam athotsraṣṭum); line 2 is 6.117.29cd. The heading भीष्म उवाच is the page's (row printed 6-112-34x, a typo for 6-122).

Verse 35 (6.122.35)

निर्मन्युर्गतसंरम्भः कृतकर्मा रणे स्म ह । यथाशक्ति यथोत्साहं सतां वृत्तेषु वृत्तवान् ॥

nirmanyurgatasaṃrambhaḥ kṛtakarmā raṇe sma ha | yathāśakti yathotsāhaṃ satāṃ vṛtteṣu vṛttavān

Free of anger and rage, you have done your work in battle, and have followed, as far as your strength and zeal allowed, the ways of the good.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a recension variant of the critical edition's 6.117.30ab (निर्मन्युर्गतसंरम्भः कृतकर्मा रणे स्म ह for vimanyur gatasaṃrambhaḥ kuru karma nṛpasya hi); line 2 is 6.117.30cd.

Verse 36 (6.122.36)

अहं त्वामनुजानामि यदिच्छसि तदाप्नुहि । क्षत्रधर्मजिताँल्लोकानवाप्स्यसि धनंजयात् ॥

ahaṃ tvāmanujānāmi yadicchasi tadāpnuhi | kṣatradharmajitām̐llokānavāpsyasi dhanaṃjayāt

I give you leave; obtain what you desire. At Dhananjaya's hands you will win the worlds earned by the warrior's dharma.

Note on the text: A recension variant of the critical edition's 6.117.31cd (अवाप्स्यसि धनंजयात् for saṃprāpsyasi na saṃśayaḥ); line 1 is 6.117.31ab.

Verse 37 (6.122.37)

युध्यस्व निरहंकारो बलवीर्यव्यपाश्रयः । धर्म्याद्धि युद्धादधिकं क्षत्रियस्य न विद्यते ॥

yudhyasva nirahaṃkāro balavīryavyapāśrayaḥ | dharmyāddhi yuddhādadhikaṃ kṣatriyasya na vidyate

Fight without ego, relying on your strength and valour; for a warrior has nothing higher than a righteous war.

Note on the text: Line 2 is a recension variant of the critical edition's 6.117.32cd (धर्म्याद्धि युद्धादधिकं for dharmo hi yuddhāc chreyo 'nyat); line 1 is 6.117.32ab.

Verse 38 (6.122.38)

प्रशमे हि कृतो यत्नः सुमहान्सुचिरं मया । न चैव शकितः कर्तुं यतो धर्मस्ततो जयः ॥

praśame hi kṛto yatnaḥ sumahānsuciraṃ mayā | na caiva śakitaḥ kartuṃ yato dharmastato jayaḥ

I made a very great effort for peace, and for a very long time, but I could not bring it about. Where there is dharma, there is victory."

Note on the text: Line 1 reads सुमहान्सुचिरं for sucirāt suciram (6.117.33a), a recension variant.

Verse 39 (6.122.39)

इत्युक्तवति गाङ्गेये अभिवाद्योपमन्त्र्य च । राधेयो रथमारुह्य प्रायात्तव सुतं प्रति ॥

ityuktavati gāṅgeye abhivādyopamantrya ca | rādheyo rathamāruhya prāyāttava sutaṃ prati

When the son of Ganga had spoken thus, Radheya saluted him and took his leave, mounted his chariot, and set off toward your son.

Note on the text: A recension variant of the critical edition's 6.117.34 (इत्युक्तवति गाङ्गेये अभिवाद्योपमन्त्र्य च for evaṃ bruvantaṃ gāṅgeyam abhivādya prasādya ca; the heading सञ्जय उवाच is the page's, row 6-122-39x).

Verse 40 (6.122.40)

इत्येतद्बहुवृत्तान्तं भीष्मपर्वाखिलं मया । शृण्वते ते महाराज प्रोक्तं पापहरं शुभम् ॥

ityetadbahuvṛttāntaṃ bhīṣmaparvākhilaṃ mayā | śṛṇvate te mahārāja proktaṃ pāpaharaṃ śubham

Thus, O great king, the whole of the Bhishma Parva, rich in events, has been told by me to you as you listened — it removes sin and brings blessing.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The speaker heading ` वैशंपायन उवाच (page row 6-122-40x, with a stray backtick) had slipped into the input verse's text; removed from the Sanskrit and made the speaker, replacing the carried-over सञ्जय. From here the page closes the parva with Vaishampayana addressing Janamejaya.

Verse 41 (6.122.41)

यः श्रावयेत्सदा राजन्ब्राह्मणान्वेदपारगान् । श्रद्धावन्तश्च ये चापि श्रोष्यन्ति मनुजा भुवि ॥

yaḥ śrāvayetsadā rājanbrāhmaṇānvedapāragān | śraddhāvantaśca ye cāpi śroṣyanti manujā bhuvi

Whoever, O king, always recites it to brahmins learned in the Vedas, and those faithful people on earth who will hear it,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Speaker corrected from the carried-over सञ्जय (see verse 40).

Verse 42 (6.122.42)

विधूय सर्वपापानि विहायान्ते कलेवरम् । प्रयान्ति तत्पदं विष्णोर्यत्प्राप्य न निवर्तते ॥

vidhūya sarvapāpāni vihāyānte kalevaram | prayānti tatpadaṃ viṣṇoryatprāpya na nivartate

shed all their sins, and when they leave the body at the end go to that abode of Vishnu, which once reached is never left.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Speaker corrected from the carried-over सञ्जय (see verse 40).

Verse 43 (6.122.43)

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन भारतं भरतर्षभ । शृणुयात्सिद्धिमन्विच्छन्निह वामुत्र मानवः ॥

tasmātsarvaprayatnena bhārataṃ bharatarṣabha | śṛṇuyātsiddhimanvicchanniha vāmutra mānavaḥ

Therefore, O best of the Bharatas, a man who desires success here and hereafter should listen to the Bharata with every effort.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Speaker corrected from the carried-over सञ्जय (see verse 40).

Verse 44 (6.122.44)

भोजनं भोजयेद्विप्रान्गन्धमाल्यैरलङ्कृतान् । भीष्मपर्वणि राजेन्द्र दद्यात्पानीयमुत्तमम् ॥

bhojanaṃ bhojayedviprāngandhamālyairalaṅkṛtān | bhīṣmaparvaṇi rājendra dadyātpānīyamuttamam

At the Bhishma Parva, O king of kings, one should feed brahmins adorned with perfumes and garlands, and give them excellent water to drink.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Speaker corrected from the carried-over सञ्जय (see verse 40). Removed a stray quote mark and doubled danda at the end (the closing mark of the page's backtick on verse 40); the page's row 6-122-44 closes the verse, after which comes the colophon.