Sanjaya Announces the Fall of Bhishma

Verse 1 (6.13.1)

अथ गावल्गणिर्विद्वान्संयुगादेत्य भारत । प्रत्यक्षदर्शी सर्वस्य भूतभव्यभविष्यवित् ॥

atha gāvalgaṇirvidvānsaṃyugādetya bhārata | pratyakṣadarśī sarvasya bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyavit

Then the wise son of Gavalgana, who saw all things with his own eyes and knew the past, the present and the future, came back from the battlefield, O Bharata,

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from the critical edition (CE atha gāvalgaṇir dhīmān samarād etya saṃjayaḥ); kept as a recension variant. The critical edition’s star passage *0059 (three lines on Sanjaya’s journey to Kurukshetra, before 6.14.1) is not on the Wikisource page. Speaker spelled वैशम्पायन for the page’s वैशंपायन, as elsewhere in these chunks.

Verse 2 (6.13.2)

ध्यायते धृतराष्ट्राय सहसोत्पत्य दुःखितः । आचष्ट निहतं भीष्मं भरतानां पितामहम् ॥

dhyāyate dhṛtarāṣṭrāya sahasotpatya duḥkhitaḥ | ācaṣṭa nihataṃ bhīṣmaṃ bharatānāṃ pitāmaham

and, rushing in grief-stricken to Dhritarashtra as he sat brooding, told him that Bhishma, the grandsire of the Bharatas, had been slain.

Verse 3 (6.13.3)

सञ्जयोऽहं महाराज नमस्ते भरतर्षभ । हतो भीष्मः शान्तनवो भरतानां पितामहः ॥

sañjayo'haṃ mahārāja namaste bharatarṣabha | hato bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavo bharatānāṃ pitāmahaḥ

I am Sanjaya, great king; homage to you, O bull of the Bharatas. Bhishma, son of Shantanu, the grandsire of the Bharatas, has been slain.

Verse 4 (6.13.4)

ककुदं सर्वयोधानां धाम सर्वधनुष्मताम् । शरतल्पगतः सोऽद्य शेते कुरुपितामहः ॥

kakudaṃ sarvayodhānāṃ dhāma sarvadhanuṣmatām | śaratalpagataḥ so'dya śete kurupitāmahaḥ

The crown of all warriors, the light of all bowmen, the grandsire of the Kurus lies today on a bed of arrows.

Verse 5 (6.13.5)

यस्य वीर्यं समाश्रित्य द्यूतं पुत्रस्तवाकरोत् । स शेते निहतो राजन्संख्ये भीष्मः शिखण्डिना ॥

yasya vīryaṃ samāśritya dyūtaṃ putrastavākarot | sa śete nihato rājansaṃkhye bhīṣmaḥ śikhaṇḍinā

He on whose might your son relied when he played the game of dice lies slain in battle, O king, by Shikhandin.

Verse 6 (6.13.6)

यः सर्वान्पृथिवीपालान्समवेतान्महामृधे । जिगायैकरथेनैव काशिपुर्यां महारथः ॥

yaḥ sarvānpṛthivīpālānsamavetānmahāmṛdhe | jigāyaikarathenaiva kāśipuryāṃ mahārathaḥ

That great chariot-warrior who, with a single chariot, conquered all the kings of the earth gathered for a great battle at the city of Kashi;

Verse 7 (6.13.7)

जामदग्न्यं रणे रामं योऽयुध्यदपसंभ्रमः । न हतो जामदग्न्येन स हतोऽद्य शिखण्डिना ॥

jāmadagnyaṃ raṇe rāmaṃ yo'yudhyadapasaṃbhramaḥ | na hato jāmadagnyena sa hato'dya śikhaṇḍinā

who fought Rama, son of Jamadagni, in battle without fear and was not slain by Jamadagni’s son — he has been slain today by Shikhandin.

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from the critical edition (CE rāmam āyodhya vasusaṃbhavaḥ); kept as a recension variant.

Verse 8 (6.13.8)

महेन्द्रसदृशः शौर्ये स्थैर्ये च हिमवानिव । समुद्र इव गाम्भीर्ये सहिष्णुत्वे धरासमः ॥

mahendrasadṛśaḥ śaurye sthairye ca himavāniva | samudra iva gāmbhīrye sahiṣṇutve dharāsamaḥ

Like great Indra in valour, like the Himalaya in steadfastness, like the ocean in depth and like the earth in endurance,

Note on the text: Corrected गाम्भीर्यो → गाम्भीर्ये (misprint in Wikisource; ो for े, the locative parallels शौर्ये and स्थैर्ये; CE gāmbhīrye).

Verse 9 (6.13.9)

शरदंष्ट्रो धनुर्वक्त्रः खड्गजिह्वो दुरासदः । नरसिंहः पिता तेऽद्य पाञ्चाल्येन निपातितः ॥

śaradaṃṣṭro dhanurvaktraḥ khaḍgajihvo durāsadaḥ | narasiṃhaḥ pitā te'dya pāñcālyena nipātitaḥ

with arrows for his fangs, his bow for a mouth and his sword for a tongue, unassailable — that lion among men, your father, has today been felled by the Panchala prince.

Note on the text: Corrected धनुर्वक्रः → धनुर्वक्त्रः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त्, “the bow his mouth”, matching “arrows his fangs, sword his tongue”; CE dhanurvaktraḥ) and खङ्गिजिह्वो → खड्गजिह्वो (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग and a stray i-sign; CE khaḍgajihvo).

Verse 10 (6.13.10)

पाण्डवानां महासैन्यं यं दृष्ट्वोद्यतमाहवे । प्रावेपत भयोद्विग्नं सिंहं दृष्ट्वेव गोगणः ॥

pāṇḍavānāṃ mahāsainyaṃ yaṃ dṛṣṭvodyatamāhave | prāvepata bhayodvignaṃ siṃhaṃ dṛṣṭveva gogaṇaḥ

He at the sight of whom, risen for battle, the great army of the Pandavas trembled, stricken with fear, like a herd of cattle on seeing a lion —

Note on the text: Corrected सिंह → सिंहं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara, the object of दृष्ट्वा; CE siṃhaṃ). महासैन्यं and उद्यतम् (CE mahat sainyaṃ, udyantam) kept as variants.

Verse 11 (6.13.11)

परिरक्ष्य स सेनां ते दशरात्रमनीकहा । जगामास्तमिवादित्यः कृत्वा कर्म सुदुष्करम् ॥

parirakṣya sa senāṃ te daśarātramanīkahā | jagāmāstamivādityaḥ kṛtvā karma suduṣkaram

that destroyer of armies guarded your host for ten nights and then, having done a most difficult deed, went to his setting like the sun.

Verse 12 (6.13.12)

यः स शक्र इवाक्षोभ्यो वर्षन्बाणान्सहस्रशः । जघान युधि योधानामर्बुदं दशभिर्दिनैः ॥

yaḥ sa śakra ivākṣobhyo varṣanbāṇānsahasraśaḥ | jaghāna yudhi yodhānāmarbudaṃ daśabhirdinaiḥ

He who, unshakeable as Shakra, raining arrows by the thousand, slew a hundred million warriors in battle in ten days,

Verse 13 (6.13.13)

स शेते निहतो भूमौ वातभग्न इव द्रुमः । तव दुर्मन्त्रिते राजन्यथा नार्हः स भारत ॥

sa śete nihato bhūmau vātabhagna iva drumaḥ | tava durmantrite rājanyathā nārhaḥ sa bhārata

now lies slain upon the ground like a tree broken by the wind — through your evil counsel, O king, a fate he did not deserve, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from the critical edition (CE niṣṭanan … vātarugṇa); kept as a recension variant.