Bhishma Parva · Adhyaya 48

Bhishma Slays Shveta

Dhritarashtra asks what the two armies and Bhishma did when Shveta, Virata's son, reached Shalya's chariot. Sanjaya describes the confused slaughter of the first day, Bhishma's havoc among the Pandavas and Shveta's among the Kurus, and the long duel between the two, in which Shveta cuts down Bhishma's palm-tree standard and twice breaks his bow, and Bhishma kills Shveta's horses and charioteer and cuts his hurled spear to pieces. When Shveta smashes Bhishma's chariot with his mace, a voice from the sky tells Bhishma that the hour of victory has come; holding off the Pandava rescuers, he kills Shveta with an arrow charged with the Brahma weapon, and the armies withdraw for the night.

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धृतराष्ट्र उवाच · Dhritarashtra said

Verse 1 (6.48.1)

एवं श्वेते महेष्वासे प्राप्ते शल्यरथं प्रति । कुरवः पाण्डवेयाश्च किमकुर्वत सञ्जय ॥

evaṃ śvete maheṣvāse prāpte śalyarathaṃ prati | kuravaḥ pāṇḍaveyāśca kimakurvata sañjaya

When the great archer Shveta had thus come up to Shalya's chariot, what did the Kurus and the Pandavas do, Sanjaya?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 51–52. The whole adhyaya is the critical edition's Appendix I No. 4, lines 51–293 (printed after 6.45.43); the automatic alignment matched none of it. The page's verse N is the appendix's lines 2N+49 and 2N+50 throughout.

Verse 2 (6.48.2)

भीष्मः शान्तनवः किं वा तन्ममाचक्ष्व पृच्छतः ॥

bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavaḥ kiṃ vā tanmamācakṣva pṛcchataḥ

And what did Bhishma, the son of Shantanu, do? Tell me this, for I ask you.

Note on the text: First part of Wikisource's verse 2, split off because the page prints the heading "सञ्जय उवाच" after this line. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), line 53. The critical edition's e-text prints the saṃjaya uvāca heading one line early (before line 53); the page places it after this line, where the question ends.

सञ्जय उवाच · Sanjaya said

Verse 3 (6.48.3)

राजञ्शतसहस्राणि ततः क्षत्रियपुङ्गवाः ॥

rājañśatasahasrāṇi tataḥ kṣatriyapuṅgavāḥ

Then, O king, hundreds of thousands of bulls among the Kshatriyas,

Note on the text: Second part of Wikisource's verse 2, after the heading "सञ्जय उवाच". Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), line 54.

Verse 4 (6.48.4)

श्वेतं सेनापतिं शूरं पुरस्कृत्य महारथाः । राज्ञो बलं दर्शयन्तस्तव पुत्रस्य भारत ॥

śvetaṃ senāpatiṃ śūraṃ puraskṛtya mahārathāḥ | rājño balaṃ darśayantastava putrasya bhārata

great chariot-warriors, placing the heroic commander Shveta at their head and showing their strength to your son the king, O Bharata,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 55–56.

Verse 5 (6.48.5)

शिखण्डिनं पुरस्कृत्य त्रातुमैच्छन्महारथाः । अभ्यवर्तन्त भीष्मस्य रथं हेमपरिष्कृतम् ॥

śikhaṇḍinaṃ puraskṛtya trātumaicchanmahārathāḥ | abhyavartanta bhīṣmasya rathaṃ hemapariṣkṛtam

and placing Shikhandin before them, those great chariot-warriors, eager to protect their side, advanced upon Bhishma's gold-adorned chariot,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 57–58.

Verse 6 (6.48.6)

जिघांसन्तं युधांश्रेष्ठं तदासीत्तुमुलं महत् । तत्तेऽहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि महावैशसमच्युत ॥

jighāṃsantaṃ yudhāṃśreṣṭhaṃ tadāsīttumulaṃ mahat | tatte'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi mahāvaiśasamacyuta

upon that best of warriors who was bent on slaughter. Then a great and tumultuous fight arose. I shall tell you, O steadfast one, of that great carnage,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 59–60.

Verse 7 (6.48.7)

तावकानां परेषां च यथा युद्धमवर्तत । तत्राकरोद्रथोपस्थाञ्शून्याञ्शान्तनवो बहून् ॥

tāvakānāṃ pareṣāṃ ca yathā yuddhamavartata | tatrākarodrathopasthāñśūnyāñśāntanavo bahūn

of how the battle went between your men and the enemy. There the son of Shantanu left many chariot-seats empty.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 61–62.

Verse 8 (6.48.8)

तत्राद्भुतं महच्चक्रे शरैरार्च्छद्रथोत्तमान् । समावृणोच्छरैरर्कमर्कतुल्यप्रतापवान् ॥

tatrādbhutaṃ mahaccakre śarairārcchadrathottamān | samāvṛṇoccharairarkamarkatulyapratāpavān

There he did a great and wondrous deed: with his arrows he struck the finest chariot-warriors. Equal to the sun in blazing power, he covered the sun with his arrows,

Verse 9 (6.48.9)

नुदन्समन्तात्समरे रविरुद्यन्यथा तमः । तेनाजौ प्रेषिता राजञ्शराः शतसहस्रशः ॥

nudansamantātsamare ravirudyanyathā tamaḥ | tenājau preṣitā rājañśarāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ

driving the foe away on every side in battle as the rising sun drives away the darkness. The arrows he sent forth in that fight, O king, by hundreds of thousands,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 65–66.

Verse 10 (6.48.10)

क्षत्रियान्तकराः सङ्ख्ये महावेगा महाबलाः । शिरांसि पातयामासुर्वीराणां शतशो रणे ॥

kṣatriyāntakarāḥ saṅkhye mahāvegā mahābalāḥ | śirāṃsi pātayāmāsurvīrāṇāṃ śataśo raṇe

destroyers of Kshatriyas in battle, swift and mighty, struck down the heads of heroes by hundreds on the field,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 67–68.

Verse 11 (6.48.11)

गजान्कण्टकसन्नाहान्वज्रेणेव शिलोच्चयान् । रथा रथेषु संसक्ता व्यदृश्यन्त विशांपते ॥

gajānkaṇṭakasannāhānvajreṇeva śiloccayān | rathā ratheṣu saṃsaktā vyadṛśyanta viśāṃpate

and felled elephants armoured with spikes as the thunderbolt fells mountain peaks. Chariots were seen locked with chariots, O lord of the people.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 69–70.

Verse 12 (6.48.12)

एके रथं पर्यवहंस्तुरगाः सतुरंगमम् । युवानं निहतं वीरं लम्बमानं सकार्मुकम् ॥

eke rathaṃ paryavahaṃsturagāḥ saturaṃgamam | yuvānaṃ nihataṃ vīraṃ lambamānaṃ sakārmukam

Some horses dragged a chariot about, team and all, bearing a young hero slain, hanging over its side with his bow still in hand.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 71–72.

Verse 13 (6.48.13)

उदीर्णाश्च हया राजन्वहन्तस्तत्रतत्र ह । बद्धखड्गनिषङ्गाश्च विध्वस्तशिरसो हताः ॥

udīrṇāśca hayā rājanvahantastatratatra ha | baddhakhaḍganiṣaṅgāśca vidhvastaśiraso hatāḥ

Frenzied horses, O king, ran here and there carrying them; and warriors, their swords and quivers still strapped on, lay slain with their heads shattered.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 73–74. Corrected वहनक्तस्तत्रतत्र → वहन्तस्तत्रतत्र (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क in वहन्तः; the appendix reads vahantas). Corrected बद्धस्वङ्गनिषङ्गाश्च → बद्धखड्गनिषङ्गाश्च (misprint in Wikisource; स्वङ्ग is not a word; the appendix reads baddhakhaḍga).

Verse 14 (6.48.14)

शतशः पतिता भूमौ वीरशय्यासु शेरते । परस्परेण धावन्तः पतिताः पुनरुत्थिताः ॥

śataśaḥ patitā bhūmau vīraśayyāsu śerate | paraspareṇa dhāvantaḥ patitāḥ punarutthitāḥ

By hundreds they fell to the ground and lay on the bed of heroes. Running at one another, men fell and rose again;

Verse 15 (6.48.15)

उत्थाय च प्रधावन्तो द्वन्द्वयुद्धमवाप्नुवन् । पीडिताः पुनरन्योन्यं लुठन्तो रणमूर्धनि ॥

utthāya ca pradhāvanto dvandvayuddhamavāpnuvan | pīḍitāḥ punaranyonyaṃ luṭhanto raṇamūrdhani

rising, they ran on and closed in single combat; and, wounded, they rolled against each other again at the forefront of the battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 77–78.

Verse 16 (6.48.16)

सचापाः सनिषङ्गाश्च जातरूपपरिष्कृताः । विस्रब्धहतवीराश्च शतशः परिपीडिताः ॥

sacāpāḥ saniṣaṅgāśca jātarūpapariṣkṛtāḥ | visrabdhahatavīrāśca śataśaḥ paripīḍitāḥ

Men lay there with their bows and quivers, adorned with gold; heroes struck down while off their guard, and others sorely afflicted by hundreds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 79–80.

Verse 17 (6.48.17)

तेनतेनाभ्यधावन्त विसृजन्तश्च भारत । मत्तो गजः पर्यवर्तद्धयांश्च हतसादिनः ॥

tenatenābhyadhāvanta visṛjantaśca bhārata | matto gajaḥ paryavartaddhayāṃśca hatasādinaḥ

Loosing their arrows, O Bharata, they ran this way and that. A maddened elephant wheeled about, trampling horses whose riders had been slain,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 81–82.

Verse 18 (6.48.18)

सरथा रथिनश्चापि विमृद्नन्तः समन्ततः । स्यन्दनादपतत्कश्चिन्निहतोऽन्येन सायकैः ॥

sarathā rathinaścāpi vimṛdnantaḥ samantataḥ | syandanādapatatkaścinnihato'nyena sāyakaiḥ

and chariot-warriors with their chariots, crushing all around him. One warrior fell from his chariot, slain by another's arrows;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 83–84. Corrected विमृद्गन्तः → विमृद्नन्तः (misprint in Wikisource; ग for न; the appendix reads vimṛdnantaḥ). Corrected स्यान्दनाद → स्यन्दनाद (misprint in Wikisource; a stray long ā; the appendix reads syandanād).

Verse 19 (6.48.19)

हतसारथिरप्युच्चैः पपात काष्ठवद्रथः । युध्यमानस्य संग्रामे व्यूढे रजसि चोत्थिते ॥

hatasārathirapyuccaiḥ papāta kāṣṭhavadrathaḥ | yudhyamānasya saṃgrāme vyūḍhe rajasi cotthite

a chariot whose driver had been slain toppled with a crash like a log. As men fought in that battle, with the dust thickly risen,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 85–86.

Verse 20 (6.48.20)

धनुःकूजितविज्ञानं तत्रासीत्प्रतियुद्ध्यतः । गात्रस्पर्शेन योधानां व्यज्ञास्त परिपन्थिनम् ॥

dhanuḥkūjitavijñānaṃ tatrāsītpratiyuddhyataḥ | gātrasparśena yodhānāṃ vyajñāsta paripanthinam

the only way to know an opponent was by the twang of his bow; the fighters recognized their adversaries by the touch of their limbs.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 87–88.

Verse 21 (6.48.21)

युद्ध्यमानं शरै राजन्सिञ्जिनीध्वजिनीरवात् । अन्योन्यं वीरसंशब्दो नाश्रूयत भटैः कृतः ॥

yuddhyamānaṃ śarai rājansiñjinīdhvajinīravāt | anyonyaṃ vīrasaṃśabdo nāśrūyata bhaṭaiḥ kṛtaḥ

One fighting with arrows, O king, was known by the sound of bowstrings and of the host; the heroes' shouts to one another, raised by the soldiers, could not be heard.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 89–90.

Verse 22 (6.48.22)

शब्दायमाने संग्रामे पटहे कर्णदारिणि । युध्यमानस्य संग्रामे कुर्वतः पौरुषं स्वकम् ॥

śabdāyamāne saṃgrāme paṭahe karṇadāriṇi | yudhyamānasya saṃgrāme kurvataḥ pauruṣaṃ svakam

While the battle roared and the ear-splitting drums thundered, of each warrior fighting in that battle and showing his own valour

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 91–92.

Verse 23 (6.48.23)

नाश्रौषं नामगोत्राणि कीर्तनं च परस्परम् । भीष्मचापच्युतैर्बाणैरार्तानां युध्यतां मृधे ॥

nāśrauṣaṃ nāmagotrāṇi kīrtanaṃ ca parasparam | bhīṣmacāpacyutairbāṇairārtānāṃ yudhyatāṃ mṛdhe

I heard neither names nor lineages, nor their calling out to one another. The arrows loosed from Bhishma's bow, as men fought in anguish on the field,

Verse 24 (6.48.24)

परस्परेषां वीराणां मनांसि समकम्पयन् । तस्मिन्नत्याकुले युद्धे दारुणे रोमहर्षणे ॥

paraspareṣāṃ vīrāṇāṃ manāṃsi samakampayan | tasminnatyākule yuddhe dāruṇe romaharṣaṇe

made the hearts of the heroes on both sides tremble. In that dreadful, hair-raising and utterly confused battle

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 95–96.

Verse 25 (6.48.25)

पिता पुत्रं च समरे नाभिजानाति कश्चन । चक्रे भग्ने युगे च्छिन्ने एकधुर्ये हये हतः ॥

pitā putraṃ ca samare nābhijānāti kaścana | cakre bhagne yuge cchinne ekadhurye haye hataḥ

no father knew his own son. With a wheel broken, a yoke smashed, a single horse of the team slain,

Verse 26 (6.48.26)

आक्षिप्तः स्यन्दनाद्वीरः ससारथिरजिह्मगैः । एवं च समरे सर्वे वीराश्च विरथीकृताः ॥

ākṣiptaḥ syandanādvīraḥ sasārathirajihmagaiḥ | evaṃ ca samare sarve vīrāśca virathīkṛtāḥ

a hero was hurled from his chariot together with his charioteer by straight-flying arrows. Thus in that battle all the heroes were stripped of their chariots,

Verse 27 (6.48.27)

तेन तेन स्म दृश्यन्ते धावमानाः समंततः । गजो हतः शिरश्छिन्नं मर्म भिन्नं हयो हतः ॥

tena tena sma dṛśyante dhāvamānāḥ samaṃtataḥ | gajo hataḥ śiraśchinnaṃ marma bhinnaṃ hayo hataḥ

and they were seen running this way and that on every side. An elephant slain, a head cut off, a vital spot pierced, a horse slain:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 101–102.

Verse 28 (6.48.28)

अहतः कोऽपि नैवासीद्भीष्मे निघ्नति शात्रवान् । श्वेतः कुरूणामकरोत्क्षयं तस्मिन्महाहवे ॥

ahataḥ ko'pi naivāsīdbhīṣme nighnati śātravān | śvetaḥ kurūṇāmakarotkṣayaṃ tasminmahāhave

no one was left unhurt while Bhishma was slaying his foes. In that great battle Shveta, for his part, wrought destruction among the Kurus;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 103–104. क्षयं (appendix svayaṃ) kept as Wikisource's reading. Corrected कोपि → कोऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha; the appendix reads ko 'pi). Corrected नघ्नति → निघ्नति (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped i; the appendix reads nighnati).

Verse 29 (6.48.29)

राजपुत्रान्रथोदारानवधीच्छतसङ्घशः । चिच्छेद रथिनां बाणैः शिरांसि भरतर्षभ ॥

rājaputrānrathodārānavadhīcchatasaṅghaśaḥ | ciccheda rathināṃ bāṇaiḥ śirāṃsi bharatarṣabha

he slew noble princes, chariot-warriors, by hundreds and by hosts; with his arrows he cut off the heads of chariot-warriors, O bull of the Bharatas,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 105–106.

Verse 30 (6.48.30)

साङ्गदा बाहवश्चैव धनूंषि च समंततः । रथेषां रथचक्राणि तूणीराणि युगानि च ॥

sāṅgadā bāhavaścaiva dhanūṃṣi ca samaṃtataḥ | ratheṣāṃ rathacakrāṇi tūṇīrāṇi yugāni ca

and arms with their armlets, and bows on every side; chariot-poles, chariot-wheels, quivers and yokes,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 107–108.

Verse 31 (6.48.31)

छत्राणि च महार्हाणि पताकाश्च विशांपते । हयौघाश्च रथौघाश्च नरौघाश्चैव भारत ॥

chatrāṇi ca mahārhāṇi patākāśca viśāṃpate | hayaughāśca rathaughāśca naraughāścaiva bhārata

costly umbrellas and banners, O lord of the people; masses of horses, masses of chariots and masses of men, O Bharata,

Verse 32 (6.48.32)

वारणाः शतशश्चैव हताः श्वेतेन भारत । वयं श्वेतभयाद्भीता विहाय रथसत्तमम् ॥

vāraṇāḥ śataśaścaiva hatāḥ śvetena bhārata | vayaṃ śvetabhayādbhītā vihāya rathasattamam

and elephants by hundreds were slain by Shveta, O Bharata. We, terrified for fear of Shveta, left that finest of chariot-warriors

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 111–112.

Verse 33 (6.48.33)

अपयातास्तथा पश्चाद्विभुं पश्याम धृष्णवः । शरपातमतिक्रम्य कुरवः कुरुनन्दन ॥

apayātāstathā paścādvibhuṃ paśyāma dhṛṣṇavaḥ | śarapātamatikramya kuravaḥ kurunandana

and fell back to the rear, yet, still bold, we kept our eyes on our lord. Having gone beyond the reach of the arrows, O joy of the Kurus, we Kurus

Verse 34 (6.48.34)

भीष्मं शान्तनवं युद्धे स्थिताः पश्याम सर्वशः । अदीनो दीनसमये भीष्मोऽस्माकं महाहवे ॥

bhīṣmaṃ śāntanavaṃ yuddhe sthitāḥ paśyāma sarvaśaḥ | adīno dīnasamaye bhīṣmo'smākaṃ mahāhave

all stood and watched Bhishma, the son of Shantanu, in the battle. Undaunted in that hour of dismay, our Bhishma in the great battle

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 115–116.

Verse 35 (6.48.35)

एकस्तस्थौ नरव्याघ्रो गिरिर्मेरुरिवाचलः । आददान इव प्राणान्सविता शिशिरात्यये ॥

ekastasthau naravyāghro girirmerurivācalaḥ | ādadāna iva prāṇānsavitā śiśirātyaye

stood alone, a tiger among men, unmoving like Mount Meru. Like the sun at the end of winter drawing up the life of things,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 117–118.

Verse 36 (6.48.36)

गभस्तिभिरिवादित्यस्तस्थौ शरमरीचिमान् । स मुमोच महेष्वासः शरसङ्घाननेकशः ॥

gabhastibhirivādityastasthau śaramarīcimān | sa mumoca maheṣvāsaḥ śarasaṅghānanekaśaḥ

like the sun with its rays he stood, his arrows his beams. That great archer loosed flights of arrows again and again,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 119–120.

Verse 37 (6.48.37)

निघ्नन्नमित्रान्समरे वज्रपाणिरिवासुरान् । ते वध्यमाना भीष्मेण प्रजहुस्तं महाबलम् ॥

nighnannamitrānsamare vajrapāṇirivāsurān | te vadhyamānā bhīṣmeṇa prajahustaṃ mahābalam

slaying his foes in battle as the wielder of the thunderbolt slays the Asuras. Being slaughtered by Bhishma, they fled from that mighty one,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 121–122.

Verse 38 (6.48.38)

स्वयूथादिव ते यूथान्मुक्तं भूमिषु दारुणम् । तमेवमुपलक्ष्यैको हृष्टः पुष्टः परंतप ॥

svayūthādiva te yūthānmuktaṃ bhūmiṣu dāruṇam | tamevamupalakṣyaiko hṛṣṭaḥ puṣṭaḥ paraṃtapa

as herds flee a fierce tusker broken loose from its own herd upon the plain. Marking him thus, he alone, glad and vigorous, O scorcher of foes,

Verse 39 (6.48.39)

दुर्योधनप्रिये युक्तः पाण्डवान्परिशोचयन् । जीवितं दुस्त्यजं त्यक्त्वा भयं च सुमहाहवे ॥

duryodhanapriye yuktaḥ pāṇḍavānpariśocayan | jīvitaṃ dustyajaṃ tyaktvā bhayaṃ ca sumahāhave

intent on what was dear to Duryodhana and bringing grief to the Pandavas, casting aside life, which is so hard to give up, and fear as well in that great battle,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 125–126.

Verse 40 (6.48.40)

पातयामास सैन्यानि पाण्डवानां विशांपते । प्रहरन्तमनीकानि पिता देवव्रतस्तव ॥

pātayāmāsa sainyāni pāṇḍavānāṃ viśāṃpate | praharantamanīkāni pitā devavratastava

cut down the troops of the Pandavas, O lord of the people. Seeing the commander Shveta striking down the divisions, your father Devavrata,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 127–128.

Verse 41 (6.48.41)

दृष्ट्वा सेनापतिं भीष्मस्त्वरितः श्वेतमभ्ययात् । स भीष्मं शरजालेन महता समवाकिरत् ॥

dṛṣṭvā senāpatiṃ bhīṣmastvaritaḥ śvetamabhyayāt | sa bhīṣmaṃ śarajālena mahatā samavākirat

Bhishma, swiftly went against Shveta. Shveta covered Bhishma with a great net of arrows,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 129–130.

Verse 42 (6.48.42)

श्वेतं चापि तथा भीष्मः शरौघैः समवाकिरत् । तौ वृषाविव नर्दन्तौ मत्ताविव महाद्विपौ ॥

śvetaṃ cāpi tathā bhīṣmaḥ śaraughaiḥ samavākirat | tau vṛṣāviva nardantau mattāviva mahādvipau

and Bhishma likewise covered Shveta with floods of arrows. Roaring like two bulls, like two great maddened elephants,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 131–132.

Verse 43 (6.48.43)

व्याघ्राविव सुसंरब्धावन्योन्यमभिजघ्नतुः । अस्त्रैरस्त्राणि संवार्य ततस्तौ पुरुषर्षभौ ॥

vyāghrāviva susaṃrabdhāvanyonyamabhijaghnatuḥ | astrairastrāṇi saṃvārya tatastau puruṣarṣabhau

like two enraged tigers, they struck at each other. Warding off weapons with weapons, those two bulls among men,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 133–134.

Verse 44 (6.48.44)

भीष्मः श्वेतश्च युयुधे परस्परवधैषिणौ । एकाह्ना निर्दहेद्भीष्मः पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम् ॥

bhīṣmaḥ śvetaśca yuyudhe parasparavadhaiṣiṇau | ekāhnā nirdahedbhīṣmaḥ pāṇḍavānāmanīkinīm

Bhishma and Shveta, fought on, each seeking the other's death. In a single day Bhishma would have burnt up the army of the Pandavas

Verse 45 (6.48.45)

शरैः परमसंक्रुद्धो यदि श्वेतो न पालयेत् । पितामहं ततो दृष्ट्वा श्वेतेन विमुखीकृतम् ॥

śaraiḥ paramasaṃkruddho yadi śveto na pālayet | pitāmahaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā śvetena vimukhīkṛtam

with his arrows in his towering fury, had Shveta not protected it. Then, seeing the grandsire turned back by Shveta,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 137–138. Corrected श्वेतो विमुखीकृतम् → श्वेतेन विमुखीकृतम् (misprint in Wikisource; the nominative leaves the sentence without sense (the Pandavas, not Shveta, are the subject of dṛṣṭvā); the appendix reads śvetena).

Verse 46 (6.48.46)

प्रहर्षं पाण्डवा जग्मुः पुत्रस्ते विमनाभवत् । ततो दुर्योधनः क्रुद्धः पार्थिवैः परिवारितः ॥

praharṣaṃ pāṇḍavā jagmuḥ putraste vimanābhavat | tato duryodhanaḥ kruddhaḥ pārthivaiḥ parivāritaḥ

the Pandavas rejoiced and your son was downcast. Then Duryodhana, enraged, surrounded by kings,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 139–140.

Verse 47 (6.48.47)

ससैन्यः पाण्डवानीकमभ्यद्रवत संयुगे । दुर्मुखः कृतवर्मा च कृपः शल्यो विशांपतिः ॥

sasainyaḥ pāṇḍavānīkamabhyadravata saṃyuge | durmukhaḥ kṛtavarmā ca kṛpaḥ śalyo viśāṃpatiḥ

rushed with his troops upon the Pandava host in battle. Durmukha, Kritavarman, Kripa and Shalya, lord of men,

Verse 48 (6.48.48)

भीष्मं जुगुपुरासाद्य तव पुत्रेण नोदिताः । दृष्ट्वा तु पार्थिवैः सर्वैर्दुर्योधनपुरोगमैः ॥

bhīṣmaṃ jugupurāsādya tava putreṇa noditāḥ | dṛṣṭvā tu pārthivaiḥ sarvairduryodhanapurogamaiḥ

came up and guarded Bhishma, urged on by your son. But seeing, at the hands of all the kings led by Duryodhana,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 143–144.

Verse 49 (6.48.49)

पाण्डवानामनीकानि वध्यमानानि संयुगे । श्वेतो गाङ्गेयमुत्सृज्य तव पुत्रस्य वाहिनीम् ॥

pāṇḍavānāmanīkāni vadhyamānāni saṃyuge | śveto gāṅgeyamutsṛjya tava putrasya vāhinīm

the divisions of the Pandavas being slaughtered in battle, Shveta left the son of Ganga and, upon your son's host,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 145–146.

Verse 50 (6.48.50)

नाशयामास वेगेन वायुर्वृक्षानिवौजसा । द्रावयित्वा चमूं राजन्वैराटिः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः ॥

nāśayāmāsa vegena vāyurvṛkṣānivaujasā | drāvayitvā camūṃ rājanvairāṭiḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ

fell with speed and destroyed it, as the wind with its might destroys trees. Having routed the army, O king, Virata's son, beside himself with rage,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 147–148.

Verse 51 (6.48.51)

आपतत्सहसा भूयो यत्र भीष्मो व्यवस्थितः । तौ तत्रोपगतौ राजञ्शरदीप्तौ महाबलौ ॥

āpatatsahasā bhūyo yatra bhīṣmo vyavasthitaḥ | tau tatropagatau rājañśaradīptau mahābalau

swept back at once to where Bhishma stood. There the two mighty ones met, O king, blazing with arrows,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 149–150.

Verse 52 (6.48.52)

अयुध्येतां महात्मानौ यथोभौ वृत्रवासवौ । अन्योन्यं तु महाराज परस्परवधैषिणौ ॥

ayudhyetāṃ mahātmānau yathobhau vṛtravāsavau | anyonyaṃ tu mahārāja parasparavadhaiṣiṇau

and those great-souled ones fought as Vritra and Vasava once fought. Each, O great king, seeking the other's death,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 151–152.

Verse 53 (6.48.53)

निगृह्य कार्मुकं श्वेतो भीष्मं विव्याध सप्तभिः । पराक्रमं ततस्तस्य पराक्रम्य पराक्रमी ॥

nigṛhya kārmukaṃ śveto bhīṣmaṃ vivyādha saptabhiḥ | parākramaṃ tatastasya parākramya parākramī

Shveta drew his bow and pierced Bhishma with seven arrows. Then the valiant Bhishma, putting forth his own prowess, swiftly checked his prowess,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 153–154.

Verse 54 (6.48.54)

तरसा वारयामास मत्तो मत्तमिव द्विपम् । श्वेतः शान्तनवं भूयः शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥

tarasā vārayāmāsa matto mattamiva dvipam | śvetaḥ śāntanavaṃ bhūyaḥ śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ

as one maddened elephant checks another. Again Shveta pierced the son of Shantanu with straight-jointed arrows,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 155–156.

Verse 55 (6.48.55)

विव्याध पञ्चविंशत्या तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् । तं प्रत्यविध्यद्दशभिर्भीष्मः शान्तनवस्तदा ॥

vivyādha pañcaviṃśatyā tadadbhutamivābhavat | taṃ pratyavidhyaddaśabhirbhīṣmaḥ śāntanavastadā

twenty-five of them; it seemed a marvel. Bhishma, the son of Shantanu, then pierced him back with ten.

Verse 56 (6.48.56)

स विद्धस्तेन बलवान्नाकम्पत यथाऽचलः । वैराटिः समरे क्रुद्धो भृशमायम्य कार्मुकम् ॥

sa viddhastena balavānnākampata yathā'calaḥ | vairāṭiḥ samare kruddho bhṛśamāyamya kārmukam

Pierced by him, the mighty Shveta did not tremble, like a mountain. Virata's son, enraged in battle, drawing his bow far back,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 159–160.

Verse 57 (6.48.57)

आजघान ततो भीष्मं श्वेतः क्षत्रियनन्दनः । संप्रहस्य ततः श्वेतः सृक्किणी परिसंलिहन् ॥

ājaghāna tato bhīṣmaṃ śvetaḥ kṣatriyanandanaḥ | saṃprahasya tataḥ śvetaḥ sṛkkiṇī parisaṃlihan

then struck Bhishma, Shveta, the joy of the Kshatriyas. Then Shveta, laughing aloud and licking the corners of his mouth,

Verse 58 (6.48.58)

धनुश्चिच्छेद भीष्मस्य नवभिर्दशधा शरैः । संधाय विशिखं चैव शरं लोमप्रवाहिनम् ॥

dhanuściccheda bhīṣmasya navabhirdaśadhā śaraiḥ | saṃdhāya viśikhaṃ caiva śaraṃ lomapravāhinam

cut Bhishma's bow into ten pieces with nine arrows. And fitting a feathered arrow to his bow,

Verse 59 (6.48.59)

उन्ममाथ ततस्तालं ध्वजशीर्षं महात्मनः । केतुं निपतितं दृष्ट्वा भीष्मस्य तनयास्तव ॥

unmamātha tatastālaṃ dhvajaśīrṣaṃ mahātmanaḥ | ketuṃ nipatitaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīṣmasya tanayāstava

he struck down the palm-tree crest of the great-souled one's standard. Seeing the standard fallen, your sons

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 165–166.

Verse 60 (6.48.60)

हतं भीष्मममन्यन्त श्वेतस्य वशमागतम् । पाण्डवाश्चापि संहृष्टा दध्मुः शङ्खान्मुदा युताः ॥

hataṃ bhīṣmamamanyanta śvetasya vaśamāgatam | pāṇḍavāścāpi saṃhṛṣṭā dadhmuḥ śaṅkhānmudā yutāḥ

thought Bhishma slain, fallen into Shveta's power. And the Pandavas, overjoyed, blew their conches in delight,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 167–168.

Verse 61 (6.48.61)

भीष्मस्य पतितं केतुं दृष्ट्वा तालं महात्मनः । ततो दुर्योधनः क्रोधात्स्वमनीकमनोदयत् ॥

bhīṣmasya patitaṃ ketuṃ dṛṣṭvā tālaṃ mahātmanaḥ | tato duryodhanaḥ krodhātsvamanīkamanodayat

seeing the palm-tree standard of great-souled Bhishma fallen. Then Duryodhana in his wrath urged on his own army:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 169–170.

दुर्योधन उवाच · Duryodhana said

Verse 62 (6.48.62)

यत्ता भीष्मं परीप्सध्वं रक्षमाणाः समंततः । मा नः प्रपश्यमानानां श्वेतान्मृत्युमवाप्स्यति ॥

yattā bhīṣmaṃ parīpsadhvaṃ rakṣamāṇāḥ samaṃtataḥ | mā naḥ prapaśyamānānāṃ śvetānmṛtyumavāpsyati

"Be on your guard and strive to save Bhishma, protecting him on every side. Let him not meet his death at Shveta's hands while we stand looking on,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 171–172. Speaker: Duryodhana's order to his army, which fills the whole verse after "ततो दुर्योधनः क्रोधात्स्वमनीकमनोदयत्" (Wikisource verse 60) without a printed heading; it runs on into the first line of Wikisource verse 62, which stays with Sanjaya. यत्ता (appendix yatnād) kept as Wikisource's reading.

सञ्जय उवाच · Sanjaya said

Verse 63 (6.48.63)

भीष्मः शान्तनवः शूरस्तथा सत्यं ब्रवीमि वः । राज्ञस्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा त्वरमाणा महारथाः ॥

bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavaḥ śūrastathā satyaṃ bravīmi vaḥ | rājñastu vacanaṃ śrutvā tvaramāṇā mahārathāḥ

Bhishma, the heroic son of Shantanu; I tell you this truly." Hearing the king's words, the great chariot-warriors in haste

Verse 64 (6.48.64)

बलेन चतुरङ्गेण गाङ्गेयमन्वपालयन् । बाह्लीकः कृतवर्मा च शलः शल्यश्च भारत ॥

balena caturaṅgeṇa gāṅgeyamanvapālayan | bāhlīkaḥ kṛtavarmā ca śalaḥ śalyaśca bhārata

protected the son of Ganga with a fourfold force: Bahlika, Kritavarman, Shala and Shalya, O Bharata,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 175–176. Corrected गाङ्गेयप्रन्वपालयन् → गाङ्गेयमन्वपालयन् (misprint in Wikisource; प्र for म; the appendix reads gāṅgeyam anvapālayan).

Verse 65 (6.48.65)

जलसन्धो विकर्णश्च चित्रसेनो विविंशतिः । त्वरमाणास्त्वराकाले परिवार्य समंततः ॥

jalasandho vikarṇaśca citraseno viviṃśatiḥ | tvaramāṇāstvarākāle parivārya samaṃtataḥ

Jalasandha, Vikarna, Chitrasena and Vivimshati. Making haste when haste was needed, they surrounded him on every side

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 177–178.

Verse 66 (6.48.66)

शस्त्रवृष्टिं सुतुमुलां श्वेतस्योपर्यपातयन् । तान्क्रुद्धो निशितैर्बाणैस्त्वरमाणो महारथः ॥

śastravṛṣṭiṃ sutumulāṃ śvetasyoparyapātayan | tānkruddho niśitairbāṇaistvaramāṇo mahārathaḥ

and let fall a most tumultuous shower of weapons upon Shveta. The great chariot-warrior, enraged, quickly, with sharp arrows,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 179–180.

Verse 67 (6.48.67)

अवारयदमेयात्मा दर्शयन्पाणिलाघवम् । स निवार्य तु तान्सर्वान्केसरी कुञ्जराविव ॥

avārayadameyātmā darśayanpāṇilāghavam | sa nivārya tu tānsarvānkesarī kuñjarāviva

held them back, that man of immeasurable spirit, showing the lightness of his hand. Having held them all back as a lion holds back elephants,

Verse 68 (6.48.68)

महता शरवर्षेण भीष्मस्य धनुराच्छिनत् । ततोऽन्यद्धनुरादाय भीष्मः शान्तनवो युधि ॥

mahatā śaravarṣeṇa bhīṣmasya dhanurācchinat | tato'nyaddhanurādāya bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavo yudhi

he cut Bhishma's bow with a great shower of arrows. Then Bhishma, the son of Shantanu, took up another bow in the battle

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 183–184.

Verse 69 (6.48.69)

श्वेतं विव्याध राजेन्द्र कङ्कपत्रैः शितैः शरैः । ततः सेनापतिः क्रुद्धो भीष्मं बहुभिरायसैः ॥

śvetaṃ vivyādha rājendra kaṅkapatraiḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ | tataḥ senāpatiḥ kruddho bhīṣmaṃ bahubhirāyasaiḥ

and pierced Shveta, O lord of kings, with sharp arrows fletched with heron feathers. Then the commander, enraged, pierced Bhishma with many iron shafts

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 185–186.

Verse 70 (6.48.70)

विव्याध समरे राजन्सर्वलोकस्य पश्यतः । ततः प्रव्यथितो राजा भीष्मं दृष्ट्वा निवारितम् ॥

vivyādha samare rājansarvalokasya paśyataḥ | tataḥ pravyathito rājā bhīṣmaṃ dṛṣṭvā nivāritam

in battle, O king, while the whole world looked on. Then the king was greatly troubled, seeing Bhishma held back,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 187–188.

Verse 71 (6.48.71)

प्रवीरं सर्वलोकस्य श्वेतेन युधि वै तदा । निष्ठानकश्च सुमहांस्तव सैन्यस्य चाभवत् ॥

pravīraṃ sarvalokasya śvetena yudhi vai tadā | niṣṭhānakaśca sumahāṃstava sainyasya cābhavat

the foremost hero of all the world, by Shveta in battle; and a great wail of dismay went up from your army.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 189–190.

Verse 72 (6.48.72)

तं वीरं वारितं दृष्ट्वा श्वेतेन शरविक्षतम् । हतं श्वेतेन मन्यन्ते श्वेतस्य वशमागतम् ॥

taṃ vīraṃ vāritaṃ dṛṣṭvā śvetena śaravikṣatam | hataṃ śvetena manyante śvetasya vaśamāgatam

Seeing that hero held back by Shveta and wounded by his arrows, they thought him slain by Shveta, fallen into Shveta's power.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 191–192.

Verse 73 (6.48.73)

ततः क्रोधवशं प्राप्तः पिता देवव्रतस्तव । ध्वजमुन्मथितं दृष्ट्वा तां च सेनां निवारिताम् ॥

tataḥ krodhavaśaṃ prāptaḥ pitā devavratastava | dhvajamunmathitaṃ dṛṣṭvā tāṃ ca senāṃ nivāritām

Then your father Devavrata, overcome by anger, seeing his standard struck down and that army held back,

Verse 74 (6.48.74)

श्वेतं प्रति महाराज व्यसृजत्सायकान्बहून् । तानावार्य रणे श्वेतो भीष्मस्य रथिनां वरः ॥

śvetaṃ prati mahārāja vyasṛjatsāyakānbahūn | tānāvārya raṇe śveto bhīṣmasya rathināṃ varaḥ

loosed many arrows at Shveta, O great king. Warding them off in battle, Shveta, best of chariot-warriors,

Verse 75 (6.48.75)

धनुश्चिच्छेद भल्लेन पुनरेव पितुस्तव । उत्सृज्य कार्मुकं राजन्गाङ्गेयः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः ॥

dhanuściccheda bhallena punareva pitustava | utsṛjya kārmukaṃ rājangāṅgeyaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ

once more cut your father Bhishma's bow with a broad-headed arrow. Throwing that bow aside, O king, the son of Ganga, beside himself with rage,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 197–198.

Verse 76 (6.48.76)

अन्यत्कार्मुकमादाय विपुलं बलवत्तरम् । तत्र संधाय विपुलान्भल्लान्सप्त शिलाशितान् ॥

anyatkārmukamādāya vipulaṃ balavattaram | tatra saṃdhāya vipulānbhallānsapta śilāśitān

took up another bow, larger and stronger, and fitting to it seven large broad-headed arrows whetted on stone,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 199–200.

Verse 77 (6.48.77)

चतुर्भिश्च जघानाश्वाञ्श्वेतस्य पृतनापतेः । ध्वजं द्वाभ्यां तु चिच्छेद सप्तमेन च सारथेः ॥

caturbhiśca jaghānāśvāñśvetasya pṛtanāpateḥ | dhvajaṃ dvābhyāṃ tu ciccheda saptamena ca sāratheḥ

with four he slew the horses of Shveta, the commander of the army; with two he cut down his standard, and with the seventh

Verse 78 (6.48.78)

शिरश्चिच्छेद भल्लेन संक्रुद्धोऽलघुविक्रमः । हताश्वसूतात्स रथादवप्लुत्य महाबलः ॥

śiraściccheda bhallena saṃkruddho'laghuvikramaḥ | hatāśvasūtātsa rathādavaplutya mahābalaḥ

that warrior of no slight prowess, in his fury, cut off his charioteer's head with a broad-headed arrow. From the chariot whose horses and driver were slain the mighty Shveta leapt down,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 203–204. Corrected हताश्वसूतात्सु रथाद → हताश्वसूतात्स रथाद (misprint in Wikisource; सु for स; the appendix reads hatāśvasūtāt sa rathād).

Verse 79 (6.48.79)

अमर्षवशमापन्नो व्याकुलः समपद्यत । विरथं रथिनां श्रेष्ठं श्वेतं दृष्ट्वा पितामहः ॥

amarṣavaśamāpanno vyākulaḥ samapadyata | virathaṃ rathināṃ śreṣṭhaṃ śvetaṃ dṛṣṭvā pitāmahaḥ

overcome by indignation and shaken. Seeing Shveta, best of chariot-warriors, deprived of his chariot, the grandsire

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 205–206.

Verse 80 (6.48.80)

ताडयामास निशितैः शरसङ्घैः समंततः । स ताड्यमानः समरे भीष्मचापच्युतैः शरैः ॥

tāḍayāmāsa niśitaiḥ śarasaṅghaiḥ samaṃtataḥ | sa tāḍyamānaḥ samare bhīṣmacāpacyutaiḥ śaraiḥ

struck him on every side with volleys of sharp arrows. Struck in battle by the arrows loosed from Bhishma's bow,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 207–208.

Verse 81 (6.48.81)

स्वरथे धनुरुत्सृज्य शक्तिं जग्राह काञ्चनीम् । ततः शक्तिं रणे श्वेतो जग्राहोग्रं महाभयाम् ॥

svarathe dhanurutsṛjya śaktiṃ jagrāha kāñcanīm | tataḥ śaktiṃ raṇe śveto jagrāhograṃ mahābhayām

Shveta laid his bow down on his chariot and took up a golden spear. Then Shveta fiercely grasped in battle that most dreadful spear,

Verse 82 (6.48.82)

कालदण्डोपमां घोरां मृत्योर्जिह्वामेव श्वसन् । अब्रवीच्च तदा श्वेतो भीष्मं शान्तनवं रणे ॥

kāladaṇḍopamāṃ ghorāṃ mṛtyorjihvāmeva śvasan | abravīcca tadā śveto bhīṣmaṃ śāntanavaṃ raṇe

terrible, like the rod of Time, like the very tongue of Death, breathing hard as he did so. And then Shveta said to Bhishma, the son of Shantanu, in the battle:

Verse 83 (6.48.83)

तिष्ठेदानीं सुसंरब्धः पश्य मां पुरुषो भव । एवमुक्त्वा महेष्वासो भीष्मं युधि पराक्रमी ॥

tiṣṭhedānīṃ susaṃrabdhaḥ paśya māṃ puruṣo bhava | evamuktvā maheṣvāso bhīṣmaṃ yudhi parākramī

"Stand now, in all your fury; look at me, and be a man!" Having said this to Bhishma in the battle, the valiant great archer

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 213–214.

Verse 84 (6.48.84)

ततः शक्तिममेयात्मा चिक्षेप भुजगोपमाम् । पाण्डवार्थे पराक्रान्तस्तवानर्थं चिकीर्षुकः ॥

tataḥ śaktimameyātmā cikṣepa bhujagopamām | pāṇḍavārthe parākrāntastavānarthaṃ cikīrṣukaḥ

of immeasurable spirit then hurled the serpent-like spear, exerting himself for the Pandavas and bent on doing you harm.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 215–216.

Verse 85 (6.48.85)

हाहाकारो महानासीत्पुत्राणां ते विशांपते । दृष्ट्वा शक्तिं महाघोरां मृत्योर्दण्डसमप्रभाम् ॥

hāhākāro mahānāsītputrāṇāṃ te viśāṃpate | dṛṣṭvā śaktiṃ mahāghorāṃ mṛtyordaṇḍasamaprabhām

A great cry of dismay rose from your sons, O lord of the people, when they saw that most dreadful spear, bright as the rod of Death,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 217–218.

Verse 86 (6.48.86)

श्वेतस्य करनिर्मुक्तां निर्मुक्तोरगसन्निभाम् । अपतत्सहसा राजन्महोल्केव नभस्तलात् ॥

śvetasya karanirmuktāṃ nirmuktoragasannibhām | apatatsahasā rājanmaholkeva nabhastalāt

loosed from Shveta's hand like a serpent that has cast its slough. It fell swiftly, O king, like a great meteor from the sky,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 219–220.

Verse 87 (6.48.87)

ज्वलन्तीमन्तरिक्षे तां ज्वालाभिरिव संवृताम् । असंभ्रान्तस्तदा राजन्पिता देवव्रतस्तव ॥

jvalantīmantarikṣe tāṃ jvālābhiriva saṃvṛtām | asaṃbhrāntastadā rājanpitā devavratastava

blazing in the air as though wreathed in flames. Undismayed then, O king, your father Devavrata,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 221–222.

Verse 88 (6.48.88)

अष्टभिर्नवभिर्भीष्मः शक्तिं चिच्छेद पत्रिभिः । उत्कृष्टहेमविकृतां निकृतां निशितैः शरैः ॥

aṣṭabhirnavabhirbhīṣmaḥ śaktiṃ ciccheda patribhiḥ | utkṛṣṭahemavikṛtāṃ nikṛtāṃ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Bhishma, cut the spear apart with eight or nine feathered arrows; that spear of finest wrought gold was brought down by his sharp arrows.

Verse 89 (6.48.89)

उच्चुक्रुशुस्ततः सर्वे तावका भरतर्षभ । शक्तिं विनिहतां दृष्ट्वा वैराटिः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः ॥

uccukruśustataḥ sarve tāvakā bharatarṣabha | śaktiṃ vinihatāṃ dṛṣṭvā vairāṭiḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ

Then all your men shouted aloud, O bull of the Bharatas. Seeing his spear destroyed, Virata's son, beside himself with rage,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 225–226.

Verse 90 (6.48.90)

कालोपहतचेतास्तु कर्तव्यं नाभ्यजानत । क्रोधसंमूर्च्छितो राजन्वैराटिः प्रहसन्निव ॥

kālopahatacetāstu kartavyaṃ nābhyajānata | krodhasaṃmūrcchito rājanvairāṭiḥ prahasanniva

his mind struck by Time, did not know what to do. Overwhelmed by anger, O king, Virata's son, as though laughing,

Verse 91 (6.48.91)

गदां जग्राह संहृष्टो भीष्मस्य निधनं प्रति । क्रोधेन रक्तनयनो दण्डपाणिरिवान्तकः ॥

gadāṃ jagrāha saṃhṛṣṭo bhīṣmasya nidhanaṃ prati | krodhena raktanayano daṇḍapāṇirivāntakaḥ

joyfully seized a mace to bring about Bhishma's death. His eyes red with anger, like Death himself with his rod in hand,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 229–230.

Verse 92 (6.48.92)

भीष्मं समभिदुद्राव जलौघ इव पर्वतम् । तस्य वेगमसंवार्यं मत्वा भीष्मः प्रतापवान् ॥

bhīṣmaṃ samabhidudrāva jalaugha iva parvatam | tasya vegamasaṃvāryaṃ matvā bhīṣmaḥ pratāpavān

he rushed at Bhishma as a flood rushes at a mountain. Judging his onset impossible to withstand, the mighty Bhishma,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 231–232. Corrected समिदुद्राव → समभिदुद्राव (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped syllable (the pada is one syllable short); the appendix reads samabhidudrāva).

Verse 93 (6.48.93)

प्रहारविप्रमोक्षार्थं सहसा धरणींगतः । श्वेतः क्रोधसमाविष्टो भ्रामयित्वा तु तां गदाम् ॥

prahāravipramokṣārthaṃ sahasā dharaṇīṃgataḥ | śvetaḥ krodhasamāviṣṭo bhrāmayitvā tu tāṃ gadām

to escape the blow, quickly went down to the ground. Shveta, filled with fury, whirled that mace

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 233–234.

Verse 94 (6.48.94)

रथे भीष्मस्य चिक्षेप यथा देवो धनेश्वरः । तया भीष्मनिपातिन्या स रथो भस्मसात्कृतः ॥

rathe bhīṣmasya cikṣepa yathā devo dhaneśvaraḥ | tayā bhīṣmanipātinyā sa ratho bhasmasātkṛtaḥ

and hurled it at Bhishma's chariot, like the god who is lord of riches. By that mace, meant to bring Bhishma down, the chariot was reduced to ashes,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 235–236.

Verse 95 (6.48.95)

सध्वजः सह सूतेन साश्वः सयुगबन्धुरः । विरथं रथिनां श्रेष्ठं भीष्मं दृष्ट्वा रथोत्तमाः ॥

sadhvajaḥ saha sūtena sāśvaḥ sayugabandhuraḥ | virathaṃ rathināṃ śreṣṭhaṃ bhīṣmaṃ dṛṣṭvā rathottamāḥ

with its standard and its driver, its horses, its yoke and its frame. Seeing Bhishma, best of chariot-warriors, without a chariot, the finest chariot-warriors,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 237–238. Corrected रथोत्तमकाः → रथोत्तमाः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क (the pada is one syllable too long); the appendix reads rathottamāḥ).

Verse 96 (6.48.96)

अभ्यधावन्त सहिताः शल्यप्रभृतयो रथाः । ततोऽन्यं रथमास्थाय धनुर्विस्फार्य दुर्मनाः ॥

abhyadhāvanta sahitāḥ śalyaprabhṛtayo rathāḥ | tato'nyaṃ rathamāsthāya dhanurvisphārya durmanāḥ

Shalya and the others, rushed up together. Then, mounting another chariot and twanging his bow, though troubled at heart,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 239–240.

Verse 97 (6.48.97)

शनकैरभ्यायाच्छ्वेतं गाङ्गेयः प्रहसन्निव । एतस्मिन्नन्तरे भीष्मः शुश्राव विपुलां गिरम् ॥

śanakairabhyāyācchvetaṃ gāṅgeyaḥ prahasanniva | etasminnantare bhīṣmaḥ śuśrāva vipulāṃ giram

the son of Ganga advanced slowly upon Shveta, as though smiling. Meanwhile Bhishma heard a mighty voice,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 241–242.

Verse 98 (6.48.98)

आकाशादीरितां दिव्यामात्मनो हितसंभवाम् । भीष्मभीष्म महाबाहो शीघ्रं यत्नं कुरुष्व वै ॥

ākāśādīritāṃ divyāmātmano hitasaṃbhavām | bhīṣmabhīṣma mahābāho śīghraṃ yatnaṃ kuruṣva vai

divine, spoken from the sky, and meant for his own good: "Bhishma, Bhishma, mighty-armed one, make haste and exert yourself!

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 243–244.

Verse 99 (6.48.99)

एष ह्यस्य जये कालो निर्दिष्टो विश्वयोनिना । एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु वचनं देवदूतेन भाषितम् ॥

eṣa hyasya jaye kālo nirdiṣṭo viśvayoninā | etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ devadūtena bhāṣitam

This is the time appointed by the Creator of the universe for victory over him." Hearing these words spoken by the messenger of the gods,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 245–246.

Verse 100 (6.48.100)

संप्रहृष्टमना भूत्वा वधे तस्य मनो दधे । विरथं रथिनां श्रेष्ठं श्वेतं दृष्ट्वा पदातिनम् ॥

saṃprahṛṣṭamanā bhūtvā vadhe tasya mano dadhe | virathaṃ rathināṃ śreṣṭhaṃ śvetaṃ dṛṣṭvā padātinam

Bhishma rejoiced in his heart and set his mind on Shveta's death. Seeing Shveta, best of chariot-warriors, deprived of his chariot and on foot,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 247–248.

Verse 101 (6.48.101)

सहितास्त्वभ्यवर्तन्त परीप्सन्तो महारथाः । सात्यकिर्भीमसेनश्च धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पार्षतः ॥

sahitāstvabhyavartanta parīpsanto mahārathāḥ | sātyakirbhīmasenaśca dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca pārṣataḥ

the great chariot-warriors came on together, seeking to rescue him: Satyaki, Bhimasena, and Dhrishtadyumna, son of Prishata,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 249–250.

Verse 102 (6.48.102)

कैकेयो धृष्टकेतुश्च अभिमन्युश्च वीर्यवान् । एतानापततः सर्वान्द्रोणशल्यकृपैः सह ॥

kaikeyo dhṛṣṭaketuśca abhimanyuśca vīryavān | etānāpatataḥ sarvāndroṇaśalyakṛpaiḥ saha

the Kaikeya prince, Dhrishtaketu and valiant Abhimanyu. As they all came on, he, together with Drona, Shalya and Kripa,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 251–252.

Verse 103 (6.48.103)

अवारयदमेयात्मा वारिवेगानिवाचलः । स निरुद्धेषु सर्वेषु पाण्डवेषु महात्मसु ॥

avārayadameyātmā vārivegānivācalaḥ | sa niruddheṣu sarveṣu pāṇḍaveṣu mahātmasu

held them back, that man of immeasurable spirit, as a mountain holds back the rush of the waters. When all the great-souled Pandavas had been checked,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 253–254.

Verse 104 (6.48.104)

श्वेतः खड्गमथाकृष्य भीष्मस्य धनुराच्छिनत् । तदपास्य धनुश्छिन्नं त्वरमाणः पितामहः ॥

śvetaḥ khaḍgamathākṛṣya bhīṣmasya dhanurācchinat | tadapāsya dhanuśchinnaṃ tvaramāṇaḥ pitāmahaḥ

Shveta drew his sword and cut through Bhishma's bow. Throwing aside the broken bow, the grandsire in haste,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 255–256. Corrected खङ्गम → खड्गम (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग; the appendix reads khaḍgam). Corrected धनुराच्छिनात् → धनुराच्छिनत् (misprint in Wikisource; ā for a in the imperfect; the appendix reads ācchinat).

Verse 105 (6.48.105)

देवदूतवचः श्रुत्वा वधे तस्य मनो दधे । ततः प्रचरमाणस्तु पिता देवव्रतस्तव ॥

devadūtavacaḥ śrutvā vadhe tasya mano dadhe | tataḥ pracaramāṇastu pitā devavratastava

having heard the words of the gods' messenger, set his mind on Shveta's death. Then your father Devavrata, ranging over the field,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 257–258.

Verse 106 (6.48.106)

अन्यत्कार्मुकमादाय त्वरमाणो महारथः । क्षणेन सज्यमकरोच्छक्रचापसमप्रभम् ॥

anyatkārmukamādāya tvaramāṇo mahārathaḥ | kṣaṇena sajyamakarocchakracāpasamaprabham

took up another bow, that great chariot-warrior, in haste, and in a moment strung it, a bow as bright as Indra's rainbow.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 259–260.

Verse 107 (6.48.107)

पिता ते भरतश्रेष्ठ श्वेतं दृष्ट्वा महारथैः । वृतं तं मनुजव्याघ्रैर्भीमसेनपुरोगमैः ॥

pitā te bharataśreṣṭha śvetaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahārathaiḥ | vṛtaṃ taṃ manujavyāghrairbhīmasenapurogamaiḥ

Your father, O best of the Bharatas, seeing Shveta surrounded by great chariot-warriors, tigers among men led by Bhimasena,

Verse 108 (6.48.108)

अभ्यवर्तत गाङ्गेयः श्वेतं सेनापतिं द्रुतम् । आपतन्तं ततो भीष्मो भीमसेनं प्रतापवान् ॥

abhyavartata gāṅgeyaḥ śvetaṃ senāpatiṃ drutam | āpatantaṃ tato bhīṣmo bhīmasenaṃ pratāpavān

the son of Ganga, bore down swiftly upon Shveta, the commander. Then mighty Bhishma, as Bhimasena came at him,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 263–264.

Verse 109 (6.48.109)

आजघ्ने विशिखैः षष्ट्या सेनान्यं स महारथः । अभिमन्युं च समरे पिता देवव्रतस्तव ॥

ājaghne viśikhaiḥ ṣaṣṭyā senānyaṃ sa mahārathaḥ | abhimanyuṃ ca samare pitā devavratastava

that great chariot-warrior, struck that leader of hosts with sixty arrows. And Abhimanyu in the battle your father Devavrata,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 265–266.

Verse 110 (6.48.110)

आजघ्ने भरतश्रेष्ठस्त्रिभिः सन्नतपर्वभिः । सात्यकिं च शतेनाजौ भरतानां पितामहः ॥

ājaghne bharataśreṣṭhastribhiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ | sātyakiṃ ca śatenājau bharatānāṃ pitāmahaḥ

best of the Bharatas, struck with three straight-jointed arrows; and Satyaki in the fight with a hundred, did the grandsire of the Bharatas,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 267–268.

Verse 111 (6.48.111)

धृष्टद्युम्नं च विंशत्या कैकेयं चापि पञ्चभिः । तांश्च सर्वान्महेष्वासान्पिता देवव्रतस्तव ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca viṃśatyā kaikeyaṃ cāpi pañcabhiḥ | tāṃśca sarvānmaheṣvāsānpitā devavratastava

Dhrishtadyumna with twenty and the Kaikeya with five. And holding back all those great archers with dreadful arrows, your father Devavrata

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 269–270.

Verse 112 (6.48.112)

वारयित्वा शरैर्घोरैः श्वेतमेवाभिदुद्रुवे । ततः शरं मृत्युसमं भारसाधनमुत्तमम् ॥

vārayitvā śarairghoraiḥ śvetamevābhidudruve | tataḥ śaraṃ mṛtyusamaṃ bhārasādhanamuttamam

rushed at Shveta alone. Then the mighty Bhishma took an arrow like Death itself, a superb shaft able to do its heavy work,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 271–272.

Verse 113 (6.48.113)

विकृष्य बलवान्भीष्मः समाधत्त दुरासदम् । ब्रह्मास्त्रेण सुसंयुक्तं तं शरं लोमवाहिनम् ॥

vikṛṣya balavānbhīṣmaḥ samādhatta durāsadam | brahmāstreṇa susaṃyuktaṃ taṃ śaraṃ lomavāhinam

drew the bow and fitted that irresistible arrow to it. That feathered arrow, charged with the Brahma weapon,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 273–274.

Verse 114 (6.48.114)

ददृशुर्देवगन्धर्वाः पिशाचोरगराक्षसाः । स तस्य कवचं भित्त्वा हृदयं चामितौजसः ॥

dadṛśurdevagandharvāḥ piśācoragarākṣasāḥ | sa tasya kavacaṃ bhittvā hṛdayaṃ cāmitaujasaḥ

was seen by the gods and Gandharvas, the Pishachas, serpents and Rakshasas. Piercing the armour and the heart of that hero of boundless energy,

Verse 115 (6.48.115)

जगाम धरणीं बाणो महाशनिरिव ज्वलन् । अस्तं गच्छन्यथाऽऽदित्यः प्रभामादाय सत्वरः ॥

jagāma dharaṇīṃ bāṇo mahāśaniriva jvalan | astaṃ gacchanyathā''dityaḥ prabhāmādāya satvaraḥ

the arrow went into the earth, blazing like a great thunderbolt. As the setting sun swiftly takes its light away with it,

Verse 116 (6.48.116)

एवं जीवितमादाय श्वेतदेहाज्जगाम ह । तं भीष्मेण नरव्याघ्रं तथा विनिहतं युधि ॥

evaṃ jīvitamādāya śvetadehājjagāma ha | taṃ bhīṣmeṇa naravyāghraṃ tathā vinihataṃ yudhi

so it took his life and went out of Shveta's body. That tiger among men, thus slain by Bhishma in battle,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 279–280. Corrected श्वेतदेहाञ्जगाम → श्वेतदेहाज्जगाम (misprint in Wikisource; wrong sandhi ञ्ज for ज्ज (-āt + j-); the appendix reads śvetadehāj jagāma).

Verse 117 (6.48.117)

प्रपतन्तमपश्याम गिरेः शृङ्गमिव च्युतम् । अशोचन्पाण्डवास्तत्र क्षत्रियाश्च महारथाः ॥

prapatantamapaśyāma gireḥ śṛṅgamiva cyutam | aśocanpāṇḍavāstatra kṣatriyāśca mahārathāḥ

we saw falling like a peak broken from a mountain. The Pandavas grieved there, and so did the Kshatriya great chariot-warriors,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 281–282.

Verse 118 (6.48.118)

प्रहृष्टाश्च सुतास्तुभ्यं कुरवश्चापि सर्वशः । ततो दुःशासनो राजञ्श्वेतं दृष्ट्वा निपातितम् ॥

prahṛṣṭāśca sutāstubhyaṃ kuravaścāpi sarvaśaḥ | tato duḥśāsano rājañśvetaṃ dṛṣṭvā nipātitam

while your sons and all the Kurus rejoiced. Then, O king, Duhshasana, seeing Shveta struck down,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 283–284.

Verse 119 (6.48.119)

वादित्रनिनदैर्घोरैर्नृत्यति स्म समंततः । तस्मिन्हते महेष्वासे भीष्मेणाहवशोभिना ॥

vāditraninadairghorairnṛtyati sma samaṃtataḥ | tasminhate maheṣvāse bhīṣmeṇāhavaśobhinā

danced about on every side to the fearsome din of the instruments. When that great archer had been slain by Bhishma, the glory of the battlefield,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 285–286.

Verse 120 (6.48.120)

प्रावेपन्त महेष्वासाः शिखण्डिप्रमुखा रथाः । ततो धनंजयो राजन्वार्ष्णेयश्चापि सर्वशः ॥

prāvepanta maheṣvāsāḥ śikhaṇḍipramukhā rathāḥ | tato dhanaṃjayo rājanvārṣṇeyaścāpi sarvaśaḥ

the great archers, the chariot-warriors led by Shikhandin, trembled. Then Dhananjaya, O king, and the Vrishni hero Krishna too

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 287–288.

Verse 121 (6.48.121)

अवहारं शनैश्चक्रुर्निहते वाहिनीपतौ । ततोऽवहारः सैन्यानां तव तेषां च भारत ॥

avahāraṃ śanaiścakrurnihate vāhinīpatau | tato'vahāraḥ sainyānāṃ tava teṣāṃ ca bhārata

slowly withdrew the troops for the night, now that the army's commander had fallen. Then the armies withdrew, yours and theirs, O Bharata,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 289–290.

Verse 122 (6.48.122)

तावकानां परेषां च नर्दतां च मुहुर्मुहुः । पार्था विमनसो भूत्वा न्यवर्तन्त महारथाः । चिन्तयन्तो वधं घोरं द्वैरथेन परंतपाः ॥

tāvakānāṃ pareṣāṃ ca nardatāṃ ca muhurmuhuḥ | pārthā vimanaso bhūtvā nyavartanta mahārathāḥ | cintayanto vadhaṃ ghoraṃ dvairathena paraṃtapāḥ

your men and the enemy roaring again and again. The sons of Pritha, great chariot-warriors and scorchers of foes, turned back dejected, brooding on that dreadful death in single combat.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 6.45.43), lines 291–293. Three-line verse as on the page. न्यवर्तन्त (appendix nyaviśanta) kept as Wikisource's reading. The appendix continues (line 294 on) with Dhritarashtra's next question, which opens the following adhyaya on the page.

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