Shankha's Charge and Bhishma's Rout: The First Day Ends

Verse 1 (6.49.1)

श्वेते सेनापतौ तात संग्रामे निहते परैः । किमकुर्वन्महेष्वासाः पाञ्चालाः पाण्डवैः सह ॥

śvete senāpatau tāta saṃgrāme nihate paraiḥ | kimakurvanmaheṣvāsāḥ pāñcālāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha

When Shveta, the commander, had been slain in battle by the enemy, my son, what did the great bowmen of Panchala do, together with the Pandavas?

Note on the text: Removed the page's opening bracket "(" (the page brackets verses 1–7; the closing bracket follows verse 7). Corrected संग्रमे → संग्रामे (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped vowel sign, the critical edition's appendix reads saṃgrāme). 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, within the long vulgate account of Shveta's fall), lines 294–295. There the critical edition heads Dhritarashtra's speech धृतराष्ट्र उवाच, as the page does.

Verse 2 (6.49.2)

सेनापतिं समाकर्ण्य श्वेतं युधि निपातितम् । तदर्थं यततां चापि परेषां प्रपलायिनाम् ॥

senāpatiṃ samākarṇya śvetaṃ yudhi nipātitam | tadarthaṃ yatatāṃ cāpi pareṣāṃ prapalāyinām

They heard that their commander Shveta had been struck down in battle; and the enemy strove for his sake and then fled —

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, within the long vulgate account of Shveta's fall), lines 296–297.

Verse 3 (6.49.3)

मनः प्रीणाति मे वाक्यं जयं संजय शृण्वतः । प्रत्युपायं चिन्तयन्तः सज्जनाः प्रस्रवन्ति मे ॥

manaḥ prīṇāti me vākyaṃ jayaṃ saṃjaya śṛṇvataḥ | pratyupāyaṃ cintayantaḥ sajjanāḥ prasravanti me

that account delights my mind, Sanjaya, as I hear of victory. Yet when I think of good men devising a counter-stroke, my heart melts away.

Note on the text: Corrected श्रृण्वतः → शृण्वतः and सञ्जनाः → सज्जनाः (misprints in Wikisource; श्रृ for शृ, and ञ्ज for ज्ज, the critical edition's appendix reads śṛṇvataḥ, sajjanāḥ). 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, within the long vulgate account of Shveta's fall), lines 298–299.

Verse 4 (6.49.4)

स हि वीरोऽनुरक्तश्च वृद्धः कुरुपतिस्तदा । कृतं वैरं सदा तेन पितुः पुत्रेण धीमता ॥

sa hi vīro'nuraktaśca vṛddhaḥ kurupatistadā | kṛtaṃ vairaṃ sadā tena pituḥ putreṇa dhīmatā

For he was a hero and a loyal one, and the aged lord of the Kurus was there at that time. That wise son had always been at enmity with his father.

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, within the long vulgate account of Shveta's fall), lines 300–301.

Verse 5 (6.49.5)

तस्योद्वेगभयाच्चापि संश्रितः पाण्डवान्पुरा । सर्वं बलं परित्यज्य दुर्गं संश्रित्य तिष्ठति ॥

tasyodvegabhayāccāpi saṃśritaḥ pāṇḍavānpurā | sarvaṃ balaṃ parityajya durgaṃ saṃśritya tiṣṭhati

From fear of his father's displeasure he had long ago taken refuge with the Pandavas; giving up all his forces, he lived in the shelter of a stronghold.

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, within the long vulgate account of Shveta's fall), lines 302–303.

Verse 6 (6.49.6)

पाण्डवानां प्रतापेन दुर्गं देशं निवेश्य च । सपत्नान्सततं बाधन्नार्यवृत्तिमनुष्ठितः ॥

pāṇḍavānāṃ pratāpena durgaṃ deśaṃ niveśya ca | sapatnānsatataṃ bādhannāryavṛttimanuṣṭhitaḥ

Through the might of the Pandavas he settled a fortified country, and, constantly harrying his rivals, he kept to the conduct of the noble.

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, within the long vulgate account of Shveta's fall), lines 304–305.

Verse 7 (6.49.7)

आश्चर्यं वै सदा तेषां पुरा राज्ञां सुदुर्मतिः । ततो युधिष्ठिरे भक्तः कथं सञ्जय सूदितः ॥

āścaryaṃ vai sadā teṣāṃ purā rājñāṃ sudurmatiḥ | tato yudhiṣṭhire bhaktaḥ kathaṃ sañjaya sūditaḥ

He was always a marvel to those kings of old: once most perverse, and afterwards devoted to Yudhishthira. How, Sanjaya, was he slain?

Note on the text: Removed the page's closing bracket and a doubled verse mark ("।।)"), which close the bracketed verses 1–7. 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, within the long vulgate account of Shveta's fall), lines 306–307.

Verse 8 (6.49.8)

प्रक्षिप्तः संमतः क्षुद्रः पुत्रो मे पुरुषाधमः । न युद्धं रोचयेद्भीष्मो न चाचार्यः कथंचन ॥

prakṣiptaḥ saṃmataḥ kṣudraḥ putro me puruṣādhamaḥ | na yuddhaṃ rocayedbhīṣmo na cācāryaḥ kathaṃcana

My son is rash, self-satisfied and mean, the basest of men. Bhishma would never favour war, nor the Teacher in any way,

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, within the long vulgate account of Shveta's fall), lines 308–309.

Verse 9 (6.49.9)

न कृपो न च गान्धारी नाहं सञ्जय रोचये । न वासुदेवो वार्ष्णेयो धर्मराजश्च पाण्डवः ॥

na kṛpo na ca gāndhārī nāhaṃ sañjaya rocaye | na vāsudevo vārṣṇeyo dharmarājaśca pāṇḍavaḥ

nor Kripa, nor Gandhari; nor do I favour it, Sanjaya; nor Vasudeva of the Vrishnis, nor the Pandava, the king of dharma;

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, within the long vulgate account of Shveta's fall), lines 310–311.

Verse 10 (6.49.10)

न भीमो नार्जुनश्चैव न यमौ पुरुषर्षभौ । वार्यमाणो मया नित्यं गान्धार्या विदुरेण च ॥

na bhīmo nārjunaścaiva na yamau puruṣarṣabhau | vāryamāṇo mayā nityaṃ gāndhāryā vidureṇa ca

nor Bhima, nor Arjuna, nor the twins, those bulls among men. Yet though he was ever restrained by me, by Gandhari and by Vidura,

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, within the long vulgate account of Shveta's fall), lines 312–313.

Verse 11 (6.49.11)

जामदग्न्येन रामेण व्यासेन च महात्मना । दुर्योधनो युध्यमानो नित्यमेव हि सञ्जय ॥

jāmadagnyena rāmeṇa vyāsena ca mahātmanā | duryodhano yudhyamāno nityameva hi sañjaya

by Rama, son of Jamadagni, and by the great-souled Vyasa, Duryodhana was always bent on fighting, 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, within the long vulgate account of Shveta's fall), lines 314–315.

Verse 12 (6.49.12)

कर्णस्य मतमास्थाय सौबलस्य च पापकृत् । दुःशासनस्य च तथा पाण्डवान्नान्वचिन्तयत् ॥

karṇasya matamāsthāya saubalasya ca pāpakṛt | duḥśāsanasya ca tathā pāṇḍavānnānvacintayat

Following the counsel of Karna, of Subala's son and of Duhshasana, the evildoer gave no thought to the Pandavas.

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, within the long vulgate account of Shveta's fall), lines 316–317. The appendix ends the verse pāṇḍavān anvasūyata ("resented the Pandavas") where the page has पाण्डवान्नान्वचिन्तयत्; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 13 (6.49.13)

तस्याहं व्यसनं घोरं मन्ये प्राप्तं तु सञ्जय । श्वेतस्य च विनाशेन भीष्मस्य विजयेन च ॥

tasyāhaṃ vyasanaṃ ghoraṃ manye prāptaṃ tu sañjaya | śvetasya ca vināśena bhīṣmasya vijayena ca

I think a terrible calamity has come upon him now, Sanjaya, with the death of Shveta and the victory of 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, within the long vulgate account of Shveta's fall), lines 318–319.

Verse 14 (6.49.14)

संक्रुद्धः कृष्णसहितः पार्थः किमकरोद्युधि । अर्जुनाद्धि भयं भूयस्तन्मे तात न शाम्यति ॥

saṃkruddhaḥ kṛṣṇasahitaḥ pārthaḥ kimakarodyudhi | arjunāddhi bhayaṃ bhūyastanme tāta na śāmyati

What did Partha do in the battle, enraged, with Krishna beside him? My fear of Arjuna is greater still, my son, and it does not abate.

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, within the long vulgate account of Shveta's fall), lines 320–321.

Verse 15 (6.49.15)

स हि शूरश्च कौन्तेयः क्षिप्रकारी धनंजयः । मन्ये शरैः शरीराणि शत्रूणां प्रमथिष्यति ॥

sa hi śūraśca kaunteyaḥ kṣiprakārī dhanaṃjayaḥ | manye śaraiḥ śarīrāṇi śatrūṇāṃ pramathiṣyati

For Dhananjaya, the son of Kunti, is a hero and swift to act; I think he will tear the bodies of his enemies apart with his 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, within the long vulgate account of Shveta's fall), lines 322–323.

Verse 16 (6.49.16)

ऐन्द्रिमिन्द्रानुजसमं महेन्द्रसदृशं बले । अमोघक्रोधसंकल्पं दृष्ट्वा वः किमभून्मनः ॥

aindrimindrānujasamaṃ mahendrasadṛśaṃ bale | amoghakrodhasaṃkalpaṃ dṛṣṭvā vaḥ kimabhūnmanaḥ

When you saw Indra's son, equal to Indra's younger brother, like great Indra in strength, whose wrath and resolve never fail, what came over your minds?

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, within the long vulgate account of Shveta's fall), lines 324–325.

Verse 17 (6.49.17)

तथैव वेदविच्छूरो ज्वलनार्कसमद्युतिः । इन्द्रास्त्रविदमेयात्मा प्रपतन्समितिंजयः ॥

tathaiva vedavicchūro jvalanārkasamadyutiḥ | indrāstravidameyātmā prapatansamitiṃjayaḥ

And likewise that hero learned in the Vedas, bright as fire and sun, who knows Indra's weapon, of boundless spirit, victorious in battle, charging forward,

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, within the long vulgate account of Shveta's fall), lines 326–327. The appendix reads aindrāstravid for इन्द्रास्त्रविद्; kept as a variant.

Verse 18 (6.49.18)

वज्रसंस्पर्शरूपाणामस्त्राणां च प्रयोजकः । सखड्गाक्षेपहस्तस्तु घोषं चक्रे महारथः ॥

vajrasaṃsparśarūpāṇāmastrāṇāṃ ca prayojakaḥ | sakhaḍgākṣepahastastu ghoṣaṃ cakre mahārathaḥ

who looses weapons that strike like the thunderbolt, the great chariot-warrior who, sword raised in his hand, gave a roar —

Note on the text: Corrected सखङ्गाक्षेप- → सखड्गाक्षेप- (misprint in Wikisource; खङ्ग for खड्ग, the critical edition's appendix reads khaḍgākṣepa-). 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, within the long vulgate account of Shveta's fall), lines 328–329. Its first line ends nyāsakāritā where the page has च प्रयोजकः; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 19 (6.49.19)

स सञ्जय महाप्राज्ञो द्रुपदस्यात्मजो बली । धृष्टद्युम्नः किमकरोच्छ्वेते युधि निपातिते ॥

sa sañjaya mahāprājño drupadasyātmajo balī | dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ kimakarocchvete yudhi nipātite

that wise and mighty son of Drupada, Dhrishtadyumna — what did he do, Sanjaya, when Shveta had fallen 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, within the long vulgate account of Shveta's fall), lines 330–331.

Verse 20 (6.49.20)

पुरा चैवापराधेन वधेन च चमूपतेः । मन्ये मनः प्रजज्वाल पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम् ॥

purā caivāparādhena vadhena ca camūpateḥ | manye manaḥ prajajvāla pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām

Because of the wrongs done to them before, and now the killing of their commander, I think the hearts of the great-souled Pandavas are ablaze.

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, within the long vulgate account of Shveta's fall), lines 332–333.

Verse 21 (6.49.21)

तेषां क्रोधं चिन्तयंस्तु अहःसु च निशासु च । न शान्तिमधिगच्छामि दुर्योधनकृतेन हि । कथं चाभून्महायुद्धं सर्वमाचक्ष्व सञ्जय ॥

teṣāṃ krodhaṃ cintayaṃstu ahaḥsu ca niśāsu ca | na śāntimadhigacchāmi duryodhanakṛtena hi | kathaṃ cābhūnmahāyuddhaṃ sarvamācakṣva sañjaya

Brooding on their anger by day and by night, I find no peace, all because of what Duryodhana has done. How did the great battle go? Tell me everything, Sanjaya.

Note on the text: Corrected दुर्योदन- → दुर्योधन- (misprint in Wikisource; द for ध). 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, within the long vulgate account of Shveta's fall), lines 334–335. The appendix has only two lines here (teṣāṃ krodhaṃ … / na śāntim adhigacchāmi sarvam ācakṣva saṃjaya); the page's दुर्योधनकृतेन हि and कथं चाभून्महायुद्धं are not in it.

Verse 22 (6.49.22)

शृणु राजन्स्थिरो भूत्वा तवापनयनो महान् । न च दुर्योधने दोषमिमामाधातुमर्हसि ॥

śṛṇu rājansthiro bhūtvā tavāpanayano mahān | na ca duryodhane doṣamimāmādhātumarhasi

Listen, O king, and steady yourself: the great fault is your own misguidance. You should not lay this blame on Duryodhana.

Note on the text: Corrected श्रृणु → शृणु (misprint in Wikisource; श्रृ for शृ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension): neither its text nor its apparatus for this adhyaya has verses 22–23 (its 6.58.7cd, śṛṇu rājan sthiro bhūtvā tavaivāpanayo mahān, is a similar formula in a later adhyaya, not this passage). The critical edition's appendix has the heading saṃjaya uvāca before verse 24.

Verse 23 (6.49.23)

गतोदके सेतुबन्धो यादृक्तादृङ्मतिस्तव । संदीप्ते भवने यद्वत्कूपस्य खननं तथा ॥

gatodake setubandho yādṛktādṛṅmatistava | saṃdīpte bhavane yadvatkūpasya khananaṃ tathā

Your thinking now is like building a dyke after the water has gone, or like digging a well when the house is already ablaze.

Note on the text: Corrected तादृङ्भतिः → तादृङ्मतिः (misprint in Wikisource; भ for म, मतिः "thinking" is needed). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the critical edition's text or apparatus for this adhyaya.

Verse 24 (6.49.24)

गतपूर्वाह्णभूयिष्ठे तस्मिन्नहनि दारुणे । तावकानां परेषां च पुनर्युद्धमवर्तत ॥

gatapūrvāhṇabhūyiṣṭhe tasminnahani dāruṇe | tāvakānāṃ pareṣāṃ ca punaryuddhamavartata

On that dreadful day, when the greater part of the forenoon had passed, the battle between your men and the enemy began 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, within the long vulgate account of Shveta's fall), lines 336–337.

Verse 25 (6.49.25)

श्वेतं तु निहतं दृष्ट्वा विराटस्य चमूपतिम् । कृतवर्मणा च सहितं दृष्ट्वा शल्यमवस्थितम् ॥

śvetaṃ tu nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā virāṭasya camūpatim | kṛtavarmaṇā ca sahitaṃ dṛṣṭvā śalyamavasthitam

Seeing Shveta, Virata's commander, slain, and seeing Shalya standing there with Kritavarman,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's Appendix I No. 4, line 338 (not in its constituted text, whose 6.45.43ab speaks instead of Uttara's death); line 2 is 6.45.43cd (also the appendix's line 339).

Verse 26 (6.49.26)

शङ्खः क्रोधात्प्रजज्वाल हविषा हव्यवाडिव । स विस्फार्य महच्चापं शक्रचापोपमं बली ॥

śaṅkhaḥ krodhātprajajvāla haviṣā havyavāḍiva | sa visphārya mahaccāpaṃ śakracāpopamaṃ balī

Shankha blazed with anger like fire fed with oblation. Stretching his great bow, which was like Indra's bow, the mighty warrior

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.45.43ef. Line 2 is a variant of 6.45.44ab (CE kārtasvaravibhūṣitam for शक्रचापोपमं बली; the page's reading is that of the critical edition's Appendix I No. 4, line 2, where the same line is said of Shveta).

Verse 27 (6.49.27)

अभ्यधावज्जिघांसन्वै शल्यं मद्राधिपं युधि । महता रथसङ्घेन समन्तात्परिरक्षितः ॥

abhyadhāvajjighāṃsanvai śalyaṃ madrādhipaṃ yudhi | mahatā rathasaṅghena samantātparirakṣitaḥ

rushed upon Shalya, king of the Madras, in battle, eager to kill him, guarded on every side by a great host of chariots.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.45.44cd (युधि for balī); line 2 is 6.45.45ab (रथसङ्घेन … परिरक्षितः for rathavaṃśena … parivāritaḥ); kept as recension variants.

Verse 28 (6.49.28)

सृजन्बाणमयं वर्षं प्रायाच्छल्यरथं प्रति । तमापतन्तं संप्रेक्ष्य मत्तवारणविक्रमम् ॥

sṛjanbāṇamayaṃ varṣaṃ prāyācchalyarathaṃ prati | tamāpatantaṃ saṃprekṣya mattavāraṇavikramam

Loosing a rain of arrows, he made for Shalya's chariot. Seeing him bearing down with the prowess of a rutting elephant,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.45.45cd; line 2 is 6.45.46ab.

Verse 29 (6.49.29)

तावकानां रथाः सप्त समन्तात्पर्यवारयन् । मद्रराजं परीप्सन्तो मृत्योर्दंष्ट्रान्तरं गतम् ॥

tāvakānāṃ rathāḥ sapta samantātparyavārayan | madrarājaṃ parīpsanto mṛtyordaṃṣṭrāntaraṃ gatam

seven of your chariot-warriors surrounded him on every side, seeking to save the king of the Madras, who had come between the jaws of death:

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.45.46cd and ef (with परीप्सन्तो as there).

Verse 30 (6.49.30)

बृहद्बलश्च कौसल्यो जयत्सेनश्च मागधः । तथा रुक्मरथो राजन्पुत्रः शल्यस्य मानितः ॥

bṛhadbalaśca kausalyo jayatsenaśca māgadhaḥ | tathā rukmaratho rājanputraḥ śalyasya mānitaḥ

Brihadbala of Kosala, Jayatsena of Magadha, and, O king, Shalya's honoured son Rukmaratha;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension). The same list appears in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 4, lines 9–10 (printed after 6.45.43), in the account of Shveta's charge (with śalyaputraḥ pratāpavān for पुत्रः शल्यस्य मानितः); the vulgate repeats it here for Shankha.

Verse 31 (6.49.31)

विन्दानुविन्दावावन्त्यौ काम्भोजश्च सुदक्षिणः । बृहत्क्षत्रस्य दायादः सैन्धवश्च जयद्रथः ॥

vindānuvindāvāvantyau kāmbhojaśca sudakṣiṇaḥ | bṛhatkṣatrasya dāyādaḥ saindhavaśca jayadrathaḥ

Vinda and Anuvinda of Avanti, Sudakshina of Kamboja, the heir of Brihatkshatra, and Jayadratha of Sindhu.

Note on the text: Removed a stray क after सुदक्षिणः (typing slip in Wikisource; the appendix reads sudakṣiṇaḥ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives these lines in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 4, lines 11–12, where they belong to Shveta's charge.

Verse 32 (6.49.32)

नानाधातुविचित्राणि कार्मुकाणि महात्मनाम् । विस्फारितान्यदृश्यन्त तोयदेष्विव विद्युतः ॥

nānādhātuvicitrāṇi kārmukāṇi mahātmanām | visphāritānyadṛśyanta toyadeṣviva vidyutaḥ

The bows of those great-souled warriors, bright with the colours of many minerals, were seen drawn wide, like lightning among the clouds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); a variant of its Appendix I No. 4, lines 13–14 (nānāvarṇavicitrāṇi dhanūṃṣi ca), where they belong to Shveta's charge.

Verse 33 (6.49.33)

ते तु बाणमयं वर्षं शङ्खमूर्ध्नि न्यपातयन् । निदाघान्तेऽनिलोद्धृता मेघा इव नगे जलम् ॥

te tu bāṇamayaṃ varṣaṃ śaṅkhamūrdhni nyapātayan | nidāghānte'niloddhṛtā meghā iva nage jalam

They poured a rain of arrows on Shankha's head, as clouds driven by the wind at summer's end pour water on a mountain.

Note on the text: Corrected शङ्खमूर्ध्निं → शङ्खमूर्ध्नि (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara on the locative मूर्ध्नि). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); a variant of its Appendix I No. 4, lines 15–16 (śvetamūrdhany apātayan), where the arrows fall on Shveta.

Verse 34 (6.49.34)

ततः क्रुद्धो महेष्वासः सप्तभल्लैः सुतेजनैः । धनूंषि तेषामाच्छिद्य ननर्द पृतनापतिः ॥

tataḥ kruddho maheṣvāsaḥ saptabhallaiḥ sutejanaiḥ | dhanūṃṣi teṣāmācchidya nanarda pṛtanāpatiḥ

Then the great bowman, the leader of the host, enraged, cut through their bows with seven well-whetted broad-headed arrows and roared.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); its Appendix I No. 4, lines 17–18 (mamarda for ननर्द), where the deed is Shveta's.

Verse 35 (6.49.35)

ततो भीष्मो महाबाहुर्विनद्य जलदो यथा । तालमात्रं धनुर्गृह्य शङ्खमभ्यद्रवद्रणे ॥

tato bhīṣmo mahābāhurvinadya jalado yathā | tālamātraṃ dhanurgṛhya śaṅkhamabhyadravadraṇe

Then mighty-armed Bhishma, roaring like a thundercloud, took up his bow, tall as a palm tree, and rushed at Shankha in the battle.

Verse 36 (6.49.36)

तमुद्यन्तमुदीक्ष्याथ महेष्वासं महाबलम् । संत्रस्ता पाण्डवी सेना वातवेगहतेव नौः ॥

tamudyantamudīkṣyātha maheṣvāsaṃ mahābalam | saṃtrastā pāṇḍavī senā vātavegahateva nauḥ

Seeing that great bowman of great strength coming on, the Pandava army trembled like a boat struck by a gale.

Verse 37 (6.49.37)

ततोऽर्जुनः संत्वरितः शङ्खस्यासीत्पुरःसरः । भीष्माद्रक्ष्योऽयमद्येति ततो युद्धमवर्तत ॥

tato'rjunaḥ saṃtvaritaḥ śaṅkhasyāsītpuraḥsaraḥ | bhīṣmādrakṣyo'yamadyeti tato yuddhamavartata

Then Arjuna quickly placed himself in front of Shankha, thinking, "He must be protected from Bhishma today"; and then the fight began.

Verse 38 (6.49.38)

हाहाकारो महानासीद्योधानां युधि युध्यताम् । तेजस्तेजसि संपृक्तमित्येवं विस्मयं ययुः ॥

hāhākāro mahānāsīdyodhānāṃ yudhi yudhyatām | tejastejasi saṃpṛktamityevaṃ vismayaṃ yayuḥ

A great clamour rose from the warriors fighting there. "Splendour has met splendour," they said, and were amazed.

Verse 39 (6.49.39)

अथ शल्यो गदापाणिरवतीर्य महारथात् । शङ्खस्य चतुरो वाहानहनद्भरतर्षभ ॥

atha śalyo gadāpāṇiravatīrya mahārathāt | śaṅkhasya caturo vāhānahanadbharatarṣabha

Then Shalya, mace in hand, stepped down from his great chariot and killed Shankha's four horses, O bull of the Bharatas.

Verse 40 (6.49.40)

स हताश्वाद्रथात्तूर्णं खड्गमादाय विद्रुतः । बीभत्सोश्च रथं प्राप्य पुनः शान्तिमविन्दत ॥

sa hatāśvādrathāttūrṇaṃ khaḍgamādāya vidrutaḥ | bībhatsośca rathaṃ prāpya punaḥ śāntimavindata

Shankha leapt quickly from the chariot whose horses were slain, ran with sword in hand, reached Bibhatsu's chariot, and was safe again.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गम् → खड्गम् (misprint in Wikisource; खङ्ग for खड्ग, the critical edition reads khaḍgam). Line 2 differs from the critical edition (bībhatsoḥ syandanaṃ prāpya tataḥ śāntim avindata); kept as a recension variant.

Verse 41 (6.49.41)

ततो भीष्मरथात्तूर्णमुत्पतन्ति पतत्रिणः । यैरन्तरीक्षं भूमिश्च सर्वतः समवस्तृता ॥

tato bhīṣmarathāttūrṇamutpatanti patatriṇaḥ | yairantarīkṣaṃ bhūmiśca sarvataḥ samavastṛtā

Then winged shafts flew swiftly from Bhishma's chariot, covering the sky and the earth on every side.

Verse 42 (6.49.42)

पञ्चालानथ मत्स्यांश्च केकयांश्च प्रभद्रकान् । भीष्मः प्रहरतां श्रेष्ठः पातयामास पत्रिभिः ॥

pañcālānatha matsyāṃśca kekayāṃśca prabhadrakān | bhīṣmaḥ praharatāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ pātayāmāsa patribhiḥ

With his feathered arrows Bhishma, best of fighters, struck down the Panchalas, the Matsyas, the Kekayas and the Prabhadrakas.

Verse 43 (6.49.43)

उत्सृज्य समरे राजन्पाण्डवं सव्यसाचिनम् । अभ्यद्रवत पाञ्चाल्यं द्रुपदं सेनया वृतम् ॥

utsṛjya samare rājanpāṇḍavaṃ savyasācinam | abhyadravata pāñcālyaṃ drupadaṃ senayā vṛtam

Leaving the Pandava Savyasachin in the battle, O king, he rushed at Drupada of Panchala, who was surrounded by his army —

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.45.55ab and cd (राजन् for tūrṇaṃ).

Verse 44 (6.49.44)

प्रियं संबन्धिनं राजञ्शरानवकिरन्बहून् । अग्निनेव प्रदग्धानि वनानि शिशिरात्यये ॥

priyaṃ saṃbandhinaṃ rājañśarānavakiranbahūn | agnineva pradagdhāni vanāni śiśirātyaye

his own dear kinsman — showering many arrows on him. Like forests burned by fire at the end of winter,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.45.55ef; line 2 is 6.45.56ab.

Verse 45 (6.49.45)

शरदग्धान्यदृश्यन्त सैन्यानि द्रुपदस्य ह । अत्यतिष्ठद्रणे भीष्मो विधूम इव पावकः ॥

śaradagdhānyadṛśyanta sainyāni drupadasya ha | atyatiṣṭhadraṇe bhīṣmo vidhūma iva pāvakaḥ

so Drupada's troops looked, burned by his arrows. Bhishma stood out in the battle like a smokeless fire.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.45.56cd and ef (अत्यतिष्ठद् for atiṣṭhata).

Verse 46 (6.49.46)

मध्यन्दिने यथाऽऽदित्यं तपन्तमिव तेजसा । न शेकुः पाण्डवेयस्य योधा भीष्मं निरीक्षितुम् ॥

madhyandine yathā''dityaṃ tapantamiva tejasā | na śekuḥ pāṇḍaveyasya yodhā bhīṣmaṃ nirīkṣitum

Like the sun at midday blazing with its heat, so was Bhishma: the Pandava's warriors could not look at him.

Verse 47 (6.49.47)

वीक्षांचक्रुः समंतात्ते पाण्डवा भयपीडिताः । त्रातारं नाध्यगच्छन्त गावः शीतार्दिता इव ॥

vīkṣāṃcakruḥ samaṃtātte pāṇḍavā bhayapīḍitāḥ | trātāraṃ nādhyagacchanta gāvaḥ śītārditā iva

Stricken with fear, the Pandavas looked all around them but found no protector, like cattle numbed by the cold.

Verse 48 (6.49.48)

सा तु यौधिष्ठिरी सेना गाङ्गेयशरपीडिता । सिंहेनेव विनिर्भिन्ना शुक्ला गौरिव गोपतेः ॥

sā tu yaudhiṣṭhirī senā gāṅgeyaśarapīḍitā | siṃheneva vinirbhinnā śuklā gauriva gopateḥ

Yudhishthira's army, tormented by the arrows of Ganga's son, was like a herdsman's white cow torn open by a lion.

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 6.45.58d*0152 (reading yaudhiṣṭhirī).

Verse 49 (6.49.49)

हते विप्रद्रुते सैन्ये निरुत्साहे विमर्दिते । हाहाकारो महानासीत्पाण्डुसैन्येषु भारत ॥

hate vipradrute sainye nirutsāhe vimardite | hāhākāro mahānāsītpāṇḍusainyeṣu bhārata

With the army slaughtered, scattered in flight, its spirit gone and crushed, a great cry of woe rose among the troops of Pandu, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected विप्रुद्रुते → विप्रद्रुते (misprint in Wikisource; a stray u-sign, the critical edition reads hatavipradrute). The page keeps हते as a separate word; kept.

Verse 50 (6.49.50)

ततो भीष्मः शान्तनवो नित्यं मण्डलकार्मुकः । मुमोच बाणान्दीप्ताग्रानहीनाशीविषानिव ॥

tato bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavo nityaṃ maṇḍalakārmukaḥ | mumoca bāṇāndīptāgrānahīnāśīviṣāniva

Then Bhishma, son of Shantanu, his bow ever drawn to a full circle, loosed blazing-tipped arrows like venomous serpents.

Verse 51 (6.49.51)

शरैरेकायनीकुर्वन्दिशः सर्वा यतव्रतः । जघान पाण्डवरथानादिश्यादिश्य भारत ॥

śarairekāyanīkurvandiśaḥ sarvā yatavrataḥ | jaghāna pāṇḍavarathānādiśyādiśya bhārata

Making every quarter a single lane for his arrows, the man of firm vows struck down the Pandava chariot-warriors, singling them out one by one, O Bharata.

Verse 52 (6.49.52)

ततः सैन्येषु भग्नेषु मथितेषु च सर्वशः । प्राप्ते चास्तं दिनकरे न प्राज्ञायत किंचन ॥

tataḥ sainyeṣu bhagneṣu mathiteṣu ca sarvaśaḥ | prāpte cāstaṃ dinakare na prājñāyata kiṃcana

Then, with the armies broken and crushed on every side, and the sun gone to its setting, nothing more could be made out.

Verse 53 (6.49.53)

भीष्मं च समुदीर्यन्तं दृष्ट्वा पार्था महाहवे । अवहारमकुर्वन्त सैन्यानां भरतर्षभ ॥

bhīṣmaṃ ca samudīryantaṃ dṛṣṭvā pārthā mahāhave | avahāramakurvanta sainyānāṃ bharatarṣabha

And seeing Bhishma rising to his full might in the great battle, the Parthas withdrew their troops, O bull of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: The page ends with the colophon of the 49th adhyaya and the line इति प्रथमदिवसयुद्धम् ("thus the first day's battle"); neither is a verse.