Yudhishthira's Despair and the Krauncha Array

Verse 1 (6.50.1)

कृतेऽवहारे सैन्यानां प्रथमे भरतर्षभ । भीष्मे च युद्धसंरब्धे हृष्टे दुर्योधने तथा ॥

kṛte'vahāre sainyānāṃ prathame bharatarṣabha | bhīṣme ca yuddhasaṃrabdhe hṛṣṭe duryodhane tathā

When the troops had been withdrawn at the end of the first day, O bull of the Bharatas, with Bhishma roused to fury in the fight and Duryodhana rejoicing,

Note on the text: युद्धसंरब्धे (CE yudhi saṃrabdhe) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 2 (6.50.2)

धर्मराजस्ततस्तूर्णमभिगम्य जनार्दनम् । भ्रातृभिः सहितः सर्वैः सर्वैश्चैव जनेश्वरैः ॥

dharmarājastatastūrṇamabhigamya janārdanam | bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaḥ sarvaiḥ sarvaiścaiva janeśvaraiḥ

the king of dharma quickly went to Janardana, together with all his brothers and all the lords of men.

Verse 3 (6.50.3)

शुचा परमया युक्तश्चिन्तयानः पराजयम् । वार्ष्णेयमब्रवीद्राजन्दृष्ट्वा भीष्मस्य विक्रमम् ॥

śucā paramayā yuktaścintayānaḥ parājayam | vārṣṇeyamabravīdrājandṛṣṭvā bhīṣmasya vikramam

Overcome by the deepest grief and brooding on his defeat, he spoke to the Vrishni, O king, having seen Bhishma's prowess:

Note on the text: Corrected अब्रवीद्रजान् → अब्रवीद्राजन् (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped vowel sign and a misplaced one, the critical edition reads abravīd rājan).

Verse 4 (6.50.4)

कृष्ण पश्य महेष्वासं भीष्मं भीमपराक्रमम् । शरैर्दहन्तं सैन्यं मे ग्रीष्मे कक्षमिवानलम् ॥

kṛṣṇa paśya maheṣvāsaṃ bhīṣmaṃ bhīmaparākramam | śarairdahantaṃ sainyaṃ me grīṣme kakṣamivānalam

"Krishna, look at the great bowman Bhishma, terrible in prowess, burning up my army with his arrows as fire burns dry brush in summer.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Yudhishthira: verses 4–24 are wholly his words to Krishna, introduced in verse 3; the page prints no heading and the input carried सञ्जय over. The critical edition's star passage *0153 (one line, after 6.46.4) is not on the page.

Verse 5 (6.50.5)

कथमेनं महात्मानं शक्ष्यामः प्रतिवीक्षितुम् । लेलिह्यमानं सैन्यं मे हविष्मन्तमिवानलम् ॥

kathamenaṃ mahātmānaṃ śakṣyāmaḥ prativīkṣitum | lelihyamānaṃ sainyaṃ me haviṣmantamivānalam

How shall we even be able to look upon this great-souled man, who licks up my army as a fire licks up the oblation?

Verse 6 (6.50.6)

एतं हि पुरुषव्याघ्रं धनुष्मन्तं महाबलम् । दृष्ट्वा विप्रद्रुतं सैन्यं समरे मार्गणाहतम् ॥

etaṃ hi puruṣavyāghraṃ dhanuṣmantaṃ mahābalam | dṛṣṭvā vipradrutaṃ sainyaṃ samare mārgaṇāhatam

At the sight of this tiger among men, this mighty bowman, my army has scattered in flight, struck down by his arrows in the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected विप्रद्रुर्त → विप्रद्रुतं (misprint in Wikisource; a stray repha and a missing anusvara, the critical edition reads vipradrutaṃ). समरे (CE madīyaṃ) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 7 (6.50.7)

शक्यो जेतुं यमः क्रुद्धो वज्रपाणिश्च संयुगे । वरुणः पाशभृद्वापि कुबेरो वा गदाधरः ॥

śakyo jetuṃ yamaḥ kruddho vajrapāṇiśca saṃyuge | varuṇaḥ pāśabhṛdvāpi kubero vā gadādharaḥ

Yama in his wrath can be conquered, and the wielder of the thunderbolt in battle, and Varuna who bears the noose, or Kubera who bears the mace;

Verse 8 (6.50.8)

न तु भीष्मो महातेजाः शक्यो जेतुं महाबलः । सोऽहमेवं गते मग्नो भीष्मागाधजलेऽप्लवः ॥

na tu bhīṣmo mahātejāḥ śakyo jetuṃ mahābalaḥ | so'hamevaṃ gate magno bhīṣmāgādhajale'plavaḥ

but Bhishma, mighty and of great splendour, cannot be conquered. Things being so, I am sinking, without a boat, in the fathomless waters that are Bhishma,

Note on the text: Corrected महाजेताः → महातेजाः and ऽप्लुवे → ऽप्लवः (misprints in Wikisource; neither form is a word here, the critical edition reads mahātejāḥ and 'plavaḥ, "without a boat").

Verse 9 (6.50.9)

आत्मनो बुद्धिदौर्बल्याद्भीष्ममासाद्य केशव । वनं यास्यामि वार्ष्णेय श्रेयो मे तत्र जीवितुम् ॥

ātmano buddhidaurbalyādbhīṣmamāsādya keśava | vanaṃ yāsyāmi vārṣṇeya śreyo me tatra jīvitum

through the weakness of my own judgement, Keshava, in having come up against Bhishma. I will go to the forest, Varshneya; it is better for me to live there,

Note on the text: Corrected यात्सामि → यास्यामि (misprint in Wikisource; त for स, the critical edition reads yāsyāmi). वार्ष्णेय (CE govinda) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 10 (6.50.10)

न त्वेतान्पृथिवीपालान्दातुं भीष्माय मृत्यवे । क्षपयिष्यति सेनां मे कृष्ण भीष्मो महास्त्रवित् ॥

na tvetānpṛthivīpālāndātuṃ bhīṣmāya mṛtyave | kṣapayiṣyati senāṃ me kṛṣṇa bhīṣmo mahāstravit

rather than hand these protectors of the earth over to Bhishma, who is death to them. Bhishma, master of great weapons, will destroy my army, Krishna.

Verse 11 (6.50.11)

यथाऽनलं प्रज्वलितं पतङ्गाः समभिद्रुताः । विनाशायोपगच्छन्ति तथा मे सैनिको जनः ॥

yathā'nalaṃ prajvalitaṃ pataṅgāḥ samabhidrutāḥ | vināśāyopagacchanti tathā me sainiko janaḥ

As moths rush into a blazing fire and go to their destruction, so do my soldiers go.

Note on the text: Corrected सनिको → सैनिको (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped vowel sign, the critical edition reads sainiko). विनाशायोपगच्छन्ति (CE vināśāyaiva gacchanti) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 12 (6.50.12)

क्षयं नीतोऽस्मि वार्ष्णेय राज्यहेतोः पराक्रमी । भ्रातरश्चैव मे वीराः कर्शिताः शरपीडिताः ॥

kṣayaṃ nīto'smi vārṣṇeya rājyahetoḥ parākramī | bhrātaraścaiva me vīrāḥ karśitāḥ śarapīḍitāḥ

I have been brought to ruin, Varshneya, for all my striving for the sake of a kingdom; and my heroic brothers are worn down and tormented by arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected भ्रातश्चैव → भ्रातरश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara, the critical edition reads bhrātaraś caiva).

Verse 13 (6.50.13)

मत्कृते भ्रातृहार्देन राज्याद्भ्रष्टास्तथा सुखात् । जीवितं बहुमन्येऽहं जीवितं ह्यद्य दुर्लभम् ॥

matkṛte bhrātṛhārdena rājyādbhraṣṭāstathā sukhāt | jīvitaṃ bahumanye'haṃ jīvitaṃ hyadya durlabham

For my sake, out of love for their brother, they were driven from their kingdom and from happiness. I now value life highly, for today life is hard to keep.

Note on the text: भ्रातृहार्देन (CE bhrātṛsauhārdād) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 14 (6.50.14)

जीवितस्य च शेषेण तपस्तप्स्यामि दुश्चरम् । न घातयिष्यामि रणे मित्राणीमानि केशव ॥

jīvitasya ca śeṣeṇa tapastapsyāmi duścaram | na ghātayiṣyāmi raṇe mitrāṇīmāni keśava

With what is left of my life I will practise hard austerities; I will not have these friends of mine killed in battle, Keshava.

Verse 15 (6.50.15)

रथान्मे बहुसाहस्रान्दिव्यैरस्त्रैर्महाबलः । घातयत्यनिशं भीष्मः प्रवराणां प्रहारिणाम् ॥

rathānme bahusāhasrāndivyairastrairmahābalaḥ | ghātayatyaniśaṃ bhīṣmaḥ pravarāṇāṃ prahāriṇām

With his celestial weapons mighty Bhishma is ceaselessly killing my chariot-warriors by the many thousand, the best of fighters.

Verse 16 (6.50.16)

किं नु कृत्वा हितं मे स्याद्ब्रूहि माधव माचिरम् । मध्यस्थमिव पश्यामि समरे सव्यसाचिनम् ॥

kiṃ nu kṛtvā hitaṃ me syādbrūhi mādhava māciram | madhyasthamiva paśyāmi samare savyasācinam

What can I do that would be for my good? Tell me, Madhava, without delay. Savyasachin I see standing in the battle as though he were neutral.

Verse 17 (6.50.17)

एको भीमः परं शक्त्या युध्यत्येव महाभुजः । केवलं बाहुवीर्येण क्षत्रधर्ममनुस्मरन् ॥

eko bhīmaḥ paraṃ śaktyā yudhyatyeva mahābhujaḥ | kevalaṃ bāhuvīryeṇa kṣatradharmamanusmaran

Bhima alone, the mighty-armed, fights with all his strength, by the strength of his arms only, mindful of the warrior's duty.

Verse 18 (6.50.18)

गदया वीरघातिन्या यथोत्साहं महामनाः । करोत्यसुकरं कर्म रथाश्वनरपङ्क्तिषु ॥

gadayā vīraghātinyā yathotsāhaṃ mahāmanāḥ | karotyasukaraṃ karma rathāśvanarapaṅktiṣu

With his hero-slaying mace the great-hearted one does, with all his zeal, deeds hard to do among the ranks of chariots, horses and men.

Note on the text: रथाश्वनरपङ्क्तिषु (CE gajāśvarathapattiṣu) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 19 (6.50.19)

नालमेष क्षयं कर्तुं परसैन्यस्य मारिष । आर्जवेनैव युद्धेन वीर वर्षशतैरपि ॥

nālameṣa kṣayaṃ kartuṃ parasainyasya māriṣa | ārjavenaiva yuddhena vīra varṣaśatairapi

But he cannot destroy the enemy's army by straightforward fighting alone, dear friend, not in a hundred years, hero.

Verse 20 (6.50.20)

एकोऽस्त्रवित्सखा तेऽयं सोऽप्यस्मान्समुपेक्षते । निर्दह्यमानान्भीष्मेण द्रोणेन च महात्मना ॥

eko'stravitsakhā te'yaṃ so'pyasmānsamupekṣate | nirdahyamānānbhīṣmeṇa droṇena ca mahātmanā

This friend of yours is the one master of weapons, and even he looks on while we are burned up by Bhishma and by the great-souled Drona.

Verse 21 (6.50.21)

दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि भीष्मस्य द्रोणस्य च महात्मनः । धक्ष्यन्ति क्षत्रियान्सर्वान्प्रयुक्तानि पुनः पुनः ॥

divyānyastrāṇi bhīṣmasya droṇasya ca mahātmanaḥ | dhakṣyanti kṣatriyānsarvānprayuktāni punaḥ punaḥ

The celestial weapons of Bhishma and of great-souled Drona, used again and again, will burn up all the kshatriyas.

Verse 22 (6.50.22)

कृष्ण भीष्मः सुसंरब्धः सहितः सर्वपार्थिवैः । क्षपयिष्यति नो नूनं यादृशोऽस्य पराक्रमः ॥

kṛṣṇa bhīṣmaḥ susaṃrabdhaḥ sahitaḥ sarvapārthivaiḥ | kṣapayiṣyati no nūnaṃ yādṛśo'sya parākramaḥ

Krishna, Bhishma in his fury, together with all the kings, will surely destroy us, such is his prowess.

Verse 23 (6.50.23)

स त्वं पश्य महाभाग योगेश्वर महारथम् । भीष्मं यः शमयेत्संख्ये दावाग्निं जलदो यथा ॥

sa tvaṃ paśya mahābhāga yogeśvara mahāratham | bhīṣmaṃ yaḥ śamayetsaṃkhye dāvāgniṃ jalado yathā

So look, O blessed one, lord of yoga, for a great chariot-warrior who could quench Bhishma in battle as a rain cloud quenches a forest fire.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads महाभाग … महारथम् and line 2 भीष्मं यः शमयेत् where the critical edition has maheṣvāsaṃ … mahāratham / yo bhīṣmaṃ śamayet; kept as recension variants.

Verse 24 (6.50.24)

तव प्रसादाद्गोविन्द पाण्डवा निहतद्विषः । स्वराज्यमनुसंप्राप्ता मोदिष्यन्ते सबान्धवाः ॥

tava prasādādgovinda pāṇḍavā nihatadviṣaḥ | svarājyamanusaṃprāptā modiṣyante sabāndhavāḥ

By your grace, Govinda, the Pandavas, their enemies slain, will regain their own kingdom and rejoice with their kin."

Verse 25 (6.50.25)

एवमुक्त्वा ततः पार्थो ध्यायन्नास्ते महामनाः । चिरमन्तर्मना भूत्वा शोकोपहतचेतनः ॥

evamuktvā tataḥ pārtho dhyāyannāste mahāmanāḥ | ciramantarmanā bhūtvā śokopahatacetanaḥ

Having said this, the great-hearted Partha sat a long while lost in thought, withdrawn into himself, his mind stricken with grief.

Note on the text: Corrected ध्यान्नास्ते → ध्यायन्नास्ते (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara, the critical edition reads dhyāyann āste). Speaker returns to Sanjaya: narration.

Verse 26 (6.50.26)

शोकार्तं तमथो ज्ञात्वा दुःखोपहतचेतसम् । अब्रवीत्तत्र गोविन्दो हर्षयन्सर्वपाण्डवान् ॥

śokārtaṃ tamatho jñātvā duḥkhopahatacetasam | abravīttatra govindo harṣayansarvapāṇḍavān

Seeing him overcome by grief, his mind stricken with sorrow, Govinda spoke there, cheering all the Pandavas:

Note on the text: Line 1 (शोकार्तं तमथो ज्ञात्वा दुःखोपहतचेतसम्) differs from the critical edition (śokārtaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ jñātvā duḥkhena hatacetasam); kept as a recension variant.

Verse 27 (6.50.27)

माशुचो भरतश्रेष्ठ न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि । यस्य ते भ्रातरः शूराः सर्वलोकेषु धन्विनः ॥

māśuco bharataśreṣṭha na tvaṃ śocitumarhasi | yasya te bhrātaraḥ śūrāḥ sarvalokeṣu dhanvinaḥ

"Do not grieve, best of the Bharatas; you should not grieve, you whose brothers are heroes and bowmen famed in all the worlds.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Vasudeva (Krishna): verses 27–30 are wholly his reply, introduced in verse 26; the page prints no heading and the input carried सञ्जय over. Corrected भरतश्रेष्ट → भरतश्रेष्ठ (misprint in Wikisource; ट for ठ) and removed a stray क after धन्विनः (typing slip; the critical edition reads bharataśreṣṭha, dhanvinaḥ).

Verse 28 (6.50.28)

अहं च प्रियकृद्राजन्सात्यकिश्च महायशाः । विराटद्रुपदौ चेमौ धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पार्षतः ॥

ahaṃ ca priyakṛdrājansātyakiśca mahāyaśāḥ | virāṭadrupadau cemau dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca pārṣataḥ

I too am devoted to your good, O king, and so is Satyaki of great renown, and these two, Virata and Drupada, and Dhrishtadyumna, son of Prishata.

Note on the text: महायशाः and चेमौ (CE mahārathaḥ, vṛddhau) kept as recension variants.

Verse 29 (6.50.29)

तथैव सबलाश्चेमे राजानो राजसत्तम । त्वत्प्रसादं प्रतीक्षन्ते त्वद्भक्ताश्च विशांपते ॥

tathaiva sabalāśceme rājāno rājasattama | tvatprasādaṃ pratīkṣante tvadbhaktāśca viśāṃpate

And likewise these kings with their armies, best of kings, devoted to you, await your favour, lord of the people.

Verse 30 (6.50.30)

एष ते पार्षतो नित्यं हितकामः प्रिये रतः । सैनापत्यमनुप्राप्तो धृष्टद्युम्नो महाबलः ॥

eṣa te pārṣato nityaṃ hitakāmaḥ priye rataḥ | saināpatyamanuprāpto dhṛṣṭadyumno mahābalaḥ

Here is Prishata's grandson, ever wishing you well and intent on your pleasure, mighty Dhrishtadyumna, who has taken command of the army;

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.46.30ab and cd; its third line (30ef) is the first line of Wikisource verse 31. सैनापत्यम् for CE senāpatyam (both valid forms).

Verse 31 (6.50.31)

शिखण्डी च महाबाहो भीष्मस्य निधनं किल । एतच्छ्रुत्वा ततो धर्मो धृष्टद्युम्नं महारथम् । अब्रवीत्समितौ तस्यां वासुदेवस्य शृण्वतः ॥

śikhaṇḍī ca mahābāho bhīṣmasya nidhanaṃ kila | etacchrutvā tato dharmo dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ mahāratham | abravītsamitau tasyāṃ vāsudevasya śṛṇvataḥ

"and Shikhandin, mighty-armed one, is surely Bhishma's death." Hearing this, Dharma's son then spoke to the great chariot-warrior Dhrishtadyumna in that assembly, while Vasudeva listened:

Note on the text: Corrected श्रृण्वतः → शृण्वतः (misprint in Wikisource; श्रृ for शृ). Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.46.30ef and ends Krishna's speech; lines 2–3 are 6.46.31 (धर्मो for rājā), Sanjaya's narration. The page prints no heading inside the verse, so it is kept whole and given to the narrator. The critical edition's star passage *0154 (two lines in which Krishna urges Yudhishthira to appoint Dhrishtadyumna, after 6.46.30) is not on the page.

Verse 32 (6.50.32)

धृष्टद्युम्न निबोधेदं यत्त्वां वक्ष्यामि मारिष । नातिक्रम्यं भवेत्तच्च वचनं मम भाषितम् ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumna nibodhedaṃ yattvāṃ vakṣyāmi māriṣa | nātikramyaṃ bhavettacca vacanaṃ mama bhāṣitam

"Dhrishtadyumna, hear what I shall say to you, dear friend; the words I speak are not to be set aside.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Yudhishthira: verses 32–35 are wholly his charge to Dhrishtadyumna, introduced in verse 31; the page prints no heading and the input carried सञ्जय over.

Verse 33 (6.50.33)

भवान्सेनापतिर्मह्यं वासुदेवेन संमितः । कार्तिकेयो यथा नित्यं देवानामभवत्पुरा ॥

bhavānsenāpatirmahyaṃ vāsudevena saṃmitaḥ | kārtikeyo yathā nityaṃ devānāmabhavatpurā

You, approved by Vasudeva, are my commander. As Karttikeya was ever the commander of the gods in days of old,

Note on the text: संमितः (CE saṃmataḥ) kept as a variant. The critical edition's 6.46.33ab and cd; its third line (33ef) is the first line of Wikisource verse 34.

Verse 34 (6.50.34)

तथा त्वमपि पाण्डूनां सेनानीः पुरुषर्षभ । स त्वं पुरुषशार्दूल विक्रम्य जहि कौरवान् ॥

tathā tvamapi pāṇḍūnāṃ senānīḥ puruṣarṣabha | sa tvaṃ puruṣaśārdūla vikramya jahi kauravān

so you too are the leader of the Pandavas' army, bull among men. So, tiger among men, show your valour and slay the Kauravas.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.46.33ef; line 2 is 6.46.34ab.

Verse 35 (6.50.35)

अहं च तेऽनुयास्यामि भीमः कृष्णश्च मारिष । माद्रीपुत्रौ च सहितौ द्रौपदेयाश्च दंशिताः ॥

ahaṃ ca te'nuyāsyāmi bhīmaḥ kṛṣṇaśca māriṣa | mādrīputrau ca sahitau draupadeyāśca daṃśitāḥ

I shall follow you, dear friend, and so will Bhima and Krishna, and the two sons of Madri together, and the sons of Draupadi in their armour,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.46.34cd (तेऽनुयास्यामि for tvānuyāsyāmi); line 2 is 6.46.35ab.

Verse 36 (6.50.36)

ये चान्ये पृथिवीपालाः प्रधानाः पुरुषर्षभ । तत उद्धर्षयन्सर्वान्धृष्टद्युम्नोऽभ्यभाषत ॥

ye cānye pṛthivīpālāḥ pradhānāḥ puruṣarṣabha | tata uddharṣayansarvāndhṛṣṭadyumno'bhyabhāṣata

"and the other leading kings of the earth, bull among men." Then Dhrishtadyumna, cheering them all, spoke:

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.46.35cd and ends Yudhishthira's speech; line 2 is 6.46.36ab, Sanjaya's narration. The page prints no heading inside the verse, so it is kept whole and given to the narrator. The critical edition's star passage *0155 (eight lines on Dhrishtadyumna's consecration as commander by Dhaumya, after 6.46.35) is not on the page.

Verse 37 (6.50.37)

अहं द्रोणान्तकः पार्थ विहितः शम्भुना पुरा । रणे भीष्मं कृपं द्रोणं तथा शल्यं जयद्रथम् ॥

ahaṃ droṇāntakaḥ pārtha vihitaḥ śambhunā purā | raṇe bhīṣmaṃ kṛpaṃ droṇaṃ tathā śalyaṃ jayadratham

"I was ordained long ago by Shambhu to be the slayer of Drona, Partha. In battle today I shall fight against Bhishma, Kripa, Drona, Shalya and Jayadratha,

Note on the text: Speaker set to Dhrishtadyumna: the verse is wholly his reply, introduced in verse 36; the page prints no heading and the input carried सञ्जय over. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.46.36cd; line 2 is 6.46.37ab (कृपं द्रोणं तथा for tathā droṇaṃ kṛpaṃ, the same five names).

Verse 38 (6.50.38)

सर्वानद्य रणे दृप्तान्प्रतियोत्स्यामि पार्थिव । अथोत्क्रुष्टं महेष्वासैः पाण्डवैर्युद्धदुर्मदैः ॥

sarvānadya raṇe dṛptānpratiyotsyāmi pārthiva | athotkruṣṭaṃ maheṣvāsaiḥ pāṇḍavairyuddhadurmadaiḥ

"against all of them, proud as they are, I shall fight today, O king." Then a great shout went up from the Pandava bowmen, fierce in battle,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.46.37cd and ends Dhrishtadyumna's speech; line 2 is 6.46.38ab, Sanjaya's narration. The page prints no heading inside the verse, so it is kept whole and given to the narrator. The critical edition's star passage *0156 (one line, after 6.46.38ab) is not on the page.

Verse 39 (6.50.39)

समुद्यते पार्थिवेन्द्रे पार्षते शत्रुसूदने । तमब्रवीत्ततः पार्थः पार्षतं पृतनापतिम् ॥

samudyate pārthivendre pārṣate śatrusūdane | tamabravīttataḥ pārthaḥ pārṣataṃ pṛtanāpatim

as Prishata's grandson, the destroyer of foes, rose up, a lord among kings. Then Partha said to Prishata's grandson, the commander of the army:

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.46.38cd; line 2 is 6.46.39ab. The Partha who speaks is Yudhishthira (the नृदेव of verse 42).

Verse 40 (6.50.40)

व्यूहः क्रौञ्चारुणो नाम सर्वशत्रुनिबर्हणः । यं बृहस्पतिरिन्द्राय तदा देवासुरेऽब्रवीत् ॥

vyūhaḥ krauñcāruṇo nāma sarvaśatrunibarhaṇaḥ | yaṃ bṛhaspatirindrāya tadā devāsure'bravīt

"There is an array called Krauncharuna, destroyer of all enemies, which Brihaspati once described to Indra in the war of the gods and the demons.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Yudhishthira: verses 40–41 are wholly his instruction, introduced in verse 39; the page prints no heading and the input carried सञ्जय over. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.46.39cd; line 2 is 6.46.40ab.

Verse 41 (6.50.41)

तं यथावत्प्रतिव्यूहं परानीकविनाशनम् । अदृष्टपूर्वं राजानः पश्यन्तु कुरुभिः सह ॥

taṃ yathāvatprativyūhaṃ parānīkavināśanam | adṛṣṭapūrvaṃ rājānaḥ paśyantu kurubhiḥ saha

Draw up that counter-array in due form, the destroyer of hostile hosts; let the kings, together with the Kurus, see what they have never seen before."

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.46.40cd and ef (प्रतिव्यूहं for prativyūha).

Verse 42 (6.50.42)

यथोक्तः स नृदेवेन विष्णुर्वज्रभृता यथा । प्रभाते सर्वसैन्यानामग्रे चक्रे धनञ्जयम् ॥

yathoktaḥ sa nṛdevena viṣṇurvajrabhṛtā yathā | prabhāte sarvasainyānāmagre cakre dhanañjayam

Told this by the god among men, as Vishnu was by the wielder of the thunderbolt, he placed Dhananjaya at the forefront of all the troops at daybreak.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads यथोक्तः … विष्णुर्वज्रभृता यथा where the critical edition has tathoktaḥ … viṣṇur vajrabhṛtā iva; kept as a recension variant. Speaker returns to Sanjaya: narration.

Verse 43 (6.50.43)

आदित्यपथगः केतुस्तस्याद्भुतमनोरमः । शासनात्पुरुहूतस्य निर्मितो विश्वकर्मणा ॥

ādityapathagaḥ ketustasyādbhutamanoramaḥ | śāsanātpuruhūtasya nirmito viśvakarmaṇā

His banner, wondrous and lovely, coursing along the path of the sun, had been made by Vishvakarman at the command of Indra.

Verse 44 (6.50.44)

इन्द्रायुधसवर्णाभिः पताकाभिरलङ्कृतः । आकाशग इवाकाशे गन्धर्वनगरोपमः ॥

indrāyudhasavarṇābhiḥ patākābhiralaṅkṛtaḥ | ākāśaga ivākāśe gandharvanagaropamaḥ

Adorned with pennons coloured like the rainbow, it moved through the sky like a bird and looked like a city of the gandharvas.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.46.43ab and cd; its third line (43ef) is the first line of Wikisource verse 45.

Verse 45 (6.50.45)

नृत्यमान इवाभाति रथचर्यासु मारिष । तेन रत्नवता पार्थः स च गाण्डीवधन्वना ॥

nṛtyamāna ivābhāti rathacaryāsu māriṣa | tena ratnavatā pārthaḥ sa ca gāṇḍīvadhanvanā

It seemed to dance as the chariot moved along its tracks, dear friend. With that jewelled banner Partha, and the banner with the wielder of Gandiva,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.46.43ef; line 2 is 6.46.44ab.

Verse 46 (6.50.46)

बभूव परमोपेतः सुमेरुरिव भानुना । शिरोऽभूद्द्रुपदो राजा महत्या सेनया वृतः ॥

babhūva paramopetaḥ sumeruriva bhānunā | śiro'bhūddrupado rājā mahatyā senayā vṛtaḥ

were both supremely graced, like Sumeru with the sun. King Drupada, surrounded by a great army, was the head of the array;

Note on the text: Supplied the avagraha in शिरोऽभूद् (Wikisource शिरोभूद्; the critical edition reads śiro 'bhūd). Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.46.44cd (सुमेरुरिव for svayaṃbhūr iva, kept as a variant); line 2 is 6.46.45ab.

Verse 47 (6.50.47)

कुन्तिभोजश्च चैद्यश्च चक्षुर्भ्यां तौ जनेश्वरौ । दाशार्णकाः प्रभद्राश्च दाशेरकगणैः सह ॥

kuntibhojaśca caidyaśca cakṣurbhyāṃ tau janeśvarau | dāśārṇakāḥ prabhadrāśca dāśerakagaṇaiḥ saha

Kuntibhoja and the king of Chedi, those two lords of men, were its eyes. The Dasharnakas and the Prabhadras, with the troops of the Dasherakas,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.46.45cd (चक्षुर्भ्यां तौ जनेश्वरौ for cakṣuṣy āstāṃ janeśvara); line 2 is 6.46.46ab (प्रभद्राः for prayāgāḥ). Kept as recension variants.

Verse 48 (6.50.48)

अनूपकाः किराताश्च ग्रीवायां भरतर्षभ । पटच्चरैश्च पौण्ड्रैश्च राजन्पौरवकैस्तथा ॥

anūpakāḥ kirātāśca grīvāyāṃ bharatarṣabha | paṭaccaraiśca pauṇḍraiśca rājanpauravakaistathā

the Anupakas and the Kiratas were at the neck, O bull of the Bharatas. With the Patachcharas, the Paundras and the Pauravakas, O king,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.46.46cd (अनूपकाः for anūpagāḥ); line 2 is 6.46.47ab (पौण्ड्रैः for huṇḍaiḥ). Kept as recension variants.

Verse 49 (6.50.49)

निषादैः सहितश्चापि पृष्ठमासीद्युधिष्ठिरः । पक्षौ तु भीमसेनश्च धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पार्षतः ॥

niṣādaiḥ sahitaścāpi pṛṣṭhamāsīdyudhiṣṭhiraḥ | pakṣau tu bhīmasenaśca dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca pārṣataḥ

and with the Nishadas too, Yudhishthira was its back. Bhimasena and Dhrishtadyumna, son of Prishata, were its two wings,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.46.47cd; line 2 is 6.46.48ab.

Verse 50 (6.50.50)

द्रौपदेयाभिमन्युश्च सात्यकिश्च महारथः । पिशाचा दारदाश्चैव पुण्ड्राः कुण्डीविषैः सह ॥

draupadeyābhimanyuśca sātyakiśca mahārathaḥ | piśācā dāradāścaiva puṇḍrāḥ kuṇḍīviṣaiḥ saha

together with the sons of Draupadi, Abhimanyu, and the great chariot-warrior Satyaki. The Pishachas, the Daradas, the Pundras with the Kundivishas,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.46.48cd; line 2 is 6.46.49ab (दारदाः for daradāḥ).

Verse 51 (6.50.51)

मारुता धेनुकाश्चैव तंगणाः परतंगणाः । बाह्लिकास्तित्तिराश्चैव चोलाः पाण्ड्याश्च भारत ॥

mārutā dhenukāścaiva taṃgaṇāḥ parataṃgaṇāḥ | bāhlikāstittirāścaiva colāḥ pāṇḍyāśca bhārata

the Marutas, the Dhenukas, the Tanganas and the Paratanganas, the Bahlikas, the Tittiras, the Cholas and the Pandyas, O Bharata —

Note on the text: Corrected तंगमाः → तंगणाः (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण, the pair Tanganas and Paratanganas; the critical edition reads taṅgaṇāḥ parataṅgaṇāḥ). Line 1 is a variant of the critical edition's 6.46.49cd (मारुता धेनुकाश्चैव for maḍakā laḍakāś caiva, kept); line 2 is 6.46.50ab.

Verse 52 (6.50.52)

एते जनपदा राजन्दक्षिणं पक्षमाश्रिताः । अग्निवेशास्तु हुण्डाश्च मालवा दानभारयः ॥

ete janapadā rājandakṣiṇaṃ pakṣamāśritāḥ | agniveśāstu huṇḍāśca mālavā dānabhārayaḥ

these peoples, O king, took their place on the right wing. The Agniveshas and the Hundas, the Malavas, the Danabharis,

Note on the text: Corrected अग्निवेशास्तुद्दुण्डाश्च → अग्निवेशास्तु हुण्डाश्च (misprint in Wikisource; तुद्दुण्डाः is not a word, and the smallest fix reads तु हुण्डाः, the Hunda people named in the critical edition's 6.46.47a). Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.46.50cd; line 2 differs from its 6.46.51ab (agniveṣyā jagattuṇḍāḥ paladāśāś ca bhārata), kept as a recension variant.

Verse 53 (6.50.53)

शबरा उद्भसाश्चैव वत्साश्च सह नाकुलैः । नकुलः सहदेवश्च वामं पक्षं समाश्रिताः ॥

śabarā udbhasāścaiva vatsāśca saha nākulaiḥ | nakulaḥ sahadevaśca vāmaṃ pakṣaṃ samāśritāḥ

the Shabaras, the Udbhasas, and the Vatsas with the Nakulas — these, with Nakula and Sahadeva, held the left wing.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.46.51cd and ef (उद्भसाः for tumbupāḥ, पक्षं for pārśvaṃ); kept as recension variants.

Verse 54 (6.50.54)

रथानामयुतं पक्षौ शिरस्तु नियुतं तथा । पृष्ठमर्बुदमेवासीत्सहस्राणि च विंशतिः ॥

rathānāmayutaṃ pakṣau śirastu niyutaṃ tathā | pṛṣṭhamarbudamevāsītsahasrāṇi ca viṃśatiḥ

There were ten thousand chariots in the wings, a hundred thousand at the head, and at the back a hundred million and twenty thousand;

Note on the text: Corrected सहस्रामि → सहस्राणि (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण, the critical edition reads sahasrāṇi). The critical edition's 6.46.52ab and cd (शिरस्तु for śiraś ca).

Verse 55 (6.50.55)

ग्रीवायां नियुतं चापि सहस्राणि च सप्ततिः । पक्षकोटिप्रपक्षेषु पक्षान्तेषु च वारणाः ॥

grīvāyāṃ niyutaṃ cāpi sahasrāṇi ca saptatiḥ | pakṣakoṭiprapakṣeṣu pakṣānteṣu ca vāraṇāḥ

at the neck a hundred thousand and seventy thousand more. At the wing-tips, the outer wings and the wing-ends went elephants,

Note on the text: Corrected सहस्रामि → सहस्राणि (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण, the critical edition reads sahasrāṇi). Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.46.52ef; line 2 is 6.46.53ab.

Verse 56 (6.50.56)

जग्मुः परिवृता राजंश्चलन्त इव पर्वताः । जघनं पालयामास विराटः सह केकयैः ॥

jagmuḥ parivṛtā rājaṃścalanta iva parvatāḥ | jaghanaṃ pālayāmāsa virāṭaḥ saha kekayaiḥ

surrounded by troops, O king, like moving mountains. Virata with the Kekayas guarded the rear,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.46.53cd; line 2 is 6.46.54ab.

Verse 57 (6.50.57)

काशिराजश्च शैब्यश्च रथानामयुतैस्त्रिभिः । एवमेनं महाव्यूहं व्यूह्य भारत पाण्डवाः ॥

kāśirājaśca śaibyaśca rathānāmayutaistribhiḥ | evamenaṃ mahāvyūhaṃ vyūhya bhārata pāṇḍavāḥ

and the king of Kashi and Shaibya with thirty thousand chariots. Having drawn up this great array in this way, O Bharata, the Pandavas

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.46.54cd; line 2 is 6.46.55ab (एवमेनं for evam etaṃ).

Verse 58 (6.50.58)

सूर्योदयं त इच्छन्तः स्थिता युद्धाय दंशिताः । तेषामादित्यवर्णानि विमलानि महान्ति च । श्वेतच्छत्राण्यशोभन्त वारणेषु रथेषु च ॥

sūryodayaṃ ta icchantaḥ sthitā yuddhāya daṃśitāḥ | teṣāmādityavarṇāni vimalāni mahānti ca | śvetacchatrāṇyaśobhanta vāraṇeṣu ratheṣu ca

stood in their armour, ready for battle, waiting for the sunrise. Their white umbrellas, spotless and great, coloured like the sun, shone on the elephants and the chariots.

Note on the text: Corrected सूर्योधयं → सूर्योदयं, इच्छतः → इच्छन्तः and आदित्यवर्मानि → आदित्यवर्णानि (misprints in Wikisource; ध for द, a dropped nasal where the nominative plural is needed, and र्मा for र्णा; the critical edition reads sūryodayanam icchantaḥ, ādityavarṇāni). Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.46.55cd; lines 2–3 are 6.46.56. The critical edition's Appendix I No. 5 (printed after 6.46.55, with Dhritarashtra's questions and Sanjaya's description of both armies at sunrise) is not on the page.