Bhima Slaughters the Kalingas

Verse 1 (6.54.1)

मम पुत्रसमादिष्टः कलिङ्गो वाहिनीपतिः । कथमद्भुतकर्माणं भीमसेनं महाबलम् ॥

mama putrasamādiṣṭaḥ kaliṅgo vāhinīpatiḥ | kathamadbhutakarmāṇaṃ bhīmasenaṃ mahābalam

Commanded by my son, how did the Kalinga, the leader of an army, take on Bhimasena, mighty in strength and wondrous in his deeds —

Note on the text: Corrected कलिङ्गोः → कलिङ्गो (misprint in Wikisource; stray visarga, the critical edition reads kaliṅgo). Matches the critical edition's 6.50.1 (मम पुत्रसमादिष्टः for tathā pratisamādiṣṭaḥ kept as a variant); Wikisource's adhyaya 54 is the critical edition's adhyaya 6.50 (the unmatched 6.49.39–40 in the alignment belong to the preceding Wikisource adhyaya). From verse 7 to verse 39, and again in verses 44–50, 52–74, 80–88 and 122–123, the page's verse divisions run half a verse out of step with the critical edition's (the page's own verse-end marks are followed); each such verse is cited by the critical-edition verse of its first line. The critical edition's star passages *0169, *0170, *0171, *0173, *0174, *0175, *0177, *0178, *0179, *0180, *0181 and *0183 in this adhyaya are not on the page and were not added.

Verse 2 (6.54.2)

चरन्तं गदया वीर दण्डहस्तमिवान्तकम् । योधयामास समरे कलिङ्गः सह सेनया ॥

carantaṃ gadayā vīra daṇḍahastamivāntakam | yodhayāmāsa samare kaliṅgaḥ saha senayā

— Bhima, ranging over the field with his mace like Death with his staff in hand? How, valiant one, did the Kalinga fight him in battle together with his army?

Verse 3 (6.54.3)

पुत्रेण तव राजेन्द्र स तथोक्तो महाबलः । महत्या सेनया गुप्तः प्रायाद्भीमरथं प्रति ॥

putreṇa tava rājendra sa tathokto mahābalaḥ | mahatyā senayā guptaḥ prāyādbhīmarathaṃ prati

O king of kings, thus addressed by your son, the mighty Kalinga, guarded by a great army, advanced towards Bhima's chariot.

Verse 4 (6.54.4)

तामापतन्तीं महतीं कलिङ्गानां महाचमूम् । रथाश्वनागकलिलां प्रगृहीतमहायुधाम् ॥

tāmāpatantīṃ mahatīṃ kaliṅgānāṃ mahācamūm | rathāśvanāgakalilāṃ pragṛhītamahāyudhām

As that great host of the Kalingas bore down, crowded with chariots, horses and elephants, its mighty weapons raised,

Verse 5 (6.54.5)

भीमसेनः कलिङ्गानामार्च्छद्भारत वाहिनीम् । केतुमन्तं च नैषादिमायान्तं सह चेदिभिः ॥

bhīmasenaḥ kaliṅgānāmārcchadbhārata vāhinīm | ketumantaṃ ca naiṣādimāyāntaṃ saha cedibhiḥ

Bhimasena, together with the Chedis, went against that Kalinga army, Bharata, and against Ketumat, the Nishada king's son, as he advanced.

Verse 6 (6.54.6)

ततः श्रुतायुः संक्रुद्धो राज्ञा केतुमता सह । आससाद रणे भीमं व्यूढानीकेषु चेदिषु ॥

tataḥ śrutāyuḥ saṃkruddho rājñā ketumatā saha | āsasāda raṇe bhīmaṃ vyūḍhānīkeṣu cediṣu

Then Shrutayus, enraged, together with King Ketumat, came up against Bhima in battle, where the Chedis stood in their arrayed divisions.

Verse 7 (6.54.7)

रथैरनेकसाहस्रैः कलिङ्गानां नराधिप । अयुतेन गजानां च निषादैः सह केतुमान् ॥

rathairanekasāhasraiḥ kaliṅgānāṃ narādhipa | ayutena gajānāṃ ca niṣādaiḥ saha ketumān

With many thousands of Kalinga chariots, lord of men, and ten thousand elephants, Ketumat with his Nishadas

Note on the text: Corrected निषादैःक → निषादैः (misprint in Wikisource; stray क). The automatic alignment missed this verse: it is the critical edition's 6.50.7ab–cd (नराधिप for janādhipaḥ); the page's division runs half a verse ahead of the critical edition's from here, so 6.50.7ef begins the next verse.

Verse 8 (6.54.8)

भीमसेनं रणे राजन्समन्तात्पर्यवारयत् । चेदिमत्स्यकरूषाश्च भीमसेनपदानुगाः ॥

bhīmasenaṃ raṇe rājansamantātparyavārayat | cedimatsyakarūṣāśca bhīmasenapadānugāḥ

surrounded Bhimasena on every side in battle, O king. The Chedis, Matsyas and Karushas, following in Bhimasena's steps,

Note on the text: Corrected भिमसेनं → भीमसेनं (misprint in Wikisource; short i for ī). The automatic alignment missed this verse: line 1 is the critical edition's 6.50.7ef; line 2 is 6.50.8ab (पदानुगाः for purogamāḥ).

Verse 9 (6.54.9)

अभ्यधावन्त समरे निषादान्सह राजभिः । ततः प्रववृते युद्धं घोररूपं भयावहम् ॥

abhyadhāvanta samare niṣādānsaha rājabhiḥ | tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ ghorarūpaṃ bhayāvaham

charged in battle at the Nishadas and their kings. Then began a battle, terrible in form and dreadful,

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Verse 10 (6.54.10)

न प्राजानन्त योधाः स्वान्परस्परजिघांसया । घोरमासीत्ततो युद्धं भीमस्य सहसा परैः ॥

na prājānanta yodhāḥ svānparasparajighāṃsayā | ghoramāsīttato yuddhaṃ bhīmasya sahasā paraiḥ

in which, eager to kill one another, the warriors could not tell their own men. Fierce was the sudden fight of Bhima with his foes,

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Verse 11 (6.54.11)

यथेन्द्रस्य महाराज महत्या दैत्यसेनया । तस्य सैन्यस्य संग्रामे युध्यमानस्य भारत ॥

yathendrasya mahārāja mahatyā daityasenayā | tasya sainyasya saṃgrāme yudhyamānasya bhārata

like Indra's, great king, with the mighty army of the Daityas. As that host fought in battle, Bharata,

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Verse 12 (6.54.12)

बभूव सुमहाञ्शब्दः सागरस्येव गर्जतः । अन्योन्यं स्म तदा योधा विकर्षन्तो विशांपते ॥

babhūva sumahāñśabdaḥ sāgarasyeva garjataḥ | anyonyaṃ sma tadā yodhā vikarṣanto viśāṃpate

a mighty roar arose, like the roar of the ocean. The warriors, dragging at one another then, lord of the people,

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Verse 13 (6.54.13)

महीं चक्रुश्चितां सर्वां शशलोहितसन्निभाम् । योधांश्च स्वान्परान्वापि नाभ्यजानञ्जिघांसया ॥

mahīṃ cakruścitāṃ sarvāṃ śaśalohitasannibhām | yodhāṃśca svānparānvāpi nābhyajānañjighāṃsayā

turned the whole earth into a heap of the slain, red as a hare's blood. In their lust to kill they knew neither their own men nor the enemy;

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Verse 14 (6.54.14)

स्वानप्याददते स्वाश्च शूराः परमदुर्जयाः । विमर्दः सुमहानासीदल्पानां बहुभिः सह ॥

svānapyādadate svāśca śūrāḥ paramadurjayāḥ | vimardaḥ sumahānāsīdalpānāṃ bahubhiḥ saha

brave men, hard to overcome, struck down even their own comrades. It was a mighty clash of the few against the many —

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Verse 15 (6.54.15)

कलिङ्गैः सह चैदीनां निषादैश्च विशांपते । कृत्वा पुरुषकारं तु यथाशक्ति महाबलाः ॥

kaliṅgaiḥ saha caidīnāṃ niṣādaiśca viśāṃpate | kṛtvā puruṣakāraṃ tu yathāśakti mahābalāḥ

of the Chedis against the Kalingas and the Nishadas, lord of the people. Having shown their manhood as far as their strength allowed, the mighty

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Verse 16 (6.54.16)

भीमसेनं परित्यज्य संन्यवर्तन्त चेदयः । सर्वैः कलिङ्गैरासन्नः सन्निवृत्तेषु चेदिषु ॥

bhīmasenaṃ parityajya saṃnyavartanta cedayaḥ | sarvaiḥ kaliṅgairāsannaḥ sannivṛtteṣu cediṣu

Chedis abandoned Bhimasena and turned back. When the Chedis had withdrawn, he was beset by all the Kalingas;

Note on the text: Corrected संन्यवर्तनक्त → संन्यवर्तन्त (misprint in Wikisource; stray क, the critical edition reads saṃnyavartanta). The automatic alignment missed this verse: line 1 is the critical edition's 6.50.15cd; line 2 is 6.50.16ab.

Verse 17 (6.54.17)

स्वबाहुबलमास्थाय अभ्यवर्षन्त पाण्डवम् । न चचाल रथोपस्थाद्भीमसेनो महाबलः ॥

svabāhubalamāsthāya abhyavarṣanta pāṇḍavam | na cacāla rathopasthādbhīmaseno mahābalaḥ

relying on the strength of their arms, they rained their weapons on the Pandava. But mighty Bhimasena did not stir from his place on the chariot;

Note on the text: Corrected स्वबाहुबलमस्थाय → स्वबाहुबलमास्थाय (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ā, the critical edition reads svabāhubalam āsthāya). The automatic alignment missed this verse: line 1 is the second line of the critical edition's star passage 6.50.9b*0165 (अभ्यवर्षन्त for abhyavartanta), not in its constituted text, which reads 6.50.16cd svabāhubalam āsthāya na nyavartata pāṇḍavaḥ in its place; line 2 is 6.50.17ab.

Verse 18 (6.54.18)

शितैरवाकिरद्बाणैः कलिङ्गानां वरूथिनीम् । कालिङ्गस्तु महेष्वासः पुत्रश्चास्य महारथः ॥

śitairavākiradbāṇaiḥ kaliṅgānāṃ varūthinīm | kāliṅgastu maheṣvāsaḥ putraścāsya mahārathaḥ

with sharp arrows he covered the Kalinga host. Then the Kalinga king, a great bowman, and his son, a great chariot-warrior

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Verse 19 (6.54.19)

शक्रदेव इति ख्यातो जघ्नतुः पाण्डवं शरैः । ततो भीमो महाबाहुर्विधुन्वन्रुचिरं धनुः ॥

śakradeva iti khyāto jaghnatuḥ pāṇḍavaṃ śaraiḥ | tato bhīmo mahābāhurvidhunvanruciraṃ dhanuḥ

named Shakradeva, both struck the Pandava with arrows. Then mighty-armed Bhima, shaking his splendid bow,

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Verse 20 (6.54.20)

योधयामास कालिङ्गं स्वबाहुबलमाश्रितः । शक्रदेवस्तु समरे विसृजन्सायकान्बहून् ॥

yodhayāmāsa kāliṅgaṃ svabāhubalamāśritaḥ | śakradevastu samare visṛjansāyakānbahūn

fought the Kalinga, relying on the strength of his own arms. Shakradeva, loosing many arrows in battle,

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Verse 21 (6.54.21)

अश्वाञ्जघान समरे भीमसेनस्य सायकैः । तं दृष्ट्वा विरथं तत्र भीमसेनमरिन्दमम् ॥

aśvāñjaghāna samare bhīmasenasya sāyakaiḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā virathaṃ tatra bhīmasenamarindamam

killed Bhimasena's horses with his shafts. Seeing Bhimasena, tamer of foes, left without a chariot there,

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Verse 22 (6.54.22)

शक्रदेवोऽभिदुद्राव शरैरवकिरञ्शितैः । भीमस्योपरि राजेन्द्र शक्रदेवो महाबलः ॥

śakradevo'bhidudrāva śarairavakirañśitaiḥ | bhīmasyopari rājendra śakradevo mahābalaḥ

Shakradeva rushed at him, showering him with sharp arrows. Upon Bhima, O king of kings, mighty Shakradeva

Note on the text: Corrected शरैरवकिरञ्सितैः → शरैरवकिरञ्शितैः (misprint in Wikisource; स for श, the sandhi ञ् and the apparatus's śitair both require "sharp"). 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 6.50.20d*0166, lines 2–3 (शितैरवकिरञ्शरैः in its word order).

Verse 23 (6.54.23)

ववर्ष शरवर्षाणि तपान्ते जलदो यथा । हताश्वे तु रथे तिष्ठन्भीमसेनो महाबलः ॥

vavarṣa śaravarṣāṇi tapānte jalado yathā | hatāśve tu rathe tiṣṭhanbhīmaseno mahābalaḥ

poured showers of arrows like a cloud at the end of the hot season. Standing on his chariot with its horses slain, mighty Bhimasena

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Verse 24 (6.54.24)

शक्रदेवाय चिक्षेप सर्वशैक्यायसीं गदाम् । स तया निहतो राजन्कालिङ्गतनयो रथात् ॥

śakradevāya cikṣepa sarvaśaikyāyasīṃ gadām | sa tayā nihato rājankāliṅgatanayo rathāt

hurled at Shakradeva a mace made wholly of Shaikya iron. Struck down by it, O king, the Kalinga's son fell from his chariot

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Verse 25 (6.54.25)

विरथः सह सूतेन जगाम धरणीतलम् । हतमात्मसुतं दृष्ट्वा कलिङ्गानां जनाधिपः ॥

virathaḥ saha sūtena jagāma dharaṇītalam | hatamātmasutaṃ dṛṣṭvā kaliṅgānāṃ janādhipaḥ

and, his chariot lost, went down to the ground together with his charioteer. Seeing his own son slain, the lord of the Kalingas

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Verse 26 (6.54.26)

रथैरनेकसाहस्रैर्भीमस्यावारयद्दिशः । अयुतेन गजानां च निषादैः परिवारितः । ततो भीमो महावेगां त्यक्त्वा गुर्वीं महागदां ॥

rathairanekasāhasrairbhīmasyāvārayaddiśaḥ | ayutena gajānāṃ ca niṣādaiḥ parivāritaḥ | tato bhīmo mahāvegāṃ tyaktvā gurvīṃ mahāgadāṃ

hemmed Bhima in on every side with many thousands of chariots, surrounded by ten thousand elephants and the Nishadas. Then Bhima, casting aside his heavy, mighty mace of tremendous force,

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Verse 27 (6.54.27)

निस्त्रिंशमाददे घोरं चिकीर्षुः कर्म दारुणम् । चर्म चाप्रतिमं राजन्नार्षभं पुरुषर्षभ ॥

nistriṃśamādade ghoraṃ cikīrṣuḥ karma dāruṇam | carma cāpratimaṃ rājannārṣabhaṃ puruṣarṣabha

took up a fearsome sword, bent on a dreadful deed, and a peerless shield of bull's hide, O king, bull among men,

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Verse 28 (6.54.28)

नक्षत्रैरर्धचन्द्रैश्च शातकुम्भमयैश्चितम् । कालिङ्गस्तु ततः क्रुद्धो धनुर्ज्यामवमृज्य च ॥

nakṣatrairardhacandraiśca śātakumbhamayaiścitam | kāliṅgastu tataḥ kruddho dhanurjyāmavamṛjya ca

studded with golden stars and half-moons. Then the Kalinga, enraged, wiping his bowstring,

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Verse 29 (6.54.29)

प्रगृह्य च शरं घोरमेकं सर्पविषोपमम् । प्राहिणोद्भीमसेनाय वधाकाङ्क्षी जनेश्वरः ॥

pragṛhya ca śaraṃ ghoramekaṃ sarpaviṣopamam | prāhiṇodbhīmasenāya vadhākāṅkṣī janeśvaraḥ

took up a single dreadful arrow like a serpent's venom and, eager to kill him, the lord of men loosed it at Bhimasena.

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Verse 30 (6.54.30)

तमापतन्तं वेगेन प्रेरितं निशितं शरम् । भीमसेनो द्विधा राजंश्चिच्छेद विपुलासिना ॥

tamāpatantaṃ vegena preritaṃ niśitaṃ śaram | bhīmaseno dvidhā rājaṃściccheda vipulāsinā

As that sharp arrow came at him, driven with force, Bhimasena cut it in two, O king, with his broad sword

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Verse 31 (6.54.31)

उदक्रोशच्च संहृष्टस्त्रासयानो वरूथिनीम् । कालिङ्गोऽथ ततः क्रुद्धो भीमसेनाय संयुगे ॥

udakrośacca saṃhṛṣṭastrāsayāno varūthinīm | kāliṅgo'tha tataḥ kruddho bhīmasenāya saṃyuge

and roared out in delight, terrifying the enemy host. Then the Kalinga, furious, at Bhimasena in that battle

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Verse 32 (6.54.32)

तोमरान्प्राहिणोच्छीघ्रं चतुर्दश शिलाशितान् । तानप्राप्तान्महाबाहुः खगतानेव पाण्डवः ॥

tomarānprāhiṇocchīghraṃ caturdaśa śilāśitān | tānaprāptānmahābāhuḥ khagatāneva pāṇḍavaḥ

swiftly hurled fourteen lances whetted on stone. Before they could reach him, while they were still in the air, the mighty-armed Pandava

Note on the text: The automatic alignment missed this verse: line 1 is the critical edition's 6.50.28cd; line 2 is 6.50.29ab.

Verse 33 (6.54.33)

चिच्छेद सहसा राजन्नसंभ्रान्तो वरासिना । निकृत्य तु रणे भीमस्तोमरान्वै चतुर्दश ॥

ciccheda sahasā rājannasaṃbhrānto varāsinā | nikṛtya tu raṇe bhīmastomarānvai caturdaśa

cut them down at once, O king, with his fine sword, unshaken. Having cut down the fourteen lances in battle, Bhima,

Note on the text: Corrected नित्यत्य → निकृत्य (misprint in Wikisource; not a word, the critical edition reads nikṛtya). The automatic alignment missed this verse: line 1 is the critical edition's 6.50.29cd; line 2 is 6.50.30ab.

Verse 34 (6.54.34)

भानुमन्तं ततो भीमः प्राद्रवत्पुरुषर्षभः । भानुमांस्तु ततो भीमं शरवर्षेण च्छादयन् ॥

bhānumantaṃ tato bhīmaḥ prādravatpuruṣarṣabhaḥ | bhānumāṃstu tato bhīmaṃ śaravarṣeṇa cchādayan

bull among men, then rushed at Bhanumat. Bhanumat, covering Bhima with a shower of arrows,

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Verse 35 (6.54.35)

ननाद बलवन्नादं नादयानो नभस्तलम् । न च तं ममृषे भीमः सिंहनादं महाहवे ॥

nanāda balavannādaṃ nādayāno nabhastalam | na ca taṃ mamṛṣe bhīmaḥ siṃhanādaṃ mahāhave

roared a mighty roar that made the sky resound. Bhima would not suffer that lion's roar in the great battle;

Note on the text: The automatic alignment missed this verse: line 1 is the critical edition's 6.50.31cd; line 2 is 6.50.32ab (न च तं … महाहवे for na taṃ sa … mahāraṇe).

Verse 36 (6.54.36)

ततः शब्देन महता विननाद महास्वनः । तेन नादेन वित्रस्ता कलिङ्गानां वरूथिनी ॥

tataḥ śabdena mahatā vinanāda mahāsvanaḥ | tena nādena vitrastā kaliṅgānāṃ varūthinī

with a great shout he roared back, loud of voice. Terrified by that roar, the Kalinga host

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Verse 37 (6.54.37)

न भीमं समरे मेने मानुषं भरतर्षभ । ततो भीमो महाबाहुर्नर्दित्वा विपुलं स्वनम् ॥

na bhīmaṃ samare mene mānuṣaṃ bharatarṣabha | tato bhīmo mahābāhurnarditvā vipulaṃ svanam

did not think Bhima a mere man in battle, bull of the Bharatas. Then mighty-armed Bhima, letting out a huge roar,

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Verse 38 (6.54.38)

सासिर्वेगवदाप्लुत्य दन्ताभ्यां वारणोत्तमम् । आरुरोह ततो मध्यं नागराजस्य मारिष ॥

sāsirvegavadāplutya dantābhyāṃ vāraṇottamam | āruroha tato madhyaṃ nāgarājasya māriṣa

sword in hand, sprang with force by way of its tusks onto the finest of elephants and climbed onto the middle of the elephant king's back, sir.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment missed this verse: line 1 is the critical edition's 6.50.34cd (वेगवदाप्लुत्य for vegād avaplutya); line 2 is 6.50.35ab.

Verse 39 (6.54.39)

ततो मुमोच कालिङ्गः शक्तिं तामकरोद्द्विधा । खड्गेन पृथुना मध्ये भानुमन्तमथाच्छिनत् ॥

tato mumoca kāliṅgaḥ śaktiṃ tāmakaroddvidhā | khaḍgena pṛthunā madhye bhānumantamathācchinat

Then the Kalinga prince hurled a spear; Bhima cut it in two, and with his broad sword he cut Bhanumat through the middle.

Note on the text: Corrected द्वीधा → द्विधा and खङ्गेन → खड्गेन (misprints in Wikisource; long ī for i, and ङ्ग for ड्ग, the critical edition reads dvidhā, khaḍgena). Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 6.50.35b*0168, not in its constituted text; line 2 is 6.50.35cd. The automatic alignment missed this verse.

Verse 40 (6.54.40)

सोऽन्तरायुधिनं हत्वा राजपुत्रमरिन्दमः । गुरुभारसहे स्कन्धे नागस्यासिमपातयत् ॥

so'ntarāyudhinaṃ hatvā rājaputramarindamaḥ | gurubhārasahe skandhe nāgasyāsimapātayat

Having slain the prince who fought from the elephant, the tamer of foes brought his sword down on the elephant's neck, made to bear heavy loads.

Verse 41 (6.54.41)

छिन्नस्कन्धः स विनदन्पपात गजयूथपः । आरुग्णः सिन्धुवेगेन सानुमानिव पर्वतः ॥

chinnaskandhaḥ sa vinadanpapāta gajayūthapaḥ | ārugṇaḥ sindhuvegena sānumāniva parvataḥ

Its neck severed, the leader of the elephant herd fell trumpeting, like a mountain peak broken away by the rush of a river.

Note on the text: Corrected आरुगणः → आरुग्णः and सिन्धुवेगन → सिन्धुवेगेन (misprints in Wikisource; ग for ग्, and a dropped vowel sign, the critical edition reads ārugṇaḥ sindhuvegena).

Verse 42 (6.54.42)

ततस्तस्मादवप्लुत्य गजाद्भारत भारतः । खड्गपाणिरदीनात्मा तस्थौ भूमौ सुदंशितः ॥

tatastasmādavaplutya gajādbhārata bhārataḥ | khaḍgapāṇiradīnātmā tasthau bhūmau sudaṃśitaḥ

Then, Bharata, the Bharata leapt down from that elephant and stood on the ground, sword in hand, undaunted and well armoured.

Note on the text: Corrected ततस्तस्मादप्लुत्य → ततस्तस्मादवप्लुत्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped व, the line is a syllable short and the critical edition reads tasmād avaplutya) and खङ्गपाणि → खड्गपाणि (ङ्ग for ड्ग). Line 2 (तस्थौ भूमौ सुदंशितः for atiṣṭhad bhuvi daṃśitaḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 43 (6.54.43)

स चचार बहून्मार्गानभितः पातयन्गजान् । अग्निचक्रमिवाविद्धं सर्वतः प्रत्यदृश्यत ॥

sa cacāra bahūnmārgānabhitaḥ pātayangajān | agnicakramivāviddhaṃ sarvataḥ pratyadṛśyata

He moved through many manoeuvres all around, felling elephants; he was seen on every side like a whirling wheel of fire.

Verse 44 (6.54.44)

अश्वबृन्देषु नागेषु रथानीकेषु चाभिभूः । पदातीनां च सङ्घेषु विनिघ्नञ्शोणितोक्षितः ॥

aśvabṛndeṣu nāgeṣu rathānīkeṣu cābhibhūḥ | padātīnāṃ ca saṅgheṣu vinighnañśoṇitokṣitaḥ

Among the troops of horses, among the elephants and the chariot divisions and the throngs of foot-soldiers, the overpowering one, drenched in blood as he struck them down,

Note on the text: The automatic alignment missed this verse: it is the critical edition's 6.50.40ab–cd. The page ends it with a single danda but numbers the next verse separately.

Verse 45 (6.54.45)

श्येनवद्व्यचरद्भीमो रणेऽरिषु बलोत्कटः । छिन्दंस्तेषां शरीराणि शिरांसि च महाबलः ॥

śyenavadvyacaradbhīmo raṇe'riṣu balotkaṭaḥ | chindaṃsteṣāṃ śarīrāṇi śirāṃsi ca mahābalaḥ

Bhima moved like a hawk among his foes in battle, fierce in strength — the mighty one, severing the bodies and heads

Note on the text: Corrected तेषाकं → तेषां (misprint in Wikisource; stray क). The automatic alignment missed this verse: line 1 is the critical edition's 6.50.40ef (रणेऽरिषु बलोत्कटः for raṇe ripubalotkaṭaḥ); line 2 is 6.50.41ab (महाबलः for mahājavaḥ).

Verse 46 (6.54.46)

खड्गेन शितधारेण संयुगे गजयोधिनाम् । पदातिरेकः संक्रुद्धः शत्रूणां भयवर्धनः ॥

khaḍgena śitadhāreṇa saṃyuge gajayodhinām | padātirekaḥ saṃkruddhaḥ śatrūṇāṃ bhayavardhanaḥ

of the elephant-fighters in battle with his sharp-edged sword. Alone, on foot, enraged, swelling the fear of his enemies,

Note on the text: Corrected खङघ्गेकन → खड्गेन (misprint in Wikisource; garbled letters and a stray क, the critical edition reads khaḍgena). The automatic alignment missed this verse: line 1 is the critical edition's 6.50.41cd; line 2 is 6.50.42ab.

Verse 47 (6.54.47)

संमोहयामास स तान्कालान्तकयमोपमः । मूढाश्च ते तमेवाजौ विनदन्तः समाद्रवन् ॥

saṃmohayāmāsa sa tānkālāntakayamopamaḥ | mūḍhāśca te tamevājau vinadantaḥ samādravan

he threw them into confusion, like Yama, Death at the end of time. Bewildered, they rushed at him in the fight, roaring,

Note on the text: Corrected संमाहयामास → संमोहयामास (misprint in Wikisource; ā for o, the critical edition reads mohayām āsa). The automatic alignment missed this verse: line 1 is the critical edition's 6.50.42cd (संमोहयामास स तान् for mohayām āsa ca tadā); line 2 is 6.50.43ab.

Verse 48 (6.54.48)

सासिमुत्तमवेगेन विचरन्तं महारणे । निकृत्य रथिनां चाजौ रथेषाश्च युगानि च ॥

sāsimuttamavegena vicarantaṃ mahāraṇe | nikṛtya rathināṃ cājau ratheṣāśca yugāni ca

as he ranged through the great battle, sword in hand, at the utmost speed. Cutting through the chariot-poles and yokes of the chariot-fighters in the fray,

Note on the text: The automatic alignment missed this verse: line 1 is the critical edition's 6.50.43cd; line 2 is 6.50.44ab (चाजौ for ājau).

Verse 49 (6.54.49)

जघान रथिनश्चापि बलवान्रिपुमर्दनः । भीमसेनश्चरन्मार्गान्सुबहून्प्रत्यदृश्यत ॥

jaghāna rathinaścāpi balavānripumardanaḥ | bhīmasenaścaranmārgānsubahūnpratyadṛśyata

the mighty crusher of foes slew the chariot-fighters too. Bhimasena was seen moving through a great many manoeuvres:

Note on the text: The automatic alignment missed this verse: line 1 is the critical edition's 6.50.44cd (रिपुमर्दनः for arimardanaḥ); line 2 is 6.50.45ab.

Verse 50 (6.54.50)

भ्रान्तमाविद्धमुद्भ्रान्तमाप्लुतं प्रसृतं प्लुतम् । संपातं समुदीर्णं च दर्शयामास पाण्डवः ॥

bhrāntamāviddhamudbhrāntamāplutaṃ prasṛtaṃ plutam | saṃpātaṃ samudīrṇaṃ ca darśayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ

the circling, the brandishing, the upward sweep, the leap, the forward lunge, the spring, the swoop and the rising stroke — all these the Pandava displayed.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment missed this verse: it is the critical edition's 6.50.45cd–ef (the movements in a different order, प्लुतम् for sṛtam, समुदीर्णं for samudīryaṃ).

Verse 51 (6.54.51)

केचिदग्रासिना छिन्नाः पाण्डवेन महात्मना । विनेदुर्भिन्नमर्माणो निपेतुश्च गतासवः ॥

kecidagrāsinā chinnāḥ pāṇḍavena mahātmanā | vinedurbhinnamarmāṇo nipetuśca gatāsavaḥ

Some, cut by the point of the great-souled Pandava's sword, cried out with their vitals pierced and fell lifeless.

Verse 52 (6.54.52)

छिन्नदन्ताग्रहस्ताश्च भिन्नकुम्भास्तथाऽपरे । वियोधाः स्वान्यनीकानि जघ्नुर्भारत वारणाः ॥

chinnadantāgrahastāśca bhinnakumbhāstathā'pare | viyodhāḥ svānyanīkāni jaghnurbhārata vāraṇāḥ

Other elephants, the tips of their tusks and their trunks cut off and their temples split, their riders gone, struck down their own ranks, Bharata,

Note on the text: Corrected छइन्नदन्ताग्र → छिन्नदन्ताग्र (misprint in Wikisource; independent इ for the vowel sign ि, the critical edition reads chinnadantāgra). The automatic alignment missed this verse: it is the critical edition's 6.50.47ab–cd.

Verse 53 (6.54.53)

निपेतुरुर्व्यां च तथा विनदन्तो महारवान् । छिन्नांश्च तोमरान्राजन्महामात्रशिरांसि च ॥

nipetururvyāṃ ca tathā vinadanto mahāravān | chinnāṃśca tomarānrājanmahāmātraśirāṃsi ca

and fell to the earth, trumpeting loudly. Severed lances, O king, and the heads of the elephant-drivers,

Note on the text: The automatic alignment missed this verse: line 1 is the critical edition's 6.50.47ef; line 2 is 6.50.48ab (तोमरान्राजन् for tomarāṃś cāpān).

Verse 54 (6.54.54)

परिस्तोमान्विचित्रांश्च कक्ष्याश्च कनकोज्ज्वलाः । ग्रैवेयाण्यथ शक्तीश्च पताकाः कणपांस्तथा ॥

paristomānvicitrāṃśca kakṣyāśca kanakojjvalāḥ | graiveyāṇyatha śaktīśca patākāḥ kaṇapāṃstathā

bright saddle-blankets and girths gleaming with gold, neck-chains, spears, banners and clubs,

Note on the text: The automatic alignment missed this verse: line 1 is the critical edition's 6.50.48cd (परिस्तोमान्विचित्रांश्च for paristomāni citrāṇi); line 2 is 6.50.49ab.

Verse 55 (6.54.55)

तूणीरानथ यन्त्राणि विचित्राणि धनूंषि च । भिन्दिपालानि शुभ्राणि तोत्राणि चाङ्कुशैः सह ॥

tūṇīrānatha yantrāṇi vicitrāṇi dhanūṃṣi ca | bhindipālāni śubhrāṇi totrāṇi cāṅkuśaiḥ saha

quivers, war-engines and splendid bows, gleaming javelins, goads and elephant-hooks,

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (6.50.49cd): Wikisource's line 1 (तूणीरानथ यन्त्राणि धनूंषि च) has lost a word and is four syllables short; the missing विचित्राणि (vicitrāṇi) is supplied from the critical edition. The automatic alignment missed this verse: line 1 is 6.50.49cd (तूणीरान् for tūṇīrāṇy); line 2 is 6.50.50ab (भिन्दिपालानि … तोत्राणि चाङ्कुशैः for agnikuṇḍāni … tottrāṃś caivāṅkuśaiḥ).

Verse 56 (6.54.56)

घण्टाश्च विविधा राजन्हेमगर्भान्त्सरूनपि । पततः पातितांश्चैव पश्यामः सह सादिभिः ॥

ghaṇṭāśca vividhā rājanhemagarbhāntsarūnapi | patataḥ pātitāṃścaiva paśyāmaḥ saha sādibhiḥ

and bells of many kinds, O king, and sword-hilts set with gold — all these we saw falling and fallen, together with their riders.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment missed this verse: it is the critical edition's 6.50.50cd–ef.

Verse 57 (6.54.57)

छिन्नगात्रावरकरैर्निहतैश्चापि वारणैः । आसीद्भूमिः समास्तीर्णा पतितैर्भूधरैरिव ॥

chinnagātrāvarakarairnihataiścāpi vāraṇaiḥ | āsīdbhūmiḥ samāstīrṇā patitairbhūdharairiva

With the slain elephants, their forequarters, hindquarters and trunks hewn off, the ground was strewn as if with fallen mountains.

Note on the text: Corrected निहतैश्चाप → निहतैश्चापि and भूमिःक → भूमिः (misprints in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign, "bow" makes no sense here and the critical edition reads cāpi; and a stray क). Line 2 (आसीद्भूमिः … भूधरैरिव for āsīt tasmin … bhūr nagair iva) kept as a variant.

Verse 58 (6.54.58)

विमृद्यैवं महानागान्ममर्दाश्वान्महाबलः । अश्वारोहवरांश्चैव पातयामास संयुगे ॥

vimṛdyaivaṃ mahānāgānmamardāśvānmahābalaḥ | aśvārohavarāṃścaiva pātayāmāsa saṃyuge

Having crushed the great elephants in this way, the mighty one crushed the horses, and he struck down the best of the horsemen in battle.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment missed this verse: it is the critical edition's 6.50.52ab–cd (महाबलः for nararṣabhaḥ, चैव … संयुगे for cāpi … bhārata).

Verse 59 (6.54.59)

तद्धोरमभवद्युद्धं तस्य तेषां च भारत । खलीनान्यथ योक्त्राणि कक्ष्याश्च कनकोज्ज्वलाः ॥

taddhoramabhavadyuddhaṃ tasya teṣāṃ ca bhārata | khalīnānyatha yoktrāṇi kakṣyāśca kanakojjvalāḥ

Dreadful was that fight between him and them, Bharata. Bridles and harness-straps, girths gleaming with gold,

Note on the text: Corrected योक्राणि → योक्त्राणि (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त्, the critical edition reads yoktrāṇi). The automatic alignment missed this verse: line 1 is the critical edition's 6.50.52ef; line 2 is 6.50.53ab (कक्ष्याश्च for kaśāś ca).

Verse 60 (6.54.60)

परिस्तोमाश्च प्रासाश्च ऋष्टयश्च महाधनाः । कवचान्यथ चर्माणि चित्राण्यास्तरणानि च ॥

paristomāśca prāsāśca ṛṣṭayaśca mahādhanāḥ | kavacānyatha carmāṇi citrāṇyāstaraṇāni ca

saddle-blankets, darts and costly spears, coats of mail, shields and bright-coloured coverlets

Note on the text: The automatic alignment missed this verse: line 1 is the critical edition's 6.50.53cd; line 2 is 6.50.54ab.

Verse 61 (6.54.61)

तत्रतत्रापविद्धानि व्यदृश्यन्त महाहवे । प्रासैर्यन्त्रैर्विचित्रैश्च शस्त्रैश्च विमलैस्तथा ॥

tatratatrāpaviddhāni vyadṛśyanta mahāhave | prāsairyantrairvicitraiśca śastraiśca vimalaistathā

were seen scattered here and there in the great battle. With darts, with wonderful engines and with gleaming weapons

Note on the text: Corrected तत्रतत्रापविद्धआनि → तत्रतत्रापविद्धानि (misprint in Wikisource; independent आ for the vowel sign ा). The automatic alignment missed this verse: line 1 is the critical edition's 6.50.54cd; line 2 is 6.50.55ab (प्रासैर्यन्त्रैर् for prothayantrair).

Verse 62 (6.54.62)

स चक्रे वसुधां कीर्णां शबलैः कुसुमैरिव । आप्लुत्य रथिनः कांश्चित्परामृश्य महाबलः ॥

sa cakre vasudhāṃ kīrṇāṃ śabalaiḥ kusumairiva | āplutya rathinaḥ kāṃścitparāmṛśya mahābalaḥ

he made the earth strewn as if with many-coloured flowers. Leaping up, the mighty one seized some of the chariot-fighters

Note on the text: Corrected काश्चित् → कांश्चित् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara, the masculine accusative is needed with रथिनः, the critical edition reads kāṃś cit). The automatic alignment missed this verse: line 1 is the critical edition's 6.50.55cd; line 2 is 6.50.56ab.

Verse 63 (6.54.63)

पातयामास खड्गेन सध्वजानपि पाण्डवः । मुहुरुत्पततो दिक्षु धावतश्च यशस्विनः ॥

pātayāmāsa khaḍgena sadhvajānapi pāṇḍavaḥ | muhurutpatato dikṣu dhāvataśca yaśasvinaḥ

and the Pandava cut them down with his sword, banners and all. As the glorious one leapt up again and again, ran in every direction

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गेन → खड्गेन and यशस्विनःक → यशस्विनः (misprints in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग, and a stray क). The automatic alignment missed this verse: line 1 is the critical edition's 6.50.56cd; line 2 is 6.50.57ab.

Verse 64 (6.54.64)

मार्गांश्च चरतश्चित्रं व्यस्मयन्त रणे जनाः । स जघान पदा कांश्चिद्व्याक्षिप्यान्यानपोथयत् ॥

mārgāṃśca carataścitraṃ vyasmayanta raṇe janāḥ | sa jaghāna padā kāṃścidvyākṣipyānyānapothayat

and moved through his manoeuvres so wondrously, the men in the battle were amazed. Some he killed with his foot; others he flung aside and crushed;

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Verse 65 (6.54.65)

खड्गेनान्यांश्च चिच्छेद नादेनान्यांश्च भीषयन् । ऊरुवेगेन चाप्यन्यान्पातयामास भूतले ॥

khaḍgenānyāṃśca ciccheda nādenānyāṃśca bhīṣayan | ūruvegena cāpyanyānpātayāmāsa bhūtale

others he cut down with his sword, still others he terrified with his roar, and others again he threw to the ground with the force of his thighs.

Note on the text: Corrected खह्गेनान्यांश्च → खड्गेनान्यांश्च (misprint in Wikisource; ह्ग for ड्ग, the critical edition reads khaḍgena). The automatic alignment missed this verse: line 1 is the critical edition's 6.50.58cd; line 2 is 6.50.59ab.

Verse 66 (6.54.66)

अपरे चैनमालोक्य भयात्पञ्चत्वमागताः । एवं सा बहुला सेना कलिङ्गानां तरस्विनाम् ॥

apare cainamālokya bhayātpañcatvamāgatāḥ | evaṃ sā bahulā senā kaliṅgānāṃ tarasvinām

Others, merely seeing him, died of fright. In this way that great army of the vigorous Kalingas,

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Verse 67 (6.54.67)

परिवार्य रणे भीष्मं भीमसेनमुपाद्रवत् । ततः कालिङ्गसैन्यानां प्रमुखे भरतर्षभ ॥

parivārya raṇe bhīṣmaṃ bhīmasenamupādravat | tataḥ kāliṅgasainyānāṃ pramukhe bharatarṣabha

surrounding Bhishma in battle, rushed at Bhimasena. Then, at the head of the Kalinga army, bull of the Bharatas,

Note on the text: Corrected कालिङ्गयैन्यानां → कालिङ्गसैन्यानां (misprint in Wikisource; य for स, the critical edition reads kaliṅgasainyānāṃ). The automatic alignment missed this verse: line 1 is the critical edition's 6.50.60cd; line 2 is 6.50.61ab (कालिङ्ग° for kaliṅga°).

Verse 68 (6.54.68)

श्रुतायुषमभिप्रेक्ष्य भीमसेनः समभ्ययात् । तमायान्तमभिप्रेक्ष्य कालिङ्गो नवभिः शरैः ॥

śrutāyuṣamabhiprekṣya bhīmasenaḥ samabhyayāt | tamāyāntamabhiprekṣya kāliṅgo navabhiḥ śaraiḥ

Bhimasena caught sight of Shrutayus and advanced on him. Seeing him come on, the Kalinga, with nine arrows,

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Verse 69 (6.54.69)

भीमसेनममेयात्मा प्रत्यविध्यत्स्तनान्तरे । कलिङ्गबाणाभिहतस्तोत्रार्दित इव द्विपः ॥

bhīmasenamameyātmā pratyavidhyatstanāntare | kaliṅgabāṇābhihatastotrārdita iva dvipaḥ

he of boundless spirit, struck Bhimasena in the chest. Wounded by the Kalinga's arrows like an elephant pricked by the goad,

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Verse 70 (6.54.70)

भीमसेनः प्रजज्वाल क्रोधेनाग्निरिवैधितः । अथाशोकः समादाय रथं हेमपरिष्कृतम् ॥

bhīmasenaḥ prajajvāla krodhenāgnirivaidhitaḥ | athāśokaḥ samādāya rathaṃ hemapariṣkṛtam

Bhimasena blazed with wrath like a fire grown fierce. Then his charioteer Ashoka (Vishoka), bringing a chariot adorned with gold,

Note on the text: Corrected क्रोदेनाग्निरिवैधितः → क्रोधेनाग्निरिवैधितः (misprint in Wikisource; द for ध, the critical edition reads krodhena). The automatic alignment missed this verse: line 1 is the critical edition's 6.50.63cd (इवैधितः for ivendhanaiḥ); line 2 is 6.50.64ab. The page's commentary glosses अशोकः as विशोकः (Vishoka, Bhima's charioteer).

Verse 71 (6.54.71)

भीमं संपादयामास रथेन रथसारथिः । तमारुह्य रथं तूर्णं कौन्तेयः शत्रुसूदनः ॥

bhīmaṃ saṃpādayāmāsa rathena rathasārathiḥ | tamāruhya rathaṃ tūrṇaṃ kaunteyaḥ śatrusūdanaḥ

and furnished Bhima with the chariot. Mounting that chariot swiftly, Kunti's son, destroyer of foes,

Note on the text: Corrected तामरुह्य → तमारुह्य (misprint in Wikisource; the vowel ā misplaced, ताम् does not agree with रथं and अरुह्य is not a word; the critical edition reads tam āruhya). The automatic alignment missed this verse: line 1 is the critical edition's 6.50.64cd; line 2 is 6.50.65ab.

Verse 72 (6.54.72)

कलिङ्गमभिदुद्राव तिष्ठतिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत् । ततः श्रुतायुर्बलवान्भीमाय निशिताञ्शरान् ॥

kaliṅgamabhidudrāva tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cābravīt | tataḥ śrutāyurbalavānbhīmāya niśitāñśarān

rushed at the Kalinga, crying, "Stand! Stand!" Then mighty Shrutayus, in fury, sharp arrows at Bhima

Note on the text: Corrected तिष्ठितिष्ठेति → तिष्ठतिष्ठेति and बलावान् → बलवान् (misprints in Wikisource; stray vowel signs, the critical edition reads tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti, balavān). The automatic alignment missed this verse: line 1 is the critical edition's 6.50.65cd; line 2 is 6.50.66ab.

Verse 73 (6.54.73)

प्रेषयामास संक्रुद्धो दर्शयन्पाणिलाघवम् । स कार्मुकवरोत्सृष्टैर्नवभिर्निशितैः शरैः ॥

preṣayāmāsa saṃkruddho darśayanpāṇilāghavam | sa kārmukavarotsṛṣṭairnavabhirniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

loosed, showing the deftness of his hand. By nine sharp arrows sped from his excellent bow

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Verse 74 (6.54.74)

समाहतो महाराज कलिङ्गेन महात्मना । संचुक्रुशे भृशं भीमो दण्डाहत इवोरगः ॥

samāhato mahārāja kaliṅgena mahātmanā | saṃcukruśe bhṛśaṃ bhīmo daṇḍāhata ivoragaḥ

struck by the great-souled Kalinga, great king, Bhima cried out loudly, like a snake struck with a stick.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment missed this verse: it is the critical edition's 6.50.67cd–ef (महाराज … महात्मना for bhṛśaṃ rājan … mahāyaśāḥ; संचुक्रुशे for saṃcukrudhe).

Verse 75 (6.54.75)

क्रुद्धश्च चापमायम्य बलवद्बलिनां वरः । कलिङ्गमवधीत्पार्थो भीमः सप्तभिरायसैः ॥

kruddhaśca cāpamāyamya balavadbalināṃ varaḥ | kaliṅgamavadhītpārtho bhīmaḥ saptabhirāyasaiḥ

Enraged, Bhima, the son of Pritha, strongest of the strong, drew his bow with force and slew the Kalinga with seven iron arrows.

Verse 76 (6.54.76)

क्षुराभ्यां चक्ररक्षौ च कलिङ्गस्य महाबलौ । सत्यदेवं च सत्यं च प्राहिणोद्यमसादनम् ॥

kṣurābhyāṃ cakrarakṣau ca kaliṅgasya mahābalau | satyadevaṃ ca satyaṃ ca prāhiṇodyamasādanam

With two razor-headed arrows he sent the Kalinga's two mighty wheel-guards, Satyadeva and Satya, to the abode of Yama.

Verse 77 (6.54.77)

ततः पुनरमेयात्मा नाराचैर्निशितैस्त्रिभिः । केतुमन्तं रणे भीमोऽगमयद्यमसादनम् ॥

tataḥ punarameyātmā nārācairniśitaistribhiḥ | ketumantaṃ raṇe bhīmo'gamayadyamasādanam

Then again, with three sharp iron shafts, Bhima of boundless spirit sent Ketumat to Yama's abode in battle.

Note on the text: Corrected पुनमेयात्मा → पुनरमेयात्मा and नासचैः → नाराचैः (misprints in Wikisource; a dropped र, and स for रा, the critical edition reads punar ameyātmā nārācair).

Verse 78 (6.54.78)

ततः कलिङ्गाः सन्नद्धा भीमसेनममर्षणम् । अनीकैर्बहुसाहस्रैः क्षत्रियाः समवारयन् ॥

tataḥ kaliṅgāḥ sannaddhā bhīmasenamamarṣaṇam | anīkairbahusāhasraiḥ kṣatriyāḥ samavārayan

Then the Kalingas, kshatriyas clad in armour, hemmed in the unforbearing Bhimasena with divisions many thousands strong.

Verse 79 (6.54.79)

ततः शक्तिगदाखड्गतोमरर्ष्टिपरश्वथैः । कलिङ्गाश्च ततो राजन्भीमसेनमवाकिरन् ॥

tataḥ śaktigadākhaḍgatomararṣṭiparaśvathaiḥ | kaliṅgāśca tato rājanbhīmasenamavākiran

Then, O king, the Kalingas showered Bhimasena with spears, maces, swords, lances, double-edged blades and axes.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्ग → खड्ग (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग, the critical edition reads khaḍga).

Verse 80 (6.54.80)

संनिवार्य स तां घोरां शरवृष्टिं समुत्थिताम् । गदामादाय तरसा संनिपत्य महाबलः ॥

saṃnivārya sa tāṃ ghorāṃ śaravṛṣṭiṃ samutthitām | gadāmādāya tarasā saṃnipatya mahābalaḥ

Warding off that dreadful shower of arrows raised against him, the mighty one, seizing his mace with speed and falling upon them,

Note on the text: The automatic alignment missed this verse: it is the critical edition's 6.50.73ab–cd (संनिपत्य for pariplutya).

Verse 81 (6.54.81)

भीमः सप्तशतान्वीराननयद्यमसादनम् । पुनश्चैव द्विसाहस्रान्कलिङ्गानरिमर्दनः ॥

bhīmaḥ saptaśatānvīrānanayadyamasādanam | punaścaiva dvisāhasrānkaliṅgānarimardanaḥ

Bhima sent seven hundred heroes to Yama's abode; and again the crusher of foes sent two thousand Kalingas

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Verse 82 (6.54.82)

प्राहिणोन्मृत्युलोकाय तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् । एवं स तान्यनीकानि कलिङ्गानां पुनःपुनः ॥

prāhiṇonmṛtyulokāya tadadbhutamivābhavat | evaṃ sa tānyanīkāni kaliṅgānāṃ punaḥpunaḥ

to the world of death — it seemed a marvel. In this way, again and again, the ranks of the Kalingas

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Verse 83 (6.54.83)

बिभेद समरे तूर्णं प्रेक्ष्य भीष्मं महारथम् । हतारोहाश्च मातङ्गाः पाण्डवेन कृता रणे ॥

bibheda samare tūrṇaṃ prekṣya bhīṣmaṃ mahāratham | hatārohāśca mātaṅgāḥ pāṇḍavena kṛtā raṇe

he swiftly broke apart in battle, keeping his eye on Bhishma, the great chariot-warrior. The elephants whose riders the Pandava had slain in the fight

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Verse 84 (6.54.84)

विप्रजग्मुरनीकेषु मेघा वातहता इव । मृद्नन्तः स्वान्यनीकानि विनदन्तः शरातुराः ॥

viprajagmuranīkeṣu meghā vātahatā iva | mṛdnantaḥ svānyanīkāni vinadantaḥ śarāturāḥ

stampeded among the ranks like clouds driven by the wind, trampling their own lines, trumpeting, tormented by arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected मृद्गन्तः → मृद्नन्तः (misprint in Wikisource; ग for न, the critical edition reads mṛdnantaḥ). The automatic alignment missed this verse: it is the critical edition's 6.50.76cd–ef.

Verse 85 (6.54.85)

ततो भीमो महाबाहुः खड्गहस्तो महाभुजः । संप्रहृष्टो महाघोषं शङ्खं प्राध्मापयद्बली ॥

tato bhīmo mahābāhuḥ khaḍgahasto mahābhujaḥ | saṃprahṛṣṭo mahāghoṣaṃ śaṅkhaṃ prādhmāpayadbalī

Then mighty-armed Bhima, long of arm, sword in hand, the strong one, full of delight, blew his loud-sounding conch.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गहस्तो → खड्गहस्तो and महाभुजःक → महाभुजः (misprints in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग, and a stray क). The automatic alignment missed this verse: its quarters are the critical edition's 6.50.77a (ततो भीमो महाबाहुः) and 77b (शङ्खं प्राध्मापयद्बली) with, between them, the two half-lines of its star passage 6.50.77a*0176 (खड्गहस्तो for khaḍgāsakta-), not in the constituted text.

Verse 86 (6.54.86)

सर्वकालिङ्गसैन्यानां मनांसि समकम्पयत् । मोहश्चापि कलिङ्गानामाविवेश परंतप ॥

sarvakāliṅgasainyānāṃ manāṃsi samakampayat | mohaścāpi kaliṅgānāmāviveśa paraṃtapa

He made the hearts of all the Kalinga troops tremble, and bewilderment, scorcher of foes, took hold of the Kalingas.

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Verse 87 (6.54.87)

प्राकम्पन्त च सैन्यानि वाहनानि च सर्वशः । भीमेन समरे राजन्गजेन्द्रेणेव सर्वशः ॥

prākampanta ca sainyāni vāhanāni ca sarvaśaḥ | bhīmena samare rājangajendreṇeva sarvaśaḥ

The troops and the mounts on every side trembled, O king, as Bhima moved through the battle like a lord of elephants,

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Verse 88 (6.54.88)

मार्गान्बहून्विचरता धावता च ततस्ततः । मुहुरुत्पतता चैव संमोहः समपद्यत ॥

mārgānbahūnvicaratā dhāvatā ca tatastataḥ | muhurutpatatā caiva saṃmohaḥ samapadyata

ranging along many paths, running hither and thither and leaping up again and again — bewilderment arose.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment missed this verse: it is the critical edition's 6.50.79cd–ef (समपद्यत for samajāyata).

Verse 89 (6.54.89)

भीमसेनभयत्रस्तं सैन्यं च समकम्पत । क्षोभ्यमाणमसंबाधं ग्राहेणेव महत्सरः ॥

bhīmasenabhayatrastaṃ sainyaṃ ca samakampata | kṣobhyamāṇamasaṃbādhaṃ grāheṇeva mahatsaraḥ

Terror-stricken by fear of Bhimasena, the army quaked like a great, wide lake churned by a crocodile.

Verse 90 (6.54.90)

त्रासितेषु च सर्वेषु भीमेनाद्भुतकर्मणा । पुनरावर्तमानेषु विद्रवत्सु च सङ्घशः ॥

trāsiteṣu ca sarveṣu bhīmenādbhutakarmaṇā | punarāvartamāneṣu vidravatsu ca saṅghaśaḥ

When all of them had been terrified by Bhima of wondrous deeds, and were turning back and scattering in throngs —

Verse 91 (6.54.91)

सर्वकालिङ्गयोधेषु पाण्डूनां ध्वजिनीपतिः । अब्रवीत्स्वान्यनीकानि युध्यध्वमिति पार्षतः ॥

sarvakāliṅgayodheṣu pāṇḍūnāṃ dhvajinīpatiḥ | abravītsvānyanīkāni yudhyadhvamiti pārṣataḥ

all the Kalinga warriors — then Parshata (Dhrishtadyumna), commander of the Pandava army, said to his troops, "Fight!"

Verse 92 (6.54.92)

सेनापतिवचः श्रुत्वा शिखण्डिप्रमुखा गणाः । भीममेवाभ्यवर्तन्त रथानीकैः प्रहारिभिः ॥

senāpativacaḥ śrutvā śikhaṇḍipramukhā gaṇāḥ | bhīmamevābhyavartanta rathānīkaiḥ prahāribhiḥ

Hearing the commander's words, the troops led by Shikhandin advanced towards Bhima himself with chariot divisions eager to strike.

Verse 93 (6.54.93)

धर्मराजश्च तान्सर्वानुपजग्राह पाण्डवः । महता मेघवर्णेन नागानीकेन पृष्ठतः ॥

dharmarājaśca tānsarvānupajagrāha pāṇḍavaḥ | mahatā meghavarṇena nāgānīkena pṛṣṭhataḥ

And the Pandava King Yudhishthira the Just supported them all from behind with a great division of elephants, dark as clouds.

Verse 94 (6.54.94)

एवं संनोद्य सर्वाणि स्वान्यनीकानि पार्षतः । भीमसेनस्य जग्राह पार्ष्णिं सत्पुरुषैर्वृतः ॥

evaṃ saṃnodya sarvāṇi svānyanīkāni pārṣataḥ | bhīmasenasya jagrāha pārṣṇiṃ satpuruṣairvṛtaḥ

Having urged on all his troops in this way, Parshata, surrounded by good men, took up the guard of Bhimasena's rear.

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वामि → सर्वाणि and पार्ष्णि → पार्ष्णिं (misprints in Wikisource; म for ण, and a dropped anusvara, the critical edition reads sarvāṇi, pārṣṇiṃ). संनोद्य for saṃcodya and सत्पुरुषैर्वृतः for satpuruṣocitām kept as variants.

Verse 95 (6.54.95)

न हि पञ्चालराजस्य लोके कश्चन विद्यते । भीमसात्यकयोरन्यः प्राणेभ्यः प्रियकृत्तमः ॥

na hi pañcālarājasya loke kaścana vidyate | bhīmasātyakayoranyaḥ prāṇebhyaḥ priyakṛttamaḥ

For the Panchala lord there is no one in the world, apart from Bhima and Satyaki, who is dearer to him than his own life.

Verse 96 (6.54.96)

सोऽपश्यच्च कलिङ्गेषु चरन्तमरिसूदनः । भीमसेनं महाबाहुं पार्षतः परवीरहा ॥

so'paśyacca kaliṅgeṣu carantamarisūdanaḥ | bhīmasenaṃ mahābāhuṃ pārṣataḥ paravīrahā

Parshata, slayer of foes and killer of enemy heroes, saw mighty-armed Bhimasena ranging among the Kalingas.

Verse 97 (6.54.97)

ननर्द बहुधा राजन्हृष्टश्चासीत्परंतपः । शङ्खं दध्मौ च समरे सिंहनादं ननाद च ॥

nanarda bahudhā rājanhṛṣṭaścāsītparaṃtapaḥ | śaṅkhaṃ dadhmau ca samare siṃhanādaṃ nanāda ca

He roared many times, O king, and the scorcher of foes was filled with delight; he blew his conch in battle and let out a lion's roar.

Verse 98 (6.54.98)

स च पारावताश्वस्य रथे हेमपरिष्कृते । कोविदारध्वजं दृष्ट्वा भीमसेनः समाश्वसत् ॥

sa ca pārāvatāśvasya rathe hemapariṣkṛte | kovidāradhvajaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmasenaḥ samāśvasat

And Bhimasena, seeing the Kovidara banner on the gold-adorned chariot drawn by dove-coloured horses, took heart.

Note on the text: The page ends this verse with a single danda but numbers the next verse separately.

Verse 99 (6.54.99)

धृष्टद्युम्नस्तु तं दृष्ट्वा कलिङ्गैः समभिद्रुतम् । भीमसेनममेयात्मा त्राणायाजौ समभ्ययात् ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnastu taṃ dṛṣṭvā kaliṅgaiḥ samabhidrutam | bhīmasenamameyātmā trāṇāyājau samabhyayāt

Seeing Bhimasena beset by the Kalingas, Dhrishtadyumna of boundless spirit came to his rescue in the fight.

Verse 100 (6.54.100)

तौ दूरात्सात्यकिं दृष्ट्वा धृष्टद्युम्नवृकोदरौ । कलिङ्गान्समरे वीरौ योधयेतां मनस्विनौ ॥

tau dūrātsātyakiṃ dṛṣṭvā dhṛṣṭadyumnavṛkodarau | kaliṅgānsamare vīrau yodhayetāṃ manasvinau

Seeing Satyaki from afar, those two high-spirited heroes, Dhrishtadyumna and Vrikodara, fought on against the Kalingas in battle.

Note on the text: सात्यकिं … योधयेतां for the critical edition's sātyakir … yodhayantau kept as a variant: on the page it is Dhrishtadyumna and Vrikodara who see Satyaki from afar, where in the critical edition Satyaki sees them.

Verse 101 (6.54.101)

स तत्र गत्वा शैनेयो जवेन जयतां वरः । पार्थपार्षतयोः पार्ष्णिं जग्राह पुरुषर्षभः ॥

sa tatra gatvā śaineyo javena jayatāṃ varaḥ | pārthapārṣatayoḥ pārṣṇiṃ jagrāha puruṣarṣabhaḥ

Going there swiftly, Shini's grandson, best of victors, the bull among men, guarded the rear of Pritha's son and Parshata.

Note on the text: Corrected पार्षिं → पार्ष्णिं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ण्, the critical edition reads pārṣṇiṃ).

Verse 102 (6.54.102)

स कृत्वा दारुणं कर्म प्रगृहीतशरासनः । आस्थितो रौद्रमात्मानं कलिङ्गानन्ववैक्षत ॥

sa kṛtvā dāruṇaṃ karma pragṛhītaśarāsanaḥ | āsthito raudramātmānaṃ kaliṅgānanvavaikṣata

Having done a dreadful deed, bow in hand and taking on a terrible aspect, he surveyed the Kalingas.

Note on the text: Corrected कृत्कवा → कृत्वा (misprint in Wikisource; stray क). The automatic alignment missed this verse: it is the critical edition's 6.50.93, with दारुणं कर्म for kadanaṃ tatra and कलिङ्गानन्ववैक्षत for jaghāna samare parān, kept as variants.

Verse 103 (6.54.103)

कलिङ्गप्रभवां चैव मांसशोणितकर्दमाम् । रुधिरस्यन्दिनीं तत्र भीमः प्रावर्तयन्नदीम् ॥

kaliṅgaprabhavāṃ caiva māṃsaśoṇitakardamām | rudhirasyandinīṃ tatra bhīmaḥ prāvartayannadīm

And there Bhima set flowing a river sprung from the Kalingas, streaming with blood, its mire made of flesh and gore.

Verse 104 (6.54.104)

अन्तरेण कलिङ्गानां पाण्डवानां च वाहिनीम् । तां संततार दुस्तारां भीमसेनो महाबलः ॥

antareṇa kaliṅgānāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca vāhinīm | tāṃ saṃtatāra dustārāṃ bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ

Between the army of the Kalingas and that of the Pandavas, mighty Bhimasena crossed that river so hard to cross.

Verse 105 (6.54.105)

भीमसेनं तथा दृष्ट्वा प्राक्रोशंस्तावका नृप । कालोऽयं भीमरूपेण कलिङ्गैः सह युध्यते ॥

bhīmasenaṃ tathā dṛṣṭvā prākrośaṃstāvakā nṛpa | kālo'yaṃ bhīmarūpeṇa kaliṅgaiḥ saha yudhyate

Seeing Bhimasena so, your men cried out, O king: "This is Death himself in Bhima's form, fighting the Kalingas!"

Note on the text: Corrected कसह → सह (misprint in Wikisource; stray क).

Verse 106 (6.54.106)

ततः शान्तनवो भीष्मः श्रुत्वा तं निनदं रणे । अभ्ययात्त्वरितो भीमं व्यूढानीकः समंततः ॥

tataḥ śāntanavo bhīṣmaḥ śrutvā taṃ ninadaṃ raṇe | abhyayāttvarito bhīmaṃ vyūḍhānīkaḥ samaṃtataḥ

Then Bhishma, son of Shantanu, hearing that uproar on the field, swiftly advanced on Bhima with his army arrayed on every side.

Verse 107 (6.54.107)

तं सात्यकिर्भीमसेनो धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पार्षतः । अभ्यद्रवन्त भीष्मस्य रथं हेमपरिष्कृतम् ॥

taṃ sātyakirbhīmaseno dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca pārṣataḥ | abhyadravanta bhīṣmasya rathaṃ hemapariṣkṛtam

Satyaki, Bhimasena and Dhrishtadyumna Parshata charged at Bhishma's gold-adorned chariot.

Verse 108 (6.54.108)

परिवार्य तु ते सर्वे गाङ्गेयं तरसा रणे । त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः शरैर्घोरैर्भीष्ममानर्च्छुरोजसा ॥

parivārya tu te sarve gāṅgeyaṃ tarasā raṇe | tribhistribhiḥ śarairghorairbhīṣmamānarcchurojasā

All of them, swiftly surrounding Ganga's son in battle, assailed Bhishma with vigour, each with three terrible arrows.

Verse 109 (6.54.109)

प्रत्यविध्यत तान्सर्वान्पिता देवव्रतस्तव । यतमानान्महेष्वासांस्त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरजिह्मगैः ॥

pratyavidhyata tānsarvānpitā devavratastava | yatamānānmaheṣvāsāṃstribhistribhirajihmagaiḥ

Your father Devavrata pierced each of those striving great bowmen in return with three straight-flying arrows.

Verse 110 (6.54.110)

ततः शरसहस्रेण सन्निवार्य महारथान् । हयान्काञ्चनसन्नाहान्भीमस्य न्यहनच्छरैः ॥

tataḥ śarasahasreṇa sannivārya mahārathān | hayānkāñcanasannāhānbhīmasya nyahanaccharaiḥ

Then, holding back those great chariot-warriors with a thousand arrows, he killed with his shafts Bhima's horses in their golden armour.

Verse 111 (6.54.111)

हताश्वे स रथे तिष्ठन्भीमसेनः प्रतापवान् । शक्तिं चिक्षेप तरसा गाङ्गेयस्य रथं प्रति ॥

hatāśve sa rathe tiṣṭhanbhīmasenaḥ pratāpavān | śaktiṃ cikṣepa tarasā gāṅgeyasya rathaṃ prati

Standing on his chariot with its horses slain, valiant Bhimasena hurled a spear with force at the chariot of Ganga's son.

Verse 112 (6.54.112)

अप्राप्तामथ तां शक्तिं पिता देवव्रतस्तव । त्रिधा चिच्छेद समरे सा पृथिव्यामशीर्यत ॥

aprāptāmatha tāṃ śaktiṃ pitā devavratastava | tridhā ciccheda samare sā pṛthivyāmaśīryata

Before that spear could reach him, your father Devavrata cut it into three in battle, and it fell shattered on the ground.

Verse 113 (6.54.113)

ततः शैक्यायसीं गुर्वीं प्रगृह्य बलवान्गदाम् । भीमसेनस्ततस्तूर्णं पुप्लुवे मनुजर्षभ ॥

tataḥ śaikyāyasīṃ gurvīṃ pragṛhya balavāngadām | bhīmasenastatastūrṇaṃ pupluve manujarṣabha

Then mighty Bhimasena, seizing a heavy mace of Shaikya iron, swiftly sprang forward, bull among men.

Note on the text: Corrected गुर्वी → गुर्वीं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara, the accusative is needed, the critical edition reads gurvīṃ).

Verse 114 (6.54.114)

सात्यकोऽपि ततस्तूर्णं भीमस्य प्रियकाम्यया । गाङ्गेयसारथिं तूर्णं पातयामास सायकैः ॥

sātyako'pi tatastūrṇaṃ bhīmasya priyakāmyayā | gāṅgeyasārathiṃ tūrṇaṃ pātayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ

Satyaki too, swiftly, to please Bhima, struck down the charioteer of Ganga's son with his arrows.

Verse 115 (6.54.115)

भीष्मस्तु निहते तस्मिन्सारथौ रथिनां वरः । वातायमानैस्तैरश्वैरपनीतो रणाजिरात् ॥

bhīṣmastu nihate tasminsārathau rathināṃ varaḥ | vātāyamānaistairaśvairapanīto raṇājirāt

With his charioteer slain, Bhishma, best of chariot-warriors, was carried off the battlefield by his horses as they bolted wildly.

Verse 116 (6.54.116)

भीमसेनस्ततो राजन्नपयाते महाव्रते । प्रजज्वाल यथा वह्निर्दहन्कक्षमिवैधितः ॥

bhīmasenastato rājannapayāte mahāvrate | prajajvāla yathā vahnirdahankakṣamivaidhitaḥ

When the one of great vows had been carried away, O king, Bhimasena blazed up like a fire grown fierce as it burns through dry brush.

Verse 117 (6.54.117)

स हत्वा सर्वकालिङ्गान्सेनामध्ये व्यतिष्ठत । नैनमभ्युत्सहन्केचित्तावका भरतर्षभ ॥

sa hatvā sarvakāliṅgānsenāmadhye vyatiṣṭhata | nainamabhyutsahankecittāvakā bharatarṣabha

Having slain all the Kalingas, he stood in the midst of the army, and none of your men, bull of the Bharatas, dared to approach him.

Verse 118 (6.54.118)

धृष्टद्युम्नस्तमारोप्य स्वरथे रथिनां वरः । पश्यतां सर्वसैन्यानामपोवाह यशस्विनम् ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnastamāropya svarathe rathināṃ varaḥ | paśyatāṃ sarvasainyānāmapovāha yaśasvinam

Dhrishtadyumna, best of chariot-warriors, took him up onto his own chariot and carried the glorious one away as all the armies looked on.

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वसैन्यानामपोवाहक → सर्वसैन्यानामपोवाह (misprint in Wikisource; stray क).

Verse 119 (6.54.119)

संपूज्यमानः पाञ्चाल्यैर्मत्स्यैश्च भरतर्षभ । धृष्टद्युम्नं परिष्वज्य समेयादथ सात्यकिम् ॥

saṃpūjyamānaḥ pāñcālyairmatsyaiśca bharatarṣabha | dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ pariṣvajya sameyādatha sātyakim

Honoured by the Panchalas and the Matsyas, bull of the Bharatas, he embraced Dhrishtadyumna and then went to meet Satyaki.

Verse 120 (6.54.120)

अथाब्रवीद्भीमसेनं सात्यकिः सत्यविक्रमः । प्रहर्षयन्यदुव्याघ्रो धृष्टद्युम्नस्य पश्यतः ॥

athābravīdbhīmasenaṃ sātyakiḥ satyavikramaḥ | praharṣayanyaduvyāghro dhṛṣṭadyumnasya paśyataḥ

Then Satyaki of true valour, tiger of the Yadus, gladdening Bhimasena, said to him as Dhrishtadyumna looked on:

Verse 121 (6.54.121)

दिष्ट्या कालिङ्गराजश्च राजपुत्रश्च केतुमान् । शक्रदेवश्च कालिङ्गः कलिङ्गाश्च मृधे हताः ॥

diṣṭyā kāliṅgarājaśca rājaputraśca ketumān | śakradevaśca kāliṅgaḥ kaliṅgāśca mṛdhe hatāḥ

"By good fortune the king of Kalinga, Prince Ketumat, Shakradeva of Kalinga and the Kalingas have been slain in battle.

Note on the text: Corrected केतुमान → केतुमान् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped virama). Speaker: Satyaki's speech, announced in the previous verse; the page prints no heading.

Verse 122 (6.54.122)

स्वबाहुबलवीर्येण नागाश्वरथसंकुलः । महापुरुषभूयिष्ठो धीरयोधनिषेवितः ॥

svabāhubalavīryeṇa nāgāśvarathasaṃkulaḥ | mahāpuruṣabhūyiṣṭho dhīrayodhaniṣevitaḥ

By the might and valour of your own arms, the great array of the Kalingas — thronged with elephants, horses and chariots, full of great men and manned by steadfast warriors —

Note on the text: Speaker: Satyaki's speech continues; the page prints no heading. The automatic alignment missed this verse: line 1 is the critical edition's 6.50.113ab; line 2 is its star passage 6.50.113b*0182 (धीर° for vīra°), not in the constituted text.

Verse 123 (6.54.123)

महाव्यूहः कलिङ्गानामेकेन मृदितस्त्वया । एवमुक्त्वा शिनेर्नप्ता दीर्घबाहुररिन्दम । रथाद्रथमभिद्रुत्य पर्यष्वजत पाण्डवम् ॥

mahāvyūhaḥ kaliṅgānāmekena mṛditastvayā | evamuktvā śinernaptā dīrghabāhurarindama | rathādrathamabhidrutya paryaṣvajata pāṇḍavam

has been crushed by you alone." Having said this, O tamer of foes, the long-armed grandson of Shini sprang from his chariot to the other and embraced the Pandava.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment missed this three-line verse: line 1 (which ends Satyaki's speech; the verse is left with the narrator, whose words fill its other two lines) is the critical edition's 6.50.113cd; lines 2–3 are 6.50.114 (अरिन्दम for ariṃdamaḥ).

Verse 124 (6.54.124)

ततः स्वरथमास्थाय पुनरेव महारथः । तावकानवधीत्क्रुद्धो भीमस्य बलमादधत् ॥

tataḥ svarathamāsthāya punareva mahārathaḥ | tāvakānavadhītkruddho bhīmasya balamādadhat

Then the great chariot-warrior, mounting his own chariot once more, slew your men in his anger, adding to Bhima's strength.