Krishna Takes Up the Discus Against Bhishma

Verse 1 (6.59.1)

प्रतिज्ञाते ततस्तस्मिन्युद्धे भीष्मेण दारुणे । क्रोधितो मम पुत्रेण दुःखितेन विशेषतः ॥

pratijñāte tatastasminyuddhe bhīṣmeṇa dāruṇe | krodhito mama putreṇa duḥkhitena viśeṣataḥ

After Bhishma had pledged himself to that dreadful battle, stung to anger by my son, who was deeply grieved,

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: checked against the raw Wikisource page (a table, one row per verse, 6-59-1 to 6-59-140, with headings धृतराष्ट्र उवाच before verse 1, स़ञ्जय उवाच before verse 3 and सञ्जय उवाच again before verse 49). This adhyaya is the critical edition's 6.55. Four rows are numbered with the letter f (87f, 91f, 92f, 95f) and print only the last quarter of their verse; the lost lines are restored from the critical edition (see those verses). The page's backticked passages (verse 63 line 3, verses 88–90, verses 104–106 line 2) are printed as text; the backticks and quote marks are removed. Speeches without a printed heading that fill whole verses are given to their speakers: Krishna (43–47, 85–87), Arjuna (48, 102) and Bhishma (58, 96–97); Krishna's unspoken thoughts (68–73) stay with Sanjaya. Verse 1: line 1 reads प्रतिज्ञाते ततस्तस्मिन्युद्धे भीष्मेण दारुणे where the critical edition reads pratijñāte tu bhīṣmeṇa tasmin yuddhe sudāruṇe; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 2 (6.59.2)

भीष्मः किमकरोत्तत्र पाण्डवेयेषु भारत । पितामहे वा पञ्चालास्तन्ममाचक्ष्व सञ्जय ॥

bhīṣmaḥ kimakarottatra pāṇḍaveyeṣu bhārata | pitāmahe vā pañcālāstanmamācakṣva sañjaya

what did Bhishma do there to the sons of Pandu, O Bharata? And what did the Panchalas do to the grandsire? Tell me that, Sanjaya.

Verse 3 (6.59.3)

गतपूर्वाह्णभूयिष्ठे तस्मिन्नहनि भारत । पश्चिमां दिशमास्थाय स्थिते चापि दिवाकरे ॥

gatapūrvāhṇabhūyiṣṭhe tasminnahani bhārata | paścimāṃ diśamāsthāya sthite cāpi divākare

When the greater part of the forenoon of that day had passed, O Bharata, and the sun had turned toward the western quarter,

Note on the text: The page's heading prints स़ञ्जय with a stray nukta; the speaker is given as सञ्जय. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.55.3ab; line 2 is its star passage 6.55.3b*0196_01 (not in the constituted text). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 4 (6.59.4)

जयं प्राप्तेषु हृष्टेषु पाण्डवेषु महात्मसु । सर्वधर्मविशेषज्ञः पिता देवव्रतस्तव ॥

jayaṃ prāpteṣu hṛṣṭeṣu pāṇḍaveṣu mahātmasu | sarvadharmaviśeṣajñaḥ pitā devavratastava

and the great-souled Pandavas, having won the day, were rejoicing, your father Devavrata, who knew the finer points of every duty,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.55.3cd; line 2 is 6.55.4ab. Corrected महात्ससु → महात्मसु (misprint in Wikisource; त्स for त्म, critical edition mahātmasu).

Verse 5 (6.59.5)

अभ्ययाज्जवनैरश्वैः पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम् । महत्या सेनया गुप्तस्तव पुत्रैश्च सर्वशः ॥

abhyayājjavanairaśvaiḥ pāṇḍavānāmanīkinīm | mahatyā senayā guptastava putraiśca sarvaśaḥ

rode out on swift horses against the army of the Pandavas, guarded on every side by a great host and by your sons.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.55.4cd–ef (Wikisource divides verses 3–48 half a verse later than the critical edition). Corrected अभ्ययाञ्जवनैरश्वैः → अभ्ययाज्जवनैरश्वैः (misprint in Wikisource; abhyayāt before javanaiḥ becomes abhyayāj j-, not ñj; critical edition abhyayāj javanair).

Verse 6 (6.59.6)

प्रावर्तत ततो युद्धं तुमुलं रोमहर्षणम् । अस्माकं पाण्डवैः सार्धमनायात्तव भारत ॥

prāvartata tato yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ romaharṣaṇam | asmākaṃ pāṇḍavaiḥ sārdhamanāyāttava bhārata

Then, through your misguided policy, O Bharata, a tumultuous, hair-raising battle broke out between us and the Pandavas.

Verse 7 (6.59.7)

धनुषां कूजतां तत्र तलानां चाभिहन्यताम् । महान्समभवच्छब्दो गिरीणामिव दीर्यताम् ॥

dhanuṣāṃ kūjatāṃ tatra talānāṃ cābhihanyatām | mahānsamabhavacchabdo girīṇāmiva dīryatām

From the twanging of bows and the slap of palms against bowstrings there rose a mighty din, like mountains splitting apart.

Note on the text: Corrected घनुषां → धनुषां (misprint in Wikisource; घ for ध, critical edition dhanuṣāṃ).

Verse 8 (6.59.8)

तिष्ठ स्थितोऽस्मि विद्ध्यैनं निवर्तस्व स्थिरो भव । स्थिरोऽस्मि प्रहरस्वेति शब्दोऽश्रूयत सर्वशः ॥

tiṣṭha sthito'smi viddhyainaṃ nivartasva sthiro bhava | sthiro'smi praharasveti śabdo'śrūyata sarvaśaḥ

"Stand!" "Here I stand!" "Pierce him!" "Turn back!" "Hold firm!" "I am holding firm—strike!"—such cries were heard on every side.

Verse 9 (6.59.9)

काञ्चनेषु तनुत्रेषु किरीटेषु ध्वजेषु च । शिलानामिव शैलेषु पतितानामभूद्ध्वनिः ॥

kāñcaneṣu tanutreṣu kirīṭeṣu dhvajeṣu ca | śilānāmiva śaileṣu patitānāmabhūddhvaniḥ

As blows fell on golden armour, on diadems and on standards, the sound was like rocks crashing down on mountainsides.

Verse 10 (6.59.10)

पतितान्युत्तमाङ्गानि बाहवश्च विभूषिताः । व्यचेष्टन्त महीं प्राप्य शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥

patitānyuttamāṅgāni bāhavaśca vibhūṣitāḥ | vyaceṣṭanta mahīṃ prāpya śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

Severed heads and adorned arms fell to the ground and writhed there by hundreds and by thousands.

Verse 11 (6.59.11)

हृतोत्तमाङ्गाः केचित्तु तथैवोद्यतकार्मुकाः । प्रगृहीतायुधाश्चापि तस्थुः पुरुषसत्तमाः ॥

hṛtottamāṅgāḥ kecittu tathaivodyatakārmukāḥ | pragṛhītāyudhāścāpi tasthuḥ puruṣasattamāḥ

Some of those foremost of men, though their heads had been struck off, still stood as before, bows raised and weapons gripped.

Note on the text: Corrected हृतोत्तमाह्गाः → हृतोत्तमाङ्गाः (ह्ग for ङ्ग) and पुरुषसत्तमाःक → पुरुषसत्तमाः (a stray क) (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition hṛtottamāṅgāḥ, puruṣasattamāḥ).

Verse 12 (6.59.12)

प्रावर्तत महावेगा नदी रुधिरवाहिनी । मातङ्गाङ्गशिला रौद्रा मांसशोणितकर्दमा ॥

prāvartata mahāvegā nadī rudhiravāhinī | mātaṅgāṅgaśilā raudrā māṃsaśoṇitakardamā

A river of blood began to flow, swift and terrible, with the bodies of elephants for its rocks and flesh and gore for its mire.

Verse 13 (6.59.13)

वराश्वनरनागानां शरीरप्रभवा तदा । परलोकार्णवमुखी गृध्रगोमायुमोदिनी ॥

varāśvanaranāgānāṃ śarīraprabhavā tadā | paralokārṇavamukhī gṛdhragomāyumodinī

It sprang from the bodies of fine horses, men and elephants; it flowed toward the ocean of the other world, and vultures and jackals revelled in it.

Note on the text: Corrected वरश्वनरनागानां → वराश्वनरनागानां (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ā in vara-aśva; critical edition varāśvanaranāgānāṃ).

Verse 14 (6.59.14)

न दृष्टं न श्रुतं वापि युद्धमेतादृशं नृप । यथा तव सुतानां च पाण्डवानां च भारत ॥

na dṛṣṭaṃ na śrutaṃ vāpi yuddhametādṛśaṃ nṛpa | yathā tava sutānāṃ ca pāṇḍavānāṃ ca bhārata

Such a battle as was fought between your sons and the Pandavas, O king, O Bharata, has never been seen or heard of.

Verse 15 (6.59.15)

नासीद्रथपथस्तत्र योधैर्युधि निपातितैः । गजैश्च पतितैर्नीलैर्गिरिशृङ्गैरिवावृतः ॥

nāsīdrathapathastatra yodhairyudhi nipātitaiḥ | gajaiśca patitairnīlairgiriśṛṅgairivāvṛtaḥ

No path was left there for the chariots, so thick lay the warriors cut down in the fight; with the dark elephants that had fallen, it looked strewn with mountain peaks.

Note on the text: Corrected यौधैर्युधि → योधैर्युधि (यौ for यो) and गिरिश्रृङ्गैनिरवावृतः → गिरिशृङ्गैरिवावृतः (श्रृ for शृ, and the letters of -ङ्गैरिव- jumbled into a non-word) (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition yodhair yudhi, giriśṛṅgair ivāvṛtam). आवृतः (agreeing with रथपथः; CE āvṛtam) kept.

Verse 16 (6.59.16)

विकीर्णैः कवचैश्चित्रैः शिरस्त्राणैश्च मारिष । शुशुभे तद्रणस्थानं शरदीव नभस्तलम् ॥

vikīrṇaiḥ kavacaiścitraiḥ śirastrāṇaiśca māriṣa | śuśubhe tadraṇasthānaṃ śaradīva nabhastalam

Strewn with bright armour and helmets, sir, the battlefield shone like the sky in autumn.

Note on the text: Corrected शिरस्त्रणैश्च → शिरस्त्राणैश्च (a dropped ā; शिरस्त्राण 'helmet') and तद्राणस्थानं → तद्रणस्थानं (राण for रण; critical edition tad raṇasthānaṃ) (misprint in Wikisource; non-words). शिरस्त्राणैश्च for the critical edition's dhvajaiś chatraiś ca is kept as a recension variant.

Verse 17 (6.59.17)

विनिर्भिन्नाः शरैः केचिदन्त्रापीडप्रकर्षिणः । अभीताः समरे शत्रूनभ्यधावन्त दर्पिताः ॥

vinirbhinnāḥ śaraiḥ kecidantrāpīḍaprakarṣiṇaḥ | abhītāḥ samare śatrūnabhyadhāvanta darpitāḥ

Some, pierced through by arrows and dragging their own entrails, still charged the enemy fearlessly in their pride.

Verse 18 (6.59.18)

तात भ्रातः सखे बन्धो वयस्य मम मातुल । मा मां परित्यजेत्यन्ये चुक्रुशुः पतिता रणे ॥

tāta bhrātaḥ sakhe bandho vayasya mama mātula | mā māṃ parityajetyanye cukruśuḥ patitā raṇe

Others, fallen in the battle, cried out: "Father! Brother! Friend! Kinsman! Comrade! Uncle! Do not abandon me!"

Verse 19 (6.59.19)

अथाभ्येहि त्वमागच्छ किं भीतोऽसि क्व यास्यसि । स्थितोऽहं समरे मा भैरिति चान्ये विचुक्रुशुः ॥

athābhyehi tvamāgaccha kiṃ bhīto'si kva yāsyasi | sthito'haṃ samare mā bhairiti cānye vicukruśuḥ

And others shouted: "Come here! Come on! Why are you afraid? Where are you going? I am standing firm in the fight—have no fear!"

Note on the text: Avagraha restored in भीतोसि → भीतोऽसि (bhīto 'si, as in the critical edition). Line 1 (अथाभ्येहि त्वमागच्छ for ādhāvābhyehi mā gaccha) kept as a recension variant.

Verse 20 (6.59.20)

तत्र भीष्मः शान्तनवो नित्यं मण्डलकार्मुकः । मुमोच बाणान्दीप्ताग्रानहीनाशीविषानिव ॥

tatra bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavo nityaṃ maṇḍalakārmukaḥ | mumoca bāṇāndīptāgrānahīnāśīviṣāniva

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

Note on the text: Corrected मुमीच → मुमोच (misprint in Wikisource; ी for ो, critical edition mumoca).

Verse 21 (6.59.21)

शरैरेकायनीकुर्वन्दिशः सर्वा यतव्रतः । जघान पाण्डवरथानादिश्य भारतर्षभ ॥

śarairekāyanīkurvandiśaḥ sarvā yatavrataḥ | jaghāna pāṇḍavarathānādiśya bhāratarṣabha

Firm in his vows, he made every direction one single path for his arrows, and he struck down the Pandava chariot-fighters, naming each target first, O bull of the Bharatas.

Verse 22 (6.59.22)

स नृत्यन्वै रथोपस्थे दर्शयन्पाणिलाघवम् । अलातचक्रवद्राजंस्तत्र तत्र स्म दृश्यते ॥

sa nṛtyanvai rathopasthe darśayanpāṇilāghavam | alātacakravadrājaṃstatra tatra sma dṛśyate

Dancing, as it were, on the floor of his chariot and showing the speed of his hands, he was seen here, there and everywhere, O king, like a whirling firebrand.

Verse 23 (6.59.23)

तमेकं समरे शूरं पाण्डवाः सृञ्जयैः सह । अनेकशतसाहस्रं समपश्यन्त लाघवात् ॥

tamekaṃ samare śūraṃ pāṇḍavāḥ sṛñjayaiḥ saha | anekaśatasāhasraṃ samapaśyanta lāghavāt

So swift was he that the Pandavas and the Srinjayas saw that one hero in the battle as many hundreds of thousands.

Verse 24 (6.59.24)

मायाकृतात्मानमिव भीष्मं तत्र स्म मेनिरे । पूर्वस्यां दिशि तं दृष्ट्वा प्रतीच्यां ददृशुर्जनाः ॥

māyākṛtātmānamiva bhīṣmaṃ tatra sma menire | pūrvasyāṃ diśi taṃ dṛṣṭvā pratīcyāṃ dadṛśurjanāḥ

They thought that Bhishma there had multiplied himself by magic: people saw him in the east and then saw him in the west,

Verse 25 (6.59.25)

उदीच्यां चैवमालोक्य दक्षिणस्यां पुनः प्रभो । एवं स समरे शूरो गाङ्गेयः प्रत्यदृश्यत ॥

udīcyāṃ caivamālokya dakṣiṇasyāṃ punaḥ prabho | evaṃ sa samare śūro gāṅgeyaḥ pratyadṛśyata

and having seen him thus in the north, saw him again in the south, my lord. So did the hero, Ganga's son, appear in the battle.

Verse 26 (6.59.26)

न चैवं पाण्डवेयानां कश्चिच्छक्नोति वीक्षितुम् । विशिखानेव पश्यन्ति भीष्मचापच्युतान्बहून् ॥

na caivaṃ pāṇḍaveyānāṃ kaścicchaknoti vīkṣitum | viśikhāneva paśyanti bhīṣmacāpacyutānbahūn

None on the Pandava side could so much as look at him; they saw only the many arrows loosed from Bhishma's bow.

Verse 27 (6.59.27)

कुर्वाणं समरे कर्म सूदयानं च वाहिनीम् । व्याक्रोशन्त रणे तत्र नरा बहुविधा बहु ॥

kurvāṇaṃ samare karma sūdayānaṃ ca vāhinīm | vyākrośanta raṇe tatra narā bahuvidhā bahu

As he worked his deeds in battle and slaughtered the army, men of many kinds raised loud and manifold cries there on the field,

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.55.26ab–cd (नरा बहुविधा for vīrā bahuvidhaṃ kept as a variant). The automatic alignment found no match for verses 27–48, which run half a verse behind the critical edition's 6.55.26–46; each was checked by hand.

Verse 28 (6.59.28)

अमानुषेण रूपेण चरन्तं पितरं तव । शलभा इव राजानः पतन्ति विधिचोदिताः ॥

amānuṣeṇa rūpeṇa carantaṃ pitaraṃ tava | śalabhā iva rājānaḥ patanti vidhicoditāḥ

for your father moved about in a form beyond the human. Kings fell like moths, driven on by fate,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.55.26ef; line 2 is 6.55.27ab.

Verse 29 (6.59.29)

भीष्माग्निमभिसंक्रुद्धं विनाशाय सहस्रशः । न हि मोघः शरः कश्चिदासीद्भीष्मस्य संयुगे ॥

bhīṣmāgnimabhisaṃkruddhaṃ vināśāya sahasraśaḥ | na hi moghaḥ śaraḥ kaścidāsīdbhīṣmasya saṃyuge

into the fire that was Bhishma, blazing in his wrath, to perish by thousands. Not one of Bhishma's arrows went for nothing in that battle.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.55.27cd; line 2 is 6.55.28ab.

Verse 30 (6.59.30)

नरनागाश्वकायेषु बहुत्वाल्लघुयोधिनः । भिनत्त्येकेन बाणेन सुमुखेन पतत्रिणा ॥

naranāgāśvakāyeṣu bahutvāllaghuyodhinaḥ | bhinattyekena bāṇena sumukhena patatriṇā

So many were his targets among the bodies of men, elephants and horses that the swift fighter would split, with a single fair-pointed feathered arrow,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.55.28cd (लघुयोधिनः for laghuvedhinaḥ); line 2 is 6.55.29ab (सुमुखेन for sumuktena); kept as variants.

Verse 31 (6.59.31)

गजं कंकटसन्नद्धं वज्रेणेव शिलोच्चयम् । द्वौ त्रीनपि गजारोहान्पिण्डितान्वर्मितानपि ॥

gajaṃ kaṃkaṭasannaddhaṃ vajreṇeva śiloccayam | dvau trīnapi gajārohānpiṇḍitānvarmitānapi

an elephant clad in armour, as a thunderbolt splits a mountain. Two or three elephant riders as well, bunched together and armoured,

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of the critical edition's 6.55.29cd (gajakaṅkaṭasaṃnāhaṃ vajreṇevācalottamam); line 2 is 6.55.30ab.

Verse 32 (6.59.32)

नाराचेन सुमुक्तेन निजघान पिता तव । यो यो भीष्मं नरव्याघ्रमभ्येति युधि कश्चन ॥

nārācena sumuktena nijaghāna pitā tava | yo yo bhīṣmaṃ naravyāghramabhyeti yudhi kaścana

your father struck down with one well-loosed iron shaft. Whoever came at Bhishma, that tiger among men, in the fight,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.55.30cd (सुमुक्तेन for sutīkṣṇena); line 2 is 6.55.31ab.

Verse 33 (6.59.33)

मुहूर्तदृष्टः स मया पतितो भुवि दृश्यते । एवं सा धर्मराजस्य वध्यमाना महाचमूः ॥

muhūrtadṛṣṭaḥ sa mayā patito bhuvi dṛśyate | evaṃ sā dharmarājasya vadhyamānā mahācamūḥ

I would see for a moment, and then see him fallen on the ground. Thus the great host of the King of Dharma, slaughtered

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.55.31cd (पतितो for pātito); line 2 is 6.55.32ab.

Verse 34 (6.59.34)

भीष्मेणातुलवीर्येण व्यशीर्यत सहस्रधा । प्राकम्पत महासेना शरवर्षेण तापिता ॥

bhīṣmeṇātulavīryeṇa vyaśīryata sahasradhā | prākampata mahāsenā śaravarṣeṇa tāpitā

by Bhishma of matchless might, was shattered a thousand ways. Scorched by the rain of arrows, the great army trembled

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.55.32cd; line 2 is a variant of 6.55.33ab (prakīryata mahāsenā śaravarṣābhitāpitā). Corrected संहस्रधा → सहस्रधा (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara, critical edition sahasradhā).

Verse 35 (6.59.35)

पश्यतो वासुदेवस्य पार्थस्याथ शिखण्डिनः । यतमानाऽपि ते वीरा द्रवमाणान्महारथान् ॥

paśyato vāsudevasya pārthasyātha śikhaṇḍinaḥ | yatamānā'pi te vīrā dravamāṇānmahārathān

before the eyes of Vasudeva, of Partha and of Shikhandin. Try as they might, those heroes could not hold back the great chariot-fighters as they fled,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.55.33cd (पार्थस्याथ शिखण्डिनः for pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ, kept as a variant); line 2 is 6.55.34ab.

Verse 36 (6.59.36)

नाशक्नुवन्वारयितुं भीष्मबाणप्रपीडितान् । महेन्द्रसमवीर्येण वध्यमाना महाचमूः ॥

nāśaknuvanvārayituṃ bhīṣmabāṇaprapīḍitān | mahendrasamavīryeṇa vadhyamānā mahācamūḥ

tormented by Bhishma's arrows. Slaughtered by one whose might equalled great Indra's, the great host

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.55.34cd (प्रपीडितान्, accusative, for prapīḍitāḥ); line 2 is 6.55.35ab.

Verse 37 (6.59.37)

अभज्यत महाराज न च द्वौ सह धावतः । आविद्धनरनागाश्वं पतितध्वजकूबरम् ॥

abhajyata mahārāja na ca dvau saha dhāvataḥ | āviddhanaranāgāśvaṃ patitadhvajakūbaram

broke apart, great king, so that no two men ran together. Its men, elephants and horses pierced, its standards and chariot-poles fallen,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.55.35cd; line 2 is 6.55.36ab. Corrected आविद्धरनागाश्वं → आविद्धनरनागाश्वं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped न leaves a non-word and a seven-syllable quarter; critical edition āviddhanaranāgāśvaṃ).

Verse 38 (6.59.38)

अनीकं पाण्डुपुत्राणां हाहाभूतमचेतनम् । जघानात्र पिता पुत्रं पुत्रश्च पितरं तथा ॥

anīkaṃ pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ hāhābhūtamacetanam | jaghānātra pitā putraṃ putraśca pitaraṃ tathā

the army of Pandu's sons cried out in dismay and lost its wits. There father slew son and son slew father,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.55.36cd; line 2 is 6.55.37ab.

Verse 39 (6.59.39)

प्रियं सखायं चाक्रन्दे सखा दैवबलात्कृतः । विमुच्य कवचान्यन्ये पाण्डुपुत्रस्य सैनिकाः ॥

priyaṃ sakhāyaṃ cākrande sakhā daivabalātkṛtaḥ | vimucya kavacānyanye pāṇḍuputrasya sainikāḥ

and in the fray friend slew dear friend, overpowered by fate. Other soldiers of Pandu's son threw off their armour

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.55.37cd; line 2 is 6.55.38ab.

Verse 40 (6.59.40)

विमुक्तकेशा धावन्तः प्रत्यदृश्यन्त भारत । तद्गोकुलमिवोद्भ्रान्तमुद्भ्रान्तरथयूथपम् ॥

vimuktakeśā dhāvantaḥ pratyadṛśyanta bhārata | tadgokulamivodbhrāntamudbhrāntarathayūthapam

and were seen running with their hair loose, O Bharata. Like a herd of cattle in a stampede, its chariot-leaders in a panic,

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of the critical edition's 6.55.38cd (prakīrya keśān dhāvantaḥ); line 2 is 6.55.39ab. Corrected विनुक्तकेशा → विमुक्तकेशा (न for म) and उद्धान्तमुद्धान्त- → उद्भ्रान्तमुद्भ्रान्त- (a broken conjunct, twice) (misprint in Wikisource; non-words; critical edition udbhrāntam udbhrānta-).

Verse 41 (6.59.41)

ददृशे पाण्डुपुत्रस्य सैन्यमार्तस्वरं तदा । प्रभज्यमानं सैन्यं तु दृष्ट्वा यादवनन्दनः ॥

dadṛśe pāṇḍuputrasya sainyamārtasvaraṃ tadā | prabhajyamānaṃ sainyaṃ tu dṛṣṭvā yādavanandanaḥ

the army of Pandu's son was then seen, crying out in distress. Seeing the army breaking, the delight of the Yadavas

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.55.39cd; line 2 is a variant of 6.55.40ab (यादवनन्दनः for devakinandanaḥ).

Verse 42 (6.59.42)

उवाच पार्थं बीभत्सुं निगृह्य रथमुत्तमम् । अयं स कालः संप्राप्तः पार्थ यस्तेऽभिकाङ्क्षितः ॥

uvāca pārthaṃ bībhatsuṃ nigṛhya rathamuttamam | ayaṃ sa kālaḥ saṃprāptaḥ pārtha yaste'bhikāṅkṣitaḥ

reined in that superb chariot and said to Partha Bibhatsu: "Partha, the hour you have longed for has come.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.55.40cd; line 2 is 6.55.41ab, where Krishna's speech begins (no heading on the page or in the critical edition), so the verse stays with Sanjaya. Corrected असं → अयं and पस्ते → यस्ते (misprint in Wikisource; स for य and प for य; critical edition ayaṃ sa kālaḥ … yaḥ kāṅkṣitas tvayā). तेऽभिकाङ्क्षितः for kāṅkṣitas tvayā kept as a variant.

Verse 43 (6.59.43)

प्रहरस्व नरव्याघ्र न चेन्मोहाद्विमुह्यसे । यत्त्वया कथितं वीर पुरा राज्ञां समागमे ॥

praharasva naravyāghra na cenmohādvimuhyase | yattvayā kathitaṃ vīra purā rājñāṃ samāgame

Strike, tiger among men, unless delusion has robbed you of your wits. What you declared long ago, hero, in the assembly of kings—

Note on the text: Speaker: Krishna's speech to Arjuna, begun in the second line of verse 42; the page prints no heading here. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.55.41cd (प्रहरस्व for praharāsmai); line 2 is 6.55.42ab.

Verse 44 (6.59.44)

भीष्मद्रोणमुखान्सर्वान्धार्तराष्ट्रस्य सैनिकान् । सानुबन्धान्हनिष्यामि ये मां योत्स्यन्ति संयुगे ॥

bhīṣmadroṇamukhānsarvāndhārtarāṣṭrasya sainikān | sānubandhānhaniṣyāmi ye māṃ yotsyanti saṃyuge

'All the soldiers of Dhritarashtra's son, with Bhishma and Drona at their head, all who fight me in battle, I shall slay together with their followers'—

Note on the text: Speaker: as for verse 43 (Krishna quotes Arjuna's own vow). Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.55.42cd; line 2 is 6.55.43ab.

Verse 45 (6.59.45)

इति तत्कुरु कौन्तेय सत्यं वाक्यमरिन्दम । बीभत्सो पश्य सैन्यं स्वं भज्यमानं ततस्ततः ॥

iti tatkuru kaunteya satyaṃ vākyamarindama | bībhatso paśya sainyaṃ svaṃ bhajyamānaṃ tatastataḥ

make those words true, son of Kunti, tamer of foes. Bibhatsu, look at your own army breaking on this side and that!

Note on the text: Speaker: as for verse 43. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.55.43cd; line 2 is 6.55.44ab (ततस्ततः for samantataḥ).

Verse 46 (6.59.46)

द्रवतश्च महीपालान्पश्य यौधिष्ठिरे बले । दृष्ट्वा हि भीष्मं समरे व्यात्ताननमिवान्तकम् ॥

dravataśca mahīpālānpaśya yaudhiṣṭhire bale | dṛṣṭvā hi bhīṣmaṃ samare vyāttānanamivāntakam

See the kings fleeing in Yudhishthira's host! For at the sight of Bhishma in battle, like Death with his jaws gaping,

Note on the text: Speaker: as for verse 43. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.55.44cd (पश्य for sarvān); line 2 is 6.55.45ab.

Verse 47 (6.59.47)

भयार्ताः प्रपलायन्ते सिंहात्क्षुद्रमृगा इव । एवमुक्तः प्रत्युवाच वासुदेवं धनंजयः ॥

bhayārtāḥ prapalāyante siṃhātkṣudramṛgā iva | evamuktaḥ pratyuvāca vāsudevaṃ dhanaṃjayaḥ

they run in terror, like small deer from a lion." Thus addressed, Dhananjaya answered Vasudeva:

Note on the text: Speaker: line 1 closes Krishna's speech; line 2 (Arjuna's reply announced) is Sanjaya's narration. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.55.45cd (प्रपलायन्ते सिंहात् for saṃpraṇaśyanti siṃhaṃ); line 2 is 6.55.46ab.

Verse 48 (6.59.48)

नोदयाश्वान्यतो भीष्मो विगाहे तद्बलार्णवम् । पातयिष्यामि दुर्धर्षं वृद्धं कुरुपितामहम् ॥

nodayāśvānyato bhīṣmo vigāhe tadbalārṇavam | pātayiṣyāmi durdharṣaṃ vṛddhaṃ kurupitāmaham

Drive the horses to where Bhishma is. I will plunge into that ocean of an army and bring down the invincible old grandsire of the Kurus.

Note on the text: Speaker: Arjuna's reply to Krishna; the page prints no heading (its सञ्जय उवाच before verse 49 marks the return to the narration). Line 1 is a variant of the critical edition's 6.55.46cd (codayāśvān yato bhīṣmo vigāhyaitad balārṇavam); line 2 is a variant of its star passage 6.55.46d*0197_01 (pātayiṣyāmi durdharṣaṃ kuruvṛddhaṃ pitāmaham). Corrected तद्वलार्णवम् → तद्बलार्णवम् (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब; बल 'army').

Verse 49 (6.59.49)

ततोऽश्वान्रजतप्रख्यान्नोदयामास माधवः । यतो भीष्मरथो राजन्दुष्प्रेक्ष्यो रश्मिमानिव ॥

tato'śvānrajataprakhyānnodayāmāsa mādhavaḥ | yato bhīṣmaratho rājanduṣprekṣyo raśmimāniva

Then Madhava drove the silver-white horses on toward Bhishma's chariot, O king, which was as hard to look upon as the sun.

Note on the text: Corrected रजतप्रकख्यान् → रजतप्रख्यान् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क; critical edition rajataprakhyāṃś).

Verse 50 (6.59.50)

ततस्तत्पुनरावृत्तं युधिष्ठिरबलं महत् । दृष्ट्वा पार्थं महाबाहुं भीष्मायोद्यतमाहवे ॥

tatastatpunarāvṛttaṃ yudhiṣṭhirabalaṃ mahat | dṛṣṭvā pārthaṃ mahābāhuṃ bhīṣmāyodyatamāhave

Then Yudhishthira's great army, seeing mighty-armed Partha ready to fight Bhishma, rallied once more.

Verse 51 (6.59.51)

ततो भीष्मः कुरुश्रेष्ठ सिंहवद्विनदन्मुहुः । धनञ्जयरथं शीघ्रं शरवर्षैरवाकिरत् ॥

tato bhīṣmaḥ kuruśreṣṭha siṃhavadvinadanmuhuḥ | dhanañjayarathaṃ śīghraṃ śaravarṣairavākirat

Then Bhishma, O best of the Kurus, roaring again and again like a lion, swiftly covered Dhananjaya's chariot with showers of arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected भीष्मःक → भीष्मः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क). कुरुश्रेष्ठ (vocative; CE kuruśreṣṭhaḥ) and शीघ्रं (CE tūrṇaṃ) kept as variants.

Verse 52 (6.59.52)

क्षणेन स रथस्तस्य सहयः सहसारथिः । शरवर्षेण महता संछन्नो न प्रकाशते ॥

kṣaṇena sa rathastasya sahayaḥ sahasārathiḥ | śaravarṣeṇa mahatā saṃchanno na prakāśate

In an instant his chariot, with its horses and its charioteer, was so shrouded by that great rain of arrows that it could not be seen.

Note on the text: Corrected सहयः कसहसारथिः → सहयः सहसारथिः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क; critical edition sahayaḥ sahasārathiḥ).

Verse 53 (6.59.53)

वासुदेवस्त्वसंभ्रान्तो धैर्यमास्थाय सत्त्ववान् । चोदयामास तानश्वान्विभिन्नान्भीष्मसायकैः ॥

vāsudevastvasaṃbhrānto dhairyamāsthāya sattvavān | codayāmāsa tānaśvānvibhinnānbhīṣmasāyakaiḥ

But Vasudeva, unshaken and steadfast, kept his composure and drove on the horses, torn as they were by Bhishma's arrows.

Verse 54 (6.59.54)

ततः पार्थो धनुर्गृह्य दिव्यं जलदनिःस्वनम् । पातयामास भीष्मस्य धनुश्छित्वा त्रिभिः शरैः ॥

tataḥ pārtho dhanurgṛhya divyaṃ jaladaniḥsvanam | pātayāmāsa bhīṣmasya dhanuśchitvā tribhiḥ śaraiḥ

Then Partha took up his celestial bow, which thundered like a rain cloud, and with three arrows cut Bhishma's bow and brought it down.

Verse 55 (6.59.55)

स च्छिन्नधन्वा कौरव्यः पुनरन्यन्महद्धनुः । निमिषान्तरमात्रेण सज्यं चक्रे पिता तव ॥

sa cchinnadhanvā kauravyaḥ punaranyanmahaddhanuḥ | nimiṣāntaramātreṇa sajyaṃ cakre pitā tava

His bow cut, your father, the Kaurava, strung another great bow in the space of a blink.

Verse 56 (6.59.56)

विचकर्ष ततो दोर्भ्यां धनुर्जलदनिःस्वनम् । अथास्य तदपि क्रुद्धश्चिच्छेद धनुरर्जुनः ॥

vicakarṣa tato dorbhyāṃ dhanurjaladaniḥsvanam | athāsya tadapi kruddhaściccheda dhanurarjunaḥ

He drew with both arms that bow which thundered like a cloud; and Arjuna in his anger cut that one too.

Verse 57 (6.59.57)

तस्य तत्पूजयामास लाघवं शन्तनोः सुतः । साधु पार्थ महाबाहो साधु भो पाण्डुनन्दन ॥

tasya tatpūjayāmāsa lāghavaṃ śantanoḥ sutaḥ | sādhu pārtha mahābāho sādhu bho pāṇḍunandana

Shantanu's son honoured that deftness of his: "Well done, mighty-armed Partha! Well done, son of Pandu!"

Note on the text: Bhishma's praise of Arjuna begins in line 2 and runs through verse 58, which is given to him; this verse stays with Sanjaya.

Verse 58 (6.59.58)

त्वय्येवैतद्युक्तरूपं महत्कर्म धनंजय । प्रीतोऽस्मि सुभृशं पुत्र कुरु युद्धं मया सह ॥

tvayyevaitadyuktarūpaṃ mahatkarma dhanaṃjaya | prīto'smi subhṛśaṃ putra kuru yuddhaṃ mayā saha

So great a feat befits you alone, Dhananjaya. I am truly pleased, my son. Fight with me.

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhishma's words to Arjuna, begun in the second line of verse 57; the page prints no heading. सुभृशं for sudṛḍhaṃ kept as a variant.

Verse 59 (6.59.59)

इति पार्थं प्रशस्याथ प्रगृह्यान्यन्महद्धनुः । मुमोच समरे वीरः शरान्पार्थरथं प्रति ॥

iti pārthaṃ praśasyātha pragṛhyānyanmahaddhanuḥ | mumoca samare vīraḥ śarānpārtharathaṃ prati

Having praised Partha thus, the hero took up another great bow and loosed arrows at Partha's chariot in the battle.

Verse 60 (6.59.60)

अदर्शयद्वासुदेवो हययाने परं बलम् । मोघान्कुर्वञ्शरांस्तस्य मण्डलान्व्यचरल्लघु ॥

adarśayadvāsudevo hayayāne paraṃ balam | moghānkurvañśarāṃstasya maṇḍalānvyacarallaghu

Vasudeva showed supreme skill in handling the horses: making Bhishma's arrows miss, he wheeled nimbly about in circles.

Note on the text: Corrected व्यचरल्लुघु → व्यचरल्लघु (misprint in Wikisource; ु for the a of लघु; critical edition acaral laghu). मण्डलान्व्यचरत् for maṇḍalāny acarat kept as a variant.

Verse 61 (6.59.61)

तथा भीष्मस्तु सुदृढं वासुदेवधनंजयौ । विव्याध निशितैर्बाणैः सर्वगात्रेषु भारत ॥

tathā bhīṣmastu sudṛḍhaṃ vāsudevadhanaṃjayau | vivyādha niśitairbāṇaiḥ sarvagātreṣu bhārata

But Bhishma, for his part, pierced Vasudeva and Dhananjaya hard with sharp arrows all over their bodies, O Bharata.

Verse 62 (6.59.62)

शुशुभाते नरव्याघ्रौ तौ भीष्मशरविक्षतौ । गोवृषाविव संरब्धौ विषाणोल्लेखनाङ्कितौ ॥

śuśubhāte naravyāghrau tau bhīṣmaśaravikṣatau | govṛṣāviva saṃrabdhau viṣāṇollekhanāṅkitau

Wounded by Bhishma's arrows, those two tigers among men shone like two enraged bulls scored with the marks of horns.

Note on the text: Corrected विषाणोल्लेखनाङ्क्तितौ → विषाणोल्लेखनाङ्कितौ (misprint in Wikisource; a stray त in the conjunct; critical edition -aṅkitau). संरब्धौ and विषाणोल्लेखन- (CE nardantau, viṣāṇollikhita-) kept as variants.

Verse 63 (6.59.63)

पुनश्चापि सुसंरब्धः शरैः शतसहस्रशः । कृष्णयोर्युधि संरब्धो भीष्मः प्राच्छादयद्दिशः । पार्थोऽपि समरे क्रुद्धो भीष्मस्यावारयद्दिशः ॥

punaścāpi susaṃrabdhaḥ śaraiḥ śatasahasraśaḥ | kṛṣṇayoryudhi saṃrabdho bhīṣmaḥ prācchādayaddiśaḥ | pārtho'pi samare kruddho bhīṣmasyāvārayaddiśaḥ

Again, furious and fired with rage, Bhishma shrouded the quarters around the two Krishnas in battle with hundreds of thousands of arrows; and Partha too, angry in the fight, blocked off the quarters around Bhishma.

Note on the text: A three-line verse as the page prints it. Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.55.61 (शतसहस्रशः and प्राच्छादयत् for saṃnataparvabhiḥ and vyāvārayat kept as variants); line 3, printed between backticks, is its star passage 6.55.61d*0198_01, not in the constituted text. Corrected भीष्माः → भीष्मः (misprint in Wikisource; the nominative singular is needed; critical edition bhīṣmo). Removed the backtick and the closing ।।' marks around line 3.

Verse 64 (6.59.64)

वार्ष्णेयं च शरैस्तीक्ष्णैः कम्पयामास रोषितः । मुहुरभ्यर्दयन्भीष्मः प्रहस्य स्वनवत्तदा ॥

vārṣṇeyaṃ ca śaraistīkṣṇaiḥ kampayāmāsa roṣitaḥ | muhurabhyardayanbhīṣmaḥ prahasya svanavattadā

In his rage Bhishma made the Vrishni hero tremble with sharp arrows, pressing him again and again and laughing aloud.

Note on the text: मुहुरभ्यर्दयन् for muhur abhyutsmayan kept as a recension variant.

Verse 65 (6.59.65)

ततस्तु कृष्णः समरे दृष्ट्वा भीष्मपराक्रमम् । संप्रेक्ष्य च महाबाहुः पार्थस्य मृदुयुद्धताम् ॥

tatastu kṛṣṇaḥ samare dṛṣṭvā bhīṣmaparākramam | saṃprekṣya ca mahābāhuḥ pārthasya mṛduyuddhatām

Then mighty-armed Krishna, seeing Bhishma's prowess in the battle and observing how mildly Partha fought,

Verse 66 (6.59.66)

भीष्मं च शरवर्षाणि सृजन्तमनिशं युधि । प्रतपन्तमिवादित्यं मध्यमासाद्य सेनयोः ॥

bhīṣmaṃ ca śaravarṣāṇi sṛjantamaniśaṃ yudhi | pratapantamivādityaṃ madhyamāsādya senayoḥ

and seeing Bhishma pour out showers of arrows without pause, scorching like the sun from the midst of the two armies,

Verse 67 (6.59.67)

वरान्वरान्विनिघ्नन्तं पाण्डुपुत्रस्य सैनिकान् । युगान्तमिव कुर्वाणं भीष्मं यौधिष्ठिरे बले ॥

varānvarānvinighnantaṃ pāṇḍuputrasya sainikān | yugāntamiva kurvāṇaṃ bhīṣmaṃ yaudhiṣṭhire bale

cutting down the very best of the soldiers of Pandu's son and working what seemed the end of an age upon Yudhishthira's army,

Note on the text: Corrected वारन्वरान् → वरान्वरान् (misprint in Wikisource; वार for वर; critical edition varān varān).

Verse 68 (6.59.68)

अमृष्यमाणो भगवान्केशवः परवीरहा । अचिन्तयदमेयात्मा नास्ति यौधिष्ठिरं बलम् ॥

amṛṣyamāṇo bhagavānkeśavaḥ paravīrahā | acintayadameyātmā nāsti yaudhiṣṭhiraṃ balam

the blessed Keshava, slayer of enemy heroes, whose soul is beyond measure, could bear it no longer, and he thought: "Yudhishthira's army is lost.

Note on the text: Krishna's unspoken thought begins at the end of this verse and runs to the first line of verse 73; an unspoken thought stays with the narrator, Sanjaya.

Verse 69 (6.59.69)

एकाह्ना हि रणे भीष्मो नाशयेद्देवदानवान् । किं नु पाण्डुसुतान्युद्धे सबलान्सपदानुगान् ॥

ekāhnā hi raṇe bhīṣmo nāśayeddevadānavān | kiṃ nu pāṇḍusutānyuddhe sabalānsapadānugān

In a single day Bhishma could destroy gods and Danavas in battle; how much more the sons of Pandu, with their armies and their followers!

Verse 70 (6.59.70)

द्रवते च महासैन्यं पाण्डवस्य महात्मनः । एते च कौरवास्तूर्णं प्रभग्नान्वीक्ष्य सोमकान् ॥

dravate ca mahāsainyaṃ pāṇḍavasya mahātmanaḥ | ete ca kauravāstūrṇaṃ prabhagnānvīkṣya somakān

The great host of the great-souled Pandava is fleeing, and these Kauravas, seeing the Somakas broken, swiftly

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.55.68ab–cd (वीक्ष्य for dṛśya). Krishna's thought (see verse 68). The automatic alignment found no match for verses 70–89, which were checked by hand.

Verse 71 (6.59.71)

प्राद्रवन्ति रणे दृष्ट्वा हर्षयन्तः पितामहम् । सोऽहं भीष्मं निहन्म्यद्य पाण्डवार्थाय दंशितः ॥

prādravanti raṇe dṛṣṭvā harṣayantaḥ pitāmaham | so'haṃ bhīṣmaṃ nihanmyadya pāṇḍavārthāya daṃśitaḥ

charge forward in the battle, gladdening the grandsire. So I, armed and ready, will slay Bhishma today for the Pandavas' sake;

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.55.68ef (प्राद्रवन्ति … दृष्ट्वा for ādravanti … hṛṣṭā); line 2 is 6.55.69ab. Avagraha restored in सोहं → सोऽहं (so 'haṃ, as in the critical edition). Krishna's thought, kept with Sanjaya.

Verse 72 (6.59.72)

भारमेतं विनेष्यामि पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम् । अर्जुनो हि शरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्वध्यमानोऽपि संयुगे ॥

bhārametaṃ vineṣyāmi pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām | arjuno hi śaraistīkṣṇairvadhyamāno'pi saṃyuge

I will lift this burden from the great-souled Pandavas. For Arjuna, though struck by sharp arrows in the fight,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.55.69cd; line 2 is 6.55.70ab. Krishna's thought, kept with Sanjaya.

Verse 73 (6.59.73)

कर्तव्यं नाभिजानाति रणे भीष्मस्य गौरवात् । तथा चिन्तयतस्तस्य भूय एव पितामहः । प्रेषयामास संक्रुद्धः शरान्पार्थरथं प्रति ॥

kartavyaṃ nābhijānāti raṇe bhīṣmasya gauravāt | tathā cintayatastasya bhūya eva pitāmahaḥ | preṣayāmāsa saṃkruddhaḥ śarānpārtharathaṃ prati

does not see what must be done in battle, out of reverence for Bhishma." As Krishna was thinking this, the grandsire, enraged, sent still more arrows at Partha's chariot.

Note on the text: A three-line verse as the page prints it: line 1 is the critical edition's 6.55.70cd (end of Krishna's thought); lines 2–3 are 6.55.71.

Verse 74 (6.59.74)

तेषां बहुत्वाद्धि भृशं शराणां । दिशश्च सर्वाः पिहिता बभूवुः । न चान्तरिक्षं न दिशो न भूमि- । र्न भास्करोऽदृश्यत रश्मिमाली ॥

teṣāṃ bahutvāddhi bhṛśaṃ śarāṇāṃ | diśaśca sarvāḥ pihitā babhūvuḥ | na cāntarikṣaṃ na diśo na bhūmi- | rna bhāskaro'dṛśyata raśmimālī

Those arrows were so many that every quarter was blotted out; neither the sky nor the quarters nor the earth could be seen, nor the sun with its garland of rays.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.55.72ab–cd. Corrected तेषां बहुत्वासु भृसं शराणां → तेषां बहुत्वाद्धि भृशं शराणां (garbled; बहुत्वासु and भृसं are not words here) and रश्मिमालीक → रश्मिमाली (a stray क) (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads bahutvād dhi bhṛśaṃ, raśmimālī). दिशश्च for diśo 'tha kept as a variant.

Verse 75 (6.59.75)

ववुश्च वातास्तुमुलाः सधूमा । दिशश्च सर्वाः क्षुभिता बभूवुः । द्रोणो विकर्णोऽथ जयद्रथश्च । भूरिश्रवाः कृतवर्मा कृपश्च ॥

vavuśca vātāstumulāḥ sadhūmā | diśaśca sarvāḥ kṣubhitā babhūvuḥ | droṇo vikarṇo'tha jayadrathaśca | bhūriśravāḥ kṛtavarmā kṛpaśca

Tumultuous winds blew, laden with smoke, and all the quarters were thrown into turmoil. Drona, Vikarna and Jayadratha, Bhurishravas, Kritavarman and Kripa,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.55.72ef; lines 3–4 are 6.55.73ab.

Verse 76 (6.59.76)

श्रुतायुरम्बष्ठपतिश्च राजा । विन्दानुविन्दौ च सुदक्षिणश्च । प्राच्याश्च सौवीरगणाश्च सर्वे । वसातयः क्षुद्रकमालवाश्च ॥

śrutāyurambaṣṭhapatiśca rājā | vindānuvindau ca sudakṣiṇaśca | prācyāśca sauvīragaṇāśca sarve | vasātayaḥ kṣudrakamālavāśca

Shrutayus and the king who ruled the Ambashthas, Vinda and Anuvinda and Sudakshina, the Easterners, all the Sauvira bands, the Vasatis, the Kshudrakas and the Malavas

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.55.73cd; lines 3–4 are 6.55.74ab.

Verse 77 (6.59.77)

किरीटिनं त्वरमाणाभिसस्रु- । र्निदेशगाः शान्तनवस्य राज्ञः । तं वाजिपादातरथौघजालै- । रनेकसाहस्रशतैर्ददर्श ॥

kirīṭinaṃ tvaramāṇābhisasru- | rnideśagāḥ śāntanavasya rājñaḥ | taṃ vājipādātarathaughajālai- | ranekasāhasraśatairdadarśa

all rushed swiftly upon the diademed Arjuna at the bidding of King Bhishma, son of Shantanu. Then Shini's grandson saw him hemmed in by masses of horse, foot and chariots in many hundreds of thousands,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.55.74cd; lines 3–4 are 6.55.75ab. Corrected त्वरमाणाभिस्रु- → त्वरमाणाभिसस्रु- (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped स leaves a non-word and a ten-syllable quarter; critical edition tvaramāṇābhisasrur).

Verse 78 (6.59.78)

किरीटिनं संपरिवार्यमाणं । शिनेर्नप्ता वारणयूथपैश्च । ततस्तु दृष्ट्वार्जुनवासुदेवौ । पदातिनागाश्वरथैः समन्तात् ॥

kirīṭinaṃ saṃparivāryamāṇaṃ | śinernaptā vāraṇayūthapaiśca | tatastu dṛṣṭvārjunavāsudevau | padātināgāśvarathaiḥ samantāt

saw the diademed hero surrounded by these and by the leaders of elephant herds. Then, seeing Arjuna and Vasudeva set upon from every side by foot soldiers, elephants, horses and chariots,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.55.75cd; lines 3–4 are 6.55.76ab.

Verse 79 (6.59.79)

अभिद्रुतौ शस्त्रभृतां वरिष्ठौ । शिनिप्रवीरोऽभिससार तूर्णम् । स तान्यनीकानि महाधनुष्मान् । शिनिप्रवीरः सहसाऽभिपत्य ॥

abhidrutau śastrabhṛtāṃ variṣṭhau | śinipravīro'bhisasāra tūrṇam | sa tānyanīkāni mahādhanuṣmān | śinipravīraḥ sahasā'bhipatya

those two best of all who bear arms, the hero of the Shinis rushed swiftly to them. That great bowman, the Shini hero, fell suddenly upon those divisions

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.55.76cd; lines 3–4 are 6.55.77ab.

Verse 80 (6.59.80)

चकार साहाय्यमथार्जुनस्य । विष्णुर्यथा वृत्रनिषूदनस्य । विशीर्णनागाश्वरथध्वजौघं । भीष्मेण वित्रासितसर्वयोधम् ॥

cakāra sāhāyyamathārjunasya | viṣṇuryathā vṛtraniṣūdanasya | viśīrṇanāgāśvarathadhvajaughaṃ | bhīṣmeṇa vitrāsitasarvayodham

and came to Arjuna's help, as Vishnu helped the slayer of Vritra. Yudhishthira's army, its masses of elephants, horses, chariots and standards shattered and all its warriors terrified by Bhishma,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.55.77cd; lines 3–4 are 6.55.78ab.

Verse 81 (6.59.81)

युधिष्ठिरानीकमभिद्रवन्तं । प्रोवाच संदृश्य शिनिप्रवीरः । क्व क्षत्रिया यास्यथ नैष धर्मः । सतां पुरस्तात्कथितः पुराणैः ॥

yudhiṣṭhirānīkamabhidravantaṃ | provāca saṃdṛśya śinipravīraḥ | kva kṣatriyā yāsyatha naiṣa dharmaḥ | satāṃ purastātkathitaḥ purāṇaiḥ

was running away; seeing it, the Shini hero called out: "Where are you going, Kshatriyas? This is not the duty of the good, as the ancients have declared it.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.55.78cd; lines 3–4 are 6.55.79ab, where Satyaki's call to the fleeing troops begins (it ends in verse 82, line 2, so it stays with Sanjaya).

Verse 82 (6.59.82)

मा स्वां प्रतिज्ञां त्यजत प्रवीराः । स्वं वीरधर्मं परिपालयध्वम् । तान्वासवानन्तरजो निशाम्य । नरेन्द्रमुख्यान्द्रवतः समन्तात् ॥

mā svāṃ pratijñāṃ tyajata pravīrāḥ | svaṃ vīradharmaṃ paripālayadhvam | tānvāsavānantarajo niśāmya | narendramukhyāndravataḥ samantāt

Do not abandon your vows, heroes; uphold the warrior's duty that is your own." Indra's younger brother, seeing those chief kings fleeing on every side,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.55.79cd (त्यजत for jahata); lines 3–4 are 6.55.80ab.

Verse 83 (6.59.83)

पार्थस्य दृष्ट्वा मृदुयुद्धतां च । भीष्मं च सङ्ख्ये समुदीर्यमाणम् । अमृष्यमाणः स ततो महात्मा । यशस्विनं सर्वदशार्हभर्ता ॥

pārthasya dṛṣṭvā mṛduyuddhatāṃ ca | bhīṣmaṃ ca saṅkhye samudīryamāṇam | amṛṣyamāṇaḥ sa tato mahātmā | yaśasvinaṃ sarvadaśārhabhartā

and seeing how mildly Partha fought while Bhishma pressed on ever harder in the battle, could bear it no longer. Then the great-souled lord of all the Dasharhas,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.55.80cd; lines 3–4 are 6.55.81ab. Corrected दृष्टवा → दृष्ट्वा (a dropped virama) and मृदुयुद्धातां → मृदुयुद्धतां (a stray ā; cf. मृदुयुद्धताम् in verse 65) (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition dṛṣṭvā mṛduyuddhatāṃ).

Verse 84 (6.59.84)

उवाच शैनेयमभिप्रशंसन् । दृष्ट्वा कुरूनापततः समग्रान् । ये यान्ति ते यान्तु शिनिप्रवीर । येऽपि स्थिताः सात्वत तेऽपि यान्तु ॥

uvāca śaineyamabhipraśaṃsan | dṛṣṭvā kurūnāpatataḥ samagrān | ye yānti te yāntu śinipravīra | ye'pi sthitāḥ sātvata te'pi yāntu

praising the illustrious grandson of Shini and seeing the Kurus advancing in full force, said to him: "Let those who are going go, hero of the Shinis; let those who stand their ground go too, Satvata.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.55.81cd (समग्रान् for samantāt); lines 3–4 are 6.55.82ab (ते यान्तु for yāntv eva), where Krishna's speech to Satyaki begins; no heading on the page, so the verse stays with Sanjaya.

Verse 85 (6.59.85)

भीष्मं रथात्पश्य निपात्यमानं । द्रोणं च सङ्ख्ये सगणं मयाऽद्य । न सारथेः सात्वत कौरवाणां । क्रुद्धस्य मुच्येत रणेऽद्य कश्चित् ॥

bhīṣmaṃ rathātpaśya nipātyamānaṃ | droṇaṃ ca saṅkhye sagaṇaṃ mayā'dya | na sāratheḥ sātvata kauravāṇāṃ | kruddhasya mucyeta raṇe'dya kaścit

Watch Bhishma thrown from his chariot today by me in battle, and Drona with his followers. Not one of the Kauravas, Satvata, will escape today from the charioteer in his wrath on this field.

Note on the text: Speaker: Krishna's speech to Satyaki, begun in the second half of verse 84; the page prints no heading. Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.55.82cd; lines 3–4 are 6.55.83ab, reading न सारथेः ('from the charioteer', Krishna himself) for nāsau rathaḥ; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 86 (6.59.86)

तस्मादहं गृह्य रथाङ्गमुग्रं । प्राणं हरिष्यामि महाव्रतस्य । निहत्य भीष्मं सगणं तथाजौ । द्रोणं च शैनेय रथप्रवीरौ ॥

tasmādahaṃ gṛhya rathāṅgamugraṃ | prāṇaṃ hariṣyāmi mahāvratasya | nihatya bhīṣmaṃ sagaṇaṃ tathājau | droṇaṃ ca śaineya rathapravīrau

So I will take up my fierce discus and take the life of the one bound by the great vow. Having slain Bhishma and his followers in battle, and Drona too, Shaineya, both foremost among chariot-fighters,

Note on the text: Speaker: as for verse 85. Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.55.83cd; lines 3–4 are 6.55.84ab (रथप्रवीरौ, dual, of Bhishma and Drona, for rathapravīram).

Verse 87 (6.59.87)

प्रीतिं करिष्यामि धनंजयस्य । राज्ञश्च भीमस्य तथाश्विनोश्च । निहत्य सर्वान्धृतराष्ट्रपुत्रां- । स्तत्पक्षिणो ये च नरेन्द्रमुख्याः । राज्येन राजानमजातशत्रुं । संपादयिष्याम्यहमद्य हृष्टः ॥

prītiṃ kariṣyāmi dhanaṃjayasya | rājñaśca bhīmasya tathāśvinośca | nihatya sarvāndhṛtarāṣṭraputrāṃ- | statpakṣiṇo ye ca narendramukhyāḥ | rājyena rājānamajātaśatruṃ | saṃpādayiṣyāmyahamadya hṛṣṭaḥ

I will give joy to Dhananjaya, to the king, to Bhima and to the two sons of the Ashvins. I will slay all the sons of Dhritarashtra and every chief of kings who takes their side, and today I will gladly establish King Ajatashatru in his kingdom.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (6.55.84cd–85c): Wikisource prints this row as 87f with only its last quarter, संपादयिष्याम्यहमद्य हृष्टः (6.55.85d). The lost five quarters (prītiṃ kariṣyāmi dhanaṃjayasya / rājñaś ca bhīmasya tathāśvinoś ca / nihatya sarvān dhṛtarāṣṭraputrāṃs / tatpakṣiṇo ye ca narendramukhyāḥ / rājyena rājānam ajātaśatruṃ) are restored; the page's own commentary on verse 87 (अश्विनोरश्विपुत्रयोर्नकुलसहदेवयोः) confirms that its verse contained tathāśvinoś ca. Speaker: as for verse 85.

Verse 88 (6.59.88)

इतीदमुक्त्वा स महानुभावः । सस्मार चक्रं निशितं पुराणम् । सुदर्शनं चिन्तितमात्रमेव । तस्याग्रहस्तं स्वयमारुरोह ॥

itīdamuktvā sa mahānubhāvaḥ | sasmāra cakraṃ niśitaṃ purāṇam | sudarśanaṃ cintitamātrameva | tasyāgrahastaṃ svayamāruroha

Having said this, the glorious one called to mind his ancient, keen-edged discus Sudarshana; and the moment he thought of it, it rose of its own accord onto the tip of his hand.

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 6.55.85d*0201. Removed the opening backtick (the page sets verses 88–90 between backticks).

Verse 89 (6.59.89)

तच्चक्रपद्मं प्रगृहीतमाजौ । रराज नारायणबाहुनालम् । यथादिपद्मं तरुणार्कवर्णं । रराज नारायणनाभिजातम् ॥

taccakrapadmaṃ pragṛhītamājau | rarāja nārāyaṇabāhunālam | yathādipadmaṃ taruṇārkavarṇaṃ | rarāja nārāyaṇanābhijātam

That lotus of a discus, held up in the battle, shone with Narayana's arm for its stalk, like the primal lotus the colour of the rising sun that grew from Narayana's navel.

Note on the text: A variant of the critical edition's 6.55.89: lines 3–4 match 89cd, but lines 1–2 read तच्चक्रपद्मं प्रगृहीतमाजौ / रराज नारायणबाहुनालम् for sudarśanaṃ cāsya rarāja śaures / tac cakrapadmaṃ subhujorunālam (line 2 is the same as the last line of verse 90); kept as the page's vulgate reading. Corrected नाभिजातमक् → नाभिजातम् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क्).

Verse 90 (6.59.90)

तत्कृष्णकोपोदयसूर्यबुद्धं । क्षुरान्ततीक्ष्णाग्रसुजातपत्रम् । तस्यैव देहोरुसरःप्ररूढं । रराज नारायणबाहुनालम् ॥

tatkṛṣṇakopodayasūryabuddhaṃ | kṣurāntatīkṣṇāgrasujātapatram | tasyaiva dehorusaraḥprarūḍhaṃ | rarāja nārāyaṇabāhunālam

Opened by the sunrise of Krishna's wrath, its finely formed petals keen-tipped as razors, it shone, sprung from the great lake of his own body, with Narayana's arm for its stalk.

Note on the text: Corrected तेस्यैव → तस्यैव (misprint in Wikisource; े for अ; critical edition tasyaiva). Removed the closing ।।' quote marks of the backticked passage.

Verse 91 (6.59.91)

ततः सुनाभं वसुदेवपुत्रः । सूर्यप्रभं वज्रसमप्रभावम् । क्षुरान्तमुद्यम्य भुजेन चक्रं । रथादवप्लुत्य विसृज्य वाहान् । संकम्पयन्गां चरणैर्महात्मा । वेगेन कृष्णः प्रससार भीष्मम् ॥

tataḥ sunābhaṃ vasudevaputraḥ | sūryaprabhaṃ vajrasamaprabhāvam | kṣurāntamudyamya bhujena cakraṃ | rathādavaplutya visṛjya vāhān | saṃkampayangāṃ caraṇairmahātmā | vegena kṛṣṇaḥ prasasāra bhīṣmam

Then Vasudeva's son, raising in his arm that discus with its fine hub, bright as the sun, mighty as the thunderbolt, its rim edged like a razor, leapt down from the chariot, letting go of the horses; and shaking the earth with his tread, the great-souled Krishna rushed at Bhishma with speed,

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (6.55.86ab–87a): Wikisource prints this row as 91f with only one quarter, वेगेन कृष्मः प्रससार भीष्मम् (6.55.87b, with कृष्मः a misprint, corrected → कृष्णः, म for ण). The lost five quarters (tataḥ sunābhaṃ vasudevaputraḥ / sūryaprabhaṃ vajrasamaprabhāvam / kṣurāntam udyamya bhujena cakraṃ / rathād avaplutya visṛjya vāhān / saṃkampayan gāṃ caraṇair mahātmā) are restored in the critical edition's words. In this recension the discus is summoned (verse 88) and described (89–90) before Krishna leaps from the chariot, where the critical edition has the leap (6.55.86–88) first.

Verse 92 (6.59.92)

मदान्धमाजौ समुदीर्णदर्पः । सिंहो जिघांसन्निव वारणेन्द्रम् । सोऽभ्यद्रवद्भीष्ममनीकमध्ये । क्रुद्धो महेन्द्रावरजः प्रमाथी । व्यालम्बिपीतान्तपटश्चकाशे । घनो यथा खे तडितावनद्धः ॥

madāndhamājau samudīrṇadarpaḥ | siṃho jighāṃsanniva vāraṇendram | so'bhyadravadbhīṣmamanīkamadhye | kruddho mahendrāvarajaḥ pramāthī | vyālambipītāntapaṭaścakāśe | ghano yathā khe taḍitāvanaddhaḥ

like a lion, its pride roused, eager to kill a lordly elephant blind with rut in the fray. Raging, the younger brother of great Indra, the crusher of foes, charged at Bhishma in the midst of the host; with the yellow ends of his garment streaming, he looked like a cloud in the sky girt with lightning.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (6.55.87cd–88c): Wikisource prints this row as 92f with only its last quarter, घनो यथा खे तडितावनद्धः (a variant of 6.55.88d, ghano yathā khe 'cirabhāpinaddhaḥ, kept). The lost five quarters (madāndham ājau samudīrṇadarpaḥ / siṃho jighāṃsann iva vāraṇendram / so 'bhyadravad bhīṣmam anīkamadhye / kruddho mahendrāvarajaḥ pramāthī / vyālambipītāntapaṭaś cakāśe) are restored.

Verse 93 (6.59.93)

तमात्तचक्रं प्रणदन्तमुच्चैः । क्रुद्धं महेन्द्रावरजं समीक्ष्य । सर्वाणि भूतानि भृशं विनेदुः । क्षयं कुरूणामिव चिन्तयित्वा ॥

tamāttacakraṃ praṇadantamuccaiḥ | kruddhaṃ mahendrāvarajaṃ samīkṣya | sarvāṇi bhūtāni bhṛśaṃ vineduḥ | kṣayaṃ kurūṇāmiva cintayitvā

Seeing the younger brother of great Indra in his wrath, discus in hand and roaring aloud, all beings cried out in alarm, as though thinking that the destruction of the Kurus had come.

Note on the text: क्षयं कुरूणामिव (CE kṣayaṃ kurūṇām iti) kept as a variant.

Verse 94 (6.59.94)

स वासुदेवः प्रगृहीतचक्रः । संवर्तयिष्यन्निव सर्वलोकम् । अभ्युत्पतँल्लोकगुरुर्बभासे । भूतानि धक्ष्यन्निव धूमकेतुः ॥

sa vāsudevaḥ pragṛhītacakraḥ | saṃvartayiṣyanniva sarvalokam | abhyutpatam̐llokagururbabhāse | bhūtāni dhakṣyanniva dhūmaketuḥ

Vasudeva, the teacher of the worlds, discus in hand, leaping forward, shone as though about to bring the whole world to its dissolution, like the smoke-bannered fire about to burn up all creatures.

Note on the text: सर्वलोकम् and धूमकेतुः (CE jīvalokam, kālavahniḥ) kept as variants.

Verse 95 (6.59.95)

तमापतन्तं प्रगृहीतचक्रं । समीक्ष्य देवं द्विपदां वरिष्ठम् । असंभ्रमं तद्विचकर्ष दोर्भ्यां । महाधनुर्गाण्डिवतुल्यघोषम् । उवाच भीष्मस्तमनन्तपौरुषं । गोविन्दमाजावविमूढचेताः ॥

tamāpatantaṃ pragṛhītacakraṃ | samīkṣya devaṃ dvipadāṃ variṣṭham | asaṃbhramaṃ tadvicakarṣa dorbhyāṃ | mahādhanurgāṇḍivatulyaghoṣam | uvāca bhīṣmastamanantapauruṣaṃ | govindamājāvavimūḍhacetāḥ

Seeing the god, the best of two-footed beings, rushing at him with the discus raised, Bhishma calmly drew with both arms his great bow, whose twang was like the Gandiva's, and with mind unclouded he spoke in the battle to Govinda of boundless valour:

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (6.55.93ab and star passage 6.55.93d*0202_01–03): Wikisource prints this row as 95f with only its last quarter, गोविन्दमाजावविमूढचेताः, which is the critical edition's 6.55.93d*0202_04. The lost quarters are restored: tam āpatantaṃ pragṛhītacakraṃ / samīkṣya devaṃ dvipadāṃ variṣṭham (93ab) and asaṃbhramaṃ tad vicakarṣa dorbhyāṃ / mahādhanur gāṇḍivatulyaghoṣam / uvāca bhīṣmas tam anantapauruṣaṃ (*0202). The critical edition's 93cd (asaṃbhramāt kārmukabāṇapāṇī / rathe sthitaḥ śāṃtanavo 'bhyuvāca), a second announcement of the same speech, is not restored: the surviving quarter belongs to the star passage, and where this recension had it cannot be told from the sources at hand.

Verse 96 (6.59.96)

एह्येहि देवेश जगन्निवास । नमोऽस्तु ते माधव चक्रपाणे । प्रसह्य मां पातय लोकनाथ । रथोत्तमात्सर्वशरण्य सङ्ख्ये ॥

ehyehi deveśa jagannivāsa | namo'stu te mādhava cakrapāṇe | prasahya māṃ pātaya lokanātha | rathottamātsarvaśaraṇya saṅkhye

Come, come, lord of the gods, dwelling place of the universe! Homage to you, Madhava, bearer of the discus! Lord of the worlds, refuge of all, strike me down by force from this fine chariot in battle!

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhishma's words to Krishna; the page prints no heading. Avagraha restored in नमोस्तु → नमोऽस्तु (namo 'stu, as in the critical edition). माधव चक्रपाणे and सर्वशरण्य (CE śārṅgarathāṅgapāṇe, bhūtaśaraṇya) kept as variants.

Verse 97 (6.59.97)

त्वया हतस्यापि ममाऽद्य कृष्ण । श्रेयः परस्मिन्निह चैव लोके । संभावितोऽस्म्यन्धकवृष्णिनाथ । लोकैस्त्रिभिर्वीर तवाभियानात् ॥

tvayā hatasyāpi mamā'dya kṛṣṇa | śreyaḥ parasminniha caiva loke | saṃbhāvito'smyandhakavṛṣṇinātha | lokaistribhirvīra tavābhiyānāt

Even slain by you today, Krishna, good will come to me in the next world and in this. Lord of the Andhakas and Vrishnis, hero, I am honoured in all three worlds by your onslaught.

Note on the text: Speaker: as for verse 96. Corrected परिस्मिन्निह → परस्मिन्निह (misprint in Wikisource; a stray i; critical edition parasminn iha).

Verse 98 (6.59.98)

रथादवप्लुत्य ततस्त्वरावान् । पार्थोऽप्यनुद्रुत्य यदुप्रवीरम् । जग्राह पीनोत्तमलम्बबाहुं । बाह्वोर्हरिं व्यायतपीनबाहुः ॥

rathādavaplutya tatastvarāvān | pārtho'pyanudrutya yadupravīram | jagrāha pīnottamalambabāhuṃ | bāhvorhariṃ vyāyatapīnabāhuḥ

Then Partha too leapt swiftly from the chariot, ran after the hero of the Yadus, and with his own long, stout arms caught Hari by his stout, long, splendid arms.

Verse 99 (6.59.99)

निगृह्यमाणश्च तदाऽऽदिदेवो । भृशं सरोषः किल नाम योगी । आदाय वेगेन जगाम विष्णु- । र्जिष्णुं महावात इवैकवृक्षम् ॥

nigṛhyamāṇaśca tadā''didevo | bhṛśaṃ saroṣaḥ kila nāma yogī | ādāya vegena jagāma viṣṇu- | rjiṣṇuṃ mahāvāta ivaikavṛkṣam

But the primal god, the master of yoga, held back though he was, was in a fierce rage, it is said; and Vishnu went on with speed, dragging Jishnu along as a great gale drags a lone tree.

Note on the text: Corrected निगृह्यमणाश्च → निगृह्यमाणश्च (the ā misplaced) and भृश → भृशं (a dropped anusvara) (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition nigṛhyamāṇaś ca, bhṛśaṃ).

Verse 100 (6.59.100)

पार्थस्तु विष्टभ्य बलेन पादौ । भीष्मान्तिकं तूर्णमभिद्रवन्तम् । बलान्निजग्राह हरिं किरीटी । पदेऽथ राजन्दशमे कथंचित् ॥

pārthastu viṣṭabhya balena pādau | bhīṣmāntikaṃ tūrṇamabhidravantam | balānnijagrāha hariṃ kirīṭī | pade'tha rājandaśame kathaṃcit

But the diademed Partha, planting his feet with all his strength, at last managed by force to halt Hari, who was rushing swiftly toward Bhishma, at the tenth step, O king.

Verse 101 (6.59.101)

अवस्थितं च प्रणिपत्य कृष्णं । प्रीतोऽर्जुनः काञ्चनचित्रमाली । उवाच कोपं प्रतिसंहरेति । गतिर्भवान्केशव पाण्डवानाम् ॥

avasthitaṃ ca praṇipatya kṛṣṇaṃ | prīto'rjunaḥ kāñcanacitramālī | uvāca kopaṃ pratisaṃhareti | gatirbhavānkeśava pāṇḍavānām

When Krishna had come to a halt, Arjuna, wearing a bright garland of gold, bowed to him gladly and said: "Withdraw your anger. You are the refuge of the Pandavas, Keshava."

Note on the text: Corrected कोपे → कोपं (misprint in Wikisource; प्रतिसंहर needs its object, 'withdraw your anger'; critical edition kopaṃ pratisaṃhareti). Arjuna's words are quoted within the narration (…इति), so the verse stays with Sanjaya.

Verse 102 (6.59.102)

न हास्यते कर्म यथाप्रतिज्ञं । पुत्रैः शपे केशव सोदरैश्च । अन्तं करिष्यामि यथा कुरूणां । त्वयाऽहमिन्द्रानुजसंप्रयुक्तः ॥

na hāsyate karma yathāpratijñaṃ | putraiḥ śape keśava sodaraiśca | antaṃ kariṣyāmi yathā kurūṇāṃ | tvayā'hamindrānujasaṃprayuktaḥ

I will not abandon the work I have vowed to do; I swear it by my sons and my brothers, Keshava. With you, younger brother of Indra, at my side, I will make an end of the Kurus.

Note on the text: Speaker: Arjuna's pledge to Krishna; the page prints no heading. इन्द्रानुजसंप्रयुक्तः (a compound; CE vocative indrānuja saṃprayuktaḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 103 (6.59.103)

ततः प्रतिज्ञां समयं च तस्य । जनार्दनः प्रीतमना निशम्य । स्थितः प्रिये कौरवसत्तमस्य । रथं सचक्रः पुनरारुरोह ॥

tataḥ pratijñāṃ samayaṃ ca tasya | janārdanaḥ prītamanā niśamya | sthitaḥ priye kauravasattamasya | rathaṃ sacakraḥ punarāruroha

Hearing his pledge and promise, Janardana, glad at heart and intent on pleasing the best of the Kauravas, mounted the chariot again, discus in hand.

Verse 104 (6.59.104)

ततः प्रतिज्ञां समवाप्य भीष्मः । कृताञ्जलिः स्तुत्यमथाकरोद्वै । त्रैविक्रमे यस्य वपुर्बभासे । तथैव दृष्ट्वा तु समुज्ज्वलन्तम् ॥

tataḥ pratijñāṃ samavāpya bhīṣmaḥ | kṛtāñjaliḥ stutyamathākarodvai | traivikrame yasya vapurbabhāse | tathaiva dṛṣṭvā tu samujjvalantam

Then Bhishma, having seen his own vow fulfilled, joined his palms and offered praise to him whose form had shone forth in the Three Strides, for he saw him blazing just as he had then.

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 6.55.101d*0205. Corrected कृताञ्चलिः → कृताञ्जलिः (च for ज) and समुञ्ज्वलन्तम् → समुज्ज्वलन्तम् (ञ्ज for ज्ज) (misprint in Wikisource; the apparatus reads kṛtāñjaliḥ, samujjvalantam). Removed the opening backtick (the page sets verses 104–106 line 2 between backticks).

Verse 105 (6.59.105)

प्रगृह्य शङ्खं द्विषतां निहन्ता । स तानभीषून्पुनराददानः । भीष्मं शरैः संपरिवार्य सङ्ख्ये । चिच्छेद भूरिश्रवसश्च चापम् ॥

pragṛhya śaṅkhaṃ dviṣatāṃ nihantā | sa tānabhīṣūnpunarādadānaḥ | bhīṣmaṃ śaraiḥ saṃparivārya saṅkhye | ciccheda bhūriśravasaśca cāpam

The slayer of foes took up his conch and gathered the reins once more. Arjuna, enveloping Bhishma with arrows in the battle, cut Bhurishravas's bow,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.55.102ab in reverse order (Krishna takes up his conch and the reins); lines 3–4 are its star passage 6.55.111d*0206_01–02, not in the constituted text, whose unnamed subject is Arjuna. Corrected द्विषताकं → द्विषतां (a stray क and a misplaced anusvara make a non-word and a twelve-syllable quarter) and अभूषून् → अभीषून् (ू for ी) (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition dviṣatāṃ, abhīṣūn).

Verse 106 (6.59.106)

शल्यं च विद्ध्वा नवभिः पृषत्कै- । र्दुर्योधनं वक्षसि निर्बिभेद । विनादयामास ततो दिशश्च । स पाञ्चजन्यस्य रवेण शौरिः ॥

śalyaṃ ca viddhvā navabhiḥ pṛṣatkai- | rduryodhanaṃ vakṣasi nirbibheda | vinādayāmāsa tato diśaśca | sa pāñcajanyasya raveṇa śauriḥ

pierced Shalya with nine arrows, and split Duryodhana's chest. Then Shauri made the quarters resound with the blast of his conch Panchajanya.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's star passage 6.55.111d*0206_03–04 (Arjuna's feats, continued); lines 3–4 are 6.55.102cd. Corrected दुर्योधं → दुर्योधनं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped न leaves a non-word and a ten-syllable quarter; the apparatus reads duryodhanaṃ). Removed the closing ।' marks of the backticked passage.

Verse 107 (6.59.107)

व्याविद्धनिष्काङ्गदकुण्डलं तं । रजोविकीर्णाञ्चितपद्मनेत्रम् । विशुद्धदंष्ट्रं प्रगृहीतशङ्खं । विचुक्रुशुः प्रेक्ष्य कुरुप्रवीराः ॥

vyāviddhaniṣkāṅgadakuṇḍalaṃ taṃ | rajovikīrṇāñcitapadmanetram | viśuddhadaṃṣṭraṃ pragṛhītaśaṅkhaṃ | vicukruśuḥ prekṣya kurupravīrāḥ

Seeing him, his necklace, armlets and earrings swinging, his fine lotus eyes dusted with the dust of battle, his teeth gleaming white and the conch in his hand, the Kuru heroes cried out.

Note on the text: पद्मनेत्रम् (CE pakṣmanetram) kept as a variant.

Verse 108 (6.59.108)

मृदङ्गभेरीपणवप्रणादा । नेमिस्वना दुन्दुभिनिःस्वनाश्च । ससिंहनादाश्च बभूवुरुग्राः । सर्वेष्वनीकेषु ततः कुरूणाम् ॥

mṛdaṅgabherīpaṇavapraṇādā | nemisvanā dundubhiniḥsvanāśca | sasiṃhanādāśca babhūvurugrāḥ | sarveṣvanīkeṣu tataḥ kurūṇām

Then fierce sounds rose in all the divisions of the Kurus: the din of drums great and small and of tabors, the rumble of wheel-rims, the boom of kettledrums, and lion-roars.

Verse 109 (6.59.109)

गाण्डीवघोषः स्तनयित्नुकल्पो । जगाम पार्थस्य नभो दिशश्च । जग्मुश्च बाणा विमलाः प्रसन्नाः । सर्वा दिशः पाण्डवचापमुक्ताः ॥

gāṇḍīvaghoṣaḥ stanayitnukalpo | jagāma pārthasya nabho diśaśca | jagmuśca bāṇā vimalāḥ prasannāḥ | sarvā diśaḥ pāṇḍavacāpamuktāḥ

The roar of Partha's Gandiva, like thunder, filled the sky and the quarters, and the bright, clean arrows loosed from the Pandava's bow flew to every quarter.

Verse 110 (6.59.110)

तं कौरवाणामधिपो जवेन । भीष्मेण भूरिश्रवसा च सार्धम् । अभ्युद्ययावुद्यतबाणपाणिः । कक्षं दिधक्षन्निव धूमकेतुः ॥

taṃ kauravāṇāmadhipo javena | bhīṣmeṇa bhūriśravasā ca sārdham | abhyudyayāvudyatabāṇapāṇiḥ | kakṣaṃ didhakṣanniva dhūmaketuḥ

The lord of the Kauravas, with Bhishma and Bhurishravas, rushed swiftly at him, arrows raised in hand, like a smoke-bannered fire eager to burn up a thicket.

Verse 111 (6.59.111)

अथार्जुनाय प्रजिघाय भल्लान् । भूरिश्रवाः सप्त सुवर्णपुङ्खान् । दुर्योधनस्तोमरमुग्रवेगं । शल्यो गदां शान्तनवश्च शक्तिम् ॥

athārjunāya prajighāya bhallān | bhūriśravāḥ sapta suvarṇapuṅkhān | duryodhanastomaramugravegaṃ | śalyo gadāṃ śāntanavaśca śaktim

Then Bhurishravas shot seven broad-headed arrows with golden shafts at Arjuna; Duryodhana hurled a lance of fearsome speed, Shalya a mace, and Shantanu's son a spear.

Note on the text: Corrected दुर्योदनः → दुर्योधनः (misprint in Wikisource; द for ध). प्रजिघाय (CE prajahāra) kept; the page's commentary glosses प्रजिघाय.

Verse 112 (6.59.112)

स सप्तभिः सप्त शरप्रवेकान् । संवार्य भूरिश्रवसा विसृष्टान् । शितेन दुर्योधनबाहुमुक्तं । क्षुरेण तत्तोमरमुन्ममाथ ॥

sa saptabhiḥ sapta śarapravekān | saṃvārya bhūriśravasā visṛṣṭān | śitena duryodhanabāhumuktaṃ | kṣureṇa tattomaramunmamātha

With seven arrows he warded off the seven choice shafts sent by Bhurishravas, and with a sharp razor-headed arrow he shattered the lance flung from Duryodhana's arm.

Note on the text: Corrected भीरिश्रवसा → भूरिश्रवसा (misprint in Wikisource; ी for ू).

Verse 113 (6.59.113)

ततः शुभामापततीं स शक्तिं । विद्युत्प्रभां शान्तनवेन मुक्ताम् । गदां च मद्राधिपबाहुमुक्तां । द्वाभ्यां शराभ्यां निचकर्त वीरः ॥

tataḥ śubhāmāpatatīṃ sa śaktiṃ | vidyutprabhāṃ śāntanavena muktām | gadāṃ ca madrādhipabāhumuktāṃ | dvābhyāṃ śarābhyāṃ nicakarta vīraḥ

Then with two arrows the hero cut down the bright spear, flashing like lightning, that Shantanu's son had loosed as it flew at him, and the mace flung from the arm of the king of the Madras.

Note on the text: Corrected निचर्त → निचकर्त (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped क leaves a non-word and a ten-syllable quarter; critical edition nicakarta).

Verse 114 (6.59.114)

ततो भुजाभ्यां बलवद्विकृष्य । चित्रं धनुर्गाण्डिवमप्रमेयम् । माहेन्द्रमस्त्रं विधिवत्सुघोरं । प्रादुश्चकाराद्भुतमन्तरिक्षे ॥

tato bhujābhyāṃ balavadvikṛṣya | citraṃ dhanurgāṇḍivamaprameyam | māhendramastraṃ vidhivatsughoraṃ | prāduścakārādbhutamantarikṣe

Then, drawing with both arms and with great strength his wondrous, immeasurable bow Gandiva, he duly called forth the most terrible weapon of great Indra and made it appear, marvellous, in the sky.

Note on the text: Corrected माहेन्द्रमस्रं → माहेन्द्रमस्त्रं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped त; critical edition māhendram astraṃ).

Verse 115 (6.59.115)

तेनोत्तमास्त्रेण ततो महात्मा । सर्वाण्यनीकानि महाधनुष्मान् । शरौघजालैर्विमलाग्निवर्णै- । र्निवारयामास किरीटमाली ॥

tenottamāstreṇa tato mahātmā | sarvāṇyanīkāni mahādhanuṣmān | śaraughajālairvimalāgnivarṇai- | rnivārayāmāsa kirīṭamālī

With that supreme weapon the great-souled, mighty bowman, wearing his diadem, held back all the divisions with nets of arrows that shone like pure fire.

Verse 116 (6.59.116)

शिलीमुखाः पार्थधनुःप्रमुक्ता । रथान्ध्वजाग्राणि धनूंषि बाहून् । निकृत्य देहान्विविशुः परेषां । नरेन्द्रनागेन्द्रतुरङ्गमाणाम् ॥

śilīmukhāḥ pārthadhanuḥpramuktā | rathāndhvajāgrāṇi dhanūṃṣi bāhūn | nikṛtya dehānviviśuḥ pareṣāṃ | narendranāgendraturaṅgamāṇām

The arrows loosed from Partha's bow cut through chariots, the tops of standards, bows and arms, and entered the bodies of the enemy's kings, lordly elephants and horses.

Verse 117 (6.59.117)

ततो दिशः सोऽनुदिशश्च पार्थः । शरैः सुधारैः समरे वितत्य । गाण्डीवशब्देन मनांसि तेषां । किरीटमाली व्यथयांचकार ॥

tato diśaḥ so'nudiśaśca pārthaḥ | śaraiḥ sudhāraiḥ samare vitatya | gāṇḍīvaśabdena manāṃsi teṣāṃ | kirīṭamālī vyathayāṃcakāra

Then Partha, the diademed one, spreading keen-edged arrows over the quarters and the intermediate quarters in the battle, shook their hearts with the twang of Gandiva.

Verse 118 (6.59.118)

तस्मिंस्तथा घोरतमे प्रवृत्ते । शङ्खस्वना दुन्दुभिनिःस्वनाश्च । अन्तर्हिता गाण्डिवनिःस्वनेन । बभूवुरुग्राश्वरथप्रणादाः ॥

tasmiṃstathā ghoratame pravṛtte | śaṅkhasvanā dundubhiniḥsvanāśca | antarhitā gāṇḍivaniḥsvanena | babhūvurugrāśvarathapraṇādāḥ

As that most dreadful battle went on, the blare of conchs and the boom of kettledrums, and the fierce clatter of horses and chariots, were all drowned by the twang of Gandiva.

Verse 119 (6.59.119)

गाण्डीवशब्दं तमथो विदित्वा । विराटराजप्रमुखाः प्रवीराः । पाञ्चालराजो द्रुपदश्च वीर- । स्तं देशमाजग्मुरदीनसत्त्वाः ॥

gāṇḍīvaśabdaṃ tamatho viditvā | virāṭarājapramukhāḥ pravīrāḥ | pāñcālarājo drupadaśca vīra- | staṃ deśamājagmuradīnasattvāḥ

Hearing that sound of Gandiva, the heroes led by King Virata, and the valiant Drupada, king of the Panchalas, came to that spot with undaunted hearts.

Verse 120 (6.59.120)

सर्वाणि सैन्यानि तु तावकानि । यतोयतो गाण्डिवजः प्रणादः । ततस्ततः सन्नतिमेव जग्मु- । र्न तं प्रतीपोऽभिससार कश्चित् ॥

sarvāṇi sainyāni tu tāvakāni | yatoyato gāṇḍivajaḥ praṇādaḥ | tatastataḥ sannatimeva jagmu- | rna taṃ pratīpo'bhisasāra kaścit

But all your troops, wherever the roar of Gandiva sounded, simply bowed down there; not one advanced against him.

Verse 121 (6.59.121)

तस्मिन्सुघोरे नृप संप्रहारे । हताः प्रवीराः सरथाश्वसूताः । गजाश्च नाराचनिपाततप्ता । महापताकाः शुभरुक्मकक्ष्याः ॥

tasminsughore nṛpa saṃprahāre | hatāḥ pravīrāḥ sarathāśvasūtāḥ | gajāśca nārācanipātataptā | mahāpatākāḥ śubharukmakakṣyāḥ

In that terrible clash, O king, heroes were slain with their chariots, horses and charioteers; and elephants, seared by the falling iron shafts, bearing great banners and fine golden girths,

Note on the text: Corrected कनृप → नृप (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क; नृप is a vocative here, where the critical edition has the compound nṛpasaṃprahāre).

Verse 122 (6.59.122)

परीतसत्वाः सहसा निपेतुः । किरीटिना भिन्नतनुत्रकायाः । दृढं हताः पत्रिभिरुग्रवेगैः । पार्थेन भल्लैर्विमलैः शिताग्रैः ॥

parītasatvāḥ sahasā nipetuḥ | kirīṭinā bhinnatanutrakāyāḥ | dṛḍhaṃ hatāḥ patribhirugravegaiḥ | pārthena bhallairvimalaiḥ śitāgraiḥ

lifeless, suddenly fell, their armour and bodies split by the diademed hero, struck hard by Partha's swift feathered arrows and his gleaming, sharp-pointed broad-heads.

Note on the text: Corrected पात्रिभिः → पत्रिभिः (पा for प) and शिताग्नैः → शिताग्रैः (ग्न for ग्र) (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition patribhir, śitāgraiḥ).

Verse 123 (6.59.123)

निकृत्तयन्त्रा निहतेन्द्रकीला । ध्वजा महान्तो ध्वजिनीमुखेषु । पदातिसङ्घाश्च रथाश्च सङ्ख्ये । हयाश्च नागाश्च धनञ्जयेन ॥

nikṛttayantrā nihatendrakīlā | dhvajā mahānto dhvajinīmukheṣu | padātisaṅghāśca rathāśca saṅkhye | hayāśca nāgāśca dhanañjayena

Great standards at the head of the host, their fastenings cut and their mainstays smashed, and masses of foot soldiers, chariots, horses and elephants in the battle were struck by Dhananjaya's arrows

Note on the text: Corrected ध्वजिनिमुखेषु → ध्वजिनीमुखेषु (misprint in Wikisource; the stem keeps its long ī and the metre needs it; critical edition dhvajinīmukheṣu).

Verse 124 (6.59.124)

बाणाहतास्तूर्णमपेतसत्वा । विष्टभ्य गात्राणि निपेतुरुर्व्याम् । ऐन्द्रेण तेनास्त्रवरेण राजन् । महाहवे भिन्नतनुत्रदेहाः ॥

bāṇāhatāstūrṇamapetasatvā | viṣṭabhya gātrāṇi nipetururvyām | aindreṇa tenāstravareṇa rājan | mahāhave bhinnatanutradehāḥ

and, quickly bereft of life, fell stiff-limbed to the earth, their armour and bodies split in that great battle by that supreme weapon of Indra, O king.

Verse 125 (6.59.125)

ततः शरौघैर्निशितैः किरीटिना । नृदेहशस्त्रक्षतलोहितोदा । नदी सुघोरा नरमेदफेना । प्रवर्तिता तत्र रणाजिरे वै ॥

tataḥ śaraughairniśitaiḥ kirīṭinā | nṛdehaśastrakṣatalohitodā | nadī sughorā naramedaphenā | pravartitā tatra raṇājire vai

Then, by the diademed hero's flights of sharp arrows, a terrible river was set flowing there on the battlefield, its water the blood of men's bodies wounded by weapons, its foam the fat of men.

Note on the text: नरमेदफेना (CE naradehaphenā) kept as a variant.

Verse 126 (6.59.126)

वेगेन साऽतीव पृथुप्रवाहा । परेतनागाश्वशरीररोधा । नरेन्द्रमज्जोच्छ्रितमांसपङ्का । प्रभूतरक्षोगणभूतसेविता ॥

vegena sā'tīva pṛthupravāhā | paretanāgāśvaśarīrarodhā | narendramajjocchritamāṃsapaṅkā | prabhūtarakṣogaṇabhūtasevitā

Its current was broad and very swift; dead elephants and horses formed its banks; the marrow and flesh of kings, heaped high, made its mire; and hosts of rakshasas and spirits haunted it.

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition's 6.55.122a, c, d (variant) and 123a; its 122b (prasusrutā bhairavārāvarūpā) is not in this recension. Corrected शरीररोधाः → शरीररोधा and -मांसपङ्काः → -मांसपङ्का (the compounds describe the river, नदी, and must be feminine singular, as in the critical edition's -rodhā, -paṅkā) and -मञ्जो- → -मज्जो- (ञ्ज for ज्ज; मज्जा 'marrow') (misprints in Wikisource). The automatic alignment found no match for verses 126–140; each was checked by hand.

Verse 127 (6.59.127)

शिरःकपालाकुलकेशशाद्वला । शरीरसङ्घातसहस्रवाहिनी । विशीर्णनानाकवचोर्मिसंकुला । नराश्वनागास्थिनिकृत्तशर्करा ॥

śiraḥkapālākulakeśaśādvalā | śarīrasaṅghātasahasravāhinī | viśīrṇanānākavacormisaṃkulā | narāśvanāgāsthinikṛttaśarkarā

Skulls with their tangled hair were its grassy banks; it carried bodies along by the thousand; shattered armour of every kind made its crowding waves; and the cut bones of men, horses and elephants were its gravel.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.55.123b, c, d and 124a; its 124b (vināśapātālavatī bhayāvahā) is not in this recension.

Verse 128 (6.59.128)

श्वकङ्कशालावृकगृध्रकाकैः । क्रव्यादसङ्घैश्च तरक्षुभिश्च । उपेतकूलां ददृशुर्मनुष्याः । क्रूरां महावैतरणीप्रकाशाम् ॥

śvakaṅkaśālāvṛkagṛdhrakākaiḥ | kravyādasaṅghaiśca tarakṣubhiśca | upetakūlāṃ dadṛśurmanuṣyāḥ | krūrāṃ mahāvaitaraṇīprakāśām

Men saw its banks thronged with dogs, herons, wolves, vultures and crows, with packs of flesh-eaters and with hyenas: a cruel river that looked like the great Vaitarani.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.55.124c (in a different reading: tāṃ kaṅkamālāvṛtagṛdhrakahvaiḥ), 124d, 125a (ददृशुर्मनुष्याः for dadṛśuḥ samantāt) and 125b.

Verse 129 (6.59.129)

प्रवर्तितामर्जुनबाणसङ्घै- । र्मेदोवसासृक्प्रवहां सुभीमाम् । हतप्रवीरां च तथैव दृष्ट्वा । सेनां कुरूणामथ फल्गुनेन ॥

pravartitāmarjunabāṇasaṅghai- | rmedovasāsṛkpravahāṃ subhīmām | hatapravīrāṃ ca tathaiva dṛṣṭvā | senāṃ kurūṇāmatha phalgunena

Seeing that most fearsome river, set flowing by Arjuna's flights of arrows and carrying fat, marrow and blood, and seeing likewise the Kuru army with its heroes slain by Phalguna,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.55.125cd; lines 3–4 are its star passage 6.55.125d*0209, not in the constituted text. Corrected मेदोवसासृकप्रवहां → मेदोवसासृक्प्रवहां (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped virama; असृक् 'blood', critical edition -asṛkpravahāṃ).

Verse 130 (6.59.130)

ते चेदिपाञ्चालकरूषमत्स्याः । पार्थाश्च सर्वे सहिताः प्रणेदुः । जयप्रगल्भाः पुरुषप्रवीराः । संत्रासयन्तः कुरुवीरयोधान् ॥

te cedipāñcālakarūṣamatsyāḥ | pārthāśca sarve sahitāḥ praṇeduḥ | jayapragalbhāḥ puruṣapravīrāḥ | saṃtrāsayantaḥ kuruvīrayodhān

the Chedis, Panchalas, Karushas and Matsyas, and all the Parthas together, roared; bold with victory, those foremost of men struck terror into the Kuru warriors.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.55.126ab; lines 3–4 are its star passage 6.55.126b*0210 (संत्रासयन्तः कुरुवीरयोधान् for saṃtāpayantaḥ kuruyodhavīrān), not in the constituted text. Corrected जयप्रगल्भाःक → जयप्रगल्भाः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क).

Verse 131 (6.59.131)

हतप्रवीराणि बलानि दृष्ट्वा । किरीटिना शत्रुभयावहेन । वित्रास्य सेनां ध्वजिनीपतीनां । सिंहो मृगाणामिव यूथसङ्घान् ॥

hatapravīrāṇi balāni dṛṣṭvā | kirīṭinā śatrubhayāvahena | vitrāsya senāṃ dhvajinīpatīnāṃ | siṃho mṛgāṇāmiva yūthasaṅghān

Seeing the enemy forces stripped of their heroes by the diademed one, the terror of his foes, and having scattered the army of the commanders as a lion scatters herds of deer,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's star passage 6.55.126b*0211, not in the constituted text; lines 3–4 are 6.55.126cd.

Verse 132 (6.59.132)

विनेदतुस्तावतिहर्षयुक्तौ । गाण्डीवधन्वा च जनार्दनश्च । ततो रविं संवृतरश्मिजालं । दृष्ट्वा भृशं शस्त्रपरिक्षताङ्गाः ॥

vinedatustāvatiharṣayuktau | gāṇḍīvadhanvā ca janārdanaśca | tato raviṃ saṃvṛtaraśmijālaṃ | dṛṣṭvā bhṛśaṃ śastraparikṣatāṅgāḥ

the two of them, the wielder of Gandiva and Janardana, roared in great delight. Then, seeing the sun draw in its net of rays, their own limbs badly wounded by weapons,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.55.126ef; lines 3–4 are 6.55.127ab (संवृत- for saṃhṛta-).

Verse 133 (6.59.133)

तदैन्द्रमस्त्रं विततं च घोर- । मसह्यमुद्वीक्ष्य युगान्तकल्पम् । अथापयानं कुरवः सभीष्माः । सद्रोणदुर्योधनबाह्लिकाश्च ॥

tadaindramastraṃ vitataṃ ca ghora- | masahyamudvīkṣya yugāntakalpam | athāpayānaṃ kuravaḥ sabhīṣmāḥ | sadroṇaduryodhanabāhlikāśca

and seeing that dreadful weapon of Indra spread wide, irresistible, like the end of an age, the Kurus, with Bhishma, Drona, Duryodhana and Bahlika,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.55.127cd (विततं च घोरम् for vitataṃ sughoram); lines 3–4 are 6.55.128ab.

Verse 134 (6.59.134)

चक्रुर्निशां सन्धिगतां समीक्ष्य । विभावसोर्लोहितरागयुक्ताम् । अवाप्य कीर्तिं च यशश्च लोके । विजित्य शत्रूंश्च धनंजयोऽपि ॥

cakrurniśāṃ sandhigatāṃ samīkṣya | vibhāvasorlohitarāgayuktām | avāpya kīrtiṃ ca yaśaśca loke | vijitya śatrūṃśca dhanaṃjayo'pi

seeing that night had come to its twilight, tinged with the red glow of the sun, withdrew. Dhananjaya too, having won fame and glory in the world and having conquered his foes,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.55.128cd (लोहितराग- for lohitarāji-); lines 3–4 are 6.55.129ab. Corrected अवापय कीर्ति → अवाप्य कीर्तिं (misprint in Wikisource; a misplaced virama and a dropped anusvara; critical edition avāpya kīrtiṃ).

Verse 135 (6.59.135)

ययौ नरेन्द्रैः सहसोदरैश्च । समाप्तकर्मा शिबिरं निशायाम् । ततः प्रजज्ञे तुमुलः कुरूणां । निशामुखे घोरतमः प्रणादः ॥

yayau narendraiḥ sahasodaraiśca | samāptakarmā śibiraṃ niśāyām | tataḥ prajajñe tumulaḥ kurūṇāṃ | niśāmukhe ghoratamaḥ praṇādaḥ

his work done, went to his camp at nightfall with the kings and his brothers. Then, as night came on, a tumultuous and most dreadful clamour arose among the Kurus:

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.55.129cd; lines 3–4 are 6.55.129ef (घोरतमः for ghorataraḥ).

Verse 136 (6.59.136)

रणे रथानामयुतं निहत्य । हता गजाः सप्तशतार्जुनेन । प्राच्याश्च सौवीरगणाश्च सर्वे । निपातिताः क्षुद्रकमालवाश्च ॥

raṇe rathānāmayutaṃ nihatya | hatā gajāḥ saptaśatārjunena | prācyāśca sauvīragaṇāśca sarve | nipātitāḥ kṣudrakamālavāśca

"In battle Arjuna has slain ten thousand chariot-fighters and killed seven hundred elephants; the Easterners, all the Sauvira bands, the Kshudrakas and the Malavas have been struck down.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.55.130ab–cd. Corrected प्राज्याश्च → प्राच्याश्च (misprint in Wikisource; ज for च; the Easterners, as in verse 76 and the critical edition's prācyāś ca).

Verse 137 (6.59.137)

महत्कृतं कर्म धनञ्जयेन । कर्तुं यथा नार्हति कश्चिदन्यः । श्रुतायुरम्बष्ठपतिश्च राजा । तथैव दुर्मर्षणचित्रसेनौ ॥

mahatkṛtaṃ karma dhanañjayena | kartuṃ yathā nārhati kaścidanyaḥ | śrutāyurambaṣṭhapatiśca rājā | tathaiva durmarṣaṇacitrasenau

Dhananjaya has done a mighty deed, such as no one else could do. Shrutayus and the king of the Ambashthas, and likewise Durmarshana and Chitrasena,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.55.130ef; lines 3–4 are 6.55.131ab.

Verse 138 (6.59.138)

द्रोणः कृपः सैन्धवबाह्लिकौ च । भूरिश्रवाः शल्यशलौ च राजन् । अन्ये च योधाः शतशः समेताः । क्रुद्धेन पार्थेन रणस्य मध्ये ॥

droṇaḥ kṛpaḥ saindhavabāhlikau ca | bhūriśravāḥ śalyaśalau ca rājan | anye ca yodhāḥ śataśaḥ sametāḥ | kruddhena pārthena raṇasya madhye

Drona, Kripa, the Saindhava and Bahlika, Bhurishravas, Shalya and Shala, O king, and other warriors by the hundred who had gathered there: Partha in his wrath, in the midst of the battle,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.55.131cd; lines 3–4 are its star passage 6.55.131d*0215, not in the constituted text.

Verse 139 (6.59.139)

स्वबाहुवीर्येण जिताः सभीष्माः । किरीटिना लोकमहारथेन । इति ब्रुवन्तः शिबिराणि जग्मुः । सर्वे गणा भारत ये त्वदीयाः ॥

svabāhuvīryeṇa jitāḥ sabhīṣmāḥ | kirīṭinā lokamahārathena | iti bruvantaḥ śibirāṇi jagmuḥ | sarve gaṇā bhārata ye tvadīyāḥ

has conquered them all, Bhishma too, by the might of his own arms, he, the diademed one, the great chariot-warrior of the world." Saying this, all the troops on your side, O Bharata, went to their camps.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.55.131ef; lines 3–4 are 6.55.132ab.

Verse 140 (6.59.140)

उल्कासहस्रैश्च सुसंप्रदीप्तै- । र्विभ्राजमानैश्च तथा प्रदीपैः । किरीटिवित्रासितसर्वयोधा । चक्रे निवेशं ध्वजिनी कुरूणाम् ॥

ulkāsahasraiśca susaṃpradīptai- | rvibhrājamānaiśca tathā pradīpaiḥ | kirīṭivitrāsitasarvayodhā | cakre niveśaṃ dhvajinī kurūṇām

Lit by thousands of blazing firebrands and glittering lamps, the army of the Kurus, all its warriors terrified by the diademed hero, made camp for the night.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.55.132cd–ef. Corrected प्रदीप्रैः → प्रदीपैः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र; critical edition pradīpaiḥ).