Dhrishtadyumna Slays Shala's Son

Verse 1 (6.61.1)

द्रौणिर्भूरिश्रवाः शल्यश्चित्रसेनश्च मारिष । पुत्रः सांयमनेश्चैव सौभद्रं पर्यवारयन् ॥

drauṇirbhūriśravāḥ śalyaścitrasenaśca māriṣa | putraḥ sāṃyamaneścaiva saubhadraṃ paryavārayan

Drona's son, Bhurishravas, Shalya and Chitrasena, O sire, and the son of Samyamani surrounded the son of Subhadra.

Note on the text: Corrected शत्य → शल्य (misprint in Wikisource; त for ल, the critical edition reads śalyaś) and मारिषः → मारिष (misprint in Wikisource; the address needs the vocative, the critical edition reads māriṣa). Line 2 ends पर्यवारयन् where the critical edition reads samayodhayan; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 2 (6.61.2)

संसक्तमतितेजोभिस्तमेकं ददृशुर्जनाः । पञ्चभिर्मनुजव्याघ्रैर्गजैः सिंहशिशुं यथा ॥

saṃsaktamatitejobhistamekaṃ dadṛśurjanāḥ | pañcabhirmanujavyāghrairgajaiḥ siṃhaśiśuṃ yathā

People saw him alone, locked in combat with those five tigers among men of surpassing energy, like a lion cub among elephants.

Verse 3 (6.61.3)

नातिलक्ष्यतया कश्चिन्न शौर्ये न पराक्रमे । बभूव सदृशः कार्ष्णेर्नास्त्रे नापि च लाघवे ॥

nātilakṣyatayā kaścinna śaurye na parākrame | babhūva sadṛśaḥ kārṣṇernāstre nāpi ca lāghave

No one was equal to Arjuna's son in sureness of aim, in courage or in prowess, in weapons or in lightness of hand.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads नातिलक्ष्यतया where the critical edition reads nābhilakṣyatayā; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 4 (6.61.4)

तथा तमात्मजं युद्धे विक्रमन्तमरिन्दमम् । दृष्ट्वा पार्थः सुसंयत्तं सिंहनादमथानदत् ॥

tathā tamātmajaṃ yuddhe vikramantamarindamam | dṛṣṭvā pārthaḥ susaṃyattaṃ siṃhanādamathānadat

Seeing his son, the tamer of foes, displaying such valour in battle, Partha, ready for the fight, roared a lion's roar.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads पार्थः सुसंयत्तं (qualifying the son) where the critical edition reads pārtho raṇe yattaḥ; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 5 (6.61.5)

पीडयानं तु तत्सैन्यं पौत्रं तव विशांपते । दृष्ट्वा त्वदीया राजेन्द्र समन्तात्पर्यवारयन् ॥

pīḍayānaṃ tu tatsainyaṃ pautraṃ tava viśāṃpate | dṛṣṭvā tvadīyā rājendra samantātparyavārayan

Seeing your grandson harassing that army, O lord of the people, your men surrounded him on every side, O king of kings.

Verse 6 (6.61.6)

ध्वजिनीं धार्तराष्ट्राणां दीनशत्रुरदीनवत् । प्रत्युद्ययौ स सौभद्रस्तेजसा च बलेन च ॥

dhvajinīṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ dīnaśatruradīnavat | pratyudyayau sa saubhadrastejasā ca balena ca

Undaunted, Subhadra's son, who brings his enemies low, went out with energy and strength to meet the host of Dhritarashtra's sons.

Verse 7 (6.61.7)

तस्य लाघवमार्गस्थमादित्यसदृशप्रभम् । व्यदृश्यत महच्चापं समरे युध्यतः परैः ॥

tasya lāghavamārgasthamādityasadṛśaprabham | vyadṛśyata mahaccāpaṃ samare yudhyataḥ paraiḥ

As he fought his enemies in battle, his great bow was seen moving with lightning swiftness and shining like the sun.

Verse 8 (6.61.8)

स द्रौणिमिषुणैकेन विद्ध्वा शल्यं च पञ्चभिः । ध्वजं सांयमनेश्चैव सोऽष्टाभिश्चिच्छिदे ततः ॥

sa drauṇimiṣuṇaikena viddhvā śalyaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ | dhvajaṃ sāṃyamaneścaiva so'ṣṭābhiścicchide tataḥ

He pierced Drona's son with one arrow and Shalya with five, and then cut down Samyamani's banner with eight.

Note on the text: Corrected सांयमनेश्वैव → सांयमनेश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; श्व for श्च). Line 2 reads चिच्छिदे ततः where the critical edition reads apavarjayat; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 9 (6.61.9)

रुक्मदण्डां महाशक्तिं प्रेषितां सौमदत्तिना । शितेनोरगसंकाशां पत्रिणाभिजघान ताम् ॥

rukmadaṇḍāṃ mahāśaktiṃ preṣitāṃ saumadattinā | śitenoragasaṃkāśāṃ patriṇābhijaghāna tām

The great gold-shafted spear, like a serpent, hurled at him by Somadatta's son, he struck down with a sharp feathered arrow.

Note on the text: Corrected सौमदत्तिन → सौमदत्तिना (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign ा of the instrumental, the critical edition reads saumadattinā).

Verse 10 (6.61.10)

शल्यस्य च महावेगानस्यतः समरे शरान् । धनुश्चिच्छेद भल्लेन तीव्रवेगेन फाल्गुनिः । जघानार्जुनदायादश्चतुर्भिश्चतुरो हयान् ॥

śalyasya ca mahāvegānasyataḥ samare śarān | dhanuściccheda bhallena tīvravegena phālguniḥ | jaghānārjunadāyādaścaturbhiścaturo hayān

And as Shalya loosed his swift arrows in the battle, Phalguna's son cut his bow with a bhalla of fierce speed, and Arjuna's heir killed his four horses with four arrows.

Note on the text: Removed a backtick and a closing quote mark around line 2 (the page's sign for an interpolated line). Corrected तीव्रवेगन → तीव्रवेगेन (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign े, the apparatus reads tīvravegena). Line 1 is a variant of the critical edition's 6.57.10ab (mahāghorān asyataḥ śataśaḥ śarān); line 2 is not in its constituted text (vulgate) but is its star passage 6.57.10b*0224; line 3 is a variant of 10cd (nivāryārjunadāyādo jaghāna samare hayān).

Verse 11 (6.61.11)

भूरिश्रवाश्च शल्यश्च द्रौणिः सांयमनिः शलः । नाभ्यवर्तन्त संरब्धाः कार्ष्णेर्बाहुबलोदयात् ॥

bhūriśravāśca śalyaśca drauṇiḥ sāṃyamaniḥ śalaḥ | nābhyavartanta saṃrabdhāḥ kārṣṇerbāhubalodayāt

Bhurishravas, Shalya, Drona's son and Shala, the son of Samyamana, angry as they were, could not advance against Arjuna's son, so great was the strength of his arms.

Note on the text: Corrected नाभ्यवर्तन्तं → नाभ्यवर्तन्त (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara on the verb, the critical edition reads nābhyavartanta). Line 2 ends बाहुबलोदयात् where the critical edition reads bāhubalāśrayāt; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 12 (6.61.12)

ततस्त्रिगर्ता राजेन्द्र मद्राश्च सह केकयैः । पञ्चविंशतिसाहस्रास्तव पुत्रेण चोदिताः ॥

tatastrigartā rājendra madrāśca saha kekayaiḥ | pañcaviṃśatisāhasrāstava putreṇa coditāḥ

Then, O king of kings, the Trigartas and the Madras together with the Kekayas, twenty-five thousand strong, urged on by your son,

Note on the text: Line 2 reads पञ्चविंशति- (twenty-five) where the critical edition reads pañcatriṃśati- (thirty-five); kept as a recension variant.

Verse 13 (6.61.13)

धनुर्वेदविदो मुख्या अजेयाः शत्रुभिर्युधि । सहपुत्रं जिघांसन्तं परिवव्रुः किरीटिनम् ॥

dhanurvedavido mukhyā ajeyāḥ śatrubhiryudhi | sahaputraṃ jighāṃsantaṃ parivavruḥ kirīṭinam

foremost masters of the science of arms, unconquerable in battle by their foes, surrounded the diadem-wearer, who with his son was bent on slaughter.

Note on the text: Joined सह पुत्रं → सहपुत्रं (word division in Wikisource; the compound qualifies किरीटिनम्, as in the critical edition's sahaputraṃ).

Verse 14 (6.61.14)

तौ तु तत्र पितापुत्रौ परिक्षिप्तौ महारथौ । ददर्श राजन्पाञ्चाल्यः सेनापतिररिन्दम ॥

tau tu tatra pitāputrau parikṣiptau mahārathau | dadarśa rājanpāñcālyaḥ senāpatirarindama

The Panchala prince, commander of the army, O king, tamer of foes, saw those two great chariot-warriors, father and son, hemmed in there.

Note on the text: Corrected पाञ्चल्यः → पाञ्चाल्यः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign ा, the critical edition reads pāñcālyaḥ). Line 1 ends महारथौ and line 2 अरिन्दम where the critical edition reads ratharṣabhau and amitrajit; kept as recension variants.

Verse 15 (6.61.15)

स वारणरथोघानां सहस्रैर्बहुभिर्वृतः । वाजिभिः पत्तिभिश्चैव वृतः शतसहस्रशः ॥

sa vāraṇarathoghānāṃ sahasrairbahubhirvṛtaḥ | vājibhiḥ pattibhiścaiva vṛtaḥ śatasahasraśaḥ

Surrounded by many thousands of elephants and chariots, and by horses and foot-soldiers in hundreds of thousands,

Verse 16 (6.61.16)

पारावताश्वः स रथमास्थाय परवीरहा । धनुर्विस्फार्य संक्रुद्धो नोदयित्वा च वाहिनीम् । ययौ तं मद्रकानीकं केकयांश्च परंतप ॥

pārāvatāśvaḥ sa rathamāsthāya paravīrahā | dhanurvisphārya saṃkruddho nodayitvā ca vāhinīm | yayau taṃ madrakānīkaṃ kekayāṃśca paraṃtapa

the slayer of enemy heroes, mounted on his chariot drawn by dove-coloured horses, twanged his bow in anger and, urging on his host, went against that Madraka division and the Kekayas, O scorcher of foes.

Note on the text: Removed a backtick and a closing quote mark around line 1 (the page's sign for an interpolated line). Corrected विष्फार्य → विस्फार्य (misprint in Wikisource; ष for स, the critical edition reads visphārya). Line 1 is not in the critical edition's constituted text (vulgate) but is its star passage 6.57.15d*0225 (pārāvatāśvaṃ for पारावताश्वः); lines 2–3 are 6.57.16 (नोदयित्वा च वाहिनीम् for codayitvā varūthinīm, परंतप for paraṃtapaḥ).

Verse 17 (6.61.17)

तेन कीर्तिमता गुप्तमनीकं दृढधन्वना । संरब्धरथनागाश्वं योत्स्यमानमशोभत ॥

tena kīrtimatā guptamanīkaṃ dṛḍhadhanvanā | saṃrabdharathanāgāśvaṃ yotsyamānamaśobhata

Guarded by that famous warrior of the firm bow, the army, its chariots, elephants and horses roused for battle, looked splendid as it went in to fight.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads संरब्ध- where the critical edition reads prayukta-; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 18 (6.61.18)

सोऽर्जुनप्रमुखे यान्तं पाञ्चालकुलवर्धनः । त्रिभिः शारद्वतं बाणैर्जत्रुदेशे समार्पयत् ॥

so'rjunapramukhe yāntaṃ pāñcālakulavardhanaḥ | tribhiḥ śāradvataṃ bāṇairjatrudeśe samārpayat

As Kripa, the son of Sharadvat, came on at Arjuna's front, the increaser of the Panchala line struck him with three arrows at the collarbone.

Note on the text: Corrected जत्रदेशे → जत्रुदेशे (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign ु, jatru "collarbone", the critical edition reads jatrudeśe). Line 1 reads सोऽर्जुनप्रमुखे यान्तं पाञ्चालकुलवर्धनः where the critical edition reads so 'rjunaṃ pramukhe yāntaṃ pāñcālyaḥ kurunandana; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 19 (6.61.19)

ततः स मद्रकान्हत्वा दशैव दशभिः शरैः । पृष्ठरक्षं जघानाशु भल्लेन कृतवर्मणः ॥

tataḥ sa madrakānhatvā daśaiva daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ | pṛṣṭharakṣaṃ jaghānāśu bhallena kṛtavarmaṇaḥ

Then, having killed ten Madrakas with ten arrows, he swiftly slew Kritavarman's rear-guard with a bhalla.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads पृष्ठरक्षं जघानाशु where the critical edition reads hṛṣṭa eko jaghānāśvaṃ; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 20 (6.61.20)

दमनं चापि दायादं पौरवस्य महात्मनः । जघान विमलाग्रेण नाराचेन परंतपः ॥

damanaṃ cāpi dāyādaṃ pauravasya mahātmanaḥ | jaghāna vimalāgreṇa nārācena paraṃtapaḥ

The scorcher of foes also killed Damana, the heir of the great-souled Paurava, with a bright-pointed iron arrow.

Note on the text: Corrected विमलाग्नेण → विमलाग्रेण (misprint in Wikisource; ग्न for ग्र, -agra "point"; the critical edition reads vipulāgreṇa, kept विमल- as a recension variant).

Verse 21 (6.61.21)

ततः सांयमनेः पुत्रः पाञ्चाल्यं युद्धदुर्मदम् । अविध्यत्त्रिंशता बाणैर्दशभिश्चास्य सारथिम् ॥

tataḥ sāṃyamaneḥ putraḥ pāñcālyaṃ yuddhadurmadam | avidhyattriṃśatā bāṇairdaśabhiścāsya sārathim

Then the son of Samyamani pierced the Panchala prince, so fierce in battle, with thirty arrows, and his charioteer with ten.

Note on the text: Corrected अविध्यत्रिंशता → अविध्यत्त्रिंशता (misprint in Wikisource; one त् of avidhyat + triṃśatā was dropped, the critical edition reads avidhyat triṃśatā).

Verse 22 (6.61.22)

सोऽतिविद्धो महेष्वासः सृक्किणी परिसंलिहन् । भल्लेन भृशतीक्ष्णेन निचकर्तास्य कार्मुकम् ॥

so'tividdho maheṣvāsaḥ sṛkkiṇī parisaṃlihan | bhallena bhṛśatīkṣṇena nicakartāsya kārmukam

Deeply pierced, the great archer, licking the corners of his mouth, cut his bow with a very sharp bhalla.

Verse 23 (6.61.23)

अथैनं पञ्चविंशत्या क्षिप्रमेव समार्पयत् । अश्वांश्चास्यावधीद्राजन्नुभौ तौ पार्ष्णिसारथी ॥

athainaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā kṣiprameva samārpayat | aśvāṃścāsyāvadhīdrājannubhau tau pārṣṇisārathī

Then he quickly struck him with twenty-five arrows and killed his horses, O king, and both his flank-guard charioteers.

Verse 24 (6.61.24)

स हताश्वे रथे तिष्ठन्ददर्श भरतर्षभ । पुत्रः सांयमनेः पुत्रं पाञ्चाल्यस्य महात्मनः ॥

sa hatāśve rathe tiṣṭhandadarśa bharatarṣabha | putraḥ sāṃyamaneḥ putraṃ pāñcālyasya mahātmanaḥ

Standing on his chariot with its horses slain, O bull of the Bharatas, the son of Samyamani looked at the son of the great-souled Panchala king.

Note on the text: Corrected रते → रथे (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ, the critical edition reads rathe).

Verse 25 (6.61.25)

स प्रगृह्य महाघोरं निस्त्रिंशवरमायसम् । पदातिस्तूर्णमानर्च्छद्रथस्थं पुरुषर्षभः ॥

sa pragṛhya mahāghoraṃ nistriṃśavaramāyasam | padātistūrṇamānarcchadrathasthaṃ puruṣarṣabhaḥ

Grasping a great and terrible sword of fine iron, that bull among men rushed on foot at him as he stood in his chariot.

Note on the text: Corrected रथस्यं → रथस्थं (misprint in Wikisource; य for थ, the critical edition reads rathasthaṃ). Line 1 reads प्रगृह्य and line 2 आनर्च्छद्रथस्थं पुरुषर्षभः where the critical edition reads saṃgṛhya and abhyarchad rathasthaṃ drupadātmajam; kept as recension variants.

Verse 26 (6.61.26)

तं महौघमिवायान्तं खात्पतन्तमिवोरगम् । भ्रान्तावरणनिस्त्रिंशं कालोत्सृष्टमिवान्तकम् ॥

taṃ mahaughamivāyāntaṃ khātpatantamivoragam | bhrāntāvaraṇanistriṃśaṃ kālotsṛṣṭamivāntakam

Coming on like a great flood, like a serpent falling from the sky, whirling his shield and sword like Death let loose by Time,

Note on the text: Corrected स्वात् → खात् (misprint in Wikisource; स्व for ख, khāt "from the sky", the critical edition reads khāt).

Verse 27 (6.61.27)

दीप्यमानमिवादित्यं मत्तवारणविक्रमम् । अपश्यन्पाण्डवास्तत्र धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पार्षतः ॥

dīpyamānamivādityaṃ mattavāraṇavikramam | apaśyanpāṇḍavāstatra dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca pārṣataḥ

blazing like the sun, with the stride of a rutting elephant: so the Pandavas and Dhrishtadyumna, son of Prishata, saw him there.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads दीप्यमानमिवादित्यं where the critical edition reads dīpyantam iva śastrārcyā; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 28 (6.61.28)

तस्य पाञ्चालदायादः प्रतीपमभिधावतः । शितनिस्त्रिंशहस्तस्य शरावरणधारिणः ॥

tasya pāñcāladāyādaḥ pratīpamabhidhāvataḥ | śitanistriṃśahastasya śarāvaraṇadhāriṇaḥ

As he charged straight at him, sharp sword in hand and bearing his shield,

Note on the text: Line 1 reads पाञ्चालदायादः where the critical edition reads pāñcālaputras tu; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 29 (6.61.29)

बाणवेगमतीतस्य तथाभ्याशमुपेयुषः । त्वरन्सेनापतिः क्रुद्धो बिभेद गदया शिरः ॥

bāṇavegamatītasya tathābhyāśamupeyuṣaḥ | tvaransenāpatiḥ kruddho bibheda gadayā śiraḥ

and had passed beyond the reach of the arrows and come close, the commander, swift and angry, split his head with his mace.

Verse 30 (6.61.30)

तस्य राजन्सनिस्त्रिंशं सुप्रभं च शरावरम् । हतस्य पततो हस्ताद्वेगेन न्यपतद्भुवि ॥

tasya rājansanistriṃśaṃ suprabhaṃ ca śarāvaram | hatasya patato hastādvegena nyapatadbhuvi

As he fell dead, O king, his gleaming sword and his shield dropped from his hand and struck the ground with force.

Verse 31 (6.61.31)

तं निहत्य गदाग्रेण स लेभे परमां मुदम् । पुत्रः पाञ्चालराजस्य महात्मा भीमविक्रमः ॥

taṃ nihatya gadāgreṇa sa lebhe paramāṃ mudam | putraḥ pāñcālarājasya mahātmā bhīmavikramaḥ

Having killed him with the head of his mace, the great-souled son of the Panchala king, of fearsome valour, felt the highest joy.

Note on the text: Line 1 ends स लेभे परमां मुदम् where the critical edition reads lebhe sa paramaṃ yaśaḥ; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 32 (6.61.32)

तस्मिन्हते महेष्वासे शलपुत्रे महारथे । हाहाकारो महानासीत्तव सैन्यस्य मारिष ॥

tasminhate maheṣvāse śalaputre mahārathe | hāhākāro mahānāsīttava sainyasya māriṣa

When that great archer and great chariot-warrior, the son of Shala, was killed, a great cry of grief rose from your army, O sire.

Note on the text: Corrected शल्यपुत्रे → शलपुत्रे (misprint in Wikisource; ल्य for ल: the slain warrior is the son of Shala Samyamani, as verses 21, 24 and 33 say and as the page's own heading (शलपुत्रवधः) and footnote (सांयमनेः शलस्य पुत्रः) state; Shalya's son is not in this fight). The critical edition reads rājaputre.

Verse 33 (6.61.33)

ततः सांयमनिः क्रुद्धो दृष्ट्वा निहतमात्मजम् । अभिदुद्राव वेगेन पाञ्चाल्यं युद्धदुर्मदम् ॥

tataḥ sāṃyamaniḥ kruddho dṛṣṭvā nihatamātmajam | abhidudrāva vegena pāñcālyaṃ yuddhadurmadam

Then Samyamani, enraged at seeing his son slain, rushed with speed at the Panchala prince, so fierce in battle.

Note on the text: Corrected निहतामात्मजम् → निहतमात्मजम् (misprint in Wikisource; a feminine ā does not agree with आत्मजम्, the critical edition reads nihatam ātmajam).

Verse 34 (6.61.34)

तौ तत्र समरे शूरौ समेतौ युद्धदुर्मदौ । ददृशुः सर्वराजानः कुरवः पाण्डवास्तथा ॥

tau tatra samare śūrau sametau yuddhadurmadau | dadṛśuḥ sarvarājānaḥ kuravaḥ pāṇḍavāstathā

All the kings, Kurus and Pandavas alike, watched those two heroes, both fierce in battle, meet there in the fight.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads शूरौ … युद्धदुर्मदौ where the critical edition reads vīrau … rathināṃ varau; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 35 (6.61.35)

ततः सांयमनिः क्रुद्धः पार्षतं परवीरहा । आजघान त्रिभिर्बाणैस्तोत्रैरिव महाद्विपम् ॥

tataḥ sāṃyamaniḥ kruddhaḥ pārṣataṃ paravīrahā | ājaghāna tribhirbāṇaistotrairiva mahādvipam

Then Samyamani, slayer of enemy heroes, in his anger struck Parshata with three arrows, as one drives goads into a great elephant.

Verse 36 (6.61.36)

तथैव पार्षतं शूरं शल्यः समितिशोभनः । आजघानोरसि क्रुद्धस्ततो युद्धमवर्तत ॥

tathaiva pārṣataṃ śūraṃ śalyaḥ samitiśobhanaḥ | ājaghānorasi kruddhastato yuddhamavartata

In the same way Shalya, the glory of the battlefield, angrily struck the brave Parshata on the chest, and the battle raged on.