Bhima Routs the Magadha Elephants

Verse 1 (6.62.1)

दैवमेव परं मन्ये पौरुषादपि सञ्जय । यत्सैन्यं मम पुत्रस्य पाण्डुपुत्रेण वध्यते ॥

daivameva paraṃ manye pauruṣādapi sañjaya | yatsainyaṃ mama putrasya pāṇḍuputreṇa vadhyate

I hold that fate alone is stronger than human effort, Sanjaya, since my son's army is being cut down by the son of Pandu.

Note on the text: Line 2 ends पाण्डुपुत्रेण where the critical edition reads pāṇḍusainyena; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 2 (6.62.2)

नित्यं हि मामकांस्तात हतानेव हि शंससि । अव्यग्रांश्च प्रहृष्टांश्च नित्यं शंससि पाण्डवान् ॥

nityaṃ hi māmakāṃstāta hatāneva hi śaṃsasi | avyagrāṃśca prahṛṣṭāṃśca nityaṃ śaṃsasi pāṇḍavān

You always tell me only that my men are slain, my friend, and always that the Pandavas are untroubled and exultant.

Note on the text: Corrected शंशसि → शंससि (misprint in Wikisource; श for स, the critical edition reads śaṃsasi, as in line 1).

Verse 3 (6.62.3)

विभग्नांश्च प्रणष्टांश्च नित्यं शंससि मामकान् । हीनान्पुरुषकारेण मामकानद्य सञ्जय । पातितान्पात्यमानांश्च हतानेव च शंससि ॥

vibhagnāṃśca praṇaṣṭāṃśca nityaṃ śaṃsasi māmakān | hīnānpuruṣakāreṇa māmakānadya sañjaya | pātitānpātyamānāṃśca hatāneva ca śaṃsasi

You always tell me that my men are broken and ruined. Today, Sanjaya, you tell me that my men are wanting in manly effort, that they have fallen, are falling and are slain.

Note on the text: Removed a backtick and a closing quote mark (with a stray danda) around line 1 (the page's sign for an interpolated line). Corrected प्रनष्टांश्च → प्रणष्टांश्च (misprint in Wikisource; न for ण after प्र, the apparatus reads praṇaṣṭāṃś). Line 1 is not in the critical edition's constituted text (vulgate) but is its star passage 6.58.2d*0226; lines 2–3 are 6.58.3.

Verse 4 (6.62.4)

युध्यमानान्यथाशक्ति घटमानाञ्जयं प्रति । पाण्डवा हि जयन्त्येव जीयन्ते चैव मामकाः ॥

yudhyamānānyathāśakti ghaṭamānāñjayaṃ prati | pāṇḍavā hi jayantyeva jīyante caiva māmakāḥ

Though they fight as best they can and strive for victory, the Pandavas keep winning and my men keep losing.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads जयन्त्येव where the critical edition reads vijayanty eva; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 5 (6.62.5)

सोऽहं तीव्राणि दुःखानि दुर्योधनकृतानि च । श्रोष्यामि सततं तात दुःसहानि बहूनि च ॥

so'haṃ tīvrāṇi duḥkhāni duryodhanakṛtāni ca | śroṣyāmi satataṃ tāta duḥsahāni bahūni ca

So I shall go on hearing, my friend, of many bitter and unbearable sorrows brought about by Duryodhana.

Note on the text: Corrected दुःस्वानि → दुःखानि (misprint in Wikisource; स्व for ख, the critical edition reads duḥkhāni). Line 2 reads श्रोष्यामि where the critical edition reads aśrauṣaṃ; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 6 (6.62.6)

तमुपायं न पश्यामि जीयेरन्येन पाण्डवाः । मामका विजयं युद्धे प्राप्नुयुर्येन सञ्जय ॥

tamupāyaṃ na paśyāmi jīyeranyena pāṇḍavāḥ | māmakā vijayaṃ yuddhe prāpnuyuryena sañjaya

I see no means by which the Pandavas might be defeated, Sanjaya, or by which my men might win victory in battle.

Note on the text: Corrected पाण्डवान् → पाण्डवाः (misprint in Wikisource; the passive जीयेरन् needs a nominative subject, the critical edition reads pāṇḍavāḥ). Line 2 reads मामका विजयं where the critical edition reads māmakā vā jayaṃ; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 7 (6.62.7)

क्षयं मनुष्यदेहानां गजवाजिरथक्षयम् । शृणु राजन्स्थिरो भूत्वा तवैवापनयो महान् ॥

kṣayaṃ manuṣyadehānāṃ gajavājirathakṣayam | śṛṇu rājansthiro bhūtvā tavaivāpanayo mahān

Hear with a steady mind, O king, of the destruction of human bodies and the destruction of elephants, horses and chariots. This great wrong is your own doing.

Note on the text: Corrected श्रृणु → शृणु (misprint in Wikisource; श्रृ for शृ).

Verse 8 (6.62.8)

धृष्टद्युम्नस्तु शल्येन पीडितो नवभिः शरैः । पीडयामास संक्रुद्धो मद्राधिपतिमायसैः ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnastu śalyena pīḍito navabhiḥ śaraiḥ | pīḍayāmāsa saṃkruddho madrādhipatimāyasaiḥ

Dhrishtadyumna, struck by Shalya with nine arrows, struck back in fury at the lord of the Madras with iron shafts.

Note on the text: Corrected मायसैःक → मायसैः (misprint in Wikisource; stray क after the visarga, the critical edition reads āyasaiḥ).

Verse 9 (6.62.9)

तत्राद्भुतमपश्याम पार्षतस्य पराक्रमम् । न्यवारयत यस्तूर्णं शल्यं समितिशोभनम् ॥

tatrādbhutamapaśyāma pārṣatasya parākramam | nyavārayata yastūrṇaṃ śalyaṃ samitiśobhanam

There we saw the wondrous valour of Parshata, who swiftly held back Shalya, the glory of the battlefield.

Note on the text: Corrected पार्षस्य → पार्षतस्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त, the critical edition reads pārṣatasya). Line 2 reads यस्तूर्णं where the critical edition reads yat tūrṇaṃ; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 10 (6.62.10)

नान्तरं दृश्यते तत्र तयोश्च रथिनोस्तदा । मुहूर्तमिव तद्युद्धं तयोः सममिवाभवत् ॥

nāntaraṃ dṛśyate tatra tayośca rathinostadā | muhūrtamiva tadyuddhaṃ tayoḥ samamivābhavat

No difference could be seen there between those two chariot-warriors; for a while the fight between them seemed even.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads नान्तरं दृश्यते तत्र तयोश्च रथिनोस्तदा where the critical edition reads nāntaraṃ dadṛśe kaś cit tayoḥ saṃrabdhayo raṇe; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 11 (6.62.11)

ततः शल्यो महाराज धृष्टद्युम्नस्य संयुगे । धनुश्चिच्छेद भल्लेन पीतेन निशितेन च ॥

tataḥ śalyo mahārāja dhṛṣṭadyumnasya saṃyuge | dhanuściccheda bhallena pītena niśitena ca

Then, O great king, Shalya cut Dhrishtadyumna's bow in the battle with a sharp yellow bhalla.

Verse 12 (6.62.12)

अथैनं शरवर्षेण च्छादयामास संयुगे । गिरिं जलागमे यद्वञ्जलदा जलवृष्टिभिः ॥

athainaṃ śaravarṣeṇa cchādayāmāsa saṃyuge | giriṃ jalāgame yadvañjaladā jalavṛṣṭibhiḥ

Then he covered him in the battle with a shower of arrows, as rain-clouds cover a mountain with their downpour in the rainy season.

Note on the text: Line 1 ends संयुगे and line 2 जलवृष्टिभिः where the critical edition reads bhārata and jaladhāriṇaḥ; kept as recension variants.

Verse 13 (6.62.13)

अभिमन्युस्ततः क्रुद्धो धृष्टद्युम्ने च पीडिते । अभिदुद्राव वेगेन मद्रराजरथं प्रति ॥

abhimanyustataḥ kruddho dhṛṣṭadyumne ca pīḍite | abhidudrāva vegena madrarājarathaṃ prati

Abhimanyu, enraged when Dhrishtadyumna was hard pressed, rushed with speed at the chariot of the Madra king.

Verse 14 (6.62.14)

ततो मद्राधिपरथं कार्ष्णिः प्राप्यातिकोपनः । आर्तायनिममेयात्मा विव्याध निशितैः शरैः ॥

tato madrādhiparathaṃ kārṣṇiḥ prāpyātikopanaḥ | ārtāyanimameyātmā vivyādha niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Reaching the chariot of the lord of the Madras, Arjuna's son, of immeasurable spirit and in towering fury, pierced Artayani with sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected मद्राधिपस्थं → मद्राधिपरथं (misprint in Wikisource; स्थ for रथ, the critical edition reads madrādhiparathaṃ). Line 2 ends निशितैः शरैः where the critical edition reads viśikhais tribhiḥ; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 15 (6.62.15)

ततस्तु तावका राजन्परीप्सन्तोऽर्जुनं रणे । मद्रराजरथं तूर्णं परिवार्यावतस्थिरे ॥

tatastu tāvakā rājanparīpsanto'rjunaṃ raṇe | madrarājarathaṃ tūrṇaṃ parivāryāvatasthire

Then your men, O king, eager to come at Arjuna in the battle, quickly surrounded the chariot of the Madra king and took their stand there.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads -ऽर्जुनं (Arjuna) where the critical edition reads 'rjuniṃ (Arjuna's son); kept as a recension variant.

Verse 16 (6.62.16)

दुर्योधनो विकर्णश्च दुःशासनविविंशती । दुर्मर्षणो दुःसहश्च चित्रसेनोऽथ दुर्मुखः ॥

duryodhano vikarṇaśca duḥśāsanaviviṃśatī | durmarṣaṇo duḥsahaśca citraseno'tha durmukhaḥ

Duryodhana, Vikarna, Duhshasana and Vivimshati, Durmarshana, Duhsaha, Chitrasena and Durmukha,

Note on the text: Line 2 reads चित्रसेनोऽथ where the critical edition reads citrasenaś ca; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 17 (6.62.17)

सत्यव्रतश्च भद्रं ते पुरुमित्रश्च भारत । एते मद्राधिपरथं पालयन्तः स्थिता रणे ॥

satyavrataśca bhadraṃ te purumitraśca bhārata | ete madrādhiparathaṃ pālayantaḥ sthitā raṇe

Satyavrata, good fortune to you, and Purumitra, O Bharata: these stood in the battle guarding the chariot of the lord of the Madras.

Verse 18 (6.62.18)

तान्भीमसेनः संक्रुद्धो धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पार्षतः । द्रौपदेयाभिमन्युश्च माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ ॥

tānbhīmasenaḥ saṃkruddho dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca pārṣataḥ | draupadeyābhimanyuśca mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau

Bhimasena in his fury, Dhrishtadyumna, son of Prishata, the sons of Draupadi, Abhimanyu, and the two Pandavas born of Madri

Verse 19 (6.62.19)

धार्तराष्ट्रान्दश रथान्दशैव प्रत्यवारयन् । नानारूपाणि शस्त्राणि विसृजन्तो विशांपते ॥

dhārtarāṣṭrāndaśa rathāndaśaiva pratyavārayan | nānārūpāṇi śastrāṇi visṛjanto viśāṃpate

held back the ten chariot-warriors of Dhritarashtra's side, ten against ten, loosing weapons of many kinds, O lord of the people.

Note on the text: Wikisource divides 6.58.18–28 of the critical edition differently from the critical edition, which has several three-line verses and star-passage lines here; the alignment missed this verse. Line 1 is not in the critical edition's constituted text (vulgate) but is its star passage 6.58.18d*0227; line 2 is 6.58.19ab.

Verse 20 (6.62.20)

अभ्यवर्तन्त संहृष्टाः परस्परवधैषिणः । ते वै समेयुः संग्रामे राजन्दुर्मन्त्रिते तव ॥

abhyavartanta saṃhṛṣṭāḥ parasparavadhaiṣiṇaḥ | te vai sameyuḥ saṃgrāme rājandurmantrite tava

Exultant, each eager to slay the other, they advanced; they met in battle, O king, because of your evil counsel.

Note on the text: Corrected अभ्यवर्तन्तं → अभ्यवर्तन्त (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara on the verb, the critical edition reads abhyavartanta). The alignment missed this verse: it is the critical edition's 6.58.19cd and 19ef (समेयुः for samīyuḥ).

Verse 21 (6.62.21)

तस्मिन्दशरथे क्रुद्धे वर्तमाने महाभये । तावकानां परेषां वा प्रेक्षका रथिनोऽभवन् ॥

tasmindaśarathe kruddhe vartamāne mahābhaye | tāvakānāṃ pareṣāṃ vā prekṣakā rathino'bhavan

While that furious and very dreadful battle of ten chariot-warriors went on, the chariot-warriors of your side and of the enemy became onlookers.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads दशरथे क्रुद्धे … महाभये where the critical edition reads dāśarathe yuddhe … bhayāvahe; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 22 (6.62.22)

शस्त्राण्यनेकरूपाणि विसृजन्तो महारथाः । अन्योन्यमभिनर्दन्तः संप्रहारं प्रचक्रिरे ॥

śastrāṇyanekarūpāṇi visṛjanto mahārathāḥ | anyonyamabhinardantaḥ saṃprahāraṃ pracakrire

Loosing weapons of many kinds, the great chariot-warriors roared at one another and fell to fighting.

Verse 23 (6.62.23)

ते तदा जातसंरम्भाः सर्वेऽन्योन्यं जिघांसवः । अन्योन्यमभिमर्दन्तः स्पर्धमानाः परस्परम् ॥

te tadā jātasaṃrambhāḥ sarve'nyonyaṃ jighāṃsavaḥ | anyonyamabhimardantaḥ spardhamānāḥ parasparam

Then all of them, fired with fury and eager to kill one another, crushing one another and vying with each other,

Note on the text: The alignment missed this verse. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.58.22ab (ते तदा for te yattā); line 2 is not in its constituted text (vulgate) but is its star passage 6.58.22b*0228 (अभिमर्दन्तः for abhinardantaḥ).

Verse 24 (6.62.24)

अन्योन्यस्पर्धया राजञ्ज्ञातयः संगता मिथः । महास्त्राणि विमुञ्चन्तः समापेतुरमर्षिणः ॥

anyonyaspardhayā rājañjñātayaḥ saṃgatā mithaḥ | mahāstrāṇi vimuñcantaḥ samāpeturamarṣiṇaḥ

kinsmen come together in rivalry with one another, O king, loosing great weapons, fell upon each other in their wrath.

Note on the text: Corrected महास्राणि → महास्त्राणि (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त्, the critical edition reads mahāstrāṇi). The alignment missed this verse. Line 1 is not in the critical edition's constituted text (vulgate) but is its star passage 6.58.22b*0229; line 2 is 6.58.22cd (अमर्षिणः for amarṣaṇāḥ).

Verse 25 (6.62.25)

दुर्योधनस्तु संक्रुद्धो धृष्टद्युम्नं महारणे । विव्याध निशितैर्बाणैश्चतुर्भिः समरे द्रुतम् ॥

duryodhanastu saṃkruddho dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ mahāraṇe | vivyādha niśitairbāṇaiścaturbhiḥ samare drutam

Duryodhana, enraged, swiftly pierced Dhrishtadyumna in that great battle with four sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Line 2 ends समरे द्रुतम् where the critical edition reads tvarito bhṛśam; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 26 (6.62.26)

दुर्मर्षणश्च विंशत्या चित्रसेनश्च पञ्चभिः । दुर्मुखो नवभिर्बाणैर्दुःसहश्चापि सप्तभिः ॥

durmarṣaṇaśca viṃśatyā citrasenaśca pañcabhiḥ | durmukho navabhirbāṇairduḥsahaścāpi saptabhiḥ

Durmarshana struck him with twenty, Chitrasena with five, Durmukha with nine arrows and Duhsaha with seven,

Note on the text: Removed a stray question mark in पञ्चभिः (प?ञ्चभिः in Wikisource). The alignment missed this verse: it is the critical edition's 6.58.24abcd.

Verse 27 (6.62.27)

विविंशतिः पञ्चभिश्च त्रिभिर्दुःशासनस्तथा । तान्प्रत्यविध्यद्राजेन्द्र पार्षतः शत्रुतापनः ॥

viviṃśatiḥ pañcabhiśca tribhirduḥśāsanastathā | tānpratyavidhyadrājendra pārṣataḥ śatrutāpanaḥ

Vivimshati with five and Duhshasana with three. Parshata, the scorcher of foes, pierced them in return, O king of kings,

Note on the text: The alignment missed this verse. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.58.24ef; line 2 is 6.58.25ab.

Verse 28 (6.62.28)

एकैकं पञ्चविंशत्या दर्शयन्पाणिलाघवम् । सत्यव्रतं च समरे पुरुमित्रं च भारत ॥

ekaikaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā darśayanpāṇilāghavam | satyavrataṃ ca samare purumitraṃ ca bhārata

each of them with twenty-five arrows, displaying the lightness of his hands. Satyavrata and Purumitra in the battle, O Bharata,

Note on the text: The alignment missed this verse. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.58.25cd; line 2 is 6.58.26ab (सत्यव्रतं च for satyavrataṃ tu).

Verse 29 (6.62.29)

अभिमन्युरविध्यत्तु दशभिर्दशभिः शरैः । माद्रीपुत्रौ तु समरे मातुलं मातृनन्दनौ ॥

abhimanyuravidhyattu daśabhirdaśabhiḥ śaraiḥ | mādrīputrau tu samare mātulaṃ mātṛnandanau

Abhimanyu pierced with ten arrows each. And the two sons of Madri, the joy of their mother, in the battle

Note on the text: The alignment missed this verse. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.58.26cd (अविध्यत्तु for avidhyat tau); line 2 is 6.58.27ab.

Verse 30 (6.62.30)

अविध्येतां शरैस्तीक्ष्णैस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् । ततः शल्यो महाराज स्वस्रीयौ रथिनां वरौ ॥

avidhyetāṃ śaraistīkṣṇaistadadbhutamivābhavat | tataḥ śalyo mahārāja svasrīyau rathināṃ varau

pierced their maternal uncle with sharp arrows; it was a marvel to see. Then, O great king, Shalya assailed his two nephews, the best of chariot-warriors,

Note on the text: Corrected स्वस्त्रीयौ → स्वस्रीयौ (misprint in Wikisource; intrusive त्, svasrīya "sister's son", the critical edition reads svasrīyau). The alignment missed this verse. Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.58.27cd (अविध्येतां शरैस्तीक्ष्णैः for chādayetāṃ śaravrātais); line 2 is 6.58.28ab.

Verse 31 (6.62.31)

शरैर्बहुभिरानर्च्छत्कृतप्रतिकृतैषिणौ । छाद्यमानौ ततस्तौ तु माद्रीपुत्रौ न चेलतुः ॥

śarairbahubhirānarcchatkṛtapratikṛtaiṣiṇau | chādyamānau tatastau tu mādrīputrau na celatuḥ

with many arrows, as they sought to repay him blow for blow; but though covered with arrows, the two sons of Madri did not waver.

Note on the text: Corrected कतु → तु (misprint in Wikisource; stray क, the critical edition reads tau tu). The alignment missed this verse: it is the critical edition's 6.58.28cd and 28ef.

Verse 32 (6.62.32)

अथ दुर्योधनं दृष्ट्वा भीमसेनो महाबलः । विधित्सुः कलहस्यान्तं गदां जग्राह पाण्डवः ॥

atha duryodhanaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ | vidhitsuḥ kalahasyāntaṃ gadāṃ jagrāha pāṇḍavaḥ

Then, seeing Duryodhana, mighty Bhimasena the Pandava, wishing to put an end to the quarrel, took up his mace.

Verse 33 (6.62.33)

तमुद्यतगदं दृष्ट्वा कैलासमिव शृङ्गिणम् । भीमसेनं महाबाहुं पुत्रास्ते प्राद्रवन्भयात् ॥

tamudyatagadaṃ dṛṣṭvā kailāsamiva śṛṅgiṇam | bhīmasenaṃ mahābāhuṃ putrāste prādravanbhayāt

Seeing mighty-armed Bhimasena with his mace raised, like Kailasa with its peaks, your sons fled in fear.

Note on the text: Corrected श्रृङ्गिणम् → शृङ्गिणम् (misprint in Wikisource; श्रृ for शृ).

Verse 34 (6.62.34)

दुर्योधनस्तु संक्रुद्धो मागधं समचोदयत् । अनीकं दशसाहस्रं कुञ्जराणां तरस्विनाम् ॥

duryodhanastu saṃkruddho māgadhaṃ samacodayat | anīkaṃ daśasāhasraṃ kuñjarāṇāṃ tarasvinām

Duryodhana, enraged, urged on the Magadha king with a division of ten thousand swift elephants.

Note on the text: The alignment missed this verse: it is the critical edition's 6.58.31abcd.

Verse 35 (6.62.35)

गजानीकेन सहितस्तेन राजा सुयोधनः । मागधं पुरतः कृत्वा भीमसेनं समभ्ययात् ॥

gajānīkena sahitastena rājā suyodhanaḥ | māgadhaṃ purataḥ kṛtvā bhīmasenaṃ samabhyayāt

With that elephant division, King Suyodhana, putting the Magadha king in front, advanced against Bhimasena.

Note on the text: Corrected सुयोधनाः → सुयोधनः (misprint in Wikisource; stray ā, the apparatus reads suyodhanaḥ). The alignment missed this verse. Line 1 is not in the critical edition's constituted text (vulgate) but is its star passage 6.58.31d*0233; line 2 is 6.58.31ef.

Verse 36 (6.62.36)

आपतन्तं च तं दृष्ट्वा गजानीकं वृकोदरः । गदापाणिरवारोहद्रथात्सिंह इवोन्नदन् ॥

āpatantaṃ ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā gajānīkaṃ vṛkodaraḥ | gadāpāṇiravārohadrathātsiṃha ivonnadan

Seeing that elephant division bearing down, Vrikodara, mace in hand, leapt down from his chariot, roaring like a lion.

Note on the text: Corrected रथांत्सिंह → रथात्सिंह (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara, the critical edition reads rathāt siṃha).

Verse 37 (6.62.37)

अद्रिसारमयीं गुर्वीं प्रगृह्य महतीं गदाम् । अभ्यधावद्गजानीकं व्यादितास्य इवान्तकः ॥

adrisāramayīṃ gurvīṃ pragṛhya mahatīṃ gadām | abhyadhāvadgajānīkaṃ vyāditāsya ivāntakaḥ

Grasping his great, heavy mace, made as if from the essence of rock, he rushed at the elephant division like Death with gaping jaws.

Verse 38 (6.62.38)

स गजान्गदया निघ्नन्व्यचरत्समरे बली । भीमसेनो महाबाहुः सवज्र इव वासवः ॥

sa gajāngadayā nighnanvyacaratsamare balī | bhīmaseno mahābāhuḥ savajra iva vāsavaḥ

Striking down elephants with his mace, the mighty-armed and powerful Bhimasena ranged the battlefield like Vasava with his thunderbolt.

Verse 39 (6.62.39)

तस्य नादेन महता मनोहृदयकम्पिना । व्यत्यचेष्टन्त संहत्य गजा भीमस्य गर्जतः ॥

tasya nādena mahatā manohṛdayakampinā | vyatyaceṣṭanta saṃhatya gajā bhīmasya garjataḥ

At the great roar of Bhima as he thundered, a roar that shook minds and hearts, the elephants crowded together and writhed.

Note on the text: Corrected भिमस्य → भीमस्य (misprint in Wikisource; short i for ī). Line 2 ends गर्जतः where the critical edition reads nardataḥ; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 40 (6.62.40)

ततस्तु द्रौपदीपुत्राः सौभद्रश्च महारथः । नकुलः सहदेवश्च धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पार्षतः ॥

tatastu draupadīputrāḥ saubhadraśca mahārathaḥ | nakulaḥ sahadevaśca dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca pārṣataḥ

Then the sons of Draupadi, Subhadra's son the great chariot-warrior, Nakula and Sahadeva, and Dhrishtadyumna, son of Prishata,

Verse 41 (6.62.41)

पृष्ठं भीमस्य रक्षन्तः शरवर्षेण वारणान् । अभ्यवर्षन्त धावन्तो मेघा इव गिरिव्रजान् ॥

pṛṣṭhaṃ bhīmasya rakṣantaḥ śaravarṣeṇa vāraṇān | abhyavarṣanta dhāvanto meghā iva girivrajān

guarding Bhima's rear, ran forward raining showers of arrows on the elephants, as clouds rain on mountain ranges.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads अभ्यवर्षन्त धावन्तो … गिरिव्रजान् where the critical edition reads abhyadhāvanta varṣanto … girīn yathā; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 42 (6.62.42)

नाकुलिस्तु शतानीकः समरे शत्रुपूगहा । क्षुरैः क्षुरप्रैर्भल्लैश्च पीतैश्चाञ्जलिकैः शितैः । न्यहनच्चोत्तमाङ्गानि पाण्डवो गजयोधिनाम् ॥

nākulistu śatānīkaḥ samare śatrupūgahā | kṣuraiḥ kṣuraprairbhallaiśca pītaiścāñjalikaiḥ śitaiḥ | nyahanaccottamāṅgāni pāṇḍavo gajayodhinām

Nakula's son Shatanika, destroyer of enemy hosts in battle, the Pandava, struck off the heads of the elephant-riders with razor-headed and horseshoe-headed arrows, with bhallas and with sharp yellow anjalika arrows.

Note on the text: The alignment missed this verse. Line 1 is not in the critical edition's constituted text (vulgate) but is its star passage 6.58.37d*0236; lines 2–3 are 6.58.38 (चाञ्जलिकैः शितैः for añjalikair api, न्यहनच्चोत्तमाङ्गानि पाण्डवो for pātayantottamāṅgāni pāṇḍavā).

Verse 43 (6.62.43)

शिरोभिः प्रपतद्भिश्च बाहुभिश्च विभूषितैः । अश्मवृष्टिरिवाभाति पाणिभिश्च सहाङ्कुशैः ॥

śirobhiḥ prapatadbhiśca bāhubhiśca vibhūṣitaiḥ | aśmavṛṣṭirivābhāti pāṇibhiśca sahāṅkuśaiḥ

With heads falling, and with adorned arms and hands still gripping their goads, it seemed a shower of stones.

Verse 44 (6.62.44)

हृतोत्तमाङ्गाः स्कन्धेषु गजानां गजयोधिनः । अदृश्यन्ताचलाग्रेषु द्रुमा भग्नशिखा इव ॥

hṛtottamāṅgāḥ skandheṣu gajānāṃ gajayodhinaḥ | adṛśyantācalāgreṣu drumā bhagnaśikhā iva

The elephant-riders, their heads struck off, on the shoulders of the elephants, looked like trees with broken tops on mountain peaks.

Note on the text: Corrected अचलाग्रेकषु → अचलाग्रेषु (misprint in Wikisource; stray क, the critical edition reads acalāgreṣu).

Verse 45 (6.62.45)

धृष्टद्युम्नहतानन्यानपश्याम महागजान् । पततः पात्यमानांश्च पार्षतेन महात्मना ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnahatānanyānapaśyāma mahāgajān | patataḥ pātyamānāṃśca pārṣatena mahātmanā

We saw other great elephants struck down by Dhrishtadyumna, falling and being felled by the great-souled son of Prishata.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads पततः where the critical edition reads patitān; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 46 (6.62.46)

मागधोऽथ महीपालो गजमैरावणोपमम् । प्रेषयामास समरे सौभद्रस्य रथं प्रति ॥

māgadho'tha mahīpālo gajamairāvaṇopamam | preṣayāmāsa samare saubhadrasya rathaṃ prati

Then the Magadha king, lord of the earth, sent an elephant like Airavana against the chariot of Subhadra's son in the battle.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads ऐरावणोपमम् where the critical edition reads airāvatopamam (both names of Indra's elephant); kept as a recension variant.

Verse 47 (6.62.47)

तमापतन्तं संप्रेक्ष्य मागधस्य महागजम् । जघानैकेषुणा वीरः सौभद्रः परवीरहा ॥

tamāpatantaṃ saṃprekṣya māgadhasya mahāgajam | jaghānaikeṣuṇā vīraḥ saubhadraḥ paravīrahā

Seeing the Magadha king's great elephant bearing down on him, the heroic son of Subhadra, slayer of enemy heroes, killed it with a single arrow.

Note on the text: Corrected वीरःत → वीरः (misprint in Wikisource; stray त after the visarga, the critical edition reads vīraḥ).

Verse 48 (6.62.48)

तस्यावर्जितनागस्य कार्ष्णिः परपुरंजयः । राज्ञो रजतपुङ्खेन भल्लेनापाहरच्छिरः ॥

tasyāvarjitanāgasya kārṣṇiḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ | rājño rajatapuṅkhena bhallenāpāharacchiraḥ

And from the king whose elephant he had brought down, Arjuna's son, the conqueror of enemy cities, struck off the head with a silver-feathered bhalla.

Verse 49 (6.62.49)

विगाह्य तद्गजानीकं भीमसेनोऽपि पाण्डवः । व्यचरत्समरे मृद्नन्गजानिन्द्रो गिरीनिव ॥

vigāhya tadgajānīkaṃ bhīmaseno'pi pāṇḍavaḥ | vyacaratsamare mṛdnangajānindro girīniva

Bhimasena the Pandava too, plunging into that elephant division, ranged the battlefield crushing elephants, as Indra crushes mountains.

Note on the text: Corrected मृद्गन् → मृद्नन् (misprint in Wikisource; ग for न in the participle of मृद्, the critical edition reads mṛdnan).

Verse 50 (6.62.50)

एकप्रहारनिहतान्भीमसेनेन दन्तिनः । अपश्याम रणे तस्मिन्गिरीन्वज्रहतानिव ॥

ekaprahāranihatānbhīmasenena dantinaḥ | apaśyāma raṇe tasmingirīnvajrahatāniva

We saw elephants in that battle killed by Bhimasena with a single blow, like mountains struck by the thunderbolt.

Verse 51 (6.62.51)

भग्नदन्तान्भग्नकरान्भग्नसक्थांश्च वारणान् । भग्नपृष्ठत्रिकानन्यान्निहतान्पर्वतोपमान् ॥

bhagnadantānbhagnakarānbhagnasakthāṃśca vāraṇān | bhagnapṛṣṭhatrikānanyānnihatānparvatopamān

Elephants with broken tusks, broken trunks and broken thighs, others with broken backs and haunches, lay slain like mountains;

Note on the text: Corrected भग्नसक्थीश्च → भग्नसक्थांश्च (misprint in Wikisource; the accusative plural lacks its nasal and the compound takes the stem -saktha, the critical edition reads bhagnasakthāṃś). Line 1 reads भग्नकरान् and line 2 भग्नपृष्ठत्रिकानन्यान् where the critical edition reads bhagnakaṭān and bhagnapṛṣṭhān bhagnakumbhān; kept as recension variants.

Verse 52 (6.62.52)

नदतः सीदतश्चान्यान्विमुखान्समरे गतान् । विद्रुतान्भयसंविग्नांस्तथा विशकृतोऽपरान् ॥

nadataḥ sīdataścānyānvimukhānsamare gatān | vidrutānbhayasaṃvignāṃstathā viśakṛto'parān

others trumpeting and sinking down, others turned away and leaving the battle, fleeing, struck with terror, and others voiding their dung.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads विद्रुतान्भयसंविग्नान् where the critical edition reads vimūtrān bhagnasaṃvignāṃs; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 53 (6.62.53)

भीमसेनस्य मार्गेषु पतितान्पर्वतोपमान् । अपश्यं निहतान्नागान्राजन्निष्ठीवतोपरान् ॥

bhīmasenasya mārgeṣu patitānparvatopamān | apaśyaṃ nihatānnāgānrājanniṣṭhīvatoparān

In Bhimasena's path I saw elephants like mountains, fallen and slain, O king, and others spitting blood.

Note on the text: The alignment missed this verse: it is the critical edition's 6.58.49 (पतितान् for gatāsūn, अपश्यं for apaśyāma, निष्ठीवतोऽपरान् for niṣṭanantas tathāpare).

Verse 54 (6.62.54)

वमन्तो रुधिरं चान्ये भिन्नकुम्भा महागजाः । विह्वलन्तो गता भूमिं शैला इव धरातले ॥

vamanto rudhiraṃ cānye bhinnakumbhā mahāgajāḥ | vihvalanto gatā bhūmiṃ śailā iva dharātale

Other great elephants, their frontal globes split, vomiting blood, staggered and sank to the ground like hills upon the earth.

Note on the text: Corrected विह्नलन्तो → विह्वलन्तो (misprint in Wikisource; न for व, the critical edition reads vihvalanto).

Verse 55 (6.62.55)

मेदोरुधिरदिग्धाङ्गो वसामज्जासमुक्षितः । व्यचरत्समरे भीमो दण्डपाणिरिवान्तकः ॥

medorudhiradigdhāṅgo vasāmajjāsamukṣitaḥ | vyacaratsamare bhīmo daṇḍapāṇirivāntakaḥ

His limbs smeared with fat and blood and drenched with marrow and grease, Bhima ranged the battlefield like Death with his staff.

Verse 56 (6.62.56)

गजानां रुधिरक्लिन्नां गदां बिभ्रद्वृकोदरः । घोरः प्रतिभयश्चासीत्पिनाकीव पिनाकभृत् ॥

gajānāṃ rudhiraklinnāṃ gadāṃ bibhradvṛkodaraḥ | ghoraḥ pratibhayaścāsītpinākīva pinākabhṛt

Bearing his mace wet with the blood of elephants, Vrikodara was terrible and fearsome, like Pinakin holding the Pinaka bow.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads रुधिरक्लिन्नां where the critical edition reads rudhirāktāṃ tāṃ; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 57 (6.62.57)

संमथ्यमानाः क्रुद्धेन भीमसेनेन दन्तिनः । सहसा प्राद्रवन्क्लिष्टा मृद्नन्तस्तव वाहिनीम् ॥

saṃmathyamānāḥ kruddhena bhīmasenena dantinaḥ | sahasā prādravankliṣṭā mṛdnantastava vāhinīm

Crushed by the enraged Bhimasena, the elephants in their distress suddenly fled, trampling your army.

Note on the text: Corrected क्लिष्ठा → क्लिष्टा (misprint in Wikisource; ठ for ट, kliṣṭa "distressed"; the critical edition reads śiṣṭā) and मृद्गन्तः → मृद्नन्तः (misprint in Wikisource; ग for न, the critical edition reads mṛdnantas). Line 1 reads संमथ्यमानाः where the critical edition reads nirmathyamānāḥ; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 58 (6.62.58)

तं हि वीरं महेष्वासं सौभद्रप्रमुखा रथाः । पर्यरक्षन्त युध्यन्तं वज्रायुधमिवामराः ॥

taṃ hi vīraṃ maheṣvāsaṃ saubhadrapramukhā rathāḥ | paryarakṣanta yudhyantaṃ vajrāyudhamivāmarāḥ

The chariot-warriors led by Subhadra's son guarded that heroic great archer as he fought, as the immortals guard the wielder of the thunderbolt.

Verse 59 (6.62.59)

शोणिताक्तां गदां बिभ्रदुक्षितां गजशोणितैः । कृतान्त इव रौद्रात्मा भीमसेनो व्यदृश्यत ॥

śoṇitāktāṃ gadāṃ bibhradukṣitāṃ gajaśoṇitaiḥ | kṛtānta iva raudrātmā bhīmaseno vyadṛśyata

Bearing his mace smeared and drenched with the blood of elephants, Bhimasena looked like Death himself, fierce of nature.

Note on the text: Corrected रोद्रात्मा → रौद्रात्मा (misprint in Wikisource; ो for ौ, the critical edition reads raudrātmā). Line 1 reads उक्षितां (with the mace) where the critical edition reads ukṣito; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 60 (6.62.60)

व्यायच्छमानं गदया दिक्षु सर्वासु भारत । अपश्याम रणे भीमं नृत्यन्तमिव शङ्करम् ॥

vyāyacchamānaṃ gadayā dikṣu sarvāsu bhārata | apaśyāma raṇe bhīmaṃ nṛtyantamiva śaṅkaram

We saw Bhima in the battle plying his mace in every direction, O Bharata, like Shankara dancing.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads अपश्याम रणे भीमं where the critical edition reads nṛtyamānam apaśyāma; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 61 (6.62.61)

यमदण्डोपमां गुर्वीमिन्द्राशनिसमस्वनाम् । अपश्याम महाराज रौद्रां विशसनीं गदाम् ॥

yamadaṇḍopamāṃ gurvīmindrāśanisamasvanām | apaśyāma mahārāja raudrāṃ viśasanīṃ gadām

We saw, O great king, his heavy, fierce and deadly mace, like the staff of Yama, with a sound like Indra's thunderbolt,

Note on the text: Corrected इन्द्राशनिसमकस्वनाम् → इन्द्राशनिसमस्वनाम् (misprint in Wikisource; stray क, the critical edition reads indrāśanisamasvanām) and महाराय → महाराज (misprint in Wikisource; य for ज, the critical edition reads mahārāja).

Verse 62 (6.62.62)

विमिश्रां केशमज्जाभिः प्रदिग्धां रुधिरेण च । पिनाकमिव रुद्रस्य क्रुद्धस्याभिघ्नतः पशून् ॥

vimiśrāṃ keśamajjābhiḥ pradigdhāṃ rudhireṇa ca | pinākamiva rudrasya kruddhasyābhighnataḥ paśūn

clotted with hair and marrow and smeared with blood, like the Pinaka of Rudra in his wrath as he slays the beasts.

Note on the text: Corrected केशमञ्जाभिः → केशमज्जाभिः (misprint in Wikisource; ञ्ज for ज्ज, majjā "marrow", the critical edition reads keśamajjābhiḥ).

Verse 63 (6.62.63)

यथा पशूनां सङ्घातं यष्ट्या पालः प्रकालयेत् । तथा भीमो गजानीकं गदया समकालयत् ॥

yathā paśūnāṃ saṅghātaṃ yaṣṭyā pālaḥ prakālayet | tathā bhīmo gajānīkaṃ gadayā samakālayat

As a herdsman drives a herd of cattle with his staff, so Bhima drove the elephant division with his mace.

Note on the text: Line 2 ends समकालयत् where the critical edition reads paryakālayat; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 64 (6.62.64)

गदया वध्यमानास्ते मार्गणैश्च समन्ततः । स्वान्यनीकानि मृद्नन्तः प्राद्रवन्कुञ्जरास्तव ॥

gadayā vadhyamānāste mārgaṇaiśca samantataḥ | svānyanīkāni mṛdnantaḥ prādravankuñjarāstava

Struck by the mace and by arrows on every side, your elephants fled, trampling their own divisions.

Note on the text: Corrected मृद्गन्तः → मृद्नन्तः (misprint in Wikisource; ग for न, the critical edition reads mṛdnantaḥ).

Verse 65 (6.62.65)

महावात इवाभ्राणि विधमित्वा स वारणान् । अतिष्ठत्तुमुले भीमः श्मशान इव शूलभृत् ॥

mahāvāta ivābhrāṇi vidhamitvā sa vāraṇān | atiṣṭhattumule bhīmaḥ śmaśāna iva śūlabhṛt

Having scattered the elephants as a great wind scatters the clouds, Bhima stood in the tumult like the trident-bearer in the cremation ground.