The Fifth Day: the Makara against the Hawk

Verse 1 (6.69.1)

व्युषितायां तु शर्वर्यामुदिते च दिवाकरे । उभे सेने महाराज युद्धायैव समीयतुः ॥

vyuṣitāyāṃ tu śarvaryāmudite ca divākare | ubhe sene mahārāja yuddhāyaiva samīyatuḥ

When the night had passed and the sun had risen, great king, the two armies met for battle.

Note on the text: Reads व्युषितायां तु where the critical edition has vyuṣitāyāṃ ca; kept as a recension variant. The critical edition's star passage 6.65.1d*0271 is not on the page.

Verse 2 (6.69.2)

अभ्यधावन्त संक्रुद्धाः परस्परजिगीषवः । ते सर्वे सहिता युद्धे समालोक्य परस्परम् ॥

abhyadhāvanta saṃkruddhāḥ parasparajigīṣavaḥ | te sarve sahitā yuddhe samālokya parasparam

Furious and each bent on conquering the other, they charged; all of them together in the battle, looking upon one another —

Verse 3 (6.69.3)

पाण्डवा धार्तराष्ट्राश्च राजन्दुर्मन्त्रिते तव । व्यूहौ च व्यूह्य संरब्धाः संप्रहृष्टाः प्रहारिणः ॥

pāṇḍavā dhārtarāṣṭrāśca rājandurmantrite tava | vyūhau ca vyūhya saṃrabdhāḥ saṃprahṛṣṭāḥ prahāriṇaḥ

the Pandavas and the Dhartarashtras, O king, through your ill counsel, drew up their two arrays, furious, exultant and eager to strike.

Note on the text: Corrected राजन्दर्मन्त्रिते → राजन्दुर्मन्त्रिते (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped u-sign, the critical edition reads durmantrite). Reads संप्रहृष्टाः where the critical edition has saṃprayuddhāḥ; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 4 (6.69.4)

अरक्षन्मकरव्यूहं भीष्मो राजन्समन्ततः । तथैव पाण्डवा राजन्नरक्षन्व्यूहमात्मनः ॥

arakṣanmakaravyūhaṃ bhīṣmo rājansamantataḥ | tathaiva pāṇḍavā rājannarakṣanvyūhamātmanaḥ

Bhishma guarded the makara array on every side, O king; and the Pandavas likewise, O king, guarded their own array.

Verse 5 (6.69.5)

अजातशत्रुः शत्रूणां मनांसि समकम्पयत् । श्येनवद्व्यूह्य तं व्यूहं धौम्यस्य वचनात्स्वयम् ॥

ajātaśatruḥ śatrūṇāṃ manāṃsi samakampayat | śyenavadvyūhya taṃ vyūhaṃ dhaumyasya vacanātsvayam

Ajatashatru (Yudhishthira) made the hearts of his foes tremble, having himself drawn up his host in the shape of a hawk on the advice of Dhaumya.

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 6.65.4d*0272, lines 1–2. Removed the wiki marks (a backtick and a quote mark) printed around line 1.

Verse 6 (6.69.6)

स हि तस्य सुविज्ञात अग्निचित्येषु भारत । मकरस्तु महाव्यूहस्तव पुत्रस्य धीमतः ॥

sa hi tasya suvijñāta agnicityeṣu bhārata | makarastu mahāvyūhastava putrasya dhīmataḥ

For that formation was well known to him from the building of fire-altars, O Bharata. The makara, for its part, was the great array of your wise son.

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 6.65.4d*0272, lines 3–4 (with the same hiatus सुविज्ञात अग्नि-).

Verse 7 (6.69.7)

स्वयं सर्वेण सैन्येन द्रोणेनानुमतस्तदा । यथाव्यूहं शान्तनवः सोऽन्ववर्तत तत्पुनः ॥

svayaṃ sarveṇa sainyena droṇenānumatastadā | yathāvyūhaṃ śāntanavaḥ so'nvavartata tatpunaḥ

With Drona's approval, Shantanu's son himself, with his whole army, then followed that array just as it had been drawn up.

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 6.65.4d*0272, lines 5–6.

Verse 8 (6.69.8)

स निर्ययौ महाराज पिता देवव्रतस्तव । महता रथवंशेन संवृतो रथिनां वरः ॥

sa niryayau mahārāja pitā devavratastava | mahatā rathavaṃśena saṃvṛto rathināṃ varaḥ

Your father Devavrata, great king, the best of chariot-warriors, went forth surrounded by a great host of chariots.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads महाराज where the critical edition has rathānīkaṃ; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 9 (6.69.9)

इतरेतरमन्वीयुर्यथाभागमवस्थिताः । रथिनः पत्तयश्चैव दन्तिनः सादिनस्तथा ॥

itaretaramanvīyuryathābhāgamavasthitāḥ | rathinaḥ pattayaścaiva dantinaḥ sādinastathā

Chariot-warriors, foot-soldiers, elephants and horsemen followed one another, each stationed in its proper place.

Verse 10 (6.69.10)

तान्दृष्ट्वाऽभ्युद्यतान्सङ्ख्ये पाण्डवा हि यशस्विनः । श्येनव्यूहेन संव्यूह्य समनह्यन्त संयुगे ॥

tāndṛṣṭvā'bhyudyatānsaṅkhye pāṇḍavā hi yaśasvinaḥ | śyenavyūhena saṃvyūhya samanahyanta saṃyuge

Seeing them advancing for battle, the glorious Pandavas drew themselves up in the hawk array and armed for the fight.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.65.7ab (reading तान्दृष्ट्वाऽभ्युद्यतान् and हि for prodyatān and ca); line 2 differs from its 6.65.7cd (śyenena vyūharājena tenājayyena saṃyuge) and is kept as a recension variant. The automatic alignment missed this verse.

Verse 11 (6.69.11)

अशोभत मुखे तस्य भीमसेनो महाबलः । नेत्रे शिखण्डी दुर्धर्षो धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पार्षतः ॥

aśobhata mukhe tasya bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ | netre śikhaṇḍī durdharṣo dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca pārṣataḥ

At its beak shone Bhimasena of great strength; at its eyes were the unassailable Shikhandin and Dhrishtadyumna, the son of Prishata.

Verse 12 (6.69.12)

शीर्षे तस्याभवद्वीरः सात्यकिः सत्यविक्रमः । विधुन्वन्गाण्डिवं पार्थो ग्रीवायामभवत्तदा ॥

śīrṣe tasyābhavadvīraḥ sātyakiḥ satyavikramaḥ | vidhunvangāṇḍivaṃ pārtho grīvāyāmabhavattadā

At its head stood the hero Satyaki, true in valour; and Partha, brandishing the Gandiva, was then at its neck.

Note on the text: Reads शीर्षे where the critical edition has śīrṣaṃ; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 13 (6.69.13)

अक्षौहिण्या समं तत्र वामपक्षोऽभवत्तदा । महात्मा द्रुपदः श्रीमान्सह पुत्रेण संयुगे ॥

akṣauhiṇyā samaṃ tatra vāmapakṣo'bhavattadā | mahātmā drupadaḥ śrīmānsaha putreṇa saṃyuge

At the left wing, together with an akshauhini, stood the great-souled and glorious Drupada with his son in the battle.

Note on the text: Reads समं तत्र where the critical edition has samagrā yā; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 14 (6.69.14)

दक्षिणश्चाभवत्पक्षः कैकेयोऽक्षौहिणीपतिः । पृष्ठतो द्रौपदेयाश्च सौभद्रश्चापि वीर्यवान् ॥

dakṣiṇaścābhavatpakṣaḥ kaikeyo'kṣauhiṇīpatiḥ | pṛṣṭhato draupadeyāśca saubhadraścāpi vīryavān

The right wing was the Kekaya king, lord of an akshauhini; behind them were the sons of Draupadi and the valiant son of Subhadra.

Verse 15 (6.69.15)

पृष्ठे समभवच्छ्रीमान्स्वयं राजा युधिष्ठिरः । भ्रातृभ्यां सहितो वीरो यमाभ्यां चारुविक्रमः ॥

pṛṣṭhe samabhavacchrīmānsvayaṃ rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | bhrātṛbhyāṃ sahito vīro yamābhyāṃ cāruvikramaḥ

At the rear stood glorious King Yudhishthira himself, the hero, with his two brothers, the twins of graceful valour.

Note on the text: Removed a stray क after युधिष्ठिरः (misprint in Wikisource). Reads वीरो where the critical edition has dhīmān; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 16 (6.69.16)

प्रविश्य तु रणे भीमो मकरं मुखतस्तदा । भीष्ममासाद्य संग्रामे च्छादयामास सायकैः ॥

praviśya tu raṇe bhīmo makaraṃ mukhatastadā | bhīṣmamāsādya saṃgrāme cchādayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ

Bhima, entering the makara at its mouth in the battle, reached Bhishma and covered him with arrows.

Verse 17 (6.69.17)

ततो भीष्मो महास्त्राणि पातयामास भारत । मोहयन्पाण्डुपुत्राणां व्यूढं सैन्यं महाहवे ॥

tato bhīṣmo mahāstrāṇi pātayāmāsa bhārata | mohayanpāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ vyūḍhaṃ sainyaṃ mahāhave

Then Bhishma loosed mighty weapons, O Bharata, bewildering the arrayed army of the sons of Pandu in that great battle.

Note on the text: Corrected महास्राणि → महास्त्राणि (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped त्, the critical edition reads mahāstrāṇi).

Verse 18 (6.69.18)

संमुह्यति तदा सैन्ये त्वरमाणो धनंजयः । भीष्मं शरसहस्रेण विव्याध रणमूर्धनि ॥

saṃmuhyati tadā sainye tvaramāṇo dhanaṃjayaḥ | bhīṣmaṃ śarasahasreṇa vivyādha raṇamūrdhani

As the army reeled in confusion, Dhananjaya, moving swiftly, pierced Bhishma with a thousand arrows at the forefront of the fight.

Verse 19 (6.69.19)

प्रतिसंवार्य चास्राणि भीष्ममुक्तानि संयुगे । स्वेनानीकेन हृष्टेन युद्धाय समुपस्थितः ॥

pratisaṃvārya cāsrāṇi bhīṣmamuktāni saṃyuge | svenānīkena hṛṣṭena yuddhāya samupasthitaḥ

Warding off the weapons Bhishma had loosed in the battle, he stood ready for the fight with his own glad division.

Note on the text: Reads प्रतिसंवार्य and समुपस्थितः where the critical edition has parisaṃvārya and samavasthitaḥ; kept as recension variants.

Verse 20 (6.69.20)

ततो दुर्योधनो राजा भारद्वाजमभाषत । पूर्वं दृष्ट्वा वधं घोरं बलस्य बलिनां वरः ॥

tato duryodhano rājā bhāradvājamabhāṣata | pūrvaṃ dṛṣṭvā vadhaṃ ghoraṃ balasya balināṃ varaḥ

Then King Duryodhana, the best of the strong, who had earlier seen the dreadful slaughter of his army,

Note on the text: Corrected भारज्वाजम् → भारद्वाजम् (misprint in Wikisource; ज for द, the critical edition reads bhāradvājam). = the critical edition's 6.65.17ab; from here to verse 23 Wikisource divides the critical edition's verses 6.65.17–19 into couplets. The automatic alignment missed this verse.

Verse 21 (6.69.21)

भ्रातॄणां च वधं युद्धे स्मरमाणो महारथः । आचार्यः सततं हि त्वं हितकामो ममानघ ॥

bhrātṝṇāṃ ca vadhaṃ yuddhe smaramāṇo mahārathaḥ | ācāryaḥ satataṃ hi tvaṃ hitakāmo mamānagha

and who remembered the slaughter of his brothers in battle, that great chariot-warrior, spoke to Bharadvaja's son (Drona): 'You, sinless teacher, have always sought my good.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.65.17ef; line 2 is its 6.65.18ab (reading आचार्यः and हि त्वं for ācārya and tvaṃ hi). Duryodhana's speech begins in line 2; the verse stays with Sanjaya, whose narration opens it. The automatic alignment missed this verse.

Verse 22 (6.69.22)

वयं हि त्वां समाश्रित्य भीष्मं चैव पितामहम् । देवानपि रणे जेतुं प्रार्थयामो न संशयः ॥

vayaṃ hi tvāṃ samāśritya bhīṣmaṃ caiva pitāmaham | devānapi raṇe jetuṃ prārthayāmo na saṃśayaḥ

Relying on you and on our grandsire Bhishma, we would hope to conquer even the gods in battle; of that there is no doubt.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.65.18cd; line 2 is its 6.65.19ab. Speaker: Duryodhana's words to Drona, which fill verses 22–23 without a printed heading. The automatic alignment missed this verse.

Verse 23 (6.69.23)

किमु पाण्डुसुतान्युद्धे हीनवीर्यपराक्रमान् । स तथा कुरु भद्रं ते यथा वध्यन्ति पाण्डवाः ॥

kimu pāṇḍusutānyuddhe hīnavīryaparākramān | sa tathā kuru bhadraṃ te yathā vadhyanti pāṇḍavāḥ

How much more, then, the sons of Pandu, who are inferior in valour and prowess! Act so, and may good fortune be with you, that the Pandavas are slain.'

Note on the text: Corrected पाण्डुसुताकन्युद्धे → पाण्डुसुतान्युद्धे (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क, the critical edition reads pāṇḍusutān yuddhe). Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.65.19cd; line 2 is not in its constituted text (vulgate recension) but is recorded in its apparatus as the star passage 6.65.19d*0273. Speaker: Duryodhana (see verse 22). The automatic alignment missed this verse.

Verse 24 (6.69.24)

एवमुक्तस्ततो द्रोणस्तव पुत्रेण मारिष । तत्र संप्रेक्ष्य राजानं संक्रुद्ध इव निःश्वसन् ॥

evamuktastato droṇastava putreṇa māriṣa | tatra saṃprekṣya rājānaṃ saṃkruddha iva niḥśvasan

Thus addressed by your son, sire, Drona looked at the king there and, sighing as if in anger, said:

Note on the text: Corrected राजनं → राजानं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ā-sign) and निश्चसन् → निःश्वसन् (misprint in Wikisource; च for व, the apparatus reads niḥśvasan). Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.65.20a; line 2 is not in its constituted text (vulgate recension) but is recorded in its apparatus as the star passage 6.65.20b*0274, line 1 (reading uvāca tatra rājānaṃ for तत्र संप्रेक्ष्य राजानं). The automatic alignment missed this verse.

Verse 25 (6.69.25)

बालिशस्त्वं न जानीषे पाण्डवानां पराक्रमम् । न शक्या हि यथा जेतुं पाण्डवा हि महाबलाः ॥

bāliśastvaṃ na jānīṣe pāṇḍavānāṃ parākramam | na śakyā hi yathā jetuṃ pāṇḍavā hi mahābalāḥ

'You are a child; you do not know the prowess of the Pandavas. The Pandavas are mighty and cannot be conquered as you imagine.

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 6.65.20b*0274, lines 2–3. Speaker: Drona's reply to Duryodhana, which fills the whole verse without a printed heading; it runs on into the first line of the next verse, which stays with Sanjaya.

Verse 26 (6.69.26)

यथाबलं यथावीर्यं कर्म कुर्यामहं हि ते । इत्युक्त्वा ते सुतं राजन्नभ्यपद्यत वाहिनीम् । अभिनत्पाण्डवानीकं प्रेक्षमाणस्य सात्यकेः ॥

yathābalaṃ yathāvīryaṃ karma kuryāmahaṃ hi te | ityuktvā te sutaṃ rājannabhyapadyata vāhinīm | abhinatpāṇḍavānīkaṃ prekṣamāṇasya sātyakeḥ

Yet I shall do for you what I can, as far as my strength and valour allow.' Having said this to your son, O king, he went into the battle-host and broke through the Pandava ranks while Satyaki looked on.

Note on the text: Corrected इत्युक्तवा → इत्युक्त्वा (misprint in Wikisource; a lost virama). A three-line verse as the page prints it (26a–c): lines 1–2 are not in the critical edition's constituted text (vulgate recension) but are recorded in its apparatus as the star passage 6.65.20b*0274, lines 4–5; line 3 is the critical edition's 6.65.20cd. Line 1 ends Drona's speech; the verse stays with Sanjaya.

Verse 27 (6.69.27)

सात्यकिस्तु ततो द्रोणं वारयामास भारत । तयोः प्रववृते युद्धं घोररूपं भयावहम् ॥

sātyakistu tato droṇaṃ vārayāmāsa bhārata | tayoḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ ghorarūpaṃ bhayāvaham

Satyaki then checked Drona, O Bharata, and a fierce and fearful battle broke out between the two.

Note on the text: Corrected द्रौणं → द्रोणं (misprint in Wikisource; द्रौणि/द्रौण would name Drona's son, but it is Drona whom Satyaki checks, as the next verse shows; the critical edition reads droṇaṃ) and वारयामात → वारयामास (misprint in Wikisource; त for स). Reads ततो and line 2 तयोः प्रववृते युद्धं घोररूपं भयावहम् where the critical edition has tadā and tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ lomaharṣaṇam; kept as recension variants.

Verse 28 (6.69.28)

शैनेयं तु रणे क्रुद्धो भारद्वाजः प्रतापवान् । अविध्यन्निशितैर्बाणैर्जत्रुदेशे हसन्निव ॥

śaineyaṃ tu raṇe kruddho bhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān | avidhyanniśitairbāṇairjatrudeśe hasanniva

The mighty son of Bharadvaja, enraged, pierced Shaineya (Satyaki) at the collarbone with sharp arrows in the battle, as if laughing.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रतापावान् → प्रतापवान् (misprint in Wikisource; a doubled ā-sign, the critical edition reads pratāpavān).

Verse 29 (6.69.29)

भीमसेनस्ततः क्रुद्धो भारद्वाजमविध्यत । संरक्षन्सात्यकिं राजन्द्रोणाच्छस्त्रभृतां वरात् ॥

bhīmasenastataḥ kruddho bhāradvājamavidhyata | saṃrakṣansātyakiṃ rājandroṇācchastrabhṛtāṃ varāt

Then Bhimasena, enraged, pierced Bharadvaja's son, shielding Satyaki, O king, from Drona, the best of those who bear arms.

Verse 30 (6.69.30)

ततो द्रोणश्च भीष्मश्च तथा शल्यश्च मारिष । भीमसेनं रणे क्रुद्धाश्छादयांचक्रिरे शरैः ॥

tato droṇaśca bhīṣmaśca tathā śalyaśca māriṣa | bhīmasenaṃ raṇe kruddhāśchādayāṃcakrire śaraiḥ

Then Drona, Bhishma and Shalya too, sire, all enraged, covered Bhimasena with arrows in the battle.

Verse 31 (6.69.31)

तत्राभिमन्युः संक्रुद्धो द्रौपदेयाश्च मारिष । विव्यधुर्निशितैर्बाणैः सर्वांस्तानुद्यतायुधान् ॥

tatrābhimanyuḥ saṃkruddho draupadeyāśca māriṣa | vivyadhurniśitairbāṇaiḥ sarvāṃstānudyatāyudhān

Then Abhimanyu, enraged, and the sons of Draupadi, sire, pierced all those warriors with their raised weapons with sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected बैणैः → बाणैः (misprint in Wikisource; ai-sign for ā, the critical edition reads bāṇaiḥ).

Verse 32 (6.69.32)

द्रोणभीष्मौ तु संक्रुद्धावापतन्तौ महाबलौ । प्रत्युद्ययौ शिखण्डी तु महेष्वासो महाहवे ॥

droṇabhīṣmau tu saṃkruddhāvāpatantau mahābalau | pratyudyayau śikhaṇḍī tu maheṣvāso mahāhave

As Drona and Bhishma, both mighty and enraged, bore down, the great archer Shikhandin went out to meet them in that great battle.

Note on the text: Reads द्रोणभीष्मौ तु where the critical edition has bhīṣmadroṇau ca; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 33 (6.69.33)

प्रगृह्य बलवद्वीरो धनुर्जलदनिःस्वनम् । अभ्यवर्षच्छरैस्तूर्णं छादयानो दिवाकरम् ॥

pragṛhya balavadvīro dhanurjaladaniḥsvanam | abhyavarṣaccharaistūrṇaṃ chādayāno divākaram

Grasping firmly his bow, whose twang was like a thundercloud, the hero swiftly rained down arrows, veiling the sun.

Note on the text: Corrected निःश्वनम् → निःस्वनम् (misprint in Wikisource; श for स, निःस्वन 'sound'; the critical edition reads nisvanam).

Verse 34 (6.69.34)

शिखण्डिनं समासाद्य भरतानां पितामहः । अवर्जयत संग्रामं स्त्रीत्वं तस्यानुसंस्मरन् ॥

śikhaṇḍinaṃ samāsādya bharatānāṃ pitāmahaḥ | avarjayata saṃgrāmaṃ strītvaṃ tasyānusaṃsmaran

Coming face to face with Shikhandin, the grandsire of the Bharatas shunned the fight, remembering that he had once been a woman.

Note on the text: Reads संग्रामं where the critical edition has saṃgrāme; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 35 (6.69.35)

ततो द्रोणो महाराज अभ्यद्रवत तं रणे । रक्षमाणस्तदा भीष्मं तव पुत्रेण चोदितः ॥

tato droṇo mahārāja abhyadravata taṃ raṇe | rakṣamāṇastadā bhīṣmaṃ tava putreṇa coditaḥ

Then Drona, great king, rushed at him in the battle, protecting Bhishma at that moment, urged on by your son.

Verse 36 (6.69.36)

शिखण्डी तु समासाद्य द्रोणं शस्त्रभृतां वरम् । अवर्जयत संत्रस्तो युगान्ताग्निमिवोल्बणम् ॥

śikhaṇḍī tu samāsādya droṇaṃ śastrabhṛtāṃ varam | avarjayata saṃtrasto yugāntāgnimivolbaṇam

But Shikhandin, coming up against Drona, the best of those who bear arms, shrank from him in fear, as from the blazing fire at the end of an age.

Note on the text: Reads संत्रस्तो where the critical edition has saṃgrāme; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 37 (6.69.37)

ततो बलेन महता पुत्रस्तव विशांपते । जुगोप भीष्ममासाद्य प्रार्थयानो महद्यशः ॥

tato balena mahatā putrastava viśāṃpate | jugopa bhīṣmamāsādya prārthayāno mahadyaśaḥ

Then your son, lord of the people, came up with a great force and guarded Bhishma, seeking great glory.

Verse 38 (6.69.38)

तथैव पाण्डवा राजन्पुरस्कृत्य धनञ्जयम् । भीष्ममेवाभ्यवर्तन्त जये कृत्वा दृढां मतिम् ॥

tathaiva pāṇḍavā rājanpuraskṛtya dhanañjayam | bhīṣmamevābhyavartanta jaye kṛtvā dṛḍhāṃ matim

So too the Pandavas, O king, with Dhananjaya at their head, advanced on Bhishma alone, firmly resolved on victory.

Note on the text: Corrected पुरुस्कृत्य → पुरस्कृत्य (misprint in Wikisource; u-sign for a, the critical edition reads puraskṛtya).

Verse 39 (6.69.39)

तद्युद्धमभवद्धोरं देवानां दानवैरिव । जयमाकाङ्क्षतां सङ्ख्ये यशश्च सुमहाद्भुतम् ॥

tadyuddhamabhavaddhoraṃ devānāṃ dānavairiva | jayamākāṅkṣatāṃ saṅkhye yaśaśca sumahādbhutam

That battle was dreadful, like the war of the gods with the Danavas, fought by men who longed for victory in the fight and for most wondrous glory.

Note on the text: Corrected सङ्क्ष्ये → सङ्ख्ये (misprint in Wikisource; क्ष for ख, संख्ये 'in battle'). Line 2 reads जयमाकाङ्क्षतां सङ्ख्ये and सुमहाद्भुतम् where the critical edition has jayaṃ ca kāṅkṣatāṃ nityaṃ and paramādbhutam; kept as recension variants.