Dhrishtadyumna's Bewildering Weapon

Verse 1 (6.77.1)

आत्मदोषात्त्वया राजन्प्राप्तं व्यसनमीदृशम् । न हि दुर्योधनस्तानि पश्यते भरतर्षभ ॥

ātmadoṣāttvayā rājanprāptaṃ vyasanamīdṛśam | na hi duryodhanastāni paśyate bharatarṣabha

It is through your own fault, O king, that you have met with such disaster. Duryodhana does not see those things, O bull of the Bharatas,

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: checked against the raw Wikisource page (a table, one row per verse, 6-77-1 to 6-77-84, under one सञ्जय उवाच heading, ending with its colophon naming this the 77th adhyaya, on the sixth day of battle). Rows 6-77-50f and 6-77-52f carry only the last line of a six-line verse; their lost lines are restored from the critical edition (see verses 50 and 52). Together the 84 verses correspond to the critical edition 6.73.1–71 with several of its star passages. Verses 27–30 (Vishoka), 32–36 (Dhrishtadyumna), 46 (Duryodhana) and 63–65 (Yudhishthira) carry no heading on the page and are given to their speakers. This verse is the critical edition's 6.73.1ab; Wikisource divides 6.73.1–2 (two verses of three lines) into three couplets, so nothing is lost.

Verse 2 (6.77.2)

यानि त्वं पश्यसे राजन्धर्मसंकरकारणात् । तव दोषात्पुरा वृत्तं द्यूतमेतद्विशांपते ॥

yāni tvaṃ paśyase rājandharmasaṃkarakāraṇāt | tava doṣātpurā vṛttaṃ dyūtametadviśāṃpate

which you see, O king, as causes of the confounding of dharma. Through your fault that game of dice took place long ago, O lord of the people;

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.73.1ef (reading पश्यसे … धर्मसंकरकारणात् for dṛṣṭavān … dharmasaṃkarakārite); line 2 is 6.73.2ab.

Verse 3 (6.77.3)

तव दोषेण युद्धं च प्रवृत्तं सह पाण्डवैः । त्वमेवाद्य फलं भुङ्क्ष्व कृत्वा किल्बिषमात्मना ॥

tava doṣeṇa yuddhaṃ ca pravṛttaṃ saha pāṇḍavaiḥ | tvamevādya phalaṃ bhuṅkṣva kṛtvā kilbiṣamātmanā

and through your fault this war with the Pandavas has begun. You committed the sin yourself; now you alone must eat its fruit.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.73.2cd and ef. Corrected युद्दं → युद्धं (misprint in Wikisource; द्द for द्ध, critical edition yuddhaṃ).

Verse 4 (6.77.4)

आत्मना हि कृतं कर्म आत्मनैवोपभुज्यते । इह वा प्रेत्य वा राजंस्त्वया प्राप्तं यथातथम् ॥

ātmanā hi kṛtaṃ karma ātmanaivopabhujyate | iha vā pretya vā rājaṃstvayā prāptaṃ yathātatham

For a deed one has done oneself is reaped by oneself, here or after death. You have received exactly what you earned, O king.

Verse 5 (6.77.5)

तस्माद्राजन्स्थिरो भूत्वा प्राप्येदं व्यसनं महत् । शृणु युद्धं यथा वृत्तं शंसतो मे नराधिप ॥

tasmādrājansthiro bhūtvā prāpyedaṃ vyasanaṃ mahat | śṛṇu yuddhaṃ yathā vṛttaṃ śaṃsato me narādhipa

So, O king, now that this great calamity has come upon you, steady yourself and hear from me, ruler of men, how the battle went.

Verse 6 (6.77.6)

भीमसेनः सुनिशितैर्बाणैर्भित्त्वा महाचमूम् । आससाद ततो वीरः सर्वान्दुर्योधनानुजान् ॥

bhīmasenaḥ suniśitairbāṇairbhittvā mahācamūm | āsasāda tato vīraḥ sarvānduryodhanānujān

Bhimasena broke through the great host with his whetted arrows and then, hero that he is, came upon all of Duryodhana's younger brothers:

Verse 7 (6.77.7)

दुःशासनं दुर्विषहं दुःसहं दुर्मदं जयम् । जयत्सेनं विकर्णं च चित्रसेनं सुदर्शनम् ॥

duḥśāsanaṃ durviṣahaṃ duḥsahaṃ durmadaṃ jayam | jayatsenaṃ vikarṇaṃ ca citrasenaṃ sudarśanam

Duhshasana, Durvishaha, Duhsaha, Durmada, Jaya, Jayatsena, Vikarna, Chitrasena, Sudarshana,

Verse 8 (6.77.8)

चारुचित्रं सुवर्माणं दुष्कर्णं कर्णमेव च । एतांश्चान्यांश्च सुबहून्समीपस्थान्महारथान् ॥

cārucitraṃ suvarmāṇaṃ duṣkarṇaṃ karṇameva ca | etāṃścānyāṃśca subahūnsamīpasthānmahārathān

Charuchitra, Suvarman, Dushkarna and Karna, and many others besides, great chariot-warriors standing near them.

Verse 9 (6.77.9)

धार्तराष्ट्रान्सुसंक्रुद्धान्दृष्ट्वा भीमो महारथः । भीष्मेण समरे गुप्तां प्रविवेश महाचमूम् ॥

dhārtarāṣṭrānsusaṃkruddhāndṛṣṭvā bhīmo mahārathaḥ | bhīṣmeṇa samare guptāṃ praviveśa mahācamūm

Seeing the sons of Dhritarashtra in a towering rage, the great chariot-warrior Bhima entered the great host that Bhishma guarded in the battle.

Verse 10 (6.77.10)

अथालोक्य प्रविष्टं तमूचुस्ते सर्व एव तु । जीवग्राहं निगृह्णीमो वयमेनं नराधिपाः ॥

athālokya praviṣṭaṃ tamūcuste sarva eva tu | jīvagrāhaṃ nigṛhṇīmo vayamenaṃ narādhipāḥ

Seeing him come in, they all said: 'We kings will take him alive.'

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 6.73.9b*0294 (which replaces its 6.73.9ab, athāhvayanta te 'nyonyam ayaṃ prāpto vṛkodaraḥ); line 2 is 6.73.9cd.

Verse 11 (6.77.11)

स तैः परिवृतः पार्थो भ्रातृभिः कृतनिश्चयैः । प्रजासंहरणे सूर्यः क्रूरैरिव महाग्रहैः ॥

sa taiḥ parivṛtaḥ pārtho bhrātṛbhiḥ kṛtaniścayaiḥ | prajāsaṃharaṇe sūryaḥ krūrairiva mahāgrahaiḥ

Ringed by those brothers, who had made up their minds, the son of Pritha was like the sun at the destruction of creatures, surrounded by cruel great planets.

Verse 12 (6.77.12)

संप्राप्य मध्यं सैन्यस्य न भीः पाण्डवमाविशत् । यथा देवासुरे युद्धे महेन्द्रं प्राप्य दानवान् ॥

saṃprāpya madhyaṃ sainyasya na bhīḥ pāṇḍavamāviśat | yathā devāsure yuddhe mahendraṃ prāpya dānavān

Though he had reached the centre of the army, no fear entered the Pandava, just as none entered great Indra when he came upon the Danavas in the war of the gods and demons.

Verse 13 (6.77.13)

ततः शतसहस्राणि रथिनां सर्वशः प्रभो । उद्यतानि शरैस्तीव्रैस्तमेकं परिवव्रिरे ॥

tataḥ śatasahasrāṇi rathināṃ sarvaśaḥ prabho | udyatāni śaraistīvraistamekaṃ parivavrire

Then hundreds of thousands of chariot-warriors, my lord, with fierce arrows at the ready, closed round that one man on every side.

Verse 14 (6.77.14)

स तेषां प्रवरान्योधान्हस्त्यश्वरथसादिनः । जघान समरे शूरो धार्तराष्ट्रानचिन्तयन् ॥

sa teṣāṃ pravarānyodhānhastyaśvarathasādinaḥ | jaghāna samare śūro dhārtarāṣṭrānacintayan

Paying no heed to the sons of Dhritarashtra, the hero cut down their foremost fighters in the battle, those who rode elephants, horses and chariots.

Verse 15 (6.77.15)

तेषां व्यवसितं ज्ञात्वा भीमसेनो जिघृक्षताम् । समस्तानां वधे राजन्मतिं चक्रे महामनाः ॥

teṣāṃ vyavasitaṃ jñātvā bhīmaseno jighṛkṣatām | samastānāṃ vadhe rājanmatiṃ cakre mahāmanāḥ

Knowing that they were bent on seizing him, the great-hearted Bhimasena made up his mind, O king, to kill them all.

Verse 16 (6.77.16)

ततो रथं समुत्सृज्य गदामादाय पाण्डवः । उवाच सारथिं भीमः स्थीयतामिति भारत ॥

tato rathaṃ samutsṛjya gadāmādāya pāṇḍavaḥ | uvāca sārathiṃ bhīmaḥ sthīyatāmiti bhārata

Then the Pandava left his chariot, took up his mace and said to his charioteer, O Bharata, 'Wait here

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.73.15ab; line 2 is its star passage 6.73.15b*0295 (line 1), not in the constituted text. Corrected भीमं → भीमः (misprint in Wikisource; anusvara for visarga, the subject of उवाच, apparatus bhīmaḥ).

Verse 17 (6.77.17)

यावदेतान्हनिष्यामि धार्तराष्ट्रान्सहानुगान् । इत्युक्त्वा भीमसेनस्तु प्रविश्य महतीं चमूम् । जघान धार्तराष्ट्राणां तद्बलौघमहार्णवम् ॥

yāvadetānhaniṣyāmi dhārtarāṣṭrānsahānugān | ityuktvā bhīmasenastu praviśya mahatīṃ camūm | jaghāna dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ tadbalaughamahārṇavam

while I kill these sons of Dhritarashtra and their followers.' With these words Bhimasena entered the great army and struck down that vast ocean of Dhritarashtra's forces.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's star passage 6.73.15b*0295 (lines 2–3), not in the constituted text; line 3 is 6.73.15cd (तद् for taṃ).

Verse 18 (6.77.18)

गदया भीमसेनेन ताडिता वारणोत्तमाः । भिन्नकुम्भा महाकाया भिन्नपृष्ठास्तथैवच ॥

gadayā bhīmasenena tāḍitā vāraṇottamāḥ | bhinnakumbhā mahākāyā bhinnapṛṣṭhāstathaivaca

Struck by Bhimasena's mace, the finest elephants, huge of body, their frontal globes split and their backs broken,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records verses 18–21 in its apparatus as the star passage 6.73.15d*0296 (lines 1–8). Corrected भिमसेनेन → भीमसेनेन (misprint in Wikisource; short i for ī, apparatus bhīmasenena).

Verse 19 (6.77.19)

भिन्नगात्राः सहारोहैः शेरते पर्वता इव । रथाश्च भग्नास्तिलशः सयोधाः शतशो रणे ॥

bhinnagātrāḥ sahārohaiḥ śerate parvatā iva | rathāśca bhagnāstilaśaḥ sayodhāḥ śataśo raṇe

their limbs shattered, lay with their riders like fallen mountains. Chariots too lay broken to pieces in the battle by the hundred, with their warriors,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); star passage 6.73.15d*0296, lines 3–4.

Verse 20 (6.77.20)

अश्वाश्च सादिनश्चैव पादातैः सह भारत । तत्राद्भुतमपश्याम भीमसेनस्य विक्रमम् ॥

aśvāśca sādinaścaiva pādātaiḥ saha bhārata | tatrādbhutamapaśyāma bhīmasenasya vikramam

and horses with their riders, together with foot soldiers, O Bharata. There we saw the wonder of Bhimasena's prowess,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); star passage 6.73.15d*0296, lines 5–6.

Verse 21 (6.77.21)

यदेकः समरे राजन्बहुभिः समयोधयत् । अन्तकाले प्रजाः सर्वा दण्डपाणिरिवान्तकः ॥

yadekaḥ samare rājanbahubhiḥ samayodhayat | antakāle prajāḥ sarvā daṇḍapāṇirivāntakaḥ

for he alone, O king, fought against many, like Death, staff in hand, against all creatures at the end of time.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); star passage 6.73.15d*0296, lines 7–8.

Verse 22 (6.77.22)

भीमसेने प्रविष्टे तु धृष्टद्युम्नोऽपि पार्षतः । द्रोणमुत्सृज्य तरसा ययौ यत्र वृकोदरः ॥

bhīmasene praviṣṭe tu dhṛṣṭadyumno'pi pārṣataḥ | droṇamutsṛjya tarasā yayau yatra vṛkodaraḥ

When Bhimasena had gone in, Dhrishtadyumna the son of Prishata left Drona and went swiftly to where Vrikodara was.

Verse 23 (6.77.23)

विदार्य महतीं सेनां तावकानां नरर्षभः । आससाद रथं शून्यं भीमसेनस्य संयुगे ॥

vidārya mahatīṃ senāṃ tāvakānāṃ nararṣabhaḥ | āsasāda rathaṃ śūnyaṃ bhīmasenasya saṃyuge

Tearing through the great army of your men, that bull among men came upon Bhimasena's empty chariot in the battle.

Verse 24 (6.77.24)

दृष्ट्वा विशोकं समरे भीमसेनस्य सारथिम् । धृष्टद्युम्नो महाराज दुर्मना गतचेतनः ॥

dṛṣṭvā viśokaṃ samare bhīmasenasya sārathim | dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārāja durmanā gatacetanaḥ

Seeing Vishoka, Bhimasena's charioteer, in the battle, Dhrishtadyumna, great king, was stricken at heart and almost lost his senses.

Verse 25 (6.77.25)

अपृच्छद्बाष्पसंरुद्धो निःश्वसन्वाचमीरयन् । मम प्राणैः प्रियतमः क्व भीम इति दुःखितः ॥

apṛcchadbāṣpasaṃruddho niḥśvasanvācamīrayan | mama prāṇaiḥ priyatamaḥ kva bhīma iti duḥkhitaḥ

Choked with tears and sighing, he forced out the words and asked in grief: 'Where is Bhima, dearer to me than my life?'

Verse 26 (6.77.26)

विशोकस्तमुवाचेदं धृष्टद्युम्नं कृताञ्जलिः । संस्थाप्य मामिह बली पाण्डवेयः पराक्रमी ॥

viśokastamuvācedaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ kṛtāñjaliḥ | saṃsthāpya māmiha balī pāṇḍaveyaḥ parākramī

Vishoka joined his palms and said to Dhrishtadyumna: 'The mighty and valiant son of Pandu stationed me here

Verse 27 (6.77.27)

प्रविष्टो धार्तराष्ट्राणामेतद्बलमहार्णवम् । मामुक्त्वा पुरुषव्याघ्रः प्रीतियुक्तमिदं वचः ॥

praviṣṭo dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāmetadbalamahārṇavam | māmuktvā puruṣavyāghraḥ prītiyuktamidaṃ vacaḥ

and has gone into this great ocean of Dhritarashtra's forces. That tiger among men spoke these words to me with affection:

Note on the text: Speaker: Vishoka's reply to Dhrishtadyumna, begun in the second line of verse 26; the page prints no heading here (these verses fall under its सञ्जय उवाच heading). Verse 30 addresses Dhrishtadyumna ("your friend" is Bhima), so it too is Vishoka's.

Verse 28 (6.77.28)

प्रतिपालय मां सूत नियम्याश्वान्मुहूर्तकम् । यावदेतान्निहन्म्यद्य य इमे मद्वधोद्यताः । अभ्यधावद्गदापाणिस्तद्बलं स महाबलः ॥

pratipālaya māṃ sūta niyamyāśvānmuhūrtakam | yāvadetānnihanmyadya ya ime madvadhodyatāḥ | abhyadhāvadgadāpāṇistadbalaṃ sa mahābalaḥ

"Wait for me, charioteer, holding the horses for a moment, while I kill these men here today who are bent on killing me." Then, mace in hand, the mighty one charged that army.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.73.22 (अद्य for āśu); line 3 is its star passage 6.73.22d*0298, not in the constituted text. Corrected यावदेवान् → यावदेतान् (misprint in Wikisource; व for त, critical edition yāvad etān). Speaker: Vishoka's reply to Dhrishtadyumna, begun in the second line of verse 26; the page prints no heading here (these verses fall under its सञ्जय उवाच heading). Verse 30 addresses Dhrishtadyumna ("your friend" is Bhima), so it too is Vishoka's.

Verse 29 (6.77.29)

ततो दृष्ट्वा प्रधावन्तं गदाहस्तं महाबलम् । सर्वेषामेव सैन्यानां संहर्षः समजायत ॥

tato dṛṣṭvā pradhāvantaṃ gadāhastaṃ mahābalam | sarveṣāmeva sainyānāṃ saṃharṣaḥ samajāyata

When they saw that mighty man running at them, mace in hand, a stir ran through all the troops.

Note on the text: Speaker: Vishoka's reply to Dhrishtadyumna, begun in the second line of verse 26; the page prints no heading here (these verses fall under its सञ्जय उवाच heading). Verse 30 addresses Dhrishtadyumna ("your friend" is Bhima), so it too is Vishoka's.

Verse 30 (6.77.30)

तस्मिन्सुतुमुले युद्धे वर्तमाने भयानके । भित्त्वा राजन्महाव्यूहं प्रविवेश सखा तव ॥

tasminsutumule yuddhe vartamāne bhayānake | bhittvā rājanmahāvyūhaṃ praviveśa sakhā tava

In this tumultuous and terrible battle, O prince, your friend has broken through the great array and gone in.'

Note on the text: Speaker: Vishoka's reply to Dhrishtadyumna, begun in the second line of verse 26; the page prints no heading here (these verses fall under its सञ्जय उवाच heading). Verse 30 addresses Dhrishtadyumna ("your friend" is Bhima), so it too is Vishoka's.

Verse 31 (6.77.31)

विशोकस्य वचः श्रुत्वा धृष्टद्युम्नोऽथ पार्षतः । प्रत्युवाच ततः सूतं रणमध्ये महाबलः ॥

viśokasya vacaḥ śrutvā dhṛṣṭadyumno'tha pārṣataḥ | pratyuvāca tataḥ sūtaṃ raṇamadhye mahābalaḥ

Hearing Vishoka's words, the mighty Dhrishtadyumna, son of Prishata, answered the charioteer there in the midst of the battle:

Verse 32 (6.77.32)

न हि मे जीवितेनापि विद्यतेऽद्य प्रयोजनम् । भीमसेनं रणे हित्वा स्नेहमुत्सृज्य पाण्डवैः ॥

na hi me jīvitenāpi vidyate'dya prayojanam | bhīmasenaṃ raṇe hitvā snehamutsṛjya pāṇḍavaiḥ

'Today I have no use even for my life if I abandon Bhimasena in battle and cast off my love for the Pandavas.

Note on the text: Speaker: Dhrishtadyumna's answer to Vishoka, announced in verse 31 (प्रत्युवाच ततः सूतम्); the page prints no heading here.

Verse 33 (6.77.33)

यदि यामि विना भीमं किं मां क्षत्रं वदिष्यति । एकायनगते भीमे मयि चावस्थिते युधि ॥

yadi yāmi vinā bhīmaṃ kiṃ māṃ kṣatraṃ vadiṣyati | ekāyanagate bhīme mayi cāvasthite yudhi

If I go back without Bhima, what will the warrior order say of me, when Bhima has taken the lonely path into danger while I stayed safe in the fight?

Note on the text: Speaker: Dhrishtadyumna's answer to Vishoka, announced in verse 31 (प्रत्युवाच ततः सूतम्); the page prints no heading here.

Verse 34 (6.77.34)

तस्य न स्वस्ति कुर्वन्ति देवाः शक्रपुरोगमाः । यः सहायान्परित्यज्य स्वस्तिमानाव्रजेद्गृहम् ॥

tasya na svasti kurvanti devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ | yaḥ sahāyānparityajya svastimānāvrajedgṛham

The gods led by Shakra grant no blessing to the man who deserts his comrades and comes home safe and sound.

Note on the text: Speaker: Dhrishtadyumna's answer to Vishoka, announced in verse 31 (प्रत्युवाच ततः सूतम्); the page prints no heading here.

Verse 35 (6.77.35)

रौरवे नरके मज्जेदप्लवे दुस्तरे नृभिः । मम भीमः सखा चैव संबन्धी च महाबलः । भक्तोऽस्मान्भक्तिमांश्चाहं तमप्यरिनिषूदनम् ॥

raurave narake majjedaplave dustare nṛbhiḥ | mama bhīmaḥ sakhā caiva saṃbandhī ca mahābalaḥ | bhakto'smānbhaktimāṃścāhaṃ tamapyariniṣūdanam

He would sink into the Raurava hell, which has no boat and which men cannot cross. Mighty Bhima is my friend and my kinsman; he is devoted to us, and I am devoted to him, that slayer of foes.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 6.73.28d*0300, not in the constituted text; lines 2–3 are 6.73.29. Removed the quote marks (` … ') that set off line 1 on the page. Corrected मञ्जेद् → मज्जेद् (misprint in Wikisource; ञ्ज for ज्ज, the verb is majj 'to sink', apparatus majjed). Speaker: Dhrishtadyumna's answer to Vishoka, announced in verse 31 (प्रत्युवाच ततः सूतम्); the page prints no heading here.

Verse 36 (6.77.36)

सोऽहं तत्र गमिष्यामि यत्र यातो वृकोदरः । निघ्नन्तं मां रिपून्पश्य दानवानिव वासवम् ॥

so'haṃ tatra gamiṣyāmi yatra yāto vṛkodaraḥ | nighnantaṃ māṃ ripūnpaśya dānavāniva vāsavam

So I shall go where Vrikodara has gone. Watch me slay the enemy as Vasava slays the Danavas.'

Note on the text: Speaker: Dhrishtadyumna's answer to Vishoka, announced in verse 31 (प्रत्युवाच ततः सूतम्); the page prints no heading here.

Verse 37 (6.77.37)

एवमुक्त्वा ततो वीरो ययौ मध्येन वाहिनीम् । भीमसेनस्य मार्गेषु गदाप्रमथितैर्गजैः ॥

evamuktvā tato vīro yayau madhyena vāhinīm | bhīmasenasya mārgeṣu gadāpramathitairgajaiḥ

With these words the hero went into the midst of the army along Bhimasena's path, marked by elephants crushed by his mace.

Verse 38 (6.77.38)

स ददर्श तदा भीमं दहन्तं रिपुवाहिनीम् । वातो वृक्षानिव बलात्प्रभञ्जन्तं रणे रिपून् ॥

sa dadarśa tadā bhīmaṃ dahantaṃ ripuvāhinīm | vāto vṛkṣāniva balātprabhañjantaṃ raṇe ripūn

Then he saw Bhima burning up the enemy host and smashing the foe in battle with all his strength, as the wind smashes trees.

Verse 39 (6.77.39)

ते वध्यमानाः समरे रथिनः सादिनस्तथा । पादाता दन्तिनश्चैव चक्रुरार्तस्वरं महत् ॥

te vadhyamānāḥ samare rathinaḥ sādinastathā | pādātā dantinaścaiva cakrurārtasvaraṃ mahat

As they were cut down in the battle, the chariot-fighters and horsemen, the foot soldiers and elephants raised a great cry of pain.

Note on the text: Corrected चक्रुरात्स्वरं → चक्रुरार्तस्वरं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped र्, critical edition cakrur ārtasvaraṃ).

Verse 40 (6.77.40)

हाहाकारश्च संजज्ञे तव सैन्यस्य मारिष । वध्यतो भीमसेनेन कृतिना चित्रयोधिना ॥

hāhākāraśca saṃjajñe tava sainyasya māriṣa | vadhyato bhīmasenena kṛtinā citrayodhinā

And a wail went up from your army, sir, as it was slaughtered by Bhimasena, that skilled and versatile fighter.

Verse 41 (6.77.41)

ततः कृतास्त्रास्ते सर्वे परिवार्य वृकोदरम् । अभीताः समवर्तन्त शस्त्रवृष्ट्या परंतप ॥

tataḥ kṛtāstrāste sarve parivārya vṛkodaram | abhītāḥ samavartanta śastravṛṣṭyā paraṃtapa

Then all those masters of weapons surrounded Vrikodara and, without fear, closed in on him with a rain of weapons, O scorcher of foes.

Verse 42 (6.77.42)

अभिद्रुतं शस्त्रभृतां वरिष्ठं । समन्ततः पाण्डवं लोकवीरः । सैन्येन घोरेण सुसंहितेन । दृष्ट्वा बली पार्षतो भीमसेनम् ॥

abhidrutaṃ śastrabhṛtāṃ variṣṭhaṃ | samantataḥ pāṇḍavaṃ lokavīraḥ | sainyena ghoreṇa susaṃhitena | dṛṣṭvā balī pārṣato bhīmasenam

Seeing Bhimasena, the Pandava, best of all who bear arms, beset on every side by a fearsome, closely massed army, the mighty son of Prishata, a hero renowned in the world,

Verse 43 (6.77.43)

अथोपगच्छच्छरविक्षताङ्गं । पदातिनं क्रोधविषं वमन्तम् । आश्वासयन्पार्षतो भीमसेनं । गदाहस्तं कालमिवान्तकाले ॥

athopagacchaccharavikṣatāṅgaṃ | padātinaṃ krodhaviṣaṃ vamantam | āśvāsayanpārṣato bhīmasenaṃ | gadāhastaṃ kālamivāntakāle

came up to Bhimasena, who stood on foot, his body torn by arrows, spitting the venom of his rage, mace in hand like Death at the end of time, and comforted him.

Verse 44 (6.77.44)

विशल्यमेनं च चकार तूर्ण- । मारोपयच्चात्मरथे महात्मा । भृशं परिष्वज्य च भीमसेन- । माश्वासयामास स शत्रुमध्ये ॥

viśalyamenaṃ ca cakāra tūrṇa- | māropayaccātmarathe mahātmā | bhṛśaṃ pariṣvajya ca bhīmasena- | māśvāsayāmāsa sa śatrumadhye

The great-souled prince quickly drew the arrows out of him, lifted him onto his own chariot, held Bhimasena in a close embrace and comforted him there in the midst of the enemy.

Verse 45 (6.77.45)

तथा तस्मिन्वर्तमानेऽतिवेगं । भ्रातॄनथोपेत्य तवापि पुत्रः । तस्मिन्विमर्दे तव संप्रवृत्ते । दृष्ट्वा रणे वाक्यमिदं बभाषे ॥

tathā tasminvartamāne'tivegaṃ | bhrātṝnathopetya tavāpi putraḥ | tasminvimarde tava saṃpravṛtte | dṛṣṭvā raṇe vākyamidaṃ babhāṣe

While this was going on at great speed, your son came up to his brothers, and as the struggle of your men raged on, seeing this in the battle, he spoke these words:

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 6.73.38d*0302, not in the constituted text; lines 2–3 are 6.73.39ab (तव संप्रवृत्ते for mahati pravṛtte); line 4 is its star passage 6.73.39b*0304. Wikisource prints the following quarters of 6.73.39 as a two-line verse 46, so nothing is lost.

Verse 46 (6.77.46)

अयं दुरात्मा द्रुपदस्य पुत्रः । समागतो भीमसेनेन सार्धम् ॥

ayaṃ durātmā drupadasya putraḥ | samāgato bhīmasenena sārdham

'This wicked son of Drupada has joined up with Bhimasena.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.73.39cd; Wikisource prints these two quarters as a verse on their own. Speaker: Duryodhana's words to his brothers, announced in verse 45 (वाक्यमिदं बभाषे); the page prints no heading here. Verse 47 begins with the end of the speech but turns to narration, so it stays with Sanjaya.

Verse 47 (6.77.47)

तं याम सर्वे महता बलेन । मा वो रिपुः प्रार्थयतामनीकम् । श्रुत्वा तु वाक्यं तममृष्यमाणा । ज्येष्ठाज्ञया नोदिता धार्तराष्ट्राः ॥

taṃ yāma sarve mahatā balena | mā vo ripuḥ prārthayatāmanīkam | śrutvā tu vākyaṃ tamamṛṣyamāṇā | jyeṣṭhājñayā noditā dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ

Let us all go against him in great force; do not let the enemy fall upon your ranks.' Hearing these words, the sons of Dhritarashtra, unable to bear it, and urged on by their eldest brother's command,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.73.39ef (तं याम सर्वे महता बलेन for taṃ yāta sarve sahitā nihantuṃ); lines 3–4 are 6.73.40ab (नोदिता for coditā). Corrected ज्येष्ठज्ञया → ज्येष्ठाज्ञया (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ā, critical edition jyeṣṭhājñayā).

Verse 48 (6.77.48)

वधाय निष्पेतुरुदायुधास्ते । युगक्षये केतवो यद्वदुग्राः । प्रगृह्य चास्त्राणि धनूंषि वीरा । ज्यां नेमिघोषैः प्रविकम्पयन्तः ॥

vadhāya niṣpeturudāyudhāste | yugakṣaye ketavo yadvadugrāḥ | pragṛhya cāstrāṇi dhanūṃṣi vīrā | jyāṃ nemighoṣaiḥ pravikampayantaḥ

rushed out with weapons raised to kill him, like fierce comets at the end of an age. Taking up their missiles and bows, the heroes, making their bowstrings quiver amid the rumble of their chariot wheels,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.73.40cd; lines 3–4 are 6.73.41ab (चास्त्राणि for citrāṇi, and ज्यां नेमिघोषैः where the critical edition has the compound jyānemighoṣaiḥ; both kept as variants).

Verse 49 (6.77.49)

शरैरवर्षन्द्रुपदस्य पुत्रं । यथाम्बुदा भूधरं वारिजालैः । निहत्य तांश्चापि शरैः सुतीक्ष्णै- । र्न विव्यथे समरे चित्रयोधी ॥

śarairavarṣandrupadasya putraṃ | yathāmbudā bhūdharaṃ vārijālaiḥ | nihatya tāṃścāpi śaraiḥ sutīkṣṇai- | rna vivyathe samare citrayodhī

showered the son of Drupada with arrows, as clouds shower a mountain with sheets of rain. But he struck them down in turn with very sharp arrows, and that versatile fighter was not shaken in the battle.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.73.41cdef.

Verse 50 (6.77.50)

समभ्युदीर्णांश्च तवात्मजांस्तथा । निशाम्य वीरानभितः स्थितान्रणे । जिघांसुरुग्रं द्रुपदात्मजो युवा । प्रमोहनास्त्रं युयुजे महारथः । क्रुद्धो भृशं तव पुत्रेषु राज- । न्दैत्येषु यद्वत्समरे महेन्द्रः ॥

samabhyudīrṇāṃśca tavātmajāṃstathā | niśāmya vīrānabhitaḥ sthitānraṇe | jighāṃsurugraṃ drupadātmajo yuvā | pramohanāstraṃ yuyuje mahārathaḥ | kruddho bhṛśaṃ tava putreṣu rāja- | ndaityeṣu yadvatsamare mahendraḥ

Seeing your sons and those other heroes surging forward and standing all around him in the battle, the young son of Drupada, a great chariot-warrior, fierce and eager to kill, furious with your sons, O king, brought the Pramohana (Bewildering) weapon into play, as great Indra did against the Daityas in battle.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (6.73.42ab, cd, e): Wikisource prints only the last line of this verse, numbered 6-77-50f (न्दैत्येषु यद्वत्समरे महेन्द्रः, whose opening न् is the end of राजन्), with its first five lines lost. Lines 1–5 are restored from the critical edition; line 6 is the page's own.

Verse 51 (6.77.51)

स वै ततोऽस्त्रं सुमहाप्रभावं । प्रमोहनं द्रोणदत्तं महात्मा । प्रयोजयामास उदारकर्मा । तस्मिन्रणे तव सैन्यस्य राजन् ॥

sa vai tato'straṃ sumahāprabhāvaṃ | pramohanaṃ droṇadattaṃ mahātmā | prayojayāmāsa udārakarmā | tasminraṇe tava sainyasya rājan

That great-souled prince of noble deeds then turned against your army in that battle, O king, the very potent Pramohana weapon that Drona had given him.

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 6.73.42f*0306. Removed the quote marks (` … ' and a stray ।।') that set it off on the page.

Verse 52 (6.77.52)

ततो व्यमुह्यन्त रणे नृवीराः । प्रमोहनास्त्राहतबुद्धिसत्त्वाः । प्रदुद्रुवुः कुरवश्चैव सर्वे । सवाजिनागाः सरथाः समन्तात् । परीतकालानिव नष्टसंज्ञा- । न्मोहोपेतांस्तव पुत्रान्निशम्य ॥

tato vyamuhyanta raṇe nṛvīrāḥ | pramohanāstrāhatabuddhisattvāḥ | pradudruvuḥ kuravaścaiva sarve | savājināgāḥ sarathāḥ samantāt | parītakālāniva naṣṭasaṃjñā- | nmohopetāṃstava putrānniśamya

Then the heroes among men were bewildered in the battle, their minds and courage struck down by the Pramohana weapon. And all the Kurus fled on every side with their horses, elephants and chariots, seeing your sons stupefied and senseless, like men whose time has come.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (6.73.43ab, cd, e): Wikisource prints only the last line of this verse, numbered 6-77-52f (न्मोहोपेतांस्तव पुत्रान्निशम्य, whose opening न् is the end of नष्टसंज्ञान्), with its first five lines lost. Lines 1–5 are restored from the critical edition; line 6 is the page's own.

Verse 53 (6.77.53)

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु भीमः प्रहरतां वरः । विश्रम्य च तदा राजन्पीत्वाऽमृतरसं जलम् ॥

etasminneva kāle tu bhīmaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ | viśramya ca tadā rājanpītvā'mṛtarasaṃ jalam

At that very time Bhima, best of fighters, rested awhile, O king, and drank water as sweet as nectar;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records verses 53–54 in its apparatus as the star passage 6.73.43f*0307.

Verse 54 (6.77.54)

पुनः सन्नह्य संक्रुद्धो योधयामास संयुगे । धृष्टद्युम्नेन सहितः कालयामास भारत ॥

punaḥ sannahya saṃkruddho yodhayāmāsa saṃyuge | dhṛṣṭadyumnena sahitaḥ kālayāmāsa bhārata

then, armed afresh and full of fury, he fought on in the battle, and with Dhrishtadyumna beside him he drove the enemy before him, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); star passage 6.73.43f*0307, lines 3–4 (संक्रुद्धो for sahasā). Corrected धृष्टद्यम्नेन → धृष्टद्युम्नेन (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped u, apparatus dhṛṣṭadyumnena).

Verse 55 (6.77.55)

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे राजन्द्रोणः शस्त्रभृतां वरः । द्रुपदं त्रिभिरासाद्य शरैर्विव्याध दारुणैः ॥

etasminnantare rājandroṇaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ | drupadaṃ tribhirāsādya śarairvivyādha dāruṇaiḥ

Meanwhile, O king, Drona, best of all who bear arms, came at Drupada and pierced him with three cruel arrows.

Verse 56 (6.77.56)

सोऽतिविद्धस्ततो राजन्रणे द्रोणेन पार्थिवः । अपायाद्द्रुपदो राजन्पूर्ववैरमनुस्मरन् ॥

so'tividdhastato rājanraṇe droṇena pārthivaḥ | apāyāddrupado rājanpūrvavairamanusmaran

Badly wounded by Drona in the battle, O king, King Drupada withdrew, remembering their old enmity.

Verse 57 (6.77.57)

जित्वा तु द्रुपदं द्रोणः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान् । तस्य शङ्खस्वनं श्रुत्वा वित्रेसुः सर्वसोमकाः ॥

jitvā tu drupadaṃ droṇaḥ śaṅkhaṃ dadhmau pratāpavān | tasya śaṅkhasvanaṃ śrutvā vitresuḥ sarvasomakāḥ

Having defeated Drupada, the mighty Drona blew his conch, and at the sound of it all the Somakas trembled.

Verse 58 (6.77.58)

अथ शुश्राव तेजस्वी द्रोणः शस्त्रभृतां वरः । प्रमोहनास्त्रेण रणे मोहितानात्मजांस्तव ॥

atha śuśrāva tejasvī droṇaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ | pramohanāstreṇa raṇe mohitānātmajāṃstava

Then the splendid Drona, best of all who bear arms, heard that your sons had been stupefied in the battle by the Pramohana weapon.

Verse 59 (6.77.59)

ततो द्रोणो महाराज त्वरितोऽभ्याययौ रणात् । तत्रापश्यन्महेष्वासो भारद्वाजः प्रतापवान् ॥

tato droṇo mahārāja tvarito'bhyāyayau raṇāt | tatrāpaśyanmaheṣvāso bhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān

Then, great king, Drona hurried away from that part of the field. There the great archer, the mighty son of Bharadvaja, saw

Verse 60 (6.77.60)

धृष्टद्युम्नं च भीमं च विचरन्तौ महारणे । मोहाविष्टांश्च ते पुत्रानपश्यत्स महारथः ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca bhīmaṃ ca vicarantau mahāraṇe | mohāviṣṭāṃśca te putrānapaśyatsa mahārathaḥ

Dhrishtadyumna and Bhima ranging over the great battlefield, and the great chariot-warrior saw your sons sunk in stupor.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.73.48ef; line 2 is 6.73.49ab.

Verse 61 (6.77.61)

ततः प्रज्ञास्त्रमादाय मोहनास्त्रं व्यनाशयत् । ततः प्रत्यागतप्राणास्तव पुत्रा महारथाः ॥

tataḥ prajñāstramādāya mohanāstraṃ vyanāśayat | tataḥ pratyāgataprāṇāstava putrā mahārathāḥ

Then he took up the Prajna (Wisdom) weapon and destroyed the bewildering weapon. Your sons, the great chariot-warriors, came back to life

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.73.49cd (व्यनाशयत् for vyaśātayat); line 2 is 6.73.50ab (ततः for atha). Corrected प्रज्ञांस्त्रमदाय → प्रज्ञास्त्रमादाय (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara and a dropped ā, critical edition prajñāstram ādāya).

Verse 62 (6.77.62)

पुनर्युद्धाय समरे प्रत्युद्याता जिगीषवः । ततो युधिष्ठिरः प्राह समाहूय स्वसैनिकान् ॥

punaryuddhāya samare pratyudyātā jigīṣavaḥ | tato yudhiṣṭhiraḥ prāha samāhūya svasainikān

and, eager for victory, went out again to fight. Then Yudhishthira called his own soldiers together and said:

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.73.50cd (प्रत्युद्याता जिगीषवः for prayayur bhīmapārṣatau); line 2 is 6.73.51ab.

Verse 63 (6.77.63)

गच्छन्तु पदवीं शक्त्या भीमपार्षतयोर्युधि । सौभद्रप्रमुखा वीरा रथा द्वादश दंशिताः ॥

gacchantu padavīṃ śaktyā bhīmapārṣatayoryudhi | saubhadrapramukhā vīrā rathā dvādaśa daṃśitāḥ

'Let twelve heroes in armour, chariot-warriors led by Subhadra's son, follow with all their might the track of Bhima and Parshata in the battle,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.73.51cd; line 2 is 6.73.52ab. Speaker: Yudhishthira's order to his soldiers, announced in the second line of verse 62 (ततो युधिष्ठिरः प्राह); the page prints no heading here.

Verse 64 (6.77.64)

प्रवृत्तिमधिगच्छन्तु न हि शुद्ध्यति मे मनः । प्रवृत्तिर्भीमसेनस्य पार्षतस्य च संयुगे ॥

pravṛttimadhigacchantu na hi śuddhyati me manaḥ | pravṛttirbhīmasenasya pārṣatasya ca saṃyuge

and bring me word of them, for my mind is not at ease. News of Bhimasena and Parshata in the battle

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.73.52cd; line 2 is its star passage 6.73.52d*0308 (line 1), not in the constituted text (प्रवृत्तिः … for pravṛttiṃ, construed with विज्ञेया in the next verse). Corrected भिमसेनस्य → भीमसेनस्य (misprint in Wikisource; short i for ī). Speaker: Yudhishthira's order to his soldiers, announced in the second line of verse 62 (ततो युधिष्ठिरः प्राह); the page prints no heading here.

Verse 65 (6.77.65)

विज्ञेया समरे शीघ्रं प्रविशध्वं रथार्णवम् । गच्छन्तु परया शक्त्या भवन्त इति मे मतिः ॥

vijñeyā samare śīghraṃ praviśadhvaṃ rathārṇavam | gacchantu parayā śaktyā bhavanta iti me matiḥ

must be had quickly. Enter that ocean of chariots. Go with all your might; this is my wish.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); star passage 6.73.52d*0308, lines 2–3 (विज्ञेया for vijñāya). Speaker: Yudhishthira's order to his soldiers, announced in the second line of verse 62 (ततो युधिष्ठिरः प्राह); the page prints no heading here.

Verse 66 (6.77.66)

त एवं समनुज्ञाताः शूरा विक्रान्तयोधिनः । बाढमित्येवमुक्त्वा तु सर्वे पुरुषमानिनः । मध्यंदिनगते सूर्ये प्रययुः सर्व एव हि ॥

ta evaṃ samanujñātāḥ śūrā vikrāntayodhinaḥ | bāḍhamityevamuktvā tu sarve puruṣamāninaḥ | madhyaṃdinagate sūrye prayayuḥ sarva eva hi

So commanded, those brave men, bold fighters who prided themselves on their manhood, all said 'Very well', and when the sun stood at midday they all set out.

Verse 67 (6.77.67)

केकया द्रौपदेयाश्च धृष्टकेतुश्च वीर्यवान् । अभिमन्युं पुरस्कृत्य महत्या सेनया वृताः ॥

kekayā draupadeyāśca dhṛṣṭaketuśca vīryavān | abhimanyuṃ puraskṛtya mahatyā senayā vṛtāḥ

The Kekayas, the sons of Draupadi and the valiant Dhrishtaketu, putting Abhimanyu at their head and surrounded by a large force,

Verse 68 (6.77.68)

ते कृत्वा समरे व्यूहं सूचीमुखमरिन्दमम् । बिभिदुर्धार्तराष्ट्राणां तद्रथानीकमाहवे ॥

te kṛtvā samare vyūhaṃ sūcīmukhamarindamam | bibhidurdhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ tadrathānīkamāhave

drew up in battle the foe-crushing array called Suchimukha, the Needle's Point, and broke through that chariot division of the Dhartarashtras in the fight.

Verse 69 (6.77.69)

तान्प्रयातान्महेष्वासानभिमन्युपुरोगमान् । भीमसेनभयाविष्टा धृष्टद्युम्नविमोहिता ॥

tānprayātānmaheṣvāsānabhimanyupurogamān | bhīmasenabhayāviṣṭā dhṛṣṭadyumnavimohitā

As those great archers led by Abhimanyu advanced, your army, O lord of men, gripped by fear of Bhimasena and stupefied by Dhrishtadyumna,

Verse 70 (6.77.70)

न संवारयितुं शक्ता तव सेना जनाधिप । मदमूर्च्छान्वितात्मा वै प्रमदेवाध्वनि स्थिता ॥

na saṃvārayituṃ śaktā tava senā janādhipa | madamūrcchānvitātmā vai pramadevādhvani sthitā

could not hold back; it stood like a woman on the road, dazed and faint with drink.

Note on the text: Corrected मदमूर्च्छन्वितात्मा → मदमूर्च्छान्वितात्मा (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ā, critical edition madamūrchānvitātmānaṃ).

Verse 71 (6.77.71)

तेऽभिजाता महेष्वासाः सुवर्णविकृतध्वजाः । परीप्सन्तोऽभ्यधावन्त धृष्टद्युम्नवृकोदरौ ॥

te'bhijātā maheṣvāsāḥ suvarṇavikṛtadhvajāḥ | parīpsanto'bhyadhāvanta dhṛṣṭadyumnavṛkodarau

Those high-born great archers, with banners worked in gold, rushed forward, seeking to rescue Dhrishtadyumna and Vrikodara.

Note on the text: Corrected धृष्टद्युम्रवृकोदरौ → धृष्टद्युम्नवृकोदरौ (misprint in Wikisource; र for न, critical edition dhṛṣṭadyumnavṛkodarau). तेऽभिजाता (CE te 'bhiyātā) kept as a variant.

Verse 72 (6.77.72)

तौ च दृष्ट्वा महेष्वासावभिमन्युपुरोगमान् । बभूवतुर्मुदायुक्तौ निघ्नन्तौ तव वाहिनीम् ॥

tau ca dṛṣṭvā maheṣvāsāvabhimanyupurogamān | babhūvaturmudāyuktau nighnantau tava vāhinīm

Seeing those great archers led by Abhimanyu, the two great archers rejoiced as they cut down your host.

Verse 73 (6.77.73)

द्रोणमिष्वस्त्रकुशलं सर्वविद्यासु पारगम् । दृष्ट्वा तु सहसायान्तं पाञ्चाल्यो गुरुमात्मनः । नाशंसत वधं वीरः पुत्राणां तव पार्षतः ॥

droṇamiṣvastrakuśalaṃ sarvavidyāsu pāragam | dṛṣṭvā tu sahasāyāntaṃ pāñcālyo gurumātmanaḥ | nāśaṃsata vadhaṃ vīraḥ putrāṇāṃ tava pārṣataḥ

But when he saw his own teacher Drona, skilled in arrows and missiles and master of every branch of learning, suddenly bearing down on him, the heroic Parshata gave up the thought of killing your sons.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 6.73.59d*0309, not in the constituted text; lines 2–3 are 6.73.60 (तु for ca). Removed the quote marks (` … ') that set off line 1 on the page.

Verse 74 (6.77.74)

ततो रथं समारोप्य कैकेयस्य वृकोदरम् । अभ्यधावत्सुसंक्रुद्धो द्रोणमिष्वस्त्रपारगम् ॥

tato rathaṃ samāropya kaikeyasya vṛkodaram | abhyadhāvatsusaṃkruddho droṇamiṣvastrapāragam

Then he set Vrikodara on the chariot of the Kekaya prince and charged in a fury at Drona, master of arrows and missiles.

Verse 75 (6.77.75)

तस्याभिपततस्तूर्णं भारद्वाजः प्रतापवान् । क्रुद्धश्चिच्छेद बाणेन धनुः शत्रुनिबर्हणः ॥

tasyābhipatatastūrṇaṃ bhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān | kruddhaściccheda bāṇena dhanuḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ

As he swooped down, the mighty son of Bharadvaja, slayer of foes, angrily cut through his bow with an arrow,

Verse 76 (6.77.76)

अन्यांश्च शतशो बाणान्प्रेषयामास पार्षते । दुर्योधनहितार्थाय भर्तृपिण्डमनुस्मरन् ॥

anyāṃśca śataśo bāṇānpreṣayāmāsa pārṣate | duryodhanahitārthāya bhartṛpiṇḍamanusmaran

and shot hundreds of other arrows at Parshata, for Duryodhana's sake, mindful of the bread he had eaten from his master.

Verse 77 (6.77.77)

अथान्यद्धनुरादाय पार्षतः परवीरहा । द्रोणं विव्याध विंशत्या रुक्मपुङ्खैः शिलाशितैः ॥

athānyaddhanurādāya pārṣataḥ paravīrahā | droṇaṃ vivyādha viṃśatyā rukmapuṅkhaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ

Taking up another bow, Parshata, slayer of enemy heroes, pierced Drona with twenty gold-feathered arrows whetted on stone.

Verse 78 (6.77.78)

तस्य द्रोणः पुनश्चापं चिच्छेदामित्रकर्शनः । हयांश्च चतुरस्तूर्णं चतुर्भिः सायकोत्तमैः ॥

tasya droṇaḥ punaścāpaṃ cicchedāmitrakarśanaḥ | hayāṃśca caturastūrṇaṃ caturbhiḥ sāyakottamaiḥ

Drona, scourge of his enemies, cut his bow once more, and with four fine arrows he swiftly

Note on the text: Removed a stray क after अमित्रकर्शनः (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition cicchedāmitrakarśanaḥ).

Verse 79 (6.77.79)

वैवस्वतक्षयं घोरं प्रेषयामास भारत । सारथिं चास्य भल्लेन प्रेषयामास भारत ॥

vaivasvatakṣayaṃ ghoraṃ preṣayāmāsa bhārata | sārathiṃ cāsya bhallena preṣayāmāsa bhārata

sent his four horses to the dread abode of Vaivasvata, O Bharata, and with a broad-headed arrow sent his charioteer there too, O Bharata.

Note on the text: The page ends both lines with प्रेषयामास भारत, where the critical edition has preṣayām āsa vīryavān and preṣayām āsa mṛtyave; the repeated vocative is still sound Sanskrit, so it is kept as printed.

Verse 80 (6.77.80)

हताश्वात्स रथात्तूर्णमवप्लुत्य महारथः । आरुरोह महाबाहुरभिमन्योर्महारथम् ॥

hatāśvātsa rathāttūrṇamavaplutya mahārathaḥ | āruroha mahābāhurabhimanyormahāratham

His horses slain, the mighty-armed great chariot-warrior leapt quickly down from his chariot and climbed onto Abhimanyu's great chariot.

Verse 81 (6.77.81)

ततः सरथनागाश्वा समकम्पत वाहिनी । पश्यतो भीमसेनस्य पार्षतस्य च पश्यतः ॥

tataḥ sarathanāgāśvā samakampata vāhinī | paśyato bhīmasenasya pārṣatasya ca paśyataḥ

Then the whole host, with its chariots, elephants and horses, trembled, as Bhimasena and Parshata looked on.

Verse 82 (6.77.82)

तत्प्रभग्नं बलं दृष्ट्वा द्रोणेनामिततेजसा । नाशक्नुवन्वारयितुं समस्तास्ते महारथाः ॥

tatprabhagnaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā droṇenāmitatejasā | nāśaknuvanvārayituṃ samastāste mahārathāḥ

Seeing that army broken by Drona of boundless might, all those great chariot-warriors together could not hold it.

Note on the text: Corrected नाशक्रुवन् → नाशक्नुवन् (misprint in Wikisource; र for न, critical edition nāśaknuvan).

Verse 83 (6.77.83)

वध्यमानं तु तत्सैन्यं द्रोणेन निशितैः शरैः । व्यभ्रमत्तत्रतत्रैव क्षोभ्यमाण इवार्णवः ॥

vadhyamānaṃ tu tatsainyaṃ droṇena niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | vyabhramattatratatraiva kṣobhyamāṇa ivārṇavaḥ

Cut down by Drona's sharp arrows, that army reeled this way and that, like the ocean in a storm.

Verse 84 (6.77.84)

तथा दृष्ट्वा च तत्सैन्यं जहृषे तावकं बलम् । दृष्ट्वाचार्यं सुसंक्रुद्धं तपन्तं रिपुवाहिनीम् । तुष्टुवुः सर्वतो योधाः साधुसाध्विति भारत ॥

tathā dṛṣṭvā ca tatsainyaṃ jahṛṣe tāvakaṃ balam | dṛṣṭvācāryaṃ susaṃkruddhaṃ tapantaṃ ripuvāhinīm | tuṣṭuvuḥ sarvato yodhāḥ sādhusādhviti bhārata

Seeing that army in such a state, your forces rejoiced; and seeing the Teacher in his fury scorching the enemy host, warriors on every side praised him, crying 'Well done! Well done!', O Bharata.