Bhishma Reassures Duryodhana

Verse 1 (6.80.1)

क्षत्रियास्ते महाराज परस्परकृतागसः । जग्मुः स्वशिबिराण्येव रुधिरेण समुक्षिताः ॥

kṣatriyāste mahārāja parasparakṛtāgasaḥ | jagmuḥ svaśibirāṇyeva rudhireṇa samukṣitāḥ

The Kshatriyas, O great king, who had wronged one another, went back to their own camps, drenched in blood.

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: the raw Wikisource page carries both a <poem> block and a table; the table (rows 6-80-1 to 6-80-19, under a सञ्जय उवाच heading, ending with its colophon naming this the 80th adhyaya, on the seventh day of battle) is the base text, and it agrees with the input row for row. The poem block follows the critical edition's readings (e.g. अथ शूरा here). Together the verses correspond to the critical edition 6.76.1–19. The table prints a second सञ्जय उवाच heading inside verse 12, so that verse is split at it (see verses 12–13). Verses 4–6 (Duryodhana) and 8–12ab (Bhishma) carry no heading and are given to their speakers. क्षत्रियास्ते (for atha śūrā) is kept as the table's reading.

Verse 2 (6.80.2)

विश्रम्य च यथान्यायं पूजयित्वा परस्परम् । सन्नद्धाः समदृश्यन्त भूयो युद्धचिकीर्षवः ॥

viśramya ca yathānyāyaṃ pūjayitvā parasparam | sannaddhāḥ samadṛśyanta bhūyo yuddhacikīrṣavaḥ

Having rested as was fitting and honoured one another, they were seen armed once more, eager to fight.

Verse 3 (6.80.3)

ततस्तव सुतो राजंश्चिन्तयाभिपरिप्लुतः । विस्रवच्छोणिताक्ताङ्गः पप्रच्छेदं पितामहम् ॥

tatastava suto rājaṃścintayābhipariplutaḥ | visravacchoṇitāktāṅgaḥ papracchedaṃ pitāmaham

Then your son, O king, overwhelmed with anxiety, his limbs smeared with flowing blood, asked the grandsire this:

Verse 4 (6.80.4)

सैन्यानि रौद्राणि भयानकानि । व्यूढानि सम्यग्बहुलध्वजानि । विदार्य हत्वा च निपीड्य शूरां- । स्ते पाण्डवा लब्धजयाः प्रहृष्टाः ॥

sainyāni raudrāṇi bhayānakāni | vyūḍhāni samyagbahuladhvajāni | vidārya hatvā ca nipīḍya śūrāṃ- | ste pāṇḍavā labdhajayāḥ prahṛṣṭāḥ

"Our fierce and fearsome armies, well arrayed and thick with banners, the Pandavas have torn apart; they have slain and crushed our heroes, and now, having won the victory, they exult.

Verse 5 (6.80.5)

संमोह्य सर्वान्युधि कीर्तिमन्तो । व्यूहं च तं मकरं मृत्युकल्पम् । प्रविश्य भीमेन रणे हतोऽस्मि । घोरैः शरैर्मृत्युदण्डप्रकाशैः ॥

saṃmohya sarvānyudhi kīrtimanto | vyūhaṃ ca taṃ makaraṃ mṛtyukalpam | praviśya bhīmena raṇe hato'smi | ghoraiḥ śarairmṛtyudaṇḍaprakāśaiḥ

Those glorious men have confounded everyone in the fight; and when I entered that makara array of theirs, deadly as death itself, Bhima struck me down in battle with terrible arrows like the staff of Death.

Verse 6 (6.80.6)

क्रुद्धं तमुद्वीक्ष्य भयेन राज- । न्संमूर्च्छितो न लभे शान्तिमद्य । इच्छे प्रसादात्तव सत्यसन्ध । प्राप्तुं जयं पाण्डवेयांश्च हन्तुम् ॥

kruddhaṃ tamudvīkṣya bhayena rāja- | nsaṃmūrcchito na labhe śāntimadya | icche prasādāttava satyasandha | prāptuṃ jayaṃ pāṇḍaveyāṃśca hantum

Seeing him in his fury, O king, I am stunned with fear and find no peace today. By your grace, O you who are true to your word, I wish to win victory and to kill the Pandavas."

Verse 7 (6.80.7)

तेनैवमुक्तः प्रहसन्महात्मा । दुर्योधनं मन्युगतं विदित्वा । तं प्रत्युवाचाविमना मनस्वी । गङ्गासुतः शस्त्रभृतां वरिष्ठः ॥

tenaivamuktaḥ prahasanmahātmā | duryodhanaṃ manyugataṃ viditvā | taṃ pratyuvācāvimanā manasvī | gaṅgāsutaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ variṣṭhaḥ

Thus addressed, the great-souled son of Ganga, best of those who bear arms, laughed; and seeing that Duryodhana was in the grip of rage, the wise warrior answered him, untroubled in mind:

Note on the text: Corrected सस्त्रभृतां → शस्त्रभृतां (misprint in Wikisource; स for श, critical edition śastrabhṛtāṃ).

Verse 8 (6.80.8)

परेण यत्नेन विगाह्य सेनां । सर्वात्मनाऽहं तव राजपुत्र । इच्छामि दातुं विजयं सुखं च । न चात्मानं छादयेऽहं त्वदर्थे ॥

pareṇa yatnena vigāhya senāṃ | sarvātmanā'haṃ tava rājaputra | icchāmi dātuṃ vijayaṃ sukhaṃ ca | na cātmānaṃ chādaye'haṃ tvadarthe

"Plunging into the enemy army with my utmost effort and my whole being, prince, I wish to give you victory and happiness; I do not spare myself for your sake.

Verse 9 (6.80.9)

एते तु रौद्रा बहवो महारथा । यशस्विनः शूरतमाः कृतास्त्राः । ये पाण्डवानां समरे सहाया । जितक्लमा रोषविषं वमन्ति ॥

ete tu raudrā bahavo mahārathā | yaśasvinaḥ śūratamāḥ kṛtāstrāḥ | ye pāṇḍavānāṃ samare sahāyā | jitaklamā roṣaviṣaṃ vamanti

But the many great chariot-warriors who stand by the Pandavas in battle are fierce and famous, the bravest of the brave and masters of weapons; they have mastered weariness, and they spit out the venom of their wrath.

Verse 10 (6.80.10)

केनेह शक्याः सहसा विजेतुं । वीर्योद्धताः कृतवैरास्त्वया च । अहं ह्येतान्प्रतियोत्स्यामि राज- । न्सर्वात्मना जीवितं त्यज्य वीर ॥

keneha śakyāḥ sahasā vijetuṃ | vīryoddhatāḥ kṛtavairāstvayā ca | ahaṃ hyetānpratiyotsyāmi rāja- | nsarvātmanā jīvitaṃ tyajya vīra

Who could conquer them quickly here, swollen with valour as they are and made your enemies by you? Yet I will fight against them, O king, with my whole being, giving up my life, O hero.

Verse 11 (6.80.11)

रणे तवार्थाय महानुभाव । न जीवितं रक्षितव्यं ममाद्य । सर्वांस्तवार्थाय सदेवदैत्याँ- । ल्लोकान्दहेयं किमु शत्रुसेनाम् ॥

raṇe tavārthāya mahānubhāva | na jīvitaṃ rakṣitavyaṃ mamādya | sarvāṃstavārthāya sadevadaityām̐- | llokāndaheyaṃ kimu śatrusenām

In this battle, for your sake, noble one, my life is not something to be guarded today. For your sake I would burn up all the worlds with their gods and Daityas, let alone the enemy army.

Verse 12 (6.80.12)

तान्पाण्डवान्योधयिष्यामि राजन् । प्रियं च ते सर्वमहं करिष्ये ॥

tānpāṇḍavānyodhayiṣyāmi rājan | priyaṃ ca te sarvamahaṃ kariṣye

I will fight those Pandavas, O king, and do everything that is dear to you."

Note on the text: Split at the page's own सञ्जय उवाच heading (row 6-80-12x), which falls between lines 12ab and 12cd; the input had joined both halves into one verse. Both halves keep Wikisource number 12 and correspond to the critical edition's 6.76.12. This half (12ab) ends Bhishma's speech.

Verse 13 (6.80.13)

श्रुत्वा पितुस्ते वचनं प्रतीतो । दुर्योधनः प्रीतमना बभूव ॥

śrutvā pituste vacanaṃ pratīto | duryodhanaḥ prītamanā babhūva

Hearing these words of your father Bhishma, O king, Duryodhana was reassured and glad at heart.

Note on the text: Split at the page's own सञ्जय उवाच heading (row 6-80-12x), which falls between lines 12ab and 12cd; the input had joined both halves into one verse. Both halves keep Wikisource number 12 and correspond to the critical edition's 6.76.12. This half (12cd, श्रुत्वा पितुस्ते वचनं प्रतीतो for śrutvaiva caitat paramapratīto) is Sanjaya's narration.

Verse 14 (6.80.14)

सर्वाणि सैन्यानि ततः प्रहृष्टो । निर्गच्छतेत्याह नृपांश्च सर्वान् । तदाज्ञया तानि विनिर्ययुर्द्रुतं । गजाश्वपादातरथायुतानि ॥

sarvāṇi sainyāni tataḥ prahṛṣṭo | nirgacchatetyāha nṛpāṃśca sarvān | tadājñayā tāni viniryayurdrutaṃ | gajāśvapādātarathāyutāni

Then, delighted, he told all the troops and all the kings, "March out!" At his command they swiftly set forth in their tens of thousands: elephants, horses, foot-soldiers and chariots.

Note on the text: Corrected तदाक्षया → तदाज्ञया (misprint in Wikisource; क्ष for ज्ञ, critical edition tadājñayā).

Verse 15 (6.80.15)

प्रहर्षयुक्तानि तु तानि राज- । न्महान्ति नानाविधशस्त्रवन्ति । स्थितानि नागाश्वपदातिमन्ति । विरेजुराजौ तव राजन्बलानि ॥

praharṣayuktāni tu tāni rāja- | nmahānti nānāvidhaśastravanti | sthitāni nāgāśvapadātimanti | virejurājau tava rājanbalāni

Full of joy, those great forces of yours, O king, armed with many kinds of weapons and furnished with elephants, horses and foot-soldiers, shone as they stood on the field, O king.

Verse 16 (6.80.16)

शस्त्रास्त्रविद्भिर्नरवीरयोधै- । रधिष्ठिताः सैन्यगणास्त्वदीयाः । रथौघपादातगजाश्वसङ्घैः । प्रयाद्भिराजौ विधिवत्प्रणुन्नैः ॥

śastrāstravidbhirnaravīrayodhai- | radhiṣṭhitāḥ sainyagaṇāstvadīyāḥ | rathaughapādātagajāśvasaṅghaiḥ | prayādbhirājau vidhivatpraṇunnaiḥ

Your hosts were led by warrior heroes skilled in weapons and missiles, with masses of chariots, foot-soldiers, elephants and horses advancing into battle, duly urged on.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 correspond to the critical edition's 6.76.15cd (नरवीरयोधैः for naradeva yodhair) and lines 3–4 to 6.76.16ab (रथौघपादातगजाश्वसङ्घैः for rathaiś ca pādātagajāśvasaṃghaiḥ). The table divides the critical edition's verses 15–17 differently and places 6.76.15ab at the end of its verse 17; no line is lost. (The page's poem block follows the critical edition's order.)

Verse 17 (6.80.17)

समुद्धतं वै तरुणार्कवर्णं । रजो बभौ च्छादयत्सूर्यरश्मीन् । रेजुः पताका रथदन्तिसंस्था । वातेरिता भ्राम्यमाणाः समन्तात् ॥

samuddhataṃ vai taruṇārkavarṇaṃ | rajo babhau cchādayatsūryaraśmīn | rejuḥ patākā rathadantisaṃsthā | vāteritā bhrāmyamāṇāḥ samantāt

The dust they raised, coloured like the young sun, shone as it veiled the sun's rays. Banners mounted on chariots and elephants gleamed, tossed by the wind on every side,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 correspond to the critical edition's 6.76.16cd and lines 3–4 to 6.76.17ab (see the note on verse 15). Corrected सूर्यश्मीन् → सूर्यरश्मीन् (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped र, critical edition sūryaraśmīn).

Verse 18 (6.80.18)

नानालिङ्गैः समरे तत्र राजन् । मेघैर्युता विद्युतः खे यथैव । वृन्दैः स्थिताश्चापि सुसंप्रयुक्ता- । श्चकाशिरे दन्तिगणाः समन्तात् ॥

nānāliṅgaiḥ samare tatra rājan | meghairyutā vidyutaḥ khe yathaiva | vṛndaiḥ sthitāścāpi susaṃprayuktā- | ścakāśire dantigaṇāḥ samantāt

with their many emblems there in the battle, O king, like flashes of lightning joined with clouds in the sky. And the herds of elephants, drawn up in troops and well harnessed, shone all around.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 correspond to the critical edition's 6.76.17cd (नानालिङ्गैः for nānāraṅgāḥ, मेघैर्युता for meghair yuktā) and lines 3–4 to 6.76.15ab, which the table places here (see the note on verse 15).

Verse 19 (6.80.19)

धनूंषि विष्फारयतां नृपाणां । बभूव शब्दस्तुमुलोऽतिघोरः । विमथ्यतो देवमहासुरौघै- । र्यथार्णवस्यादियुगे तदानीम् ॥

dhanūṃṣi viṣphārayatāṃ nṛpāṇāṃ | babhūva śabdastumulo'tighoraḥ | vimathyato devamahāsuraughai- | ryathārṇavasyādiyuge tadānīm

As the kings twanged their bows the sound was tumultuous and terrible, like the roar of the ocean when it was churned by the hosts of gods and great Asuras in the first age.

Verse 20 (6.80.20)

तदुग्रनागं बहुरूपवर्णं । तवात्मजानां समुदीर्णकोपम् । बभूव सैन्यं रिपुसैन्यहन्तृ । युगान्तमेघौघनिभं तदानीम् ॥

tadugranāgaṃ bahurūpavarṇaṃ | tavātmajānāṃ samudīrṇakopam | babhūva sainyaṃ ripusainyahantṛ | yugāntameghaughanibhaṃ tadānīm

That army of your sons, with its fierce elephants and its many shapes and colours, its fury roused, a destroyer of enemy hosts, looked then like the massed clouds at the end of an age.

Note on the text: Corrected रिपुसैन्यहन्त- → रिपुसैन्यहन्तृ (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ṛ-sign, with a stray hyphen as though the compound ran on; critical edition ripusainyahantṛ, and the page's poem block reads हन्तृ). उग्रनागं (for ugranādaṃ) and समुदीर्णकोपम् (for samudīrṇam evam) are kept as the table's readings.