Drona Slays Shankha

Verse 1 (6.82.1)

प्रवृत्तमात्रे संग्रामे निवृत्ते च सुशर्मणि । भग्नेषु चापि वीरेषु पाण्डवेन महात्मना ॥

pravṛttamātre saṃgrāme nivṛtte ca suśarmaṇi | bhagneṣu cāpi vīreṣu pāṇḍavena mahātmanā

When the battle had only just begun, when Susharman had withdrawn and the heroes had been broken by the great-souled Pandava (Arjuna),

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: checked against the raw Wikisource page (a table, one row per verse, 6-82-1 to 6-82-62, under one सञ्जय उवाच heading, ending with its colophon naming this the 82nd adhyaya, on the seventh day of battle). The input merged the page's verses 3 and 4 into one row; they are split again here (verses 3–4), so the adhyaya has 62 verses, together corresponding to the critical edition 6.78.1–57. Verses 5–6 (Duryodhana) carry no heading on the page and are given to their speaker. प्रवृत्तमात्रे संग्रामे and भग्नेषु चापि (CE tathā pravṛtte saṃgrāme, prabhagneṣu ca) kept as variants.

Verse 2 (6.82.2)

क्षुभ्यमाणे बले तूर्णं सागरप्रतिमे तव । प्रत्युद्याते च गाङ्गेये त्वरितं विजयं प्रति ॥

kṣubhyamāṇe bale tūrṇaṃ sāgarapratime tava | pratyudyāte ca gāṅgeye tvaritaṃ vijayaṃ prati

when your army, vast as the ocean, was swiftly thrown into turmoil, and the son of Ganga had hastened out to meet Vijaya (Arjuna),

Verse 3 (6.82.3)

दृष्ट्वा दुर्योधनो राजा रणे पार्थस्य विक्रमम् । त्वरमाणः समभ्येत्य सर्वांस्तानब्रवीन्नृपान् ॥

dṛṣṭvā duryodhano rājā raṇe pārthasya vikramam | tvaramāṇaḥ samabhyetya sarvāṃstānabravīnnṛpān

then King Duryodhana, seeing Partha's prowess in the battle, hurried up and spoke to all those kings,

Note on the text: Split: the input merged the page's verses 3 and 4 into one four-line row; the page numbers them 6-82-3a/b and 6-82-4a/b and closes verse 3 with ॥, so they are separated again. This verse is the first two lines (critical edition 6.78.3, where it reads rājan for राजा). Verse-end ॥ restored after नृपान्.

Verse 4 (6.82.4)

तेषां तु प्रमुखे शूरं सुशर्माणं महाबलम् । मध्ये सर्वस्य सैन्यस्य भृशं संहर्षयन्निव ॥

teṣāṃ tu pramukhe śūraṃ suśarmāṇaṃ mahābalam | madhye sarvasya sainyasya bhṛśaṃ saṃharṣayanniva

and to the mighty hero Susharman at their head, there in the midst of the whole army, as though to rouse them to fervour:

Note on the text: Split: the last two lines of the input's merged row (the page's verse 4; critical edition 6.78.4). Corrected ेषां → तेषां (misprint in Wikisource; the initial त slipped into the page's verse-id cell, which reads "6-82-4aत"; critical edition teṣāṃ). संहर्षयन्निव (CE saṃharṣayan vacaḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 5 (6.82.5)

एष भीष्मः शान्तनवो योद्धुकामो धनञ्जयम् । सर्वात्मना कुरुश्रेष्ठस्त्यक्त्वा जीवितमात्मनः ॥

eṣa bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavo yoddhukāmo dhanañjayam | sarvātmanā kuruśreṣṭhastyaktvā jīvitamātmanaḥ

"Here is Bhishma, son of Shantanu, best of the Kurus, eager with all his being to fight Dhananjaya, having given up all care for his own life.

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana's words to the kings, introduced in verses 3–4; the page prints no heading here (these verses fall under its सञ्जय उवाच heading).

Verse 6 (6.82.6)

तं प्रयान्तं रणे वीरं सर्वसैन्येन भारतम् । संयत्ताः समरे सर्वे पालयध्वं पितामहम् ॥

taṃ prayāntaṃ raṇe vīraṃ sarvasainyena bhāratam | saṃyattāḥ samare sarve pālayadhvaṃ pitāmaham

As that hero of the Bharatas advances into battle with the whole army, be ready, all of you, and guard the grandsire in the fight."

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana, as in verse 5 (no heading on the page). रणे वीरं (CE parānīkaṃ) kept as a variant.

Verse 7 (6.82.7)

बाढमित्येवमुक्त्वा तु तान्यनीकानि सर्वशः । नरेन्द्राणां महाराज समाजग्मुः पितामहम् ॥

bāḍhamityevamuktvā tu tānyanīkāni sarvaśaḥ | narendrāṇāṃ mahārāja samājagmuḥ pitāmaham

Saying "So be it," O great king, the divisions of all those kings went together to the grandsire.

Verse 8 (6.82.8)

ततः प्रयातः सहसा भीष्मः शान्तनवोऽर्जुनम् । रणे भारतमायान्तमाससाद महाबलः ॥

tataḥ prayātaḥ sahasā bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavo'rjunam | raṇe bhāratamāyāntamāsasāda mahābalaḥ

Then Bhishma, son of Shantanu, set out at once, and the mighty one met Arjuna, the Bharata, as he came on in the battle

Verse 9 (6.82.9)

महाश्वेताश्वयुक्तेन भीमवानरकेतुना । महता मेघनादेन रथेनातिविराजता ॥

mahāśvetāśvayuktena bhīmavānaraketunā | mahatā meghanādena rathenātivirājatā

on his chariot yoked to great white horses and bearing the terrible ape banner, a chariot that thundered like a great cloud and shone with surpassing splendour.

Verse 10 (6.82.10)

समरे सर्वसैन्यानामुपयातं धनञ्जयम् । अभवत्तुमुलो नादो भयाद्दृष्ट्वा किरीटिनम् ॥

samare sarvasainyānāmupayātaṃ dhanañjayam | abhavattumulo nādo bhayāddṛṣṭvā kirīṭinam

When Dhananjaya came up in the battle against all the armies, a tumultuous outcry arose from fear at the sight of the diademed one.

Note on the text: Corrected उपयानं → उपयातं (misprint in Wikisource; न for त, the participle agreeing with धनञ्जयम् is needed, critical edition upayātaṃ).

Verse 11 (6.82.11)

अभीशुहस्तं कृष्णं च दृष्ट्वादित्यमिवापरम् । मध्यंदिनगतं सङ्ख्ये न शेकुः प्रतिवीक्षितुम् ॥

abhīśuhastaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ ca dṛṣṭvādityamivāparam | madhyaṃdinagataṃ saṅkhye na śekuḥ prativīkṣitum

And seeing Krishna with the reins in his hand, like a second sun standing at midday, they could not bear to look at him in the battle.

Verse 12 (6.82.12)

तथा शान्तनवं भीष्मं श्वेताश्वं श्वेतकार्मुकम् । न शेकुः पाण्डवा द्रष्टुं श्वेतं ग्रहमिवोदितम् ॥

tathā śāntanavaṃ bhīṣmaṃ śvetāśvaṃ śvetakārmukam | na śekuḥ pāṇḍavā draṣṭuṃ śvetaṃ grahamivoditam

In the same way the Pandavas could not look at Bhishma, son of Shantanu, with his white horses and white bow, like a white planet risen in the sky.

Verse 13 (6.82.13)

स सर्वतः परिवृतस्त्रिगर्तैः सुमहात्मभिः । भ्रातृभिः सह पुत्रैश्च तथाऽन्यैश्च महारथैः ॥

sa sarvataḥ parivṛtastrigartaiḥ sumahātmabhiḥ | bhrātṛbhiḥ saha putraiśca tathā'nyaiśca mahārathaiḥ

He was surrounded on every side by the great-spirited Trigartas, together with brothers and sons, and by other great chariot-warriors as well.

Note on the text: भ्रातृभिः सह पुत्रैश्च (CE bhrātṛbhis tava putraiś ca) kept as a variant.

Verse 14 (6.82.14)

भारद्वाजस्तु समरे मत्स्यं विव्याध पत्रिणा । ध्वजं चास्य शरेणाजौ धनुश्चैकेन चिच्छिदे ॥

bhāradvājastu samare matsyaṃ vivyādha patriṇā | dhvajaṃ cāsya śareṇājau dhanuścaikena cicchide

Meanwhile Bharadvaja's son (Drona) pierced the Matsya king with a feathered shaft in the battle, and with an arrow cut down his banner and with one more his bow.

Verse 15 (6.82.15)

तदपास्य धनुश्छिन्नं विराटो वाहिनीपतिः । अन्यदादत्त वेगेन धनुर्भारसहं दृढम् ॥

tadapāsya dhanuśchinnaṃ virāṭo vāhinīpatiḥ | anyadādatta vegena dhanurbhārasahaṃ dṛḍham

Throwing aside the broken bow, Virata, leader of an army, swiftly took up another, a strong bow able to bear great strain,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.78.15ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost: verses 15–17 here = critical edition 6.78.15–16).

Verse 16 (6.82.16)

शरांश्चाशीविषाकाराञ्ज्वलितान्पन्नगानिव । द्रोणं त्रिभिश्च विव्याध चतुर्भिश्चास्य वाजिनः ॥

śarāṃścāśīviṣākārāñjvalitānpannagāniva | droṇaṃ tribhiśca vivyādha caturbhiścāsya vājinaḥ

and arrows like venomous snakes, blazing like serpents. He pierced Drona with three of them and his horses with four,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.78.15ef + 6.78.16ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). Corrected आशीविषाकाराज्ज्वलितान् → आशीविषाकाराञ्ज्वलितान् (misprint in Wikisource; ज्ज for ञ्ज, the accusative plural -आन् before ज्वलितान्, critical edition āśīviṣākārāñ jvalitān). द्रोणं त्रिभिश्च विव्याध (CE droṇaṃ tribhiḥ pravivyādha) kept as a variant.

Verse 17 (6.82.17)

ध्वजमेकेन विव्याध सारथिं चास्य पञ्चभिः । धनुरेकेषुणाऽविध्यत्तत्राक्रुध्यद्द्विजर्षभः ॥

dhvajamekena vivyādha sārathiṃ cāsya pañcabhiḥ | dhanurekeṣuṇā'vidhyattatrākrudhyaddvijarṣabhaḥ

his banner with one and his charioteer with five, and with a single shaft he struck his bow. At that the bull among the twice-born grew angry.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.78.16cd + 6.78.16ef (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). Corrected विव्याधक → विव्याध (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क, critical edition vivyādha).

Verse 18 (6.82.18)

तस्य द्रोणोऽवधीदश्वाञ्शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः । अष्टाभिर्भरतश्रेष्ठ सूतमेकेन पत्रिणा ॥

tasya droṇo'vadhīdaśvāñśaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ | aṣṭābhirbharataśreṣṭha sūtamekena patriṇā

Drona killed his horses with eight arrows with well-bent joints, O best of the Bharatas, and his charioteer with a single feathered shaft.

Verse 19 (6.82.19)

स हताश्वादवप्लुत्य स्यन्दनाद्धतसारथिः । आरुरोह रथं तूर्णं पुत्रस्य रथिनां वरः ॥

sa hatāśvādavaplutya syandanāddhatasārathiḥ | āruroha rathaṃ tūrṇaṃ putrasya rathināṃ varaḥ

His horses killed and his charioteer slain, that best of chariot-fighters leapt down from his chariot and quickly mounted the chariot of his son.

Note on the text: पुत्रस्य (CE śaṅkhasya) kept as a variant.

Verse 20 (6.82.20)

ततस्तु तौ पितापुत्रौ भारद्वाजं रथे स्थितौ । महता शरवर्षेण वारयामासतुर्बलात् ॥

tatastu tau pitāputrau bhāradvājaṃ rathe sthitau | mahatā śaravarṣeṇa vārayāmāsaturbalāt

Then father and son, standing together on that chariot, held off Bharadvaja's son by main force with a great shower of arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected वारयामाससतुर्बलात् → वारयामासतुर्बलात् (misprint in Wikisource; a doubled स, critical edition vārayām āsatur balāt).

Verse 21 (6.82.21)

भारद्वाजस्ततः क्रुद्धः शरमाशीविषोपमम् । चिक्षेप समरे तूर्णं शङ्खं प्रति जनेश्वरः ॥

bhāradvājastataḥ kruddhaḥ śaramāśīviṣopamam | cikṣepa samare tūrṇaṃ śaṅkhaṃ prati janeśvaraḥ

Then Bharadvaja's son, that lord among men, flew into a rage and swiftly loosed at Shankha in the battle an arrow like a venomous snake.

Verse 22 (6.82.22)

स तस्य हृदयं भित्त्वा पीत्वा शोणितमाहवे । जगाम धरणीं बाणो लोहितार्द्रवरच्छदः ॥

sa tasya hṛdayaṃ bhittvā pītvā śoṇitamāhave | jagāma dharaṇīṃ bāṇo lohitārdravaracchadaḥ

The arrow pierced his heart, drank his blood in the battle, and passed into the earth, its fine feathers wet with blood.

Note on the text: Corrected पीत्त्वा → पीत्वा (misprint in Wikisource; a doubled त्, critical edition pītvā). लोहितार्द्रवरच्छदः (CE lohitārdrīkṛtacchaviḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 23 (6.82.23)

स पपात रणे तूर्णं भारद्वाजशराहतः । धनुस्त्यक्त्वा शरांश्चैव पितुरेव समीपतः ॥

sa papāta raṇe tūrṇaṃ bhāradvājaśarāhataḥ | dhanustyaktvā śarāṃścaiva pitureva samīpataḥ

Struck by the arrow of Bharadvaja's son, he fell at once on the field, letting go his bow and arrows, right beside his father.

Verse 24 (6.82.24)

हतं तमात्मजं दृष्ट्वा विराटः प्राद्रवद्भयात् । उत्सृज्य समरे द्रोणं व्यात्ताननमिवान्तकम् ॥

hataṃ tamātmajaṃ dṛṣṭvā virāṭaḥ prādravadbhayāt | utsṛjya samare droṇaṃ vyāttānanamivāntakam

Seeing his son slain, Virata fled in fear, abandoning Drona in the battle, who stood there like Death with gaping jaws.

Verse 25 (6.82.25)

भारद्वाजस्ततस्तूर्णं पाण्डवानां महाचमूम् । दारयामास समरे शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥

bhāradvājastatastūrṇaṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahācamūm | dārayāmāsa samare śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

Then Bharadvaja's son swiftly tore through the great host of the Pandavas in the battle, by hundreds and by thousands.

Verse 26 (6.82.26)

शिखण्डी तु महाराज द्रौणिमासाद्य संयुगे । आजघान भ्रुवोर्मध्ये नाराचैस्त्रिभिराशुगैः ॥

śikhaṇḍī tu mahārāja drauṇimāsādya saṃyuge | ājaghāna bhruvormadhye nārācaistribhirāśugaiḥ

Shikhandin, O great king, closing with Drona's son in the fight, struck him between the brows with three swift iron arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected भ्रवोर्मध्ये → भ्रुवोर्मध्ये (misprint in Wikisource; the genitive dual of भ्रू needs ु, critical edition bhruvor madhye).

Verse 27 (6.82.27)

स बभौ रथशार्दूलो ललाटे संस्थितैस्त्रिभिः । शिखरैः काञ्चनमयैर्मेरुस्त्रिभिरिवोच्छ्रितैः ॥

sa babhau rathaśārdūlo lalāṭe saṃsthitaistribhiḥ | śikharaiḥ kāñcanamayairmerustribhirivocchritaiḥ

With the three arrows standing in his forehead, that tiger among chariot-fighters shone like Meru with three lofty golden peaks.

Verse 28 (6.82.28)

अश्वत्थामा ततः क्रुद्धो निमेषार्धाच्छिखण्डिनः । ध्वजं सूतमथो राजंस्तुरगानायुधानि च ॥

aśvatthāmā tataḥ kruddho nimeṣārdhācchikhaṇḍinaḥ | dhvajaṃ sūtamatho rājaṃsturagānāyudhāni ca

Then Ashvatthaman, enraged, in half the twinkling of an eye, O king, Shikhandin's banner and charioteer, his horses and his weapons

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.78.27ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost: verses 28–30 here = critical edition 6.78.27–28). Corrected अश्वत्थाम → अश्वत्थामा (misprint in Wikisource; the nominative needs the final ा, critical edition aśvatthāmā). ध्वजं सूतमथो and आयुधानि च (CE sūtaṃ dhvajam atho, āyudhaṃ tathā) kept as variants.

Verse 29 (6.82.29)

शरैर्बहुभिराच्छिद्य पातयामास संयुगे । स हताश्वादवप्लुत्य रथाद्वै रथिनां वरः ॥

śarairbahubhirācchidya pātayāmāsa saṃyuge | sa hatāśvādavaplutya rathādvai rathināṃ varaḥ

cut to pieces with many arrows and brought down in the battle. Leaping from his chariot, its horses slain, that best of chariot-fighters,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.78.27ef + 6.78.28ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). Removed a stray ष after संयुगे (misprint in Wikisource). आच्छिद्य (CE uddiśya) kept as a variant.

Verse 30 (6.82.30)

खड्गमादाय सुशितं विमलं च शरावरम् । श्येनवद्व्यचरत्क्रुद्धः शिखण्डी शत्रुतापनः ॥

khaḍgamādāya suśitaṃ vimalaṃ ca śarāvaram | śyenavadvyacaratkruddhaḥ śikhaṇḍī śatrutāpanaḥ

Shikhandin, scorcher of foes, took up a well-sharpened sword and a spotless shield and, in his fury, ranged about like a hawk.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.78.28cd + 6.78.28ef (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). Corrected खङ्गमादाय → खड्गमादाय (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग, critical edition khaḍgam). सुशितं (CE niśitaṃ) kept as a variant.

Verse 31 (6.82.31)

सखड्गस्य महाराज चरतस्तस्य संयुगे । नान्तरं ददृशे द्रौणिस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥

sakhaḍgasya mahārāja caratastasya saṃyuge | nāntaraṃ dadṛśe drauṇistadadbhutamivābhavat

As he ranged about the battle sword in hand, O great king, Drona's son could find no opening in him; it seemed a wonder.

Note on the text: Corrected सखङ्गस्य → सखड्गस्य (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग, critical edition sakhaḍgasya).

Verse 32 (6.82.32)

ततः शरसहस्राणि बहूनि भरतर्षभ । प्रेषयामास समरे द्रौणिः परमकोपनः ॥

tataḥ śarasahasrāṇi bahūni bharatarṣabha | preṣayāmāsa samare drauṇiḥ paramakopanaḥ

Then Drona's son, in towering rage, sent many thousands of arrows at him in the battle, O bull of the Bharatas.

Verse 33 (6.82.33)

तामापतन्तीं समरे शरवृष्टिं सुदारुणाम् । असिना तीक्ष्णधारेण चिच्छेद बलिनां वरः ॥

tāmāpatantīṃ samare śaravṛṣṭiṃ sudāruṇām | asinā tīkṣṇadhāreṇa ciccheda balināṃ varaḥ

That fearful rain of arrows falling on him in the battle the best of the strong cut through with his keen-edged sword.

Verse 34 (6.82.34)

ततोऽस्य विमलं द्रौणिः शतचन्द्रं मनोरमम् । चर्माच्छिनदसिं चास्य खण्डयामास संयुगे ॥

tato'sya vimalaṃ drauṇiḥ śatacandraṃ manoramam | carmācchinadasiṃ cāsya khaṇḍayāmāsa saṃyuge

Then Drona's son split his spotless and lovely shield, adorned with a hundred moons, and broke his sword to pieces in the battle,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.78.32ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost: verses 34–37 here = critical edition 6.78.32–34). Corrected चास्थ → चास्य (misprint in Wikisource; थ for य, critical edition cāsya).

Verse 35 (6.82.35)

शितैस्तु बहुशो राजंस्तं च विव्याध पत्रिभिः । शिखण्डी तु ततः खड्गं खण्डितं तेन सायकैः ॥

śitaistu bahuśo rājaṃstaṃ ca vivyādha patribhiḥ | śikhaṇḍī tu tataḥ khaḍgaṃ khaṇḍitaṃ tena sāyakaiḥ

and pierced him again and again with sharp feathered shafts, O king. Then Shikhandin took the sword that his arrows had broken,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.78.32ef + 6.78.33ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). Corrected खङ्गं → खड्गं (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग, critical edition khaḍgaṃ). शितैस्तु बहुशो (CE śitaiḥ subahuśo) kept as a variant.

Verse 36 (6.82.36)

आविध्य व्यसृजत्तूर्णं ज्वलन्तमिव पन्नगम् । तमापतन्तं सहसा कालानलसमप्रभम् ॥

āvidhya vyasṛjattūrṇaṃ jvalantamiva pannagam | tamāpatantaṃ sahasā kālānalasamaprabham

whirled it and hurled it swiftly, like a blazing serpent. As it came at him suddenly, bright as the fire at the end of time,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.78.33cd + 6.78.34ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost).

Verse 37 (6.82.37)

चिच्छेद समरे द्रौणिर्दर्शयन्पाणिलाघवम् । शिखण्डिनं च विव्याध शरैर्बहुभिरायसैः ॥

ciccheda samare drauṇirdarśayanpāṇilāghavam | śikhaṇḍinaṃ ca vivyādha śarairbahubhirāyasaiḥ

Drona's son cut it down in the battle, showing the lightness of his hand, and pierced Shikhandin with many iron arrows.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.78.34cd + 6.78.34ef (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost).

Verse 38 (6.82.38)

शिखण्डी तु भृशं राजंस्ताड्यमानः शितैः शरैः । आरुरोह रथं तूर्णं माधवस्य महात्मनः ॥

śikhaṇḍī tu bhṛśaṃ rājaṃstāḍyamānaḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ | āruroha rathaṃ tūrṇaṃ mādhavasya mahātmanaḥ

Shikhandin, O king, badly wounded by the sharp arrows, quickly climbed onto the chariot of the great-souled Madhava (Satyaki).

Note on the text: Corrected तड्यमानः → ताड्यमानः (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ा, critical edition tāḍyamānaḥ).

Verse 39 (6.82.39)

सात्यकिश्चापि संक्रुद्धो राक्षसं क्रूरमाहवे । अलम्बुसं शरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्विव्याध बलिनां वरः ॥

sātyakiścāpi saṃkruddho rākṣasaṃ krūramāhave | alambusaṃ śaraistīkṣṇairvivyādha balināṃ varaḥ

Satyaki too, burning with rage, the best of the strong, pierced the cruel rakshasa Alambusha in the battle with sharp arrows.

Note on the text: सात्यकिश्चापि संक्रुद्धो, शरैस्तीक्ष्णैः and बलिनां वरः (CE sātyakis tu tataḥ kruddho, śarair ghorair, balinaṃ balī) kept as variants.

Verse 40 (6.82.40)

राक्षसेन्द्रस्ततस्तस्य धनुश्चिच्छेद भारत । अर्धचन्द्रेण समरे तं च विव्याध सायकैः ॥

rākṣasendrastatastasya dhanuściccheda bhārata | ardhacandreṇa samare taṃ ca vivyādha sāyakaiḥ

Then the lord of the rakshasas cut his bow in the battle with a crescent-headed arrow, O Bharata, and pierced him with arrows;

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.78.37ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost: verses 40–44 here = critical edition 6.78.37–40).

Verse 41 (6.82.41)

मायां च राक्षसीं कृत्वा शरवर्षैरवाकिरत् । तत्राद्भुतमपश्याम शैनेयस्य पराक्रमम् ॥

māyāṃ ca rākṣasīṃ kṛtvā śaravarṣairavākirat | tatrādbhutamapaśyāma śaineyasya parākramam

and conjuring up a rakshasa illusion he covered him with showers of arrows. There we saw the wonderful prowess of Shini's grandson (Satyaki):

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.78.37ef + 6.78.38ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost).

Verse 42 (6.82.42)

असंभ्रमस्तु समरे वध्यमानः शितैः शरैः । ऐन्द्रमस्त्रं च वार्ष्णेयो योजयामास भारत ॥

asaṃbhramastu samare vadhyamānaḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ | aindramastraṃ ca vārṣṇeyo yojayāmāsa bhārata

unshaken in the battle though struck by sharp arrows, the Vrishni hero set to his bow the weapon of Indra, O Bharata,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.78.38cd + 6.78.39ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). असंभ्रमस्तु समरे (CE nāsaṃbhramad yat samare) kept as a variant.

Verse 43 (6.82.43)

विजयाद्यदनुप्राप्तं माधवेन यशस्विना । तदस्त्रं भस्मसात्कृत्वा मायां तां राक्षसीं तदा ॥

vijayādyadanuprāptaṃ mādhavena yaśasvinā | tadastraṃ bhasmasātkṛtvā māyāṃ tāṃ rākṣasīṃ tadā

which the glorious Madhava had received from Vijaya (Arjuna). Burning that rakshasa illusion to ashes with the weapon,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.78.39cd + 6.78.40ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). Corrected भस्मासात्कृत्वा → भस्मसात्कृत्वा (misprint in Wikisource; a stray ा, critical edition bhasmasāt kṛtvā).

Verse 44 (6.82.44)

अलम्बुसं शरैरन्यैरभ्याकिरत सर्वतः । पर्वतं वारिधाराभिः प्रावृषीव बलाहकः ॥

alambusaṃ śarairanyairabhyākirata sarvataḥ | parvataṃ vāridhārābhiḥ prāvṛṣīva balāhakaḥ

he covered Alambusha on every side with further arrows, as a cloud in the rains covers a mountain with streams of water.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.78.40cd + 6.78.40ef (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). शरैरन्यैर् and सर्वतः (CE śarair ghorair, sarvaśaḥ) kept as variants.

Verse 45 (6.82.45)

तत्तथा पीडितं तेन माधवेन यशस्विना । प्रदुद्राव भयाद्रक्षस्त्यक्त्वा सात्यकिमाहवे ॥

tattathā pīḍitaṃ tena mādhavena yaśasvinā | pradudrāva bhayādrakṣastyaktvā sātyakimāhave

So hard pressed by the glorious Madhava, the rakshasa fled in fear, abandoning Satyaki in the battle.

Verse 46 (6.82.46)

तमजेयं मघवता जित्वा भारत सात्यकिः । शैनेयः प्राणदज्जित्वा योधानां तव पश्यताम् ॥

tamajeyaṃ maghavatā jitvā bhārata sātyakiḥ | śaineyaḥ prāṇadajjitvā yodhānāṃ tava paśyatām

Having conquered him whom even Maghavan (Indra) could not conquer, O Bharata, Satyaki, grandson of Shini, roared aloud at his victory as your warriors looked on.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (6.78.42): Wikisource prints the first line as "........ माघवता जित्वा भारत सात्यकिः", with its opening lost (shown by dots) — the four lost syllables are supplied with the critical edition's own words तमजेयं (tam ajeyaṃ), which complete the metre and the sense ("him, unconquerable by Maghavan"); the rest of the line is the page's reading (the critical edition has rākṣasendraṃ saṃkhye maghavatā api). Also corrected माघवता → मघवता (misprint; a stray ा, critical edition maghavatā) and प्राणद?ज्जित्वा → प्राणदज्जित्वा (a stray ? in Wikisource; critical edition prāṇadaj jitvā).

Verse 47 (6.82.47)

न्यहनत्तावकांश्चापि सात्यकिः सत्यविक्रमः । निशितैर्बहुभिर्बाणैस्तेऽद्रवन्त भयार्दिताः ॥

nyahanattāvakāṃścāpi sātyakiḥ satyavikramaḥ | niśitairbahubhirbāṇaiste'dravanta bhayārditāḥ

Satyaki, whose valour is true, also cut down your troops with many sharp arrows, and they fled, stricken with fear.

Verse 48 (6.82.48)

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु द्रुपदस्यात्मजो बली । धृष्टद्युम्नो महाराज पुत्रं तव जनेश्वरम् ॥

etasminneva kāle tu drupadasyātmajo balī | dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārāja putraṃ tava janeśvaram

At that very time the mighty son of Drupada, Dhrishtadyumna, O great king, your son, the lord of men,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.78.44ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost: verses 48–52 here = critical edition 6.78.44–47).

Verse 49 (6.82.49)

छादयामास समरे शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः । स च्छाद्यमानो विशिखैर्धृष्टद्युम्नेन भारत ॥

chādayāmāsa samare śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ | sa cchādyamāno viśikhairdhṛṣṭadyumnena bhārata

covered in the battle with arrows with well-bent joints. But though covered with shafts by Dhrishtadyumna, O Bharata,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.78.44ef + 6.78.45ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). स च्छाद्यमानो (CE saṃchādyamāno) kept as a variant.

Verse 50 (6.82.50)

विव्यथे न च राजेन्द्र तव पुत्रो जनेश्वर । धृष्टद्युम्नं च समरे तूर्णं विव्याध पत्रिभिः ॥

vivyathe na ca rājendra tava putro janeśvara | dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca samare tūrṇaṃ vivyādha patribhiḥ

your son did not falter, O king of kings, O lord of men, and he swiftly pierced Dhrishtadyumna in the battle with feathered shafts,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.78.45cd + 6.78.46ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). Removed a stray क after पत्रिभिः (misprint in Wikisource). जनेश्वर and पत्रिभिः (CE janeśvaraḥ, sāyakaiḥ) kept as variants.

Verse 51 (6.82.51)

षष्ट्या च त्रिंशता चैव तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् । तस्य सेनापतिः क्रुद्धो धनुश्चिच्छेद मारिष ॥

ṣaṣṭyā ca triṃśatā caiva tadadbhutamivābhavat | tasya senāpatiḥ kruddho dhanuściccheda māriṣa

with sixty and then with thirty; it seemed a wonder. The commander of the army, enraged, cut his bow, O sire,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.78.46cd + 6.78.47ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost).

Verse 52 (6.82.52)

हयांश्च चतुरः शीघ्रं निजघान महाबलः । शरैश्चैनं सुनिशितैः क्षिप्रं विव्याध सप्तभिः ॥

hayāṃśca caturaḥ śīghraṃ nijaghāna mahābalaḥ | śaraiścainaṃ suniśitaiḥ kṣipraṃ vivyādha saptabhiḥ

and the mighty one swiftly killed his four horses and quickly pierced him with seven well-sharpened arrows.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.78.47cd + 6.78.47ef (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). महाबलः (CE mahārathaḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 53 (6.82.53)

स हताश्वान्महाबाहुरवप्लुत्य रथाद्बली । पदातिरसिमुद्यम्य प्राद्रवत्पार्षतं प्रति ॥

sa hatāśvānmahābāhuravaplutya rathādbalī | padātirasimudyamya prādravatpārṣataṃ prati

His horses slain, the mighty-armed and powerful king leapt down from his chariot and rushed on foot, sword raised, at the grandson of Prishata.

Verse 54 (6.82.54)

शकुनिस्तं समभ्येत्य राजगृद्धी महाबलः । राजानं सर्वलोकस्य रथमारोपयत्स्वकम् ॥

śakunistaṃ samabhyetya rājagṛddhī mahābalaḥ | rājānaṃ sarvalokasya rathamāropayatsvakam

Shakuni, mighty and devoted to the king, came up to him and took the king of all the world onto his own chariot.

Verse 55 (6.82.55)

ततो नृपं पराजित्य पार्षतः परवीरहा । न्यहनत्तावकं सैन्यं वज्रपाणिरिवासुरान् ॥

tato nṛpaṃ parājitya pārṣataḥ paravīrahā | nyahanattāvakaṃ sainyaṃ vajrapāṇirivāsurān

Having defeated the king, the grandson of Prishata, slayer of enemy heroes, slaughtered your army as the wielder of the thunderbolt slew the asuras.

Verse 56 (6.82.56)

कृतवर्मा रणे भीमं शरैरार्च्छन्महारथः । प्रच्छादयामास च तं महामेघो रविं यथा ॥

kṛtavarmā raṇe bhīmaṃ śarairārcchanmahārathaḥ | pracchādayāmāsa ca taṃ mahāmegho raviṃ yathā

Kritavarman, the great chariot-warrior, assailed Bhima in the battle with arrows and covered him as a great cloud covers the sun.

Verse 57 (6.82.57)

ततः प्रहस्य समरे भीमसेनः परंतपः । प्रेषयामास संक्रुद्धः सायकान्कृतवर्मणे ॥

tataḥ prahasya samare bhīmasenaḥ paraṃtapaḥ | preṣayāmāsa saṃkruddhaḥ sāyakānkṛtavarmaṇe

Then Bhimasena, scorcher of foes, laughing in the battle, sent arrows at Kritavarman in his fury.

Note on the text: Corrected सायंकान् → सायकान् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara, critical edition sāyakān).

Verse 58 (6.82.58)

तैरर्द्यमानोऽतिरथः सात्वतः शस्त्रकोविदः । नाकम्पत महाराज भीमं चार्च्छच्छितैः शरैः ॥

tairardyamāno'tirathaḥ sātvataḥ śastrakovidaḥ | nākampata mahārāja bhīmaṃ cārcchacchitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Though afflicted by them, the Satvata, an atiratha skilled in weapons, did not tremble, O great king, and struck back at Bhima with sharp arrows.

Verse 59 (6.82.59)

तस्याश्वांश्चतुरो हत्वा भीमसेनो महारथः । सारथिं पातयामास सध्वजं सुपरिष्कृतम् ॥

tasyāśvāṃścaturo hatvā bhīmaseno mahārathaḥ | sārathiṃ pātayāmāsa sadhvajaṃ supariṣkṛtam

Bhimasena, the great chariot-warrior, killed his four horses and brought down his charioteer together with his finely adorned banner.

Note on the text: महारथः and सध्वजं (CE mahābalaḥ, dhvajaṃ ca) kept as variants.

Verse 60 (6.82.60)

शरैर्बहुविधैश्चैनमाचिनोत्परवीरहा । शकलीकृतसर्वाङ्गः श्वावित्तु शललैर्यथा ॥

śarairbahuvidhaiścainamācinotparavīrahā | śakalīkṛtasarvāṅgaḥ śvāvittu śalalairyathā

The slayer of enemy heroes covered him with arrows of many kinds; with every limb pierced through, he looked like a porcupine bristling with its quills.

Note on the text: श्वावित्तु शललैर्यथा (CE śvāvidvat samadṛśyata) kept as a variant.

Verse 61 (6.82.61)

हताश्वश्च ततस्तूर्णं सुबलस्य रथं ययौ । स्यालस्य ते महाराज तव पुत्रस्य पश्यतः ॥

hatāśvaśca tatastūrṇaṃ subalasya rathaṃ yayau | syālasya te mahārāja tava putrasya paśyataḥ

His horses slain, he went swiftly to the chariot of the son of Subala, your brother-in-law, O great king, while your son looked on.

Note on the text: Corrected स्वालस्य → स्यालस्य (misprint in Wikisource; व for य, critical edition syālasya). सुबलस्य (CE vṛṣakasya) kept as a variant.

Verse 62 (6.82.62)

भीमसेनोऽपि संक्रुद्धस्तव सैन्यमुपाद्रवत् । निजघान च संक्रुद्धो दण्डपाणिरिवान्तकः ॥

bhīmaseno'pi saṃkruddhastava sainyamupādravat | nijaghāna ca saṃkruddho daṇḍapāṇirivāntakaḥ

Bhimasena too, enraged, rushed upon your army and slaughtered it in his fury like Death with his staff in hand.