Bhishma Parva · Adhyaya 89
Dhritarashtra's Lament and the Midday Slaughter
On the eighth day of battle Dhritarashtra grieves that his sons fall to Bhima day after day, and blames Duryodhana's deafness to the counsel of Vidura, Bhishma, Drona and Gandhari. Sanjaya tells how at midday, at Yudhishthira's command, the Pandava host advanced in three bodies, most of it against Bhishma: Drona cut down the Srinjayas and Somakas, Bhima destroyed the elephant division, Nakula and Sahadeva the cavalry, and Arjuna slew kings, until the field lay strewn with the fallen like the earth with flowers in spring. Both armies suffered heavy losses.
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच · Dhritarashtra said
Verse 1 (6.89.1)
दृष्ट्वा मे निहतान्पुत्रान्बहूनेकेन सञ्जय । भीष्मो द्रोणः कृपश्चैव किमकुर्वत संयुगे ॥
dṛṣṭvā me nihatānputrānbahūnekena sañjaya | bhīṣmo droṇaḥ kṛpaścaiva kimakurvata saṃyuge
"Sanjaya, when they saw so many of my sons slain by one man, what did Bhishma, Drona and Kripa do in the battle?
Note on the text: Adhyaya note: checked against the raw Wikisource page (a table, 6-89-1 to 6-89-40, with धृतराष्ट्र उवाच before verse 1 and सञ्जय उवाच before verse 14, ending with its colophon naming this the 89th adhyaya, on the eighth day of battle); the input matches it row for row. The adhyaya corresponds to the critical edition 6.85.1–36; verses 17–18 are its star passage 6.85.16d*0338 and verses 32–34 and 36–38 render its 6.85.30–31 and 6.85.33–34 (with the star passage 6.85.33d*0339) as couplets. दृष्ट्वा मे (CE dṛṣṭvā mama) kept as a variant.
Verse 2 (6.89.2)
अहन्यहनि मे पुत्राः क्षयं गच्छन्ति सञ्जय । मन्येऽहं सर्वथा पुत्रान्दैवेनोपहतान्भृशम् ॥
ahanyahani me putrāḥ kṣayaṃ gacchanti sañjaya | manye'haṃ sarvathā putrāndaivenopahatānbhṛśam
Day after day my sons go to their destruction, Sanjaya. I think my sons have been struck down utterly by fate,
Note on the text: पुत्रान्दैवेनोपहतान् (CE sūta daivenopahatā) kept as a variant.
Verse 3 (6.89.3)
यत्र मे तनयाः सर्वे जीयन्ते न जयन्त्युत । यत्र भीष्मस्य द्रोणस्य कृपस्य च महात्मनः ॥
yatra me tanayāḥ sarve jīyante na jayantyuta | yatra bhīṣmasya droṇasya kṛpasya ca mahātmanaḥ
since all my sons are being beaten and never win, even where Bhishma, Drona and the great-souled Kripa stand,
Verse 4 (6.89.4)
सौमदत्तेश्च वीरस्य भगदत्तस्य चोभयोः । अश्वत्थाम्नस्तथा तात शूराणामनिवर्तिनाम् ॥
saumadatteśca vīrasya bhagadattasya cobhayoḥ | aśvatthāmnastathā tāta śūrāṇāmanivartinām
and the heroic son of Somadatta (Bhurishravas) and Bhagadatta, both of them, and Ashvatthaman too, my dear, heroes who never turn back;
Note on the text: शूराणामनिवर्तिनाम् (CE śūrāṇāṃ sumahātmanām) kept as a variant.
Verse 5 (6.89.5)
अन्येषां चैव शूराणां मध्यगास्तनया मम । यदहन्यन्त संग्रामे किमन्यद्भागधेयतः ॥
anyeṣāṃ caiva śūrāṇāṃ madhyagāstanayā mama | yadahanyanta saṃgrāme kimanyadbhāgadheyataḥ
that my sons, standing in the midst of these and other heroes, were slain in battle: what can that be but destiny?
Note on the text: शूराणां (CE vīrāṇāṃ) kept as a variant.
Verse 6 (6.89.6)
न हि दुर्योधनो मन्दः पुरा प्रोक्तमबुध्यत । वार्यमाणो मया तात भीष्मेण विदुरेण च ॥
na hi duryodhano mandaḥ purā proktamabudhyata | vāryamāṇo mayā tāta bhīṣmeṇa vidureṇa ca
The foolish Duryodhana did not heed what he was told before, though he was held back, my dear, by me, by Bhishma and by Vidura,
Verse 7 (6.89.7)
गान्धार्या चैव दुर्मेधाः सततं हितकाम्यया । नाबुध्यत पुरा मोहात्तस्य प्राप्तमिदं फलम् ॥
gāndhāryā caiva durmedhāḥ satataṃ hitakāmyayā | nābudhyata purā mohāttasya prāptamidaṃ phalam
and by Gandhari too, always wishing him well. In his delusion the dull-witted one would not understand it then; and this is the fruit that has come of it:
Note on the text: Corrected गन्धार्या → गान्धार्या (misprint in Wikisource; the name is Gāndhārī, critical edition gāndhāryā).
Verse 8 (6.89.8)
यद्भीमसेनः समरे पुत्रान्मम विचेतसः । अहन्यहनि संक्रुद्धो नयते यमसादनम् ॥
yadbhīmasenaḥ samare putrānmama vicetasaḥ | ahanyahani saṃkruddho nayate yamasādanam
that Bhimasena in his fury sends my bewildered sons to the abode of Yama in battle, day after day.
Verse 9 (6.89.9)
इदं तत्समनुप्राप्तं क्षत्तुर्वचनमुत्तमम् । न बुद्धवानस्मि विभो प्रोच्यमानमिदं तदा ॥
idaṃ tatsamanuprāptaṃ kṣatturvacanamuttamam | na buddhavānasmi vibho procyamānamidaṃ tadā
Now the excellent words of the Steward (Vidura) have come to pass. I did not understand them, O lord, when they were spoken to me then:
Note on the text: Speaker: the critical edition gives 6.85.9–13 to Sanjaya (saṃjaya uvāca before 9, reading asi, śuśrūṣasi, tvām); the page prints no heading here and reads first-person forms (बुद्धवानस्मि, न शृणोमि, मे वद … सञ्जय), so verses 9–13 stay with Dhritarashtra. इदं तदा (CE hitaṃ tadā) kept as a variant.
Verse 10 (6.89.10)
निवारय सुतं द्यूतात्पाण्डवान्मा द्रुहेति च । सुहृदां हितकामानां ब्रुवतां तत्तदेव च ॥
nivāraya sutaṃ dyūtātpāṇḍavānmā druheti ca | suhṛdāṃ hitakāmānāṃ bruvatāṃ tattadeva ca
"Hold your son back from the dice, and do no wrong to the Pandavas." My friends who wished me well said the same thing to me again and again.
Note on the text: सुतं (CE sutān) kept as a variant.
Verse 11 (6.89.11)
न शृणोमि पुरा वाक्यं मर्त्यः पथ्यमिवौषधम् । तदिदं समनुप्राप्तं वचनं साधु भाषितम् ॥
na śṛṇomi purā vākyaṃ martyaḥ pathyamivauṣadham | tadidaṃ samanuprāptaṃ vacanaṃ sādhu bhāṣitam
I would not listen to their words then, as a man doomed to die will not take wholesome medicine. Now those well-spoken words have come true.
Note on the text: न शृणोमि पुरा वाक्यं … तदिदं समनुप्राप्तं (CE na śuśrūṣasi yad vākyaṃ … tad eva tvām anuprāptaṃ, addressed by Sanjaya to the king) kept as the page's first-person variant.
Verse 12 (6.89.12)
विदुरद्रोणभीष्माणां तथाऽन्येषां हितैषिणाम् । अकृत्वा वचनं पथ्यं क्षयं गच्छन्ति कौरवाः ॥
viduradroṇabhīṣmāṇāṃ tathā'nyeṣāṃ hitaiṣiṇām | akṛtvā vacanaṃ pathyaṃ kṣayaṃ gacchanti kauravāḥ
For not following the wholesome counsel of Vidura, Drona, Bhishma and the other well-wishers, the Kauravas are going to their destruction.
Verse 13 (6.89.13)
तदेतत्समतिक्रान्तं पूर्वमेव हि सञ्जय । तस्मान्मे वद तत्त्वेन यथा युद्धमवर्तत ॥
tadetatsamatikrāntaṃ pūrvameva hi sañjaya | tasmānme vada tattvena yathā yuddhamavartata
But all that is long past, Sanjaya. So tell me truly how the battle went."
Note on the text: हि सञ्जय and वद (CE viśāṃ pate, śṛṇu) kept as variants.
सञ्जय उवाच · Sanjaya said
Verse 14 (6.89.14)
मध्याह्ने सुमहारौद्रः संग्रामः समपद्यत । लोकक्षयकरो राजंस्तन्मे निगदतः शृणु ॥
madhyāhne sumahāraudraḥ saṃgrāmaḥ samapadyata | lokakṣayakaro rājaṃstanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu
At midday, O king, a battle of the utmost terror broke out, bringing ruin to the world. Hear me as I tell it.
Note on the text: Corrected मुमहारौद्रः → सुमहारौद्रः, समुपद्यत → समपद्यत and लकक्षयकरो → लोकक्षयकरो (misprints in Wikisource; म for स, an intrusive उ that leaves no valid verb form, and a dropped vowel sign; critical edition sumahāraudraḥ, samapadyata, lokakṣayakaro).
Verse 15 (6.89.15)
ततः सर्वाणि सैन्यानि धर्मपुत्रस्य शासनात् । संरब्धान्यभ्यवर्तन्त भीष्ममेव जिघांसया ॥
tataḥ sarvāṇi sainyāni dharmaputrasya śāsanāt | saṃrabdhānyabhyavartanta bhīṣmameva jighāṃsayā
Then all the troops, at the command of the son of Dharma (Yudhishthira), advanced in fury, bent on killing Bhishma alone.
Note on the text: अभ्यवर्तन्त (CE abhyadhāvanta) kept as a variant.
Verse 16 (6.89.16)
धृष्टद्युम्नः शिखण्डी च सात्यकिश्च महारथः । युक्तानीका महाराज भीष्ममेव समभ्ययुः ॥
dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca sātyakiśca mahārathaḥ | yuktānīkā mahārāja bhīṣmameva samabhyayuḥ
Dhrishtadyumna, Shikhandin and the great chariot-warrior Satyaki, with their divisions in array, O great king, went straight for Bhishma.
Verse 17 (6.89.17)
विराटो द्रुपदश्चैव सहिताः सर्वसोमकैः । अभ्यद्रवन्त संग्रामे भीष्ममेव महारथम् ॥
virāṭo drupadaścaiva sahitāḥ sarvasomakaiḥ | abhyadravanta saṃgrāme bhīṣmameva mahāratham
Virata and Drupada, together with all the Somakas, charged in battle at Bhishma himself, the great chariot-warrior.
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 6.85.16d*0338, lines 1–2 (mahārathāḥ for महारथम्).
Verse 18 (6.89.18)
केकया धृष्टकेतुश्च कुन्तिभोजश्च दंशितः । युक्तानीका महाराज भीष्ममेव समभ्ययुः ॥
kekayā dhṛṣṭaketuśca kuntibhojaśca daṃśitaḥ | yuktānīkā mahārāja bhīṣmameva samabhyayuḥ
The Kekayas, Dhrishtaketu and Kuntibhoja in his armour, with their divisions in array, O great king, went straight for Bhishma.
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 6.85.16d*0338, lines 3–4. Corrected शुक्तानीका → युक्तानीका (misprint in Wikisource; श for य, as in verse 16; the star passage reads yuktānīkā).
Verse 19 (6.89.19)
अर्जुनो द्रौपदश्चैव चेकितानश्च संयुगे । दुर्योधनसमादिष्टान्राज्ञः सर्वान्समभ्ययुः ॥
arjuno draupadaścaiva cekitānaśca saṃyuge | duryodhanasamādiṣṭānrājñaḥ sarvānsamabhyayuḥ
Arjuna, the son of Drupada and Chekitana attacked in battle all the kings whom Duryodhana had sent forward.
Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (6.85.17b): Wikisource prints कुन्तिभोजश्च दंशितः as the second quarter, a repeat of the second quarter of verse 18 (Kuntibhoja, already sent against Bhishma there); replaced with the critical edition's cekitānaś ca saṃyuge. द्रौपदश्चैव (CE draupadeyāś ca) kept as a variant.
Verse 20 (6.89.20)
अभिमन्युस्तथा शूरो हैडिम्बश्च महारथः । भीमसेनश्च संक्रुद्धस्तेऽभ्यधावन्त कौरवान् ॥
abhimanyustathā śūro haiḍimbaśca mahārathaḥ | bhīmasenaśca saṃkruddhaste'bhyadhāvanta kauravān
Abhimanyu the hero, the great chariot-warrior son of Hidimba (Ghatotkacha) and Bhimasena in his fury charged the Kauravas.
Verse 21 (6.89.21)
त्रिधाभूतैरवध्यन्त पाण्डवैः कौरवा युधि । तथैव कौरवै राजन्नवध्यन्त परे रणे ॥
tridhābhūtairavadhyanta pāṇḍavaiḥ kauravā yudhi | tathaiva kauravai rājannavadhyanta pare raṇe
So the Kauravas were cut down in battle by the Pandavas, who had divided into three bodies; and in the same way, O king, the enemy were cut down on the field by the Kauravas.
Verse 22 (6.89.22)
द्रोणस्तु रथिनां श्रेष्ठः सोमकान्सृञ्जयैः सह । अभ्यधावत संक्रुद्धः प्रेषयिष्यन्यमक्षयम् ॥
droṇastu rathināṃ śreṣṭhaḥ somakānsṛñjayaiḥ saha | abhyadhāvata saṃkruddhaḥ preṣayiṣyanyamakṣayam
Drona, best of chariot-fighters, charged in fury at the Somakas and the Srinjayas, meaning to send them to the abode of Yama.
Note on the text: अभ्यधावत (CE abhyadravata) kept as a variant.
Verse 23 (6.89.23)
तत्राक्रन्दो महानासीत्सृञ्जयानां महात्मानाम् । वध्यतां समरे राजन्भारद्वाजेन धन्विना ॥
tatrākrando mahānāsītsṛñjayānāṃ mahātmānām | vadhyatāṃ samare rājanbhāradvājena dhanvinā
A great outcry went up there from the high-souled Srinjayas, O king, as they were slaughtered in battle by the bowman son of Bharadvaja.
Verse 24 (6.89.24)
द्रोणेन निहतास्तत्र क्षत्रिया बहवो रणे । विचेष्टन्तो व्यदृश्यन्त व्याधिक्लिष्टा नरा इव ॥
droṇena nihatāstatra kṣatriyā bahavo raṇe | viceṣṭanto vyadṛśyanta vyādhikliṣṭā narā iva
Many kshatriyas struck down there by Drona in battle were seen writhing like men racked by disease.
Note on the text: Corrected हृदृश्यन्त → व्यदृश्यन्त and वरा इव → नरा इव (misprints in Wikisource; हृ is no prefix and leaves no valid word, and व for न gives no sense in the simile; critical edition narā iva, with viveṣṭantaḥ sma dṛśyante for the second line's first half). विचेष्टन्तो kept as a variant.
Verse 25 (6.89.25)
कूजतां क्रन्दतां चैव स्तनतां चैव भारत । अनिशं शुश्रुवे शब्दः क्षुत्क्लिष्टानां नृणामिव ॥
kūjatāṃ krandatāṃ caiva stanatāṃ caiva bhārata | aniśaṃ śuśruve śabdaḥ kṣutkliṣṭānāṃ nṛṇāmiva
Moaning, crying out and groaning, O Bharata, they raised a sound that was heard without ceasing, like the cry of men tormented by hunger.
Note on the text: भारत, शुश्रुवे and क्षुत्क्लिष्टानां (CE saṃyuge, śrūyate, kṣutkṛśānāṃ) kept as variants.
Verse 26 (6.89.26)
तथैव कौरवेयाणां भीमसेनो महाबलः । चकार कदनं घोरं क्रुद्धः काल इवापरः ॥
tathaiva kauraveyāṇāṃ bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ | cakāra kadanaṃ ghoraṃ kruddhaḥ kāla ivāparaḥ
In the same way the mighty Bhimasena in his wrath wrought terrible slaughter among the Kauravas, like a second Death.
Verse 27 (6.89.27)
वध्यतां तत्र सैन्यानामन्योन्येन महारणे । प्रावर्तत नदी घोरा रुधिरौघप्रवाहिनी ॥
vadhyatāṃ tatra sainyānāmanyonyena mahāraṇe | prāvartata nadī ghorā rudhiraughapravāhinī
As the armies slaughtered one another there in that great battle, a dreadful river began to flow, its current a flood of blood.
Note on the text: Corrected रुधिरौघपरवाहिनी → रुधिरौघप्रवाहिनी (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct, पर for प्र; critical edition rudhiraughapravāhinī).
Verse 28 (6.89.28)
स संग्रामो महाराज घोररूपोऽभवन्महान् । कुरूणां पाण्डवानां च यमराष्ट्रविवर्धनः ॥
sa saṃgrāmo mahārāja ghorarūpo'bhavanmahān | kurūṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca yamarāṣṭravivardhanaḥ
That great battle of the Kurus and the Pandavas, O great king, grew terrible to behold, swelling the kingdom of Yama.
Note on the text: Corrected पाणडवानां → पाण्डवानां (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct, critical edition pāṇḍavānāṃ).
Verse 29 (6.89.29)
ततो भीमो रणे क्रुद्धो रभसश्च विशेषतः । गजानीकं समासाद्य प्रेषयामास मृत्यवे ॥
tato bhīmo raṇe kruddho rabhasaśca viśeṣataḥ | gajānīkaṃ samāsādya preṣayāmāsa mṛtyave
Then Bhima, angry in battle and impetuous above all, fell upon the elephant division and sent it to its death.
Verse 30 (6.89.30)
तत्र भारत भीमेन नाराचाभिहता गजाः । पेतुर्नेदुश्च सेदुश्च दिशश्च परिबभ्रमुः ॥
tatra bhārata bhīmena nārācābhihatā gajāḥ | peturneduśca seduśca diśaśca paribabhramuḥ
There, O Bharata, the elephants struck by Bhima's iron shafts fell, screamed, sank down and wandered in every direction.
Note on the text: पेतुर्नेदुश्च सेदुश्च (CE petuḥ seduś ca neduś ca) kept as a variant word order.
Verse 31 (6.89.31)
छिन्नहस्ता महानागाश्छिन्नगात्राश्च मारिष । क्रौञ्चवद्व्यनदन्भीताः पृथिवीमधिशेरते ॥
chinnahastā mahānāgāśchinnagātrāśca māriṣa | krauñcavadvyanadanbhītāḥ pṛthivīmadhiśerate
Great elephants with trunks and limbs hewn off, sir, shrieked in terror like cranes and lay down upon the earth.
Note on the text: छिन्नगात्राश्च and अधिशेरते (CE chinnapādāś ca, adhiśiśyire) kept as variants.
Verse 32 (6.89.32)
नकुलः सहदेवश्च हयानीकमभिद्रुतौ । ते हयाः काञ्चनापीडा रुक्मभाण्डपरिच्छदाः ॥
nakulaḥ sahadevaśca hayānīkamabhidrutau | te hayāḥ kāñcanāpīḍā rukmabhāṇḍaparicchadāḥ
Nakula and Sahadeva charged the cavalry. Those horses, with golden plumes and trappings and harness of gold,
Note on the text: The critical edition's three-line verses 6.85.30–31 are printed here as three couplets (verses 32–34): this verse is 6.85.30ab–cd.
Verse 33 (6.89.33)
वध्यमाना व्यदृश्यन्त शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः । पतद्भिस्तुरगै राजन्समास्तीर्यत मेदिनी ॥
vadhyamānā vyadṛśyanta śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ | patadbhisturagai rājansamāstīryata medinī
were seen being slain by the hundred and the thousand. The earth, O king, was strewn with falling horses,
Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.85.30ef; line 2 is its 6.85.31ab (तुरगै for ca hayai). Corrected पतिद्भिस्तुरगै → पतद्भिस्तुरगै (misprint in Wikisource; पतिद्भिः is no word, the participle पतद्भिः is needed; critical edition patadbhiḥ).
Verse 34 (6.89.34)
निर्जिह्वैश्च श्वसद्भिश्च कूजद्भिश्च गतासुभिः । हयैर्बभौ नरश्रेष्ठ नानारूपधरैर्धरा ॥
nirjihvaiśca śvasadbhiśca kūjadbhiśca gatāsubhiḥ | hayairbabhau naraśreṣṭha nānārūpadharairdharā
and with horses whose tongues hung out, gasping, moaning or lifeless, the ground, O best of men, seemed to take on many forms.
Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.85.31cd–ef.
Verse 35 (6.89.35)
अर्जुनेन हतैः सङ्ख्ये तथा भारत राजभिः । प्रबभौ वसुधा घोरा तत्रतत्र विशांपते ॥
arjunena hataiḥ saṅkhye tathā bhārata rājabhiḥ | prababhau vasudhā ghorā tatratatra viśāṃpate
So too, O Bharata, with the kings slain by Arjuna in battle, the earth looked terrible here and there, O lord of the people.
Note on the text: राजभिः (CE vājibhiḥ, horses) kept as the page's reading.
Verse 36 (6.89.36)
रथैर्भग्नैर्ध्वजैश्छिन्नैर्निकृत्तैश्च महायुधैः । चामरैर्व्यजनैश्चैव च्छत्रैश्च सुमहाप्रभैः ॥
rathairbhagnairdhvajaiśchinnairnikṛttaiśca mahāyudhaiḥ | cāmarairvyajanaiścaiva cchatraiśca sumahāprabhaiḥ
With shattered chariots, severed standards and great weapons hewn apart, with yak-tail whisks and fans, and with umbrellas of great splendour,
Note on the text: Lines 1–2 combine the critical edition's 6.85.33ab (rathair bhagnair dhvajaiś chinnaiś chatraiś ca sumahāprabhaiḥ) with its star passage 6.85.33d*0339 (cāmaravyajanaiś chinnair nikṛttaiś ca mahāyudhaiḥ), their second halves exchanged. The critical edition's 6.85.33–34 (a couplet and a three-line verse) are printed here as verses 36–38.
Verse 37 (6.89.37)
हारैर्निष्कैः सकेयूरैः शिरोभिश्च सकुण्डलैः । उष्णीषैरपविद्धैश्च पताकाभिश्च सर्वशः ॥
hārairniṣkaiḥ sakeyūraiḥ śirobhiśca sakuṇḍalaiḥ | uṣṇīṣairapaviddhaiśca patākābhiśca sarvaśaḥ
with necklaces, gold neck-pieces and armlets, with heads still in their earrings, with turbans flung aside and banners on every side,
Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.85.33cd; line 2 is its 6.85.34ab. Corrected हरैर्निष्कैः → हारैर्निष्कैः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign, हार "necklace" is needed among the ornaments; critical edition hārair).
Verse 38 (6.89.38)
अनुकर्षैः शुभै राजन्योक्त्रैश्चैव सरश्मिभिः । संकीर्णा वसुधा भाति वसन्ते कुसुमैरिव ॥
anukarṣaiḥ śubhai rājanyoktraiścaiva saraśmibhiḥ | saṃkīrṇā vasudhā bhāti vasante kusumairiva
and with fine chariot-bottoms, O king, with yoke-straps and with reins, the strewn earth shone like the ground in spring with its flowers.
Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.85.34cd–ef. Corrected योक्रैश्चैव → योक्त्रैश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; योक्र is no word, योक्त्र "yoke-strap" is meant, as the page's own gloss योक्रैरीषायोजनरज्जुभिः shows despite repeating the same dropped त्; critical edition yoktraiś). सरश्मिभिः and संकीर्णा (CE cavyasuraśmibhiḥ, saṃchannā) kept as variants.
Verse 39 (6.89.39)
एवमेष क्षयो वृत्तः पाण्डूनामपि भारत । क्रुद्धे शान्तनवे भीष्मे द्रोणे च रथसत्तमे ॥
evameṣa kṣayo vṛttaḥ pāṇḍūnāmapi bhārata | kruddhe śāntanave bhīṣme droṇe ca rathasattame
Thus did this slaughter fall upon the Pandavas too, O Bharata, when Shantanu's son Bhishma and Drona, best of chariot-warriors, were enraged,
Verse 40 (6.89.40)
अश्वत्थाम्नि कृपे चैव तथैव कृतवर्मणि । तथेतरेषु क्रुद्धेषु तावकानामपि क्षयः ॥
aśvatthāmni kṛpe caiva tathaiva kṛtavarmaṇi | tathetareṣu kruddheṣu tāvakānāmapi kṣayaḥ
and Ashvatthaman, Kripa and Kritavarman as well; and when the others were enraged, your own men were destroyed too.