The Death of Iravan

Verse 1 (6.90.1)

वर्तमाने तथा रौद्रे राजन्वीरवरक्षये । शकुनिः सौबलः श्रीमान्पाण्डवान्समुपाद्रवत् ॥

vartamāne tathā raudre rājanvīravarakṣaye | śakuniḥ saubalaḥ śrīmānpāṇḍavānsamupādravat

While that fierce destruction of the foremost heroes went on, O king, the glorious Shakuni, son of Subala, charged the Pandavas.

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: checked against the raw Wikisource page (a table, 6-90-1 to 6-90-96, under one सञ्जय उवाच heading, ending with its colophon naming this the 90th adhyaya, on the eighth day of battle); the input matches it row for row. The adhyaya corresponds to the critical edition 6.86.1–86; Wikisource prints the critical edition's three-line verses as couplets, so from verse 4 onward many verses straddle two critical-edition verses (mapped in the notes), and verses 17–19 are its star passage 6.86.14d*0344. Iravan's words in verse 18 and Duryodhana's in verses 53–54 carry no heading on the page and are given to their speakers.

Verse 2 (6.90.2)

तथैव सात्वतो राजन्हार्दिक्यः परवीरहा । अभ्यद्रवत संग्रामे पाण्डवानां वरूथिनीम् ॥

tathaiva sātvato rājanhārdikyaḥ paravīrahā | abhyadravata saṃgrāme pāṇḍavānāṃ varūthinīm

In the same way, O king, the Satvata son of Hridika (Kritavarman), slayer of enemy heroes, charged the Pandava host in battle.

Note on the text: वरूथिनीम् (CE anīkinīm) kept as a variant.

Verse 3 (6.90.3)

ततः काम्भोजमुख्यानां नदीजानां च वाजिनाम् । आरट्टानां महीजानां सिन्धुजानां च सर्वशः ॥

tataḥ kāmbhojamukhyānāṃ nadījānāṃ ca vājinām | āraṭṭānāṃ mahījānāṃ sindhujānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ

Then, with horses of the finest Kamboja breed, horses bred by the rivers, Aratta and Mahi horses, and Sindhu horses of every kind,

Verse 4 (6.90.4)

वनायुजानां शुभ्राणां तथा पर्वतवासिनाम् । वाजिनां बहुभिः सङ्ख्ये समन्तात्परिवारयन् ॥

vanāyujānāṃ śubhrāṇāṃ tathā parvatavāsinām | vājināṃ bahubhiḥ saṅkhye samantātparivārayan

white Vanayu horses and horses from the mountains, with many troops of these steeds, surrounding the enemy on every side in battle,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.86.4ab; line 2 is its star passage 6.86.4b*0341 (paryavārayan for परिवारयन्), not in the constituted text.

Verse 5 (6.90.5)

ये चापरे तित्तिरिजा जवना वातरंहसः । सुवर्णालङ्कृतैरेतैर्वर्मवद्भिः सुकल्पितैः ॥

ye cāpare tittirijā javanā vātaraṃhasaḥ | suvarṇālaṅkṛtairetairvarmavadbhiḥ sukalpitaiḥ

and with others born in the Tittira country, fleet as the wind; with these steeds, adorned with gold, armoured and well caparisoned,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.86.4cd (तित्तिरिजा for tittirajā); line 2 is its 6.86.5ab.

Verse 6 (6.90.6)

हयैर्वातजवैर्मुख्यैः पाण्डवस्य सुतो बली । अभ्यवर्तत तत्सैन्यं हृष्टरूपः परंतपः ॥

hayairvātajavairmukhyaiḥ pāṇḍavasya suto balī | abhyavartata tatsainyaṃ hṛṣṭarūpaḥ paraṃtapaḥ

the finest of horses, swift as the wind, the mighty son of the Pandava (Arjuna), scorcher of foes, advanced joyfully upon that army.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.86.5cd–ef. Corrected परंतपाः → परंतपः (misprint in Wikisource; the plural ending cannot agree with the singular सुतो बली; critical edition paraṃtapaḥ).

Verse 7 (6.90.7)

अर्जुनस्य सुतः श्रीमानिरावान्नाम वीर्यवान् । सुतायां नागराजस्य जातः पार्थेन धीमता ॥

arjunasya sutaḥ śrīmānirāvānnāma vīryavān | sutāyāṃ nāgarājasya jātaḥ pārthena dhīmatā

This glorious son of Arjuna, named Iravan, a man of valour, was born to the daughter of the king of the Nagas by the wise Partha.

Note on the text: सुतः श्रीमान् (CE arjunasyātha dāyāda) kept as a variant.

Verse 8 (6.90.8)

ऐरावतेन सा दत्ता अनपत्या महात्मना । पत्यौ हते सुपर्णेन कृपणा दीनचेतना ॥

airāvatena sā dattā anapatyā mahātmanā | patyau hate suparṇena kṛpaṇā dīnacetanā

She had been given to him by the great-souled Airavata. She was childless, for her husband had been killed by Suparna (Garuda), and she was wretched and downcast.

Verse 9 (6.90.9)

कार्यार्थं तां च जग्राह पार्थः कामवशानुगाम् । एवमेष समुत्पन्नः परक्षेत्रेऽर्जुनात्मजः ॥

kāryārthaṃ tāṃ ca jagrāha pārthaḥ kāmavaśānugām | evameṣa samutpannaḥ parakṣetre'rjunātmajaḥ

Partha took her, overcome by desire as she was, to fulfil her purpose. In this way Arjuna's son was born in another's field.

Note on the text: कार्यार्थं (CE bhāryārthaṃ) kept as a variant.

Verse 10 (6.90.10)

स नागलोके संवृद्धो मात्रा च परिरक्षितः । पितृव्येण परित्यक्तः पार्थद्वेषाद्दुरात्मना ॥

sa nāgaloke saṃvṛddho mātrā ca parirakṣitaḥ | pitṛvyeṇa parityaktaḥ pārthadveṣāddurātmanā

He grew up in the world of the Nagas, protected by his mother, and was cast off by his wicked paternal uncle out of hatred for Partha.

Verse 11 (6.90.11)

खमुत्पत्य महाराज नागराट् सत्यविक्रमः । इन्द्रलोकं जगामाशु श्रुत्वा तत्रार्जुनं गतम् ॥

khamutpatya mahārāja nāgarāṭ satyavikramaḥ | indralokaṃ jagāmāśu śrutvā tatrārjunaṃ gatam

Rising into the sky, O great king, that Naga prince, true in valour, went swiftly to the world of Indra when he heard that Arjuna had gone there.

Note on the text: Line 1 (खमुत्पत्य महाराज नागराट् सत्यविक्रमः) differs from the critical edition's 6.86.10ab (rūpavān vīryasaṃpanno guṇavān satyavikramaḥ); kept as the page's variant, with नागराट् taken of Iravan, the Naga prince.

Verse 12 (6.90.12)

सोऽभिगम्य महाबाहुः पितरं सत्यविक्रमः । अभ्यवादयदव्यग्रो विनयेन कृताञ्जलिः ॥

so'bhigamya mahābāhuḥ pitaraṃ satyavikramaḥ | abhyavādayadavyagro vinayena kṛtāñjaliḥ

Approaching his father, the mighty-armed youth, true in valour, saluted him calmly and humbly with joined palms,

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.86.11ab and cd (महाबाहुः, सत्यविक्रमः for mahātmānaṃ, satyavikramam), without its star passage 6.86.11b*0342.

Verse 13 (6.90.13)

न्यवेदयत चात्मानमर्जुनस्य महात्मनः । इरावानस्मि भद्रं ते पुत्रश्चाहं तव प्रभो ॥

nyavedayata cātmānamarjunasya mahātmanaḥ | irāvānasmi bhadraṃ te putraścāhaṃ tava prabho

and made himself known to the great-souled Arjuna: "I am Iravan, blessings on you, and I am your son, my lord."

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 6.86.11d*0343, not in the constituted text; line 2 is its 6.86.11ef (प्रभो for abhibho).

Verse 14 (6.90.14)

मातुः समागमो यश्च तत्सर्वं प्रत्यवेदयत् । तच्च सर्वं यथावृत्तमनुसस्मार पाण्डवः ॥

mātuḥ samāgamo yaśca tatsarvaṃ pratyavedayat | tacca sarvaṃ yathāvṛttamanusasmāra pāṇḍavaḥ

He told him all about his mother's union with him, and the Pandava called it all to mind, just as it had happened.

Verse 15 (6.90.15)

परिष्वज्य सुतं चापि आत्मनः सदृशं गुणैः । प्रीतिमाननयत्पार्थो देवराजनिवेशनम् ॥

pariṣvajya sutaṃ cāpi ātmanaḥ sadṛśaṃ guṇaiḥ | prītimānanayatpārtho devarājaniveśanam

Embracing his son, who was like himself in virtues, Partha joyfully led him into the dwelling of the king of the gods.

Note on the text: प्रीतिमाननयत्पार्थो देवराजनिवेशनम् (CE prītimān abhavat pārtho devarājaniveśane) kept as a variant.

Verse 16 (6.90.16)

सोऽर्जुनेन समाज्ञप्तो देवलोके तदा नृप । प्रीतिपूर्वं महाबाहुः स्वकार्यं प्रति भारत ॥

so'rjunena samājñapto devaloke tadā nṛpa | prītipūrvaṃ mahābāhuḥ svakāryaṃ prati bhārata

There in the world of the gods, O king, Arjuna lovingly charged the mighty-armed youth with a task of his own, O Bharata.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.86.14ab–cd; the input found no match because the critical edition joins it with 14ef in a three-line verse.

Verse 17 (6.90.17)

स चापि नरशार्दूलः शार्दूलसमविक्रमः । अब्रवीच्च तदा पार्थमयमस्मि तवानघ ॥

sa cāpi naraśārdūlaḥ śārdūlasamavikramaḥ | abravīcca tadā pārthamayamasmi tavānagha

And that tiger among men, with the valour of a tiger, said then to Partha: "Here I am, sinless one,

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 6.86.14d*0344, lines 1–2 (tadā vibho for तवानघ). Removed the stray wiki marks (a backtick before स चापि and a quote mark after the first line) and the doubled danda.

Verse 18 (6.90.18)

स्थितः प्रेष्यश्च पुत्रश्च सर्वथा त्वं प्रशाधि माम् । कं करोमि च ते कामं कं च कामं त्वमिच्छसि ॥

sthitaḥ preṣyaśca putraśca sarvathā tvaṃ praśādhi mām | kaṃ karomi ca te kāmaṃ kaṃ ca kāmaṃ tvamicchasi

standing ready as your servant and your son: command me in everything. What wish of yours shall I fulfil? What is it that you desire?"

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 6.86.14d*0344, lines 3–4 (hy anuśādhi, kiṃ karomi, kaṃ vā for त्वं प्रशाधि, कं करोमि, कं च). Speaker: Iravan's words, begun in verse 17; the page prints no heading (they fall under its सञ्जय उवाच).

Verse 19 (6.90.19)

परिष्वज्य सुतं प्रेम्णा वासविः प्रत्युवाच तम् । प्रीतिपूर्वं च कार्यं च कार्या प्रीतिश्च मानद ॥

pariṣvajya sutaṃ premṇā vāsaviḥ pratyuvāca tam | prītipūrvaṃ ca kāryaṃ ca kāryā prītiśca mānada

Embracing his son lovingly, the son of Vasava (Arjuna) answered him: "This task is to be done with affection, and affection is to be shown, O giver of honour:

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 6.86.14d*0344, lines 5–6 (kāryaṃ prati ca mānada for कार्या प्रीतिश्च मानद). Removed a stray closing quote mark and the doubled danda (।।' ॥) at the verse end. Corrected मानदः → मानद (misprint in Wikisource; the address to Iravan needs the vocative, as the star passage reads mānada).

Verse 20 (6.90.20)

युद्धकाले तु साहाय्यं दातव्यं नो भवेदिति । बाढमित्येवमुक्त्वा तु युद्धकाल इहागतः ॥

yuddhakāle tu sāhāyyaṃ dātavyaṃ no bhavediti | bāḍhamityevamuktvā tu yuddhakāla ihāgataḥ

in time of war you must give us your help." Saying "So be it," he has come here at the time of war,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.86.14ef in a different wording (yuddhakāle tvayāsmākaṃ sāhyaṃ deyam iti prabho); line 2 is its 6.86.15ab (तु, इहागतः for ca, upāgataḥ).

Verse 21 (6.90.21)

कामवर्णजवैरश्वैः सर्वतः शुशुभे वृतः । ते हयाः काञ्चनापीडा नानावर्णा मनोजवाः ॥

kāmavarṇajavairaśvaiḥ sarvataḥ śuśubhe vṛtaḥ | te hayāḥ kāñcanāpīḍā nānāvarṇā manojavāḥ

and he shone, surrounded on all sides by horses of every colour and speed at will. Those horses, with golden plumes, of many colours and swift as thought,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.86.15cd (सर्वतः शुशुभे वृतः for saṃvṛto bahubhir nṛpa); line 2 is its 6.86.16ab.

Verse 22 (6.90.22)

उत्पेतुः सहसा राजन्हंसा इव महोदधौ । ते त्वदीयान्समासाद्य हयसंघान्मनोजवान् ॥

utpetuḥ sahasā rājanhaṃsā iva mahodadhau | te tvadīyānsamāsādya hayasaṃghānmanojavān

sprang up suddenly, O king, like swans upon the great ocean. Reaching your troops of horses, swift as thought,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.86.16cd; line 2 is its 6.86.17ab (मनोजवान् for mahājavān).

Verse 23 (6.90.23)

क्रोडैः क्रोडानभिघ्नन्तो घोणाभिश्च परस्परम् । निपेतुः सहसा राजन्सुवेगाभिहता भुवि ॥

kroḍaiḥ kroḍānabhighnanto ghoṇābhiśca parasparam | nipetuḥ sahasā rājansuvegābhihatā bhuvi

they struck chest against chest and muzzle against muzzle, and fell suddenly to the ground, O king, struck down with great force.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.86.17cd–ef.

Verse 24 (6.90.24)

निपतद्भिस्तथा तैश्च हयसङ्घैः परस्परम् । शुश्रुवे दारुणः शब्दः सुपर्णपतने यथा ॥

nipatadbhistathā taiśca hayasaṅghaiḥ parasparam | śuśruve dāruṇaḥ śabdaḥ suparṇapatane yathā

As those troops of horses fell upon one another, a dreadful sound was heard, like the sound when Suparna swoops.

Verse 25 (6.90.25)

तथैव तावका राजन्समेत्यान्योन्यमाहवे । परस्परवधं घोरं चक्रुस्ते हयसादिनः ॥

tathaiva tāvakā rājansametyānyonyamāhave | parasparavadhaṃ ghoraṃ cakruste hayasādinaḥ

In the same way, O king, your horsemen, closing with the enemy in battle, wrought terrible slaughter on one another.

Note on the text: तावका राजन् (CE ca mahārāja) kept as a variant.

Verse 26 (6.90.26)

तस्मिंस्तथा वर्तमाने संकुले तुमुले भृशम् । उभयोरपि संशान्ता हयसङ्घाः समन्ततः ॥

tasmiṃstathā vartamāne saṃkule tumule bhṛśam | ubhayorapi saṃśāntā hayasaṅghāḥ samantataḥ

While that confused and tumultuous fight raged so fiercely, the troops of horses on both sides were wiped out all around.

Verse 27 (6.90.27)

प्रक्षीणसायकाः शूरा निहताश्वाः श्रमातुराः । विलयं समनुप्राप्तास्तक्षमाणाः परस्परम् ॥

prakṣīṇasāyakāḥ śūrā nihatāśvāḥ śramāturāḥ | vilayaṃ samanuprāptāstakṣamāṇāḥ parasparam

The heroes, their arrows spent, their horses killed, worn out with toil, perished as they hacked at one another.

Verse 28 (6.90.28)

ततः क्षीणे हयानीके किंचिच्छेषे च भारत । सौबलस्यानुजाः शूरा निर्गता रणमूर्धनि ॥

tataḥ kṣīṇe hayānīke kiṃciccheṣe ca bhārata | saubalasyānujāḥ śūrā nirgatā raṇamūrdhani

Then, when the cavalry was worn down and only a little of it was left, O Bharata, the heroic younger brothers of Subala's son (Shakuni) came out to the front of the battle,

Note on the text: Corrected हयानिके → हयानीके (misprint in Wikisource; short i for ī in अनीक, critical edition hayānīke). अनुजाः (CE ātmajāḥ) kept as the page's reading, which its own chapter heading (शकुनेरनुजानां वधः) confirms.

Verse 29 (6.90.29)

वायुवेगसमस्पर्शाञ्जवे वायुसमांश्च ते । आरुह्य बलसंपन्नान्वयःस्थांस्तुरगोत्तमान् ॥

vāyuvegasamasparśāñjave vāyusamāṃśca te | āruhya balasaṃpannānvayaḥsthāṃsturagottamān

mounted on the finest horses, in the prime of life and full of strength, whose touch was like the rush of the wind and who matched the wind in speed.

Note on the text: बलसंपन्नान् (CE śīlasaṃpannān) kept as a variant.

Verse 30 (6.90.30)

गजो गवाक्षो वृषकश्चर्मवानार्जवः शुकः । षडेते बलसंपन्ना निर्ययुर्महतो बलात् ॥

gajo gavākṣo vṛṣakaścarmavānārjavaḥ śukaḥ | ṣaḍete balasaṃpannā niryayurmahato balāt

Gaja, Gavaksha, Vrishaka, Charmavat, Arjava and Shuka: these six, full of strength, sallied out from the great army,

Note on the text: Corrected आर्जयः → आर्जवः (misprint in Wikisource; य for व in the name Ārjava, critical edition ārjavaḥ).

Verse 31 (6.90.31)

वार्यमाणाः शकुनिना स्वैश्च योधैर्महाबलैः । सन्नद्धा युद्धकुशला रौद्ररूपा महाबलाः ॥

vāryamāṇāḥ śakuninā svaiśca yodhairmahābalaiḥ | sannaddhā yuddhakuśalā raudrarūpā mahābalāḥ

though Shakuni and his own mighty warriors tried to hold them back; armoured, skilled in war, fierce of form and of great strength,

Verse 32 (6.90.32)

तदनीकं महाबाहो भित्त्वा परमदुर्जयम् । बलेन महता युक्ताः स्वर्गाय विजयैषिणः ॥

tadanīkaṃ mahābāho bhittvā paramadurjayam | balena mahatā yuktāḥ svargāya vijayaiṣiṇaḥ

Breaking through that all but invincible army, O mighty-armed one, backed by a great force, eager for victory and ready for heaven,

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.86.26ab–cd. Corrected महाबहो → महाबाहो (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign, critical edition mahābāho).

Verse 33 (6.90.33)

विविशुस्ते तदा हृष्टा गान्धारा युद्धदुर्मदाः । तान्प्रविष्टांस्तदा दृष्ट्वा इरावानपि वीर्यवान् ॥

viviśuste tadā hṛṣṭā gāndhārā yuddhadurmadāḥ | tānpraviṣṭāṃstadā dṛṣṭvā irāvānapi vīryavān

the Gandharas, wild in battle, then entered it full of joy. Seeing them enter, the valiant Iravan

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.86.26ef; line 2 is its 6.86.27ab.

Verse 34 (6.90.34)

अब्रवीत्समरे योधान्स्वान्विचित्रहयस्थितान् । यथैते धार्तराष्ट्रस्य योधाः सानुगवाहनाः ॥

abravītsamare yodhānsvānvicitrahayasthitān | yathaite dhārtarāṣṭrasya yodhāḥ sānugavāhanāḥ

spoke in the battle to his own warriors, mounted on their splendid horses: "Act in such a way that these warriors of Dhritarashtra's son, with their followers and their mounts,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.86.27cd (स्वान्विचित्रहयस्थितान् for vicitrābharaṇāyudhān); line 2 is its 6.86.28ab.

Verse 35 (6.90.35)

हन्यन्ते समरे सर्वे तथा नीतिर्विधीयताम् । बाढमित्येवमुक्त्वा ते सर्वे योधा इरावतः ॥

hanyante samare sarve tathā nītirvidhīyatām | bāḍhamityevamuktvā te sarve yodhā irāvataḥ

are all slain in the battle; let such a plan be put to work." Saying "So be it," all Iravan's warriors

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.86.28cd; line 2 is its 6.86.29ab.

Verse 36 (6.90.36)

जघ्नुस्तेषां बलानीकं दुर्जयं समरे परैः । तदनीकमनीकेन समरे वीक्ष्य पातितम् ॥

jaghnusteṣāṃ balānīkaṃ durjayaṃ samare paraiḥ | tadanīkamanīkena samare vīkṣya pātitam

cut down their host, which their foes could hardly overcome in battle. Seeing their army felled in battle by the other army,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.86.29cd (तेषां बलानीकं for te vai parānīkaṃ); line 2 is its 6.86.30ab.

Verse 37 (6.90.37)

अमृष्यमाणास्ते सर्वे सुबलस्यात्मजा रणे । इरावन्तमभिद्रुत्य सर्वतः पर्यवारयन् ॥

amṛṣyamāṇāste sarve subalasyātmajā raṇe | irāvantamabhidrutya sarvataḥ paryavārayan

the sons of Subala could not bear it; all of them rushed at Iravan in the battle and surrounded him on every side.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.86.30cd–ef.

Verse 38 (6.90.38)

ताडयन्तः शितैः प्रासैश्चोदयन्तः परस्परम् । ते शूराः पर्यधावन्त कुर्वन्तो महदाकुलम् ॥

tāḍayantaḥ śitaiḥ prāsaiścodayantaḥ parasparam | te śūrāḥ paryadhāvanta kurvanto mahadākulam

Striking with sharp lances and urging one another on, those heroes rushed around him, raising a great uproar.

Verse 39 (6.90.39)

इरावानथ निर्भिन्नः प्रासैस्तीक्ष्णैर्महात्मभिः । स्रवता रुधिरेणाक्तस्तोत्रैर्विद्ध इव द्विपः ॥

irāvānatha nirbhinnaḥ prāsaistīkṣṇairmahātmabhiḥ | sravatā rudhireṇāktastotrairviddha iva dvipaḥ

Then Iravan, pierced by the sharp lances of those great-souled warriors and bathed in streaming blood, looked like an elephant pierced with goads.

Verse 40 (6.90.40)

उरस्यपि च पृष्ठे च पार्श्वयोश्च भृशाहतः । एको बहुभिरत्यर्थं धैर्याद्राजन्न विव्यथे ॥

urasyapi ca pṛṣṭhe ca pārśvayośca bhṛśāhataḥ | eko bahubhiratyarthaṃ dhairyādrājanna vivyathe

Badly wounded in the chest, the back and both flanks, alone against many, O king, he did not waver at all, so great was his fortitude.

Verse 41 (6.90.41)

इरावानपि संक्रुद्धः सर्वास्तान्निशितैः शरैः । मोहयामास समरे विद्ध्वा परपुरंजयः ॥

irāvānapi saṃkruddhaḥ sarvāstānniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | mohayāmāsa samare viddhvā parapuraṃjayaḥ

Iravan too, conqueror of enemy cities, in his fury pierced them all with sharp arrows and stunned them in the battle.

Verse 42 (6.90.42)

प्रासानुत्कृष्य तरसा स्वशरीरादरिन्दमः । तैरेव ताडयामास सुबलस्यात्मजान्रणे ॥

prāsānutkṛṣya tarasā svaśarīrādarindamaḥ | taireva tāḍayāmāsa subalasyātmajānraṇe

Pulling the lances swiftly out of his own body, the tamer of foes struck the sons of Subala in the battle with those very weapons.

Note on the text: उत्कृष्य तरसा (CE uddhṛtya sarvāṃś ca) kept as a variant.

Verse 43 (6.90.43)

विकृष्य च शितं खड्गं गृहीत्वा च शरावरम् । पदातिर्द्रुतमागच्छज्जिघांसुः सौबलान्युधि ॥

vikṛṣya ca śitaṃ khaḍgaṃ gṛhītvā ca śarāvaram | padātirdrutamāgacchajjighāṃsuḥ saubalānyudhi

Drawing his sharp sword and taking up his shield, he came on swiftly on foot, eager to kill the sons of Subala in the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गं → खड्गं (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग, critical edition khaḍgaṃ). विकृष्य च शितं and द्रुतम् (CE nikṛṣya niśitaṃ, tūrṇam) kept as variants.

Verse 44 (6.90.44)

ततः प्रत्यागतप्राणाः सर्वे ते सुबलात्मजाः । भूयः क्रोधसमाविष्टा इरावन्तमभिद्रुताः ॥

tataḥ pratyāgataprāṇāḥ sarve te subalātmajāḥ | bhūyaḥ krodhasamāviṣṭā irāvantamabhidrutāḥ

Then all the sons of Subala, coming to their senses, rushed at Iravan once more, filled with rage.

Note on the text: अभिद्रुताः (CE athādravan) kept as a variant.

Verse 45 (6.90.45)

इरावानपि खड्गेन दर्शयन्पाणिलाघवम् । अभ्यवर्तत देवांश्च मानुषांश्चैव संयुगे ॥

irāvānapi khaḍgena darśayanpāṇilāghavam | abhyavartata devāṃśca mānuṣāṃścaiva saṃyuge

But Iravan, showing the deftness of his hand with the sword, surpassed gods and men alike in that battle.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गेन → खड्गेन (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग, critical edition khaḍgena). Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.86.38ab; line 2 differs from its 38cd (abhyavartata tān sarvān saubalān baladarpitaḥ) and is kept as the page's variant.

Verse 46 (6.90.46)

लाघवेनाथ चरतः सर्वे ते सुबलात्मजाः । अन्तरं नाभ्यगच्छन्त चरन्तः शीघ्रगैर्हयैः ॥

lāghavenātha carataḥ sarve te subalātmajāḥ | antaraṃ nābhyagacchanta carantaḥ śīghragairhayaiḥ

As he moved so nimbly, all the sons of Subala, though they rode about on swift horses, could find no opening.

Note on the text: नाभ्यगच्छन्त and शीघ्रगैर्हयैः (CE nādhyagacchanta, śīghragāminaḥ) kept as variants.

Verse 47 (6.90.47)

भूमिष्ठमथ तं सङ्ख्ये ह्यन्तरिक्षादवप्लुतम् । परिवार्य भृशं सर्वे ग्रहीतुमुपचक्रमुः ॥

bhūmiṣṭhamatha taṃ saṅkhye hyantarikṣādavaplutam | parivārya bhṛśaṃ sarve grahītumupacakramuḥ

Then, as he stood on the ground in the battle, having leapt down from the air, they all closed tightly round him and set about seizing him.

Note on the text: Corrected सह्ख्ये → सङ्ख्ये (misprint in Wikisource; ह्ख for ङ्ख, critical edition saṃkhye). ह्यन्तरिक्षादवप्लुतम् (CE saṃpradṛśya tataḥ punaḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 48 (6.90.48)

अथाभ्याशगतानां स खड्गेनामित्रकर्शनः । असिहस्तोऽस्त्रहस्तानां तेषां गात्राण्यकृन्तत ॥

athābhyāśagatānāṃ sa khaḍgenāmitrakarśanaḥ | asihasto'strahastānāṃ teṣāṃ gātrāṇyakṛntata

Then, as they came close, that harrier of foes, sword in hand, hewed with his sword the limbs of those armed men,

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (6.86.41a): Wikisource's first line reads अथाभ्याशगतानां तेषां गात्राण्यकृन्तत, its second half a repeat of the second line's (तेषां गात्राण्यकृन्तत), leaving the line malformed (nine syllables, then six) and without a subject; restored as the critical edition's athābhyāśagatānāṃ sa khaḍgenāmitrakarśanaḥ. Line 2 (असिहस्तोऽस्त्रहस्तानां for upahastāvahastābhyāṃ) kept as a variant.

Verse 49 (6.90.49)

आयुधानि च सर्वेषां बाहूनपि विभूषितान् । अपतन्त निकृत्ताङ्गा मृता भूमौ गतासवः ॥

āyudhāni ca sarveṣāṃ bāhūnapi vibhūṣitān | apatanta nikṛttāṅgā mṛtā bhūmau gatāsavaḥ

and their weapons too, and their adorned arms. With limbs hewn off, they fell dead upon the ground, their lives gone.

Note on the text: विभूषितान् and मृता भूमौ (CE ca bhūṣitān, gatā bhūmiṃ) kept as variants.

Verse 50 (6.90.50)

वृषकस्तु महाराज बहुधा विपरिक्षतः । अमुच्यत महारौद्रात्तस्माद्वीरावकर्तनात् ॥

vṛṣakastu mahārāja bahudhā viparikṣataḥ | amucyata mahāraudrāttasmādvīrāvakartanāt

Only Vrishaka, O great king, wounded in many places, escaped from that terrible hewing down of heroes.

Note on the text: विपरिक्षतः (CE parivikṣataḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 51 (6.90.51)

तान्सर्वान्पतितान्दृष्ट्वा भीतो दुर्योधनस्ततः । अभ्यधावत संक्रुद्धो राक्षसं घोरदर्शनम् ॥

tānsarvānpatitāndṛṣṭvā bhīto duryodhanastataḥ | abhyadhāvata saṃkruddho rākṣasaṃ ghoradarśanam

Seeing them all fallen, Duryodhana, now afraid, hurried in anger to the Rakshasa of dreadful aspect,

Note on the text: अभ्यधावत (CE abhyabhāṣata) kept as a variant.

Verse 52 (6.90.52)

आर्श्यशृङ्गिं महेष्वासं मायाविनमरिन्दमम् । वैरिणं भीमसेनस्य पूर्वं बकवधेन वै ॥

ārśyaśṛṅgiṃ maheṣvāsaṃ māyāvinamarindamam | vairiṇaṃ bhīmasenasya pūrvaṃ bakavadhena vai

Arshyashringi (Alambusha), the great archer, master of illusion, tamer of foes, who had long been Bhimasena's enemy because of the slaying of Baka:

Verse 53 (6.90.53)

पश्य वीर यथा ह्येष फल्गुनस्य सुतो बली । मायावी विप्रियं कर्तुमकार्षीन्मे बलक्षयम् ॥

paśya vīra yathā hyeṣa phalgunasya suto balī | māyāvī vipriyaṃ kartumakārṣīnme balakṣayam

"See, hero, how this mighty son of Phalguna, a master of illusion, has destroyed my army to do me harm.

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana's words to Arshyashringi, introduced in verses 51–52; the page prints no heading (they fall under its सञ्जय उवाच). कर्तुम् (CE ghoram) kept as a variant.

Verse 54 (6.90.54)

त्वं च कामगमस्तात मायास्त्रे च विशारदः । कृतवैरश्च पार्थेन तस्मादेनं रणे जहि ॥

tvaṃ ca kāmagamastāta māyāstre ca viśāradaḥ | kṛtavairaśca pārthena tasmādenaṃ raṇe jahi

You, my friend, can go where you please, and you are skilled in the weapon of illusion; and you are at enmity with Partha. So kill him in battle."

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana, as in verse 53 (no heading on the page).

Verse 55 (6.90.55)

बाढमित्येवमुक्त्वा तु राक्षसो घोरदर्शनः । प्रययौ सिंहनादेन यत्रार्जुनसुतो युवा ॥

bāḍhamityevamuktvā tu rākṣaso ghoradarśanaḥ | prayayau siṃhanādena yatrārjunasuto yuvā

Saying "So be it," the Rakshasa of dreadful aspect went with a lion's roar to where the young son of Arjuna was,

Verse 56 (6.90.56)

स योधैर्युद्धकुशलैर्विमलप्रासयोधिभिः । वीरैः प्रहारिभिर्युक्तैः स्वैरनीकैः समावृतः ॥

sa yodhairyuddhakuśalairvimalaprāsayodhibhiḥ | vīraiḥ prahāribhiryuktaiḥ svairanīkaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ

surrounded by his own troops, warriors skilled in battle who fought with gleaming lances, heroes ready to strike,

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.86.49ab–cd (स योधैः for svārūḍhaiḥ, युक्तैः for yuktaḥ).

Verse 57 (6.90.57)

हतशेषैर्महाराज द्विसाहस्रैर्हयोत्तमैः । निहन्तुकामः समरे इरावन्तं महाबलम् ॥

hataśeṣairmahārāja dvisāhasrairhayottamaiḥ | nihantukāmaḥ samare irāvantaṃ mahābalam

and with two thousand of the finest horses that had survived the slaughter, O great king, bent on killing the mighty Iravan in battle.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 6.86.49d*0345, not in the constituted text (the page's own footnote says this half-verse is missing from the southern manuscripts); removed the square brackets the page prints around it. Corrected द्विसाहस्त्रैः → द्विसाहस्रैः (misprint in Wikisource; intrusive त्, cf. द्विसाहस्राः in verse 61; the star passage reads dvisāhasraiḥ). Line 2 is the critical edition's 6.86.49ef.

Verse 58 (6.90.58)

इरावानपि संक्रुद्धस्त्वरमाणः पराक्रमी । हन्तुकामममित्रघ्नो राक्षसं प्रत्यवारयत् ॥

irāvānapi saṃkruddhastvaramāṇaḥ parākramī | hantukāmamamitraghno rākṣasaṃ pratyavārayat

Iravan too, valiant slayer of foes, enraged and in haste, held back the Rakshasa who meant to kill him.

Note on the text: Corrected हन्तुकाममयित्रघ्नो → हन्तुकामममित्रघ्नो (misprint in Wikisource; य for म in अमित्रघ्नः, critical edition amitraghno).

Verse 59 (6.90.59)

तमापतन्तं संप्रेक्ष्य राक्षसः सुमहाबलः । त्वरमाणस्ततो मायां प्रयोक्तुमुपचक्रमे ॥

tamāpatantaṃ saṃprekṣya rākṣasaḥ sumahābalaḥ | tvaramāṇastato māyāṃ prayoktumupacakrame

Seeing him bear down, the mighty Rakshasa quickly set about working his power of illusion.

Verse 60 (6.90.60)

तेन मायामयाः सृष्टा हयास्तावन्त एव हि । स्वारूढा राक्षसैर्घोरैः शूलपट्टसधारिभिः ॥

tena māyāmayāḥ sṛṣṭā hayāstāvanta eva hi | svārūḍhā rākṣasairghoraiḥ śūlapaṭṭasadhāribhiḥ

He created by illusion just as many horses, ridden by fearsome Rakshasas bearing spears and broad-bladed axes.

Note on the text: सृष्टा and शूलपट्टसधारिभिः (CE kḷptā, śūlapaṭṭiśapāṇibhiḥ; पट्टस is a by-form of पट्टिश) kept as variants.

Verse 61 (6.90.61)

ते संरब्धाः समागम्य द्विसाहस्राः प्रहारिणः । अचिराद्गमयामासुः प्रेतलोकं परस्परम् ॥

te saṃrabdhāḥ samāgamya dvisāhasrāḥ prahāriṇaḥ | acirādgamayāmāsuḥ pretalokaṃ parasparam

Those two thousand fighters closed in fury and soon sent one another to the world of the dead.

Verse 62 (6.90.62)

तस्मिंस्तु निहते सैन्ये तावुभौ युद्धदुर्मदौ । संग्रामे समतिष्ठेतां यथा वै वृत्रवासवौ ॥

tasmiṃstu nihate sainye tāvubhau yuddhadurmadau | saṃgrāme samatiṣṭhetāṃ yathā vai vṛtravāsavau

When that host had been destroyed, the two of them, both wild in battle, stood against each other in the fight like Vritra and Vasava (Indra).

Note on the text: समतिष्ठेताम् (CE vyavatiṣṭhetāṃ) kept as a variant.

Verse 63 (6.90.63)

आद्रवन्तमभिप्रेक्ष्य राक्षसं युद्धदुर्मदम् । इरावानथ संरब्धः प्रत्यधावन्महाबलः ॥

ādravantamabhiprekṣya rākṣasaṃ yuddhadurmadam | irāvānatha saṃrabdhaḥ pratyadhāvanmahābalaḥ

Seeing the Rakshasa, wild in battle, rushing at him, the mighty Iravan in his fury charged against him.

Note on the text: Corrected इरावाथ → इरावानथ (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara leaves the quarter a syllable short and the name broken; the critical edition reads irāvān krodhasaṃrabdhaḥ).

Verse 64 (6.90.64)

समभ्याशगतस्याजौ तस्य खड्गेन दुर्मदः । चिच्छेद कार्मुकं दीप्तं शरावापं च कञ्चुकम् ॥

samabhyāśagatasyājau tasya khaḍgena durmadaḥ | ciccheda kārmukaṃ dīptaṃ śarāvāpaṃ ca kañcukam

As the Rakshasa came close in the fight, the furious Iravan cut through his blazing bow with his sword, and his quiver and his armour.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गेन → खड्गेन (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग, critical edition khaḍgena) and शरवापं → शरावापं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign in शरावाप "quiver", critical edition śarāvāpaṃ). दुर्मदः and कञ्चुकम् (CE durmateḥ, pañcakam) kept as variants.

Verse 65 (6.90.65)

स निकृत्तं धनुर्दृष्ट्वा खं जवेन समाविशत् । इरावन्तमभिक्रुद्धं मोहयन्निव मायया ॥

sa nikṛttaṃ dhanurdṛṣṭvā khaṃ javena samāviśat | irāvantamabhikruddhaṃ mohayanniva māyayā

Seeing his bow cut away, the Rakshasa sprang swiftly into the sky, as though to bewilder the enraged Iravan with his illusion.

Verse 66 (6.90.66)

ततोऽन्तरिक्षमुत्पत्य इरावानपि राक्षसम् । विमोहयित्वा मायाभिस्तस्य गात्राणि सायकैः ॥

tato'ntarikṣamutpatya irāvānapi rākṣasam | vimohayitvā māyābhistasya gātrāṇi sāyakaiḥ

Then Iravan too sprang into the air and, bewildering the Rakshasa with illusions of his own, with his arrows

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.86.58ab–cd. Corrected मायाभिसत्स्य → मायाभिस्तस्य and गात्रामि → गात्राणि (misprints in Wikisource; transposed स्त, and म for ण; critical edition māyābhis tasya gātrāṇi).

Verse 67 (6.90.67)

चिच्छेद सर्वमर्मज्ञः कामरूपो दुरासदः । तथा स राक्षसश्रेष्ठः शरैः कृत्तः पुनः पुनः ॥

ciccheda sarvamarmajñaḥ kāmarūpo durāsadaḥ | tathā sa rākṣasaśreṣṭhaḥ śaraiḥ kṛttaḥ punaḥ punaḥ

he cut his limbs, for he knew every vital spot and could take any form, and was hard to approach. Yet that best of Rakshasas, though cut again and again by arrows,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.86.58ef; line 2 is its 6.86.59ab.

Verse 68 (6.90.68)

संबभूव महाराज समवाप च यौवनम् । माया हि सहजा तेषां वयो रूपं च कामजम् ॥

saṃbabhūva mahārāja samavāpa ca yauvanam | māyā hi sahajā teṣāṃ vayo rūpaṃ ca kāmajam

was made whole again, O great king, and regained his youth; for illusion is inborn in them, and their age and form are as they will.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.86.59cd. Restored from the critical edition (6.86.60ab): Wikisource's second line reads माया हि सहराज समवाप च यौवनम्, a garbled सहजा followed by a repeat of the first line's second quarter; replaced with the critical edition's māyā hi sahajā teṣāṃ vayo rūpaṃ ca kāmajam.

Verse 69 (6.90.69)

एवं तद्राक्षसस्याङ्गं छिन्नंछिन्नं व्यरोहत । इरावानपि संक्रुद्धो राक्षसं तं महाबलम् ॥

evaṃ tadrākṣasasyāṅgaṃ chinnaṃchinnaṃ vyarohata | irāvānapi saṃkruddho rākṣasaṃ taṃ mahābalam

So the Rakshasa's body, cut again and again, grew back. And Iravan in his fury, at that mighty Rakshasa

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.86.60cd; line 2 is its 6.86.61ab. Corrected राक्षसं त → राक्षसं तं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara, critical edition taṃ).

Verse 70 (6.90.70)

परश्वथेन तीक्ष्णेन चिच्छेद च पुनः पुनः । स तेन बलिना वीरश्छिद्यमान इव द्रुमः ॥

paraśvathena tīkṣṇena ciccheda ca punaḥ punaḥ | sa tena balinā vīraśchidyamāna iva drumaḥ

hacked again and again with a sharp battle-axe. Cut down by that mighty hero like a tree being felled,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.86.61cd; line 2 is its 6.86.62ab. परश्वथेन (CE paraśvadhena) kept as the page's spelling, as in verse 71.

Verse 71 (6.90.71)

राक्षसो व्यनदद्धोरं स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत् । परश्वथक्षतं रक्षः सुस्राव बहुशोणितम् ॥

rākṣaso vyanadaddhoraṃ sa śabdastumulo'bhavat | paraśvathakṣataṃ rakṣaḥ susrāva bahuśoṇitam

the Rakshasa roared dreadfully, and the sound was tumultuous. Wounded by the axe, the Rakshasa poured out much blood.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.86.62cd; line 2 is its 6.86.63ab (बहुशोणितम् for rudhiraṃ bahu).

Verse 72 (6.90.72)

ततश्चुक्रोध बलवांश्चक्रे वेगं च संयुगे । आर्श्यशृङ्गिस्ततो दृष्ट्वा समरे शत्रुमूर्जितम् ॥

tataścukrodha balavāṃścakre vegaṃ ca saṃyuge | ārśyaśṛṅgistato dṛṣṭvā samare śatrumūrjitam

Then the mighty Rakshasa grew furious and put forth all his speed in the fight. Arshyashringi, seeing his enemy grown so powerful in battle,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.86.63cd; line 2 is its 6.86.64ab. Corrected ततश्रुक्रोध → ततश्चुक्रोध and शत्रुमूर्चितम् → शत्रुमूर्जितम् (misprints in Wikisource; र for च and च for ज; critical edition tataś cukrodha, śatrum ūrjitam).

Verse 73 (6.90.73)

कृत्वा घोरं महद्रूपं ग्रहीतुमुपचक्रमे । अर्जुनस्य सुतं वीरमिरावन्तं यशस्विनम् ॥

kṛtvā ghoraṃ mahadrūpaṃ grahītumupacakrame | arjunasya sutaṃ vīramirāvantaṃ yaśasvinam

took on a huge and fearsome form and set about seizing Arjuna's son, the heroic and glorious Iravan,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.86.64cd; line 2 is its star passage 6.86.64d*0346, not in the constituted text.

Verse 74 (6.90.74)

संग्रामशिरसो मध्ये सर्वेषां तत्र पश्यताम् । तां दृष्ट्वा तादृशीं मायां राक्षसस्य दुरात्मनः ॥

saṃgrāmaśiraso madhye sarveṣāṃ tatra paśyatām | tāṃ dṛṣṭvā tādṛśīṃ māyāṃ rākṣasasya durātmanaḥ

in the very front of the battle, with everyone there looking on. Seeing such an illusion worked by the evil-souled Rakshasa,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.86.64ef; line 2 is its 6.86.65ab (दुरात्मनः for mahātmanaḥ).

Verse 75 (6.90.75)

इरावानपि संक्रुद्धो मायां स्रष्टुं प्रचक्रमे । तस्य क्रोधाभिभूतस्य समरेष्वनिवर्तिनः ॥

irāvānapi saṃkruddho māyāṃ sraṣṭuṃ pracakrame | tasya krodhābhibhūtasya samareṣvanivartinaḥ

Iravan too, enraged, began to create an illusion. As he, who never turned back in battle, was overcome with fury,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.86.65cd; line 2 is its 6.86.66ab (समरेषु for saṃyugeṣu).

Verse 76 (6.90.76)

योऽन्वयो मातृकस्तस्य स एनमभिपेदिवान् । स नागैर्बहुभी राजन्निरावान्संवृतो रणे ॥

yo'nvayo mātṛkastasya sa enamabhipedivān | sa nāgairbahubhī rājannirāvānsaṃvṛto raṇe

his kindred on his mother's side came to his aid. Surrounded in battle by many Nagas, O king, Iravan

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 6.86.66cd; line 2 is its 6.86.67ab (बहुभी, निरावान् for bahuśo, sarvataḥ).

Verse 77 (6.90.77)

दधार सुमहद्रूपमनन्त इव भोगवान् । ततो बहुविधैर्नागैश्छादयामास राक्षसम् ॥

dadhāra sumahadrūpamananta iva bhogavān | tato bahuvidhairnāgaiśchādayāmāsa rākṣasam

took on a huge form, like the many-hooded serpent Ananta, and then covered the Rakshasa with Nagas of many kinds.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 6.86.67cd–ef.

Verse 78 (6.90.78)

छाद्यमानस्तु नागैः स ध्यात्वा राक्षसपुङ्गवः । सौपर्णं रूपमास्थाय भक्षयामास पन्नगम् ॥

chādyamānastu nāgaiḥ sa dhyātvā rākṣasapuṅgavaḥ | sauparṇaṃ rūpamāsthāya bhakṣayāmāsa pannagam

Covered by the Nagas, that bull among Rakshasas took thought, assumed the form of Suparna (Garuda) and devoured the serpents.

Note on the text: पन्नगम् (collective singular; CE pannagān) kept as a variant.

Verse 79 (6.90.79)

मायया भक्षिते तस्मिन्नन्वये तस्य मातृके । विमोहितमिरावन्तं न्यहनद्राक्षसोऽसिना ॥

māyayā bhakṣite tasminnanvaye tasya mātṛke | vimohitamirāvantaṃ nyahanadrākṣaso'sinā

When his mother's kin had been devoured through illusion, the Rakshasa struck down the bewildered Iravan with his sword.

Note on the text: न्यहनद्राक्षसोऽसिना (CE asinā rākṣaso 'vadhīt) kept as a variant.

Verse 80 (6.90.80)

सकुण्डलं समुकुटं पद्मेन्दुसदृशप्रभम् । इरावतः शिरो रक्षः पातयामास भूतले ॥

sakuṇḍalaṃ samukuṭaṃ padmendusadṛśaprabham | irāvataḥ śiro rakṣaḥ pātayāmāsa bhūtale

The Rakshasa struck Iravan's head to the ground, with its earrings and diadem, radiant as a lotus or the moon.

Verse 81 (6.90.81)

तस्मिंस्तु निहते वीरे राक्षसेनार्जुनात्मजे । विशोकाः समपद्यन्त धार्तराष्ट्राः सराजकाः ॥

tasmiṃstu nihate vīre rākṣasenārjunātmaje | viśokāḥ samapadyanta dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ sarājakāḥ

When that hero, Arjuna's son, had been slain by the Rakshasa, the sons of Dhritarashtra and their kings were freed from grief.

Verse 82 (6.90.82)

तस्मिन्महति संग्रामे तादृशे भैरवे पुनः । महान्व्यतिकरो घोरः सेनयोः समपद्यत ॥

tasminmahati saṃgrāme tādṛśe bhairave punaḥ | mahānvyatikaro ghoraḥ senayoḥ samapadyata

In that great and terrifying battle a great and dreadful confusion arose once more between the two armies.

Verse 83 (6.90.83)

गजा हयाः पदाताश्च विमिश्रा दन्तिभिर्हताः । रथाश्वा दन्तिनश्चैव पत्तिभिस्तत्र सूदिताः ॥

gajā hayāḥ padātāśca vimiśrā dantibhirhatāḥ | rathāśvā dantinaścaiva pattibhistatra sūditāḥ

Elephants, horses and foot-soldiers, all mingled together, were slain by tuskers; chariots, horses and tuskers were cut down there by foot-soldiers.

Note on the text: गजा हयाः and रथाश्वा (CE hayā gajāḥ, rathāś ca) kept as variants.

Verse 84 (6.90.84)

तथा पत्तिरथौघाश्च हयाश्च बहवो रणे । रथिभिर्निहता राजंस्तव तेषां च संकुले ॥

tathā pattirathaughāśca hayāśca bahavo raṇe | rathibhirnihatā rājaṃstava teṣāṃ ca saṃkule

And in that melee, O king, many foot-soldiers, throngs of chariots and horses, yours and theirs, were slain by chariot-fighters.

Verse 85 (6.90.85)

अजानन्नर्जुनश्चापि निहतं पुत्रमौरसम् । जघान समरे शूरान्राज्ञस्तान्भीष्मरक्षिणः ॥

ajānannarjunaścāpi nihataṃ putramaurasam | jaghāna samare śūrānrājñastānbhīṣmarakṣiṇaḥ

And Arjuna, not knowing that the son of his own body had been slain, killed in battle those heroic kings who guarded Bhishma.

Verse 86 (6.90.86)

तथैव तावका राजन्सृञ्जयाश्च सहस्रशः । जुह्वतः समरे प्राणान्निजघ्नुरितरेतरम् ॥

tathaiva tāvakā rājansṛñjayāśca sahasraśaḥ | juhvataḥ samare prāṇānnijaghnuritaretaram

In the same way, O king, your men and the Srinjayas by the thousand, offering up their lives in battle, struck one another down.

Note on the text: Corrected निजघ्रुः → निजघ्नुः (misprint in Wikisource; र for न, critical edition nijaghnur). सहस्रशः (CE mahābalāḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 87 (6.90.87)

मुक्तकेशा विकवचा विरथाश्छिन्नकार्मुकाः । बाहुभिः समयुध्यन्त समवेताः परस्परम् ॥

muktakeśā vikavacā virathāśchinnakārmukāḥ | bāhubhiḥ samayudhyanta samavetāḥ parasparam

With hair loosened, armour lost, chariots gone and bows broken, they closed with one another and fought with their bare arms.

Verse 88 (6.90.88)

तथा मर्मातिगैर्भीष्मो निजघान महारथान् । कम्पयन्समरे सेनां पाण्डवानां परंतपः ॥

tathā marmātigairbhīṣmo nijaghāna mahārathān | kampayansamare senāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ paraṃtapaḥ

So too Bhishma, scorcher of foes, slew great chariot-warriors with arrows that pierced the vitals, making the Pandava army tremble in battle.

Note on the text: परंतपः (CE mahābalaḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 89 (6.90.89)

तेन यौधिष्ठिरे सैन्ये बहवो मानवा हताः । दन्तिनः सादिनश्चैव रथिनोऽथ हयास्तथा ॥

tena yaudhiṣṭhire sainye bahavo mānavā hatāḥ | dantinaḥ sādinaścaiva rathino'tha hayāstathā

By him many were slain in Yudhishthira's army: elephants and horsemen, chariot-fighters and horses as well.

Verse 90 (6.90.90)

तत्र भारत भीष्मस्य रणे दृष्ट्वा पराक्रमम् । अत्यद्भुतमपश्याम शक्रस्येव पराक्रमम् ॥

tatra bhārata bhīṣmasya raṇe dṛṣṭvā parākramam | atyadbhutamapaśyāma śakrasyeva parākramam

There, O Bharata, beholding Bhishma's prowess in battle, we saw a prowess most wondrous, like that of Shakra (Indra).

Verse 91 (6.90.91)

तथैव भीमसेनस्य पार्षतस्य च भारत । रौद्रमासीद्रणे युद्धं सात्यकस्य च धन्विनः ॥

tathaiva bhīmasenasya pārṣatasya ca bhārata | raudramāsīdraṇe yuddhaṃ sātyakasya ca dhanvinaḥ

So too, O Bharata, the fighting of Bhimasena, of Prishata's grandson (Dhrishtadyumna) and of the bowman Satyaki was fierce in that battle.

Note on the text: रणे and सात्यकस्य (CE tadā, sātvatasya) kept as variants; सात्यक is an epic by-form of the name Sātyaki.

Verse 92 (6.90.92)

दृष्ट्वा द्रोणस्य विक्रान्तं पाण्डवान्भयमाविशत् । एक एव रणे शक्तो निहन्तुं सर्वसैनिकान् ॥

dṛṣṭvā droṇasya vikrāntaṃ pāṇḍavānbhayamāviśat | eka eva raṇe śakto nihantuṃ sarvasainikān

Seeing Drona's valour, fear came upon the Pandavas: "He alone is able to kill all our troops in battle;

Note on the text: निहन्तुं सर्वसैनिकान् (CE hantum asmān sasainikān) kept as a variant.

Verse 93 (6.90.93)

किं पुनः पृथिवीशूरैर्योधव्रातैः समावृतः । इत्यब्रुवन्महाराज रणे द्रोणेन पीडिताः ॥

kiṃ punaḥ pṛthivīśūrairyodhavrātaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ | ityabruvanmahārāja raṇe droṇena pīḍitāḥ

how much more when he is surrounded by bands of warriors, the heroes of the earth!" So they said, O great king, hard pressed by Drona in battle.

Verse 94 (6.90.94)

वर्तमाने तथा रौद्रे संग्रामे भरतर्षभ । उभयोः सेनयोः शूरा नामृष्यन्त परस्परम् ॥

vartamāne tathā raudre saṃgrāme bharatarṣabha | ubhayoḥ senayoḥ śūrā nāmṛṣyanta parasparam

As that fierce battle went on, O bull of the Bharatas, the heroes of both armies could not bear one another.

Verse 95 (6.90.95)

आविष्टा इव युध्यन्ते रक्षोभूतैर्महाबलैः । तावकाः पाण्डवेयाश्च संरब्धास्तात धन्विनः ॥

āviṣṭā iva yudhyante rakṣobhūtairmahābalaiḥ | tāvakāḥ pāṇḍaveyāśca saṃrabdhāstāta dhanvinaḥ

Your bowmen and the Pandavas', enraged, my dear, fought as though possessed by mighty demons.

Note on the text: रक्षोभूतैर्महाबलैः (CE rakṣobhūtā mahābalāḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 96 (6.90.96)

न स्म पश्यामहे कंचित्प्राणान्यः परिरक्षति । दैवासुराभे समरे तस्मिन्योधा नराधिप ॥

na sma paśyāmahe kaṃcitprāṇānyaḥ parirakṣati | daivāsurābhe samare tasminyodhā narādhipa

We did not see a single warrior in that battle, which was like the war of the gods and the asuras, who tried to save his life, O lord of men.

Note on the text: The second line (दैवासुराभे समरे तस्मिन्योधा नराधिप) differs in wording from the critical edition's 6.86.86cd (saṃgrāme daityasaṃkāśe tasmin yoddhā narādhipa) and is kept as a variant.