Ghatotkacha Turns on Duryodhana

Verse 1 (6.91.1)

इरावन्तं तु निहतं दृष्ट्वा पार्था महारथाः । संग्रामे किमकुर्वन्त तन्ममाचक्ष्व सञ्जय ॥

irāvantaṃ tu nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā pārthā mahārathāḥ | saṃgrāme kimakurvanta tanmamācakṣva sañjaya

When the great chariot-warriors, the sons of Pritha, saw Iravat slain, what did they do in the battle? Tell me that, Sanjaya.

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: checked against the raw Wikisource page (a table, one row per verse, 6-91-1 to 6-91-31, with the headings धृतराष्ट्र उवाच, सञ्जय उवाच and घटोत्कच उवाच, ending with its colophon naming this the 91st adhyaya, on the eighth day of battle). The automatic alignment matched only 9 verses; all 31 were aligned by hand to the critical edition 6.87.1–30 with its star passages *0347 and *0348 (its *0349 is not on the page). On rows 5–11 the page sets its ।। after the first line of each row instead of the second, an offset begun by its three-line grouping of verses 3–4 and closed by the line lost before verse 12; the page's numbered rows, which agree with the critical edition, are followed here. One lost line is restored in verse 12. Verses 26–29 are Ghatotkacha's speech under the page's heading; verse 30, whose second line returns to the narration, and verse 31 are given to Sanjaya.

Verse 2 (6.91.2)

इरावन्तं तु निहतं संग्रामे वीक्ष्य राक्षसः । व्यनदत्सुमहानादं भैमसेनिर्घटोत्कचः ॥

irāvantaṃ tu nihataṃ saṃgrāme vīkṣya rākṣasaḥ | vyanadatsumahānādaṃ bhaimasenirghaṭotkacaḥ

Seeing Iravat slain in the battle, the rakshasa Ghatotkacha, son of Bhimasena, let out a tremendous roar.

Verse 3 (6.91.3)

नदतस्तस्य शब्देन पृथिवी सागराम्बरा । सपर्वतवना राजंश्चचाल सुभृशं तदा ॥

nadatastasya śabdena pṛthivī sāgarāmbarā | saparvatavanā rājaṃścacāla subhṛśaṃ tadā

At the sound of his roaring, O king, the earth with its girdle of oceans, with its mountains and its forests, shook violently.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 of the critical edition's three-line 6.87.3; its third line opens verse 4. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 4 (6.91.4)

अन्तरिक्षं दिशश्चैव सर्वाश्च प्रदिशस्तथा । चेलुश्च सहसा तत्र तेन नादेन नादिताः ॥

antarikṣaṃ diśaścaiva sarvāśca pradiśastathā | celuśca sahasā tatra tena nādena nāditāḥ

The sky, the quarters and all the points between them trembled at once, made to ring by that roar.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the third line of the critical edition's 6.87.3; line 2 is its star passage 6.87.3f*0347, not in the constituted text. The page marks line 2 off with a backtick and a closing quote mark (its sign for an interpolated line); both marks were removed. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 5 (6.91.5)

तं श्रुत्वा सुमहानादं तव सैन्यस्य भारत । ऊरुस्तम्भः समभवद्वेपथुः स्वेद एव च ॥

taṃ śrutvā sumahānādaṃ tava sainyasya bhārata | ūrustambhaḥ samabhavadvepathuḥ sveda eva ca

Hearing that tremendous roar, O Bharata, your army was seized by stiffness of the thighs, by trembling and by sweat.

Verse 6 (6.91.6)

सर्व एव महाराज तावका दीनचेतसः । सर्वतः समचेष्टन्त सिंहभीता गजा इव ॥

sarva eva mahārāja tāvakā dīnacetasaḥ | sarvataḥ samaceṣṭanta siṃhabhītā gajā iva

All your men, great king, grew faint of heart; on every side they writhed about like elephants in terror of a lion.

Note on the text: सर्व एव महाराज and सर्वतः समचेष्टन्त (critical edition sarva eva ca rājendra, sarpavat samaveṣṭanta) kept as variants.

Verse 7 (6.91.7)

नर्दित्वा सुमहानादं निर्घातमिव राक्षसः । ज्वलितं शूलमुद्यम्य रूपं कृत्वा विभीषणम् ॥

narditvā sumahānādaṃ nirghātamiva rākṣasaḥ | jvalitaṃ śūlamudyamya rūpaṃ kṛtvā vibhīṣaṇam

Roaring a mighty roar like a thunderclap, the rakshasa raised his blazing spear and took on a terrifying form.

Note on the text: नर्दित्वा (critical edition ninadat) kept as a variant.

Verse 8 (6.91.8)

नानारूपप्रहरणैर्वृतो राक्षसपुङ्गवैः । आजघान सुसंक्रुद्धः कालान्तकयमोपमः ॥

nānārūpapraharaṇairvṛto rākṣasapuṅgavaiḥ | ājaghāna susaṃkruddhaḥ kālāntakayamopamaḥ

Surrounded by the foremost of the rakshasas bearing weapons of many kinds, he struck out in towering rage, like Yama the Destroyer at the end of time.

Note on the text: Corrected कालान्तकयमोपभः → कालान्तकयमोपमः (misprint in Wikisource; भ for म, critical edition kālāntakayamopamaḥ). नानारूपप्रहरणैः and आजघान (critical edition nānāpraharaṇair ghorair, ājagāma) kept as variants.

Verse 9 (6.91.9)

तमापतन्तं संप्रेक्ष्य संक्रुद्धं भीमदर्शनम् । स्वबलं च भयात्तस्य प्रायशो विमुखीकृतम् ॥

tamāpatantaṃ saṃprekṣya saṃkruddhaṃ bhīmadarśanam | svabalaṃ ca bhayāttasya prāyaśo vimukhīkṛtam

Seeing him bearing down, furious and dreadful to behold, and his own army for the most part turned to flight in fear of him,

Verse 10 (6.91.10)

ततो दुर्योधनो राजा घटोत्कचमुपाद्रवत् । प्रगृह्य विपुलं चापं सिंहवद्विनदन्मुहुः ॥

tato duryodhano rājā ghaṭotkacamupādravat | pragṛhya vipulaṃ cāpaṃ siṃhavadvinadanmuhuḥ

King Duryodhana rushed at Ghatotkacha, grasping his great bow and roaring again and again like a lion.

Verse 11 (6.91.11)

पृष्ठतोऽनुययौ चैनं स्रवद्भिः पर्वतोपमैः । कुञ्जरैर्दशसाहस्रैर्वङ्गानामधिपः स्वयम् ॥

pṛṣṭhato'nuyayau cainaṃ sravadbhiḥ parvatopamaiḥ | kuñjarairdaśasāhasrairvaṅgānāmadhipaḥ svayam

Behind him came the lord of the Vangas himself, with ten thousand mountainous elephants streaming with ichor.

Verse 12 (6.91.12)

तमापतन्तं संप्रेक्ष्य गजानीकेन संवृतम् । पुत्रं तव महाराज चुकोप स निशाचरः । ततः प्रववृते युद्धं तुमुलं रोमहर्षणम् ॥

tamāpatantaṃ saṃprekṣya gajānīkena saṃvṛtam | putraṃ tava mahārāja cukopa sa niśācaraḥ | tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ romaharṣaṇam

Seeing your son, great king, bearing down with his host of elephants about him, the night-ranger flew into a rage. Then a tumultuous, hair-raising battle broke out

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (6.87.11ab): Wikisource lacks the line तमापतन्तं संप्रेक्ष्य गजानीकेन संवृतम्, which the critical edition has just before पुत्रं तव महाराज चुकोप स निशाचरः and which that line needs for its sense (what the rakshasa saw). The page shows the loss: it closes its row 11 with ।। after both lines, leaving a one-line verse in the division its dandas follow. With the line restored this verse holds the critical edition's 6.87.11 and 6.87.12ab. रोमहर्षणम् (critical edition lomaharṣaṇam) kept. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 13 (6.91.13)

राक्षसानां च राजेन्द्र दुर्योधनबलस्य च । गजानीकं च संप्रेक्ष्य मेघबृन्दमिवोदितम् ॥

rākṣasānāṃ ca rājendra duryodhanabalasya ca | gajānīkaṃ ca saṃprekṣya meghabṛndamivoditam

between the rakshasas, O king of kings, and the forces of Duryodhana. Seeing the elephant division rising like a bank of clouds,

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Verse 14 (6.91.14)

अभ्यधावन्त संक्रुद्धा राक्षसाः शस्त्रपाणयः । नदन्तो विविधान्नादान्मेघा इव सविद्युतः ॥

abhyadhāvanta saṃkruddhā rākṣasāḥ śastrapāṇayaḥ | nadanto vividhānnādānmeghā iva savidyutaḥ

the rakshasas charged in fury, weapons in hand, roaring roars of every kind like clouds laced with lightning,

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Verse 15 (6.91.15)

शरशक्त्यृष्टिनाराचैर्निघ्नन्तो गजयोधिनः । भिण्डिपालैस्तथा शूलैर्मुद्गरैः सपरश्वथैः ॥

śaraśaktyṛṣṭinārācairnighnanto gajayodhinaḥ | bhiṇḍipālaistathā śūlairmudgaraiḥ saparaśvathaiḥ

cutting down the elephant-warriors with arrows, spears, double-edged swords and iron shafts, with javelins, lances, maces and axes,

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Verse 16 (6.91.16)

पर्वताग्रैश्च वृक्षैश्च निजघ्नुस्ते महागजान् । भिन्नकुम्भान्विरुधिरान्भिन्नगात्रांश्च वारणान् ॥

parvatāgraiśca vṛkṣaiśca nijaghnuste mahāgajān | bhinnakumbhānvirudhirānbhinnagātrāṃśca vāraṇān

and with mountain peaks and trees they struck down the great elephants. Elephants with their temples split, running with blood, their bodies broken,

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Verse 17 (6.91.17)

अपश्याम महाराज वध्यमानान्निशाचरैः । तेषु प्रक्षीयमाणेषु भग्नेषु गजयोधिषु ॥

apaśyāma mahārāja vadhyamānānniśācaraiḥ | teṣu prakṣīyamāṇeṣu bhagneṣu gajayodhiṣu

we saw being slaughtered by the night-rangers, great king. As the elephant-warriors were being destroyed and broken,

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Verse 18 (6.91.18)

दुर्योधनो महाराज राक्षसान्समुपाद्रवत् । अमर्षवशमापन्नस्त्यक्त्वा जीवितमात्मनः ॥

duryodhano mahārāja rākṣasānsamupādravat | amarṣavaśamāpannastyaktvā jīvitamātmanaḥ

Duryodhana, great king, rushed at the rakshasas, overcome by fury and reckless of his own life.

Note on the text: Lines: the critical edition's 6.87.17cd + 6.87.18ab (Wikisource's couplets run half a verse out of step with the critical edition's division here; nothing is lost). Corrected जीवितात्मनः → जीवितमात्मनः (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped म leaves the line a syllable short; critical edition jīvitam ātmanaḥ).

Verse 19 (6.91.19)

मुमोच निशितान्बाणान्राक्षसेषु परंतप । जघान च महेष्वासः प्रधानांस्तत्र राक्षसान् ॥

mumoca niśitānbāṇānrākṣaseṣu paraṃtapa | jaghāna ca maheṣvāsaḥ pradhānāṃstatra rākṣasān

He loosed sharp arrows at the rakshasas, O scorcher of foes, and the great archer slew the foremost of the rakshasas there.

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Verse 20 (6.91.20)

संक्रुद्धो भरतश्रेष्ठ पुत्रो दुर्योधनस्तव । वेगवन्तं महारौद्रं विद्युज्जिह्वं प्रमाथिनम् ॥

saṃkruddho bharataśreṣṭha putro duryodhanastava | vegavantaṃ mahāraudraṃ vidyujjihvaṃ pramāthinam

Enraged, O best of the Bharatas, your son Duryodhana took Vegavat, Maharaudra, Vidyujjihva and Pramathin,

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Verse 21 (6.91.21)

शरैश्चतुर्भिश्चतुरो निजघान महाबलः । ततः पुनरमेयात्मा शरवर्षं दुरासदम् ॥

śaraiścaturbhiścaturo nijaghāna mahābalaḥ | tataḥ punarameyātmā śaravarṣaṃ durāsadam

and the mighty one slew those four with four arrows. Then again, of boundless spirit, he loosed an irresistible rain of arrows

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Verse 22 (6.91.22)

मुमोच भरतश्रेष्ठो निशाचरबलं प्रति । तत्तु दृष्ट्वा महत्कर्म पुत्रस्य तव मारिष ॥

mumoca bharataśreṣṭho niśācarabalaṃ prati | tattu dṛṣṭvā mahatkarma putrasya tava māriṣa

against the host of night-rangers, that best of the Bharatas. Seeing that great feat of your son, sir,

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Verse 23 (6.91.23)

क्रोधेनाभिप्रजज्वाल भैमसेनिर्महाबलः । स विष्फार्य महच्चापमिन्द्राशनिसमप्रभम् ॥

krodhenābhiprajajvāla bhaimasenirmahābalaḥ | sa viṣphārya mahaccāpamindrāśanisamaprabham

Bhimasena's mighty son blazed up with anger. Bending his great bow, bright as Indra's thunderbolt,

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Verse 24 (6.91.24)

अभिदुद्राव वेगेन दुर्योधनमरिन्दमम् । तमापतन्तमुद्वीक्ष्य कालसृष्टमिवान्तकम् ॥

abhidudrāva vegena duryodhanamarindamam | tamāpatantamudvīkṣya kālasṛṣṭamivāntakam

he rushed swiftly at Duryodhana, tamer of foes. Seeing him bearing down like Death sent forth by Time,

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Verse 25 (6.91.25)

न विव्यथे महाराज पुत्रो दुर्योधनस्तव । अथैनमब्रवीत्क्रुद्धः क्रूरः संरक्तलोचनः ॥

na vivyathe mahārāja putro duryodhanastava | athainamabravītkruddhaḥ krūraḥ saṃraktalocanaḥ

your son Duryodhana, great king, did not flinch. Then the cruel rakshasa, his eyes red with rage, spoke to him in anger:

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Verse 26 (6.91.26)

अद्यानृण्यं गमिष्यामि पितॄणां मातुरेव च । ये त्वया सुनृशंसेन दीर्घकालं प्रवासिताः ॥

adyānṛṇyaṃ gamiṣyāmi pitṝṇāṃ mātureva ca | ye tvayā sunṛśaṃsena dīrghakālaṃ pravāsitāḥ

"Today I shall be free of my debt to my fathers and my mother, whom you, most cruel of men, drove into exile for so long.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 6.87.25b*0348, not in the constituted text; line 2 is its 6.87.25cd. Speaker: under the page's घटोत्कच उवाच heading.

Verse 27 (6.91.27)

यच्च ते पाण्डवा राजंश्छलद्यूते पराजिताः । यच्चैव द्रौपदी कृष्णा एकवस्त्रा रजस्वला ॥

yacca te pāṇḍavā rājaṃśchaladyūte parājitāḥ | yaccaiva draupadī kṛṣṇā ekavastrā rajasvalā

For the Pandavas, O king, were beaten by you in a crooked game of dice; and Draupadi, Krishnaa, clad in a single garment and in her season,

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Verse 28 (6.91.28)

सभामानीय दुर्बुद्धे बहुधा क्लेशिता त्वया । तव च प्रियकामेन आश्रमस्था दुरात्मना ॥

sabhāmānīya durbuddhe bahudhā kleśitā tvayā | tava ca priyakāmena āśramasthā durātmanā

you dragged into the assembly, fool, and tormented in many ways. And to please you, while she was living in the hermitage, the wicked

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Verse 29 (6.91.29)

सैन्धवेन परामृष्टा परिभूय पितॄन्मम । एतेषामपमानानामन्येषां च कुलाधम ॥

saindhavena parāmṛṣṭā paribhūya pitṝnmama | eteṣāmapamānānāmanyeṣāṃ ca kulādhama

Saindhava (Jayadratha) laid hands on her, scorning my fathers. For these insults and for the others, basest of your line,

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Verse 30 (6.91.30)

अन्तमद्य गमिष्यामि यदि नोत्सृजसे रणम् । एवमुक्त्वा तु हैडिम्बो महद्विष्फार्य कार्मुकम् ॥

antamadya gamiṣyāmi yadi notsṛjase raṇam | evamuktvā tu haiḍimbo mahadviṣphārya kārmukam

I shall make an end today, unless you quit the field." So saying, Hidimba's son bent his great bow,

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Verse 31 (6.91.31)

संदश्य दशनैरोष्ठं सृक्किणी परिसंलिहन् । शरवर्षेण महता दुर्योधनमवाकिरत् । पर्वतं वारिधाराभिः प्रावृषीव बलाहकः ॥

saṃdaśya daśanairoṣṭhaṃ sṛkkiṇī parisaṃlihan | śaravarṣeṇa mahatā duryodhanamavākirat | parvataṃ vāridhārābhiḥ prāvṛṣīva balāhakaḥ

and biting his lip with his teeth and licking the corners of his mouth, he covered Duryodhana with a great rain of arrows, as a rain-cloud in the monsoon covers a mountain with streams of water.

Note on the text: Three lines: the critical edition's 6.87.29cd + 6.87.30. Corrected सृकिणी → सृक्किणी (misprint in Wikisource; a broken conjunct, critical edition sṛkkiṇī). Speaker: Sanjaya's narration (the input carried Ghatotkacha over).