Ghatotkacha Holds Off the Kaurava Champions

Verse 1 (6.92.1)

ततस्तद्बाणवर्षं तु दुःसहं दानवैरपि । दधार युधि राजेन्द्रो यथा वर्षं महाद्विपः ॥

tatastadbāṇavarṣaṃ tu duḥsahaṃ dānavairapi | dadhāra yudhi rājendro yathā varṣaṃ mahādvipaḥ

Then, in the battle, the king of kings bore that rain of arrows, hard even for the Danavas to endure, as a great elephant bears a downpour.

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: checked against the raw Wikisource page (a table, one row per verse, 6-92-1 to 6-92-43, under one सञ्जय उवाच heading, ending with its colophon naming this the 92nd adhyaya, on the eighth day of battle). Page and input agree on all 43 verses; together they correspond to the critical edition 6.88.1–38 with its star passage *0350 (its *0351 is not on the page). The alignment missed the verses where Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses into couplets; these were aligned by hand. The page's text is badly garbled in verses 13–19 and 26 and was corrected from the critical edition (see the notes). Verses 19–21 (Bhishma's words to Drona) carry no heading on the page and are given to Bhishma.

Verse 2 (6.92.2)

ततः क्रोधसमाविष्टो निःश्वसन्निव पन्नगः । संशयं परमं प्राप्तः पुत्रस्ते भरतर्षभ ॥

tataḥ krodhasamāviṣṭo niḥśvasanniva pannagaḥ | saṃśayaṃ paramaṃ prāptaḥ putraste bharatarṣabha

Then your son, O bull of the Bharatas, in the gravest danger, filled with anger and hissing like a serpent,

Verse 3 (6.92.3)

मुमोच निशितांस्तीक्ष्णान्नाराचान्पञ्चविंशतिम् । तेऽपतन्सहसा राजंस्तस्मिन्राक्षसपुङ्गवे ॥

mumoca niśitāṃstīkṣṇānnārācānpañcaviṃśatim | te'patansahasā rājaṃstasminrākṣasapuṅgave

loosed twenty-five sharp, keen iron shafts. They fell at once, O king, upon that bull among rakshasas,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 of the critical edition's three-line 6.88.3; its third line opens verse 4. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 4 (6.92.4)

आशीविषा इव क्रुद्धाः पर्वते गन्धमादने । स तैर्विद्धः स्रवन्रक्तं प्रभिन्न इव कुञ्जरः ॥

āśīviṣā iva kruddhāḥ parvate gandhamādane | sa tairviddhaḥ sravanraktaṃ prabhinna iva kuñjaraḥ

like angry venomous serpents falling on Mount Gandhamadana. Pierced by them and streaming blood like an elephant in rut,

Note on the text: Lines: the critical edition's 6.88.3ef + 6.88.4ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets; nothing is lost). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 5 (6.92.5)

दध्रे मतिं विनाशाय राज्ञः स पिशिताशनः । जग्राह च महाशक्तिं गिरीणामपि दारिणीम् ॥

dadhre matiṃ vināśāya rājñaḥ sa piśitāśanaḥ | jagrāha ca mahāśaktiṃ girīṇāmapi dāriṇīm

the flesh-eater set his mind on destroying the king, and seized a great spear able to split even mountains,

Note on the text: Lines 2–3 of the critical edition's three-line 6.88.4 (cd + ef). दारिणीम् (critical edition dāraṇīm) kept as a variant. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 6 (6.92.6)

संप्रदीप्तां महोल्काभामशनिं ज्वलितामिव । तमागच्छन्महाबाहुर्जिघांसुस्तनयं तव ॥

saṃpradīptāṃ maholkābhāmaśaniṃ jvalitāmiva | tamāgacchanmahābāhurjighāṃsustanayaṃ tava

blazing, bright as a great meteor, like a flaming thunderbolt; and the mighty-armed one came at him, eager to kill your son.

Note on the text: अशनिं ज्वलितामिव and तमागच्छन् (critical edition aśanīṃ maghavān iva, samudyacchan) kept as variants.

Verse 7 (6.92.7)

तामुद्यतामभिप्रेक्ष्य वङ्गानामधिपस्त्वरन् । कुञ्जरं गिरिसंकाशं राक्षसं प्रत्यचोदयत् ॥

tāmudyatāmabhiprekṣya vaṅgānāmadhipastvaran | kuñjaraṃ girisaṃkāśaṃ rākṣasaṃ pratyacodayat

Seeing the spear raised, the lord of the Vangas quickly drove his mountain-like elephant at the rakshasa.

Verse 8 (6.92.8)

स नागप्रवरेणाजौ बलिना शीघ्रगामिना । यतो दुर्योधनरथस्तं मार्गं प्रत्यषेधयत् ॥

sa nāgapravareṇājau balinā śīghragāminā | yato duryodhanarathastaṃ mārgaṃ pratyaṣedhayat

With that mighty, swift-moving, foremost of elephants he blocked the road in the battle that led to Duryodhana's chariot.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 of the critical edition's three-line 6.88.7. प्रत्यषेधयत् (critical edition pratyapadyata) kept as a variant. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 9 (6.92.9)

पन्थानं वारयामास कुञ्जरेण सुतस्य ते । मार्गमावारितं दृष्ट्वा राज्ञा वङ्गेन धीमता ॥

panthānaṃ vārayāmāsa kuñjareṇa sutasya te | mārgamāvāritaṃ dṛṣṭvā rājñā vaṅgena dhīmatā

With his elephant he barred the way to your son. Seeing the way barred by the wise king of the Vangas,

Note on the text: Lines: the critical edition's 6.88.7ef + 6.88.8ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets; nothing is lost). पन्थानं (critical edition rathaṃ ca) kept as a variant. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 10 (6.92.10)

घटोत्कचो महाराज क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः । उद्यतां तां महाशक्तिं तस्मिंश्चिक्षेप वारणे ॥

ghaṭotkaco mahārāja krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ | udyatāṃ tāṃ mahāśaktiṃ tasmiṃścikṣepa vāraṇe

Ghatotkacha, great king, his eyes red with rage, hurled that great uplifted spear at the elephant.

Note on the text: Lines 2–3 of the critical edition's three-line 6.88.8 (cd + ef). Corrected महाशक्तिकं → महाशक्तिं (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क, critical edition mahāśaktiṃ). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 11 (6.92.11)

स तयाऽभिहतो राजंस्तेन बाहुप्रमुक्तया । संजातरुधिरोत्पीडः पपात च ममार च ॥

sa tayā'bhihato rājaṃstena bāhupramuktayā | saṃjātarudhirotpīḍaḥ papāta ca mamāra ca

Struck by it, O king, as it flew from his arm, the elephant gushed blood, fell, and died.

Note on the text: बाहुप्रमुक्तया (critical edition bāhuvimuktayā) kept as a variant.

Verse 12 (6.92.12)

पतत्यथ गजे चापि वङ्गानामीश्वरो बली । जवेन समभिद्रुत्य जगाम धरणीतलम् ॥

patatyatha gaje cāpi vaṅgānāmīśvaro balī | javena samabhidrutya jagāma dharaṇītalam

As the elephant fell, the mighty lord of the Vangas leapt down swiftly and reached the ground.

Verse 13 (6.92.13)

दुर्योधनोऽपि संप्रेक्ष्य पतितं वरवारणम् । प्रभग्नं च बलं दृष्ट्वा जगाम परमां व्यथाम् ॥

duryodhano'pi saṃprekṣya patitaṃ varavāraṇam | prabhagnaṃ ca balaṃ dṛṣṭvā jagāma paramāṃ vyathām

Duryodhana too, seeing that splendid elephant fallen and his army shattered, was deeply distressed.

Note on the text: Corrected दुर्योधोऽपि → दुर्योधनोऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped न leaves the line a syllable short; critical edition duryodhano 'pi). पतितं (critical edition pātitaṃ) kept as a variant.

Verse 14 (6.92.14)

अशक्तः प्रतियोद्धुं वै दृष्ट्वा तस्य पराक्रमम् । क्षत्रधर्मं पुरस्कृत्य आत्मनश्चातिमानिताम् । प्राप्तेऽपक्रमणे राजा तस्थौ गिरिरिवाचलः ॥

aśaktaḥ pratiyoddhuṃ vai dṛṣṭvā tasya parākramam | kṣatradharmaṃ puraskṛtya ātmanaścātimānitām | prāpte'pakramaṇe rājā tasthau giririvācalaḥ

Though he could not hope to fight back, having seen the rakshasa's prowess, the king, holding to the warrior's code and his own pride, stood firm as a mountain when the moment to retreat had come.

Note on the text: Three lines. Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 6.88.11d*0350, not in the constituted text; the page marks it off with a backtick and a closing quote mark (its sign for an interpolated line), which were removed with the extra danda the input added after them. Lines 2–3 are 6.88.12. Corrected प्राप्तेऽपक्रनये → प्राप्तेऽपक्रमणे (misprint in Wikisource; न for म and य for ण, critical edition prāpte 'pakramaṇe). चातिमानिताम् (critical edition cābhimānitām) kept as a variant. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 15 (6.92.15)

संधाय च शितं बाणं कालाग्निसमतेजसम् । मुमोच परमक्रुद्धस्तस्मिन्घोरे निशाचरे ॥

saṃdhāya ca śitaṃ bāṇaṃ kālāgnisamatejasam | mumoca paramakruddhastasminghore niśācare

Fitting to his bow a sharp arrow blazing like the fire at the end of time, he loosed it in towering rage at that dreadful night-ranger.

Note on the text: Corrected राधान → संधाय, सुयोच → मुमोच and धरमक्रुद्धस् → परमक्रुद्धस् (misprints in Wikisource; none of the three is a word here; critical edition saṃdhāya, mumoca, paramakruddhas).

Verse 16 (6.92.16)

तमापतन्तं संप्रेक्ष्य बाणमिन्द्राशनिप्रभम् । लाघवान्मोचयामास महात्मा वै घटोत्कचः ॥

tamāpatantaṃ saṃprekṣya bāṇamindrāśaniprabham | lāghavānmocayāmāsa mahātmā vai ghaṭotkacaḥ

Seeing that arrow coming at him, bright as Indra's thunderbolt, the great-souled Ghatotkacha slipped clear of it by his quickness.

Note on the text: Corrected वणिम् → बाणम् (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition bāṇam). लाघवान्मोचयामास and महात्मा वै (critical edition lāghavād vañcayām āsa, mahākāyo) kept as variants.

Verse 17 (6.92.17)

भूयश्च निननादोग्रं क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः । त्रासयामास सैन्यानि युगान्ते जलदो यथा ॥

bhūyaśca ninanādograṃ krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ | trāsayāmāsa sainyāni yugānte jalado yathā

Again he roared fiercely, his eyes red with anger, terrifying the armies like a storm-cloud at the end of an age.

Note on the text: Corrected निननादोषं → निननादोग्रं, रौन्यानि → सैन्यानि and युगन्ते → युगान्ते (misprints in Wikisource; none is a word here; critical edition nanādograḥ and yugānte, and सैन्यानि is the evident word where it reads sarvabhūtāni). भूयश्च and त्रासयामास (critical edition bhūya eva, trāsayan) kept as variants.

Verse 18 (6.92.18)

तं श्रुत्वा निनदं घोरं तस्य भीमस्य रक्षसः । आचार्यमुपसंगम्य भीष्मः शान्तनवोऽब्रवीत् ॥

taṃ śrutvā ninadaṃ ghoraṃ tasya bhīmasya rakṣasaḥ | ācāryamupasaṃgamya bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavo'bravīt

Hearing that dreadful roar of the terrible rakshasa, Bhishma, son of Shantanu, went up to the Teacher (Drona) and said:

Note on the text: Corrected निनिदं → निनदं, तस्व → तस्य and आचार्यमुसंगम्य → आचार्यमुपसंगम्य (misprints in Wikisource; the last drops प and leaves the line a syllable short; critical edition ninadaṃ, tasya, ācāryam upasaṃgamya). भीमस्य (critical edition bhīṣmasya) kept.

Verse 19 (6.92.19)

यथैव निनदो घोरः श्रूयते राक्षसेरितः । हैडिम्बो युध्यते नूनं राज्ञा दुर्योधनेन च ॥

yathaiva ninado ghoraḥ śrūyate rākṣaseritaḥ | haiḍimbo yudhyate nūnaṃ rājñā duryodhanena ca

"From the dreadful roar we hear the rakshasa raising, Hidimba's son must be fighting King Duryodhana.

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhishma's words to Drona, announced in verse 18; the page prints no heading. Corrected निनन्दो → निनदो (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition ninado). यथैव and च (critical edition yathaiṣa, ha) kept as variants.

Verse 20 (6.92.20)

नैष शक्यो हि संग्रामे जेतुं भूतेन केनचित् । तत्र गच्छत भद्रं वो राजानं परिरक्षितुम् ॥

naiṣa śakyo hi saṃgrāme jetuṃ bhūtena kenacit | tatra gacchata bhadraṃ vo rājānaṃ parirakṣitum

No being whatever can conquer him in battle. Go there, and good fortune go with you, to protect the king.

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhishma, as in verse 19. परिरक्षितुम् (critical edition parirakṣata) kept as a variant.

Verse 21 (6.92.21)

अभिद्रुत्य महाबाहुं राक्षसेन प्रपीडितम् । एतद्धि परमं कृत्यं सर्वेषां नः परंतपाः ॥

abhidrutya mahābāhuṃ rākṣasena prapīḍitam | etaddhi paramaṃ kṛtyaṃ sarveṣāṃ naḥ paraṃtapāḥ

Hasten to the mighty-armed king, hard pressed by the rakshasa; for this is the first duty of us all, scorchers of foes."

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhishma, as in verse 19. अभिद्रुत्य महाबाहुं … प्रपीडितम् (critical edition abhidrutaṃ mahābhāgaṃ … durātmanā) kept as a variant.

Verse 22 (6.92.22)

पितामहवचः श्रुत्वा त्वरमाणा महारथाः । उत्तमं जवमास्थाय प्रययुर्यत्र कौरवः ॥

pitāmahavacaḥ śrutvā tvaramāṇā mahārathāḥ | uttamaṃ javamāsthāya prayayuryatra kauravaḥ

Hearing the grandsire's words, the great chariot-warriors made haste and set out at their utmost speed for the place where the Kaurava was:

Verse 23 (6.92.23)

द्रोणश्च सोमदत्तश्च बाह्लीकोऽथ जयद्रथः । कृपो भूरिश्रवाः शल्य आवन्त्यः स बृहद्बलः ॥

droṇaśca somadattaśca bāhlīko'tha jayadrathaḥ | kṛpo bhūriśravāḥ śalya āvantyaḥ sa bṛhadbalaḥ

Drona and Somadatta, Bahlika and Jayadratha, Kripa, Bhurishravas, Shalya, the king of Avanti and Brihadbala,

Note on the text: Corrected भिरिश्रवाः → भूरिश्रवाः (misprint in Wikisource; critical edition bhūriśravāḥ). The page names the king of Avanti and Brihadbala in line 2 and Chitrasena and Vivimshati in verse 24, where the critical edition has them the other way round (6.88.21cd, 22ab); the same warriors are listed, so the order is kept. बाह्लीकोऽथ (critical edition bāhlikaś ca) kept as a variant.

Verse 24 (6.92.24)

अश्वत्थामा विकर्णश्च चित्रसेनो विविंशतिः । रथाश्चानेकसाहस्रा ये तेषामनुयायिनः ॥

aśvatthāmā vikarṇaśca citraseno viviṃśatiḥ | rathāścānekasāhasrā ye teṣāmanuyāyinaḥ

Ashvatthaman and Vikarna, Chitrasena and Vivimshati, and the many thousands of chariots that followed them,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 of the critical edition's three-line 6.88.22 (names in line 1 exchanged with verse 23, see the note there). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 25 (6.92.25)

अभिद्रुतं परीप्सन्तः पुत्रं दुर्योधनं तव । तदनीकमनाधृष्यं पालितं तु महारथैः ॥

abhidrutaṃ parīpsantaḥ putraṃ duryodhanaṃ tava | tadanīkamanādhṛṣyaṃ pālitaṃ tu mahārathaiḥ

all seeking to rescue your son Duryodhana, who was under attack. That unassailable host, guarded by great chariot-warriors,

Note on the text: Lines: the critical edition's 6.88.22ef + 6.88.23ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets; nothing is lost). महारथैः (critical edition lokasattamaiḥ) kept as a variant. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 26 (6.92.26)

आततायिनमायान्तं प्रेक्ष्य राक्षससत्तमः । नाकम्पत महाबाहुर्मैनाक इव पर्वतः ॥

ātatāyinamāyāntaṃ prekṣya rākṣasasattamaḥ | nākampata mahābāhurmaināka iva parvataḥ

the best of rakshasas saw bearing down on him with weapons raised; yet the mighty-armed one did not tremble, any more than Mount Mainaka.

Note on the text: Lines 2–3 of the critical edition's three-line 6.88.23 (cd + ef). Corrected पाततायिनम् → आततायिनम् (misprint in Wikisource; पा for आ, critical edition ātatāyinam). The page prints the start of line 2 as dots (...कम्पत); the lost akshara ना is restored from the critical edition (nākampata). A stray क after पर्वतः was removed. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 27 (6.92.27)

प्रगृह्य विपुलं चापं ज्ञातिभिः परिवारितः । शूलमुद्गरहस्तैश्च नानाप्रहरणैरपि ॥

pragṛhya vipulaṃ cāpaṃ jñātibhiḥ parivāritaḥ | śūlamudgarahastaiśca nānāpraharaṇairapi

Grasping his great bow, he stood surrounded by his kinsmen, who carried spears and clubs and weapons of many kinds.

Verse 28 (6.92.28)

ततः समभवद्युद्धं तुमुलं रोमहर्षणम् । राक्षसानां च मुख्यस्य दुर्योधनबलस्य च ॥

tataḥ samabhavadyuddhaṃ tumulaṃ romaharṣaṇam | rākṣasānāṃ ca mukhyasya duryodhanabalasya ca

Then a tumultuous, hair-raising battle broke out between the chief of the rakshasas and the forces of Duryodhana.

Verse 29 (6.92.29)

धनुषां कूजतां शब्दः सर्वतस्तुमुलो रणे । अश्रूयत महाराज वंशानां दह्यतामिव ॥

dhanuṣāṃ kūjatāṃ śabdaḥ sarvatastumulo raṇe | aśrūyata mahārāja vaṃśānāṃ dahyatāmiva

The twang of bows rang out tumultuously on every side of the field, great king, like the crackle of burning bamboo.

Note on the text: सर्वतस्तुमुलो रणे (critical edition sarvatas tumulo 'bhavat) kept as a variant.

Verse 30 (6.92.30)

शस्त्राणां पात्यमानानां कवचेषु शरीरिणाम् । शब्दः समभवद्राजन्गिरीणामिव भिद्यताम् ॥

śastrāṇāṃ pātyamānānāṃ kavaceṣu śarīriṇām | śabdaḥ samabhavadrājangirīṇāmiva bhidyatām

The sound of weapons striking the warriors' armour, O king, was like the sound of mountains splitting.

Note on the text: गिरीणामिव भिद्यताम् (critical edition adrīṇām iva dīryatām) kept as a variant.

Verse 31 (6.92.31)

वीरबाहुविसृष्टानां तोमराणां विशांपते । रूपमासीद्वियत्स्थानां सर्पाणामिव सर्पताम् ॥

vīrabāhuvisṛṣṭānāṃ tomarāṇāṃ viśāṃpate | rūpamāsīdviyatsthānāṃ sarpāṇāmiva sarpatām

The javelins hurled by the heroes' arms, lord of the people, looked in the air like gliding serpents.

Verse 32 (6.92.32)

ततः परमसंक्रुद्धो विष्फार्य सुमहद्धनुः । राक्षसेन्द्रो महाबाहुर्विनदन्भैरवं रवम् ॥

tataḥ paramasaṃkruddho viṣphārya sumahaddhanuḥ | rākṣasendro mahābāhurvinadanbhairavaṃ ravam

Then the mighty-armed lord of the rakshasas, in towering rage, bent his great bow and, roaring a terrible roar,

Note on the text: Corrected राक्षसन्द्रो → राक्षसेन्द्रो and भैरव रवम् → भैरवं रवम् (misprints in Wikisource; a dropped vowel sign and a dropped anusvara, critical edition rākṣasendro, bhairavaṃ ravam).

Verse 33 (6.92.33)

आचार्यस्यार्धचन्द्रेण क्रुद्धश्चिच्छेद कार्मुकम् । सोमदत्तस्य भल्लेन ध्वजं चोन्मथ्य चानदत् ॥

ācāryasyārdhacandreṇa kruddhaściccheda kārmukam | somadattasya bhallena dhvajaṃ conmathya cānadat

in his fury cut the Teacher's bow with a crescent-headed arrow, struck down Somadatta's banner with a broad-headed shaft, and roared.

Verse 34 (6.92.34)

बाह्लीकं च त्रिभिर्बाणैः प्रत्यविध्यत्स्तनान्तरे । कृपमेकेन विव्याध चित्रसेनं त्रिभिः शरैः ॥

bāhlīkaṃ ca tribhirbāṇaiḥ pratyavidhyatstanāntare | kṛpamekena vivyādha citrasenaṃ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ

He pierced Bahlika in the chest with three arrows, wounded Kripa with one, and Chitrasena with three.

Verse 35 (6.92.35)

पूर्णायतविसृष्टेन सम्यक्प्रणिहितेन च । जत्रुदेशे समासाद्य विकर्णं समताडयत् ॥

pūrṇāyatavisṛṣṭena samyakpraṇihitena ca | jatrudeśe samāsādya vikarṇaṃ samatāḍayat

With an arrow drawn back to the full and well aimed he struck Vikarna at the collarbone,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 of the critical edition's three-line 6.88.32. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 36 (6.92.36)

न्यषीदत्स्वरथोपस्थे शोणितेन परिप्लुतः । ततः पुनरमेयात्मा नाराचान्दश पञ्च च ॥

nyaṣīdatsvarathopasthe śoṇitena pariplutaḥ | tataḥ punarameyātmā nārācāndaśa pañca ca

and he sank down on the floor of his chariot, drenched in blood. Then again that warrior of boundless spirit, in his fury, sent fifteen iron shafts

Note on the text: Lines: the critical edition's 6.88.32ef + 6.88.33ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets; nothing is lost). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 37 (6.92.37)

भूरिश्रवसि संक्रुद्धः प्राहिणोद्भरतर्षभ । ते वर्म भित्त्वा तस्याशु विविशुर्धरणीतलम् ॥

bhūriśravasi saṃkruddhaḥ prāhiṇodbharatarṣabha | te varma bhittvā tasyāśu viviśurdharaṇītalam

at Bhurishravas, O bull of the Bharatas; they pierced his armour and quickly went on into the ground.

Note on the text: Lines 2–3 of the critical edition's three-line 6.88.33 (cd + ef). विविशुर्धरणीतलम् (critical edition prāviśan medinītalam) kept as a variant. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 38 (6.92.38)

विविंशतेश्च द्रौणेश्च यन्तारौ समताडयत् । तौ पेततू रथोपस्थे रश्मीनुत्सृज्य वाजिनाम् ॥

viviṃśateśca drauṇeśca yantārau samatāḍayat | tau petatū rathopasthe raśmīnutsṛjya vājinām

He struck the charioteers of Vivimshati and of Drona's son, and they fell on the floors of their chariots, letting the horses' reins drop.

Verse 39 (6.92.39)

सिन्धुराज्ञोऽर्धचन्द्रेण वाराहं स्वर्णभूषितम् । उन्ममाथ महाराज द्वितीयेनाच्छिनद्धनुः ॥

sindhurājño'rdhacandreṇa vārāhaṃ svarṇabhūṣitam | unmamātha mahārāja dvitīyenācchinaddhanuḥ

With one crescent-headed arrow he brought down the gold-adorned boar banner of the king of Sindhu, great king, and with a second he cut his bow.

Verse 40 (6.92.40)

चतुर्भिरथ नाराचैरावन्त्यस्य महात्मनः । जघान चतुरो वाहान्क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः ॥

caturbhiratha nārācairāvantyasya mahātmanaḥ | jaghāna caturo vāhānkrodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ

With four iron shafts, his eyes red with rage, he killed the four horses of the great-souled king of Avanti.

Verse 41 (6.92.41)

पूर्णायतविसृष्टेन पीतेन निशितेन च । निर्बिभेद महाराज राजपुत्रं बृहद्बलम् ॥

pūrṇāyatavisṛṣṭena pītena niśitena ca | nirbibheda mahārāja rājaputraṃ bṛhadbalam

With a sharp, well-tempered arrow drawn back to the full, great king, he pierced Prince Brihadbala,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 of the critical edition's three-line 6.88.37. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 42 (6.92.42)

स गाढविद्धो व्यथितो रथोपस्थ उपाविशत् । भृशं क्रोधेन चाविष्टो रथस्थो राक्षसाधिपः ॥

sa gāḍhaviddho vyathito rathopastha upāviśat | bhṛśaṃ krodhena cāviṣṭo rathastho rākṣasādhipaḥ

who, deeply pierced and in pain, sank down on the floor of his chariot. Then the lord of the rakshasas, standing in his chariot and seized by fury,

Note on the text: Lines: the critical edition's 6.88.37ef + 6.88.38ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets; nothing is lost). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 43 (6.92.43)

चिक्षेप निशितांस्तीक्ष्णाञ्छरानाशीविषोपमान् । बिभिदुस्ते महाराज शल्यं युद्धविशारदम् ॥

cikṣepa niśitāṃstīkṣṇāñcharānāśīviṣopamān | bibhiduste mahārāja śalyaṃ yuddhaviśāradam

hurled sharp, keen arrows like venomous serpents, and they pierced Shalya, great king, for all his skill in war.

Note on the text: Lines 2–3 of the critical edition's three-line 6.88.38 (cd + ef). Its star passage *0351, which follows, is not on the page and was not added. The automatic alignment found no match.