Bhima Rides to Ghatotkacha's Rescue

Verse 1 (6.93.1)

विमुखीकृत्य सर्वांस्तु तावकान्युधि राक्षसः । जिघांसुर्भरतश्रेष्ठ दुर्योधनमुपाद्रवत् ॥

vimukhīkṛtya sarvāṃstu tāvakānyudhi rākṣasaḥ | jighāṃsurbharataśreṣṭha duryodhanamupādravat

Having turned all your men back in the battle, the rakshasa rushed at Duryodhana, O best of the Bharatas, bent on killing him.

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: checked against the raw Wikisource page (a table, one row per verse, 6-93-1 to 6-93-43, under one सञ्जय उवाच heading, ending with its colophon naming this the 93rd adhyaya, on the eighth day of battle). Page and input agree on all 43 verses; together they correspond to the critical edition 6.89.1–41 with its star passage *0352. The alignment missed the verses where Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses into couplets; these were aligned by hand. Yudhishthira's words to Bhima (verses 8–10 and the first line of 11) carry no heading on the page; verses 8–10 are given to him and verse 11, whose second line is narration, stays with Sanjaya. Verse note: corrected वर्सांस्तु → सर्वांस्तु and जिघांसुभरतश्रेष्ठ → जिघांसुर्भरतश्रेष्ठ (misprints in Wikisource; transposed व/स, and a dropped र् that leaves जिघांसु without its ending; critical edition tān sarvāṃs, jighāṃsur).

Verse 2 (6.93.2)

तमापतन्तं संप्रेक्ष्य राजानं प्रति वेगितम् । अभ्यधावञ्जिघांसन्तस्तावका युद्धदुर्मदाः ॥

tamāpatantaṃ saṃprekṣya rājānaṃ prati vegitam | abhyadhāvañjighāṃsantastāvakā yuddhadurmadāḥ

Seeing him rushing furiously at the king, your warriors, mad for battle, ran at him, intent on killing him.

Note on the text: Removed a stray क after युद्धदुर्मदाः (misprint in Wikisource).

Verse 3 (6.93.3)

तालमात्राणि चापानि विकर्षन्तो महारथाः । तमेकमभ्यधावन्त नदन्तः सिंहसङ्घवत् ॥

tālamātrāṇi cāpāni vikarṣanto mahārathāḥ | tamekamabhyadhāvanta nadantaḥ siṃhasaṅghavat

Drawing bows as tall as palm trees, the great chariot-warriors charged at him, alone as he was, roaring like a pride of lions.

Note on the text: महारथाः (critical edition mahābalāḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 4 (6.93.4)

अथैनं शरवर्षेण समन्तात्पर्यवाकिरन् । पर्वतं वारिधाराभिः शरदीव वलाहकाः ॥

athainaṃ śaravarṣeṇa samantātparyavākiran | parvataṃ vāridhārābhiḥ śaradīva valāhakāḥ

Then they covered him on every side with a rain of arrows, as autumn clouds cover a mountain with streams of water.

Note on the text: पर्यवाकिरन् (critical edition paryavārayan) kept as a variant.

Verse 5 (6.93.5)

स गाढविद्धो व्यथितस्तोत्रार्दित इव द्विपः । उत्पपात तदाऽऽकाशं समन्ताद्वैनतेयवत् ॥

sa gāḍhaviddho vyathitastotrārdita iva dvipaḥ | utpapāta tadā''kāśaṃ samantādvainateyavat

Deeply pierced and in pain, like an elephant tormented by the goad, he flew up into the sky like Vinata's son (Garuda), circling all around.

Verse 6 (6.93.6)

व्यनदत्सुमहानादं जीमूत इव शारदः । दिशः खं विदिशश्चैव नादयन्भैरवस्वनः ॥

vyanadatsumahānādaṃ jīmūta iva śāradaḥ | diśaḥ khaṃ vidiśaścaiva nādayanbhairavasvanaḥ

He roared a mighty roar like an autumn thundercloud, making the quarters, the sky and the points between them ring with his terrible voice.

Note on the text: विदिशश्चैव (critical edition pradiśaś caiva) kept as a variant.

Verse 7 (6.93.7)

राक्षसस्य तु तं शब्दं श्रुत्वा राजा युधिष्ठिरः । उवाच भरतश्रेष्ठ भीमसेनमरिन्दमम् ॥

rākṣasasya tu taṃ śabdaṃ śrutvā rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | uvāca bharataśreṣṭha bhīmasenamarindamam

Hearing that cry of the rakshasa, O best of the Bharatas, King Yudhishthira said to Bhimasena, tamer of foes:

Note on the text: उवाच भरतश्रेष्ठ भीमसेनमरिन्दमम् (critical edition uvāca bharataśreṣṭho bhīmasenam idaṃ vacaḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 8 (6.93.8)

युध्यते राक्षसो नूनं धार्तराष्ट्रैर्महारथैः । यथाऽस्य श्रूयते शब्दो नदतो भैरवं स्वनम् ॥

yudhyate rākṣaso nūnaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrairmahārathaiḥ | yathā'sya śrūyate śabdo nadato bhairavaṃ svanam

"The rakshasa is surely fighting the great chariot-warriors of Dhritarashtra's sons, to judge by the sound of him we hear, roaring his terrible roar.

Note on the text: Speaker: Yudhishthira's words to Bhima, announced in verse 7; the page prints no heading. Lines 1–2 of the critical edition's three-line 6.89.8. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 9 (6.93.9)

अतिभारं च पश्यामि तस्मिन्राक्षसपुङ्गवे । पितामहश्च संक्रुद्धः पाञ्चालान्हन्तुमुद्यतः ॥

atibhāraṃ ca paśyāmi tasminrākṣasapuṅgave | pitāmahaśca saṃkruddhaḥ pāñcālānhantumudyataḥ

I see too heavy a burden laid on that bull among rakshasas. The grandsire, too, is in a fury and bent on slaying the Panchalas,

Note on the text: Speaker: Yudhishthira, as in verse 8. Lines: the critical edition's 6.89.8ef + 6.89.9ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets; nothing is lost). तस्मिन्राक्षसपुङ्गवे (critical edition tatra tāta samāhitam) kept as a variant. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 10 (6.93.10)

तेषां च रक्षणार्थाय युध्यते फल्गुनः परैः । एतज्ज्ञात्वा महाबाहो कार्यद्वयमुपस्थितम् ॥

teṣāṃ ca rakṣaṇārthāya yudhyate phalgunaḥ paraiḥ | etajjñātvā mahābāho kāryadvayamupasthitam

and Phalguna (Arjuna) is fighting the enemy to protect them. Knowing this, mighty-armed one, two tasks are before us:

Note on the text: Speaker: Yudhishthira, as in verse 8. Lines: the critical edition's 6.89.9cd + 6.89.10ab. एतज्ज्ञात्वा (critical edition etac chrutvā) kept as a variant. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 11 (6.93.11)

गच्छ रक्षस्व हैडिम्बं संशयं परमं गतम् । भ्रातुर्वचनमाज्ञाय त्वरमाणो वृकोदरः ॥

gaccha rakṣasva haiḍimbaṃ saṃśayaṃ paramaṃ gatam | bhrāturvacanamājñāya tvaramāṇo vṛkodaraḥ

go and protect Hidimba's son, who is in grave danger." Heeding his brother's words, Vrikodara (Bhima) made haste

Note on the text: Lines: the critical edition's 6.89.10cd + 6.89.11ab. Speaker: line 1 ends Yudhishthira's words and line 2 returns to the narration; the page prints no heading inside the verse, so it is kept whole with the narrator, Sanjaya. Corrected शंशयं → संशयं (misprint in Wikisource; श for स, critical edition saṃśayaṃ). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 12 (6.93.12)

प्रययौ सिंहनादेन त्रासयन्सर्वपार्थिवान् । वेगेन महता राजन्पर्वकाले यथोदधिः ॥

prayayau siṃhanādena trāsayansarvapārthivān | vegena mahatā rājanparvakāle yathodadhiḥ

and set out with a lion's roar, terrifying all the kings, with great speed, O king, like the ocean at the turn of the moon.

Note on the text: Lines 2–3 of the critical edition's three-line 6.89.11 (cd + ef). Removed a stray क after यथोदधिः (misprint in Wikisource). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 13 (6.93.13)

तमन्वगात्सत्यधृतिः सौचित्तिर्युद्धदुर्मदः । श्रेणिमान्वसुदानश्च पुत्रः काश्यस्य चाभिभूः ॥

tamanvagātsatyadhṛtiḥ saucittiryuddhadurmadaḥ | śreṇimānvasudānaśca putraḥ kāśyasya cābhibhūḥ

After him went Satyadhriti, Sauchitti, fierce in battle, Shrenimat, Vasudana, and Abhibhu, son of the king of Kashi;

Verse 14 (6.93.14)

अभिमन्युमुखाश्चैव द्रौपदेया महारथाः । क्षत्रदेवश्च विक्रान्तः क्षत्रधर्मा तथैव च ॥

abhimanyumukhāścaiva draupadeyā mahārathāḥ | kṣatradevaśca vikrāntaḥ kṣatradharmā tathaiva ca

the sons of Draupadi, great chariot-warriors, with Abhimanyu at their head; the valiant Kshatradeva, and Kshatradharman too;

Note on the text: Corrected विक्रन्तः → विक्रान्तः (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped vowel sign, critical edition vikrāntaḥ).

Verse 15 (6.93.15)

अनूपाधिपतिश्चैव नीलः स्वबलमास्थितः । महता रथवंशेन हैडिम्बं पर्यवारयन् ॥

anūpādhipatiścaiva nīlaḥ svabalamāsthitaḥ | mahatā rathavaṃśena haiḍimbaṃ paryavārayan

and Nila, lord of Anupa, at the head of his own forces. With a great mass of chariots they surrounded Hidimba's son.

Verse 16 (6.93.16)

कुञ्जरैश्च सदा मत्तैः षट्सहस्रैः प्रहारिभिः । अभ्यरक्षन्त सहिता राक्षसेन्द्रं घटोत्कचम् ॥

kuñjaraiśca sadā mattaiḥ ṣaṭsahasraiḥ prahāribhiḥ | abhyarakṣanta sahitā rākṣasendraṃ ghaṭotkacam

With six thousand hard-hitting elephants, always in rut, they guarded Ghatotkacha, lord of the rakshasas, all together,

Note on the text: Corrected कुञ्चरैश्च → कुञ्जरैश्च (misprint in Wikisource; च for ज, critical edition kuñjaraiś ca) and removed a stray क after प्रहारिभिः.

Verse 17 (6.93.17)

सिंहनादेन महता नेमिघोषेण चैव ह । खुरशब्दनिपातैश्च कम्पयन्तो वसुंधराम् ॥

siṃhanādena mahatā nemighoṣeṇa caiva ha | khuraśabdanipātaiśca kampayanto vasuṃdharām

making the earth shake with great lion-roars, with the rumble of wheel rims and the drumming of hooves.

Note on the text: चैव ह and खुरशब्दनिपातैश्च (critical edition caiva hi, khuraśabdaninādaiś ca) kept as variants.

Verse 18 (6.93.18)

तेषामापततां श्रुत्वा शब्दं तं तावकं बलम् । भीमसेनभयोद्विग्नं विवर्णवदनं तथा ॥

teṣāmāpatatāṃ śrutvā śabdaṃ taṃ tāvakaṃ balam | bhīmasenabhayodvignaṃ vivarṇavadanaṃ tathā

Hearing the sound of their onset, your army, shaken by fear of Bhimasena and pale of face,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 of the critical edition's three-line 6.89.17. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 19 (6.93.19)

परिवृत्य महाराज परित्यज्य घटोत्कचम् । ततः प्रववृते युद्धं तत्र तेषां महात्मनाम् ॥

parivṛtya mahārāja parityajya ghaṭotkacam | tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ tatra teṣāṃ mahātmanām

turned back, great king, and left Ghatotkacha. Then battle broke out there among those great-souled warriors,

Note on the text: Lines: the critical edition's 6.89.17ef + 6.89.18ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets; nothing is lost). Removed a stray क after युद्धं (misprint in Wikisource). परिवृत्य and तत्र तेषां (critical edition parivṛttaṃ, tatra tatra) kept as variants. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 20 (6.93.20)

तावकानां परेषां च संग्रामेष्वनिवर्तिनाम् । नानारूपाणि शस्त्राणि विसृजन्तो महारथाः ॥

tāvakānāṃ pareṣāṃ ca saṃgrāmeṣvanivartinām | nānārūpāṇi śastrāṇi visṛjanto mahārathāḥ

yours and the enemy's, men who never turn back in battle. Loosing weapons of many kinds, the great chariot-warriors

Note on the text: Lines: the critical edition's 6.89.18cd + 6.89.19ab. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 21 (6.93.21)

अन्योन्यमभिधावन्तः संप्रहारं प्रचक्रिरे । व्यतिषक्तं महारौद्रं युद्धं भीरुभयावहम् ॥

anyonyamabhidhāvantaḥ saṃprahāraṃ pracakrire | vyatiṣaktaṃ mahāraudraṃ yuddhaṃ bhīrubhayāvaham

ran at one another and traded blow for blow. It was a tangled, most dreadful battle, striking fear into the timid.

Note on the text: Lines 2–3 of the critical edition's three-line 6.89.19 (cd + ef). Corrected व्यतिष्यक्तं → व्यतिषक्तं (misprint in Wikisource; an intrusive य in the participle of vi-ati-sañj, critical edition vyatiṣaktaṃ). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 22 (6.93.22)

हया हयैः समाजग्मुः पादाताश्च पदातिभिः । रथा रथैः समागच्छन्नागा नागैश्च संयुगे । अन्योन्यं समरे राजन्प्रार्थयानाः समभ्ययुः ॥

hayā hayaiḥ samājagmuḥ pādātāśca padātibhiḥ | rathā rathaiḥ samāgacchannāgā nāgaiśca saṃyuge | anyonyaṃ samare rājanprārthayānāḥ samabhyayuḥ

Horses clashed with horses and foot-soldiers with foot-soldiers; chariots met chariots and elephants met elephants in the fight; seeking one another out in the battle, O king, they closed in combat.

Note on the text: Three lines. Lines 1 and 3 are the critical edition's 6.89.20ab and cd (reading हया हयैः … पादाताश्च पदातिभिः and प्रार्थयानाः समभ्ययुः where it has hayā gajaiḥ … pādātā rathibhiḥ saha and prārthayānā mahad yaśaḥ; kept as variants); line 2 is its star passage 6.89.20b*0352, 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 23 (6.93.23)

सहसा चाभवत्तीव्रं सन्निपातान्महद्रजः । गजाश्वरथपत्तीनां पादनेमिसमुद्धतम् ॥

sahasā cābhavattīvraṃ sannipātānmahadrajaḥ | gajāśvarathapattīnāṃ pādanemisamuddhatam

From that clash there suddenly rose a thick, great dust, thrown up by the feet and wheel rims of elephants, horses, chariots and foot-soldiers.

Note on the text: Corrected सन्निपातन्महद्रजः → सन्निपातान्महद्रजः (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped vowel sign in the ablative संनिपातात्, critical edition saṃnipātān mahad rajaḥ). गजाश्वरथपत्तीनां पादनेमि° (critical edition rathāśvagajapattīnāṃ padanemi°) kept as a variant.

Verse 24 (6.93.24)

धूम्रारुणं रजस्तीव्रं रणभूमिं समावृणोत् । नैव स्वे न परे राजन्समजानन्परस्परम् ॥

dhūmrāruṇaṃ rajastīvraṃ raṇabhūmiṃ samāvṛṇot | naiva sve na pare rājansamajānanparasparam

That dense, smoky-red dust covered the field; neither our men nor the enemy, O king, could tell one another apart.

Verse 25 (6.93.25)

पिता पुत्रं न जानीते पुत्रो वा पितरं तथा । निर्मर्यादे तथाभूते वैशसे रोमहर्षणे ॥

pitā putraṃ na jānīte putro vā pitaraṃ tathā | nirmaryāde tathābhūte vaiśase romaharṣaṇe

Father did not know son, nor son father, in that lawless, hair-raising slaughter.

Verse 26 (6.93.26)

शस्त्राणां भरतश्रेष्ठ मनुष्याणां च गर्जताम् । सुमहानभवच्छब्दः प्रेतानामिव भारत ॥

śastrāṇāṃ bharataśreṣṭha manuṣyāṇāṃ ca garjatām | sumahānabhavacchabdaḥ pretānāmiva bhārata

Great was the noise, O best of the Bharatas, of weapons and of roaring men, like the howling of ghosts, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected र्जताम् → गर्जताम् (misprint in Wikisource; the initial ग is lost, leaving the line a syllable short; critical edition garjatām). प्रेतानामिव भारत (critical edition vaṃśānām iva dahyatām) kept as a variant.

Verse 27 (6.93.27)

गजवाजिमनुष्याणां शोणितान्त्रतरङ्गिणी । प्रावर्तत नदी तत्र केशशैवलशाद्वला ॥

gajavājimanuṣyāṇāṃ śoṇitāntrataraṅgiṇī | prāvartata nadī tatra keśaśaivalaśādvalā

A river began to flow there, its waves the blood and entrails of elephants, horses and men, its moss and grass their hair.

Note on the text: Corrected शोणितान्रतरङ्गिणी → शोणितान्त्रतरङ्गिणी (misprint in Wikisource; a broken conjunct in अन्त्र, 'entrails', critical edition śoṇitāntrataraṅgiṇī) and प्राववर्तत → प्रावर्तत (misprint in Wikisource; a doubled व makes the line a syllable too long, critical edition prāvartata).

Verse 28 (6.93.28)

नराणां चैव कायेभ्यः शिरसां पततां रणे । शुश्रुवे सुमहाञ्छब्दः पततामश्मनामिव ॥

narāṇāṃ caiva kāyebhyaḥ śirasāṃ patatāṃ raṇe | śuśruve sumahāñchabdaḥ patatāmaśmanāmiva

As heads fell from the bodies of men in the battle, a great sound was heard, like the sound of falling stones.

Verse 29 (6.93.29)

विशिरस्कैर्मनुष्यैश्च छिन्नगात्रैश्च वारणैः । अश्वैः संभिन्नदेहैश्च संकीर्णाऽभूद्वसुंधरा ॥

viśiraskairmanuṣyaiśca chinnagātraiśca vāraṇaiḥ | aśvaiḥ saṃbhinnadehaiśca saṃkīrṇā'bhūdvasuṃdharā

The earth was strewn with headless men, with elephants whose limbs were hacked, and with horses whose bodies were split apart.

Verse 30 (6.93.30)

नानाविधानि शस्त्राणि विसृजन्तो महारथाः । अन्योन्यमभिधावन्तः संप्रहारार्थमुद्यताः ॥

nānāvidhāni śastrāṇi visṛjanto mahārathāḥ | anyonyamabhidhāvantaḥ saṃprahārārthamudyatāḥ

Loosing weapons of many kinds, the great chariot-warriors ran at one another, eager to strike.

Note on the text: संप्रहारार्थमुद्यताः (critical edition saṃprahāraṃ pracakrire) kept as a variant.

Verse 31 (6.93.31)

हया हयान्समासाद्य प्रेषिता हयसादिभिः । समाहत्य रणेऽन्योन्यं निपेतुर्गतजीविताः ॥

hayā hayānsamāsādya preṣitā hayasādibhiḥ | samāhatya raṇe'nyonyaṃ nipeturgatajīvitāḥ

Horses driven on by their riders met horses, crashed into one another in the battle and fell lifeless.

Verse 32 (6.93.32)

नरा नरान्समासाद्य क्रोधरक्तेक्षणा भृशम् । उरांस्युरोभिरन्योन्यं समाश्लिष्य निजघ्निरे ॥

narā narānsamāsādya krodharaktekṣaṇā bhṛśam | urāṃsyurobhiranyonyaṃ samāśliṣya nijaghnire

Men met men, their eyes blood-red with fury, and grappling chest to chest they killed one another.

Verse 33 (6.93.33)

प्रेषिताश्च महामात्रैर्वारणाः परवारणैः । अभ्यघ्नन्त विषाणाग्रैर्वारणानेव संयुगे ॥

preṣitāśca mahāmātrairvāraṇāḥ paravāraṇaiḥ | abhyaghnanta viṣāṇāgrairvāraṇāneva saṃyuge

Elephants urged on by their drivers against the enemy's elephants struck at those elephants with the points of their tusks in the fight.

Note on the text: Corrected विषणाग्रैः → विषाणाग्रैः (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped vowel sign in विषाण, 'tusk', critical edition viṣāṇāgrair). परवारणैः and अभ्यघ्नन्त (critical edition paravāraṇāḥ, abhighnanti) kept as variants.

Verse 34 (6.93.34)

ते जातरुधिरोत्पीडाः पताकाभिरलङ्कृताः । संसक्ताः प्रत्यदृश्यन्त मेघा इव सविद्युतः ॥

te jātarudhirotpīḍāḥ patākābhiralaṅkṛtāḥ | saṃsaktāḥ pratyadṛśyanta meghā iva savidyutaḥ

Gushing blood and decked with banners, locked together, they looked like clouds laced with lightning.

Verse 35 (6.93.35)

केचिद्भिन्ना विषाणाग्रैर्भिन्नकुम्भाश्च तोमरैः । विनदन्तोऽभ्यधावन्त गर्जमाना घना इव ॥

kecidbhinnā viṣāṇāgrairbhinnakumbhāśca tomaraiḥ | vinadanto'bhyadhāvanta garjamānā ghanā iva

Some, gored by tusks, and others with their temples split by lances, ran about trumpeting, bellowing like storm-clouds.

Note on the text: Corrected धना → घना (misprint in Wikisource; ध for घ, 'clouds'). गर्जमाना घना इव (critical edition garjanto jaladā iva) kept as a variant.

Verse 36 (6.93.36)

केचिद्धस्तैर्द्विधाच्छिन्नैश्छिन्नगात्रास्तथाऽपरे । निपेतुस्तुमुले तस्मिंश्छिन्नपक्षा इवाद्रयः ॥

keciddhastairdvidhācchinnaiśchinnagātrāstathā'pare | nipetustumule tasmiṃśchinnapakṣā ivādrayaḥ

Some, with their trunks cut in two, and others with their bodies hacked, fell in that tumult like mountains with their wings cut off.

Verse 37 (6.93.37)

पार्श्वैस्तु दारितैरन्ये वारणैर्वरवारणाः । मुमुचुः शोणितं भूरि धातूनिव महीधराः ॥

pārśvaistu dāritairanye vāraṇairvaravāraṇāḥ | mumucuḥ śoṇitaṃ bhūri dhātūniva mahīdharāḥ

Other great elephants, their flanks torn open by elephants, poured out blood in plenty, as mountains pour out their ores.

Verse 38 (6.93.38)

नाराचनिहतास्त्वन्ये तथा विद्धाश्च तोमरैः । विनदन्तोऽभ्यधावन्त विशृङ्गा इव पर्वताः ॥

nārācanihatāstvanye tathā viddhāśca tomaraiḥ | vinadanto'bhyadhāvanta viśṛṅgā iva parvatāḥ

Others, struck by iron shafts and pierced by lances as well, ran about trumpeting, like mountains shorn of their peaks.

Note on the text: नाराचनिहताः and line 2's विनदन्तोऽभ्यधावन्त (critical edition nārācābhihatāḥ and hatārohā vyadṛśyanta, 'with their riders slain they looked like') kept as variants; the page's words repeat the opening of verse 35's second line, but they make sense here and the critical edition was not substituted.

Verse 39 (6.93.39)

केचित्क्रोधसमाविष्टा मदान्धा निरवग्रहाः । रथान्हयान्पदातींश्च ममृदुः शतशो रणे ॥

kecitkrodhasamāviṣṭā madāndhā niravagrahāḥ | rathānhayānpadātīṃśca mamṛduḥ śataśo raṇe

Some, filled with fury, blind with rut and past all restraint, trampled chariots, horses and foot-soldiers by the hundred in the battle.

Verse 40 (6.93.40)

तथा हया हयारोहैस्ताडिताः प्रासतोमरैः । तेन तेनाभ्यवर्तन्त कुर्वन्तो व्याकुला दिशः ॥

tathā hayā hayārohaistāḍitāḥ prāsatomaraiḥ | tena tenābhyavartanta kurvanto vyākulā diśaḥ

Horses, likewise, struck by horsemen with darts and lances, rushed this way and that, throwing the quarters into confusion.

Verse 41 (6.93.41)

रथिनो रथिभिः सार्धं कुलपुत्रास्तनुत्यजः । परां शक्तिं समास्थाय चक्रुः कर्माण्यभीतवत् ॥

rathino rathibhiḥ sārdhaṃ kulaputrāstanutyajaḥ | parāṃ śaktiṃ samāsthāya cakruḥ karmāṇyabhītavat

Chariot-warriors of noble family, ready to give up their lives, fought chariot-warriors, putting forth their utmost strength and acting as though they knew no fear.

Verse 42 (6.93.42)

स्वयंवर इवामर्दे प्रजह्रुरितरेतरम् । प्रार्थयाना यशो राजन्स्वर्गं वा युद्धशालिनः ॥

svayaṃvara ivāmarde prajahruritaretaram | prārthayānā yaśo rājansvargaṃ vā yuddhaśālinaḥ

In that crush, as though at a bride's choosing, the warlike struck at one another, O king, seeking glory or heaven.

Verse 43 (6.93.43)

तस्मिंस्तथा वर्तमाने संग्रामे रोमहर्षणे । धार्तराष्ट्रं महत्सैन्यं प्रययौ विमुखीकृतम् ॥

tasmiṃstathā vartamāne saṃgrāme romaharṣaṇe | dhārtarāṣṭraṃ mahatsainyaṃ prayayau vimukhīkṛtam

While that hair-raising battle went on in this way, the great army of Dhritarashtra's sons was turned back and fled.

Note on the text: प्रययौ (critical edition prāyaśo) kept as a variant.