Ghatotkacha's Illusion Routs the Kauravas

Verse 1 (6.94.1)

स्वसैन्यं निहतं दृष्ट्वा राजा दुर्योधनः स्वयम् । अभ्यधावत्सुसंक्रुद्धो भीमसेनमरिन्दमम् ॥

svasainyaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā rājā duryodhanaḥ svayam | abhyadhāvatsusaṃkruddho bhīmasenamarindamam

Seeing his own army slain, King Duryodhana himself, in towering rage, rushed at Bhimasena, the tamer of foes.

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: checked against the raw Wikisource page (a table, one row per verse, 6-94-1 to 6-94-50, under the section title घटोत्कचयुद्धम् and one सञ्जय उवाच heading, ending with the colophon naming this the 94th adhyaya, on the eighth day of battle). The adhyaya corresponds to the critical edition's 6.90.1–46. The automatic alignment matched only 19 verses; the rest were found by reading the critical edition and each is cited in its note. From verse 4 on, Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses (6.90.4, 13, 25, 26, 27, 40, 44, 45) into couplets, so many verses straddle two critical-edition verses; nothing is lost. Star passages *0353, *0355 and *0356 are on the page (verses 32, 35, 38); *0354 is not and was not added. A commentary gloss on verse 44 printed below the table is not a verse. The page ends verse 22 with a single danda; the row is numbered separately and kept as its own verse. Unheaded direct speech: verses 10–11 are Drona's; verses 9 and 12, where his speech begins and ends mid-verse, stay with Sanjaya. अभ्यधावत्सुसंक्रुद्धो (CE abhyadhāvata saṃkruddho) kept as a variant.

Verse 2 (6.94.2)

प्रगृह्य सुमहच्चापमिन्द्राशनिसमस्वनम् । महता शरवर्षेण पाण्डवं समवाकिरत् ॥

pragṛhya sumahaccāpamindrāśanisamasvanam | mahatā śaravarṣeṇa pāṇḍavaṃ samavākirat

Taking up a mighty bow that twanged like Indra's thunderbolt, he covered the Pandava with a great shower of arrows.

Verse 3 (6.94.3)

अर्धचन्द्रं च संधाय सुतीक्ष्णं लोमवापिनम् । भीमसेनस्य चिच्छेद चापं क्रोधसमन्वितः ॥

ardhacandraṃ ca saṃdhāya sutīkṣṇaṃ lomavāpinam | bhīmasenasya ciccheda cāpaṃ krodhasamanvitaḥ

Then, filled with anger, he fitted a very sharp, feathered, crescent-headed arrow and cut Bhimasena's bow.

Note on the text: लोमवापिनम् (CE lomavāhinam) kept as a variant.

Verse 4 (6.94.4)

तदन्तरं च संप्रेक्ष्य त्वरमाणो महारथः । प्रसंदधे शितं बाणं गिरीणामपि दारणम् ॥

tadantaraṃ ca saṃprekṣya tvaramāṇo mahārathaḥ | prasaṃdadhe śitaṃ bāṇaṃ girīṇāmapi dāraṇam

Seizing that opening, the great chariot-warrior quickly fitted a sharp arrow that could split even mountains,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.90.4ab (the alignment missed it; Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses 6.90.4 and 6.90.13 into couplets, so verses 4–14 here = critical edition 6.90.4–13). Corrected त्वरमामो → त्वरमाणो (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण, critical edition tvaramāṇo). प्रसंदधे शितं (CE saṃdadhe niśitaṃ) kept as a variant.

Verse 5 (6.94.5)

तेनोरसि महाराज भीमसेनमताडयत् । स गाढविद्धो व्यथितः सृक्विणी परिसंलिहन् ॥

tenorasi mahārāja bhīmasenamatāḍayat | sa gāḍhaviddho vyathitaḥ sṛkviṇī parisaṃlihan

and with it, great king, he struck Bhimasena in the chest. Deeply pierced and in pain, licking the corners of his mouth,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.90.4ef + 6.90.5ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). महाराज and सृक्विणी (CE mahābāhur, sṛkkiṇī) kept as variants.

Verse 6 (6.94.6)

समाललम्बे तेजस्वी ध्वजं हेमपरिष्कृतम् । तथा विमनसं दृष्ट्वा भीमसेनं घटोत्कचः ॥

samālalambe tejasvī dhvajaṃ hemapariṣkṛtam | tathā vimanasaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmasenaṃ ghaṭotkacaḥ

the mighty one clutched his gold-adorned standard for support. Seeing Bhimasena thus dispirited, Ghatotkacha

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.90.5cd + 6.90.6ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost).

Verse 7 (6.94.7)

क्रोधेनाभिप्रजज्वाल दिधक्षन्निव पावकः । अभिमन्युमुखाश्चापि पाण्डवानां महारथाः ॥

krodhenābhiprajajvāla didhakṣanniva pāvakaḥ | abhimanyumukhāścāpi pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathāḥ

blazed up with anger like a fire bent on burning everything. And the great chariot-warriors of the Pandavas, led by Abhimanyu,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.90.6cd + 6.90.7ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). चापि (CE caiva) kept as a variant.

Verse 8 (6.94.8)

समभ्यधावन्क्रोशन्तो राजानं जातसंभ्रमाः । संप्रेक्ष्य तान्संपततः संक्रुद्धाञ्जातसंभ्रमान् ॥

samabhyadhāvankrośanto rājānaṃ jātasaṃbhramāḥ | saṃprekṣya tānsaṃpatataḥ saṃkruddhāñjātasaṃbhramān

rushed shouting at the king, all in haste and alarm. Seeing them bearing down, enraged and agitated,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.90.7cd + 6.90.8ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). संपततः (CE āpatataḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 9 (6.94.9)

भारद्वाजोऽब्रवीद्वाक्यं तावकानां महारथान् । क्षिप्रं गच्छत भद्रं वो राजानं परिरक्षत ॥

bhāradvājo'bravīdvākyaṃ tāvakānāṃ mahārathān | kṣipraṃ gacchata bhadraṃ vo rājānaṃ parirakṣata

the son of Bharadvaja (Drona) spoke these words to your great chariot-warriors: 'Go quickly, and good fortune go with you! Protect the king,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.90.8cd + 6.90.9ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). Line 2 begins Drona's speech; the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 10 (6.94.10)

संशयं परमं प्राप्तं मज्जन्तं व्यसनार्णवे । एते क्रुद्धा महेष्वासाः पाण्डवानां महारथाः ॥

saṃśayaṃ paramaṃ prāptaṃ majjantaṃ vyasanārṇave | ete kruddhā maheṣvāsāḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathāḥ

who has fallen into the gravest danger and is sinking in an ocean of calamity. These angry great archers, the mighty chariot-warriors of the Pandavas,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.90.9cd + 6.90.10ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). Corrected मञ्जन्तं → मज्जन्तं (misprint in Wikisource; ञ्ज for ज्ज, the participle of मस्ज्, critical edition majjantaṃ). Speaker: Drona's words to the Kaurava warriors, announced in verse 9; the page prints no heading here.

Verse 11 (6.94.11)

भीमसेनं पुरस्कृत्य दुर्योधनमुपाद्रवन् । नानाविधानि शस्त्राणि विसृजन्तो महारथाः ॥

bhīmasenaṃ puraskṛtya duryodhanamupādravan | nānāvidhāni śastrāṇi visṛjanto mahārathāḥ

with Bhimasena at their head, have fallen upon Duryodhana, loosing weapons of many kinds,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.90.10cd + 6.90.11ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). Speaker: Drona, as in verse 10 (no heading on the page). दुर्योधनमुपाद्रवन् and महारथाः (CE duryodhanam upadrutāḥ, jaye ratāḥ) kept as variants.

Verse 12 (6.94.12)

नदन्तो भैरवान्नादांस्त्रासयन्तश्च भूमिपान् । तदाऽऽचार्यवचः श्रुत्वा सौमदत्तिपुरोगमाः ॥

nadanto bhairavānnādāṃstrāsayantaśca bhūmipān | tadā''cāryavacaḥ śrutvā saumadattipurogamāḥ

roaring fearsome roars and terrifying the kings.' Hearing the teacher's words, your warriors led by the son of Somadatta (Bhurishravas)

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.90.11cd + 6.90.12ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). Line 1 ends Drona's speech and line 2 is narration, so the verse stays with Sanjaya. भूमिपान् and सौमदत्तिपुरोगमाः (CE bhūm imām, somadattapurogamāḥ) kept as variants.

Verse 13 (6.94.13)

तावकाः समवर्तन्त पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम् । कृपो भूरिश्रवाः शल्यो द्रोणपुत्रो विविंशतिः ॥

tāvakāḥ samavartanta pāṇḍavānāmanīkinīm | kṛpo bhūriśravāḥ śalyo droṇaputro viviṃśatiḥ

advanced against the army of the Pandavas. Kripa, Bhurishravas, Shalya, the son of Drona (Ashvatthaman), Vivimshati,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.90.12cd + 6.90.13ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). Corrected पाम्डवानाम् → पाण्डवानाम् (misprint in Wikisource; म्ड for ण्ड, critical edition pāṇḍavānām).

Verse 14 (6.94.14)

चित्रसेनो विकर्णश्च सैन्धवोऽथ बृहद्बलः । आवन्त्यौ च महेष्वासौ कौरवं पर्यवारयन् ॥

citraseno vikarṇaśca saindhavo'tha bṛhadbalaḥ | āvantyau ca maheṣvāsau kauravaṃ paryavārayan

Chitrasena, Vikarna, the king of Sindhu (Jayadratha), Brihadbala and the two great archers of Avanti closed round the Kaurava (Duryodhana).

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.90.13cd + 6.90.13ef (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verse into couplets, so nothing is lost).

Verse 15 (6.94.15)

ते विंशतिपदं गत्वा संप्रहारं प्रचक्रिरे । पाण्डवा धार्तराष्ट्राश्च परस्परजिघांसवः ॥

te viṃśatipadaṃ gatvā saṃprahāraṃ pracakrire | pāṇḍavā dhārtarāṣṭrāśca parasparajighāṃsavaḥ

Having advanced twenty paces, the Pandavas and the sons of Dhritarashtra, each eager to kill the other, joined in combat.

Note on the text: Removed a stray क after परस्परजिघांसवः (misprint in Wikisource) and an invisible zero-width joiner inside पाण्डवा.

Verse 16 (6.94.16)

एवमुक्त्वा महाबाहुर्महद्विष्फार्य कार्मुकम् । भारद्वाजस्ततो भीमं षड्विंशत्या समार्पयत् ॥

evamuktvā mahābāhurmahadviṣphārya kārmukam | bhāradvājastato bhīmaṃ ṣaḍviṃśatyā samārpayat

Having spoken thus, the mighty-armed son of Bharadvaja (Drona) drew his great bow wide and pierced Bhima with twenty-six arrows.

Verse 17 (6.94.17)

भूयश्चैनं महाबाहुः शरैः शीघ्रमवाकिरत् । पर्वतं वारिधाराभिः प्रावृषीव वलाहकः ॥

bhūyaścainaṃ mahābāhuḥ śaraiḥ śīghramavākirat | parvataṃ vāridhārābhiḥ prāvṛṣīva valāhakaḥ

Again the mighty-armed one swiftly covered him with arrows, as a cloud in the rains covers a mountain with torrents of water.

Note on the text: प्रावृषीव (CE śaradīva) kept as a variant.

Verse 18 (6.94.18)

तं प्रत्यविध्यद्दशभिर्भीमसेनः शिलीमुखैः । त्वरमाणो महेष्वासः सव्ये पार्श्वे महाबलः ॥

taṃ pratyavidhyaddaśabhirbhīmasenaḥ śilīmukhaiḥ | tvaramāṇo maheṣvāsaḥ savye pārśve mahābalaḥ

Bhimasena, the mighty great archer, quickly struck back at him with ten arrows in the left side.

Verse 19 (6.94.19)

स गाढविद्धो व्यथितो वयोवृद्धश्च भारत । प्रनष्टसंज्ञः सहसा रथोपस्थ उपाविशत् ॥

sa gāḍhaviddho vyathito vayovṛddhaśca bhārata | pranaṣṭasaṃjñaḥ sahasā rathopastha upāviśat

Deeply pierced and in pain, and aged as he was, O Bharata, he lost his senses and suddenly sank down on the floor of his chariot.

Verse 20 (6.94.20)

गुरुं प्रव्यथितं दृष्ट्वा राजा दुर्योधनः स्वयम् । द्रौणायनिश्च संक्रुद्धौ भीमसेनमभिद्रुतौ ॥

guruṃ pravyathitaṃ dṛṣṭvā rājā duryodhanaḥ svayam | drauṇāyaniśca saṃkruddhau bhīmasenamabhidrutau

Seeing their teacher in such pain, King Duryodhana himself and the son of Drona, both enraged, rushed at Bhimasena.

Verse 21 (6.94.21)

तावापतन्तौ संप्रेक्ष्य कालान्तकयमोपमौ । भीमसेनो महाबाहुर्गदामादाय सत्वरम् ॥

tāvāpatantau saṃprekṣya kālāntakayamopamau | bhīmaseno mahābāhurgadāmādāya satvaram

Seeing the two bearing down on him like Kala, Antaka and Yama, mighty-armed Bhimasena quickly took up his mace,

Note on the text: सत्वरम् (CE satvaraḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 22 (6.94.22)

अवप्लुत्य रथात्तूर्णं तस्थौ गिरिरिवाचलः । समुद्यम्य गदां गुर्वीं यमदण्डोपमां रणे ॥

avaplutya rathāttūrṇaṃ tasthau giririvācalaḥ | samudyamya gadāṃ gurvīṃ yamadaṇḍopamāṃ raṇe

leapt swiftly down from his chariot and stood unmoving like a mountain, raising in the battle his heavy mace, which was like Yama's staff.

Note on the text: Corrected गुर्वी → गुर्वीं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped anusvara, the accusative agreeing with गदां is needed, critical edition gurvīṃ). The page closes this verse with a single danda; it is a separate numbered row and is kept as its own verse.

Verse 23 (6.94.23)

तमुद्यतगदं दृष्ट्वा कैलासमिव शृङ्गिणम् । कौरवो द्रोणपुत्रश्च सहितावभ्यधावताम् ॥

tamudyatagadaṃ dṛṣṭvā kailāsamiva śṛṅgiṇam | kauravo droṇaputraśca sahitāvabhyadhāvatām

Seeing him with mace raised, like peaked Kailasa, the Kaurava and the son of Drona charged him together.

Verse 24 (6.94.24)

तावापतन्तौ सहितौ त्वरितौ बलिनां वरौ । अभ्यधावत वेगेन त्वरमाणो वृकोदरः ॥

tāvāpatantau sahitau tvaritau balināṃ varau | abhyadhāvata vegena tvaramāṇo vṛkodaraḥ

As those two, the best of the strong, came swiftly on together, Vrikodara rushed at them with speed and in haste.

Verse 25 (6.94.25)

तमापतन्तं संप्रेक्ष्य संक्रुद्धं भीमदर्शनम् । समभ्यधावंस्त्वरिताः कौरवाणां महारथाः ॥

tamāpatantaṃ saṃprekṣya saṃkruddhaṃ bhīmadarśanam | samabhyadhāvaṃstvaritāḥ kauravāṇāṃ mahārathāḥ

Seeing him charging, enraged and terrible to behold, the great chariot-warriors of the Kauravas rushed swiftly at him,

Verse 26 (6.94.26)

भारद्वाजमुखाः सर्वे भीमसेनजिघांसया । नानाविधानि शस्त्राणि भीमस्योरस्यपातयन् ॥

bhāradvājamukhāḥ sarve bhīmasenajighāṃsayā | nānāvidhāni śastrāṇi bhīmasyorasyapātayan

all of them, led by the son of Bharadvaja, bent on killing Bhimasena, and they rained weapons of many kinds on Bhima's chest.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.90.25ab + 6.90.25cd (the alignment missed it; Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses 6.90.25–27 into couplets, so verses 26–31 here = critical edition 6.90.25–28; nothing is lost).

Verse 27 (6.94.27)

सहिताः पाण्डवं सर्वे पीडयन्तः समन्ततः । तं दृष्ट्वा संशयं प्राप्तं पीड्यमानं महारथम् ॥

sahitāḥ pāṇḍavaṃ sarve pīḍayantaḥ samantataḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃśayaṃ prāptaṃ pīḍyamānaṃ mahāratham

All together they pressed the Pandava hard from every side. Seeing that great chariot-warrior in peril and hard pressed,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.90.25ef + 6.90.26ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost).

Verse 28 (6.94.28)

अभिमन्युप्रभृतयः पाण्डवानां महारथाः । अभ्यधावन्परीप्सन्तः प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा सुदुस्त्यजान् ॥

abhimanyuprabhṛtayaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathāḥ | abhyadhāvanparīpsantaḥ prāṇāṃstyaktvā sudustyajān

the great chariot-warriors of the Pandavas, led by Abhimanyu, rushed to rescue him, ready to give up their lives, so hard to give up.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.90.26cd + 6.90.26ef (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verse into couplets, so nothing is lost). Corrected अभ्यदावन् → अभ्यधावन् (misprint in Wikisource; द for ध, critical edition abhyadhāvan). Removed a stray क after महारथाः (misprint in Wikisource) and an invisible zero-width joiner inside पाण्डवानां.

Verse 29 (6.94.29)

अनूपाधिपतिः शूरो भीमस्य दयितः सखा । नीलो नीलाम्बुदप्रख्यः संक्रुद्धो द्रौणिमभ्ययात् ॥

anūpādhipatiḥ śūro bhīmasya dayitaḥ sakhā | nīlo nīlāmbudaprakhyaḥ saṃkruddho drauṇimabhyayāt

Nila, the valiant lord of Anupa, Bhima's dear friend, dark as a rain cloud, advanced in anger against the son of Drona.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.90.27ab + 6.90.27cd (the alignment missed it). Corrected द्रौणिमभ्यात् → द्रौणिमभ्ययात् (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped य, the line is a syllable short, critical edition drauṇim abhyayāt).

Verse 30 (6.94.30)

स्पर्धते हि महेष्वासो नित्यं द्रोणसुतेन सः । स विष्फार्य महच्चापं द्रौणिं विव्याध पत्रिणा ॥

spardhate hi maheṣvāso nityaṃ droṇasutena saḥ | sa viṣphārya mahaccāpaṃ drauṇiṃ vivyādha patriṇā

For that great archer was always vying with the son of Drona. Drawing his great bow wide, he pierced Drona's son with a feathered arrow,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.90.27ef + 6.90.28ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). सः and विष्फार्य (CE yaḥ, visphārya) kept as printed.

Verse 31 (6.94.31)

यथा शक्रो महाराज पुरा विव्याध दानवम् । विप्रचित्तिं दुराधर्षं देवतानां भयंकरम् ॥

yathā śakro mahārāja purā vivyādha dānavam | vipracittiṃ durādharṣaṃ devatānāṃ bhayaṃkaram

as Shakra (Indra), great king, once pierced the Danava Viprachitti, hard to assail and a terror to the gods,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.90.28cd + 6.90.29ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost).

Verse 32 (6.94.32)

येन लोकत्रयं क्रोधात्त्रासितं स्वेन तेजसा । स रुद्रेण जितः पूर्वं निहतो मातरिश्वना । तथा नीलेन निर्भिन्नः सम्यङ्मुक्तेन पत्रिणा ॥

yena lokatrayaṃ krodhāttrāsitaṃ svena tejasā | sa rudreṇa jitaḥ pūrvaṃ nihato mātariśvanā | tathā nīlena nirbhinnaḥ samyaṅmuktena patriṇā

who in his wrath had terrified the three worlds with his own might, and who was once conquered by Rudra and slain by Matarishvan (the Wind). So was Drona's son pierced through by Nila with a well-loosed arrow.

Note on the text: A three-line verse as the page prints it (32a–c): line 1 is the critical edition's 6.90.29cd; line 2 is not in its constituted text (vulgate recension) but is recorded in its apparatus as the star passage 6.90.29d*0353_01 (the page prints it between ` and ' marks, removed here); line 3 is 6.90.30ab. Removed a stray क after तेजसा (misprint in Wikisource). Corrected क्रोधात्रासितं → क्रोधात्त्रासितं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped त्, क्रोधात् + त्रासितं, critical edition krodhāt trāsitaṃ). Corrected सम्यङ्भुक्तेन → सम्यङ्मुक्तेन (misprint in Wikisource; भ for म, 'well loosed'; the critical edition has a different reading here, sumukhena patatriṇā, so the smallest fix is made). पत्रिणा (CE patatriṇā) kept as a variant.

Verse 33 (6.94.33)

संजातरुधिरोत्पीडो द्रौणिः क्रोधसमन्वितः । स विष्फार्य धनुश्चित्रमिन्द्राशनिसमस्वनम् ॥

saṃjātarudhirotpīḍo drauṇiḥ krodhasamanvitaḥ | sa viṣphārya dhanuścitramindrāśanisamasvanam

Blood gushing from him, the son of Drona, filled with rage, drew his bright bow, whose twang was like Indra's thunderbolt,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.90.30cd + 6.90.31ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost).

Verse 34 (6.94.34)

दध्रे नीलविनाशाय मतिं मतिमतां वरः । ततः संधाय विमलान्भल्लान्कर्मारमार्जितान् ॥

dadhre nīlavināśāya matiṃ matimatāṃ varaḥ | tataḥ saṃdhāya vimalānbhallānkarmāramārjitān

and that best of the wise set his mind on destroying Nila. Then, fitting spotless broad-headed arrows burnished by the smith,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.90.31cd + 6.90.32ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). कर्मारमार्जितान् (CE karmārapāyitān) kept as a variant.

Verse 35 (6.94.35)

जघान चतुरो वाहान्पातयामास च ध्वजम् । सूतं चैकेन भल्लेन रथनीडादपाहरत् । सप्तमेन च भल्लेन नीलं विव्याध वक्षसि ॥

jaghāna caturo vāhānpātayāmāsa ca dhvajam | sūtaṃ caikena bhallena rathanīḍādapāharat | saptamena ca bhallena nīlaṃ vivyādha vakṣasi

he killed his four horses and brought down his standard; with one broad-headed arrow he struck the charioteer from the chariot's seat, and with the seventh he pierced Nila in the chest.

Note on the text: A three-line verse as the page prints it (35a–c): line 1 is the critical edition's 6.90.32cd; line 2 is not in its constituted text (vulgate recension) but is recorded in its apparatus as the star passage 6.90.32d*0355_01 (the page prints it between ` and ' marks, removed here); line 3 is 6.90.33ab. The alternative star passage *0354 is not on the page and was not added.

Verse 36 (6.94.36)

स गाढविद्धो व्यथितो रथोपस्थ उपाविशत् । मोहितं वीक्ष्य राजानं नीलमश्मचयोपमम् ॥

sa gāḍhaviddho vyathito rathopastha upāviśat | mohitaṃ vīkṣya rājānaṃ nīlamaśmacayopamam

Deeply pierced and in pain, he sank down on the floor of his chariot. Seeing King Nila, massive as a heap of rock, in a swoon,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.90.33cd + 6.90.34ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). अश्मचयोपमम् (CE abhracayopamam) kept as a variant.

Verse 37 (6.94.37)

घटोत्कचोऽभिसंक्रुद्धो ज्ञातिभिः परिवारितः । अभिदुद्राव वेगेन द्रौणिमाहवशोभिनम् । तथेतरे चाभ्यधावन्राक्षसा युद्धदुर्मदाः ॥

ghaṭotkaco'bhisaṃkruddho jñātibhiḥ parivāritaḥ | abhidudrāva vegena drauṇimāhavaśobhinam | tathetare cābhyadhāvanrākṣasā yuddhadurmadāḥ

Ghatotkacha, in a great rage and surrounded by his kinsmen, rushed with speed at the son of Drona, the glory of battle; and the other rakshasas, fierce in fighting, charged as well.

Note on the text: A three-line verse: line 1 is the critical edition's 6.90.34cd, lines 2–3 are 6.90.35. घटोत्कचोऽभिसंक्रुद्धो, ज्ञातिभिः and चाभ्यधावन् (CE ghaṭotkaco 'pi saṃkruddho, bhrātṛbhiḥ, abhyadhāvan) kept as variants.

Verse 38 (6.94.38)

भीमसेनो महाबाहुर्नीलं नीलाञ्जनप्रभम् । आरोप्य स्वरथं वीरो दुर्योधनमपाद्रवत् ॥

bhīmaseno mahābāhurnīlaṃ nīlāñjanaprabham | āropya svarathaṃ vīro duryodhanamapādravat

Mighty-armed Bhimasena, the hero, lifted Nila, dark as collyrium, onto his own chariot and rushed at Duryodhana.

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 6.90.35d*0356, lines 1–2 (reading bhīmaseno 'pi samare for भीमसेनो महाबाहुर्). The page prints line 1 between ` and ' marks with a danda inside them; the marks are removed and the danda set in its usual place.

Verse 39 (6.94.39)

घटोत्कचं च संप्रेक्ष्य राक्षसं घोरदर्शनम् । अभ्यधावत तेजस्वी भारद्वाजात्मजस्त्वरन् ॥

ghaṭotkacaṃ ca saṃprekṣya rākṣasaṃ ghoradarśanam | abhyadhāvata tejasvī bhāradvājātmajastvaran

Seeing Ghatotkacha, the rakshasa of terrible aspect, the mighty son of Drona rushed at him in haste,

Note on the text: Corrected भारज्वाजात्मजस् → भारद्वाजात्मजस् (misprint in Wikisource; ज्व for द्व, critical edition bhāradvājātmajas). घटोत्कचं च (CE tam āpatantaṃ) kept as a variant.

Verse 40 (6.94.40)

निजघान च संक्रुद्धो राक्षसान्भीमदर्शनान् । योऽभवन्नग्रतः क्रुद्धा राक्षसस्य पुरःसराः । विमुखांश्चैव तान्दृष्ट्वा द्रौणिचापच्युतैः शरैः ॥

nijaghāna ca saṃkruddho rākṣasānbhīmadarśanān | yo'bhavannagrataḥ kruddhā rākṣasasya puraḥsarāḥ | vimukhāṃścaiva tāndṛṣṭvā drauṇicāpacyutaiḥ śaraiḥ

and in his rage he slew the fearsome-looking rakshasas who, furious, went before the rakshasa as his vanguard. Seeing them turned back by the arrows shot from the bow of Drona's son,

Note on the text: A three-line verse: lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 6.90.37 and line 3 is 6.90.38ab (the alignment missed it; verses 40–43 here = critical edition 6.90.37–40, nothing is lost).

Verse 41 (6.94.41)

अक्रुद्ध्यत महाकायो भैमसेनिर्घटोत्कचः । प्रादुश्चक्रे ततो मायां घोररूपां सुदारुणाम् ॥

akruddhyata mahākāyo bhaimasenirghaṭotkacaḥ | prāduścakre tato māyāṃ ghorarūpāṃ sudāruṇām

the huge Ghatotkacha, son of Bhimasena, flew into a rage. Then he put forth an illusion, dreadful in form and utterly cruel,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.90.38cd + 6.90.39ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). अक्रुद्ध्यत (CE akrudhyata) kept as printed; ततो मायां (CE mahāmāyāṃ) kept as a variant.

Verse 42 (6.94.42)

मोहयन्समरे द्रौणिं मायावी राक्षसाधिपः । ततस्ते तावकाः सर्वे मायया विमुखीकृताः ॥

mohayansamare drauṇiṃ māyāvī rākṣasādhipaḥ | tataste tāvakāḥ sarve māyayā vimukhīkṛtāḥ

the master of illusion, lord of the rakshasas, bewildering the son of Drona in the battle. Then all your men, turned to flight by that illusion,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.90.39cd + 6.90.40ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost). Removed a stray क after विमुखीकृताः (misprint in Wikisource).

Verse 43 (6.94.43)

अन्योन्यं समपश्यन्त निकृत्ता मेदिनीतले । विचेष्टमानाः कृपणाः शोणितेन परिप्लुताः ॥

anyonyaṃ samapaśyanta nikṛttā medinītale | viceṣṭamānāḥ kṛpaṇāḥ śoṇitena pariplutāḥ

saw one another cut down on the ground, writhing piteously and drenched in blood.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.90.40cd + 6.90.40ef (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verse into couplets, so nothing is lost). निकृत्ता … विचेष्टमानाः कृपणाः … परिप्लुताः in the nominative (CE accusatives nikṛttān … viceṣṭamānān kṛpaṇāñ … samukṣitān) kept as variants.

Verse 44 (6.94.44)

द्रोणं दुर्योधनं शल्यमश्वत्थामानमेव च । प्रायशश्च महेष्वासा ये प्रधानाः स्म कौरवाः ॥

droṇaṃ duryodhanaṃ śalyamaśvatthāmānameva ca | prāyaśaśca maheṣvāsā ye pradhānāḥ sma kauravāḥ

They saw Drona, Duryodhana, Shalya and Ashvatthaman, and most of the great archers who were the foremost of the Kauravas, in the same state:

Note on the text: The page's gloss on this verse, printed below the table (द्रोणादींश्चापश्यन्तेति संबन्धः), construes it with 'they saw' of verse 43; it is not a verse. स्म (CE ca) kept as a variant.

Verse 45 (6.94.45)

विध्वस्ता रथिनः सर्वे गजाश्च विनिपातिताः । हयाश्चैव हयारोहाः सन्निकृत्ताः सहस्रशः ॥

vidhvastā rathinaḥ sarve gajāśca vinipātitāḥ | hayāścaiva hayārohāḥ sannikṛttāḥ sahasraśaḥ

all the chariot-warriors shattered, the elephants struck down, and horses and their riders cut to pieces by the thousand.

Note on the text: हयाश्चैव हयारोहाः सन्निकृत्ताः (CE hayāś ca sahayārohā vinikṛttāḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 46 (6.94.46)

तद्दृष्ट्वा तावकं सैन्यं विद्रुतं शिबिरं प्रति । मम प्राक्रोशतो राजंस्तथा देवव्रतस्य च ॥

taddṛṣṭvā tāvakaṃ sainyaṃ vidrutaṃ śibiraṃ prati | mama prākrośato rājaṃstathā devavratasya ca

Seeing that, your army fled toward the camp, though I, O king, and Devavrata (Bhishma) as well kept crying out:

Verse 47 (6.94.47)

युध्यध्वं मा पलायध्वं मायैषा राक्षसी रणे । घटोत्कचप्रमुक्तेति नातिष्ठन्त विमोहिताः ॥

yudhyadhvaṃ mā palāyadhvaṃ māyaiṣā rākṣasī raṇe | ghaṭotkacapramukteti nātiṣṭhanta vimohitāḥ

'Fight! Do not flee! This is a rakshasa's illusion in the battle, sent forth by Ghatotkacha!' But bewildered, they would not stand.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.90.44ab + 6.90.44cd (the alignment missed it; Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses 6.90.44–45 into couplets, so verses 47–49 here = critical edition 6.90.44–45; nothing is lost). घटोत्कचप्रमुक्ता (CE ghaṭotkacaprayuktā) kept as a variant.

Verse 48 (6.94.48)

नैव ते श्रद्दधुर्भीता वदतोरावयोर्वचः । तांश्च प्रद्रवतो दृष्ट्वा जयं प्राप्ताश्च पाण्डवाः ॥

naiva te śraddadhurbhītā vadatorāvayorvacaḥ | tāṃśca pradravato dṛṣṭvā jayaṃ prāptāśca pāṇḍavāḥ

In their terror they did not believe the words the two of us spoke. Seeing them flee, the Pandavas, having won the victory,

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.90.44ef + 6.90.45ab (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verses here into couplets, so nothing is lost).

Verse 49 (6.94.49)

घटोत्कचेन सहिताः सिंहनादान्प्रचक्रिरे । शङ्खदुन्दुभिनिर्घोषैः समन्तान्नेदिरे भृशम् ॥

ghaṭotkacena sahitāḥ siṃhanādānpracakrire | śaṅkhadundubhinirghoṣaiḥ samantānnedire bhṛśam

raised lion-roars together with Ghatotkacha, and all around the air resounded loudly with the blare of conches and drums.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 6.90.45cd + 6.90.45ef (Wikisource divides the critical edition's three-line verse into couplets, so nothing is lost). शङ्खदुन्दुभिनिर्घोषैः समन्तान्नेदिरे (CE śaṅkhadundubhighoṣāś ca samantāt sasvanur) kept as a variant.

Verse 50 (6.94.50)

एवं तव बलं सर्वं हैडिम्बेन महात्मना । सूर्यास्तमनवेलायां प्रभग्नं विद्रुतं दिशः ॥

evaṃ tava balaṃ sarvaṃ haiḍimbena mahātmanā | sūryāstamanavelāyāṃ prabhagnaṃ vidrutaṃ diśaḥ

Thus, at the hour of sunset, your whole army was broken by the great-souled son of Hidimba and fled in all directions.

Note on the text: महात्मना (CE durātmanā) kept as a variant.