Krishna and Arjuna Break Through Drona's Host

Verse 1 (7.101.1)

स्रंसन्त इव मज्जानस्तावकानां भयान्नृप । तौ दृष्ट्वा समतिक्रान्तौ वासुदेवधनञ्जयौ ॥

sraṃsanta iva majjānastāvakānāṃ bhayānnṛpa | tau dṛṣṭvā samatikrāntau vāsudevadhanañjayau

O king, the very marrow of your warriors seemed to melt with fear when they saw Vasudeva and Dhananjaya pass beyond.

Verse 2 (7.101.2)

सर्वे तु प्रतिसंरब्धा ह्रीमन्तः सत्वचोदिताः । स्थिरीभूता महात्मानः प्रत्यगच्छन्धनञ्जयम् ॥

sarve tu pratisaṃrabdhā hrīmantaḥ satvacoditāḥ | sthirībhūtā mahātmānaḥ pratyagacchandhanañjayam

Yet all of them, rallying, modest and spurred on by their courage, steadied themselves, those great-souled men, and advanced against Dhananjaya.

Note on the text: Corrected हीमन्तः → ह्रीमन्तः (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct ह्र lost its र, and हीमन्तः is not a word; hrīmantaḥ in CE 7.76.2).

Verse 3 (7.101.3)

ये गताः पाण्डवं युद्धे रोषामर्षसमन्विताः । तेऽद्यापि न निवर्तन्ते सिन्धवः सागरादिव ॥

ye gatāḥ pāṇḍavaṃ yuddhe roṣāmarṣasamanvitāḥ | te'dyāpi na nivartante sindhavaḥ sāgarādiva

Those who went against the Pandava in battle, full of wrath and indignation, have not turned back even now, just as rivers do not return from the sea.

Verse 4 (7.101.4)

असन्तस्तु न्यवर्तन्त वेदेभ्य इव नास्तिकाः । नरकं भजमानास्ते प्रत्यपद्यन्त किल्बिषम् ॥

asantastu nyavartanta vedebhya iva nāstikāḥ | narakaṃ bhajamānāste pratyapadyanta kilbiṣam

But the base turned back, as unbelievers turn away from the Vedas; going the way of hell, they took upon themselves only sin.

Verse 5 (7.101.5)

तावतीत्य रथानीकं विमुक्तौ पुरुषर्षभौ । ददृशाते यथा राहोरास्यान्मुक्तौ प्रभाकरौ ॥

tāvatītya rathānīkaṃ vimuktau puruṣarṣabhau | dadṛśāte yathā rāhorāsyānmuktau prabhākarau

Having crossed that host of chariots, the two best of men were seen like the sun and moon released from the mouth of Rahu.

Verse 6 (7.101.6)

मत्स्याविव महाजालं विदार्य विगतक्लमौ । तथा कृष्णावदृश्येतां सेनाजालं विदार्य तत् ॥

matsyāviva mahājālaṃ vidārya vigataklamau | tathā kṛṣṇāvadṛśyetāṃ senājālaṃ vidārya tat

As two fish tear through a great net and are free of weariness, so the two Krishnas were seen, having torn through that net of an army.

Note on the text: Recension variant: Wikisource विगतक्लमौ, CE vigatajvarau.

Verse 7 (7.101.7)

विमुक्तौ शस्त्रसम्बाधाद्रोणानीकात्सुदुर्भिदात् । अदृश्येतां महात्मानौ कालसूर्याविवोदितौ ॥

vimuktau śastrasambādhādroṇānīkātsudurbhidāt | adṛśyetāṃ mahātmānau kālasūryāvivoditau

Freed from the press of weapons, from Drona's host so hard to break, the two great-souled men appeared like two suns of the world's end risen together.

Verse 8 (7.101.8)

अस्त्रसम्बाधनिर्मुक्तौ विमुक्तौ शस्त्रसङ्कटात् । अदृश्येतां महात्मानौ शत्रुसम्बाधकारिणौ ॥

astrasambādhanirmuktau vimuktau śastrasaṅkaṭāt | adṛśyetāṃ mahātmānau śatrusambādhakāriṇau

Released from the crush of missiles and the peril of weapons, the two great-souled men appeared, themselves the cause of distress to their foes.

Verse 9 (7.101.9)

विमुक्तौ ज्वलनस्पर्शान्मकरास्याज्झषाविव । अक्षोभयेतां सेनां तौ समुद्रं मकराविव ॥

vimuktau jvalanasparśānmakarāsyājjhaṣāviva | akṣobhayetāṃ senāṃ tau samudraṃ makarāviva

Freed from the touch of fire, like two fish from the jaws of a sea-monster, the two stirred up the army as two sea-monsters stir an ocean.

Verse 10 (7.101.10)

तावकास्तव पुत्राश्च द्रोणानीकस्थयोस्तयोः । नैतौ तरिष्यतो द्रोणमिति चक्रुस्तदा मतिम् ॥

tāvakāstava putrāśca droṇānīkasthayostayoḥ | naitau tariṣyato droṇamiti cakrustadā matim

Your warriors and your sons, seeing the two within Drona's host, had made up their minds that these two would never get past Drona.

Verse 11 (7.101.11)

तौ तु दृष्ट्वा व्यतिक्रान्तौ द्रोणानीकं महाद्युती । नाशशंसुर्महाराज सिन्धुराजस्य जीवितम् ॥

tau tu dṛṣṭvā vyatikrāntau droṇānīkaṃ mahādyutī | nāśaśaṃsurmahārāja sindhurājasya jīvitam

But when they saw those two radiant men pass beyond Drona's host, O great king, they no longer hoped for the life of the king of Sindhu.

Verse 12 (7.101.12)

आशा बलवती राजन्सिन्धुराजस्य जीविते । द्रोणहार्दिक्ययोः कृष्णौ न मोक्ष्येते इति प्रभो ॥

āśā balavatī rājansindhurājasya jīvite | droṇahārdikyayoḥ kṛṣṇau na mokṣyete iti prabho

Strong, O king, was the hope for the Sindhu king's life: "The two Krishnas will not escape Drona and Hardikya, my lord."

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are a recension variant of CE 7.76.12 (CE: āśā balavatī rājan putrāṇām abhavat tava | droṇahārdikyayoḥ kṛṣṇau na mokṣyete iti prabho).

Verse 13 (7.101.13)

तामाशां विफलीकृत्य सन्तीर्णौ तौ परन्तपौ । द्रोणानीकं महाराज भोजानीकं च दुस्तरम् ॥

tāmāśāṃ viphalīkṛtya santīrṇau tau parantapau | droṇānīkaṃ mahārāja bhojānīkaṃ ca dustaram

Having made that hope vain, the two scorchers of foes crossed over Drona's host and the Bhoja host, so hard to cross, O great king.

Verse 14 (7.101.14)

अथ दृष्ट्वा व्यतिक्रान्तौ ज्वलिताविव पावकौ । निराशाः सिन्धुराजस्य जीवितं न शशंसिरे ॥

atha dṛṣṭvā vyatikrāntau jvalitāviva pāvakau | nirāśāḥ sindhurājasya jīvitaṃ na śaśaṃsire

Then, seeing the two pass beyond like two blazing fires, they despaired and no longer reckoned on the life of the king of Sindhu.

Verse 15 (7.101.15)

मिथश्च समभाषेतामभीतौ भयवर्धनौ । जयद्रथवधे वाचस्तास्ताः कृष्णधनञ्जयौ ॥

mithaśca samabhāṣetāmabhītau bhayavardhanau | jayadrathavadhe vācastāstāḥ kṛṣṇadhanañjayau

And the two, fearless and spreaders of fear, spoke to one another those words about the slaying of Jayadratha, Krishna and Dhananjaya.

Verse 16 (7.101.16)

असौ मध्ये कृतः षड्भिर्धार्तराष्ट्रैर्महारथैः । चक्षुर्विषयसम्प्राप्तो न मे मोक्ष्यति सैन्धवः ॥

asau madhye kṛtaḥ ṣaḍbhirdhārtarāṣṭrairmahārathaiḥ | cakṣurviṣayasamprāpto na me mokṣyati saindhavaḥ

"There he stands, placed in the middle of six great chariot-warriors of Dhritarashtra's side; having come within sight of my eyes, the Saindhava will not escape me."

Note on the text: Corrected षङ्भिः → षड्भिः (misprint in Wikisource; ṣaṅbhiḥ is not a valid form, CE ṣaḍbhir). The words are the two Krishnas' talk to each other, reported in the previous verse (no heading printed), so the speaker is given as Krishna and Arjuna rather than Sanjaya. CE reads न नौ for न मे; Wikisource's reading is kept.

Verse 17 (7.101.17)

यद्यस्य समरे गोप्ता शक्रो देवगणैः सह । तथाप्येनं निहंस्याव इति कृष्णावभाषताम् ॥

yadyasya samare goptā śakro devagaṇaiḥ saha | tathāpyenaṃ nihaṃsyāva iti kṛṣṇāvabhāṣatām

"Even if Shakra, with the hosts of gods, guards him in battle, we shall still kill him," the two Krishnas said.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the two Krishnas' words; the closing words इति कृष्णावभाषताम् are the narrator's, so the verse stays with Sanjaya.

Verse 18 (7.101.18)

इति कृष्णौ महाबाहू मिथः कथयतां तदा । सिन्धुराजमवेक्षन्तौ त्वत्पुत्रा बहु चुक्रुशुः ॥

iti kṛṣṇau mahābāhū mithaḥ kathayatāṃ tadā | sindhurājamavekṣantau tvatputrā bahu cukruśuḥ

So the two mighty-armed Krishnas spoke to one another then, gazing at the king of Sindhu, and your sons shouted loudly.

Note on the text: Line 2 is a recension variant of CE 7.76.18 (CE: sindhurājam avekṣantau tat putrās tava śuśruvuḥ).

Verse 19 (7.101.19)

अतीत्य मरुधन्वानं प्रयान्तौ तृषितौ गजौ । पीत्वा वारि समाश्वस्तौ तथैवास्तामरिन्दमौ ॥

atītya marudhanvānaṃ prayāntau tṛṣitau gajau | pītvā vāri samāśvastau tathaivāstāmarindamau

Like two thirsty elephants that have crossed a waterless desert and, having drunk water, are refreshed, so were those two subduers of foes.

Verse 20 (7.101.20)

व्याघ्रसिंहगजाकीर्णानतिक्रम्य च पर्वतान् । वणिजाविव दृश्येतां हीनमृत्यू जरातिगौ ॥

vyāghrasiṃhagajākīrṇānatikramya ca parvatān | vaṇijāviva dṛśyetāṃ hīnamṛtyū jarātigau

Having crossed mountains crowded with tigers, lions and elephants, the two appeared like two merchants who have escaped death and gone beyond decay.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match; the counterpart is CE 7.76.20 (vyāghrasiṃhagajākīrṇān atikramyeva parvatān | adṛśyetāṃ mahābāhū yathā mṛtyujarātigau). Line 1 is nearly the same; line 2 is a recension variant (Wikisource: वणिजाविव दृश्येतां हीनमृत्यू जरातिगौ).

Verse 21 (7.101.21)

तथाहि मुखवर्णोऽयमनयोरिति मेनिरे । तावका वीक्ष्य मुक्तौ तौ विक्रोशन्ति स्म सर्वशः ॥

tathāhi mukhavarṇo'yamanayoriti menire | tāvakā vīkṣya muktau tau vikrośanti sma sarvaśaḥ

Judging from the colour of their faces, so they reckoned, your men saw that the two had come through, and they cried out on every side.

Verse 22 (7.101.22)

द्रोणादाशीविषाकाराज्ज्वलितादिव पावकात् । अन्येभ्यः पार्थिवेभ्यश्च भास्वन्ताविव भास्करौ ॥

droṇādāśīviṣākārājjvalitādiva pāvakāt | anyebhyaḥ pārthivebhyaśca bhāsvantāviva bhāskarau

Out of Drona, who was like a venomous snake, like a blazing fire, and out of the other kings, the two came forth shining like two suns.

Verse 23 (7.101.23)

विमुक्तौ सागरप्रख्याद्रोणानीकादरिन्दमौ । अदृश्येतां मुदा युक्तौ समुत्तीर्यार्णवं यथा ॥

vimuktau sāgaraprakhyādroṇānīkādarindamau | adṛśyetāṃ mudā yuktau samuttīryārṇavaṃ yathā

Freed from Drona's host, vast as an ocean, the two subduers of foes appeared joyful, as though they had crossed the sea.

Note on the text: Corrected अर्रिदमौ → अरिन्दमौ (misprint in Wikisource; a doubled र and a lost न्, 'दर्रिदमौ' is not a word; CE ariṃdamau).

Verse 24 (7.101.24)

अस्त्रौघान्महतो मुक्तौ द्रोणहार्दिक्यरक्षितात् । रोचमानावदृश्येतामिन्द्राग्न्योः सदृशौ रणे ॥

astraughānmahato muktau droṇahārdikyarakṣitāt | rocamānāvadṛśyetāmindrāgnyoḥ sadṛśau raṇe

Released from the great mass of missiles guarded by Drona and Hardikya, they shone in battle, appearing like Indra and Agni.

Note on the text: Recension variant: Wikisource अस्त्रौघान्, CE śastraughān.

Verse 25 (7.101.25)

उद्भिन्नरुधिरौ कृष्णौ भारद्वाजस्य सायकैः । शितैश्चितौ व्यरोचेतां कर्णिकारैरिवाचलौ ॥

udbhinnarudhirau kṛṣṇau bhāradvājasya sāyakaiḥ | śitaiścitau vyarocetāṃ karṇikārairivācalau

The two Krishnas, their blood flowing from the wounds made by the arrows of Bharadvaja's son, covered with sharp shafts, shone like mountains clothed in karnikara blossoms.

Verse 26 (7.101.26)

द्रोणग्राहह्रदान्मुक्तौ शक्त्याशीविषसङ्कटात् । अयःशरोग्रमकरात्क्षत्रियप्रवराम्भसः ॥

droṇagrāhahradānmuktau śaktyāśīviṣasaṅkaṭāt | ayaḥśarogramakarātkṣatriyapravarāmbhasaḥ

They were freed from that lake whose crocodile was Drona, whose peril lay in spears like venomous snakes, whose monsters were fierce iron arrows, and whose water was the foremost of the kshatriyas.

Note on the text: Corrected हूदान् → ह्रदान् (misprint in Wikisource; हूद is not a word, the 'lake' is hrada; CE droṇagrāhahradān). The sentence continues in the next verse.

Verse 27 (7.101.27)

ज्याघोषतलनिर्हादाद्गदानिस्त्रिंशविद्युतः । द्रोणास्त्रमेघान्निर्मुक्तौ सूर्येन्दू तिमिरादिव ॥

jyāghoṣatalanirhādādgadānistriṃśavidyutaḥ | droṇāstrameghānnirmuktau sūryendū timirādiva

Out of that cloud of Drona's weapons, thundering with the twang of bowstrings and the slap of palms and flashing with maces and swords for lightning, the two came forth like the sun and moon out of darkness.

Verse 28 (7.101.28)

बाहुभ्यामिव सन्तीर्णौ सिन्धुषष्ठाः समुद्रगाः । तपान्ते सरितः पूर्णा महाग्राहसमाकुलाः ॥

bāhubhyāmiva santīrṇau sindhuṣaṣṭhāḥ samudragāḥ | tapānte saritaḥ pūrṇā mahāgrāhasamākulāḥ

They seemed to have swum across with their arms, as one swims the rivers that run to the sea, the Sindhu being the sixth of them, when at the end of the hot season they are full and thick with great crocodiles.

Verse 29 (7.101.29)

महाशैलोच्चयां घोरां लङ्घयित्वा महानदीम् । निस्तीर्णावध्वगौ यद्वत्तद्वत्तौ तारितौ रणे ॥

mahāśailoccayāṃ ghorāṃ laṅghayitvā mahānadīm | nistīrṇāvadhvagau yadvattadvattau tāritau raṇe

Just as two travellers, having leapt across a dreadful great river that runs between towering mountains, have crossed over, so were those two brought across in battle.

Note on the text: Removed the page's backtick and closing quote marks, which mark a bracketed insertion. Not in the critical edition's main text: lines 1–2 are the star passage *0547_01–02, printed after 7.76.28d. ce_ref is null.

Verse 30 (7.101.30)

इति कृष्णौ महेष्वासौ प्रशस्तौ लोकविश्रुतौ । सर्वभूतान्यमन्यन्त द्रोणास्त्रबलवारणात् ॥

iti kṛṣṇau maheṣvāsau praśastau lokaviśrutau | sarvabhūtānyamanyanta droṇāstrabalavāraṇāt

Thus, for having warded off the might of Drona's weapons, all beings held the two Krishnas, great archers famed throughout the world, in high praise.

Note on the text: Recension variant: Wikisource प्रशस्तौ / द्रोणास्त्रबलवारणात्, CE yaśasā / droṇāstrabalavismayāt.

Verse 31 (7.101.31)

जयद्रथं समीपस्थमवेक्षन्तौ जिघांसया । रुरुं वनान्ते लिप्सन्तौ व्याघ्रवत्तावतिष्ठताम् ॥

jayadrathaṃ samīpasthamavekṣantau jighāṃsayā | ruruṃ vanānte lipsantau vyāghravattāvatiṣṭhatām

Looking at Jayadratha close by, wishing to kill him, the two stood like two tigers wanting a stag at the forest's edge.

Note on the text: Recension variant: Wikisource रुरुं वनान्ते, CE ruruṃ nipāne.

Verse 32 (7.101.32)

यथा हि मुखवर्णोऽयमनयोरिति मेनिरे । तव योधा महाराज हतमेव जयद्रथम् ॥

yathā hi mukhavarṇo'yamanayoriti menire | tava yodhā mahārāja hatameva jayadratham

Seeing the colour of those two faces, your warriors, O great king, took Jayadratha for as good as slain.

Verse 33 (7.101.33)

लोहिताक्षौ महाबाहू संयुक्तौ कृष्णपाण्डवौ । सिन्धुराजमभिप्रेक्ष्य हृष्टौ व्यनदतां मुहुः ॥

lohitākṣau mahābāhū saṃyuktau kṛṣṇapāṇḍavau | sindhurājamabhiprekṣya hṛṣṭau vyanadatāṃ muhuḥ

Red-eyed, mighty-armed, standing together, Krishna and the Pandava, gazing at the king of Sindhu, roared again and again in joy.

Verse 34 (7.101.34)

शौरेरभीषुहस्तस्य पार्थस्य च धनुष्मतः । तयोरासीत्प्रभा राजन्सूर्यपावकयोरिव ॥

śaurerabhīṣuhastasya pārthasya ca dhanuṣmataḥ | tayorāsītprabhā rājansūryapāvakayoriva

O king, a radiance like that of the sun and of fire came from Shauri with the reins in his hand and from Partha with his bow.

Verse 35 (7.101.35)

हर्ष एव तयोरासीद्द्रोणानीकप्रमुक्तयोः । समीपे सैन्धवं दृष्ट्वा श्येनयोरामिषं यथा ॥

harṣa eva tayorāsīddroṇānīkapramuktayoḥ | samīpe saindhavaṃ dṛṣṭvā śyenayorāmiṣaṃ yathā

Joy alone was theirs, released from Drona's host, on seeing the Saindhava near, like that of two hawks on seeing meat.

Verse 36 (7.101.36)

तौ तु सैन्धवमालोक्य वर्तमानमिवान्तिके । सहसा पेततुः क्रुद्धौ क्षिप्रं श्येनाविवामिषम् ॥

tau tu saindhavamālokya vartamānamivāntike | sahasā petatuḥ kruddhau kṣipraṃ śyenāvivāmiṣam

Seeing the Saindhava as if right before them, the two, enraged, fell upon him suddenly, swift as two hawks upon meat.

Note on the text: Corrected श्येनाविवामिपम् → श्येनाविवामिषम् (misprint in Wikisource; आमिप is not a word, ष read as प; CE āmiṣe). Also set the missing space in पेततुः क्रुद्धौ (visarga kept before क्र).

Verse 37 (7.101.37)

तौ दृष्ट्वा तु व्यतिक्रान्तौ हृषीकेशधनञ्जयौ । सिन्धुराजस्य रक्षार्थं पराक्रान्तः सुतस्तव ॥

tau dṛṣṭvā tu vyatikrāntau hṛṣīkeśadhanañjayau | sindhurājasya rakṣārthaṃ parākrāntaḥ sutastava

But seeing Hrishikesha and Dhananjaya pass beyond, your son advanced valiantly to protect the king of Sindhu.

Verse 38 (7.101.38)

द्रोणेनाबद्धकवचो राजा दुर्योधनस्ततः । ययावेकरथेनाजौ हयसंस्कारवित्प्रभो ॥

droṇenābaddhakavaco rājā duryodhanastataḥ | yayāvekarathenājau hayasaṃskāravitprabho

Then King Duryodhana, his armour bound on by Drona, went out alone in a single chariot into the battle, O lord, expert in the handling of horses.

Note on the text: Corrected हयसंस्करावित् → हयसंस्कारवित् (misprint in Wikisource; the vowel sign is displaced, संस्करावित् is not a word; CE hayasaṃskāravit). Line 1 reads ततः for CE tadā (recension variant).

Verse 39 (7.101.39)

कृष्णपार्थौ महेष्वासौ व्यतिक्रम्याथ ते सुतः । अग्रतः पुण्डरीकाक्षं प्रतीयाय नराधिप ॥

kṛṣṇapārthau maheṣvāsau vyatikramyātha te sutaḥ | agrataḥ puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ pratīyāya narādhipa

Having passed the two great archers, Krishna and Partha, your son, O ruler of men, advanced before the lotus-eyed Krishna.

Verse 40 (7.101.40)

ततः सर्वेषु सैन्येषु वादित्राणि प्रहृष्टवत् । प्रावाद्यन्त व्यतिक्रान्ते तव पुत्रे धनञ्जयम् ॥

tataḥ sarveṣu sainyeṣu vāditrāṇi prahṛṣṭavat | prāvādyanta vyatikrānte tava putre dhanañjayam

Then in all the armies musical instruments were played joyfully as your son passed beyond Dhananjaya.

Verse 41 (7.101.41)

सिंहनादरवाश्चासञ्शङ्खशब्दविमिश्रिताः । दृष्ट्वा दुर्योधनं तत्र कृष्णयोः प्रमुखे स्थितम् ॥

siṃhanādaravāścāsañśaṅkhaśabdavimiśritāḥ | dṛṣṭvā duryodhanaṃ tatra kṛṣṇayoḥ pramukhe sthitam

Lion-roars mingled with the sound of conches arose on seeing Duryodhana standing there before the two Krishnas.

Verse 42 (7.101.42)

ये च ते सिन्धुराजस्य गोप्तारः पावकोपमाः । ते प्राहृष्यन्त समरे दृष्ट्वा पुत्रं तव प्रभो ॥

ye ca te sindhurājasya goptāraḥ pāvakopamāḥ | te prāhṛṣyanta samare dṛṣṭvā putraṃ tava prabho

And those protectors of the Sindhu king, blazing like fire, rejoiced in the battle on seeing your son, O lord.

Verse 43 (7.101.43)

दृष्ट्वा दुर्योधनं कृष्णो व्यतिक्रान्तं सहानुगम् । अब्रवीदर्जुनं राजन्प्राप्तकालमिदं वचः ॥

dṛṣṭvā duryodhanaṃ kṛṣṇo vyatikrāntaṃ sahānugam | abravīdarjunaṃ rājanprāptakālamidaṃ vacaḥ

Seeing Duryodhana come up with his followers, Krishna, O king, spoke to Arjuna these words suited to the moment.