Arjuna's Arrows Fail Against Duryodhana's Armour

Verse 1 (7.103.1)

एवमुक्त्वाऽर्जुनं राजा त्रिभिर्मर्मातिगैः शरैः । अभ्यविध्यन्महावेगैश्चतुर्भिश्चतुरो हयान् ॥

evamuktvā'rjunaṃ rājā tribhirmarmātigaiḥ śaraiḥ | abhyavidhyanmahāvegaiścaturbhiścaturo hayān

Having spoken thus to Arjuna, the king struck him with three arrows that pierce the vital parts, and with four very swift ones struck his four horses.

Note on the text: Recension variant: Wikisource अभ्यविध्यत्, CE pratyavidhyat.

Verse 2 (7.103.2)

वासुदेवं च दशभिः प्रत्यविध्यत्स्तनान्तरे । प्रतोदं चास्य भल्लेन च्छित्त्वा भूमावपातयत् ॥

vāsudevaṃ ca daśabhiḥ pratyavidhyatstanāntare | pratodaṃ cāsya bhallena cchittvā bhūmāvapātayat

And he struck Vasudeva in the chest with ten, and with a broad-headed arrow cut his whip and threw it to the ground.

Verse 3 (7.103.3)

तं चतुर्दशभिः पार्थश्चित्रपुङ्खैः शिलाशितैः । अविध्यत्तूर्णमव्यग्रस्ते चाभ्रश्यन्त वर्मणि ॥

taṃ caturdaśabhiḥ pārthaścitrapuṅkhaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ | avidhyattūrṇamavyagraste cābhraśyanta varmaṇi

Partha, swift and calm, struck him with fourteen stone-whetted arrows with bright feathers; but they slid off his armour.

Verse 4 (7.103.4)

तेषां नैष्फल्यमालोक्य पुनर्नव च पञ्च च । प्राहिणोन्निशितान्बाणांस्ते चाभ्रश्यन्त वर्मणः ॥

teṣāṃ naiṣphalyamālokya punarnava ca pañca ca | prāhiṇonniśitānbāṇāṃste cābhraśyanta varmaṇaḥ

Seeing them fail, he again sent nine and five sharp arrows; and those, too, slid off the armour.

Verse 5 (7.103.5)

अष्टाविंशांस्तु तान्बाणानस्तान्विप्रेक्ष्य निष्फलान् । अब्रवीत्परवीरघ्नः कृष्णोऽर्जुनमिदं वचः ॥

aṣṭāviṃśāṃstu tānbāṇānastānviprekṣya niṣphalān | abravītparavīraghnaḥ kṛṣṇo'rjunamidaṃ vacaḥ

Seeing those twenty-eight arrows spent in vain, Krishna, slayer of enemy heroes, spoke these words to Arjuna.

Verse 6 (7.103.6)

अदृष्टपूर्वं पश्यामि शिलानामिव सर्पणम् । त्वया सम्प्रेषिताः पार्थ नार्थं कुर्वन्ति पत्रिणः ॥

adṛṣṭapūrvaṃ paśyāmi śilānāmiva sarpaṇam | tvayā sampreṣitāḥ pārtha nārthaṃ kurvanti patriṇaḥ

"I see something never seen before: your shafts glide off as though sliding over stone. The arrows you send, Partha, do no work."

Note on the text: Krishna's own words, filling the whole verse; no heading is printed for them (the page's heading for verses 1–10 is Sanjaya's), so the speaker is Vasudeva (Krishna).

Verse 7 (7.103.7)

कच्चिद्गाण्डीवजः प्राणस्तथैव भरतर्षभ । मुष्टिश्च ते यथा पूर्वं भुजयोश्च बलं तव ॥

kaccidgāṇḍīvajaḥ prāṇastathaiva bharatarṣabha | muṣṭiśca te yathā pūrvaṃ bhujayośca balaṃ tava

"Is the vigour that comes from the Gandiva the same as ever, best of the Bharatas? And is the grip of your fist as before, and the strength of your arms?"

Note on the text: Krishna's own words, filling the whole verse; no heading is printed for them (the page's heading for verses 1–10 is Sanjaya's), so the speaker is Vasudeva (Krishna). Wikisource's page notes list variants गाण्डीवतो बाणाः / गण्डीवतः प्राणा; the base reading गाण्डीवजः प्राणः is kept.

Verse 8 (7.103.8)

न वा कच्चिदयं कालः प्राप्तः स्यादद्य पश्चिमः । तव चैवास्य शत्रोश्च तन्ममाचक्ष्व पृच्छतः ॥

na vā kaccidayaṃ kālaḥ prāptaḥ syādadya paścimaḥ | tava caivāsya śatrośca tanmamācakṣva pṛcchataḥ

"Can it be that today the last hour has come, for you or for this enemy? Tell me, who ask."

Note on the text: Krishna's own words, filling the whole verse; no heading is printed for them (the page's heading for verses 1–10 is Sanjaya's), so the speaker is Vasudeva (Krishna). Recension variant: Wikisource न वा कच्चिदयं कालः, CE na ced vidher ayaṃ kālaḥ.

Verse 9 (7.103.9)

विस्मयो मे महान्पार्थ तव दृष्ट्वा शरानिमान् । व्यर्थान्निपतितान्सङ्ख्ये दुर्योधनरथं प्रति ॥

vismayo me mahānpārtha tava dṛṣṭvā śarānimān | vyarthānnipatitānsaṅkhye duryodhanarathaṃ prati

"Great is my astonishment, Partha, at seeing these arrows of yours fall useless in the battle upon Duryodhana's chariot."

Note on the text: Krishna's own words, filling the whole verse; no heading is printed for them (the page's heading for verses 1–10 is Sanjaya's), so the speaker is Vasudeva (Krishna). Corrected सङ्खे → सङ्ख्ये (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct ख्य lost its य, सङ्ख is not a word here; CE saṃkhye).

Verse 10 (7.103.10)

वज्राशनिसमा घोराः परकायावभेदिनः । शराः कुर्वन्ति ते नार्थं पार्थ काऽद्य विडम्बना ॥

vajrāśanisamā ghorāḥ parakāyāvabhedinaḥ | śarāḥ kurvanti te nārthaṃ pārtha kā'dya viḍambanā

"Terrible shafts like thunderbolts, that split the bodies of enemies, they do you no service. Partha, what strange mockery is this today?"

Note on the text: Krishna's own words, filling the whole verse; no heading is printed for them (the page's heading for verses 1–10 is Sanjaya's), so the speaker is Vasudeva (Krishna).

Verse 11 (7.103.11)

द्रोणेन नियतं कृष्ण धार्तराष्ट्रे निदर्शितम् । अन्ते विहितमस्त्राणामेतत्कवचधारणम् ॥

droṇena niyataṃ kṛṣṇa dhārtarāṣṭre nidarśitam | ante vihitamastrāṇāmetatkavacadhāraṇam

"Krishna, Drona has taught Dhritarashtra's son, with firm rule, this way of wearing armour, which is laid down as the crowning part of the science of weapons."

Note on the text: Recension variant: Wikisource द्रोणेन नियतं … निदर्शितम्, CE droṇenaiṣā matiḥ … niveśitā (similarity 0.86).

Verse 12 (7.103.12)

अस्मिन्नन्तर्हितं कृष्ण त्रैलोक्यमपि वर्मणि । एको द्रोणो हि वेदैतदहं तस्माच्च सत्तमात् ॥

asminnantarhitaṃ kṛṣṇa trailokyamapi varmaṇi | eko droṇo hi vedaitadahaṃ tasmācca sattamāt

"Within this armour, Krishna, the three worlds are, as it were, contained. Drona alone knows this, and I know it from that best of men."

Note on the text: Corrected वैदैतदहं → वेदैतदहं (misprint in Wikisource; the vowel sign is wrong: वेद + एतत् gives वेदैतत्, वैदैतत् is not a word; CE vedaitad ahaṃ).

Verse 13 (7.103.13)

न शक्यमेतत्कवचं बाणैर्भेत्तुं कथञ्चन । अपि वज्रेण गोविन्द स्वयं मघवता युधि ॥

na śakyametatkavacaṃ bāṇairbhettuṃ kathañcana | api vajreṇa govinda svayaṃ maghavatā yudhi

"This armour cannot by any means be pierced by arrows, not even by the thunderbolt, Govinda, wielded by Maghavan himself in battle."

Verse 14 (7.103.14)

जानंस्त्वमपि वै कृष्ण मां विमोहयसे कथम् । यद्वृत्तं त्रिषु लोकेषु यच्च केशव वर्तते ॥

jānaṃstvamapi vai kṛṣṇa māṃ vimohayase katham | yadvṛttaṃ triṣu lokeṣu yacca keśava vartate

"Knowing this yourself, Krishna, why do you bewilder me? Whatever has happened in the three worlds, and whatever is now, Keshava,"

Verse 15 (7.103.15)

यथा भविष्यद्यच्चैव तत्सर्वं विदितं तव । न त्विदं वेद वै कश्चिद्यथा त्वं मधुसूदन ॥

yathā bhaviṣyadyaccaiva tatsarvaṃ viditaṃ tava | na tvidaṃ veda vai kaścidyathā tvaṃ madhusūdana

"and whatever will be, all that is known to you. But no one knows this as you do, Madhusudana."

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from CE 7.78.15 (CE: tathā bhaviṣyad yac caiva …); recension variant.

Verse 16 (7.103.16)

एष दुर्योधनः कृष्ण द्रोणेन विहितामिमाम् । तिष्ठत्यभीतवत्सङ्ख्ये बिभ्रत्कवचधारणाम् ॥

eṣa duryodhanaḥ kṛṣṇa droṇena vihitāmimām | tiṣṭhatyabhītavatsaṅkhye bibhratkavacadhāraṇām

"This Duryodhana, Krishna, stands in the battle as if fearless, wearing this armour-binding devised by Drona."

Verse 17 (7.103.17)

यत्त्वत्र विहितं कार्यं नैष तद्वेत्ति माधव । स्त्रीवदेष बिभर्त्येतां युक्तां कवचधारणाम् ॥

yattvatra vihitaṃ kāryaṃ naiṣa tadvetti mādhava | strīvadeṣa bibhartyetāṃ yuktāṃ kavacadhāraṇām

"But what must be done in this matter he does not know, Madhava; like a woman he wears this armour-binding fitted on by another."

Verse 18 (7.103.18)

पश्य बाह्वोश्च मे वीर्यं धनुषश्च जनार्दन । पराजयिष्ये कौरव्यं कवचेनापि रक्षितम् ॥

paśya bāhvośca me vīryaṃ dhanuṣaśca janārdana | parājayiṣye kauravyaṃ kavacenāpi rakṣitam

"See the strength of my arms and of my bow, Janardana; I shall defeat the Kaurava even though protected by armour."

Verse 19 (7.103.19)

इदमङ्गिरसे प्रादाद्देवेशो वर्म भास्वरम् । तस्माद्वृहस्पतिः प्राप ततः प्राप पुरन्दरः ॥

idamaṅgirase prādāddeveśo varma bhāsvaram | tasmādvṛhaspatiḥ prāpa tataḥ prāpa purandaraḥ

"The lord of the gods gave this shining armour to Angiras; from him Brihaspati received it, and from him Purandara."

Note on the text: The alignment found no match. Line 1 = CE 7.78.19a; line 2 = star passage *0550_01 (printed as 7.78.19b*). The two verses 19 and 20 here are CE 7.78.19a + *0550_01, and 7.78.19c + 20a + 20c.

Verse 20 (7.103.20)

पुनर्ददौ सुरपतिर्मह्यं वर्म ससङ्ग्रहम् । दैवं यद्यस्य वर्मैतद्ब्रह्मणा वा स्वयं कृतम् । नैनं गोप्स्यति दुर्बुद्धिमद्य बाणहतं मया ॥

punardadau surapatirmahyaṃ varma sasaṅgraham | daivaṃ yadyasya varmaitadbrahmaṇā vā svayaṃ kṛtam | nainaṃ gopsyati durbuddhimadya bāṇahataṃ mayā

"Then the lord of the gods gave me the armour again, with its full method of use. Whether this armour of his is divine or was made by Brahma himself, it will not protect that evil-minded man, struck down by me with arrows today."

Note on the text: The alignment found no match. Line 1 = CE 7.78.19c; line 2 = CE 7.78.20a; line 3 = CE 7.78.20c (naitad gopsyati durbuddhim adya bāṇahataṃ mayā); the CE verse 20 holds its lines 20a and 20c, so ce_ref is the verse holding line 1.

Verse 21 (7.103.21)

एवमुक्त्वाऽर्जुनो बाणानभिमन्त्र्य व्यकर्षयत् । मानवास्त्रेण मानार्हस्तीक्ष्णावरणभेदिना ॥

evamuktvā'rjuno bāṇānabhimantrya vyakarṣayat | mānavāstreṇa mānārhastīkṣṇāvaraṇabhedinā

Having spoken thus, Arjuna, worthy of honour, charged his arrows with mantras and drew his bow, with the Manava weapon that pierces even the finest armour.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match. Line 1 = CE 7.78.21a; line 2 = star passage *0551_01 (printed as 7.78.21b*).

Verse 22 (7.103.22)

विकृष्यमाणांस्तेनैव धनुर्मध्यगताञ्छरान् । तानस्यास्त्रेण चिच्छेद द्रौणिः सर्वास्त्रघातिना ॥

vikṛṣyamāṇāṃstenaiva dhanurmadhyagatāñcharān | tānasyāstreṇa ciccheda drauṇiḥ sarvāstraghātinā

But as he drew them, while they lay in the middle of his bow, Drona's son cut them with his own weapon that destroys all weapons.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match. Line 1 = CE 7.78.21c; line 2 = CE 7.78.21e.

Verse 23 (7.103.23)

तान्निकृत्तानिषून्दृष्ट्वा दूरतो ब्रह्मवादिना । न्यवेदयत्केशवाय विस्मितः श्वेतवाहनः ॥

tānnikṛttāniṣūndṛṣṭvā dūrato brahmavādinā | nyavedayatkeśavāya vismitaḥ śvetavāhanaḥ

Seeing those arrows cut down from afar by that expounder of Brahman, the white-horsed Arjuna, astonished, told Keshava.

Verse 24 (7.103.24)

नैतदस्त्रं मया शक्यं द्विः प्रयोक्तुं जनार्दन । अस्त्रं मामेव हन्याद्धि हन्याच्चापि बलं मम ॥

naitadastraṃ mayā śakyaṃ dviḥ prayoktuṃ janārdana | astraṃ māmeva hanyāddhi hanyāccāpi balaṃ mama

"Janardana, I cannot use this weapon twice; the weapon would kill me, and would destroy my strength as well."

Note on the text: Arjuna's own words, filling the whole verse; no heading is printed for them (the page's heading before verse 21 is Sanjaya's), so the speaker is Arjuna. Line 2 is a recension variant (CE: astraṃ mām eva hanyād dhi paśya tv adya balaṃ mama).

Verse 25 (7.103.25)

ततो दुर्योधनः कृष्णौ नवभिर्नवभिः शरैः । अविध्यत रणे राजञ्शरैराशीविषोपमैः ॥

tato duryodhanaḥ kṛṣṇau navabhirnavabhiḥ śaraiḥ | avidhyata raṇe rājañśarairāśīviṣopamaiḥ

Then Duryodhana, in the battle, struck the two Krishnas with nine arrows each, O king, arrows like venomous snakes.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match. Lines = CE 7.78.24a and 24c (Wikisource नवभिर्नवभिः शरैः for CE navabhir nataparvabhiḥ, a recension variant).

Verse 26 (7.103.26)

भूय एवाभ्यवर्षच्च समरे कृष्णपाण्डवौ । शरवर्षेण महता ततोऽहृष्यन्त तावकाः । चक्रुर्वादित्रनिनदान्सिंहनादरवांस्तथा ॥

bhūya evābhyavarṣacca samare kṛṣṇapāṇḍavau | śaravarṣeṇa mahatā tato'hṛṣyanta tāvakāḥ | cakrurvāditraninadānsiṃhanādaravāṃstathā

And again in the battle he showered Krishna and the Pandava with a great rain of arrows, at which your men rejoiced and raised the sounds of musical instruments and lion-roars.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match. Line 1 = CE 7.78.24e; lines 2–3 = CE 7.78.25a and 25c (the CE verse 25 holds lines a and c: śaravarṣeṇa mahatā tato 'hṛṣyanta tāvakāḥ | cakrur vāditraninadān siṃhanādaravāṃs tathā).

Verse 27 (7.103.27)

ततः क्रुद्धो रणे पार्थः सृक्विणी परिसंलिहन् । नापश्यच्च ततोऽस्याङ्गं यन्न स्याद्वर्मरक्षितम् ॥

tataḥ kruddho raṇe pārthaḥ sṛkviṇī parisaṃlihan | nāpaśyacca tato'syāṅgaṃ yanna syādvarmarakṣitam

Then Partha, enraged in the battle, licking the corners of his mouth, saw no part of him that was not guarded by armour.

Verse 28 (7.103.28)

ततोऽस्य निशितैर्बाणैः सुमुक्तैरन्तकोपमैः । हयांश्चकार निर्देहानुभौ च पार्ष्णिसारथी ॥

tato'sya niśitairbāṇaiḥ sumuktairantakopamaiḥ | hayāṃścakāra nirdehānubhau ca pārṣṇisārathī

Then with sharp, well-loosed arrows like Death himself he cut his horses to pieces, and both his rear charioteers.

Verse 29 (7.103.29)

धनुरस्याच्छिनत्तूर्णं हस्तावापं च वीर्यवान् । रथं च शकलीकर्तुं सव्यसाची प्रचक्रमे ॥

dhanurasyācchinattūrṇaṃ hastāvāpaṃ ca vīryavān | rathaṃ ca śakalīkartuṃ savyasācī pracakrame

The mighty one swiftly cut his bow and the guard of his hand, and Savyasachi set about shattering his chariot.

Note on the text: Recension variant of CE 7.78.28 (CE: dhanur asyācchinac citraṃ).

Verse 30 (7.103.30)

दुर्योधनं च बाणाभ्यां तीक्ष्णाभ्यां विरथीकृतम् । आविद्ध्यद्धस्ततलयोरुभयोरर्जुनस्तदा ॥

duryodhanaṃ ca bāṇābhyāṃ tīkṣṇābhyāṃ virathīkṛtam | āviddhyaddhastatalayorubhayorarjunastadā

Then Arjuna pierced both palms of Duryodhana, left without a chariot, with two sharp arrows.

Verse 31 (7.103.31)

प्रयत्नज्ञो हि कौन्तयो नखमांसान्तरेषुभिः । स वेदनाभिराविग्नः पलायनपरायणः ॥

prayatnajño hi kauntayo nakhamāṃsāntareṣubhiḥ | sa vedanābhirāvignaḥ palāyanaparāyaṇaḥ

The son of Kunti, skilled in his effort, had struck him with arrows between nail and flesh; tormented by the pains, he gave himself wholly to flight.

Note on the text: Removed the page's square brackets and the stray double danda inside the bracket. Not in the critical edition's main text: the lines are the star passage *0552_01–02, printed as 7.78.29b* between lines a and c of CE 7.78.29, whereas Wikisource prints them after the whole verse. Recension variant: Wikisource प्रयत्नज्ञो हि कौन्तयो, CE prayatnakārī kaunteyo. The page notes that the sandhi नखमांसान्तरेषुभिः is archaic and joins with the previous verse, and that the verse is found in only one manuscript family. कौन्तयो is kept (the metre needs eight syllables).

Verse 32 (7.103.32)

तं कृच्छ्रामापदं प्राप्तं दृष्ट्वा परमधन्विनः । समापेतुः परीप्सन्तो धनञ्जयशरार्दितम् ॥

taṃ kṛcchrāmāpadaṃ prāptaṃ dṛṣṭvā paramadhanvinaḥ | samāpetuḥ parīpsanto dhanañjayaśarārditam

Seeing him fallen into grievous distress, struck by Dhananjaya's arrows, the great archers rushed together, wishing to protect him.

Verse 33 (7.103.33)

तं रथैर्बहुसाहस्रैः कल्पितैः कुञ्जरैर्हयैः । पदात्योघैश्च संरब्धैः परिवव्रुर्धनञ्जयम् ॥

taṃ rathairbahusāhasraiḥ kalpitaiḥ kuñjarairhayaiḥ | padātyoghaiśca saṃrabdhaiḥ parivavrurdhanañjayam

With many thousands of chariots, arrayed elephants and horses, and furious masses of infantry, they surrounded Dhananjaya.

Note on the text: Recension variant: Wikisource तं रथैः, CE te rathaiḥ.

Verse 34 (7.103.34)

अथ नार्जुनगोविन्दौ न रथो वा व्यदृश्यत । अस्त्रवर्षेण महता शरौघैश्चापि संवृतौ ॥

atha nārjunagovindau na ratho vā vyadṛśyata | astravarṣeṇa mahatā śaraughaiścāpi saṃvṛtau

Then neither Arjuna and Govinda nor their chariot could be seen, shrouded by a great rain of weapons and floods of arrows.

Verse 35 (7.103.35)

ततोऽर्जुनोऽस्त्रवीर्येण निजघ्ने तां वरूथिनीम् । तत्र व्यङ्गी कृताः पेतुः शतशोऽथ रथद्विपाः ॥

tato'rjuno'stravīryeṇa nijaghne tāṃ varūthinīm | tatra vyaṅgī kṛtāḥ petuḥ śataśo'tha rathadvipāḥ

Then Arjuna with the power of his weapons slew that army; hundreds of chariots and elephants fell there, maimed.

Verse 36 (7.103.36)

ते हता हन्यमानाश्च न्यगृह्णंस्तं रथोत्तमम् । स रथः स्तम्भितस्तस्थौ क्रोशमात्रे समन्ततः ॥

te hatā hanyamānāśca nyagṛhṇaṃstaṃ rathottamam | sa rathaḥ stambhitastasthau krośamātre samantataḥ

Slain and being slain, they yet held that best of chariots fast; and the chariot stood stopped, hemmed in on every side for the space of a krosha.

Verse 37 (7.103.37)

ततोऽर्जुनं वृष्णिवीरस्त्वरितो वाक्यमब्रवीत् । धनुर्विष्फारयात्यर्थमहं ध्मास्यामि चाम्बुजम् ॥

tato'rjunaṃ vṛṣṇivīrastvarito vākyamabravīt | dhanurviṣphārayātyarthamahaṃ dhmāsyāmi cāmbujam

Then the Vrishni hero, in haste, said to Arjuna, "Stretch your bow with all your might, and I shall blow the conch."

Note on the text: Line 1 is the narrator's; line 2 is Krishna's speech, so the verse stays with Sanjaya.

Verse 38 (7.103.38)

ततो विष्फार्य बलवद्गाण्डीवं जघ्निवान्रिपून् । महता शरवर्षेण तलशब्देन चार्जुनः ॥

tato viṣphārya balavadgāṇḍīvaṃ jaghnivānripūn | mahatā śaravarṣeṇa talaśabdena cārjunaḥ

Then, twanging the Gandiva mightily, Arjuna slew his foes with a great rain of arrows and the sound of his palm.

Verse 39 (7.103.39)

पाञ्चजन्यं च बलवान्दध्मौ तारेण केशवः । रजसा ध्वस्तपक्ष्मान्तः प्रस्विन्नवदनो भृशम् ॥

pāñcajanyaṃ ca balavāndadhmau tāreṇa keśavaḥ | rajasā dhvastapakṣmāntaḥ prasvinnavadano bhṛśam

And mighty Keshava blew the Panchajanya with a deep, ringing note, the ends of his eyelashes caked with dust, his face streaming with sweat.

Verse 40 (7.103.40)

तेनाच्युतोष्ठपुटपूरितमारुतेन । शङ्खान्तरोदरविवृद्धविनिःसृतेन । नादेन सासुरवियत्सुरलोकपालम् । उद्विग्नमीश्वर जगत्स्फुटतीव सर्वम् ॥

tenācyutoṣṭhapuṭapūritamārutena | śaṅkhāntarodaravivṛddhaviniḥsṛtena | nādena sāsuraviyatsuralokapālam | udvignamīśvara jagatsphuṭatīva sarvam

By that sound, made by the wind that filled the cup of Achyuta's lips, swelled within the hollow of the conch and poured forth, the whole world, with its asuras, its sky and the guardians of the divine worlds, trembled, O lord, and seemed to burst.

Note on the text: Removed the page's backtick and closing quote marks (a bracketed insertion). The page splits सुरलोकपालम् across lines 3 and 4 with a double hyphen (पाल-- / मुद्विग्न-); restored the word at the end of line 3 and began line 4 with उद्विग्नम्. Not in the critical edition's main text: the lines are the star passage *0553_01–04, printed after 7.78.37d (recension variant in line 1: Wikisource तेनाच्युतोष्ठपुट-, CE tenācyutoṣṭhayuga-). ce_ref is null.

Verse 41 (7.103.41)

तस्य शङ्खस्य नादेन धनुषो निःस्वनेन च । निःसत्वाश्च ससत्वाश्च क्षितौ पेतुस्तदा जनाः ॥

tasya śaṅkhasya nādena dhanuṣo niḥsvanena ca | niḥsatvāśca sasatvāśca kṣitau petustadā janāḥ

At the sound of that conch and the twang of the bow, men fell to the ground that moment, both the faint of heart and the stout.

Verse 42 (7.103.42)

तैर्विमुक्तो रथो रेजे वाय्वीरित इवाम्बुदः । जयद्रथस्य गोप्तारस्ततः क्षुब्धाः सहानुगाः ॥

tairvimukto ratho reje vāyvīrita ivāmbudaḥ | jayadrathasya goptārastataḥ kṣubdhāḥ sahānugāḥ

Freed from them, the chariot shone like a cloud driven by the wind; then the protectors of Jayadratha, with their followers, were thrown into turmoil.

Verse 43 (7.103.43)

ते दृष्ट्वा सहसा पार्थं गोप्तारः सैन्धवस्य तु । चक्रुर्नादान्महेष्वासाः कम्पयन्तो वसुन्धराम् ॥

te dṛṣṭvā sahasā pārthaṃ goptāraḥ saindhavasya tu | cakrurnādānmaheṣvāsāḥ kampayanto vasundharām

Suddenly seeing Partha, those protectors of the Saindhava, great archers, raised shouts that made the earth tremble.

Verse 44 (7.103.44)

बाणशब्दरवांश्चोग्रान्विमिश्राञ्शङ्खनिःस्वनैः । प्रादुश्चक्रुर्महात्मानः सिंहनादरवानपि ॥

bāṇaśabdaravāṃścogrānvimiśrāñśaṅkhaniḥsvanaiḥ | prāduścakrurmahātmānaḥ siṃhanādaravānapi

Those great-souled men also sent forth dreadful sounds of bows and arrows, mingled with the blare of conches, and lion-roars as well.

Verse 45 (7.103.45)

तं श्रुत्वा निनदं घोरं तावकानां समुत्थितम् । प्रदध्मतुः शङ्खवरौ वासुदेवधनञ्जयौ ॥

taṃ śrutvā ninadaṃ ghoraṃ tāvakānāṃ samutthitam | pradadhmatuḥ śaṅkhavarau vāsudevadhanañjayau

Hearing that dreadful din arisen from your side, Vasudeva and Dhananjaya blew their best conches.

Verse 46 (7.103.46)

तेन शब्देन महता पूरितेयं वसुन्धरा । सशैला सार्णवद्वीपा सपाताला विशाम्पते ॥

tena śabdena mahatā pūriteyaṃ vasundharā | saśailā sārṇavadvīpā sapātālā viśāmpate

This earth was filled with that great sound, with its mountains, seas and islands and the nether worlds, O lord of the people.

Verse 47 (7.103.47)

स शब्दो भरतश्रेष्ठ व्याप्य सर्वा दिशो दश । प्रतिसस्वान तत्रैव कुरुपाण्डवयोर्बले ॥

sa śabdo bharataśreṣṭha vyāpya sarvā diśo daśa | pratisasvāna tatraiva kurupāṇḍavayorbale

That sound, best of the Bharatas, filling all ten directions, echoed there in the armies of the Kurus and the Pandavas.

Verse 48 (7.103.48)

तावका रथिनस्तत्र दृष्ट्वा कृष्णधनञ्जयौ । सम्भ्रमं परमं प्राप्तास्त्वरमाणा महारथाः ॥

tāvakā rathinastatra dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇadhanañjayau | sambhramaṃ paramaṃ prāptāstvaramāṇā mahārathāḥ

Seeing Krishna and Dhananjaya there, your chariot-warriors, the great warriors, fell into the utmost confusion, hurrying.

Verse 49 (7.103.49)

अथ कृष्णौ महाभागौ तावका वीक्ष्य दंशितौ । अभ्यद्रवन्त सङ्क्रुद्धास्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥

atha kṛṣṇau mahābhāgau tāvakā vīkṣya daṃśitau | abhyadravanta saṅkruddhāstadadbhutamivābhavat

Then, seeing the two blessed Krishnas armoured, your men rushed upon them, furious, and it was as if a marvel had come to pass.