The Fall of Kshemadhurti, Viradhanva, Niramitra and Vyaghradatta

Verse 1 (7.107.1)

बृहत्क्षत्रमथायान्तं केकयं दृढविक्रमम् । क्षेमधूर्तिर्महाराज विव्याधोरसि मार्गणैः ॥

bṛhatkṣatramathāyāntaṃ kekayaṃ dṛḍhavikramam | kṣemadhūrtirmahārāja vivyādhorasi mārgaṇaiḥ

As the Kekaya Brihatkshatra, of firm prowess, approached, Kshemadhurti, O great king, pierced him in the chest with arrows.

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: checked against the raw Wikisource page (a table, one row per verse, printed 5-107-1 to 5-107-39 — the page's "5-" is a typo for 7 — ending with a colophon naming this the 107th adhyaya of the Jayadratha-vadha Parva); page and input agree on all 39 verses. Wikisource 107 corresponds to the critical edition 7.82.1–39. CE star passages *0557–*0560 (after 7.82.12, 18, 31, 37) are not in Wikisource.

Verse 2 (7.107.2)

बृहत्क्षत्रस्तु तं राजा नवत्या नतपर्वणाम् । आजघ्ने त्वरितो राजन्द्रोणानीकबिभित्सया ॥

bṛhatkṣatrastu taṃ rājā navatyā nataparvaṇām | ājaghne tvarito rājandroṇānīkabibhitsayā

Brihatkshatra, the king, hastily struck him in return with ninety straight-jointed arrows, O king, eager to break Drona's host.

Verse 3 (7.107.3)

क्षेमधूर्तिस्तु सङ्क्रुद्धः केकयस्य महात्मनः । धनुश्चिच्छेद भल्लेन पीतेन निशितेन ह ॥

kṣemadhūrtistu saṅkruddhaḥ kekayasya mahātmanaḥ | dhanuściccheda bhallena pītena niśitena ha

But Kshemadhurti, enraged, cut the bow of the great-souled Kekaya with a tempered, sharp broad-headed arrow.

Note on the text: Corrected सङ्‌क्रुद्धः → सङ्क्रुद्धः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray zero-width non-joiner inside the conjunct).

Verse 4 (7.107.4)

अथैनं छिन्नधन्वानं शरेणानतपर्वणा । विव्याध समरे तूर्णं प्रवरं सर्वधन्विनाम् ॥

athainaṃ chinnadhanvānaṃ śareṇānataparvaṇā | vivyādha samare tūrṇaṃ pravaraṃ sarvadhanvinām

Then, with a straight-jointed arrow, he swiftly pierced him in the battle, bowless as he was, the foremost of all archers.

Verse 5 (7.107.5)

अथान्यद्धनुरादाय बृहत्क्षत्रो हसन्निव । व्यश्वसूतरथं चक्रे क्षेमधूर्तिं महारथम् ॥

athānyaddhanurādāya bṛhatkṣatro hasanniva | vyaśvasūtarathaṃ cakre kṣemadhūrtiṃ mahāratham

Then, taking another bow, Brihatkshatra, as though smiling, left the great chariot-warrior Kshemadhurti without horses, charioteer or chariot.

Note on the text: Corrected क्षमदूर्तिं → क्षेमधूर्तिं (misprint in Wikisource; the name is Kshemadhurti, as in verses 1 and 3; CE kṣemadhūrtiṃ).

Verse 6 (7.107.6)

ततोऽपरेण भल्लेन पीतेन निशितेन च । जहार नृपतेः कायाच्छिरो ज्वलितकुण्डलम् ॥

tato'pareṇa bhallena pītena niśitena ca | jahāra nṛpateḥ kāyācchiro jvalitakuṇḍalam

Then with another tempered, sharp broad-headed arrow he took from the king's body the head with its blazing earrings.

Note on the text: Corrected कायाच्छिरोऽज्वलितकुण्‍डलम् → कायाच्छिरो ज्वलितकुण्डलम् (misprint in Wikisource; the avagraha makes the earrings "not blazing" and breaks the sense, and a zero-width joiner sits in the conjunct; CE śiro jvalitakuṇḍalam, and cf. verse 23).

Verse 7 (7.107.7)

तच्छिन्नं सहसा तस्य शिरः कुञ्चितमूर्धजम् । सकिरीटं महीं प्राप्य बभौ ज्योतिरिवाम्बरात् ॥

tacchinnaṃ sahasā tasya śiraḥ kuñcitamūrdhajam | sakirīṭaṃ mahīṃ prāpya babhau jyotirivāmbarāt

That head, suddenly cut off, with its curled hair and diadem, reached the ground and shone like a star fallen from the sky.

Verse 8 (7.107.8)

तं निहत्य रणे हृष्टो बृहत्क्षत्रो महारथः । सहसाऽभ्यपतत्सैन्यं तावकं पार्थकारणात् ॥

taṃ nihatya raṇe hṛṣṭo bṛhatkṣatro mahārathaḥ | sahasā'bhyapatatsainyaṃ tāvakaṃ pārthakāraṇāt

Having killed him in the battle, the delighted Brihatkshatra, the great chariot-warrior, suddenly fell upon your army for Partha's sake.

Verse 9 (7.107.9)

धृष्टकेतुं तथाऽऽयान्तं द्रोणहेतोः पराक्रमी । वीरधन्वा महेष्वासो वारयामास भारत ॥

dhṛṣṭaketuṃ tathā''yāntaṃ droṇahetoḥ parākramī | vīradhanvā maheṣvāso vārayāmāsa bhārata

The mighty archer Viradhanva, of great valour, checked Dhrishtaketu, O Bharata, as he came on for Drona's sake.

Verse 10 (7.107.10)

तौ परस्परमासाद्य शरदंष्ट्रौ तरस्विनौ । शरैरनेकसाहस्रैरन्योन्यमभिजघ्नतुः ॥

tau parasparamāsādya śaradaṃṣṭrau tarasvinau | śarairanekasāhasrairanyonyamabhijaghnatuḥ

Closing with each other, those two untiring heroes, with arrows for fangs, struck each other with many thousands of arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected साहस्रेरन्योन्य → साहस्रैरन्योन्य (misprint in Wikisource; ए for ऐ; CE sāhasrair anyonyam).

Verse 11 (7.107.11)

तावुभौ नरशार्दूलौ युयुधाते परस्परम् । महावने तीव्रमदौ वारणाविव यूथपौ ॥

tāvubhau naraśārdūlau yuyudhāte parasparam | mahāvane tīvramadau vāraṇāviva yūthapau

Those two tigers among men fought each other like two rutting elephants, leaders of their herds, in a great forest.

Verse 12 (7.107.12)

गिरिगह्वरमासाद्य शार्दूलाविव रोषितौ । युयुधाते महावीर्यौ परस्परजिघांसया ॥

girigahvaramāsādya śārdūlāviva roṣitau | yuyudhāte mahāvīryau parasparajighāṃsayā

Like two enraged tigers that have come to a mountain cave, those two of great strength fought, each wishing to kill the other.

Verse 13 (7.107.13)

तद्युद्धमासीत्तुमुलं प्रेक्षणीयं विशाम्पते । सिद्धचारणसङ्घानां विस्मयाद्भुतदर्शनम् ॥

tadyuddhamāsīttumulaṃ prekṣaṇīyaṃ viśāmpate | siddhacāraṇasaṅghānāṃ vismayādbhutadarśanam

That battle was tumultuous and well worth watching, O lord, a wondrous sight that amazed the companies of Siddhas and Charanas.

Verse 14 (7.107.14)

वीरधन्वा ततः क्रुद्धो धृष्टकेतोः शरासनम् । द्विधा चिच्छेद भल्लेन प्रहसन्निव भारत ॥

vīradhanvā tataḥ kruddho dhṛṣṭaketoḥ śarāsanam | dvidhā ciccheda bhallena prahasanniva bhārata

Then Viradhanva, angered, cut Dhrishtaketu's bow in two with a broad-headed arrow, as though laughing, O Bharata.

Verse 15 (7.107.15)

तदुत्सृज्य धनुश्छिन्नं चेदिराजो महारथः । शक्तिं जग्राह विपुलां हेमदण्डामयस्मयीम् ॥

tadutsṛjya dhanuśchinnaṃ cedirājo mahārathaḥ | śaktiṃ jagrāha vipulāṃ hemadaṇḍāmayasmayīm

Casting aside the broken bow, the king of the Chedis, a great chariot-warrior, took up a large iron spear with a golden shaft.

Note on the text: Corrected धनुच्छिन्नं → धनुश्छिन्नं (misprint in Wikisource; sandhi of धनुः before छ is धनुश्छ; CE dhanuś chinnaṃ).

Verse 16 (7.107.16)

तां तु शक्तिं महावीर्यां दोर्भ्यामायम्य भारत । चिक्षेप सहसा यत्तो वीरधन्वरथं प्रति ॥

tāṃ tu śaktiṃ mahāvīryāṃ dorbhyāmāyamya bhārata | cikṣepa sahasā yatto vīradhanvarathaṃ prati

Raising that spear of great power with both arms, O Bharata, he hurled it quickly and with care at Viradhanva's chariot.

Note on the text: Corrected दोर्भ्यामायस्य → दोर्भ्यामायम्य (misprint in Wikisource; स for म; CE dorbhyām āyamya).

Verse 17 (7.107.17)

तया तु वीरघातिन्या शक्त्या त्वभिहतो भृशम् । निर्भिन्नहृदयस्तूर्णं निपपात रथान्महीम् ॥

tayā tu vīraghātinyā śaktyā tvabhihato bhṛśam | nirbhinnahṛdayastūrṇaṃ nipapāta rathānmahīm

Struck hard by that hero-slaying spear, his heart pierced through, he fell swiftly from his chariot to the ground.

Verse 18 (7.107.18)

तस्मिन्विनिहते वीरे त्रैगर्तानां महारथे । बलं तेऽभज्यत विभो पाण्डवेयैः समन्ततः ॥

tasminvinihate vīre traigartānāṃ mahārathe | balaṃ te'bhajyata vibho pāṇḍaveyaiḥ samantataḥ

When that hero, the great chariot-warrior of the Trigartas, was slain, your army, O lord, was broken on all sides by the Pandavas' warriors.

Verse 19 (7.107.19)

सहदेवे ततः षष्टिं सायकान्दुर्मुखोऽक्षिपत् । ननाद च महानादं तर्जयन्पाण्डवं रणे ॥

sahadeve tataḥ ṣaṣṭiṃ sāyakāndurmukho'kṣipat | nanāda ca mahānādaṃ tarjayanpāṇḍavaṃ raṇe

Then Durmukha loosed sixty arrows at Sahadeva, and roared a great roar, taunting the Pandava in the battle.

Verse 20 (7.107.20)

माद्रेयस्तु ततः क्रुद्धो दुर्मुखं च शितैः शरैः । भ्राता भ्रातरमायत्तो विव्याध प्रहसन्निव ॥

mādreyastu tataḥ kruddho durmukhaṃ ca śitaiḥ śaraiḥ | bhrātā bhrātaramāyatto vivyādha prahasanniva

Then Madri's son, enraged, eager, pierced Durmukha with sharp arrows, brother against brother, as though laughing.

Note on the text: Low CE match (0.89): Wikisource's wording of the first half-line (दुर्मुखं च शितैः शरैः) is a recension variant of CE 7.82.20ab (durmukhaṃ daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ); published as it stands.

Verse 21 (7.107.21)

तं रणे रभसं दृष्ट्वा सहदेवं महाबलम् । दुर्मुखो नवभिर्बाणैस्ताडयामास भारत ॥

taṃ raṇe rabhasaṃ dṛṣṭvā sahadevaṃ mahābalam | durmukho navabhirbāṇaistāḍayāmāsa bhārata

Seeing the mighty Sahadeva fierce in the battle, Durmukha struck him with nine arrows, O Bharata.

Verse 22 (7.107.22)

दुर्मुखस्य तु भल्लेन च्छित्त्वा केतुं महाबलः । जघान चतुरो वाहांश्चतुर्भिर्निशितैः शरैः ॥

durmukhasya tu bhallena cchittvā ketuṃ mahābalaḥ | jaghāna caturo vāhāṃścaturbhirniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

The mighty one cut Durmukha's banner with a broad-headed arrow and killed his four horses with four sharp arrows.

Verse 23 (7.107.23)

अथापरेण भल्लेन पीतेन निशितेन ह । चिच्छेद सारथेः कायाच्छिरो ज्वलितकुण्डलम् ॥

athāpareṇa bhallena pītena niśitena ha | ciccheda sāratheḥ kāyācchiro jvalitakuṇḍalam

Then with another tempered, sharp broad-headed arrow he cut off from the charioteer's body the head with its blazing earrings.

Verse 24 (7.107.24)

क्षुरप्रेण च तीक्ष्णेन कौरव्यस्य महद्धनुः । सहदेवो रणे छित्त्वा तं च विव्याध पञ्चभिः ॥

kṣurapreṇa ca tīkṣṇena kauravyasya mahaddhanuḥ | sahadevo raṇe chittvā taṃ ca vivyādha pañcabhiḥ

And with a sharp razor-headed arrow Sahadeva cut the great bow of the Kaurava in the battle and pierced him also with five arrows.

Verse 25 (7.107.25)

हताश्वं तु रथं त्यक्त्वा दुर्मुखो विमनास्तदा । आरुरोह रथं राजन्निरमित्रस्य भारत ॥

hatāśvaṃ tu rathaṃ tyaktvā durmukho vimanāstadā | āruroha rathaṃ rājanniramitrasya bhārata

Abandoning his chariot, whose horses were slain, Durmukha, dispirited, then mounted the chariot of Niramitra, O king.

Verse 26 (7.107.26)

सहदेवस्ततः क्रुद्धो निरमित्रं महाहवे । जघान पृथुधारेण भल्लेन परवीरहा ॥

sahadevastataḥ kruddho niramitraṃ mahāhave | jaghāna pṛthudhāreṇa bhallena paravīrahā

Then Sahadeva, enraged, killed Niramitra in the great battle with a broad-bladed broad-headed arrow, he who slays the heroes of his foes.

Note on the text: Low CE match (0.88): Wikisource's second half-line (जघान पृथुधारेण भल्लेन परवीरहा) is a recension variant of CE 7.82.26cd (jaghāna pṛtanāmadhye bhallena paravīrahā); published as it stands.

Verse 27 (7.107.27)

स पपात रथोपस्थान्निरमित्रो जनेश्वरः । त्रिगर्तराजस्य सुतो व्यथयंस्तव वाहिनीम् ॥

sa papāta rathopasthānniramitro janeśvaraḥ | trigartarājasya suto vyathayaṃstava vāhinīm

Niramitra, the lord of men and the Trigarta king's son, fell from the chariot-seat, bringing grief to your army.

Verse 28 (7.107.28)

तं तु हत्वा महाबाहुः सहदेवो व्यरोचत । यथा दाशरथी रामः खरं हत्वा महाबलम् ॥

taṃ tu hatvā mahābāhuḥ sahadevo vyarocata | yathā dāśarathī rāmaḥ kharaṃ hatvā mahābalam

Having slain him, the mighty-armed Sahadeva shone, as Rama, Dasharatha's son, shone after slaying the mighty Khara.

Verse 29 (7.107.29)

हाहाकारो महानासीत्त्रिगर्तानां जनेश्वर । राजपुत्रं हतं दृष्ट्वा निरमित्रं महारथम् ॥

hāhākāro mahānāsīttrigartānāṃ janeśvara | rājaputraṃ hataṃ dṛṣṭvā niramitraṃ mahāratham

A great cry of "Alas!" arose from the Trigartas, O lord of men, when they saw the prince, the great chariot-warrior Niramitra, slain.

Verse 30 (7.107.30)

नकुलस्ते सुतं राजन्विकर्णं पृथुलोचनम् । मुहूर्ताज्जितवाँल्लोके तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥

nakulaste sutaṃ rājanvikarṇaṃ pṛthulocanam | muhūrtājjitavām̐lloke tadadbhutamivābhavat

Nakula, O king, in a moment defeated your son Vikarna, the wide-eyed, before the eyes of all; it seemed a marvel.

Verse 31 (7.107.31)

सात्यकिं व्याघ्रदत्तस्तु शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः । चक्रेऽदृश्यं साश्वसूतं सध्वजं पृतनान्तरे ॥

sātyakiṃ vyāghradattastu śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ | cakre'dṛśyaṃ sāśvasūtaṃ sadhvajaṃ pṛtanāntare

Vyaghradatta, with arrows of bent joints, made Satyaki invisible, with his horses, charioteer and banner, in the midst of the host.

Verse 32 (7.107.32)

तान्निवार्य शराञ्शूरः शैनेयः कृतहस्तवत् । साश्वसूतध्वजं बाणैर्व्याघ्रदत्तमपातयत् ॥

tānnivārya śarāñśūraḥ śaineyaḥ kṛtahastavat | sāśvasūtadhvajaṃ bāṇairvyāghradattamapātayat

Warding off those arrows, the hero Shaineya, skilled of hand, felled Vyaghradatta with arrows, together with his horses, charioteer and banner.

Verse 33 (7.107.33)

कुमारे निहते तस्मिन्मागधस्य सुते प्रभो । मागधाः सर्वतो यत्ता युयुधानमुपाद्रवन् ॥

kumāre nihate tasminmāgadhasya sute prabho | māgadhāḥ sarvato yattā yuyudhānamupādravan

When that youth, the son of the Magadha king, was slain, O lord, the Magadhas, resolute, rushed upon Yuyudhana from every side.

Verse 34 (7.107.34)

विसृजन्तः शरांश्चैव तोमरांश्च सहस्रशः । भिण्डिपालांस्तथा प्रासान्मुद्गरान्मुसलानपि । अयोधयन्रणे शूराः सात्वतं युद्धदुर्मदम् ॥

visṛjantaḥ śarāṃścaiva tomarāṃśca sahasraśaḥ | bhiṇḍipālāṃstathā prāsānmudgarānmusalānapi | ayodhayanraṇe śūrāḥ sātvataṃ yuddhadurmadam

Letting fly arrows and javelins in thousands, and bhindipalas, spears, clubs and maces, those heroes fought in the battle against the Sattvata, who was mad for war.

Note on the text: Lines: 1 = CE 7.82.34a; 2 = CE 7.82.34c; 3 = CE 7.82.35a (the input found no match). Wikisource divides CE's three-line verse 7.82.35 differently: its first line closes this verse and the other two open the next. ce_ref names the CE verse holding the first line. Corrected मिण्डिपालांस् → भिण्डिपालांस् (misprint in Wikisource; म for भ; CE bhiṇḍipālāṃs). Corrected मुद्रान् → मुद्गरान् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ग and ra; CE mudgarān).

Verse 35 (7.107.35)

तांस्तु सर्वान्स बलवान्सात्यकिर्युद्धदुर्मदः । नातिकृच्छ्राद्धसन्नेव विजिग्ये पुरुषर्षभः ॥

tāṃstu sarvānsa balavānsātyakiryuddhadurmadaḥ | nātikṛcchrāddhasanneva vijigye puruṣarṣabhaḥ

But the strong Satyaki, wild in war, a bull among men, defeated them all, laughing, with hardly any strain.

Note on the text: Lines: 1 = CE 7.82.35c; 2 = CE 7.82.35e (the input found no match; the CE file prints "sātyaktir", a misprint for sātyakir; Wikisource has सात्यकिः). ce_ref names the CE verse holding the first line.

Verse 36 (7.107.36)

मागधान्द्रवतो दृष्ट्वा हतशेषान्समन्ततः । बलं तेऽभज्यत विभो युयुधानशरार्दितम् ॥

māgadhāndravato dṛṣṭvā hataśeṣānsamantataḥ | balaṃ te'bhajyata vibho yuyudhānaśarārditam

Seeing the Magadhas fleeing, the survivors on every side, your force, O lord, was broken, afflicted by Yuyudhana's arrows.

Verse 37 (7.107.37)

नाशयित्वा रणे सैन्यं त्वदीयं तु समन्ततः । विधुन्वानो धनुःश्रेष्ठं व्यभ्राजत महायशाः ॥

nāśayitvā raṇe sainyaṃ tvadīyaṃ tu samantataḥ | vidhunvāno dhanuḥśreṣṭhaṃ vyabhrājata mahāyaśāḥ

Having destroyed your army in battle on every side, the greatly renowned one shone, shaking his excellent bow.

Verse 38 (7.107.38)

भज्यमानं बलं राजन्सात्वतेन महात्मना । नाभ्यवर्तत युद्धाय त्रासितं दीर्घबाहुना ॥

bhajyamānaṃ balaṃ rājansātvatena mahātmanā | nābhyavartata yuddhāya trāsitaṃ dīrghabāhunā

Your army, O king, broken by the great-souled Sattvata and terrified by the long-armed one, did not turn back to fight.

Verse 39 (7.107.39)

ततो द्रोणो भृशं क्रुद्धः सहसोद्वृत्य चक्षुषी । सात्यकिं सत्यकर्माणं स्वयमेवाभिदुद्रुवे ॥

tato droṇo bhṛśaṃ kruddhaḥ sahasodvṛtya cakṣuṣī | sātyakiṃ satyakarmāṇaṃ svayamevābhidudruve

Then Drona, greatly enraged, suddenly rolling up his eyes, rushed of his own accord upon Satyaki, the man of true deeds.