Shala Falls to the Sons of Draupadi; Bhima Drives Off Alambusha

Verse 1 (7.108.1)

द्रौपदेयान्महेष्वासान्सौमदत्तिर्महायशाः । एकैकं पञ्चभिर्विद्ध्वा पुनर्विव्याध सप्तभिः ॥

draupadeyānmaheṣvāsānsaumadattirmahāyaśāḥ | ekaikaṃ pañcabhirviddhvā punarvivyādha saptabhiḥ

Saumadatti, of great fame, pierced each of Draupadi's sons, the great archers, with five arrows, and then pierced them again with seven.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्व्वा → विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; व्व for ध्व; the absolutive is विद्ध्वा, CE viddhvā).

Verse 2 (7.108.2)

ते पीडिता भृशं तेन रौद्रेण सहसा विभो । प्रमूढा नैव विविदुर्मृधे कृत्यं स्म किंचन ॥

te pīḍitā bhṛśaṃ tena raudreṇa sahasā vibho | pramūḍhā naiva vividurmṛdhe kṛtyaṃ sma kiṃcana

Sorely tormented all at once by that fierce warrior, O lord, they were bewildered, and in the battle they could not tell at all what was to be done.

Verse 3 (7.108.3)

नाकुलिश्च शतानीकः सौमदत्तिं नरर्षभम् । द्वाभ्यां विद्ध्वाऽनदद्धृष्टः शराभ्यां शत्रुकर्शनः ॥

nākuliśca śatānīkaḥ saumadattiṃ nararṣabham | dvābhyāṃ viddhvā'nadaddhṛṣṭaḥ śarābhyāṃ śatrukarśanaḥ

Nakula's son Shatanika, the tormentor of foes, struck Saumadatti, that bull among men, with two arrows, and roared boldly.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्व्वाऽनदद्वृष्टः → विद्ध्वाऽनदद्धृष्टः (misprint in Wikisource; व्व for ध्व and द्वृ for द्धृ; CE viddhvānadad dhṛṣṭaḥ). Line 1 reads नाकुलिश्च for CE nākulis tu, and line 2 शत्रुकर्शनः for śatrutāpanaḥ (recension variants, kept).

Verse 4 (7.108.4)

तथेतरे रणे यत्तास्त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरजिह्मगैः । विव्यधुः समरे तूर्णं सौमदत्तिममर्षणम् ॥

tathetare raṇe yattāstribhistribhirajihmagaiḥ | vivyadhuḥ samare tūrṇaṃ saumadattimamarṣaṇam

In the same way the others, bent on the fight, quickly struck the wrathful Saumadatti in the battle with three straight-flying arrows each.

Verse 5 (7.108.5)

स तान्प्रति महाराज पञ्च चिक्षेप सायकान् । एकैकं हृदि चाजघ्ने एकैकेन महायशाः ॥

sa tānprati mahārāja pañca cikṣepa sāyakān | ekaikaṃ hṛdi cājaghne ekaikena mahāyaśāḥ

O great king, he shot five arrows at them, and that man of great fame struck each of them in the chest with one arrow apiece.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads पञ्च चिक्षेप सायकान् where CE has cikṣipe pañca sāyakān (recension variant, kept).

Verse 6 (7.108.6)

ततस्ते भ्रातरः पञ्च शरैर्विद्धा महात्मना । परिवार्य रणे वीरं विव्यधुः सायकैर्भृशम् ॥

tataste bhrātaraḥ pañca śarairviddhā mahātmanā | parivārya raṇe vīraṃ vivyadhuḥ sāyakairbhṛśam

Then those five brothers, wounded by the great-souled one, surrounded the hero in the battle and struck him hard with their arrows.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads रणे where CE has rathair (recension variant, kept).

Verse 7 (7.108.7)

आर्जुनिस्तु हयांस्तस्य चतुर्भिर्निशितैः शरैः । प्रेषयामास सङ्क्रुद्धो यमस्य सदनं प्रति ॥

ārjunistu hayāṃstasya caturbhirniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | preṣayāmāsa saṅkruddho yamasya sadanaṃ prati

Arjuna's son, in a fury, sent his horses to the abode of Yama with four sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected अर्जुनिस्तु → आर्जुनिस्तु (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped long ā; Ārjuni is Arjuna's son, CE ārjunis).

Verse 8 (7.108.8)

भैमसेनिर्धनुश्छित्त्वा सौमदत्तेर्महात्मनः । ननाद बलवन्नादं विव्याध च शितैः शरैः ॥

bhaimasenirdhanuśchittvā saumadattermahātmanaḥ | nanāda balavannādaṃ vivyādha ca śitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Bhima's son cut down the bow of the great-souled Saumadatti, gave a mighty roar, and struck him with sharp arrows.

Verse 9 (7.108.9)

यौधिष्ठिरिर्ध्वजं तस्य च्छित्त्वा भूमावपातयत् । नाकुलिश्चाथ यन्तारं रथनीडादपाहरत् ॥

yaudhiṣṭhirirdhvajaṃ tasya cchittvā bhūmāvapātayat | nākuliścātha yantāraṃ rathanīḍādapāharat

Yudhishthira's son cut down his banner and threw it to the ground, and Nakula's son then dragged the charioteer from the body of the chariot.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads यौधिष्ठिरिः (Yudhishthira's son) where CE has yaudhiṣṭhiro, and line 2 यन्तारं where CE has aśvayantāraṃ (recension variants, kept).

Verse 10 (7.108.10)

साहदेविस्तु तं ज्ञात्वा भ्रातृभिर्विमुखीकृतम् । क्षुरप्रेण शिरो राजन्निचकर्त महात्मनः ॥

sāhadevistu taṃ jñātvā bhrātṛbhirvimukhīkṛtam | kṣurapreṇa śiro rājannicakarta mahātmanaḥ

But Sahadeva's son, seeing him turned back by his brothers, O king, cut off the great-souled one's head with a razor-headed arrow.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads महात्मनः where CE has mahāmanāḥ (recension variant, kept).

Verse 11 (7.108.11)

तच्छिरो न्यपतद्भूमौ तपनीयविभूषितम् । अभासयद्रणोद्देशं बालसूर्यसमप्रभम् ॥

tacchiro nyapatadbhūmau tapanīyavibhūṣitam | abhāsayadraṇoddeśaṃ bālasūryasamaprabham

That head, adorned with gold, fell to the ground, and it lit up the field of battle, shining like the young sun.

Note on the text: Corrected न्यपतद्भूतौ → न्यपतद्भूमौ (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped म; भूतौ gives no sense, CE bhūmau). Corrected अभासयद्रुणोद्देशं → अभासयद्रणोद्देशं (misprint in Wikisource; रु for र; CE raṇoddeśam). Line 2 reads अभासयत् where CE has bhrājayantam (recension variant, kept).

Verse 12 (7.108.12)

सौमदत्तेः शिरो दृष्ट्वा निपतत्तन्महात्मनः । वित्रस्तास्तावका राजन्प्रदुद्रुवुरनेकधा ॥

saumadatteḥ śiro dṛṣṭvā nipatattanmahātmanaḥ | vitrastāstāvakā rājanpradudruvuranekadhā

Seeing the great-souled Saumadatti's head fall, your men, O king, were terrified and fled in every direction.

Verse 13 (7.108.13)

अलम्बुसस्तु समरे भीमसेनं महाबलम् । योधयामास सङ्क्रुद्धो लक्ष्मणं रावणिर्यथा ॥

alambusastu samare bhīmasenaṃ mahābalam | yodhayāmāsa saṅkruddho lakṣmaṇaṃ rāvaṇiryathā

But Alambusha, in a rage, fought the mighty Bhimasena in the battle, as Ravana's son fought Lakshmana.

Note on the text: Corrected योधयामस → योधयामास (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped long ā; CE yodhayām āsa).

Verse 14 (7.108.14)

सम्प्रयुद्धौ रणे दृष्ट्वा तावुभौ नरराक्षसौ । विस्मयः सर्वभूतानां भयं चासीत्सुदारुणम् ॥

samprayuddhau raṇe dṛṣṭvā tāvubhau nararākṣasau | vismayaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ bhayaṃ cāsītsudāruṇam

Seeing those two, a man and a rakshasa, locked in combat in the battle, all beings felt wonder and a most dreadful fear.

Note on the text: Corrected रमे → रणे (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण; CE raṇe). Line 2 reads भयं चासीत्सुदारुणम् where CE has praharṣaś cābhavat tadā (recension variant, kept).

Verse 15 (7.108.15)

आर्श्यशृङ्गिं ततो भीमो नवभिर्निशितैः शरैः । विव्याध प्रहसन्राजन्राक्षसेन्द्रममर्षणम् ॥

ārśyaśṛṅgiṃ tato bhīmo navabhirniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | vivyādha prahasanrājanrākṣasendramamarṣaṇam

Then Bhima, laughing, pierced that furious lord of the rakshasas, Arshyashringi, with nine sharp arrows, O king.

Note on the text: आर्श्यशृङ्गिं kept; CE spells the name ārṣyaśṛṅgi (both spellings of Alambusha's patronymic occur).

Verse 16 (7.108.16)

तद्रक्षः समरे विद्धं कृत्वा नादं भयावहम् । अभ्यद्रवत्ततो भीमं ये च तस्य पदानुगाः ॥

tadrakṣaḥ samare viddhaṃ kṛtvā nādaṃ bhayāvaham | abhyadravattato bhīmaṃ ye ca tasya padānugāḥ

Pierced in the battle, the rakshasa gave a fearful shout and charged at Bhima, together with those who followed at his heels.

Verse 17 (7.108.17)

स भीमं पञ्चभिर्विद्ध्वा शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः । भैमान्परिजघानाशु रथांस्त्रिशतमाहवे । पुनश्चतुःशतान्हत्वा भीमं विव्याध पत्रिणा ॥

sa bhīmaṃ pañcabhirviddhvā śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ | bhaimānparijaghānāśu rathāṃstriśatamāhave | punaścatuḥśatānhatvā bhīmaṃ vivyādha patriṇā

He pierced Bhima with five well-jointed arrows and swiftly slew three hundred of Bhima's chariots in the battle; then, having slain four hundred more, he struck Bhima with a feathered arrow.

Note on the text: Corrected पञ्छभिर्विद्व्वा → पञ्चभिर्विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; छ for च and व्व for ध्व; CE pañcabhir viddhvā). Line 2 (भैमान्परिजघानाशु रथांस्त्रिशतमाहवे) differs from CE (bhīmānugāñ jaghānāśu rathāṃs triṃśad ariṃdamaḥ); recension variant, kept. Line 3 = CE 7.83.17e.

Verse 18 (7.108.18)

सोऽतिविद्धस्तथा भीमो राक्षसेन महाबलः । निषसाद रथोपस्थे मूर्च्छयाऽभिपरिप्लुतः ॥

so'tividdhastathā bhīmo rākṣasena mahābalaḥ | niṣasāda rathopasthe mūrcchayā'bhipariplutaḥ

Sorely pierced by the rakshasa, mighty Bhima sank down in the body of his chariot, overwhelmed by a swoon.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads तथा where CE has tadā (recension variant, kept).

Verse 19 (7.108.19)

प्रतिलभ्य ततः संज्ञां मारुतिः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः । विकृष्य कार्मुकं घोरं भारसाधनमुत्तमम् । अलम्बुसं शरैस्तीक्ष्णैरर्दयामास सर्वतः ॥

pratilabhya tataḥ saṃjñāṃ mārutiḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ | vikṛṣya kārmukaṃ ghoraṃ bhārasādhanamuttamam | alambusaṃ śaraistīkṣṇairardayāmāsa sarvataḥ

Then, regaining consciousness, the Wind's son, beside himself with rage, drew his terrible bow, supreme for heavy work, and tormented Alambusha on every side with sharp arrows.

Verse 20 (7.108.20)

स विद्धो बहुभिर्बाणैर्नीलाञ्जनचयोपमः । शुशुभे सर्वतो राजन्प्रफुल्ल इव किंशुकः ॥

sa viddho bahubhirbāṇairnīlāñjanacayopamaḥ | śuśubhe sarvato rājanpraphulla iva kiṃśukaḥ

Pierced by many arrows, dark as a heap of black collyrium, he shone on every side, O king, like a blossoming kimshuka tree.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads प्रफुल्ल where CE has pradīpta (recension variant, kept).

Verse 21 (7.108.21)

स वध्यमानः समरे भीमचापच्युतैः शरैः । स्मरन्भ्रातृवधं चैव पाण्डवेन महात्मना । घोरं रूपमथो कृत्वा भीमसेनमभाषत ॥

sa vadhyamānaḥ samare bhīmacāpacyutaiḥ śaraiḥ | smaranbhrātṛvadhaṃ caiva pāṇḍavena mahātmanā | ghoraṃ rūpamatho kṛtvā bhīmasenamabhāṣata

Struck in the battle by the arrows shot from Bhima's bow, and remembering the killing of his brother by the great-souled Pandava, he took a terrible shape and spoke to Bhimasena:

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are CE 7.83.21a and 21c; line 3 is CE 7.83.22a. The page prints the three lines as one verse (5-108-21a–c), and that is kept.

Verse 22 (7.108.22)

तिष्ठेदानीं रणे पार्थ पश्य मेऽद्य पराक्रमम् ॥

tiṣṭhedānīṃ raṇe pārtha paśya me'dya parākramam

Stand now, son of Pritha, in this battle, and see my prowess today.

Note on the text: Re-divided by the page's own verse-end marks: the page closes 5-108-22a with ।। and runs 22b on into 23a, whereas the input put 22a and 22b together and left 23a alone. This verse is the single line 22a = CE 7.83.22c. Speaker: Alambusha's direct speech (the page prints no heading before it and heads the narration सञ्जय उवाच again at verse 24).

Verse 23 (7.108.23)

बको नाम सुदुर्बुद्धे राक्षसप्रवरो बली । परोक्षं मम तद्वृत्तं यद्भ्राता मे हतस्त्वया ॥

bako nāma sudurbuddhe rākṣasapravaro balī | parokṣaṃ mama tadvṛttaṃ yadbhrātā me hatastvayā

O fool, there was a mighty rakshasa, the best of rakshasas, named Baka. What happened out of my sight, that my brother was slain by you, I have not forgotten.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the page's rows 22b and 23a, joined by the page's verse-end marks (see verse 22) = CE 7.83.23a and 23c. Corrected बाको → बको (misprint in Wikisource; the rakshasa is Baka, CE bako) and यद्धाता → यद्भ्राता (misprint in Wikisource; ध for भ्र, the sense is 'my brother'; CE bhrātā). Speaker: Alambusha (direct speech).

Verse 24 (7.108.24)

एवमुक्त्वा ततो भीममन्तर्धानं गतस्तदा । महता शरवर्षेण भृशं तं समवाकिरत् ॥

evamuktvā tato bhīmamantardhānaṃ gatastadā | mahatā śaravarṣeṇa bhṛśaṃ taṃ samavākirat

Having spoken thus, he vanished from sight at that moment and covered Bhima thickly on every side with a great rain of arrows.

Note on the text: The page restores the heading सञ्जय उवाच (5-108-24x) here, after Alambusha's speech.

Verse 25 (7.108.25)

भीमस्तु समरे राजन्नदृश्ये राक्षसे तदा । आकाशं पूरयामास शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥

bhīmastu samare rājannadṛśye rākṣase tadā | ākāśaṃ pūrayāmāsa śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ

But Bhima, O king, with the rakshasa unseen, filled the sky with well-jointed arrows.

Verse 26 (7.108.26)

स वध्यमानो भीमेन निमेषाद्रथमास्थितः । जगाम धरणीं चैव क्षुद्रः खं सहसाऽगमत् ॥

sa vadhyamāno bhīmena nimeṣādrathamāsthitaḥ | jagāma dharaṇīṃ caiva kṣudraḥ khaṃ sahasā'gamat

Struck by Bhima, in a moment he was standing on his chariot again; the wretch went down to the earth, and then suddenly rose to the sky.

Note on the text: Line 2 word order differs from CE (kṣudraḥ khaṃ caiva sahasāgamat); recension variant, kept.

Verse 27 (7.108.27)

उच्चावचानि रूपाणि चकार सुबहूनि च । अणुर्बृहत्पुनः स्थूलो नादान्मुञ्चन्निवाम्बुदः ॥

uccāvacāni rūpāṇi cakāra subahūni ca | aṇurbṛhatpunaḥ sthūlo nādānmuñcannivāmbudaḥ

He took many forms, high and low: now small, now huge, now massive again, he sent out roars like a thundercloud.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.83.27a; line 2 (अणुर्बृहत्पुनः स्थूलो नादान्मुञ्चन्निवाम्बुदः) is the star passage 7.83.27b*0561_01, not in the constituted text.

Verse 28 (7.108.28)

निपेतुर्गगनाच्चैव शरधाराः सहस्रशः । शक्तयः कणपाः प्रासाः शूलपट्टसतोमराः ॥

nipeturgaganāccaiva śaradhārāḥ sahasraśaḥ | śaktayaḥ kaṇapāḥ prāsāḥ śūlapaṭṭasatomarāḥ

And thousands of streams of arrows fell from the sky, with spears, kanapas, lances, spikes, pattasas and tomaras.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is lines 1–2 of the star passage 7.83.27d*0562_01–02 (printed after 7.83.27): line 2 differs. Corrected गगनाचत्चैव → गगनाच्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; stray त्; CE gaganāc caiva). Removed the page's opening bracket "[" (it marks the passage as a doubtful insertion; the page's note 5-108-28 says the reading is found only in some manuscripts). Line 2 reads शूलपट्टसतोमराः where CE has śūlapaṭṭiśatomarāḥ (paṭṭasa is also a weapon's name; kept).

Verse 29 (7.108.29)

शतघ्न्यः परिघाश्चैव भिण्डिपालाः परश्वथाः । शिलाः खड्गा गुडाश्चैव ऋष्टीर्वज्राणि चैव ह ॥

śataghnyaḥ parighāścaiva bhiṇḍipālāḥ paraśvathāḥ | śilāḥ khaḍgā guḍāścaiva ṛṣṭīrvajrāṇi caiva ha

Shataghnis, iron clubs, bhindipalas, axes, rocks, swords, iron balls, rishtis and thunderbolts as well.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is lines 3–4 of the star passage 7.83.27d*0562_03–04: line 1 differs, line 2 differs. Corrected खङ्घा → खड्गा (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्घ for ड्ग; CE khaḍgā). Removed a stray zero-width joiner in भिण्डिपालाः. परश्वथाः kept (CE paraśvadhāḥ; a spelling variant).

Verse 30 (7.108.30)

सा राक्षसविसृष्टा तु शस्त्रवृष्टिः सुदारुणा । जघान पाण्डुपुत्रस्य सैनिकान्रणमूर्धनि ॥

sā rākṣasavisṛṣṭā tu śastravṛṣṭiḥ sudāruṇā | jaghāna pāṇḍuputrasya sainikānraṇamūrdhani

That terrible rain of weapons loosed by the rakshasa struck down the Pandava's soldiers at the head of the battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the last line of the star passage 7.83.27d*0562 (0562_05) together with the star passage 7.83.27d*0563_01: identical. Removed the page's closing bracket "]" with its doubled danda (the end of the bracketed passage; see verse 28).

Verse 31 (7.108.31)

उच्चावचास्तथा वाचो व्याजहार समन्ततः । तेन पाण्डवसैन्यानां सूदिता युधि वारणाः ॥

uccāvacāstathā vāco vyājahāra samantataḥ | tena pāṇḍavasainyānāṃ sūditā yudhi vāraṇāḥ

He shouted in voices of every pitch on all sides, and by him the elephants of the Pandava armies were slain in the battle,

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.83.27c (the page sets the star-passage lines of verses 28–30 before it, whereas the critical edition prints them after 27c); line 2 = CE 7.83.28a, reading सूदिता where CE has mṛditā (recension variant, kept).

Verse 32 (7.108.32)

हयाश्च बहवो राजन्पत्तयश्च तथा पुनः । रथेभ्यो रथिनः पेतुस्तस्य नुन्नाः स्म सायकैः ॥

hayāśca bahavo rājanpattayaśca tathā punaḥ | rathebhyo rathinaḥ petustasya nunnāḥ sma sāyakaiḥ

and many horses too, O king, and foot-soldiers, and charioteers fell from their chariots, driven down by his arrows.

Note on the text: = CE 7.83.28c and 28e (the second and third lines of the three-line CE verse 28).

Verse 33 (7.108.33)

शोणितोदां रथावर्तां हस्तिग्राहसमाकुलाम् । छत्रहंसां कर्दमिनीं बाहुपन्नगसङ्कुलाम् ॥

śoṇitodāṃ rathāvartāṃ hastigrāhasamākulām | chatrahaṃsāṃ kardaminīṃ bāhupannagasaṅkulām

He sent flowing a river whose water was blood and whose whirlpools were chariots, thick with elephants for crocodiles, with parasols for swans, muddy, and crowded with arms for serpents,

Verse 34 (7.108.34)

नदीं प्रवर्तयामास रक्षोगणसमाकुलाम् । वहन्तीं बहुधा राजंश्चेदिपाञ्चालसृञ्जयान् ॥

nadīṃ pravartayāmāsa rakṣogaṇasamākulām | vahantīṃ bahudhā rājaṃścedipāñcālasṛñjayān

a river thronged with hosts of rakshasas, which bore away in many ways, O king, the Chedis, Panchalas and Srinjayas.

Verse 35 (7.108.35)

तं तथा समरे राजन्विचरन्तमभीतवत् । पाण्डवा भृशसंविग्नाः प्रापश्यंस्तस्य विक्रमम् ॥

taṃ tathā samare rājanvicarantamabhītavat | pāṇḍavā bhṛśasaṃvignāḥ prāpaśyaṃstasya vikramam

As he roamed the battlefield fearlessly, the Pandavas, greatly agitated, watched his prowess, O king.

Verse 36 (7.108.36)

तावकानां तु सैन्यानां प्रहर्षः समजायत । वादित्रनिनदश्चोग्रः सुमहान्रोमहर्षणः ॥

tāvakānāṃ tu sainyānāṃ praharṣaḥ samajāyata | vāditraninadaścograḥ sumahānromaharṣaṇaḥ

Joy arose among your troops, and a mighty, fierce and hair-raising din of musical instruments.

Verse 37 (7.108.37)

तं श्रुत्वा निनदं घोरं तव सैन्यस्य पाण्डवः । नामृष्यत यथा नागस्तलशब्दं समीरितम् ॥

taṃ śrutvā ninadaṃ ghoraṃ tava sainyasya pāṇḍavaḥ | nāmṛṣyata yathā nāgastalaśabdaṃ samīritam

Hearing that dreadful clamour of your army, the Pandava could not bear it, as an elephant cannot bear the sound of a raised palm striking.

Verse 38 (7.108.38)

ततः क्रोधाभिताम्राक्षो निर्दहन्निव पावकः । सन्दधे त्वाष्ट्रमस्त्रं स स्वयं त्वष्टेव मारुतिः ॥

tataḥ krodhābhitāmrākṣo nirdahanniva pāvakaḥ | sandadhe tvāṣṭramastraṃ sa svayaṃ tvaṣṭeva mārutiḥ

Then, his eyes red with anger, burning like fire itself, Maruti, like Tvashtri himself, fitted the Tvashtra weapon.

Note on the text: Line 2 ends मारुतिः where CE has māriṣa (recension variant, kept).

Verse 39 (7.108.39)

ततः शरसहस्राणि प्रादुरासन्समन्ततः । तैः शरैस्तव सैन्यस्य विद्रवः सुमहानभूत् ॥

tataḥ śarasahasrāṇi prādurāsansamantataḥ | taiḥ śaraistava sainyasya vidravaḥ sumahānabhūt

Then thousands of arrows appeared on every side, and by those arrows your army was thrown into a great rout.

Verse 40 (7.108.40)

तदस्त्रं प्रेरितं तेन भीमसेनेन संयुगे । राक्षसस्य महामायां हत्वा राक्षसमार्दयत् ॥

tadastraṃ preritaṃ tena bhīmasenena saṃyuge | rākṣasasya mahāmāyāṃ hatvā rākṣasamārdayat

That weapon, sent forth by Bhimasena in the battle, destroyed the rakshasa's great illusion and afflicted the rakshasa.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads प्रेरितं where CE has preṣitaṃ (recension variant, kept).

Verse 41 (7.108.41)

स वध्यमानो बहुधा भीमसेनेन राक्षसः । सन्त्यज्य समरे भीमं द्रोणानीकमुपाद्रवत् ॥

sa vadhyamāno bahudhā bhīmasenena rākṣasaḥ | santyajya samare bhīmaṃ droṇānīkamupādravat

Beaten in many ways by Bhimasena, the rakshasa abandoned Bhima in the battle and fled to Drona's division.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads समरे where CE has saṃyuge (recension variant, kept).

Verse 42 (7.108.42)

तस्मिंस्तु निर्जिते राजन्राक्षसेन्द्रे महात्मना । अनादयन्सिंहनादैः पाण्डवाः सर्वतो दिशम् ॥

tasmiṃstu nirjite rājanrākṣasendre mahātmanā | anādayansiṃhanādaiḥ pāṇḍavāḥ sarvato diśam

When that lord of the rakshasas had been defeated by the great-souled one, O king, the Pandavas made all the quarters resound with lion-roars.

Verse 43 (7.108.43)

अपूजयन्मारुतिं च संहृष्टास्ते महाबलम् । प्रह्रादमिव दैतेया यथा शक्रं मरुद्गणाः ॥

apūjayanmārutiṃ ca saṃhṛṣṭāste mahābalam | prahrādamiva daiteyā yathā śakraṃ marudgaṇāḥ

Overjoyed, they honoured the mighty son of the Wind, as the Daityas honour Prahrada and the Maruts honour Shakra.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रहादमिव → प्रह्रादमिव (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped conjunct; CE prahrādaṃ). Line 2 reads प्रह्रादमिव दैतेया where CE has prahrādaṃ samare jitvā (recension variant, kept).