Drona Parva · Adhyaya 109

Ghatotkacha Slays Alambusha

Seeing Drona wreaking havoc on the Pandava host, Ghatotkacha rides out and meets the rakshasa Alambusha, and the two fight with weapons and illusions as Rama and Ravana once did. When Bhima and the other Pandavas close in on Alambusha he breaks free and wounds them, but Ghatotkacha shatters his chariot, grapples with him and at last lifts him up and crushes him against the ground. The Pandava army roars in joy, and Yudhishthira embraces Ghatotkacha.

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सञ्जय उवाच · Sanjaya said

Verse 1 (7.109.1)

किरन्तं शरवर्षाणि रोषाद्द्रोणं महाहवे । वित्रासयन्तं तां सेनां कौन्तेयानां महीपते ॥

kirantaṃ śaravarṣāṇi roṣāddroṇaṃ mahāhave | vitrāsayantaṃ tāṃ senāṃ kaunteyānāṃ mahīpate

Drona, raining down arrows in his fury in the great battle and terrifying that army of Kunti's sons, O lord of the earth —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 9 (printed in line with 7.84.1, after the heading saṃjaya uvāca), lines 0001–0002: line 1 differs. Corrected रोषाद्दोणं → रोषाद्द्रोणं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped conjunct; CE roṣād droṇaṃ). Removed the stray wiki quote mark (`) that opens the page's quotation at the start of the line. The page heads the adhyaya with सञ्जय उवाच (5-109-1x), as the critical edition does before this passage. Line 1 reads महाहवे where CE has mahāmṛdhe (recension variant, kept).

Verse 2 (7.109.2)

दृष्ट्वा ततो महेष्वासो निघ्नन्तं च रथान्भृशम् । घटोत्कचो महाबाहू रणायाभिजगाम ह ॥

dṛṣṭvā tato maheṣvāso nighnantaṃ ca rathānbhṛśam | ghaṭotkaco mahābāhū raṇāyābhijagāma ha

seeing him, and seeing him smash chariot after chariot, the mighty-armed Ghatotkacha, the great archer, went out to battle.

Verse 3 (7.109.3)

पिशाचवदनैर्युक्तं रथं काञ्चनभूषितम् । समास्थाय महाराज नानाप्रहरणैर्युतः ॥

piśācavadanairyuktaṃ rathaṃ kāñcanabhūṣitam | samāsthāya mahārāja nānāpraharaṇairyutaḥ

Mounting a gold-adorned chariot yoked with demon-faced steeds, O great king, and furnished with many weapons,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 9 (printed in line with 7.84.1, after the heading saṃjaya uvāca), lines 0005–0006: line 2 differs. Line 2 reads नानाप्रहरणैर्युतः where CE has nānāpraharaṇair vṛtam (recension variant, kept).

Verse 4 (7.109.4)

दंशितस्तपनीयेन कवचेन सुवर्चसा । भूषणैराचिताङ्गश्च नदन्निव च तोयदः ॥

daṃśitastapanīyena kavacena suvarcasā | bhūṣaṇairācitāṅgaśca nadanniva ca toyadaḥ

armoured in a bright golden coat of mail, his limbs covered with ornaments, roaring like a cloud,

Verse 5 (7.109.5)

हैडिम्बेयः सुसङ्क्रुद्धो द्रोणमभ्यद्रवद्बली । तमभ्यधावदायान्तं क्रुद्धरूपमलम्बुसः ॥

haiḍimbeyaḥ susaṅkruddho droṇamabhyadravadbalī | tamabhyadhāvadāyāntaṃ kruddharūpamalambusaḥ

Haidimbeya, in a great fury, mighty, rushed at Drona; and Alambusha, grim of aspect, ran at him as he came.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 9 (printed in line with 7.84.1, after the heading saṃjaya uvāca), lines 0009–0010: identical. Corrected क्रद्धरूपलम्बुसः → क्रुद्धरूपमलम्बुसः (misprint in Wikisource; क्रद्ध for क्रुद्ध and a dropped म of रूपमलम्बुसः; CE kruddharūpam alambusaḥ).

Verse 6 (7.109.6)

ऋक्षचर्मपरिक्षिप्तं रथमास्थाय दंशितः । रक्तोष्ठः सधनुष्पाणिः प्रांशुः कल्प इव स्थितः ॥

ṛkṣacarmaparikṣiptaṃ rathamāsthāya daṃśitaḥ | raktoṣṭhaḥ sadhanuṣpāṇiḥ prāṃśuḥ kalpa iva sthitaḥ

Armoured, mounted on a chariot covered with bearskin, red-lipped, bow in hand, he stood tall, like the wish-fulfilling Kalpa tree.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 9 (printed in line with 7.84.1, after the heading saṃjaya uvāca), lines 0011–0012: line 2 differs. Line 2 reads सधनुष्पाणिः where CE has sadhanuḥ, and कल्प इव where CE has kalpavṛkṣa iva (recension variants, kept).

Verse 7 (7.109.7)

क्षिपञ्छतघ्नीर्विपुलाः मुसलोपमतोमरान् । मुसण्ठीर्बहुलाश्चैव त्रिशूलानपि पट्टसान् ॥

kṣipañchataghnīrvipulāḥ musalopamatomarān | musaṇṭhīrbahulāścaiva triśūlānapi paṭṭasān

hurling huge shataghnis, tomaras like pestles, musundhis in plenty, tridents and pattasas,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 9 (printed in line with 7.84.1, after the heading saṃjaya uvāca), lines 0013–0014: line 1 differs. Corrected विपुला → विपुलाः (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped visarga: विपुलाः agrees with शतघ्नीः; CE reads vipulāṃ). Line 1 reads शतघ्नीर्, विपुलाः and मुसलोपम where CE has śataghnīṃ, vipulāṃ and musalopala (recension variants, kept).

Verse 8 (7.109.8)

कर्पराञ्छतधारांश्च पिनाकान्विविधांस्तथा । चक्राणि च क्षुरप्राणि क्षेपणीश्च कटङ्कटान् ॥

karparāñchatadhārāṃśca pinākānvividhāṃstathā | cakrāṇi ca kṣuraprāṇi kṣepaṇīśca kaṭaṅkaṭān

karparas, hundred-edged weapons, pinakas of many kinds, discuses, razor-headed arrows, kshepanis and katankatas,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 9 (printed in line with 7.84.1, after the heading saṃjaya uvāca), lines 0015–0016: line 1 differs. Line 1 reads कर्पराञ्छतधारांश्च where CE has karpaṇāñ śatadhārāṃś ca (recension variant, kept).

Verse 9 (7.109.9)

नाराचान्विविधानस्यन्सकङ्कोलूकवायसान् । चिक्षेप धनुरादाय निनदन्भैरवान्रवान् ॥

nārācānvividhānasyansakaṅkolūkavāyasān | cikṣepa dhanurādāya ninadanbhairavānravān

he took up his bow and shot iron arrows of many kinds, fletched with the feathers of herons, owls and crows, uttering fearful cries.

Verse 10 (7.109.10)

तं रौद्रं क्रूरमायान्तं दृष्ट्वा कालमिवागतम् । प्राद्रवद्भयसंविग्ना राजन्पाण्डववाहिनी ॥

taṃ raudraṃ krūramāyāntaṃ dṛṣṭvā kālamivāgatam | prādravadbhayasaṃvignā rājanpāṇḍavavāhinī

Seeing that fierce and cruel one approaching like Death himself, the Pandava army, terrified, fled, O king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 9 (printed in line with 7.84.1, after the heading saṃjaya uvāca), lines 0019–0020: line 2 differs. Line 2 reads राजन्पाण्डववाहिनी where CE has sā rājan pāṇḍuvāhinī (recension variant, kept).

Verse 11 (7.109.11)

सात्यकिस्तु रथव्याघ्रो दृष्ट्वा तं राक्षसं युधि । अभ्ययादमरप्रख्यो भ्रामयित्वा महद्धनुः ॥

sātyakistu rathavyāghro dṛṣṭvā taṃ rākṣasaṃ yudhi | abhyayādamaraprakhyo bhrāmayitvā mahaddhanuḥ

But Satyaki, that tiger among chariot-warriors, godlike in splendour, seeing that rakshasa in the battle, whirled his great bow and advanced against him.

Verse 12 (7.109.12)

अभ्यद्रवच्च तद्रक्षस्तिष्ठतिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत् । अलम्बुसं राक्षसेन्द्रं सोऽस्त्रवर्षैरवाकिरत् ॥

abhyadravacca tadrakṣastiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cābravīt | alambusaṃ rākṣasendraṃ so'stravarṣairavākirat

He rushed upon that rakshasa, crying "Stand! Stand!", and covered Alambusha, the rakshasa lord, with showers of weapons.

Verse 13 (7.109.13)

ततः पाण्डवसैन्यानि विद्रुतान्यथ भारत । निरीक्ष्याभ्यद्रवत्तूर्णं त्वरमाणो घटोत्कचः ॥

tataḥ pāṇḍavasainyāni vidrutānyatha bhārata | nirīkṣyābhyadravattūrṇaṃ tvaramāṇo ghaṭotkacaḥ

Then, seeing the Pandava troops routed, O Bharata, Ghatotkacha hurried swiftly forward.

Verse 14 (7.109.14)

चिक्षेप च गदाशक्तीस्तोमरानथ पट्टसान् । हेमचित्रत्सरूनुग्रान्खड्गानाकाशसप्रभान् ॥

cikṣepa ca gadāśaktīstomarānatha paṭṭasān | hemacitratsarūnugrānkhaḍgānākāśasaprabhān

He hurled maces, spears, tomaras and pattasas, and fierce swords with gold-inlaid hilts, bright as the sky.

Verse 15 (7.109.15)

अन्योन्यमारादालोक्य राक्षसौ तौ महाबलौ । भैरवं नदतुर्नादान्सतोयाविव तोयदौ ॥

anyonyamārādālokya rākṣasau tau mahābalau | bhairavaṃ nadaturnādānsatoyāviva toyadau

Seeing each other from close at hand, those two mighty rakshasas roared fearful roars, like two clouds heavy with water.

Verse 16 (7.109.16)

ततः प्रववृते युद्धं घोरं राक्षससिंहयोः । यादृगेव पुरा वृत्तं रामरावणयोर्मृधे ॥

tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ ghoraṃ rākṣasasiṃhayoḥ | yādṛgeva purā vṛttaṃ rāmarāvaṇayormṛdhe

Then a dreadful battle began between the two lions among rakshasas, such as once took place in the fight between Rama and Ravana.

Verse 17 (7.109.17)

तौ शक्तीश्च पिनाकांश्च वज्रान्खड्गान्परश्वथान् । अन्योन्यमभिसङ्क्रुद्धौ तदा व्यसृजतामुभौ ॥

tau śaktīśca pinākāṃśca vajrānkhaḍgānparaśvathān | anyonyamabhisaṅkruddhau tadā vyasṛjatāmubhau

Both, in a fury against each other, hurled spears, pinakas, vajras, swords and axes at one another.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 9 (printed in line with 7.84.1, after the heading saṃjaya uvāca), lines 0033–0034: line 1 differs. Corrected स शक्तीश्च → तौ शक्तीश्च (misprint in Wikisource; स for तौ: the dual verb व्यसृजताम् and उभौ need a dual subject; CE tau śaktīś ca). Corrected खङ्गान् → खड्गान् (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग; CE khaḍgān). परश्वथान् kept (CE paraṣvadhān; a spelling variant).

Verse 18 (7.109.18)

आकृष्यमाणे धनुषि तयोर्बाहुबलेन च । यन्त्रेणेव तदा राजन्भृशं नादान्प्रचक्रतुः ॥

ākṛṣyamāṇe dhanuṣi tayorbāhubalena ca | yantreṇeva tadā rājanbhṛśaṃ nādānpracakratuḥ

As each drew his bow with the strength of his arms, O king, they made loud sounds, as if from a machine.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 9 (printed in line with 7.84.1, after the heading saṃjaya uvāca), lines 0035–0036: line 1 differs. Line 1 reads धनुषि (locative absolute) where CE has dhanuṣī (recension variant, kept).

Verse 19 (7.109.19)

अलम्बुसस्ततश्चक्रं कृतान्तज्वलनप्रभम् । घटोत्कचाय चिक्षेप यत्नमास्थाय वीर्यवान् ॥

alambusastataścakraṃ kṛtāntajvalanaprabham | ghaṭotkacāya cikṣepa yatnamāsthāya vīryavān

Then the mighty Alambusha, with great effort, hurled at Ghatotkacha a discus blazing like the fire of Death.

Verse 20 (7.109.20)

तद्भैमसेनिः सम्प्रेक्ष्य चक्रं वेगवदन्तरे । गदया ताडयामास तद्दीर्णं शतधाऽभवत् ॥

tadbhaimaseniḥ samprekṣya cakraṃ vegavadantare | gadayā tāḍayāmāsa taddīrṇaṃ śatadhā'bhavat

Seeing the discus speeding between them, Bhima's son struck it with his mace, and it broke into a hundred pieces.

Verse 21 (7.109.21)

ततोऽग्निचूर्णैः सहसा चक्रघातविनिःसृतैः । दंशकैरिव सा सेना पतद्भिर्भृशसंकुला ॥

tato'gnicūrṇaiḥ sahasā cakraghātaviniḥsṛtaiḥ | daṃśakairiva sā senā patadbhirbhṛśasaṃkulā

Then fiery fragments flew out suddenly from the blow on the discus, and that army was thrown into great confusion, as if by falling stinging insects.

Verse 22 (7.109.22)

ततः प्रतिहते चक्रे स वीरो रोषसंकुलः । प्राहिणोत्तरसा शूलं शक्तीर्दशशतं तदा ॥

tataḥ pratihate cakre sa vīro roṣasaṃkulaḥ | prāhiṇottarasā śūlaṃ śaktīrdaśaśataṃ tadā

Then, when his discus had been struck down, that hero, full of rage, swiftly hurled a spear and a thousand lances.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 9 (printed in line with 7.84.1, after the heading saṃjaya uvāca), lines 0043–0044: line 2 differs. Line 2 reads शक्तीर्दशशतं where CE has śaktīr daśaśatās (recension variant, kept).

Verse 23 (7.109.23)

ज्वलन्तीश्च किरन्तीश्च ज्वालामालाः समन्ततः । युगान्तोल्कानिभास्तीक्ष्णा हेमदण्डा महास्वनाः ॥

jvalantīśca kirantīśca jvālāmālāḥ samantataḥ | yugāntolkānibhāstīkṣṇā hemadaṇḍā mahāsvanāḥ

They blazed, scattering garlands of flame on every side, sharp as the meteors of the world's end, with golden shafts, roaring loudly.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 9 (printed in line with 7.84.1, after the heading saṃjaya uvāca), lines 0045–0046: line 1 differs. Line 1 reads ज्वलन्तीश्च किरन्तीश्च … समन्ततः where CE has jvalantīr vikirantīś ca … sahasraśaḥ (recension variant, kept).

Verse 24 (7.109.24)

ताश्चापतन्तीः सम्प्रेक्ष्य राक्षसस्य घटोत्कचः । अर्धचन्द्रैः प्रचिच्छेद नाराचैः कङ्कपत्रिभिः ॥

tāścāpatantīḥ samprekṣya rākṣasasya ghaṭotkacaḥ | ardhacandraiḥ praciccheda nārācaiḥ kaṅkapatribhiḥ

Seeing them fall, Ghatotkacha cut down the rakshasa's weapons with crescent-headed arrows and heron-feathered iron arrows.

Verse 25 (7.109.25)

ततो रोषपरीताङ्गः प्रमुमोच स राक्षसः । शरवर्षं महाघोरं घटोत्कचरथं प्रति ॥

tato roṣaparītāṅgaḥ pramumoca sa rākṣasaḥ | śaravarṣaṃ mahāghoraṃ ghaṭotkacarathaṃ prati

Then the rakshasa, his whole body seized by rage, loosed a most terrible shower of arrows at Ghatotkacha's chariot.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 9 (printed in line with 7.84.1, after the heading saṃjaya uvāca), lines 0049–0050: identical. Removed the stray wiki quote mark (') that closes the page's quotation (the end of the passage that opens in verse 1).

Verse 26 (7.109.26)

तयोः प्रतिभयं युद्धमासीद्राक्षससिंहयोः । कुर्वतोर्विविधा मायाः शक्रशम्बरयोरिव ॥

tayoḥ pratibhayaṃ yuddhamāsīdrākṣasasiṃhayoḥ | kurvatorvividhā māyāḥ śakraśambarayoriva

A terrifying battle took place between those two lions among rakshasas, as they wrought many kinds of illusion, like Shakra and Shambara.

Verse 27 (7.109.27)

अलम्बुसो भृशं क्रुद्धो घटोत्कचमताडयत् ॥

alambuso bhṛśaṃ kruddho ghaṭotkacamatāḍayat

Alambusha, in great anger, struck Ghatotkacha.

Note on the text: The page prints only this one line (5-109-27a). The critical edition's verse 7.84.3 has three lines (3a, 3c, 3e): 3a is here, and 3c and 3e are the two lines of verse 29, with the star passage 7.84.3b*0567_01–02 (verse 28) set between them on the page.

Verse 28 (7.109.28)

तयोर्युद्धं समभवद्रक्षोग्रामणिमुख्ययोः । यादृगेव पुरा वृत्तं रामरावणयोः प्रभो ॥

tayoryuddhaṃ samabhavadrakṣogrāmaṇimukhyayoḥ | yādṛgeva purā vṛttaṃ rāmarāvaṇayoḥ prabho

The battle of those two foremost leaders of the rakshasas, O lord, was just such as took place long ago between Rama and Ravana.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 7.84.3b*0567_01–02 (printed after the first line of 7.84.3): identical.

Verse 29 (7.109.29)

घटोत्कचस्तु विंशत्या नाराचानां स्तनान्तरे । अलम्बुसमथो विद्ध्वा सिंहवद्व्यनदन्मुहुः ॥

ghaṭotkacastu viṃśatyā nārācānāṃ stanāntare | alambusamatho viddhvā siṃhavadvyanadanmuhuḥ

Ghatotkacha, having pierced Alambusha in the chest with twenty iron arrows, roared again and again like a lion.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्धा → विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; the absolutive is विद्ध्वा; CE viddhvā). Lines 1–2 are CE 7.84.3c and 3e (see verse 27).

Verse 30 (7.109.30)

तथैवालम्बुसो राजन्हैडिम्बिं युद्धदुर्मदम् । विद्ध्वा विद्ध्वाऽनदद्धृष्टः पूरयन्खं समन्ततः ॥

tathaivālambuso rājanhaiḍimbiṃ yuddhadurmadam | viddhvā viddhvā'nadaddhṛṣṭaḥ pūrayankhaṃ samantataḥ

And Alambusha in the same way, O king, again and again striking Haidimbi, who was reckless in battle, roared exultantly, filling the sky on every side.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्व्वा विद्वृऽनदद्वृष्टः → विद्ध्वा विद्ध्वाऽनदद्धृष्टः (misprint in Wikisource; व्व for ध्व in the first word, विद्वृ for विद्ध्वा in the second, and द्वृ for द्धृ; CE viddhvā viddhvānadad dhṛṣṭaḥ). Line 1 reads हैडिम्बिं where CE has haiḍimbaṃ (recension variant, kept).

Verse 31 (7.109.31)

तथा तौ भृशसङ्क्रुद्धौ राक्षसेन्द्रौ महाबलौ । निर्विशेषमयुध्येतां मायाभिरितरेतरम् ॥

tathā tau bhṛśasaṅkruddhau rākṣasendrau mahābalau | nirviśeṣamayudhyetāṃ māyābhiritaretaram

So those two mighty rakshasa chiefs, greatly enraged, fought each other with illusions, neither the better of the other.

Verse 32 (7.109.32)

मायाशतसृजौ नित्यं मोहयन्तौ परस्परम् । मायायुद्धेषु कुशलौ मायायुद्धमयुध्यताम् ॥

māyāśatasṛjau nityaṃ mohayantau parasparam | māyāyuddheṣu kuśalau māyāyuddhamayudhyatām

Makers of hundreds of illusions, forever bewildering each other, skilled in illusion warfare, they fought an illusion-battle.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads नित्यं where CE has dṛptau, and line 2 मायायुद्धेषु कुशलौ where CE has māyāyuddhe sukuśalau (recension variants, kept).

Verse 33 (7.109.33)

यांयां घटोत्कचो युद्धे मायां दर्शयते नृप । तां तामलम्बुसो राजन्माययैव निजघ्निवान् ॥

yāṃyāṃ ghaṭotkaco yuddhe māyāṃ darśayate nṛpa | tāṃ tāmalambuso rājanmāyayaiva nijaghnivān

Whatever illusion Ghatotkacha displayed in the battle, O king, Alambusha struck down each one with an illusion of his own.

Verse 34 (7.109.34)

तं तथा युध्यमानं तु मायायुद्धविशारदम् । अलम्बुसं राक्षसेन्द्रं दृष्ट्वाऽक्रुध्यन्त पाण्डवाः ॥

taṃ tathā yudhyamānaṃ tu māyāyuddhaviśāradam | alambusaṃ rākṣasendraṃ dṛṣṭvā'krudhyanta pāṇḍavāḥ

Seeing Alambusha, the lord of rakshasas, fighting thus, skilled in illusion warfare, the Pandavas were enraged.

Verse 35 (7.109.35)

त एनं भृशसंविग्नाः सर्वतः प्रवरा रथैः । अभ्यद्रवन्त सङ्क्रुद्धा भीमसेनादयो नृप ॥

ta enaṃ bhṛśasaṃvignāḥ sarvataḥ pravarā rathaiḥ | abhyadravanta saṅkruddhā bhīmasenādayo nṛpa

Greatly alarmed and enraged, Bhimasena and the others, foremost in their chariots, rushed at him from every side, O king.

Note on the text: Corrected सङ्कुद्धा → सङ्क्रुद्धा (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ra; CE saṃkruddhā). Line 1 reads भृशसंविग्नाः where CE has bhṛśasaṃkruddhāḥ (recension variant, kept).

Verse 36 (7.109.36)

त एनं कोष्ठकीकृत्य रथवंशेन मारिष । सर्वतो व्यकिरन्बाणैरुल्काभिरिव कुञ्जरम् ॥

ta enaṃ koṣṭhakīkṛtya rathavaṃśena māriṣa | sarvato vyakiranbāṇairulkābhiriva kuñjaram

Hemming him in with a line of chariots, O respected one, they showered him with arrows from every side, as one pelts an elephant with firebrands.

Verse 37 (7.109.37)

स तेषामस्त्रवेगं तं प्रतिहत्यास्त्रमायया । तस्माद्रथव्रजान्मुक्तो वनदाहादिव द्विपः ॥

sa teṣāmastravegaṃ taṃ pratihatyāstramāyayā | tasmādrathavrajānmukto vanadāhādiva dvipaḥ

Countering the onrush of their weapons with the illusion of his own weapon, he broke free of that mass of chariots, like an elephant from a forest fire.

Verse 38 (7.109.38)

स विष्फार्य धनुर्घोरमिन्द्राशनिसमस्वनम् । मारुतिं पञ्चविंशत्या भैमसेनिं च पञ्चभिः ॥

sa viṣphārya dhanurghoramindrāśanisamasvanam | mārutiṃ pañcaviṃśatyā bhaimaseniṃ ca pañcabhiḥ

Stretching his terrible bow, which sounded like Indra's thunderbolt, he struck Maruti with twenty-five arrows and Bhima's son with five,

Note on the text: Corrected अनुर्धोरम् → धनुर्घोरम् (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ध of धनुः and ध for घ; CE dhanur ghoram). Lines 1–2 are CE 7.84.12a and 12c; the third line of that CE verse (12e) opens verse 39. विष्फार्य kept (CE visphārya; a spelling variant).

Verse 39 (7.109.39)

युधिष्ठिरं त्रिभिर्विद्ध्वा सहदेवं च सप्तभिः । नकुलं च त्रिसप्तत्या द्रौपदेयांश्च मारिष । पञ्चभिःपञ्चभिर्विद्ध्वा घोरं नादं ननाद ह ॥

yudhiṣṭhiraṃ tribhirviddhvā sahadevaṃ ca saptabhiḥ | nakulaṃ ca trisaptatyā draupadeyāṃśca māriṣa | pañcabhiḥpañcabhirviddhvā ghoraṃ nādaṃ nanāda ha

Yudhishthira with three, Sahadeva with seven, Nakula with seventy-three, and the sons of Draupadi, O sire, with five arrows each; and he roared a dreadful roar.

Note on the text: Corrected त्रिभिर्विद्धा → त्रिभिर्विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; the absolutive is विद्ध्वा; CE viddhvā). Corrected द्रोपदेयांश्च → द्रौपदेयांश्च (misprint in Wikisource; ओ for औ; the Draupadeyas, as in verse 40 where they answer, and the five arrows each fit the five sons of Draupadi; the critical edition prints drupadeyāṃś). Line 1 = CE 7.84.12e (the third line of CE verse 12); lines 2–3 = CE 7.84.13a and 13c.

Verse 40 (7.109.40)

तं भीमसेनो नवभिः सहदेवस्तु पञ्चभिः । युधिष्ठिरः शतेनैव राक्षसं प्रत्यविध्यत । नकुलस्तु चतुःषष्ट्या द्रौपदेयास्त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः ॥

taṃ bhīmaseno navabhiḥ sahadevastu pañcabhiḥ | yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śatenaiva rākṣasaṃ pratyavidhyata | nakulastu catuḥṣaṣṭyā draupadeyāstribhistribhiḥ

Bhimasena struck back at the rakshasa with nine arrows, Sahadeva with five, Yudhishthira with a hundred, Nakula with sixty-four, and the sons of Draupadi with three each.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads सहदेवस्तु where CE has sahadevaś ca, and line 3 नकुलस्तु where CE has nakulaś ca (recension variants, kept).

Verse 41 (7.109.41)

हैडिम्बो राक्षसं विद्ध्वा युद्धे पञ्चाशता शरैः । पुनर्विव्याध सप्तत्या ननाद च महाबलः ॥

haiḍimbo rākṣasaṃ viddhvā yuddhe pañcāśatā śaraiḥ | punarvivyādha saptatyā nanāda ca mahābalaḥ

Haidimba, having pierced the rakshasa in the battle with fifty arrows, pierced him again with seventy and roared, mighty as he was.

Verse 42 (7.109.42)

तस्य नादेन महता कम्पितेयं वसुन्धरा । सपर्वतवना राजन्सपादपजलाशया ॥

tasya nādena mahatā kampiteyaṃ vasundharā | saparvatavanā rājansapādapajalāśayā

At his great roar this earth trembled, with its mountains, forests, trees and lakes, O king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 7.84.15d*0569_01–02 (printed after 7.84.15): identical.

Verse 43 (7.109.43)

सोऽतिविद्धो महेष्वासैः सर्वतस्तैर्महारथैः । प्रतिविव्याध तान्सर्वान्पञ्चभिः पञ्चभिः शरैः ॥

so'tividdho maheṣvāsaiḥ sarvatastairmahārathaiḥ | prativivyādha tānsarvānpañcabhiḥ pañcabhiḥ śaraiḥ

Sorely pierced on every side by those great archers, those great warriors, he pierced each of them in return with five arrows.

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

Verse 44 (7.109.44)

तं क्रुद्धं राक्षसं युद्धे प्रतिक्रुद्धस्तु राक्षसः । हैडिम्बो भरतश्रेष्ठ शरैर्विव्याध सप्तभिः ॥

taṃ kruddhaṃ rākṣasaṃ yuddhe pratikruddhastu rākṣasaḥ | haiḍimbo bharataśreṣṭha śarairvivyādha saptabhiḥ

At that enraged rakshasa, the rakshasa Haidimbi, enraged in return, O best of the Bharatas, shot seven arrows.

Verse 45 (7.109.45)

सोऽतिविद्धो बलवता राक्षसेन्द्रो महाबलः । व्यसृजत्सायकांस्तूर्णं रुक्मपुङ्खाञ्शिलाशितान् ॥

so'tividdho balavatā rākṣasendro mahābalaḥ | vyasṛjatsāyakāṃstūrṇaṃ rukmapuṅkhāñśilāśitān

Sorely pierced by that mighty one, the powerful lord of rakshasas swiftly loosed arrows with golden feathers, whetted on stone.

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

Verse 46 (7.109.46)

ते शरा नतपर्वाणो भैमसेनिविनिर्भिदः । रुषिताः पन्नगा यद्वद्योधमुख्यानुपागमन् ॥

te śarā nataparvāṇo bhaimasenivinirbhidaḥ | ruṣitāḥ pannagā yadvadyodhamukhyānupāgaman

Those smooth-jointed arrows, piercers of Bhima's son, came like enraged serpents upon the foremost warriors.

Note on the text: Corrected शऱा → शरा (misprint in Wikisource; a stray letter ऱ for र; CE śarā). Line 1 (second half) and line 2 differ from CE 7.84.19 (viviśū rākṣasaṃ tadā / … girim ugrā mahābalāḥ); recension variant, kept.

Verse 47 (7.109.47)

ततस्ते पाण्डवा राजन्समन्तान्निशिताञ्शरान् । प्रेषयामासुरुद्विग्ना हैडिम्बश्च घटोत्कचः ॥

tataste pāṇḍavā rājansamantānniśitāñśarān | preṣayāmāsurudvignā haiḍimbaśca ghaṭotkacaḥ

Then those Pandavas, agitated, O king, and Haidimba Ghatotkacha, sent sharp arrows from every side.

Verse 48 (7.109.48)

स विध्यमानः समरे पाण्डवैर्जितकाशिभिः । नाभ्यपद्यत कर्तव्यमार्श्यशृङ्गिर्महाबलः ॥

sa vidhyamānaḥ samare pāṇḍavairjitakāśibhiḥ | nābhyapadyata kartavyamārśyaśṛṅgirmahābalaḥ

Pierced in the battle by the Pandavas, exultant in victory, the mighty Arshyashringi found no way to act.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki marks (` and *) before line 2. Line 1 = CE 7.84.21a (reading विध्यमानः where CE has vadhyamānaḥ; recension variant, kept). Line 2 (नाभ्यपद्यत कर्तव्यमार्श्यशृङ्गिर्महाबलः) is not in the constituted text; it parallels the star passage 7.84.21b*0570_01 (martyadharmam anuprāptaḥ kartavyaṃ nānvapadyata). The page's footnote (5-109-*) gives a different reading of the passage from the manuscript jha; it is not part of the base text and is not added.

Verse 49 (7.109.49)

घटोत्कचं महाराज शरवर्षैरवाकिरत् । दग्धाद्रिकूटसदृशं तमञ्जनचयोपमम् ॥

ghaṭotkacaṃ mahārāja śaravarṣairavākirat | dagdhādrikūṭasadṛśaṃ tamañjanacayopamam

O great king, he covered Ghatotkacha, who was like a burnt mountain peak, like a heap of collyrium, with showers of arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected तमञ्जनचयोपरमम् → तमञ्जनचयोपमम् (misprint in Wikisource; उपरमम् (cessation) is not the word wanted; CE bhinnāñjanacayopamam). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension) as a whole: line 1 (घटोत्कचं महाराज शरवर्षैरवाकिरत्) appears nowhere in the critical edition; line 2 corresponds, in variant wording (दग्धाद्रिकूटसदृशं for dagdhādrikūṭaśṛṅgābhaṃ), to CE 7.84.21c (dagdhādrikūṭaśṛṅgābhaṃ bhinnāñjanacayopamam). ce_ref is null because the first line is not in the critical edition.

Verse 50 (7.109.50)

घटोत्कचोऽप्यसम्भ्रान्तः शरवर्षं महत्तरम् । अलम्बुसवधप्रेप्सुर्मुमोचाग्निरिव ज्वलन् ॥

ghaṭotkaco'pyasambhrāntaḥ śaravarṣaṃ mahattaram | alambusavadhaprepsurmumocāgniriva jvalan

Ghatotkacha too, unshaken, eager to slay Alambusha, loosed a still greater shower of arrows, blazing like fire.

Verse 51 (7.109.51)

अलम्बुसवधाच्चोग्राद्धटोत्कचवधादपि । शराः प्रादुर्भवन्ति स्म द्विरेफा इव शाखिनः ॥

alambusavadhāccogrāddhaṭotkacavadhādapi | śarāḥ prādurbhavanti sma dvirephā iva śākhinaḥ

From the dreadful slaying of Alambusha and the slaying of Ghatotkacha, arrows came forth like bees upon trees.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 10 (printed within 7.84.21, after 21b), lines 0003–0004: line 1 differs, line 2 differs. Line 1 reads अलम्बुसवधाच्चोग्राद्धटोत्कचवधादपि where CE has alambusarathāc cogrād ghaṭotkacarathād api (वध for ratha), and line 2 ends शाखिनः where CE has khād diśaḥ (recension variants, kept).

Verse 52 (7.109.52)

अभ्रच्छायेव रचिता बाणैस्तत्र नरेश्वर । न स्म विज्ञायते किञ्चिदन्धकारे कृते शरैः ॥

abhracchāyeva racitā bāṇaistatra nareśvara | na sma vijñāyate kiñcidandhakāre kṛte śaraiḥ

The arrows made a canopy like the shade of clouds, O lord of men, and nothing at all could be made out, darkness having been made by the arrows.

Verse 53 (7.109.53)

तत आकर्णमुक्तेन भल्लेन च घटोत्कचः । अलम्बुसस्य चिच्छेद शिरो यन्तुर्महाबलः ॥

tata ākarṇamuktena bhallena ca ghaṭotkacaḥ | alambusasya ciccheda śiro yanturmahābalaḥ

Then Ghatotkacha, mighty, with a broad-headed arrow loosed from his ear, cut off the head of Alambusha's charioteer.

Verse 54 (7.109.54)

ततोऽपरैर्वेगवद्भिः क्षुरैस्तस्य घटोत्कचः । अक्षमीषां युगं चैव चिच्छेद युधि ताडयन् ॥

tato'parairvegavadbhiḥ kṣuraistasya ghaṭotkacaḥ | akṣamīṣāṃ yugaṃ caiva ciccheda yudhi tāḍayan

Then with other swift razor-headed arrows Ghatotkacha, striking him in the battle, cut through his axle, his pole and his yoke.

Verse 55 (7.109.55)

अवस्कन्द्य रथात्तूर्णं कैर्मीरः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः । तस्मिन्मायामयं घोरमस्त्रवर्षं ववर्ष ह ॥

avaskandya rathāttūrṇaṃ kairmīraḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ | tasminmāyāmayaṃ ghoramastravarṣaṃ vavarṣa ha

The descendant of Kirmira, giddy with rage, leapt quickly down from his chariot and rained upon him a dreadful shower of weapons made of illusion.

Verse 56 (7.109.56)

घटोत्कचोऽप्याशु रथात्प्रस्कन्द्य स तमेव च । मायास्त्रेणैव मायास्त्रं व्यधमत्समरे रिपोः ॥

ghaṭotkaco'pyāśu rathātpraskandya sa tameva ca | māyāstreṇaiva māyāstraṃ vyadhamatsamare ripoḥ

Ghatotkacha too leapt swiftly from his chariot upon that very foe, and with an illusion-weapon he destroyed the enemy's illusion-weapon in the battle.

Verse 57 (7.109.57)

हैडिम्बेनार्द्यमानस्तु युधि सोऽलम्बुसोऽद्रवत् । अन्तर्हितो महाराज घटोत्कचमयोधयत् ॥

haiḍimbenārdyamānastu yudhi so'lambuso'dravat | antarhito mahārāja ghaṭotkacamayodhayat

Hard pressed in the battle by Haidimbi, Alambusha fled; O great king, he made himself invisible and went on fighting Ghatotkacha.

Verse 58 (7.109.58)

अन्तर्धानगतं दृष्ट्वा तत्रतत्र घटोत्कचः । गदया ताडयामास वेगवत्या महाबलः ॥

antardhānagataṃ dṛṣṭvā tatratatra ghaṭotkacaḥ | gadayā tāḍayāmāsa vegavatyā mahābalaḥ

Seeing him vanished, the mighty Ghatotkacha struck him here and there with a swift mace.

Verse 59 (7.109.59)

उत्पपात ततो व्योम्नि प्रहारपरिपीडितः । अलम्बुसो राक्षसेन्द्रः सहसा पक्षिराडिव ॥

utpapāta tato vyomni prahāraparipīḍitaḥ | alambuso rākṣasendraḥ sahasā pakṣirāḍiva

Tormented by the blow, Alambusha, lord of rakshasas, suddenly leapt into the sky like the king of birds.

Verse 60 (7.109.60)

घटोत्कचोऽप्यसम्भ्रान्तः खड्गपाणिरथोत्पतत् । ततो वेगेन महता विवर्षिषुरिवाम्बुदः ॥

ghaṭotkaco'pyasambhrāntaḥ khaḍgapāṇirathotpatat | tato vegena mahatā vivarṣiṣurivāmbudaḥ

Ghatotkacha too, unshaken, sword in hand, then leapt up with great speed, like a cloud about to pour down rain.

Verse 61 (7.109.61)

तमापतन्तं सम्प्रेक्ष्य कैर्मीरी राक्षसोत्तमः । अभिदुद्राव वेगेन सिंहः सिंहमिव स्थितम् ॥

tamāpatantaṃ samprekṣya kairmīrī rākṣasottamaḥ | abhidudrāva vegena siṃhaḥ siṃhamiva sthitam

Seeing him leap, the descendant of Kirmira, best of rakshasas, rushed at him with speed, as a lion at a lion standing ready.

Verse 62 (7.109.62)

दक्षिणेनासिमुद्यम्य वक्षः प्रच्छाद्य वर्मणा । अभिदुद्राव वेगेन वेगवन्तं घटोत्कचः ॥

dakṣiṇenāsimudyamya vakṣaḥ pracchādya varmaṇā | abhidudrāva vegena vegavantaṃ ghaṭotkacaḥ

Raising his sword in his right hand and covering his chest with his armour, Ghatotkacha rushed with speed at that swift foe.

Verse 63 (7.109.63)

तावुभौ वेगसंरब्धावलम्बुसघटोत्कचौ । अन्योन्यस्य तथैवोरू समाजघ्नतुरञ्जसा ॥

tāvubhau vegasaṃrabdhāvalambusaghaṭotkacau | anyonyasya tathaivorū samājaghnaturañjasā

Those two, Alambusha and Ghatotkacha, roused to fury by their speed, struck each other's thighs in just the same way, straight on.

Verse 64 (7.109.64)

अन्योन्यस्याभिघातेन तयो राक्षससिंहयोः । शैलेनाभिहतस्येव शैलस्याभून्महास्वनः ॥

anyonyasyābhighātena tayo rākṣasasiṃhayoḥ | śailenābhihatasyeva śailasyābhūnmahāsvanaḥ

From the clash of those two lions among rakshasas there was a great sound, like that of a mountain struck by a mountain.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 10 (printed within 7.84.21, after 21b), lines 0029–0030: line 2 differs. Line 2 reads शैलेनाभिहतस्येव where CE has śailenābhihatasyaiva (recension variant, kept).

Verse 65 (7.109.65)

ततोऽपसृत्य सहसा पुनरापेततुर्भृशम् । चरन्तावसिमार्गांस्तान्विविधान्राक्षसोत्तमौ ॥

tato'pasṛtya sahasā punarāpetaturbhṛśam | carantāvasimārgāṃstānvividhānrākṣasottamau

Then, suddenly drawing apart, they fell upon each other fiercely again, those two best of rakshasas, moving through the many paths of the sword.

Verse 66 (7.109.66)

तयोर्गात्रेषु पतितावसी भिन्नौ निपेततुः । वेगोत्सृष्टे मघवता वज्रे शैलतटेष्विव ॥

tayorgātreṣu patitāvasī bhinnau nipetatuḥ | vegotsṛṣṭe maghavatā vajre śailataṭeṣviva

The swords that fell on their bodies broke and dropped, like a thunderbolt hurled with force by Indra on the slopes of mountains.

Verse 67 (7.109.67)

ततः सैन्यानि ददृशुस्तद्युद्धमतिदारुणम् । युद्धं तयो राक्षसयोरामिषे श्येनयोरिव ॥

tataḥ sainyāni dadṛśustadyuddhamatidāruṇam | yuddhaṃ tayo rākṣasayorāmiṣe śyenayoriva

Then the armies watched that most dreadful fight of the two rakshasas, like the fight of two hawks over a piece of flesh.

Verse 68 (7.109.68)

ततो लोहितरक्ताक्षावुभौ तौ राक्षसोत्तमौ । तथैक्ष्येतां तु शार्दूलौ सन्ध्यारक्ताविवाम्बुदौ ॥

tato lohitaraktākṣāvubhau tau rākṣasottamau | tathaikṣyetāṃ tu śārdūlau sandhyāraktāvivāmbudau

Then those two best of rakshasas, with eyes red as blood, were seen as two tigers, like two clouds reddened by twilight.

Verse 69 (7.109.69)

चक्राते श्येनवच्चैव मण्डलानि सहस्रशः । उभौ निस्त्रिंशहस्तौ तौ सपक्षाविव पक्षिणौ ॥

cakrāte śyenavaccaiva maṇḍalāni sahasraśaḥ | ubhau nistriṃśahastau tau sapakṣāviva pakṣiṇau

They wheeled in thousands of circles like hawks, both with swords in hand, like two winged birds.

Verse 70 (7.109.70)

भ्रामयित्वा तु तं खड्गं पाण्डोः किर्मीरनन्दनः । चिक्षेपास्य शिरो हर्तुं स च तस्य घटोत्कचः ॥

bhrāmayitvā tu taṃ khaḍgaṃ pāṇḍoḥ kirmīranandanaḥ | cikṣepāsya śiro hartuṃ sa ca tasya ghaṭotkacaḥ

Whirling that sword, the son of Kirmira hurled it to cut off the head of Pandu's kinsman, and Ghatotkacha did the same to him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 10 (printed within 7.84.21, after 21b), lines 0041–0042: line 1 differs. Corrected खङ्गं → खड्गं (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग; CE khaḍgaṃ). Line 1 reads भ्रामयित्वा तु where CE has tato bhrāmya tu (recension variant, kept).

Verse 71 (7.109.71)

तावसी युगपद्दीप्तौ समेत्य विपुलौ भुवि । पतितौ तौ तु बाहुभ्यां राक्षसौ समसज्जताम् ॥

tāvasī yugapaddīptau sametya vipulau bhuvi | patitau tau tu bāhubhyāṃ rākṣasau samasajjatām

Those two blazing, huge swords clashed together and fell to the ground; and the two rakshasas, fallen, locked together with their arms.

Verse 72 (7.109.72)

शीर्षघातांसघातैश्च परस्परमथाहतौ । पुनर्विमिश्रितौ वीरौ व्यायुध्येते मुहुर्मुहुः ॥

śīrṣaghātāṃsaghātaiśca parasparamathāhatau | punarvimiśritau vīrau vyāyudhyete muhurmuhuḥ

Striking each other with blows to the head and the shoulder, those two heroes closed again and again, fighting over and over.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 10 (printed within 7.84.21, after 21b), lines 0045–0046: identical. Corrected शीर्षाघातांसधातैश्च → शीर्षघातांसघातैश्च (misprint in Wikisource; a stray long ā and ध for घ; CE śīrṣaghātāṃsaghātaiś ca).

Verse 73 (7.109.73)

भैमसेनिरथोत्क्षिप्य समाविध्य पुनः पुनः । निष्पिपेष क्षितौ क्षिप्रं पूर्णकुम्भमिवाश्मनि ॥

bhaimasenirathotkṣipya samāvidhya punaḥ punaḥ | niṣpipeṣa kṣitau kṣipraṃ pūrṇakumbhamivāśmani

Lifting him up and whirling him round and round, Bhima's son swiftly ground him into the earth, like a full pot upon a stone.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads भैमसेनिरथोत्क्षिप्य समाविध्य where CE has samutkṣipya ca bāhubhyām āvidhya ca (recension variant, kept; the page's footnote records the same reading in the manuscript jha).

Verse 74 (7.109.74)

बललाघवसम्पन्नः सम्पन्नो विक्रमेण च । भैमसेनिरथ क्रुद्धः सर्वसैन्यस्य पश्यतः ॥

balalāghavasampannaḥ sampanno vikrameṇa ca | bhaimaseniratha kruddhaḥ sarvasainyasya paśyataḥ

Endowed with lightness of strength and with valour, Bhima's son, then enraged, in the sight of the whole army —

Note on the text: Line 2 reads भैमसेनिरथ क्रुद्धः सर्वसैन्यस्य पश्यतः where CE has bhaimasenī raṇe kruddhaḥ sarvasainyāny abhīṣayat (recension variant, kept).

Verse 75 (7.109.75)

असृक्क्षरितसर्वाङ्गश्चूर्णितास्थिविभूषणः । घटोत्कचेन निष्पिष्टो हतः सालकटङ्कटः ॥

asṛkkṣaritasarvāṅgaścūrṇitāsthivibhūṣaṇaḥ | ghaṭotkacena niṣpiṣṭo hataḥ sālakaṭaṅkaṭaḥ

bloody in every limb, with crushed bones for ornaments, the Salakatankata rakshasa was ground down and slain by Ghatotkacha.

Note on the text: Both lines vary from CE 7.84.24 (line 1 असृक्क्षरितसर्वाङ्गः for sa visphuṭitasarvāṅgaḥ; line 2 घटोत्कचेन निष्पिष्टो for ghaṭotkacena vīreṇa); recension variants, kept.

Verse 76 (7.109.76)

पाण्डवानां ततः सेना तं दृष्ट्वा विनिपातितम् । ननाद सुमहानादं हर्षवेगसमाप्लुता ॥

pāṇḍavānāṃ tataḥ senā taṃ dṛṣṭvā vinipātitam | nanāda sumahānādaṃ harṣavegasamāplutā

Seeing him struck down, the Pandava army, swept along by a surge of joy, raised a mighty roar.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 7.84.24d*0572_01–02 (printed after 7.84.24): identical.

Verse 77 (7.109.77)

ततस्तु निपपाताशु गतासुर्भुवि राक्षसः । शिखरं पर्वतस्येव वज्रवेगेन पातितम् ॥

tatastu nipapātāśu gatāsurbhuvi rākṣasaḥ | śikharaṃ parvatasyeva vajravegena pātitam

Then the lifeless rakshasa fell to the earth, like a mountain peak brought down by the force of the thunderbolt.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 7.84.24d*0572_03–04: identical.

Verse 78 (7.109.78)

पतता तेन महता रथिनां दन्तिनां दश । तव सैन्ये महाराज निहताः सुबृहत्तया ॥

patatā tena mahatā rathināṃ dantināṃ daśa | tava sainye mahārāja nihatāḥ subṛhattayā

By his great fall, because of his enormous size, ten chariot-warriors and ten elephants in your army were slain, O great king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 7.84.24d*0572_05–06: identical.

Verse 79 (7.109.79)

ततो घटोत्कचो हत्वा तद्रक्षो वृत्रसन्निभम् । पुनः स रथमास्थाय विजिगीषुर्ननाद ह ॥

tato ghaṭotkaco hatvā tadrakṣo vṛtrasannibham | punaḥ sa rathamāsthāya vijigīṣurnanāda ha

Then Ghatotkacha, having slain that rakshasa who was like Vritra, mounted his chariot again and roared, eager for victory.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 7.84.29b*0573_01–02 (printed after the first line, 29a): line 2 differs. Corrected ननादह → ननाद ह (misprint in Wikisource; a word space lost: ननादह is not a word; CE nanāda ca). Removed the stray wiki quote mark (') that closes the page's quotation (the end of the passage that opens in verse 48). Line 2 reads पुनः स रथमास्थाय where CE has punaḥ svaratham āsthāya, and ends ह where CE has ca (recension variants, kept).

Verse 80 (7.109.80)

ततः सुमनसः पार्था हते तस्मिन्निशाचरे । चुक्रुशुः सिंहनादांश्च वासांस्यादुधुवुश्च ह ॥

tataḥ sumanasaḥ pārthā hate tasminniśācare | cukruśuḥ siṃhanādāṃśca vāsāṃsyādudhuvuśca ha

Then the sons of Pritha, glad at heart, with that night-ranger slain, cried out in lion-roars and waved their garments.

Verse 81 (7.109.81)

तावकाश्च हतं दृष्ट्वा राक्षसेन्द्रं महाबलम् । अलम्बुसं तथा शूरा विशीर्णमिव पर्वतम् । हाहाकारमकार्षुश्च सैन्यानि भरतर्षभ ॥

tāvakāśca hataṃ dṛṣṭvā rākṣasendraṃ mahābalam | alambusaṃ tathā śūrā viśīrṇamiva parvatam | hāhākāramakārṣuśca sainyāni bharatarṣabha

And your heroes, seeing the mighty lord of the rakshasas, Alambusha, slain, like a shattered mountain, raised a cry of dismay, and so did the armies, O best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads अलम्बुसं तथा शूरा where CE has alambusaṃ bhīmarūpaṃ, and line 3 हाहाकारमकार्षुश्च where CE has hāhākāram akurvanta (recension variants, kept).

Verse 82 (7.109.82)

जनाश्च तद्ददृशिरे रक्षः कौतूहलान्विताः । यदृच्छया निपतितं भूमावङ्गारकं यथा ॥

janāśca taddadṛśire rakṣaḥ kautūhalānvitāḥ | yadṛcchayā nipatitaṃ bhūmāvaṅgārakaṃ yathā

People gazed at that rakshasa in wonder, as he lay fallen on the earth by chance, like the planet Mars come down.

Verse 83 (7.109.83)

घटोत्कचस्तु तद्धत्वा रक्षो बलवतां वरम् । मुमोच बलवन्नादं बलं हत्वेव वासवः ॥

ghaṭotkacastu taddhatvā rakṣo balavatāṃ varam | mumoca balavannādaṃ balaṃ hatveva vāsavaḥ

Ghatotkacha, having slain that foremost of the mighty, gave a mighty shout, as Vasava did after slaying Bala.

Verse 84 (7.109.84)

स पूज्यमानः पितृभिः सबान्धवैः । घटोत्कचः कर्मणि दुष्करे कृते । रिपुं निहत्याभिननन्द वै तदा । ह्यलम्बुसं पक्वमलम्बुषं यथा ॥

sa pūjyamānaḥ pitṛbhiḥ sabāndhavaiḥ | ghaṭotkacaḥ karmaṇi duṣkare kṛte | ripuṃ nihatyābhinananda vai tadā | hyalambusaṃ pakvamalambuṣaṃ yathā

Honoured by his fathers and their kinsmen for the hard deed he had done, Ghatotkacha rejoiced then at having slain his foe, rejoiced indeed over Alambusha as over a ripe alambusha fruit.

Note on the text: Changed सबान्धवै-- । / र्घटोत्कचः → सबान्धवैः । / घटोत्कचः (the page splits the sandhi बान्धवैर्घटोत्कचः between lines 1 and 2 with a double hyphen (--); written here with the word-final visarga resolved, as the critical edition reads sabāndhavair; ghaṭotkacaḥ). = CE 7.84.29a and 29c (the critical edition prints the four pādas as two lines separated by semicolons; lines 1–2 here are 29a, lines 3–4 are 29c). ह्यलम्बुसं and अलम्बुषं kept (CE alambusaṃ pakvam alambusaṃ).

Verse 85 (7.109.85)

ततो निनादः सुमहान्समुत्थितः । सशङ्खनानाविधबाणघोषवान् । निशम्य तं प्रत्यनदंस्तु पाण्डवाः । ततो ध्वनिर्भुवनमथाऽस्पृशद्भृशम् ॥

tato ninādaḥ sumahānsamutthitaḥ | saśaṅkhanānāvidhabāṇaghoṣavān | niśamya taṃ pratyanadaṃstu pāṇḍavāḥ | tato dhvanirbhuvanamathā'spṛśadbhṛśam

Then a great din arose, with conches and the sound of arrows of many kinds; hearing it, the Pandavas roared in answer, and the noise reached up to the heavens.

Note on the text: Changed पाण्डवा-- । / स्ततो → पाण्डवाः । / ततो (the page splits the sandhi पाण्डवास्ततो between lines 3 and 4 with a double hyphen (--); written here with the word-final visarga resolved). = CE 7.84.30a and 30c (printed there as two lines of two pādas each). Line 3 reads पाण्डवाः where CE has kauravāḥ (recension variant, kept).

Verse 86 (7.109.86)

ततोऽभिगम्य राजानं धर्मपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम् । स्वकर्मावेदयन्मूर्ध्ना प्राञ्जलिर्निपपात ह ॥

tato'bhigamya rājānaṃ dharmaputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram | svakarmāvedayanmūrdhnā prāñjalirnipapāta ha

Then, approaching King Yudhishthira, son of Dharma, he reported his deed and fell at his feet, bowing his head with palms joined.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 7.84.30d*0574_01–02 (printed after 7.84.30): line 2 differs. Removed the stray wiki quote mark (`) that opens the page's quotation at the start of the line. Line 2 reads प्राञ्जलिः where CE has sāñjaliḥ (recension variant, kept).

Verse 87 (7.109.87)

मूर्ध्न्युपाघ्राय तं ज्येष्ठः परिष्वज्य च पाण्डवः । प्रीतोऽस्मीत्यब्रवीद्राजन्हर्षादुत्फुल्ललोचनः ॥

mūrdhnyupāghrāya taṃ jyeṣṭhaḥ pariṣvajya ca pāṇḍavaḥ | prīto'smītyabravīdrājanharṣādutphullalocanaḥ

Smelling his head and embracing him, the eldest Pandava said, "I am pleased," O king, his eyes wide with joy.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 7.84.30d*0574_03–04: identical. Corrected प्रितोऽस्मी → प्रीतोऽस्मी (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped long ī; CE prīto).

Verse 88 (7.109.88)

घटोत्कचेन निष्पिष्टे हते सालकटङ्कटे । बभूवुर्मुदिताः सर्वे हते तस्मिन्निशाचरे ॥

ghaṭotkacena niṣpiṣṭe hate sālakaṭaṅkaṭe | babhūvurmuditāḥ sarve hate tasminniśācare

When the Salakatankata rakshasa had been crushed by Ghatotkacha and slain, all rejoiced at the death of that night-ranger.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 7.84.30d*0574_05–06: line 1 differs. Removed the stray wiki quote mark (') that closes the page's quotation (the end of the passage that opens in verse 86). Line 1 reads हते where CE has mṛte (recension variant, kept).

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