Satyaki Breaks Through the Kaurava Host

Verse 1 (7.120.1)

जित्वा यवनकाम्भोजान्युयुधानस्ततोऽर्जुनम् । जगाम तव सैन्यस्य मध्येन रथिनां वरः ॥

jitvā yavanakāmbhojānyuyudhānastato'rjunam | jagāma tava sainyasya madhyena rathināṃ varaḥ

Having defeated the Yavanas and Kambojas, Yuyudhana, the best of chariot-warriors, then set out after Arjuna, passing through the midst of your army.

Verse 2 (7.120.2)

शरदंष्ट्रो नरव्याघ्रो विचित्रकवचच्छविः । मृगं व्याघ्र इवाजिघ्रंस्तव सैन्यमभीषयत् ॥

śaradaṃṣṭro naravyāghro vicitrakavacacchaviḥ | mṛgaṃ vyāghra ivājighraṃstava sainyamabhīṣayat

That tiger among men, his arrows like fangs and his armour gleaming in many colours, frightened your army as a tiger frightens a deer when it scents it.

Verse 3 (7.120.3)

स रथेन चरन्मार्गान्धनुरुद्भ्रामयद्भृशम् । रुक्मपृष्ठं महावेगं रुक्मचन्द्रकसङ्कुलम् ॥

sa rathena caranmārgāndhanurudbhrāmayadbhṛśam | rukmapṛṣṭhaṃ mahāvegaṃ rukmacandrakasaṅkulam

Wheeling his chariot through its many courses, he swung his bow violently, a bow gold-backed, of great force, studded with golden crescents.

Note on the text: Corrected धनुरुद्धामयद् → धनुरुद्भ्रामयद् (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct भ्र has dropped out; the CE has the same verb with a different prefix, abhrāmayat, and the Wikisource prefix उद्- is kept).

Verse 4 (7.120.4)

रुक्माङ्गदशिरस्त्राणो रुक्मवर्मसमावृतः । रुक्मध्वजधनुः शूरो मेरुशृङ्गमिवाबभौ ॥

rukmāṅgadaśirastrāṇo rukmavarmasamāvṛtaḥ | rukmadhvajadhanuḥ śūro meruśṛṅgamivābabhau

With golden armlets, golden helmet and golden mail, and a golden banner and bow, the hero shone like the peak of Meru.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads रुक्मध्वजधनुः शूरो where CE 7.96.4c has rukmadhvajavaraḥ śūro, a recension variant, kept.

Verse 5 (7.120.5)

सधनुर्मण्डलः सङ्ख्ये तेजोभासुररश्मिवान् । शरदीवोदितः सूर्यो नृसूर्यो विरराज ह ॥

sadhanurmaṇḍalaḥ saṅkhye tejobhāsuraraśmivān | śaradīvoditaḥ sūryo nṛsūryo virarāja ha

With his bow drawn into a circle in the battle, and rays blazing with splendour, that sun among men shone like the autumn sun at its rising.

Verse 6 (7.120.6)

वृषभस्कन्धविक्रान्तो वृषभाक्षो नरर्षभः । तावकानां बभौ मध्ये गवां मध्ये यथा वृषः ॥

vṛṣabhaskandhavikrānto vṛṣabhākṣo nararṣabhaḥ | tāvakānāṃ babhau madhye gavāṃ madhye yathā vṛṣaḥ

Mighty in the shoulders like a bull, with a bull's eyes, that bull among men shone in the midst of your warriors like a bull among cows.

Verse 7 (7.120.7)

मत्तद्विरदसङ्काशं मत्तद्विरदगामिनम् । प्रभिन्नमिव मातङ्गं यूथमध्ये व्यवस्थितम् ॥

mattadviradasaṅkāśaṃ mattadviradagāminam | prabhinnamiva mātaṅgaṃ yūthamadhye vyavasthitam

Like a rutting elephant in look and in gait, he stood in the midst of the herd like a bull-elephant in musth.

Note on the text: = lines 1-2 of the three-line CE verse 7.96.7 (7.96.7a, 7.96.7c); line 3 of the CE verse opens the next Wikisource verse.

Verse 8 (7.120.8)

व्याधा इव जिघांसन्तस्त्वदीयाः समुपाद्रवन् । सात्यकिं समरे राजन्परिवव्रुस्तवात्मजाः ॥

vyādhā iva jighāṃsantastvadīyāḥ samupādravan | sātyakiṃ samare rājanparivavrustavātmajāḥ

Like hunters bent on killing, your men rushed upon him; O king, your sons surrounded Satyaki in the battle.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Line 1 = CE 7.96.7e (the third line of CE verse 7.96.7; Wikisource reads त्वदीयाः समुपाद्रवन् where the CE has tvadīyā abhyadravan raṇe, a variant, kept); line 2 is not in the critical edition's main text and appears there as star passage 7.96.7f*0678_01 (सात्यकिं समरे राजन् परिवव्रुस्तवात्मजाः). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 9 (7.120.9)

द्रोणानीकमतिक्रान्तं भोजानीकं च दुस्तरम् । जलसन्धार्णवं तीर्त्वा काम्भोजानां च वाहिनीम् ॥

droṇānīkamatikrāntaṃ bhojānīkaṃ ca dustaram | jalasandhārṇavaṃ tīrtvā kāmbhojānāṃ ca vāhinīm

He had gone beyond Drona's division and the Bhoja division, so hard to cross, and had crossed the ocean that was Jalasandha's force and the host of the Kambojas.

Verse 10 (7.120.10)

हार्दिक्यमकरान्मुक्तं तीर्णं वै सैन्यसागरम् । परिवव्रुः सुसङ्क्रुद्वास्त्वदीयाः सात्यकिं रथाः ॥

hārdikyamakarānmuktaṃ tīrṇaṃ vai sainyasāgaram | parivavruḥ susaṅkrudvāstvadīyāḥ sātyakiṃ rathāḥ

Though he had crossed that ocean of troops and was free of the sea-monster Hardikya, your chariot-warriors, in a great rage, surrounded Satyaki.

Verse 11 (7.120.11)

दुर्योधनश्चित्रसेनो दुःशासनविविंशती । शकुनिर्दुःसहश्चैव युवा दुर्धर्षणः क्रथः ॥

duryodhanaścitraseno duḥśāsanaviviṃśatī | śakunirduḥsahaścaiva yuvā durdharṣaṇaḥ krathaḥ

Duryodhana, Chitrasena, Duhshasana and Vivimshati, Shakuni, Duhsaha, the young Durdharshana, and Kratha,

Note on the text: Line 2 reads युवा दुर्धर्षणः where CE 7.96.10c has yuvā durmarṣaṇaḥ, a variant, kept.

Verse 12 (7.120.12)

अन्ये च बहवः शूराः शस्त्रवन्तो दुरासदाः । पृष्ठतः सात्यकिं यान्तमन्वधावन्नमर्षिणः ॥

anye ca bahavaḥ śūrāḥ śastravanto durāsadāḥ | pṛṣṭhataḥ sātyakiṃ yāntamanvadhāvannamarṣiṇaḥ

and many other heroes, armed and hard to withstand, angry, ran after Satyaki as he went on, from behind.

Verse 13 (7.120.13)

अथ शब्दो महानासीत्तव सैन्यस्य मारिष । मारुतोद्धूतवेगस्य सागरस्येव पर्वणि ॥

atha śabdo mahānāsīttava sainyasya māriṣa | mārutoddhūtavegasya sāgarasyeva parvaṇi

Then, O lord, a great roar rose from your army, like the roar of the sea, driven by the wind, at the full moon.

Verse 14 (7.120.14)

तानभिद्रवतः सर्वान्समीक्ष्य शिनिपुङ्गवः । शनैर्याहीति यन्तारमब्रवीत्प्रहसन्निव ॥

tānabhidravataḥ sarvānsamīkṣya śinipuṅgavaḥ | śanairyāhīti yantāramabravītprahasanniva

Seeing them all rushing on, the best of the Shinis said to his charioteer, almost laughing, "Go slowly."

Verse 15 (7.120.15)

इदमेति समुद्धूतं धार्तराष्ट्रबलं महत् । मामेवाभिमुखं तूर्णं गजाश्वरथपत्तिमत् । नादयद्वै दिशः सर्वा रथघोषेण सारथे ॥

idameti samuddhūtaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrabalaṃ mahat | māmevābhimukhaṃ tūrṇaṃ gajāśvarathapattimat | nādayadvai diśaḥ sarvā rathaghoṣeṇa sārathe

"This great host of Dhritarashtra's sons is surging up and rushing at me, straight and fast, with elephants, horses, chariots and foot, making every quarter resound with the clatter of its chariots, O charioteer,

Note on the text: Speaker set to Satyaki: the whole verse is his speech to his charioteer (introduced by verse 14), though no heading is printed. Lines 1-2 = CE 7.96.14 (line 1 reads धार्तराष्ट्रबलं महत् where the CE has dhārtarāṣṭrasya yad balam, a variant, kept); line 3 = CE 7.96.15a (नादयद्वै where the CE has nādayan vai, a variant, kept). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 16 (7.120.16)

पृथिवीं चान्तरिक्षं च कम्पयन्सागरानपि । एतद्बलार्णवं सूत वारयिष्ये महारणे । पौर्णमास्यामिवोद्धूतं वेलेव मकरालयम् ॥

pṛthivīṃ cāntarikṣaṃ ca kampayansāgarānapi | etadbalārṇavaṃ sūta vārayiṣye mahāraṇe | paurṇamāsyāmivoddhūtaṃ veleva makarālayam

shaking the earth and the sky and even the oceans. This sea of an army I shall hold back in the great battle, O charioteer, as the shore holds back the sea, home of sea-monsters, when it surges up at the full moon."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Satyaki: continuation of his speech, no heading printed. Line 1 = CE 7.96.15c; lines 2-3 = CE 7.96.16a and 7.96.16c (with सूत for tāta and मकरालयम् for salilāśayam, variants, kept). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 17 (7.120.17)

पश्य मे सूत विक्रान्तमिन्द्रस्येव महामृधे । एष सैन्यानि शत्रूणां विधमामि शितैः शरैः ॥

paśya me sūta vikrāntamindrasyeva mahāmṛdhe | eṣa sainyāni śatrūṇāṃ vidhamāmi śitaiḥ śaraiḥ

"Watch my prowess, O charioteer, like Indra's in a great battle. I shall scatter the enemy's forces with my sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Satyaki: continuation of his speech, no heading printed.

Verse 18 (7.120.18)

निहतानाहवे पश्य पदात्यश्वरथद्विपान् । मच्छरैरग्निसङ्काशैर्विद्धदेहान्सहस्रशः ॥

nihatānāhave paśya padātyaśvarathadvipān | maccharairagnisaṅkāśairviddhadehānsahasraśaḥ

See them lying slain in the fight, foot-soldiers, horses, chariots and elephants, their bodies pierced by thousands of my fire-bright arrows."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Satyaki: end of his speech, no heading printed. Line 2 reads विद्धदेहान् where CE 7.96.18c has videhāsūn, a variant, kept.

Verse 19 (7.120.19)

इत्येवं ब्रुवतस्तस्य सात्यकेरमितौजसः । समीपे सैनिकास्ते तु शीघ्रमीयुर्युयुत्सवः । जह्याद्रवस्व तिष्ठेति पश्यपश्येति वादिनः ॥

ityevaṃ bruvatastasya sātyakeramitaujasaḥ | samīpe sainikāste tu śīghramīyuryuyutsavaḥ | jahyādravasva tiṣṭheti paśyapaśyeti vādinaḥ

While Satyaki of boundless might was saying this, soldiers eager to fight came swiftly up to him, crying, "Kill him! Rush him! Stand! Look, look!"

Verse 20 (7.120.20)

तानेवं ब्रुवतो वीरान्सात्यकिर्निशितैः शरैः । जघान त्रिशतानश्वान्कुञ्जरांश्च चतुःशतान् । लध्वस्त्रश्चित्रयोधी च प्रहरञ्शिनिपुङ्गवः ॥

tānevaṃ bruvato vīrānsātyakirniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | jaghāna triśatānaśvānkuñjarāṃśca catuḥśatān | ladhvastraścitrayodhī ca praharañśinipuṅgavaḥ

As those heroes spoke so, Satyaki struck down with his sharp arrows three hundred horses and four hundred elephants, the bull of the Shinis, quick with his weapons and wonderful as a fighter.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Corrected जघानं → जघान (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara; CE 7.96.20c has jaghāna). Lines 1-2 = CE 7.96.20 (the automatic alignment found no match); line 3 is not in the critical edition's main text and appears there as star passage 7.96.20d*0680_01 (laghvastraḥ citrayodhī ca prahasañ śinipuṃgavaḥ; Wikisource has प्रहरन् for prahasan, a variant, kept).

Verse 21 (7.120.21)

स सम्प्रहारस्तुमुलस्तस्य तेषां च धन्विनाम् । देवासुररणप्रख्यः प्रावर्तत जनक्षयः ॥

sa samprahārastumulastasya teṣāṃ ca dhanvinām | devāsuraraṇaprakhyaḥ prāvartata janakṣayaḥ

A fierce clash followed between him and those archers, like the war of the gods and the asuras, and men were slaughtered.

Verse 22 (7.120.22)

मेघजालनिभं सैन्यं तव पुत्रस्य मारिष । प्रत्यगृह्णाच्छिनेः पौत्रः शरैराशीविषोपमैः ॥

meghajālanibhaṃ sainyaṃ tava putrasya māriṣa | pratyagṛhṇācchineḥ pautraḥ śarairāśīviṣopamaiḥ

O lord, that army of your son, like a mass of clouds, the grandson of Shini met with arrows like venomous serpents.

Verse 23 (7.120.23)

प्रच्छाद्यमानः समरे शरजालैः स वीर्यवान् । असम्भ्रमन्महाराज तावकानवधीद्बहून् ॥

pracchādyamānaḥ samare śarajālaiḥ sa vīryavān | asambhramanmahārāja tāvakānavadhīdbahūn

Though covered in the battle by their nets of arrows, that valiant man, unshaken, O great king, killed many of your men.

Verse 24 (7.120.24)

आश्चर्यं तत्र राजेन्द्र सुमहद्दृष्टवानहम् । न मोघः सायकः कश्चित्सात्यकेरभवत्प्रभो ॥

āścaryaṃ tatra rājendra sumahaddṛṣṭavānaham | na moghaḥ sāyakaḥ kaścitsātyakerabhavatprabho

I saw a great marvel there, O king of kings: not one of Satyaki's arrows, O lord, was ever wasted.

Verse 25 (7.120.25)

रथनागाश्वकलिलः पदात्यूर्मिसमाकुलः । शैनेयवेलामासाद्य स्थितः सैन्यमहार्णवः ॥

rathanāgāśvakalilaḥ padātyūrmisamākulaḥ | śaineyavelāmāsādya sthitaḥ sainyamahārṇavaḥ

That great sea of an army, thick with chariots, elephants and horses and tossing with the waves of its foot-soldiers, came to Shaineya's shore and stood still.

Verse 26 (7.120.26)

सम्भ्रान्तनरनागाश्वमावर्तत मुहुर्मुहुः । तत्सैन्यमिषुभिस्तेन वध्यमानं समन्ततः । बभ्राम तत्रतत्रैव गावः शीतार्दिता इव ॥

sambhrāntanaranāgāśvamāvartata muhurmuhuḥ | tatsainyamiṣubhistena vadhyamānaṃ samantataḥ | babhrāma tatratatraiva gāvaḥ śītārditā iva

Struck from every side by his arrows, that army, its men, elephants and horses in panic, kept turning round and round, and wandered here and there like cows tormented by cold.

Verse 27 (7.120.27)

पदातिनं रथं नागं सादिनं तुरगं तथा । अविद्धं तत्र नाद्राक्षं युयुधानस्य सायकैः ॥

padātinaṃ rathaṃ nāgaṃ sādinaṃ turagaṃ tathā | aviddhaṃ tatra nādrākṣaṃ yuyudhānasya sāyakaiḥ

I did not see there a single foot-soldier, chariot, elephant, horseman or horse that had not been pierced by Yuyudhana's arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected अविद्वं → अविद्धं (misprint in Wikisource; द्ध for द्व; CE 7.96.27c has aviddhaṃ).

Verse 28 (7.120.28)

न तादृक्कदनं राजन्कृतवांस्तत्र फल्गुनः । यादृक्क्षयमनीकानामकरोत्सात्यकिर्नृप ॥

na tādṛkkadanaṃ rājankṛtavāṃstatra phalgunaḥ | yādṛkkṣayamanīkānāmakarotsātyakirnṛpa

O king, Phalguna did not work such slaughter there as Satyaki, O lord of men, wrought upon your divisions.

Note on the text: = lines 1-2 of the three-line CE verse 7.96.28 (7.96.28a, 7.96.28c); its line 3 opens the next Wikisource verse. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 29 (7.120.29)

अत्यर्जुनं शिनेः पौत्रो युध्यते पुरुषर्षभः । वीतभीर्लाघवोपेतः कृतित्वं सम्प्रदर्शयन् ॥

atyarjunaṃ śineḥ pautro yudhyate puruṣarṣabhaḥ | vītabhīrlāghavopetaḥ kṛtitvaṃ sampradarśayan

The grandson of Shini, that bull among men, fought better even than Arjuna, fearless and nimble, showing his skill.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.96.28e (the third line of CE verse 7.96.28); line 2 is not in the critical edition's main text and appears there as star passage 7.96.28f*0685_01 (वीतभीर्लाघवोपेतः कृतित्वं सम्प्रदर्शयन्). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 30 (7.120.30)

ततो दुर्योधनो राजा सात्वतस्य त्रिभिः शरैः । विव्याध सूतं निशितैश्चतुर्भिश्चतुरो हयान् ॥

tato duryodhano rājā sātvatasya tribhiḥ śaraiḥ | vivyādha sūtaṃ niśitaiścaturbhiścaturo hayān

Then King Duryodhana pierced the Satvata's charioteer with three arrows and his four horses with four sharp ones.

Verse 31 (7.120.31)

सात्यकिं च त्रिभिर्विद्ध्वा पुनरष्टाभिरेव च । दुःशासनः षोडशभिर्विव्याध शिनिपुङ्गवम् ॥

sātyakiṃ ca tribhirviddhvā punaraṣṭābhireva ca | duḥśāsanaḥ ṣoḍaśabhirvivyādha śinipuṅgavam

Duryodhana pierced Satyaki with three arrows and again with eight, and Duhshasana pierced that bull of the Shinis with sixteen.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्व्वा → विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; CE 7.96.30a has viddhvā). The subject of the absolutive विद्ध्वा in line 1 is Duryodhana (carried over from the previous verse); line 2 reads पुनरष्टाभिरेव च where CE 7.96.30a has punar vivyādha so 'ṣṭabhiḥ, a variant, kept.

Verse 32 (7.120.32)

शकुनिः पञ्चविंशत्या चित्रसेनश्च पञ्चभिः । दुःसहः पञ्चदशभिर्विव्याधोरसि सात्यकिम् ॥

śakuniḥ pañcaviṃśatyā citrasenaśca pañcabhiḥ | duḥsahaḥ pañcadaśabhirvivyādhorasi sātyakim

Shakuni with twenty-five, Chitrasena with five, and Duhsaha with fifteen struck Satyaki in the chest.

Verse 33 (7.120.33)

उत्स्मयन्वृष्णिशार्दूलस्तथा बाणैः समाहतः । तानविध्यन्महाराज सर्वानेव त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः ॥

utsmayanvṛṣṇiśārdūlastathā bāṇaiḥ samāhataḥ | tānavidhyanmahārāja sarvāneva tribhistribhiḥ

Though struck by their arrows, that tiger of the Vrishnis smiled and pierced every one of them with three arrows each, O great king.

Verse 34 (7.120.34)

गाढविद्धानरीन्कृत्वा मार्गणैः सोऽतितेजनैः । शैनेयः श्येनवत्सङ्ख्ये व्यचरल्लघुविक्रमः ॥

gāḍhaviddhānarīnkṛtvā mārgaṇaiḥ so'titejanaiḥ | śaineyaḥ śyenavatsaṅkhye vyacarallaghuvikramaḥ

Having badly wounded his foes with his keen arrows, Shaineya, swift in his movements, ranged the battlefield like a hawk.

Verse 35 (7.120.35)

सौबलस्य धनुश्छित्त्वा हस्तावापं निकृत्य च । दुर्योधनं त्रिभिर्बाणैरभ्यविध्यत्स्तनान्तरे ॥

saubalasya dhanuśchittvā hastāvāpaṃ nikṛtya ca | duryodhanaṃ tribhirbāṇairabhyavidhyatstanāntare

He cut Shakuni's bow and severed his hand-guard, and struck Duryodhana between the breasts with three arrows.

Verse 36 (7.120.36)

चित्रसेनं शतेनैव दशभिर्दुःसहं तथा । दुःशासनं तु विंशत्या विव्याध शिनिपुङ्गवः ॥

citrasenaṃ śatenaiva daśabhirduḥsahaṃ tathā | duḥśāsanaṃ tu viṃśatyā vivyādha śinipuṅgavaḥ

That bull of the Shinis pierced Chitrasena with a hundred arrows, Duhsaha with ten, and Duhshasana with twenty.

Verse 37 (7.120.37)

अथान्यद्धनुरादाय श्यालस्तव विशाम्पते । अष्टाभिः सात्यकिं विद्ध्वा पुनर्विव्याध पञ्चभिः ॥

athānyaddhanurādāya śyālastava viśāmpate | aṣṭābhiḥ sātyakiṃ viddhvā punarvivyādha pañcabhiḥ

Then, taking another bow, your brother-in-law, O lord of the people, pierced Satyaki with eight arrows and again with five.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्व्वा → विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; CE 7.96.36c has viddhvā).

Verse 38 (7.120.38)

दुःशासनश्च दशभिर्दुःसहश्च त्रिभिः शरैः । दुर्मुखश्च द्वादशभी राजन्विव्याध सात्यकिम् ॥

duḥśāsanaśca daśabhirduḥsahaśca tribhiḥ śaraiḥ | durmukhaśca dvādaśabhī rājanvivyādha sātyakim

Duhshasana with ten arrows, Duhsaha with three, and Durmukha with twelve, O king, pierced Satyaki.

Verse 39 (7.120.39)

दुर्योधनस्त्रिसप्तत्या विद्ध्वा भारत माधवम् । ततोऽस्य निशितैर्बाणैस्त्रिभिर्विव्याध सारथिम् ॥

duryodhanastrisaptatyā viddhvā bhārata mādhavam | tato'sya niśitairbāṇaistribhirvivyādha sārathim

Having pierced the descendant of Madhu with seventy-three arrows, O Bharata, Duryodhana then pierced his charioteer with three sharp ones.

Note on the text: Corrected किद्व्वा → विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; the first letter is wrong and the conjunct is broken; CE 7.96.38a has viddhvā). Corrected ततोस्य → ततोऽस्य (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha; CE 7.96.38c has tato 'sya).

Verse 40 (7.120.40)

तान्सर्वान्सहिताञ्शूरान्यतमानान्महारथान् । पञ्चभिः पञ्चभिर्बाणैः पुनर्विव्याध सात्यकिः ॥

tānsarvānsahitāñśūrānyatamānānmahārathān | pañcabhiḥ pañcabhirbāṇaiḥ punarvivyādha sātyakiḥ

Satyaki in turn pierced all those heroes, great chariot-warriors who were striving together, again with five arrows each.

Verse 41 (7.120.41)

ततः स रथिनां श्रेष्ठस्तव पुत्रस्य सारथिम् । आजघानाशु भल्लेन स हतो न्यपतद्भुवि ॥

tataḥ sa rathināṃ śreṣṭhastava putrasya sārathim | ājaghānāśu bhallena sa hato nyapatadbhuvi

Then that best of chariot-warriors quickly struck down your son's charioteer with a broad-headed arrow, and the charioteer fell dead to the ground.

Verse 42 (7.120.42)

पतिते सारथौ तस्मिंस्तव पुत्ररथः प्रभो । वातायमानैस्तैरश्वैरपानीयत सङ्गरात् ॥

patite sārathau tasmiṃstava putrarathaḥ prabho | vātāyamānaistairaśvairapānīyata saṅgarāt

When the charioteer fell, O lord, your son's chariot was carried away from the battle by its horses, running like the wind.

Verse 43 (7.120.43)

ततस्तव सुतो राजन्सैनिकाश्च विशाम्पते । राज्ञो रथमभिप्रेक्ष्य विद्रुताः शतशोऽभवन् ॥

tatastava suto rājansainikāśca viśāmpate | rājño rathamabhiprekṣya vidrutāḥ śataśo'bhavan

Then your son, O king, and the soldiers, O lord of the people, seeing the king's chariot, fled in their hundreds.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads ततस्तव सुतो राजन् where CE 7.96.42a has tatas tava sutā rājan, a variant, kept.

Verse 44 (7.120.44)

विद्रुतं तत्र तत्सैन्यं दृष्ट्वा भारत सात्यकिः । अवाकिरच्छरैस्तीक्ष्णै रुक्मपुङ्खैः शिलाशितैः ॥

vidrutaṃ tatra tatsainyaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhārata sātyakiḥ | avākiraccharaistīkṣṇai rukmapuṅkhaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ

Seeing that army in flight, O Bharata, Satyaki showered it with sharp, gold-feathered arrows whetted on stone.

Verse 45 (7.120.45)

विद्राव्य सर्वसैन्यानि तावकानि सहस्रशः । प्रययौ सात्यकी राजञ्श्वेताश्वस्य रथं प्रति ॥

vidrāvya sarvasainyāni tāvakāni sahasraśaḥ | prayayau sātyakī rājañśvetāśvasya rathaṃ prati

Having routed all your divisions by the thousand, Satyaki, O king, drove on toward the chariot of the white-horsed Arjuna.

Verse 46 (7.120.46)

तं प्रयान्तं महाबाहुं तावकाः प्रेक्ष्य मारिष । दृष्टं चादृष्टवत्कृत्वा क्रियामन्यामयोजयन् ॥

taṃ prayāntaṃ mahābāhuṃ tāvakāḥ prekṣya māriṣa | dṛṣṭaṃ cādṛṣṭavatkṛtvā kriyāmanyāmayojayan

Seeing him go on, the mighty-armed, your men, O lord, though they had seen him, acted as though they had not, and turned to other business.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki backtick and apostrophe. Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.96.44d*0687_01-02 (placed after 7.96.44), so ce_ref is null. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 47 (7.120.47)

तं शरानाददानं च रक्षमाणं च सारथिम् । आत्मानं पालयानं च तावकाः समपूजयन् ॥

taṃ śarānādadānaṃ ca rakṣamāṇaṃ ca sārathim | ātmānaṃ pālayānaṃ ca tāvakāḥ samapūjayan

As he took up his arrows, guarded his charioteer and protected himself as well, your warriors paid him honour.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads आत्मानं पालयानं च where CE 7.96.45c has ātmānaṃ mocayantaṃ ca, a variant, kept.