Satyaki and the Stone-Fighters

Verse 1 (7.121.1)

सम्प्रमृद्य महत्सैन्यं यान्तं शैनेयमर्जुनम् । निर्ह्रीका मम ते पुत्राः किमकुर्वत सञ्जय ॥

sampramṛdya mahatsainyaṃ yāntaṃ śaineyamarjunam | nirhrīkā mama te putrāḥ kimakurvata sañjaya

Sanjaya, my shameless sons saw Shaineya crush the great army and go on toward Arjuna. What did they do?

Note on the text: Corrected सम्प्रद्य → सम्प्रमृद्य (misprint in Wikisource; the syllable मृ has dropped out; CE 7.97.1a has saṃpramṛdya). Corrected निर्हीका → निर्ह्रीका (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct ह्र is broken; CE 7.97.1c has nirhrīkā).

Verse 2 (7.121.2)

कथं चैषां तदा युद्धे धृतिरासीन्मुमूर्षताम् । शैनेयचरितं दृष्ट्वा यादृशं सव्यसाचिनः ॥

kathaṃ caiṣāṃ tadā yuddhe dhṛtirāsīnmumūrṣatām | śaineyacaritaṃ dṛṣṭvā yādṛśaṃ savyasācinaḥ

How did their courage stand in that battle, when they had set their hearts on dying, as they watched Shaineya perform deeds like those of Savyasachin?

Note on the text: Corrected वैषां → चैषां (misprint in Wikisource; वैषां is not a valid form in context; CE 7.97.2a has caiṣāṃ). Line 2 reads यादृशं सव्यसाचिनः where CE 7.97.2c has sadṛśaṃ savyasācinaḥ, a variant, kept.

Verse 3 (7.121.3)

किं नु वक्ष्यन्ति ते क्षात्रं सैन्यमध्ये पराजिताः । कथं नु सात्यकिर्युद्धे व्यतिक्रान्तो महायशाः ॥

kiṃ nu vakṣyanti te kṣātraṃ sainyamadhye parājitāḥ | kathaṃ nu sātyakiryuddhe vyatikrānto mahāyaśāḥ

What will they say of their warrior's duty, defeated in the midst of their own army? And how did the renowned Satyaki get past them in the battle?

Verse 4 (7.121.4)

कथं च मम पुत्राणां जीवतां तत्र सञ्जय । शैनेयोऽभिययौ युद्धे तन्ममाचक्ष्व सञ्जय ॥

kathaṃ ca mama putrāṇāṃ jīvatāṃ tatra sañjaya | śaineyo'bhiyayau yuddhe tanmamācakṣva sañjaya

And how, Sanjaya, while my sons were still alive there, did Shaineya march on in the battle? Tell me that, Sanjaya.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads तन्ममाचक्ष्व सञ्जय where CE 7.97.4c has tan mamācakṣva tattvataḥ, a variant, kept.

Verse 5 (7.121.5)

अत्यद्भुतमिदं तात त्वत्सकाशाच्छृणोम्यहम् । एकस्य बहुभिः सार्धं शत्रुभिस्तैर्महारथैः ॥

atyadbhutamidaṃ tāta tvatsakāśācchṛṇomyaham | ekasya bahubhiḥ sārdhaṃ śatrubhistairmahārathaiḥ

This is most astonishing, dear Sanjaya, what I hear from you: the fight of one man against so many of those enemy great chariot-warriors.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads एकस्य बहुभिः सार्धं शत्रुभिस्तैर्महारथैः where CE 7.97.5c has ekasya bahubhir yuddhaṃ śatrubhir vai mahārathaiḥ, a variant, kept.

Verse 6 (7.121.6)

विपरीतमहं मन्ये मन्दभाग्यं सुतं प्रति । यत्रावध्यन्त समरे सात्वतेन महारथाः ॥

viparītamahaṃ manye mandabhāgyaṃ sutaṃ prati | yatrāvadhyanta samare sātvatena mahārathāḥ

I take it as a reversal of fortune for my unlucky son that great chariot-warriors were being killed in battle by the Satvata.

Verse 7 (7.121.7)

एकस्य हि न पर्याप्तं यत्सैन्यं तस्य सञ्जय । क्रुद्धस्य युयुधानस्य सर्वे तिष्ठन्तु पाण्डवाः ॥

ekasya hi na paryāptaṃ yatsainyaṃ tasya sañjaya | kruddhasya yuyudhānasya sarve tiṣṭhantu pāṇḍavāḥ

The whole army of my son is not enough for that one man, Sanjaya, the enraged Yuyudhana; let all the Pandavas stand aside.

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width joiner (a stray zero-width joiner inside the conjunct).

Verse 8 (7.121.8)

निर्जित्य समरे द्रोणं कृतिनं चित्रयोधिनम् । यथा पशुगणान्सिंहस्तद्वद्धन्ता सुतान्मम ॥

nirjitya samare droṇaṃ kṛtinaṃ citrayodhinam | yathā paśugaṇānsiṃhastadvaddhantā sutānmama

Having defeated Drona in battle, though he is skilled and a marvellous fighter, he will kill my sons as a lion kills herds of cattle.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads कृतिनं चित्रयोधिनम् where CE 7.97.8a has kṛtinaṃ yuddhadurmadam, a variant, kept.

Verse 9 (7.121.9)

कृतवर्मादिभिः शूरैर्यत्तैर्बहुभिराहवे । युयुधानो न शकितो हन्तुं यत्पुरुषर्षभः ॥

kṛtavarmādibhiḥ śūrairyattairbahubhirāhave | yuyudhāno na śakito hantuṃ yatpuruṣarṣabhaḥ

Though many zealous heroes, Kritavarman and others, were set against him in the battle, Yuyudhana, that bull among men, could not be killed.

Verse 10 (7.121.10)

नैतदीदृशकं युद्धं कृतवांस्तत्र फल्गुनः । यादृशं कृतवान्युद्धं शिनेर्नप्ता महायशाः ॥

naitadīdṛśakaṃ yuddhaṃ kṛtavāṃstatra phalgunaḥ | yādṛśaṃ kṛtavānyuddhaṃ śinernaptā mahāyaśāḥ

Phalguna did not fight such a battle there as the illustrious grandson of Shini fought.

Verse 11 (7.121.11)

तव दुर्मन्त्रिते राजन्दुर्योधनकृतेन च । शृणुष्वावहितो भूत्वा यत्ते वक्ष्यामि भारत ॥

tava durmantrite rājanduryodhanakṛtena ca | śṛṇuṣvāvahito bhūtvā yatte vakṣyāmi bhārata

It is through your ill counsel, O king, and through Duryodhana's doing. Listen with attention, O Bharata, to what I shall tell you.

Note on the text: Speaker heading printed as स़ञ्जय (with a stray nukta); read as सञ्जय.

Verse 12 (7.121.12)

ते पुनः सन्न्यवर्तन्त कृत्वा संशपथान्मिथः । परां युद्धे मतिं क्रूरां तव पुत्रस्य शासनात् ॥

te punaḥ sannyavartanta kṛtvā saṃśapathānmithaḥ | parāṃ yuddhe matiṃ krūrāṃ tava putrasya śāsanāt

Having sworn oaths to one another and fixed a cruel resolve on fighting, at your son's command, they turned back again.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads कृत्वा संशपथान्मिथः where CE 7.97.12a has kṛtvā saṃśaptakān mithaḥ (the CE speaks of the Samshaptakas), a variant, kept.

Verse 13 (7.121.13)

त्रीणि सादिसहस्राणि दुर्योधनपुरोगमाः । शककाम्भोजबालह्लीका यवनाः पारदास्तथा ॥

trīṇi sādisahasrāṇi duryodhanapurogamāḥ | śakakāmbhojabālahlīkā yavanāḥ pāradāstathā

Three thousand horsemen, with Duryodhana at their head: Shakas, Kambojas, Bahlikas, Yavanas and Paradas,

Note on the text: Line 2 reads शककाम्भोजबालह्लीका where CE 7.97.13c has śakāḥ kāmbojabāhlīkā, a spelling variant, kept.

Verse 14 (7.121.14)

कुलिन्दास्तङ्कणाम्बष्ठाः पैशाचाश्च सबर्बराः । पार्वतीयाश्च राजेन्द्र क्रुद्धाः पाषाणपाणयः । अभ्यद्रवन्त शैनेयं शलभाः पावकं यथा ॥

kulindāstaṅkaṇāmbaṣṭhāḥ paiśācāśca sabarbarāḥ | pārvatīyāśca rājendra kruddhāḥ pāṣāṇapāṇayaḥ | abhyadravanta śaineyaṃ śalabhāḥ pāvakaṃ yathā

Kulindas, Tanganas, Ambashthas, Pishachas with the Barbaras, and mountaineers, O king of kings, furious, stones in their hands, rushed upon Shaineya like moths upon a fire.

Note on the text: Lines 1 and 3 = CE 7.97.14a and 7.97.14c (line 1 reads कुलिन्दाः and सबर्बराः where the CE has kuṇindāḥ and samandarāḥ, variants, kept); line 2 (पार्वतीयाश्च राजेन्द्र क्रुद्धाः पाषाणपाणयः) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 15 (7.121.15)

युक्ताश्च पार्वतीयानां रथाः पाषाणयोधिनाम् । शूराः पञ्चशतं राजञ्शैनेयं समुपाद्रवन् ॥

yuktāśca pārvatīyānāṃ rathāḥ pāṣāṇayodhinām | śūrāḥ pañcaśataṃ rājañśaineyaṃ samupādravan

Chariots too, yoked, of the mountaineers who fought with stones, five hundred heroes, O king, charged at Shaineya.

Verse 16 (7.121.16)

ततो रथसहस्रेण महारथशतेन च । द्विरदानां सहस्रेण द्विसाहस्रैश्च वाजिभिः ॥

tato rathasahasreṇa mahārathaśatena ca | dviradānāṃ sahasreṇa dvisāhasraiśca vājibhiḥ

Then, with a thousand chariots, a hundred great chariot-warriors, a thousand elephants and two thousand horses,

Verse 17 (7.121.17)

शरवर्षाणि मुञ्चन्तो विविधानि महारथाः । अभ्यद्रवन्त शैनेयमसङ्ख्येयाश्च पत्तयः ॥

śaravarṣāṇi muñcanto vividhāni mahārathāḥ | abhyadravanta śaineyamasaṅkhyeyāśca pattayaḥ

the great chariot-warriors, loosing showers of arrows of many kinds, and countless foot-soldiers charged at Shaineya.

Verse 18 (7.121.18)

तांश्च सञ्चोदयन्सर्वान्घ्नतैनमिति भारत । दुःशासनो महाराज सात्यकिं पर्यवारयत् ॥

tāṃśca sañcodayansarvānghnatainamiti bhārata | duḥśāsano mahārāja sātyakiṃ paryavārayat

Urging them all on with the cry "Kill him!", O Bharata, Duhshasana, O great king, surrounded Satyaki.

Verse 19 (7.121.19)

तत्राद्भुतमपश्याम शैनेयचरितं महत् । यदेको बहुभिः सार्धमसम्भ्रान्तमयुध्यत ॥

tatrādbhutamapaśyāma śaineyacaritaṃ mahat | yadeko bahubhiḥ sārdhamasambhrāntamayudhyata

There we saw a great marvel of Shaineya's prowess: that alone he fought undismayed against so many.

Verse 20 (7.121.20)

अवधीच्च रथानीकं द्विरदानां च तद्बलम् । सादिनश्चैव तान्सर्वान्दस्यूनपि च सर्वशः ॥

avadhīcca rathānīkaṃ dviradānāṃ ca tadbalam | sādinaścaiva tānsarvāndasyūnapi ca sarvaśaḥ

He destroyed the chariot division and that force of elephants, and the horsemen, and all those brigands, everywhere.

Verse 21 (7.121.21)

तत्र चक्रैर्विमथितैर्भग्नैश्च परमायुधैः । अक्षैश्च बहुधा भग्नैरीषादण्डकबन्धुरैः ॥

tatra cakrairvimathitairbhagnaiśca paramāyudhaiḥ | akṣaiśca bahudhā bhagnairīṣādaṇḍakabandhuraiḥ

There the earth was strewn with splintered wheels and shattered fine weapons, with axles broken in many places and jutting out with their pole-shafts,

Verse 22 (7.121.22)

कुञ्जरैर्मथितैश्चापि ध्वजैश्च विनिपातितैः । वर्मभिश्च तथाऽनीकैर्व्यवकीर्णा वसुन्धरा ॥

kuñjarairmathitaiścāpi dhvajaiśca vinipātitaiḥ | varmabhiśca tathā'nīkairvyavakīrṇā vasundharā

with crushed elephants and toppled banners, with armour and with whole divisions of troops.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads कुञ्जरैर्मथितैश्चापि and line 2 वर्मभिश्च तथाऽनीकैः where CE 7.97.22 has kūbarair mathitaiś cāpi and varmabhiś cāmaraiś caiva (chariot-poles; yak-tail fans), variants, kept.

Verse 23 (7.121.23)

स्रग्भिराभरणैर्वस्त्रैरनुकर्षैश्च मारिष । सञ्छन्ना वसुधा तत्र द्यौर्ग्रहैरिव भारत ॥

sragbhirābharaṇairvastrairanukarṣaiśca māriṣa | sañchannā vasudhā tatra dyaurgrahairiva bhārata

Covered with garlands, ornaments, garments and chariot-frames, O lord, the earth there looked like the sky strewn with planets, O Bharata.

Verse 24 (7.121.24)

गिरिरूपधरैश्चापि पतितैश्च महागजैः । म्लेच्छस्थितैर्महाराज भिन्नाञ्जनचयोपमैः ॥

girirūpadharaiścāpi patitaiśca mahāgajaiḥ | mlecchasthitairmahārāja bhinnāñjanacayopamaiḥ

There were great elephants too lying fallen, mountain-like, ridden by Mlecchas, O great king, like heaps of broken collyrium;

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki opening backtick. Line 1 = CE 7.97.24a (गिरिरूपधरैश्चापि पतितैश्च महागजैः where the CE has patitāḥ kuñjarottamāḥ, a variant, kept); line 2 is not in the critical edition's main text and appears there as star passage 7.97.24b*0692_01 (reading mlecchāsthitair). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 25 (7.121.25)

मृगैर्मन्द्रैश्च भद्रैश्च मृगमन्द्रैस्तथाऽपरैः । भद्रैर्मन्द्रमृगैश्चैव मृगभद्रैस्तथैव च ॥

mṛgairmandraiśca bhadraiśca mṛgamandraistathā'paraiḥ | bhadrairmandramṛgaiścaiva mṛgabhadraistathaiva ca

elephants of the Mriga, Mandra and Bhadra breeds, and of the Mriga-Mandra breed, and others; Bhadras, Mandra-Mrigas and Mriga-Bhadras,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.97.24b*0692_02-03 (placed after 7.97.24a; line 2 reads भद्रैर्मन्द्रमृगैश्चैव मृगभद्रैस्तथैव च where the CE has bhadrair mandamanobhiś ca mṛgabhadrais tathaiva ca, a variant, kept). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 26 (7.121.26)

भद्रमन्द्रैश्चैव तथा तथा भद्रमृगैरपि । तत्रतत्र धरा कीर्णा शयानैः पर्वतोपमैः ॥

bhadramandraiścaiva tathā tathā bhadramṛgairapi | tatratatra dharā kīrṇā śayānaiḥ parvatopamaiḥ

Bhadra-Mandras, and likewise Bhadra-Mrigas: here and there the ground was strewn with them, lying like mountains.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki closing apostrophe. Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.97.24b*0692_04-05 (placed after 7.97.24a; line 1 reads भद्रमन्द्रैश्चैव तथा तथा भद्रमृगैरपि where the CE has mandair mandamadaiś caiva tathā mandamṛgair api, a variant, kept). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 27 (7.121.27)

अञ्जनस्य कुले जाता वामनस्य च भारत । सुप्रतीककुले जाता महापद्मकुले तथा ॥

añjanasya kule jātā vāmanasya ca bhārata | supratīkakule jātā mahāpadmakule tathā

Elephants born in the line of Anjana and of Vamana, born in the line of Supratika and of Mahapadma,

Note on the text: = lines 2-3 of the three-line CE verse 7.97.24 (7.97.24c, 7.97.24e); the star passage printed in verses 24-26 belongs between its first and second lines. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 28 (7.121.28)

ऐरावतकुले चैव तथाऽन्येषु कुलेषु च । जाता दन्तिवरा राजञ्शेरते बहवो हताः ॥

airāvatakule caiva tathā'nyeṣu kuleṣu ca | jātā dantivarā rājañśerate bahavo hatāḥ

in the line of Airavata, and in other lines too, many noble tuskers, O king, lay slain.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads ऐरावतकुले where CE 7.97.25a has airāvaṇakule, a variant, kept.

Verse 29 (7.121.29)

वनायुजान्पार्वतीयान्काम्भोजान्बाह्लिकानपि । तथा हयवरान्राजन्निजघ्ने तत्र सात्यकिः ॥

vanāyujānpārvatīyānkāmbhojānbāhlikānapi | tathā hayavarānrājannijaghne tatra sātyakiḥ

Satyaki killed there the excellent horses of Vanayu, of the mountains, and of the Kamboja and Bahlika lands, O king.

Verse 30 (7.121.30)

नानादेशसमुत्थांश्च नानाजातींश्च दन्तिनः । निजघ्ने तत्र शैनेयः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥

nānādeśasamutthāṃśca nānājātīṃśca dantinaḥ | nijaghne tatra śaineyaḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

Elephants risen from many lands and of many breeds Shaineya killed there by hundreds and by thousands.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads दन्तिनः where CE 7.97.27a has pattinaḥ, a variant, kept.

Verse 31 (7.121.31)

तेषु प्रकाल्यमानेषु दस्यून्दुःशासनोऽब्रवीत् । निवर्तध्वमधर्मज्ञा युध्यध्वं किं सृतेन वः ॥

teṣu prakālyamāneṣu dasyūnduḥśāsano'bravīt | nivartadhvamadharmajñā yudhyadhvaṃ kiṃ sṛtena vaḥ

As those brigands were being driven off, Duhshasana said to them, "Turn back, you who know no law! Fight! What good is your running away?"

Note on the text: Line 1 is narration and line 2 is Duhshasana's speech; the verse keeps the narrator (Sanjaya) as speaker.

Verse 32 (7.121.32)

तांश्चातिभग्नान्सम्प्रेक्ष्य पुत्रो दुःशासनस्तव । पाषाणयोधिनः शूरान्पार्वतीयानचोदयत् ॥

tāṃścātibhagnānsamprekṣya putro duḥśāsanastava | pāṣāṇayodhinaḥ śūrānpārvatīyānacodayat

Seeing them badly broken, your son Duhshasana urged on the mountaineers, the fierce stone-fighters.

Note on the text: Corrected भग्नासन्सम्प्रेक्ष्य → भग्नान्सम्प्रेक्ष्य (misprint in Wikisource; garbled; the accusative भग्नान् has been miswritten, and CE 7.97.29a has tāṃś cāpi sarvān saṃprekṣya, so the evident sense is "seeing them broken").

Verse 33 (7.121.33)

अश्मयुद्धेषु कुशला नैतज्जानाति सात्यकिः । अश्मयुद्धमजानन्तं हतैनं युद्धकामुकम् ॥

aśmayuddheṣu kuśalā naitajjānāti sātyakiḥ | aśmayuddhamajānantaṃ hatainaṃ yuddhakāmukam

"You are skilled in fighting with stones; Satyaki does not know that art. Kill this man who craves battle and knows nothing of fighting with stones.

Note on the text: Corrected नैतञ्जानापि → नैतज्जानाति (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct ज्ज is miswritten as ञ्ज and the verb ending ति as पि; CE 7.97.30a has naitaj jānāti). Speaker set to Duhshasana: the whole verse is his speech to the mountaineers (introduced by verse 32), though no heading is printed.

Verse 34 (7.121.34)

तथैव कुरवः सर्वे नाश्मयुद्धविशारदाः । अभिद्रवत माभैष्ट न वः प्राप्स्यति सात्यकिः ॥

tathaiva kuravaḥ sarve nāśmayuddhaviśāradāḥ | abhidravata mābhaiṣṭa na vaḥ prāpsyati sātyakiḥ

So too all the Kurus are not versed in stone-fighting. Charge, and do not be afraid; Satyaki will not get at you."

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

Verse 35 (7.121.35)

ते पार्वतीया राजानः सर्वे पाषाणयोधिनः । अभ्यद्रवन्त शैनेयं राजानमिव मन्त्रिणः ॥

te pārvatīyā rājānaḥ sarve pāṣāṇayodhinaḥ | abhyadravanta śaineyaṃ rājānamiva mantriṇaḥ

Those mountain kings, all fighters with stones, charged at Shaineya as ministers upon a king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.97.31d*0694_01 (line 1; the CE reads te pārvatīyā rājānaḥ sarve pāṣāṇapāṇayaḥ, a variant of ते पार्वतीया राजानः सर्वे पाषाणयोधिनः) and 7.97.31d*0695_01 (line 2). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 36 (7.121.36)

ततो गजशिरःप्रख्यैरुपलैः शैलवासिनः । उद्यतैर्युयुधानस्य पुरतस्तस्थुराहवे ॥

tato gajaśiraḥprakhyairupalaiḥ śailavāsinaḥ | udyatairyuyudhānasya puratastasthurāhave

Then the mountain-dwellers, with uplifted rocks like elephants' heads, stood before Yuyudhana in the battle.

Note on the text: Low alignment (0.74): the wording differs from CE 7.97.32 (gajaśiśuprakhyair … sthitā maraṇakāṅkṣiṇaḥ; Wikisource reads गजशिरःप्रख्यैः … पुरतस्तस्थुराहवे), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 37 (7.121.37)

क्षेपणीयैस्तथाप्यन्ये सात्वतस्य वधैषिणः । चोदितास्तव पुत्रेण सर्वतो रुरुधुर्दिशः ॥

kṣepaṇīyaistathāpyanye sātvatasya vadhaiṣiṇaḥ | coditāstava putreṇa sarvato rurudhurdiśaḥ

Others, with missiles to hurl, bent on killing the Satvata, urged on by your son, hemmed in every quarter.

Note on the text: Corrected क्षेरणीयैस् → क्षेपणीयैस् (misprint in Wikisource; र for प; the word is क्षेपणीय ("to be hurled"), CE 7.97.33a has kṣepaṇīyais, and Wikisource's own note on this verse reads क्षेपणीयैः).

Verse 38 (7.121.38)

तेषामापततामेव शिलायुद्धं चिकीर्षताम् । सात्यकिः प्रतिसन्धाय निशितान्प्राहिणोच्छरान् ॥

teṣāmāpatatāmeva śilāyuddhaṃ cikīrṣatām | sātyakiḥ pratisandhāya niśitānprāhiṇoccharān

As they came on, intending to fight him with stones, Satyaki took aim and let fly sharp arrows.

Verse 39 (7.121.39)

तामश्मवृष्टिं तुमुलां पार्वतीयैः समीरिताम् । चिच्छेदोरगसंकाशैर्नाराचैः शिनिपुङ्गवः ॥

tāmaśmavṛṣṭiṃ tumulāṃ pārvatīyaiḥ samīritām | cicchedoragasaṃkāśairnārācaiḥ śinipuṅgavaḥ

That tumultuous rain of stones loosed by the mountaineers the bull of the Shinis cut to pieces with nārāchas like serpents.

Verse 40 (7.121.40)

तैरश्मचूर्णैर्दीप्यद्भिः खद्योतानामिव व्रजैः । प्रायः सैन्यान्यहन्यन्त हाहाभूतानि मारिष ॥

tairaśmacūrṇairdīpyadbhiḥ khadyotānāmiva vrajaiḥ | prāyaḥ sainyānyahanyanta hāhābhūtāni māriṣa

By that flashing stone-dust, like swarms of fireflies, the armies were for the most part struck down, O lord, and fell to crying "Alas!"

Verse 41 (7.121.41)

ततः पञ्चशतं शूराः समुद्यतमहाशिलाः । निकृत्तबाहवो राजन्निपेतुर्धरणीतले ॥

tataḥ pañcaśataṃ śūrāḥ samudyatamahāśilāḥ | nikṛttabāhavo rājannipeturdharaṇītale

Then five hundred heroes who had raised great rocks fell to the ground with their arms cut off, O king.

Verse 42 (7.121.42)

सात्वतस्य च भल्लेन निष्पिष्टैस्तैस्तथाऽद्रिभिः । न्यपतन्निहता म्लेच्छास्तत्रतत्र गतासवः ॥

sātvatasya ca bhallena niṣpiṣṭaistaistathā'dribhiḥ | nyapatannihatā mlecchāstatratatra gatāsavaḥ

Crushed together with those rocks by the Satvata's broad arrows, the Mlecchas fell dead here and there, their breath gone.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.97.37d*0698_01-02 (placed after 7.97.37; the CE reads nipatan for न्यपतन्). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 43 (7.121.43)

ते हन्यमानाः समरे सात्वतेन महात्मना । अश्मवृष्टिं महाघोरां पातयन्ति स्म सात्वते ॥

te hanyamānāḥ samare sātvatena mahātmanā | aśmavṛṣṭiṃ mahāghorāṃ pātayanti sma sātvate

Being killed in the battle by the great-souled Satvata, they sent down a terrible rain of stones upon him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.97.37d*0698_03-04 (placed after 7.97.37). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 44 (7.121.44)

पाषाणयोधिनः शूरान्यतमानानवस्थितान् । न्यवधीद्बहुसाहस्रांस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥

pāṣāṇayodhinaḥ śūrānyatamānānavasthitān | nyavadhīdbahusāhasrāṃstadadbhutamivābhavat

Those stone-fighting heroes, many thousands of them, striving and standing firm, he killed; it was a marvel.

Verse 45 (7.121.45)

ततः पुनर्बस्तमुखैरश्मवृष्टीः समन्ततः । अधोबस्तैः स्थूलबस्तैर्दरदैः खसतङ्कणैः ॥

tataḥ punarbastamukhairaśmavṛṣṭīḥ samantataḥ | adhobastaiḥ sthūlabastairdaradaiḥ khasataṅkaṇaiḥ

Then again showers of stones from every side, hurled by the goat-faced ones, the Adhobastas, the Sthulabastas, the Daradas, the Khasas and the Tankanas,

Note on the text: Line 1 reads ततः पुनर्बस्तमुखैरश्मवृष्टीः where CE 7.97.39 has tataḥ punar bastamukhair aśmavṛṣṭiṃ, and line 2 अधोबस्तैः स्थूलबस्तैर्दरदैः खसतङ्कणैः where the CE has ayohastaiḥ śūlahastair daradaiḥ khaśataṅgaṇaiḥ ("iron-handed, spear-handed"), a recension variant, kept. Wikisource's own note records yet another reading.

Verse 46 (7.121.46)

लम्बकैश्च कुणिन्दैश्च क्षिप्ताः क्षिप्ताश्च सात्यकिः । नाराचैः प्रतिचिच्छेद प्रतिपत्तिविशारदः ॥

lambakaiśca kuṇindaiśca kṣiptāḥ kṣiptāśca sātyakiḥ | nārācaiḥ praticiccheda pratipattiviśāradaḥ

and the Lambakas and Kunindas, hurled again and again, Satyaki, skilled at the right reply, cut to pieces with nārāchas.

Note on the text: A recension variant of CE 7.97.40 (ambaṣṭhaiś ca kuṇindaiś ca kṣiptāṃ kṣiptāṃ sa sātyakiḥ / nārācaiḥ prativivyādha prekṣamāṇo mahābalaḥ): line 1 reads लम्बकैश्च for ambaṣṭhaiś ca, and line 2 differs after नाराचैः. Kept as printed. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 47 (7.121.47)

अद्रीणां भिद्यमानानामन्तरिक्षे शितैः शरैः । शब्देन प्राद्रवन्सङ्ख्ये रथाश्वगजपत्तयः ॥

adrīṇāṃ bhidyamānānāmantarikṣe śitaiḥ śaraiḥ | śabdena prādravansaṅkhye rathāśvagajapattayaḥ

At the noise of the rocks being split in the sky by his sharp arrows, chariots, horses, elephants and foot-soldiers fled from the battle.

Verse 48 (7.121.48)

अश्मचूर्णैरवाकीर्णा मनुष्यगजवाजिनः । नाशक्नुवन्नवस्थातुं भ्रमरैरिव दंशिताः ॥

aśmacūrṇairavākīrṇā manuṣyagajavājinaḥ | nāśaknuvannavasthātuṃ bhramarairiva daṃśitāḥ

Strewn with stone-dust, men, elephants and horses could not stand their ground, stung as if by bees.

Verse 49 (7.121.49)

हतशिष्टाः सरुधिरा भिन्नमस्तकपिण्डिकाः । विभिन्नशिरसो राजन्दन्तैश्छिन्नैश्च दन्तिनः । निर्धूतैश्च करैर्नागा व्यङ्गाश्च शतशः कृताः ॥

hataśiṣṭāḥ sarudhirā bhinnamastakapiṇḍikāḥ | vibhinnaśiraso rājandantaiśchinnaiśca dantinaḥ | nirdhūtaiśca karairnāgā vyaṅgāśca śataśaḥ kṛtāḥ

The survivors, bloodied, the crowns of their heads split, and elephants with split heads, O king, tusks broken, trunks shaken off, were crippled by the hundred.

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width joiner (a stray zero-width joiner inside the conjunct). Removed the stray wiki opening backtick. Line 1 = CE 7.97.43a (सरुधिराः where the CE has virudhirāḥ, a variant, kept); lines 2-3 are not in the critical edition's main text and appear there as star passage 7.97.43b*0699_01-02 (placed after 7.97.43a). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 50 (7.121.50)

हत्वा पञ्चशतं योधांस्तत्क्षणेनैव मारिष । व्यचरत्पृतनामध्ये शैनेयः कृतहस्तवत् ॥

hatvā pañcaśataṃ yodhāṃstatkṣaṇenaiva māriṣa | vyacaratpṛtanāmadhye śaineyaḥ kṛtahastavat

Having killed five hundred warriors in that instant, O lord, Shaineya ranged through the army like a man of practised hand.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.97.43b*0699_03-04 (placed after 7.97.43a). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 51 (7.121.51)

कुञ्जराः सन्न्यवर्तन्त युयुधानेन मोहिताः ॥

kuñjarāḥ sannyavartanta yuyudhānena mohitāḥ

The elephants turned back, bewildered by Yuyudhana.

Note on the text: A single line on the page (printed as 5-121-51a only). It corresponds to CE 7.97.43c (kuñjarāḥ saṃnyavartanta yuyudhānarathaṃ prathi), whose last pāda reads युयुधानेन मोहिताः here, a variant. The CE couplet's first line (43a) is the first line of verse 49; nothing is lost. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 52 (7.121.52)

अश्मनां भिद्यमानानां सायकैः श्रूयते ध्वनिः । पद्मपत्रेषुधाराणां पतन्तीनामिव ध्वनिः ॥

aśmanāṃ bhidyamānānāṃ sāyakaiḥ śrūyate dhvaniḥ | padmapatreṣudhārāṇāṃ patantīnāmiva dhvaniḥ

The sound of the stones being split by his arrows was heard, like the sound of showers falling on lotus leaves."

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki closing apostrophe. Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.97.43d*0700_01-02 (placed after 7.97.43). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 53 (7.121.53)

ततः शब्दः समभवत्तव सैन्यस्य मारिष । माधवेनार्द्यमानस्य सागरस्येव पर्वणि ॥

tataḥ śabdaḥ samabhavattava sainyasya māriṣa | mādhavenārdyamānasya sāgarasyeva parvaṇi

Then a roar rose from your army, O lord, as it was tormented by Madhava, like the sea at the full moon.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads सागरस्येव पर्वणि where CE 7.97.44c has sāgarasyeva dāruṇaḥ, a variant, kept.

Verse 54 (7.121.54)

तं शब्दं तुमुलं श्रुत्वा द्रोणो यन्तारमब्रवीत् । एष सूत रणे क्रुद्धः सात्वतानां महारथः ॥

taṃ śabdaṃ tumulaṃ śrutvā droṇo yantāramabravīt | eṣa sūta raṇe kruddhaḥ sātvatānāṃ mahārathaḥ

Hearing that tumultuous noise, Drona said to his charioteer, "There is the great chariot-warrior of the Satvatas, enraged in battle, O charioteer,

Note on the text: Line 1 is narration (Sanjaya), line 2 begins Drona's speech; the verse keeps the narrator as speaker.

Verse 55 (7.121.55)

दारयन्बहुधा सैन्यं रणे चरति कालवत् । यत्रैष शब्दस्तुमुलस्तत्र सूत रथं नय ॥

dārayanbahudhā sainyaṃ raṇe carati kālavat | yatraiṣa śabdastumulastatra sūta rathaṃ naya

tearing the army to pieces in many ways and ranging the field like Death. Take the chariot where that tumultuous noise is, O charioteer.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Drona: the whole verse is his speech, no heading printed.

Verse 56 (7.121.56)

पाषाणयोधिभिर्नूनं युयुधानः समागतः । तथाहि रथिनः सर्वे हियन्ते विद्रुतैर्हयैः ॥

pāṣāṇayodhibhirnūnaṃ yuyudhānaḥ samāgataḥ | tathāhi rathinaḥ sarve hiyante vidrutairhayaiḥ

Surely Yuyudhana has met the stone-fighters, for all the chariot-warriors are being carried off by their bolting horses.

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

Verse 57 (7.121.57)

विशस्त्रकवचा रुग्णास्तत्रतत्र पतन्ति च । न शक्नुवन्ति यन्तारः संयन्तुं तुमुले हयान् ॥

viśastrakavacā rugṇāstatratatra patanti ca | na śaknuvanti yantāraḥ saṃyantuṃ tumule hayān

Stripped of weapons and armour, wounded, they fall here and there, and in this uproar the drivers cannot hold in the horses."

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

Verse 58 (7.121.58)

इत्येतद्वचनं श्रुत्वा भारद्वाजस्य सारथिः । प्रत्युवाच ततो द्रोणं सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरम् ॥

ityetadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhāradvājasya sārathiḥ | pratyuvāca tato droṇaṃ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varam

Having heard these words, the charioteer of the son of Bharadvaja answered Drona, the best of all who bear weapons:

Note on the text: A recension variant of CE 7.97.49 (ity evaṃ bruvato rājan bhāradvājasya dhīmataḥ / pratyuvāca tato yantā droṇaṃ śastrabhṛtāṃ varam): line 1 differs. Kept as printed. The page prints a heading "सञ्जय उवाच" before this verse. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 59 (7.121.59)

सैन्यं द्रवति चायुष्मन्कौरवेयं समन्ततः । पश्य योधान्रणे भग्नान्धावतो वै ततस्ततः ॥

sainyaṃ dravati cāyuṣmankauraveyaṃ samantataḥ | paśya yodhānraṇe bhagnāndhāvato vai tatastataḥ

"O long-lived one, the Kaurava army is fleeing on every side. See the warriors broken in battle, running hither and thither.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Drona's charioteer: the whole verse is his speech (introduced by verse 58), though the page's heading still reads Sanjaya. Low alignment (0.76): wording differs from CE 7.97.50, a recension variant, kept.

Verse 60 (7.121.60)

इमे च संहताः शूराः पाञ्चालाः पाण्डवैः सह । त्वामेव हि जिघांसन्त आद्रवन्ति समन्ततः ॥

ime ca saṃhatāḥ śūrāḥ pāñcālāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha | tvāmeva hi jighāṃsanta ādravanti samantataḥ

And these united heroes, the Panchalas with the Pandavas, wishing to kill you alone, are charging from every side.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Drona's charioteer: continuation of his speech, no heading printed.

Verse 61 (7.121.61)

अत्र कार्यं समाधत्स्व प्राप्तकालमरिन्दम । स्थाने वा गमने वापि दूरं यातश्च सात्यकिः ॥

atra kāryaṃ samādhatsva prāptakālamarindama | sthāne vā gamane vāpi dūraṃ yātaśca sātyakiḥ

Take thought for what is to be done here, O subduer of foes; the time has come, whether to stand or to go. Satyaki has gone far."

Note on the text: Corrected स्वाने → स्थाने (misprint in Wikisource; व for थ; "to stand" (स्थाने) is the sense, and CE 7.97.52c has sthāne). Speaker set to Drona's charioteer: end of his speech, no heading printed.

Verse 62 (7.121.62)

तथैवं वदतस्तस्य भारद्वाजस्य सारथेः । प्रत्यदृश्यत शैनेयो निघ्नन्बहुविधान्रथान् ॥

tathaivaṃ vadatastasya bhāradvājasya sāratheḥ | pratyadṛśyata śaineyo nighnanbahuvidhānrathān

As the charioteer of the son of Bharadvaja was speaking so, Shaineya came into view, cutting down chariots of many kinds.

Note on the text: Speaker heading printed as सञ्चय (a typo for सञ्जय) before this verse; read as सञ्जय.

Verse 63 (7.121.63)

ते वध्यमानाः समरे युयुधानेन तावकाः । युयुधानरथं त्यक्त्वा द्रोणानीकाय दुद्रुवुः ॥

te vadhyamānāḥ samare yuyudhānena tāvakāḥ | yuyudhānarathaṃ tyaktvā droṇānīkāya dudruvuḥ

Struck down in the battle by Yuyudhana, your men abandoned Yuyudhana's chariot and fled toward Drona's division.

Note on the text: Speaker heading carried over as सञ्चय (a typo for सञ्जय); read as सञ्जय.

Verse 64 (7.121.64)

यैस्तु दुःशासनः सार्धं रथैः पूर्वं न्यवर्तत । ते भीतास्त्वभ्यधावन्त सर्वे द्रोणरथं प्रति ॥

yaistu duḥśāsanaḥ sārdhaṃ rathaiḥ pūrvaṃ nyavartata | te bhītāstvabhyadhāvanta sarve droṇarathaṃ prati

And all those chariots with which Duhshasana had turned back before ran in fear toward Drona's chariot.

Note on the text: Speaker heading carried over as सञ्चय (a typo for सञ्जय); read as सञ्जय.