Drona Rebukes Duhshasana; Drona and Dhrishtadyumna Fight

Verse 1 (7.122.1)

दुःशासनरथं दृष्ट्वा समीपे पर्यवस्थितम् । भारद्वाजस्ततो वाक्यं दुःशासनमथाब्रवीत् ॥

duḥśāsanarathaṃ dṛṣṭvā samīpe paryavasthitam | bhāradvājastato vākyaṃ duḥśāsanamathābravīt

Seeing Duhshasana's chariot standing close by, Bharadvaja's son then spoke these words to Duhshasana.

Verse 2 (7.122.2)

दुःशासन रथाः सर्वे कस्माच्चैते प्रविद्रुताः । कच्चित्क्षेमं तु नृपतेः कच्चिज्जीवति सैन्धवः ॥

duḥśāsana rathāḥ sarve kasmāccaite pravidrutāḥ | kaccitkṣemaṃ tu nṛpateḥ kaccijjīvati saindhavaḥ

"Duhshasana, why have all these chariots fled? Is the king well? Is the Saindhava still alive?

Note on the text: Speaker: Drona. The page prints only "सञ्जय उवाच" before verses 1 and 28; verses 2-27 are Drona's address to Duhshasana, so the input's carried-over Sanjaya is corrected throughout.

Verse 3 (7.122.3)

राजपुत्रो भवानत्र राजभ्राता महारथः । किमर्थं द्रवते युद्धे यौवराज्यमवाप्य च ॥

rājaputro bhavānatra rājabhrātā mahārathaḥ | kimarthaṃ dravate yuddhe yauvarājyamavāpya ca

You are a king's son here, the king's brother, a great chariot-warrior. Why do you run from the battle, you who have won the rank of heir apparent?

Verse 4 (7.122.4)

दासी जिताऽसि द्यूते त्वं यथा कामचरी भव । वाससां वाहिका राज्ञो भ्रातुर्ज्येष्ठस्य मे भव ॥

dāsī jitā'si dyūte tvaṃ yathā kāmacarī bhava | vāsasāṃ vāhikā rājño bhrāturjyeṣṭhasya me bhava

'You have been won at dice, a slave-woman; go about as you please. Become a bearer of robes for the king, my eldest brother.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.98.3d*0702_01-02 (placed after 7.98.3). The automatic alignment found no match. Drona recalls Duhshasana's taunt to Draupadi at the dice-game.

Verse 5 (7.122.5)

न सन्ति पतयः सर्वे तेऽद्य षण्ढतिलैः समाः । दुःशासनैवं कस्मात्त्वं पूर्वमुक्त्वा पलायसे ॥

na santi patayaḥ sarve te'dya ṣaṇḍhatilaiḥ samāḥ | duḥśāsanaivaṃ kasmāttvaṃ pūrvamuktvā palāyase

'You have no husbands now; all of them are like barren sesame seeds.' Duhshasana, having spoken so before, why do you now run away?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.98.3d*0702_03-04 (placed after 7.98.3). The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 completes the recalled taunt; line 2 returns to Drona's own words.

Verse 6 (7.122.6)

स्वयं वैरं महत्कृत्वा पाञ्चालैः पाण्डवैः सह । एकं सात्यकिमासाद्य कथं भीतोऽसि संयुगे ॥

svayaṃ vairaṃ mahatkṛtvā pāñcālaiḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha | ekaṃ sātyakimāsādya kathaṃ bhīto'si saṃyuge

After starting a great enmity yourself with the Panchalas and the Pandavas, how is it that you are afraid in battle on meeting just one man, Satyaki?

Verse 7 (7.122.7)

न जानीषे पुरा त्वं तु गृह्णन्नक्षान्दुरोदरे । शरा ह्येते भविष्यन्ति दारुणाशीविषोपमाः ॥

na jānīṣe purā tvaṃ tu gṛhṇannakṣāndurodare | śarā hyete bhaviṣyanti dāruṇāśīviṣopamāḥ

Back then, as you took up the dice in the gambling hall, you did not know that these arrows would become like terrible venomous snakes.

Verse 8 (7.122.8)

अप्रियाणां हि वचनं पाण्डवस्य विशेषतः । द्रौपद्याश्च परिक्लेशस्त्वन्मूलो ह्यभवत्पुरा ॥

apriyāṇāṃ hi vacanaṃ pāṇḍavasya viśeṣataḥ | draupadyāśca parikleśastvanmūlo hyabhavatpurā

The unkind words spoken, especially against the Pandava, and the torment of Draupadi in the past, all had you as their root.

Verse 9 (7.122.9)

क्व ते मानश्च दर्पश्च क्व ते वीर्यं क्व गर्जितम् । आशीविषसमान्पार्थान्कोपयित्वा क्व यास्यसि ॥

kva te mānaśca darpaśca kva te vīryaṃ kva garjitam | āśīviṣasamānpārthānkopayitvā kva yāsyasi

Where now are your pride and your arrogance? Where your prowess, where your roaring? Having angered the sons of Pritha, who are like venomous snakes, where will you go?

Verse 10 (7.122.10)

शोच्येयं भारती सेना राज्यं चैव सुयोधनः । यस्य त्वं कर्कशो भ्राता पलायनपरायणः ॥

śocyeyaṃ bhāratī senā rājyaṃ caiva suyodhanaḥ | yasya tvaṃ karkaśo bhrātā palāyanaparāyaṇaḥ

Pitiable are this Bharata army and the kingdom, and Suyodhana too, whose brother you are, a harsh man whose one thought is flight.

Verse 11 (7.122.11)

ननु नाम त्वया वीर दार्यमाणा भयार्दिता । स्वबाहुबलमास्थाय रक्षितव्या ह्यनीकिनी ॥

nanu nāma tvayā vīra dāryamāṇā bhayārditā | svabāhubalamāsthāya rakṣitavyā hyanīkinī

Surely, hero, this army, torn apart and stricken with fear, ought to have been protected by you through the strength of your own arms.

Note on the text: CE 7.98.9a-d (the critical edition's 7.98.9 runs to three lines, its third line opening the next verse here). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 12 (7.122.12)

स त्वमद्य रणं हित्वा भीतो हर्षयसे परान् । विद्रुते त्वयि सैन्यस्य नायके शत्रुसूदन । कोऽन्यः स्थास्यति सङ्ग्रामे भीतो भीते व्यपाश्रये ॥

sa tvamadya raṇaṃ hitvā bhīto harṣayase parān | vidrute tvayi sainyasya nāyake śatrusūdana | ko'nyaḥ sthāsyati saṅgrāme bhīto bhīte vyapāśraye

Yet today you abandon the battle in terror and gladden the enemy. When you, the army's leader, have fled, slayer of foes, who else, himself afraid, will stand in the fight, taking refuge in one who is afraid?

Note on the text: Corrected शत्रुमूदन → शत्रुसूदन (misprint in Wikisource; म for स; the CE has śatrusūdana). Line 1 is CE 7.98.9e; lines 2-3 are CE 7.98.10a-d. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 13 (7.122.13)

एकेन सात्वतेनाद्य युध्यमानस्य तेन वै । पलायने तव मतिः सङ्ग्रामाद्धि प्रवर्तते ॥

ekena sātvatenādya yudhyamānasya tena vai | palāyane tava matiḥ saṅgrāmāddhi pravartate

Fighting today against a single Satvata, your mind turns toward fleeing from the battle.

Verse 14 (7.122.14)

यदा गाण्डीवधन्वानं भीमसेनं च कौरव । यमौ च द्रक्ष्यसि रणे तदा वै किं करिष्यसि ॥

yadā gāṇḍīvadhanvānaṃ bhīmasenaṃ ca kaurava | yamau ca drakṣyasi raṇe tadā vai kiṃ kariṣyasi

O Kaurava, when you see the wielder of the Gandiva, and Bhimasena, and the twins in the fight, what will you do then?

Verse 15 (7.122.15)

युधि फल्गुनबाणानां सूर्याग्निसमवर्चसाम् । न तुल्याः सात्यकिशरा येभ्यो भीतः पलायसे ॥

yudhi phalgunabāṇānāṃ sūryāgnisamavarcasām | na tulyāḥ sātyakiśarā yebhyo bhītaḥ palāyase

The arrows of Satyaki are no match for the arrows of Phalguna, which blaze like the sun and fire; and it is of these arrows of Satyaki that you are afraid and flee.

Note on the text: Corrected मूर्याग्नि → सूर्याग्नि (misprint in Wikisource; म for स; the CE has sūryāgni-).

Verse 16 (7.122.16)

त्वरितो वीर गच्छ त्वं गान्धार्युदरमाविश । पृथिव्यां धावमानस्य नान्यत्पश्यामि जीवनम् ॥

tvarito vīra gaccha tvaṃ gāndhāryudaramāviśa | pṛthivyāṃ dhāvamānasya nānyatpaśyāmi jīvanam

Go quickly, hero, and creep back into Gandhari's womb; for one who runs over the earth I see no other way to live.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.98.13d*0703_01-02 (placed after 7.98.13). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 17 (7.122.17)

यदि तावत्कृता बुद्धिः पलायनपरायणा । पृथिवी धर्मराजाय शमेनैव प्रदीयताम् ॥

yadi tāvatkṛtā buddhiḥ palāyanaparāyaṇā | pṛthivī dharmarājāya śamenaiva pradīyatām

If your mind is truly made up to take flight, then let the earth be given to the King of Dharma in peace.

Verse 18 (7.122.18)

यावत्फल्गुननाराचा निर्मुक्तोरगसन्निभाः । नाविशन्ति शरीरं ते तावत्संशाम्य पाण्डवैः ॥

yāvatphalgunanārācā nirmuktoragasannibhāḥ | nāviśanti śarīraṃ te tāvatsaṃśāmya pāṇḍavaiḥ

As long as Phalguna's iron arrows, like serpents that have shed their skins, do not enter your body, make peace with the Pandavas.

Verse 19 (7.122.19)

यावत्ते पृथिवीं पार्था हत्वा भ्रातृशतं रणे । नाक्षिपन्ति महात्मानस्तावत्संशाम्य पाण्डवैः ॥

yāvatte pṛthivīṃ pārthā hatvā bhrātṛśataṃ raṇe | nākṣipanti mahātmānastāvatsaṃśāmya pāṇḍavaiḥ

As long as the great-souled sons of Pritha, after killing your hundred brothers in the battle, have not wrested the earth from you, make peace with the Pandavas.

Verse 20 (7.122.20)

यावन्न क्रुध्यते राजा धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । कृष्णश्च समरश्लाघी तावत्संशाम्य पाण्डवैः ॥

yāvanna krudhyate rājā dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | kṛṣṇaśca samaraślāghī tāvatsaṃśāmya pāṇḍavaiḥ

As long as King Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma, is not angered, and Krishna, who delights in battle, make peace with the Pandavas.

Verse 21 (7.122.21)

यावद्भीमो महाबाहुर्विगाह्य महतीं चमूम् । सोदरांस्ते न मृद्नाति तावत्संशाम्य पाण्डवैः ॥

yāvadbhīmo mahābāhurvigāhya mahatīṃ camūm | sodarāṃste na mṛdnāti tāvatsaṃśāmya pāṇḍavaiḥ

As long as mighty-armed Bhima, plunging into the great host, does not crush your brothers, make peace with the Pandavas.

Note on the text: Corrected मृद्राति → मृद्नाति (misprint in Wikisource; garbled conjunct, not a word; the CE has mṛdnāti).

Verse 22 (7.122.22)

पूर्वमुक्तश्च ते भ्राता भीष्मेणासौ सुयोधनः । अजेयाः पाण्डवाः सङ्ख्ये सौम्य संशाम्य तैः सह ॥

pūrvamuktaśca te bhrātā bhīṣmeṇāsau suyodhanaḥ | ajeyāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ saṅkhye saumya saṃśāmya taiḥ saha

Long ago Bhishma said to your brother Suyodhana: 'The Pandavas cannot be conquered in battle; make peace with them, gentle one.'

Note on the text: CE 7.98.19a-d (the critical edition's 7.98.19 runs to three lines, its third line opening verse 24 here). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 23 (7.122.23)

मया शमवता चोक्तो रक्ष शेषं सुयोधन । संशाम्य पार्थैस्त्वं रक्ष वीर सर्वान्महीक्षितः ॥

mayā śamavatā cokto rakṣa śeṣaṃ suyodhana | saṃśāmya pārthaistvaṃ rakṣa vīra sarvānmahīkṣitaḥ

'I too, wishing for peace, said to Suyodhana: Preserve what remains. Make peace with the sons of Pritha, hero, and preserve all the kings.'

Note on the text: Stray quote marks removed. Not in the critical edition's main text in this place; star passage 7.98.18d*0704_01-02 (the CE places it after 7.98.18, before 7.98.19). The automatic alignment found no match. Drona is speaking of his own counsel to Suyodhana.

Verse 24 (7.122.24)

न च तत्कृतवान्मन्दस्तव भ्राता सुयोधनः । स युद्धे धृतिमास्थाय यत्तो युध्यस्व पाण्डवैः ॥

na ca tatkṛtavānmandastava bhrātā suyodhanaḥ | sa yuddhe dhṛtimāsthāya yatto yudhyasva pāṇḍavaiḥ

But your foolish brother Suyodhana did not do so. So take courage in the battle, and fight the Pandavas with resolve.

Note on the text: Corrected भ्रातां → भ्राता (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara; the CE has bhrātā). Line 1 is CE 7.98.19e; line 2 is CE 7.98.20a. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 25 (7.122.25)

तवापि शोणितं भीमः पास्यतीति मया श्रुतम् । तच्चाप्यवितथं तस्य तत्तथैव भविष्यति ॥

tavāpi śoṇitaṃ bhīmaḥ pāsyatīti mayā śrutam | taccāpyavitathaṃ tasya tattathaiva bhaviṣyati

I have heard that Bhima will drink your blood too; that, for him, is no idle word, and it will come to pass just so.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.98.19f*0705_01-02 (placed after 7.98.19). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 26 (7.122.26)

किं भीमस्य न जानासि विक्रमं त्वं सुबालिश । यत्त्वया वैरमारब्धं संयुगे प्रपलायिना ॥

kiṃ bhīmasya na jānāsi vikramaṃ tvaṃ subāliśa | yattvayā vairamārabdhaṃ saṃyuge prapalāyinā

Do you not know Bhima's prowess, you utter fool, you who began this enmity and now run away in the battle?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.98.19f*0705_03-04 (placed after 7.98.19; CE has येन ते वैरमारब्धं संयुगे प्रपलायता in line 2, a recension variant). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 27 (7.122.27)

गच्छ तूर्णं रथेनैव यत्र तिष्ठति सात्यकिः । त्वया हीनं बलं ह्येतद्विद्रविष्यति भारत । आत्मार्थं योधय रणे सात्यकिं सत्यविक्रमम् ॥

gaccha tūrṇaṃ rathenaiva yatra tiṣṭhati sātyakiḥ | tvayā hīnaṃ balaṃ hyetadvidraviṣyati bhārata | ātmārthaṃ yodhaya raṇe sātyakiṃ satyavikramam

Go quickly in your chariot to where Satyaki stands. This army, left without you, will scatter, O Bharata. Fight Satyaki, whose valour is true, for your own sake."

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 7.98.20c; lines 2-3 are CE 7.98.21 (CE 7.98.21a-d). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 28 (7.122.28)

एवमुक्तस्तव सुतो नाब्रवीत्किञ्चिदप्यसौ । श्रुतं चाश्रुतवत्कृत्वा प्रायाद्येन स सात्यकिः ॥

evamuktastava suto nābravītkiñcidapyasau | śrutaṃ cāśrutavatkṛtvā prāyādyena sa sātyakiḥ

Addressed in this way, your son said nothing at all. Treating what he had heard as unheard, he drove to where Satyaki was.

Verse 29 (7.122.29)

सैन्येन महता युक्तो म्लेच्छानामनिवर्तिनाम् । आसाद्य च रणे यत्तो युयुधानमयोधयत् ॥

sainyena mahatā yukto mlecchānāmanivartinām | āsādya ca raṇe yatto yuyudhānamayodhayat

Accompanied by a great army of Mlecchas who never turn back, he reached Yuyudhana in the battle and fought him with full resolve.

Verse 30 (7.122.30)

द्रोणोऽपि रथिनां श्रेष्ठः पाञ्चालान्पाण्डवांस्तथा । अभ्यद्रवत सङ्क्रुद्धो जवमास्थाय मध्यमम् ॥

droṇo'pi rathināṃ śreṣṭhaḥ pāñcālānpāṇḍavāṃstathā | abhyadravata saṅkruddho javamāsthāya madhyamam

Drona too, the foremost of chariot-warriors, in great fury attacked the Panchalas and the Pandavas at a moderate speed.

Note on the text: Corrected सङ्क्रुद्धौ → सङ्क्रुद्धो (misprint in Wikisource; dual ending where the subject, Drona, is singular; the CE has saṃkruddho).

Verse 31 (7.122.31)

प्रविश्य च रणे द्रोणः पाण्डवानां वरूथिनीम् । द्रावयामास योधान्वै शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥

praviśya ca raṇe droṇaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ varūthinīm | drāvayāmāsa yodhānvai śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

Entering the Pandava host in the battle, Drona drove the warriors back by hundreds and then by thousands.

Verse 32 (7.122.32)

ततो द्रोणो महाराज नाम विश्राव्य संयुगे । पाण्डुपाञ्चालमत्स्यानां प्रचक्रे कदनं महत् ॥

tato droṇo mahārāja nāma viśrāvya saṃyuge | pāṇḍupāñcālamatsyānāṃ pracakre kadanaṃ mahat

Then, O great king, Drona, proclaiming his name in the battle, made a great slaughter among the Pandavas, Panchalas and Matsyas.

Verse 33 (7.122.33)

तं जयन्तमनीकानि भारद्वाजं ततस्ततः । पाञ्चालपुत्रो द्युतिमान्वीरकेतुः समभ्ययात् ॥

taṃ jayantamanīkāni bhāradvājaṃ tatastataḥ | pāñcālaputro dyutimānvīraketuḥ samabhyayāt

As Bharadvaja went conquering the ranks here and there, the radiant Viraketu, a Panchala prince, advanced against him.

Verse 34 (7.122.34)

स द्रोणं पञ्चभिर्विद्ध्वा शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः । ध्वजमेकेन विव्याध सारथिं चास्य सप्तभिः ॥

sa droṇaṃ pañcabhirviddhvā śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ | dhvajamekena vivyādha sārathiṃ cāsya saptabhiḥ

He pierced Drona with five arrows of well-bent joints, struck his banner with one and his charioteer with seven.

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

Verse 35 (7.122.35)

तत्राद्भुतं महाराज दृष्टवानस्मि संयुगे । यद्द्रोणो रभसं युद्धे पाञ्चाल्यं नात्यवर्तत ॥

tatrādbhutaṃ mahārāja dṛṣṭavānasmi saṃyuge | yaddroṇo rabhasaṃ yuddhe pāñcālyaṃ nātyavartata

In that battle, great king, I saw a wonder: that Drona, for all his vehemence, did not get the better of the Panchala.

Note on the text: Corrected दृष्ट्वानस्मि → दृष्टवानस्मि (misprint in Wikisource; participle garbled; the CE has dṛṣṭavān asmi).

Verse 36 (7.122.36)

सन्निरुद्धं रणे द्रोणं पाञ्चाला वीक्ष्य मारिष । आवव्रुः सर्वतो राजन्धर्मपुत्रजयैषिणः ॥

sanniruddhaṃ raṇe droṇaṃ pāñcālā vīkṣya māriṣa | āvavruḥ sarvato rājandharmaputrajayaiṣiṇaḥ

Seeing Drona held back in the battle, O sire, the Panchalas, eager for the victory of Dharma's son, surrounded him on every side, O king.

Note on the text: Corrected रमे → रणे (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण; the CE has raṇe). Corrected पाञ्चला → पाञ्चाला (misprint in Wikisource; vowel dropped; the CE has pāñcālā).

Verse 37 (7.122.37)

ते शरैरग्निसंकाशैस्तोमरैश्च महाधनैः । शस्त्रैश्च विविधै राजन्द्रोणमेकमवाकिरन् ॥

te śarairagnisaṃkāśaistomaraiśca mahādhanaiḥ | śastraiśca vividhai rājandroṇamekamavākiran

With arrows blazing like fire, with costly tomaras, and with weapons of many kinds, they showered Drona alone.

Verse 38 (7.122.38)

निवार्य तान्बाणगणान्द्रोणो राजन्समन्ततः । महाजलधरान्व्योम्नि मातरिश्वेव चाबभौ ॥

nivārya tānbāṇagaṇāndroṇo rājansamantataḥ | mahājaladharānvyomni mātariśveva cābabhau

Warding off those masses of arrows on every side, Drona, O king, shone like the wind among great rain-clouds in the sky.

Verse 39 (7.122.39)

ततः शरं महाघोरं सूर्यपावकसन्निभम् । सन्दधे परवीरघ्नो वीरकेतो रथं प्रति ॥

tataḥ śaraṃ mahāghoraṃ sūryapāvakasannibham | sandadhe paravīraghno vīraketo rathaṃ prati

Then that slayer of enemy heroes fixed a terrible arrow, bright as the sun and fire, aimed at Viraketu's chariot.

Note on the text: Corrected मूर्य → सूर्य (misprint in Wikisource; म for स; the CE has sūrya-).

Verse 40 (7.122.40)

स भित्त्वा तु शरो राजन्पाञ्चालकुलनन्दनम् । अभ्यगाद्धरणीं तूर्णं लोहितार्द्रो ज्वलन्निव ॥

sa bhittvā tu śaro rājanpāñcālakulanandanam | abhyagāddharaṇīṃ tūrṇaṃ lohitārdro jvalanniva

That arrow, O king, having pierced the joy of the Panchala line, sped swiftly into the ground, wet with blood, as though blazing.

Verse 41 (7.122.41)

ततोऽपतद्रथात्तूर्णं पाञ्चालकुलनन्दनः । पर्वताग्रादिव महांश्चम्पको वायुपीडितः ॥

tato'patadrathāttūrṇaṃ pāñcālakulanandanaḥ | parvatāgrādiva mahāṃścampako vāyupīḍitaḥ

Then the joy of the Panchala line fell quickly from his chariot, like a great champaka tree torn from a mountaintop by the wind.

Verse 42 (7.122.42)

तस्मिन्हते महेष्वासे राजपुत्रे महाबले । पाञ्चालास्त्वरिता द्रोणं समन्तात्पर्यवारयन् ॥

tasminhate maheṣvāse rājaputre mahābale | pāñcālāstvaritā droṇaṃ samantātparyavārayan

When that mighty bowman, that powerful prince, was slain, the Panchalas hurriedly surrounded Drona on all sides.

Verse 43 (7.122.43)

चित्रकेतुः सुधन्वा च चित्रवर्मा च भारत । तथा चित्ररथश्चैव भ्रातृव्यसनकर्शिताः ॥

citraketuḥ sudhanvā ca citravarmā ca bhārata | tathā citrarathaścaiva bhrātṛvyasanakarśitāḥ

Chitraketu, Sudhanvan and Chitravarman, O Bharata, and Chitraratha too, wasted with grief for their brother,

Verse 44 (7.122.44)

अभ्यद्रवन्त सहिता भारद्वाजं युयुत्सवः । मुञ्चन्तः शरवर्षाणि तपान्ते जलदा इव । अदृश्यं समरे चक्रुर्भारद्वाजं सुधन्विनः ॥

abhyadravanta sahitā bhāradvājaṃ yuyutsavaḥ | muñcantaḥ śaravarṣāṇi tapānte jaladā iva | adṛśyaṃ samare cakrurbhāradvājaṃ sudhanvinaḥ

rushed together at Bharadvaja, eager to fight, loosing showers of arrows like clouds at the end of summer. Those fine archers made Bharadvaja invisible in the battle.

Note on the text: Stray quote marks removed. Lines 1-2 are CE 7.98.38 (a, c); line 3 is the star line 7.98.38d*0708_01 (set off by quote marks on the page). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 45 (7.122.45)

स वध्यमानो बहुधा राजपुत्रैर्महारथैः । क्रोधमाहारयत्तेषामभावाय द्विजर्षभः ॥

sa vadhyamāno bahudhā rājaputrairmahārathaiḥ | krodhamāhārayatteṣāmabhāvāya dvijarṣabhaḥ

Struck again and again by those princes, great chariot-warriors, the best of Brahmins grew angry, to bring about their end.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 7.98.39a; line 2 is the star line 7.98.39b*0709_01. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 46 (7.122.46)

ततः शरमयं जालं द्रोणस्तेषामवासृजत् । ते हन्यमाना द्रोणस्य शरैराकर्णचोदितैः । कर्तव्यं नाभ्यजानन्वै कुमारा राजसत्तम ॥

tataḥ śaramayaṃ jālaṃ droṇasteṣāmavāsṛjat | te hanyamānā droṇasya śarairākarṇacoditaiḥ | kartavyaṃ nābhyajānanvai kumārā rājasattama

Then Drona let loose a net of arrows upon them. Struck by Drona's arrows, shot with the bowstring drawn to the ear, those youths, O best of kings, did not know what was to be done.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.98.39b*0709_02-04 (placed within 7.98.39). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 47 (7.122.47)

तान्विमूढान्रणे द्रोणः प्रहसन्निव भारत । व्यश्वसूतरथांश्चक्रे कुमारान्कुपितो रणे ॥

tānvimūḍhānraṇe droṇaḥ prahasanniva bhārata | vyaśvasūtarathāṃścakre kumārānkupito raṇe

Seeing them bewildered in the battle, Drona, O Bharata, as if laughing, angrily left the youths without horses, charioteers and chariots.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the star line 7.98.39b*0709_05; line 2 is CE 7.98.39c. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 48 (7.122.48)

अथापरैः सुनिशितैर्भल्लैस्तेषां महायशाः । पुष्पाणीव विवान्वायुः सोत्तमाङ्गान्यपातयत् ॥

athāparaiḥ suniśitairbhallaisteṣāṃ mahāyaśāḥ | puṣpāṇīva vivānvāyuḥ sottamāṅgānyapātayat

Then with other very sharp bhallas the renowned one struck off their heads, as the blowing wind strikes down flowers.

Verse 49 (7.122.49)

ते रथेभ्यो हताः पेतुः क्षितौ राजन्सुवर्चसः । देवासुरे पुरा युद्धे यथा दैतेयदानवाः ॥

te rathebhyo hatāḥ petuḥ kṣitau rājansuvarcasaḥ | devāsure purā yuddhe yathā daiteyadānavāḥ

Slain, those radiant ones fell from their chariots to the ground, O king, like the Daityas and Danavas in the ancient war between the gods and the asuras.

Verse 50 (7.122.50)

तान्निहत्य रणे राजन्भारद्वाजः प्रतापवान् । कार्मुकं भ्रामयामास हेमपृष्ठं दुरासदम् ॥

tānnihatya raṇe rājanbhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān | kārmukaṃ bhrāmayāmāsa hemapṛṣṭhaṃ durāsadam

Having killed them in the battle, O king, the glorious son of Bharadvaja whirled his gold-backed bow, so hard to withstand.

Verse 51 (7.122.51)

तदस्य भ्राजते राजन्मेघमध्ये तडिद्यथा ॥

tadasya bhrājate rājanmeghamadhye taḍidyathā

It shone upon him, O king, like lightning in the midst of a cloud.

Note on the text: Stray quote marks removed. Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.98.42d*0712_01 (placed after 7.98.42). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 52 (7.122.52)

पाञ्चालान्निहतान्दृष्ट्वा देवकल्पान्महारथान् । धृष्टद्युम्नो भृशोद्विग्नो नेत्राभ्यां पातयञ्जलम् । अभ्यवर्तत सङ्ग्रामे क्रुद्धो द्रोणरथं प्रति ॥

pāñcālānnihatāndṛṣṭvā devakalpānmahārathān | dhṛṣṭadyumno bhṛśodvigno netrābhyāṃ pātayañjalam | abhyavartata saṅgrāme kruddho droṇarathaṃ prati

Seeing the Panchalas, great warriors godlike in their might, slain, Dhrishtadyumna, deeply distressed, tears falling from his eyes, advanced in anger against Drona's chariot in the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected सङ्गारमे → सङ्ग्रामे (misprint in Wikisource; garbled; the CE has saṃgrāme).

Verse 53 (7.122.53)

ततो हाहेति सहसा नादः समभवन्नृप । पाञ्चाल्येन रणे दृष्ट्वा द्रोणमावारितं शरैः ॥

tato hāheti sahasā nādaḥ samabhavannṛpa | pāñcālyena raṇe dṛṣṭvā droṇamāvāritaṃ śaraiḥ

Then, O king, a sudden cry of "Alas!" arose as people saw Drona covered with arrows by the Panchala prince.

Verse 54 (7.122.54)

सञ्छाद्यमानो बहुधा पार्षतेन महात्मना । न विव्यथे ततो द्रोणः स्मयन्नेवान्वयुध्यत ॥

sañchādyamāno bahudhā pārṣatena mahātmanā | na vivyathe tato droṇaḥ smayannevānvayudhyata

Though covered in many ways by the great-souled son of Prishata, Drona was not shaken; he fought on, smiling.

Note on the text: Corrected से च्छाद्यमानो → सञ्छाद्यमानो (misprint in Wikisource; vowel for nasal; the CE has saṃchādyamāno).

Verse 55 (7.122.55)

ततो द्रोणं महाराज पाञ्चाल्यः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः । आजघानोरसि क्रुद्धो नवत्या नतपर्वणाम् ॥

tato droṇaṃ mahārāja pāñcālyaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ | ājaghānorasi kruddho navatyā nataparvaṇām

Then, O great king, the Panchala, stupefied with rage, struck Drona in the chest with ninety well-jointed arrows.

Verse 56 (7.122.56)

स गाढविद्धो बलिना भारद्वाजो महायशाः । निषसाद रथोपस्थे कश्मलं च जगाम ह ॥

sa gāḍhaviddho balinā bhāradvājo mahāyaśāḥ | niṣasāda rathopasthe kaśmalaṃ ca jagāma ha

Deeply pierced by the mighty one, the glorious Bharadvaja sank down on the platform of his chariot and fell into a faint.

Verse 57 (7.122.57)

तं वै तथागतं दृष्ट्वा धृष्टद्युम्नः पराक्रमी । चापमुत्सृज्य शीघ्रं तु असिं जग्राह वीर्यवान् ॥

taṃ vai tathāgataṃ dṛṣṭvā dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ parākramī | cāpamutsṛjya śīghraṃ tu asiṃ jagrāha vīryavān

Seeing him in that state, the valiant and mighty Dhrishtadyumna threw down his bow and quickly seized a sword.

Verse 58 (7.122.58)

अवप्लुत्य रथाच्चापि त्वरितः स महारथः । आरुरोह रथं तूर्णं भारद्वाजस्य मारिष । हर्तुमिच्छञ्शिरः कायात्क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः ॥

avaplutya rathāccāpi tvaritaḥ sa mahārathaḥ | āruroha rathaṃ tūrṇaṃ bhāradvājasya māriṣa | hartumicchañśiraḥ kāyātkrodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ

Leaping down from his own chariot, that great warrior swiftly climbed onto Bharadvaja's chariot, O sire, his eyes red with rage, wishing to cut the head from the body.

Note on the text: Corrected क्रोधसंरक्रलोचनः → क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः (misprint in Wikisource; क्र for क्त; the CE has krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ).

Verse 59 (7.122.59)

प्रत्याश्वस्तस्ततो द्रोणो धनुर्गृह्य महारवम् । आसन्नमागतं दृष्ट्वा धृष्टद्युम्नं जिघांसया ॥

pratyāśvastastato droṇo dhanurgṛhya mahāravam | āsannamāgataṃ dṛṣṭvā dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ jighāṃsayā

Then Drona, recovering, took up his great bow with a roar, and seeing Dhrishtadyumna come close, wishing to kill him,

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 7.98.50a (CE has महाबलः where Wikisource has महारवम्); line 2 is the star line 7.98.50b*0713_01. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 60 (7.122.60)

शरैर्वैतस्तिकै राजन्विव्याधासन्नवेधिभिः । योधयामास समरे धृष्टद्युम्नं महारथम् ॥

śarairvaitastikai rājanvivyādhāsannavedhibhiḥ | yodhayāmāsa samare dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ mahāratham

he struck him, O king, with span-long arrows, which pierce at close quarters, and fought the great chariot-warrior Dhrishtadyumna in the battle.

Note on the text: CE 7.98.50c and 50e (line 1 is a recension variant of 50c). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 61 (7.122.61)

ते हि वैतस्तिका नाम शरा आसन्नयोधिनः । द्रोणस्य विहिता राजन्यैर्धृष्टद्युम्नमाक्षिणोत् ॥

te hi vaitastikā nāma śarā āsannayodhinaḥ | droṇasya vihitā rājanyairdhṛṣṭadyumnamākṣiṇot

Those arrows are called vaitastika, O king, for they do their work at close range; Drona had prepared them, and with them he harassed Dhrishtadyumna.

Note on the text: Corrected आमन्नयोधिनः → आसन्नयोधिनः (misprint in Wikisource; म for स; the CE has āsannayodhinaḥ).

Verse 62 (7.122.62)

स वध्यमानो बहुभिः सायकैस्तैर्महाबलः । अवप्लुत्य रथात्तूर्णं भग्नवेगः पराक्रमी ॥

sa vadhyamāno bahubhiḥ sāyakaistairmahābalaḥ | avaplutya rathāttūrṇaṃ bhagnavegaḥ parākramī

Struck by many of those arrows, the mighty and valiant Dhrishtadyumna, his impetus broken, leapt quickly down from the chariot.

Verse 63 (7.122.63)

आरुह्य स्वरथं वीरः प्रगृह्य च महद्धनुः । विव्याध समरे द्रोणं धृष्टद्युम्नो महारथः ॥

āruhya svarathaṃ vīraḥ pragṛhya ca mahaddhanuḥ | vivyādha samare droṇaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārathaḥ

Climbing into his own chariot and taking up a great bow, the hero, the great chariot-warrior Dhrishtadyumna, pierced Drona in the battle.

Verse 64 (7.122.64)

द्रोणश्चापि महाराज शरैर्विव्याध पार्षतम् ॥

droṇaścāpi mahārāja śarairvivyādha pārṣatam

And Drona too, O great king, pierced the son of Prishata with arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.98.53d*0715_01 (placed after 7.98.53). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 65 (7.122.65)

तदद्भुतमभूद्युद्धं द्रोणपाञ्चालयोस्तदा । त्रैलोक्यकाङ्क्षिणोरासीच्छक्रप्रह्लादयोरिव ॥

tadadbhutamabhūdyuddhaṃ droṇapāñcālayostadā | trailokyakāṅkṣiṇorāsīcchakraprahlādayoriva

Wondrous then was the fight between Drona and the Panchala, like that between Shakra and Prahlada, each wanting the three worlds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.98.53d*0715_02-03 (placed after 7.98.53). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 66 (7.122.66)

मण्डलानि विचित्राणि यमकानीतराणि च । चरन्तौ युद्धमार्गज्ञौ ततक्षतुरथेषुभिः ॥

maṇḍalāni vicitrāṇi yamakānītarāṇi ca | carantau yuddhamārgajñau tatakṣaturatheṣubhiḥ

Skilled in the ways of war, they moved in varied circles, in paired manoeuvres and others, and cut at each other with arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.98.53d*0715_04-05 (placed after 7.98.53). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 67 (7.122.67)

मोहयन्तौ मनांस्याजौ योधानां द्रोणपार्षतौ । सृजन्तौ शरवर्षाणि वर्षास्विव बलाहकौ । छादयन्तौ महात्मानौ शरैर्व्योम दिशो महीम् ॥

mohayantau manāṃsyājau yodhānāṃ droṇapārṣatau | sṛjantau śaravarṣāṇi varṣāsviva balāhakau | chādayantau mahātmānau śarairvyoma diśo mahīm

Bewildering the minds of the warriors in the fight, Drona and the son of Prishata, loosing showers of arrows like two clouds in the rains, those two great-souled men covered the sky, the quarters and the earth with arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.98.53d*0715_06-08 (placed after 7.98.53). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 68 (7.122.68)

तदद्भुतं तयोर्युद्धं भूतसङ्घा ह्यपूजयन् । क्षत्रियाश्च महाराज ये चान्ये तव सैनिकाः ॥

tadadbhutaṃ tayoryuddhaṃ bhūtasaṅghā hyapūjayan | kṣatriyāśca mahārāja ye cānye tava sainikāḥ

The hosts of beings praised that wondrous fight between the two, and so did the kshatriyas, O great king, and your other soldiers there.

Verse 69 (7.122.69)

अवश्यं समरे द्रोणो धृष्टद्युम्नेन सङ्गतः । वशमेष्यति नो राजन्पाञ्चाला इति चुक्रुशुः ॥

avaśyaṃ samare droṇo dhṛṣṭadyumnena saṅgataḥ | vaśameṣyati no rājanpāñcālā iti cukruśuḥ

"In the battle Drona, having met Dhrishtadyumna, will surely come into our power, O king," cried the Panchalas.

Note on the text: Corrected दृष्टद्युम्नेन → धृष्टद्युम्नेन (misprint in Wikisource; ध for द; the CE has dhṛṣṭadyumnena).

Verse 70 (7.122.70)

द्रोणस्तु त्वरितो युद्धे धृष्टद्युम्नस्य सारथेः । शिरः प्रच्यावयामास फलं पक्वं तरोरिव ॥

droṇastu tvarito yuddhe dhṛṣṭadyumnasya sāratheḥ | śiraḥ pracyāvayāmāsa phalaṃ pakvaṃ taroriva

But Drona, swiftly in the battle, struck off the head of Dhrishtadyumna's charioteer, like a ripe fruit from a tree.

Note on the text: CE 7.98.56a-c. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 71 (7.122.71)

ततस्तु प्रद्रुता वाहा राजंस्तस्य महात्मनः ॥

tatastu pradrutā vāhā rājaṃstasya mahātmanaḥ

Then, O king, the horses of that great-souled man bolted.

Note on the text: CE 7.98.56e (third line of the CE's 7.98.56). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 72 (7.122.72)

तेषु प्रद्रवमाणेषु पाञ्चालान्सृञ्जयांस्तथा । अयोधयद्रणे द्रोणस्तत्रतत्र पराक्रमी ॥

teṣu pradravamāṇeṣu pāñcālānsṛñjayāṃstathā | ayodhayadraṇe droṇastatratatra parākramī

As they fled, valiant Drona fought on here and there in the battle against the Panchalas and the Srinjayas.

Verse 73 (7.122.73)

विजित्य पाण्डुपाञ्चालान्भारद्वाजः प्रतापवान् । स्वं व्यूहं पुनरास्थाय स्थितोऽभवदरिन्दमः । न चैनं पाण्डवा युद्धे जेतुमुत्सेहिरे प्रभो ॥

vijitya pāṇḍupāñcālānbhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān | svaṃ vyūhaṃ punarāsthāya sthito'bhavadarindamaḥ | na cainaṃ pāṇḍavā yuddhe jetumutsehire prabho

Having conquered the Pandavas and Panchalas, the glorious Bharadvaja, scourge of his foes, took up his own array again and stood firm; and the Pandavas, O lord, could not overcome him in the battle.

Note on the text: Stray invisible joiner character removed.