Duryodhana Strikes into the Pandava Host

Verse 1 (7.124.1)

किं तस्यां मम सेनायां नासन्केचिन्महारथाः । ये तथा सात्यकिं यान्तं नैवाघ्नन्नाप्यवारयन् ॥

kiṃ tasyāṃ mama senāyāṃ nāsankecinmahārathāḥ | ye tathā sātyakiṃ yāntaṃ naivāghnannāpyavārayan

Were there no great chariot-warriors at all in that army of mine, that they neither struck Satyaki as he advanced nor stopped him?

Verse 2 (7.124.2)

एको हि समरे कर्म कृतवान्सत्यविक्रमः । शक्रतुल्यबलो युद्धे महेन्द्रो दानवेष्विव ॥

eko hi samare karma kṛtavānsatyavikramaḥ | śakratulyabalo yuddhe mahendro dānaveṣviva

That one man, true in valour, did such a deed in battle, equal to Shakra in strength, like great Indra among the Danavas.

Verse 3 (7.124.3)

अथवा शून्यमासीत्तद्येन यातः स सात्यकिः । हतभूयिष्ठमथवा येन यातः स सात्यकिः ॥

athavā śūnyamāsīttadyena yātaḥ sa sātyakiḥ | hatabhūyiṣṭhamathavā yena yātaḥ sa sātyakiḥ

Or else the host must have been empty where Satyaki passed, or most of it must already have been slain where he went through.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.100.3a; line 2 (हतभूयिष्ठमथवा येन यातः स सात्यकिः) is not in the critical edition (vulgate only; the CE's 7.100.3c reads otherwise).

Verse 4 (7.124.4)

यत्कृतं वृष्णिवीरेण कर्म शंससि मे रणे । नैतदुत्सहते कर्तुं कर्म शक्रोऽपि सञ्जय ॥

yatkṛtaṃ vṛṣṇivīreṇa karma śaṃsasi me raṇe | naitadutsahate kartuṃ karma śakro'pi sañjaya

The deed that the Vrishni hero did in battle, which you tell me of, not even Shakra could bring himself to do, Sanjaya.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.100.1d*0725_01–02 (after 7.100.1).

Verse 5 (7.124.5)

अश्रद्धेयमचिन्त्यं च कर्म तस्य महात्मनः । वृष्ण्यन्धकप्रवीरस्य श्रुत्वा मे व्यथितं मनः ॥

aśraddheyamacintyaṃ ca karma tasya mahātmanaḥ | vṛṣṇyandhakapravīrasya śrutvā me vyathitaṃ manaḥ

My mind is shaken at hearing of that great-souled champion of the Vrishnis and Andhakas and his deed, so beyond belief and beyond thought.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.100.1d*0725_03–04 (after 7.100.1).

Verse 6 (7.124.6)

न सन्ति तस्मात्पुत्रा मे यथा सञ्जय भाषसे । एको वै बहुलाः सेनाः प्रामृद्नात्सत्यविक्रमः ॥

na santi tasmātputrā me yathā sañjaya bhāṣase | eko vai bahulāḥ senāḥ prāmṛdnātsatyavikramaḥ

Then my sons are not what you say they are, Sanjaya, for that one man, true in valour, trampled down many armies.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रामृद्गात् → प्रामृद्नात् (misprint in Wikisource; the verb is प्रामृद्नात्, from pra + amṛdnāt of √mṛd; द्ग is a broken conjunct for द्न, cf. the CE's pramṛdnan). Line 1 is CE star passage 7.100.3d*0726_01; line 2 is a variant of CE 7.100.3c (CE: eko vai bahulāḥ senāḥ pramṛdnan puruṣarṣabhaḥ).

Verse 7 (7.124.7)

कथं च युध्यमानानामपक्रान्तो महात्मनाम् । एको बहूनां शैनेयस्तन्ममाचक्ष्व सञ्जय ॥

kathaṃ ca yudhyamānānāmapakrānto mahātmanām | eko bahūnāṃ śaineyastanmamācakṣva sañjaya

And how did Shaineya, alone, get away from so many great-souled warriors who were fighting him? Tell me that, Sanjaya.

Note on the text: Corrected अपक्रान्ती → अपक्रान्तो (misprint in Wikisource; a nominative singular agreeing with शैनेयः is required; CE apakrānto).

Verse 8 (7.124.8)

राजन्सेनासमुद्योगो रथनागाश्वपत्तिमान् । अतुल्यस्तव सेनायां युगान्तसदृशोऽभवत् ॥

rājansenāsamudyogo rathanāgāśvapattimān | atulyastava senāyāṃ yugāntasadṛśo'bhavat

O king, the marshalling of your army, with its chariots, elephants, horses and foot soldiers, was without equal, like the dissolution at the end of an age.

Verse 9 (7.124.9)

आहूतेषु समूहेषु तव सैन्यस्य मानद । नास्ति लोके समः कश्चित्समूह इति मे मतिः ॥

āhūteṣu samūheṣu tava sainyasya mānada | nāsti loke samaḥ kaścitsamūha iti me matiḥ

O giver of honour, when the divisions of your army were called up, I think there was no host in the world that could equal it.

Verse 10 (7.124.10)

तत्रैव देवास्त्वभाषन्त चारणाश्च समागताः । एतदन्ताः समूहा वै भविष्यन्ति महीतले ॥

tatraiva devāstvabhāṣanta cāraṇāśca samāgatāḥ | etadantāḥ samūhā vai bhaviṣyanti mahītale

The gods spoke there, and the Charanas who had gathered: "On earth, such hosts will end with this one."

Note on the text: Corrected तत्रव → तत्रैव (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign; the sense is तत्रैव देवाः अभाषन्त).

Verse 11 (7.124.11)

न च वै तादृशो व्यूह आसीत्कश्चिद्विशाम्पते । यादृग्जयद्रथवधे द्रोणेन विहितोऽभवत् ॥

na ca vai tādṛśo vyūha āsītkaścidviśāmpate | yādṛgjayadrathavadhe droṇena vihito'bhavat

And, O lord of the people, there was never such a battle array as the one Drona set up for the slaying of Jayadratha.

Verse 12 (7.124.12)

उद्धृता पृथिवी नूनं युद्धहेतोः समागतैः । इति तत्र जनाश्चाहुर्दृष्टा तां जनसंसदम् ॥

uddhṛtā pṛthivī nūnaṃ yuddhahetoḥ samāgataiḥ | iti tatra janāścāhurdṛṣṭā tāṃ janasaṃsadam

"Surely the earth has been lifted up by those who have gathered for war," the people there said, seeing that great assembly of men.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.100.8d*0727_01–02 (after 7.100.8).

Verse 13 (7.124.13)

चण्डवातविभिन्नानां समुद्राणामिव स्वनः । रणेऽभवद्बलौघानामन्योन्यमभिधावताम् ॥

caṇḍavātavibhinnānāṃ samudrāṇāmiva svanaḥ | raṇe'bhavadbalaughānāmanyonyamabhidhāvatām

The roar of the surging armies as they ran at one another in the battle was like the sound of oceans torn apart by a violent wind.

Verse 14 (7.124.14)

पार्थिवानां समेतानां बहून्यासन्नरोत्तम । त्वद्बले पाण्डवानां च सहस्राणि शतानि च ॥

pārthivānāṃ sametānāṃ bahūnyāsannarottama | tvadbale pāṇḍavānāṃ ca sahasrāṇi śatāni ca

O best of men, there were many hundreds and thousands of assembled kings, in your force and among the Pandavas alike.

Note on the text: Corrected प्राण्डवानां → पाण्डवानां (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र; CE pāṇḍavānāṃ).

Verse 15 (7.124.15)

संरब्धानां प्रवीराणां समरे दृढकर्मणाम् । तत्रासीत्सुमहाशब्दस्तुमुलो रोमहर्षणः ॥

saṃrabdhānāṃ pravīrāṇāṃ samare dṛḍhakarmaṇām | tatrāsītsumahāśabdastumulo romaharṣaṇaḥ

Among those furious champions, firm in their deeds, there rose in the battle a very great tumult of sound that made the hair stand on end.

Verse 16 (7.124.16)

पाण्डवानां कुरूणां च गर्जतामितरेतरम् । क्ष्वेलाः किलकिलाशब्दास्तत्रासन्वै सहस्रशः ॥

pāṇḍavānāṃ kurūṇāṃ ca garjatāmitaretaram | kṣvelāḥ kilakilāśabdāstatrāsanvai sahasraśaḥ

As the Pandavas and the Kurus roared at one another, shouts and kilakila cries arose there by the thousand.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (backtick). Removed a stray zero-width joiner. Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.100.11d*0729_01–02 (after 7.100.11).

Verse 17 (7.124.17)

भेरीशब्दाश्च तुमुला बाणशब्दाश्च भारत । अन्योन्यं निघ्नतां चैव नराणां शुश्रुवे स्वनः ॥

bherīśabdāśca tumulā bāṇaśabdāśca bhārata | anyonyaṃ nighnatāṃ caiva narāṇāṃ śuśruve svanaḥ

The tumult of kettledrums and the whirr of arrows, O Bharata, and the cries of men killing one another were heard.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (apostrophe). Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.100.11d*0729_03–04 (after 7.100.11).

Verse 18 (7.124.18)

अथाक्रन्दन्भीमसेनो धृष्टद्युम्नश्च मारिष । नकुलः सहदेवश्च धर्मराजश्च पाण्डवः ॥

athākrandanbhīmaseno dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca māriṣa | nakulaḥ sahadevaśca dharmarājaśca pāṇḍavaḥ

Then Bhimasena cried out, and Dhrishtadyumna, O lord, and Nakula, Sahadeva and the Pandava king Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Corrected भीसमेनो → भीमसेनो (misprint in Wikisource; the letters are transposed; CE bhīmaseno).

Verse 19 (7.124.19)

आगच्छत प्रहरत द्रुतं विपरिधावत । प्रविष्टावरिसेनां हि वीरौ माधवपाण्डवौ ॥

āgacchata praharata drutaṃ viparidhāvata | praviṣṭāvarisenāṃ hi vīrau mādhavapāṇḍavau

"Come on! Strike! Run swiftly! The two heroes, Madhava and Pandava, have entered the enemy host.

Note on the text: Speaker: the Pandava leaders named in verse 18 (their direct speech has no printed heading); the Wikisource heading would otherwise leave it with Sanjaya.

Verse 20 (7.124.20)

यथा सुखेन गच्छेतां जयद्रथवधं प्रति । तथा प्रकुरुत क्षिप्रमिति सैन्यान्यचोदयन् ॥

yathā sukhena gacchetāṃ jayadrathavadhaṃ prati | tathā prakuruta kṣipramiti sainyānyacodayan

Do it quickly, so that the two may go with ease toward the slaying of Jayadratha — so they urged the troops on.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.100.14a and 14c (CE 14c has the singular acodayat). Line 1 is the Pandava leaders' speech, line 2 closes it with narration, so the verse stays with Sanjaya.

Verse 21 (7.124.21)

तयोरभावे कुरवः कृतार्थाः स्युर्वयं जिताः ॥

tayorabhāve kuravaḥ kṛtārthāḥ syurvayaṃ jitāḥ

If they are lost, the Kurus will have gained their end and we shall be defeated.

Note on the text: A single line, = CE 7.100.14e (the third line of the CE's three-line verse 14). Speaker: the Pandava leaders named in verse 18 (their direct speech has no printed heading).

Verse 22 (7.124.22)

यत्र यातौ महात्मानौ तूर्णं परपुरञ्जयौ । ते यूयं सहिता भूत्वा तूर्णमेव बलार्णवम् । क्षोभयध्वं महावेगाः पवनः सागरं यथा ॥

yatra yātau mahātmānau tūrṇaṃ parapurañjayau | te yūyaṃ sahitā bhūtvā tūrṇameva balārṇavam | kṣobhayadhvaṃ mahāvegāḥ pavanaḥ sāgaraṃ yathā

Where those two great-souled conquerors of hostile cities have swiftly gone, there all of you together, with great speed, churn that ocean of an army, as the wind churns the sea."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Line 1 is CE star passage 7.100.14f*0730_01; lines 2–3 = CE 7.100.15a and 15c. Speaker: the Pandava leaders named in verse 18 (their direct speech, no printed heading), continuing from verse 19.

Verse 23 (7.124.23)

भीमसेनेन ते राजन्पाञ्चाल्येन च नोदिताः । आजघ्नुः कौरवान्सङ्ख्ये त्यक्त्वाऽसूनात्मनः प्रियान् ॥

bhīmasenena te rājanpāñcālyena ca noditāḥ | ājaghnuḥ kauravānsaṅkhye tyaktvā'sūnātmanaḥ priyān

Urged on by Bhimasena and the Panchala prince, they struck the Kauravas in the battle, throwing away their own dear lives.

Verse 24 (7.124.24)

इच्छन्तो निधनं युद्धे शस्त्रैरुत्तमतेजसः । स्वर्गेप्सवो मित्रकार्ये नाभ्यनन्दन्त जीवितम् ॥

icchanto nidhanaṃ yuddhe śastrairuttamatejasaḥ | svargepsavo mitrakārye nābhyanandanta jīvitam

Those men of surpassing fire, longing for death in battle by weapons and desiring heaven, for their friends' cause took no delight in life.

Verse 25 (7.124.25)

तथैव तावका राजन्प्रार्थयन्तो महद्यशः । आर्यां युद्धे मतिं कृत्वा युद्धायैवावतस्थिरे ॥

tathaiva tāvakā rājanprārthayanto mahadyaśaḥ | āryāṃ yuddhe matiṃ kṛtvā yuddhāyaivāvatasthire

So too your men, O king, seeking great fame and resolving on a noble course in battle, stood firm for the fight.

Verse 26 (7.124.26)

तस्मिन्सुतुमुले युद्धे वर्तमाने भयावहे । जित्वा सर्वाणि सैन्यानि प्रायात्सात्यकिरर्जुनं ॥

tasminsutumule yuddhe vartamāne bhayāvahe | jitvā sarvāṇi sainyāni prāyātsātyakirarjunaṃ

While that dreadful and terrible battle raged, Satyaki conquered all the armies and went on toward Arjuna.

Verse 27 (7.124.27)

कवचानां प्रभास्तत्र सूर्यरश्मिविराजिताः । दृष्टीः सङ्ख्ये सैनिकानां प्रतिजघ्नुः समन्ततः । ध्वजशस्त्रप्रतिहता लोकान्समवदीपयन् ॥

kavacānāṃ prabhāstatra sūryaraśmivirājitāḥ | dṛṣṭīḥ saṅkhye sainikānāṃ pratijaghnuḥ samantataḥ | dhvajaśastrapratihatā lokānsamavadīpayan

The gleam of the armour there, bright as the rays of the sun, struck back at the eyes of the soldiers in the battle from every side; struck by banners and weapons, it lit up the quarters of the world.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (backtick). Lines 1–2 = CE 7.100.20a and 20c (line 1 reads सूर्यरश्मिविराजिताः where the CE has sūryaraśmivicitritāḥ); line 3 is CE star passage 7.100.20d*0731_01.

Verse 28 (7.124.28)

चण्डवातोद्धतान्मेघान्विकिरन्रश्मिमानिव । तथा तव महत्सैन्यं तद्व्यरोचत तापयन् ॥

caṇḍavātoddhatānmeghānvikiranraśmimāniva | tathā tava mahatsainyaṃ tadvyarocata tāpayan

As the radiant sun scatters clouds driven by a violent wind, so that great army of yours shone, scorching the foe.

Note on the text: Line 2 is CE star passage 7.100.38d*0735_01; line 1 (चण्डवातोद्धतान्मेघान्विकिरन्रश्मिमानिव) is not in the critical edition (vulgate only).

Verse 29 (7.124.29)

सम्प्रहृष्टः स सहसा तव सैन्यार्णवं प्रति । लोलयन्सर्वतो गत्वा समुद्रं मकरो यथा ॥

samprahṛṣṭaḥ sa sahasā tava sainyārṇavaṃ prati | lolayansarvato gatvā samudraṃ makaro yathā

Greatly elated, he suddenly went into the ocean of your army and, stirring it up on every side, was like a sea-monster in the sea.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.100.38d*0735_02–03 (after 7.100.38).

Verse 30 (7.124.30)

तत्र राजन्महानासीत्सङ्ग्रामो भीतिवर्धनः । पाण्डवस्य महाबाहो तावकानां च दारुणः ॥

tatra rājanmahānāsītsaṅgrāmo bhītivardhanaḥ | pāṇḍavasya mahābāho tāvakānāṃ ca dāruṇaḥ

There, O king, a great and fearful battle took place, a dreadful one, between the Pandava, O mighty-armed one, and your men.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of CE 7.100.39a; line 2 is a variant of CE star passage 7.100.39b*0736_01.

Verse 31 (7.124.31)

रुद्रस्याक्रीडसङ्काशः संहारः सर्वदेहिनाम् । ततः शब्दो महानासीत्प्रायाद्यत्र धनञ्चयः ॥

rudrasyākrīḍasaṅkāśaḥ saṃhāraḥ sarvadehinām | tataḥ śabdo mahānāsītprāyādyatra dhanañcayaḥ

It was like the sport of Rudra, a destruction of all embodied beings. Then a great uproar rose from where Dhananjaya had gone.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of CE star passage 7.100.39b*0737_01 (CE: punar yena dhanaṃjayaḥ); line 2 = CE 7.100.39c.

Verse 32 (7.124.32)

तत्र स्म कदनं घोरं वर्तते पाण्डुपूर्वज । अर्जुनस्य महाबाहोस्तावकानां च धन्विनाम् ॥

tatra sma kadanaṃ ghoraṃ vartate pāṇḍupūrvaja | arjunasya mahābāhostāvakānāṃ ca dhanvinām

There a dreadful slaughter was going on, O elder brother of Pandu, between the mighty-armed Arjuna and your archers,

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE star passage 7.100.39b*0738_01; line 2 is CE star passage 7.100.39b*0737_03.

Verse 33 (7.124.33)

मध्ये भारतसैन्यस्य माधवस्य महारणे । द्रोणस्यापि परैः सार्धं व्यूहद्वारे सुदारुणम् ॥

madhye bhāratasainyasya mādhavasya mahāraṇe | droṇasyāpi paraiḥ sārdhaṃ vyūhadvāre sudāruṇam

in the midst of the Bharata army, in the great battle of Madhava, and Drona's too, with the enemies at the gate of the array, exceedingly fierce.

Note on the text: CE star passage 7.100.39b*0737_04–05 (line 2 ends सुदारुणम् where the CE has mahāraṇe).

Verse 34 (7.124.34)

एवमेष क्षयो वृत्तः पृथिव्यां पृथिवीपते । क्रुद्धेऽर्जुने तथा द्रोणे सात्वते च महारथे ॥

evameṣa kṣayo vṛttaḥ pṛthivyāṃ pṛthivīpate | kruddhe'rjune tathā droṇe sātvate ca mahārathe

Thus, O lord of the earth, this destruction came about on earth, when Arjuna, Drona and the great chariot-warrior of the Satvatas were enraged.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (apostrophe). CE star passage 7.100.39b*0737_06–07.

Verse 35 (7.124.35)

तथा प्रयतमानानां पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम् । दुर्योधनो महाराजन्व्यगाहत महद्बलम् ॥

tathā prayatamānānāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām | duryodhano mahārājanvyagāhata mahadbalam

While the great-souled Pandavas were thus striving, Duryodhana, O great king, plunged into their great host.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 7.100.21 (CE: tathā prayatamāneṣu pāṇḍaveyeṣu nirbhayaḥ).

Verse 36 (7.124.36)

स सन्निपातस्तुमुलस्तेषां तस्य च भारत । अभवत्सर्वभूतानामभावकरणो महान् ॥

sa sannipātastumulasteṣāṃ tasya ca bhārata | abhavatsarvabhūtānāmabhāvakaraṇo mahān

That clash between them and him, O Bharata, was tumultuous, a great destroyer of all beings.

Verse 37 (7.124.37)

तथा यातेषु सैन्येषु तथा कृच्छ्रगतः स्वयम् । कच्चिद्दुर्योधनः सूत नाकार्षीत्पृष्ठतो रणम् ॥

tathā yāteṣu sainyeṣu tathā kṛcchragataḥ svayam | kaccidduryodhanaḥ sūta nākārṣītpṛṣṭhato raṇam

When the armies had gone thus, and he himself was in such distress, I hope Duryodhana did not turn his back on the battle, Suta?

Verse 38 (7.124.38)

एकस्य च बहूनां च सन्निपातो महाहवे । विशेषतो नरपतेर्विषमः प्रतिभाति मे ॥

ekasya ca bahūnāṃ ca sannipāto mahāhave | viśeṣato narapaterviṣamaḥ pratibhāti me

A clash of one against many in a great battle seems to me uneven, especially for a king.

Verse 39 (7.124.39)

सोऽत्यन्तसुखसंवृद्धो लक्ष्म्या लोकस्य चेश्वरः । एको बहून्समासाद्य कच्चिन्नासीत्पराङ्मुखः ॥

so'tyantasukhasaṃvṛddho lakṣmyā lokasya ceśvaraḥ | eko bahūnsamāsādya kaccinnāsītparāṅmukhaḥ

Brought up in the utmost comfort, a lord of the world through his fortune, did he, facing many alone, not turn away?

Verse 40 (7.124.40)

राजन्सङ्ग्राममाश्चर्यं तव पुत्रस्य भारत । एकस्य बहुभिः सार्धं शृणुष्व गदतो मम ॥

rājansaṅgrāmamāścaryaṃ tava putrasya bhārata | ekasya bahubhiḥ sārdhaṃ śṛṇuṣva gadato mama

O king, O Bharata, hear as I tell you of the wondrous battle of your son, one against many.

Verse 41 (7.124.41)

दुर्योधनेन समरे पृतना पाण्डवी रणे । नलिनी द्विरदेनेव समन्तात्प्रतिलोडिता ॥

duryodhanena samare pṛtanā pāṇḍavī raṇe | nalinī dviradeneva samantātpratiloḍitā

Duryodhana churned the Pandava army in the battle on every side, as an elephant churns a lotus pond.

Note on the text: Corrected द्वरिदेनेव → द्विरदेनेव (misprint in Wikisource; द्विरद is the word for elephant; CE dviradeneva). A variant of CE 7.100.27 (CE: duryodhanena sahasā pāṇḍavī pṛtanā raṇe … vipraloḍitā).

Verse 42 (7.124.42)

ततस्तां प्रहतां सेनां दृष्ट्वा पुत्रेण ते नृप । भीमसेनपुरोगास्तं पाञ्चालाः समुपाद्रुवन् ॥

tatastāṃ prahatāṃ senāṃ dṛṣṭvā putreṇa te nṛpa | bhīmasenapurogāstaṃ pāñcālāḥ samupādruvan

Then, O king, seeing that army cut down by your son, the Panchalas with Bhimasena at their head rushed at him.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 7.100.28.

Verse 43 (7.124.43)

स भीमसेनं दशभिः शरैर्विव्याध पाण्डवम् । त्रिभिस्त्रिभिर्यमौ वीरौ धर्मराजं च सप्तभिः ॥

sa bhīmasenaṃ daśabhiḥ śarairvivyādha pāṇḍavam | tribhistribhiryamau vīrau dharmarājaṃ ca saptabhiḥ

He pierced the Pandava Bhimasena with ten arrows, the two heroic twins with three each, and Dharmaraja with seven.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of CE 7.100.29a; line 2 = CE star passage 7.100.29b*0732_01.

Verse 44 (7.124.44)

विराटद्रुपदौ षद्भिः शतेन च शिखण्डिनम् । धृष्टद्युम्नं च विंशत्या द्रौपदेयांस्त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः ॥

virāṭadrupadau ṣadbhiḥ śatena ca śikhaṇḍinam | dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca viṃśatyā draupadeyāṃstribhistribhiḥ

He struck Virata and Drupada with six arrows each, Shikhandin with a hundred, Dhrishtadyumna with twenty, and the sons of Draupadi with three each.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.100.29c; line 2 differs from the CE's 7.100.30a (dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca viṃśatyā dharmaputraṃ ca saptabhiḥ), which Wikisource does not have in this form.

Verse 45 (7.124.45)

शतशश्चापरान्योधान्सद्विपांश्च रथान्रणे । शरैरवचकर्तोग्रैः क्रुद्धोऽन्तक इव प्रजाः ॥

śataśaścāparānyodhānsadvipāṃśca rathānraṇe | śarairavacakartograiḥ kruddho'ntaka iva prajāḥ

Furious like Death among his creatures, he cut down with fierce arrows hundreds of other warriors in the battle, and chariots together with their elephants.

Verse 46 (7.124.46)

न सन्दधद्विमुञ्चन्वा मण्डलीकृतकार्मुकः । अदृश्यत रिपून्निघ्नञ्छिक्षयाऽस्तबलेन च ॥

na sandadhadvimuñcanvā maṇḍalīkṛtakārmukaḥ | adṛśyata ripūnnighnañchikṣayā'stabalena ca

With his bow bent into a circle, he was seen killing his enemies without any sign of fitting or loosing the arrow, so great was his skill and the force of his weapons.

Verse 47 (7.124.47)

तस्य तान्निघ्नतः शत्रून्हेमपृष्ठं महद्धनुः । अजस्रं मण्डलीभूतं ददृशुः समरे जनाः ॥

tasya tānnighnataḥ śatrūnhemapṛṣṭhaṃ mahaddhanuḥ | ajasraṃ maṇḍalībhūtaṃ dadṛśuḥ samare janāḥ

As he slew those foes, the people in the battle saw his great golden-backed bow bent ceaselessly into a circle.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.100.33a; line 2 = CE star passage 7.100.33d*0733_01.

Verse 48 (7.124.48)

ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा भल्लाभ्यामच्छिनद्धनुः । तव पुत्रस्य कौरव्य यतमानस्य संयुगे ॥

tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā bhallābhyāmacchinaddhanuḥ | tava putrasya kauravya yatamānasya saṃyuge

Then King Yudhishthira cut your son's bow in two with a pair of broad-headed arrows, as he strove in the fight, O Kaurava.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.100.33d*0733_02–03 (after 7.100.33).

Verse 49 (7.124.49)

विव्याध चैनं दशभिः सम्यगस्तैः शरोत्तमैः । वर्म चाशु समासाद्य ते भित्त्वा क्षितिमाविशन् ॥

vivyādha cainaṃ daśabhiḥ samyagastaiḥ śarottamaiḥ | varma cāśu samāsādya te bhittvā kṣitimāviśan

And he pierced him with ten excellent arrows, well shot; they quickly reached his armour, split it and went into the earth.

Verse 50 (7.124.50)

ततः प्रमुदिताः पार्थाः परिवव्रुर्युधिष्ठिरम् । यथा वृत्रवधे देवाः पुरा शक्रं महर्षयः ॥

tataḥ pramuditāḥ pārthāḥ parivavruryudhiṣṭhiram | yathā vṛtravadhe devāḥ purā śakraṃ maharṣayaḥ

Then the delighted Parthas surrounded Yudhishthira, as the gods and great sages once surrounded Shakra at the slaying of Vritra.

Verse 51 (7.124.51)

ततोऽन्यद्धनुरादाय तव पुत्रः प्रतापवान् । तिष्ठेतिष्ठेति राजानं ब्रुवन्पाण्डवमभ्ययात् ॥

tato'nyaddhanurādāya tava putraḥ pratāpavān | tiṣṭhetiṣṭheti rājānaṃ bruvanpāṇḍavamabhyayāt

Then your son, the mighty one, took up another bow and went at the Pandava king, crying, "Stand! Stand!"

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE star passage 7.100.36b*0734_01; line 2 = CE 7.100.36c.

Verse 52 (7.124.52)

तमायान्तमभिप्रेक्ष्य तव पुत्रं महामृधे । प्रत्युद्ययुः समुदिताः पाञ्चाला जयगृद्धिनः ॥

tamāyāntamabhiprekṣya tava putraṃ mahāmṛdhe | pratyudyayuḥ samuditāḥ pāñcālā jayagṛddhinaḥ

Seeing your son advancing in the great battle, the Panchalas, delighted and eager for victory, rushed out to meet him.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 7.100.37.

Verse 53 (7.124.53)

तान्द्रोणः प्रतिजग्राह परीप्सन्युधि पाण्डवम् । चण्डवातोद्धुतान्मेघान्गिरिरम्बुमुचो यथा ॥

tāndroṇaḥ pratijagrāha parīpsanyudhi pāṇḍavam | caṇḍavātoddhutānmeghāngirirambumuco yathā

Drona, intent on seizing the Pandava in the fight, met them as a mountain meets rain-clouds driven by a violent wind.

Verse 54 (7.124.54)

तत्र राजन्महानासीत्सङ्ग्रामो रोमहर्षणः । पाण्डवानां महाबाहो तावकानां च संयुगे ॥

tatra rājanmahānāsītsaṅgrāmo romaharṣaṇaḥ | pāṇḍavānāṃ mahābāho tāvakānāṃ ca saṃyuge

There, O king, a hair-raising battle took place, O mighty-armed one, between the Pandavas and your men in the fight.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of CE 7.100.39a; line 2 a variant of CE star passage 7.100.39b*0736_01. Wikisource prints this passage twice (here, and earlier in verses 30–34, inside a bracketed insertion); both are kept.

Verse 55 (7.124.55)

रुद्रस्याक्रीडसदृशः संहारः सर्वदेहिनाम् ॥

rudrasyākrīḍasadṛśaḥ saṃhāraḥ sarvadehinām

It was like the sport of Rudra, a destruction of all embodied beings.

Note on the text: A single line, = CE 7.100.39c (repeating verse 31, line 2).

Verse 56 (7.124.56)

ततः शब्दो महानासीद्यातो येन धनञ्जयः । अतीव सर्वशब्देभ्यो रोमहर्षकरः प्रभो ॥

tataḥ śabdo mahānāsīdyāto yena dhanañjayaḥ | atīva sarvaśabdebhyo romaharṣakaraḥ prabho

Then, O lord, a great sound arose where Dhananjaya had gone, more hair-raising than any other sound.

Note on the text: CE star passage 7.100.39b*0737_01–02 (line 1 reads यातो येन where the CE has punar yena).

Verse 57 (7.124.57)

अर्जुनस्य महाबाहो तावकानां च धन्विनाम् । मध्ये भारतसैन्यस्य माधवस्य महारणे । द्रोणस्यापि परैः सार्धं व्यूहद्वारे महारणे ॥

arjunasya mahābāho tāvakānāṃ ca dhanvinām | madhye bhāratasainyasya mādhavasya mahāraṇe | droṇasyāpi paraiḥ sārdhaṃ vyūhadvāre mahāraṇe

Of mighty-armed Arjuna and your archers, in the midst of the Bharata army, in the great battle of Madhava, and in the great battle of Drona too, with the enemies at the gate of the array.

Note on the text: CE star passage 7.100.39b*0737_03–05, a repeat of verses 32–33.

Verse 58 (7.124.58)

एवमेष क्षयो वृत्तः पृथिव्यां पृथिवीपते । क्रुद्धेऽर्जुने तथा द्रोणे सात्वते च महारथे ॥

evameṣa kṣayo vṛttaḥ pṛthivyāṃ pṛthivīpate | kruddhe'rjune tathā droṇe sātvate ca mahārathe

Thus, O lord of the earth, this destruction came about on earth, when Arjuna, Drona and the great chariot-warrior of the Satvatas were enraged.

Note on the text: CE star passage 7.100.39b*0737_06–07, a repeat of verse 34.