Yudhishthira Sends Bhima After Arjuna and Satyaki

Verse 1 (7.126.1)

व्यूहेष्वालोड्यमानेषु पाण्डवानां ततस्ततः । सुदूरमन्वयुः पार्थाः पाञ्चालाः सह सोमकैः ॥

vyūheṣvāloḍyamāneṣu pāṇḍavānāṃ tatastataḥ | sudūramanvayuḥ pārthāḥ pāñcālāḥ saha somakaiḥ

While the Pandava formations were being thrown into disorder here and there, the Parthas and the Panchalas with the Somakas went far afield in pursuit.

Verse 2 (7.126.2)

वर्तमाने तथा रौद्रे सङ्ग्रामे रोमहर्षणे । सङ्क्षये जगतस्तीव्रे युगान्त इव भारत ॥

vartamāne tathā raudre saṅgrāme romaharṣaṇe | saṅkṣaye jagatastīvre yugānta iva bhārata

While that dreadful, hair-raising battle went on, as fierce as the world's destruction at the end of an age, O Bharata,

Note on the text: Wikisource सङ्क्षये and रोमहर्षणे, CE prakṣaye and lomaharṣaṇe (recension variants).

Verse 3 (7.126.3)

द्रोणे युधि पराक्रान्ते नर्दमाने मुहुर्मुहुः । पाञ्चालेषु च क्षीणेषु वध्यमानेषु पाण्डुषु ॥

droṇe yudhi parākrānte nardamāne muhurmuhuḥ | pāñcāleṣu ca kṣīṇeṣu vadhyamāneṣu pāṇḍuṣu

and while Drona, fighting with fury in the clash, roared again and again, the Panchalas were dwindling and the Pandavas were being slain,

Verse 4 (7.126.4)

नापश्यच्छरणं कञ्चिद्धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः । चिन्तयामास राजेन्द्र कथमेतद्भविष्यति ॥

nāpaśyaccharaṇaṃ kañciddharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | cintayāmāsa rājendra kathametadbhaviṣyati

King Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma, saw no refuge anywhere. He thought, O best of kings: "How will this end?"

Note on the text: Corrected वर्मराजो → धर्मराजो (misprint in Wikisource; the letters व and ध are confused; CE dharmarājo).

Verse 5 (7.126.5)

ततो विक्ष्य दिशः सर्वाः सव्यसाचिदिदृक्षया । युधिष्ठिरो ददर्शाथ नैव पार्थं न माधवम् ॥

tato vikṣya diśaḥ sarvāḥ savyasācididṛkṣayā | yudhiṣṭhiro dadarśātha naiva pārthaṃ na mādhavam

Then, looking in every direction in his longing to see Savyasachin, Yudhishthira saw neither Partha nor Madhava.

Note on the text: Wikisource tato vikṣya, CE tatrāvekṣya (recension variant).

Verse 6 (7.126.6)

सोऽपश्यन्नरशार्दूलं वानरर्षभलक्षणम् । गाण्डीवस्य च निर्घोषमशृण्वन्व्यथितेन्द्रियः ॥

so'paśyannaraśārdūlaṃ vānararṣabhalakṣaṇam | gāṇḍīvasya ca nirghoṣamaśṛṇvanvyathitendriyaḥ

He could not see that tiger among men whose banner bears the best of monkeys, and he could not hear the twang of the Gandiva; his senses were shaken.

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width joiner.

Verse 7 (7.126.7)

अपश्यन्सात्यकिं चापि वृष्णीनां प्रवरं रथम् । चिन्तयाभिपरीताङ्गो धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः । नाध्यगच्छत्तदा शान्तिं तावपश्यन्नरोत्तमौ ॥

apaśyansātyakiṃ cāpi vṛṣṇīnāṃ pravaraṃ ratham | cintayābhiparītāṅgo dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | nādhyagacchattadā śāntiṃ tāvapaśyannarottamau

Nor could he see Satyaki, the foremost chariot-warrior of the Vrishnis. Overcome with anxious thought, Yudhishthira, the king of dharma, found no peace then, for he could not see those two best of men.

Note on the text: Corrected शान्ति → शान्तिं (misprint in Wikisource; the accusative needs its final anusvara; CE śāntiṃ). Line 3 ends नरोत्तमौ for CE nararṣabhau (recension variant).

Verse 8 (7.126.8)

लोकोपक्रोशभीरुत्वाद्धर्मराजो महामनाः । अचिन्तयन्महाबाहुः शैनेयस्य रथं प्रति ॥

lokopakrośabhīrutvāddharmarājo mahāmanāḥ | acintayanmahābāhuḥ śaineyasya rathaṃ prati

Out of fear of the world's censure, the great-hearted, mighty-armed Dharmaraja turned his thoughts to Shaineya's chariot.

Note on the text: Corrected द्वर्मराजो → द्धर्मराजो (misprint in Wikisource; the letters व and ध are confused; CE dharmarājo). Wikisource महामना, CE mahāyaśāḥ (recension variant). Verses 9-25 (line 1) are Yudhishthira's unspoken thoughts and stay with the narrator Sanjaya.

Verse 9 (7.126.9)

पदवीं प्रेषितश्चैव फल्गुनस्य मया रणे । शैनेयः सात्यकिः सत्यो मित्राणामभयङ्करः ॥

padavīṃ preṣitaścaiva phalgunasya mayā raṇe | śaineyaḥ sātyakiḥ satyo mitrāṇāmabhayaṅkaraḥ

"I sent Satyaki Shaineya, the truthful, the banisher of his friends' fear, into the battle along Phalguna's track.

Verse 10 (7.126.10)

तदिदं ह्येकमेवासीद्द्विधा जातं ममाऽद्य वै । सात्यकिश्च हि विज्ञेयः पाण्डवश्च धनञ्जयः ॥

tadidaṃ hyekamevāsīddvidhā jātaṃ mamā'dya vai | sātyakiśca hi vijñeyaḥ pāṇḍavaśca dhanañjayaḥ

Today this one concern has become two for me: Satyaki must be looked after, and so must Dhananjaya the Pandava.

Note on the text: Corrected सीद्द्द्विधा → सीद्द्विधा (misprint in Wikisource; a द was doubled once too often; CE dvidhā). Wikisource सात्यकिश्च हि विज्ञेयः, CE sātyakiś ca hi me jñeyaḥ (recension variant).

Verse 11 (7.126.11)

सात्यकिं प्रेषयित्वा तु पाण्डवस्य पदानुगम् । सात्वतस्यापि कं युद्धे प्रेषयिष्ये पदानुगम् ॥

sātyakiṃ preṣayitvā tu pāṇḍavasya padānugam | sātvatasyāpi kaṃ yuddhe preṣayiṣye padānugam

Having sent Satyaki after the Pandava's track, whom am I to send in the battle after the track of that Sattvata?

Verse 12 (7.126.12)

करिष्यामि प्रयत्नेन भ्रातुरन्वेषणं यदि । युयुधानमनन्विष्य लोको मां गर्हयिष्यति ॥

kariṣyāmi prayatnena bhrāturanveṣaṇaṃ yadi | yuyudhānamananviṣya loko māṃ garhayiṣyati

If I go to great lengths to search for my brother and do not search for Yuyudhana, the world will blame me.

Note on the text: Corrected परिष्यामि → करिष्यामि (misprint in Wikisource; परिष्यामि is not a word; CE kariṣyāmi).

Verse 13 (7.126.13)

भ्रातुरन्वेषणं कृत्वा धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । परित्यजति वार्ष्णेयं सात्यकिं सत्यविक्रमम् ॥

bhrāturanveṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | parityajati vārṣṇeyaṃ sātyakiṃ satyavikramam

Having searched for his brother, Yudhishthira, Dharma's son, is abandoning the Vrishni Satyaki, whose valour is true.

Note on the text: Wikisource dharmaputro, CE dharmarājo (recension variant).

Verse 14 (7.126.14)

लोकापवादभीरुत्वात्सोऽहं पार्थं वृकोदरम् । पदवीं प्रेषयिष्यामि माधवस्य महात्मनः ॥

lokāpavādabhīrutvātso'haṃ pārthaṃ vṛkodaram | padavīṃ preṣayiṣyāmi mādhavasya mahātmanaḥ

Out of fear of the world's reproach, I shall therefore send Partha Vrikodara after the track of the great-souled Satyaki of the Madhava line.

Verse 15 (7.126.15)

यथैव च मम प्रीतिरर्जुने शत्रुसूदने । तथैव वृष्णिवीरेऽपि सात्वते युद्धदुर्मदे ॥

yathaiva ca mama prītirarjune śatrusūdane | tathaiva vṛṣṇivīre'pi sātvate yuddhadurmade

As my affection is for Arjuna, destroyer of foes, so it is for the Vrishni hero, the Sattvata, so fierce in battle.

Note on the text: Corrected शत्रुमूदने → शत्रुसूदने (misprint in Wikisource; मूदन is not a word; CE śatrusūdane).

Verse 16 (7.126.16)

अतिभारे नियुक्तश्च मया शैनेयनन्दनः । स तु मित्रोपरोधेन गौरवात्तु महाबलः । प्रविष्टो भारतीं सेनां मकरः सागरं यथा ॥

atibhāre niyuktaśca mayā śaineyanandanaḥ | sa tu mitroparodhena gauravāttu mahābalaḥ | praviṣṭo bhāratīṃ senāṃ makaraḥ sāgaraṃ yathā

I laid a very heavy burden on that scion of Shini's line. Yet out of consideration for his friend, and out of respect for me, the mighty one has plunged into the Bharata army like a makara into the ocean.

Note on the text: Wikisource गौरवात्तु, CE gauravāc ca (recension variant).

Verse 17 (7.126.17)

असौ हि श्रूयते शब्दः शूराणामनिवर्तिनाम् । मिथः संयुध्यमानानां वृष्णिवीरेण धीमता ॥

asau hi śrūyate śabdaḥ śūrāṇāmanivartinām | mithaḥ saṃyudhyamānānāṃ vṛṣṇivīreṇa dhīmatā

That sound is being heard: the cries of heroes who never turn back, locked in combat with the wise Vrishni hero.

Note on the text: Corrected संयुध्यमानानं → संयुध्यमानानां (misprint in Wikisource; the genitive plural -ānām lost its long ā; CE saṃyudhyamānānāṃ).

Verse 18 (7.126.18)

प्राप्तकालं सुबलवन्निश्चितं बहुधा हि मे । तत्रैव पाण्डवेयस्य भीमसेनस्य धन्विनः । गमनं रोचते मह्यं यत्र यातौ महारथौ ॥

prāptakālaṃ subalavanniścitaṃ bahudhā hi me | tatraiva pāṇḍaveyasya bhīmasenasya dhanvinaḥ | gamanaṃ rocate mahyaṃ yatra yātau mahārathau

The time has come. After weighing it many ways, I have firmly decided: it pleases me that Bhimasena, the Pandava archer, go to where those two great chariot-warriors have gone.

Note on the text: Wikisource niścitaṃ, CE niścitya (recension variant).

Verse 19 (7.126.19)

न चाप्यसह्यं भीमस्य विद्यते भुवि किञ्चिन ॥

na cāpyasahyaṃ bhīmasya vidyate bhuvi kiñcina

And there is nothing on earth that is beyond Bhima.

Note on the text: Not matched by the aligner: this line is CE 7.102.19a (the CE's three-line verse 7.102.19, which Wikisource divides into verses 19 and 20).

Verse 20 (7.126.20)

शक्तो ह्येष रणे यत्तः पृथिव्यां सर्वधन्विनाम् । स्वबाहुबलमास्थाय प्रतिव्यूहितुमञ्जसा ॥

śakto hyeṣa raṇe yattaḥ pṛthivyāṃ sarvadhanvinām | svabāhubalamāsthāya prativyūhitumañjasā

For he is able, when intent on a task, to meet and withstand every archer on earth with ease, relying on nothing but the strength of his own arms.

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 = CE 7.102.19c and 19e (the CE verse 7.102.19 is a three-line verse; Wikisource divides it between verses 19 and 20). Wikisource यत्तः, CE yattān (recension variant).

Verse 21 (7.126.21)

यस्य बाहुबलं सर्वे समाश्रित्य महात्मनः । वनवासान्निवृत्ताः स्म न च युद्धेषु निर्जिताः ॥

yasya bāhubalaṃ sarve samāśritya mahātmanaḥ | vanavāsānnivṛttāḥ sma na ca yuddheṣu nirjitāḥ

Relying on the strength of whose arms we all came back from our forest exile, and were never defeated in battle.

Verse 22 (7.126.22)

इतो गते भीमसेने सात्वतं प्रति पाण्डवे । सनाथौ भवितारौ हि युधि सात्वतफल्गुनौ ॥

ito gate bhīmasene sātvataṃ prati pāṇḍave | sanāthau bhavitārau hi yudhi sātvataphalgunau

With Bhima the Pandava gone from here to the Sattvata's side, Satyaki and Phalguna will both have a protector in battle.

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width joiner.

Verse 23 (7.126.23)

कामं त्वशोचनीयौ तौ रणे सात्वतफल्गुनौ । रक्षितौ वासुदेवेन स्वयं शस्त्रविशारदौ ॥

kāmaṃ tvaśocanīyau tau raṇe sātvataphalgunau | rakṣitau vāsudevena svayaṃ śastraviśāradau

Though in truth those two, Satyaki and Phalguna, are not to be grieved for in battle, since they are themselves skilled in arms and guarded by Vasudeva,

Note on the text: Wikisource शस्त्रविशारदौ, CE cāstraviśāradau (recension variant).

Verse 24 (7.126.24)

अवश्यं तु मया कार्यमात्मनः शोकनाशनम् । तस्माद्भीमं नियोक्ष्यामि सात्वतस्य पदानुगम् ॥

avaśyaṃ tu mayā kāryamātmanaḥ śokanāśanam | tasmādbhīmaṃ niyokṣyāmi sātvatasya padānugam

yet I must by all means do what will end my own sorrow. Therefore I shall set Bhima to follow after the Sattvata's track.

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 = CE 7.102.23a and 23c (not matched by the aligner).

Verse 25 (7.126.25)

ततः प्रतिकृतं मन्ये विधानं सात्यकिं प्रति । एवं निश्चित्य मनसा धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

tataḥ pratikṛtaṃ manye vidhānaṃ sātyakiṃ prati | evaṃ niścitya manasā dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Then I shall consider the arrangement for Satyaki made." Having resolved this in his mind, Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma,

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.102.23e; line 2 = CE 7.102.24a (not matched by the aligner).

Verse 26 (7.126.26)

यन्तारमब्रवीद्राजा भीमं प्रति नयस्व माम् ॥

yantāramabravīdrājā bhīmaṃ prati nayasva mām

the king said to his charioteer: "Take me to Bhima."

Note on the text: One line, = CE 7.102.24c (not matched by the aligner).

Verse 27 (7.126.27)

धर्मराजवचः श्रुत्वा सारथिर्हयकोविदः । रथं हेमपरिष्कारं भीमान्तिकमुपानयत् ॥

dharmarājavacaḥ śrutvā sārathirhayakovidaḥ | rathaṃ hemapariṣkāraṃ bhīmāntikamupānayat

Hearing Dharmaraja's words, the charioteer, skilled with horses, brought the gold-adorned chariot to Bhima's side.

Verse 28 (7.126.28)

भीमसेनमनुज्ञाप्य प्राप्तकालमचिन्तयत् । कश्मलं प्राविशद्राजा बहु तत्र समादिशत् ॥

bhīmasenamanujñāpya prāptakālamacintayat | kaśmalaṃ prāviśadrājā bahu tatra samādiśat

Having sought Bhimasena's consent, he judged that the time had come; the king sank into dejection and gave many instructions there.

Note on the text: Wikisource bhīmasenam anujñāpya … acintayat … samādiśat; CE bhīmasenam anuprāpya … anusmaran … samādiśan (recension variants).

Verse 29 (7.126.29)

स कश्मलसमाविष्टो भीममाहूय पार्थिवः । अब्रवीद्वचनं राजन्कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

sa kaśmalasamāviṣṭo bhīmamāhūya pārthivaḥ | abravīdvacanaṃ rājankuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Overcome with dejection, the king called Bhima to him and spoke these words, O king: Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, said:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.102.26d*0758_01–02 (after 7.102.26).

Verse 30 (7.126.30)

अब्रवीद्वचनं राजन्कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । यः सदेवान्सगन्धर्वान्दैत्यांश्चैकरथोऽजयत् ॥

abravīdvacanaṃ rājankuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | yaḥ sadevānsagandharvāndaityāṃścaikaratho'jayat

Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, spoke these words, O king: "He who alone on a single chariot conquered the gods, the gandharvas and the daityas —

Note on the text: Line 1 repeats the last line of verse 29 (Wikisource prints it as 5-126-29b and again as 5-126-30a; it is CE star line 7.102.26d*0758_02), kept as the base text has it. Line 2 = CE 7.102.27a. Speaker: the verse opens with narration and its speech runs on into the next verse.

Verse 31 (7.126.31)

तस्य लक्ष्म न पश्यामि भीमसेनानुजस्य ते ॥

tasya lakṣma na paśyāmi bhīmasenānujasya te

of him, that younger brother of yours, Bhimasena, I can see no trace."

Note on the text: Wikisource verse 31 is split at the speaker heading सञ्जय उवाच (5-126-31x), which falls after line 1; this first half is the end of Yudhishthira's speech begun in verse 30 (= CE 7.102.27c). The sentence reads on from verse 30: bhīmasenānujasya te is 'of your younger brother, Bhimasena' (Arjuna).

Verse 32 (7.126.32)

ततोऽब्रवीद्धर्मराजं भीमसेनस्तथागतम् । नैवाद्राक्षं नचाश्रौषं तव कश्मलमीदृशम् ॥

tato'bravīddharmarājaṃ bhīmasenastathāgatam | naivādrākṣaṃ nacāśrauṣaṃ tava kaśmalamīdṛśam

Then Bhimasena said to Dharmaraja, who was in this state: "I have never seen or heard of such dejection in you before.

Note on the text: Second half of Wikisource verse 31, after the printed heading सञ्जय उवाच (5-126-31x); lines = CE 7.102.28a and 28c. Speaker: line 1 is narration, and Bhima's speech begins in line 2 and runs on into the next verses.

Verse 33 (7.126.33)

पुरातिदुःखदीर्णानां भवान्गतिरभूद्धि नः । उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ राजेन्द्र शाधि किं करवाणि ते ॥

purātiduḥkhadīrṇānāṃ bhavāngatirabhūddhi naḥ | uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha rājendra śādhi kiṃ karavāṇi te

In the past, when we were torn by suffering, you were our refuge. Rise, rise, O king of kings, and command me. What shall I do for you?

Note on the text: Wikisource पुरातिदुःखदीर्णानां, CE purā hi duḥkhadīrṇānāṃ (recension variant). Speaker: Bhima's speech fills the whole verse; no heading is printed for it (the page's headings are सञ्जय उवाच at 5-126-31x and 34x).

Verse 34 (7.126.34)

न ह्यसाध्यमकार्यं वा विद्यते मम मानद । आज्ञापय कुरुश्रेष्ठ मा च शोके मनः कृथाः ॥

na hyasādhyamakāryaṃ vā vidyate mama mānada | ājñāpaya kuruśreṣṭha mā ca śoke manaḥ kṛthāḥ

Nothing is impossible or forbidden for me, O giver of honour. Command me, best of the Kurus, and do not set your mind on grief."

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhima's speech continues, filling the whole verse; no heading is printed.

Verse 35 (7.126.35)

तमब्रवीदश्रुपूर्णः कृष्णसर्प इव श्वसन् । भीमसेनमिदं वाक्यं प्रम्लानवदनो नृपः ॥

tamabravīdaśrupūrṇaḥ kṛṣṇasarpa iva śvasan | bhīmasenamidaṃ vākyaṃ pramlānavadano nṛpaḥ

His eyes full of tears, hissing like a black serpent, his face faded, the king said this to Bhimasena:

Verse 36 (7.126.36)

श्रूयते पाञ्चजन्यस्य यथा शङ्खस्य निस्वनः । पूरितो वासुदेवेन संरब्धेन यशस्विना ॥

śrūyate pāñcajanyasya yathā śaṅkhasya nisvanaḥ | pūrito vāsudevena saṃrabdhena yaśasvinā

"The sound of the conch Panchajanya is heard, blown in fury by the glorious Vasudeva.

Note on the text: Not matched by the aligner: lines = CE 7.102.32a and 32c, with Wikisource nisvanaḥ / pūrito for CE nirghoṣaḥ / prerito (recension variants). Speaker: Yudhishthira's speech to Bhima fills verses 35-55; no heading is printed after the narration of verse 34, so the speech is given to him.

Verse 37 (7.126.37)

नूनमद्य हतः शेते तव भ्राता धनञ्जयः । तस्मिन्विनिहते नूनं युध्यतेऽसौ जनार्दनः ॥

nūnamadya hataḥ śete tava bhrātā dhanañjayaḥ | tasminvinihate nūnaṃ yudhyate'sau janārdanaḥ

Surely your brother Dhananjaya lies slain today; and with him slain, Janardana is surely fighting.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.102.32e and 33a. Speaker: Yudhishthira, continuing.

Verse 38 (7.126.38)

यस्य सत्ववतो वीर्यं ह्युपजीवन्ति पाण्डवाः । यं भयेष्वभिगच्छन्ति सहस्राक्षमिवामराः ॥

yasya satvavato vīryaṃ hyupajīvanti pāṇḍavāḥ | yaṃ bhayeṣvabhigacchanti sahasrākṣamivāmarāḥ

That mighty one, on whose strength the Pandavas live, to whom they turn in times of fear as the immortals turn to thousand-eyed Indra —

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.102.33c and 34a. Speaker: Yudhishthira, continuing.

Verse 39 (7.126.39)

स शूरः सैन्धवप्रेप्सुरन्वयाद्भारतीं चमूम् । तस्य वै गमनं विद्मो भीम नावर्तनं पुनः ॥

sa śūraḥ saindhavaprepsuranvayādbhāratīṃ camūm | tasya vai gamanaṃ vidmo bhīma nāvartanaṃ punaḥ

that hero, seeking Saindhava, went into the Bharata army. We know of his going, Bhima, but not of his coming back.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.102.34c and 35a. Speaker: Yudhishthira, continuing.

Verse 40 (7.126.40)

श्यामो युवा गुडाकेशो दर्शनीयो महारथः । व्यूढोरस्को महाबाहुर्मत्तद्विरदविक्रमः ॥

śyāmo yuvā guḍākeśo darśanīyo mahārathaḥ | vyūḍhorasko mahābāhurmattadviradavikramaḥ

Dark, young, thick-haired, handsome to behold, a great chariot-warrior, broad-chested and mighty-armed, with the gait of a rutting elephant,

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.102.35c (Wikisource mahārathaḥ, CE mahābhujaḥ); line 2 = CE 7.102.36a (Wikisource mahābāhur, CE mahāskandho). Speaker: Yudhishthira, continuing.

Verse 41 (7.126.41)

चकोरनेत्रस्ताम्रास्यो द्विषतां भयवर्धनः । मम प्रियहितार्थं च शक्रलोकादिहागतः ॥

cakoranetrastāmrāsyo dviṣatāṃ bhayavardhanaḥ | mama priyahitārthaṃ ca śakralokādihāgataḥ

with eyes like a chakora's and a copper-red face, one who raises his enemies' terror — and he came here from Indra's world for my pleasure and good —

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Line 1 = CE 7.102.36c (Wikisource tāmrāsyo … bhayavardhanaḥ, CE tāmrākṣo … aghavardhanaḥ); line 2 is CE star passage 7.102.36d*0760_01. Speaker: Yudhishthira, continuing.

Verse 42 (7.126.42)

वृद्धोपसेवी धृतिमान्कृतज्ञः सत्यसङ्गरः । प्रविष्टो महतीं सेनामपर्यन्तां धनञ्जयः ॥

vṛddhopasevī dhṛtimānkṛtajñaḥ satyasaṅgaraḥ | praviṣṭo mahatīṃ senāmaparyantāṃ dhanañjayaḥ

who serves the elders, steadfast, grateful, true to his word — Dhananjaya has entered the vast, boundless army.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.102.36d*0760_02–03 (Wikisource aparyantāṃ, CE arpayantāṃ). Speaker: Yudhishthira, continuing.

Verse 43 (7.126.43)

प्रविष्टे च चमूं घोरामर्जुने शत्रुनाशने । प्रेषितः सात्वतो वीरः फल्गुनस्य पदानुगः ॥

praviṣṭe ca camūṃ ghorāmarjune śatrunāśane | preṣitaḥ sātvato vīraḥ phalgunasya padānugaḥ

When Arjuna, destroyer of foes, had entered that dreadful host, the Sattvata hero was sent to follow in Phalguna's footsteps.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.102.36d*0760_04–05. Speaker: Yudhishthira, continuing.

Verse 44 (7.126.44)

तस्याभिगमनं जाने भीम नावर्तनं पुनः । तदिदं मम भद्रं ते शोकस्थानमरिन्दम ॥

tasyābhigamanaṃ jāne bhīma nāvartanaṃ punaḥ | tadidaṃ mama bhadraṃ te śokasthānamarindama

I know of his going there, Bhima, but not of his return. So this, tamer of foes — may it be well with you — is my cause for grief,

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Line 1 is CE star passage 7.102.36d*0760_06; line 2 = CE 7.102.37a. Speaker: Yudhishthira, continuing.

Verse 45 (7.126.45)

अर्जुनार्थे महाबाहो सात्वतस्य च कारणात् । वर्धते हविषेवाग्निरिध्यमानः पुनः पुनः ॥

arjunārthe mahābāho sātvatasya ca kāraṇāt | vardhate haviṣevāgniridhyamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ

on account of Arjuna, mighty-armed one, and because of the Sattvata. It grows like a fire fed again and again with oblations.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.102.37c and 38a. Speaker: Yudhishthira, continuing.

Verse 46 (7.126.46)

तस्य लक्ष्म न पश्यामि तेन विन्दामि कश्मलम् । तं विद्धि पुरुषव्याघ्रं सात्वतं च महारथम् ॥

tasya lakṣma na paśyāmi tena vindāmi kaśmalam | taṃ viddhi puruṣavyāghraṃ sātvataṃ ca mahāratham

I see no trace of him, and so I am in dejection. Know that tiger among men, the Sattvata great chariot-warrior:

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.102.38c and 39a. Speaker: Yudhishthira, continuing.

Verse 47 (7.126.47)

स तं महारथं पश्चादनुयातस्तवानुजम् । तमपश्यन्महाबाहुमहं विन्दामि कश्मलम् ॥

sa taṃ mahārathaṃ paścādanuyātastavānujam | tamapaśyanmahābāhumahaṃ vindāmi kaśmalam

he went after that great chariot-warrior, your younger brother. Not seeing that mighty-armed one, I am in dejection.

Note on the text: Corrected महाबाहुमदं → महाबाहुमहं (misprint in Wikisource; मदं does not fit; CE mahābāhum ahaṃ). Lines = CE 7.102.39c and 39e. Speaker: Yudhishthira, continuing.

Verse 48 (7.126.48)

अथैनं पुनराचक्ष्व लोहिताक्षं सकेशवम् । दृष्ट्वा कुशलिनं पार्थं सैन्धवान्ते ससात्यकिम् ॥

athainaṃ punarācakṣva lohitākṣaṃ sakeśavam | dṛṣṭvā kuśalinaṃ pārthaṃ saindhavānte sasātyakim

Then, after you have seen red-eyed Partha safe, with Keshava and Satyaki, at the place where Saindhava meets his end, bring me word of him again.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Not in the critical edition's main text; line 1 is CE star passage 7.102.039f*0762_01, and line 2 is a variant of the first line of star passage 7.102.039f*0763_01 (CE: dṛṣṭvā kuśalinau kṛṣṇau). Speaker: Yudhishthira, continuing.

Verse 49 (7.126.49)

संविदं मम कुर्यास्त्वं सिंहनादेन पाण्डव ॥

saṃvidaṃ mama kuryāstvaṃ siṃhanādena pāṇḍava

Give me a sign with a lion's roar, Pandava.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.102.039f*0763_02 (line 2 of the same star passage). Speaker: Yudhishthira, continuing.

Verse 50 (7.126.50)

नूनं विनिहतः शूरः सव्यसाची परन्तप । पार्थे तस्मिन्हते चैव युध्यते गरुडध्वजः ॥

nūnaṃ vinihataḥ śūraḥ savyasācī parantapa | pārthe tasminhate caiva yudhyate garuḍadhvajaḥ

Surely the hero Savyasachin, scourge of foes, has been slain; and with Partha slain, Garudadhvaja is fighting.

Note on the text: Corrected सव्यासाची → सव्यसाची (misprint in Wikisource; the name is savyasācī). Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.102.039f*0764_03–04. Speaker: Yudhishthira, continuing.

Verse 51 (7.126.51)

सहायो नास्य वै कश्चित्तेन विन्दामि कश्मलम् । तस्मात्कृष्णो रणे नूनं युध्यते युद्धकोविदः ॥

sahāyo nāsya vai kaścittena vindāmi kaśmalam | tasmātkṛṣṇo raṇe nūnaṃ yudhyate yuddhakovidaḥ

He has no companion at all, and that is why I am in dejection. So Krishna, skilled in war, is surely fighting in the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected सहयो → सहायो (misprint in Wikisource; सहय is not a word; CE sahāyo). Line 1 = CE star passage 7.102.039f*0761_02 (Wikisource places it here, not after 7.102.39); line 2 = CE 7.102.40a. Speaker: Yudhishthira, continuing.

Verse 52 (7.126.52)

न हि मे शुध्यते भावस्तयोरेव परन्तप । स तत्र गच्छ कौन्तेय यत्र यातो धनञ्जयः ॥

na hi me śudhyate bhāvastayoreva parantapa | sa tatra gaccha kaunteya yatra yāto dhanañjayaḥ

My heart is not at peace about those two, scourge of foes. So go there, son of Kunti, to where Dhananjaya has gone.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE star passage 7.102.040d*0765_01; line 2 = CE 7.102.41a. Speaker: Yudhishthira, continuing.

Verse 53 (7.126.53)

सात्यकिश्च महावीर्यः कर्तव्यं यदि मन्यसे । वचनं मम धर्मज्ञ भ्राता ज्येष्ठो भवामि ते ॥

sātyakiśca mahāvīryaḥ kartavyaṃ yadi manyase | vacanaṃ mama dharmajña bhrātā jyeṣṭho bhavāmi te

And to mighty Satyaki as well, if you think my word should be done, O knower of dharma; I am your elder brother.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.102.41c and 41e (Wikisource bhrātā jyeṣṭho bhavāmi te, CE jyeṣṭho bhrātā bhavāmi te). Speaker: Yudhishthira, continuing.

Verse 54 (7.126.54)

न मेऽर्जुनस्तथा ज्ञेयो ज्ञातव्यः सात्यकिर्यथा ॥

na me'rjunastathā jñeyo jñātavyaḥ sātyakiryathā

For my part, Arjuna is not so much the one to be found out about as Satyaki is.

Note on the text: One line, = CE 7.102.42a; Wikisource न मेऽर्जुनः, CE na te 'rjunaḥ (recension variant, kept). Speaker: Yudhishthira, continuing.

Verse 55 (7.126.55)

चिकीर्षुर्मत्प्रियं पार्थ स यातः सव्यसाचिनः । पदवीं दुर्गमां घोरामगम्यामकृतात्मभिः ॥

cikīrṣurmatpriyaṃ pārtha sa yātaḥ savyasācinaḥ | padavīṃ durgamāṃ ghorāmagamyāmakṛtātmabhiḥ

Wishing to do what pleases me, Partha, he has gone along Savyasachin's track, a terrible and hard path, unreachable for those of unformed self.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 42c and 42e (Wikisource yātaḥ, CE prayātaḥ). Speaker: Yudhishthira, continuing.

Verse 56 (7.126.56)

दृष्ट्वा कुशलिनौ कृष्णौ सात्वतं चैव सात्यकिम् । संविदं चैव कुर्यास्त्वं सिंहनादेन पाण्डव ॥

dṛṣṭvā kuśalinau kṛṣṇau sātvataṃ caiva sātyakim | saṃvidaṃ caiva kuryāstvaṃ siṃhanādena pāṇḍava

Having seen the two Krishnas safe, and the Sattvata Satyaki too, give me a sign by a lion's roar, Pandava."

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width joiner. Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.102.039f*0763_01–02 (the same passage as verses 47-48, here repeated with a variant second line). Speaker: Yudhishthira, continuing.