Bhima Slays Seven of Dhritarashtra's Sons

Verse 1 (7.137.1)

भीमसेनस्य राधेयः श्रुत्वा ज्यातलनिःस्वनम् । नामृष्यत यथा मत्तो गजः प्रतिगजस्वनम् ॥

bhīmasenasya rādheyaḥ śrutvā jyātalaniḥsvanam | nāmṛṣyata yathā matto gajaḥ pratigajasvanam

When Karna, the son of Radha, heard the twang of Bhimasena's bowstring, he could not bear it, as a rutting elephant cannot bear the trumpeting of a rival elephant.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-1a/b); text as printed. Corrected ज्यातलनिः स्वनम् → ज्यातलनिःस्वनम् (misprints in Wikisource; stray space inside the compound). Both lines are the critical edition's 7.112.1; the CE reads jyātalanisvanam (no visarga) for the page's ज्यातलनिःस्वनम् (kept). Adhyaya note: the input for this adhyaya was mis-parsed (each half-line of the raw page was taken as a separate row, so the numbers ran 1, 1, 2, 2, … and nothing was aligned to the critical edition). The text was rebuilt from the raw Wikisource page, joining the a/b half-lines of each numbered verse (53 verses, the page's own numbers kept; verses 27 and 44 have three lines). The whole page is the critical edition's adhyaya 7.112 (7.112.1-45, with the star passages *0877, *0879-*0882, *0884-*0886 and *0888); the page omits the CE's star passages *0878, *0883, *0887 and *0889 and lines 7.112.2cd and 7.112.39c. The page prints headings "सञ्जय उवाच" before verses 1, 20 and 36; the unheaded speeches of Duryodhana (18-19) and Bhimasena (32-35) are assigned to them, as the sense requires.

Verse 2 (7.137.2)

सोऽपक्रम्य मुहूर्तं तु भीमसेनस्य गोचरात् । पुत्रांस्तव ददर्शाथ भीमसेनेन पातितान् ॥

so'pakramya muhūrtaṃ tu bhīmasenasya gocarāt | putrāṃstava dadarśātha bhīmasenena pātitān

Then Karna, having drawn away for a moment from the range of Bhimasena's arrows, saw your sons who had been struck down by Bhimasena.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-2a/b); text as printed. Corrected सोपक्रम्य → सोऽपक्रम्य, मुहूर्तै → मुहूर्तं (misprints in Wikisource; missing avagraha; the critical edition reads apakramya sa; stray vowel sign; the critical edition reads muhūrtaṃ). Line 1 is a variant of the critical edition's 7.112.2ab (sa … apakramya … śaragocarāt); line 2 is the star line 7.112.2d*0877_01. The CE's own line 7.112.2cd (tava cādhirathir dṛṣṭvā syandanebhyaś cyutān sutān) is not on the page.

Verse 3 (7.137.3)

तानवेक्ष्य नरश्रेष्ठ विमना दुःखितस्तदा । निःश्वसन्दीर्घमुष्णं च कर्णः पाण्डवमभ्ययात् ॥

tānavekṣya naraśreṣṭha vimanā duḥkhitastadā | niḥśvasandīrghamuṣṇaṃ ca karṇaḥ pāṇḍavamabhyayāt

Seeing them, O best of men, Karna was downcast and grieved; sighing long and hot, he advanced against the Pandava.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-3a/b); text as printed. Corrected निः श्वसन् → निःश्वसन् (misprints in Wikisource; stray space inside the word). A variant of the critical edition's 7.112.3 (the CE has bhīmasenena nihatān vimanā duḥkhito 'bhavat / … punaḥ pāṇḍavam abhyayāt); kept as printed.

Verse 4 (7.137.4)

स ताम्रनयनः क्रोधाच्छ्वसन्निव महोरगः । बभौ कर्णः शरानस्यन्रश्मीनिव दिवाकरः ॥

sa tāmranayanaḥ krodhācchvasanniva mahoragaḥ | babhau karṇaḥ śarānasyanraśmīniva divākaraḥ

His eyes red with rage, hissing like a great serpent, Karna shone as he shot his arrows, like the sun sending out its rays.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-4a/b); text as printed. Corrected रशमीनिव → रश्मीनिव (misprints in Wikisource; broken conjunct). Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.112.4a; line 2 is a variant of 7.112.4c (the CE reads raśmivān iva bhāskaraḥ).

Verse 5 (7.137.5)

किरणैरिव सूर्यस्य महीध्रो भरतर्षभ । कर्णचापच्युतैर्वाणैः प्राच्छाद्यत वृकोदरः ॥

kiraṇairiva sūryasya mahīdhro bharatarṣabha | karṇacāpacyutairvāṇaiḥ prācchādyata vṛkodaraḥ

O best of the Bharatas, as a mountain is covered by the sun's rays, so Vrikodara was covered by the arrows shot from Karna's bow.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-5a/b); text as printed. Line 1 is a variant of the critical edition's 7.112.5a (raśmijālair ivārkasya vitatair); line 2 is 7.112.5c.

Verse 6 (7.137.6)

ते कर्णचापप्रभवाः शरा बर्हिणवाससः । विविशुः सर्वतः पार्थ वासायेवाण्डजाद्रुमम् ॥

te karṇacāpaprabhavāḥ śarā barhiṇavāsasaḥ | viviśuḥ sarvataḥ pārtha vāsāyevāṇḍajādrumam

Those arrows born of Karna's bow, clothed in peacock feathers, entered the son of Pritha on every side, as birds enter a tree to roost.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-6a/b); text as printed. Line 1 is a variant of the critical edition's 7.112.6a (karṇacāpacyutāś citrāḥ śarā barhiṇavāsasaḥ); line 2 is 7.112.6c.

Verse 7 (7.137.7)

कर्णचापच्युता बाणाः संपतन्तस्ततस्ततः । रुक्मपुङ्खा व्यराजन्त हंसाः श्रेणीकृता इव ॥

karṇacāpacyutā bāṇāḥ saṃpatantastatastataḥ | rukmapuṅkhā vyarājanta haṃsāḥ śreṇīkṛtā iva

The arrows falling from Karna's bow, dropping this way and that, golden-shafted, looked like geese flying in ordered rows.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-7a/b); text as printed. Identical to the critical edition's 7.112.7.

Verse 8 (7.137.8)

चापध्वजोपस्करेभ्यश्छत्रादीषामुखाद्युगात् । प्रभवन्तो व्यदृश्यन्त राजन्नाघिरथेः शराः ॥

cāpadhvajopaskarebhyaśchatrādīṣāmukhādyugāt | prabhavanto vyadṛśyanta rājannāghiratheḥ śarāḥ

From his bow, his banner, his fittings, his umbrella, the tip of the chariot-pole and the yoke, O king, the arrows of Adhiratha's son were seen streaming out.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-8a/b); text as printed. Identical to the critical edition's 7.112.8.

Verse 9 (7.137.9)

खं पूरयन्महावेगात्खगमान्गृध्रवाससः । सुवर्णविकृतांश्चित्रान्मुमोचाधिरथिः शरान् ॥

khaṃ pūrayanmahāvegātkhagamāngṛdhravāsasaḥ | suvarṇavikṛtāṃścitrānmumocādhirathiḥ śarān

Filling the sky with great speed, Adhiratha's son loosed arrows that sped through the air, vulture-feathered, wondrous, wrought with gold.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-9a/b); text as printed. Corrected सुवर्ण्विकृतांश्चित्रान् → सुवर्णविकृतांश्चित्रान् (misprints in Wikisource; stray virama). A variant of the critical edition's 7.112.9 (the CE reads mahāvegān khagamān khagavāsasaḥ; the page has महावेगात् … गृध्रवाससः); line 2 is 7.112.9c.

Verse 10 (7.137.10)

तमन्तकमिवायस्तमापतन्तं वृकोदरम् । त्यक्त्वा प्राणानतिक्रम्य विव्याध निशितैः शरैः ॥

tamantakamivāyastamāpatantaṃ vṛkodaram | tyaktvā prāṇānatikramya vivyādha niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Staking his life, Karna pierced with sharp arrows Vrikodara, who came charging at him, straining like Death himself.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-10a/b); text as printed. Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.112.10a; line 2 is a variant of 7.112.10c (the CE reads tyaktvā prāṇān abhikrudhya vivyādha navabhiḥ śaraiḥ). The page has no verse-end mark after 10b; supplied.

Verse 11 (7.137.11)

तस्य वेगमसह्यं स दृष्ट्वा कर्णस्य पाण्डवः । महतश्च शरौघांस्तान्न्यवारयत् वीर्यवान् ॥

tasya vegamasahyaṃ sa dṛṣṭvā karṇasya pāṇḍavaḥ | mahataśca śaraughāṃstānnyavārayat vīryavān

Seeing that unbearable onrush of Karna, the valiant Pandava warded off those mighty floods of arrows.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-11a/b); text as printed. A variant of the critical edition's 7.112.11 (the CE has asaṃsahyaṃ … naivāvyathata vīryavān).

Verse 12 (7.137.12)

ततो विधम्याधिरथेः शरजालानि पाण्डवः । विव्याध कर्णं विंशत्या पुनरन्यैः शिलाशितैः ॥

tato vidhamyādhiratheḥ śarajālāni pāṇḍavaḥ | vivyādha karṇaṃ viṃśatyā punaranyaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ

Then the Pandava scattered the nets of arrows of Adhiratha's son and pierced Karna with twenty, and again with others, whetted on stone.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-12a/b); text as printed. Corrected कर्ण विंशत्या → कर्णं विंशत्या (misprints in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; the critical edition reads karṇaṃ). Identical to the critical edition's 7.112.12. Removed the page number run into the end of the verse.

Verse 13 (7.137.13)

यथैव हि स कर्णेन पार्थः प्रच्छादितः शरैः । तथैव स रणे कर्णं छादयामास पाण्डवः ॥

yathaiva hi sa karṇena pārthaḥ pracchāditaḥ śaraiḥ | tathaiva sa raṇe karṇaṃ chādayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ

As Partha had been covered by Karna with arrows, so in the battle the Pandava covered Karna in return.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-13a/b); text as printed. Corrected रणे कर्ण छादयामास → रणे कर्णं छादयामास (misprints in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; the critical edition reads karṇaṃ). A variant of the critical edition's 7.112.13ab (the CE reads yathaiva hi śaraiḥ pārthaḥ sūtaputreṇa chāditaḥ); line 2 is 7.112.13c.

Verse 14 (7.137.14)

दृष्ट्वा तु भीमसेनस्य विक्रमं युधि भारत । अभ्यनन्दंस्त्वदीयाश्च संप्रहृष्टाश्च चारणाः ॥

dṛṣṭvā tu bhīmasenasya vikramaṃ yudhi bhārata | abhyanandaṃstvadīyāśca saṃprahṛṣṭāśca cāraṇāḥ

Seeing Bhimasena's prowess in the battle, O Bharata, your own men and the bards, greatly delighted, applauded.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-14a/b); text as printed. Identical to the critical edition's 7.112.14.

Verse 15 (7.137.15)

भूरश्रवाः कृपो द्रौणिर्मद्रराजो जयद्रथः । उत्तमौजा युधामन्युः सात्यकिः केशवार्जुनौ ॥

bhūraśravāḥ kṛpo drauṇirmadrarājo jayadrathaḥ | uttamaujā yudhāmanyuḥ sātyakiḥ keśavārjunau

Bhurishravas, Kripa, Drona's son, the king of Madra, Jayadratha, Uttamaujas, Yudhamanyu, Satyaki, Keshava and Arjuna —

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-15a/b); text as printed. Corrected सायकिः → सात्यकिः (misprints in Wikisource; dropped syllable; the critical edition reads sātyakiḥ). Identical to the critical edition's 7.112.15 (after the correction).

Verse 16 (7.137.16)

कुरुपाण्डवपक्षस्था दश राजन्महारथाः । साधुसाध्विति वेगेन सिंहनादमथानदन् ॥

kurupāṇḍavapakṣasthā daśa rājanmahārathāḥ | sādhusādhviti vegena siṃhanādamathānadan

these ten great chariot-warriors on the sides of the Kurus and the Pandavas, O king, cried "Well done! Well done!" and in their force roared a lion's roar.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-16a/b); text as printed. A variant of the critical edition's 7.112.16ab (the CE has kurupāṇḍavānāṃ pravarā daśa rājan mahārathāḥ); line 2 is 7.112.16c.

Verse 17 (7.137.17)

तस्मिन्समुत्थिते शब्दे तुमुले रोमहर्षणे । अभ्यभाषत पुत्रस्ते राजन्दुर्योधनस्त्वरन् ॥

tasminsamutthite śabde tumule romaharṣaṇe | abhyabhāṣata putraste rājanduryodhanastvaran

When that tumultuous, hair-raising uproar had risen, your son, O king, Duryodhana, in haste, spoke out.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-17a/b); text as printed. Corrected र्आजन्दुर्योधनस्त्वरन् → राजन्दुर्योधनस्त्वरन् (misprints in Wikisource; garbled vowel sign). A variant of the critical edition's 7.112.17 (the CE has tasmiṃs tu tumule śabde pravṛtte lomaharṣaṇe / abhyabhāṣata putrāṃs te …).

Verse 18 (7.137.18)

राज्ञः सराजपुत्रांश्च सोदर्यांश्च विशेषतः । कर्णं गच्छत भद्रं वः परीप्सन्तो वृकोदरात् ॥

rājñaḥ sarājaputrāṃśca sodaryāṃśca viśeṣataḥ | karṇaṃ gacchata bhadraṃ vaḥ parīpsanto vṛkodarāt

"Go to Karna, you kings, and princes with you, and above all my brothers — good fortune be with you — to protect him from Vrikodara.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-18a/b); text as printed. Corrected सोदर्याश्च → सोदर्यांश्च, कर्ण गच्छत → कर्णं गच्छत (misprints in Wikisource; accusative required; the critical edition reads sodaryāṃś ca; dropped anusvara; the critical edition reads karṇaṃ). Identical to the critical edition's 7.112.18 (after the corrections). Speaker: Duryodhana's words, which the page prints without a heading (the page's "सञ्जय उवाच" comes after verse 19).

Verse 19 (7.137.19)

पुरा निघ्नन्ति राधेयं भीमचापच्युताः शराः । ते यतध्वं महेष्वासाः सूतपुत्रस्य रक्षणे ॥

purā nighnanti rādheyaṃ bhīmacāpacyutāḥ śarāḥ | te yatadhvaṃ maheṣvāsāḥ sūtaputrasya rakṣaṇe

Before the arrows shot from Bhima's bow strike down the son of Radha, strive, great archers, to guard the charioteer's son."

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-19a/b); text as printed. Corrected निघ्नन्त्इ → निघ्नन्ति (misprints in Wikisource; garbled vowel sign). Identical to the critical edition's 7.112.19 (after the correction). Speaker: Duryodhana, as in verse 18.

Verse 20 (7.137.20)

दुर्योधनसमादिष्टाः सोदर्याः सप्त भारत । भीमसेनमभिद्रुत्य संरब्धाः पर्यवारयन् ॥

duryodhanasamādiṣṭāḥ sodaryāḥ sapta bhārata | bhīmasenamabhidrutya saṃrabdhāḥ paryavārayan

Commanded by Duryodhana, seven of his brothers, O Bharata, rushed at Bhimasena in fury and surrounded him.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-20a/b); text as printed. Corrected संरब्घाः → संरब्धाः (misprints in Wikisource; घ for ध). A variant of the critical edition's 7.112.20a (the CE has … sapta māriṣa); line 2 is 7.112.20c. Speaker: Sanjaya, as headed (the page repeats "सञ्जय उवाच" before this verse).

Verse 21 (7.137.21)

ते समासाद्य कौन्तेयमावृण्वञ्शरवृष्टिभिः । पर्वतं वारिधाराभिः प्रावृषीव बलाहकाः ॥

te samāsādya kaunteyamāvṛṇvañśaravṛṣṭibhiḥ | parvataṃ vāridhārābhiḥ prāvṛṣīva balāhakāḥ

Reaching the son of Kunti, they covered him with showers of arrows, as clouds in the rainy season cover a mountain with streams of water.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-21a/b); text as printed. Identical to the critical edition's 7.112.21 (the page prints the verse-end mark without a space; normalised).

Verse 22 (7.137.22)

तेऽपीडयन्भीमसेनं क्रुद्धाः सप्त महारथाः । प्रजासंहरणे राजन्सोमं सप्तग्रहा इव ॥

te'pīḍayanbhīmasenaṃ kruddhāḥ sapta mahārathāḥ | prajāsaṃharaṇe rājansomaṃ saptagrahā iva

Those seven great chariot-warriors, enraged, pressed hard on Bhimasena, O king, as the seven planets press upon the moon at the dissolution of beings.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-22a/b); text as printed. Corrected कृध्दाः → क्रुद्धाः (misprints in Wikisource; garbled conjuncts (कृध्दाः for क्रुद्धाः)). Identical to the critical edition's 7.112.22 (after the correction).

Verse 23 (7.137.23)

ततो वेगेन कौन्तेयः पीडयित्वा शरासनम् । मुष्टिना पाण्डवो राजन्दृढेन सुपरिष्कृतम् ॥

tato vegena kaunteyaḥ pīḍayitvā śarāsanam | muṣṭinā pāṇḍavo rājandṛḍhena supariṣkṛtam

Then, O king, with force the son of Kunti, the Pandava, gripped hard his well-fitted bow in his firm fist,

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-23a/b); text as printed. A variant of the critical edition's 7.112.23a (the CE has tato vāmena kaunteyaḥ); line 2 is 7.112.23c.

Verse 24 (7.137.24)

अमानुषं कर्म कृत्वा सप्त सन्धाय सायकान् । तेभ्यो व्यसृजदायस्तः सूर्यरश्मिनिभान्प्रभुः ॥

amānuṣaṃ karma kṛtvā sapta sandhāya sāyakān | tebhyo vyasṛjadāyastaḥ sūryaraśminibhānprabhuḥ

and, having done a superhuman deed, the mighty one fitted seven arrows and, straining, loosed them at the seven, arrows bright as the rays of the sun,

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-24a/b); text as printed. Line 1 is not the critical edition's (it reads manuṣyasamatāṃ jñātvā for the page's अमानुषं कर्म कृत्वा; vulgate variant); line 2 is 7.112.24c.

Verse 25 (7.137.25)

निरस्यन्निव देहेभ्यस्तनयानामसूंस्तव । भीमसेनो महाराज पूर्ववैरमनुस्मरन् ॥

nirasyanniva dehebhyastanayānāmasūṃstava | bhīmaseno mahārāja pūrvavairamanusmaran

as if driving the life-breaths of your sons out of their bodies — Bhimasena, O great king, remembering the old enmity.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-25a/b); text as printed. Lines 1 and 2 are the critical edition's 7.112.25a and 25c. The CE's star line 7.112.25b*0878_01 is not on the page.

Verse 26 (7.137.26)

ते क्षिप्ता भीमसेनेन शरा भारत भारतान् । विदार्य खं समुत्पेतुः स्वर्णपुङ्खाः शिलाशिताः ॥

te kṣiptā bhīmasenena śarā bhārata bhāratān | vidārya khaṃ samutpetuḥ svarṇapuṅkhāḥ śilāśitāḥ

Those arrows shot by Bhimasena, O Bharata, with golden shafts and whetted on stone, tore through the Bharatas and flew up into the sky.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-26a/b); text as printed. Identical to the critical edition's 7.112.26.

Verse 27 (7.137.27)

तेषां विदार्य देहांस्ते शरा हेमविभूषिताः । भित्त्वाभित्त्वा क्षितिं जग्मुस्तेषामेवासुभिः सह । व्यराजन्त महाराज सुपर्णा इव खेचराः ॥

teṣāṃ vidārya dehāṃste śarā hemavibhūṣitāḥ | bhittvābhittvā kṣitiṃ jagmusteṣāmevāsubhiḥ saha | vyarājanta mahārāja suparṇā iva khecarāḥ

Those gold-adorned arrows, having torn through their bodies, went on piercing the earth together with their very life-breaths, and shone, O great king, like Suparnas ranging the sky.

Note on the text: Joined from the three half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-27a/b/c); text as printed. Corrected तेपामेवासुभिः → तेषामेवासुभिः (misprints in Wikisource; प for ष). Three lines (the page prints 27a, 27b, 27c). Line 1 is a variant of the critical edition's 7.112.27a (देहान् for cetāṃsi); line 2 is the star line 7.112.27b*0879_01 (भित्त्वाभित्त्वा for hitvā hitvā); line 3 is 7.112.27c. Removed the stray quotation marks round line 2.

Verse 28 (7.137.28)

शोणितादिग्धवाजाग्राः सप्त हेमपरिष्कृताः । पुत्राणां तव राजेन्द्र पीत्वा शोणितमुद्गताः ॥

śoṇitādigdhavājāgrāḥ sapta hemapariṣkṛtāḥ | putrāṇāṃ tava rājendra pītvā śoṇitamudgatāḥ

The seven arrows, adorned with gold, their feather-tips smeared with blood, rose up again, O king of kings, having drunk the blood of your sons.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-28a/b); text as printed. Identical to the critical edition's 7.112.28.

Verse 29 (7.137.29)

ते शरैर्भिन्नमर्माणो रथेभ्यः प्रापतन्क्षितौ । गिरिसानुरुहा भग्ना द्विपेनेव महाद्रुमाः ॥

te śarairbhinnamarmāṇo rathebhyaḥ prāpatankṣitau | girisānuruhā bhagnā dvipeneva mahādrumāḥ

Their vital parts pierced by the arrows, they fell from their chariots to the ground, like great trees on a mountain slope broken by an elephant.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-29a/b); text as printed. Corrected भग्न्रा → भग्ना (misprints in Wikisource; garbled conjunct). Identical to the critical edition's 7.112.29 (after the correction).

Verse 30 (7.137.30)

शत्रुंजयः शत्रुसहश्चित्रश्चित्रायुधो दृढः । चित्रसेनो विकर्णश्च सप्तैते विनिपातिताः ॥

śatruṃjayaḥ śatrusahaścitraścitrāyudho dṛḍhaḥ | citraseno vikarṇaśca saptaite vinipātitāḥ

Shatrunjaya, Shatrusaha, Chitra, Chitrayudha, Dridha, Chitrasena and Vikarna — these seven were struck down.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-30a/b); text as printed. Identical to the critical edition's 7.112.30.

Verse 31 (7.137.31)

पुत्राणां तव सर्वेषां निहतानां वृकोदरः । शोचत्यतिभृशं दुःखाद्विकर्णं पाण्डवः प्रियम् ॥

putrāṇāṃ tava sarveṣāṃ nihatānāṃ vṛkodaraḥ | śocatyatibhṛśaṃ duḥkhādvikarṇaṃ pāṇḍavaḥ priyam

Of all your sons who had been slain, Vrikodara the Pandava grieves most deeply, in his sorrow, for dear Vikarna.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-31a/b); text as printed. Corrected विकर्ण पाण्डवः → विकर्णं पाण्डवः (misprints in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; the CE star line reads vikarṇaṃ). Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.112.30d*0880_01-02. Speaker: Sanjaya (narration); Bhima's speech begins at verse 32.

Verse 32 (7.137.32)

प्रतिज्ञेयं मया वृत्ता निहन्तव्यास्तु संयुगे । विकर्ण तेनासि हतः प्रतिज्ञा रक्षिता मया ॥

pratijñeyaṃ mayā vṛttā nihantavyāstu saṃyuge | vikarṇa tenāsi hataḥ pratijñā rakṣitā mayā

"This was the vow I took, that they must be slain in battle. For that reason, Vikarna, you have been killed; I have kept my vow.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-32a/b); text as printed. Corrected निहन्तच्यास्तु → निहन्तव्यास्तु (misprints in Wikisource; च for व). Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.112.30d*0880_03-04 (the CE reads pratijñeyaṃ mayā dattā for the page's वृत्ता). Speaker: Bhimasena addressing the dead Vikarna; the page prints no heading, but its next heading (verse 36) returns to Sanjaya, and the first-person words are Bhima's.

Verse 33 (7.137.33)

त्वमागाः समरं वीर क्षात्रं धर्ममनुस्मरन् । ततो विनिहतः सङ्ख्ये युद्धधर्मो हि निष्ठुरः ॥

tvamāgāḥ samaraṃ vīra kṣātraṃ dharmamanusmaran | tato vinihataḥ saṅkhye yuddhadharmo hi niṣṭhuraḥ

You came to the fight, hero, remembering a warrior's duty, and so you were struck down in battle; for the law of war is harsh.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-33a/b); text as printed. Corrected युध्दधर्मो → युद्धधर्मो (misprints in Wikisource; ध्द for द्ध). Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.112.30d*0880_05 (line 1) and 7.112.30d*0881_01 (line 2, which the CE places after *0880_06-07). Speaker: Bhimasena, as in verse 32.

Verse 34 (7.137.34)

विशेषतो हि नृपतेस्तथाऽस्माकं हिते रतः । न्यायतोऽन्यायतो वाऽपि हतः शेते महाद्युतिः ॥

viśeṣato hi nṛpatestathā'smākaṃ hite rataḥ | nyāyato'nyāyato vā'pi hataḥ śete mahādyutiḥ

Devoted above all to the welfare of the king and of us as well, that man of great splendour lies slain, whether justly or unjustly.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-34a/b); text as printed. Corrected न्यायतोन्यायतो → न्यायतोऽन्यायतो (misprints in Wikisource; missing avagraha). Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.112.30d*0880_06-07 (the CE's second line is corrupt: nyāyato 'nyāyato naivam ekaḥ śoko mahādyutiḥ; the page reads न्यायतोऽन्यायतो वापि हतः शेते महाद्युतिः). Speaker: Bhimasena, as in verse 32.

Verse 35 (7.137.35)

अगाधबुद्धिर्गाङ्गेयः क्षितौ सुरगुरोः समः । त्याजितः समरे प्राणांस्तस्माद्युद्धं हि निष्ठुरम् ॥

agādhabuddhirgāṅgeyaḥ kṣitau suraguroḥ samaḥ | tyājitaḥ samare prāṇāṃstasmādyuddhaṃ hi niṣṭhuram

Even Gangeya, of fathomless wisdom, equal on earth to the preceptor of the gods, was made to give up his life in battle; war is therefore cruel."

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-35a/b); text as printed. Corrected अगाधवुध्दिर् → अगाधबुद्धिर् (misprints in Wikisource; व for ब; ध्द for द्ध). Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.112.30d*0882_01 (line 1, which the CE heads with "saṃjaya uvāca" at *0882_00) and a vulgate variant of *0882_02 (the CE reads tyājitaḥ samare prāṇān ajeyas tridaśair api; the page ends तस्माद्युद्धं हि निष्ठुरम्). The page prints no heading here and its "सञ्जय उवाच" stands before verse 36, so the verse is kept with Bhimasena.

Verse 36 (7.137.36)

तान्निहत्य महाबाहू राधेयस्यैव पश्यतः । सिंहनादरवं घोरमसृजत्पाण्डुनन्दनः ॥

tānnihatya mahābāhū rādheyasyaiva paśyataḥ | siṃhanādaravaṃ ghoramasṛjatpāṇḍunandanaḥ

Having slain them while Radha's son looked on, the mighty-armed son of Pandu let out a terrible lion's roar.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-36a/b); text as printed. Corrected महावाहू → महाबाहू, राघेयस्यैव → राधेयस्यैव, सिंहनादखं घोअमसृजत् → सिंहनादरवं घोरमसृजत् (misprints in Wikisource; व for ब; घ for ध; garbled; the critical edition reads siṃhanādaravaṃ ghoram asṛjat). Identical to the critical edition's 7.112.31 (after the corrections). Speaker: Sanjaya, as headed.

Verse 37 (7.137.37)

स रवस्तस्य शूरस्य धर्मराजस्य भारत । आचख्याविव तद्युद्धं विजयं चात्मनो महत् ॥

sa ravastasya śūrasya dharmarājasya bhārata | ācakhyāviva tadyuddhaṃ vijayaṃ cātmano mahat

That roar of the heroic Bhima, O Bharata, seemed to announce to Dharmaraja the battle and his own great victory.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-37a/b); text as printed. Corrected स खस्तस्य → स रवस्तस्य, आचर्व्याविव → आचख्याविव, तद्युध्दं → तद्युद्धं (misprints in Wikisource; garbled; the critical edition reads sa ravas tasya; garbled conjunct; the critical edition reads ācakhyāv iva; ध्द for द्ध). Identical to the critical edition's 7.112.32 (after the corrections); the CE's star line 7.112.32d*0883_01 is not on the page.

Verse 38 (7.137.38)

तं श्रुत्वा तु महानादं भीमसेनस्य धन्विनः । बभूव परमा प्रीतिर्धर्मराजस्य धीमतः ॥

taṃ śrutvā tu mahānādaṃ bhīmasenasya dhanvinaḥ | babhūva paramā prītirdharmarājasya dhīmataḥ

Hearing that great shout of Bhimasena the archer, the wise Dharmaraja felt the highest joy.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-38a/b); text as printed. A variant of the critical edition's 7.112.33 (the CE has taṃ śrutvā sumahānādaṃ … dharmarājasya saṃyuge).

Verse 39 (7.137.39)

ततो हृष्टमना राजन्वादित्राणां महास्वनैः । सिंहनादरवं भ्रातुः प्रतिजग्राह पाण्डवः ॥

tato hṛṣṭamanā rājanvāditrāṇāṃ mahāsvanaiḥ | siṃhanādaravaṃ bhrātuḥ pratijagrāha pāṇḍavaḥ

Then, glad at heart, O king, the Pandava answered his brother's lion's roar with the loud sounds of the instruments.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-39a/b); text as printed. Corrected महाखनैः → महास्वनैः, सिंहनादरव्ं → सिंहनादरवं (misprints in Wikisource; garbled; the critical edition reads mahāsvanaiḥ; stray virama). A variant of the critical edition's 7.112.34 (the CE has tato hṛṣṭo mahārāja vāditrāṇāṃ mahāsvanaiḥ / bhīmasenaravaṃ pārthaḥ pratijagrāha sarvaśaḥ).

Verse 40 (7.137.40)

हर्षेण महता युक्तः कृतसंज्ञे वृकोदरे । अभ्ययात्समरे द्रोणं सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरम् ॥

harṣeṇa mahatā yuktaḥ kṛtasaṃjñe vṛkodare | abhyayātsamare droṇaṃ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varam

Filled with great joy, once Vrikodara had given the signal, he advanced against Drona in the battle, the best of all who bear weapons.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-40a/b); text as printed. Corrected ऋकोदरे → वृकोदरे, सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरः → सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरम् (misprints in Wikisource; ऋ for वृ; ः for म्; the critical edition reads astrabhṛtāṃ varam, "the best of weapon-bearers" being Drona). The two lines are the critical edition's 7.112.35c and 7.112.35a in reverse order, with the variant सर्वशस्त्रभृतां for astrabhṛtāṃ.

Verse 41 (7.137.41)

एकत्रिंशन्महाराज पुत्रांस्तव निपातितान् । हतान्दुर्योधनो दृष्ट्वा क्षत्तुः सस्मार तद्वचः ॥

ekatriṃśanmahārāja putrāṃstava nipātitān | hatānduryodhano dṛṣṭvā kṣattuḥ sasmāra tadvacaḥ

O great king, seeing thirty-one of your sons laid low and slain, Duryodhana remembered the words of Kshattri.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-41a/b); text as printed. A variant of the critical edition's 7.112.36 (the CE has mahārathān hatān; the page has निपातितान् हतान्).

Verse 42 (7.137.42)

तदिदं समनुप्राप्तं क्षत्तुर्नैःश्रेयसं वचः । इति संचिन्त्य ते पुत्रो नोत्तरं प्रत्यपद्यत ॥

tadidaṃ samanuprāptaṃ kṣatturnaiḥśreyasaṃ vacaḥ | iti saṃcintya te putro nottaraṃ pratyapadyata

"This counsel of Kshattri, which led to the highest good, has now come to pass" — thinking thus, your son made no reply.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-42a/b); text as printed. Corrected क्षत्तुर्नैः श्रेयसं → क्षत्तुर्नैःश्रेयसं, स्ंचिन्त्य → संचिन्त्य (misprints in Wikisource; stray space inside the compound; stray virama). A variant of the critical edition's 7.112.37 (the CE has kṣattur hitakaraṃ vacaḥ / iti saṃcintya rājāsau nottaraṃ pratyapadyata).

Verse 43 (7.137.43)

यद्द्यूतकाले दुर्बुद्धिरब्रवीत्तनयस्तव । सभामानाय्य पाञ्चालीं कर्णेन सहितोऽल्पधीः ॥

yaddyūtakāle durbuddhirabravīttanayastava | sabhāmānāyya pāñcālīṃ karṇena sahito'lpadhīḥ

What your ill-minded, dull-witted son said at the time of the dice-game, when together with Karna he had brought Panchali into the assembly hall,

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-43a/b); text as printed. Corrected यद्दयूतकाले → यद्द्यूतकाले, दुर्बुध्दिर → दुर्बुद्धिर (misprints in Wikisource; dropped virama; द्यूत; ध्द for द्ध). Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.112.38a; line 2 is the star line 7.112.38b*0884_01. The sentence continues in verse 44.

Verse 44 (7.137.44)

यच्च कर्णोऽब्रवीत्कृष्णां सभायां परुषं वचः । प्रमुखे पाण्डुपुत्राणां तव चैव विशांपते । शृण्वतस्तव राजेन्द्र कौरवाणां च सर्वशः ॥

yacca karṇo'bravītkṛṣṇāṃ sabhāyāṃ paruṣaṃ vacaḥ | pramukhe pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ tava caiva viśāṃpate | śṛṇvatastava rājendra kauravāṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ

and the harsh words that Karna spoke to Krishna in the assembly, in the presence of the sons of Pandu and of you too, O lord of the people, within your hearing, O king of kings, and that of all the Kauravas —

Note on the text: Joined from the three half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-44a/b/c); text as printed. Three lines (the page prints 44a, 44b, 44c). Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.112.38c; line 2 is 7.112.39a; line 3 is the star line 7.112.39d*0885_01. The CE's 7.112.39c is not on the page.

Verse 45 (7.137.45)

विनष्टाः पाण्डवाः कृष्णे शाश्वतं नरकं गताः । पतिमन्यं वृणीष्वेति तस्येदं फलमागतम् ॥

vinaṣṭāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ kṛṣṇe śāśvataṃ narakaṃ gatāḥ | patimanyaṃ vṛṇīṣveti tasyedaṃ phalamāgatam

"The Pandavas are ruined, Krishna; they have gone to eternal hell; choose another husband" — the fruit of those words has now come.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-45a/b); text as printed. Identical to the critical edition's 7.112.40.

Verse 46 (7.137.46)

यच्च षण्ढतिलादीनि परुषाणि तवात्मजैः । श्रावितास्ते महात्मानः पाण्डवाः कोपयिष्णुभिः ॥

yacca ṣaṇḍhatilādīni paruṣāṇi tavātmajaiḥ | śrāvitāste mahātmānaḥ pāṇḍavāḥ kopayiṣṇubhiḥ

and the harsh taunts of "eunuchs" and "barren sesame seeds" and the like, which your sons, wishing to provoke them, made the great-souled Pandavas hear —

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-46a/b); text as printed. Corrected पण्डतिलादीनि → षण्ढतिलादीनि (misprints in Wikisource; प for ष and ण्ड for ण्ढ; the critical edition reads ṣaṇḍhatilādīni). Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.112.41d*0886_01-02. The sentence runs on from verses 44-45.

Verse 47 (7.137.47)

तं भीमसेनः क्रोधाग्निं त्रयोदश समाः स्थितम् । उद्गिरंस्तव पुत्राणामन्तं गच्छति पाण्डवः ॥

taṃ bhīmasenaḥ krodhāgniṃ trayodaśa samāḥ sthitam | udgiraṃstava putrāṇāmantaṃ gacchati pāṇḍavaḥ

that fire of anger, which Bhimasena has carried for thirteen years, he now spews forth and brings your sons to their end.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-47a/b); text as printed. Corrected क्रोधाग्रिं → क्रोधाग्निं (misprints in Wikisource; र for न). Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.112.42a; line 2 is a variant of 7.112.42c (the CE has visṛjaṃs tava putrāṇām antaṃ gacchati kaurava).

Verse 48 (7.137.48)

विलपंश्च बहु क्षत्ता शमं नालभत त्वयि । सपुत्रो भरतश्रेष्ठ तस्य भुङ्क्ष्व फलोदयम् ॥

vilapaṃśca bahu kṣattā śamaṃ nālabhata tvayi | saputro bharataśreṣṭha tasya bhuṅkṣva phalodayam

And Kshattri lamented much, yet won no peace from you. Now, with your sons, O best of the Bharatas, eat the ripened fruit of it.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-48a/b); text as printed. Corrected भुङ्ख → भुङ्क्ष्व (misprints in Wikisource; garbled conjunct; the critical edition reads bhuṅkṣva). Lines 1 and 2 are the critical edition's 7.112.43a and 43c (after the correction); its star line 7.112.43b*0887_01 is not on the page.

Verse 49 (7.137.49)

त्वया वृद्धेन धीरेण कार्यतत्त्वार्थदर्शिना । न कृतं सुहृदां वाक्यं दैवमत्र परायणम् ॥

tvayā vṛddhena dhīreṇa kāryatattvārthadarśinā | na kṛtaṃ suhṛdāṃ vākyaṃ daivamatra parāyaṇam

You, though old and steady, and able to see the true core of things, did not follow the words of your friends; in this, fate was the only refuge.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-49a/b); text as printed. Corrected वृध्देन → वृद्धेन (misprints in Wikisource; ध्द for द्ध). Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.112.43d*0888_01-02.

Verse 50 (7.137.50)

तन्मा शुचो नरव्याघ्र तवैवापनयो महान् । विनाशहेतुः पुत्राणां भवानेव मतो मम ॥

tanmā śuco naravyāghra tavaivāpanayo mahān | vināśahetuḥ putrāṇāṃ bhavāneva mato mama

So do not grieve, tiger among men: the great misdeed was your own. I hold that you yourself are the cause of your sons' destruction.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-50a/b); text as printed. Corrected नरव्याध्र → नरव्याघ्र (misprints in Wikisource; ध्र for घ्र). Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.112.43d*0888_03-04. Normalised the double danda at the end of the verse.

Verse 51 (7.137.51)

हतो विकर्णो राजेन्द्र चित्रसेनश्च वीर्यवान् । प्रवराश्चात्मजानां ते सुताश्चान्ये महारथाः ॥

hato vikarṇo rājendra citrasenaśca vīryavān | pravarāścātmajānāṃ te sutāścānye mahārathāḥ

Vikarna has been slain, O king of kings, and valiant Chitrasena, and with them the foremost of your sons, and other sons of yours, great chariot-warriors.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-51a/b); text as printed. Corrected चित्र्सेनश्च → चित्रसेनश्च (misprints in Wikisource; stray virama). Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.112.43e; line 2 is a variant of 7.112.44a (the CE has pravarān ātmajānāṃ te sutāṃś cānyān mahārathān).

Verse 52 (7.137.52)

यानन्यान्ददृशे भीमश्चक्षुर्विषयमागतान् । पुत्रांस्तव महाराज त्वरया ताञ्जधान ह ॥

yānanyāndadṛśe bhīmaścakṣurviṣayamāgatān | putrāṃstava mahārāja tvarayā tāñjadhāna ha

Whichever other sons of yours came within Bhima's sight, O great king, he killed them all in haste.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-52a/b); text as printed. Corrected दद्दशे → ददृशे (misprints in Wikisource; garbled; the critical edition reads dadṛśe). Line 1 is a variant of the critical edition's 7.112.44c (yān yāṃś ca dadṛśe bhīmaś cakṣurviṣayam āgatān); line 2 is 7.112.44e (kept as printed, with the variant ताञ्जघान ह).

Verse 53 (7.137.53)

त्वत्कृते ह्यहमद्राक्षं दह्यमानां वरुथिनीम् । सहस्रशः शरैर्मुक्तैः पाण्डवेन वृषेण च ॥

tvatkṛte hyahamadrākṣaṃ dahyamānāṃ varuthinīm | sahasraśaḥ śarairmuktaiḥ pāṇḍavena vṛṣeṇa ca

For your sake I saw your army burning under thousands of arrows shot by the Pandava and by Vrisha (Karna).

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-137-53a/b); text as printed. Identical to the critical edition's 7.112.45. The page ends here, without a colophon.