Bhurishravas Overpowers Satyaki; Arjuna Cuts Off His Arm

Verse 1 (7.142.1)

तमापतन्तं सम्प्रेक्ष्य सात्वतं युद्धदुर्मदम् । क्रोधाद्भूरिश्रवा राजन्सहसा समुपाद्रवत् ॥

tamāpatantaṃ samprekṣya sātvataṃ yuddhadurmadam | krodhādbhūriśravā rājansahasā samupādravat

Seeing the Satvata rushing upon him, wild for battle, Bhurishravas, O king, suddenly charged at him in anger.

Verse 2 (7.142.2)

तमब्रवीन्महाराज कौरव्यः शिनिपुङ्गवम् । अद्य प्राप्तोऽपि दिष्ट्या मे चक्षुर्विषयमित्युत ॥

tamabravīnmahārāja kauravyaḥ śinipuṅgavam | adya prāpto'pi diṣṭyā me cakṣurviṣayamityuta

The Kaurava, O great king, said to that bull among the Shinis: "By good fortune you have now come within sight of my eyes!"

Verse 3 (7.142.3)

चिराभिलषितं काममहं प्राप्स्यामि संयुगे । न हि मे मोक्ष्यसे जीवन्यदि नोत्सृजसे रणम् ॥

cirābhilaṣitaṃ kāmamahaṃ prāpsyāmi saṃyuge | na hi me mokṣyase jīvanyadi notsṛjase raṇam

"In battle I shall now gain the wish I have long cherished. You will not escape me alive unless you give up the fight."

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhurishravas (unheaded speech introduced in verse 2; verses 3-13 are his address to Satyaki).

Verse 4 (7.142.4)

अद्य त्वां समरे हत्वा नित्यं शूराभिमानिनम् । नन्दयिष्यामि दाशार्ह कुरुराजं सुयोधनम् ॥

adya tvāṃ samare hatvā nityaṃ śūrābhimāninam | nandayiṣyāmi dāśārha kururājaṃ suyodhanam

"Today, having slain you in battle — you who always think yourself a hero — O Dasharha, I shall bring joy to Suyodhana, king of the Kurus."

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhurishravas (unheaded speech).

Verse 5 (7.142.5)

अद्य मद्बाणनिर्दग्धं पतितं धरणीतले । द्रक्ष्यतस्त्वां रणे वीरौ सहितौ केशवार्जुनौ ॥

adya madbāṇanirdagdhaṃ patitaṃ dharaṇītale | drakṣyatastvāṃ raṇe vīrau sahitau keśavārjunau

"Today the two heroes, Keshava and Arjuna together, will see you burnt up by my arrows and fallen on the ground in battle."

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhurishravas (unheaded speech).

Verse 6 (7.142.6)

अद्य धर्मसुतो राजा श्रुत्वा त्वां निहतं मया । सव्रीडो भविता सद्यो येनासीह प्रवेशितः ॥

adya dharmasuto rājā śrutvā tvāṃ nihataṃ mayā | savrīḍo bhavitā sadyo yenāsīha praveśitaḥ

"Today King Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma, hearing that you have been slain by me, will at once be ashamed — he who sent you in here."

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhurishravas (unheaded speech).

Verse 7 (7.142.7)

अद्य मे विक्रमं पार्थो विज्ञास्यति धनञ्जयः । त्वयि भूमौ विनिहते शयाने रुधिरोक्षिते ॥

adya me vikramaṃ pārtho vijñāsyati dhanañjayaḥ | tvayi bhūmau vinihate śayāne rudhirokṣite

"Today Partha, Dhananjaya, will learn my prowess, when you lie slain on the ground, drenched in blood."

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhurishravas (unheaded speech).

Verse 8 (7.142.8)

चिराभिलषितो ह्येष त्वया सह समागमः । पुरा देवासुरे युद्धे शक्रस्य बलिना यथा ॥

cirābhilaṣito hyeṣa tvayā saha samāgamaḥ | purā devāsure yuddhe śakrasya balinā yathā

"This meeting with you is what I have long wished for, as Bali's with Shakra was in the ancient war between the gods and the asuras."

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhurishravas (unheaded speech).

Verse 9 (7.142.9)

अद्य युद्धं महाघोरं तव दास्यामि सात्वत । ततो ज्ञास्यसि तत्त्वेन मद्वीर्यबलपौरुषम् ॥

adya yuddhaṃ mahāghoraṃ tava dāsyāmi sātvata | tato jñāsyasi tattvena madvīryabalapauruṣam

"Today, O Satvata, I shall give you a most terrible battle; then you will truly know my strength, might and manliness."

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhurishravas (unheaded speech).

Verse 10 (7.142.10)

अद्य संयमनीं याता मया त्वं निहतो रणे । यथा रामानुजेनाजौ रावणिर्लक्ष्मणेन ह ॥

adya saṃyamanīṃ yātā mayā tvaṃ nihato raṇe | yathā rāmānujenājau rāvaṇirlakṣmaṇena ha

"Today you will be slain by me in battle and go to Yama's abode, as Ravana's son was slain in combat by Lakshmana, Rama's younger brother."

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhurishravas (unheaded speech).

Verse 11 (7.142.11)

अद्य कृष्णश्च पार्थश्च धर्मराजश्च माधव । हते त्वयि निरुत्साहारणं त्यक्ष्यन्त्यसंशयम् ॥

adya kṛṣṇaśca pārthaśca dharmarājaśca mādhava | hate tvayi nirutsāhāraṇaṃ tyakṣyantyasaṃśayam

"Today, O Madhava, when you are slain, Krishna, Partha and the king of righteousness will, beyond doubt, lose heart and give up the battle."

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhurishravas (unheaded speech).

Verse 12 (7.142.12)

अद्य तेऽपचितिं कृत्वा शितैर्माधव सायकैः । तत्स्त्रियो नन्दयिष्यामि ये त्वया निहता रणे ॥

adya te'pacitiṃ kṛtvā śitairmādhava sāyakaiḥ | tatstriyo nandayiṣyāmi ye tvayā nihatā raṇe

"Today, O Madhava, having repaid you with my sharp arrows, I shall gladden the wives of those whom you have slain in battle."

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhurishravas (unheaded speech).

Verse 13 (7.142.13)

मच्चक्षुर्विषये प्राप्तो न त्वं माधव मोक्ष्यसे । सिंहस्य विषयं प्राप्तो यथा क्षुद्रमृगस्तथा ॥

maccakṣurviṣaye prāpto na tvaṃ mādhava mokṣyase | siṃhasya viṣayaṃ prāpto yathā kṣudramṛgastathā

"Having come within sight of my eyes, you will not escape, O Madhava, any more than a small deer that has strayed into a lion's range."

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhurishravas (unheaded speech).

Verse 14 (7.142.14)

युयुधानस्तु तं राजन्प्रत्युवाच हसन्निव । कौरवेय न सन्त्रासो विद्यते मम संयुगे ॥

yuyudhānastu taṃ rājanpratyuvāca hasanniva | kauraveya na santrāso vidyate mama saṃyuge

Yuyudhana, O king, answered him with something like a smile: "O Kauraveya, no terror stirs in me in battle."

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 7.117.14a; line 2 is CE 7.117.14c.

Verse 15 (7.142.15)

नाहं भीषयितुं शक्यो वाङ्मात्रेण तु केवलम् । स मां निहन्यात्सङ्ग्रामे यो मां कुर्यान्निरायुधम् ॥

nāhaṃ bhīṣayituṃ śakyo vāṅmātreṇa tu kevalam | sa māṃ nihanyātsaṅgrāme yo māṃ kuryānnirāyudham

"I cannot be frightened by mere words alone. Let him kill me in battle who can leave me without a weapon."

Note on the text: Speaker: Satyaki (Yuyudhana), whose reply begins in verse 14; verses 15-18 are his speech. Line 1 is star line 7.117.14d*0936_01 and line 2 is CE 7.117.15a (the automatic alignment found no match).

Verse 16 (7.142.16)

समास्तु शाश्वतीर्हन्याद्यो मां हन्याद्धि संयुगे । किं वृथोक्तेन बहुना कर्मणा तत्समाचर ॥

samāstu śāśvatīrhanyādyo māṃ hanyāddhi saṃyuge | kiṃ vṛthoktena bahunā karmaṇā tatsamācara

"And let him who can slay me in battle go on slaying for ever. Why so much empty talk? Do the deed itself."

Note on the text: Speaker: Satyaki (unheaded speech). Line 1 is CE 7.117.15c and line 2 is CE 7.117.16a. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 17 (7.142.17)

शारदस्येव मेघस्य गर्जितं निष्फलं हिते । श्रुत्वा त्वद्गर्जितं वीर हास्यं हि मम जायते ॥

śāradasyeva meghasya garjitaṃ niṣphalaṃ hite | śrutvā tvadgarjitaṃ vīra hāsyaṃ hi mama jāyate

"Your roaring, brave one, is as fruitless as an autumn cloud's thunder; hearing your bellow, I only laugh."

Note on the text: Speaker: Satyaki (unheaded speech). Line 1 is CE 7.117.16c and line 2 is CE 7.117.17a. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 18 (7.142.18)

चिरकालेप्सितं लोके युद्धमद्यास्तु कौरव । त्वरते मे मतिस्तात तव युद्धाभिकाङ्क्षिणी । नाहत्वाऽहं निवर्तिष्ये त्वामद्य पुरुषाधम ॥

cirakālepsitaṃ loke yuddhamadyāstu kaurava | tvarate me matistāta tava yuddhābhikāṅkṣiṇī | nāhatvā'haṃ nivartiṣye tvāmadya puruṣādhama

"Let the battle that I have long wished for in this world take place today, O Kaurava. My mind is eager, my friend, and you too long for battle; I shall not turn back today without killing you, O vilest of men."

Note on the text: Speaker: Satyaki (unheaded speech). Three lines: CE 7.117.17c, 18a and 18c. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 19 (7.142.19)

अन्योन्यं तौ तथा वाग्भिस्तक्षन्तौ नरपुङ्गवौ । जिघांसू परमक्रुद्धावभिजघ्नतुराहवे ॥

anyonyaṃ tau tathā vāgbhistakṣantau narapuṅgavau | jighāṃsū paramakruddhāvabhijaghnaturāhave

Thus cutting at each other with words, those two bulls among men, each eager to kill, in a fury of anger struck at each other in the fight.

Note on the text: Corrected परमक्रुद्धभिजघ्नतुराहवे → परमक्रुद्धावभिजघ्नतुराहवे (misprint in Wikisource; the sandhi syllable is lost; CE paramakruddhāv abhijaghnatuḥ).

Verse 20 (7.142.20)

समेतौ तौ महेष्वासौ शुष्मिणौ स्पर्धिनौ रणे । द्विरदाविव सङ्क्रुद्धौ वासितार्थे मदोत्कटौ ॥

sametau tau maheṣvāsau śuṣmiṇau spardhinau raṇe | dviradāviva saṅkruddhau vāsitārthe madotkaṭau

Those two great archers, vigorous and rivals in battle, met like two furious rutting elephants contending for a cow-elephant in season.

Verse 21 (7.142.21)

भूरिश्रवाः सात्यकिश्च ववर्षतुररिन्दमौ । शरवर्षाणि घोराणि मेघाविव परस्परम् ॥

bhūriśravāḥ sātyakiśca vavarṣaturarindamau | śaravarṣāṇi ghorāṇi meghāviva parasparam

Bhurishravas and Satyaki, tamers of their foes, rained terrible showers of arrows on one another, like two clouds.

Verse 22 (7.142.22)

सौमदत्तिस्तु शैनेयं प्रच्छाद्येषुभिराशुगैः । जिघांसुर्भरतश्रेष्ठ विव्याध निशितैः शरैः ॥

saumadattistu śaineyaṃ pracchādyeṣubhirāśugaiḥ | jighāṃsurbharataśreṣṭha vivyādha niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

The son of Somadatta covered the descendant of Shini with swift arrows and, wishing to kill him, O best of the Bharatas, pierced him with sharp shafts.

Verse 23 (7.142.23)

दशभिः सात्यकिं विद्ध्वा सौमदत्तिरथापरान् । मुमोच निशितान्बाणाञ्जिघांसुः शिनिपुङ्गवं ॥

daśabhiḥ sātyakiṃ viddhvā saumadattirathāparān | mumoca niśitānbāṇāñjighāṃsuḥ śinipuṅgavaṃ

Having pierced Satyaki with ten arrows, the son of Somadatta then let fly others, sharp ones, wishing to kill that bull among the Shinis.

Verse 24 (7.142.24)

तानस्य विशिखांस्तीक्ष्णानन्तरिक्षे विशाम्पते । अप्राप्तानस्त्रमायाभिरग्रसत्सात्यकिः प्रभो ॥

tānasya viśikhāṃstīkṣṇānantarikṣe viśāmpate | aprāptānastramāyābhiragrasatsātyakiḥ prabho

But those sharp arrows of his, O lord of the people, Satyaki swallowed up in mid-air, before they reached him, by the magic of his weapons, O my lord.

Verse 25 (7.142.25)

तौ पृथक्शस्त्रवर्षाभ्यामवर्षेतां परस्परम् । उत्तमाभिजनौ वीरौ कुरुवृष्णियशस्करौ ॥

tau pṛthakśastravarṣābhyāmavarṣetāṃ parasparam | uttamābhijanau vīrau kuruvṛṣṇiyaśaskarau

Each raining a separate shower of weapons upon the other, those two heroes of the noblest birth, who brought glory to the Kurus and the Vrishnis, fought on.

Note on the text: Corrected कुरुवृष्मियशस्करौ → कुरुवृष्णियशस्करौ (misprint in Wikisource; a conjunct is garbled; CE kuruvṛṣṇiyaśaskarau).

Verse 26 (7.142.26)

तौ नखैरिव शार्दूलौ दन्तैरिव महाद्विपौ । रथशक्तिभिरन्योन्यं विशिखैश्चाप्यकृन्तताम् ॥

tau nakhairiva śārdūlau dantairiva mahādvipau | rathaśaktibhiranyonyaṃ viśikhaiścāpyakṛntatām

Like two tigers with their claws, like two great elephants with their tusks, they tore at each other with chariot-spears and with arrows.

Verse 27 (7.142.27)

निर्भिदन्तौ हि गात्राणि विक्षरन्तौ च शोणितम् । व्यष्टम्भयेतामन्योन्यं प्राणद्यूताभिदेविनौ ॥

nirbhidantau hi gātrāṇi vikṣarantau ca śoṇitam | vyaṣṭambhayetāmanyonyaṃ prāṇadyūtābhidevinau

Piercing each other's bodies and streaming with blood, gambling with their lives as the stake, they held each other in check.

Verse 28 (7.142.28)

एवमुत्तमकर्माणौ कुरुवृष्णियशस्करौ । परस्परमयुध्येतां वारणाविव यूथपौ ॥

evamuttamakarmāṇau kuruvṛṣṇiyaśaskarau | parasparamayudhyetāṃ vāraṇāviva yūthapau

Thus those two of the noblest deeds, glorifiers of the Kurus and the Vrishnis, fought each other like two leaders of elephant herds.

Verse 29 (7.142.29)

तावदीर्घेण कालेन ब्रह्मलोकपुरस्कृतौ । यियासन्तौ परं स्थानमन्योन्यं सञ्जगर्जतुः ॥

tāvadīrgheṇa kālena brahmalokapuraskṛtau | yiyāsantau paraṃ sthānamanyonyaṃ sañjagarjatuḥ

For a long while, those two, each honoured with the world of Brahma before him and wishing to reach the highest state, roared at one another.

Note on the text: Wikisource's second line (यियासन्तौ … सञ्जगर्जतुः) differs from CE 7.117.29c (jigīṣantau … abhijaghnatuḥ); a recension variant, kept.

Verse 30 (7.142.30)

सात्यकिः सौमदत्तिश्च शरवृष्ट्या परस्परम् । हृष्टवद्धार्तराष्ट्राणां पश्यतामभ्यवर्षताम् ॥

sātyakiḥ saumadattiśca śaravṛṣṭyā parasparam | hṛṣṭavaddhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ paśyatāmabhyavarṣatām

Satyaki and the son of Somadatta rained showers of arrows on one another, as though in high spirits, while the Dhartarashtras looked on.

Verse 31 (7.142.31)

सम्प्रैक्षन्त जनास्तौ तु युध्यमानौ युधाम्पती । यूथपौ वासिताहेतोः प्रयुद्धाविव कुञ्जरौ ॥

sampraikṣanta janāstau tu yudhyamānau yudhāmpatī | yūthapau vāsitāhetoḥ prayuddhāviva kuñjarau

The people watched those two lords of warriors as they fought, like two leaders of herds, two elephants locked in combat over a cow-elephant.

Verse 32 (7.142.32)

भूयोभूयः शरै राजंस्तक्षन्तौ क्रोधमूर्च्छितौ । अयुध्येतां महारङ्गे वने केसरिणाविव ॥

bhūyobhūyaḥ śarai rājaṃstakṣantau krodhamūrcchitau | ayudhyetāṃ mahāraṅge vane kesariṇāviva

Again and again, O king, cutting at each other with arrows and stupefied by rage, they fought in that great arena like two lions in a forest.

Note on the text: Stray wiki mark(s) removed. Verses 32-35 are star passage 7.117.31d*0940_01-08 (two lines each), placed after 7.117.31; not in the CE main text. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 33 (7.142.33)

मर्मज्ञाविव सङ्क्रुद्धौ जिघांसन्तौ जगर्जतुः । विमर्दन्तावथान्योन्यं बलवज्रधराविव ॥

marmajñāviva saṅkruddhau jighāṃsantau jagarjatuḥ | vimardantāvathānyonyaṃ balavajradharāviva

Enraged, like two who know each other's vital spots, they roared, each bent on killing the other, grinding against one another like Bala and the wielder of the thunderbolt.

Note on the text: Star passage 7.117.31d*0940_03-04 (placed after 7.117.31); not in the CE main text.

Verse 34 (7.142.34)

अथान्योन्यं पताकाश्च रथोपकरणानि च । सञ्चिच्छिदतुरायान्तौ बाणैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥

athānyonyaṃ patākāśca rathopakaraṇāni ca | sañcicchidaturāyāntau bāṇaiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ

Then, as they rushed at each other, they cut down one another's banners and the fittings of their chariots with arrows of smooth joints.

Note on the text: Star passage 7.117.31d*0940_05-06 (placed after 7.117.31); not in the CE main text. In line 2 CE has आयस्तौ for WS आयान्तौ; both are sound readings, WS kept.

Verse 35 (7.142.35)

पुनश्च शरवर्षाभ्यामन्योन्यमभिवर्षताम् । उभौ तु जघ्नतुस्तूर्णमितरेतरसारथी ॥

punaśca śaravarṣābhyāmanyonyamabhivarṣatām | ubhau tu jaghnatustūrṇamitaretarasārathī

And again, showering each other with showers of arrows, both swiftly killed each other's charioteer.

Note on the text: Stray wiki mark(s) removed. Star passage 7.117.31d*0940_07-08 (placed after 7.117.31); not in the CE main text.

Verse 36 (7.142.36)

अन्योन्यस्य हयान्हत्वा धनुषी विनिकृत्य च । विरथावसियुद्धाय समेयातां महारणे ॥

anyonyasya hayānhatvā dhanuṣī vinikṛtya ca | virathāvasiyuddhāya sameyātāṃ mahāraṇe

Having killed each other's horses and cut each other's bows to pieces, both, now without chariots, came together in the great battle for a sword-fight.

Verse 37 (7.142.37)

आर्षभे चर्मणी चित्रे प्रगृह्य विपुले शुभे । विकोशौ चाप्यसी कृत्वा समरे तौ विचेरतुः ॥

ārṣabhe carmaṇī citre pragṛhya vipule śubhe | vikośau cāpyasī kṛtvā samare tau viceratuḥ

Taking up their bright, broad, handsome shields of bull-hide and drawing their swords from the scabbards, the two moved about in the fight.

Verse 38 (7.142.38)

चरन्तौ विविधान्मार्गान्मण्डलानि च भागशः । मुहुराजघ्नतुः क्रुद्धावन्योन्यमरिमर्दनौ । सखङ्गौ चित्रवर्माणौ सनिष्काङ्गदभूषणौ ॥

carantau vividhānmārgānmaṇḍalāni ca bhāgaśaḥ | muhurājaghnatuḥ kruddhāvanyonyamarimardanau | sakhaṅgau citravarmāṇau saniṣkāṅgadabhūṣaṇau

Moving along various paths and in circles by turns, those two crushers of foes struck at each other again and again in anger, swords in hand, in bright armour, adorned with gold necklaces and armlets.

Note on the text: Three lines: CE 7.117.34a, 34c and 35a. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 39 (7.142.39)

भ्रान्तमुद्भ्रान्तमाविद्धमाप्लुतं विप्लुतं सृतम् । सम्पातं समुदीर्णं च दर्शयन्तौ यशस्विनौ ॥

bhrāntamudbhrāntamāviddhamāplutaṃ viplutaṃ sṛtam | sampātaṃ samudīrṇaṃ ca darśayantau yaśasvinau

Those two renowned ones showed the movements of whirling, wheeling about, flourishing, leaping, bounding, advancing, swooping and surging.

Note on the text: Corrected भ्रान्तमुद्धान्तमा → भ्रान्तमुद्भ्रान्तमा (misprint in Wikisource; a conjunct is dropped; CE udbhrāntam). Star passage 7.117.35b*0941_01-02 (placed within 7.117.35); not in the CE main text. WS सृतम् for CE drutam is a variant, kept.

Verse 40 (7.142.40)

असिभ्यां सम्प्रजह्राते परस्परमरिन्दमौ । उभौ छिद्रैषिणौ वीरावुभौ चित्रं ववल्गतुः ॥

asibhyāṃ samprajahrāte parasparamarindamau | ubhau chidraiṣiṇau vīrāvubhau citraṃ vavalgatuḥ

Those two destroyers of foes struck at each other with their swords, both watching for an opening, both moving about in wondrous ways.

Note on the text: Corrected सम्प्रजहाते → सम्प्रजह्राते (misprint in Wikisource; a conjunct is dropped; CE saṃprajahrāte). Star passage 7.117.35b*0941_03-04 (placed within 7.117.35); not in the CE main text.

Verse 41 (7.142.41)

दर्शयन्तावुभौ शिक्षां लाघवं सौष्ठवं तथा । रणे रणकृतां श्रेष्ठावन्योन्यं पर्यकर्षताम् ॥

darśayantāvubhau śikṣāṃ lāghavaṃ sauṣṭhavaṃ tathā | raṇe raṇakṛtāṃ śreṣṭhāvanyonyaṃ paryakarṣatām

Both showing skill, lightness and grace, those two best of fighters in battle dragged each other about in the fight.

Note on the text: Line 1 is star line 7.117.35b*0941_05 (placed within 7.117.35); line 2 corresponds to CE 7.117.35c but reads रणे रणकृतां श्रेष्ठावन्योन्यं पर्यकर्षताम् against CE रणे रणोत्कटौ राजन्नन्योन्यं पर्यकर्षताम् (a recension variant, kept).

Verse 42 (7.142.42)

मुहूर्तमिव राजेन्द्र समाहत्य परस्परम् । पश्यतां सर्वसैन्यानां वीरावाश्वसतां पुनः ॥

muhūrtamiva rājendra samāhatya parasparam | paśyatāṃ sarvasainyānāṃ vīrāvāśvasatāṃ punaḥ

After striking at each other for a moment, O king of kings, the two heroes drew breath again while all the armies looked on.

Verse 43 (7.142.43)

असिभ्यां चर्मणी चित्रे शतचन्द्रे नराधिप । निकृत्य पुरुषव्याघ्रौ बाहुयुद्धं प्रचक्रतुः ॥

asibhyāṃ carmaṇī citre śatacandre narādhipa | nikṛtya puruṣavyāghrau bāhuyuddhaṃ pracakratuḥ

Having cut through their wondrous shields, marked with a hundred moons, with their swords, O lord of men, those two tigers among men began to wrestle.

Note on the text: Low CE similarity (0.753): CE 7.117.37a reads असिभ्यां चर्मणी शुभ्रे विपुले च शरावरे for WS's first line; a recension variant, kept.

Verse 44 (7.142.44)

व्यूढोरस्कौ दीर्घभुजौ नियुद्धकुशलावुभौ । बाहुभिः समसज्जेतामायसैः परिधैरिव ॥

vyūḍhoraskau dīrghabhujau niyuddhakuśalāvubhau | bāhubhiḥ samasajjetāmāyasaiḥ paridhairiva

Broad-chested, long-armed, both skilled in wrestling, they locked together with arms like iron bars.

Verse 45 (7.142.45)

तयो राजन्भुजाघातनिग्रहप्रग्रहास्तथा । शिक्षाबलसमुद्भूताः सर्वयोधप्रहर्षणाः ॥

tayo rājanbhujāghātanigrahapragrahāstathā | śikṣābalasamudbhūtāḥ sarvayodhapraharṣaṇāḥ

The blows of their arms, their holds and grips, born of strength and training, O king, thrilled all the warriors.

Verse 46 (7.142.46)

तयोर्नृवरयो राजन्समरे युध्यमानयोः । भीमोऽभवन्महाशब्दो वज्रपर्वतयोरिव ॥

tayornṛvarayo rājansamare yudhyamānayoḥ | bhīmo'bhavanmahāśabdo vajraparvatayoriva

As those two best of men fought in the battle, O king, a mighty noise arose, like that of a thunderbolt upon a mountain.

Verse 47 (7.142.47)

द्विपाविव विषाणाग्रैः शृङ्गैरिव महर्षभौ । भुजयोक्त्रावबन्धैश्च शिरोभ्यां चावघातनैः ॥

dvipāviva viṣāṇāgraiḥ śṛṅgairiva maharṣabhau | bhujayoktrāvabandhaiśca śirobhyāṃ cāvaghātanaiḥ

Like two elephants with the tips of their tusks, like two great bulls with their horns, with arm-locks and tight holds, with head-butts and blows,

Note on the text: Corrected भुजयोक्रावबन्धैश्च → भुजयोक्त्रावबन्धैश्च (misprint in Wikisource; a conjunct is dropped; CE bhujayoktrāvabandhaiś ca). Line 1 is CE 7.117.41a; line 2 is star line 7.117.41b*0942_01. The sentence runs on through verse 49.

Verse 48 (7.142.48)

पादावकर्षसन्धानैस्तोमराङ्कुशलासनैः । पादोदरविबन्धैश्च भूमावुद्भ्रमणैस्तथा ॥

pādāvakarṣasandhānaistomarāṅkuśalāsanaiḥ | pādodaravibandhaiśca bhūmāvudbhramaṇaistathā

with foot-drags and foot-locks, with the lance-hold, the goad-hold and the swaying-hold, with legs clamped about the belly, and with whirling on the ground,

Note on the text: Corrected तोमराङ्कशलासनैः → तोमराङ्कुशलासनैः (misprint in Wikisource; the vowel sign ु is dropped; CE tomarāṃkuśalāsanaiḥ). Corrected भूमावुद्धमणैस्तथा → भूमावुद्भ्रमणैस्तथा (misprint in Wikisource; a conjunct is dropped; CE bhūmāv udbhramaṇais tathā). Star passage 7.117.41b*0942_02-03 (placed within 7.117.41); not in the CE main text. WS पादावकर्षसन्धानैः for CE …संदानैः is a variant, kept.

Verse 49 (7.142.49)

गतप्रत्यागताक्षेपैः पातनोत्थानसम्प्लुतैः । युयुधाते महात्मानौ कुरुसात्वतपुङ्गवौ ॥

gatapratyāgatākṣepaiḥ pātanotthānasamplutaiḥ | yuyudhāte mahātmānau kurusātvatapuṅgavau

with going forward and coming back, with strikes, with throwing down, rising up and leaping upon, those two great-souled bulls of the Kurus and the Satvatas fought.

Note on the text: Corrected सम्पुतैः → सम्प्लुतैः (misprint in Wikisource; a conjunct is dropped; CE saṃplutaiḥ). Line 1 is star line 7.117.41b*0942_04; line 2 is CE 7.117.41c.

Verse 50 (7.142.50)

द्वात्रिंशत्कारणानि स्युर्यानि युद्धानि भारत । तान्यदर्शयतां तत्र युध्यमानौ महाबलौ ॥

dvātriṃśatkāraṇāni syuryāni yuddhāni bhārata | tānyadarśayatāṃ tatra yudhyamānau mahābalau

Whatever thirty-two kinds of technique there may be in fighting, O Bharata, those two mighty ones displayed them all there as they fought.

Note on the text: Star passage 7.117.41d*0943_01-02 (after 7.117.41); not in the CE main text. WS कारणानि is a variant of CE karaṇāni, kept.

Verse 51 (7.142.51)

क्षीणायुधे सात्वते युध्यमाने । ततोऽब्रवीदर्जुनं वासुदेवः । पश्यस्वैनं विरथं युध्यमानं । रणे वरं सर्वधनुर्धराणाम् ॥

kṣīṇāyudhe sātvate yudhyamāne | tato'bravīdarjunaṃ vāsudevaḥ | paśyasvainaṃ virathaṃ yudhyamānaṃ | raṇe varaṃ sarvadhanurdharāṇām

While the weapons of the Satvata were spent and he went on fighting, Vasudeva then said to Arjuna: "Look at him, fighting without a chariot — the best of all bowmen in battle."

Note on the text: Four lines: CE 7.117.42a (two half-lines) and 42c (two half-lines). WS वरं for CE ketuṃ is a variant, kept.

Verse 52 (7.142.52)

सिन्धुराजवधे सक्तं पार्थं कृष्णोऽब्रवीत्पुनः । सीदन्तं सात्यकिं पश्य पार्थैनं परिरक्ष च ॥

sindhurājavadhe saktaṃ pārthaṃ kṛṣṇo'bravītpunaḥ | sīdantaṃ sātyakiṃ paśya pārthainaṃ parirakṣa ca

Again Krishna said to Partha, who was intent on the slaying of the king of the Sindhus: "See, Satyaki is sinking. Partha, protect him."

Note on the text: Stray wiki mark(s) removed. Star passage 7.117.42d*0944_01-02 (after 7.117.42); not in the CE main text.

Verse 53 (7.142.53)

प्रविष्टो भारतीं भित्त्वा तव पाण्डव पृष्ठतः । योधितश्च महावीर्यैः सर्वैर्भारत भारतैः ॥

praviṣṭo bhāratīṃ bhittvā tava pāṇḍava pṛṣṭhataḥ | yodhitaśca mahāvīryaiḥ sarvairbhārata bhārataiḥ

"He broke through the Bharata army and entered it behind you, Pandava, and he has been fought by all the mighty Bharatas of great valour."

Note on the text: Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna) (unheaded speech introduced in verse 52; verses 53-55). Line 1 is CE 7.117.43a and line 2 is 43c. WS भारतीं भित्त्वा for CE भारतीं सेनां is a variant, kept.

Verse 54 (7.142.54)

धार्तराष्ट्राश्च ये मुख्या ये च मुख्या महारथाः । निहता वृष्णिवीरेण शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥

dhārtarāṣṭrāśca ye mukhyā ye ca mukhyā mahārathāḥ | nihatā vṛṣṇivīreṇa śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

"The Dhritarashtra chiefs and the chief great chariot-warriors have been struck down by the Vrishni hero by hundreds and thousands."

Note on the text: Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna) (unheaded speech). Star passage 7.117.43d*0945_01-02 (after 7.117.43); not in the CE main text.

Verse 55 (7.142.55)

परिश्रान्तं युधां श्रेष्ठं सम्प्राप्तो भूरिदक्षिणः । युद्धाकाङ्क्षी समायान्तं नैतत्सममिवार्जुन ॥

pariśrāntaṃ yudhāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ samprāpto bhūridakṣiṇaḥ | yuddhākāṅkṣī samāyāntaṃ naitatsamamivārjuna

"Weary, the best of fighters has now met the generous Bhurishravas, who comes eager for battle. This is not an even match, Arjuna."

Note on the text: Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna) (unheaded speech).

Verse 56 (7.142.56)

ततो भूरिश्रवाः क्रुद्धः सात्यकिं युद्धदुर्मदः । उद्यम्याभ्याहनद्राजन्मत्तो मत्तमिव द्विपम् ॥

tato bhūriśravāḥ kruddhaḥ sātyakiṃ yuddhadurmadaḥ | udyamyābhyāhanadrājanmatto mattamiva dvipam

Then Bhurishravas, enraged and wild for battle, lifted Satyaki up, O king, and dashed him down, as one maddened elephant might another.

Verse 57 (7.142.57)

ततो जलदनिर्घोषः समीपे नृपसत्तम । हाहाकारो महानासीत्सैन्यानां भरतर्षभ । यदुद्यम्य महाबाहुः सात्यकिं न्यहनद्भुवि ॥

tato jaladanirghoṣaḥ samīpe nṛpasattama | hāhākāro mahānāsītsainyānāṃ bharatarṣabha | yadudyamya mahābāhuḥ sātyakiṃ nyahanadbhuvi

Then, O best of kings, a great cry of "Alas!" rose nearby from the armies, O best of the Bharatas, loud as thunder-clouds, when the mighty-armed one lifted Satyaki and dashed him to the ground.

Note on the text: Line 1 is star line 7.117.45d*0946_01; lines 2-3 are CE 7.117.51a and 51c (the CE places them after 7.117.50). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 58 (7.142.58)

रथस्थयोर्द्वयोर्युद्धे क्रुद्धयोर्योधमुख्ययोः । केशवार्जुनयो राजन्समरे प्रेक्षमाणयोः ॥

rathasthayordvayoryuddhe kruddhayoryodhamukhyayoḥ | keśavārjunayo rājansamare prekṣamāṇayoḥ

As those two chief warriors, Keshava and Arjuna, enraged, stood on their chariot and watched the battle, O king —

Note on the text: Corrected केशवार्युनयो → केशवार्जुनयो (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct र्ज is garbled; CE keśavārjunayo).

Verse 59 (7.142.59)

अथ कृष्णो महाबाहुरर्जुनं प्रत्यभाषत । पश्य वृष्ण्यन्धकव्याघ्रं सौमदत्तिवशं गतम् ॥

atha kṛṣṇo mahābāhurarjunaṃ pratyabhāṣata | paśya vṛṣṇyandhakavyāghraṃ saumadattivaśaṃ gatam

Then the mighty-armed Krishna said to Arjuna: "Look at the tiger of the Vrishnis and Andhakas, fallen into the power of Somadatta's son."

Verse 60 (7.142.60)

परिश्रान्तं गतं भूमौ कृत्वा कर्म सुदुष्करम् । तवान्तेवासिनं वीरं पालयार्जुन सात्यकिम् ॥

pariśrāntaṃ gataṃ bhūmau kṛtvā karma suduṣkaram | tavāntevāsinaṃ vīraṃ pālayārjuna sātyakim

"Weary and fallen to the ground after a most difficult feat — protect Satyaki, Arjuna, your pupil, that hero."

Note on the text: Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna) (unheaded speech introduced in verse 59).

Verse 61 (7.142.61)

न वशं यज्ञशीलस्य गच्छेदेष वरोऽर्जुन । त्वत्कृते पुरुषव्याघ्र तदाऽऽशु क्रियतां विभो ॥

na vaśaṃ yajñaśīlasya gacchedeṣa varo'rjuna | tvatkṛte puruṣavyāghra tadā''śu kriyatāṃ vibho

"This excellent man must not fall under the power of one devoted to sacrifice. Let it be done at once, O tiger among men, mighty one — for your sake."

Note on the text: Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna) (unheaded speech).

Verse 62 (7.142.62)

स सिंह इव मातङ्गं विकर्षन्भूरिदक्षिणः । व्यरोचत कुरुश्रेष्ठः सात्वतप्रवरं युधि ॥

sa siṃha iva mātaṅgaṃ vikarṣanbhūridakṣiṇaḥ | vyarocata kuruśreṣṭhaḥ sātvatapravaraṃ yudhi

Dragging the foremost of the Satvatas as a lion drags an elephant, Bhurishravas, the best of the Kurus, shone in the fight.

Verse 63 (7.142.63)

अथाब्रवीद्धृष्टमना वासुदेवं धनञ्जयः । पश्य वृष्णिप्रवीरेण क्रीडन्तं कुरुपुङ्गवम् । महाद्विपेनेव वने मत्तेन हरियूथपम् ॥

athābravīddhṛṣṭamanā vāsudevaṃ dhanañjayaḥ | paśya vṛṣṇipravīreṇa krīḍantaṃ kurupuṅgavam | mahādvipeneva vane mattena hariyūthapam

Then Dhananjaya, glad at heart, said to Vasudeva: "Look at the bull of the Kurus sporting with the Vrishni hero, as the lion, lord of its herd, might with a great, rutting elephant in the forest."

Note on the text: Three lines: CE 7.117.50a, 50c and 50e.

Verse 64 (7.142.64)

मामेव च महाबाहो परियान्ति महारथाः । यथाशक्ति यतन्तो मां योधयन्तो जनार्दन ॥

māmeva ca mahābāho pariyānti mahārathāḥ | yathāśakti yatanto māṃ yodhayanto janārdana

"The great chariot-warriors are pressing round me, mighty-armed one, striving with all their strength to fight me, O Janardana."

Note on the text: Stray wiki mark(s) removed. Speaker: Arjuna (unheaded speech; verses 64-68, announced by the CE heading 7.117.52d*0950_00 "arjuna uvāca"). Verses 64-70 are star passage 7.117.52d*0950_01-14 (after 7.117.52); not in the CE main text.

Verse 65 (7.142.65)

ध्रुवं च योधयाम्येताञ्छिद्रान्वेषणतत्परान् । रक्षामि सात्यकिं चैव सौमदत्तिवशं गतम् ॥

dhruvaṃ ca yodhayāmyetāñchidrānveṣaṇatatparān | rakṣāmi sātyakiṃ caiva saumadattivaśaṃ gatam

"And I am surely fighting them, intent as they are on finding an opening; and I am guarding Satyaki, who has fallen into the power of Somadatta's son."

Note on the text: Speaker: Arjuna (unheaded speech). Star lines 7.117.52d*0950_03-04.

Verse 66 (7.142.66)

अप्राप्तोऽयं मया कृष्ण हन्तुं भूरिश्रवा रणे । अन्येन तु समासक्तं मम नोत्सहते मनः ॥

aprāpto'yaṃ mayā kṛṣṇa hantuṃ bhūriśravā raṇe | anyena tu samāsaktaṃ mama notsahate manaḥ

"I cannot kill Bhurishravas in battle, Krishna, for he has not come within my reach; and my mind does not dare to strike one who is engaged with another."

Note on the text: Corrected कृष्म → कृष्ण (misprint in Wikisource; a wrong akshara; CE kṛṣṇa). Speaker: Arjuna (unheaded speech). Star lines 7.117.52d*0950_05-06. WS अप्राप्तोऽयं for CE aprāpto na is a variant, kept.

Verse 67 (7.142.67)

अवश्यं च मया कृष्ण वृष्णिवीरस्य रक्षणम् । मदर्थं युध्यमानस्य कार्यं प्राणैरपि प्रभो ॥

avaśyaṃ ca mayā kṛṣṇa vṛṣṇivīrasya rakṣaṇam | madarthaṃ yudhyamānasya kāryaṃ prāṇairapi prabho

"And I must without fail protect the Vrishni hero, who is fighting for my sake — even at the cost of my own life, my lord."

Note on the text: Speaker: Arjuna (unheaded speech). Star lines 7.117.52d*0950_07-08.

Verse 68 (7.142.68)

अधर्मो वाऽस्तु धर्मो वा मम माधव माधवः । परेण निहतो मा स्म प्राणान्हासीन्महारथः ॥

adharmo vā'stu dharmo vā mama mādhava mādhavaḥ | pareṇa nihato mā sma prāṇānhāsīnmahārathaḥ

"Whether it be wrong or right for me, O Madhava, let that Madhava, that great chariot-warrior, not lose his life slain by another."

Note on the text: Speaker: Arjuna (unheaded speech). Line 1 is star line 7.117.52d*0950_09; line 2 is 0950_10 (the CE prints a second "saṃjaya uvāca" at that line).

Verse 69 (7.142.69)

एवमुक्त्वाऽर्जुनः कृष्णं परानाशु शितैः शरैः । छादयामास सङ्क्रुद्धः परे चापि धनञ्जयम् ॥

evamuktvā'rjunaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ parānāśu śitaiḥ śaraiḥ | chādayāmāsa saṅkruddhaḥ pare cāpi dhanañjayam

Having said this to Krishna, Arjuna, in a rage, swiftly covered his foes with sharp arrows, and the enemy in turn covered Dhananjaya.

Note on the text: Star lines 7.117.52d*0950_11-12.

Verse 70 (7.142.70)

एवं स्म युध्यते वीरः सात्यकिं च मुहुर्मुहुः । प्रेक्षते स्म नरव्याघ्रो भूरिश्रवसमेव च ॥

evaṃ sma yudhyate vīraḥ sātyakiṃ ca muhurmuhuḥ | prekṣate sma naravyāghro bhūriśravasameva ca

So the hero fought, and the tiger among men looked again and again at Satyaki, and at Bhurishravas as well.

Note on the text: Stray wiki mark(s) removed. Star lines 7.117.52d*0950_13-14.

Verse 71 (7.142.71)

तथा तु कृष्यमाणं तं दृष्ट्वा सात्यकिमाहवे । वासुदेवस्तदा वाक्यं भूयोऽप्यर्जुनमब्रवीत् ॥

tathā tu kṛṣyamāṇaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā sātyakimāhave | vāsudevastadā vākyaṃ bhūyo'pyarjunamabravīt

Seeing Satyaki being dragged along like that in the battle, Vasudeva then spoke again to Arjuna.

Note on the text: CE 7.117.54a and 54c. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 72 (7.142.72)

पश्य वृष्ण्यन्धकव्याघ्रं सौमदत्तिवशं गतम् । तव शिष्यं महाबाहो धनुष्यनवमं त्वया ॥

paśya vṛṣṇyandhakavyāghraṃ saumadattivaśaṃ gatam | tava śiṣyaṃ mahābāho dhanuṣyanavamaṃ tvayā

"Look at the tiger of the Vrishnis and Andhakas, your pupil, mighty-armed one, no less than you in archery, who has fallen into the power of Somadatta's son."

Note on the text: Corrected सौमदत्तिवंशं → सौमदत्तिवशं (misprint in Wikisource; वंश for वश; the sense, CE saumadattivaśaṃ and WS verse 59 require वश). Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna) (unheaded speech introduced in verse 71; verses 72-74).

Verse 73 (7.142.73)

अनित्यो विक्रमः पार्थ यत्र भूरिश्रवा रणे । विशेषयति वार्ष्णेयं सात्यकिं सत्यविक्रमम् ॥

anityo vikramaḥ pārtha yatra bhūriśravā raṇe | viśeṣayati vārṣṇeyaṃ sātyakiṃ satyavikramam

"Prowess is uncertain, Partha, when in this battle Bhurishravas gets the better of Satyaki, the Vrishni hero of true prowess."

Note on the text: Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna) (unheaded speech). WS अनित्यो for CE asatyo is a variant, kept.

Verse 74 (7.142.74)

बहुभिर्महारथैरेष पराक्रान्तैर्युयुत्सुभिः । युद्ध्वा भृशं परिश्रान्तः क्षीणायुधपरिच्छदः ॥

bahubhirmahārathaireṣa parākrāntairyuyutsubhiḥ | yuddhvā bhṛśaṃ pariśrāntaḥ kṣīṇāyudhaparicchadaḥ

"After fighting hard against many valiant great chariot-warriors eager for battle, he is greatly worn out, his weapons and equipment spent."

Note on the text: Stray wiki mark(s) removed. Corrected क्षीणायुधरपरिच्छदः → क्षीणायुधपरिच्छदः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र; CE kṣīṇāyudhaparicchadaḥ). Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna) (unheaded speech). Star passage 7.117.56d*0955_01-02 (after 7.117.56); not in the CE main text.

Verse 75 (7.142.75)

एवमुक्तो महाराज वासुदेवेन पाण्डवः । मनसा पूजयामास भूरिश्रवसमाहवे ॥

evamukto mahārāja vāsudevena pāṇḍavaḥ | manasā pūjayāmāsa bhūriśravasamāhave

Thus addressed by Vasudeva, O great king, the Pandava honoured Bhurishravas in his mind as he fought.

Verse 76 (7.142.76)

विकर्षन्सात्वतां श्रेष्ठं क्रीडमान इवाहवे । स हर्षयति मां भूयः कुरूणां नन्दिवर्धनः ॥

vikarṣansātvatāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ krīḍamāna ivāhave | sa harṣayati māṃ bhūyaḥ kurūṇāṃ nandivardhanaḥ

"Dragging the foremost of the Satvatas as though in play in the fight, he gladdens me yet again, this increaser of the Kurus' joy."

Note on the text: Speaker: Arjuna (unheaded speech in answer to Vasudeva; verses 76-77). WS कुरूणां नन्दिवर्धनः for CE kurūṇāṃ kīrtivardhanaḥ is a variant, kept.

Verse 77 (7.142.77)

प्रवरं वृष्णिवीराणां यन्निहन्त्येष सात्यकिम् । महाद्विपमिवारण्ये कर्षन्निव हरिर्भृशम् ॥

pravaraṃ vṛṣṇivīrāṇāṃ yannihantyeṣa sātyakim | mahādvipamivāraṇye karṣanniva harirbhṛśam

"That he strikes down Satyaki, the foremost of the Vrishni heroes, as a lion forcefully drags a great elephant in the forest."

Note on the text: Speaker: Arjuna (unheaded speech). WS यन्निहन्त्येष सात्यकिम् … कर्षन्निव हरिर्भृशम् differs from CE 7.117.59 (yan na hanyād dhi sātyakim … mṛgendra iva karṣati); a recension variant, kept.

Verse 78 (7.142.78)

एवं तु मनसा राजन्पार्थः सम्पूज्य कौरवम् । अयुध्यतारिभिर्वीरस्तं च सम्प्रेक्षते मुहुः ॥

evaṃ tu manasā rājanpārthaḥ sampūjya kauravam | ayudhyatāribhirvīrastaṃ ca samprekṣate muhuḥ

Thus, O king, Partha honoured the Kaurava in his mind; the hero fought his foes, and kept looking at him again and again.

Note on the text: Stray wiki mark(s) removed. Line 1 is CE 7.117.60a; line 2 is a variant of star line 7.117.60b*0956_01 (CE ayudhyatāribhir vīras taṃ sma saṃprekṣate muhuḥ).

Verse 79 (7.142.79)

अथ कोशाद्विनिष्कृष्य खङ्गं भूरिश्रवाः शितम् । मूर्धजेषु च जग्राह पदा चोरस्याताडयत् । आक्रम्य चाप्यथोद्यम्य सहासिं सुभुजो भुजम् ॥

atha kośādviniṣkṛṣya khaṅgaṃ bhūriśravāḥ śitam | mūrdhajeṣu ca jagrāha padā corasyātāḍayat | ākramya cāpyathodyamya sahāsiṃ subhujo bhujam

Then Bhurishravas drew his bright sword from its scabbard, seized Satyaki by the hair and struck his chest with his foot; and, pressing him down and raising high his arm with the sword in it, the strong-armed one —

Note on the text: Stray wiki mark(s) removed. Line 1 is CE 7.117.53a; line 2 is CE 7.117.53c; line 3 is star line 7.117.53d*0951_01 (the sentence runs on into verse 80).

Verse 80 (7.142.80)

शुशुभे स भुजस्तस्य तपनीयविभूषणः । मध्ये रथसमूहस्य इन्द्रध्वज इवोच्छ्रितः ॥

śuśubhe sa bhujastasya tapanīyavibhūṣaṇaḥ | madhye rathasamūhasya indradhvaja ivocchritaḥ

— that arm of his, adorned with burnished gold, shone raised up in the midst of the mass of chariots like Indra's banner.

Note on the text: Star lines 7.117.53d*0951_02-03 (after 7.117.53); not in the CE main text.

Verse 81 (7.142.81)

हाहाकृतमभूत्सर्वं पाण्डवानां महद्बलम् । तावकाश्च मुदा युक्ताः सिंहनादं विचुक्रुशुः ॥

hāhākṛtamabhūtsarvaṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahadbalam | tāvakāśca mudā yuktāḥ siṃhanādaṃ vicukruśuḥ

The whole great army of the Pandavas let out a cry of "Alas!", while your men, filled with joy, raised a lion's roar.

Note on the text: Star lines 7.117.53d*0954_01-02 (after 7.117.53); not in the CE main text.

Verse 82 (7.142.82)

निमीलिताक्षास्त्वभवञ्जनाः सङ्ग्रामभीरवः । तथा भूरिश्रवोग्रस्ते सात्वते नष्टविक्रमे ॥

nimīlitākṣāstvabhavañjanāḥ saṅgrāmabhīravaḥ | tathā bhūriśravograste sātvate naṣṭavikrame

Those who feared battle closed their eyes, when the Satvata, his prowess lost, was in the grip of Bhurishravas.

Note on the text: Star lines 7.117.53d*0954_03-04 (after 7.117.53); not in the CE main text. The compound भूरिश्रवोग्रस्ते is as in CE bhūriśravogras te; kept and read as "seized by Bhurishravas".

Verse 83 (7.142.83)

वासुदेवं महाबाहुरर्जुनः प्रत्यभाषत । सैन्धवे सक्तदृष्टित्वान्न तं पश्यामि माधवम् ॥

vāsudevaṃ mahābāhurarjunaḥ pratyabhāṣata | saindhave saktadṛṣṭitvānna taṃ paśyāmi mādhavam

The mighty-armed Arjuna replied to Vasudeva: "Because my gaze is fixed on the Saindhava, I do not see him, the Madhava."

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 7.117.60c; line 2 is CE 7.117.61a (WS न तं पश्यामि माधवम् for CE nainaṃ paśyāmi mādhava; a recension variant, kept).

Verse 84 (7.142.84)

एष त्वसुकरं कर्म यादवार्थे करोम्यहम् । मम शिष्यो ममार्थाय युध्यते मम शत्रुभिः । तं कृष्ण मोक्षयिष्यामि दावात्सिंहशिशुं यथा ॥

eṣa tvasukaraṃ karma yādavārthe karomyaham | mama śiṣyo mamārthāya yudhyate mama śatrubhiḥ | taṃ kṛṣṇa mokṣayiṣyāmi dāvātsiṃhaśiśuṃ yathā

"But I am now going to do a hard deed for the sake of the Yadava: my pupil is fighting for my sake against my enemies. Him, Krishna, I shall free, as one frees a lion cub from a forest fire."

Note on the text: Stray wiki mark(s) removed. Speaker: Arjuna (unheaded speech announced in verse 83). Line 1 is CE 7.117.61c; lines 2-3 are star lines 7.117.61d*0957_01-02.

Verse 85 (7.142.85)

इत्युक्त्वा वचनं कुर्वन्वासुदेवस्य पाण्डवः । ततः क्षुरप्रं निशितं गाण्डीवे समयोजयत् ॥

ityuktvā vacanaṃ kurvanvāsudevasya pāṇḍavaḥ | tataḥ kṣurapraṃ niśitaṃ gāṇḍīve samayojayat

Having spoken so, and obeying Vasudeva's word, the Pandava then fixed a sharp razor-headed arrow to Gandiva.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 7.117.62a; line 2 is star line 7.117.62b*0958_01.

Verse 86 (7.142.86)

पार्थबाहुविसृष्टः स महोल्केव नभश्च्युता । सखङ्गं यज्ञशीलस्य बाहुं दक्षिणमच्छिनत् ॥

pārthabāhuvisṛṣṭaḥ sa maholkeva nabhaścyutā | sakhaṅgaṃ yajñaśīlasya bāhuṃ dakṣiṇamacchinat

Loosed from Partha's arm, it flew like a great meteor fallen from the sky and cut off the right arm of the devotee of sacrifice, sword and all.

Note on the text: Line 1 is star line 7.117.62b*0958_02; line 2 corresponds to CE 7.117.62c (WS reads … बाहुं दक्षिणमच्छिनत् for CE patriṇā bāhum acchinat; a recension variant, kept).