Krishna Veils the Sun and Arjuna Strikes Off Jayadratha's Head

Verse 1 (7.147.1)

श्रुत्वा निनादं धनुषश्च तस्य । विस्पष्टमुत्कृष्टमिवान्तकस्य । शक्राशनिस्फोटसमं सुघोरं । विकृष्यमाणस्य धनञ्जयेन ॥

śrutvā ninādaṃ dhanuṣaśca tasya | vispaṣṭamutkṛṣṭamivāntakasya | śakrāśanisphoṭasamaṃ sughoraṃ | vikṛṣyamāṇasya dhanañjayena

Hearing the twang of his bow as Dhananjaya drew it, a sound clear and loud as though it were Death's own cry, most dreadful, like the crash of Indra's thunderbolt,

Note on the text: Corrected विस्पषृम् उत्कष्टम् → विस्पष्टम् उत्कृष्टम् (misprint in Wikisource; broken aksharas; the critical edition reads vispaṣṭam utkṛṣṭam). Not in the critical edition's main text; its four lines appear there as star passage 7.121.1*1003_01–04 (placed before 7.121.1).

Verse 2 (7.147.2)

त्रासोद्विग्नं तथोद्भ्रान्तं त्वदीयं तद्बलं नृप । युगान्तवातसङ्क्षुब्धं चलद्वीचितरङ्गितम् । प्रलीनमीनमकरं सागराम्भ इवाभवत् ॥

trāsodvignaṃ tathodbhrāntaṃ tvadīyaṃ tadbalaṃ nṛpa | yugāntavātasaṅkṣubdhaṃ caladvīcitaraṅgitam | pralīnamīnamakaraṃ sāgarāmbha ivābhavat

your army, O king, was seized with terror and agitation and bewildered with fear. It became like the ocean lashed by the storm at the end of an age, its waves heaving, its fish and sea-monsters hidden from sight.

Note on the text: Corrected तथोद्धान्तं → तथोद्भ्रान्तं (misprint in Wikisource; उद्धान्त is not a word; a dropped र from उद्भ्रान्त; the critical edition has bhayodbhrāntam here). Not in the critical edition's main text; its three lines appear there as star passage 7.121.1*1003_05–07; line 1 differs (CE: bhayodbhrāntam for तथोद्भ्रान्तम्).

Verse 3 (7.147.3)

मध्यन्दिनगतं सूर्यमापतन्तमिवाम्बरे । न शेकुः सर्वभूतानि पाण्डवं प्रतिवीक्षितुम् ॥

madhyandinagataṃ sūryamāpatantamivāmbare | na śekuḥ sarvabhūtāni pāṇḍavaṃ prativīkṣitum

No creature could look at the Pandava as he swept down like the midday sun falling upon the sky.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backticks). Not in the critical edition's main text; this is a variant of CE 7.121.2 (आपतन्तम् for प्रतपन्तम्), whose standard form Wikisource gives in full as verse 41; kept as printed, no separate CE verse.

Verse 4 (7.147.4)

स रणे व्यचरत्पार्थः प्रेक्ष्यमाणो धनञ्जयः । युगपद्दिक्षु सर्वासु सर्वाण्यस्त्राणि दर्शयन् ॥

sa raṇe vyacaratpārthaḥ prekṣyamāṇo dhanañjayaḥ | yugapaddikṣu sarvāsu sarvāṇyastrāṇi darśayan

Partha, Dhananjaya, ranged over the battlefield with all eyes upon him, showing all his weapons at once in every direction.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.121.1a and 7.121.1c, with variants (Wikisource: प्रेक्ष्यमाणः, सर्वाण्यस्त्राणि; CE: prekṣaṇīyaḥ, citrāṇy astrāṇi).

Verse 5 (7.147.5)

आददानं महाराज सन्दधानं च पाण्डवम् । उत्कर्षन्तं सृजन्तं च न स्म पश्याम लाघवात् ॥

ādadānaṃ mahārāja sandadhānaṃ ca pāṇḍavam | utkarṣantaṃ sṛjantaṃ ca na sma paśyāma lāghavāt

O great king, we could not see the Pandava taking up an arrow, fitting it, drawing and loosing it, so great was his swiftness.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as star passage 7.121.1d*1004_01–02; line 2 differs (CE: utkarṣantaṃ vikarṣantaṃ nābhyapaśyāma).

Verse 6 (7.147.6)

ततः क्रुद्धो महाबाहुरैन्द्रमस्त्रं दुरासदम् । प्रादुश्चक्रे महाराज त्रासयन्सर्वभारतान् ॥

tataḥ kruddho mahābāhuraindramastraṃ durāsadam | prāduścakre mahārāja trāsayansarvabhāratān

Then the mighty-armed hero, enraged, brought forth the dreadful weapon of Indra, O great king, terrifying all the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0001–0002 (placed after 7.121.1). The page prints this stretch in square brackets (its own footnote says the bracketed text is found in one manuscript only); the brackets are removed here.

Verse 7 (7.147.7)

ततः शराः प्रादुरासन्दिव्यास्त्रप्रतिमन्त्रिताः । प्रदीपाश्च शिखिमुखाः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥

tataḥ śarāḥ prādurāsandivyāstrapratimantritāḥ | pradīpāśca śikhimukhāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

Then arrows appeared, charged with the mantras of divine weapons, blazing, fire-mouthed, in hundreds and in thousands.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0003–0004 (placed after 7.121.1). Line 2 reads प्रदीपाः where the CE has pradīptāḥ; kept (good Sanskrit, a variant).

Verse 8 (7.147.8)

आकर्णपूर्णनिर्मुक्तैरग्न्यर्कांशुनिभैः शरैः । नभोऽभवत्तद्दुष्प्रेक्ष्यमुल्काभिरिव संवृतम् ॥

ākarṇapūrṇanirmuktairagnyarkāṃśunibhaiḥ śaraiḥ | nabho'bhavattadduṣprekṣyamulkābhiriva saṃvṛtam

With arrows loosed from a bow drawn full to the ear, bright as fire and the rays of the sun, the sky became hard to look at, as though covered with meteors.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0005–0006 (placed after 7.121.1).

Verse 9 (7.147.9)

ततः शस्त्रान्धकारं तत्कौरवैः समुदीरितम् । अशक्यं मनसाऽप्यन्यैः पाण्डवः सम्भ्रमन्निव ॥

tataḥ śastrāndhakāraṃ tatkauravaiḥ samudīritam | aśakyaṃ manasā'pyanyaiḥ pāṇḍavaḥ sambhramanniva

Then the darkness of weapons that the Kauravas had raised, which others could not have checked even in thought, the Pandava, moving about swiftly as if in confusion,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0007–0008 (placed after 7.121.1).

Verse 10 (7.147.10)

नाशयामास विक्रम्य शरैर्दिव्यास्त्रमन्त्रितैः । नैशं तमोऽंशुभिः क्षिप्रं दिनादाविव भास्करः ॥

nāśayāmāsa vikramya śarairdivyāstramantritaiḥ | naiśaṃ tamo'ṃśubhiḥ kṣipraṃ dinādāviva bhāskaraḥ

destroyed with his prowess, by arrows charged with divine weapons, as the sun at the start of day swiftly dispels the darkness of night with its rays.

Note on the text: Corrected तमोंशुभिः → तमोऽंशुभिः (misprint in Wikisource; a missing avagraha; the critical edition reads tamo 'ṃśubhiḥ). Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0009–0010 (placed after 7.121.1).

Verse 11 (7.147.11)

ततस्तु तावकं सैन्यं दीप्तैः शरगभस्तिभिः । आक्षिपत्पल्वलाम्बूनि निदाघार्क इव प्रभुः ॥

tatastu tāvakaṃ sainyaṃ dīptaiḥ śaragabhastibhiḥ | ākṣipatpalvalāmbūni nidāghārka iva prabhuḥ

Then with his blazing arrow-rays he drained your army, as the mighty summer sun draws up the water in the pools.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0011–0012 (placed after 7.121.1).

Verse 12 (7.147.12)

ततो दिव्यास्त्रविदुषा प्रहिताः सायकांशवः । समाप्लवन्द्विषत्सैन्यं लोकं भानोरिवांशवः ॥

tato divyāstraviduṣā prahitāḥ sāyakāṃśavaḥ | samāplavandviṣatsainyaṃ lokaṃ bhānorivāṃśavaḥ

Then the arrow-rays sent forth by that master of divine weapons flooded the enemy host, as the rays of the sun flood the world.

Note on the text: Corrected भागोरिवांशवः → भानोरिवांशवः (misprint in Wikisource; भागोः is meaningless; CE reads bhānor ivāṃśavaḥ). Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0013–0014 (placed after 7.121.1).

Verse 13 (7.147.13)

अथापरे समुत्सृष्टा विशिखास्तिग्मतेजसः । हृदयान्याशु वीराणां विविशुः प्रियबन्धुवत् ॥

athāpare samutsṛṣṭā viśikhāstigmatejasaḥ | hṛdayānyāśu vīrāṇāṃ viviśuḥ priyabandhuvat

Other arrows, loosed with keen and fiery edge, entered the hearts of heroes at once, like dear kinsmen.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0015–0016 (placed after 7.121.1). Line 1 reads अथापरे where the CE has tathāpare (a variant).

Verse 14 (7.147.14)

य एनमीयुः समरे त्वद्योधाः शूरमानिनः । शलभा इव ते दीप्तमग्निं प्राप्य ययुः क्षयम् ॥

ya enamīyuḥ samare tvadyodhāḥ śūramāninaḥ | śalabhā iva te dīptamagniṃ prāpya yayuḥ kṣayam

Those warriors of yours, proud of their valour, who came against him in battle met their destruction, like moths that reach a blazing fire.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0017–0018 (placed after 7.121.1).

Verse 15 (7.147.15)

एवं स मृद्नञ्शत्रूणां जीवितानि यशांसि च । पार्थश्चचार सङ्ग्रामे मृत्युर्विग्रहवानिव ॥

evaṃ sa mṛdnañśatrūṇāṃ jīvitāni yaśāṃsi ca | pārthaścacāra saṅgrāme mṛtyurvigrahavāniva

So, crushing the lives and the glory of his enemies, Partha ranged through the battle like Death in bodily form.

Note on the text: Corrected मृद्रञ्शत्रूणां → मृद्नञ्शत्रूणां (misprint in Wikisource; a form of √मृद्, present participle मृद्नन्; the critical edition reads mṛdnañ). Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0019–0020 (placed after 7.121.1).

Verse 16 (7.147.16)

स किरीटानि वस्त्राणि साङ्गदान्विपुलान्भुजान् । सकुण्डलयुगान्कर्णान्केषाञ्चिदहरच्छरैः ॥

sa kirīṭāni vastrāṇi sāṅgadānvipulānbhujān | sakuṇḍalayugānkarṇānkeṣāñcidaharaccharaiḥ

With his arrows he took from some their crowns, from others their garments, their huge arms with their armlets, and their ears with the pairs of earrings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0021–0022 (placed after 7.121.1). Line 1 reads स किरीटानि where the CE has sakirīṭāni (a variant).

Verse 17 (7.147.17)

सतोमरान्गजस्थानां सप्रासान्हयसादिनाम् । सचर्मणः पदातीनां रथिनां च सधन्वनः । सप्रतोदान्नियन्तॄणां बाहूंश्चिच्छेद पाण्डवः ॥

satomarāngajasthānāṃ saprāsānhayasādinām | sacarmaṇaḥ padātīnāṃ rathināṃ ca sadhanvanaḥ | sapratodānniyantṝṇāṃ bāhūṃściccheda pāṇḍavaḥ

The Pandava cut off the arms of those mounted on elephants together with their lances, of the horsemen together with their spears, of the foot-soldiers together with their shields, of the chariot-warriors together with their bows, and of the charioteers together with their goads.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0023–0025 (placed after 7.121.1).

Verse 18 (7.147.18)

प्रदीप्तोग्रशरार्जिष्मान्बभौ तत्र धनञ्जयः । सविस्फुलिङ्गाग्रशिखो ज्वलन्निव हुताशनः ॥

pradīptograśarārjiṣmānbabhau tatra dhanañjayaḥ | savisphuliṅgāgraśikho jvalanniva hutāśanaḥ

Dhananjaya shone there with his blazing, fierce arrows for flames, the tips of his flame-crests showering sparks, like a burning fire.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0026–0027 (placed after 7.121.1).

Verse 19 (7.147.19)

तं देवराजप्रतिमं सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरम् । युगपद्दिक्षु सर्वासु रथस्थं पुरुषर्षभम् ॥

taṃ devarājapratimaṃ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varam | yugapaddikṣu sarvāsu rathasthaṃ puruṣarṣabham

That best of men, who was like the king of the gods and the foremost of all bearers of weapons, standing in his chariot, in all directions at once,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0028–0029 (placed after 7.121.1).

Verse 20 (7.147.20)

निक्षिपन्तं महास्त्राणि प्रेक्षणीयं धनञ्जयम् । नृत्यन्तं रथमार्गेषु धनुर्ज्यातलनादिनम् ॥

nikṣipantaṃ mahāstrāṇi prekṣaṇīyaṃ dhanañjayam | nṛtyantaṃ rathamārgeṣu dhanurjyātalanādinam

hurling mighty weapons, Dhananjaya, a sight to behold, dancing along the paths of his chariot, the slap of his palm resounding on the bowstring,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0030–0031 (placed after 7.121.1). Line 1 reads निक्षिपन्तम् where the CE has darśayantam (a variant).

Verse 21 (7.147.21)

निरीक्षितुं न शेकुस्ते यत्नवन्तोऽपि पार्थिवाः । मध्यन्दिनगतं सूर्यं प्रतपन्तमिवाम्बरे ॥

nirīkṣituṃ na śekuste yatnavanto'pi pārthivāḥ | madhyandinagataṃ sūryaṃ pratapantamivāmbare

those kings, though they strove, were unable to look at him, who blazed like the sun at midday in the sky.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0032–0033 (placed after 7.121.1).

Verse 22 (7.147.22)

दीप्तोग्रसम्भृतशरः किरीटी विरराज ह । वर्षास्विवोदीर्णजलः सेन्द्रधन्वाम्बुदो महान् ॥

dīptograsambhṛtaśaraḥ kirīṭī virarāja ha | varṣāsvivodīrṇajalaḥ sendradhanvāmbudo mahān

The diadem-wearer, with his store of blazing, fierce arrows, shone like a great rain-cloud in the monsoon, heavy with water, bearing Indra's bow.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0034–0035 (placed after 7.121.1).

Verse 23 (7.147.23)

महास्त्रसंप्लुवे तस्मिञ्जिष्णुना सम्प्रवर्तिते । सुदुस्तरे महाघोरे ममज्जुर्योधपुङ्गवाः ॥

mahāstrasaṃpluve tasmiñjiṣṇunā sampravartite | sudustare mahāghore mamajjuryodhapuṅgavāḥ

When that flood of mighty weapons, most hard to cross and most dreadful, was set loose by Jishnu, the foremost warriors sank in it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0036–0037 (placed after 7.121.1).

Verse 24 (7.147.24)

उत्कृत्तवदनैर्देहैः शरीरैः कृत्तबाहुभिः । भुजैश्च पाणिनिर्मुक्तैः पाणिभिर्व्यङ्गुलीकृतैः ॥

utkṛttavadanairdehaiḥ śarīraiḥ kṛttabāhubhiḥ | bhujaiśca pāṇinirmuktaiḥ pāṇibhirvyaṅgulīkṛtaiḥ

There were bodies with their faces cut off, trunks with their arms cut away, arms fallen from the hands, hands with their fingers severed,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0038–0039 (placed after 7.121.1).

Verse 25 (7.147.25)

कृत्ताग्रहस्तैः करिभिः कृत्तदन्तैर्मदोत्कटैः । हयैश्च विधुरग्रीवै रथैश्च शकलीकृतैः ॥

kṛttāgrahastaiḥ karibhiḥ kṛttadantairmadotkaṭaiḥ | hayaiśca vidhuragrīvai rathaiśca śakalīkṛtaiḥ

rutting elephants with the tips of their trunks cut off and their tusks cut, horses with their necks broken, chariots shattered to pieces,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0040–0041 (placed after 7.121.1). Line 2 reads विधुरग्रीवैः where the CE has chinnakhuragrīvaiḥ (a variant).

Verse 26 (7.147.26)

निकृत्तान्त्रैः कृत्तपादैस्तथाऽन्यैः कृत्तसन्धिभिः । निश्चेष्टैर्विस्फुरद्भिश्च शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥

nikṛttāntraiḥ kṛttapādaistathā'nyaiḥ kṛttasandhibhiḥ | niśceṣṭairvisphuradbhiśca śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

and others with their entrails cut out, their feet cut off, their joints severed, some motionless, some writhing, in hundreds and in thousands.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0042–0043 (placed after 7.121.1). Line 2 reads शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः where the CE has kūjadbhiś ca sahasraśaḥ (a variant).

Verse 27 (7.147.27)

मृत्योराघातललितं तत्पार्थायोधनं महत् । अपश्याम महीपाल भीरूणां भयवर्धनम् ॥

mṛtyorāghātalalitaṃ tatpārthāyodhanaṃ mahat | apaśyāma mahīpāla bhīrūṇāṃ bhayavardhanam

That vast field of Partha's fighting, a sport of Death's slaughter that swelled the fear of the timid, we saw, O lord of the earth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0044–0045 (placed after 7.121.1).

Verse 28 (7.147.28)

आक्रीडमिव रुद्रस्य पुराभ्यर्दयतः पशून् । गजानां क्षुरनिर्मुक्तैः करैः सभुजगेव भूः ॥

ākrīḍamiva rudrasya purābhyardayataḥ paśūn | gajānāṃ kṣuranirmuktaiḥ karaiḥ sabhujageva bhūḥ

It was like the playground of Rudra when of old he tormented the beasts; and the earth, strewn with the trunks of elephants severed by razor-headed arrows, seemed to be crawling with serpents.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0046–0047 (placed after 7.121.1).

Verse 29 (7.147.29)

क्वचिद्बभौ स्रग्विणीव वक्त्रपद्मैः समाचिता । विचित्रोष्णीषमुकुटैः केयूराङ्गदकुण्डलैः ॥

kvacidbabhau sragviṇīva vaktrapadmaiḥ samācitā | vicitroṣṇīṣamukuṭaiḥ keyūrāṅgadakuṇḍalaiḥ

In places the earth shone like a woman wearing garlands, covered with lotus-like faces, with bright turbans and crowns, with shoulder-ornaments, armlets and earrings,

Note on the text: Corrected क्वजिद्बभौ → क्वचिद्बभौ (misprint in Wikisource; ज for च; the critical edition reads kva cid babhau). Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0048–0049 (placed after 7.121.1).

Verse 30 (7.147.30)

स्वर्णचित्रतनुत्रैश्च भाण्डैश्च गजवाजिनाम् । किरीटशतसङ्गीर्णा तत्र तत्र समाचिता । विरराज भृशं चित्रा मही नववधूरिव ॥

svarṇacitratanutraiśca bhāṇḍaiśca gajavājinām | kirīṭaśatasaṅgīrṇā tatra tatra samācitā | virarāja bhṛśaṃ citrā mahī navavadhūriva

with golden, many-coloured armour and the trappings of elephants and horses, strewn with hundreds of crowns scattered here and there; the many-coloured earth shone exceedingly, like a new bride.

Note on the text: Corrected विराज भृशं → विरराज भृशं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara; the critical edition reads virarāja bhṛśam). Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0050–0052 (placed after 7.121.1).

Verse 31 (7.147.31)

मज्जामेदःकर्दमिनीं शोणितौघतरङ्गिणीम् । मर्मास्थिभिरगाधां च केशशैवलशाद्वलाम् ॥

majjāmedaḥkardaminīṃ śoṇitaughataraṅgiṇīm | marmāsthibhiragādhāṃ ca keśaśaivalaśādvalām

He made flow a river, muddy with marrow and fat, rolling waves of floods of blood, unfathomable with the bones of vital parts, with hair for its moss and grass,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0053–0054 (placed after 7.121.1).

Verse 32 (7.147.32)

शिरोबाहूपलतटां रुग्णक्रोडास्थिसङ्कटाम् । चित्रध्वजपताकाढ्यां छत्रचापोर्मिमालिनीम् ॥

śirobāhūpalataṭāṃ rugṇakroḍāsthisaṅkaṭām | citradhvajapatākāḍhyāṃ chatracāpormimālinīm

with heads and arms for the stones of its banks, choked with broken chest-bones, rich in bright standards and banners, with umbrellas and bows for its garland of waves,

Note on the text: Corrected छत्राचापोर्मि → छत्रचापोर्मि (misprint in Wikisource; a stray ा; the critical edition reads chattracāpormi). Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0055–0056 (placed after 7.121.1).

Verse 33 (7.147.33)

विगतासुमहाकायां गजदेहाभिसङ्कुलाम् । रथोडुपशताकीर्णां हयसङ्घातरोधसम् ॥

vigatāsumahākāyāṃ gajadehābhisaṅkulām | rathoḍupaśatākīrṇāṃ hayasaṅghātarodhasam

thronged with the huge bodies of the dead and the carcasses of elephants, strewn with hundreds of chariot-rafts, with masses of horses for its banks,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0057–0058 (placed after 7.121.1).

Verse 34 (7.147.34)

रथचक्रयुगेषाक्षकूबरैरतिदुर्गमाम् । प्रासासिशक्तिपरशुविशिखाहिदुरासदाम् ॥

rathacakrayugeṣākṣakūbarairatidurgamām | prāsāsiśaktiparaśuviśikhāhidurāsadām

very hard to cross because of chariot-wheels, yokes, shafts, axles and chariot-frames, hard to approach because of lances, swords, spears, axes and arrows like serpents,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0059–0060 (placed after 7.121.1).

Verse 35 (7.147.35)

बलकङ्कमहानक्रां गोमायुमकरोत्कटाम् । गृध्रोदग्रमहाग्राहां शिवाविरुतभैरवाम् ॥

balakaṅkamahānakrāṃ gomāyumakarotkaṭām | gṛdhrodagramahāgrāhāṃ śivāvirutabhairavām

with cranes and herons for its great crocodiles, jackals for its sea-monsters, soaring vultures for its huge alligators, dreadful with the howling of she-jackals,

Note on the text: Corrected बलकङ्कुमहानक्रां → बलकङ्कमहानक्रां (misprint in Wikisource; कङ्कु is not a word; the critical edition reads balakaṅkamahānakrām). Corrected गृघ्रोदग्र → गृध्रोदग्र (misprint in Wikisource; घ for ध; the critical edition reads gṛdhrodagra). Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0061–0062 (placed after 7.121.1).

Verse 36 (7.147.36)

नृत्यत्प्रेतपिशाचाद्यैर्भूताकीर्णां सहस्रशः । गतासुयोधनिश्चेष्टशरीरशतवाहिनीम् ॥

nṛtyatpretapiśācādyairbhūtākīrṇāṃ sahasraśaḥ | gatāsuyodhaniśceṣṭaśarīraśatavāhinīm

crowded by thousands with dancing ghosts, goblins and other spirits, and carrying along hundreds of motionless bodies of fallen warriors,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0063–0064 (placed after 7.121.1). Line 1 reads भूताकीर्णाम् where the CE has bhūtaiḥ kīrṇām (a variant).

Verse 37 (7.147.37)

महाप्रतिभयां रौद्रां घोरां वैतरणीमिव । नदीं प्रवर्तयामास भीरूणां भयवर्धिनीम् ॥

mahāpratibhayāṃ raudrāṃ ghorāṃ vaitaraṇīmiva | nadīṃ pravartayāmāsa bhīrūṇāṃ bhayavardhinīm

a river most fearful, savage and dire, like the Vaitarani, that swelled the fear of the timid.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0065–0066 (placed after 7.121.1).

Verse 38 (7.147.38)

तं दृष्ट्वा तस्य विक्रान्तमन्तकस्येव रूपिणः । अभूतपूर्वं कुरुषु भयमागाद्रणाजिरे ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā tasya vikrāntamantakasyeva rūpiṇaḥ | abhūtapūrvaṃ kuruṣu bhayamāgādraṇājire

Seeing that prowess of his, like that of Death himself in visible form, a fear such as had never been before came upon the Kurus on the field of battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0067–0068 (placed after 7.121.1).

Verse 39 (7.147.39)

तत आदाय वीराणामस्त्रैरस्त्राणि पाण्डवः । आत्मानं रौद्रमाचष्ट रौद्रकर्मण्यधिष्ठितः ॥

tata ādāya vīrāṇāmastrairastrāṇi pāṇḍavaḥ | ātmānaṃ raudramācaṣṭa raudrakarmaṇyadhiṣṭhitaḥ

Then the Pandava, taking up the weapons of the heroes with his own weapons, declared himself terrible, established in his terrible work.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, lines 7.121.1d@015_0069–0070 (placed after 7.121.1). Line 2 reads रौद्रकर्मण्यधिष्ठितः where the CE has raudrakarmaṇi niṣṭhitaḥ (a variant).

Verse 40 (7.147.40)

ततो रथवरान्राजन्नत्यतिक्रामदर्जुनः ॥

tato rathavarānrājannatyatikrāmadarjunaḥ

Then, O king, Arjuna passed beyond the finest of the chariot-warriors.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only in CE Appendix I passage 15, line 7.121.1d@015_0071 (placed after 7.121.1). The page prints this stretch in square brackets (its own footnote says the bracketed text is found in one manuscript only); the brackets are removed here. This line stands alone, as in the CE (a single line at the end of the passage); the page prints it as 5-147-40a only. Line reads अत्यतिक्रामत् where the CE has abhyatikrāmat (a variant).

Verse 41 (7.147.41)

मध्यन्दिनगतं सूर्यं प्रतपन्तमिवाम्बरे । न शेकुः सर्वभूतानि पाण्डवं प्रतिवीक्षितुम् ॥

madhyandinagataṃ sūryaṃ pratapantamivāmbare | na śekuḥ sarvabhūtāni pāṇḍavaṃ prativīkṣitum

No creature could look at the Pandava as he blazed like the midday sun in the sky.

Note on the text: Identical to CE 7.121.2 (lines a, c).

Verse 42 (7.147.42)

प्रसृतांस्तस्य गाण्डीवाच्छरव्रातान्महात्मनः । सङ्ग्रामे सम्प्रपश्यामो हंसपङ्क्तिरिवाम्बरे ॥

prasṛtāṃstasya gāṇḍīvāccharavrātānmahātmanaḥ | saṅgrāme samprapaśyāmo haṃsapaṅktirivāmbare

In that battle we saw the flights of arrows streaming from the great soul's Gandiva like lines of geese in the sky.

Note on the text: CE 7.121.3a, c; line 2 reads सम्प्रपश्यामो हंसपङ्क्तिरिव where the CE has samapaśyāma haṃsapaṅktīr iva (a variant).

Verse 43 (7.147.43)

विनिवार्य स वीराणामस्त्रैरस्त्राणि सर्वतः । दर्शयन्रौद्रमात्मानमुग्रे कर्मणि धिष्ठितः ॥

vinivārya sa vīrāṇāmastrairastrāṇi sarvataḥ | darśayanraudramātmānamugre karmaṇi dhiṣṭhitaḥ

Warding off the heroes' weapons on every side with his own weapons, he showed himself in a terrible form, set upon his fierce work.

Note on the text: CE 7.121.4a, c; line 1 reads सर्वतः where the CE has sarvaśaḥ (a variant).

Verse 44 (7.147.44)

स तान्रथवरान्राजन्नत्याक्रामत्तदाऽर्जुनः । मोहयन्निव नाराचैर्जयद्रथवधेप्सया ॥

sa tānrathavarānrājannatyākrāmattadā'rjunaḥ | mohayanniva nārācairjayadrathavadhepsayā

Then Arjuna, in his wish to slay Jayadratha, passed beyond those finest of chariot-warriors, as if bewildering them with his iron arrows.

Note on the text: CE 7.121.5a, c; line 1 reads अत्याक्रामत् where the CE has abhyatikrāmat (a variant).

Verse 45 (7.147.45)

विसृजन्दिक्षु सर्वासु शरानच्युतसारथिः । सरथो व्यचरत्तूर्णं प्रेक्षणीयो धनञ्जयः ॥

visṛjandikṣu sarvāsu śarānacyutasārathiḥ | saratho vyacarattūrṇaṃ prekṣaṇīyo dhanañjayaḥ

Loosing arrows in all directions, with Achyuta for his charioteer, Dhananjaya, a sight to behold, ranged swiftly in his chariot.

Note on the text: CE 7.121.6a, c; line 1 reads अच्युतसारथिः where the CE has asitasārathiḥ, and line 2 reads सरथो where the CE has sa raṇe (variants).

Verse 46 (7.147.46)

भ्रमन्त इव शूरस्य शरव्राताः महात्मनः । अदृश्यन्तान्तरिक्षस्थाः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥

bhramanta iva śūrasya śaravrātāḥ mahātmanaḥ | adṛśyantāntarikṣasthāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

The flights of arrows of that great-souled hero seemed to whirl; they were seen in the air in hundreds and in thousands.

Note on the text: Identical to CE 7.121.7 (lines a, c).

Verse 47 (7.147.47)

आददानं महेष्वासं सन्दधानं च सायकम् । विसृजन्तं च कौन्तेयं नानुपश्याम वै तदा ॥

ādadānaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ sandadhānaṃ ca sāyakam | visṛjantaṃ ca kaunteyaṃ nānupaśyāma vai tadā

As the great archer, Kunti's son, took up, fitted and loosed his arrows, we could not then perceive him.

Note on the text: CE 7.121.8a, c; the verse ends differently (Wikisource: सायकम् … नानुपश्याम वै तदा; CE: pāṇḍavam … nānupaśyāmahe tadā).

Verse 48 (7.147.48)

तथा सर्वा दिशो राजन्सर्वांश्च रथिनो रणे । आकुलीकृत्य कौन्तेयो जयद्रथमुपाद्रवत् । विव्याध च चतुःषष्ट्या शराणां नतपर्वणाम् ॥

tathā sarvā diśo rājansarvāṃśca rathino raṇe | ākulīkṛtya kaunteyo jayadrathamupādravat | vivyādha ca catuḥṣaṣṭyā śarāṇāṃ nataparvaṇām

So, O king, throwing all the quarters and all the chariot-warriors in the battle into confusion, Kunti's son rushed upon Jayadratha. He pierced him with sixty-four smooth-jointed arrows.

Note on the text: Identical to CE 7.121.9 (lines a, c, e).

Verse 49 (7.147.49)

सैन्धवाभिमुखं यान्तं योधाः सम्प्रेक्ष्य पाण्डवम् । न्यवर्तन्त रणाद्वीरा निराशास्तस्य जीविते ॥

saindhavābhimukhaṃ yāntaṃ yodhāḥ samprekṣya pāṇḍavam | nyavartanta raṇādvīrā nirāśāstasya jīvite

Seeing the Pandava advancing on the Saindhava, the warriors turned back from the battle, despairing of their lives.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only as star passage 7.121.9f*1006_01–02 (placed after 7.121.9). The page prints this stretch in square brackets (its own footnote says the bracketed text is found in one manuscript only); the brackets are removed here.

Verse 50 (7.147.50)

यो योऽभ्यधावदाक्रन्दे तावकः पाण्डवं रणे । तस्यतस्यान्तगा बाणाः शरीरे न्यपतन्प्रभो ॥

yo yo'bhyadhāvadākrande tāvakaḥ pāṇḍavaṃ raṇe | tasyatasyāntagā bāṇāḥ śarīre nyapatanprabho

Whichever of your men ran at the Pandava in the din of battle, O lord, arrows that were his very end fell upon that man's body.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only as star passage 7.121.9f*1006_03–04 (placed after 7.121.9).

Verse 51 (7.147.51)

कबन्धसङ्कुलं चक्रे तव सैन्यं महारथः । अर्जुनो जयतां श्रेष्ठः शरैरग्न्यंशुसन्निभैः ॥

kabandhasaṅkulaṃ cakre tava sainyaṃ mahārathaḥ | arjuno jayatāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ śarairagnyaṃśusannibhaiḥ

That great chariot-warrior Arjuna, best of victors, filled your army with headless trunks with his arrows, bright as fire and the sun's rays.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only as star passage 7.121.9f*1006_05–06 (placed after 7.121.9). Line 2 reads अग्न्यंशुसन्निभैः where the CE has arkāṃśusaṃnibhaiḥ (a variant).

Verse 52 (7.147.52)

एवं तत्तव राजेन्द्र चतुरङ्गबलं तदा । व्याकुलीकृत्य कौन्तेयो जयद्रथमुपाद्रवत् ॥

evaṃ tattava rājendra caturaṅgabalaṃ tadā | vyākulīkṛtya kaunteyo jayadrathamupādravat

Thus, O king of kings, having thrown your fourfold army into disorder, Kunti's son rushed upon Jayadratha.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only as star passage 7.121.9f*1006_07–08 (placed after 7.121.9).

Verse 53 (7.147.53)

द्रौणिं पञ्चाशताऽविध्यद्वृषसेनं त्रिभिः शरैः । कृपायमाणः कौन्तेयः कृपं नवभिरार्दयत् ॥

drauṇiṃ pañcāśatā'vidhyadvṛṣasenaṃ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ | kṛpāyamāṇaḥ kaunteyaḥ kṛpaṃ navabhirārdayat

He struck Drona's son with fifty arrows and Vrishasena with three; showing mercy, Kunti's son afflicted Kripa with nine.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only as star passage 7.121.9f*1006_09–10 (placed after 7.121.9).

Verse 54 (7.147.54)

शल्यं षोडशभिर्बाणैः कर्णं द्वात्रिंशता शरैः । सैन्धवं तु चतुःषष्ट्या विद्ध्वा सिंह इवानदत् ॥

śalyaṃ ṣoḍaśabhirbāṇaiḥ karṇaṃ dvātriṃśatā śaraiḥ | saindhavaṃ tu catuḥṣaṣṭyā viddhvā siṃha ivānadat

He struck Shalya with sixteen arrows, Karna with thirty-two, and Saindhava with sixty-four, and roared like a lion.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्व्वा → विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; a broken conjunct; the critical edition reads viddhvā). Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only as star passage 7.121.9f*1006_11–12 (placed after 7.121.9). The page prints this stretch in square brackets (its own footnote says the bracketed text is found in one manuscript only); the brackets are removed here.

Verse 55 (7.147.55)

सैन्धवस्तु तथा विद्धः शरैर्गाण्डीवधन्वना । न चक्षमे सुसङ्क्रुद्धस्तोत्रार्दित इव द्विपः ॥

saindhavastu tathā viddhaḥ śarairgāṇḍīvadhanvanā | na cakṣame susaṅkruddhastotrārdita iva dvipaḥ

Saindhava, struck so by the wielder of Gandiva with his arrows, could not bear it, being greatly enraged, like an elephant stung by the goad.

Note on the text: Identical to CE 7.121.10 (lines a, c).

Verse 56 (7.147.56)

स वराहध्वजस्तूर्णं गार्ध्रपत्रानजिह्मगान् । क्रुद्धाशीविषसङ्काशान्कर्मारपरिमार्जितान् ॥

sa varāhadhvajastūrṇaṃ gārdhrapatrānajihmagān | kruddhāśīviṣasaṅkāśānkarmāraparimārjitān

He of the boar standard quickly took arrows feathered with vulture plumes, straight-flying, like angry venomous snakes, polished by the smith,

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.121.11a and 7.121.11c; line 2 reads क्रुद्धाशीविषसङ्काशान् where the CE has āśīviṣasamaprakhyān (a variant).

Verse 57 (7.147.57)

आकर्णपूर्णांश्चिक्षेप फल्गुनस्य रथं प्रति । त्रिभिस्तु विद्ध्वा गोविन्दं नाराचैः षड्भिरर्जुनम् ॥

ākarṇapūrṇāṃścikṣepa phalgunasya rathaṃ prati | tribhistu viddhvā govindaṃ nārācaiḥ ṣaḍbhirarjunam

and drawing them to his ear he shot them at Phalguna's chariot. With three iron arrows he pierced Govinda, and with six he pierced Arjuna.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्‌वा → विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; a broken conjunct (with a stray joiner mark); the critical edition reads viddhvā). Line 1 (आकर्णपूर्णांश्चिक्षेप …) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the CE has 7.121.11e, a different line). Line 2 corresponds to CE 7.121.12a (गोविन्दम् for gāṇḍīvam).

Verse 58 (7.147.58)

अष्टभिर्वाजिनोऽविध्यद्ध्वजं चैकेन पत्रिणा । भूयश्चैवार्जुनं सङ्ख्ये शरवर्षैरवाकिरत् ॥

aṣṭabhirvājino'vidhyaddhvajaṃ caikena patriṇā | bhūyaścaivārjunaṃ saṅkhye śaravarṣairavākirat

With eight he pierced the horses, and with one feathered arrow the standard; and again in battle he covered Arjuna with showers of arrows.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Line 1 = CE 7.121.12c; line 2 appears in the CE as star passage 7.121.12d*1008_01 (placed after 7.121.12).

Verse 59 (7.147.59)

स विक्षिप्यार्जुनस्तूर्णं सैन्धवप्रहिताञ्शरान् । युगपत्तस्य चिच्छेद शराभ्यां सैन्धवस्य ह । सारथेश्च शिरः कायाद्ध्वजं च समलङ्कृतम् ॥

sa vikṣipyārjunastūrṇaṃ saindhavaprahitāñśarān | yugapattasya ciccheda śarābhyāṃ saindhavasya ha | sāratheśca śiraḥ kāyāddhvajaṃ ca samalaṅkṛtam

Arjuna, scattering at once the arrows that Saindhava had shot, cut down with two arrows, together, the head of Saindhava's charioteer from his body and his adorned standard.

Note on the text: Corrected कायाद्व्वजं → कायाद्ध्वजं (misprint in Wikisource; a broken conjunct; the critical edition reads kāyād dhvajam). Lines = CE 7.121.13a, c, e; line 1 reads तूर्णम् where the CE has tīkṣṇān, and सैन्धवप्रहिताञ्शरान् for saindhavapreṣitāñ śarān (variants).

Verse 60 (7.147.60)

स च्छिन्नयष्टिः सुमहान्धनञ्जयशराहतः । वराहः सिन्धुराजस्य पपातेन्दुसमप्रभः ॥

sa cchinnayaṣṭiḥ sumahāndhanañjayaśarāhataḥ | varāhaḥ sindhurājasya papātendusamaprabhaḥ

Its pole cut through and struck by Dhananjaya's arrows, the great boar standard of the Sindhu king, bright as the moon, fell.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.121.14a, c, with variants in both (Wikisource: सुमहान्धनञ्जयशराहतः, पपातेन्दुसमप्रभः; CE: sumahāñ śīryamāṇaḥ śarāhataḥ, papātāgniśikhopamaḥ).

Verse 61 (7.147.61)

आदित्यं प्रेक्षमाणस्तु बीभत्सुः सृक्विणी लिहन् । अपश्यन्नान्तरं तस्य रक्षिभिः संवृतस्य वै ॥

ādityaṃ prekṣamāṇastu bībhatsuḥ sṛkviṇī lihan | apaśyannāntaraṃ tasya rakṣibhiḥ saṃvṛtasya vai

Bibhatsu, looking at the sun and licking the corners of his mouth, saw no opening against him, for he was surrounded by his protectors.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there only as star passage 7.121.14d*1009_01–02 (placed after 7.121.14).

Verse 62 (7.147.62)

अभवत्क्रोधरक्ताक्षो व्यात्तानन इवान्तकः । अथाब्रवीद्वासुदेवः कुन्तीपुत्रं धनञ्जयम् ॥

abhavatkrodharaktākṣo vyāttānana ivāntakaḥ | athābravīdvāsudevaḥ kuntīputraṃ dhanañjayam

His eyes red with rage, he looked like Death with gaping mouth. Then Vasudeva spoke to Kunti's son Dhananjaya.

Note on the text: Corrected अभवक्त्रोध → अभवत्क्रोध (misprint in Wikisource; a broken conjunct and word division; the critical edition reads abhavat krodharaktākṣaḥ). Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as star passage 7.121.14d*1009_03–04. Line 2 is narration (Sanjaya); the speech of Vasudeva begins in the next verse.

Verse 63 (7.147.63)

नैव शक्यस्त्वया हन्तुं निर्व्याजं भरतर्षभ । स्रक्ष्याम्यहमुपायं तमादित्यस्यापवारणे । ततोऽस्तं गतमादित्यं मंस्यते सिन्धुराडिह ॥

naiva śakyastvayā hantuṃ nirvyājaṃ bharatarṣabha | srakṣyāmyahamupāyaṃ tamādityasyāpavāraṇe | tato'staṃ gatamādityaṃ maṃsyate sindhurāḍiha

"O best of the Bharatas, you cannot kill him without a stratagem. I shall devise a means to hide the sun, so that the king of Sindhu will think the sun has set."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its three lines appear there as star passage 7.121.14d*1009_05–07. Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna), whose speech begins here; no heading is printed on the page (the CE star passage heads it श्रीभगवानुवाच).

Verse 64 (7.147.64)

ततोऽस्य विस्मयः पार्थ हर्षश्चैव भविष्यति । आत्मजीवितलाभाच्च प्रतिज्ञायाश्च नाशनात् ॥

tato'sya vismayaḥ pārtha harṣaścaiva bhaviṣyati | ātmajīvitalābhācca pratijñāyāśca nāśanāt

"Then, Partha, he will feel wonder and joy, at having kept his life and at the failure of your vow."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as star passage 7.121.14d*1009_08–09. Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna), continuing his speech (unheaded).

Verse 65 (7.147.65)

अस्तङ्गतमिवादित्यं दृष्ट्वा मोहेन बालिशः । न हि शक्ष्यत्यथाऽऽत्मानं रक्षितुं हर्षसम्भवात् ॥

astaṅgatamivādityaṃ dṛṣṭvā mohena bāliśaḥ | na hi śakṣyatyathā''tmānaṃ rakṣituṃ harṣasambhavāt

"Seeing the sun as though set, the fool, in his delusion, will not be able to guard himself, because of the joy that rises in him."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as star passage 7.121.14d*1009_10–11. Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna), continuing his speech (unheaded).

Verse 66 (7.147.66)

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु प्रहर्तव्यं धनञ्जय । जयद्रथस्य क्षुद्रस्य सवितुर्दर्शनार्थिनः ॥

etasminneva kāle tu prahartavyaṃ dhanañjaya | jayadrathasya kṣudrasya saviturdarśanārthinaḥ

"At that very moment, Dhananjaya, you must strike the petty Jayadratha, who will be eager to see the sun."

Note on the text: Corrected सविदुर्दर्शनार्थिनः → सवितुर्दर्शनार्थिनः (misprint in Wikisource; a mistyped ending; the critical edition reads savitur darśanārthinaḥ, "eager to see the sun"). Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as star passage 7.121.14d*1009_12–13. Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna), ending his speech here; the page prints the heading सञ्जय उवाच before the next verse.

Verse 67 (7.147.67)

एवमुक्त्वा ततः पार्थं क्षिप्रमेवाहरत्प्रभाम् । जनार्दनेन सृष्टं वै तम आदित्यनाशनम् ॥

evamuktvā tataḥ pārthaṃ kṣipramevāharatprabhām | janārdanena sṛṣṭaṃ vai tama ādityanāśanam

Having spoken thus to Partha, he quickly drew away the sun's radiance: a darkness created by Janardana that blotted out the sun.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as star passage 7.121.14d*1009_14 and _16 (line 1 reads एवमुक्त्वा where the CE has ity uktvā tu).

Verse 68 (7.147.68)

पार्थस्य बलमज्ञानात्तमो दृष्ट्वा सुदुःखितम् । अभवंस्तावका योधा हर्षसङ्कुलचेतसः ॥

pārthasya balamajñānāttamo dṛṣṭvā suduḥkhitam | abhavaṃstāvakā yodhā harṣasaṅkulacetasaḥ

Partha's army, in its ignorance, seeing the darkness, was greatly distressed, while your warriors became overjoyed in their minds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; line 2 appears there as star passage 7.121.14d*1009_17; line 1 (पार्थस्य बलमज्ञानात् …) differs from the CE star line _15 (pārthas tu balavāñ jñātvā …) and is a vulgate reading. The page's own footnote glosses बलम् as the (Pandava) army.

Verse 69 (7.147.69)

ते प्रहृष्टा रणे राजन्नापश्यन्सैनिका रविम् । उन्नाम्य वक्त्राणि तदा स च राजा जयद्रथः ॥

te prahṛṣṭā raṇe rājannāpaśyansainikā ravim | unnāmya vaktrāṇi tadā sa ca rājā jayadrathaḥ

Those delighted soldiers, O king, raised their faces on the battlefield and did not see the sun; and so too King Jayadratha.

Note on the text: Corrected राजन्नपश्यन् → राजन्नापश्यन् (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped long ā that reverses the sense; the same line stands in CE Appendix I with nāpaśyan, "did not see the sun"). Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there only as CE Appendix I passage 16, lines 7.121.15d@016_0016–0017 (placed after 7.121.15).

Verse 70 (7.147.70)

वीक्षमाणे ततस्तस्मिन्सिन्धुराजे दिवाकरम् । उन्नमय्य शिरोग्रीवां वीक्षते सूर्यमण्डलम् । तस्य शीघ्रं पृषत्केन कायाच्छीर्षमपाहर ॥

vīkṣamāṇe tatastasminsindhurāje divākaram | unnamayya śirogrīvāṃ vīkṣate sūryamaṇḍalam | tasya śīghraṃ pṛṣatkena kāyācchīrṣamapāhara

As the king of Sindhu stood gazing at the sun, "He raises his neck and head and looks at the orb of the sun! Swiftly, with an arrow, strike his head from his body!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; line 1 = CE Appendix I passage 16, line 7.121.15d@016_0018; lines 2–3 = CE star passage 7.121.14d*1009_22–23. The words from line 2 on ("he lifts his neck and head … strike his head from his body") are Vasudeva's; the page prints no heading mid-verse, so the verse stays with the narrator Sanjaya.

Verse 71 (7.147.71)

केशवेनैवमुक्तः सन्नमर्षाद्रक्तलोचनः । उद्बबर्ह शरं तीक्ष्णममरैरपि दुःसहम् ॥

keśavenaivamuktaḥ sannamarṣādraktalocanaḥ | udbabarha śaraṃ tīkṣṇamamarairapi duḥsaham

Addressed so by Keshava, his eyes red with fury, Arjuna drew out a keen arrow that even the immortals could not withstand.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as star passage 7.121.14d*1009_24–25.

Verse 72 (7.147.72)

एवं तूणीशयं घोरमिन्द्राशनिसमप्रभम् । वर्मभेदिनमत्यर्थं गन्धमाल्यार्चितं सदा । विससर्ज ततस्तूर्णं सैन्धवस्य रथं प्रति ॥

evaṃ tūṇīśayaṃ ghoramindrāśanisamaprabham | varmabhedinamatyarthaṃ gandhamālyārcitaṃ sadā | visasarja tatastūrṇaṃ saindhavasya rathaṃ prati

Then he swiftly let fly towards Saindhava's chariot that dreadful arrow, lying in his quiver, bright as Indra's thunderbolt, exceedingly piercing of armour, ever honoured with perfumes and garlands.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 appear in the CE as star passage 7.121.31b*1015_01–02 (line 1 reads एवम् where the CE has ekam; line 2 वर्मभेदिनम् for sarvabhedinam); line 3 corresponds to CE 7.121.31c (visasarjārjunas tūrṇaṃ saindhavasya vadhe vṛtaḥ), with a different ending.

Verse 73 (7.147.73)

स तु गाण्डीवनिर्मुक्तः शरः श्येन इवाशुगः । शकुन्तमिव वृक्षाग्रात्सैन्धवस्याहरच्छिरः ॥

sa tu gāṇḍīvanirmuktaḥ śaraḥ śyena ivāśugaḥ | śakuntamiva vṛkṣāgrātsaindhavasyāharacchiraḥ

Loosed from Gandiva, that arrow, swift as a hawk, took Saindhava's head as a hawk takes a bird from the top of a tree.

Note on the text: Corrected इवाशुनः → इवाशुगः (misprint in Wikisource; आशुन is not a word; the critical edition reads ivāśugaḥ, "swift-going"). Lines = CE 7.121.32a, c.

Verse 74 (7.147.74)

प्रपतिष्यति शीर्षे तु कृष्णोऽर्जुनमथाब्रवीत् । पार्थ पार्थ शिरो ह्येतद्यथा नेयान्महीतलम् । तथा कुरु कुरुश्रेष्ठ वक्ष्ये तस्यापि कारणम् ॥

prapatiṣyati śīrṣe tu kṛṣṇo'rjunamathābravīt | pārtha pārtha śiro hyetadyathā neyānmahītalam | tathā kuru kuruśreṣṭha vakṣye tasyāpi kāraṇam

As the head was about to fall, Krishna said to Arjuna: "Partha, Partha, so act that this head does not reach the ground. Do so, best of the Kurus; I shall tell you the reason for that too."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its three lines appear there as star passage 7.121.32d*1019_01–03 (after 7.121.32). Line 1 is narration; lines 2–3 are Krishna's words to Arjuna, with no heading printed mid-verse, so the verse stays with Sanjaya.

Verse 75 (7.147.75)

श्रुत्वा तु वचनं तस्य त्वरमाणोऽस्त्रमायया । तथाऽहरच्छिरस्तस्य शरैरूर्ध्वं धनञ्जयः । दुर्हृदामपहर्षाय सुहृदां हर्षणाय च ॥

śrutvā tu vacanaṃ tasya tvaramāṇo'stramāyayā | tathā'haracchirastasya śarairūrdhvaṃ dhanañjayaḥ | durhṛdāmapaharṣāya suhṛdāṃ harṣaṇāya ca

Hearing his words, Dhananjaya, hastening through the power of his weapon, took the head up again with his arrows, to the dismay of his enemies and the delight of his friends.

Note on the text: Line 1 appears in the CE as star passage 7.121.32d*1019_04; lines 2–3 correspond to CE 7.121.33a, c (line 2 reads तथा … तस्य where the CE has aharat tat punaś caiva; line 3 दुर्हृदामपहर्षाय where the CE has durhṛdām apraharṣāya).

Verse 76 (7.147.76)

तिर्यगूर्ध्वमधश्चैव पुनरूर्ध्वमथापि च । दीर्घकालमवाक्चैव सम्प्रक्रीडन्निवार्जुनः ॥

tiryagūrdhvamadhaścaiva punarūrdhvamathāpi ca | dīrghakālamavākcaiva samprakrīḍannivārjunaḥ

Sideways, upward, downward and upward again, for a long time, and downward as well, Arjuna seemed to be playing with it.

Note on the text: Corrected दीर्घकालमवाक्वैव → दीर्घकालमवाक्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; व for च; the critical edition reads dīrghakālam avāk caiva). Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as star passage 7.121.33d*1020_01–02.

Verse 77 (7.147.77)

तत्सैन्यं सर्वतोऽपश्यन्महदाश्चर्यमद्भुतम् । प्रापयत्स शिरो यस्माद्योधयन्नेव पार्थिवान् ॥

tatsainyaṃ sarvato'paśyanmahadāścaryamadbhutam | prāpayatsa śiro yasmādyodhayanneva pārthivān

On every side that army watched a great and marvellous wonder, for he brought the head onward even as he went on fighting the kings.

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वतोपश्यन् → सर्वतोऽपश्यन् (misprint in Wikisource; a missing avagraha; the critical edition reads sarvato 'paśyan). Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as star passage 7.121.33d*1020_03–04.

Verse 78 (7.147.78)

शरैः कन्दुकवत्कृत्वा तस्यालोकाय पाण्डवः । स्यमन्तपञ्चकाद्बाह्ये शिरस्तदहरच्छरैः ॥

śaraiḥ kandukavatkṛtvā tasyālokāya pāṇḍavaḥ | syamantapañcakādbāhye śirastadaharaccharaiḥ

Making a ball of it with his arrows, so that it could be seen, the Pandava with his arrows carried that head beyond Syamantapancaka.

Note on the text: Lines correspond to CE 7.121.34a and 7.121.34c, but both differ (Wikisource: शरैः कन्दुकवत्कृत्वा तस्यालोकाय पाण्डवः / स्यमन्तपञ्चकाद्बाह्ये शिरस्तदहरच्छरैः; CE: śaraiḥ kadambakīkṛtya kāle tasmiṃś ca pāṇḍavaḥ / samantapañcakād bāhyaṃ śiras tad vyaharat tataḥ). The name is spelled Syamantapancaka here, as in the CE's own star passages.

Verse 79 (7.147.79)

जयद्रथस्यार्जुनबाणनालं । मुखारविन्दं रुधिराम्बुसिक्तम् । दृष्टं नरैश्चोपरिवर्तमानं । विद्याधरोत्सृष्टमिवैकपद्मम् ॥

jayadrathasyārjunabāṇanālaṃ | mukhāravindaṃ rudhirāmbusiktam | dṛṣṭaṃ naraiścoparivartamānaṃ | vidyādharotsṛṣṭamivaikapadmam

The face of Jayadratha, a lotus whose stalk was Arjuna's arrow, sprinkled with waters of blood, was seen by men moving above them, like a single lotus flung up by a Vidyadhara.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its four lines appear there as star passage 7.121.34d*1022_01–04.

Verse 80 (7.147.80)

स देवशत्रूनिव देवराजः । किरीटमाली व्यधमत्सपत्नान् । यथा तमांस्यभ्युदितस्तमोघ्नः । पूर्णां प्रतिज्ञां स समाप्य वीरः ॥

sa devaśatrūniva devarājaḥ | kirīṭamālī vyadhamatsapatnān | yathā tamāṃsyabhyuditastamoghnaḥ | pūrṇāṃ pratijñāṃ sa samāpya vīraḥ

That hero, the wearer of the diadem, having fully accomplished his vow, scattered his foes as the king of the gods scatters the enemies of the gods, as the risen sun, the dispeller of darkness, scatters the shadows.

Note on the text: Same four lines as CE 7.121.49 (a, c) and as star passage 7.121.34d*1022_05–08; the last line reads पूर्णां प्रतिज्ञां स समाप्य वीरः, where CE star _08 has pūrṇāṃ pratijñāṃ samavāpya dhīraḥ and CE 7.121.49c has pūrvāṃ pratijñāṃ samavāpya vīraḥ (variants).

Verse 81 (7.147.81)

अथाब्रवीत्केशवं पाण्डवेयः । कियन्तमध्वानमिदं हरामि । किमर्थमेतन्न निपात्यमुर्व्याम् । क्व च प्रयातव्यमिदं च शंस । शक्नोम्यहं यत्र भवान्ब्रवीति । तं भूमिदेशं च शिरो विनेतुम् ॥

athābravītkeśavaṃ pāṇḍaveyaḥ | kiyantamadhvānamidaṃ harāmi | kimarthametanna nipātyamurvyām | kva ca prayātavyamidaṃ ca śaṃsa | śaknomyahaṃ yatra bhavānbravīti | taṃ bhūmideśaṃ ca śiro vinetum

Then the son of Pandu said to Keshava: "How far must I carry this? Why is it not to be dropped on the ground? Where must it go? Tell me this. I am able to bring the head to that place, wherever you say."

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (star passage 7.121.34d*1022_09–14): Wikisource prints only the last line of this six-line verse (5-147-81f alone, the earlier lines a–e being lost); lines 1–5 are written in Devanagari from the CE IAST (athābravīt keśavaṃ pāṇḍaveyaḥ / kiyantam adhvānam idaṃ harāmi / kimartham etan na nipātyam urvyāṃ / kva ca prayātavyam idaṃ ca śaṃsa / śaknomy ahaṃ yatra bhavān bravīti), with sandhi written as elsewhere on the page; line 6 is Wikisource's own and equals CE _14. Lines 2–6 are Arjuna's question to Krishna; they stand in the same verse as the narration of line 1, so the verse stays with Sanjaya. The adhyaya ends here, as the page does.