The Boon of Vriddhakshatra and the Fall of Jayadratha's Head

Verse 1 (7.148.1)

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु त्वरमाणे दिवाकरे । अब्रवीत्पाण्डवं तत्र त्वरमाणो जनार्दनः ॥

etasminneva kāle tu tvaramāṇe divākare | abravītpāṇḍavaṃ tatra tvaramāṇo janārdanaḥ

At that very moment, as the sun hurried towards its setting, Janardana, himself in haste, said to the Pandava:

Note on the text: Corrected एवस्मिन्नेव → एतस्मिन्नेव (misprint in Wikisource; a mistyped word; the critical edition reads etasminn eva kāle). Lines = CE 7.121.15a, c; line 1 reads त्वरमाणे दिवाकरे where the CE has drutaṃ gacchati bhāskare (a variant). Narration (Sanjaya); the speech of Vasudeva (Krishna) runs from the next verse to verse 17, where the page prints a second heading सञ्जय उवाच.

Verse 2 (7.148.2)

पार्थ पार्थ शिरो ह्येतद्यत्कृते न पतेद्भुवि । श्रूयतां तद्यथावृत्तं कारणं सैन्धवं प्रति ॥

pārtha pārtha śiro hyetadyatkṛte na patedbhuvi | śrūyatāṃ tadyathāvṛttaṃ kāraṇaṃ saindhavaṃ prati

"Partha, Partha, listen to how it truly was: the reason, concerning Saindhava, why this head must not fall to the ground."

Note on the text: Corrected ह्येनद् → ह्येतद् (misprint in Wikisource; a mistyped letter; the critical edition reads hy etat). Removed the stray asterisk before प्रति. Not in the critical edition's main text; its lines appear there as star passage 7.121.16f*1011_01 and _03 (line 2 reads कारणम् where the CE has karaṇam; line 1 यत्कृते where the CE has tvatkṛtena). Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna), whose speech begins here; the page prints no heading, but its second heading सञ्जय उवाच before verse 18 shows that verses 2–17 are his.

Verse 3 (7.148.3)

वृद्धक्षत्रः सैन्धवस्य पिता जगति विश्रुतः । स च घोरेण तपसा सैन्धवं प्राप्तवान्सुतम् ॥

vṛddhakṣatraḥ saindhavasya pitā jagati viśrutaḥ | sa ca ghoreṇa tapasā saindhavaṃ prāptavānsutam

"Vriddhakshatra, the father of Saindhava, is renowned in the world. By dreadful austerity he obtained this son, Saindhava."

Note on the text: Corrected दैन्धवं → सैन्धवं (misprint in Wikisource; द for स; the critical edition reads saindhavam). Lines = CE 7.121.17a, c; line 2 reads स च घोरेण तपसा where the CE has sa kāleneha mahatā (a variant). Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna), unheaded.

Verse 4 (7.148.4)

जयद्रथममित्रघ्नं वागुवाचाशरीरिणी । नृपमन्तर्हिता वाणी मेघदुन्दुभिनिःस्वना ॥

jayadrathamamitraghnaṃ vāguvācāśarīriṇī | nṛpamantarhitā vāṇī meghadundubhiniḥsvanā

"A bodiless voice spoke to the king concerning Jayadratha, the slayer of foes, a voice unseen, deep as thunder-clouds and drums:"

Note on the text: Lines correspond to CE 7.121.18a, c, with a different first line (CE: jayadratham amitraghnaṃ taṃ covāca tato nṛpam) and नृपम् / तदा variants. Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna), telling the story (unheaded).

Verse 5 (7.148.5)

तवात्मजो मनुष्येन्द्र कुलशीलदमादिभिः । गुणैर्भविष्यति विभो सदृशो वंशयोर्द्वयोः । क्षत्रियप्रवरो लोके नित्यं शूराभिसत्कृतः ॥

tavātmajo manuṣyendra kulaśīladamādibhiḥ | guṇairbhaviṣyati vibho sadṛśo vaṃśayordvayoḥ | kṣatriyapravaro loke nityaṃ śūrābhisatkṛtaḥ

"'Your son, O lord of men, will be equal by his virtues, by family, character, self-control and the rest, to both his lines, O sovereign; he will be the foremost of kshatriyas in the world, ever honoured by heroes.'"

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.121.19a, c, e; line 1 reads मनुष्येन्द्र where the CE has 'yaṃ martyeṣu (a variant). The voice's words, inside Vasudeva's account; speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna), unheaded.

Verse 6 (7.148.6)

शत्रुभिर्युध्यमानस्य सङ्ग्रामे त्वस्य धन्विनः । शिरश्छेत्स्यति सङ्क्रुद्धः शत्रुर्नालक्षितो भुवि ॥

śatrubhiryudhyamānasya saṅgrāme tvasya dhanvinaḥ | śiraśchetsyati saṅkruddhaḥ śatrurnālakṣito bhuvi

"'While this bowman is fighting his enemies in battle, an enraged foe, unperceived on the earth, will cut off his head.'"

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (7.121.20a): Wikisource prints only the second line of this verse (5-148-6a alone); line 1 is CE 7.121.20a, written in Devanagari from the CE IAST (śatrubhir yudhyamānasya saṃgrāme tv asya dhanvinaḥ). Line 2 is Wikisource's own, corrected: शत्रुश्चालक्षितो → शत्रुर्नालक्षितो (misprint in Wikisource; श्च for र्ना, which gives no sense; CE 7.121.20c reads śatrur nālakṣito bhuvi). Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna), quoting the voice (unheaded).

Verse 7 (7.148.7)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा सिन्धुराजो ध्यात्वा चिरमरिन्दमः । ज्ञातीन्सर्वानुवाचेदं पुत्रस्नेहाभिचोदितः ॥

etacchrutvā sindhurājo dhyātvā ciramarindamaḥ | jñātīnsarvānuvācedaṃ putrasnehābhicoditaḥ

"Hearing this, the king of Sindhu, tamer of foes, reflected for a long while and then, moved by love for his son, said this to all his kinsmen:"

Note on the text: CE 7.121.21a, c; line 2 reads पुत्रस्नेहाभिचोदितः where the CE has putrasnehābhipīḍitaḥ (a variant). Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna), unheaded.

Verse 8 (7.148.8)

सङ्ग्रामे युध्यमानस्य वहतो महतीं धुरम् । धरण्यां मम पुत्रस्य पातयिष्यति यः शिरः ॥

saṅgrāme yudhyamānasya vahato mahatīṃ dhuram | dharaṇyāṃ mama putrasya pātayiṣyati yaḥ śiraḥ

"'Whoever, while my son is fighting in battle and bearing a heavy burden, makes his head fall to the ground,'"

Note on the text: Identical to CE 7.121.22a, c (the input found no match because Wikisource divides the CE verse differently). Vriddhakshatra's words, inside Vasudeva's account; speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna), unheaded.

Verse 9 (7.148.9)

तस्यापि शतधा मूर्धा फलिष्यति न संशयः । यदि चेदस्ति मे लाभस्तपसो वा दमस्य वा ॥

tasyāpi śatadhā mūrdhā phaliṣyati na saṃśayaḥ | yadi cedasti me lābhastapaso vā damasya vā

"'his head too will split into a hundred pieces, without doubt, if I have any gain from austerity or self-restraint.'"

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Line 1 = CE 7.121.22e; line 2 appears in the CE as star passage 7.121.22f*1012_01. Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna), unheaded.

Verse 10 (7.148.10)

एवमुक्त्वा ततो राज्ये स्थापयित्वा जयद्रथम् । वृद्धक्षत्रो वनं यातस्तपश्चोग्रं समास्थितः ॥

evamuktvā tato rājye sthāpayitvā jayadratham | vṛddhakṣatro vanaṃ yātastapaścograṃ samāsthitaḥ

"Having said this, and having established Jayadratha in the kingdom, Vriddhakshatra went to the forest and took up fierce austerity."

Note on the text: CE 7.121.23a, c; line 2 reads तपश्चोग्रम् where the CE has tapaśceṣṭam (a variant). Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna), unheaded.

Verse 11 (7.148.11)

सोऽयं तप्यति तेजस्वी तपो घोरं दुरासदम् । स्यमन्तपञ्चकादस्माद्बहिर्वानरकेतन ॥

so'yaṃ tapyati tejasvī tapo ghoraṃ durāsadam | syamantapañcakādasmādbahirvānaraketana

"That radiant one is practising dreadful and unassailable austerity there, O monkey-bannered one, just outside this Syamantapancaka."

Note on the text: CE 7.121.24a, c (the name is spelled Syamantapancaka here, as in the CE's own star passages). Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna), unheaded.

Verse 12 (7.148.12)

तस्माज्जयद्रथस्य त्वं शिरश्छित्त्वा महामृधे । दिव्येनास्त्रेण रिपुहन्घोरेणाद्भुतकर्मणा ॥

tasmājjayadrathasya tvaṃ śiraśchittvā mahāmṛdhe | divyenāstreṇa ripuhanghoreṇādbhutakarmaṇā

"Therefore, slayer of foes, in this great battle cut off Jayadratha's head with a divine weapon, terrible and wondrous in its working,"

Note on the text: Identical to CE 7.121.25a, c. Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna), unheaded.

Verse 13 (7.148.13)

सकुण्डलं सिन्धुपतेः प्रभञ्जनसुतानुज । उत्सङ्गे पातयस्वास्य वृद्धक्षत्रस्य भारत ॥

sakuṇḍalaṃ sindhupateḥ prabhañjanasutānuja | utsaṅge pātayasvāsya vṛddhakṣatrasya bhārata

"and, younger brother of the Wind's son, make it fall, with its earrings, into the lap of Vriddhakshatra, O Bharata."

Note on the text: CE 7.121.26a, c; line 2 reads पातयस्वास्य where the CE has pātayasvāśu (a variant). Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna), unheaded.

Verse 14 (7.148.14)

अथ त्वमस्य मूर्धानं पातयिष्यसि भूतले । तवापि शतधा मूर्धा फलिष्यति न संशयः ॥

atha tvamasya mūrdhānaṃ pātayiṣyasi bhūtale | tavāpi śatadhā mūrdhā phaliṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

"If you make his head fall to the ground, your own head too will burst into a hundred pieces, without doubt."

Note on the text: Identical to CE 7.121.27a, c. Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna), unheaded.

Verse 15 (7.148.15)

यथा चेदं न जानीयात्स राजा तपसि स्थितः । तथा कुरु कुरुश्रेष्ठ दिव्यमस्त्रमुपाश्रितः ॥

yathā cedaṃ na jānīyātsa rājā tapasi sthitaḥ | tathā kuru kuruśreṣṭha divyamastramupāśritaḥ

"So act, best of the Kurus, resorting to a divine weapon, that the king who stands in austerity may not know of it."

Note on the text: CE 7.121.28a, c; line 1 reads स राजा तपसि स्थितः where the CE has sa rājā pṛthivīpatiḥ, and चेदम् for caitat (variants). Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna), unheaded.

Verse 16 (7.148.16)

न ह्यसाध्यमकार्यं वा विद्यते तव किञ्चन । समस्तेष्वपि लोकेषु त्रिषु वासवनन्दन ॥

na hyasādhyamakāryaṃ vā vidyate tava kiñcana | samasteṣvapi lokeṣu triṣu vāsavanandana

"For nothing is impossible or unfit to be done for you, son of Indra, in all the three worlds."

Note on the text: Identical to CE 7.121.29a, c. Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna), unheaded.

Verse 17 (7.148.17)

यथैतत्सैन्धवशिरः शरैरेव धनञ्जय । वृद्धक्षत्रे पतत्येव तथा नीतिर्विधीयताम् ॥

yathaitatsaindhavaśiraḥ śaraireva dhanañjaya | vṛddhakṣatre patatyeva tathā nītirvidhīyatām

"'Dhananjaya, devise such a plan that this head of Saindhava falls on Vriddhakshatra by arrows alone.'"

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as star passage 7.121.29b*1013_02–03. Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna), ending his speech here; the page prints the heading सञ्जय उवाच before the next verse.

Verse 18 (7.148.18)

ततः सुमहदाश्चर्यं तत्रापश्याम भारत । स्यमन्तपञ्चकाद्बाह्यं शिरो यद्व्यहरत्ततः ॥

tataḥ sumahadāścaryaṃ tatrāpaśyāma bhārata | syamantapañcakādbāhyaṃ śiro yadvyaharattataḥ

Then, O Bharata, we saw a very great wonder there: from that place he bore the head away, beyond Syamantapancaka.

Note on the text: Line 1 appears in the CE as star passage 7.121.34b*1021_02; line 2 corresponds to CE 7.121.34c (Wikisource: शिरो यद्व्यहरत्ततः; CE: śiras tad vyaharat tataḥ), with the name spelled Syamantapancaka.

Verse 19 (7.148.19)

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु वृद्धक्षत्रो महीपतिः । सन्ध्यामुपास्ते तेजस्वी सम्बन्धी तव मारिष ॥

etasminneva kāle tu vṛddhakṣatro mahīpatiḥ | sandhyāmupāste tejasvī sambandhī tava māriṣa

At that very moment King Vriddhakshatra, radiant and your kinsman by marriage, O lord, was performing the evening prayer.

Note on the text: Identical to CE 7.121.35a, c.

Verse 20 (7.148.20)

उपासीनस्य तस्याथ कृष्णकेशं सकुण्डलम् । सिन्धुराजस्य मूर्धानमुत्सङ्गे समपातयत् ॥

upāsīnasya tasyātha kṛṣṇakeśaṃ sakuṇḍalam | sindhurājasya mūrdhānamutsaṅge samapātayat

As he sat at his worship, Arjuna made the head of the Sindhu king, with its black hair and earrings, fall into his lap.

Note on the text: Identical to CE 7.121.36a, c.

Verse 21 (7.148.21)

तस्योत्सङ्गे निपतितं शिरस्तच्चारुकुण्डलम् । वृद्धक्षत्रस्य नृपतेरलक्षितमरिन्दम ॥

tasyotsaṅge nipatitaṃ śirastaccārukuṇḍalam | vṛddhakṣatrasya nṛpateralakṣitamarindama

The head with its beautiful earrings, fallen into the lap of King Vriddhakshatra, went unnoticed by him, O tamer of foes.

Note on the text: Identical to CE 7.121.37a, c.

Verse 22 (7.148.22)

कृतजप्यस्य तस्याथ वृद्धक्षत्रस्य भारत । प्रोत्तिष्ठतस्तत्सहसा शिरोऽगच्छद्धरातलम् ॥

kṛtajapyasya tasyātha vṛddhakṣatrasya bhārata | prottiṣṭhatastatsahasā śiro'gacchaddharātalam

As Vriddhakshatra, O Bharata, having finished his prayer, suddenly stood up, the head fell to the ground.

Note on the text: Corrected शिरोऽगच्छद्वरातलम् → शिरोऽगच्छद्धरातलम् (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध; the critical edition reads dharātalam). CE 7.121.38a, c; line 1 ends भारत where the CE has dhīmataḥ, and line 2 reads प्रोत्तिष्ठतः where the CE has uttiṣṭhataḥ (variants).

Verse 23 (7.148.23)

ततस्तस्य नरेन्द्रस्य पुत्रमूर्धनि भूतले । गते तस्यापि शतधा मूर्धाऽगच्छदरिन्दम ॥

tatastasya narendrasya putramūrdhani bhūtale | gate tasyāpi śatadhā mūrdhā'gacchadarindama

Then, as the head of that lord of men's son reached the ground, his own head too, O tamer of foes, split into a hundred pieces.

Note on the text: CE 7.121.39a, c (भूतले for bhūtalam).

Verse 24 (7.148.24)

ततः सर्वाणि सैन्यानि विस्मयं जग्मुरुत्तमम् । वासुदेवश्च बीभत्सुं प्रशशंस महारथम् ॥

tataḥ sarvāṇi sainyāni vismayaṃ jagmuruttamam | vāsudevaśca bībhatsuṃ praśaśaṃsa mahāratham

Then all the armies were struck with utmost wonder, and Vasudeva praised the great chariot-warrior Bibhatsu.

Note on the text: CE 7.121.40a, c; line 1 reads सैन्यानि where the CE has bhūtāni (a variant).

Verse 25 (7.148.25)

ततो दृष्ट्वा विनिहतं सिन्धुराजं जयद्रथम् । कर्मणा तेन पार्थस्य विस्मिताः सर्वदेवताः ॥

tato dṛṣṭvā vinihataṃ sindhurājaṃ jayadratham | karmaṇā tena pārthasya vismitāḥ sarvadevatāḥ

Seeing Jayadratha, king of Sindhu, slain, all the gods were amazed at that deed of Partha.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). The page prints verses 25–34 as one quoted insertion. Line 1 = CE 7.121.41a; line 2 appears in the CE as star passage 7.121.41b*1026_01.

Verse 26 (7.148.26)

सर्वदा समरे यस्य गोप्ता नित्यं जनार्दनः । कथं तस्य जयो न स्यादिति भूतानि मेनिरे ॥

sarvadā samare yasya goptā nityaṃ janārdanaḥ | kathaṃ tasya jayo na syāditi bhūtāni menire

The beings thought: "He whose protector in battle is ever Janardana, how could victory fail him?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as CE star passage 7.121.41b*1026_02–03 (line 1 reads सर्वदा where the CE has sarvathā).

Verse 27 (7.148.27)

एतदर्थं शिरस्तस्य च्यावयामास पाण्डवः । स्यमन्तपञ्चकाद्बाह्यं शरैरेव यथाक्रमम् ॥

etadarthaṃ śirastasya cyāvayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ | syamantapañcakādbāhyaṃ śaraireva yathākramam

For this reason the Pandava sent that head away, step by step, by arrows alone, beyond Syamantapancaka.

Note on the text: Corrected व्यापयामास → च्यावयामास (misprint in Wikisource; a mistaken akshara; the critical edition reads cyāvayām āsa, and the following verses use च्यावमान / च्याविते). Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as CE star passage 7.121.41b*1026_04–05.

Verse 28 (7.148.28)

कृत्वा तच्च महत्कर्म निहत्य च जयद्रथम् । अस्त्रं पाशुपतं पार्थः संहर्तुमुपचक्रमे ॥

kṛtvā tacca mahatkarma nihatya ca jayadratham | astraṃ pāśupataṃ pārthaḥ saṃhartumupacakrame

Having done that great deed and slain Jayadratha, Partha began to withdraw the Pashupata weapon.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as CE star passage 7.121.41b*1026_06–07.

Verse 29 (7.148.29)

संहरत्यपि कौन्तेये तदस्त्रं तत्र भारत । ववौ शीतः सुगन्धश्च पवनो ह्लादयन्निव ॥

saṃharatyapi kaunteye tadastraṃ tatra bhārata | vavau śītaḥ sugandhaśca pavano hlādayanniva

And as Kunti's son withdrew that weapon, O Bharata, a cool and fragrant wind blew, as if giving delight.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as CE star passage 7.121.41b*1026_08–09.

Verse 30 (7.148.30)

संहारं च प्रमोक्षं च दृष्ट्वा तत्र दिवौकसः । विस्मयं परमं जग्मुः प्रशशंसुश्च पाण्डवम् ॥

saṃhāraṃ ca pramokṣaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā tatra divaukasaḥ | vismayaṃ paramaṃ jagmuḥ praśaśaṃsuśca pāṇḍavam

Seeing the release and the withdrawal, the dwellers in heaven were filled with the utmost wonder and praised the Pandava.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as CE star passage 7.121.41b*1026_10–11.

Verse 31 (7.148.31)

एवमस्त्रेण तान्वीरो योधयित्वा धनञ्जयः । जयद्रथशिरः पश्चाद्च्यावयामास पाण्डवः ॥

evamastreṇa tānvīro yodhayitvā dhanañjayaḥ | jayadrathaśiraḥ paścādcyāvayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ

Thus, having fought those warriors with that weapon, the hero Dhananjaya, the Pandava, afterwards sent Jayadratha's head away.

Note on the text: Corrected व्यापयामास → च्यावयामास (misprint in Wikisource; a mistaken akshara; the critical edition reads cyāvayām āsa). Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as CE star passage 7.121.41b*1026_12–13.

Verse 32 (7.148.32)

तच्छिरश्च्यावमानं तु ददृशुस्तावका युधि । शल्यकर्णकृपा राजन्मोहिताः सव्यसाचिना ॥

tacchiraścyāvamānaṃ tu dadṛśustāvakā yudhi | śalyakarṇakṛpā rājanmohitāḥ savyasācinā

Your men saw that head being borne away in the battle; Shalya, Karna, Kripa and the others, O king, were bewildered by Savyasachin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as CE star passage 7.121.41b*1026_14–15.

Verse 33 (7.148.33)

शिरसि च्याविते तस्य शरैराशीविषोपमैः । पश्चात्कायोऽपतद्भूमिं शोचयन्सर्वपार्थिवान् ॥

śirasi cyāvite tasya śarairāśīviṣopamaiḥ | paścātkāyo'patadbhūmiṃ śocayansarvapārthivān

When his head had been sent away by arrows like venomous snakes, afterwards the trunk fell to the ground, making all the kings grieve.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as CE star passage 7.121.41b*1026_16–17.

Verse 34 (7.148.34)

दृष्ट्वा तु निहतं सङ्ख्ये सिन्धुराजं महारथम् । पुत्राणां तव नेत्रेभ्यो दुःखादास्रं प्रवर्तत ॥

dṛṣṭvā tu nihataṃ saṅkhye sindhurājaṃ mahāratham | putrāṇāṃ tava netrebhyo duḥkhādāsraṃ pravartata

Seeing the great chariot-warrior, the king of Sindhu, slain in battle, tears flowed from your sons' eyes in grief.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Line 1 appears in the CE as star passage 7.121.41b*1026_18; line 2 corresponds to CE 7.121.41c (Wikisource: पुत्राणां तव नेत्रेभ्यो दुःखादास्रं प्रवर्तत; CE: … duḥkhād bahv apataj jalam). The quoted insertion of verses 25–34 ends here.

Verse 35 (7.148.35)

ततो विनिहते राजन्सिन्धुराजे किरीटिना । तमस्तद्वासुदेवेन संहृतं भरतर्षभ ॥

tato vinihate rājansindhurāje kirīṭinā | tamastadvāsudevena saṃhṛtaṃ bharatarṣabha

Then, O king, when the Sindhu king had been slain by Kiriti, Vasudeva withdrew that darkness, O best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; line 1 appears there as star passage 7.121.41b*1024_01, line 2 as star passage 7.121.41b*1025_01.

Verse 36 (7.148.36)

पश्चाज्ज्ञातं महीपाल तव पुत्रैः सहानुगैः । वासुदेवप्रयुक्तेयं मायेति नृपसत्तम ॥

paścājjñātaṃ mahīpāla tava putraiḥ sahānugaiḥ | vāsudevaprayukteyaṃ māyeti nṛpasattama

Afterwards, O protector of the earth, your sons and their followers understood: "This was an illusion set in motion by Vasudeva," O best of kings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as star passage 7.121.41b*1025_02–03.

Verse 37 (7.148.37)

एवं स निहतो राजन्पार्थेनामिततेजसा । अक्षौहिणीरष्ट हत्वा जामाता तव सैन्धवः ॥

evaṃ sa nihato rājanpārthenāmitatejasā | akṣauhiṇīraṣṭa hatvā jāmātā tava saindhavaḥ

Thus, O king, your son-in-law Saindhava was slain by Partha of boundless splendour, after the slaughter of eight akshauhinis.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as star passage 7.121.41b*1025_04–05.

Verse 38 (7.148.38)

हतं जयद्रथं दृष्ट्वा तव पुत्रा नराधिप । दुःखादश्रूणि मुमुचुर्निराशाश्चाभवञ्जये ॥

hataṃ jayadrathaṃ dṛṣṭvā tava putrā narādhipa | duḥkhādaśrūṇi mumucurnirāśāścābhavañjaye

Seeing Jayadratha slain, your sons, O lord of men, shed tears of grief and lost all hope of victory.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; line 1 appears there as star passage 7.121.41b*1025_06, line 2 as star passage 7.121.41d*1027_01.

Verse 39 (7.148.39)

ततो जयद्रथे राजन्हते पार्थेन केशवः । दध्मौ शङ्खं महाबाहुरर्जुनश्च परन्तपः ॥

tato jayadrathe rājanhate pārthena keśavaḥ | dadhmau śaṅkhaṃ mahābāhurarjunaśca parantapaḥ

Then, O king, when Jayadratha had been slain by Partha, Keshava blew his conch, and so did the mighty-armed Arjuna, scorcher of foes.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as star passage 7.121.41d*1028_01–02.

Verse 40 (7.148.40)

भीमश्च वृष्णिसिंहश्च युधामन्युश्च भारत । उत्तमौजाश्च विक्रान्तः शङ्खान्दध्मुः पृथक्पृथक् ॥

bhīmaśca vṛṣṇisiṃhaśca yudhāmanyuśca bhārata | uttamaujāśca vikrāntaḥ śaṅkhāndadhmuḥ pṛthakpṛthak

Bhima, the lion of the Vrishnis, Yudhamanyu and the valiant Uttamauja, O Bharata, each blew his conch separately.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as star passage 7.121.42d*1030_01–02. Wikisource's unheaded शङ्खान्दध्मुः is kept as printed.

Verse 41 (7.148.41)

श्रुत्वा महान्तं तं शब्दं धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः । सैन्धवं निहतं मेने फल्गुनेन महात्मना ॥

śrutvā mahāntaṃ taṃ śabdaṃ dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | saindhavaṃ nihataṃ mene phalgunena mahātmanā

Hearing that great sound, Yudhishthira, king of dharma, took it that Saindhava had been slain by the great-souled Phalguna.

Note on the text: Corrected सैन्धनं → सैन्धवं (misprint in Wikisource; a mistyped letter; the critical edition reads saindhavam). CE 7.121.43a, c; line 1 reads श्रुत्वा महान्तं तं शब्दं where the CE has taṃ śrutvā tu mahānādam (a variant).

Verse 42 (7.148.42)

ततो वादित्रघोषेण स्वान्योधान्पर्यहर्षयत् । अभ्यवर्तत सङ्ग्रामे भारद्वाजं युयुत्सया ॥

tato vāditraghoṣeṇa svānyodhānparyaharṣayat | abhyavartata saṅgrāme bhāradvājaṃ yuyutsayā

Then, delighting his own warriors with the sound of instruments, he advanced into battle, eager to fight Bharadvaja's son.

Note on the text: CE 7.121.44a, c; line 1 reads स्वान्योधान्पर्यहर्षयत् where the CE has svān yodhān abhiharṣayan (a variant).

Verse 43 (7.148.43)

ततः प्रववृते राजन्नस्तं गच्छति भास्करे । द्रोणस्य सोमकैः सार्धं सङ्ग्रामो रोमहर्षणः ॥

tataḥ pravavṛte rājannastaṃ gacchati bhāskare | droṇasya somakaiḥ sārdhaṃ saṅgrāmo romaharṣaṇaḥ

Then, O king, as the sun was setting, the battle of Drona with the Somakas began, making the hair stand on end.

Note on the text: CE 7.121.45a, c (रोमहर्षणः for lomaharṣaṇaḥ).

Verse 44 (7.148.44)

ते तु सर्वे प्रयत्नेन भारद्वाजं जिघांसवः । सैन्धवे निहते राजन्नयुध्यन्त महारथाः ॥

te tu sarve prayatnena bhāradvājaṃ jighāṃsavaḥ | saindhave nihate rājannayudhyanta mahārathāḥ

All those great chariot-warriors, with every effort, eager to slay Bharadvaja's son, fought on, O king, now that Saindhava was slain.

Note on the text: CE 7.121.46a, c (line 1 reads प्रयत्नेन where the CE has sarvaprayatnena).

Verse 45 (7.148.45)

पाण्डवास्तु जयं लब्ध्वा सैन्धवं विनिहत्य च । अयोधयंस्तु ते द्रोणं जयोन्मत्तास्ततस्ततः ॥

pāṇḍavāstu jayaṃ labdhvā saindhavaṃ vinihatya ca | ayodhayaṃstu te droṇaṃ jayonmattāstatastataḥ

The Pandavas, having won the victory and slain Saindhava, fought Drona here and there, drunk with triumph.

Note on the text: Corrected जयोऽन्मत्ता → जयोन्मत्ता (misprint in Wikisource; a stray avagraha; the critical edition reads jayonmattāḥ). CE 7.121.47a, c; line 2 reads अयोधयंस्तु ते where the CE has ayodhayaṃs tato (a variant).

Verse 46 (7.148.46)

अर्जुनोऽपि ततो योधांस्तावकान्रथसत्तमान् । अयोधयन्महाबाहुर्हत्वा सैन्धवकं नृपम् ॥

arjuno'pi tato yodhāṃstāvakānrathasattamān | ayodhayanmahābāhurhatvā saindhavakaṃ nṛpam

Arjuna too, the mighty-armed, having slain King Saindhava, then fought your finest chariot-warriors.

Note on the text: CE 7.121.48a, c; line 1 reads ततो where the CE has raṇe, and line 2 अयोधयन्महाबाहुः where the CE has ayodhayan mahārāja (variants). The adhyaya ends here, as in the page.