Arjuna's Remorse for Kripa; Krishna Shows the Battlefield

Verse 1 (7.149.1)

तस्मिन्विनिहते वीरे सैन्धवे सव्यसाचिना । मामका यदकुर्वन्त तन्ममाचक्ष्व सञ्जय ॥

tasminvinihate vīre saindhave savyasācinā | māmakā yadakurvanta tanmamācakṣva sañjaya

Sanjaya, tell me what my people did after the hero Saindhava was slain by Savyasachi.

Verse 2 (7.149.2)

पश्यतां सर्वसैन्यानां मामकानां महारणे । अहन्यत कथं युद्धे सैन्धवः सव्यसाचिना ॥

paśyatāṃ sarvasainyānāṃ māmakānāṃ mahāraṇe | ahanyata kathaṃ yuddhe saindhavaḥ savyasācinā

While all my armies looked on in that great battle, how was Saindhava slain in the fight by Savyasachi?

Note on the text: Removed the wiki opening backtick (it opens a vulgate insertion that closes at verse 4). Not in the critical edition's main text: the two lines are the CE star passage 7.122.1d*1033_01–02.

Verse 3 (7.149.3)

कथं द्रौणिकृपैर्गुप्तः कर्णेन च महारणे । फल्गुनाग्निमुखं घोरं प्रविष्टः साधु सैन्धवः ॥

kathaṃ drauṇikṛpairguptaḥ karṇena ca mahāraṇe | phalgunāgnimukhaṃ ghoraṃ praviṣṭaḥ sādhu saindhavaḥ

Though he was guarded by Drona's son, by Kripa, and by Karna in that great battle, how did Saindhava walk so readily into the terrible fiery mouth of Phalguna?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text: the two lines are the CE star passage 7.122.1d*1033_03–04.

Verse 4 (7.149.4)

तस्मिन्हते महेष्वासे मन्दात्मा स सुयोधनः । भ्रातृभिः सहितः सूत किमकार्षीदनन्तरम् ॥

tasminhate maheṣvāse mandātmā sa suyodhanaḥ | bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaḥ sūta kimakārṣīdanantaram

When that great archer was slain, O charioteer, what did dull-witted Suyodhana do next, together with his brothers?

Note on the text: Corrected भ्रातृबिः → भ्रातृभिः (misprint in Wikisource; the aspirate भ् dropped, CE bhrātṛbhiḥ). Removed the wiki closing apostrophe (it closes the backtick opened at verse 2). Not in the critical edition's main text: the two lines are the CE star passage 7.122.1d*1033_05–06.

Verse 5 (7.149.5)

सैन्धवं निहतं दृष्ट्वा रणे पार्थेन भारत । अमर्षवशमापन्नः कृपः शारद्वतस्ततः ॥

saindhavaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā raṇe pārthena bhārata | amarṣavaśamāpannaḥ kṛpaḥ śāradvatastataḥ

Seeing Saindhava slain in battle by Partha, O Bharata, Kripa, son of Sharadvat, was then overcome by rage.

Verse 6 (7.149.6)

महता शरवर्षेण पाण्डवं समवाकिरत् । द्रौणिश्चाभ्यद्रवद्राजन्रथमास्थाय फल्गुनम् ॥

mahatā śaravarṣeṇa pāṇḍavaṃ samavākirat | drauṇiścābhyadravadrājanrathamāsthāya phalgunam

He covered the son of Pandu with a great shower of arrows. And Drona's son, O king, mounted his chariot and rushed at Phalguna.

Verse 7 (7.149.7)

तावेतौ रथिनां श्रेष्ठौ रथाभ्यां रथसत्तमौ । उभावुभयतस्तीक्ष्णैर्विशिखैरभ्यवर्षताम् ॥

tāvetau rathināṃ śreṣṭhau rathābhyāṃ rathasattamau | ubhāvubhayatastīkṣṇairviśikhairabhyavarṣatām

Those two, the best of chariot-warriors, foremost among those who fight from chariots, each from his own chariot rained sharp arrows on him from both sides.

Verse 8 (7.149.8)

स तथा शरवर्षाभ्यां सुमहद्भ्यां महाभुजः । पीड्यमानः परामार्तिमगमद्रथिनां वरः ॥

sa tathā śaravarṣābhyāṃ sumahadbhyāṃ mahābhujaḥ | pīḍyamānaḥ parāmārtimagamadrathināṃ varaḥ

Pressed by those two great showers of arrows, the mighty-armed best of chariot-warriors fell into extreme distress.

Note on the text: Corrected सुमहद्ध्यां → सुमहद्भ्यां (misprint in Wikisource; the dual of महत् is महद्भ्याम्, CE sumahadbhyāṃ).

Verse 9 (7.149.9)

सोऽजिघांसुर्गुरुं सङ्ख्ये गुरोस्तनयमेव च । चकाराचार्यकं तत्र कुन्तीपुत्रो धनञ्जयः ॥

so'jighāṃsurguruṃ saṅkhye gurostanayameva ca | cakārācāryakaṃ tatra kuntīputro dhanañjayaḥ

But Dhananjaya, son of Kunti, who did not wish to kill his teacher or his teacher's son in the fight, showed there the respect due to a teacher.

Verse 10 (7.149.10)

अस्त्रैरस्त्राणि संवार्य द्रौणेः शारद्वतस्य च । मन्दवेगानिषूंस्ताभ्यामजिघांसुरवासृजत् ॥

astrairastrāṇi saṃvārya drauṇeḥ śāradvatasya ca | mandavegāniṣūṃstābhyāmajighāṃsuravāsṛjat

Warding off the weapons of Drona's son and of Sharadvat's son with his own weapons, he loosed slow-flying arrows at them, not wishing to kill them.

Verse 11 (7.149.11)

तेन नातिभृशं त्रस्तौ विशिखैर्भृशपीडितौ । बहुत्वात्तु परामार्तिं शराणां तावगच्छताम् ॥

tena nātibhṛśaṃ trastau viśikhairbhṛśapīḍitau | bahutvāttu parāmārtiṃ śarāṇāṃ tāvagacchatām

Those arrows did not alarm them greatly, though they were sorely hurt; but from the sheer number of the shafts the two suffered great pain.

Note on the text: CE 7.122.8 (alignment 0.73): the page has a different first line and third quarter ("तेन नातिभृशं त्रस्तौ विशिखैर्भृशपीडितौ" for the CE's "te nātibhṛśam abhyaghnan viśikhā jayacoditāḥ"), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 12 (7.149.12)

अथ शारद्वतो राजन्कौन्तेयशरपीडितः । अवासीदद्रथोपस्थे मूर्च्छामभिजगाम ह ॥

atha śāradvato rājankaunteyaśarapīḍitaḥ | avāsīdadrathopasthe mūrcchāmabhijagāma ha

Then, O king, Sharadvat's son, tormented by the arrows of Kunti's son, sank down on the seat of his chariot and fell into a swoon.

Verse 13 (7.149.13)

विह्वलं तमभिज्ञाय भर्तारं शरपीडितम् । हतोऽयमिति च ज्ञात्वा सारथिस्तमपावहत् ॥

vihvalaṃ tamabhijñāya bhartāraṃ śarapīḍitam | hato'yamiti ca jñātvā sārathistamapāvahat

Seeing that his master was helpless and pierced by arrows, and thinking, ‘He is slain,’ the charioteer carried him away.

Verse 14 (7.149.14)

तस्मिन्भग्ने महाराज कृपे शारद्वते युधि । अश्वत्थामाप्यपायासीत्पाण्डवेयाद्रथान्तरम् ॥

tasminbhagne mahārāja kṛpe śāradvate yudhi | aśvatthāmāpyapāyāsītpāṇḍaveyādrathāntaram

When Kripa, son of Sharadvat, was driven off from the battle, O great king, Ashvatthama too turned away from the Pandava's chariot to another.

Note on the text: CE 7.122.11 has "sanne" for the page's "भग्ने" and a slightly different second line order; a recension variant, kept.

Verse 15 (7.149.15)

दृष्ट्वा शारद्वतं पार्थो मूर्च्छितं शरपीडितम् । धिग्धिङ्मामिति चैवोक्त्वा कृपणं पर्यदेवयत् । अश्रुपूर्णमुखो दीनो वचनं चेदमब्रवीत् ॥

dṛṣṭvā śāradvataṃ pārtho mūrcchitaṃ śarapīḍitam | dhigdhiṅmāmiti caivoktvā kṛpaṇaṃ paryadevayat | aśrupūrṇamukho dīno vacanaṃ cedamabravīt

Seeing Sharadvat's son in a swoon, pierced by arrows, Partha cried, ‘Shame, shame on me!’ and lamented piteously. His face full of tears, afflicted, he spoke these words.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 7.122.12a; line 2 differs from CE 7.122.12c (the page has "धिग्धिङ्मामिति चैवोक्त्वा कृपणं पर्यदेवयत्"), a recension variant, kept; line 3 is the CE star line 7.122.12d*1034_01.

Verse 16 (7.149.16)

पश्यन्निदं महाप्राज्ञः क्षत्ता राजानमुक्तवान् । कुलान्तकरणे पापे जातमात्रे सुयोधने ॥

paśyannidaṃ mahāprājñaḥ kṣattā rājānamuktavān | kulāntakaraṇe pāpe jātamātre suyodhane

Foreseeing this, the greatly wise Kshattri told the king, when the wicked Suyodhana, the ruin of the family, was newly born:

Verse 17 (7.149.17)

नीयतां परलोकाय साध्वयं कुलपांसनः । अस्माद्धि कुरुमुख्यानां महदुत्पत्स्यते भयम् ॥

nīyatāṃ paralokāya sādhvayaṃ kulapāṃsanaḥ | asmāddhi kurumukhyānāṃ mahadutpatsyate bhayam

‘Let this disgrace of the family be sent to the next world; that is best. For from him a great danger will arise for the foremost of the Kurus.’

Verse 18 (7.149.18)

तदिदं समनुप्राप्तं वचनं सत्यवादिनः । तत्कृते ह्यद्य पश्यामि शरतल्पगतं गुरुम् ॥

tadidaṃ samanuprāptaṃ vacanaṃ satyavādinaḥ | tatkṛte hyadya paśyāmi śaratalpagataṃ gurum

That word of the truthful man has now come true; for his sake I see my teacher today lying as on a bed of arrows.

Verse 19 (7.149.19)

धिगस्तु क्षात्रमाचारं धिगस्तु बलपौरुषम् । को हि ब्राह्मणमाचार्यमभिद्रुह्येत मादृशः ॥

dhigastu kṣātramācāraṃ dhigastu balapauruṣam | ko hi brāhmaṇamācāryamabhidruhyeta mādṛśaḥ

Shame on the warrior's code, shame on strength and manhood! What man like me would raise a hand against a brahmin, his own teacher?

Verse 20 (7.149.20)

ऋषिपुत्रो ममाचार्यो द्रोणस्य परमः सखा । एष शेते रथोपस्थे कृपो मद्बाणपीडितः ॥

ṛṣiputro mamācāryo droṇasya paramaḥ sakhā | eṣa śete rathopasthe kṛpo madbāṇapīḍitaḥ

The son of a sage, my teacher, Drona's dearest friend — Kripa lies here on the seat of his chariot, tormented by my arrows.

Verse 21 (7.149.21)

अकामयानेन मया विशिखैरर्दितो भृशम् । अवसीदन्रथोपस्थे प्राणान्पीडयतीव मे ॥

akāmayānena mayā viśikhairardito bhṛśam | avasīdanrathopasthe prāṇānpīḍayatīva me

Cruelly wounded by my arrows, shot against my will, he sinks down on the chariot seat, and it is as if he were crushing the very breath out of me.

Verse 22 (7.149.22)

पुत्रशोकाभितप्तेन शरैरभ्यर्दितेन च । अभ्यस्तो बहुभिर्बाणैर्दशधर्मगतेन वै ॥

putraśokābhitaptena śarairabhyarditena ca | abhyasto bahubhirbāṇairdaśadharmagatena vai

Burning with grief for my son, tormented by arrows, and brought to the last extremity, I struck him again and again with many arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text: line 1 is the CE star line 7.122.19b*1035_01 and line 2 is a variant of CE 7.122.19c (the page has "अभ्यस्तो" for the CE's "pratyasto"), kept.

Verse 23 (7.149.23)

शरार्दितः स हि मया प्रेक्षमाणो महाद्युतिः । शोचयत्येष नियतं भूयः पुत्रवधाद्धि माम् । कृपणं स्वरथे सन्नं पश्य कृष्ण यथागतम् ॥

śarārditaḥ sa hi mayā prekṣamāṇo mahādyutiḥ | śocayatyeṣa niyataṃ bhūyaḥ putravadhāddhi mām | kṛpaṇaṃ svarathe sannaṃ paśya kṛṣṇa yathāgatam

That radiant man, tormented by my arrows as I looked on, surely makes me grieve even more than my son's death. Look, Krishna, at poor Kripa sunk down in his own chariot, and see the state he is in.

Note on the text: Removed the wiki opening backtick and the closing apostrophe after line 1. Line 1 is a variant of CE 7.122.19a ("śarārditena hi mayā prekṣaṇīyo mahādyutiḥ"); lines 2–3 are CE 7.122.20a and 20c (page "नियतम्" for the CE's "nipatan", a variant, kept).

Verse 24 (7.149.24)

उपाकृत्य तु वै विद्यामाचार्येभ्यो नरर्षभाः । प्रयच्छन्तीह ये कामान्देवत्वमुपयान्ति ते ॥

upākṛtya tu vai vidyāmācāryebhyo nararṣabhāḥ | prayacchantīha ye kāmāndevatvamupayānti te

O best of men, those who receive learning from their teachers and then give them whatever they desire attain to divinity.

Verse 25 (7.149.25)

ये च विद्यामुपादाय गुरुभ्यः पुरुषाधमाः । घ्नन्ति तानेव दुर्वृत्तास्ते वै निरयगामिनः ॥

ye ca vidyāmupādāya gurubhyaḥ puruṣādhamāḥ | ghnanti tāneva durvṛttāste vai nirayagāminaḥ

But the vilest of men, who take learning from their teachers and then strike down those very teachers, are evil-doers, and they go to hell.

Note on the text: The input split this couplet into two rows (both numbered 25 on the page, which prints it as two table rows); joined into one verse. CE 7.122.22 (lines a and c).

Verse 26 (7.149.26)

तदिदं नरकायाद्य कृतं कर्म मया ध्रुवम् । आचार्यं शरवर्षेण रथे सादयता कृपम् ॥

tadidaṃ narakāyādya kṛtaṃ karma mayā dhruvam | ācāryaṃ śaravarṣeṇa rathe sādayatā kṛpam

Surely, then, I have done a deed today that leads to hell, in laying my teacher Kripa low in his chariot with a rain of arrows.

Verse 27 (7.149.27)

यत्तत्पूर्वमुपाकुर्वन्नस्त्रं मामब्रवीत्कृपः । न कथञ्चन कौरव्य प्रहर्तव्यं गुराविति ॥

yattatpūrvamupākurvannastraṃ māmabravītkṛpaḥ | na kathañcana kauravya prahartavyaṃ gurāviti

When Kripa first taught me the science of weapons, he said to me: ‘Descendant of Kuru, you must never strike a teacher, in any circumstance.’

Verse 28 (7.149.28)

तदिदं वचनं साधोराचार्यस्य महात्मनः । नानुष्ठितं तमेवाजौ विशिखैरभिवर्षता ॥

tadidaṃ vacanaṃ sādhorācāryasya mahātmanaḥ | nānuṣṭhitaṃ tamevājau viśikhairabhivarṣatā

I have not kept that word of my good and great-souled teacher, for in battle I have showered arrows on that very man.

Verse 29 (7.149.29)

नमस्तस्मै सुपूज्याय गौतमायापलायिने । धिगस्तु मम वार्ष्णेय यदस्मै प्रहराम्यहम् ॥

namastasmai supūjyāya gautamāyāpalāyine | dhigastu mama vārṣṇeya yadasmai praharāmyaham

Homage to him, most worthy of honour, Gautama, who never flees! Shame on me, O Vrishni, that I strike at him.

Verse 30 (7.149.30)

तथा विलपमाने तु सव्यसाचिनि तं प्रति । ततो राजन्हृषीकेशः सङ्ग्रामशिरसि स्थितम् । तीर्णप्रतिज्ञं बीभत्सुं परिष्वज्यैनमब्रवीत् ॥

tathā vilapamāne tu savyasācini taṃ prati | tato rājanhṛṣīkeśaḥ saṅgrāmaśirasi sthitam | tīrṇapratijñaṃ bībhatsuṃ pariṣvajyainamabravīt

While Savyasachi was lamenting over him in this way, O king, Hrishikesha embraced Bibhatsu, who stood at the head of the battle with his vow fulfilled, and said to him:

Note on the text: Removed the stray asterisk before line 2 (the wiki mark for a passage found in one manuscript only) and corrected संङ्गामशिरसि → सङ्ग्रामशिरसि and हृष्टीकेशः → हृषीकेशः (misprints in Wikisource; CE saṃgrāmaśirasi, hṛṣīkeśaḥ). Line 1 is CE 7.122.27a; lines 2–3 are CE 7.123.20a and 20c, which the CE places after the sunset passages.

Verse 31 (7.149.31)

दिष्ट्या सम्पादिता जिष्णो प्रतिज्ञा महती त्वया । दिष्ट्या विनिहतः पापो वृद्धक्षत्रः सहात्मजः ॥

diṣṭyā sampāditā jiṣṇo pratijñā mahatī tvayā | diṣṭyā vinihataḥ pāpo vṛddhakṣatraḥ sahātmajaḥ

By good fortune, Jishnu, you have fulfilled your great vow. By good fortune the sinful Vriddhakshatra has been slain together with his son.

Note on the text: Corrected दिष्ठ्या → दिष्ट्या (misprint in Wikisource; ठ for ट, CE diṣṭyā). The speech is Krishna's (the input carried Sanjaya over; no new heading is printed): speaker fixed to Vasudeva (Krishna).

Verse 32 (7.149.32)

धार्तराष्ट्रबलं प्राप्य देवसेनापि भारत । सीदेत समरे जिष्णो नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥

dhārtarāṣṭrabalaṃ prāpya devasenāpi bhārata | sīdeta samare jiṣṇo nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Even the army of the gods, O Bharata, would sink in battle if it met the host of Dhritarashtra's sons, Jishnu; of this there is no doubt.

Note on the text: Speaker fix: Krishna (see verse 31).

Verse 33 (7.149.33)

न तं पश्यामि लोकेषु चिन्तयन्पुरुषं क्वचित् । त्वदृते पुरुषव्याघ्र य एतद्योधयेद्बलम् ॥

na taṃ paśyāmi lokeṣu cintayanpuruṣaṃ kvacit | tvadṛte puruṣavyāghra ya etadyodhayedbalam

Though I think it over, tiger among men, I see no man anywhere in the worlds, apart from you, who could fight this host.

Note on the text: Speaker fix: Krishna (see verse 31).

Verse 34 (7.149.34)

महाप्रभावा बहवस्त्वया तुल्याधिकापि वा । समेताः पृथिवीपाला धार्तराष्ट्रस्य कारणात् ॥

mahāprabhāvā bahavastvayā tulyādhikāpi vā | sametāḥ pṛthivīpālā dhārtarāṣṭrasya kāraṇāt

Many kings of great power, equal to you or even greater, assembled for the sake of Dhritarashtra's son.

Note on the text: Speaker fix: Krishna (see verse 31). The two lines are CE 7.123.24a and 24c (both in the critical edition; the automatic alignment missed them).

Verse 35 (7.149.35)

ते त्वां प्राप्य रणे क्रुद्धा नाभ्यवर्तन्त दंशिताः । तव वीर्यं बलं चैव रुद्रशक्रान्तकोपमम् ॥

te tvāṃ prāpya raṇe kruddhā nābhyavartanta daṃśitāḥ | tava vīryaṃ balaṃ caiva rudraśakrāntakopamam

Yet when they met you in battle, enraged though they were and armoured, they could not stand before you. Your valour and strength are like those of Rudra, of Shakra, and of Death.

Note on the text: Speaker fix: Krishna (see verse 31). Line 1 is CE 7.123.24e and line 2 is CE 7.123.25a.

Verse 36 (7.149.36)

नेदृशं शक्नुयात्कश्चिद्रणे कर्तुं पराक्रमम् । यादृशं कृतवानद्य त्वमेकः शत्रुतापनः ॥

nedṛśaṃ śaknuyātkaścidraṇe kartuṃ parākramam | yādṛśaṃ kṛtavānadya tvamekaḥ śatrutāpanaḥ

No one else could perform in battle such a feat of valour as you, alone, scorcher of foes, have performed today.

Note on the text: Corrected रमे → रणे (misprint in Wikisource; CE raṇe). Speaker fix: Krishna (see verse 31). Line 1 is CE 7.123.25c and line 2 is CE 7.123.25e.

Verse 37 (7.149.37)

एवमेव हते कर्णे सानुबन्धे दुरात्मनि । वर्धयिष्यामि भूयस्त्वां विजितारिं हतद्विषम् ॥

evameva hate karṇe sānubandhe durātmani | vardhayiṣyāmi bhūyastvāṃ vijitāriṃ hatadviṣam

In just the same way, when evil-minded Karna has been slain with his kinsmen, I shall congratulate you once more, with your enemies conquered and your foes dead.

Note on the text: Speaker fix: Krishna (see verse 31).

Verse 38 (7.149.38)

तमर्जुनः प्रत्युवाच प्रसादात्तव माधव । प्रतिज्ञेयं मया तीर्णा विबुधैरपि दुस्तरा ॥

tamarjunaḥ pratyuvāca prasādāttava mādhava | pratijñeyaṃ mayā tīrṇā vibudhairapi dustarā

Arjuna answered him: ‘By your grace, Madhava, I have fulfilled this vow, which even the gods would find hard to fulfil.’

Note on the text: Narration by Sanjaya; the second line begins Arjuna's reply, which continues in verses 39–40. Variant of CE 7.123.27 (page "मया तीर्णा" for the CE's "mayottīrṇā"), kept.

Verse 39 (7.149.39)

अनाश्चर्यो जयस्तेषां येषां नाथोऽसि केशव । त्वत्प्रसादान्महीं कृत्स्नां संप्राप्स्यति युधिष्ठिरः ॥

anāścaryo jayasteṣāṃ yeṣāṃ nātho'si keśava | tvatprasādānmahīṃ kṛtsnāṃ saṃprāpsyati yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

No wonder that victory is theirs whose protector you are, Keshava. By your grace Yudhishthira will win the whole earth.

Note on the text: Corrected अनाश्चार्यो → अनाश्चर्यो (misprint in Wikisource; ā for a, CE anāścaryo). Speaker fix: Arjuna (his reply begun in verse 38; the input carried Sanjaya over).

Verse 40 (7.149.40)

तवैष भारो धार्ष्णेय तवैव विजयः प्रभो । वर्धनीयास्तव वयं प्रेष्याश्च मधुसूदन ॥

tavaiṣa bhāro dhārṣṇeya tavaiva vijayaḥ prabho | vardhanīyāstava vayaṃ preṣyāśca madhusūdana

This burden is yours, Dharshneya, and the victory is yours too, lord. We are yours to cherish, and your servants, Madhusudana.

Note on the text: Speaker fix: Arjuna (see verse 39).

Verse 41 (7.149.41)

एवमुक्तस्ततः कृष्णः शनकैर्वाहयन्हयान् । दर्शयामास पार्थाय क्रूरमायोधनं महत् ॥

evamuktastataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ śanakairvāhayanhayān | darśayāmāsa pārthāya krūramāyodhanaṃ mahat

Thus addressed, Krishna drove the horses slowly on and showed Partha the vast and dreadful field of battle.

Note on the text: Variant of CE 7.123.30 (page "ततः" for the CE's "smayan"), kept.

Verse 42 (7.149.42)

प्रार्थयन्तो जये युद्धे प्रथितं च महद्यशः । पृथिव्यां शेरते शूराः पार्थिवास्त्वच्छरैर्हताः ॥

prārthayanto jaye yuddhe prathitaṃ ca mahadyaśaḥ | pṛthivyāṃ śerate śūrāḥ pārthivāstvaccharairhatāḥ

Seeking victory in battle and great renown, the kings lie on the earth, slain by your arrows.

Note on the text: Page heading: "श्रीकृष्ण उवाच" (also CE 7.123.31, "śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca").

Verse 43 (7.149.43)

विकीर्णशस्त्राभरणा विपन्नाश्वरथद्विपाः । सञ्छिन्नभिन्नमर्माणो वैक्लव्यं परमं गताः ॥

vikīrṇaśastrābharaṇā vipannāśvarathadvipāḥ | sañchinnabhinnamarmāṇo vaiklavyaṃ paramaṃ gatāḥ

Their weapons and ornaments scattered, their horses, chariots, and elephants destroyed, their vital parts cut and pierced, they have fallen into utter helplessness.

Verse 44 (7.149.44)

ससत्वा गतसत्वाश्च प्रभया परया युताः । सजीवा इव लक्ष्यन्ते गतसत्वा नराधिपाः ॥

sasatvā gatasatvāśca prabhayā parayā yutāḥ | sajīvā iva lakṣyante gatasatvā narādhipāḥ

Some still have life, some have none, yet all shine with a supreme splendour; the lifeless lords of men look as if they were alive.

Verse 45 (7.149.45)

तेषां शरैः स्वर्णपुङ्खैः शस्त्रैश्च विविधैः शितैः । वाहनैरायुधैश्चैव सम्पूर्णां पश्य मेदिनीम् ॥

teṣāṃ śaraiḥ svarṇapuṅkhaiḥ śastraiśca vividhaiḥ śitaiḥ | vāhanairāyudhaiścaiva sampūrṇāṃ paśya medinīm

See the earth strewn with their golden-feathered arrows, with sharp weapons of every kind, with their mounts and their arms,

Verse 46 (7.149.46)

वर्मभिश्चर्मभिर्हारैः शिरोभिश्च सकुण्डलैः । उष्णीषैर्मकुटैः स्रग्भिश्चूडामणिभिरम्बरैः ॥

varmabhiścarmabhirhāraiḥ śirobhiśca sakuṇḍalaiḥ | uṣṇīṣairmakuṭaiḥ sragbhiścūḍāmaṇibhirambaraiḥ

with armour and shields, necklaces, heads with their earrings, turbans, crowns, garlands, crest-jewels, and garments,

Verse 47 (7.149.47)

कण्ठसूत्रैरङ्गदैश्च निष्कैरपि च सप्रभैः । अन्यैश्चाभरणैश्चित्रैर्भाति भारत मेदिनी ॥

kaṇṭhasūtrairaṅgadaiśca niṣkairapi ca saprabhaiḥ | anyaiścābharaṇaiścitrairbhāti bhārata medinī

with neck-chains, armlets, and gleaming gold medallions, and other varied ornaments — thus the earth shines, O Bharata.

Note on the text: CE 7.123.36 (lines a and c). The CE places the Appendix I No. 17 passage (verses 48–62 and 66 here) after this verse.

Verse 48 (7.149.48)

अनुकर्षैरुपासङ्गैः पताकाभिर्ध्वजैस्तथा । उपस्करैरधिष्ठानैरीषादण्डकबन्धुरैः ॥

anukarṣairupāsaṅgaiḥ patākābhirdhvajaistathā | upaskarairadhiṣṭhānairīṣādaṇḍakabandhuraiḥ

with the timbers of chariot floors and with quivers, with flags and standards, with fittings and seats, with lovely chariot-poles,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; the lines are from the CE's Appendix I No. 17 (printed after 7.123.36), 7.123.36d@017_0001–0002. Removed the opening square bracket (Wikisource marks verses 48–62 as found in one manuscript only; the closing bracket at verse 62 is removed too).

Verse 49 (7.149.49)

चक्रैः प्रमथितैश्चित्रैरक्षैश्च बहुधा रणे । युगैर्योक्त्रैः कलापैश्च धनुर्भिः सायकैस्तथा ॥

cakraiḥ pramathitaiścitrairakṣaiśca bahudhā raṇe | yugairyoktraiḥ kalāpaiśca dhanurbhiḥ sāyakaistathā

with broken wheels of every kind and axles shattered in many ways in the fight, with yokes, traces, and quivers, with bows and arrows,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; the lines are from the CE's Appendix I No. 17 (printed after 7.123.36), 7.123.36d@017_0003–0004.

Verse 50 (7.149.50)

परिस्तोमैः कुथाभिश्च परिघैरङ्कुशैस्तथा । शक्तिभिर्भिण्डिपालैश्च तूणैः शूलैः परश्वथैः ॥

paristomaiḥ kuthābhiśca parighairaṅkuśaistathā | śaktibhirbhiṇḍipālaiśca tūṇaiḥ śūlaiḥ paraśvathaiḥ

with elephant-cloths and horse-blankets, iron clubs and goads, spears and darts, quivers, lances, and axes,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; the lines are from the CE's Appendix I No. 17 (printed after 7.123.36), 7.123.36d@017_0005–0006.

Verse 51 (7.149.51)

प्रासैश्च तोमरैश्चैव कुन्तैर्यष्टिभिरेव च । शतघ्नीभिर्भुशुण्डीभिः खङ्गैः परशुभिस्तथा ॥

prāsaiśca tomaraiścaiva kuntairyaṣṭibhireva ca | śataghnībhirbhuśuṇḍībhiḥ khaṅgaiḥ paraśubhistathā

with javelins, iron darts, pikes, and staves, with hundred-slayers and slings, with swords and axes,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; the lines are from the CE's Appendix I No. 17 (printed after 7.123.36), 7.123.36d@017_0007–0008.

Verse 52 (7.149.52)

मुसलैर्मुद्गरैश्चैव गदाभिः कुणपैस्तथा । सुवर्णविकृताभिश्च कशाभिर्भरतर्षभ ॥

musalairmudgaraiścaiva gadābhiḥ kuṇapaistathā | suvarṇavikṛtābhiśca kaśābhirbharatarṣabha

with pestles, mallets, maces, and spears, and with gold-adorned whips, O best of the Bharatas,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; the lines are from the CE's Appendix I No. 17 (printed after 7.123.36), 7.123.36d@017_0009–0010.

Verse 53 (7.149.53)

घण्टाभिश्च गजेन्द्राणां भाण्डैश्च विविधैरपि । स्रग्भिश्च नानाभरणैर्वस्त्रैश्चैव महाधनैः । अपविद्धैर्बभौ भूमिर्ग्रहैर्द्यौरिव शारदी ॥

ghaṇṭābhiśca gajendrāṇāṃ bhāṇḍaiśca vividhairapi | sragbhiśca nānābharaṇairvastraiścaiva mahādhanaiḥ | apaviddhairbabhau bhūmirgrahairdyauriva śāradī

with the bells of great elephants and manifold trappings, with garlands, varied ornaments, and costly garments, all flung about — the earth shone like the autumn sky with its planets.

Note on the text: Corrected बस्त्रैश्चैव → वस्त्रैश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; ब for व, CE vastraiś caiva). Not in the critical edition's main text; the lines are from the CE's Appendix I No. 17 (printed after 7.123.36), 7.123.36d@017_0011–0013.

Verse 54 (7.149.54)

पृथिव्यां पृथिवीहेतोः पृथिवीपतयो हताः । पृथिवीमुपगुह्याङ्गैः सुप्ताः कान्तामिव प्रियाम् ॥

pṛthivyāṃ pṛthivīhetoḥ pṛthivīpatayo hatāḥ | pṛthivīmupaguhyāṅgaiḥ suptāḥ kāntāmiva priyām

On the earth, for the sake of the earth, the lords of the earth lie slain; embracing the earth with their limbs, they sleep as though they held a beloved wife.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; the lines are from the CE's Appendix I No. 17 (printed after 7.123.36), 7.123.36d@017_0014–0015.

Verse 55 (7.149.55)

इमांश्च गिरिकूटाभान्नागानैरावतोपमान् । क्षरतः शोणितं भूरि शस्त्रच्छेददरीमुखैः । दरीमुखैरिव गिरीन्गैरिकाम्बुपरिस्रवान् ॥

imāṃśca girikūṭābhānnāgānairāvatopamān | kṣarataḥ śoṇitaṃ bhūri śastracchedadarīmukhaiḥ | darīmukhairiva girīngairikāmbuparisravān

See also these elephants, like mountain peaks, like Airavata, pouring forth blood in streams from the cleft mouths of wounds cut by weapons, like mountains from whose cave-mouths run streams of red-ochre water.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; the lines are from the CE's Appendix I No. 17 (printed after 7.123.36), 7.123.36d@017_0016–0018.

Verse 56 (7.149.56)

तांश्च बाणहतान्वीर पश्य निष्टनतः क्षितौ । हयांश्च पतितान्पश्य स्वर्णभाण्डविभूषितान् ॥

tāṃśca bāṇahatānvīra paśya niṣṭanataḥ kṣitau | hayāṃśca patitānpaśya svarṇabhāṇḍavibhūṣitān

See those, too, hero, struck down by arrows and groaning on the ground; and see the fallen horses adorned with golden trappings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; the lines are from the CE's Appendix I No. 17 (printed after 7.123.36), 7.123.36d@017_0019–0020 (the page has "तांश्च" for the CE's "tava", a variant, kept).

Verse 57 (7.149.57)

गन्धर्वनगराकारान्रथांश्च निहतेश्वरान् । छिन्नध्वजपताकाक्षान्विचक्रान्हतसारथीन् ॥

gandharvanagarākārānrathāṃśca nihateśvarān | chinnadhvajapatākākṣānvicakrānhatasārathīn

See the chariots, like cities of the gandharvas, their lords slain, their banners, flags, and axles cut away, wheelless, their charioteers dead,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; the lines are from the CE's Appendix I No. 17 (printed after 7.123.36), 7.123.36d@017_0021–0022.

Verse 58 (7.149.58)

निकृत्तकूबरयुगान्भग्नेषान्बन्धुरान्प्रभो । पश्य पार्थ हयान्भूमौ विमानोपमदर्शनान् ॥

nikṛttakūbarayugānbhagneṣānbandhurānprabho | paśya pārtha hayānbhūmau vimānopamadarśanān

their poles and yokes hewn through, their shafts broken, though still handsome, O lord. See, Partha, the horses on the ground, splendid as celestial cars.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; the lines are from the CE's Appendix I No. 17 (printed after 7.123.36), 7.123.36d@017_0023–0024.

Verse 59 (7.149.59)

पत्तींश्च निहतान्वीर शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः । धनुर्भृतश्चर्मभृतः शयानान्रुधिरोक्षितान् ॥

pattīṃśca nihatānvīra śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ | dhanurbhṛtaścarmabhṛtaḥ śayānānrudhirokṣitān

See, hero, the foot-soldiers slain by hundreds and thousands, bow and shield in hand, lying drenched in blood,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; the lines are from the CE's Appendix I No. 17 (printed after 7.123.36), 7.123.36d@017_0025–0026.

Verse 60 (7.149.60)

महीमालिङ्ग्य सर्वाङ्गैः पांसुध्वस्तशिरोरुहान् । पश्य योधान्महाबाहो त्वच्छरैर्भिन्नविग्रहान् ॥

mahīmāliṅgya sarvāṅgaiḥ pāṃsudhvastaśiroruhān | paśya yodhānmahābāho tvaccharairbhinnavigrahān

embracing the earth with every limb, their hair thick with dust. See the warriors, mighty-armed one, their bodies shattered by your arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; the lines are from the CE's Appendix I No. 17 (printed after 7.123.36), 7.123.36d@017_0027–0028.

Verse 61 (7.149.61)

निपातितद्विपरथाजिसङ्कुलम् । असृग्वसापिशितसमृद्धकर्दमम् । निशाचरश्ववृकपिशाचमोदनं । महीतलं नरवर पश्य दुर्दृशम् ॥

nipātitadviparathājisaṅkulam | asṛgvasāpiśitasamṛddhakardamam | niśācaraśvavṛkapiśācamodanaṃ | mahītalaṃ naravara paśya durdṛśam

See, best of men, this dreadful ground, strewn over the battlefield with fallen elephants and chariots, its mud thick with blood, fat, and flesh, a feast for night-prowling demons, dogs, wolves, and pishachas.

Note on the text: Rebuilt the first two lines: the page prints "सङ्कुल--" at the end of line 1 and "मसृग्वसा…" at the start of line 2 (a pada-final म् run on into the next pada, with a wiki dash); separated as in the CE (saṃkulam / asṛgvasā…): सङ्कुल-- / मसृग्… → सङ्कुलम् / असृग्…. The page reads "आजि" where the CE has "vāji" (horses); "आजि" is a valid word, kept. Not in the critical edition's main text; the lines are from the CE's Appendix I No. 17 (printed after 7.123.36), 7.123.36d@017_0029–0032.

Verse 62 (7.149.62)

इदं महत्त्वय्युपपद्यते प्रभो । रणाजिरे कर्म यशोऽभिवर्धनम् । शतक्रतौ चापि च देवसत्तमे । महाहवे जघ्नुषि दैत्यदानवान् ॥

idaṃ mahattvayyupapadyate prabho | raṇājire karma yaśo'bhivardhanam | śatakratau cāpi ca devasattame | mahāhave jaghnuṣi daityadānavān

This great deed that increases fame, lord, befits you in the arena of battle, as it befitted Shatakratu, best of the gods, when he slew the Daityas and Danavas in the great fight.

Note on the text: Corrected the run-together इदंमहत्त्वय्युपपद्यते → इदं महत्त्वय्युपपद्यते (missing space) and removed the closing wiki bracket ।।] (it closes the bracket opened at verse 48). Added the missing ‘ ।’ at the end of lines 1 and 3. Not in the critical edition's main text; the lines are from the CE's Appendix I No. 17 (printed after 7.123.36), 7.123.36d@017_0033–0036.

Verse 63 (7.149.63)

एवं सन्दर्शयन्कृष्णो रणभूमिं किरीटिने । स्वैः समेतः समुदितैः पाञ्चजन्यं व्यनादयत् ॥

evaṃ sandarśayankṛṣṇo raṇabhūmiṃ kirīṭine | svaiḥ sametaḥ samuditaiḥ pāñcajanyaṃ vyanādayat

Thus showing the field of battle to Kiriti, Krishna, joined by his own cheerful companions, sounded the Panchajanya.

Note on the text: CE 7.123.41 (lines a and c).

Verse 64 (7.149.64)

सात्यकिः पार्थमभ्यायाद्भीमसेनश्च पाण्डवः । युधामन्यूत्तमौजौ च पाञ्चालस्यात्मजावुभौ ॥

sātyakiḥ pārthamabhyāyādbhīmasenaśca pāṇḍavaḥ | yudhāmanyūttamaujau ca pāñcālasyātmajāvubhau

Satyaki came up to Partha, and so did Bhimasena the Pandava, and Yudhamanyu and Uttamaujas, the two sons of the Panchala king.

Note on the text: Removed the wiki opening backtick (it opens a vulgate insertion closing at verse 65). Not in the critical edition's main text: the two lines are the CE star passage 7.123.41d*1077_01–02. Narration by Sanjaya.

Verse 65 (7.149.65)

ते निवार्य शरैर्द्रौणिं कर्णं च सह भूमिपैः । आगच्छन्रथिनश्चैव यत्र राजा युधिष्ठिरः ॥

te nivārya śarairdrauṇiṃ karṇaṃ ca saha bhūmipaiḥ | āgacchanrathinaścaiva yatra rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Having held off Drona's son and Karna with their arrows, together with the kings, those chariot-warriors went on to where King Yudhishthira was.

Note on the text: Removed the wiki closing apostrophe. Not in the critical edition's main text: the two lines are the CE star passage 7.123.41d*1077_03–04. Narration by Sanjaya.

Verse 66 (7.149.66)

स दर्शयन्नेव किरीटिनेऽरिहा । जनार्दनस्तामरिभूमिमञ्जसा । अजातशत्रुं समुपेत्य पाण्डवं । निवेदयामास हतं जयद्रथम् ॥

sa darśayanneva kirīṭine'rihā | janārdanastāmaribhūmimañjasā | ajātaśatruṃ samupetya pāṇḍavaṃ | nivedayāmāsa hataṃ jayadratham

Janardana, slayer of foes, thus showing Kiriti that field of his enemies, quickly reached the Pandava Ajatashatru and told him that Jayadratha was slain.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text: the four lines are the CE Appendix I No. 17 lines 7.123.36d@017_0037–0040, which the CE also gives as the star passage 7.123.41d*1076_01–04. Narration by Sanjaya.