Bhima and Shalya Fight with Maces

Verse 1 (7.15.1)

बहूनि सुविचित्राणि द्वन्द्वयुद्धानि सञ्जय । त्वयोक्तानि निशम्याहं स्पृहयामि सचक्षुताम् ॥

bahūni suvicitrāṇi dvandvayuddhāni sañjaya | tvayoktāni niśamyāhaṃ spṛhayāmi sacakṣutām

Sanjaya, I have heard you tell of many wonderfully varied single combats, and hearing them I long to have eyes to see.

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Verse 2 (7.15.2)

न हि देवासुरं युद्धमीदृग्भूतं भवेदिति । चिन्तयामि च युद्धानि श्रुत्वा घोराणि सञ्जय ॥

na hi devāsuraṃ yuddhamīdṛgbhūtaṃ bhavediti | cintayāmi ca yuddhāni śrutvā ghorāṇi sañjaya

For I think that even the war of the gods and asuras could never have been like this. And as I hear of these dreadful battles, Sanjaya, I keep brooding over them.

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Verse 3 (7.15.3)

आश्चर्यभूतं लोकेषु कथयिष्यन्ति मानवाः । कुरुणां पाण्डवानां च युद्धं देवासुरोपमम् ॥

āścaryabhūtaṃ lokeṣu kathayiṣyanti mānavāḥ | kuruṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca yuddhaṃ devāsuropamam

Men will speak in the worlds of this wonder: the war of the Kurus and the Pandavas, like the war of the gods and the asuras.

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Verse 4 (7.15.4)

न हि मे तृप्तिरस्तीह शृण्वतो युद्धमुत्तमम् । तस्मादार्तायनेर्युद्धं सौभद्रस्य च शंस मे ॥

na hi me tṛptirastīha śṛṇvato yuddhamuttamam | tasmādārtāyaneryuddhaṃ saubhadrasya ca śaṃsa me

I am never satisfied with hearing this supreme battle. So tell me of the fight between Shalya, the son of Artayana, and the son of Subhadra.

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Verse 5 (7.15.5)

सादितं प्रेक्ष्य यन्तारं शल्यः सर्वायसीं गदाम् । समुत्क्षिप्य नदन्कुद्धः प्रचस्कन्द रथोत्तमात् ॥

sāditaṃ prekṣya yantāraṃ śalyaḥ sarvāyasīṃ gadām | samutkṣipya nadankuddhaḥ pracaskanda rathottamāt

Seeing his charioteer struck down, Shalya in a rage raised his all-iron mace and, roaring, leapt down from his excellent chariot.

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Verse 6 (7.15.6)

तं दीप्तमिव कालाग्निं दण्डहस्तमिवान्तकम् । जवेनाभ्यपतद्भीमः प्रगृह्य महतीं गदाम् ॥

taṃ dīptamiva kālāgniṃ daṇḍahastamivāntakam | javenābhyapatadbhīmaḥ pragṛhya mahatīṃ gadām

Bhima, taking up his great mace, swiftly rushed at him, who blazed like the fire of time and was like Death with staff in hand.

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Verse 7 (7.15.7)

सौभद्रोऽप्यशनिप्रख्यां प्रगृह्य महतीं गदाम् । एह्येहीत्यव्रवीच्छल्यं यत्नाद्भीमेन वारितः ॥

saubhadro'pyaśaniprakhyāṃ pragṛhya mahatīṃ gadām | ehyehītyavravīcchalyaṃ yatnādbhīmena vāritaḥ

The son of Subhadra too took up a great mace, bright as a thunderbolt, and cried out to Shalya, “Come, come!”, but Bhima held him back with effort.

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Verse 8 (7.15.8)

वारयित्वा तु सौभद्रं भीमसेनः प्रतापवान् । शल्यमासाद्य समरे तस्थौ गिरिरिवाचलः ॥

vārayitvā tu saubhadraṃ bhīmasenaḥ pratāpavān | śalyamāsādya samare tasthau giririvācalaḥ

Having held back the son of Subhadra, the mighty Bhimasena confronted Shalya in the battle and stood there like an unmoving mountain.

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Verse 9 (7.15.9)

तथैव मद्रराजोऽपि भीमं दृष्ट्वा महाबलम् । ससाराभिमुखस्तूर्णं शार्दूल इव कुञ्जरम् ॥

tathaiva madrarājo'pi bhīmaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahābalam | sasārābhimukhastūrṇaṃ śārdūla iva kuñjaram

And the king of the Madras, seeing the mighty Bhima, likewise sprang swiftly to meet him, like a tiger toward an elephant.

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Verse 10 (7.15.10)

तं दीप्तमिव कालाग्निं पाशहस्तमिवान्तकम् । जवेनाभ्यपतद्भीमः प्रगृह्य महतीं गदाम् ॥

taṃ dīptamiva kālāgniṃ pāśahastamivāntakam | javenābhyapatadbhīmaḥ pragṛhya mahatīṃ gadām

Bhima swiftly attacked him, who blazed like the fire of time and was like Death with a noose in hand, taking up his great mace.

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Verse 11 (7.15.11)

ततस्तूर्यनिनादाश्च शङ्खानां च सहस्रशः । सिंहनादाश्च संजज्ञुर्भेरीणां च महास्वनाः ॥

tatastūryaninādāśca śaṅkhānāṃ ca sahasraśaḥ | siṃhanādāśca saṃjajñurbherīṇāṃ ca mahāsvanāḥ

Then the blare of trumpets rose, and thousands of conches, and lion-roars, and the great din of kettledrums.

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Verse 12 (7.15.12)

पश्यतां शतशो ह्यासीदन्योन्यमभिधावताम् । पाण्डवानां कुरुणां च साधुसाध्विति निः स्वनः ॥

paśyatāṃ śataśo hyāsīdanyonyamabhidhāvatām | pāṇḍavānāṃ kuruṇāṃ ca sādhusādhviti niḥ svanaḥ

From the hundreds of Pandavas and Kurus who watched them rushing at one another, a cry went up: “Well done! Well done!”

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Verse 13 (7.15.13)

नहि मद्राधिपादन्यः सर्वराजसु भारत । सोढुमुत्सहते वेगं भीमसेनस्य संयुगे ॥

nahi madrādhipādanyaḥ sarvarājasu bhārata | soḍhumutsahate vegaṃ bhīmasenasya saṃyuge

O Bharata, among all the kings there is no one but the lord of the Madras who can endure the force of Bhimasena in battle.

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Verse 14 (7.15.14)

तथा मद्राधिपस्यापि गदावेगं महात्मनः । सोढुमुत्सहते लोके युधि कोऽन्यो वृकोदरात् ॥

tathā madrādhipasyāpi gadāvegaṃ mahātmanaḥ | soḍhumutsahate loke yudhi ko'nyo vṛkodarāt

And likewise, who else in the world but Vrikodara can endure the mace-blows of the great-souled lord of the Madras in battle?

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Verse 15 (7.15.15)

पट्टैर्जाम्बूनदैर्बद्धा बभूव जनहर्षणी । प्रजज्वाल तदा विद्धा भीमेन महती गदा ॥

paṭṭairjāmbūnadairbaddhā babhūva janaharṣaṇī | prajajvāla tadā viddhā bhīmena mahatī gadā

Bound with bands of Jambunada gold, a delight to the onlookers, the great mace blazed up when it was struck by Bhima.

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Verse 16 (7.15.16)

साग्निदीप्ता महारौद्रा गदा सा शुशुभे तदा ॥

sāgnidīptā mahāraudrā gadā sā śuśubhe tadā

Ablaze with fire and terrible, that mace shone then.

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Verse 17 (7.15.17)

तथैव चरतो मार्गान्मण्डलानि च सर्वशः । महाविद्युत्प्रतीकाशा शल्यस्य शुशुभे गदा ॥

tathaiva carato mārgānmaṇḍalāni ca sarvaśaḥ | mahāvidyutpratīkāśā śalyasya śuśubhe gadā

And as Shalya moved along the paths and in circles on every side, his mace shone like a great flash of lightning.

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Verse 18 (7.15.18)

तौ वृषाविव नर्दन्तौ मण्डलानि विचेरतुः । आवर्तितगदशृङ्गावुभौ शल्यवृकोदरौ ॥

tau vṛṣāviva nardantau maṇḍalāni viceratuḥ | āvartitagadaśṛṅgāvubhau śalyavṛkodarau

Roaring like two bulls, Shalya and Vrikodara both moved in circles, whirling the tips of their maces.

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Verse 19 (7.15.19)

क्रोधताम्रेक्षणौ वीरौ शत्रुसङ्घविमर्दनौ । महामात्रौ महोत्साहौ गदायुद्धविशारदौ ॥

krodhatāmrekṣaṇau vīrau śatrusaṅghavimardanau | mahāmātrau mahotsāhau gadāyuddhaviśāradau

Their eyes red with anger, those two heroes, crushers of hosts of enemies, huge of frame and high of spirit, were masters of mace-fighting.

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Verse 20 (7.15.20)

मण्डलावर्तमार्गेषु गदाविहरणेषु च । निर्विशेषमभूद्युद्धं तयोः पुरुषसिंहयोः ॥

maṇḍalāvartamārgeṣu gadāviharaṇeṣu ca | nirviśeṣamabhūdyuddhaṃ tayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayoḥ

In the paths of circling and wheeling and in the play of their maces, the fight between those two lions among men was evenly matched.

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Verse 21 (7.15.21)

ताडिता भीमसेनेन शल्यस्य महती गदा । साग्निज्वाला महारौद्रा तदा तूर्णमशीर्यत ॥

tāḍitā bhīmasenena śalyasya mahatī gadā | sāgnijvālā mahāraudrā tadā tūrṇamaśīryata

Shalya's great mace, struck by Bhimasena, flaming with fire and terrible, swiftly shattered.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-15-21a/b); text as printed. Corrected साग्रिज्वाला → साग्निज्वाला (misprint in Wikisource; र for न; the critical edition reads sāgnijvālā). Line 1 reads ते गदे गदिनां श्रेष्ठे where the critical edition reads te caivobhe gade śreṣṭhe (kept as a variant); line 2 as in the critical edition.

Verse 22 (7.15.22)

तथैव भीमसेनस्य द्विषताऽभिहता गदा । वर्षाप्रदोषे खद्योतैर्वृतो वृक्ष इवावभौ ॥

tathaiva bhīmasenasya dviṣatā'bhihatā gadā | varṣāpradoṣe khadyotairvṛto vṛkṣa ivāvabhau

And likewise Bhimasena's mace, struck by his foe, shone like a tree covered with fireflies at nightfall in the rains.

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Verse 23 (7.15.23)

गदा क्षिप्ता तु समरे मद्रराजेन भारत । व्योम दीपयमाना सा ससृजे पावकं मुहुः ॥

gadā kṣiptā tu samare madrarājena bhārata | vyoma dīpayamānā sā sasṛje pāvakaṃ muhuḥ

O Bharata, the mace hurled in the battle by the king of the Madras lit up the sky and again and again threw out fire.

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Verse 24 (7.15.24)

तथैव भीमसेनेन द्विषते प्रेषिता गदा । तापयामास तत्सैन्यं महोल्का पतती यथा ॥

tathaiva bhīmasenena dviṣate preṣitā gadā | tāpayāmāsa tatsainyaṃ maholkā patatī yathā

And likewise the mace hurled by Bhimasena at his foe scorched that army like a great meteor falling.

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Verse 25 (7.15.25)

ते गदे गदिनां श्रेष्ठे समासाद्य परस्परम् । श्वसन्त्यौ नागकन्येव ससृजाते विभावसुम् ॥

te gade gadināṃ śreṣṭhe samāsādya parasparam | śvasantyau nāgakanyeva sasṛjāte vibhāvasum

Those two maces, the best of maces, meeting each other, hissed like two serpent-maidens and gave out fire.

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Verse 26 (7.15.26)

नखैरिव महाव्याघ्रौ दन्तैरिव महागजौ । तौ विचेरतुरासाद्य गदाग्र्याभ्यां परस्परम् ॥

nakhairiva mahāvyāghrau dantairiva mahāgajau | tau viceraturāsādya gadāgryābhyāṃ parasparam

Like two great tigers with their claws, like two great elephants with their tusks, they ranged about, closing with each other with their excellent maces.

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Verse 27 (7.15.27)

ततो गदाग्राभिहतौ क्षणेन रुधिरोक्षितौ । ददृशाते महात्मानौ किंशुकाविव पुष्पितौ ॥

tato gadāgrābhihatau kṣaṇena rudhirokṣitau | dadṛśāte mahātmānau kiṃśukāviva puṣpitau

Then, struck by the tips of the maces, drenched in blood in a moment, those two great-souled men looked like two flowering kimshuka trees.

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Verse 28 (7.15.28)

शुश्रुवे दिक्षु सर्वासु तयोः पुरुषसिंहयोः । गदाभिघातसंह्रादः शक्राशनिरवोपमः ॥

śuśruve dikṣu sarvāsu tayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayoḥ | gadābhighātasaṃhrādaḥ śakrāśaniravopamaḥ

In every direction was heard the crash of the maces striking, from those two lions among men, like the thunderbolt of Indra.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-15-28a/b); text as printed. Corrected गदाभिघातसंहादः → गदाभिघातसंह्रादः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र; the critical edition reads -saṃhrādaḥ).

Verse 29 (7.15.29)

गदया मद्रराजेन सव्यदक्षिणमाहतः । नाकम्पत तदा भीमो भिद्यमान इवाचलः ॥

gadayā madrarājena savyadakṣiṇamāhataḥ | nākampata tadā bhīmo bhidyamāna ivācalaḥ

Struck on the left and the right by the mace of the king of the Madras, Bhima did not shake, like a mountain that is being split yet stays unmoved.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-15-29a/b); text as printed. Corrected भिद्यमान् इवाचलः → भिद्यमान इवाचलः (misprint in Wikisource; stray virama; the critical edition reads bhidyamāna ivācalaḥ).

Verse 30 (7.15.30)

तथा भीमगदावेगैस्ताड्यमानो महाबलः । धैर्यान्मद्राधिपस्तस्थौ वज्रैर्गिरिरिवाहतः ॥

tathā bhīmagadāvegaistāḍyamāno mahābalaḥ | dhairyānmadrādhipastasthau vajrairgiririvāhataḥ

And likewise the mighty lord of the Madras, struck by the blows of Bhima's mace, stood firm in his steadfastness, like a mountain struck by thunderbolts.

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Verse 31 (7.15.31)

आपेततुर्महावेगौ समुच्छ्रितगदावुभौ । पुनरन्तरमार्गस्थौ मण्डलानि विचेरतुः ॥

āpetaturmahāvegau samucchritagadāvubhau | punarantaramārgasthau maṇḍalāni viceratuḥ

Both of great speed, with their great maces raised, they fell upon each other, and again keeping to the inner paths they moved in circles.

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Verse 32 (7.15.32)

अथाप्लुत्य पदान्यष्टौ सन्निपत्य गजाविव । सहसा लोहदण्डाभ्यामन्योन्यमभिजघ्नतुः ॥

athāplutya padānyaṣṭau sannipatya gajāviva | sahasā lohadaṇḍābhyāmanyonyamabhijaghnatuḥ

Then, leaping forward eight paces and closing like two elephants, they suddenly struck each other with their iron maces.

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Verse 33 (7.15.33)

तौ परस्परवेगाच्च गदाभ्यां च भृशाहतौ । युगपत्पेततुर्वीरौ क्षिताविन्द्रध्वजाविव ॥

tau parasparavegācca gadābhyāṃ ca bhṛśāhatau | yugapatpetaturvīrau kṣitāvindradhvajāviva

Struck hard by the force of each other and by the maces, the two heroes fell at the same moment, like two banners of Indra fallen to the ground.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-15-33a/b); text as printed. Corrected भ्रुशाहतौ → भृशाहतौ (misprint in Wikisource; भ्रु for भृ; the critical edition reads bhṛśāhatau).

Verse 34 (7.15.34)

ततो विह्वलमानं तं निः श्वसन्तं पुनः पुनः । शल्यमभ्यपतत्तूर्णं कृतवर्मा महारथः ॥

tato vihvalamānaṃ taṃ niḥ śvasantaṃ punaḥ punaḥ | śalyamabhyapatattūrṇaṃ kṛtavarmā mahārathaḥ

Then Kritavarman, the great charioteer-warrior, swiftly rushed to Shalya, who was reeling and breathing hard again and again.

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Verse 35 (7.15.35)

दृष्ट्वा चैनं महाराज गदयाऽभिनिपीडितम् । विचेष्टन्तं यथा नागं मूर्च्छयाऽभिपरिप्लुतम् ॥

dṛṣṭvā cainaṃ mahārāja gadayā'bhinipīḍitam | viceṣṭantaṃ yathā nāgaṃ mūrcchayā'bhipariplutam

Seeing him, O great king, crushed by the mace and writhing like a serpent overcome by a swoon,

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Verse 36 (7.15.36)

ततः स्वरथमारोप्य मद्राणामधिपं रणे । अपोवाह रणात्तूर्णं कृतवर्मा महारथः ॥

tataḥ svarathamāropya madrāṇāmadhipaṃ raṇe | apovāha raṇāttūrṇaṃ kṛtavarmā mahārathaḥ

Kritavarman, the great warrior, lifted the lord of the Madras into his own chariot and swiftly carried him out of the battle.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-15-36a/b); text as printed. Corrected तूर्ण → तूर्णं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; the critical edition reads tūrṇaṃ). Line 1 reads स्वरथमारोप्य where the critical edition reads sagadam āropya (kept as a variant).

Verse 37 (7.15.37)

क्षीववद्विह्वलो वीरो निमेषात्पुनरुत्थितः । भीमोऽपि सुमहाबाहुर्गदापाणिरदृश्यत ॥

kṣīvavadvihvalo vīro nimeṣātpunarutthitaḥ | bhīmo'pi sumahābāhurgadāpāṇiradṛśyata

Dazed like a drunken man, the hero rose again in a moment; and mighty-armed Bhima too was seen with his mace in hand.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-15-37a/b); text as printed. Corrected वीह्वलो → विह्वलो (misprint in Wikisource; long ī for short i; the critical edition reads vihvalo).

Verse 38 (7.15.38)

ततो मद्राधिपं दृष्ट्वा तव पुत्राः पराङ्मुखम् । सनागपत्त्यश्वरथाः समकम्पन्त मारिष ॥

tato madrādhipaṃ dṛṣṭvā tava putrāḥ parāṅmukham | sanāgapattyaśvarathāḥ samakampanta māriṣa

Then, seeing the lord of the Madras turned away, your sons, my lord, with their elephants, foot-soldiers, horses and chariots, trembled.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-15-38a/b); text as printed. Corrected पत्त्यश्चरथा → पत्त्यश्वरथा (misprint in Wikisource; श्च for श्व; the critical edition reads -pattyaśvāḥ).

Verse 39 (7.15.39)

ते पाण्डवैरर्द्यमानास्तावका जितकाशिभिः । भीता दिशोऽन्वपद्यन्त वातनुन्ना घना इव ॥

te pāṇḍavairardyamānāstāvakā jitakāśibhiḥ | bhītā diśo'nvapadyanta vātanunnā ghanā iva

Harassed by the victorious Pandavas, your men, afraid, fled in all directions, like clouds driven by the wind.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-15-39a/b); text as printed. Corrected पाण्डवैरर्धमाना → पाण्डवैरर्द्यमाना (misprint in Wikisource; ध for द्य; the critical edition reads ardyamānās).

Verse 40 (7.15.40)

निर्जित्य धार्तराष्ट्रांस्तु पाण्डवेया महारथाः । व्यरोचन्त रणे राजन्दीप्यमाना इवाग्नयः ॥

nirjitya dhārtarāṣṭrāṃstu pāṇḍaveyā mahārathāḥ | vyarocanta raṇe rājandīpyamānā ivāgnayaḥ

Having defeated the sons of Dhritarashtra, the great-chariot Pandavas shone in the battle, O king, like blazing fires.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-15-40a/b); text as printed. Corrected इवाग्रय → इवाग्नय (misprint in Wikisource; र for न; fire is अग्नि). Line 2 reads इवाग्नयः where the critical edition reads yaśasvinaḥ (kept as a variant).

Verse 41 (7.15.41)

अथ मड्डुकभेरिमहामुरजाः पणवानकदुन्दुभिनिर्झरिभिः । विनदन्ति भृशं सहशङ्खरवैर्विविधैश्च नरोत्तम सिंहरवैः ॥

atha maḍḍukabherimahāmurajāḥ paṇavānakadundubhinirjharibhiḥ | vinadanti bhṛśaṃ sahaśaṅkharavairvividhaiśca narottama siṃharavaiḥ

Then the madduka drums, the bheri kettledrums, the great murajas, the panavas, the anakas, the dundubhis and the nirjharis sounded loudly, together with the roar of conches and many kinds of lion-roars, O best of men.

Note on the text: Joined from the two half-verse rows the page prints separately (7-15-41a/b); text as printed. Corrected मङुक → मड्डुक (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; the critical edition reads maḍḍuka). Removed a stray quote mark or backtick from the start of the line. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 7.14.37d*0118 (four lines, after 7.14.37), which the page prints as two long lines. It reads jharjharibhiḥ where the page reads निर्झरिभिः (kept as a variant). The critical edition's 7.14.37 itself (siṃhanādān bhṛśaṃ cakruḥ …) is not on the page and was not added.