Duryodhana Storms the Pandava Host and Is Struck Down by Yudhishthira

Verse 1 (7.154.1)

तदुदीर्णं रथाश्वौघं बलं तव जनाधिप । पाण्डुसेनामतिक्रम्य योधयामास सर्वतः ॥

tadudīrṇaṃ rathāśvaughaṃ balaṃ tava janādhipa | pāṇḍusenāmatikramya yodhayāmāsa sarvataḥ

O lord of men, that surging host of yours, a flood of chariots and horses, pressed beyond the Pandava army and fought on every side.

Verse 2 (7.154.2)

पाञ्चालाः कुरवश्चैव योधयन्तः परस्परम् । यमराष्ट्राय महते परलोकाय दीक्षिताः ॥

pāñcālāḥ kuravaścaiva yodhayantaḥ parasparam | yamarāṣṭrāya mahate paralokāya dīkṣitāḥ

The Panchalas and the Kurus, fighting one another, were as if consecrated for the great realm of Yama, for the other world.

Verse 3 (7.154.3)

शूराः शूरैः समागम्य शरतोमरशक्तिभिः । विव्यधुः समरेऽन्योन्यं निन्युश्चैव यमक्षयम् ॥

śūrāḥ śūraiḥ samāgamya śaratomaraśaktibhiḥ | vivyadhuḥ samare'nyonyaṃ ninyuścaiva yamakṣayam

Heroes met heroes with arrows, lances and spears, pierced one another in the battle, and sent one another to Yama's abode.

Verse 4 (7.154.4)

रथिनां रथिभिः सार्धं रुधिरस्रावदारुणम् । प्रावर्तत महद्युद्धं निघ्नतामितरेतरम् ॥

rathināṃ rathibhiḥ sārdhaṃ rudhirasrāvadāruṇam | prāvartata mahadyuddhaṃ nighnatāmitaretaram

A great battle, dreadful with streams of blood, broke out between chariot-warriors and chariot-warriors as they struck one another down.

Verse 5 (7.154.5)

वारणाश्च महाराज समासाद्य परस्परम् । विषाणैर्दारयामासुः सुसङ्क्रुद्धा मदोत्कटाः ॥

vāraṇāśca mahārāja samāsādya parasparam | viṣāṇairdārayāmāsuḥ susaṅkruddhā madotkaṭāḥ

And elephants, O great king, maddened and furious, closed with one another and tore each other with their tusks.

Verse 6 (7.154.6)

हयारोहान्हयारोहाः प्रासशक्तिपरश्वथैः । बिभिदुस्तुमुले युद्धे प्रार्थयन्तो महद्यशः ॥

hayārohānhayārohāḥ prāsaśaktiparaśvathaiḥ | bibhidustumule yuddhe prārthayanto mahadyaśaḥ

Horsemen in the tumult of battle cut down horsemen with lances, spears and axes, each longing for great glory.

Verse 7 (7.154.7)

पत्तयश्च महाबाहो शतशः शस्त्रपाणयः । अन्योन्यमार्दयन्राजन्नित्यं यत्ताः पराक्रमे ॥

pattayaśca mahābāho śataśaḥ śastrapāṇayaḥ | anyonyamārdayanrājannityaṃ yattāḥ parākrame

And foot-soldiers by the hundred, O mighty-armed, weapons in hand and ever intent on valour, crushed one another, O king.

Verse 8 (7.154.8)

गोत्राणां नामधेयानां कुलानां चैव मारिष । श्रवणाद्धि विजानीमः पाञ्चालान्कुरुभिः सह ॥

gotrāṇāṃ nāmadheyānāṃ kulānāṃ caiva māriṣa | śravaṇāddhi vijānīmaḥ pāñcālānkurubhiḥ saha

O sir, we could tell the Panchalas from the Kurus only by hearing their clans, their names and their families.

Verse 9 (7.154.9)

तेऽन्योन्यं समरे योधाः शरशक्तिपरश्वथैः । प्रैषयन्परलोकाय विचरन्तो ह्यभीतवत् ॥

te'nyonyaṃ samare yodhāḥ śaraśaktiparaśvathaiḥ | praiṣayanparalokāya vicaranto hyabhītavat

Those warriors in the battle, ranging about as if without fear, sent one another to the next world with arrows, spears and axes.

Verse 10 (7.154.10)

शरैर्दश दिशो राजंस्तेषां मुक्तैः सहस्रशः । न भ्राजन्ते यथा पूर्वं भास्करस्य च नाशनात् ॥

śarairdaśa diśo rājaṃsteṣāṃ muktaiḥ sahasraśaḥ | na bhrājante yathā pūrvaṃ bhāskarasya ca nāśanāt

O king, with the thousands of arrows they loosed, the ten directions did not shine as before, as though the sun had been destroyed.

Verse 11 (7.154.11)

तथा प्रयुध्यमानेषु पाण्डवेयेषु भारत । दुर्योधनो महाराज व्यवागाहत तद्बलम् ॥

tathā prayudhyamāneṣu pāṇḍaveyeṣu bhārata | duryodhano mahārāja vyavāgāhata tadbalam

While the sons of Pandu were fighting in this way, O Bharata, Duryodhana, O great king, plunged into that army.

Verse 12 (7.154.12)

सैन्धवस्य वधेनैव भृशं दुःखसमन्वितः । मर्तव्यमिति संचिन्त्य प्राविशच्च द्विषद्बलम् ॥

saindhavasya vadhenaiva bhṛśaṃ duḥkhasamanvitaḥ | martavyamiti saṃcintya prāviśacca dviṣadbalam

Deeply grieved by the slaying of the king of Sindhu, and thinking "I must die," he entered the enemy host.

Verse 13 (7.154.13)

नादयन्रथघोषेण कम्पयन्निव मेदिनीम् । अभ्यवर्तत पुत्रस्ते पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम् ॥

nādayanrathaghoṣeṇa kampayanniva medinīm | abhyavartata putraste pāṇḍavānāmanīkinīm

Filling the air with the roar of his chariot, as though making the earth tremble, your son charged at the army of the Pandavas.

Verse 14 (7.154.14)

स सन्निपातस्तुमुलस्तस्य तेषां च भारत । अभवत्सर्वसैन्यानामभावकरणो महान् ॥

sa sannipātastumulastasya teṣāṃ ca bhārata | abhavatsarvasainyānāmabhāvakaraṇo mahān

The clash that followed between him and them, O Bharata, was tumultuous and vast, and it brought ruin on all the armies.

Note on the text: Corrected (सर्वसैन्यानाम्)अभावकरमो → अभावकरणो (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण; CE abhāvakaraṇo). = CE 7.128.14. Narration by Sanjaya.

Verse 15 (7.154.15)

तथा हतेषु सैन्येषु तथा कृच्छ्रगतः स्वयम् । कच्चिद्दुर्योधनः सूत नाकार्षीत्पृष्ठतो रणम् ॥

tathā hateṣu sainyeṣu tathā kṛcchragataḥ svayam | kaccidduryodhanaḥ sūta nākārṣītpṛṣṭhato raṇam

With the armies cut down like this, and he himself in such straits, did Duryodhana, I trust, never turn his back on the battle, Sanjaya?

Note on the text: Speaker: Dhritarashtra. The page's speaker heading (धृतराष्ट्र उवाच) and a stray backtick had slipped into the verse text; removed, and made the speaker (the input had सञ्जय). Not in the critical edition's main text; lines 1–2 are Appendix I, passage 19 (7.128.14d@019_0001–0002), placed after 7.128.14, which opens with the same heading (@019_0000). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 16 (7.154.16)

एकस्य च बहूनां च सन्निपातो महानभूत् । विशेषतो हि नृपतेर्विषमं प्रतिभाति मे ॥

ekasya ca bahūnāṃ ca sannipāto mahānabhūt | viśeṣato hi nṛpaterviṣamaṃ pratibhāti me

There was a great collision of one man with many, and to me it seems especially perilous for the king.

Note on the text: Speaker: Dhritarashtra (continued; the input carried सञ्जय over). Corrected बहुनां → बहूनां (misprint in Wikisource; short u for long ū; CE bahūnāṃ, and the same word is spelt बहूनां in verse 21). Not in the critical edition's main text; lines 1–2 are Appendix I, passage 19 (7.128.14d@019_0003–0004), placed after 7.128.14. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 17 (7.154.17)

सोऽत्यन्तसुखसंवृद्धो रक्ष्यो लोकस्य चेश्वरः । एको बहून्समासाद्य कच्चिन्नासीत्पराङ्मुखः ॥

so'tyantasukhasaṃvṛddho rakṣyo lokasya ceśvaraḥ | eko bahūnsamāsādya kaccinnāsītparāṅmukhaḥ

He was raised in utmost comfort, a lord whom the world must protect. Having met the many alone, did he not, I trust, turn his face away?

Note on the text: Speaker: Dhritarashtra (continued; the input carried सञ्जय over). Not in the critical edition's main text; lines 1–2 are Appendix I, passage 19 (7.128.14d@019_0005–0006), placed after 7.128.14. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 18 (7.154.18)

द्रोणः कर्णः कृपश्चैव कृतवर्मा च सात्वतः । नावारयन्कथं युद्धे राजानं राज्यकाङ्क्षिणः ॥

droṇaḥ karṇaḥ kṛpaścaiva kṛtavarmā ca sātvataḥ | nāvārayankathaṃ yuddhe rājānaṃ rājyakāṅkṣiṇaḥ

Drona, Karna, Kripa, and Kritavarman the Satvata, who wished for the kingdom: how did they not hold the king back in the battle?

Note on the text: Speaker: Dhritarashtra (continued; the input carried सञ्जय over). Not in the critical edition's main text; lines 1–2 are Appendix I, passage 19 (7.128.14d@019_0007–0008), placed after 7.128.14 (line 2 reads राज्यकाङ्क्षिणः where the CE has rājakāṅkṣiṇaḥ, kept as a recension variant). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 19 (7.154.19)

सर्वोपायैर्हि युद्धेषु रक्षितव्यो महीपतिः । एषा नीतिः परा युद्धे दृष्टा तत्र मनीषिभिः ॥

sarvopāyairhi yuddheṣu rakṣitavyo mahīpatiḥ | eṣā nītiḥ parā yuddhe dṛṣṭā tatra manīṣibhiḥ

In wars a king must be guarded by every means; the wise have seen this to be the highest policy in battle.

Note on the text: Speaker: Dhritarashtra (continued; the input carried सञ्जय over). Not in the critical edition's main text; lines 1–2 are Appendix I, passage 19 (7.128.14d@019_0009–0010), placed after 7.128.14 (line 2: तत्र मनीषिभिः for the CE's tatra maharṣibhiḥ, a recension variant). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 20 (7.154.20)

प्रविष्टे वै मम सुते परेषां वै महद्बलम् । मामका रथिनां श्रेष्ठाः किमकुर्वत सञ्जय ॥

praviṣṭe vai mama sute pareṣāṃ vai mahadbalam | māmakā rathināṃ śreṣṭhāḥ kimakurvata sañjaya

When my son had entered the enemy's great host, what did my foremost chariot-warriors do, Sanjaya?

Note on the text: Speaker: Dhritarashtra (the input had सञ्जय; this is his question to Sanjaya, and the page heads Sanjaya's reply at verse 21). Corrected स़ञ्जय → सञ्जय (misprint in Wikisource; stray nukta; CE saṃjaya). Not in the critical edition's main text; lines 1–2 are Appendix I, passage 19 (7.128.14d@019_0011–0012), placed after 7.128.14. The CE prints a "saṃjaya uvāca" heading before line 12, which is misplaced, since the line is still Dhritarashtra's question. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 21 (7.154.21)

राजन्सङ्ग्राममाश्चर्यं पुत्रस्य तव भारत । एकस्य च बहूनां च शृणु मे ब्रुवतो ध्रुवम् ॥

rājansaṅgrāmamāścaryaṃ putrasya tava bhārata | ekasya ca bahūnāṃ ca śṛṇu me bruvato dhruvam

O king, O Bharata, listen as I tell you truly of your son's marvellous battle, of one against many.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya (the page heads his reply here, 5-154-21x). Not in the critical edition's main text; lines 1–2 are Appendix I, passage 19 (7.128.14d@019_0013–0014), placed after 7.128.14 (line 2 reads शृणु मे ब्रुवतो ध्रुवम् where the CE has ...'dbhutam, a recension variant). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 22 (7.154.22)

द्रोणेन वार्यमाणोऽसौ कर्णेन च कृपेण च । प्राविशत्पाण्डवीं सेनां मकरः सागरं यथा ॥

droṇena vāryamāṇo'sau karṇena ca kṛpeṇa ca | prāviśatpāṇḍavīṃ senāṃ makaraḥ sāgaraṃ yathā

Though Drona, Karna and Kripa tried to hold him back, he entered the Pandava army as a makara enters the sea.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; lines 1–2 are Appendix I, passage 19 (7.128.14d@019_0015–0016), placed after 7.128.14. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 23 (7.154.23)

किरन्निषुसहस्राणि तत्रतत्र तथातथा । पाञ्चालान्पाण्डवांश्चैव विव्याध निशितैः शरैः ॥

kiranniṣusahasrāṇi tatratatra tathātathā | pāñcālānpāṇḍavāṃścaiva vivyādha niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Scattering thousands of arrows here and there, in this way and that, he pierced the Panchalas and the Pandavas with sharp shafts.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; lines 1–2 are Appendix I, passage 19 (7.128.14d@019_0017–0018), placed after 7.128.14. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 24 (7.154.24)

यथोदयगतः सूर्यो रश्मिभिर्नाशयेत्तमः । तथा पुत्रस्तव बलं नाशयत्तन्महाबलः ॥

yathodayagataḥ sūryo raśmibhirnāśayettamaḥ | tathā putrastava balaṃ nāśayattanmahābalaḥ

As the risen sun destroys darkness with its rays, so your mighty son destroyed that army.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki quote mark (apostrophe). Not in the critical edition's main text; lines 1–2 are Appendix I, passage 19 (7.128.14d@019_0019–0020), placed after 7.128.14 (line 1 opens यथोदयगतः where the CE has yathodyamya tataḥ, a recension variant). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 25 (7.154.25)

यथा मध्यन्दिने सूर्यं प्रतपन्तं गभस्तिभिः । तथा तव सुतं मध्ये प्रतपन्तं शरार्चिभिः । न शेकुर्भारतं युद्धे पाण्डवाः समुदीक्षितुम् ॥

yathā madhyandine sūryaṃ pratapantaṃ gabhastibhiḥ | tathā tava sutaṃ madhye pratapantaṃ śarārcibhiḥ | na śekurbhārataṃ yuddhe pāṇḍavāḥ samudīkṣitum

As no one can look at the sun blazing at midday with its rays, so the Pandavas could not look upon your son, the Bharata, blazing in the midst of the battle with the flames of his arrows.

Note on the text: Three lines: lines 1–2 = CE 7.128.15a and 15c (line 2 reads शरार्चिभिः where the CE has śarormibhiḥ); line 3 = CE 7.128.16a (समुदीक्षितुम् for samavekṣitum). The automatic alignment found no match; both readings are recension variants.

Verse 26 (7.154.26)

पलायनकृतोत्साहा निरुत्साहा द्विषज्जये । पर्यधावन्त पाञ्चाला वध्यमाना महात्मना ॥

palāyanakṛtotsāhā nirutsāhā dviṣajjaye | paryadhāvanta pāñcālā vadhyamānā mahātmanā

With their hearts set on flight and no heart for conquering the enemy, the Panchalas, struck down by the great-souled one, ran in all directions.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.128.16c (पलायनकृतोत्साहा for palāyane kṛtotsāhā); line 2 = CE 7.128.17a. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 27 (7.154.27)

रुक्मपुङ्खैः प्रसन्नाग्रैस्तव पुत्रेण धन्विना । अर्द्यमानाः शरैस्तूर्णं न्यपतन्पाण्डुसैनिकाः ॥

rukmapuṅkhaiḥ prasannāgraistava putreṇa dhanvinā | ardyamānāḥ śaraistūrṇaṃ nyapatanpāṇḍusainikāḥ

Tormented by the sharp-pointed, gold-feathered arrows of your son the archer, the Pandava soldiers quickly fell.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 = CE 7.128.17c and 17e. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 28 (7.154.28)

व्यद्रवंश्च भयाद्योधा दृष्ट्वा तं परमाहवे । व्यात्ताननमिव प्राप्तमन्तकं प्राणहारिणम् ॥

vyadravaṃśca bhayādyodhā dṛṣṭvā taṃ paramāhave | vyāttānanamiva prāptamantakaṃ prāṇahāriṇam

Terrified, the warriors fled in that great battle when they saw him, like life-taking Death himself come with gaping mouth.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Not in the critical edition's main text; star lines 7.128.17f*1102_01–02 (placed after 7.128.17). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 29 (7.154.29)

न तादृशं रणे कर्म कृतवन्तस्तु तावकाः । यादृशं कृतवान्राजा पुत्रस्तव विशाम्पते ॥

na tādṛśaṃ raṇe karma kṛtavantastu tāvakāḥ | yādṛśaṃ kṛtavānrājā putrastava viśāmpate

O lord of the people, your men did not do in battle such a deed as your son the king did.

Note on the text: Corrected रमे → रणे (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण, and रमे gives no sense here; CE raṇe). = CE 7.128.18.

Verse 30 (7.154.30)

पुत्रेण तव सा सेना पाण्डवी मथिता रणे । नलिनी द्विरदेनेव समन्तात्फुल्लपङ्कजा ॥

putreṇa tava sā senā pāṇḍavī mathitā raṇe | nalinī dviradeneva samantātphullapaṅkajā

Your son churned that Pandava army in the battle as an elephant churns a lotus pond filled on every side with blooming lotuses.

Verse 31 (7.154.31)

क्षीणतोयानिलार्काभ्यां हतत्विडिव पद्मिनी । बभूव पाण्डवी सेना तव पुत्रस्य तेजसा ॥

kṣīṇatoyānilārkābhyāṃ hatatviḍiva padminī | babhūva pāṇḍavī senā tava putrasya tejasā

Through your son's might the Pandava army became like a lotus pond whose water, wind and sun have failed it, its beauty gone.

Verse 32 (7.154.32)

पाण्डुसेनां हतां दृष्ट्वा तव पुत्रेण भारत । भीमसेनपुरोगास्तु पाञ्चालाः समुपाद्रवन् ॥

pāṇḍusenāṃ hatāṃ dṛṣṭvā tava putreṇa bhārata | bhīmasenapurogāstu pāñcālāḥ samupādravan

Seeing the Pandava army slain by your son, O Bharata, the Panchalas, with Bhimasena at their head, rushed upon him.

Verse 33 (7.154.33)

स भीमसेनं दशभिर्माद्रीपुत्रौ त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः । विराटद्रुपदौ षड्भिः शतेन च शिखण्डिनम् ॥

sa bhīmasenaṃ daśabhirmādrīputrau tribhistribhiḥ | virāṭadrupadau ṣaḍbhiḥ śatena ca śikhaṇḍinam

He pierced Bhimasena with ten arrows, the two sons of Madri with three each, Virata and Drupada with six each, and Shikhandin with a hundred.

Verse 34 (7.154.34)

धृष्टद्युम्नं च सप्तत्या धर्मपुत्रं च सप्तभिः । केकयांश्चैव चेदींश्च बहुभिर्निशितैः शरैः ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca saptatyā dharmaputraṃ ca saptabhiḥ | kekayāṃścaiva cedīṃśca bahubhirniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

He pierced Dhrishtadyumna with seventy, the son of Dharma with seven, and the Kekayas and Chedis with many sharp arrows.

Verse 35 (7.154.35)

सात्वतं पञ्चभिर्विद्ध्वा द्रौपदेयांस्त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः । घटोत्कचं च समरे विद्ध्वा सिंह इवानदत् ॥

sātvataṃ pañcabhirviddhvā draupadeyāṃstribhistribhiḥ | ghaṭotkacaṃ ca samare viddhvā siṃha ivānadat

Having struck the Satvata with five, and the sons of Draupadi with three each, and having pierced Ghatotkacha in the battle, he roared like a lion.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्धा → विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped व of the gerund; CE viddhvā). = CE 7.128.24.

Verse 36 (7.154.36)

शतशश्चापरान्योधान्सद्विपांश्च महारणे । शरैरवचकर्तोग्रैः क्रुद्धोऽन्तक इव प्रजाः ॥

śataśaścāparānyodhānsadvipāṃśca mahāraṇe | śarairavacakartograiḥ kruddho'ntaka iva prajāḥ

With fierce arrows he cut down hundreds of other warriors, along with their elephants, in that great battle, like the angry Destroyer cutting down creatures.

Verse 37 (7.154.37)

सा तेन पाण्डवी सेना वध्यमाना शिलीमुखैः । तव पुत्रेण सङ्ग्रामे विदुद्राव नराधिप ॥

sā tena pāṇḍavī senā vadhyamānā śilīmukhaiḥ | tava putreṇa saṅgrāme vidudrāva narādhipa

Struck by his arrows, that Pandava army fled before your son in the battle, O lord of men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star lines 7.128.25d*1103_01–02 (placed after 7.128.25). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 38 (7.154.38)

तं तपन्तमिवादित्यं कुरुराजं महाहवे । नाशकन्वीक्षितुं राजन्पाण्डुपुत्रस्य सैनिकाः ॥

taṃ tapantamivādityaṃ kururājaṃ mahāhave | nāśakanvīkṣituṃ rājanpāṇḍuputrasya sainikāḥ

The soldiers of the son of Pandu could not look at the king of the Kurus as he blazed like the sun in that great fight, O king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star lines 7.128.25d*1103_03–04 (placed after 7.128.25). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 39 (7.154.39)

ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा कुपितो राजसत्तम । अभ्यधावत्कुरुपतिं तव पुत्रं जिघांसया ॥

tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā kupito rājasattama | abhyadhāvatkurupatiṃ tava putraṃ jighāṃsayā

Then King Yudhishthira, enraged, O best of kings, ran at your son, the lord of the Kurus, wishing to kill him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star lines 7.128.25d*1103_05–06 (placed after 7.128.25). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 40 (7.154.40)

तावुभौ युधि कौरव्यौ समीयतुररिन्दमौ । स्वार्थहेतोः पराक्रान्तौ दुर्योधनयुधिष्ठिरौ ॥

tāvubhau yudhi kauravyau samīyaturarindamau | svārthahetoḥ parākrāntau duryodhanayudhiṣṭhirau

Those two Kauravas, Duryodhana and Yudhishthira, tamers of foes, came together in the battle, each exerting himself for his own cause.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star lines 7.128.25d*1103_07–08 (placed after 7.128.25). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 41 (7.154.41)

ततो दुर्योधनः क्रुद्धः शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः । विव्याध दशभिस्तूर्णं ध्वजं चिच्छेद चेषुणा ॥

tato duryodhanaḥ kruddhaḥ śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ | vivyādha daśabhistūrṇaṃ dhvajaṃ ciccheda ceṣuṇā

Then Duryodhana, enraged, quickly struck him with ten straight-jointed arrows and cut down his banner with one shaft.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star lines 7.128.25d*1103_09–10 (placed after 7.128.25). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 42 (7.154.42)

इन्द्रसेनं त्रिभिश्चैव ललाटे जघ्निवान्नृप । सारथिं दयितं राज्ञः पाण्डवस्य महात्मनः ॥

indrasenaṃ tribhiścaiva lalāṭe jaghnivānnṛpa | sārathiṃ dayitaṃ rājñaḥ pāṇḍavasya mahātmanaḥ

And with three arrows he struck Indrasena on the forehead, the dear charioteer of the great-souled Pandava king, O king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star lines 7.128.25d*1103_11–12 (placed after 7.128.25). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 43 (7.154.43)

धनुश्च पुनरन्येन चकर्तास्य महारथः । चतुर्भिश्चतुरश्चैव बाणैर्विव्याध वाजिनः ॥

dhanuśca punaranyena cakartāsya mahārathaḥ | caturbhiścaturaścaiva bāṇairvivyādha vājinaḥ

That great chariot-warrior cut his bow in two with another arrow and pierced his four horses with four shafts.

Note on the text: Corrected वाजिनाः → वाजिनः (misprint in Wikisource; the object of विव्याध needs the accusative plural वाजिनः; CE vājinaḥ). Not in the critical edition's main text; star lines 7.128.25d*1103_13–14 (placed after 7.128.25). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 44 (7.154.44)

ततो युधिष्ठिरः क्रुद्धो निमेषादिव कार्मुकम् । अन्यदादाय वेगेन कौरवं प्रत्यवारयत् ॥

tato yudhiṣṭhiraḥ kruddho nimeṣādiva kārmukam | anyadādāya vegena kauravaṃ pratyavārayat

Then Yudhishthira, enraged, took up another bow in the blink of an eye and swiftly checked the Kaurava.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star lines 7.128.25d*1103_15–16 (placed after 7.128.25). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 45 (7.154.45)

तस्य तान्निघ्नतः शत्रून्रुक्मपृष्ठं महद्धनुः । भल्लाभ्यां पाण्डवो ज्येष्ठस्त्रिधा चिच्छेद मारिष ॥

tasya tānnighnataḥ śatrūnrukmapṛṣṭhaṃ mahaddhanuḥ | bhallābhyāṃ pāṇḍavo jyeṣṭhastridhā ciccheda māriṣa

As he struck down his enemies, the Pandava, the eldest, cut his great gold-backed bow into three pieces with two broad-headed arrows, O sir.

Note on the text: Corrected पण्डवो → पाण्डवो (misprint in Wikisource; dropped long ā; CE pāṇḍavo). = CE 7.128.26.

Verse 46 (7.154.46)

विव्याध चैनं दशभिः सम्यगस्तैः शितैः शरैः । मर्म भित्त्वा तु ते सर्वे संलग्नाः क्षितिमाविशन् ॥

vivyādha cainaṃ daśabhiḥ samyagastaiḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ | marma bhittvā tu te sarve saṃlagnāḥ kṣitimāviśan

And he struck him with ten sharp, well-shot arrows. Having pierced the vital spot, they all stuck fast and sank into the earth.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads मर्म भित्त्वा तु ते सर्वे संलग्नाः where the CE has marmāṇi bhittvā te sarve saṃbhagnāḥ (recension variants, kept). = CE 7.128.27.

Verse 47 (7.154.47)

ततः परिवृता योधाः परिवव्रुर्युधिष्ठिरम् । वृत्रेण सह युध्यन्तं यद्वद्देवाः शतक्रतुम् ॥

tataḥ parivṛtā yodhāḥ parivavruryudhiṣṭhiram | vṛtreṇa saha yudhyantaṃ yadvaddevāḥ śatakratum

Then the warriors, closing in around him, surrounded Yudhishthira as the gods surround Indra when he fights Vritra.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of CE 7.128.28a (परिवृता योधाः for pramuditā yodhāḥ); line 2 is the star line 7.128.28d*1104_01, which the Wikisource text uses in place of CE 28c. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 48 (7.154.48)

ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा तव पुत्रस्य मारिष । शरं च सूर्यरश्म्याभमत्युग्रमनिवारणम् । हा हतोऽसीति राजानमुक्त्वाऽमुञ्चद्युधिष्ठिरः ॥

tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā tava putrasya māriṣa | śaraṃ ca sūryaraśmyābhamatyugramanivāraṇam | hā hato'sīti rājānamuktvā'muñcadyudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Then King Yudhishthira, O sir, sent at your son a fierce, unstoppable arrow, shining like a ray of the sun, saying to the king, "Ha, you are slain!"

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.128.29a; line 2 = star line 7.128.29d*1105_01; line 3 = star line 7.128.29d*1106_01. These replace CE 29c (śaraṃ paramadurvāraṃ preṣayām āsa saṃyuge). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 49 (7.154.49)

स तेनाकर्णमुक्तेन विद्धो बाणेन कौरवः । निषसाद रथोपस्थे भृशं सम्मूढचेतनः ॥

sa tenākarṇamuktena viddho bāṇena kauravaḥ | niṣasāda rathopasthe bhṛśaṃ sammūḍhacetanaḥ

Struck by that arrow, loosed with the bowstring drawn back to the ear, the Kaurava sank down on the seat of his chariot, his mind utterly dazed.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; line 1 is star line 7.128.29d*1106_02 and line 2 is star line 7.128.29f*1107_01 (placed after 7.128.29e). The CE's own line 29e (sa tena bhṛśasaṃviddho niṣasāda rathottame) is not in Wikisource. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 50 (7.154.50)

ततः पाञ्चाल्यसेनानां भृशमासीद्रवो महान् । हतो राजेति राजेन्द्र मुदितानां समन्ततः ॥

tataḥ pāñcālyasenānāṃ bhṛśamāsīdravo mahān | hato rājeti rājendra muditānāṃ samantataḥ

Then a great uproar rose from the Panchala armies, O king of kings, as they rejoiced on every side, crying, "The king is slain!"

Verse 51 (7.154.51)

बाणशब्दरवश्चोग्रः शुश्रुवे तत्र मारिष । अथ द्रोणो द्रुतं तत्र प्रत्यदृश्यत संयुगे ॥

bāṇaśabdaravaścograḥ śuśruve tatra māriṣa | atha droṇo drutaṃ tatra pratyadṛśyata saṃyuge

A fierce din of arrows and shouting was heard there, O sir, and just then Drona was seen swiftly arriving on the field.

Verse 52 (7.154.52)

हृष्टो दुर्योधनश्चापि दृढमादाय कार्मुकम् । तिष्ठतिष्ठेति राजानं ब्रुवन्पाण्डवमभ्ययात् ॥

hṛṣṭo duryodhanaścāpi dṛḍhamādāya kārmukam | tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti rājānaṃ bruvanpāṇḍavamabhyayāt

Duryodhana too, heartened, took up his bow firmly and went at the Pandava king, saying, "Stand! Stand!"

Verse 53 (7.154.53)

प्रत्युद्ययुस्तं त्वरिताः पाञ्चाला जयगृद्धिनः । तान्द्रोणः प्रतिजग्राह परीप्सन्कुरुसत्तमम् । चण्डवातः समुद्धूतो मेघानम्बुमुचो यथा ॥

pratyudyayustaṃ tvaritāḥ pāñcālā jayagṛddhinaḥ | tāndroṇaḥ pratijagrāha parīpsankurusattamam | caṇḍavātaḥ samuddhūto meghānambumuco yathā

The Panchalas, eager for victory, quickly rushed up to meet him, and Drona, wishing to save the best of the Kurus, met them like a violent storm-wind rising against rain-clouds.

Note on the text: Corrected समुद्वूतो → समुद्धूतो (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध in the participle of उद्+धू, compare CE uddhatān). Lines 1–3 correspond to CE 7.128.33a, 33c and 33e, with variants (जयगृद्धिनः for rājagṛddhinaḥ; line 3 चण्डवातः समुद्धूतो मेघानम्बुमुचो यथा for caṇḍavātoddhatān meghān nighnan raśmimuco yathā).

Verse 54 (7.154.54)

ततो राजन्महानासीत्सङ्ग्रामो भूरिवर्धनः । तावकानां परेषां च समेतानां युयुत्सया ॥

tato rājanmahānāsītsaṅgrāmo bhūrivardhanaḥ | tāvakānāṃ pareṣāṃ ca sametānāṃ yuyutsayā

Then, O king, a great battle that grew ever fiercer broke out between your men and the enemy, who had come together eager to fight.