Satyaki and Somadatta; Ashvatthama Against Ghatotkacha

Verse 1 (7.157.1)

प्रायोपविष्टे तु हते पुत्रे सात्यकिना तदा । सोमदत्तो भृशं क्रुद्धः सात्यकिं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

prāyopaviṣṭe tu hate putre sātyakinā tadā | somadatto bhṛśaṃ kruddhaḥ sātyakiṃ vākyamabravīt

At that time, when his son, who had sat down to fast unto death, was slain by Satyaki, Somadatta, greatly enraged, spoke these words to Satyaki.

Verse 2 (7.157.2)

क्षत्रधर्मः परो दृष्टो यस्तु देवैर्महात्मभिः । तं त्वं सात्वत सन्त्यज्य दस्युधर्मे कथं रतः ॥

kṣatradharmaḥ paro dṛṣṭo yastu devairmahātmabhiḥ | taṃ tvaṃ sātvata santyajya dasyudharme kathaṃ rataḥ

"That supreme duty of the kshatriya which the great gods themselves have seen—having abandoned it, O Satvata, how can you delight in the ways of a bandit?

Note on the text: Corrected सन्तज्य → सन्त्यज्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped conjunct, "having abandoned"; CE 7.131.2c saṃtyajya). Line 1 reads परो for the CE's purā (recension variant, kept).

Verse 3 (7.157.3)

पराङ्मुखाय दीनाय न्यस्तशस्त्राय याचते । क्षत्रधर्मरतः प्राज्ञः कथं नु प्रहरेद्रणे ॥

parāṅmukhāya dīnāya nyastaśastrāya yācate | kṣatradharmarataḥ prājñaḥ kathaṃ nu praharedraṇe

How could a wise man devoted to the kshatriya's duty strike in battle one who has turned his back, who is wretched, who has laid down his weapons and begs for mercy?

Verse 4 (7.157.4)

द्वावेव किल वृष्णीनां तत्र ख्यातौ महारथौ । प्रद्युम्नश्च महाबाहुस्त्वं चैव युधि सात्वत ॥

dvāveva kila vṛṣṇīnāṃ tatra khyātau mahārathau | pradyumnaśca mahābāhustvaṃ caiva yudhi sātvata

Among the Vrishnis only two were famed there as great chariot-warriors: the mighty-armed Pradyumna, and you, O Satvata, in battle.

Verse 5 (7.157.5)

कथं प्रायोपविष्टाय पार्थेन च्छिन्नबाहवे । नृशंसं बत दीनं च तादृशं कृतवानसि ॥

kathaṃ prāyopaviṣṭāya pārthena cchinnabāhave | nṛśaṃsaṃ bata dīnaṃ ca tādṛśaṃ kṛtavānasi

How could you do such a cruel—alas, such a pitiable—deed to one who sat fasting unto death, whose arm Partha had cut off?

Verse 6 (7.157.6)

कर्मणस्तस्य दुर्वृत्त फलं प्राप्नुहि संयुगे । अद्य छेत्स्यामि ते मूढ शिरो विक्रम्य पत्रिणा ॥

karmaṇastasya durvṛtta phalaṃ prāpnuhi saṃyuge | adya chetsyāmi te mūḍha śiro vikramya patriṇā

Reap in battle the fruit of that deed, wicked wretch. Today, you fool, I will boldly cut off your head with an arrow.

Note on the text: Corrected कर्ममस्तस्य → कर्मणस्तस्य (misprint in Wikisource; CE star passage 7.131.5d*1123_01 karmaṇas tasya). Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as star passage 7.131.5d*1123_01–02 (after 7.131.5).

Verse 7 (7.157.7)

शपे सात्वत पुत्राभ्यामिष्टेन सुकृतेन च । अनतीतामिमां रात्रिं यदि त्वां वीरमानिनम् ॥

śape sātvata putrābhyāmiṣṭena sukṛtena ca | anatītāmimāṃ rātriṃ yadi tvāṃ vīramāninam

I swear, O Satvata, by my two sons, by my sacrifices and my good deeds: if before this night is over I do not slay you, who think yourself a hero—

Verse 8 (7.157.8)

अरक्ष्यमाणं पार्थेन जिष्णुना ससुतानुजम् । न हन्यां नरके घोरे पतेयं वृष्णिपांसन ॥

arakṣyamāṇaṃ pārthena jiṣṇunā sasutānujam | na hanyāṃ narake ghore pateyaṃ vṛṣṇipāṃsana

—while Arjuna Jishnu does not guard you, together with your sons and younger brothers, then may I fall into a dreadful hell, O disgrace of the Vrishnis."

Verse 9 (7.157.9)

एवमुक्त्वा सुसङ्क्रुद्धः सोमदत्तो महाबलः । दध्मौ शङ्खं च तारेण सिंहनादं ननाद च ॥

evamuktvā susaṅkruddhaḥ somadatto mahābalaḥ | dadhmau śaṅkhaṃ ca tāreṇa siṃhanādaṃ nanāda ca

Having said this, the mighty Somadatta, burning with rage, blew his conch with a high note and let out a lion's roar.

Verse 10 (7.157.10)

ततः कमलपत्राक्षः सिंहदंष्ट्रो दुरासदः । सात्यकिर्भृशसङ्क्रुद्धः सोमदत्तमथाब्रवीत् ॥

tataḥ kamalapatrākṣaḥ siṃhadaṃṣṭro durāsadaḥ | sātyakirbhṛśasaṅkruddhaḥ somadattamathābravīt

Then the lotus-eyed Satyaki, lion-fanged and hard to withstand, greatly enraged, answered Somadatta.

Verse 11 (7.157.11)

कौरवेय न मे त्रासः कथञ्चिदपि विद्यते । त्वया सार्धमथान्यैश्च युध्यतो हृदि कश्चन ॥

kauraveya na me trāsaḥ kathañcidapi vidyate | tvayā sārdhamathānyaiśca yudhyato hṛdi kaścana

"O Kaurava, no fear of any kind exists in my heart as I fight with you and with others besides.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; lines 1–2 = CE star passage 7.131.9d*1124_01–02 (after 7.131.9).

Verse 12 (7.157.12)

यदि सर्वेण सैन्येन गुप्तो मां योधयिष्यसि । तथापि न व्यथा काचित्त्वयि स्यान्मम कौरव ॥

yadi sarveṇa sainyena gupto māṃ yodhayiṣyasi | tathāpi na vyathā kācittvayi syānmama kaurava

Even if you fight me protected by your whole army, still I shall feel no distress at all on your account, O Kaurava.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; lines 1–2 = CE star passage 7.131.9d*1124_03–04.

Verse 13 (7.157.13)

युद्धसारेण वाक्येन असतां सम्मतेन च । नाहं भीषयितुं शक्यः क्षत्रवृत्ते स्थितस्त्वया ॥

yuddhasāreṇa vākyena asatāṃ sammatena ca | nāhaṃ bhīṣayituṃ śakyaḥ kṣatravṛtte sthitastvayā

I cannot be frightened by words whose whole substance is battle, words that only the wicked approve, for I stand firm in the kshatriya's way of life.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; lines 1–2 = CE star passage 7.131.9d*1124_05–06. Line 1 reads असतां सम्मतेन for the CE's satām avamatena (recension variant, kept).

Verse 14 (7.157.14)

यदि तेऽस्ति युयुत्साऽद्य मया सह नराधिप । निर्दयो निशितैर्बाणैः प्रहर प्रहरामि ते ॥

yadi te'sti yuyutsā'dya mayā saha narādhipa | nirdayo niśitairbāṇaiḥ prahara praharāmi te

If you have a wish to fight with me today, O lord of men, then strike me without mercy with your sharp arrows; I shall strike you.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; lines 1–2 = CE star passage 7.131.9d*1124_07–08.

Verse 15 (7.157.15)

हतो भूरिश्रवा वीरस्तव पुत्रो महारथः । शलश्चैव महाराज भ्रातृव्यसनकर्षितः ॥

hato bhūriśravā vīrastava putro mahārathaḥ | śalaścaiva mahārāja bhrātṛvyasanakarṣitaḥ

Bhurishravas, your son, the hero and great chariot-warrior, has been slain, and Shala too, O great king, dragged to ruin by his brother's misfortune.

Verse 16 (7.157.16)

त्वां चाप्यद्य वधिष्यामि सहपुत्रं सबान्धवम् । तिष्ठेदानीं रणे यत्तः कौरवोऽसि महारथः ॥

tvāṃ cāpyadya vadhiṣyāmi sahaputraṃ sabāndhavam | tiṣṭhedānīṃ raṇe yattaḥ kauravo'si mahārathaḥ

Today I shall slay you as well, together with your son and kinsmen. Stand now and fight, on your guard—you are a Kaurava and a great chariot-warrior.

Verse 17 (7.157.17)

यस्मिन्दानं दमः शौचमहिंसा हीर्धृतिः क्षमा । अनपायानि सर्वाणि नित्यं राज्ञि युधिष्ठिरे ॥

yasmindānaṃ damaḥ śaucamahiṃsā hīrdhṛtiḥ kṣamā | anapāyāni sarvāṇi nityaṃ rājñi yudhiṣṭhire

In King Yudhishthira, generosity, self-restraint, purity, non-violence, modesty, steadfastness and forgiveness—all of these abide always and never leave him.

Verse 18 (7.157.18)

मृदङ्गकेतोस्तस्य त्वं तेजसा निहतः पुरा । सकर्णसौबलः सङ्ख्ये विनाशमुपयास्यसि ॥

mṛdaṅgaketostasya tvaṃ tejasā nihataḥ purā | sakarṇasaubalaḥ saṅkhye vināśamupayāsyasi

You were struck down once before by the might of him whose banner bears the drum; and now, together with Karna and Saubala, you will meet your destruction in battle.

Verse 19 (7.157.19)

शपेऽहं कृष्णचरणैरिष्टापूर्तेन चैव ह । यदि त्वां ससुतं पापं न हन्यां युधि रोषितः ॥

śape'haṃ kṛṣṇacaraṇairiṣṭāpūrtena caiva ha | yadi tvāṃ sasutaṃ pāpaṃ na hanyāṃ yudhi roṣitaḥ

I swear by the feet of Krishna, and by my sacrifices and works of charity: if, enraged, I do not slay you in battle, sinner that you are, together with your son—

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 = CE 7.131.14a, 14c (the automatic alignment missed it because the CE's verse 14 has three lines; its third line is the next verse here).

Verse 20 (7.157.20)

अपयास्यसि चेत्त्यक्त्वा रणं मुक्तो भविष्यसि ॥

apayāsyasi cettyaktvā raṇaṃ mukto bhaviṣyasi

then, if you run away and abandon the battle, you will be freed."

Note on the text: Corrected चोत्त्यक्त्वा → चेत्त्यक्त्वा (misprint in Wikisource; "if … abandoning"; CE 7.131.14e cet tyaktvā). Single line = CE 7.131.14e, the third line of the CE's three-line verse (the CE reads tato mukto for Wikisource रणं मुक्तो, a recension variant, kept).

Verse 21 (7.157.21)

एवमाभाष्य चान्योन्यं क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनौ । प्रवृत्तौ शरसम्पातं कर्तुं पुरुषसत्तमौ ॥

evamābhāṣya cānyonyaṃ krodhasaṃraktalocanau | pravṛttau śarasampātaṃ kartuṃ puruṣasattamau

Having spoken thus to each other, their eyes red with rage, those two best of men began to loose volleys of arrows.

Verse 22 (7.157.22)

ततो रथसहस्रेण नागानामयुतेन च । दुर्योधनः सोमदत्तं परिवार्य व्यवस्थितः ॥

tato rathasahasreṇa nāgānāmayutena ca | duryodhanaḥ somadattaṃ parivārya vyavasthitaḥ

Then Duryodhana, with a thousand chariots and ten thousand elephants, took his stand around Somadatta.

Note on the text: Matches CE 7.131.16; the CE has "a thousand elephants and ten thousand chariots", Wikisource has the numbers the other way round (recension variant, kept).

Verse 23 (7.157.23)

शकुनिश्च सुसङ्क्रुद्धः सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरः । पुत्रपौत्रैः परिवृतो भ्रातृभिश्चेन्द्रविक्रमैः । श्यालस्तव महाबाहुर्वज्रसंहननो युवा ॥

śakuniśca susaṅkruddhaḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ | putrapautraiḥ parivṛto bhrātṛbhiścendravikramaiḥ | śyālastava mahābāhurvajrasaṃhanano yuvā

And Shakuni, exceedingly enraged, best of all who bear weapons, your mighty-armed brother-in-law, young, with a body hard as the thunderbolt, surrounded by his sons and grandsons and by brothers of Indra-like prowess—

Verse 24 (7.157.24)

साग्रं शतसहस्रं तु हयानां तस्य धीमतः । सोमदत्तं महेष्वासं समन्तात्पर्यरक्षत ॥

sāgraṃ śatasahasraṃ tu hayānāṃ tasya dhīmataḥ | somadattaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ samantātparyarakṣata

—more than a hundred thousand horses of that wise man protected Somadatta, the great archer, on every side.

Verse 25 (7.157.25)

रक्ष्यमाणश्च बलिभिश्छादयामास सात्यकिम् । तं छाद्यमानं विशिखैर्दृष्ट्वा सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥

rakṣyamāṇaśca balibhiśchādayāmāsa sātyakim | taṃ chādyamānaṃ viśikhairdṛṣṭvā sannataparvabhiḥ

Guarded by the strong, Somadatta covered Satyaki with arrows. Seeing Satyaki thus covered with arrows whose joints were smoothly bent,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 = CE 7.131.19a, 19c (the automatic alignment missed it because the CE's verse 19 has three lines).

Verse 26 (7.157.26)

धृष्टद्युम्नोऽभ्ययात्क्रुद्धः प्रगृह्य महतीं चमूम् । अभ्यरक्षन्महाबाहुः सात्वतं सत्यविक्रमम् ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumno'bhyayātkruddhaḥ pragṛhya mahatīṃ camūm | abhyarakṣanmahābāhuḥ sātvataṃ satyavikramam

the mighty-armed Dhrishtadyumna, enraged, advanced at the head of a great army and protected the Satvata of true valour.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe) from line 2. Line 1 = CE 7.131.19e (third line of the CE's verse 19); line 2 = CE star passage 7.131.19f*1125_01.

Verse 27 (7.157.27)

चण्डवाताभिसृष्टानामुदधीनामिव स्वनः । आसीद्राजन्बलौघानामन्योन्यमभिनिघ्नताम् ॥

caṇḍavātābhisṛṣṭānāmudadhīnāmiva svanaḥ | āsīdrājanbalaughānāmanyonyamabhinighnatām

The roar of the hosts as they struck one another, O king, was like the sound of oceans lashed by furious winds.

Verse 28 (7.157.28)

विव्याध सोमदत्तस्तु सात्वतं नवभिः शरैः । सात्यकिर्नवभिश्चैनमवधीत्कुरुपुङ्गवम् ॥

vivyādha somadattastu sātvataṃ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ | sātyakirnavabhiścainamavadhītkurupuṅgavam

Somadatta pierced the Satvata with nine arrows, and Satyaki struck that bull of the Kurus with nine in return.

Verse 29 (7.157.29)

सोऽतिविद्धो बलवता समरे दृढधन्विना । रथोपस्थं समासाद्य मुमोह गतचेतनः ॥

so'tividdho balavatā samare dṛḍhadhanvinā | rathopasthaṃ samāsādya mumoha gatacetanaḥ

Deeply pierced in battle by that strong, firm-bowed warrior, Somadatta reached the floor of his chariot and fainted, losing consciousness.

Verse 30 (7.157.30)

तं विमूढं समालक्ष्य सारथिस्त्वरयाऽन्वितः । अपोवाह रणाद्वीरं सोमदत्तं महारथम् ॥

taṃ vimūḍhaṃ samālakṣya sārathistvarayā'nvitaḥ | apovāha raṇādvīraṃ somadattaṃ mahāratham

Seeing him stunned, his charioteer in haste carried the heroic great chariot-warrior Somadatta away from the battle.

Verse 31 (7.157.31)

तं विसंज्ञं समालक्ष्य युयुधानशरार्दितम् । अभ्यद्रवत्ततो द्रोणो यदुवीरजिघांसया ॥

taṃ visaṃjñaṃ samālakṣya yuyudhānaśarārditam | abhyadravattato droṇo yaduvīrajighāṃsayā

Seeing him senseless, tormented by Yuyudhana's arrows, Drona then rushed at the hero of the Yadus, wishing to slay him.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.131.24a (the CE reads samālokya for Wikisource समालक्ष्य, recension variant); line 2 = CE Appendix I No. 20 (7.131.24b@020_0001), a long passage printed in the CE after 7.131.24a and not part of its main text (the Appendix reads abhyadhāvat for Wikisource अभ्यद्रवत्, variant).

Verse 32 (7.157.32)

तमायान्तमभिप्रेक्ष्य युधिष्ठिरपुरोगमाः । परिवव्रुर्महात्मानं परीप्सन्तो यदूत्तमम् ॥

tamāyāntamabhiprekṣya yudhiṣṭhirapurogamāḥ | parivavrurmahātmānaṃ parīpsanto yadūttamam

Seeing him coming, Yudhishthira and the others surrounded the great-souled Drona, wishing to save that best of the Yadus.

Note on the text: Lines = CE Appendix I No. 20 (7.131.24b@020_0002–0003), a long passage printed in the CE after 7.131.24a and not part of its main text. (Line 2 ends यदूत्तमम्, the Appendix has yadūdvaham: variant.)

Verse 33 (7.157.33)

ततः प्रववृते युद्धं द्रोणस्य सह पाण्डवैः । बलेरिव सुरैः पूर्वं त्रैलोक्यजयकाङ्क्षया ॥

tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ droṇasya saha pāṇḍavaiḥ | baleriva suraiḥ pūrvaṃ trailokyajayakāṅkṣayā

Then a battle began between Drona and the Pandavas, like that of Bali with the gods long ago, when he sought to conquer the three worlds.

Note on the text: Lines = CE Appendix I No. 20 (7.131.24b@020_0004–0005), a long passage printed in the CE after 7.131.24a and not part of its main text.

Verse 34 (7.157.34)

ततः सायकजालेन पाण्डवानीकमावृणोत् । भारद्वाजो महातेजा विव्याध च युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

tataḥ sāyakajālena pāṇḍavānīkamāvṛṇot | bhāradvājo mahātejā vivyādha ca yudhiṣṭhiram

Then the great-splendoured son of Bharadvaja covered the Pandava host with a net of arrows and pierced Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Lines = CE Appendix I No. 20 (7.131.24b@020_0006–0007), a long passage printed in the CE after 7.131.24a and not part of its main text.

Verse 35 (7.157.35)

सात्यकिं दशभिर्बाणैर्विंशत्या पार्षतं शरैः । भीमसेनं च नवभिर्नकुलं पञ्चभिस्तथा ॥

sātyakiṃ daśabhirbāṇairviṃśatyā pārṣataṃ śaraiḥ | bhīmasenaṃ ca navabhirnakulaṃ pañcabhistathā

He pierced Satyaki with ten arrows, the son of Prishata with twenty, Bhimasena with nine, and Nakula likewise with five.

Note on the text: Lines = CE Appendix I No. 20 (7.131.24b@020_0008–0009), a long passage printed in the CE after 7.131.24a and not part of its main text.

Verse 36 (7.157.36)

सहदेवं तथाऽष्टाभिः शतेन च शिखण्डिनम् । द्रौपदेयान्महाबाहुः पञ्चभिः पञ्चभिः शरैः ॥

sahadevaṃ tathā'ṣṭābhiḥ śatena ca śikhaṇḍinam | draupadeyānmahābāhuḥ pañcabhiḥ pañcabhiḥ śaraiḥ

Sahadeva with eight, Shikhandin with a hundred, and the sons of Draupadi, that mighty-armed one pierced with five arrows each.

Note on the text: Corrected पञ्जभिः → पञ्चभिः (misprint in Wikisource; "five"; Appendix pañcabhiḥ). Lines = CE Appendix I No. 20 (7.131.24b@020_0010–0011), a long passage printed in the CE after 7.131.24a and not part of its main text.

Verse 37 (7.157.37)

विराटं मत्स्यमष्टाभिर्द्रुपदं दशभिः शरैः । युधामन्युं त्रिभिः षड्भिरुत्तमौजसमाहवे । अन्यांश्च सैनिकान्विद्ध्वा युधिष्ठिरमुपाद्रवत् ॥

virāṭaṃ matsyamaṣṭābhirdrupadaṃ daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ | yudhāmanyuṃ tribhiḥ ṣaḍbhiruttamaujasamāhave | anyāṃśca sainikānviddhvā yudhiṣṭhiramupādravat

Virata the Matsya with eight, Drupada with ten arrows, Yudhamanyu with three and Uttamaujas with six in the battle; and having pierced other soldiers as well, he rushed upon Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्व्वा → विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; Appendix viddhvā). Lines = CE Appendix I No. 20 (7.131.24b@020_0012–0014), a long passage printed in the CE after 7.131.24a and not part of its main text.

Verse 38 (7.157.38)

ते वध्यमाना द्रोणेन पाण्डुपुत्रस्य सैनिकाः । प्राद्रवन्वै भयाद्राजन्सार्तनादा दिशो दश ॥

te vadhyamānā droṇena pāṇḍuputrasya sainikāḥ | prādravanvai bhayādrājansārtanādā diśo daśa

Struck down by Drona, those soldiers of Pandu's son fled in fear, O king, crying out in pain, in the ten directions.

Note on the text: Lines = CE Appendix I No. 20 (7.131.24b@020_0015–0016), a long passage printed in the CE after 7.131.24a and not part of its main text.

Verse 39 (7.157.39)

काल्यमानं तु तत्सैन्यं दृष्ट्वा द्रोणेन फल्गुनः । किञ्चिदागतसंरम्भो गुरुं पार्थोऽभ्ययाद्द्रुतम् ॥

kālyamānaṃ tu tatsainyaṃ dṛṣṭvā droṇena phalgunaḥ | kiñcidāgatasaṃrambho guruṃ pārtho'bhyayāddrutam

Seeing that army driven before Drona, Phalguna, his anger somewhat roused, quickly advanced against his teacher.

Note on the text: Lines = CE Appendix I No. 20 (7.131.24b@020_0017–0018), a long passage printed in the CE after 7.131.24a and not part of its main text.

Verse 40 (7.157.40)

दृष्ट्वा द्रोणं तु बीभत्सुमभिधावन्तमाहवे । सन्न्यवर्तत तत्सैन्यं पुनर्यौधिष्ठिरं बलम् ॥

dṛṣṭvā droṇaṃ tu bībhatsumabhidhāvantamāhave | sannyavartata tatsainyaṃ punaryaudhiṣṭhiraṃ balam

Seeing Bibhatsu rush upon Drona in the battle, that army of Yudhishthira turned back again.

Note on the text: Lines = CE Appendix I No. 20 (7.131.24b@020_0019–0020), a long passage printed in the CE after 7.131.24a and not part of its main text. (Variant: Wikisource द्रोणं … बलम्, Appendix droṇas … nṛpa.)

Verse 41 (7.157.41)

ततो युद्धमभूद्भूयो भारद्वाजस्य पाण्डवैः ॥

tato yuddhamabhūdbhūyo bhāradvājasya pāṇḍavaiḥ

Then the battle between Bharadvaja's son and the Pandavas broke out again.

Note on the text: One-line verse, as on the page; = CE Appendix I No. 20 (7.131.24b@020_0021), a long passage printed in the CE after 7.131.24a and not part of its main text.

Verse 42 (7.157.42)

द्रोणस्तव सुतै राजन्सर्वतः परिवारितः । व्यधमत्पाण्डुसैन्यानि तूलराशिमिवानलः ॥

droṇastava sutai rājansarvataḥ parivāritaḥ | vyadhamatpāṇḍusainyāni tūlarāśimivānalaḥ

Surrounded on every side by your sons, O king, Drona destroyed the Pandava troops as fire destroys a heap of cotton.

Note on the text: Lines = CE Appendix I No. 20 (7.131.24b@020_0022–0023), a long passage printed in the CE after 7.131.24a and not part of its main text.

Verse 43 (7.157.43)

तं ज्वलन्तमिवादित्यं दीप्तानलसमद्युतिम् । राजन्ननिशमत्यन्तं दृष्ट्वा द्रोणं शरार्चिषम् ॥

taṃ jvalantamivādityaṃ dīptānalasamadyutim | rājannaniśamatyantaṃ dṛṣṭvā droṇaṃ śarārciṣam

Seeing Drona, O king, blazing like the sun, bright as a kindled fire, with arrows for his flames, unceasing and terrible—

Note on the text: Lines = CE Appendix I No. 20 (7.131.24b@020_0024–0025), a long passage printed in the CE after 7.131.24a and not part of its main text.

Verse 44 (7.157.44)

मण्डलीकृतधन्वानं तपन्तमिव भास्करम् । दहन्तमहितान्सैन्ये नैनं कश्चिदवारयत् ॥

maṇḍalīkṛtadhanvānaṃ tapantamiva bhāskaram | dahantamahitānsainye nainaṃ kaścidavārayat

bending his bow into a circle, scorching like the sun, burning his foes in the host—no one could hold him back.

Note on the text: Lines = CE Appendix I No. 20 (7.131.24b@020_0026–0027), a long passage printed in the CE after 7.131.24a and not part of its main text.

Verse 45 (7.157.45)

योयो हि प्रमुखे तस्य तस्थौ द्रोणस्य पूरुषः । तस्यतस्य शिरश्छित्त्वा ययुर्द्रोणशराः क्षितिम् ॥

yoyo hi pramukhe tasya tasthau droṇasya pūruṣaḥ | tasyatasya śiraśchittvā yayurdroṇaśarāḥ kṣitim

Whatever man stood before Drona, the arrows of Drona cut off that man's head and went on into the earth.

Note on the text: Corrected पुरूषः → पूरुषः (misprint in Wikisource; पुरूष is not a valid form; Appendix pūruṣaḥ). Lines = CE Appendix I No. 20 (7.131.24b@020_0028–0029), a long passage printed in the CE after 7.131.24a and not part of its main text.

Verse 46 (7.157.46)

एवं सा पाण्डवी सेना वध्यमाना महात्मना । प्रदुद्राव पुनर्भीता पश्यतः सव्यसाचिनः ॥

evaṃ sā pāṇḍavī senā vadhyamānā mahātmanā | pradudrāva punarbhītā paśyataḥ savyasācinaḥ

Thus that Pandava army, being cut down by the great-souled one, fled again in terror, while Savyasachin looked on.

Note on the text: Lines = CE Appendix I No. 20 (7.131.24b@020_0030–0031), a long passage printed in the CE after 7.131.24a and not part of its main text.

Verse 47 (7.157.47)

सम्प्रभग्नं बलं दृष्ट्वा द्रोणेन निशि भारत । गोविन्दमब्रवीज्जिष्णुर्गच्छ द्रोणरथं प्रति ॥

samprabhagnaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā droṇena niśi bhārata | govindamabravījjiṣṇurgaccha droṇarathaṃ prati

Seeing the army shattered by Drona in the night, O Bharata, Jishnu said to Govinda, "Go toward Drona's chariot."

Note on the text: Lines = CE Appendix I No. 20 (7.131.24b@020_0032–0033), a long passage printed in the CE after 7.131.24a and not part of its main text.

Verse 48 (7.157.48)

ततो रजतगोक्षीरकुन्देन्दुसदृशप्रभान् । चोदयामास दाशार्हो हयान्द्रोणरथं प्रति ॥

tato rajatagokṣīrakundendusadṛśaprabhān | codayāmāsa dāśārho hayāndroṇarathaṃ prati

Then the Dasharha urged on the horses, whose lustre was like silver, cow's milk, jasmine and the moon, toward Drona's chariot.

Note on the text: Lines = CE Appendix I No. 20 (7.131.24b@020_0034–0035), a long passage printed in the CE after 7.131.24a and not part of its main text.

Verse 49 (7.157.49)

भीमसेनोऽपि तं दृष्ट्वा यान्तं द्रोणाय फल्गुनम् । स्वसारथिमुवाचेदं द्रोणानीकाय मां वह ॥

bhīmaseno'pi taṃ dṛṣṭvā yāntaṃ droṇāya phalgunam | svasārathimuvācedaṃ droṇānīkāya māṃ vaha

Bhimasena too, seeing Phalguna going toward Drona, said this to his own charioteer: "Carry me to Drona's host."

Note on the text: Lines = CE Appendix I No. 20 (7.131.24b@020_0036–0037), a long passage printed in the CE after 7.131.24a and not part of its main text.

Verse 50 (7.157.50)

सोऽपि तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा विशोको वाहयद्धयान् । पृष्ठतः सत्यसन्धस्य जिष्णोर्भरतसत्तम ॥

so'pi tasya vacaḥ śrutvā viśoko vāhayaddhayān | pṛṣṭhataḥ satyasandhasya jiṣṇorbharatasattama

Hearing his words, Vishoka too drove the horses behind the steadfast Jishnu, O best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Corrected विशोकोऽवहयद्वयान् → विशोको वाहयद्धयान् (misprint in Wikisource; "Vishoka drove the horses"; Appendix viśoko vāhayad dhayān). Lines = CE Appendix I No. 20 (7.131.24b@020_0038–0039), a long passage printed in the CE after 7.131.24a and not part of its main text.

Verse 51 (7.157.51)

तौ दृष्ट्वा भ्रातरौ यत्तौ द्रोणानीकमभिद्रुतौ । पाञ्चालाः सृञ्जया मात्स्याश्चेदिकारूषकोसलाः । अन्वगच्छन्महाराज केकयाश्च महारथाः ॥

tau dṛṣṭvā bhrātarau yattau droṇānīkamabhidrutau | pāñcālāḥ sṛñjayā mātsyāścedikārūṣakosalāḥ | anvagacchanmahārāja kekayāśca mahārathāḥ

Seeing those two brothers charging resolutely at Drona's host, the Panchalas, Srinjayas, Matsyas, Chedis, Karushas and Kosalas followed them, O great king, and the Kekayas too, great chariot-warriors.

Note on the text: Corrected कारूशकोसलाः → कारूषकोसलाः (misprint in Wikisource; the Karusha people, Appendix kārūṣa; Wikisource's कोसल, for the Appendix's kośala, is a valid variant, kept). Lines = CE Appendix I No. 20 (7.131.24b@020_0040–0042), a long passage printed in the CE after 7.131.24a and not part of its main text.

Verse 52 (7.157.52)

ततो राजन्नभूद्घोरः सङ्ग्रामो रोमहर्षणः ॥

tato rājannabhūdghoraḥ saṅgrāmo romaharṣaṇaḥ

Then, O king, a dreadful battle, making the hair stand on end, took place.

Note on the text: Corrected राजन्नभूद्वोरः → राजन्नभूद्घोरः (misprint in Wikisource; "dreadful"; Appendix ghoraḥ). One-line verse, as on the page; = CE Appendix I No. 20 (7.131.24b@020_0043), a long passage printed in the CE after 7.131.24a and not part of its main text.

Verse 53 (7.157.53)

बीभत्सुर्दक्षिणं पार्श्वमुत्तरं च वृकोदरः । महद्भ्यां रथबृन्दाभ्यां बलं जगृहतुस्तव ॥

bībhatsurdakṣiṇaṃ pārśvamuttaraṃ ca vṛkodaraḥ | mahadbhyāṃ rathabṛndābhyāṃ balaṃ jagṛhatustava

Bibhatsu on the right flank and Vrikodara on the left, with two great masses of chariots, gripped your army hard.

Note on the text: Lines = CE Appendix I No. 20 (7.131.24b@020_0044–0045), a long passage printed in the CE after 7.131.24a and not part of its main text. (Wikisource रथबृन्दाभ्यां, Appendix rathavṛnda: spelling variant.)

Verse 54 (7.157.54)

तौ दृष्ट्वा पुरुषव्याघ्रौ भीमसेनधनञ्जयौ । धृष्टद्युम्नोऽभ्ययाद्राजन्सात्यकिश्च महाबलः ॥

tau dṛṣṭvā puruṣavyāghrau bhīmasenadhanañjayau | dhṛṣṭadyumno'bhyayādrājansātyakiśca mahābalaḥ

Seeing those two tigers among men, Bhimasena and Dhananjaya, Dhrishtadyumna advanced, O king, and the mighty Satyaki as well.

Note on the text: Lines = CE Appendix I No. 20 (7.131.24b@020_0046–0047), a long passage printed in the CE after 7.131.24a and not part of its main text.

Verse 55 (7.157.55)

चण्डवाताभिपन्नानामुदधीनामिव स्वनः । आसीद्राजन्बलौघानां तदाऽन्योन्यमभिघ्नतां ॥

caṇḍavātābhipannānāmudadhīnāmiva svanaḥ | āsīdrājanbalaughānāṃ tadā'nyonyamabhighnatāṃ

Then the roar of the hosts as they struck one another, O king, was like the sound of oceans struck by furious winds.

Note on the text: Lines = CE Appendix I No. 20 (7.131.24b@020_0048–0049), a long passage printed in the CE after 7.131.24a and not part of its main text.

Verse 56 (7.157.56)

सौमदत्तिवधात्क्रुद्धो दृष्ट्वा सात्यकिमाहवे । द्रौणिरभ्यद्रवद्राजन्वधाय कृतनिश्चयः ॥

saumadattivadhātkruddho dṛṣṭvā sātyakimāhave | drauṇirabhyadravadrājanvadhāya kṛtaniścayaḥ

Enraged at the slaying of Somadatta's son, Drona's son, seeing Satyaki in the battle, rushed at him, O king, resolved to kill him.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE Appendix I No. 20 (7.131.24b@020_0050), a long passage printed in the CE after 7.131.24a and not part of its main text; line 2 differs from CE 7.131.24c (drauṇir abhyadravat kruddhaḥ sātvataṃ raṇamūrdhani), recension variant, kept.

Verse 57 (7.157.57)

तमापतन्तं सम्प्रेक्ष्य शैनेयस्य रथं प्रति । भैमसेनिः सुसङ्क्रुद्धः प्रत्यमित्रमवारयत् ॥

tamāpatantaṃ samprekṣya śaineyasya rathaṃ prati | bhaimaseniḥ susaṅkruddhaḥ pratyamitramavārayat

Seeing him come toward Shaineya's chariot, Bhimasena's son, greatly enraged, held back that enemy.

Verse 58 (7.157.58)

कार्ष्णायसं महाघोरमृक्षचर्मपरिच्छदम् । महान्तं रथमास्थाय त्रिंशन्नल्वान्तरान्तरम् ॥

kārṣṇāyasaṃ mahāghoramṛkṣacarmaparicchadam | mahāntaṃ rathamāsthāya triṃśannalvāntarāntaram

Mounting a huge and terrible chariot of black iron, covered with bearskin, stretching to thirty nalvas in extent,

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.131.26a, which reads differently (kārṣṇāyasamayaṃ ghoram ṛkṣacarmāvṛtaṃ mahat; recension variant, kept); line 2 = CE star passage 7.131.26b*1126_01 (CE natvāntara, Wikisource नल्वान्तर: variant).

Verse 59 (7.157.59)

विक्षिप्तयन्त्रसन्नाहं महामेघौघनिःस्वनम् । युक्तं गजनिभैर्वाहैर्न हयैर्नापि वारणैः ॥

vikṣiptayantrasannāhaṃ mahāmeghaughaniḥsvanam | yuktaṃ gajanibhairvāhairna hayairnāpi vāraṇaiḥ

with its machines and armour set out, rumbling like a great mass of clouds, drawn by beasts like elephants that were neither horses nor elephants,

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE star passage 7.131.26b*1126_02; line 2 = CE 7.131.26c (verse 26 of the CE thus continues here).

Verse 60 (7.157.60)

विक्षिप्तपक्षचरणविवृताक्षेण कूजता । ध्वजेनोच्छ्रितदण्डेन गृध्रराजेन राजितम् ॥

vikṣiptapakṣacaraṇavivṛtākṣeṇa kūjatā | dhvajenocchritadaṇḍena gṛdhrarājena rājitam

and adorned with a banner on a lofty staff, on which a king of vultures stood, wings and feet outspread, eyes wide open, screeching,

Note on the text: Matches CE 7.131.27, but line 1 differs from it (CE: vikṣiptam aṣṭacakreṇa vivṛtākṣeṇa kūjatā), and line 2 reads उच्छ्रितदण्डेन / राजितम् for the CE's ucchritatuṇḍena / rājatā (recension variants, kept).

Verse 61 (7.157.61)

लोहितार्द्रपताकं तु आन्त्रमालाविभूषितम् । अष्टचक्रसमायुक्तमास्थाय विपुलं रथम् ॥

lohitārdrapatākaṃ tu āntramālāvibhūṣitam | aṣṭacakrasamāyuktamāsthāya vipulaṃ ratham

its flag wet with blood, hung with garlands of entrails—having mounted that vast eight-wheeled chariot,

Verse 62 (7.157.62)

शूलमुद्गरधारिण्या शैलपादपहस्तया । रक्षसां घोररूपाणामक्षौहिण्या समावृतः ॥

śūlamudgaradhāriṇyā śailapādapahastayā | rakṣasāṃ ghorarūpāṇāmakṣauhiṇyā samāvṛtaḥ

he was surrounded by an akshauhini of rakshasas of dreadful aspect, who bore spears and maces and held mountains and trees in their hands.

Verse 63 (7.157.63)

तमुद्यतमहाचापं निशाम्य व्यथिता नृपाः । युगान्तकालसमये दण्डहस्तमिवान्तकम् ॥

tamudyatamahācāpaṃ niśāmya vyathitā nṛpāḥ | yugāntakālasamaye daṇḍahastamivāntakam

Seeing him with his great bow raised, the kings were struck with dismay—like Death with staff in hand at the hour when the age ends.

Verse 64 (7.157.64)

ततस्तं गिरिशृङ्गाभं भीमरूपं भयावहम् । दंष्ट्राकरालोग्रमुखं शङ्कुकर्णं महाहनुम् ॥

tatastaṃ giriśṛṅgābhaṃ bhīmarūpaṃ bhayāvaham | daṃṣṭrākarālogramukhaṃ śaṅkukarṇaṃ mahāhanum

Him—who looked like a mountain peak, of dreadful form and terrifying, his face fierce with fangs, with ears like spikes and enormous jaws,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; lines 1–2 = CE star passage 7.131.30d*1127_01–02 (after 7.131.30).

Verse 65 (7.157.65)

ऊर्ध्वकेशं विरूपाक्षं दीप्तास्यं निम्नितोदरम् । महाश्वभ्रगलद्वारं किरीटच्छन्नमूर्धजम् ॥

ūrdhvakeśaṃ virūpākṣaṃ dīptāsyaṃ nimnitodaram | mahāśvabhragaladvāraṃ kirīṭacchannamūrdhajam

his hair standing upright, his eyes misshapen, his mouth blazing, his belly sunken, his gullet gaping like a vast pit, his hair covered by a diadem,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; lines 1–2 = CE star passage 7.131.30d*1127_03–04. Line 2 reads महाश्वभ्रगलद्वारं for the CE's mahābhrābhagaladvāraṃ (recension variant, kept).

Verse 66 (7.157.66)

त्रासनं सर्वभूतानां व्यात्ताननमिवान्तकम् । वीक्ष्य दीप्तमिवायान्तं रिपुविक्षोभकारिणम् ॥

trāsanaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ vyāttānanamivāntakam | vīkṣya dīptamivāyāntaṃ ripuvikṣobhakāriṇam

a terror to all beings, like Death with open jaws—seeing him approach as if ablaze, throwing his enemies into turmoil,

Note on the text: Corrected व्यात्ताननभिवान्तकम् → व्यात्ताननमिवान्तकम् (misprint in Wikisource; भ for म; CE star passage *1127_05 vyāttānanam ivāntakam). Not in the critical edition's main text; lines 1–2 = CE star passage 7.131.30d*1127_05–06.

Verse 67 (7.157.67)

तमुद्यतमहाचापं राक्षसेन्द्रं घटोत्कचम् । भयार्दिता प्रचुक्षोभ पुत्रस्य तव वाहिनी । वायुना क्षोभितावर्ता गङ्गेवोर्ध्वतरङ्गिणी ॥

tamudyatamahācāpaṃ rākṣasendraṃ ghaṭotkacam | bhayārditā pracukṣobha putrasya tava vāhinī | vāyunā kṣobhitāvartā gaṅgevordhvataraṅgiṇī

Ghatotkacha, that lord of rakshasas, with his great bow raised—your son's army, stricken with fear, was thrown into disorder, like the Ganga with her waves rising, her eddies churned by the wind.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE star passage 7.131.30d*1127_07; lines 2–3 = CE 7.131.31a, 31c (the automatic alignment missed it because the star-passage line is joined to them).

Verse 68 (7.157.68)

घटोत्कचप्रयुक्तेन सिंहनादेन भीषिताः । प्रसुस्रुवुर्गजा मूत्रं विव्यथुश्च नरा भृशम् ॥

ghaṭotkacaprayuktena siṃhanādena bhīṣitāḥ | prasusruvurgajā mūtraṃ vivyathuśca narā bhṛśam

Terrified by the lion's roar that Ghatotkacha let out, the elephants shed their urine and the men trembled greatly.

Verse 69 (7.157.69)

ततोऽश्मवृष्टिरत्यर्थमासीत्तत्र समन्ततः । सन्ध्याकालाधिकबलैः प्रयुक्ता राक्षसैः क्षितौ ॥

tato'śmavṛṣṭiratyarthamāsīttatra samantataḥ | sandhyākālādhikabalaiḥ prayuktā rākṣasaiḥ kṣitau

Then a terrible rain of stones fell all around there, hurled onto the earth by rakshasas whose strength grows greater at twilight.

Verse 70 (7.157.70)

आयसानि च चक्राणि भुशुण्ड्यः प्रासतोमराः । पतन्त्यविरताः शूलाः शतघ्न्यः पट्टसास्तथा ॥

āyasāni ca cakrāṇi bhuśuṇḍyaḥ prāsatomarāḥ | patantyaviratāḥ śūlāḥ śataghnyaḥ paṭṭasāstathā

Iron discs, bhushundis, spears, javelins, spikes, shataghnis and pattisas fell without cease.

Verse 71 (7.157.71)

तदुग्रमतिरौद्रं च दृष्ट्वा युद्धं नराधिपाः । तनयास्तव कर्णश्च व्यथिताः प्राद्रवन्दिशः ॥

tadugramatiraudraṃ ca dṛṣṭvā yuddhaṃ narādhipāḥ | tanayāstava karṇaśca vyathitāḥ prādravandiśaḥ

Seeing that fierce and exceedingly terrible battle, the kings, your sons and Karna, trembling, fled in all directions.

Verse 72 (7.157.72)

तत्रैकोऽस्त्रबलश्लाघी द्रौणिर्मानी न विव्यथे । व्यधमच्च शरैर्मायां घटोत्कचविनिर्मिताम् ॥

tatraiko'strabalaślāghī drauṇirmānī na vivyathe | vyadhamacca śarairmāyāṃ ghaṭotkacavinirmitām

There Drona's son alone, proud of the power of his weapons, did not tremble; and with his arrows he destroyed the illusion that Ghatotkacha had made.

Note on the text: Corrected विनिर्भिताम् → विनिर्मिताम् (misprint in Wikisource; "made by Ghatotkacha"; CE 7.131.36c vinirmitām).

Verse 73 (7.157.73)

विहतायां तु मायायाममर्षी स घटोत्कचः । विससर्ज शरान्घोरांस्तेऽश्वत्थामानमाविशन् । भुजङ्गा इव वेगेन वल्मीकं क्रोधमूर्च्छिताः ॥

vihatāyāṃ tu māyāyāmamarṣī sa ghaṭotkacaḥ | visasarja śarānghorāṃste'śvatthāmānamāviśan | bhujaṅgā iva vegena valmīkaṃ krodhamūrcchitāḥ

When the illusion had been destroyed, the furious Ghatotkacha loosed terrible arrows, which entered Ashvatthama swiftly, like serpents maddened with rage entering an anthill.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 = CE 7.131.37a, 37c (line 1 reads विहतायां for the CE's nihatāyāṃ, recension variant); line 3 = CE 7.131.38a (the automatic alignment missed it because the CE divides these lines differently).

Verse 74 (7.157.74)

ते शरा रुधिराक्ताङ्गा भित्त्वा शारद्वतीसुतम् । विविशुर्धरणीं शीघ्रा रुक्मपुङ्खाः शिलाशिताः ॥

te śarā rudhirāktāṅgā bhittvā śāradvatīsutam | viviśurdharaṇīṃ śīghrā rukmapuṅkhāḥ śilāśitāḥ

Those arrows, their shafts smeared with blood, gold-feathered and whetted on stone, pierced Sharadvati's son and swiftly entered the earth.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 = CE 7.131.38c, 38e (line 1 reads रुधिराक्ताङ्गा for the CE's rudhirābhyaktā, recension variant, kept).

Verse 75 (7.157.75)

अश्वत्थामा तु सङ्क्रुद्धो लघुहस्तः प्रतापवान् । घटोत्कचमभिक्रुद्धं बिभेद दशभिः शरैः ॥

aśvatthāmā tu saṅkruddho laghuhastaḥ pratāpavān | ghaṭotkacamabhikruddhaṃ bibheda daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ

But Ashvatthama, enraged, light of hand and mighty, pierced the furious Ghatotkacha with ten arrows.

Note on the text: In the CE, star passage 7.131.39d*1128_01 ("then Ghatotkacha, enraged, swiftly hurled a discus") follows this verse; it is not in Wikisource.

Verse 76 (7.157.76)

घटोत्कचोऽतिविद्धस्तु द्रोणपुत्रेण मर्मसु । चक्रं शतसहस्रारमगृह्णाद्व्यथितो भृशम् ॥

ghaṭotkaco'tividdhastu droṇaputreṇa marmasu | cakraṃ śatasahasrāramagṛhṇādvyathito bhṛśam

Deeply wounded in his vital parts by Drona's son, Ghatotkacha, sorely pained, took up a discus with a hundred thousand spokes.

Verse 77 (7.157.77)

क्षुरान्तं बालसूर्याभं मणिवज्रविभूषितम् । अश्वत्थाम्नि स चिक्षेप भैमसेनिर्जिघांसया ॥

kṣurāntaṃ bālasūryābhaṃ maṇivajravibhūṣitam | aśvatthāmni sa cikṣepa bhaimasenirjighāṃsayā

That discus, razor-edged, bright as the young sun, adorned with jewels and diamonds, Bhimasena's son hurled at Ashvatthama, desiring to kill him.

Verse 78 (7.157.78)

वेगेन महता गच्छद्विक्षिप्तं द्रौणिना शरैः । अभाग्यस्येव सङ्कल्पस्तन्मोघमपतद्भुवि ॥

vegena mahatā gacchadvikṣiptaṃ drauṇinā śaraiḥ | abhāgyasyeva saṅkalpastanmoghamapatadbhuvi

Flying with great speed, it was knocked aside by Drona's son with his arrows, and fell uselessly to the ground, like the scheme of an unlucky man.

Verse 79 (7.157.79)

घटोत्कचस्ततस्तूर्णं दृष्ट्वा चक्रं निपातितम् । द्रौणिं प्राच्छादयद्बाणैः स्वर्भानुरिव भास्करम् ॥

ghaṭotkacastatastūrṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā cakraṃ nipātitam | drauṇiṃ prācchādayadbāṇaiḥ svarbhānuriva bhāskaram

Then Ghatotkacha, seeing the discus brought down, swiftly covered Drona's son with arrows, as Svarbhanu covers the sun.

Verse 80 (7.157.80)

घटोत्कचसुतः श्रीमान्भिन्नाञ्जनचयोपमः । रुरोध द्रौणिमायान्तं प्रभञ्जनमिवाद्रिराट् ॥

ghaṭotkacasutaḥ śrīmānbhinnāñjanacayopamaḥ | rurodha drauṇimāyāntaṃ prabhañjanamivādrirāṭ

Ghatotkacha's splendid son, dark as a heap of crushed collyrium, checked Drona's son as he came on, as a king of mountains checks the wind.

Verse 81 (7.157.81)

पौत्रेण भीमसेनस्य शरैरञ्जनपर्वणा । बभौ मेघेन धाराभिर्गिरिर्मेरुरिवावृतः ॥

pautreṇa bhīmasenasya śarairañjanaparvaṇā | babhau meghena dhārābhirgirirmerurivāvṛtaḥ

Covered by the arrows of Anjanaparvan, Bhimasena's grandson, Ashvatthama shone like Mount Meru enveloped by a cloud with its streams of rain.

Verse 82 (7.157.82)

अश्वत्थामा त्वसम्भ्रान्तो रुद्रोपेन्द्रेन्द्रविक्रमः । ध्वजमेकेन बाणेन चिच्छेदाञ्जनपर्वणः ॥

aśvatthāmā tvasambhrānto rudropendrendravikramaḥ | dhvajamekena bāṇena cicchedāñjanaparvaṇaḥ

Ashvatthama, unshaken, equal in prowess to Rudra, Upendra and Indra, cut down Anjanaparvan's banner with a single arrow.

Verse 83 (7.157.83)

द्वाभ्यां तु रथयन्तारौ त्रिभिश्चास्य त्रिवेणुकम् । धनुरेकेन चिच्छेद चतुर्भिश्चतुरो हयान् ॥

dvābhyāṃ tu rathayantārau tribhiścāsya triveṇukam | dhanurekena ciccheda caturbhiścaturo hayān

With two arrows he cut down his two chariot-drivers, with three the triple pole of his chariot, with one his bow, and with four his four horses.

Verse 84 (7.157.84)

विरथस्योद्यतं हस्ताद्धेमबिन्दुभिराचितम् । विशिखेन सतीक्ष्णेन खड्गमस्य द्विधाऽकरोत् ॥

virathasyodyataṃ hastāddhemabindubhirācitam | viśikhena satīkṣṇena khaḍgamasya dvidhā'karot

Then, as the other stood without a chariot, he split in two with a very sharp shaft the sword raised in his hand, studded with golden dots.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गमस्य → खड्गमस्य (misprint in Wikisource; खङ्ग is not the standard spelling; CE 7.131.48c khaḍgam asya).

Verse 85 (7.157.85)

गदा हेमाङ्गदा राजंस्तूर्णं हैडिम्बिसूनुना । भ्राम्योत्क्षिप्ता शरैः सापि द्रौणिनाभ्याहताऽपतत् ॥

gadā hemāṅgadā rājaṃstūrṇaṃ haiḍimbisūnunā | bhrāmyotkṣiptā śaraiḥ sāpi drauṇinābhyāhatā'patat

Hidimba's grandson swiftly whirled and hurled a mace adorned with golden bands, O king, but struck by Drona's son with arrows, it too fell.

Note on the text: Added word spaces: भ्राम्योत्क्षिप्ताशरैःसापि → भ्राम्योत्क्षिप्ता शरैः सापि (Wikisource ran the words together, which hides the sense; CE 7.131.49c bhrāmyotkṣiptā śaraiḥ sāpi).

Verse 86 (7.157.86)

ततोऽन्तरिक्षमुत्प्लुत्य कालमेघ इवोन्नदन् । ववर्षाञ्जनपर्वा स द्रुमवर्षं नभस्तलात् ॥

tato'ntarikṣamutplutya kālamegha ivonnadan | vavarṣāñjanaparvā sa drumavarṣaṃ nabhastalāt

Then, leaping into the sky and roaring like a black storm-cloud, Anjanaparvan sent down a rain of trees from the heavens.

Verse 87 (7.157.87)

ततो मायाधरं द्रौणिर्घटोत्कचसुतं दिवि । मार्गणैरभिविव्याध घनं सूर्य इवांशुभिः ॥

tato māyādharaṃ drauṇirghaṭotkacasutaṃ divi | mārgaṇairabhivivyādha ghanaṃ sūrya ivāṃśubhiḥ

Then Drona's son pierced Ghatotkacha's son, the wielder of illusion, up in the sky with arrows, as the sun pierces a cloud with its rays.

Note on the text: Corrected धनं → घनं (misprint in Wikisource; "cloud", the sun piercing a cloud with its rays; CE 7.131.51c ghanaṃ).

Verse 88 (7.157.88)

सोऽवतीर्य पुरस्तस्थौ रथे हेमविभूषिते । महीगत इवात्युग्रः श्रीमानञ्जनपर्वतः ॥

so'vatīrya purastasthau rathe hemavibhūṣite | mahīgata ivātyugraḥ śrīmānañjanaparvataḥ

Coming down again, he stood before him on his gold-adorned chariot, like the majestic Mount Anjana standing on the ground, tall and terrible.

Verse 89 (7.157.89)

तमयस्मयवर्माणं द्रौणिर्भीमात्मजात्मजम् । जघानाञ्जनपर्वाणं महेश्वर इवान्धकम् ॥

tamayasmayavarmāṇaṃ drauṇirbhīmātmajātmajam | jaghānāñjanaparvāṇaṃ maheśvara ivāndhakam

Drona's son slew Anjanaparvan, Bhima's grandson, clad in iron armour, as Maheshvara slew Andhaka.

Verse 90 (7.157.90)

अथ दृष्ट्वा हतं पुत्रमश्वत्थाम्ना महाबलम् । द्रौणेः सकाशमभ्येत्य रोषात्प्रस्फुरिताधरः ॥

atha dṛṣṭvā hataṃ putramaśvatthāmnā mahābalam | drauṇeḥ sakāśamabhyetya roṣātprasphuritādharaḥ

Then, seeing his mighty son slain by Ashvatthama, he came to Drona's son, his lips quivering with rage,

Verse 91 (7.157.91)

प्राह वाक्यमसम्भ्रान्तो वीरं शारद्वतीसुतम् । दहन्तं पाण्डवानीकं वनमग्निमिवोच्छ्रितम् ॥

prāha vākyamasambhrānto vīraṃ śāradvatīsutam | dahantaṃ pāṇḍavānīkaṃ vanamagnimivocchritam

and spoke calmly to that hero, the son of Sharadvati, who was burning the Pandava host as a leaping fire burns a forest.

Verse 92 (7.157.92)

तिष्ठतिष्ठ न मे जीवन्द्रोणपुत्र गमिष्यसि । त्वामद्य निहनिष्यामि क्रौञ्चमग्निसुतो यथा ॥

tiṣṭhatiṣṭha na me jīvandroṇaputra gamiṣyasi | tvāmadya nihaniṣyāmi krauñcamagnisuto yathā

"Stand, stand! You will not go from me alive, son of Drona! Today I shall kill you, as Agni's son killed Krauncha."

Verse 93 (7.157.93)

गच्छ वत्स सहान्यैस्त्वं युध्यस्वामरविक्रम । न हि पुत्रेण हैडिम्ब पिता न्याय्यः प्रबाधितुम् ॥

gaccha vatsa sahānyaistvaṃ yudhyasvāmaravikrama | na hi putreṇa haiḍimba pitā nyāyyaḥ prabādhitum

"Go, child, and fight with the others, you of godlike valour. It is not right, son of Hidimba, for a father to be harassed by a son.

Verse 94 (7.157.94)

कामं खलु न रोषो मे हैडिम्बे विद्यते त्वयि । किं तु रोषान्वितो जन्तुर्हन्यादात्मानमप्युत ॥

kāmaṃ khalu na roṣo me haiḍimbe vidyate tvayi | kiṃ tu roṣānvito janturhanyādātmānamapyuta

Truly I feel no anger toward you, son of Hidimba; but a creature filled with anger may even destroy himself."

Verse 95 (7.157.95)

श्रुत्वैतत्क्रोधताम्राक्षः पुत्रशोकसमन्वितः । अश्वत्थामानमायस्तो भैमसेनिरभाषत ॥

śrutvaitatkrodhatāmrākṣaḥ putraśokasamanvitaḥ | aśvatthāmānamāyasto bhaimasenirabhāṣata

Hearing this, Bhimasena's son, his eyes red with anger and overcome with grief for his son, answered Ashvatthama, keyed up with strain.

Verse 96 (7.157.96)

किमहं कातरो द्रौणे पृथग्जन इवाहवे । यन्मां भीषयसे वाग्भिरसदेतद्वचस्तव ॥

kimahaṃ kātaro drauṇe pṛthagjana ivāhave | yanmāṃ bhīṣayase vāgbhirasadetadvacastava

“Am I a coward, son of Drona, like some common man in battle, that you try to frighten me with words? That speech of yours is empty.”

Note on the text: Speaker: Ghatotkacha. The page prints no heading after the narration of verse 95, but verses 96–99 are wholly his speech (verse 100 begins the narration again). Line 1 = CE 7.131.60a; line 2 (yan māṃ bhīṣayase vāgbhir asad etad vacas tava) is the star passage 7.131.60b*1129_01, found in the vulgate recension only.

Verse 97 (7.157.97)

भीमात्खलु समुत्पन्नः कुरूणां विपुले कुले । पाण्डवानामहं पुत्रः समरेष्वनिवर्तिनाम् ॥

bhīmātkhalu samutpannaḥ kurūṇāṃ vipule kule | pāṇḍavānāmahaṃ putraḥ samareṣvanivartinām

“I was born of Bhima in the great family of the Kurus; I am a son of the Pandavas, who never turn back in battle.”

Note on the text: Speaker: Ghatotkacha (no heading on the page). Line 1 = CE 7.131.60c; line 2 = CE 7.131.61a. The page divides the speech one line later than the critical edition does.

Verse 98 (7.157.98)

रक्षसामधिराजोऽहं दशग्रीवसमो बले । तिष्ठतिष्ठ न मे जीवन्द्रोणपुत्र गमिष्यसि ॥

rakṣasāmadhirājo'haṃ daśagrīvasamo bale | tiṣṭhatiṣṭha na me jīvandroṇaputra gamiṣyasi

“I am the overlord of the rakshasas, the equal of the ten-necked Ravana in strength. Stand, stand! You shall not leave me alive, son of Drona.”

Note on the text: Speaker: Ghatotkacha (no heading on the page). Line 1 = CE 7.131.61c; line 2 = CE 7.131.62a (the same line Ghatotkacha spoke at CE 7.131.56a, which the critical edition repeats here).

Verse 99 (7.157.99)

युद्धश्रद्धामहं तेऽद्य विनेष्यामि रणाजिरे ॥

yuddhaśraddhāmahaṃ te'dya vineṣyāmi raṇājire

“Today, on this field of battle, I shall drive out of you your eagerness for fighting.”

Note on the text: Speaker: Ghatotkacha (no heading on the page). The page prints only one line (5-157-99a) for this verse; it is CE 7.131.62c, the second line of the CE verse whose first line closes verse 98. Nothing is missing.

Verse 100 (7.157.100)

इत्युक्त्वा क्रोधताम्राक्षो राक्षसः सुमहाबलः । द्रौणिमभ्यद्रवत्क्रुद्धो गजेन्द्रमिव केसरी ॥

ityuktvā krodhatāmrākṣo rākṣasaḥ sumahābalaḥ | drauṇimabhyadravatkruddho gajendramiva kesarī

Having said this, the mighty rakshasa, his eyes red with rage, rushed furiously at Drona's son, as a lion rushes at the king of elephants.

Verse 101 (7.157.101)

रथाक्षमात्रैरिषुभिरभ्यवर्षद्धटोत्कचः । रथिनामृषभं द्रौणिं धाराभिरिव तोयदः ॥

rathākṣamātrairiṣubhirabhyavarṣaddhaṭotkacaḥ | rathināmṛṣabhaṃ drauṇiṃ dhārābhiriva toyadaḥ

Ghatotkacha rained on Drauni, the foremost of charioteers, arrows as thick as a chariot's axle, as a cloud pours down in streams.

Verse 102 (7.157.102)

शरवृष्टिं शरैर्द्रौणिरप्राप्तां तां व्यशातयत् । ततोन्तरिक्षे बाणानां सङ्ग्रामोऽन्य इवाभवत् ॥

śaravṛṣṭiṃ śarairdrauṇiraprāptāṃ tāṃ vyaśātayat | tatontarikṣe bāṇānāṃ saṅgrāmo'nya ivābhavat

Drauni cut down with his own arrows that shower of arrows before it reached him, and so in the sky there seemed to be another battle, of arrows.

Verse 103 (7.157.103)

अथास्त्रसम्मर्दकृतैर्विस्फुलिङ्गैस्तदा बभौ । विभावरीमुखे व्योम खद्योतैरिव चित्रितम् ॥

athāstrasammardakṛtairvisphuliṅgaistadā babhau | vibhāvarīmukhe vyoma khadyotairiva citritam

Then, with the sparks struck from the clashing of the weapons, the sky shone at nightfall as though dotted with fireflies.

Verse 104 (7.157.104)

निशाम्य निहतां मायां द्रौणिना रणमानिना । घटोत्कचस्ततो मायां ससर्जान्तर्हितः पुनः ॥

niśāmya nihatāṃ māyāṃ drauṇinā raṇamāninā | ghaṭotkacastato māyāṃ sasarjāntarhitaḥ punaḥ

Seeing his illusion destroyed by Drauni, who prided himself on his skill in battle, Ghatotkacha vanished from sight and wove another illusion.

Verse 105 (7.157.105)

सोऽभवद्गिरिरत्युच्चः शिखरैस्तरुसङ्कटैः । शूलप्रासासिमुसलजलप्रस्रवणो महान् ॥

so'bhavadgiriratyuccaḥ śikharaistarusaṅkaṭaiḥ | śūlaprāsāsimusalajalaprasravaṇo mahān

He became a huge mountain, very lofty, with peaks thick with trees, from which spears, lances, swords and pestles poured down like streams.

Verse 106 (7.157.106)

तमञ्जनगिरिप्रख्यं द्रौणिर्दृष्ट्वा महीधरम् । प्रपतद्भिश्च बहुभिः शस्त्रसङ्घैर्न विव्यथे ॥

tamañjanagiriprakhyaṃ drauṇirdṛṣṭvā mahīdharam | prapatadbhiśca bahubhiḥ śastrasaṅghairna vivyathe

Seeing that mountain, which looked like the Anjana range, Drauni was not shaken, though many showers of weapons fell upon him.

Verse 107 (7.157.107)

ततो हसन्निव द्रौणिर्वज्रमस्त्रमुदैरयत् । स तेनास्त्रेण शैलेन्द्रः क्षिप्तः क्षिप्रं व्यनश्यत ॥

tato hasanniva drauṇirvajramastramudairayat | sa tenāstreṇa śailendraḥ kṣiptaḥ kṣipraṃ vyanaśyata

Then Drauni, smiling as it were, hurled the vajra weapon; struck by that weapon, the lord of mountains swiftly vanished.

Note on the text: Corrected स ते नास्त्रैण → स तेनास्त्रेण (misprint in Wikisource; the instrumental "by that weapon" needs तेनास्त्रेण, as in CE 7.131.70 tenāstreṇa). CE 7.131.70 reads anaśyata for the page's व्यनश्यत (a recension variant, kept).

Verse 108 (7.157.108)

ततः स तोयदो भूत्वा नीलः सेन्द्रायुधो दिवि । अश्मवृष्टिभिरत्युग्रो द्रौणिमाच्छादयद्रणे ॥

tataḥ sa toyado bhūtvā nīlaḥ sendrāyudho divi | aśmavṛṣṭibhiratyugro drauṇimācchādayadraṇe

Then he became a dark cloud in the sky, with a rainbow, and fiercely covered Drauni in the battle with showers of stones.

Verse 109 (7.157.109)

अथ सन्धाय वायव्यमस्त्रमस्त्रविदां वरः । व्यधमद्द्रोणतनयो नीलमेघं समुत्थितम् ॥

atha sandhāya vāyavyamastramastravidāṃ varaḥ | vyadhamaddroṇatanayo nīlameghaṃ samutthitam

Then Drona's son, best of those who know the weapons, took aim with the Vayavya weapon and scattered that dark cloud that had risen.

Verse 110 (7.157.110)

स मार्गणगणैर्द्रौणिर्दिशः प्रच्छाद्य सर्वशः । शतं रथसहस्राणां जघान द्विपदां वरः ॥

sa mārgaṇagaṇairdrauṇirdiśaḥ pracchādya sarvaśaḥ | śataṃ rathasahasrāṇāṃ jaghāna dvipadāṃ varaḥ

Covering all the quarters with flights of arrows, Drauni, best of men, struck down a hundred thousand chariots.

Verse 111 (7.157.111)

स दृष्ट्वा पुनरायान्तं रथेनायतकार्मुकम् । घटोत्कचमसम्भ्रान्तं राक्षसैर्बहुभिर्वृतम् ॥

sa dṛṣṭvā punarāyāntaṃ rathenāyatakārmukam | ghaṭotkacamasambhrāntaṃ rākṣasairbahubhirvṛtam

Seeing Ghatotkacha come on again in his chariot with his long bow, undismayed and ringed by many rakshasas,

Verse 112 (7.157.112)

सिंहशार्दूलसदृशैर्मत्तद्विरदविक्रमैः । गजस्थैश्च रथस्थैश्च वाजिपृष्ठगतैरपि ॥

siṃhaśārdūlasadṛśairmattadviradavikramaiḥ | gajasthaiśca rathasthaiśca vājipṛṣṭhagatairapi

rakshasas who were like lions and tigers, with the prowess of maddened elephants, some on elephants, some in chariots, some on horseback,

Verse 113 (7.157.113)

विकृतास्यशिरोग्रीवैर्हिडिम्बानुचरैः सह । पौलस्त्यैर्यातुधानैश्च तामसैश्चेन्द्रविक्रमैः ॥

vikṛtāsyaśirogrīvairhiḍimbānucaraiḥ saha | paulastyairyātudhānaiśca tāmasaiścendravikramaiḥ

with misshapen faces, heads and necks, followers of Hidimba, Paulastyas, yatudhanas, of dark nature and with the valour of Indra,

Note on the text: CE 7.131.76 reads haiḍimbānucaraiḥ, tāmasaiś cogravikramaiḥ and vivṛtāsya- (recension variants, kept).

Verse 114 (7.157.114)

नानाशस्त्रधरैर्वीरैर्नानाकवचभूषणैः । महाबलैर्भीमरवैः संरम्भोद्वृत्तलोचनैः ॥

nānāśastradharairvīrairnānākavacabhūṣaṇaiḥ | mahābalairbhīmaravaiḥ saṃrambhodvṛttalocanaiḥ

heroes bearing many kinds of weapons, adorned with many kinds of armour, very mighty, of dreadful cries, their eyes rolling in fury.

Verse 115 (7.157.115)

उपस्थितैस्ततो युद्धे राक्षसैर्युद्धदुर्मदैः । विषण्णमभिसम्प्रेक्ष्य पुत्रं ते द्रौणिरब्रवीत् ॥

upasthitaistato yuddhe rākṣasairyuddhadurmadaiḥ | viṣaṇṇamabhisamprekṣya putraṃ te drauṇirabravīt

When those rakshasas, drunk with the lust for battle, stood ready in the fight, Drauni, seeing your son despondent, said to him:

Verse 116 (7.157.116)

तिष्ठ दुर्योधनाद्य त्वं न कार्यः सम्भ्रमस्त्वया । सहैभिर्भ्रातृभिर्वीरैः पार्थिवैश्चेन्द्रविक्रमैः ॥

tiṣṭha duryodhanādya tvaṃ na kāryaḥ sambhramastvayā | sahaibhirbhrātṛbhirvīraiḥ pārthivaiścendravikramaiḥ

“Stand firm today, Duryodhana; you need not be alarmed, you who are here with these brave brothers of yours and with kings of Indra's valour.

Note on the text: Speaker: Ashvatthama. The page prints no heading, but verses 116–117 are wholly his speech introduced by verse 115 (दुर्योधन then answers under his own heading at verse 118).

Verse 117 (7.157.117)

निहनिष्याम्यमित्रांस्ते न तवास्ति पराजयः । सत्यं ते प्रतिजानामि पर्याश्वासय वाहिनीम् ॥

nihaniṣyāmyamitrāṃste na tavāsti parājayaḥ | satyaṃ te pratijānāmi paryāśvāsaya vāhinīm

I shall slay your enemies; you will not be defeated. I promise you this truly: reassure your army.”

Note on the text: Corrected अमित्रांस्त → अमित्रांस्ते (misprint in Wikisource; dropped e-vowel sign, CE 7.131.80 amitrāṃs te). Speaker: Ashvatthama (no heading on the page; see verse 116).

Verse 118 (7.157.118)

न त्वेतदद्भुतं मन्ये यत्ते महदिदं मनः । अस्मासु च परा भक्तिस्तव गौतमिनन्दन ॥

na tvetadadbhutaṃ manye yatte mahadidaṃ manaḥ | asmāsu ca parā bhaktistava gautaminandana

“I do not find it surprising, son of Gautami, that your heart is so great, and that your devotion to us is so deep.”

Verse 119 (7.157.119)

अश्वत्थामानमुक्त्वैवं ततः सौबलमब्रवीत् । वृतं रथसहस्रेण हयानां रणशोभिनाम् ॥

aśvatthāmānamuktvaivaṃ tataḥ saubalamabravīt | vṛtaṃ rathasahasreṇa hayānāṃ raṇaśobhinām

Having spoken thus to Ashvatthama, he then addressed Saubala, who was surrounded by a thousand chariots and by horses that were the glory of the battlefield:

Verse 120 (7.157.120)

षष्ट्या रथसहस्रैश्च प्रयाहि त्वं धनञ्जयम् । कर्णश्च वृषसेनश्च कृपो नीलस्तथैव च ॥

ṣaṣṭyā rathasahasraiśca prayāhi tvaṃ dhanañjayam | karṇaśca vṛṣasenaśca kṛpo nīlastathaiva ca

“With sixty thousand chariots go against Dhananjaya. Karna and Vrishasena, Kripa and Nila,

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana. The page prints no heading, but verses 120–125 are wholly his speech to Shakuni (verse 119 introduces it; the heading सञ्जय उवाच returns at verse 126). The critical edition reads gajasahasraiḥ ("sixty thousand elephants") for रथसहस्रैः (a recension variant, kept).

Verse 121 (7.157.121)

उदीच्याः कृतवर्मा च पुरुमित्रः सुतापनः । दुःशासनो निकुम्भश्च कुण्डभेदी पराक्रमः ॥

udīcyāḥ kṛtavarmā ca purumitraḥ sutāpanaḥ | duḥśāsano nikumbhaśca kuṇḍabhedī parākramaḥ

the Northerners and Kritavarma, Purumitra, Sutapana, Duhshasana and Nikumbha, and the mighty Kundabhedin,

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana (no heading on the page; see verse 120).

Verse 122 (7.157.122)

पूरञ्जयो दृढरथः पताकी हेमकम्पनः । शल्यारुणीन्द्रसेनाश्च सञ्जयो विजयो जयः ॥

pūrañjayo dṛḍharathaḥ patākī hemakampanaḥ | śalyāruṇīndrasenāśca sañjayo vijayo jayaḥ

Puranjaya, Dridharatha, Patakin, Hemakampana, Shalya, Aruni and Indrasena, Sanjaya, Vijaya and Jaya,

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana (no heading on the page; see verse 120).

Verse 123 (7.157.123)

कमलाक्षः परक्राथी जयवर्मा सुदर्शनः । एते त्वामनुयास्यन्ति पत्तीनामयुतानि षट् ॥

kamalākṣaḥ parakrāthī jayavarmā sudarśanaḥ | ete tvāmanuyāsyanti pattīnāmayutāni ṣaṭ

Kamalaksha, Parakrathin, Jayavarman and Sudarshana: these will follow you, with six ayutas of foot-soldiers.

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana (no heading on the page; see verse 120). Line 1 reads परक्राथी where the critical edition has puruḥ krāthī (Puru and Krathin, two names); the page's परक्राथी is kept as one name, a recension reading, and translated as such.

Verse 124 (7.157.124)

जहि भीमं यमौ चोभौ धर्मराजं च मातुल । असुरानिव देवेन्द्रो जयाशा मे त्वयि स्थिता ॥

jahi bhīmaṃ yamau cobhau dharmarājaṃ ca mātula | asurāniva devendro jayāśā me tvayi sthitā

Kill Bhima, and both the twins, and the king of dharma, uncle, as the lord of the gods kills the asuras. My hope of victory rests on you.”

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana (no heading on the page; see verse 120).

Verse 125 (7.157.125)

दारितान्द्रौणिना बाणैर्भृशं विक्षतविग्रहान् । जहि मातुल कौन्तेयानसुरानिव पावकिः ॥

dāritāndrauṇinā bāṇairbhṛśaṃ vikṣatavigrahān | jahi mātula kaunteyānasurāniva pāvakiḥ

“Kill, uncle, the sons of Kunti, torn by Drauni's arrows and sorely wounded in their bodies, as Agni's son once killed the asuras.”

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana (no heading on the page; see verse 120).

Verse 126 (7.157.126)

एवमुक्तो ययौ शीघ्रं पुत्रेण तव सौबलः । पिप्रीषुस्ते सुतान्राजन्दिधक्षुश्चैव पाण्डवान् ॥

evamukto yayau śīghraṃ putreṇa tava saubalaḥ | piprīṣuste sutānrājandidhakṣuścaiva pāṇḍavān

Thus addressed by your son, Saubala went swiftly, O king, eager to please your sons and to burn the Pandavas.

Verse 127 (7.157.127)

अथ प्रववृते युद्धं द्रौणिराक्षसयोर्मृधे । विभावर्यां सुतुमुलं शक्रप्रह्लादयोरिव ॥

atha pravavṛte yuddhaṃ drauṇirākṣasayormṛdhe | vibhāvaryāṃ sutumulaṃ śakraprahlādayoriva

Then, in the night, a fierce and tumultuous battle began between Drauni and the rakshasa, like that between Shakra and Prahlada.

Verse 128 (7.157.128)

ततो घटोत्कचो बाणैर्दशभिर्गौतमीसुतम् । जघानोरसि सङ्क्रुद्धो विषाग्निप्रतिमैर्दृढैः ॥

tato ghaṭotkaco bāṇairdaśabhirgautamīsutam | jaghānorasi saṅkruddho viṣāgnipratimairdṛḍhaiḥ

Then Ghatotkacha, greatly enraged, struck Gautami's son in the chest with ten firm arrows that were like poison and fire.

Note on the text: Corrected सङ्क्रुद्धौ → सङ्क्रुद्धो (misprint in Wikisource; a dual ending for a single subject, CE 7.131.91 saṃkruddho).

Verse 129 (7.157.129)

स तैरभ्याहतो गाढं शरैर्भीमसुतेरितैः । चचाल रथमध्यस्थो वातोद्धूत इव द्रुमः ॥

sa tairabhyāhato gāḍhaṃ śarairbhīmasuteritaiḥ | cacāla rathamadhyastho vātoddhūta iva drumaḥ

Hard struck by those arrows shot by Bhima's son, he swayed in the middle of his chariot like a tree shaken by the wind.

Verse 130 (7.157.130)

भूयश्चाञ्जलिकेनाथ मार्गणेन महाप्रभम् । द्रौणिहस्तस्थितं चापं चिच्छेदाशु घटोत्कचः ॥

bhūyaścāñjalikenātha mārgaṇena mahāprabham | drauṇihastasthitaṃ cāpaṃ cicchedāśu ghaṭotkacaḥ

And again Ghatotkacha swiftly cut in two, with an anjalika arrow, the splendid bow that Drauni held in his hand.

Verse 131 (7.157.131)

ततोऽन्यद्द्रौणिरादाय धनुर्भारसहं महत् । ववर्ष विशिखांस्तीक्ष्णान्वारिधारा इवाम्बुदः ॥

tato'nyaddrauṇirādāya dhanurbhārasahaṃ mahat | vavarṣa viśikhāṃstīkṣṇānvāridhārā ivāmbudaḥ

Then Drauni took up another great bow, one that could bear great strain, and rained sharp arrows like a cloud pouring streams of water.

Note on the text: Corrected आदय → आदाय (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ā-sign, CE 7.131.94 ādāya).

Verse 132 (7.157.132)

ततः शारद्वतीपुत्रः प्रेषयामास भारत । सुवर्णपुङ्खाञ्छत्रुघ्नान्खचरान्खचरं प्रति ॥

tataḥ śāradvatīputraḥ preṣayāmāsa bhārata | suvarṇapuṅkhāñchatrughnānkhacarānkhacaraṃ prati

Then, O Bharata, the son of Sharadvati sent golden-feathered, foe-destroying arrows that fly through the air against the rakshasa who ranges the sky.

Verse 133 (7.157.133)

तद्बाणैरर्दितं यूथं रक्षसां पीनवक्षसाम् । सिंहैरिव बभौ मत्तं गजानामाकुलं कुलम् ॥

tadbāṇairarditaṃ yūthaṃ rakṣasāṃ pīnavakṣasām | siṃhairiva babhau mattaṃ gajānāmākulaṃ kulam

Tormented by those arrows, the herd of the broad-chested rakshasas looked like a throng of maddened elephants thrown into disorder by lions.

Verse 134 (7.157.134)

विधम्य राक्षसान्बाणैः साश्वसूतरथद्विपान् । ददाह भगवान्वह्निर्भूतानीव युगक्षये ॥

vidhamya rākṣasānbāṇaiḥ sāśvasūtarathadvipān | dadāha bhagavānvahnirbhūtānīva yugakṣaye

Having shattered the rakshasas with his arrows, together with their horses, charioteers, chariots and elephants, he burned them, as the blessed Fire burns all beings at the end of the age.

Verse 135 (7.157.135)

स दग्ध्वाऽक्षौहिणीं बाणैर्नैर्ऋतीं रुरुचे नृप । पुरेव त्रिपुरं दग्ध्वा दिवि देवो महेश्वरः ॥

sa dagdhvā'kṣauhiṇīṃ bāṇairnairṛtīṃ ruruce nṛpa | pureva tripuraṃ dagdhvā divi devo maheśvaraḥ

Having burned the rakshasa akshauhini with his arrows, he shone, O king, like the god Maheshvara in heaven after he had burned Tripura of old.

Note on the text: Corrected बामैः → बाणैः (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण, CE 7.131.98 bāṇair).

Verse 136 (7.157.136)

युगान्ते सर्वभूतानि दग्ध्वेव वसुरुल्बणः । रराज जयतां श्रेष्ठो द्रोणपुत्रस्तवाहितान् ॥

yugānte sarvabhūtāni dagdhveva vasurulbaṇaḥ | rarāja jayatāṃ śreṣṭho droṇaputrastavāhitān

Like the raging fire at the end of the age, as if burning all beings, Drona's son, best of conquerors, shone as he burned your foes.

Note on the text: CE 7.131.99a and 99c (identical).

Verse 137 (7.157.137)

ततो घटोत्कचः क्रुद्धो रक्षसां भीमकर्मणाम् । द्रौणिं हतेति महतीं चोदयामास तां चमूम् ॥

tato ghaṭotkacaḥ kruddho rakṣasāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām | drauṇiṃ hateti mahatīṃ codayāmāsa tāṃ camūm

Then Ghatotkacha, enraged, urged on that great host of terrible-deeded rakshasas with the cry, “Kill Drauni!”

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 20A (printed after 7.131.99), lines 1–2 (7.131.99d@020A_0001–0002); not in the main text of the critical edition. ce_ref is null for the appendix verses 137–152 (page numbering); the passage runs through its line 31, which is the first line of verse 152.

Verse 138 (7.157.138)

घटोत्कचस्य तामाज्ञां प्रतिगृह्याथ राक्षसाः । दंष्ट्रोज्ज्वला महावक्त्रा घोररूपा भयानकाः ॥

ghaṭotkacasya tāmājñāṃ pratigṛhyātha rākṣasāḥ | daṃṣṭrojjvalā mahāvaktrā ghorarūpā bhayānakāḥ

Having received that command of Ghatotkacha, the rakshasas, with gleaming tusks and huge mouths, of terrible form and fearsome,

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 20A (printed after 7.131.99), lines 3–4 (7.131.99d@020A_0003–0004).

Verse 139 (7.157.139)

व्यात्तानना घोरजिह्वाः क्रोधताम्रेक्षणा भृशम् । सिंहनादेन महता नादयन्तो वसुन्धराम् ॥

vyāttānanā ghorajihvāḥ krodhatāmrekṣaṇā bhṛśam | siṃhanādena mahatā nādayanto vasundharām

with gaping mouths and dreadful tongues, their eyes red with rage, filling the earth with a great lion's roar,

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 20A (printed after 7.131.99), lines 5–6 (7.131.99d@020A_0005–0006), with variants घोरजिह्वाः for dīrghajihvāḥ and वसुन्धराम् for vasuṃdharān (kept).

Verse 140 (7.157.140)

हन्तुमभ्यद्रवन्द्रौणिं नानाप्रहरणायुधाः । शक्तीः शतघ्नीः परिघानशनीः शूलपट्टशान् ॥

hantumabhyadravandrauṇiṃ nānāpraharaṇāyudhāḥ | śaktīḥ śataghnīḥ parighānaśanīḥ śūlapaṭṭaśān

rushed to kill Drauni, bearing many kinds of weapons: spears, shataghnis, iron bars, thunderbolt-missiles, tridents and pattishas,

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 20A (printed after 7.131.99), lines 7–8 (7.131.99d@020A_0007–0008).

Verse 141 (7.157.141)

खड्गान्गदाभिण्डिपालान्मुसलानि परश्वथान् । प्रासानसींस्तोमरांश्च कणपान्कम्पनाञ्छितान् ॥

khaḍgāngadābhiṇḍipālānmusalāni paraśvathān | prāsānasīṃstomarāṃśca kaṇapānkampanāñchitān

swords, maces, bhindipalas, pestles, axes, javelins, blades, tomaras, kanapas and sharp kampanas,

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गान् → खड्गान् (misprint in Wikisource; खड्ग is the word, CE appendix line khaḍgān). CE Appendix I No. 20A (printed after 7.131.99), lines 9–10 (7.131.99d@020A_0009–0010).

Verse 142 (7.157.142)

स्थूलान्भुशुण्ड्यश्मगदास्थूणान्कार्ष्ण्यायसांस्तथा । मुद्गराँश्च महाघोरान्समरे शत्रुदारणान् ॥

sthūlānbhuśuṇḍyaśmagadāsthūṇānkārṣṇyāyasāṃstathā | mudgarām̐śca mahāghorānsamare śatrudāraṇān

stout bhushundis, stone maces, stakes, weapons of black iron, and dreadful mudgaras, rending foes in battle.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 20A (printed after 7.131.99), lines 11–12 (7.131.99d@020A_0011–0012), where line 1 reads hulān bhuśuṇḍyaśmaguḍān sthūṇāḥ kārṣṇāyasīs tathā (a recension variant, kept).

Verse 143 (7.157.143)

द्रौणिमूर्धन्यसन्त्रस्ता राक्षसा भीमविक्रमाः । चिक्षिपुः क्रोधताम्राक्षाः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥

drauṇimūrdhanyasantrastā rākṣasā bhīmavikramāḥ | cikṣipuḥ krodhatāmrākṣāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

Those rakshasas of fearful valour, undismayed, their eyes red with rage, hurled these by hundreds and by thousands at Drauni's head.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 20A (printed after 7.131.99), lines 13–14 (7.131.99d@020A_0013–0014).

Verse 144 (7.157.144)

तच्छस्त्रवर्षं सुमहद्द्रोणपुत्रस्य मूर्धनि । पतमानं समीक्ष्याऽथ योधास्ते व्यथिताऽभवन् ॥

tacchastravarṣaṃ sumahaddroṇaputrasya mūrdhani | patamānaṃ samīkṣyā'tha yodhāste vyathitā'bhavan

Seeing that great shower of weapons falling on the head of Drona's son, those warriors were seized with distress.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 20A (printed after 7.131.99), lines 15–16 (7.131.99d@020A_0015–0016).

Verse 145 (7.157.145)

द्रोणपुत्रस्तु विक्रान्तस्तद्वर्षं घोरमुच्छ्रितम् । शरैर्विध्वंसयामास वज्रकल्पैः शिलाशितैः ॥

droṇaputrastu vikrāntastadvarṣaṃ ghoramucchritam | śarairvidhvaṃsayāmāsa vajrakalpaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ

But Drona's son, the valiant, destroyed that terrible rising shower with arrows like thunderbolts, whetted on stone.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 20A (printed after 7.131.99), lines 17–18 (7.131.99d@020A_0017–0018).

Verse 146 (7.157.146)

ततोऽन्यैर्विशिखैस्तूर्णं स्वर्णपुङ्खैर्महामनाः । निजघ्ने राक्षसान्द्रौणिर्दिव्यास्त्रप्रतिमन्त्रितैः ॥

tato'nyairviśikhaistūrṇaṃ svarṇapuṅkhairmahāmanāḥ | nijaghne rākṣasāndrauṇirdivyāstrapratimantritaiḥ

Then Drauni, great-souled, with other quick golden-feathered arrows, charged with the spells of divine weapons, slew the rakshasas.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 20A (printed after 7.131.99), lines 19–20 (7.131.99d@020A_0019–0020).

Verse 147 (7.157.147)

तद्बाणैरर्दितं यूथं रक्षसां पीनवक्षसाम् । सिंहैरिव बभौ मत्तं गजानामाकुलं कुलम् ॥

tadbāṇairarditaṃ yūthaṃ rakṣasāṃ pīnavakṣasām | siṃhairiva babhau mattaṃ gajānāmākulaṃ kulam

Battered by his arrows, the herd of the broad-chested rakshasas looked like a throng of maddened elephants thrown into disorder by lions.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 20A (printed after 7.131.99), lines 21–22 (7.131.99d@020A_0021–0022). The same two lines occur at page verse 133 (CE 7.131.96).

Verse 148 (7.157.148)

ते राक्षसाः सुसङ्क्रुद्धा द्रोणपुत्रेण ताडिताः । क्रुद्धाः स्म प्राद्रवन्द्रौणिं जिघांसन्तो महाबलाः ॥

te rākṣasāḥ susaṅkruddhā droṇaputreṇa tāḍitāḥ | kruddhāḥ sma prādravandrauṇiṃ jighāṃsanto mahābalāḥ

Enraged, those rakshasas, struck by Drona's son, rushed furiously at Drauni, mighty as they were, wishing to kill him.

Note on the text: Corrected महाबलः → महाबलाः (misprint in Wikisource; the singular does not agree with the plural subject "the rakshasas", CE Appendix I 020A_0024 mahābalāḥ). CE Appendix I No. 20A (printed after 7.131.99), lines 23–24 (7.131.99d@020A_0023–0024).

Verse 149 (7.157.149)

तत्राद्भुतमिमं द्रौणिर्दर्शयामास विक्रमम् । अशक्यं कर्तुमन्येन सर्वभूतेषु भारत ॥

tatrādbhutamimaṃ drauṇirdarśayāmāsa vikramam | aśakyaṃ kartumanyena sarvabhūteṣu bhārata

Then Drauni showed this marvellous prowess, which no other being could have matched, O Bharata:

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 20A (printed after 7.131.99), lines 25–26 (7.131.99d@020A_0025–0026, identical). The input's automatic match to CE 7.131.113 is to the parallel couplet at page verse 167 (reading तत्राद्भुततमम्), not to this one.

Verse 150 (7.157.150)

यदेको राक्षसीं सेनां क्षणाद्द्रौणिर्महास्त्रवित् । ददाह ज्वलितैर्बाणै राक्षसेन्द्रस्य पश्यतः ॥

yadeko rākṣasīṃ senāṃ kṣaṇāddrauṇirmahāstravit | dadāha jvalitairbāṇai rākṣasendrasya paśyataḥ

that alone, in an instant, the great knower of weapons burned the rakshasa host with blazing arrows, before the eyes of the rakshasa lord.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 20A (printed after 7.131.99), lines 27–28 (7.131.99d@020A_0027–0028, identical).

Verse 151 (7.157.151)

स हत्वा राक्षसानीकं रराज द्रौणिराहवे । युगान्ते सर्वभूतानि संवर्तक इवानलः ॥

sa hatvā rākṣasānīkaṃ rarāja drauṇirāhave | yugānte sarvabhūtāni saṃvartaka ivānalaḥ

Having slain the rakshasa army, Drauni shone in the battle like the Samvartaka fire at the end of the age consuming all beings.

Note on the text: CE Appendix I No. 20A (printed after 7.131.99), lines 29–30 (7.131.99d@020A_0029–0030); line 1 reads sa dahan rākṣasānīkam where the page has स हत्वा राक्षसानीकम् (a recension variant, kept).

Verse 152 (7.157.152)

तं दहन्तमनीकानि शरैराशीविषोपमैः । तेषु राजसहस्रेषु पाण्डवेयेषु भारत ॥

taṃ dahantamanīkāni śarairāśīviṣopamaiḥ | teṣu rājasahasreṣu pāṇḍaveyeṣu bhārata

As he burned the ranks with arrows like venomous serpents, among those thousands of kings on the Pandava side, O Bharata,

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE Appendix I No. 20A (printed after 7.131.99), line 31 (7.131.99d@020A_0031); line 2 = CE 7.131.100a. ce_ref is null because the first line is an appendix line.

Verse 153 (7.157.153)

नैनं निरीक्षितुं कश्चिदशक्नोद्द्रौणिमाहवे । ऋते घटोत्कचाद्वीराद्राक्षसेन्द्रान्महाबलात् ॥

nainaṃ nirīkṣituṃ kaścidaśaknoddrauṇimāhave | ṛte ghaṭotkacādvīrādrākṣasendrānmahābalāt

no one could so much as look at Drauni in the battle, except the hero Ghatotkacha, the very mighty lord of the rakshasas.

Note on the text: CE 7.131.100c and 100e (the third line of that three-line verse).

Verse 154 (7.157.154)

स पुनर्भरतश्रेष्ठ क्रोधादुद्भ्रान्तलोचनः । तलं तलेन संहत्य सन्दश्य दशनच्छदम् ॥

sa punarbharataśreṣṭha krodhādudbhrāntalocanaḥ | talaṃ talena saṃhatya sandaśya daśanacchadam

Then again, O best of the Bharatas, his eyes rolling with rage, clapping palm against palm and biting his lip,

Note on the text: Corrected उद्धान्त → उद्भ्रान्त (misprint in Wikisource; उद्धान्त is not a word, the conjunct भ्र is lost; "eyes rolling"). CE 7.131.101a and 101c, where line 1 reads krodhād raktāntalocanaḥ ("eyes red at the corners") for the page's क्रोधादुद्भ्रान्तलोचनः (a recension variant, kept).

Verse 155 (7.157.155)

स्वसूतमब्रवीत्क्रुद्धो द्रोणपुत्राय मां वह । स ययौ घोररूपेण सुपताकेन भास्वता ॥

svasūtamabravītkruddho droṇaputrāya māṃ vaha | sa yayau ghorarūpeṇa supatākena bhāsvatā

he said in anger to his charioteer, “Carry me to Drona's son.” And he went in his dreadful, shining chariot with its fine banner,

Note on the text: Joined स्व सूतम् → स्वसूतम् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray space splits the compound "his own charioteer", CE svasūtam). Line 1 = CE 7.131.101e; line 2 = CE 7.131.102a, where the critical edition reads tena jaitrapatākinā ("with that victory-bannered chariot"); the page's सुपताकेन भास्वता is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 156 (7.157.156)

द्वैरथं द्रोणपुत्रेण पुनरप्यरिसूदनः । स विनद्य महानादं सिंहवद्भीमविक्रमः ॥

dvairathaṃ droṇaputreṇa punarapyarisūdanaḥ | sa vinadya mahānādaṃ siṃhavadbhīmavikramaḥ

once more for a chariot-duel with Drona's son, that slayer of foes. Roaring a great roar like a lion, the one of dreadful valour,

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.131.102c; line 2 (sa vinadya mahānādaṃ siṃhavad bhīmavikramaḥ) is the star passage 7.131.102d*1130_01, found in the vulgate recension only.

Verse 157 (7.157.157)

चिक्षेपाविद्ध्य सङ्ग्रामे द्रोणपुत्राय राक्षसः । अष्टघण्टां महाघोरामशनिं देवनिर्मिताम् ॥

cikṣepāviddhya saṅgrāme droṇaputrāya rākṣasaḥ | aṣṭaghaṇṭāṃ mahāghorāmaśaniṃ devanirmitām

whirled and hurled at Drona's son in the battle a god-made thunderbolt of eight bells, immensely terrible.

Note on the text: CE 7.131.103a and 103c; the page reads चिक्षेपाविद्ध्य सङ्ग्रामे and अष्टघण्टाम्…देवनिर्मिताम् where the critical edition has sa cikṣepa tataḥ kruddhaḥ and aṣṭacakrām…rudranirmitām ("of eight wheels, made by Rudra"); recension variants, kept.

Verse 158 (7.157.158)

तामवप्लुत्य जग्राह द्रौणिर्न्यस्य रथे धनुः । चिक्षेप चैनां तस्यैव स्यन्दनात्सोऽवपुप्लुवे ॥

tāmavaplutya jagrāha drauṇirnyasya rathe dhanuḥ | cikṣepa caināṃ tasyaiva syandanātso'vapupluve

Drauni leapt up and caught it, laying his bow down in his chariot, and hurled it back at him; Ghatotkacha sprang away from his chariot.

Note on the text: Corrected सोऽवप्लुप्लुवे → सोऽवपुप्लुवे (misprint in Wikisource; the perfect of प्लु reduplicates पुप्लुवे, CE 7.131.104 so 'vapupluve).

Verse 159 (7.157.159)

साश्वसूतध्वजं यानं भस्म कृत्वा महाप्रभा । विवेश वसुधां भित्त्वा साऽशनिर्भृशदारुणा ॥

sāśvasūtadhvajaṃ yānaṃ bhasma kṛtvā mahāprabhā | viveśa vasudhāṃ bhittvā sā'śanirbhṛśadāruṇā

Reducing the chariot with its horses, charioteer and banner to ashes, that great, radiant, terrible thunderbolt split the earth and entered it.

Verse 160 (7.157.160)

द्रौणेस्तत्कर्म दृष्ट्वा तु सर्वभूतान्यपूजयन् । यदप्लुत्य जग्राह घोरां शङ्करनिर्मिताम् ॥

drauṇestatkarma dṛṣṭvā tu sarvabhūtānyapūjayan | yadaplutya jagrāha ghorāṃ śaṅkaranirmitām

Seeing that deed of Drona's son, in that he had leapt up and caught the dreadful weapon fashioned by Shankara, all beings honoured him.

Verse 161 (7.157.161)

धृष्टद्युम्नरथं गत्वा भैमसेनिस्ततो नृप । धनुर्घोरं समादाय महदिन्द्रायुधोपमम् । मुमोच निशितान्बाणान्पुनर्द्रौणेर्महोरसि ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnarathaṃ gatvā bhaimasenistato nṛpa | dhanurghoraṃ samādāya mahadindrāyudhopamam | mumoca niśitānbāṇānpunardrauṇermahorasi

Then, O king, Bhima's son went to Dhrishtadyumna's chariot, took up a terrible great bow like Indra's bow, and again loosed sharp arrows at the broad chest of Drona's son.

Note on the text: Three lines, as on the page: CE 7.131.107a, the star passage 107b*1131_01 (dhanur ghoraṃ samādāya mahad indrāyudhopamam), and 107c. The input had no automatic match for this row.

Verse 162 (7.157.162)

धृष्टद्युम्नस्त्वसम्भ्रान्तो मुमोचाशीविषोपमान् । सुवर्णपुङ्खान्विशिखान्द्रोणपुत्रस्य वक्षसि ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnastvasambhrānto mumocāśīviṣopamān | suvarṇapuṅkhānviśikhāndroṇaputrasya vakṣasi

Dhrishtadyumna, unshaken, loosed golden-feathered arrows, like venomous serpents, at the chest of Drona's son.

Verse 163 (7.157.163)

ततो मुमोच नाराचान्द्रौणिस्तांश्च सहस्रशः । तावप्यग्निशिखप्रख्यैर्जघ्नतुस्तस्य मार्गणान् ॥

tato mumoca nārācāndrauṇistāṃśca sahasraśaḥ | tāvapyagniśikhaprakhyairjaghnatustasya mārgaṇān

Then Drauni loosed nārāca arrows by the thousand, and those two in turn struck down his shafts with arrows blazing like tongues of fire.

Note on the text: Corrected जुघ्नतुः → जघ्नतुः (misprint in Wikisource; the perfect dual of हन् is जघ्नतुः, CE 7.131.109 jaghnatuḥ). CE 7.131.109a reads drauṇis tābhyāṃ sahasraśaḥ ("loosed them at those two by the thousand") for the page's तांश्च सहस्रशः (a recension variant, kept).

Verse 164 (7.157.164)

अतितीव्रं महद्युद्धं तयोः पुरुषसिंहयोः । योधानां प्रीतिजननं द्रौणेश्च भरतर्षभ ॥

atitīvraṃ mahadyuddhaṃ tayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayoḥ | yodhānāṃ prītijananaṃ drauṇeśca bharatarṣabha

Great and most fierce was the battle between those two lions among men, a delight to the warriors and to Drona's son, O best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Corrected योधानं → योधानां (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ā-sign of the genitive plural, CE 7.131.110 yodhānāṃ).

Verse 165 (7.157.165)

ततो रथसहस्रेण द्विरदानां शतैस्त्रिभिः । षड्भिर्वाजिसहस्रैश्च भीमस्तं देशमागमत् ॥

tato rathasahasreṇa dviradānāṃ śataistribhiḥ | ṣaḍbhirvājisahasraiśca bhīmastaṃ deśamāgamat

Then Bhima came to that place with a thousand chariots, three hundred elephants and six thousand horses.

Verse 166 (7.157.166)

ततो भीमात्मजं रक्षो धृष्टद्युम्नं च सानुगम् । अयोधयत धर्मात्मा द्रौणिरक्लिष्टविक्रमः ॥

tato bhīmātmajaṃ rakṣo dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca sānugam | ayodhayata dharmātmā drauṇirakliṣṭavikramaḥ

Then Drauni, righteous-souled and untiring in valour, fought Bhima's rakshasa son and Dhrishtadyumna together with their followers.

Verse 167 (7.157.167)

तत्राद्भुततमं द्रौणिर्दर्शयामास विक्रमम् । अशक्यं कर्तुमन्येन सर्वभूतेषु भारत ॥

tatrādbhutatamaṃ drauṇirdarśayāmāsa vikramam | aśakyaṃ kartumanyena sarvabhūteṣu bhārata

There Drauni showed a most marvellous prowess, which no other being could have matched, O Bharata:

Note on the text: CE 7.131.113a and 113c (identical). The page has this couplet twice: in the form of Appendix I No. 20A at page verse 149, and here in the main-text form; the input's automatic match of verse 149 to 7.131.113 belongs here.

Verse 168 (7.157.168)

निमेषान्तरमात्रेण साश्वसूतरथद्विपाम् । अक्षौहिणीं राक्षसानां शितैर्बाणैरशातयत् ॥

nimeṣāntaramātreṇa sāśvasūtarathadvipām | akṣauhiṇīṃ rākṣasānāṃ śitairbāṇairaśātayat

in the space of a blink he shattered with sharp arrows an akshauhini of rakshasas, with its horses, charioteers, chariots and elephants,

Verse 169 (7.157.169)

मिषतो भीमसेनस्य हैडिम्बेः पार्षतस्य च । यमयोर्धर्मपुत्रस्य विजयस्याच्युतस्य च ॥

miṣato bhīmasenasya haiḍimbeḥ pārṣatasya ca | yamayordharmaputrasya vijayasyācyutasya ca

before the very eyes of Bhimasena, of Hidimba's son, of Prishata's son, of the twins, of Yudhishthira, of Vijaya and of Achyuta.

Verse 170 (7.157.170)

प्रगाढमञ्जोगतिभिर्नाराचैरभिताडिताः । निपेतुर्द्विरदा भूमौ सशृङ्गा इव पर्वताः ॥

pragāḍhamañjogatibhirnārācairabhitāḍitāḥ | nipeturdviradā bhūmau saśṛṅgā iva parvatāḥ

Struck by deep-piercing nārāca arrows that flew straight, the elephants fell to the ground like mountains with their peaks.

Note on the text: CE 7.131.116c reads dviśṛṅgā iva parvatāḥ ("two-peaked mountains") for the page's सशृङ्गा (a recension variant, kept).

Verse 171 (7.157.171)

निकृत्तैर्हस्तिहस्तैश्च विचलद्भिरितस्ततः । रराज वसुधा कीर्णा विसर्पद्भिरिवोरगैः ॥

nikṛttairhastihastaiśca vicaladbhiritastataḥ | rarāja vasudhā kīrṇā visarpadbhirivoragaiḥ

The earth, strewn with severed elephant trunks twitching this way and that, shone as if covered with crawling serpents.

Verse 172 (7.157.172)

क्षिप्तैः काञ्चनदण्डैश्च नृपच्छत्रैः क्षितिर्बभौ । द्यौरिवोदितचन्द्रार्का ग्रहाकीर्णा युगक्षये ॥

kṣiptaiḥ kāñcanadaṇḍaiśca nṛpacchatraiḥ kṣitirbabhau | dyaurivoditacandrārkā grahākīrṇā yugakṣaye

Strewn with thrown-down royal umbrellas with golden handles, the ground shone like the sky at the end of an age, crowded with planets and with the moon and sun risen together.

Verse 173 (7.157.173)

प्रवृद्धध्वजमण्डूकां भेरीविस्तीर्णकच्छपाम् । छत्रहंसावलीजुष्टां फेनचामरमालिनीम् ॥

pravṛddhadhvajamaṇḍūkāṃ bherīvistīrṇakacchapām | chatrahaṃsāvalījuṣṭāṃ phenacāmaramālinīm

a river with tall standards for its frogs, with great drums for its tortoises, haunted by rows of umbrella-swans, wearing a garland of fly-whisks as its foam,

Verse 174 (7.157.174)

कङ्कगृघ्रमहाग्राहां नैकायुधझषाकुलाम् । विस्तीर्णगजपाषाणां हताश्वमकराकुलाम् ॥

kaṅkagṛghramahāgrāhāṃ naikāyudhajhaṣākulām | vistīrṇagajapāṣāṇāṃ hatāśvamakarākulām

with herons and vultures for its great crocodiles, swarming with weapons of many kinds for its fish, with huge elephants for its boulders, filled with slain horses for its makaras,

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.131.120a; line 2 (vistīrṇagajapāṣāṇāṃ hatāśvamakarākulām) is the star passage 7.131.120b*1132_01, found in the vulgate recension only.

Verse 175 (7.157.175)

रथक्षिप्तमहावप्रां पताकारुचिरद्रुमाम् । शरमीनां महारौद्रां प्रासशक्त्यृष्टिडुण्डुभाम् ॥

rathakṣiptamahāvaprāṃ patākāruciradrumām | śaramīnāṃ mahāraudrāṃ prāsaśaktyṛṣṭiḍuṇḍubhām

with overturned chariots for its great banks, with banners for its lovely trees, with arrows for its fish, most terrible, with lances, spears and swords for its water-snakes,

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.131.120c; line 2 = CE 7.131.121a.

Verse 176 (7.157.176)

मज्जामांसमहापङ्कां कबन्धावर्जितोडुपाम् । केशशैवलकल्माषां भीरूणां कश्मलावहाम् ॥

majjāmāṃsamahāpaṅkāṃ kabandhāvarjitoḍupām | keśaśaivalakalmāṣāṃ bhīrūṇāṃ kaśmalāvahām

with marrow and flesh for its deep mud, with headless trunks for its rafts, dark with hair for its moss, bringing faintness to the timid,

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.131.121c; line 2 = CE 7.131.122a.

Verse 177 (7.157.177)

नागेन्द्रहययोधानां शरीरव्ययसम्भवाम् । शोणितौघमहाघोरां द्रौणिः प्रावर्तयन्नदीम् ॥

nāgendrahayayodhānāṃ śarīravyayasambhavām | śoṇitaughamahāghorāṃ drauṇiḥ prāvartayannadīm

born from the destruction of the bodies of elephants, horses and warriors, terrible with floods of blood: such a river Drauni set flowing,

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.131.122c; line 2 = CE 7.131.123a, where the critical edition reads śoṇitaughamahāvegām and the page शोणितौघमहाघोराम् (a recension variant, kept).

Verse 178 (7.157.178)

योधार्तरवनिर्घोषां क्षतजोर्मिसमाकुलाम् । प्रयान्तीं सुमहाघोरां यमराष्ट्रमहोदधिम् ॥

yodhārtaravanirghoṣāṃ kṣatajormisamākulām | prayāntīṃ sumahāghorāṃ yamarāṣṭramahodadhim

resounding with the cries of the pained warriors, thronged with waves of blood, flowing on, immensely terrible, to the great ocean that is Yama's realm.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.131.123c; line 2 = CE 7.131.124a, where the critical edition has prāyād atimahāghoraṃ yamakṣayamahodadhim (a recension variant, kept).

Verse 179 (7.157.179)

निहत्य राक्षसान्बाणैर्द्रौणिर्हैडिम्बिमार्दयत् । पुनरप्यतिसङ्क्रुद्धः सवृकोदरपार्षतान् ॥

nihatya rākṣasānbāṇairdrauṇirhaiḍimbimārdayat | punarapyatisaṅkruddhaḥ savṛkodarapārṣatān

Having slain the rakshasas with his arrows, Drauni afflicted Haidimbi, and again, in great fury, afflicted Vrikodara and the son of Prishata with him.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.131.124c; line 2 = CE 7.131.125a.

Verse 180 (7.157.180)

स नाराचगणैः पार्थान्द्रौणिर्विद्ध्वा महाबलः । जघान सुरथं नाम द्रुपदस्य सुतं विभुः ॥

sa nārācagaṇaiḥ pārthāndrauṇirviddhvā mahābalaḥ | jaghāna surathaṃ nāma drupadasya sutaṃ vibhuḥ

Having pierced the Pandavas with showers of nārācas, mighty Drauni, the lord, slew Suratha, a son of Drupada.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्धा → विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; the gerund of व्यध् is विद्ध्वा, a dropped conjunct; CE 7.131.125 viddhvā). Line 1 = CE 7.131.125c; line 2 = CE 7.131.126a.

Verse 181 (7.157.181)

पुनः शत्रुञ्जयं नाम द्रुपदस्यात्मजं रणे । बलानीकं जयानीकं जयाश्वं चाभिजघ्निवान् ॥

punaḥ śatruñjayaṃ nāma drupadasyātmajaṃ raṇe | balānīkaṃ jayānīkaṃ jayāśvaṃ cābhijaghnivān

And again in the battle he struck down Shatrunjaya, another son of Drupada, and Balanika, Jayanika and Jayashva,

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.131.126c, which reads punaḥ śrutaṃjayaṃ nāma surathasyānujaṃ raṇe ("Shrutanjaya, Suratha's younger brother"); the page has पुनः शत्रुञ्जयं नाम द्रुपदस्यात्मजं रणे (a recension variant, kept). Line 2 = CE 7.131.127a.

Verse 182 (7.157.182)

श्रुताह्वयं च राजानं द्रौणिर्निन्ये यमक्षयम् । त्रिभिश्चान्यैः शरैस्तीक्ष्णैः सुपुङ्खैर्हेममालिनम् ॥

śrutāhvayaṃ ca rājānaṃ drauṇirninye yamakṣayam | tribhiścānyaiḥ śaraistīkṣṇaiḥ supuṅkhairhemamālinam

and he sent King Shrutahvaya to the abode of Yama, and with three other keen, well-feathered arrows

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.131.127c; line 2 = CE 7.131.128a. The page lacks the critical edition's 7.131.127b*1133_01 (punaḥ śareṇa tīkṣṇena…) and 128c (śatruṃjayaṃ ca balinaṃ śakralokaṃ nināya ha).

Verse 183 (7.157.183)

जघान स पृषध्रं च चन्द्रसेनं च मारिष । कुन्तिभोजसुतांश्चासौ दशभिर्दश जघ्निवान् ॥

jaghāna sa pṛṣadhraṃ ca candrasenaṃ ca māriṣa | kuntibhojasutāṃścāsau daśabhirdaśa jaghnivān

he slew the gold-garlanded one, and Prishadhra and Chandrasena, O sire; and he struck down the sons of Kuntibhoja, ten of them, with ten arrows.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.131.129a, which reads candradevaṃ ca māninam for the page's चन्द्रसेनं च मारिष (a recension variant, kept).

Verse 184 (7.157.184)

अश्वत्थामा सुसङ्क्रुद्धः सन्धायोग्रमजिह्मगम् । मुमोचाकर्णपूर्णेन धनुषा शरमुत्तमम् । यमदण्डोपमं घोरमुद्दिश्याशु घटोत्कचम् ॥

aśvatthāmā susaṅkruddhaḥ sandhāyogramajihmagam | mumocākarṇapūrṇena dhanuṣā śaramuttamam | yamadaṇḍopamaṃ ghoramuddiśyāśu ghaṭotkacam

Ashvatthama, greatly enraged, fixed a fierce, straight-flying arrow and loosed that excellent arrow from his bow drawn to the ear, terrible as Yama's rod, swiftly aimed at Ghatotkacha.

Note on the text: Corrected अस्वत्थामा → अश्वत्थामा (misprint in Wikisource; स for श्, CE 7.131.130 aśvatthāmā).

Verse 185 (7.157.185)

स भित्त्वा हृदयं तस्य राक्षसस्य महाशरः । विवेश वसुधां शीघ्रं सपुङ्खः पृथिवीपते ॥

sa bhittvā hṛdayaṃ tasya rākṣasasya mahāśaraḥ | viveśa vasudhāṃ śīghraṃ sapuṅkhaḥ pṛthivīpate

That great arrow, having pierced the heart of that rakshasa, went swiftly into the earth, feathers and all, O lord of the earth.

Verse 186 (7.157.186)

तं हतं पतितं ज्ञात्वा धृष्टद्युम्नो महारथः । द्रौणेः सकाशाद्राजेन्द्र व्यपनिन्ये रथोत्तमम् ॥

taṃ hataṃ patitaṃ jñātvā dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārathaḥ | drauṇeḥ sakāśādrājendra vyapaninye rathottamam

Knowing him slain and fallen, the great chariot-warrior Dhrishtadyumna drew his splendid chariot away from Drona's son, O king of kings.

Note on the text: CE 7.131.132c reads apaninye rathāntaram ("took himself to another chariot") for the page's व्यपनिन्ये रथोत्तमम् (a recension variant, kept).

Verse 187 (7.157.187)

ततः पराङ्मुखनृपं सैन्यं यौधिष्ठिरं नृप । पराजित्य रणे वीरो द्रोणपुत्रो ननाद ह । पूजितः सर्वभूतेषु तव पुत्रैश्च भारत ॥

tataḥ parāṅmukhanṛpaṃ sainyaṃ yaudhiṣṭhiraṃ nṛpa | parājitya raṇe vīro droṇaputro nanāda ha | pūjitaḥ sarvabhūteṣu tava putraiśca bhārata

Then, O king, having defeated in battle Yudhishthira's army, whose kings had turned away, the hero, Drona's son, roared aloud, honoured by all beings and by your sons, O Bharata.

Note on the text: CE 7.131.133a reads tathā parāṅmukharathaṃ ("whose chariots had turned away") and 133e sarvabhūtaiś ca ("by all beings") for the page's ततः पराङ्मुखनृपम् and सर्वभूतेषु (recension variants, kept). Three lines, as on the page (CE 7.131.133a, 133c, 133e).

Verse 188 (7.157.188)

अथ शरशतभिन्नकृत्तदेहैर् । हतपतितैः क्षणदाचरैः समन्तात् । निधनमुपगतैर्मही कृताऽभूद् । गिरिशिखरैरिव दुर्गमाऽतिरौद्रा ॥

atha śaraśatabhinnakṛttadehair | hatapatitaiḥ kṣaṇadācaraiḥ samantāt | nidhanamupagatairmahī kṛtā'bhūd | giriśikharairiva durgamā'tiraudrā

Then the earth, strewn on every side with the bodies of the night-rangers, cut and torn by hundreds of arrows, fallen dead and lying slain, became like a terrible, impassable place of mountain peaks.

Note on the text: Removed the page's double hyphen (--) that splits the word देहैर्हत- across lines 1 and 2 and moved the र् to the end of line 1 (देहैर् | हतपतितैः). Removed the double hyphen (--) that splits कृताऽभूद्गिरि- across lines 3 and 4 and moved the द् to the end of line 3 (कृताऽभूद् | गिरिशिखरैरिव). The four lines are the critical edition's four lines (7.131.134ac in two lines of two pādas each).

Verse 189 (7.157.189)

तं सिद्धगन्धर्वपिशाचसङ्घा । नागाः सुपर्णाः पितरो वयांसि । रक्षोगणा भूतगणाश्च द्रौणिम् । अपूजयन्नप्सरसः सुराश्च ॥

taṃ siddhagandharvapiśācasaṅghā | nāgāḥ suparṇāḥ pitaro vayāṃsi | rakṣogaṇā bhūtagaṇāśca drauṇim | apūjayannapsarasaḥ surāśca

Siddhas, Gandharvas and hosts of Pishachas, Nagas, Suparnas, the Fathers, the birds, hosts of rakshasas and hosts of spirits, apsarases and the gods all honoured Drauni.

Note on the text: Removed the page's double hyphen (--) that splits द्रौणिमपूजयन् across lines 3 and 4 and moved the म् to the end of line 3 (द्रौणिम् | अपूजयन्…). The four lines are the critical edition's four lines (7.131.135ac).