Arjuna Foils Drona's Attempt to Seize Yudhishthira

Verse 1 (7.16.1)

तद्बलं सुमहद्दीर्णं त्वदीयं प्रेक्ष्य वीर्यवान् । दधारैको रणे पाण्डून्वृषसेनोऽस्त्रमायया ॥

tadbalaṃ sumahaddīrṇaṃ tvadīyaṃ prekṣya vīryavān | dadhāraiko raṇe pāṇḍūnvṛṣaseno'stramāyayā

Seeing that great army of yours broken, the mighty Vrishasena alone held back the Pandavas in the battle by the power of his weapons.

Verse 2 (7.16.2)

शरा दश दिशो मुक्ता वृषसेनेन संयुगे । विचेरुस्ते विनिर्भिद्य नरवाजिरथद्विपान् ॥

śarā daśa diśo muktā vṛṣasenena saṃyuge | viceruste vinirbhidya naravājirathadvipān

In that battle Vrishasena loosed ten arrows into the ten directions; they ranged about, piercing men, horses, chariots and elephants.

Verse 3 (7.16.3)

तस्य दीप्ता महाबाणा विनिश्चेरुः सहस्रशः । भानोरिव महाराज घर्मकाले मरीचयः ॥

tasya dīptā mahābāṇā viniśceruḥ sahasraśaḥ | bhānoriva mahārāja gharmakāle marīcayaḥ

His blazing great arrows flew out by the thousand, O great king, like the sun's rays in the hot season.

Note on the text: Corrected विविश्चेरुः → विनिश्चेरुः (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped न, the critical edition reads viniśceruḥ).

Verse 4 (7.16.4)

तेनार्दिता महाराज रथिनः सादिनस्तथा । निपेतुरुर्व्यां सहसा वातभग्ना इव द्रुमाः ॥

tenārditā mahārāja rathinaḥ sādinastathā | nipetururvyāṃ sahasā vātabhagnā iva drumāḥ

Struck down by it, O great king, chariot-warriors and horsemen suddenly fell to the ground like trees broken by the wind.

Verse 5 (7.16.5)

हयौघांश्च रथौघांश्च गजौघांश्च महारथः । अपातयद्रणे राजञ्शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥

hayaughāṃśca rathaughāṃśca gajaughāṃśca mahārathaḥ | apātayadraṇe rājañśataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

That great chariot-warrior brought down droves of horses, droves of chariots and droves of elephants in the battle, O king, by hundreds and then by thousands.

Verse 6 (7.16.6)

दृष्ट्वा तमेकं समरे विचरन्तमभीतवत् । सहिताः सर्वराजानः परिवव्रुः समन्ततः ॥

dṛṣṭvā tamekaṃ samare vicarantamabhītavat | sahitāḥ sarvarājānaḥ parivavruḥ samantataḥ

Seeing him roaming the field alone and fearless, all the kings together surrounded him on every side.

Verse 7 (7.16.7)

नाकुलिस्तु शतानीको वृषसेनं समभ्ययात् । विव्याध चैनं दशभिर्नाराचैर्मर्मभेदिभिः ॥

nākulistu śatānīko vṛṣasenaṃ samabhyayāt | vivyādha cainaṃ daśabhirnārācairmarmabhedibhiḥ

Nakula's son Shatanika advanced on Vrishasena and pierced him with ten narachas that cut to the vitals.

Verse 8 (7.16.8)

तस्य कर्णात्मजश्चापं छित्त्वा केतुमपातयत् । तं भ्रातरं परीप्सन्तो द्रौपदेयाः समभ्ययुः ॥

tasya karṇātmajaścāpaṃ chittvā ketumapātayat | taṃ bhrātaraṃ parīpsanto draupadeyāḥ samabhyayuḥ

Karna's son cut Shatanika's bow in two and brought down his banner. Wishing to save their brother, the sons of Draupadi rushed upon him.

Verse 9 (7.16.9)

कर्णात्मजं शरव्रातैरदृश्यं चक्रुरञ्जसा । तान्नदन्तोऽभ्यधावन्त द्रोणपुत्रमुखा रथाः ॥

karṇātmajaṃ śaravrātairadṛśyaṃ cakrurañjasā | tānnadanto'bhyadhāvanta droṇaputramukhā rathāḥ

They hid Karna's son from sight with swarms of arrows. Roaring, the chariot-warriors led by Drona's son rushed at them,

Verse 10 (7.16.10)

छादयन्तो महाराज द्रौपदेयान्महारथान् । शरैर्नानाविधैस्तूर्णं पर्वताञ्जलदा इव ॥

chādayanto mahārāja draupadeyānmahārathān | śarairnānāvidhaistūrṇaṃ parvatāñjaladā iva

covering the great chariot-warriors, the sons of Draupadi, quickly with arrows of every kind, O great king, as clouds cover mountains.

Verse 11 (7.16.11)

तान्पाण्डवाः प्रत्यगृह्णंस्त्वरिताः पुत्रगृद्धिनः । पाञ्चालाः केकया मत्स्याः सृञ्जयाश्चोद्यतायुधाः ॥

tānpāṇḍavāḥ pratyagṛhṇaṃstvaritāḥ putragṛddhinaḥ | pāñcālāḥ kekayā matsyāḥ sṛñjayāścodyatāyudhāḥ

The Pandavas, anxious for their sons, met them swiftly, and so did the Panchalas, Kekayas, Matsyas and Srinjayas with weapons raised.

Verse 12 (7.16.12)

तद्युद्धमभवद्धोरं सुमहद्रोमहर्षणम् । त्वदीयैः पाण्डुपुत्राणां देवानामिव दानवैः ॥

tadyuddhamabhavaddhoraṃ sumahadromaharṣaṇam | tvadīyaiḥ pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ devānāmiva dānavaiḥ

That battle between your men and the sons of Pandu was fearsome, vast and hair-raising, like that of the gods against the danavas.

Verse 13 (7.16.13)

एवं युयुधिरे वीराः संरब्धाः कुरुपाण्डवाः । परस्परमुदीक्षन्तः परस्परकृतागसः ॥

evaṃ yuyudhire vīrāḥ saṃrabdhāḥ kurupāṇḍavāḥ | parasparamudīkṣantaḥ parasparakṛtāgasaḥ

So the heroes of the Kurus and Pandavas fought in fury, glaring at one another, each holding the other guilty of wrongs.

Verse 14 (7.16.14)

तेषां ददृशिरे कोपाद्वपूंष्यमिततेजसाम् । युयुत्सूनामिवाकाशे पतत्त्रिवरभोगिनाम् ॥

teṣāṃ dadṛśire kopādvapūṃṣyamitatejasām | yuyutsūnāmivākāśe patattrivarabhoginām

In their rage the bodies of those men of boundless energy looked like those of the best of birds and of serpents eager to fight in the sky.

Note on the text: Corrected वपूम्ष्य → वपूंष्य (misprint in Wikisource; a broken anusvara conjunct, the critical edition reads vapūṃṣy).

Verse 15 (7.16.15)

भीमकर्णकृपद्रोणद्रौणिपार्षतसात्यकैः । बभासे स रणोद्देशः कालसूर्यैरिवोदितैः ॥

bhīmakarṇakṛpadroṇadrauṇipārṣatasātyakaiḥ | babhāse sa raṇoddeśaḥ kālasūryairivoditaiḥ

With Bhima, Karna, Kripa, Drona, Drona's son, Dhrishtadyumna and Satyaki, that stretch of the battlefield shone as though suns of the world's end had risen.

Verse 16 (7.16.16)

प्रजानां संक्षये घोरे यथा सूर्योदयो भवेत् । शूराणामुदयस्तद्वदासीत्पुरुषसत्तम ॥

prajānāṃ saṃkṣaye ghore yathā sūryodayo bhavet | śūrāṇāmudayastadvadāsītpuruṣasattama

As the rising of the sun would be at the dreadful dissolution of living creatures, so was the rising of those heroes, O best of men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as the star passage 7.15.15d*0119 (lines 1–2, printed after 7.15.15). Removed the wiki quote marks (opening backtick, closing apostrophe) from the text.

Verse 17 (7.16.17)

तदासीत्तुमुलं युद्धं निघ्नतामितरेतरम् । महाबलानां बलिभिर्दानवानां यथा सुरैः ॥

tadāsīttumulaṃ yuddhaṃ nighnatāmitaretaram | mahābalānāṃ balibhirdānavānāṃ yathā suraiḥ

Then there was a tumultuous battle as the mighty struck at one another, like that of the danavas against the gods.

Verse 18 (7.16.18)

ततो युधिष्ठिरानीकमुद्धूतार्णवनिःस्वनम् । त्वदीयमवधीत्सैन्यं संप्रद्रुतमहारथम् ॥

tato yudhiṣṭhirānīkamuddhūtārṇavaniḥsvanam | tvadīyamavadhītsainyaṃ saṃpradrutamahāratham

Then Yudhishthira's army, roaring like a churned-up ocean, cut down your army, whose great chariot-warriors fled in rout.

Verse 19 (7.16.19)

तत्प्रभग्नं बलं दृष्ट्वा शत्रुभिर्भृशमर्दितम् । अलं द्रुतेन वः शूरा इति द्रोणोऽभ्यभाषत ॥

tatprabhagnaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā śatrubhirbhṛśamarditam | alaṃ drutena vaḥ śūrā iti droṇo'bhyabhāṣata

Seeing that army broken and sorely pressed by the enemy, Drona called out: "Enough of flight, O heroes!"

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.15.18; the automatic alignment missed it because the critical edition prints Appendix I No. 4 directly after this verse.

Verse 20 (7.16.20)

भारद्वाजममर्षश्च विक्रमश्च समाविशत् । समुद्धृत्य निषङ्गाच्च धनुर्ज्यामवमृज्य च । महाशरधनुष्पाणिर्यन्तारमिदमब्रवीत् ॥

bhāradvājamamarṣaśca vikramaśca samāviśat | samuddhṛtya niṣaṅgācca dhanurjyāmavamṛjya ca | mahāśaradhanuṣpāṇiryantāramidamabravīt

Anger and valour possessed Drona, Bharadvaja's son. Drawing arrows from his quiver and wiping his bowstring clean, with his great bow and shafts in hand, he said to his charioteer:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 7.15.18), lines 1–3. Removed the wiki opening backtick. These three lines are Sanjaya's narration; Drona's speech begins with the next verse.

Verse 21 (7.16.21)

सारथे याहि यत्रैष पाण्डरेण विराजता । ध्रियमाणेन च्छत्रेण राजा तिष्ठति धर्मराट् ॥

sārathe yāhi yatraiṣa pāṇḍareṇa virājatā | dhriyamāṇena cchatreṇa rājā tiṣṭhati dharmarāṭ

"Charioteer, drive to where King Dharmaraja stands beneath the shining white parasol held over him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 7.15.18), lines 4–5. Corrected च्छेण → च्छत्रेण (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct त्र dropped, the apparatus reads chattreṇa). No speaker heading is printed; the speech is Drona's.

Verse 22 (7.16.22)

तदेतद्दीर्यते सैन्यं धार्तराष्ट्रमनेकधा । एतत्संस्तम्भयिष्यामि प्रतिवार्य युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

tadetaddīryate sainyaṃ dhārtarāṣṭramanekadhā | etatsaṃstambhayiṣyāmi prativārya yudhiṣṭhiram

This army of Dhritarashtra's sons is being torn apart in many ways. I shall steady it by holding Yudhishthira back.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 7.15.18), lines 6–7.

Verse 23 (7.16.23)

न हि मामभिवर्षन्तं संयुगे तात पाण्डवाः । मात्स्यपाञ्चालराजानः सर्वे च सहसोमकाः ॥

na hi māmabhivarṣantaṃ saṃyuge tāta pāṇḍavāḥ | mātsyapāñcālarājānaḥ sarve ca sahasomakāḥ

For, my friend, when I am showering arrows in battle, neither the Pandavas, nor the kings of the Matsyas and Panchalas, nor all the Somakas together can face me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 7.15.18), lines 8–9.

Verse 24 (7.16.24)

अर्जुनो मत्प्रसादाद्धि महास्त्राणि समाप्तवान् । न मामुत्सहते तात न भीमो न च सात्यकिः ॥

arjuno matprasādāddhi mahāstrāṇi samāptavān | na māmutsahate tāta na bhīmo na ca sātyakiḥ

Arjuna won the great weapons by my favour, and even he dares not face me, my friend; nor do Bhima or Satyaki.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 7.15.18), lines 10–11.

Verse 25 (7.16.25)

मत्प्रसादाद्धि बीभत्सुः परमेष्वासतां गतः । ममैवास्त्रं विजानाति धृष्टद्युम्नोऽपि पार्षतः ॥

matprasādāddhi bībhatsuḥ parameṣvāsatāṃ gataḥ | mamaivāstraṃ vijānāti dhṛṣṭadyumno'pi pārṣataḥ

By my favour Bibhatsu has become supreme among archers, and Dhrishtadyumna the Parshata too knows only my own weapon.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 7.15.18), lines 12–13.

Verse 26 (7.16.26)

नायं संरक्षितुं कालः प्राणांस्तात जयैषिणा । याहि स्वर्गं पुरस्कृत्य यशसे च जयाय च ॥

nāyaṃ saṃrakṣituṃ kālaḥ prāṇāṃstāta jayaiṣiṇā | yāhi svargaṃ puraskṛtya yaśase ca jayāya ca

This is no time, my friend, for one who seeks victory to guard his life. Go, keeping heaven before you, for glory and for victory."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 7.15.18), lines 14–15. Corrected सर्गं → स्वर्गं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped व, the apparatus reads svargaṃ). The critical edition's e-text prints the saṃjaya uvāca heading one line early (before line 15, yāhi svargam…); the page places it after this verse, so Drona's speech runs to the end of this verse.

Verse 27 (7.16.27)

एवं सञ्चोदितो यन्ता द्रोणमभ्यवहत्ततः ॥

evaṃ sañcodito yantā droṇamabhyavahattataḥ

Thus urged, the charioteer drove Drona forward.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 7.15.18), line 16. The page prints this single line as a verse of its own.

Verse 28 (7.16.28)

तदाऽश्वहृदयेनाश्वानभिमन्त्र्याशु हर्षयन् । रथेन सवरूथेन भास्वरेण विराजता ॥

tadā'śvahṛdayenāśvānabhimantryāśu harṣayan | rathena savarūthena bhāsvareṇa virājatā

Then, quickly consecrating the horses with the Ashvahridaya and gladdening them, he went on in the shining, splendid chariot with its protective covering.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 7.15.18), lines 17–18.

Verse 29 (7.16.29)

तं करूशाश्च मात्स्याश्च चेदयश्च ससात्वताः । पाण्डवाश्च सपाञ्चालाः सहिताः पर्यवारयन् ॥

taṃ karūśāśca mātsyāśca cedayaśca sasātvatāḥ | pāṇḍavāśca sapāñcālāḥ sahitāḥ paryavārayan

The Karushas, Matsyas, Chedis and Satvatas, and the Pandavas with the Panchalas, all together surrounded him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 4 (printed after 7.15.18), lines 19–20. Removed the wiki closing apostrophe, which closes the bracketed passage begun at verse 20.

Verse 30 (7.16.30)

ततः शोणहयः क्रुद्धश्चतुर्दन्त इव द्विपः । प्रविश्य पाण्डवानीकं युधिष्ठिरमुपाद्रवत् ॥

tataḥ śoṇahayaḥ kruddhaścaturdanta iva dvipaḥ | praviśya pāṇḍavānīkaṃ yudhiṣṭhiramupādravat

Then Drona, the red-horsed, enraged like a four-tusked elephant, plunged into the Pandava army and rushed upon Yudhishthira.

Verse 31 (7.16.31)

तमाविध्यच्छितैर्बाणैः कङ्कपत्रैर्युधिष्ठिरः । तस्य द्रोणो धनुश्छित्वा तं द्रुतं समुपाद्रवत् ॥

tamāvidhyacchitairbāṇaiḥ kaṅkapatrairyudhiṣṭhiraḥ | tasya droṇo dhanuśchitvā taṃ drutaṃ samupādravat

Yudhishthira pierced him with sharp heron-feathered arrows; Drona cut his bow in two and swiftly rushed at him.

Verse 32 (7.16.32)

चक्ररक्षः कुमारस्तु पाञ्चालानां यशस्करः । दधार द्रोणमायान्तं वेलेव सरितां पतिम् ॥

cakrarakṣaḥ kumārastu pāñcālānāṃ yaśaskaraḥ | dadhāra droṇamāyāntaṃ veleva saritāṃ patim

The young prince who guarded the wheel and was the glory of the Panchalas held Drona back as he came on, as the shore holds back the lord of rivers.

Verse 33 (7.16.33)

द्रोणं निवारितं दृष्ट्वा कुमारेण द्विजर्षभम् । सिंहनादरवो ह्यासीत्साधुसाध्विति भाषितम् ॥

droṇaṃ nivāritaṃ dṛṣṭvā kumāreṇa dvijarṣabham | siṃhanādaravo hyāsītsādhusādhviti bhāṣitam

Seeing Drona, best of Brahmins, checked by the youth, a lion's roar went up, with cries of "Well done! Well done!"

Verse 34 (7.16.34)

कुमारस्तु ततो द्रोणं सायकेन महाहवे । विव्याधोरसि सङ्क्रुद्धः सिंहवच्च नदन्मुहुः ॥

kumārastu tato droṇaṃ sāyakena mahāhave | vivyādhorasi saṅkruddhaḥ siṃhavacca nadanmuhuḥ

Then in that great battle the prince, enraged, pierced Drona in the chest with an arrow, roaring again and again like a lion.

Verse 35 (7.16.35)

संवार्य च रणे द्रोणं कुमारस्तु महाबलः । शरैरनेकसाहस्रैः कृतहस्तो जितश्रमः ॥

saṃvārya ca raṇe droṇaṃ kumārastu mahābalaḥ | śarairanekasāhasraiḥ kṛtahasto jitaśramaḥ

The mighty prince, having held Drona back in the battle with many thousands of arrows, quick of hand and untired,

Verse 36 (7.16.36)

तं शूरमार्यव्रतिनं मन्त्रास्त्रेषु कृतश्रमम् । चक्ररक्षं परामृद्नात्कुमारं द्विजपुङ्गवः ॥

taṃ śūramāryavratinaṃ mantrāstreṣu kṛtaśramam | cakrarakṣaṃ parāmṛdnātkumāraṃ dvijapuṅgavaḥ

him, that hero firm in noble vows and practised in mantras and weapons, the prince who guarded the wheel, the foremost of the twice-born crushed.

Note on the text: Corrected कृतश्चमम् → कृतश्रमम् (misprint in Wikisource; a misread conjunct, the sense needs śrama and the critical edition reads kṛtaniśramam); चक्ररक्षतं → चक्ररक्षं (misprint in Wikisource; a stray त, the critical edition reads cakrarakṣam); परामृद्रात् → परामृद्नात् (misprint in Wikisource; द्र for द्न, the critical edition reads apāmṛdnāt). The critical edition's star passage 7.15.25d*0120_01 is not on the page.

Verse 37 (7.16.37)

स मध्यं प्राप्य सैन्यानां सर्वाः प्रविचरन्दिशः । तव सैन्यस्य गोप्तासीद्भारद्वाजो द्विजर्षभः ॥

sa madhyaṃ prāpya sainyānāṃ sarvāḥ pravicarandiśaḥ | tava sainyasya goptāsīdbhāradvājo dvijarṣabhaḥ

Reaching the middle of the armies and ranging over every quarter, Drona, son of Bharadvaja and best of the twice-born, became the protector of your host.

Verse 38 (7.16.38)

शिखण्डिनं द्वादशभिर्विंशत्या चोत्तमौजसम् । नकुलं पञ्चभिर्विद्ध्वा सहदेवं च सप्तभिः ॥

śikhaṇḍinaṃ dvādaśabhirviṃśatyā cottamaujasam | nakulaṃ pañcabhirviddhvā sahadevaṃ ca saptabhiḥ

He pierced Shikhandi with twelve arrows and Uttamaujas with twenty, Nakula with five and Sahadeva with seven,

Verse 39 (7.16.39)

युधिष्ठिरं द्वादशभिर्द्रौपदेयांस्त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः । सात्यकिं पञ्चभिर्विद्ध्वा मत्स्यं च दशभिः शरैः ॥

yudhiṣṭhiraṃ dvādaśabhirdraupadeyāṃstribhistribhiḥ | sātyakiṃ pañcabhirviddhvā matsyaṃ ca daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ

Yudhishthira with twelve, the sons of Draupadi with three each, Satyaki with five, and the Matsya king with ten arrows,

Verse 40 (7.16.40)

व्यक्षोभयद्रणे योधान्यथामुख्यमभिद्रवन् । अभ्यवर्तत सम्प्रेप्सुः कुन्तीपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

vyakṣobhayadraṇe yodhānyathāmukhyamabhidravan | abhyavartata samprepsuḥ kuntīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram

and, rushing upon the chief warriors in turn, he threw the fighters into confusion in the battle, eager to get at Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti.

Note on the text: Corrected अभ्यवर्ततं → अभ्यवर्तत (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara, the critical edition reads abhyavartata).

Verse 41 (7.16.41)

युगन्धरस्ततो राजन्भारद्वाजं महारथम् । वारयामास सङ्क्रुद्धं वातोद्धतमिवार्णवम् ॥

yugandharastato rājanbhāradvājaṃ mahāratham | vārayāmāsa saṅkruddhaṃ vātoddhatamivārṇavam

Then, O king, Yugandhara checked the enraged great chariot-warrior, Bharadvaja's son, who was like an ocean whipped up by the wind.

Note on the text: Corrected सङ्क्रुद्वं → सङ्क्रुद्धं (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध, the critical edition reads saṃkruddhaṃ).

Verse 42 (7.16.42)

युधिष्ठिरं स विद्ध्वा तु शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः । युगन्धरं तु भल्लेन रथनीडादपातयत् ॥

yudhiṣṭhiraṃ sa viddhvā tu śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ | yugandharaṃ tu bhallena rathanīḍādapātayat

Having pierced Yudhishthira with bent-jointed arrows, Drona struck Yugandhara down from the chariot's seat with a broad-headed arrow.

Note on the text: Corrected भल्लने → भल्लेन (misprint in Wikisource; the instrumental ending, the critical edition reads bhallena).

Verse 43 (7.16.43)

तं विजित्य महातेजा भारद्वाजो महामनाः । अभ्यवर्तत सम्प्रेप्सुः कुन्तीपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

taṃ vijitya mahātejā bhāradvājo mahāmanāḥ | abhyavartata samprepsuḥ kuntīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram

Having overcome him, the high-souled, great-minded son of Bharadvaja advanced eagerly upon Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records line 1 only in its apparatus, as the star passage 7.15.31d*0121_01 (after 7.15.31); line 2 repeats the second line of verse 40 (7.15.29cd). Removed the wiki quote marks (opening backtick, closing apostrophe).

Verse 44 (7.16.44)

ततो विराटद्रुपदौ केकयाः सात्यकिः शिबिः । व्याघ्रदत्तश्च पाञ्चाल्यः सिंहसेनश्च वीर्यवान् ॥

tato virāṭadrupadau kekayāḥ sātyakiḥ śibiḥ | vyāghradattaśca pāñcālyaḥ siṃhasenaśca vīryavān

Then Virata, Drupada, the Kekayas, Satyaki, Shibi, Vyaghradatta the Panchala and the valiant Simhasena,

Note on the text: Corrected पाञ्चल्यः → पाञ्चाल्यः (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped long ā, the critical edition reads pāñcālyaḥ).

Verse 45 (7.16.45)

एते चान्ये च बहवः परीप्सन्तो युधिष्ठिरम् । आवव्रुस्तस्य पन्थानं किरन्तः सायकान्बहून् ॥

ete cānye ca bahavaḥ parīpsanto yudhiṣṭhiram | āvavrustasya panthānaṃ kirantaḥ sāyakānbahūn

these and many others, eager to protect Yudhishthira, blocked his path, showering many arrows.

Verse 46 (7.16.46)

व्याघ्रदत्तस्तु पाञ्चाल्यो द्रोणं विव्याध मार्गणैः । पञ्चाशता शितै राजंस्तत उच्चुक्रुशुर्जनाः ॥

vyāghradattastu pāñcālyo droṇaṃ vivyādha mārgaṇaiḥ | pañcāśatā śitai rājaṃstata uccukruśurjanāḥ

Vyaghradatta the Panchala pierced Drona with fifty sharp arrows, O king, and the people cheered.

Verse 47 (7.16.47)

त्वरितं सिंहसेनस्तु द्रोणं विद्ध्वा महारथम् । प्राहसत्सहसा हृष्टस्त्रासयन्वै महारथान् ॥

tvaritaṃ siṃhasenastu droṇaṃ viddhvā mahāratham | prāhasatsahasā hṛṣṭastrāsayanvai mahārathān

Quickly Simhasena, having struck the great chariot-warrior Drona, laughed aloud in sudden glee, frightening the great warriors.

Verse 48 (7.16.48)

ततो विष्फार्य नयने धनुर्ज्यामवमृज्य च । तलशब्दं महत्कृत्वा द्रोणस्तं समुपाद्रवत् ॥

tato viṣphārya nayane dhanurjyāmavamṛjya ca | talaśabdaṃ mahatkṛtvā droṇastaṃ samupādravat

Then Drona, widening his eyes and wiping his bowstring, made a great slap on his arm and rushed at him.

Verse 49 (7.16.49)

ततस्तु सिंहसेनस्य शिरः कायात्सकुण्डलम् । व्याघ्रदत्तस्य चाक्रम्य भल्लाभ्यामाहरद्बली ॥

tatastu siṃhasenasya śiraḥ kāyātsakuṇḍalam | vyāghradattasya cākramya bhallābhyāmāharadbalī

Then the mighty Drona leapt forward and with two broad-headed arrows took the head of Simhasena, earrings and all, from his body, and Vyaghradatta's as well.

Verse 50 (7.16.50)

तान्प्रमृज्य शरव्रातैः पाण्डवानां महारथान् । युधिष्ठिररथाभ्याशे तस्थौ मृत्युरिवान्तकः ॥

tānpramṛjya śaravrātaiḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathān | yudhiṣṭhirarathābhyāśe tasthau mṛtyurivāntakaḥ

Crushing the Pandavas' great chariot-warriors with showers of arrows, he stood near Yudhishthira's chariot like Death, the Ender.

Verse 51 (7.16.51)

ततोऽभवन्महाशब्दो राजन्यौधिष्ठिरे बले । हृतो राजेति योधानां समीपस्थे यतव्रते ॥

tato'bhavanmahāśabdo rājanyaudhiṣṭhire bale | hṛto rājeti yodhānāṃ samīpasthe yatavrate

Then, O king, a great cry went up in Yudhishthira's army as the warriors shouted, "The king is taken!" while Drona of firm vows stood close by.

Verse 52 (7.16.52)

अब्रुवन्सैनिकास्तत्र दृष्ट्वा द्रोणस्य विक्रमम् । अद्य राजा धार्तराष्ट्रः कृतार्थो वै भविष्यति ॥

abruvansainikāstatra dṛṣṭvā droṇasya vikramam | adya rājā dhārtarāṣṭraḥ kṛtārtho vai bhaviṣyati

Seeing Drona's prowess, the soldiers there said: "Today King Duryodhana will surely have his purpose fulfilled.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.15.40ab and cd (lines 1–2 of its verse); the automatic alignment missed it because the critical edition prints a third line after them.

Verse 53 (7.16.53)

अस्मिन्मुहूर्ते द्रोणस्तु पाण्डवं गृह्य हर्षितः । आगमिष्यति नो नूनं धार्तराष्ट्रस्य संयुगे ॥

asminmuhūrte droṇastu pāṇḍavaṃ gṛhya harṣitaḥ | āgamiṣyati no nūnaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrasya saṃyuge

In this very moment Drona, delighted, will take the Pandava captive and come back to us in Dhritarashtra's son's battle."

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 7.15.40d*0122_01 (not in the constituted text); line 2 is 7.15.40e. Corrected अस्मिन्महूर्ते → अस्मिन्मुहूर्ते (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads asmin muhūrte).

Verse 54 (7.16.54)

एवं सञ्जल्पतां तेषां तावकानां महारथः । आयाज्जवेन कौन्तेयो रथघोषेण नादयन् ॥

evaṃ sañjalpatāṃ teṣāṃ tāvakānāṃ mahārathaḥ | āyājjavena kaunteyo rathaghoṣeṇa nādayan

While your men were talking so, the great chariot-warrior, the son of Kunti, came on at speed, making the field resound with the roar of his chariot,

Note on the text: The critical edition's star passage 7.15.41d*0123_01 is not on the page.

Verse 55 (7.16.55)

शोणितोदां रथावर्तां कृत्वा विशसने नदीम् । शूरास्थिचयसङ्कीर्णां प्रेतकूलापहारिणीम् ॥

śoṇitodāṃ rathāvartāṃ kṛtvā viśasane nadīm | śūrāsthicayasaṅkīrṇāṃ pretakūlāpahāriṇīm

having made in that slaughter a river whose water was blood and whose whirlpools were chariots, strewn with heaps of heroes' bones, sweeping away the bodies of the dead from its banks,

Verse 56 (7.16.56)

तां शरौघमहाफेनां प्रासमत्स्यसमाकुलाम् । नदीमुत्तीर्य वेगेन कुरून्विद्राव्य पाण्डवः ॥

tāṃ śaraughamahāphenāṃ prāsamatsyasamākulām | nadīmuttīrya vegena kurūnvidrāvya pāṇḍavaḥ

a river with the floods of arrows for its great foam and spears for its fish. Crossing it swiftly and driving the Kurus back, the Pandava

Verse 57 (7.16.57)

ततः किरीटी सहसा द्रोणानीकमुपाद्रवत् । छादयन्निषुजालेन महता मोहयन्निव ॥

tataḥ kirīṭī sahasā droṇānīkamupādravat | chādayanniṣujālena mahatā mohayanniva

Kiriti suddenly rushed upon Drona's host, covering it with a great net of arrows, as though bewildering it.

Note on the text: Corrected किरीटि → किरीटी (misprint in Wikisource; a short i for the long ī of the nominative, the critical edition reads kirīṭī).

Verse 58 (7.16.58)

शीघ्रमभ्यस्यतो बाणान्सन्दधानस्य चानिशम् । नान्तरं ददृशे कश्चित्कौन्तेयस्य यशस्विनः ॥

śīghramabhyasyato bāṇānsandadhānasya cāniśam | nāntaraṃ dadṛśe kaścitkaunteyasya yaśasvinaḥ

As he shot arrows with ceaseless speed, fitting them to the string without pause, no one saw any gap in the shooting of the glorious son of Kunti.

Verse 59 (7.16.59)

न दिशो नान्तरिक्षं च न द्यौर्नैव च मेदिनी । अदृश्यन्त महाराज बाणभूता इवाभवन् ॥

na diśo nāntarikṣaṃ ca na dyaurnaiva ca medinī | adṛśyanta mahārāja bāṇabhūtā ivābhavan

Neither the directions, nor the sky, nor heaven, nor the earth could be seen, O great king; all had become, as it were, arrows.

Verse 60 (7.16.60)

नादृश्यत तदा राजंस्तत्र किञ्चन संयुगे । बाणान्धकारे महति कृते गाण्डीवधन्वना ॥

nādṛśyata tadā rājaṃstatra kiñcana saṃyuge | bāṇāndhakāre mahati kṛte gāṇḍīvadhanvanā

Nothing at all could be seen in that battle, O king, when the wielder of Gandiva had made so great a darkness of arrows.

Verse 61 (7.16.61)

सूर्ये चास्तमनुप्राप्ते तमसा चाभिसंवृते । नाज्ञायत तदा शत्रुर्न सुहृन्न च कश्चन ॥

sūrye cāstamanuprāpte tamasā cābhisaṃvṛte | nājñāyata tadā śatrurna suhṛnna ca kaścana

The sun had set and darkness covered everything; then neither foe nor friend could be told apart, nor anything else.

Verse 62 (7.16.62)

ततोऽवहारं चक्रुस्ते द्रोणदुर्योधनादयः । तान्विदित्वा पुनस्त्रस्तान् न युद्धमनसः परान् ॥

tato'vahāraṃ cakruste droṇaduryodhanādayaḥ | tānviditvā punastrastān na yuddhamanasaḥ parān

Then Drona, Duryodhana and the others sounded the recall. Arjuna, knowing those foes to be frightened once more and unwilling to fight,

Note on the text: Corrected पुनस्त्रस्ता → पुनस्त्रस्तान् (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped final न्, the accusative agrees with परान् and the critical edition reads trastān).

Verse 63 (7.16.63)

स्वान्यनीकानि बीभत्सुः शनकैरवहारयत् । ततोऽभितुष्टुवुः पार्थं प्रहृष्टाः पाण्डुसृञ्जयाः ॥

svānyanīkāni bībhatsuḥ śanakairavahārayat | tato'bhituṣṭuvuḥ pārthaṃ prahṛṣṭāḥ pāṇḍusṛñjayāḥ

slowly drew back his own divisions. Then the Pandavas and Srinjayas, overjoyed, praised Partha,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 7.15.50ab and cd (its verse has a third line, printed as 7.15.50e); the automatic alignment missed it.

Verse 64 (7.16.64)

पाञ्चालाश्च मनोज्ञाभिर्वाग्भिः सूर्यमिवर्षयः । एवं स्वशिबिरं प्रायाज्जित्वा शत्रून्धनञ्जयः ॥

pāñcālāśca manojñābhirvāgbhiḥ sūryamivarṣayaḥ | evaṃ svaśibiraṃ prāyājjitvā śatrūndhanañjayaḥ

and the Panchalas praised him with delightful words, as sages praise the sun. So Dhananjaya, having conquered his enemies, went back to his own camp,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.15.50e (the third line of its verse); line 2 is 7.15.51ab. Corrected एं → एवं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped व, the critical edition reads evaṃ).

Verse 65 (7.16.65)

पृष्ठतः सर्वसैन्यानां मुदितो वै सकेशवः ॥

pṛṣṭhataḥ sarvasainyānāṃ mudito vai sakeśavaḥ

joyful, with Keshava, at the rear of all the armies.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 7.15.51cd. The page prints its verse-end mark ॥ after this line (सकेशवः ।।) and only a single danda after the next line, so this line stands as a verse of its own and the input's pairing of it with the next line was undone (see the next verse); the next row of the page, 5-16-66, completes that verse.

Verse 66 (7.16.66)

मसारगल्वर्कसुवर्णरूप्यैर्वज्रप्रवालस्फटिकैश्च मुख्यैः । चित्रे रथे पाण्डुसुतो बभासे नक्षत्रचित्रे वियतीव चन्द्रः ॥

masāragalvarkasuvarṇarūpyairvajrapravālasphaṭikaiśca mukhyaiḥ | citre rathe pāṇḍusuto babhāse nakṣatracitre viyatīva candraḥ

In his marvellous chariot, adorned with masara and galvarka gems, gold, silver, diamonds, coral and choice crystals, Pandu's son shone like the moon in a sky bright with stars.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 7.15.52 (four pādas, printed there as two lines). Following the page's verse-end marks, this verse is the second line of page row 5-16-65 plus row 5-16-66 (the input had split them across its verses 65 and 66). Corrected मसारगल्वर्कमुवर्णरूपैर्वज्र… → मसारगल्वर्कसुवर्णरूप्यैर्वज्र… (misprint in Wikisource; म for स and a dropped य्, the critical edition reads masāragalvarkasuvarṇarūpyair).