Duryodhana Sets the Guard around Drona

Verse 1 (7.165.1)

प्रकाशिते तदा लोके रजसा तमसावृते । समाजग्मुरथो वीराः परस्परवधैषिणः ॥

prakāśite tadā loke rajasā tamasāvṛte | samājagmuratho vīrāḥ parasparavadhaiṣiṇaḥ

When the world was lit up, though wrapped in dust and darkness, the heroes, bent on killing one another, came together.

Verse 2 (7.165.2)

ते समेत्य रणे राजञ्शस्त्रप्रासासिधारिणः । परस्परमुदैक्षन्त परस्परकृतागसः ॥

te sametya raṇe rājañśastraprāsāsidhāriṇaḥ | parasparamudaikṣanta parasparakṛtāgasaḥ

Meeting in the battle, O king, with swords, spears and lances in hand, they stared at one another, each with a wrong done to the other to avenge.

Verse 3 (7.165.3)

प्रदीपानां सहस्रैश्च दीप्यमानैः समन्ततः । रत्नाचितैः स्वर्णदण्डैर्गन्धतैलावसिञ्चितैः ॥

pradīpānāṃ sahasraiśca dīpyamānaiḥ samantataḥ | ratnācitaiḥ svarṇadaṇḍairgandhatailāvasiñcitaiḥ

By thousands of lamps blazing all around, set with jewels, with staves of gold, and drenched in scented oil,

Note on the text: Not matched automatically: line 1 = CE 7.139.3a; line 2 = the star passage *1168_01, printed after 7.139.3a (CE ratnācitaiḥ svarṇadaṇḍair gandhatailāvasecitaiḥ; Wikisource ends -वसिञ्चितैः, a variant).

Verse 4 (7.165.4)

देवगन्धर्वदीपाद्यैः प्रभाभिरधिकोज्ज्वलैः । विरराज तदा भूमिर्ग्रहैर्द्यौरिव भारत ॥

devagandharvadīpādyaiḥ prabhābhiradhikojjvalaiḥ | virarāja tadā bhūmirgrahairdyauriva bhārata

and by the lamps of the gods and Gandharvas, of exceeding brilliance, the earth shone then, O Bharata, as the sky does with its planets.

Note on the text: Not matched automatically: line 1 = the star passage *1168_02, printed after 7.139.3a; line 2 = CE 7.139.3c.

Verse 5 (7.165.5)

उल्काशतैः प्रज्वलितै रणभूमिर्व्यराजत । दह्यमानेव लोकानामभावे च वसुन्धरा ॥

ulkāśataiḥ prajvalitai raṇabhūmirvyarājata | dahyamāneva lokānāmabhāve ca vasundharā

With hundreds of blazing torches the battlefield shone, as though the earth were being burned up when the worlds come to an end.

Verse 6 (7.165.6)

व्यदीप्यन्त दिशः सर्वाः प्रदीपैस्तैः समन्ततः । वर्षाप्रदोषे खद्योतैर्वृता वृक्षा इवाबभुः ॥

vyadīpyanta diśaḥ sarvāḥ pradīpaistaiḥ samantataḥ | varṣāpradoṣe khadyotairvṛtā vṛkṣā ivābabhuḥ

All the quarters blazed with those lamps on every side, and shone like trees covered with fireflies at nightfall in the rainy season.

Verse 7 (7.165.7)

असज्जन्त ततो वीरा वीरेष्वेव पृथक्पृथक् । नागा नागैः समाजग्मुस्तुरगा हयसादिभिः । रथा रथवरैरेव समजग्मुर्मुदा युताः ॥

asajjanta tato vīrā vīreṣveva pṛthakpṛthak | nāgā nāgaiḥ samājagmusturagā hayasādibhiḥ | rathā rathavaraireva samajagmurmudā yutāḥ

Then heroes clung each to heroes; elephants met elephants, horses met horsemen, and chariots met the best of chariots, rejoicing.

Note on the text: Corrected विरेष्वेव → वीरेष्वेव (misprint in Wikisource; the long ई is dropped; the critical edition reads vīreṣv eva). Lines 1–2 = CE 7.139.6a and 6c (line 2 reads हयसादिभिः where CE has saha vājibhiḥ, recension variant); line 3 = CE 7.139.7a (मुदा युताः for mudānvitāḥ, variant).

Verse 8 (7.165.8)

तस्मिन्रात्रिमुखे घोरे तव पुत्रस्य शासनात् । चतुरङ्गस्य सैन्यस्य सम्पातश्च महानभूत् ॥

tasminrātrimukhe ghore tava putrasya śāsanāt | caturaṅgasya sainyasya sampātaśca mahānabhūt

In that dreadful beginning of the night, at your son's command, a great clash of the four-limbed army took place.

Note on the text: Corrected महारनभूत् → महानभूत् (misprint in Wikisource; र for न; the critical edition reads mahān abhūt). Line 1 = CE 7.139.7c; line 2 = the star passage *1169_01, printed after 7.139.7d.

Verse 9 (7.165.9)

ततोऽर्जुनो महाराज कौरवाणामनीकिनीम् । व्यधमत्त्वरया युक्तः क्षपयन्सर्वपार्थिवान् ॥

tato'rjuno mahārāja kauravāṇāmanīkinīm | vyadhamattvarayā yuktaḥ kṣapayansarvapārthivān

Then Arjuna, O great king, swiftly broke up the army of the Kauravas, destroying all the kings.

Verse 10 (7.165.10)

तस्मिन्प्रविष्टे संरब्धे मम पुत्रस्य वाहिनीम् । अमृष्यमाणे दुर्धर्षे कथमासीन्मनो हि वः ॥

tasminpraviṣṭe saṃrabdhe mama putrasya vāhinīm | amṛṣyamāṇe durdharṣe kathamāsīnmano hi vaḥ

When that fierce and unconquerable one, in his fury, burst into my son's army, what was the state of your minds?

Verse 11 (7.165.11)

किमकुर्वत सैन्यानि प्रविष्टे परपीडने । दुर्योधनश्च किं कृत्यं प्राप्तकालममन्यत ॥

kimakurvata sainyāni praviṣṭe parapīḍane | duryodhanaśca kiṃ kṛtyaṃ prāptakālamamanyata

What did the armies do when that tormentor of foes had entered? And what did Duryodhana think the time called for?

Note on the text: Corrected परषीडने → परपीडने (misprint in Wikisource; ष for प; the word is परपीडन). Line 1 reads किमकुर्वत सैन्यानि प्रविष्टे परपीडने where CE has kim amanyanta sainyāni praviṣṭe śatrutāpane (recension variant, kept).

Verse 12 (7.165.12)

के चैनं समरे वीरं प्रत्युद्ययुररिन्दमाः । द्रोणं च के व्यरक्षन्त प्रविष्टे श्वेतवाहने ॥

ke cainaṃ samare vīraṃ pratyudyayurarindamāḥ | droṇaṃ ca ke vyarakṣanta praviṣṭe śvetavāhane

Who went out against that hero in the battle, the subduers of enemies? And who guarded Drona when the one with the white horses had entered?

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.139.11a (प्रत्युद्ययुररिन्दमाः in the plural, where CE has pratyudyayur ariṃdamam; variant, kept); line 2 = the star passage *1170_01, printed after 7.139.11b.

Verse 13 (7.165.13)

केऽरक्षन्दक्षिणं चक्रं के च द्रोणस्य सव्यतः । के पृष्ठतश्चाप्यभवन्वीरा वीरान्विनिघ्नतः । के पुरस्तादगच्छन्त निघ्नन्तः शात्रवान्रणे ॥

ke'rakṣandakṣiṇaṃ cakraṃ ke ca droṇasya savyataḥ | ke pṛṣṭhataścāpyabhavanvīrā vīrānvinighnataḥ | ke purastādagacchanta nighnantaḥ śātravānraṇe

Who guarded the right wheel, and who Drona's left? Who were the heroes behind him as he struck down heroes? Who went before him as he slew his enemies in the battle?

Note on the text: Corrected शास्त्रवान् → शात्रवान् (misprint in Wikisource; an extra स्; शास्त्रवान् is not a form that fits; the critical edition reads śātravān). Line 1 = CE 7.139.11c; lines 2–3 = CE 7.139.12a and 12c (recension variants in the wording, kept).

Verse 14 (7.165.14)

यत्प्राविशन्महेष्वासः पाञ्चालानपराजितः । नृत्यन्निव नरव्याघ्रो रथमार्गेषु वीर्यवान् ॥

yatprāviśanmaheṣvāsaḥ pāñcālānaparājitaḥ | nṛtyanniva naravyāghro rathamārgeṣu vīryavān

The mighty archer, unconquered, that tiger among men, entered the Panchalas, dancing as it were along the paths of the chariots,

Note on the text: Corrected पाञ्चालनापराजिताः → पाञ्चालानपराजितः (misprint in Wikisource; the letters are garbled and the plural does not agree with महेष्वासः; the critical edition reads pāñcālān aparājitaḥ).

Verse 15 (7.165.15)

यो ददाह शरैर्द्रोणः पाञ्चालानां रथव्रजान् । धूमकेतुरिव क्रुद्धः कथं मृत्युमुपेयिवान् ॥

yo dadāha śarairdroṇaḥ pāñcālānāṃ rathavrajān | dhūmaketuriva kruddhaḥ kathaṃ mṛtyumupeyivān

Drona, who burned the Panchalas' hosts of chariots with his arrows, like a comet in anger: how did he meet his death?

Verse 16 (7.165.16)

अव्यग्रानेव हि परान्कथयस्यपराजितान् । हृष्टानुदीर्णान्सङ्ग्रामे न तथा सूत मामकान् ॥

avyagrāneva hi parānkathayasyaparājitān | hṛṣṭānudīrṇānsaṅgrāme na tathā sūta māmakān

You describe the enemy only as steady and unconquered, but not, Suta, my own men as cheerful and fierce in the battle.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.139.15a; line 2 = the star passage *1171_01, printed after 7.139.15b.

Verse 17 (7.165.17)

हतांश्चैव विदीर्णांश्च विप्रकीर्णांश्च शंससि । रथिनो विरथांश्चैव कृतान्युद्धेषु मामकान् ॥

hatāṃścaiva vidīrṇāṃśca viprakīrṇāṃśca śaṃsasi | rathino virathāṃścaiva kṛtānyuddheṣu māmakān

You speak only of my men as slain, torn apart and scattered, as chariot-warriors made chariotless in the battles.

Note on the text: Corrected कृतान्युद्वेषु → कृतान्युद्धेषु (misprint in Wikisource; द्ध written as द्व; the critical edition reads kṛtān yuddheṣu). Line 1 = CE 7.139.15c, line 2 = CE 15e (विदीर्णांश्च for viṣaṇṇāṃś ca, variant).

Verse 18 (7.165.18)

द्रोणस्य मतमाज्ञाय योद्धुकामस्य तां निशाम् । दुर्योधनो महाराज वश्यान्भ्रातॄनुवाच ह ॥

droṇasya matamājñāya yoddhukāmasya tāṃ niśām | duryodhano mahārāja vaśyānbhrātṝnuvāca ha

Knowing Drona's mind, that he wished to fight that night, Duryodhana, O great king, spoke to his obedient brothers.

Note on the text: Corrected योद्वुकामस्य → योद्धुकामस्य (misprint in Wikisource; ध written as द्व; the critical edition reads yoddhukāmasya).

Verse 19 (7.165.19)

कर्णं च वृषसेनं च मद्रराजं च कौरव । दुर्धर्षं दीर्घबाहुं च ये च तेषां पदानुगाः ॥

karṇaṃ ca vṛṣasenaṃ ca madrarājaṃ ca kaurava | durdharṣaṃ dīrghabāhuṃ ca ye ca teṣāṃ padānugāḥ

He spoke to Karna, Vrishasena, the king of Madra, O Kaurava, Durdharsha, Dirghabahu, and their followers:

Note on the text: Line 1 reads कर्णं च वृषसेनं च मद्रराजं च कौरव where CE has vikarṇaṃ citrasenaṃ ca mahābāhuṃ ca kauravam (recension variant, kept); line 2 matches.

Verse 20 (7.165.20)

द्रोणं यत्ताः पराक्रान्ताः सर्वे रक्षन्तु पृष्ठतः । हार्दिक्यो दक्षिणं चक्रं शल्यश्चैवोत्तरं तथा ॥

droṇaṃ yattāḥ parākrāntāḥ sarve rakṣantu pṛṣṭhataḥ | hārdikyo dakṣiṇaṃ cakraṃ śalyaścaivottaraṃ tathā

"Let all of you, vigilant and valiant, guard Drona from behind. Let Hardikya guard the right wheel, and Shalya likewise the left."

Verse 21 (7.165.21)

त्रिगर्तानां च ये शूरा हतशिष्टा महारथाः । तांश्चैव पुरतः सर्वान्पुत्रस्ते समचोदयत् ॥

trigartānāṃ ca ye śūrā hataśiṣṭā mahārathāḥ | tāṃścaiva purataḥ sarvānputraste samacodayat

And your son urged forward to the front all the great chariot-warriors of the Trigartas who were left among the survivors.

Verse 22 (7.165.22)

आचार्यो हि सुसंयत्तो भृशं यत्ताश्च पाण्डवाः । तं रक्षत सुसंयत्ता निघ्नन्तं शात्रवान्रणे ॥

ācāryo hi susaṃyatto bhṛśaṃ yattāśca pāṇḍavāḥ | taṃ rakṣata susaṃyattā nighnantaṃ śātravānraṇe

The preceptor is intent and alert, and the Pandavas are also exceedingly intent. Guard him with full care as he slays his enemies in the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected शास्त्रवान् → शात्रवान् (misprint in Wikisource; an extra स्; the critical edition reads śātravān).

Verse 23 (7.165.23)

द्रोणो हि बलवान्युद्धे क्षिप्रहस्तः प्रतापवान् । निर्जयेत्त्रिदशान्युद्धे किमु पार्थान्ससोमकान् ॥

droṇo hi balavānyuddhe kṣiprahastaḥ pratāpavān | nirjayettridaśānyuddhe kimu pārthānsasomakān

Drona is powerful in battle, swift-handed and mighty; he could conquer even the gods in battle, how much more the sons of Pritha with the Somakas.

Verse 24 (7.165.24)

ते यूयं सहिताः सर्वे भृशं यत्ता महारथाः । द्रोणं रक्षत पाञ्चालाद्धृष्टद्युम्नान्महारथात् ॥

te yūyaṃ sahitāḥ sarve bhṛśaṃ yattā mahārathāḥ | droṇaṃ rakṣata pāñcālāddhṛṣṭadyumnānmahārathāt

So you must all stay together, great chariot-warriors, fully on your guard, and protect Drona from the Panchala prince, the great chariot-warrior Dhrishtadyumna.

Verse 25 (7.165.25)

पाण्डवीयेषु सैन्येषु न तं पश्याम कञ्चन । यो योधयेद्रणे द्रोणं धृष्टद्युम्नादृते पुमान् ॥

pāṇḍavīyeṣu sainyeṣu na taṃ paśyāma kañcana | yo yodhayedraṇe droṇaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnādṛte pumān

Among the armies of the Pandavas we see no man who can fight Drona in the battle except Dhrishtadyumna.

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width joiner inside पाण्डवीयेषु. Line 1 reads पाण्डवीयेषु सैन्येषु न तं पश्याम कञ्चन where CE has pāṇḍaveyeṣu sainyeṣu yodhaṃ paśyāmy ahaṃ tam (recension variant, kept).

Verse 26 (7.165.26)

तस्मात्सर्वात्मना मन्ये भारद्वाजस्य रक्षणम् । सुगुप्तः पाण्डवान्हन्यात्सृञ्जयांश्च ससोमकान् ॥

tasmātsarvātmanā manye bhāradvājasya rakṣaṇam | suguptaḥ pāṇḍavānhanyātsṛñjayāṃśca sasomakān

Therefore I think that protecting Bharadvaja's son by every means is what matters; well guarded, he would slay the Pandavas and the Srinjayas with the Somakas.

Verse 27 (7.165.27)

सृञ्जयेष्वथ सर्वेषु निहतेषु चमूमुखे । धृष्टद्युम्नं रणे द्रौणिर्हनिष्यति न संशयः ॥

sṛñjayeṣvatha sarveṣu nihateṣu camūmukhe | dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ raṇe drauṇirhaniṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

When all the Srinjayas have been slain at the army's front, Drona's son will undoubtedly slay Dhrishtadyumna in the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected रमे → रणे (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण; the critical edition reads raṇe).

Verse 28 (7.165.28)

तथाऽर्जुनं च राधेयो हनिष्यति महारथः । भीमसेनमहं चापि युद्धे जेष्यामि दीक्षितः । शेषांश्च पाण्डवान्योधाः प्रसभं हीनतेजसः ॥

tathā'rjunaṃ ca rādheyo haniṣyati mahārathaḥ | bhīmasenamahaṃ cāpi yuddhe jeṣyāmi dīkṣitaḥ | śeṣāṃśca pāṇḍavānyodhāḥ prasabhaṃ hīnatejasaḥ

And Radheya, the great chariot-warrior, will slay Arjuna; and I, consecrated for the fight, will conquer Bhimasena in battle; and the remaining Pandava warriors, their vigour gone, will be overpowered by force.

Note on the text: Word space restored in युद्धे जेष्यामि (joined in Wikisource; CE yuddhe jeṣyāmi). Line 1 = CE 7.139.26a (राधेयो हनिष्यति for karṇo vijeṣyati, variant); line 2 = CE 26c (दीक्षितः for daṃśitaḥ, variant); line 3 = the star passage *1172_01, printed after 7.139.26d (in the original the sentence has no finite verb).

Verse 29 (7.165.29)

सोऽयं मम जयो व्यक्तो दीर्घकालं भविष्यति । तस्माद्रक्षत सङ्ग्रामे द्रोणमेव महारथम् ॥

so'yaṃ mama jayo vyakto dīrghakālaṃ bhaviṣyati | tasmādrakṣata saṅgrāme droṇameva mahāratham

This victory of mine will plainly be a lasting one. Therefore guard Drona alone, the great chariot-warrior, in the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected सोयं → सोऽयं (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha; the critical edition reads so 'yaṃ).

Verse 30 (7.165.30)

इत्युक्त्वा भरतश्रेष्ठ पुत्रो दुर्योधनस्तव । व्यादिदेश तथा सैन्यं तस्मिंस्तमसि दारुणे ॥

ityuktvā bharataśreṣṭha putro duryodhanastava | vyādideśa tathā sainyaṃ tasmiṃstamasi dāruṇe

Having said this, O best of the Bharatas, your son Duryodhana gave his orders to the army in that terrible darkness.

Note on the text: Corrected दुर्याधनस्तव → दुर्योधनस्तव (misprint in Wikisource; या for यो; the critical edition reads duryodhanas tava). Speaker corrected from दुर्योधन (carried over from the heading at verse 22) to सञ्जय: Duryodhana's speech ends with verse 29 and this is Sanjaya's narration.

Verse 31 (7.165.31)

ततः प्रववृते युद्धं रात्रौ भरतसत्तम । उभयोः सेनयोर्घोरं परस्परजिगीषया ॥

tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ rātrau bharatasattama | ubhayoḥ senayorghoraṃ parasparajigīṣayā

Then the battle began that night, O best of the Bharatas, between the two armies, fierce, each side bent on victory over the other.

Note on the text: Not matched automatically: = CE 7.139.29 (line 1 reads रात्रौ भरतसत्तम where CE has rātrau tad bharatarṣabha; line 2 परस्परजिगीषया for vijayaṃ prati kāṅkṣiṇoḥ; recension variants, kept). Speaker corrected from दुर्योधन (carried over from the heading at verse 22) to सञ्जय: Duryodhana's speech ends with verse 29 and this is Sanjaya's narration.

Verse 32 (7.165.32)

अर्जुनः कौरवं सैन्यमर्जुनं चापि कौरवाः । नानाशस्त्रसमावापैरन्योन्यं समपीडयन् ॥

arjunaḥ kauravaṃ sainyamarjunaṃ cāpi kauravāḥ | nānāśastrasamāvāpairanyonyaṃ samapīḍayan

Arjuna pressed the Kaurava army, and the Kauravas pressed Arjuna, striking one another with volleys of many kinds of weapons.

Note on the text: Corrected समावायैरन्योन्यं → समावापैरन्योन्यं (misprint in Wikisource; य for प; the critical edition reads samāvāpair). Speaker corrected from दुर्योधन (carried over from the heading at verse 22) to सञ्जय: Duryodhana's speech ends with verse 29 and this is Sanjaya's narration.

Verse 33 (7.165.33)

द्रौणिः पाञ्चालराजं च भारद्वाजश्च सृञ्जयान् । छादयांचक्रिरे सङ्ख्ये शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥

drauṇiḥ pāñcālarājaṃ ca bhāradvājaśca sṛñjayān | chādayāṃcakrire saṅkhye śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ

Drona's son covered the king of the Panchalas, and Bharadvaja's son the Srinjayas, with arrows with smooth joints in the battle.

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from दुर्योधन (carried over from the heading at verse 22) to सञ्जय: Duryodhana's speech ends with verse 29 and this is Sanjaya's narration.

Verse 34 (7.165.34)

पाण्डुपाञ्चालसैन्यानां कौरवाणां च भारत । आसीन्निष्टानको घोरो निघ्नतामितरेतरम् ॥

pāṇḍupāñcālasainyānāṃ kauravāṇāṃ ca bhārata | āsīnniṣṭānako ghoro nighnatāmitaretaram

Among the armies of the Pandavas and Panchalas and of the Kauravas, as they struck one another, O Bharata, there arose a terrible uproar.

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from दुर्योधन (carried over from the heading at verse 22) to सञ्जय: Duryodhana's speech ends with verse 29 and this is Sanjaya's narration.

Verse 35 (7.165.35)

नैवास्माभिस्तथा पूर्वैर्दृष्टपूर्वं तथाविधम् । युद्धं यादृशमेवासीत्तां रात्रिं सुभयावहम् ॥

naivāsmābhistathā pūrvairdṛṣṭapūrvaṃ tathāvidham | yuddhaṃ yādṛśamevāsīttāṃ rātriṃ subhayāvaham

Neither we nor our forefathers had ever seen such a battle before as that night's fight was, utterly terrifying.

Note on the text: Corrected रात्रि → रात्रिं (misprint in Wikisource; the anusvara of the accusative is dropped; the critical edition reads rātriṃ). Line 1 reads नैवास्माभिस्तथा पूर्वैः where CE has naivāsmābhir na pūrvair no (recension variant, kept). Speaker corrected from दुर्योधन (carried over from the heading at verse 22) to सञ्जय: Duryodhana's speech ends with verse 29 and this is Sanjaya's narration.