Ghatotkacha Kills Alambala

Verse 1 (7.175.1)

दृष्ट्वा घटोत्कचं राजन्सूतपुत्ररथं प्रति । आयान्तं तु तथायुक्तं जिघांसुं कर्णमाहवे । अब्रवीत्तत्र पुत्रस्ते दुःशासनमिदं वचः ॥

dṛṣṭvā ghaṭotkacaṃ rājansūtaputrarathaṃ prati | āyāntaṃ tu tathāyuktaṃ jighāṃsuṃ karṇamāhave | abravīttatra putraste duḥśāsanamidaṃ vacaḥ

Seeing Ghatotkacha, O king, coming against the chariot of the charioteer's son so fully equipped, eager to kill Karna in the battle, your son spoke these words to Duhshasana.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 = CE 7.149.1a, 1c; line 3 = CE 7.149.2a. Recension variant तथायुक्तं (CE: त्वरया युक्तं). The narration is Sanjaya's; the speech begins in verse 2.

Verse 2 (7.175.2)

एतद्रक्षो रणे तूर्णं दृष्ट्वा कर्णस्य विक्रमम् । अभियाति द्रुतं कर्णं तद्वारय महारथम् ॥

etadrakṣo raṇe tūrṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā karṇasya vikramam | abhiyāti drutaṃ karṇaṃ tadvāraya mahāratham

This rakshasa, having seen Karna's prowess in the battle, is swiftly advancing on Karna. Hold that great warrior back.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.149.2c; line 2 = CE 7.149.3a. Unheaded speech of Duryodhana to Duhshasana (the page prints only the opening सञ्जय उवाच).

Verse 3 (7.175.3)

वृतः सैन्येन महता याहि यत्र महाबलः । कर्णो वैकर्तनो युद्धे राक्षसेन युयुत्सति ॥

vṛtaḥ sainyena mahatā yāhi yatra mahābalaḥ | karṇo vaikartano yuddhe rākṣasena yuyutsati

Surrounded by a great army, go to where the mighty Karna is, who wishes to fight the rakshasa in the battle.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.149.3c; line 2 = CE 7.149.4a. Unheaded speech of Duryodhana.

Verse 4 (7.175.4)

रक्ष कर्णं रणे यत्तो वृतः सैन्येन मानद । मा कर्णं राक्षसो घोरः प्रमादान्नाशयिष्यति ॥

rakṣa karṇaṃ raṇe yatto vṛtaḥ sainyena mānada | mā karṇaṃ rākṣaso ghoraḥ pramādānnāśayiṣyati

Guard Karna in the battle with care, O giver of honour, surrounded by your army, so that the dreadful rakshasa does not destroy Karna through any lapse of vigilance.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.149.4c; line 2 = CE star passage 7.149.4d*1208_01. Unheaded speech of Duryodhana.

Verse 5 (7.175.5)

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे राजञ्जटासुरसुतो बली । दुर्योधनमुपागम्य प्राह प्रहरतां वरः ॥

etasminnantare rājañjaṭāsurasuto balī | duryodhanamupāgamya prāha praharatāṃ varaḥ

In the meantime, O king, the mighty son of Jatasura, best of those who strike, came up to Duryodhana and said:

Verse 6 (7.175.6)

दुर्योधन तवामित्रान्प्रख्यातान्युद्धदुर्मदान् । पाण्डवान्हन्तुमिच्छामि त्वयाऽऽज्ञप्तः सहानुगान् ॥

duryodhana tavāmitrānprakhyātānyuddhadurmadān | pāṇḍavānhantumicchāmi tvayā''jñaptaḥ sahānugān

Duryodhana, I wish to kill your enemies, the renowned Pandavas, so arrogant in battle, together with their followers, if you command me.

Note on the text: Speech of Alambala (the son of Jatasura, named in verse 5), unheaded on the page.

Verse 7 (7.175.7)

जटासुरो मम पिता रक्षसां ग्रामणीः पुरा । प्रयुज्य कर्म रक्षोघ्नं क्षुद्रैः पार्थैर्निपातितः ॥

jaṭāsuro mama pitā rakṣasāṃ grāmaṇīḥ purā | prayujya karma rakṣoghnaṃ kṣudraiḥ pārthairnipātitaḥ

My father Jatasura was once the foremost of the rakshasas. The petty Parthas, resorting to a deed that destroys rakshasas, struck him down.

Note on the text: Not aligned in the input; = CE 7.149.7a, 7.149.7c. Speech of Alambala.

Verse 8 (7.175.8)

तस्यापचितिमिच्छामि शत्रुशोणितपूजया । शत्रुमांसैश्च राजेन्द्र मामनुज्ञातुमर्हसि ॥

tasyāpacitimicchāmi śatruśoṇitapūjayā | śatrumāṃsaiśca rājendra māmanujñātumarhasi

I wish to repay him by honouring him with the blood of my enemies, and with the flesh of my enemies, O best of kings. You should grant me leave.

Note on the text: Not aligned in the input. Line 1 corresponds to CE 7.149.7e (CE: तस्यापचितिमिच्छामि त्वद्दिष्टो गन्तुमीश्वर; the vulgate reads शत्रुशोणितपूजया); line 2 = CE star passage 7.149.7f*1209_01. Speech of Alambala.

Verse 9 (7.175.9)

तमब्रवीत्ततो राजा प्रीयमाणः पुनःपुनः । द्रोणकर्णादिभिः सार्धं पर्याप्तोऽहं द्विषद्वधे ॥

tamabravīttato rājā prīyamāṇaḥ punaḥpunaḥ | droṇakarṇādibhiḥ sārdhaṃ paryāpto'haṃ dviṣadvadhe

Then the king, pleased again and again, said to him: "With Drona, Karna and the others I am quite sufficient for the slaying of my enemies.

Note on the text: Corrected द्रोणकर्मादिभिः → द्रोणकर्णादिभिः (misprint in Wikisource; कर्मा for कर्णा, "with Drona, Karna and the rest"; CE 7.149.8c reads द्रोणकर्णादिभिः). Lines = CE 7.149.8a, 8c.

Verse 10 (7.175.10)

त्वं तु गच्छ मयाऽऽज्ञप्तो जहि युद्धे घटोत्कचम् । राक्षसं क्रूरकर्माणं रक्षोमानुषसम्भवम् ॥

tvaṃ tu gaccha mayā''jñapto jahi yuddhe ghaṭotkacam | rākṣasaṃ krūrakarmāṇaṃ rakṣomānuṣasambhavam

But you, commanded by me, go and kill Ghatotkacha in the battle, that rakshasa of cruel deeds, born of a rakshasa and a human,

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.149.8e (CE: जहि युद्धं घटोत्कचम्; the vulgate reads जहि युद्धे); line 2 = CE star passage 7.149.8f*1211_01. Unheaded speech of Duryodhana, continuing from verse 9.

Verse 11 (7.175.11)

पाण्डवानां हितं नित्यं हस्त्यश्वरथघातिनम् । वैहायसगतं युद्धे प्रेषयेर्यमसादनम् ॥

pāṇḍavānāṃ hitaṃ nityaṃ hastyaśvarathaghātinam | vaihāyasagataṃ yuddhe preṣayeryamasādanam

who is always devoted to the good of the Pandavas, who slays elephants, horses and chariots, and who moves through the sky; send him to Yama's abode in the battle."

Note on the text: Lines = CE star passage 7.149.8f*1211_02, 8f*1211_03 (CE: वैहायसगतिं, accusative; the vulgate reads वैहायसगतं). Unheaded speech of Duryodhana.

Verse 12 (7.175.12)

तथेत्युक्त्वा महाकायः समाहूय घटोत्कचम् । जाटासुरिर्भैमसेनिं नानाशस्त्रैरवाकिरत् ॥

tathetyuktvā mahākāyaḥ samāhūya ghaṭotkacam | jāṭāsurirbhaimaseniṃ nānāśastrairavākirat

Saying "So be it," the huge-bodied son of Jatasura challenged Ghatotkacha, son of Bhimasena, and showered him with weapons of many kinds.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.149.9a, 9c.

Verse 13 (7.175.13)

अलम्बलं च कर्णं च कुरुसैन्यं च दुस्तरम् । हैडिम्बिः प्रममाथैको महाबातोऽम्बुदानिव ॥

alambalaṃ ca karṇaṃ ca kurusainyaṃ ca dustaram | haiḍimbiḥ pramamāthaiko mahābāto'mbudāniva

Hidimba's son, alone, scattered Alambala and Karna and the formidable Kuru army, as a mighty wind scatters clouds.

Note on the text: Corrected महाबातोम्बुदानिव → महाबातोऽम्बुदानिव (missing avagraha in Wikisource; महाबातोऽम्बुदान् इव, as CE 7.149.10c mahāvāto ’mbudān iva).

Verse 14 (7.175.14)

ततो मायाबलं दृष्ट्वा रक्षस्तूर्णमलम्बलः । घटोत्कचं शरव्रातैर्नानालिङ्गैः समार्पयत् ॥

tato māyābalaṃ dṛṣṭvā rakṣastūrṇamalambalaḥ | ghaṭotkacaṃ śaravrātairnānāliṅgaiḥ samārpayat

Then, seeing his power of illusion, the rakshasa Alambala swiftly pierced Ghatotkacha with showers of arrows of various kinds.

Verse 15 (7.175.15)

विद्ध्वा च बहुभिर्बाणैर्भैमसेनिं महाबलः । व्यद्रावयच्छरव्रातैः पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम् ॥

viddhvā ca bahubhirbāṇairbhaimaseniṃ mahābalaḥ | vyadrāvayaccharavrātaiḥ pāṇḍavānāmanīkinīm

Having pierced Bhimasena's son with many arrows, the mighty one drove the Pandava army to flight with showers of arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्धा → विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; the absolutive "having pierced" is needed, not the feminine participle; CE 7.149.12a reads viddhvā).

Verse 16 (7.175.16)

तेन विद्राव्यमाणानि पाण्डुसैन्यानि भारत । निशीथे विप्रकीर्यन्ते वातनुन्ना घना इव ॥

tena vidrāvyamāṇāni pāṇḍusainyāni bhārata | niśīthe viprakīryante vātanunnā ghanā iva

Driven away by him, O Bharata, the Pandava armies were scattered in the night like clouds blown by the wind.

Verse 17 (7.175.17)

घटोत्कचशरैर्नुन्ना तथैव तव वाहिनी । निशीथे प्राद्रवद्राजन्नुत्सृज्योल्काः सहस्रशः ॥

ghaṭotkacaśarairnunnā tathaiva tava vāhinī | niśīthe prādravadrājannutsṛjyolkāḥ sahasraśaḥ

In the same way your army, driven by Ghatotkacha's arrows, fled in the night, O king, throwing down torches by the thousand.

Verse 18 (7.175.18)

अलम्बलस्ततः क्रुद्धो भैमसेनिं महामृधे । आजघ्ने दशभिर्बाणैस्तोत्रैरिव महाद्विपम् ॥

alambalastataḥ kruddho bhaimaseniṃ mahāmṛdhe | ājaghne daśabhirbāṇaistotrairiva mahādvipam

Then Alambala, enraged, struck Bhimasena's son in the great battle with ten arrows, as one strikes a great elephant with goads.

Verse 19 (7.175.19)

तिलशस्तस्य संवाहं सूतं सर्वायुधानि च । घटोत्कचः प्रचिच्छेद प्रणदंश्चातिदारुणम् ॥

tilaśastasya saṃvāhaṃ sūtaṃ sarvāyudhāni ca | ghaṭotkacaḥ praciccheda praṇadaṃścātidāruṇam

Roaring most terribly, Ghatotkacha cut his conveyance to bits, and his charioteer and all his weapons.

Note on the text: Corrected तिxशस्तस्य → तिलशस्तस्य (misprint in Wikisource: a stray Latin x for ल; CE 7.149.16a reads tilaśas). Recension variant संवाहं (CE: तद् यानं), kept.

Verse 20 (7.175.20)

ततः कर्णं शरव्रातैः कुरूनन्यान्सहस्रशः । अलम्बलं चाभ्यवर्षन्मेघो मेरुमिवाचलम् ॥

tataḥ karṇaṃ śaravrātaiḥ kurūnanyānsahasraśaḥ | alambalaṃ cābhyavarṣanmegho merumivācalam

Then he rained showers of arrows on Karna, on thousands of other Kurus, and on Alambala, as a cloud rains on the mountain Meru.

Verse 21 (7.175.21)

ततः सञ्चुक्षुभे सैन्यं कुरूणां राक्षसार्दितम् । उपर्युपरि चान्योन्यं चतुरङ्गं ममर्द ह ॥

tataḥ sañcukṣubhe sainyaṃ kurūṇāṃ rākṣasārditam | uparyupari cānyonyaṃ caturaṅgaṃ mamarda ha

Then the army of the Kurus, tormented by the rakshasa, was thrown into turmoil, and the four-limbed host trampled itself, one part upon another.

Verse 22 (7.175.22)

जाटासुरिर्महाराज विरथो हतसारथिः । घटोत्कचं रणे क्रुद्धो मुष्टिनाऽभ्यहनद्दृढम् ॥

jāṭāsurirmahārāja viratho hatasārathiḥ | ghaṭotkacaṃ raṇe kruddho muṣṭinā'bhyahanaddṛḍham

The son of Jatasura, O great king, now without a chariot and with his charioteer slain, struck Ghatotkacha hard with his fist in the battle, in his rage.

Verse 23 (7.175.23)

मुष्टिनाऽभ्याहतस्तेन प्रचचाल घटोत्कचः । क्षितिकम्पे यथा शैलः सवृक्षस्तृणगुल्मवान् ॥

muṣṭinā'bhyāhatastena pracacāla ghaṭotkacaḥ | kṣitikampe yathā śailaḥ savṛkṣastṛṇagulmavān

Struck by his fist, Ghatotkacha shook, like a mountain with its trees, grass and thickets in an earthquake.

Verse 24 (7.175.24)

ततः स परिघाभेन द्विट्सङ्घघ्नेन बाहुना । जाटासुरिं भैमसेनिरवधीन्मुष्टिना भृशम् ॥

tataḥ sa parighābhena dviṭsaṅghaghnena bāhunā | jāṭāsuriṃ bhaimaseniravadhīnmuṣṭinā bhṛśam

Then Bhimasena's son, with his arm like an iron bar, which destroys hosts of foes, struck the son of Jatasura hard with his fist.

Note on the text: Removed a stray invisible zero-width non-joiner (U+200C) inside द्विट्सङ्घघ्नेन; the word is unchanged.

Verse 25 (7.175.25)

तं प्रमथ्य ततः क्रुद्धस्तूर्णं हैडिम्बिराक्षिपत् । दोर्भ्यामिन्द्रध्वजाभाभ्यां निष्पिपेष च भूतले ॥

taṃ pramathya tataḥ kruddhastūrṇaṃ haiḍimbirākṣipat | dorbhyāmindradhvajābhābhyāṃ niṣpipeṣa ca bhūtale

Having battered him, Hidimba's son, enraged, quickly hurled him and ground him into the earth with his two arms, which were like Indra's banner-poles.

Verse 26 (7.175.26)

जाटासुरिर्मोक्षयित्वा आत्मानं च घटोत्कचात् । पुनरुत्थाय वेगेन घटोत्कचमुपाद्रावत् ॥

jāṭāsurirmokṣayitvā ātmānaṃ ca ghaṭotkacāt | punarutthāya vegena ghaṭotkacamupādrāvat

Freeing himself from Ghatotkacha, the son of Jatasura rose up again and rushed swiftly at Ghatotkacha.

Note on the text: Not aligned in the input; = CE star passage 7.149.22d*1213_01–02 (it follows 22c in the apparatus).

Verse 27 (7.175.27)

अलम्बलोऽपि विक्षिप्य समुत्क्षिप्य च राक्षसम् । घटोत्कचं रणे रोषान्निष्पिपेष च भूतले ॥

alambalo'pi vikṣipya samutkṣipya ca rākṣasam | ghaṭotkacaṃ raṇe roṣānniṣpipeṣa ca bhūtale

Alambala too, hurling that rakshasa and lifting him up, ground Ghatotkacha into the earth in his fury in the battle.

Verse 28 (7.175.28)

तयोः समभवद्युद्धं गर्जतोरतिकाययोः । घटोत्कचालम्बलयोस्तुमुलं रोमहर्षणम् ॥

tayoḥ samabhavadyuddhaṃ garjatoratikāyayoḥ | ghaṭotkacālambalayostumulaṃ romaharṣaṇam

Then there was a tumultuous, hair-raising fight between those two huge-bodied beings, Ghatotkacha and Alambala, as they roared.

Note on the text: Corrected तयो → तयोः (misprint in Wikisource: visarga dropped; genitive dual "of those two", as in CE 7.149.24a तयोः समभवद् युद्धं).

Verse 29 (7.175.29)

विशेषयन्तावन्योन्यं मायाभिरतिमायिनौ । युयुधाते महावीर्याविन्द्रवैरोचनाविव ॥

viśeṣayantāvanyonyaṃ māyābhiratimāyinau | yuyudhāte mahāvīryāvindravairocanāviva

Each trying to surpass the other with illusions, those two great masters of illusion, of mighty valour, fought like Indra and the son of Virochana.

Verse 30 (7.175.30)

पावकाम्बुनिधी भूत्वा पुनर्गरुडतक्षकौ । पुनर्मेघमहावातौ पुनर्वज्रमहाचलौ ॥

pāvakāmbunidhī bhūtvā punargaruḍatakṣakau | punarmeghamahāvātau punarvajramahācalau

Becoming fire and ocean, and again Garuda and Takshaka, again a cloud and a great wind, again a thunderbolt and a great mountain,

Note on the text: Corrected महाबत्तौ → महावातौ (misprint in Wikisource; बत्तौ is not a word; CE 7.149.26c reads meghamahāvātau). Lines = CE 7.149.26a, 26c.

Verse 31 (7.175.31)

पुनः कुञ्जरशार्दूलौ पुनः स्वर्भानुभास्करौ । एवं मायाशतसृजावन्योन्यवधकाङ्क्षिणौ । भृशं चित्रमयुध्येतामलम्बलघटोत्कचौ ॥

punaḥ kuñjaraśārdūlau punaḥ svarbhānubhāskarau | evaṃ māyāśatasṛjāvanyonyavadhakāṅkṣiṇau | bhṛśaṃ citramayudhyetāmalambalaghaṭotkacau

again an elephant and a tiger, again Svarbhanu and the sun. Thus, creating hundreds of illusions, each desiring the other's death, Alambala and Ghatotkacha fought in a most wondrous manner.

Note on the text: Wikisource's three lines = CE 7.149.26e, 7.149.27a, 7.149.27c.

Verse 32 (7.175.32)

परिघैश्च गदाभिश्च प्रासमुद्गरपट्टसैः । मुसलैः पर्वताग्रैश्च तावन्योन्यं विजघ्नतुः ॥

parighaiśca gadābhiśca prāsamudgarapaṭṭasaiḥ | musalaiḥ parvatāgraiśca tāvanyonyaṃ vijaghnatuḥ

With iron bars and maces, with lances, hammers and pattishas, with pestles and mountain peaks, they struck each other.

Note on the text: Corrected मुद्रर → मुद्गर (misprint in Wikisource: dropped ग; CE 7.149.28a reads prāsamudgarapaṭṭiśaiḥ). पट्टसैः (CE: पट्टिशैः) is a variant spelling of the same weapon, kept. Lines = CE 7.149.28a, 28c.

Verse 33 (7.175.33)

हयाभ्यां च गजाभ्यां च रथाभ्यां च पदातिभिः । युयुधाते महामायौ राक्षसप्रवरौ युधि ॥

hayābhyāṃ ca gajābhyāṃ ca rathābhyāṃ ca padātibhiḥ | yuyudhāte mahāmāyau rākṣasapravarau yudhi

With a pair of horses, a pair of elephants, a pair of chariots, and with foot-soldiers, those two great masters of illusion, the foremost of rakshasas, fought in the battle.

Note on the text: Line 2 = CE 7.149.29c. Line 1 differs from CE 7.149.29a (हयाभ्यां च गजाभ्यां च पदातिरथिनौ पुनः); recension variant, kept. CE star passage 7.149.29b*1215_01 is not in Wikisource.

Verse 34 (7.175.34)

ततो घटोत्कचो राजन्नलम्बलवधेप्सया । उत्पपात भृशं क्रुद्धः श्येनवन्निपपात च ॥

tato ghaṭotkaco rājannalambalavadhepsayā | utpapāta bhṛśaṃ kruddhaḥ śyenavannipapāta ca

Then Ghatotkacha, O king, desiring Alambala's death, leapt up in great fury and swooped down like a hawk.

Note on the text: Corrected उत्पतात → उत्पपात (misprint in Wikisource; the perfect "he leapt up"; CE 7.149.30c reads utpapāta).

Verse 35 (7.175.35)

गृहीत्वा च महाकायं राक्षसेन्द्रमलम्बलम् । उद्यम्य न्यवधीद्भूमौ मयं विष्णुरिवाहवे ॥

gṛhītvā ca mahākāyaṃ rākṣasendramalambalam | udyamya nyavadhīdbhūmau mayaṃ viṣṇurivāhave

Seizing the huge-bodied lord of the rakshasas, Alambala, and lifting him, he dashed him to the ground in the battle, as Vishnu did Maya.

Verse 36 (7.175.36)

ततो घटोत्कचः खड्गमुद्गृह्याद्भुतदर्शनम् । रौद्रस्य कायाद्धि शिरो भीमं विकृतदर्शनम् ॥

tato ghaṭotkacaḥ khaḍgamudgṛhyādbhutadarśanam | raudrasya kāyāddhi śiro bhīmaṃ vikṛtadarśanam

Then Ghatotkacha took up his wondrous-looking sword, and from the body of that fierce one the dreadful head of frightful aspect—

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गमुद्वृत्य → खड्गमुद्गृह्य (misprint in Wikisource: खङ्ग for खड्ग; उद्वृत्य does not suit "taking up a sword"; CE 7.149.32a reads khaḍgam udgṛhya) and कायाद्वि → कायाद्धि (misprint; CE 7.149.32c kāyād dhi). Lines = CE 7.149.32a, 32c; the verb nicakarta is in the next verse.

Verse 37 (7.175.37)

स्फुरतस्तस्य समरे नदतश्चातिभैरवम् । निचकर्त महाराज शत्रोरमितविक्रमः ॥

sphuratastasya samare nadataścātibhairavam | nicakarta mahārāja śatroramitavikramaḥ

—he cut off, O great king, as it throbbed and roared most fearfully, Ghatotkacha of boundless prowess, from his enemy.

Note on the text: Corrected शत्रोमित- → शत्रोरमित- (misprint in Wikisource: अ-र dropped; CE star passage 7.149.32d*1217_02 reads śatror amitavikramaḥ). Lines = CE star passage 7.149.32d*1217_01–02.

Verse 38 (7.175.38)

शिरस्तच्चापि सङ्गृह्य केशेषु रुधिरोक्षितम् । ययौ घटोत्कचस्तूर्णं दुर्योधनरथं प्रति ॥

śirastaccāpi saṅgṛhya keśeṣu rudhirokṣitam | yayau ghaṭotkacastūrṇaṃ duryodhanarathaṃ prati

Seizing that head too by the hair, drenched with blood, Ghatotkacha quickly went toward Duryodhana's chariot.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE star passage 7.149.33c*1219_01; line 2 corresponds to CE star 7.149.33c*1219_02 (ययौ घटोत्कचस्तूर्णं, which the CE prints as an incomplete line) completed in the vulgate by दुर्योधनरथं प्रति (CE 7.149.33c: घटोत्कचो ययावाशु दुर्योधनरथं प्रति).

Verse 39 (7.175.39)

द्रोणकर्णकृपान्योधानतीत्य सुमहाबलः । अभ्येत्य च महाबाहुः स्मयमानः स राक्षसः ॥

droṇakarṇakṛpānyodhānatītya sumahābalaḥ | abhyetya ca mahābāhuḥ smayamānaḥ sa rākṣasaḥ

Passing beyond the warriors Drona, Karna and Kripa, the greatly mighty, mighty-armed rakshasa came up, smiling,

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe) around line 1. Line 1 = CE star passage 7.149.33d*1220_01 (द्रोणकर्णकृपान् योधान् अतीत्य सुमहाबलः); line 2 = CE 7.149.34a.

Verse 40 (7.175.40)

शिरो रथेऽस्य निक्षिप्य विकृताननमूर्धजम् । प्राणदद्भैरवं नादं प्रावृषीव वलाहकः ॥

śiro rathe'sya nikṣipya vikṛtānanamūrdhajam | prāṇadadbhairavaṃ nādaṃ prāvṛṣīva valāhakaḥ

and flinging into the chariot of Duryodhana the head with its distorted face and hair, he gave a dreadful roar like a cloud in the rains.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.149.34c, 34e.

Verse 41 (7.175.41)

अब्रवीच्च ततो राजन्दुर्योधनमिदं वचः ॥

abravīcca tato rājanduryodhanamidaṃ vacaḥ

And then, O king, he spoke these words to Duryodhana:

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.149.35a.

Verse 42 (7.175.42)

एष ते निहतो बन्धुस्त्वया दृष्टोऽस्य विक्रमः । पुनर्द्रष्टासि कर्णस्य निष्ठामेतां तथाऽऽत्मनः ॥

eṣa te nihato bandhustvayā dṛṣṭo'sya vikramaḥ | punardraṣṭāsi karṇasya niṣṭhāmetāṃ tathā''tmanaḥ

"Here is your kinsman, slain; you have seen his prowess. You will see this same end of Karna, and of yourself as well.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 7.149.35c, 35e. Unheaded speech of Ghatotkacha.

Verse 43 (7.175.43)

स्वधर्ममर्थं कामं च त्रितयं योऽभिवाञ्छति । रिक्तपाणिर्न पश्येत राजानं ब्राह्मणं स्त्रियम् । तिष्ठस्व तावत्सुप्रीतो यावत्कर्णं वधाम्यहम् ॥

svadharmamarthaṃ kāmaṃ ca tritayaṃ yo'bhivāñchati | riktapāṇirna paśyeta rājānaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ striyam | tiṣṭhasva tāvatsuprīto yāvatkarṇaṃ vadhāmyaham

One who desires the three—his own duty, wealth and desire—should not appear empty-handed before a king, a brahmin or a woman. So stay well pleased until I kill Karna."

Note on the text: The three lines = CE star passage 7.149.35f*1223_01–03 (CE: सुप्रीतस्तावत् तिष्ठस्व). CE star passage 7.149.35f*1222_01 is not in Wikisource. Unheaded speech of Ghatotkacha.

Verse 44 (7.175.44)

एवमुक्त्वा ततः प्रायात्कर्णं प्रति नरेश्वरः । किरञ्छरगणांस्तीक्ष्णान्रुषितो रणमूर्धनि ॥

evamuktvā tataḥ prāyātkarṇaṃ prati nareśvaraḥ | kirañcharagaṇāṃstīkṣṇānruṣito raṇamūrdhani

Having spoken thus, that lord of men advanced against Karna, enraged, showering sharp volleys of arrows at the head of the battle.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.149.36a (CE: जनेश्वर). Line 2 differs from CE 7.149.36c (किरञ् शरशतान् तीक्ष्णान् विमुञ्चन् कर्णमूर्धनि); recension variant, kept. The page prints सञ्जय उवाच before this verse.

Verse 45 (7.175.45)

ततः समभवद्युद्धं घोररूपं भयानकम् । विस्मापनं महाराज नरराक्षसयोर्मृधे ॥

tataḥ samabhavadyuddhaṃ ghorarūpaṃ bhayānakam | vismāpanaṃ mahārāja nararākṣasayormṛdhe

Then there was a fight, dreadful in form and fearsome, astonishing, O great king, in the battle between the man and the rakshasa.