Krishna Explains His Joy at Ghatotkacha's Fall

Verse 1 (7.181.1)

तस्मिन्हते महामाये महातेजसि राक्षसे । अमर्षिताः पाण्डवेयाः किमकुर्वन्महारणे ॥

tasminhate mahāmāye mahātejasi rākṣase | amarṣitāḥ pāṇḍaveyāḥ kimakurvanmahāraṇe

When that great rakshasa, great in illusion and great in splendour, was slain, what did the enraged Pandavas do in that great battle?

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Verse 2 (7.181.2)

मर्दिताश्च भृशं युद्धे किमकुर्वन्त सञ्जय ॥

marditāśca bhṛśaṃ yuddhe kimakurvanta sañjaya

And what did they do, Sanjaya, when they were so sorely crushed in the battle?

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Verse 3 (7.181.3)

ये च तेऽभ्यद्रवन्द्रोणं व्यूढानीकं प्रहारिणः । सृञ्जयाः सह पाञ्चालैस्तेऽकुर्वन्किं महारणे ॥

ye ca te'bhyadravandroṇaṃ vyūḍhānīkaṃ prahāriṇaḥ | sṛñjayāḥ saha pāñcālaiste'kurvankiṃ mahāraṇe

And those striking Srinjayas, together with the Panchalas, who rushed upon Drona with his army drawn up in array: what did they do in that great battle?

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Verse 4 (7.181.4)

सौमदत्तिवधाद्द्रोणमायत्तं सैन्धवस्य च । अमर्षाज्जीवितं त्यक्त्वा गाहमानं वरूथिनीम् ॥

saumadattivadhāddroṇamāyattaṃ saindhavasya ca | amarṣājjīvitaṃ tyaktvā gāhamānaṃ varūthinīm

Drona, because of the slaying of Somadatta's son and of the lord of the Sindhus, stirred to fury, gave up all thought of his life and plunged into their army,

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Verse 5 (7.181.5)

जृम्भमाणमिव व्याघ्रं व्यात्ताननमिवान्तकम् । कथं प्रत्युद्ययुर्द्रोणमजय्यं कुरुसृञ्जयाः ॥

jṛmbhamāṇamiva vyāghraṃ vyāttānanamivāntakam | kathaṃ pratyudyayurdroṇamajayyaṃ kurusṛñjayāḥ

like a tiger yawning, like Death with gaping mouth: how did the Kurus and Srinjayas go to meet that invincible Drona?

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Verse 6 (7.181.6)

आचार्यं ये च रक्षन्ति दुर्योधनपुरोगमाः । द्रौणिकर्णकृपास्तात ते ह्यकुर्वन्किमाहवे ॥

ācāryaṃ ye ca rakṣanti duryodhanapurogamāḥ | drauṇikarṇakṛpāstāta te hyakurvankimāhave

And what did they do in the fight, my dear Sanjaya, those who protect the teacher, led by Duryodhana, Drona's son, Karna and Kripa?

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Verse 7 (7.181.7)

भारद्वाजं जिघांसन्तौ सव्यसाचिवृकोदरौ । आर्च्छतां मामकान्युद्धे कथं सञ्जय शंस मे ॥

bhāradvājaṃ jighāṃsantau savyasācivṛkodarau | ārcchatāṃ māmakānyuddhe kathaṃ sañjaya śaṃsa me

Tell me, Sanjaya, how Savyasachin and Vrikodara, seeking to kill Bharadvaja's son, fell upon my men in the battle.

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Verse 8 (7.181.8)

सिन्धुराजवधेनेमे घटोत्कचवधेन ते । अमर्षिताश्च सङ्क्रुद्धा रणं चक्रुः कथं युधि ॥

sindhurājavadheneme ghaṭotkacavadhena te | amarṣitāśca saṅkruddhā raṇaṃ cakruḥ kathaṃ yudhi

Enraged by the slaying of the king of the Sindhus and by the slaying of Ghatotkacha, how did they, blazing with anger, wage the battle?

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Verse 9 (7.181.9)

हैडिम्बिं निहतं दृष्ट्वा विशीर्णमिव पर्वतम् । बभूवुः पाण्डवाः सर्वे शोकबाष्पाकुलेक्षणाः ॥

haiḍimbiṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā viśīrṇamiva parvatam | babhūvuḥ pāṇḍavāḥ sarve śokabāṣpākulekṣaṇāḥ

Seeing Hidimba's son slain, like a shattered mountain, all the Pandavas had eyes brimming with tears of grief.

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Verse 10 (7.181.10)

वासुदेवस्तु हर्षेण महताऽभिपरिप्लुतः । ननाद सिंहवन्नादं व्यथयन्निव भारत ॥

vāsudevastu harṣeṇa mahatā'bhipariplutaḥ | nanāda siṃhavannādaṃ vyathayanniva bhārata

But Vasudeva, drenched in great joy, uttered a lion's roar, O Bharata, as if to make the world tremble.

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Verse 11 (7.181.11)

हतं घटोत्कचं ज्ञात्वा वासुदेवः प्रतापवान् । विनद्य च महानादं पर्यष्वजत फल्गुनम् ॥

hataṃ ghaṭotkacaṃ jñātvā vāsudevaḥ pratāpavān | vinadya ca mahānādaṃ paryaṣvajata phalgunam

Knowing that Ghatotkacha was slain, the glorious Vasudeva roared mightily and embraced Phalguna.

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Verse 12 (7.181.12)

स विनद्य महानादमभीशून्सन्नियम्य च । ननर्त हर्षसंवीतो वातोद्धूत इव द्रुमः ॥

sa vinadya mahānādamabhīśūnsanniyamya ca | nanarta harṣasaṃvīto vātoddhūta iva drumaḥ

After roaring mightily and drawing in the reins, he danced, overcome with joy, like a tree tossed by the wind.

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Verse 13 (7.181.13)

ततः परिष्वज्य पुनः पार्थमास्फोट्य चासकृत् । रथोपस्थगतो धीमान्प्राणदत्पुनरच्युतः ॥

tataḥ pariṣvajya punaḥ pārthamāsphoṭya cāsakṛt | rathopasthagato dhīmānprāṇadatpunaracyutaḥ

Then, embracing Partha again and clapping his hands over and over, the wise Achyuta, standing on the chariot's platform, shouted again.

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Verse 14 (7.181.14)

प्रहृष्टमनसं ज्ञात्वा वासुदेवं महाबलः । अर्जुनोऽथाब्रवीद्राजन्नातिहृष्टमना इव ॥

prahṛṣṭamanasaṃ jñātvā vāsudevaṃ mahābalaḥ | arjuno'thābravīdrājannātihṛṣṭamanā iva

Seeing Vasudeva so delighted, mighty Arjuna, himself not very glad, spoke, O king.

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Verse 15 (7.181.15)

अतिहर्षोऽयमस्थाने तवाद्य मधुसूदन । शोकस्थाने तु सम्प्राप्ते हैडिम्बस्य वधेन तु ॥

atiharṣo'yamasthāne tavādya madhusūdana | śokasthāne tu samprāpte haiḍimbasya vadhena tu

This great joy of yours today is out of place, Madhusudana, when a time for grief has come with the slaying of Hidimba's son.

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Verse 16 (7.181.16)

विमुखानीह सैन्यानि हतं दृष्ट्वा घटोत्कचम् । वयं च भृशमुद्विग्ना हैडिम्बेस्तु निपातनात् ॥

vimukhānīha sainyāni hataṃ dṛṣṭvā ghaṭotkacam | vayaṃ ca bhṛśamudvignā haiḍimbestu nipātanāt

Our armies here have turned back on seeing Ghatotkacha slain, and we ourselves are deeply distressed by the fall of Hidimba's son.

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Verse 17 (7.181.17)

नैतत्कारणमल्पं हि भविष्यति जनार्दन । तदद्य शंस मे पृष्टः सत्यं सत्यवतां वर ॥

naitatkāraṇamalpaṃ hi bhaviṣyati janārdana | tadadya śaṃsa me pṛṣṭaḥ satyaṃ satyavatāṃ vara

This cannot be a small cause, Janardana. So tell me the truth now that I ask, best of the truthful.

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Verse 18 (7.181.18)

यद्येतन्न रहस्यं ते वक्तुमर्हस्यरिन्दम । धैर्यस्य विकृतिं ब्रूहि त्वमद्य मधुसूदन ॥

yadyetanna rahasyaṃ te vaktumarhasyarindama | dhairyasya vikṛtiṃ brūhi tvamadya madhusūdana

If it is no secret, scourge of your foes, tell me today, Madhusudana, the reason for this change in your steadiness.

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Verse 19 (7.181.19)

समुद्रस्येव संशोषं मेरोरिव विसर्पणम् । तथैतदद्य मन्येऽहं तव कर्म जनार्दन ॥

samudrasyeva saṃśoṣaṃ meroriva visarpaṇam | tathaitadadya manye'haṃ tava karma janārdana

I think this act of yours today is as strange as the drying up of the ocean or the moving of Meru from its place, Janardana.

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Verse 20 (7.181.20)

अतिहर्षमिमं प्राप्तं शृणु मे त्वं धनञ्जय । अतीव मनसः सद्यः प्रसादकरमुत्तमम् ॥

atiharṣamimaṃ prāptaṃ śṛṇu me tvaṃ dhanañjaya | atīva manasaḥ sadyaḥ prasādakaramuttamam

Hear from me, Dhananjaya, about this great joy that has come upon me, so supreme that it instantly gladdens the mind.

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Verse 21 (7.181.21)

शक्तिं घटोत्कचेनेमां व्यंसयित्वा महाद्युते । कर्णं निहतमेवाजौ विद्धि सद्यो धनञ्जय ॥

śaktiṃ ghaṭotkacenemāṃ vyaṃsayitvā mahādyute | karṇaṃ nihatamevājau viddhi sadyo dhanañjaya

Know, radiant one, that since Ghatotkacha has made this spear useless, Karna is as good as slain in battle right now, Dhananjaya.

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Verse 22 (7.181.22)

शक्तिहस्तं पुनः कर्णं को लोकेऽस्ति पुमानिह । य एनमभितस्तिष्ठेत्कार्तिकेयमिवाहवे ॥

śaktihastaṃ punaḥ karṇaṃ ko loke'sti pumāniha | ya enamabhitastiṣṭhetkārtikeyamivāhave

With the spear in his hand, what man in the world could stand against Karna in battle, as against Kartikeya?

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Verse 23 (7.181.23)

दिष्ट्याऽपनीतकवचो दिष्ट्याऽपहृतकुण्डलः । दिष्ट्या सा व्यंसिता शक्तिरमोघाऽस्य घटोत्कचे ॥

diṣṭyā'panītakavaco diṣṭyā'pahṛtakuṇḍalaḥ | diṣṭyā sā vyaṃsitā śaktiramoghā'sya ghaṭotkace

By good fortune his armour was taken off, by good fortune his earrings were taken; by good fortune his unfailing spear has been spent on Ghatotkacha.

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Verse 24 (7.181.24)

यदि हि स्यात्सकवचस्तथैव स्यात्सकुण्डलः । सामरानपि लोकांस्त्रीनेकः कर्णो जयेद्रणे ॥

yadi hi syātsakavacastathaiva syātsakuṇḍalaḥ | sāmarānapi lokāṃstrīnekaḥ karṇo jayedraṇe

For if he still had his armour and his earrings, Karna alone could conquer in battle even the three worlds with the gods.

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Verse 25 (7.181.25)

वासवो वा कुबेरो वा वरुणो वा जलेश्वरः । यमो वा नोत्सहेत्कर्णं रणे प्रतिसमासितुम् ॥

vāsavo vā kubero vā varuṇo vā jaleśvaraḥ | yamo vā notsahetkarṇaṃ raṇe pratisamāsitum

Vasava, Kubera, Varuna lord of the waters, or Yama: none of them would dare face Karna in battle.

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Verse 26 (7.181.26)

गाण्डीवमुद्यम्य भवांश्चक्रं चाहं सुदर्शनम् । न शक्तौ स्वो रणे जेतुं तथायुक्तं नरर्षभम् ॥

gāṇḍīvamudyamya bhavāṃścakraṃ cāhaṃ sudarśanam | na śaktau svo raṇe jetuṃ tathāyuktaṃ nararṣabham

Even if you raised the Gandiva and I the discus Sudarshana, the two of us could not conquer in battle that best of men so equipped.

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Verse 27 (7.181.27)

त्वद्धितार्थं तु शक्रेण मायापहृतकुण्डलः । विहीनकवचश्चायं कृतः परपुरञ्जयः ॥

tvaddhitārthaṃ tu śakreṇa māyāpahṛtakuṇḍalaḥ | vihīnakavacaścāyaṃ kṛtaḥ parapurañjayaḥ

It was for your good that Shakra took away his earrings by trickery and left this conqueror of enemy cities without his armour.

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Verse 28 (7.181.28)

उत्कृत्य कवचं यस्मात्कुण्डले विमले च ते । प्रादाच्छक्राय वै कर्णस्तस्माद्वैकर्तनः स्मृतः ॥

utkṛtya kavacaṃ yasmātkuṇḍale vimale ca te | prādācchakrāya vai karṇastasmādvaikartanaḥ smṛtaḥ

Because Karna cut off his armour and gave Shakra his two spotless earrings, he is called Vaikartana.

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Verse 29 (7.181.29)

आशीविष इव क्रुद्धः स्तम्भितो मन्त्रतेजसा । तथाऽद्य भाति कर्णो मे शान्तज्वाल इवानलः ॥

āśīviṣa iva kruddhaḥ stambhito mantratejasā | tathā'dya bhāti karṇo me śāntajvāla ivānalaḥ

Like an angry serpent held spellbound by the power of a mantra, so Karna looks to me today, like a fire whose flame has died down.

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Verse 30 (7.181.30)

यदाप्रभृति कर्णाय शक्तिर्दत्ता महात्मना । वासवेन महाबाहो क्षिप्ता याऽसौ घटोत्कचे ॥

yadāprabhṛti karṇāya śaktirdattā mahātmanā | vāsavena mahābāho kṣiptā yā'sau ghaṭotkace

From the time the great-souled Vasava gave Karna the spear, mighty-armed one, the spear that has now been hurled at Ghatotkacha,

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Verse 31 (7.181.31)

कुण्डलाभ्यां निमायाथ दिव्येन कवचेन च । तां प्राप्यामन्यत वृषा सततं त्वां हतं रणे ॥

kuṇḍalābhyāṃ nimāyātha divyena kavacena ca | tāṃ prāpyāmanyata vṛṣā satataṃ tvāṃ hataṃ raṇe

having received it in exchange for his divine earrings and armour, Vrisha always reckoned you already slain in battle.

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Verse 32 (7.181.32)

एवं गतोऽपि शक्योऽयं हन्तुं नान्येन केनचित् । ऋते त्वां पुरुषव्याघ्र शपे सत्येन चानघ ॥

evaṃ gato'pi śakyo'yaṃ hantuṃ nānyena kenacit | ṛte tvāṃ puruṣavyāghra śape satyena cānagha

Even in this state he can be killed by no one but you, tiger among men; I swear it by truth, sinless one.

Note on the text: Split from the merged input row (rebuilt from the raw page; page verse 32). = CE 7.155.23a, 23c. Corrected हतुं → हन्तुं (misprint in Wikisource; the nasal of the infinitive dropped; the critical edition reads hantuṃ).

Verse 33 (7.181.33)

ब्रह्मण्यः सत्यवादी च तपस्वी नियतव्रतः । रिपुष्वपि दयावांश्च तस्मात्कर्णो वृषा स्मृतः ॥

brahmaṇyaḥ satyavādī ca tapasvī niyatavrataḥ | ripuṣvapi dayāvāṃśca tasmātkarṇo vṛṣā smṛtaḥ

Devoted to brahmins, truthful, an ascetic of firm vows, and merciful even to his enemies, Karna is therefore known as Vrisha, the righteous one.

Note on the text: Split from the merged input row (rebuilt from the raw page; page verse 33). = CE 7.155.24a, 24c. Corrected सपस्वी → तपस्वी (misprint in Wikisource; स for त; the critical edition reads tapasvī).

Verse 34 (7.181.34)

युद्धशौण्डो महाबाहुर्नित्योद्यतशरासनः । केसरीव वने नर्दन्मत्तमातङ्गयूथपान् । विमर्दन्रथशार्दूलान्राजते रणमूर्धनि ॥

yuddhaśauṇḍo mahābāhurnityodyataśarāsanaḥ | kesarīva vane nardanmattamātaṅgayūthapān | vimardanrathaśārdūlānrājate raṇamūrdhani

Skilled in battle, mighty-armed, ever with his bow raised, he roars like a lion in the forest among the leaders of herds of rutting elephants, and shines at the head of the battle, crushing the tigers among charioteers.

Note on the text: Split from the merged input row (rebuilt from the raw page; page verse 34). Three-line verse = CE 7.155.25a, 25c, 25e (line 3 reads विमर्दन् … राजते for CE vimadān … kurute; recension variant). Removed the stray placeholder “xxx” printed after रणमूर्धनि (the line is complete as a pāda; CE kurute raṇamūrdhani, Wikisource reads राजते).

Verse 35 (7.181.35)

मध्यंगत इवादित्यो यो न शक्यो निरीक्षितुम् । त्वदीयैः पुरुषव्याघ्र योधमुख्यैर्महात्मभिः ॥

madhyaṃgata ivādityo yo na śakyo nirīkṣitum | tvadīyaiḥ puruṣavyāghra yodhamukhyairmahātmabhiḥ

Like the midday sun he cannot be looked at, tiger among men, by your great-souled foremost warriors,

Note on the text: Split from the merged input row (rebuilt from the raw page; page verse 35). = CE 7.155.26a, 26c. Corrected महात्सभिः → महात्मभिः (misprint in Wikisource; स for म; the critical edition reads mahātmabhiḥ).

Verse 36 (7.181.36)

शरजालसहस्रांशुः शरदीव दिवाकरः ॥

śarajālasahasrāṃśuḥ śaradīva divākaraḥ

he with a thousand rays of nets of arrows, like the autumn sun.

Note on the text: Split from the merged input row (rebuilt from the raw page; page verse 36). Single line as printed = CE 7.155.26e. Restored from the critical edition (7.155.26e): the page prints the line cut off, “शरदीव दिxxxx” (xxxx marking lost text); completed दिवाकरः (CE śaradīva divākaraḥ). Single line as printed.

Verse 37 (7.181.37)

तपान्ते जलदो यद्वच्छरधाराः क्षरन्मुहुः । दिव्यास्त्रजलदः कर्णः पर्जन्य इव वृष्टिमान् ॥

tapānte jalado yadvaccharadhārāḥ kṣaranmuhuḥ | divyāstrajaladaḥ karṇaḥ parjanya iva vṛṣṭimān

As a cloud at the end of the hot season pours its streams again and again, so Karna, the cloud of divine weapons, like Parjanya the giver of rain, pours streams of arrows.

Note on the text: Split from the merged input row (rebuilt from the raw page; page verse 37). = CE 7.155.27a, 27c (line 1 reads क्षरन्मुहुः for CE kṣaraty asau; recension variant).

Verse 38 (7.181.38)

त्रिदशैरपि चास्यद्भिः शरवर्षं समन्ततः । अशक्यस्तदयं जेतुं स्रवद्भिर्मांसशोणितम् ॥

tridaśairapi cāsyadbhiḥ śaravarṣaṃ samantataḥ | aśakyastadayaṃ jetuṃ sravadbhirmāṃsaśoṇitam

Even though the gods shot showers of arrows from every side, arrows streaming with flesh and blood, he could not be conquered then.

Note on the text: Split from the merged input row (rebuilt from the raw page; page verse 38). Line 1 = CE star passage 7.155.27d*1246_01; line 2 = CE star passage 7.155.27d*1247_01.

Verse 39 (7.181.39)

कवचेन विहीनश्च कुण्डलाभ्यां च पाण्डव । सोऽद्य मानुषतां प्राप्तो विमुक्तः शक्रदत्तया ॥

kavacena vihīnaśca kuṇḍalābhyāṃ ca pāṇḍava | so'dya mānuṣatāṃ prāpto vimuktaḥ śakradattayā

Without armour and without earrings, Pandava, he has today come down to the state of a mere man, freed of the spear Shakra gave.

Note on the text: Split from the merged input row (rebuilt from the raw page; page verse 39). Line 1 = CE star passage 7.155.27d*1247_02; line 2 = CE 7.155.27e.

Verse 40 (7.181.40)

एको हि योगोऽस्य भवेद्वधाय । छिद्रे ह्येनं स्वप्रमत्तः प्रमत्तम् । कृच्छ्रं प्राप्तं रथचक्रे विमग्ने । हन्याः पूर्वं त्वं तु संज्ञां विचार्य ॥

eko hi yogo'sya bhavedvadhāya | chidre hyenaṃ svapramattaḥ pramattam | kṛcchraṃ prāptaṃ rathacakre vimagne | hanyāḥ pūrvaṃ tvaṃ tu saṃjñāṃ vicārya

There is only one way to kill him: if you, yourself alert, catch him off guard at an opening, in distress with his chariot wheel sunk in the ground, you should strike him first, having weighed the signal.

Note on the text: Split from the merged input row (rebuilt from the raw page; page verse 40). = CE 7.155.28a, 28c (line 3 reads कृच्छ्रं प्राप्तं … विमग्ने for CE kṛcchraprāptaṃ … nimagne; recension variant). The page prints the sandhi च् of वधाय च्छिद्रे at the start of line 2; changed वधाय । / च्छिद्रे → वधाय । / छिद्रे (sandhi resolved at the pāda break; CE vadhāya; chidre).

Verse 41 (7.181.41)

न ह्युद्यतास्त्रं युधि हन्यादजय्यम् । अप्येकवीरो बलभित्सवज्रः ॥

na hyudyatāstraṃ yudhi hanyādajayyam | apyekavīro balabhitsavajraḥ

Not even the lone hero Indra with his thunderbolt could kill the invincible one when he has raised his weapon in battle.

Note on the text: Split from the merged input row (rebuilt from the raw page; page verse 41). Page prints two lines, split mid-word: हन्यादजय्य-- । / मप्येकवीरो; written here as हन्यादजय्यम् । / अप्येकवीरो (the final म् moved back; the page's double hyphen removed). = CE star passage 7.155.28d*1250_01–02.

Verse 42 (7.181.42)

जरासन्धश्चेदिराजो महात्मा । महाबाहुश्चैकलव्यो निषादः । एकैकशो निहताः सर्व एते । योगैस्तैस्तैस्त्वद्धितार्थं मयैव ॥

jarāsandhaścedirājo mahātmā | mahābāhuścaikalavyo niṣādaḥ | ekaikaśo nihatāḥ sarva ete | yogaistaistaistvaddhitārthaṃ mayaiva

Jarasandha, the great-souled king of Chedi, and the mighty-armed Nishada Ekalavya: each one of these was killed by me alone, by this means and that, for your good.

Note on the text: Split from the merged input row (rebuilt from the raw page; page verse 42). = CE 7.155.29a, 29c (recension variants: महाबाहुश्चैकलव्यो for mahābalaś caikalavyo; सर्व एते for sarva eva).

Verse 43 (7.181.43)

अथापरे निहता राक्षसेन्द्रा । हिडिम्बकिर्मीरबकप्रधानाः । अलायुधः परचक्रावमर्दी । घटोत्कचश्चोग्रकर्मा तरस्वी ॥

athāpare nihatā rākṣasendrā | hiḍimbakirmīrabakapradhānāḥ | alāyudhaḥ paracakrāvamardī | ghaṭotkacaścograkarmā tarasvī

And other rakshasa lords were slain too, headed by Hidimba, Kirmira and Baka; and Alayudha, crusher of hostile armies; and the fierce and mighty Ghatotkacha.

Note on the text: Split from the merged input row (rebuilt from the raw page; page verse 43). = CE 7.155.30a, 30c (recension variant: परचक्रावमर्दी for CE parasainyāvamardī).