Dhrishtadyumna Attacks Drona; Satyaki Rescues Him

Verse 1 (7.192.1)

तं दृष्ट्वा परमोद्विग्नं शोकोपहतचेतसम् । पाञ्चालराजस्य सुतो धृष्टद्युम्नः समाद्रवत् ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā paramodvignaṃ śokopahatacetasam | pāñcālarājasya suto dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ samādravat

Seeing him so deeply distressed, his mind overwhelmed with grief, Dhrishtadyumna, son of the king of the Panchalas, rushed at him.

Verse 2 (7.192.2)

य इष्ट्वा मनुजेन्द्रेण द्रुपदेन महामखे । लब्धो द्रोणविनाशाय समिद्धाद्धव्यवाहनात् ॥

ya iṣṭvā manujendreṇa drupadena mahāmakhe | labdho droṇavināśāya samiddhāddhavyavāhanāt

He who had been obtained by King Drupada, lord of men, through a great sacrifice, from the kindled fire that carries the oblations, for the destruction of Drona.

Verse 3 (7.192.3)

स धनुर्जैत्रमादाय घोरं जलदनिःस्वनम् । दृढज्यमजरं दिव्यं शरं चाशीविषोपमम् ॥

sa dhanurjaitramādāya ghoraṃ jaladaniḥsvanam | dṛḍhajyamajaraṃ divyaṃ śaraṃ cāśīviṣopamam

Taking up his victorious bow, terrible, with a sound like thunderclouds, and an enduring, divine arrow with a firm string, like a venomous serpent,

Note on the text: Recension variant शरम् (CE शरान्).

Verse 4 (7.192.4)

सन्दधे कार्मुके तस्मिंस्ततस्तमनलोपमम् । द्रोणं जिघांसुः पाञ्चाल्यो महाज्वालमिवानलम् ॥

sandadhe kārmuke tasmiṃstatastamanalopamam | droṇaṃ jighāṃsuḥ pāñcālyo mahājvālamivānalam

the Panchalan, eager to kill Drona, then fitted that fire-like arrow to the bow, and Drona was like a fire with a great blaze.

Note on the text: Corrected जिघांस्तुः → जिघांसुः (misprint in Wikisource; extra त्, CE jighāṃsuḥ). Line 1 is a recension variant of CE 7.164.114ab.

Verse 5 (7.192.5)

तस्य रूपं शरस्यासीद्धनुर्ज्यामण्डलान्तरे । द्योततो भास्करस्येव घनान्ते परिवेषिणः ॥

tasya rūpaṃ śarasyāsīddhanurjyāmaṇḍalāntare | dyotato bhāskarasyeva ghanānte pariveṣiṇaḥ

The arrow's form, within the circle of the bow and its string, was like the sun shining with a halo at the end of the rains.

Verse 6 (7.192.6)

पार्षतेन परामृष्टं ज्वलन्तमिव तद्धनुः । अन्तकालमनुप्राप्तं मेनिरे वीक्ष्य सैनिकाः ॥

pārṣatena parāmṛṣṭaṃ jvalantamiva taddhanuḥ | antakālamanuprāptaṃ menire vīkṣya sainikāḥ

That bow, touched by Prishata's son, seemed to blaze; seeing it, the soldiers thought that the hour of death had arrived.

Verse 7 (7.192.7)

तमिषुं संहतं तेन भारद्वाजः प्रतापवान् । दृष्ट्वाऽमन्यत देहस्य कालपर्यायमागतम् ॥

tamiṣuṃ saṃhataṃ tena bhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān | dṛṣṭvā'manyata dehasya kālaparyāyamāgatam

Seeing that arrow fitted by him, mighty Bharadvaja's son thought that the turn of time had come for his body.

Verse 8 (7.192.8)

ततः प्रयत्नमातिष्ठदाचार्यस्तस्य वारणे । न चास्यास्त्राणि राजेन्द्र प्रादुरासन्महात्मनः ॥

tataḥ prayatnamātiṣṭhadācāryastasya vāraṇe | na cāsyāstrāṇi rājendra prādurāsanmahātmanaḥ

Then the teacher made an effort to ward it off, but, O best of kings, his weapons did not appear to the great-souled one.

Note on the text: Corrected वारमे → वारणे and पादुरासन् → प्रादुरासन् (misprints in Wikisource; CE vāraṇe, prādurāsan).

Verse 9 (7.192.9)

तस्य त्वहानि चत्वारि क्षपा चैकाऽस्यतो गता । तस्य चाह्नस्त्रिभागेन क्षयं जग्मुः पतत्रिणः ॥

tasya tvahāni catvāri kṣapā caikā'syato gatā | tasya cāhnastribhāgena kṣayaṃ jagmuḥ patatriṇaḥ

For four days and one night had passed for him while he kept shooting, and in a third part of the day his arrows were spent.

Verse 10 (7.192.10)

स शरक्षयमासाद्य पुत्रशोकेन चार्दितः । विविधानां च दिव्यानामस्त्राणामप्रसादतः ॥

sa śarakṣayamāsādya putraśokena cārditaḥ | vividhānāṃ ca divyānāmastrāṇāmaprasādataḥ

Having run out of arrows, tormented by grief for his son, and because the various divine weapons were no longer favourable to him,

Note on the text: Corrected दिव्यामानमस्त्राणा- → दिव्यानामस्त्राणा- (misprint in Wikisource; garbled letters, CE divyānām astrāṇām). Recension variant अप्रसादतः (CE अप्रसन्नताम्).

Verse 11 (7.192.11)

उत्स्रष्टुकामः शस्त्राणि ऋषिवाक्यप्रचोदितः । तेजसा पूर्यमाणश्च युयुधे न यथा पुरा ॥

utsraṣṭukāmaḥ śastrāṇi ṛṣivākyapracoditaḥ | tejasā pūryamāṇaśca yuyudhe na yathā purā

wishing to cast away his weapons, urged on by the sages' words, and filled though he was with fierce energy, he did not fight as he had before.

Note on the text: Low CE match is a recension variant: CE 7.164.121 reads विप्रवाक्याभिचोदितः ... प्रेर्यमाणश्च युयुधे सोऽतिमानुषम्; this text has ऋषिवाक्यप्रचोदितः ... पूर्यमाणश्च युयुधे न यथा पुरा.

Verse 12 (7.192.12)

भूयश्चान्यत्समादाय दिव्यमाङ्गिरसं धनुः । शरांश्च ब्रह्मदण्डाभान्धृष्टद्युम्नमयोधयत् ॥

bhūyaścānyatsamādāya divyamāṅgirasaṃ dhanuḥ | śarāṃśca brahmadaṇḍābhāndhṛṣṭadyumnamayodhayat

Then, taking up another divine bow, the Angirasa bow, and arrows like Brahma's staff, he again fought Dhrishtadyumna.

Verse 13 (7.192.13)

ततस्तं शरवर्षेण महता समवाकिरत् । व्यशातयच्च सङ्क्रुद्धो धृष्टद्युम्नममर्षणम् ॥

tatastaṃ śaravarṣeṇa mahatā samavākirat | vyaśātayacca saṅkruddho dhṛṣṭadyumnamamarṣaṇam

He covered him with a great shower of arrows and, in his rage, shattered the fierce Dhrishtadyumna.

Verse 14 (7.192.14)

शरांश्च शतधा तस्य द्रोणश्चिच्छेद सायकैः । ध्वजं धनुश्च निशितैः सारथिं चाप्यपातयत् ॥

śarāṃśca śatadhā tasya droṇaściccheda sāyakaiḥ | dhvajaṃ dhanuśca niśitaiḥ sārathiṃ cāpyapātayat

Drona cut his arrows into a hundred pieces with his shafts, and brought down his banner, his bow and his charioteer with sharp arrows.

Verse 15 (7.192.15)

धृष्टद्युम्नः प्रहस्यान्यत्पुनरादाय कार्मुकम् । शितेन चैनं बाणेन प्रत्यविध्यत्स्तनान्तरे ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ prahasyānyatpunarādāya kārmukam | śitena cainaṃ bāṇena pratyavidhyatstanāntare

Dhrishtadyumna smiled, took up another bow, and pierced him between the breasts with a sharp arrow.

Verse 16 (7.192.16)

सोऽतिविद्धो महेष्वासोऽसम्भ्रान्त इव संयुगे । भल्लेन शितधारेण चिच्छेदास्य पुनर्धनुः ॥

so'tividdho maheṣvāso'sambhrānta iva saṃyuge | bhallena śitadhāreṇa cicchedāsya punardhanuḥ

Deeply pierced, the great archer seemed unshaken in the battle, and with a sharp-edged broad-headed arrow he cut his bow again.

Verse 17 (7.192.17)

यच्चास्य बाणविकृतं धनूंषि च विशाम्पते । सर्वं चिच्छेद दुर्धर्षो गदां खड्गं च वर्जयन् ॥

yaccāsya bāṇavikṛtaṃ dhanūṃṣi ca viśāmpate | sarvaṃ ciccheda durdharṣo gadāṃ khaḍgaṃ ca varjayan

Whatever bows and arrows of his were at hand, O lord of the people, the invincible one cut all to pieces, sparing only the mace and the sword.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गं → खड्गं (misprint in Wikisource; the sword is खड्ग, CE khaḍga). Recension variant (CE 7.164.127 differs in wording).

Verse 18 (7.192.18)

धृष्टद्युम्नं च विव्याध नवभिर्निशितैः शरैः । जीवितान्तकरैः क्रुद्धः शिलाधौतैः परन्तपः ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca vivyādha navabhirniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | jīvitāntakaraiḥ kruddhaḥ śilādhautaiḥ parantapaḥ

And he pierced Dhrishtadyumna with nine sharp arrows, whetted on stone, that end lives, in his wrath, that scorcher of foes.

Verse 19 (7.192.19)

धृष्टद्युम्नोऽथ तस्याश्वान्स्वरथाश्वैर्महारथः । व्यामिश्रयदमेयात्मा ब्राह्ममस्त्रमुदीरयन् ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumno'tha tasyāśvānsvarathāśvairmahārathaḥ | vyāmiśrayadameyātmā brāhmamastramudīrayan

Then Dhrishtadyumna, the great warrior of immeasurable soul, mingled Drona's horses with the horses of his own chariot, sending forth the Brahma weapon.

Note on the text: Corrected खरथाश्वैः → स्वरथाश्वैः (misprint in Wikisource; ख for स्व, CE svarathāśvair). Recension variant: the subject here is Dhrishtadyumna, where the CE (7.164.129) has Drona mingle the horses.

Verse 20 (7.192.20)

ते मिश्रा बह्वशोभन्त जवना वातरंहसः । पारावतसवर्णाश्च शोणाश्च भरतर्षभ ॥

te miśrā bahvaśobhanta javanā vātaraṃhasaḥ | pārāvatasavarṇāśca śoṇāśca bharatarṣabha

Mingled, those swift horses, fast as the wind, looked splendid, O best of the Bharatas, the pigeon-coloured ones and the red ones,

Verse 21 (7.192.21)

यथा सविद्युतो मेघा नदन्तो जलदागमे । तथा रेजुर्महाराज मिश्रिता रणमूर्धनि ॥

yathā savidyuto meghā nadanto jaladāgame | tathā rejurmahārāja miśritā raṇamūrdhani

as clouds with lightning thundering at the onset of the rains, so they shone, O great king, mingled at the head of the battle.

Verse 22 (7.192.22)

ईषाबन्धं चक्रबन्धं रथबन्धं तथैव च । प्रणाशयदमेयात्मा धृष्टद्युम्नस्य स द्विजः ॥

īṣābandhaṃ cakrabandhaṃ rathabandhaṃ tathaiva ca | praṇāśayadameyātmā dhṛṣṭadyumnasya sa dvijaḥ

The yoke-fastenings, the wheel-fastenings and the chariot-fastenings of Dhrishtadyumna, that twice-born one of immeasurable soul destroyed.

Note on the text: Corrected प्राणाशयद् → प्रणाशयद् (misprint in Wikisource; CE praṇāśayad).

Verse 23 (7.192.23)

स च्छिन्नधन्वा पाञ्चाल्यो निकृत्तध्वजसारथिः । उत्तमामापदं प्राप्य गदां वीरः परामृशत् ॥

sa cchinnadhanvā pāñcālyo nikṛttadhvajasārathiḥ | uttamāmāpadaṃ prāpya gadāṃ vīraḥ parāmṛśat

The Panchalan, his bow cut and his banner and charioteer cut down, having fallen into the utmost peril, the hero seized his mace.

Verse 24 (7.192.24)

तामस्य विशिखैस्तीक्ष्णैः क्षिप्यमाणां महारथः । निजघान शरैर्द्रोणः क्रुद्धः सत्यपराक्रमः ॥

tāmasya viśikhaistīkṣṇaiḥ kṣipyamāṇāṃ mahārathaḥ | nijaghāna śarairdroṇaḥ kruddhaḥ satyaparākramaḥ

As it was being hurled, the great warrior Drona, enraged and true in valour, struck it down with sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected निजघानः → निजघान (misprint in Wikisource; stray visarga, CE nijaghāna).

Verse 25 (7.192.25)

तां तु दृष्ट्वा नरव्याघ्रो द्रोणेन निहतां शरैः । विमलं खड्गमादत्त शतचन्द्रं च भानुमत् ॥

tāṃ tu dṛṣṭvā naravyāghro droṇena nihatāṃ śaraiḥ | vimalaṃ khaḍgamādatta śatacandraṃ ca bhānumat

Seeing it shattered by Drona's arrows, that tiger among men took up a spotless sword and a shining shield of a hundred moons.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गम् → खड्गम् (misprint in Wikisource; the sword is खड्ग, CE khaḍga).

Verse 26 (7.192.26)

असंशयं तथाभूतः पाञ्चाल्यः साध्वमन्यत । वधमाचार्यमुख्यस्य प्राप्तकालं महात्मनः ॥

asaṃśayaṃ tathābhūtaḥ pāñcālyaḥ sādhvamanyata | vadhamācāryamukhyasya prāptakālaṃ mahātmanaḥ

Without doubt, as things stood, the Panchalan thought it good that the time had come to kill that great-souled foremost of teachers.

Verse 27 (7.192.27)

ततः स रथनीडस्थं स्वरथस्य रथेषया । अगच्छदसिमुद्यम्य शतचन्द्रं च भानुमत् ॥

tataḥ sa rathanīḍasthaṃ svarathasya ratheṣayā | agacchadasimudyamya śatacandraṃ ca bhānumat

Then he went along the pole of his own chariot toward the one standing in the body of his chariot, raising his sword and the shining shield of a hundred moons.

Note on the text: Corrected रथेपया → रथेषया (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष, CE ratheṣayā). Recension variant ततः स रथनीडस्थम् (CE ततः स्वरथनीडस्थः).

Verse 28 (7.192.28)

चिकीर्षुर्दुष्करं कर्म धृष्टद्युम्नो महारथः । इयेष वक्षो भेत्तुं स भारद्वाजस्य संयुगे ॥

cikīrṣurduṣkaraṃ karma dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārathaḥ | iyeṣa vakṣo bhettuṃ sa bhāradvājasya saṃyuge

Wishing to do a difficult deed, the great warrior Dhrishtadyumna sought to pierce the breast of Bharadvaja's son in the battle.

Verse 29 (7.192.29)

सोऽतिष्ठद्युगमध्ये वै युगसन्नहनेषु च । जघनार्धेषु चाश्वानां तत्सैन्याः समपूजयन् ॥

so'tiṣṭhadyugamadhye vai yugasannahaneṣu ca | jaghanārdheṣu cāśvānāṃ tatsainyāḥ samapūjayan

He stood in the middle of the yoke, on the yoke-fastenings, and on the hindquarters of the horses, and his soldiers praised him.

Verse 30 (7.192.30)

तिष्ठतो युगपालीषु शोणानप्यधितिष्ठतः । नापश्यदन्तरं द्रोणस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥

tiṣṭhato yugapālīṣu śoṇānapyadhitiṣṭhataḥ | nāpaśyadantaraṃ droṇastadadbhutamivābhavat

As he stood on the edges of the yoke and even on the red horses, Drona found no opening; and that was a marvel.

Note on the text: Corrected युगपालीपु → युगपालीषु (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष, CE yugapālīṣu).

Verse 31 (7.192.31)

क्षिप्रं श्येनस्य चरतो यथैवामिषगृद्धिनः । तद्वदासीदभीसारो द्रोणपार्षतयो रणे ॥

kṣipraṃ śyenasya carato yathaivāmiṣagṛddhinaḥ | tadvadāsīdabhīsāro droṇapārṣatayo raṇe

Like the swift swoop of a hawk eager for flesh, so was the onrush of Drona and Prishata's son upon each other in the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected द्रोम- → द्रोण- (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण). Line 2 is a recension variant of CE 7.164.141cd (CE द्रोणं प्रार्थयतो रणे).

Verse 32 (7.192.32)

तस्य पारावतानश्वान्रथशक्त्या पराभिनत् । सर्वानेकैकशो द्रोणो रक्तानश्वान्विवर्जयन् ॥

tasya pārāvatānaśvānrathaśaktyā parābhinat | sarvānekaikaśo droṇo raktānaśvānvivarjayan

Drona struck down his pigeon-coloured horses with the chariot's spear, every one of them, one by one, sparing the red horses.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; this is a recension variant of CE 7.164.142 (तस्याश्वान् रथशक्त्यासौ ... कपोताभान् अजीघनत्): here पारावतान् ... पराभिनत् and a different second line (रक्तानश्वान्विवर्जयन्).

Verse 33 (7.192.33)

ते हता न्यपतन्भूमौ धृष्टद्युम्नस्य वाजिनः । शोणास्तु पर्यमुच्यन्त रथबन्धाद्विशाम्पते ॥

te hatā nyapatanbhūmau dhṛṣṭadyumnasya vājinaḥ | śoṇāstu paryamucyanta rathabandhādviśāmpate

Struck down, they fell to the ground, Dhrishtadyumna's horses; and the red ones were freed from the chariot-fastenings, O lord of the people.

Verse 34 (7.192.34)

तान्हयान्निहतान्दृष्ट्वा द्विजाग्र्येण स पार्षतः । नामृष्यत युधां श्रेष्ठो याज्ञसेनिर्महारथः ॥

tānhayānnihatāndṛṣṭvā dvijāgryeṇa sa pārṣataḥ | nāmṛṣyata yudhāṃ śreṣṭho yājñasenirmahārathaḥ

Seeing his horses slain by the foremost of brahmins, Prishata's son, the best of warriors, the great warrior son of Yajnasena, could not bear it.

Verse 35 (7.192.35)

विरथः स गृहीत्वा तु खड्गं खड्गभृतां वरः । द्रोणमभ्यपतद्राजन्वैनतेय इवोरगम् ॥

virathaḥ sa gṛhītvā tu khaḍgaṃ khaḍgabhṛtāṃ varaḥ | droṇamabhyapatadrājanvainateya ivoragam

Chariotless, taking his sword, the best of sword-bearers fell upon Drona, O king, as Vainateya falls upon a serpent.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गं → खड्गं and खङ्गभृताम् → खड्गभृताम् (misprint in Wikisource; CE khaḍgaṃ khaḍgabhṛtāṃ).

Verse 36 (7.192.36)

तस्य रूपं बभौ राजन्भारद्वाजं जिघांसतः । यथा रूपं पुरा विष्णोर्हिरण्यकशिपोर्वधे ॥

tasya rūpaṃ babhau rājanbhāradvājaṃ jighāṃsataḥ | yathā rūpaṃ purā viṣṇorhiraṇyakaśiporvadhe

As he sought to kill Bharadvaja's son, his appearance, O king, was like the appearance of Vishnu long ago at the slaying of Hiranyakashipu.

Verse 37 (7.192.37)

स तदा विविधान्मार्गान्प्रवरांश्चैकविंशतिम् । दर्शयामास कौरव्य पार्षतो विचरन्रणे ॥

sa tadā vividhānmārgānpravarāṃścaikaviṃśatim | darśayāmāsa kauravya pārṣato vicaranraṇe

Then, ranging in the battle, Prishata's son displayed various courses, twenty-one of the finest, O descendant of Kuru.

Note on the text: Corrected मर्गान् → मार्गान् (misprint in Wikisource; CE mārgān). Line 1 is a recension variant of CE 7.164.147ab; line 2 = star passage 7.164.147b*1313_01.

Verse 38 (7.192.38)

भ्रान्तमुद्भ्रान्तमाविद्धमाप्लुतं प्रसृतं सृतम् । परिवृत्तं निवृत्तं च खड्गं चर्म च धारयन् ॥

bhrāntamudbhrāntamāviddhamāplutaṃ prasṛtaṃ sṛtam | parivṛttaṃ nivṛttaṃ ca khaḍgaṃ carma ca dhārayan

Whirling, wheeling up, swinging round, leaping, darting forward, gliding, turning about and turning back, as he bore sword and shield,

Note on the text: Corrected भ्रान्तुमुद्धान्तम् → भ्रान्तमुद्भ्रान्तम् (misprint in Wikisource; CE bhrāntam udbhrāntam) and खङ्गं → खड्गं. Line 1 = CE 7.164.147c; line 2 = CE 7.164.148a.

Verse 39 (7.192.39)

सम्पातं समुदीर्णं च दर्शयामास पार्षतः । भारतं कौशिकं चैव सात्वतं चैव शिक्षया ॥

sampātaṃ samudīrṇaṃ ca darśayāmāsa pārṣataḥ | bhārataṃ kauśikaṃ caiva sātvataṃ caiva śikṣayā

swooping and soaring, Prishata's son displayed them, and by his skill the Bharata, the Kaushika and the Satvata styles.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.164.148c; line 2 = star passage 7.164.148d*1314_01.

Verse 40 (7.192.40)

दर्शयन्व्यचरद्युद्धे द्रोणस्यान्तचिकीर्षया । चरतस्तस्य तान्मार्गान्विचित्रान्खड्गचर्मिणः । व्यस्मयन्त रणे योधा देवताश्च समागताः ॥

darśayanvyacaradyuddhe droṇasyāntacikīrṣayā | caratastasya tānmārgānvicitrānkhaḍgacarmiṇaḥ | vyasmayanta raṇe yodhā devatāśca samāgatāḥ

Showing them, he ranged in the battle, bent on Drona's end; as he moved through those wondrous paths with sword and shield, the warriors in the battle were amazed, and the gods who had gathered there.

Note on the text: Corrected मर्गान् → मार्गान् and खङ्ग- → खड्ग- (misprints in Wikisource; CE mārgān, khaḍga-). Lines = star passage 7.164.148d*1314_02-04.

Verse 41 (7.192.41)

ततः शरसहस्रेण शतचन्द्रमपातयत् । चर्म खड्गं च सम्बाधे धृष्टद्युम्नस्य स द्विजः ॥

tataḥ śarasahasreṇa śatacandramapātayat | carma khaḍgaṃ ca sambādhe dhṛṣṭadyumnasya sa dvijaḥ

Then that twice-born one brought down the shield of a hundred moons with a thousand arrows, and Dhrishtadyumna's shield and sword too, in the crush of the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गं → खड्गं (misprint in Wikisource; the sword is खड्ग, CE khaḍga). Recension variant (CE 7.164.149 reads खड्गं चर्म च).

Verse 42 (7.192.42)

ये तु वैतस्तिका नाम शरा आसन्नयोधिनः । निकृष्टयुद्धे द्रोणस्य नान्येषां सन्ति ते शराः ॥

ye tu vaitastikā nāma śarā āsannayodhinaḥ | nikṛṣṭayuddhe droṇasya nānyeṣāṃ santi te śarāḥ

Those arrows called Vaitastikas, a span long, which strike at close quarters, belong to Drona in close combat; others do not have those arrows.

Note on the text: Recension variant ये तु वैतस्तिका नाम शरा आसन्नयोधिनः (CE ते तु वैतस्तिका नाम शरा ह्यासन्नघातिनः).

Verse 43 (7.192.43)

ऋते शारद्वतात्पार्थाद्द्रौणेर्वैकर्तनात्तथा । प्रद्युम्नयुयुधानाभ्यामभिमन्योश्च भारत ॥

ṛte śāradvatātpārthāddrauṇervaikartanāttathā | pradyumnayuyudhānābhyāmabhimanyośca bhārata

None has them except Kripa son of Sharadvat, Partha, Drona's son, Karna, Pradyumna and Yuyudhana, and Abhimanyu, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected पर्थात् → पार्थात् (misprint in Wikisource; CE pārthād). Line 1 = star passage 7.164.151b*1315_01; line 2 = CE 7.164.151c (ends भारत for CE अभिमन्योश्च ते शराः). CE 151a is not in this text.

Verse 44 (7.192.44)

अथास्येषुं समाधत्त दृढं परमसम्मतम् । अन्तेवासिनमाचार्यो जिघांसुः पुत्रसम्मितम् ॥

athāsyeṣuṃ samādhatta dṛḍhaṃ paramasammatam | antevāsinamācāryo jighāṃsuḥ putrasammitam

Then he fixed to his bow a firm arrow, highly prized, wishing to kill his own pupil, whom he regarded as a son.

Note on the text: Corrected अथास्येषु → अथास्येषुं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara, CE athāsyeṣuṃ). Recension variant परमसम्मतम् (CE परमसंशितम्).

Verse 45 (7.192.45)

तं शरैर्दशभिस्तीक्ष्णैश्चिच्छेद शिनिपुङ्गवः । पश्यतस्तव पुत्रस्य कर्णस्य च महात्मनः । ग्रस्तमाचार्यमुख्येन धृष्टद्युम्नममोचयत् ॥

taṃ śarairdaśabhistīkṣṇaiściccheda śinipuṅgavaḥ | paśyatastava putrasya karṇasya ca mahātmanaḥ | grastamācāryamukhyena dhṛṣṭadyumnamamocayat

The bull of the Shinis cut it with ten sharp arrows, in the sight of your son and of the great-souled Karna, and freed Dhrishtadyumna, who had been seized by the foremost of teachers.

Verse 46 (7.192.46)

चरन्तं रथमार्गेषु सात्यकिं सत्यविक्रमम् । द्रोणकर्णान्तरगतं कृपस्यापि च भारत । अपश्येतां महात्मानौ विष्वक्सेनधनञ्जयौ ॥

carantaṃ rathamārgeṣu sātyakiṃ satyavikramam | droṇakarṇāntaragataṃ kṛpasyāpi ca bhārata | apaśyetāṃ mahātmānau viṣvaksenadhanañjayau

As Satyaki, true in valour, was moving along the chariot-paths, between Drona, Karna and Kripa too, O Bharata, the two great-souled ones, Vishvaksena and Dhananjaya, saw him.

Note on the text: Corrected द्रोणकर्म- → द्रोणकर्ण- (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण, CE droṇakarṇāntaragataṃ; Satyaki is between Drona, Karna and Kripa).

Verse 47 (7.192.47)

अपूजयेतां वार्ष्णेयं ब्रुवाणौ साधुसाध्विति । दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि सर्वेषां युधि निघ्नन्तमच्युतम् ॥

apūjayetāṃ vārṣṇeyaṃ bruvāṇau sādhusādhviti | divyānyastrāṇi sarveṣāṃ yudhi nighnantamacyutam

They honoured the Vrishni hero, saying "Well done, well done!", as he cut down everyone's divine weapons in the battle, the unwavering one.

Note on the text: Corrected निघ्न्तम् → निघ्नन्तम् (misprint in Wikisource; CE nighnantam). Lines = CE 7.164.155a and 155c; CE 155e is not in this text.

Verse 48 (7.192.48)

धनञ्जयस्ततः कृष्णमब्रवीत्पश्य केशव । आचार्यरथमुख्यानां मध्ये क्रीडन्मधूद्वहः ॥

dhanañjayastataḥ kṛṣṇamabravītpaśya keśava | ācāryarathamukhyānāṃ madhye krīḍanmadhūdvahaḥ

Then Dhananjaya said to Krishna: "Look, Keshava! There, in the midst of the foremost teachers and chariot-warriors, the scion of Madhu plays.

Note on the text: Line 1 introduces Arjuna's speech to Krishna, which begins at पश्य केशव and runs on to v. 51; the verse stays with the narrator. Recension variant आचार्यरथमुख्यानाम् (CE आचार्यवरमुख्यानाम्).

Verse 49 (7.192.49)

आनन्दयति मां भूयः सात्यकिः परवीरहा । माद्रीपुत्रौ च भीमं च राजानं च युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

ānandayati māṃ bhūyaḥ sātyakiḥ paravīrahā | mādrīputrau ca bhīmaṃ ca rājānaṃ ca yudhiṣṭhiram

"Satyaki, slayer of enemy heroes, gladdens me again and again, and the sons of Madri, Bhima, and King Yudhishthira too.

Note on the text: Speech of Arjuna to Krishna (begun in v. 48); the page prints no heading.

Verse 50 (7.192.50)

यच्छिक्षयाऽनुद्धतः सन्रणे चरति सात्यकिः । महारथानुपक्रीडन्वृष्णीनां कीर्तिवर्धनः ॥

yacchikṣayā'nuddhataḥ sanraṇe carati sātyakiḥ | mahārathānupakrīḍanvṛṣṇīnāṃ kīrtivardhanaḥ

"Since, through his skill and without arrogance, Satyaki moves about in the battle, sporting with great chariot-fighters, he who increases the fame of the Vrishnis,

Note on the text: Speech of Arjuna to Krishna (begun in v. 48); the page prints no heading.

Verse 51 (7.192.51)

तमेते प्रतिनन्दन्ति सिद्धाः सैन्याश्च विस्मिताः । अजय्यं समरे दृष्ट्वा साधुसाध्विति सात्यकिम् । योधाश्चोभयतः सर्वे कर्मभिः समपूजयन् ॥

tamete pratinandanti siddhāḥ sainyāśca vismitāḥ | ajayyaṃ samare dṛṣṭvā sādhusādhviti sātyakim | yodhāścobhayataḥ sarve karmabhiḥ samapūjayan

"the Siddhas and the amazed soldiers applaud him, seeing him invincible in the battle, saying 'Well done, well done' to the Satvata; and the warriors on both sides all honoured him for his deeds."

Note on the text: Speech of Arjuna to Krishna; the last line, in the past tense, may be the narrator's, but is kept inside Arjuna's speech.