The Rout of the Kaurava Army and Kripa’s Account of Drona’s Fall

Verse 1 (7.194.1)

ततो द्रोणे हते राजन्कुरवः शस्त्रपीडिताः । हतप्रवीरा विध्वस्ता भृशं शोकपरायणाः ॥

tato droṇe hate rājankuravaḥ śastrapīḍitāḥ | hatapravīrā vidhvastā bhṛśaṃ śokaparāyaṇāḥ

Then, when Drona had been slain, O king, the Kauravas, wounded by weapons, their foremost heroes dead, were shattered and sunk deep in grief.

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: the input (70 verses) agrees with the raw page’s table row for row (printed 5-194-1 to 5-194-70; the page’s “5-” is a typo for 7). Wikisource 194 runs from CE 7.165.68 to 7.165.125. CE star passages 7.165.83b*1347_01, 87b*1348_01, 95b*1350_01, 100d*1352_01–02 and 110b*1353_01 are not on the page, nor is CE 7.165.117a (only its line c, in v60).

Verse 2 (7.194.2)

उदीर्णांश्च परान्दृष्ट्वा हर्षमाणान्पुनः पुनः । अश्रुपूर्णेक्षणास्त्रस्ता दीनास्त्वासन्विशाम्पते ॥

udīrṇāṃśca parāndṛṣṭvā harṣamāṇānpunaḥ punaḥ | aśrupūrṇekṣaṇāstrastā dīnāstvāsanviśāmpate

Seeing the enemy exultant and rejoicing again and again, they stood tearful-eyed, terrified and wretched, O lord of the people.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition’s main text; = star passage 7.165.68d*1343_01–02 (after 7.165.68).

Verse 3 (7.194.3)

विचेतसो हतोत्साहाः कश्मलाभिहतौजसः । आर्तस्वरेण महता पुत्रं ते पर्यवारयन् ॥

vicetaso hatotsāhāḥ kaśmalābhihataujasaḥ | ārtasvareṇa mahatā putraṃ te paryavārayan

Bewildered, their courage gone, their strength struck down by faintness, they crowded around your son with loud cries of distress.

Verse 4 (7.194.4)

विषण्णवदना दीना वीक्षमाणा दिशो दश । अश्रुकण्ठा यथा दैत्या हिरण्याक्षे पुरा हते ॥

viṣaṇṇavadanā dīnā vīkṣamāṇā diśo daśa | aśrukaṇṭhā yathā daityā hiraṇyākṣe purā hate

Their faces downcast, wretched, glancing in all ten directions, their throats choked with tears, they were like the Daityas of old when Hiranyaksha was slain.

Note on the text: Corrected वेषण्ण → विषण्ण (misprint in Wikisource; वेषण्ण is not a word; “dejected” is विषण्ण, and the sense (“faces downcast”) requires it).

Verse 5 (7.194.5)

स तैः परिवृतो राजा त्रस्तैः क्षुद्रमृगैरिव । अशक्नुवन्नवस्थातुमपायात्तनयस्तव ॥

sa taiḥ parivṛto rājā trastaiḥ kṣudramṛgairiva | aśaknuvannavasthātumapāyāttanayastava

Surrounded by them, terrified like small deer, the king, your son, could not stand his ground and drew away.

Verse 6 (7.194.6)

क्षुत्पिपासापरिम्लानास्ते योधास्तव भारत । आदित्येनेव सन्तप्ता भृशं विमनसोऽभवन् ॥

kṣutpipāsāparimlānāste yodhāstava bhārata | ādityeneva santaptā bhṛśaṃ vimanaso'bhavan

Those warriors of yours, O Bharata, withered by hunger and thirst and scorched as if by the sun, were utterly despondent.

Verse 7 (7.194.7)

भास्करस्येव पतनं समुद्रस्येव शोषणम् । विपर्यासं यथा मेरोर्वासवस्येव निर्जयम् ॥

bhāskarasyeva patanaṃ samudrasyeva śoṣaṇam | viparyāsaṃ yathā merorvāsavasyeva nirjayam

It was like the fall of the sun, the drying up of the ocean, the overturning of Meru, the defeat of Vasava.

Verse 8 (7.194.8)

अप्रेक्षणीयं तद्दृष्ट्वा भारद्वाजस्य पातनम् । त्रस्तरूपतरा राजन्कौरवाः प्राद्रवन्भयात् ॥

aprekṣaṇīyaṃ taddṛṣṭvā bhāradvājasya pātanam | trastarūpatarā rājankauravāḥ prādravanbhayāt

Seeing that unbearable sight, the felling of Bharadvaja’s son, the Kauravas, still more terrified, fled in fear, O king.

Verse 9 (7.194.9)

गान्धारराजः शकुनिस्त्रस्तस्त्रस्ततरैः सह । हतं रुक्मरथं श्रुत्वा प्राद्रवत्सहितो रथैः ॥

gāndhārarājaḥ śakunistrastastrastataraiḥ saha | hataṃ rukmarathaṃ śrutvā prādravatsahito rathaiḥ

Shakuni, king of Gandhara, with his companions still more terrified than he, hearing that the golden-chariot warrior was slain, fled together with his chariots.

Verse 10 (7.194.10)

वरूथिनीं वेगवतीं विद्रुतां सपताकिनीम् । परिगृह्य महासेनां सूतपुत्रोऽपयाद्भयात् ॥

varūthinīṃ vegavatīṃ vidrutāṃ sapatākinīm | parigṛhya mahāsenāṃ sūtaputro'payādbhayāt

The Charioteer’s son took up the swift, scattered, banner-bearing great army and withdrew in fear.

Verse 11 (7.194.11)

रथनागाश्वकलिलां पुरस्कृत्य तु वाहिनीम् । मद्राणामीश्वरः शल्यो वीक्षमाणोऽपयाद्भयात् ॥

rathanāgāśvakalilāṃ puraskṛtya tu vāhinīm | madrāṇāmīśvaraḥ śalyo vīkṣamāṇo'payādbhayāt

Shalya, lord of the Madras, putting before him the army crowded with chariots, elephants and horses, looked about and withdrew in fear.

Verse 12 (7.194.12)

हतप्रवीरैर्भूयिष्ठैर्ध्वजैर्बहुपताकिभिः । वृतः शारद्वतोऽगच्छत्कष्टङ्कष्टमिति ब्रुवन् ॥

hatapravīrairbhūyiṣṭhairdhvajairbahupatākibhiḥ | vṛtaḥ śāradvato'gacchatkaṣṭaṅkaṣṭamiti bruvan

Sharadvata, surrounded by a great many banners whose heroes had been slain, and by streaming pennants, went away crying, “Woe, woe!”

Verse 13 (7.194.13)

भोजानीकेन शिष्टेन कलिङ्गारट्टबाह्लिकैः । कृतवर्मा वृतो राजन्प्रायात्सुजवनैर्हयैः ॥

bhojānīkena śiṣṭena kaliṅgāraṭṭabāhlikaiḥ | kṛtavarmā vṛto rājanprāyātsujavanairhayaiḥ

Kritavarman, O king, surrounded by the remaining Bhoja troops and by the Kalingas, Arattas and Bahlikas, rode off on swift horses.

Note on the text: Corrected भोजनीकेन → भोजानीकेन (misprint in Wikisource; भोजनीक is not a word; the Bhoja army is भोजानीक, as in the critical edition).

Verse 14 (7.194.14)

पदातिगणसंयुक्तस्त्रस्तो राजन्भयार्दितः । उलूकः प्राद्रवत्तत्र दृष्ट्वा द्रोणं निपातितम् ॥

padātigaṇasaṃyuktastrasto rājanbhayārditaḥ | ulūkaḥ prādravattatra dṛṣṭvā droṇaṃ nipātitam

Uluka, O king, with a body of foot-soldiers, terrified and tormented by fear, fled from there when he saw Drona felled.

Verse 15 (7.194.15)

दर्शनीयो युवा चैव शौर्येण कृतलक्षणः । दुःशासनो भृशोद्विग्नः प्राद्रवद्गजसंवृतः ॥

darśanīyo yuvā caiva śauryeṇa kṛtalakṣaṇaḥ | duḥśāsano bhṛśodvignaḥ prādravadgajasaṃvṛtaḥ

Duhshasana, handsome and young, a man marked by heroism, greatly agitated, fled surrounded by elephants.

Verse 16 (7.194.16)

रथानामयुतं गृह्य त्रिसाहस्रं च दन्तिनाम् । वृषसेनो ययौ तूर्णं दृष्ट्वा द्रोणं निपातितम् ॥

rathānāmayutaṃ gṛhya trisāhasraṃ ca dantinām | vṛṣaseno yayau tūrṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā droṇaṃ nipātitam

Vrishasena, taking ten thousand chariots and three thousand elephants, swiftly went away when he saw Drona felled.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition’s main text; = star passage 7.165.81d*1344_01–02 (after 7.165.81).

Verse 17 (7.194.17)

गजाश्वरथसंयुक्तो वृतश्चैव पदातिभिः । दुर्योधनो महाराज प्रायात्तत्र महारथः ॥

gajāśvarathasaṃyukto vṛtaścaiva padātibhiḥ | duryodhano mahārāja prāyāttatra mahārathaḥ

And Duryodhana, O great king, the great chariot-warrior, went off from there with elephants, horses and chariots, surrounded by foot-soldiers.

Verse 18 (7.194.18)

संशप्तकगणाद्गृह्य हतशेषान्किरीटिना । सुशर्मा प्राद्रवद्राजन्दृष्ट्वा द्रोणं निपातितम् ॥

saṃśaptakagaṇādgṛhya hataśeṣānkirīṭinā | suśarmā prādravadrājandṛṣṭvā droṇaṃ nipātitam

Susharma, O king, taking the Samshaptakas who were left after Kiritin’s slaughter, fled when he saw Drona felled.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition’s main text; = star passage 7.165.82d*1345_01–02 (after 7.165.82). Corrected प्राद्रावद् → प्राद्रवद् (misprint in Wikisource; doubled long vowel; the verb is प्राद्रवत्, as in the critical edition).

Verse 19 (7.194.19)

गजान्रथान्समारुह्य व्युदस्य च हयाञ्जनाः । प्राद्रवन्सर्वतः सङ्ख्ये दृष्ट्वा रुक्मरथं हतम् ॥

gajānrathānsamāruhya vyudasya ca hayāñjanāḥ | prādravansarvataḥ saṅkhye dṛṣṭvā rukmarathaṃ hatam

Men mounted elephants and chariots, casting the horses aside, and fled in every direction in the battle when they saw the golden-chariot warrior slain.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.165.83a (the page reads व्युदस्य च हयाञ्जनाः for the CE’s parasyāpi hayāñ janāḥ, recension variant); line 2 = star passage 7.165.83b*1346_01.

Verse 20 (7.194.20)

त्वरयन्तः पितॄनन्ये भ्रातॄनन्येऽथ मातुलान् । पुत्रानन्ये वयस्यांश्च प्राद्रवन्कुरवस्तदा ॥

tvarayantaḥ pitṝnanye bhrātṝnanye'tha mātulān | putrānanye vayasyāṃśca prādravankuravastadā

Then the Kurus fled, some hurrying their fathers, others their brothers or maternal uncles, others their sons and friends.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition’s main text; = star passage 7.165.83b*1346_02–03.

Verse 21 (7.194.21)

चोदयन्तश्च सैन्यानि स्वस्रीयांश्च तथाऽपरे । सम्बन्धिनस्तथाऽन्ये च प्राद्रवन्त दिशो दश ॥

codayantaśca sainyāni svasrīyāṃśca tathā'pare | sambandhinastathā'nye ca prādravanta diśo daśa

Others, urging on the troops, and still others their sisters’ sons and their kinsmen by marriage, fled in all ten directions.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition’s main text; = star passage 7.165.83b*1346_04–05. Corrected स्वस्त्रीयांश्च → स्वस्रीयांश्च (misprint in Wikisource; extra त्; “sisters’ sons” is स्वस्रीय, as in the critical edition svasrīyāṃś).

Verse 22 (7.194.22)

प्रकीर्णकेशा विध्वस्ता न द्वावेकत्र धावतः । नेदमस्तीति मन्वाना हतोत्साहा हतौजसः ॥

prakīrṇakeśā vidhvastā na dvāvekatra dhāvataḥ | nedamastīti manvānā hatotsāhā hataujasaḥ

With hair dishevelled and spirits shattered, not even two ran together; thinking, “It is all over,” they had lost their courage and their vigour.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.165.83c; line 2 = CE 7.165.84a. (CE star passage 7.165.83b*1347_01 is not on the page.)

Verse 23 (7.194.23)

उत्सृज्य कवचानन्ये प्राद्रवंस्तावका विभो । अन्योन्यं ते समाक्रोशन्सैनिका भरतर्षभ ॥

utsṛjya kavacānanye prādravaṃstāvakā vibho | anyonyaṃ te samākrośansainikā bharatarṣabha

Others of your men, O lord, threw off their armour and fled; and those soldiers, O best of the Bharatas, kept shouting to one another,

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.165.84c; line 2 = CE 7.165.85a. Corrected यैनिका → सैनिका (misprint in Wikisource; य for स; the critical edition reads sainikāḥ).

Verse 24 (7.194.24)

तिष्ठतिष्ठेति न च ते स्वयं तत्रावतस्थिरे । धुर्यानुन्मुच्य च रथाद्धतसूतात्स्वलङ्कृतान् । अधिरुह्य हयान्योधाः क्षिप्रं पद्भिरचोदयन् ॥

tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti na ca te svayaṃ tatrāvatasthire | dhuryānunmucya ca rathāddhatasūtātsvalaṅkṛtān | adhiruhya hayānyodhāḥ kṣipraṃ padbhiracodayan

“Stop, stop!”—yet they did not stop there themselves. Unyoking the splendidly adorned draught horses from the chariots whose charioteers were dead, the warriors mounted them and quickly drove them on with their heels.

Note on the text: Three lines, as on the page: line 1 = CE 7.165.85c; lines 2–3 = CE 7.165.86a and 86c (the page reads धुर्यानुन्मुच्य for the CE’s dhuryān pramucya, variant).

Verse 25 (7.194.25)

द्रवमाणे तथा सैन्ये त्रस्तरूपे हतौजसि । प्रतिस्रोत इव ग्राहो द्रोणपुत्रः परानियात् ॥

dravamāṇe tathā sainye trastarūpe hataujasi | pratisrota iva grāho droṇaputraḥ parāniyāt

As the army fled thus, terrified and drained of vigour, Drona’s son advanced against the enemy like a crocodile swimming against the current.

Note on the text: Corrected द्रमाणे → द्रवमाणे (misprint in Wikisource; dropped व; the critical edition reads dravamāṇe).

Verse 26 (7.194.26)

तस्यासीत्सुमहद्युद्धं शिखण्डिप्रमुखैर्गणैः । प्रभद्रकैश्च पाञ्चालैश्चेदिभिश्च सकेकयैः ॥

tasyāsītsumahadyuddhaṃ śikhaṇḍipramukhairgaṇaiḥ | prabhadrakaiśca pāñcālaiścedibhiśca sakekayaiḥ

A very great battle took place for him against the hosts led by Shikhandi, against the Prabhadrakas, the Panchalas, and the Chedis together with the Kekayas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition’s main text; = star passage 7.165.87d*1349_01–02 (after 7.165.87).

Verse 27 (7.194.27)

हत्वा बहुविधाः सेनाः पाण्डूनां युद्धदुर्मदः । कथञ्चित्सङ्कटान्मुक्तो मत्तद्विरदविक्रमः ॥

hatvā bahuvidhāḥ senāḥ pāṇḍūnāṃ yuddhadurmadaḥ | kathañcitsaṅkaṭānmukto mattadviradavikramaḥ

Having slain many kinds of the Pandavas’ forces, intoxicated with battle and moving with the might of a rutting elephant, he somehow escaped from that peril.

Verse 28 (7.194.28)

द्रवमाणं बलं दृष्ट्वा पलायनकृतक्षणम् । दुर्योधनं समासाद्य द्रोणपुत्रोऽब्रवीदिदम् ॥

dravamāṇaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā palāyanakṛtakṣaṇam | duryodhanaṃ samāsādya droṇaputro'bravīdidam

Seeing the army running, intent on flight, Drona’s son went up to Duryodhana and said this:

Verse 29 (7.194.29)

किमियं द्रवते सेना त्रस्तरूपेव भारत । द्रवमाणां च राजेन्द्र नावस्थापयसे रणे ॥

kimiyaṃ dravate senā trastarūpeva bhārata | dravamāṇāṃ ca rājendra nāvasthāpayase raṇe

Why is this army running, O Bharata, as though in terror? And, O king of kings, why do you not make it stand in the battle as it flees?

Note on the text: No speaker heading is printed; the speech is Ashvatthama’s (introduced by the previous verse), and it runs to v32.

Verse 30 (7.194.30)

त्वं चापि न यथा पूर्वं प्रकृतिस्थो नराधिप । कर्णप्रभृतयश्चेमे नावतिष्ठन्ति पार्थिव ॥

tvaṃ cāpi na yathā pūrvaṃ prakṛtistho narādhipa | karṇaprabhṛtayaśceme nāvatiṣṭhanti pārthiva

You yourself, O lord of men, are not as you were before, and these kings, Karna and the rest, are not holding their ground, O king.

Verse 31 (7.194.31)

अन्येष्वपि च युद्धेषु नैव सेनाऽद्रवत्तदा । कच्चित्क्षेमं महाबाहो तव सैन्यस्य भारत ॥

anyeṣvapi ca yuddheṣu naiva senā'dravattadā | kaccitkṣemaṃ mahābāho tava sainyasya bhārata

In other battles, too, the army never fled like this. Is all well with your army, O mighty-armed Bharata?

Verse 32 (7.194.32)

कस्मिन्निदं हते राजन्रथसिंहे बलं तव । एतामवस्थां संप्राप्तं तन्ममाचक्ष्व कौरव ॥

kasminnidaṃ hate rājanrathasiṃhe balaṃ tava | etāmavasthāṃ saṃprāptaṃ tanmamācakṣva kaurava

At the death of which lion among charioteers, O king, has your army come to this state? Tell me that, O Kaurava.

Note on the text: Corrected कस्पिन्निदं → कस्मिन्निदं (misprint in Wikisource; स्प for स्म; the critical edition reads kasminn idaṃ).

Verse 33 (7.194.33)

तत्तु दुर्योधनः श्रुत्वा द्रोणपुत्रस्य भाषितम् । घोरमप्रियमाख्यातुं नाशक्नोत्पार्थिवर्षभः ॥

tattu duryodhanaḥ śrutvā droṇaputrasya bhāṣitam | ghoramapriyamākhyātuṃ nāśaknotpārthivarṣabhaḥ

But Duryodhana, hearing the words of Drona’s son, that best of kings could not bring himself to tell the terrible, unwelcome news.

Verse 34 (7.194.34)

भिन्ना नौरिव ते पुत्रो मग्नः शोकमहार्णवे । बाष्पेणापिहितो दृष्ट्वा द्रोणपुत्रं रथे स्थितम् ॥

bhinnā nauriva te putro magnaḥ śokamahārṇave | bāṣpeṇāpihito dṛṣṭvā droṇaputraṃ rathe sthitam

Like a broken boat, your son was sunk in a great ocean of grief; seeing Drona’s son standing in his chariot, his sight was veiled by tears.

Verse 35 (7.194.35)

ततः शारद्वतं राजा सव्रीडमिदमब्रवीत् । शंसात्र भद्रं ते सर्वं यथा सैन्यमिदं द्रुतम् ॥

tataḥ śāradvataṃ rājā savrīḍamidamabravīt | śaṃsātra bhadraṃ te sarvaṃ yathā sainyamidaṃ drutam

Then the king, ashamed, said this to Sharadvata: “May good fortune be yours; tell it all here, how this army came to flee.”

Verse 36 (7.194.36)

अथ शारद्वतो राजन्नार्तिमार्च्छन्पुनःपुनः । शशंस द्रोणपुत्राय यथा द्रोणो निपातितः ॥

atha śāradvato rājannārtimārcchanpunaḥpunaḥ | śaśaṃsa droṇaputrāya yathā droṇo nipātitaḥ

Then Sharadvata, O king, groaning in anguish again and again, told Drona’s son how Drona had been felled.

Verse 37 (7.194.37)

वयं द्रोणं पुरस्कृत्य पृथिव्यां प्रवरं रथम् । प्रावर्तयाम सङ्ग्रामं पाञ्चालैरेव केवलम् ॥

vayaṃ droṇaṃ puraskṛtya pṛthivyāṃ pravaraṃ ratham | prāvartayāma saṅgrāmaṃ pāñcālaireva kevalam

Making Drona, the foremost charioteer on earth, our leader, we carried on the battle against the Panchalas alone.

Note on the text: Speaker Kripa per the page’s heading (कृप उवाच); his account runs to v67.

Verse 38 (7.194.38)

ततः प्रवृत्ते सङ्ग्रामे विमिश्राः कुरुसोमकाः । अन्योन्यमभिगर्जन्तः शस्त्रैर्देहानपातयन् ॥

tataḥ pravṛtte saṅgrāme vimiśrāḥ kurusomakāḥ | anyonyamabhigarjantaḥ śastrairdehānapātayan

Then, when the battle had begun, the Kurus and Somakas, mingled together and roaring at one another, felled bodies with their weapons.

Note on the text: Corrected सङ्ग्रमे → सङ्ग्रामे (misprint in Wikisource; dropped long ā; the critical edition reads saṃgrāme).

Verse 39 (7.194.39)

वर्तमाने तथा युद्धे क्षीयमाणेषु संयुगे । धार्तराष्ट्रेषु सङ्क्रुद्धः पिता तेऽस्त्रमुदैरयत् ॥

vartamāne tathā yuddhe kṣīyamāṇeṣu saṃyuge | dhārtarāṣṭreṣu saṅkruddhaḥ pitā te'stramudairayat

As the fighting went on and the Dhartarashtras were being cut down in the battle, your enraged father discharged his weapon.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition’s main text; = star passage 7.165.99d*1351_01–02 (after 7.165.99).

Verse 40 (7.194.40)

ततो द्रोणो ब्राह्ममस्त्रं विकुर्वाणो नरर्षभः । व्यहनच्छात्रवान्भल्लैः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥

tato droṇo brāhmamastraṃ vikurvāṇo nararṣabhaḥ | vyahanacchātravānbhallaiḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

Then Drona, best of men, calling up the Brahma weapon, struck down his enemies with broad-headed arrows by the hundred and by the thousand.

Verse 41 (7.194.41)

पाण्डवाः केकया मात्स्याः पाञ्चालाश्च विशेषतः । सङ्ख्ये द्रोणरथं प्राप्य व्यनशन्कालचोदिताः ॥

pāṇḍavāḥ kekayā mātsyāḥ pāñcālāśca viśeṣataḥ | saṅkhye droṇarathaṃ prāpya vyanaśankālacoditāḥ

The Pandavas, the Kekayas, the Matsyas and above all the Panchalas, coming up to Drona’s chariot in the battle, perished, driven by Time.

Verse 42 (7.194.42)

सहस्रं नरसिंहानां द्विसाहस्रं च दन्तिनाम् । द्रोणो ब्रह्मास्त्रयोगेन प्रेषयामास मृत्यवे ॥

sahasraṃ narasiṃhānāṃ dvisāhasraṃ ca dantinām | droṇo brahmāstrayogena preṣayāmāsa mṛtyave

By the power of the Brahma weapon Drona sent to their death a thousand lions among men and two thousand elephants.

Verse 43 (7.194.43)

आकर्णपलितश्यामो वयसाऽशीतिपञ्चकः । रणे पर्यचरद्द्रोणो वृद्धः षोडशवर्षवत् ॥

ākarṇapalitaśyāmo vayasā'śītipañcakaḥ | raṇe paryacaraddroṇo vṛddhaḥ ṣoḍaśavarṣavat

Grey-haired to the ears, dark in complexion, eighty-five years old, Drona moved about the battlefield, an old man, like a youth of sixteen.

Verse 44 (7.194.44)

क्लिश्यमानेषु सैन्येषु वध्यमानेषु राजसु । अमर्षवशमापन्नाः पाञ्चाला विमुखाऽभवन् ॥

kliśyamāneṣu sainyeṣu vadhyamāneṣu rājasu | amarṣavaśamāpannāḥ pāñcālā vimukhā'bhavan

As the armies were harassed and the kings slaughtered, the Panchalas, in the grip of indignation, turned away from the fight.

Verse 45 (7.194.45)

तेषु किञ्चित्प्रभग्नेषु विमुखेषु सपत्नजित् । दिव्यमस्त्रं विकुर्वाणो बभूवार्क इवोदितः ॥

teṣu kiñcitprabhagneṣu vimukheṣu sapatnajit | divyamastraṃ vikurvāṇo babhūvārka ivoditaḥ

When some of them had broken and turned away, that conqueror of foes, working a divine weapon, shone like the risen sun.

Verse 46 (7.194.46)

स मध्यं प्राप्य पाण्डूनां शररश्मिः प्रतापवान् । मध्यं गत इवादित्यो दुष्प्रेक्ष्यस्ते पिताऽभवत् ॥

sa madhyaṃ prāpya pāṇḍūnāṃ śararaśmiḥ pratāpavān | madhyaṃ gata ivādityo duṣprekṣyaste pitā'bhavat

Reaching the midst of the Pandavas, that glorious one, with arrows for rays, became hard for them to look at, your father, like the sun at its zenith.

Verse 47 (7.194.47)

ते दह्यमाना द्रोणेन सूर्येणेव विराजता । दग्धवीर्या निरुत्साहा बभूवुर्गतचेतसाः ॥

te dahyamānā droṇena sūryeṇeva virājatā | dagdhavīryā nirutsāhā babhūvurgatacetasāḥ

Burned by Drona as by the blazing sun, they lost their strength, their vigour, and their wits.

Verse 48 (7.194.48)

तान्दृष्ट्वा पीडितान्बाणैर्द्रोणेन मधुसूदनः । जयैषी पाण्डुपुत्राणामिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

tāndṛṣṭvā pīḍitānbāṇairdroṇena madhusūdanaḥ | jayaiṣī pāṇḍuputrāṇāmidaṃ vacanamabravīt

Seeing them tormented by Drona’s arrows, Madhusudana, wishing victory for the sons of Pandu, spoke these words:

Verse 49 (7.194.49)

नैष जातु नरैः शक्यो जेतुं शस्त्रभृतां वरः । अपि वृत्रहणा सङ्ख्ये रथयूथपयूथपः ॥

naiṣa jātu naraiḥ śakyo jetuṃ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ | api vṛtrahaṇā saṅkhye rathayūthapayūthapaḥ

This best of weapon-bearers can never be conquered by men; not even Indra, slayer of Vritra, could conquer him in battle, this chief of the chiefs of chariot-bands.

Note on the text: No speaker heading is printed; Krishna’s speech is introduced by the previous verse and runs to v51 (given to Vasudeva, as the critical edition names him).

Verse 50 (7.194.50)

ते यूयं धर्ममुत्सृज्य जयं रक्षत पाण्डवाः । यथा वः संयुगे सर्वान्न हन्याद्रुक्मवाहनः ॥

te yūyaṃ dharmamutsṛjya jayaṃ rakṣata pāṇḍavāḥ | yathā vaḥ saṃyuge sarvānna hanyādrukmavāhanaḥ

So, Pandavas, give up righteousness and guard your victory, lest this golden-chariot warrior kill you all in battle.

Verse 51 (7.194.51)

अश्वत्थाम्नि हते नैष युध्येदिति मतिर्मम । हतं तं संयुगे कश्चिदाख्यात्वस्मै मृषा नरः ॥

aśvatthāmni hate naiṣa yudhyediti matirmama | hataṃ taṃ saṃyuge kaścidākhyātvasmai mṛṣā naraḥ

My thought is that if Ashvatthama is killed he will not fight. Let some man tell him falsely that Ashvatthama has been killed in the battle.

Verse 52 (7.194.52)

एतन्नारोचयद्वाक्यं कुन्तीपुत्रो धनञ्जयः । अरोचयंस्तु सर्वेऽन्ये कृच्छ्रेण तु युधिष्ठिरः ॥

etannārocayadvākyaṃ kuntīputro dhanañjayaḥ | arocayaṃstu sarve'nye kṛcchreṇa tu yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Arjuna, son of Kunti, did not approve this advice; all the others approved it, and Yudhishthira only with difficulty.

Verse 53 (7.194.53)

भीमसेनस्तु सव्रीडमब्रवीत्पितरं तव । अश्वत्थामा हत इति तं नाबुध्यत ते पिता ॥

bhīmasenastu savrīḍamabravītpitaraṃ tava | aśvatthāmā hata iti taṃ nābudhyata te pitā

Bhimasena, ashamed, told your father, “Ashvatthama is dead”; but your father did not believe it.

Verse 54 (7.194.54)

स शङ्कमानस्तन्मिथ्या धर्मराजमपृच्छत । हतं वाऽप्यहतं वाऽऽजौ त्वां पिता पुत्रवत्सलः ॥

sa śaṅkamānastanmithyā dharmarājamapṛcchata | hataṃ vā'pyahataṃ vā''jau tvāṃ pitā putravatsalaḥ

Suspecting it was false, your father, who doted on his son, asked the king of dharma whether you had been killed or not in the battle.

Verse 55 (7.194.55)

तमतथ्यभये मग्नो जये सक्तो युधिष्ठिरः । अश्वत्थामानमायोधे हतं दृष्ट्वा महागजम् ॥

tamatathyabhaye magno jaye sakto yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | aśvatthāmānamāyodhe hataṃ dṛṣṭvā mahāgajam

Then Yudhishthira, sunk in the fear of untruth yet attached to victory, saw in the battle that the great elephant named Ashvatthama had been slain—

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.165.115a, line 2 a variant of 115c (the page reads अश्वत्थामानमायोधे हतं दृष्ट्वा महागजम् for the CE’s aśvatthāmānam āhedaṃ hataḥ kuñjara ity uta). The sentence runs on into v56.

Verse 56 (7.194.56)

भीमेन गिरिवर्ष्माणं मालवस्येन्द्रवर्मणः । उपसृत्य तदा द्रोणमुच्चैरिदमुवाच ह ॥

bhīmena girivarṣmāṇaṃ mālavasyendravarmaṇaḥ | upasṛtya tadā droṇamuccairidamuvāca ha

the mountain-bodied elephant of Indravarman of Malava, killed by Bhima—and, going up to Drona, he said this aloud:

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.165.115e; line 2 is a variant of CE 7.165.116a (the page reads उपसृत्य तदा द्रोणमुच्चैरिदमुवाच ह). The subject is Yudhishthira, as the sense and the CE require.

Verse 57 (7.194.57)

यस्यार्थे शस्त्रमादत्से यमवेक्ष्य च जीवसि । पुत्रस्ते दयितो नित्यं सोश्वत्थामा निपातितः ॥

yasyārthe śastramādatse yamavekṣya ca jīvasi | putraste dayito nityaṃ sośvatthāmā nipātitaḥ

He for whose sake you take up weapons, he by looking to whom you live, your ever-beloved son Ashvatthama has been struck down.

Note on the text: No speaker heading is printed; the speech is Yudhishthira’s (see the previous verse). = CE 7.165.116c and 116e.

Verse 58 (7.194.58)

शेते विनिहतो भूमौ वने सिंहशिशुर्यथा ॥

śete vinihato bhūmau vane siṃhaśiśuryathā

He lies slain on the ground, like a lion cub in the forest.

Note on the text: A single line, as on the page. Not in the critical edition’s main text; = star passage 7.165.116f*1354_01.

Verse 59 (7.194.59)

जानन्नप्यनृतस्याथ दोषान्स द्विजसत्तमम् । अव्यक्तमब्रवीद्राजा हतः कुञ्जर इत्युत ॥

jānannapyanṛtasyātha doṣānsa dvijasattamam | avyaktamabravīdrājā hataḥ kuñjara ityuta

Though knowing the faults of untruth, the king said indistinctly to that best of the twice-born, “Killed—the elephant.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition’s main text; = star passage 7.165.116f*1354_02–03.

Verse 60 (7.194.60)

स त्वां निहतमाक्रन्दे श्रुत्वा सन्तापतापितः । नियम्य दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि नायुध्यत यथा पुरा ॥

sa tvāṃ nihatamākrande śrutvā santāpatāpitaḥ | niyamya divyānyastrāṇi nāyudhyata yathā purā

Hearing in the uproar that you had been killed, he was scorched with grief; he restrained his divine weapons and did not fight as before.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of star passage 7.165.117b*1355_01 (CE: sa tvāṃ nihatam ākrandan kṛtvā tvannāmapīḍitaḥ); line 2 = CE 7.165.117c. CE 7.165.117a is not on the page.

Verse 61 (7.194.61)

तं दृष्ट्वा परमोद्विग्नं शोकातुरमचेतसम् । पाञ्चालराजस्य सुतः क्रूरकर्मा समाद्रवत् ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā paramodvignaṃ śokāturamacetasam | pāñcālarājasya sutaḥ krūrakarmā samādravat

Seeing him deeply agitated, his mind bewildered with grief, the cruel-deeded son of the Panchala king rushed at him.

Note on the text: Corrected क्रुरकर्मा → क्रूरकर्मा (misprint in Wikisource; short u for long ū; “cruel-deeded” is क्रूरकर्मा, as in the critical edition).

Verse 62 (7.194.62)

तं दृष्ट्वा विहितं मृत्युं लोकतत्त्वविचक्षणः । दिव्यान्यस्त्राण्यथोत्सृज्य रणे प्रायमुपाविशत् ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā vihitaṃ mṛtyuṃ lokatattvavicakṣaṇaḥ | divyānyastrāṇyathotsṛjya raṇe prāyamupāviśat

Seeing his death ordained, he who knew the truth of the world laid aside his divine weapons and sat down in the battle, resolved to die.

Note on the text: Restored line 1 from the critical edition (7.165.119a): Wikisource prints a repeat of the previous verse’s first line (तं दृष्ट्वा परमोद्विग्नं शोकातुरमचेतसम्), here replaced by तं दृष्ट्वा विहितं मृत्युं लोकतत्त्वविचक्षणः. Line 2 = CE 7.165.119c, with the page’s प्रायमुपाविशत् for the CE’s prāya upāviśat (recension variant).

Verse 63 (7.194.63)

ततोऽस्य केशान्सव्येन गृहीत्वा पाणिना तदा । पार्षतः क्रोशमानानां वीराणामच्छिनच्छिरः ॥

tato'sya keśānsavyena gṛhītvā pāṇinā tadā | pārṣataḥ krośamānānāṃ vīrāṇāmacchinacchiraḥ

Then Parshata, seizing his hair with his left hand, cut off his head while the heroes cried out.

Verse 64 (7.194.64)

न हन्तव्यो न हन्तव्य इति ते सर्वतोऽब्रुवन् । तथैव चार्जुनो वाहादवरुह्यैनमाद्रवत् ॥

na hantavyo na hantavya iti te sarvato'bruvan | tathaiva cārjuno vāhādavaruhyainamādravat

“Do not kill him! Do not kill him!” they all cried from every side; and Arjuna too leapt down from his chariot and ran at him.

Verse 65 (7.194.65)

उद्यम्य त्वरितो बाहुं ब्रुवाणश्च पुनःपुनः । जीवन्तमानयाचार्यं मावधीरिति धर्मवित् ॥

udyamya tvarito bāhuṃ bruvāṇaśca punaḥpunaḥ | jīvantamānayācāryaṃ māvadhīriti dharmavit

Raising his arm in haste, that knower of dharma kept crying out again and again, “Bring the teacher alive—do not kill him!”

Verse 66 (7.194.66)

तथा निवार्यमाणेन कौरवैरर्जुनेन च । हत एव नृशंसेन पिता तव नरर्षभ ॥

tathā nivāryamāṇena kauravairarjunena ca | hata eva nṛśaṃsena pitā tava nararṣabha

Yet, though the Kauravas and Arjuna tried to hold him back, your father was killed all the same by that cruel man, O best of men.

Verse 67 (7.194.67)

सैनिकाश्च ततः सर्वे प्राद्रवन्त भयार्दिताः । वयं चापि निरुत्साहा हते पितरि तेऽनघ ॥

sainikāśca tataḥ sarve prādravanta bhayārditāḥ | vayaṃ cāpi nirutsāhā hate pitari te'nagha

Then all the soldiers fled, stricken with fear, and we too lost heart, O blameless one, when your father was slain.

Verse 68 (7.194.68)

तच्छ्रुत्वा द्रोणपुत्रस्तु निधनं पितुराहवे । क्रोधमाहारयत्तीव्रं दण्डाहत इवोरगः ॥

tacchrutvā droṇaputrastu nidhanaṃ piturāhave | krodhamāhārayattīvraṃ daṇḍāhata ivoragaḥ

Hearing of his father’s death in the battle, Drona’s son took up a fierce rage, like a serpent struck with a rod.

Note on the text: Speaker Sanjaya per the page’s heading (सञ्जय उवाच); Kripa’s account ended with the previous verse.

Verse 69 (7.194.69)

ततः क्रुद्धो रणे द्रौणिर्भृशं जज्वाल मारिष । यथेन्धनं महत्प्राप्य प्राज्वलद्धव्यवाहनः ॥

tataḥ kruddho raṇe drauṇirbhṛśaṃ jajvāla māriṣa | yathendhanaṃ mahatprāpya prājvaladdhavyavāhanaḥ

Then, O sir, enraged in the battle, Drauni blazed fiercely, like the fire that carries the oblation when it finds abundant fuel.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition’s main text; = star passage 7.165.125d*1356_01–02 (after 7.165.125).

Verse 70 (7.194.70)

तलं तलेन निष्पिष्य दन्तैर्दन्तानुपास्पृशत् । निःश्वसन्नुरगो यद्वल्लोहिताक्षोऽभवत्तदा ॥

talaṃ talena niṣpiṣya dantairdantānupāspṛśat | niḥśvasannurago yadvallohitākṣo'bhavattadā

Rubbing palm against palm and grinding tooth against tooth, he sighed like a snake, and his eyes turned red.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition’s main text; = star passage 7.165.125d*1356_03–04 (after 7.165.125).