Bhima and Dhrishtadyumna Answer Arjuna

Verse 1 (7.198.1)

अर्जुनस्य वचः श्रुत्वा नोचुस्तत्र महारथाः । अप्रियं वा प्रियं वाऽपि महाराज धनञ्जयम् ॥

arjunasya vacaḥ śrutvā nocustatra mahārathāḥ | apriyaṃ vā priyaṃ vā'pi mahārāja dhanañjayam

Hearing Arjuna's words, the great chariot-warriors there said nothing to Dhananjaya, neither pleasant nor unpleasant, O great king.

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: the input (50 verses) agrees with the raw page's table row for row (printed 5-198-1 to 5-198-50; the page's "5-" is a typo for 7). Wikisource 198 corresponds to CE 7.168.1–39 (CE star passages 7.168.5d*1377, 7.168.7d*1378 and 7.168.9d*1379 are not on the page); the page ends at the colophon with no further verse. The page's two footnotes are not part of the text.

Verse 2 (7.198.2)

ततः क्रुद्धो महाबाहुर्भीमसेनोऽभ्यभाषत । कुत्सयन्निव कौन्तेयमर्जुनं भरतर्षभ ॥

tataḥ kruddho mahābāhurbhīmaseno'bhyabhāṣata | kutsayanniva kaunteyamarjunaṃ bharatarṣabha

Then the mighty-armed Bhimasena, angry, spoke to Arjuna, the son of Kunti, as if mocking him, O best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads कुत्सयन्निव for CE utsmayann iva (recension variant).

Verse 3 (7.198.3)

मुनिर्यथाऽरण्यगतो भाषते धर्मसंहितम् । न्यस्तदण्डो यथा पार्थ ब्राह्मणः संशितव्रतः ॥

muniryathā'raṇyagato bhāṣate dharmasaṃhitam | nyastadaṇḍo yathā pārtha brāhmaṇaḥ saṃśitavrataḥ

You speak words full of dharma like a hermit living in the forest, like a brahmin of strict vows who has laid down the rod, O Partha.

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhima's speech (vv. 3–24) has no printed heading on the page (the preceding heading is सञ्जय उवाच), so it is given to भीमसेन; v. 2 announces him. Corrected पार्थं → पार्थ (misprint in Wikisource; vocative, CE pārtha).

Verse 4 (7.198.4)

क्षतत्राता क्षताज्जीवन्क्षन्ता स्त्रीष्वपि साधुषु । क्षत्रियः क्षितिमाप्नोति क्षिप्रं धर्मं यशः श्रियः ॥

kṣatatrātā kṣatājjīvankṣantā strīṣvapi sādhuṣu | kṣatriyaḥ kṣitimāpnoti kṣipraṃ dharmaṃ yaśaḥ śriyaḥ

A kshatriya—one who shields others from harm, lives by the wound, and is forbearing toward women and good people—quickly gains the earth, dharma, fame and prosperity.

Verse 5 (7.198.5)

स भवान्क्षत्रियगुणैर्युक्तः सर्वैः कुलोद्वहः । अविपश्चिद्यथा वाचं व्याहरन्नाद्य शोभसे ॥

sa bhavānkṣatriyaguṇairyuktaḥ sarvaiḥ kulodvahaḥ | avipaścidyathā vācaṃ vyāharannādya śobhase

You, upholder of the family, endowed with all the qualities of a kshatriya, do not look fit today, speaking like an unlearned man.

Verse 6 (7.198.6)

पराक्रमस्ते कौन्तेय शक्रस्येव शचीपतेः । न चातिवर्तसे धर्मं वेलामिव महोदधिः ॥

parākramaste kaunteya śakrasyeva śacīpateḥ | na cātivartase dharmaṃ velāmiva mahodadhiḥ

Your prowess, son of Kunti, is like that of Shakra, husband of Shachi, and you never cross dharma, as the great ocean never crosses its shore.

Verse 7 (7.198.7)

न पूजयेत्त्वां कोन्वद्य यत्त्रयोदशवार्षिकम् । अमर्षं पृष्ठतः कृत्वा धर्ममेवाभिकाङ्क्षसे ॥

na pūjayettvāṃ konvadya yattrayodaśavārṣikam | amarṣaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā dharmamevābhikāṅkṣase

Who would not honour you today, who, for thirteen years, put your anger behind you and desire only dharma?

Verse 8 (7.198.8)

दिष्ट्या तात मनस्तेऽद्य स्वधर्ममनुवर्तते । आनृशंस्ये च ते दिष्ट्या बुद्धिः सततमच्युत ॥

diṣṭyā tāta manaste'dya svadharmamanuvartate | ānṛśaṃsye ca te diṣṭyā buddhiḥ satatamacyuta

It is good fortune, dear brother, that your mind today follows its own dharma; good fortune, Achyuta, that your thought is ever gentle toward others.

Verse 9 (7.198.9)

यत्तु धर्मप्रवृत्तस्य हृतं राज्यमधर्मतः । द्रौपदी च परामृष्टा सभामानीय शत्रुभिः ॥

yattu dharmapravṛttasya hṛtaṃ rājyamadharmataḥ | draupadī ca parāmṛṣṭā sabhāmānīya śatrubhiḥ

But that our kingdom was taken from us, who were bound to dharma, by unrighteous means, and that Draupadi was brought into the assembly and manhandled by our enemies,

Verse 10 (7.198.10)

वनं प्रव्राजिताश्चास्म वल्कलाजिनवाससः । अनर्हमाणास्तं भावं त्रयोदश समाः परैः ॥

vanaṃ pravrājitāścāsma valkalājinavāsasaḥ | anarhamāṇāstaṃ bhāvaṃ trayodaśa samāḥ paraiḥ

And that we were sent into the forest for thirteen years by our enemies, clad in bark and deerskin, though we did not deserve such a lot—

Verse 11 (7.198.11)

बहूनि क्षाम्य शत्रूणां सत्यधर्मरता वयम् । तथा तन्मर्षयित्वा तु यथा ते उत्पथे स्थिताः ॥

bahūni kṣāmya śatrūṇāṃ satyadharmaratā vayam | tathā tanmarṣayitvā tu yathā te utpathe sthitāḥ

We, devoted to truth and dharma, forgave the enemies many wrongs; and we endured it in such a way that they have remained set on the wrong road.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; the two lines are star passage 7.168.10d*1380_01–02. Stray quote marks removed.

Verse 12 (7.198.12)

एतान्यमर्षस्थानानि मर्षितानि त्वयाऽघन । क्षत्रधर्मप्रसक्तेन सर्वमेतदनुष्ठितम् ॥

etānyamarṣasthānāni marṣitāni tvayā'ghana | kṣatradharmaprasaktena sarvametadanuṣṭhitam

All these were grounds for anger, and you bore them, sinless one, intent on the duty of a warrior; all of it was carried out accordingly.

Verse 13 (7.198.13)

तमधर्ममपाकृष्टं स्मृत्वाऽद्य सहितस्त्वया । सानुबन्धान्हनिष्यामि क्षुद्रान्राज्यहरानहम् ॥

tamadharmamapākṛṣṭaṃ smṛtvā'dya sahitastvayā | sānubandhānhaniṣyāmi kṣudrānrājyaharānaham

Remembering that outrage that was forced upon us, I shall today, together with you, kill those petty usurpers of the kingdom, along with their kin.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads तमधर्ममपाकृष्टं स्मृत्वाऽद्य सहितस्त्वया for CE tam adharmam apākraṣṭum ārabdhaḥ sahitas tvayā (recension variant).

Verse 14 (7.198.14)

त्वया हि कथितं पूर्वं युद्धायाभ्यागता वयम् । घटामहे यथाशक्ति त्वं तु नोऽद्य जुगुप्ससे ॥

tvayā hi kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ yuddhāyābhyāgatā vayam | ghaṭāmahe yathāśakti tvaṃ tu no'dya jugupsase

You yourself said before that we had come for battle, and we strive as best we can; yet now you revile us.

Verse 15 (7.198.15)

स्वधर्मं नेच्छसे ज्ञातुं वृथा वचनमेव ते । भयार्दितानामस्माकं वाचा मर्माणि कृन्तसि ॥

svadharmaṃ necchase jñātuṃ vṛthā vacanameva te | bhayārditānāmasmākaṃ vācā marmāṇi kṛntasi

You do not care to know your own dharma—your words are empty. To us, tormented by fear, you cut at the vital places with your speech,

Verse 16 (7.198.16)

वपन्व्रणे क्षारमिव क्षतानां शत्रुकर्शन । विदीर्यते मे हृदयं त्वया वाक्शल्यपीडितम् ॥

vapanvraṇe kṣāramiva kṣatānāṃ śatrukarśana | vidīryate me hṛdayaṃ tvayā vākśalyapīḍitam

Like pouring caustic on the wounds of the wounded, scourge of your foes. My heart is torn, pierced by the arrow of your words.

Verse 17 (7.198.17)

अधर्ममेनं विपुलं धार्मिकः सन्न बुध्यसे । यत्त्वमात्मानमस्मांश्च प्रशंस्यान्न प्रशंससि ॥

adharmamenaṃ vipulaṃ dhārmikaḥ sanna budhyase | yattvamātmānamasmāṃśca praśaṃsyānna praśaṃsasi

Though righteous, you do not see this great wrong—that you do not praise yourself and us, who deserve praise.

Note on the text: Corrected अधर्ममेन → अधर्ममेनं (dropped anusvara in Wikisource; the page's reading is अधर्मम् + एनम्, 'this wrong'; CE reads adharmam etad). Line 1 = CE 7.168.16a; line 2 = CE 7.168.16c.

Verse 18 (7.198.18)

वासुदेवे स्थिते चापि द्रोणपुत्रं प्रशंससि । यः कलां षोडशीं पूर्णां धनञ्जय न तेऽर्हति ॥

vāsudeve sthite cāpi droṇaputraṃ praśaṃsasi | yaḥ kalāṃ ṣoḍaśīṃ pūrṇāṃ dhanañjaya na te'rhati

Even with Vasudeva standing here, you praise Drona's son, who does not deserve even a full sixteenth part of what you are, Dhananjaya.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE star passage 7.168.16d*1381_01; line 2 = CE 7.168.16e (Wikisource reads यः कलां षोडशीं पूर्णां धनञ्जय न तेऽर्हति for CE yaḥ kalāṃ ṣoḍaśīṃ tvatto nārhate taṃ praśaṃsasi).

Verse 19 (7.198.19)

स्वयमेवात्मनो दोषान्ब्रुवाणः किं न लज्जसे ॥

svayamevātmano doṣānbruvāṇaḥ kiṃ na lajjase

Speaking of your own faults yourself, are you not ashamed?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). A single line in Wikisource (printed 5-198-19a only); no matching line in the CE, whose 7.168.17a (svayam evātmano vaktuṃ na yuktaṃ guṇasaṃstavam) is a different line. Kept as a one-line verse; nothing restored.

Verse 20 (7.198.20)

मम नागायुतं पार्थ बलं बाह्वोर्विधीयते । दारयेयं महीं क्रोधाद्विकिरेयं च पर्वतान् ॥

mama nāgāyutaṃ pārtha balaṃ bāhvorvidhīyate | dārayeyaṃ mahīṃ krodhādvikireyaṃ ca parvatān

The strength of ten thousand elephants dwells in my arms, Partha; in my rage I could split the earth and scatter the mountains.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE star passage 7.168.17b*1382_01; line 2 = CE 7.168.17c. Stray quote marks removed.

Verse 21 (7.198.21)

आविध्यैतां गदां गुर्वी भीमां काञ्चनमालिनीम् । गिरिप्रकाशान्क्षितिजान्भञ्जेयमनिलो यथा ॥

āvidhyaitāṃ gadāṃ gurvī bhīmāṃ kāñcanamālinīm | giriprakāśānkṣitijānbhañjeyamanilo yathā

Swinging this heavy, terrible mace wreathed in gold, I could break mountain-sized trees as the wind does.

Verse 22 (7.198.22)

द्रावयेयं शरैश्चापि सेन्द्रान्देवान्समागतान् । सराक्षसगणान्पार्थ सासुरोरगमानवान् ॥

drāvayeyaṃ śaraiścāpi sendrāndevānsamāgatān | sarākṣasagaṇānpārtha sāsuroragamānavān

I could also drive off with my arrows the gods assembled with Indra, with the hosts of Rakshasas, O Partha, and the asuras, serpents and men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; the two lines are star passage 7.168.17b*1382_02–03 (Wikisource reads द्रावयेयं for CE prapātayeyaṃ).

Verse 23 (7.198.23)

स त्वमेवंविधं जानन्भ्रातरं मां नरर्षभ । द्रोणपुत्राद्भयं कर्तुं नार्हस्यमितविक्रम ॥

sa tvamevaṃvidhaṃ jānanbhrātaraṃ māṃ nararṣabha | droṇaputrādbhayaṃ kartuṃ nārhasyamitavikrama

Knowing me, your brother, to be such, best of men, you should not feel fear of Drona's son, O man of boundless valour.

Verse 24 (7.198.24)

अथवा तिष्ठ बीभत्सो सह सर्वैः सहोदरैः । अहमेनं गदापाणिर्जेष्याम्येको महाहवे ॥

athavā tiṣṭha bībhatso saha sarvaiḥ sahodaraiḥ | ahamenaṃ gadāpāṇirjeṣyāmyeko mahāhave

Or else stay back, Bibhatsu, with all your brothers; I alone, mace in hand, will conquer him in the great battle.

Verse 25 (7.198.25)

ततः पाञ्चालराजस्य पुत्रः पार्थमथाब्रवीत् । सङ्क्रुद्धमिव नर्दन्तं हिरण्यकशिपुर्हरिम् ॥

tataḥ pāñcālarājasya putraḥ pārthamathābravīt | saṅkruddhamiva nardantaṃ hiraṇyakaśipurharim

Then the son of the Panchala king spoke to Partha, who was roaring as if in great anger, as Hiranyakashipu spoke to Hari.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration (Bhima's speech ends with v. 24).

Verse 26 (7.198.26)

बीभत्सो विप्रकर्माणि विहितानि मनीषिभिः । याजनाध्यापने दानं यथा यज्ञप्रतिग्रहौ ॥

bībhatso viprakarmāṇi vihitāni manīṣibhiḥ | yājanādhyāpane dānaṃ yathā yajñapratigrahau

Bibhatsu, the duties of brahmins have been laid down by the wise: officiating at sacrifices, teaching, giving, and likewise offering sacrifice and receiving gifts.

Verse 27 (7.198.27)

षष्ठमध्ययनं नाम तेषां कस्मिन्प्रतिष्ठितः । हतो द्रोणो मया ह्येवं किं मां पार्थ विगर्हसे ॥

ṣaṣṭhamadhyayanaṃ nāma teṣāṃ kasminpratiṣṭhitaḥ | hato droṇo mayā hyevaṃ kiṃ māṃ pārtha vigarhase

The sixth is study. In which of these was he established? Drona was killed by me in this way—why then do you blame me, Partha?

Verse 28 (7.198.28)

अपक्रान्तः स्वधर्माच्च क्षात्रधर्मं व्यपाश्रितः । अधर्मेण हतस्तस्मादस्त्रेण क्षुद्रकर्मकृत् ॥

apakrāntaḥ svadharmācca kṣātradharmaṃ vyapāśritaḥ | adharmeṇa hatastasmādastreṇa kṣudrakarmakṛt

He fell away from his own dharma and took up the warrior's dharma; therefore that doer of base deeds was killed by unrighteous means, with a weapon.

Note on the text: Wikisource's second line (अधर्मेण हतस्तस्मादस्त्रेण क्षुद्रकर्मकृत्) is a recension variant of CE amānuṣeṇa hanty asmān astreṇa kṣudrakarmakṛt.

Verse 29 (7.198.29)

तथा मायां प्रयुञ्जानमसह्यं ब्राह्मणब्रुवम् । प्रतिमायी निहन्याद्यो न युक्तं पार्थ तत्र किम् ॥

tathā māyāṃ prayuñjānamasahyaṃ brāhmaṇabruvam | pratimāyī nihanyādyo na yuktaṃ pārtha tatra kim

If one who practises deceit, an unassailable brahmin in name only, is killed by someone who answers deceit with deceit, what is improper in that, Partha?

Note on the text: Wikisource's second line (प्रतिमायी निहन्याद्यो न युक्तं पार्थ तत्र किम्) is a recension variant of CE māyayaiva nihanyād yo na yuktaṃ pārtha tatra kim.

Verse 30 (7.198.30)

तस्मिंस्तथा मया शस्ते यदि द्रौणायनी रुषा । कुरुते भैरवं नादं तत्र किं मम हीयते ॥

tasmiṃstathā mayā śaste yadi drauṇāyanī ruṣā | kurute bhairavaṃ nādaṃ tatra kiṃ mama hīyate

If Drona's son, enraged, utters a dreadful roar now that he has been killed by me in this way—what do I lose by it?

Verse 31 (7.198.31)

न चाद्भुतमिदं मन्ये यद्द्रौणिश्चात्र गर्जति । घातयिष्यति कौरव्यान्परित्रातुमशक्नुवन् ॥

na cādbhutamidaṃ manye yaddrauṇiścātra garjati | ghātayiṣyati kauravyānparitrātumaśaknuvan

And I do not find it strange that Drona's son roars here; unable to protect the Kauravas, he will have them killed.

Note on the text: Wikisource's second half of line 1 (यद्द्रौणिश्चात्र गर्जति) is a recension variant of CE yad drauṇiḥ śuddhagarjayā.

Verse 32 (7.198.32)

यच्च मां धार्मिको भूत्वा ब्रवीषि गुरुघातिनम् । तदर्थमहमुत्पन्नः पाञ्चाल्यस्य सुतोऽनलात् ॥

yacca māṃ dhārmiko bhūtvā bravīṣi gurughātinam | tadarthamahamutpannaḥ pāñcālyasya suto'nalāt

And that you, who are righteous, call me the slayer of my teacher—for that very purpose I was born from the fire as the son of the Panchala.

Verse 33 (7.198.33)

यस्य कार्यमकार्यं वा युध्यतः स्यात्समं रणे । तं कथं ब्राह्मणं ब्रूयाः क्षत्रियं वा धनञ्जय ॥

yasya kāryamakāryaṃ vā yudhyataḥ syātsamaṃ raṇe | taṃ kathaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ brūyāḥ kṣatriyaṃ vā dhanañjaya

How can you call him a brahmin or a kshatriya, Dhananjaya, for whom, as he fights in battle, the proper and the improper are alike?

Verse 34 (7.198.34)

यो ह्यनस्त्रविदो हन्याद्ब्रह्मास्त्रैः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः । सर्वोपायैर्न स कथं वध्यः पुरुषसत्तम ॥

yo hyanastravido hanyādbrahmāstraiḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ | sarvopāyairna sa kathaṃ vadhyaḥ puruṣasattama

Why should one who, blind with rage, kills with brahma-weapons those who know nothing of weapons, not be killed by every means, best of men?

Verse 35 (7.198.35)

विशेषात्पितृहन्ता मे न स वध्यः कथं मया । योऽयं पापः सुदुर्मेधा बान्धवान्युधि जघ्निवान् । तस्य विप्रब्रुववधे कथं पापं भवेन्मम ॥

viśeṣātpitṛhantā me na sa vadhyaḥ kathaṃ mayā | yo'yaṃ pāpaḥ sudurmedhā bāndhavānyudhi jaghnivān | tasya viprabruvavadhe kathaṃ pāpaṃ bhavenmama

Above all, he is the slayer of my father—why should I not kill him? This wicked, evil-minded man killed my kinsmen in battle; what sin could there be for me in killing this false brahmin?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; the three lines are star passage 7.168.30d*1383_01–03. Stray quote mark removed.

Verse 36 (7.198.36)

विधर्मिणं धर्मविद्भिः प्रोक्तं तेषां विषोपमम् । जानन्धर्मार्थतत्त्वज्ञ किं मामर्जुन गर्हसे ॥

vidharmiṇaṃ dharmavidbhiḥ proktaṃ teṣāṃ viṣopamam | jānandharmārthatattvajña kiṃ māmarjuna garhase

Those who know dharma have said that an unrighteous man is like poison to them. Knowing this, you who understand the truth of dharma and profit, why do you blame me, Arjuna?

Verse 37 (7.198.37)

नृशंसः स मयाऽऽक्रम्य रथ एव निपातितः । तन्मामनिन्द्यं बीभत्सो किमर्थं नाभिनन्दसे ॥

nṛśaṃsaḥ sa mayā''kramya ratha eva nipātitaḥ | tanmāmanindyaṃ bībhatso kimarthaṃ nābhinandase

That cruel man was attacked by me and struck down right on his chariot; why then, Bibhatsu, do you not applaud me, who am beyond reproach?

Verse 38 (7.198.38)

कालानलसमं पार्थ ज्वलार्कविषोपमम् । भीमं द्रोणशिरश्छिन्नं न प्रशंससि मे कथम् ॥

kālānalasamaṃ pārtha jvalārkaviṣopamam | bhīmaṃ droṇaśiraśchinnaṃ na praśaṃsasi me katham

Partha, why do you not praise me for cutting off Drona's head—that dreadful thing, like the fire of final destruction, like a blazing sun, like poison?

Note on the text: Wikisource's lines are a recension variant of CE 7.168.33a, c (kṛte raṇe kathaṃ pārtha jvalanārkaviṣopamam / bhīmaṃ droṇaśiraśchede praśasyaṃ na praśaṃsasi); CE lists 7.168.33 among the verses the automatic alignment left unmatched.

Verse 39 (7.198.39)

योऽसौ ममैव नान्यस्य बान्धवान्युधि जघ्निवान् । छित्त्वाऽपि तस्य मूर्धानं नैवास्मि विगतज्वरः ॥

yo'sau mamaiva nānyasya bāndhavānyudhi jaghnivān | chittvā'pi tasya mūrdhānaṃ naivāsmi vigatajvaraḥ

He killed my kinsmen in battle—mine alone, no one else's. Even after cutting off his head, I am not free of the fever of it.

Note on the text: Corrected विगतज्वरेः → विगतज्वरः (misprint in Wikisource; CE vigatajvaraḥ).

Verse 40 (7.198.40)

तच्च मे कृन्तते मर्म यन्न तस्य शिरो मया । निषादविषये क्षिप्तं जयद्रथशिरो यथा ॥

tacca me kṛntate marma yanna tasya śiro mayā | niṣādaviṣaye kṣiptaṃ jayadrathaśiro yathā

And this cuts me to the quick: that his head was not thrown by me into the country of the Nishadas, as Jayadratha's head was.

Verse 41 (7.198.41)

अथावधश्च शत्रूणामधर्मः श्रूयतेऽर्जुन । क्षत्रियस्य हि धर्मोऽयं हन्याद्धन्येत वा पुनः ॥

athāvadhaśca śatrūṇāmadharmaḥ śrūyate'rjuna | kṣatriyasya hi dharmo'yaṃ hanyāddhanyeta vā punaḥ

Besides, it is heard, Arjuna, that not killing one's enemies is unrighteousness; this indeed is the kshatriya's dharma—to kill, or in turn be killed.

Verse 42 (7.198.42)

स शत्रुर्निहतः सङ्ख्ये मया धर्मेण पाण्डव । यथा त्वया हतः शूरो भगदत्तः पितुः सखा ॥

sa śatrurnihataḥ saṅkhye mayā dharmeṇa pāṇḍava | yathā tvayā hataḥ śūro bhagadattaḥ pituḥ sakhā

That enemy was killed by me in battle in accordance with dharma, O Pandava, just as you killed the hero Bhagadatta, your father's friend.

Verse 43 (7.198.43)

पितामहं रणे हत्वा मन्यसे धर्ममात्मनः । मया शत्रौ हते कस्मात्पापे धर्मं न मन्यसे ॥

pitāmahaṃ raṇe hatvā manyase dharmamātmanaḥ | mayā śatrau hate kasmātpāpe dharmaṃ na manyase

Having killed your grandfather in battle, you consider your act to be dharma; why, when I killed an enemy, do you not consider it dharma but a sin?

Verse 44 (7.198.44)

सम्बन्धावनतं पार्थ न मां त्वं वक्तुमर्हसि । स्वगात्रकृतसोपानं निषण्णमिव दन्तिनम् ॥

sambandhāvanataṃ pārtha na māṃ tvaṃ vaktumarhasi | svagātrakṛtasopānaṃ niṣaṇṇamiva dantinam

Partha, you should not speak to me thus, for I am humbled by our kinship—like an elephant that has crouched down, making a stair of its own body.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; the two lines are star passage 7.168.38d*1384_01–02 (Wikisource reads न मां त्वं वक्तुमर्हसि for CE na māṃ tvaṃ bahu manyase).

Verse 45 (7.198.45)

क्षमामि ते सर्वमेव वाग्व्यतिक्रममर्जुन । द्रौपद्या द्रौपदेयानां कृते नान्येन हेतुना ॥

kṣamāmi te sarvameva vāgvyatikramamarjuna | draupadyā draupadeyānāṃ kṛte nānyena hetunā

I forgive you every transgression of speech, Arjuna—for the sake of Draupadi and Draupadi's sons, and for no other reason.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; the two lines are star passage 7.168.38d*1384_03–04.

Verse 46 (7.198.46)

कुलक्रमागतं वैरं ममाचार्येण विश्रुतम् । तथा जानात्ययं लोको न यूयं पाण्डुनन्दनाः ॥

kulakramāgataṃ vairaṃ mamācāryeṇa viśrutam | tathā jānātyayaṃ loko na yūyaṃ pāṇḍunandanāḥ

My family's enmity with the teacher, inherited down the generations, is well known; the world knows it so—but you, sons of Pandu, do not.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; the two lines are star passage 7.168.38d*1384_05–06.

Verse 47 (7.198.47)

नानृती पाण्डवो ज्येष्ठो नाहं वाऽधार्मिकोऽर्जुन । न क्षत्रिय इति प्राहुर्यो न हन्ति रणाजिरे ॥

nānṛtī pāṇḍavo jyeṣṭho nāhaṃ vā'dhārmiko'rjuna | na kṣatriya iti prāhuryo na hanti raṇājire

The eldest Pandava is not a liar, nor am I unrighteous, Arjuna. They say he is no kshatriya who does not strike in the field of battle—

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.168.39a; line 2 = CE star passage 7.168.39b*1385_01. Stray backtick removed.

Verse 48 (7.198.48)

पितरं वा गुरुं वाऽपि जिघांसुं पुत्रशिष्ययोः । जिह्मेन वाऽप्यजिह्मेन हन्यादेवाविचारयन् ॥

pitaraṃ vā guruṃ vā'pi jighāṃsuṃ putraśiṣyayoḥ | jihmena vā'pyajihmena hanyādevāvicārayan

A father or a teacher bent on killing his own son or pupil, whether by crooked means or straight, he should strike down without hesitation.

Note on the text: Corrected जिघांसु → जिघांसुं (dropped anusvara in Wikisource; accusative agreeing with पितरं/गुरुं, CE jighāṃsuṃ). Not in the critical edition's main text; the two lines are star passage 7.168.39b*1385_02–03.

Verse 49 (7.198.49)

इत्युक्तं ब्रह्मणा पूर्वं क्षत्रियाणां द्विषद्वधे । तस्माच्छिष्येण निहतः शत्रुर्मे ब्राह्मणब्रुवः ॥

ityuktaṃ brahmaṇā pūrvaṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ dviṣadvadhe | tasmācchiṣyeṇa nihataḥ śatrurme brāhmaṇabruvaḥ

So Brahma declared of old regarding kshatriyas and the slaying of foes; therefore my enemy, a brahmin in name only, was killed by his pupil.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; the two lines are star passage 7.168.39b*1385_04–05.

Verse 50 (7.198.50)

यः क्षत्रियसुतो हन्यात्पितरं वा गुरुं च वा । अनिष्टं क्षत्रियो हन्यात्स वै क्षत्रिय उच्यते । शिष्यद्रोही हतः पापो युध्यस्व विजयस्तव ॥

yaḥ kṣatriyasuto hanyātpitaraṃ vā guruṃ ca vā | aniṣṭaṃ kṣatriyo hanyātsa vai kṣatriya ucyate | śiṣyadrohī hataḥ pāpo yudhyasva vijayastava

A kshatriya's son who would kill a father or a teacher—a kshatriya who strikes down the hostile one is truly called a kshatriya. The pupil-betrayer, the sinner, has been killed; fight—victory will be yours.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 = CE star passage 7.168.39b*1385_06–07; line 3 = CE 7.168.39c (Wikisource reads शिष्यद्रोही for CE śiṣyadhruṅ). Stray quote mark removed.