Drona Parva · Adhyaya 23

The Horses and Banners of the Pandava Host

At Dhritarashtra's request Sanjaya describes the chariot-marks of the warriors who advanced on Drona. He names each champion with the colour of the horses that carried him, from Satyaki, Yudhamanyu and Dhrishtadyumna to Yudhishthira, Drupada, Virata, the Kekayas, the Pandya king, Ghatotkacha and Yuyutsu. He then tells of the banners of Drona, Bhima, Yudhishthira, Nakula, Sahadeva, the sons of Draupadi, Abhimanyu and Ghatotkacha, and of the divine bows held by the Pandavas and their sons, and ends with the host crowded with banners as the heroes' names and lineages were called out.

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धृतराष्ट्र उवाच · Dhritarashtra said

Verse 1 (7.23.1)

सर्वेषामेव मे ब्रूहि रथचिह्नानि सञ्जय । ये द्रोणमभ्यवर्तन्त क्रुद्धा भीमपुरोगमाः । तान्यहं श्रोतुमिच्छामि विस्तरेण पृथक्पृथक् ॥

sarveṣāmeva me brūhi rathacihnāni sañjaya | ye droṇamabhyavartanta kruddhā bhīmapurogamāḥ | tānyahaṃ śrotumicchāmi vistareṇa pṛthakpṛthak

"Tell me, Sanjaya, the chariot-marks of all of them, of those led by Bhima who advanced on Drona in anger. I wish to hear about them in full, one by one."

Note on the text: Corrected रथचिह्वानि → रथचिह्नानि (misprint in Wikisource; ह्व for ह्न; the critical edition reads rathacihnāni). Adhyaya note: the input for this adhyaya was mis-parsed (the whole page was folded into two rows, with the page's own numbers 5-23-n left inside the text). The text was rebuilt verse by verse from the raw Wikisource page, which has only a <poem> block, keeping the page's own numbers 1–99, and each verse was aligned by hand to the critical edition's 7.22.1–63, its star passages and its Appendix I No. 5. Lines 1–2 here are 7.22.1ac; line 3 is the star passage 7.22.1b*0159_01, which the page prints last. The page's closing colophon is followed by Nilakantha's glosses (lines headed 5-23-n); they are commentary, not verse, and were not added.

Verse 2 (7.23.2)

दूयते मे मनस्तात द्रोणं प्रति परन्तपम् । श्रुत्वा भीष्मस्य निधनं तद्वदेतद्भविष्यति ॥

dūyate me manastāta droṇaṃ prati parantapam | śrutvā bhīṣmasya nidhanaṃ tadvadetadbhaviṣyati

"My heart burns, my son, for Drona, scourge of his foes. As it was when I heard of Bhishma's death, so it will be now."

Note on the text: Removed a stray quote mark (') printed after भविष्यति. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 7.22.1b*0159_02–03.

सञ्जय उवाच · Sanjaya said

Verse 3 (7.23.3)

ऋक्षवर्णैर्हयैर्दृष्ट्वा व्यायच्छन्तं वृकोदरम् । रजताश्वस्ततः शूरः शैनेयः सन्न्यवर्तत ॥

ṛkṣavarṇairhayairdṛṣṭvā vyāyacchantaṃ vṛkodaram | rajatāśvastataḥ śūraḥ śaineyaḥ sannyavartata

Seeing Vrikodara straining in battle behind his bear-coloured horses, the brave Shaineya, whose horses were silver-white, rallied.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.2.

Verse 4 (7.23.4)

सारङ्गाश्वो युधामन्युः स्वयं प्रत्वरयन्हयान् । पर्यवर्तत दुर्धर्षः क्रुद्धो द्रोणरथं प्रति ॥

sāraṅgāśvo yudhāmanyuḥ svayaṃ pratvarayanhayān | paryavartata durdharṣaḥ kruddho droṇarathaṃ prati

Yudhamanyu, with dappled horses, which he himself urged on, the unassailable, turned angrily toward Drona's chariot.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 7.22.2d*0160_01–02.

Verse 5 (7.23.5)

पारावतसवर्णैस्तु हेमभाण्डैर्महाजवैः । पाञ्चालराजस्य सुतो धृष्टद्युम्नो न्यवर्तत ॥

pārāvatasavarṇaistu hemabhāṇḍairmahājavaiḥ | pāñcālarājasya suto dhṛṣṭadyumno nyavartata

The son of the Panchala king, Dhrishtadyumna, rallied on dove-grey horses, swift and bright with golden trappings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 7.22.2d*0160_03–04.

Verse 6 (7.23.6)

पितरं तु परिप्रेप्सुः क्षत्रधर्मा यतव्रतः । सिद्धिं चास्य परां काङ्क्षञ्शोणाश्वः सन्न्यवर्तत ॥

pitaraṃ tu pariprepsuḥ kṣatradharmā yatavrataḥ | siddhiṃ cāsya parāṃ kāṅkṣañśoṇāśvaḥ sannyavartata

Eager to protect his father, true to the duty of a Kshatriya and firm in his vows, and wishing him the highest success, the red-horsed warrior rallied.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 7.22.2d*0160_05–06.

Verse 7 (7.23.7)

पद्मपत्रनिभांश्चाश्वान्मल्लिकाक्षान्स्वलङ्कृतान् । शैखण्डिः क्षत्रदेवस्तु स्वयं प्रत्वरयन्ययौ ॥

padmapatranibhāṃścāśvānmallikākṣānsvalaṅkṛtān | śaikhaṇḍiḥ kṣatradevastu svayaṃ pratvarayanyayau

Shikhandin's son Kshatradeva, on lotus-leaf-coloured horses, clear-eyed and well adorned, went forward, himself urging them on.

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width joiner inside शैखण्डिः. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 7.22.2d*0160_07–08.

Verse 8 (7.23.8)

दर्शनीयास्तु काम्भोजाः शुकपत्रपरिच्छदाः । वहन्तो नकुलं शीघ्रं तावकानभिदुद्रुवुः ॥

darśanīyāstu kāmbhojāḥ śukapatraparicchadāḥ | vahanto nakulaṃ śīghraṃ tāvakānabhidudruvuḥ

The handsome Kambojas, with coats the green of parrot-feathers, carried Nakula swiftly and rushed against your men.

Note on the text: Corrected तावकानाभिदुद्रुवुः → तावकानभिदुद्रुवुः (misprint in Wikisource; extra ा in the sandhi of tāvakān abhi-; the critical edition reads tāvakān abhidudruvuḥ). Matches the critical edition's 7.22.3.

Verse 9 (7.23.9)

कृष्णास्तु मेघसङ्काशा अवहन्नुत्तमौजसम् । दुर्धर्षायाभिसन्धाय क्रुद्धं युद्धाय भारत ॥

kṛṣṇāstu meghasaṅkāśā avahannuttamaujasam | durdharṣāyābhisandhāya kruddhaṃ yuddhāya bhārata

Black horses, dark as clouds, carried Uttamaujas, O Bharata, as he set himself in anger for battle against the invincible foe.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the first half of the critical edition's 7.22.4a together with its star passage 7.22.4a*0161_01; line 2 is the star passage 7.22.4a*0161_02.

Verse 10 (7.23.10)

तथा तित्तिरिकल्माषा हया वातसमा जवे । अवहंस्तुमुले युद्धे सहदेवमुदायुधम् ॥

tathā tittirikalmāṣā hayā vātasamā jave | avahaṃstumule yuddhe sahadevamudāyudham

Likewise horses speckled like partridges, swift as the wind, carried Sahadeva, weapon upraised, into that tumultuous battle.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 7.22.4a*0161_03; line 2 is the star passage 7.22.4a*0161_04 followed by the second half of 7.22.4a (सहदेवमुदायुधम्).

Verse 11 (7.23.11)

दन्तवर्णास्तु राजानं कालवाला युधिष्ठिरम् । भीमवेगा नरव्याघ्रमवहन्वातरंहसः ॥

dantavarṇāstu rājānaṃ kālavālā yudhiṣṭhiram | bhīmavegā naravyāghramavahanvātaraṃhasaḥ

Ivory-white horses with black tails, terrible in speed and swift as the wind, carried King Yudhishthira, tiger among men.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 7.22.4b*0162_01; line 2 is its 7.22.4c.

Verse 12 (7.23.12)

हेमोत्तमप्रतिच्छन्नैर्हयैर्वातसमैर्जवे । अभ्यवर्तन्त सैन्यानि सर्वाण्येव युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

hemottamapraticchannairhayairvātasamairjave | abhyavartanta sainyāni sarvāṇyeva yudhiṣṭhiram

With horses draped in the finest gold, swift as the wind, all the troops advanced about Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.5.

Verse 13 (7.23.13)

राज्ञस्त्वनन्तरो राजा पाञ्चाल्यो द्रुपदोऽभवत् । जातरूपमयच्छत्रः सर्वैस्तैरभिरक्षितः ॥

rājñastvanantaro rājā pāñcālyo drupado'bhavat | jātarūpamayacchatraḥ sarvaistairabhirakṣitaḥ

Next after the king came King Drupada of the Panchalas, with a canopy of gold, guarded on all sides by those same men.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.6.

Verse 14 (7.23.14)

ललामैर्हरिभिर्युक्तः सर्वशब्दक्षमैर्युधि । राज्ञां मध्ये महेष्वासः शान्तभीरभ्यवर्तत ॥

lalāmairharibhiryuktaḥ sarvaśabdakṣamairyudhi | rājñāṃ madhye maheṣvāsaḥ śāntabhīrabhyavartata

Drawn by white-blazed, tawny horses that could bear every sound in battle, the great archer, free of fear, advanced in the midst of the kings.

Note on the text: Corrected राज्ञं → राज्ञां (misprint in Wikisource; ा dropped; the critical edition reads rājñāṃ). Matches the critical edition's 7.22.7.

Verse 15 (7.23.15)

तं विराटोऽन्वयाच्छीघ्रं सह सर्वैर्महारथैः । केकयाश्च शिखण्डी च धृष्टकेतुस्तथैव च । स्वैः स्वैः सैन्यैः परिवृता मात्स्यराजानमन्वयुः ॥

taṃ virāṭo'nvayācchīghraṃ saha sarvairmahārathaiḥ | kekayāśca śikhaṇḍī ca dhṛṣṭaketustathaiva ca | svaiḥ svaiḥ sainyaiḥ parivṛtā mātsyarājānamanvayuḥ

Virata followed him swiftly with all his great chariot-warriors; and the Kekayas, Shikhandin and Dhrishtaketu, each surrounded by his own troops, followed the king of the Matsyas.

Note on the text: Corrected सिखण्डी → शिखण्डी (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; the critical edition reads śikhaṇḍī). Matches the critical edition's 7.22.8. (Three lines: 7.22.8ace.)

Verse 16 (7.23.16)

तं तु पाटलिपुष्पाणां समवर्णा हयोत्तमाः । वहमाना व्यराजन्त मात्स्यस्यामित्रघातिनः ॥

taṃ tu pāṭalipuṣpāṇāṃ samavarṇā hayottamāḥ | vahamānā vyarājanta mātsyasyāmitraghātinaḥ

Horses of the finest breed, matching the colour of pāṭali blossoms, shone as they carried him, the Matsya, slayer of his foes.

Note on the text: Corrected मास्त्यस्य → मात्स्यस्य (misprint in Wikisource; स for त्स; the critical edition reads matsyasya). Matches the critical edition's 7.22.9.

Verse 17 (7.23.17)

हरिद्रासमवर्णास्तु जवना हेममालिनः । पुत्रं विराटराजस्य सत्वरं समुदावहन् ॥

haridrāsamavarṇāstu javanā hemamālinaḥ | putraṃ virāṭarājasya satvaraṃ samudāvahan

Swift horses the colour of turmeric, wearing garlands of gold, quickly bore the son of King Virata.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.10.

Verse 18 (7.23.18)

इन्द्रगोपकवर्णैश्च भ्रातरः पञ्च केकयाः । जातरूपसमाभासाः सर्वे लोहितकध्वजाः ॥

indragopakavarṇaiśca bhrātaraḥ pañca kekayāḥ | jātarūpasamābhāsāḥ sarve lohitakadhvajāḥ

Five Kekaya brothers, on horses scarlet as the indragopa insect, all of them radiant as gold and all with red banners,

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.11.

Verse 19 (7.23.19)

ते हेममालिनः शूराः सर्वे युद्धविशारदाः । वर्षन्त इव जीमूताः प्रत्यदृश्यन्त दंशिताः ॥

te hemamālinaḥ śūrāḥ sarve yuddhaviśāradāḥ | varṣanta iva jīmūtāḥ pratyadṛśyanta daṃśitāḥ

those gold-garlanded heroes, all skilled in war, armoured, were seen like clouds pouring rain.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.12.

Verse 20 (7.23.20)

आमपात्रनिकाशास्तु पाञ्चाल्यममितौजसम् । दत्तास्तुम्बुरुणा दिव्याः शिखण्डिनमुदावहन् ॥

āmapātranikāśāstu pāñcālyamamitaujasam | dattāstumburuṇā divyāḥ śikhaṇḍinamudāvahan

Divine horses the colour of unbaked clay pots, given by Tumburu, bore Shikhandin the Panchala, of boundless energy.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.13.

Verse 21 (7.23.21)

तथा द्वादशसाहस्राः पाञ्चालानां महारथाः । तेषां तु षट्सहस्राणि ये शिखण्डिनमन्वयुः ॥

tathā dvādaśasāhasrāḥ pāñcālānāṃ mahārathāḥ | teṣāṃ tu ṣaṭsahasrāṇi ye śikhaṇḍinamanvayuḥ

Likewise there were twelve thousand great chariot-warriors of the Panchalas, and of them six thousand followed Shikhandin.

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width non-joiner inside षट्सहस्राणि. Matches the critical edition's 7.22.14.

Verse 22 (7.23.22)

पुत्रं तु शिशुपालस्य नरसिंहस्य मारिष । आक्रीडन्तो वहन्ति स्म सारङ्गशबला हयाः ॥

putraṃ tu śiśupālasya narasiṃhasya māriṣa | ākrīḍanto vahanti sma sāraṅgaśabalā hayāḥ

Dappled and mottled horses, prancing as they went, carried the son of Shishupala, that lion among men, O venerable one.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.15.

Verse 23 (7.23.23)

धृष्टकेतुस्तु चेदीनामृषभोऽतिबलोदितः । काम्भोजैः शबलैरश्वैरभ्यवर्तत दुर्जयः ॥

dhṛṣṭaketustu cedīnāmṛṣabho'tibaloditaḥ | kāmbhojaiḥ śabalairaśvairabhyavartata durjayaḥ

Dhrishtaketu, bull among the Chedis, of surpassing strength, unconquerable, advanced upon variegated Kamboja horses.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.16.

Verse 24 (7.23.24)

बृहत्क्षत्रं तु कैकेयं सुकुमारं हयोत्तमाः । पलालधूमसङ्काशाः सैन्धवाः शीघ्रमावहन् ॥

bṛhatkṣatraṃ tu kaikeyaṃ sukumāraṃ hayottamāḥ | palāladhūmasaṅkāśāḥ saindhavāḥ śīghramāvahan

Saindhava horses, the colour of straw-smoke, swiftly carried Brihatkshatra the Kaikeya, a delicate prince.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.17.

Verse 25 (7.23.25)

मल्लिकाक्षाः पद्मवर्णा बाह्लिजाताः स्वलङ्कृताः । शूरं शिखण्डिनः पुत्रमृक्षदेवमुदावहन् ॥

mallikākṣāḥ padmavarṇā bāhlijātāḥ svalaṅkṛtāḥ | śūraṃ śikhaṇḍinaḥ putramṛkṣadevamudāvahan

Clear-eyed horses of lotus colour, born in Bahlika and well adorned, bore the brave Rikshadeva, Shikhandin's son.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.18. Reads ऋक्षदेवम् where the critical edition has kṣatradevam (recension variant, kept).

Verse 26 (7.23.26)

रुक्मभाण्डप्रतिच्छन्नाः कौशेयसदृशा हयाः । क्षमावन्तोऽवहन्सङ्ख्ये सेनाबिन्दुमरिन्दमम् ॥

rukmabhāṇḍapraticchannāḥ kauśeyasadṛśā hayāḥ | kṣamāvanto'vahansaṅkhye senābindumarindamam

Gentle horses, clad in gold-adorned trappings and shining like silk, carried Senabindu, tamer of foes, in battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 7.22.18d*0163_01–02.

Verse 27 (7.23.27)

युवानमवहन्युद्धे क्रौञ्चवर्णा हयोत्तमाः । काश्यस्याभिभुवः पुत्रं सुकुमारं महारथम् ॥

yuvānamavahanyuddhe krauñcavarṇā hayottamāḥ | kāśyasyābhibhuvaḥ putraṃ sukumāraṃ mahāratham

Fine horses the colour of herons bore the young, delicate great chariot-warrior, son of Abhibhu of Kashi, in battle.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.19.

Verse 28 (7.23.28)

श्वेतास्तु प्रतिविन्ध्यन्तं कृष्णग्रीवा मनोजवाः । यन्तुः प्रेष्यकरा राजन्राजपुत्रमुदावहन् ॥

śvetāstu prativindhyantaṃ kṛṣṇagrīvā manojavāḥ | yantuḥ preṣyakarā rājanrājaputramudāvahan

White horses with black necks, swift as thought and obedient servants of their driver, bore the king's son Prativindhya, O king.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.20.

Verse 29 (7.23.29)

सुतसोमं तु योधाग्र्यं भीमपुत्रं महाबलम् । माषपुष्पसवर्णास्तमवहन्वाजिनो रणे ॥

sutasomaṃ tu yodhāgryaṃ bhīmaputraṃ mahābalam | māṣapuṣpasavarṇāstamavahanvājino raṇe

Horses the colour of black-gram flowers bore Sutasoma, foremost of warriors, Bhima's mighty son, in the battle.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.21.

Verse 30 (7.23.30)

सहस्रसोमप्रतिमो बभूव पुरे कुरूणामुदयेन्दुनाम्नि । तस्मिञ्जातः सोमसंक्रन्दमध्ये यस्मात्तस्मात्सुतसोमोऽभवत्सः ॥

sahasrasomapratimo babhūva pure kurūṇāmudayendunāmni | tasmiñjātaḥ somasaṃkrandamadhye yasmāttasmātsutasomo'bhavatsaḥ

He was the equal of a thousand Somas. In the city of the Kurus called Udayendu, because he was born there in the midst of a Soma sacrifice, therefore he became Sutasoma.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.22.

Verse 31 (7.23.31)

नाकुलिं तु शतानीकं शालपुष्पनिभा हयाः । आदित्यतरुणप्रख्याः श्लाघनीयमुदावहन् ॥

nākuliṃ tu śatānīkaṃ śālapuṣpanibhā hayāḥ | ādityataruṇaprakhyāḥ ślāghanīyamudāvahan

Horses the colour of sal blossoms, bright as the young sun, bore Nakula's son Shatanika, worthy of praise.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.23.

Verse 32 (7.23.32)

काञ्चनापिहितैर्योक्त्रैर्मयूरग्रीवसन्निभाः । द्रौपदेयं नरव्याघ्रं श्रुतकर्माणमाहवे ॥

kāñcanāpihitairyoktrairmayūragrīvasannibhāḥ | draupadeyaṃ naravyāghraṃ śrutakarmāṇamāhave

With golden-covered harness and gleaming like peacocks' necks, the horses carried Draupadi's son Shrutakarman, tiger among men, in battle.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.24.

Verse 33 (7.23.33)

श्रुतकीर्तिं श्रुतनिधिं द्रौपदेयं हयोत्तमाः । ऊहुः पार्थसमं युद्धे चाषपत्रनिभा हयाः ॥

śrutakīrtiṃ śrutanidhiṃ draupadeyaṃ hayottamāḥ | ūhuḥ pārthasamaṃ yuddhe cāṣapatranibhā hayāḥ

The finest horses, the colour of chāṣa-bird feathers, bore Draupadi's son Shrutakirti, a store of sacred learning, who in battle was Partha's equal.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.25.

Verse 34 (7.23.34)

यमाहुरध्यर्धगुणं कृष्णात्पार्थाच्च संयुगे । अभिमन्युं पिशङ्गास्तं कुमारमवहन्रणे ॥

yamāhuradhyardhaguṇaṃ kṛṣṇātpārthācca saṃyuge | abhimanyuṃ piśaṅgāstaṃ kumāramavahanraṇe

Tawny horses bore Abhimanyu, the youth in battle, whom men call one and a half times the equal of Krishna and of Partha in combat.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.26.

Verse 35 (7.23.35)

एकस्तु धार्तराष्ट्रेभ्यः पाण्डवान्यः समाश्रितः । तं बृहन्तो महाकाया युयुत्सुमवहन्रणे । ये तु पुष्करसारस्य तुल्यवर्णा हयोत्तमाः ॥

ekastu dhārtarāṣṭrebhyaḥ pāṇḍavānyaḥ samāśritaḥ | taṃ bṛhanto mahākāyā yuyutsumavahanraṇe | ye tu puṣkarasārasya tulyavarṇā hayottamāḥ

Great, huge horses bore in battle the one among Dhritarashtra's sons who took refuge with the Pandavas, Yuyutsu. And those fine horses that were the colour of the lotus's heart.

Note on the text: Removed a stray quote mark (') printed after हयोत्तमाः. Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 7.22.27. Line 3 (ये तु पुष्करसारस्य तुल्यवर्णा हयोत्तमाः) is not in the critical edition; it is an unfinished sentence on the page (compare verse 68) and is kept.

Verse 36 (7.23.36)

पलालकाण्डवर्णास्तु वार्धक्षेमिं तरस्विनम् । ऊहुः सुतुमुले युद्धे हया हृष्टाः स्वलङ्कृताः ॥

palālakāṇḍavarṇāstu vārdhakṣemiṃ tarasvinam | ūhuḥ sutumule yuddhe hayā hṛṣṭāḥ svalaṅkṛtāḥ

Horses the colour of straw stalks, joyous and well adorned, bore the swift Vardhakshemi in the great tumult of battle.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.28.

Verse 37 (7.23.37)

कुमारं शितिपादास्तु रुक्मचित्रैरुरश्छदैः । सौचित्तिमवहन्युद्धे यन्तुः प्रेष्यकरा हयाः ॥

kumāraṃ śitipādāstu rukmacitrairuraśchadaiḥ | saucittimavahanyuddhe yantuḥ preṣyakarā hayāḥ

White-footed horses, with golden-adorned breast-trappings, obedient servants of their driver, bore young Sauchitti in battle.

Note on the text: Corrected अवहद्युद्धे → अवहन्युद्धे (misprint in Wikisource; द् for न्; the subject हयाः is plural and the critical edition reads avahan). Matches the critical edition's 7.22.29.

Verse 38 (7.23.38)

रुक्मपीठावकीर्णास्तु कौशेयसदृशा हयाः । सुवर्णमालिनः क्षान्ताः श्रेणिमन्तमुदावहन् ॥

rukmapīṭhāvakīrṇāstu kauśeyasadṛśā hayāḥ | suvarṇamālinaḥ kṣāntāḥ śreṇimantamudāvahan

Horses spread with golden saddle-cloths, like silk in colour, wearing garlands of gold and patient in temper, bore Shrenimat.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.30.

Verse 39 (7.23.39)

रुक्ममालाधराः शूरा हेमपृष्ठाः स्वलङ्कृताः । काशिराजं नरश्रेष्ठं श्लाघनीयमुदावहन् ॥

rukmamālādharāḥ śūrā hemapṛṣṭhāḥ svalaṅkṛtāḥ | kāśirājaṃ naraśreṣṭhaṃ ślāghanīyamudāvahan

Gold-garlanded, brave, gold-backed and well adorned horses bore the king of Kashi, best of men, worthy of praise.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.31.

Verse 40 (7.23.40)

अस्त्राणां च धनुर्वेदे ब्राह्मे वेदे च पारगम् । तं सत्यधृतिमायान्तमरुणाः समुपावहन् ॥

astrāṇāṃ ca dhanurvede brāhme vede ca pāragam | taṃ satyadhṛtimāyāntamaruṇāḥ samupāvahan

Ruddy horses bore Satyadhriti as he came, a master of weapons, of the science of the bow and of the Brahmic Veda.

Note on the text: Corrected अरूणाः → अरुणाः (misprint in Wikisource; long ū for u; the critical edition reads aruṇāḥ). Matches the critical edition's 7.22.32.

Verse 41 (7.23.41)

यः स पाञ्चालसेनानीर्द्रोणमंशमकल्पयत् । पारावतसवर्णास्तं धृष्टद्युम्नमुदावहन् ॥

yaḥ sa pāñcālasenānīrdroṇamaṃśamakalpayat | pārāvatasavarṇāstaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnamudāvahan

Horses the colour of doves bore Dhrishtadyumna, who, commander of the Panchala army, had taken Drona as his own share.

Note on the text: Corrected पाञ्चालसेनानीद्रोण → पाञ्चालसेनानीर्द्रोण (misprint in Wikisource; र् dropped from the sandhi; the critical edition reads pāñcālasenānīr droṇam). Matches the critical edition's 7.22.33.

Verse 42 (7.23.42)

तमन्वयात्सत्यधृतिः सौचित्तिर्युद्धदुर्मदः । श्रेणिमान्वसुदानश्च पुत्रः काश्यस्य चाभिभूः ॥

tamanvayātsatyadhṛtiḥ saucittiryuddhadurmadaḥ | śreṇimānvasudānaśca putraḥ kāśyasya cābhibhūḥ

Satyadhriti followed him, and Sauchitti, wild for battle, Shrenimat, Vasudana, and Abhibhu, the son of the king of Kashi.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.34.

Verse 43 (7.23.43)

युक्तैः परमकाम्भोजैर्जवनैर्हेममालिभिः । भीषयन्तो द्विषत्सैन्यं यमवैश्रवणोपमाः ॥

yuktaiḥ paramakāmbhojairjavanairhemamālibhiḥ | bhīṣayanto dviṣatsainyaṃ yamavaiśravaṇopamāḥ

Riding fine Kamboja horses, swift ones wearing garlands of gold, they went on, frightening the enemy host, like Yama and Vaishravana.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.35.

Verse 44 (7.23.44)

प्रभद्रकास्तु काम्भोजाः षट्सहस्राण्युदायुधाः । नानावर्णैर्हयैः श्रेष्ठैर्हेमवर्णरथध्वजाः ॥

prabhadrakāstu kāmbhojāḥ ṣaṭsahasrāṇyudāyudhāḥ | nānāvarṇairhayaiḥ śreṣṭhairhemavarṇarathadhvajāḥ

The Prabhadrakas, Kambojas, six thousand of them with weapons raised, on excellent horses of many colours, with chariot-banners of golden hue,

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width non-joiner inside षट्सहस्राण्युदायुधाः. Matches the critical edition's 7.22.36. Reads काम्भोजाः where the critical edition has pāñcālāḥ (recension variant, kept).

Verse 45 (7.23.45)

शरव्रातैर्विधुन्वन्तः शत्रून्विततकार्मुकाः । समानमृत्यवो भूत्वा धृष्टद्युम्नं समन्वयुः ॥

śaravrātairvidhunvantaḥ śatrūnvitatakārmukāḥ | samānamṛtyavo bhūtvā dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ samanvayuḥ

shaking their foes with showers of arrows, bows drawn wide, resolved to share one death, followed Dhrishtadyumna.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.37.

Verse 46 (7.23.46)

बभ्रुकौशेयवर्णास्तु सुवर्णवरमालिनः । ऊहुरम्लानमनसश्चेकितानं हयोत्तमाः ॥

babhrukauśeyavarṇāstu suvarṇavaramālinaḥ | ūhuramlānamanasaścekitānaṃ hayottamāḥ

Horses the colour of brown silk, wearing fine garlands of gold, bore Chekitana, his heart unfaltering.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.38.

Verse 47 (7.23.47)

इन्द्रायुधसवर्णैस्तु कुन्तिभोजो हयोत्तमैः । आयात्सदश्वैः पुरुजिन्मातुलः सव्यसाचिनः ॥

indrāyudhasavarṇaistu kuntibhojo hayottamaiḥ | āyātsadaśvaiḥ purujinmātulaḥ savyasācinaḥ

Kuntibhoja came on the finest horses, the colour of Indra's bow, obedient steeds: Purujit, maternal uncle of Savyasachin.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.39.

Verse 48 (7.23.48)

अन्तरिक्षसवर्णास्तु तारकाचित्रिता इव । राजानं रोचमानं ते हयाः सङ्ख्ये समावहन् ॥

antarikṣasavarṇāstu tārakācitritā iva | rājānaṃ rocamānaṃ te hayāḥ saṅkhye samāvahan

Horses the colour of the sky, as if set with stars, carried King Rochamana in the battle.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.40.

Verse 49 (7.23.49)

कर्बुराः शितिपादास्तु स्वर्णजालपरिच्छदाः । जारासन्धिं हयाः श्रेष्ठाः सहदेवमुदावहन् ॥

karburāḥ śitipādāstu svarṇajālaparicchadāḥ | jārāsandhiṃ hayāḥ śreṣṭhāḥ sahadevamudāvahan

Speckled, white-footed horses, the best of steeds, with trappings of gold net, bore Sahadeva, son of Jarasandha.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.41.

Verse 50 (7.23.50)

ये तु पुष्करनालस्य समवर्णा हयोत्तमाः । जवे श्येनसमाश्चित्राः सुदामानमुदावहन् ॥

ye tu puṣkaranālasya samavarṇā hayottamāḥ | jave śyenasamāścitrāḥ sudāmānamudāvahan

Those fine horses the colour of lotus stalks, many-hued and swift as hawks, bore Sudaman.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.42.

Verse 51 (7.23.51)

शशलोहितवर्णास्तु पाण्डुरोद्गतराजयः । पाञ्चाल्यं गोपतेः पुत्रं सिंहसेनमुदावहन् ॥

śaśalohitavarṇāstu pāṇḍurodgatarājayaḥ | pāñcālyaṃ gopateḥ putraṃ siṃhasenamudāvahan

Hare-red horses with white lines running up their coats bore the Panchala Simhasena, son of Gopati.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.43.

Verse 52 (7.23.52)

पाञ्चालानां नरव्याघ्रो यः ख्यातो जनमेजयः । तस्य सर्षपपुष्पाणां तुल्यवर्णा हयोत्तमाः ॥

pāñcālānāṃ naravyāghro yaḥ khyāto janamejayaḥ | tasya sarṣapapuṣpāṇāṃ tulyavarṇā hayottamāḥ

Among the Panchalas there was a tiger among men, the famed Janamejaya; his fine horses were of the colour of mustard blossoms,

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.44.

Verse 53 (7.23.53)

माषवर्णाश्च जवना बृहन्तो हेममालिनः । दधिपृष्ठाश्चित्रमुखाः पाञ्चाल्यमवहन्द्रुतम् ॥

māṣavarṇāśca javanā bṛhanto hemamālinaḥ | dadhipṛṣṭhāścitramukhāḥ pāñcālyamavahandrutam

black as black-gram, swift, large, wearing gold garlands, with backs white as curd and mottled faces; they quickly bore the Panchala.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.45.

Verse 54 (7.23.54)

शूराश्च भद्रकाश्चैव शरकाण्डनिभा हयाः । पद्मकिञ्जल्कवर्णाभा दण्डधारमुदावहन् ॥

śūrāśca bhadrakāścaiva śarakāṇḍanibhā hayāḥ | padmakiñjalkavarṇābhā daṇḍadhāramudāvahan

Brave horses with handsome heads, grey-white as reed stalks and tinted like lotus filaments, bore Dandadhara.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.46.

Verse 55 (7.23.55)

रासभारुणवर्णाभाः पृष्ठतो मूषिकप्रभाः । वल्गन्त इव संयत्ता व्याघ्रदत्तमुदावहन् ॥

rāsabhāruṇavarṇābhāḥ pṛṣṭhato mūṣikaprabhāḥ | valganta iva saṃyattā vyāghradattamudāvahan

Horses dun-red like the ass and mouse-grey on the back, seeming to prance as they strained, bore Vyaghradatta.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 7.22.46d*0166_01–02.

Verse 56 (7.23.56)

हरयः कालकाश्चित्राश्चित्रमाल्यविभूषिताः । सुधन्वानं नरव्याघ्रं पाञ्चाल्यं समुदावहन् ॥

harayaḥ kālakāścitrāścitramālyavibhūṣitāḥ | sudhanvānaṃ naravyāghraṃ pāñcālyaṃ samudāvahan

Bay horses with black heads, many-coloured, adorned with variegated garlands, bore Sudhanvan the Panchala, tiger among men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 7.22.46d*0166_03–04.

Verse 57 (7.23.57)

इन्द्राशनिसमस्पर्शा इन्द्रगोपकसन्निभाः । काये चित्रान्तराश्चित्राश्चित्रायुधमुदावहन् ॥

indrāśanisamasparśā indragopakasannibhāḥ | kāye citrāntarāścitrāścitrāyudhamudāvahan

Horses whose touch was like Indra's thunderbolt, resembling the indragopa insect, their bodies strangely streaked and wondrous, bore Chitrayudha.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 7.22.46d*0166_05–06.

Verse 58 (7.23.58)

बिभ्रतो हेममालास्तु चक्रवाकोदरा हयाः । कोसलाधिपतेः पुत्रं सुक्षत्रं वाजिनोऽवहन् ॥

bibhrato hemamālāstu cakravākodarā hayāḥ | kosalādhipateḥ putraṃ sukṣatraṃ vājino'vahan

Horses wearing garlands of gold and with bellies like the chakravaka bird bore Sukshatra, son of the lord of Kosala.

Note on the text: Corrected हेपमालास्तु → हेममालास्तु (misprint in Wikisource; प for म; the critical edition reads hemamālāś ca). Matches the critical edition's 7.22.47.

Verse 59 (7.23.59)

शबलास्तु बृहन्तोऽश्वा दान्ता जाम्बूनदस्रजः । युद्धे सत्यधृतिं क्षेमिमवहन्प्रांशवः शुभाः ॥

śabalāstu bṛhanto'śvā dāntā jāmbūnadasrajaḥ | yuddhe satyadhṛtiṃ kṣemimavahanprāṃśavaḥ śubhāḥ

Large dappled steeds, tamed and wearing garlands of Jambunada gold, tall and fair, bore Satyadhriti Kshemi in battle.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.48.

Verse 60 (7.23.60)

एकवर्णेन सर्वेण ध्वजेन कवचेन च । अश्वैश्च धनुषा चैव शुक्लैः शुक्लो न्यवर्तत ॥

ekavarṇena sarveṇa dhvajena kavacena ca | aśvaiśca dhanuṣā caiva śuklaiḥ śuklo nyavartata

With banner, armour, horses and bow all of one colour, white, Shukla the White rallied.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.49.

Verse 61 (7.23.61)

समुद्रसेनपुत्रं तु सामुद्रा रुद्रतेजसम् । अश्वाः शशाङ्कसदृशाश्चन्द्रसेनमुदावहन् ॥

samudrasenaputraṃ tu sāmudrā rudratejasam | aśvāḥ śaśāṅkasadṛśāścandrasenamudāvahan

Horses of the ocean breed, pale as the moon, bore Chandrasena, son of Samudrasena, of Rudra-like splendour.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.50. Reads चन्द्रसेनम् where the critical edition has candradevam (recension variant, kept).

Verse 62 (7.23.62)

नीलोत्पलसवर्णास्तु तपनीयविभूषिताः । शैब्यं चित्ररथं सङ्ख्ये चित्रमाल्याऽवहन्हयाः ॥

nīlotpalasavarṇāstu tapanīyavibhūṣitāḥ | śaibyaṃ citrarathaṃ saṅkhye citramālyā'vahanhayāḥ

Horses blue as the blue lotus, adorned with refined gold and wearing variegated garlands, bore Chitraratha the Shaibya in battle.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.51.

Verse 63 (7.23.63)

कलायपुष्पवर्णास्तु श्वेतलोहितराजयः । रथसेनं हयश्रेष्ठाः समूहुर्युद्धदुर्मदम् ॥

kalāyapuṣpavarṇāstu śvetalohitarājayaḥ | rathasenaṃ hayaśreṣṭhāḥ samūhuryuddhadurmadam

Horses the colour of pea blossoms, with white and red stripes, the finest of steeds, bore Rathasena, wild with battle-pride.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.52.

Verse 64 (7.23.64)

यं तु सर्वमनुष्येभ्यः प्राहुः शूरतरं नृपम् । तं पटच्चरहन्तारं शुकवर्णाऽवहन्हयाः ॥

yaṃ tu sarvamanuṣyebhyaḥ prāhuḥ śūrataraṃ nṛpam | taṃ paṭaccarahantāraṃ śukavarṇā'vahanhayāḥ

Parrot-green horses bore him whom they call the bravest of all men, the king who slew the Patachcharas.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.53.

Verse 65 (7.23.65)

चित्रायुधं चित्रमाल्यं चित्रवर्मायुधध्वजम् । ऊहुः किंशुकपुष्पाणां समवर्णा हयोत्तमाः ॥

citrāyudhaṃ citramālyaṃ citravarmāyudhadhvajam | ūhuḥ kiṃśukapuṣpāṇāṃ samavarṇā hayottamāḥ

Fine horses matching kiṃśuka blossoms in colour bore Chitrayudha, of variegated garlands, armour, weapons and banner.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.54.

Verse 66 (7.23.66)

एकवर्णेन सर्वेण ध्वजेन कवचेन च । धनुषा रथवाहैश्च नीलैर्नीलोऽभ्यवर्तत ॥

ekavarṇena sarveṇa dhvajena kavacena ca | dhanuṣā rathavāhaiśca nīlairnīlo'bhyavartata

With banner, armour, bow and chariot-horses all of one colour, blue, Nila the Blue advanced.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.55.

Verse 67 (7.23.67)

नानारूपै रत्नचिह्नैर्वरूथरथकार्मुकैः । वाजिध्वजपताकाभिश्चित्रैश्चित्रोऽभ्यवर्तत ॥

nānārūpai ratnacihnairvarūtharathakārmukaiḥ | vājidhvajapatākābhiścitraiścitro'bhyavartata

With various shapes and jewelled emblems, with chariot-covers, chariots and bows, and with horses, banners and flags, all variegated, Chitra advanced.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.56.

Verse 68 (7.23.68)

ये तु पुष्करवर्णस्य तुल्यवर्णा हयोत्तमाः । ते रोचमानस्य सुतं हेमवर्णमुदावहन् ॥

ye tu puṣkaravarṇasya tulyavarṇā hayottamāḥ | te rocamānasya sutaṃ hemavarṇamudāvahan

The fine horses that matched the lotus in colour bore Rochamana's son, golden-hued Hemavarna.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.57.

Verse 69 (7.23.69)

योधाश्च भद्रकाराश्च शरदण्डानुदण्डयः । श्वेताण्डाः कुक्कुटाण्डाभा दण्डकेतुं हयाऽवहन् ॥

yodhāśca bhadrakārāśca śaradaṇḍānudaṇḍayaḥ | śvetāṇḍāḥ kukkuṭāṇḍābhā daṇḍaketuṃ hayā'vahan

Horses fit for battle and fair in their ways, with backs straight as reed shafts, white and pale like the eggs of a fowl, bore Dandaketu.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.58.

Verse 70 (7.23.70)

केशवेन हते सङ्ख्ये पितर्यथ नराधिपे । भिन्ने कपाटे पाण्ड्यानां विद्रुतेषु च बन्धुषु ॥

keśavena hate saṅkhye pitaryatha narādhipe | bhinne kapāṭe pāṇḍyānāṃ vidruteṣu ca bandhuṣu

When his father, the king, was slain in battle by Keshava, when the Pandyas' city of Kapata was broken into and his kinsmen scattered,

Note on the text: Corrected केशवे न हते → केशवेन हते (misprint in Wikisource; stray space; the star passage reads keśavena hate). Corrected पाण्डानां → पाण्ड्यानां (misprint in Wikisource; dropped य् (a stray zero-width joiner stands in its place); the star passage reads pāṇḍyānām). Removed the stray zero-width joiner printed inside पाण्ड्यानां. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 7.22.58d*0167_01–02.

Verse 71 (7.23.71)

भीष्मादवाप्य चास्त्राणि द्रोणाद्रामात्कृपात्तथा । अस्त्रैः समत्वं सम्प्राप्य रुक्मिकर्णार्जुनाच्युतैः ॥

bhīṣmādavāpya cāstrāṇi droṇādrāmātkṛpāttathā | astraiḥ samatvaṃ samprāpya rukmikarṇārjunācyutaiḥ

having obtained weapons from Bhishma, Drona, Rama and Kripa, and reached equality in weapons with Rukmin, Karna, Arjuna and Achyuta,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 7.22.58d*0167_03–04.

Verse 72 (7.23.72)

इयेष द्वारकां हन्तुं कृत्स्नां जेतुं च मेदिनीम् । निवारितस्ततः प्राज्ञैः सुहृद्भिर्हितकाम्यया ॥

iyeṣa dvārakāṃ hantuṃ kṛtsnāṃ jetuṃ ca medinīm | nivāritastataḥ prājñaiḥ suhṛdbhirhitakāmyayā

he wished to destroy Dvaraka and to conquer the whole earth; but his wise and well-meaning friends then restrained him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 7.22.58d*0167_05–06.

Verse 73 (7.23.73)

वैरानुबन्धमुत्सृज्य स्वराज्यमनुशास्ति यः । स सागरध्वजः पाण्ड्यश्चन्द्ररश्मिनिभैर्हयैः ॥

vairānubandhamutsṛjya svarājyamanuśāsti yaḥ | sa sāgaradhvajaḥ pāṇḍyaścandraraśminibhairhayaiḥ

Giving up the chain of enmity, he now rules his own kingdom: that Pandya of the ocean banner, on horses like moonbeams,

Note on the text: Corrected उत्सज्य → उत्सृज्य (misprint in Wikisource; ृ dropped; the star passage reads utsṛjya). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 7.22.58d*0167_07–08.

Verse 74 (7.23.74)

वैडूर्यजालसञ्छन्नैर्वीर्यद्रविणमाश्रितः । दिव्यं विस्फारयंश्चापं द्रोणमभ्यद्रवद्बली ॥

vaiḍūryajālasañchannairvīryadraviṇamāśritaḥ | divyaṃ visphārayaṃścāpaṃ droṇamabhyadravadbalī

horses covered with nets of lapis lazuli, relying on his prowess and wealth, stretching his divine bow, the mighty one charged at Drona.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 7.22.58d*0167_09–10.

Verse 75 (7.23.75)

आरकूटकवर्णाश्च हयाः पाण्ड्यानुयायिनाम् । अवहन्रथमुख्यानामयुतानि चतुर्दश ॥

ārakūṭakavarṇāśca hayāḥ pāṇḍyānuyāyinām | avahanrathamukhyānāmayutāni caturdaśa

Horses the colour of brass, belonging to the Pandya's followers, bore fourteen ten-thousands of chief charioteers.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.59.

Verse 76 (7.23.76)

नानावर्णेन रूपेण नानाकृतिमुखा हयाः । रथचक्रध्वजं वीरं घटोत्कचमुदावहन् ॥

nānāvarṇena rūpeṇa nānākṛtimukhā hayāḥ | rathacakradhvajaṃ vīraṃ ghaṭotkacamudāvahan

Horses of many colours and shapes, with faces of various forms, bore the hero Ghatotkacha, whose banner showed a chariot wheel.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.60.

Verse 77 (7.23.77)

भारतानां समेतानामुत्सृज्यैको मतानि यः । गतो युधिष्ठिरं भक्त्या त्यक्त्वा सर्वमभीप्सितम् ॥

bhāratānāṃ sametānāmutsṛjyaiko matāni yaḥ | gato yudhiṣṭhiraṃ bhaktyā tyaktvā sarvamabhīpsitam

He who alone, leaving the counsels of the assembled Bharatas, went with devotion to Yudhishthira, abandoning all he desired,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 7.22.60d*0168_01–02.

Verse 78 (7.23.78)

लोहिताक्षं महाबाहुं युयुत्सुं मकरध्वजम् । महासत्वा महाकायाः सौवर्णस्यन्दने स्थितम् ॥

lohitākṣaṃ mahābāhuṃ yuyutsuṃ makaradhvajam | mahāsatvā mahākāyāḥ sauvarṇasyandane sthitam

red-eyed, mighty-armed Yuyutsu, whose banner bore a crocodile, as he stood in his golden chariot, was carried by powerful, huge horses.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 7.22.60d*0168_03–04.

Verse 79 (7.23.79)

सुवर्णवर्णा धर्मज्ञमनीकस्थं युधिष्ठिरम् । राजश्रेष्ठं हयश्रेष्ठाः सर्वतः पृष्ठतोऽन्वयुः ॥

suvarṇavarṇā dharmajñamanīkasthaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram | rājaśreṣṭhaṃ hayaśreṣṭhāḥ sarvataḥ pṛṣṭhato'nvayuḥ

Golden-coloured, the finest of horses, they followed all around behind Yudhishthira, knower of dharma and best of kings, as he stood at the front of the army.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.61ac.

Verse 80 (7.23.80)

वर्णैरुच्चावचैरन्यैः सदश्वानां प्रभद्रकाः । सन्न्यवर्तन्त युद्धाय बहवो देवरूपिणः ॥

varṇairuccāvacairanyaiḥ sadaśvānāṃ prabhadrakāḥ | sannyavartanta yuddhāya bahavo devarūpiṇaḥ

With many other colours, high and low, on fine horses, many Prabhadrakas, god-like in form, rallied for battle.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.22.61e; line 2 is its star passage 7.22.61f*0170_01.

Verse 81 (7.23.81)

ते यत्ता भीमसेनेन सहिताः काञ्चनध्वजाः । प्रत्यदृश्यन्त राजेन्द्र सेन्द्रा इव दिवौकसः ॥

te yattā bhīmasenena sahitāḥ kāñcanadhvajāḥ | pratyadṛśyanta rājendra sendrā iva divaukasaḥ

Those valiant ones with golden banners, joined by Bhimasena, were seen, O king of kings, like the gods with Indra.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition's 7.22.62.

Verse 82 (7.23.82)

अत्यरोचत तान्सर्वान्धृष्टद्युम्नः समागतान् । सर्वाण्यति च सैन्यानि भारद्वाजो व्यरोचत ॥

atyarocata tānsarvāndhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ samāgatān | sarvāṇyati ca sainyāni bhāradvājo vyarocata

Dhrishtadyumna outshone all those assembled; and Bharadvaja's son shone beyond all the armies.

Note on the text: Corrected धृष्ठद्युम्नः → धृष्टद्युम्नः (misprint in Wikisource; ठ for ट; the critical edition reads dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ). Matches the critical edition's 7.22.63.

Verse 83 (7.23.83)

अतीव शुशुभे तस्य ध्वजः कृष्णाजिनोत्तरः । कमण्डलुर्महाराज जातरूपमयः शुभः ॥

atīva śuśubhe tasya dhvajaḥ kṛṣṇājinottaraḥ | kamaṇḍalurmahārāja jātarūpamayaḥ śubhaḥ

Exceedingly splendid was the banner of Drona, covered with the skin of a black antelope, with a golden kamandalu on it, O great king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 5 (printed after 7.22.63), lines 1–2.

Verse 84 (7.23.84)

ध्वजं तु भीमसेनस्य वैडूर्यमणिलोचनम् । भ्राजमानं महासिंहं राजन्तं दृष्टवानहम् ॥

dhvajaṃ tu bhīmasenasya vaiḍūryamaṇilocanam | bhrājamānaṃ mahāsiṃhaṃ rājantaṃ dṛṣṭavānaham

I saw Bhimasena's banner: a great lion, radiant, shining, with eyes of lapis lazuli.

Note on the text: Corrected वै2डूर्य → वैडूर्य (misprint in Wikisource; stray digit 2; the critical edition reads vaiḍūrya). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 5 (printed after 7.22.63), lines 3–4.

Verse 85 (7.23.85)

ध्वजं तु कुरुराजस्य पाण्डवस्य महौजसः । दृष्टवानस्मि सौवर्णं सोमं ग्रहगणान्वितम् ॥

dhvajaṃ tu kururājasya pāṇḍavasya mahaujasaḥ | dṛṣṭavānasmi sauvarṇaṃ somaṃ grahagaṇānvitam

I saw the golden banner of the Kuru king, the Pandava of great energy: the moon accompanied by a host of planets.

Verse 86 (7.23.86)

मृदङ्गौ चात्र विपुलौ दिव्यौ नन्दोपनन्दकौ । यन्त्रेणाहन्यमानौ च सुस्वनौ हर्षवर्धनौ ॥

mṛdaṅgau cātra vipulau divyau nandopanandakau | yantreṇāhanyamānau ca susvanau harṣavardhanau

On it too were two great divine drums, Nanda and Upananda, sweet-sounding, struck by a device, that gladdened the heart.

Verse 87 (7.23.87)

शरभं पृष्ठसौवर्णं नकुलस्य महाध्वजम् । अपश्याम रथेत्युग्रं भीषयाणमवस्थितम् ॥

śarabhaṃ pṛṣṭhasauvarṇaṃ nakulasya mahādhvajam | apaśyāma rathetyugraṃ bhīṣayāṇamavasthitam

On Nakula's chariot we saw his great banner of a golden-backed sarabha, very fierce, standing as if to terrify.

Verse 88 (7.23.88)

हंसस्तु राजतः श्रीमान्ध्वजे घण्टापताकवान् । सहदेवस्य दुर्धर्षो द्विषतां शोकवर्धनः ॥

haṃsastu rājataḥ śrīmāndhvaje ghaṇṭāpatākavān | sahadevasya durdharṣo dviṣatāṃ śokavardhanaḥ

Sahadeva's banner bore a splendid silver swan, with bells and flags, unassailable, increasing the grief of foes.

Verse 89 (7.23.89)

पञ्चानां द्रौपदेयानां प्रतिमाध्वजभूषणम् । धर्ममारुतशक्राणामश्विनोश्च महात्मनोः ॥

pañcānāṃ draupadeyānāṃ pratimādhvajabhūṣaṇam | dharmamārutaśakrāṇāmaśvinośca mahātmanoḥ

The banners of the five sons of Draupadi were adorned with images of Dharma, Marut, Shakra and the two great-souled Ashvins.

Verse 90 (7.23.90)

अभिमन्योः कुमारस्य शार्ङ्गपक्षी हिरण्मयः । रथे ध्वजवरो राजंस्तप्तचामीकरोज्ज्वलः ॥

abhimanyoḥ kumārasya śārṅgapakṣī hiraṇmayaḥ | rathe dhvajavaro rājaṃstaptacāmīkarojjvalaḥ

On the chariot of young Abhimanyu the best of banners bore a golden Sharngaka bird, gleaming like refined gold, O king.

Verse 91 (7.23.91)

घटोत्कचस्य राजेन्द्र ध्वजे गृध्रो व्यरोचत । अश्वाश्च कामगास्तस्य रावणस्य पुरा यथा ॥

ghaṭotkacasya rājendra dhvaje gṛdhro vyarocata | aśvāśca kāmagāstasya rāvaṇasya purā yathā

On Ghatotkacha's banner, O king of kings, a vulture shone; and his horses go where they will, as Ravana's did of old.

Verse 92 (7.23.92)

माहेन्द्रं च धनुर्दिव्यं धर्मराजे युधिष्ठिरे । वायव्यं भीमसेनस्य धनुर्दिव्यमभून्नृप ॥

māhendraṃ ca dhanurdivyaṃ dharmarāje yudhiṣṭhire | vāyavyaṃ bhīmasenasya dhanurdivyamabhūnnṛpa

Yudhishthira, king of dharma, had the divine Mahendra bow, and Bhimasena, O king, had the divine Vayavya bow.

Verse 93 (7.23.93)

त्रैलोक्यरक्षणार्थाय ब्रह्मणा सृष्टमायुधम् । तद्दिव्यमजरं चैव फाल्गुनार्थाय वै धनुः ॥

trailokyarakṣaṇārthāya brahmaṇā sṛṣṭamāyudham | taddivyamajaraṃ caiva phālgunārthāya vai dhanuḥ

The weapon that Brahma made for the protection of the three worlds, that divine and ageless bow, was for Phalguna.

Verse 94 (7.23.94)

वैष्णवं नकुलायाथ सहदेवाय चाश्विजम् । घटोत्कचाय पौलस्त्यं धनुर्दिव्यं भयानकम् ॥

vaiṣṇavaṃ nakulāyātha sahadevāya cāśvijam | ghaṭotkacāya paulastyaṃ dhanurdivyaṃ bhayānakam

The Vaishnava bow was for Nakula, the Ashvina for Sahadeva, and for Ghatotkacha a divine, terrible bow of Paulastya.

Note on the text: Corrected भयामकम् → भयानकम् (misprint in Wikisource; म for न; the critical edition reads bhayānakam). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 5 (printed after 7.22.63), lines 23–24.

Verse 95 (7.23.95)

रौद्रमाग्नेयकौबेरं याम्यं गिरिशमेव च । पञ्चानां द्रौपदेयानां धनूरत्नानि भारत ॥

raudramāgneyakauberaṃ yāmyaṃ giriśameva ca | pañcānāṃ draupadeyānāṃ dhanūratnāni bhārata

The jewel-bows of the five sons of Draupadi, O Bharata, were the Raudra, the Agneya, the Kauvera, the Yamya and the Girisha.

Verse 96 (7.23.96)

रौद्रं धनुर्वरं श्रेष्ठं लेभे यद्रोहिणीसुतः । तत्तुष्टः प्रददौ रामः सौभद्राय महात्मने ॥

raudraṃ dhanurvaraṃ śreṣṭhaṃ lebhe yadrohiṇīsutaḥ | tattuṣṭaḥ pradadau rāmaḥ saubhadrāya mahātmane

The excellent Raudra bow that Rohini's son obtained, Rama gave, pleased, to the great-souled son of Subhadra.

Verse 97 (7.23.97)

एते चान्ये च बहवो ध्वजा हेमविभूषिताः । तत्रादृश्यन्त शूराणां द्विषतां शोकवर्धनाः ॥

ete cānye ca bahavo dhvajā hemavibhūṣitāḥ | tatrādṛśyanta śūrāṇāṃ dviṣatāṃ śokavardhanāḥ

These and many other gold-adorned banners of the heroes were seen there, increasing the grief of their enemies.

Verse 98 (7.23.98)

तदभूद्ध्वजसम्बाधमकापुरुषसेवितम् । द्रोणानीकं महाराज पटे चित्रमिवार्पितम् ॥

tadabhūddhvajasambādhamakāpuruṣasevitam | droṇānīkaṃ mahārāja paṭe citramivārpitam

That army of Drona, O great king, crowded with banners and frequented by no coward, looked like a painting laid on cloth.

Verse 99 (7.23.99)

शुश्रुवुर्नामगोत्राणि वीराणां संयुगे तदा । द्रोणमाद्रवतां राजन्स्वयंवर इवाहवे ॥

śuśruvurnāmagotrāṇi vīrāṇāṃ saṃyuge tadā | droṇamādravatāṃ rājansvayaṃvara ivāhave

The names and clan-names of the heroes, as they rushed upon Drona in that battle, were heard then, O king, as at a svayamvara.

Note on the text: Corrected शुश्रुवुनार्मगोत्राणि → शुश्रुवुर्नामगोत्राणि (misprint in Wikisource; the र् is misplaced (nārm- for r-nām-); the critical edition reads śuśruvur nāmagotrāṇi). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus, as Appendix I No. 5 (printed after 7.22.63), lines 33–34.

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