Bhima Against Drona, Arjuna's Return and Karna's Rescue

Verse 1 (7.32.1)

प्रतिघातं तु सैन्यस्य नामृष्यत वृकोदरः । सोऽभ्याहनद्गुरुं षष्ट्या कर्णं च दशभिः शरैः ॥

pratighātaṃ tu sainyasya nāmṛṣyata vṛkodaraḥ | so'bhyāhanadguruṃ ṣaṣṭyā karṇaṃ ca daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ

Bhima could not bear the checking of his army. He struck the preceptor Drona with sixty arrows and Karna with ten.

Note on the text: This page (Wikisource adhyaya 32) corresponds to critical-edition adhyaya 7.31 (verses 7.31.1–77). Line 2 reads गुरुम् (the preceptor, Drona) for the critical edition's bāhlikam, a recension variant.

Verse 2 (7.32.2)

तस्य द्रोणः शितैर्बाणैस्तीक्ष्णधारैरजिह्मगैः । जीवितान्तमभिप्रेप्सुर्मर्मण्याशु जघान ह ॥

tasya droṇaḥ śitairbāṇaistīkṣṇadhārairajihmagaiḥ | jīvitāntamabhiprepsurmarmaṇyāśu jaghāna ha

Drona, wishing to take his life, quickly struck him in his vital parts with sharp, keen-edged, straight-flying arrows.

Verse 3 (7.32.3)

आनन्तर्यमभिप्रेप्सुः षड्विंशत्या समार्पयत् । कर्णो द्वादशभिर्बाणैरश्वत्थामा च सप्तभिः ॥

ānantaryamabhiprepsuḥ ṣaḍviṃśatyā samārpayat | karṇo dvādaśabhirbāṇairaśvatthāmā ca saptabhiḥ

Wishing to follow up at once, he pierced him with twenty-six; Karna with twelve arrows, and Ashvatthama with seven,

Note on the text: Corrected शमार्पयत् → समार्पयत् (misprint in Wikisource; श for स; the critical edition's star passage reads samārpayat). Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 7.31.2d*0233_01, not in the constituted text (the star passage's second line, *0233_02, is not on the page); line 2 is its 7.31.3a. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 4 (7.32.4)

षड्भिर्दुर्योधनो राजा तत एनमथाकिरत् । भीमसेनोऽपि तान्सर्वान्प्रत्यविध्यन्महाबलः ॥

ṣaḍbhirduryodhano rājā tata enamathākirat | bhīmaseno'pi tānsarvānpratyavidhyanmahābalaḥ

and King Duryodhana with six; so they showered him with arrows. The mighty Bhimasena in turn pierced them all:

Note on the text: Corrected षङ्भिर्दुर्योधनो → षड्भिर्दुर्योधनो (misprint in Wikisource; ङ for ड; the critical edition reads ṣaḍbhir duryodhano). Wikisource divides the critical edition's 7.31.3–24 half a verse later than the critical edition does, so the automatic alignment found no match: each verse here is the second line of one critical-edition verse and the first line of the next, and ce_ref names the former. Line 1 is 7.31.3c; line 2 is 7.31.4a.

Verse 5 (7.32.5)

द्रोणं पञ्चाशतेषूणां कर्णं च दशभिः शरैः । दुर्योधनं द्वादशभिर्द्रौणिमष्टाभिराशुगैः ॥

droṇaṃ pañcāśateṣūṇāṃ karṇaṃ ca daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ | duryodhanaṃ dvādaśabhirdrauṇimaṣṭābhirāśugaiḥ

Drona with fifty arrows, Karna with ten, Duryodhana with twelve, and Drona's son with eight swift shafts,

Note on the text: Corrected दर्योधनं → दुर्योधनं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped vowel sign; the critical edition reads duryodhanaṃ). Corrected दौणिमष्टाभिराशुगैः → द्रौणिमष्टाभिराशुगैः (misprint in Wikisource; the र of द्रौ is dropped; the critical edition reads drauṇiṃ cāṣṭābhir āśugaiḥ). Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.31.4c; line 2 is its 7.31.5a.

Verse 6 (7.32.6)

आरावं तुमुलं कुर्वन्नभ्यवर्तत तान्रणे । तस्मिन्सन्त्यजति प्राणान्मृत्युसाधारणीकृते ॥

ārāvaṃ tumulaṃ kurvannabhyavartata tānraṇe | tasminsantyajati prāṇānmṛtyusādhāraṇīkṛte

raising a tumultuous roar, he bore down on them in the battle. As he, brought to the very state of death, was on the point of giving up his life,

Note on the text: Corrected सन्त्यति → सन्त्यजति (misprint in Wikisource; the syllable ज is dropped; the critical edition reads saṃtyajati). Corrected प्रामान् → प्राणान् (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण; the critical edition reads prāṇān). Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.31.5c; line 2 is its 7.31.6a.

Verse 7 (7.32.7)

अजातशत्रुस्तान्योधान्भीमं त्रातेत्यचोदयत् । ते ययुर्भीमसेनस्य समीपममितौजसः ॥

ajātaśatrustānyodhānbhīmaṃ trātetyacodayat | te yayurbhīmasenasya samīpamamitaujasaḥ

Ajatashatru urged those warriors on, saying, "Save Bhima!" And they, of boundless energy, went to Bhimasena's side:

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.31.6c; line 2 is its 7.31.7a.

Verse 8 (7.32.8)

युयुधानप्रभृतयो माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ । ते समेत्य सुसंरब्धाः सहिताः पुरुषर्षभाः ॥

yuyudhānaprabhṛtayo mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau | te sametya susaṃrabdhāḥ sahitāḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ

Yuyudhana and the others, and the two sons of Madri, the Pandavas. Those bulls among men, united and highly enraged, came together,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.31.7c; line 2 is its 7.31.8a.

Verse 9 (7.32.9)

महेष्वासवरैर्गुप्तं द्रोणानीकं बिभित्सवः । समापेतुर्महावीर्या भीमप्रभृतयो रथाः ॥

maheṣvāsavarairguptaṃ droṇānīkaṃ bibhitsavaḥ | samāpeturmahāvīryā bhīmaprabhṛtayo rathāḥ

eager to break Drona's host, which was guarded by foremost great archers; and those mighty chariot-warriors, with Bhima at their head, rushed together upon it.

Note on the text: Corrected गुप्ता → गुप्तं (misprint in Wikisource; गुप्ता cannot agree with द्रोणानीकम्, "Drona's host", which the great archers guard; the critical edition reads guptaṃ). Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.31.8c; line 2 is its 7.31.9a.

Verse 10 (7.32.10)

तान्प्रत्यगृह्णादव्यग्रो द्रोणोऽपि रथिनां वरः । महारथानतिबलान्वीरान्समरयोधिनः ॥

tānpratyagṛhṇādavyagro droṇo'pi rathināṃ varaḥ | mahārathānatibalānvīrānsamarayodhinaḥ

Drona too, best of chariot-warriors, unflustered, met them — those great chariot-warriors of surpassing strength, heroes who fought in battle.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.31.9c; line 2 is its 7.31.10a. Line 2 reads महारथानतिबलान् … समरयोधिनः for the critical edition's mahābalān atirathān … samaraśobhinaḥ (recension variant).

Verse 11 (7.32.11)

बाह्यं मृत्युभयं कृत्वा तावकान्पाण्डवा ययुः । सादिनः सादिनोऽभ्यघ्नंस्तथैव रथिनो रथान् ॥

bāhyaṃ mṛtyubhayaṃ kṛtvā tāvakānpāṇḍavā yayuḥ | sādinaḥ sādino'bhyaghnaṃstathaiva rathino rathān

Casting aside the fear of death, the Pandavas advanced against your men. Horsemen struck horsemen, and likewise chariot-fighters struck chariot-fighters.

Note on the text: Corrected सादिनोऽब्यघ्नंस्तथैव → सादिनोऽभ्यघ्नंस्तथैव (misprint in Wikisource; ब्य for भ्य; the verb is abhyaghnan, as in the critical edition). Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.31.10c; line 2 is its 7.31.11a. Line 1 reads तावकान्पाण्डवा ययुः for the critical edition's tāvakāḥ pāṇḍavān yayuḥ (recension variant).

Verse 12 (7.32.12)

असिशक्त्यृष्टिसङ्घातैर्युद्धमासीत्परश्वथैः । प्रकृष्टमसियुद्धं च बभूव कटुकोदयम् ॥

asiśaktyṛṣṭisaṅghātairyuddhamāsītparaśvathaiḥ | prakṛṣṭamasiyuddhaṃ ca babhūva kaṭukodayam

With volleys of swords, spears and lances, and with battle-axes, the fighting went on; and a sword-fight of the fiercest kind arose, bitter in its outcome.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.31.11c; line 2 is its 7.31.12a.

Verse 13 (7.32.13)

कुञ्जराणां च सम्पाते युद्धमासीत्सुदारुणम् । अपतत्कुञ्जरादन्यो हयादन्यस्त्ववाक्शिराः ॥

kuñjarāṇāṃ ca sampāte yuddhamāsītsudāruṇam | apatatkuñjarādanyo hayādanyastvavākśirāḥ

When the elephants clashed, the fighting became terrible. One man fell from his elephant, another, head downward, from his horse,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.31.12c; line 2 is its 7.31.13a.

Verse 14 (7.32.14)

नरो बाणविनिर्भिन्नो रथादन्यश्च मारिष । तत्रान्यस्य च सम्मर्दे पतितस्य विवर्मणः ॥

naro bāṇavinirbhinno rathādanyaśca māriṣa | tatrānyasya ca sammarde patitasya vivarmaṇaḥ

another man, pierced by arrows, from his chariot, O sire; and in the crush there, as one more man lay fallen and without armour,

Note on the text: Corrected सम्पर्दे → सम्मर्दे (misprint in Wikisource; प for म in the conjunct; the critical edition reads saṃmarde, "in the crush"). Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.31.13c; line 2 is its 7.31.14a.

Verse 15 (7.32.15)

शिरः प्रध्वंसयामास वक्षस्याक्रम्य कुञ्जरः । अपरांश्चापरेऽमृद्नन्वारणाः पतितान्नरान् ॥

śiraḥ pradhvaṃsayāmāsa vakṣasyākramya kuñjaraḥ | aparāṃścāpare'mṛdnanvāraṇāḥ patitānnarān

an elephant, stepping on his chest, crushed his head; and other elephants trampled still other fallen men.

Note on the text: Corrected अपरेऽमृद्रन्वारणाः → अपरेऽमृद्नन्वारणाः (misprint in Wikisource; र for न, the verb is amṛdnan, "trampled"). Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.31.14c; line 2 is its 7.31.15a. Line 2 reads अपरांश्चापरेऽमृद्नन् for the critical edition's apare 'py aparāñ jaghnuḥ (recension variant).

Verse 16 (7.32.16)

विषाणैश्चावनिं गत्वा व्यभिन्दन्रथिनो बहून् । नरान्त्रैः केचिदपरे विषाणालग्नसंश्रयैः ॥

viṣāṇaiścāvaniṃ gatvā vyabhindanrathino bahūn | narāntraiḥ kecidapare viṣāṇālagnasaṃśrayaiḥ

Some elephants, reaching the ground with their tusks, ripped open many chariot-warriors; others, with human entrails caught and hanging on their tusks,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.31.15c; line 2 is its 7.31.16a. Line 2 reads विषाणालग्नसंश्रयैः for the critical edition's viṣāṇālagnasaṃsravaiḥ (recension variant; the page's commentary glosses it as "clinging to the tusk in one part").

Verse 17 (7.32.17)

बभ्रमुः समरे नागा मृद्नन्तः शतशो नरान् । कार्ष्णायसतनुत्राणान्नराश्वरथकुञ्जरान् ॥

babhramuḥ samare nāgā mṛdnantaḥ śataśo narān | kārṣṇāyasatanutrāṇānnarāśvarathakuñjarān

roamed the battlefield, crushing men in hundreds — men, horses, chariots and elephants armoured in dark iron.

Note on the text: Corrected मृद्रन्तः → मृद्नन्तः (misprint in Wikisource; र for न; the critical edition reads mṛdnantaḥ). Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.31.16c; line 2 is its 7.31.17a. Line 2 reads कार्ष्णायस for the critical edition's kāṃsyāyasa (recension variant).

Verse 18 (7.32.18)

पतितान्पोथयाञ्चक्रुर्द्विपाः स्थूलनलानिव । गृध्रपत्राधिवासांसि शयनानि नराधिपाः ॥

patitānpothayāñcakrurdvipāḥ sthūlanalāniva | gṛdhrapatrādhivāsāṃsi śayanāni narādhipāḥ

The elephants pounded the fallen as if they were thick reeds. Kings lay down upon beds covered with vulture feathers —

Note on the text: Corrected नारधिपाः → नराधिपाः (misprint in Wikisource; the vowel of रा is displaced; the critical edition reads narādhipāḥ). Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.31.17c; line 2 is its 7.31.18a.

Verse 19 (7.32.19)

हीमन्तः कालसम्पर्कात्सुदुःखान्यनुशेरते । हन्ति स्मात्र पिता पुत्रं रथेनाभ्येत्य संयुगे ॥

hīmantaḥ kālasamparkātsuduḥkhānyanuśerate | hanti smātra pitā putraṃ rathenābhyetya saṃyuge

men of honour, laid there by the touch of Time, on beds of great pain. Here a father, driving up in his chariot, struck down his son in the fight,

Note on the text: Corrected सुदुःस्वान्यनुशेरते → सुदुःखान्यनुशेरते (misprint in Wikisource; स्व for ख; the critical edition reads suduḥkhāny adhiśerate). Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.31.18c; line 2 is its 7.31.19a. Line 1 reads कालसम्पर्कात् for the critical edition's kālasaṃpakvāḥ (recension variant).

Verse 20 (7.32.20)

पुत्रश्च पितरं मोहान्निर्मर्यादमवर्तत । रथो भग्नो ध्वजश्छिन्नश्छत्रमुर्व्यां निपातितम् ॥

putraśca pitaraṃ mohānnirmaryādamavartata | ratho bhagno dhvajaśchinnaśchatramurvyāṃ nipātitam

and a son, in his delusion, struck his father — all bounds were broken. A chariot was shattered, a banner cut down, a parasol thrown to the ground;

Note on the text: Corrected छत्रमुर्व्यों → छत्रमुर्व्यां (misprint in Wikisource; a wrong vowel sign, the locative is urvyām, as in the critical edition). Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.31.19c; line 2 is its 7.31.20a. Line 2 reads रथो भग्नो for the critical edition's akṣo bhagno (recension variant).

Verse 21 (7.32.21)

युगार्धं च्छिन्नमादाय प्रदुद्राव तथा हयः । सासिर्बाहुर्निपतितः शिरश्छिन्नं सकुण्डलम् ॥

yugārdhaṃ cchinnamādāya pradudrāva tathā hayaḥ | sāsirbāhurnipatitaḥ śiraśchinnaṃ sakuṇḍalam

a horse bolted dragging half a yoke that had been cut through; an arm, sword still in hand, had fallen, and a head, severed, with its earrings.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.31.20c; line 2 is its 7.31.21a.

Verse 22 (7.32.22)

गजेनाक्षिप्य बलिना रथः सञ्चूर्णितः क्षितौ । रथिना ताडितो नागो नाराचेनापतत्क्षितौ ॥

gajenākṣipya balinā rathaḥ sañcūrṇitaḥ kṣitau | rathinā tāḍito nāgo nārācenāpatatkṣitau

A chariot, hurled to the ground by a mighty elephant, was ground to pieces; an elephant struck by a chariot-warrior with an iron arrow fell to the earth,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.31.21c; line 2 is its 7.31.22a. Line 2 reads नाराचेनापतत्क्षितौ for the critical edition's nārācenāpatad vyasuḥ (recension variant).

Verse 23 (7.32.23)

सारोहश्चापतद्वाजी गजेनाभ्याहतो भृशम् । निर्मर्यादं महद्युद्धमवर्तत सुदारुणम् ॥

sārohaścāpatadvājī gajenābhyāhato bhṛśam | nirmaryādaṃ mahadyuddhamavartata sudāruṇam

and a horse with its rider fell, violently struck by an elephant. The great battle raged beyond all bounds, most terrible.

Note on the text: Corrected गेजेनाभ्याहतो → गजेनाभ्याहतो (misprint in Wikisource; the vowel of ज is misplaced, which gives a non-word; the elephant is गज). Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.31.22c; line 2 is its 7.31.23a. Line 1 reads गजेनाभ्याहतो for the critical edition's gajenātāḍito (recension variant).

Verse 24 (7.32.24)

हा तात हा पुत्र सखे क्वासि तिष्ठ क्व धावसि । प्रहराहर जह्येनं स्मितश्वेडितगर्जितैः । इत्येवमुच्चैरत्यर्थं श्रूयन्ते विविधा गिरः ॥

hā tāta hā putra sakhe kvāsi tiṣṭha kva dhāvasi | praharāhara jahyenaṃ smitaśveḍitagarjitaiḥ | ityevamuccairatyarthaṃ śrūyante vividhā giraḥ

"Alas, father! Alas, son! Friend, where are you? Stay — where are you running? Strike! Seize! Kill him!" Such were the many cries heard, amid smiles, shouts and roars, loud and unceasing.

Note on the text: Corrected जह्मेनं → जह्येनं (misprint in Wikisource; म for य; the critical edition reads jahy enam). Three lines. Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.31.23c; lines 2–3 are its 7.31.24a and 24c. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 25 (7.32.25)

नरस्याश्वस्य नागस्य समसञ्जत शोणितम् । उपाशाम्यद्रजो भौमं भीरून्कश्मलमाविशत् ॥

narasyāśvasya nāgasya samasañjata śoṇitam | upāśāmyadrajo bhaumaṃ bhīrūnkaśmalamāviśat

The blood of men, horses and elephants clotted; the dust of the earth was laid, and a swoon came over the timid.

Note on the text: Corrected नाग्स्य → नागस्य (misprint in Wikisource; the vowel sign is misplaced; the critical edition reads nāgasya).

Verse 26 (7.32.26)

चक्रेण चक्रमासाद्य वीरो वीरस्य संयुगे । अतीतेषुपथे काले जहार गदया शिरः ॥

cakreṇa cakramāsādya vīro vīrasya saṃyuge | atīteṣupathe kāle jahāra gadayā śiraḥ

A hero, closing wheel to wheel with another hero in the fight, when the arrow's range had been passed, struck off his head with a mace.

Note on the text: Corrected सिरः → शिरः (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; the critical edition's star passage reads śiraḥ). 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 7.31.25d*0236_01–02.

Verse 27 (7.32.27)

आसीत्केशपरामर्शो मुष्टियुद्धं च दारुणम् । नखैर्दन्तैश्च शूराणामद्वीपे द्वीपमिच्छताम् ॥

āsītkeśaparāmarśo muṣṭiyuddhaṃ ca dāruṇam | nakhairdantaiśca śūrāṇāmadvīpe dvīpamicchatām

There was seizing of hair, and dreadful fist-fighting, with nails and teeth, among heroes who sought an island where there was none.

Note on the text: Corrected असीत्केशपरामर्शो → आसीत्केशपरामर्शो (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped vowel sign; the critical edition reads āsīt keśaparāmarśo). Corrected सूराणामद्वीपे → शूराणामद्वीपे (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; the critical edition reads śūrāṇām advīpe).

Verse 28 (7.32.28)

तत्राच्छिद्यत शूरस्य सखड्गो बाहुरुद्यतः । सधनुश्चापरस्यापि सशरः साङ्कुशस्तथा ॥

tatrācchidyata śūrasya sakhaḍgo bāhurudyataḥ | sadhanuścāparasyāpi saśaraḥ sāṅkuśastathā

There one hero's raised arm was cut off, sword and all; another's too, with its bow, its arrow and its elephant-goad.

Note on the text: Corrected सखङ्गो → सखड्गो (misprint in Wikisource; ङ for ड्; the word is खड्ग). Corrected सधुनश्चापरस्यापि → सधनुश्चापरस्यापि (misprint in Wikisource; the vowel signs of धनु are transposed; the critical edition reads sadhanuś cāparasyāpi). Line 1 reads शूरस्य for the critical edition's vīrasya (recension variant).

Verse 29 (7.32.29)

आक्रोशदन्यमन्योऽत्र तथाऽन्यो विमुखोऽद्रवत् । अन्यः प्राप्तस्य चान्यस्य शिरः कायादपाहरत् ॥

ākrośadanyamanyo'tra tathā'nyo vimukho'dravat | anyaḥ prāptasya cānyasya śiraḥ kāyādapāharat

One man called out to another; another turned his back and fled; another cut the head from the body of someone who had come within reach.

Verse 30 (7.32.30)

सशब्दमद्रवच्चान्यः शब्दादन्योऽत्रसद्भृशम् । स्वानन्योऽथ परानन्यो जघान निशितैः शरैः ॥

saśabdamadravaccānyaḥ śabdādanyo'trasadbhṛśam | svānanyo'tha parānanyo jaghāna niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Another ran off noisily; another was greatly frightened by the noise; one struck down his own men, another the enemy, with sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from the critical edition's 7.31.29a (śabdam abhyadravac cānyaḥ śabdād anyo 'dravad bhṛśam), a recension variant.

Verse 31 (7.32.31)

गिरिशृङ्गोपमश्चात्र नाराचेन निपातितः । मातङ्गो न्यपतद्भूमौ नदीरोध इवोष्णगे ॥

giriśṛṅgopamaścātra nārācena nipātitaḥ | mātaṅgo nyapatadbhūmau nadīrodha ivoṣṇage

A huge elephant, like a mountain peak, brought down by an iron arrow, crashed to the ground like a river-bank giving way in the hot season.

Verse 32 (7.32.32)

तथैव रथिनं नागः क्षरन्गिरिरिवारुजन् । अभ्यतिष्ठत्पदा भूमौ सहाश्वं सहसारथिम् ॥

tathaiva rathinaṃ nāgaḥ kṣarangiririvārujan | abhyatiṣṭhatpadā bhūmau sahāśvaṃ sahasārathim

Likewise another elephant, streaming rut and crushing like a mountain, trod down on the ground a chariot-warrior with his horses and his charioteer.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads अभ्यतिष्ठत् for the critical edition's adhyatiṣṭhat (recension variant).

Verse 33 (7.32.33)

शूरान्प्रहरतो दृष्ट्वा कृतास्त्रान्रुधिरोक्षितान् । बहूनप्याविशन्मोहो भीरून्हृदयदुर्बलान् ॥

śūrānpraharato dṛṣṭvā kṛtāstrānrudhirokṣitān | bahūnapyāviśanmoho bhīrūnhṛdayadurbalān

Seeing the heroes, skilled in arms, striking one another, drenched in blood, confusion seized many — the timid and weak-hearted.

Note on the text: Corrected कृताश्स्त्रान्रुधिरोक्षितान् → कृतास्त्रान्रुधिरोक्षितान् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray श्; the critical edition reads kṛtāstrān rudhirokṣitān).

Verse 34 (7.32.34)

सर्वमाविग्नमभवन्न प्राज्ञायत किञ्चन । सैन्येन रजसा ध्वस्तं निर्मर्यादमवर्तत ॥

sarvamāvignamabhavanna prājñāyata kiñcana | sainyena rajasā dhvastaṃ nirmaryādamavartata

Everything was in turmoil and nothing could be made out. Overwhelmed by the dust raised by the army, it all went beyond all bounds.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads सैन्येन रजसा ध्वस्तम् for the critical edition's sainye ca rajasā dhvaste (recension variant).

Verse 35 (7.32.35)

ततः सेनापतिः शीघ्रमयं काल इति ब्रुवन् । नित्याभित्वरितानेव त्वरयामास पाण्डवान् ॥

tataḥ senāpatiḥ śīghramayaṃ kāla iti bruvan | nityābhitvaritāneva tvarayāmāsa pāṇḍavān

Then the commander, saying quickly, "This is the moment!", urged on the Pandavas, who were always in haste.

Note on the text: Corrected क्राल → काल (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र; the critical edition reads ayaṃ kāla iti bruvan, "This is the moment!").

Verse 36 (7.32.36)

कुर्वन्तः शासनं तस्य पाण्डवा बाहुशालिनः । सरो हंसा इवापेतुर्घ्नन्तो द्रोणरथं प्रति ॥

kurvantaḥ śāsanaṃ tasya pāṇḍavā bāhuśālinaḥ | saro haṃsā ivāpeturghnanto droṇarathaṃ prati

Obeying his command, the strong-armed Pandavas swooped down, striking, toward Drona's chariot, like swans upon a lake.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads पाण्डवा बाहुशालिनः for the critical edition's pāṇḍaveyā yaśasvinaḥ (recension variant).

Verse 37 (7.32.37)

गृह्णीताद्रवतान्योन्यं विभीता विनिकृन्तत । इत्यासीत्तुमुलः शब्दो दुर्धर्षस्य रथं प्रति ॥

gṛhṇītādravatānyonyaṃ vibhītā vinikṛntata | ityāsīttumulaḥ śabdo durdharṣasya rathaṃ prati

"Seize! Rush on one another! Be fearless, cut them down!" — such was the tumult of shouting around the chariot of the invincible Drona.

Verse 38 (7.32.38)

ततो द्रोणः कृपः कर्णो द्रौणी राजा जयद्रथः । विन्दानुविन्दावावन्त्यौ शल्यश्चैतान्न्यवारयन् ॥

tato droṇaḥ kṛpaḥ karṇo drauṇī rājā jayadrathaḥ | vindānuvindāvāvantyau śalyaścaitānnyavārayan

Then Drona, Kripa, Karna, Drona's son, King Jayadratha, the two Avantis Vinda and Anuvinda, and Shalya held them back.

Verse 39 (7.32.39)

ते त्वार्यधर्मसंरब्धा दुर्निवारा दुरासदाः । शरार्ता न जहुर्द्रोणं पाञ्चालाः पाण्डवैः सह ॥

te tvāryadharmasaṃrabdhā durnivārā durāsadāḥ | śarārtā na jahurdroṇaṃ pāñcālāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha

But the Panchalas together with the Pandavas, roused by the code of the noble, hard to hold back and hard to approach, though tormented by arrows, did not let go of Drona.

Note on the text: Corrected पाण्डवै सह → पाण्डवैः सह (misprint in Wikisource; the visarga is dropped; the critical edition reads pāṇḍavaiḥ saha).

Verse 40 (7.32.40)

ततो द्रोणोऽतिसंक्रुद्धो विसृजञ्शतशः शरान् । चेदिपाञ्चालपाण्डूनामकरोत्कदनं महत् ॥

tato droṇo'tisaṃkruddho visṛjañśataśaḥ śarān | cedipāñcālapāṇḍūnāmakarotkadanaṃ mahat

Then Drona, exceedingly enraged, loosing arrows by the hundred, wrought great slaughter among the Chedis, Panchalas and Pandavas.

Verse 41 (7.32.41)

तस्य ज्यातलनिर्घोषः शुश्रुवे दिक्षु मारिष । वज्रसंह्रादसङ्काशस्त्रासयन्मानवान्बहून् ॥

tasya jyātalanirghoṣaḥ śuśruve dikṣu māriṣa | vajrasaṃhrādasaṅkāśastrāsayanmānavānbahūn

The clap of his bowstring and palm-guard was heard in all directions, O sire, like the crash of a thunderbolt, terrifying many men.

Note on the text: Corrected दिक्षं → दिक्षु (misprint in Wikisource; ं for ु; the critical edition reads dikṣu, "in the quarters"). Line 2 reads त्रासयन्मानवान्बहून् for the critical edition's trāsayan pāṇḍavān bahūn (recension variant).

Verse 42 (7.32.42)

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे जिष्णुर्जित्वा संशप्तकान्बहून् । अभ्ययात्तत्र यत्रासौ द्रोणः पाण्डून्प्रमर्दति ॥

etasminnantare jiṣṇurjitvā saṃśaptakānbahūn | abhyayāttatra yatrāsau droṇaḥ pāṇḍūnpramardati

Meanwhile Jishnu (Arjuna), having defeated many Samshaptakas, came to the place where Drona was crushing the Pandavas.

Verse 43 (7.32.43)

ताञ्शरौघान्महावर्ताञ्शोणितोदान्महाहदान् । तीर्णः संशप्तकान्हत्वा प्रत्यदृश्यत फल्गुनः ॥

tāñśaraughānmahāvartāñśoṇitodānmahāhadān | tīrṇaḥ saṃśaptakānhatvā pratyadṛśyata phalgunaḥ

Having slain the Samshaptakas and crossed those surging floods of arrows, with their great whirlpools, those great lakes whose waters were blood, Phalguna came into view.

Verse 44 (7.32.44)

तस्य कीर्तिमतो लक्ष्म सूर्यप्रतिमतेजसः । दीप्यमानमपश्याम तेजसा वानरध्वजम् ॥

tasya kīrtimato lakṣma sūryapratimatejasaḥ | dīpyamānamapaśyāma tejasā vānaradhvajam

We saw the ape-banner, the emblem of that renowned one of sun-like splendour, blazing with its own glow.

Verse 45 (7.32.45)

संशप्तकसमुद्रं तमुच्छोष्यास्त्रगभस्तिभिः । स पाण्डवयुगान्तार्कः कुरूनप्यभ्यतीतपत् ॥

saṃśaptakasamudraṃ tamucchoṣyāstragabhastibhiḥ | sa pāṇḍavayugāntārkaḥ kurūnapyabhyatītapat

Having dried up that ocean of Samshaptakas with the rays of his weapons, that Pandava, a sun at the end of the age, then scorched the Kurus as well.

Verse 46 (7.32.46)

प्रददाह कुरून्सर्वानर्जुनः शस्त्रतेजसा । युगान्ते सर्वभूतानि धूमकेतुरिवोत्थितः ॥

pradadāha kurūnsarvānarjunaḥ śastratejasā | yugānte sarvabhūtāni dhūmaketurivotthitaḥ

Arjuna burned all the Kurus with the heat of his weapons, like a comet risen at the end of the age to burn all beings.

Verse 47 (7.32.47)

तेन बाणसहस्रौधैर्गजाश्वरथयोधिनः । ताड्यमानाः क्षितिं जग्मुर्मुक्तकेशाः शरार्दिताः ॥

tena bāṇasahasraudhairgajāśvarathayodhinaḥ | tāḍyamānāḥ kṣitiṃ jagmurmuktakeśāḥ śarārditāḥ

Struck by his floods of thousands of arrows, the fighters on elephants, horses and chariots, their hair loosened and tormented by arrows, fell to the ground.

Note on the text: Added the missing space after the visarga in मुक्तकेशाःशरार्दिताः (typesetting); the critical edition reads muktaśastrāḥ śarārditāḥ for मुक्तकेशाः शरार्दिताः (recension variant).

Verse 48 (7.32.48)

केचिदार्तस्वनं चक्रुर्विनेशुरपरे पुनः । पार्थबाणहताः केचिन्निपेतुर्विगतासवः ॥

kecidārtasvanaṃ cakrurvineśurapare punaḥ | pārthabāṇahatāḥ kecinnipeturvigatāsavaḥ

Some cried out in anguish, others perished; some, struck by Partha's arrows, fell lifeless.

Verse 49 (7.32.49)

तेषामुत्पतितान्कांश्चित्पतितांश्च पराङ्मुखान् । न जघानार्जुनो योधान्योधव्रतमनुस्मरन् ॥

teṣāmutpatitānkāṃścitpatitāṃśca parāṅmukhān | na jaghānārjuno yodhānyodhavratamanusmaran

Remembering the warrior's vow, Arjuna did not strike those of them who had leapt away, or who had fallen, or who had turned their backs.

Verse 50 (7.32.50)

ते विकीर्णरथाश्चित्राः प्रायशश्च पराङ्मुखाः । कुरवः कर्णकर्णेति हाहेति च विचुक्रुशुः ॥

te vikīrṇarathāścitrāḥ prāyaśaśca parāṅmukhāḥ | kuravaḥ karṇakarṇeti hāheti ca vicukruśuḥ

With their splendid chariots scattered and for the most part turned in flight, the Kurus cried out, "Karna! Karna!" and "Alas!"

Note on the text: Corrected पराङ्मुखः → पराङ्मुखाः (misprint in Wikisource; the singular cannot agree with ते; the critical edition reads parāṅmukhāḥ).

Verse 51 (7.32.51)

तमाधिरथिराक्रन्दं विज्ञाय शरणैषिणाम् । मा भैष्टेति प्रतिश्रुत्य ययावभिमुखोऽर्जुनम् ॥

tamādhirathirākrandaṃ vijñāya śaraṇaiṣiṇām | mā bhaiṣṭeti pratiśrutya yayāvabhimukho'rjunam

Hearing that cry of those who sought protection, the son of Adhiratha (Karna) promised, "Do not fear!", and advanced against Arjuna.

Verse 52 (7.32.52)

स भारतरथश्रेष्ठः सर्वभारतहर्षणः । प्रादुश्चक्रे तदाग्नेयमस्त्रमस्त्रविदां वरः ॥

sa bhāratarathaśreṣṭhaḥ sarvabhārataharṣaṇaḥ | prāduścakre tadāgneyamastramastravidāṃ varaḥ

That best of Bharata chariot-warriors, delight of all the Bharatas, foremost among the knowers of weapons, then brought forth the fire-weapon.

Note on the text: Corrected वारः → वरः (misprint in Wikisource; an extra long ā; वार ("turn", "barrier") does not give the sense "best of the knowers of weapons", and the critical edition reads varaḥ). The critical edition's star passage 7.31.51b*0238_01 is not on the page.

Verse 53 (7.32.53)

तस्य दीप्तशरौघस्य दीप्तचापधरस्य च । वारुणेन तदस्त्रेण विधूयाथ धनञ्जयः । शरौघाञ्शरजालेन विदुधाव धनञ्जयः ॥

tasya dīptaśaraughasya dīptacāpadharasya ca | vāruṇena tadastreṇa vidhūyātha dhanañjayaḥ | śaraughāñśarajālena vidudhāva dhanañjayaḥ

Dhananjaya, warding off that weapon of his — who bore a blazing bow and loosed blazing floods of arrows — with the Varuna weapon, scattered those floods of arrows with a net of arrows.

Note on the text: Removed a stray backtick before वारुणेन and a stray closing quote mark (') after धनञ्जयः in line 2, the page's sign for an interpolated line. Three lines. Lines 1 and 3 are the critical edition's 7.31.52a and 52c; line 2 (वारुणेन तदस्त्रेण विधूयाथ धनञ्जयः) is in neither its constituted text nor its apparatus (vulgate only). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 54 (7.32.54)

तथैवाधिरथिस्तस्य बाणाञ्ज्वलिततेजसः । अस्त्रमस्त्रेण संवार्य प्राणदद्विसृजञ्शरान् ॥

tathaivādhirathistasya bāṇāñjvalitatejasaḥ | astramastreṇa saṃvārya prāṇadadvisṛjañśarān

In the same way the son of Adhiratha, warding off the blazing-splendoured arrows of his foe, weapon with weapon, roared aloud, loosing his own shafts.

Note on the text: Corrected बाणाज्ज्वलिततेजसः → बाणाञ्ज्वलिततेजसः (misprint in Wikisource; the nasal is missing in the sandhi of the accusative plural; the critical edition's star passage reads bāṇāñ jvalitatejasaḥ). Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 7.31.52d*0239_01, not in the constituted text; line 2 is its 7.31.52e. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 55 (7.32.55)

धृष्टद्युम्नश्च भीमश्च सात्यकिश्च महारथः । विव्यधुः कर्णमासाद्य त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरजिह्मगैः ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca bhīmaśca sātyakiśca mahārathaḥ | vivyadhuḥ karṇamāsādya tribhistribhirajihmagaiḥ

Dhrishtadyumna, Bhima, and the great chariot-warrior Satyaki, coming up to Karna, each pierced him with three straight-flying arrows.

Verse 56 (7.32.56)

अर्जुनास्त्रं तु राधेयः संवार्य शरवृष्टिभिः । तेषां त्रयाणां चापानि चिच्छेद विशिखैस्त्रिभिः ॥

arjunāstraṃ tu rādheyaḥ saṃvārya śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ | teṣāṃ trayāṇāṃ cāpāni ciccheda viśikhaistribhiḥ

Radheya (Karna), warding off Arjuna's weapon with showers of arrows, cut the bows of those three with three shafts.

Verse 57 (7.32.57)

ते निकृत्तायुधाः शूरा निर्विषा भुजगा इव । रथशक्तीः समुत्क्षिप्य भृशं सिंहा इवानदन् ॥

te nikṛttāyudhāḥ śūrā nirviṣā bhujagā iva | rathaśaktīḥ samutkṣipya bhṛśaṃ siṃhā ivānadan

Their weapons cut away, those heroes, like snakes drained of venom, raised their chariot-lances and roared mightily like lions.

Note on the text: Corrected निकृत्तायुघाः → निकृत्तायुधाः (misprint in Wikisource; घ for ध; the critical edition reads nikṛttāyudhāḥ).

Verse 58 (7.32.58)

ता भुजाग्रैर्महावेगा निसृष्टा भुजगोपमाः । दीप्यमाना महाशक्त्यो जग्मुराधिरथिं प्रति ॥

tā bhujāgrairmahāvegā nisṛṣṭā bhujagopamāḥ | dīpyamānā mahāśaktyo jagmurādhirathiṃ prati

Hurled from the tips of their arms, those great lances, of tremendous speed, blazing and serpent-like, flew toward the son of Adhiratha.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads निसृष्टा for the critical edition's visṛṣṭā (recension variant).

Verse 59 (7.32.59)

ता निकृत्य शरव्रातैस्त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरजिह्मगैः । ननाद बलवान्कर्णः पार्थाय विसृजञ्शरान् ॥

tā nikṛtya śaravrātaistribhistribhirajihmagaiḥ | nanāda balavānkarṇaḥ pārthāya visṛjañśarān

Cutting those lances down with straight-flying volleys of arrows, three for each, mighty Karna roared and loosed arrows at Partha.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads शरव्रातैः for the critical edition's śitair bāṇaiḥ (recension variant).

Verse 60 (7.32.60)

अर्जुनश्चापि राधेयं विद्ध्वा सप्तभिराशुगैः । कर्णादवरजं बाणैर्जघान निशितैः शरैः ॥

arjunaścāpi rādheyaṃ viddhvā saptabhirāśugaiḥ | karṇādavarajaṃ bāṇairjaghāna niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

And Arjuna, having pierced Radheya with seven swift arrows, killed Karna's younger brother with sharp shafts.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads निशितैः शरैः for the critical edition's niśitais tribhiḥ (recension variant).

Verse 61 (7.32.61)

ततः शत्रुंजयं हत्वा पार्थः षड्भिरजिह्मगैः । जहार सद्यो भल्लेन विपाटस्य शिरो रथात् ॥

tataḥ śatruṃjayaṃ hatvā pārthaḥ ṣaḍbhirajihmagaiḥ | jahāra sadyo bhallena vipāṭasya śiro rathāt

Then Partha, having slain Shatrunjaya with six straight-flying arrows, at once struck Vipata's head from his chariot with a broad-headed arrow.

Note on the text: Corrected षङ्भिरजिह्मगैः → षड्भिरजिह्मगैः (misprint in Wikisource; ङ for ड; the critical edition reads ṣaḍbhir ajihmagaiḥ).

Verse 62 (7.32.62)

पश्यतां धार्तराष्ट्राणामेकेनैव किरीटिना । प्रमुखे सूतपुत्रस्य सोदर्या निहतास्त्रयः ॥

paśyatāṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāmekenaiva kirīṭinā | pramukhe sūtaputrasya sodaryā nihatāstrayaḥ

Before the very eyes of Dhritarashtra's sons, by the diadem-wearer alone, three of the charioteer's son's brothers were slain in front of him.

Verse 63 (7.32.63)

ततो भीमः समुत्पत्य स्वरथाद्वैनतेयवत् । वरासिना कर्णपक्षाञ्जधान दश पञ्च च ॥

tato bhīmaḥ samutpatya svarathādvainateyavat | varāsinā karṇapakṣāñjadhāna daśa pañca ca

Then Bhima, leaping from his chariot like Vainateya (Garuda), struck down fifteen of Karna's followers with a fine sword.

Verse 64 (7.32.64)

पुनस्तु रथमास्थाय धनुरादाय चापरम् । विव्याध दशभिः कर्णं सूतमश्वांश्च पञ्चभिः ॥

punastu rathamāsthāya dhanurādāya cāparam | vivyādha daśabhiḥ karṇaṃ sūtamaśvāṃśca pañcabhiḥ

Mounting a chariot again and taking up another bow, he pierced Karna with ten arrows and his charioteer and horses with five.

Verse 65 (7.32.65)

धृष्टद्युम्नोऽप्यसिवरं चर्म चादाय भास्वरम् । जघान चन्द्रवर्माणं बृहत्क्षत्रं च नैषधम् ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumno'pyasivaraṃ carma cādāya bhāsvaram | jaghāna candravarmāṇaṃ bṛhatkṣatraṃ ca naiṣadham

Dhrishtadyumna too, taking a splendid sword and a shining shield, slew Chandravarman and Brihatkshatra, the Naishadha.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads नैषधम् for the critical edition's pauravam (recension variant).

Verse 66 (7.32.66)

ततः स्वरथमास्थाय पाञ्चाल्योऽन्यच्च कार्मुकम् । आदाय कर्णं विव्याध त्रिसप्तत्या नदन्रणे ॥

tataḥ svarathamāsthāya pāñcālyo'nyacca kārmukam | ādāya karṇaṃ vivyādha trisaptatyā nadanraṇe

Then the Panchala prince, mounting his own chariot and taking another bow, roared in the battle and pierced Karna with seventy-three arrows.

Verse 67 (7.32.67)

शैनेयोऽप्यन्यदादाय धनुरिन्दुसमद्युतिः । सूतपुत्रं चतुःषष्ट्या विद्ध्वा सिंह इवानदत् ॥

śaineyo'pyanyadādāya dhanurindusamadyutiḥ | sūtaputraṃ catuḥṣaṣṭyā viddhvā siṃha ivānadat

Shaineya (Satyaki) too, taking another bow, bright as the moon, pierced the charioteer's son with sixty-four arrows and roared like a lion.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads इन्दुसमद्युतिः for the critical edition's indrāyudhadyuti (recension variant).

Verse 68 (7.32.68)

भल्लाभ्यां साधु मुक्ताभ्यां छित्त्वा कर्णस्य कार्मुकम् । पुनः कर्णं त्रिभिर्बाणैर्बाह्वोरुरसि चार्पयत् ॥

bhallābhyāṃ sādhu muktābhyāṃ chittvā karṇasya kārmukam | punaḥ karṇaṃ tribhirbāṇairbāhvorurasi cārpayat

Having cut Karna's bow with two well-loosed broad-headed arrows, he struck Karna again with three arrows, in the arms and on the chest.

Verse 69 (7.32.69)

ततो दुर्योधनो द्रोणो राजा चैव जयद्रथः । निमज्जमानं राधेयमुज्जह्रुः सात्यकार्णवात् ॥

tato duryodhano droṇo rājā caiva jayadrathaḥ | nimajjamānaṃ rādheyamujjahruḥ sātyakārṇavāt

Then Duryodhana, Drona and King Jayadratha rescued Radheya, who was sinking, from the ocean that was Satyaki.

Note on the text: Removed a stray nukta from the म in निम़ज्जमानं (a typesetting artefact).

Verse 70 (7.32.70)

पत्त्यश्वरथमातङ्गास्त्वदीयाः शतशोऽपरे । कर्णमेवाभ्यधावन्त त्रास्यमानाः प्रहारिणः ॥

pattyaśvarathamātaṅgāstvadīyāḥ śataśo'pare | karṇamevābhyadhāvanta trāsyamānāḥ prahāriṇaḥ

Hundreds more of your fighters — foot, horse, chariots and elephants — terrified, rushed up to Karna himself.

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 7.31.67d*0240_01–02.

Verse 71 (7.32.71)

धृष्टद्युम्नश्च भीमश्च सौभद्रोऽर्जुन एव च । नकुलः सहदेवश्च सात्यकिं जुगुपू रणे ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca bhīmaśca saubhadro'rjuna eva ca | nakulaḥ sahadevaśca sātyakiṃ jugupū raṇe

Dhrishtadyumna, Bhima, Saubhadra, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva protected Satyaki in the battle.

Verse 72 (7.32.72)

एवमेष महारौद्रः क्षयार्थं सर्वधन्विनाम् । तावकानां परेषां च त्यक्त्वा प्राणानभूद्रणः ॥

evameṣa mahāraudraḥ kṣayārthaṃ sarvadhanvinām | tāvakānāṃ pareṣāṃ ca tyaktvā prāṇānabhūdraṇaḥ

Thus this most dreadful battle came about, to bring destruction to all the archers of your side and the enemy's, the fighters having cast away their lives.

Note on the text: Wikisource prints this couplet and the next as one four-line row, which the page itself numbers 72ab and 73cd; they are split here into two verses, the critical edition's 7.31.69 and 7.31.70. This is the first couplet (7.31.69ac). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 73 (7.32.73)

पदातिरथनागाश्वा गजाश्वरथपत्तिभिः । रथिनो नागपत्त्यश्वैरथ पत्तीरथ द्विपैः ॥

padātirathanāgāśvā gajāśvarathapattibhiḥ | rathino nāgapattyaśvairatha pattīratha dvipaiḥ

Foot-soldiers, chariots, elephants and horses met with elephants, horses, chariots and foot-soldiers; chariot-warriors with elephants, foot-soldiers and horses; and then foot-soldiers and chariots with elephants.

Note on the text: Second couplet of the four-line row described at the previous verse (page lines 73cd): the critical edition's 7.31.70ac.

Verse 74 (7.32.74)

अश्वैरश्वा गजैर्नागा रथिनो रथिभिः सह । संयुक्ताः समदृश्यन्त पत्तयश्चापि पत्तिभिः ॥

aśvairaśvā gajairnāgā rathino rathibhiḥ saha | saṃyuktāḥ samadṛśyanta pattayaścāpi pattibhiḥ

Horses with horses, elephants with elephants, chariot-warriors with chariot-warriors, and foot-soldiers with foot-soldiers were seen locked together.

Note on the text: Wikisource prints this couplet and the next as one four-line row, which the page itself numbers 74ab and 75cd; they are split here into two verses, the critical edition's 7.31.71 and 7.31.72. This is the first couplet (7.31.71ac). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 75 (7.32.75)

एवं सुकलिलं युद्धमासीत्क्रव्यादहर्षणम् । महद्भिस्तैरभीतानां यमराष्ट्रविवर्धनम् ॥

evaṃ sukalilaṃ yuddhamāsītkravyādaharṣaṇam | mahadbhistairabhītānāṃ yamarāṣṭravivardhanam

Thus the battle became a great tangle, a delight to the eaters of flesh, filling the realm of Yama with those great and fearless warriors.

Note on the text: Second couplet of the four-line row described at the previous verse (page lines 75cd): the critical edition's 7.31.72ac. The critical edition's star passage 7.31.72d*0241_01–02 is not on the page.

Verse 76 (7.32.76)

ततो हता नररथवाजिकुञ्जरै । रनेकशो द्विपरथपत्तिवाजिनः । गजैर्गजा रथिभिरुदायुधा रथा । हयैर्हयाः पत्तिगणैश्च पत्तयः ॥

tato hatā nararathavājikuñjarai | ranekaśo dviparathapattivājinaḥ | gajairgajā rathibhirudāyudhā rathā | hayairhayāḥ pattigaṇaiśca pattayaḥ

Then, struck down in many ways by men, chariots, horses and elephants, elephants, chariots, foot-soldiers and horses fell: elephants slain by elephants, chariots with raised weapons by chariot-warriors, horses by horses, and foot-soldiers by troops of foot.

Note on the text: This and the next four verses (page rows 76–80) are the critical edition's four-pāda verses 7.31.73–77, each printed as four lines; the line breaks fall inside words as the page prints them.

Verse 77 (7.32.77)

रथैर्द्विपा द्विरदवरैर्महाहया । हयैर्नरा वररथिभिश्च वाजिनः । निरस्तजिह्वादशनेक्षणाः क्षितौ । क्षयं गताः प्रमथितवर्मभूषणाः ॥

rathairdvipā dviradavarairmahāhayā | hayairnarā vararathibhiśca vājinaḥ | nirastajihvādaśanekṣaṇāḥ kṣitau | kṣayaṃ gatāḥ pramathitavarmabhūṣaṇāḥ

Elephants fell to chariots, great horses to the finest elephants, men to horses, and horses to the best chariot-warriors; with tongues, teeth and eyes thrust out, they lay destroyed on the ground, their armour and ornaments crushed.

Verse 78 (7.32.78)

तथा परैर्बहुकरणैर्वरायुधै- । र्हता गताः प्रतिभयदर्शनाः क्षितिम् । विपोथिता हयगजपादताडिता । भृशाकुला रथमुखनेमिभिः क्षताः ॥

tathā parairbahukaraṇairvarāyudhai- | rhatā gatāḥ pratibhayadarśanāḥ kṣitim | vipothitā hayagajapādatāḍitā | bhṛśākulā rathamukhanemibhiḥ kṣatāḥ

So too others, struck down by enemies of many skills and excellent weapons, fell to the earth, dreadful to behold; they were crushed, trampled by the feet of horses and elephants, thrown into utter distress, and cut by the rims of the wheels of the leading chariots.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads क्षितिम् and line 4 रथमुखनेमिभिः क्षताः for the critical edition's rathakhuranemibhir hatāḥ (recension variant; the page's commentary glosses रथमुख as रथमुख्य).

Verse 79 (7.32.79)

प्रमोदने श्वापदपक्षिरक्षसां । जनक्षये वर्तति तत्र दारुणे । महाबलास्ते कुपिताः परस्परं । निषूदयन्तः प्रविचेरुरोजसा ॥

pramodane śvāpadapakṣirakṣasāṃ | janakṣaye vartati tatra dāruṇe | mahābalāste kupitāḥ parasparaṃ | niṣūdayantaḥ pravicerurojasā

While that dreadful slaughter of men, a joy to beasts of prey, birds and rakshasas, went on, those mighty warriors, enraged, roamed the field, slaying one another with vigour.

Verse 80 (7.32.80)

ततो बले भृशलुलिते परस्परं । निरीक्षमाणे रुधिरौघसम्प्लुते । दिवाकरेऽस्तंगिरिमास्थिते शनै । रुभे प्रयाते शिबिराय भारत ॥

tato bale bhṛśalulite parasparaṃ | nirīkṣamāṇe rudhiraughasamplute | divākare'staṃgirimāsthite śanai | rubhe prayāte śibirāya bhārata

Then, when the sun had gently reached the western mountain, the two armies, greatly shaken and drenched in floods of blood, looking at one another, went back to their camps, O Bharata.