Drona Draws Up the Lotus Array

Verse 1 (7.34.1)

स्थिरो भव महाराज शोकं धारय दुर्धरम् । महान्तं बन्धुनाशं ते कथयिष्यामि तच्छृशु ॥

sthiro bhava mahārāja śokaṃ dhāraya durdharam | mahāntaṃ bandhunāśaṃ te kathayiṣyāmi tacchṛśu

Be steady, great king, and bear your grief, hard though it is to bear. I shall tell you of a great destruction of your kinsmen; listen to it.

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 7.33.12*0252_01–02 (same wording).

Verse 2 (7.34.2)

पद्मव्यूहो महाराज आचार्येणाभिकल्पितः । तत्र पद्मोपमाः सर्वे राजानो विनिवेशिताः ॥

padmavyūho mahārāja ācāryeṇābhikalpitaḥ | tatra padmopamāḥ sarve rājāno viniveśitāḥ

O great king, the teacher arranged an array in the form of a lotus, and in it all the kings, lotus-like themselves, were posted.

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition's 7.33.12ac, which reads cakravyūhaḥ (the wheel array) for पद्मव्यूहः and śakropamāḥ ("like Indra") for पद्मोपमाः; the page's own commentary records चक्रव्यूहः as a manuscript reading (recension variants). The automatic alignment matched this verse.

Verse 3 (7.34.3)

कुमारा राजलोकस्य निक्षिप्ताः केसरोपमाः । कर्णिकास्थो महाराज तस्य दुर्योधनोऽभवत् ॥

kumārā rājalokasya nikṣiptāḥ kesaropamāḥ | karṇikāstho mahārāja tasya duryodhano'bhavat

The princes of the royal houses were placed in it as its filaments, and in its seed-cup, O great king, stood Duryodhana.

Note on the text: Corrected केसरोपामाः → केसरोपमाः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray long ā; the critical edition's star passage reads kesaropamāḥ, "like filaments"). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records both lines in its apparatus as the star passage 7.33.12d*0254_02–03. Its first line of that group (*0254_01, kesarāṇi ca padmasya …) is not on the page.

Verse 4 (7.34.4)

कृताभिसमयाः सर्वे सुवर्णविकृतध्वजाः । रक्ताम्बरधराः सर्वे सर्वे रक्तविभूषणाः ॥

kṛtābhisamayāḥ sarve suvarṇavikṛtadhvajāḥ | raktāmbaradharāḥ sarve sarve raktavibhūṣaṇāḥ

All had made their pact, all had banners worked in gold, all wore red garments and all wore red ornaments.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.33.13cd (kṛtābhisamayāḥ …); its 7.33.13ab (saṃghāto rājaputrāṇām …) is not on the page. Line 2 is its 7.33.14a. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 5 (7.34.5)

सर्वे रक्तपताकाश्च सर्वे वै हेममालिनः । चन्दनागुरुदिग्धाङ्गाः स्रग्विणः सूक्ष्मवाससः ॥

sarve raktapatākāśca sarve vai hemamālinaḥ | candanāgurudigdhāṅgāḥ sragviṇaḥ sūkṣmavāsasaḥ

All had red pennants, all wore garlands of gold; their limbs were smeared with sandal and aloe, and they wore flower-wreaths and fine garments.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.33.14c; line 2 is its star passage 7.33.14d*0256_01, not in the constituted text. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 6 (7.34.6)

सहिताः पर्यधावन्त कार्ष्णिं प्रतियुयुत्सवः । तेषां दशसहस्राणि बभूवुर्दृढधन्विनाम् ॥

sahitāḥ paryadhāvanta kārṣṇiṃ pratiyuyutsavaḥ | teṣāṃ daśasahasrāṇi babhūvurdṛḍhadhanvinām

Together they rushed about, eager to fight Arjuna's son. Of those firm archers there were ten thousand,

Note on the text: Corrected कार्ष्णि → कार्ष्णिं (misprint in Wikisource; the anusvara is dropped, but प्रति governs the accusative; the critical edition's star passage reads kārṣṇiṃ). Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 7.33.14d*0256_02, not in the constituted text; line 2 is its 7.33.15a. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 7 (7.34.7)

पौत्रं तव पुरस्कृत्य लक्ष्मणं प्रियदर्शनम् । अन्योन्यसमदुःखास्ते अन्योन्यसमसाहसाः ॥

pautraṃ tava puraskṛtya lakṣmaṇaṃ priyadarśanam | anyonyasamaduḥkhāste anyonyasamasāhasāḥ

with your grandson, the handsome Lakshmana, placed at their head. They shared one another's sorrows and matched one another in daring,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.33.15cd; line 2 is its 7.33.16a. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 8 (7.34.8)

अन्योन्यं स्पर्धमानाश्च अन्योन्यस्य हिते रताः । दुर्योधनस्तु राजेन्द्र सैन्यमध्ये व्यवस्थितः ॥

anyonyaṃ spardhamānāśca anyonyasya hite ratāḥ | duryodhanastu rājendra sainyamadhye vyavasthitaḥ

vying with one another, yet each devoted to the good of the others. And Duryodhana, O king of kings, stood in the middle of the army,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.33.16c; line 2 is its star passage 7.33.16d*0257_01, not in the constituted text. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 9 (7.34.9)

कर्णदुःशासनकृपैर्वृतो राजा महारथैः । देवराजोपमः श्रीमाञ्श्वेतच्छत्राभिसंवृतः ॥

karṇaduḥśāsanakṛpairvṛto rājā mahārathaiḥ | devarājopamaḥ śrīmāñśvetacchatrābhisaṃvṛtaḥ

surrounded by the great chariot-warriors Karna, Duhshasana and Kripa; the king, radiant and like the king of the gods, was shaded by a white parasol,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 7.33.17ac. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 10 (7.34.10)

चामरव्यजनाक्षेपैरुदयन्निव भास्करः । प्रमुखे तस्य सैन्यस्य द्रोणोऽवस्थित नायकः ॥

cāmaravyajanākṣepairudayanniva bhāskaraḥ | pramukhe tasya sainyasya droṇo'vasthita nāyakaḥ

and, with chowries and fans waved about him, he shone like the rising sun. At the head of that army stood Drona, its leader.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.33.17e; line 2 is its 7.33.18a (the page reads द्रोणोऽवस्थित नायकः, where, as its commentary says, the visarga of अवस्थितः is dropped for the metre; the critical edition reads droṇo 'vasthitanāyake). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 11 (7.34.11)

सिन्धुराजस्तथाऽतिष्ठच्छ्रीमान्मेरुरिवाचलः । सिन्धुराजस्य पार्श्वस्था अश्वत्थामपुरोगमाः ॥

sindhurājastathā'tiṣṭhacchrīmānmerurivācalaḥ | sindhurājasya pārśvasthā aśvatthāmapurogamāḥ

And the glorious king of the Sindhus (Jayadratha) stood there like immovable Mount Meru. At the Sindhu king's side were those led by Ashvatthama:

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 7.33.18cd and 19a. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 12 (7.34.12)

सुतास्तव महाराज त्रिंशत्त्रिदशसन्निभाः । गान्धारराजः कितवः शल्यो भूरिश्रवास्तथा ॥

sutāstava mahārāja triṃśattridaśasannibhāḥ | gāndhārarājaḥ kitavaḥ śalyo bhūriśravāstathā

your thirty sons, O great king, equal to gods; the king of Gandhara, the gambler; Shalya; and Bhurishravas as well —

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 7.33.19cd and 20a. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 13 (7.34.13)

पार्श्वतः सिन्धुराजस्य व्यराजन्त महारथाः । ततः प्रववृते युद्धं तुमुलं लोमहर्षणम् । तावकानां परेषां च मृत्युं कृत्वा निवर्तनम् ॥

pārśvataḥ sindhurājasya vyarājanta mahārathāḥ | tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ lomaharṣaṇam | tāvakānāṃ pareṣāṃ ca mṛtyuṃ kṛtvā nivartanam

these great chariot-warriors shone at the side of the Sindhu king. Then began a tumultuous battle that made the hair stand on end, in which warriors on both sides, yours and the enemy's, made death the only way of turning back.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.33.20c; lines 2–3 are its star passage 7.33.20d*0258_01–02, not in the constituted text. The automatic alignment found no match.