Abhimanyu Breaks into Drona's Array

Verse 1 (7.36.1)

सौभद्रस्तद्वचः श्रुत्वा धर्मराजस्य धीमतः । अचोदयत यन्तारं द्रोणानीकाय भारत ॥

saubhadrastadvacaḥ śrutvā dharmarājasya dhīmataḥ | acodayata yantāraṃ droṇānīkāya bhārata

Hearing the words of the wise king of dharma, the son of Subhadra urged his charioteer on toward Drona's host, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Wikisource's reading (सौभद्रस्तद्वचः श्रुत्वा … अचोदयत यन्तारं) differs slightly from the critical edition's 7.35.1 (saubhadras tu vacaḥ śrutvā … acodayata yantāraṃ); kept as a recension variant.

Verse 2 (7.36.2)

तेन सञ्चोद्यमानस्तु याहियाहीति सारथिः । प्रत्युवाच ततो राजन्नभिमन्युमिदं वचः ॥

tena sañcodyamānastu yāhiyāhīti sārathiḥ | pratyuvāca tato rājannabhimanyumidaṃ vacaḥ

Urged on by him with "Drive on, drive on!", the charioteer then answered Abhimanyu in these words, O king:

Verse 3 (7.36.3)

अतिभारोऽयमायुष्मन्नाहितस्त्वयि पाण्डवैः । सम्प्रधार्य क्षणं बुद्ध्या ततस्त्वं योद्धुमर्हसि ॥

atibhāro'yamāyuṣmannāhitastvayi pāṇḍavaiḥ | sampradhārya kṣaṇaṃ buddhyā tatastvaṃ yoddhumarhasi

"Long-lived one, the Pandavas have laid a very heavy burden upon you. Weigh it for a moment in your mind, and only then should you fight.

Verse 4 (7.36.4)

आचार्यो हि कृती द्रोणः परमास्त्रे कृतश्रमः । त्वं तु बालः स बलवान्सङ्ग्रामाणामकोविदः ॥

ācāryo hi kṛtī droṇaḥ paramāstre kṛtaśramaḥ | tvaṃ tu bālaḥ sa balavānsaṅgrāmāṇāmakovidaḥ

Master Drona is skilled and has toiled long at the highest weapons, while you, though strong, are a boy and untried in battles."

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.35.4ab; line 2 (त्वं तु बालः स बलवान्सङ्ग्रामाणामकोविदः) is its star passage 7.35.4d*0263_02, not in the constituted text (the star passage's first line, droṇo hi kṛtavān yatnam…, is not on the page). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 5 (7.36.5)

ततोऽभिमन्युः प्रहसन्सारथिं वाक्यमब्रवीत् । सारथे कोन्वयं द्रोणः समग्रं क्षत्रमेव वा ॥

tato'bhimanyuḥ prahasansārathiṃ vākyamabravīt | sārathe konvayaṃ droṇaḥ samagraṃ kṣatrameva vā

Then Abhimanyu, laughing, said to the charioteer: "Charioteer, what is this Drona, or indeed the whole order of kshatriyas?

Note on the text: The first line is narration and the speech begins at the second line; the verse is kept with the narrator.

Verse 6 (7.36.6)

व्यवसायो हि मे योद्धुं रणोत्सवसमुद्यतः । ऐरावतगतं शक्रं सहामरगणैरहम् ॥

vyavasāyo hi me yoddhuṃ raṇotsavasamudyataḥ | airāvatagataṃ śakraṃ sahāmaragaṇairaham

My resolve to fight is set on the festival of battle. I would fight Shakra seated on Airavata, together with the hosts of the immortals,

Note on the text: Line 1 (व्यवसायो हि मे योद्धुं रणोत्सवसमुद्यतः) is the critical edition's star passage 7.35.5d*0264_01, not in the constituted text; the page marks it off with a backtick and a closing quote mark (its sign for an interpolated line), both removed. Line 2 is 7.35.6a. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 7 (7.36.7)

अथवा रुद्रमीशानं सर्वभूतगणार्चितम् । योधयेयं रणमुखे न मे क्षत्रेऽद्य विस्मयः ॥

athavā rudramīśānaṃ sarvabhūtagaṇārcitam | yodhayeyaṃ raṇamukhe na me kṣatre'dya vismayaḥ

or Rudra the Lord, worshipped by all the hosts of beings, in the front of battle; I feel no wonder today at facing a kshatriya.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 7.35.6b*0265_01 (reading sarvabhūtagaṇārcitam for sarvabhūtagaṇair vṛtam), not in the constituted text; line 2 is 7.35.6c. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 8 (7.36.8)

यच्चैतत्पश्यसे सूत सयोधाश्वरथद्विपम् । तन्ममाद्य द्विषत्सैन्यं कलामर्हति षोडशीम् ॥

yaccaitatpaśyase sūta sayodhāśvarathadvipam | tanmamādya dviṣatsainyaṃ kalāmarhati ṣoḍaśīm

This enemy army that you see, charioteer, with its warriors, horses, chariots and elephants, is not worth a sixteenth part of me today.

Note on the text: Line 1 (यच्चैतत्पश्यसे सूत सयोधाश्वरथद्विपम्) is the critical edition's star passage 7.35.6d*0266_01, not in the constituted text; the page marks it off with a backtick and a closing quote mark, both removed. Line 2 corresponds to 7.35.6e (na mamaitad dviṣatsainyaṃ kalām arhati ṣoḍaśīm), kept as a variant (तन्ममाद्य). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 9 (7.36.9)

अपि विश्वजितं विष्णुं मातुलं प्राप्य सूतज । पितरं चार्जुनं युद्धे न भीर्मामुपयास्यति ॥

api viśvajitaṃ viṣṇuṃ mātulaṃ prāpya sūtaja | pitaraṃ cārjunaṃ yuddhe na bhīrmāmupayāsyati

Even if I meet Vishnu, the conqueror of the universe, my maternal uncle, and my father Arjuna in battle, fear will not come near me, O son of a charioteer."

Verse 10 (7.36.10)

एवमप्युच्यमानः स सारथिस्तं पुनः पुनः । वीर ते तेन मा युद्धमिति सौभद्रमब्रवीत् ॥

evamapyucyamānaḥ sa sārathistaṃ punaḥ punaḥ | vīra te tena mā yuddhamiti saubhadramabravīt

Though told this, the charioteer said to the son of Subhadra again and again: "Hero, you must not fight 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 7.35.7*0267_01–02 (placed before 7.35.7a there). The page marks it with a closing quote mark, which was removed. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 11 (7.36.11)

अभिमन्युश्च तां वाचं कदर्थीकृत्य सारथेः । याहीत्येवाब्रवीदेनं द्रोणानीकाय माचिरम् ॥

abhimanyuśca tāṃ vācaṃ kadarthīkṛtya sāratheḥ | yāhītyevābravīdenaṃ droṇānīkāya māciram

But Abhimanyu made light of the charioteer's words and said to him, "Go! Take me to Drona's host without delay."

Note on the text: Wikisource reads अभिमन्युश्च तां वाचं where the critical edition (7.35.8a) reads tato 'bhimanyus tāṃ vācaṃ; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 12 (7.36.12)

ततः सञ्चोदयामास हयानाशु त्रिहायनान् । नातिहृष्टमनाः सूतो हेमभाण्डपरिच्छदान् ॥

tataḥ sañcodayāmāsa hayānāśu trihāyanān | nātihṛṣṭamanāḥ sūto hemabhāṇḍaparicchadān

Then the charioteer, not at all glad at heart, urged on the three-year-old horses with their gold-decked trappings.

Note on the text: Corrected सन्नोदयामास → सञ्चोदयामास (misprint in Wikisource; न for च; the critical edition reads saṃcodayām āsa). Wikisource reads हयानाशु where the critical edition (7.35.9a) reads hayān asya; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 13 (7.36.13)

ते प्रेषिताः सुमित्रेण द्रोणानीकाय वाजिनः । द्रोणमभ्यद्रवन्राजन्महावेगा महाबलाः ॥

te preṣitāḥ sumitreṇa droṇānīkāya vājinaḥ | droṇamabhyadravanrājanmahāvegā mahābalāḥ

Sent on by Sumitra toward Drona's host, those horses, of great speed and strength, charged at Drona, O king.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads महावेगा महाबलाः where the critical edition (7.35.10c) reads mahāvegaparākramāḥ; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 14 (7.36.14)

तमुदीक्ष्य तथायान्तं सर्वे द्रोणपुरोगमाः । अभ्यवर्तन्त कौरव्याः पाण्डवाश्च तमन्वयुः ॥

tamudīkṣya tathāyāntaṃ sarve droṇapurogamāḥ | abhyavartanta kauravyāḥ pāṇḍavāśca tamanvayuḥ

Seeing him come on in this way, all the Kauravas with Drona at their head advanced against him, and the Pandavas followed after him.

Verse 15 (7.36.15)

सकर्णिकारप्रवरोच्छ्रितध्वजः । सुवर्णवर्माऽऽर्जुनिरर्जुनाद्वरः । युयुत्सया द्रोणमुखान्महारथान् । समासदत्सिंहशिशुर्यथा द्विपान् ॥

sakarṇikārapravarocchritadhvajaḥ | suvarṇavarmā''rjunirarjunādvaraḥ | yuyutsayā droṇamukhānmahārathān | samāsadatsiṃhaśiśuryathā dvipān

With his banner raised high, marked with the finest karnikara blossoms, in golden armour, Arjuna's son, better even than Arjuna, charged in his eagerness to fight at the great warriors led by Drona, like a lion's cub among elephants.

Note on the text: The page prints this verse as four lines (5-36-15a–d); the four lines are kept. Line 4 reads समासदत्सिंहशिशुर्यथा द्विपान् where the critical edition (7.35.12d) reads samāsadat siṃhaśiśur yathā gajān; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 16 (7.36.16)

ते विंशतिपदे यत्ताः सम्प्रहारं प्रचक्रिरे । आसीद्गाङ्ग इवावर्तो मुहूर्तमुदधाविव ॥

te viṃśatipade yattāḥ samprahāraṃ pracakrire | āsīdgāṅga ivāvarto muhūrtamudadhāviva

They stood ready in the twenty-fold formation and joined in battle; for a moment it was like a whirlpool in the Ganges, like a whirlpool in the sea.

Verse 17 (7.36.17)

शूराणां युध्यमानानां निघ्नतामितरेतरम् । सङ्ग्रामस्तुमुलो राजन्प्रावर्तत सुदारुणः ॥

śūrāṇāṃ yudhyamānānāṃ nighnatāmitaretaram | saṅgrāmastumulo rājanprāvartata sudāruṇaḥ

As the heroes fought, striking one another, a tumultuous and terrible battle broke out, O king.

Verse 18 (7.36.18)

प्रवर्तमाने सङ्ग्रामे तस्मिन्नतिभयङ्करे । द्रोणस्य मिषतो व्यूहं भित्त्वा व्यचरदार्जुनिः ॥

pravartamāne saṅgrāme tasminnatibhayaṅkare | droṇasya miṣato vyūhaṃ bhittvā vyacaradārjuniḥ

As that most dreadful battle went on, Arjuna's son pierced the array and moved about within it, while Drona looked on.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads … भित्त्वा व्यचरदार्जुनिः where the critical edition (7.35.15cd) reads … bhittvā prāviśad ārjuniḥ; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 19 (7.36.19)

तदभेद्यमनाधृष्यं द्रोणानीकं सुदुर्जयम् । भित्त्वार्जुनिरसम्भ्रान्तो विवेशाचिन्त्यविक्रमः ॥

tadabhedyamanādhṛṣyaṃ droṇānīkaṃ sudurjayam | bhittvārjunirasambhrānto viveśācintyavikramaḥ

Breaking through that unbreakable, unassailable, hard-to-conquer host of Drona, Arjuna's son entered it unshaken, his prowess beyond imagining.

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 7.35.15d*0268_01–02. The page marks it off with a backtick and a closing quote mark (its sign for an interpolated passage), both removed. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 20 (7.36.20)

तं प्रविष्टं विनिघ्नन्तं शत्रुसङ्घान्महाबलम् । हस्त्यश्वरथपत्त्यौघाः परिवव्रुरुदायुधाः ॥

taṃ praviṣṭaṃ vinighnantaṃ śatrusaṅghānmahābalam | hastyaśvarathapattyaughāḥ parivavrurudāyudhāḥ

As that mighty one entered, striking down the ranks of his enemies, throngs of elephants, horses, chariots and foot-soldiers with weapons raised closed around him.

Verse 21 (7.36.21)

नानावादित्रनिनदैः क्ष्वेडितोत्क्रुष्टगर्जितैः । हुङ्कारैः सिंहनादैश्च तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति निःस्वनैः ॥

nānāvāditraninadaiḥ kṣveḍitotkruṣṭagarjitaiḥ | huṅkāraiḥ siṃhanādaiśca tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti niḥsvanaiḥ

With the din of many instruments, with shouts, cries and roars, with the sound "Hum!", with lion-roars and cries of "Stand! Stand!",

Verse 22 (7.36.22)

घोरैर्हलहलाशब्दैर्मागास्तिष्ठैहि मामिति । असावहममित्रेति प्रवदन्तो मुहुर्मुहुः ॥

ghorairhalahalāśabdairmāgāstiṣṭhaihi māmiti | asāvahamamitreti pravadanto muhurmuhuḥ

with dreadful clamour, shouting again and again, "Do not go! Stand! Come at me!" and "Here I am, enemy!",

Verse 23 (7.36.23)

बृंहितैः शिञ्जितैर्हासैः करनेमिस्वनैरपि । सन्नादयन्तो वसुधामभिदुद्रुवुरार्जुनिम् ॥

bṛṃhitaiḥ śiñjitairhāsaiḥ karanemisvanairapi | sannādayanto vasudhāmabhidudruvurārjunim

with trumpeting, twanging, laughter and the clatter of wheel-rims, making the earth resound, they rushed at Arjuna's son.

Verse 24 (7.36.24)

तेषामापततां वीरः शीघ्रयोधी महाबलः । क्षिप्रास्त्रो न्यवधीद्राजन्मर्मज्ञो मर्मभेदिभिः ॥

teṣāmāpatatāṃ vīraḥ śīghrayodhī mahābalaḥ | kṣiprāstro nyavadhīdrājanmarmajño marmabhedibhiḥ

As they bore down on him, the hero, a swift fighter of great strength, quick with his weapons and knowing the vital places, struck them down, O king, with arrows that pierce the vitals.

Note on the text: Wikisource's lines differ from the critical edition's 7.35.20 (… pūrvaṃ śīghram atho dṛḍham / kṣiprāstro nyavadhīd vrātān …); kept as a recension variant.

Verse 25 (7.36.25)

ते हन्यमाना विवशा नानालिङ्गैः शितैः शरैः । अभिपेतुः सुबहुशः शलभा इव पावकम् ॥

te hanyamānā vivaśā nānāliṅgaiḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ | abhipetuḥ subahuśaḥ śalabhā iva pāvakam

Struck down helpless by his sharp arrows of many kinds, they fell upon him in great numbers, like moths into a flame.

Note on the text: Wikisource's line 1 (ते हन्यमाना विवशा नानालिङ्गैः शितैः शरैः) differs from the critical edition's 7.35.21a (te hanyamānāś ca tathā nānāliṅgaiḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ); kept as a recension variant.

Verse 26 (7.36.26)

ततस्तेषां शरीरैश्च शरीरावयवैश्च सः । सन्तस्तार क्षितिं क्षिप्रं कुशैर्वेदिमिवाध्वरे ॥

tatasteṣāṃ śarīraiśca śarīrāvayavaiśca saḥ | santastāra kṣitiṃ kṣipraṃ kuśairvedimivādhvare

With their bodies and the parts of their bodies he quickly strewed the earth, as the altar is strewn with kusha grass at a sacrifice.

Note on the text: Corrected सन्तंस्तार → सन्तस्तार (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara; the critical edition reads saṃtastāra).

Verse 27 (7.36.27)

बद्धगोधाङ्गुलित्राणान्सशरासनसायकान् । सासिचर्माङ्कुशाभीषून्सतोमरपरश्वथान् ॥

baddhagodhāṅgulitrāṇānsaśarāsanasāyakān | sāsicarmāṅkuśābhīṣūnsatomaraparaśvathān

With their hands bound in iguana-hide finger-guards, with bows and arrows, with swords, shields, goads and reins, with spears and axes,

Verse 28 (7.36.28)

सगदायोगुडप्रासान्सर्ष्टितोमरपट्टसान् । सभिण्डिपालपरिघान्सशक्तिवरकम्पनान् ॥

sagadāyoguḍaprāsānsarṣṭitomarapaṭṭasān | sabhiṇḍipālaparighānsaśaktivarakampanān

with maces, iron balls and lances, with pikes, javelins and battle-axes, with hurling-spears, iron clubs, darts and kampanas,

Note on the text: Corrected सभिण्डिपालपरिघान्यशक्तिवरकम्पनान् → सभिण्डिपालपरिघान्सशक्तिवरकम्पनान् (misprint in Wikisource; य for स; the critical edition reads sabhiṇḍipālaparighān saśaktivarakampanān). Line 1 reads सगदायोगुडप्रासान्सर्ष्टितोमरपट्टसान् where the critical edition (7.35.24a) reads saguḍāyomukhaprāsān sarṣṭitomarapaṭṭiśān; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 29 (7.36.29)

सप्रतोदमहाशङ्खान्सकुन्तान्सकचग्रहान् । समुद्गरक्षेपणीयान्सपाशपरिघोपलान् ॥

sapratodamahāśaṅkhānsakuntānsakacagrahān | samudgarakṣepaṇīyānsapāśaparighopalān

with whips and great conch-shells, with lances and hooks, with mallets, slings, nooses, bars and stones,

Verse 30 (7.36.30)

सकेयूराङ्गदान्बाहून्हृद्यगन्धानुलेपनान् । सञ्चिच्छेदार्जुनिर्वृत्तांस्त्वदीयानां सहस्रशः ॥

sakeyūrāṅgadānbāhūnhṛdyagandhānulepanān | sañcicchedārjunirvṛttāṃstvadīyānāṃ sahasraśaḥ

the rounded arms of your men, with armlets and bracelets and smeared with fragrant, charming unguents, did Arjuni cut off by the thousand.

Note on the text: Corrected स़ञ्चिच्छेदार्जुनिर्वृत्तांस्… → सञ्चिच्छेदार्जुनिर्वृत्तांस्… (misprint in Wikisource; stray nukta on स; the critical edition reads saṃcicchedārjunir vṛttāṃs).

Verse 31 (7.36.31)

तैः स्फुरद्भिर्महाराज शुशुभे भूः सुलोहितैः । पञ्चास्यैः पन्नगैश्छिन्नैर्गरुडेनेव मारिष ॥

taiḥ sphuradbhirmahārāja śuśubhe bhūḥ sulohitaiḥ | pañcāsyaiḥ pannagaiśchinnairgaruḍeneva māriṣa

Covered with those quivering, blood-red arms, the earth shone, O great king, as if strewn with five-hooded serpents cut down by Garuda, O honoured one.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads तैः स्फुरद्भिर्महाराज शुशुभे भूः सुलोहितैः where the critical edition (7.35.27a) reads taiḥ sphuradbhir mahārāja śuśubhe lohitokṣitaiḥ; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 32 (7.36.32)

सुनासाननकेशान्तैरव्रणैश्चारुकुण्डलैः । सन्दष्टौष्ठपुटैः क्रोधात्क्षरद्भिः शोणितं बहु ॥

sunāsānanakeśāntairavraṇaiścārukuṇḍalaiḥ | sandaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭaiḥ krodhātkṣaradbhiḥ śoṇitaṃ bahu

and with heads of fine noses, faces and hair, unscarred, with lovely earrings, lips clenched between teeth in anger, pouring out much blood,

Verse 33 (7.36.33)

सचारुमुकुटोष्णीषैर्मणिरत्नविभूषितैः । विनालनलिनाकारैर्दिवाकरशशिप्रभैः ॥

sacārumukuṭoṣṇīṣairmaṇiratnavibhūṣitaiḥ | vinālanalinākārairdivākaraśaśiprabhaiḥ

with lovely crowns and turbans, adorned with gems and jewels, like lotuses without stalks, shining like the sun and the moon,

Note on the text: Line 1 reads सचारुमुकुटोष्णीषैर्मणिरत्नविभूषितैः where the critical edition (7.35.29a) reads cārusraṅmukuṭoṣṇīṣair maṇiratnavirājitaiḥ; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 34 (7.36.34)

हितप्रियंवदैः काले बहुभिः पुण्यगन्धिभिः । द्विषच्छिरोभिः पृथिवीं स वै तस्तार फाल्गुनिः ॥

hitapriyaṃvadaiḥ kāle bahubhiḥ puṇyagandhibhiḥ | dviṣacchirobhiḥ pṛthivīṃ sa vai tastāra phālguniḥ

with many heads of his enemies, which in their time had spoken kindly and pleasantly and were sweet-scented, did Phalguni strew the earth.

Verse 35 (7.36.35)

गन्धर्वनगराकारान्विधिवत्कल्पितान्रथान् । वीषामुखान्वित्रिवेणून्न्यस्तदण्डकबन्धुरान् ॥

gandharvanagarākārānvidhivatkalpitānrathān | vīṣāmukhānvitriveṇūnnyastadaṇḍakabandhurān

Chariots like cities of the gandharvas, duly fitted out, their pole-fronts and triple frames broken, their shaft-rails thrown down,

Verse 36 (7.36.36)

विजङ्घाकूबरांस्तत्र विनेमींश्र व्यरानपि । विचक्रोपस्करोपस्थान्भग्नोपकरणानपि ॥

vijaṅghākūbarāṃstatra vinemīṃśra vyarānapi | vicakropaskaropasthānbhagnopakaraṇānapi

their shanks and yoke-poles broken off, without rims or spokes, without wheels, fittings or driver's seats, their gear smashed,

Verse 37 (7.36.37)

समास्थितान्योधवरैर्दान्ताश्वान्साधुसारथीन् । विपताकाध्वजच्छत्रान्वितूणीरायुधानपि ॥

samāsthitānyodhavarairdāntāśvānsādhusārathīn | vipatākādhvajacchatrānvitūṇīrāyudhānapi

that had been manned by the finest warriors, with tamed horses and good charioteers, now stripped of flags, banners and parasols, of quivers and weapons,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records the corresponding lines in its apparatus as the star passage 7.35.31b*0269_01–02 (reading dāntāśvān sādhusārathīn / vipatākādhvajacchattrān vitūṇīrāyudhān api). The page marks it with an opening backtick (its sign for an interpolated passage), which was removed; there is no closing mark. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 38 (7.36.38)

प्रपातितोपस्तरणान्हतयोधान्सहस्रशः । शरैर्विशकलीकुर्वन्दिक्षु सर्वास्वदृश्यत ॥

prapātitopastaraṇānhatayodhānsahasraśaḥ | śarairviśakalīkurvandikṣu sarvāsvadṛśyata

their coverings flung down, with thousands of their warriors slain — he was seen in all directions shattering them to pieces with his arrows.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads प्रपातितोपस्तरणान्हतयोधान्सहस्रशः where the critical edition (7.35.33a) reads praśātitopakaraṇān hatayodhān sahasraśaḥ; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 39 (7.36.39)

पुनर्द्विपान्द्विपारोहान्वैजयन्त्यङ्कुशध्वजान् । तूणान्वर्माण्यथो कक्ष्या ग्रैवेयांश्च सकम्बलान् ॥

punardvipāndvipārohānvaijayantyaṅkuśadhvajān | tūṇānvarmāṇyatho kakṣyā graiveyāṃśca sakambalān

Again, elephants and their riders, with pennants, goads and standards, quivers, armour, girths and neck-chains with their blankets,

Verse 40 (7.36.40)

घण्टाः शुण्डाविषाणाग्राञ्छत्रमालाः पदानुगान् । शरैर्निशितधाराग्रैः शात्रवाणामशातयत् ॥

ghaṇṭāḥ śuṇḍāviṣāṇāgrāñchatramālāḥ padānugān | śarairniśitadhārāgraiḥ śātravāṇāmaśātayat

bells, the tips of trunks and tusks, rows of parasols, and the foot-guards of the enemy, he cut down with sharp-edged arrows.

Verse 41 (7.36.41)

वनायुजान्पार्वतीयान्काम्भोजानथ बाह्लिकान् । स्थिरवालधिकर्णाक्षाञ्जवनान्साधुवाहिनः ॥

vanāyujānpārvatīyānkāmbhojānatha bāhlikān | sthiravāladhikarṇākṣāñjavanānsādhuvāhinaḥ

Horses of Vanayu, of the mountains, of Kamboja and of Bahlika, with firm tails, ears and eyes, swift and good bearers,

Verse 42 (7.36.42)

आरूढाञ्शिक्षितैर्योधैः शक्त्यृष्टिप्रासयोधिभिः । विध्वस्तचामरमुखान्विप्रविद्धप्रकीर्णकान् ॥

ārūḍhāñśikṣitairyodhaiḥ śaktyṛṣṭiprāsayodhibhiḥ | vidhvastacāmaramukhānvipraviddhaprakīrṇakān

mounted by trained warriors who fought with darts, spears and lances, their chowries and faces shattered, their tufts torn and scattered,

Note on the text: Line 1 reads आरूढाञ्शिक्षितैर्योधैः where the critical edition (7.35.37a) reads svārūḍhāñ śikṣitair yodhaiḥ; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 43 (7.36.43)

निरस्तजिह्वानयनान्निष्कीर्णान्त्रयकृद्धनान् । हतारोहांश्छिन्नघण्टान्क्रव्यादगणमोदकान् ॥

nirastajihvānayanānniṣkīrṇāntrayakṛddhanān | hatārohāṃśchinnaghaṇṭānkravyādagaṇamodakān

their tongues and eyes thrown out, their entrails and livers spilled, their riders slain, their bells cut off, giving joy to flocks of flesh-eaters,

Verse 44 (7.36.44)

निकृत्तचर्मकवचाञ्शकृन्मूत्रासृगाप्लुतान् । निपातयन्नश्ववरांस्तावकान्स व्यरोचत । एको विष्णुरिवाचिन्त्यं कृत्वा कर्म सुदुष्करम् ॥

nikṛttacarmakavacāñśakṛnmūtrāsṛgāplutān | nipātayannaśvavarāṃstāvakānsa vyarocata | eko viṣṇurivācintyaṃ kṛtvā karma suduṣkaram

stripped of hide and armour, drenched in dung, urine and blood — felling your finest horses, he shone, having done alone, like Vishnu, an inconceivable deed of the utmost difficulty.

Note on the text: The page prints this verse as three lines (5-36-44a, b, b). Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 7.35.39ab and cd (reading स व्यरोचत for so 'bhyarocata); line 3 is its 7.35.40a (reading ācintyaṃ for ācintyaḥ, without prāk), kept as variants. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 45 (7.36.45)

तथा निर्माथितं तेन चतुरङ्गबलं महत् । यथाऽसुरबलं घोरं त्र्यम्बकेन महौजसा ॥

tathā nirmāthitaṃ tena caturaṅgabalaṃ mahat | yathā'surabalaṃ ghoraṃ tryambakena mahaujasā

Your great fourfold army was so crushed by him as the dreadful host of the asuras was by the mighty Tryambaka.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to the critical edition's 7.35.40c (tathā vimathitaṃ tena tryaṅgaṃ tava balaṃ mahat), kept as a variant (निर्माथितं … चतुरङ्गबलम्); line 2 is its star passage 7.35.40d*0270_01 (reading महौजसा for amitaujasā), not in the constituted text. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 46 (7.36.46)

कृत्वा कर्म रणेऽसह्यं परैरार्जुनिराहवे । अभिनच्च पदात्योघांस्त्वदीयानेव सर्वशः ॥

kṛtvā karma raṇe'sahyaṃ parairārjunirāhave | abhinacca padātyoghāṃstvadīyāneva sarvaśaḥ

Having done in battle a deed his enemies could not bear, Arjuni cut to pieces your foot-soldier hosts on every side.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 7.35.40d*0270_02, not in the constituted text; line 2 corresponds to 7.35.40e (vyahanat sa padātyoghāṃs tvadīyān eva bhārata), kept as a variant (अभिनच्च … सर्वशः). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 47 (7.36.47)

एवमेकेन तां सेनां सौभद्रेण सितैः शरैः । भृशं विप्रहतां दृष्ट्वा स्कन्देनेवासुरीं चमूम् ॥

evamekena tāṃ senāṃ saubhadreṇa sitaiḥ śaraiḥ | bhṛśaṃ viprahatāṃ dṛṣṭvā skandenevāsurīṃ camūm

Seeing that army so cruelly battered by the single son of Subhadra with his sharp arrows, as the asura host was by Skanda,

Verse 48 (7.36.48)

त्वदीयास्तव पुत्राश्च वीक्षमाणा दिशो दश । संशुष्कास्याश्चलन्नेत्राः प्रस्विन्ना रोमहर्षिणः ॥

tvadīyāstava putrāśca vīkṣamāṇā diśo daśa | saṃśuṣkāsyāścalannetrāḥ prasvinnā romaharṣiṇaḥ

your men and your sons, looking in all ten directions, their mouths dry, eyes rolling, dripping with sweat, their hair on end,

Verse 49 (7.36.49)

पलायनकृतोत्साहा निरुत्साहा द्विषज्जये । गोत्रनामभिरन्योन्यं क्रन्दन्तो जीवितैषिणः ॥

palāyanakṛtotsāhā nirutsāhā dviṣajjaye | gotranāmabhiranyonyaṃ krandanto jīvitaiṣiṇaḥ

their hearts set on flight, with no zeal left for conquering the enemy, calling to one another by family and name, eager to save their lives,

Verse 50 (7.36.50)

हतान्पुत्रान्पितॄन्भ्रातॄन्बन्धून्सम्बन्धिनस्तथा । प्रातिष्ठन्त समुत्सृज्य त्वरयन्तो हयद्विपान् ॥

hatānputrānpitṝnbhrātṝnbandhūnsambandhinastathā | prātiṣṭhanta samutsṛjya tvarayanto hayadvipān

abandoned their slain sons, fathers, brothers, friends and relatives, and made off, hurrying their horses and elephants.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads … प्रातिष्ठन्त समुत्सृज्य where the critical edition (7.35.44) reads hatān putrāṃs tathā pitṝn suhṛtsaṃbandhibāndhavān / prātiṣṭhanta samutsṛjya; the page's भ्रातॄन्बन्धून्सम्बन्धिनस्तथा is a recension variant, kept.