Abhimanyu Routs the Kaurava Chiefs

Verse 1 (7.37.1)

तां प्रभग्नां चमूं दृष्ट्वा सौभद्रेणामितौजसा । दुर्योधनो भृशं क्रुद्धः स्वयं सौभद्रमभ्ययात् ॥

tāṃ prabhagnāṃ camūṃ dṛṣṭvā saubhadreṇāmitaujasā | duryodhano bhṛśaṃ kruddhaḥ svayaṃ saubhadramabhyayāt

Seeing that army broken by the son of Subhadra, of boundless might, Duryodhana, greatly enraged, himself advanced against the son of Subhadra.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रभाग्नां → प्रभग्नां (misprint in Wikisource; stray long ā; the critical edition reads prabhagnāṃ).

Verse 2 (7.37.2)

ततो राजानमावृत्तं सौभद्रं प्रति संयुगे । दृष्ट्वा द्रोणोऽब्रवीद्योधान्परीप्सध्वं नराधिपम् ॥

tato rājānamāvṛttaṃ saubhadraṃ prati saṃyuge | dṛṣṭvā droṇo'bravīdyodhānparīpsadhvaṃ narādhipam

Then, seeing the king turned back toward the son of Subhadra in the clash, Drona said to the warriors, "Rescue the lord of men!"

Note on the text: Wikisource reads … दृष्ट्वा द्रोणोऽब्रवीद्योधान्परीप्सध्वं नराधिपम् where the critical edition (7.36.2cd) reads dṛṣṭvā droṇo 'bravīd yodhān paryāpnuta narādhipam; kept as a recension variant. Drona's speech begins in line 2; the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 3 (7.37.3)

पुराऽभिमन्युर्लक्षं नः पश्यतां हन्ति वीर्यवान् । तमाद्रवत माभैष्ट क्षिप्रं रक्षत कौरवम् ॥

purā'bhimanyurlakṣaṃ naḥ paśyatāṃ hanti vīryavān | tamādravata mābhaiṣṭa kṣipraṃ rakṣata kauravam

"Before the valiant Abhimanyu kills his mark while we look on, rush at him! Do not be afraid; quickly protect the Kaurava!"

Note on the text: The page has no speaker heading for this verse; it is Drona's speech, continuing the one begun in the verse before, and the next heading (सञ्जय उवाच, before verse 4) shows that it ends here.

Verse 4 (7.37.4)

एवमुक्तास्ततस्तेन भारद्वाजेन धीमता । कृतज्ञानबलोत्सेधाः सुहृदो जितकाशिनः । त्रास्यमाना भयाद्वीरं परिवव्रुस्तवात्मजम् ॥

evamuktāstatastena bhāradvājena dhīmatā | kṛtajñānabalotsedhāḥ suhṛdo jitakāśinaḥ | trāsyamānā bhayādvīraṃ parivavrustavātmajam

Addressed thus by the wise son of Bharadvaja, his friends, men of accomplished learning and towering strength, winners of renown, closed around your son, the hero, anxious to protect him.

Note on the text: Line 1 (एवमुक्तास्ततस्तेन भारद्वाजेन धीमता) is not in the critical edition, even in its apparatus (vulgate-only); the page marks it with a backtick and a closing quote mark (its sign for an interpolated line), both removed. Lines 2–3 correspond to the critical edition's 7.36.4ab and cd (tataḥ kṛtajñā balinaḥ suhṛdo jitakāśinaḥ / trāsyamānā bhayād vīraṃ parivavrus tavātmajam); the page reads कृतज्ञानबलोत्सेधाः for kṛtajñā balinaḥ, kept as a recension variant. The page prints three lines (5-37-4a–c). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 5 (7.37.5)

द्रोणो द्रौणिः कृपः कर्णः कृतवर्मा च सौबलः । बृहद्बलो मद्रराजो भूरिर्भूरिश्रवाः शलः ॥

droṇo drauṇiḥ kṛpaḥ karṇaḥ kṛtavarmā ca saubalaḥ | bṛhadbalo madrarājo bhūrirbhūriśravāḥ śalaḥ

Drona, Drona's son, Kripa, Karna, Kritavarman, Subala's son, Brihadbala, the king of the Madras, Bhuri, Bhurishravas, and Shala,

Verse 6 (7.37.6)

पौरवो वृषसेनश्च विसृजन्तः शिताञ्शरान् । सौभद्रं शरवर्षेण महता समवाकिरन् ॥

pauravo vṛṣasenaśca visṛjantaḥ śitāñśarān | saubhadraṃ śaravarṣeṇa mahatā samavākiran

the Paurava king and Vrishasena, loosing sharp arrows, covered the son of Subhadra with a great shower of arrows.

Verse 7 (7.37.7)

सम्मोहयित्वा तमथ दुर्योधनममोचयन् । आस्याद्ग्रासमिवाक्षिप्तं ममृषे नार्जुनात्मजः ॥

sammohayitvā tamatha duryodhanamamocayan | āsyādgrāsamivākṣiptaṃ mamṛṣe nārjunātmajaḥ

Having thrown him into confusion, they freed Duryodhana; Arjuna's son could not bear it, like a morsel snatched from his mouth.

Verse 8 (7.37.8)

ताञ्शरौघेण महता साश्वसूतान्महारथान् । विमुखीकृत्य सौभद्रः सिंहनादमथानदत् ॥

tāñśaraugheṇa mahatā sāśvasūtānmahārathān | vimukhīkṛtya saubhadraḥ siṃhanādamathānadat

Turning those great warriors, with their horses and charioteers, away from him with a great flood of arrows, the son of Subhadra gave a lion's roar.

Verse 9 (7.37.9)

तस्य नादं ततः श्रुत्वा सिंहस्येवामिषैषिणः । नामृष्यन्त सुसंरब्धाः पुनर्द्रोणमुखा रथाः ॥

tasya nādaṃ tataḥ śrutvā siṃhasyevāmiṣaiṣiṇaḥ | nāmṛṣyanta susaṃrabdhāḥ punardroṇamukhā rathāḥ

Hearing his roar, like that of a lion hungry for meat, Drona's chariot-warriors, furious, could not bear it and charged again.

Verse 10 (7.37.10)

त एनं कोष्ठकीकृत्य रथवंशेन मारिष । व्यसृजन्निषुजालानि नानालिङ्गानि सङ्घशः ॥

ta enaṃ koṣṭhakīkṛtya rathavaṃśena māriṣa | vyasṛjanniṣujālāni nānāliṅgāni saṅghaśaḥ

Hemming him in with a ring of chariots, O Marisha, they loosed volleys of arrows of many kinds in showers.

Verse 11 (7.37.11)

तान्यन्तरिक्षे चिच्छेद पौत्रस्ते निशितैः शरैः । तांश्चैव प्रतिविव्याध तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥

tānyantarikṣe ciccheda pautraste niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | tāṃścaiva prativivyādha tadadbhutamivābhavat

Your grandson cut those volleys down in the air with his sharp arrows, and struck the archers in return; it was a marvel.

Verse 12 (7.37.12)

ततो रथपदात्योघाः कुञ्जराः सादिनश्च ह । कोपितास्तेन शूरेण शरैराशीविषोपमैः । परिवव्रुर्जिघांसन्तः सौभद्रमपराजितम् ॥

tato rathapadātyoghāḥ kuñjarāḥ sādinaśca ha | kopitāstena śūreṇa śarairāśīviṣopamaiḥ | parivavrurjighāṃsantaḥ saubhadramaparājitam

Then hosts of chariots and foot-soldiers, elephants and horsemen, enraged by that hero's arrows, which were like venomous serpents, closed around the unconquered son of Subhadra, wishing to kill him.

Note on the text: Corrected परिवब्रुर् → परिवव्रुर् (misprint in Wikisource; ब्र for व्र; the critical edition reads parivavrur). Line 1 (ततो रथपदात्योघाः कुञ्जराः सादिनश्च ह) is the critical edition's star passage 7.36.11d*0272_01, not in the constituted text; the page marks it with a backtick and a closing quote mark (its sign for an interpolated line), both removed. Lines 2–3 correspond to 7.36.12ab and cd (tatas te kopitās tena śarair āśīviṣopamaiḥ / parivavrur jighāṃsantaḥ saubhadram apalāyinam); the page reads कोपितास्तेन शूरेण for kopitās tena. The page prints three lines (5-37-12a–c). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 13 (7.37.13)

समुद्रमिव पर्यस्तं त्वदीयं तं बलार्णवम् । दधारैकोऽर्जुनिर्बाणैर्वेलेवोद्वृत्तमर्णवम् ॥

samudramiva paryastaṃ tvadīyaṃ taṃ balārṇavam | dadhāraiko'rjunirbāṇairvelevodvṛttamarṇavam

That ocean of your army, like a sea thrown into turmoil, Arjuni alone held back with his arrows, as the shore holds back the swollen sea.

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition's 7.36.13 (samudram iva paryastaṃ tvadīyaṃ tad balārṇavam / abhimanyur dadhāraiko veleva makarālayam); the page reads तं बलार्णवम् for tad balārṇavam and दधारैकोऽर्जुनिर्बाणैर्वेलेवोद्वृत्तमर्णवम् for the second line, kept as recension variants. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 14 (7.37.14)

शूराणां युध्यमानानां निघ्नतामितरेतरम् । अभिमन्योः परेषां च नासीत्कश्चित्पराङ्मुखः ॥

śūrāṇāṃ yudhyamānānāṃ nighnatāmitaretaram | abhimanyoḥ pareṣāṃ ca nāsītkaścitparāṅmukhaḥ

Among the heroes fighting and striking one another, neither on Abhimanyu's side nor on the other, was there anyone who turned away.

Verse 15 (7.37.15)

तस्मिंस्तु घोरे सङ्ग्रामे वर्तमाने भयङ्करे । दुःसहो नवभिर्बाणैरभिमन्युमविध्यत ॥

tasmiṃstu ghore saṅgrāme vartamāne bhayaṅkare | duḥsaho navabhirbāṇairabhimanyumavidhyata

In that dreadful, terrifying battle, Duhsaha struck Abhimanyu with nine arrows,

Verse 16 (7.37.16)

दुःशासनो द्वादशभिः कृपः शारद्वतस्त्रिभिः । द्रोणस्तु सप्तदशभिः शरैराशीविषोपमैः ॥

duḥśāsano dvādaśabhiḥ kṛpaḥ śāradvatastribhiḥ | droṇastu saptadaśabhiḥ śarairāśīviṣopamaiḥ

Duhshasana with twelve, Kripa Sharadvata with three, and Drona with seventeen arrows like venomous serpents,

Note on the text: Corrected दुःशानो → दुःशासनो (misprint in Wikisource; dropped सन; the critical edition reads duḥśāsano).

Verse 17 (7.37.17)

विविंशतिस्तु सप्तत्या कृतवर्मा च सप्तभिः । बृहद्बलस्तथाऽष्टाभिरश्वत्थामा च सप्तभिः ॥

viviṃśatistu saptatyā kṛtavarmā ca saptabhiḥ | bṛhadbalastathā'ṣṭābhiraśvatthāmā ca saptabhiḥ

Vivimshati with seventy, Kritavarman with seven, Brihadbala with eight, and Ashvatthama with seven,

Note on the text: Wikisource reads विविंशतिस्तु सप्तत्या (seventy) where the critical edition (7.36.17a) reads viṃśatyā (twenty); सप्तत्या is a valid word, so it is kept and translated as printed.

Verse 18 (7.37.18)

भूरिश्रवास्त्रिभिर्बाणैर्मद्रेशः षड्भिराशुगैः । द्वाभ्यां शराभ्यां शकुनिस्त्रिभिर्दुर्योधनो नृपः ॥

bhūriśravāstribhirbāṇairmadreśaḥ ṣaḍbhirāśugaiḥ | dvābhyāṃ śarābhyāṃ śakunistribhirduryodhano nṛpaḥ

Bhurishravas with three arrows, the lord of the Madras with six swift ones, Shakuni with two, and King Duryodhana with three.

Note on the text: Corrected षङ्भिराशुगैः → षड्भिराशुगैः (misprint in Wikisource; ङ् for ड्; the critical edition reads ṣaḍbhir āśugaiḥ).

Verse 19 (7.37.19)

स तु तान्प्रतिविव्याध त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरजिह्मगैः । नृत्यन्निव महाराज चापहस्तः प्रतापवान् ॥

sa tu tānprativivyādha tribhistribhirajihmagaiḥ | nṛtyanniva mahārāja cāpahastaḥ pratāpavān

But he pierced each of them in return with three unerring arrows, O great king, full of glory, as though dancing, bow in hand.

Note on the text: Joined from the two rows the input gave (both numbered 19): the page prints the two lines as one verse, the first line ending with a single danda (5-37-19a) and only the second with the verse-end mark. Together they are the critical edition's 7.36.19 (sa tu tān prativivyādha tribhis tribhir ajihmagaiḥ / nṛtyann iva mahārāja cāpahastaḥ pratāpavān). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 20 (7.37.20)

ततोऽभिमन्युः सङ्क्रुद्धस्त्रास्यमानस्तवात्मजैः । विदर्शयन्वै सुमहच्छिक्षौरसकृतं बलम् ॥

tato'bhimanyuḥ saṅkruddhastrāsyamānastavātmajaiḥ | vidarśayanvai sumahacchikṣaurasakṛtaṃ balam

Then Abhimanyu, enraged and troubled by your sons, displayed his great strength, born of training and of his own nature.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads त्रास्यमानस्तवात्मजैः where the critical edition (7.36.20ab) reads tato 'bhimanyuḥ saṃkruddhas tāpyamānas tavātmajaiḥ; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 21 (7.37.21)

गरुडानिलरंहोभिर्यन्तुर्वाक्यकरैर्हयैः । अभ्यद्रवत तं कार्ष्णिमश्मकेन्द्रः कृतत्वरः ॥

garuḍānilaraṃhobhiryanturvākyakarairhayaiḥ | abhyadravata taṃ kārṣṇimaśmakendraḥ kṛtatvaraḥ

With horses swift as Garuda and the wind, obedient to their driver's word, the king of the Ashmakas, in great haste, charged at that son of Arjuna.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 7.36.21a; line 2 (अभ्यद्रवत तं कार्ष्णिमश्मकेन्द्रः कृतत्वरः) is its star passage 7.36.21b*0273_01, not in the constituted text. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 22 (7.37.22)

अश्वाश्चाश्मकमादाय त्वरमाणाऽभ्यहारयन् । विव्याध दशभिर्बाणैस्तिष्ठतिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत् ॥

aśvāścāśmakamādāya tvaramāṇā'bhyahārayan | vivyādha daśabhirbāṇaistiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cābravīt

The horses, bearing Ashmaka up and hurrying, carried him forward; he pierced Abhimanyu with ten arrows and cried, "Stand! Stand!"

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition's 7.36.21c and e (dāntair aśmakadāyādaṃ tvaramāṇo 'bhyahārayat / vivyādha cainaṃ daśabhir bāṇais tiṣṭheti cābravīt); the page's lines read differently (अश्वाश्चाश्मकमादाय त्वरमाणाऽभ्यहारयन्), kept as a recension variant. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 23 (7.37.23)

तस्याभिमन्युर्दशभिर्हयान्सूतं ध्वजं शरैः । बाहू धनुः शिरश्चोर्व्यां स्मयमानोऽभ्यपातयत् ॥

tasyābhimanyurdaśabhirhayānsūtaṃ dhvajaṃ śaraiḥ | bāhū dhanuḥ śiraścorvyāṃ smayamāno'bhyapātayat

Smiling, Abhimanyu felled with ten arrows his horses, charioteer and banner, and brought down to the ground his two arms, his bow and his head.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads तस्याभिमन्युर्दशभिर्हयान्सूतं ध्वजं शरैः where the critical edition (7.36.22a) reads tasyābhimanyur daśabhir bāṇaiḥ sūtaṃ hayān dhvajam; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 24 (7.37.24)

ततस्तस्मिन्हते वीरे सौभद्रेणाश्मकेश्वरे । सञ्चचाल बलं सर्वं पलायनपरायणम् ॥

tatastasminhate vīre saubhadreṇāśmakeśvare | sañcacāla balaṃ sarvaṃ palāyanaparāyaṇam

When the lord of the Ashmakas had been slain by the son of Subhadra, the whole army wavered, bent on flight.

Verse 25 (7.37.25)

ततः कर्णः कृपो द्रोणो द्रौणिर्गान्धारराट् शलः । शल्यो भूरिश्रवाः क्राथः सोमदत्तो विविंशतिः । वृषसेनः सुषेणश्च कुण्डभेदी प्रतर्दनः ॥

tataḥ karṇaḥ kṛpo droṇo drauṇirgāndhārarāṭ śalaḥ | śalyo bhūriśravāḥ krāthaḥ somadatto viviṃśatiḥ | vṛṣasenaḥ suṣeṇaśca kuṇḍabhedī pratardanaḥ

Then Karna, Kripa, Drona, Drauni, the king of Gandhara, Shala, Shalya, Bhurishravas, Kratha, Somadatta, Vivimshati, Vrishasena, Sushena, Kundabhedi, Pratardana,

Note on the text: The page prints this verse as three lines (5-37-25a–c). Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 7.36.24ab and cd; line 3 is its 7.36.25a (vṛṣasenaḥ suṣeṇaś ca kuṇḍabhedī pratardanaḥ). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 26 (7.37.26)

बृन्दारको ललित्थश्च प्रबाहुर्दीर्घलोचनः । दुर्योधनश्च सङ्क्रुद्धः शरवर्षैरवाकिरन् ॥

bṛndārako lalitthaśca prabāhurdīrghalocanaḥ | duryodhanaśca saṅkruddhaḥ śaravarṣairavākiran

Vrindaraka, Lalittha, Prabahu, Dirghalochana, and the enraged Duryodhana covered him with showers of arrows.

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition's 7.36.25c and e (vṛndārako lalitthaś ca prabāhur dīrghalocanaḥ / duryodhanaś ca saṃkruddhaḥ śaravarṣair avākiran). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 27 (7.37.27)

सोऽतिविद्धो महेष्वासैरभिमन्युरजिह्मगैः । शरमादत्त कर्णाय वर्मकायावभेदिनम् ॥

so'tividdho maheṣvāsairabhimanyurajihmagaiḥ | śaramādatta karṇāya varmakāyāvabhedinam

Gravely wounded by those great archers with their straight-flying arrows, Abhimanyu took up an arrow that could pierce armour and body, aimed at Karna.

Verse 28 (7.37.28)

तस्य भित्त्वा तनुत्राणं देहं निर्भिद्य चाशुगः । प्राविशद्धरणीं वेगाद्वल्मीकमिव पन्नगः ॥

tasya bhittvā tanutrāṇaṃ dehaṃ nirbhidya cāśugaḥ | prāviśaddharaṇīṃ vegādvalmīkamiva pannagaḥ

Splitting Karna's armour and tearing through his body, the arrow entered the earth with speed, like a serpent entering an anthill.

Note on the text: Corrected वल्मी कमिव → वल्मीकमिव (misprint in Wikisource; a stray space inside the word; the critical edition reads valmīkam iva).

Verse 29 (7.37.29)

स तेनातिप्रहारेण व्यथितो विह्वलन्निव । सञ्चचाल रणे कर्णः क्षितिकम्पे यथाऽचलः ॥

sa tenātiprahāreṇa vyathito vihvalanniva | sañcacāla raṇe karṇaḥ kṣitikampe yathā'calaḥ

Distressed by that heavy blow and as if stunned, Karna trembled in the battle like a mountain in an earthquake.

Verse 30 (7.37.30)

तथान्यैर्निशितैर्बाणैः सुषेणं दीर्घलोचनम् । कुण्डभेदिं च सङ्क्रुद्धस्त्रिभिस्त्रीनवधीद्बली ॥

tathānyairniśitairbāṇaiḥ suṣeṇaṃ dīrghalocanam | kuṇḍabhediṃ ca saṅkruddhastribhistrīnavadhīdbalī

Then, enraged, the mighty one slew with other sharp arrows Sushena, Dirghalochana and Kundabhedi, three with three.

Verse 31 (7.37.31)

कर्णस्तं पञ्चविंशत्या नाराचानां समार्पयत् । अश्वत्थामा च विंशत्या कृतवर्मा च सप्तभिः ॥

karṇastaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā nārācānāṃ samārpayat | aśvatthāmā ca viṃśatyā kṛtavarmā ca saptabhiḥ

Karna sent twenty-five iron arrows at him; Ashvatthama twenty, and Kritavarman seven.

Verse 32 (7.37.32)

स शराचितसर्वाङ्गः क्रुद्धः शक्रात्मजात्मजः । विचरन्ददृशे सैन्ये पाशहस्त इवान्तकः ॥

sa śarācitasarvāṅgaḥ kruddhaḥ śakrātmajātmajaḥ | vicarandadṛśe sainye pāśahasta ivāntakaḥ

Pierced in every limb by arrows, the son of Indra's son, enraged, was seen moving through the army like Death with noose in hand.

Note on the text: Wikisource's lines differ slightly from the critical edition's 7.36.31 (… vicaran dṛśyate sainye …); kept as a recension variant.

Verse 33 (7.37.33)

शल्यं च शरवर्षेण समीपस्थमवाकिरत् । उदक्रोशन्महाबाहुस्तव सैन्यानि भीषयन् ॥

śalyaṃ ca śaravarṣeṇa samīpasthamavākirat | udakrośanmahābāhustava sainyāni bhīṣayan

He covered Shalya, who stood near, with a shower of arrows, and the mighty-armed one roared aloud, terrifying your troops.

Note on the text: Corrected समीपस्थामवाकिरत् → समीपस्थमवाकिरत् (misprint in Wikisource; stray long ā; the critical edition reads samīpastham avākirat).

Verse 34 (7.37.34)

ततः स विद्धोऽस्त्रविदा मर्मभिद्भिरजिह्मगैः । शल्यो राजन्रथोपस्थे निषसाद मुमोह च ॥

tataḥ sa viddho'stravidā marmabhidbhirajihmagaiḥ | śalyo rājanrathopasthe niṣasāda mumoha ca

Then, struck by the weapon-master with unerring arrows that pierce the vital parts, Shalya, O king, sank down in his chariot-seat and fainted.

Verse 35 (7.37.35)

तं हि दृष्ट्वा तथा विद्धं सौभद्रेण यशस्विना । सम्प्राद्रवच्चमूः सर्वा भारद्वाजस्य पश्यतः ॥

taṃ hi dṛṣṭvā tathā viddhaṃ saubhadreṇa yaśasvinā | samprādravaccamūḥ sarvā bhāradvājasya paśyataḥ

Seeing him struck so by the glorious son of Subhadra, the whole army fled, while Bharadvaja's son looked on.

Note on the text: Corrected यशास्विना → यशस्विना (misprint in Wikisource; stray long ā; the critical edition reads yaśasvinā). Line 1 reads तं हि दृष्ट्वा तथा विद्धं where the critical edition (7.36.34a) reads taṃ hi viddhaṃ tathā dṛṣṭvā (word order); kept as a recension variant.

Verse 36 (7.37.36)

सम्प्रेक्ष्य तं महाबाहुं रुक्मपुङ्खैः समावृतम् । त्वदीयाः प्रपलायन्ते मृगाः सिंहार्दिता इव ॥

samprekṣya taṃ mahābāhuṃ rukmapuṅkhaiḥ samāvṛtam | tvadīyāḥ prapalāyante mṛgāḥ siṃhārditā iva

Seeing that mighty-armed one covered with gold-feathered arrows, your men ran off, like deer tormented by a lion.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads सम्प्रेक्ष्य तं महाबाहुं where the critical edition (7.36.35a) reads prekṣantas taṃ mahābāhuṃ; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 37 (7.37.37)

सौभद्रशरनिर्भग्नाः समरेऽमरविक्रमाः । एवं शल्यो विमृदितस्तव पौत्रेण भारत ॥

saubhadraśaranirbhagnāḥ samare'maravikramāḥ | evaṃ śalyo vimṛditastava pautreṇa bhārata

Routed by Saubhadra's arrows were those warriors, valiant as the immortals; so was Shalya crushed by your grandson, O Bharata.

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 7.36.35d*0275_01–02 (reading nirbhiṇṇāḥ samare 'maravikramāḥ for the page's निर्भग्नाः समरेऽमरविक्रमाः). The page marks it with a backtick and a closing quote mark (its sign for an interpolated passage), both removed. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 38 (7.37.38)

स तु रणयशसाऽभिपूज्यमानः । पितृसुरचारणसिद्धयक्षसङ्घैः । अवनितलगतैश्च भूतसङ्घैः । अतिविबभौ हुतभुग्यथाऽऽज्यसिक्तः ॥

sa tu raṇayaśasā'bhipūjyamānaḥ | pitṛsuracāraṇasiddhayakṣasaṅghaiḥ | avanitalagataiśca bhūtasaṅghaiḥ | ativibabhau hutabhugyathā''jyasiktaḥ

Honoured for his glory in battle by hosts of ancestors, gods, charanas, siddhas and yakshas, and by throngs of beings on the face of the earth, he shone out like a fire fed with ghee.

Note on the text: Corrected सङ्गैः → सङ्घैः (misprint in Wikisource; ग for घ; the critical edition reads saṃghaiḥ). The page splits a sandhi across the third and fourth lines (भूतसङ्घै-- / रतिविबभौ, with a double hyphen); written here with the word-final visarga resolved (भूतसङ्घैः । अतिविबभौ), the critical edition reading bhūtasaṃghair; ativibabhau. The page prints four lines (5-37-38a–d); the four lines are kept.