Abhimanyu Kills Lakshmana

Verse 1 (7.46.1)

यथा वदसि मे सूत एकस्य बहुभिः सह । सङ्ग्रामं तुमुलं घोरं जयं चैव महात्मनः ॥

yathā vadasi me sūta ekasya bahubhiḥ saha | saṅgrāmaṃ tumulaṃ ghoraṃ jayaṃ caiva mahātmanaḥ

As you tell me, Sanjaya, of that tumultuous and dreadful battle of one against many, and of the great-souled one's victory —

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: checked against the raw Wikisource page (a table, one row per verse, printed 5-46-1 to 5-46-28 — the page's "5-" is a typo for 7 — with speaker headings धृतराष्ट्र (verse 1) and सञ्जय (4), ending with its colophon naming this the 46th adhyaya of the Abhimanyuvadha Parva); page and input agree on all 28 verses. The adhyaya corresponds to the critical edition 7.45.1–26 (Wikisource 46 = CE 45). Three critical-edition verses that the automatic alignment left unmatched are there: 7.45.7 (verse 7), 7.45.12 (verse 12) and 7.45.17 (verse 17, with its last line 17e at the end of verse 19). Star passages of the critical edition on the page: 7.45.7d*0312_01 (verse 7, line 3) and 12d*0314_01 (verse 12, line 3). Not on the page: 3d*0308_01–07, 4*0309_01, 4d*0310_01, 6d*0311_01–02, 12d*0313_01–07, 15d*0315_01–10 and 17f*0316_01–03. Verses 18 and the first line of 19 appear in no part of the critical edition (vulgate only); the page prints them between quote marks. Speaker: verse 15 is Abhimanyu's speech (introduced in verse 14); the page prints no heading, so it is given to him.

Verse 2 (7.46.2)

अश्रद्धेयमिवाश्चर्यं सौभद्रस्याथ विक्रमम् । किन्तु नात्यद्भुतं तेषां येषां धर्मो व्यपाश्रयः ॥

aśraddheyamivāścaryaṃ saubhadrasyātha vikramam | kintu nātyadbhutaṃ teṣāṃ yeṣāṃ dharmo vyapāśrayaḥ

Saubhadra's prowess is a wonder that seems beyond belief. Yet it is not so very astonishing in those who have righteousness for their refuge.

Verse 3 (7.46.3)

दुर्योधने च विमुखे राजपुत्रशते हते । सौभद्रे प्रतिपत्तिं कां प्रत्यपद्यन्त मामकाः ॥

duryodhane ca vimukhe rājaputraśate hate | saubhadre pratipattiṃ kāṃ pratyapadyanta māmakāḥ

When Duryodhana had turned away and a hundred princes were slain, what course did my men take against Saubhadra?

Verse 4 (7.46.4)

संशुष्कास्याश्चलन्नेत्राः प्रस्विन्ना रोमहर्षणाः । पलायनकृतोत्साहा निरुत्साहा द्विषज्जये ॥

saṃśuṣkāsyāścalannetrāḥ prasvinnā romaharṣaṇāḥ | palāyanakṛtotsāhā nirutsāhā dviṣajjaye

With dry mouths, rolling eyes, sweating, their hair bristling, bent on flight and with no heart for victory over the foe,

Note on the text: Corrected पालयनकृतोत्साहा → पलायनकृतोत्साहा (misprint in Wikisource; पलायन "flight"; critical edition 7.45.4c पलायनकृतोत्साहा). Corrected द्विष़ज्जये → द्विषज्जये (misprint in Wikisource; a stray nukta (़) under ष; critical edition 7.45.4c द्विषज्जये).

Verse 5 (7.46.5)

हतान्भ्रातॄन्पितॄन्पुत्रान्सुहृत्सम्बन्धिबान्धवान् । उत्सृज्योत्सृज्य सञ्जग्मुस्त्वरयन्तो हयद्विपान् ॥

hatānbhrātṝnpitṝnputrānsuhṛtsambandhibāndhavān | utsṛjyotsṛjya sañjagmustvarayanto hayadvipān

abandoning again and again their slain brothers, fathers, sons, friends, relatives and kinsmen, they hurried off together, urging on their horses and elephants.

Verse 6 (7.46.6)

तान्प्रभग्नांस्तथा दृष्ट्वा द्रोणो द्रौणिर्बृहद्बलः । कृपो दुर्योधनः कर्णः कृतवर्माथ सौबलः ॥

tānprabhagnāṃstathā dṛṣṭvā droṇo drauṇirbṛhadbalaḥ | kṛpo duryodhanaḥ karṇaḥ kṛtavarmātha saubalaḥ

Seeing them so broken, Drona, Drauni, Brihadbala, Kripa, Duryodhana, Karna, Kritavarman and Saubala

Verse 7 (7.46.7)

अभ्यधावन्सुसङ्क्रुद्धाः सौभद्रमपराजितम् । ते तु पौत्रेण ते राजन्प्रायशो विमुखीकृताः । सौभद्रेण महाराज शक्रप्रतिमतेजसा ॥

abhyadhāvansusaṅkruddhāḥ saubhadramaparājitam | te tu pautreṇa te rājanprāyaśo vimukhīkṛtāḥ | saubhadreṇa mahārāja śakrapratimatejasā

rushed in great fury at the unconquered Saubhadra. But by your grandson, O king, they were for the most part turned back — by Saubhadra, O great king, who had the splendour of Shakra.

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment; lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 7.45.7 (abhidrutāḥ susaṃkruddhāḥ …, with the variant अभ्यधावन्), and line 3 is the star passage 7.45.7d*0312_01, which the page opens with a backtick and closes with a stray quote mark.

Verse 8 (7.46.8)

एकस्तु सुखसंवृद्धो बाल्याद्दर्पाच्च निर्भयः । इष्वस्त्रविन्महातेजा लक्ष्मणोऽर्जुनिमभ्ययात् ॥

ekastu sukhasaṃvṛddho bālyāddarpācca nirbhayaḥ | iṣvastravinmahātejā lakṣmaṇo'rjunimabhyayāt

But one, brought up in comfort, fearless from youth and pride, skilled in bow and weapons and of great splendour, Lakshmana, advanced against Arjuna's son.

Verse 9 (7.46.9)

तमन्वगेवास्य पिता पुत्रगृद्धी न्यवर्तत । अनुदुर्योधनं चान्ये न्यवर्तन्त महारथाः ॥

tamanvagevāsya pitā putragṛddhī nyavartata | anuduryodhanaṃ cānye nyavartanta mahārathāḥ

His father, eager for his son, turned back after him, and other great warriors turned back behind Duryodhana.

Verse 10 (7.46.10)

तं तेऽभिषिषिचुर्बाणैर्मेघा गिरिमिवाम्बुभिः । स तु तान्प्रममाथैको विष्वग्वातो यथाम्बुदान् ॥

taṃ te'bhiṣiṣicurbāṇairmeghā girimivāmbubhiḥ | sa tu tānpramamāthaiko viṣvagvāto yathāmbudān

They showered him with arrows, as clouds pour water on a mountain; but he alone crushed them, as the wind from every side scatters clouds.

Verse 11 (7.46.11)

पौत्रं तव च दुर्धर्षं लक्ष्मणं प्रियदर्शनम् । पितुः समीपे तिष्ठन्तं शूरमुद्यतकार्मुकम् ॥

pautraṃ tava ca durdharṣaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ priyadarśanam | pituḥ samīpe tiṣṭhantaṃ śūramudyatakārmukam

Your grandson Lakshmana, hard to withstand, lovely to look at, standing near his father with his bow raised —

Verse 12 (7.46.12)

अत्यन्तसुखसंवृद्धं धनेश्वरसुतोपमम् । आससाद रणे कार्ष्णिर्मत्तो मत्तमिव द्विपम् । सिंहशाबो वने शश्वत्पुण्डरीकशिशुं यथा ॥

atyantasukhasaṃvṛddhaṃ dhaneśvarasutopamam | āsasāda raṇe kārṣṇirmatto mattamiva dvipam | siṃhaśābo vane śaśvatpuṇḍarīkaśiśuṃ yathā

brought up in the utmost comfort, like the son of the Lord of Wealth — Arjuna's son attacked in battle, as one rutting elephant attacks another, as a lion's cub in the forest attacks the young of a great elephant.

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment; lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 7.45.12 and line 3 is the star passage 7.45.12d*0314_01 (critical edition reads यद्वत् for शश्वत्), which the page opens with a backtick and closes with a stray quote mark.

Verse 13 (7.46.13)

लक्ष्मणेन तु सङ्गम्य सौभद्रः परवीरहा । शरैः सुनिशितैस्तीक्ष्णैर्बाह्वोरुरसि चार्पयत् ॥

lakṣmaṇena tu saṅgamya saubhadraḥ paravīrahā | śaraiḥ suniśitaistīkṣṇairbāhvorurasi cārpayat

Meeting Lakshmana, Saubhadra, slayer of hostile heroes, struck him in the arms and chest with keen, sharp arrows.

Verse 14 (7.46.14)

सङ्क्रुद्धौ वै महाराज दण्डाहत इवोरगः । पौत्रस्तव महाराज तव पौत्रमभाषत ॥

saṅkruddhau vai mahārāja daṇḍāhata ivoragaḥ | pautrastava mahārāja tava pautramabhāṣata

Both enraged, O great king, like snakes struck with a staff, your grandson spoke to your grandson.

Verse 15 (7.46.15)

सुदृष्टः क्रियतां लोको ह्यमुं लोकं गमिष्यसि । पश्यतां बान्धवानां त्वां नयामि यमसादनम् ॥

sudṛṣṭaḥ kriyatāṃ loko hyamuṃ lokaṃ gamiṣyasi | paśyatāṃ bāndhavānāṃ tvāṃ nayāmi yamasādanam

"Take a good look at this world, for you are going to the other. Before the eyes of your kinsmen I shall take you to the abode of Yama."

Verse 16 (7.46.16)

एवमुक्त्वा ततो भल्लं सौभद्रः परवीरहा । उद्बबर्ह महाबाहुर्निर्मुक्तोरगसन्निभम् ॥

evamuktvā tato bhallaṃ saubhadraḥ paravīrahā | udbabarha mahābāhurnirmuktoragasannibham

Having spoken thus, Saubhadra, slayer of hostile heroes, the mighty-armed, drew out a broad-headed arrow that looked like a snake freed from its skin.

Verse 17 (7.46.17)

स तस्य भुजनिर्मुक्तो लक्ष्मणस्य सुदर्शनम् । सुनसं सुभ्रु केशान्तं शिरोऽहार्षीत्सकुण्डलम् ॥

sa tasya bhujanirmukto lakṣmaṇasya sudarśanam | sunasaṃ subhru keśāntaṃ śiro'hārṣītsakuṇḍalam

Loosed from his arm, it struck off the head of Lakshmana, with its handsome face, fine nose and brows and the hair around it, and with its earrings.

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment; lines 17a and 17c of the critical edition's three-line verse 7.45.17 (its third line 17e stands at the end of verse 19 on the page).

Verse 18 (7.46.18)

पौत्रस्तु तव दुर्धर्षं लक्ष्मणं प्रियदर्शनम् । पितुः समीपे तिष्ठन्तं प्राहिणोद्यमसादनम् ॥

pautrastu tava durdharṣaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ priyadarśanam | pituḥ samīpe tiṣṭhantaṃ prāhiṇodyamasādanam

Your grandson sent Lakshmana — hard to withstand, lovely to look at, standing near his father — to the abode of Yama,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The two lines echo 7.45.11 (पौत्रं तव ... तिष्ठन्तम्), with the new ending प्राहिणोद्यमसादनम्; the page opens the passage (which runs on into the next verse) with a backtick.

Verse 19 (7.46.19)

अत्यन्तसुखसंवृद्धं धनेश्वरसुतोपमम् । लक्ष्मणं निहतं दृष्ट्वा हाहेत्युच्चुक्रुशुर्जनाः ॥

atyantasukhasaṃvṛddhaṃ dhaneśvarasutopamam | lakṣmaṇaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā hāhetyuccukruśurjanāḥ

him who had been brought up in the utmost comfort, like the son of the Lord of Wealth. Seeing Lakshmana slain, the people cried "Alas!"

Note on the text: Corrected लक्ष्मणां → लक्ष्मणं (misprint in Wikisource; the accusative of लक्ष्मण is लक्ष्मणम्; critical edition 7.45.17e लक्ष्मणं). Line 1 is not in the critical edition (vulgate only; it repeats 7.45.12a, and the page closes the quotation with a stray quote mark after it); line 2 is 7.45.17e.

Verse 20 (7.46.20)

ततो दुर्योधनः क्रुद्धः प्रिये पुत्रे निपातिते । हतैनमिति चुक्रोश क्षत्रियान्क्षत्रियर्षभः ॥

tato duryodhanaḥ kruddhaḥ priye putre nipātite | hatainamiti cukrośa kṣatriyānkṣatriyarṣabhaḥ

Then Duryodhana, enraged at the fall of his beloved son, that bull among Kshatriyas, cried out to the Kshatriyas, "Kill him!"

Verse 21 (7.46.21)

ततो द्रोणः कृपः कर्णो द्रोणपुत्रो बृहद्बलः । कृतवर्मा च हार्दिक्यः षड्रथाः पर्यवारयन् ॥

tato droṇaḥ kṛpaḥ karṇo droṇaputro bṛhadbalaḥ | kṛtavarmā ca hārdikyaḥ ṣaḍrathāḥ paryavārayan

Then six chariot-warriors — Drona, Kripa, Karna, Drona's son, Brihadbala and Kritavarman of the Hardikya line — surrounded him.

Verse 22 (7.46.22)

तांस्तु विद्ध्वा शितैर्बाणैर्विमुखीकृत्य चार्जुनिः । वेगेनाभ्यपतत्क्रुद्धः सैन्धवस्य महद्बलम् ॥

tāṃstu viddhvā śitairbāṇairvimukhīkṛtya cārjuniḥ | vegenābhyapatatkruddhaḥ saindhavasya mahadbalam

But Arjuni, piercing them with sharp arrows and turning them back, swept furiously on the great army of the Saindhava.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्धा → विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; विद्ध्वा, the absolutive of व्यध्; critical edition 7.45.20a विद्ध्वा).

Verse 23 (7.46.23)

आवव्रुस्तस्य पन्थानं गजानीकेन दंशिताः । कलिङ्गाश्च निषादाश्च क्राथपुत्रश्च वीर्यवान् । तत्प्रसक्तमिवात्यर्थं युद्धमासीद्विशाम्पते ॥

āvavrustasya panthānaṃ gajānīkena daṃśitāḥ | kaliṅgāśca niṣādāśca krāthaputraśca vīryavān | tatprasaktamivātyarthaṃ yuddhamāsīdviśāmpate

Armoured elephant divisions blocked his path — the Kalingas, the Nishadas, and the valiant son of Kratha — and the fight grew extremely fierce, O lord of the people.

Verse 24 (7.46.24)

ततस्तत्कुञ्जरानीकं व्यधमद्धृष्टमार्जुनिः । यथा वायुर्नित्यगतिर्जलदाञ्शतशोऽम्बरे ॥

tatastatkuñjarānīkaṃ vyadhamaddhṛṣṭamārjuniḥ | yathā vāyurnityagatirjaladāñśataśo'mbare

Then Arjuni shattered that proud elephant host, as the ever-moving wind scatters hundreds of clouds in the sky.

Verse 25 (7.46.25)

ततः क्रुद्धाः शरव्रातै राजानः समवारयन् । अथेतरे सन्निवृत्ताः पुनर्द्रोणमुखा रथाः । परमास्त्राणि धुन्वानाः सौभद्रमभिदुद्रुवुः ॥

tataḥ kruddhāḥ śaravrātai rājānaḥ samavārayan | athetare sannivṛttāḥ punardroṇamukhā rathāḥ | paramāstrāṇi dhunvānāḥ saubhadramabhidudruvuḥ

Then the enraged kings encircled him with volleys of arrows; and the other chariot-warriors, headed by Drona, turned back again and, brandishing their supreme weapons, rushed upon Saubhadra.

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from the critical edition (7.45.23a: tataḥ krāthaḥ śaravrātair ārjuniṃ samavākirat); lines 2–3 are 7.45.23c and 23e.

Verse 26 (7.46.26)

तान्निवार्यार्जुनिर्बाणैः क्राथपुत्रमयोधयत् । शरौघेणाप्रमेयेण त्वरमाणो जिघांसया ॥

tānnivāryārjunirbāṇaiḥ krāthaputramayodhayat | śaraugheṇāprameyeṇa tvaramāṇo jighāṃsayā

Holding them off with his arrows, Arjuni attacked the son of Kratha with an immeasurable flood of arrows, hastening, eager to kill him.

Note on the text: Corrected जिघौसया → जिघांसया (misprint in Wikisource; जिघांसया "from the wish to kill"; critical edition 7.45.24c जिघांसया).

Verse 27 (7.46.27)

सधनुर्बाणकेयूरौ बाहू समुकुटं शिरः । सच्छत्रध्वजयन्तारं रथं चाश्वान्न्यपातयत् ॥

sadhanurbāṇakeyūrau bāhū samukuṭaṃ śiraḥ | sacchatradhvajayantāraṃ rathaṃ cāśvānnyapātayat

He felled his two arms with their bow, arrows and armlets, his head with its crown, his chariot with its umbrella, banner and charioteer, and his horses.

Verse 28 (7.46.28)

कुलशीलश्रुतिबलैः कीर्त्या चास्त्रबलेन च । युक्ते तस्मिन्हते वीराः प्रायशो विमुखाऽभवन् ॥

kulaśīlaśrutibalaiḥ kīrtyā cāstrabalena ca | yukte tasminhate vīrāḥ prāyaśo vimukhā'bhavan

When he, endowed with family, character, learning and strength, with fame and the power of weapons, was slain, the heroes mostly turned away.