Yudhishthira Laments Abhimanyu

Verse 1 (7.51.1)

हते तस्मिन्महावीर्ये सौभद्रे रथयूथपे । विमुक्तरथसन्नाहाः सर्वे निक्षिप्तकार्मुकाः ॥

hate tasminmahāvīrye saubhadre rathayūthape | vimuktarathasannāhāḥ sarve nikṣiptakārmukāḥ

When Saubhadra, the mighty leader of a band of chariot-warriors, had been slain, they all put off their armour and laid their bows aside,

Verse 2 (7.51.2)

उपोपविष्टा राजानं परिवार्य युधिष्ठिरम् । तदेव युद्धं ध्यायन्तः सौभद्रगतमानसाः ॥

upopaviṣṭā rājānaṃ parivārya yudhiṣṭhiram | tadeva yuddhaṃ dhyāyantaḥ saubhadragatamānasāḥ

and sat around King Yudhishthira, encircling him, brooding on that very battle, their minds fixed on Subhadra's son.

Verse 3 (7.51.3)

ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा विललाप सुदुःखितः । अभिमन्यौ हते वीरे भ्रातुः पुत्रे महारथे ॥

tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā vilalāpa suduḥkhitaḥ | abhimanyau hate vīre bhrātuḥ putre mahārathe

Then King Yudhishthira, deeply afflicted, began to lament over Abhimanyu, his brother's son, the brave great chariot-warrior, who had been slain.

Note on the text: Rebuilt from the raw page. The input's verse 3 printed the first line twice (the page row 5-51-3 repeats "ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा विललाप सुदुःखितः" in place of the second line) and the true second line, "अभिमन्यौ हते वीरे भ्रातुः पुत्रे महारथे" (page row 5-51-4a, which the input made a separate verse 4), is restored here to its place, as in the critical edition 7.49.3. Input verses 3 and 4 are thus merged into this one verse.

Verse 4 (7.51.4)

एनं जित्वा कृपं शल्यं राजानं च सुयोधनम् । द्रोणं द्रौणिं महेष्वासं तथैवान्यान्महारथान् ॥

enaṃ jitvā kṛpaṃ śalyaṃ rājānaṃ ca suyodhanam | droṇaṃ drauṇiṃ maheṣvāsaṃ tathaivānyānmahārathān

Having overcome this one, and Kripa, Shalya, King Suyodhana, Drona, the great archer Drauni, and the other great chariot-warriors as well,

Note on the text: Corrected द्रोँणं → द्रोणं (misprint in Wikisource; a stray candrabindu). Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.49.3d*0338_01–02 (placed after 7.49.3, with the speaker heading *0338_00 "yudhiṣṭhiraḥ"). The first words differ: the critical edition's star reads "eṣa karṇaṃ kṛpaṃ śalyaṃ" ("this one, Karna, Kripa, Shalya") where Wikisource has एनं जित्वा कृपं शल्यं; Wikisource's reading is kept as a recension variant. The page prints the number 4 twice (this row and the preceding one).

Verse 5 (7.51.5)

द्रोणानीकमसम्बाधं मम प्रियचिकीर्षया । हत्वा शत्रुगणान्वीरानेष शेते महारथः ॥

droṇānīkamasambādhaṃ mama priyacikīrṣayā | hatvā śatrugaṇānvīrāneṣa śete mahārathaḥ

Having, out of a wish to please me, gone unhindered into Drona's army and slain hosts of heroic foes, this great chariot-warrior lies here —

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki quote mark (backtick). Line 1 = CE 7.49.4a; line 2 = CE star passage 7.49.4b*0339_01 (the critical edition reads "vīra eṣa śete nipātitaḥ" at the end).

Verse 6 (7.51.6)

कृतास्त्रयुद्धकुशलान्महेष्वासान्महाबलान् । कुलशीलगुणैर्युक्ताञ्छूरान्विख्यातपौरुषान् ॥

kṛtāstrayuddhakuśalānmaheṣvāsānmahābalān | kulaśīlaguṇairyuktāñchūrānvikhyātapauruṣān

men trained in weapons and skilled in war, great archers of great strength, heroes of noble birth, good conduct and virtue, famed for their manliness —

Note on the text: Corrected कृतास्त्रयु द्धकुशलान् → कृतास्त्रयुद्धकुशलान् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray space inside the word), and कुलशः पूणैर्युक्ता → कुलशीलगुणैर्युक्ता (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition's star passage reads "kulaśīlaguṇair yuktāñ"). Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as star passage 7.49.4b*0339_02–03.

Verse 7 (7.51.7)

द्रोणेन विहितं व्यूहमभेद्यममरैरपि । अदृष्टपूर्वमस्माभिः पद्मं चक्रायुधप्रियः ॥

droṇena vihitaṃ vyūhamabhedyamamarairapi | adṛṣṭapūrvamasmābhiḥ padmaṃ cakrāyudhapriyaḥ

and the array Drona had drawn up, which not even the immortals could break, the lotus never seen by us before — he, the beloved of the discus-wielder,

Note on the text: Corrected द्रोणेन र्प्राहेतं → द्रोणेन विहितं (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition's star passage reads "droṇena vihitaṃ"). Removed the stray wiki quote mark (apostrophe). Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as star passage 7.49.4b*0339_04–05.

Verse 8 (7.51.8)

भित्त्वा मध्यं प्रविष्टोऽसौ गोमध्यमिव केसरी । विक्रीडितं रणे तेन निघ्नता वै परान्वरान् ॥

bhittvā madhyaṃ praviṣṭo'sau gomadhyamiva kesarī | vikrīḍitaṃ raṇe tena nighnatā vai parānvarān

broke through the centre and entered, like a lion into a herd of cattle. In that battle he played with sport, striking down the best of the enemy.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Line 1 = CE 7.49.4c; line 2 = CE star passage 7.49.4d*0340_01 (the critical edition reads "cikrīḍitaṃ" for विक्रीडितं).

Verse 9 (7.51.9)

यस्य शूरा महेष्वासाः प्रत्यनीकगता रणे । प्रभग्ना विनिवर्तन्ते कृतास्त्रा युद्धदुर्मदाः ॥

yasya śūrā maheṣvāsāḥ pratyanīkagatā raṇe | prabhagnā vinivartante kṛtāstrā yuddhadurmadāḥ

Before him, the heroic great archers of the opposing army, trained in arms and wild in battle, broke and turned back in the fight.

Verse 10 (7.51.10)

अत्यन्तशत्रुरस्माकं येन दुःशासनः शरैः । क्षिप्रं ह्यभिमुखः सङ्ख्ये विसंज्ञो विमुखीकृतः ॥

atyantaśatrurasmākaṃ yena duḥśāsanaḥ śaraiḥ | kṣipraṃ hyabhimukhaḥ saṅkhye visaṃjño vimukhīkṛtaḥ

It was he who with his arrows quickly made Duhshasana, our constant enemy, lose his senses and turn his face away, though that prince had faced him in the fight.

Verse 11 (7.51.11)

स तीर्त्वा दुस्तरं वीरो द्रोणानीकमहार्णवम् । प्राप्य दौःशासनिं कार्ष्णिः प्राप्तो वैवस्वतक्षयम् ॥

sa tīrtvā dustaraṃ vīro droṇānīkamahārṇavam | prāpya dauḥśāsaniṃ kārṣṇiḥ prāpto vaivasvatakṣayam

That hero, Arjuna's son, having crossed Drona's army, that hard-to-cross great ocean, met Duhshasana's son and went to the abode of Yama, son of Vivasvat.

Verse 12 (7.51.12)

कथं द्रक्ष्यामि कौन्तेयं सौभद्रे निहतेऽर्जुनम् । सुभद्रां वा महाभागां प्रियं पुत्रमपश्यतीम् ॥

kathaṃ drakṣyāmi kaunteyaṃ saubhadre nihate'rjunam | subhadrāṃ vā mahābhāgāṃ priyaṃ putramapaśyatīm

Now that Saubhadra is slain, how shall I look upon Arjuna, son of Kunti? Or upon the illustrious Subhadra, who will no longer see her dear son —

Verse 13 (7.51.13)

हतवत्सां यथा धेनुं तद्दर्शनकृतोन्मुखीम् । किंस्विद्वक्ष्याम्यपेतार्थमक्लिष्टमसमञ्जसम् । तावुभौ प्रतिवक्ष्यामि हृषीकेशधनञ्जयौ ॥

hatavatsāṃ yathā dhenuṃ taddarśanakṛtonmukhīm | kiṃsvidvakṣyāmyapetārthamakliṣṭamasamañjasam | tāvubhau prativakṣyāmi hṛṣīkeśadhanañjayau

like a cow whose calf has been killed, her face lifted up in longing to see it? What can I say — pointless, untroubled and unfitting? What answer shall I give to those two, Hrishikesha and Dhananjaya?

Note on the text: Corrected तद्दृर्शन → तद्दर्शन (misprint in Wikisource; a stray vowel sign ृ, the critical edition reads "taddarśana"). Removed the stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 7.49.8d*0342_01 (placed after 7.49.8); lines 2–3 correspond to CE 7.49.9a and 9c, with variants (किंस्विद्वक्ष्याम्यपेतार्थमक्लिष्टम् for "kiṃ svid vayam apetārtham aśliṣṭam", प्रतिवक्ष्यामि for "prativakṣyāmo"). The three lines are one verse on the page (rows 5-51-13a–c).

Verse 14 (7.51.14)

अहमेव सुभद्रायाः केशवार्जुनयोरपि । प्रियकामो जयाकाङ्क्षी कृतवानिदमप्रियम् ॥

ahameva subhadrāyāḥ keśavārjunayorapi | priyakāmo jayākāṅkṣī kṛtavānidamapriyam

It was I alone who did this unwelcome thing to Subhadra and to Keshava and Arjuna, wishing to please them and longing for victory.

Verse 15 (7.51.15)

न लुब्धो बुध्यते दोषाँल्लोभान्मोहात्प्रवर्तते । मधुलिप्सुर्हि नापश्यं प्रपातमहमीदृशम् ॥

na lubdho budhyate doṣām̐llobhānmohātpravartate | madhulipsurhi nāpaśyaṃ prapātamahamīdṛśam

A greedy man does not see the faults; he acts out of greed and delusion. Longing for the honey, I did not see so terrible a precipice.

Verse 16 (7.51.16)

यो हि भोज्ये पुरस्कार्यो यानेषु शयनेषु च । भूषणेषु च सोऽस्माभिर्बालो युधि पुरस्कृतः ॥

yo hi bhojye puraskāryo yāneṣu śayaneṣu ca | bhūṣaṇeṣu ca so'smābhirbālo yudhi puraskṛtaḥ

The one who should be put first at meals, in carriages, on beds and in ornaments, that boy we put in front in battle.

Verse 17 (7.51.17)

कथं हि बालस्तरुणो युद्धानामविशारदः । सदश्व इव सम्बाधे विषमे क्षेममर्हति ॥

kathaṃ hi bālastaruṇo yuddhānāmaviśāradaḥ | sadaśva iva sambādhe viṣame kṣemamarhati

How can a boy, a mere youth, unskilled in the ways of war, come safely through a cramped and treacherous place as a good horse might?

Verse 18 (7.51.18)

नो चेद्धि वयमप्येनं महीमनुशयीमहि । बीभत्सोः कोपदीप्तस्य दग्धाः कृपणचक्षुषा ॥

no ceddhi vayamapyenaṃ mahīmanuśayīmahi | bībhatsoḥ kopadīptasya dagdhāḥ kṛpaṇacakṣuṣā

If we do not lie down on the earth after him as well, we shall be burnt by the sorrowful gaze of Bibhatsu, ablaze with wrath.

Verse 19 (7.51.19)

अलुब्धो मितमान्हीमान्क्षमावान्रूपवान्बली । वपुष्मान्मानकृद्वीरः प्रियः सत्यपराक्रमः ॥

alubdho mitamānhīmānkṣamāvānrūpavānbalī | vapuṣmānmānakṛdvīraḥ priyaḥ satyaparākramaḥ

He is free from greed, measured, modest, forbearing, handsome, strong, graceful of form, an honourer of others, a hero, dear to all, true in his valour —

Verse 20 (7.51.20)

यस्य श्लाघन्ति विबुधाः कर्माण्यूर्जितकर्मणः । निवातकवचाञ्जघ्ने कालकेयांश्च वीर्यवान् ॥

yasya ślāghanti vibudhāḥ karmāṇyūrjitakarmaṇaḥ | nivātakavacāñjaghne kālakeyāṃśca vīryavān

he whose deeds the gods praise, a doer of mighty deeds, the powerful one who slew the Nivatakavachas and the Kalakeyas,

Verse 21 (7.51.21)

महेन्द्रशत्रवो येन हिरण्यपुरवासिनः । अक्ष्णोर्निमेषमात्रेण पौलोभाः सगणा हताः ॥

mahendraśatravo yena hiraṇyapuravāsinaḥ | akṣṇornimeṣamātreṇa paulobhāḥ sagaṇā hatāḥ

he by whom, in the mere blink of an eye, the Paulomas of Hiranyapura, enemies of Mahendra, were slain together with their hosts —

Verse 22 (7.51.22)

परेभ्योऽप्यभयार्थिभ्यो यो ददात्यभयं विभुः । तस्यास्माभिर्न शकितस्त्रातुमप्यात्मजो बली ॥

parebhyo'pyabhayārthibhyo yo dadātyabhayaṃ vibhuḥ | tasyāsmābhirna śakitastrātumapyātmajo balī

that powerful lord who grants fearlessness even to enemies seeking refuge — his own mighty son we were not able even to protect.

Verse 23 (7.51.23)

भयं तु सुमहत्प्राप्तं धार्तराष्ट्रान्महाबलान् । पार्थः पुत्रवधात्क्रुद्धः कौरवाञ्शोषयिष्यति ॥

bhayaṃ tu sumahatprāptaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrānmahābalān | pārthaḥ putravadhātkruddhaḥ kauravāñśoṣayiṣyati

A very great danger has now come upon the mighty sons of Dhritarashtra: Partha, enraged at the killing of his son, will wither the Kauravas.

Verse 24 (7.51.24)

क्षुद्रः क्षुद्रसहायश्च स्वपक्षक्षयकारकः । व्यक्तं दुर्योधनो दृष्ट्वा शोचन्हास्यति जीवितं ॥

kṣudraḥ kṣudrasahāyaśca svapakṣakṣayakārakaḥ | vyaktaṃ duryodhano dṛṣṭvā śocanhāsyati jīvitaṃ

Petty, with petty helpers, a destroyer of his own side — surely Duryodhana, seeing it, will grieve and give up his life.

Verse 25 (7.51.25)

न मे जयः प्रीतिकरो न राज्यं । न चामरत्वं न सुरैः सलोकता । इमं समीक्ष्याप्रतिवीर्यपौरुषं । निपातितं देववरात्मजात्मजम् ॥

na me jayaḥ prītikaro na rājyaṃ | na cāmaratvaṃ na suraiḥ salokatā | imaṃ samīkṣyāprativīryapauruṣaṃ | nipātitaṃ devavarātmajātmajam

Neither victory gives me joy, nor kingship, nor immortality, nor a place in the world of the gods, when I look upon this boy of matchless valour and manliness, the son of the son of the best of gods, struck down.

Note on the text: Four lines on the page (rows 5-51-25a–d), as in the critical edition's 7.49.21, a single four-quarter verse. In the critical edition this verse is followed by Appendix I No. 8 (7.49.21d@008), which is the text of the next two Wikisource adhyayas (52 and 53); it is not part of this page.