Arjuna's Vow to Slay Jayadratha

Verse 1 (7.73.1)

त्वयि याते महाबाहो संशप्तकबलं प्रति । प्रयत्नमकरोत्तीव्रमाचार्यो ग्रहणे मम ॥

tvayi yāte mahābāho saṃśaptakabalaṃ prati | prayatnamakarottīvramācāryo grahaṇe mama

O mighty-armed one, when you had gone off toward the host of the Samshaptakas, the Teacher made a fierce effort to take me captive.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रहणे → ग्रहणे (misprint in Wikisource; प for ग, the critical edition reads grahaṇe).

Verse 2 (7.73.2)

व्यूढानीकं ततो द्रोणं यतमानं महामृधे । प्रतिव्यूह्य सहानीकाः प्रत्यरुध्म वयं बलात् ॥

vyūḍhānīkaṃ tato droṇaṃ yatamānaṃ mahāmṛdhe | prativyūhya sahānīkāḥ pratyarudhma vayaṃ balāt

Then, as Drona strove in that great battle with his army drawn up in array, we, with our own troops, drew up a counter-array and by force held him back.

Note on the text: Recension variant of CE 7.51.2, whose two lines are worded differently there ("vyāḍhānīkaṃ vayaṃ droṇaṃ varayāmaḥ sma sarvaśaḥ / prativyūhya rathānīkaṃ yatamānaṃ tathā raṇe"); Wikisource's reading is kept.

Verse 3 (7.73.3)

स वार्यमाणो रथिभिर्मयि चापि सुरक्षिते । अस्मानभिजगामाशु पीडयन्निशितैः शरैः ॥

sa vāryamāṇo rathibhirmayi cāpi surakṣite | asmānabhijagāmāśu pīḍayanniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Though the chariot-fighters held him back, and though I too was well guarded, he swiftly came at us, tormenting us with sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Recension variant of CE 7.51.3: the second half of line 1 and the first half of line 2 are worded differently there ("rathibhī rakṣitena mayā tathā / asmān api jaghānāśu"); Wikisource's reading is kept.

Verse 4 (7.73.4)

ते पीड्यमाना द्रोणेन द्रोणानीकं न शक्नुमः । प्रतिवीक्षितुमप्याजौ भेत्तुं तत्कुत एव तु ॥

te pīḍyamānā droṇena droṇānīkaṃ na śaknumaḥ | prativīkṣitumapyājau bhettuṃ tatkuta eva tu

Pressed hard by Drona, we could not even look at his army in the fight — how then could we break it?

Verse 5 (7.73.5)

ततस्तमप्रतिरथमहं सौभद्रमब्रवम् । द्रोणानीकमिदं भिन्द्धि द्वारं सञ्जनयस्व नः ॥

tatastamapratirathamahaṃ saubhadramabravam | droṇānīkamidaṃ bhinddhi dvāraṃ sañjanayasva naḥ

Then I said to Saubhadra, who had no equal among chariot-fighters: "Break this army of Drona's, and make a gateway for us."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.51.5d*0355_01–02. The main text has a differently worded verse, 7.51.5 ("vayaṃ tv apratimaṃ vīrye sarve saubhadram ātmajam / uktavantaḥ sma te tāta bhindhy anīkam iti prabho").

Verse 6 (7.73.6)

स तथा चोदितोऽस्माभिः सदश्व इव वीर्यवान् । असह्यमपि तं भारं वोढुमेवोपचक्रमे ॥

sa tathā codito'smābhiḥ sadaśva iva vīryavān | asahyamapi taṃ bhāraṃ voḍhumevopacakrame

Urged on by us in this way, that valiant youth, like a good horse, set himself to bear even a burden that could not be borne.

Verse 7 (7.73.7)

स तवास्त्रोपदेशेन वीर्येण च समन्वितः । प्राविशत्तद्बलं बालः सुपर्ण इव सागरम् ॥

sa tavāstropadeśena vīryeṇa ca samanvitaḥ | prāviśattadbalaṃ bālaḥ suparṇa iva sāgaram

Equipped with the instruction in weapons that you gave him, and with his own prowess, the boy plunged into that host as Suparna plunges into the sea.

Verse 8 (7.73.8)

तेऽनुयाता वयं वीरं सात्वतीपुत्रमाहवे । प्रवेष्टुकामास्तेनैव येन स प्राविशच्चमूम् ॥

te'nuyātā vayaṃ vīraṃ sātvatīputramāhave | praveṣṭukāmāstenaiva yena sa prāviśaccamūm

We followed that hero, the son of the Satvata lady, into the battle, wishing to enter by the very path by which he had entered the host.

Verse 9 (7.73.9)

ततः सैन्धवको राजा क्षुद्रस्तात जयद्रथः । वरदानेन रुद्रस्य सर्वान्नः समवारयत् ॥

tataḥ saindhavako rājā kṣudrastāta jayadrathaḥ | varadānena rudrasya sarvānnaḥ samavārayat

Then, my dear, the wretched king of the Sindhus, Jayadratha, by Rudra's boon, held all of us back.

Verse 10 (7.73.10)

ततो द्रोणः कृपः कर्णो द्रौणिः कौसल्य एव च । कृतवर्मा च सौभद्रं षड्रथाः पर्यवारयन् ॥

tato droṇaḥ kṛpaḥ karṇo drauṇiḥ kausalya eva ca | kṛtavarmā ca saubhadraṃ ṣaḍrathāḥ paryavārayan

Then Drona, Kripa, Karna, Drona's son, the king of Kosala and Kritavarman — six chariot-warriors — surrounded Saubhadra.

Note on the text: Line 1 ends कौसल्य एव च (the king of Kosala, Brihadbala), where the critical edition has "sa bṛhadbalaḥ"; Wikisource's reading is kept.

Verse 11 (7.73.11)

परिवार्य तु तैः सर्वैर्युधि बालो महारथैः । यतमानः परं शक्त्या बहुभिर्विरथीकृतः ॥

parivārya tu taiḥ sarvairyudhi bālo mahārathaiḥ | yatamānaḥ paraṃ śaktyā bahubhirvirathīkṛtaḥ

Surrounded in battle by all those great chariot-warriors, the boy strove with all his strength, but the many robbed him of his chariot.

Verse 12 (7.73.12)

ततो दौःशासनिः क्षिप्रं तथा तैर्विरथीकृतम् । संशयं परमं प्राप्तं पदातिनमवस्थितम् । गदाहस्तोऽभ्ययात्तूर्णं जिघांसुरपराजितम् ॥

tato dauḥśāsaniḥ kṣipraṃ tathā tairvirathīkṛtam | saṃśayaṃ paramaṃ prāptaṃ padātinamavasthitam | gadāhasto'bhyayāttūrṇaṃ jighāṃsuraparājitam

Then Duhshasana's son, club in hand, swiftly came at the unconquered boy — whom they had thus robbed of his chariot, and who now stood on foot in the gravest danger — eager to kill him.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki quote marks (backtick). Line 1 is CE 7.51.12a. Line 2 corresponds to 12c, worded differently there ("saṃśayaṃ paramaṃ prāpya diṣṭāntenābhyayojayat"); Wikisource's reading is kept as a recension variant. Line 3 is the critical edition's star passage 7.51.12d*0356_01.

Verse 13 (7.73.13)

गदिनं त्वथ तं दृष्ट्वा वासवस्यात्मजात्मजः । स जग्राह गदां वीरो गदायुद्धविशारदः ॥

gadinaṃ tvatha taṃ dṛṣṭvā vāsavasyātmajātmajaḥ | sa jagrāha gadāṃ vīro gadāyuddhaviśāradaḥ

But when Indra's grandson saw him with a club in his hand, that hero, skilled in club-fighting, took up a club himself.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines are star passage 7.51.12d*0356_02–03.

Verse 14 (7.73.14)

गदामण्डलमार्गस्थौ सर्वक्षत्रस्य पश्यतः । तौ सम्प्रजग्मतुर्वीरावन्योन्यस्यान्तरैषणौ ॥

gadāmaṇḍalamārgasthau sarvakṣatrasya paśyataḥ | tau samprajagmaturvīrāvanyonyasyāntaraiṣaṇau

Taking their places on the circling paths of club-fighting, in full view of all the kshatriyas, those two heroes closed with each other, each looking for an opening.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines are star passage 7.51.12d*0356_04–05.

Verse 15 (7.73.15)

तावन्योन्यं गदाग्राभ्यां ताडितौ युद्धदुर्मदौ । इन्द्रध्वजाविवोत्सृष्टौ गतसत्वौ महींगतौ ॥

tāvanyonyaṃ gadāgrābhyāṃ tāḍitau yuddhadurmadau | indradhvajāvivotsṛṣṭau gatasatvau mahīṃgatau

Struck by each other with the tips of their clubs, the two, drunk with the fury of battle, fell to the ground with their strength gone, like two Indra-banners thrown down.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines are star passage 7.51.12d*0356_06–07.

Verse 16 (7.73.16)

दौःशासनिरथोत्थाय कुरूणां कीर्तिवर्धनः । उत्तिष्ठमानं सौभद्रं गदया मूर्ध्न्यताडयत् ॥

dauḥśāsanirathotthāya kurūṇāṃ kīrtivardhanaḥ | uttiṣṭhamānaṃ saubhadraṃ gadayā mūrdhnyatāḍayat

Then Duhshasana's son, the increaser of the Kurus' fame, rose up and struck Saubhadra, who was getting to his feet, on the head with his club.

Note on the text: Not at this place in the critical edition; the same lines occur in its account of Abhimanyu's fall at 7.48.12a and 12c (line 2 there reads "prottiṣṭhamānaṃ" for उत्तिष्ठमानं).

Verse 17 (7.73.17)

गदावेगेन महता व्यायामेन च मोहितः । विमना न्यपतद्भूमौ सौभद्रः परवीरहा ॥

gadāvegena mahatā vyāyāmena ca mohitaḥ | vimanā nyapatadbhūmau saubhadraḥ paravīrahā

Dazed by the great force of the club and by the strain, Saubhadra, slayer of enemy heroes, lost his strength and fell to the ground.

Note on the text: Not at this place in the critical edition; the lines occur in its account of Abhimanyu's fall at 7.48.13a and 13c (line 2 there reads "vicetā" for विमना).

Verse 18 (7.73.18)

स तु हत्वा सहस्राणि द्विपाश्वरथपत्तिनाम् । राजपुत्रशतं चाग्र्यं वीरांश्चालक्षितान्बहून् ॥

sa tu hatvā sahasrāṇi dvipāśvarathapattinām | rājaputraśataṃ cāgryaṃ vīrāṃścālakṣitānbahūn

But before that he had killed thousands of elephants, horses, chariots and foot-soldiers, a hundred leading princes, and many heroes whom no one had marked.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki quote marks (apostrophe). Lines 1 and 2 are CE 7.51.13a and 13c; line 1 ends पत्तिनाम् where the critical edition has "sādinām" (variant).

Verse 19 (7.73.19)

बृहद्बलं च राजानं स्वर्गेण समयोजयत् । गतः सुकृतिनां लोकान्ये च स्वर्गजितां शुभाः ॥

bṛhadbalaṃ ca rājānaṃ svargeṇa samayojayat | gataḥ sukṛtināṃ lokānye ca svargajitāṃ śubhāḥ

He sent King Brihadbala to heaven, and he himself has gone to the worlds of the virtuous, the bright worlds of those who win heaven —

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki quote marks (backtick). Line 1 corresponds to CE 7.51.14a (ending समयोजयत् where the critical edition has "prayojya ha"); line 2 is the critical edition's star passage 7.51.14b*0359_01.

Verse 20 (7.73.20)

अदीनस्त्रासयञ्छत्रून्नन्दयित्वा च बान्धवान् । असकृन्नाम विश्राव्य पितॄणां मातुलस्य च ॥

adīnastrāsayañchatrūnnandayitvā ca bāndhavān | asakṛnnāma viśrāvya pitṝṇāṃ mātulasya ca

unafraid, he terrified his enemies and delighted his kinsmen, proclaiming again and again his name and the names of his fathers and of his mother's brother —

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki quote marks (apostrophe). Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines are star passage 7.51.14b*0359_02–03.

Verse 21 (7.73.21)

वीरो दिष्टान्तमापन्नः शोचयन्बान्धवान्बहून् । ततः स्म शोकसन्तप्ता भवताऽद्य समेयुषः ॥

vīro diṣṭāntamāpannaḥ śocayanbāndhavānbahūn | tataḥ sma śokasantaptā bhavatā'dya sameyuṣaḥ

that hero met his appointed end, leaving many kinsmen to mourn. And so, burning with grief, we have come together before you today.

Note on the text: Corrected वान्धवान् → बान्धवान् (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब, the critical edition reads bāndhavān). Removed the stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Not in the critical edition's main text; line 1 is star passage 7.51.14d*0360_01 and line 2 is 7.51.14d*0361_01. The critical edition's main-text line 7.51.14c ("tataḥ paramadharmātmā diṣṭāntam upajagmivān") has no counterpart here.

Verse 22 (7.73.22)

एतावदेव निर्वृत्तमस्माकं शोकवर्धनम् । स चैवं पुरुषव्याघ्रः स्वर्गलोकमवाप्तवान् ॥

etāvadeva nirvṛttamasmākaṃ śokavardhanam | sa caivaṃ puruṣavyāghraḥ svargalokamavāptavān

This is all that has happened — the thing that adds to our grief. And so that tiger among men has reached the world of heaven.

Verse 23 (7.73.23)

ततोऽर्जुनो वचः श्रुत्वा धर्मराजेन भाषितम् । हा पुत्र इति निःश्वस्य व्यथितो न्यपतद्भुवि ॥

tato'rjuno vacaḥ śrutvā dharmarājena bhāṣitam | hā putra iti niḥśvasya vyathito nyapatadbhuvi

Then Arjuna, hearing the words spoken by the king of dharma, sighed "Alas, my son!" and in anguish fell to the ground.

Verse 24 (7.73.24)

विषण्णवदनाः सर्वे परिवार्य धनञ्जयम् । नेत्रैरनिमिषैर्दीनाः प्रत्यवैक्षन्परस्परम् ॥

viṣaṇṇavadanāḥ sarve parivārya dhanañjayam | netrairanimiṣairdīnāḥ pratyavaikṣanparasparam

With sorrowful faces, all of them gathered around Dhananjaya and, dejected, looked at one another with unblinking eyes.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads परिवार्य where the critical edition has "parigṛhya" (variant).

Verse 25 (7.73.25)

प्रतिलभ्य ततः संज्ञां वासविः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः । कम्पमानो ज्वरेणेव निःश्वसंश्च मुहुर्मुहुः ॥

pratilabhya tataḥ saṃjñāṃ vāsaviḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ | kampamāno jvareṇeva niḥśvasaṃśca muhurmuhuḥ

Then Vasava's son regained consciousness, his mind overcome with rage, trembling as if with fever and sighing again and again,

Verse 26 (7.73.26)

पाणिं पाणौ विनिष्पिष्य दन्तान्कटकटाय्य च । त्रिशिखां भ्रुकुटीं कृत्वा क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः । उन्मत्त इव विप्रेक्षन्निदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

pāṇiṃ pāṇau viniṣpiṣya dantānkaṭakaṭāyya ca | triśikhāṃ bhrukuṭīṃ kṛtvā krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ | unmatta iva viprekṣannidaṃ vacanamabravīt

rubbing palm against palm, grinding his teeth, knitting his brows into three furrows, his eyes red with rage, and looking about like a madman, he spoke these words:

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Line 1 is a recension variant of CE 7.51.19a ("pāṇiṃ pāṇau viniṣpiṣya śvasamāno 'śrunetravān"); line 2 is the critical edition's star passage 7.51.19b*0363_01; line 3 is CE 7.51.19c.

Verse 27 (7.73.27)

सत्यं वः प्रतिजानामि श्वोऽस्मि हन्ता जयद्रथम् । न चेद्वधभयाद्भीतो धार्तराष्ट्रान्प्रहास्यति ॥

satyaṃ vaḥ pratijānāmi śvo'smi hantā jayadratham | na cedvadhabhayādbhīto dhārtarāṣṭrānprahāsyati

I tell you truly: tomorrow I shall kill Jayadratha — unless, from fear of being killed, he abandons the sons of Dhritarashtra,

Note on the text: Corrected हन्ताऽजयद्रथम् → हन्ता जयद्रथम् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray avagraha and missing space make "ajayadratha", the critical edition and the refrain in the following verses read hantā jayadratham).

Verse 28 (7.73.28)

न चास्माञ्शरणं गच्छेत्कृष्णं वा पुरुषोत्तमम् । भवन्तं वा महाराज श्वोऽस्मि हन्ता जयद्रथम् ॥

na cāsmāñśaraṇaṃ gacchetkṛṣṇaṃ vā puruṣottamam | bhavantaṃ vā mahārāja śvo'smi hantā jayadratham

and unless he comes to us for refuge, or to Krishna, the Supreme Person, or to you, great king. Tomorrow I shall kill Jayadratha.

Verse 29 (7.73.29)

धार्तराष्ट्रप्रियकरं मयि विस्मृतसौहृदम् । पापं बालवधे हेतुं श्वोऽस्मि हन्ता जयद्रथम् ॥

dhārtarāṣṭrapriyakaraṃ mayi vismṛtasauhṛdam | pāpaṃ bālavadhe hetuṃ śvo'smi hantā jayadratham

That sinner, who works to please the Dhartarashtras, who forgot his friendship for me, and who was the cause of the boy's death — tomorrow I shall kill Jayadratha.

Verse 30 (7.73.30)

रक्षमाणाश्च तं सङ्ख्ये ये मां योत्स्यन्ति केचन । अपि द्रोणकृपौ राजञ्छादयिष्यामि ताञ्छरैः ॥

rakṣamāṇāśca taṃ saṅkhye ye māṃ yotsyanti kecana | api droṇakṛpau rājañchādayiṣyāmi tāñcharaiḥ

And whoever fights me in battle while guarding him — even Drona and Kripa, O king — I shall cover them with arrows.

Verse 31 (7.73.31)

यद्येतदेवं सङ्ग्रामे न कुर्यां पुरुषर्षभाः । मा स्म पुण्यकृतां लोकान्प्राप्नुयां शूरसम्मतान् ॥

yadyetadevaṃ saṅgrāme na kuryāṃ puruṣarṣabhāḥ | mā sma puṇyakṛtāṃ lokānprāpnuyāṃ śūrasammatān

O bulls among men, if I do not do this in battle, may I never reach the worlds of the virtuous that are honoured by heroes.

Verse 32 (7.73.32)

ये लोका मातृहन्तॄणां ये चापि पितृघातिनाम् । गुरुदारगतानां ये पिशुनानां च ये सदा ॥

ye lokā mātṛhantṝṇāṃ ye cāpi pitṛghātinām | gurudāragatānāṃ ye piśunānāṃ ca ye sadā

The worlds of those who kill their mothers, of those who kill their fathers, of those who go to a teacher's wife, and of tale-bearers, always —

Verse 33 (7.73.33)

साधूनसूयतां ये च ये चापि परिवादिनाम् । ये च निक्षेपहन्तॄणां ये च विश्वासघातिनाम् ॥

sādhūnasūyatāṃ ye ca ye cāpi parivādinām | ye ca nikṣepahantṝṇāṃ ye ca viśvāsaghātinām

of those who find fault with good men, of slanderers, of those who steal what was left in trust, and of those who betray trust —

Verse 34 (7.73.34)

भुक्तपूर्वां स्त्रियं ये च निन्दतामघशंसिनाम् । ब्रह्मघ्नानां च ये लोका ये च गोघातिनामपि ॥

bhuktapūrvāṃ striyaṃ ye ca nindatāmaghaśaṃsinām | brahmaghnānāṃ ca ye lokā ye ca goghātināmapi

of those who disparage a woman they have once enjoyed, and of those who proclaim sins; and the worlds of Brahmin-killers and of cow-killers too —

Verse 35 (7.73.35)

पायसं वा यवान्नं वा शाकं कृसरमेव वा । संयावापूपमांसानि ये च लोका वृथाश्नताम् । तानह्नैवाधिगच्छेयं न चेद्धन्यां जयद्रथम् ॥

pāyasaṃ vā yavānnaṃ vā śākaṃ kṛsarameva vā | saṃyāvāpūpamāṃsāni ye ca lokā vṛthāśnatām | tānahnaivādhigaccheyaṃ na ceddhanyāṃ jayadratham

and the worlds of those who eat rice-milk, barley-food, greens, kṛsara, saṃyāva, cakes and meat without offering them — I would reach those worlds that very day, if I do not kill Jayadratha.

Note on the text: Corrected तानन्हायाधिगच्छेयं → तानह्नैवाधिगच्छेयं (misprint in Wikisource; अन्हाय is not a word, the critical edition reads "tān ahnaivādhigaccheyaṃ"). Lines 1 and 2 are CE 7.51.28a and 28c; line 3 is 28e (the critical edition's star passage 7.51.28d*0366 between them is not on the page).

Verse 36 (7.73.36)

वेदाध्यायिनमत्यर्थं संशितं वा द्विजोत्तमम् । अवमन्यमानो यान्याति वृद्धान्साधून्गुरूंस्तथा ॥

vedādhyāyinamatyarthaṃ saṃśitaṃ vā dvijottamam | avamanyamāno yānyāti vṛddhānsādhūngurūṃstathā

The worlds to which he goes who gravely slights a Brahmin devoted to the study of the Veda, or a best of the twice-born of sharp vows, or elders, good men and teachers —

Verse 37 (7.73.37)

स्पृशतो ब्राह्मणं गां च पादेनाग्निं च या भवेत् । याऽप्सु श्लेष्म पुरीषं च मूत्रं वा मुञ्चतां गतिः । तां गच्छेयं गतिं कष्टां न चेद्धन्यां जयद्रथम् ॥

spṛśato brāhmaṇaṃ gāṃ ca pādenāgniṃ ca yā bhavet | yā'psu śleṣma purīṣaṃ ca mūtraṃ vā muñcatāṃ gatiḥ | tāṃ gaccheyaṃ gatiṃ kaṣṭāṃ na ceddhanyāṃ jayadratham

the fate of those who touch a Brahmin, a cow or fire with the foot, and the fate of those who void phlegm, excrement or urine in water — may I go to that painful fate, if I do not kill Jayadratha.

Note on the text: Lines 1–3 are CE 7.51.30a, 30c and 30e; the wording of lines 1 and 3 differs in places ("spṛśatāṃ … yāṃ labhet", "ghorām" for कष्टाम्), a recension variant.

Verse 38 (7.73.38)

नग्नस्य स्नायमानस्य या च वन्ध्याऽतिथेर्गतिः । उत्कोचिनां मृषोक्तीनां वञ्चकानां च या गतिः ॥

nagnasya snāyamānasya yā ca vandhyā'tithergatiḥ | utkocināṃ mṛṣoktīnāṃ vañcakānāṃ ca yā gatiḥ

The fate of one who bathes naked, and of one who sends a guest away disappointed; the fate of bribe-takers, of liars, and of cheats —

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are CE 7.51.31a and 31c.

Verse 39 (7.73.39)

आत्मापहारिणां या च या च मिथ्याभिशंसिनाम् । भृत्यैः सन्दृश्यमानानां पुत्रदाराश्रितैस्तथा ॥

ātmāpahāriṇāṃ yā ca yā ca mithyābhiśaṃsinām | bhṛtyaiḥ sandṛśyamānānāṃ putradārāśritaistathā

the fate of those who misrepresent themselves, of false accusers, and of those who eat while their servants, sons and wives who depend on them look on —

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 7.51.31e; line 2 is 7.51.32a.

Verse 40 (7.73.40)

असंविभज्य क्षुद्राणां या गतिर्मिष्टमश्नताम् । तां गच्छेयं गतिं घोरां न चेद्धन्यां जयद्रथम् ॥

asaṃvibhajya kṣudrāṇāṃ yā gatirmiṣṭamaśnatām | tāṃ gaccheyaṃ gatiṃ ghorāṃ na ceddhanyāṃ jayadratham

the fate of those who eat sweet food without sharing it with the humble — may I go to that dreadful fate, if I do not kill Jayadratha.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 7.51.32c; line 2 is 32e (the critical edition's star passage 7.51.32d*0368 between them is not on the page).

Verse 41 (7.73.41)

संश्रितं चापि यस्त्यक्त्वा साधुं तद्वचने रतम् । न बिभर्ति नृशंसात्मा निन्दते चोपकारिणम् ॥

saṃśritaṃ cāpi yastyaktvā sādhuṃ tadvacane ratam | na bibharti nṛśaṃsātmā nindate copakāriṇam

The cruel-hearted man who abandons a good man who has taken shelter with him and is devoted to his word, and does not support him, and who speaks ill of his benefactor —

Note on the text: Corrected नृसंसात्मा → नृशंसात्मा (misprint in Wikisource; स for श, the critical edition reads nṛśaṃsātmā).

Verse 42 (7.73.42)

अर्हते प्रातिवेश्याय श्राद्धं यो न ददाति च । अनर्हेभ्यश्च यो दद्याद्वृषलीपतये तथा ॥

arhate prātiveśyāya śrāddhaṃ yo na dadāti ca | anarhebhyaśca yo dadyādvṛṣalīpataye tathā

and he who does not give the śrāddha meal to a worthy neighbour, but gives it to the unworthy, and to the husband of a Shudra woman as well —

Note on the text: Line 2 differs in wording from the critical edition ("anarhate ca yo dadyād vṛṣalīpatyur eva ca"); Wikisource's reading is kept.

Verse 43 (7.73.43)

मद्यपो भिन्नमर्यादः कृतघ्नो भर्तृनिन्दकः । तेषां गतिमियां क्षिप्रं न चेद्धन्यां जयद्रथम् ॥

madyapo bhinnamaryādaḥ kṛtaghno bhartṛnindakaḥ | teṣāṃ gatimiyāṃ kṣipraṃ na ceddhanyāṃ jayadratham

the drunkard, the breaker of bounds, the ungrateful man, the reviler of his master — may I swiftly reach their fate, if I do not kill Jayadratha.

Note on the text: Corrected धान्यां → धन्यां (misprint in Wikisource; a stray ā-sign, the refrain reads "ced dhanyāṃ" (hanyām) as in the critical edition). Line 1 reads भर्तृनिन्दकः (reviler of his master) where the critical edition has "bhrātṛnindakaḥ" (variant).

Verse 44 (7.73.44)

भुञ्जानानां तु सव्येन उत्सङ्गे चापि खादताम् । पालाशमासनं चैव तिन्दुकैर्दन्तधावनम् ॥

bhuñjānānāṃ tu savyena utsaṅge cāpi khādatām | pālāśamāsanaṃ caiva tindukairdantadhāvanam

Of those who eat with the left hand or eat in their laps; of those who use a seat of palasha wood and clean their teeth with tinduka sticks —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 45 (7.73.45)

ये चावर्जयतां लोकाः स्वपतां च तथोषसि । शीतभीताश्च ये विप्रा रणभीताश्च क्षत्रियाः ॥

ye cāvarjayatāṃ lokāḥ svapatāṃ ca tathoṣasi | śītabhītāśca ye viprā raṇabhītāśca kṣatriyāḥ

the worlds of those who do not shun these things, and of those who sleep at dawn; of Brahmins who fear the cold and of kshatriyas who fear battle —

Note on the text: Line 2 corresponds to the critical edition's star passage 7.51.30f*0367_01 ("śītabhītāś ca ye viprā raṇabhītāś ca kṣatriyāḥ"); line 1 is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 46 (7.73.46)

एककूपोदकग्रामे वेदध्वनिविवर्जिते । षण्मासं तत्र वसतां तथा शास्त्रं विनिन्दताम् ॥

ekakūpodakagrāme vedadhvanivivarjite | ṣaṇmāsaṃ tatra vasatāṃ tathā śāstraṃ vinindatām

of those who live for six months in a village with a single well, where no sound of the Veda is heard, and of those who revile the scriptures —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 47 (7.73.47)

दिवामैथुनिनां चापि दिवसेषु च शेरते । अगारदाहिनां चैव गरदानां च ये मताः ॥

divāmaithunināṃ cāpi divaseṣu ca śerate | agāradāhināṃ caiva garadānāṃ ca ye matāḥ

of those who lie with their wives by day and sleep through the days, and of those known as house-burners and poisoners —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 48 (7.73.48)

अग्न्यातिथ्यविहीनाश्च गोपानेषु च विघ्नदाः । रजस्वलां सेवयन्तः कन्यां शुल्केन दायिनः ॥

agnyātithyavihīnāśca gopāneṣu ca vighnadāḥ | rajasvalāṃ sevayantaḥ kanyāṃ śulkena dāyinaḥ

of those without the fire-rite and hospitality, of those who obstruct people at the watering places of cattle, of those who consort with a menstruating woman, and of those who give away a maiden for a price —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 49 (7.73.49)

या च वै बहुयाजिनां ब्राह्मणानां श्ववृत्तिनाम् । आस्यमैथुनिकानां च ये दिवामैथुने रताः ॥

yā ca vai bahuyājināṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ śvavṛttinām | āsyamaithunikānāṃ ca ye divāmaithune ratāḥ

and the fate of Brahmins who perform sacrifices for many, who live a dog's life, who practise intercourse by the mouth, and who are given to intercourse by day —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 50 (7.73.50)

ब्राह्मणस्य प्रतिश्रुत्य यो वै लोभाद्ददाति न । तेषां गतिं गमिष्यामि श्वो न हन्यां जयद्रथम् ॥

brāhmaṇasya pratiśrutya yo vai lobhāddadāti na | teṣāṃ gatiṃ gamiṣyāmi śvo na hanyāṃ jayadratham

and of one who promises something to a Brahmin and out of greed does not give it — I shall go to their fate, if tomorrow I do not kill Jayadratha.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Only the closing refrain recalls the critical edition's star passage 7.51.34d*0370_02.

Verse 51 (7.73.51)

धर्मादपेता ये चान्ये मया नात्रानुकीर्तिताः । ये चानुकीर्तितास्तेषां गतिं क्षिप्रमवाप्नुयाम् ॥

dharmādapetā ye cānye mayā nātrānukīrtitāḥ | ye cānukīrtitāsteṣāṃ gatiṃ kṣipramavāpnuyām

And whatever other offenders against dharma I have not named here — may I quickly reach the fate of those, and of those I have named,

Verse 52 (7.73.52)

यदि व्युष्टामिमां रात्रिं श्वो न हन्यां जयद्रथम् । इमां चाप्यपरां भूयः प्रतिज्ञां मे निबोधत ॥

yadi vyuṣṭāmimāṃ rātriṃ śvo na hanyāṃ jayadratham | imāṃ cāpyaparāṃ bhūyaḥ pratijñāṃ me nibodhata

if, when this night has passed, I do not kill Jayadratha tomorrow. Hear now this other vow of mine as well:

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 7.51.36e; line 2 is 7.51.37a.

Verse 53 (7.73.53)

यद्यस्मिन्नहते पापे सूर्योऽस्तमुपयास्यति । इहैव सम्प्रवेष्टाऽहं ज्वलितं जातवेदसम् ॥

yadyasminnahate pāpe sūryo'stamupayāsyati | ihaiva sampraveṣṭā'haṃ jvalitaṃ jātavedasam

If the sun goes down while that sinner is still not slain, I shall enter the blazing fire right here.

Note on the text: Corrected यद्यस्मिन्न हत्ते → यद्यस्मिन्नहते (misprint in Wikisource; हत्ते is not a word, a doubled त, the critical edition reads "yady asminn ahate"). Lines 1–2 are CE 7.51.37c and 37e.

Verse 54 (7.73.54)

असुरसुरमनुष्याः पक्षिणो वोरगा वा । पितृरजनिचरा वा ब्रह्मदेवर्षयो वा । चरमचरमपीदं यत्परं चापि तस्मात् । तदपि मम रिपुं तं रक्षितुं नैव शक्ताः ॥

asurasuramanuṣyāḥ pakṣiṇo voragā vā | pitṛrajanicarā vā brahmadevarṣayo vā | caramacaramapīdaṃ yatparaṃ cāpi tasmāt | tadapi mama ripuṃ taṃ rakṣituṃ naiva śaktāḥ

Asuras, gods and men, birds and serpents, the Fathers and the night-rovers, Brahmins and the seers of the gods — this whole world, moving and unmoving, and whatever lies beyond it: even all of these cannot protect that enemy of mine.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki marks (--) at the end of the split line and moved the sandhi त् of तस्मात् to the end of line 3.

Verse 55 (7.73.55)

यदि विशति रसातलं तदग्र्यं । वियदपि देवपुरं दितेः पुरं वा । तदपि शरशतैरहं प्रभाते । भृशमभिमन्युरिपोः शिरोऽभिहर्ता ॥

yadi viśati rasātalaṃ tadagryaṃ | viyadapi devapuraṃ diteḥ puraṃ vā | tadapi śaraśatairahaṃ prabhāte | bhṛśamabhimanyuripoḥ śiro'bhihartā

Even if he enters Rasatala, foremost of the nether realms, or the sky, or the city of the gods, or the city of Diti's sons, still at dawn I shall strike off, with hundreds of arrows, the head of Abhimanyu's enemy.

Note on the text: Line 4 begins भृशमभिमन्युरिपोः where the critical edition has "bhṛśam abhipatya ripoḥ" (variant).

Verse 56 (7.73.56)

एवमुक्त्वा विचिक्षेप गाण्डीवं सव्यदक्षिणम् । तस्य सर्वमतिक्रम्य धनुःशब्दोऽस्पृशद्दिवम् ॥

evamuktvā vicikṣepa gāṇḍīvaṃ savyadakṣiṇam | tasya sarvamatikramya dhanuḥśabdo'spṛśaddivam

Having spoken thus, he drew the Gandiva with his left hand and his right, and the twang of the bow, surpassing every other sound, reached the sky.

Verse 57 (7.73.57)

अर्जुनेन प्रतिज्ञाते पाञ्चजन्यं जनार्दनः । प्रदध्मौ तत्र सङ्क्रुद्धो देवदत्तं च फल्गुनः ॥

arjunena pratijñāte pāñcajanyaṃ janārdanaḥ | pradadhmau tatra saṅkruddho devadattaṃ ca phalgunaḥ

When Arjuna had made his vow, Janardana blew the Panchajanya there, and Phalguna, in a fury, blew the Devadatta.

Verse 58 (7.73.58)

स पाञ्चजन्योऽच्युतवक्त्रवायुना । भृशं सुपूर्णोदरनिःसृतध्वनिः । जगत्सपातालवियद्दिगीश्वरं । प्रकम्पयामास युगात्यये यथा ॥

sa pāñcajanyo'cyutavaktravāyunā | bhṛśaṃ supūrṇodaraniḥsṛtadhvaniḥ | jagatsapātālaviyaddigīśvaraṃ | prakampayāmāsa yugātyaye yathā

That Panchajanya, filled with the breath from Achyuta's mouth, its sound pouring out of its full belly, shook the world with its nether regions, its sky and its quarters and their lords, as at the end of an age.

Verse 59 (7.73.59)

ततो वादित्रघोषाश्च प्रादुरासन्सहस्रशः । सिंहनादश्च पाण्डूनां प्रतिज्ञाते महात्मना ॥

tato vāditraghoṣāśca prādurāsansahasraśaḥ | siṃhanādaśca pāṇḍūnāṃ pratijñāte mahātmanā

Then thousands of musical instruments sounded, and the lion-roars of the Pandavas rose, when the great-souled one had made his vow.

Note on the text: Line 1 ends सहस्रशः where the critical edition has "samantataḥ" (variant).

Verse 60 (7.73.60)

प्रानृत्यदिव गाण्डीवं शरास्तूणीगता मुदा । निराक्रामन्निव तदा स्वयमेव मृधैषिणः ॥

prānṛtyadiva gāṇḍīvaṃ śarāstūṇīgatā mudā | nirākrāmanniva tadā svayameva mṛdhaiṣiṇaḥ

The Gandiva seemed to dance for joy, and the arrows lying in the quiver, eager for battle, seemed to step out of themselves.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki quote marks (backtick). Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines are star passage 7.51.43d*0373_01–02.

Verse 61 (7.73.61)

भीमसेनः सुसंहृष्टः प्रत्यभाषत भारत । धनञ्जयमभिप्रेक्ष्य हर्षगद्गदया गिरा ॥

bhīmasenaḥ susaṃhṛṣṭaḥ pratyabhāṣata bhārata | dhanañjayamabhiprekṣya harṣagadgadayā girā

And Bhimasena, greatly delighted, answered, O Bharata, looking at Dhananjaya in a voice thick with joy:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines are star passage 7.51.43d*0373_03–04.

Verse 62 (7.73.62)

प्रतिज्ञोद्भवशब्देन कृष्णशङ्खस्वनेन च । निहतो धार्तराष्ट्रोऽयं सानुबन्धः सुयोधनः ॥

pratijñodbhavaśabdena kṛṣṇaśaṅkhasvanena ca | nihato dhārtarāṣṭro'yaṃ sānubandhaḥ suyodhanaḥ

"By the sound that has risen from your vow, and by the ringing of Krishna's conch, this Suyodhana, son of Dhritarashtra, with all his kin, is as good as slain."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines are star passage 7.51.43d*0373_05–06. Given to Bhimasena: the words are his, and the heading "Sanjaya said" is printed only after verse 63.

Verse 63 (7.73.63)

अथ मृदिततमाग्र्यदाममाल्यं । तव सुतशोकमयं च रोषजातम् । व्यपनुदति महाप्रभावमेतन् । नरवर वाक्यमिदं महार्थमिष्टम् ॥

atha mṛditatamāgryadāmamālyaṃ | tava sutaśokamayaṃ ca roṣajātam | vyapanudati mahāprabhāvametan | naravara vākyamidaṃ mahārthamiṣṭam

"Now this speech, O best of men — weighty in meaning, welcome, and of great power — drives off that state of yours, full of grief for your son and sprung from rage, crushed like the finest wreath and garland."

Note on the text: Corrected महाप्रभावसेन-- / न्नरवर → महाप्रभावमेतन् / नरवर (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition's star passage reads "mahāprabhāvam etan / naravara"); removed the stray wiki marks (--) at the split and moved the sandhi न् of एतन् to the end of line 3. Not in the critical edition's main text; its four lines are star passage 7.51.43d*0373_07–10 (Bhimasena's words to Arjuna).

Verse 64 (7.73.64)

अथ शङ्खैश्च भेरीभिः पणवैः सैनिकास्तथा । ससूतमागधा जिष्णुं स्तुतिभिः समपूजयन् ॥

atha śaṅkhaiśca bherībhiḥ paṇavaiḥ sainikāstathā | sasūtamāgadhā jiṣṇuṃ stutibhiḥ samapūjayan

Then the soldiers, with conches, kettledrums and tabors, together with the bards and heralds, honoured Jishnu with songs of praise.

Note on the text: Corrected शङ्ख्यैश्च → शङ्खैश्च (misprint in Wikisource; a stray य, the critical edition reads "śaṅkhaiś ca"). Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines are star passage 7.51.43d*0373_11–12.

Verse 65 (7.73.65)

तदा भीमं बलं सर्वं तेन नादेन मोहितम् । तावकं तन्महाराज विषण्णं समपद्यत ॥

tadā bhīmaṃ balaṃ sarvaṃ tena nādena mohitam | tāvakaṃ tanmahārāja viṣaṇṇaṃ samapadyata

Then all that dreadful army of yours, O great king, bewildered by that roar, fell into despondency.

Note on the text: Corrected बलं सर्वे → बलं सर्वं (misprint in Wikisource; the plural सर्वे cannot agree with the neuter बलम्, the critical edition reads "balaṃ sarvaṃ"). Removed the stray wiki quote marks (apostrophe). Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines are star passage 7.51.43d*0373_13–14.