Arjuna Vows to Slay Jayadratha Tomorrow

Verse 1 (7.76.1)

षड्रथान्धार्तराष्ट्रस्य मन्यसे यान्बलाधिकान् । तेषां वीर्यं ममार्धेन न तुल्यमिति मे मतिः ॥

ṣaḍrathāndhārtarāṣṭrasya manyase yānbalādhikān | teṣāṃ vīryaṃ mamārdhena na tulyamiti me matiḥ

You think that six of Dhritarashtra's son's chariot-warriors are stronger than I am; but I hold that the might of all of them together is not equal to half of mine.

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: the page opens with Arjuna's speech (heading printed); the whole adhyaya is Arjuna's speech except verse 28. Wikisource's adhyaya 76 corresponds to CE 7.53.31–56. CE star passages 7.53.32d*0387_01, 40d*0388_01, 45d*0389_01 and 51d*0391_01–02 are not in Wikisource.

Verse 2 (7.76.2)

अस्त्रमस्त्रेण सर्वेषामेतेषां मधुसूदन । मया द्रक्ष्यसि निर्भिन्नं जयद्रथवधैषिणा ॥

astramastreṇa sarveṣāmeteṣāṃ madhusūdana | mayā drakṣyasi nirbhinnaṃ jayadrathavadhaiṣiṇā

O Madhusudana, you will see the weapons of all these warriors shattered by my weapon, as I strive for the death of Jayadratha.

Verse 3 (7.76.3)

द्रोणस्य मिषतश्चाहं सगणस्य विपश्चितः । मूर्धानं सिन्धुराजस्य पातयिष्यामि भूतले ॥

droṇasya miṣataścāhaṃ sagaṇasya vipaścitaḥ | mūrdhānaṃ sindhurājasya pātayiṣyāmi bhūtale

While the learned Drona and his whole host look on, I shall strike the head of the king of Sindhu down to the ground.

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.53.33 (similarity 0.91); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 4 (7.76.4)

यदि साध्याश्च रुद्राश्च वसवश्च सहाश्विनः । मरुतश्च सहेन्द्रेण विश्वेदेवाः सहेश्वराः ॥

yadi sādhyāśca rudrāśca vasavaśca sahāśvinaḥ | marutaśca sahendreṇa viśvedevāḥ saheśvarāḥ

Even if the Sadhyas, the Rudras, the Vasus with the Ashvins, the Maruts with Indra, the Vishvedevas with the Ishvaras,

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.53.34 (similarity 0.922); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 5 (7.76.5)

पितरः सहगन्धर्वाः सुपर्णाः सागराद्रयः । द्यौर्वियत्पृथिवी चेयं दिशश्च सदिगीश्वराः ॥

pitaraḥ sahagandharvāḥ suparṇāḥ sāgarādrayaḥ | dyaurviyatpṛthivī ceyaṃ diśaśca sadigīśvarāḥ

the Pitris with the Gandharvas, the Suparnas, the oceans and the mountains, heaven, the sky, this earth, and the directions with the guardians of the directions,

Verse 6 (7.76.6)

ग्राम्यारण्यानि भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च । त्रातारः सिन्धुराजस्य भवन्ति मधुसूदन ॥

grāmyāraṇyāni bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca | trātāraḥ sindhurājasya bhavanti madhusūdana

and all creatures, tame and wild, moving and unmoving, become the protectors of the king of Sindhu, O Madhusudana,

Verse 7 (7.76.7)

तथापि बाणैर्निहतं श्वो द्रष्टासि रणे मया । सत्येन च शपे कृष्ण तथैवायुधमालभे ॥

tathāpi bāṇairnihataṃ śvo draṣṭāsi raṇe mayā | satyena ca śape kṛṣṇa tathaivāyudhamālabhe

even so you will see him struck down tomorrow by my arrows in battle. I swear it by truth, Krishna, and I touch my weapon as I say it.

Verse 8 (7.76.8)

यस्य गोप्ता महेष्वासो द्रोणः पापस्य दुर्मतेः । तमेव प्रथमं द्रोणमभियास्यामि केशव ॥

yasya goptā maheṣvāso droṇaḥ pāpasya durmateḥ | tameva prathamaṃ droṇamabhiyāsyāmi keśava

That evil-minded sinner has the great archer Drona as his guardian; it is against that very Drona that I shall advance first, O Keshava.

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.53.38 (similarity 0.896); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 9 (7.76.9)

तस्मिन्युद्धमिदं बद्धं मन्यते स सुयोधनः । तस्मात्तस्यैव सेनाग्रं भित्त्वा यास्यामि सैन्धवम् ॥

tasminyuddhamidaṃ baddhaṃ manyate sa suyodhanaḥ | tasmāttasyaiva senāgraṃ bhittvā yāsyāmi saindhavam

Suyodhana believes that the whole fate of this war is made fast to Drona. Therefore I shall break through the very head of Drona's army and go to the Saindhava.

Verse 10 (7.76.10)

द्रष्टासि श्वो महेष्वासान्नाराचैस्तिग्मतेजितैः । शृङ्गाणीव गिरेर्वज्रैर्दार्यमाणान्मया युधि ॥

draṣṭāsi śvo maheṣvāsānnārācaistigmatejitaiḥ | śṛṅgāṇīva girervajrairdāryamāṇānmayā yudhi

Tomorrow you will see great archers torn apart by me in battle with sharp, keen-edged iron arrows, as the peaks of a mountain are split by thunderbolts.

Verse 11 (7.76.11)

नरनागाश्वदेहेभ्यो विस्रविष्यति शोणितम् । पतद्भ्यः पतितेभ्यश्च विभिन्नेभ्यः शितैः शरैः ॥

naranāgāśvadehebhyo visraviṣyati śoṇitam | patadbhyaḥ patitebhyaśca vibhinnebhyaḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Blood will stream from the bodies of men, elephants and horses, both from those who are falling and from those already fallen, pierced by my sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected पतद्ध्यः → पतद्भ्यः (misprint in Wikisource; ध्य for भ्य, the ablative of the participle पतत्; the critical edition reads patadbhyaḥ).

Verse 12 (7.76.12)

गाण्डीवप्रेषिता बाणा मनोऽनिलसमा जवे । नृनागाश्वान्विदेहासून्कर्तारश्च सहस्रशः ॥

gāṇḍīvapreṣitā bāṇā mano'nilasamā jave | nṛnāgāśvānvidehāsūnkartāraśca sahasraśaḥ

The arrows sent forth from Gandiva, swift as mind and wind, will, in their thousands, make men, elephants and horses bodiless and lifeless.

Verse 13 (7.76.13)

शक्राद्भीष्मात्कृपाद्द्रोणाद्देवाद्रुद्राच्च यन्मया । उपात्तमस्त्रं घोरं तद्द्रष्टारोऽत्र नरा युधि ॥

śakrādbhīṣmātkṛpāddroṇāddevādrudrācca yanmayā | upāttamastraṃ ghoraṃ taddraṣṭāro'tra narā yudhi

The terrible weapon that I obtained from Shakra, from Bhishma, from Kripa, from Drona, from the god and from Rudra, men will see in action here in battle.

Note on the text: Corrected तद्दष्टारो → तद्द्रष्टारो (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र, the critical edition reads tad draṣṭāro). The input's alignment found no match; the verse corresponds to CE 7.53.43 (the unmatched CE verse), whose second line is identical; line 1 is a recension variant (Wikisource: Shakra, Bhishma, Kripa, Drona, the god and Rudra; CE: Yama, Kubera, Varuna, Rudra and Indra), Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 14 (7.76.14)

ब्राह्मेणास्त्रेण चास्त्राणि हन्यमानानि संयुगे । मया द्रष्टाऽसि सर्वेषां सैन्धवस्याभिरक्षिणाम् ॥

brāhmeṇāstreṇa cāstrāṇi hanyamānāni saṃyuge | mayā draṣṭā'si sarveṣāṃ saindhavasyābhirakṣiṇām

In battle you will see, by my doing, the weapons of all those who guard Saindhava struck down by the Brahma weapon.

Verse 15 (7.76.15)

शरवेगसमुत्कृत्तै राज्ञां केशव मूर्धभिः । आस्तीर्यमाणां पृथिवीं द्रष्टाऽसि श्वो मया युधि ॥

śaravegasamutkṛttai rājñāṃ keśava mūrdhabhiḥ | āstīryamāṇāṃ pṛthivīṃ draṣṭā'si śvo mayā yudhi

Tomorrow, Keshava, you will see the earth in battle strewn with the heads of kings, cut off by the force of my arrows.

Verse 16 (7.76.16)

क्रव्यादांस्तर्पयिष्यामि द्रावयिष्यामि शात्रवान् । सुहृदो नन्दयिष्यामि प्रमथिष्यामि सैन्धवम् ॥

kravyādāṃstarpayiṣyāmi drāvayiṣyāmi śātravān | suhṛdo nandayiṣyāmi pramathiṣyāmi saindhavam

I shall gratify the flesh-eaters, put my enemies to flight, gladden my friends and crush Saindhava.

Verse 17 (7.76.17)

बह्वागस्कृत्कुसंबन्धी पापदेशसमुद्भवः । मया सैन्धवको राजा हतः स्वाञ्शोचयिष्यति ॥

bahvāgaskṛtkusaṃbandhī pāpadeśasamudbhavaḥ | mayā saindhavako rājā hataḥ svāñśocayiṣyati

A man of many offences, ill-connected by marriage, born in a wicked land: the Saindhava king, slain by me, will make his own people grieve.

Verse 18 (7.76.18)

सर्वे क्षीरान्नभोक्तारः पापाचारा रणाजिरे । मया सराजका बाणैर्हता नश्यन्ति सैन्धवाः ॥

sarve kṣīrānnabhoktāraḥ pāpācārā raṇājire | mayā sarājakā bāṇairhatā naśyanti saindhavāḥ

All of them, those milk-and-rice eaters of wicked conduct, the Saindhavas together with their kings, struck down by my arrows on the field of battle, will perish.

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.53.48 (similarity 0.899); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 19 (7.76.19)

तथा प्रभाते कर्ताऽस्मि यथा कृष्ण सुयोधनः । नान्यं धनुर्धरं लोके मंस्यते मत्समं युधि ॥

tathā prabhāte kartā'smi yathā kṛṣṇa suyodhanaḥ | nānyaṃ dhanurdharaṃ loke maṃsyate matsamaṃ yudhi

At dawn I shall so act, Krishna, that Suyodhana will think no other archer in the world my equal in battle.

Verse 20 (7.76.20)

गाण्डीवं च धनुर्दिव्यं योद्धारं च धनञ्जम् । यन्तारं च हृषीकेशं कोऽतिवर्तेत संयुगे ॥

gāṇḍīvaṃ ca dhanurdivyaṃ yoddhāraṃ ca dhanañjam | yantāraṃ ca hṛṣīkeśaṃ ko'tivarteta saṃyuge

Who could prevail in battle against the divine bow Gandiva, the warrior Dhananjaya and Hrishikesha as charioteer?

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension): neither the main text of CE 7.53 nor its apparatus has these lines.

Verse 21 (7.76.21)

तव प्रसादाद्भगवन्किंनावाप्तं रणे मम । अविषह्यं हृषीकेश किं जानन्मां विगर्हसे ॥

tava prasādādbhagavankiṃnāvāptaṃ raṇe mama | aviṣahyaṃ hṛṣīkeśa kiṃ jānanmāṃ vigarhase

By your grace, Lord, what have I not achieved in battle? What is beyond my power, Hrishikesha? Knowing what do you reproach me?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.53.50d*0390_01–02 (after 7.53.50). Line 1 differs slightly (CE: kim ivāsti raṇe mama); line 2 is identical.

Verse 22 (7.76.22)

यथा लक्ष्म स्थिरं चन्द्रे समुद्रे च यथा जलम् । एवमेतां प्रतिज्ञां मे सत्यां विद्धि जनार्दन ॥

yathā lakṣma sthiraṃ candre samudre ca yathā jalam | evametāṃ pratijñāṃ me satyāṃ viddhi janārdana

As the mark is fixed on the moon and as water is in the sea, so know this vow of mine to be true, Janardana.

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.53.51 (similarity 0.855); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 23 (7.76.23)

मावमंस्था ममास्त्राणि मावमंस्थाश्च गाण्डिवम् । मावमंस्था बलं बाह्वोर्मावमंस्था धनञ्जयम् ॥

māvamaṃsthā mamāstrāṇi māvamaṃsthāśca gāṇḍivam | māvamaṃsthā balaṃ bāhvormāvamaṃsthā dhanañjayam

Do not belittle my weapons; do not belittle Gandiva; do not belittle the strength of my arms; do not belittle Dhananjaya.

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.53.52 (similarity 0.898); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 24 (7.76.24)

गाण्डीवं च धनुर्दिव्यं योद्धा चाहं नरर्षभ । त्वं च यन्ता हृषीकेश किन्नु स्यादजितं मया ॥

gāṇḍīvaṃ ca dhanurdivyaṃ yoddhā cāhaṃ nararṣabha | tvaṃ ca yantā hṛṣīkeśa kinnu syādajitaṃ mayā

The divine bow Gandiva, myself as the fighter, O best of men, and you as the charioteer, Hrishikesha: what could there be that I should not conquer?

Note on the text: CE 7.53.50. Wikisource places this verse after CE 7.53.52 (CE order is 50, 51, 52, 53); the order of Wikisource's 22–24 is therefore 51, 52, 50.

Verse 25 (7.76.25)

यथाभियाय सङ्ग्रमं न जितो वै जयामि च । तेन सत्येन सङ्ग्रामे हतं विद्धि जयद्रथम् ॥

yathābhiyāya saṅgramaṃ na jito vai jayāmi ca | tena satyena saṅgrāme hataṃ viddhi jayadratham

Just as, whenever I go to battle, I am not conquered but conquer, so by that truth know Jayadratha to be slain in the fight.

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.53.53 (similarity 0.861); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 26 (7.76.26)

त्वं च माधव सर्वं तत्तथा प्रतिविधास्यसि । यथा रिपूणां मिषतां प्रमथिष्यामि सैन्धवम् ॥

tvaṃ ca mādhava sarvaṃ tattathā pratividhāsyasi | yathā ripūṇāṃ miṣatāṃ pramathiṣyāmi saindhavam

And you, Madhava, will arrange all that so that I may crush Saindhava while his enemies look on.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.53.54d*0392_01–02 (after 7.53.54). Removed stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe).

Verse 27 (7.76.27)

ध्रुवं वै ब्राह्मणे सत्यं ध्रुवा साधुषु सन्नतिः । श्रीर्ध्रुवाऽपि च दक्षेषु ध्रुवो नारायणे जयः ॥

dhruvaṃ vai brāhmaṇe satyaṃ dhruvā sādhuṣu sannatiḥ | śrīrdhruvā'pi ca dakṣeṣu dhruvo nārāyaṇe jayaḥ

Truth is sure in a brahmin; courtesy is sure among the good; fortune is sure among the skilled; and victory is sure in Narayana.

Verse 28 (7.76.28)

एवमुक्त्वा हृषीकेशं स्वयमात्मानमात्मना । सन्दिदेशार्जुनो नर्दन्वासविः केशवं प्रभुम् ॥

evamuktvā hṛṣīkeśaṃ svayamātmānamātmanā | sandideśārjuno nardanvāsaviḥ keśavaṃ prabhum

Having spoken thus to Hrishikesha, Arjuna, the son of Indra, roaring, gave the lord Keshava this instruction from his own heart.

Verse 29 (7.76.29)

यथा प्रभातां रजनीं कल्पितः स्याद्रथोत्तमः । तथा कार्यं त्वया कृष्ण प्रतिज्ञा स्याद्यथा ध्रुवा ॥

yathā prabhātāṃ rajanīṃ kalpitaḥ syādrathottamaḥ | tathā kāryaṃ tvayā kṛṣṇa pratijñā syādyathā dhruvā

Act, Krishna, so that the best of chariots is made ready by the time night turns to dawn, and so that my vow may be made good.

Note on the text: The whole verse is Arjuna's direct instruction, though the page prints no new speaker heading after Sanjaya's verse 28, so it is given to Arjuna. Wikisource's wording differs from CE 7.53.56 (similarity 0.756); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.