Dhritarashtra Questions Sanjaya after Abhimanyu's Fall

Verse 1 (7.85.1)

श्वोभूते किमकार्षुस्ते दुःखशोकसमन्विताः । अभिमन्यौ हते तत्र कैर्वाऽयुध्यन्त पाण्डवाः ॥

śvobhūte kimakārṣuste duḥkhaśokasamanvitāḥ | abhimanyau hate tatra kairvā'yudhyanta pāṇḍavāḥ

On the morning after, what did they do, overwhelmed with grief and sorrow? And when Abhimanyu had been slain there, with whom did the Pandavas fight?

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: the input has 55 verses and agrees with the raw Wikisource page (a table, one row per verse, printed 5-85-1 to 5-85-55 — the page's "5-" is a typo for 7) row for row; the verse numbers run 1–55 in order, so nothing was renumbered or rebuilt. The page corresponds to CE 7.61.1–51. Dhritarashtra speaks throughout (the page's one heading), including his quotations of his own earlier words to Duryodhana (verses 22–24, 30). CE main-text verses not on the page: 7.61.6 (the page has the star passage *0446 in its place) and 7.61.26a,c (the page has star passage *0449 in its place). Line 2 reads पाण्डवाः where the critical edition reads māmakāḥ (recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 2 (7.85.2)

जानन्तस्तस्य कर्माणि कुरवः सव्यसाचिनः । कथं तत्किल्बिषं कृत्वा निर्भया ब्रूहि मामकाः ॥

jānantastasya karmāṇi kuravaḥ savyasācinaḥ | kathaṃ tatkilbiṣaṃ kṛtvā nirbhayā brūhi māmakāḥ

Knowing the deeds of Savyasachin, how did the Kurus, after committing that offence, remain unafraid? Tell me about my people.

Verse 3 (7.85.3)

पुत्रशोकाभिसन्तप्तं क्रुद्धं मृत्युमिवान्तकम् । आयान्तं पुरुषव्याघ्रं कथं ददृशुराहवे ॥

putraśokābhisantaptaṃ kruddhaṃ mṛtyumivāntakam | āyāntaṃ puruṣavyāghraṃ kathaṃ dadṛśurāhave

Burning with grief for his son and raging like Death the Ender, that tiger among men came charging — how did they look upon him in the battle?

Verse 4 (7.85.4)

कपिराजध्वजं सङ्ख्ये विधुन्वानं महद्धनुः । दृष्ट्वा पुत्रपरिद्यूनं किमकुर्वत मामकाः ॥

kapirājadhvajaṃ saṅkhye vidhunvānaṃ mahaddhanuḥ | dṛṣṭvā putraparidyūnaṃ kimakurvata māmakāḥ

When they saw him in the fight, the one with the king of apes on his banner, shaking his great bow, afflicted for his son, what did my men do?

Note on the text: Corrected कपिराजध्वनं → कपिराजध्वजं (misprint in Wikisource; ज printed as न — the critical edition reads kapirājadhvajaṃ). Line 2 reads किमकुर्वत for the CE's kim akurvanta (recension variant).

Verse 5 (7.85.5)

किन्तु सञ्जय सङ्ग्रामे वृत्तं दुर्योधनं प्रति । परिदेवो महानद्य श्रूयते हि गृहेगृहे ॥

kintu sañjaya saṅgrāme vṛttaṃ duryodhanaṃ prati | paridevo mahānadya śrūyate hi gṛhegṛhe

But Sanjaya, what happened in the battle with regard to Duryodhana? A great lamentation is heard today in every house.

Note on the text: Corrected सङ्ग्रमे → सङ्ग्रामे (misprint in Wikisource; dropped long ā — the critical edition reads saṃgrāme). Line 2 differs from CE 7.61.5c (paridevo mahān atra śruto me nābhinandanam), a recension variant; Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 6 (7.85.6)

भूयाञ्शब्दानतीत्यान्याञ्शब्दः सैन्धववेश्मनि । पौराणिकानां तूर्याणां शङ्खदुन्दुभिघोषवान् ॥

bhūyāñśabdānatītyānyāñśabdaḥ saindhavaveśmani | paurāṇikānāṃ tūryāṇāṃ śaṅkhadundubhighoṣavān

In the house of the Saindhava there used to be a sound beyond all other sounds, full of the blare of the old trumpets, conches and kettledrums.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is the CE star passage 7.61.6d*0446_01–02 (printed after 7.61.6). The CE main-text verse 7.61.6 is not on the page.

Verse 7 (7.85.7)

सूतमागधबन्दीनां नर्तकानां च निःस्वनः । सोऽद्य न श्रूयते शब्दः सूत पुत्र यथा पुरा ॥

sūtamāgadhabandīnāṃ nartakānāṃ ca niḥsvanaḥ | so'dya na śrūyate śabdaḥ sūta putra yathā purā

The din of bards, minstrels and praise-singers and of dancers — that sound, O Suta, my son, is not heard today as it was before.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to CE 7.61.7c (sūtamāgadhasaṃghānāṃ nartakānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ, worded differently); line 2 is not in the critical edition. CE 7.61.7a (stuvatāṃ nādya śrūyante…) is not on the page.

Verse 8 (7.85.8)

शब्दो नानाविधोऽभीष्टमभवद्यत्र मे श्रुतः । दीनानामद्य तं शब्दं न शृणोमि समीरितम् ॥

śabdo nānāvidho'bhīṣṭamabhavadyatra me śrutaḥ | dīnānāmadya taṃ śabdaṃ na śṛṇomi samīritam

The many kinds of welcome sounds that I used to hear there — today I do not hear that sound raised by those who have fallen into misery.

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from CE 7.61.8a (śabdena nāditābhīkṣṇam abhavad yatra me śrutiḥ), a recension variant; Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 9 (7.85.9)

निवेशने सत्यधृतेः सोमदत्तस्य सञ्जय । आसीनोऽहं पुरा तात शब्दमश्रौषमुत्तमम् ॥

niveśane satyadhṛteḥ somadattasya sañjaya | āsīno'haṃ purā tāta śabdamaśrauṣamuttamam

Once, Sanjaya, I sat in the house of Somadatta, firm in truth, and heard a most excellent sound there, my dear.

Verse 10 (7.85.10)

तदद्य पुण्यहीनोऽहमार्तस्वरनिनादितम् । निवेशनं गतोत्साहं विकृतं तात लक्षये ॥

tadadya puṇyahīno'hamārtasvaranināditam | niveśanaṃ gatotsāhaṃ vikṛtaṃ tāta lakṣaye

Now, lacking merit as I am, I find that house, once ringing with cries of distress, spiritless and changed, my dear.

Note on the text: Line 2 differs from CE 7.61.10c (niveśanaṃ hatotsāhaṃ putrāṇāṃ mama lakṣaye), a recension variant; Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 11 (7.85.11)

विविंशतेर्दुर्मुखस्य चित्रसेनविकर्णयोः । अन्येषां च सुतानां मे न तथा श्रूयते ध्वनिः ॥

viviṃśaterdurmukhasya citrasenavikarṇayoḥ | anyeṣāṃ ca sutānāṃ me na tathā śrūyate dhvaniḥ

In the houses of Vivimshati, Durmukha, Chitrasena and Vikarna, and of my other sons, the sound is no longer heard as it was.

Verse 12 (7.85.12)

ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्या यं शिष्याः पर्युपासते । द्रोणपुत्रं महेष्वासं पुत्राणां मे परायणम् ॥

brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyā yaṃ śiṣyāḥ paryupāsate | droṇaputraṃ maheṣvāsaṃ putrāṇāṃ me parāyaṇam

Of him whom Brahmanas, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas attend as pupils — the great archer, the son of Drona, the refuge of my sons —

Note on the text: Corrected ब्राह्मणआः → ब्राह्मणाः (misprint in Wikisource; stray आ — the critical edition reads brāhmaṇāḥ).

Verse 13 (7.85.13)

वितण्डालापसंलापैर्द्रुतवादित्रवादितैः । गीतैश्च विविधैरिष्टै रमते यो दिवानिशम् ॥

vitaṇḍālāpasaṃlāpairdrutavāditravāditaiḥ | gītaiśca vividhairiṣṭai ramate yo divāniśam

who delights day and night in disputation and talk, in quick-played instruments and in many kinds of favourite songs,

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from CE 7.61.13a (vitaṇḍālāpasaṃlāpair hutayācitavanditaiḥ), a recension variant; Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 14 (7.85.14)

उपास्यमानो बहुभिः कुरुपाण्डवसात्वतैः । श्लक्ष्णस्तस्य गृहे शब्दो नाद्य द्रौणेर्यथा पुरा ॥

upāsyamāno bahubhiḥ kurupāṇḍavasātvataiḥ | ślakṣṇastasya gṛhe śabdo nādya drauṇeryathā purā

and who is attended by many Kurus, Pandavas and Satvatas — the gentle sound in the house of Drona's son is not heard today as it was before.

Note on the text: Line 2 differs from CE 7.61.14c (sūta tasya gṛhe śabdho nādya drauṇer yathā purā), a recension variant; Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 15 (7.85.15)

द्रोणपुत्रं महेष्वासं गायना नर्तकाश्च ये । अत्यर्थमुपतिष्ठन्ति तेषां न श्रूयते ध्वनिः ॥

droṇaputraṃ maheṣvāsaṃ gāyanā nartakāśca ye | atyarthamupatiṣṭhanti teṣāṃ na śrūyate dhvaniḥ

The singers and dancers who wait most closely on the great archer, Drona's son — their sound is not heard.

Verse 16 (7.85.16)

विन्दानुविन्दयोः सायं शिबिरे यो महाध्वनिः । श्रूयते सोऽद्य न तथा केकयानां च वेश्मसु ॥

vindānuvindayoḥ sāyaṃ śibire yo mahādhvaniḥ | śrūyate so'dya na tathā kekayānāṃ ca veśmasu

The great noise that used to be heard in the evening in the camp of Vinda and Anuvinda is not heard today, nor in the houses of the Kekayas.

Verse 17 (7.85.17)

नित्यं प्रमुदितानां च तालगीतस्वनो महान् । नृत्यतां श्रूयते तात गणानां सोऽद्य न स्वनः ॥

nityaṃ pramuditānāṃ ca tālagītasvano mahān | nṛtyatāṃ śrūyate tāta gaṇānāṃ so'dya na svanaḥ

The great sound of clapping and song from the ever-joyful troupes of dancers, which used to be heard, my dear — that sound is not heard today.

Verse 18 (7.85.18)

सप्ततन्तून्वितन्वाना याजका यमुपासते । सौमदत्तिं श्रुतनिधिं तेषां न श्रूयते ध्वनिः ॥

saptatantūnvitanvānā yājakā yamupāsate | saumadattiṃ śrutanidhiṃ teṣāṃ na śrūyate dhvaniḥ

Of the son of Somadatta, a treasury of learning, whom the priests attend as they spread out the seven strands of the sacrifice — their sound is no longer heard.

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from CE 7.61.18a (saptatantūn vitanvānā yam upāsanti yājakāḥ), a recension variant; Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 19 (7.85.19)

ज्याघोषो ब्रह्मघोषश्च तोमरासिरथध्वनिः । द्रोणस्यासीदविरतो गृहे तं न शृणोम्यहम् ॥

jyāghoṣo brahmaghoṣaśca tomarāsirathadhvaniḥ | droṇasyāsīdavirato gṛhe taṃ na śṛṇomyaham

The twang of the bowstring, the chanting of the Veda, the clatter of lances, swords and chariots was unceasing in Drona's house; that I do not hear now.

Verse 20 (7.85.20)

नानादेशसमुत्थानां गीतानां योऽभवत्स्वनः । वादित्रनादितानां च सोऽद्य न श्रूयते महान् ॥

nānādeśasamutthānāṃ gītānāṃ yo'bhavatsvanaḥ | vāditranāditānāṃ ca so'dya na śrūyate mahān

The great sound of songs from many lands and of the playing of instruments, which used to arise, is not heard today.

Verse 21 (7.85.21)

यदाप्रभृत्युपप्लुव्याच्छान्तिमिच्छञ्जनार्दनः । आगतः सर्वभूतानामनुकम्पार्थमच्युतः ॥

yadāprabhṛtyupapluvyācchāntimicchañjanārdanaḥ | āgataḥ sarvabhūtānāmanukampārthamacyutaḥ

From the time that Janardana, the unfallen one, wishing for peace, came from Upaplavya out of compassion for all beings,

Verse 22 (7.85.22)

ततोऽहमब्रुवं सूत मन्दं दुर्योधनं तदा । वासुदेवेन तीर्थेन पुत्र संशाम्य पाण्डवैः ॥

tato'hamabruvaṃ sūta mandaṃ duryodhanaṃ tadā | vāsudevena tīrthena putra saṃśāmya pāṇḍavaiḥ

from then on, Suta, I said to Duryodhana gently: "My son, make peace with the Pandavas, using Vasudeva as the means.

Verse 23 (7.85.23)

कालप्राप्तमहं मन्ये मा त्वं दुर्योधनातिगाः । संशाम्य भ्रातृभिस्तैस्तु क्षत्रियानभिपालय ॥

kālaprāptamahaṃ manye mā tvaṃ duryodhanātigāḥ | saṃśāmya bhrātṛbhistaistu kṣatriyānabhipālaya

I think the time for it has come; do not overstep it, Duryodhana. Make peace with those brothers and protect the Kshatriyas.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Line 1 is CE 7.61.23a; line 2 is the CE star passage 7.61.23b*0447_01.

Verse 24 (7.85.24)

शमं चेद्याचमानं त्वं प्रत्याख्यास्यसि केशवम् । हितार्थमभिजल्पन्तं न तवास्ति रणे जयः ॥

śamaṃ cedyācamānaṃ tvaṃ pratyākhyāsyasi keśavam | hitārthamabhijalpantaṃ na tavāsti raṇe jayaḥ

If you refuse Keshava when he pleads for peace and speaks for your good, you will have no victory in battle."

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 7.61.23c; line 2 corresponds to CE 7.61.23e (hitārtham abhijalpantaṃ na tathāsty aparājayaḥ), with a different ending.

Verse 25 (7.85.25)

प्रत्याचष्ट स दाशार्हमृषभं सर्वधन्विनाम् । अनुनेयानि जल्पन्तमनयान्नान्वपद्यत ॥

pratyācaṣṭa sa dāśārhamṛṣabhaṃ sarvadhanvinām | anuneyāni jalpantamanayānnānvapadyata

He turned away Dasharha, the bull among all archers, though he spoke words of conciliation; in his folly he did not accept them.

Verse 26 (7.85.26)

कर्णदुःशासनमतः सौबलस्य च दुर्मतेः । प्रत्याख्यातो महाबाहुः कुलान्तकरणेन वै ॥

karṇaduḥśāsanamataḥ saubalasya ca durmateḥ | pratyākhyāto mahābāhuḥ kulāntakaraṇena vai

On the counsel of Karna, Duhshasana and the evil-minded son of Subala, the mighty-armed one was rejected by him who was to bring the family to its end.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is the CE star passage 7.61.24d*0448_01–02 (line 2 ends वै where the CE reads me). Removed the stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe) and separated महाबाहुःकुलान्तकरणेन into two words.

Verse 27 (7.85.27)

ततो दुःशासनस्यैव कर्णस्य च मतं द्वयोः । अन्ववर्तत मां हित्वा कृष्टः कालेन दुर्मतिः ॥

tato duḥśāsanasyaiva karṇasya ca mataṃ dvayoḥ | anvavartata māṃ hitvā kṛṣṭaḥ kālena durmatiḥ

Then, abandoning me, that ill-minded boy, dragged along by Time, followed the counsel of the two, Duhshasana and Karna.

Verse 28 (7.85.28)

न ह्यहं युद्धमिच्छामि विदुरो द्रोण एव वा । बाह्लीकः सोमदत्तो वा भीष्मो द्रौणायनिस्तथा ॥

na hyahaṃ yuddhamicchāmi viduro droṇa eva vā | bāhlīkaḥ somadatto vā bhīṣmo drauṇāyanistathā

I do not want war, nor does Vidura, or Drona, or Bahlika, or Somadatta, or Bhishma, or Drona's son.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is the CE star passage 7.61.26c*0449_01–02 (the first half of line *0449_01 is printed there as asterisks). CE 7.61.26a,c (na hy ahaṃ dyūtam icchāmi…) are not on the page.

Verse 29 (7.85.29)

शलो भूरिश्रवाश्चैव पुरुमित्रो विविंशतिः । जयः कृपो वा धर्मात्मा ये चान्ये मम बान्धवाः ॥

śalo bhūriśravāścaiva purumitro viviṃśatiḥ | jayaḥ kṛpo vā dharmātmā ye cānye mama bāndhavāḥ

Nor Shala, Bhurishravas, Purumitra or Vivimshati, nor Jaya, nor the righteous Kripa, nor any other kinsmen of mine.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to CE 7.61.27a (śalyo bhūriśravāś caiva purumitro jayas tathā), worded differently; line 2 is the CE star passage 7.61.27d*0450_01.

Verse 30 (7.85.30)

एतेषां मतमास्थाय यदि वत्स्यति पुत्रकः । एतेभ्यश्च मदूर्ध्वं च अभोक्ष्यद्वसुधामिमाम् ॥

eteṣāṃ matamāsthāya yadi vatsyati putrakaḥ | etebhyaśca madūrdhvaṃ ca abhokṣyadvasudhāmimām

If my son would live by the counsel of these men, then he would enjoy this earth with them and after them and after me.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to CE 7.61.28a (eteṣāṃ matam ājñāya yadi varteta putrakaḥ), worded differently; line 2 is the CE star passage 7.61.28d*0451_01.

Verse 31 (7.85.31)

श्लक्ष्णा मधुरसम्भाषा ज्ञातिमध्ये प्रियंवदाः । कुलीनाः सम्मताः प्राज्ञाः सुखं जीवन्ति मानवाः ॥

ślakṣṇā madhurasambhāṣā jñātimadhye priyaṃvadāḥ | kulīnāḥ sammatāḥ prājñāḥ sukhaṃ jīvanti mānavāḥ

Gentle and sweet of speech, speaking kindly among their kin, well-born, esteemed and wise — such men live happily.

Note on the text: Line 2 ends सुखं जीवन्ति मानवाः where the critical edition reads sukhaṃ prāpsyanti pāṇḍavāḥ (recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept). The page ends the verse with a single danda; written with the usual verse-end mark.

Verse 32 (7.85.32)

धर्मापेक्षी नरो नित्यं सर्वत्र लभते सुखम् । प्रेत्यभावे च कल्याणं प्रसादं प्रतिपद्यते ॥

dharmāpekṣī naro nityaṃ sarvatra labhate sukham | pretyabhāve ca kalyāṇaṃ prasādaṃ pratipadyate

A man who always looks to dharma finds happiness everywhere, and after death he attains welfare and grace.

Verse 33 (7.85.33)

अर्हास्ते पृथिवीं भोक्तुं समर्थाः साधनेऽपि च । तेषामपि समुद्रान्ता पितृपैतामही मही ॥

arhāste pṛthivīṃ bhoktuṃ samarthāḥ sādhane'pi ca | teṣāmapi samudrāntā pitṛpaitāmahī mahī

They are fit to enjoy the earth, and able to win it as well; the earth, bounded by the oceans, that was their father's and grandfather's is theirs too.

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from CE 7.61.31a (arhanty ardhaṃ pṛthivyās te bhoktuṃ sāmarthyasādhanāḥ), a recension variant; Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 34 (7.85.34)

न च त्वाऽभिभविष्यन्ति हित्वा धर्मं पृथात्मजाः । नियुज्यमानाः स्थास्यन्ति पाण्डवा धर्मवर्त्मनि ॥

na ca tvā'bhibhaviṣyanti hitvā dharmaṃ pṛthātmajāḥ | niyujyamānāḥ sthāsyanti pāṇḍavā dharmavartmani

The sons of Pritha will not overpower you by abandoning dharma; if directed, the Pandavas will stay on the path of dharma.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki quote mark (backtick). Line 1 is the CE star passage 7.61.31d*0452_01; line 2 is CE 7.61.32a.

Verse 35 (7.85.35)

सन्ति मे ज्ञातयस्तात येषां श्रोष्यन्ति पाण्डवाः । शल्यस्य सोमदत्तस्य भीष्मस्य च महात्मनः ॥

santi me jñātayastāta yeṣāṃ śroṣyanti pāṇḍavāḥ | śalyasya somadattasya bhīṣmasya ca mahātmanaḥ

I have kinsmen, my son, whom the Pandavas will heed: Shalya, Somadatta, the great-souled Bhishma,

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 7.61.32c (with मे for no); line 2 is CE 7.61.33a.

Verse 36 (7.85.36)

द्रोणस्याथ विकर्णस्य बाह्लीकस्य कृपस्य च । अन्येषां चैव वृद्धानां भरतानां महात्मनाम् । त्वदर्थमब्रवं तात न जहुर्वचनानि ते ॥

droṇasyātha vikarṇasya bāhlīkasya kṛpasya ca | anyeṣāṃ caiva vṛddhānāṃ bharatānāṃ mahātmanām | tvadarthamabravaṃ tāta na jahurvacanāni te

Drona, Vikarna, Bahlika and Kripa, and other elders of the great-souled Bharatas. I told you this for your sake, my child: they would not set aside those words.

Note on the text: Lines 1 and 2 are CE 7.61.33c and 34a; line 3 differs from CE 7.61.34c (tvadarthaṃ bruvatāṃ tāta kariṣyanti vaco hitam), a recension variant. Three lines, a single verse on the page.

Verse 37 (7.85.37)

कं वा त्वं मन्यसे तेषां यस्त्वां ब्रूयादतोऽन्यथा । कृष्णो न धर्मं सञ्जह्यात्सर्वे ते हि तदन्वयाः ॥

kaṃ vā tvaṃ manyase teṣāṃ yastvāṃ brūyādato'nyathā | kṛṣṇo na dharmaṃ sañjahyātsarve te hi tadanvayāḥ

Whom among them do you think would tell you otherwise? Krishna would never abandon dharma, and all of them follow that same course.

Verse 38 (7.85.38)

मयाऽपि चोक्तास्ते वीरा वचनं धर्मसंहितम् । नान्यथा प्रकरिष्यन्ति धर्मात्मानो हि पाण्डवाः ॥

mayā'pi coktāste vīrā vacanaṃ dharmasaṃhitam | nānyathā prakariṣyanti dharmātmāno hi pāṇḍavāḥ

I too spoke words in keeping with dharma to those heroes; the Pandavas, righteous in soul, will not act otherwise.

Verse 39 (7.85.39)

इत्यहं विलपन्सूत बहुशः पुत्रमुक्तवान् । न च मे श्रुतवान्मूढो मन्ये कालस्य पर्ययम् ॥

ityahaṃ vilapansūta bahuśaḥ putramuktavān | na ca me śrutavānmūḍho manye kālasya paryayam

Lamenting thus, Suta, I told my son many times, but the fool did not listen to me. I think it is the turning of Time.

Verse 40 (7.85.40)

वृकोदरार्जुनौ यत्र वृष्णिवीरश्च सात्यकिः । उत्तमौजाश्च पाञ्चाल्यो युधामन्युश्च दुर्जयः ॥

vṛkodarārjunau yatra vṛṣṇivīraśca sātyakiḥ | uttamaujāśca pāñcālyo yudhāmanyuśca durjayaḥ

Where Vrikodara and Arjuna are, and the Vrishni hero Satyaki, Uttamaujas of Panchala and the invincible Yudhamanyu,

Verse 41 (7.85.41)

धृष्टद्युम्नश्च दुर्धर्षः शिखण्डी चापराजितः । अश्मकाः केकयाश्चैव क्षत्रधर्मा च सौमकिः ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca durdharṣaḥ śikhaṇḍī cāparājitaḥ | aśmakāḥ kekayāścaiva kṣatradharmā ca saumakiḥ

the unassailable Dhrishtadyumna, the unconquered Shikhandi, the Ashmakas and Kekayas, and Kshatradharman, Somaka's descendant,

Verse 42 (7.85.42)

चैद्यश्च चेकितानश्च पुत्रः काश्यस्य चाभिभूः । द्रौपदेया विराटश्च द्रुपदश्च महारथः ॥

caidyaśca cekitānaśca putraḥ kāśyasya cābhibhūḥ | draupadeyā virāṭaśca drupadaśca mahārathaḥ

the Chaidya, Chekitana, Abhibhu the son of the Kashi king, the sons of Draupadi, Virata, and the great chariot-warrior Drupada,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are CE 7.61.40a and 40c.

Verse 43 (7.85.43)

यमौ च पुरुषव्याघ्रौ मन्त्री च मधुसूदनः । क एताञ्जातु युध्येत लोकेऽस्मिन्वै जिजीविषुः ॥

yamau ca puruṣavyāghrau mantrī ca madhusūdanaḥ | ka etāñjātu yudhyeta loke'sminvai jijīviṣuḥ

the twins, those tigers among men, and Madhusudana as their counsellor — who in this world, wishing to live, would ever fight them?

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 7.61.40e; line 2 is CE 7.61.41a.

Verse 44 (7.85.44)

दिव्यमस्त्रं विकुर्वाणान्प्रसहेद्वा परान्मम । अन्यो दुर्योधनात्कर्णाच्छकुनेश्चापि सौबलात् । दुःशासनचतुर्थानां नान्यं पश्यामि पञ्चमम् ॥

divyamastraṃ vikurvāṇānprasahedvā parānmama | anyo duryodhanātkarṇācchakuneścāpi saubalāt | duḥśāsanacaturthānāṃ nānyaṃ paśyāmi pañcamam

Who could withstand my enemies as they work their divine weapons? Besides Duryodhana, Karna and Shakuni the son of Subala, with Duhshasana as the fourth, I see no fifth.

Note on the text: Corrected कार्णाच्छ → कर्णाच्छ (misprint in Wikisource; kārṇa is not the needed ablative — the critical edition reads karṇāc chakuneś). Line 1 differs from CE 7.61.41c (divyam astraṃ vikurvāṇān saṃhareyur ariṃdamāḥ), a recension variant; lines 2–3 are CE 7.61.42a and 42c. Three lines, a single verse on the page.

Verse 45 (7.85.45)

येषां वचनकृत्स स्याद्विष्वक्सेनो रथे स्थितः । सन्नद्धश्चार्जुनो योद्धा तेषां नास्ति पराजयः ॥

yeṣāṃ vacanakṛtsa syādviṣvakseno rathe sthitaḥ | sannaddhaścārjuno yoddhā teṣāṃ nāsti parājayaḥ

Those for whom Vishvaksena stands on the chariot, doing their bidding, and Arjuna the warrior stands armed — for them there is no defeat.

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from CE 7.61.43a (yeṣām abhīśuhastaḥ syād viṣvakseno rathe sthitaḥ), a recension variant; Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 46 (7.85.46)

तथा मम विलापानां नायं दुर्योधनः स्मरेत् । हतौ हि पुरुषव्याघ्रौ भीष्मद्रोणौ त्वमात्थ वै ॥

tathā mama vilāpānāṃ nāyaṃ duryodhanaḥ smaret | hatau hi puruṣavyāghrau bhīṣmadroṇau tvamāttha vai

Duryodhana does not remember those laments of mine. You have told me that the two tigers among men, Bhishma and Drona, are slain.

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from CE 7.61.44a (teṣāṃ mama vilāpānāṃ na hi duryodhanaḥ smaret), a recension variant; Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 47 (7.85.47)

तेषां विदुरवाक्यानामुक्तानां दीर्घदर्शनात् । दृष्ट्वेमां फलनिर्वृत्तिं मन्ये शोचन्ति पुत्रकाः ॥

teṣāṃ viduravākyānāmuktānāṃ dīrghadarśanāt | dṛṣṭvemāṃ phalanirvṛttiṃ manye śocanti putrakāḥ

Seeing this fruit of those words of Vidura, spoken with far-sighted wisdom, I think my sons are grieving.

Verse 48 (7.85.48)

सेनां दृष्ट्वाऽभिभूतां मे शैनेयेनार्जुनेन च । शून्यान्दृष्ट्वा रथोपस्थान्मन्ये शोचन्ति पुत्रकाः ॥

senāṃ dṛṣṭvā'bhibhūtāṃ me śaineyenārjunena ca | śūnyāndṛṣṭvā rathopasthānmanye śocanti putrakāḥ

Seeing my army overwhelmed by Shaineya and Arjuna, and seeing the chariot-seats empty, I think my sons are grieving.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is the CE star passage 7.61.45d*0453_01–02 (printed after 7.61.45).

Verse 49 (7.85.49)

हिमात्यये यथा कक्षं शुष्कं वातेरितो महान् । अग्निर्दहेत्तथा सेनां मामिकां स धनञ्जयः ॥

himātyaye yathā kakṣaṃ śuṣkaṃ vāterito mahān | agnirdahettathā senāṃ māmikāṃ sa dhanañjayaḥ

As, at the end of winter, a great fire driven by the wind burns dry grass, so would Dhananjaya burn my army.

Verse 50 (7.85.50)

आचक्ष्व मम तत्सर्वं कुशलो ह्यसि सञ्जय । यदोपयाताः सायाह्ने कृत्वा पार्थस्य किल्बिषं ॥

ācakṣva mama tatsarvaṃ kuśalo hyasi sañjaya | yadopayātāḥ sāyāhne kṛtvā pārthasya kilbiṣaṃ

Tell me all of it, for you are skilled, Sanjaya: when you came back in the evening, having wronged Partha,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 correspond to CE 7.61.47a and 47c, worded differently (a recension variant); the CE's third line is Wikisource's next verse.

Verse 51 (7.85.51)

अभिमन्यौ हते तात कथमासीन्मनो हि वः ॥

abhimanyau hate tāta kathamāsīnmano hi vaḥ

when Abhimanyu was slain, dear one, what was the state of your minds?

Note on the text: A single line on the page (printed 5-85-51a); it is CE 7.61.47e, the third line of the verse whose first two lines are Wikisource's verse 50. Kept as the page's own verse.

Verse 52 (7.85.52)

न जातु तस्य कर्माणि युधि गाण्डीवधन्वनः । अपकृत्य महत्तात सोढुं शक्ष्यन्ति मामकाः ॥

na jātu tasya karmāṇi yudhi gāṇḍīvadhanvanaḥ | apakṛtya mahattāta soḍhuṃ śakṣyanti māmakāḥ

My men will never be able to bear the deeds of the wielder of Gandiva in battle, my dear, after doing him such a great wrong.

Verse 53 (7.85.53)

किन्नु दुर्योधनः कृत्यं कर्णः कृत्यं किमब्रवीत् । दुःशासनः सौबलश्च तेषामेवं गते सति ॥

kinnu duryodhanaḥ kṛtyaṃ karṇaḥ kṛtyaṃ kimabravīt | duḥśāsanaḥ saubalaśca teṣāmevaṃ gate sati

What did Duryodhana say should be done, and what did Karna say, and Duhshasana and the son of Subala, things having come to this pass for them?

Note on the text: Corrected किन्नुः → किन्नु (misprint in Wikisource; stray visarga — the critical edition reads kiṃ nu). Line 2 ends तेषामेवं गते सति where the CE reads teṣām evaṃ gate api (recension variant).

Verse 54 (7.85.54)

सर्वेषां समवेतानां पुत्राणां मम सञ्जय । यद्वृत्तं तात सङ्ग्रामे मन्दस्यापनयैर्भृशम् ॥

sarveṣāṃ samavetānāṃ putrāṇāṃ mama sañjaya | yadvṛttaṃ tāta saṅgrāme mandasyāpanayairbhṛśam

Of all my sons gathered together, Sanjaya — what took place in the battle through the great misconduct of that dullard,

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 7.61.49e; line 2 is CE 7.61.50a.

Verse 55 (7.85.55)

लोभानुगस्य दुर्बुद्धेः क्रोधेन विकृतात्मनः । राज्यकामस्य मूढस्य रागोपहतचेतसः । दुर्नीतं वा सुनीतं वा तन्ममाचक्ष्व सञ्जय ॥

lobhānugasya durbuddheḥ krodhena vikṛtātmanaḥ | rājyakāmasya mūḍhasya rāgopahatacetasaḥ | durnītaṃ vā sunītaṃ vā tanmamācakṣva sañjaya

who follows greed, evil in his thinking, his mind warped by anger, hungry for a kingdom, deluded, his heart smitten with passion — whether it was ill-judged or well-judged, tell me that, Sanjaya.

Note on the text: Lines 1, 2 and 3 are CE 7.61.50c, 51a and 51c. Three lines, a single verse on the page.