Drona Forms the Wheel-and-Cart Array

Verse 1 (7.87.1)

तस्यां निशायां व्युष्टायां द्रोणः शस्त्रभृतां वरः । स्वान्यनीकानि सर्वाणि प्राक्रामद्व्यूहितुं ततः ॥

tasyāṃ niśāyāṃ vyuṣṭāyāṃ droṇaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ | svānyanīkāni sarvāṇi prākrāmadvyūhituṃ tataḥ

When that night had passed into dawn, Drona, the best of those who bear arms, set out to array all his divisions.

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: the input has 34 verses and agrees with the raw Wikisource page (a table, one row per verse, printed 5-87-1 to 5-87-34 — the page's "5-" is a typo for 7; the same page also carries a <poem> copy, which is not used) row for row; the verse numbers run 1–34 in order, so nothing was renumbered or rebuilt. The page corresponds to CE 7.63.1–33. Sanjaya speaks throughout except verses 12–15, which are Drona's address to Jayadratha. CE star passages not on the page: 7.63.5d*0457_01.

Verse 2 (7.87.2)

शूराणां गर्जतां राजन्सङ्क्रुद्धानाममर्षिणाम् । श्रूयन्ते स्म गिरश्चित्राः परस्परवधैषिणाम् ॥

śūrāṇāṃ garjatāṃ rājansaṅkruddhānāmamarṣiṇām | śrūyante sma giraścitrāḥ parasparavadhaiṣiṇām

From the heroes, roaring in their rage and impatience, eager to kill one another, many strange cries were heard, O king.

Verse 3 (7.87.3)

विष्फार्य च धनूंष्यन्ये ज्याः परे परिमृज्य च । विनिःश्वसन्तः प्राक्रोशन्क्वेदानीं स धनञ्जयः ॥

viṣphārya ca dhanūṃṣyanye jyāḥ pare parimṛjya ca | viniḥśvasantaḥ prākrośankvedānīṃ sa dhanañjayaḥ

Some twanged their bows and others rubbed their bowstrings, and sighing deeply they cried out, "Where is that Dhananjaya now?"

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from CE 7.63.3a (visphārya ca dhanūṃṣy ājau jyāḥ karaiḥ parimṛjya ca), a recension variant; Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 4 (7.87.4)

विकोशान्सुत्सरूनन्ये कृतधारान्समाहितान् । पीतानाकाशसङ्काशानसीन्केचिच्च चिक्षिपुः ॥

vikośānsutsarūnanye kṛtadhārānsamāhitān | pītānākāśasaṅkāśānasīnkecicca cikṣipuḥ

Others hurled swords drawn from their sheaths, with fine hilts, their edges sharpened, well-tempered, sky-coloured.

Verse 5 (7.87.5)

चरन्तस्त्वसिमार्गांश्च धनुर्मार्गांश्च शिक्षिताः । सङ्ग्राममनसः शूरा दृश्यन्ते स्म सहस्रशः ॥

carantastvasimārgāṃśca dhanurmārgāṃśca śikṣitāḥ | saṅgrāmamanasaḥ śūrā dṛśyante sma sahasraśaḥ

Practising the movements of sword and bow with skill, warriors with minds set on battle were seen by the thousand.

Note on the text: Line 1 ends शिक्षिताः where the critical edition reads śikṣayā (recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept). The CE's star passage 7.63.5d*0457_01 is not on the page.

Verse 6 (7.87.6)

सघण्टाश्चन्दनादिग्धाः स्वर्णवज्रविभूषिताः । समुत्क्षिप्य गदाश्चान्ये पर्यपृच्छन्त पाण्डवम् ॥

saghaṇṭāścandanādigdhāḥ svarṇavajravibhūṣitāḥ | samutkṣipya gadāścānye paryapṛcchanta pāṇḍavam

Others, raising maces hung with bells, smeared with sandal and adorned with gold and diamonds, asked for the Pandava.

Verse 7 (7.87.7)

अन्ये बलमदोन्मत्ताः परिघैर्बाहुशालिनः । चक्रुः सम्बाधमाकाशमुच्छ्रितेन्द्रध्वजोपमैः ॥

anye balamadonmattāḥ parighairbāhuśālinaḥ | cakruḥ sambādhamākāśamucchritendradhvajopamaiḥ

Others, mad with the pride of strength, strong-armed, crowded the sky with their iron clubs, which looked like raised banners of Indra.

Verse 8 (7.87.8)

नानाप्रहरणैश्चान्ये विचित्रस्रगलङ्कृताः । सङ्ग्राममनसः शूरास्तत्रतत्र व्यवस्थिताः ॥

nānāpraharaṇaiścānye vicitrasragalaṅkṛtāḥ | saṅgrāmamanasaḥ śūrāstatratatra vyavasthitāḥ

Still others, with various weapons and wearing bright garlands, their minds set on battle, stood in position here and there.

Verse 9 (7.87.9)

क्वार्जुनः क्व स गोविन्दः क्व च मानी वृकोदरः । क्व च ते सुहृदस्तेषामाह्वयन्ते रणे तदा ॥

kvārjunaḥ kva sa govindaḥ kva ca mānī vṛkodaraḥ | kva ca te suhṛdasteṣāmāhvayante raṇe tadā

"Where is Arjuna? Where is that Govinda? Where is the proud Vrikodara? Where are their friends?" — so they called out to them in battle.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads क्व स गोविन्दः where the critical edition reads kva ca govindaḥ (recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 10 (7.87.10)

ततः शङ्खमुपाध्माय त्वरयन्वाजिनः स्वयम् । इतस्ततस्तान्रचयन्द्रोणश्चरति वेगितः ॥

tataḥ śaṅkhamupādhmāya tvarayanvājinaḥ svayam | itastatastānracayandroṇaścarati vegitaḥ

Then Drona, blowing his conch and urging the horses on himself, moved swiftly about, arranging them this way and that.

Verse 11 (7.87.11)

तेष्वनीकेषु सर्वेषु स्थितेष्वाहवनन्दिषु । भारद्वाजो महाराज जयद्रथमथाब्रवीत् ॥

teṣvanīkeṣu sarveṣu sthiteṣvāhavanandiṣu | bhāradvājo mahārāja jayadrathamathābravīt

When all those divisions were standing, delighting in battle, Bharadvaja said to Jayadratha, O great king:

Verse 12 (7.87.12)

त्वं चैव सौमदत्तिश्च कर्णश्चैव महारथः । अश्वत्थामा च शल्यश्च वृषसेनः कृपस्तथा ॥

tvaṃ caiva saumadattiśca karṇaścaiva mahārathaḥ | aśvatthāmā ca śalyaśca vṛṣasenaḥ kṛpastathā

"You, and Saumadatti, and Karna the great chariot-warrior, Ashvatthama, Shalya, Vrishasena and Kripa too,

Note on the text: Speaker: Drona (the page prints no heading for these lines; verse 11 introduces his speech to Jayadratha and the heading "सञ्जय उवाच" before verse 16 marks its end; the input had Sanjaya).

Verse 13 (7.87.13)

शतं चाश्वसहस्राणां रथानामयुतानि षट् । द्विरदानां प्रभिन्नानां सहस्राणि चतुर्दश ॥

śataṃ cāśvasahasrāṇāṃ rathānāmayutāni ṣaṭ | dviradānāṃ prabhinnānāṃ sahasrāṇi caturdaśa

with a hundred thousand horses, six ayutas of chariots, and fourteen thousand rutting elephants,

Note on the text: Speaker: Drona (the page prints no heading for these lines; verse 11 introduces his speech to Jayadratha and the heading "सञ्जय उवाच" before verse 16 marks its end; the input had Sanjaya).

Verse 14 (7.87.14)

पदातीनां सहस्राणि दंशितान्येकविंशतिः । गव्यूतिषु त्रिमात्रासु मामनासाद्य तिष्ठत ॥

padātīnāṃ sahasrāṇi daṃśitānyekaviṃśatiḥ | gavyūtiṣu trimātrāsu māmanāsādya tiṣṭhata

and twenty-one thousand armoured foot-soldiers, stay at a distance of three gavyutis, without coming up to me.

Note on the text: Speaker: Drona (the page prints no heading for these lines; verse 11 introduces his speech to Jayadratha and the heading "सञ्जय उवाच" before verse 16 marks its end; the input had Sanjaya). Line 2 reads त्रिमात्रासु where the critical edition reads trimātreṣu (recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 15 (7.87.15)

तत्रस्थं त्वां न संसोढुं शक्ता देवाः सवासवाः । किं पुनः पाण्डवाः सर्वे समाश्वसिहि सैन्धव ॥

tatrasthaṃ tvāṃ na saṃsoḍhuṃ śaktā devāḥ savāsavāḥ | kiṃ punaḥ pāṇḍavāḥ sarve samāśvasihi saindhava

Standing there, even the gods with Indra could not withstand you, let alone all the Pandavas. Take heart, Saindhava."

Note on the text: Speaker: Drona (the page prints no heading for these lines; verse 11 introduces his speech to Jayadratha and the heading "सञ्जय उवाच" before verse 16 marks its end; the input had Sanjaya).

Verse 16 (7.87.16)

एवमुक्तः समाश्वस्तः सिन्धुराजो जयद्रथः । सम्प्रायात्सहगान्धारैर्वृतस्तैश्च महारथैः । वर्मिभिः सादिभिर्यत्तैः प्रासपाणिहयस्थितैः ॥

evamuktaḥ samāśvastaḥ sindhurājo jayadrathaḥ | samprāyātsahagāndhārairvṛtastaiśca mahārathaiḥ | varmibhiḥ sādibhiryattaiḥ prāsapāṇihayasthitaiḥ

Thus addressed and reassured, Jayadratha, king of the Sindhus, set out with the Gandharas and those great chariot-warriors around him, with armoured horsemen, steady, lance in hand, seated on their horses.

Note on the text: Three lines, a single verse on the page. Line 3 reads प्रासपाणिहयस्थितैः where the critical edition reads prāsapāṇibhir āsthitaiḥ (recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 17 (7.87.17)

चामरापीडिनः सर्वे जाम्बूनदविभूषिताः । जयद्रथस्य राजेन्द्र हयाः साधुप्रवाहिनः ॥

cāmarāpīḍinaḥ sarve jāmbūnadavibhūṣitāḥ | jayadrathasya rājendra hayāḥ sādhupravāhinaḥ

All the horses of Jayadratha, O king of kings, were plumed with yak-tail crests, adorned with gold, and steady runners.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are CE 7.63.17a and 17c; the CE's third line is Wikisource's next verse.

Verse 18 (7.87.18)

ते चैकसप्तसाहस्रास्त्रिसाहस्राश्च सैन्धवाः ॥

te caikasaptasāhasrāstrisāhasrāśca saindhavāḥ

And those Saindhavas numbered one thousand and seven thousand, and three thousand besides.

Note on the text: A single line on the page (printed 5-87-18a); it corresponds to CE 7.63.17e (te caiva saptasāhasrā dvisāhasrāś ca saindhavāḥ), worded differently, which is the third line of the verse whose first two lines are Wikisource's verse 17. The numerals (एकसप्त…, त्रिसाहस्राः) are read as printed. Kept as the page's own verse.

Verse 19 (7.87.19)

मत्तानां सुविरूढानां हस्त्यारोहैर्विशारदैः । हस्तिनां भीमरूपाणां वर्मिणां रौद्रकर्मिणाम् ॥

mattānāṃ suvirūḍhānāṃ hastyārohairviśāradaiḥ | hastināṃ bhīmarūpāṇāṃ varmiṇāṃ raudrakarmiṇām

Of rutting elephants, well trained, with skilled drivers, huge in form, armoured, terrible in action —

Note on the text: Differs from CE 7.63.18 (mattānām adhirūḍhānāṃ … nāgānāṃ) in सुविरूढानाम् and हस्तिनाम्; recension variants, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 20 (7.87.20)

अध्यर्धेन सहस्रेण पुत्रो दुर्मर्षणस्तव । अग्रतः सर्वसैन्यानां योत्स्यमानो व्यवस्थितः ॥

adhyardhena sahasreṇa putro durmarṣaṇastava | agrataḥ sarvasainyānāṃ yotsyamāno vyavasthitaḥ

with fifteen hundred of them, your son Durmarshana stood in front of all the troops, ready to fight.

Verse 21 (7.87.21)

ततो दुःशासनश्चैव विकर्णश्च तवात्मजौ । सिन्धुराजार्थसिद्ध्यर्थमग्रानीके व्यवस्थितौ ॥

tato duḥśāsanaścaiva vikarṇaśca tavātmajau | sindhurājārthasiddhyarthamagrānīke vyavasthitau

Then your sons Duhshasana and Vikarna took their places in the front line, to accomplish the Sindhu king's purpose.

Verse 22 (7.87.22)

दीर्घो द्वादशगव्यूतिः पश्चार्धे पञ्चविस्तृतः । व्यूहस्तु चक्रशकटो भारद्वाजेन निर्मितः ॥

dīrgho dvādaśagavyūtiḥ paścārdhe pañcavistṛtaḥ | vyūhastu cakraśakaṭo bhāradvājena nirmitaḥ

The array that Bharadvaja made was a wheel-and-cart, twelve gavyutis long and five broad in its rear part.

Verse 23 (7.87.23)

नानानृपतिभिर्वीरैस्तत्रतत्र व्यवस्थितैः । रथाश्वगजपत्त्योघैर्द्रोणेन विहितः स्वयम् ॥

nānānṛpatibhirvīraistatratatra vyavasthitaiḥ | rathāśvagajapattyoghairdroṇena vihitaḥ svayam

It was laid out by Drona himself, with many kings and heroes stationed here and there, and with masses of chariots, horses, elephants and foot-soldiers.

Verse 24 (7.87.24)

पश्चार्धे तस्य पद्मस्तु गर्भव्यूहः पुनः कृतः । सूचीपद्मस्य गर्भस्थो गूढो व्यूहः कृतः पुनः ॥

paścārdhe tasya padmastu garbhavyūhaḥ punaḥ kṛtaḥ | sūcīpadmasya garbhastho gūḍho vyūhaḥ kṛtaḥ punaḥ

In its rear part a lotus formation was laid out, with in turn a "womb" formation inside it; and in the womb of the needle-lotus another hidden array was made.

Note on the text: Differs from CE 7.63.23 (paścārdhe tasya padmas tu garbhavyūhaḥ sudurbhidaḥ / sūcī padmasya madhyastho gūḍho vyūhaḥ punaḥ kṛtaḥ) in both lines; a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 25 (7.87.25)

एवमेतं महाव्यूहं व्यूह्य द्रोणो व्यवस्थितः । सूचीमुखे महेष्वासः कृतवर्मा व्यवस्थितः ॥

evametaṃ mahāvyūhaṃ vyūhya droṇo vyavasthitaḥ | sūcīmukhe maheṣvāsaḥ kṛtavarmā vyavasthitaḥ

Having arrayed this great formation, Drona took his stand; at the mouth of the needle stood the great archer Kritavarma.

Verse 26 (7.87.26)

अनन्तरं च काम्भोजो जलसन्धश्च मारिष । दुर्योधनश्च कर्णश्च तदनन्तरमेव च ॥

anantaraṃ ca kāmbhojo jalasandhaśca māriṣa | duryodhanaśca karṇaśca tadanantarameva ca

Next to him stood the Kamboja and Jalasandha, O sire, and after them Duryodhana and Karna.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads दुर्योधनश्च कर्णश्च where the critical edition reads duryodhanaḥ sahāmātyaḥ (recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 27 (7.87.27)

ततः शतसहस्राणि योधानामनिवर्तिनाम् । व्यवस्थितानि सर्वाणि शकटे मुखरक्षिणाम् ॥

tataḥ śatasahasrāṇi yodhānāmanivartinām | vyavasthitāni sarvāṇi śakaṭe mukharakṣiṇām

Then hundreds of thousands of warriors who never turn back, the guards of its mouth, were posted in the cart.

Note on the text: Corrected योदानानमनिवर्तिनाम् → योधानामनिवर्तिनाम् (misprint in Wikisource; योदानानम् is not a word — the critical edition reads yodhānām anivartinām). Line 2 ends मुखरक्षिणाम् where the CE reads sūcirakṣiṇaḥ (recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 28 (7.87.28)

तेषां च पृष्ठतो राजा बलेन महता वृतः । जयद्रथस्ततो राजा सूचीपार्श्वे व्यवस्थितः ॥

teṣāṃ ca pṛṣṭhato rājā balena mahatā vṛtaḥ | jayadrathastato rājā sūcīpārśve vyavasthitaḥ

Behind them King Jayadratha, surrounded by a great force, took his place at the side of the needle.

Verse 29 (7.87.29)

शकटस्य तु राजेन्द्र भारद्वाजो मुखे स्थितः । नात्र तस्याभवद्भेदो जुगोपैनं ततः स्वयम् ॥

śakaṭasya tu rājendra bhāradvājo mukhe sthitaḥ | nātra tasyābhavadbhedo jugopainaṃ tataḥ svayam

At the mouth of the cart, O king of kings, stood Bharadvaja. There was no breach in it there, and he himself guarded it.

Note on the text: Corrected भोदो → भेदो (misprint in Wikisource; भोदो is not a word — भेदः "breach" is the evident reading). The critical edition reads differently here (anu tasyābhavad bhojo jugopainaṃ tataḥ svayam, "behind him was Bhoja (Kritavarma), who guarded it"); Wikisource's reading, with the one-vowel fix, is kept.

Verse 30 (7.87.30)

श्वेतवर्माम्बरोष्णीषो व्यूढोरस्को महाभुजः । धनुर्विस्फारयन्द्रोणस्तस्थौ क्रुद्ध इवान्तकः । तस्य सैन्यस्य सर्वस्य नेता गोप्ता च वीर्यवान् ॥

śvetavarmāmbaroṣṇīṣo vyūḍhorasko mahābhujaḥ | dhanurvisphārayandroṇastasthau kruddha ivāntakaḥ | tasya sainyasya sarvasya netā goptā ca vīryavān

Wearing white armour, garments and turban, broad of chest and long of arm, Drona stood twanging his bow, wrathful as Death. He was the leader and protector of that whole army, full of valour.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Lines 1–2 are CE 7.63.29a and 29c; line 3 is the CE star passage 7.63.29d*0458_01.

Verse 31 (7.87.31)

पताकिनं शोणहयं वेदीकृष्णाजिनध्वजम् । द्रोणस्य रथमालोक्य प्रहृष्टाः कुरवोऽभवन् ॥

patākinaṃ śoṇahayaṃ vedīkṛṣṇājinadhvajam | droṇasya rathamālokya prahṛṣṭāḥ kuravo'bhavan

Seeing Drona's chariot, with its pennant, its red horses and its banner of an altar and black antelope-skin, the Kurus were filled with joy.

Note on the text: Corrected ताकिनं → पताकिनं (misprint in Wikisource; the syllable पा dropped — the critical edition reads patākinaṃ).

Verse 32 (7.87.32)

सिद्धचारणसङ्घानां विस्मयः सुमहानभूत् । द्रोणेन विहितं दृष्ट्वा व्यूहं क्षुब्धार्णवोपमम् ॥

siddhacāraṇasaṅghānāṃ vismayaḥ sumahānabhūt | droṇena vihitaṃ dṛṣṭvā vyūhaṃ kṣubdhārṇavopamam

A great wonder came over the hosts of Siddhas and Charanas as they saw the array Drona had made, like a stormy ocean.

Verse 33 (7.87.33)

सशैलसागरवनां नानाजनपदाकुलाम् । ग्रसेद्व्यूहः क्षितिं सर्वामिति भूतानि मेनिरे ॥

saśailasāgaravanāṃ nānājanapadākulām | grasedvyūhaḥ kṣitiṃ sarvāmiti bhūtāni menire

"The array would swallow the whole earth, with its mountains, seas and forests, crowded with many realms" — so the beings thought.

Verse 34 (7.87.34)

बहुरथमनुजाश्वपत्तिनागं । प्रतिभयनिःस्वनमद्भुतानुरूपम् । अहितहृदयभेदनं महद्वै । शकटमवेक्ष्य कृतं ननन्द राजा ॥

bahurathamanujāśvapattināgaṃ | pratibhayaniḥsvanamadbhutānurūpam | ahitahṛdayabhedanaṃ mahadvai | śakaṭamavekṣya kṛtaṃ nananda rājā

Seeing the cart array made, with its many chariots, men, horses, foot-soldiers and elephants, terrible in sound and wondrous in form, a great rending of the enemy's hearts, the king rejoiced.

Note on the text: Four lines, a single verse on the page (each line printed on its own row).