Arjuna Defeats Duhshasana's Elephants

Verse 1 (7.90.1)

तस्मिन्प्रभग्ने सैन्याग्रे वध्यमाने किरीटिना । के नु तत्र रणे वीराः प्रत्युदीयुर्धनञ्जयम् ॥

tasminprabhagne sainyāgre vadhyamāne kirīṭinā | ke nu tatra raṇe vīrāḥ pratyudīyurdhanañjayam

"When the van of the army was shattered and being cut down by Kiritin, which heroes there in the battle rose up against Dhananjaya?

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: checked against the raw Wikisource page (a table, one row per verse, printed 5-90-1 to 5-90-37 — the page's "5-" is a typo for 7 — ending with a colophon naming this the 90th adhyaya of the Jayadratha-vadha Parva); page and input agree on all 37 verses. The page prints the speaker headings धृतराष्ट्र (verse 1) and सञ्जय (verse 3). Verse 35, Arjuna's taunt, fills a whole verse and is given to him. Wikisource 90 corresponds to the critical edition 7.65.1–32. Corrected केतु → के नु (misprint in Wikisource; केतु does not fit the sentence ("which heroes …" needs an interrogative), and CE 7.65.1c has ke nu).

Verse 2 (7.90.2)

आहोस्विच्छकटव्यूहं प्रविष्टा मोघनिश्चयाः । द्रोणमाश्रित्य तिष्ठन्ति प्राकारमकुतोभयाः ॥

āhosvicchakaṭavyūhaṃ praviṣṭā moghaniścayāḥ | droṇamāśritya tiṣṭhanti prākāramakutobhayāḥ

Or did those men of vain resolve enter the cart array and stay there, fearless on every side, with Drona as their rampart?"

Verse 3 (7.90.3)

तथाऽर्जुनेन सम्भग्ने तस्मिंस्तव बलेऽनघ । हतवीरे हतोत्साहे पलायनकृतक्षणे ॥

tathā'rjunena sambhagne tasmiṃstava bale'nagha | hatavīre hatotsāhe palāyanakṛtakṣaṇe

When your force had thus been broken by Arjuna, O sinless one, with its heroes slain, its courage lost, and its mind set on flight,

Verse 4 (7.90.4)

पाकशासनिनाऽभीक्ष्णं वध्यमाने शरोत्तमैः । न तत्र कश्चित्सङ्ग्रामे शशाकार्जुनमीक्षितुम् ॥

pākaśāsaninā'bhīkṣṇaṃ vadhyamāne śarottamaiḥ | na tatra kaścitsaṅgrāme śaśākārjunamīkṣitum

and was being struck down again and again by the best arrows of Pakashasani, no one there in the battle was able even to look at Arjuna.

Verse 5 (7.90.5)

ततस्तव सुतो राजन्दृष्ट्वा सैन्यं तथागतम् । दुःशासनो भृशं क्रुद्धो युद्धायार्जुनमभ्यगात् ॥

tatastava suto rājandṛṣṭvā sainyaṃ tathāgatam | duḥśāsano bhṛśaṃ kruddho yuddhāyārjunamabhyagāt

Then your son Duhshasana, O king, seeing the army in such a plight, was greatly enraged and went against Arjuna to fight.

Verse 6 (7.90.6)

सकाञ्चनविचित्रेण कवचेन समावृतः । जाम्बूनदशिरस्त्राणः शूरस्तीव्रपराक्रमः ॥

sakāñcanavicitreṇa kavacena samāvṛtaḥ | jāmbūnadaśirastrāṇaḥ śūrastīvraparākramaḥ

Clad in a variegated armour of gold, wearing a golden helmet, a hero of fierce prowess,

Verse 7 (7.90.7)

नागानीकेन महता ग्रसन्निव महीमिमाम् । दुःशासनो महाराज सव्यसाचिनमावृणोत् ॥

nāgānīkena mahatā grasanniva mahīmimām | duḥśāsano mahārāja savyasācinamāvṛṇot

with a great elephant division, as if swallowing up this very earth, Duhshasana, O great king, surrounded Savyasachin.

Verse 8 (7.90.8)

ह्रादेन गजघण्टानां शङ्खानां निनदेन च । ज्याक्षेपनिनदैश्चैव विरावेण च दन्तिनाम् ॥

hrādena gajaghaṇṭānāṃ śaṅkhānāṃ ninadena ca | jyākṣepaninadaiścaiva virāveṇa ca dantinām

With the clang of the elephants' bells, the blare of conches, the twang of bowstrings and the trumpeting of the elephants,

Note on the text: Corrected हादेन → ह्रादेन (misprint in Wikisource; हाद is not a word, a conjunct has been lost, and CE 7.65.8a has hrādena).

Verse 9 (7.90.9)

भूर्दिशश्चान्तरिक्षं च शब्देनासीत्समावृतम् । युवराजो बलश्लाघी पिङ्गलः प्रियदर्शनः । स मुहूर्तं प्रतिभयो दारुणः समपद्यत ॥

bhūrdiśaścāntarikṣaṃ ca śabdenāsītsamāvṛtam | yuvarājo balaślāghī piṅgalaḥ priyadarśanaḥ | sa muhūrtaṃ pratibhayo dāruṇaḥ samapadyata

earth, the quarters and the sky were filled with the noise. The prince, vain of his strength, was tawny and pleasant to look upon; and for a moment it became terrifying and dreadful.

Note on the text: Lines 1 and 3 = CE 7.65.9a and 7.65.9c; line 2 = CE star passage 7.65.7d*0467_01 (placed there after CE 7.65.7). Removed the stray wiki backtick and apostrophe around line 2. (Three lines, a single verse on the page.)

Verse 10 (7.90.10)

तान्दृष्ट्वा पततस्तूर्णमङ्कुशैरभिचोदितान् । व्यालम्बहस्तान्संरब्धान्सपक्षानिव पर्वतान् ॥

tāndṛṣṭvā patatastūrṇamaṅkuśairabhicoditān | vyālambahastānsaṃrabdhānsapakṣāniva parvatān

Seeing them rush on swiftly, driven by goads, furious, with trunks hanging down, like mountains that had grown wings,

Verse 11 (7.90.11)

सिंहनादेन महता नरसिंहो धनञ्जयः । तदाचलघनप्रख्यं पताकाशतसङ्कुलम् । गजानीकममित्राणामभितो व्यधमच्छरैः ॥

siṃhanādena mahatā narasiṃho dhanañjayaḥ | tadācalaghanaprakhyaṃ patākāśatasaṅkulam | gajānīkamamitrāṇāmabhito vyadhamaccharaiḥ

Dhananjaya, the lion among men, with a mighty lion's roar, scattered on every side with his arrows the enemy's elephant host, that host which looked like a solid mass of mountains and was crowded with hundreds of banners.

Note on the text: Lines 1 and 3 = CE 7.65.11a and 7.65.11c; line 2 = CE star passage 7.65.11d*0468_01. Removed the stray wiki backtick and apostrophe around line 2. (Three lines, a single verse on the page.)

Verse 12 (7.90.12)

महोर्मिणमिवोद्धूतं श्वसनेन महार्णवम् । किरीटी तद्गजानीकं प्राविशन्मकरो यथा ॥

mahormiṇamivoddhūtaṃ śvasanena mahārṇavam | kirīṭī tadgajānīkaṃ prāviśanmakaro yathā

Like a great ocean with towering waves lashed by the wind, so Kiritin entered that elephant host, like a sea monster.

Verse 13 (7.90.13)

खमाश्रित इवादित्यः प्रतपन्स युगक्षये । ददृशे दिक्षु सर्वासु पार्थः परपुरञ्जनः ॥

khamāśrita ivādityaḥ pratapansa yugakṣaye | dadṛśe dikṣu sarvāsu pārthaḥ parapurañjanaḥ

Like the sun standing in the sky, blazing at the end of an age, Partha, conqueror of enemy cities, was seen in every direction.

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from CE 7.65.13a (CE: kāṣṭhātīta ivādityaḥ pratapan yugasaṃkṣaye); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 14 (7.90.14)

खुरशब्देन चाश्वानां नेमिघोषेण तेन च । तेन चोत्क्रुष्टशब्देन ज्यानिनादेन तेन च ॥

khuraśabdena cāśvānāṃ nemighoṣeṇa tena ca | tena cotkruṣṭaśabdena jyāninādena tena ca

With the beat of the horses' hooves, the rumble of the wheel-rims, the cries of triumph, and the twang of the bowstring,

Note on the text: = CE 7.65.14a and 7.65.14c. The sentence continues in verse 15.

Verse 15 (7.90.15)

नानावादित्रशब्देन पाञ्चजन्यस्वनेन च । देवदत्तस्य घोषेण गाण्डीवनिनदेन च । मन्दवेगा नरा नागा बभूवुस्ते विचेतसः ॥

nānāvāditraśabdena pāñcajanyasvanena ca | devadattasya ghoṣeṇa gāṇḍīvaninadena ca | mandavegā narā nāgā babhūvuste vicetasaḥ

with the noise of many instruments, the blast of the Panchajanya, the roar of the Devadatta, and the sound of Gandiva, the men and elephants lost their vigour and their senses.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE star passage 7.65.14d*0470_01; line 2 = CE 7.65.14e; line 3 corresponds to CE 7.65.15a ("mandavegatarā nāgā babhūvus te vicetasaḥ"; Wikisource's wording differs, a recension variant, kept).

Verse 16 (7.90.16)

शरैराशीविषस्पर्शैर्निर्भिन्नाः सव्यसाचिना । ते गजाः समसीदन्त मग्नाः पङ्कार्णवेष्विव ॥

śarairāśīviṣasparśairnirbhinnāḥ savyasācinā | te gajāḥ samasīdanta magnāḥ paṅkārṇaveṣviva

Pierced by Savyasachin's arrows, whose touch was like that of venomous serpents, those elephants sank down, as though sunk in a sea of mud.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 7.65.15c; line 2 corresponds to CE star passage 7.65.16a*0471_01 ("… tīrṇāḥ paṅkārṇaveṣv iva"; the critical edition's text of that line is damaged, Wikisource's wording kept).

Verse 17 (7.90.17)

युगपच्च समाविष्टैः शरैर्गाण्डीवधन्वनः । अनेकशतसाहस्रैर्द्रुमा मधुकरैरिव । पुङ्खावशिष्टैर्बहुभिः शोणितोत्पीडवाहिभिः ॥

yugapacca samāviṣṭaiḥ śarairgāṇḍīvadhanvanaḥ | anekaśatasāhasrairdrumā madhukarairiva | puṅkhāvaśiṣṭairbahubhiḥ śoṇitotpīḍavāhibhiḥ

With hundreds of thousands of arrows from the wielder of Gandiva lodged in them all at once, they looked like trees swarming with bees; and many of the arrows, with only their feathered ends left showing, streamed with floods of blood.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to CE star passage 7.65.16a*0471_02 ("yugapac ca samāviṣṭair"); line 2 corresponds to CE 7.65.16c (Wikisource's wording differs, a recension variant, kept); line 3 = CE star passage 7.65.16d*0472_01. Removed the stray wiki backtick and apostrophe around line 3. (Three lines, a single verse on the page.)

Verse 18 (7.90.18)

आरावं परमं कृत्वा वध्यमानाः किरीटिना । निपेतुरनिशं भूमौ छिन्नपक्षा इवाद्रयः ॥

ārāvaṃ paramaṃ kṛtvā vadhyamānāḥ kirīṭinā | nipeturaniśaṃ bhūmau chinnapakṣā ivādrayaḥ

Letting out a mighty cry as they were struck down by Kiritin, they kept falling to the ground, like mountains with their wings cut off.

Verse 19 (7.90.19)

अपरे दन्तवेष्टेषु कुम्भेषु च कटेषु च । शरैः समर्पिता नागाः क्रौञ्चवद्व्यनदन्मुहुः ॥

apare dantaveṣṭeṣu kumbheṣu ca kaṭeṣu ca | śaraiḥ samarpitā nāgāḥ krauñcavadvyanadanmuhuḥ

Others, with arrows lodged at the roots of their tusks, in their foreheads and on their flanks, trumpeted again and again like curlews.

Verse 20 (7.90.20)

गजस्कन्धगतानां च पुरुषाणां किरीटिना । छिद्यन्ते चोत्तमाङ्गानि भल्लैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥

gajaskandhagatānāṃ ca puruṣāṇāṃ kirīṭinā | chidyante cottamāṅgāni bhallaiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ

And the heads of the men seated on the elephants' shoulders were cut off by Kiritin with smooth-jointed bhalla arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected भुल्लैः → भल्लैः (misprint in Wikisource; भुल्ल is not a word, and CE 7.65.19c has bhallaiḥ). The verb differs from CE 7.65.19a (CE: ācchidyanta), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 21 (7.90.21)

सकुण्डलानां पततां शिरसां धरणीतले । पद्मानामिव सङ्घातैः पार्थश्चक्रे निवेदनम् ॥

sakuṇḍalānāṃ patatāṃ śirasāṃ dharaṇītale | padmānāmiva saṅghātaiḥ pārthaścakre nivedanam

With the heads, earrings and all, falling to the ground in heaps like lotuses, Partha made, as it were, an offering.

Verse 22 (7.90.22)

यन्त्रबद्धा विकवचा व्रणार्ता रुधिरोक्षिताः । भ्रमत्सु युधि नागेषु मनुष्या विललम्बिरे ॥

yantrabaddhā vikavacā vraṇārtā rudhirokṣitāḥ | bhramatsu yudhi nāgeṣu manuṣyā vilalambire

Bound in their harness, stripped of their armour, pained with wounds and drenched in blood, men dangled from the elephants as they wheeled about in the battle.

Verse 23 (7.90.23)

केचिदेकेन बाणेन सुयुक्तेन सुपत्रिणा । द्वौ त्रयश्च विनिर्भिन्ना निपेतुर्धरणीतले ॥

kecidekena bāṇena suyuktena supatriṇā | dvau trayaśca vinirbhinnā nipeturdharaṇītale

Some, two or three at a time, pierced by a single well-fitted, feathered arrow, fell to the ground.

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs slightly from CE 7.65.22a (CE: sumuktena patatriṇā); a recension variant, kept.

Verse 24 (7.90.24)

अपरे मदसंरब्धा मातङ्गाः पर्वतोपमाः । सारोहा न्यपतन्भूमौ द्रुमवन्त इवाचलाः ॥

apare madasaṃrabdhā mātaṅgāḥ parvatopamāḥ | sārohā nyapatanbhūmau drumavanta ivācalāḥ

Other elephants, mountain-like, maddened and furious, fell to the ground together with their riders, like mountains covered with trees.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); line 1 corresponds to CE star passage 7.65.22d*0473_01 ("apare mandasaṃrabdhā mātaṅgāḥ parvatopamāḥ") and line 2 to CE star passage 7.65.22d*0474_02.

Verse 25 (7.90.25)

मौर्वीं ध्वजं धनुश्चैव युगमीषां तथैव च । रथिनां कुट्टयामास भल्लैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥

maurvīṃ dhvajaṃ dhanuścaiva yugamīṣāṃ tathaiva ca | rathināṃ kuṭṭayāmāsa bhallaiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ

He smashed the bowstrings, banners, bows, yokes and poles of the chariot-warriors with smooth-jointed bhalla arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected मौर्वी → मौर्वीं (the anusvara is dropped in Wikisource; the nominative does not fit as the object of कुट्टयामास, and CE 7.65.23a has maurvīṃ). Otherwise a recension variant of CE 7.65.23a, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 26 (7.90.26)

न सन्दधन्न चाकर्षन्न विमुञ्चन्न चोद्वहन् । मण्डलेनैव धनुषा नृत्यन्पार्थः स्म दृश्यते ॥

na sandadhanna cākarṣanna vimuñcanna codvahan | maṇḍalenaiva dhanuṣā nṛtyanpārthaḥ sma dṛśyate

He was not seen to fit an arrow, or draw, or loose, or lift one; Partha was seen only dancing, with his bow whirling in a circle.

Verse 27 (7.90.27)

अतिविद्धाश्च नाराचैर्वमन्तो रुधिरं मुखैः । मुहूर्तान्न्यपतन्नन्ये वारणा वसुधातले ॥

atividdhāśca nārācairvamanto rudhiraṃ mukhaiḥ | muhūrtānnyapatannanye vāraṇā vasudhātale

Other elephants, deeply pierced by iron arrows and vomiting blood from their mouths, fell to the ground within a moment.

Verse 28 (7.90.28)

उत्थितान्यगणेयानि कबन्धानि समन्ततः । अदृश्यन्त महाराज तस्मिन्परमसङ्कुले ॥

utthitānyagaṇeyāni kabandhāni samantataḥ | adṛśyanta mahārāja tasminparamasaṅkule

Countless headless trunks stood up on every side, O great king, and were seen in that utterly crowded melee.

Verse 29 (7.90.29)

सचापाः साङ्गुलित्राणाः सखड्गाः साङ्गदा रणे । अदृश्यन्त भुजाश्छिन्ना हेमाभरणभूषिताः ॥

sacāpāḥ sāṅgulitrāṇāḥ sakhaḍgāḥ sāṅgadā raṇe | adṛśyanta bhujāśchinnā hemābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ

Severed arms were seen, adorned with golden ornaments, still with bows, finger-guards, swords and armlets in the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected सखङ्गाः → सखड्गाः (misprint in Wikisource; खड्ग is the word, as in CE 7.65.27a sakhaḍgāḥ).

Verse 30 (7.90.30)

सूपस्करैरधिष्ठानैरीषादण्डकबन्धुरैः । चक्रैर्विमथितैरक्षैर्भग्नैश्च बहुधा युगैः ॥

sūpaskarairadhiṣṭhānairīṣādaṇḍakabandhuraiḥ | cakrairvimathitairakṣairbhagnaiśca bahudhā yugaiḥ

There were chariots with all their fittings, their platforms, and their graceful pole-shafts; wheels crushed, axles broken, and yokes shattered in many ways;

Verse 31 (7.90.31)

चर्मचापधरैश्चैव व्यवकीर्णैस्ततस्ततः । स्रग्भिराभरणैर्वस्त्रैः पतितैश्च महाध्वजैः ॥

carmacāpadharaiścaiva vyavakīrṇaistatastataḥ | sragbhirābharaṇairvastraiḥ patitaiśca mahādhvajaiḥ

shield-bearers and bow-bearers scattered here and there, garlands, ornaments and garments, and fallen great banners;

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from CE 7.65.29a (CE: varmacāpaśaraiś caiva); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 32 (7.90.32)

निहतैर्वारणैरश्वैः क्षत्रियैश्च निपातितैः । अदृश्यत मही तत्र दारुणप्रतिदर्शना ॥

nihatairvāraṇairaśvaiḥ kṣatriyaiśca nipātitaiḥ | adṛśyata mahī tatra dāruṇapratidarśanā

with elephants, horses and kshatriyas slain and laid low, the earth there looked dreadful to behold.

Verse 33 (7.90.33)

एवं दुःशासनबलं वध्यमानं किरीटिना । सम्प्राद्रवन्महाराज व्यथितं सहनायकम् ॥

evaṃ duḥśāsanabalaṃ vadhyamānaṃ kirīṭinā | samprādravanmahārāja vyathitaṃ sahanāyakam

Thus Duhshasana's force, being slaughtered by Kiritin, fled in distress, O great king, together with its leaders.

Verse 34 (7.90.34)

एवं बले द्रुते याते राजपुत्रं महारथम् । विव्याध दशभिर्बाणैस्तिष्ठतिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत् ॥

evaṃ bale drute yāte rājaputraṃ mahāratham | vivyādha daśabhirbāṇaistiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cābravīt

When his force had fled in this way, he pierced the prince, the maharatha, with ten arrows, and said, "Stand, stand!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); verses 34–36 are the critical edition's star passage 7.65.31d*0476_01–06 (this verse is lines 01–02). Removed the stray wiki opening backtick.

Verse 35 (7.90.35)

जीवितेन कथं गन्ता दुरुक्तं यावदद्य ते । तद्वाक्यसदृशं कर्म कुरु त्वं यदि मन्यसे ॥

jīvitena kathaṃ gantā duruktaṃ yāvadadya te | tadvākyasadṛśaṃ karma kuru tvaṃ yadi manyase

"How will you get away with your life, after the harsh words you have spoken today? Act now in keeping with those words, if you have the heart."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is lines 03–04 of the star passage 7.65.31d*0476. Arjuna's taunt, unheaded on the page, given to him.

Verse 36 (7.90.36)

एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजा पार्थः पार्थिवमर्दनः । भृशं क्रुद्धो महाराज अविध्यत्तनयं तव ॥

evamuktvā tato rājā pārthaḥ pārthivamardanaḥ | bhṛśaṃ kruddho mahārāja avidhyattanayaṃ tava

Having said this, King Partha, the crusher of kings, greatly enraged, O great king, pierced your son.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is lines 05–06 of the star passage 7.65.31d*0476. Removed the stray wiki closing apostrophe.

Verse 37 (7.90.37)

ततो दुःशासनस्त्रस्तः सहानीकः शरार्दितः । द्रोणं त्रातारमाकाङ्क्षञ्शकटव्यूहमभ्यगात् ॥

tato duḥśāsanastrastaḥ sahānīkaḥ śarārditaḥ | droṇaṃ trātāramākāṅkṣañśakaṭavyūhamabhyagāt

Then Duhshasana, terrified and tormented by arrows, went with his troops to the cart array, seeking Drona as his protector.