Arjuna Slays Vinda and Anuvinda and Makes a Lake for the Horses

Verse 1 (7.99.1)

वर्तमाने तदा युद्धे द्रोणस्य सह पाण्डुभिः । परिवर्तमान आदित्ये तत्र सूर्ये च रश्मिभिः । रजसा कीर्यमाणाश्च मन्दीभूताश्च कौरवाः ॥

vartamāne tadā yuddhe droṇasya saha pāṇḍubhiḥ | parivartamāna āditye tatra sūrye ca raśmibhiḥ | rajasā kīryamāṇāśca mandībhūtāśca kauravāḥ

While Drona's battle with the Pandavas was going on, and the sun was turning westward, the Kauravas, thickly covered with dust, grew dull and faint in its rays.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 7.74.1*0532_01 (वर्तमाने तदा युद्धे for CE तथा); lines 2-3 are CE 7.74.1ac (the automatic alignment found no match; CE 7.74.1 is listed as unmatched). Stray wiki marks (backticks/quote marks) removed.

Verse 2 (7.99.2)

तिष्ठतां युध्यमानानां पुनरावर्ततामपि । भज्यतां जयतां चैव जगाम तदहः शनैः ॥

tiṣṭhatāṃ yudhyamānānāṃ punarāvartatāmapi | bhajyatāṃ jayatāṃ caiva jagāma tadahaḥ śanaiḥ

Some stood their ground, some fought and turned back again, some broke and some conquered, and so that day slowly wore on.

Verse 3 (7.99.3)

तथा तेषु विषक्तेषु सैन्येषु जयगृद्धिषु । अर्जुनो वासुदेवश्च सैन्धवायैव जग्मतुः ॥

tathā teṣu viṣakteṣu sainyeṣu jayagṛddhiṣu | arjuno vāsudevaśca saindhavāyaiva jagmatuḥ

While those armies, hungry for victory, were thus locked in the fight, Arjuna and Vasudeva went straight on toward Saindhava.

Verse 4 (7.99.4)

रथमार्गप्रमाणं तु कौन्तेयो निशितैः शरैः । चकार यं च पन्थानं ययौ तेन जनार्दनः ॥

rathamārgapramāṇaṃ tu kaunteyo niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | cakāra yaṃ ca panthānaṃ yayau tena janārdanaḥ

With his sharp arrows Kaunteya made a road as wide as a chariot's track, and Janardana drove along the road he had made.

Verse 5 (7.99.5)

यत्रयत्र रथो याति पाण्डवस्य महात्मनः । तत्रतत्रैव दीर्यन्ते सेनास्तव विशाम्पते ॥

yatrayatra ratho yāti pāṇḍavasya mahātmanaḥ | tatratatraiva dīryante senāstava viśāmpate

Wherever the chariot of the great-souled Pandava went, there, O lord of the people, your armies were torn apart.

Verse 6 (7.99.6)

रथशिक्षां तु दाशार्हो दर्शयामास वीर्यवान् । उत्तमाधममध्यानि मण्डलानि विदर्शयन् ॥

rathaśikṣāṃ tu dāśārho darśayāmāsa vīryavān | uttamādhamamadhyāni maṇḍalāni vidarśayan

The mighty Dasharha displayed his skill in driving a chariot, showing every kind of circling course, the highest, the lowest and the middling.

Verse 7 (7.99.7)

ते तु नामाङ्किता बाणाः कालज्वलनसन्निभाः । स्नायुनद्धाः सुपर्वाणः पृथवो दीर्घगामिनः ॥

te tu nāmāṅkitā bāṇāḥ kālajvalanasannibhāḥ | snāyunaddhāḥ suparvāṇaḥ pṛthavo dīrghagāminaḥ

Those arrows, marked with his name, blazing like the fire of time, bound with sinew, fine-jointed, broad and far-flying,

Verse 8 (7.99.8)

वैणवाश्चायसाश्चोग्रा ग्रसन्तो विविधानरीन् । रुधिरं पतगैः सार्धं प्राणिनां पपुराहवे ॥

vaiṇavāścāyasāścogrā grasanto vividhānarīn | rudhiraṃ patagaiḥ sārdhaṃ prāṇināṃ papurāhave

made of bamboo and of iron, fierce, devouring foes of every kind, drank in the battle, together with the flying birds, the blood of living beings.

Verse 9 (7.99.9)

रथस्थितोऽग्रतः क्रोशं यानस्यत्यर्जुनः शरान् । रथे क्रोशमतिक्रान्ते तस्य ते घ्नन्ति शात्रवान् ॥

rathasthito'grataḥ krośaṃ yānasyatyarjunaḥ śarān | rathe krośamatikrānte tasya te ghnanti śātravān

The arrows that Arjuna, standing in his chariot, shot a krosha ahead, those same arrows of his struck down the enemy when the chariot had gone on a krosha.

Verse 10 (7.99.10)

तार्क्ष्यमारुतरंहोभिर्वाजिभिः साधुवाहिभिः । यथाऽगच्छद्धृषीकेशः कृत्स्नं विस्मापयञ्जगत् ॥

tārkṣyamārutaraṃhobhirvājibhiḥ sādhuvāhibhiḥ | yathā'gacchaddhṛṣīkeśaḥ kṛtsnaṃ vismāpayañjagat

Hrishikesha drove with horses as swift as Tarkshya and the wind, well-drawing and steady, in a way that amazed the whole world.

Verse 11 (7.99.11)

न तथा गच्छति रथस्तपनस्य विशाम्पते । नेन्द्रस्य न तु रुद्रस्य नापि वैश्रवणस्य च ॥

na tathā gacchati rathastapanasya viśāmpate | nendrasya na tu rudrasya nāpi vaiśravaṇasya ca

O lord of the people, not even the chariot of the Sun goes so, nor that of Indra, nor that of Rudra, nor that of Vaishravana.

Verse 12 (7.99.12)

नान्यस्य समरे राजन्गतपूर्वस्तथा रथः । यथा ययावर्जुनस्य मनोभिप्रायशीघ्रगः ॥

nānyasya samare rājangatapūrvastathā rathaḥ | yathā yayāvarjunasya manobhiprāyaśīghragaḥ

O king, no other man's chariot has ever gone in battle as Arjuna's went, moving as swiftly as his mind's intent.

Verse 13 (7.99.13)

प्रविश्य तु रणे राजन्केशवः परवीरहा । सेनामध्ये हयांस्तूर्णं चोदयामास भारत ॥

praviśya tu raṇe rājankeśavaḥ paravīrahā | senāmadhye hayāṃstūrṇaṃ codayāmāsa bhārata

Entering the battle, O king, Keshava, slayer of enemy heroes, swiftly urged the horses into the midst of the army, O Bharata.

Verse 14 (7.99.14)

ततस्तस्य रथौघस्य मध्यं प्राप्य हयोत्तमाः । कृच्छ्रेणरथमूहुस्तं क्षुत्पिपासासमन्विताः ॥

tatastasya rathaughasya madhyaṃ prāpya hayottamāḥ | kṛcchreṇarathamūhustaṃ kṣutpipāsāsamanvitāḥ

Then, reaching the middle of that mass of chariots, the splendid horses, tormented by hunger and thirst, bore that chariot only with difficulty.

Verse 15 (7.99.15)

क्षताश्च बहुभिः शस्त्रैर्युद्धशौण्डैरनेकशः । मण्डलानि विचित्राणि विचेरुस्ते मुहुर्मुहुः ॥

kṣatāśca bahubhiḥ śastrairyuddhaśauṇḍairanekaśaḥ | maṇḍalāni vicitrāṇi viceruste muhurmuhuḥ

Wounded again and again by the many weapons of battle-skilled warriors, they kept ranging in strange circling courses.

Verse 16 (7.99.16)

हतानां वाजिनागानां रथानां च नरैः सह । उपरिष्टादतिक्रान्ताः शैलाभानां सहस्रशः ॥

hatānāṃ vājināgānāṃ rathānāṃ ca naraiḥ saha | upariṣṭādatikrāntāḥ śailābhānāṃ sahasraśaḥ

They passed over thousands of mountain-like heaps of slain horses and elephants and chariots, together with the men.

Verse 17 (7.99.17)

श्रमेण महता युक्तास्ते हया वातरंहसः । मन्दवेगगता राजन्संवृत्तास्तत्र संयुगे ॥

śrameṇa mahatā yuktāste hayā vātaraṃhasaḥ | mandavegagatā rājansaṃvṛttāstatra saṃyuge

Those wind-swift horses, O king, worn out with great fatigue, had slowed in pace there in the battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.74.16d*0533_01-02 (placed after 7.74.16). The automatic alignment found no match. Stray wiki marks (backticks/quote marks) removed.

Verse 18 (7.99.18)

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे वीरावावन्त्यौ भ्रातरौ नृप । सहसेनौ समार्च्छेतां पाण्डवं क्लान्तवाहनम् ॥

etasminnantare vīrāvāvantyau bhrātarau nṛpa | sahasenau samārcchetāṃ pāṇḍavaṃ klāntavāhanam

Meanwhile, O king, the two heroic brothers of Avanti, with their troops, came upon the Pandava, whose horses were weary.

Verse 19 (7.99.19)

तावर्जुनं चतुःषष्ट्या सप्तत्या च जनार्दनम् । शराणां च शतैरश्वानविध्येतां मुदान्वितौ ॥

tāvarjunaṃ catuḥṣaṣṭyā saptatyā ca janārdanam | śarāṇāṃ ca śatairaśvānavidhyetāṃ mudānvitau

Gladly the two pierced Arjuna with sixty-four arrows, Janardana with seventy, and the horses with hundreds of arrows.

Verse 20 (7.99.20)

तावर्जुनो महाराज नवभिर्नतपर्वभिः । आजघान रणे क्रुद्धो मर्मज्ञो मर्मभेदिभिः ॥

tāvarjuno mahārāja navabhirnataparvabhiḥ | ājaghāna raṇe kruddho marmajño marmabhedibhiḥ

Furious in the battle, O great king, Arjuna, who knew every vital spot, struck the two with nine bent-jointed arrows that pierce the vitals.

Verse 21 (7.99.21)

ततस्तौ तु शरौघेण बीभत्सुं सहकेशवम् । आच्छादयेतां संरब्धौ सिंहनादं च चक्रतुः ॥

tatastau tu śaraugheṇa bībhatsuṃ sahakeśavam | ācchādayetāṃ saṃrabdhau siṃhanādaṃ ca cakratuḥ

Then the two, in fury, covered Bibhatsu together with Keshava with a flood of arrows, and roared like lions.

Verse 22 (7.99.22)

तयोस्तु धनुषी मुष्टौ भल्लाभ्यां श्वेतवाहनः । चिच्छेद समरे तूर्णं भूय एव धनञ्जयः । अथान्यैर्विशिखैस्तूर्णं ध्वजौ च कनकोज्ज्वलौ ॥

tayostu dhanuṣī muṣṭau bhallābhyāṃ śvetavāhanaḥ | ciccheda samare tūrṇaṃ bhūya eva dhanañjayaḥ | athānyairviśikhaistūrṇaṃ dhvajau ca kanakojjvalau

With two bhalla arrows the white-horsed Dhananjaya swiftly cut their two bows at the grip in the battle, once again; and then with other arrows, quickly, their two golden, shining banners.

Note on the text: Three-line verse. Line 1 is CE 7.74.21a (धनुषी मुष्टौ for CE चित्रे); line 2 is a variant of CE 7.74.23c (ciccheda samare tūrṇaṃ bhūya eva dhanaṃjayaḥ); line 3 is CE 7.74.21c with अथान्यैर्विशिखैस्तूर्णम् for CE ciccheda samare tūrṇam. CE 7.74.21 is listed as unmatched by the automatic alignment.

Verse 23 (7.99.23)

अथान्ये धनुषी राजन्प्रगृह्य समरे तदा । पाण्डवं भृशसङ्क्रुद्धावर्दयामासतुः शरैः ॥

athānye dhanuṣī rājanpragṛhya samare tadā | pāṇḍavaṃ bhṛśasaṅkruddhāvardayāmāsatuḥ śaraiḥ

Then, O king, taking up other bows in the battle, the two, greatly enraged, tormented the Pandava with arrows.

Verse 24 (7.99.24)

तयोस्तु भृशसङ्क्रुद्धः शराभ्यां पाण्डुनन्दनः । धनुषी चिच्छिदे तूर्णं भूय एव धनञ्जयः ॥

tayostu bhṛśasaṅkruddhaḥ śarābhyāṃ pāṇḍunandanaḥ | dhanuṣī cicchide tūrṇaṃ bhūya eva dhanañjayaḥ

Greatly enraged, the son of Pandu, Dhananjaya, with two arrows swiftly cut their bows once again.

Verse 25 (7.99.25)

तथान्यैर्विशिखैस्तूर्णं रुक्मपुङ्खैः शिलाशितैः । जघानाश्वांस्तथा सूतौ पार्ष्णी च सपदानुगौ ॥

tathānyairviśikhaistūrṇaṃ rukmapuṅkhaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ | jaghānāśvāṃstathā sūtau pārṣṇī ca sapadānugau

And with other swift arrows, gold-feathered and whetted on stone, he struck down their horses, their two charioteers, and their two rear-guards, together with their foot-followers.

Note on the text: Matches CE 7.74.24 (the automatic alignment found none); second line varies: Wikisource जघानाश्वांस्तथा सूतौ पार्ष्णी च सपदानुगौ, CE jaghānāśvān sapadātāṃs tathobhau pārṣṇisārathī.

Verse 26 (7.99.26)

ज्येष्ठस्य च शिरः कायात्क्षुरप्रेण न्यकृन्तत । स पपात हतः पृथ्व्यां वातरुग्ण इव द्रुमः ॥

jyeṣṭhasya ca śiraḥ kāyātkṣurapreṇa nyakṛntata | sa papāta hataḥ pṛthvyāṃ vātarugṇa iva drumaḥ

With a razor-headed arrow he cut the elder one's head from his body; he fell dead to the earth like a tree broken by the wind.

Verse 27 (7.99.27)

विन्दं तु निहतं दृष्ट्वा ह्यनुविन्दः प्रतापवान् । हताश्वं रथमुत्सृज्य गदां गृह्य महाबलः ॥

vindaṃ tu nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā hyanuvindaḥ pratāpavān | hatāśvaṃ rathamutsṛjya gadāṃ gṛhya mahābalaḥ

Seeing Vinda slain, the valiant and mighty Anuvinda abandoned his chariot, its horses dead, and took up a mace.

Verse 28 (7.99.28)

अभ्यवर्तत सङ्ग्रामे भ्रातुर्वधमनुस्मरन् । गदया रथिनां श्रेष्ठो नृत्यन्निव महारथः ॥

abhyavartata saṅgrāme bhrāturvadhamanusmaran | gadayā rathināṃ śreṣṭho nṛtyanniva mahārathaḥ

Remembering his brother's death, that best of chariot-fighters, that great car-warrior, advanced into the fight as though dancing with his mace.

Verse 29 (7.99.29)

अनुविन्दस्तु गदया ललाटे मधुसूदनम् । स्पष्ट्वा नाकम्पयत्क्रुद्धो मैनाकमिव पर्वतम् ॥

anuvindastu gadayā lalāṭe madhusūdanam | spaṣṭvā nākampayatkruddho mainākamiva parvatam

In fury Anuvinda struck Madhusudana on the forehead with his mace, but could not shake him, as one cannot shake the mountain Mainaka.

Verse 30 (7.99.30)

तस्यार्जुनः शरैः षड्भिर्ग्रीवां पादौ भुजौ शिरः । निचकर्त स सञ्छन्नः पपाताद्रिचयो यथा ॥

tasyārjunaḥ śaraiḥ ṣaḍbhirgrīvāṃ pādau bhujau śiraḥ | nicakarta sa sañchannaḥ papātādricayo yathā

With six arrows Arjuna cut off his neck, his two feet, his two arms and his head; hewn apart, he fell like a mass of mountain rock.

Verse 31 (7.99.31)

ततस्तौ निहतौ दृष्ट्वा तयो राजन्पदानुगाः । अभ्यद्रुवन्त सङ्क्रुद्धाः किरन्तः शतशः शरान् ॥

tatastau nihatau dṛṣṭvā tayo rājanpadānugāḥ | abhyadruvanta saṅkruddhāḥ kirantaḥ śataśaḥ śarān

Seeing the two slain, O king, their foot-followers rushed on in fury, showering arrows by the hundred.

Verse 32 (7.99.32)

तानर्जुनः शरैस्तूर्णं निहत्य भरतर्षभ । व्यरोचत यथा वह्निर्दावं दग्ध्वा हिमात्यये ॥

tānarjunaḥ śaraistūrṇaṃ nihatya bharatarṣabha | vyarocata yathā vahnirdāvaṃ dagdhvā himātyaye

Arjuna swiftly struck them down with his arrows, O best of the Bharatas, and shone like a fire that has burned the forest at the end of the cold season.

Verse 33 (7.99.33)

तयोः सेनामतिक्रम्य कृच्छ्रादिव धनञ्जयः । विबभौ जलदं हित्वा दिवाकर इवोदितः ॥

tayoḥ senāmatikramya kṛcchrādiva dhanañjayaḥ | vibabhau jaladaṃ hitvā divākara ivoditaḥ

Having crossed the army of the two, as if with difficulty, Dhananjaya shone like the sun risen after leaving a cloud behind.

Verse 34 (7.99.34)

तं दृष्ट्वा कुरवस्त्रस्ताः प्रहृष्टाश्चाभवन्पुनः । अभ्यवर्तन्त पार्थं च समन्ताद्भरतर्षभ ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā kuravastrastāḥ prahṛṣṭāścābhavanpunaḥ | abhyavartanta pārthaṃ ca samantādbharatarṣabha

Seeing him, the Kurus, who had been terrified, took heart again and, O best of the Bharatas, advanced upon Partha from every side.

Verse 35 (7.99.35)

श्रान्तं चैनं समालक्ष्य ज्ञात्वा दूरे च सैन्धवम् । सिंहनादेन महता सर्वतः पर्यवारयन् ॥

śrāntaṃ cainaṃ samālakṣya jñātvā dūre ca saindhavam | siṃhanādena mahatā sarvataḥ paryavārayan

Seeing him weary, and knowing that Saindhava was far off, they surrounded him on every side with a great lion's roar.

Verse 36 (7.99.36)

तांस्तु दृष्ट्वा सुसंरब्धानुत्स्मयन्पुरुषर्षभः । शनकैरिव दाशार्हमर्जुनो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

tāṃstu dṛṣṭvā susaṃrabdhānutsmayanpuruṣarṣabhaḥ | śanakairiva dāśārhamarjuno vākyamabravīt

Seeing them in such fury, Arjuna, best of men, smiled and, as if gently, spoke these words to Dasharha.

Note on the text: Corrected पुरुषर्भः → पुरुषर्षभः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ष, CE puruṣarṣabhaḥ).

Verse 37 (7.99.37)

शरार्दिताश्च ग्लानाश्च हया दूरे च सैन्धवः । किमिहानन्तरं कार्यं साधिष्ठं तव रोचते ॥

śarārditāśca glānāśca hayā dūre ca saindhavaḥ | kimihānantaraṃ kāryaṃ sādhiṣṭhaṃ tava rocate

"The horses are pierced with arrows and exhausted, and Saindhava is far away. What is to be done next? What seems best to you?"

Note on the text: No speaker heading is printed; this is Arjuna's speech to Krishna, as the previous verse says (the input carried Sanjaya over). The page's next heading, "सञ्जय उवाच", returns to Sanjaya at verse 40.

Verse 38 (7.99.38)

ब्रूहि कृष्ण यथातत्त्वं त्वं हि प्राज्ञतमः सदा । भवन्नेत्रा रणे शत्रून्विजेष्यन्तीह पाण्डवाः ॥

brūhi kṛṣṇa yathātattvaṃ tvaṃ hi prājñatamaḥ sadā | bhavannetrā raṇe śatrūnvijeṣyantīha pāṇḍavāḥ

"Tell me truly, Krishna, for you are always the wisest; with you as our leader the Pandavas will conquer their enemies in battle."

Note on the text: Unheaded speech of Arjuna to Krishna (the input carried Sanjaya over).

Verse 39 (7.99.39)

मम त्वनन्तरं कृत्यं यद्वै तत्त्वं निबोध मे । हयान्विमुच्य हि सुखं विशल्यान्कुरु माधव ॥

mama tvanantaraṃ kṛtyaṃ yadvai tattvaṃ nibodha me | hayānvimucya hi sukhaṃ viśalyānkuru mādhava

"But hear from me what I think should be done next: unyoke the horses, Madhava, and free them from their arrows, so they may rest."

Note on the text: Unheaded speech of Arjuna to Krishna (the input carried Sanjaya over).

Verse 40 (7.99.40)

एवमुक्तस्तु पार्थेन केशवः प्रत्युवाच तम् । ममाप्येतन्मतं पार्थ यदितं ते प्रभाषितम् ॥

evamuktastu pārthena keśavaḥ pratyuvāca tam | mamāpyetanmataṃ pārtha yaditaṃ te prabhāṣitam

Addressed thus by Partha, Keshava answered him: "What you have said, Partha, is my own view as well."

Note on the text: Line 1 is narration under the page's heading for Sanjaya; line 2 is Krishna's reply. The verse stays with Sanjaya.

Verse 41 (7.99.41)

अहमावारयिष्यामि सर्वसैन्यानि केशव । त्वमप्यत्र यथान्यायं कुरु कार्यमनन्तरम् ॥

ahamāvārayiṣyāmi sarvasainyāni keśava | tvamapyatra yathānyāyaṃ kuru kāryamanantaram

"I shall hold back all the armies, Keshava; and you, too, do here what is fitting next."

Verse 42 (7.99.42)

सोऽवतीर्य रथोपस्थादसम्भ्रान्तो धनञ्जयः । गाण्डीवं धनुरादाय तस्थौ गिरिरिवाचलः ॥

so'vatīrya rathopasthādasambhrānto dhanañjayaḥ | gāṇḍīvaṃ dhanurādāya tasthau giririvācalaḥ

Unshaken, Dhananjaya got down from the chariot's seat, took up the Gandiva bow, and stood like an unmoving mountain.

Note on the text: Corrected गिरिविवाचलः) → गिरिरिवाचलः (misprint in Wikisource; वि for रि, stray bracket; CE girir ivācalaḥ).

Verse 43 (7.99.43)

तमभ्यधावन्क्रोशन्तः क्षत्रिया जयकाङ्क्षिणः । इदं छिद्रमिति ज्ञात्वा धरणीस्थं धनञ्जयम् ॥

tamabhyadhāvankrośantaḥ kṣatriyā jayakāṅkṣiṇaḥ | idaṃ chidramiti jñātvā dharaṇīsthaṃ dhanañjayam

The kshatriyas, eager for victory, rushed at him shouting, thinking "This is our opening," when they saw Dhananjaya on the ground.

Verse 44 (7.99.44)

तमेकं रथवंशेन महता पर्यवारयन् । विकर्षन्तश्च चापानि विसृजन्तश्च सायकान् ॥

tamekaṃ rathavaṃśena mahatā paryavārayan | vikarṣantaśca cāpāni visṛjantaśca sāyakān

With a great mass of chariots they surrounded him, alone as he was, drawing their bows and letting fly their arrows.

Verse 45 (7.99.45)

शस्त्राणि च विचित्राणि क्रुद्धास्तत्र व्यदर्शयन् । छादयन्तः शरैः पार्थं मेघा इव दिवाकरम् ॥

śastrāṇi ca vicitrāṇi kruddhāstatra vyadarśayan | chādayantaḥ śaraiḥ pārthaṃ meghā iva divākaram

In fury they displayed their varied weapons there, covering Partha with arrows as clouds cover the sun.

Verse 46 (7.99.46)

अभ्यद्रवन्त वेगेन क्षत्रियाः क्षत्रियर्षभम् । नरसिंहं रथोदाराः सिंहं मत्ता इव द्विपाः ॥

abhyadravanta vegena kṣatriyāḥ kṣatriyarṣabham | narasiṃhaṃ rathodārāḥ siṃhaṃ mattā iva dvipāḥ

The kshatriyas, mighty in their chariots, rushed with speed upon that bull among kshatriyas, that lion among men, as rutting elephants upon a lion.

Verse 47 (7.99.47)

तत्र पार्थस्य भुजयोर्महद्बलमदृश्यत । यत्क्रुद्धो बहुलाः सेनाः सर्वतः समवारयत् ॥

tatra pārthasya bhujayormahadbalamadṛśyata | yatkruddho bahulāḥ senāḥ sarvataḥ samavārayat

Then the great strength of Partha's arms was seen, for in his fury he held back the many hosts on every side.

Verse 48 (7.99.48)

अस्त्रैरस्त्राणि संवार्य द्विषतां सर्वतो विभुः । इषुभिर्बहुभिस्तूर्णं सर्वानेव समावृणोत् ॥

astrairastrāṇi saṃvārya dviṣatāṃ sarvato vibhuḥ | iṣubhirbahubhistūrṇaṃ sarvāneva samāvṛṇot

Checking the enemies' weapons with his own, the lord swiftly covered them all with many arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected इषुभिर्बुभिः → इषुभिर्बहुभिः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ह, CE iṣubhir bahubhis).

Verse 49 (7.99.49)

तत्रान्तरिक्षे बाणानां प्रगाढानां विशाम्पते । सङ्घर्षेण महार्चिष्मान्पावकः समजायत ॥

tatrāntarikṣe bāṇānāṃ pragāḍhānāṃ viśāmpate | saṅgharṣeṇa mahārciṣmānpāvakaḥ samajāyata

There in the sky, O lord of the people, from the friction of the closely driven arrows, a fire of great flame arose.

Verse 50 (7.99.50)

तत्रतत्र महेष्वासैः श्वसद्भिः शोणितोक्षितैः । हयैर्नागैश्च सम्भिन्नैर्नदद्भिश्चारिकर्शन ॥

tatratatra maheṣvāsaiḥ śvasadbhiḥ śoṇitokṣitaiḥ | hayairnāgaiśca sambhinnairnadadbhiścārikarśana

Here and there, O scourge of foes, from the great archers, panting and drenched in blood, and from the horses and elephants, torn and bellowing,

Verse 51 (7.99.51)

संरब्धैश्चारिभिर्वीरैः प्रार्थयद्भिर्जयं मृधे । एकस्थैर्बहुभिः क्रुद्धैरूष्मेव समजायत ॥

saṃrabdhaiścāribhirvīraiḥ prārthayadbhirjayaṃ mṛdhe | ekasthairbahubhiḥ kruddhairūṣmeva samajāyata

and from the enraged enemy heroes, many of them massed together, praying for victory in the fight, a kind of heat arose.

Verse 52 (7.99.52)

शरोर्मिणं ध्वजावर्तं नागनक्रं दुरत्ययम् । पदातिमत्स्यकलिलं शङ्खदुन्दुभिनिःस्वनम् ॥

śarormiṇaṃ dhvajāvartaṃ nāganakraṃ duratyayam | padātimatsyakalilaṃ śaṅkhadundubhiniḥsvanam

It was a sea whose waves were arrows, whose whirlpools were banners, whose crocodiles were elephants; hard to cross, thick with foot-soldiers for fish, and resounding with conches and drums;

Verse 53 (7.99.53)

असङ्ख्येयमपारं च रजो नीरमतीव च । उष्णीषकमठं छत्रपताकाफेनमालिनम् ॥

asaṅkhyeyamapāraṃ ca rajo nīramatīva ca | uṣṇīṣakamaṭhaṃ chatrapatākāphenamālinam

countless and shoreless, its water the dust, with turbans for its tortoises, wreathed in the foam of umbrellas and standards;

Verse 54 (7.99.54)

रथसागरमक्षोभ्यं मातङ्गाङ्गशिलाचितम् । वेलाभूतस्तदा पार्थः पत्रिभिः समवारयत् ॥

rathasāgaramakṣobhyaṃ mātaṅgāṅgaśilācitam | velābhūtastadā pārthaḥ patribhiḥ samavārayat

that unshaken sea of chariots, piled with the bodies of elephants for rocks, Partha, becoming its shore, then held back with his arrows.

Verse 55 (7.99.55)

अर्जुने धरणीं प्राप्ते हयहस्ते च केशवे । एतदन्तरमासाद्य कथं पार्थो न घातितः ॥

arjune dharaṇīṃ prāpte hayahaste ca keśave | etadantaramāsādya kathaṃ pārtho na ghātitaḥ

"With Arjuna come down to the ground and Keshava busy with the horses, how was Partha not struck down, when they had this chance?"

Note on the text: Printed under a bracketed heading "[धृतराष्ट्र उवाच"; heading and bracket removed from the text and made the speaker (Dhritarashtra's question). Wikisource's apparatus says these three verses occur only in one manuscript. Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.74.53d*0537_00-02 (CE labels the second line as spoken by Sanjaya). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 56 (7.99.56)

सद्यः पार्थिव पार्थेन निरुद्धाः सर्वपार्थिवाः । रथस्था धरणीस्थेन वाक्यमच्छान्दसं यथा ॥

sadyaḥ pārthiva pārthena niruddhāḥ sarvapārthivāḥ | rathasthā dharaṇīsthena vākyamacchāndasaṃ yathā

"At once, O king, all the kings, though in their chariots, were checked by Partha on the ground, as an unmetrical phrase is checked."

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya, under the page's heading "सञ्जय उवाच" (bracketed passage). Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.74.53d*0537_03-04 (placed after 7.74.53). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 57 (7.99.57)

स पार्थः पार्थिवान्सर्वान्भूमिस्थोऽपि रथस्थितान् । एको निवारयामास लोभः सर्वगुणानिव ॥

sa pārthaḥ pārthivānsarvānbhūmistho'pi rathasthitān | eko nivārayāmāsa lobhaḥ sarvaguṇāniva

"Though standing on the ground, Partha alone held back all the kings who stood in their chariots, as greed holds back all virtues."

Note on the text: Corrected भूमिस्थोपि → भूमिस्थोऽपि (missing avagraha in Wikisource); closing bracket and stray । । removed. Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.74.53d*0537_05-06 (CE: भूमिस्थोऽपि रथस्थांस्तान्पार्थः सर्वधनुर्धरान्). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 58 (7.99.58)

ततो जनार्दनः सङ्ख्ये प्रियं पुरुषसत्तमम् । असम्भ्रान्तो महाबाहुरर्जुनं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

tato janārdanaḥ saṅkhye priyaṃ puruṣasattamam | asambhrānto mahābāhurarjunaṃ vākyamabravīt

Then Janardana, mighty-armed and calm in the battle, spoke these words to Arjuna, the best of men, who was dear to him.

Verse 59 (7.99.59)

उदपानमिहाश्वानां नालमस्ति रणेऽर्जुन । परीप्सन्ते जलं चेमे पेयं न त्ववगाहनम् ॥

udapānamihāśvānāṃ nālamasti raṇe'rjuna | parīpsante jalaṃ ceme peyaṃ na tvavagāhanam

"There is no sufficient watering-place for the horses here in the battle, Arjuna; they want water to drink, not to bathe in."

Note on the text: No speaker heading is printed; this is Krishna's speech to Arjuna, as the previous verse introduces (the input carried Sanjaya over).

Verse 60 (7.99.60)

इदमस्तीत्यसम्भ्रान्तो ब्रुवन्नस्त्रेण मेदिनीम् । अभिहत्यार्जुनश्चक्रे वाजिपानं सरः शुभम् ॥

idamastītyasambhrānto bruvannastreṇa medinīm | abhihatyārjunaścakre vājipānaṃ saraḥ śubham

"Here it is," said Arjuna calmly, and striking the earth with a weapon he made a fair lake for the horses to drink from.

Verse 61 (7.99.61)

हंसकारण्डवाकीर्णं चक्रवाकोपशोभितम् । सुविस्तीर्णं प्रसन्नाम्भः प्रफुल्लवरपङ्कजम् ॥

haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇaṃ cakravākopaśobhitam | suvistīrṇaṃ prasannāmbhaḥ praphullavarapaṅkajam

It was strewn with swans and karandava ducks and adorned with chakravaka birds, wide, its water clear, its lotuses fair and in full bloom,

Note on the text: Opening bracket removed. Not in the critical edition's main text; it appears there as star passage 7.74.56d*0538_01-02 (placed after 7.74.56). Wikisource's apparatus says these two verses occur only in some manuscripts. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 62 (7.99.62)

कूर्ममत्स्यगणाकीर्णमगाधमृषिसेवितम् । आगच्छन्नारदमुनिर्दर्शनार्थं कृतं क्षणात् ॥

kūrmamatsyagaṇākīrṇamagādhamṛṣisevitam | āgacchannāradamunirdarśanārthaṃ kṛtaṃ kṣaṇāt

thronged with shoals of turtles and fish, unfathomable, frequented by sages; and the sage Narada came to see what had been made in a moment.

Note on the text: Closing bracket removed. Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.74.56d*0538_03-04 (CE भगवन्नारदमुनेर्दर्शनार्थं कृतं क्षणात् for Wikisource आगच्छन्नारदमुनिर्दर्शनार्थं कृतं क्षणात्). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 63 (7.99.63)

शरवंशं शरस्थूणं शराच्छादनमद्भुतम् । शरवेश्माकरोत्पार्थस्त्वष्टेवाद्भुतकर्मकृत् ॥

śaravaṃśaṃ śarasthūṇaṃ śarācchādanamadbhutam | śaraveśmākarotpārthastvaṣṭevādbhutakarmakṛt

Like Tvashtri of wondrous works, Partha made a wondrous house of arrows: its beams of arrows, its pillar of arrows, its covering of arrows.

Verse 64 (7.99.64)

ततः प्रहस्य गोविन्दः साधुसाध्वित्यथाब्रवीत् । शरवेश्मनि पार्थेन कृते तस्मिन्महात्मना ॥

tataḥ prahasya govindaḥ sādhusādhvityathābravīt | śaraveśmani pārthena kṛte tasminmahātmanā

Then Govinda laughed and said, "Well done, well done!" when great-souled Partha had made that house of arrows.