Karna Made Commander; Sanjaya Brings the News to Dhritarashtra

Verse 1 (8.1.1)

ततो द्रोणे हते राजन्दुर्योधनमुखा नृपाः । भृशमुद्विग्नमनसो द्रोणपुत्रमुपागमन् ॥

tato droṇe hate rājanduryodhanamukhā nṛpāḥ | bhṛśamudvignamanaso droṇaputramupāgaman

Then, when Drona had been slain, O king, the rulers headed by Duryodhana, their minds sorely agitated, went to Drona's son.

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Verse 2 (8.1.2)

ते द्रोणमनुशोचन्तः कश्मलाभिहतौजसः । पर्युपासन्त शोकार्तास्ततः शारद्वतीसुतम् ॥

te droṇamanuśocantaḥ kaśmalābhihataujasaḥ | paryupāsanta śokārtāstataḥ śāradvatīsutam

Mourning Drona, their vigour struck down by dejection and afflicted with sorrow, they sat in attendance on Sharadvati's son.

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Verse 3 (8.1.3)

ते मुहूर्तं समाश्वस्य हेतुभिः शास्त्रसम्मितैः । रात्र्यागमे महीपालाः स्वानि वेश्मानि भेजिरे ॥

te muhūrtaṃ samāśvasya hetubhiḥ śāstrasammitaiḥ | rātryāgame mahīpālāḥ svāni veśmāni bhejire

After taking comfort for a while from arguments in keeping with the scriptures, the kings went to their own dwellings as night came on.

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Verse 4 (8.1.4)

ते वेश्मस्वपि कौरव्य पृथ्वीशा नाप्नुवन्सुखम् । चिन्तयन्तः क्षयं तीव्रं दुःखशोकसमन्विताः ॥

te veśmasvapi kauravya pṛthvīśā nāpnuvansukham | cintayantaḥ kṣayaṃ tīvraṃ duḥkhaśokasamanvitāḥ

Even in their dwellings, O Kauravya, those lords of the earth found no ease, brooding on the terrible destruction, filled with pain and grief.

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Verse 5 (8.1.5)

विशेषतः सूतपुत्रो राजा चैव सुयोधनः । दुःशासनश्च शकुनिः सौबलश्च महाबलः ॥

viśeṣataḥ sūtaputro rājā caiva suyodhanaḥ | duḥśāsanaśca śakuniḥ saubalaśca mahābalaḥ

Especially the charioteer's son and King Suyodhana, and Duhshasana, and the mighty Shakuni, son of Subala —

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Verse 6 (8.1.6)

उषितास्ते निशां तां तु दुर्योधननिवेशने । चिन्तयन्तः परिक्लेशान्पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम् ॥

uṣitāste niśāṃ tāṃ tu duryodhananiveśane | cintayantaḥ parikleśānpāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām

spent that night in Duryodhana's house, thinking of the afflictions of the great-souled Pandavas.

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Verse 7 (8.1.7)

यत्तद्द्यूते परिक्लिष्टा कृष्णा चानायिता सभाम् । तत्स्मरन्तोऽनुशोचन्तो भृशमुद्विग्नचेतसः ॥

yattaddyūte parikliṣṭā kṛṣṇā cānāyitā sabhām | tatsmaranto'nuśocanto bhṛśamudvignacetasaḥ

Remembering how Krishna had been tormented at the dice and brought into the assembly, they grieved over it, their minds deeply disturbed.

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Verse 8 (8.1.8)

तथा तु सञ्चिन्तयतां तान्क्लेशान्द्यूतकारितान् । दुःखेन क्षणदा राजञ्जगामाब्दशतोपमा ॥

tathā tu sañcintayatāṃ tānkleśāndyūtakāritān | duḥkhena kṣaṇadā rājañjagāmābdaśatopamā

As they dwelt on those troubles brought about by the dice, the night passed in pain, O king, as long as a hundred years.

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Verse 9 (8.1.9)

ततः प्रभाते विमले स्थिता दिष्टस्य शासने । चक्रुरावश्यकं सर्वे विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा ॥

tataḥ prabhāte vimale sthitā diṣṭasya śāsane | cakrurāvaśyakaṃ sarve vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā

Then, when the clear dawn came, submitting to the command of fate, they all performed their necessary rites in the prescribed manner.

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Verse 10 (8.1.10)

ते कृत्वाऽवश्यकार्याणि समाश्वस्य च भारत । योगमाज्ञापयामासुर्युद्धाय च विनिर्ययुः ॥

te kṛtvā'vaśyakāryāṇi samāśvasya ca bhārata | yogamājñāpayāmāsuryuddhāya ca viniryayuḥ

Having completed their essential duties and taken heart, O Bharata, they ordered the harnessing of their forces and set out for battle.

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Verse 11 (8.1.11)

कर्णं सेनापतिं कृत्वा कृतकौतुकमङ्गलाः । पूजयित्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठान्दधिपात्रघृताक्षतैः ॥

karṇaṃ senāpatiṃ kṛtvā kṛtakautukamaṅgalāḥ | pūjayitvā dvijaśreṣṭhāndadhipātraghṛtākṣataiḥ

Having made Karna their commander, with the auspicious rites of protection performed, and having honoured the best of the twice-born with vessels of curd, ghee and unbroken rice,

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Verse 12 (8.1.12)

गोभिरश्वैश्च निष्कैश्च वासोभिश्च महाधनैः । वन्द्यमाना जयाशीर्भिः सूतमागधबन्दिभिः ॥

gobhiraśvaiśca niṣkaiśca vāsobhiśca mahādhanaiḥ | vandyamānā jayāśīrbhiḥ sūtamāgadhabandibhiḥ

with gifts of cows, horses, gold coins and costly garments, and hailed with blessings of victory by the charioteer-bards, the Magadha bards and the panegyrists,

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Verse 13 (8.1.13)

तथैव पाण्डवा राजन्कृतपूर्वाह्णिकक्रियाः । शिबिरान्निर्ययुस्तूर्णं युद्धाय कृतनिश्चयाः ॥

tathaiva pāṇḍavā rājankṛtapūrvāhṇikakriyāḥ | śibirānniryayustūrṇaṃ yuddhāya kṛtaniścayāḥ

the Pandavas too, O king, having performed their morning rites, came swiftly out of their camp, resolved on battle.

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Verse 14 (8.1.14)

ततः प्रववृते युद्धं तुमुलं रोमहर्षणम् । कुरूणां पाण्डवानां च परस्परजयैषिणाम् ॥

tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ romaharṣaṇam | kurūṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca parasparajayaiṣiṇām

Then a tumultuous, hair-raising battle began between the Kurus and the Pandavas, each eager to defeat the other.

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Verse 15 (8.1.15)

तयोर्द्वौ दिवसौ युद्धं कुरुपाण्डवसेनयोः । कर्णे सेनापतौ राजन्बभूवाद्भुतदर्शनम् ॥

tayordvau divasau yuddhaṃ kurupāṇḍavasenayoḥ | karṇe senāpatau rājanbabhūvādbhutadarśanam

For two days, O king, the battle between the Kuru and Pandava armies, with Karna as commander, was a marvellous sight.

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Verse 16 (8.1.16)

ततः शत्रुक्षयं कृत्वा सुमहान्तं रणे वृषः । पश्यतां धार्तराष्ट्राणां फल्गुनेन निपातितः ॥

tataḥ śatrukṣayaṃ kṛtvā sumahāntaṃ raṇe vṛṣaḥ | paśyatāṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ phalgunena nipātitaḥ

Then, after making a vast slaughter of the enemy in the battle, Vrisha (Karna) was struck down by Phalguna while the sons of Dhritarashtra looked on.

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Verse 17 (8.1.17)

ततस्तु सञ्जयः सर्वं गत्वा नागपुरं द्रुतम् । आचष्ट धृतराष्ट्राय यद्वृत्तं कुरुजाङ्गले ॥

tatastu sañjayaḥ sarvaṃ gatvā nāgapuraṃ drutam | ācaṣṭa dhṛtarāṣṭrāya yadvṛttaṃ kurujāṅgale

Then Sanjaya went swiftly to Nagapura and told Dhritarashtra all that had happened in Kurujangala.

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Verse 18 (8.1.18)

आपगेयं हतं श्रुत्वा द्रोणं चापि महारथम् । आजगाम परामार्तिं वृद्धो राजाऽम्बिकासुतः ॥

āpageyaṃ hataṃ śrutvā droṇaṃ cāpi mahāratham | ājagāma parāmārtiṃ vṛddho rājā'mbikāsutaḥ

On hearing that Apageya (Bhishma) and the great car-warrior Drona were slain, the aged king, Ambika's son, fell into the deepest anguish.

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Verse 19 (8.1.19)

स श्रुत्वा निहतं कर्णं दुर्योधनहितैषिणम् । कथं द्विजवर प्राणानधारयत दुःखितः ॥

sa śrutvā nihataṃ karṇaṃ duryodhanahitaiṣiṇam | kathaṃ dvijavara prāṇānadhārayata duḥkhitaḥ

When he heard that Karna, the well-wisher of Duryodhana, was slain, how, O best of brahmins, did he in his grief keep his life?

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Verse 20 (8.1.20)

यस्मिञ्जयाशां पुत्राणां सममन्यत पार्थिवः । तस्मिन्हते स कौरव्यः कथं प्राणानधारयत् ॥

yasmiñjayāśāṃ putrāṇāṃ samamanyata pārthivaḥ | tasminhate sa kauravyaḥ kathaṃ prāṇānadhārayat

The king had counted on him for his sons' hope of victory; when he was slain, how did that Kuru king keep his life?

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Verse 21 (8.1.21)

दुर्मरं तदहं मन्ये नृणां कृच्छ्रेऽपि वर्तताम् । यत्र कर्णं हतं श्रुत्वा नात्यजज्जीवितं नृपः ॥

durmaraṃ tadahaṃ manye nṛṇāṃ kṛcchre'pi vartatām | yatra karṇaṃ hataṃ śrutvā nātyajajjīvitaṃ nṛpaḥ

I think it hard for men to die, even those in sore distress, since the king did not give up his life on hearing that Karna was slain.

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Verse 22 (8.1.22)

तथा शान्तनवं वृद्धं ब्रह्मन्बाह्लीकमेव च । द्रोणं च सोमदत्तं च भूरिश्रवसमेव च ॥

tathā śāntanavaṃ vṛddhaṃ brahmanbāhlīkameva ca | droṇaṃ ca somadattaṃ ca bhūriśravasameva ca

And, O brahmin, Shantanu's aged son, and Bahlika, and Drona, and Somadatta, and Bhurishravas —

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Verse 23 (8.1.23)

तथैव चान्यान्सुहृदः पुत्रान्पौत्रांश्च पातितान् । श्रुत्वा यन्नाजहात्प्राणांस्तन्मन्ये दुष्करं द्विज ॥

tathaiva cānyānsuhṛdaḥ putrānpautrāṃśca pātitān | śrutvā yannājahātprāṇāṃstanmanye duṣkaraṃ dvija

and likewise other friends, sons and grandsons laid low — that he did not give up his life on hearing of them I think a hard thing, O twice-born.

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Verse 24 (8.1.24)

एतन्मे सर्वमाचक्ष्व विस्तरेण महामुने । न हि तृप्यामि पूर्वेषां शृण्वानश्चरितं महत् ॥

etanme sarvamācakṣva vistareṇa mahāmune | na hi tṛpyāmi pūrveṣāṃ śṛṇvānaścaritaṃ mahat

Tell me all this in detail, great sage, for I am never satisfied with hearing the great deeds of my forebears.

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Verse 25 (8.1.25)

हते कर्णे महाराज निशि गावल्गणिस्तदा । दीनो ययौ नागपुरमश्वैर्वातसमैर्जवे ॥

hate karṇe mahārāja niśi gāvalgaṇistadā | dīno yayau nāgapuramaśvairvātasamairjave

When Karna had been slain, great king, Sanjaya, son of Gavalgana, went that night, dejected, to Nagapura with horses as swift as the wind.

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Verse 26 (8.1.26)

स हास्तिनपुरं गत्वा भृशमुद्विग्नचेतनः । जगाम धृतराष्ट्रस्य क्षयं प्रक्षीणबान्धवम् ॥

sa hāstinapuraṃ gatvā bhṛśamudvignacetanaḥ | jagāma dhṛtarāṣṭrasya kṣayaṃ prakṣīṇabāndhavam

Reaching Hastinapura in deep agitation, he went to the house of Dhritarashtra, now stripped of its kinsmen.

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Verse 27 (8.1.27)

स तमुद्वीक्ष्य राजानं कश्मलाभिहतौजसम् । ववन्दे प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा मूर्ध्ना पादौ नृपस्य ह ॥

sa tamudvīkṣya rājānaṃ kaśmalābhihataujasam | vavande prāñjalirbhūtvā mūrdhnā pādau nṛpasya ha

Seeing the king, whose vigour was struck down by dejection, he joined his palms and bowed, touching the king's feet with his head.

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Verse 28 (8.1.28)

सम्पूज्य च यथान्यायं धृतराष्ट्रं महीपतिम् । हा कष्टमिति चोक्त्वा स ततो वचनमाददे ॥

sampūjya ca yathānyāyaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ mahīpatim | hā kaṣṭamiti coktvā sa tato vacanamādade

Having honoured King Dhritarashtra as was proper and cried "Alas, what misery!", he then began to speak.

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Verse 29 (8.1.29)

सञ्जयोऽहं क्षितिपते कच्चिदास्ते सुखं भवान् । स्वदोषैरापदं प्राप्य कच्चिन्नाद्य विमुह्यति ॥

sañjayo'haṃ kṣitipate kaccidāste sukhaṃ bhavān | svadoṣairāpadaṃ prāpya kaccinnādya vimuhyati

I am Sanjaya, lord of the earth. I hope you are well? I hope that, having met with calamity through your own faults, you are not bewildered today?

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Verse 30 (8.1.30)

हितान्युक्तानि विदुरद्रोणगाङ्गेयकेशवैः । अगृहीतान्यनुस्मृत्य कच्चिन्न कुरुषे व्यथाम् ॥

hitānyuktāni viduradroṇagāṅgeyakeśavaiḥ | agṛhītānyanusmṛtya kaccinna kuruṣe vyathām

I hope that, remembering the good counsel given by Vidura, Drona, Gangeya and Keshava, which you did not accept, you do not suffer pain?

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Verse 31 (8.1.31)

रामनारदकण्वाद्यैर्हितमुक्तं सभातले । न गृहीतमनुस्मृत्य कच्चिन्न कुरुषे व्यथाम् ॥

rāmanāradakaṇvādyairhitamuktaṃ sabhātale | na gṛhītamanusmṛtya kaccinna kuruṣe vyathām

I hope that, remembering the good counsel that Rama, Narada, Kanva and others gave in the assembly and that was not accepted, you do not suffer pain?

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Verse 32 (8.1.32)

सुहृदस्त्वद्धिते युक्तान्भीष्मद्रोणमुखान्परैः । निहतान्युधि संस्मृत्य कच्चिन्न कुरुषे व्यथाम् ॥

suhṛdastvaddhite yuktānbhīṣmadroṇamukhānparaiḥ | nihatānyudhi saṃsmṛtya kaccinna kuruṣe vyathām

I hope that, remembering your friends, led by Bhishma and Drona, who were devoted to your welfare and were slain in battle by the enemy, you do not suffer pain?

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Verse 33 (8.1.33)

तमेवंवादिनं राजा सूतपुत्रं कृताञ्जलिम् । सुदीर्घमथ निःश्वस्य दुःखार्त इदमब्रवीत् ॥

tamevaṃvādinaṃ rājā sūtaputraṃ kṛtāñjalim | sudīrghamatha niḥśvasya duḥkhārta idamabravīt

To him, the charioteer's son, who stood speaking thus with joined palms, the king, sighing long and deeply, afflicted by sorrow, replied.

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Verse 34 (8.1.34)

आपगेये हते शूरे दिव्यास्त्रवति सञ्जय । द्रोणे च परमेष्वासे भृशं मे व्यथितं मनः ॥

āpageye hate śūre divyāstravati sañjaya | droṇe ca parameṣvāse bhṛśaṃ me vyathitaṃ manaḥ

My mind is deeply pained, Sanjaya, by the fall of the hero Apageya, master of divine weapons, and of Drona, the supreme archer.

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Verse 35 (8.1.35)

यो रथानां सहस्राणि दंशितानां दशैव तु । अहन्यहनि तेजस्वी निजघ्ने वसुसम्भवः ॥

yo rathānāṃ sahasrāṇi daṃśitānāṃ daśaiva tu | ahanyahani tejasvī nijaghne vasusambhavaḥ

He who, in his splendour, killed ten thousand armoured chariot-warriors every single day, he who was born of the Vasus —

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Verse 36 (8.1.36)

तं हतं यज्ञसेनस्य पुत्रेणेह शिखण्डिना । पाण्डवेयाभिगुप्तेन श्रुत्वा मे व्यथितं मनः ॥

taṃ hataṃ yajñasenasya putreṇeha śikhaṇḍinā | pāṇḍaveyābhiguptena śrutvā me vyathitaṃ manaḥ

my mind is pained to hear that he was slain by Yajnasena's son Shikhandin, protected by the Pandavas.

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Verse 37 (8.1.37)

भार्गवः प्रददौ यस्मै परमास्त्रं महाहवे । साक्षाद्रामेण यो बाल्ये धनुर्वेद उपाकृतः ॥

bhārgavaḥ pradadau yasmai paramāstraṃ mahāhave | sākṣādrāmeṇa yo bālye dhanurveda upākṛtaḥ

He to whom Bhargava gave the supreme weapon in the great battle, and who in boyhood was himself initiated into the science of archery by Rama in person —

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Verse 38 (8.1.38)

यस्य प्रसादात्कौन्तेया राजपुत्रा महारथाः । महारथत्वं सम्प्राप्तास्तथाऽन्ये वसुधाधिपाः ॥

yasya prasādātkaunteyā rājaputrā mahārathāḥ | mahārathatvaṃ samprāptāstathā'nye vasudhādhipāḥ

by whose grace the sons of Kunti, the princes, and other lords of the earth too, attained the rank of great car-warriors —

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Verse 39 (8.1.39)

तं द्रोणं निहतं श्रुत्वा धृष्टद्युम्नेन संयुगे । सत्यसन्धं महेष्वासं भृशं मे व्यथितं मनः ॥

taṃ droṇaṃ nihataṃ śrutvā dhṛṣṭadyumnena saṃyuge | satyasandhaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ bhṛśaṃ me vyathitaṃ manaḥ

hearing that Drona, the truthful great archer, was slain in battle by Dhrishtadyumna, my mind is deeply pained.

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Verse 40 (8.1.40)

ययोर्लोके पुमानस्त्रे न समोऽस्ति चतुर्विधे । तौ द्रोणभीष्मौ श्रुत्वा तु हतौ मे व्यथितं मनः ॥

yayorloke pumānastre na samo'sti caturvidhe | tau droṇabhīṣmau śrutvā tu hatau me vyathitaṃ manaḥ

Those two, Drona and Bhishma, to whom no man in the world was equal in the fourfold science of weapons — hearing that they were slain, my mind is pained.

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Verse 41 (8.1.41)

त्रैलोक्ये यस्य चास्त्रेषु न पुमान्विद्यते समः । तं द्रोणं निहतं श्रुत्वा किमकुर्वत मामकाः ॥

trailokye yasya cāstreṣu na pumānvidyate samaḥ | taṃ droṇaṃ nihataṃ śrutvā kimakurvata māmakāḥ

He who had no equal in weapons among men in the three worlds — hearing that Drona was slain, what did my men do?

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Verse 42 (8.1.42)

संशप्तकानां च बले पाण्डवेन महात्मना । धनञ्जयेन विक्रम्य गमिते यमसादनम् ॥

saṃśaptakānāṃ ca bale pāṇḍavena mahātmanā | dhanañjayena vikramya gamite yamasādanam

And when the Samshaptaka host had been sent to the abode of Yama by the great-souled Pandava Dhananjaya in his might —

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Verse 43 (8.1.43)

नारायणास्त्रे च हते द्रोणपुत्रस्य धीमतः । विप्रद्रुतानहं मन्ये निमग्नाञ्शोकसागरे । प्लवमानान्हते द्रोणे सन्ननौकानिवार्णवे ॥

nārāyaṇāstre ca hate droṇaputrasya dhīmataḥ | vipradrutānahaṃ manye nimagnāñśokasāgare | plavamānānhate droṇe sannanaukānivārṇave

and when the wise Drona's son's Narayana weapon had been countered, I imagine the routed men, sunk in an ocean of grief and drifting, with Drona slain, like ships wrecked on the sea,

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Verse 44 (8.1.44)

दुर्योधनस्य कर्णस्य भोजस्य कृतवर्मणः । मद्रराजस्य शल्यस्य द्रौणेश्चैव कृपस्य च ॥

duryodhanasya karṇasya bhojasya kṛtavarmaṇaḥ | madrarājasya śalyasya drauṇeścaiva kṛpasya ca

Duryodhana, Karna, Kritavarman the Bhoja, Shalya the king of Madra, Drona's son, and Kripa,

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Verse 45 (8.1.45)

मत्पुत्रस्य च शेषस्य तथाऽन्येषां च सञ्जय । विप्रद्रुतेष्वनीकेषु मुखवर्णोऽभवत्कथम् ॥

matputrasya ca śeṣasya tathā'nyeṣāṃ ca sañjaya | vipradruteṣvanīkeṣu mukhavarṇo'bhavatkatham

and my one remaining son, and the others too, Sanjaya — when the armies were in rout, what was the colour of their faces?

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Verse 46 (8.1.46)

एतत्सर्वं यथावृत्तं तथा गावल्गणे मम । आचक्ष्व पाण्डवेयानां मामकानां च विक्रमम् ॥

etatsarvaṃ yathāvṛttaṃ tathā gāvalgaṇe mama | ācakṣva pāṇḍaveyānāṃ māmakānāṃ ca vikramam

Tell me all this, son of Gavalgana, just as it happened — the prowess of the Pandavas and of my own men.

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Verse 47 (8.1.47)

तवापराधाद्यद्वृत्तं कौरवेयेषु मारिष । तच्छ्रुत्वा मा व्यथां कार्षीर्दिष्टे न व्यथते बुधः ॥

tavāparādhādyadvṛttaṃ kauraveyeṣu māriṣa | tacchrutvā mā vyathāṃ kārṣīrdiṣṭe na vyathate budhaḥ

Hearing what has befallen the Kauravas through your fault, my lord, do not grieve; the wise do not grieve over what is fated.

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Verse 48 (8.1.48)

यस्मादभावी भावी वा भवेदर्थो नरं प्रति । अप्राप्तौ तस्य वा प्राप्तौ न कश्चिद्व्यथते बुधः ॥

yasmādabhāvī bhāvī vā bhavedartho naraṃ prati | aprāptau tasya vā prāptau na kaścidvyathate budhaḥ

Whatever is to be or not to be for a man, whether it fails to come or comes, no wise man grieves.

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Verse 49 (8.1.49)

न व्यथाऽभ्यधिका काचिद्विद्यते मम सञ्जय । दिष्टमेतत्पुरा मन्ये कथयस्व यथेच्छकम् ॥

na vyathā'bhyadhikā kācidvidyate mama sañjaya | diṣṭametatpurā manye kathayasva yathecchakam

There is no pain greater than this for me, Sanjaya. I think it was fated long ago. Tell it as you wish.

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Verse 50 (8.1.50)

हते द्रोणे महेष्वासे तव पुत्रा महारथाः । बभूवुरस्वस्थमुखा विषण्णा गतचेतसः ॥

hate droṇe maheṣvāse tava putrā mahārathāḥ | babhūvurasvasthamukhā viṣaṇṇā gatacetasaḥ

When the great archer Drona had been slain, your sons, the great car-warriors, became downcast, their faces unsettled and their senses gone.

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Verse 51 (8.1.51)

अवाङ्मुखाः शस्त्रभृतः सर्व एव विशाम्पते । अवेक्षमाणाः शोकार्ता नाभ्यभाषन्परस्परम् ॥

avāṅmukhāḥ śastrabhṛtaḥ sarva eva viśāmpate | avekṣamāṇāḥ śokārtā nābhyabhāṣanparasparam

All the weapon-bearers, O lord of the people, stood with bowed faces, afflicted with grief, looking at nothing and speaking not a word to one another.

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Verse 52 (8.1.52)

तान्दृष्ट्वा व्यथिताकारान्सैन्यानि तव भारत । ऊर्ध्वमेव निरैक्षन्त दुःखत्रस्तान्यनेकशः ॥

tāndṛṣṭvā vyathitākārānsainyāni tava bhārata | ūrdhvameva niraikṣanta duḥkhatrastānyanekaśaḥ

Seeing them so distressed in appearance, your troops, O Bharata, gripped by grief and fear, kept looking up at the sky.

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Verse 53 (8.1.53)

शस्त्राण्येषां तु राजेन्द्र शोणिताक्तानि सर्वशः । प्राभ्रश्यन्त कराग्रेभ्यो दृष्ट्वा द्रोणं हतं युधि ॥

śastrāṇyeṣāṃ tu rājendra śoṇitāktāni sarvaśaḥ | prābhraśyanta karāgrebhyo dṛṣṭvā droṇaṃ hataṃ yudhi

Their weapons, O king of kings, all smeared with blood, slipped from their fingertips at the sight of Drona slain in battle.

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Verse 54 (8.1.54)

तानि बद्धान्यरिष्टानि लम्बमानानि भारत । अदृश्यन्त महाराज नक्षत्राणि यथा दिवि ॥

tāni baddhānyariṣṭāni lambamānāni bhārata | adṛśyanta mahārāja nakṣatrāṇi yathā divi

Those weapons, tied on and hanging ill-omened, O Bharata, appeared, great king, like stars in the sky.

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Verse 55 (8.1.55)

तथा तु स्तिमितं दृष्ट्वा गतसत्वमवस्थितम् । बलं तव महाराज राजा दुर्योधनोऽब्रवीत् ॥

tathā tu stimitaṃ dṛṣṭvā gatasatvamavasthitam | balaṃ tava mahārāja rājā duryodhano'bravīt

Seeing your army so stunned and standing there with its spirit gone, great king, King Duryodhana spoke.

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Verse 56 (8.1.56)

भवतां बाहुवीर्यं हि समाश्रित्य मया युधि । पाण्डवेयाः समाहूता युद्धं चेदं प्रवर्तितम् ॥

bhavatāṃ bāhuvīryaṃ hi samāśritya mayā yudhi | pāṇḍaveyāḥ samāhūtā yuddhaṃ cedaṃ pravartitam

Relying on the strength of your arms, I challenged the Pandavas to battle and set this war in motion.

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Verse 57 (8.1.57)

तदिदं निहते द्रोणे विषण्णमिव लक्ष्यते । युध्यमानाश्च समरे योधा वध्यन्ति सर्वशः ॥

tadidaṃ nihate droṇe viṣaṇṇamiva lakṣyate | yudhyamānāśca samare yodhā vadhyanti sarvaśaḥ

Now that Drona is slain, it seems to have fallen into dejection; yet warriors who fight in battle are killed on every side.

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Verse 58 (8.1.58)

जयो वाऽपि वधो वाऽपि युध्यमानस्य संयुगे । भवेत्किमत्र चित्रं वै युध्यध्वं सर्वतोमुखाः ॥

jayo vā'pi vadho vā'pi yudhyamānasya saṃyuge | bhavetkimatra citraṃ vai yudhyadhvaṃ sarvatomukhāḥ

Victory or death comes to one who fights in battle; what is strange in that? Fight, facing every direction.

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Verse 59 (8.1.59)

पश्यध्वं च महात्मानं कर्णं वैकर्तनं युधि । प्रचरन्तं महेष्वासं दिव्यैरस्त्रैर्महाबलम् ॥

paśyadhvaṃ ca mahātmānaṃ karṇaṃ vaikartanaṃ yudhi | pracarantaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ divyairastrairmahābalam

And look at the great-souled Karna Vaikartana, the mighty great archer, moving through the battle with divine weapons.

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Verse 60 (8.1.60)

यस्य वै युधि सन्त्रासात्कुन्तीपुत्रो धनञ्जयः । निवर्तते सदा मन्दः सिंहात्क्षुद्रमृगो यथा ॥

yasya vai yudhi santrāsātkuntīputro dhanañjayaḥ | nivartate sadā mandaḥ siṃhātkṣudramṛgo yathā

Out of fear of him in battle, Kunti's son Dhananjaya, the dullard, always turns back, like a small beast from a lion.

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Verse 61 (8.1.61)

येन नागायुतप्राणो भीमसेनो महाबलः । मानुषेणैव युद्धेन तामवस्थां प्रवेशितः ॥

yena nāgāyutaprāṇo bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ | mānuṣeṇaiva yuddhena tāmavasthāṃ praveśitaḥ

By him the mighty Bhimasena, with the strength of ten thousand elephants, was brought to that plight by a purely human fight.

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Verse 62 (8.1.62)

येन दिव्यास्त्रविच्छूरो मायावी स घटोत्कचः । अमोघया रणे शक्त्या निहतो भैरवं नदन् ॥

yena divyāstravicchūro māyāvī sa ghaṭotkacaḥ | amoghayā raṇe śaktyā nihato bhairavaṃ nadan

By him the heroic Ghatotkacha, skilled in divine weapons and in sorcery, was killed in battle with an unfailing spear as he roared terribly.

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Verse 63 (8.1.63)

तस्य दुर्वारवीर्यस्य सत्यसन्धस्य धीमतः । बाह्वोर्द्रविणमक्षय्यमद्य द्रक्ष्यथ संयुगे ॥

tasya durvāravīryasya satyasandhasya dhīmataḥ | bāhvordraviṇamakṣayyamadya drakṣyatha saṃyuge

Today in battle you will see the inexhaustible wealth of strength in the arms of that wise and truthful man, whose might none can restrain.

Note on the text: Restored from the raw Wikisource page 001 (second block, sub-chapter 3, verse 14), which the input omitted.

Verse 64 (8.1.64)

द्रोणपुत्रस्य विक्रान्तं राधेयस्यैव चोभयोः । पश्यन्तु पाण्डुपुत्रास्ते विष्णुवासवयोरिव ॥

droṇaputrasya vikrāntaṃ rādheyasyaiva cobhayoḥ | paśyantu pāṇḍuputrāste viṣṇuvāsavayoriva

Let the sons of Pandu behold the prowess of both, Drona's son and Radheya, like that of Vishnu and Vasava.

Note on the text: Restored from the raw Wikisource page 001 (second block, sub-chapter 3, verse 15), which the input omitted. Line 1 is the critical edition's 8.2.15ab; line 2 is its star passage 8.2.15d*0004_01, not in the constituted text.

Verse 65 (8.1.65)

सर्व एव भवन्तश्च शक्ताः प्रत्येकशोऽपि वा । पाण्डुपुत्रान्रणे हन्तुं ससैन्यान्किमु संहताः । वीर्यवन्तः कृतास्त्राश्च द्रक्ष्यथाद्य परस्परम् ॥

sarva eva bhavantaśca śaktāḥ pratyekaśo'pi vā | pāṇḍuputrānraṇe hantuṃ sasainyānkimu saṃhatāḥ | vīryavantaḥ kṛtāstrāśca drakṣyathādya parasparam

Every one of you, even singly, is able to kill the sons of Pandu in battle with their armies — how much more so together! Mighty and skilled in weapons, you will see one another's prowess today.

Note on the text: Restored from the raw Wikisource page 001 (second block, sub-chapter 3, verse 16), which the input omitted. Line 1 is the critical edition's 8.2.16a (with different wording); line 2 is its star passage 8.2.16b*0005_01, not in the constituted text; line 3 corresponds to 16c. Corrected ससैन्यान्किसु → ससैन्यान्किमु (misprint in Wikisource; a misprint for किमु; the critical edition reads kim u).

Verse 66 (8.1.66)

एवमुक्त्वा ततः कर्णं चक्रे सेनापतिं तदा । तव पुत्रो महावीर्यो भ्रातृभिः सहितोऽनघ ॥

evamuktvā tataḥ karṇaṃ cakre senāpatiṃ tadā | tava putro mahāvīryo bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito'nagha

Having spoken thus, your mighty son, together with his brothers, then made Karna his commander, sinless one.

Note on the text: Restored from the raw Wikisource page 001 (second block, sub-chapter 3, verse 17), which the input omitted. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 01–02 of the star passage 8.2.17a*0006 (in place of its 17a evam ukte mahārāja karṇo vaikartano nṛpaḥ). Speaker: Sanjaya resumes as narrator (the page repeats the heading सञ्जय उवाच here).

Verse 67 (8.1.67)

सैनापत्यमथावाप्य कर्णो राजन्महारथः । सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः प्रायुध्यत रणोत्कटः ॥

saināpatyamathāvāpya karṇo rājanmahārathaḥ | siṃhanādaṃ vinadyoccaiḥ prāyudhyata raṇotkaṭaḥ

Having obtained the command, the great car-warrior Karna, fierce in battle, O king, roared a lion's roar and fought.

Note on the text: Restored from the raw Wikisource page 001 (second block, sub-chapter 3, verse 18), which the input omitted. Line 1 is the page's version of the critical edition's star passage 8.2.17a*0006_03 (senāpatyam athāsādya); line 2 corresponds to 8.2.17c (रणोत्कटः for mahābalaḥ).

Verse 68 (8.1.68)

ससृञ्जयानां सर्वेषां पाञ्चालानां च मारिष । केकयानां विदेहानां चकार कदनं महत् ॥

sasṛñjayānāṃ sarveṣāṃ pāñcālānāṃ ca māriṣa | kekayānāṃ videhānāṃ cakāra kadanaṃ mahat

Among all the Srinjayas, and the Panchalas, the Kekayas and the Videhas, my lord, he made a great slaughter.

Note on the text: Restored from the raw Wikisource page 001 (second block, sub-chapter 3, verse 19), which the input omitted.

Verse 69 (8.1.69)

तस्येषुधाराः शतशः प्रादुरासञ्छरासनात् । अग्रे पुङ्खेषु संसक्ता यथा भ्रमरपङ्क्तयः ॥

tasyeṣudhārāḥ śataśaḥ prādurāsañcharāsanāt | agre puṅkheṣu saṃsaktā yathā bhramarapaṅktayaḥ

Streams of arrows by the hundred burst from his bow, clinging one behind another on the feathers, like rows of bees.

Note on the text: Restored from the raw Wikisource page 001 (second block, sub-chapter 3, verse 20), which the input omitted.

Verse 70 (8.1.70)

स पीडयित्वा पाञ्चालान्पाण्डवांश्च तरस्विनः । हत्वा सहस्रशो योधानर्जुनेन निपातितः ॥

sa pīḍayitvā pāñcālānpāṇḍavāṃśca tarasvinaḥ | hatvā sahasraśo yodhānarjunena nipātitaḥ

After crushing the Panchalas and the vigorous Pandavas and killing warriors by the thousand, he was struck down by Arjuna.

Note on the text: Restored from the raw Wikisource page 001 (second block, sub-chapter 3, verse 21), which the input omitted. This is the last verse of the page's third sub-chapter; the Sanjaya-arrival block of the page's first table follows it here (see its first verse).

Verse 71 (8.1.71)

शिबिराद्धास्तिनपुरं प्राप्य भारत सञ्जयः । प्रविवेश महाबाहुर्धृतराष्ट्रनिवेशनम् ॥

śibirāddhāstinapuraṃ prāpya bhārata sañjayaḥ | praviveśa mahābāhurdhṛtarāṣṭraniveśanam

Having come from the camp to Hastinapura, O Bharata, Sanjaya of the mighty arms entered the palace of Dhritarashtra.

Note on the text: Dropped the page's opening श्रीवेदव्यासाय नमः and the invocation नारायणं नमस्कृत्य … ततो जयमुदीरयेत् (non-verse lines; the invocation is the critical edition's star passage 8.1.0*0001), and removed the stray backtick and the speaker heading वैशम्पायन उवाच printed at the head of the verse (the speaker field carries it). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 01–02 of the star passage 8.2.20d*0007. Adhyaya note: verses 1–20 of the page's first table (verses 71–90 of this chunk) are that star passage (lines 01–40); they follow the three sub-chapters printed lower on the raw page, which are placed before them in this chunk (CE 8.1–8.2). This arrival scene differs in wording from the arrival in the second block's sub-chapter 2 (verses 1–4), so both are kept; the critical edition has the second block's scene in its constituted text (8.1.25ff) and this one only as the star passage inserted after 8.2.20.

Verse 72 (8.1.72)

शोकेनापहतः सूतो विलपन्भृशदुःखितः । चिन्तयन्निधनं घोरं सूतपुत्रस्य पाण्डवैः ॥

śokenāpahataḥ sūto vilapanbhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ | cintayannidhanaṃ ghoraṃ sūtaputrasya pāṇḍavaiḥ

Stricken by grief, lamenting and in deep distress, the charioteer brooded on the terrible death of the charioteer's son at the hands of the Pandavas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 03–04 of the star passage 8.2.20d*0007.

Verse 73 (8.1.73)

अन्तःपुरं प्रविश्यैव सञ्जयो राजसत्तमम् । अश्रुपूर्णो भृशं त्रस्तो राजानमुपजग्मिवान् ॥

antaḥpuraṃ praviśyaiva sañjayo rājasattamam | aśrupūrṇo bhṛśaṃ trasto rājānamupajagmivān

Having entered the inner apartments, Sanjaya, his face full of tears and his heart full of dread, approached the king, the best of rulers.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 05–06 of the star passage 8.2.20d*0007.

Verse 74 (8.1.74)

उपस्थाय च राजानं विनिश्वस्य च सूतजः । नातिहृष्टमना राजन्निदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

upasthāya ca rājānaṃ viniśvasya ca sūtajaḥ | nātihṛṣṭamanā rājannidaṃ vacanamabravīt

Standing before the king and heaving a deep sigh, the charioteer's son, with no cheer in his heart, spoke these words, O king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 07–08 of the star passage 8.2.20d*0007. (the star passage has the speaker line संजयः between its lines 07 and 08).

Verse 75 (8.1.75)

सञ्जयोऽहं महाराज नमस्ते भरतर्षभ । हतो वैकर्तनः कर्णः कृत्वा कर्म सुदुष्करम् ॥

sañjayo'haṃ mahārāja namaste bharatarṣabha | hato vaikartanaḥ karṇaḥ kṛtvā karma suduṣkaram

I am Sanjaya, great king; I bow to you, best of the Bharatas. Karna Vaikartana has been slain, after accomplishing a most arduous feat.

Note on the text: Corrected सञ्चयोऽहं → सञ्जयोऽहं (misprint in Wikisource; च for ज; the star passage reads saṃjayo 'haṃ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 09–10 of the star passage 8.2.20d*0007.

Verse 76 (8.1.76)

चेदिकाशिकरूशानां मत्स्यानां सोमकैः सह । कृत्वाऽसौ कदनं शेते वातनुन्न इव द्रुमः ॥

cedikāśikarūśānāṃ matsyānāṃ somakaiḥ saha | kṛtvā'sau kadanaṃ śete vātanunna iva drumaḥ

After making great slaughter among the Chedis, Kashis, Karushas and Matsyas, together with the Somakas, he lies there like a tree thrown down by the wind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 11–12 of the star passage 8.2.20d*0007.

Verse 77 (8.1.77)

गोष्ठमध्येव ऋषभो गोव्रजैः परिवारितः । व्यालेन निहतो यद्वत्तथाऽसौ निहतः परैः ॥

goṣṭhamadhyeva ṛṣabho govrajaiḥ parivāritaḥ | vyālena nihato yadvattathā'sau nihataḥ paraiḥ

Just as a bull standing in a cowpen, encircled by herds of cattle, is killed by a fierce beast, so has he been slain by his foes.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 13–14 of the star passage 8.2.20d*0007.

Verse 78 (8.1.78)

निराशान्पाण्डवान्कृत्वा दृढं राजन्ससात्यकान् । पाञ्चालानां रथांश्चैव विनिहत्य सहस्रशः ॥

nirāśānpāṇḍavānkṛtvā dṛḍhaṃ rājansasātyakān | pāñcālānāṃ rathāṃścaiva vinihatya sahasraśaḥ

After driving the Pandavas and Satyaki to utter despair, O king, and destroying thousands of the Panchalas' chariots,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 15–16 of the star passage 8.2.20d*0007.

Verse 79 (8.1.79)

जित्वा शूरान्महेष्वासान्विद्राव्य च दिशोदश । हतो वैकर्तनः कर्णः पाण्डवेन किरीटिना ॥

jitvā śūrānmaheṣvāsānvidrāvya ca diśodaśa | hato vaikartanaḥ karṇaḥ pāṇḍavena kirīṭinā

after defeating heroic great archers and scattering them in all ten directions, Karna Vaikartana was slain by the Pandava Arjuna of the diadem.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 17–18 of the star passage 8.2.20d*0007.

Verse 80 (8.1.80)

वैरस्य गत आनृण्यं दुर्गमस्य दुरात्मभिः । हत्वा कर्णं महाराज विशल्यः पाण्डवोऽभवत् ॥

vairasya gata ānṛṇyaṃ durgamasya durātmabhiḥ | hatvā karṇaṃ mahārāja viśalyaḥ pāṇḍavo'bhavat

By killing Karna, great king, the Pandava has paid off the debt of that enmity, which the wicked-hearted found so hard to see through, and has become free of his thorn.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 19–20 of the star passage 8.2.20d*0007.

Verse 81 (8.1.81)

शोषणं सागराणां वा पतनं वा विवस्वतः । विशीर्णत्वं यथा मेरोस्तथा कर्णस्य पातनम् ॥

śoṣaṇaṃ sāgarāṇāṃ vā patanaṃ vā vivasvataḥ | viśīrṇatvaṃ yathā merostathā karṇasya pātanam

Karna's fall was like the drying up of the oceans, or the sun's dropping from the sky, or Mount Meru breaking apart.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 21–22 of the star passage 8.2.20d*0007.

Verse 82 (8.1.82)

योधाश्च बहवो राजन्हतास्तत्र जयैषिणः । राजानो राजपुत्राश्च शूराः परिघबाहवः ॥

yodhāśca bahavo rājanhatāstatra jayaiṣiṇaḥ | rājāno rājaputrāśca śūrāḥ parighabāhavaḥ

Many warriors eager for victory were slain there, O king — kings and princes, heroes whose arms were like iron bars.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 23–24 of the star passage 8.2.20d*0007.

Verse 83 (8.1.83)

रथौघाश्च नरौघाश्च हता राजन्सहस्रशः । वारणा निहतास्तत्र वाजिनश्च महाहवे ॥

rathaughāśca naraughāśca hatā rājansahasraśaḥ | vāraṇā nihatāstatra vājinaśca mahāhave

Chariots in their multitudes and men in their multitudes were killed by the thousand, O king; elephants and horses too were struck down there in the great battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 25–26 of the star passage 8.2.20d*0007.

Verse 84 (8.1.84)

क्षत्रियाश्च महाराज सेनयोरुभयोर्हताः । परस्परं वै वीक्ष्यात्र परस्परकृतागसः ॥

kṣatriyāśca mahārāja senayorubhayorhatāḥ | parasparaṃ vai vīkṣyātra parasparakṛtāgasaḥ

Kshatriyas of both armies were slain, great king, glaring at one another there, each having wronged the other.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 27–28 of the star passage 8.2.20d*0007.

Verse 85 (8.1.85)

किञ्चिच्छेषान्परान्कृत्वा तीर्त्वा पाण्डववाहिनीम् । पार्थवेलां समासाद्य हतो वैकर्तनो वृषा ॥

kiñciccheṣānparānkṛtvā tīrtvā pāṇḍavavāhinīm | pārthavelāṃ samāsādya hato vaikartano vṛṣā

After leaving only a handful of the enemy alive, crossing the Pandava host, and reaching the shore that is Partha, Vaikartana the Vrisha was slain.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 29–30 of the star passage 8.2.20d*0007.

Verse 86 (8.1.86)

जयाशा धार्तराष्ट्राणां वैरस्य च मुखं नृप । तीर्णं तत्पाण्डवै राजन्यत्पुरा नावबुध्यसे ॥

jayāśā dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ vairasya ca mukhaṃ nṛpa | tīrṇaṃ tatpāṇḍavai rājanyatpurā nāvabudhyase

The hope of victory of the Dhartarashtras and the very mouth of the enmity, O king, has been got past by the Pandavas — a thing you failed to understand earlier.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 31–32 of the star passage 8.2.20d*0007. The same lines stand in the constituted text at 8.4.55 (see adhyaya 2, verse 60–61).

Verse 87 (8.1.87)

प्रोच्यमानं महाराज बन्धुभिर्हितबुद्धिभिः । तदिदं समनुप्राप्तं व्यसनं त्वां महाभयम् ॥

procyamānaṃ mahārāja bandhubhirhitabuddhibhiḥ | tadidaṃ samanuprāptaṃ vyasanaṃ tvāṃ mahābhayam

Kinsmen who wished you well kept telling you of it, great king; and now this great and fearful calamity has overtaken you.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 33–34 of the star passage 8.2.20d*0007. The same lines stand in the constituted text at 8.4.56.

Verse 88 (8.1.88)

पुत्राणां राज्यकामेन त्वया राजन्हितैषिणा । चरितान्यहितान्येव तेषां ते फलमागतम् ॥

putrāṇāṃ rājyakāmena tvayā rājanhitaiṣiṇā | caritānyahitānyeva teṣāṃ te phalamāgatam

O king, in your longing for a kingdom for your sons, you who meant to do them good acted only to their harm; now the fruit of it has come to you.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 35–36 of the star passage 8.2.20d*0007. The same lines stand in the constituted text at 8.4.57.

Verse 89 (8.1.89)

हतो दुःशासनो राजन्यथोक्तं पाण्डवेन तु । प्रतिज्ञा भीमसेनेन निस्तीर्णा सा चमूमुखे ॥

hato duḥśāsano rājanyathoktaṃ pāṇḍavena tu | pratijñā bhīmasenena nistīrṇā sā camūmukhe

Duhshasana has been killed, O king, just as the Pandava had said he would be; Bhimasena has carried his vow across at the head of the army.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 37–38 of the star passage 8.2.20d*0007.

Verse 90 (8.1.90)

पीतं च क्षतजं तस्य धार्तराष्ट्रस्य संयुगे । पाण्डवेन महाराज कर्म कृत्वा सुदुष्करम् ॥

pītaṃ ca kṣatajaṃ tasya dhārtarāṣṭrasya saṃyuge | pāṇḍavena mahārāja karma kṛtvā suduṣkaram

And in the battle the Pandava drank the blood of that son of Dhritarashtra, great king, accomplishing a most difficult deed.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 39–40 of the star passage 8.2.20d*0007. Removed the stray marks *' printed after सुदुष्करम्.

Verse 91 (8.1.91)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा महाराज धृतराष्ट्रोऽम्बिकासुतः । शोकस्यान्तमपश्यन्वै हतं मत्वा सुयोधनम् । विह्वलः पतितो भूमौ नष्टचेता इव द्विपः ॥

etacchrutvā mahārāja dhṛtarāṣṭro'mbikāsutaḥ | śokasyāntamapaśyanvai hataṃ matvā suyodhanam | vihvalaḥ patito bhūmau naṣṭacetā iva dvipaḥ

Hearing this, great king, Dhritarashtra, son of Ambika, saw no end to his grief and thought Suyodhana slain; overcome, he fell to the ground like an elephant that has lost its senses.

Verse 92 (8.1.92)

तस्मिन्निपतिते भूमौ विह्वले राजसत्तमे । आर्तनादो महानासीत्स्त्रीणां भरतसत्तम ॥

tasminnipatite bhūmau vihvale rājasattame | ārtanādo mahānāsītstrīṇāṃ bharatasattama

As that best of kings lay fallen on the ground in distress, a great cry of anguish rose from the women, O best of the Bharatas.

Verse 93 (8.1.93)

स शब्दः पृथिवीं कृत्स्नां पूरयामास सर्वशः ॥

sa śabdaḥ pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ pūrayāmāsa sarvaśaḥ

That sound filled the whole world on every side.

Note on the text: Corrected श शब्दः → स शब्दः (misprint in Wikisource; श for स; the critical edition reads sa śabdaḥ). This verse is the critical edition's 8.3.3ab.

Verse 94 (8.1.94)

शोकार्णवे महाघोरे निमग्ना भरतस्त्रियः । रुरुदुर्दुःखशोकार्ता भृशमुद्विग्नचेतसः ॥

śokārṇave mahāghore nimagnā bharatastriyaḥ | rurudurduḥkhaśokārtā bhṛśamudvignacetasaḥ

Sunk in that terrible ocean of grief, the women of the Bharata house wept, tormented by pain and sorrow, their minds deeply disturbed.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 8.3.3cd; line 2 is its star passage 8.3.3d*0008_01, not in the constituted text.

Verse 95 (8.1.95)

राजानं च समासाद्य गान्धारी भरतर्षभ । निःसंज्ञा पतिता भूमौ सर्वाण्यन्तःपुराणि च ॥

rājānaṃ ca samāsādya gāndhārī bharatarṣabha | niḥsaṃjñā patitā bhūmau sarvāṇyantaḥpurāṇi ca

Gandhari too, best of the Bharatas, reached the king's side and fell senseless to the ground, and so did all the other women of the inner apartments.

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वाण्यन्तः पुराणि → सर्वाण्यन्तःपुराणि (misprint in Wikisource; the compound was split by a space; the critical edition reads antaḥpurāṇi).

Verse 96 (8.1.96)

ततस्ताः सञ्जयो राजन्समाश्वासयदातुराः । मुह्यमानाः सुबहुशो मुञ्चन्तीर्वारि नेत्रजम् ॥

tatastāḥ sañjayo rājansamāśvāsayadāturāḥ | muhyamānāḥ subahuśo muñcantīrvāri netrajam

Then, O king, Sanjaya consoled those distressed women, who kept swooning and whose eyes poured forth tears.

Note on the text: Corrected स़ञ्जयो → सञ्जयो (misprint in Wikisource; stray nukta; the critical edition reads saṃjayo). Corrected मुह्यामानाः → मुह्यमानाः (misprint in Wikisource; extra ा; the critical edition reads muhyamānāḥ).

Verse 97 (8.1.97)

समाश्वस्ताः स्त्रियस्तास्तु वेपमाना मुहुर्मुहुः । कदल्य इव वातेन धूयमानाः समन्ततः ॥

samāśvastāḥ striyastāstu vepamānā muhurmuhuḥ | kadalya iva vātena dhūyamānāḥ samantataḥ

Though comforted, the women still trembled over and over, like plantain trees shaken by the wind from every side.

Verse 98 (8.1.98)

राजानं विदुरश्चापि प्रज्ञाचक्षुषमीश्वरम् । आश्वासयामास तदा सिञ्चंस्तोयेन कौरवम् ॥

rājānaṃ viduraścāpi prajñācakṣuṣamīśvaram | āśvāsayāmāsa tadā siñcaṃstoyena kauravam

Vidura, for his part, brought round the king, the lord whose eye is wisdom, sprinkling water over the Kuru.

Verse 99 (8.1.99)

स लब्ध्वा शनकैः संज्ञां ताश्च दृष्ट्वा स्त्रियो नृपः । उन्मत्त इव राजेन्द्र स्थितस्तूष्णीं विशाम्पते ॥

sa labdhvā śanakaiḥ saṃjñāṃ tāśca dṛṣṭvā striyo nṛpaḥ | unmatta iva rājendra sthitastūṣṇīṃ viśāmpate

Slowly regaining consciousness and seeing the women, the king stood silent, as though out of his mind, O lord of men.

Note on the text: Corrected सनकैः → शनकैः (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; the critical edition reads śanakaiḥ).

Verse 100 (8.1.100)

ततो ध्यात्वा चिरं कालं निःश्वस्य च पुनःपुनः । स्वान्पुत्रान्गर्हयामास बहुमेने च पाण्डवान् ॥

tato dhyātvā ciraṃ kālaṃ niḥśvasya ca punaḥpunaḥ | svānputrāngarhayāmāsa bahumene ca pāṇḍavān

Then, after brooding for a long time and sighing again and again, he reproached his own sons and thought highly of the Pandavas.

Verse 101 (8.1.101)

गर्हयंश्चात्मनो बुद्धिं शकुनेः सौबलस्य च । ध्यात्वा तु सुचिरं कालं वेपमानो मुहुर्मुहुः ॥

garhayaṃścātmano buddhiṃ śakuneḥ saubalasya ca | dhyātvā tu suciraṃ kālaṃ vepamāno muhurmuhuḥ

Condemning his own judgement and that of Shakuni, son of Subala, he brooded for a very long time, trembling again and again.

Verse 102 (8.1.102)

संस्तभ्य च मनो भूयो राजा धैर्यसमन्वितः । पुनर्गावल्गणिं सूतं पर्यपृच्छत सञ्जयम् ॥

saṃstabhya ca mano bhūyo rājā dhairyasamanvitaḥ | punargāvalgaṇiṃ sūtaṃ paryapṛcchata sañjayam

Steadying his mind once more and mustering his fortitude, the king again questioned the charioteer Sanjaya, son of Gavalgana.

Verse 103 (8.1.103)

न त्वया कथितं वाक्यं श्रुतं सञ्जय तन्मया ॥

na tvayā kathitaṃ vākyaṃ śrutaṃ sañjaya tanmayā

Sanjaya, I have heard the words you spoke, but you have not told me this —

Note on the text: The first line of the critical edition's 8.3.12 (यत् for न: yat tvayā kathitaṃ vākyaṃ …); the page's reading is kept. Speaker: the page prints no heading, but the whole verse is Dhritarashtra's speech (the preceding verse ends पर्यपृच्छत सञ्जयम्); the input had वैशम्पायन.

Verse 104 (8.1.104)

कच्चिद्दुर्योधनः सूत न गतो वै यमक्षयम् । जये निराशः पुत्रो मे सततं जयकामुकः । ब्रूहि सञ्जय तत्त्वेन पुनरुक्तां कथामिमाम् ॥

kaccidduryodhanaḥ sūta na gato vai yamakṣayam | jaye nirāśaḥ putro me satataṃ jayakāmukaḥ | brūhi sañjaya tattvena punaruktāṃ kathāmimām

Surely Duryodhana, O charioteer, has not gone to the abode of Yama? My son, who always longed for victory, is now without hope of it. Sanjaya, tell me this account over again, truthfully.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 8.3.12cd; line 2 is its star passage 8.3.12d*0010_01, not in the constituted text; line 3 is 8.3.12e. Speaker: Dhritarashtra's speech, as in verse 33 (the input had वैशम्पायन).

Verse 105 (8.1.105)

एवमुक्तोऽब्रवीत्सूतो राजानं जनमेजय । हतो वैकर्तनो राजन्सहपुत्रैर्महारथः । भ्रातृभिश्च महेष्वासैः सूतपुत्रैस्तनुत्यजैः ॥

evamukto'bravītsūto rājānaṃ janamejaya | hato vaikartano rājansahaputrairmahārathaḥ | bhrātṛbhiśca maheṣvāsaiḥ sūtaputraistanutyajaiḥ

Thus addressed, the charioteer replied to the king, O Janamejaya: 'Vaikartana has been slain, O king — that great car-warrior — together with his sons and his brothers, the great archers, the charioteer's sons who were ready to give up their bodies.'

Note on the text: Line 1 is the narrator's; lines 2–3 are Sanjaya's speech, so the narrator Vaishampayana is kept as speaker.

Verse 106 (8.1.106)

दुःशासनश्च निहतः पाण्डवेन यशस्विना । पीतं च रुधिरं कोपाद्भीमसेनेन संयुगे ॥

duḥśāsanaśca nihataḥ pāṇḍavena yaśasvinā | pītaṃ ca rudhiraṃ kopādbhīmasenena saṃyuge

Duhshasana too has been slain by the glorious Pandava, and Bhimasena in his fury drank his blood in the battle.

Note on the text: Speaker: no heading is printed, but the whole verse is Sanjaya's speech (the input had वैशम्पायन).

Verse 107 (8.1.107)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा महाराज धृतराष्ट्रोऽम्बिकासुतः । दह्यमानोऽब्रवीत्सूतं मुहूर्तं तिष्ठ सञ्जय । व्याकुलं मे मनस्तात मा तावत्किंचिदुच्यताम् ॥

etacchrutvā mahārāja dhṛtarāṣṭro'mbikāsutaḥ | dahyamāno'bravītsūtaṃ muhūrtaṃ tiṣṭha sañjaya | vyākulaṃ me manastāta mā tāvatkiṃciducyatām

Hearing this, great king, Dhritarashtra, son of Ambika, was consumed with grief and said to the charioteer, 'Wait a moment, Sanjaya. My mind is in turmoil, my friend; do not say anything more for the present.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 01–03 of the star passage 8.3.14d*0012. Removed the stray backtick and the speaker heading वैशम्पायन उवाच printed at the head of the verse (the speaker field carries it). Lines 1 and half of 2 are narration; the rest is Dhritarashtra's speech.

Verse 108 (8.1.108)

राजापि नाब्रवीत्किञ्चित्सञ्जयो विदुरस्तथा । तूष्णीम्भूतस्तदा सोऽथ बभूव जगतीपतिः ॥

rājāpi nābravītkiñcitsañjayo vidurastathā | tūṣṇīmbhūtastadā so'tha babhūva jagatīpatiḥ

The king said nothing more, and neither did Sanjaya or Vidura; the lord of the earth fell silent then.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 04–05 of the star passage 8.3.14d*0012. Removed a stray quote mark (') after जगतीपतिः.