The Kurus Flee and the Pandavas Rejoice; the End of Karna Parva

Verse 1 (8.101.1)

हते वैकर्तने कर्णे कुरवो भयपीडिताः । वीक्षमाणा दिशः सर्वाः पलायन्त सहस्रशः ॥

hate vaikartane karṇe kuravo bhayapīḍitāḥ | vīkṣamāṇā diśaḥ sarvāḥ palāyanta sahasraśaḥ

When Karna, the son of Vikartana, was slain, the Kurus, tormented by fear, fled in their thousands, looking about in every direction.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 44 (printed after 8.68.63), lines 0001–0002 (8.68.63d@044_0001–0002); line 1 is the same; in line 2 the CE reads "palāyante sma sarvataḥ" for "पलायन्त सहस्रशः".

Verse 2 (8.101.2)

रावणं निहतं दृष्ट्वा राक्षसा राघवेण वा । दिशो भीता द्रवन्नेव तावका भयपीडिताः ॥

rāvaṇaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā rākṣasā rāghaveṇa vā | diśo bhītā dravanneva tāvakā bhayapīḍitāḥ

Your men, tormented by fear, ran in all directions, like the rakshasas who had seen Ravana struck down by Raghava.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Wikisource has it where CE Appendix I No. 44 (8.68.63d@044_0003–0004) has a different couplet ("vīraṃ tu nihataṃ śrutvā …").

Verse 3 (8.101.3)

ततो महारवं चक्रुर्योधा राजन्समन्ततः । वार्यमाणा भृशोद्विग्नास्तव पुत्रेण भारत ॥

tato mahāravaṃ cakruryodhā rājansamantataḥ | vāryamāṇā bhṛśodvignāstava putreṇa bhārata

Then, O king, the warriors raised a great uproar on every side, greatly agitated, though your son tried to hold them back, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 44 (printed after 8.68.63), lines 0005–0006 (8.68.63d@044_0005–0006); both lines differ in wording: the CE reads "tato 'vahāraṃ cakrus te rājan yodhāḥ samantataḥ" and "bhayodvignās" for "भृशोद्विग्नास्".

Verse 4 (8.101.4)

तेषां तु मतमाज्ञाय पुत्रस्ते भरतर्षभ । अवहारं ततश्चक्रे शल्यस्यानुमतेन च ॥

teṣāṃ tu matamājñāya putraste bharatarṣabha | avahāraṃ tataścakre śalyasyānumatena ca

Understanding their mind, your son, O best of the Bharatas, ordered the army recalled, with Shalya's consent.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 44 (printed after 8.68.63), lines 0007–0008 (8.68.63d@044_0007–0008); line 1 is the same; line 2 ends "śalyasyānumate nṛpa" in the CE, "शल्यस्यानुमतेन च" here.

Verse 5 (8.101.5)

कृतवर्मा रणे तूर्णं वृतो भारत तावकैः । नारायणावशिष्टैश्च शिबिरायैव दुद्रुवे ॥

kṛtavarmā raṇe tūrṇaṃ vṛto bhārata tāvakaiḥ | nārāyaṇāvaśiṣṭaiśca śibirāyaiva dudruve

Kritavarma, O Bharata, surrounded by your men and by what remained of the Narayana force, quickly fled from the battle to the camp.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 44 (printed after 8.68.63), lines 0009–0010 (8.68.63d@044_0009–0010); the CE has "yodhair mahārathaiḥ sārdhaṃ vṛto bhārata tāvakaiḥ / hatāvaśeṣais tvaritaḥ śibirāyaiva dudruve" and does not name Kritavarma or the Narayanas; the rest is the same.

Verse 6 (8.101.6)

अश्वत्थामा ततः शूरो विनिश्वस्य मुहुर्मुहुः । पाण्डवानां जयं दृष्ट्वा शिबिरायैव दुद्रुवे ॥

aśvatthāmā tataḥ śūro viniśvasya muhurmuhuḥ | pāṇḍavānāṃ jayaṃ dṛṣṭvā śibirāyaiva dudruve

Then the heroic Ashvatthama, sighing again and again, seeing the victory of the Pandavas, fled to the camp.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 44 (printed after 8.68.63), lines 0015–0016 (8.68.63d@044_0015–0016); the same wording.

Verse 7 (8.101.7)

कृपः शारद्वतो राजन्नागानीकेन भारत । महता मेघकल्पेन शिबिरायैव दुद्रुवे ॥

kṛpaḥ śāradvato rājannāgānīkena bhārata | mahatā meghakalpena śibirāyaiva dudruve

Kripa Sharadvata, O king, with a great elephant-host like a bank of clouds, fled toward the camp.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 44 (printed after 8.68.63), lines 0013–0014 (8.68.63d@044_0013–0014); line 2 is the same; line 1 ends "nāgānīkena saṃvṛtaḥ" in the CE, "भारत" here.

Verse 8 (8.101.8)

गान्धाराणां सहस्रेण शकुनिः परिवारितः । सुशर्मा च ययौ राजन्वीक्षमाणो भयार्दितः ॥

gāndhārāṇāṃ sahasreṇa śakuniḥ parivāritaḥ | suśarmā ca yayau rājanvīkṣamāṇo bhayārditaḥ

Shakuni, surrounded by a thousand Gandharas, went off, and Susharma too, O king, struck with fear, looking about him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 44 (printed after 8.68.63), line 0011 (8.68.63d@044_0011, the same wording) for line 1; line 2 corresponds to @044_0018 ("suśarmāpi yayau rājan vīkṣamāṇo bhayāturān"), with variants. CE lines @044_0012 ("hatam ādhirathiṃ dṛṣṭvā …") and 0017 are not on the page.

Verse 9 (8.101.9)

दुर्योधनोऽपि स ययौ हतसर्वस्व आतुरः । ज्ञातिशोकसमापन्नश्चिन्तयित्वा मुहुर्मुहुः ॥

duryodhano'pi sa yayau hatasarvasva āturaḥ | jñātiśokasamāpannaścintayitvā muhurmuhuḥ

Duryodhana too went away, bereft of everything, distraught, overcome by grief for his kinsmen, brooding again and again.

Note on the text: Corrected ह्वतसर्वस्व → हतसर्वस्व (misprint in Wikisource; ह्वत is not a word; the CE reads hatasarvasva). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 44 (printed after 8.68.63), lines 0019–0020 (8.68.63d@044_0019–0020); both lines differ in wording from the CE ("nṛpatir hatasarvasva āturaḥ"; "yayau śokasamāviṣṭaś cintayan vimanā bahu").

Verse 10 (8.101.10)

छिन्नध्वजेन शल्यस्तु रथेन रथिनां वरः । प्रययौ शिबिरायैव वीक्षमाणो दिशो दश ॥

chinnadhvajena śalyastu rathena rathināṃ varaḥ | prayayau śibirāyaiva vīkṣamāṇo diśo daśa

Shalya, best of chariot-warriors, went to the camp in a chariot whose banner had been cut down, looking in all ten directions.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 44 (printed after 8.68.63), lines 0021–0022 (8.68.63d@044_0021–0022); the same wording.

Verse 11 (8.101.11)

ततोऽपरे सुबहुशो भारतानां महारथाः । व्यद्रवन्त दिशो भीता भयविह्वलचेतसः ॥

tato'pare subahuśo bhāratānāṃ mahārathāḥ | vyadravanta diśo bhītā bhayavihvalacetasaḥ

Then many other great chariot-warriors of the Bharatas fled in every direction, terrified, their minds shaken by fear.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 44 (printed after 8.68.63), lines 0023–0024 (8.68.63d@044_0023–0024); line 1 is nearly the same (CE "subahavo" for "सुबहुशो"); line 2 differs in wording.

Verse 12 (8.101.12)

अश्रूपूर्णा भयोद्विग्ना वेपमाना भयातुराः । कुरवः प्राद्रवन्सर्वे दृष्ट्वा कर्णं निपातितम् ॥

aśrūpūrṇā bhayodvignā vepamānā bhayāturāḥ | kuravaḥ prādravansarve dṛṣṭvā karṇaṃ nipātitam

Weeping, agitated with fear, trembling, overcome by dread, all the Kurus fled when they saw Karna laid low.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 44 (printed after 8.68.63), lines 0025–0026 (8.68.63d@044_0025–0026); both lines differ somewhat in wording (CE "aśrukaṇṭhā … suvihvalāḥ"; "kuravaḥ pradrutāḥ sarve").

Verse 13 (8.101.13)

प्रशंसन्तोऽर्जुनं केचित्केचित्कर्णं महारथाः । प्राद्रवन्त रणे भीताः कुरवः कुरुसत्तम ॥

praśaṃsanto'rjunaṃ kecitkecitkarṇaṃ mahārathāḥ | prādravanta raṇe bhītāḥ kuravaḥ kurusattama

Some of those great warriors praised Arjuna and some praised Karna, as they fled in fear from the battle, O best of the Kurus.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 44 (printed after 8.68.63), lines 0027–0028 (8.68.63d@044_0027–0028); line 1 is the same; line 2 reads "vyadravanta diśo bhītāḥ" in the CE.

Verse 14 (8.101.14)

तेषां योधसहस्राणां तावकानां महामृधे । नासीत्तत्र पुमान्कश्चिद्यस्तु युद्धे मनो दधे ॥

teṣāṃ yodhasahasrāṇāṃ tāvakānāṃ mahāmṛdhe | nāsīttatra pumānkaścidyastu yuddhe mano dadhe

Among those thousands of your warriors in that great battle, there was not one man who set his mind on fighting.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 44 (printed after 8.68.63), lines 0029–0030 (8.68.63d@044_0029–0030); line 1 is the same; line 2 reads "yo yuddhāya mano dadhe" in the CE.

Verse 15 (8.101.15)

कर्णे हते महाराज निराशाः कुरवोऽभवन् । जीवनेषु च राज्येषु दारेषु च धनेषु च ॥

karṇe hate mahārāja nirāśāḥ kuravo'bhavan | jīvaneṣu ca rājyeṣu dāreṣu ca dhaneṣu ca

With Karna slain, O great king, the Kurus lost hope for their lives, their kingdoms, their wives and their wealth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 44 (printed after 8.68.63), lines 0031–0032 (8.68.63d@044_0031–0032); both lines differ slightly in wording (CE "hate karṇe", "jīviteṣv atha").

Verse 16 (8.101.16)

तान्समानीय पुत्रस्ते यत्नेन महता विभो । निवेशाय मनो दध्रे दुःखशोकसमन्वितः ॥

tānsamānīya putraste yatnena mahatā vibho | niveśāya mano dadhre duḥkhaśokasamanvitaḥ

Your son, O lord, gathered them together with great effort, and, afflicted with sorrow and grief, set his mind on making camp.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 44 (printed after 8.68.63), lines 0033–0034 (8.68.63d@044_0033–0034); the same wording.

Verse 17 (8.101.17)

तस्याज्ञां शिरसा दीनाः प्रतिगृह्य विशाम्पते । विषण्णमनसो भीत्या न्यविशन्त महारथाः ॥

tasyājñāṃ śirasā dīnāḥ pratigṛhya viśāmpate | viṣaṇṇamanaso bhītyā nyaviśanta mahārathāḥ

Taking his command on their heads, O lord of the people, the dejected great chariot-warriors, disheartened by fear, made camp.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 44 (printed after 8.68.63), lines 0035–0036 (8.68.63d@044_0035–0036); line 1 nearly the same; line 2 differs in wording (CE "vivarṇavadanā dīnā nyaviśanta mahārathāḥ").

Verse 18 (8.101.18)

चिन्तयन्तो वधं घोरं सूतपुत्रस्य संयुगे । अर्जुनस्य जयं युद्धे चिन्तयानाः पुनःपुनः ॥

cintayanto vadhaṃ ghoraṃ sūtaputrasya saṃyuge | arjunasya jayaṃ yuddhe cintayānāḥ punaḥpunaḥ

They brooded on the terrible slaying of the charioteer's son in battle, and thought again and again of Arjuna's victory in the fight.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_01–02 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); the same wording.

Verse 19 (8.101.19)

पाण्डवाश्च महेष्वासा न्यविशन्त परन्तपाः । प्रहृष्टमनसः सर्वे जित्वा शत्रुं महारथाः ॥

pāṇḍavāśca maheṣvāsā nyaviśanta parantapāḥ | prahṛṣṭamanasaḥ sarve jitvā śatruṃ mahārathāḥ

And the Pandavas, mighty archers and tormentors of their foes, great chariot-warriors, all glad at heart at having defeated their enemy, made camp.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_03–04 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); line 1 reads "pāṇḍavānāṃ maheṣvāsā" and line 2 "jitvā śatrūn mahārathān" in the CE.

Verse 20 (8.101.20)

ततो युधिष्ठिरं तत्र निविष्टं वै मुदान्वितम् । समेत्य सर्वे पाञ्चाला वर्धयन्तो यथाविधि ॥

tato yudhiṣṭhiraṃ tatra niviṣṭaṃ vai mudānvitam | sametya sarve pāñcālā vardhayanto yathāvidhi

Then all the Panchalas gathered round Yudhishthira, who sat there joyful, and congratulated him as was fitting.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_05–06 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); the same wording (CE "pañcālā" in line 2).

Verse 21 (8.101.21)

अर्जुनस्तु रथात्तूर्णमवरुह्य महायशाः । धर्मराजस्य चरणौ पीडयामास हृष्टवत् ॥

arjunastu rathāttūrṇamavaruhya mahāyaśāḥ | dharmarājasya caraṇau pīḍayāmāsa hṛṣṭavat

Arjuna, of great fame, quickly got down from his chariot and gladly clasped the feet of the king of dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_07–08 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); the same wording.

Verse 22 (8.101.22)

तमुत्थाप्य महाराज धर्मपुत्रः प्रतापवान् । सस्वजे भरतश्रेष्ठमुपजिघ्रन्नुपस्पृशन् ॥

tamutthāpya mahārāja dharmaputraḥ pratāpavān | sasvaje bharataśreṣṭhamupajighrannupaspṛśan

O great king, the mighty son of Dharma lifted him up and embraced that best of the Bharatas, smelling and touching him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_09–10 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); the same wording.

Verse 23 (8.101.23)

नकुलः सहदेवश्च पाण्डवश्च वृकोदरः । अभिवाद्य महाराजमस्वजन्त स्म फल्गुनम् ॥

nakulaḥ sahadevaśca pāṇḍavaśca vṛkodaraḥ | abhivādya mahārājamasvajanta sma phalgunam

Nakula and Sahadeva, and the Pandava Vrikodara, saluted the great king and embraced Phalguna.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_11–12 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); the same wording.

Verse 24 (8.101.24)

धृष्टद्युम्नः शिखण्डी च पाण्डवानां च ये रथाः । वर्धयन्ते स्म राजानं निहते सूतनन्दने ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca pāṇḍavānāṃ ca ye rathāḥ | vardhayante sma rājānaṃ nihate sūtanandane

Dhrishtadyumna and Shikhandi, and the chariot-warriors of the Pandavas, congratulated the king when the charioteer's son was slain.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_13–14 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); the same wording.

Verse 25 (8.101.25)

ततः कृष्णो महाराज सात्यकिश्चापि सात्वतः । वर्धयन्ते स्म राजानं निहते सूतनन्दने ॥

tataḥ kṛṣṇo mahārāja sātyakiścāpi sātvataḥ | vardhayante sma rājānaṃ nihate sūtanandane

Then Krishna, O great king, and Satyaki the Satvata, also congratulated the king when the charioteer's son was slain.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_15–16 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); line 1 is the same; line 2 reads "avardhayetāṃ rājānaṃ" in the CE.

Verse 26 (8.101.26)

वासुदेवश्च कौन्तेयं प्रणयादिदमब्रवीत् । अद्य राजन्हताः सर्वे धार्तराष्ट्राः सराजकाः । हते वैकर्तने कर्णे रथानां प्रवरे रथे ॥

vāsudevaśca kaunteyaṃ praṇayādidamabravīt | adya rājanhatāḥ sarve dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ sarājakāḥ | hate vaikartane karṇe rathānāṃ pravare rathe

And Vasudeva, in affection, said this to the son of Kunti: "Today, O king, all the sons of Dhritarashtra with their allied kings are slain, now that Vaikartana Karna, the foremost of chariot-warriors, has been slain in his chariot."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_17–19 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); the same wording. Krishna's speech begins in line 2; the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 27 (8.101.27)

यदि लोकास्त्रयः सर्वे योधयेयुः सवासवाः । तथापि दुर्जयः सूतस्तव कोपात्तु सूदितः ॥

yadi lokāstrayaḥ sarve yodhayeyuḥ savāsavāḥ | tathāpi durjayaḥ sūtastava kopāttu sūditaḥ

"Even if all three worlds, with Indra, were to fight, Karna the charioteer's son would still be unconquerable; yet he has been destroyed by your wrath."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_20–21 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); the same wording. Krishna's speech continues; no speaker heading is printed.

Verse 28 (8.101.28)

एवमुक्तः प्रत्युवाच धर्मराजो जनार्दनम् ॥

evamuktaḥ pratyuvāca dharmarājo janārdanam

Thus addressed, Dharmaraja replied to Janardana.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_22 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); the same wording; a single line, as in the CE.

Verse 29 (8.101.29)

तव प्रसादाद्गोविन्द हतः कर्णो महायशाः । पाण्डवाश्च जयं प्राप्ता नाशिताश्चापि शत्रवः ॥

tava prasādādgovinda hataḥ karṇo mahāyaśāḥ | pāṇḍavāśca jayaṃ prāptā nāśitāścāpi śatravaḥ

"By your grace, O Govinda, glorious Karna has been slain; the Pandavas have won the victory and their enemies have been destroyed."

Note on the text: Corrected प्रसादाद्ग्रोविन्द → प्रसादाद्गोविन्द (misprint in Wikisource; stray र) and प्राप्या → प्राप्ता (misprint; "to be obtained" does not fit; the CE reads prāptā). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_23–24 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); otherwise the same wording.

Verse 30 (8.101.30)

त्वं हि शक्तो भयात्त्रातुं यस्य कस्यचिदाहवे । त्वमस्य जगतो गोप्ता पाण्डवानां च सर्वदा ॥

tvaṃ hi śakto bhayāttrātuṃ yasya kasyacidāhave | tvamasya jagato goptā pāṇḍavānāṃ ca sarvadā

"You alone are able to save anyone from fear in battle; you are the protector of this world, and always of the Pandavas."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_25–26 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); the same wording.

Verse 31 (8.101.31)

त्वां समासाद्य शक्रोऽपि मोदते दिवि नित्यशः । त्वं पाता पाण्डुपुत्राणां यथैव जगतस्तथा ॥

tvāṃ samāsādya śakro'pi modate divi nityaśaḥ | tvaṃ pātā pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ yathaiva jagatastathā

"Even Shakra rejoices in heaven at all times, having come to you; you are the protector of the sons of Pandu, as you are of the world."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_27–28 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); the same wording.

Verse 32 (8.101.32)

अनाश्चर्यो जयस्तेषां भक्तिर्येषां त्वयि प्रभो ॥

anāścaryo jayasteṣāṃ bhaktiryeṣāṃ tvayi prabho

"Victory is no wonder for those who have devotion to you, O Lord."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_29 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); the same wording; a single line, as in the CE.

Verse 33 (8.101.33)

त्वया नाथेन गोविन्द नाथवन्तो वयं युधि । यथेन्द्रेण पुरा देवास्त्वया चापि जनार्दन ॥

tvayā nāthena govinda nāthavanto vayaṃ yudhi | yathendreṇa purā devāstvayā cāpi janārdana

"With you as our protector, O Govinda, we have a protector in battle, as the gods had of old in Indra, and in you as well, O Janardana."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_30–31 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); the same wording.

Verse 34 (8.101.34)

स्वप्स्याम्यद्य सुखं कृष्णनिद्रां लप्स्ये त्वहं क्षपाम् । विगतं हि भयं मेऽद्य त्वत्प्रसादान्न संशयः ॥

svapsyāmyadya sukhaṃ kṛṣṇanidrāṃ lapsye tvahaṃ kṣapām | vigataṃ hi bhayaṃ me'dya tvatprasādānna saṃśayaḥ

"Today I shall sleep happily, O Krishna; I shall have my sleep through the night. My fear has gone today by your grace, without doubt."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_32–33 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); in line 1 the CE reads "lapsye vasan kṣapām" for "लप्स्ये त्वहं क्षपाम्"; line 2 is the same.

Verse 35 (8.101.35)

एवमुक्तस्तु पार्थेन केशवः प्राह पाण्डवम् । निमित्तमात्रं हि वयं तवाप्यस्मिन्मुदागमे ॥

evamuktastu pārthena keśavaḥ prāha pāṇḍavam | nimittamātraṃ hi vayaṃ tavāpyasminmudāgame

Thus addressed by Partha, Keshava said to the son of Pandu: "We are only the occasion for this coming of joy to you."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_34–35 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); line 1 is the same; line 2 reads "nimittamātraṃ tu vayaṃ tava hy asmin mudāgame" in the CE. Krishna's speech begins in line 2; the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 36 (8.101.36)

यस्य ते भ्रातरः शूरा भीमसेनादयो नृप । सम्बन्धिनश्चेन्द्रवीर्याः पार्षतप्रमुखास्तथा ॥

yasya te bhrātaraḥ śūrā bhīmasenādayo nṛpa | sambandhinaścendravīryāḥ pārṣatapramukhāstathā

"You have valiant brothers, O king, headed by Bhimasena, and kinsmen of Indra-like might, headed by the son of Prishata."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_36–37 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); the same wording.

Verse 37 (8.101.37)

अर्हते च भवान्नित्यं प्रियं नित्यं च मद्धितम् । प्रियो हि मे त्वमेतेन वचनेन नरोत्तम ॥

arhate ca bhavānnityaṃ priyaṃ nityaṃ ca maddhitam | priyo hi me tvametena vacanena narottama

"You always deserve what is dear, and always what is good for me; and by these words, O best of men, you are dear to me."

Note on the text: Corrected मद्वितम् → मद्धितम् (misprint in Wikisource; मत् + हित gives मद्धित; the CE reads maddhitam). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_38–39 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); in line 1 the CE reads "arhate ca bhavān vaktuṃ priyaṃ nityaṃ hi maddhitam"; line 2 is the same.

Verse 38 (8.101.38)

इत्युक्तो धर्मराजस्तु स्वरथं हेमभूषितम् । दन्तवर्णैर्हयैर्युक्तं कालवालैर्महीपतिः ॥

ityukto dharmarājastu svarathaṃ hemabhūṣitam | dantavarṇairhayairyuktaṃ kālavālairmahīpatiḥ

Thus addressed, Dharmaraja, lord of the earth, with his own gold-adorned chariot, yoked with ivory-white horses with black tails,

Note on the text: Corrected हेमभूपितम् → हेमभूषितम् (misprint in Wikisource; the CE reads hemabhūṣitam). Matched by the alignment to CE 8.69.26 (similarity 0.76: "taṃ rathaṃ hemabhūṣitam / dantavarṇair hayair yuktaṃ kālavālair mahārathaḥ"); the verse's own wording is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_40–41 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43) (line 2 the same).

Verse 39 (8.101.39)

आस्थाय पुरुषव्याघ्रः स्वबलेनापि संवृतः । प्रययौ बहुवृत्तान्तं द्रष्टुमायोधनं प्रति ॥

āsthāya puruṣavyāghraḥ svabalenāpi saṃvṛtaḥ | prayayau bahuvṛttāntaṃ draṣṭumāyodhanaṃ prati

mounted it, that tiger among men, surrounded by his own force, and set out for the battlefield to see what had happened there.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 8.69.27a with one variant ("svabalenābhisaṃvṛtaḥ" in the CE, also in star passage 8.69.43d*1224_42); line 2 is not in the CE main text but is star passage 8.69.43d*1224_43 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43) (the same wording).

Verse 40 (8.101.40)

सम्भाषमाणौ तौ वीरावुभौ माधवपाण्डवौ ॥

sambhāṣamāṇau tau vīrāvubhau mādhavapāṇḍavau

The two heroes, Madhava and the Pandava, were conversing together;

Note on the text: Corrected वीर उभौ → वीरावुभौ (misprint in Wikisource; the dual "tau … ubhau" needs the dual वीरौ, which sandhis to वीरावुभौ; the CE star passage reads vīrāv ubhau). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_44 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); a single line; the CE has "saṃbhāṣamāṇau tau vīrāv ubhau pāṇḍavamādhavau" (compare CE 8.69.28b).

Verse 41 (8.101.41)

स ददर्श रणे कर्णं शयानं पुरुषर्षभम् । गाण्डीवमुक्तैर्विशिखैः सर्वतः सन्निपीडितम् ॥

sa dadarśa raṇe karṇaṃ śayānaṃ puruṣarṣabham | gāṇḍīvamuktairviśikhaiḥ sarvataḥ sannipīḍitam

he saw Karna, best of men, lying on the battlefield, wholly covered with arrows loosed from the Gandiva.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 8.69.29a. In line 2 the CE main text reads "sarvataḥ śakalīkṛtam"; the base wording "सर्वतः सन्निपीडितम्" is star passage 8.69.43d*1224_46 ("sunipīḍitam") (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43).

Verse 42 (8.101.42)

सपुत्रं निहतं दृष्ट्वा कर्णं राजा युधिष्ठिरः । प्रशशंस नरव्याघ्रावुभौ माधवपाण्डवौ ॥

saputraṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā karṇaṃ rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | praśaśaṃsa naravyāghrāvubhau mādhavapāṇḍavau

Seeing Karna slain together with his son, King Yudhishthira praised the two tigers among men, Madhava and the Pandava.

Note on the text: Both lines are CE 8.69.30a and 30c (also star passage 8.69.43d*1224_47–48).

Verse 43 (8.101.43)

अद्य राजाऽस्मि सर्वस्यां पृथिव्यां मधुसूदन । दिष्ट्या जयसि गोविन्द दिष्ट्याशत्रुर्निपातितः ॥

adya rājā'smi sarvasyāṃ pṛthivyāṃ madhusūdana | diṣṭyā jayasi govinda diṣṭyāśatrurnipātitaḥ

"Today I am king over the whole earth, O Madhusudana; by good fortune, O Govinda, you have conquered; by good fortune the enemy has been struck down."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_49–50 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); line 1 resembles CE 8.69.31a ("adya rājāsmi govinda pṛthivyāṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha") and line 2 shares its second half with CE 8.69.33e ("diṣṭyā jayasi govinda diṣṭyā karṇo nipātitaḥ"); the exact wording is the star passage.

Verse 44 (8.101.44)

एवं सुबहुशो राजन्प्रशशंस जनार्दनम् । अर्जुनं च कुरुश्रेष्ठो धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

evaṃ subahuśo rājanpraśaśaṃsa janārdanam | arjunaṃ ca kuruśreṣṭho dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

So, O king, Yudhishthira, king of dharma and best of the Kurus, praised Janardana and Arjuna again and again.

Note on the text: Matched by the alignment to CE 8.69.34 ("evaṃ sa bahuśo hṛṣṭaḥ praśaśaṃsa janārdanam / arjunaṃ cāpi rājendra dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ", similarity 0.80); the verse's own wording is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_51–52 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43) (line 2 the same).

Verse 45 (8.101.45)

दृष्ट्वा च निहतं कर्णं स पुत्रं पार्थसायकैः । पुनर्जातमिवात्मानं मेने कुरुकुलोद्वहः ॥

dṛṣṭvā ca nihataṃ karṇaṃ sa putraṃ pārthasāyakaiḥ | punarjātamivātmānaṃ mene kurukulodvahaḥ

And seeing Karna slain with his son by Partha's arrows, the upholder of the Kuru line felt as if he himself had been born again.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_53–54 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); the same wording; the same two lines also appear as star passage 8.69.34d*1212_01–02 (after 8.69.34).

Verse 46 (8.101.46)

समेत्य च कुरुश्रेष्ठं कुन्तीपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम् । वर्धयन्ति स्म राजानो हर्षयुक्ता महारथाः ॥

sametya ca kuruśreṣṭhaṃ kuntīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram | vardhayanti sma rājāno harṣayuktā mahārathāḥ

Then the great chariot-warriors, the kings, filled with joy, gathered round Yudhishthira, the best of the Kurus and son of Kunti, and congratulated him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_55–56 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); the same wording; line 2 resembles CE 8.69.35c ("vardhayanti sma rājānaṃ harṣayuktā mahārathāḥ"), and line 1 CE star passage 8.69.34d*1213_01.

Verse 47 (8.101.47)

एवमेष क्षयो वृत्तः सुमहान्रोमहर्षणः । तव दुर्मन्त्रिते राजन्दिष्ट्या त्वमनुशोचसि ॥

evameṣa kṣayo vṛttaḥ sumahānromaharṣaṇaḥ | tava durmantrite rājandiṣṭyā tvamanuśocasi

"Thus has this vast and hair-raising destruction come about, O king, through your own evil counsel; it is fortunate that you grieve for it now."

Note on the text: Matched by the alignment to CE 8.69.40 (line 1 is 40a; line 2 there reads "atītaṃ kiṃ nu śocasi"); the verse's own wording is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_57–58 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43). The page prints the speaker heading सञ्जय उवाच before it.

Verse 48 (8.101.48)

श्रुत्वैतदप्रियं राजा धृतराष्ट्रो महीपतिः । पपात भूमौ निश्चेष्टः कौरव्यः परमासनात् । तथा सत्यव्रता देवी गान्धारी दिव्यदर्शना ॥

śrutvaitadapriyaṃ rājā dhṛtarāṣṭro mahīpatiḥ | papāta bhūmau niśceṣṭaḥ kauravyaḥ paramāsanāt | tathā satyavratā devī gāndhārī divyadarśanā

Hearing this unwelcome news, King Dhritarashtra, lord of the earth, the Kaurava, fell senseless to the ground from his lofty seat; and so did the truthful lady Gandhari, of divine sight.

Note on the text: Matched by the alignment to CE 8.69.41 (similarity 0.88; lines 1 and 3 are 41a and 41e with small variants; line 2 "paramāsanāt" is from star passage 8.69.43d*1224_60, where the main text has "paramārtivān"); the verse's own wording is 8.69.43d*1224_59–61 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43). The page prints the speaker heading वैशम्पायन उवाच before it.

Verse 49 (8.101.49)

ततस्तूर्णं तु विदुरस्तं नृपं सञ्जयस्तथा । पर्याश्वासयतां चैतावुभावेव तु भूमिपम् ॥

tatastūrṇaṃ tu vidurastaṃ nṛpaṃ sañjayastathā | paryāśvāsayatāṃ caitāvubhāveva tu bhūmipam

Then Vidura and Sanjaya quickly comforted the king, both of them together, the lord of the earth.

Note on the text: Line 1 resembles CE 8.69.42a ("taṃ pratyagṛhṇād viduro nṛpatiṃ saṃjayas tathā"); the verse's own wording is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_62–63 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43) (line 2 the same as CE 42c apart from "paryāśvāsayatāṃ").

Verse 50 (8.101.50)

तथैवाश्वासयामासुर्गान्धारीं कुरुयोषितः ॥

tathaivāśvāsayāmāsurgāndhārīṃ kuruyoṣitaḥ

And in the same way the women of the Kuru household comforted Gandhari.

Note on the text: Resembles CE 8.69.43a ("tathaivotthāpayām āsur gāndhārīṃ rājayoṣitaḥ"); the CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_64 reads "tathaivāśvāsayām āsa gāndhārī rājasattamam". A single line, as in the CE.

Verse 51 (8.101.51)

स दैवं परमं मेने भवितव्यं च भारत । ताभ्यामाश्वासितो राजा तूष्णीमास्ते विशाम्पते ॥

sa daivaṃ paramaṃ mene bhavitavyaṃ ca bhārata | tābhyāmāśvāsito rājā tūṣṇīmāste viśāmpate

The king, regarding fate as supreme and that what was to be must be, O Bharata, comforted by those two, fell silent, O lord of the people.

Note on the text: Line 2 resembles CE 8.69.43c ("tābhyām āśvāsito rājā tūṣṇīm āsīd vicetanaḥ"); line 1 resembles CE star passage 8.69.43b*1217_01. The verse's own wording is 8.69.43d*1224_65–66 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43) (line 1 ends "ca tat tathā" there, "च भारत" here).

Verse 52 (8.101.52)

एवमाख्याय राज्ञे च सञ्जयो राजसत्तम । जगाम शिबिरं भूयो हते कर्णे महात्मनि ॥

evamākhyāya rājñe ca sañjayo rājasattama | jagāma śibiraṃ bhūyo hate karṇe mahātmani

Having told all this to the king, O best of kings, Sanjaya went again to the camp, now that great-souled Karna was slain.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_67–68 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); the same wording.

Verse 53 (8.101.53)

स दृष्ट्वा निहतं शल्यं राजानं च सुयोधनम् । शकुनिं सुबहून्राजन्सैनिकांश्च सहस्रशः ॥

sa dṛṣṭvā nihataṃ śalyaṃ rājānaṃ ca suyodhanam | śakuniṃ subahūnrājansainikāṃśca sahasraśaḥ

There he saw Shalya slain, and King Suyodhana, and Shakuni, and very many soldiers, thousands of them, O king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_69–70 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); line 1 is the same; line 2 reads "yodhāṃś ca subahūn rājan" in the CE.

Verse 54 (8.101.54)

तथैव पाण्डवीं सेनां निहतां प्रेक्ष्य सञ्जयः । सौप्तिके द्रौणिना राजन्हतवाजिनरद्विपाम् ॥

tathaiva pāṇḍavīṃ senāṃ nihatāṃ prekṣya sañjayaḥ | sauptike drauṇinā rājanhatavājinaradvipām

And in the same way Sanjaya beheld the Pandava army slaughtered in the night attack by Drona's son, O king, its horses, men and elephants slain.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_71–72 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); the same wording (the CE spells the name saṃjaya and ends "hatavājinaradvipān").

Verse 55 (8.101.55)

स हि दृष्ट्वा हतान्सर्वान्समन्ताद्युधि सञ्जयः । प्रयातो हास्तिनपुरं शोकार्तो भयविह्वलः ॥

sa hi dṛṣṭvā hatānsarvānsamantādyudhi sañjayaḥ | prayāto hāstinapuraṃ śokārto bhayavihvalaḥ

Seeing them all slain on every side in the battle, Sanjaya set out for Hastinapura, grieved and shaken with fear.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_73–74 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); the same wording (the CE reads "hastinapuraṃ" for "हास्तिनपुरं", a variant form).

Verse 56 (8.101.56)

हतेषु पुनरेतेषु प्रभूतगजवाजिषु । योधैश्च तैर्महाराज नानादेशसमुद्भवैः ॥

hateṣu punareteṣu prabhūtagajavājiṣu | yodhaiśca tairmahārāja nānādeśasamudbhavaiḥ

When these, with their abundant elephants and horses, and those warriors born in many lands, had once more been slain, O great king,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_75–76 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); the same wording (the CE reads "yodhaiś caiva" for "योधैश्च तैर्").

Verse 57 (8.101.57)

कुरुक्षेत्रं तु तत्सर्वं शून्यमासीद्विशाम्पते । निहतैः पाण्डवेयैश्च धार्तराष्ट्रैश्च संयुगे ॥

kurukṣetraṃ tu tatsarvaṃ śūnyamāsīdviśāmpate | nihataiḥ pāṇḍaveyaiśca dhārtarāṣṭraiśca saṃyuge

all of Kurukshetra, O lord of the people, lay empty, with the Pandavas' men and the Dhartarashtras' men slain in the battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_77–78 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); line 1 ends "śūnyam āsīj jagatpate" in the CE; line 2 is the same.

Verse 58 (8.101.58)

यथाहि विषयं वृत्तं धार्तराष्ट्रस्य सञ्जयः । निवेदयति तत्सर्वं यथावृत्तं यथाविधि ॥

yathāhi viṣayaṃ vṛttaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrasya sañjayaḥ | nivedayati tatsarvaṃ yathāvṛttaṃ yathāvidhi

Whatever had befallen Dhritarashtra's realm, Sanjaya reported all of it, exactly as it had happened, in due order.

Note on the text: Corrected संञ्जयः → सञ्जयः (misprint in Wikisource; anusvara and ञ् doubled; the CE reads saṃjayaḥ). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE star passage 8.69.43d*1224_79–80 (the CE prints this star passage at the very end of the parva, after 8.69.43); line 1 reads "yathāviṣayajaṃ vṛttaṃ" and line 2 begins "nyavedayata" in the CE.

Verse 59 (8.101.59)

एवं महायुद्धमिदं महात्मनो । धनञ्जयस्याधिरथेश्च यः पठेत् । स सम्यगिष्टस्य मखस्य यत्फलं । तदाप्नुयाद्यः शृणुयाच्च नित्यशः ॥

evaṃ mahāyuddhamidaṃ mahātmano | dhanañjayasyādhiratheśca yaḥ paṭhet | sa samyagiṣṭasya makhasya yatphalaṃ | tadāpnuyādyaḥ śṛṇuyācca nityaśaḥ

Whoever recites this great battle of the two great-souled ones, Dhananjaya and the son of Adhiratha, and whoever hears it constantly, would obtain the fruit of a sacrifice properly performed.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is the first four lines of CE star passage 8.69.43d*1219_01–04 (after 8.69.43), with variants: the CE reads "idaṃ mahāyuddhamakhaṃ mahātmanor" in line 1 and "tad āpnuyāt saṃśravaṇāc ca bhārata" in line 4; lines 2 and 3 are the same. The page prints no new speaker heading, so the narrator continues.

Verse 60 (8.101.60)

मखो हि विष्णुर्भगवान्सनातनो । वहन्ति यं चाप्यनिलेन्दुभानवः । अतोऽनसूयुः शृणुयात्पठेच्च यः । स सर्वलोकांश्च जयेत्सुखी भवेत् ॥

makho hi viṣṇurbhagavānsanātano | vahanti yaṃ cāpyanilendubhānavaḥ | ato'nasūyuḥ śṛṇuyātpaṭhecca yaḥ | sa sarvalokāṃśca jayetsukhī bhavet

For the sacrifice is Vishnu, the blessed, eternal one, whom the wind, the moon and the sun bear. Therefore whoever, without envy, hears or recites it will conquer all worlds and be happy.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is the last four lines of CE star passage 8.69.43d*1219_05–08 (after 8.69.43), with variants: the CE reads "vahanti taṃ cāgnyanilendubhānavaḥ" (fire, wind, moon, sun) and "śṛṇute paṭhec ca yaḥ"; lines 1 and 4 are the same.