Chitrasena and Chitra Slain

Verse 1 (8.11.1)

श्रुतकर्मा ततो राजंश्चित्रसेनं महीपतिम् । आजघ्ने समरे क्रुद्धः पञ्चाशद्भिः शिलीमुखैः ॥

śrutakarmā tato rājaṃścitrasenaṃ mahīpatim | ājaghne samare kruddhaḥ pañcāśadbhiḥ śilīmukhaiḥ

Then Shrutakarman, enraged in the battle, O king, struck King Chitrasena with fifty arrows.

Verse 2 (8.11.2)

चित्रसेनस्तु तं राजन्नवभिर्नतपर्वभिः । श्रुतकर्माणमाहत्य सूतं विव्याध पञ्चभिः ॥

citrasenastu taṃ rājannavabhirnataparvabhiḥ | śrutakarmāṇamāhatya sūtaṃ vivyādha pañcabhiḥ

But Chitrasena, O king, struck him with nine straight-jointed arrows, and, having hit Shrutakarman, wounded his charioteer with five.

Verse 3 (8.11.3)

श्रुतकर्मा ततः क्रुद्धश्चित्रसेनं चमूमुखे । नाराचेन सुतीक्ष्णेन मर्मदेशे समार्पयत् ॥

śrutakarmā tataḥ kruddhaścitrasenaṃ camūmukhe | nārācena sutīkṣṇena marmadeśe samārpayat

Then Shrutakarman, angered, struck Chitrasena in a vital spot at the head of the army with a very sharp nārāca.

Verse 4 (8.11.4)

सोऽतिविद्धो महाराज नाराचेन महात्मना । मूर्च्छामभिययौ वीरः कश्मलं चाविवेश ह ॥

so'tividdho mahārāja nārācena mahātmanā | mūrcchāmabhiyayau vīraḥ kaśmalaṃ cāviveśa ha

Badly wounded by that nārāca of the great-souled Shrutakarman, O great king, the hero fell into a swoon and fainted.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines are star passages 8.10.3d*0085_01–02 (placed after 8.10.3).

Verse 5 (8.11.5)

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे चैनं श्रुतकीर्तिर्महायशाः । नवत्या जगतीपालं छादयामास पत्रिभिः ॥

etasminnantare cainaṃ śrutakīrtirmahāyaśāḥ | navatyā jagatīpālaṃ chādayāmāsa patribhiḥ

At that moment Shrutakirti of great fame covered the ruler of the earth with ninety arrows.

Verse 6 (8.11.6)

प्रतिलभ्य ततः संज्ञां चित्रसेनो महारथः । धनुश्चिच्छेद भल्लेन तं च विव्याध सप्तभिः ॥

pratilabhya tataḥ saṃjñāṃ citraseno mahārathaḥ | dhanuściccheda bhallena taṃ ca vivyādha saptabhiḥ

Regaining consciousness, the great warrior Chitrasena cut his bow with a broad-headed arrow and pierced him with seven.

Verse 7 (8.11.7)

सोऽन्यत्कार्मुकमादाय वेगघ्नं रुक्मभूषितम् । चित्ररूपधरं चक्रे चित्रसेनं शरोर्मिभिः ॥

so'nyatkārmukamādāya vegaghnaṃ rukmabhūṣitam | citrarūpadharaṃ cakre citrasenaṃ śarormibhiḥ

Taking up another bow, a gold-adorned one of great force, Shrutakirti made Chitrasena a wonder to behold with his waves of arrows.

Note on the text: The grammatical subject is not named in the Sanskrit; the sense follows the preceding verses, in which Shrutakirti has been attacking Chitrasena.

Verse 8 (8.11.8)

स शरैश्चित्रितो राजा चित्रमाल्यधरो युवा । अशोभत महारङ्गे श्वाविच्छललो यथा ॥

sa śaraiścitrito rājā citramālyadharo yuvā | aśobhata mahāraṅge śvāvicchalalo yathā

Variegated by the arrows, that young king, wearing bright garlands, shone in the great arena like a porcupine bristling with quills.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 8.10.7a–b; line 2 differs from the critical edition (CE 8.10.7c–d: yuveva samaśobhat sa goṣṭhīmadhye svalaṃkṛtaḥ).

Verse 9 (8.11.9)

श्रुतकर्माणमथ वै नाराचेन स्तनान्तरे । बिभेद तरसा शूरस्तिष्ठतिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत् ॥

śrutakarmāṇamatha vai nārācena stanāntare | bibheda tarasā śūrastiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cābravīt

Then the hero quickly pierced Shrutakarman in the chest with a nārāca, and said, "Stand! Stand!"

Verse 10 (8.11.10)

श्रुतकर्मापि समरे नाराचेन समर्पितः । सुस्राव रुधिरं तत्र गैरिकाम्बु यथाऽचलः ॥

śrutakarmāpi samare nārācena samarpitaḥ | susrāva rudhiraṃ tatra gairikāmbu yathā'calaḥ

Shrutakarman too, pierced in the battle by the nārāca, streamed blood, like a mountain streaming water coloured with red ochre.

Note on the text: Corrected श्रुतकर्माणि → श्रुतकर्मापि (misprint in Wikisource; श्रुतकर्माणि cannot be construed here, CE śrutakarmāpi "Shrutakarman too").

Verse 11 (8.11.11)

ततः स रुधिराक्ताङ्गो रुधिरेण कृतच्छविः । रराज समरे वीरः सपुष्प इव किंशुकः ॥

tataḥ sa rudhirāktāṅgo rudhireṇa kṛtacchaviḥ | rarāja samare vīraḥ sapuṣpa iva kiṃśukaḥ

Then, his limbs smeared with blood, given his lustre by blood, the hero shone in the battle like a kimshuka tree in flower.

Verse 12 (8.11.12)

श्रुतकर्मा ततो राजञ्शत्रुणा समभिद्रुतः । शत्रुसंवारणं क्रुद्धो द्विधा चिच्छेद कार्मुकम् ॥

śrutakarmā tato rājañśatruṇā samabhidrutaḥ | śatrusaṃvāraṇaṃ kruddho dvidhā ciccheda kārmukam

Then, O king, attacked by his foe, Shrutakarman in a rage cut in two the bow that was holding his enemy back.

Verse 13 (8.11.13)

अथैनं छिन्नधन्वानं नाराचानां शतैस्त्रिभिः । छादयन्समरे राजन्विव्याध च सुपत्रिभिः ॥

athainaṃ chinnadhanvānaṃ nārācānāṃ śataistribhiḥ | chādayansamare rājanvivyādha ca supatribhiḥ

Then, as the foe stood with his bow cut, he covered him with three hundred nārācas, and pierced him, O king, with fine-feathered shafts.

Note on the text: Variant of CE 8.10.12 (CE line 2: vivyādha bharataśreṣṭha śrutakarmā mahāyaśāḥ); the automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 14 (8.11.14)

ततोऽपरेण भल्लेन तीक्ष्णेन निशितेन च । जहार सशिरस्त्राणं शिरस्तस्य महात्मनः ॥

tato'pareṇa bhallena tīkṣṇena niśitena ca | jahāra saśirastrāṇaṃ śirastasya mahātmanaḥ

Then, with another sharp, whetted broad-headed arrow, he struck off the head of that great-souled man, helmet and all.

Verse 15 (8.11.15)

तच्छिरो न्यपतद्भूमौ चित्रसेनस्य दीप्तिमत् । यदृच्छया यथा चन्द्रश्च्युतः स्वर्गान्महीतलम् ॥

tacchiro nyapatadbhūmau citrasenasya dīptimat | yadṛcchayā yathā candraścyutaḥ svargānmahītalam

Chitrasena's shining head fell to the ground, like the moon fallen from heaven to the surface of the earth, as if by chance.

Verse 16 (8.11.16)

राजानं निहतं दृष्ट्वा तेऽभिसारं तु मारिष । अभ्यद्रवन्त वेगेन चित्रसेनस्य सैनिकाः ॥

rājānaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā te'bhisāraṃ tu māriṣa | abhyadravanta vegena citrasenasya sainikāḥ

Seeing their king slain, O venerable one, those soldiers of Chitrasena charged forward in a swift assault.

Verse 17 (8.11.17)

ततः क्रुद्धो महेष्वासस्तत्सैन्यं प्राद्रवच्छरैः । अन्तकाले यथा क्रुद्धः सर्वभूतानि प्रेतराट् ॥

tataḥ kruddho maheṣvāsastatsainyaṃ prādravaccharaiḥ | antakāle yathā kruddhaḥ sarvabhūtāni pretarāṭ

Then the great archer, enraged, scattered that army with his arrows, as Yama, king of the dead, in his anger at the end of time destroys all beings.

Note on the text: Variant of CE 8.10.16a and 16c (tataḥ kruddho maheṣvāsas tat sainyaṃ prādravac charaiḥ / antakāle yathā kruddhaḥ sarvabhūtāni pretarāṭ); the automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 18 (8.11.18)

ते वध्यमानाः समरे तव पौत्रेण धन्विना । व्यद्रवन्त दिशस्तूर्णं दावदग्धा इव द्विपाः ॥

te vadhyamānāḥ samare tava pautreṇa dhanvinā | vyadravanta diśastūrṇaṃ dāvadagdhā iva dvipāḥ

Struck down in the battle by your grandson, the archer, they fled in all directions, like elephants scorched by a forest fire.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines are star passages 8.10.16d*0087_01–02 (placed after 8.10.16d).

Verse 19 (8.11.19)

तांस्तु विद्रवतो दृष्ट्वा निरुत्साहान्द्विषज्जये । द्रावयन्निषुभिस्तीक्ष्णैः श्रुतकर्मा व्यरोचत ॥

tāṃstu vidravato dṛṣṭvā nirutsāhāndviṣajjaye | drāvayanniṣubhistīkṣṇaiḥ śrutakarmā vyarocata

Seeing them flee, discouraged in their hope of victory over their foes, Shrutakarman shone as he drove them on with sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Line 1 is star passage 8.10.16d*0087_03 (not in the critical edition's main text); line 2 is a variant of CE 8.10.16e (drāvayann iṣubhis tūrṇaṃ śrutakarmā vyarocata).

Verse 20 (8.11.20)

प्रतिविन्ध्यस्ततश्चित्रं भित्त्वा पञ्चभिराशुगैः । सारथिं च त्रिभिर्विद्ध्वा ध्वजमेकेषुणापि च ॥

prativindhyastataścitraṃ bhittvā pañcabhirāśugaiḥ | sārathiṃ ca tribhirviddhvā dhvajamekeṣuṇāpi ca

Then Pratividhya pierced Chitra with five swift arrows, struck his charioteer with three, and his banner with a single arrow.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्व्वा → विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource for विद्ध्वा, "having pierced").

Verse 21 (8.11.21)

तं चित्रो नवभिर्भल्लैर्बाह्वोरुरसि चार्पयत् । स्वर्णपुङ्खैः प्रसन्नाग्रैः कङ्कबर्हिणवाजितैः ॥

taṃ citro navabhirbhallairbāhvorurasi cārpayat | svarṇapuṅkhaiḥ prasannāgraiḥ kaṅkabarhiṇavājitaiḥ

Chitra struck him in the arms and chest with nine broad-headed arrows, gold-feathered and bright-tipped, fletched with heron and peacock feathers.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रसन्नाग्नैः → प्रसन्नाग्रैः (misprint in Wikisource (ग्न for ग्र); the arrows are "bright-tipped" (CE reads śilādhautaiḥ "whetted on stone")).

Verse 22 (8.11.22)

प्रतिविन्ध्यो धनुश्छित्त्वा तस्य भारत सायकैः । पञ्चभिर्निशितैर्बाणैरथैनं स हि जघ्निवान् ॥

prativindhyo dhanuśchittvā tasya bhārata sāyakaiḥ | pañcabhirniśitairbāṇairathainaṃ sa hi jaghnivān

Pratividhya cut his bow with arrows, O Bharata, and then struck him with five sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected बारत → भारत (misprint in Wikisource for भारत). Corrected सायकेः → सायकैः (misprint in Wikisource for सायकैः, "with arrows").

Verse 23 (8.11.23)

ततः शक्तिं महाराज स्वर्णघण्टां दुरासदाम् । प्राहिणोत्प्रतिविन्ध्याय विचिन्वन्तीमसूनिव ॥

tataḥ śaktiṃ mahārāja svarṇaghaṇṭāṃ durāsadām | prāhiṇotprativindhyāya vicinvantīmasūniva

Then, O great king, Chitra hurled at Pratividhya an irresistible spear hung with golden bells, that seemed to be seeking out his very life-breaths.

Note on the text: Variant of CE 8.10.20 (CE: tataḥ śaktiṃ mahārāja hemadaṇḍāṃ durāsadām / prāhiṇot tava putrāya ghorām agniśikhām iva); the automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 24 (8.11.24)

तामापतन्तीं सहसा शक्तिमुल्कामिवाम्बरे । द्विधा चिच्छेद समरे प्रतिविन्ध्यो हसन्निव ॥

tāmāpatantīṃ sahasā śaktimulkāmivāmbare | dvidhā ciccheda samare prativindhyo hasanniva

Smiling, Pratividhya cut in two in the battle that spear as it fell suddenly upon him like a meteor in the sky.

Note on the text: Corrected तामापतन्ती सहसा → तामापतन्तीं सहसा (misprint in Wikisource; anusvara lost; the participle agrees with शक्तिम् (accusative), CE āpatantīm).

Verse 25 (8.11.25)

सा पपात द्विधा छिन्ना प्रतिविन्ध्यशरैः शितैः । युगान्ते सर्वभूतानि त्रासयन्ती यथाऽशनिः ॥

sā papāta dvidhā chinnā prativindhyaśaraiḥ śitaiḥ | yugānte sarvabhūtāni trāsayantī yathā'śaniḥ

Cut in two by Pratividhya's sharp arrows, it fell like the thunderbolt that terrifies all beings at the end of an age.

Verse 26 (8.11.26)

शक्तिं तां प्रहतां दृष्ट्वा चित्रो गृह्य महागदाम् । प्रतिविन्ध्याय चिक्षेप रुक्मजालविभूषिताम् ॥

śaktiṃ tāṃ prahatāṃ dṛṣṭvā citro gṛhya mahāgadām | prativindhyāya cikṣepa rukmajālavibhūṣitām

Seeing that spear destroyed, Chitra seized a great mace, adorned with a net of gold, and hurled it at Pratividhya.

Verse 27 (8.11.27)

सा जघान हयांस्तस्य सारथिं च महारणे । रथं प्रमृद्य वेगेन धरणीमन्वपद्यत ॥

sā jaghāna hayāṃstasya sārathiṃ ca mahāraṇe | rathaṃ pramṛdya vegena dharaṇīmanvapadyata

It killed his horses and his charioteer in the great battle, and, crushing the chariot with its force, fell to the earth.

Note on the text: Corrected धरमीमन्व → धरणीमन्व (misprint in Wikisource for धरणीम्, "the earth"; CE dharaṇīm).

Verse 28 (8.11.28)

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु रथादाप्लुत्य भारत । शक्तिं चिक्षेप चित्राय स्वर्णदण्डामलङ्कृताम् ॥

etasminneva kāle tu rathādāplutya bhārata | śaktiṃ cikṣepa citrāya svarṇadaṇḍāmalaṅkṛtām

At that very moment, leaping down from his chariot, O Bharata, he hurled at Chitra a spear adorned with a golden shaft.

Verse 29 (8.11.29)

तामापतन्तीं जग्राह चित्रो राजन्महामनाः । ततस्तामेव चिक्षेप प्रतिविन्ध्याय पार्थिवः ॥

tāmāpatantīṃ jagrāha citro rājanmahāmanāḥ | tatastāmeva cikṣepa prativindhyāya pārthivaḥ

Great-minded Chitra caught the spear as it flew at him, O king, and then the king hurled that same spear at Pratividhya.

Verse 30 (8.11.30)

समासाद्य रणे शूरं प्रतिविन्ध्यं महाप्रभा । निर्भिद्य दक्षिणं बाहुं निपपात महीतले । पतिताऽभासयच्चैव तं देशमशनिर्यथा ॥

samāsādya raṇe śūraṃ prativindhyaṃ mahāprabhā | nirbhidya dakṣiṇaṃ bāhuṃ nipapāta mahītale | patitā'bhāsayaccaiva taṃ deśamaśaniryathā

Reaching the hero Pratividhya in the battle, that spear of great radiance pierced his right arm and fell to the ground; and as it fell it lit up the place like a thunderbolt.

Note on the text: Corrected पतिताऽभासयश्चैव → पतिताऽभासयच्चैव (misprint in Wikisource (श्च for च्च); the verb is अभासयत् "it lit up", CE patitābhāsayac caiva). Three lines, as printed on the page. Lines 1–2 = CE 8.10.27a, 27c; line 3 is a variant of CE 8.10.27e (patitābhāsayac caiva taṃ deśam aśanir yathā).

Verse 31 (8.11.31)

प्रतिविन्ध्यस्ततो राजंस्तोमरं हेमभूषितम् । प्रेषयामास सङ्क्रुद्धश्चित्रस्य वधकाङ्क्षया ॥

prativindhyastato rājaṃstomaraṃ hemabhūṣitam | preṣayāmāsa saṅkruddhaścitrasya vadhakāṅkṣayā

Then, O king, Pratividhya in great rage hurled a gold-adorned tomara, wishing to kill Chitra.

Verse 32 (8.11.32)

स तस्य गात्रावरणं भित्त्वा हृदयमेव च । जगाम धरणीं तूर्णं महोरग इवाशयम् ॥

sa tasya gātrāvaraṇaṃ bhittvā hṛdayameva ca | jagāma dharaṇīṃ tūrṇaṃ mahoraga ivāśayam

It split his body-armour and his heart as well, and went swiftly into the earth, like a great serpent into its lair.

Verse 33 (8.11.33)

स पपात तदा राजा तोमरेण समाहतः । प्रसार्य विपुलौ बाहू पीनौ परिघसन्निभौ ॥

sa papāta tadā rājā tomareṇa samāhataḥ | prasārya vipulau bāhū pīnau parighasannibhau

Struck by the tomara, that king then fell, his two broad arms, thick as iron bars, flung wide.

Note on the text: Corrected पिघसन्निभौ → परिघसन्निभौ (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र; परिघ "iron bar", CE parighasaṃnibhau).

Verse 34 (8.11.34)

चित्रं सम्प्रेक्ष्य निहतं तावका रणशोभिनः । अभ्यद्रवन्त वेगेन प्रतिविन्ध्यं समन्ततः ॥

citraṃ samprekṣya nihataṃ tāvakā raṇaśobhinaḥ | abhyadravanta vegena prativindhyaṃ samantataḥ

Seeing Chitra slain, your warriors, resplendent in battle, rushed at Pratividhya from every side.

Verse 35 (8.11.35)

सृजन्तो विविधान्बाणाञ्शतघ्नीश्च सकिङ्किणीः । तमवच्छादयामासुः सूर्यमभ्रगणा इव ॥

sṛjanto vividhānbāṇāñśataghnīśca sakiṅkiṇīḥ | tamavacchādayāmāsuḥ sūryamabhragaṇā iva

Letting fly arrows of many kinds and bell-hung shataghnis, they covered him, as masses of clouds cover the sun.

Verse 36 (8.11.36)

तान्विधम्य महाबाहुः शरजालेन संयुगे । व्यद्रावयत्तव चमूं वज्रहस्त इवासुरीम् ॥

tānvidhamya mahābāhuḥ śarajālena saṃyuge | vyadrāvayattava camūṃ vajrahasta ivāsurīm

The mighty-armed Pratividhya scattered them with a net of arrows in the battle and routed your army, as the wielder of the thunderbolt routs the army of the asuras.

Verse 37 (8.11.37)

ते वध्यमानाः समरे तावकाः पाण्डवैर्नृप । विप्रकीर्यन्त सहसा वातनुन्ना घना इव ॥

te vadhyamānāḥ samare tāvakāḥ pāṇḍavairnṛpa | viprakīryanta sahasā vātanunnā ghanā iva

Cut down in the battle by the Pandavas, O king, your men were suddenly scattered, like clouds driven by the wind.

Verse 38 (8.11.38)

विप्रद्रुते बले तस्मिन्वध्यमाने समन्ततः । द्रौणिरेकोऽभ्ययात्तूर्णं भीमसेनं महाबलम् ॥

vipradrute bale tasminvadhyamāne samantataḥ | drauṇireko'bhyayāttūrṇaṃ bhīmasenaṃ mahābalam

As that army fled and was being cut down on every side, Drona's son alone advanced swiftly against the mighty Bhimasena.

Verse 39 (8.11.39)

ततः समागमो घोरो बभूव सहसा तयोः । यथा दैवासुरे युद्धे वृत्रवासवयोरिव ॥

tataḥ samāgamo ghoro babhūva sahasā tayoḥ | yathā daivāsure yuddhe vṛtravāsavayoriva

Then a terrible encounter suddenly arose between the two, like the clash of Vritra and Vasava in the war of the gods and asuras.

Note on the text: Corrected तः समागमो → ततः समागमो (misprint in Wikisource; dropped syllable; the line begins ततः "then").