Shalya Defeats Shrutakirti

Verse 1 (8.13.1)

श्रुतकीर्तिमथायान्तं किरन्तं निशिताञ्शरान् । मद्रराजो महाराज वारयामास हृष्टवत् ॥

śrutakīrtimathāyāntaṃ kirantaṃ niśitāñśarān | madrarājo mahārāja vārayāmāsa hṛṣṭavat

As Shrutakirti came on, showering sharp arrows, the king of the Madras, O great king, checked him gladly.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki backtick and the heading line सञ्जय उवाच (made the speaker). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 1 (printed after 8.11.41), lines 0001–0002 (8.11.41d@001_0001–0002).

Verse 2 (8.13.2)

मद्रराजं समासाद्य श्रुतकीर्तिर्महारथः । विव्याध भल्लैर्विंशत्या कार्तस्वरविभूषितैः ॥

madrarājaṃ samāsādya śrutakīrtirmahārathaḥ | vivyādha bhallairviṃśatyā kārtasvaravibhūṣitaiḥ

Closing with the king of the Madras, the great warrior Shrutakirti pierced him with twenty bhalla arrows adorned with gold.

Note on the text: Corrected विशत्या → विंशत्या (misprint in Wikisource; anusvara dropped; विशत्या is not a word. The critical edition's Appendix reads triṃśatyā, "thirty"; the base reading, "twenty", is kept). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 1 (printed after 8.11.41), lines 0003–0004 (8.11.41d@001_0003–0004).

Verse 3 (8.13.3)

प्रतिविव्याध तं शल्यं त्रिभिस्तूर्णमजिह्मगैः । सारथिं चास्य भल्लेन भृशं विव्याध भारत ॥

prativivyādha taṃ śalyaṃ tribhistūrṇamajihmagaiḥ | sārathiṃ cāsya bhallena bhṛśaṃ vivyādha bhārata

Shalya in turn quickly pierced him with three straight-flying arrows, and with a bhalla he struck his charioteer hard, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 1 (printed after 8.11.41), lines 0005–0006 (8.11.41d@001_0005–0006).

Verse 4 (8.13.4)

स शल्यं शरवर्षेण च्छादयामास संयुगे । मुमोच निशितान्बाणान्मद्रराजरथं प्रति ॥

sa śalyaṃ śaravarṣeṇa cchādayāmāsa saṃyuge | mumoca niśitānbāṇānmadrarājarathaṃ prati

Shrutakirti covered Shalya with a rain of arrows in the fight, and loosed sharp arrows at the chariot of the king of the Madras.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 1 (printed after 8.11.41), lines 0007–0008 (8.11.41d@001_0007–0008).

Verse 5 (8.13.5)

ततः शल्यो महाराज श्रुतकीर्तिभुजच्युतान् । चिच्छेद समरे बाणान्बाणैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥

tataḥ śalyo mahārāja śrutakīrtibhujacyutān | ciccheda samare bāṇānbāṇaiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ

Then Shalya, O great king, cut down in the battle the arrows shot from Shrutakirti's arms, using arrows with smooth-bent joints.

Note on the text: Corrected बाणासन्बणैः → बाणान्बाणैः (misprint in Wikisource; garbled; the critical edition's Appendix reads bāṇān bāṇaiḥ). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 1 (printed after 8.11.41), lines 0009–0010 (8.11.41d@001_0009–0010).

Verse 6 (8.13.6)

श्रुतकीर्तिस्ततः शल्यं भित्त्वा नवभिरायसैः । सारथिं त्रिभिरानर्च्छत्पुनः शल्यं च पञ्चभिः ॥

śrutakīrtistataḥ śalyaṃ bhittvā navabhirāyasaiḥ | sārathiṃ tribhirānarcchatpunaḥ śalyaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ

Then Shrutakirti pierced Shalya with nine iron arrows, struck the charioteer with three, and Shalya again with five.

Note on the text: Corrected श्ल्यं → शल्यं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped अ). Corrected प़ञ्चभिः → पञ्चभिः (misprint in Wikisource; stray nukta). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 1 (printed after 8.11.41), lines 0011–0012 (8.11.41d@001_0011–0012).

Verse 7 (8.13.7)

तस्य शल्यो धनुश्छित्त्वा हस्तावापं निकृत्य च । विव्याध समरे तूर्णं सप्तभिस्तं शरोत्तमैः ॥

tasya śalyo dhanuśchittvā hastāvāpaṃ nikṛtya ca | vivyādha samare tūrṇaṃ saptabhistaṃ śarottamaiḥ

Shalya cut his bow and severed his hand-guard, and then quickly pierced him in the fight with seven excellent arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 1 (printed after 8.11.41), lines 0013–0014 (8.11.41d@001_0013–0014).

Verse 8 (8.13.8)

अथान्यद्धनुरादाय श्रुतकीर्तिर्महारथः । मद्रेश्वरं चतुःषष्ट्या बाह्वोरुरसि चार्पयत् ॥

athānyaddhanurādāya śrutakīrtirmahārathaḥ | madreśvaraṃ catuḥṣaṣṭyā bāhvorurasi cārpayat

Then, taking up another bow, the great warrior Shrutakirti struck the lord of the Madras with sixty-four arrows in the arms and chest.

Note on the text: Corrected भद्रेश्वरं → मद्रेश्वरं (misprint in Wikisource; भ for म; the critical edition's Appendix reads madreśvaraṃ). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 1 (printed after 8.11.41), lines 0015–0016 (8.11.41d@001_0015–0016).

Verse 9 (8.13.9)

ततस्तु समरे राजंस्तेन विद्धः शिलीमुखैः । प्रतिविव्याध तं चापि नवत्या निशितैः शरैः ॥

tatastu samare rājaṃstena viddhaḥ śilīmukhaiḥ | prativivyādha taṃ cāpi navatyā niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Then, O king, pierced in the battle by those arrows, he pierced him back with ninety sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्वः → विद्धः (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; the critical edition's Appendix reads viddhaḥ). Corrected xxविव्याध → प्रतिविव्याध (misprint in Wikisource; प्रति lost in Wikisource and replaced by the placeholder "xx"; restored from the critical edition's Appendix, line 0018, which reads prativivyādha). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 1 (printed after 8.11.41), lines 0017–0018 (8.11.41d@001_0017–0018).

Verse 10 (8.13.10)

तस्य मद्रेश्वरश्चापं पुनश्चिच्छेद मारिष । स च्छिन्नधन्वा समरे गदां चिक्षेप सत्वरः ॥

tasya madreśvaraścāpaṃ punaściccheda māriṣa | sa cchinnadhanvā samare gadāṃ cikṣepa satvaraḥ

The lord of the Madras cut his bow once more, O revered one; and he, his bow cut, quickly hurled a mace.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 1 (printed after 8.11.41), lines 0019–0020 (8.11.41d@001_0019–0020).

Verse 11 (8.13.11)

पट्टैर्जाम्बूनदैर्बद्धां रुप्यपट्टैश्च भारत । भ्राजमानां यथा नारीं दिव्यवस्त्रविभूषिताम् ॥

paṭṭairjāmbūnadairbaddhāṃ rupyapaṭṭaiśca bhārata | bhrājamānāṃ yathā nārīṃ divyavastravibhūṣitām

It was bound with golden bands and with silver bands, O Bharata, and shone like a woman adorned with divine garments.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 1 (printed after 8.11.41), lines 0021–0022 (8.11.41d@001_0021–0022).

Verse 12 (8.13.12)

तामापतन्तीं सहसा दीप्यमानाशनिप्रभाम् । शरैरनेकसाहस्रैर्व्यष्टम्भयत मद्रराट् ॥

tāmāpatantīṃ sahasā dīpyamānāśaniprabhām | śarairanekasāhasrairvyaṣṭambhayata madrarāṭ

As it fell upon him suddenly, blazing with the radiance of a thunderbolt, the king of the Madras stopped it with many thousands of arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 1 (printed after 8.11.41), lines 0023–0024 (8.11.41d@001_0023–0024).

Verse 13 (8.13.13)

विष्टभ्य च गदां वीरः पातयित्वा च भूतले । श्रुतकीर्तिमथायत्तो राजन्विव्याध पञ्चभिः ॥

viṣṭabhya ca gadāṃ vīraḥ pātayitvā ca bhūtale | śrutakīrtimathāyatto rājanvivyādha pañcabhiḥ

Having halted the mace and brought it down to the ground, the hero, intent on Shrutakirti, pierced him with five arrows, O king.

Note on the text: Corrected श्रुकीर्तिमथा → श्रुतकीर्तिमथा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त; the critical edition's Appendix reads śrutakīrtim athā). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 1 (printed after 8.11.41), lines 0025–0026 (8.11.41d@001_0025–0026).

Verse 14 (8.13.14)

तस्य शक्तिं रणे भूयश्चिक्षेप भुजगोपमाम् । तां द्विधा चाच्छिनच्छल्यो मेदिन्यां सा त्वशीर्यत ॥

tasya śaktiṃ raṇe bhūyaścikṣepa bhujagopamām | tāṃ dvidhā cācchinacchalyo medinyāṃ sā tvaśīryata

Again he hurled at him in the battle a spear like a serpent; but Shalya cut it in two, and it fell shattered on the ground.

Note on the text: Corrected रमे → रणे (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण; the critical edition's Appendix reads raṇe). Corrected भुजोपमाम् → भुजगोपमाम् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ग; the critical edition's Appendix reads bhujagopamām). Corrected चाछिनच्छल्यो → चाच्छिनच्छल्यो (misprint in Wikisource; dropped च्; the critical edition's Appendix reads cācchinac chalyo). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 1 (printed after 8.11.41), lines 0027–0028 (8.11.41d@001_0027–0028).

Verse 15 (8.13.15)

तस्य शल्यः क्षुरप्रेण यन्तुः कायाच्छिरोऽहरत् । बालहस्ताद्यथा श्येन आमिषं वै नरोत्तम ॥

tasya śalyaḥ kṣurapreṇa yantuḥ kāyācchiro'harat | bālahastādyathā śyena āmiṣaṃ vai narottama

With a razor-headed arrow Shalya struck the head of his charioteer from his body, as a hawk snatches meat from a child's hand, O best of men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 1 (printed after 8.11.41), lines 0029–0030 (8.11.41d@001_0029–0030).

Verse 16 (8.13.16)

स पपात रथोपस्थात्सारथिस्तस्य भारत । ततस्ते प्राद्रवन्सङ्ख्ये हयास्तस्य महात्मनः ॥

sa papāta rathopasthātsārathistasya bhārata | tataste prādravansaṅkhye hayāstasya mahātmanaḥ

His charioteer fell from the chariot platform, O Bharata; and then the horses of that great-souled man bolted in the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected हय्नास्तस्य → हयास्तस्य (misprint in Wikisource; garbled; the critical edition's Appendix reads hayās tasya). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 1 (printed after 8.11.41), lines 0031–0032 (8.11.41d@001_0031–0032).

Verse 17 (8.13.17)

पलायमानैस्तैरश्वैः सोऽपनीतो रणाजिरात् । श्रुतकीर्तिर्महाराज पश्यतां सर्वयोधिनाम् ॥

palāyamānaistairaśvaiḥ so'panīto raṇājirāt | śrutakīrtirmahārāja paśyatāṃ sarvayodhinām

Carried off from the battlefield by those fleeing horses, Shrutakirti, O great king, was borne away while all the warriors looked on.

Note on the text: Corrected सोपनीतो रमाजिरात् → सोऽपनीतो रणाजिरात् (misprint in Wikisource; avagraha dropped (सोपनीत would flip the sense) and म for ण; the critical edition's Appendix reads so 'panīto raṇājirāt). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 1 (printed after 8.11.41), lines 0033–0034 (8.11.41d@001_0033–0034).

Verse 18 (8.13.18)

ततो मद्रेश्वरो राजा पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम् । व्यगाहत मुदा युक्तो नलिनीं द्विरदो यथा ॥

tato madreśvaro rājā pāṇḍavānāmanīkinīm | vyagāhata mudā yukto nalinīṃ dvirado yathā

Then the king of the Madras, filled with joy, plunged into the army of the Pandavas as an elephant plunges into a lotus pond.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 1 (printed after 8.11.41), lines 0035–0036 (8.11.41d@001_0035–0036).

Verse 19 (8.13.19)

लोलयामास स बलं सिंहः पशुगणानिव । शल्यस्तत्र महारङ्गे पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम् ॥

lolayāmāsa sa balaṃ siṃhaḥ paśugaṇāniva | śalyastatra mahāraṅge pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām

In that great arena Shalya threw the host of the great-souled Pandavas into confusion, as a lion does herds of beasts.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 1 (printed after 8.11.41), lines 0037–0038 (8.11.41d@001_0037–0038).

Verse 20 (8.13.20)

निपात्य पाण्डुपाञ्चालान्पृतनासु व्यवस्थितः । अशोभत रणे शल्यो विधूमोऽग्निरिव ज्वलन् ॥

nipātya pāṇḍupāñcālānpṛtanāsu vyavasthitaḥ | aśobhata raṇe śalyo vidhūmo'gniriva jvalan

Having struck down Pandavas and Panchalas, he stood firm amid the hosts; in the battle Shalya blazed like a smokeless fire.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 1 (printed after 8.11.41), lines 0039–0040 (8.11.41d@001_0039–0040).

Verse 21 (8.13.21)

सेनाकक्षं महद्दग्ध्वा कक्षमग्निरिवोत्थितः । स्थितो रराज समरे पुरं दग्ध्वेव शङ्करः ॥

senākakṣaṃ mahaddagdhvā kakṣamagnirivotthitaḥ | sthito rarāja samare puraṃ dagdhveva śaṅkaraḥ

Having burned the great thicket of the army, he stood in the battle shining like a fire risen in dry brush, like Shankara after burning the city.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 1 (printed after 8.11.41), lines 0041–0042 (8.11.41d@001_0041–0042).