Sahadeva Defeats Duhshasana

Verse 1 (8.14.1)

सहदेवं तथा क्रुद्धं निघ्नन्तं तव वाहिनीम् । दुःशासनो महाराज भ्राता भ्रातरमभ्ययात् ॥

sahadevaṃ tathā kruddhaṃ nighnantaṃ tava vāhinīm | duḥśāsano mahārāja bhrātā bhrātaramabhyayāt

Seeing Sahadeva, enraged and slaughtering your army, Duhshasana, O great king, advanced as brother against brother.

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from CE 8.17.30a (CE: sahadevaṃ tataḥ kruddhaṃ dahantaṃ tava vāhinīm; recension variant).

Verse 2 (8.14.2)

तौ समेतौ महाराज दृष्ट्वा तत्र महारथाः । सिंहनादरवांश्चक्रुर्वासांस्यादुधुवुश्च ह ॥

tau sametau mahārāja dṛṣṭvā tatra mahārathāḥ | siṃhanādaravāṃścakrurvāsāṃsyādudhuvuśca ha

Seeing the two meet, O great king, the great warriors there roared lion-roars and waved their garments.

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from CE 8.17.31a (CE: tau sametau mahāyuddhe dṛṣṭvā tatra narādhipāḥ; recension variant).

Verse 3 (8.14.3)

ततो भारत रुष्टेन तव पुत्रेण धन्विना । पाण्डुपुत्रस्त्रिभिर्बाणैर्वक्षस्यभिहतो बली ॥

tato bhārata ruṣṭena tava putreṇa dhanvinā | pāṇḍuputrastribhirbāṇairvakṣasyabhihato balī

Then, O Bharata, the strong son of Pandu was struck on the chest with three arrows by your enraged son, the archer.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads ततो भारत रुष्टेन where the CE has tato bhārata kruddhena (recension variant).

Verse 4 (8.14.4)

सहदेवस्ततो राजन्नाराचेन तवात्मजम् । विद्ध्वा विव्याध सप्तत्या सारथिं च त्रिभिः शरैः ॥

sahadevastato rājannārācena tavātmajam | viddhvā vivyādha saptatyā sārathiṃ ca tribhiḥ śaraiḥ

Then Sahadeva, O king, having struck your son with a nārāca, pierced him with seventy more, and his charioteer with three arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्व्वा → विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; the critical edition reads viddhvā). Line 2 ends त्रिभिः शरैः where the CE has tribhis tribhiḥ (recension variant).

Verse 5 (8.14.5)

दुःशासनस्ततश्चापं छित्त्वा राजन्महाहवे । सहदेवं त्रिसप्तत्या बाहोरुरसि चार्पयत् ॥

duḥśāsanastataścāpaṃ chittvā rājanmahāhave | sahadevaṃ trisaptatyā bāhorurasi cārpayat

Then Duhshasana, O king, cutting Sahadeva's bow in the great battle, struck him with seventy-three arrows in the arm and chest.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads ततः … छित्त्वा राजन् where the CE has tadā rājaṃś chittvā (recension variant); line 2 reads बाहोरुरसि ("in the arm and chest") where the CE has bāhvor urasi cārdayat.

Verse 6 (8.14.6)

सहदेवस्तु सङ्क्रुद्धः खड्गं गृह्य महाहवे । आविध्य प्रासृजत्तूर्णं तव पुत्ररथं प्रति ॥

sahadevastu saṅkruddhaḥ khaḍgaṃ gṛhya mahāhave | āvidhya prāsṛjattūrṇaṃ tava putrarathaṃ prati

Sahadeva, in great rage, seized a sword in the great battle, whirled it, and swiftly hurled it at your son's chariot.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गं → खड्गं (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग; the critical edition reads khaḍgaṃ). Corrected पुत्रथं → पुत्ररथं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र; the sense, "toward your son's chariot", is evident). Line 1 is CE 8.17.35a with तु सङ्क्रुद्धः for tataḥ kruddhaḥ; line 2 differs from CE 8.17.35c (vyāvidhyata yudhāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ śrīmāṃs tava sutaṃ prati; recension variant).

Verse 7 (8.14.7)

समार्गणगुणं चापं छित्त्वा तस्य महानसिः । निपपात ततो भूमौ च्युतः सर्प इवाम्बरात् ॥

samārgaṇaguṇaṃ cāpaṃ chittvā tasya mahānasiḥ | nipapāta tato bhūmau cyutaḥ sarpa ivāmbarāt

Cutting his bow together with its arrows and string, that great sword fell to the ground, like a snake dropping from the sky.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads समार्गणगुणं ("with its arrows and bowstring") where the CE has samārgaṇagaṇaṃ (recension variant).

Verse 8 (8.14.8)

अथान्यद्धनुरादाय सहदेवः प्रतापवान् । दुःशासनाय चिक्षेप बाणमन्तकरं ततः ॥

athānyaddhanurādāya sahadevaḥ pratāpavān | duḥśāsanāya cikṣepa bāṇamantakaraṃ tataḥ

Then the mighty Sahadeva took up another bow and shot at Duhshasana an arrow that brought death.

Verse 9 (8.14.9)

तमापतन्तं विशिखं यमदण्डोपमत्विषम् । खड्गेन शितधारेण द्विधा चिच्छेद कौरवः ॥

tamāpatantaṃ viśikhaṃ yamadaṇḍopamatviṣam | khaḍgena śitadhāreṇa dvidhā ciccheda kauravaḥ

That arrow as it came, gleaming like Yama's staff, the Kaurava cut in two with his sharp-edged sword.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गेन → खड्गेन (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग; the critical edition reads khaḍgena).

Verse 10 (8.14.10)

ततस्तं निशितं खड्गमाविध्य युधि सत्वरः । धनुश्चान्यत्समादाय शरं जग्राह वीर्यवान् ॥

tatastaṃ niśitaṃ khaḍgamāvidhya yudhi satvaraḥ | dhanuścānyatsamādāya śaraṃ jagrāha vīryavān

Then the mighty and swift one, having whirled and hurled that sharp sword in the battle, took up another bow and seized an arrow.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गमाविध्य → खड्गमाविध्य (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग; the critical edition reads khaḍgam). Not in the critical edition's main text; its two lines appear there as star passage 8.17.38d*0127_01–02 (placed after 8.17.38).

Verse 11 (8.14.11)

तमापतन्तं सहसा निस्त्रिंशं निशितैः शरैः । पातयामास समरे सहदेवो हसन्निव ॥

tamāpatantaṃ sahasā nistriṃśaṃ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | pātayāmāsa samare sahadevo hasanniva

As the sword came at him suddenly, Sahadeva, as if smiling, brought it down in the battle with sharp arrows.

Verse 12 (8.14.12)

ततो बाणांश्चतुः षष्टिं तव पुत्रो महारणे । सहदेवरथं तूर्णं प्रेषयामास भारत ॥

tato bāṇāṃścatuḥ ṣaṣṭiṃ tava putro mahāraṇe | sahadevarathaṃ tūrṇaṃ preṣayāmāsa bhārata

Then, in the great battle, your son sent sixty-four arrows swiftly at Sahadeva's chariot, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads सहदेवरथं तूर्णं प्रेषयामास where the CE has sahadevarathe tūrṇaṃ pātayām āsa (recension variant).

Verse 13 (8.14.13)

ताञ्छरान्समरे राजन्वेगेनापततो बहून् । एकैकं पञ्चभिर्बाणैः सहदेवो न्यकृन्तत ॥

tāñcharānsamare rājanvegenāpatato bahūn | ekaikaṃ pañcabhirbāṇaiḥ sahadevo nyakṛntata

Sahadeva cut each of those many arrows as they rushed swiftly at him in the battle, O king, with five arrows apiece.

Note on the text: Corrected ताच्छरान् → ताञ्छरान् (misprint in Wikisource; wrong sandhi; the critical edition reads tāñ śarān). Corrected वेगेनापपतो → वेगेनापततो (misprint in Wikisource; garbled; the critical edition reads vegenāpatato). Corrected न्यकृतन्तत → न्यकृन्तत (misprint in Wikisource; doubled त; the critical edition reads nyakṛntata).

Verse 14 (8.14.14)

सन्निवार्य महाबाणान्सहदेवः प्रतापवान् । अथास्मै सुबहून्बाणान्प्रेषयामास संयुगे ॥

sannivārya mahābāṇānsahadevaḥ pratāpavān | athāsmai subahūnbāṇānpreṣayāmāsa saṃyuge

Having turned aside those great arrows, the mighty Sahadeva sent a great many more arrows at him in the battle.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of CE 8.17.42a (CE: sa nivārya mahābāṇāṃs tava putreṇa preṣitān); line 2 is CE 8.17.42c (first half) with the ending of CE star passage 8.17.42c*0128_01 (preṣayām āsa saṃyuge).

Verse 15 (8.14.15)

तान्बाणांस्तव पुत्रोऽपि छित्त्वैकैकं त्रिभिः शरैः । ननाद सुमहानादं नादयानो वसुंधराम् ॥

tānbāṇāṃstava putro'pi chittvaikaikaṃ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ | nanāda sumahānādaṃ nādayāno vasuṃdharām

Your son too, cutting each of those arrows with three arrows, uttered a great roar that made the earth resound.

Note on the text: Corrected तान्वाणांस्तव → तान्बाणांस्तव (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब; the critical edition reads bāṇān). Not in the critical edition's main text; its lines appear there as star passages 8.17.42c*0128_02 and 8.17.42c*0128_03 (line 2 reads नादयानो where the star passage has dārayāṇo; recension variant).

Verse 16 (8.14.16)

ततो दुःशासनो राजन्द्वाभ्यां पाण्डुसुतं रणे । सारथिं नवभिर्बाणैर्माद्रेयस्य समाचिनोत् ॥

tato duḥśāsano rājandvābhyāṃ pāṇḍusutaṃ raṇe | sārathiṃ navabhirbāṇairmādreyasya samācinot

Then Duhshasana, O king, struck the son of Pandu in the battle with two arrows, and the charioteer of Madri's son with nine arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected माद्रोयस्य → माद्रेयस्य (misprint in Wikisource; ओ for ए; the son of Madri is meant). Not in the critical edition's main text; line 1 corresponds to CE star passage 8.17.42c*0128_04 (reading द्वाभ्यां for viddhvā) and line 2 to the fragment 8.17.42c*0128_05 (sārathiṃ navabhir bāṇair), which Wikisource completes.

Verse 17 (8.14.17)

ततः क्रुद्धो महाराज सहदेवः प्रतापवान् । समाधत्त शरं घोरं मृत्युकालान्तकोपमम् ॥

tataḥ kruddho mahārāja sahadevaḥ pratāpavān | samādhatta śaraṃ ghoraṃ mṛtyukālāntakopamam

Then, enraged, O great king, the mighty Sahadeva fixed to the string a dreadful arrow, like the death of Time and the Ender.

Note on the text: Corrected सदहेवः → सहदेवः (misprint in Wikisource; transposed letters; the critical edition reads sahadevaḥ).

Verse 18 (8.14.18)

विकृष्य बलवच्चापं तव पुत्राय सोऽसृजत् । स तं निर्भिद्य वेगेन भित्त्वा च कवचं महत् ॥

vikṛṣya balavaccāpaṃ tava putrāya so'sṛjat | sa taṃ nirbhidya vegena bhittvā ca kavacaṃ mahat

Drawing the bow back with force, he let it fly at your son. It pierced him with speed, splitting his great armor,

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are CE 8.17.43e and 8.17.44a.

Verse 19 (8.14.19)

प्राविशद्धरणीं राजन्वल्मीकमिव पन्नगः । ततः सम्मुमुहे राजंस्तव पुत्रो महारथः ॥

prāviśaddharaṇīṃ rājanvalmīkamiva pannagaḥ | tataḥ sammumuhe rājaṃstava putro mahārathaḥ

entered the earth, O king, like a serpent entering an anthill. Then your son, the great warrior, fainted, O king.

Note on the text: Corrected प्राविशद्वरणीं → प्राविशद्धरणीं (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध; the critical edition reads dharaṇīṃ). Lines 1–2 are CE 8.17.44c and 8.17.44e; line 2 reads ततः सम्मुमुहे where the CE has tataḥ sa mumuhe (recension variant).

Verse 20 (8.14.20)

मूढं चैनं समालोक्य सारथिस्त्वरितो रथम् । अपोवाह भृशं त्रस्तो वध्यमानं शितैः शरैः ॥

mūḍhaṃ cainaṃ samālokya sārathistvarito ratham | apovāha bhṛśaṃ trasto vadhyamānaṃ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Seeing him dazed, the charioteer, greatly frightened and in haste, drove the chariot away, with him still being struck by sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads समालोक्य where the CE has samālakṣya (recension variant).

Verse 21 (8.14.21)

पराजित्य रणे तं तु कौरव्यं पाण्डुनन्दनः । दुर्योधनबलं दृष्ट्वा प्रममाथ समन्ततः ॥

parājitya raṇe taṃ tu kauravyaṃ pāṇḍunandanaḥ | duryodhanabalaṃ dṛṣṭvā pramamātha samantataḥ

Having defeated that Kaurava in the battle, the son of Pandu, seeing Duryodhana's army, crushed it on every side.

Note on the text: Both lines differ from CE 8.17.46 (parājitya raṇe taṃ tu pāṇḍavaḥ pāṇḍupūrvaja / duryodhanabalaṃ hṛṣṭaḥ prāmathad vai samantataḥ; recension variant). The CE's star passage 8.17.45d*0129_01 is not on the page.

Verse 22 (8.14.22)

पिपीलिकपुटं राजन्यथा मृद्नन्नरो रुषा । तथा सा कौरवी सेना मृदिता तेन भारत ॥

pipīlikapuṭaṃ rājanyathā mṛdnannaro ruṣā | tathā sā kauravī senā mṛditā tena bhārata

As a man in anger crushes an anthill, O king, so was that Kaurava army crushed by him, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected मृद्गन्नरो → मृद्नन्नरो (misprint in Wikisource; ग for न; the critical edition reads yathāmṛdnān naro). Line 1 reads पिपीलिकपुटं where the CE has pipīlikāpuṭaṃ (recension variant; the page's own gloss also reads पिपीलिकपुटं).