Uluka and Shakuni Against Yuyutsu and Sutasoma

Verse 1 (8.16.1)

युयुत्सुं तव पुत्रस्य द्रावयन्तं बलं महत् । उलूको न्यपतत्तूर्णं तिष्ठतिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत् ॥

yuyutsuṃ tava putrasya drāvayantaṃ balaṃ mahat | ulūko nyapatattūrṇaṃ tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cābravīt

Uluka swiftly fell upon Yuyutsu, who was putting your son's great host to flight, and cried, “Stand! Stand!”

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: checked against the raw Wikisource page (a table, one row per verse, printed 8-16-1 to 8-16-42, ending with a colophon naming this the 16th adhyaya of the sixteenth-day battle); page and input agree on all 42 verses. Wikisource 16 corresponds to the critical edition 8.18.1–40 (the critical edition's 8.18 continues past it with Wikisource 17). The speech of Uluka in verse 1 is a few words inside a narrative verse, so it stays with the narrator. Corrected युयुत्सं → युयुत्सुं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ु; the critical edition reads yuyutsuṃ). Line 1 reads तव पुत्रस्य … बलं महत् where the critical edition reads tava putraṃ tu prādravantaṃ mahad balam, and line 2 न्यपतत् where it reads 'bhyapatat (kept as variants).

Verse 2 (8.16.2)

युयुत्सुश्च ततो राजञ्शितधारेण पत्रिणा । उलूकं ताडयामास वज्रेणेव महाबलम् ॥

yuyutsuśca tato rājañśitadhāreṇa patriṇā | ulūkaṃ tāḍayāmāsa vajreṇeva mahābalam

And Yuyutsu then, O king, struck the mighty Uluka with a sharp-edged arrow, as with a thunderbolt.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads वज्रेणेव महाबलम् where the critical edition reads vajreṇendra ivācalam (kept as a variant).

Verse 3 (8.16.3)

उलूकस्तु ततः क्रुद्धस्तव पुत्रस्य संयुगे । क्षुरप्रेण धनुश्छित्त्वा ताडयामास कर्णिना ॥

ulūkastu tataḥ kruddhastava putrasya saṃyuge | kṣurapreṇa dhanuśchittvā tāḍayāmāsa karṇinā

Uluka, enraged, cut the bow of your son in the battle with a razor-headed arrow and struck him with a barbed arrow.

Verse 4 (8.16.4)

तदपास्य धनुश्छिन्नं युयुत्सुर्वेगवत्तरम् । अन्यदादत्त सुमहच्चापं संरक्तलोचनः ॥

tadapāsya dhanuśchinnaṃ yuyutsurvegavattaram | anyadādatta sumahaccāpaṃ saṃraktalocanaḥ

Throwing aside the cut bow, Yuyutsu, his eyes red with anger, quickly took up another, very large bow.

Note on the text: Corrected युयुत्सर्वेगवत्तरम् → युयुत्सुर्वेगवत्तरम् (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ु; the critical edition reads yuyutsur).

Verse 5 (8.16.5)

शाकुनिं तु ततः षष्ट्या विव्याध भरतर्षभ । सारथिं त्रिभिरानर्च्छत्तं च भूयो व्यविध्यत ॥

śākuniṃ tu tataḥ ṣaṣṭyā vivyādha bharatarṣabha | sārathiṃ tribhirānarcchattaṃ ca bhūyo vyavidhyata

Then he pierced Shakuni's son with sixty arrows, O best of the Bharatas, and struck his charioteer with three, and pierced him again.

Verse 6 (8.16.6)

उलूकस्तं तु विंशत्या विद्ध्वा स्वर्णविभूषितैः । अथास्य समरे क्रुद्धो ध्वजं चिच्छेद काञ्चनम् ॥

ulūkastaṃ tu viṃśatyā viddhvā svarṇavibhūṣitaiḥ | athāsya samare kruddho dhvajaṃ ciccheda kāñcanam

Uluka, having pierced him with twenty gold-adorned arrows, then angrily cut down his golden banner in the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्व्वा → विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; व्व for ध्व; the absolutive is विद्ध्वा, critical edition viddhvā). Line 1 reads स्वर्णविभूषितैः where the critical edition reads hemavibhūṣitaiḥ (kept as a variant).

Verse 7 (8.16.7)

स च्छिन्नयष्टिः सुमहाञ्शीर्यमाणो महाध्वजः । पपात प्रमुखे राजन्युयुत्सोः काञ्चनध्वजः ॥

sa cchinnayaṣṭiḥ sumahāñśīryamāṇo mahādhvajaḥ | papāta pramukhe rājanyuyutsoḥ kāñcanadhvajaḥ

The great banner, its staff cut and breaking apart, fell down before Yuyutsu, that golden banner, O king.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads काञ्चनध्वजः where the critical edition reads kāñcanojjvalaḥ (kept as a variant).

Verse 8 (8.16.8)

ध्वजमुन्मथितं दृष्ट्वा युयुत्सुः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः । उलूकं पञ्चभिर्बाणैराजघान स्तनान्तरे ॥

dhvajamunmathitaṃ dṛṣṭvā yuyutsuḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ | ulūkaṃ pañcabhirbāṇairājaghāna stanāntare

Seeing his banner torn down, Yuyutsu, stupefied with rage, struck Uluka between the breasts with five arrows.

Verse 9 (8.16.9)

उलूकस्तस्य समरे तैलधौतेन मारिष । शिरश्चिच्छेद भल्लेन यन्तुर्भरतसत्तम ॥

ulūkastasya samare tailadhautena māriṣa | śiraściccheda bhallena yanturbharatasattama

Uluka, O honoured one, with an oil-bright broad-headed arrow cut off the head of his charioteer in the battle, O best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads समरे where the critical edition reads bhallena, and line 2 भल्लेन where it reads sahasā (kept as variants).

Verse 10 (8.16.10)

तच्छिन्नमपतद्भूमौ युयुत्सोः सारथेस्तदा । तारारूपं यथा चित्रं निपपात महीतले ॥

tacchinnamapatadbhūmau yuyutsoḥ sārathestadā | tārārūpaṃ yathā citraṃ nipapāta mahītale

The charioteer's head of Yuyutsu then fell cut to the ground, like a bright star falling to the earth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the star passage 8.18.9d*0140_01–02 (two lines, after 8.18.9), identical to the page.

Verse 11 (8.16.11)

जघान चतुरोऽश्वांश्च तं च विव्याध पञ्चभिः । सोऽतिविद्धो बलवता प्रत्यपायाद्रथान्तरम् ॥

jaghāna caturo'śvāṃśca taṃ ca vivyādha pañcabhiḥ | so'tividdho balavatā pratyapāyādrathāntaram

He killed the four horses too, and pierced Yuyutsu with five arrows. Sorely wounded by the mighty one, Yuyutsu withdrew to another chariot.

Note on the text: Corrected सोऽतिविद्वो → सोऽतिविद्धो (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध; the critical edition reads so 'tividdho).

Verse 12 (8.16.12)

तं निर्जित्य रणे राजन्नुलूकस्त्वरितो ययौ । पाञ्चालान्सृञ्जयांश्चैव विनिघ्नन्निशितैः शरैः ॥

taṃ nirjitya raṇe rājannulūkastvarito yayau | pāñcālānsṛñjayāṃścaiva vinighnanniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Having defeated him in the battle, O king, Uluka went swiftly on, striking the Panchalas and the Srinjayas with sharp arrows.

Verse 13 (8.16.13)

शतानीकं महाराज श्रुतकर्मा सुतस्तव । व्यश्वसूतरथं चक्रे निमेषार्धादसम्भ्रमः ॥

śatānīkaṃ mahārāja śrutakarmā sutastava | vyaśvasūtarathaṃ cakre nimeṣārdhādasambhramaḥ

O great king, your son Shrutakarma, without confusion, in half a moment left Shatanika without horses, charioteer or chariot.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads असम्भ्रमः (masculine, of Shrutakarma) where the critical edition reads asaṃbhramam (kept as a variant).

Verse 14 (8.16.14)

हताश्वे तु रथे तिष्ठञ्शतानीको महारथः । गदां चिक्षेप सङ्क्रुद्धस्तव पुत्रस्य मारिष ॥

hatāśve tu rathe tiṣṭhañśatānīko mahārathaḥ | gadāṃ cikṣepa saṅkruddhastava putrasya māriṣa

Standing in his chariot with its horses slain, the great chariot-warrior Shatanika angrily hurled his mace at your son, O honoured one.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads महारथः where the critical edition reads mahābalaḥ (kept as a variant).

Verse 15 (8.16.15)

सा कृत्वा स्यन्दनं भस्म हयांश्चैव ससारथीन् । पपात धरणीं तूर्णं दारयन्तीव भारत ॥

sā kṛtvā syandanaṃ bhasma hayāṃścaiva sasārathīn | papāta dharaṇīṃ tūrṇaṃ dārayantīva bhārata

It turned the chariot and the horses with their charioteer to ashes and fell swiftly to the earth, as if splitting it, O Bharata.

Verse 16 (8.16.16)

तावुभौ विरथौ वीरौ कुरूणां कीर्तिवर्धनौ । व्यपाक्रमेतां युद्धात्तु प्रेक्षमाणौ परस्परम् ॥

tāvubhau virathau vīrau kurūṇāṃ kīrtivardhanau | vyapākrametāṃ yuddhāttu prekṣamāṇau parasparam

Those two heroes, both now without chariots, both enhancers of the Kurus' fame, drew back from the fight, looking at each other.

Note on the text: Corrected युद्वात्तु → युद्धात्तु (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध; the critical edition reads yuddhārtau). Line 2 reads व्यपाक्रमेताम् … युद्धात् where the critical edition reads apākrametāṃ yuddhārtau (kept as a variant).

Verse 17 (8.16.17)

पुत्रस्तु तव सम्भ्रान्तो विविंशो रथमारुहत् । शतानीकोऽपि त्वरितः प्रतिविन्ध्यरथं गतः ॥

putrastu tava sambhrānto viviṃśo rathamāruhat | śatānīko'pi tvaritaḥ prativindhyarathaṃ gataḥ

Your son, bewildered, Vivimsha, mounted a chariot; and Shatanika, too, quickly went to Prativindhya's chariot.

Note on the text: The page's विविंशो (Vivimsha) is kept; the critical edition reads vivitso.

Verse 18 (8.16.18)

सुतसोमं तु शकुनिर्विद्ध्वा तु निशितैः शरैः । नाकम्पयत सङ्क्रुद्धो वार्योघ इव पर्वतम् ॥

sutasomaṃ tu śakunirviddhvā tu niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | nākampayata saṅkruddho vāryogha iva parvatam

Shakuni, having pierced Sutasoma with sharp arrows, did not shake him, though greatly enraged, as a flood of water does not shake a mountain.

Note on the text: Corrected सुतमोमं → सुतसोमं, विद्व्वा → विद्ध्वा, सङ्क्रुद्वो → सङ्क्रुद्धो (misprints in Wikisource; म for स; the name is Sutasoma, critical edition sutasomas; व्व for ध्व; the absolutive is विद्ध्वा; व for ध). Line 2 reads सङ्क्रुद्धः where the critical edition reads saṃrabdhaḥ (kept as a variant). The subject and object are reversed in the critical edition (sutasomas … śakuniṃ).

Verse 19 (8.16.19)

सुतसोमस्तु तं दृष्ट्वा पितुरत्यन्तवैरिणम् । शरैरनेकसाहस्रैश्छादयामास भारत ॥

sutasomastu taṃ dṛṣṭvā pituratyantavairiṇam | śarairanekasāhasraiśchādayāmāsa bhārata

Sutasoma, seeing the bitter enemy of his father, covered him with many thousands of arrows, O Bharata.

Verse 20 (8.16.20)

ताञ्शराञ्शकुनिस्तूर्णं चिच्छेदान्यैः पतत्रिभिः । लघ्वस्त्रश्चित्रयोधी च जितकाशी च संयुगे ॥

tāñśarāñśakunistūrṇaṃ cicchedānyaiḥ patatribhiḥ | laghvastraścitrayodhī ca jitakāśī ca saṃyuge

Shakuni, quick with weapons, a marvellous fighter, always winning in battle, quickly cut those arrows with other arrows.

Verse 21 (8.16.21)

निवार्य समरे चापि शरांस्तान्निशितैः शरैः । आजघान सुसङ्क्रुद्धः सुतसोमं त्रिभिः शरैः ॥

nivārya samare cāpi śarāṃstānniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | ājaghāna susaṅkruddhaḥ sutasomaṃ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ

Having warded off those arrows with sharp arrows in the battle, he struck Sutasoma, in great anger, with three arrows.

Verse 22 (8.16.22)

नाकम्पयत सङ्क्रुद्धो वार्योघ इव पर्वतम् । तस्याश्वान्केतनं सूतं तिलशो व्यधमच्छरैः । श्यालस्तव महाराज तत उच्चुक्रुशुर्जनाः ॥

nākampayata saṅkruddho vāryogha iva parvatam | tasyāśvānketanaṃ sūtaṃ tilaśo vyadhamaccharaiḥ | śyālastava mahārāja tata uccukruśurjanāḥ

Enraged, he did not shake him, as a flood does not shake a mountain. With arrows he broke up his horses, his banner and his charioteer, your brother-in-law, O great king, and the people then cried out.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki quote marks (' ') round line 1. Line 1 repeats a line of verse 18 (the critical edition's 8.18.17cd) and is not in the critical edition at this place; lines 2–3 are the critical edition's 8.18.21ac.

Verse 23 (8.16.23)

हताश्वो विरथश्चैव छिन्नकेतुश्च मारिष । धन्वी धनुर्वरं गृह्य रथाद्भूमावतिष्ठत ॥

hatāśvo virathaścaiva chinnaketuśca māriṣa | dhanvī dhanurvaraṃ gṛhya rathādbhūmāvatiṣṭhata

With his horses slain, without a chariot and his banner cut down, O honoured one, the archer took up an excellent bow and stood on the ground, down from the chariot.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 8.18.22ac; line 1 reads छिन्नकेतुश्च where the critical edition reads chinnadhanvā ca (kept as a variant).

Verse 24 (8.16.24)

व्यसृजत्सायकांश्चैव स्वर्णपुङ्खाञ्शिलाशितान् । छादयामासुरथ ते तव श्यालस्य तं रथम् । शलभानामिव व्राताः शरव्राता महारथम् ॥

vyasṛjatsāyakāṃścaiva svarṇapuṅkhāñśilāśitān | chādayāmāsuratha te tava śyālasya taṃ ratham | śalabhānāmiva vrātāḥ śaravrātā mahāratham

He loosed gold-feathered arrows whetted on stone, and those masses of arrows covered your brother-in-law's chariot, the great chariot, like swarms of locusts.

Note on the text: Corrected शळभानामिव → शलभानामिव (misprint in Wikisource; ळ for ल; the critical edition reads pataṃgānām iva). Line 1 is the critical edition's 8.18.22e; lines 2–3 correspond to its 8.18.23ac (शळभानाम् for pataṃgānām).

Verse 25 (8.16.25)

सञ्छाद्यमानोऽपि दृढं विव्यथे नैव सौबलः । प्रममाथ शरांस्तस्य शरव्रातैर्महायशाः ॥

sañchādyamāno'pi dṛḍhaṃ vivyathe naiva saubalaḥ | pramamātha śarāṃstasya śaravrātairmahāyaśāḥ

Though thickly covered, Saubala did not tremble at all; the greatly renowned one crushed those arrows with masses of arrows of his own.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 8.18.24ac; line 1 reads सञ्छाद्यमानोऽपि दृढम् where the critical edition reads rathopasthān samīkṣyāpi (kept as a variant).

Verse 26 (8.16.26)

तत्रातुष्यन्त योधाश्च सिद्धाश्चापि दिवि स्थिताः । सुतसोमस्य तत्कर्म दृष्ट्वाऽश्रद्धेयमद्भुतम् । रथस्थं शकुनिं यत्तु पदातिः समयोधयत् ॥

tatrātuṣyanta yodhāśca siddhāścāpi divi sthitāḥ | sutasomasya tatkarma dṛṣṭvā'śraddheyamadbhutam | rathasthaṃ śakuniṃ yattu padātiḥ samayodhayat

The warriors rejoiced there, and the Siddhas standing in the sky, seeing that astonishing, unbelievable feat of Sutasoma, that on foot he fought Shakuni, who was in a chariot.

Note on the text: Corrected सिद्वाश्चापि → सिद्धाश्चापि, दृष्ट्वाऽश्रद्वेयमद्भुतम् → दृष्ट्वाऽश्रद्धेयमद्भुतम् (misprints in Wikisource; व for ध; the critical edition reads siddhāś; श्रद्वेय for श्रद्धेय (व for ध); the critical edition reads aśraddheyam adbhutam). Line 3 reads रथस्थं शकुनिं यत्तु पदातिः समयोधयत् where the critical edition reads rathasthaṃ nṛpatiṃ taṃ tu padātiḥ sann ayodhayat (kept as a variant).

Verse 27 (8.16.27)

तस्य तीक्ष्णैर्महावेगैर्भल्लैः सन्नतपर्वभिः । व्यहनत्कार्मुकं राजंस्तूणीरांश्चैव सर्वशः ॥

tasya tīkṣṇairmahāvegairbhallaiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ | vyahanatkārmukaṃ rājaṃstūṇīrāṃścaiva sarvaśaḥ

With sharp, very swift, well-jointed broad-headed arrows he destroyed his bow, and his quivers entirely, O king.

Note on the text: Corrected कारामुकं → कार्मुकं (misprint in Wikisource; a stray vowel sign; the critical edition reads kārmukaṃ). Line 2 reads तूणीरांश्चैव where the critical edition reads tūṇīraṃ caiva, and राजन् where it reads rājā (kept as variants).

Verse 28 (8.16.28)

स च्छिन्नधन्वा विरथः खड्गमुद्यम्य चानदत् । वैदूर्योत्पलवर्णाभं दन्तिदन्तमयत्सरुम् ॥

sa cchinnadhanvā virathaḥ khaḍgamudyamya cānadat | vaidūryotpalavarṇābhaṃ dantidantamayatsarum

With his bow cut and without a chariot, he raised his sword and roared, a sword with the hue of lapis lazuli and blue lotus, with a hilt of elephant's ivory.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गमुद्यम्य → खड्गमुद्यम्य (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग; the critical edition reads khaḍgam). Line 1 reads विरथः where the critical edition reads samare, and line 2 दन्तिदन्त where it reads hastidanta (kept as variants).

Verse 29 (8.16.29)

भ्राम्यमाणं ततस्तं तु विमलाम्बरवर्चसम् । कालदण्डोपमं मेने सुतसोमस्य धीमतः ॥

bhrāmyamāṇaṃ tatastaṃ tu vimalāmbaravarcasam | kāladaṇḍopamaṃ mene sutasomasya dhīmataḥ

As that sword of the wise Sutasoma was whirled, bright as a clear sky, it was taken for the rod of Death.

Verse 30 (8.16.30)

सोऽचरत्सहसा खड्गी मण्डलानि सहस्रशः । चतुर्दश महाराज शिक्षाबलसमन्वितः ॥

so'caratsahasā khaḍgī maṇḍalāni sahasraśaḥ | caturdaśa mahārāja śikṣābalasamanvitaḥ

Sword in hand, he suddenly performed circling movements by the thousand, fourteen in all, O great king, filled with the strength of his training.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गी → खड्गी (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग; the critical edition reads khaḍgī). Line 2 reads चतुर्दश (fourteen) where the critical edition reads caturviṃśan (twenty-four) (kept as a variant).

Verse 31 (8.16.31)

भ्रान्तमुद्धान्तमाविद्धमाप्लुतं विप्लुतं सृतम् । सम्पातसमुदीर्णे च दर्शयामास संयुगे ॥

bhrāntamuddhāntamāviddhamāplutaṃ viplutaṃ sṛtam | sampātasamudīrṇe ca darśayāmāsa saṃyuge

He displayed in the battle the whirling, the upward whirl, the brandishing, the leap, the bound, the glide, the swoop and the rising.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the star passage 8.18.29d*0142_01–02 (two lines, after 8.18.29); line 2 reads सम्पातसमुदीर्णे where the critical edition reads saṃpātaṃ samudīryaṃ. The eight terms are the names of sword movements.

Verse 32 (8.16.32)

सौबलस्तु ततस्तस्य शरांश्चिक्षेप वीर्यवान् । तानापतत एवाशु चिच्छेद परमासिना ॥

saubalastu tatastasya śarāṃścikṣepa vīryavān | tānāpatata evāśu ciccheda paramāsinā

Then the valiant Saubala hurled arrows at him, but as they came flying he quickly cut them down with his excellent sword.

Verse 33 (8.16.33)

ततः क्रुद्धो महाराज सौबलः परवीरहा । प्राहिणोत्सुतसोमाय शरानाशीविषोपमान् ॥

tataḥ kruddho mahārāja saubalaḥ paravīrahā | prāhiṇotsutasomāya śarānāśīviṣopamān

Then, O great king, Saubala, slayer of enemy heroes, enraged, sent arrows like venomous snakes at Sutasoma.

Verse 34 (8.16.34)

चिच्छेद तांस्तु खड्गेन शिक्षया च बलेन च । दर्शयँल्लाघवं युद्धे तार्क्ष्यतुल्यपराक्रमः ॥

ciccheda tāṃstu khaḍgena śikṣayā ca balena ca | darśayam̐llāghavaṃ yuddhe tārkṣyatulyaparākramaḥ

He cut them with his sword, by skill and by strength, showing his lightness in the fight, equal in prowess to Garuda.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गेन → खड्गेन (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग; the critical edition reads khaḍgena). Line 2 reads तार्क्ष्यतुल्यपराक्रमः where the critical edition reads tārkṣyavīryasamadyutiḥ (kept as a variant).

Verse 35 (8.16.35)

तस्य सञ्चरतो राजन्मण्डलावर्तने तदा । क्षुरप्रेण सुतीक्ष्णेन खड्गं चिच्छेद सुप्रभम् ॥

tasya sañcarato rājanmaṇḍalāvartane tadā | kṣurapreṇa sutīkṣṇena khaḍgaṃ ciccheda suprabham

As he moved about, O king, in the wheeling of his circling movements, Shakuni cut his shining sword with a very sharp razor-headed arrow.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गं → खड्गं (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग; the critical edition reads khaḍgaṃ).

Verse 36 (8.16.36)

स च्छिन्नः सहसा भूमौ निपपात महानसिः । अवशस्य स्थितं हस्ते सुत्सरोस्तत्र भारत ॥

sa cchinnaḥ sahasā bhūmau nipapāta mahānasiḥ | avaśasya sthitaṃ haste sutsarostatra bhārata

That great sword, cut through, suddenly fell on the ground; what remained of the fine-hilted sword stayed in the helpless man's hand there, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected अधर्मस्य → अवशस्य (misprint in Wikisource; अधर्मस्य ('of unrighteousness') makes no sense here; the critical edition reads avaśasya ('of the helpless one'), and the page's own note glosses सुत्सरोः as 'of the fine-hilted sword'). Line 2 reads सुत्सरोस्तत्र भारत where the critical edition reads taṃ khaḍgaṃ satsaruṃ tadā (kept as a variant). The correction is the smallest fix that fits the sense and the critical edition; flagged for review.

Verse 37 (8.16.37)

छिन्नमाज्ञाय निस्त्रिंशमवप्लुत्य पदानि षट् । प्राविध्यत ततः शेषं सुतसोमो महारथः ॥

chinnamājñāya nistriṃśamavaplutya padāni ṣaṭ | prāvidhyata tataḥ śeṣaṃ sutasomo mahārathaḥ

Knowing his sword was cut, the great chariot-warrior Sutasoma leapt forward six paces and hurled the rest of it.

Verse 38 (8.16.38)

तच्छित्त्वा सगुणं चापं रणे तस्य महात्मनः । पपात धरणीं तूर्णं स्वर्णवज्रविभूषितम् ॥

tacchittvā saguṇaṃ cāpaṃ raṇe tasya mahātmanaḥ | papāta dharaṇīṃ tūrṇaṃ svarṇavajravibhūṣitam

Cutting through the strung bow of that great-souled man in the battle, it fell swiftly to the ground, adorned with gold and diamonds.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 8.18.36ac (तत् … विभूषितम् for sa … vibhūṣitaḥ).

Verse 39 (8.16.39)

सुतसोमस्ततोऽगच्छच्छ्रुतकीर्तेर्महारथम् । सौबलोऽपि धनुर्गृह्य घोरमन्यत्सुदुर्जयम् ॥

sutasomastato'gacchacchrutakīrtermahāratham | saubalo'pi dhanurgṛhya ghoramanyatsudurjayam

Then Sutasoma went to the great chariot of Shrutakirti. And Saubala too, taking up another bow, dreadful and very hard to overcome,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 8.18.36e; line 2 is its 8.18.37a (सुदुर्जयम् for suduḥsaham).

Verse 40 (8.16.40)

अभ्ययात्पाण्डवानीकं निघ्नञ्शत्रुगणान्बहून् । तत्र नादो महानासीत्पाण्डवानां विशाम्पते ॥

abhyayātpāṇḍavānīkaṃ nighnañśatrugaṇānbahūn | tatra nādo mahānāsītpāṇḍavānāṃ viśāmpate

advanced against the Pandava host, slaying many bands of enemies. A great cry arose there among the Pandavas, O lord of the people,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 8.18.37c; line 2 its 8.18.38a.

Verse 41 (8.16.41)

सौबलं समरे दृष्ट्वा विचरन्तमभीतवत् । तान्यनीकानि दृप्तानि शस्त्रवन्ति महान्ति च । द्राव्यमाणान्यदृश्यन्त सौबलेन महात्मना ॥

saubalaṃ samare dṛṣṭvā vicarantamabhītavat | tānyanīkāni dṛptāni śastravanti mahānti ca | drāvyamāṇānyadṛśyanta saubalena mahātmanā

on seeing Saubala moving fearlessly in the battle; and those proud, great armies, armed with weapons, were seen being driven in rout by the great-souled Saubala.

Note on the text: Three lines, as the page prints it (8-16-41a–c): the critical edition's 8.18.38c, 39a and 39c.

Verse 42 (8.16.42)

यथा दैत्यचमूं राजन्देवराजो ममर्द ह । तथैव पाण्डवीं सेनां सौबलेयो व्यनाशयत् ॥

yathā daityacamūṃ rājandevarājo mamarda ha | tathaiva pāṇḍavīṃ senāṃ saubaleyo vyanāśayat

As the king of the gods crushed the host of the Daityas, O king, so did Saubala's son destroy the Pandava army.

Note on the text: Corrected पाण्वीं → पाण्डवीं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ड (the page prints a stray joiner in its place); the critical edition reads pāṇḍavīṃ).