Duryodhana Unhorsed; the Great Melee

Verse 1 (8.19.1)

युधिष्ठिरं महाराज विसृजन्तं शरान्बहून् । स्वयं दुर्योधनो राजा प्रत्यगृह्णादभीतवत् ॥

yudhiṣṭhiraṃ mahārāja visṛjantaṃ śarānbahūn | svayaṃ duryodhano rājā pratyagṛhṇādabhītavat

King Duryodhana himself, great king, fearlessly faced Yudhishthira as he showered many arrows.

Verse 2 (8.19.2)

तमापतन्तं सहसा तव पुत्रं महारथम् । धर्मराजो द्रुतं विद्ध्वा तिष्ठतिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत् ॥

tamāpatantaṃ sahasā tava putraṃ mahāratham | dharmarājo drutaṃ viddhvā tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cābravīt

As your mighty chariot-warrior son came rushing on him suddenly, Dharmaraja quickly pierced him and said, "Stand! Stand!"

Note on the text: Corrected विद्‌ध्वा → विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; a stray zero-width non-joiner (U+200C) inside the conjunct).

Verse 3 (8.19.3)

स तु तं प्रतिविव्याध नवभिर्निशितैः शरैः । सारथिं चास्य भल्लेन भृशं क्रुद्धोऽभ्यताडयत् ॥

sa tu taṃ prativivyādha navabhirniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | sārathiṃ cāsya bhallena bhṛśaṃ kruddho'bhyatāḍayat

But he pierced him back with nine sharp arrows, and in great anger struck his charioteer with a bhalla.

Verse 4 (8.19.4)

ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजन्स्वर्णपुङ्खाञ्शिलीमुखान् । दुर्योधनाय चिक्षेप त्रयोदश शिलाशितान् ॥

tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājansvarṇapuṅkhāñśilīmukhān | duryodhanāya cikṣepa trayodaśa śilāśitān

Then, O king, Yudhishthira let fly at Duryodhana thirteen gold-feathered shilimukha arrows, whetted on stone.

Verse 5 (8.19.5)

चतुर्भिश्चतुरो वाहांस्तस्य हत्वा महारथः । पञ्चमेन शिरः कायात्सारथेश्च समाक्षिपत् ॥

caturbhiścaturo vāhāṃstasya hatvā mahārathaḥ | pañcamena śiraḥ kāyātsāratheśca samākṣipat

With four of them the great warrior killed his four horses, and with the fifth he struck the charioteer's head from his body.

Verse 6 (8.19.6)

षष्ठेन तु ध्वजं राज्ञः सप्तमेन तु कार्मुकम् । अष्टमेन तथा खड्गं पातयामास भूतले । पञ्चभिर्नृपतिं चापि धर्मराजोऽर्दयद्भृशम् ॥

ṣaṣṭhena tu dhvajaṃ rājñaḥ saptamena tu kārmukam | aṣṭamena tathā khaḍgaṃ pātayāmāsa bhūtale | pañcabhirnṛpatiṃ cāpi dharmarājo'rdayadbhṛśam

With the sixth he brought the king's banner down to the ground, with the seventh his bow, and with the eighth his sword; and with five more Dharmaraja sorely tormented the king.

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

Verse 7 (8.19.7)

हताश्वात्तु रथात्तस्मादवप्लुत्य सुतस्तव । उत्तमं व्यसनं प्राप्तो भूमावेवावतिष्ठत ॥

hatāśvāttu rathāttasmādavaplutya sutastava | uttamaṃ vyasanaṃ prāpto bhūmāvevāvatiṣṭhata

Leaping down from the chariot whose horses were dead, your son, fallen into the worst of plights, stayed standing on the ground.

Verse 8 (8.19.8)

तं तु कृच्छ्रगतं दृष्ट्वा कर्णद्रौणिकृपादयः । अभ्यवर्तन्त सहसा परीप्सन्तो नराधिपम् ॥

taṃ tu kṛcchragataṃ dṛṣṭvā karṇadrauṇikṛpādayaḥ | abhyavartanta sahasā parīpsanto narādhipam

Seeing him in distress, Karna, Drona's son, Kripa and the others suddenly rushed up, eager to rescue the king.

Verse 9 (8.19.9)

अथ पाण्डुसुताः सर्वे परिवार्य युधिष्ठिरम् । अन्वयुः समरे राजंस्ततो युद्धमवर्तत ॥

atha pāṇḍusutāḥ sarve parivārya yudhiṣṭhiram | anvayuḥ samare rājaṃstato yuddhamavartata

Then all the sons of Pandu, surrounding Yudhishthira, followed after them in the battle, O king, and thereupon the fighting began.

Note on the text: Wikisource's अन्वयुः differs from CE abhyayuḥ; a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 10 (8.19.10)

ततस्तूर्यसहस्राणि प्रावाद्यन्त महामृधे ॥

tatastūryasahasrāṇi prāvādyanta mahāmṛdhe

Then thousands of trumpets were sounded in that great battle.

Note on the text: A single half-verse, as printed on the page (8-19-10a). It is the first line of CE 8.19.45 (CE: अथ तूर्यसहस्राणि प्रावाद्यन्त महामृधे). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 11 (8.19.11)

क्ष्वेलाः किलकिलाशब्दाः प्रादुरासन्महीपते । यत्राभ्यगच्छन्समरे पाञ्चालाः कौरवैः सह ॥

kṣvelāḥ kilakilāśabdāḥ prādurāsanmahīpate | yatrābhyagacchansamare pāñcālāḥ kauravaiḥ saha

Cheers and shouts and uproar arose, O lord of the earth, where the Panchalas met the Kauravas in battle.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.19.45cd and 45e, the continuation of the previous verse. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 12 (8.19.12)

नरा नरैः समाजग्मुर्वारणा वरवारणैः । रथाश्च रथिभिः सार्धं हयाश्च हयसादिभिः ॥

narā naraiḥ samājagmurvāraṇā varavāraṇaiḥ | rathāśca rathibhiḥ sārdhaṃ hayāśca hayasādibhiḥ

Men met men, elephants met mighty elephants, chariots met chariot-warriors, and horses met horsemen.

Verse 13 (8.19.13)

द्वन्द्वान्यासन्महाराज प्रेक्षणीयानि संयुगे । विविधान्यप्यचिन्त्यानि शस्त्रवन्त्युत्तमानि च ॥

dvandvānyāsanmahārāja prekṣaṇīyāni saṃyuge | vividhānyapyacintyāni śastravantyuttamāni ca

There were duels, great king, wonderful to watch in the battle — of every kind, beyond imagining, with weapons, and of the highest order.

Note on the text: Wikisource's second line differs from CE 8.19.47cd (विस्मापनान्यचिन्त्यानि…); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 14 (8.19.14)

ते शूराः समरे सर्वे चित्रं लघु च सुष्ठु च । अयुध्यन्त महावेगाः परस्परवधैषिणः ॥

te śūrāḥ samare sarve citraṃ laghu ca suṣṭhu ca | ayudhyanta mahāvegāḥ parasparavadhaiṣiṇaḥ

All those heroes in the battle fought with great speed, with wonderful, nimble and skilful strokes, each eager to kill the other.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE star passage 8.19.47d*0167_01 and line 2 is CE 8.19.48a. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 15 (8.19.15)

अन्योन्यं समरे जघ्नुर्योधव्रतमनुष्ठिताः । न हि ते समरं चक्रुः पृष्ठतो वै कथञ्चन ॥

anyonyaṃ samare jaghnuryodhavratamanuṣṭhitāḥ | na hi te samaraṃ cakruḥ pṛṣṭhato vai kathañcana

They struck one another in the battle, keeping to the warrior's vow; not one of them ever turned his back in the fight.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.19.48c and 48e. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 16 (8.19.16)

मुहूर्तमेव तद्युद्धमासीन्मधुरदर्शनम् । तत उन्मत्तवद्राजन्निर्मर्यादमवर्तत ॥

muhūrtameva tadyuddhamāsīnmadhuradarśanam | tata unmattavadrājannirmaryādamavartata

That battle was pleasant to behold for only a moment; then, O king, it went on madly, without any restraint.

Note on the text: Corrected तद्युद्वमासीन्मधुरदर्शनम् → तद्युद्धमासीन्मधुरदर्शनम् (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध; CE yuddham).

Verse 17 (8.19.17)

रथी नागं समासाद्य दारयन्निशितैः शरैः । प्रेषयामास कालाय शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥

rathī nāgaṃ samāsādya dārayanniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | preṣayāmāsa kālāya śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ

A charioteer-warrior, closing with an elephant and tearing it with sharp arrows, sent it to its death with arrows whose joints were smooth and straight.

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 8.19.50 (similarity 0.8); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 18 (8.19.18)

नागा हयान्समासाद्य विक्षिपन्तो बहून्रणे । दारयामासुरत्युग्रं तत्रतत्र तदातदा ॥

nāgā hayānsamāsādya vikṣipanto bahūnraṇe | dārayāmāsuratyugraṃ tatratatra tadātadā

Elephants, closing with horses and flinging many of them about in the battle, tore them most fiercely, here and there, again and again.

Verse 19 (8.19.19)

हयारोहाश्च बहवः परिवार्य हयोत्तमान् । तलशब्दरवांश्चक्रुः सम्पतन्तस्ततस्ततः ॥

hayārohāśca bahavaḥ parivārya hayottamān | talaśabdaravāṃścakruḥ sampatantastatastataḥ

And many horsemen, surrounding the finest horses, made a clamour of slapping hands as they dashed in from every side.

Note on the text: Corresponds to the CE star passage 8.19.51d*0168_01–02. Wikisource's हयोत्तमान् (“the finest horses”) differs from CE गजोत्तमान् (“the finest elephants”), which fits the next verse better; kept as printed, a recension variant. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 20 (8.19.20)

धावमानांस्ततस्तांस्तु द्रवमाणान्महागजान् । पार्श्वतः पृष्ठतश्चैव निजघ्नुर्हयसादिनः ॥

dhāvamānāṃstatastāṃstu dravamāṇānmahāgajān | pārśvataḥ pṛṣṭhataścaiva nijaghnurhayasādinaḥ

And as those great elephants ran and fled, the horsemen struck them on the flanks and from behind.

Note on the text: Corresponds to the CE star passage 8.19.51d*0168_03–04. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 21 (8.19.21)

विद्राव्य च बहूनश्वान्नागा राजन्मदोत्कटाः । विषाणैश्चापरे जघ्नुर्ममृदुश्चापरे भृशम् ॥

vidrāvya ca bahūnaśvānnāgā rājanmadotkaṭāḥ | viṣāṇaiścāpare jaghnurmamṛduścāpare bhṛśam

And the rut-maddened elephants, O king, having routed many horses, killed some with their tusks and trampled others hard.

Verse 22 (8.19.22)

साश्वारोहांश्च तुरगान्विषाणैर्विव्यधू रुषा । अपरे चिक्षिपुर्वेगात्प्रगृह्यातिबलास्तदा ॥

sāśvārohāṃśca turagānviṣāṇairvivyadhū ruṣā | apare cikṣipurvegātpragṛhyātibalāstadā

In fury they pierced horses with their riders with their tusks, and others, very mighty, seized them and hurled them away with force.

Note on the text: Corrected तुरगान्विषामैर्विव्यधू → तुरगान्विषाणैर्विव्यधू (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण; CE viṣāṇair). Wikisource's wording differs from CE 8.19.53 (similarity 0.835); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 23 (8.19.23)

पादातैराहता नागा विवरेषु समन्ततः । चक्रुरार्तस्वरं घोरं दुद्रुवुश्च दिशो दश ॥

pādātairāhatā nāgā vivareṣu samantataḥ | cakrurārtasvaraṃ ghoraṃ dudruvuśca diśo daśa

Struck by the foot-soldiers from every side in the gaps, the elephants gave out a terrible cry of pain and fled in the ten directions.

Verse 24 (8.19.24)

पदातीनां तु सहसा प्रद्रुतानां महाहवे । उत्सृज्याभरणं तूर्णमववव्रुः रणाजिरे ॥

padātīnāṃ tu sahasā pradrutānāṃ mahāhave | utsṛjyābharaṇaṃ tūrṇamavavavruḥ raṇājire

When the foot-soldiers suddenly fled in the great battle, throwing off their ornaments, the elephants quickly snatched them up on the field.

Note on the text: Corrected तूर्णमववव्रू → तूर्णमववव्रुः (misprint in Wikisource; a missing visarga; the form is अववव्रुः, which the page's own commentary glosses (आभरणमववव्रुः)). Wikisource's second line differs from CE 8.19.55 (CE: अवप्लुत्य रणाजिरे); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 25 (8.19.25)

निमित्तं मन्यमानास्तु परिणाम्य महागजाः । जगृहुर्बिभिदुश्चैव चित्राण्याभरणानि च ॥

nimittaṃ manyamānāstu pariṇāmya mahāgajāḥ | jagṛhurbibhiduścaiva citrāṇyābharaṇāni ca

Taking it as a sign of victory, the great elephants, turning about, seized and tore apart the many-coloured ornaments.

Verse 26 (8.19.26)

तांस्तु तत्र प्रसक्तान्वै परिवार्य पदातयः । हस्त्यारोहान्निजघ्नुस्ते महावेगा बलोत्कटाः ॥

tāṃstu tatra prasaktānvai parivārya padātayaḥ | hastyārohānnijaghnuste mahāvegā balotkaṭāḥ

Then the foot-soldiers, mighty and strong, surrounded those elephants as they were thus engrossed, and struck down their riders.

Note on the text: Corrected परिन्वार्य → परिवार्य (misprint in Wikisource; a stray न्; CE parivārya). Corresponds to the CE star passage 8.19.56d*0169_01–02. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 27 (8.19.27)

अपरे हस्तिभिर्हस्तैः खं विक्षिप्ता महाहवे । निपतन्तो विषाणाग्रैर्भृशं विद्धाः सुशिक्षितैः ॥

apare hastibhirhastaiḥ khaṃ vikṣiptā mahāhave | nipatanto viṣāṇāgrairbhṛśaṃ viddhāḥ suśikṣitaiḥ

Others, flung into the sky by the elephants' trunks in the great battle, fell and were deeply pierced by the tips of well-used tusks.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्वाः → विद्धाः (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध; CE viddhāḥ). Corresponds to the CE star passage 8.19.56d*0169_03–04. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 28 (8.19.28)

अपरे सहसा गृह्य विषाणैरेव सूदिताः । सेनान्तरं समासाद्य केचित्तत्र महागजैः ॥

apare sahasā gṛhya viṣāṇaireva sūditāḥ | senāntaraṃ samāsādya kecittatra mahāgajaiḥ

Others, suddenly seized, were killed by tusks alone; and some, carried by great elephants into the midst of the host,

Note on the text: Corresponds to the CE star passage 8.19.56d*0169_05–06. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 29 (8.19.29)

क्षुण्णगात्रा महाराज विक्षिप्य च पुनःपुनः । अपरे व्यजनानीव विभ्राम्य निहता मृधे ॥

kṣuṇṇagātrā mahārāja vikṣipya ca punaḥpunaḥ | apare vyajanānīva vibhrāmya nihatā mṛdhe

had their bodies crushed, great king, and were flung about again and again; others were whirled round like fans and slain in the fight.

Note on the text: Corresponds to the CE star passage 8.19.56d*0169_07–08. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 30 (8.19.30)

पुरःसराश्च नागानामपरेषां विशाम्पते । शरीराण्यतिविद्धानि तत्रतत्र रणाजिरे ॥

puraḥsarāśca nāgānāmapareṣāṃ viśāmpate | śarīrāṇyatividdhāni tatratatra raṇājire

And those who went in front of other elephants had their bodies deeply pierced here and there on the battlefield, O lord of the people.

Note on the text: Corrected शरीराण्यतिविद्वानि → शरीराण्यतिविद्धानि (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध; CE atividdhāni). Corresponds to the CE star passage 8.19.56d*0169_09–10. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 31 (8.19.31)

प्रतिमानेषु कुम्भेषु दन्तवेष्टेषु चापरे । निगृहीता भृशं नागाः प्रासतोमरशक्तिभिः ॥

pratimāneṣu kumbheṣu dantaveṣṭeṣu cāpare | nigṛhītā bhṛśaṃ nāgāḥ prāsatomaraśaktibhiḥ

Elsewhere elephants were pinned down hard by spears, tomaras and shaktis — in the hollows between the tusks, on the frontal lobes and on the tusk-bands.

Verse 32 (8.19.32)

निगृह्य च गजाः केचित् पार्श्वस्थैर्भृशदारुणैः । रथाश्वसादिभिस्तत्र सम्भिन्ना न्यपतन्भुवि ॥

nigṛhya ca gajāḥ kecit pārśvasthairbhṛśadāruṇaiḥ | rathāśvasādibhistatra sambhinnā nyapatanbhuvi

Some elephants, seized and held fast there by chariot-warriors and horsemen standing at their sides, men most terrible, fell pierced to the ground.

Verse 33 (8.19.33)

सहयाः सादिनस्तत्र तोमरेण महामृधे । भूमावमृद्नन्वेगेन सचर्माणं पदातिनम् ॥

sahayāḥ sādinastatra tomareṇa mahāmṛdhe | bhūmāvamṛdnanvegena sacarmāṇaṃ padātinam

There in the great battle the horsemen with their horses, with their tomaras, trampled at speed a foot-soldier carrying a shield on the ground.

Note on the text: Corrected भूमावमृद्रन्वेगेन → भूमावमृद्नन्वेगेन (misprint in Wikisource; द्र for द्न; CE amṛdnan). Wikisource's wording differs from CE 8.19.59 (similarity 0.726: CE has the elephants trampling a rider with his chariot and standard); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 34 (8.19.34)

तथा सावरणान्कांश्चित्तत्रतत्र विशाम्पते । रथान्नागाः समासाद्य परिगृह्य च मारिष । व्याक्षिपन्सहसा तत्र घोररूपे भयानके ॥

tathā sāvaraṇānkāṃścittatratatra viśāmpate | rathānnāgāḥ samāsādya parigṛhya ca māriṣa | vyākṣipansahasā tatra ghorarūpe bhayānake

And some men in armour, here and there, O lord of the people; and chariots too — elephants, coming upon them and seizing them, O good sir, suddenly flung them about in that dreadful, terrifying battle.

Note on the text: Corrected चछा → तथा (misprint in Wikisource; garbled; CE tathā). Line 1 corresponds to the CE star passage 8.19.59d*0171_01 and lines 2–3 to CE 8.19.60 (CE: रथं नागाः समासाद्य धुरि गृह्य च मारिष / व्याक्षिपन्सहसा तत्र घोररूपे महामृधे); Wikisource's wording differs, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 35 (8.19.35)

नाराचैर्निहताश्चापि गजाः पेतुर्महाबलाः । पर्वतस्येव शिखरं वज्ररुग्णं महीतले ॥

nārācairnihatāścāpi gajāḥ peturmahābalāḥ | parvatasyeva śikharaṃ vajrarugṇaṃ mahītale

Mighty elephants, struck down by nārāca arrows, fell too, like the peak of a mountain shattered by a thunderbolt, to the ground.

Note on the text: Wikisource's wording differs from CE 8.19.61 (similarity 0.813); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 36 (8.19.36)

योधा योधान्समासाद्य मुष्टिभिर्व्यहनन्युधि । केशेष्वन्योन्यमाक्षिप्य चिक्षिपुर्बिभिदुश्च ह ॥

yodhā yodhānsamāsādya muṣṭibhirvyahananyudhi | keśeṣvanyonyamākṣipya cikṣipurbibhiduśca ha

Warriors, meeting warriors, struck one another with their fists in the battle; seizing each other by the hair, they hurled each other down and tore at one another.

Verse 37 (8.19.37)

उद्यम्य च भुजानन्ये निक्षिप्य च महीतले । पदा चोरः समाक्रम्य स्फुरतोऽपाहरच्छिरः ॥

udyamya ca bhujānanye nikṣipya ca mahītale | padā coraḥ samākramya sphurato'pāharacchiraḥ

Some, lifting up their foes' arms and flinging them to the ground, stamped on the chest with the foot and cut off the head of the quivering man.

Verse 38 (8.19.38)

पततश्चापरो राजन्विजहारासिना शिरः । मृतमन्यो महाराज पदा ताडितवांस्तदा ॥

patataścāparo rājanvijahārāsinā śiraḥ | mṛtamanyo mahārāja padā tāḍitavāṃstadā

Another, O king, struck off with his sword the head of a man as he fell. Another, great king, then kicked a dead man with his feet.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks. Line 1 corresponds to the CE star passage 8.19.64b*0172_01 and line 2 to CE 8.19.64ab. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 39 (8.19.39)

जीवतश्च तथैवान्यः शस्त्रं काये न्यमज्जयत् । मुष्टियुद्धं महच्चासीद्योधानां तत्र भारत । तथा केशग्रहश्चोग्रो बाहुयुद्धं च भैरवम् ॥

jīvataśca tathaivānyaḥ śastraṃ kāye nyamajjayat | muṣṭiyuddhaṃ mahaccāsīdyodhānāṃ tatra bhārata | tathā keśagrahaścogro bāhuyuddhaṃ ca bhairavam

Another, in the same way, drove his weapon into the body of a man still alive. There was great fist-fighting among the warriors there, O Bharata, and fierce hair-grabbing, and terrifying wrestling.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to CE 8.19.64cd and lines 2–3 to CE 8.19.65 (CE 65ac). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 40 (8.19.40)

समासक्तस्य चान्येन अविज्ञातस्तथाऽपरः । जहार समरे प्राणान्नानाशस्त्रैरनेकधा ॥

samāsaktasya cānyena avijñātastathā'paraḥ | jahāra samare prāṇānnānāśastrairanekadhā

Another, unseen by a man who was engaged with someone else, took his life in the battle with various weapons, in many ways.

Note on the text: Corrected प्राणान्नानाशस्तैरनेकधा → प्राणान्नानाशस्त्रैरनेकधा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र in the conjunct; CE nānāśastrair).

Verse 41 (8.19.41)

संसक्तेषु च योधेषु वर्तमाने च सङ्कुले । कबन्धान्युत्थितानि स्युः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥

saṃsakteṣu ca yodheṣu vartamāne ca saṅkule | kabandhānyutthitāni syuḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

While the warriors were locked together and the throng went on, headless trunks rose up in their hundreds and thousands.

Note on the text: Wikisource's स्युः differs from CE सम; a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 42 (8.19.42)

शोणितैः सिच्यमानानि शस्त्राणि कवचानि च । महारागानुरक्तानि वस्त्राणीव चकाशिरे ॥

śoṇitaiḥ sicyamānāni śastrāṇi kavacāni ca | mahārāgānuraktāni vastrāṇīva cakāśire

Weapons and armour, drenched with blood, shone like garments dyed a deep red.

Verse 43 (8.19.43)

एवमेतन्महद्युद्धं दारुणं शस्त्रसङ्कुलम् । उन्मत्तगङ्गाप्रतिमं शब्देनापूरयज्जगत् ॥

evametanmahadyuddhaṃ dāruṇaṃ śastrasaṅkulam | unmattagaṅgāpratimaṃ śabdenāpūrayajjagat

So this great battle, dreadful and thick with weapons, like a maddened Ganga in flood, filled the world with its din.

Note on the text: Corrected एवमेतन्महद्युद्वं → एवमेतन्महद्युद्धं (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध; CE mahāyuddham). Wikisource's wording differs from CE 8.19.69 (similarity 0.861: CE उन्मत्तरङ्गप्रतिमं); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 44 (8.19.44)

नैव स्वे न परे राजन्विज्ञायन्ते शरातुराः । योद्धव्यमिति युध्यन्ते राजानो जयगृद्धिनः ॥

naiva sve na pare rājanvijñāyante śarāturāḥ | yoddhavyamiti yudhyante rājāno jayagṛddhinaḥ

Neither friends nor foes could be told apart, O king, tormented as they were by arrows; the kings, greedy for victory, fought on, thinking "we must fight."

Note on the text: Corrected योद्वव्यमिति → योद्धव्यमिति (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध; CE yoddhavyam). Corrected जयगृद्विनः → जयगृद्धिनः (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध; CE jayagṛddhinaḥ).

Verse 45 (8.19.45)

स्वान्स्वे जघ्नुर्महाराज परांश्चैव समागतान् । उभयोः सेनयोर्वीरैर्व्याकुलं समपद्यत ॥

svānsve jaghnurmahārāja parāṃścaiva samāgatān | ubhayoḥ senayorvīrairvyākulaṃ samapadyata

Men struck their own side, great king, and the enemy who had come together with them; confusion arose among the heroes of both armies.

Note on the text: Corrected जघ्नुर्महराज → जघ्नुर्महाराज (misprint in Wikisource; dropped long ā; CE mahārāja).

Verse 46 (8.19.46)

रथैर्भग्नैर्महाराज वारणैश्च निपातितैः । हयैश्च पतितैस्तत्र नरैश्च विनिपातितैः ॥

rathairbhagnairmahārāja vāraṇaiśca nipātitaiḥ | hayaiśca patitaistatra naraiśca vinipātitaiḥ

With chariots shattered, great king, elephants brought down, horses fallen there, and men struck down,

Verse 47 (8.19.47)

अगम्यरूपा पृथिवी क्षणेन समपद्यत । क्षणेनासीन्महीपाल क्षतजौघप्रवर्तिनी ॥

agamyarūpā pṛthivī kṣaṇena samapadyata | kṣaṇenāsīnmahīpāla kṣatajaughapravartinī

the earth became impassable in an instant; and in an instant, O lord of the earth, it ran with floods of blood.

Note on the text: Wikisource's second line differs from CE 8.19.73 (similarity 0.77: CE अगम्यरूपा पृथिवी मांसशोणितकर्दमा); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 48 (8.19.48)

पाञ्चालानहनत्कर्णस्त्रिगर्तांश्च धनञ्जयः । भीमसेनः कुरून्राजन्हस्त्यनीकं च सर्वशः ॥

pāñcālānahanatkarṇastrigartāṃśca dhanañjayaḥ | bhīmasenaḥ kurūnrājanhastyanīkaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ

Karna killed the Panchalas, Dhananjaya the Trigartas, and Bhimasena the Kurus, O king, and the elephant host altogether.

Note on the text: Corrected पाञ्चालानहतत्कर्णस्त्रिगर्तांश्च → पाञ्चालानहनत्कर्णस्त्रिगर्तांश्च (misprint in Wikisource; त for न; the imperfect is अहनत्, CE avadhīt).

Verse 49 (8.19.49)

एवमेष क्षयो वृत्तः कुरुपाण्डवसेनयोः । अपराह्णे गते सूर्ये काङ्क्षतां विपुलं यशः ॥

evameṣa kṣayo vṛttaḥ kurupāṇḍavasenayoḥ | aparāhṇe gate sūrye kāṅkṣatāṃ vipulaṃ yaśaḥ

Thus did this destruction come upon the armies of the Kurus and the Pandavas, after the sun had passed noon, as they longed for vast glory.

Note on the text: Wikisource's second line differs from CE 8.19.75 (similarity 0.795: CE काङ्क्षन्त्योर्विपुलं जयम्); a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.