Karna Tells Shalya of Parashurama's Curse

Verse 1 (8.36.1)

मद्राधिपस्याधिरथिर्महात्मा । वचो निशम्याप्रियमप्रतीतः । उवाच शल्यं विदितं ममैत । द्यथाविधावर्जुनवासुदेवौ ॥

madrādhipasyādhirathirmahātmā | vaco niśamyāpriyamapratītaḥ | uvāca śalyaṃ viditaṃ mamaita | dyathāvidhāvarjunavāsudevau

Hearing the unwelcome words of the king of the Madras, the great-souled son of Adhiratha was displeased and said to Shalya, "I know well what manner of men Arjuna and Vasudeva are.

Note on the text: CE 8.29.1 (similarity 0.925); line 1 reads मद्राधिपस्याधिरथिर्महात्मा where the CE has madrādhipasyādhirathis tadaivam, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept. Speaker: the page's heading सञ्जय उवाच stands before this verse; lines 1-2 are Sanjaya's narration and lines 3-4 begin Karna's speech, which runs with no further heading to the end of the page. Dropped the page's opening title line (कर्णेन शल्यम्प्रति स्वस्य परशुरामात् ... शापप्राप्तिकथनम्), a heading and not a verse, and the commentary printed after the colophon. Removed the table's line-break marks ('--') where a word is split across lines.

Verse 2 (8.36.2)

शौरे रथं वाहयतोऽर्जुनस्य । बलं महास्त्राणि च पाण्डवस्य । अहं विजानामि यथावदद्य । परोक्षभूतं तव तत्तु शल्य ॥

śaure rathaṃ vāhayato'rjunasya | balaṃ mahāstrāṇi ca pāṇḍavasya | ahaṃ vijānāmi yathāvadadya | parokṣabhūtaṃ tava tattu śalya

I know fully today the strength of Arjuna, whose chariot Shauri drives, and the great weapons of the son of Pandu; but these, Shalya, lie hidden from you.

Note on the text: CE 8.29.2 (identical). Speaker: Karna; the page prints no heading here, and his speech continues from the second half of verse 1 to the end of the page.

Verse 3 (8.36.3)

तौ चाप्यहं शस्त्रभृतां वरिष्ठौ । व्यपेतभीर्योधयिष्यामि कृष्णौ । सन्तापयत्यभ्यधिकं हि रामा । च्छापोऽद्य मां ब्राह्मणसत्तमाच्च ॥

tau cāpyahaṃ śastrabhṛtāṃ variṣṭhau | vyapetabhīryodhayiṣyāmi kṛṣṇau | santāpayatyabhyadhikaṃ hi rāmā | cchāpo'dya māṃ brāhmaṇasattamācca

Yet I shall fight those two Krishnas, the foremost of all who bear weapons, without fear; for what torments me far more today is the curse laid on me by Rama (Parashurama) and by that best of Brahmins.

Note on the text: CE 8.29.3 (similarity 0.935); line 1 reads तौ चाप्यहं where the CE has tau cāpradhṛṣyau, and line 3 हि where the CE has tu: recension variants. The CE inserts the star passage 8.29.3b*0355 between the two halves of this verse; the page gives it as the next three verses. Removed the table's line-break marks ('--') where a word is split across lines.

Verse 4 (8.36.4)

पुरा महेन्द्राद्रिवरे समुद्रे । तपस्विनं राममुपेत्य शल्य । अस्त्रार्थिनं माऽद्य शिष्यं गृहाणे । त्यथाऽब्रुवं ब्राह्मणच्छद्मना च ॥

purā mahendrādrivare samudre | tapasvinaṃ rāmamupetya śalya | astrārthinaṃ mā'dya śiṣyaṃ gṛhāṇe | tyathā'bruvaṃ brāhmaṇacchadmanā ca

Long ago, Shalya, I went to the ascetic Rama on Mahendra, the best of mountains, by the sea, and, hiding my caste under a Brahmin's guise, said, 'I seek weapons; accept me as your disciple.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the four lines are its star passage 8.29.3b*0355_01-04 (समुद्रे where the star reads samṛddhe, a recension variant). Removed the table's line-break marks ('--') where a word is split across lines. Removed the stray wiki quote marks (backtick/apostrophe) that bracket a vulgate-only passage on the page.

Verse 5 (8.36.5)

तत्रावसं ब्राह्मण इत्यविप्रो । ब्रह्मास्त्रलोभादनृतेन चाहम् । तज्जामदग्न्येन परं महास्त्रं । समन्त्रयुक्तं विहितं ममासीत् ॥

tatrāvasaṃ brāhmaṇa ityavipro | brahmāstralobhādanṛtena cāham | tajjāmadagnyena paraṃ mahāstraṃ | samantrayuktaṃ vihitaṃ mamāsīt

I lived there as a Brahmin though I was none, speaking a lie out of greed for the Brahma weapon; and the son of Jamadagni gave me that supreme great weapon, complete with its mantras.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the four lines are its star passage 8.29.3b*0355_05-08 (identical).

Verse 6 (8.36.6)

अस्त्रं यदा तद्विदितं ममासी । त्तदाऽब्रवीद्ब्राह्मणो मां महर्षिः । आपद्गतेनास्त्रमिदं प्रयोज्यं । त्वया रणे गच्छता साधयेति ॥

astraṃ yadā tadviditaṃ mamāsī | ttadā'bravīdbrāhmaṇo māṃ maharṣiḥ | āpadgatenāstramidaṃ prayojyaṃ | tvayā raṇe gacchatā sādhayeti

When I had mastered that weapon, the great sage, taking me for a Brahmin, said to me, 'You may use this weapon only when you are in dire peril; go into battle and win your ends with it.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the four lines are its star passage 8.29.3b*0355_09-12 (identical). Removed the table's line-break marks ('--') where a word is split across lines. Removed the stray wiki quote marks (backtick/apostrophe) that bracket a vulgate-only passage on the page.

Verse 7 (8.36.7)

तत्रापि मे देवराजेन विघ्नो । हितार्थिना फल्गुनस्यैव शल्य । कृतो विभेदेन ममोरुमेत्य । प्रविश्य कीटस्य तनुं विरूपाम् ॥

tatrāpi me devarājena vighno | hitārthinā phalgunasyaiva śalya | kṛto vibhedena mamorumetya | praviśya kīṭasya tanuṃ virūpām

Even there, Shalya, the king of the gods, wishing Phalguna well, put an obstacle in my way: he came to my thigh, entered the hideous body of a worm, and split it open.

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 are CE 8.29.4c and lines 3-4 are CE 8.29.5a (विभेदेन where the CE reads 'vabhedena, a recension variant); matched by hand, as the alignment found no match. The CE's 8.29.4a (avātsaṃ vai brāhmaṇacchadmanāhaṃ / rāme purā divyam astraṃ cikīrṣuḥ) has no counterpart on the page, which gives the star passage (verses 4-6) in its place.

Verse 8 (8.36.8)

ममोरुमेत्य प्रबिभेद कीटः । सुप्ते गुरौ तत्र शिरो निधाय । ऊरुप्रभेदाच्च महान्बभूव । शरीरतो मे घनशोणितौघः ॥

mamorumetya prabibheda kīṭaḥ | supte gurau tatra śiro nidhāya | ūruprabhedācca mahānbabhūva | śarīrato me ghanaśoṇitaughaḥ

The worm reached my thigh and bored through it, resting its head there while my teacher slept; and from the wound in my thigh a great flood of thick blood poured out of my body.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the four lines are its star passage 8.29.5b*0356_01-04 (identical).

Verse 9 (8.36.9)

गुरोर्भयाच्चापि न चेलिवानहं । ततो विबुद्धो ददृशे स विप्रः । स धैर्ययुक्तं प्रसमीक्ष्य मां वै । न त्वं विप्रः कोऽसि सत्यं वदेति ॥

gurorbhayāccāpi na celivānahaṃ | tato vibuddho dadṛśe sa vipraḥ | sa dhairyayuktaṃ prasamīkṣya māṃ vai | na tvaṃ vipraḥ ko'si satyaṃ vadeti

Out of fear for my teacher I did not stir; then the Brahmin woke and saw it. Looking at me, steadfast as I was, he said, 'You are no Brahmin. Who are you? Tell me the truth.'

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 correspond to CE 8.29.5c (ततो विबुद्धो where the CE reads tac cāvabuddho, a recension variant); lines 3-4 are the star passage 8.29.5d*0357_01-02 (identical; not in the constituted text).

Verse 10 (8.36.10)

तस्मै तदाऽऽत्मानमहं यथाव । दाख्यातवान्सूत इत्येव शल्य । स मां निशाम्याथ महातपस्वी । संशप्तवान्रोषपरीतचेताः ॥

tasmai tadā''tmānamahaṃ yathāva | dākhyātavānsūta ityeva śalya | sa māṃ niśāmyātha mahātapasvī | saṃśaptavānroṣaparītacetāḥ

To him I told the truth about myself, Shalya: 'I am a Suta.' When that great ascetic heard me, his mind seized by fury, he cursed me:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); lines 1-2 are the star passage 8.29.5d*0357_03-04 (आख्यातवान्सूत इत्येव शल्य where the star reads ākhyātavān sūtavadetya śalya, a recension variant) and lines 3-4 are 8.29.6b*0358_01-02 (identical). In the CE's constituted text this place has 8.29.6a (pṛṣṭaś cāhaṃ tam avocaṃ maharṣiṃ / sūto 'ham asmīti sa māṃ śaśāpa), for which the page gives these lines. Removed the table's line-break marks ('--') where a word is split across lines.

Verse 11 (8.36.11)

सूत त्वया ह्याप्तमिदं तवास्त्रं । न कर्मकाले प्रतिभास्यतीति । अन्यत्र तु स्यात्तव मृत्युकाला । दब्राह्मणे ब्रह्म न हि ध्रुवं स्यात् ॥

sūta tvayā hyāptamidaṃ tavāstraṃ | na karmakāle pratibhāsyatīti | anyatra tu syāttava mṛtyukālā | dabrāhmaṇe brahma na hi dhruvaṃ syāt

'Suta, this weapon you have obtained will not come to you at the time of action; it will come to you only at the hour of your death; for the Brahma weapon cannot stay firm in one who is no Brahmin.'

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 correspond to CE 8.29.6c (the page reads सूत त्वया ह्याप्तमिदं तवास्त्रं where the CE has sūtopadhāv āptam idaṃ tvayāstraṃ) and lines 3-4 to CE 8.29.7a (तु स्यात्तव where the CE has yasmāt tava): recension variants; matched by hand, as the alignment found no match. Removed the table's line-break marks ('--') where a word is split across lines.

Verse 12 (8.36.12)

तदद्य पर्याप्तमतीव मेऽस्त्र । मुपस्थितेऽस्मिंस्तुमुले विमर्दे ॥

tadadya paryāptamatīva me'stra | mupasthite'smiṃstumule vimarde

So that weapon of mine is more than enough today, now that this tumultuous, crushing battle has come upon us.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.29.7c (the page reads तदद्य पर्याप्तमतीव मेऽस्त्रमुपस्थितेऽस्मिंस्तुमुले विमर्दे where the CE has ... śastram asmin saṃgrāme tumule tāta bhīme): a recension variant; matched by hand. A two-line verse, as the page prints it (12a-b only). The CE's star passage 8.29.7d*0359 (four lines) is not on the page. Removed the table's line-break marks ('--') where a word is split across lines.

Verse 13 (8.36.13)

शल्योग्रधन्वानमहं वरिष्ठं । तरस्विनं भीममसह्यवीर्यम् । सत्यप्रतिज्ञं युधि पाण्डवेयं । धनञ्जयं मृत्युमुखं नयिष्ये ॥

śalyogradhanvānamahaṃ variṣṭhaṃ | tarasvinaṃ bhīmamasahyavīryam | satyapratijñaṃ yudhi pāṇḍaveyaṃ | dhanañjayaṃ mṛtyumukhaṃ nayiṣye

O Shalya, I shall send Dhananjaya to the mouth of Death: that Pandava true to his vow, the fierce bowman, the best of warriors, swift, terrible, of unbearable might.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the four lines are its star passage 8.29.7d*0360_01-04 (identical).

Verse 14 (8.36.14)

अस्त्रं हि मे तत्प्रतिपन्नमद्य । येन क्षेप्स्ये समरे शत्रुपूगान् । प्रतापिनं बलवन्तं कृतास्त्रं । तमुग्रधन्वानममितौजसं च । क्रूरं शूरं रौद्रममित्रसाहं । धनञ्जयं संयुगेऽहं हनिष्ये ॥

astraṃ hi me tatpratipannamadya | yena kṣepsye samare śatrupūgān | pratāpinaṃ balavantaṃ kṛtāstraṃ | tamugradhanvānamamitaujasaṃ ca | krūraṃ śūraṃ raudramamitrasāhaṃ | dhanañjayaṃ saṃyuge'haṃ haniṣye

I have now come to possess that weapon, with which I shall hurl my arrows at the hosts of my foes in battle. Dhananjaya, glorious and mighty, trained in weapons, a fierce bowman of boundless energy, cruel, heroic, dreadful, who withstands his enemies: him I shall kill in battle.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition's apparatus: Wikisource prints only this one line (as '8-36-14f', the sixth line of its verse 14; lines a-e are lost, and the page's own commentary on 14 glosses the first of them, अस्त्रं ... प्रतिपन्नम्). Lines 1-5 are restored from the star passage 8.29.7d*0361_01-05 (astraṃ hi me tat pratipannam adya / yena kṣepsye samare śatrupūgān / pratāpinaṃ balavantaṃ kṛtāstraṃ / tam ugradhanvānam amitaujasaṃ ca / krūraṃ śūraṃ raudram amitrasāhaṃ), written in Devanagari with the CE's words exactly; line 6 is the page's own line (= *0361_06). A six-line verse. Not in the constituted text (vulgate only).

Verse 15 (8.36.15)

अपांपतिर्वेगवानप्रमेयो । निमज्जयिष्यन्बहुलाः प्रजा इव । महारवं यः कुरुते समुद्रो । वेलेव तं वारयाम्यप्रमेयम् ॥

apāṃpatirvegavānaprameyo | nimajjayiṣyanbahulāḥ prajā iva | mahāravaṃ yaḥ kurute samudro | veleva taṃ vārayāmyaprameyam

As the swift and immeasurable ocean, the lord of waters, roars mightily as though it would drown the multitudes of creatures, and the shore holds that boundless sea back, so shall I hold him back, the immeasurable one.

Note on the text: CE 8.29.8 (similarity 0.837); recension variants in lines 2-4 (निमज्जयिष्यन्बहुलाः प्रजा इव; महारवं यः कुरुते समुद्रो; वेलेव तं वारयाम्यप्रमेयम् where the CE has nimajjayiṣyan nivahān prajānām; mahānagaṃ yaḥ kurute samudraṃ; velaiva taṃ vārayaty aprameyam).

Verse 16 (8.36.16)

प्रमुञ्चन्तं बाणसङ्घानमेया । न्मर्मच्छिदो वीरहणः सुपत्रान् । कुन्तीपुत्रं प्रतियोत्स्यामि युद्धे । ज्यां कर्षतामुत्तमं मर्त्यलोके ॥

pramuñcantaṃ bāṇasaṅghānameyā | nmarmacchido vīrahaṇaḥ supatrān | kuntīputraṃ pratiyotsyāmi yuddhe | jyāṃ karṣatāmuttamaṃ martyaloke

I shall face in battle the son of Kunti, who looses countless volleys of well-feathered arrows that pierce the vitals and slay heroes, the best in the mortal world of all who draw the bowstring.

Note on the text: CE 8.29.9 (similarity 0.913); recension variants (बाणसङ्घानमेयान् where the CE has bāṇasaṃghān amoghān; ज्यां कर्षतामुत्तमं मर्त्यलोके where the CE has jyākarṣiṇām uttamam adya loke). Removed the table's line-break marks ('--') where a word is split across lines.

Verse 17 (8.36.17)

एवं बलेनातिबलं महास्त्रं । समुद्रकल्पं सुदुरापमुग्रम् । शरौघिणं पार्थिवान्मज्जयन्तं । वेलेव पार्थमिषुभिर्वारयिष्ये ॥

evaṃ balenātibalaṃ mahāstraṃ | samudrakalpaṃ sudurāpamugram | śaraughiṇaṃ pārthivānmajjayantaṃ | veleva pārthamiṣubhirvārayiṣye

So, with my strength, I shall hold back Partha, exceedingly mighty, wielder of great weapons, like an ocean, hard to approach, fierce, a flood of arrows that drowns kings, with my arrows, as the shore holds back the sea.

Note on the text: CE 8.29.10 (similarity 0.956); line 4 reads वेलेव पार्थमिषुभिर्वारयिष्ये where the CE has veleva pārtham iṣubhiḥ saṃsahiṣye: a recension variant.

Verse 18 (8.36.18)

कृती कृतास्त्रो दृढहस्तयोधी । दिव्यास्त्रविच्छ्वेतहयः प्रमाथी । सुरासुरान्युधि वै यो जयेत । तेनाद्य मे पश्य युद्धं सुघोरम् ॥

kṛtī kṛtāstro dṛḍhahastayodhī | divyāstravicchvetahayaḥ pramāthī | surāsurānyudhi vai yo jayeta | tenādya me paśya yuddhaṃ sughoram

That skilled man, trained in weapons, firm-handed in the fight, knower of divine weapons, driver of white horses, crusher of foes, who could conquer gods and demons in battle: see my fearful fight with him today.

Note on the text: Lines 3-4 are CE 8.29.11c (identical); lines 1-2 resemble the star passage 8.29.18d*0366_01-02 (कृती कृतास्त्रो दृढहस्तयोधी for mānī kṛtāstraḥ kṛtahastayogo). The CE's 8.29.11a (adyāhave yasya na tulyam anyaṃ ...) recurs as the first lines of verse 25 here. Corrected युद्वं → युद्धं (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct, द्व for द्ध).

Verse 19 (8.36.19)

अभीर्मानी पाण्डवो युद्धकामो । ह्यमानुषैरस्यति मां महास्त्रैः । तस्यास्त्रमस्त्रैरभिभूय सङ्ख्ये । बाणोत्तमैः पातयिष्यामि पार्थम् ॥

abhīrmānī pāṇḍavo yuddhakāmo | hyamānuṣairasyati māṃ mahāstraiḥ | tasyāstramastrairabhibhūya saṅkhye | bāṇottamaiḥ pātayiṣyāmi pārtham

The fearless and proud Pandava, eager for battle, will shoot at me with superhuman great weapons; overcoming his weapon with my weapons in the fight, I shall bring Partha down with the finest arrows.

Note on the text: CE 8.29.12 (similarity 0.843); recension variants (अभीर्मानी where the CE has atimānī; ह्यमानुषैरस्यति मां महास्त्रैः; बाणोत्तमैः for śarottamaiḥ). Corrected युद्वकामो → युद्धकामो (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct, द्व for द्ध; the CE reads yuddhakāmo).

Verse 20 (8.36.20)

सहस्ररश्मिप्रतिमं ज्वलन्तं । दिशश्च सर्वाः प्रतपन्तमुग्रम् । तमोनुदं मेघ इवातिमात्रं । धनञ्जयं छादयिष्यामि बाणैः ॥

sahasraraśmipratimaṃ jvalantaṃ | diśaśca sarvāḥ pratapantamugram | tamonudaṃ megha ivātimātraṃ | dhanañjayaṃ chādayiṣyāmi bāṇaiḥ

Dhananjaya, who blazes like the thousand-rayed sun and fiercely scorches every quarter, I shall cover with my arrows as a mighty cloud covers the sun, the dispeller of darkness.

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 are the star passage 8.29.13b*0364_01-02 (identical; not in the constituted text); lines 3-4 are CE 8.29.13c (identical). The CE's 8.29.13a (divākareṇāpi samaṃ tapantaṃ ...) is not on the page.

Verse 21 (8.36.21)

वैश्वानरं धूमकेतुं ज्वलन्तं । तेजस्विनं नरवीरान्दहन्तम् । पर्जन्यभूतः शरवर्षैर्यथाऽग्निं । तथा पार्थं शमयिष्यामि युद्धे ॥

vaiśvānaraṃ dhūmaketuṃ jvalantaṃ | tejasvinaṃ naravīrāndahantam | parjanyabhūtaḥ śaravarṣairyathā'gniṃ | tathā pārthaṃ śamayiṣyāmi yuddhe

Partha is like Vaishvanara, the smoke-bannered fire, blazing, radiant, burning up heroes; becoming a rain-cloud, I shall quench him in battle with showers of arrows, as rain quenches fire.

Note on the text: CE 8.29.14 (similarity 0.815); recension variants (धूमकेतुं for dhūmaśikham; नरवीरान्दहन्तम्; पर्जन्यभूतः for megho bhūtvā).

Verse 22 (8.36.22)

आशीविषं दृष्टिहणं सुघोरं । सुतीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रं ज्वलनप्रभावम् । क्रोधात्प्रदीप्तानलवद्दहन्तं । कुन्तीपुत्रं शमयिष्यामि भल्लैः ॥

āśīviṣaṃ dṛṣṭihaṇaṃ sughoraṃ | sutīkṣṇadaṃṣṭraṃ jvalanaprabhāvam | krodhātpradīptānalavaddahantaṃ | kuntīputraṃ śamayiṣyāmi bhallaiḥ

Like a venomous serpent whose glance kills, most terrible, with keen fangs, of fiery splendour, burning like a fire kindled by rage: such is the son of Kunti, and I shall quench him with my broad-headed arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it corresponds to the star passage 8.29.14d*0365_01-04 (आशीविषं दृष्टिहणं सुघोरं ... where the star reads āśīviṣaṃ durdharam aprameyaṃ ...; lines 2 and 4 nearly identical). Corrected ज्वलनप्रभवाम् → ज्वलनप्रभावम् (misprint in Wikisource; the form must agree with आशीविषं; the star reads jvalanaprabhāvam).

Verse 23 (8.36.23)

प्रवाहिणं बलवन्तं महौजसं । प्रभञ्जनं मातरिश्वानमुग्रम् । युद्धे सहिष्ये हिमवानिवाचलो । धनञ्जयं क्रुद्धममृष्यमाणम् ॥

pravāhiṇaṃ balavantaṃ mahaujasaṃ | prabhañjanaṃ mātariśvānamugram | yuddhe sahiṣye himavānivācalo | dhanañjayaṃ kruddhamamṛṣyamāṇam

Dhananjaya, angry and impatient, is like the fierce wind Matarishvan, strong, mighty, of great force, tearing everything down; I shall withstand him in battle like the Himalaya, unmoved.

Note on the text: CE 8.29.15 (similarity 0.923); line 1 reads प्रवाहिणं बलवन्तं महौजसं where the CE has pramāthinaṃ balavantaṃ prahāriṇaṃ: a recension variant.

Verse 24 (8.36.24)

विशारदं रथमार्गेषु शक्तं । धुर्यं नित्यं समरेषु प्रवीरम् । लोके वरं सर्वधनुर्धराणां । धनञ्जयं संयुगेऽहं हनिष्ये ॥

viśāradaṃ rathamārgeṣu śaktaṃ | dhuryaṃ nityaṃ samareṣu pravīram | loke varaṃ sarvadhanurdharāṇāṃ | dhanañjayaṃ saṃyuge'haṃ haniṣye

Dhananjaya, skilled in the paths of the chariot, capable, ever the foremost in battles, a champion, the best in the world of all who bear the bow: I shall kill him in battle.

Note on the text: CE 8.29.16 (similarity 0.947); recension variants (शक्तं where the CE has asaktam; हनिष्ये for saṃsahiṣye).

Verse 25 (8.36.25)

अद्याहवे यस्य न तुल्यमन्यं । मन्ये मनुष्यं धनुराददानम् । सर्वामिमां यः पृथिवीं सहेत । तथापि तेनाद्य रणे समेष्ये ॥

adyāhave yasya na tulyamanyaṃ | manye manuṣyaṃ dhanurādadānam | sarvāmimāṃ yaḥ pṛthivīṃ saheta | tathāpi tenādya raṇe sameṣye

In battle I count no other man his equal when he takes up his bow; though he could stand against this whole earth, still I shall meet him in the fight today.

Note on the text: CE 8.29.17 (similarity 0.824). Lines 1-2 are also CE 8.29.11a (adyāhave yasya na tulyam anyaṃ / manye manuṣyaṃ dhanur ādadānam, identical); lines 3-4 correspond to 17c (सहेत ... समेष्ये where the CE has tathā vidvān yotsyamāno 'smi tena): a recension variant.

Verse 26 (8.36.26)

यः सर्वभूतानि सदैवतानि । प्रस्थेऽजयत्खाण्डवे सव्यसाची । को जीवितं रक्षमाणो हि तेन । युयुत्सतेऽस्त्रैर्मानुषो मामृतेऽन्यः ॥

yaḥ sarvabhūtāni sadaivatāni | prasthe'jayatkhāṇḍave savyasācī | ko jīvitaṃ rakṣamāṇo hi tena | yuyutsate'strairmānuṣo māmṛte'nyaḥ

Savyasachin, who at Khandava conquered all beings together with their gods: what mortal, careful of his life, would care to fight him with weapons, except me?

Note on the text: CE 8.29.18 (similarity 0.861); line 4 reads युयुत्सतेऽस्त्रैर्मानुषो मामृतेऽन्यः where the CE has yuyutsate mām ṛte mānuṣo 'nyaḥ: a recension variant.

Verse 27 (8.36.27)

मानी कृतास्त्रः कृतहस्तयोधी । दिव्यास्त्रविच्छ्वेतहयः प्रमाथी । तस्याहमद्यातिरथस्य काया । च्छिरो हरिष्यामि शितैः पृषत्कैः ॥

mānī kṛtāstraḥ kṛtahastayodhī | divyāstravicchvetahayaḥ pramāthī | tasyāhamadyātirathasya kāyā | cchiro hariṣyāmi śitaiḥ pṛṣatkaiḥ

Proud, trained in weapons, sure-handed in fighting, knower of divine weapons, driver of white horses, a crusher: from the body of that great chariot-warrior I shall take the head today with sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the four lines correspond to the star passage 8.29.18d*0366_01-04 (कृतहस्तयोधी where the star reads kṛtahastayogo, a recension variant). Removed the table's line-break marks ('--') where a word is split across lines.

Verse 28 (8.36.28)

योत्स्याम्येनं शल्य धनञ्जयं वै । मृत्युं पुरस्कृत्य रणे जयं वा । अन्यो हि न ह्येकरथेन मर्त्यो । युध्येत यः पाण्डवमिन्द्रकल्पम् ॥

yotsyāmyenaṃ śalya dhanañjayaṃ vai | mṛtyuṃ puraskṛtya raṇe jayaṃ vā | anyo hi na hyekarathena martyo | yudhyeta yaḥ pāṇḍavamindrakalpam

I shall fight this Dhananjaya, Shalya, setting death or victory before me; for no other mortal could fight in a single chariot against the Pandava who is the equal of Indra.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the four lines are its star passage 8.29.18d*0366_05-08 (identical).

Verse 29 (8.36.29)

तस्याहवे पौरुषं पाण्डवस्य । ब्रूयां पृष्टः समितौ क्षत्रियाणाम् । किं त्वं मूर्खः प्रहसन्मूढचेता । आख्यासि मे पौरुषं फल्गुनस्य ॥

tasyāhave pauruṣaṃ pāṇḍavasya | brūyāṃ pṛṣṭaḥ samitau kṣatriyāṇām | kiṃ tvaṃ mūrkhaḥ prahasanmūḍhacetā | ākhyāsi me pauruṣaṃ phalgunasya

If I were asked in an assembly of Kshatriyas, I could myself tell of that Pandava's prowess in battle. Why do you, a fool with a bewildered mind, laugh and tell me of Phalguna's prowess?

Note on the text: CE 8.29.19 (similarity 0.789); recension variants throughout (ब्रूयां पृष्टः where the CE has brūyāṃ hṛṣṭaḥ; आख्यासि मे पौरुषं फल्गुनस्य for mām avocaḥ pauruṣam arjunasya).

Verse 30 (8.36.30)

अत्यप्रियो यः पुरुषो निष्ठुरो हि । क्षुद्रः क्षेप्ता क्षमिणश्चाक्षमावान् । हन्यामहं त्वादृशानां शतानि । क्षमाम्यहं क्षमिणां काल एषः ॥

atyapriyo yaḥ puruṣo niṣṭhuro hi | kṣudraḥ kṣeptā kṣamiṇaścākṣamāvān | hanyāmahaṃ tvādṛśānāṃ śatāni | kṣamāmyahaṃ kṣamiṇāṃ kāla eṣaḥ

A man who is most disagreeable, harsh, mean, an insulter, unforgiving even toward the forbearing: I could kill hundreds of men like you; yet I forbear, for this is a time for forbearing.

Note on the text: CE 8.29.20 (similarity 0.844); line 4 reads क्षमाम्यहं क्षमिणां काल एषः where the CE has kṣamāmi tvāṃ kṣamayā kālayogāt: a recension variant.

Verse 31 (8.36.31)

अवोचस्त्वं पाण्डवार्थे प्रियाणि । प्रधर्षयन्मां मूढवत्पापकर्मन् । मय्यार्जवे जिह्ममतिर्यतस्त्वं । मित्रद्रोही साप्तपदं हि मित्रम् ॥

avocastvaṃ pāṇḍavārthe priyāṇi | pradharṣayanmāṃ mūḍhavatpāpakarman | mayyārjave jihmamatiryatastvaṃ | mitradrohī sāptapadaṃ hi mitram

For the Pandava's sake you have spoken pleasing words, insulting me as though I were a fool, O doer of wrong; since you are crooked-minded toward me, who am straightforward, you are a betrayer of a friend; for friendship is made by the seven steps.

Note on the text: CE 8.29.21 (similarity 0.958). Corrected पाण्डवार्ये → पाण्डवार्थे (misprint in Wikisource; र्ये for र्थे; the CE reads pāṇḍavārthe). प्रियाणि where the CE has 'priyāṇi (apriyāṇi), and जिह्ममतिर्यतस्त्वं where the CE has jihmagatir hatas tvaṃ, are recension variants, Wikisource's readings kept.

Verse 32 (8.36.32)

कालस्त्वयं प्रत्युपयाति दारुणो । दुर्योधनो युद्धमुपागमद्यत् । तस्यार्थसिद्धिं त्वभिकाङ्क्षमाण । स्तमन्वेष्ये यत्र चैकान्तमस्ति ॥

kālastvayaṃ pratyupayāti dāruṇo | duryodhano yuddhamupāgamadyat | tasyārthasiddhiṃ tvabhikāṅkṣamāṇa | stamanveṣye yatra caikāntamasti

This is a dreadful hour that has come, since Duryodhana has entered the war; wishing the success of his aim, I go in search of that one against whom the issue is decisive.

Note on the text: CE 8.29.22 (similarity 0.898); recension variants (कालस्त्वयं प्रत्युपयाति दारुणो where the CE has kālas tv ayaṃ mṛtyumayo 'tidāruṇo; यत्र चैकान्तमस्ति for yatra naikāntyam asti). Removed the table's line-break marks ('--') where a word is split across lines.

Verse 33 (8.36.33)

तथाप्यहं पाण्डववासुदेवौ । योत्स्ये रणे मद्विधस्यैव कर्म । न प्राकृतः सज्जते वै कदाचि । द्यः प्रत्युदीयात्कृष्णधनञ्जयौ तौ ॥

tathāpyahaṃ pāṇḍavavāsudevau | yotsye raṇe madvidhasyaiva karma | na prākṛtaḥ sajjate vai kadāci | dyaḥ pratyudīyātkṛṣṇadhanañjayau tau

Even so I shall fight the Pandava and Vasudeva in battle; that is the deed of a man like me. No ordinary man ever sets himself to go out against those two, Krishna and Dhananjaya.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the four lines are its star passage 8.29.22d*0367_01-04 (identical). Removed the table's line-break marks ('--') where a word is split across lines. Removed the stray wiki quote marks (backtick/apostrophe) that bracket a vulgate-only passage on the page.

Verse 34 (8.36.34)

मित्रं मिन्देर्नन्दतेः प्रीयतेर्वा । सन्त्रायतेर्मिनुतेर्मोदतेर्वा । दुर्योधने सर्वमिदं ममास्ति । तच्चापि सर्वं मम वेत्ति राजा ॥

mitraṃ mindernandateḥ prīyatervā | santrāyaterminutermodatervā | duryodhane sarvamidaṃ mamāsti | taccāpi sarvaṃ mama vetti rājā

The word 'friend' comes from roots meaning to be tender, to rejoice, to please, to protect, to honour, to delight; all of this I have toward Duryodhana, and the king knows it all of me.

Note on the text: CE 8.29.23 (matched by hand; the alignment found no match). Lines 1-2 correspond to 23a (मिन्देर् where the CE has mider; सन्त्रायतेर्मिनुतेर्मोदतेर्वा for saṃtrāyater mānada modater vā); lines 3-4 correspond to 23c (दुर्योधने सर्वमिदं ममास्ति for tac cāpi sarvaṃ mama duryodhane 'sti): recension variants.

Verse 35 (8.36.35)

शत्रुः शदेः शासतेर्वा श्यतेर्वा । शृणातेर्वा श्वसतेः सीदतेर्वा । श्रमेः शुचो बहुशः सूदतेश्च । प्रायेण सर्वं त्वयि तच्च मह्यम् ॥

śatruḥ śadeḥ śāsatervā śyatervā | śṛṇātervā śvasateḥ sīdatervā | śrameḥ śuco bahuśaḥ sūdateśca | prāyeṇa sarvaṃ tvayi tacca mahyam

The word 'enemy' comes from roots meaning to cut down, to rule, to waste away, to injure, to gasp, to sink, to weary, to grieve, and often to destroy; nearly all of this is found in you, and it is aimed at me.

Note on the text: CE 8.29.24 (similarity 0.769); recension variants (श्यतेर्वा / शृणातेर्वा श्वसतेः सीदतेर्वा where the CE has śāyater vā / śṛṇāter vā śvayater vāpi sarge; श्रमेः शुचो for upasargād).

Verse 36 (8.36.36)

दुर्योधनार्थं तव च प्रियार्थं । यशोर्थमात्मार्थमपीश्वरार्थम् । तस्मादहं पाण्डववासुदेवौ । योत्स्ये यत्नात्कर्म च पश्य मेऽद्य ॥

duryodhanārthaṃ tava ca priyārthaṃ | yaśorthamātmārthamapīśvarārtham | tasmādahaṃ pāṇḍavavāsudevau | yotsye yatnātkarma ca paśya me'dya

For Duryodhana's sake and for what is dear to you, for fame, for my own sake, and for my lord's sake, I shall therefore fight the Pandava and Vasudeva with all my effort; see my deed today.

Note on the text: CE 8.29.25 (similarity 0.975); line 1 reads तव च प्रियार्थं where the CE has tava cāpriyārtham, and line 4 कर्म च पश्य where the CE has karma tat paśya: recension variants.

Verse 37 (8.36.37)

शल्याद्याहं सङ्गतः पाण्डवेन । मुच्येयं चेज्जीवमानः कथञ्चित् । शश्वन्मृत्योः स्यामनाधृष्यरूपो । व्यक्तं तस्मात्संयुगाद्विप्रमुक्तः ॥

śalyādyāhaṃ saṅgataḥ pāṇḍavena | mucyeyaṃ cejjīvamānaḥ kathañcit | śaśvanmṛtyoḥ syāmanādhṛṣyarūpo | vyaktaṃ tasmātsaṃyugādvipramuktaḥ

'Shalya, if after meeting the Pandava today I should somehow come away alive, I should be forever beyond the reach of death, plainly released from that battle.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the four lines are its star passage 8.29.25d*0372_01-04. Corrected विप्रमुक्ताः → विप्रमुक्तः (misprint in Wikisource; the subject is singular; the star reads vipramuktaḥ). Removed the stray wiki quote marks (backtick/apostrophe) that bracket a vulgate-only passage on the page.

Verse 38 (8.36.38)

अस्त्रं ब्राह्मं मनसा सञ्जपन्वै । यदाऽस्यते क्रोधितः सव्यसाची । तदापि मे नैव मुच्येत पार्थो । न चेत्पतेद्विषमे मेऽद्य चक्रम् ॥

astraṃ brāhmaṃ manasā sañjapanvai | yadā'syate krodhitaḥ savyasācī | tadāpi me naiva mucyeta pārtho | na cetpatedviṣame me'dya cakram

When, silently reciting the Brahma weapon in my mind, I shoot at the enraged Savyasachin, even then Partha will not escape me, unless my chariot wheel sinks into a hole today.

Note on the text: CE 8.29.27 (matched by hand; the alignment found no match): lines 3-4 correspond to 27c (tenāpi me naiva mucyeta yuddhe / na cet pated viṣame me 'dya cakram), and lines 1-2 are a recension variant of 27a (astraṃ brāhmaṃ manasā tad dhy ajayyaṃ / kṣepsye pārthāyāpratimaṃ jayāya). The page places this verse before the one matching CE 8.29.26 (next verse).

Verse 39 (8.36.39)

अस्त्राणि विद्ध्वा समरे गतानि । ब्राह्माणि दिव्यान्यथ मानुषाणि । आसादयिष्याम्यहमुग्रवीर्यं । नागोत्तमं नाग इव प्रभिन्नः ॥

astrāṇi viddhvā samare gatāni | brāhmāṇi divyānyatha mānuṣāṇi | āsādayiṣyāmyahamugravīryaṃ | nāgottamaṃ nāga iva prabhinnaḥ

Having broken in battle the weapons that come at me, Brahma, divine and human, I shall close with him of fierce prowess, as a rutting elephant charges the best of elephants.

Note on the text: CE 8.29.26 (similarity 0.738); recension variants (अस्त्राणि विद्ध्वा समरे गतानि where the CE has astrāṇi paśyādya mamottamāni; नागोत्तमं नाग इव प्रभिन्नः for dvipottamaṃ mattam ivābhimattaḥ).

Verse 40 (8.36.40)

वैवस्वताद्दण्डहस्ताद्वरुणाद्वापि पाशिनः । सगदाद्वा धनपतेः सवज्राद्वा सुराधिपात् ॥

vaivasvatāddaṇḍahastādvaruṇādvāpi pāśinaḥ | sagadādvā dhanapateḥ savajrādvā surādhipāt

I fear neither Vaivasvata, who holds the rod in his hand, nor Varuna with his noose, nor the lord of wealth with his mace, nor the lord of the gods with his thunderbolt,

Note on the text: CE 8.29.28 (similarity 0.909); line 2 reads सवज्राद्वा सुराधिपात् where the CE has savajrād vāpi vāsavāt: a recension variant.

Verse 41 (8.36.41)

अथान्यस्मादपि सुरादमित्रादाततायिनः । इति शल्य विजानीहि यथा नाहं बिभेम्युत ॥

athānyasmādapi surādamitrādātatāyinaḥ | iti śalya vijānīhi yathā nāhaṃ bibhemyuta

nor any other god or armed enemy; know this, Shalya: I am not afraid.

Note on the text: CE 8.29.29 (matched by hand; the alignment found no match): line 1 reads अथान्यस्मादपि सुरादमित्रादाततायिनः where the CE has nānyasmād api kasmāc cid bibhimo hy ātatāyinaḥ, and line 2 बिभेम्युत where the CE has bibhemy abhīḥ: recension variants.

Verse 42 (8.36.42)

तस्मान्न मे भयं पार्थान्नापि चैव जनार्दनात् । सह युद्धं हि मे ताभ्यां साम्पराये भविष्यति ॥

tasmānna me bhayaṃ pārthānnāpi caiva janārdanāt | saha yuddhaṃ hi me tābhyāṃ sāmparāye bhaviṣyati

So I have no fear of Partha or of Janardana; my fight with the two of them together will come in this battle.

Note on the text: CE 8.29.30 (similarity 0.795); line 2 reads सह युद्धं where the CE has adya yuddhaṃ: a recension variant.

Verse 43 (8.36.43)

श्वभ्रे ते पततां चक्रमिति मां ब्राह्मणोऽब्रवीत् । युध्यमानस्य सङ्ग्रामे प्राप्तस्यैकायनं भयम् ॥

śvabhre te patatāṃ cakramiti māṃ brāhmaṇo'bravīt | yudhyamānasya saṅgrāme prāptasyaikāyanaṃ bhayam

A Brahmin said to me, 'May your wheel fall into a pit'; so as I fight in battle, a single, unavoidable fear lies before me.

Note on the text: CE 8.29.31 (similarity 0.907); recension variants (मां where the CE has me; प्राप्तस्यैकायनं भयम् for prāptasyaikāyane bhayam).

Verse 44 (8.36.44)

तस्माद्बिभेमि बलवद्ब्राह्मणव्याहृतादहम् । एते हि सोमराजान ईश्वराः सुखदुःखयोः ॥

tasmādbibhemi balavadbrāhmaṇavyāhṛtādaham | ete hi somarājāna īśvarāḥ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ

I therefore greatly fear what the Brahmin declared; for these Brahmins, the lords of Soma, are masters of pleasure and pain.

Note on the text: CE 8.29.32 (identical).

Verse 45 (8.36.45)

कदाचिद्ब्राह्मणस्याथ होमधेनोरहं नृप । अजानन्नक्षिपं बाणं घोररूपं भयावहम् ॥

kadācidbrāhmaṇasyātha homadhenorahaṃ nṛpa | ajānannakṣipaṃ bāṇaṃ ghorarūpaṃ bhayāvaham

Once, O king, not knowing what I did, I shot a fearsome, terrifying arrow at a Brahmin's sacrificial cow.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it corresponds to the star passage 8.29.32d*0375_01-02 (line 2 identical). Corrected कदाचिब्राह्मणस्याथ योग्यहेतेरहं → कदाचिद्ब्राह्मणस्याथ होमधेनोरहं (misprint in Wikisource; कदाचिब् for कदाचिद्ब्, and योग्यहेतेः gives no sense where the Brahmin's sacrificial cow is meant, as the next verse shows; the star reads kadā cid brāhmaṇasyātha homadhenor ahaṃ nṛpa). Star 8.29.30d*0373_01-02 is a similar pair of lines.

Verse 46 (8.36.46)

होमधेन्वास्ततो वत्सः प्रमत्त इषुणा हतः । चरन्वै विजने शल्य ततोऽनु व्याजहार सः ॥

homadhenvāstato vatsaḥ pramatta iṣuṇā hataḥ | caranvai vijane śalya tato'nu vyājahāra saḥ

Then the calf of the sacrificial cow, wandering heedless in a lonely place, was struck by the arrow, Shalya; and afterwards the Brahmin spoke:

Note on the text: CE 8.29.33 (matched by hand; the alignment found no match): a recension variant of 33a and 33c (homadhenvā vatsam asya pramatta iṣuṇāhanam / carantam ajane śalya brāhmaṇāt tapaso nidheḥ).

Verse 47 (8.36.47)

यस्माद्वत्सस्त्वया चात्र होमधेन्वा हतो नृप । तस्मात्त्वमपि राधेय वाक्शल्यं महदाप्नुहि ॥

yasmādvatsastvayā cātra homadhenvā hato nṛpa | tasmāttvamapi rādheya vākśalyaṃ mahadāpnuhi

'Since you, O king, have killed here the calf of the sacrificial cow, therefore, Radheya, may you too meet a great thorn of speech.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the two lines correspond to the star passage 8.29.33d*0377_01-02 (line 1 reads यस्माद्वत्सस्त्वया चात्र होमधेन्वा हतो नृप where the star has yasmād vatsa tvayā cātra homadhenvā hataḥ sutaḥ; line 2 identical). Star 0376_01 is another variant of line 1.

Verse 48 (8.36.48)

श्वभ्रे ते पतिता चक्रं युध्यमानस्य शत्रुणा । प्राप्त एकायने काले मृत्युसाधारणे त्वयि ॥

śvabhre te patitā cakraṃ yudhyamānasya śatruṇā | prāpta ekāyane kāle mṛtyusādhāraṇe tvayi

May your wheel fall into a pit while you fight an enemy, when the one inescapable hour, shared with death, has come upon you.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the two lines are the star passage 8.29.33d*0377_03 together with 0378_01-02 (line 1 joins 0377_03, śvabhre te patitā cakraṃ, with the second half of 0378_01, whose first half the CE prints as asterisks).

Verse 49 (8.36.49)

स्पर्धसे येन सङ्ग्रामे यदर्थं घटसेऽनिशम् । तत एव ध्रुवं मृत्युं सूत प्राप्स्यसि संयुगे ॥

spardhase yena saṅgrāme yadarthaṃ ghaṭase'niśam | tata eva dhruvaṃ mṛtyuṃ sūta prāpsyasi saṃyuge

The one with whom you vie in battle, for whose sake you strive unceasingly: by him alone, Suta, you will surely meet your death in the fight.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the two lines are its star passage 8.29.33d*0378_03-04 (identical).

Verse 50 (8.36.50)

अहं प्रसादयाञ्चक्रे ब्राह्मणं संशितव्रतम् ॥

ahaṃ prasādayāñcakre brāhmaṇaṃ saṃśitavratam

I tried to appease that Brahmin of strict vows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the star line 8.29.33d*0379_01 (identical). A single line, as the page prints it (50a only).

Verse 51 (8.36.51)

गवां दशशतं वित्तं बलीवर्दांश्च षट्शतम् । प्रच्छन्नं काञ्चनैः कामं ब्राह्मणार्थमहं तदा ॥

gavāṃ daśaśataṃ vittaṃ balīvardāṃśca ṣaṭśatam | pracchannaṃ kāñcanaiḥ kāmaṃ brāhmaṇārthamahaṃ tadā

For the Brahmin's sake I then offered a thousand cows as wealth and six hundred bulls, adorned with gold, as many as he might wish.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it corresponds to the star passage 8.29.33d*0379_02-03 (line 1 identical; line 2 प्रच्छन्नं काञ्चनैः कामं ब्राह्मणार्थमहं तदा where the star has prayacchann ālabhaṃ kāmaṃ brāhmaṇāt tam ahaṃ tadā: a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept). Removed a stray zero-width non-joiner.

Verse 52 (8.36.52)

दासीशतं निष्ककण्ठं शतमश्वतरीरथान् । कन्यानां निष्ककण्ठीनां सहस्रं समलंकृतम् ॥

dāsīśataṃ niṣkakaṇṭhaṃ śatamaśvatarīrathān | kanyānāṃ niṣkakaṇṭhīnāṃ sahasraṃ samalaṃkṛtam

A hundred maidservants with gold necklaces, a hundred mule-drawn chariots, and a thousand girls with gold necklaces, richly adorned.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the star passage 8.29.33d*0379_04-05 (identical).

Verse 53 (8.36.53)

ईषादन्तान्नागशतान्दासीदासशतानि च । दद्मि तैर्द्विजमुख्यो मे प्रसादं न चकार सः ॥

īṣādantānnāgaśatāndāsīdāsaśatāni ca | dadmi tairdvijamukhyo me prasādaṃ na cakāra saḥ

A hundred elephants with tusks like plough-poles, and hundreds of male and female slaves, I offered; yet with these the foremost of Brahmins showed me no favour.

Note on the text: CE 8.29.34 (similarity 0.811); recension variants (ईषादन्तान्नागशतान् where the CE has īṣādantān saptaśatān; दद्मि तैर्द्विजमुख्यो मे for dadato dvijamukhyāya). The CE's star 8.29.34a*0381_01-02 is not on the page.

Verse 54 (8.36.54)

कृष्णानां श्वेतवत्सानां गोशतानि चतुर्दश । ददन्हि न लभे तस्मात्प्रसादं द्विजसत्तमात् ॥

kṛṣṇānāṃ śvetavatsānāṃ gośatāni caturdaśa | dadanhi na labhe tasmātprasādaṃ dvijasattamāt

Though I gave fourteen hundred black cows with white calves, I could not win favour from that best of Brahmins.

Note on the text: CE 8.29.35 (similarity 0.873); recension variants (गोशतानि चतुर्दश where the CE has sahasrāṇi caturdaśa; ददन्हि न लभे for āharan na labhe).

Verse 55 (8.36.55)

यत्किञ्चिन्मामकं वित्तं त्वदधीनं करोमि तत् । इति मां याचमानं वै ब्राह्मणः प्रत्यवारयत् । क्रोधदीप्तेक्षणः शल्य निर्दहन्निव चक्षुषा ॥

yatkiñcinmāmakaṃ vittaṃ tvadadhīnaṃ karomi tat | iti māṃ yācamānaṃ vai brāhmaṇaḥ pratyavārayat | krodhadīptekṣaṇaḥ śalya nirdahanniva cakṣuṣā

'Whatever wealth is mine I will place under your control': so I begged; and the Brahmin refused me, Shalya, with eyes blazing in anger, as if burning me with his gaze.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the three lines are its star passage 8.29.36d*0382_01-03. Corrected शळ्य → शल्य (misprint in Wikisource; ळ for ल; the star reads śalya). The CE's constituted 8.29.36 (ṛddhaṃ gehaṃ sarvakāmair ...) is not on the page.

Verse 56 (8.36.56)

व्याहृतं यन्मया सूत तत्तथा न तदन्यथा । अनृतोक्तं प्रजां हन्यात्ततः पापमवाप्नुयाम् ॥

vyāhṛtaṃ yanmayā sūta tattathā na tadanyathā | anṛtoktaṃ prajāṃ hanyāttataḥ pāpamavāpnuyām

'What I have said, Suta, will be so and not otherwise. A falsehood spoken would destroy creatures, and I should then incur sin.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 8.29.37c and line 2 is CE 8.29.38a (अवाप्नुयाम् and प्रजां हन्यात् where the CE has avāpnuyāt and prajā hanyāt, recension variants); matched by hand. The CE's 8.29.37a (tato 'bravīn māṃ yācantam aparāddhaṃ prayatnataḥ) is not on the page.

Verse 57 (8.36.57)

तस्माद्धर्माभिरक्षार्थं नानृतं वक्तुमुत्सहे । मा त्वं ब्रह्मगतिं हिंस्याः प्रायश्चित्तं कृतं त्वया ॥

tasmāddharmābhirakṣārthaṃ nānṛtaṃ vaktumutsahe | mā tvaṃ brahmagatiṃ hiṃsyāḥ prāyaścittaṃ kṛtaṃ tvayā

Therefore, to guard dharma, I dare not speak untruth. Do not break the course set by a Brahmin's word; you have already made your atonement.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 8.29.38c (identical) and line 2 is CE 8.29.39a; matched by hand.

Verse 58 (8.36.58)

मद्वाक्यं नानृतं लोके कश्चित्कुर्यात्समाप्नुहि । यन्मयोक्तं सरोषेण गच्छ सूतज माचिरम् ॥

madvākyaṃ nānṛtaṃ loke kaścitkuryātsamāpnuhi | yanmayoktaṃ saroṣeṇa gaccha sūtaja māciram

No one in the world can make my word untrue; accept it. What I have said in anger: go, son of a Suta, without delay.'

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 8.29.39c (identical); line 2 is the star line 8.29.39b*0383_02 (not in the constituted text). The page puts 39c before the star lines, where the CE has the star lines (0383_01-10) before 39c; the CE's star line 0383_01 (naitad avyāhṛtaṃ kuryāt sarvaloko 'pi sūtaja) is not on the page. Removed the stray wiki quote marks (backtick/apostrophe) that bracket a vulgate-only passage on the page.

Verse 59 (8.36.59)

इति मामसकृत्क्रुद्धः स उवाच द्विजोत्तमः । एते हि सोमराजान ईश्वराः सुखदुःखयोः ॥

iti māmasakṛtkruddhaḥ sa uvāca dvijottamaḥ | ete hi somarājāna īśvarāḥ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ

Thus the best of the twice-born, repeatedly angry, spoke to me: 'These Brahmins, the lords of Soma, are masters of pleasure and pain.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the star passage 8.29.39b*0383_03-04 (identical). Corrected द्बिजोत्तमः → द्विजोत्तमः (misprint in Wikisource; ब for व; the star reads dvijottamaḥ).

Verse 60 (8.36.60)

नाहं बिभेमि बीभत्सोर्न शल्य मधुसूदनात् । तस्माद्बिभेम्यहं शापात्तेन सत्येन ते शपे ॥

nāhaṃ bibhemi bībhatsorna śalya madhusūdanāt | tasmādbibhemyahaṃ śāpāttena satyena te śape

I am not afraid of Bibhatsu, Shalya, nor of Madhusudana; but I fear that curse. By that truth I swear it to you.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the star passage 8.29.39b*0383_05-06. Corrected मधुसूदनाम् → मधुसूदनात् (misprint in Wikisource; the ablative follows बिभेमि; the star reads madhusūdanāt).

Verse 61 (8.36.61)

सह युद्धं समेताभ्यामद्येदं समुपस्थितम् । युद्धेऽस्मिञ्जीवितं मेऽद्य शल्य संशयमागतम् ॥

saha yuddhaṃ sametābhyāmadyedaṃ samupasthitam | yuddhe'smiñjīvitaṃ me'dya śalya saṃśayamāgatam

This fight with the two of them together has now come upon me; in this battle my life is in doubt today, Shalya.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the star passage 8.29.39b*0383_07-08. Corrected युद्वेऽस्मिञ्जीवितं → युद्धेऽस्मिञ्जीवितं (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct, द्व for द्ध; the star reads yuddhe 'smiñ jīvitaṃ).

Verse 62 (8.36.62)

शक्रोऽप्यमरराट् ताभ्यामुपगम्याहवं सह । संशयं परमं गच्छेत्कथं वा मन्यते भवान् ॥

śakro'pyamararāṭ tābhyāmupagamyāhavaṃ saha | saṃśayaṃ paramaṃ gacchetkathaṃ vā manyate bhavān

Even Shakra, the king of the immortals, going into battle against the two together, would come into the gravest doubt of his life. What do you think?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the star passage 8.29.39b*0383_09-10 (identical).

Verse 63 (8.36.63)

इत्येवं ते मयाऽऽख्यातं क्षिप्तेन न सुहृत्तया । जानामि त्वाऽधिक्षिपन्तं दोषमात्मगतं शृणु ॥

ityevaṃ te mayā''khyātaṃ kṣiptena na suhṛttayā | jānāmi tvā'dhikṣipantaṃ doṣamātmagataṃ śṛṇu

All this I have told you, though provoked, and not in friendship. I know you are reviling me; now hear the fault that lies within yourself.

Note on the text: CE 8.29.40 (similarity 0.787); line 2 reads दोषमात्मगतं शृणु where the CE has joṣam āssvottaraṃ śṛṇu: a recension variant. (The closing quote mark removed here ends the vulgate-only passage begun at verse 58 line 2.) Removed the stray wiki quote marks (backtick/apostrophe) that bracket a vulgate-only passage on the page.