The Two Armies Take Up Their Arrays

Verse 1 (8.41.1)

ततः परानीकभिदं व्यूहमप्रतिमं महत् । समीक्ष्य कर्णः पार्थानां धृष्टद्युम्नाभिरक्षितम् ॥

tataḥ parānīkabhidaṃ vyūhamapratimaṃ mahat | samīkṣya karṇaḥ pārthānāṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnābhirakṣitam

Then Karna, looking over the great and matchless formation of the Parthas' host, an array that breaks the enemy's ranks and was guarded by Dhrishtadyumna,

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.31.1ac (Wikisource महत् for CE paraiḥ, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept). Adhyaya note: this page (Wikisource adhyaya 41) covers CE 8.31.1–36 (with CE star passages and Appendix I No. 6) and its closing verse repeats CE 8.32.4; CE 8.31.37 onward is in Wikisource adhyaya 43. The input agrees with the raw page's table row for row (53 verses); the page has no text after its colophon. The heading line सेनाद्वये व्यूहरचनावर्णनम् is a chapter-summary heading, not a verse. Unheaded speech given to its speakers: the soldiers' cries (verses 8–12), Yudhishthira (42–43, 46–48), Arjuna (45).

Verse 2 (8.41.2)

प्रययौ रथघोषेण सिंहनादरवेण च । वादित्राणां च निनदैः कम्पयन्निव मेदिनीम् ॥

prayayau rathaghoṣeṇa siṃhanādaraveṇa ca | vāditrāṇāṃ ca ninadaiḥ kampayanniva medinīm

set out with the rumble of his chariot, with lion-roars and the sounding of instruments, making the earth seem to shake.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.31.2ac, identical.

Verse 3 (8.41.3)

वेपमान इव क्रोधाद्युद्धशौण्डः परन्तपः । प्रतिव्यूह्य महातेजा यथावद्भरतर्षभ ॥

vepamāna iva krodhādyuddhaśauṇḍaḥ parantapaḥ | prativyūhya mahātejā yathāvadbharatarṣabha

Trembling, as it were, with rage, that scorcher of foes, so eager for battle and of great radiance, duly drew up his counter-array, O best of the Bharatas,

Note on the text: Corrected युद्वशौण्डः → युद्धशौण्डः (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध, a broken conjunct; CE yuddhaśauṇḍaḥ). Corresponds to CE 8.31.3.

Verse 4 (8.41.4)

व्यधमत्पाण्डवीं सेनामासुरीं मघवानिव । युधिष्ठिरं चाभ्यहनदपसव्यं चकार ह ॥

vyadhamatpāṇḍavīṃ senāmāsurīṃ maghavāniva | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ cābhyahanadapasavyaṃ cakāra ha

and he scattered the Pandava army as Maghavan scatters the host of the asuras; he struck Yudhishthira and kept him on his left.

Note on the text: Corrected चकारह → चकार ह (the particle ह is a separate word; the word-space was lost in Wikisource; CE cakāra ha). Lines = CE 8.31.4a and 4c (Wikisource चाभ्यहनदपसव्यं for CE cābhibhavann asapavyaṃ, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 5 (8.41.5)

कर्णस्य रथघोषेण मौर्वीनिष्पेषणेन च । सुसङ्ग्राहेण रश्मीनां समकम्पन्त सृञ्जयाः ॥

karṇasya rathaghoṣeṇa maurvīniṣpeṣaṇena ca | susaṅgrāheṇa raśmīnāṃ samakampanta sṛñjayāḥ

At the roar of Karna's chariot, the twanging of his bowstring and his firm handling of the reins, the Srinjayas trembled.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 6 (printed after 8.31.4), lines 0001–0002 (8.31.4d@006_0001–0002). Wikisource सुसङ्ग्राहेण for CE saṃgraheṇa ca, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 6 (8.41.6)

तानि सर्वाणि सैन्यानि कर्णं दृष्ट्वा विशाम्पते । बभूवुः सम्प्रहृष्टानि तावकानि युयुत्सया ॥

tāni sarvāṇi sainyāni karṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā viśāmpate | babhūvuḥ samprahṛṣṭāni tāvakāni yuyutsayā

Seeing Karna, O lord of the people, all those troops of yours became filled with joy and eager to fight.

Note on the text: Corrected कर्ण दृष्ट्वा → कर्णं दृष्ट्वा (misprint in Wikisource; the anusvara is dropped, "seeing Karna" is accusative, not a vocative; CE karṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 6 (printed after 8.31.4), lines 0003–0004 (8.31.4d@006_0003–0004).

Verse 7 (8.41.7)

अश्रूयन्त ततो वाचस्तावकानां विशाम्पते । कर्णार्जुनमहायुद्धमेतदद्य भविष्यति ॥

aśrūyanta tato vācastāvakānāṃ viśāmpate | karṇārjunamahāyuddhametadadya bhaviṣyati

Then, O lord of the people, the voices of your men were heard: "This great duel of Karna and Arjuna will take place today!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 6 (printed after 8.31.4), lines 0005–0006 (8.31.4d@006_0005–0006). The verse mixes narration with the first words of the soldiers' cry (second line), so it is kept with the narrator.

Verse 8 (8.41.8)

अद्य दुर्योधनो राजा हतामित्रो भविष्यति । अद्य कर्णं रणे दृष्ट्वा फल्गुनो विद्रविष्यति ॥

adya duryodhano rājā hatāmitro bhaviṣyati | adya karṇaṃ raṇe dṛṣṭvā phalguno vidraviṣyati

"Today King Duryodhana will see his enemies slain! Today Phalguna, seeing Karna in battle, will flee!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 6 (printed after 8.31.4), lines 0007–0008 (8.31.4d@006_0007–0008). Speaker: the unheaded cry of the Kaurava soldiers, announced in the previous verse.

Verse 9 (8.41.9)

अद्य तावद्वयं युद्धे कर्णस्यैवानुगामिनः । कर्णबाणमयं भीमं युद्धं द्रक्ष्याम संयुगे ॥

adya tāvadvayaṃ yuddhe karṇasyaivānugāminaḥ | karṇabāṇamayaṃ bhīmaṃ yuddhaṃ drakṣyāma saṃyuge

"Today we, who follow Karna alone, shall see in battle the dreadful fight made of Karna's arrows!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 6 (printed after 8.31.4), lines 0009–0010 (8.31.4d@006_0009–0010). Wikisource वयं for CE rathaṃ, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept. Speaker: the Kaurava soldiers.

Verse 10 (8.41.10)

चिरकालेप्सितमिदमद्येदानीं भविष्यति । अद्य द्रक्ष्याम सङ्ग्रामं घोरं देवासुरोपमम् ॥

cirakālepsitamidamadyedānīṃ bhaviṣyati | adya drakṣyāma saṅgrāmaṃ ghoraṃ devāsuropamam

"What we have wished for so long will come to pass now. Today we shall see a dreadful battle, like that of the gods and the asuras."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 6 (printed after 8.31.4), lines 0011–0012 (8.31.4d@006_0011–0012). Wikisource चिरकालेप्सितम् for CE cirakālodyatam, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept. Speaker: the Kaurava soldiers.

Verse 11 (8.41.11)

अद्येदानीं महद्युद्धं भविष्यति भयानकम् । अद्येदानीं जयो नित्यमेकस्यैकस्य वा रणे ॥

adyedānīṃ mahadyuddhaṃ bhaviṣyati bhayānakam | adyedānīṃ jayo nityamekasyaikasya vā raṇe

"Now there will be a great and fearful battle. Now, in this fight, victory will be lasting for one of the two alone."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 6 (printed after 8.31.4), lines 0013–0014 (8.31.4d@006_0013–0014). Speaker: the Kaurava soldiers.

Verse 12 (8.41.12)

अर्जुनं किल राधेयो वधिष्यति महारणे । अथवा कं नरं लोके न स्पृशन्ति मनोरथाः ॥

arjunaṃ kila rādheyo vadhiṣyati mahāraṇe | athavā kaṃ naraṃ loke na spṛśanti manorathāḥ

"Radheya will surely kill Arjuna in this great battle. Or—what man in the world is there whom hopes do not touch?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 6 (printed after 8.31.4), lines 0015–0016 (8.31.4d@006_0015–0016). Speaker: the Kaurava soldiers.

Verse 13 (8.41.13)

इत्युक्त्वा विविधा वाचः कुरवः कुरुनन्दन । आजघ्नुः पटहांश्चैव तूर्यांश्चैव सहस्रशः ॥

ityuktvā vividhā vācaḥ kuravaḥ kurunandana | ājaghnuḥ paṭahāṃścaiva tūryāṃścaiva sahasraśaḥ

Having said many such things, O delight of the Kurus, the Kauravas beat drums and blew trumpets by the thousand,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 6 (printed after 8.31.4), lines 0017–0018 (8.31.4d@006_0017–0018).

Verse 14 (8.41.14)

भेरीनादांश्च विविधान्सिंहनादांश्च पुष्कलान् । मुरजानां महाशब्दानानकानां महारवान् ॥

bherīnādāṃśca vividhānsiṃhanādāṃśca puṣkalān | murajānāṃ mahāśabdānānakānāṃ mahāravān

with many kinds of kettledrum booming and abundant lion-roars, the great sounds of the mridangas and the loud roar of the anakas.

Note on the text: Removed a stray invisible zero-width non-joiner after पुष्कलान्. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 6 (printed after 8.31.4), lines 0019–0020 (8.31.4d@006_0019–0020). Wikisource भेरीनादांश्च … महारवान् for CE bherīśaṅkhāṃś … śubhān ravān, recension variants, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 15 (8.41.15)

नृत्यमानाश्च बहुशस्तर्जमानाश्च मारिष । अन्योन्यमभ्ययुर्युद्धे युद्धरङ्गगता नराः ॥

nṛtyamānāśca bahuśastarjamānāśca māriṣa | anyonyamabhyayuryuddhe yuddharaṅgagatā narāḥ

Dancing again and again and threatening one another, O honoured sir, the men who had come to the arena of war rushed at each other in the battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 6 (printed after 8.31.4), lines 0021–0022 (8.31.4d@006_0021–0022).

Verse 16 (8.41.16)

तेषां पदाता नागानां पादरक्षाः समन्ततः । पट्टसासिधराः शूराश्चापबाणमुसुण्ठिनः ॥

teṣāṃ padātā nāgānāṃ pādarakṣāḥ samantataḥ | paṭṭasāsidharāḥ śūrāścāpabāṇamusuṇṭhinaḥ

Of them, the foot-soldiers who guarded the elephants' feet on every side were brave men armed with pattasas and swords, bearing bows, arrows and musundhis.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension). It is a vulgate variant of CE 8.31.24ab and 24cd (padātināgānāṃ pādarakṣāḥ sahasraśaḥ / paṭṭiśāsidharāḥ śūrā babhūvur anivartinaḥ), which Wikisource also gives, nearer the CE form, as verse 37 below.

Verse 17 (8.41.17)

भिण्डिपालधराश्चैव शूलहस्ताः सुचक्रिणः । तेषां समागमो घोरो देवासुररणोपमः ॥

bhiṇḍipāladharāścaiva śūlahastāḥ sucakriṇaḥ | teṣāṃ samāgamo ghoro devāsuraraṇopamaḥ

Bearing bhindipalas, with lances in their hands and fine discuses, their meeting was dreadful, like the war of the gods and the asuras.

Note on the text: Corrected शूरलहस्ताः → शूलहस्ताः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र; CE śūlahastāḥ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the two lines are its star passage 8.31.24d*0406_01–02 (placed after 8.31.24).

Verse 18 (8.41.18)

कथं सञ्जय राधेयः प्रत्यव्यूहत पाण्डवान् । धृष्टद्युम्नमुखान्सङ्ख्ये भीमसेनाभिरक्षितान् । सर्वानेव महेष्वासानजय्यानमरैरपि ॥

kathaṃ sañjaya rādheyaḥ pratyavyūhata pāṇḍavān | dhṛṣṭadyumnamukhānsaṅkhye bhīmasenābhirakṣitān | sarvāneva maheṣvāsānajayyānamarairapi

How, Sanjaya, did Radheya array his host against the Pandavas—against all those great archers, headed by Dhrishtadyumna and guarded by Bhimasena, whom even the gods cannot conquer?

Note on the text: Speaker: corrected the printed heading form धृतराष्ट्रं to the stem धृतराष्ट्र. Lines 1–2 = CE 8.31.5ac (Wikisource वीरान् → सङ्ख्ये, a recension variant); line 3 is the CE star passage 8.31.5d*0404_01.

Verse 19 (8.41.19)

के च प्रपक्षौ पक्षौ वा मम सैन्यस्य सञ्जय । प्रविभज्य यथान्यायमवतस्थुः सुदंशिताः ॥

ke ca prapakṣau pakṣau vā mama sainyasya sañjaya | pravibhajya yathānyāyamavatasthuḥ sudaṃśitāḥ

And who, Sanjaya, were the wings and sub-wings of my army, who stood well armoured after dividing it duly?

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.31.6 (Wikisource सुदंशिताः for CE kathaṃ vā samavasthitāḥ, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 20 (8.41.20)

कथं पाण्डुसुताश्चापि प्रत्यव्यूहन्त मामकान् । कथं चैतन्महद्युद्धं प्रावर्तत सुदारुणम् ॥

kathaṃ pāṇḍusutāścāpi pratyavyūhanta māmakān | kathaṃ caitanmahadyuddhaṃ prāvartata sudāruṇam

And how did the sons of Pandu draw up their counter-array against my men? And how did this great and most dreadful battle begin?

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.31.7, identical.

Verse 21 (8.41.21)

क्व च बीभत्सुरभवद्यत्कर्णोऽयाद्युधिष्ठिरम् । को ह्यर्जुनस्य सान्निध्ये शक्तो जेतुं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

kva ca bībhatsurabhavadyatkarṇo'yādyudhiṣṭhiram | ko hyarjunasya sānnidhye śakto jetuṃ yudhiṣṭhiram

And where was Bibhatsu when Karna went against Yudhishthira? For who, with Arjuna near, would be able to defeat Yudhishthira?

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.31.8 (Wikisource जेतुम् for CE abhyetum, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 22 (8.41.22)

सर्वभूतानि यो ह्येकः खाण्डवे जितवान्पुरा । कस्तमन्यस्तु राधेयात्प्रतियुध्येज्जिजीविषुः ॥

sarvabhūtāni yo hyekaḥ khāṇḍave jitavānpurā | kastamanyastu rādheyātpratiyudhyejjijīviṣuḥ

He who alone, long ago, conquered all beings at Khandava—who other than Radheya, wishing to live, would fight him?

Note on the text: Corrected जितबान् → जितवान् (misprint in Wikisource; ब for व; CE jitavān). Corresponds to CE 8.31.9 (Wikisource कस्तमन्यस्तु राधेयात् for CE kas tam anyatra rādheyāt, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 23 (8.41.23)

शृणु व्यूहस्य रचनामर्जुनश्च यथा गतः । परिवार्य नृपान्सर्वान्सङ्ग्रामश्चाभवद्यथा ॥

śṛṇu vyūhasya racanāmarjunaśca yathā gataḥ | parivārya nṛpānsarvānsaṅgrāmaścābhavadyathā

Hear the arrangement of the array, and how Arjuna went, and how the battle came about with all the kings surrounding him.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.31.10 (line 2: Wikisource परिवार्य नृपान्सर्वान् for CE paridāya nṛpaṃ tebhyaḥ, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 24 (8.41.24)

कृपः शारद्वतो राजन्मागधाश्च तरस्विनः । सात्वतः कृतवर्मा च दक्षिणं पक्षमाश्रिताः ॥

kṛpaḥ śāradvato rājanmāgadhāśca tarasvinaḥ | sātvataḥ kṛtavarmā ca dakṣiṇaṃ pakṣamāśritāḥ

Kripa son of Sharadvat, the mighty Magadhas, and Kritavarma of the Satvatas, O king, took their place on the right wing.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.31.11 (CE māgadhaś … tarasvinaḥ, the same).

Verse 25 (8.41.25)

तेषां प्रपक्षे शकुनिरुलूकश्च महारथः । सादिभिर्विमलप्रासैस्तदानीमभ्यरक्षताम् ॥

teṣāṃ prapakṣe śakunirulūkaśca mahārathaḥ | sādibhirvimalaprāsaistadānīmabhyarakṣatām

In their sub-wing, Shakuni and the great chariot-warrior Uluka then guarded them with horsemen bearing bright lances,

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.31.12 (Wikisource तदानीमभ्यरक्षताम् for CE tavānīkam arakṣatām, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 26 (8.41.26)

गान्धारैश्चाप्यसम्भ्रान्तैः पार्वतीयैश्च दुर्जयैः । शलभानामिव व्रातैः पिशाचैरिव दुर्दृशैः ॥

gāndhāraiścāpyasambhrāntaiḥ pārvatīyaiśca durjayaiḥ | śalabhānāmiva vrātaiḥ piśācairiva durdṛśaiḥ

along with the undismayed Gandharas and the invincible hill-men, who were like swarms of locusts and like fearsome goblins.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.31.13 (Wikisource गान्धारैः for CE gāndhāribhiḥ, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 27 (8.41.27)

चतुर्विंशत्सहस्राणि रथानामनिवर्तिनाम् । संशप्तका युद्धशौण्डा वामपार्श्वमपालयन् ॥

caturviṃśatsahasrāṇi rathānāmanivartinām | saṃśaptakā yuddhaśauṇḍā vāmapārśvamapālayan

Twenty-four thousand chariot-warriors who never turned back—the Samshaptakas, proud in battle—guarded the left flank,

Note on the text: Corrected युद्वशौण्डा → युद्धशौण्डा (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध; CE yuddhaśauṇḍāḥ) and वामपाश्वम् → वामपार्श्वम् (misprint; the र् is dropped; CE vāmaṃ pārśvam). Corresponds to CE 8.31.14; Wikisource gives the number as चतुर्विंशत् (twenty-four thousand), CE catustriṃśat (thirty-four thousand), a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 28 (8.41.28)

समन्वितास्तव सुतैः कृष्णार्जुनजिघांसवः । तेषां प्रपक्षाः काम्भोजाः शकाश्च यवनैः सह ॥

samanvitāstava sutaiḥ kṛṣṇārjunajighāṃsavaḥ | teṣāṃ prapakṣāḥ kāmbhojāḥ śakāśca yavanaiḥ saha

joined by your sons and eager to kill Krishna and Arjuna. Their sub-wing was made up of the Kambojas, the Shakas and the Yavanas.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.31.15 (Wikisource समन्विताः for CE samuccitāḥ, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 29 (8.41.29)

निदेशात्सूतपुत्रस्य सरथाश्वेभपत्तयः । आह्वयन्तोऽर्जुनं तस्थुः केशवं च महाबलम् ॥

nideśātsūtaputrasya sarathāśvebhapattayaḥ | āhvayanto'rjunaṃ tasthuḥ keśavaṃ ca mahābalam

At the command of the charioteer's son, with their chariots, horses, elephants and foot-soldiers, they stood challenging Arjuna and the mighty Keshava.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.31.16 (Wikisource सरथाश्वेभपत्तयः for CE sarathāḥ sāśvapattayaḥ, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 30 (8.41.30)

ततः सेनामुखे कर्णोऽप्यवातिष्ठत दंशितः । चित्रवर्माङ्गदः स्रग्वी पालयन्वाहिनीमुखम् ॥

tataḥ senāmukhe karṇo'pyavātiṣṭhata daṃśitaḥ | citravarmāṅgadaḥ sragvī pālayanvāhinīmukham

Then Karna too, armoured, took his place at the head of the army, adorned with bright armour and armlets and a garland, guarding the front of the host.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.31.17 (Wikisource ततः सेनामुखे कर्णोऽप्यवातिष्ठत for CE madhyesenāmukhaṃ karṇo vyavātiṣṭhata, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 31 (8.41.31)

रक्षमाणैः सुसंरब्धैः पुत्रैः शस्त्रभृतां वरः । वाहिनीं प्रमुखे वीरः सम्प्रकर्षन्नशोभत ॥

rakṣamāṇaiḥ susaṃrabdhaiḥ putraiḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ | vāhinīṃ pramukhe vīraḥ samprakarṣannaśobhata

Guarded by his furious sons, that hero, the best of weapon-bearers, shone as he drew the army forward at its head.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.31.18 (Wikisource वाहिनीं प्रमुखे for CE vāhinīpramukhaṃ, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 32 (8.41.32)

अशोकस्तु महाबाहुः सूर्यवैश्वानरप्रभः । महाद्विपस्कन्धगतः पिङ्गाक्षः प्रियदर्शनः । दुःशासनो वृतः सैन्यैः स्थितो व्यूहस्य पृष्ठतः ॥

aśokastu mahābāhuḥ sūryavaiśvānaraprabhaḥ | mahādvipaskandhagataḥ piṅgākṣaḥ priyadarśanaḥ | duḥśāsano vṛtaḥ sainyaiḥ sthito vyūhasya pṛṣṭhataḥ

Undaunted, mighty-armed, as radiant as the sun and fire, seated on the shoulders of a great elephant, tawny-eyed and handsome, Duhshasana, surrounded by troops, stood at the rear of the array.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 8.31.19a, 19c and 19e (Wikisource अशोकस्तु … सूर्यवैश्वानरप्रभः for CE ayoratnir … sūryavaiśvānaradyutiḥ, पिङ्गाक्षः for piṅgalaḥ, recension variants, Wikisource's reading kept; अशोकः is taken as an epithet of Duhshasana, "free of grief, undaunted").

Verse 33 (8.41.33)

तन्मध्ये स महाबाहुः स्वयं दुर्योधनो नृपः । चित्राश्वैश्चित्रसन्नाहैः सोदर्यैरभिरक्षितः ॥

tanmadhye sa mahābāhuḥ svayaṃ duryodhano nṛpaḥ | citrāśvaiścitrasannāhaiḥ sodaryairabhirakṣitaḥ

In the midst of them, mighty-armed King Duryodhana himself was guarded by his brothers, who had horses of many colours and armour of many colours,

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.31.20 (Wikisource तन्मध्ये स महाबाहुः for CE tam anvayān mahārāja, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 34 (8.41.34)

रक्ष्यमाणो महावीर्यैः सहितैर्मद्रकेकयैः । अशोभत महाराज देवैरिव शतक्रतुः ॥

rakṣyamāṇo mahāvīryaiḥ sahitairmadrakekayaiḥ | aśobhata mahārāja devairiva śatakratuḥ

and, guarded by the mighty Madrakas and Kekayas together, he shone, O great king, like Shatakratu among the gods.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.31.21, identical.

Verse 35 (8.41.35)

अश्वत्थामा कुरूणां च ये प्रवीरा महारथाः । नित्यमत्ताश्च मातङ्गाः शूरैर्म्लेच्छैः समन्विताः । अन्वयुस्तद्रथानीकं क्षरन्त इव तोयदाः ॥

aśvatthāmā kurūṇāṃ ca ye pravīrā mahārathāḥ | nityamattāśca mātaṅgāḥ śūrairmlecchaiḥ samanvitāḥ | anvayustadrathānīkaṃ kṣaranta iva toyadāḥ

Ashvatthama and the foremost heroes among the Kurus, the great chariot-warriors, and elephants ever in rut, ridden by brave Mlecchas, followed that chariot-host like clouds shedding rain.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 8.31.22a, 22c and 22e (Wikisource शूरैर्म्लेच्छैः समन्विताः for CE śūrair mlecchair adhiṣṭhitāḥ, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept). The CE star line 8.31.22d*0405_01 (ārohaṇair mahāmātrais tomarāṅkuśapāṇibhiḥ) is not on the page.

Verse 36 (8.41.36)

ते ध्वजैर्वैजयन्तीभिर्ज्वलद्भिः परमायुधैः । सादिभिश्चास्थिता रेजुर्द्रुमवन्त इवाचलाः ॥

te dhvajairvaijayantībhirjvaladbhiḥ paramāyudhaiḥ | sādibhiścāsthitā rejurdrumavanta ivācalāḥ

With their banners and flags and blazing superior weapons, and mounted by horsemen, they shone like tree-covered mountains.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.31.23, identical.

Verse 37 (8.41.37)

तेषां पदातिनागानां पादरक्षाः सहस्रशः । पट्टसासिधराः शूरा बभूवुरनिवर्तिनः ॥

teṣāṃ padātināgānāṃ pādarakṣāḥ sahasraśaḥ | paṭṭasāsidharāḥ śūrā babhūvuranivartinaḥ

Of their foot-soldiers and elephants there were thousands of foot-guards, brave men bearing pattasas and swords, who would never turn back.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.31.24ac, identical. The same two lines recur, in a variant form, as verse 16 above.

Verse 38 (8.41.38)

सादिभिः स्यन्दनैर्नागैरधिकं समलङ्कृतैः । स व्यूहराजो विबभौ देवासुरचमूपमः ॥

sādibhiḥ syandanairnāgairadhikaṃ samalaṅkṛtaiḥ | sa vyūharājo vibabhau devāsuracamūpamaḥ

With horsemen, chariots and elephants splendidly adorned, that king of arrays shone like the host of the gods and asuras.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.31.25, identical.

Verse 39 (8.41.39)

बार्हस्पत्यः सुविहितो नायकेन विपश्चिता । नृत्यतीव महाव्यूहः परेषां भयमादधत् ॥

bārhaspatyaḥ suvihito nāyakena vipaścitā | nṛtyatīva mahāvyūhaḥ pareṣāṃ bhayamādadhat

That array, the array of Brihaspati, well arranged by a wise commander, seemed to dance, striking fear into the enemy.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.31.26 (Wikisource आदधत् for CE ādadhat, the same).

Verse 40 (8.41.40)

तस्य पक्षप्रपक्षेभ्यो निष्पतन्ति युयुत्सवः । हस्त्यश्वरथमातङ्गाः प्रावृषीव बलाहकाः ॥

tasya pakṣaprapakṣebhyo niṣpatanti yuyutsavaḥ | hastyaśvarathamātaṅgāḥ prāvṛṣīva balāhakāḥ

From its wings and sub-wings, eager fighters poured out—elephants, horses, chariots and tuskers—like rain-clouds in the monsoon.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.31.27 (Wikisource हस्त्यश्वरथमातङ्गाः for CE pattyaśvarathamātaṅgāḥ, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 41 (8.41.41)

ततः सेनामुखे कर्णं दृष्ट्वा राजा युधिष्ठिरः । धनञ्जयममित्रघ्नमेकवीरमुवाच ह ॥

tataḥ senāmukhe karṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | dhanañjayamamitraghnamekavīramuvāca ha

Then, seeing Karna at the head of the army, King Yudhishthira spoke to Dhananjaya, slayer of foes, the matchless hero:

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.31.28, identical.

Verse 42 (8.41.42)

पश्यार्जुन महाव्यूहं कर्णेन विहितं रणे । युक्तं पक्षैः प्रपक्षैश्च परानीकं प्रकाशते ॥

paśyārjuna mahāvyūhaṃ karṇena vihitaṃ raṇe | yuktaṃ pakṣaiḥ prapakṣaiśca parānīkaṃ prakāśate

"Look, Arjuna, at the great array Karna has made in battle. The enemy host shines, furnished with its wings and sub-wings."

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.31.29 (Wikisource परानीकं for CE senānīkaṃ, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept). Speaker: Yudhishthira, unheaded on the page (the previous verse says he spoke; CE also has no change of heading here).

Verse 43 (8.41.43)

तत्समीपगतं ह्येतत्प्रत्यमित्रं महद्बलम् । यथा नाभिभवत्यस्मांस्तथा नीतिर्विधीयताम् ॥

tatsamīpagataṃ hyetatpratyamitraṃ mahadbalam | yathā nābhibhavatyasmāṃstathā nītirvidhīyatām

"This great force of the enemy has come close to us. Let such a plan be made that it does not overpower us."

Note on the text: Corrected महद्बूलम् → महद्बलम् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray ू; CE mahad balam). Corresponds to CE 8.31.30 (line 1: Wikisource तत्समीपगतं ह्येतत् for CE tad etad vai samālokya, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept). Speaker: Yudhishthira, unheaded on the page.

Verse 44 (8.41.44)

एवमुक्तोऽर्जुनो राज्ञा प्राञ्जलिर्नृपमब्रवीत् ॥

evamukto'rjuno rājñā prāñjalirnṛpamabravīt

Thus addressed by the king, Arjuna said to him with folded hands:

Note on the text: One line on the page (8-41-44a) = CE 8.31.31a; the page gives the second half of the CE verse (31c) as the first line of the next verse. Speaker: the printed heading is सञ्जय उवाच (narration).

Verse 45 (8.41.45)

यथा यथा भवानाह तत्तथा न तदन्यथा । यत्तस्य विहितं कार्यं तत्करिष्यामि सुव्रत । प्रधानमथ चैवास्य विनाशं च करोम्यहम् ॥

yathā yathā bhavānāha tattathā na tadanyathā | yattasya vihitaṃ kāryaṃ tatkariṣyāmi suvrata | pradhānamatha caivāsya vināśaṃ ca karomyaham

"As you say, so it shall be; it will not be otherwise. Whatever should be done against it, I will do, O man of fine vows; I shall destroy its chief, and bring about its ruin as well."

Note on the text: Lines = CE 8.31.31c, 32a and 32c (line 1 Wikisource यथा यथा भवानाह तत्तथा न तदन्यथा for CE yathā bhavān āha tathā tat sarvaṃ na tad anyathā; line 2 यत्तस्य विहितं कार्यं तत्करिष्यामि सुव्रत for CE yas tv asya vihito ghātas taṃ kariṣyāmi bhārata; line 3 प्रधानमथ चैवास्य विनाशं च करोम्यहम् for CE pradhānavadha evāsya vināśas taṃ karomy aham: recension variants, Wikisource's reading kept). Speaker: Arjuna, unheaded on the page (the previous verse introduces his reply).

Verse 46 (8.41.46)

तस्मात्त्वं जहि राधेयं भीमसेनः सुयोधनम् । वृषसेनं च नकुलः सहदेवोऽपि सौबलम् ॥

tasmāttvaṃ jahi rādheyaṃ bhīmasenaḥ suyodhanam | vṛṣasenaṃ ca nakulaḥ sahadevo'pi saubalam

"Therefore you must kill Radheya; Bhimasena, Suyodhana; Nakula, Vrishasena; and Sahadeva, Saubala (Shakuni);"

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.31.33, identical. Speaker: Yudhishthira (CE heading yudhiṣṭhira uvāca); the page prints no heading here, and leaves the preceding सञ्जय उवाच heading in force, but the verses are plainly his direct speech to Arjuna.

Verse 47 (8.41.47)

दुःशासनं शतानीको हार्दिक्यं शिनिपुङ्गवः । धृष्टद्युम्नो द्रोणसुतं स्वयं योत्स्याम्यहं कृपम् ॥

duḥśāsanaṃ śatānīko hārdikyaṃ śinipuṅgavaḥ | dhṛṣṭadyumno droṇasutaṃ svayaṃ yotsyāmyahaṃ kṛpam

"Shatanika, Duhshasana; the bull of the Shinis (Satyaki), Hardikya (Kritavarma); Dhrishtadyumna, the son of Drona (Ashvatthama); and I myself will fight Kripa."

Note on the text: Corrected दुःशानं → दुःशासनं (misprint in Wikisource; the syllable सन is dropped; CE duḥśāsanaṃ). Corresponds to CE 8.31.34 (Wikisource धृष्टद्युम्नो द्रोणसुतम् for CE dhṛṣṭadyumnas tathā drauṇim, and स्वयं योत्स्याम्यहं for svayaṃ yāsyāmy ahaṃ, recension variants, Wikisource's reading kept). Speaker: Yudhishthira, unheaded on the page.

Verse 48 (8.41.48)

द्रौपदेया धार्तराष्ट्राञ्शिष्टान्सह शिखण्डिना । ते ते च तांस्तानहितानस्माकं घ्नन्तु मामकाः ॥

draupadeyā dhārtarāṣṭrāñśiṣṭānsaha śikhaṇḍinā | te te ca tāṃstānahitānasmākaṃ ghnantu māmakāḥ

"The sons of Draupadi, with Shikhandi, will take the remaining sons of Dhritarashtra; and may each of our men kill each of those enemies of ours."

Note on the text: Corrected घ्न्तु → घ्नन्तु (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped न; CE ghnantu). Corresponds to CE 8.31.35. Speaker: Yudhishthira, unheaded on the page.

Verse 49 (8.41.49)

इत्युक्तो धर्मराजेन तथेत्युक्त्वा धनञ्जयः । व्यादिदेश स्वसैन्यानि स्वयं चागाच्चमूमुखम् ॥

ityukto dharmarājena tathetyuktvā dhanañjayaḥ | vyādideśa svasainyāni svayaṃ cāgāccamūmukham

Thus addressed by the king of dharma, Dhananjaya said "So be it", gave orders to his own forces, and went himself to the head of the army.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.31.36 (CE too has the heading saṃjaya uvāca before it), identical.

Verse 50 (8.41.50)

धनञ्जयो महाराज दक्षिणं पक्षमास्थितः । भीमसेनो महाबाहुर्वामं पक्षमुपाश्रितः ॥

dhanañjayo mahārāja dakṣiṇaṃ pakṣamāsthitaḥ | bhīmaseno mahābāhurvāmaṃ pakṣamupāśritaḥ

Dhananjaya, O great king, took his place on the right wing; mighty-armed Bhimasena took the left wing.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it in its apparatus as lines 01–02 of the star passage 8.31.36d*0411 (placed after 8.31.36).

Verse 51 (8.41.51)

सात्यकिर्द्रौपदेयाश्च स्वयं राजा च पाण्डवः । व्यूहस्य प्रमुखे तस्थुः स्वेनानीकेन संवृताः ॥

sātyakirdraupadeyāśca svayaṃ rājā ca pāṇḍavaḥ | vyūhasya pramukhe tasthuḥ svenānīkena saṃvṛtāḥ

Satyaki, the sons of Draupadi, and the Pandava king himself stood at the front of the array, each surrounded by his own troops.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); CE star passage 8.31.36d*0411_03–04.

Verse 52 (8.41.52)

स्वबलेनारिसैन्यं तत्प्रत्यवस्थाप्य पाण्डवः । प्रत्यव्यूहत्पुरस्कृत्य धृष्टद्युम्नशिखण्डिनौ ॥

svabalenārisainyaṃ tatpratyavasthāpya pāṇḍavaḥ | pratyavyūhatpuraskṛtya dhṛṣṭadyumnaśikhaṇḍinau

Having set his own force against that enemy host, the Pandava drew up his counter-array, putting Dhrishtadyumna and Shikhandi in front.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); CE star passage 8.31.36d*0411_05–06.

Verse 53 (8.41.53)

तत्सादिनागकलिलं पदातिरथसङ्कुलम् । धृष्टद्युम्नमुखं घोरमशोभत महद्बलम् ॥

tatsādināgakalilaṃ padātirathasaṅkulam | dhṛṣṭadyumnamukhaṃ ghoramaśobhata mahadbalam

That great force, thick with horsemen and elephants and crowded with foot-soldiers and chariots, looked dreadful and splendid, with Dhrishtadyumna at its head.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text at this place (found in the vulgate recension): the two lines are its star passage 8.31.36d*0411_07–08 (tat sādināgakalilaṃ padātirathasaṃkulam / dhṛṣṭadyumnamukhaṃ vyūham aśobhata mahābalam; Wikisource has घोरम् … महद्बलम्). The automatic alignment to CE 8.32.4 (similarity 0.914) is the same couplet in its main-text place; Wikisource repeats it as the fourth verse of its adhyaya 42, which is where it is cited as CE 8.32.4.