Arjuna and Karna Break into the Armies

Verse 1 (8.42.1)

तथा व्यूढेष्वनीकेषु संसक्तेषु च सञ्जय । संशप्तकाः कथं पार्थं कथं कर्णं च पाण्डवाः ॥

tathā vyūḍheṣvanīkeṣu saṃsakteṣu ca sañjaya | saṃśaptakāḥ kathaṃ pārthaṃ kathaṃ karṇaṃ ca pāṇḍavāḥ

When the armies had been arrayed in this way and had engaged one another, Sanjaya, how did the Samshaptakas fight Partha, and how did the Pandavas fight Karna?

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: this page (Wikisource adhyaya 42) covers CE 8.32.1–22 (with CE star passages 8.32.9b*0426 and 8.32.22d*0427 and Appendix I No. 8); CE 8.32.23 onward is in Wikisource adhyaya 43. The input agrees with the raw page's table row for row (34 verses). After the colophon the page prints only three commentary glosses (on क्षत्रविट्‌शूद्र, युक्त्वा and the adhyaya number), which are not verses and are dropped. The heading line सङ्कुलयुद्धम् is a chapter-summary heading, not a verse. Corresponds to CE 8.32.1 (Wikisource कथं पार्थं for CE pārtho gataḥ, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept; the sentence is elliptical).

Verse 2 (8.42.2)

एतद्विस्तरशो युद्धं प्रब्रूहि कुशलो ह्यसि । न हि तृप्यामि वीराणां शृण्वानो युधि विक्रमम् ॥

etadvistaraśo yuddhaṃ prabrūhi kuśalo hyasi | na hi tṛpyāmi vīrāṇāṃ śṛṇvāno yudhi vikramam

Tell me this battle in detail, for you are skilled; I am never sated with hearing of the valour of the heroes in battle.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.32.2 (Wikisource विक्रमम् for CE vikramān raṇe, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 3 (8.42.3)

तत्संस्थितमथो दृष्ट्वा प्रत्यमित्रं महद्बलम् । प्रत्यव्यूहत्ततः कर्णो हितार्थं तनयस्य ते ॥

tatsaṃsthitamatho dṛṣṭvā pratyamitraṃ mahadbalam | pratyavyūhattataḥ karṇo hitārthaṃ tanayasya te

Seeing that great enemy force standing arrayed, Karna then drew up his own counter-array, for the benefit of your son.

Note on the text: Corrected तत्संस्थिमथो → तत्संस्थितमथो (संस्थिम् is not a word and leaves the line a syllable short; the smallest fix is the participle संस्थितम्, "standing arrayed"; uncertain, as the critical edition has no parallel reading). Corresponds in place to CE 8.32.3 (tat sthāne samavasthāpya pratyamitraṃ mahābalam / avyūhatārjuno vyūhaṃ putrasya tava durnaye), of which this is a vulgate variant: here Karna arrays his host, in CE it is Arjuna who draws up the array.

Verse 4 (8.42.4)

तत्सादिनागकलिलं पदातिरथसङ्कुलम् । धृष्टद्युम्नमुखं घोरमशोभत महद्बलम् ॥

tatsādināgakalilaṃ padātirathasaṅkulam | dhṛṣṭadyumnamukhaṃ ghoramaśobhata mahadbalam

That great host, 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: Corresponds to CE 8.32.4ac (Wikisource घोरमशोभत महद्बलम् for CE vyūḍham aśobhata mahad balam, with धृष्टद्युम्नमुखम् for -mukhair, recension variants, Wikisource's reading kept). The same couplet is the last verse of Wikisource adhyaya 41 (CE star passage 8.31.36d*0411_07–08).

Verse 5 (8.42.5)

पारावतसवर्णाश्वश्चन्द्रसूर्यसमद्युतिः । स पार्षतो बभौ धन्वी कालो विग्रहवानिव ॥

pārāvatasavarṇāśvaścandrasūryasamadyutiḥ | sa pārṣato babhau dhanvī kālo vigrahavāniva

The son of Prishata, the archer, with horses the colour of pigeons and a radiance like the moon and the sun, shone like Death embodied.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.32.5 (Wikisource पारावतसवर्णाश्वः … चन्द्रसूर्यसमद्युतिः for CE pārāvatasavarṇāśvaś candrādityasamadyutiḥ, the same; स पार्षतो बभौ धन्वी for pārṣataḥ prababhau dhanvī, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 6 (8.42.6)

पार्षतं त्वभितस्तस्थुर्द्रौपदेया युयुत्सवः । सानुगा दीप्तवपुषश्चन्द्रं तारागणा इव ॥

pārṣataṃ tvabhitastasthurdraupadeyā yuyutsavaḥ | sānugā dīptavapuṣaścandraṃ tārāgaṇā iva

The sons of Draupadi, eager to fight, with their followers and radiant in body, stood around the son of Prishata like a cluster of stars around the moon.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.32.6 (Wikisource दीप्तवपुषः for CE bhīmavapuṣaḥ, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept; the CE star line 8.32.6b*0425_01 is not on the page).

Verse 7 (8.42.7)

अथ व्यूढेष्वनीकेषु प्रेक्ष्य संशप्तकान्रणे । क्रुद्धोऽर्जुनोऽभिदुद्राव व्याक्षिपन्गाण्डिवं धनुः ॥

atha vyūḍheṣvanīkeṣu prekṣya saṃśaptakānraṇe | kruddho'rjuno'bhidudrāva vyākṣipangāṇḍivaṃ dhanuḥ

Then, seeing the Samshaptakas in their arrayed ranks in the battle, Arjuna rushed at them in fury, twanging his bow Gandiva.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.32.7, identical.

Verse 8 (8.42.8)

अथ संशप्तकाः पार्थमभ्यधावन्वधैषिणः । विजये धृतसङ्कल्पा मृत्युं कृत्वानिवर्तनम् ॥

atha saṃśaptakāḥ pārthamabhyadhāvanvadhaiṣiṇaḥ | vijaye dhṛtasaṅkalpā mṛtyuṃ kṛtvānivartanam

Then the Samshaptakas, bent on killing, ran at Partha, resolved on victory and accepting death as the only way of turning back.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.32.8, identical.

Verse 9 (8.42.9)

तदश्वसङ्घबहुलं पत्तिनागरथाकुलम् । उदीर्यमाणं संरब्धं धनञ्जयमभिद्रवत् ॥

tadaśvasaṅghabahulaṃ pattināgarathākulam | udīryamāṇaṃ saṃrabdhaṃ dhanañjayamabhidravat

That host, thick with horses and crowded with foot-soldiers, elephants and chariots, rose up in fury and rushed at Dhananjaya.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 8.32.9a (Wikisource पत्तिनागरथाकुलम् for CE mattanāgarathākulam, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept); line 2 is the CE star line 8.32.9b*0426_01.

Verse 10 (8.42.10)

तदुद्यतं महत्सैन्यं सागरौघसमं जवे । पार्थवेलां समासाद्य विष्ठितं समदृश्यत ॥

tadudyataṃ mahatsainyaṃ sāgaraughasamaṃ jave | pārthavelāṃ samāsādya viṣṭhitaṃ samadṛśyata

That raised-up great army, swift as a flood of the ocean, was seen standing when it reached Partha, as the sea stands when it reaches the shore.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the two lines are its star passage 8.32.9b*0426_02–03 (placed after 8.32.9a).

Verse 11 (8.42.11)

मृद्नन्तं शरवर्षौघैर्द्रुतमर्जुनमार्दयत् ॥

mṛdnantaṃ śaravarṣaughairdrutamarjunamārdayat

It swiftly harassed Arjuna, who was crushing it with floods of showers of arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected मृद्गन्तं शवर्षौघैः → मृद्नन्तं शरवर्षौघैः (misprint in Wikisource; ग for न, and the र of शर dropped; the sense is "[the host] harassed Arjuna, who was crushing it with floods of arrow-showers"; uncertain, as the critical edition has no parallel). One line on the page (8-42-11a), the vulgate variant of CE 8.32.9c (pattimac chūravīraughair drutam arjunam ādravat), whose place in the verse it takes.

Verse 12 (8.42.12)

स सम्प्रहारस्तुमुलस्तेषामासीत्किरीटिना । तस्यैव तु यथा राजन्निवातकवचैः सह ॥

sa samprahārastumulasteṣāmāsītkirīṭinā | tasyaiva tu yathā rājannivātakavacaiḥ saha

A tumultuous clash took place between them and the Diadem-wearer, such as, O king, he had with the Nivatakavachas.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.32.10 (line 2: Wikisource तस्यैव तु यथा राजन् for CE tasyaiva naḥ śruto yādṛṅ, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 13 (8.42.13)

रथानश्वान्ध्वजान्नागान्पत्तीन्गजगतानपि । इषून्धनूंषि खड्गांश्च चक्राणि च परश्वथान् ॥

rathānaśvāndhvajānnāgānpattīngajagatānapi | iṣūndhanūṃṣi khaḍgāṃśca cakrāṇi ca paraśvathān

Chariots, horses, banners, elephants, foot-soldiers and men mounted on elephants, arrows, bows, swords, discuses and axes,

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गांश्च → खड्गांश्च (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग; CE khaḍgāṃś ca). Corresponds to CE 8.32.11 (Wikisource पत्तीन्गजगतानपि for CE pattīn rathapatīn api, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 14 (8.42.14)

सायुधानुद्यतान्बाहून्विविधान्यायुधानि च । चिच्छेद द्विषतां पार्थः शिरांसि च सहस्रशः ॥

sāyudhānudyatānbāhūnvividhānyāyudhāni ca | ciccheda dviṣatāṃ pārthaḥ śirāṃsi ca sahasraśaḥ

raised arms with their weapons, and weapons of many kinds, and the heads of his enemies by the thousand, Partha cut off.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.32.12, identical.

Verse 15 (8.42.15)

तस्मिन्सैन्यमहावर्ते पातालतलसन्निभे । निमग्नं तं रथं मत्वा नेदुः संशप्तका मुदा ॥

tasminsainyamahāvarte pātālatalasannibhe | nimagnaṃ taṃ rathaṃ matvā neduḥ saṃśaptakā mudā

Thinking his chariot sunk in that great whirlpool of an army, which was like the depths of the nether world, the Samshaptakas roared in joy.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.32.13 (Wikisource पातालतलसन्निभे for CE pātālāvartasaṃnibhe, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 16 (8.42.16)

स पुरस्तादरीन्हत्वा पुनरुत्तरतोऽवधीत् । दक्षिणेन च पश्चाच्च क्रुद्धो रुद्रः पशूनिव ॥

sa purastādarīnhatvā punaruttarato'vadhīt | dakṣiṇena ca paścācca kruddho rudraḥ paśūniva

Having killed the enemies in front, he struck down those to the north, then those to the south and behind, enraged like Rudra among the sacrificial beasts.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.32.14 (Wikisource पुनरुत्तरतोऽवधीत् । दक्षिणेन च पश्चाच्च क्रुद्धो for CE paścārdhenottareṇa ca / dakṣiṇena ca bībhatsuḥ kruddho, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 17 (8.42.17)

अथ पाञ्चालचेदीनां सृञ्जयानां च मारिष । त्वदीयैः सह सङ्ग्राम आसीत्परमदारुणः ॥

atha pāñcālacedīnāṃ sṛñjayānāṃ ca māriṣa | tvadīyaiḥ saha saṅgrāma āsītparamadāruṇaḥ

Then, O honoured sir, a most terrible battle took place between the Panchalas, Chedis and Srinjayas on one side and your men on the other.

Note on the text: Corrected सृढ्जयानां → सृञ्जयानां (misprint in Wikisource; ढ् for ञ्; CE sṛñjayānāṃ). Corresponds to CE 8.32.15.

Verse 18 (8.42.18)

कृपश्च कृतवर्मा च शकुनिश्चापि सौबलः । हृष्टसेनाः सुसंरब्धा रथानीकप्रहारिणः ॥

kṛpaśca kṛtavarmā ca śakuniścāpi saubalaḥ | hṛṣṭasenāḥ susaṃrabdhā rathānīkaprahāriṇaḥ

Kripa, Kritavarma and Shakuni, son of Subala, with their cheerful troops, furious and striking with their chariot-divisions,

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.32.16 (Wikisource रथानीकप्रहारिणः for CE rathānīkaiḥ prahāriṇaḥ, the same).

Verse 19 (8.42.19)

कोसलैः काश्यमत्स्यैश्च कारूषैः केकयैरपि । शूरसेनैः शूरवरैर्युयुधुर्युद्धदुर्मदाः ॥

kosalaiḥ kāśyamatsyaiśca kārūṣaiḥ kekayairapi | śūrasenaiḥ śūravarairyuyudhuryuddhadurmadāḥ

fought, mad for battle, with the Kosalas, Kashis and Matsyas, the Karushas and Kekayas, and the Shurasenas, best of the brave.

Note on the text: Corrected कारूशैः → कारूषैः (misprint in Wikisource; श for ष, the Karushas; CE kārūṣaiḥ). Corresponds to CE 8.32.17.

Verse 20 (8.42.20)

तेषामन्तकरं युद्धं देहपाप्मविनाशनम् । क्षत्रविट्शूद्रवीराणां धर्म्यं स्वर्ग्यं यशस्करम् ॥

teṣāmantakaraṃ yuddhaṃ dehapāpmavināśanam | kṣatraviṭśūdravīrāṇāṃ dharmyaṃ svargyaṃ yaśaskaram

That battle of theirs was deadly, a destroyer of the sins of the body, righteous, leading to heaven and bringing fame, for the heroes of the Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras.

Note on the text: Removed an invisible zero-width non-joiner inside क्षत्रविट्शूद्र. Corresponds to CE 8.32.18 (Wikisource क्षत्रविट्शूद्रवीराणाम् for CE śūdraviṭkṣatravīrāṇām, the same compound in another order).

Verse 21 (8.42.21)

दुर्योधनोऽथ सहितो भ्रातृभिर्भरतर्षभ । गुप्तः कुरुप्रवीरैश्च मद्राणां च महारथैः ॥

duryodhano'tha sahito bhrātṛbhirbharatarṣabha | guptaḥ kurupravīraiśca madrāṇāṃ ca mahārathaiḥ

Duryodhana, too, O best of the Bharatas, together with his brothers, protected by the foremost Kuru heroes and by the great chariot-warriors of the Madras,

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.32.19, identical.

Verse 22 (8.42.22)

पाण्डवैः सह पाञ्चालैश्चेदिभिः सात्यकेन च । युध्यमानं रणे कर्णं कुरुवीरोऽभ्यपालयत् ॥

pāṇḍavaiḥ saha pāñcālaiścedibhiḥ sātyakena ca | yudhyamānaṃ raṇe karṇaṃ kuruvīro'bhyapālayat

the Kuru hero guarded Karna as he fought in battle against the Pandavas, the Panchalas, the Chedis and Satyaki.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.32.20 (CE yudhyamānaṃ raṇe karṇaṃ kuruvīro 'bhyapālayat, identical).

Verse 23 (8.42.23)

कर्णोऽपि निशितैर्बाणैर्विनिहत्य महाचमूम् । प्रमृद्य च रथश्रेष्ठान्युधिष्ठिरमपीडयत् ॥

karṇo'pi niśitairbāṇairvinihatya mahācamūm | pramṛdya ca rathaśreṣṭhānyudhiṣṭhiramapīḍayat

Karna too, having struck down a great army with sharp arrows and crushed the best of chariot-warriors, afflicted Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.32.21, identical.

Verse 24 (8.42.24)

विपत्रायुधदेहासून्कृत्वा शत्रून्सहस्रशः । युक्त्वा स्वर्गयशोभ्यां च स्वेभ्यो मुदमुदावहत् ॥

vipatrāyudhadehāsūnkṛtvā śatrūnsahasraśaḥ | yuktvā svargayaśobhyāṃ ca svebhyo mudamudāvahat

Having deprived thousands of enemies of their arrows, weapons, bodies and lives, and so joined them to heaven and glory, he brought joy to his own side.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 8.32.22a and 22c, identical (the automatic alignment found no match).

Verse 25 (8.42.25)

तद्विगाह्य महानीकं सूतपुत्रो महारथः । नदीं प्रवर्तयामास शोणितौघतरङ्गिणीम् ॥

tadvigāhya mahānīkaṃ sūtaputro mahārathaḥ | nadīṃ pravartayāmāsa śoṇitaughataraṅgiṇīm

Plunging into that great host, the great chariot-warrior, the charioteer's son, set flowing a river with waves of floods of blood,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 8.32.22), lines 0001–0002 (8.32.22d@008_0001–0002). Wikisource महानीकम् for CE rathānīkam, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 26 (8.42.26)

शोणितोदां क्षुण्णमत्स्यां नागनक्रदुरत्ययाम् । मांसमज्जाकर्दमिनीं चक्रकूर्ममहोडुपाम् ॥

śoṇitodāṃ kṣuṇṇamatsyāṃ nāganakraduratyayām | māṃsamajjākardaminīṃ cakrakūrmamahoḍupām

whose water was blood, in which the fish were crushed, which elephants and crocodiles found hard to cross, muddy with flesh and marrow, with wheels for tortoises and great rafts.

Note on the text: Corrected क्षुण्णमत्स्थां → क्षुण्णमत्स्यां (misprint in Wikisource; the word is मत्स्य, "fish"; CE kṣudramatsyām) and मांलमज्जा → मांसमज्जा (misprint; ल for स; CE māṃsamajjā). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 8.32.22), lines 0003–0004 (8.32.22d@008_0003–0004). Wikisource चक्रकूर्ममहोडुपाम् for CE cakrakūrmāṃ rathoḍupām, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 27 (8.42.27)

पातितैर्मेघसङ्काशैस्तत्रतत्र महाद्विपैः । अशनीभिरिव ध्वस्ता नदी राजन्विराजते ॥

pātitairmeghasaṅkāśaistatratatra mahādvipaiḥ | aśanībhiriva dhvastā nadī rājanvirājate

Strewn here and there with great elephants that had fallen like clouds, as if struck down by thunderbolts, that river, O king, shone.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 8.32.22), lines 0005–0006 (8.32.22d@008_0005–0006). Wikisource नदी for CE mahī, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 28 (8.42.28)

तां शरोर्मिमहावर्तां छत्रहंससमाकुलाम् । तनुत्रोष्णीषसङ्घाटामस्थिपाषाणसङ्कुलाम् ॥

tāṃ śarormimahāvartāṃ chatrahaṃsasamākulām | tanutroṣṇīṣasaṅghāṭāmasthipāṣāṇasaṅkulām

That river with arrows for ripples and great whirlpools, thronged with umbrellas for swans, with heaps of armour and turbans, and filled with bones for stones,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 8.32.22), lines 0007–0008 (8.32.22d@008_0007–0008). Wikisource अस्थिपाषाणसङ्कुलाम् for CE hastipāṣāṇasaṃkulām, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 29 (8.42.29)

अपारामनपारां च शङ्खदुन्दुभिघोषिणीम् । रौद्रां नदीं महाराज रजसा सर्वतोवृताम् ॥

apārāmanapārāṃ ca śaṅkhadundubhighoṣiṇīm | raudrāṃ nadīṃ mahārāja rajasā sarvatovṛtām

boundless, without a farther shore, resounding with conches and drums, terrible, O great king, entirely covered with dust,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 8.32.22), lines 0009–0010 (8.32.22d@008_0009–0010). Wikisource अपारामनपारां च for CE apārām anapārāṃ tāṃ, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 30 (8.42.30)

अतितीक्ष्णां नराकीर्णां नदीमन्तकगामिनीम् । समं च विषमं चैव समायान्तीं महाभयाम् ॥

atitīkṣṇāṃ narākīrṇāṃ nadīmantakagāminīm | samaṃ ca viṣamaṃ caiva samāyāntīṃ mahābhayām

very sharp, filled with men, a river going to Death, flowing over level and uneven ground alike, most fearful,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 8.32.22), lines 0011–0012 (8.32.22d@008_0011–0012). Wikisource नराकीर्णाम् for CE nadākīrṇām, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 31 (8.42.31)

आकुलाश्चात्र सीदन्ति नराः शोणितकर्दमे । नरैरभिपरिक्षिप्ता यथा राजन्महाद्रुमाः ॥

ākulāścātra sīdanti narāḥ śoṇitakardame | narairabhiparikṣiptā yathā rājanmahādrumāḥ

Here men, distraught, sank into the mire of blood, hemmed in by other men, O king, like great trees.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 8.32.22), lines 0013–0014 (8.32.22d@008_0013–0014). Line 1 differs from CE (ā gulphāc cātra sīdantīṃ narāñ śoṇitakardame): Wikisource आकुलाश्चात्र सीदन्ति नराः, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 32 (8.42.32)

ततस्ते तत्रतत्रैव प्रचरन्तो महानदीम् । विचेरुः सर्वतो योधा नौवारणमहारथैः ॥

tataste tatratatraiva pracaranto mahānadīm | viceruḥ sarvato yodhā nauvāraṇamahārathaiḥ

Then those warriors, ranging here and there across the great river, roamed on every side with elephants and great chariots serving as their boats.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 8.32.22), lines 0015–0016 (8.32.22d@008_0015–0016). Wikisource प्रचरन्तो … नौवारणमहारथैः for CE prataranto … nauvāraṇamahāsanaiḥ, recension variants, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 33 (8.42.33)

शोणितेन समं राजन्कृतमासीत्समन्ततः । नदीवेगैर्यथा भूमिस्तद्वदासीद्विशापते ॥

śoṇitena samaṃ rājankṛtamāsītsamantataḥ | nadīvegairyathā bhūmistadvadāsīdviśāpate

Everything all around, O king, was made level with blood, just as the ground is made level by the rush of rivers, O lord of the people.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 8 (printed after 8.32.22), lines 0017–0018 (8.32.22d@008_0017–0018). Wikisource identical.

Verse 34 (8.42.34)

एवं भारत सङ्ग्रामो नरवाजिगजक्षयः । कुरूणां सृञ्जयानां च देवासुरसमोऽभवत् ॥

evaṃ bhārata saṅgrāmo naravājigajakṣayaḥ | kurūṇāṃ sṛñjayānāṃ ca devāsurasamo'bhavat

Thus, O Bharata, the battle that destroyed men, horses and elephants became like that of the gods and the asuras, between the Kurus and the Srinjayas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the two lines are its star passage 8.32.22d*0427_01–02 (placed after 8.32.22, before Appendix I No. 8; CE evaṃ māriṣa saṃgrāmo naravājigajakṣayaḥ, Wikisource एवं भारत सङ्ग्रामः, a recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).