Bhima Cuts Down Duryodhana's Brothers

Verse 1 (8.46.1)

सुदुष्करमिदं कर्म कृतं भीमेन सञ्जय । येन कर्णो महाबाहू रथोपस्थे निपातितः ॥

suduṣkaramidaṃ karma kṛtaṃ bhīmena sañjaya | yena karṇo mahābāhū rathopasthe nipātitaḥ

Sanjaya, Bhima has done a most difficult deed, by which mighty-armed Karna was struck down onto the floor of his chariot.

Verse 2 (8.46.2)

कर्णो ह्येको रणे हन्ता पाण्डवान्सृञ्जयैः सह । इति दुर्योधनः सूत प्राब्रवीन्मां मुहुर्मुहुः ॥

karṇo hyeko raṇe hantā pāṇḍavānsṛñjayaiḥ saha | iti duryodhanaḥ sūta prābravīnmāṃ muhurmuhuḥ

O charioteer, Duryodhana told me again and again, 'Karna alone will slay the Pandavas in battle, together with the Srinjayas.'

Verse 3 (8.46.3)

पराजितं तु राधेयं दृष्ट्वा भीमेन संयुगे । ततः परं किमकरोत्पुत्रो दुर्योधनो मम ॥

parājitaṃ tu rādheyaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmena saṃyuge | tataḥ paraṃ kimakarotputro duryodhano mama

Having seen Radheya defeated by Bhima in battle, what did my son Duryodhana do next?

Verse 4 (8.46.4)

विमुखं प्रेक्ष्य राधेयं सूतपुत्रं महाहवे । पुत्रस्तव महाराज सोदर्यानिदमब्रवीत् ॥

vimukhaṃ prekṣya rādheyaṃ sūtaputraṃ mahāhave | putrastava mahārāja sodaryānidamabravīt

Seeing Radheya, the charioteer's son, turned away from the great battle, your son, O great king, spoke these words to his brothers.

Note on the text: Both lines differ from the critical edition's 8.35.4 (vibhrāntaṃ prekṣya rādheyaṃ … mahatyā senayā rājan sodaryān samabhāṣata): a recension variant, kept as in Wikisource.

Verse 5 (8.46.5)

शीघ्रं गच्छत भद्रं वो राधेयं परिरक्षत । भीमसेनभयेऽगाधे मज्जन्तं व्यसनार्णवे ॥

śīghraṃ gacchata bhadraṃ vo rādheyaṃ parirakṣata | bhīmasenabhaye'gādhe majjantaṃ vyasanārṇave

Go quickly, and good fortune be with you. Protect Radheya, who is sinking in an ocean of calamity, deep with fear of Bhimasena.

Note on the text: Corrected म़ज्जन्तं → मज्जन्तं (misprint in Wikisource; stray nukta; the critical edition reads majjantaṃ). Speaker: this verse is Duryodhana's direct speech to his brothers (the page prints no heading; it stays under Sanjaya's heading); Sanjaya resumes as narrator in the next verse.

Verse 6 (8.46.6)

ते तु राज्ञा समादिष्टा भीमसेनं जिघांसवः । अभ्यवर्तन्त सङ्क्रुद्धाः पतङ्गाः पावकं यथा ॥

te tu rājñā samādiṣṭā bhīmasenaṃ jighāṃsavaḥ | abhyavartanta saṅkruddhāḥ pataṅgāḥ pāvakaṃ yathā

Commanded by the king, they rushed in fury on Bhimasena, eager to kill him, like moths into a flame.

Verse 7 (8.46.7)

श्रुतायुर्दुर्धरः क्राथो विवित्सुर्विकटः समः । निषङ्गी कवची पाशी तथा नन्दोपनन्दकौ ॥

śrutāyurdurdharaḥ krātho vivitsurvikaṭaḥ samaḥ | niṣaṅgī kavacī pāśī tathā nandopanandakau

Shrutayu, Durdhara, Kratha, Vivitsu, Vikata, Sama, Nishangin, Kavachin, Pashin, and Nanda and Upananda,

Verse 8 (8.46.8)

दुष्प्रधर्षः सुबाहुश्च वातवेगसुवर्चसौ । धनुर्ग्राहो दुर्मदश्च जलसन्धः शलः सहः ॥

duṣpradharṣaḥ subāhuśca vātavegasuvarcasau | dhanurgrāho durmadaśca jalasandhaḥ śalaḥ sahaḥ

Dushpradharsha, Subahu, Vatavega and Suvarchas, Dhanurgraha, Durmada, Jalasandha, Shala and Saha:

Verse 9 (8.46.9)

एते रथैः परिवृता वीर्यवन्तो महाबलाः । भीमसेनं समासाद्य समन्तात्पर्यवारयन् ॥

ete rathaiḥ parivṛtā vīryavanto mahābalāḥ | bhīmasenaṃ samāsādya samantātparyavārayan

These mighty and powerful warriors, surrounded by chariots, reached Bhimasena and encircled him on every side.

Verse 10 (8.46.10)

ते व्यमुञ्चञ्छरव्रातान्नानालिङ्गान्समन्ततः । स तैरभ्यर्द्यमानस्तु भीमसेनो महाबलः ॥

te vyamuñcañcharavrātānnānāliṅgānsamantataḥ | sa tairabhyardyamānastu bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ

They loosed volleys of arrows of many kinds from every side; and the mighty Bhimasena, hard pressed by them,

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to the critical edition's 8.35.9e (te vyamuñcañ śaravrātān nānāliṅgān samantataḥ); line 2 to 8.35.10a.

Verse 11 (8.46.11)

तेषामापततां क्षिप्रं सुतानां ते जनाधिप । रथैः पञ्चशतैः सार्धं पञ्चाशदहनद्रथान् ॥

teṣāmāpatatāṃ kṣipraṃ sutānāṃ te janādhipa | rathaiḥ pañcaśataiḥ sārdhaṃ pañcāśadahanadrathān

as those sons of yours, O lord of men, came rushing on, struck down fifty chariot-warriors together with five hundred chariots.

Note on the text: Lines correspond to the critical edition's 8.35.10c and 10e, with variant wording (pañcaśataiḥ … pañcāśat for pañcāśatā … pañcāśan).

Verse 12 (8.46.12)

विवित्सोस्तु ततः क्रुद्धो भल्लेनापाहरच्छिरः । भीमसेनो महाराज तत्पपात हतं भुवि ॥

vivitsostu tataḥ kruddho bhallenāpāharacchiraḥ | bhīmaseno mahārāja tatpapāta hataṃ bhuvi

Then, in anger, Bhimasena, O great king, cut off Vivitsu's head with a broad-headed arrow, and it fell slain to the ground.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to the critical edition's 8.35.11a; line 2 is a variant of 11e (bhīmena ca mahārāja sa papāta hato bhuvi).

Verse 13 (8.46.13)

सकुण्डलशिरस्त्राणं पूर्णचन्द्रोपमं तथा । अशोभत महाराज पूर्णचन्द्र इवाम्बरे ॥

sakuṇḍalaśirastrāṇaṃ pūrṇacandropamaṃ tathā | aśobhata mahārāja pūrṇacandra ivāmbare

With its earrings and helmet, like the full moon, it shone, O great king, like the full moon in the sky.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki backtick and quote mark. Line 1 corresponds to the critical edition's 8.35.11c; line 2 is its star passage 8.35.11d*0464_01, not in the constituted text.

Verse 14 (8.46.14)

तं दृष्ट्वा निहतं शूरं भ्रातरः सर्वतस्तदा । अभ्यद्रवन्त समरे भीमं भीमपराक्रमम् ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā nihataṃ śūraṃ bhrātaraḥ sarvatastadā | abhyadravanta samare bhīmaṃ bhīmaparākramam

Seeing that hero slain, his brothers rushed from every side at Bhima of fearful prowess in the battle.

Verse 15 (8.46.15)

ततोऽपराभ्यां भल्लाभ्यां पुत्रयोस्ते महाहवे । जहार समरे प्राणान्भीमो भीमपराक्रमः ॥

tato'parābhyāṃ bhallābhyāṃ putrayoste mahāhave | jahāra samare prāṇānbhīmo bhīmaparākramaḥ

Then with two other broad-headed arrows Bhima, of fearful prowess, took the lives of two of your sons in that great battle.

Verse 16 (8.46.16)

तौ धरामन्वपद्येतां वातरुग्णाविव द्रुमौ । विकटश्च सहश्चोभौ देवपुत्रोपमौ नृप ॥

tau dharāmanvapadyetāṃ vātarugṇāviva drumau | vikaṭaśca sahaścobhau devaputropamau nṛpa

Those two, Vikata and Saha, both like sons of the gods, O king, fell to the earth like two trees broken by the wind.

Note on the text: Corrected सहश्चोमौ → सहश्चोभौ (misprint in Wikisource; म for भ; the critical edition reads cobhau).

Verse 17 (8.46.17)

ततस्तु त्वरितो भीमः क्राथं निन्ये यमक्षयम् । नाराचेन सुतीक्ष्णेन स हतो न्यपतद्भुवि ॥

tatastu tvarito bhīmaḥ krāthaṃ ninye yamakṣayam | nārācena sutīkṣṇena sa hato nyapatadbhuvi

Then Bhima quickly sent Kratha to the abode of Yama; struck by a keen iron arrow, he fell to the ground.

Verse 18 (8.46.18)

हाहाकारस्ततस्तीव्रः सम्बभूव जनेश्वर । वध्यमानेषु वीरेषु तव पुत्रेषु धन्विषु ॥

hāhākārastatastīvraḥ sambabhūva janeśvara | vadhyamāneṣu vīreṣu tava putreṣu dhanviṣu

Then, O lord of men, a terrible cry of woe arose as those heroes, your archer sons, were being slain.

Verse 19 (8.46.19)

तेषां सुलुलिते सैन्ये पुनर्भीमो महाबलः । नन्दोपनन्दौ समरे प्रैषयद्यमसादनम् ॥

teṣāṃ sululite sainye punarbhīmo mahābalaḥ | nandopanandau samare praiṣayadyamasādanam

As their army fell into confusion, mighty Bhima again sent Nanda and Upananda to the abode of Yama in the battle.

Verse 20 (8.46.20)

ततस्ते प्राद्रवन्भीताः पुत्रास्ते विह्वलीकृताः । भीमसेनं रणे दृष्ट्वा कालान्तकयमोपमम् ॥

tataste prādravanbhītāḥ putrāste vihvalīkṛtāḥ | bhīmasenaṃ raṇe dṛṣṭvā kālāntakayamopamam

Then those sons of yours, bewildered, fled in terror, seeing Bhimasena in the battle like Death, the Ender and Yama.

Verse 21 (8.46.21)

पुत्रांस्ते निहतान्दृष्ट्वा सूतपुत्रः सुदुर्मनाः । हंसवर्णान्हयान्भूयः प्रैषयद्यत्र पाण्डवः ॥

putrāṃste nihatāndṛṣṭvā sūtaputraḥ sudurmanāḥ | haṃsavarṇānhayānbhūyaḥ praiṣayadyatra pāṇḍavaḥ

Seeing your sons slain, Karna, the charioteer's son, greatly dejected, again drove his swan-white horses to where the Pandava stood.

Verse 22 (8.46.22)

ते प्रेषिता महाराज मद्रराजेन वाजिनः । भीमसेनरथं प्राप्य समसज्जन्त वेगिताः ॥

te preṣitā mahārāja madrarājena vājinaḥ | bhīmasenarathaṃ prāpya samasajjanta vegitāḥ

Urged on by the king of the Madras, O great king, those horses sped on, reached Bhimasena's chariot and clashed with it.

Verse 23 (8.46.23)

स सन्निपातस्तुमुलो घोररूपो विशाम्पते । आसीद्रौद्रो महाराज कर्णपाण्डवयोर्मृधे ॥

sa sannipātastumulo ghorarūpo viśāmpate | āsīdraudro mahārāja karṇapāṇḍavayormṛdhe

That collision, O lord of the people, was tumultuous and dreadful, a fearful clash between Karna and the Pandava in the battle.

Verse 24 (8.46.24)

दृष्ट्वा मम महाराज तौ समेतौ महारथौ । आसीद्बुद्धिः कथं युद्धमेतदद्य भविष्यति ॥

dṛṣṭvā mama mahārāja tau sametau mahārathau | āsīdbuddhiḥ kathaṃ yuddhametadadya bhaviṣyati

Seeing those two great chariot-warriors met, O great king, this thought came to me: 'How will this battle go today?'

Note on the text: Corrected बुद्विः → बुद्धिः (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध; the critical edition reads buddhiḥ). Corrected युद्वमेतदद्य → युद्धमेतदद्य (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध).

Verse 25 (8.46.25)

ततो भीमो रणश्लाघी छादयामास पत्रिभिः । कर्णं रणे महाराज पुत्राणां तव पश्यताम् ॥

tato bhīmo raṇaślāghī chādayāmāsa patribhiḥ | karṇaṃ raṇe mahārāja putrāṇāṃ tava paśyatām

Then Bhima, who delighted in battle, covered Karna with arrows, O great king, while your sons looked on.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 12 (printed after 8.35.22), lines 0001–0002 (8.35.22d@012_0001–0002).

Verse 26 (8.46.26)

ततः कर्णो भृशं क्रुद्धो भीमं नवभिरायसैः । विव्याध परमास्त्रज्ञो भल्लैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥

tataḥ karṇo bhṛśaṃ kruddho bhīmaṃ navabhirāyasaiḥ | vivyādha paramāstrajño bhallaiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ

Then Karna, greatly enraged, skilled in the highest weapons, pierced Bhima with nine iron arrows with smooth joints.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 12 (printed after 8.35.22), lines 0003–0004 (8.35.22d@012_0003–0004).

Verse 27 (8.46.27)

तान्निहत्य महाबाहुर्भीमो भीमपराक्रमः । आकर्णपूर्णैर्विशिखैः कर्णं विव्याध सप्तभिः ॥

tānnihatya mahābāhurbhīmo bhīmaparākramaḥ | ākarṇapūrṇairviśikhaiḥ karṇaṃ vivyādha saptabhiḥ

Striking those down, mighty-armed Bhima, of fearful prowess, pierced Karna with seven arrows drawn back to the ear.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 12 (printed after 8.35.22), lines 0005–0006 (8.35.22d@012_0005–0006); the wording differs from the appendix (line 1 there reads āhataḥ sa mahābāhur bhīmo …).

Verse 28 (8.46.28)

ततः कर्णो महाराज आशीविष इव श्वसन् । शरवर्षेण महता छादयामास पाण्डवम् ॥

tataḥ karṇo mahārāja āśīviṣa iva śvasan | śaravarṣeṇa mahatā chādayāmāsa pāṇḍavam

Then Karna, O great king, hissing like a venomous snake, covered the Pandava with a great shower of arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 12 (printed after 8.35.22), lines 0007–0008 (8.35.22d@012_0007–0008).

Verse 29 (8.46.29)

भीमोऽपि तं शरव्रातैश्छादयित्वा महारथम् । पश्यतां कौरवेयाणां विननर्द महाबलः ॥

bhīmo'pi taṃ śaravrātaiśchādayitvā mahāratham | paśyatāṃ kauraveyāṇāṃ vinanarda mahābalaḥ

Bhima too, having covered the great chariot-warrior with volleys of arrows, roared mightily while the Kauravas looked on.

Note on the text: Corrected ततं → तं (misprint in Wikisource; doubled syllable; the appendix reads taṃ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 12 (printed after 8.35.22), lines 0009–0010 (8.35.22d@012_0009–0010).

Verse 30 (8.46.30)

ततः कर्णो भृशं क्रुद्धो दृढमादाय कार्मुकम् । भीमं विव्याध दशभिः कङ्कपत्रैः शिलाशितैः । कार्मुकं चास्य चिच्छेद भल्लेन निशितेन च ॥

tataḥ karṇo bhṛśaṃ kruddho dṛḍhamādāya kārmukam | bhīmaṃ vivyādha daśabhiḥ kaṅkapatraiḥ śilāśitaiḥ | kārmukaṃ cāsya ciccheda bhallena niśitena ca

Then Karna, greatly enraged, took up a strong bow and pierced Bhima with ten heron-feathered arrows whetted on stone; and with a sharp broad-headed arrow he cut his bow in two.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 12 (printed after 8.35.22), lines 0011–0013 (8.35.22d@012_0011–0013).

Verse 31 (8.46.31)

ततो भीमो महाबाहुर्हेमपट्टविभूषितम् । परिघं घोरमादाय मृत्युदण्डमिवापरम् । कर्णस्य निधनाकाङ्क्षी चिक्षेपातिबलो नदन् ॥

tato bhīmo mahābāhurhemapaṭṭavibhūṣitam | parighaṃ ghoramādāya mṛtyudaṇḍamivāparam | karṇasya nidhanākāṅkṣī cikṣepātibalo nadan

Then mighty-armed Bhima took up a terrible iron club adorned with gold bands, like a second rod of Death, and, longing for Karna's destruction, hurled it with great force, roaring.

Note on the text: Corrected मृतत्युदण्ड → मृत्युदण्ड (misprint in Wikisource; doubled syllable; the appendix reads mṛtyudaṇḍam). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 12 (printed after 8.35.22), lines 0014–0016 (8.35.22d@012_0014–0016).

Verse 32 (8.46.32)

तमापतन्तं परिघं वज्राशनिसमस्वनम् । चिच्छेद बहुधा कर्णः शरैराशीविषोपमैः ॥

tamāpatantaṃ parighaṃ vajrāśanisamasvanam | ciccheda bahudhā karṇaḥ śarairāśīviṣopamaiḥ

Karna cut that club, whose sound was like a thunderbolt, into many pieces as it flew at him, with arrows like venomous snakes.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 12 (printed after 8.35.22), lines 0017–0018 (8.35.22d@012_0017–0018).

Verse 33 (8.46.33)

ततः कार्मुकमादाय भीमो दृढतरं तदा । छादयामास विशिखैः कर्णं परबलार्दनम् ॥

tataḥ kārmukamādāya bhīmo dṛḍhataraṃ tadā | chādayāmāsa viśikhaiḥ karṇaṃ parabalārdanam

Then Bhima took up a still stronger bow and covered Karna, the scourge of hostile armies, with arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 12 (printed after 8.35.22), lines 0019–0020 (8.35.22d@012_0019–0020).

Verse 34 (8.46.34)

ततो युद्धमभूद्धोरं कर्णपाण्डवयोर्मृधे । बलीन्द्रयोरिव मुहुः परस्परवधैषिणोः ॥

tato yuddhamabhūddhoraṃ karṇapāṇḍavayormṛdhe | balīndrayoriva muhuḥ parasparavadhaiṣiṇoḥ

Then a terrible battle took place between Karna and the Pandava, like that of two mighty lords, each bent on the other's death.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 12 (printed after 8.35.22), lines 0021–0022 (8.35.22d@012_0021–0022); Wikisource reads balīndrayoḥ where the appendix has harīndrayoḥ, a recension variant.

Verse 35 (8.46.35)

ततः कर्णो महाराज भीमसेनं त्रिभिः शरैः । आकर्णपूर्णैर्विव्याध दृढमानम्य कार्मुकम् ॥

tataḥ karṇo mahārāja bhīmasenaṃ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ | ākarṇapūrṇairvivyādha dṛḍhamānamya kārmukam

Then Karna, O great king, bending his bow firmly, pierced Bhimasena with three arrows drawn back to the ear.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 12 (printed after 8.35.22), lines 0023–0024 (8.35.22d@012_0023–0024).

Verse 36 (8.46.36)

सोऽतिविद्धो महेष्वासः कर्णेन बलिनां वरः । घोरमादत्त विशिखं कर्णकायावदारणम् ॥

so'tividdho maheṣvāsaḥ karṇena balināṃ varaḥ | ghoramādatta viśikhaṃ karṇakāyāvadāraṇam

Gravely wounded by Karna, that great archer, best of the strong, took up a dreadful arrow able to tear through Karna's body.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 12 (printed after 8.35.22), lines 0025–0026 (8.35.22d@012_0025–0026).

Verse 37 (8.46.37)

तस्य भित्त्वा तनुत्राणं भित्त्वा कायं च सायकः । प्राविशद्वरणीं राजन्वल्मीकमिव पन्नगः ॥

tasya bhittvā tanutrāṇaṃ bhittvā kāyaṃ ca sāyakaḥ | prāviśadvaraṇīṃ rājanvalmīkamiva pannagaḥ

Piercing his armour and his body, that arrow entered the earth, O king, as a snake enters an anthill.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 12 (printed after 8.35.22), lines 0027–0028 (8.35.22d@012_0027–0028).

Verse 38 (8.46.38)

स तेनातिप्रहारेण व्यथितो विह्वलन्निव । सञ्चचाल रथे कर्णः क्षितिकम्पे यथाऽचलः ॥

sa tenātiprahāreṇa vyathito vihvalanniva | sañcacāla rathe karṇaḥ kṣitikampe yathā'calaḥ

Pained by that severe blow and as if faint, Karna swayed on his chariot, like a mountain in an earthquake.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 12 (printed after 8.35.22), lines 0029–0030 (8.35.22d@012_0029–0030).

Verse 39 (8.46.39)

ततः कर्णो महाराज रोषामर्षसमन्वितः । भीमं तं पञ्चविंशत्या नाराचानां समार्पयत् ॥

tataḥ karṇo mahārāja roṣāmarṣasamanvitaḥ | bhīmaṃ taṃ pañcaviṃśatyā nārācānāṃ samārpayat

Then Karna, O great king, filled with anger and indignation, shot twenty-five iron arrows at Bhima.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 12 (printed after 8.35.22), lines 0031–0032 (8.35.22d@012_0031–0032).

Verse 40 (8.46.40)

चिच्छेद कार्मुकं तूर्णं पाण्डवस्याशु पत्रिणा ॥

ciccheda kārmukaṃ tūrṇaṃ pāṇḍavasyāśu patriṇā

With a swift feathered arrow he quickly cut through the Pandava's bow.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is a one-line star passage, 8.35.22d*0466_01 (chittvā ca kārmukaṃ tūrṇaṃ pāṇḍavasyāśu patriṇā), which Wikisource words with ciccheda; the single line is kept as printed.

Verse 41 (8.46.41)

ततो मुहूर्ताद्राजेन्द्र नातिकृच्छ्राद्धसन्निव । विरथं भीमकर्माणं भीमं कर्णश्चकार ह ॥

tato muhūrtādrājendra nātikṛcchrāddhasanniva | virathaṃ bhīmakarmāṇaṃ bhīmaṃ karṇaścakāra ha

Then in a moment, O king of kings, with hardly any effort, as if laughing, Karna made Bhima of terrible deeds chariotless.

Note on the text: Corrected तततो → ततो (misprint in Wikisource; doubled syllable). Corrected नातिकृच्छ्राद्वसन्निव → नातिकृच्छ्राद्धसन्निव (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध (kṛcchrāt + hasan); the critical edition reads nātikṛcchrād dhasann iva).

Verse 42 (8.46.42)

विरथो भरतश्रेष्ठ प्रहसन्ननिलोपमः । गदां गृह्य महाबाहुरपतत्स्यन्दनोत्तमात् ॥

viratho bharataśreṣṭha prahasannanilopamaḥ | gadāṃ gṛhya mahābāhurapatatsyandanottamāt

Chariotless, O best of the Bharatas, mighty-armed Bhima, laughing, swift as the wind, took up his mace and leapt down from his excellent chariot.

Verse 43 (8.46.43)

गदया च महाराज कर्णस्य रथकूबरम् । पोथयामास सङ्क्रुद्धः समरे शत्रुतापनः ॥

gadayā ca mahārāja karṇasya rathakūbaram | pothayāmāsa saṅkruddhaḥ samare śatrutāpanaḥ

And with his mace, O great king, that tormentor of foes, enraged, smashed the shaft-socket of Karna's chariot in the battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.35.24d*0469_01–02, in slightly different wording.

Verse 44 (8.46.44)

स क्रोधवशमापन्नः पाण्डुपुत्रः प्रतापवान् । विद्राव्य गदया वीरस्तव पुत्रान्महाहवे ॥

sa krodhavaśamāpannaḥ pāṇḍuputraḥ pratāpavān | vidrāvya gadayā vīrastava putrānmahāhave

Possessed by wrath, that mighty son of Pandu, having driven off your sons with his mace in that great battle,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.35.24d*0470_01–02. The sentence runs on into the next verse.

Verse 45 (8.46.45)

नागान्सप्तशतान्राजन्नीषादन्तान्प्रहारिणः । व्यधमत्सहसा भीमः क्रुद्धरूपः परन्तपः ॥

nāgānsaptaśatānrājannīṣādantānprahāriṇaḥ | vyadhamatsahasā bhīmaḥ kruddharūpaḥ parantapaḥ

O king, in fury, that tormentor of foes, Bhima, suddenly destroyed seven hundred fierce elephants with tusks like plough-poles.

Verse 46 (8.46.46)

दन्तवेष्टेषु नेत्रेषु कुम्भेषु च कटेषु च । मर्मस्वपि च मर्मज्ञस्तान्नागानवधीद्बली ॥

dantaveṣṭeṣu netreṣu kumbheṣu ca kaṭeṣu ca | marmasvapi ca marmajñastānnāgānavadhīdbalī

Knowing the vital points, the strong one killed those elephants with blows on the tusk-sheaths, the eyes, the frontal globes and the temples, and on their vital parts as well.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to the critical edition's 8.35.26a; line 2 differs (tān nāgān avadhīd balī for ninadan vyadhamad bhṛśam): a recension variant.

Verse 47 (8.46.47)

अर्दिता भीमसेनेन विनदन्तो भृशातुराः । ततस्ते प्राद्रवन्भीताः प्रहताश्च पुनःपुनः । महामात्रास्तमावव्रुर्मेघा इव दिवाकरम् ॥

arditā bhīmasenena vinadanto bhṛśāturāḥ | tataste prādravanbhītāḥ prahatāśca punaḥpunaḥ | mahāmātrāstamāvavrurmeghā iva divākaram

Tormented by Bhimasena, bellowing and sorely afflicted, they fled in terror, struck again and again; and their mahouts surrounded him like clouds around the sun.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki backtick and quote mark. Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 8.35.26d*0472_01 (in slightly different wording); lines 2–3 correspond to 8.35.27.

Verse 48 (8.46.48)

तान्स सप्तशतान्नागान्सारोहायुधकेतनान् । भूमिष्ठो गदया जघ्ने वज्रेणेन्द्र इवाचलान् ॥

tānsa saptaśatānnāgānsārohāyudhaketanān | bhūmiṣṭho gadayā jaghne vajreṇendra ivācalān

Standing on the ground, he slew with his mace those seven hundred elephants, with their riders, weapons and banners, as Indra with his thunderbolt slays mountains.

Verse 49 (8.46.49)

ततः सुबलपुत्रस्य नागानतिबलान्पुनः । पोथयामास कौन्तेयो द्विपञ्चाशदरिन्दमः ॥

tataḥ subalaputrasya nāgānatibalānpunaḥ | pothayāmāsa kaunteyo dvipañcāśadarindamaḥ

Then the son of Kunti, subduer of foes, crushed fifty-two more very powerful elephants of Subala's son.

Verse 50 (8.46.50)

तथा रथशतं साग्रं पत्तींश्च शतशोऽपरान् । न्यहनत्पाण्डवो युद्धे तापयंस्तव वाहिनीम् ॥

tathā rathaśataṃ sāgraṃ pattīṃśca śataśo'parān | nyahanatpāṇḍavo yuddhe tāpayaṃstava vāhinīm

And a hundred chariots and more, and hundreds of other foot-soldiers, the Pandava slew in the battle, scorching your army.

Note on the text: Corrected रथशततं → रथशतं (misprint in Wikisource; doubled syllable; the critical edition reads rathaśataṃ).

Verse 51 (8.46.51)

प्रताप्यमानं सूर्येण भीमेन च महात्मना । तव सैन्यं सञ्चुकोच चर्माग्नावाहितं यथा ॥

pratāpyamānaṃ sūryeṇa bhīmena ca mahātmanā | tava sainyaṃ sañcukoca carmāgnāvāhitaṃ yathā

Scorched by the great-souled Bhima as if by the sun, your army shrank back like leather laid on a fire.

Verse 52 (8.46.52)

ते भीमभयसन्त्रस्तास्तावका भरतर्षभ । विहाय समरे कर्णं दुद्रुवुर्वै दिशो दश ॥

te bhīmabhayasantrastāstāvakā bharatarṣabha | vihāya samare karṇaṃ dudruvurvai diśo daśa

Terrified by fear of Bhima, those men of yours, O best of the Bharatas, abandoned Karna in the battle and fled in the ten directions.

Verse 53 (8.46.53)

रथाः पञ्चशताश्चान्ये हादिनः शरवर्षिणः । भीममभ्यद्रवन्घ्नन्तः शरपूगैः समन्ततः ॥

rathāḥ pañcaśatāścānye hādinaḥ śaravarṣiṇaḥ | bhīmamabhyadravanghnantaḥ śarapūgaiḥ samantataḥ

Another five hundred chariots, roaring and raining arrows, rushed at Bhima, striking him on every side with volleys of arrows.

Verse 54 (8.46.54)

तान्स पञ्चशतान्वीरान्सपताकध्वजायुधान् । पोथयामास गदया भीमो विष्णुरिवासुरान् ॥

tānsa pañcaśatānvīrānsapatākadhvajāyudhān | pothayāmāsa gadayā bhīmo viṣṇurivāsurān

Bhima crushed with his mace those five hundred heroes, with their flags, standards and weapons, as Vishnu crushed the asuras.

Verse 55 (8.46.55)

ततः शकुनिनिर्दिष्टाः सादिनः शूरसम्मताः । त्रिसाहस्राण्यभिययुः शरशक्त्यृष्टिपाणयः ॥

tataḥ śakuninirdiṣṭāḥ sādinaḥ śūrasammatāḥ | trisāhasrāṇyabhiyayuḥ śaraśaktyṛṣṭipāṇayaḥ

Then three thousand horsemen, sent by Shakuni and esteemed as heroes, charged, with arrows, spears and darts in their hands.

Verse 56 (8.46.56)

तान्प्रत्युद्गम्य यवनान्साश्वारोहांस्तदाऽरिहा । विविधान्विचरन्मार्गान्गदया समपोथयत् ॥

tānpratyudgamya yavanānsāśvārohāṃstadā'rihā | vividhānvicaranmārgāngadayā samapothayat

Going out to meet them, the slayer of foes moved about in various paths and struck down those Yavanas, with their horses and riders, with his mace.

Verse 57 (8.46.57)

तेषामासीन्महाञ्छब्दस्ताडितानां च सर्वशः । अग्निभिर्दह्यमानानां नलानामिव भारत ॥

teṣāmāsīnmahāñchabdastāḍitānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ | agnibhirdahyamānānāṃ nalānāmiva bhārata

A great noise rose from them as they were struck on every side, like that of reed-beds burning in a fire, O Bharata.

Verse 58 (8.46.58)

एवं सुबलपुत्रस्य त्रिसाहस्रान्हयोत्तमान् । हत्वाऽन्यं रथमास्थाय क्रुद्धो राधेयमभ्ययात् ॥

evaṃ subalaputrasya trisāhasrānhayottamān | hatvā'nyaṃ rathamāsthāya kruddho rādheyamabhyayāt

Thus, having killed three thousand excellent horses of Subala's son, and mounting another chariot, he advanced in anger against Radheya.

Verse 59 (8.46.59)

कर्णोऽपि समरे राजन्धर्मपुत्रमरिन्दमम् । स शरैश्छादयामास सारथिं चाप्यपातयत् ॥

karṇo'pi samare rājandharmaputramarindamam | sa śaraiśchādayāmāsa sārathiṃ cāpyapātayat

Karna too, O king, covered the son of Dharma, subduer of foes, with arrows in the battle, and felled his charioteer.

Verse 60 (8.46.60)

ततः स प्रद्रुतं सैन्यं दृष्ट्वा कर्णो महारथः । अन्वधावत्किरन्बाणैः कङ्कपत्रैरजिह्मगैः ॥

tataḥ sa pradrutaṃ sainyaṃ dṛṣṭvā karṇo mahārathaḥ | anvadhāvatkiranbāṇaiḥ kaṅkapatrairajihmagaiḥ

Then Karna, the great chariot-warrior, seeing that army in flight, pursued it, scattering straight-flying arrows with heron feathers.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (8.35.40c): Wikisource prints this verse as a single line; line 2 (anvadhāvat kiran bāṇaiḥ kaṅkapatrair ajihmagaiḥ) is added from the critical edition's IAST, and the sense (the object of the pursuit comes in the next verse) confirms it. Line 1 is kept as Wikisource has it (it differs from the critical edition's saṃpradrutaṃ saṃkhye rathaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahārathaḥ).

Verse 61 (8.46.61)

राजानमभिधावन्तं शरैरावृत्य रोदसी । क्रुद्धः प्रच्छादयामास शरजालेन मारुतिः ॥

rājānamabhidhāvantaṃ śarairāvṛtya rodasī | kruddhaḥ pracchādayāmāsa śarajālena mārutiḥ

As he ran after the king, filling earth and sky with arrows, the son of the Wind, enraged, covered him with a net of arrows.

Verse 62 (8.46.62)

सन्निवृत्तस्ततस्तूर्णं राधेयः शत्रुकर्शनः । भीमं प्रच्छादयामास समन्तान्निशितैः शरैः ॥

sannivṛttastatastūrṇaṃ rādheyaḥ śatrukarśanaḥ | bhīmaṃ pracchādayāmāsa samantānniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Then Radheya, tormentor of foes, quickly turned back and covered Bhima on every side with sharp arrows.

Verse 63 (8.46.63)

भीमसेनरथप्रेप्सुं कर्णं भारत सात्यकिः । अभ्यर्दयदमेयात्मा पार्ष्णिग्रहणकारणात् ॥

bhīmasenarathaprepsuṃ karṇaṃ bhārata sātyakiḥ | abhyardayadameyātmā pārṣṇigrahaṇakāraṇāt

O Bharata, Satyaki of immeasurable spirit harassed Karna, who was bent on reaching Bhimasena's chariot, so as to guard Bhima's rear.

Note on the text: Both lines are a variant of the critical edition's 8.35.43a,c (bhīmasenarathavyagraṃ for -prepsuṃ).

Verse 64 (8.46.64)

भीमसेनरथप्रेप्सुं कर्णो भारत सात्यकिम् । अभ्यवर्तत शैनेयमर्दयञ्छरवृष्टिभिः ॥

bhīmasenarathaprepsuṃ karṇo bhārata sātyakim | abhyavartata śaineyamardayañcharavṛṣṭibhiḥ

O Bharata, Karna, bent on reaching Bhimasena's chariot, turned upon Satyaki, Shini's grandson, tormenting him with showers of arrows.

Note on the text: A variant of the critical edition's 8.35.43e (abhyavartata karṇas tam ardito 'pi śarair bhṛśam); line 1 repeats the wording of the previous verse's line 1, as printed in Wikisource, and is kept.

Verse 65 (8.46.65)

तावन्योन्यं समासाद्य वृषभौ सर्वधन्विनाम् । विसृजन्तौ शरान्दीप्तान्विभ्राजेतां मनस्विनौ ॥

tāvanyonyaṃ samāsādya vṛṣabhau sarvadhanvinām | visṛjantau śarāndīptānvibhrājetāṃ manasvinau

Meeting one another, those two bulls among all archers, proud and high-minded, shone as they loosed blazing arrows.

Verse 66 (8.46.66)

ताभ्यां वियति राजेन्द्र विततं भीमदर्शनम् । क्रौञ्चपृष्ठारुणं रौद्रं बाणजालं व्यदृश्यत ॥

tābhyāṃ viyati rājendra vitataṃ bhīmadarśanam | krauñcapṛṣṭhāruṇaṃ raudraṃ bāṇajālaṃ vyadṛśyata

From those two, O king of kings, a vast and fearful net of arrows, red as the back of a krauncha bird and terrible, was seen in the sky.

Note on the text: Corrected विततततं → विततं (misprint in Wikisource; doubled syllable; the critical edition reads vitataṃ). Corrected कौञ्च → क्रौञ्च (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र; the critical edition reads krauñca).

Verse 67 (8.46.67)

नैव सूर्यप्रभा राजन्न दिशः प्रदिशस्तथा । प्राज्ञासिष्म वयं ते वा शरैर्मुक्तैः सहस्रशः ॥

naiva sūryaprabhā rājanna diśaḥ pradiśastathā | prājñāsiṣma vayaṃ te vā śarairmuktaiḥ sahasraśaḥ

O king, because of the thousands of arrows they loosed, we could discern neither the sun's light, nor the directions and sub-directions, nor the two of them.

Verse 68 (8.46.68)

मध्याह्ने तपतो राजन्भास्करस्य महाप्रभाः । हृताः सर्वाः शरौघैस्तैः कर्णमाधवयोस्तदा ॥

madhyāhne tapato rājanbhāskarasya mahāprabhāḥ | hṛtāḥ sarvāḥ śaraughaistaiḥ karṇamādhavayostadā

At midday, O king, the great radiance of the blazing sun was entirely taken away by those floods of arrows of Karna and Madhava.

Verse 69 (8.46.69)

सौबलं कृतवर्माणं द्रौणिमाधिरथिं कृपम् । संसक्तान्पाण्डवैर्दृष्ट्वा निवृत्ताः कुरवः पुनः ॥

saubalaṃ kṛtavarmāṇaṃ drauṇimādhirathiṃ kṛpam | saṃsaktānpāṇḍavairdṛṣṭvā nivṛttāḥ kuravaḥ punaḥ

Seeing Shakuni, Kritavarman, Drona's son, Adhiratha's son and Kripa locked in combat with the Pandavas, the Kurus turned back again.

Verse 70 (8.46.70)

तेषामापततां शब्दस्तीत्र आसीद्विशाम्पते । उद्वृत्तानां यथा वृष्ट्या सागराणां भयावहः ॥

teṣāmāpatatāṃ śabdastītra āsīdviśāmpate | udvṛttānāṃ yathā vṛṣṭyā sāgarāṇāṃ bhayāvahaḥ

The roar of them as they charged back, O lord of the people, was fierce, terrible as that of oceans surging up in a downpour.

Verse 71 (8.46.71)

ते सेने भृशसंसक्ते दृष्ट्वाऽन्योन्यं महाहवे । हर्षेण महता युक्ते परिगृह्य परस्परम् ॥

te sene bhṛśasaṃsakte dṛṣṭvā'nyonyaṃ mahāhave | harṣeṇa mahatā yukte parigṛhya parasparam

Seeing each other closely engaged in that great battle, the two armies, filled with great joy, clasped each other in combat.

Verse 72 (8.46.72)

ततः प्रववृते युद्धं मध्यं प्राप्ते दिवाकरे । यादृशं नैवमस्माभिर्दृष्टपूर्वं न च श्रुतम् ॥

tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ madhyaṃ prāpte divākare | yādṛśaṃ naivamasmābhirdṛṣṭapūrvaṃ na ca śrutam

Then, when the sun had reached the midpoint of the sky, a battle began such as we had never seen or heard of before.

Verse 73 (8.46.73)

बलौघस्तु समासाद्य बलौघं सहसा रणे । उपासर्पत वेगेन वार्योघ इव सागरम् ॥

balaughastu samāsādya balaughaṃ sahasā raṇe | upāsarpata vegena vāryogha iva sāgaram

Host meeting host suddenly in the battle rushed forward with speed, like a flood of waters toward the ocean.

Note on the text: Corrected उपसर्पत → उपासर्पत (misprint in Wikisource; missing lengthening of the augment (imperfect); the critical edition reads upāsarpata).

Verse 74 (8.46.74)

आसीन्निनादः सुमहान्बाणौघानां परस्परम् । गर्जतां सागरौघाणां यथा स्यान्निःस्वनो महान् ॥

āsīnninādaḥ sumahānbāṇaughānāṃ parasparam | garjatāṃ sāgaraughāṇāṃ yathā syānniḥsvano mahān

A mighty roar of floods of arrows rose from both sides, like the great roar of roaring oceans.

Verse 75 (8.46.75)

ते तु सेने समासाद्य वेगवत्यौ परस्परम् । एकीभावमनुप्राप्ते नद्याविव समागमे ॥

te tu sene samāsādya vegavatyau parasparam | ekībhāvamanuprāpte nadyāviva samāgame

Those two armies, meeting each other, swift as rivers, became one, like two rivers at a confluence.

Verse 76 (8.46.76)

ततः प्रववृते युद्धं घोररूपं विशाम्पते । कुरूणां पाण्डवानां च लिप्सतां सुमहद्यशः ॥

tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ ghorarūpaṃ viśāmpate | kurūṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca lipsatāṃ sumahadyaśaḥ

Then, O lord of the people, a terrible battle began between the Kurus and the Pandavas, each desiring great fame.

Verse 77 (8.46.77)

शूराणां गर्जतां तत्र ह्यविच्छेदकृता गिरः । श्रूयन्ते विविधा राजन्नामान्युद्दिश्य भारत ॥

śūrāṇāṃ garjatāṃ tatra hyavicchedakṛtā giraḥ | śrūyante vividhā rājannāmānyuddiśya bhārata

The unceasing cries of the roaring warriors were heard there, O king, calling out names of every kind, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected श्रुयन्ते → श्रूयन्ते (misprint in Wikisource; short u in the root śru; the critical edition reads śrūyante). Line 1 reads śūrāṇāṃ where the critical edition has kurūṇāṃ: a recension variant, kept.

Verse 78 (8.46.78)

यस्य यद्धि रणे व्यङ्गं पितृतो मातृतोऽपि वा । कर्मतः शीलतो वाऽपि स तच्छ्रावयते युधि ॥

yasya yaddhi raṇe vyaṅgaṃ pitṛto mātṛto'pi vā | karmataḥ śīlato vā'pi sa tacchrāvayate yudhi

Whatever flaw lay against a man in battle, whether from his father or his mother, or from his deeds or his conduct, that one would shout out to him in the fight.

Verse 79 (8.46.79)

तान्दृष्ट्वा समरे शूरांस्तर्जमानान्परस्परम् । अभवन्मे मती राजन्नैषामस्तीति जीवितम् ॥

tāndṛṣṭvā samare śūrāṃstarjamānānparasparam | abhavanme matī rājannaiṣāmastīti jīvitam

Seeing those heroes threatening one another in the battle, O king, I thought, 'There is no life left in them.'

Note on the text: Corrected शूशांस् → शूरांस् (misprint in Wikisource; misprint for शूरान्; the critical edition reads śūrān).

Verse 80 (8.46.80)

तेषां दृष्ट्वा तु क्रुद्धानां वपूंष्यमिततेजसाम् । अभवन्मे भयं तीव्रं कथमेतद्भविष्यति ॥

teṣāṃ dṛṣṭvā tu kruddhānāṃ vapūṃṣyamitatejasām | abhavanme bhayaṃ tīvraṃ kathametadbhaviṣyati

Seeing the bodies of those furious, immeasurably mighty ones, great fear arose in me: 'How will this end?'

Verse 81 (8.46.81)

ततस्ते पाण्डवा राजन्कौरवाश्च महारथाः । ततक्षुः सायकैस्तूर्णमन्योन्यं विजयैषिणः ॥

tataste pāṇḍavā rājankauravāśca mahārathāḥ | tatakṣuḥ sāyakaistūrṇamanyonyaṃ vijayaiṣiṇaḥ

Then the Pandavas and the Kauravas, O king, great chariot-warriors, quickly cut at one another with arrows, each eager for victory.

Note on the text: Line 2 differs from the critical edition's 8.35.60c (sāyakais tīkṣṇair nighnanto hi parasparam): a recension variant.