Ashvatthama Drives Yudhishthira Back

Verse 1 (8.50.1)

द्रौणिर्युधिष्ठिरं दृष्ट्वा शैनेयेनाभिरक्षितम् । द्रौपदेयैस्तथा शूरैरभ्यवर्तत हृष्टवत् ॥

drauṇiryudhiṣṭhiraṃ dṛṣṭvā śaineyenābhirakṣitam | draupadeyaistathā śūrairabhyavartata hṛṣṭavat

Seeing Yudhishthira guarded by Shaineya and by the brave sons of Draupadi, Drona's son charged at them, exultant.

Verse 2 (8.50.2)

किरन्निषुगणान्घोरान्हेमपुङ्खाञ्शिलाशितान् । दर्शयन्विविधान्मार्गाञ्शिक्षया लघुहस्तवान् ॥

kiranniṣugaṇānghorānhemapuṅkhāñśilāśitān | darśayanvividhānmārgāñśikṣayā laghuhastavān

He rained terrible volleys of gold-feathered arrows whetted on stone, showing many kinds of shooting-paths with the quick hand his training had given him.

Note on the text: Wikisource's second line reads शिक्षया लघुहस्तवान्; the critical edition reads śikṣārthaṃ laghuhastavat. Recension variant, kept.

Verse 3 (8.50.3)

खं पुरयञ्शरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्वेगवद्भिः समन्ततः । युधिष्ठिरस्य समरे दिशः सर्वाः समावृणोत् ॥

khaṃ purayañśaraistīkṣṇairvegavadbhiḥ samantataḥ | yudhiṣṭhirasya samare diśaḥ sarvāḥ samāvṛṇot

Filling the sky on every side with swift, sharp arrows, he shut in all the quarters around Yudhishthira in that battle.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.39.3 (tataḥ khaṃ pūrayām āsa śarair divyāstramantritaiḥ / yudhiṣṭhiraṃ ca samare paryavārayad astravit), which the alignment left unmatched; Wikisource's wording is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 4 (8.50.4)

भारद्वाजशरैश्छन्नं न प्राज्ञायत किञ्चन । बाणभूतमभूत्सर्वमायोधनशिरो महत् ॥

bhāradvājaśaraiśchannaṃ na prājñāyata kiñcana | bāṇabhūtamabhūtsarvamāyodhanaśiro mahat

Covered by the arrows of Bharadvaja's son, nothing could be made out; the whole great front of the battlefield had become nothing but arrows.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads भारद्वाजशरैश्छन्नं … आयोधनशिरो महत्; the critical edition reads drauṇāyaniśaracchannaṃ … āyodhanaśiro hi tat. Recension variant, kept.

Verse 5 (8.50.5)

बाणजालं दिविष्ठं तत्स्वर्णपुङ्खविभूषितम् । शुशुभे भरतश्रेष्ठ विमानमिव विष्ठितम् ॥

bāṇajālaṃ diviṣṭhaṃ tatsvarṇapuṅkhavibhūṣitam | śuśubhe bharataśreṣṭha vimānamiva viṣṭhitam

That net of arrows standing in the sky, adorned with golden feathers, shone, O best of the Bharatas, like a heavenly car hung in the air.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads स्वर्णपुङ्खविभूषितम् and विमानमिव; the critical edition reads svarṇajālavibhūṣitam and vitānam iva. Recension variants, kept.

Verse 6 (8.50.6)

तेन च्छन्ने रणे राजन्बाणजालेन भास्वता । अभ्रच्छायेव सञ्जज्ञे हृतरश्मिस्तमोनुदः ॥

tena cchanne raṇe rājanbāṇajālena bhāsvatā | abhracchāyeva sañjajñe hṛtaraśmistamonudaḥ

O king, with the battlefield covered by that gleaming net of arrows, the sun, the dispeller of darkness, seemed robbed of his rays, as though shadowed by a cloud.

Note on the text: Corrected सजज्ञे → सञ्जज्ञे (misprint in Wikisource; the nasal is dropped; the critical edition reads saṃjajñe). The second line (हृतरश्मिस्तमोनुदः) is Wikisource's own; the critical edition has bāṇaruddhe nabhastale.

Verse 7 (8.50.7)

तदद्भुतमपश्याम बाणभूते नभस्थले । न स्म सम्पतते भूतं द्रौणेर्दृष्ट्वा पराक्रमम् ॥

tadadbhutamapaśyāma bāṇabhūte nabhasthale | na sma sampatate bhūtaṃ drauṇerdṛṣṭvā parākramam

We saw that marvel: with the sky turned to arrows, no creature could fly through it, such was the prowess we saw in Drona's son.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.39.7 (tatrāścaryam apaśyāma bāṇabhūte tathāvidhe / na sma saṃpatate bhūmau dṛṣṭvā drauṇeḥ parākramam), which the alignment left unmatched; Wikisource's wording is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 8 (8.50.8)

सात्यकिर्यतमानस्तु धर्मराजस्तु पाण्डवः । तथेतराणि सैन्यानि न स्म चक्रुः पराक्रमम् ॥

sātyakiryatamānastu dharmarājastu pāṇḍavaḥ | tathetarāṇi sainyāni na sma cakruḥ parākramam

Though Satyaki strove, and Yudhishthira the Pandava, and the other armies too, none of them showed any valour.

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width joiner inside पाण्डवः (wiki artefact). CE 8.39.9 has sātyakir yatamānas tu dharmarājaś ca pāṇḍavaḥ.

Verse 9 (8.50.9)

लाघवं द्रोणपुत्रस्य दृष्ट्वा तत्र महारथाः । व्यस्मयन्त महाराज न चैनं प्रत्युदीक्षितुम् ॥

lāghavaṃ droṇaputrasya dṛṣṭvā tatra mahārathāḥ | vyasmayanta mahārāja na cainaṃ pratyudīkṣitum

Seeing the lightness of Drona's son's hand, the great car-warriors there were amazed, O great king, and could not even look at him.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are CE 8.39.8 (lines a and c); the third line of that CE verse (शेकुस्ते …) is the first line of the next verse here.

Verse 10 (8.50.10)

शेकुस्ते सर्वराजानस्तपन्तमिव भास्करम् । वध्यमाने ततः सैन्ये द्रौपदेया महारथाः ॥

śekuste sarvarājānastapantamiva bhāskaram | vadhyamāne tataḥ sainye draupadeyā mahārathāḥ

None of those kings could bear to look at him, as one cannot look at the blazing sun; and as the army was being cut down, the great car-warriors, the sons of Draupadi,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the third line of CE 8.39.8 (8e: śekus te sarvarājānas tapantam iva bhāskaram); line 2 is CE 8.39.10a (vadhyamāne tataḥ sainye draupadeyā mahārathāḥ). The sentence continues in the next verse.

Verse 11 (8.50.11)

सात्यकिर्धर्मराजश्च पाञ्चालाश्चापि सङ्गताः । त्यक्त्वा मृत्युभयं घोरं द्रौणायनिमुपाद्रवन् ॥

sātyakirdharmarājaśca pāñcālāścāpi saṅgatāḥ | tyaktvā mṛtyubhayaṃ ghoraṃ drauṇāyanimupādravan

together with Satyaki, Dharmaraja and the Panchalas, casting off the dreadful fear of death, rushed upon Drona's son.

Note on the text: Corrected द्रौणायनिभुपाद्रवन् → द्रौणायनिमुपाद्रवन् (misprint in Wikisource; भ for म; the critical edition reads drauṇāyanim upādravan). Line 1 = CE 8.39.10c, line 2 = CE 8.39.10e.

Verse 12 (8.50.12)

सात्यकिः सप्तविंशत्या द्रौणिं विद्ध्वा शिलीमुखैः । पुनर्विव्याध नाराचैः सप्तभिः स्वर्णभूषितैः ॥

sātyakiḥ saptaviṃśatyā drauṇiṃ viddhvā śilīmukhaiḥ | punarvivyādha nārācaiḥ saptabhiḥ svarṇabhūṣitaiḥ

Satyaki pierced Drauni with twenty-seven arrows and again with seven gold-adorned iron shafts.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads सप्तविंशत्या (twenty-seven); the critical edition reads pañcaviṃśatyā (twenty-five). Recension variant, kept.

Verse 13 (8.50.13)

युधिष्ठिरस्त्रिसप्तत्या प्रतिविन्ध्यश्च सप्तभिः । श्रुतकर्मा त्रिभिर्बाणैः श्रुतकीर्तिश्च सप्तभिः ॥

yudhiṣṭhirastrisaptatyā prativindhyaśca saptabhiḥ | śrutakarmā tribhirbāṇaiḥ śrutakīrtiśca saptabhiḥ

Yudhishthira with seventy-three, Pratividhya with seven, Shrutakarma with three arrows, and Shrutakirti with seven,

Note on the text: Corrected वाणैः → बाणैः (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब; the critical edition reads bāṇaiḥ).

Verse 14 (8.50.14)

सुतसोमस्तु नवभिः शतानीकश्च सप्तभिः । अन्ये च बहवः शूरा विव्यधुस्तं समन्ततः ॥

sutasomastu navabhiḥ śatānīkaśca saptabhiḥ | anye ca bahavaḥ śūrā vivyadhustaṃ samantataḥ

Sutasoma with nine, Shatanika with seven, and many other heroes besides, pierced him on every side.

Note on the text: Corrected वहवः → बहवः (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब; the critical edition reads bahavaḥ).

Verse 15 (8.50.15)

स तु क्रुद्धस्ततो राजन्नाशीविष इव श्वसन् । सात्यकिं पञ्चविंशत्या प्राविध्यत शिलीमुखैः ॥

sa tu kruddhastato rājannāśīviṣa iva śvasan | sātyakiṃ pañcaviṃśatyā prāvidhyata śilīmukhaiḥ

Then, enraged and hissing like a venomous snake, O king, he pierced Satyaki with twenty-five iron-headed arrows,

Note on the text: Corrected राजन्नाशीविप → राजन्नाशीविष (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition reads āśīviṣa). The first line and the end of the second differ from CE 8.39.14 (so 'tikruddhas …; śilāśitaiḥ); recension variants, kept.

Verse 16 (8.50.16)

श्रुतकीर्तिं च नवभिः सुतसोमं च पञ्चभिः । अष्टभिः श्रुतकर्माणं प्रतिविन्ध्यं त्रिभिः शरैः ॥

śrutakīrtiṃ ca navabhiḥ sutasomaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ | aṣṭabhiḥ śrutakarmāṇaṃ prativindhyaṃ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ

Shrutakirti with nine, Sutasoma with five, Shrutakarma with eight, and Pratividhya with three arrows,

Note on the text: Corrected प्रतिबिन्ध्यं → प्रतिविन्ध्यं (misprint in Wikisource; ब for व; the name is Prativindhya, as in verse 13 and CE prativindhyaṃ). Lines 1–2 = CE 8.39.15 (lines a and c).

Verse 17 (8.50.17)

शतानीकं च नवभिर्धर्मपुत्रं च पञ्चभिः । तथेतरांस्ततः शूरान्द्वाभ्यां द्वाभ्यामताडयत् । श्रुतकीर्तेस्तथा चापं चिच्छेद निशितैः शरैः ॥

śatānīkaṃ ca navabhirdharmaputraṃ ca pañcabhiḥ | tathetarāṃstataḥ śūrāndvābhyāṃ dvābhyāmatāḍayat | śrutakīrtestathā cāpaṃ ciccheda niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Shatanika with nine and the son of Dharma with five; and the other heroes he struck with two arrows each. And with sharp arrows he cut Shrutakirti's bow.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 8.39.15e (śatānīkaṃ ca navabhir dharmaputraṃ ca saptabhiḥ; Wikisource has पञ्चभिः for saptabhiḥ, a recension variant, kept); lines 2–3 = CE 8.39.16 (a and c). Three lines, as in the page.

Verse 18 (8.50.18)

अथान्यद्धनुरादाय श्रुतकीर्तिर्महारथः । द्रौणायनिं त्रिभिर्विद्ध्वा विव्याधान्यैः शितैः शरैः ॥

athānyaddhanurādāya śrutakīrtirmahārathaḥ | drauṇāyaniṃ tribhirviddhvā vivyādhānyaiḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Then Shrutakirti, the great car-warrior, took up another bow, pierced Drona's son with three arrows, and wounded him again with other sharp ones.

Note on the text: Corrected अथान्यद्वनुरादाय → अथान्यद्धनुरादाय and त्रिभिर्विद्व्वा → त्रिभिर्विद्ध्वा (misprints in Wikisource; व for ध, and द्व्व for द्ध्व; the critical edition reads athānyad dhanur ādāya … viddhvā).

Verse 19 (8.50.19)

ततो द्रौणिर्महाराज शरवर्षेण भारत । छादयामास तत्सैन्यं समन्ताद्भरतर्षभ ॥

tato drauṇirmahārāja śaravarṣeṇa bhārata | chādayāmāsa tatsainyaṃ samantādbharatarṣabha

Then Drauni, O great king, O Bharata, covered that army on every side with a shower of arrows, O best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Corrected भारिष → भारत (misprint in Wikisource; not a word; the critical edition reads bhārata in this line, CE 8.39.18a). The second line differs from CE (samantāc ca śarair nṛpān); recension variant, kept.

Verse 20 (8.50.20)

ततः पुनरमेयात्मा धर्मराजस्य कार्मुकम् । द्रौणिश्चिच्छेद विहसन्विव्याध च शरैस्त्रिभिः ॥

tataḥ punarameyātmā dharmarājasya kārmukam | drauṇiściccheda vihasanvivyādha ca śaraistribhiḥ

Then once more the immeasurable-souled Drauni, laughing, cut Dharmaraja's bow and pierced him with three arrows.

Verse 21 (8.50.21)

ततो धर्मसुतो राजन्प्रगृह्यान्यन्महद्धनुः । द्रोणपुत्रं त्रिषष्ट्या तु बाह्वोरुरसि चार्पयत् ॥

tato dharmasuto rājanpragṛhyānyanmahaddhanuḥ | droṇaputraṃ triṣaṣṭyā tu bāhvorurasi cārpayat

Then the son of Dharma, O king, taking up another great bow, struck Drona's son with sixty-three arrows, and wounded him in both arms and in the chest.

Note on the text: Corrected त्रिपष्टxx ततु → त्रिषष्ट्या तु and चार्पययत् → चार्पयत् (misprint in Wikisource; the page prints the placeholder 'xx' where text was lost, so the evident word त्रिषष्ट्या, 'with sixty-three', is restored by the smallest fix, and the doubled य is dropped). The critical edition (8.39.20: drauṇiṃ vivyādha saptatyā bāhvor urasi cārdayat) reads 'seventy' and a different verb; the vulgate number is kept, but the restoration is a conjecture.

Verse 22 (8.50.22)

सात्यकिस्तु ततः क्रुद्धो द्रौणेः प्रहरतो रणे । अर्धचन्द्रेण तीक्ष्णेन धनुश्छित्त्वाऽनदद्भृशम् ॥

sātyakistu tataḥ kruddho drauṇeḥ praharato raṇe | ardhacandreṇa tīkṣṇena dhanuśchittvā'nadadbhṛśam

Then Satyaki, enraged as Drona's son pressed on in battle, cut his bow with a sharp crescent-headed arrow and roared aloud.

Note on the text: Corrected अर्धचन्द्रेणतीक्ष्णेन → अर्धचन्द्रेण तीक्ष्णेन (misprint in Wikisource; a missing word space; the critical edition reads ardhacandreṇa tīkṣṇena).

Verse 23 (8.50.23)

छिन्नधन्वा ततो द्रौणिः शक्त्या शक्तिमतां वरः । सारथिं पातयामास शैनेयस्य रथाद्रुतम् ॥

chinnadhanvā tato drauṇiḥ śaktyā śaktimatāṃ varaḥ | sārathiṃ pātayāmāsa śaineyasya rathādrutam

His bow cut, Drauni, best of the mighty, swiftly struck down Shaineya's charioteer from the chariot with a lance.

Verse 24 (8.50.24)

अथान्यद्धनुरादाय द्रोणपुत्रः प्रतापवान् । शैनेयं शरवर्षेण च्छादयामास भारत ॥

athānyaddhanurādāya droṇaputraḥ pratāpavān | śaineyaṃ śaravarṣeṇa cchādayāmāsa bhārata

Then the valiant son of Drona, taking another bow, covered Shaineya with a shower of arrows, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected अथान्यद्वनुरादाय → अथान्यद्धनुरादाय (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध; the critical edition reads athānyad dhanur ādāya).

Verse 25 (8.50.25)

तस्याश्वाः प्रद्रुताः सङ्ख्ये पतिते रथसारथौ । तत्रतत्रैव धावन्तः समदृश्यन्त भारत ॥

tasyāśvāḥ pradrutāḥ saṅkhye patite rathasārathau | tatratatraiva dhāvantaḥ samadṛśyanta bhārata

With the charioteer fallen, his horses bolted in the fight and were seen running here and there, O Bharata.

Verse 26 (8.50.26)

युधिष्ठिरपुरोगास्तु द्रौणिं शस्त्रभृतां वरम् । अभ्यवर्षन्त वेगेन विसृजन्तः शिताञ्छरान् ॥

yudhiṣṭhirapurogāstu drauṇiṃ śastrabhṛtāṃ varam | abhyavarṣanta vegena visṛjantaḥ śitāñcharān

Yudhishthira and those led by him rained down on Drauni, the best of weapon-bearers, hurling sharp arrows with speed.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads युधिष्ठिरपुरोगास्तु; the critical edition reads yudhiṣṭhirapurogās te. Recension variant, kept.

Verse 27 (8.50.27)

सहसा पततस्तान्वै क्रुद्धरूपान्परन्तपः । प्रहसन्प्रतिजग्राह द्रोणपुत्रो महारणे ॥

sahasā patatastānvai kruddharūpānparantapaḥ | prahasanpratijagrāha droṇaputro mahāraṇe

As they suddenly fell upon him in furious guise, the scorcher of foes, Drona's son, met them laughing in that great battle.

Note on the text: Corrected क्रुद्वरूपान् → क्रुद्धरूपान् (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध). The first line differs from CE 8.39.26a (āgacchamānāṃs tān dṛṣṭvā raudrarūpān); recension variant, kept.

Verse 28 (8.50.28)

ततः शरशतज्वालः सेनाकक्षं महारणे । द्रौणिर्ददाह समरे कक्षमग्निरिवोत्थितः ॥

tataḥ śaraśatajvālaḥ senākakṣaṃ mahāraṇe | drauṇirdadāha samare kakṣamagnirivotthitaḥ

Then Drauni, flaming with hundreds of arrows, burned the army's flank in the great battle, as a fire risen up burns dry brush.

Note on the text: Wikisource's second line (…कक्षमग्निरिवोत्थितः) and 'mahāraṇe' in line 1 differ from CE 8.39.27 (senākakṣaṃ mahārathaḥ … agnir yathā vane). Recension variants, kept.

Verse 29 (8.50.29)

तद्बलं पाण्डुपुत्रस्य द्रोणपुत्रप्रतापितम् । चुक्षुभे भरतश्रेष्ठ तस्मिन्नेव चमूमुखे ॥

tadbalaṃ pāṇḍuputrasya droṇaputrapratāpitam | cukṣubhe bharataśreṣṭha tasminneva camūmukhe

That force of Pandu's son, scorched by Drona's son, was thrown into turmoil, O best of the Bharatas, right there at the head of the column.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 8.39.28a. Line 2 = CE 8.39.28c's opening (cukṣubhe bharataśreṣṭha) joined to the star line 8.39.028c*0505_01 (tasminn eva camūmukhe); CE's own 28c ends timineva nadīmukham, which Wikisource has two verses later.

Verse 30 (8.50.30)

तद्बलं पाण्डवेयस्य द्रोणपुत्रः शरार्चिषा । तापयन्भरतश्रेष्ठ गभस्तिभिरिवांशुमान् ॥

tadbalaṃ pāṇḍaveyasya droṇaputraḥ śarārciṣā | tāpayanbharataśreṣṭha gabhastibhirivāṃśumān

Drona's son scorched that army of the Pandava with the blaze of his arrows, O best of the Bharatas, as the sun does with his rays.

Note on the text: Not in the CE text proper; it is star passage 8.39.028c*0505_02–03 (tad balaṃ pāṇḍaveyasya droṇaputraśarārciṣā / tāpayan bharataśreṣṭha gabhastibhir ivāṃśumān).

Verse 31 (8.50.31)

तत्पच्यमानं मर्षेण ब्राह्मणस्य च सायकैः । क्षुभ्यते पाण्डवं सैन्यं तिमिनेव नदीमुखम् ॥

tatpacyamānaṃ marṣeṇa brāhmaṇasya ca sāyakaiḥ | kṣubhyate pāṇḍavaṃ sainyaṃ timineva nadīmukham

Tormented by the Brahmin's fury and by his arrows, the Pandava army was thrown into confusion, like a river-mouth stirred by a sea monster.

Note on the text: Not in the CE text proper; it is made of star passage 8.39.028c*0505_04–05 (tat tāpyamānaṃ tīkṣṇāgrair brāhmaṇasya ca sāyakaiḥ / kṣubhyate pāṇḍavaṃ sainyam …; compare also star *0506_01, tad bhajyamānaṃ marṣeṇa brāhmaṇasya śarāhatam) with the closing words timineva nadīmukham from CE 8.39.28c. Wikisource's तत्पच्यमानं मर्षेण is a recension variant of the star wording.

Verse 32 (8.50.32)

दृष्ट्वा चैव महाराज द्रोणपुत्रपराक्रमम् । सर्वान्दुर्योधनः पार्थान्हतान्युद्धेऽभ्यमन्यत ॥

dṛṣṭvā caiva mahārāja droṇaputraparākramam | sarvānduryodhanaḥ pārthānhatānyuddhe'bhyamanyata

And seeing the valour of Drona's son, O great king, Duryodhana took all the sons of Pritha to be already slain in the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected युद्वेऽभ्यमन्यत → युद्धेऽभ्यमन्यत (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध). The corresponding CE verse is 8.39.29 (dṛṣṭvā te ca mahārāja droṇaputraparākramam / nihatān menire sarvān pāṇḍūn droṇasutena vai), which the alignment left unmatched; Wikisource's wording is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 33 (8.50.33)

युधिष्ठिरस्तु त्वरितो द्रौणिं पीड्य महारथम् । अब्रवीद्द्रोणपुत्रं स रोषामर्षसमन्वितः ॥

yudhiṣṭhirastu tvarito drauṇiṃ pīḍya mahāratham | abravīddroṇaputraṃ sa roṣāmarṣasamanvitaḥ

Yudhishthira, quickly pressing the great car-warrior Drauni, spoke to Drona's son, full of anger and indignation.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads पीड्य where CE 8.39.30a reads śliṣya; the second line is close to CE 8.39.30c. Recension variants, kept. Yudhishthira's speech begins in the next verse (CE star 8.39.030d*0507).

Verse 34 (8.50.34)

जानामि त्वां युधि श्रेष्ठ वीर्यवन्तं बलान्वितम् । कृतास्त्रं कृतिनं चैव तथा लघुपराक्रमम् ॥

jānāmi tvāṃ yudhi śreṣṭha vīryavantaṃ balānvitam | kṛtāstraṃ kṛtinaṃ caiva tathā laghuparākramam

I know you, best of fighters, to be strong and powerful, skilled in weapons, accomplished, and swift in prowess.

Note on the text: Not in the CE text proper; it is star passage 8.39.030d*0507_01–02 (jānāmi tvāṃ yudhi śreṣṭhaṃ vīryavantaṃ balānvitam / kṛtāstraṃ kṛtinaṃ caiva tathā laghuparākramam). Removed the stray opening backtick (wiki mark). Speaker supplied from the preceding verse (अब्रवीद् … द्रोणपुत्रम्); the page prints no heading for it.

Verse 35 (8.50.35)

बलमेतद्भवान्सर्वं पार्षते यदि दर्शयेत् । ततस्त्वां बलवन्तं च कृतविद्यं च विद्महे ॥

balametadbhavānsarvaṃ pārṣate yadi darśayet | tatastvāṃ balavantaṃ ca kṛtavidyaṃ ca vidmahe

If you were to show all this strength against Parshata, then we would know you to be mighty and learned in arms.

Note on the text: Not in the CE text proper; it is star passage 8.39.030d*0507_03–04 (balam etad bhavān sarvaṃ pārṣate yadi darśayet / tatas tvāṃ balavantaṃ ca kṛtavīryaṃ ca vidmahe). Corrected दर्सयेत् → दर्शयेत् (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; the star reads darśayet). Wikisource's कृतविद्यं for kṛtavīryaṃ is a variant, kept.

Verse 36 (8.50.36)

न हि वै पार्षतं दृष्ट्वा समरे शत्रुसूदनम् । भवेत्तव बलं किञ्चिद्ब्रवीमि त्वां न तु द्विजम् ॥

na hi vai pārṣataṃ dṛṣṭvā samare śatrusūdanam | bhavettava balaṃ kiñcidbravīmi tvāṃ na tu dvijam

For on seeing Parshata, the destroyer of foes, in battle, you would have no strength to speak of. I say this to you, and not to a Brahmin.

Note on the text: Not in the CE text proper; it is star passage 8.39.030d*0507_05–06 (sa hi vai pārṣataṃ dṛṣṭvā samare śatrusūdanam / bhavet tava balaṃ kiṃ cid bravīmi tvāṃ na tu dvija). Corrected पार्पतं → पार्षतं (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the star reads pārṣataṃ). Removed the stray closing quote mark (wiki mark) after द्विजम्. Wikisource's न हि for sa hi and द्विजम् for the vocative dvija are variants, kept.

Verse 37 (8.50.37)

नैव नाम तव प्रीतिर्नैव नाम कृतज्ञता । यतस्त्वं पुरुषव्याघ्र मामेवाद्य जिघांससि ॥

naiva nāma tava prītirnaiva nāma kṛtajñatā | yatastvaṃ puruṣavyāghra māmevādya jighāṃsasi

Surely you have no affection and no gratitude, since, O tiger among men, it is me alone that you seek today to kill.

Verse 38 (8.50.38)

ब्राह्मणेन तपः कार्यं शमश्च दम एव च । क्षत्रियेण धनुर्नाम्यं स भवान्ब्राह्मणब्रुवः ॥

brāhmaṇena tapaḥ kāryaṃ śamaśca dama eva ca | kṣatriyeṇa dhanurnāmyaṃ sa bhavānbrāhmaṇabruvaḥ

A Brahmin's work is austerity, tranquillity and self-control; a Kshatriya's is to bend the bow. You are a Brahmin in name only.

Note on the text: Corrected दमएव → दम एव (a missing word space) and धनुर्नाभ्यं → धनुर्नाम्यं (misprints in Wikisource; भ for म; the critical edition reads dhanur nāmyaṃ). Wikisource's शमश्च दम एव च for CE's dānam adhyayanaṃ tathā is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 39 (8.50.39)

मिषतस्ते महाबाहो युधि जेष्यामि कौरवान् । कुरुष्व समरे कर्म ब्रह्मबन्धो यथेष्टतः ॥

miṣataste mahābāho yudhi jeṣyāmi kauravān | kuruṣva samare karma brahmabandho yatheṣṭataḥ

While you look on, mighty-armed one, I shall conquer the Kauravas in battle. Do your work in the fight as you wish, you Brahmin in name only.

Note on the text: Corrected महावाहो → महाबाहो (व for ब) and ब्रह्मबन्धे → ब्रह्मबन्धो (misprints in Wikisource; the vocative of ब्रह्मबन्धु is ब्रह्मबन्धो). Line 2 reads कुरुष्व समरे कर्म … यथेष्टतः against CE's brahmabandhur asi dhruvam; recension variant, kept.

Verse 40 (8.50.40)

एवमुक्तो महाराज द्रोणपुत्रः स्मयन्निव । युक्तं तत्त्वं च सञ्चिन्त्य नोत्तरं किञ्चिदब्रवीत् ॥

evamukto mahārāja droṇaputraḥ smayanniva | yuktaṃ tattvaṃ ca sañcintya nottaraṃ kiñcidabravīt

Thus addressed, O great king, Drona's son, smiling as it were, and weighing what was fitting and true, gave no reply.

Note on the text: Corrected सयन्निव → स्मयन्निव (a dropped म; the critical edition reads smayann iva) and युक्त तत्त्वं → युक्तं तत्त्वं (a dropped anusvara; CE reads yuktatvaṃ tac ca saṃcintya, a variant) — misprints in Wikisource.

Verse 41 (8.50.41)

अनुक्त्वा च ततः किञ्चिच्छरवर्षेण पाण्डवम् । छादयामास समरे क्रुद्धोऽन्तक इव प्रजाः ॥

anuktvā ca tataḥ kiñciccharavarṣeṇa pāṇḍavam | chādayāmāsa samare kruddho'ntaka iva prajāḥ

Saying nothing, he covered the Pandava in battle with a shower of arrows, enraged like Death, the ender of creatures.

Verse 42 (8.50.42)

स च्छाद्यमानस्तु तदा द्रोणपुत्रेण मारिष । पार्थोऽपयातः शीघ्रं वै प्रगृह्य महतीं चमूम् ॥

sa cchādyamānastu tadā droṇaputreṇa māriṣa | pārtho'payātaḥ śīghraṃ vai pragṛhya mahatīṃ camūm

Covered by Drona's son, O lord, the son of Pritha quickly withdrew, taking his great army with him.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads प्रगृह्य महतीं चमूम् in line 2; CE 8.39.36c reads vihāya mahatīṃ camūm. Recension variant, kept.

Verse 43 (8.50.43)

अपयाते ततस्तस्मिन्धर्मपुत्रे युधिष्ठिरे । द्रोणपुत्रः स्थितो राजन्प्रत्यादेशान्महात्मनः ॥

apayāte tatastasmindharmaputre yudhiṣṭhire | droṇaputraḥ sthito rājanpratyādeśānmahātmanaḥ

When Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma, had withdrawn, Drona's son, O king, held his ground, because of the great-souled man's rebuke.

Verse 44 (8.50.44)

ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजंस्त्यक्त्वा द्रौणिं महाहवे । प्रययौ तावकं सैन्यं युक्तः क्रूराय कर्मणे ॥

tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājaṃstyaktvā drauṇiṃ mahāhave | prayayau tāvakaṃ sainyaṃ yuktaḥ krūrāya karmaṇe

Then King Yudhishthira, leaving Drauni in that great battle, went off to your army, bent on a cruel task.

Note on the text: Corrected क्रुराय → क्रूराय (misprint in Wikisource; short ु for long ू; the critical edition reads krūrāya).