The Battle on Three Fronts

Verse 1 (8.51.1)

भीमसेनं सपाञ्चालं चेदिकेकयसंवृतम् । सेनापतिः स्वयं क्रुद्धो वारयामास सायकैः ॥

bhīmasenaṃ sapāñcālaṃ cedikekayasaṃvṛtam | senāpatiḥ svayaṃ kruddho vārayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ

Karna, the commander, himself in anger checked with arrows Bhimasena, who was accompanied by the Panchalas and surrounded by the Chedis and Kekayas.

Verse 2 (8.51.2)

ततस्तु चेदिकारूषान्सृञ्जयांश्च महारथान् । कर्णो जघान समरे भीमसेनस्य पश्यतः ॥

tatastu cedikārūṣānsṛñjayāṃśca mahārathān | karṇo jaghāna samare bhīmasenasya paśyataḥ

Then, with Bhimasena looking on, Karna struck down in the battle the Chedis, the Karushas and the Srinjayas, great chariot-warriors all.

Note on the text: Corrected चेदिकारूशान् → चेदिकारूषान् (misprint in Wikisource; श for ष; critical edition cedikārūṣān). Corrected सृढ्जयांश्च → सृञ्जयांश्च (misprint in Wikisource; ढ् for ञ्; critical edition sṛñjayāṃś).

Verse 3 (8.51.3)

भीमसेनस्ततः कर्णे विहाय रथसत्तमम् । प्रययौ कौरवं सैन्यं कक्षमग्निरिव ज्वलन् ॥

bhīmasenastataḥ karṇe vihāya rathasattamam | prayayau kauravaṃ sainyaṃ kakṣamagniriva jvalan

Then Bhimasena left Karna, that best of charioteers, and burst into the Kaurava army, blazing like a fire in dry grass.

Verse 4 (8.51.4)

सूतपुत्रोऽपि समरे पाञ्चालान्केकयांस्तथा । सृञ्जयांश्च महेष्वासान्निजघान सहस्रशः ॥

sūtaputro'pi samare pāñcālānkekayāṃstathā | sṛñjayāṃśca maheṣvāsānnijaghāna sahasraśaḥ

The charioteer's son, for his part, killed by the thousand in the battle the Panchalas and Kekayas, and the great archers, the Srinjayas.

Note on the text: Corrected निजघानं → निजघान (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara; critical edition nijaghāna).

Verse 5 (8.51.5)

संशप्तकेषु पार्थश्च कौरवेषु वृकोदरः । पाञ्चालेषु तथा कर्णः क्षयं चक्रुर्महारथाः ॥

saṃśaptakeṣu pārthaśca kauraveṣu vṛkodaraḥ | pāñcāleṣu tathā karṇaḥ kṣayaṃ cakrurmahārathāḥ

Among the Samshaptakas the son of Pritha, among the Kauravas Vrikodara, and among the Panchalas Karna: these great chariot-warriors brought about destruction.

Verse 6 (8.51.6)

ते क्षत्रिया दह्यमानास्त्रिभिस्तैः पावकोपमैः । जग्मुर्विनाशं समरे राजन्दुर्मन्त्रिते तव ॥

te kṣatriyā dahyamānāstribhistaiḥ pāvakopamaiḥ | jagmurvināśaṃ samare rājandurmantrite tava

Burning under those three, who were like fire itself, those kshatriyas went to their destruction in the battle, O king, through your ill counsel.

Note on the text: Corrected दह्यामानास् → दह्यमानास् (misprint in Wikisource; extra ā; critical edition dahyamānās).

Verse 7 (8.51.7)

ततो दुर्योधनः क्रुद्धो नकुलं नवभिः शरैः । विव्याध भरतश्रेष्ठ चतुरश्चास्य वाजिनः ॥

tato duryodhanaḥ kruddho nakulaṃ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ | vivyādha bharataśreṣṭha caturaścāsya vājinaḥ

Then Duryodhana, enraged, pierced Nakula with nine arrows, O best of the Bharatas, and also his four horses.

Note on the text: Corrected क्रुद्दो → क्रुद्धो (misprint in Wikisource; द for ध; critical edition kruddhaḥ).

Verse 8 (8.51.8)

ततः परममेयात्मा तव पुत्रो जनाधिप । क्षुरेण सहदेवस्य ध्वजं चिच्छेद काञ्चनम् ॥

tataḥ paramameyātmā tava putro janādhipa | kṣureṇa sahadevasya dhvajaṃ ciccheda kāñcanam

After that, O lord of men, your son of immeasurable spirit cut down Sahadeva's golden banner with a razor-headed arrow.

Verse 9 (8.51.9)

नकुलस्तु ततः क्रुद्धस्तव पुत्रं च सप्तभिः । जघान समरे राजन्सहदेवश्च पञ्चभिः ॥

nakulastu tataḥ kruddhastava putraṃ ca saptabhiḥ | jaghāna samare rājansahadevaśca pañcabhiḥ

Then Nakula, enraged, struck your son in the battle with seven arrows, O king, and Sahadeva with five.

Verse 10 (8.51.10)

तावुभौ भरतश्रेष्ठौ ज्येष्ठौ सर्वधनुष्मताम् । विव्याधोरसि सङ्क्रुद्धः पञ्चभिः पञ्चभिः शरैः ॥

tāvubhau bharataśreṣṭhau jyeṣṭhau sarvadhanuṣmatām | vivyādhorasi saṅkruddhaḥ pañcabhiḥ pañcabhiḥ śaraiḥ

Furious, he pierced those two, the best of the Bharatas, foremost of all bowmen, in the chest with five arrows apiece.

Verse 11 (8.51.11)

ततोऽपराभ्यां भल्लाभ्यां धनुषी समकृन्तत । यमयोः प्रसभं वीरो विव्याधाशु त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः ॥

tato'parābhyāṃ bhallābhyāṃ dhanuṣī samakṛntata | yamayoḥ prasabhaṃ vīro vivyādhāśu tribhistribhiḥ

Then with two broad-headed arrows he cut their two bows, and the hero quickly pierced the twins with three arrows each, with force.

Note on the text: Corrected भल्लाब्यां → भल्लाभ्यां (misprint in Wikisource; ब for भ; critical edition bhallābhyāṃ).

Verse 12 (8.51.12)

तावन्ये धनुषी श्रेष्ठे शक्रचापनिभे शुभे । प्रगृह्य रेजतुः शूरौ देवपुत्रसमौ युधि ॥

tāvanye dhanuṣī śreṣṭhe śakracāpanibhe śubhe | pragṛhya rejatuḥ śūrau devaputrasamau yudhi

The two heroes took up other fine bows, beautiful, like Indra's rainbow, and shone in the battle like two sons of the gods.

Verse 13 (8.51.13)

ततस्तौ रभसौ युद्धे भ्रातरौ भ्रातरं युधि । शरैर्ववर्षतुर्घोरैर्महामेघौ यथाऽचलम् ॥

tatastau rabhasau yuddhe bhrātarau bhrātaraṃ yudhi | śarairvavarṣaturghorairmahāmeghau yathā'calam

Then the two brothers, furious in the fight, rained terrible arrows on their brother, like two great clouds on a mountain.

Verse 14 (8.51.14)

ततः क्रुद्धो महाराज तव पुत्रो महारथः । पाण्डुपुत्रौ महेष्वासौ वारयामास पत्रिभिः ॥

tataḥ kruddho mahārāja tava putro mahārathaḥ | pāṇḍuputrau maheṣvāsau vārayāmāsa patribhiḥ

Then your son, the great chariot-warrior, enraged, O great king, held back the two mighty archers, the sons of Pandu, with his arrows.

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width joiner inside पाण्डुपुत्रौ (a wiki typesetting artefact).

Verse 15 (8.51.15)

धनुर्मण्डलमेवास्य ददृशे युधि भारत । सायकाश्चाप्यदृश्यन्त निश्चरन्तः समन्ततः ॥

dhanurmaṇḍalamevāsya dadṛśe yudhi bhārata | sāyakāścāpyadṛśyanta niścarantaḥ samantataḥ

Only the circle of his bow was seen in the battle, O Bharata, and the arrows were seen streaming out on every side.

Verse 16 (8.51.16)

तस्य सायकसञ्छन्नौ माद्रेयौ न विरेजतुः । मेघच्छन्नौ यथा व्योम्नि चन्द्रसूर्यौ गतप्रभौ ॥

tasya sāyakasañchannau mādreyau na virejatuḥ | meghacchannau yathā vyomni candrasūryau gataprabhau

Covered by his arrows, the two sons of Madri did not shine, like the sun and moon in the sky, hidden by clouds, their radiance gone.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a backtick or quote) from the text.

Verse 17 (8.51.17)

ते तु बाणा महाराज स्वर्णपुङ्खाः शिलाशिताः । आच्छादयन्दिशः सर्वाः सूर्यस्येव मरीचयः ॥

te tu bāṇā mahārāja svarṇapuṅkhāḥ śilāśitāḥ | ācchādayandiśaḥ sarvāḥ sūryasyeva marīcayaḥ

Those arrows, O great king, gold-feathered and whetted on stone, covered all the directions like the rays of the sun.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a backtick or quote) from the text.

Verse 18 (8.51.18)

बाणभूते ततस्तस्मिन्सञ्छन्ने च नभस्तले । राज्ञस्तु ददृशे रूपं कालान्तकयमोपमम् ॥

bāṇabhūte tatastasminsañchanne ca nabhastale | rājñastu dadṛśe rūpaṃ kālāntakayamopamam

When the sky had become all arrows and was covered over, the king's form was seen, like that of Time, the Ender and Yama.

Note on the text: Corrected वाणभूते → बाणभूते (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब; critical edition bāṇabhūte).

Verse 19 (8.51.19)

पराक्रमं तु तं दृष्ट्वा तव सूनोर्महारथाः । मृत्योरुपान्तिकं प्राप्तौ माद्रीपुत्रौ स्म मेनिरे ॥

parākramaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā tava sūnormahārathāḥ | mṛtyorupāntikaṃ prāptau mādrīputrau sma menire

Seeing that prowess of your son, the great chariot-warriors thought that the two sons of Madri had come into the presence of Death.

Verse 20 (8.51.20)

ततः सेनापती राजन्पाण्डवानां महारथः । पार्षतः प्रययौ तत्र यत्र राजा सुयोधनः ॥

tataḥ senāpatī rājanpāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathaḥ | pārṣataḥ prayayau tatra yatra rājā suyodhanaḥ

Then, O king, the Pandavas' commander, the great chariot-warrior Prishata's son, went to where King Suyodhana was.

Verse 21 (8.51.21)

माद्रीपुत्रौ ततः शूरौ व्यतिक्रम्य महारथौ । धृष्टद्युम्नस्तव सुतं पीडयामास सायकैः ॥

mādrīputrau tataḥ śūrau vyatikramya mahārathau | dhṛṣṭadyumnastava sutaṃ pīḍayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ

Then Dhrishtadyumna passed by the two valiant sons of Madri, both great chariot-warriors, and afflicted your son with arrows.

Verse 22 (8.51.22)

तमविध्यदमेयात्मा तव पुत्रो ह्यमर्षणः । पाञ्चाल्यं पञ्चविंशत्या प्रहस्य पुरुषर्षभः ॥

tamavidhyadameyātmā tava putro hyamarṣaṇaḥ | pāñcālyaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā prahasya puruṣarṣabhaḥ

Your son, of immeasurable spirit and unable to bear an affront, that bull among men, laughed and pierced the Panchala prince with twenty-five arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected ह्यमर्पणः → ह्यमर्षणः (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; compare ह्यमर्षणः in the next verse).

Verse 23 (8.51.23)

ततः पुनरमेयात्मा तव पुत्रो ह्यमर्षणः । विद्ध्वा ननाद पाञ्चाल्यं षष्ट्या पञ्चभिरेव च ॥

tataḥ punarameyātmā tava putro hyamarṣaṇaḥ | viddhvā nanāda pāñcālyaṃ ṣaṣṭyā pañcabhireva ca

Then once more your son of immeasurable spirit, unable to bear an affront, pierced the Panchala with sixty-five arrows and roared.

Verse 24 (8.51.24)

तथास्य सशरं चापं मुष्टिदेशे विशाम्पते । क्षुरप्रेण सुतीक्ष्णेन राजा चिच्छेद संयुगे ॥

tathāsya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ muṣṭideśe viśāmpate | kṣurapreṇa sutīkṣṇena rājā ciccheda saṃyuge

And then, O lord of the people, the king in the battle cut through the Panchala's bow, with the arrow on it, at the grip, with a very sharp razor-headed arrow.

Verse 25 (8.51.25)

तदपास्य धनुश्छिन्नं पाञ्चाल्यः शत्रुकर्शनः । अन्यदादत्त वेगेन धनुर्भारसहं नवम् ॥

tadapāsya dhanuśchinnaṃ pāñcālyaḥ śatrukarśanaḥ | anyadādatta vegena dhanurbhārasahaṃ navam

The Panchala prince, destroyer of enemies, threw aside the cut bow and quickly took up another, new one, able to bear the strain.

Verse 26 (8.51.26)

क्रोधाद्रुधिररक्ताक्षः संरम्भात्प्रज्वलन्निव । अशोभत महेष्वासो धृष्टद्युम्नः कृतव्रणः ॥

krodhādrudhiraraktākṣaḥ saṃrambhātprajvalanniva | aśobhata maheṣvāso dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ kṛtavraṇaḥ

With eyes red as blood from anger, seeming to blaze with fury, the great archer Dhrishtadyumna, wounded, shone.

Note on the text: Matches CE 8.40.26 (missed by the alignment); the half-lines are in a different order of words, a recension variant, kept.

Verse 27 (8.51.27)

स पञ्चदश नाराचाञ्श्वसतः पन्नगानिव । जिघांसुर्भरतश्रेष्ठं धृष्टद्युम्नो व्यपासृजत् ॥

sa pañcadaśa nārācāñśvasataḥ pannagāniva | jighāṃsurbharataśreṣṭhaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumno vyapāsṛjat

Wishing to kill the best of the Bharatas, Dhrishtadyumna loosed fifteen iron arrows, like hissing serpents.

Verse 28 (8.51.28)

ते वर्म हेमविकृतं भित्त्वा राज्ञः शिलीमुखाः । विविशुर्वसुधां वेगात्कङ्कबर्हिणवाससः ॥

te varma hemavikṛtaṃ bhittvā rājñaḥ śilīmukhāḥ | viviśurvasudhāṃ vegātkaṅkabarhiṇavāsasaḥ

Those arrows, feathered with heron and peacock plumes, split the king's gold-worked armour and entered the earth with speed.

Verse 29 (8.51.29)

सोऽतिविद्धो महाराज पुत्रस्तेऽतिव्यराजत । वसन्तकाले सुमहान्प्रफुल्ल इव किंशुकः ॥

so'tividdho mahārāja putraste'tivyarājata | vasantakāle sumahānpraphulla iva kiṃśukaḥ

Deeply pierced, O great king, your son shone, like a great kimshuka tree in full bloom in the spring season.

Verse 30 (8.51.30)

स च्छिन्नवर्मा नाराचप्रहारैर्झर्झरीकृतः । धृष्टद्युम्नस्य भल्लेन क्रुद्धश्चिच्छेद कार्मुकम् ॥

sa cchinnavarmā nārācaprahārairjharjharīkṛtaḥ | dhṛṣṭadyumnasya bhallena kruddhaściccheda kārmukam

His armour shattered and his body riddled by the blows of the arrows, he angrily cut Dhrishtadyumna's bow with a broad-headed arrow.

Verse 31 (8.51.31)

अथैनं छिन्नधन्वानं त्वरमाणो महीपतिः । सायकैर्दशभी राजन्भ्रुवोर्मध्ये समार्पयत् ॥

athainaṃ chinnadhanvānaṃ tvaramāṇo mahīpatiḥ | sāyakairdaśabhī rājanbhruvormadhye samārpayat

Then, O king, the lord of the earth, in haste, struck him, now with his bow cut, between the eyebrows with ten arrows.

Verse 32 (8.51.32)

तस्य तेऽशोभयन्वक्त्रं कर्मारपरिमार्जिताः । प्रफुल्लं पङ्कजं यद्वद्भ्रमरा मधुलिप्सवः ॥

tasya te'śobhayanvaktraṃ karmāraparimārjitāḥ | praphullaṃ paṅkajaṃ yadvadbhramarā madhulipsavaḥ

Polished by the smith, they adorned his face, like bees eager for honey on a blooming lotus.

Note on the text: Corrected यद्वद्धमरा → यद्वद्भ्रमरा (misprint in Wikisource; a broken conjunct, ध for भ्र; critical edition bhramarā).

Verse 33 (8.51.33)

तदपास्य धनुश्छिन्नं धृष्टद्युम्नो महामनाः । अन्यदादत्त वेगेन धनुर्भल्लांश्च षोडश ॥

tadapāsya dhanuśchinnaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumno mahāmanāḥ | anyadādatta vegena dhanurbhallāṃśca ṣoḍaśa

Casting aside that cut bow, the great-minded Dhrishtadyumna swiftly took up another bow and sixteen broad-headed arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected दृष्टद्युम्नो → धृष्टद्युम्नो (misprint in Wikisource; द for ध in the name; Dhrishtadyumna).

Verse 34 (8.51.34)

ततो दुर्योधनस्याश्वान्हत्वा सूतं च पञ्चभिः । धनुश्चिच्छेद भल्लेन जातरूपपरिष्कृतम् ॥

tato duryodhanasyāśvānhatvā sūtaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ | dhanuściccheda bhallena jātarūpapariṣkṛtam

Then he killed Duryodhana's horses and charioteer with five arrows, and with a broad-headed arrow cut his bow, which was adorned with gold.

Verse 35 (8.51.35)

रथं सोपस्करं छत्रं शक्तिं खड्गं गदां ध्वजम् । भल्लैश्चिच्छेद दशभिः पुत्रस्य तव पार्षतः ॥

rathaṃ sopaskaraṃ chatraṃ śaktiṃ khaḍgaṃ gadāṃ dhvajam | bhallaiściccheda daśabhiḥ putrasya tava pārṣataḥ

With ten broad-headed arrows Prishata's son cut down your son's chariot with its fittings, his umbrella, spear, sword, mace and banner.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गं → खड्गं (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग; critical edition khaḍgaṃ).

Verse 36 (8.51.36)

तपनीयाङ्गदं छत्रं नागं मणिमयं शुभम् । ध्वजं कुरुपतेश्छिन्नं ददृशुः सर्वपार्थिवाः ॥

tapanīyāṅgadaṃ chatraṃ nāgaṃ maṇimayaṃ śubham | dhvajaṃ kurupateśchinnaṃ dadṛśuḥ sarvapārthivāḥ

All the kings saw the Kuru lord's gold-ornamented umbrella, the beautiful jewelled serpent emblem, and his banner, cut down.

Verse 37 (8.51.37)

दुर्योधनं तु विरथं छिन्नवर्मायुधध्वजम् । भ्रातरं समुदैक्षन्त सोदरा भरतर्षभ ॥

duryodhanaṃ tu virathaṃ chinnavarmāyudhadhvajam | bhrātaraṃ samudaikṣanta sodarā bharatarṣabha

His brothers, O bull of the Bharatas, looked upon Duryodhana, robbed of his chariot, with armour, weapons and banner cut away.

Verse 38 (8.51.38)

तमारोप्य रथे राजन्कुण्डधारो महारथम् । अपाहरदसम्भ्रान्तो धृष्टद्युम्नस्य पश्यतः ॥

tamāropya rathe rājankuṇḍadhāro mahāratham | apāharadasambhrānto dhṛṣṭadyumnasya paśyataḥ

Unflustered, Kundadhara lifted that great warrior onto his chariot, O king, and carried him away before Dhrishtadyumna's eyes.

Verse 39 (8.51.39)

कर्णस्तु सात्यकिं हित्वा राजगृध्नुरमर्षणः । द्रोणहन्तारमुग्रेषुं ससाराभिमुखो रणे ॥

karṇastu sātyakiṃ hitvā rājagṛdhnuramarṣaṇaḥ | droṇahantāramugreṣuṃ sasārābhimukho raṇe

Karna, leaving Satyaki, eager to serve the king and unable to bear it, rushed in the battle against the slayer of Drona, the wielder of terrible arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected राजगृघ्नुरमर्षणः → राजगृध्नुरमर्षणः (misprint in Wikisource; घ्नु for ध्नु, not a word; critical edition rājagṛddhī). Corrected द्रोमहन्तारमुग्रेषुं → द्रोणहन्तारमुग्रेषुं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ण; critical edition droṇahantāram).

Verse 40 (8.51.40)

तं पृष्ठतोऽन्वयात्तूर्णं शैनेयोऽभिहतः शरैः । वारणं जघनोपान्ते विषाणाभ्यामिव द्विपः ॥

taṃ pṛṣṭhato'nvayāttūrṇaṃ śaineyo'bhihataḥ śaraiḥ | vāraṇaṃ jaghanopānte viṣāṇābhyāmiva dvipaḥ

Satyaki, wounded by arrows, followed swiftly behind him, like an elephant that strikes another at the rear with both its tusks.

Verse 41 (8.51.41)

स भारतपुरोगानां राज्ञां च सुमहात्मनाम् । कर्णपार्षतयोर्युद्धे सङ्क्रुद्धानां महारणे ॥

sa bhāratapurogānāṃ rājñāṃ ca sumahātmanām | karṇapārṣatayoryuddhe saṅkruddhānāṃ mahāraṇe

Among those enraged and high-souled kings, with the Bharatas at their head, in the great battle between Karna and Prishata's son,

Note on the text: Corrected युद्वे → युद्धे (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध, a broken conjunct). Corrected सङ्क्रद्धानां → सङ्क्रुद्धानां (misprint in Wikisource; dropped u-sign). Matches CE 8.40.41 (missed by the alignment); recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 42 (8.51.42)

न पाण्डवानां नास्माकं कश्चिदासीत्पराङ्मुखः । प्रत्यदृश्यत यत्कर्णः पाञ्चालांस्त्वरितो ययौ ॥

na pāṇḍavānāṃ nāsmākaṃ kaścidāsītparāṅmukhaḥ | pratyadṛśyata yatkarṇaḥ pāñcālāṃstvarito yayau

not one of the Pandavas or of our side turned away; for Karna was seen going swiftly against the Panchalas.

Verse 43 (8.51.43)

तस्मिन्क्षणे नरश्रेष्ठ गजवाजिरथक्षयः । प्रादुरासीदुभयतो राजन्मध्यगतेऽहनि ॥

tasminkṣaṇe naraśreṣṭha gajavājirathakṣayaḥ | prādurāsīdubhayato rājanmadhyagate'hani

At that moment, O best of men, a destruction of elephants, horses and chariots arose on both sides, O king, in the middle of the day.

Verse 44 (8.51.44)

पाञ्चालास्तु महाराज त्वरिता विजिगीषवः । सर्वतोऽभ्यद्रवन्कर्णं पतत्त्रिण इव द्रुमम् ॥

pāñcālāstu mahārāja tvaritā vijigīṣavaḥ | sarvato'bhyadravankarṇaṃ patattriṇa iva drumam

The Panchalas, O great king, hastening and eager for victory, rushed at Karna from every side, like birds at a tree.

Verse 45 (8.51.45)

तेषामाधिरथिः क्रुद्धः प्रधानान्वै तरस्विनः । विचिन्वन्निव बाणौघैः समासादयदग्रतः ॥

teṣāmādhirathiḥ kruddhaḥ pradhānānvai tarasvinaḥ | vicinvanniva bāṇaughaiḥ samāsādayadagrataḥ

Enraged, Adhiratha's son, as though searching them out with showers of arrows, met face to face their foremost and mightiest.

Verse 46 (8.51.46)

व्याघ्रकेतुः सुशर्मा च शुक्रश्चित्रायुधः क्रतुः । दुर्जयो रोचमानश्च सिंहसेनस्तथाऽष्टमः । महता रथवंशेन परिवव्रुर्नरोत्तमम् ॥

vyāghraketuḥ suśarmā ca śukraścitrāyudhaḥ kratuḥ | durjayo rocamānaśca siṃhasenastathā'ṣṭamaḥ | mahatā rathavaṃśena parivavrurnarottamam

Vyaghraketu, Susharma, Shukra, Chitrayudha, Kratu, Durjaya, Rochamana, and Simhasena as the eighth: with a great host of chariots they surrounded that best of men.

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 correspond to CE 8.40.46 (the list of names differs: the CE has śaṅku, ugra and dhanaṃjaya where Wikisource has citrāyudha and kratu); line 3 corresponds to CE 8.40.47a. Recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept. All eight names are kept.

Verse 47 (8.51.47)

सृजन्तः सायकांस्तूर्णं कर्णमाहवशोभिनम् । यतमानांस्तु ताञ्शूरान्मनुजेन्द्रः शितैः शरैः । अष्टाभिरष्टौ राधेयः पाञ्चालान्न्यहनद्रणे ॥

sṛjantaḥ sāyakāṃstūrṇaṃ karṇamāhavaśobhinam | yatamānāṃstu tāñśūrānmanujendraḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ | aṣṭābhiraṣṭau rādheyaḥ pāñcālānnyahanadraṇe

As they swiftly shot their arrows at Karna, the ornament of battle, the lord of men, Radheya, killed in the battle eight of those valiant Panchalas, as they strove, with eight sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to CE 8.40.47cd, lines 2-3 to CE 8.40.48 (the alignment missed it); recension variants, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 48 (8.51.48)

अथापरान्महाराज सूतपुत्रः प्रतापवान् । जघान बहुसाहस्रान्योधान्युद्धविशारदान् ॥

athāparānmahārāja sūtaputraḥ pratāpavān | jaghāna bahusāhasrānyodhānyuddhaviśāradān

Then, O great king, the mighty charioteer's son killed many thousands of other warriors, skilled in battle.

Note on the text: Corrected युद्वविशारदान् → युद्धविशारदान् (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध, a broken conjunct; critical edition yuddhaviśāradaḥ).

Verse 49 (8.51.49)

विष्णुं च विष्णुवर्माणं देवापिं भद्रमेव च । दण्डधारं च समरे चित्रं चित्रायुधं हरिम् ॥

viṣṇuṃ ca viṣṇuvarmāṇaṃ devāpiṃ bhadrameva ca | daṇḍadhāraṃ ca samare citraṃ citrāyudhaṃ harim

Vishnu, Vishnuvarman, Devapi, Bhadra, Dandadhara, Chitra, Chitrayudha, and Hari: he killed these in the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected चिंत्रायुधं → चित्रायुधं (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara; critical edition citrāyudhaṃ).

Verse 50 (8.51.50)

सिंहकेतुं रोचमानं शलभं च महारथम् । निजघान सुसङ्क्रुद्धश्चेदीनां च महारथान् ॥

siṃhaketuṃ rocamānaṃ śalabhaṃ ca mahāratham | nijaghāna susaṅkruddhaścedīnāṃ ca mahārathān

And Simhaketu, Rochamana, and the great chariot-warrior Shalabha: in utter fury he struck them down, and also the great chariot-warriors of the Chedis.

Note on the text: Corrected सुसङ्क्रुद्वश् → सुसङ्क्रुद्धश् (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध, a broken conjunct; critical edition susaṃkruddhaḥ).

Verse 51 (8.51.51)

तेषामाददतः प्राणानासीदाधिरथेर्वपुः । शोणिताभ्युक्षिताङ्गस्य रुद्रस्यैवातिभैरवम् ॥

teṣāmādadataḥ prāṇānāsīdādhirathervapuḥ | śoṇitābhyukṣitāṅgasya rudrasyaivātibhairavam

As he took away their lives, Adhiratha's son, his limbs drenched in blood, took on a form dreadful as Rudra's.

Verse 52 (8.51.52)

तत्र भारत कर्णेन मातङ्गास्ताडिताः शरैः । सर्वतोऽभ्यद्रवन्भीताः कुर्वन्तो महदाकुलम् ॥

tatra bhārata karṇena mātaṅgāstāḍitāḥ śaraiḥ | sarvato'bhyadravanbhītāḥ kurvanto mahadākulam

There, O Bharata, the elephants struck by Karna's arrows ran in fear in all directions, causing great confusion.

Verse 53 (8.51.53)

निपेतुरुर्व्यां समरे कर्णसायकताडिताः । कुर्वन्तो विविधान्नादान्वज्रनुन्ना इवाचलाः ॥

nipetururvyāṃ samare karṇasāyakatāḍitāḥ | kurvanto vividhānnādānvajranunnā ivācalāḥ

Struck by Karna's arrows, they fell to the ground in the battle, crying out in many ways, like mountains hurled down by thunderbolts.

Verse 54 (8.51.54)

गजवाजिमनुष्यैश्च निपतद्भिः समन्ततः । रथैर्भग्नैर्ध्वजैश्चैव समास्तीर्यत मेदिनी ॥

gajavājimanuṣyaiśca nipatadbhiḥ samantataḥ | rathairbhagnairdhvajaiścaiva samāstīryata medinī

With elephants, horses and men falling on every side, and with shattered chariots and banners, the earth was strewn over.

Verse 55 (8.51.55)

नैवं भीष्मो न च द्रोणो नान्ये युधि च तावकाः । चक्रुः स्म तादृशं कर्म यादृशं कृतवान्रणे ॥

naivaṃ bhīṣmo na ca droṇo nānye yudhi ca tāvakāḥ | cakruḥ sma tādṛśaṃ karma yādṛśaṃ kṛtavānraṇe

Neither Bhishma, nor Drona, nor any other of your warriors did in battle such a deed as he did.

Note on the text: Corrected भाष्मो → भीष्मो (misprint in Wikisource; ा for ी in the name; critical edition bhīṣmo).

Verse 56 (8.51.56)

मृगमध्ये यथा सिंहो दृश्यते निर्भयश्चरन् । पाञ्चालानां तथा मध्ये कर्णोऽचरदभीतवत् ॥

mṛgamadhye yathā siṃho dṛśyate nirbhayaścaran | pāñcālānāṃ tathā madhye karṇo'caradabhītavat

As a lion is seen roaming fearless among deer, so Karna moved fearless among the Panchalas.

Verse 57 (8.51.57)

सूतपुत्रोऽथ नागेषु हयेषु च रथेषु च । नरेषु च नरव्याघ्रश्चकार कदनं महत् ॥

sūtaputro'tha nāgeṣu hayeṣu ca ratheṣu ca | nareṣu ca naravyāghraścakāra kadanaṃ mahat

The charioteer's son, a tiger among men, wrought great carnage among elephants, horses, chariots and men.

Verse 58 (8.51.58)

यथा मृगगणांस्त्रस्तान्सिंहो द्रावयते दिशः । पाञ्चालानां रथव्रातान्कर्णो व्यद्रावयत्तथा ॥

yathā mṛgagaṇāṃstrastānsiṃho drāvayate diśaḥ | pāñcālānāṃ rathavrātānkarṇo vyadrāvayattathā

As a lion drives frightened herds of deer off in all directions, so Karna scattered the Panchalas' hosts of chariots.

Verse 59 (8.51.59)

सिंहं स्म हि यथा प्राप्य न जीवन्ति मृगाः क्वचित् । तथा कर्णमनुप्राप्ता न जीवन्ति स्म सृञ्जयाः ॥

siṃhaṃ sma hi yathā prāpya na jīvanti mṛgāḥ kvacit | tathā karṇamanuprāptā na jīvanti sma sṛñjayāḥ

As deer who meet a lion never live on, so the Srinjayas who met Karna did not live.

Verse 60 (8.51.60)

वैश्वानरमुखं प्राप्य दह्यन्ते शलभा यथा । कर्णाग्निं समरे प्राप्य दग्धा भारत सृञ्जयाः ॥

vaiśvānaramukhaṃ prāpya dahyante śalabhā yathā | karṇāgniṃ samare prāpya dagdhā bhārata sṛñjayāḥ

As moths that reach the mouth of a fire are burned, so the Srinjayas, O Bharata, having met the fire that was Karna in battle, were burned to ashes.

Note on the text: Corrected कर्णाग्रिं → कर्णाग्निं (misprint in Wikisource; र for न; critical edition karṇāgninā). Corrected भारत सृञ्जयः → भारत सृञ्जयाः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ā-sign (plural subject with दग्धा); critical edition sṛñjayāḥ). Matches CE 8.40.61 (missed by the alignment).

Verse 61 (8.51.61)

चेदिष्वेकेन कर्णेन पाञ्चालेषु च भारत । विश्राव्य नाम निहता बहवः शूरसम्मताः ॥

cediṣvekena karṇena pāñcāleṣu ca bhārata | viśrāvya nāma nihatā bahavaḥ śūrasammatāḥ

Among the Chedis and the Panchalas, O Bharata, many esteemed heroes, after announcing their names, were slain by Karna alone.

Note on the text: Corrected वेश्राव्य → विश्राव्य (misprint in Wikisource; not a word; critical edition viśrāvya). Corrected शूरसम्पताः → शूरसम्मताः (misprint in Wikisource; प for म; critical edition śūrasaṃmatāḥ).

Verse 62 (8.51.62)

मम चासीन्मती राजन्दृष्ट्वा कर्णस्य विक्रमम् । नैकोऽप्याधिरथेर्जीवन्पाञ्चाल्यो मोक्ष्यते युधि ॥

mama cāsīnmatī rājandṛṣṭvā karṇasya vikramam | naiko'pyādhiratherjīvanpāñcālyo mokṣyate yudhi

And seeing Karna's prowess, O king, I thought: not a single Panchala will escape from Adhiratha's son alive in this battle.

Verse 63 (8.51.63)

सङ्ख्ये विमर्द्य पाञ्चालान्सूतपुत्रः पुनः पुनः । अभ्यधावत्सुसङ्क्रुद्धः कुन्तीपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

saṅkhye vimardya pāñcālānsūtaputraḥ punaḥ punaḥ | abhyadhāvatsusaṅkruddhaḥ kuntīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram

Having crushed the Panchalas again and again in the battle, the charioteer's son, in great fury, rushed at Yudhishthira, son of Kunti.

Note on the text: Matches CE 8.40.64 (missed by the alignment).

Verse 64 (8.51.64)

धृष्टद्युम्नश्च राजानं द्रौपदेयाश्च मारिष । परिवव्रुरमित्रघ्नं शतशश्चापरे जनाः ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca rājānaṃ draupadeyāśca māriṣa | parivavruramitraghnaṃ śataśaścāpare janāḥ

Dhrishtadyumna, and the sons of Draupadi, O sire, and hundreds of other men surrounded the king, the slayer of his foes.

Verse 65 (8.51.65)

शिखण्डी सहदेवश्च नकुलो नाकुलिस्तथा । जनमेजयः शिनेर्नप्ता बहवश्च प्रभद्रकाः ॥

śikhaṇḍī sahadevaśca nakulo nākulistathā | janamejayaḥ śinernaptā bahavaśca prabhadrakāḥ

Shikhandi, Sahadeva, Nakula and Nakula's son, Janamejaya, Shini's grandson, and many of the Prabhadrakas.

Verse 66 (8.51.66)

एते पुरोगमा भूत्वा धृष्टद्युम्नश्च संयुगे । कर्णमस्यन्तमिष्वस्त्रैस्ततक्षुरमितौजसम् ॥

ete purogamā bhūtvā dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca saṃyuge | karṇamasyantamiṣvastraistatakṣuramitaujasam

These, with Dhrishtadyumna, going in front in the battle, hacked at Karna of boundless might as he shot his arrows and missiles.

Verse 67 (8.51.67)

तांस्तत्राधिरथिः सङ्ख्ये चेदिपाञ्चालपाण्डवान् । एको बहूनभ्यपतद्गरुत्मानिव पन्नगान् ॥

tāṃstatrādhirathiḥ saṅkhye cedipāñcālapāṇḍavān | eko bahūnabhyapatadgarutmāniva pannagān

Adhiratha's son, alone, fell in the battle upon those many, the Chedis, Panchalas and Pandavas, like Garuda upon serpents.

Verse 68 (8.51.68)

तैः कर्णस्याभवद्युद्धं घोररूपं विशाम्पते । तादृग्यादृक्पुरावृत्तं देवानां दानवैः सह ॥

taiḥ karṇasyābhavadyuddhaṃ ghorarūpaṃ viśāmpate | tādṛgyādṛkpurāvṛttaṃ devānāṃ dānavaiḥ saha

A terrible battle took place between him and them, O lord of the people, such as happened of old between the gods and the danavas.

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 the star passage 8.40.68d*0513 (lines 01-02).

Verse 69 (8.51.69)

तान्समेतान्महेष्वासाञ्शरवर्षौधवर्षिणः । एको व्यधमदव्यग्रस्तमांसीव दिवाकरः ॥

tānsametānmaheṣvāsāñśaravarṣaudhavarṣiṇaḥ | eko vyadhamadavyagrastamāṃsīva divākaraḥ

Unflustered, he alone scattered those great archers, gathered together and pouring down torrents of arrows, as the sun scatters darkness.

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 the star passage 8.40.68d*0513 (lines 03-04).

Verse 70 (8.51.70)

भीमसेनस्तु संसक्ते राधेये पाण्डवैः सह । सर्वतोऽभ्यहनत्क्रुद्धो यमदण्डनिभैः शरैः ॥

bhīmasenastu saṃsakte rādheye pāṇḍavaiḥ saha | sarvato'bhyahanatkruddho yamadaṇḍanibhaiḥ śaraiḥ

While Radheya was locked in combat with the Pandavas, Bhimasena, enraged, struck from every side with arrows like Yama's rod.

Note on the text: Line 1 only echoes CE 8.40.69a (bhīmasenas tu …; the rest of the line is different); line 2 is the CE star passage 8.40.69b*0514_01.

Verse 71 (8.51.71)

बाह्लीकान्केकयान्मात्स्यान्वासात्यान्मद्रसैन्धवान् । एकः सङ्ख्ये महेष्वासो योधयन्बह्वशोभत ॥

bāhlīkānkekayānmātsyānvāsātyānmadrasaindhavān | ekaḥ saṅkhye maheṣvāso yodhayanbahvaśobhata

Fighting the Bahlikas, Kekayas, Matsyas, Vasatis, Madras and Saindhavas, the great archer shone greatly, alone in the battle.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE star passage 8.40.69b*0514_02; line 2 is CE 8.40.69c.

Verse 72 (8.51.72)

तत्र मर्मसु भीमेन नाराचैस्ताडिता गजाः । प्रपतन्तो हतारोहाः कम्पयन्ति स्म मेदिनीम् ॥

tatra marmasu bhīmena nārācaistāḍitā gajāḥ | prapatanto hatārohāḥ kampayanti sma medinīm

There, the elephants, struck in their vital parts by Bhima's iron arrows, fell with their riders slain and made the earth tremble.

Verse 73 (8.51.73)

वाजिनश्च हतारोहाः पत्तयश्च गतासवः । अशेरत महाराज वमन्तो रुधिरं बहु ॥

vājinaśca hatārohāḥ pattayaśca gatāsavaḥ | aśerata mahārāja vamanto rudhiraṃ bahu

Horses whose riders were slain, and foot soldiers who had lost their lives, lay there, O great king, vomiting much blood.

Verse 74 (8.51.74)

ताडिताः सहसा नागा भीमसेनेन मारिष । निपतन्ति महावेगा वज्ररुग्णा इवाचलाः ॥

tāḍitāḥ sahasā nāgā bhīmasenena māriṣa | nipatanti mahāvegā vajrarugṇā ivācalāḥ

Struck suddenly by Bhimasena, O sire, the elephants fell in great rushes, like mountains shattered by thunderbolts.

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 the star passage 8.40.71d*0515 (lines 01-02).

Verse 75 (8.51.75)

पतितैस्तैर्महाराज वेगवद्भिर्महारथैः । शुशुभे वसुधा राजन्विकीर्णैरिव पर्वतैः ॥

patitaistairmahārāja vegavadbhirmahārathaiḥ | śuśubhe vasudhā rājanvikīrṇairiva parvataiḥ

With those swift great chariot-warriors fallen, O great king, the earth looked as though strewn with scattered mountains.

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 the star passage 8.40.71d*0516 (lines 01-02); Wikisource's महारथैः is the apparatus's mahāgajaiḥ, a recension variant.

Verse 76 (8.51.76)

सहस्रशश्च रथिनः पत्तयः पतितायुधाः । अक्षताः समदृश्यन्त भीमाद्भीता गतासवः ॥

sahasraśaśca rathinaḥ pattayaḥ patitāyudhāḥ | akṣatāḥ samadṛśyanta bhīmādbhītā gatāsavaḥ

Thousands of chariot-warriors and foot soldiers, their weapons fallen, were seen unwounded yet lifeless, dead of fear of Bhima.

Verse 77 (8.51.77)

रथिभिः सादिभिः सूतैः पादातैर्वाजिभिर्गजैः । भीमसेनशरैश्छिन्नैराच्छन्ना वसुधाभवत् । तत्स्तम्भितमिवातिष्ठद्भीमसेनभयार्दितम् ॥

rathibhiḥ sādibhiḥ sūtaiḥ pādātairvājibhirgajaiḥ | bhīmasenaśaraiśchinnairācchannā vasudhābhavat | tatstambhitamivātiṣṭhadbhīmasenabhayārditam

Covered with the cut-up chariot-warriors, horsemen, charioteers, foot soldiers, horses and elephants slain by Bhimasena's arrows, the earth lay hidden. That army stood as if frozen, tormented by fear of Bhimasena.

Note on the text: Corrected सुधाभवत् → वसुधाभवत् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped व; the earth is meant, critical edition vasudhābhavat). Lines 1-2 are CE 8.40.73; line 3 is CE 8.40.74a (Wikisource divides the verses differently). The alignment missed it.

Verse 78 (8.51.78)

दुर्योधनबलं सर्वं निरुत्साहं कृतं रणे । निश्चेष्टं तुमुलं दीनं बभौ तस्मिन्महारणे ॥

duryodhanabalaṃ sarvaṃ nirutsāhaṃ kṛtaṃ raṇe | niśceṣṭaṃ tumulaṃ dīnaṃ babhau tasminmahāraṇe

Duryodhana's whole force was robbed of spirit in the battle; motionless, in confusion and wretched, it stood so in that great combat.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to CE 8.40.74cd and line 2 to CE 8.40.75ab (the alignment missed it); recension variants, Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 79 (8.51.79)

प्रसन्नसलिले काले यथा स्यात्सागरो नृप । तद्वत्तव बलं तद्वै निश्चलं समवस्थितम् ॥

prasannasalile kāle yathā syātsāgaro nṛpa | tadvattava balaṃ tadvai niścalaṃ samavasthitam

As the ocean, O king, is when its waters are calm, so your army stood there, utterly still.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 8.40.75cd; line 2 is the CE star passage 8.40.75d*0517_01.

Verse 80 (8.51.80)

मन्युवीर्यबलोपेतं दर्पात्प्रत्यवरोपितम् । अभवत्तव पुत्रस्य तत्सैन्यं निष्प्रभं तदा ॥

manyuvīryabalopetaṃ darpātpratyavaropitam | abhavattava putrasya tatsainyaṃ niṣprabhaṃ tadā

Though full of fury, courage and strength, its pride was brought low; that army of your son then lost its radiance.

Note on the text: Matches CE 8.40.76ab and cd (the alignment missed it).

Verse 81 (8.51.81)

ते बले भरतश्रेष्ठ वध्यमाने परस्परम् । रुधिरौघपरिक्लिन्ने रुधिरार्द्रे बभूवतुः ॥

te bale bharataśreṣṭha vadhyamāne parasparam | rudhiraughapariklinne rudhirārdre babhūvatuḥ

Both armies, O best of the Bharatas, as they were slaughtered by each other, became drenched in torrents of blood, soaked in blood.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE star passage 8.40.76d*0518_01; line 2 is CE 8.40.76e.

Verse 82 (8.51.82)

सूतपुत्रोऽवधीत्क्रुद्वः पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम् । भीमसेनः कुरूणां च त्रिगर्तानां धनञ्जयः ॥

sūtaputro'vadhītkrudvaḥ pāṇḍavānāmanīkinīm | bhīmasenaḥ kurūṇāṃ ca trigartānāṃ dhanañjayaḥ

The charioteer's son, enraged, slew the Pandava army; Bhimasena slew the Kurus; and Dhananjaya the Trigartas.

Note on the text: Line 1 matches CE 8.40.77ab; line 2 (त्रिगर्तानां धनञ्जयः) differs from the CE (bhīmasenaḥ kurūṃś cāpi drāvayan bahv aśobhata), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 83 (8.51.83)

वर्तमाने तथा रौद्रे सङ्ग्रामेऽद्भुतदर्शने । निहत्य पृतनामध्यं संशप्तकगणान्बहून् । अर्जुनो जयतां श्रेष्ठो वासुदेवमथाब्रवीत् ॥

vartamāne tathā raudre saṅgrāme'dbhutadarśane | nihatya pṛtanāmadhyaṃ saṃśaptakagaṇānbahūn | arjuno jayatāṃ śreṣṭho vāsudevamathābravīt

While that terrible, wondrous battle went on, Arjuna, best of victors, having slain many hosts of Samshaptakas in the midst of the army, spoke to Vasudeva.

Note on the text: Corrected रोद्रे → रौद्रे (misprint in Wikisource; dropped au-sign; critical edition raudre). Lines 1-2 are CE 8.40.78; line 3 is CE 8.40.79a. The alignment missed it. The speaker is Sanjaya (narration); Arjuna's own words begin in verse 84.

Verse 84 (8.51.84)

प्रभग्नं बलमेतद्धि योत्स्यमानं मया सह । एते धावन्ति सगणाः संशप्तकमहारथाः ॥

prabhagnaṃ balametaddhi yotsyamānaṃ mayā saha | ete dhāvanti sagaṇāḥ saṃśaptakamahārathāḥ

This force that was about to fight me is broken. These great chariot-warriors, the Samshaptakas, are running off with their troops.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 8.40.79cd, line 2 is CE 8.40.80ab. Speaker: Arjuna (the page prints no heading; verse 83 introduces his words, which run through verse 89).

Verse 85 (8.51.85)

दुर्जया ह्येव समरे देवैरपि सवासवैः । अपारयन्तो मद्बाणान्सिंहशब्दं मृगा इव ॥

durjayā hyeva samare devairapi savāsavaiḥ | apārayanto madbāṇānsiṃhaśabdaṃ mṛgā iva

They were hard to conquer in battle even for the gods with Indra, yet, unable to withstand my arrows, they flee like deer at a lion's roar.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE star passage 8.40.80b*0520_01; line 2 is CE 8.40.80c. Removed the stray wiki marks (backtick and quote) around line 1. Speaker: Arjuna (continuing his words).

Verse 86 (8.51.86)

दीर्यते च महत्सैन्यं सृञ्जयानां महारणे । कुरवश्चाभिधावन्ति भीमसेनभयार्दिताः ॥

dīryate ca mahatsainyaṃ sṛñjayānāṃ mahāraṇe | kuravaścābhidhāvanti bhīmasenabhayārditāḥ

And the great army of the Srinjayas is being torn apart in this great battle, and the Kurus are running, tormented by fear of Bhimasena.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 8.40.81a; line 2 is the CE star passage 8.40.80d*0521_01. Removed the stray wiki marks (backtick and quote) around line 2. Speaker: Arjuna.

Verse 87 (8.51.87)

हस्तिकक्ष्यो ह्यसौ कृष्ण केतुः कर्णस्य धीमतः । दृश्यते राजसैन्यस्य मध्ये विचरतो मुहुः ॥

hastikakṣyo hyasau kṛṣṇa ketuḥ karṇasya dhīmataḥ | dṛśyate rājasainyasya madhye vicarato muhuḥ

That is the banner of wise Karna, Krishna, with the elephant's girth on it; it is seen again and again moving about in the midst of the royal army.

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 correspond to CE 8.40.81c and 81e. Speaker: Arjuna.

Verse 88 (8.51.88)

न च कर्णं रणे शक्ता जेतुमेते महारथाः । जानीते हि भवान्कर्णं वीर्यवन्तं पराक्रमे ॥

na ca karṇaṃ raṇe śaktā jetumete mahārathāḥ | jānīte hi bhavānkarṇaṃ vīryavantaṃ parākrame

These great chariot-warriors are not able to defeat Karna in battle. You know Karna, mighty in prowess.

Note on the text: Speaker: Arjuna (the page prints no heading).

Verse 89 (8.51.89)

तत्र याहि यतः कर्णो द्रावयत्येष नो बलम् । त्रिगर्तान्वर्जयन्याहि सूतपुत्रं महारथम् । एतन्मे रोचते कृष्ण यथा वा तव रोचते ॥

tatra yāhi yataḥ karṇo drāvayatyeṣa no balam | trigartānvarjayanyāhi sūtaputraṃ mahāratham | etanme rocate kṛṣṇa yathā vā tava rocate

Go there, where Karna is routing our force. Go to the charioteer's son, that great chariot-warrior, avoiding the Trigartas. This is what I prefer, Krishna, or as it pleases you.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 8.40.83a; line 2 corresponds to CE 8.40.84a and line 3 to CE 8.40.84cd (recension variants). Speaker: Arjuna (the last verse of his words).

Verse 90 (8.51.90)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य गोविन्दः प्रहसन्निव । अब्रवीदर्जुनं तूर्णं कौरवान्याहि पाण्डव ॥

etacchrutvā vacastasya govindaḥ prahasanniva | abravīdarjunaṃ tūrṇaṃ kauravānyāhi pāṇḍava

Hearing his words, Govinda, smiling as it were, quickly said to Arjuna, "Go to the Kauravas, son of Pandu."

Verse 91 (8.51.91)

ततस्तव महासैन्यं गोविन्दप्रेरिता हयाः । हंसवर्णा विविशुस्तूर्णं वहन्तोऽर्जुनमाहवे ॥

tatastava mahāsainyaṃ govindapreritā hayāḥ | haṃsavarṇā viviśustūrṇaṃ vahanto'rjunamāhave

Then the swan-white horses, urged on by Govinda, swiftly entered your great army, bearing Arjuna in the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected विशंस्तूर्णं → विविशुस्तूर्णं (misprint in Wikisource; not a valid form (the verb is missing); the critical edition has the finite verb praviviśuḥ).

Verse 92 (8.51.92)

केशवप्रेरितैरश्वैः श्वेतैः काञ्चनभूषणैः । प्रविशद्भिस्तव बलं चतुर्दिशमदीर्यत ॥

keśavapreritairaśvaiḥ śvetaiḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇaiḥ | praviśadbhistava balaṃ caturdiśamadīryata

As the white horses with golden ornaments, driven by Keshava, entered your army, it was split apart in all four directions.

Verse 93 (8.51.93)

मेघस्तनितनिर्ह्रादः स रथो वानरध्वजः । चलत्पताकस्तां सेनां विमानं द्यामिवाविशत् ॥

meghastanitanirhrādaḥ sa ratho vānaradhvajaḥ | calatpatākastāṃ senāṃ vimānaṃ dyāmivāviśat

That chariot with the monkey banner, thundering like a cloud, its pennants fluttering, entered that army like a celestial car entering the sky.

Note on the text: Corrected निर्हादः → निर्ह्रादः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped conjunct; critical edition nirhrādaḥ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.40.87d*0523 (lines 01-02).

Verse 94 (8.51.94)

तौ विदार्य महासेनां प्रविष्टौ केशवार्जुनो । क्रुद्धौ संरम्भरक्ताक्षौ विभ्राजेतां महाद्युती ॥

tau vidārya mahāsenāṃ praviṣṭau keśavārjuno | kruddhau saṃrambharaktākṣau vibhrājetāṃ mahādyutī

Having split the great army, Keshava and Arjuna entered it, enraged, their eyes red with fury, and shone with great splendour.

Verse 95 (8.51.95)

युद्धशौण्डौ समाहूतावागतौ तौ रणाध्वरम् । यज्वभिर्विधिना हूतौ मखं देवाविवाश्विनौ ॥

yuddhaśauṇḍau samāhūtāvāgatau tau raṇādhvaram | yajvabhirvidhinā hūtau makhaṃ devāvivāśvinau

Eager for battle, summoned, they came to the sacrifice of the fight, like the two Ashvin gods invoked to a sacrifice by sacrificers according to rite.

Verse 96 (8.51.96)

क्रोधताम्रेक्षणौ शूरौ शुशुभाते महाबलौ । मदोत्कटौ यथा नागौ दृष्टिसञ्चारचारिणौ ॥

krodhatāmrekṣaṇau śūrau śuśubhāte mahābalau | madotkaṭau yathā nāgau dṛṣṭisañcāracāriṇau

Eyes copper-red with wrath, the two mighty heroes shone like two rutting elephants, glancing about as they moved.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki marks (backtick and quote) around the verse. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.40.89d*0524 (lines 01-02).

Verse 97 (8.51.97)

क्रुद्धौ तौ तु नरव्याघ्रौ योगवन्तौ बभूवतुः । तलशब्देन रुषितौ महानागाविवोत्कटौ ॥

kruddhau tau tu naravyāghrau yogavantau babhūvatuḥ | talaśabdena ruṣitau mahānāgāvivotkaṭau

Those two tigers among men, enraged, became intent and resolute, and, angered by the slap of palms, were like two great rutting elephants.

Note on the text: Corrected नरव्याघ्रो → नरव्याघ्रौ (misprint in Wikisource; singular for dual with तौ; critical edition naravyāghrau).

Verse 98 (8.51.98)

विगाह्य तु रथानीकमश्वसङ्घांश्च फल्गुनः । व्यचरत्पृतनामध्ये पाशहस्त इवान्तकः ॥

vigāhya tu rathānīkamaśvasaṅghāṃśca phalgunaḥ | vyacaratpṛtanāmadhye pāśahasta ivāntakaḥ

Plunging into the host of chariots and the troops of horses, Phalguna roamed through the midst of the army like Death with a noose in his hand.

Note on the text: Corrected इवानत्कः → इवान्तकः (misprint in Wikisource; transposed letters; critical edition ivāntakaḥ).

Verse 99 (8.51.99)

तं दृष्ट्वा युधि विक्रान्तं सेनायां तव भारत । संशप्तकगणान्भूयः पुत्रस्ते समचूचुदत् ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā yudhi vikrāntaṃ senāyāṃ tava bhārata | saṃśaptakagaṇānbhūyaḥ putraste samacūcudat

Seeing him valorous in the battle in your army, O Bharata, your son urged on the Samshaptaka troops once more.

Verse 100 (8.51.100)

ततो रथसहस्रेण द्विरदानां त्रिभिः शतैः । चतुर्दशसहस्रैस्तु तुरगाणां महाहवे । द्वाभ्यां शतसहस्राभ्यां पदातीनां च धन्विनाम् ॥

tato rathasahasreṇa dviradānāṃ tribhiḥ śataiḥ | caturdaśasahasraistu turagāṇāṃ mahāhave | dvābhyāṃ śatasahasrābhyāṃ padātīnāṃ ca dhanvinām

Then with a thousand chariots, three hundred elephants, fourteen thousand horses in that great battle, and two hundred thousand foot archers,

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 are CE 8.40.93; line 3 is CE 8.40.94a (the alignment missed it). The page prints the number 100 for this row and again for the next.

Verse 101 (8.51.101)

शूराणां लब्धलक्षाणां विदितानां समन्ततः । अभ्यवर्तन्त कौन्तेयं छादयन्तो महारथाः ॥

śūrāṇāṃ labdhalakṣāṇāṃ viditānāṃ samantataḥ | abhyavartanta kaunteyaṃ chādayanto mahārathāḥ

heroes of proven aim, known on every side, the great chariot-warriors closed in on the son of Kunti, covering him.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to CE 8.40.94c and line 2 to CE 8.40.94e (the alignment missed it); recension variants, kept. Numbering: the page prints this row's number as 8-51-100a / 8-51-100b, one too low (the page prints 8-51-100 twice, for the three-line verse 100 and for the next row); counting the rows, this is verse 101, so wikisource_number is 101 (the page's numbering catches up at verse 112). Text and verse division follow the page and are unchanged.

Verse 102 (8.51.102)

शरवर्षैर्महाराज सर्वतः पाण्डुनन्दनम् । स च्छाद्यमानः समरे शरैः परबलार्दनः ॥

śaravarṣairmahārāja sarvataḥ pāṇḍunandanam | sa cchādyamānaḥ samare śaraiḥ parabalārdanaḥ

Covered on every side in the battle by showers of arrows, O great king, the son of Pandu, destroyer of hostile armies,

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE star passage 8.40.94f*0526_01; line 2 is CE 8.40.95a (the alignment missed it). Numbering: the page prints this row's number as 8-51-101a / 8-51-101b, one too low (the page prints 8-51-100 twice, for the three-line verse 100 and for the next row); counting the rows, this is verse 102, so wikisource_number is 102 (the page's numbering catches up at verse 112). Text and verse division follow the page and are unchanged.

Verse 103 (8.51.103)

दर्शयन्रौद्रमात्मानं पाशहस्त इवान्तकः । निघ्नन्संशप्तकान्पार्थः प्रेक्षणीयतरोऽभवत् ॥

darśayanraudramātmānaṃ pāśahasta ivāntakaḥ | nighnansaṃśaptakānpārthaḥ prekṣaṇīyataro'bhavat

showing his terrible self like Death with a noose in hand, slew the Samshaptakas and became still more wonderful to behold.

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 are CE 8.40.95c and 95e (the alignment missed it). Numbering: the page prints this row's number as 8-51-102a / 8-51-102b, one too low (the page prints 8-51-100 twice, for the three-line verse 100 and for the next row); counting the rows, this is verse 103, so wikisource_number is 103 (the page's numbering catches up at verse 112). Text and verse division follow the page and are unchanged.

Verse 104 (8.51.104)

ततो विद्युत्प्रभैर्बाणैः कार्तस्वरविभूषितैः । निरन्तरमिवाकाशमासीच्छन्नं किरीटिना ॥

tato vidyutprabhairbāṇaiḥ kārtasvaravibhūṣitaiḥ | nirantaramivākāśamāsīcchannaṃ kirīṭinā

Then the sky, filled with arrows bright as lightning and adorned with gold, seemed covered without a gap by Kiritin.

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Verse 105 (8.51.105)

किरीटिचापनिर्मुक्तैः सम्पतद्भिर्महाशरैः । समाच्छन्नं बभौ सर्वं काद्रवेयैरिव प्रभो ॥

kirīṭicāpanirmuktaiḥ sampatadbhirmahāśaraiḥ | samācchannaṃ babhau sarvaṃ kādraveyairiva prabho

Covered by the great arrows that fell from Kiritin's bow, everything shone as if covered with the sons of Kadru, O lord.

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Verse 106 (8.51.106)

रुक्मपुङ्खाञ्शरान्घोरान्प्रसन्नान्नतपर्वणः । अवासृजदमेयात्मा दिक्षु सर्वासु पाण्डवः ॥

rukmapuṅkhāñśarānghorānprasannānnataparvaṇaḥ | avāsṛjadameyātmā dikṣu sarvāsu pāṇḍavaḥ

The Pandava of immeasurable spirit loosed in all directions terrible gold-feathered arrows, keen and smooth-jointed.

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Verse 107 (8.51.107)

मही वियद्दिशः सर्वाः समुद्रा गिरयोऽपि वा । स्फुटन्तीति जना जज्ञुः पार्थस्य तलनिःस्वनात् ॥

mahī viyaddiśaḥ sarvāḥ samudrā girayo'pi vā | sphuṭantīti janā jajñuḥ pārthasya talaniḥsvanāt

People thought that the earth, the sky, all the directions, the oceans and the mountains were bursting apart at the slap of Partha's palms.

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 the star passage 8.40.98d*0527 (lines 01-02). Numbering: the page prints this row's number as 8-51-106a / 8-51-106b, one too low (the page prints 8-51-100 twice, for the three-line verse 100 and for the next row); counting the rows, this is verse 107, so wikisource_number is 107 (the page's numbering catches up at verse 112). Text and verse division follow the page and are unchanged.

Verse 108 (8.51.108)

हत्वा दशसहस्राणि पार्थिवानां महारथः । संशप्तकानां कौन्तेयः प्रपक्षं त्वरितोऽभ्ययात् ॥

hatvā daśasahasrāṇi pārthivānāṃ mahārathaḥ | saṃśaptakānāṃ kaunteyaḥ prapakṣaṃ tvarito'bhyayāt

Having killed ten thousand of the kings of the Samshaptakas, the great chariot-warrior, son of Kunti, quickly advanced to their flank.

Note on the text: Corrected त्वरितोभ्ययात् → त्वरितोऽभ्ययात् (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha; critical edition tvarito 'bhyayāt). Numbering: the page prints this row's number as 8-51-107a / 8-51-107b, one too low (the page prints 8-51-100 twice, for the three-line verse 100 and for the next row); counting the rows, this is verse 108, so wikisource_number is 108 (the page's numbering catches up at verse 112). Text and verse division follow the page and are unchanged.

Verse 109 (8.51.109)

प्रपक्षं च समासाद्य पार्थः काम्भोजरक्षितम् । प्रममाथ बलं भल्लैर्दानवानिव वासवः ॥

prapakṣaṃ ca samāsādya pārthaḥ kāmbhojarakṣitam | pramamātha balaṃ bhallairdānavāniva vāsavaḥ

Reaching the flank, which was guarded by the Kambojas, Partha crushed the force with broad-headed arrows, as Vasava crushes the danavas.

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Verse 110 (8.51.110)

प्रचिच्छेदाशु भल्लेन द्विषतामाततायिनाम् । शस्त्रपाणींस्तथा बाहूंस्तथापि च शिरांस्युत ॥

pracicchedāśu bhallena dviṣatāmātatāyinām | śastrapāṇīṃstathā bāhūṃstathāpi ca śirāṃsyuta

With broad-headed arrows he swiftly cut off the weapon-bearing hands, the arms, and also the heads of those armed enemies.

Note on the text: Numbering: the page prints this row's number as 8-51-109a / 8-51-109b, one too low (the page prints 8-51-100 twice, for the three-line verse 100 and for the next row); counting the rows, this is verse 110, so wikisource_number is 110 (the page's numbering catches up at verse 112). Text and verse division follow the page and are unchanged.

Verse 111 (8.51.111)

अङ्गाङ्गावयवैश्छिन्नैर्व्यायुधास्तेऽपतन्भुवि । विष्वग्वाताभिसम्भग्ना बहुशाखा इव द्रुमाः ॥

aṅgāṅgāvayavaiśchinnairvyāyudhāste'patanbhuvi | viṣvagvātābhisambhagnā bahuśākhā iva drumāḥ

Their limbs cut to pieces, they fell weaponless to the ground, like many-branched trees broken by winds blowing from all sides.

Note on the text: Corrected अङ्गांङ्गावयवैश् → अङ्गाङ्गावयवैश् (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara; critical edition aṅgāṅgāvayavaiś). Numbering: the page prints this row's number as 8-51-110a / 8-51-111b, one too low (the page prints 8-51-100 twice, for the three-line verse 100 and for the next row); counting the rows, this is verse 111, so wikisource_number is 111 (the page's numbering catches up at verse 112). Text and verse division follow the page and are unchanged.

Verse 112 (8.51.112)

हस्त्यश्वरथपत्तीनां व्रातान्निघ्नन्तमर्जुनम् । सुदक्षिणादवरजः शरवृष्ट्याभ्यवीवृषत् ॥

hastyaśvarathapattīnāṃ vrātānnighnantamarjunam | sudakṣiṇādavarajaḥ śaravṛṣṭyābhyavīvṛṣat

As Arjuna cut down hosts of elephants, horses, chariots and foot soldiers, Sudakshina's younger brother drenched him with a rain of arrows.

Verse 113 (8.51.113)

तस्यास्यतोऽर्धचन्द्राभ्यां स बाहू परिघोपमौ । पूर्णचन्द्राभवक्त्रं च क्षुरेणापाहरच्छिरः ॥

tasyāsyato'rdhacandrābhyāṃ sa bāhū parighopamau | pūrṇacandrābhavaktraṃ ca kṣureṇāpāharacchiraḥ

As he shot, Arjuna took off his two arms, thick as iron bars, with two crescent-headed arrows, and with a razor-headed arrow his head, whose face was like the full moon.

Verse 114 (8.51.114)

तत्पपात ततो वेगात्स्वलोहितपरिष्कृतम् । मनः शिलागिरेः शृङ्गं वज्रेणेवावदारितम् ॥

tatpapāta tato vegātsvalohitapariṣkṛtam | manaḥ śilāgireḥ śṛṅgaṃ vajreṇevāvadāritam

It fell swiftly, adorned with its own blood, like a peak of the mountain of red arsenic split by a thunderbolt.

Note on the text: Corrected व्ज्रेणेवा → वज्रेणेवा (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; critical edition vajreṇevā).

Verse 115 (8.51.115)

सुदक्षिणादवरजं काम्भोजा ददृशुर्हतम् । प्रांशुं कमलपत्राक्षमत्यर्थं प्रियदर्शनम् । काञ्चनस्तम्भसदृशं भिन्नं हेमगिरिं यथा ॥

sudakṣiṇādavarajaṃ kāmbhojā dadṛśurhatam | prāṃśuṃ kamalapatrākṣamatyarthaṃ priyadarśanam | kāñcanastambhasadṛśaṃ bhinnaṃ hemagiriṃ yathā

The Kambojas saw Sudakshina's younger brother slain: tall, lotus-petal-eyed, exceedingly pleasing to look at, like a golden pillar, like a golden mountain split open.

Verse 116 (8.51.116)

ततोऽभवत्पुनर्युद्धं घोरमत्यर्थमद्भुतम् । नानावस्थाश्च योधानां बभूवुस्तत्र युध्यताम् ॥

tato'bhavatpunaryuddhaṃ ghoramatyarthamadbhutam | nānāvasthāśca yodhānāṃ babhūvustatra yudhyatām

Then the battle began again, terrible and exceedingly wondrous, and the warriors fighting there passed through many different fortunes.

Verse 117 (8.51.117)

पार्थेषुनिहतैरश्वैः काम्भोजैर्यवनैः शकैः । शोणिताक्तैस्तदा रक्तं सर्वमासीद्विशां पते ॥

pārtheṣunihatairaśvaiḥ kāmbhojairyavanaiḥ śakaiḥ | śoṇitāktaistadā raktaṃ sarvamāsīdviśāṃ pate

With horses of the Kambojas, Yavanas and Shakas slain by Partha's arrows and smeared with blood, the whole field then turned red, O lord of the people.

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वामासीद् → सर्वमासीद् (misprint in Wikisource; stray ā-sign; critical edition sarvam āsīd).

Verse 118 (8.51.118)

रथैर्हताश्वसूतैश्च हतारोहैश्च वाजिभिः । द्विरदैश्च हतारोहैर्महामात्रैर्हतद्विपैः ॥

rathairhatāśvasūtaiśca hatārohaiśca vājibhiḥ | dviradaiśca hatārohairmahāmātrairhatadvipaiḥ

With chariots whose horses and charioteers were slain, horses whose riders were slain, elephants whose riders were slain, and elephant-drivers whose elephants were slain,

Note on the text: Matches CE 8.40.109ac (the alignment missed it); the sentence is completed in the next verse.

Verse 119 (8.51.119)

अन्योन्येन महाराज विनाशः पृथिवीक्षिताम् । आसीत्क्रुद्धेऽर्जुने कर्णे भीमसेने च दारुणम् ॥

anyonyena mahārāja vināśaḥ pṛthivīkṣitām | āsītkruddhe'rjune karṇe bhīmasene ca dāruṇam

there was a dreadful mutual destruction of kings, O great king, when Arjuna, Karna and Bhimasena were enraged.

Note on the text: Corrected क्रुद्वेऽर्जुने → क्रुद्धेऽर्जुने (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध, a broken conjunct). Line 1 combines CE 8.40.109e (anyonyena mahārāja …) with the CE star passage 8.40.111d*0531_05 (evam eṣa mahārāja vināśaḥ pṛthivīkṣitām); line 2 is the CE star passage 8.40.111d*0531_06. The alignment missed it.

Verse 120 (8.51.120)

तस्मिन्प्रपक्षे पक्षे च वध्यमाने मदोत्कटः । अर्जुनं जयतां श्रेष्ठं त्वरितो द्रौणिरभ्ययात् ॥

tasminprapakṣe pakṣe ca vadhyamāne madotkaṭaḥ | arjunaṃ jayatāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ tvarito drauṇirabhyayāt

As that flank and wing were being cut down, Drona's son, intoxicated with fury, hastened up against Arjuna, best of victors.

Note on the text: Corrected तस्पिन् → तस्मिन् (misprint in Wikisource; प for म; critical edition tasmin).

Verse 121 (8.51.121)

विधुन्वानो महच्चापं कार्तस्वरविभूषितम् । आददानः शरान्घोरान्स्वरश्मीनिव भास्करः ॥

vidhunvāno mahaccāpaṃ kārtasvaravibhūṣitam | ādadānaḥ śarānghorānsvaraśmīniva bhāskaraḥ

He shook his great bow adorned with gold and took up terrible arrows, like the sun taking up its own rays.

Verse 122 (8.51.122)

तयोरासीन्महद्युद्धं धर्मभ्रात्रोरनैष्ठिकम् । विस्मापयिषतोर्लोकं यशश्चोत्तममिच्छतोः ॥

tayorāsīnmahadyuddhaṃ dharmabhrātroranaiṣṭhikam | vismāpayiṣatorlokaṃ yaśaścottamamicchatoḥ

A great, indecisive battle took place between those two companions in dharma, each wishing to astonish the world and win supreme fame.

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 the star passage 8.40.111d*0531 (lines 01-02).

Verse 123 (8.51.123)

संशप्तकांस्तु कौन्तेयः कुरूंश्चापि वृकोदरः । सूतपुत्रस्तु पाञ्चालांस्त्रयोऽघ्नंस्त्वरिताः शरैः ॥

saṃśaptakāṃstu kaunteyaḥ kurūṃścāpi vṛkodaraḥ | sūtaputrastu pāñcālāṃstrayo'ghnaṃstvaritāḥ śaraiḥ

The son of Kunti slew the Samshaptakas, Vrikodara the Kurus, and the charioteer's son the Panchalas: the three of them, swiftly, with their arrows.

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 the star passage 8.40.111d*0531 (lines 03-04).

Verse 124 (8.51.124)

एवमेष महाराज विनाशः पृथिवीक्षिताम् । युद्धं घोरं तथा त्वासीत्त्रिधाभूते चमूमुखे ॥

evameṣa mahārāja vināśaḥ pṛthivīkṣitām | yuddhaṃ ghoraṃ tathā tvāsīttridhābhūte camūmukhe

Thus, O great king, this was the destruction of the kings, and the battle was terrible when the head of the army was split three ways.

Note on the text: Corrected युद्वं → युद्धं (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध, a broken conjunct). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); line 1 is the CE star passage 8.40.111d*0531_05 and line 2 is the CE star passage 8.40.111d*0532_01. Verses 119 and 124 both draw on *0531_05.