Arjuna Meets Ashvatthama

Verse 1 (8.52.1)

कथं संशप्तकैः सार्धमर्जुनस्याभवद्रणः । सूतपुत्रस्य पाञ्चालैः कथं युद्धं प्रवर्तितम् ॥

kathaṃ saṃśaptakaiḥ sārdhamarjunasyābhavadraṇaḥ | sūtaputrasya pāñcālaiḥ kathaṃ yuddhaṃ pravartitam

How did Arjuna's battle with the Samshaptakas go? And how was the Suta's son's fight with the Panchalas carried on?

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to the critical edition's 8.12.1a; line 2 is its star passage 8.12.1b*0091_01.

Verse 2 (8.52.2)

अश्वत्थाम्नस्तु यद्युद्धमर्जुनस्य च सञ्जय । अन्येषां च मदीयानां पाण्डवैस्तद्ब्रवीहि मे ॥

aśvatthāmnastu yadyuddhamarjunasya ca sañjaya | anyeṣāṃ ca madīyānāṃ pāṇḍavaistadbravīhi me

Tell me, Sanjaya, about the battle of Ashvatthama with Arjuna, and of my other warriors with the Pandavas.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 8.12.1b*0092_01; line 2 is 8.12.1c.

Verse 3 (8.52.3)

शृणु राजन्यथावृत्तं सङ्ग्रामं ब्रुवतो मम । वीराणां शत्रुभिः सार्धं देहपाप्मविनाशनम् ॥

śṛṇu rājanyathāvṛttaṃ saṅgrāmaṃ bruvato mama | vīrāṇāṃ śatrubhiḥ sārdhaṃ dehapāpmavināśanam

Listen, O king, as I tell you the battle just as it happened, the battle of heroes with their foes, which cleanses away the sin of the body.

Verse 4 (8.52.4)

पार्थः संशप्तकबलं प्रविश्यार्णवसन्निभम् । व्यक्षोभयदमित्रघ्नो महावात इवार्णवम् ॥

pārthaḥ saṃśaptakabalaṃ praviśyārṇavasannibham | vyakṣobhayadamitraghno mahāvāta ivārṇavam

Entering the host of the Samshaptakas, which was like an ocean, Partha, destroyer of his foes, churned it up as a great gale churns the sea.

Verse 5 (8.52.5)

पूर्णचन्द्राभवक्त्राणि स्वक्षिभ्रूदशनानि च । शिरांस्युन्मथ्य वीराणां शितैर्भल्लैर्धनञ्जयः । सन्तस्तार क्षितिं क्षिप्रं विनालैर्नलिनैरिव ॥

pūrṇacandrābhavaktrāṇi svakṣibhrūdaśanāni ca | śirāṃsyunmathya vīrāṇāṃ śitairbhallairdhanañjayaḥ | santastāra kṣitiṃ kṣipraṃ vinālairnalinairiva

Tearing out with sharp broad-headed arrows the heads of the heroes, whose faces were bright as the full moon and whose eyes, brows and teeth were fair, Dhananjaya quickly strewed the ground with them, as with lotuses cut from their stalks.

Note on the text: Corrected वक्राणि → वक्त्राणि (misprint in Wikisource; त dropped; the critical edition reads vaktrāṇi). The page prints the lines in a different order from the critical edition 8.12.4 (there: śirāṃsy unmathya …, then pūrṇacandrābhavaktrāṇi …, then saṃtastāra …); the three lines are the same.

Verse 6 (8.52.6)

सुवृत्तानायतान्पुष्टांश्चन्दनागुरुभूषितान् । सायुधान्सतलत्रांश्च पञ्चास्योरगसन्निभान् । बाहून्क्षुरैरमित्राणां चिच्छेद समरेऽर्जुनः ॥

suvṛttānāyatānpuṣṭāṃścandanāgurubhūṣitān | sāyudhānsatalatrāṃśca pañcāsyoragasannibhān | bāhūnkṣurairamitrāṇāṃ ciccheda samare'rjunaḥ

In that battle Arjuna cut off with razor-edged arrows the arms of his enemies: well rounded, long and sturdy, adorned with sandalwood and aloe, bearing weapons and hand-guards, and like five-hooded serpents.

Verse 7 (8.52.7)

धुर्यान्धुर्यतरान्सूतान्ध्वजांश्चापानि सायकान् । पाणीन्नितान्तनिशितैर्भल्लैश्चिच्छेद पाण्डवः ॥

dhuryāndhuryatarānsūtāndhvajāṃścāpāni sāyakān | pāṇīnnitāntaniśitairbhallaiściccheda pāṇḍavaḥ

The Pandava cut down with whetted broad-headed arrows the draught-horses and the stronger yoke-horses, the charioteers, the banners, the bows, the arrows and the hands.

Note on the text: Corrected धुर्योतरान् → धुर्यतरान् (misprint in Wikisource; garbled form; the critical edition reads dhuryatarān).

Verse 8 (8.52.8)

रथान्द्विपान्हयांश्चैव सारोहानर्जुनो युधि । शरैरनेकसाहस्रैर्निन्ये राजन्यमक्षयम् ॥

rathāndvipānhayāṃścaiva sārohānarjuno yudhi | śarairanekasāhasrairninye rājanyamakṣayam

In that battle Arjuna sent chariots, elephants and horses, with their riders, by many thousands of arrows to the abode of Yama, O king.

Verse 9 (8.52.9)

तं प्रवीराः सुसंरब्धा नर्दमाना इवर्षभाः । वासितार्थमिव क्रुद्धमभिद्रुत्य महोत्कटाः । निघ्नन्तमभिजघ्नुस्ते शरैः शृङ्गैरिवर्षभाः ॥

taṃ pravīrāḥ susaṃrabdhā nardamānā ivarṣabhāḥ | vāsitārthamiva kruddhamabhidrutya mahotkaṭāḥ | nighnantamabhijaghnuste śaraiḥ śṛṅgairivarṣabhāḥ

Those fierce heroes, enraged, roaring like bulls, rushed upon him as upon a furious bull over a cow in heat, and struck him with arrows as he struck them, as bulls strike with their horns.

Note on the text: Corrected निघ्न्तम → निघ्नन्तम (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara; the critical edition reads nighnantam).

Verse 10 (8.52.10)

तस्य तेषां च तद्युद्धमभवद्रोमहर्षणम् । त्रैलोक्यविजये यद्वद्दैत्यानां सह वज्रिणा ॥

tasya teṣāṃ ca tadyuddhamabhavadromaharṣaṇam | trailokyavijaye yadvaddaityānāṃ saha vajriṇā

The battle between him and them was hair-raising, like that of the Daityas with the Wielder of the Thunderbolt in the conquest of the three worlds.

Note on the text: Corrected युद्वम → युद्धम (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध).

Verse 11 (8.52.11)

अस्त्रैस्त्राणि संवार्य द्विषतां सर्वतोऽर्जुनः । इषुभिर्बहुभिस्तूर्णं विद्ध्वा प्राणाञ्जहार सः ॥

astraistrāṇi saṃvārya dviṣatāṃ sarvato'rjunaḥ | iṣubhirbahubhistūrṇaṃ viddhvā prāṇāñjahāra saḥ

Warding off his enemies' weapons on every side with his own weapons, Arjuna quickly pierced them with many arrows and took their lives.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्व्वा → विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; garbled conjunct; the critical edition reads viddhvā).

Verse 12 (8.52.12)

छिन्नत्रिवेणुचक्राक्षान्हतयोधान्ससारथीन् । विध्वस्तायुधतूणीरान्समुन्मथितकेतनान् ॥

chinnatriveṇucakrākṣānhatayodhānsasārathīn | vidhvastāyudhatūṇīrānsamunmathitaketanān

Their three-part poles, wheels and axles were cut away, their warriors and charioteers slain, their weapons and quivers scattered, their banners torn down,

Verse 13 (8.52.13)

सञ्छिन्नयोक्ररश्मीषान्वित्रिवेणून्विकूबरान् । विस्रस्तबन्धुरयुगान्विस्रस्ताक्षप्रमण्डलान् ॥

sañchinnayokraraśmīṣānvitriveṇūnvikūbarān | visrastabandhurayugānvisrastākṣapramaṇḍalān

their traces and reins cut through, their poles broken, their pole-tips gone, their floors and yokes dislodged, and their axle-fittings loosened:

Note on the text: Lines correspond to the critical edition's 8.12.12a and 12c.

Verse 14 (8.52.14)

रथान्विशकलीकुर्वन्महाभ्राणीव मारुतः ॥

rathānviśakalīkurvanmahābhrāṇīva mārutaḥ

such chariots he shattered to pieces, as the wind shatters great clouds.

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition's 8.12.12e.

Verse 15 (8.52.15)

विस्मापकं प्रेक्षकाणां द्विषतां भयवर्धनम् । महारथसहस्रस्य समं कर्माकरोज्जयः ॥

vismāpakaṃ prekṣakāṇāṃ dviṣatāṃ bhayavardhanam | mahārathasahasrasya samaṃ karmākarojjayaḥ

Jaya, the Victorious, did work equal to that of a thousand great chariot-warriors, a marvel to those who watched and a terror to his enemies.

Verse 16 (8.52.16)

सिद्धदेवर्षिसङ्घाश्च चारणाश्चापि तुष्टुवुः ॥

siddhadevarṣisaṅghāśca cāraṇāścāpi tuṣṭuvuḥ

Hosts of Siddhas, gods and sages, and the Charanas too, sang his praise.

Note on the text: A one-line verse on the page; it corresponds to the first line of the critical edition's three-line 8.12.14 (14a), the other two lines being verse 17 here.

Verse 17 (8.52.17)

देवदुन्दुभयो नेदुः पुष्पवर्षाणि चापतन् । केशवार्जुनयोर्मूर्ध्नि प्राह वाक्वाशरीरिणी ॥

devadundubhayo neduḥ puṣpavarṣāṇi cāpatan | keśavārjunayormūrdhni prāha vākvāśarīriṇī

The divine drums sounded and flowers rained down; and a bodiless voice spoke above the heads of Keshava and Arjuna:

Note on the text: Corresponds to lines 14c and 14e of the critical edition.

Verse 18 (8.52.18)

चन्द्राग्न्यनिलसूर्याणां कान्तिदीप्तिबलद्युतीः । यौ सदा बिभ्रतुर्वीराविमौ तौ केशवार्जुनौ ॥

candrāgnyanilasūryāṇāṃ kāntidīptibaladyutīḥ | yau sadā bibhraturvīrāvimau tau keśavārjunau

These two, Keshava and Arjuna, are the heroes who always bear the beauty of the moon, the blaze of fire, the might of the wind and the brilliance of the sun.

Note on the text: Speaker: the bodiless voice announced in the previous verse; the page prints no heading.

Verse 19 (8.52.19)

ब्रह्मेशानाविव पुरा वीरावेकरथे स्थितौ । सर्वभूतवरौ वीरौ नरनारायणाविमौ ॥

brahmeśānāviva purā vīrāvekarathe sthitau | sarvabhūtavarau vīrau naranārāyaṇāvimau

Like Brahma and Ishana of old, these two heroes stand on one chariot; they are the best of all beings, Nara and Narayana.

Note on the text: Speaker: the bodiless voice (continued).

Verse 20 (8.52.20)

इत्येतन्महदाश्चर्यं दृष्ट्वा श्रुत्वा च भारत । अश्वत्थामा सुसङ्क्रुद्धः कृष्णावभ्यद्रवद्रणे ॥

ityetanmahadāścaryaṃ dṛṣṭvā śrutvā ca bhārata | aśvatthāmā susaṅkruddhaḥ kṛṣṇāvabhyadravadraṇe

Having seen and heard this great marvel, O Bharata, Ashvatthama, furious, charged at the two Krishnas in the battle.

Verse 21 (8.52.21)

अथ पाण्डवमस्यन्तममित्रान्तकराञ्छरान् । सेषुणा पाणिनाऽऽहूय प्रहसन्द्रौणिरब्रवीत् ॥

atha pāṇḍavamasyantamamitrāntakarāñcharān | seṣuṇā pāṇinā''hūya prahasandrauṇirabravīt

Then, beckoning with his arrow-holding hand to the Pandava, who was shooting arrows that end his enemies, Drona's son said with a laugh:

Verse 22 (8.52.22)

यदि मां मन्यसे वीर प्राप्तमर्हमिहातिथिम् । ततः सर्वात्मना त्वद्य युद्धातिथ्यं प्रयच्छ मे ॥

yadi māṃ manyase vīra prāptamarhamihātithim | tataḥ sarvātmanā tvadya yuddhātithyaṃ prayaccha me

If you think me, hero, a worthy guest who has come to you here, then give me today, with all your heart, the hospitality of battle.

Note on the text: Corrected युद्वातिथ्यं → युद्धातिथ्यं (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध). Speaker: Ashvatthama's direct speech (the page prints no heading); Sanjaya resumes in the next verse.

Verse 23 (8.52.23)

एवमाचार्यपुत्रेण समाहूतो युयुत्सया । बहुमेनेऽर्जुनोऽऽत्मानमिति चाह जनार्दनम् ॥

evamācāryaputreṇa samāhūto yuyutsayā | bahumene'rjuno''tmānamiti cāha janārdanam

Thus challenged by the teacher's son, who was eager to fight, Arjuna thought himself greatly honoured, and said to Janardana:

Verse 24 (8.52.24)

संशप्तकाश्च मे वध्या द्रौणिराह्वयते च माम् । यदत्रानन्तरं प्राप्तं शंस मे तद्धि माधव ॥

saṃśaptakāśca me vadhyā drauṇirāhvayate ca mām | yadatrānantaraṃ prāptaṃ śaṃsa me taddhi mādhava

The Samshaptakas are mine to kill, and Drona's son challenges me. Tell me, Madhava, what ought to come first here.

Note on the text: Corrected तद्वि → तद्धि (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध). Speaker: Arjuna's direct speech (the page prints no heading). Corresponds to the critical edition's 8.12.21a and 21c, which end differently (praśādhi tvaṃ mahābhuja).

Verse 25 (8.52.25)

आतिथ्यकर्माभ्युत्थाय दीयतां यदि मन्यसे । एवमुक्तोऽवहत्पार्थं कृष्णोद्रोणात्मजान्तिके ॥

ātithyakarmābhyutthāya dīyatāṃ yadi manyase | evamukto'vahatpārthaṃ kṛṣṇodroṇātmajāntike

"If you think it right, let the hospitality be given, rising to meet him." Thus addressed, Krishna carried Partha toward Drona's son,

Note on the text: Line 1 (the end of Arjuna's speech) is the critical edition's star passage 8.12.21d*0093_01; line 2 is 8.12.22a. The verse stays with the narrator because its second line is narration.

Verse 26 (8.52.26)

शैक्ष्येण विधिनाऽऽहूतं वायुरिन्द्रमिवाध्वरे । तमामन्त्र्यैकमनसं केशवो द्रौणिमब्रवीत् ॥

śaikṣyeṇa vidhinā''hūtaṃ vāyurindramivādhvare | tamāmantryaikamanasaṃ keśavo drauṇimabravīt

toward the one who had called him out in the proper manner of the schools, as the Wind bears Indra to a sacrifice. Hailing that single-minded warrior, Keshava said to Drona's son:

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to the critical edition's 8.12.22c (jaitreṇa vidhinā …; the page's footnote notes the same variant), line 2 to 23a.

Verse 27 (8.52.27)

अश्वत्थामन्स्थिरो भूत्वा प्रहराशु सहस्व च । निर्वेष्टुं भर्तृपिण्डं हि कालोऽयमुपजीविनाम् ॥

aśvatthāmansthiro bhūtvā praharāśu sahasva ca | nirveṣṭuṃ bhartṛpiṇḍaṃ hi kālo'yamupajīvinām

Ashvatthaman, stand firm, strike swiftly and endure; for this is the time for dependents to repay the debt of their master's food.

Note on the text: Speaker: Krishna's direct speech (the page prints no heading). Lines correspond to the critical edition's 8.12.23c and 24a.

Verse 28 (8.52.28)

सूक्ष्मो विवादो विप्राणां सूक्ष्मौ क्षात्रौ जयाजयौ ॥

sūkṣmo vivādo viprāṇāṃ sūkṣmau kṣātrau jayājayau

Subtle are the disputes of Brahmins, and subtle the victories and defeats of Kshatriyas.

Note on the text: Corrected क्षास्त्रौ → क्षात्रौ (misprint in Wikisource; स for त). Speaker: Krishna (continued). Corresponds to the critical edition's 8.12.24c, which reads sthūlau kṣātrau ("gross" for "subtle"); the page's sūkṣmau is kept as a variant.

Verse 29 (8.52.29)

नहि संक्षमसे मोहाद्दिव्यां पार्थस्य सत्क्रियाम् । समाप्तिमिच्छन्युध्यस्व स्थिरो भूत्वाऽद्य पाण्डवं ॥

nahi saṃkṣamase mohāddivyāṃ pārthasya satkriyām | samāptimicchanyudhyasva sthiro bhūtvā'dya pāṇḍavaṃ

In your folly you cannot bear Partha's heavenly manner of welcome; yet, wishing to see it through to the end, fight the Pandava today, standing firm.

Note on the text: Corrected स्यिरो → स्थिरो (misprint in Wikisource; य for थ). Speaker: Krishna (continued). Line 2 differs from the critical edition 8.12.25c (tām āptum icchan yudhyasva …): a recension variant, kept as in Wikisource.

Verse 30 (8.52.30)

इत्युक्तो वासुदेवेन तथेत्युक्त्वा द्विजोत्तमः । विव्याध केशवं षष्ट्या नाराचैरर्जुनं त्रिभिः ॥

ityukto vāsudevena tathetyuktvā dvijottamaḥ | vivyādha keśavaṃ ṣaṣṭyā nārācairarjunaṃ tribhiḥ

Thus addressed by Vasudeva, the best of the twice-born said, "So be it," and pierced Keshava with sixty iron arrows and Arjuna with three.

Verse 31 (8.52.31)

तस्यार्जुनः सुसङ्क्रुद्धस्त्रिभिर्बाणैः शरासनम् । चिच्छेदाथान्यदादत्त द्रौणिर्घोरतरं धनुः ॥

tasyārjunaḥ susaṅkruddhastribhirbāṇaiḥ śarāsanam | cicchedāthānyadādatta drauṇirghorataraṃ dhanuḥ

Arjuna, in a great rage, cut his bow with three arrows; but Drona's son took up another bow, even more terrible.

Verse 32 (8.52.32)

सज्यं कृत्वा निमेषाच्च विव्याधार्जुनकेशवौ । त्रिभिः शतैर्वासुदेवं सहस्रेण च पाण्डवम् ॥

sajyaṃ kṛtvā nimeṣācca vivyādhārjunakeśavau | tribhiḥ śatairvāsudevaṃ sahasreṇa ca pāṇḍavam

Stringing it in an instant, he pierced Arjuna and Keshava, Vasudeva with three hundred arrows and the Pandava with a thousand.

Verse 33 (8.52.33)

ततः शरसहस्राणि प्रयुतान्यर्बुदानि च । ससृजे द्रौणिरायस्तः स्तम्भयामास चार्जुनम् ॥

tataḥ śarasahasrāṇi prayutānyarbudāni ca | sasṛje drauṇirāyastaḥ stambhayāmāsa cārjunam

Then Drona's son, straining hard, loosed thousands, hundreds of thousands and tens of millions of arrows, and held Arjuna fast.

Verse 34 (8.52.34)

इषुधेर्धनुषो ज्यायास्त्वङ्गुलिभ्यश्च मारिष । बाह्वोः कराभ्यामुरसो वदनाद्घ्राणनेत्रतः ॥

iṣudherdhanuṣo jyāyāstvaṅgulibhyaśca māriṣa | bāhvoḥ karābhyāmuraso vadanādghrāṇanetrataḥ

From his quiver, his bow and his bowstring, from his fingers, O sire, from his arms and hands, from his chest, from his mouth, nose and eyes,

Note on the text: Corrected वदनाद्व्राणनेत्रतः → वदनाद्घ्राणनेत्रतः (misprint in Wikisource; व for घ; the critical edition reads ghrāṇa).

Verse 35 (8.52.35)

कर्णाभ्यां शिरसोऽङ्गेभ्यो लोमवर्मभ्य एव च । रथध्वजाभ्यां च शरा निष्पेतुर्ब्रह्मवादिनः ॥

karṇābhyāṃ śiraso'ṅgebhyo lomavarmabhya eva ca | rathadhvajābhyāṃ ca śarā niṣpeturbrahmavādinaḥ

from his ears, his head and his limbs, from his hair and armour, from his chariot and banner, arrows poured out, the arrows of that Brahmin of yogic power.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads lomavarmabhyaḥ ("hair and armour"); the critical edition has lomavartmabhyaḥ ("pores of the hair"): kept as in Wikisource, a valid reading.

Verse 36 (8.52.36)

शरजालेन महता बद्ध्वा माधवपाण्डवौ । ननाद मुदितो द्रौणिर्महामेघौघनिःस्वनम् ॥

śarajālena mahatā baddhvā mādhavapāṇḍavau | nanāda mudito drauṇirmahāmeghaughaniḥsvanam

Having bound Madhava and the Pandava in a great net of arrows, Drona's son, delighted, roared with a sound like the thunder of a great mass of clouds.

Note on the text: Corrected सुदितो → मुदितो (misprint in Wikisource; स for म; the critical edition reads mudito).

Verse 37 (8.52.37)

तैः पतद्भिर्महाराज द्रौणिमुक्तैः समन्ततः । सञ्छादितौ रथस्थौ तावुभौ कृष्णधनञ्जयौ ॥

taiḥ patadbhirmahārāja drauṇimuktaiḥ samantataḥ | sañchāditau rathasthau tāvubhau kṛṣṇadhanañjayau

Covered on every side by those arrows falling from Drona's son, O great king, the two, Krishna and Dhananjaya, were hidden on their chariot.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki backtick/quote mark. Verses 37-52 of this page (the Ashvatthama-Arjuna passage) correspond to the critical edition's 8.40.112-124 (its adhyaya 40), after 8.12.36 on this page's earlier verses.

Verse 38 (8.52.38)

ततः शरशतैस्तीक्ष्णैर्भारद्वाजः प्रतापवान् । निश्चेष्टौ तावुभौ चक्रे रणे माधवपाण्डवौ ॥

tataḥ śaraśataistīkṣṇairbhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān | niśceṣṭau tāvubhau cakre raṇe mādhavapāṇḍavau

Then the mighty son of Bharadvaja's line, with hundreds of sharp arrows, left Madhava and the Pandava motionless in the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected निश्चेष्टा → निश्चेष्टौ (misprint in Wikisource; dual; the critical edition reads niśceṣṭau).

Verse 39 (8.52.39)

हाहाकृतमभूत् सर्वं स्थावरं जङ्गमं तथा । चराचरस्य गोप्तारौ दृष्ट्वा सञ्छादितौ शरैः ॥

hāhākṛtamabhūt sarvaṃ sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ tathā | carācarasya goptārau dṛṣṭvā sañchāditau śaraiḥ

All things, moving and unmoving, cried "Alas!" on seeing the two protectors of the moving and the unmoving world covered with arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected महाकृतमभूत् → हाहाकृतमभूत् (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads hāhākṛtam). Corrected चराचरसा मोप्तारौ → चराचरस्य गोप्तारौ (misprint in Wikisource; garbled; the critical edition reads carācarasya goptārau).

Verse 40 (8.52.40)

सिद्धचारणसङ्घाश्च संपेतुर्वै समन्ततः । अपि स्वस्ति भवेदद्य लोकानामिति चाब्रुवन् ॥

siddhacāraṇasaṅghāśca saṃpeturvai samantataḥ | api svasti bhavedadya lokānāmiti cābruvan

Hosts of Siddhas and Charanas came rushing from every side, and they said, "May the worlds be safe today!"

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (8.40.115): Wikisource prints "सिद्धचारxxxxxश्च संपेतुर्शै समन्ततः । अपि xxxxxxxx लोकानामिति चाब्रुवन्", with lost letters shown as x. Line 1 is the critical edition's siddhacāraṇasaṃghāś ca saṃpetur vai samantataḥ (संपेतुर्शै → संपेतुर्वै); in line 2 the surviving words अपि and लोकानामिति चाब्रुवन् are kept and the gap is filled with the critical edition's words svasti, bhaved, adya (cintayanto bhaved adya lokānāṃ svasty apīty aha).

Verse 41 (8.52.41)

न मया तादृशो राजन्दृष्टपूर्वः पराक्रमः । सञ्जज्ञे यादृशो द्रौणेः कृष्णौ छादयतो रणे ॥

na mayā tādṛśo rājandṛṣṭapūrvaḥ parākramaḥ | sañjajñe yādṛśo drauṇeḥ kṛṣṇau chādayato raṇe

Never before, O king, have I seen such prowess as arose in Drona's son while he was covering the two Krishnas in battle.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (8.40.116): Wikisource prints "न मया xxxxxxxxxx राजन्दृष्टपृर्वः पराकमः । xxxxxxxxxxxx कृष्णो छादयतो रणे", with lost letters shown as x. The gaps are filled with the critical edition's words tādṛśo and saṃjajñe yādṛśo drauṇeḥ; corrected दृष्टपृर्वः → दृष्टपूर्वः, पराकमः → पराक्रमः and कृष्णो → कृष्णौ (misprints in Wikisource; dual, as in the critical edition).

Verse 42 (8.52.42)

द्रौणेस्तु धनुषः शब्दं रथानां त्रासनं रणे । अश्रौषं बहुशो राजन्सिंहस्य नदतो यथा ॥

drauṇestu dhanuṣaḥ śabdaṃ rathānāṃ trāsanaṃ raṇe | aśrauṣaṃ bahuśo rājansiṃhasya nadato yathā

Many a time, O king, I heard the sound of Drona's son's bow in that battle, terrifying to chariots, like the roar of a lion.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (8.40.117): Wikisource prints "xxxxxxxxxxxशब्दं रथानां त्रासनं रणे । xxxxxxxxxx राजन्सिंहस्य नदतो यथा", with lost letters shown as x. The gaps are filled with the critical edition's words drauṇes tu dhanuṣaḥ and aśrauṣaṃ bahuśo; the surviving रथानां त्रासनं is Wikisource's own reading (the critical edition has ahitatrāsanaṃ).

Verse 43 (8.52.43)

ज्या चास्य चरतो युद्धे सव्यं दक्षिणमस्यतः । विद्युदम्भोधरस्येव भ्राजमाना व्यदृश्यत ॥

jyā cāsya carato yuddhe savyaṃ dakṣiṇamasyataḥ | vidyudambhodharasyeva bhrājamānā vyadṛśyata

And as he moved in battle, shooting to the left and to the right, his bowstring shone like lightning against a rain-cloud.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (8.40.118a: jyā cāsya carato yuddhe savyadakṣiṇam asyataḥ): Wikisource begins the verse at "चरतो युद्धे", dropping ज्या चास्य, so that the feminine भ्राजमाना has no subject.

Verse 44 (8.52.44)

स तदा क्षिप्रकारी च दृढहस्तश्च पाण्डवः । प्रमोहं परमं गत्वा प्रेक्षन्नास्ते धनञ्जयः ॥

sa tadā kṣiprakārī ca dṛḍhahastaśca pāṇḍavaḥ | pramohaṃ paramaṃ gatvā prekṣannāste dhanañjayaḥ

Then the Pandava Dhananjaya, though quick of hand and firm of grip, fell into utter bewilderment and sat only looking on.

Verse 45 (8.52.45)

विक्रमं चरतो युद्धे सव्यं दक्षिणमस्यतः । विक्रमं च हृतं मेने आत्मनस्तेन संयुगे ॥

vikramaṃ carato yuddhe savyaṃ dakṣiṇamasyataḥ | vikramaṃ ca hṛtaṃ mene ātmanastena saṃyuge

As he moved in battle displaying his valour, shooting to the left and to the right, Arjuna felt that his own valour had been taken from him in the fight.

Note on the text: Line 1 repeats the wording of verse 43 with an added विक्रमं; as it makes sense as it stands it is kept as printed. Line 2 corresponds to the critical edition's 8.40.120a (sa vikramaṃ hṛtaṃ mene …).

Verse 46 (8.52.46)

अथास्य समरे राजन्वपुरासीत्सुदुर्दृशम् । द्रौणेस्तत्कुर्वतः कर्म यादृग्रूपं पिनाकिनः ॥

athāsya samare rājanvapurāsītsudurdṛśam | drauṇestatkurvataḥ karma yādṛgrūpaṃ pinākinaḥ

Then, O king, as Drona's son did that deed, his form in the battle became very hard to look upon, like the form of the wielder of the Pinaka.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to the critical edition's 8.40.120c; line 2 is found in the vulgate only.

Verse 47 (8.52.47)

वर्धमाने ततस्तत्र द्रोणपुत्रे विशाम्पते । हीयमाने च कौन्तेये कृष्णं रोषः समाविशत् ॥

vardhamāne tatastatra droṇaputre viśāmpate | hīyamāne ca kaunteye kṛṣṇaṃ roṣaḥ samāviśat

As Drona's son grew stronger there, O lord of men, and the son of Kunti grew weaker, anger entered Krishna.

Verse 48 (8.52.48)

स रोषान्निश्वसन्राजन्निर्दहन्निव चक्षुषा । द्रौणिं ददर्श सङ्ग्रामे फल्गुनं च मुहुर्मुहुः ॥

sa roṣānniśvasanrājannirdahanniva cakṣuṣā | drauṇiṃ dadarśa saṅgrāme phalgunaṃ ca muhurmuhuḥ

Breathing hard in anger, O king, and as if burning with his gaze, he looked at Drona's son in the battle, and at Phalguna again and again.

Verse 49 (8.52.49)

ततः कृष्णोऽब्रवीत्क्रुद्धः पार्थं सप्रणयं वचः ॥

tataḥ kṛṣṇo'bravītkruddhaḥ pārthaṃ sapraṇayaṃ vacaḥ

Then, in anger, Krishna said to Partha, with affection:

Note on the text: A one-line verse on the page; it corresponds to the critical edition's 8.40.123a (tataḥ kruddho 'bravīt kṛṣṇaḥ pārthaṃ sapraṇayaṃ tadā), reworded.

Verse 50 (8.52.50)

अत्यद्भुततमिदं पार्थ त्वयि पश्यामि संयुगे । यत्त्वां विशेषयत्याजौ द्रोणपुत्रोऽद्य भारत ॥

atyadbhutatamidaṃ pārtha tvayi paśyāmi saṃyuge | yattvāṃ viśeṣayatyājau droṇaputro'dya bhārata

This is most astonishing, Partha: I see that in this battle Drona's son today surpasses you, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Speaker: Krishna's direct speech (the page prints no heading). Corresponds to the critical edition's 8.40.123c and 123e.

Verse 51 (8.52.51)

कच्चित्ते गाण्डिवं हस्ते मुष्टिर्वा न व्यशीर्यत । कच्चिद्वीर्यं यथापूर्वं भुजयोर्वा बलं तव ॥

kaccitte gāṇḍivaṃ haste muṣṭirvā na vyaśīryata | kaccidvīryaṃ yathāpūrvaṃ bhujayorvā balaṃ tava

Has the Gandiva not slipped in your hand, or your grip loosened? Is your valour as it was before, and the strength of your arms?

Note on the text: Speaker: Krishna (continued). Line 1 is a variant of the critical edition's 8.40.124a; line 2 is its star passage 8.40.123f*0533_01.

Verse 52 (8.52.52)

उदीर्यमाणं हि रणे पश्यामि द्रौणिमाहवे । गुरुपुत्र इति ह्येनं मानयन्पाण्डवर्षभ । उपेक्षां मा कृथाः पार्थ नायं काल उपेक्षितुम् ॥

udīryamāṇaṃ hi raṇe paśyāmi drauṇimāhave | guruputra iti hyenaṃ mānayanpāṇḍavarṣabha | upekṣāṃ mā kṛthāḥ pārtha nāyaṃ kāla upekṣitum

I see Drona's son growing mightier in this battle. Though you honour him as your teacher's son, best of the Pandavas, do not overlook him, Partha; this is no time for overlooking.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki backtick/quote mark. Speaker: Krishna (continued). The three lines are the critical edition's star passage 8.40.124d*0534_01-03, with a variant in the last words (upekṣāṃ kuru mā pārtha).

Verse 53 (8.52.53)

पश्य माधव दौरात्म्यं गुरुपुत्रस्य मां प्रति । वधं प्राप्तौ मन्यते नौ प्रवेश्य शरवेश्मनि । एषोऽस्मि हन्मि सङ्कल्पं शिक्षया च बलेन च ॥

paśya mādhava daurātmyaṃ guruputrasya māṃ prati | vadhaṃ prāptau manyate nau praveśya śaraveśmani | eṣo'smi hanmi saṅkalpaṃ śikṣayā ca balena ca

Look, Madhava, at the wickedness of the teacher's son toward me: having made us enter a house of arrows, he thinks us both come to our deaths. Here I am; I shall destroy that intent with skill and with strength.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रावेश्य शवरेश्मनि → प्रवेश्य शरवेश्मनि (misprint in Wikisource; garbled letters; the critical edition reads praveśya śaraveśmani). Corrected एषोस्मि → एषोऽस्मि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha; the critical edition reads eṣo 'sya). Corresponds to the critical edition's 8.12.33c, 34a and 34c. The page prints the heading अर्जुन उवाच above this verse.

Verse 54 (8.52.54)

एवमुक्त्वाऽस्य चिच्छेद भल्लैः कर्मारमार्जितैः । धनुश्छत्रं पताकां च रथशक्तिं गदां वराम् ॥

evamuktvā'sya ciccheda bhallaiḥ karmāramārjitaiḥ | dhanuśchatraṃ patākāṃ ca rathaśaktiṃ gadāṃ varām

Having spoken so, with broad-headed arrows polished by the smith he cut away his bow, his parasol, his banner, his chariot-spear and his fine mace.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki backtick/quote mark. Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the heading अर्जुन उवाच above verse 53 does not cover this verse). The two lines are the critical edition's star passage 8.12.34d*0094_01-02, with variant wording.

Verse 55 (8.52.55)

अश्वत्थाम्नः शरानस्ताञ्छित्त्वैकैकं त्रिधा त्रिधा । व्यधमद्भरतश्रेष्ठो नीहारमिव मारुतः ॥

aśvatthāmnaḥ śarānastāñchittvaikaikaṃ tridhā tridhā | vyadhamadbharataśreṣṭho nīhāramiva mārutaḥ

Cutting each of the arrows Ashvatthama had shot into three pieces, that best of the Bharatas scattered them as the wind scatters mist.

Verse 56 (8.52.56)

ततः संशप्तकान्भूयः साश्वसूतरथद्विपान् । ध्वजपत्तिगणानुग्रैर्बाणैर्विव्याध पाण्डवः ॥

tataḥ saṃśaptakānbhūyaḥ sāśvasūtarathadvipān | dhvajapattigaṇānugrairbāṇairvivyādha pāṇḍavaḥ

Then the Pandava again pierced the Samshaptakas, with their horses, charioteers, chariots and elephants and their throngs of banners and foot-soldiers, with fierce arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected गणानुर्ग्रैर् → गणानुग्रैर् (misprint in Wikisource; र् inserted; the critical edition reads ugraiḥ).

Verse 57 (8.52.57)

ये ये ददृशिरे तत्र यद्यद्रूपास्तदा जनाः । ते ते तत्र शरैर्व्याप्तं मेनिरेऽऽत्मानमात्मना ॥

ye ye dadṛśire tatra yadyadrūpāstadā janāḥ | te te tatra śarairvyāptaṃ menire''tmānamātmanā

Whatever people were seen there, in whatever form, each of them thought that he himself was covered with arrows.

Verse 58 (8.52.58)

ते गाण्डीवप्रमुक्तास्तु नानारूपाः पतत्रिणः । क्रोशे साग्रे स्थिताञ्जघ्नुर्द्विपांश्च पुरुषान्रणे ॥

te gāṇḍīvapramuktāstu nānārūpāḥ patatriṇaḥ | krośe sāgre sthitāñjaghnurdvipāṃśca puruṣānraṇe

Those feathered arrows of many forms, loosed from the Gandiva, struck down elephants and men in the battle, even when they stood more than a krosha away.

Verse 59 (8.52.59)

भल्लैश्छिन्नाः कराः पेतुः करिणां मदवर्षिणाम् । यथा वने परशुभिर्निकृत्ताः शाल्मलिद्रुमाः ॥

bhallaiśchinnāḥ karāḥ petuḥ kariṇāṃ madavarṣiṇām | yathā vane paraśubhirnikṛttāḥ śālmalidrumāḥ

The trunks of rutting elephants, cut by broad-headed arrows, fell, like silk-cotton trees in a forest felled with axes.

Verse 60 (8.52.60)

पश्चात्तु शैलवत्पेतुस्ते गजाः सह सादिभिः । वज्रिवज्रावमथिता यथैवाद्रिचयास्तथा ॥

paścāttu śailavatpetuste gajāḥ saha sādibhiḥ | vajrivajrāvamathitā yathaivādricayāstathā

After that the elephants, together with their riders, fell like mountains, like heaps of rock shattered by the thunderbolt of the Wielder of the Thunderbolt.

Note on the text: Corrected पतुस्ते → पेतुस्ते (misprint in Wikisource; ए dropped; the critical edition reads petus te).

Verse 61 (8.52.61)

गन्धर्वनगराकारान्रथांश्चैव सुकल्पितान् । विनीतैर्जवनैर्युक्तानास्थितान्युद्धदुर्मदैः ॥

gandharvanagarākārānrathāṃścaiva sukalpitān | vinītairjavanairyuktānāsthitānyuddhadurmadaiḥ

Well-appointed chariots, like cities of the Gandharvas, yoked to trained, swift horses and mounted by warriors drunk with the frenzy of battle,

Note on the text: Corrected युद्वदुर्मदैः → युद्धदुर्मदैः (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध). Corresponds to the critical edition's 8.12.41, with variant wording in line 2.

Verse 62 (8.52.62)

शरैर्विशकलीकुर्वन्नमित्रानभ्यवीवृषत् । स्वलङ्कृतानश्वसादीन्पत्तींश्चाहन्धनञ्जयः ॥

śarairviśakalīkurvannamitrānabhyavīvṛṣat | svalaṅkṛtānaśvasādīnpattīṃścāhandhanañjayaḥ

he shattered them with his arrows, raining upon his enemies, and Dhananjaya struck down the richly adorned horsemen and foot-soldiers.

Verse 63 (8.52.63)

धनञ्जययुगान्तार्कः संशप्तकमहार्णवम् । व्यशोषयत दुःशोषं तीक्ष्णैः शरगभस्तिभिः ॥

dhanañjayayugāntārkaḥ saṃśaptakamahārṇavam | vyaśoṣayata duḥśoṣaṃ tīkṣṇaiḥ śaragabhastibhiḥ

Dhananjaya, like the sun at the end of an age, dried up the great ocean of the Samshaptakas, so hard to dry, with the fierce rays of his arrows.

Verse 64 (8.52.64)

पुनर्द्रौणिमहाशैलं नाराचैर्वज्रसन्निभैः । निर्बिभेद महावेगैस्त्वरन्वज्रीव पर्वतम् ॥

punardrauṇimahāśailaṃ nārācairvajrasannibhaiḥ | nirbibheda mahāvegaistvaranvajrīva parvatam

Then, rushing, he again pierced the great mountain that was Drona's son with swift iron arrows like thunderbolts, as the Wielder of the Thunderbolt pierces a mountain.

Verse 65 (8.52.65)

तमाचार्यसुतः क्रुद्धः साश्वयन्तारमाशुगैः । युयुत्सुरागमद्योद्धुं पार्थस्तानच्छिनच्छरान् ॥

tamācāryasutaḥ kruddhaḥ sāśvayantāramāśugaiḥ | yuyutsurāgamadyoddhuṃ pārthastānacchinaccharān

Enraged, the teacher's son, eager to fight, came on to fight him with swift arrows, together with his horses and charioteer; but Partha cut those arrows apart.

Verse 66 (8.52.66)

ततः परमसङ्क्रुद्धः काण्डकोशमवासृजत् । अश्वत्थामाभिरूपाय गृहानतिथये यथा ॥

tataḥ paramasaṅkruddhaḥ kāṇḍakośamavāsṛjat | aśvatthāmābhirūpāya gṛhānatithaye yathā

Then Arjuna, in the height of his anger, loosed quiverful after quiverful of arrows upon Ashvatthama, the worthy guest, as one offers his home to a guest.

Verse 67 (8.52.67)

अथ संशप्तकांस्त्यक्त्वा पाण्डवो द्रौणिमभ्ययात् । अपाङ्क्तेयानिव त्यक्त्वा दाता पाङ्क्तेयमर्थिनम् ॥

atha saṃśaptakāṃstyaktvā pāṇḍavo drauṇimabhyayāt | apāṅkteyāniva tyaktvā dātā pāṅkteyamarthinam

Then the Pandava left the Samshaptakas and went up to Drona's son, like a host who leaves aside those unfit to sit in the row and turns to the worthy petitioner.

Verse 68 (8.52.68)

स्थिताः संशप्तका राजन्दृष्ट्वा युद्धं महात्मनोः ॥

sthitāḥ saṃśaptakā rājandṛṣṭvā yuddhaṃ mahātmanoḥ

The Samshaptakas, O king, stood watching the battle of the two great-souled warriors.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki backtick/quote mark. Corrected युद्वं → युद्धं (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध). A one-line verse on the page; it is the critical edition's star passage 8.12.47d*0096_01.