Ashvatthama Slays the Pandya King

Verse 1 (8.56.1)

प्रोक्तस्त्वया पूर्वमेव प्रवीरो लोकविश्रुतः । न त्वस्य कर्म सङ्ग्रामे त्वया सञ्जय कीर्तितम् ॥

proktastvayā pūrvameva pravīro lokaviśrutaḥ | na tvasya karma saṅgrāme tvayā sañjaya kīrtitam

You spoke before of a hero famed throughout the world; but you have not told me, Sanjaya, of his deeds in battle.

Verse 2 (8.56.2)

तस्य विस्तरशो ब्रूहि प्रवीरस्याद्य विक्रमम् । शिक्षां प्रभावं वीर्यं च प्रमाणं दर्पमेव च ॥

tasya vistaraśo brūhi pravīrasyādya vikramam | śikṣāṃ prabhāvaṃ vīryaṃ ca pramāṇaṃ darpameva ca

Tell me now, in detail, of that hero's prowess—his skill, his power, his strength, his measure and his pride.

Verse 3 (8.56.3)

भीष्मद्रोणकृपद्रौणिकर्णार्जुनजनार्दनान् । समाप्तविद्यान्धनुषि श्रेष्ठान्यान्सप्त मन्यसे ॥

bhīṣmadroṇakṛpadrauṇikarṇārjunajanārdanān | samāptavidyāndhanuṣi śreṣṭhānyānsapta manyase

Bhishma, Drona, Kripa, Drona's son, Karna, Arjuna and Janardana—these seven you regard as the foremost in the bow, masters of all learning.

Verse 4 (8.56.4)

यो ह्याक्षिपति वीर्येण सर्वानेतान्महारथान् । न मेने चात्मना तुल्यं कञ्चिदेव नरेश्वरम् ॥

yo hyākṣipati vīryeṇa sarvānetānmahārathān | na mene cātmanā tulyaṃ kañcideva nareśvaram

But he who, in his strength, looked down on all these great chariot-warriors, did not think any king his equal.

Note on the text: Lines are the CE star lines 8.15.3d*0114_01–02 (yo hy ākṣipati vīryeṇa sarvān etān mahārathān; na mene cātmanā tulyaṃ kaṃ cid eva nareśvaram), not in the constituted text. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 5 (8.56.5)

तुल्यतांद्रोणभीष्माभ्यामात्मनो यो न मृष्यते । वासुदेवार्जुनाभ्यां च न्यूनतां नैच्छतात्मनि ॥

tulyatāṃdroṇabhīṣmābhyāmātmano yo na mṛṣyate | vāsudevārjunābhyāṃ ca nyūnatāṃ naicchatātmani

He could not bear to be only the equal of Drona and Bhishma, and he would not accept being less than Vasudeva and Arjuna.

Verse 6 (8.56.6)

स पाण्ड्योऽर्थपतिश्रेष्ठः सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरः । कर्णस्यानीकमहनत्पाशहस्त इवान्तकः ॥

sa pāṇḍyo'rthapatiśreṣṭhaḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ | karṇasyānīkamahanatpāśahasta ivāntakaḥ

That Pandya, best of kings, the finest of all who bear weapons, destroyed Karna's host like Death with his noose in hand.

Verse 7 (8.56.7)

तदुदीर्णरथाश्वेभं पत्तिप्रवरसङ्कुलम् । कुलालचक्रवद्भ्रान्तं पाण्ड्येनाभ्याहतं बलात् ॥

tadudīrṇarathāśvebhaṃ pattipravarasaṅkulam | kulālacakravadbhrāntaṃ pāṇḍyenābhyāhataṃ balāt

That army, with its chariots, horses and elephants in disorder and crowded with foremost foot-soldiers, was whirled round like a potter's wheel, struck down by the Pandya with force.

Note on the text: Corrected कुलालचक्रवद्धान्तं → कुलालचक्रवद्भ्रान्तं (misprint in Wikisource; ध for भ्र; CE kulālacakravad bhrāntaṃ).

Verse 8 (8.56.8)

व्यश्वसूतध्वजरथान्विप्रयुक्तयुगान्रथान् । सम्यगस्तैः शरैः पाण्ड्यो वायुर्मेघानिवाक्षिपत् ॥

vyaśvasūtadhvajarathānviprayuktayugānrathān | samyagastaiḥ śaraiḥ pāṇḍyo vāyurmeghānivākṣipat

With arrows rightly shot, the Pandya scattered the chariots, stripped of horses, charioteers and banners, their yokes torn away, as the wind scatters clouds.

Verse 9 (8.56.9)

द्विरदान्प्रवरारोहान्विपताकायुधध्वजान् । स पादरक्षानहनद्वज्रेणाद्रीनिवाद्रिहा ॥

dviradānpravarārohānvipatākāyudhadhvajān | sa pādarakṣānahanadvajreṇādrīnivādrihā

He struck down the elephants with their best riders, and their banners, weapons and standards, together with the foot-guards, as the breaker of mountains brings down mountains with his thunderbolt.

Verse 10 (8.56.10)

स शक्तिप्रासतूणीरानश्वारोहान्हयानपि । पुलिन्दखसबाह्लीकनिषादान्ध्रककुन्तलान् ॥

sa śaktiprāsatūṇīrānaśvārohānhayānapi | pulindakhasabāhlīkaniṣādāndhrakakuntalān

Men with spears, lances and quivers, horsemen and horses, the Pulindas, Khasas, Bahlikas, Nishadas, Andhrakas and Kuntalas,

Verse 11 (8.56.11)

दाक्षिणात्यांश्च भोजांश्च शूरान्सङ्ग्रामकर्कशान् । विशस्त्रकवचान्बाणैः कृत्वा पाण्ड्योऽकरोद्व्यसून् ॥

dākṣiṇātyāṃśca bhojāṃśca śūrānsaṅgrāmakarkaśān | viśastrakavacānbāṇaiḥ kṛtvā pāṇḍyo'karodvyasūn

the southerners and the Bhojas, heroes hardened in battle—he stripped them of weapons and armour with his arrows, and the Pandya made them lifeless.

Verse 12 (8.56.12)

चतुरङ्गं बलं बाणैर्निघ्नन्तं पाण्ड्यमाहवे । दृष्ट्वा द्रौणिरसम्भ्रान्तमसम्भ्रान्तस्ततोऽभ्ययात् ॥

caturaṅgaṃ balaṃ bāṇairnighnantaṃ pāṇḍyamāhave | dṛṣṭvā drauṇirasambhrāntamasambhrāntastato'bhyayāt

Drona's son, seeing the Pandya calmly cutting down the four-fold army with his arrows in battle, went up to him, himself unruffled.

Note on the text: Corrected पाण्डयमाहवे → पाण्ड्यमाहवे (misprint in Wikisource; the ्य conjunct broken; CE pāṇḍyam āhave).

Verse 13 (8.56.13)

आभाष्य चैनं मधुरमभीतं तमभीतवत् । प्राह प्रहरतां श्रेष्ठः स्मितपूर्वं समाह्वयत् ॥

ābhāṣya cainaṃ madhuramabhītaṃ tamabhītavat | prāha praharatāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ smitapūrvaṃ samāhvayat

Speaking gently to the fearless Pandya, himself as fearless, that foremost of fighters said, challenging him with a smile:

Verse 14 (8.56.14)

राजन्कमलपत्राक्ष प्रधानायुधवाहन । वज्रसंहननप्रख्य प्रख्यातबलपौरुष ॥

rājankamalapatrākṣa pradhānāyudhavāhana | vajrasaṃhananaprakhya prakhyātabalapauruṣa

O king, lotus-eyed, with the finest weapons and mounts, firm as the thunderbolt in frame, renowned for strength and manliness—

Note on the text: Speaker: Ashvatthama's challenge to the Pandya king (introduced by verse 13), unheaded on the page and running to verse 19; the input had Sanjaya for verses 14–19.

Verse 15 (8.56.15)

मुष्टिक्लिष्टाङ्गुलिभ्यां च व्यायताभ्यां महद्धनुः । दोर्भ्यां विस्फारयन्भासि महाजलदवद्भृशम् ॥

muṣṭikliṣṭāṅgulibhyāṃ ca vyāyatābhyāṃ mahaddhanuḥ | dorbhyāṃ visphārayanbhāsi mahājaladavadbhṛśam

drawing your great bow with your two long arms, the fingers gripped tight in the fist, you shine like a great rain-cloud.

Verse 16 (8.56.16)

शरवर्षैर्महावेगैरमित्रानभिवर्षतः । मदन्यं नानुपश्यामि प्रतिवीरं तवाहवे ॥

śaravarṣairmahāvegairamitrānabhivarṣataḥ | madanyaṃ nānupaśyāmi prativīraṃ tavāhave

You rain down swift, mighty showers of arrows upon your foes; other than myself I see no match for you in battle.

Verse 17 (8.56.17)

रथद्विरदपत्त्यश्वानेकः प्रमथसे बहून् । मृगसङ्घानिवारण्ये विभीर्भीमबलो हरिः ॥

rathadviradapattyaśvānekaḥ pramathase bahūn | mṛgasaṅghānivāraṇye vibhīrbhīmabalo hariḥ

Alone you crush many chariots, elephants, foot-soldiers and horses, like a fearless lion of fearsome strength crushing herds of deer in the forest.

Verse 18 (8.56.18)

महता रथघोषेण दिवं भूमिं च नादयन् । वर्षान्ते सस्यां सूर्यो भाभिरादीपयन्निव ॥

mahatā rathaghoṣeṇa divaṃ bhūmiṃ ca nādayan | varṣānte sasyāṃ sūryo bhābhirādīpayanniva

Filling heaven and earth with the great din of your chariot, you are like the sun at the end of the rains, lighting up the crop-bearing earth with his rays.

Verse 19 (8.56.19)

संस्पृशानः शरैः पूर्णौ तूणी चाशीविषोपमैः । मयैवैकेन युध्यस्व त्र्यम्बकेनान्धको यथा ॥

saṃspṛśānaḥ śaraiḥ pūrṇau tūṇī cāśīviṣopamaiḥ | mayaivaikena yudhyasva tryambakenāndhako yathā

Touching your two quivers, full of arrows like venomous snakes, fight with me alone, as Andhaka fought with Tryambaka.

Verse 20 (8.56.20)

एवमुक्तस्तथेत्युक्त्वा प्रमथ्यैनं स पार्थिवः । कर्णिना द्रोणतनयं विव्याध मलयध्वजः ॥

evamuktastathetyuktvā pramathyainaṃ sa pārthivaḥ | karṇinā droṇatanayaṃ vivyādha malayadhvajaḥ

Spoken to thus, the Malaya-bannered king said "So be it," and, assailing him, pierced Drona's son with a barbed arrow.

Verse 21 (8.56.21)

मर्मभेदिभिरत्युग्रैर्बाणैरग्निशिखोपमैः । मर्मस्वभ्यहनद्द्रौणिः पाण्ड्यमाचार्यनन्दनः ॥

marmabhedibhiratyugrairbāṇairagniśikhopamaiḥ | marmasvabhyahanaddrauṇiḥ pāṇḍyamācāryanandanaḥ

With dreadful, vital-piercing arrows like tongues of flame, Drona's son, the preceptor's son, struck the Pandya in his vital parts.

Verse 22 (8.56.22)

ततोऽपरान्नवांस्तूर्णं नाराचान्कङ्कवाससः । गत्या दशम्या संयुक्तानश्वत्थामाऽप्यवासृजत् ॥

tato'parānnavāṃstūrṇaṃ nārācānkaṅkavāsasaḥ | gatyā daśamyā saṃyuktānaśvatthāmā'pyavāsṛjat

Then Ashvatthama quickly released nine more fresh iron arrows, vulture-feathered, endowed with the tenth course of flight.

Verse 23 (8.56.23)

तानच्छिनत्तदा पाण्ड्यश्चतुर्भिरपरैः शरैः । चतुरोऽभ्याहनच्चाश्वानाशु ते व्यसवोऽभवन् ॥

tānacchinattadā pāṇḍyaścaturbhiraparaiḥ śaraiḥ | caturo'bhyāhanaccāśvānāśu te vyasavo'bhavan

Then the Pandya cut those down with four other arrows, and struck the four horses, which quickly lost their lives.

Note on the text: Line 2 is CE 8.15.22c (catvāro ’bhyāhanan vāhān āśu te vyasavo ’bhavan); line 1 is a variant of CE 8.15.22a (teṣāṃ pañcācchinat pāṇḍyaḥ pañcabhir niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 24 (8.56.24)

अथ द्रोणसुतस्येषूंस्ताञ्छित्त्वा निशितैः शरैः । धनुर्ज्यां विततां पाण्ड्यश्चिच्छेदादित्यतेजसः ॥

atha droṇasutasyeṣūṃstāñchittvā niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | dhanurjyāṃ vitatāṃ pāṇḍyaścicchedādityatejasaḥ

Then, having cut down the arrows of Drona's son with sharp shafts, the Pandya, radiant as the sun, cut his stretched bowstring.

Verse 25 (8.56.25)

दिव्यं धनुरथाधिज्यं कृत्वा द्रौणिरमित्रहा । प्रेक्ष्य चाशु रथे युक्तान्नरैरन्यान्हयोत्तमान् ॥

divyaṃ dhanurathādhijyaṃ kṛtvā drauṇiramitrahā | prekṣya cāśu rathe yuktānnarairanyānhayottamān

Drona's son, slayer of foes, strung his divine bow again, and seeing that other excellent horses had been yoked to his chariot by men,

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of CE 8.15.24a (vijyaṃ dhanur athādhijyaṃ kṛtvā drauṇir amitrahā); line 2 is the CE star line 8.15.24b*0115_01. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 26 (8.56.26)

ततः शरसहस्राणि प्रेषयामास वै द्विजः । इषुसम्बाधमाकाशमकरोद्दिश एव च ॥

tataḥ śarasahasrāṇi preṣayāmāsa vai dvijaḥ | iṣusambādhamākāśamakaroddiśa eva ca

then the twice-born sent forth thousands of arrows and filled the sky and the quarters with a crowd of shafts.

Note on the text: Lines are variants of CE 8.15.24c and 8.15.24e (tataḥ śarasahasrāṇi preṣayām āsa pāṇḍyataḥ; iṣusaṃbādham ākāśam akarod diśa eva ca). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 27 (8.56.27)

ततस्तानस्यतः सर्वान्द्रौणेर्बाणान्महात्मनः । जानानोऽप्यक्षयान्पाण्ड्योऽशातयत्पुरुषर्षभः ॥

tatastānasyataḥ sarvāndrauṇerbāṇānmahātmanaḥ | jānāno'pyakṣayānpāṇḍyo'śātayatpuruṣarṣabhaḥ

Then, as Drona's son kept shooting, the Pandya, bull among men, though he knew those arrows of the great-souled warrior to be unfailing, cut every one of them down.

Note on the text: Corrected जानानोप्य → जानानोऽप्य and पाण्ड्यो शातयत् → पाण्ड्योऽशातयत् (misprint in Wikisource; the avagrahas dropped, which turns the imperfect अशातयत् into a stray form; CE jānāno ’py akṣayān pāṇḍyo ’śātayat).

Verse 28 (8.56.28)

प्रयुक्तांस्तान्प्रयत्नेन छित्त्वा द्रौणेरिषूनरिः । चक्ररक्षौ रणे तस्य प्राणुदन्निशितैः शरैः ॥

prayuktāṃstānprayatnena chittvā drauṇeriṣūnariḥ | cakrarakṣau raṇe tasya prāṇudanniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Having cut down, with care, the arrows that Drona's son had sent, the foe drove off with sharp arrows the two wheel-guards of his chariot in the battle.

Verse 29 (8.56.29)

अथ तल्लाघवं दृष्ट्वा मण्डलीकृतकार्मुकः । प्रास्यद्द्रोणसुतो बाणान्वृष्टिं पूषानुजो यथा ॥

atha tallāghavaṃ dṛṣṭvā maṇḍalīkṛtakārmukaḥ | prāsyaddroṇasuto bāṇānvṛṣṭiṃ pūṣānujo yathā

Then, seeing his quickness, Drona's son bent his bow into a circle and loosed a rain of arrows, as Parjanya, the younger brother of Pushan, sends down rain.

Verse 30 (8.56.30)

अष्टावष्टगवान्यूहुः शकटानि यदायुधम् । अह्नस्तदष्टभागेन द्रौणिश्चिक्षेप मारिष ॥

aṣṭāvaṣṭagavānyūhuḥ śakaṭāni yadāyudham | ahnastadaṣṭabhāgena drauṇiścikṣepa māriṣa

As many weapons as eight carts, each drawn by eight oxen, could carry, Drona's son discharged, my lord, in a mere eighth part of the day.

Verse 31 (8.56.31)

तमन्तकमिव क्रुद्धमन्तकालान्तकोपमम् । ये ये ददृशिरे रूपं विसंज्ञाः प्रायशोऽभवन् ॥

tamantakamiva kruddhamantakālāntakopamam | ye ye dadṛśire rūpaṃ visaṃjñāḥ prāyaśo'bhavan

Almost all who saw him, angry like Death, like the Death that comes at the world's end, lost their senses.

Verse 32 (8.56.32)

आचार्यपुत्रस्तां सेनां बाणवृष्ट्या व्यवीवृषत् । पर्जन्य इव घर्मान्ते वृष्ट्या साद्रिद्रुमां महीम् ॥

ācāryaputrastāṃ senāṃ bāṇavṛṣṭyā vyavīvṛṣat | parjanya iva gharmānte vṛṣṭyā sādridrumāṃ mahīm

The preceptor's son showered that army with a rain of arrows, as Parjanya at the end of the hot season showers rain on the earth with her mountains and trees.

Note on the text: Corrected महिम् → महीम् (misprint in Wikisource; short i for ī; CE mahīm). The two lines are CE 8.15.30c and 30a in reverse order (ācāryaputras tāṃ senāṃ bāṇavṛṣṭyābhyavīvṛṣat; parjanya iva gharmānte vṛṣṭyā sādridrumāṃ mahīm). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 33 (8.56.33)

द्रौणिपर्जन्यमुक्तां तां बाणवृष्टिं सुदुःसहाम् । वायव्यास्त्रेण स क्षिप्रं विद्ध्वा पाण्ड्यानिलोऽनदत् ॥

drauṇiparjanyamuktāṃ tāṃ bāṇavṛṣṭiṃ suduḥsahām | vāyavyāstreṇa sa kṣipraṃ viddhvā pāṇḍyānilo'nadat

That unbearable rain of arrows loosed by the cloud that was Drona's son, the Pandya—a very wind—quickly struck through with the weapon of the Wind, and roared.

Note on the text: Corrected पाण्ड्यातिलोऽनदत् → पाण्ड्यानिलोऽनदत् (misprint in Wikisource; त for न; CE pāṇḍyānilo ’nadat). Wikisource has विद्ध्वा where the CE has ruddhvā.

Verse 34 (8.56.34)

तस्य नानदतः केतुं चन्दनागुरुरूषितम् । मलयप्रतिमं द्रौणिश्छित्त्वाश्वांश्चतुरोऽहनत् ॥

tasya nānadataḥ ketuṃ candanāgururūṣitam | malayapratimaṃ drauṇiśchittvāśvāṃścaturo'hanat

As he roared, Drona's son cut down his banner, adorned with sandal and aloe-wood and like Mount Malaya, and killed his four horses.

Verse 35 (8.56.35)

सूतमेकेषुणा हत्वा महाजलदनिःस्वनम् । धनुश्छित्त्वाऽर्धचन्द्रेण तिलशो व्यधमद्रथम् ॥

sūtamekeṣuṇā hatvā mahājaladaniḥsvanam | dhanuśchittvā'rdhacandreṇa tilaśo vyadhamadratham

He slew the charioteer with a single arrow, cut his bow with a crescent-headed arrow, and shattered to sesame-seed bits the chariot that rumbled like a great cloud.

Verse 36 (8.56.36)

अस्त्रैरस्त्राणि संवार्य छित्त्वा सर्वायुधानि च । प्राप्तमप्यहितं द्रौणिर्नाहनद्युद्धतृष्णया ॥

astrairastrāṇi saṃvārya chittvā sarvāyudhāni ca | prāptamapyahitaṃ drauṇirnāhanadyuddhatṛṣṇayā

Warding off his weapons with his own and cutting down all his weapons, Drona's son did not kill the foe, though he was within reach, out of thirst for battle.

Verse 37 (8.56.37)

हतेश्वरो दन्तिवरः सुकल्पित- । सत्वराभिसृष्टः प्रतिशब्दगो बली । तमाद्रवद्द्रौणिशराहतस्त्वरन् । जवेन कृत्वा प्रतिहस्तिगर्जितम् ॥

hateśvaro dantivaraḥ sukalpita- | satvarābhisṛṣṭaḥ pratiśabdago balī | tamādravaddrauṇiśarāhatastvaran | javena kṛtvā pratihastigarjitam

A mighty tusker whose master had been slain, finely caparisoned, hastily let loose, answering sound with sound, struck by Drona's son's arrows, ran swiftly at him, bellowing back as if to a rival elephant.

Note on the text: Made the page's double hyphen ("--"), which marks a word split between lines, a single hyphen. Lines 1–2 are CE 8.15.35a (hateśvaro dantivaraḥ sukalpitas tvarābhisṛṣṭaḥ pratiśarmago balī, with variants); lines 3–4 are the CE star lines 8.15.35b*0117_01–02. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 38 (8.56.38)

तं वारणं वारणयुद्धकोविदो । द्विपोत्तमं पर्वतसानुसन्निभम् । समभ्यतिष्ठन्मलयध्वजस्त्वर- । न्यथाऽद्रिशृङ्गं हरिरुन्नदंस्तथा ॥

taṃ vāraṇaṃ vāraṇayuddhakovido | dvipottamaṃ parvatasānusannibham | samabhyatiṣṭhanmalayadhvajastvara- | nyathā'driśṛṅgaṃ harirunnadaṃstathā

That elephant, best of tuskers, like a mountain peak, the Malaya-bannered king, skilled in elephant-fighting, quickly mounted, as a lion, roaring, leaps upon a mountain peak.

Note on the text: Corrected सम्भ्यतिष्ठन् → समभ्यतिष्ठन् (misprint in Wikisource; the अ of अभ्य dropped; CE adhyatiṣṭhan). Made the page's double hyphen ("--"), which marks a word split between lines, a single hyphen. Lines 1–2 are the CE star lines 8.15.35b*0117_03–04; lines 3–4 are CE 8.15.35c (tam adhyatiṣṭhan malayeśvaro mahān; yathādriśṛṅgaṃ harir unnadaṃs tathā). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 39 (8.56.39)

स तोमरं भास्कररश्मिवर्चसं । बलास्त्रसर्गोत्तमयत्नमन्युभिः । ससर्ज शीघ्रं परिपीडयन्गजं । गुरोः सुताय द्रविडेश्वरो नदन् ॥

sa tomaraṃ bhāskararaśmivarcasaṃ | balāstrasargottamayatnamanyubhiḥ | sasarja śīghraṃ paripīḍayangajaṃ | guroḥ sutāya draviḍeśvaro nadan

Then the lord of the Dravidas, roaring and goading the elephant, quickly hurled at the preceptor's son a tomara gleaming like the sun's rays, with strength, with supreme effort in the cast, and with fury.

Verse 40 (8.56.40)

मणिप्रवेकोत्तमवज्रहाटकै- । रलङ्कृतं चांशुकमाल्यमौक्तिकैः । हतो मयासीत्यसकृन्मुदा नद- । न्पराभिनद्द्रौणिवराङ्गभूषणम् ॥

maṇipravekottamavajrahāṭakai- | ralaṅkṛtaṃ cāṃśukamālyamauktikaiḥ | hato mayāsītyasakṛnmudā nada- | nparābhinaddrauṇivarāṅgabhūṣaṇam

Roaring with joy, "You are slain by me!" again and again, he shattered the fine head-ornament of Drona's son, adorned with the choicest gems, diamonds and gold, with silks, garlands and pearls.

Note on the text: Made the page's double hyphen ("--"), which marks a word split between lines, a single hyphen. (twice, after हाटकै and नद).

Verse 41 (8.56.41)

तदर्कचन्द्रग्रहपावकत्विषं । भृशाभिघातात्पतितं विघूर्णितम् । महेन्द्रवज्राभिहतं महास्वनं । यथाऽद्रिशृङ्गं धरणीतले तथा ॥

tadarkacandragrahapāvakatviṣaṃ | bhṛśābhighātātpatitaṃ vighūrṇitam | mahendravajrābhihataṃ mahāsvanaṃ | yathā'driśṛṅgaṃ dharaṇītale tathā

Gleaming like the sun, the moon, the planets and fire, it fell, spinning from the violent blow, with a great crash, like a mountain peak struck by Indra's thunderbolt, onto the surface of the earth.

Note on the text: Corrected भरणीतले → धरणीतले (misprint in Wikisource; भ for ध; CE dharaṇītale).

Verse 42 (8.56.42)

ततः प्रजज्वाल परेण मन्युना । पादाहतो नागपतिर्यथा तथा । समाददे चान्तकदण्डसन्निभा- । निषूनमित्रान्तकरांश्चतुर्दश ॥

tataḥ prajajvāla pareṇa manyunā | pādāhato nāgapatiryathā tathā | samādade cāntakadaṇḍasannibhā- | niṣūnamitrāntakarāṃścaturdaśa

Then he blazed up with supreme fury, like a king of serpents struck by a foot, and took up fourteen arrows, like Death's rods, each a slayer of foes.

Note on the text: Removed the stray quote mark after मन्युना. Made the page's double hyphen ("--"), which marks a word split between lines, a single hyphen.

Verse 43 (8.56.43)

द्विपस्य पादाग्रकरान्स पञ्चभि- । र्नृपस्य बाहू च शिरोऽथ च त्रिभिः । जघान षड्भिः षडृतूपमत्विषः । स पाण्ड्यराजानुचरान्महारथान् ॥

dvipasya pādāgrakarānsa pañcabhi- | rnṛpasya bāhū ca śiro'tha ca tribhiḥ | jaghāna ṣaḍbhiḥ ṣaḍṛtūpamatviṣaḥ | sa pāṇḍyarājānucarānmahārathān

With five arrows he struck the elephant's feet and trunk, with three the king's two arms and head, and with six the six great chariot-warriors, followers of the Pandya king, radiant as the six seasons.

Note on the text: Corrected पड्भिः पडृतूपमत्विषः → षड्भिः षडृतूपमत्विषः (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष twice; CE ṣaḍbhiḥ ṣaḍ ṛtūttamatviṣaḥ). Made the page's double hyphen ("--"), which marks a word split between lines, a single hyphen.

Verse 44 (8.56.44)

सुदीर्घवृत्तौ वरचन्दनोक्षितौ । सुवर्णमुक्तामणिवज्रभूषणौ । भुजौ धरायां पतितौ नृपस्य तौ । विचेष्टतुस्तार्क्ष्यहताविवोरगौ ॥

sudīrghavṛttau varacandanokṣitau | suvarṇamuktāmaṇivajrabhūṣaṇau | bhujau dharāyāṃ patitau nṛpasya tau | viceṣṭatustārkṣyahatāvivoragau

The king's two arms, long and rounded, anointed with fine sandal, adorned with gold, pearls, gems and diamonds, fell on the ground and writhed like two snakes struck by Garuda.

Verse 45 (8.56.45)

शिरश्च तत्पूर्णशशिप्रभाननं । सरोषताम्रायतनेत्रमुन्नसम् । क्षितावपि भ्राजति तत्सकुण्डलं । विशाखयोर्मध्यगतः शशी यथा ॥

śiraśca tatpūrṇaśaśiprabhānanaṃ | saroṣatāmrāyatanetramunnasam | kṣitāvapi bhrājati tatsakuṇḍalaṃ | viśākhayormadhyagataḥ śaśī yathā

And his head, its face bright as the full moon, its long eyes copper-red with wrath, its nose fine, shone, with its earrings, even on the ground, like the moon between the two Vishakhas.

Verse 46 (8.56.46)

स तु द्विपः पञ्चभिरुत्तमेषुभिः । कृतः षडंशश्चतुरो नृपस्त्रिभिः । कृतो दशांशः कुशलेन युध्यता । यथा हविस्तद्दश दैवतं तथा ॥

sa tu dvipaḥ pañcabhiruttameṣubhiḥ | kṛtaḥ ṣaḍaṃśaścaturo nṛpastribhiḥ | kṛto daśāṃśaḥ kuśalena yudhyatā | yathā havistaddaśa daivataṃ tathā

That elephant was cut into six portions by five excellent arrows, and the king into four by three; thus the skilful fighter made ten portions in all, like an offering meant for ten deities.

Note on the text: Removed the opening square bracket (the page brackets verses 46–47). Lines are the CE star lines 8.15.42d*0118_01–04, not in the constituted text. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 47 (8.56.47)

स पादशो राक्षसभोजनान्बहून् । प्रदाय पाण्ड्योऽश्वमनुष्यकुञ्जरान् । स्वधामिवाप्य ज्वलनः पितृप्रिय- । स्ततः प्रशान्तः सलिलप्रवाहतः ॥

sa pādaśo rākṣasabhojanānbahūn | pradāya pāṇḍyo'śvamanuṣyakuñjarān | svadhāmivāpya jvalanaḥ pitṛpriya- | stataḥ praśāntaḥ salilapravāhataḥ

Having first furnished, piece by piece, many horses, men and elephants as food for the demons, the Pandya was then quenched, like the fire beloved of the ancestors which, having received the svadha, is put out by a flow of water.

Note on the text: Removed the closing square bracket (the page brackets verses 46–47). Made the page's double hyphen ("--"), which marks a word split between lines, a single hyphen. Lines are the CE star lines 8.15.42d*0118_05–08, not in the constituted text. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 48 (8.56.48)

समाप्तविद्यं तु गुरोः सुतं नृपः । समाप्तकर्माणमुपेत्य ते सुतः । सुहृद्वृतोऽत्यर्थमपूजयन्मुदा । जिते बलौ विष्णुमिवामरेश्वरः ॥

samāptavidyaṃ tu guroḥ sutaṃ nṛpaḥ | samāptakarmāṇamupetya te sutaḥ | suhṛdvṛto'tyarthamapūjayanmudā | jite balau viṣṇumivāmareśvaraḥ

Then your son, the king, surrounded by his friends, went up to the preceptor's son, whose learning was complete and whose task was done, and honoured him greatly with joy, as the lord of the immortals honoured Vishnu when Bali was conquered.