Karna Holds Off the Pandavas; Ashvatthama Confronts Dhrishtadyumna

Verse 1 (8.57.1)

पाण्ड्ये हते किमकरोदर्जुनो जयतांवरः । एकवीरेण कर्णेन द्राविते च युधिष्ठिरे ॥

pāṇḍye hate kimakarodarjuno jayatāṃvaraḥ | ekavīreṇa karṇena drāvite ca yudhiṣṭhire

When the Pandya was slain, what did Arjuna, foremost of conquerors, do, with Yudhishthira put to flight by Karna, the one hero?

Note on the text: Speaker heading printed दृतराष्ट्र उवाच (misprint); read धृतराष्ट्र. Recension variant of 8.16.1 (CE: pāṇḍye hate kim akarod arjuno yudhi saṃjaya / ekavīreṇa karṇena drāviteṣu pareṣu ca).

Verse 2 (8.57.2)

समाप्तविद्यो बलवान्युक्तो वीरश्च पाण्डवः । सर्वभूतेष्वनुज्ञातः शङ्करेण महात्मना ॥

samāptavidyo balavānyukto vīraśca pāṇḍavaḥ | sarvabhūteṣvanujñātaḥ śaṅkareṇa mahātmanā

The Pandava had completed his training. He was strong, steadfast and heroic, and the great-souled Shankara had authorised him over all beings.

Verse 3 (8.57.3)

तस्मान्महद्भयं तीव्रममित्रघ्नाद्धनञ्जयात् । स यत्तत्राकरोत्पार्थस्तन्ममाचक्ष्व सञ्जय ॥

tasmānmahadbhayaṃ tīvramamitraghnāddhanañjayāt | sa yattatrākarotpārthastanmamācakṣva sañjaya

From that destroyer of his enemies, Dhananjaya, a great and terrible danger threatens us. Tell me, Sanjaya, what Partha did there.

Verse 4 (8.57.4)

हते पाण्ड्येऽर्जुनं कृष्णस्त्वरन्नाह वचो हितम् । हतं पश्य स्वराजानमपयातांश्च पाण्डवान् ॥

hate pāṇḍye'rjunaṃ kṛṣṇastvarannāha vaco hitam | hataṃ paśya svarājānamapayātāṃśca pāṇḍavān

When the Pandya was slain, Krishna, in haste, spoke these helpful words to Arjuna: "Look at your own king struck down, and at the Pandavas who have withdrawn."

Note on the text: Line 1 is 8.16.4ab; line 2 is a recension variant of 8.16.4cd (CE: paśyātimānyaṃ rājānam apayātāṃś ca pāṇḍavān). Line 2 is Krishna's speech, line 1 narration; the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 5 (8.57.5)

कर्णं पश्य महारङ्गे ज्वलन्तमिव पावकम् । असौ भीमो महेष्वासः प्रतिवृत्तो रणं प्रति ॥

karṇaṃ paśya mahāraṅge jvalantamiva pāvakam | asau bhīmo maheṣvāsaḥ prativṛtto raṇaṃ prati

"Look at Karna on the great field, blazing like fire. And there is Bhima, the mighty archer, turned back to the battle."

Note on the text: The whole verse is Krishna's speech to Arjuna, unheaded; given to Vasudeva (the page's heading is Sanjaya's). Same for verses 6-9.

Verse 6 (8.57.6)

त इमे नानुवर्तन्ते धृष्टद्युम्नपुरोगमाः । पाञ्चालाः सृञ्जयाश्चैव पाण्डवानां चमूमुखम् ॥

ta ime nānuvartante dhṛṣṭadyumnapurogamāḥ | pāñcālāḥ sṛñjayāścaiva pāṇḍavānāṃ camūmukham

"These Panchalas and Srinjayas, led by Dhrishtadyumna, the vanguard of the Pandava army, are not following."

Note on the text: Recension variant of 8.41.3ab (CE: tam ete 'nu nivartante dhṛṣṭadyumnapurogamāḥ / pāñcālānāṃ sṛñjayānāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca yan mukham).

Verse 7 (8.57.7)

निवृत्तैश्च पुनः पार्थैर्भग्नं शत्रुबलं महत् । कौरवान्द्रवतो ह्येष कर्णो वारयते भृशम् ॥

nivṛttaiśca punaḥ pārthairbhagnaṃ śatrubalaṃ mahat | kauravāndravato hyeṣa karṇo vārayate bhṛśam

"The Parthas have turned back again, and the enemy's great force is broken; and this Karna is hard at work holding back the Kauravas as they flee."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick/apostrophe). Line 1 is 8.41.3e (CE: nivṛttaiś ca tathā pārthair bhagnaṃ śatrubalaṃ mahat) with पुनः for तथा; line 2 is a variant of 8.41.4ab (CE: kauravān dravato hy eṣa karṇo dhārayate 'rjuna).

Verse 8 (8.57.8)

अन्तकप्रतिमो वेगे शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमः । असौ गच्छति कौन्तेय द्रौणिः शस्त्रभृतां वरः ॥

antakapratimo vege śakratulyaparākramaḥ | asau gacchati kaunteya drauṇiḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ

"Swift as Death, equal to Shakra in prowess — there goes Drauni, best of weapon-bearers, O son of Kunti."

Note on the text: Line 1 is 8.41.4cd; line 2 is a variant of 8.41.5ab (CE: asau gacchati kauravya drauṇir astrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ).

Verse 9 (8.57.9)

तमेष प्रद्रुतः सङ्ख्ये धृष्टद्युम्नो महारथः । अश्वत्थाम्ना हताः सङ्ख्ये सर्वे कौन्तेय सृञ्जयाः ॥

tameṣa pradrutaḥ saṅkhye dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārathaḥ | aśvatthāmnā hatāḥ saṅkhye sarve kaunteya sṛñjayāḥ

"And Dhrishtadyumna, the great charioteer, has rushed after him in the battle. All the Srinjayas, son of Kunti, have been slain by Ashvatthama in the fight."

Note on the text: Line 1 is 8.41.5cd; line 2 corresponds, in different words, to 8.16.5ab (CE: aśvatthāmnaś ca saṃkalpād dhatāḥ karṇena sṛñjayāḥ).

Verse 10 (8.57.10)

रथाश्वनरनागानां कृतं च कदनं महत् । इत्येतत्सर्वमाचष्ट वासुदेवः किरीटिने ॥

rathāśvanaranāgānāṃ kṛtaṃ ca kadanaṃ mahat | ityetatsarvamācaṣṭa vāsudevaḥ kirīṭine

"And a great slaughter has been wrought among chariots, horses, men and elephants." All this Vasudeva told to the diademed Arjuna.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of 8.16.5c; line 2 is a variant of 8.16.5e (CE: ity ācaṣṭa sudurdharṣo vāsudevaḥ kirīṭine; cf. 8.41.6a).

Verse 11 (8.57.11)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा च दृष्ट्वा च भ्रातृणां व्यसनं महत् । वाहयाश्वान्हृषीकेश क्षिप्रमित्याह पाण्डवः ॥

etacchrutvā ca dṛṣṭvā ca bhrātṛṇāṃ vyasanaṃ mahat | vāhayāśvānhṛṣīkeśa kṣipramityāha pāṇḍavaḥ

Hearing this, and seeing the great calamity of his brothers, the Pandava said: "Drive the horses, Hrishikesha, quickly!"

Verse 12 (8.57.12)

ततः प्रायाद्धृषीकेशो रथेनाप्रतिमो युधि । ततो रेणुः समभवत्पुनस्तत्र महारणे ॥

tataḥ prāyāddhṛṣīkeśo rathenāpratimo yudhi | tato reṇuḥ samabhavatpunastatra mahāraṇe

Then Hrishikesha, unmatched in battle, drove forth in his chariot, and dust rose again on that great field.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick/apostrophe). Line 1 is a variant of 8.16.7ab (CE: rathenāpratiyodhinā); line 2 is star passage 8.16.7b*0119_01 (tadā reṇuḥ samabhavat punas tatra mahāraṇe), in the CE's apparatus only.

Verse 13 (8.57.13)

ततो राजन्महानासीत्सङ्गामो रोमहर्षणः । सिंहनादरवाश्चात्र प्रादुरासन्समागमे । उभयोः सेनयो राजन्मृत्युं कृत्वा निवर्तनम् ॥

tato rājanmahānāsītsaṅgāmo romaharṣaṇaḥ | siṃhanādaravāścātra prādurāsansamāgame | ubhayoḥ senayo rājanmṛtyuṃ kṛtvā nivartanam

Then, O king, there was a vast battle that made the hair stand on end, and lion-roars rose in the encounter, as both armies, O king, made death the only way of turning back.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition in this form; a vulgate rewrite of CE 8.41.6cd-7: line 1 is a variant of 8.41.6c (tato rājan prādurāsīn mahāghoro mahāraṇaḥ); lines 2-3 are 8.41.7a and 8.41.7c.

Verse 14 (8.57.14)

ततः पुनः समाजग्मुरभीताः कुरुसृञ्जयाः । युधिष्ठिरमुखाः पार्था वैकर्तनमुखा वयम् ॥

tataḥ punaḥ samājagmurabhītāḥ kurusṛñjayāḥ | yudhiṣṭhiramukhāḥ pārthā vaikartanamukhā vayam

Then the Kurus and Srinjayas, unafraid, came together again — the Parthas led by Yudhishthira, and we led by Karna.

Note on the text: Corrected ततः हुनः → ततः पुनः (misprint in Wikisource; ह for प; हुनः is not a word, CE punaḥ). Corrected युधिषरमुखाः → युधिष्ठिरमुखाः (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; CE yudhiṣṭhiramukhāḥ).

Verse 15 (8.57.15)

ततः प्रववृते युद्धं घोररूपं विशाम्पते । कर्णस्य पाण्डवानां च यमराष्ट्रविवर्धनम् ॥

tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ ghorarūpaṃ viśāmpate | karṇasya pāṇḍavānāṃ ca yamarāṣṭravivardhanam

Then began a dreadful battle, O lord of the people, between Karna and the Pandavas, swelling the realm of Yama.

Note on the text: Corrected यूद्धं → युद्धं (misprint in Wikisource; long ू for ु). Line 1 is a recension variant of 8.42.2ab (CE: tataḥ pravavṛte bhīmaḥ saṃgrāmo lomaharṣaṇaḥ); line 2 is 8.42.2cd.

Verse 16 (8.57.16)

तस्मिन्प्रवृत्ते सङ्ग्रामे तुमुले रोमहर्षणे । संशप्तकेषु वीरेषु किञ्चिच्छेषेषु भारत ॥

tasminpravṛtte saṅgrāme tumule romaharṣaṇe | saṃśaptakeṣu vīreṣu kiñciccheṣeṣu bhārata

When that tumultuous, hair-raising battle was joined, with only a few of the heroic Samshaptakas left, O Bharata,

Verse 17 (8.57.17)

धृष्टद्युम्नो महाराज सहितः सर्वराजभिः । कर्णमेवाभिदुद्राव पाण्डवाश्च महारथाः ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārāja sahitaḥ sarvarājabhiḥ | karṇamevābhidudrāva pāṇḍavāśca mahārathāḥ

Dhrishtadyumna, great king, together with all the kings, and the Pandavas, great chariot-warriors, rushed upon Karna.

Verse 18 (8.57.18)

आगच्छमानांस्तान्दृष्ट्वा सङ्ग्रामे विजयैषिणः । दधारैको रणे कर्णो जलौघानिव पर्वतः ॥

āgacchamānāṃstāndṛṣṭvā saṅgrāme vijayaiṣiṇaḥ | dadhāraiko raṇe karṇo jalaughāniva parvataḥ

Seeing them come on, eager for victory, Karna alone held them back in the battle, as a mountain holds back floods of water.

Note on the text: Corrected सङ्ग्रमे → सङ्ग्रामे (misprint in Wikisource; dropped long ा; सङ्ग्रम is not a word, CE saṃkhye). Corrected कार्णो → कर्णो (misprint in Wikisource; spurious long ा; CE karṇo).

Verse 19 (8.57.19)

समासाद्य तु ते कर्णं व्यशीर्यन्त महारथाः । यथाऽचलं समासाद्य वार्योघाः सर्वतोदिशम् ॥

samāsādya tu te karṇaṃ vyaśīryanta mahārathāḥ | yathā'calaṃ samāsādya vāryoghāḥ sarvatodiśam

Coming up against Karna, those great charioteers were scattered, as floods of water break in every direction against a mountain.

Note on the text: Corrected वार्योधाः → वार्योघाः (misprint in Wikisource; ध for घ; CE jalaughāḥ, "floods of water"). Lines 1-2 are 8.42.6ab and 8.42.6cd.

Verse 20 (8.57.20)

तयोरासीन्महाराज सङ्ग्रामो घोरदर्शनः । प्रवृद्धयोर्महारङ्गे बलिनोर्विजिगीषतोः ॥

tayorāsīnmahārāja saṅgrāmo ghoradarśanaḥ | pravṛddhayormahāraṅge balinorvijigīṣatoḥ

Then, great king, a dreadful battle took place between those two, grown fierce, mighty and eager to conquer, on that great field.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of 8.42.6e (CE: tayor āsīn mahārāja saṃgrāmo lomaharṣaṇaḥ); line 2 is a variant of star passage 8.42.6f*0538_01 (prayudhyator mahāraṅge balinor vijigīṣatoḥ).

Verse 21 (8.57.21)

धृष्टद्युम्नस्तु राधेयं शरेणानतपर्वणा । छादयामास सङ्क्रुद्धस्तिष्ठतिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत् ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnastu rādheyaṃ śareṇānataparvaṇā | chādayāmāsa saṅkruddhastiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cābravīt

Dhrishtadyumna, in fury, covered Radheya with a smooth-jointed arrow and cried, "Stand! Stand!"

Verse 22 (8.57.22)

विजयं तु धनुः श्रेष्ठं विधृन्वानो महारथः । पार्षतस्य धनुश्छित्त्वा शरांश्चाशीविषोपमान् ॥

vijayaṃ tu dhanuḥ śreṣṭhaṃ vidhṛnvāno mahārathaḥ | pārṣatasya dhanuśchittvā śarāṃścāśīviṣopamān

Twanging his excellent bow Vijaya, the great charioteer cut Pārṣata's bow, and loosed arrows like venomous snakes.

Note on the text: Lines are 8.42.8a and 8.42.8c; 8.42.8e is the second line of the next verse.

Verse 23 (8.57.23)

ववर्ष शरवर्षाणि तोयवर्षानिवाम्बुदः । छादयामास सङ्क्रुद्धः पार्षतं नवभिः शरैः ॥

vavarṣa śaravarṣāṇi toyavarṣānivāmbudaḥ | chādayāmāsa saṅkruddhaḥ pārṣataṃ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ

He rained showers of arrows as a cloud rains water, and in his fury covered Pārṣata with nine arrows.

Note on the text: Line 1 is star passage 8.42.8b*0539_01 (vavarṣa śaravarṣāṇi toyavarṣān ivāmbudaḥ); line 2 is a variant of 8.42.8e (CE: tāḍayām āsa saṃkruddhaḥ pārṣataṃ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ).

Verse 24 (8.57.24)

ते हेमविकृतं वर्म भित्त्वा तस्य महात्मनः । शोणिताक्ता व्यराजन्त शक्रगोपा इवानघ ॥

te hemavikṛtaṃ varma bhittvā tasya mahātmanaḥ | śoṇitāktā vyarājanta śakragopā ivānagha

Piercing that great-souled man's gold-wrought armour, the arrows, stained with blood, shone, O sinless one, like scarlet Indragopa insects.

Verse 25 (8.57.25)

तदपास्य धनुश्छिन्नं धृष्टद्युम्नः प्रतापवान् । ततोऽन्यद्धनुरादाय सारवद्भारसाधनम् । कर्णं विव्याध सप्तत्या शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥

tadapāsya dhanuśchinnaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ pratāpavān | tato'nyaddhanurādāya sāravadbhārasādhanam | karṇaṃ vivyādha saptatyā śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ

Casting aside the broken bow, the glorious Dhrishtadyumna took up another, a sturdy one that could bear the strain, and pierced Karna with seventy smooth-jointed arrows.

Note on the text: Lines 1 and 3 are variants of 8.42.10a and 8.42.10e; line 2 is a vulgate variant of 8.42.10c.

Verse 26 (8.57.26)

तथैव राजन्कर्णोऽपि पार्षतं शत्रुतापनम् । द्रोणशत्रुं महेष्वासो विव्याध निशितैः शरैः ॥

tathaiva rājankarṇo'pi pārṣataṃ śatrutāpanam | droṇaśatruṃ maheṣvāso vivyādha niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

In the same way, O king, Karna, the great archer, pierced Pārṣata, tormentor of foes and enemy of Drona, with sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Lines are 8.42.11a and 8.42.11c.

Verse 27 (8.57.27)

पुनरन्यं महाराज शरं कनकभूषणम् । प्रेषयामास समरे मृत्युदण्डमिवापरम् ॥

punaranyaṃ mahārāja śaraṃ kanakabhūṣaṇam | preṣayāmāsa samare mṛtyudaṇḍamivāparam

Again, great king, he sent into the battle another arrow adorned with gold, like a second rod of Death.

Verse 28 (8.57.28)

तमापतन्तं सहसा घोररूपं विशाम्पते । चिच्छेद शतधा राजन्पार्षतः कृतहस्तवत् ॥

tamāpatantaṃ sahasā ghorarūpaṃ viśāmpate | ciccheda śatadhā rājanpārṣataḥ kṛtahastavat

As it rushed suddenly at him, terrible in form, O lord of the people, Pārṣata, with a practised hand, cut it into a hundred pieces, O king.

Note on the text: Recension variant: here Pārṣata cuts the arrow into a hundred pieces (CE: ciccheda saptadhā rājañ śaineyaḥ kṛtahastavat, "Shaineya cut it into seven").

Verse 29 (8.57.29)

दृष्टवान्पतितं भूमौ शरं कर्णो विशाम्पते ॥

dṛṣṭavānpatitaṃ bhūmau śaraṃ karṇo viśāmpate

Karna saw the arrow fallen to the ground, O lord of the people.

Note on the text: Single line (printed 8-57-29a only); a vulgate rewrite of 8.42.14a (CE: dṛṣṭvā vinihitaṃ bāṇaṃ śaraiḥ karṇo viśāṃ pate). Not restored.

Verse 30 (8.57.30)

पार्षतः शरवर्षेण समन्तात्पर्यवारयत् । विव्याध चैनं त्वरितो नाराचैः सप्तभिस्तदा ॥

pārṣataḥ śaravarṣeṇa samantātparyavārayat | vivyādha cainaṃ tvarito nārācaiḥ saptabhistadā

Pārṣata surrounded him on every side with a shower of arrows, and quickly pierced him with seven nārācas.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to 8.42.14cd and line 2 to 8.42.15ab of the CE, where the target is Satyaki (sātyakiṃ śaravarṣeṇa samantāt paryavārayat / vivyādha cainaṃ samare nārācais tatra saptabhiḥ); the page has Pārṣata as the one attacking.

Verse 31 (8.57.31)

तं प्रत्यविध्यद्दशभिः शरैर्हेमविभूषितैः । तयोर्युद्धं समभवद्दृष्टिश्रोत्रमनोहरम् ॥

taṃ pratyavidhyaddaśabhiḥ śarairhemavibhūṣitaiḥ | tayoryuddhaṃ samabhavaddṛṣṭiśrotramanoharam

Karna pierced him in return with ten gold-adorned arrows, and the fight between them was a sight and a sound to delight eye and ear.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of 8.42.15cd (CE: taṃ pratyavidhyac chaineyaḥ śarair hemavibhūṣitaiḥ); line 2 is a variant of 8.42.16ab.

Verse 32 (8.57.32)

आसीद्धोरं च चित्रं च प्रेक्षणीयं च सर्वशः ॥

āsīddhoraṃ ca citraṃ ca prekṣaṇīyaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ

It was fearsome and wondrous, and worth watching from every side.

Note on the text: Single line (printed 8-57-32a only); a variant of 8.42.16cd (CE: rājan ghoraṃ ca citraṃ ca prekṣaṇīyaṃ samantataḥ). Not restored.

Verse 33 (8.57.33)

सर्वेषां तत्र भूतानां रोमहर्षो व्यजायत । दृष्ट्वा तत्समरे कर्म कर्णपार्षतयोर्नृप ॥

sarveṣāṃ tatra bhūtānāṃ romaharṣo vyajāyata | dṛṣṭvā tatsamare karma karṇapārṣatayornṛpa

A thrill of awe ran through all the beings there, O king, as they watched the feat of Karna and Pārṣata in the battle.

Verse 34 (8.57.34)

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे द्रौणिरभ्ययात्तं महारथम् । पार्षतं शत्रुदमनं शत्रुवीर्यासुनाशनम् ॥

etasminnantare drauṇirabhyayāttaṃ mahāratham | pārṣataṃ śatrudamanaṃ śatruvīryāsunāśanam

Meanwhile Drauni went up to the great charioteer Pārṣata, the subduer of foes, who sapped the strength and life of his enemies.

Verse 35 (8.57.35)

स दृष्ट्वा समरे यान्तमभीतं च महारथम् । अभ्यभाषत सङ्क्रुद्धः पार्षतं शत्रुतापनम् ॥

sa dṛṣṭvā samare yāntamabhītaṃ ca mahāratham | abhyabhāṣata saṅkruddhaḥ pārṣataṃ śatrutāpanam

Seeing that great charioteer advancing fearlessly in the battle, he angrily addressed Pārṣata, the tormentor of foes.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds, in different words, to star passage 8.42.18d*0541_01 (sa dṛṣṭvā samare karṇaṃ pārṣataṃ ca mahāratham); line 2 to 8.42.19a (abhyabhāṣata saṃkruddho drauṇir dūre dhanaṃjaye).

Verse 36 (8.57.36)

रथं रथेन सम्पीड्य पार्षतस्य तु ब्राह्मणः ॥

rathaṃ rathena sampīḍya pārṣatasya tu brāhmaṇaḥ

The brahmin pressed Pārṣata's chariot hard with his own.

Note on the text: Single line (printed as one line); a variant of star passage 8.42.19b*0542_01 (rathaṃ rathena saṃpīḍya śatruvīryapraṇāśanaḥ), with पार्षतस्य तु ब्राह्मणः for the second half. Not restored.

Verse 37 (8.57.37)

तिष्ठतिष्ठेति ब्रह्मघ्न न मे जीवन्विमोक्ष्यसे । इत्युक्त्वा सुभृशं वीरः शीघ्रकृन्निशितैः शरैः । छादयामास समरे यतमानो महारथः ॥

tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti brahmaghna na me jīvanvimokṣyase | ityuktvā subhṛśaṃ vīraḥ śīghrakṛnniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | chādayāmāsa samare yatamāno mahārathaḥ

"Stand! Stand, killer of a brahmin! You will not escape me alive!" Having said this, the hero, swift of hand, strove mightily and covered him in the battle with sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of 8.42.19c (CE: tiṣṭha tiṣṭhādya brahmaghna na me jīvan vimokṣyase); line 2 is 8.42.20a; line 3 is a variant of star passage 8.42.20f*0543_01 (chādayām āsa samare yatamāno mahārathaḥ). Line 1 is Drauni's speech inside a narrated verse; the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 38 (8.57.38)

यत्नतः परया शक्त्या धृष्टद्युम्नं महारथम् । योधयामास समरे क्रुद्धरूपो विशाम्पते ॥

yatnataḥ parayā śaktyā dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ mahāratham | yodhayāmāsa samare kruddharūpo viśāmpate

Striving with all his strength and might, he fought the great charioteer Dhrishtadyumna in the battle, wearing a look of fury, O lord of the people.

Note on the text: Lines are star passages 8.42.20f*0543_02 (yatnataḥ parayā śaktyā dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ mahāraṇe) and 8.42.20f*0544_01 (yodhayām āsa samare kruddharūpo viśāṃ pate).

Verse 39 (8.57.39)

तयोस्तु सन्निपाते हि घोररूपो विशाम्पते ॥

tayostu sannipāte hi ghorarūpo viśāmpate

When the two came together, O lord of the people, it took on a dreadful form.

Note on the text: Single line (printed 8-57-39a only). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Not restored.

Verse 40 (8.57.40)

यथा हि समरे द्रौणिः पार्षतं वीक्ष्य मारिष । नातिहृष्टमना ह्यासीन्मन्वानो मृत्युमात्मनः ॥

yathā hi samare drauṇiḥ pārṣataṃ vīkṣya māriṣa | nātihṛṣṭamanā hyāsīnmanvāno mṛtyumātmanaḥ

When Drauni set eyes on Pārṣata in the battle, O sire, Pārṣata was not at all glad at heart, taking it for his own death.

Note on the text: Corrected दृश्यत → वीक्ष्य (misprint in Wikisource; दृश्यत is not a form that fits here; CE vīkṣya). Lines are variants of 8.42.21a and 8.42.21e (the CE's lines 21cd, describing how Pārṣata in turn looked at Drauni, are not on the page). Pārṣata is the one not glad; the sense follows the CE.

Verse 41 (8.57.41)

स ज्ञात्वा पितुरत्यन्तवैरिणं तु महाहवे । आत्मानं समरे ज्ञात्वाऽशस्त्रवध्यं महाबलः । जवेनाभिययौ द्रौणिं कालः कालक्षये यथा ॥

sa jñātvā pituratyantavairiṇaṃ tu mahāhave | ātmānaṃ samare jñātvā'śastravadhyaṃ mahābalaḥ | javenābhiyayau drauṇiṃ kālaḥ kālakṣaye yathā

Knowing him to be a deadly foe on his father's account, and knowing too that in battle he himself could not be slain by a weapon, the mighty one rushed at Drauni in that great fight like Time at the world's end.

Note on the text: Corrected पितुरत्यन्तरैरिणं → पितुरत्यन्तवैरिणं (misprint in Wikisource; र for व; रैरिण is not a word). Line 1 is not in the CE; lines 2-3 are a variant of star passage 8.42.21f*0545_01-02 (sa jñātvā samare 'tmānaṃ śastreṇāvadhyam eva tu / javenābhiyayau drauṇiṃ kālaḥ kālam iva kṣaye).

Verse 42 (8.57.42)

द्रौणिस्तु दृष्ट्वा राजेन्द्र धृष्टद्युम्नमवस्थितम् । क्रोधेन निःश्वसन्वीरः पार्षतं समभिद्रवत् ॥

drauṇistu dṛṣṭvā rājendra dhṛṣṭadyumnamavasthitam | krodhena niḥśvasanvīraḥ pārṣataṃ samabhidravat

But Drauni, seeing Dhrishtadyumna standing before him, hissed with rage and, hero that he was, rushed at Pārṣata.

Note on the text: Corrected पार्षदं → पार्षतं (misprint in Wikisource; द for त; CE pārṣataṃ). Lines are 8.42.22a and 8.42.22c (variant).

Verse 43 (8.57.43)

तावन्योन्यं तु दृष्ट्वैव संरम्भं जग्मतुः परम् । प्रगृह्य महती चापे शरासनसमन्विते ॥

tāvanyonyaṃ tu dṛṣṭvaiva saṃrambhaṃ jagmatuḥ param | pragṛhya mahatī cāpe śarāsanasamanvite

Seeing each other, the two flew into the utmost fury, each taking up his great bow, fully strung.

Note on the text: Line 1 is 8.42.22e (tāv anyonyaṃ tu dṛṣṭvaiva saṃrambhaṃ jagmatuḥ param); line 2 is a variant of star passage 8.42.22f*0547_01 (pragṛhya mahatī cāpe śarāsanavirājite). Star passage *0546 (Dhrishtadyumna's reply) is not on the page.

Verse 44 (8.57.44)

अथाब्रवीन्महाराज द्रोणपुत्रः प्रतापवान् । धृष्टद्युम्नं समीपस्थं त्वरमाणो विशाम्पते ॥

athābravīnmahārāja droṇaputraḥ pratāpavān | dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ samīpasthaṃ tvaramāṇo viśāmpate

Then the glorious son of Drona, in haste, O great king, said to Dhrishtadyumna, who stood close by:

Note on the text: Lines are 8.42.23a and 8.42.23c.

Verse 45 (8.57.45)

पाञ्चालापसदाद्य त्वां प्रेषयामि यमक्षयम् । पापं हि यत्त्वया कर्म कृतं तातं घ्नता रणे ॥

pāñcālāpasadādya tvāṃ preṣayāmi yamakṣayam | pāpaṃ hi yattvayā karma kṛtaṃ tātaṃ ghnatā raṇe

"O vilest of the Panchalas, today I shall send you to Yama's abode, for the sin you committed in killing my father in battle!"

Note on the text: Corrected पाञ्चालापशदाद्य → पाञ्चालापसदाद्य (misprint in Wikisource; श for स; अपशद is not a word, CE apasada, "vile wretch"). Line 1 corresponds to 8.42.23e (pāñcālāpasadādya tvāṃ preṣayiṣyāmi mṛtyave) in a variant form; line 2 is a variant of 8.42.24a. The whole verse is Ashvatthama's speech, unheaded; given to Ashvatthama. Same for verse 46.

Verse 46 (8.57.46)

अद्य त्वं प्राप्स्यसे तद्वै यथा ह्यकुशलस्तथा । अरक्ष्यमाणः पार्थेन यदि तिष्ठसि संयुगे । नापक्रामसि वा मोहात्सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि ते ॥

adya tvaṃ prāpsyase tadvai yathā hyakuśalastathā | arakṣyamāṇaḥ pārthena yadi tiṣṭhasi saṃyuge | nāpakrāmasi vā mohātsatyametadbravīmi te

"Today you will reap that deed, as befits one so wicked. If you stay on the field unguarded by Partha, and do not run away in your folly, I tell you this in truth."

Note on the text: Lines are variants of 8.42.24c, 8.42.25a and 8.42.25c; the CE's star passage *0548 (after 24d) is not on the page.