Karna Overpowers Yudhishthira

Verse 1 (8.65.1)

ततः श्वेताश्वसंयुक्ते नारायणसमाहिते । तिष्ठन्रथवरे श्रीमानर्जुनः समपद्यत ॥

tataḥ śvetāśvasaṃyukte nārāyaṇasamāhite | tiṣṭhanrathavare śrīmānarjunaḥ samapadyata

Then the glorious Arjuna came into view, standing on his excellent chariot, yoked to white horses and steered by Narayana.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0001–0002 (8.44.55d@018_0001–0002). The speaker heading सञ्जय उवाच stands before this verse on the page and in the Appendix (8.44.55d@018_0000).

Verse 2 (8.65.2)

तद्बलं नृपतिश्रेष्ठ तावकं विजयो रणे । व्यक्षोभयदुदीर्णाश्वं महोदधिमिवानिलः ॥

tadbalaṃ nṛpatiśreṣṭha tāvakaṃ vijayo raṇe | vyakṣobhayadudīrṇāśvaṃ mahodadhimivānilaḥ

O best of kings, Vijaya (Arjuna) in the battle churned your army, with its horses roused, as the wind churns a great ocean.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0003–0004 (8.44.55d@018_0003–0004). Line 2 has अनिलः (wind) where the Appendix has analaḥ (fire); a recension variant, kept.

Verse 3 (8.65.3)

दुर्योधनस्तव सुतः प्रमत्ते श्वेतवाहने । अभ्येत्य सहसा क्रुद्धः सैन्यार्धेनाभिसंवृतः ॥

duryodhanastava sutaḥ pramatte śvetavāhane | abhyetya sahasā kruddhaḥ sainyārdhenābhisaṃvṛtaḥ

Duryodhana, your son, seeing the white-horsed Arjuna off his guard, rushed in suddenly in anger, surrounded by half his army,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0005–0006 (8.44.55d@018_0005–0006).

Verse 4 (8.65.4)

पर्यवारयदायान्तं युधिष्ठिरममर्षणम् । क्षुरप्राणां त्रिसप्तत्या ततोऽविध्यत पाण्डवम् ॥

paryavārayadāyāntaṃ yudhiṣṭhiramamarṣaṇam | kṣuraprāṇāṃ trisaptatyā tato'vidhyata pāṇḍavam

and surrounded Yudhishthira, the impatient one, as he came on; then he struck the Pandava with seventy-three razor-headed arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0007–0008 (8.44.55d@018_0007–0008).

Verse 5 (8.65.5)

अक्रुध्यत भृशं तत्र कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । स भल्लांस्त्रिंशतस्तूर्णं तव पुत्रे न्यवेशयत् ॥

akrudhyata bhṛśaṃ tatra kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | sa bhallāṃstriṃśatastūrṇaṃ tava putre nyaveśayat

Kunti's son Yudhishthira grew greatly angry then, and swiftly planted thirty bhalla arrows in your son.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0009–0010 (8.44.55d@018_0009–0010).

Verse 6 (8.65.6)

ततोऽधावन्त कौरव्या जिघृक्षन्तो युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

tato'dhāvanta kauravyā jighṛkṣanto yudhiṣṭhiram

Then the Kauravas ran, wishing to seize Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Corrected ततो धावन्त → ततोऽधावन्त (misprint in Wikisource; the avagraha was dropped, leaving the augmentless, ungrammatical धावन्त; the critical edition Appendix reads tato 'dhāvanta). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), line 0011 (8.44.55d@018_0011). A single line on the page (8-65-6a only), kept as printed.

Verse 7 (8.65.7)

दुष्टभावान्पराञ्ज्ञात्वा समवेता महारथाः । आजग्मुस्तं परीप्सन्तः कुन्तीपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

duṣṭabhāvānparāñjñātvā samavetā mahārathāḥ | ājagmustaṃ parīpsantaḥ kuntīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram

Knowing the enemy's evil intent, the great warriors gathered together and came to protect Kunti's son Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0012–0013 (8.44.55d@018_0012–0013).

Verse 8 (8.65.8)

युधिष्ठिरश्चित्रसेनं शरवर्षैरवाकिरत् । चित्रसेनस्तु कौन्तेयं सङ्क्रुद्धः समवारयत् ॥

yudhiṣṭhiraścitrasenaṃ śaravarṣairavākirat | citrasenastu kaunteyaṃ saṅkruddhaḥ samavārayat

Yudhishthira covered Chitrasena with showers of arrows; Chitrasena, enraged, checked Kaunteya.

Note on the text: Removed the heading line सञ्जय उवाच (with a stray wiki backtick) that slipped into the verse text; the speaker is सञ्जय, as before. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); lines = CE star passage 8.44.55d*0611_01–02 (yudhiṣṭhiraś citrasenaṃ śaravarṣair avākirat / citraseno 'pi kaunteyaṃ saṃkruddhaḥ samavārayat). In Wikisource these star lines stand inside the Appendix passage, between its lines 0013 and 0014.

Verse 9 (8.65.9)

मुहूर्ताद्विमुखीकृत्य चित्रसेनं स धर्मराट् । तावकं सैन्यमभ्यघ्नत्समन्तान्निशितैः शरैः ॥

muhūrtādvimukhīkṛtya citrasenaṃ sa dharmarāṭ | tāvakaṃ sainyamabhyaghnatsamantānniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Having turned Chitrasena away in a moment, the king of dharma struck your army on every side with sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); lines = CE star passage 8.44.55d*0611_03–04 (muhūrtād vimukhīkṛtya citrasenaṃ sa dharmarāṭ / tāvakaṃ sainyam abhyaghnat samantān niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ).

Verse 10 (8.65.10)

तावका हि महाबाहो दुर्योधनपुरोगमाः । युधिष्ठिरं जिघृक्षन्तः सर्वसैन्यं समाक्षिपन् ॥

tāvakā hi mahābāho duryodhanapurogamāḥ | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ jighṛkṣantaḥ sarvasainyaṃ samākṣipan

And your men, O mighty-armed one, led by Duryodhana, wishing to seize Yudhishthira, hurled their whole army upon him.

Note on the text: Corrected माबाहो → महाबाहो (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped syllable; the vocative महाबाहो ("O mighty-armed") is read in the CE star line, mahābāho). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); line 1 is a variant of CE star line 8.44.55d*0614_01 (tāvakāś ca mahābāho duryodhanapurogamāḥ; Wikisource हि for ca) and line 2 of star line 8.44.55d*0615_01 (yudhiṣṭhiraṃ jighṛkṣantaḥ sarvasainyam avākṣipan; Wikisource समाक्षिपन् for avākṣipan).

Verse 11 (8.65.11)

दृष्टप्रभावांस्तान्मत्वा समवेतान्महारथान् । आजग्मुः सम्परीप्सन्तः पाण्डवेयं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

dṛṣṭaprabhāvāṃstānmatvā samavetānmahārathān | ājagmuḥ samparīpsantaḥ pāṇḍaveyaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram

Taking those assembled great warriors to be men of proven might, they came on, eager to guard the Pandava Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension): neither the main text nor the Appendix has this verse, which echoes verse 7. Removed the stray wiki quote mark at the end.

Verse 12 (8.65.12)

नकुलः सहदेवश्च धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पार्षतः । अक्षौहिण्या परिवृतास्तेऽभ्यधावन्युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

nakulaḥ sahadevaśca dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca pārṣataḥ | akṣauhiṇyā parivṛtāste'bhyadhāvanyudhiṣṭhiram

Nakula, Sahadeva and Dhrishtadyumna the Parshata, surrounded by an akshauhini, ran to Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Corrected युधिष्टिरम् → युधिष्ठिरम् (misprint in Wikisource; ष्ट for ष्ठ; the name is युधिष्ठिर, as in every other verse). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0014–0015 (8.44.55d@018_0014–0015).

Verse 13 (8.65.13)

भीमसेनश्च नाराचैर्मृद्नंस्तव महारथान् । अभ्यधावदभिप्रेप्सू राजानं शत्रुभिर्वृतम् ॥

bhīmasenaśca nārācairmṛdnaṃstava mahārathān | abhyadhāvadabhiprepsū rājānaṃ śatrubhirvṛtam

And Bhimasena, crushing your great warriors with nārāca arrows, ran toward the king, eager to reach him, hemmed in as he was by enemies.

Note on the text: Corrected मृद्रंस्तव → मृद्नंस्तव (misprint in Wikisource; द्र for द्न; the participle is मृद्नन् ("crushing"), and the Appendix reads mṛdnaṃs). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0016–0017 (8.44.55d@018_0016–0017).

Verse 14 (8.65.14)

तांस्तु सर्वान्महेष्वासान्कर्णो वैकर्तनो वृषा । शरवर्षेण महता प्रत्यवारयदागतान् ॥

tāṃstu sarvānmaheṣvāsānkarṇo vaikartano vṛṣā | śaravarṣeṇa mahatā pratyavārayadāgatān

But Karna Vaikartana, Vrisha, held back all those great archers as they came, with a great shower of arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0018–0019 (8.44.55d@018_0018–0019). Wikisource has वृषा where the Appendix has nṛpa, a recension variant, kept.

Verse 15 (8.65.15)

शरौघान्विसृजन्तस्ते प्रेरयन्तश्च कुञ्जरान् । न शेकुर्यत्नवन्तोऽपि राधेयं प्रतिवीक्षितुम् ॥

śaraughānvisṛjantaste prerayantaśca kuñjarān | na śekuryatnavanto'pi rādheyaṃ prativīkṣitum

Though they let loose floods of arrows and drove on their elephants, they could not, for all their effort, so much as look at Radheya.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रेयन्तश्च → प्रेरयन्तश्च (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped र; the participle is प्रेरयन्तः ("driving"), and the Appendix reads prerayantaś). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0020–0021 (8.44.55d@018_0020–0021). Wikisource has कुञ्जरान् (elephants) where the Appendix has tomarān (lances), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 16 (8.65.16)

तांश्च सर्वान्महेष्वासान्सर्वशस्त्रविशारदान् । महता शरवर्षेण राधेयः प्रत्यवारयत् ॥

tāṃśca sarvānmaheṣvāsānsarvaśastraviśāradān | mahatā śaravarṣeṇa rādheyaḥ pratyavārayat

And Radheya held back all those great archers, masters of every weapon, with a great shower of arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0022–0023 (8.44.55d@018_0022–0023). Lines are a recension variant of the Appendix lines (sarvaśastrāstrapāragaḥ for Wikisource सर्वशस्त्रविशारदान्), kept.

Verse 17 (8.65.17)

दुर्योधनं च विंशत्या नाराचानां कृती बली । अविध्यत्तूर्णमभ्येत्य सहदेवो महीपतिम् ॥

duryodhanaṃ ca viṃśatyā nārācānāṃ kṛtī balī | avidhyattūrṇamabhyetya sahadevo mahīpatim

Then the mighty and skilful Sahadeva, quickly drawing near, pierced King Duryodhana with twenty nārāca arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0024–0025 (8.44.55d@018_0024–0025). Lines are a recension variant of the Appendix lines (Wikisource नाराचानां … महीपतिम् for śīghram astram udīrayan … mahāmanāḥ), kept.

Verse 18 (8.65.18)

स विद्धः सहदेवेन रराज बलसन्निधौ । प्रभिन्न इव मातङ्गो रुधिरेण परिप्लुतः ॥

sa viddhaḥ sahadevena rarāja balasannidhau | prabhinna iva mātaṅgo rudhireṇa pariplutaḥ

Pierced by Sahadeva, he shone amid his force, like a rutting elephant drenched in blood.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0026–0027 (8.44.55d@018_0026–0027). Lines are a recension variant of the Appendix lines (Wikisource बलसन्निधौ for rarājācalasaṃnibhaḥ), kept.

Verse 19 (8.65.19)

दृष्ट्वा तव सुतं तत्र गाढविद्धं सुतेजनैः । अभ्यधावद्दृढं क्रुद्धो राधेयो रथिनां वरः ॥

dṛṣṭvā tava sutaṃ tatra gāḍhaviddhaṃ sutejanaiḥ | abhyadhāvaddṛḍhaṃ kruddho rādheyo rathināṃ varaḥ

Seeing your son deeply wounded there by the keen arrows, Radheya, best of chariot-warriors, rushed forward fiercely in anger.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0028–0029 (8.44.55d@018_0028–0029).

Verse 20 (8.65.20)

दुर्योधनं तथा दृष्ट्वा शीघ्रमस्त्रमुदीर्य सः । अवधीत्पाण्डवानीकं पाञ्चालांश्चैव मारिष ॥

duryodhanaṃ tathā dṛṣṭvā śīghramastramudīrya saḥ | avadhītpāṇḍavānīkaṃ pāñcālāṃścaiva māriṣa

And seeing Duryodhana so, he quickly brought out his weapon and slew the Pandava army and the Panchalas, O venerable one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0030–0031 (8.44.55d@018_0030–0031). Line 2 is a recension variant of Appendix line 0031 (Wikisource अवधीत्पाण्डवानीकं पाञ्चालांश्चैव मारिष for tena yaudhiṣṭhiraṃ sainyam avadhīt pārṣataṃ tathā), kept.

Verse 21 (8.65.21)

ततो यौधिष्ठिरं सैन्यं वध्यमानं महात्मना । सहसा प्राद्रवद्राजन्सूतपुत्रशरार्दितम् ॥

tato yaudhiṣṭhiraṃ sainyaṃ vadhyamānaṃ mahātmanā | sahasā prādravadrājansūtaputraśarārditam

Then Yudhishthira's army, being slain by the great-souled one, suddenly fled, O king, tormented by the arrows of the Suta's son.

Note on the text: Corrected मूतपुत्र → सूतपुत्र (misprint in Wikisource; म for स; the Suta's son (Karna) is meant, and the Appendix reads sūtaputra). Corrected प्राद्रावद् → प्राद्रवद् (misprint in Wikisource; a spurious ā; the verb is प्राद्रवत् ("fled"), and the Appendix reads prādravad). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0032–0033 (8.44.55d@018_0032–0033).

Verse 22 (8.65.22)

विविधा विशिखास्तत्र सम्पतन्ति परस्परम् । भल्लाः पुङ्खसमाश्लिष्टाः सूतपुत्रधनुश्च्युताः ॥

vividhā viśikhāstatra sampatanti parasparam | bhallāḥ puṅkhasamāśliṣṭāḥ sūtaputradhanuścyutāḥ

Arrows of many kinds flew against one another there, and bhallas furnished with feathers, loosed from the Suta's son's bow.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0034–0035 (8.44.55d@018_0034–0035). Lines are a recension variant of the Appendix lines (Wikisource सम्पतन्ति … भल्लाः पुङ्खसमाश्लिष्टाः for saṃpatantaḥ … phalaiḥ puṅkhān samājaghnuḥ), kept.

Verse 23 (8.65.23)

अन्तरिक्षे शरौघाणां पततां च परस्परम् । सङ्घर्षेण महाराज पावकः समजायत ॥

antarikṣe śaraughāṇāṃ patatāṃ ca parasparam | saṅgharṣeṇa mahārāja pāvakaḥ samajāyata

In the sky, from the clash of the floods of arrows falling against one another, O great king, fire was born.

Note on the text: Corrected सङ्घर्पेण → सङ्घर्षेण (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the word is संघर्ष ("friction, clash"), and the Appendix reads saṃgharṣeṇa). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0036–0037 (8.44.55d@018_0036–0037).

Verse 24 (8.65.24)

ततो दशदिशः कर्णः शलभैरिव यायिभिः । अभ्यघ्नंस्तरसा राजञ्शरैः परशरीरगैः ॥

tato daśadiśaḥ karṇaḥ śalabhairiva yāyibhiḥ | abhyaghnaṃstarasā rājañśaraiḥ paraśarīragaiḥ

Then Karna struck the ten directions swiftly, O king, with arrows that pierce the bodies of enemies, like swarms of flying locusts.

Note on the text: Corrected तकतो → ततो (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क; the Appendix reads tato). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0038–0039 (8.44.55d@018_0038–0039).

Verse 25 (8.65.25)

रक्तचन्दनसन्दिग्धौ मणिहेमविभूषितौ । बाहू व्यत्यक्षिपत्कर्णः परमास्त्रं विदर्शयन् ॥

raktacandanasandigdhau maṇihemavibhūṣitau | bāhū vyatyakṣipatkarṇaḥ paramāstraṃ vidarśayan

Karna flung about his arms, smeared with red sandal and adorned with jewels and gold, displaying his supreme skill with weapons.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0040–0041 (8.44.55d@018_0040–0041).

Verse 26 (8.65.26)

ततः सर्वा दिशो राजन्सायकैर्विप्रमोहयन् । अपीडयद्भृशं कर्णो धर्मराजं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

tataḥ sarvā diśo rājansāyakairvipramohayan | apīḍayadbhṛśaṃ karṇo dharmarājaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram

Then, O king, bewildering all the directions with his arrows, Karna sorely oppressed Yudhishthira, the king of dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0042–0043 (8.44.55d@018_0042–0043).

Verse 27 (8.65.27)

ततः क्रुद्धो महाराज धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । निशितैरिषुभिः कर्णं पञ्चाशद्भिः समार्पयत् ॥

tataḥ kruddho mahārāja dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | niśitairiṣubhiḥ karṇaṃ pañcāśadbhiḥ samārpayat

Then Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma, enraged, O great king, struck Karna with fifty sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0044–0045 (8.44.55d@018_0044–0045).

Verse 28 (8.65.28)

बाणान्धकारमभवत्तद्युद्धं घोरदर्शनम् । हाहाकारो महानासीत्तावकानां विशाम्पते ॥

bāṇāndhakāramabhavattadyuddhaṃ ghoradarśanam | hāhākāro mahānāsīttāvakānāṃ viśāmpate

A darkness of arrows arose, and that battle was terrible to behold; and a great cry of distress rose from your men, O lord of the people.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0046–0047 (8.44.55d@018_0046–0047). Removed the opening square bracket, which marks the passage (verses 28–33) as interpolated in Wikisource.

Verse 29 (8.65.29)

वध्यमाने तदा सैन्ये धर्मपुत्रेण मारिष । सायकैर्विविधैस्तीक्ष्णैः कङ्कपत्रैः शिलाशितैः । भल्लैरनेकैर्विविधैः शक्त्यृष्टिमुसलैरपि ॥

vadhyamāne tadā sainye dharmaputreṇa māriṣa | sāyakairvividhaistīkṣṇaiḥ kaṅkapatraiḥ śilāśitaiḥ | bhallairanekairvividhaiḥ śaktyṛṣṭimusalairapi

While the army was being slaughtered by Dharma's son, O venerable one, with many kinds of sharp arrows, kanka-feathered and whetted on stone, with many kinds of bhallas, and with spears, ṛṣṭi swords and clubs,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0048–0050 (8.44.55d@018_0048–0050). Three lines on the page.

Verse 30 (8.65.30)

यत्र यत्र स धर्मात्मा दुष्टां दृष्टिं व्यसर्जयत् । तत्र तत्र व्यशीर्यन्त तावका भरतर्षभ ॥

yatra yatra sa dharmātmā duṣṭāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ vyasarjayat | tatra tatra vyaśīryanta tāvakā bharatarṣabha

wherever that righteous-souled one cast his angry glance, there, O best of the Bharatas, your men were scattered.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0051–0052 (8.44.55d@018_0051–0052).

Verse 31 (8.65.31)

कर्णोऽपि भृशसङ्क्रुद्धो धर्मराजं युधिष्ठिरम् । नाराचैरर्धचन्द्रैश्च वत्सदन्तैश्च संयुगे ॥

karṇo'pi bhṛśasaṅkruddho dharmarājaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram | nārācairardhacandraiśca vatsadantaiśca saṃyuge

Karna too, greatly enraged, against Yudhishthira, the king of dharma, in the battle, with nārācas, half-moon arrows and calf-tooth arrows—

Note on the text: Corrected भृशसङ्कुद्रो → भृशसङ्क्रुद्धो (misprint in Wikisource; a broken conjunct; the word is सङ्क्रुद्ध ("enraged"), and the Appendix reads saṃkruddho). Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0053–0054 (8.44.55d@018_0053–0054).

Verse 32 (8.65.32)

अमर्षी क्रोधनश्चैव रोषप्रस्फुरिताननः । सायकैरप्रमेयात्मा युधिष्ठिरमभिद्रवत् ॥

amarṣī krodhanaścaiva roṣaprasphuritānanaḥ | sāyakairaprameyātmā yudhiṣṭhiramabhidravat

impatient, wrathful, his face quivering with rage, of immeasurable spirit, rushed at Yudhishthira with his arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0055–0056 (8.44.55d@018_0055–0056).

Verse 33 (8.65.33)

युधिष्ठिरश्चापि स तं स्वर्णपुङ्खैः शितैः शरैः ॥

yudhiṣṭhiraścāpi sa taṃ svarṇapuṅkhaiḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ

And Yudhishthira too met him with sharp arrows feathered with gold.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), line 0057 (8.44.55d@018_0057). A single line on the page (8-65-33a only), kept as printed; it has स तं where the Appendix has śataṃ, a recension variant. Removed the stray closing square bracket and the doubled danda.

Verse 34 (8.65.34)

प्रहसन्निव तं कर्णः कङ्कपत्रैः शिलाशितैः । उरस्यविध्यद्राजानं कुन्तीपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

prahasanniva taṃ karṇaḥ kaṅkapatraiḥ śilāśitaiḥ | urasyavidhyadrājānaṃ kuntīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram

Karna, as if smiling, pierced the king, Kunti's son Yudhishthira, in the chest with kanka-feathered arrows whetted on stone.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; line 1 = CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), line 0058 (8.44.55d@018_0058); line 2 is a recension variant of line 0059 (urasy avidhyad rājānaṃ tribhir bhallaiś ca pāṇḍavam; Wikisource कुन्तीपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम् for the second half), kept.

Verse 35 (8.65.35)

स पीडितो भृशं तेन धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः । उपविश्य रथोपस्थे सूतं याहीत्यनोदयत् ॥

sa pīḍito bhṛśaṃ tena dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | upaviśya rathopasthe sūtaṃ yāhītyanodayat

Sorely hurt by him, Yudhishthira, king of dharma, sat down on the platform of his chariot and urged his charioteer, "Drive on!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0060–0061 (8.44.55d@018_0060–0061).

Verse 36 (8.65.36)

अक्रोशन्त ततः सर्वे धार्तराष्ट्राः सराजकाः । गृह्णीध्वमिति राजानमभ्यधावन्त सर्वशः ॥

akrośanta tataḥ sarve dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ sarājakāḥ | gṛhṇīdhvamiti rājānamabhyadhāvanta sarvaśaḥ

Then all the sons of Dhritarashtra, with the kings who followed them, cried out, "Seize him!" and rushed at the king from every side.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0062–0063 (8.44.55d@018_0062–0063).

Verse 37 (8.65.37)

ततः शताः सप्तदश केकयानां प्रहारिणाम् । पञ्चालैः सहिता राजन्धार्तराष्ट्रान्न्यवारयन् ॥

tataḥ śatāḥ saptadaśa kekayānāṃ prahāriṇām | pañcālaiḥ sahitā rājandhārtarāṣṭrānnyavārayan

Then seventeen hundred Kekaya fighters, together with the Panchalas, O king, held back the sons of Dhritarashtra.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0064–0065 (8.44.55d@018_0064–0065).

Verse 38 (8.65.38)

तस्मिन्सुतुमुले युद्धे वर्तमाने जनक्षये । दुर्योधनश्च भीमश्च समेयातां महाबलौ ॥

tasminsutumule yuddhe vartamāne janakṣaye | duryodhanaśca bhīmaśca sameyātāṃ mahābalau

In that tumultuous battle, as it went on, slaughtering the people, Duryodhana and Bhima, both mighty, came together.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0066–0067 (8.44.55d@018_0066–0067). The Appendix passage continues beyond this verse (from line 0068).