Karna Overcomes Yudhishthira, Who Retires to Camp

Verse 1 (8.66.1)

कर्णोऽपि शरजालेन केकयानां महारथान् । व्यधमत्परमेष्वासानग्रानीके व्यवस्थितान् ॥

karṇo'pi śarajālena kekayānāṃ mahārathān | vyadhamatparameṣvāsānagrānīke vyavasthitān

Karna too, with a net of arrows, cut down the great chariot-fighters of the Kekayas, excellent archers who stood drawn up in the front of the army.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0068–0069 (8.44.55d@018_0068–0069). Adhyaya note: every verse label on the raw page reads 8-66-k, so the page is this adhyaya's own text, not a stray copy of another, and there is nothing after the colophon. The critical edition's constituted text has no counterpart; the whole page is Appendix I No. 18, whose earlier lines (0001–0067) fall before this page's first verse. The page's heading सञ्जय उवाच (8-66-1x) is kept as the speaker. Wikisource reads अग्रानीके where the appendix has agrataḥ, a recension variant.

Verse 2 (8.66.2)

तेषां प्रयतमानानां राधेयस्य निवारणे । रथान्पञ्चशतान्कर्णः प्राहिणोद्यमसादनम् ॥

teṣāṃ prayatamānānāṃ rādheyasya nivāraṇe | rathānpañcaśatānkarṇaḥ prāhiṇodyamasādanam

As they strove to hold Radheya back, Karna sent five hundred of their chariots to the abode of Yama.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0070–0071 (8.44.55d@018_0070–0071).

Verse 3 (8.66.3)

अविषह्यतमं दृष्ट्वा राधेयं युधि योधिनः । भीमसेनमुपागच्छन्कर्णबाणप्रपीडिताः ॥

aviṣahyatamaṃ dṛṣṭvā rādheyaṃ yudhi yodhinaḥ | bhīmasenamupāgacchankarṇabāṇaprapīḍitāḥ

Seeing Radheya in battle impossible to withstand, and sorely pressed by Karna's arrows, the warriors went to Bhimasena.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0072–0073 (8.44.55d@018_0072–0073).

Verse 4 (8.66.4)

रथानीकं विदार्यैव शरै राजन्ननेकधा । कर्ण एकरथेनैव युधिष्ठिरमुपाद्रवत् ॥

rathānīkaṃ vidāryaiva śarai rājannanekadhā | karṇa ekarathenaiva yudhiṣṭhiramupādravat

Tearing the chariot host apart in many ways with his arrows, O king, Karna rushed upon Yudhishthira with a single chariot.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0074–0075 (8.44.55d@018_0074–0075).

Verse 5 (8.66.5)

सेनानिवेशं गच्छन्तं मार्गणैर्भृशपीडितम् । यमयोर्मध्यगं वीरं शनैर्यान्तं विचेतसम् ॥

senāniveśaṃ gacchantaṃ mārgaṇairbhṛśapīḍitam | yamayormadhyagaṃ vīraṃ śanairyāntaṃ vicetasam

The king was going toward the camp, sorely hurt by arrows, that hero moving slowly and dazed, with the twins on either side of him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0076–0077 (8.44.55d@018_0076–0077). Wikisource reads गच्छन्तं मार्गणैर्भृशपीडितम् where the appendix has ārchantaṃ mārgaṇaiḥ kṣatavikṣatam, a recension variant.

Verse 6 (8.66.6)

स समासाद्य राजानं दुर्योधनहितेप्सया । सूतपुत्रस्त्रिभिस्तीक्ष्णैर्विव्याध परमेषुभिः ॥

sa samāsādya rājānaṃ duryodhanahitepsayā | sūtaputrastribhistīkṣṇairvivyādha parameṣubhiḥ

Coming up to the king, the charioteer's son, wishing to serve Duryodhana, pierced him with three sharp, excellent arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0078–0079 (8.44.55d@018_0078–0079).

Verse 7 (8.66.7)

तथैव राजा राधेयं प्रत्यविध्यत्स्तनान्तरे । शरैस्त्रिभिश्च यन्तारं चतुर्भिश्चतुरो हयान् ॥

tathaiva rājā rādheyaṃ pratyavidhyatstanāntare | śaraistribhiśca yantāraṃ caturbhiścaturo hayān

The king in turn struck Radheya in the chest, and pierced his charioteer with three arrows and his four horses with four.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0080–0081 (8.44.55d@018_0080–0081).

Verse 8 (8.66.8)

चक्ररक्षौ नृपसुतौ माद्रीपुत्रौ परन्तपौ । तावप्यधावतां कर्णं राजानं मा वधीदिति ॥

cakrarakṣau nṛpasutau mādrīputrau parantapau | tāvapyadhāvatāṃ karṇaṃ rājānaṃ mā vadhīditi

The two sons of Madri, princes and tormentors of foes, who guarded the wheels, also ran at Karna, crying, "Do not kill the king!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0082–0083 (8.44.55d@018_0082–0083).

Verse 9 (8.66.9)

तौ पृथक्शरवर्षाभ्यां राधेयं समवर्षताम् । नकुलः सहदेवश्च परमं यत्नमास्थितौ ॥

tau pṛthakśaravarṣābhyāṃ rādheyaṃ samavarṣatām | nakulaḥ sahadevaśca paramaṃ yatnamāsthitau

Nakula and Sahadeva, putting forth their utmost effort, each rained a shower of arrows upon Radheya.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0084–0085 (8.44.55d@018_0084–0085).

Verse 10 (8.66.10)

तथैव तौ प्रत्यविध्यत्सूतपुत्रः प्रतापवान् । भल्लाभ्यां शितधाराभ्यां महात्मानावरिन्दमौ ॥

tathaiva tau pratyavidhyatsūtaputraḥ pratāpavān | bhallābhyāṃ śitadhārābhyāṃ mahātmānāvarindamau

In the same way the mighty son of the charioteer struck those two great-souled tamers of foes with two sharp-edged broad-headed arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0086–0087 (8.44.55d@018_0086–0087).

Verse 11 (8.66.11)

दन्तवर्णांस्तु राधेयो निजघान मनोजवान् । युधिष्ठिरस्य सङ्ग्रामे कालवालान्हयोत्तमान् ॥

dantavarṇāṃstu rādheyo nijaghāna manojavān | yudhiṣṭhirasya saṅgrāme kālavālānhayottamān

In that battle Radheya killed Yudhishthira's best horses, ivory-white, swift as thought, with black tails.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0088–0089 (8.44.55d@018_0088–0089).

Verse 12 (8.66.12)

ततोऽपरेण भल्लेन शिरस्त्राणमपातयत् । कौन्तेयस्य महेष्वासः प्रहसन्निव सूतजः ॥

tato'pareṇa bhallena śirastrāṇamapātayat | kaunteyasya maheṣvāsaḥ prahasanniva sūtajaḥ

Then, as if laughing, the great archer, the charioteer's son, struck the helmet from the head of Kunti's son with another broad-headed arrow.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0090–0091 (8.44.55d@018_0090–0091).

Verse 13 (8.66.13)

तथैव नकुलस्यापि हयान्हत्वा महारथः । ततोऽपरेण भल्लेन भृशं तीक्ष्णेन भारत । धनुश्चिच्छेद वीरस्य माद्रीपुत्रस्य धीमतः ॥

tathaiva nakulasyāpi hayānhatvā mahārathaḥ | tato'pareṇa bhallena bhṛśaṃ tīkṣṇena bhārata | dhanuściccheda vīrasya mādrīputrasya dhīmataḥ

The great chariot-fighter likewise killed Nakula's horses, and then, O Bharata, with another very sharp broad-headed arrow cut the bow of the wise hero, the son of Madri.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0092–0093 (8.44.55d@018_0092–0093). Wikisource reads महारथः where the appendix has pratāpavān, and prints an extra middle line (ततोऽपरेण भल्लेन भृशं तीक्ष्णेन भारत) before the bow is cut; the appendix has two lines.

Verse 14 (8.66.14)

तौ हताश्वौ हतरथौ पाण्डवौ भृशविक्षतौ । भ्रातरावारुरुहतुः सहदेवरथं तदा ॥

tau hatāśvau hatarathau pāṇḍavau bhṛśavikṣatau | bhrātarāvāruruhatuḥ sahadevarathaṃ tadā

The two Pandavas, their horses and chariots lost and their bodies badly wounded, then climbed onto Sahadeva's chariot, the two brothers together.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0094–0095 (8.44.55d@018_0094–0095).

Verse 15 (8.66.15)

तौ दृष्ट्वा मातुलस्तत्र विरथौ परवीरहा । अभ्यभाषत राधेयं मद्रराजोऽनुकम्पया ॥

tau dṛṣṭvā mātulastatra virathau paravīrahā | abhyabhāṣata rādheyaṃ madrarājo'nukampayā

Seeing them without chariots, their uncle, the king of Madra, slayer of enemy heroes, spoke to Radheya out of compassion.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0096–0097 (8.44.55d@018_0096–0097).

Verse 16 (8.66.16)

मार्गितव्यस्त्वया कर्ण कुन्तीपुत्रो धनञ्जयः । अतस्त्वं धर्मराजेन किमर्थमिह युध्यसे ॥

mārgitavyastvayā karṇa kuntīputro dhanañjayaḥ | atastvaṃ dharmarājena kimarthamiha yudhyase

Karna, it is Dhananjaya, Kunti's son, whom you should be seeking out. Why then do you fight the king of dharma here?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0098–0099 (8.44.55d@018_0098–0099). The wording differs from the appendix (yoddhavyam adya pārthena phalgunena tvayā saha / kimarthaṃ dharmarājena yudhayse bhṛśaroṣitaḥ), a recension variant. Speaker: Shalya; the page prints no new heading, but the verse before says he spoke to Karna and this is his speech.

Verse 17 (8.66.17)

क्षीणशस्त्रास्त्रकवचः क्षीणबाणो विबाणधिः । श्रान्तसारथिवाहश्च च्छन्नोऽस्त्रैररिभिस्तथा । पार्थमासाद्य राधेय उपहास्यो भविष्यसि ॥

kṣīṇaśastrāstrakavacaḥ kṣīṇabāṇo vibāṇadhiḥ | śrāntasārathivāhaśca cchanno'strairaribhistathā | pārthamāsādya rādheya upahāsyo bhaviṣyasi

With your weapons, missiles and armour spent, out of arrows and your quiver empty, your charioteer and horses weary, and buried under your enemies' missiles, you will become a laughing-stock when you meet Partha, Radheya.

Note on the text: Corrected क्षीणशस्त्रास्त्राकवचः → क्षीणशस्त्रास्त्रकवचः (misprint in Wikisource; stray long ā; the appendix reads kṣīṇaśastrāstrakavacaḥ). Removed the stray wiki brackets (and doubled danda) printed by Wikisource. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0100–0102 (8.44.55d@018_0100–0102). Speaker: Shalya, continuing his speech.

Verse 18 (8.66.18)

तथापि कर्णः संरब्धो युधिष्ठिरमपीडयत् । शरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्महावीर्यैर्माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ ॥

tathāpi karṇaḥ saṃrabdho yudhiṣṭhiramapīḍayat | śaraistīkṣṇairmahāvīryairmādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau

Even so, Karna in his fury went on tormenting Yudhishthira, and the two Pandava sons of Madri, with sharp and very powerful arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0103–0106 (8.44.55d@018_0103–0106). Wikisource's wording differs from the appendix (evam ukto 'pi karṇas tu madrarājena saṃyuge / tathaiva karṇaḥ saṃrabdho yudhiṣṭhiram atāḍayat / śarais tīkṣṇaiḥ parāvidhya mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau ...), a recension variant.

Verse 19 (8.66.19)

ततः शल्यः प्रहस्येदं कर्णं पुनरुवाच ह । रथस्थमतिसंरब्धं युधिष्ठिरवधे स्थितम् ॥

tataḥ śalyaḥ prahasyedaṃ karṇaṃ punaruvāca ha | rathasthamatisaṃrabdhaṃ yudhiṣṭhiravadhe sthitam

Then Shalya, laughing, spoke again to Karna, who stood in his chariot, greatly enraged and set on killing Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0107–0108 (8.44.55d@018_0107–0108). Wikisource reads युधिष्ठिरवधे स्थितम् where the appendix has yudhiṣṭhiravadhe dhṛtam, a recension variant.

Verse 20 (8.66.20)

यदर्थं धार्तराष्ट्रेण सततं मानितो भवान् । तं पार्थ जहि राधेय किं ते हत्वा युधिष्ठिरम् । हते यस्मिन्ध्रुवं पार्थः सर्वाञ्जेष्यति नो रथान् ॥

yadarthaṃ dhārtarāṣṭreṇa satataṃ mānito bhavān | taṃ pārtha jahi rādheya kiṃ te hatvā yudhiṣṭhiram | hate yasmindhruvaṃ pārthaḥ sarvāñjeṣyati no rathān

The man for whose sake Dhritarashtra's son has always honoured you: kill that Partha, Radheya. What do you gain by killing Yudhishthira? If the king is slain, Partha will surely overcome all our chariot-warriors.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Lines 1–2 are CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0109–0110 (8.44.55d@018_0109–0110), not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); line 3 (हते यस्मिन्ध्रुवं पार्थः सर्वाञ्जेष्यति नो रथान्) is not in the critical edition at all, text, apparatus or appendices (vulgate only). Speaker: Shalya, whose speech runs on without a new heading to verse 28.

Verse 21 (8.66.21)

तस्मिन्हि धार्तराष्ट्रस्य निहते तु ध्रुवो जयः । ध्वजोऽसौ दृश्यते तस्य रोचमानोऽंशुमानिव । सारो ह्येष महाबाहो किं ते हत्वा युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

tasminhi dhārtarāṣṭrasya nihate tu dhruvo jayaḥ | dhvajo'sau dṛśyate tasya rocamāno'ṃśumāniva | sāro hyeṣa mahābāho kiṃ te hatvā yudhiṣṭhiram

But when he, Arjuna, is slain, victory for Dhritarashtra's son is certain. There is his banner, shining like the sun. He is the very core of their strength, O mighty-armed one. What do you gain by killing Yudhishthira?

Note on the text: Corrected रोचमानोंऽशुमानिव → रोचमानोऽंशुमानिव (misprint in Wikisource; the anusvara of अंशुमान् is misplaced on the preceding ओ). Removed the stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Removed the doubled danda before the verse-end mark. Not in the critical edition at all, text, apparatus or appendices (vulgate only); the page prints this verse, with the last line of the one before, inside quote marks.

Verse 22 (8.66.22)

शङ्खयोर्ध्मातयोः शब्दः सुमहानेष कृष्णयोः । श्रूयते चापघोषश्च प्रावृषीवाम्बुदस्य ह ॥

śaṅkhayordhmātayoḥ śabdaḥ sumahāneṣa kṛṣṇayoḥ | śrūyate cāpaghoṣaśca prāvṛṣīvāmbudasya ha

The great sound of the two conches blown by the two Krishnas is heard, and the twang of the bow, like a cloud in the rains.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0111–0112 (8.44.55d@018_0111–0112).

Verse 23 (8.66.23)

असौ निघ्नन्रथोदारानर्जुनः शरवृष्टिभिः । सर्वां ग्रसति नः सेनां कर्ण पश्यैनमाहवे ॥

asau nighnanrathodārānarjunaḥ śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ | sarvāṃ grasati naḥ senāṃ karṇa paśyainamāhave

There is Arjuna, striking down the noble chariot-fighters with showers of arrows. He is swallowing our whole army; look at him in the battle, Karna.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0113–0114 (8.44.55d@018_0113–0114).

Verse 24 (8.66.24)

पृष्ठरक्षौ च शूरस्य युधामन्यूत्तमौजसौ ॥

pṛṣṭharakṣau ca śūrasya yudhāmanyūttamaujasau

And the two rear-guards of that hero are Yudhamanyu and Uttamaujas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), line 0115 (8.44.55d@018_0115). It is a single line there too (yudhāmanyūttamaujasau pṛṣṭharakṣau); the page labels it 8-66-24a only, so the one-line verse is kept as printed.

Verse 25 (8.66.25)

उत्तरं चास्य वै शूरश्चक्रं रक्षति सांत्यकिः । धृष्टद्युम्नस्तथा चास्य चक्रं रक्षति दक्षिणम् ॥

uttaraṃ cāsya vai śūraścakraṃ rakṣati sāṃtyakiḥ | dhṛṣṭadyumnastathā cāsya cakraṃ rakṣati dakṣiṇam

On his left the brave Satyaki guards his wheel, and Dhrishtadyumna guards his right wheel.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0116–0117 (8.44.55d@018_0116–0117).

Verse 26 (8.66.26)

भीमसेनश्च वै राज्ञा धार्तराष्ट्रेण युध्यते । यथा न हन्यात्तं भीमः सर्वेषां नोऽद्य पश्यताम् । कुरु राधेय वै राजा यथा मुच्येत तत्तथा ॥

bhīmasenaśca vai rājñā dhārtarāṣṭreṇa yudhyate | yathā na hanyāttaṃ bhīmaḥ sarveṣāṃ no'dya paśyatām | kuru rādheya vai rājā yathā mucyeta tattathā

Bhimasena is fighting King Dhritarashtra's son. See to it, Radheya, that Bhima does not kill him while we all look on, and that the king is set free by whatever means.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0118–0120 (8.44.55d@018_0118–0120). Wikisource's line 3 differs from the appendix (tathā rādheya kriyatāṃ rājā mucyeta no yathā), a recension variant.

Verse 27 (8.66.27)

पश्यैनं भीमसेनेन ग्रस्तमाहवशोभिना । यदि नामाद्य मुच्येत विस्मयः सुमहान्भवेत् ॥

paśyainaṃ bhīmasenena grastamāhavaśobhinā | yadi nāmādya mucyeta vismayaḥ sumahānbhavet

See him seized by Bhimasena, the ornament of battle! If by any chance he were to be freed today, it would be a very great wonder.

Note on the text: Restored the word lost at the start of line 1: Wikisource prints a placeholder "xxxx", replaced by पश्यैनं from the appendix's paśyainaṃ bhīmasenena grastam āhavaśobhinam. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0121–0122 (8.44.55d@018_0121–0122). Line 2 reads यदि नामाद्य मुच्येत where the appendix has yadi tv āsādya mucyeta, a recension variant.

Verse 28 (8.66.28)

परित्राह्येनमभ्येत्य संशयं परमं गतम् । किं नु माद्रीसुतौ हत्वा राजानं वा युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

paritrāhyenamabhyetya saṃśayaṃ paramaṃ gatam | kiṃ nu mādrīsutau hatvā rājānaṃ vā yudhiṣṭhiram

Go to him and rescue him; he has fallen into the gravest danger. What is the use of killing the two sons of Madri, or King Yudhishthira?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0123–0124 (8.44.55d@018_0123–0124).

Verse 29 (8.66.29)

इति शल्यवचः श्रुत्वा राधेयः पृथिवीपते । दृष्ट्वा दुर्योधनं चैव भीमग्रस्तं महाहवे ॥

iti śalyavacaḥ śrutvā rādheyaḥ pṛthivīpate | dṛṣṭvā duryodhanaṃ caiva bhīmagrastaṃ mahāhave

Hearing these words of Shalya, O lord of the earth, and seeing Duryodhana in Bhima's grip in the great battle,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0125–0126 (8.44.55d@018_0125–0126).

Verse 30 (8.66.30)

राजगृध्नुर्भृशं चैव शल्यवाक्यप्रचोदितः । अजातशत्रुमुत्सृज्य माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ ॥

rājagṛdhnurbhṛśaṃ caiva śalyavākyapracoditaḥ | ajātaśatrumutsṛjya mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau

Radheya, intent on the king's cause and spurred on by Shalya's words, left Ajatashatru and the two Pandava sons of Madri,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0127–0128 (8.44.55d@018_0127–0128). Wikisource reads राजगृध्नुः where the appendix has rājagṛddhī, a recension variant.

Verse 31 (8.66.31)

तव पुत्रं परित्रातुमभ्यधावत वीर्यवान् । मद्रराजप्रणुदितैरश्वैराकाशगैरिव ॥

tava putraṃ paritrātumabhyadhāvata vīryavān | madrarājapraṇuditairaśvairākāśagairiva

and the valiant one raced to save your son, his horses, urged on by the king of Madra, flying as if through the sky.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0129–0130 (8.44.55d@018_0129–0130).

Verse 32 (8.66.32)

गते कर्णे तु कौन्तेयः पाण्डुपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । अपायाज्जवनैरश्वैः सहदेवस्य मारिष ॥

gate karṇe tu kaunteyaḥ pāṇḍuputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | apāyājjavanairaśvaiḥ sahadevasya māriṣa

When Karna had gone, Yudhishthira, Kunti's son, the son of Pandu, withdrew on Sahadeva's swift horses, O sir.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0131–0132 (8.44.55d@018_0131–0132).

Verse 33 (8.66.33)

ताभ्यां स सहितस्तूर्णं व्रीडन्निव नरेश्वरः । प्राप्य सेनानिवेशं स्वं मार्गणैर्भृशविक्षतः ॥

tābhyāṃ sa sahitastūrṇaṃ vrīḍanniva nareśvaraḥ | prāpya senāniveśaṃ svaṃ mārgaṇairbhṛśavikṣataḥ

Accompanied by the two, the lord of men, as if ashamed, quickly reached his own camp, sorely wounded by arrows.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki brackets (and doubled danda) printed by Wikisource. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0133–0134 (8.44.55d@018_0133–0134).

Verse 34 (8.66.34)

अवतीर्य रथात्तूर्णमाविशच्छयनं शुभम् । अपेतशल्यो राजा तु हृच्छल्येनाभिपीडितः ॥

avatīrya rathāttūrṇamāviśacchayanaṃ śubham | apetaśalyo rājā tu hṛcchalyenābhipīḍitaḥ

He got down quickly from his chariot and lay on his fine bed; the arrows were out of his body, yet the king was tormented by the barb in his heart.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0135–0136 (8.44.55d@018_0135–0136).

Verse 35 (8.66.35)

सोऽब्रवीद्भ्रातरौ राजा माद्रीपुत्रौ महारथौ । गच्छन्त त्वरितौ वीरौ यत्र भीमो व्यवस्थितः ॥

so'bravīdbhrātarau rājā mādrīputrau mahārathau | gacchanta tvaritau vīrau yatra bhīmo vyavasthitaḥ

That king said to his brothers, the two sons of Madri, great chariot-fighters: "Go quickly, heroes, to where Bhima is stationed."

Note on the text: Corrected सोऽब्रवीद्धातरौ → सोऽब्रवीद्भ्रातरौ (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct भ्रा lost; the appendix reads bhrātarau). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0137–0138 (8.44.55d@018_0137–0138). Line 2 reads गच्छन्त त्वरितौ वीरौ यत्र भीमो व्यवस्थितः where the appendix has anīkaṃ bhīmasenasya pāṇḍavāv āśu gacchatām, a recension variant. Speaker: the verse opens in narration and line 2 is Yudhishthira's order, so it stays with the narrator.

Verse 36 (8.66.36)

ततस्ते पाण्डवाः सर्वे समाभाष्य परस्परम् । अनीकं भीमसेनस्य पाण्डवावभ्यगच्छताम् । जीमूत इव नर्दंस्तु युध्यते स वृकोदरः ॥

tataste pāṇḍavāḥ sarve samābhāṣya parasparam | anīkaṃ bhīmasenasya pāṇḍavāvabhyagacchatām | jīmūta iva nardaṃstu yudhyate sa vṛkodaraḥ

Then, conferring with one another, all those Pandavas, the two sons of Pandu, went to Bhimasena's host. Meanwhile the Wolf-Belly was fighting, roaring like a thundercloud.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Lines 1–2 (ततस्ते पाण्डवाः सर्वे … अभ्यगच्छताम्) are not in the critical edition at all, text, apparatus or appendices (vulgate only); the page prints them inside quote marks. Line 3 is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), line 0139 (8.44.55d@018_0139), not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 37 (8.66.37)

ततोऽन्यं रथमास्थाय नकुलो रथपुङ्गवः । सहदेवश्च तेजस्वी भ्रातरौ शत्रुकर्शनौ ॥

tato'nyaṃ rathamāsthāya nakulo rathapuṅgavaḥ | sahadevaśca tejasvī bhrātarau śatrukarśanau

Then, mounting another chariot, Nakula, bull among chariot-fighters, and the radiant Sahadeva, the two brothers, destroyers of foes,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0140–0141 (8.44.55d@018_0140–0141).

Verse 38 (8.66.38)

तुरगैरग्र्यरंहोभिर्यत्र भीमस्तरस्विनौ । अनीकैः सहितौ तत्र भ्रातरौ समवस्थितौ ॥

turagairagryaraṃhobhiryatra bhīmastarasvinau | anīkaiḥ sahitau tatra bhrātarau samavasthitau

with horses of the foremost speed, went to where Bhima was, those two vigorous brothers; they took their stand there together with their troops.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 18 (printed after 8.44.55), lines 0142–0143 (8.44.55d@018_0142–0143). Wikisource's wording differs from the appendix (turagair agryaraṃhobhir yātvā bhīmasya śuṣmiṇau / anīkaṃ sahitau tatra bhrātarau paryavasthitau), a recension variant.