Arjuna and Krishna Go to Find Yudhishthira

Verse 1 (8.68.1)

ततो जनार्दनः श्रुत्वा तस्य वाक्यं विशाम्पते । रथेनापययौ क्षिप्रं सङ्ग्रामादिति भारत ॥

tato janārdanaḥ śrutvā tasya vākyaṃ viśāmpate | rathenāpayayau kṣipraṃ saṅgrāmāditi bhārata

Then Janardana, hearing his words, O lord of the people, drove his chariot swiftly away from the battle, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is its star passage 8.45.50b*0632_01 and 8.45.50b*0633_01 (tato janārdanaḥ śrutvā tasya vākyaṃ viśāṃ pate / rathenāpayayau kṣipraṃ saṃgrāmād iti bhārata); the star passage opens with its own heading saṃjaya uvāca (*0632_00). Adhyaya note: every verse label on the raw page reads 8-68-k, so the page is this adhyaya's own text, not a stray copy of another. After the colophon the page prints a short block of commentary glosses ("= =", then lines labelled 8-68-9, 8-68-11, 8-68-24 and 8-68-68, e.g. ततोग्रधन्वा विस्तारितोग्रचापः); these are glosses, not verses, and are not included.

Verse 2 (8.68.2)

प्रत्यनीकमवस्थाप्य भीमं भीमपराक्रमम् । अलं विषहितुं ह्येष कुरूणां सम्प्रपश्यताम् ॥

pratyanīkamavasthāpya bhīmaṃ bhīmaparākramam | alaṃ viṣahituṃ hyeṣa kurūṇāṃ samprapaśyatām

Having stationed Bhima of fearful prowess to face the enemy line, for he alone was able to withstand it while the Kurus looked on,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is its star passage 8.45.50b*0633_02–03 (line 2 reads सम्प्रपश्यताम् where the star reads saṃprapadyatām).

Verse 3 (8.68.3)

कर्णं च समरे राजन्ग्राहयिष्यञ्श्रमं प्रति । विश्रमार्थं च कौरव्य पार्थस्य च महात्मनः । अपयातो रणाद्वीरो राजानं द्रष्टुमेव च ॥

karṇaṃ ca samare rājangrāhayiṣyañśramaṃ prati | viśramārthaṃ ca kauravya pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ | apayāto raṇādvīro rājānaṃ draṣṭumeva ca

and meaning to wear Karna down in the battle with fatigue, and for the rest of great-souled Partha, O Kauravya, the hero withdrew from the fight also in order to see the king.

Note on the text: Corrected विश्वमार्थं → विश्रमार्थं (misprint in Wikisource; व for र; the critical edition's star passage reads viśramārtham). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is its star passage 8.45.50d*0634_01 (line 1), 8.45.50d*0635_01 (line 2; पार्थस्य where the star reads pāṇḍavasya) and *0635_02 (line 3).

Verse 4 (8.68.4)

अर्जुनं चाब्रवीत्कृष्णो भृशं राजा परिक्षतः । तमाश्वास्य कुरुश्रेष्ठ ततः कर्णं हनिष्यसि ॥

arjunaṃ cābravītkṛṣṇo bhṛśaṃ rājā parikṣataḥ | tamāśvāsya kuruśreṣṭha tataḥ karṇaṃ haniṣyasi

And Krishna said to Arjuna, "The king is badly wounded. Comfort him, best of the Kurus, and after that you will kill Karna."

Verse 5 (8.68.5)

ततो धनञ्जयः श्रुत्वा राजानं शल्यपीडितम् । याहियाहिति बहुशो वासुदेवमचोदयत् । राजानं प्रति वार्ष्णेय दूयते मे दृढं मनः ॥

tato dhanañjayaḥ śrutvā rājānaṃ śalyapīḍitam | yāhiyāhiti bahuśo vāsudevamacodayat | rājānaṃ prati vārṣṇeya dūyate me dṛḍhaṃ manaḥ

Then Dhananjaya, hearing that the king was hurt by an arrow, urged Vasudeva again and again, "Go, go! My heart aches sorely for the king, O Vrishni."

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of the critical edition's 8.45.52a (tato dhanaṃjayo draṣṭuṃ rājānaṃ bāṇapīḍitam); lines 2–3 are its star passage 8.45.52b*0636_01–02.

Verse 6 (8.68.6)

स चोद्यमानः पार्थेन केशिघ्नो वृष्णिनन्दनः । रथेनापययौ क्षिप्रं सङ्ग्रामाद्धोरदर्शनात् ॥

sa codyamānaḥ pārthena keśighno vṛṣṇinandanaḥ | rathenāpayayau kṣipraṃ saṅgrāmāddhoradarśanāt

Urged on by Partha, the slayer of Keshi, joy of the Vrishnis, drove his chariot swiftly away from the dreadful battle.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the star passage 8.45.52b*0636_03 (sa codyamānaḥ pārthena keśighno vṛṣṇinandanaḥ); line 2 is a variant of the main text's 8.45.52c (rathena prayayau kṣipraṃ saṃgrāme keśavājñayā).

Verse 7 (8.68.7)

गच्छन्नेव तु कौन्तेयो धर्मराजदिदृक्षया । सैन्यमालोकयामास नापश्यत्तत्र चाग्रजम् ॥

gacchanneva tu kaunteyo dharmarājadidṛkṣayā | sainyamālokayāmāsa nāpaśyattatra cāgrajam

As he went, Kunti's son, wishing to see Dharmaraja, looked over the army but did not see his elder brother there.

Verse 8 (8.68.8)

युद्धं कृत्वा तु कौन्तेयो द्रोणपुत्रेण भारत । दुःसहं वज्रिणा सङ्ख्ये पराजित्य गुरोः सुतम् ॥

yuddhaṃ kṛtvā tu kaunteyo droṇaputreṇa bhārata | duḥsahaṃ vajriṇā saṅkhye parājitya guroḥ sutam

Kunti's son had fought Drona's son, O Bharata, a fight hard to endure even for the wielder of the thunderbolt, and had defeated the Guru's son.

Verse 9 (8.68.9)

द्रौणिं पराजित्य ततोग्रधन्वा । कृत्वा महद्दुष्करं शूरकर्म । आलोकयामास ततः स्वसैन्यं । धनञ्जयः शत्रुभिरप्रधृष्यः ॥

drauṇiṃ parājitya tatogradhanvā | kṛtvā mahadduṣkaraṃ śūrakarma | ālokayāmāsa tataḥ svasainyaṃ | dhanañjayaḥ śatrubhirapradhṛṣyaḥ

Having defeated Drona's son, Dhananjaya of the fierce bow, unassailable by his foes, after doing a great and difficult deed of valour, looked over his own army.

Note on the text: A recension variant in line 2 (the critical edition reads kṛtvā mahad duṣkaram āryakarma).

Verse 10 (8.68.10)

संयुध्यमानान्पृतनामुखस्थाञ् । शूरः शूरान्हर्षयन्सव्यसाची । पूर्वापदानैः प्रथितैः प्रशंसन् । स्थितांश्चकारात्मरथाननीके ॥

saṃyudhyamānānpṛtanāmukhasthāñ | śūraḥ śūrānharṣayansavyasācī | pūrvāpadānaiḥ prathitaiḥ praśaṃsan | sthitāṃścakārātmarathānanīke

The hero Savyasachin, cheering the heroes who were fighting at the head of the army and praising them for their famed deeds of old, made them stand firm as his own chariot-fighters in the front line.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across lines (मुखस्था-- / ञ्शूरः and प्रशंस-- / न्स्थितांश्चकार, with a double hyphen); written here with the sandhi consonant moved to the end of the preceding line, as the critical edition prints it. Wikisource's wording differs from the critical edition's 8.45.56 (sa yudhyamānaḥ pṛtanāmukhasthāñ śūrāñ śūro harṣayan savyasācī), a recension variant.

Verse 11 (8.68.11)

अपश्यमानस्तु किरीटमाली । युधिष्ठिरं भ्रातरमाजमीढम् । उवाच भीमं तरसाभ्युपेत्य । राज्ञः प्रवृत्तिस्त्विह कुत्र चेति ॥

apaśyamānastu kirīṭamālī | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ bhrātaramājamīḍham | uvāca bhīmaṃ tarasābhyupetya | rājñaḥ pravṛttistviha kutra ceti

Not seeing his brother Yudhishthira, the Ajamidha, the crowned Arjuna came swiftly up to Bhima and asked, "Where is the king? What news of him?"

Note on the text: A recension variant of the critical edition's 8.45.57 (apaśyamānas tu kirīṭamālī yudhi jyeṣṭhaṃ bhrātaram ājamīḍham ...); Wikisource's wording is kept.

Verse 12 (8.68.12)

अपयात इतो राजा धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । कर्णबाणाभितप्ताङ्गो यदि जीवेत्कथञ्चन ॥

apayāta ito rājā dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | karṇabāṇābhitaptāṅgo yadi jīvetkathañcana

"The king, Yudhishthira, son of Dharma, has gone away from here, his limbs scorched by Karna's arrows, if indeed he is alive at all."

Note on the text: Speaker as the page's heading भीमसेन उवाच (8-68-12x); the critical edition heads it bhīma uvāca.

Verse 13 (8.68.13)

तस्माद्भवाञ्शीघ्रमितः प्रयातु । ज्ञातुं प्रवृत्तिं पुरुषर्षभस्य । नूनं स विद्धोऽतिभृशं पृषत्कैः । कर्णेन राजा शिबिरं गतोऽसौ ॥

tasmādbhavāñśīghramitaḥ prayātu | jñātuṃ pravṛttiṃ puruṣarṣabhasya | nūnaṃ sa viddho'tibhṛśaṃ pṛṣatkaiḥ | karṇena rājā śibiraṃ gato'sau

"Then go from here at once to learn the news of that bull among men. Surely the king, sorely pierced by Karna's arrows, has gone to the camp.

Note on the text: Speaker as the page's heading अर्जुन उवाच (8-68-13x).

Verse 14 (8.68.14)

यः सम्प्रहारैर्युधि सम्प्रवृत्ते । द्रोणेन विद्धोऽतिभृशं तरस्वी । तस्थौ स तत्रापि जयप्रतीक्षो । द्रोणेन यावन्न हतः किलासीत् ॥

yaḥ samprahārairyudhi sampravṛtte | droṇena viddho'tibhṛśaṃ tarasvī | tasthau sa tatrāpi jayapratīkṣo | droṇena yāvanna hataḥ kilāsīt

He who, though fiercely pierced by Drona in the clashes of battle, yet stayed on there even then, waiting for victory, as long as it was said he had not been slain by Drona,

Verse 15 (8.68.15)

स संशयं गमितः पाण्डवाग्र्यः । सङ्ख्येऽद्य कर्णेन महानुभावः । ज्ञातुं प्रयाह्याशु तमद्य भीम । स्थास्याम्यहं शत्रुगणान्निरुध्य ॥

sa saṃśayaṃ gamitaḥ pāṇḍavāgryaḥ | saṅkhye'dya karṇena mahānubhāvaḥ | jñātuṃ prayāhyāśu tamadya bhīma | sthāsyāmyahaṃ śatrugaṇānnirudhya

that foremost of the Pandavas, the great-souled one, has today been brought into peril by Karna in battle. Go quickly, Bhima, to learn of him; I shall stay here, holding back the hosts of the foe."

Verse 16 (8.68.16)

त्वमेव जानीहि महानुभाव । राज्ञः प्रवृत्तिं भरतर्षभस्य । अहं हि यद्यर्जुन याम्यमित्रा । वदन्ति मां भीत इति प्रवीराः ॥

tvameva jānīhi mahānubhāva | rājñaḥ pravṛttiṃ bharatarṣabhasya | ahaṃ hi yadyarjuna yāmyamitrā | vadanti māṃ bhīta iti pravīrāḥ

"You yourself should go and learn the news of the king, noble one, of the bull of the Bharatas. If I go there, Arjuna, the enemy's heroes will say that I am afraid."

Note on the text: Speaker as the page's heading भीमसेन उवाच (8-68-16x).

Verse 17 (8.68.17)

ततोऽब्रवीदर्जुनो भीमसेनं । संशप्तकाः प्रत्यनीकस्थिता मे । एतानहत्वाद्य मया न शक्यम् । इतोपयातुं रिपुसङ्घमध्यात् ॥

tato'bravīdarjuno bhīmasenaṃ | saṃśaptakāḥ pratyanīkasthitā me | etānahatvādya mayā na śakyam | itopayātuṃ ripusaṅghamadhyāt

Then Arjuna said to Bhimasena, "The Samshaptakas stand drawn up against me; without killing them I cannot leave this place, out of the midst of the enemy host."

Note on the text: Corrected रिपुसङ्खमध्यात् → रिपुसङ्घमध्यात् (misprint in Wikisource; ख for घ; the critical edition reads ripusaṃghagoṣṭhāt in the matching line). The page splits a sandhi across lines (शक्य-- / मितोपयातुं, with a double hyphen); written here with the sandhi consonant moved to the end of the preceding line, as the critical edition prints it. Speaker: the verse opens in narration (Sanjaya) and Arjuna's reply begins in line 2, so it stays with the narrator; the input's carry-over of भीमसेन as speaker was wrong.

Verse 18 (8.68.18)

अथाब्रवीदर्जुनं भीमसेनः । स्ववीर्यमासाद्य कुरुप्रवीर । संशप्तकान्प्रतियोत्स्यामि सङ्ख्ये । सर्वानहं याहि धनञ्जय त्वम् ॥

athābravīdarjunaṃ bhīmasenaḥ | svavīryamāsādya kurupravīra | saṃśaptakānpratiyotsyāmi saṅkhye | sarvānahaṃ yāhi dhanañjaya tvam

Then Bhimasena said to Arjuna, relying on his own prowess, "O hero of the Kurus, I shall fight all the Samshaptakas in the battle; you go, Dhananjaya."

Note on the text: Speaker: the verse opens in narration (Sanjaya) and Bhima's reply begins in line 2, so it stays with the narrator; the input's carry-over of भीमसेन as speaker was wrong.

Verse 19 (8.68.19)

तद्भीमसेनस्य वचो निशम्य । धनञ्जयो भ्रातुरमित्रमध्ये । द्रष्टुं कुरुश्रेष्ठमभिप्रयास्यन् । प्रोवाच वृष्णिप्रवरं तदानीम् ॥

tadbhīmasenasya vaco niśamya | dhanañjayo bhrāturamitramadhye | draṣṭuṃ kuruśreṣṭhamabhiprayāsyan | provāca vṛṣṇipravaraṃ tadānīm

Hearing those words of Bhimasena, Dhananjaya, about to go and see the best of the Kurus, spoke then to the foremost of the Vrishnis, in the midst of his brother's enemies:

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across lines (अभिप्रयास्य-- / न्प्रोवाच, with a double hyphen); written here with the sandhi consonant moved to the end of the preceding line, as the critical edition prints it. Speaker: pure narration; the input's carry-over of भीमसेन as speaker was wrong.

Verse 20 (8.68.20)

राजानं प्रति वार्ष्णेय दूयते मे दृढं मनः । चोदयाश्वान्हृषीकेश विहायैतद्बलार्णवम् । अजातशत्रुं राजानं द्रष्टुमिच्छामि केशव ॥

rājānaṃ prati vārṣṇeya dūyate me dṛḍhaṃ manaḥ | codayāśvānhṛṣīkeśa vihāyaitadbalārṇavam | ajātaśatruṃ rājānaṃ draṣṭumicchāmi keśava

"My heart aches sorely for the king, O Vrishni. Urge on the horses, Hrishikesha, leaving this ocean of troops; I wish to see King Ajatashatru, Keshava."

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Line 1 is the star passage 8.45.65d*0638_01 (rājānaṃ prati vārṣṇeya dūyate me dṛḍhaṃ manaḥ), here printed in quote marks; lines 2–3 are the main text's 8.45.66a and 66c. Speaker as the page's heading अर्जुन उवाच (8-68-20x).

Verse 21 (8.68.21)

तं रथं चोदयामास बीभत्सोर्वचनाद्धरिः ॥

taṃ rathaṃ codayāmāsa bībhatsorvacanāddhariḥ

Hari drove that chariot on at Bibhatsu's word.

Note on the text: Corrected तं रथ चोदयामास → तं रथं चोदयामास (misprint in Wikisource; the anusvara dropped; the critical edition's star passage reads taṃ rathaṃ codayām āsa). Removed the stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is its star passage 8.45.66d*0639_01, a single line there as well (the page labels it 8-68-21a); kept as printed. Speaker as the page's heading सञ्जय उवाच (8-68-21x).

Verse 22 (8.68.22)

ततो हयान्सर्वदाशार्हमुख्यः । प्रचोदयन्भीममुवाच चेदम् । नैतच्चित्रं तव कर्माद्य भीम । यास्यावहे जहि पार्थारिसङ्घान् ॥

tato hayānsarvadāśārhamukhyaḥ | pracodayanbhīmamuvāca cedam | naitaccitraṃ tava karmādya bhīma | yāsyāvahe jahi pārthārisaṅghān

Then the chief of the Dasharhas, urging on the horses, said this to Bhima: "This deed of yours today is no wonder, Bhima, hero; we two shall go. Strike down the hosts of Partha's enemies."

Note on the text: Speaker: the verse opens in narration and Krishna's words to Bhima begin in line 3, so it stays with the narrator.

Verse 23 (8.68.23)

ततो ययौ हृषीकेशो यत्र राजा युधिष्ठिरः । शीघ्राच्छीघ्रतरो राजन्वाजिभिर्गरुडोपमैः ॥

tato yayau hṛṣīkeśo yatra rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | śīghrācchīghrataro rājanvājibhirgaruḍopamaiḥ

Then Hrishikesha went to where King Yudhishthira was, swifter than swift, O king, with horses like Garuda.

Verse 24 (8.68.24)

प्रत्यनीके त्ववस्थाप्य भीमसेनमरिन्दमम् । सन्दिश्य चैनं राजेन्द्र युद्धं प्रति वृकोदरम् ॥

pratyanīke tvavasthāpya bhīmasenamarindamam | sandiśya cainaṃ rājendra yuddhaṃ prati vṛkodaram

Having stationed Bhimasena, the tamer of foes, facing the enemy line and given the Wolf-Belly his instructions for the fight, O king of kings,

Verse 25 (8.68.25)

ततस्तु गत्वा पुरुषप्रवीरौ । राजानमासाद्य शयानमेकम् । रथादुभौ प्रत्यवरुह्य तस्माद् । ववन्दतुर्धर्मराजस्य पादौ ॥

tatastu gatvā puruṣapravīrau | rājānamāsādya śayānamekam | rathādubhau pratyavaruhya tasmād | vavandaturdharmarājasya pādau

the two foremost heroes went on, reached the king lying alone, both got down from the chariot, and bowed at the feet of Dharmaraja.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across lines (तस्मा-- / द्ववन्दतुः, with a double hyphen); written here with the sandhi consonant moved to the end of the preceding line, as the critical edition prints it. (तस्माद् । ववन्दतुः).

Verse 26 (8.68.26)

इत्येवमुपसङ्गृह्य उभौ तु पाञ्जली स्थितौ । शस्त्रक्षतौ महाराज रुधिरेण समुक्षितौ । निहत्य वाहिनीं तुभ्यमपयातौ रणाजिरात् ॥

ityevamupasaṅgṛhya ubhau tu pāñjalī sthitau | śastrakṣatau mahārāja rudhireṇa samukṣitau | nihatya vāhinīṃ tubhyamapayātau raṇājirāt

Having paid homage so, the two stood with folded hands, O great king, wounded by weapons and drenched in blood, having cut down an army for you and withdrawn from the field of battle.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is its star passage 8.45.70d*0642_01–03 (placed after 8.45.70), printed on the page in quote marks.

Verse 27 (8.68.27)

तं दृष्ट्वा पुरुषव्याघ्रं क्षेमिणं पुरुषर्षभम् । मुदाभ्यनन्दतां कृष्णावश्विनाविव वासवम् ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā puruṣavyāghraṃ kṣemiṇaṃ puruṣarṣabham | mudābhyanandatāṃ kṛṣṇāvaśvināviva vāsavam

Seeing that tiger among men, the best of men, safe and well, the two Krishnas rejoiced, as the Ashvins do on seeing Vasava.

Verse 28 (8.68.28)

तावभ्यनन्दद्राजापि विवस्वानश्विनाविव । हते महासुरे जम्भे शक्रविष्णू यथा गुरुः ॥

tāvabhyanandadrājāpi vivasvānaśvināviva | hate mahāsure jambhe śakraviṣṇū yathā guruḥ

And the king welcomed them in turn, as Vivasvat welcomes the Ashvins, or as the preceptor welcomed Shakra and Vishnu when the great asura Jambha was slain.

Verse 29 (8.68.29)

मन्यमानो हतं कर्णं प्रीतः परपुरञ्जयः । स भूत्वा पुरुषव्याघ्रो राजा तत्र युधिष्ठिरः । हर्षगद्गदया वाचा प्रीतः प्राह परन्तपः ॥

manyamāno hataṃ karṇaṃ prītaḥ parapurañjayaḥ | sa bhūtvā puruṣavyāghro rājā tatra yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | harṣagadgadayā vācā prītaḥ prāha parantapaḥ

Thinking Karna slain, he was glad, that conqueror of enemy cities; and King Yudhishthira there, the tiger among men, glad and scorching his foes, spoke in a voice thick with joy.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki quote marks (backtick and apostrophe). Line 1 is a variant of the critical edition's 8.45.73a (manyamāno hataṃ karṇaṃ dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) with the half-line of its star passage 8.45.73a*0643_01 (prītaḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ); line 2 is a variant of the star passage 8.45.73a*0643_02 (sa bhūtvā puruṣavyāghrau); line 3 is a variant of 8.45.73c (harṣagadgadayā vācā prītaḥ prāha paraṃtapau). The page ends here, before the king's words, which come in the next adhyaya.