Yudhishthira Rebukes Arjuna

Verse 1 (8.71.1)

वैकर्तनं कुशलिनं निशम्य । क्रुद्धः पार्थः फल्गुनस्यामितौजाः । धनञ्जयं वाक्यमुवाच राजा । युधिष्ठिरः कर्णशराभितप्तः ॥

vaikartanaṃ kuśalinaṃ niśamya | kruddhaḥ pārthaḥ phalgunasyāmitaujāḥ | dhanañjayaṃ vākyamuvāca rājā | yudhiṣṭhiraḥ karṇaśarābhitaptaḥ

On hearing that Vaikartana was unhurt, King Yudhishthira — angered at Phalguna, a Pandava of boundless might, scorched by Karna's arrows — said these words to Dhananjaya.

Note on the text: Corrected फल्गूनस्य → फल्गुनस्य (misprint in Wikisource; long ू for short ु; CE phalgunasya). Line 1 differs from the CE (śrutvā karṇaṃ kalyam udāravīryaṃ ...); Wikisource's reading kept. Adhyaya notes: the page's colophon and heading say adhyaya 71, but its verse labels read 8-73-N (the number of a later page, which has its own, different text under 8-73-N labels); the text here is adhyaya 71's own (it follows adhyaya 70 and leads into 72), so it is not a stray copy of another adhyaya; wikisource_number is the k of the labels 8-73-k. All 34 table rows are present in the input; nothing is printed after the colophon. Speakers: the only heading is सञ्जय उवाच before this verse; verses 2-3 and 5-34 are Yudhishthira's speech (unheaded on the page), verse 4 is Sanjaya's narration.

Verse 2 (8.71.2)

इमां च वसतिं हित्वा भयात्कर्णेन फल्गुन । अहं च भीमसेनश्च माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ ॥

imāṃ ca vasatiṃ hitvā bhayātkarṇena phalguna | ahaṃ ca bhīmasenaśca mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau

Having abandoned this camp in fear of Karna, Phalguna, I, Bhimasena and the two Pandava sons of Madri -

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); lines 1-2 are lines 01-02 of the star passage 8.48.1d*0677 (imāṃ ca vasatiṃ prāpto bhayāt karṇena bādhitaḥ / ahaṃ tvaṃ bhīmasenaś ca mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau). Speaker: Yudhishthira, whose unheaded speech begins here.

Verse 3 (8.71.3)

वासुदेवेन सहिता वयं कर्णेन निर्जिताः । पुनरेव वनं गत्वा तपश्चर्यां च कुर्महे । अथवा धार्तराष्ट्राणां परिचर्यां चरामहे ॥

vāsudevena sahitā vayaṃ karṇena nirjitāḥ | punareva vanaṃ gatvā tapaścaryāṃ ca kurmahe | athavā dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ paricaryāṃ carāmahe

together with Vasudeva, have been defeated by Karna. Let us go back to the forest and practise austerities, or else let us serve the sons of Dhritarashtra.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); its three lines are lines 03-05 of the star passage 8.48.1d*0677.

Verse 4 (8.71.4)

इत्येवमुक्त्वा बीभत्सुं रोषात्संरक्तलोचनः । अब्रवीत्पुनरेवात्र धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

ityevamuktvā bībhatsuṃ roṣātsaṃraktalocanaḥ | abravītpunarevātra dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Having spoken so to Bibhatsu, his eyes red with rage, Yudhishthira, king of dharma, spoke again here.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); its two lines are lines 06-07 of the star passage 8.48.1d*0677. Speaker: Sanjaya's narration (the words that follow are Yudhishthira's).

Verse 5 (8.71.5)

इदं यदि द्वैतवने तु सूक्तं । कर्णं नियोद्धुं न सहे नृपेति । वयं ततः प्राप्तकालं यथावत् । कृत्वाऽभ्युपेक्षाम तथैव राज्यम् ॥

idaṃ yadi dvaitavane tu sūktaṃ | karṇaṃ niyoddhuṃ na sahe nṛpeti | vayaṃ tataḥ prāptakālaṃ yathāvat | kṛtvā'bhyupekṣāma tathaiva rājyam

If this had been said openly in the Dvaita forest — 'O king, I cannot face Karna in battle' — then we, having done what the time required, would have let the kingdom go as well.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (यथाव-- । / त्कृत्वा); written here with the word-ends resolved (यथावत् । / कृत्वा), the line division kept. A variant of CE 8.48.2 (idaṃ yadi dvaitavane hy avakṣyaḥ ...); Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 6 (8.71.6)

मयि प्रतिश्रुत्य वधं हि तस्य । बलस्य चार्धस्य तथैव युद्धे । आनीय मां शत्रुमध्ये स कस्मात् । समुन्नाम्य स्थण्डिले प्रत्यपिंष्ठाः ॥

mayi pratiśrutya vadhaṃ hi tasya | balasya cārdhasya tathaiva yuddhe | ānīya māṃ śatrumadhye sa kasmāt | samunnāmya sthaṇḍile pratyapiṃṣṭhāḥ

Having vowed to me the death of that man and of half his force in battle, why did you bring me into the midst of the enemy, lift me up, and then crush me on the bare ground?

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (कस्मा-- । / त्समुन्नाम्य); written here with the word-ends resolved (कस्मात् । / समुन्नाम्य), the line division kept.

Verse 7 (8.71.7)

अन्वास्य सत्येन यदात्थ पार्थ । सत्यं शपन्वासुदेवेन सार्धम् । तन्नः सत्यमफलं ह्यकार्षीः । फलस्य काले चाच्छिन्नः पुष्पवृक्षम् ॥

anvāsya satyena yadāttha pārtha | satyaṃ śapanvāsudevena sārdham | tannaḥ satyamaphalaṃ hyakārṣīḥ | phalasya kāle cācchinnaḥ puṣpavṛkṣam

Partha, what you said while standing on truth, swearing truth together with Vasudeva — you have made that truth of ours fruitless; you have cut down the flowering tree just when its fruit was due.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); its four lines are the star passage 8.48.4d*0678_01-04 (placed after CE 8.48.4, whose own text, anvāśiṣma vayam arjuna tvayi ..., is not on the page).

Verse 8 (8.71.8)

प्रच्छादितस्त्वं बालिश दुर्यशोभिः । अनर्थवाक्योऽस्यर्जुन नैव साधुः । त्यक्त्वा भीमं सर्वभीमेषु भीमं । संयोजितस्त्वं सूतपुत्रं निहन्तुम् ॥

pracchāditastvaṃ bāliśa duryaśobhiḥ | anarthavākyo'syarjuna naiva sādhuḥ | tyaktvā bhīmaṃ sarvabhīmeṣu bhīmaṃ | saṃyojitastvaṃ sūtaputraṃ nihantum

You, foolish one, are shrouded in ill-repute; your words are empty, Arjuna, and you are no good man. Leaving Bhima, the most fearsome of the fearsome, you were set to kill the Suta's son.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (दुर्यशोभि-- । / रनर्थवाक्यो); written here with the word-ends resolved (दुर्यशोभिः । / अनर्थवाक्यो), the line division kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); its four lines are the star passage 8.48.5d*0679_01-04 (duryaśenā there for दुर्यशोभिः).

Verse 9 (8.71.9)

यत्तद्वृथा वागुवाचान्तरिक्षे । सप्ताह्नि जाते त्वयि मन्दबुद्धौ । अपापीयान्वासवात्कुन्तिजातो । बहून्सङ्ग्रामानयमेव जेता ॥

yattadvṛthā vāguvācāntarikṣe | saptāhni jāte tvayi mandabuddhau | apāpīyānvāsavātkuntijāto | bahūnsaṅgrāmānayameva jetā

When you were seven days old, dull-witted one, a voice spoke in the sky — in vain: 'This son of Kunti, no lesser than Vasava, will himself win many battles.'

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 = CE 8.48.6a (yat tat pṛthāṃ vāg uvācāntarikṣe; saptāhajāte tvayi mandabuddhau); lines 3-4 = the CE's star passage 8.48.6d*0681_01-02.

Verse 10 (8.71.10)

अयं जेता पाण्डवो देवसङ्घान् । सर्वाणि भूतान्यपि चोत्तमौजाः । अयं जेता मद्रकलिङ्गजातान् । दैत्यांश्च रक्षांसि समागतानि ॥

ayaṃ jetā pāṇḍavo devasaṅghān | sarvāṇi bhūtānyapi cottamaujāḥ | ayaṃ jetā madrakaliṅgajātān | daityāṃśca rakṣāṃsi samāgatāni

'This Pandava, of surpassing might, will conquer the hosts of gods and all beings; he will conquer those born among the Madrakas and Kalingas, and the daityas and rakshasas who gather against him.'

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (मद्रकलिङ्गजाता-- । / न्दैत्यांश्च); written here with the word-ends resolved (मद्रकलिङ्गजातान् । / दैत्यांश्च), the line division kept. Lines 1-2 = CE 8.48.7a (ayaṃ jetā khāṇḍave devasaṃghān; sarvāṇi bhūtāny api cottamaujāḥ; पाण्डवो for khāṇḍave); line 3 is a variant of the first half of CE 8.48.7c (ayaṃ jetā madrakaliṅgakekayān); line 4 = the CE's star passage 8.48.7c*0682_01.

Verse 11 (8.71.11)

भूमिं च सर्वां निखिलेन जेता । कुरूंश्च जेता स्वगणांश्च जेता । अस्मात्परो नो भविता धनुर्धरो । नैष्यन्न भूतः कश्चिदेनं विजेता ॥

bhūmiṃ ca sarvāṃ nikhilena jetā | kurūṃśca jetā svagaṇāṃśca jetā | asmātparo no bhavitā dhanurdharo | naiṣyanna bhūtaḥ kaścidenaṃ vijetā

'He will conquer the whole earth entire; he will conquer the Kurus, and conquer his own bands as well. There will be no archer greater than he, and none ever born who can conquer him.'

Note on the text: Line 1 = the CE's star passage 8.48.7c*0682_02 (bhūmiṃ ca sarvān nikhilena jetā); line 2 corresponds to the second half of CE 8.48.7c (ayaṃ kurūn hanti ca rājamadhye); lines 3-4 = CE 8.48.8a (asmāt paro na bhavitā dhanurdharo; na vai bhūtaḥ kaś cana jātu jetā).

Verse 12 (8.71.12)

इच्छन्नयं सर्वभूतानि कुर्यात् । वशी वशे सर्वसमाप्तविद्यः । कान्त्या शशाङ्कस्य जवेन वायोः । स्थैर्येण मेरोः क्षमया पृथिव्याः ॥

icchannayaṃ sarvabhūtāni kuryāt | vaśī vaśe sarvasamāptavidyaḥ | kāntyā śaśāṅkasya javena vāyoḥ | sthairyeṇa meroḥ kṣamayā pṛthivyāḥ

'If he wished, this self-controlled master of every science could bring all beings under his sway; in the moon's beauty, the wind's speed, Meru's steadiness and the earth's patience,

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (कुर्या-- । / द्वशी); written here with the word-ends resolved (कुर्यात् । / वशी), the line division kept. Corrected स्यैर्येण → स्थैर्येण (misprint in Wikisource; थ written as य; CE sthairyeṇa). Lines 1-2 = CE 8.48.8c (icchann āryaḥ sarvabhūtāni kuryād; vaśe vaśī sarvasamāptavidyaḥ); lines 3-4 = CE 8.48.9a (kāntyā śaśāṅkasya javena vāyoḥ; sthairyeṇa meroḥ kṣamayā pṛthivyāḥ).

Verse 13 (8.71.13)

अग्नेश्च तापे धनदस्य लक्ष्म्या । शौर्येण शक्रस्य जयेन विष्णोः । तुल्यो महात्मा तव कुन्ति पुत्रो । जातोऽदितेर्विष्णुरिवामितौजाः ॥

agneśca tāpe dhanadasya lakṣmyā | śauryeṇa śakrasya jayena viṣṇoḥ | tulyo mahātmā tava kunti putro | jāto'diterviṣṇurivāmitaujāḥ

in fire's heat, the Lord of Wealth's riches, Shakra's valour and Vishnu's triumph, O Kunti, this great-souled son of yours is their equal — born as Vishnu was of Aditi, of boundless might.'

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 correspond to CE 8.48.9c (sūryasya bhāsā dhanadasya lakṣmyā; śauryeṇa śakrasya balena viṣṇoḥ; the wording differs); lines 3-4 = CE 8.48.10a (tulyo mahātmā tava kunti putro; jāto 'diter viṣṇur ivārihantā).

Verse 14 (8.71.14)

स्वेषां जयाय द्विषतां वधाय । जातो महात्मा तव नन्दिकर्ता । इत्यन्तरिक्षे शतशृङ्गमूर्ध्नि । तपस्विनां शृण्वतां वागुवाच ॥

sveṣāṃ jayāya dviṣatāṃ vadhāya | jāto mahātmā tava nandikartā | ityantarikṣe śataśṛṅgamūrdhni | tapasvināṃ śṛṇvatāṃ vāguvāca

'Born for the victory of his own and the slaughter of his foes, this great-souled one will be a giver of joy to you' — so a voice spoke from the sky on the summit of Shatashringa while the ascetics listened.

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 correspond to CE 8.48.10c (sveṣāṃ jayāya dviṣatāṃ vadhāya; khyāto 'mitaujāḥ kulatantukartā; the wording differs); lines 3-4 = CE 8.48.11a (ity antarikṣe śataśṛṅgamūrdhni; tapasvināṃ śṛṇvatāṃ vāg uvāca).

Verse 15 (8.71.15)

एवंविधस्त्वं न च भूतस्तथाद्य । देवाश्च नूनमनृतं वदन्ति ॥

evaṃvidhastvaṃ na ca bhūtastathādya | devāśca nūnamanṛtaṃ vadanti

But you have not turned out such as that today; surely the gods speak untruth.

Verse 16 (8.71.16)

तथा परेषामृषिसत्तमानां । श्रुत्वा गिरः पूजयतां सदा त्वाम् । न सन्नतिं यामि सुयोधनस्य । न त्वां जानाम्याधिरथेर्भयार्तम् ॥

tathā pareṣāmṛṣisattamānāṃ | śrutvā giraḥ pūjayatāṃ sadā tvām | na sannatiṃ yāmi suyodhanasya | na tvāṃ jānāmyādhiratherbhayārtam

Having heard likewise the words of other great sages, who always extolled you, I did not bow to Suyodhana; nor did I know you to be struck with fear of Adhiratha's son.

Verse 17 (8.71.17)

त्वष्ट्रा कृतं वाहमकूजनाक्षं । शुभं समास्थाय कपिध्वजं तम् । खड्गं गृहीत्वा हेमचित्रावनद्धं । धनुर्वरं गाण्डिवं तालमात्रम् । त्वं वासुदेवेनोह्यमानः कथं नु । कर्णाद्भीतो व्यपयातोऽसि पार्थ ॥

tvaṣṭrā kṛtaṃ vāhamakūjanākṣaṃ | śubhaṃ samāsthāya kapidhvajaṃ tam | khaḍgaṃ gṛhītvā hemacitrāvanaddhaṃ | dhanurvaraṃ gāṇḍivaṃ tālamātram | tvaṃ vāsudevenohyamānaḥ kathaṃ nu | karṇādbhīto vyapayāto'si pārtha

Mounted on that splendid, monkey-bannered chariot made by Tvashtri, whose axle never creaks, holding a sword adorned with gold and Gandiva, the best of bows, tall as a palm, carried by Vasudeva — how have you fled in fear of Karna, Partha?

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गं → खड्गं (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग; CE khaḍgam). Corrected हेमचित्रावनद्वं → हेमचित्रावनद्धं (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध). The six lines correspond to CE 8.48.13a, 13c and 13e (tvaṣṭrā kṛtaṃ vāham akūjanākṣam ...; khaḍgaṃ gṛhītvā hemacitraṃ samiddhaṃ ...; sa keśavenohyamānaḥ kathaṃ nu ...); the wording of lines 3 and 5 differs.

Verse 18 (8.71.18)

पूर्वं यदुक्तं हि सुयोधनेन । न फल्गुनः प्रमुखे स्थास्यतीति । कर्णस्य युद्धे हि महाबलस्य । मौर्ख्यात्तु तन्नावबुद्धं मयाऽसीत् ॥

pūrvaṃ yaduktaṃ hi suyodhanena | na phalgunaḥ pramukhe sthāsyatīti | karṇasya yuddhe hi mahābalasya | maurkhyāttu tannāvabuddhaṃ mayā'sīt

What Suyodhana said before, that Phalguna would not stand before mighty Karna in battle — through my folly I did not take it in.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of the critical edition's Appendix I passage No. 20, inserted after 8.48.13f (8.48.13f@020_0001-0004).

Verse 19 (8.71.19)

तेनाद्य तप्स्ये भृशमप्रमेयं । यन्मित्रवर्गो नरकं प्रविष्टः । तदैव वाच्योऽस्मि ननु त्वयाऽहं । न योत्स्येऽहं सूतपुत्रं कथञ्चित् ॥

tenādya tapsye bhṛśamaprameyaṃ | yanmitravargo narakaṃ praviṣṭaḥ | tadaiva vācyo'smi nanu tvayā'haṃ | na yotsye'haṃ sūtaputraṃ kathañcit

For this I shall grieve today beyond measure, that my circle of friends has gone into hell. You should have told me at that very time, 'I will not fight the Suta's son in any way.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of the critical edition's Appendix I passage No. 20, inserted after 8.48.13f (8.48.13f@020_0005-0008).

Verse 20 (8.71.20)

ततो नाहं सृञ्जयान्केकयांश्च । समानयेयं सुहृदो रणाय ॥

tato nāhaṃ sṛñjayānkekayāṃśca | samānayeyaṃ suhṛdo raṇāya

Then I should not have brought the Srinjayas and the Kekayas, my friends, together for the battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of the critical edition's Appendix I passage No. 20, inserted after 8.48.13f (8.48.13f@020_0009-0010).

Verse 21 (8.71.21)

एवं गते किं च मयाऽद्य शक्यं । कार्यं कर्तुं निग्रहे सूतजस्य । तथैव राज्ञश्च सुयोधनस्य । ये वापि मां योद्धुकामाः समेताः ॥

evaṃ gate kiṃ ca mayā'dya śakyaṃ | kāryaṃ kartuṃ nigrahe sūtajasya | tathaiva rājñaśca suyodhanasya | ye vāpi māṃ yoddhukāmāḥ sametāḥ

This being so, what can I do today to curb the Suta's son, and likewise King Suyodhana and any others who have gathered wishing to fight me?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of the critical edition's Appendix I passage No. 20, inserted after 8.48.13f (8.48.13f@020_0011-0014). (The same four lines as verse 21 of adhyaya 70, where they are the star passage 8.47.12b*0671.)

Verse 22 (8.71.22)

धिगस्तु मज्जीवितमद्य कृष्ण । योऽहं वशं सूतपुत्रस्य यातः । मध्ये कुरूणां ससुयोधनानां । ये चाप्यन्ये योद्धुकामाः समेताः ॥

dhigastu majjīvitamadya kṛṣṇa | yo'haṃ vaśaṃ sūtaputrasya yātaḥ | madhye kurūṇāṃ sasuyodhanānāṃ | ye cāpyanye yoddhukāmāḥ sametāḥ

Shame on my life today, Krishna, for I have fallen into the power of the Suta's son, in the midst of the Kurus with Suyodhana and of all the others who have gathered eager to fight!

Note on the text: Corrected समुयोधनानां → ससुयोधनानां (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped syllable; the Appendix passage reads sasuyodhanānām). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of the critical edition's Appendix I passage No. 20, inserted after 8.48.13f (8.48.13f@020_0015-0018).

Verse 23 (8.71.23)

एकः स मे भीमसेनोऽद्य नाथो । येनाभिपन्नोऽस्मि रणे महाभये । विमोच्य मां चापि रुषान्वितस्ततः । शरेण तीक्ष्णेन बिभेद कर्णम् ॥

ekaḥ sa me bhīmaseno'dya nātho | yenābhipanno'smi raṇe mahābhaye | vimocya māṃ cāpi ruṣānvitastataḥ | śareṇa tīkṣṇena bibheda karṇam

Bhimasena alone is my protector today: it is he who reached me in the terrible peril of battle, freed me, and then, filled with rage, pierced Karna with a sharp arrow.

Note on the text: Corrected भीमसेनोऽद्यं → भीमसेनोऽद्य (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara). Corrected रुपान्वितस्ततः → रुषान्वितस्ततः (misprint in Wikisource; ष written as प; the Appendix passage reads ruṣānvitas). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of the critical edition's Appendix I passage No. 20, inserted after 8.48.13f (8.48.13f@020_0019-0022). (Line 1 reads एकः स मे where the Appendix passage has ekas tu me.)

Verse 24 (8.71.24)

त्यक्त्वा प्राणान्समरे भीमसेनः । चक्रे युद्धं कुरुमुख्यैः समेतैः । गदाग्रहस्तो रुधिरोक्षिताङ्गः । चरन्रणे काल इवान्तकाले ॥

tyaktvā prāṇānsamare bhīmasenaḥ | cakre yuddhaṃ kurumukhyaiḥ sametaiḥ | gadāgrahasto rudhirokṣitāṅgaḥ | caranraṇe kāla ivāntakāle

Giving up his life, Bhimasena fought in the battle against the Kuru chiefs gathered together, mace in hand, his limbs drenched in blood, ranging the field like Death at the world's end.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (भीमसेन-- । / श्चक्रे); written here with the word-ends resolved (भीमसेनः । / चक्रे), the line division kept. The page splits a sandhi across the line break (रुधिरोक्षिताङ्ग-- । / श्चरन्); written here with the word-ends resolved (रुधिरोक्षिताङ्गः । / चरन्), the line division kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of the critical edition's Appendix I passage No. 20, inserted after 8.48.13f (8.48.13f@020_0023-0026).

Verse 25 (8.71.25)

असौ हि भीमस्य महानिनादो । मुहुर्मुहुः श्रूयते धार्तराष्ट्रैः । यदि स्म जीवेत्समरे निहन्ता । महारथानां प्रवरो नरोत्तमः ॥

asau hi bhīmasya mahāninādo | muhurmuhuḥ śrūyate dhārtarāṣṭraiḥ | yadi sma jīvetsamare nihantā | mahārathānāṃ pravaro narottamaḥ

That mighty roar of Bhima is heard by the Dhartarashtras again and again — if only he be alive, the slayer in battle, the foremost of great charioteers, best of men.

Note on the text: Corrected मुहुर्महुः → मुहुर्मुहुः (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped vowel mark). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of the critical edition's Appendix I passage No. 20, inserted after 8.48.13f (8.48.13f@020_0027-0030).

Verse 26 (8.71.26)

तवाभिमन्युस्तनयोऽद्य पार्थ । न चास्मि गन्ता समरे पराभवम् । अथापि जीवेत्समरे घटोत्कचः । तथाऽपि नाहं समरे पराङ्मुखः ॥

tavābhimanyustanayo'dya pārtha | na cāsmi gantā samare parābhavam | athāpi jīvetsamare ghaṭotkacaḥ | tathā'pi nāhaṃ samare parāṅmukhaḥ

Had your son Abhimanyu been here today, Partha, I would not be going toward defeat in battle; and had Ghatotkacha been alive, even so I would not be turning my face from the fight.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (घटोत्कच-- । / स्तथाऽपि); written here with the word-ends resolved (घटोत्कचः । / तथाऽपि), the line division kept. Corrected पराङ्युखः → पराङ्मुखः (misprint in Wikisource; य written for म; the Appendix passage reads parāṅmukhaḥ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of the critical edition's Appendix I passage No. 20, inserted after 8.48.13f (8.48.13f@020_0031-0034).

Verse 27 (8.71.27)

भीमस्य पुत्रः समराग्रयायी । महास्त्रविच्चापि तवानुरूपः । यत्नं समासाद्य रिपोर्बलं नो । निमीलिताक्षं भयविप्लुतं भवेत् ॥

bhīmasya putraḥ samarāgrayāyī | mahāstraviccāpi tavānurūpaḥ | yatnaṃ samāsādya riporbalaṃ no | nimīlitākṣaṃ bhayaviplutaṃ bhavet

Bhima's son, who leads in the van of battle, a master of the great weapons, and a match for you — with his effort the enemy's force would be left with eyes shut, overwhelmed by fear -

Note on the text: Corrected महास्त्रविन्नापि → महास्त्रविच्चापि (misprint in Wikisource; च mistyped as न; the Appendix passage reads mahāstravic cāpi). Restored यत्नं समासाद्य रिपोर्बलं नो from the Appendix passage (8.48.13f@020_0037: yatnaṃ samāsādya ripor balaṃ no) for the page's damaged यं तं xxxसाद्य रिपोर्वलं नो (the letters xxx mark lost text; वलं is also a misprint for बलं). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of the critical edition's Appendix I passage No. 20, inserted after 8.48.13f (8.48.13f@020_0035-0038).

Verse 28 (8.71.28)

चकार योऽसौ निशि युद्धमेकः । त्यक्त्वा रणं यस्य भयाद्रवन्ते ॥

cakāra yo'sau niśi yuddhamekaḥ | tyaktvā raṇaṃ yasya bhayādravante

who alone made war by night, from fear of whom they abandon the fight and flee -

Note on the text: Restored चकार योऽसौ (the page prints five x marks for lost text) from the Appendix passage (8.48.13f@020_0039: cakāra yo 'sau niśi yuddham ekas); corrected स्त्यक्सा → त्यक्त्वा and यत्व → यस्य (misprints in Wikisource; the Appendix passage reads tyaktvā raṇaṃ yasya); and the page splits a sandhi across the line break (युद्धमेक-- । / स्त्यक्सा); written here with the word-ends resolved (युद्धमेकः । / त्यक्त्वा), the line division kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of the critical edition's Appendix I passage No. 20, inserted after 8.48.13f (8.48.13f@020_0039-0040).

Verse 29 (8.71.29)

स चेत्समासाद्य महानुभावः । कर्णं रणे बाणगणैः प्रमोह्य । धैर्ये स्थितेनापि च सूतजेन । शक्त्या हतो वासवदत्तया तया ॥

sa cetsamāsādya mahānubhāvaḥ | karṇaṃ raṇe bāṇagaṇaiḥ pramohya | dhairye sthitenāpi ca sūtajena | śaktyā hato vāsavadattayā tayā

That mighty one, though he met Karna in battle and bewildered him with showers of arrows, was struck down by the steady-minded Suta's son with that spear given by Vasava.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रमोह्यः → प्रमोह्य (misprint in Wikisource; stray visarga on the gerund; the Appendix passage reads pramohya). Corrected शक्या हतो → शक्त्या हतो (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct त्त्य is dropped; the Appendix passage reads śaktyā hato). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of the critical edition's Appendix I passage No. 20, inserted after 8.48.13f (8.48.13f@020_0041-0044).

Verse 30 (8.71.30)

ममैव भाग्यानि पुरा कृतानि । पापानि नूनं फलवन्ति युद्धे । तृणं च कृत्वा समरे भवन्तं । ततोऽहमेवं निकृतो दुरात्मना । वैकर्तनेनैव तथा कृतोऽहं । यथा ह्यशक्तः क्रियते त्वबान्धवः ॥

mamaiva bhāgyāni purā kṛtāni | pāpāni nūnaṃ phalavanti yuddhe | tṛṇaṃ ca kṛtvā samare bhavantaṃ | tato'hamevaṃ nikṛto durātmanā | vaikartanenaiva tathā kṛto'haṃ | yathā hyaśaktaḥ kriyate tvabāndhavaḥ

Surely it is my own evil deeds of long ago that bear fruit in this battle. Making a straw of you in the fight, the evil-souled Vaikartana has so insulted me, and has so treated me, as one is treated who is powerless and friendless.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of the critical edition's Appendix I passage No. 20, inserted after 8.48.13f (8.48.13f@020_0045-0050). (Line 5 reads वैकर्तनेनैव where the Appendix passage has vaikartaneneha; line 6 reads त्वबान्धवः for hy abāndhavaḥ. Wikisource's readings kept.)

Verse 31 (8.71.31)

आपद्गतं यश्च नरो विमोक्षयेत् । स बान्धवः स्नेहयुतः सुहृच्च । एवं पुराणा ऋषयो वदन्ति । धर्मः सदा सद्भिरनुष्ठितश्च ॥

āpadgataṃ yaśca naro vimokṣayet | sa bāndhavaḥ snehayutaḥ suhṛcca | evaṃ purāṇā ṛṣayo vadanti | dharmaḥ sadā sadbhiranuṣṭhitaśca

He who delivers a man fallen into distress is his kinsman, an affectionate friend — so the ancient sages say; and dharma is always practised by the good.

Note on the text: Corrected आपद्ग्रतं → आपद्गतं (misprint in Wikisource; ग्र for ग; the Appendix passage reads āpadgatam). The page splits a sandhi across the line break (विमोक्षये-- । / त्स बान्धवः); written here with the word-ends resolved (विमोक्षयेत् । / स बान्धवः), the line division kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of the critical edition's Appendix I passage No. 20, inserted after 8.48.13f (8.48.13f@020_0051-0054).

Verse 32 (8.71.32)

खड्गं विभ्रज्जातरूपत्सरुं च । धनुर्वरं गाण्डिवं तालमात्रम् । स केशवेनोह्यमानः कथं नु । कर्णात्पार्थस्त्वमपैतुं समैषीः ॥

khaḍgaṃ vibhrajjātarūpatsaruṃ ca | dhanurvaraṃ gāṇḍivaṃ tālamātram | sa keśavenohyamānaḥ kathaṃ nu | karṇātpārthastvamapaituṃ samaiṣīḥ

Wearing a sword with a golden hilt and the best of bows, Gandiva, tall as a palm, carried by Keshava — how did you, Partha, come to set out to retreat from Karna?

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गं → खड्गं (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग; CE khaḍgam (8.48.13c)). Corrected धनुर्वेदं → धनुर्वरं (misprint in Wikisource; the same line in verse 17 reads धनुर्वरं गाण्डिवं तालमात्रम्; धनुर्वेदं ("the science of archery") does not fit with गाण्डिवं). A doublet of verse 17 (lines 1-2 parallel CE 8.48.13c, lines 3-4 CE 8.48.13e); in this wording the verse is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension), and it is not in the Appendix passage No. 20.

Verse 33 (8.71.33)

स गाण्डीवं केशवाय प्रदाय । यन्ता भवेस्त्वं यदि केशवस्य । ततस्तरेत्केशवः कर्णमुग्रं । मरुत्सखो वृत्रमिवात्तवज्रः ॥

sa gāṇḍīvaṃ keśavāya pradāya | yantā bhavestvaṃ yadi keśavasya | tatastaretkeśavaḥ karṇamugraṃ | marutsakho vṛtramivāttavajraḥ

If you were to give Gandiva to Keshava and yourself become Keshava's charioteer, then Keshava would overcome fierce Karna as Indra, friend of the Maruts, thunderbolt in hand, overcame Vritra.

Note on the text: Corrected मरुत्सस्वो → मरुत्सखो (misprint in Wikisource; ख written as स्व; marutsakha, "friend of the Maruts", is Indra). A variant of CE 8.48.14a-c (dhanuś caitat keśavāya pradāya; yantābhaviṣyas tvaṃ raṇe ced durātman / tato 'haniṣyat keśavaḥ karṇam ugraṃ; marutpatir vṛtram ivāttavajraḥ); Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 34 (8.71.34)

मासेऽपतिष्यो यदि पञ्चमे त्वं । न वा गर्भो यद्यभवः पृथायाः । मत्तः श्रेयान्राजपुत्रोऽभविष्यन् । न ते यशः फल्गुन इत्यपेयात् ॥

māse'patiṣyo yadi pañcame tvaṃ | na vā garbho yadyabhavaḥ pṛthāyāḥ | mattaḥ śreyānrājaputro'bhaviṣyan | na te yaśaḥ phalguna ityapeyāt

Had you fallen in the fifth month, or had you never been a child in Pritha's womb, there would have been a prince better than I, and your fame, Phalguna, would not have been lost.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (राजपुत्रोऽभविष्य-- । / न्न ते); written here with the word-ends resolved (राजपुत्रोऽभविष्यन् । / न ते), the line division kept. Lines 1-2 correspond to CE 8.48.15a (māse 'patiṣyaḥ pañcame tvaṃ prakṛcchre; na vā garbho 'py abhaviṣyaḥ pṛthāyāḥ); lines 3-4 differ from CE 15c; Wikisource's reading kept.