Arjuna's Harsh Words and His Apology

Verse 1 (8.73.1)

इत्येवमुक्तस्तु जनार्दनेन । पार्थः प्रशस्याथ सुहृद्वचस्तत् । ततोऽब्रवीदर्जुनो धर्मराजम् । अनुक्तपूर्वं परुषं प्रसह्य ॥

ityevamuktastu janārdanena | pārthaḥ praśasyātha suhṛdvacastat | tato'bravīdarjuno dharmarājam | anuktapūrvaṃ paruṣaṃ prasahya

Thus addressed by Janardana, Partha approved that counsel of his friend; then Arjuna, forcing himself, spoke to Dharmaraja harsh words such as he had never spoken before.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (धर्मराज-- । / मनुक्तपूर्वं); written here with the word-ends resolved (धर्मराजम् । / अनुक्तपूर्वं), the line division kept. Variant of the critical edition's 8.49.72ac (line 2 there: suhṛdvadhaṃ tam).

Verse 2 (8.73.2)

मा त्वं राजन्व्याहरस्वाद्य पापं । त्वं तिष्ठसि क्रोशमात्रे व्यपेत्य । भीमस्तु मामर्हति गर्हणाय । यो युध्यते सर्वलोकप्रवीरैः ॥

mā tvaṃ rājanvyāharasvādya pāpaṃ | tvaṃ tiṣṭhasi krośamātre vyapetya | bhīmastu māmarhati garhaṇāya | yo yudhyate sarvalokapravīraiḥ

"O king, do not utter sinful words today; you stand a full krosha away, having withdrawn from the fight. It is Bhima who has the right to reproach me, he who fights with the foremost heroes of all the world.

Note on the text: Variant of the critical edition's 8.49.73ac (with a variant of its star lines 8.49.73b*0716_01–02 in line 2).

Verse 3 (8.73.3)

काले हि शत्रून्परिपीड्य वीरो । हत्वा प्रवीरान्वसुधाधिपानाम् । रथप्रधानोत्तमनागमुख्या । युधिप्रवीरा निहताश्च शूराः ॥

kāle hi śatrūnparipīḍya vīro | hatvā pravīrānvasudhādhipānām | rathapradhānottamanāgamukhyā | yudhipravīrā nihatāśca śūrāḥ

At the right time that hero has crushed the enemies and slain the foremost heroes among the lords of the earth; the best of the chariot-warriors, the chief elephants and the great fighters and brave men in the battle have been killed.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are a variant of the critical edition's 8.49.74a; lines 3–4 are a variant of its star lines 8.49.74b*0717_01–02.

Verse 4 (8.73.4)

सुदुष्करं कर्म करोति भीमः । कर्तुं यथा नार्हति कश्चिदन्यः । रथादवस्कन्द्य गदां परामृशन् । तथा रणे हन्ति तथैव वारणान् ॥

suduṣkaraṃ karma karoti bhīmaḥ | kartuṃ yathā nārhati kaścidanyaḥ | rathādavaskandya gadāṃ parāmṛśan | tathā raṇe hanti tathaiva vāraṇān

Bhima does a most difficult deed, such as no one else could do: leaping down from his chariot and taking up his mace, he kills men in battle, and elephants as well.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (परामृशं-- । / स्तथा); written here with the word-ends resolved (परामृशन् । / तथा), the line division kept. Variant of the critical edition's 8.49.75.

Verse 5 (8.73.5)

स कुञ्जराणामधिकं सहस्रं । हत्वा नदंस्तुमुलं सिंहनादम् । काम्भोजवानायुजपार्वतीयान् । ईहामृगाभान्विनिहत्य वाजिनः ॥

sa kuñjarāṇāmadhikaṃ sahasraṃ | hatvā nadaṃstumulaṃ siṃhanādam | kāmbhojavānāyujapārvatīyān | īhāmṛgābhānvinihatya vājinaḥ

Having killed more than a thousand elephants, roaring a tumultuous lion's roar, he has also killed the horses of the Kambojas, the Vanayus and the mountain peoples, which shone like ihamrigas.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (पार्वतीया-- । / नीहामृगाभान्); written here with the word-ends resolved (पार्वतीयान् । / ईहामृगाभान्), the line division kept. Lines 1–2 correspond to the critical edition's 8.49.74c (variants); lines 3–4 to its star lines 8.49.74d*0718_01–02.

Verse 6 (8.73.6)

महारथान्द्विरदाञ्शैलकल्पान् । सहेत यः कुञ्जरान्वध्यमानान् । असौ भीमो धार्तराष्ट्रेषु मग्नः । स मामुपालब्धुमरिन्दमोऽर्हति ॥

mahārathāndviradāñśailakalpān | saheta yaḥ kuñjarānvadhyamānān | asau bhīmo dhārtarāṣṭreṣu magnaḥ | sa māmupālabdhumarindamo'rhati

He who can withstand great chariot-warriors and elephants like mountains even as the elephants are being slain, that Bhima, plunged among the Dhartarashtras, the subduer of foes, has the right to reproach me.

Note on the text: Corrected दविरदा → द्विरदा (misprint in Wikisource; garbled; द्विरद is the elephant). The page splits a sandhi across the line break (शैलकल्पा-- । / न्सहेत); written here with the word-ends resolved (शैलकल्पान् । / सहेत), the line division kept. Lines 1–2 are not in the critical edition (vulgate only); lines 3–4 are a variant of its 8.49.78c.

Verse 7 (8.73.7)

वरासिना चाथ नराश्वकुञ्जरान् । तथा रथाङ्गैर्धनुषा च हन्त्यरीन् । प्रमृद्य पद्ध्यामहितांस्तु हन्ति । पुनश्च दोर्भ्यां शतमन्युविक्रमः ॥

varāsinā cātha narāśvakuñjarān | tathā rathāṅgairdhanuṣā ca hantyarīn | pramṛdya paddhyāmahitāṃstu hanti | punaśca dorbhyāṃ śatamanyuvikramaḥ

With his fine sword he kills men, horses and elephants; with chariot-wheels and with his bow he kills his foes; he crushes his enemies underfoot and kills them again with his arms, with a might like Indra's.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (नराश्वकुञ्जरां-- । / स्तथा); written here with the word-ends resolved (नराश्वकुञ्जरान् । / तथा), the line division kept.

Verse 8 (8.73.8)

महाबलो वैश्रवणान्तकोपमः । प्रसह्य हर्ता द्विषतां यशांसि । स भीमसेनोऽर्हति गर्हणाय । न त्वं नित्यं रक्ष्यमाणः सुहृद्भिः ॥

mahābalo vaiśravaṇāntakopamaḥ | prasahya hartā dviṣatāṃ yaśāṃsi | sa bhīmaseno'rhati garhaṇāya | na tvaṃ nityaṃ rakṣyamāṇaḥ suhṛdbhiḥ

Of great strength, like Vaishravana and Antaka, he forcibly seizes the glory of his enemies; it is Bhimasena who has the right to reproach me, not you, who are always guarded by your friends.

Verse 9 (8.73.9)

कलिङ्गवङ्गाङ्गनिपादमागधान् । सदा महाशैलवलाहकोपमान् । निहन्ति यः शत्रुगणाननेकशः । स मां हि वक्तुं प्रभवत्यनागसम् ॥

kaliṅgavaṅgāṅganipādamāgadhān | sadā mahāśailavalāhakopamān | nihanti yaḥ śatrugaṇānanekaśaḥ | sa māṃ hi vaktuṃ prabhavatyanāgasam

He who again and again slays hosts of enemies, Kalingas, Vangas, Angas, Nishadas and Magadhas, like great mountain-like clouds, he alone has the power to speak to me, who am blameless.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रभवत्यमानगसम् → प्रभवत्यनागसम् (misprint in Wikisource; garbled; the critical edition reads prabhavaty anāgasam). The page splits a sandhi across the line break (मागधा-- । / न्सदा); written here with the word-ends resolved (मागधान् । / सदा), the line division kept.

Verse 10 (8.73.10)

संयुक्तमास्थाय रथं हि काले । धनुर्विधून्वञ्छरपूर्णमुष्टिः । सृजेच्च यो बाणसङ्घान्परेषु । महाबलो मेघ इवाम्बुधाराः ॥

saṃyuktamāsthāya rathaṃ hi kāle | dhanurvidhūnvañcharapūrṇamuṣṭiḥ | sṛjecca yo bāṇasaṅghānpareṣu | mahābalo megha ivāmbudhārāḥ

Mounting his well-yoked chariot at the right moment, drawing his bow, his fist full of arrows, he pours out showers of arrows on the enemy like a mighty cloud pouring rain.

Note on the text: Variant of the critical edition's 8.49.80ac.

Verse 11 (8.73.11)

शतान्यष्टौ वारणानामदर्शयत् । विशातितैः कुम्भघटाग्रहस्तैः । यो भीमसेनो निहतारिसङ्घः । स मामुपालब्धुमरिन्दमोऽर्हति ॥

śatānyaṣṭau vāraṇānāmadarśayat | viśātitaiḥ kumbhaghaṭāgrahastaiḥ | yo bhīmaseno nihatārisaṅghaḥ | sa māmupālabdhumarindamo'rhati

Bhimasena, who displayed eight hundred elephants with their temples and trunk-tips hacked to pieces, and who has destroyed whole hosts of enemies, has the right to reproach me, the subduer of foes.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (वारणानामदर्शय-- । / द्विशातितैः); written here with the word-ends resolved (वारणानामदर्शयत् । / विशातितैः), the line division kept. Lines 1–2 correspond to the critical edition's star lines 8.49.80d*0719_01–02; lines 3–4 to a variant of its star lines 8.49.80d*0722_01–02.

Verse 12 (8.73.12)

रथाश्च नागाश्च हयाश्च राजन् । भीमेनाजौ निहताः सङ्घशोऽद्य । राजानश्च बहवो महाबलाः । स मामुपालब्धुमरिन्दमोऽर्हति ॥

rathāśca nāgāśca hayāśca rājan | bhīmenājau nihatāḥ saṅghaśo'dya | rājānaśca bahavo mahābalāḥ | sa māmupālabdhumarindamo'rhati

Chariots, elephants and horses, O king, have been slain in battle by Bhima in whole troops today, and many mighty kings besides; he, the subduer of foes, has the right to reproach me.

Note on the text: The page splits the sandhi राजन् across the line break (राज-- । / न्भीमेना); written here with राजन् at the end of line 1. Not in the critical edition's main text: the four lines are its Appendix I passage 21, lines 1–4 (printed after 8.49.80d: 08,049.080d@021_0001–0004).

Verse 13 (8.73.13)

धृतराष्ट्रपुत्रा बलिनश्च येन । महाबला निहताः प्रायशो वै । शूरो युद्धे ह्यप्रतिवार्यवीर्यः । स मामुपालब्धुमरिन्दमोऽर्हति ॥

dhṛtarāṣṭraputrā balinaśca yena | mahābalā nihatāḥ prāyaśo vai | śūro yuddhe hyaprativāryavīryaḥ | sa māmupālabdhumarindamo'rhati

He by whom the mighty, powerful sons of Dhritarashtra were for the most part slain, a hero of irresistible might in battle, has the right to reproach me, the subduer of foes.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text: the four lines are its Appendix I passage 21, lines 5–8 (08,049.080d@021_0005–0008).

Verse 14 (8.73.14)

प्रतापयंस्तद्बलमुग्ररूपं । योऽसौ रणे धार्तराष्ट्रस्य वीरः । एकः सहेताप्रतिसह्यपौरुषः । तेनास्मि वाच्यो न त्वया वै कदाचित् ॥

pratāpayaṃstadbalamugrarūpaṃ | yo'sau raṇe dhārtarāṣṭrasya vīraḥ | ekaḥ sahetāpratisahyapauruṣaḥ | tenāsmi vācyo na tvayā vai kadācit

He who, scorching that dreadful army of Dhritarashtra's son in battle, alone can withstand it with irresistible manliness: by him I may be spoken to, never by you.

Note on the text: Corrected योऽसौ रमे → योऽसौ रणे (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण; the critical edition reads raṇe). The page splits a sandhi across the line break (पौरुष-- । / स्तेनास्मि); written here with the word-ends resolved (पौरुषः । / तेनास्मि), the line division kept. Not in the critical edition's main text: the four lines are its Appendix I passage 21, lines 9–12 (08,049.080d@021_0009–0012).

Verse 15 (8.73.15)

महारथा यत्र यत्रैव युद्धे । भिन्दन्ति सैन्यं तव कामतोऽद्य । तत्रैव तत्रैव रणे महात्मा । दृढं भीमः परसङ्घानमृद्नात् ॥

mahārathā yatra yatraiva yuddhe | bhindanti sainyaṃ tava kāmato'dya | tatraiva tatraiva raṇe mahātmā | dṛḍhaṃ bhīmaḥ parasaṅghānamṛdnāt

Wherever the great chariot-warriors break your army in the fight, at their will today, there and there the great-souled Bhima has firmly crushed the enemy hosts.

Note on the text: Corrected परसङ्घानमृद्रात् → परसङ्घानमृद्नात् (misprint in Wikisource; द्र for द्न; the critical edition reads parasaṃghān amṛdnāt). Not in the critical edition's main text: the four lines are its Appendix I passage 21, lines 13–16 (08,049.080d@021_0013–0016).

Verse 16 (8.73.16)

तेनास्मि वाच्यो न त्वया हं कदाचित् । मा मा वोचः क्रूरमिहाद्य पार्थ । नास्मद्विधो वै भवता तु वाच्यो । यथा भवान्सर्वलोकस्य वाच्यः ॥

tenāsmi vācyo na tvayā haṃ kadācit | mā mā vocaḥ krūramihādya pārtha | nāsmadvidho vai bhavatā tu vācyo | yathā bhavānsarvalokasya vācyaḥ

By him I may be spoken to, never by you. Do not speak cruelly to me here today, Partha. A man like me should not be spoken to by you as you deserve to be spoken to by the whole world.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (कदाचि-- । / न्मा मा); written here with the word-ends resolved (कदाचित् । / मा मा), the line division kept. Not in the critical edition's main text: the four lines are its Appendix I passage 21, lines 17–20 (08,049.080d@021_0017–0020).

Verse 17 (8.73.17)

एवं हि मा ते ब्रुवतो नरेन्द्र । कथं न दीर्येच्छतधाऽद्य जिह्वा । अहो बतेदं सुनृशंसरूपं । कामादवोचस्त्वमिहाद्य यद्वै ॥

evaṃ hi mā te bruvato narendra | kathaṃ na dīryecchatadhā'dya jihvā | aho batedaṃ sunṛśaṃsarūpaṃ | kāmādavocastvamihādya yadvai

When you say such things to me, O king, how is it that your tongue does not split into a hundred pieces? Ah, what a most cruel thing you have said today, wilfully.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text: the four lines are its Appendix I passage 21, lines 21–24 (08,049.080d@021_0021–0024); line 4 differs there (bhavān api hy atra karṇād bibheti).

Verse 18 (8.73.18)

बलं न वाधिष्ठितं सत्तमानां । यत्क्षत्रियाणां बहुलं वदन्ति । त्वं चाबलो भारत निष्ठुरोऽसि । त्वमेव मां वेत्सि यथाविधोऽहम् ॥

balaṃ na vādhiṣṭhitaṃ sattamānāṃ | yatkṣatriyāṇāṃ bahulaṃ vadanti | tvaṃ cābalo bhārata niṣṭhuro'si | tvameva māṃ vetsi yathāvidho'ham

The strength of the best men, which they say abounds in Kshatriyas, is not found in you; you are weak and harsh, Bharata, and you yourself know what sort of man I am.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are not in the critical edition (vulgate only); lines 3–4 correspond to the critical edition's 8.49.81c.

Verse 19 (8.73.19)

नकुलेन राजन्गजवाजियोधा । हताश्च वीराः सहसा समेत्य । त्यक्त्वा प्राणान्समरे युद्धकाङ्क्षी । स मामुपालब्धुमरिन्दमोऽर्हति ॥

nakulena rājangajavājiyodhā | hatāśca vīrāḥ sahasā sametya | tyaktvā prāṇānsamare yuddhakāṅkṣī | sa māmupālabdhumarindamo'rhati

By Nakula, O king, elephant-fighters, horse-fighters and heroes have been suddenly attacked and slain, he risking his life in the fight, eager for battle; he has the right to reproach me, the subduer of foes.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text: the four lines are its Appendix I passage 22, lines 1–4 (printed after 8.49.81d: 08,049.081d@022_0001–0004).

Verse 20 (8.73.20)

कृतं कर्म सहदेवेन दुष्करं । यो युध्यते परसैन्यावमर्दी । न चाब्रवीत्किञ्चिदिहागतो बली । पश्यान्तरं तस्य चैवात्मनश्च ॥

kṛtaṃ karma sahadevena duṣkaraṃ | yo yudhyate parasainyāvamardī | na cābravītkiñcidihāgato balī | paśyāntaraṃ tasya caivātmanaśca

Sahadeva has done a hard deed, fighting and crushing the enemy's armies; the strong man came here and said nothing at all. See the difference between him and yourself.

Note on the text: Corrected चेवात्मनश्च → चैवात्मनश्च (misprint in Wikisource; a vowel sign changed; the critical edition reads caivātmanaś ca). Not in the critical edition's main text: the four lines are its Appendix I passage 22, lines 5–8 (08,049.081d@022_0005–0008).

Verse 21 (8.73.21)

धृष्टद्युम्नः सात्यकिर्द्रौपदेया । युधामन्युश्चोत्तमौजाः शिखण्डी । एतेऽद्य युधि सम्प्रपीडिताः । ते मामुपालब्धुमर्हन्ति न त्वम् ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ sātyakirdraupadeyā | yudhāmanyuścottamaujāḥ śikhaṇḍī | ete'dya yudhi samprapīḍitāḥ | te māmupālabdhumarhanti na tvam

Dhrishtadyumna, Satyaki, the sons of Draupadi, Yudhamanyu, Uttamauja and Shikhandi are hard pressed in battle today; they have the right to reproach me, not you.

Note on the text: Corrected मामुलपालब्धुमर्हन्ति → मामुपालब्धुमर्हन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; a stray ल). The page splits a sandhi across the line break (सम्प्रपीडिता-- । / स्ते); written here with the word-ends resolved (सम्प्रपीडिताः । / ते), the line division kept. Not in the critical edition's main text: the four lines are its Appendix I passage 22, lines 9–12 (08,049.081d@022_0009–0012).

Verse 22 (8.73.22)

त्वन्मूलमस्माभिरिदं हि वैरं । प्राप्तं तथा व्यसनं चातिघोरम् । द्यूते प्रमत्तेन कृतं त्वयाऽसकृत् । कस्मादुपालब्धुमिहार्हसि त्वम् ॥

tvanmūlamasmābhiridaṃ hi vairaṃ | prāptaṃ tathā vyasanaṃ cātighoram | dyūte pramattena kṛtaṃ tvayā'sakṛt | kasmādupālabdhumihārhasi tvam

This enmity has come upon us through you, and this terrible calamity too; it was brought about by you, careless at the dice, again and again. Why then do you presume to reproach me?

Note on the text: Corrected द्यूप्रमत्तेन → द्यूते प्रमत्तेन (misprint in Wikisource; letters dropped; the critical edition reads dyūte pramattena). The page splits a sandhi across the line break (त्वयाऽसकृ-- । / त्कस्मादु); written here with the word-ends resolved (त्वयाऽसकृत् । / कस्मादु), the line division kept. Not in the critical edition's main text: the four lines are its Appendix I passage 22, lines 13–16 (08,049.081d@022_0013–0016).

Verse 23 (8.73.23)

त्वमेव राजन्सततं प्रमत्तः । त्वमेव मूढो भारतानामसाधुः । त्वां प्राप्य राज्यं च विनष्टमेतत् । प्राप्ता महत्पाण्डवाश्चापि दास्यम् ॥

tvameva rājansatataṃ pramattaḥ | tvameva mūḍho bhāratānāmasādhuḥ | tvāṃ prāpya rājyaṃ ca vinaṣṭametat | prāptā mahatpāṇḍavāścāpi dāsyam

You alone, O king, are always careless; you alone are the fool, the sinner among the Bharatas. Through you the kingdom has been lost, and the Pandavas have fallen into great servitude.

Note on the text: The page splits two sandhis across line breaks (प्रमत्त-- । / स्त्वमेव and विनष्टमेत-- । / त्प्राप्ता); written here with the word-ends resolved (प्रमत्तः । / त्वमेव and विनष्टमेतत् । / प्राप्ता), the line division kept. Not in the critical edition's main text: the four lines are its Appendix I passage 22, lines 17–20 (08,049.081d@022_0017–0020).

Verse 24 (8.73.24)

त्वत्तः कृतोऽस्माकं वनवासदुःखं । राज्यस्य नाशो ह्यभिमन्योश्च घोरः । आत्मानमेवं सुनृशंसरूपं । ज्ञात्वा किमर्थं गर्हसे माद्य वीर ॥

tvattaḥ kṛto'smākaṃ vanavāsaduḥkhaṃ | rājyasya nāśo hyabhimanyośca ghoraḥ | ātmānamevaṃ sunṛśaṃsarūpaṃ | jñātvā kimarthaṃ garhase mādya vīra

From you came our sorrow of living in the forest, the loss of the kingdom, and Abhimanyu's terrible death. Knowing yourself to be so cruel, why do you reproach me today, hero?

Note on the text: Corrected कृतोऽस्मकद्वनवासदुःखं → कृतोऽस्माकं वनवासदुःखं (misprint in Wikisource; garbled; the critical edition reads tvattaḥ kṛte syād vanavāsaduḥkhaṃ). Not in the critical edition's main text: the four lines are its Appendix I passage 22, lines 21–24 (08,049.081d@022_0021–0024).

Verse 25 (8.73.25)

लज्जस्व राजन्यदि तेऽस्ति लज्जा । तूष्णीम्भूतः पश्य सर्वं कृतघ्नः । भीमो नित्यं समरस्य कर्ता । दर्पस्य भेत्ता पुनरेव नित्यम् ॥

lajjasva rājanyadi te'sti lajjā | tūṣṇīmbhūtaḥ paśya sarvaṃ kṛtaghnaḥ | bhīmo nityaṃ samarasya kartā | darpasya bhettā punareva nityam

Be ashamed, O king, if you have any shame! Be silent, ungrateful man, and look at it all. Bhima is ever the doer in battle, ever the breaker of pride.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text: the four lines are its Appendix I passage 22, lines 25–28 (08,049.081d@022_0025–0028); line 2 there reads sarvaṃ kṛtaṃ naḥ, here कृतघ्नः is kept as printed.

Verse 26 (8.73.26)

स्वयं ह्यशक्तेन नरेन्द्र युद्धे । नरेण कार्या सततं क्षमैव । बलं हि वाचि द्विजसत्तमानां । क्षात्रं द्विजा बाहुबलं वदन्ति ॥

svayaṃ hyaśaktena narendra yuddhe | nareṇa kāryā satataṃ kṣamaiva | balaṃ hi vāci dvijasattamānāṃ | kṣātraṃ dvijā bāhubalaṃ vadanti

A man who is himself powerless in battle, O king, should always practise forbearance. The strength of the best brahmins lies in speech; the brahmins say that the Kshatriya's strength is the strength of his arms.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's Appendix I passage 22, lines 29–30 (08,049.081d@022_0029–0030); lines 3–4 are a variant of its 8.49.81a.

Verse 27 (8.73.27)

त्वं वाग्बलो भारत निष्ठुरोऽसि । त्वमेव मां वेत्सि यथाविधोऽहम् । घटामि नित्यं तव कर्तुमिष्टं । दारैः सुतैर्जीवितेनात्मना च ॥

tvaṃ vāgbalo bhārata niṣṭhuro'si | tvameva māṃ vetsi yathāvidho'ham | ghaṭāmi nityaṃ tava kartumiṣṭaṃ | dāraiḥ sutairjīvitenātmanā ca

You are strong only in speech, Bharata, and harsh; you yourself know what sort of man I am. I strive always to do what you wish, with my wife, my sons, my life and my very self.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 correspond to the critical edition's 8.49.81c; lines 3–4 to a variant of its 8.49.82a.

Verse 28 (8.73.28)

एवञ्च मां वाक्छलाकैर्हिनत्सि । त्वत्तः सुखं न वयं विद्म किञ्चित् । मा मामवंस्था द्रौपदीतल्पकसंस्थो । महारथान्प्रतिहन्मि त्वदर्थे ॥

evañca māṃ vākchalākairhinatsi | tvattaḥ sukhaṃ na vayaṃ vidma kiñcit | mā māmavaṃsthā draupadītalpakasaṃstho | mahārathānpratihanmi tvadarthe

And yet you wound me with the arrows of words. From you we have known no happiness at all. Do not slight me, you who sit at ease on Draupadi's couch while I strike down the great chariot-warriors for your sake.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 correspond to a variant of the critical edition's 8.49.82c; lines 3–4 to a variant of its 8.49.83a.

Verse 29 (8.73.29)

सर्वातिशङ्की भवसि प्रमत्तः । त्वत्तः सुखं नाभिजानामि किञ्चित् । प्रोक्तः स्वयं सत्यसन्धेन मृत्युः । तव प्रियार्थं नरदेव युद्धे ॥

sarvātiśaṅkī bhavasi pramattaḥ | tvattaḥ sukhaṃ nābhijānāmi kiñcit | proktaḥ svayaṃ satyasandhena mṛtyuḥ | tava priyārthaṃ naradeva yuddhe

You are suspicious of everyone, and careless; from you I know no happiness at all. Death was proclaimed by that truthful man himself, Bhishma, for your sake in the war, O king.

Note on the text: The page splits two sandhis across line breaks (प्रमत्त-- । / स्त्वत्तः and मृत्यु-- । / स्तव); written here with the word-ends resolved (प्रमत्तः । / त्वत्तः and मृत्युः । / तव), the line division kept. Lines 1–2 are a vulgate variant of the critical edition's 8.49.83c; lines 3–4 correspond to its 8.49.84a. The page's gloss (8-73-29) takes सत्यसन्धेन as Bhishma.

Verse 30 (8.73.30)

शिखण्डिनाम्ना प्रधने तवार्थे । मयाभिगुप्तेन हतश्च भीष्मः । द्रोणो हतो यः सततोपकारी । धृष्टद्युम्नेन स्यन्दनाद्विप्रकृष्टः ॥

śikhaṇḍināmnā pradhane tavārthe | mayābhiguptena hataśca bhīṣmaḥ | droṇo hato yaḥ satatopakārī | dhṛṣṭadyumnena syandanādviprakṛṣṭaḥ

For your sake in battle Bhishma was slain by the one named Shikhandi, guarded by me; and Drona, who was ever a benefactor, was slain by Dhrishtadyumna, dragged down from his chariot.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 correspond to a variant of the critical edition's 8.49.84c; lines 3–4 to its star lines 8.49.84d*0723_01–02.

Verse 31 (8.73.31)

द्रौणिश्च रुद्धः सगणो महात्मा । तथापि ते वै वचनं नृशंसवत् । दुःखं प्रियं ते नरदेव कर्तुं । यस्य प्रियं ते न करोम्यहं वै ॥

drauṇiśca ruddhaḥ sagaṇo mahātmā | tathāpi te vai vacanaṃ nṛśaṃsavat | duḥkhaṃ priyaṃ te naradeva kartuṃ | yasya priyaṃ te na karomyahaṃ vai

Drona's son too, the great-souled, has been checked together with his troop; and still your words are cruel. It is hard, O king, to do what you desire, when you speak as though I did not do it.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 correspond to the critical edition's star lines 8.49.84d*0723_03–04 (line 1 there reads kruddho for रुद्धः); lines 3–4 to its star lines 8.49.84d*0724_01–02.

Verse 32 (8.73.32)

न युच्यते वै दिवि चेह यः पुमान् । यस्ते मदन्योऽप्रियमारभेत । न चाभिनन्दामि तथाहि राज्यं । यतस्त्वमक्षेषु दृढं प्रसक्तः ॥

na yucyate vai divi ceha yaḥ pumān | yaste madanyo'priyamārabheta | na cābhinandāmi tathāhi rājyaṃ | yatastvamakṣeṣu dṛḍhaṃ prasaktaḥ

It is not right, in heaven or here, that any man other than I should begin to do what displeases you; and I take no joy in your sovereignty, since you are so deeply attached to the dice.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (पुमा-- । / न्यस्ते); written here with the word-ends resolved (पुमान् । / यस्ते), the line division kept. Lines 1–2 correspond to the critical edition's star lines 8.49.84d*0724_03–04 (line 1 there reads na mucyate; the printed न युच्यते is kept); lines 3–4 to a variant of its 8.49.85a.

Verse 33 (8.73.33)

स्वयं कृतं पापमनार्यजुष्टम् । अस्माभिराजौ व्यसनं तितीर्षसि । अक्षेषु दोषा बहवो विधर्म्याः । श्रुतास्त्वया सहदेवोऽब्रवीद्यान् ॥

svayaṃ kṛtaṃ pāpamanāryajuṣṭam | asmābhirājau vyasanaṃ titīrṣasi | akṣeṣu doṣā bahavo vidharmyāḥ | śrutāstvayā sahadevo'bravīdyān

The calamity, an evil practised by ignoble men, was made by you yourself, and you wish to cross it by means of us in battle. Many are the faults of dice, against dharma, which you have heard, and which Sahadeva told you.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (पापमनार्यजुष्ट-- । / मस्माभिराजौ); written here with the word-ends resolved (पापमनार्यजुष्टम् । / अस्माभिराजौ), the line division kept. Lines 1–2 are a variant of the critical edition's 8.49.85c; lines 3–4 correspond to a variant of its 8.49.86a.

Verse 34 (8.73.34)

तान्नेच्छसि त्यक्तुमनार्यजुष्टान् । घोरे स्म सर्वे निरये त्वयाऽस्ताः । त्वं देविता त्वत्कृते राज्यनाशः । त्वत्सम्भवं व्यसनं नो नरेन्द्र ॥

tānnecchasi tyaktumanāryajuṣṭān | ghore sma sarve niraye tvayā'stāḥ | tvaṃ devitā tvatkṛte rājyanāśaḥ | tvatsambhavaṃ vyasanaṃ no narendra

You will not give up those ignoble practices, and through you we have all been cast into a dreadful hell. You are the gambler: the loss of the kingdom came through you, and the calamity that has fallen on us arises from you, O king.

Note on the text: The page splits two sandhis across line breaks (त्यक्तुमनार्यजुष्टा-- । / न्घोरे and राज्यनाशं-- । / स्त्वत्सम्भवं); written here with the word-ends resolved (त्यक्तुमनार्यजुष्टान् । / घोरे and राज्यनाशः । / त्वत्सम्भवं), the line division kept. Lines 1–2 are a variant of the critical edition's 8.49.86c; lines 3–4 correspond to its 8.49.87a.

Verse 35 (8.73.35)

मास्मान्क्रूरैर्वाक्प्रतोदैस्तुदस्त्वं । भूयो राजन्कोपयस्यल्पबुद्ध्या ॥

māsmānkrūrairvākpratodaistudastvaṃ | bhūyo rājankopayasyalpabuddhyā

Do not goad us with the cruel whips of your words; again and again, O king, you stir up our anger in your small understanding."

Note on the text: Corrected मास्मान्क्रूरैर्षाक्प्रतोदैः → मास्मान्क्रूरैर्वाक्प्रतोदैः (misprint in Wikisource; ष for व; the critical edition reads vākpratodais). Two lines only, as printed (8-73-35a, b); a variant of the critical edition's 8.49.87c.

Verse 36 (8.73.36)

एता वाचः परुषाः सव्यसाची । स्थिरप्रतिज्ञः श्रावयित्वा नरेन्द्रम् । विनिः श्वसञ्ज्येष्ठमनिष्टमुक्त्वा । ततस्तु कोशादसिमुद्बबर्ह ॥

etā vācaḥ paruṣāḥ savyasācī | sthirapratijñaḥ śrāvayitvā narendram | viniḥ śvasañjyeṣṭhamaniṣṭamuktvā | tatastu kośādasimudbabarha

Having made the king hear these harsh words, steadfast in his vow, the left-handed archer sighed, and, having said what was unwelcome to his elder, drew his sword from its sheath.

Note on the text: Corrected कोशादसिमुद्वबर्ह → कोशादसिमुद्बबर्ह (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब; the critical edition reads udbabarha). Lines 1–2 are a variant of the critical edition's 8.49.88a; lines 3–4 are its star lines 8.49.88b*0727_01–02.

Verse 37 (8.73.37)

तमाह कृष्णः किमिदं पुनर्भवान् । विकोशमाकाशनिभं करोत्यसिम् । प्रब्रूहि सत्यं पुनरुत्तरं सखे । वचः प्रवक्ष्यामि तवार्थसिद्धये ॥

tamāha kṛṣṇaḥ kimidaṃ punarbhavān | vikośamākāśanibhaṃ karotyasim | prabrūhi satyaṃ punaruttaraṃ sakhe | vacaḥ pravakṣyāmi tavārthasiddhaye

Krishna said to him: "What is this, that you again unsheathe your sword, bright as the sky? Tell me the truth, friend; then I shall give you words that will bring you your aim."

Note on the text: Corrected प्रवक्ष्याभि → प्रवक्ष्यामि (misprint in Wikisource; a changed akshara). The page splits a sandhi across the line break (पुनर्भवा-- । / न्विकोशम्); written here with the word-ends resolved (पुनर्भवान् । / विकोशम्), the line division kept. Variant of the critical edition's 8.49.89.

Verse 38 (8.73.38)

इतीव पृष्टः पुरुषोत्तमेन । सुदुःखितः केशवमाह पार्थः । अहं हनिष्ये स्वशरीरमेतत् । प्रसह्य येनाहितमुक्तवान्गुरुम् ॥

itīva pṛṣṭaḥ puruṣottamena | suduḥkhitaḥ keśavamāha pārthaḥ | ahaṃ haniṣye svaśarīrametat | prasahya yenāhitamuktavāngurum

Thus questioned by the Supreme Person, Partha, deeply pained, said to Keshava: "I shall kill this body of mine, with which I have forcibly said hurtful words to my elder."

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (स्वशरीरमेत-- । / त्प्रसह्य); written here with the word-ends resolved (स्वशरीरमेतत् । / प्रसह्य), the line division kept.

Verse 39 (8.73.39)

निशम्य तत्पार्थवचोऽब्रवीदिदं । जनार्दनो धर्मभृतां वरिष्ठः । प्रब्रूहि पार्थ स्वगुणानिहात्मनः । ततो हतात्मा भवसीति निश्चयः ॥

niśamya tatpārthavaco'bravīdidaṃ | janārdano dharmabhṛtāṃ variṣṭhaḥ | prabrūhi pārtha svaguṇānihātmanaḥ | tato hatātmā bhavasīti niścayaḥ

Hearing Partha's words, Janardana, best of those who uphold dharma, said: "Partha, praise your own virtues here; then you will be as one who has killed himself. That is certain."

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (स्वगुणानिहात्मन-- । / स्ततो); written here with the word-ends resolved (स्वगुणानिहात्मनः । / ततो), the line division kept.

Verse 40 (8.73.40)

तथा तु कृष्णस्य वचो निशम्य । ततोऽर्जुनः प्राह धनुः प्रगृह्य । युधिष्ठिरं धर्मभृतां वरिष्ठं । शृणुष्व राजन्निति दुर्वचः स्वयम् ॥

tathā tu kṛṣṇasya vaco niśamya | tato'rjunaḥ prāha dhanuḥ pragṛhya | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ variṣṭhaṃ | śṛṇuṣva rājanniti durvacaḥ svayam

Hearing Krishna's words, Arjuna then took up his bow and said to Yudhishthira, best of those who uphold dharma, "Listen, O king!" and spoke what is hard to say, of himself.

Note on the text: Variant of the critical edition's 8.49.92 (line 2 there: dhanaṃjayaḥ prāha dhanur vināmya).

Verse 41 (8.73.41)

न मादृशोऽन्यो नरदेव विद्यते । धनुर्धरो देवमृते पिनाकिनम् । अहं हि तेनानुमतो महात्मना । क्षणेन हन्यां सचराचरं जगत् ॥

na mādṛśo'nyo naradeva vidyate | dhanurdharo devamṛte pinākinam | ahaṃ hi tenānumato mahātmanā | kṣaṇena hanyāṃ sacarācaraṃ jagat

"There is no other archer like me, O king, except the god who bears the Pinaka. With the consent of that great-souled one I could in an instant destroy the world with all that moves and stands.

Verse 42 (8.73.42)

मया हि राजन्सदिगीश्वरा दिशो । विजित्य सर्वा भवतः कृता वशे । स राजसूयश्च समाप्तदक्षिणः । सभा च दिव्या भवतो ममौजसा ॥

mayā hi rājansadigīśvarā diśo | vijitya sarvā bhavataḥ kṛtā vaśe | sa rājasūyaśca samāptadakṣiṇaḥ | sabhā ca divyā bhavato mamaujasā

By me, O king, all the quarters with their guardian lords were conquered and brought under your control, and the Rajasuya was completed with its full gifts, and your divine hall was won through my might.

Verse 43 (8.73.43)

पाणी पृषत्कालिखिताविमौ पुनः । धनुश्च सव्ये विततं सबाणम् । पादौ च मे लक्षणतः प्रशस्तौ । न मादृशं युद्धगतं जयन्ति ॥

pāṇī pṛṣatkālikhitāvimau punaḥ | dhanuśca savye vitataṃ sabāṇam | pādau ca me lakṣaṇataḥ praśastau | na mādṛśaṃ yuddhagataṃ jayanti

These two hands of mine are scored by arrows, and the bow with its shaft is drawn in my left; my feet bear the most auspicious marks. Those like me, once they are in the fight, are not conquered.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (पुन-- । / र्धनुश्च); written here with the word-ends resolved (पुनः । / धनुश्च), the line division kept.

Verse 44 (8.73.44)

हता उदीच्या निहताः प्रतीच्याः । प्राच्या निरस्ता दाक्षिणात्या विशस्ताः । संशप्तकानां किञ्चिदेवावशिष्टं । सर्वस्य लोकस्य हतं मयाऽर्धम् ॥

hatā udīcyā nihatāḥ pratīcyāḥ | prācyā nirastā dākṣiṇātyā viśastāḥ | saṃśaptakānāṃ kiñcidevāvaśiṣṭaṃ | sarvasya lokasya hataṃ mayā'rdham

The northerners have been killed, the westerners struck down, the easterners cast aside, the southerners cut to pieces; of the Samshaptakas little remains; half of the whole world has been slain by me.

Verse 45 (8.73.45)

शेते मया निहता शत्रुसेना । छिन्नैर्गात्रैर्भूमितले स्खलन्ती । अनस्त्रज्ञान्नैव निहन्मि चास्त्रैः । तस्मान्न भस्मैव करोमि लोकान् ॥

śete mayā nihatā śatrusenā | chinnairgātrairbhūmitale skhalantī | anastrajñānnaiva nihanmi cāstraiḥ | tasmānna bhasmaiva karomi lokān

The enemy host lies slain by me, its limbs cut away, falling on the ground. I never strike with missiles those who do not know missiles; therefore I do not turn the worlds to ashes.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (चास्त्रै-- । / स्तस्मान्न); written here with the word-ends resolved (चास्त्रैः । / तस्मान्न), the line division kept. Lines 1–2 correspond to the critical edition's star lines 8.49.86d*0725_05–06 (line 1 also resembles its 8.49.97a); lines 3–4 to a variant of its 8.49.97c.

Verse 46 (8.73.46)

जैत्रं रथं भीममास्थाय कृष्ण । यावच्छीघ्रं सूतपुत्रं निहन्तुम् । राजा भवत्वद्य सुनिर्वृतोऽयं । कर्णं रणे नाशयितास्मि बाणैः ॥

jaitraṃ rathaṃ bhīmamāsthāya kṛṣṇa | yāvacchīghraṃ sūtaputraṃ nihantum | rājā bhavatvadya sunirvṛto'yaṃ | karṇaṃ raṇe nāśayitāsmi bāṇaiḥ

Having mounted the dread victorious chariot, Krishna, let me go as swiftly as possible to kill the charioteer's son. Let the king be fully at ease today; I shall destroy Karna in battle with my arrows.

Note on the text: The four lines are a variant of the critical edition's star lines 8.49.97d*0730_01–04.

Verse 47 (8.73.47)

सत्यं वदाम्यद्य न कर्णमाजौ । शरैरहत्वा कवचं विमोक्ष्ये ॥

satyaṃ vadāmyadya na karṇamājau | śarairahatvā kavacaṃ vimokṣye

I speak the truth today: I shall not take off my armour until I have killed Karna in battle with my arrows."

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (star passage 8.49.98d*0732_01–02): Wikisource prints only the second line, labelled 8-73-47f, as a one-line verse; the first line (सत्यं वदाम्यद्य न कर्णमाजौ, satyaṃ vadāmy adya na karṇam ājau) is supplied from the critical edition, whose second line is the one printed.

Verse 48 (8.73.48)

इत्येवमुक्त्वा पुनरेव पार्थो । युधिष्ठिरं धर्मभृतां वरिष्ठम् । विमुच्य शस्त्राणि धनुर्विसृज्य । कोशे च खङ्गं विनिधाय तूर्णम् ॥

ityevamuktvā punareva pārtho | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ variṣṭham | vimucya śastrāṇi dhanurvisṛjya | kośe ca khaṅgaṃ vinidhāya tūrṇam

Having spoken thus, Partha turned again to Yudhishthira, best of those who uphold dharma; he laid down his weapons, cast aside his bow, and quickly sheathed his sword.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 correspond to the critical edition's 8.49.98a; lines 3–4 to a variant of its star lines 8.49.98b*0731_01–02.

Verse 49 (8.73.49)

स व्रीडया नम्रशिराः किरीटी । युधिष्ठिरं प्राञ्जलिरभ्युवाच । प्रसीद राजन्क्षम यन्मयोक्तं । काले भवान्वेत्स्यति तन्नमस्ते ॥

sa vrīḍayā namraśirāḥ kirīṭī | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ prāñjalirabhyuvāca | prasīda rājankṣama yanmayoktaṃ | kāle bhavānvetsyati tannamaste

Then, bowing his head in shame, the diademed one joined his palms and said to Yudhishthira: "Be gracious, O king, and forgive what I said; in due time you will understand it. Homage to you."

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 correspond to the critical edition's star lines 8.49.98b*0731_03–04; lines 3–4 to its 8.49.98e.

Verse 50 (8.73.50)

ततस्तु पादावुपगृह्य पार्थः । समुत्थितो दीप्ततेजाः किरीटी । प्रसाद्य राजानममित्रसाहं । स्थितोऽब्रवीच्चैनमभिप्रतप्तम् ॥

tatastu pādāvupagṛhya pārthaḥ | samutthito dīptatejāḥ kirīṭī | prasādya rājānamamitrasāhaṃ | sthito'bravīccainamabhiprataptam

Then Partha clasped his feet and rose, radiant with splendour, the Diademed One; having appeased the king, the conqueror of his enemies, he stood and spoke to him as he burned with distress:

Note on the text: Corrected किरीटि → किरीटी (misprint in Wikisource; the long ī of the nominative is shortened; the critical edition reads kirīṭī). Lines 1–2 correspond to a variant of the critical edition's 8.49.100c; lines 3–4 to a variant of its 8.49.99a (the page puts them in the reverse order).

Verse 51 (8.73.51)

याम्येष भीमं समराद्विमोक्तुं । सर्वात्मना सूतपुत्रं च हन्तुम् । भवत्प्रियार्थं मम जीवितं हि । ब्रवीमि सत्यं तदवेहि राजन् ॥

yāmyeṣa bhīmaṃ samarādvimoktuṃ | sarvātmanā sūtaputraṃ ca hantum | bhavatpriyārthaṃ mama jīvitaṃ hi | bravīmi satyaṃ tadavehi rājan

"I am going to free Bhima from the battle and, with my whole being, to kill the charioteer's son. My life is for your good; I tell you the truth, O king; know it.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 correspond to the critical edition's 8.49.99c; lines 3–4 to a variant of its 8.49.100a.

Verse 52 (8.73.52)

नेदं चिरात्क्षिप्रमिदं भविष्यत् । आवर्ततेऽसावभियामि चैनम् । अद्याप्यपुत्रा तेन हतेन राधा । कुन्ती मया वा तदिदं विद्धि राजन् ॥

nedaṃ cirātkṣipramidaṃ bhaviṣyat | āvartate'sāvabhiyāmi cainam | adyāpyaputrā tena hatena rādhā | kuntī mayā vā tadidaṃ viddhi rājan

This will not take long; it will happen soon. He is turning back; I go to meet him. Today either Radha will be left without a son, with him slain, or Kunti, with me slain: know this, O king."

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (भविष्य-- । / दावर्तते); written here with the word-ends resolved (भविष्यत् । / आवर्तते), the line division kept. Lines 1–2 correspond to the critical edition's 8.49.100e; lines 3–4 to a variant of its 8.49.98c.