Vishoka Tells Bhima that Arjuna Is Coming

Verse 1 (8.80.1)

अथ त्विदानीं तुमुले विमर्दे । द्विषद्भिरेको बहुभिः समावृतः । महाभये सारथिमित्युवाच । भीमश्चमूं वारयन्धार्तराष्ट्रीम् । त्वं सारथे याहि जवेन वाहैः । नयाम्येतान्धार्तराष्ट्रान्यमाय ॥

atha tvidānīṃ tumule vimarde | dviṣadbhireko bahubhiḥ samāvṛtaḥ | mahābhaye sārathimityuvāca | bhīmaścamūṃ vārayandhārtarāṣṭrīm | tvaṃ sārathe yāhi javena vāhaiḥ | nayāmyetāndhārtarāṣṭrānyamāya

Then, in that tumult and carnage, Bhima, alone and surrounded by many foes, holding back the Dhritarashtra host, spoke to his charioteer in that great peril: "Charioteer, drive swiftly with the horses; I shall send these sons of Dhritarashtra to Yama."

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (8.54.1): Wikisource prints only the last line of this verse (row 8-80-1f, the fragment र्नयाम्येतान्धार्तराष्ट्रान्यमाय, which begins with the tail of वाहै-), the first five lines (1a–1e) being lost at the table margin; the input row held that fragment alone. Lines 1–5 are written in Devanagari from the CE's IAST (atha tv idānīṃ tumule vimarde / dviṣadbhir eko bahubhiḥ samāvṛtaḥ / mahābhaye sārathim ity uvāca / bhīmaś camūṃ vārayan dhārtarāṣṭrīm / tvaṃ sārathe yāhi javena vāhair) with the CE's words kept exactly; line 6 is the page's own, with its split sandhi resolved (वाहै-- । / र्नयाम्येतान् → वाहैः । नयाम्येतान्). A six-line verse (CE 8.54.1ace). The heading line भीमसेनविशोकयोः संवादः।। 1 ।। is a chapter-summary heading, not a verse. After the table's colophon the page has no second text block, only a gloss list (8-80-19 प्रदरा बाणविशेषः; 8-80-39 असितप्रयुक्तैः कृष्णप्रयुक्तैः; the adhyaya name), which is not added.

Verse 2 (8.80.2)

सञ्चोदितो भीमसेनेन चैवं । स सारथिः पुत्रबलं त्वदीयम् । प्रायात्ततः सत्वरमुग्रवेगो । यतो भीमस्तद्बलं गन्तुमैच्छत् ॥

sañcodito bhīmasenena caivaṃ | sa sārathiḥ putrabalaṃ tvadīyam | prāyāttataḥ satvaramugravego | yato bhīmastadbalaṃ gantumaicchat

Thus urged by Bhimasena, the charioteer drove with fierce speed toward your son's host, to the place where Bhima wished to go against that force.

Note on the text: The page's line labels read 8-80-2a, 2b, 2c, 2b; the text is four lines and is unchanged.

Verse 3 (8.80.3)

ततोऽपरे नागरथाश्वपत्तिभिः । प्रत्युद्ययुस्तं कुरवः समन्तात् । भीमस्य वाहाग्र्यमुदारवेगं । समन्ततो बाणगणैर्निजघ्नुः ॥

tato'pare nāgarathāśvapattibhiḥ | pratyudyayustaṃ kuravaḥ samantāt | bhīmasya vāhāgryamudāravegaṃ | samantato bāṇagaṇairnijaghnuḥ

Then other Kurus, with elephants, chariots, horses and foot-soldiers, rushed at him from every side, and struck Bhima's foremost horses, of great speed, from all around with flights of arrows.

Note on the text: The page's line labels read 8-80-3a, 3c, 3c, 3d; the text is four lines and is unchanged.

Verse 4 (8.80.4)

ततः शरानापततो महात्मा । चिच्छेद बाणैस्तपनीयपुङ्खैः । ते वै निपेतुस्तपनीयपुङ्खा । द्विधा त्रिधा भीमशरैर्निकृत्ताः ॥

tataḥ śarānāpatato mahātmā | ciccheda bāṇaistapanīyapuṅkhaiḥ | te vai nipetustapanīyapuṅkhā | dvidhā tridhā bhīmaśarairnikṛttāḥ

Then the great-souled Bhima cut down the arrows as they came, with golden-shafted arrows of his own; the golden-shafted arrows fell, severed in two or three pieces by Bhima's shafts.

Note on the text: Corrected तपीनयपुङ्खैः → तपनीयपुङ्खैः (misprint in Wikisource; the letters are transposed; the CE reads tapanīyapuṅkhaiḥ and the next line of the verse has तपनीयपुङ्खा).

Verse 5 (8.80.5)

ततो राजन्नागरथाश्वयूनां । भीमाहतानां वरराजमध्ये । घोरो निनादः सुमहानभूत्तदा । वज्राहतानामिव पर्वतानाम् ॥

tato rājannāgarathāśvayūnāṃ | bhīmāhatānāṃ vararājamadhye | ghoro ninādaḥ sumahānabhūttadā | vajrāhatānāmiva parvatānām

Then, O king, a great and terrible roar rose from the young warriors on elephants, chariots and horses struck down by Bhima in the midst of the foremost kings, like the sound of mountains struck by thunderbolts.

Verse 6 (8.80.6)

ते वध्यमानाश्च नरेन्द्रमुख्या । निर्भिद्यन्तो भीमशरप्रवेकैः । भीमं समन्तात्समरेऽभ्यरोहन् । वृक्षं शकुन्ता इव पुष्पहेतोः ॥

te vadhyamānāśca narendramukhyā | nirbhidyanto bhīmaśarapravekaiḥ | bhīmaṃ samantātsamare'bhyarohan | vṛkṣaṃ śakuntā iva puṣpahetoḥ

Struck down and pierced by Bhima's finest arrows, the chief kings attacked Bhima from every side in the battle, as birds swarm on a tree for its blossoms.

Verse 7 (8.80.7)

ततोऽभियाते तव सैन्ये स भीमः । प्रादुश्चक्रे वेगमनन्तवेगः । यथाऽन्तकाले क्षपयन्दिधक्षुः । भूतान्तकृत्काल इवात्तदण्डः ॥

tato'bhiyāte tava sainye sa bhīmaḥ | prāduścakre vegamanantavegaḥ | yathā'ntakāle kṣapayandidhakṣuḥ | bhūtāntakṛtkāla ivāttadaṇḍaḥ

Then, as your army pressed upon him, Bhima, of boundless speed, put forth his speed, like Time, the ender of beings, with his rod raised, wishing to burn and destroy at the end of an age.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (दिधक्षु-- । / र्भूतान्तकृत्); written here with the word-end resolved (दिधक्षुः । भूतान्तकृत्), the line division kept.

Verse 8 (8.80.8)

तस्यातिवेगस्य रणेऽतिवेगं । नाशक्नुवन्धारयितुं त्वदीयाः । व्यात्ताननस्यापततो यथैव । कालस्य काले हरतः प्रजा वै ॥

tasyātivegasya raṇe'tivegaṃ | nāśaknuvandhārayituṃ tvadīyāḥ | vyāttānanasyāpatato yathaiva | kālasya kāle harataḥ prajā vai

Your men could not withstand the extreme speed of that Bhima, whose speed in battle surpassed all speed, as none can withstand Time, mouth wide open, rushing in its hour to carry off creatures.

Verse 9 (8.80.9)

ततो बलं भारत भारतानां । प्रदह्यमानं समरे महात्मना । भीतं दिशोऽकीर्यत भीमनुन्नं । महानिलेनाभ्रगणा यथैव ॥

tato balaṃ bhārata bhāratānāṃ | pradahyamānaṃ samare mahātmanā | bhītaṃ diśo'kīryata bhīmanunnaṃ | mahānilenābhragaṇā yathaiva

Then, O Bharata, the army of the Bharatas, scorched in the battle by that great-souled one and driven by Bhima, scattered in fear in all directions, like masses of cloud before a mighty wind.

Verse 10 (8.80.10)

ततो धीमान्सारथिमब्रवीद्बली । स भीमसेनः पुनरेव हृष्टः ॥

tato dhīmānsārathimabravīdbalī | sa bhīmasenaḥ punareva hṛṣṭaḥ

Then the mighty and wise Bhimasena, delighted once more, said to his charioteer:

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.54.10a (the first line of the CE's three-line verse 8.54.10); Wikisource's next verse (11) carries its lines c and e. The verse here has only two lines, as on the page (8-80-10a, 10b).

Verse 11 (8.80.11)

सूताभिजानीहि परान्स्वकान्वा । रथान्ध्वजांश्चापततः समेतान् । युध्यन्ह्यहं नाभिजानामि किञ्चित् । मा सैन्यं स्वं छादयिष्ये प्रमत्तः ॥

sūtābhijānīhi parānsvakānvā | rathāndhvajāṃścāpatataḥ sametān | yudhyanhyahaṃ nābhijānāmi kiñcit | mā sainyaṃ svaṃ chādayiṣye pramattaḥ

Charioteer, find out whether these chariots and banners rushing together are the enemy's or our own. Fighting on, I can make out nothing; I might, heedless, cover my own army with arrows.

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhimasena's unheaded speech (the input carried Sanjaya over from the previous verse); the CE gives it to Bhima. Corresponds to CE 8.54.10c and 10e (Wikisource's verse 10 holds line 10a). The page splits a sandhi across the line break (किञ्चि-- । / न्मा); written here with the word-end resolved (किञ्चित् । मा), the line division kept.

Verse 12 (8.80.12)

अरीन्विशोकान्हि निरीक्ष्य सर्वतो । महांश्च मन्युः पुनरेति मां भृशम् । राजातुरो नागमद्यत्किरीटी । बहूनि दुःखान्यभिचिन्तयामि ॥

arīnviśokānhi nirīkṣya sarvato | mahāṃśca manyuḥ punareti māṃ bhṛśam | rājāturo nāgamadyatkirīṭī | bahūni duḥkhānyabhicintayāmi

Seeing the enemies on every side unafflicted, a great fury comes over me again and again; the king is stricken and Kiritin has not come, and I brood over many sorrows.

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhimasena's unheaded speech (the input carried Sanjaya over). Wikisource अरीन्विशोकान्हि निरीक्ष्य … महांश्च मन्युः पुनरेति मां भृशम् … बहूनि दुःखान्यभिचिन्तयामि for CE arīn viśokābhinirīkṣya sarvato … manas tu cintā pradunoti me bhṛśam … bahūni duḥkhāny abhijāto 'smi sūta, recension variants; Wikisource's reading kept (विशोकान् read as 'unafflicted', qualifying the foes).

Verse 13 (8.80.13)

एतद्दुःखं धारये धर्मराजो । यन्मां हित्वा यातवाञ्शत्रुमध्ये । नैनं जीवं नाभिजानाम्यजीवं । बीभत्सुं वा तन्ममाद्यातिदुःखम् ॥

etadduḥkhaṃ dhāraye dharmarājo | yanmāṃ hitvā yātavāñśatrumadhye | nainaṃ jīvaṃ nābhijānāmyajīvaṃ | bībhatsuṃ vā tanmamādyātiduḥkham

This is the grief I bear: that Dharmaraja, leaving me, has gone into the midst of the enemy. I do not know whether he is alive or not, nor whether Bibhatsu is; that is my great sorrow today.

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhimasena's unheaded speech (the input carried Sanjaya over).

Verse 14 (8.80.14)

सोऽहं द्विषत्सैन्यमुदग्रकल्पं । विनाशयिष्ये परमप्रतीतः । एतन्निहत्याजिमध्ये समेतं । प्रीतो भविष्यामि सह त्वयाद्य ॥

so'haṃ dviṣatsainyamudagrakalpaṃ | vināśayiṣye paramapratītaḥ | etannihatyājimadhye sametaṃ | prīto bhaviṣyāmi saha tvayādya

So, with the fullest confidence, I shall destroy this swelling host of the enemy; when I have slain these men gathered in the midst of the battle, I shall be glad today, together with you.

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhimasena's unheaded speech (the input carried Sanjaya over).

Verse 15 (8.80.15)

सर्वांस्तूणीरान्मार्गणान्वान्ववेक्ष्य । किं शिष्टं स्यात्सायकानां रथे मे । का वा जातिः किं प्रमाणं च तेषां । ज्ञात्वा व्यक्तं तन्ममाचक्ष्व सूत । कति वा सहस्राणि कति वा शतानि । ह्याचक्ष्व मे सारथे क्षिप्रमेव ॥

sarvāṃstūṇīrānmārgaṇānvānvavekṣya | kiṃ śiṣṭaṃ syātsāyakānāṃ rathe me | kā vā jātiḥ kiṃ pramāṇaṃ ca teṣāṃ | jñātvā vyaktaṃ tanmamācakṣva sūta | kati vā sahasrāṇi kati vā śatāni | hyācakṣva me sārathe kṣiprameva

Look over all the quivers and arrows and tell me what arrows remain in my chariot; what kinds they are and what their number is. Know it exactly, charioteer, and tell me: how many thousands, how many hundreds? Tell me at once, charioteer.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition: Wikisource prints only this verse's last line (row 8-80-15f, ह्याचक्ष्व मे सारथे क्षिप्रमेव; lines a–e are lost). The Wikisource line labels (15a–15f) show a six-line verse. Lines 1–2 and 3–4 are written in Devanagari from CE 8.54.14a and 14c (sarvāṃs tūṇīrān mārgaṇān vānvavekṣya / kiṃ śiṣṭaṃ syāt sāyakānāṃ rathe me; kā vā jātiḥ kiṃ pramāṇaṃ ca teṣāṃ / jñātvā vyaktaṃ tan mamācakṣva sūta), line 5 from the CE star passage 8.54.14d*0817_01 (kati vā sahasrāṇi kati vā śatāni), with the CE's words kept exactly; line 6 is the page's own (= *0817_02 hy ācakṣva me sārathe kṣipram eva). The division of the lost lines into a–e is inferred from the labels and the CE. Speaker: Bhimasena (the input carried Sanjaya over).

Verse 16 (8.80.16)

सर्वं विदित्वैवमहं वदामि । तवार्थसिद्धिप्रदमद्य वीर । कैकेयकाम्भोजसुराष्ट्रबाह्लिका । म्लेच्छाश्च सुह्माः परतङ्कणाश्च ॥

sarvaṃ viditvaivamahaṃ vadāmi | tavārthasiddhipradamadya vīra | kaikeyakāmbhojasurāṣṭrabāhlikā | mlecchāśca suhmāḥ parataṅkaṇāśca

Knowing all this, I tell you, O hero, what will bring success to your purpose today. The Kaikeyas, Kambojas, Surashtras and Bahlikas, the Mlecchas, the Suhmas and the Parataṅkaṇas,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.54.14d*0817_03–06 (sarvaṃ viditvaivam ahaṃ vadāmi … mlecchāś ca suhmāḥ parataṅkaṇāś ca), with the same words; the CE prints its heading viśoka uvāca at *0817_02. The sentence continues in the next verse.

Verse 17 (8.80.17)

मद्राश्च वङ्गा मगधाः कुणिन्दा । आनर्तकावर्तकाः पार्वतीयाः । सर्वे गृहीतप्रवरायुधास्त्वां । संवेष्ट्य संवेष्ट्य ततो विनेदुः ॥

madrāśca vaṅgā magadhāḥ kuṇindā | ānartakāvartakāḥ pārvatīyāḥ | sarve gṛhītapravarāyudhāstvāṃ | saṃveṣṭya saṃveṣṭya tato vineduḥ

the Madras, Vangas, Magadhas and Kunindas, the Anartakas and Avartakas, and the hill-peoples, all took up their finest weapons, surrounded you again and again, and then roared.

Note on the text: Corrected विवेदुः → विनेदुः (misprint in Wikisource; व for न, giving 'they found', which has no object; the CE reads vineduḥ, 'they roared'). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.54.14d*0817_07–10, with the same words.

Verse 18 (8.80.18)

रथे तवास्मिन्निशिताः सुपीताः । ततो भल्ला द्वादश वै सहस्राः । षण्मार्गणानामयुतानि वीर । क्षुराश्च भल्लाश्च तथायुताख्याः ॥

rathe tavāsminniśitāḥ supītāḥ | tato bhallā dvādaśa vai sahasrāḥ | ṣaṇmārgaṇānāmayutāni vīra | kṣurāśca bhallāśca tathāyutākhyāḥ

In this chariot of yours are sharp, well-tempered bhallas, twelve thousand; and six ten-thousands of arrows, O hero, and likewise ten-thousands of razor-headed arrows and bhallas.

Note on the text: Removed a stray quote mark after सहस्राः. The page splits a sandhi across the line break (सुपीता-- । / स्ततो); written here with the word-end resolved (सुपीताः । ततो), the line division kept. Lines 1–2 are the CE star passage 8.54.14d*0817_11–12; lines 3–4 = CE 8.54.15a.

Verse 19 (8.80.19)

नाराचानां द्वे सहस्रे च वीर । त्रीण्येव च प्रदराणां स्म पार्थ । अस्त्यायुधं पाण्डवेयावशिष्टं । न यद्वहेच्छकटं षड्गवीयम् ॥

nārācānāṃ dve sahasre ca vīra | trīṇyeva ca pradarāṇāṃ sma pārtha | astyāyudhaṃ pāṇḍaveyāvaśiṣṭaṃ | na yadvahecchakaṭaṃ ṣaḍgavīyam

Two thousand nārāca arrows, O hero, and three thousand pradaras, O Partha. So many weapons remain, son of Pandu, that a wagon drawn by six oxen could not carry them.

Note on the text: Corrected त्रीण्येप → त्रीण्येव (misprint in Wikisource; प for व; the CE reads trīṇy eva). Corrected षङ्गवीयम् → षड्गवीयम् (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग; the CE reads ṣaḍgavīyam). Lines 1–2 = CE 8.54.15c (Wikisource च प्रदराणां स्म पार्थ for CE ca pradarāṇāṃ ca pārtha, a recension variant, kept); lines 3–4 = CE 8.54.16a. The word प्रदराः is glossed on the page (8-80-19) as a kind of arrow.

Verse 20 (8.80.20)

एतद्विद्वन्मुञ्च सहस्रशोऽपि । गदासिबाहुद्रविणं च तेऽस्ति । प्रासाश्च मुद्गराः शक्तयस्तोमराश्च । माभैषीस्त्वं संक्षयादायुधानाम् ॥

etadvidvanmuñca sahasraśo'pi | gadāsibāhudraviṇaṃ ca te'sti | prāsāśca mudgarāḥ śaktayastomarāśca | mābhaiṣīstvaṃ saṃkṣayādāyudhānām

Knowing this, O wise one, loose them by the thousand; you have your mace and sword and the strength of your arms as well. There are lances, maces, spears and javelins too; do not fear that your weapons will run out.

Note on the text: Corrected मुद्रराः → मुद्गराः (misprint in Wikisource; द्र for द्ग; the CE reads mudgarāḥ). Lines 1–2 = CE 8.54.16c; lines 3–4 = the CE star passage 8.54.16b*0821_01–02. (Wikisource's second line गदासिबाहुद्रविणं च तेऽस्ति is the CE's own.)

Verse 21 (8.80.21)

अद्यैव नूनं कथयन्तु सिद्धां । मम प्रतिज्ञां सर्वलोके विशोक । न मोक्ष्यते वा समरे भीमसेन । एकः शत्रून्समरे वाप्यजैषीत् । आशंसितानामिदमेकमस्तु । तन्मे देवाः सकलं साधयन्तु ॥

adyaiva nūnaṃ kathayantu siddhāṃ | mama pratijñāṃ sarvaloke viśoka | na mokṣyate vā samare bhīmasena | ekaḥ śatrūnsamare vāpyajaiṣīt | āśaṃsitānāmidamekamastu | tanme devāḥ sakalaṃ sādhayantu

Today, surely, let all the world declare my vow fulfilled, Vishoka: either Bhimasena will not come away from this battle, or he will alone conquer the foe in the fight. Of all that the hopeful wish for, let this one thing be; may the gods bring all of it about for me.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition's apparatus: Wikisource prints only this verse's last line (row 8-80-21f, तन्मे देवाः सकलं साधयन्तु; lines a–e are lost, and the closing stray quote mark ।।' is removed). The six lines are the CE star passage 8.54.17*0822_01–06 (adyaiva nūnaṃ kathayantu siddhāṃ / mama pratijñāṃ sarvaloke viśoka / na mokṣyate vā samare bhīmasena / ekaḥ śatrūn samare vāpy ajaiṣīt / āśaṃsitānām idam ekam astu / tan me devāḥ sakalaṃ sādhayantu); lines 1–5 are written in Devanagari with the CE's words kept exactly, line 6 is the page's own. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is placed in the CE just before 8.54.17a, after the heading bhīma uvāca.

Verse 22 (8.80.22)

सूताद्य मद्बाहुयुतैः समस्तान् । समाहनद्भिः पार्थिवानाशुवेगैः । आच्छन्नं बाणैराहवं घोररूपं । नष्टादित्यं मृत्युलोकेन तुल्यम् ॥

sūtādya madbāhuyutaiḥ samastān | samāhanadbhiḥ pārthivānāśuvegaiḥ | ācchannaṃ bāṇairāhavaṃ ghorarūpaṃ | naṣṭādityaṃ mṛtyulokena tulyam

Charioteer, look today at the battlefield, dreadful to see, covered over with my swift arrows, shot from my arms and striking down all the kings; the sun is lost to view, and it is like the world of death.

Note on the text: Corrected च्छन्नं → आच्छन्नं (misprint in Wikisource; the initial आ of the line is dropped, leaving च्छन्नं, which cannot begin a word). The page splits a sandhi across the line break (समस्ता-- । / न्समाहनद्भिः); written here with the word-end resolved (समस्तान् । समाहनद्भिः), the line division kept. Corresponds to CE 8.54.17ac (Wikisource मद्बाहुयुतैः … आच्छन्नं बाणैः for CE bhīmapramuktaiḥ … ugrair bāṇair, recension variants).

Verse 23 (8.80.23)

अद्यैतद्वै विदितं पार्थिवानां । भविष्यति ह्याकुमारं च सूत । निमग्नो वा समरे भीमसेन । एकः कुरून्वा समरे व्यजैषीत् ॥

adyaitadvai viditaṃ pārthivānāṃ | bhaviṣyati hyākumāraṃ ca sūta | nimagno vā samare bhīmasena | ekaḥ kurūnvā samare vyajaiṣīt

Today this will be known to the kings, down to the children, charioteer: whether Bhimasena sinks in the battle, or alone conquers the Kurus in the fight.

Note on the text: Corrected अद्यैतद्यै → अद्यैतद्वै (misprint in Wikisource; य for व; the CE reads adyaiva tad here, a recension variant, and वै is the evident word).

Verse 24 (8.80.24)

सर्वे सङ्ख्ये कुरवो निष्पतन्तु । मां वा लोकाः कीर्तयन्त्वाकुमारम् । सर्वानेकस्तानहं पातयिष्ये । ते वा सर्वे भीमसेनं तुदन्तु ॥

sarve saṅkhye kuravo niṣpatantu | māṃ vā lokāḥ kīrtayantvākumāram | sarvānekastānahaṃ pātayiṣye | te vā sarve bhīmasenaṃ tudantu

Let all the Kurus rush upon me in the fight, or let the world praise me down to the children: alone I shall bring them all down, or let them all together strike Bhimasena down.

Verse 25 (8.80.25)

आशास्तारः कर्म चाप्युत्तमं ये । तन्मे देवाः सफलं साधयन्तु । आयातीह केशवसारथी रथी । शक्रस्तूर्णं यज्ञ इवोपहूतः ॥

āśāstāraḥ karma cāpyuttamaṃ ye | tanme devāḥ saphalaṃ sādhayantu | āyātīha keśavasārathī rathī | śakrastūrṇaṃ yajña ivopahūtaḥ

Let the gods bring to fruition that supreme deed of mine which those who wish me well hope for. And see, the chariot-warrior whose charioteer is Keshava comes here swiftly, like Indra summoned to a sacrifice.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 = CE 8.54.20a (Wikisource सफलं for CE kevalaṃ, a recension variant); line 3 आयातीह केशवसारथी रथी corresponds to the star passage 8.54.20d*0823_01; line 4 = the second half of CE 8.54.20c.

Verse 26 (8.80.26)

ईक्षस्वैतां भारतीं दीर्यमाणाम् । एते कस्माद्विद्रवन्ते नरेन्द्राः । व्यक्तं धीमान्सव्यसाची नराग्र्यः । सैन्यं ह्येतच्छादयत्याशु बाणैः ॥

īkṣasvaitāṃ bhāratīṃ dīryamāṇām | ete kasmādvidravante narendrāḥ | vyaktaṃ dhīmānsavyasācī narāgryaḥ | sainyaṃ hyetacchādayatyāśu bāṇaiḥ

Look at this army of the Bharatas being torn apart. Why are these kings fleeing? Clearly the wise Savyasachin, best of men, is quickly covering this host with arrows.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (दीर्यमाणा-- । / मेते); written here with the word-end resolved (दीर्यमाणाम् । एते), the line division kept. Same as CE 8.54.21.

Verse 27 (8.80.27)

पश्य ध्वजांश्च द्रवतो विशोक । नागान्हयान्पत्तिसङ्घांश्च सङ्ख्ये । रथान्विकीर्णाञ्शरशक्तिताडितान् । पश्यस्वैतान्रथिनश्चैव सूत ॥

paśya dhvajāṃśca dravato viśoka | nāgānhayānpattisaṅghāṃśca saṅkhye | rathānvikīrṇāñśaraśaktitāḍitān | paśyasvaitānrathinaścaiva sūta

Look, Vishoka, at the banners as they flee, at the elephants, horses and bands of foot-soldiers in the battle, at the scattered chariots struck by arrows and spears; and look at these chariot-fighters, charioteer.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (शरशक्तिताडिता-- । / न्पश्यस्वैतान्); written here with the word-end resolved (शरशक्तिताडितान् । पश्यस्वैतान्), the line division kept. Same as CE 8.54.22 (Wikisource सङ्ख्ये … विकीर्णाञ्शर- for CE saṃkhye … viśīrṇāñ śara-).

Verse 28 (8.80.28)

आपूर्यते कौरवी चाप्यभीक्ष्णं । सेना ह्यसौ सुभृशं हन्यमाना । धनञ्जयस्याशनितुल्यवेगैः । ग्रस्ता शरैः काञ्चनबर्हजालैः ॥

āpūryate kauravī cāpyabhīkṣṇaṃ | senā hyasau subhṛśaṃ hanyamānā | dhanañjayasyāśanitulyavegaiḥ | grastā śaraiḥ kāñcanabarhajālaiḥ

That Kaurava army, struck down so hard, is crowded together again and again, swallowed up by Dhananjaya's arrows, swift as thunderbolts, in swarms with golden peacock-feather fletching.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (वेगै-- । र्ग्रस्ता); written here with the word-end resolved (वेगैः । ग्रस्ता), the line division kept.

Verse 29 (8.80.29)

एते द्रवन्ति स्म रथाश्वनागाः । पदातिसङ्घानतिमर्दयन्तः । सम्मुह्यमानाः कौरवाः सर्व एव । द्रवन्ति नागा इव दाहभीताः ॥

ete dravanti sma rathāśvanāgāḥ | padātisaṅghānatimardayantaḥ | sammuhyamānāḥ kauravāḥ sarva eva | dravanti nāgā iva dāhabhītāḥ

Chariots, horses and elephants are fleeing, trampling bands of foot-soldiers; all the Kauravas, bewildered, flee like elephants frightened by a forest fire.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.54.24a and 24c.

Verse 30 (8.80.30)

हाहाकृताश्चैव रणे विशोक । मुञ्चन्ति नादान्विपुलान्गजेन्द्राः ॥

hāhākṛtāścaiva raṇe viśoka | muñcanti nādānvipulāngajendrāḥ

And, Vishoka, crying out in distress in the battle, the lordly elephants send up great trumpetings.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 8.54.24e. The verse has two lines, as on the page (8-80-30a, 30b).

Verse 31 (8.80.31)

किं भीम नैनं त्वमिहाशृणोषि । विस्फारितं गाण्डिवस्यातिघोरम् । क्रुद्धेन पार्थेन विकृष्यतोऽद्य । कच्चिन्नेमौ तव कर्णौ विनष्टौ ॥

kiṃ bhīma nainaṃ tvamihāśṛṇoṣi | visphāritaṃ gāṇḍivasyātighoram | kruddhena pārthena vikṛṣyato'dya | kaccinnemau tava karṇau vinaṣṭau

Bhima, do you not hear the dreadful twang of the Gandiva, drawn by the angry Partha? I hope your two ears have not been ruined.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the star passage 8.54.25*0826_01–04 (printed after the heading viśoka uvāca), with the same words.

Verse 32 (8.80.32)

सर्वे कामाः पाण्डव ते समृद्धाः । कपिर्ह्यसौ दृश्यते हस्तिसैन्ये । नीलाद्धनाद्विद्युतमुच्चरन्तीं । तथा पश्य विस्फुरन्तीं धनुर्ज्याम् ॥

sarve kāmāḥ pāṇḍava te samṛddhāḥ | kapirhyasau dṛśyate hastisainye | nīlāddhanādvidyutamuccarantīṃ | tathā paśya visphurantīṃ dhanurjyām

All your wishes are fulfilled, Pandava: there among the elephant host the ape-banner is seen; look at the quivering bowstring that flashes like lightning from a dark cloud.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 = CE 8.54.25a (Wikisource कपिर्ह्यसौ for CE kapidhvajo, a recension variant); lines 3–4 = CE 8.54.25c (Wikisource तथा पश्य विस्फुरन्तीं धनुर्ज्याम् for CE tathāpaśyaṃ visphurad vai dhanus tat), Wikisource's reading kept.

Verse 33 (8.80.33)

कपिर्ह्यसौ वीक्षते सर्वतो वै । ध्वजाग्रमारुह्य धनञ्जयस्य । वित्रासयन्रिपुसङ्घान्विमर्दे । बिभेम्यस्मादात्मनैवाभिवीक्ष्य ॥

kapirhyasau vīkṣate sarvato vai | dhvajāgramāruhya dhanañjayasya | vitrāsayanripusaṅghānvimarde | bibhemyasmādātmanaivābhivīkṣya

That ape, perched on the top of Dhananjaya's flagstaff, looks about in every direction, terrifying the enemy hosts in the melee; and I myself am afraid of him, seeing him with my own eyes.

Note on the text: Removed a stray space inside a word (वित्रासयन्रि पुसङ्घान् → वित्रासयन्रिपुसङ्घान्; misprint in Wikisource; the CE reads vitrāsayan dvipasaṃghān, a recension variant). Lines 1–2 = CE 8.54.26a; lines 3–4 are the CE star passage 8.54.26b*0828_01–02.

Verse 34 (8.80.34)

विभ्राजते चातिमात्रं किरीटं । विचित्रमेतच्च धनञ्जयस्य । दिवाकराभो मणिरेष दिव्यो । विभ्राजते चैव किरीटसंस्थः ॥

vibhrājate cātimātraṃ kirīṭaṃ | vicitrametacca dhanañjayasya | divākarābho maṇireṣa divyo | vibhrājate caiva kirīṭasaṃsthaḥ

The wondrous diadem of Dhananjaya shines exceedingly, and this divine jewel, bright as the sun, shines fixed in the diadem.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the CE star passage 8.54.26b*0828_03–04; lines 3–4 = CE 8.54.26c.

Verse 35 (8.80.35)

पार्श्वे भीमं पाण्डुराभ्रप्रकाशं । पश्यस्व शङ्खं देवदत्तं सुघोषम् । अभीषुहस्तस्य जनार्दनस्य । विगाहमानस्य चमूं परेषाम् ॥

pārśve bhīmaṃ pāṇḍurābhraprakāśaṃ | paśyasva śaṅkhaṃ devadattaṃ sughoṣam | abhīṣuhastasya janārdanasya | vigāhamānasya camūṃ pareṣām

There at his side look at the fearsome conch Devadatta, bright as a pale cloud, of fine sound, beside Janardana, who, reins in hand, plunges into the enemy host.

Note on the text: Corrected सङ्खं → शङ्खं (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; सङ्ख is not a word, and the CE apparatus writes śaṅkhaṃ in the parallel lines 8.54.27b*0830_02). Same as CE 8.54.27a and 27c (Wikisource पश्यस्व शङ्खं for CE paśyemaṃ tvaṃ, a recension variant).

Verse 36 (8.80.36)

रविप्रभं वज्रनाभं क्षुरान्तं । पार्श्वे स्थितं पश्य जनार्दनस्य । चक्रं यशोवर्धनं केशवस्य । सदार्चितं यदुभिः पश्य वीर ॥

raviprabhaṃ vajranābhaṃ kṣurāntaṃ | pārśve sthitaṃ paśya janārdanasya | cakraṃ yaśovardhanaṃ keśavasya | sadārcitaṃ yadubhiḥ paśya vīra

Look, O hero, at the discus that stands at Janardana's side, shining like the sun, with its diamond hub and razor edge, increasing Keshava's fame and ever honoured by the Yadus.

Note on the text: Corrected यदिभिः → यदुभिः (misprint in Wikisource; इ for उ; the CE reads yadubhiḥ). Same as CE 8.54.28a and 28c (Wikisource यशोवर्धनं for CE yaśo vardhayat, a recension variant).

Verse 37 (8.80.37)

महाद्विपानां सरलद्रुमोपमाः । करा निकृत्ताः प्रपतन्त्यमी क्षुरैः । किरीटिना तेन पुनः ससादिनः । शरैर्निकृत्ताः कुलिशैरिवाद्रयः ॥

mahādvipānāṃ saraladrumopamāḥ | karā nikṛttāḥ prapatantyamī kṣuraiḥ | kirīṭinā tena punaḥ sasādinaḥ | śarairnikṛttāḥ kuliśairivādrayaḥ

See the trunks of the great elephants, like straight pine trees, cut off by razor-headed arrows and falling, and the horsemen likewise cut down by Kiritin's arrows, like mountains split by thunderbolts.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 26 (printed after 8.54.28d), lines 0001–0004 (8.54.28d@026_0001–0004), with the same words.

Verse 38 (8.80.38)

तथैव कृष्णस्य च पाञ्चजन्यं । महार्हमेतद्द्विजराजवर्णम् । कौन्तेय पश्योरसि कौस्तुभं च । जाज्वल्यमानं विजयां स्रजं च ॥

tathaiva kṛṣṇasya ca pāñcajanyaṃ | mahārhametaddvijarājavarṇam | kaunteya paśyorasi kaustubhaṃ ca | jājvalyamānaṃ vijayāṃ srajaṃ ca

And see Krishna's Panchajanya, of great worth, moon-white; see, son of Kunti, the blazing Kaustubha jewel on his breast, and the garland of victory.

Note on the text: Corrected महार्हमेतं द्विजराजवर्णम् → महार्हमेतद्द्विजराजवर्णम् (misprint in Wikisource; एतं for एतद्, which must agree with the neuter पाञ्चजन्यम्; the CE appendix reads mahārham etad dvijarājavarṇam). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 26 (printed after 8.54.28d), lines 0005–0008 (8.54.28d@026_0005–0008); a variant of it is the star passage 8.54.28d*0832_01–04.

Verse 39 (8.80.39)

ध्रुवं रथाग्र्यः समुपैति पार्थः । विद्रावयन्सैन्यमिदं परेषाम् । सिताभ्रवर्णैरसितप्रयुक्तैः । हयैर्महार्है रथिनां वरिष्ठः ॥

dhruvaṃ rathāgryaḥ samupaiti pārthaḥ | vidrāvayansainyamidaṃ pareṣām | sitābhravarṇairasitaprayuktaiḥ | hayairmahārhai rathināṃ variṣṭhaḥ

Surely Partha, the foremost in the chariot and best of chariot-warriors, is coming, routing this host of the enemy, with his splendid horses, white as clouds, driven by the Dark One (Krishna).

Note on the text: Corrected ध्रवं → ध्रुवं (misprint in Wikisource; the vowel sign ु dropped; the CE appendix reads dhruvam). The page splits a sandhi across the line break (असितप्रयुक्तै-- । र्हयैः); written here with the word-end resolved (प्रयुक्तैः । हयैर्महार्है), the line division kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 26 (printed after 8.54.28d), lines 0009–0012 (8.54.28d@026_0009–0012). The page glosses असितप्रयुक्तैः as 'driven by Krishna'.

Verse 40 (8.80.40)

रथान्हयान्पत्तिगणांश्च सायकैः । विदारितान्पश्य पतन्त्यमी यथा । तवानुजेनामरराजतेजसा । महावनानीव सुपर्णवायुना ॥

rathānhayānpattigaṇāṃśca sāyakaiḥ | vidāritānpaśya patantyamī yathā | tavānujenāmararājatejasā | mahāvanānīva suparṇavāyunā

Look at the chariots, horses and companies of foot-soldiers, torn apart by arrows, as they fall, struck down by your younger brother with the might of the king of the gods, like great forests by the wind of Garuda.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (सायकै-- । र्विदारितान्); written here with the word-end resolved (सायकैः । विदारितान्), the line division kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 26 (printed after 8.54.28d), lines 0013–0016 (8.54.28d@026_0013–0016), with the same words.

Verse 41 (8.80.41)

चतुः शतान्पश्य रथानिमान्हतान् । सवाजिसूतान्समरे किरीटिना । महेषुभिः सप्तशतानि दन्तिनां । पदातिसादींश्च रथाननेकशः ॥

catuḥ śatānpaśya rathānimānhatān | savājisūtānsamare kirīṭinā | maheṣubhiḥ saptaśatāni dantināṃ | padātisādīṃśca rathānanekaśaḥ

See these four hundred chariots, slain with their horses and charioteers in the battle by Kiritin, and seven hundred elephants, with foot-soldiers, horsemen and many more chariots, brought down by his great arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 26 (printed after 8.54.28d), lines 0017–0020 (8.54.28d@026_0017–0020), with the same words. The page's line labels read 8-80-41a, 41b, 41c, 41c; the text is four lines and is unchanged.

Verse 42 (8.80.42)

अयं समभ्येति तवान्तिकं बली । निघ्नन्कुरूंश्चित्र इव ग्रहोऽर्जुनः । समृद्धकामोऽसि हतास्तवाहिता । बलं तवायुश्च चिराय वर्धताम् ॥

ayaṃ samabhyeti tavāntikaṃ balī | nighnankurūṃścitra iva graho'rjunaḥ | samṛddhakāmo'si hatāstavāhitā | balaṃ tavāyuśca cirāya vardhatām

Here comes the mighty Arjuna toward you, slaying the Kurus like the planet Chitra. Your wishes are fulfilled, your foes are slain; may your strength and life increase for long.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 26 (printed after 8.54.28d), lines 0021–0024 (8.54.28d@026_0021–0024), with the same words.

Verse 43 (8.80.43)

ददानि ते ग्रामवरांश्चतुर्दश । प्रियाख्याने सारथे सुप्रसन्नः । दासीशतं चापि रथांश्च विंशतिं । यदर्जुनं वेदयसे विशोक ॥

dadāni te grāmavarāṃścaturdaśa | priyākhyāne sārathe suprasannaḥ | dāsīśataṃ cāpi rathāṃśca viṃśatiṃ | yadarjunaṃ vedayase viśoka

Well pleased with your good news, charioteer, I give you fourteen of the best villages, a hundred maidservants and twenty chariots, Vishoka, for telling me of Arjuna.

Note on the text: Same as CE 8.54.29 (CE dasīśataṃ for दासीशतं). The page's closing colophon is not a verse.