Karna Vows to Face Arjuna

Verse 1 (8.83.1)

हत्वा तु फल्गुनः सेनां कौरवाणां पृथक्पृथक् । सूतपुत्रस्य संरम्भं दृष्ट्वा चैव महारणे ॥

hatvā tu phalgunaḥ senāṃ kauravāṇāṃ pṛthakpṛthak | sūtaputrasya saṃrambhaṃ dṛṣṭvā caiva mahāraṇe

When Phalguna had cut down the Kauravas' army, division by division, and had seen the Suta's son's fury in that great battle,

Note on the text: Line 1 is a vulgate variant of the critical edition's star line 8.57.1d*0860_01 (hatvā tu phalgunaḥ sainyaṃ kauravāṇāṃ pṛthak pṛthak); line 2 joins the star line *0860_02 (sūtaputrasya saṃrambhaṃ) with the ending of 8.57.1c (dṛṣṭvā caiva mahāraṇe). The CE's main-text lines 8.57.1a and 1c (arjunas tu mahārāja …) are the counterpart. The page's heading lines before the table (a four-line chapter synopsis) are not verses and were not used.

Verse 2 (8.83.2)

शोणितोदां नदीं कृत्वा मांसमज्जास्थिपङ्किलाम् । मनुष्यशीर्षपाषाणां हस्त्यश्वकृतरोधसम् ॥

śoṇitodāṃ nadīṃ kṛtvā māṃsamajjāsthipaṅkilām | manuṣyaśīrṣapāṣāṇāṃ hastyaśvakṛtarodhasam

he made of the field a river whose water was blood, whose mud was flesh, marrow and bone, whose stones were the heads of men, and whose banks were elephants and horses,

Note on the text: Line 1 is a vulgate variant of 8.57.2a (नदीं … पङ्किलाम् for mahīṃ … vāhinīm); line 2 is the CE's star line 8.57.2b*0861_01.

Verse 3 (8.83.3)

शूरास्थिचयसङ्कीर्णां काकगृध्रानुनादिताम् । छत्रहंसप्लवोपेतां वीरवृक्षापहारिणीम् ॥

śūrāsthicayasaṅkīrṇāṃ kākagṛdhrānunāditām | chatrahaṃsaplavopetāṃ vīravṛkṣāpahāriṇīm

thick with heaps of warriors' bones, loud with crows and vultures, with parasols for swans and rafts floating on it, sweeping heroes away like trees from its banks,

Note on the text: Corrected शूरास्थित्तयसङ्कीर्णां → शूरास्थिचयसङ्कीर्णां (misprint in Wikisource; त्त for च; CE śūrāsthicayasaṃkīrṇām). Corrected छत्रहंसप्लुवोपेतां → छत्रहंसप्लवोपेतां (misprint in Wikisource; प्लुव is not a word; CE chatrahaṃsaplavopetām). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE's star passage 8.57.2b*0861 (lines 02–03).

Verse 4 (8.83.4)

हारपद्माकरवतीमुष्णीषवरफेनिलाम् । धनुःशरध्वजोपेतां नरक्षुद्रकपालिनीम् ॥

hārapadmākaravatīmuṣṇīṣavaraphenilām | dhanuḥśaradhvajopetāṃ narakṣudrakapālinīm

with necklaces for its lotus pools and fine turbans for its foam, bristling with bows, arrows and banners, and dotted with the small skulls of men,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE's star passage 8.57.2b*0861 (lines 04–05).

Verse 5 (8.83.5)

चर्मवर्मभ्रमोपेतां रथोडुपसमाकुलाम् । जयैषिणां च सुतरां भीरूणां च सुदुस्तराम् ॥

carmavarmabhramopetāṃ rathoḍupasamākulām | jayaiṣiṇāṃ ca sutarāṃ bhīrūṇāṃ ca sudustarām

crowded with shields and armour like whirlpools and with chariots like boats; easy to cross for those who sought victory, but very hard to cross for the timid.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE's star passage 8.57.2b*0861 (lines 06–07).

Verse 6 (8.83.6)

नदीं प्रावर्तयित्वा च बीभत्सुः परवीरहा । वासुदेवमिदं वाक्यमब्रवीत्पुरुषर्षभः ॥

nadīṃ prāvartayitvā ca bībhatsuḥ paravīrahā | vāsudevamidaṃ vākyamabravītpuruṣarṣabhaḥ

Having set that river flowing, Bibhatsu, slayer of enemy heroes and best of men, spoke these words to Vasudeva.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a vulgate variant of the CE's star line 8.57.2b*0861_08 (tāṃ nadīṃ prāpayitvā tu bībhatsuḥ paravīrahā); line 2 is 8.57.2c.

Verse 7 (8.83.7)

एष केतू रणे कृष्ण सूतपुत्रस्य दृश्यते । भीमसेनादयश्चैते योधयन्ति महारथम् ॥

eṣa ketū raṇe kṛṣṇa sūtaputrasya dṛśyate | bhīmasenādayaścaite yodhayanti mahāratham

Krishna, that banner of the Suta's son is to be seen in the battle, and there Bhimasena and the others are fighting the great warrior.

Note on the text: Wikisource divides the CE's three-line verse 8.57.3 (lines a, c, e) into couplets: this row holds 3a and 3c (महारथम् for mahārathān); the next row opens with 3e.

Verse 8 (8.83.8)

एते द्रवन्ति पाञ्चालाः कर्णत्रस्ता जनार्दन । एष दुर्योधनो राजा श्वेतच्छत्रेण धार्यते ॥

ete dravanti pāñcālāḥ karṇatrastā janārdana | eṣa duryodhano rājā śvetacchatreṇa dhāryate

Janardana, the Panchalas are fleeing there, terrified of Karna; and there King Duryodhana is carried along beneath his white parasol.

Note on the text: Corrected कर्मत्रस्ता → कर्णत्रस्ता (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण; CE karṇāt trastā). Line 1 is 8.57.3e (the third line of the CE's three-line verse 3); line 2 is a vulgate variant of 8.57.4a.

Verse 9 (8.83.9)

कर्णेन भग्नान्पाञ्चालान्द्रावयन्बहु शोभते । कृपश्च कृतवर्मा च द्रौणिश्चैव महारथः ॥

karṇena bhagnānpāñcālāndrāvayanbahu śobhate | kṛpaśca kṛtavarmā ca drauṇiścaiva mahārathaḥ

He shines as he drives off the Panchalas broken by Karna. And there are Kripa, Kritavarman and Drona's son, the great warrior;

Note on the text: Line 1 is 8.57.4c; line 2 is a vulgate variant of 8.57.5a (महारथः for mahābalaḥ).

Verse 10 (8.83.10)

एते रक्षन्ति राजानं सूतपुत्रेण रक्षिताः । अवध्यमानास्तेऽस्माभिर्योधयिष्यन्ति सोमकान् ॥

ete rakṣanti rājānaṃ sūtaputreṇa rakṣitāḥ | avadhyamānāste'smābhiryodhayiṣyanti somakān

these guard the king, themselves guarded by the Suta's son. If we do not strike them down, they will go on to fight the Somakas.

Note on the text: Lines are 8.57.5c and 5e (Wikisource divides the CE's three-line verse 5, lines a, c, e, into couplets; 5a is the previous row's second line).

Verse 11 (8.83.11)

एष शल्यो रथोपस्थे रश्मिसङ्ग्राहकोविदः । सूतपुत्ररथं कृष्ण वाहयन्बहु शोभते ॥

eṣa śalyo rathopasthe raśmisaṅgrāhakovidaḥ | sūtaputrarathaṃ kṛṣṇa vāhayanbahu śobhate

There is Shalya on the front seat of the chariot, expert in handling the reins, driving the Suta's son's chariot, Krishna, and shining greatly.

Verse 12 (8.83.12)

तत्र मे बुद्धिरुत्पन्ना वाहयात्र रथं मम । नाहत्वा समरे कर्णं निवर्तिष्ये कथञ्चन ॥

tatra me buddhirutpannā vāhayātra rathaṃ mama | nāhatvā samare karṇaṃ nivartiṣye kathañcana

My mind is made up about this: drive my chariot there. I will never turn back from the battle without killing Karna.

Verse 13 (8.83.13)

मा स्म कर्णो रणे पार्थान्सृञ्जयांश्च महारथान् । निःशेषान्समरे कुर्यात्पश्यतां नो जनार्दन ॥

mā sma karṇo raṇe pārthānsṛñjayāṃśca mahārathān | niḥśeṣānsamare kuryātpaśyatāṃ no janārdana

Janardana, while we look on, let Karna not leave the Pandavas and the great warriors of the Srinjayas without a remnant in this battle.

Verse 14 (8.83.14)

ततः प्रायाज्जवेनाशु केशवस्तव वाहिनीम् । कर्णं प्रति महेष्वासं द्वैरथे सव्यसाचिनः ॥

tataḥ prāyājjavenāśu keśavastava vāhinīm | karṇaṃ prati maheṣvāsaṃ dvairathe savyasācinaḥ

Then Keshava drove swiftly through your army toward Karna, the great bowman, for his chariot-duel with Savyasachin.

Verse 15 (8.83.15)

स प्रयातो रथेनाशु कृष्णो राजन्महाहवे । आश्वासयन्रणे चाशु पाण्डुसैन्यानि सर्वशः ॥

sa prayāto rathenāśu kṛṣṇo rājanmahāhave | āśvāsayanraṇe cāśu pāṇḍusainyāni sarvaśaḥ

O king, Krishna sped on swiftly in that great battle, heartening the Pandava armies on every side as he went.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE's star line 8.57.10b*0863_01 (sa prayāto rathenāśu kṛṣṇo rājan mahāhave); line 2 is a vulgate variant of 8.57.10c.

Verse 16 (8.83.16)

रथघोषस्ततस्तस्य पाण्डवस्य बभूव ह । वासवास्त्रनिपातेन पर्वतेष्विव मारिष ॥

rathaghoṣastatastasya pāṇḍavasya babhūva ha | vāsavāstranipātena parvateṣviva māriṣa

Then the rumble of the Pandava's chariot arose, O Marisha, like the crash of Indra's weapon upon the mountains.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE's star passage 8.57.11d*0864_01–02, a variant of 8.57.11.

Verse 17 (8.83.17)

महता रथघोषेण पाण्डवः सत्यविक्रमः । अभ्ययादप्रमेयात्मा निर्जयंस्तव वाहिनीम् ॥

mahatā rathaghoṣeṇa pāṇḍavaḥ satyavikramaḥ | abhyayādaprameyātmā nirjayaṃstava vāhinīm

With that great rumble of his chariot the Pandava, true in valour and of immeasurable spirit, advanced, overwhelming your army.

Verse 18 (8.83.18)

तमायान्तं समीक्ष्यैव श्वेताश्वं कृष्णसारथिम् । मद्रराजोऽब्रवीत्कर्णं केतुं दृष्ट्वा महात्मनः ॥

tamāyāntaṃ samīkṣyaiva śvetāśvaṃ kṛṣṇasārathim | madrarājo'bravītkarṇaṃ ketuṃ dṛṣṭvā mahātmanaḥ

Seeing him approach, with his white horses and Krishna for charioteer, and seeing the great-souled one's banner, the king of Madra said to Karna:

Verse 19 (8.83.19)

अयं स रथ आयाति श्वेताश्वः कृष्णसारथिः । निघ्नन्नमित्रान्समरे यं कर्ण परिपृच्छसि ॥

ayaṃ sa ratha āyāti śvetāśvaḥ kṛṣṇasārathiḥ | nighnannamitrānsamare yaṃ karṇa paripṛcchasi

This is that chariot coming, with white horses and Krishna for charioteer, striking down enemies in battle, the one you keep asking about, Karna.

Verse 20 (8.83.20)

एष तिष्ठति कौन्तेयः संस्पृशन्गाण्डिवं धनुः । तं हनिष्यसि चेदद्य तन्नः श्रेयो भविष्यति ॥

eṣa tiṣṭhati kaunteyaḥ saṃspṛśangāṇḍivaṃ dhanuḥ | taṃ haniṣyasi cedadya tannaḥ śreyo bhaviṣyati

There stands the son of Kunti, touching his bow Gandiva. If you kill him today, that will be best for us.

Verse 21 (8.83.21)

धनुर्ज्या चन्द्रताराङ्का पताकाकिङ्किणीयुता । पश्य कर्णार्जुनस्यैषा सौदामन्यम्बरे यथा ॥

dhanurjyā candratārāṅkā patākākiṅkiṇīyutā | paśya karṇārjunasyaiṣā saudāmanyambare yathā

Look, Karna: this bowstring of Arjuna's, and his banner marked with moon and stars and hung with little bells, flash like lightning in the sky.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 27 (printed after 8.57.15d), lines 0001–0002 (8.57.15d@027_0001–0002; चन्द्रताराङ्का for candratārārka-).

Verse 22 (8.83.22)

एष ध्वजाग्रे पार्थस्य प्रेक्षमाणः समन्ततः । दृश्यते वानरो भीमो वीक्षतां भयवर्धनः ॥

eṣa dhvajāgre pārthasya prekṣamāṇaḥ samantataḥ | dṛśyate vānaro bhīmo vīkṣatāṃ bhayavardhanaḥ

There, at the top of Partha's flagstaff, the monkey is seen, looking all around, fearsome, increasing the fear of those who behold him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 27 (printed after 8.57.15d), lines 0003–0004 (8.57.15d@027_0003–0004).

Verse 23 (8.83.23)

एतच्चक्रं गदा शङ्खः शार्ङ्गं कृष्णस्य च प्रभो । दृश्यते पाण्डवरथे वाहयानस्य वाजिनः ॥

etaccakraṃ gadā śaṅkhaḥ śārṅgaṃ kṛṣṇasya ca prabho | dṛśyate pāṇḍavarathe vāhayānasya vājinaḥ

There, my lord, on the Pandava's chariot are seen the discus, mace, conch and Sharnga bow of Krishna, who is driving the horses.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 27 (printed after 8.57.15d), lines 0005–0006 (8.57.15d@027_0005–0006).

Verse 24 (8.83.24)

एतत्कूजति गाण्डीवं विसृष्टं सव्यसाचिना । एते हस्तवता मुक्ता घ्नन्त्यमित्राञ्शिताः शराः ॥

etatkūjati gāṇḍīvaṃ visṛṣṭaṃ savyasācinā | ete hastavatā muktā ghnantyamitrāñśitāḥ śarāḥ

There the Gandiva twangs as Savyasachin looses it, and those sharp arrows, shot by his skilful hand, are striking down his enemies.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 27 (printed after 8.57.15d), lines 0007–0008 (8.57.15d@027_0007–0008; विसृष्टं for vikṛṣṭaṃ).

Verse 25 (8.83.25)

विशालायतताम्राक्षैः पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननैः । एषा भूः कीर्यते राज्ञां शिरोभिरपलायिनाम् ॥

viśālāyatatāmrākṣaiḥ pūrṇacandranibhānanaiḥ | eṣā bhūḥ kīryate rājñāṃ śirobhirapalāyinām

The earth is strewn with the heads of kings who did not flee, with wide, long, copper-red eyes and faces like the full moon.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 27 (printed after 8.57.15d), lines 0009–0010 (8.57.15d@027_0009–0010).

Verse 26 (8.83.26)

एते परिघसङ्काशाः पुण्यगन्धानुलेपनाः । उद्धता रणशूराणां पात्यन्ते सायुधा भुजाः ॥

ete parighasaṅkāśāḥ puṇyagandhānulepanāḥ | uddhatā raṇaśūrāṇāṃ pātyante sāyudhā bhujāḥ

These arms like iron bars, fragrant with sacred perfumed unguents, raised up and still holding weapons, are being cut off from the heroes of the battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 27 (printed after 8.57.15d), lines 0011–0012 (8.57.15d@027_0011–0012; उद्धता रणशूराणां for udyatā raṇaśauṇḍānāṃ).

Verse 27 (8.83.27)

निरस्तजिह्वा नेत्रान्ता वाजिनः सह सादिभिः । पतिताः पात्यमानाश्च क्षितौ क्षीणा विशेरते ॥

nirastajihvā netrāntā vājinaḥ saha sādibhiḥ | patitāḥ pātyamānāśca kṣitau kṣīṇā viśerate

Horses with lolling tongues and starting eyes, together with their riders, fallen or falling, lie spent upon the ground.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 27 (printed after 8.57.15d), lines 0013–0014 (8.57.15d@027_0013–0014).

Verse 28 (8.83.28)

एते पर्वतशृङ्गाणां तुल्या हैमवता गजाः । सञ्छिन्नकुम्भाः पार्थेन प्रपतन्त्यद्रयो यथा ॥

ete parvataśṛṅgāṇāṃ tulyā haimavatā gajāḥ | sañchinnakumbhāḥ pārthena prapatantyadrayo yathā

These Himalayan elephants, like mountain peaks, their frontal globes split open by Partha, topple like crags.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 27 (printed after 8.57.15d), lines 0015–0016 (8.57.15d@027_0015–0016).

Verse 29 (8.83.29)

गन्धर्वनगराकारा रथा हतनरेश्वराः । विमानादिव पुण्यान्ते स्वर्गिणो निपतन्त्यमी ॥

gandharvanagarākārā rathā hatanareśvarāḥ | vimānādiva puṇyānte svargiṇo nipatantyamī

These chariots, their royal masters slain, look like cities of the Gandharvas, and these men fall like dwellers in heaven dropping from their celestial cars when their merit is spent.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 27 (printed after 8.57.15d), lines 0017–0018 (8.57.15d@027_0017–0018).

Verse 30 (8.83.30)

व्याकुलीकृतमत्यर्थं पश्य सैन्यं किरीटिना । नानामृगसहस्राणां यूथं केसरिणा यथा ॥

vyākulīkṛtamatyarthaṃ paśya sainyaṃ kirīṭinā | nānāmṛgasahasrāṇāṃ yūthaṃ kesariṇā yathā

See the army thrown into utter disorder by Kiritin, like a herd of thousands of beasts before a lion.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of CE Appendix I No. 27 (printed after 8.57.15d), lines 0019–0020 (8.57.15d@027_0019–0020), the end of that passage.

Verse 31 (8.83.31)

त्वामभिप्रेप्सुरायाति कर्ण निघ्नन्वरान्रथान् । असज्जमानो राधेय तं याहि प्रति भारत ॥

tvāmabhiprepsurāyāti karṇa nighnanvarānrathān | asajjamāno rādheya taṃ yāhi prati bhārata

Wanting to get at you, Karna, he comes cutting down the best chariot-warriors. Go against him without hesitation, Radheya, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE's star passage 8.57.15d*0865_01–02 (tvām abhiprepsur āyāti karṇa …; the CE prints it before Appendix I No. 27, Wikisource after it).

Verse 32 (8.83.32)

एषा विदीर्यते सेना धार्तराष्ट्री समन्ततः । अर्जुनस्य भयात्तूर्णं निघ्नतः शात्रवान्बहून् ॥

eṣā vidīryate senā dhārtarāṣṭrī samantataḥ | arjunasya bhayāttūrṇaṃ nighnataḥ śātravānbahūn

This army of Dhritarashtra's sons is being torn apart on every side, swiftly, in fear of Arjuna as he strikes down his many enemies.

Verse 33 (8.83.33)

वर्जयन्सर्वसैन्यानि त्वरते हि धनञ्जयः । त्वदर्थमिति मन्येऽहं यथास्योदीर्यते वपुः ॥

varjayansarvasainyāni tvarate hi dhanañjayaḥ | tvadarthamiti manye'haṃ yathāsyodīryate vapuḥ

Dhananjaya hurries, avoiding all the other forces. I think it is for your sake, so fiercely does his figure blaze.

Verse 34 (8.83.34)

न ह्यवस्थास्यते पार्थो युयुत्सुः केनचित्सह । त्वामृते क्रोधदीप्तो हि पीड्यमाने वृकोदरे ॥

na hyavasthāsyate pārtho yuyutsuḥ kenacitsaha | tvāmṛte krodhadīpto hi pīḍyamāne vṛkodare

Eager to fight, Partha, burning with anger while Vrikodara is hard pressed, will not stand to fight anyone but you.

Verse 35 (8.83.35)

विरथं धर्मराजं तु दृष्ट्वा सुदृढविक्षतम् । शिखण्डिनं सात्यकिं च धृष्टद्युम्नं च पार्षतम् ॥

virathaṃ dharmarājaṃ tu dṛṣṭvā sudṛḍhavikṣatam | śikhaṇḍinaṃ sātyakiṃ ca dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca pārṣatam

Seeing Dharmaraja without a chariot and badly wounded, and Shikhandin, Satyaki, and Dhrishtadyumna son of Prishata,

Verse 36 (8.83.36)

द्रौपदेयान्युधामन्युमुत्तमौजसमेव च । नकुलं सहदेवं च वशगांस्ते समीक्ष्य तु ॥

draupadeyānyudhāmanyumuttamaujasameva ca | nakulaṃ sahadevaṃ ca vaśagāṃste samīkṣya tu

the sons of Draupadi, Yudhamanyu, Uttamaujas, Nakula and Sahadeva, and seeing them in your power,

Verse 37 (8.83.37)

सहसैकरथः पार्थस्त्वामभ्येति परन्तपः । क्रोधरक्तेक्षणः क्रुद्धो जिघांसुः सर्वपार्थिवान् ॥

sahasaikarathaḥ pārthastvāmabhyeti parantapaḥ | krodharaktekṣaṇaḥ kruddho jighāṃsuḥ sarvapārthivān

Partha comes at you suddenly on his single chariot, O scorcher of foes, his eyes red with rage, angry, eager to slay all the kings.

Verse 38 (8.83.38)

त्वरितोऽभिपतत्यस्मांस्त्यक्त्वा सैन्यान्यसंशयम् । त्वं कर्ण प्रतियाह्येनं नास्त्यन्यो हि धनुर्धरः ॥

tvarito'bhipatatyasmāṃstyaktvā sainyānyasaṃśayam | tvaṃ karṇa pratiyāhyenaṃ nāstyanyo hi dhanurdharaḥ

No doubt he is rushing at us in haste, leaving the armies aside. Karna, go out against him; there is no other archer.

Verse 39 (8.83.39)

न तं पश्यामि लोकेऽस्मिंस्त्वत्तो ह्यन्यं धनुर्धरम् । अर्जुनं समरे क्रुद्धं यो वेलामिव वारयेत् ॥

na taṃ paśyāmi loke'smiṃstvatto hyanyaṃ dhanurdharam | arjunaṃ samare kruddhaṃ yo velāmiva vārayet

In this world I see no archer other than you who could hold back the angry Arjuna in battle as the shore holds back the sea.

Verse 40 (8.83.40)

न चास्य रक्षां पश्यामि पार्श्वतो न च पृष्ठतः । एक एवाभियाति त्वां पश्य साफल्यमात्मनः ॥

na cāsya rakṣāṃ paśyāmi pārśvato na ca pṛṣṭhataḥ | eka evābhiyāti tvāṃ paśya sāphalyamātmanaḥ

I see no guard for him, at his side or at his back. He comes at you alone. Look, here is your chance to succeed.

Verse 41 (8.83.41)

त्वं हि कृष्णौ रणे शक्तो योद्धुमेतौ परन्तपौ । तवैव भारो राधेय प्रत्युद्याहि धनञ्जयम् ॥

tvaṃ hi kṛṣṇau raṇe śakto yoddhumetau parantapau | tavaiva bhāro rādheya pratyudyāhi dhanañjayam

You alone are able in battle to fight these two scorchers of foes, the two Krishnas. The burden is yours, Radheya: go out against Dhananjaya.

Verse 42 (8.83.42)

समानो ह्यसि भीष्मेण द्रोणद्रौणिकृपेण च । सव्यसाचिनमायान्तं निवारय महारणे ॥

samāno hyasi bhīṣmeṇa droṇadrauṇikṛpeṇa ca | savyasācinamāyāntaṃ nivāraya mahāraṇe

You are the equal of Bhishma, of Drona, Drona's son and Kripa. Hold back Savyasachin as he comes on in this great battle.

Note on the text: Corrected द्रोमद्रौणिकृपेण → द्रोणद्रौणिकृपेण (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण; CE droṇadrauṇikṛpair). Line 1 is a vulgate variant of 8.57.26a; line 2 is the CE's star line 8.57.26d*0868_01 (savyasācinam āyāntaṃ nivāraya mahāraṇe).

Verse 43 (8.83.43)

लेलिहानं यथा सर्पं गर्जन्तमृषभं यथा । वनस्थितं यथा व्याघ्रं जहि कर्ण धनञ्जयम् ॥

lelihānaṃ yathā sarpaṃ garjantamṛṣabhaṃ yathā | vanasthitaṃ yathā vyāghraṃ jahi karṇa dhanañjayam

Kill Dhananjaya, Karna, as one kills a serpent flicking its tongue, a bellowing bull, a tiger lurking in the forest.

Verse 44 (8.83.44)

एते द्रवन्ति समरान्निरपेक्षा नराधिपाः । अर्जुनस्य भयत्रस्ता धार्तराष्ट्रा महाबलाः ॥

ete dravanti samarānnirapekṣā narādhipāḥ | arjunasya bhayatrastā dhārtarāṣṭrā mahābalāḥ

There the kings flee from the battle, heedless of everyone, the mighty sons of Dhritarashtra, terrified of Arjuna.

Note on the text: A vulgate recasting of 8.57.28 (the CE has the same two lines in different wording and order: ete dravanti samare dhārtarāṣṭrā mahārathāḥ / arjunasya bhayāt tūrṇaṃ nirapekṣā janādhipāḥ); the automatic alignment did not match it.

Verse 45 (8.83.45)

द्रवतामथ तेषां तु नान्योऽस्ति युधि मानवः । भयहा यो भवेद्वीरस्त्वामृते सूतनन्दन ॥

dravatāmatha teṣāṃ tu nānyo'sti yudhi mānavaḥ | bhayahā yo bhavedvīrastvāmṛte sūtanandana

Among these fleeing men there is no other man in battle, O hero, who can dispel their fear, except you, son of Suta.

Verse 46 (8.83.46)

एते त्वां कुरवः सर्वे द्वीपमासाद्य संयुगे । विष्ठिताः पुरुषव्याघ्र त्वत्तः शरणकाङ्क्षिणः ॥

ete tvāṃ kuravaḥ sarve dvīpamāsādya saṃyuge | viṣṭhitāḥ puruṣavyāghra tvattaḥ śaraṇakāṅkṣiṇaḥ

All these Kurus, having reached you as an island in the battle, stand looking to you for shelter, O tiger among men.

Note on the text: Corrected धिष्ठिताः → विष्ठिताः (misprint in Wikisource; ध for व; धिष्ठित is not a word, CE viṣṭhitāḥ).

Verse 47 (8.83.47)

वैदेहाम्बष्ठकाम्भोजास्तथा नग्नजितस्त्वया । गान्धाराश्च यया धृत्या जिताः सङ्ख्ये सुदुर्जयाः । तां धृतिं कुरुराधेय ततः प्रत्येहि पाण्डवम् ॥

vaidehāmbaṣṭhakāmbhojāstathā nagnajitastvayā | gāndhārāśca yayā dhṛtyā jitāḥ saṅkhye sudurjayāḥ | tāṃ dhṛtiṃ kururādheya tataḥ pratyehi pāṇḍavam

By the resolve with which you conquered the Videhas, Ambasthas, Kambojas, Nagnajit and the Gandharas, so hard to defeat in battle: hold to that same resolve, Radheya, and then go against the Pandava.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are 8.57.31a and 31c; line 3 is 8.57.32a (the CE's verse 32 continues with 32c in the next row).

Verse 48 (8.83.48)

वासुदेवं च वार्ष्णेयं प्रीयमाणं किरीटिना । प्रत्युद्याहि महाबाहो पौरुषे महति स्थितः ॥

vāsudevaṃ ca vārṣṇeyaṃ prīyamāṇaṃ kirīṭinā | pratyudyāhi mahābāho pauruṣe mahati sthitaḥ

Go out also against Vasudeva, the Vrishni, who delights in Kiritin, O mighty-armed, standing firm in your great manliness.

Note on the text: Line 1 is 8.57.32c; line 2 is the CE's star line 8.57.32d*0869_01 (pratyudyāhi mahābāho pauruṣe mahati sthitaḥ).

Verse 49 (8.83.49)

प्रकृतिस्थोऽसि मे शल्य इदानीं सम्मतस्तथा । प्रतिभासि महाबाहो अभीतश्च धनञ्जयात् ॥

prakṛtistho'si me śalya idānīṃ sammatastathā | pratibhāsi mahābāho abhītaśca dhanañjayāt

Shalya, you are now yourself again and agreeable to me; you seem, O mighty-armed, to have no fear of Dhananjaya.

Verse 50 (8.83.50)

पश्य बाह्वोर्बलं मेऽद्य शिक्षितस्य च पश्य मे । एकोऽद्य निहनिष्यामि पाण्डवानां महाचमूम् ॥

paśya bāhvorbalaṃ me'dya śikṣitasya ca paśya me | eko'dya nihaniṣyāmi pāṇḍavānāṃ mahācamūm

See the strength of my arms today, and see my training. Alone today I shall destroy the great army of the Pandavas.

Verse 51 (8.83.51)

कृष्णौ च पुरुषव्याघ्र ततः सत्यं ब्रवीमि ते । नाहत्वा युधि तौ वीरौ व्यपयास्ये कथञ्चन ॥

kṛṣṇau ca puruṣavyāghra tataḥ satyaṃ bravīmi te | nāhatvā yudhi tau vīrau vyapayāsye kathañcana

And as for the two Krishnas, tigers among men, I tell you truly: I shall not turn back without killing those two heroes in battle.

Verse 52 (8.83.52)

शिश्ये वा निहतस्ताभ्यामनित्यो हि रणे जयः । कृतार्थोऽद्य भविष्यामि हत्वा वाप्यथ वा हतः ॥

śiśye vā nihatastābhyāmanityo hi raṇe jayaḥ | kṛtārtho'dya bhaviṣyāmi hatvā vāpyatha vā hataḥ

Either I shall lie slain by them, for victory in battle is uncertain, or I shall have my purpose fulfilled today, having killed them or being killed.

Verse 53 (8.83.53)

अजय्यमेनं प्रवदन्ति युद्धे । महारथाः कर्ण रथप्रवीरम् । एकाकिनं किमु कृष्णाभिगुप्तं । विजेतुमेनं क इहोत्सहेत ॥

ajayyamenaṃ pravadanti yuddhe | mahārathāḥ karṇa rathapravīram | ekākinaṃ kimu kṛṣṇābhiguptaṃ | vijetumenaṃ ka ihotsaheta

The great chariot-warriors say, Karna, that this foremost of charioteers is invincible in battle even alone; how much more when guarded by Krishna! Who here would dare to conquer him?

Note on the text: Corrected एकाकिन किमु → एकाकिनं किमु (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped anusvara; CE ekākinaṃ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE's star passage 8.57.36d*0872_01–04, headed शल्य उवाच (*0872_00). Speaker: Shalya, as the page heads it.

Verse 54 (8.83.54)

नैतादृशो जातु बभूव लोके । रथोत्तमो यावदुपश्रुतं नः । तमीदृशं प्रतियोत्स्यामि पार्थं । महाहवे पश्य च पौरुषं मे ॥

naitādṛśo jātu babhūva loke | rathottamo yāvadupaśrutaṃ naḥ | tamīdṛśaṃ pratiyotsyāmi pārthaṃ | mahāhave paśya ca pauruṣaṃ me

There has never been such a best of charioteers in the world, as far as we have heard. Such a Partha I shall face in the great battle; see my manliness.

Verse 55 (8.83.55)

रणे चरत्येष रथप्रवीरः । सितैर्हयैः कौरवराजपुत्रः । स वाऽद्य मां नेष्यति कृच्छ्रमेत- । त्कर्णोऽस्यान्तेऽप्यत्र भवेत्समर्थः ॥

raṇe caratyeṣa rathapravīraḥ | sitairhayaiḥ kauravarājaputraḥ | sa vā'dya māṃ neṣyati kṛcchrameta- | tkarṇo'syānte'pyatra bhavetsamarthaḥ

There in battle goes that foremost of charioteers, the Kuru prince, on his white horses. Either he will bring me today to this hardship, or Karna will prove able to bring about his end.

Note on the text: Made the page's double hyphen ("--"), which marks a word split between lines, a single hyphen. Lines 1–3 are a vulgate variant of 8.57.38a–c (रणे चरत्येष … सितैर्हयैः for rathe caraty eṣa … śīghrair hayaiḥ); line 4 is the CE's star line 8.57.38d*0874_04 (karṇo 'syānte 'py atra bhavet samarthaḥ).

Verse 56 (8.83.56)

अस्वेदिनौ राजपुत्रस्य हस्ता- । ववेपमानौ जातकिणौ बृहन्तौ । दृढायुधः कृतिमान्क्षिप्रहस्तो । न पाण्डवेयेन समोऽस्ति योधः ॥

asvedinau rājaputrasya hastā- | vavepamānau jātakiṇau bṛhantau | dṛḍhāyudhaḥ kṛtimānkṣiprahasto | na pāṇḍaveyena samo'sti yodhaḥ

The prince's hands neither sweat nor tremble; they are large and steady, hardened by the bowstring. He is firm in weapon, skilled and quick-handed; no warrior equals the son of Pandu.

Note on the text: Made the page's double hyphen ("--"), which marks a word split between lines, a single hyphen.

Verse 57 (8.83.57)

गृह्णात्यनेकानपि कङ्कपत्रा- । नेकं यथा तान्प्रतियोज्य चाशु । ते क्रोशमात्रे निपतन्त्यमोघाः । कस्तेन योधोऽस्ति समः पृथिव्याम् ॥

gṛhṇātyanekānapi kaṅkapatrā- | nekaṃ yathā tānpratiyojya cāśu | te krośamātre nipatantyamoghāḥ | kastena yodho'sti samaḥ pṛthivyām

He takes up many heron-feathered arrows as though they were one and fits them at once; they fall unfailing at a distance of a krosha. Who on earth is his equal as a warrior?

Note on the text: Corrected निपतन्त्यमोधाः → निपतन्त्यमोघाः (misprint in Wikisource; ध for घ; CE amoghāḥ). Made the page's double hyphen ("--"), which marks a word split between lines, a single hyphen.

Verse 58 (8.83.58)

अतोषयत्खाण्डवे यो हुताशं । कृष्णद्वितीयोऽतिरथस्तरस्वी । लेभे चक्रं यत्र कृष्णो महात्मा । धनुर्गाण्डीवं पाण्डवः सव्यसाची ॥

atoṣayatkhāṇḍave yo hutāśaṃ | kṛṣṇadvitīyo'tirathastarasvī | lebhe cakraṃ yatra kṛṣṇo mahātmā | dhanurgāṇḍīvaṃ pāṇḍavaḥ savyasācī

He who satisfied Agni at Khandava, with Krishna for his second, the swift great chariot-warrior; where the great-souled Krishna obtained his discus and the Pandava Savyasachin the bow Gandiva;

Note on the text: Corrected अतोषयत्स्वाण्डवे → अतोषयत्खाण्डवे (misprint in Wikisource; स्वा for खा; the Khandava forest. The CE reads pāṇḍaveyo here, a different word).

Verse 59 (8.83.59)

श्वेताश्वयुक्तं च सुघोषमुग्रं । रथं महाबाहुरदीनसत्वः । महेषुधी चाक्षये दिव्यरूपे । शस्त्राणि दिव्यानि च हव्यवाहात् ॥

śvetāśvayuktaṃ ca sughoṣamugraṃ | rathaṃ mahābāhuradīnasatvaḥ | maheṣudhī cākṣaye divyarūpe | śastrāṇi divyāni ca havyavāhāt

and the fierce chariot with white horses and a fine rumble, the mighty-armed one of unshaken spirit, the two great inexhaustible quivers of divine form, and divine weapons from the Fire;

Verse 60 (8.83.60)

यस्त्विन्द्रलोके निजघान दैत्या- । नसङ्ख्येयान्कालकेयांश्च सर्वान् । लेभे शङ्खं देवदत्तं स्म तत्र । को नाम तेनाभ्यधिकः पृथिव्याम् ॥

yastvindraloke nijaghāna daityā- | nasaṅkhyeyānkālakeyāṃśca sarvān | lebhe śaṅkhaṃ devadattaṃ sma tatra | ko nāma tenābhyadhikaḥ pṛthivyām

who in Indra's world killed the countless Daityas, all the Kalakeyas, and there won the conch Devadatta. Who on earth is greater than he?

Note on the text: Made the page's double hyphen ("--"), which marks a word split between lines, a single hyphen.

Verse 61 (8.83.61)

महादेवं तोषयामास योऽस्त्रैः । साक्षात्सुयुद्धेन महानुभावः । लेभे ततः पाशुपतं सुघोरं । त्रैलोक्यसंहारकरं महास्त्रम् ॥

mahādevaṃ toṣayāmāsa yo'straiḥ | sākṣātsuyuddhena mahānubhāvaḥ | lebhe tataḥ pāśupataṃ sughoraṃ | trailokyasaṃhārakaraṃ mahāstram

who pleased Mahadeva himself with his weapons in a fair fight, that great-souled one, and then received the dreadful Pashupata, the great weapon that destroys the three worlds;

Verse 62 (8.83.62)

पृथक्पृथग्लोकपालाः समेता । ददुर्महास्त्राण्यप्रमेयाणि सङ्ख्ये । यैस्ताञ्जघानाशु रणे नृसिंहः । सकालकेयानसुरान्समेतान् ॥

pṛthakpṛthaglokapālāḥ sametā | dadurmahāstrāṇyaprameyāṇi saṅkhye | yaistāñjaghānāśu raṇe nṛsiṃhaḥ | sakālakeyānasurānsametān

to whom the gathered Guardians of the World each gave immeasurable great weapons in battle, with which that lion among men swiftly killed the assembled asuras, the Kalakeyas;

Verse 63 (8.83.63)

तथा विराटस्य पुरे समेता- । न्सर्वानस्मानेकरथेन जित्वा । जहार तद्गोधनमाजिमध्ये । वस्त्राणि चादत्त महारथेभ्यः ॥

tathā virāṭasya pure sametā- | nsarvānasmānekarathena jitvā | jahāra tadgodhanamājimadhye | vastrāṇi cādatta mahārathebhyaḥ

who at Virata's city, defeating all of us who had gathered there with a single chariot, carried off that cattle-wealth in the midst of the battle and took the garments of the great chariot-warriors.

Note on the text: Corrected तद्रोधनमाजि → तद्गोधनमाजि (misprint in Wikisource; रो for गो; CE godhanam). Made the page's double hyphen ("--"), which marks a word split between lines, a single hyphen.

Verse 64 (8.83.64)

तमीदृशं वीर्यगुणोपपन्नं । कृष्णद्वितीयं परमं नृपाणाम् । तमाह्वयन्साहसमुत्तमं वै । जाने स्वयं सर्वलोकस्य शल्य ॥

tamīdṛśaṃ vīryaguṇopapannaṃ | kṛṣṇadvitīyaṃ paramaṃ nṛpāṇām | tamāhvayansāhasamuttamaṃ vai | jāne svayaṃ sarvalokasya śalya

Such a one, rich in valour and virtue, with Krishna for his second, supreme among kings: to challenge him is the utmost rashness, Shalya; I myself know it, as does all the world.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are a vulgate variant of 8.57.47a (कृष्णद्वितीयं परमं नृपाणाम् for kṛṣṇadvitīyaṃ varaye raṇāya); lines 3–4 are the CE's star lines 8.57.47b*0877_01–02.

Verse 65 (8.83.65)

अनन्तवीर्येण च केशवेन । नारायणेनाप्रतिमेन गुप्तः । वर्षायुतैर्यस्य गुणा न शक्या । वक्तुं समेतैरपि सर्वलोकैः ॥

anantavīryeṇa ca keśavena | nārāyaṇenāpratimena guptaḥ | varṣāyutairyasya guṇā na śakyā | vaktuṃ sametairapi sarvalokaiḥ

He is guarded by Keshava of boundless prowess, by Narayana, who has no equal, whose virtues even all the worlds together could not tell in ten thousand years;

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are 8.57.47c (गुप्तः for guptam); lines 3–4 are 8.57.48a.

Verse 66 (8.83.66)

महात्मनः शङ्खचक्रासिपाणे- । र्विष्णोर्जिष्णोर्वसुदेवात्मजस्य । भयं न मे जायते साध्वसं च । दृष्ट्वा कृष्णावेकरथे समेतौ ॥

mahātmanaḥ śaṅkhacakrāsipāṇe- | rviṣṇorjiṣṇorvasudevātmajasya | bhayaṃ na me jāyate sādhvasaṃ ca | dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇāvekarathe sametau

of the great-souled holder of conch, discus and sword, Vishnu, Jishnu, the son of Vasudeva. I feel neither fear nor dread on seeing the two Krishnas gathered on one chariot.

Note on the text: Made the page's double hyphen ("--"), which marks a word split between lines, a single hyphen. Lines 1–2 are 8.57.48c; lines 3–4 are a variant of 8.57.48e. Wikisource reads भयं न मे जायते (fear does not arise in me) where the CE has bhayaṃ me vai jāyate; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 67 (8.83.67)

अतीवायं धनुषि राजपुत्रे- । ष्वतीवान्यान्केशवश्चक्रयुद्धे । एवंविधौ पाण्डववासुदेवौ । चलेत्स्वदेशाद्धिमवान्न कृष्णौ ॥

atīvāyaṃ dhanuṣi rājaputre- | ṣvatīvānyānkeśavaścakrayuddhe | evaṃvidhau pāṇḍavavāsudevau | caletsvadeśāddhimavānna kṛṣṇau

This one surpasses the other princes greatly in the bow, and Keshava surpasses others greatly in fighting with the discus. Such are the Pandava and Vasudeva: the Himalaya might shift from its place, but not the two Krishnas.

Note on the text: Corrected चलेत्स्वदेशाद्विमवान्न → चलेत्स्वदेशाद्धिमवान्न (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध; the sense is himavān, "the Himalaya"; the CE star line *0879_02 reads svadeśād dhi bhavān). Made the page's double hyphen ("--"), which marks a word split between lines, a single hyphen. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension). Lines 1–2 are a vulgate variant of the CE's star lines 8.57.40d*0876_01–02 (atīvānyān dhanuṣā rājaputras / tv atīvānyān keśavaś cakrayuddhe); lines 3–4 are a variant of the CE's star lines 8.57.48f*0879_01–02.

Verse 68 (8.83.68)

उभौ हि शूरौ बलिनौ दृढायुधौ । महारथौ संहननोपपन्नौ । एतौ वीरौ नरवीरौ समेतौ । स्थानाच्च्युतौ देवकुमाररूपौ ॥

ubhau hi śūrau balinau dṛḍhāyudhau | mahārathau saṃhananopapannau | etau vīrau naravīrau sametau | sthānāccyutau devakumārarūpau

Both are brave, strong, firm in their weapons, great chariot-warriors, well built; these two heroes among men, come together, look like young gods fallen from their stations.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are a vulgate variant of 8.57.49a (बलिनौ दृढायुधौ for kṛtinau dṛḍhāstrau); lines 3–4 are a variant of the CE's star lines 8.57.49b*0881_01–02.

Verse 69 (8.83.69)

अग्न्यनिलाविन्द्रबृहस्पती वा । यमान्तकौ वा शशिपूषणौ वा । भगांशमित्रावरुणाश्विनौ वा । मरुद्गणा वा वसवः सहेन्द्राः । व्यस्ताः समस्ताश्च युधा न शक्ता । जेतुं प्रसह्यार्जुनं चाच्युतं च ॥

agnyanilāvindrabṛhaspatī vā | yamāntakau vā śaśipūṣaṇau vā | bhagāṃśamitrāvaruṇāśvinau vā | marudgaṇā vā vasavaḥ sahendrāḥ | vyastāḥ samastāśca yudhā na śaktā | jetuṃ prasahyārjunaṃ cācyutaṃ ca

Not Agni and Anila, nor Indra and Brihaspati, nor Yama and Antaka, nor the Moon and Pushan, nor Bhaga, Amsha, Mitra, Varuna and the Ashvins, nor the Maruts, nor the Vasus with the Indras, singly or all together, are able to conquer Arjuna and Achyuta by force in battle.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition: Wikisource prints only the last line (labelled 8-83-69f, i.e. the sixth line of a verse whose lines a–e are lost). Lines 1–5 are restored from the CE's star passage 8.57.49b*0881_03–07 (agnyanilāv indrabṛhaspatī vā … vyastāḥ samastāś ca yudhā na śaktā), written in Devanagari with the CE's words; line 6 is Wikisource's own (= *0881_08). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 70 (8.83.70)

एतौ हि तावर्जुनवासुदेवौ । कोऽन्यः प्रतीयान्मदृते तु शल्य ॥

etau hi tāvarjunavāsudevau | ko'nyaḥ pratīyānmadṛte tu śalya

Who else but me, Shalya, could face these two, Arjuna and Vasudeva?

Note on the text: Line 1 is a vulgate variant of 8.57.49c (एतौ हि तावर्जुनवासुदेवौ for etādṛśau phalgunavāsudevau); line 2 is the rest of 8.57.49c.

Verse 71 (8.83.71)

सर्वेषां वृष्णिवीराणां कृष्णे लक्ष्मीः प्रतिष्ठिता । सर्वेषां पाण्डुपुत्राणां जयः पार्थे प्रतिष्ठितः ॥

sarveṣāṃ vṛṣṇivīrāṇāṃ kṛṣṇe lakṣmīḥ pratiṣṭhitā | sarveṣāṃ pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ jayaḥ pārthe pratiṣṭhitaḥ

Among all the Vrishni heroes fortune rests in Krishna; among all the sons of Pandu victory rests in Partha.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE's star passage 8.57.49d*0883_01–02.

Verse 72 (8.83.72)

तावुभौ पुरुषव्याघ्रौ समाने स्यन्दने स्थितौ । मामेकमभियोद्धारौ सुजातं बत शल्य मे ॥

tāvubhau puruṣavyāghrau samāne syandane sthitau | māmekamabhiyoddhārau sujātaṃ bata śalya me

Those two tigers among men stand on a single chariot, about to attack me alone. How well it has fallen out for me, Shalya.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE's star passage 8.57.49d*0883_03–04.

Verse 73 (8.83.73)

नैतच्चिरं क्षिप्रमिमं रथं मे । प्रवर्तयैतावभियामि चैवम् । अस्मिन्मुहूर्ते निहतौ पश्य कृष्णौ । ताभ्यां हतं वा युधि मां रिपुभ्याम् ॥

naitacciraṃ kṣipramimaṃ rathaṃ me | pravartayaitāvabhiyāmi caivam | asminmuhūrte nihatau paśya kṛṣṇau | tābhyāṃ hataṃ vā yudhi māṃ ripubhyām

This will not take long: quickly set my chariot in motion, and I shall go against them. In this very hour see the two Krishnas slain, or me slain in battle by those two enemies.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE's star lines 8.57.49d*0884_01–02 (lines 1–2) and 8.57.49d*0885_01–02 (lines 3–4).

Verse 74 (8.83.74)

एवं ब्रुवाणः सहसा महारथ- । स्त्वभ्यद्रवत्पाण्डवं सूतपुत्रः ॥

evaṃ bruvāṇaḥ sahasā mahāratha- | stvabhyadravatpāṇḍavaṃ sūtaputraḥ

Speaking thus, the great chariot-warrior, the Suta's son, suddenly charged at the Pandava.

Note on the text: Made the page's double hyphen ("--"), which marks a word split between lines, a single hyphen. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE's star lines 8.57.50d*0886_03–04. Speaker corrected from Karna to Sanjaya (narration: Karna's speech ends with the previous verse).

Verse 75 (8.83.75)

अभ्येत्य पुत्रेण तवाभिनन्दितः । समेत्य चोवाच कुरुप्रवीरान् । कृपं च भोजं च महाभुजावुभौ । तथैव गान्धारनृपं सहानुजम् । गुरोः सुतं चावरजं तथात्मनः । पदातिसङ्घा द्विरदास्तथा तदा ॥

abhyetya putreṇa tavābhinanditaḥ | sametya covāca kurupravīrān | kṛpaṃ ca bhojaṃ ca mahābhujāvubhau | tathaiva gāndhāranṛpaṃ sahānujam | guroḥ sutaṃ cāvarajaṃ tathātmanaḥ | padātisaṅghā dviradāstathā tadā

Coming up, welcomed by your son, and joining the foremost Kuru heroes, he spoke to Kripa and Bhoja, both mighty-armed, to the king of Gandhara with his younger brother, to Drona's son and his own younger brother, and then to the hosts of foot-soldiers and the elephants.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition: Wikisource prints only the last line (labelled 8-83-75f, the sixth line of a verse whose lines a–e are lost). Lines 1–5 are 8.57.51a, 51c and the first half of 51e (abhyetya putreṇa tavābhinanditaḥ … guroḥ sutaṃ cāvarajaṃ tathātmanaḥ), written in Devanagari with the CE's words; line 6 is Wikisource's own, a variant of the second half of 51e (padātino 'tha dvipasādino 'nyān) and of the CE's star line 8.57.51f*0887_02. The nominative of line 6 does not agree with the accusatives above it; the vulgate may have had the star lines *0887_01–02 (guroḥ sutas tatra tavātmajas tathā …) in place of 51e, but the CE's main text is used because Wikisource keeps only the last line. Speaker corrected from Karna to Sanjaya (narration).

Verse 76 (8.83.76)

निरुध्यताभिद्रवताच्युतार्जुनौ । श्रमेण संयोजयताशु सर्वशः । यथा भवद्भिर्भृशविक्षतावुभौ । सुखेन हन्यान्मम वाहिनीपतिः ॥

nirudhyatābhidravatācyutārjunau | śrameṇa saṃyojayatāśu sarvaśaḥ | yathā bhavadbhirbhṛśavikṣatāvubhau | sukhena hanyānmama vāhinīpatiḥ

Hem them in, rush upon Achyuta and Arjuna, and wear them down on every side, so that, once you have left the two badly wounded, the leader of my army may kill them with ease.

Note on the text: Speaker: Karna (the CE's 8.57.52 is his speech); the page prints no heading here.

Verse 77 (8.83.77)

तथेति चोक्त्वा त्वरिताः स्म तेऽर्जुनं । जिघांसवो वीरतमाः समभ्ययुः । शरैश्च जघ्नुर्युधि तं महारथा । धनञ्जयं कर्णनिदेशकारिणः । नदीनदान्भूरिजलो महार्णवो । यथा तथा तान्समरेऽर्जुनोऽग्रसत् ॥

tatheti coktvā tvaritāḥ sma te'rjunaṃ | jighāṃsavo vīratamāḥ samabhyayuḥ | śaraiśca jaghnuryudhi taṃ mahārathā | dhanañjayaṃ karṇanideśakāriṇaḥ | nadīnadānbhūrijalo mahārṇavo | yathā tathā tānsamare'rjuno'grasat

"So be it," they said, and the foremost heroes quickly went against Arjuna, eager to kill him; those great warriors, doing Karna's bidding, struck Dhananjaya with arrows in the fight. But Arjuna swallowed them up in the battle, as the great ocean, rich in waters, swallows rivers and streams.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition: Wikisource prints only the last line (labelled 8-83-77f, the sixth line of a verse whose lines a–e are lost). Lines 1–2 are 8.57.53a (tatheti coktvā tvaritāḥ sma te 'rjunaṃ …), lines 3–4 are the CE's star lines 8.57.53b*0888_01–02, line 5 is the first half of 8.57.53c (nadīnadān bhūrijalo mahārṇavo), written in Devanagari with the CE's words; line 6 is Wikisource's own (= the second half of 53c). Speaker corrected from Karna to Sanjaya (narration).

Verse 78 (8.83.78)

न सन्दधानो न तथा शरोत्तमान् । प्रमुञ्चमानो रिपुभिः प्रदृश्यते । धनञ्जयास्तैः स्म शरैर्विदारिता । हता निपेतुर्नरवाजिकुञ्जराः ॥

na sandadhāno na tathā śarottamān | pramuñcamāno ripubhiḥ pradṛśyate | dhanañjayāstaiḥ sma śarairvidāritā | hatā nipeturnaravājikuñjarāḥ

He was not seen by his foes fitting or loosing his best arrows; and men, horses and elephants, torn by those arrows shot by Dhananjaya, fell slain.

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from Karna to Sanjaya for this and the verses that follow to the end of the adhyaya: Karna's speech ends at verse 73 (CE 8.57.50), and the rest is Sanjaya's narration of the fight (the page prints no heading).

Verse 79 (8.83.79)

शरार्चिषं गाण्डिवचारुमण्डलं । युगान्तसूर्यप्रतिमानतेजसम् । न कौरवाः शेकुरुदीक्षितुं जयं । यथा रविं व्याधितचक्षुषो जनाः ॥

śarārciṣaṃ gāṇḍivacārumaṇḍalaṃ | yugāntasūryapratimānatejasam | na kauravāḥ śekurudīkṣituṃ jayaṃ | yathā raviṃ vyādhitacakṣuṣo janāḥ

The Kauravas could not look at the victor, whose arrows flamed and whose Gandiva made a graceful circle, splendid as the sun at the end of an age, as men with sore eyes cannot look at the sun.

Verse 80 (8.83.80)

शरोत्तमान्सम्प्रहितान्महारथै । श्चिच्छेद पार्थः प्रहसञ्छरौधैः । भूयश्च तानहनद्बाणसङ्घान् । गाण्डीवधन्वायतपूर्णमण्डलम् ॥

śarottamānsamprahitānmahārathai | ściccheda pārthaḥ prahasañcharaudhaiḥ | bhūyaśca tānahanadbāṇasaṅghān | gāṇḍīvadhanvāyatapūrṇamaṇḍalam

Smiling, Partha cut down with floods of arrows the best arrows sent by the great chariot-warriors, and again he struck down the clusters of arrows, his Gandiva drawn into a full circle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE's star passage 8.57.55d*0890_01–04.

Verse 81 (8.83.81)

यथोग्ररश्मिः शुचिशुक्रमध्यगः । सुखं विवस्वान्हरते जलौघान् । तथार्जुनो बाणगणान्निरस्य । ददाह सेनां तव पार्थिवेन्द्र ॥

yathograraśmiḥ śuciśukramadhyagaḥ | sukhaṃ vivasvānharate jalaughān | tathārjuno bāṇagaṇānnirasya | dadāha senāṃ tava pārthivendra

As the sun of fierce rays, standing between the months of Shuchi and Shukra, easily draws up floods of water, so Arjuna, throwing aside the volleys of arrows, burned your army, O lord of kings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE's star passage 8.57.55d*0890_05–08.

Verse 82 (8.83.82)

तमभ्यधावद्विसृजन्कृपः शरां- । स्तथैव भोजस्तव चात्मजः स्वयम् । महारथो द्रोणसुतश्च सायकै- । रवाकिरंस्तोयधरा यथाऽचलम् ॥

tamabhyadhāvadvisṛjankṛpaḥ śarāṃ- | stathaiva bhojastava cātmajaḥ svayam | mahāratho droṇasutaśca sāyakai- | ravākiraṃstoyadharā yathā'calam

Kripa rushed at him loosing arrows, and so did Bhoja and your own son himself; and the great warrior, Drona's son, covered him with arrows as clouds cover a mountain.

Note on the text: Made the page's double hyphen ("--"), which marks a word split between lines, a single hyphen. Lines 1–2 are 8.57.56a; lines 3–4 are the CE's star lines 8.57.56b*0891_01–02.

Verse 83 (8.83.83)

जिघांसुभिस्तान्कुशलैः शरोत्तमान् । महात्मभिः सम्प्रहितान्प्रयत्नतः । शरैः प्रचिच्छेद स पाण्डवस्त्वरन् । परान्विनिर्भिद्य च तांस्त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः ॥

jighāṃsubhistānkuśalaiḥ śarottamān | mahātmabhiḥ samprahitānprayatnataḥ | śaraiḥ praciccheda sa pāṇḍavastvaran | parānvinirbhidya ca tāṃstribhistribhiḥ

The skilled and great-souled ones loosed their best arrows with all their effort, eager to kill; but the Pandava, hastening, cut them down with his arrows and pierced the enemies with three arrows each.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रतिच्छेद स → प्रचिच्छेद स (misprint in Wikisource; प्रतिच्छेद is a noun, not the verb form the sentence needs; CE praciccheda). Lines 1–2 are a variant of 8.57.56c; lines 3–4 are a variant of 8.57.56e.

Verse 84 (8.83.84)

स गाण्डिवव्यायतपूर्णमण्डल- । स्तपन्रिपूनर्जुनभास्करो बभौ । शरोग्रश्मिः शुचिशुक्रमध्यगो । यथैव सूर्यः परिवेषवांस्तथा ॥

sa gāṇḍivavyāyatapūrṇamaṇḍala- | stapanripūnarjunabhāskaro babhau | śarograśmiḥ śuciśukramadhyago | yathaiva sūryaḥ pariveṣavāṃstathā

With his Gandiva drawn into a full circle, Arjuna shone like a sun, scorching his enemies, his arrows its fierce rays, standing between Shuchi and Shukra, like the sun in its halo.

Note on the text: Corrected वभौ → बभौ (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब; CE babhau). Corrected परिवेयवांस्तथा → परिवेषवांस्तथा (misprint in Wikisource; य for ष; परिवेय is not a word, CE pariveṣagas). Made the page's double hyphen ("--"), which marks a word split between lines, a single hyphen.

Verse 85 (8.83.85)

अथाग्र्यबाणैर्दशभिर्धनञ्जयं । पराभिनद्दोणसुतोऽच्युतं त्रिभिः । चतुर्भिरश्वांश्चतुरः कपिं ततः । शरैश्च नाराचवरैरवाकिरत् ॥

athāgryabāṇairdaśabhirdhanañjayaṃ | parābhinaddoṇasuto'cyutaṃ tribhiḥ | caturbhiraśvāṃścaturaḥ kapiṃ tataḥ | śaraiśca nārācavarairavākirat

Then Drona's son pierced Dhananjaya with ten fine arrows and Achyuta with three, the four horses with four, and then covered the monkey on the banner with arrows and excellent iron arrows.

Verse 86 (8.83.86)

तथा ततः प्रस्फुरदस्य कार्मुकं । त्रिभिः शरैर्यन्तृशिरश्चकर्त ह । हयांश्चतुर्भिश्चतुरस्त्रिभिर्ध्वजं । धनञ्जयो द्रौणिरथादपातयत् ॥

tathā tataḥ prasphuradasya kārmukaṃ | tribhiḥ śarairyantṛśiraścakarta ha | hayāṃścaturbhiścaturastribhirdhvajaṃ | dhanañjayo drauṇirathādapātayat

Then Dhananjaya, with three arrows, cut his quivering bow and the charioteer's head; with four he felled the four horses and with three the banner, from Drauni's chariot.

Verse 87 (8.83.87)

स रोषपूर्णो ह्यतिवज्रहाटकै- । रलङ्कृतं तक्षकभोगवर्चसम् । स तद्वधे कार्मुकमन्यदाददे । यथा महाहिप्रवरं तथैव च ॥

sa roṣapūrṇo hyativajrahāṭakai- | ralaṅkṛtaṃ takṣakabhogavarcasam | sa tadvadhe kārmukamanyadādade | yathā mahāhipravaraṃ tathaiva ca

Full of rage, he took up another bow for killing him, rich in diamonds and gold, gleaming like the coils of Takshaka, like the finest of great serpents.

Note on the text: Corrected ह्मतिवज्रहाटकै → ह्यतिवज्रहाटकै (misprint in Wikisource; म for य; the CE has a different reading here, aśanivajrahāṭakair). Made the page's triple hyphen ("---"), which marks a word split between lines, a single hyphen.

Verse 88 (8.83.88)

स्वमायुधं चापि विकीर्य भूतले । धनुश्च कृत्वा सगुणं गुणाधिकः । समानयानावजितौ नरोत्तमौ । शरोत्तमैर्द्रौणिरविध्यदन्तिकात् ॥

svamāyudhaṃ cāpi vikīrya bhūtale | dhanuśca kṛtvā saguṇaṃ guṇādhikaḥ | samānayānāvajitau narottamau | śarottamairdrauṇiravidhyadantikāt

Throwing his own weapon on the ground and stringing a bow, he who surpassed others in skill, Drauni, shot at the two unconquered best of men, who shared one chariot, with the finest arrows from close by.

Note on the text: Corrected समानयंसल्तावजितौ → समानयानावजितौ (misprint in Wikisource; a garbled form; CE samānayānāv ajitau).

Verse 89 (8.83.89)

कृपश्च भोजश्च तवात्मजश्च ते । शरैरनेकैर्युधि पाण्डवर्षभम् । महारथाः संयुगमूर्धनि स्थिता- । स्तमोनुदं वारिधरा इवापतन् ॥

kṛpaśca bhojaśca tavātmajaśca te | śarairanekairyudhi pāṇḍavarṣabham | mahārathāḥ saṃyugamūrdhani sthitā- | stamonudaṃ vāridharā ivāpatan

Kripa, Bhoja and your son, the great warriors, standing at the head of the battle, fell upon the foremost Pandava with many arrows, as clouds fall upon the dispeller of darkness.

Note on the text: Made the page's double hyphen ("--"), which marks a word split between lines, a single hyphen. Lines 1 and 4 are the two halves of 8.57.62a (kṛpaś ca bhojaś ca tathātmajaś ca te; tamonudaṃ vāridharā ivāpatan); lines 2–3 are the CE's star lines 8.57.62b*0894_01–02, placed between them.

Verse 90 (8.83.90)

कृपस्य पार्थः शरं शरासनं । हयान्ध्वजान्सारधिमेव पत्रिभिः । समार्पयद्वाहुसहस्रविक्रम- । स्तथा यथा वज्रधरः पुरा बलेः ॥

kṛpasya pārthaḥ śaraṃ śarāsanaṃ | hayāndhvajānsāradhimeva patribhiḥ | samārpayadvāhusahasravikrama- | stathā yathā vajradharaḥ purā baleḥ

With the might of a thousand arms, Partha loosed his feathered arrows at Kripa's arrow and bow, his horses, banners and charioteer, as the wielder of the thunderbolt once did to Bali.

Note on the text: Made the page's double hyphen ("--"), which marks a word split between lines, a single hyphen. Lines 1–2 are 8.57.62c (शरं शरासनं for saśaraṃ śarāsanaṃ); lines 3–4 are the CE's star lines 8.57.62d*0896_01–02. Removed the opening square bracket printed before line 3 (the page brackets this passage, which continues through the next verse).

Verse 91 (8.83.91)

स पार्थबाणैर्विनिपातितायुधो । ध्वजावमर्दे च कृते महाहवे । कृतः कृपो बाणसहस्रयन्त्रितो । यथापगेयः प्रथमं किरीटिना ॥

sa pārthabāṇairvinipātitāyudho | dhvajāvamarde ca kṛte mahāhave | kṛtaḥ kṛpo bāṇasahasrayantrito | yathāpageyaḥ prathamaṃ kirīṭinā

With his weapons struck down by Partha's arrows and his banner crushed in that great battle, Kripa was pinned down by a thousand arrows, as Bhishma had been by Kiritin before.

Note on the text: Corrected बाणसहस्रयनितो → बाणसहस्रयन्त्रितो (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped न् in the conjunct न्त्र; CE bāṇasahasrayantrito). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE's star lines 8.57.62d*0896_03–06. Removed the closing square bracket and the stray double danda printed after the last line (the bracket opened in the previous verse).

Verse 92 (8.83.92)

शरैः प्रचिच्छेद तवात्मजस्य । ध्वजं धनुश्च प्रचकर्त नर्दतः । जघान चाश्वान्कृतवर्मणः शुभान् । ध्वजं च चिच्छेद तवात्मजस्य ह ॥

śaraiḥ praciccheda tavātmajasya | dhvajaṃ dhanuśca pracakarta nardataḥ | jaghāna cāśvānkṛtavarmaṇaḥ śubhān | dhvajaṃ ca ciccheda tavātmajasya ha

With arrows he cut down your son's banner and cut his bow as he roared, killed the fine horses of Kritavarman, and cut down your son's banner again.

Verse 93 (8.83.93)

सवाजिसूतेष्वसनान्सकेतना- । ञ्जघान नागाश्वरथांश्च स त्वरन् । ततः प्रकीर्णं सुमहद्वलं तव । प्रपीडितं सवितुरिवौजसा भृशम् ॥

savājisūteṣvasanānsaketanā- | ñjaghāna nāgāśvarathāṃśca sa tvaran | tataḥ prakīrṇaṃ sumahadvalaṃ tava | prapīḍitaṃ saviturivaujasā bhṛśam

In haste he struck down warriors with their horses, charioteers, bows and banners, and elephants, horses and chariots. Then your great army was scattered and sorely harassed, as if by the power of the sun.

Note on the text: Corrected ञ्जयान नागाश्व → ञ्जघान नागाश्व (misprint in Wikisource; य for घ; CE jaghāna). Made the page's double hyphen ("--"), which marks a word split between lines, a single hyphen. Lines 1–2 are a variant of 8.57.64a; lines 3–4 are a variant of 8.57.64c (सवितुरिवौजसा भृशम् for setur ivāmbhasā yathā).

Verse 94 (8.83.94)

ततोऽर्जुनस्याशु रथेन केशवश् । चकार शत्रूनपसव्यमातुरान् । ततः प्रयान्तं त्वरितं धनञ्जयं । शतक्रतुं वृत्रनिजघ्नुषं यथा । समन्वधावन्पुनरुच्छ्रितैर्ध्वजै । रथैः सुयुक्तैरपरे युयुत्सवः ॥

tato'rjunasyāśu rathena keśavaś | cakāra śatrūnapasavyamāturān | tataḥ prayāntaṃ tvaritaṃ dhanañjayaṃ | śatakratuṃ vṛtranijaghnuṣaṃ yathā | samanvadhāvanpunarucchritairdhvajai | rathaiḥ suyuktairapare yuyutsavaḥ

Then Keshava, swiftly driving Arjuna's chariot, put the distressed enemies on its left; and as Dhananjaya pressed on in haste, like Shatakratu when he slew Vritra, others eager to fight pursued him again on well-yoked chariots with banners raised.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition: Wikisource prints only the last line (labelled 8-83-94f, the sixth line of a verse whose lines a–e are lost). Lines 1–2 are 8.57.64e (tato 'rjunasyāśu rathena keśavaś; cakāra śatrūn apasavyam āturān), lines 3–4 are 8.57.65a, line 5 is the first half of 8.57.65c (samanvadhāvan punar ucchritair dhvajai), written in Devanagari with the CE's words; line 6 is Wikisource's own (= the second half of 65c). The page's footnote to 8-83-94 gives the manuscripts' reading of line 1 as तथार्जुनस्याधिरथेन केशव (ख. ट.) and अथार्जुनस्याधिरथेश्च केशव (क. ङ.); the CE's wording is used. Speaker: Sanjaya.

Verse 95 (8.83.95)

अथाभिसृत्य प्रतिवार्य चाहितान् । धनञ्जयस्यानुचरान्महारथाः । शिखण्डिशैनेययमाः शितैः शरै- । र्विदारयन्तो व्यनदन्सुभैरवम् ॥

athābhisṛtya prativārya cāhitān | dhanañjayasyānucarānmahārathāḥ | śikhaṇḍiśaineyayamāḥ śitaiḥ śarai- | rvidārayanto vyanadansubhairavam

Then Dhananjaya's followers, the great warriors Shikhandin, Shaineya and the twins, rushing up and checking those foes, tore at them with sharp arrows and roared frightfully.

Note on the text: Made the page's triple hyphen ("---"), which marks a word split between lines, a single hyphen.

Verse 96 (8.83.96)

ततोऽभिजघ्नुः कुपिताः परस्परं । शरैस्तदाञ्चोगतिभिः सुतेजनैः । कुरुप्रवीराः सह सृञ्जयैर्यथा । सुरारयो देवपतिं यथा तथा ॥

tato'bhijaghnuḥ kupitāḥ parasparaṃ | śaraistadāñcogatibhiḥ sutejanaiḥ | kurupravīrāḥ saha sṛñjayairyathā | surārayo devapatiṃ yathā tathā

Then, enraged, they struck one another with swift, sharp arrows, the foremost Kuru heroes with the Srinjayas, as the enemies of the gods once fought the lord of the gods.

Note on the text: Corrected सह पृञ्जयैर्यथा → सह सृञ्जयैर्यथा (misprint in Wikisource; प for स; CE saha sṛñjayair).

Verse 97 (8.83.97)

जयेप्सवः स्वर्गमनाय चोत्सुकाः । पतन्ति नागाश्वरथाः परन्तप । तथैव सर्वे बहवश्च विव्यधुः । शरैः सुमुक्तैरितरेतरं पृथक् ॥

jayepsavaḥ svargamanāya cotsukāḥ | patanti nāgāśvarathāḥ parantapa | tathaiva sarve bahavaśca vivyadhuḥ | śaraiḥ sumuktairitaretaraṃ pṛthak

Eager for victory and impatient to reach heaven, elephants, horses and chariots fell, O scorcher of foes; and all of them, many, pierced one another separately with well-loosed arrows.

Verse 98 (8.83.98)

शरान्धकारे तु महात्मभिः कृते । महामृधे योधवरैः परस्परम् । चतुर्दिशो वै विदिशश्च पार्थिव । प्रभा च सूर्यस्य तमोवृताऽभवत् ॥

śarāndhakāre tu mahātmabhiḥ kṛte | mahāmṛdhe yodhavaraiḥ parasparam | caturdiśo vai vidiśaśca pārthiva | prabhā ca sūryasya tamovṛtā'bhavat

When the great-souled warriors had made a darkness of arrows in that great battle, the four quarters and the intermediate quarters, O king, and the sun's light were shrouded in gloom.