Arjuna Slays Ten Sons of Dhritarashtra

Verse 1 (8.84.1)

राजन्कुरूणां प्रबरैर्बलैर्भीममभिद्रुतम् । मज्जन्तमिव कौन्तेयमुज्जिहीर्षुर्धनञ्जयः ॥

rājankurūṇāṃ prabarairbalairbhīmamabhidrutam | majjantamiva kaunteyamujjihīrṣurdhanañjayaḥ

O king, when the foremost forces of the Kurus had fallen upon Bhima, Dhananjaya, wishing to lift the son of Kunti out as though he were sinking,

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (8.58.1): Wikisource has lost the first half of each line (printed as "xxxxxxxxxxx"). The surviving words प्रबरैर्वलैर्भीममभिद्रुतम् and कौन्तेयमुस्थिहीर्षुर्धनञ्जयः are the CE's (rājan kurūṇāṃ pravarair balair bhīmam abhidrutam / majjantam iva kaunteyam ujjihīrṣur dhanaṃjayaḥ), with misprints corrected (वलैर् → बलैर्; मुस्थिहीर्षुः → मुज्जिहीर्षुः). The page also prints a stray damaged line "सङ्कुतxxxxx ।। 1 ।।" before the table (a chapter-synopsis line, not a verse); it is dropped.

Verse 2 (8.84.2)

विमृद्य सूतपुत्रस्य सेनां भारत सायकैः । प्राहिणोन्मृत्युलोकाय परवीरान्धनञ्जयः ॥

vimṛdya sūtaputrasya senāṃ bhārata sāyakaiḥ | prāhiṇonmṛtyulokāya paravīrāndhanañjayaḥ

having crushed the Suta's son's army with his arrows, O Bharata, sent enemy heroes to the world of death.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (8.58.2): Wikisource has lost the first words of each line (printed as "xxxxxxxxx"). Restored from 8.58.2 (vimṛdya sūtaputrasya senāṃ bhārata sāyakaiḥ / prāhiṇon mṛtyulokāya paravīrān dhanaṃjayaḥ); the surviving words सेनां मारत सायकैः and परवीरान्धनञ्जयः are the CE's (मारत is a misprint for भारत).

Verse 3 (8.84.3)

ततोऽस्याम्बरमावृत्य शरजालानि भागशः । अदृश्यन्त तथान्ये च निजघ्नुस्तव वाहिनीम् ॥

tato'syāmbaramāvṛtya śarajālāni bhāgaśaḥ | adṛśyanta tathānye ca nijaghnustava vāhinīm

Then nets of arrows, covering the sky above him, were seen in parts; and others were seen too, and they struck down your host.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (8.58.3): the first half of line 1 is lost on the page (printed as "xxxxxxxxxxx"); restored from 8.58.3a (tato 'syāmbaram āvṛtya śarajālāni bhāgaśaḥ). Line 2 is Wikisource's own and is kept (निजघ्नुस्तव वाहिनीम् for the CE's nighnantas tava vāhinīm, a recension variant).

Verse 4 (8.84.4)

स पक्षिसङ्घाचरितमाकाशं पूरयञ्शरैः । धनञ्जयो महाबाहुः कुरूणामन्तकोऽभवत् ॥

sa pakṣisaṅghācaritamākāśaṃ pūrayañśaraiḥ | dhanañjayo mahābāhuḥ kurūṇāmantako'bhavat

Filling the sky, where flocks of birds fly, with his arrows, the mighty-armed Dhananjaya became the destroyer of the Kurus, O great king.

Note on the text: Corrected कुरूणामन्तकोऽमयत् → कुरूणामन्तकोऽभवत् (misprint in Wikisource; अमयत् is not a word; CE antako 'bhavat).

Verse 5 (8.84.5)

ततो भल्लैः क्षुरप्रैश्च नाराचैर्विमलैरपि । गात्राणि प्राच्छिनत्पार्थः शिरांसि च चकर्त ह ॥

tato bhallaiḥ kṣurapraiśca nārācairvimalairapi | gātrāṇi prācchinatpārthaḥ śirāṃsi ca cakarta ha

Then with broad-headed arrows, razor-headed arrows and bright iron arrows, Partha cut their limbs and struck off their heads.

Verse 6 (8.84.6)

छिन्नगात्रैर्विकवचैर्विशिरस्कैः समन्ततः । पातितैश्च पतद्भिश्च योधैरासीत्समावृता ॥

chinnagātrairvikavacairviśiraskaiḥ samantataḥ | pātitaiśca patadbhiśca yodhairāsītsamāvṛtā

The field was covered with warriors with severed limbs, without armour and without heads, fallen and falling on every side.

Verse 7 (8.84.7)

धनञ्जयशराभ्यस्तैः स्यन्दनाश्वरथद्विपैः । सञ्छिन्नभिन्नविध्वस्तैर्व्यङ्गाङ्गावयवैः स्तृता । गतसत्वैः ससत्वैश्च संवृताऽऽसीद्वसुन्धरा ॥

dhanañjayaśarābhyastaiḥ syandanāśvarathadvipaiḥ | sañchinnabhinnavidhvastairvyaṅgāṅgāvayavaiḥ stṛtā | gatasatvaiḥ sasatvaiśca saṃvṛtā''sīdvasundharā

Strewn with chariots, horses, men and elephants struck down by Dhananjaya's arrows, sundered, broken and shattered, their limbs and parts mangled, and covered with the lifeless and the still living, the earth lay,

Note on the text: Line 1 is 8.58.7a; line 2 is the CE's star line 8.58.7b*0898_01; line 3 is the CE's star line 8.58.7f*0899_01 (gatasattvaiḥ sasattvaiś ca saṃvṛtāsīd vasuṃdharā). The CE's 7c (raṇabhūmir abhūd rājan …) is in the next row.

Verse 8 (8.84.8)

सुदुर्गमा सुविषमा घोराऽत्यर्थं सुदुर्दृशा । रणभूमिरभूद्राजन्महावैतरणी यथा ॥

sudurgamā suviṣamā ghorā'tyarthaṃ sudurdṛśā | raṇabhūmirabhūdrājanmahāvaitaraṇī yathā

hard to cross, very uneven, dreadful, very hard to look upon; the battlefield became, O king, like the great Vaitarani.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE's star line 8.58.7b*0898_02 (sudurgamā suviṣamā ghorātyarthaṃ sudurdṛśā); line 2 is 8.58.7c.

Verse 9 (8.84.9)

ईषाचक्राक्षभल्लैश्च व्यश्वैः साश्वैश्च युध्यताम् । ससूतैर्हतसूतैश्च रथैः स्तीर्णाऽभवन्मही ॥

īṣācakrākṣabhallaiśca vyaśvaiḥ sāśvaiśca yudhyatām | sasūtairhatasūtaiśca rathaiḥ stīrṇā'bhavanmahī

The earth was strewn with the chariots of the fighters, with their poles, wheels, axles and arrows, some without horses, some with, some with charioteers, some with charioteers slain.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads भल्लैश्च where the CE has bhaṅgaiś ca; kept as a recension variant.

Verse 10 (8.84.10)

सुवर्णवर्मसन्नाहैर्योधैः कनकमालिभिः । आस्थिताः क्लृप्तवर्माणो भद्रा नित्यमदा द्विपाः ॥

suvarṇavarmasannāhairyodhaiḥ kanakamālibhiḥ | āsthitāḥ klṛptavarmāṇo bhadrā nityamadā dvipāḥ

Stately elephants, always in rut, armoured, ridden by warriors in golden mail and corselets, wearing golden garlands,

Note on the text: Lines are 8.58.9a and 9c (Wikisource divides the CE's three-line verse 9, lines a, c, e, into couplets; 9e is the next row's first line).

Verse 11 (8.84.11)

क्रुद्धाः क्रूरैर्महामात्रैः प्रेषितार्जुनमभ्ययुः । चतुः शता रथवरा हताः पेतुः किरीटिना ॥

kruddhāḥ krūrairmahāmātraiḥ preṣitārjunamabhyayuḥ | catuḥ śatā rathavarā hatāḥ petuḥ kirīṭinā

enraged, driven on by cruel mahouts, charged at Arjuna; four hundred of the foremost chariots fell, struck down by Kiritin.

Note on the text: Corrected क्रुरैर् → क्रूरैर् (misprint in Wikisource; the vowel must be long; क्रूर "cruel"). Line 1 is a variant of 8.58.9e (the CE has kruddhair mahāmātraiḥ); line 2 is a variant of 8.58.10a.

Verse 12 (8.84.12)

पर्यस्तानीव शृङ्गाणि ससत्वानि महागिरेः । धनञ्जयशराभ्यस्तैः स्तीर्णा भूर्वरवारणैः ॥

paryastānīva śṛṅgāṇi sasatvāni mahāgireḥ | dhanañjayaśarābhyastaiḥ stīrṇā bhūrvaravāraṇaiḥ

like the toppled peaks of a great mountain with their creatures upon them; and the earth was strewn with the finest elephants struck down by Dhananjaya's arrows.

Note on the text: Line 1 is 8.58.10c; line 2 is 8.58.11a.

Verse 13 (8.84.13)

समन्ताज्जलदप्रख्यान्वारणान्मदवर्षिणः । अभिपेदेऽर्जुनरथो घनान्भिन्दन्निवांशुमान् ॥

samantājjaladaprakhyānvāraṇānmadavarṣiṇaḥ | abhipede'rjunaratho ghanānbhindannivāṃśumān

On every side Arjuna's chariot pressed upon the elephants, cloud-like and raining musth, as the sun pierces the clouds.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE's star line 8.58.11b*0901_01; line 2 is 8.58.11c.

Verse 14 (8.84.14)

हतैर्गजमनुष्याश्वैर्भिन्नैश्च बहुधा रथैः । विशस्त्रयन्त्रकवचैर्युद्धशौण्डैर्गतासुभिः । उपविद्धायुधैर्मार्गः स्तीर्णोऽभूत्फल्गुनेन वै ॥

hatairgajamanuṣyāśvairbhinnaiśca bahudhā rathaiḥ | viśastrayantrakavacairyuddhaśauṇḍairgatāsubhiḥ | upaviddhāyudhairmārgaḥ stīrṇo'bhūtphalgunena vai

With slain elephants, men and horses, with chariots broken in many ways, with lifeless fighters stripped of weapons, engines and mail, and with flung-away arms, Phalguna strewed the path.

Note on the text: Three lines: 8.58.12a, 12c and 12e (विशस्त्रयन्त्रकवचैः, अपविद्ध for the CE's viśastrapatrakavacaiḥ, apaviddha-).

Verse 15 (8.84.15)

विस्फारितं च गाण्डीवमत्यासीद्भैरवस्वनम् । सुघोषं वज्रनिष्पेषं स्तनयन्निव तोयदः ॥

visphāritaṃ ca gāṇḍīvamatyāsīdbhairavasvanam | sughoṣaṃ vajraniṣpeṣaṃ stanayanniva toyadaḥ

And the stretched Gandiva sounded dreadfully, with a fine sound and a crash like the thunderbolt's, like a cloud thundering.

Note on the text: A vulgate wording of 8.58.13 (the CE has vyasphūrjayac ca gāṇḍīvaṃ sumahad bhairavasvanam / ghoro vajraviniṣpeṣaḥ stanayitnor ivāmbare); the automatic alignment did not match it.

Verse 16 (8.84.16)

ततः प्रादीर्यत चमूर्धनञ्जयशराहता । महावातसमाविद्धा महानौरिव सागरे ॥

tataḥ prādīryata camūrdhanañjayaśarāhatā | mahāvātasamāviddhā mahānauriva sāgare

Then the army, struck by Dhananjaya's arrows, broke apart, like a great ship in the sea whipped by a great gale.

Verse 17 (8.84.17)

नानारूपाः प्राणहराः शरा गाण्डीवचोदिताः । अलातोल्काशनिप्रख्यास्तव सैन्यं विनिर्दहन् ॥

nānārūpāḥ prāṇaharāḥ śarā gāṇḍīvacoditāḥ | alātolkāśaniprakhyāstava sainyaṃ vinirdahan

Arrows of many forms, life-takers, driven by the Gandiva, like firebrands, meteors and thunderbolts, burned up your army.

Verse 18 (8.84.18)

महागिरौ वेणुवनं निशि प्रज्वलितं यथा । तथा तव महासैन्यं प्रास्फुरच्छरपीडितम् ॥

mahāgirau veṇuvanaṃ niśi prajvalitaṃ yathā | tathā tava mahāsainyaṃ prāsphuraccharapīḍitam

As a bamboo grove on a great mountain blazes in the night, so your great army flared, tormented by arrows.

Verse 19 (8.84.19)

तद्विनष्टं सुविध्वस्तं तव सैन्यं किरीटिना । हतप्रविहतं बाणैः सर्वतः प्रद्रुतं दिशः ॥

tadvinaṣṭaṃ suvidhvastaṃ tava sainyaṃ kirīṭinā | hatapravihataṃ bāṇaiḥ sarvataḥ pradrutaṃ diśaḥ

Your army, ruined and utterly shattered by Kiritin, struck down and beaten by arrows, fled in all directions.

Verse 20 (8.84.20)

सश्वापदा मृगगणा दावाग्नित्रासिता यथा । कुरवः पर्यवर्तन्त निर्दग्धाः सव्यसाचिना ॥

saśvāpadā mṛgagaṇā dāvāgnitrāsitā yathā | kuravaḥ paryavartanta nirdagdhāḥ savyasācinā

Like herds of beasts and wild creatures frightened by a forest fire, the Kurus wheeled about, scorched by Savyasachin.

Verse 21 (8.84.21)

उत्सृज्य च महाबाहुं भीमसेनं तथा रणे । बलं कुरूणामुद्विग्नं सर्वमासीत्पराङ्मुखम् ॥

utsṛjya ca mahābāhuṃ bhīmasenaṃ tathā raṇe | balaṃ kurūṇāmudvignaṃ sarvamāsītparāṅmukham

Abandoning the mighty-armed Bhimasena in the battle, the whole Kuru army, agitated, turned its back.

Verse 22 (8.84.22)

ततः कुरुषु भग्नेषु बीभत्सुरपराजितः । भीमसेनं समासाद्य मुहूर्तं सोऽभ्यवर्तत ॥

tataḥ kuruṣu bhagneṣu bībhatsuraparājitaḥ | bhīmasenaṃ samāsādya muhūrtaṃ so'bhyavartata

Then, when the Kurus were broken, the unconquered Bibhatsu came up to Bhimasena and stayed with him for a moment.

Verse 23 (8.84.23)

समागम्य च भीमेन मन्त्रयित्वा च फल्गुनः । विशल्यमरुजं चास्मै कथयित्वा युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

samāgamya ca bhīmena mantrayitvā ca phalgunaḥ | viśalyamarujaṃ cāsmai kathayitvā yudhiṣṭhiram

Having met Bhima and consulted with him, Phalguna told him that Yudhishthira was free of arrows and of pain.

Verse 24 (8.84.24)

भीमसेनाभ्यनुज्ञातस्ततः प्रायाद्धनञ्जयः । नादयन्रथघोषेण पृथिवीं द्यां च भारत ॥

bhīmasenābhyanujñātastataḥ prāyāddhanañjayaḥ | nādayanrathaghoṣeṇa pṛthivīṃ dyāṃ ca bhārata

Allowed to go by Bhimasena, Dhananjaya then went on, O Bharata, making earth and sky resound with the roar of his chariot.

Note on the text: Corrected नादन्रथघोषेण → नादयन्रथघोषेण (misprint in Wikisource; नादन् is not a form; a dropped य, CE nādayan).

Verse 25 (8.84.25)

ततः परिवृतो वीरैर्दशभिः शत्रुतापनः । दुःशासनादवरजैस्तव पुत्रैर्धनञ्जयः ॥

tataḥ parivṛto vīrairdaśabhiḥ śatrutāpanaḥ | duḥśāsanādavarajaistava putrairdhanañjayaḥ

Then the scorcher of foes was surrounded by ten heroes, your sons, younger brothers of Duhshasana.

Verse 26 (8.84.26)

ते तमभ्यर्दयन्बाणैरुल्काभिरिव कुञ्जरम् । आततेष्वसना वीरा नृत्यन्त इव भारत ॥

te tamabhyardayanbāṇairulkābhiriva kuñjaram | ātateṣvasanā vīrā nṛtyanta iva bhārata

They harassed him with arrows as men harass an elephant with firebrands; with bows drawn, those heroes seemed to dance, O Bharata.

Verse 27 (8.84.27)

अपसव्यांस्तु तांश्चक्रे रथेन मधुसूदनः । नियुक्तान्हि स तान्मेने यमायाशु किरीटिना ॥

apasavyāṃstu tāṃścakre rathena madhusūdanaḥ | niyuktānhi sa tānmene yamāyāśu kirīṭinā

Madhusudana turned his chariot so as to keep them on the left, for he considered them already given over to Yama by Kiritin.

Note on the text: Line 1 is 8.58.25a; line 2 is the CE's star line 8.58.25b*0902_01 (niyuktān hi sa tān mene yamāyāśu kirīṭinā); the CE's 25c is the next row.

Verse 28 (8.84.28)

तथान्ये प्राणदन्मूढाः पराङ्मुखमिवार्जुनम् ॥

tathānye prāṇadanmūḍhāḥ parāṅmukhamivārjunam

Others, in their folly, roared as though Arjuna had turned away.

Note on the text: A single line (labelled 8-84-28a on the page), a vulgate variant of 8.58.25c (tatas te prādravañ śūrāḥ parāṅmukharathe 'rjune): Wikisource reads प्राणदन्मूढाः, "the deluded roared", for the CE's prādravañ śūrāḥ, "the heroes fled".

Verse 29 (8.84.29)

तेषां नानदतां केतूनश्वांश्चापानि सारथीन् । नाराचैरर्धचन्द्रैश्च क्षिप्रं पार्थो न्यकृन्तत ॥

teṣāṃ nānadatāṃ ketūnaśvāṃścāpāni sārathīn | nārācairardhacandraiśca kṣipraṃ pārtho nyakṛntata

As they roared, Partha quickly cut down their banners, horses, bows and charioteers with nara'cha arrows and half-moon arrows.

Verse 30 (8.84.30)

अथान्यैर्दशभिर्भल्लैः शिरांस्येषामपातयत् । रोषसंरक्तनेत्राणि सन्दष्टौष्ठानि भूतले ॥

athānyairdaśabhirbhallaiḥ śirāṃsyeṣāmapātayat | roṣasaṃraktanetrāṇi sandaṣṭauṣṭhāni bhūtale

Then with ten other broad-headed arrows he struck their heads to the ground, their eyes red with rage and their lips clenched in their teeth.

Note on the text: Removed the stray asterisk printed before the line. Lines are 8.58.27a and 27c (Wikisource divides the CE's three-line verse 27, lines a, c, e, into couplets; 27e is the next row).

Verse 31 (8.84.31)

तेषां वक्राणि विबभुर्व्योम्नि तारागणा इव ॥

teṣāṃ vakrāṇi vibabhurvyomni tārāgaṇā iva

Their faces shone in the sky like clusters of stars.

Note on the text: The line is 8.58.27e, the third line of the CE's three-line verse 27.

Verse 32 (8.84.32)

तांस्तु भल्लैर्महावेगैर्दशभिर्दश कौरवान् । रुक्माङ्गदान्रुक्मपुङ्खैर्हत्वा प्रायादमित्रहा ॥

tāṃstu bhallairmahāvegairdaśabhirdaśa kauravān | rukmāṅgadānrukmapuṅkhairhatvā prāyādamitrahā

With ten swift broad-headed arrows with golden feathers, the destroyer of enemies killed ten Kauravas who wore golden armlets, and went on.

Note on the text: Corrected रुक्माङ्गदाव्रुक्मपुङ्खैर् → रुक्माङ्गदान्रुक्मपुङ्खैर् (misprint in Wikisource; व् for न्; CE rukmāṅgadān rukmapuṅkhair).