Arjuna and Bhima Break the Kaurava Host

Verse 1 (8.85.1)

तमायान्तं महावेगैरश्वैः कपिवरध्वजम् । युद्धायाभ्यद्रवन्वीराः कुरूणां नवतीं रथाः ॥

tamāyāntaṃ mahāvegairaśvaiḥ kapivaradhvajam | yuddhāyābhyadravanvīrāḥ kurūṇāṃ navatīṃ rathāḥ

As he came on with his swift horses, the one whose banner bore the best of monkeys, ninety chariots of the Kurus, all heroes, rushed upon him to give battle.

Note on the text: Corrected दीराः → वीराः (misprint in Wikisource; द for व, 'dīrāḥ' is not a word; the critical edition reads vīrāḥ). Adhyaya note: checked against the raw page (a table of 61 verse rows labelled 8-85-1 to 8-85-61, with the heading सञ्जय उवाच before verse 1, the colophon of adhyaya 85, and the section heading सङ्कुलयुद्धम्); every label carries 85, the text is this adhyaya's own (critical edition 8.59) and no verse is repeated from another adhyaya of the parva. Below the colophon the page prints only a variant-reading note (8-85-12 मुसलैर्भिन्दिपालैश्च इति झ.पाठः) and a numbering line, no second block; neither is added. The two lines are the critical edition's 8.59.1a and 8.59.1c.

Verse 2 (8.85.2)

कृत्वा संशप्तका घोरं शपथं पारलौकिकम् । परिवव्रुर्नरव्याघ्रा नरव्याघ्रं रणेऽर्जुनम् ॥

kṛtvā saṃśaptakā ghoraṃ śapathaṃ pāralaukikam | parivavrurnaravyāghrā naravyāghraṃ raṇe'rjunam

Having sworn a dreadful oath, binding even in the next world, the Samshaptakas, tigers among men, surrounded Arjuna, that tiger among men, in the battle.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 8.59.1d*0903_01 (reading ghorāñ śapathān brāhmalaukikān for घोरं शपथं पारलौकिकम्); line 2 is its 8.59.1e.

Verse 3 (8.85.3)

कृष्णः श्वेतान्महावेगानश्वान्काञ्चनभूषणान् । मुक्ताजालप्रतिच्छन्नान्प्रैषीत्कर्णरथं प्रति ॥

kṛṣṇaḥ śvetānmahāvegānaśvānkāñcanabhūṣaṇān | muktājālapraticchannānpraiṣītkarṇarathaṃ prati

Krishna drove the swift white horses, adorned with gold and veiled in nets of pearls, toward Karna's chariot.

Verse 4 (8.85.4)

प्रेक्ष्य कर्णरथं यान्तमरिघ्नं तं धनञ्जयम् । बाणवर्षैरभिघ्नन्तः संशप्तकगणा ययुः ॥

prekṣya karṇarathaṃ yāntamarighnaṃ taṃ dhanañjayam | bāṇavarṣairabhighnantaḥ saṃśaptakagaṇā yayuḥ

Seeing Dhananjaya, slayer of foes, going toward Karna's chariot, the hosts of the Samshaptakas came on, striking him with showers of arrows.

Verse 5 (8.85.5)

त्वरमाणांस्तु तान्सर्वान्ससूतेष्वसनध्वजान् । जघान नवतिं वीरानर्जुनो निशितैः शरैः ॥

tvaramāṇāṃstu tānsarvānsasūteṣvasanadhvajān | jaghāna navatiṃ vīrānarjuno niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

As they all rushed on, Arjuna killed ninety of those heroes, with their charioteers, bows and banners, with his sharp arrows.

Verse 6 (8.85.6)

तेऽपतन्त हता बाणैर्नानारूपैः किरीटिना । विमानेभ्यः सुकृतिनः स्वर्गात्पुण्यक्षये यथा ॥

te'patanta hatā bāṇairnānārūpaiḥ kirīṭinā | vimānebhyaḥ sukṛtinaḥ svargātpuṇyakṣaye yathā

Struck down by the Wearer of the Diadem with arrows of many shapes, they fell from their chariots, like the righteous falling from their celestial cars out of heaven when their merit is spent.

Verse 7 (8.85.7)

ततः सरथनागाश्वाः कुरवः कुरुसत्तमम् । निर्भया भरतश्रेष्ठमभ्यवर्तन्त फल्गुनम् ॥

tataḥ sarathanāgāśvāḥ kuravaḥ kurusattamam | nirbhayā bharataśreṣṭhamabhyavartanta phalgunam

Then the Kurus, with their chariots, elephants and horses, fearlessly advanced against Phalguna, the best of the Kurus, the foremost of the Bharatas.

Verse 8 (8.85.8)

तदायस्तमनुष्याश्वमुदीर्णवरवारणम् । पुत्राणां ते महासैन्यं समरौत्सीद्धनञ्जयम् ॥

tadāyastamanuṣyāśvamudīrṇavaravāraṇam | putrāṇāṃ te mahāsainyaṃ samarautsīddhanañjayam

Then your sons' great army, its men and horses wearied but its best elephants roused, closed in on Dhananjaya.

Verse 9 (8.85.9)

शक्त्यृष्टितोमरप्रासैर्गदानिस्त्रिंशसायकैः । प्राच्छादयन्महेष्वासाः कुरवः कुरुनन्दनम् ॥

śaktyṛṣṭitomaraprāsairgadānistriṃśasāyakaiḥ | prācchādayanmaheṣvāsāḥ kuravaḥ kurunandanam

With spears, lances, javelins, pikes, maces, swords and arrows, the Kurus, great archers, covered the delight of the Kurus.

Verse 10 (8.85.10)

तामन्तरिक्षे विततां शस्त्रवृष्टिं समन्ततः । व्यधमत्पाण्डवो बाणैस्तमः सूर्य इवांशुभिः ॥

tāmantarikṣe vitatāṃ śastravṛṣṭiṃ samantataḥ | vyadhamatpāṇḍavo bāṇaistamaḥ sūrya ivāṃśubhiḥ

That rain of weapons spread on every side across the sky, the son of Pandu scattered with his arrows, as the sun disperses darkness with its rays.

Verse 11 (8.85.11)

ततो म्लेच्छाः स्थिता मत्तैस्त्रयोदशशतैर्गजैः । पार्श्वतो व्यहनन्पार्थं तव पुत्रस्य शासनात् ॥

tato mlecchāḥ sthitā mattaistrayodaśaśatairgajaiḥ | pārśvato vyahananpārthaṃ tava putrasya śāsanāt

Then, at your son's command, the Mlecchas, mounted on thirteen hundred rutting elephants, struck at Partha from the flank.

Verse 12 (8.85.12)

कर्णिनालीकनाराचैस्तोमरप्रासशक्तिभिः । कर्पणैर्भिण्डिपालैश्च रथस्थं पार्थमार्दयन् ॥

karṇinālīkanārācaistomaraprāsaśaktibhiḥ | karpaṇairbhiṇḍipālaiśca rathasthaṃ pārthamārdayan

With barbed arrows, nalikas and naracas, with javelins, lances and spears, with karpanas and bhindipalas, they harassed Partha as he stood in his chariot.

Verse 13 (8.85.13)

तां शस्त्रवृष्टिमतुलां द्विपस्थैः प्रेषितां प्रभुः । चिच्छेद निशितैर्भल्लैरर्धचन्द्रैश्च फल्गुनः ॥

tāṃ śastravṛṣṭimatulāṃ dvipasthaiḥ preṣitāṃ prabhuḥ | ciccheda niśitairbhallairardhacandraiśca phalgunaḥ

That matchless rain of weapons, loosed by the men on the elephants, the lord Phalguna cut to pieces with sharp bhalla arrows and crescent-headed arrows.

Verse 14 (8.85.14)

अथ तान्द्विरदान्सर्वान्नानालिङ्गैः शरोत्तमैः । सपताकध्वजारोहान्गिरीन्वज्रैरिवाभिनत् ॥

atha tāndviradānsarvānnānāliṅgaiḥ śarottamaiḥ | sapatākadhvajārohāngirīnvajrairivābhinat

Then, with his finest arrows, marked with many signs, he split all those elephants, with their flags, banners and riders, as thunderbolts split mountains.

Verse 15 (8.85.15)

ते हेमपुङ्खैरिषुभिरर्दिता हेममालिनः । हताः पेतुर्महानागाः साग्निज्वाला इवाद्रयः ॥

te hemapuṅkhairiṣubhirarditā hemamālinaḥ | hatāḥ peturmahānāgāḥ sāgnijvālā ivādrayaḥ

Tormented by his gold-feathered arrows, those great elephants, wearing garlands of gold, fell dead like mountains blazing with fire.

Note on the text: Corrected साग्रिज्वाला → साग्निज्वाला (misprint in Wikisource; ग्र for ग्न, 'sāgri-' is not a word; the critical edition reads sāgnijvālā).

Verse 16 (8.85.16)

ततो गाण्डीवनिर्घोषो महानासीद्विशाम्पते । स्तनतां कूजतां चैव मनुष्यगजवाजिनाम् ॥

tato gāṇḍīvanirghoṣo mahānāsīdviśāmpate | stanatāṃ kūjatāṃ caiva manuṣyagajavājinām

Then, O lord of the people, a mighty roar of the Gandiva arose, together with the thunder and the cries of men, elephants and horses.

Verse 17 (8.85.17)

कुञ्जराश्च हता राजन्दद्रुवुस्ते समन्ततः । अश्वाश्च पर्यधावन्त हतारोहा दिशो दश ॥

kuñjarāśca hatā rājandadruvuste samantataḥ | aśvāśca paryadhāvanta hatārohā diśo daśa

The elephants, struck down, fled in every direction, O king, and the horses, their riders slain, ran about in all ten directions.

Note on the text: Corrected कुञ्चराश्च → कुञ्जराश्च (misprint in Wikisource; ञ्च for ञ्ज, 'kuñcara' is not a word; the critical edition reads kuñjarāḥ).

Verse 18 (8.85.18)

रथा हीना महाराज रथिभिर्वाजिभिस्तथा । गन्धर्वनगराकारा दृश्यन्ते स्म सहस्रशः ॥

rathā hīnā mahārāja rathibhirvājibhistathā | gandharvanagarākārā dṛśyante sma sahasraśaḥ

O great king, chariots stripped of their warriors and horses were seen by the thousand, like cities of the Gandharvas.

Note on the text: Corrected नहाराज → महाराज (misprint in Wikisource; न for म; the critical edition reads mahārāja).

Verse 19 (8.85.19)

अश्वारोहा महाराज धावमाना इतस्ततः । तत्रतत्रैव दृश्यन्ते निहताः पार्थसायकैः ॥

aśvārohā mahārāja dhāvamānā itastataḥ | tatratatraiva dṛśyante nihatāḥ pārthasāyakaiḥ

O great king, horsemen running hither and thither were seen lying slain, here and there, by Partha's arrows.

Verse 20 (8.85.20)

तस्मिन्क्षणे पाण्डवस्य बाह्वोर्बलमदृश्यत । यत्सादिनो वारणांश्च रथांश्चैकोऽजयद्युधि ॥

tasminkṣaṇe pāṇḍavasya bāhvorbalamadṛśyata | yatsādino vāraṇāṃśca rathāṃścaiko'jayadyudhi

At that moment the strength of the Pandava's arms was seen, for single-handed he conquered in battle the horsemen, the elephants and the chariots.

Verse 21 (8.85.21)

असंयुक्ताश्च ते राजन्परिवृत्ता रणं प्रति । नरा नागा रथाश्चैव नदन्तोऽर्जुनमभ्ययुः ॥

asaṃyuktāśca te rājanparivṛttā raṇaṃ prati | narā nāgā rathāścaiva nadanto'rjunamabhyayuḥ

In disarray, O king, they wheeled back toward the battle, and men, elephants and chariots, roaring, rushed at Arjuna.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.59.19d*0906 (lines 01–02).

Verse 22 (8.85.22)

ततस्त्र्येङ्गेण महता बलेन भरतर्षभ । दृष्ट्वा परिवृतं राजन्भीमसेनः किरीटिनम् ॥

tatastryeṅgeṇa mahatā balena bharatarṣabha | dṛṣṭvā parivṛtaṃ rājanbhīmasenaḥ kirīṭinam

Then, O best of the Bharatas, O king, Bhimasena, seeing the Wearer of the Diadem surrounded by a great force of three kinds of troops,

Verse 23 (8.85.23)

हतावशेषानुत्सृज्य त्वदीयान्कतिचिद्रथान् । जवेनाभ्यद्रवद्भीमो धनञ्जयरथं प्रति ॥

hatāvaśeṣānutsṛjya tvadīyānkaticidrathān | javenābhyadravadbhīmo dhanañjayarathaṃ prati

leaving aside the few of your chariot-warriors who had survived the slaughter, swiftly rushed to Dhananjaya's chariot.

Verse 24 (8.85.24)

ततस्तत्प्राद्रवत्सैन्यं हतभूयिष्ठमातुरम् । दृष्ट्वाऽर्जुनं तदा भीममागतं भ्रातरं प्रति ॥

tatastatprādravatsainyaṃ hatabhūyiṣṭhamāturam | dṛṣṭvā'rjunaṃ tadā bhīmamāgataṃ bhrātaraṃ prati

Then that army, mostly slain and in distress, fled when it saw Arjuna and saw Bhima coming to his brother.

Verse 25 (8.85.25)

हतावशिष्टांस्तुरगानर्जुनेन महाबलः । भीमो व्यधमदश्रान्तो गदापाणिर्महाहवे ॥

hatāvaśiṣṭāṃsturagānarjunena mahābalaḥ | bhīmo vyadhamadaśrānto gadāpāṇirmahāhave

The horses that Arjuna had left alive, mighty Bhima, unwearied and mace in hand, destroyed in that great battle.

Verse 26 (8.85.26)

गदापाणिं तदा दृष्ट्वा भीमं भारत भारताः । मेनिरे तमनुप्राप्तं दण्डपाणिमिवान्तकम् ॥

gadāpāṇiṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā bhīmaṃ bhārata bhāratāḥ | menire tamanuprāptaṃ daṇḍapāṇimivāntakam

O Bharata, seeing Bhima then with mace in hand, the Bharatas thought that Death himself, staff in hand, had come upon them.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki backtick and the closing quote mark. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.59.23d*0907 (lines 01–02; reading daṇḍahastam for दण्डपाणिम्).

Verse 27 (8.85.27)

कालरात्रिमिवात्युग्रां नरनागाश्वभोजनाम् । प्राकाराट्टपुरद्वारदारणीमतिदारुणाम् ॥

kālarātrimivātyugrāṃ naranāgāśvabhojanām | prākārāṭṭapuradvāradāraṇīmatidāruṇām

A mace most terrible, like Kalaratri, the night of doom, devouring men, elephants and horses, tearing down ramparts, watchtowers and city gates, exceedingly dire—

Verse 28 (8.85.28)

गदां तुरगनाशाय त्वरन्भीमो व्यवासृजत् । सा जघान बहूनश्वानश्वारोहांश्च मारिष ॥

gadāṃ turaganāśāya tvaranbhīmo vyavāsṛjat | sā jaghāna bahūnaśvānaśvārohāṃśca māriṣa

such a mace Bhima, in haste, hurled to destroy the horses. It killed many horses and horsemen, O venerable one.

Verse 29 (8.85.29)

कांस्यायसतनुत्रांश्च नरानश्वांश्च पाण्डवः । पोथयामास गदया सशब्दं तेऽपतन्हताः ॥

kāṃsyāyasatanutrāṃśca narānaśvāṃśca pāṇḍavaḥ | pothayāmāsa gadayā saśabdaṃ te'patanhatāḥ

The Pandava crushed with his mace the men and horses in armour of bronze and iron; with a crash they fell dead.

Verse 30 (8.85.30)

दन्तैर्दशन्तो वसुधां शेरते क्षतजोक्षिताः । भग्नमूर्धास्थिचरणाः क्रव्यादगणभोजनाः ॥

dantairdaśanto vasudhāṃ śerate kṣatajokṣitāḥ | bhagnamūrdhāsthicaraṇāḥ kravyādagaṇabhojanāḥ

Biting the earth with their teeth, drenched in blood, they lay with heads, bones and feet shattered, food for packs of flesh-eaters.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.59.26f*0911 (lines 01–02).

Verse 31 (8.85.31)

असृङ्मांसवसाभिश्च तृप्तिमभ्यागता गदा । अस्थीन्यप्यश्नती तस्थौ कालरात्रीव दुर्दृशा ॥

asṛṅmāṃsavasābhiśca tṛptimabhyāgatā gadā | asthīnyapyaśnatī tasthau kālarātrīva durdṛśā

Sated with blood, flesh and marrow, the mace stood there, even devouring bones, grim to look upon like the night of doom.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.59.26f*0911 (lines 03–04).

Verse 32 (8.85.32)

सहस्राणि दशाश्वानां हत्वा पत्तींश्च भूयसः । भीमोऽभ्यधावत्सङ्क्रुद्धो गदापाणिरितस्ततः ॥

sahasrāṇi daśāśvānāṃ hatvā pattīṃśca bhūyasaḥ | bhīmo'bhyadhāvatsaṅkruddho gadāpāṇiritastataḥ

Having slain ten thousand horses and many foot-soldiers, Bhima, enraged, mace in hand, ran about here and there.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.59.26f*0911 (lines 05–06).

Verse 33 (8.85.33)

गदापाणिं ततो भीमं दृष्ट्वा भारत तावकाः । मेनिरे समनुप्राप्तं कालदण्डोद्यतं यमम् ॥

gadāpāṇiṃ tato bhīmaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhārata tāvakāḥ | menire samanuprāptaṃ kāladaṇḍodyataṃ yamam

Seeing Bhima then with mace in hand, O Bharata, your men took him for Yama come upon them with the staff of death raised.

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width joiner inside कालदण्डोद्यतं. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.59.26f*0911 (lines 07–08).

Verse 34 (8.85.34)

स मत्त इव मातङ्गः सङ्क्रुद्धः पाण्डुनन्दनः । प्रविवेश गजानीकं मकरः सागरं यथा ॥

sa matta iva mātaṅgaḥ saṅkruddhaḥ pāṇḍunandanaḥ | praviveśa gajānīkaṃ makaraḥ sāgaraṃ yathā

Like a rutting elephant, the enraged son of Pandu plunged into the elephant host as a makara plunges into the ocean.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.59.26f*0911 (lines 09–10).

Verse 35 (8.85.35)

विगाह्य च गजानीकं प्रगृह्य महतीं गदाम् । क्षणेन भीमः सङ्क्रुद्धस्तन्निन्ये यमसादनम् ॥

vigāhya ca gajānīkaṃ pragṛhya mahatīṃ gadām | kṣaṇena bhīmaḥ saṅkruddhastanninye yamasādanam

Having plunged into the elephant host and gripped his huge mace, enraged Bhima in a moment sent it to the abode of Yama.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.59.26f*0911 (lines 11–12).

Verse 36 (8.85.36)

गजान्सकङ्कटान्मत्तान्सारोहान्सपताकिनः । पततः समपश्याम सपक्षान्पर्वतानिव ॥

gajānsakaṅkaṭānmattānsārohānsapatākinaḥ | patataḥ samapaśyāma sapakṣānparvatāniva

We saw the maddened elephants, with their armour, riders and banners, falling like winged mountains.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.59.26f*0911 (lines 13–14; its line 13 also appears as line 03 of the star passage 8.59.26f*0910, reading sārohān for the page's सारोहान् and the same words otherwise).

Verse 37 (8.85.37)

हत्वा तु तद्गजानीकं भीमसेनो महाबलः । पुनः स्वरथमास्थाय पृष्ठतोऽर्जुनमभ्ययात् ॥

hatvā tu tadgajānīkaṃ bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ | punaḥ svarathamāsthāya pṛṣṭhato'rjunamabhyayāt

Having destroyed that elephant host, mighty Bhimasena mounted his own chariot again and followed Arjuna from behind.

Verse 38 (8.85.38)

ततः पराङ्मुखीभूतं निरुत्साहं बलं तव । तदानीं तु महाराज प्रायशः शस्त्रवेष्टितम् ॥

tataḥ parāṅmukhībhūtaṃ nirutsāhaṃ balaṃ tava | tadānīṃ tu mahārāja prāyaśaḥ śastraveṣṭitam

Then your army, turned back and spiritless, was, O great king, for the most part hemmed in by weapons.

Verse 39 (8.85.39)

विलम्बमानं तत्सैन्यमप्रगल्भमवस्थितम् । दृष्ट्वा प्राच्छादयद्बाणैरर्जुनः शस्त्रवृष्टिभिः ॥

vilambamānaṃ tatsainyamapragalbhamavasthitam | dṛṣṭvā prācchādayadbāṇairarjunaḥ śastravṛṣṭibhiḥ

Seeing that army lingering, hesitant and standing without boldness, Arjuna covered it with arrows, with showers of weapons.

Note on the text: Corrected तत्सैन्यभप्रगल्भमवस्थितम् → तत्सैन्यमप्रगल्भमवस्थितम् (misprint in Wikisource; भ for म, 'sainya-bhapragalbham' is not a word; the critical edition reads tat sainyam apragalbham).

Verse 40 (8.85.40)

नराश्वरथमातङ्गा युधि गाण्डीवधन्वना । शरव्रातैश्चिता रेजुः कदम्बा इव केसरैः ॥

narāśvarathamātaṅgā yudhi gāṇḍīvadhanvanā | śaravrātaiścitā rejuḥ kadambā iva kesaraiḥ

Men, horses, chariots and elephants, heaped up with volleys of arrows by the wielder of the Gandiva, shone like kadamba blossoms with their filaments.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.59.29d*0912 (lines 01–02).

Verse 41 (8.85.41)

ततः कुरुणामभवदार्तनादो महान्नृप । नराश्वनागासुहनान्दृष्ट्वा बाणान्किरीटिनः ॥

tataḥ kuruṇāmabhavadārtanādo mahānnṛpa | narāśvanāgāsuhanāndṛṣṭvā bāṇānkirīṭinaḥ

Then a great cry of anguish arose from the Kurus, O king, as they saw the arrows of the Wearer of the Diadem destroying the lives of men, horses and elephants.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to the critical edition's 8.59.30a (reading mahān nṛpa for mahāmṛdhe); line 2 is its star passage 8.59.30d*0914_02.

Verse 42 (8.85.42)

हाहाकृतं भृशं त्रस्तं लीयमानं परस्परम् । अलातचक्रवत्सैन्यं तदा बभ्राम तावकम् ॥

hāhākṛtaṃ bhṛśaṃ trastaṃ līyamānaṃ parasparam | alātacakravatsainyaṃ tadā babhrāma tāvakam

That army, crying out, in great terror, huddling against one another, then whirled about, your army, like a whirling firebrand.

Verse 43 (8.85.43)

ततोऽर्जुनशरध्वस्तं कुरूणां सुमहद्बलम् । न ह्यत्रासीदनिर्भिन्नो रथः सादी हयो गजः ॥

tato'rjunaśaradhvastaṃ kurūṇāṃ sumahadbalam | na hyatrāsīdanirbhinno rathaḥ sādī hayo gajaḥ

Then in that mighty Kuru force, shattered by Arjuna's arrows, there was not a chariot, rider, horse or elephant that was not pierced.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.59.31d*0916 (line 1 is *0916_01; line 2 is *0915_02, which *0916_02 repeats with a different word order).

Verse 44 (8.85.44)

आदीप्तमिव तत्सैन्यं शरैश्छिन्नतनुच्छदम् । आसीत्स्वशोणितक्लिन्नं रौद्रं नष्टं विशाम्पते ॥

ādīptamiva tatsainyaṃ śaraiśchinnatanucchadam | āsītsvaśoṇitaklinnaṃ raudraṃ naṣṭaṃ viśāmpate

That army, its armour cut to pieces by arrows, seemed set ablaze; soaked in its own blood, it was dreadful and ruined, O lord of the people.

Verse 45 (8.85.45)

तत्सैन्यं हतभूयिष्ठमाहतं निशितैः शरैः । न जहौ समरं प्राप्य फल्गुनं शत्रुतापनम् ॥

tatsainyaṃ hatabhūyiṣṭhamāhataṃ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | na jahau samaraṃ prāpya phalgunaṃ śatrutāpanam

That army, mostly slain and struck by sharp arrows, did not quit the battle, though it had met Phalguna, the scorcher of foes.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.59.32d*0917 (lines 01–02).

Verse 46 (8.85.46)

तत्राद्भुतमपश्याम कौरवाणां पराक्रमम् । वध्यमानोऽपि यत्पार्थं न जहौ भरतर्षभ ॥

tatrādbhutamapaśyāma kauravāṇāṃ parākramam | vadhyamāno'pi yatpārthaṃ na jahau bharatarṣabha

There we saw a marvel, the valour of the Kauravas, who, though being slain, did not abandon Partha, O best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 8.59.32d*0917 (lines 03–04).

Verse 47 (8.85.47)

तं दृष्ट्वा विक्रमं तस्य कुरवः सव्यसाचिनः । निराशाः समपद्यन्त सर्वे कर्णस्य जीविते ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā vikramaṃ tasya kuravaḥ savyasācinaḥ | nirāśāḥ samapadyanta sarve karṇasya jīvite

Seeing that prowess of Savyasachin, all the Kurus lost hope for Karna's life.

Verse 48 (8.85.48)

अविषह्यं तु पार्थस्य शरसंस्पर्शमाहवे । मत्वा न्यवर्तन्कुरवो जिता गाण्डीवधन्वना ॥

aviṣahyaṃ tu pārthasya śarasaṃsparśamāhave | matvā nyavartankuravo jitā gāṇḍīvadhanvanā

Thinking the touch of Partha's arrows unbearable in battle, the Kurus, conquered by the wielder of the Gandiva, turned back.

Verse 49 (8.85.49)

ते हित्वा समरे पार्थं वध्यमानाश्च सायकैः । प्रदुद्रुवुर्दिशो भीताश्चुक्रुशुश्चापि सूतजम् ॥

te hitvā samare pārthaṃ vadhyamānāśca sāyakaiḥ | pradudruvurdiśo bhītāścukruśuścāpi sūtajam

Abandoning Partha in battle, struck by his arrows, they fled in fear in all directions, crying out to the charioteer's son.

Verse 50 (8.85.50)

तान्विद्रावयते पार्थः किरञ्शरशतान्बहून् । हर्षयन्पाण्डवीं सेनां राजानं च युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

tānvidrāvayate pārthaḥ kirañśaraśatānbahūn | harṣayanpāṇḍavīṃ senāṃ rājānaṃ ca yudhiṣṭhiram

Partha put them to flight, showering many hundreds of arrows, cheering the Pandava army and King Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to the critical edition's 8.59.36a (tān vidrāvayate for abhyadravata tān); line 2 reads हर्षयन्पाण्डवीं सेनां राजानं च युधिष्ठिरम् where the critical edition's 36c has harṣayan pāṇḍavān yodhān bhīmasenapurogamān (a recension variant, the page's reading kept).

Verse 51 (8.85.51)

पुत्रास्तव महाराज जग्मुः कर्णरथं प्रति । अगाधे मज्जतां तेषां द्वीपः कर्णोऽभवत्तदा ॥

putrāstava mahārāja jagmuḥ karṇarathaṃ prati | agādhe majjatāṃ teṣāṃ dvīpaḥ karṇo'bhavattadā

O great king, your sons went to Karna's chariot; for them, sinking in the depths, Karna was then an island.

Verse 52 (8.85.52)

कुरवो हि महाराज निर्विषाः पन्नगा इव । कर्णमेवोपलीयन्त भयाद्गाण्डीवधन्वनः ॥

kuravo hi mahārāja nirviṣāḥ pannagā iva | karṇamevopalīyanta bhayādgāṇḍīvadhanvanaḥ

The Kurus, O great king, like snakes without venom, took refuge in Karna alone, out of fear of the wielder of the Gandiva.

Note on the text: Corrected गाण्डीवघन्वनः → गाण्डीवधन्वनः (misprint in Wikisource; घ for ध, 'ghanvan' is not a word; the critical edition reads gāṇḍīvadhanvanaḥ).

Verse 53 (8.85.53)

यथा सर्वाणि भूतानि मृत्योर्भीतानि मारिष । उपलीयन्ति सन्त्रासाद्धर्मं लोकपरायणम् ॥

yathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni mṛtyorbhītāni māriṣa | upalīyanti santrāsāddharmaṃ lokaparāyaṇam

As all creatures, afraid of death, take refuge in terror in Dharma, the support of the world,

Note on the text: Line 2 reads उपलीयन्ति सन्त्रासाद्धर्मं लोकपरायणम् where the critical edition has dharmam evopalīyante karmavanti hi yāni ca; a recension variant, the page's reading kept.

Verse 54 (8.85.54)

तथा कर्णं महेष्वासं पुत्रास्तव नराधिप । उपालीयन्त सन्त्रासात्पाण्डवस्य महात्मनः ॥

tathā karṇaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ putrāstava narādhipa | upālīyanta santrāsātpāṇḍavasya mahātmanaḥ

so, O lord of men, your sons, in terror of the great-souled Pandava, took refuge in Karna, the mighty archer.

Verse 55 (8.85.55)

ताञ्शोणितपरिक्लिन्नान्विषमस्थाञ्शरातुरान् । मा भैष्टेत्यब्रवीत्कर्णो भीतानाविष्टचेतसः ॥

tāñśoṇitapariklinnānviṣamasthāñśarāturān | mā bhaiṣṭetyabravītkarṇo bhītānāviṣṭacetasaḥ

To them, drenched in blood, in dire plight, wounded by arrows, terrified and distraught, Karna said, “Do not be afraid.”

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to the critical edition's 8.59.41a; line 2 reads भीतानाविष्टचेतसः where the critical edition's 41c has hy abhito mām iteti ca (a recension variant, the page's reading kept).

Verse 56 (8.85.56)

सम्भग्नं हि बलं दृष्ट्वा बलात्पार्थेन तावकम् । धनुर्विस्फारयन्कर्णस्तस्थौ शत्रुजिघांसया ॥

sambhagnaṃ hi balaṃ dṛṣṭvā balātpārthena tāvakam | dhanurvisphārayankarṇastasthau śatrujighāṃsayā

Seeing your army forcibly shattered by Partha, Karna stood twanging his bow, eager to slay his enemy.

Verse 57 (8.85.57)

तान्प्रद्रुतान्कुरून्दृष्ट्वा कर्णः शस्त्रभृतां वरः । सञ्चिन्तयित्वा पार्थस्य वधे दध्रे मनः श्वसन् ॥

tānpradrutānkurūndṛṣṭvā karṇaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ | sañcintayitvā pārthasya vadhe dadhre manaḥ śvasan

Seeing the Kurus in flight, Karna, best of those who bear weapons, thought of the killing of Partha and, breathing hard, set his mind upon it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passages 8.59.42d*0919_01 (line 1) and 8.59.42d*0920_01 (line 2).

Verse 58 (8.85.58)

विस्फार्य सुमहच्चापं ततश्चाधिरथिर्वृषः । पाञ्चालान्पुनराधावत्पश्यतः सव्यसाचिनः ॥

visphārya sumahaccāpaṃ tataścādhirathirvṛṣaḥ | pāñcālānpunarādhāvatpaśyataḥ savyasācinaḥ

Then Adhiratha's son, the Vrisha, stretching his huge bow, ran again at the Panchalas while Savyasachin looked on.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 8.59.42d*0920_02; line 2 is its 8.59.42e.

Verse 59 (8.85.59)

ततः क्षणेन क्षितिपाः क्षतजप्रतिमेक्षणाः । शरौघैश्छादयामासुर्महामेघा इवाचलम् ॥

tataḥ kṣaṇena kṣitipāḥ kṣatajapratimekṣaṇāḥ | śaraughaiśchādayāmāsurmahāmeghā ivācalam

Then in a moment the kings, their eyes red as blood, covered him with floods of arrows, as great clouds cover a mountain.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to the critical edition's 8.59.43a; line 2 is its star passage 8.59.43d*0921_01.

Verse 60 (8.85.60)

ततः शरसहस्राणि कर्णमुक्तानि मारिष । पाञ्चालानां हरत्प्राणांस्तमांसीव तमोनुदः ॥

tataḥ śarasahasrāṇi karṇamuktāni māriṣa | pāñcālānāṃ haratprāṇāṃstamāṃsīva tamonudaḥ

Then thousands of arrows loosed by Karna, O venerable one, took the lives of the Panchalas, as the sun, the dispeller of darkness, takes away the shadows.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to the critical edition's 8.59.44a; line 2 is its star passage 8.59.44d*0922_01.

Verse 61 (8.85.61)

महदासीत्तदा युद्धं पाञ्चालानां महामते । वध्यतां सूतपुत्रेण मित्रार्थे मित्रगृद्धिना ॥

mahadāsīttadā yuddhaṃ pāñcālānāṃ mahāmate | vadhyatāṃ sūtaputreṇa mitrārthe mitragṛddhinā

A great battle then took place, O wise king, as the Panchalas were slain by the charioteer's son, zealous for his friend, for his friend's sake.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads महदासीत्तदा युद्धं पाञ्चालानां महामते where the critical edition's 8.59.45a has tato raṇo mahān āsīt pāñcālānāṃ viśāṃ pate, and line 2 reads मित्रार्थे मित्रगृद्धिना for mitrārthe 'mitraghātinām; recension variants, the page's readings kept.