Karna Against the Panchalas; Bhima and Duhshasana Meet

Verse 1 (8.86.1)

ततः कर्णः कुरुषु प्रद्रुतेषु । वरूथिना श्वेतहयेन राजन् । पाञ्चालपुत्रान्व्यधमत्सूतपुत्रो । महेषुभिर्वात इवाभ्रसङ्घान् ॥

tataḥ karṇaḥ kuruṣu pradruteṣu | varūthinā śvetahayena rājan | pāñcālaputrānvyadhamatsūtaputro | maheṣubhirvāta ivābhrasaṅghān

Then, as the Kurus fled, Karna, the charioteer's son, in his armoured chariot drawn by white horses, O king, scattered the sons of the Panchalas with great arrows, as the wind scatters masses of clouds.

Note on the text: Corrected महेषुमिर्वात → महेषुभिर्वात (misprint in Wikisource; म for भ, 'maheṣumiḥ' is not a word; the critical edition reads maheṣubhir). Adhyaya note: checked against the raw page (a table, rows labelled 8-86-1 to 8-86-44, with the headings सञ्जय उवाच before verse 1, भीम उवाच before verse 36 and सञ्जय उवाच before verse 42, and the section headings सङ्कलयुद्धम् and भीमदुःशासनयोः समागमः संवादश्च). Every label carries 86; the text is this adhyaya's own (critical edition 8.60, with CE Appendix I No. 28 in verses 34–41) and no verse is repeated from another adhyaya of the parva. Below the colophon the page prints only the gloss 8-86-14 प्रतिश्रुतः प्रतिस्वनः (a commentary note on the bracketed verse 14) and a numbering line; neither is added. The last three table rows (labelled 42a–d, 43a–d, 44a) are misgrouped: the verse-end mark ।। stands on the first line of the row labelled 43, so verses 42 and 43 are rebuilt by the page's own marks (a verse of five lines and a verse of four), and the input's 44 rows become 43 verses.

Verse 2 (8.86.2)

सूतं रथादञ्जलिकैर्निपात्य । जघान चाश्वाञ्जनमेजयस्य । शतानीकं सुतसोमं च भल्लै- । रवाकिरद्धनुषी चाप्यकृन्तत् ॥

sūtaṃ rathādañjalikairnipātya | jaghāna cāśvāñjanamejayasya | śatānīkaṃ sutasomaṃ ca bhallai- | ravākiraddhanuṣī cāpyakṛntat

Throwing the charioteer from his chariot with añjalika arrows, he killed Janamejaya's horses; he showered Shatanika and Sutasoma with bhalla arrows and cut down their bows as well.

Note on the text: Normalised the page's double hyphen (“--”) marking a word split between lines to the single hyphen used for such breaks.

Verse 3 (8.86.3)

धृष्टद्युम्नं निर्बिभेदाथ षड्भि- । र्जघानाश्वान्दक्षिणांस्तस्य सङ्ख्ये । हत्वा चाश्वान्सात्यकेः सूतपुत्रः । कैकेयपुत्रं न्यवधीद्विशोकम् ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ nirbibhedātha ṣaḍbhi- | rjaghānāśvāndakṣiṇāṃstasya saṅkhye | hatvā cāśvānsātyakeḥ sūtaputraḥ | kaikeyaputraṃ nyavadhīdviśokam

He pierced Dhrishtadyumna with six arrows and killed his right-hand horses in the battle; and having slain Satyaki's horses, the charioteer's son killed Vishoka, the Kekaya prince.

Note on the text: Normalised the page's double hyphen (“--”) marking a word split between lines to the single hyphen used for such breaks.

Verse 4 (8.86.4)

तमभ्यधावन्निहते कुमारे । सेनापतिः कैकयो मित्रवर्मा । शरैर्विधुन्वन्भृशमुग्रवेगैः । कर्णात्मजं चाप्यहनत्सुदेवम् ॥

tamabhyadhāvannihate kumāre | senāpatiḥ kaikayo mitravarmā | śarairvidhunvanbhṛśamugravegaiḥ | karṇātmajaṃ cāpyahanatsudevam

When the prince was slain, the Kekaya general Mitravarman ran at him, shaking him violently with fierce, swift arrows, and he also killed Karna's son Sudeva.

Verse 5 (8.86.5)

तस्यार्धचन्द्रैस्त्रिभिरुच्चकर्त । प्रहस्य बाहू च शिरश्च कर्णः । स स्यन्दनाद्गामगमद्गतासुः । परश्वथैः साल इवावरुग्णः ॥

tasyārdhacandraistribhiruccakarta | prahasya bāhū ca śiraśca karṇaḥ | sa syandanādgāmagamadgatāsuḥ | paraśvathaiḥ sāla ivāvarugṇaḥ

Laughing, Karna cut off the Kekaya's two arms and his head with three crescent-headed arrows, and, lifeless, he fell from his chariot to the earth, like a sal tree felled by axes.

Verse 6 (8.86.6)

हताश्वमञ्जोगतिभिः सुषेणः । शिनिप्रवीरं निशितैः पृषत्कैः । प्रच्छाद्य नृत्यन्निव कर्णपुत्रः । शैनेयबाणाभिहतः पपात ॥

hatāśvamañjogatibhiḥ suṣeṇaḥ | śinipravīraṃ niśitaiḥ pṛṣatkaiḥ | pracchādya nṛtyanniva karṇaputraḥ | śaineyabāṇābhihataḥ papāta

Sushena, Karna's son, covering the foremost hero of the Shinis, whose horses were slain, with sharp, straight-flying arrows, as if dancing, was struck by Shaineya's arrows and fell.

Note on the text: Corrected हताश्वमञ्जोगमिभिः → हताश्वमञ्जोगतिभिः (misprint in Wikisource; म for त, 'añjogami' is not a word; the critical edition reads añjogatibhiḥ).

Verse 7 (8.86.7)

पुत्रे हते क्रोधपरीतचेताः । कर्णः शिनीनां प्रवरं जिघांसुः । हतोऽसि हे सात्यक इत्युदीर्य । व्यवासृजद्बाणममित्रसाहम् ॥

putre hate krodhaparītacetāḥ | karṇaḥ śinīnāṃ pravaraṃ jighāṃsuḥ | hato'si he sātyaka ityudīrya | vyavāsṛjadbāṇamamitrasāham

With his son slain, Karna, his heart overcome with rage, eager to kill the best of the Shinis, cried, “You are dead, Satyaki!” and loosed an arrow able to bear down his foes.

Note on the text: Corrected क्रोधपरीतयेताः → क्रोधपरीतचेताः (misprint in Wikisource; ये for चे, 'parītayetāḥ' is not a word; the critical edition reads krodhaparītacetāḥ).

Verse 8 (8.86.8)

तमस्य चिच्छेद शरं शिखण्डी । त्रिभिस्त्रिभिश्च प्रतुतोद कर्णम् । शिखण्डिनः कार्मुकं च ध्वजं च । च्छित्त्वा क्षुराभ्यां न्यहनत्सुजातम् ॥

tamasya ciccheda śaraṃ śikhaṇḍī | tribhistribhiśca pratutoda karṇam | śikhaṇḍinaḥ kārmukaṃ ca dhvajaṃ ca | cchittvā kṣurābhyāṃ nyahanatsujātam

Shikhandin cut that arrow of his and struck Karna with three arrows, and again three; but Karna, cutting down Shikhandin's bow and banner with two razor-headed arrows, struck down Sujata.

Note on the text: Corrected न्यहनत्सुजातः → न्यहनत्सुजातम् (misprint in Wikisource; the nominative leaves the verb without an object and the cutter of Shikhandin's bow unnamed; the critical edition reads ahanat sujātam).

Verse 9 (8.86.9)

शिखण्डिनं षड्भिरविध्यदुग्रो । धार्ष्टद्युम्नेः स शिरश्चोच्चकर्त । ततोऽभिनत्सुतसोमं क्षुरेण । सुसंशितेनाधिरथिर्महात्मा ॥

śikhaṇḍinaṃ ṣaḍbhiravidhyadugro | dhārṣṭadyumneḥ sa śiraścoccakarta | tato'bhinatsutasomaṃ kṣureṇa | susaṃśitenādhirathirmahātmā

The fierce Karna pierced Shikhandin with six arrows and cut off the head of Dhrishtadyumna's son; then Adhiratha's great-souled son pierced Sutasoma with a well-sharpened razor-headed arrow.

Note on the text: Corrected सुसञ्झितेनाधिरथिर् → सुसंशितेनाधिरथिर् (misprint in Wikisource; 'susañjhita' is not a word; the critical edition reads saṃśitena).

Verse 10 (8.86.10)

अथाक्रन्दे तुमुले वर्तमाने । धार्ष्टद्युम्ने निहते तत्र कृष्णः । अपाञ्चाल्यं क्रियते याहि पार्थ । कर्णं जहीत्यब्रवीद्राजसिंह ॥

athākrande tumule vartamāne | dhārṣṭadyumne nihate tatra kṛṣṇaḥ | apāñcālyaṃ kriyate yāhi pārtha | karṇaṃ jahītyabravīdrājasiṃha

Then, while the tumult of lamentation went on, with Dhrishtadyumna's son slain there, Krishna said, “The Panchala line is being wiped out. Go, Partha, kill Karna,” O lion among kings.

Note on the text: Corrected कर्णं जहीलाब्रवीद्राजसिंह → कर्णं जहीत्यब्रवीद्राजसिंह (misprint in Wikisource; ल for त्य, 'jahīlābravīd' is not a word; the critical edition reads jahīty abravīd).

Verse 11 (8.86.11)

ततः प्रहस्याशु नरप्रवीरो । रथं रथेनाधिरथेर्जगाम । भये तेषां त्राणमिच्छन्सुबाहु- । रभ्याहतानां रथयूथपेन ॥

tataḥ prahasyāśu narapravīro | rathaṃ rathenādhiratherjagāma | bhaye teṣāṃ trāṇamicchansubāhu- | rabhyāhatānāṃ rathayūthapena

Then the foremost of men, strong-armed Arjuna, smiling, drove his chariot swiftly against the chariot of Adhiratha's son, wishing to give protection in their fear to those who were being struck down by that leader of chariot-warriors.

Note on the text: Normalised the page's double hyphen (“--”) marking a word split between lines to the single hyphen used for such breaks.

Verse 12 (8.86.12)

ततोऽपरे भारत दुष्प्रकम्प्याः । पाञ्चालानां रथसङ्घाः समेताः । प्रतिश्रिता ह्यन्तरिक्षे ग्रहाभा । धनुःप्रवीरास्तु रथप्रवीराः ॥

tato'pare bhārata duṣprakampyāḥ | pāñcālānāṃ rathasaṅghāḥ sametāḥ | pratiśritā hyantarikṣe grahābhā | dhanuḥpravīrāstu rathapravīrāḥ

Then other Panchala chariot-bands, O Bharata, hard to shake, assembled; those foremost bowmen and foremost chariot-warriors took their stand in the open space, shining like planets.

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 8.60.9d*0923 (lines 01–04; reading pratiśrutā hy antarikṣe gatābhā for प्रतिश्रिता ह्यन्तरिक्षे ग्रहाभा). The critical edition places it after verse 9; the page has it after verse 11.

Verse 13 (8.86.13)

विस्फार्य गाण्डीवमथोग्रघोषं । ज्यया समाहत्य तले भृशं च । बाणान्धकारं सहसैव कृत्वा । जघान नागाश्वरथध्वजांश्च ॥

visphārya gāṇḍīvamathograghoṣaṃ | jyayā samāhatya tale bhṛśaṃ ca | bāṇāndhakāraṃ sahasaiva kṛtvā | jaghāna nāgāśvarathadhvajāṃśca

Drawing the Gandiva with its dreadful sound, striking the string hard with his palm, he suddenly made a darkness of arrows and killed elephants, horses, chariots and banners.

Verse 14 (8.86.14)

प्रतिश्रुतः प्राचरदन्तरिक्षे । गुहा गिरीणामपतन्वयांसि । यन्मण्डलज्येन विजृम्भमाणो । रौद्रे मुहूर्तेऽभ्यपतत्किरीटी ॥

pratiśrutaḥ prācaradantarikṣe | guhā girīṇāmapatanvayāṃsi | yanmaṇḍalajyena vijṛmbhamāṇo | raudre muhūrte'bhyapatatkirīṭī

An echo ran through the sky and birds dropped into the mountain caves, when, in that dreadful hour, the Wearer of the Diadem, stretching his bowstring into a circle, burst forth and fell upon them.

Note on the text: Removed the page's square brackets and the doubled danda (।।) inside them. 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 8.60.12d*0924 (lines 01–04; reading prītāḥ śukāḥ prādravann antarikṣe for प्रतिश्रुतः प्राचरदन्तरिक्षे). The gloss printed below the page's colophon (8-86-14 प्रतिश्रुतः प्रतिस्वनः) is a commentary note on this verse and is not added.

Verse 15 (8.86.15)

तं भीमसेनोऽनुययौ रथेन । पृष्ठे रक्षन्पाण्डवमेकवीरः । तौ राजपुत्रौ त्वरितौ रथाभ्यां । कर्णाय यातावरिभिर्विषक्तौ ॥

taṃ bhīmaseno'nuyayau rathena | pṛṣṭhe rakṣanpāṇḍavamekavīraḥ | tau rājaputrau tvaritau rathābhyāṃ | karṇāya yātāvaribhirviṣaktau

Bhimasena followed him in his chariot, guarding the back of the Pandava, a lone hero; the two princes, beset by their foes, sped in their chariots toward Karna.

Verse 16 (8.86.16)

तत्रान्तरे सुमहान्सूतपुत्र- । श्चक्रे युद्धं सोमकान्सम्प्रमथ्य । रथाश्वमातङ्गगणाञ्जघान । प्रच्छादयामास शरैर्दिशश्च ॥

tatrāntare sumahānsūtaputra- | ścakre yuddhaṃ somakānsampramathya | rathāśvamātaṅgagaṇāñjaghāna | pracchādayāmāsa śarairdiśaśca

Meanwhile the great charioteer's son fought a mighty battle, grinding down the Somakas; he killed hordes of chariots, horses and elephants and covered the quarters with his arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected रथाश्वमातङ्गणाञ्जघान → रथाश्वमातङ्गगणाञ्जघान (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ग, 'mātaṅgaṇāñ' is not a word; the critical edition reads mātaṅgagaṇāñ). Normalised the page's double hyphen (“--”) marking a word split between lines to the single hyphen used for such breaks.

Verse 17 (8.86.17)

तमुत्तमौजा जनमेजयश्च । क्रुद्धौ युधामन्युशिखण्डिनौ च । कर्णं बिभेदुः सहिताः पृषत्कैः । सन्नर्दमानाः सह पार्षतेन ॥

tamuttamaujā janamejayaśca | kruddhau yudhāmanyuśikhaṇḍinau ca | karṇaṃ bibheduḥ sahitāḥ pṛṣatkaiḥ | sannardamānāḥ saha pārṣatena

Uttamaujas and Janamejaya, and the enraged Yudhamanyu and Shikhandin, roaring together with Parshata, pierced Karna with their arrows.

Verse 18 (8.86.18)

ते पञ्च पाञ्चालरथाः समेता । वैकर्तनं कर्णमभिद्रवन्तः । तस्माद्रथाच्च्यावयितुं न शेकु- । र्धैर्यात्कृतात्मानमिवेन्द्रियार्थाः ॥

te pañca pāñcālarathāḥ sametā | vaikartanaṃ karṇamabhidravantaḥ | tasmādrathāccyāvayituṃ na śeku- | rdhairyātkṛtātmānamivendriyārthāḥ

Those five Panchala chariot-warriors, gathered together and rushing at Vaikartana Karna, could not dislodge him from his chariot, as the objects of the senses cannot dislodge a self-controlled man from his steadiness.

Note on the text: Normalised the page's double hyphen (“--”) marking a word split between lines to the single hyphen used for such breaks.

Verse 19 (8.86.19)

तेषां धनूंषि ध्वजवाजिसूतां- । स्तूर्णं पताकाश्च निकृत्य बाणैः । तान्पाञ्चालानभ्यहनत्पृषत्कैः । कर्णस्ततः सिंह इवोन्ननाद ॥

teṣāṃ dhanūṃṣi dhvajavājisūtāṃ- | stūrṇaṃ patākāśca nikṛtya bāṇaiḥ | tānpāñcālānabhyahanatpṛṣatkaiḥ | karṇastataḥ siṃha ivonnanāda

Swiftly cutting down with his arrows their bows, banners, horses and charioteers, and their flags, Karna struck those Panchalas with arrows and roared like a lion.

Note on the text: Corrected पृवत्कैः → पृषत्कैः (misprint in Wikisource; व for ष, 'pṛvatka' is not a word; the critical edition reads pṛṣatkaiḥ). Normalised the page's double hyphen (“--”) marking a word split between lines to the single hyphen used for such breaks.

Verse 20 (8.86.20)

तस्यास्यतस्तानभिनिघ्नतश्च । ज्याबाणहस्तस्य धनुःस्वनेन । साद्रिद्रुमा स्यात्पृथिवी विशीर्णे- । त्यतीव मत्वा जनता व्यषीदत् ॥

tasyāsyatastānabhinighnataśca | jyābāṇahastasya dhanuḥsvanena | sādridrumā syātpṛthivī viśīrṇe- | tyatīva matvā janatā vyaṣīdat

As he shot and struck them, the twang of his bow, with bowstring and arrow in hand, made the people lose heart, thinking, “The earth, with its mountains and trees, will split apart.”

Note on the text: Corrected धनुःस्वेनन → धनुःस्वनेन (misprint in Wikisource; transposed letters, 'dhanuḥsvenana' is not a word; the critical edition reads dhanuḥsvanena). Corrected व्यपीदत् → व्यषीदत् (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष, 'vyapīdat' is not a word; the critical edition reads vyaṣīdat). Normalised the page's double hyphen (“--”) marking a word split between lines to the single hyphen used for such breaks.

Verse 21 (8.86.21)

स शक्रचापप्रतिमेन धन्वना । भृशायतेनाधिरथिः शरान्सृजन् । बभौ रणे दीप्तमरीचिमण्डलो । यथांशुमाली परिवेषवांस्तथा ॥

sa śakracāpapratimena dhanvanā | bhṛśāyatenādhirathiḥ śarānsṛjan | babhau raṇe dīptamarīcimaṇḍalo | yathāṃśumālī pariveṣavāṃstathā

With his bow like Indra's rainbow, fully drawn, shooting arrows, Adhiratha's son shone in battle, ringed with blazing rays, like the sun encircled by a halo.

Verse 22 (8.86.22)

शिखण्डिनं द्वादशभिः पराभिन- । च्छितैः शरैः षड्भिरथोत्तमौजसम् । त्रिभिर्युधामन्युमविध्यदाशुगै- । स्त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः सोमकपार्षतात्मजौ ॥

śikhaṇḍinaṃ dvādaśabhiḥ parābhina- | cchitaiḥ śaraiḥ ṣaḍbhirathottamaujasam | tribhiryudhāmanyumavidhyadāśugai- | stribhistribhiḥ somakapārṣatātmajau

He pierced Shikhandin with twelve sharp arrows, Uttamaujas with six, Yudhamanyu with three swift ones, and the Somaka and the son of Parshata with three apiece.

Note on the text: Normalised the page's double hyphen (“--”) marking a word split between lines to the single hyphen used for such breaks.

Verse 23 (8.86.23)

पराजिताः पञ्च महारथास्तु ते । महाहवे सूतसुतेन मारिष । निरुद्यमास्तस्थुरमित्रनन्दना । यथेन्द्रियार्थात्मवता पराजिताः ॥

parājitāḥ pañca mahārathāstu te | mahāhave sūtasutena māriṣa | nirudyamāstasthuramitranandanā | yathendriyārthātmavatā parājitāḥ

Those five great chariot-warriors, defeated in the great battle by the charioteer's son, O venerable one, stood idle, giving joy to their foes, as the objects of the senses stand defeated before a master of himself.

Verse 24 (8.86.24)

निमज्जतस्तानथ कर्णसागरे । विपन्ननावो वणिजो यथार्णवे । उद्दध्रिरे नौभिरिवार्णवाद्रथैः । सुकल्पितैर्द्रौपदिजाः स्वमातुलान् ॥

nimajjatastānatha karṇasāgare | vipannanāvo vaṇijo yathārṇave | uddadhrire naubhirivārṇavādrathaiḥ | sukalpitairdraupadijāḥ svamātulān

As they sank in the ocean that was Karna, like merchants whose ship is wrecked at sea, the sons of Draupadi lifted their maternal uncles out with well-equipped chariots, as with boats out of the sea.

Verse 25 (8.86.25)

ततः शिनीनामृषभः शितैः शरै- । र्निकृत्य कर्णप्रहितानिषून्बहून् । विदार्य कर्णं निशितैरयस्मयै- । स्तवात्मजं ज्येष्ठमविध्यदष्टभिः ॥

tataḥ śinīnāmṛṣabhaḥ śitaiḥ śarai- | rnikṛtya karṇaprahitāniṣūnbahūn | vidārya karṇaṃ niśitairayasmayai- | stavātmajaṃ jyeṣṭhamavidhyadaṣṭabhiḥ

Then the bull of the Shinis, cutting down with sharp arrows the many shafts that Karna had loosed, and piercing Karna with sharp iron arrows, struck your eldest son with eight.

Note on the text: Corrected कर्णप्रहितानिषून्वहून् → कर्णप्रहितानिषून्बहून् (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब, 'vahūn' is not the word intended; the critical edition reads bahūn). Corrected ज्येष्ठमविध्यदष्टमिः → ज्येष्ठमविध्यदष्टभिः (misprint in Wikisource; म for भ, 'aṣṭamiḥ' is not a word; the critical edition reads aṣṭabhiḥ). Normalised the page's double hyphen (“--”) marking a word split between lines to the single hyphen used for such breaks.

Verse 26 (8.86.26)

कृपोऽथ भोजश्च तवात्मजस्तथा । स्वयं च कर्णो निशितैरताडयत् । स तैश्चतुर्भिर्युयुधे यदूत्तमो । दिगीश्वरैर्दैत्यपतिर्यथा तथा ॥

kṛpo'tha bhojaśca tavātmajastathā | svayaṃ ca karṇo niśitairatāḍayat | sa taiścaturbhiryuyudhe yadūttamo | digīśvarairdaityapatiryathā tathā

Kripa and Bhoja and your son, and Karna himself, struck at him with sharp arrows; and the best of the Yadus fought those four, like the lord of the Daityas fighting the guardians of the quarters.

Verse 27 (8.86.27)

समाततेनेष्वसनेन कूजता । महास्वनेनाशनिपातदीधितिः । बभूव दुर्धर्षतरः स सात्यकिः । शरन्नभोमध्यगतो यथा रविः ॥

samātateneṣvasanena kūjatā | mahāsvanenāśanipātadīdhitiḥ | babhūva durdharṣataraḥ sa sātyakiḥ | śarannabhomadhyagato yathā raviḥ

With his fully stretched bow twanging with a great sound, flashing like a falling thunderbolt, Satyaki became exceedingly hard to withstand, like the sun in mid-sky in autumn.

Verse 28 (8.86.28)

पुनः समास्थाय रथान्सुदंशिताः । शिनिप्रवीरं जुगुपुः परन्तपाः । समेत्य पाञ्चालमहारथा रणे । मरुद्रणाः शक्रमिवारिनिग्रहे ॥

punaḥ samāsthāya rathānsudaṃśitāḥ | śinipravīraṃ jugupuḥ parantapāḥ | sametya pāñcālamahārathā raṇe | marudraṇāḥ śakramivārinigrahe

Again mounting chariots, well armoured, the Panchala great chariot-warriors, scorchers of foes, gathered and guarded the hero of the Shinis in the battle, as the Maruts guard Shakra when he crushes his foes.

Verse 29 (8.86.29)

ततोऽभवद्युद्धमतीव दारुणं । तवाहितानां तव सैनिकैः सह । रथाश्वमातङ्गविनाशनं तथा । यथा सुराणामसुरैः पुराऽभवत् ॥

tato'bhavadyuddhamatīva dāruṇaṃ | tavāhitānāṃ tava sainikaiḥ saha | rathāśvamātaṅgavināśanaṃ tathā | yathā surāṇāmasuraiḥ purā'bhavat

Then a terrible battle arose between your enemies and your warriors, with a destruction of chariots, horses and elephants such as took place of old between the gods and the asuras.

Verse 30 (8.86.30)

रथा द्विपा वाजिपदातयस्तथा । भ्रमन्ति नानाविधशस्त्रवेष्टिताः । परस्परेणाभिहताश्च चस्खलु- । र्विनेदुरार्ता व्यसवोऽपतंस्तथा ॥

rathā dvipā vājipadātayastathā | bhramanti nānāvidhaśastraveṣṭitāḥ | paraspareṇābhihatāśca caskhalu- | rvinedurārtā vyasavo'pataṃstathā

Chariots, elephants, horses and foot-soldiers, beset by weapons of many kinds, wheeled about; struck by one another they stumbled, cried out in pain, and fell lifeless.

Note on the text: Normalised the page's double hyphen (“--”) marking a word split between lines to the single hyphen used for such breaks.

Verse 31 (8.86.31)

तथागतं भीममभीस्तवात्मजः । ससार राजावरजः किरञ्शरैः । तमभ्यधावत्त्वरितो वृकोदरो । महारुरुं सिंह इवाभिपेदिवान् ॥

tathāgataṃ bhīmamabhīstavātmajaḥ | sasāra rājāvarajaḥ kirañśaraiḥ | tamabhyadhāvattvarito vṛkodaro | mahāruruṃ siṃha ivābhipedivān

Then your fearless son, the king's younger brother, advanced showering arrows upon Bhima, who had come that way; and swift Vrikodara ran at him, like a lion falling upon a great ruru deer.

Verse 32 (8.86.32)

ततस्तयोर्युद्धमतीव दारुणं । प्रदीव्यतोः प्राणदुरोदरं द्वयोः । परस्परेणाभिनिविष्टरोषयो- । रुदग्रयोः शम्बरशक्रयोर्यथा ॥

tatastayoryuddhamatīva dāruṇaṃ | pradīvyatoḥ prāṇadurodaraṃ dvayoḥ | paraspareṇābhiniviṣṭaroṣayo- | rudagrayoḥ śambaraśakrayoryathā

Then a terrible battle took place between the two, who staked their lives as in a game of dice, each filled with relentless anger, like Shambara and Shakra.

Note on the text: Normalised the page's double hyphen (“--”) marking a word split between lines to the single hyphen used for such breaks.

Verse 33 (8.86.33)

शरैः शरीरार्तिकरैः सुतेजनै- । र्निजघ्नतुस्तावितरेतरं भृशम् । सकृत्प्रभिन्नाविव वासितान्तरे । महागजौ दोर्भिरदीनघातिनौ ॥

śaraiḥ śarīrārtikaraiḥ sutejanai- | rnijaghnatustāvitaretaraṃ bhṛśam | sakṛtprabhinnāviva vāsitāntare | mahāgajau dorbhiradīnaghātinau

With keen arrows that tormented the body they struck each other again and again, like two great elephants in their first rut, fighting over a she-elephant, each striking undaunted with the strength of his arms.

Note on the text: Normalised the page's double hyphen (“--”) marking a word split between lines to the single hyphen used for such breaks. Lines 1–3 correspond to the critical edition's 8.60.31a and 31c (reading शरीरार्तिकरैः for śarīrāntakaraiḥ); line 4 reads महागजौ दोर्भिरदीनघातिनौ where the critical edition has mahāgajau manmathasaktacetasau (a recension variant, the page's reading kept).

Verse 34 (8.86.34)

आलोक्य तौ चैव परस्परं ततः । समं च शूरौ च ससारथी तदा । भीमोऽब्रवीद्याहि दुःशासनाय । दुःशासनो याहि वृकोदराय ॥

ālokya tau caiva parasparaṃ tataḥ | samaṃ ca śūrau ca sasārathī tadā | bhīmo'bravīdyāhi duḥśāsanāya | duḥśāsano yāhi vṛkodarāya

Then, as the two heroes, with their charioteers, caught sight of one another at the same moment, Bhima said, “Drive to Duhshasana!” and Duhshasana said, “Drive to Vrikodara!”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 28 (printed after 8.60.31), lines 0001–0004 (8.60.31d@028_0001–0004).

Verse 35 (8.86.35)

तयो रथौ सारथिसम्प्रचोदितौ । समं रथौ तौ महसा समीयतुः । नानायुधच्छत्रपताकिकाध्वजौ । दिवीव पूर्वं बलशक्रयो रणे ॥

tayo rathau sārathisampracoditau | samaṃ rathau tau mahasā samīyatuḥ | nānāyudhacchatrapatākikādhvajau | divīva pūrvaṃ balaśakrayo raṇe

Urged on by their charioteers, the two chariots, with their many weapons, umbrellas, pennants and banners, came together at once in splendour, like Bala and Shakra in their battle in heaven of old.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 28 (printed after 8.60.31), lines 0005–0008 (8.60.31d@028_0005–0008). In the critical edition the heading bhīmaḥ stands between lines 0007 and 0008, inside this passage; on the page the heading भीम उवाच stands before verse 36. Line 1 reads सारथिसम्प्रचोदितौ for sārathibhyāṃ pracoditau, line 2 महसा for sahasā, line 3 नानायुधच्छत्रपताकिकाध्वजौ for nānāyudhau citrapatākinadhvajau (recension variants, the page's readings kept).

Verse 36 (8.86.36)

दिष्ट्याऽसि दुःशासन अद्य दृष्टः । ऋणं प्रतीच्छेः सहवृद्धिमूलम् । चिरोदितं यन्मया ते सभायां । कृष्णाभिमर्शेन गृहाण मत्तः ॥

diṣṭyā'si duḥśāsana adya dṛṣṭaḥ | ṛṇaṃ pratīccheḥ sahavṛddhimūlam | ciroditaṃ yanmayā te sabhāyāṃ | kṛṣṇābhimarśena gṛhāṇa mattaḥ

“By good fortune, Duhshasana, I see you today! Take now the debt, principal with interest, that I declared to you long ago in the assembly, when Krishna was outraged; take it from me.”

Note on the text: Corrected क्षणं प्रतीच्छे सहवृद्धि मूलम् → ऋणं प्रतीच्छेः सहवृद्धिमूलम् (misprint in Wikisource; क्षणं for ऋणं, so the line says 'wait a moment' with no sense; प्रतीच्छे for प्रतीच्छेः, and a stray space in the compound; the critical edition reads ṛṇaṃ pratīccheḥ sahavṛddhimūlam). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 28 (printed after 8.60.31), lines 0009–0012 (8.60.31d@028_0009–0012). Line 3 reads चिरोदितं यन्मया where the critical edition has ciroditaṃ taṃ yan mayā (the page's reading kept). The page's heading भीम उवाच stands before this verse (in the critical edition the heading bhīmaḥ falls before line 0009 of this passage).

Verse 37 (8.86.37)

स एवमुक्तस्तु ततो महात्मा । दुःशासनो वाक्यमुवाच वीरः । सर्वं स्मरे नैव च विस्मरामि । उदीर्यमाणं शृणु भीमसेन ॥

sa evamuktastu tato mahātmā | duḥśāsano vākyamuvāca vīraḥ | sarvaṃ smare naiva ca vismarāmi | udīryamāṇaṃ śṛṇu bhīmasena

Thus addressed, the great-souled, heroic Duhshasana replied: “I remember it all and forget nothing. Listen, Bhimasena, to what I now say.”

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वं स्मरन्नेव विसंस्मरामि → सर्वं स्मरे नैव च विस्मरामि (the page's reading says 'remembering, I forget', which contradicts itself; the critical edition reads sarvaṃ smare naiva ca vismarāmi). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 28 (printed after 8.60.31), lines 0013–0016 (8.60.31d@028_0013–0016). Speaker: the page's heading भीम उवाच before verse 36 runs on through verse 41 on the page, but the first two lines of this verse are narration (Duhshasana's speech begins in line 3), so the verse is given to Sanjaya.

Verse 38 (8.86.38)

स्मरामि चात्मप्रभवं चिराय । यज्जातुषे वेश्मनि रात्र्यहानि । विश्वासहीना मृगयां चरन्तो । वसन्ति सर्वत्र निराकृतास्तु ॥

smarāmi cātmaprabhavaṃ cirāya | yajjātuṣe veśmani rātryahāni | viśvāsahīnā mṛgayāṃ caranto | vasanti sarvatra nirākṛtāstu

“And I remember what we ourselves began long ago: how in the house of lac you lived by night and day without trust, roaming as if in the chase, everywhere rejected,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 28 (printed after 8.60.31), lines 0017–0020 (8.60.31d@028_0017–0020). Speaker: Duhshasana's speech without a printed heading; the page's heading भीम उवाच is a carry-over (see verse 37).

Verse 39 (8.86.39)

महाभयं रात्र्यहानि स्मरन्त- । स्तथोपभोगाच्च सुखाच्च हीनाः । वनेष्वटन्तो गिरिगह्वराणि । पाञ्चालराजस्य पुरं प्रविष्टाः ॥

mahābhayaṃ rātryahāni smaranta- | stathopabhogācca sukhācca hīnāḥ | vaneṣvaṭanto girigahvarāṇi | pāñcālarājasya puraṃ praviṣṭāḥ

constantly remembering the great fear, deprived of comfort and of happiness, wandering in the forests and the mountain caves, until you entered the city of the Panchala king.

Note on the text: Normalised the page's double hyphen (“--”) marking a word split between lines to the single hyphen used for such breaks. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 28 (printed after 8.60.31), lines 0021–0024 (8.60.31d@028_0021–0024). Line 1 reads महाभयं रात्र्यहानि for mahad bhayād rātry ahani (a recension variant, the page's reading kept). Speaker: Duhshasana (see verse 38).

Verse 40 (8.86.40)

मायां यूयं कामपि सम्प्रविष्टा । यतो वृतः कृष्णया फल्गुनो वः । संभूय पापैस्तदनार्यवृत्तं । कृतं तदा मातृकृतानुरूपम् ॥

māyāṃ yūyaṃ kāmapi sampraviṣṭā | yato vṛtaḥ kṛṣṇayā phalguno vaḥ | saṃbhūya pāpaistadanāryavṛttaṃ | kṛtaṃ tadā mātṛkṛtānurūpam

You entered upon some illusion, by which Phalguna was chosen by Krishna for you; and you wicked ones, acting together, did then that ignoble deed, fit for what your mother had done.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 28 (printed after 8.60.31), lines 0025–0028 (8.60.31d@028_0025–0028). Speaker: Duhshasana (see verse 38).

Verse 41 (8.86.41)

एका वृता पञ्चभिः साभिपन्ना । ह्यलज्जमानैश्च परस्परस्य । स्मरे सभायां सुबलात्मजेन । दासीकृता यत्सह कृष्णया च ॥

ekā vṛtā pañcabhiḥ sābhipannā | hyalajjamānaiśca parasparasya | smare sabhāyāṃ subalātmajena | dāsīkṛtā yatsaha kṛṣṇayā ca

One woman chosen by five, and taken to by men shameless before one another; and I remember that in the assembly you were made slaves, together with Krishna, by Subala's son.”

Note on the text: Corrected ह्यलज्जमानेश्च → ह्यलज्जमानैश्च (misprint in Wikisource; ए for ऐ, the instrumental plural ending dropped its vowel stroke; the critical edition reads alajjamānaiś). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is CE Appendix I No. 28 (printed after 8.60.31), lines 0029–0032 (8.60.31d@028_0029–0032). In the critical edition the heading saṃjayaḥ stands before the last line of this passage (@028_0032), inside Duhshasana's speech; on the page it stands before verse 42. Speaker: Duhshasana (see verse 38).

Verse 42 (8.86.42)

इत्येवमुक्तस्तु तवात्मजेन । पाण्डोः सुतः कोपवशं भृशं । धनुः क्षुराभ्यां ध्वजमेव चाच्छिनत् । ललाटमप्यस्य बिभेद पत्रिणा । शिरश्च कायात्प्रजहार सारथेः ॥

ityevamuktastu tavātmajena | pāṇḍoḥ sutaḥ kopavaśaṃ bhṛśaṃ | dhanuḥ kṣurābhyāṃ dhvajameva cācchinat | lalāṭamapyasya bibheda patriṇā | śiraśca kāyātprajahāra sāratheḥ

Thus addressed by your son, the son of Pandu, falling wholly under the sway of anger, cut down his bow and banner with two razor-headed arrows, split his forehead too with a winged shaft, and struck his charioteer's head from his body.

Note on the text: Rebuilt by the page's own verse-end mark: the page prints the first four lines in the row labelled 42a–d and the fifth (शिरश्च कायात्प्रजहार सारथेः।।, which carries the verse-end mark) as the first line of the row labelled 43, so the input split this verse after four lines. Lines 3–5 are the critical edition's 8.60.32 (pādas b–d: dhanuḥ kṣurābhyāṃ dhvajam eva cācchinat / lalāṭam apy asya bibheda patriṇā / śiraś ca kāyāt prajahāra sāratheḥ); lines 1–2 stand in place of its pāda a (tavātmajasyātha vṛkodaras tvaran) and correspond loosely to lines 0033–0036 of CE Appendix I No. 28 (tenaivam uktas tu tavātmajena …). Line 2 reads पाण्डोः सुतः कोपवशं भृशं, which has no verb of its own (the page's text, kept).

Verse 43 (8.86.43)

स राजपुत्रोऽन्यदवाप्य कार्मुकं । वृकोदरं द्वादशभिः पराभिनत् । स्वयं नियच्छंस्तुरगानजिह्मगैः । शरैश्च भीमं पुनरप्यवीवृषत् ॥

sa rājaputro'nyadavāpya kārmukaṃ | vṛkodaraṃ dvādaśabhiḥ parābhinat | svayaṃ niyacchaṃsturagānajihmagaiḥ | śaraiśca bhīmaṃ punarapyavīvṛṣat

That prince, taking another bow, pierced Vrikodara with twelve arrows, and himself checking his horses, again showered Bhima with straight-flying arrows.

Note on the text: Rebuilt by the page's own verse-end marks: the input's row 43 began with the last line of the preceding verse (शिरश्च कायात्प्रजहार सारथेः, now in verse 42), and its row 44 held only the final line शरैश्च भीमं पुनरप्यवीवृषत्।। (label 44a); these four lines (the page's last line carries the verse-end mark) are the critical edition's 8.60.33 (a–d). Wikisource number 43 kept; the page's number 44 no longer names a verse.