Bhima's Triumph and Nakula Against Vrishasena

Verse 1 (8.88.1)

स पीत्वा रुधिरं तस्य चरणौ गृह्य भारत । इत्युच्चैर्वचनं प्राह प्रतिनृत्यन्वृकोदरः ॥

sa pītvā rudhiraṃ tasya caraṇau gṛhya bhārata | ityuccairvacanaṃ prāha pratinṛtyanvṛkodaraḥ

Having drunk his blood and seized his feet, O Bharata, Vrikodara danced back at him and cried out in a loud voice:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records line 1 as the star passage 8.61.10d*0940_01 (after its speaker line संजयः, *0940_00) and line 2 as the star passage 8.61.11b*0941_01.

Verse 2 (8.88.2)

एष ते रुधिरं तीव्रं पिबामि पुरुषादवत् । वदेदानीं सुसंरब्धः पुनर्गौरिति गौरिति ॥

eṣa te rudhiraṃ tīvraṃ pibāmi puruṣādavat | vadedānīṃ susaṃrabdhaḥ punargauriti gauriti

"I am drinking your terrible blood like a man-eating ogre. Now, in your fury, say it once more: 'Cow! Cow!'

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to CE 8.61.11c and line 2 to CE 8.61.11e (the CE's line 1 reads eṣa te rudhiraṃ kaṇṭhāt pibāmi puruṣādhama; recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept). The automatic alignment found no match. Speaker: Bhima's words, unheaded on the page.

Verse 3 (8.88.3)

ये चास्मान्प्रतिनृत्यन्ति तदा गौरिति गौरिति । तान्वयं प्रतिनृत्यामः पुनर्गौरिति गौरिति ॥

ye cāsmānpratinṛtyanti tadā gauriti gauriti | tānvayaṃ pratinṛtyāmaḥ punargauriti gauriti

Those who danced at us then, crying 'Cow! Cow!' — we shall dance back at them in turn, crying 'Cow! Cow!' again.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 8.61.11f*0942_01–02 (line 1 there reads ye tadāsmān pranṛtyanti punar gaur iti gaur iti; recension variant).

Verse 4 (8.88.4)

प्रमाणकोट्यां शयने कालकूटकभोजनम् । दंशनं चाहिभिस्तीक्ष्णैर्दाहं जतुगृहे च यत् ॥

pramāṇakoṭyāṃ śayane kālakūṭakabhojanam | daṃśanaṃ cāhibhistīkṣṇairdāhaṃ jatugṛhe ca yat

Sleeping on the bed at Pramanakoti, a meal of Kalakuta poison, the bites of sharp-fanged serpents, and the burning in the house of lac —

Note on the text: CE 8.61.12 (line 2 there reads daśanaṃ cāhibhiḥ kaṣṭaṃ dāhaṃ ca jatuveśmani; recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept). Speaker: Bhima's words, unheaded on the page.

Verse 5 (8.88.5)

द्यूते च दोषभूयस्त्वमरण्ये वसतिश्च या । इष्वस्त्राणि च सङ्ग्रामे अनिलानिलवेश्मसु ॥

dyūte ca doṣabhūyastvamaraṇye vasatiśca yā | iṣvastrāṇi ca saṅgrāme anilānilaveśmasu

the great wrong done at the dice, our life in the forest, the arrows and missiles of battle, and the hardships in our dwellings —

Note on the text: CE 8.61.13a and 8.61.13c. Line 1 reads द्यूते च दोषभूयस्त्वम् where the CE has dyūtena rājyaharaṇam; and the last word of line 2, अनिलानिलवेश्मसु, is obscure (the CE has asukhāni ca veśmani) — the page's reading is kept and rendered by the sense of the CE ('hardships in our dwellings'). The automatic alignment matched this only loosely.

Verse 6 (8.88.6)

दुःखान्येवाभिजानीमो न सुखानि कदाचन । धृतराष्ट्रस्य दौरात्म्यात्सपुत्रस्य वयं सदा ॥

duḥkhānyevābhijānīmo na sukhāni kadācana | dhṛtarāṣṭrasya daurātmyātsaputrasya vayaṃ sadā

we have known only sorrows, never joys, through the wickedness of Dhritarashtra and his sons, all this time."

Verse 7 (8.88.7)

इत्युच्चैर्वचनं प्रोच्य जयं प्राप्य वृकोदरः । पुनरेव महाराज तव सैन्यमभिद्रवत् ॥

ityuccairvacanaṃ procya jayaṃ prāpya vṛkodaraḥ | punareva mahārāja tava sainyamabhidravat

Having uttered these loud words and won his victory, O great king, Vrikodara rushed again upon your army.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to CE 8.61.15a (ity uktvā vacanaṃ rājañ jayaṃ prāpya vṛkodaraḥ); line 2 differs from the CE's 15c (punar āha mahārāja smayaṃs tau keśavārjunau) — recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 8 (8.88.8)

रक्तार्द्रपाणिस्तु ततो महात्मा । गदापाणिः काल इवान्तकाले । विभीषयंस्तव पुत्रस्य सैन्यम् । इतस्ततो धावति वाहिनीं ते ॥

raktārdrapāṇistu tato mahātmā | gadāpāṇiḥ kāla ivāntakāle | vibhīṣayaṃstava putrasya sainyam | itastato dhāvati vāhinīṃ te

With his hands wet with blood, mace in hand, like Time itself at the hour of the world's end, that great-souled one ran this way and that through your host, terrifying your son's army.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (सैन्य-- । / मितस्ततो); written here with the word-ends resolved (सैन्यम् । / इतस्ततो), the line division kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 8.61.15d*0948_01–04 (the line division is the page's).

Verse 9 (8.88.9)

ततः क्षणाद्भारत शून्यमासीत् । आयोधनं घोरतरं कुरूणाम् । यत्राजिमध्ये प्रापिबद्भीमसेनो । दुःशासनस्य रुधिरं क्रोधदीप्तः ॥

tataḥ kṣaṇādbhārata śūnyamāsīt | āyodhanaṃ ghorataraṃ kurūṇām | yatrājimadhye prāpibadbhīmaseno | duḥśāsanasya rudhiraṃ krodhadīptaḥ

In a moment, O Bharata, that dreadful battlefield of the Kurus lay empty — the place where, in the midst of the fight, Bhimasena, blazing with anger, had drunk Duhshasana's blood.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (शून्यमासी-- । / दायोधनं); written here with the word-ends resolved (शून्यमासीत् । / आयोधनं), the line division kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 8.61.15d*0948_05–08.

Verse 10 (8.88.10)

स हत्वा समरे राजन्राजपुत्रं महाबलम् । पूर्णकामो मदोदग्रः सिंहो रुरुमिवोत्कटः ॥

sa hatvā samare rājanrājaputraṃ mahābalam | pūrṇakāmo madodagraḥ siṃho rurumivotkaṭaḥ

Having slain the mighty prince in battle, O king, he — his wish fulfilled, swollen with pride — was like a fierce lion that has killed a ruru deer.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 8.61.15d*0948_09–10.

Verse 11 (8.88.11)

रुधिरार्द्रो महाराज व्यशोभत परन्तपः । सपुष्पः किंशुक इव रक्तरक्ततरो बभौ ॥

rudhirārdro mahārāja vyaśobhata parantapaḥ | sapuṣpaḥ kiṃśuka iva raktaraktataro babhau

Drenched in blood, O great king, that scorcher of foes shone, redder than red, like a flowering kimshuka tree.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 8.61.15d*0948_11–12.

Verse 12 (8.88.12)

रुधिराक्तो घोरवेषः क्रुद्धो राजन्वचोऽब्रवीत् । ब्रूहीदानीं पापमते नृशंस पतितो ह्यसि ॥

rudhirākto ghoraveṣaḥ kruddho rājanvaco'bravīt | brūhīdānīṃ pāpamate nṛśaṃsa patito hyasi

Smeared with blood, fearful to look upon, enraged, he spoke, O king: "Speak now, evil-minded, cruel wretch — you have fallen!

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records line 1 as the star passage 8.61.15d*0948_13 and line 2 as 8.61.15d*0949_01. Speaker: Sanjaya introduces the quotation in the verse itself, so the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 13 (8.88.13)

दुःशासने यादृशं संश्रुतं नः । तदवाप्तं पाण्डवैः सर्वमेव । अत्रैवमाप्स्याम्यपरं द्वितीयं । दुर्योधनं यज्ञपशुं विशस्य ॥

duḥśāsane yādṛśaṃ saṃśrutaṃ naḥ | tadavāptaṃ pāṇḍavaiḥ sarvameva | atraivamāpsyāmyaparaṃ dvitīyaṃ | duryodhanaṃ yajñapaśuṃ viśasya

Whatever we vowed about Duhshasana, the Pandavas have gained all of it. In the same way I shall gain the other, the second one — Duryodhana — when I have cut him down like a sacrificial beast.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (न-- । / स्तदवाप्तं); written here with the word-ends resolved (नः । / तदवाप्तं), the line division kept. CE 8.61.16a and 8.61.16c (lines 1–2 and 3–4; the CE has the vow in the first person, in different words). Speaker: Bhima's words, unheaded on the page.

Verse 14 (8.88.14)

शिरो मृदित्वाऽस्य पुनश्च शान्तिं । यास्याम्यहं कौरवाणां समक्षम् । या साऽपतिः सा सपतिर्हि जाता । यास्ताः सपत्योऽपतयस्तु जाताः ॥

śiro mṛditvā'sya punaśca śāntiṃ | yāsyāmyahaṃ kauravāṇāṃ samakṣam | yā sā'patiḥ sā sapatirhi jātā | yāstāḥ sapatyo'patayastu jātāḥ

Crushing his head, I shall find peace again in full sight of the Kauravas. She who had no husband now has a husband; and those who had husbands have become husbandless.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 correspond to CE 8.61.16e (śiro mṛditvā ca padā durātmanaḥ; śāntiṃ lapsye kauravāṇāṃ samakṣam, there in different words); lines 3–4 are the star passage 8.61.16f*0951_01–02.

Verse 15 (8.88.15)

पश्यन्तु चित्रं विविधं हि लोके । ये वै तिलाः षण्डतिला बभूवुः । ते चेत्संसिद्धा निधनं गताः परे । किं चित्ररूपं बत जीवलोके ॥

paśyantu citraṃ vividhaṃ hi loke | ye vai tilāḥ ṣaṇḍatilā babhūvuḥ | te cetsaṃsiddhā nidhanaṃ gatāḥ pare | kiṃ citrarūpaṃ bata jīvaloke

Let them behold the strange variety of the world — the sesame seeds that turned barren. If they have prospered while the others have met their end, then what strange sight, alas, remains in the world of the living!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 8.61.16f*0951_03–06.

Verse 16 (8.88.16)

एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं प्रहृष्टः । प्राक्रोशदुच्चै रुधिरार्द्रवक्त्रः । ननर्त चैवातिबलो महात्मा । वृत्रं निहत्येव सहस्रनेत्रः ॥

etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ prahṛṣṭaḥ | prākrośaduccai rudhirārdravaktraḥ | nanarta caivātibalo mahātmā | vṛtraṃ nihatyeva sahasranetraḥ

Having spoken thus, exultant, his face wet with blood, he shouted aloud, and the immensely strong, great-souled one danced like thousand-eyed Indra after slaying Vritra.

Note on the text: Corrected रुधिरार्द्रवक्रः → रुधिरार्द्रवक्त्रः (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped त् in the conjunct; वक्त्र "mouth", "face"; the critical edition has rudhirārdragātraḥ).

Verse 17 (8.88.17)

दृष्ट्वा तु नृत्यन्तमुदग्रवीर्यं । कालं यथा त्वन्तकाले प्रजानाम् । महद्भयं चाधिरथिं विवेश । जये निराशाश्च सुतास्त्वदीयाः ॥

dṛṣṭvā tu nṛtyantamudagravīryaṃ | kālaṃ yathā tvantakāle prajānām | mahadbhayaṃ cādhirathiṃ viveśa | jaye nirāśāśca sutāstvadīyāḥ

Seeing him dance in his towering might, like Time at the hour when creatures perish, a great fear entered the son of Adhiratha, and your sons lost all hope of victory.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 8.61.17d*0952_01–04.

Verse 18 (8.88.18)

दुःशासने तु निहते पुत्रास्तव महारथाः । महत्क्रोधविषं वीरा धारयन्तो महाबलाः । ते तु राजन्महावीर्या भीमं प्राच्छादयञ्छरैः ॥

duḥśāsane tu nihate putrāstava mahārathāḥ | mahatkrodhaviṣaṃ vīrā dhārayanto mahābalāḥ | te tu rājanmahāvīryā bhīmaṃ prācchādayañcharaiḥ

When Duhshasana was slain, your sons, the great car-warriors — mighty heroes bearing a great poison of wrath, O king, and of great prowess — covered Bhima with their arrows.

Note on the text: Lines correspond to CE 8.62.1a, 1c and 1e (in different wording).

Verse 19 (8.88.19)

निषङ्गी कवची खड्गी दण्डधारो धनुर्धरः । अलम्बुर्जलसन्धश्च वातवेगसुवर्चसौ ॥

niṣaṅgī kavacī khaḍgī daṇḍadhāro dhanurdharaḥ | alamburjalasandhaśca vātavegasuvarcasau

Nishangin, Kavachin, Khadgin, Dandadhara, Dhanurdhara, Alambu, Jalasandha, and Vatavega and Suvarchas —

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गी → खड्गी (misprint in Wikisource; ङ् for ड्; the word is खड्ग). CE 8.62.2 lists the same sons with partly different names (kavacī niṣaṅgī pāśī daṇḍadhāro dhanurdharaḥ / alolupaḥ śalaḥ saṃdho vātavegasuvarcasau); the page's list (खड्गी, अलम्बुः, जलसन्धः in place of pāśī, alolupaḥ, śalaḥ saṃdhaḥ) is a recension variant, kept. Nine names, matching the 'nine' of the verse 22 below.

Verse 20 (8.88.20)

एते समेत्य सहिता भ्रातृव्यसनकर्शिताः । भीमसेनं महाबाहुं पीडयामासुरञ्जसा ॥

ete sametya sahitā bhrātṛvyasanakarśitāḥ | bhīmasenaṃ mahābāhuṃ pīḍayāmāsurañjasā

these came together, afflicted by grief at their brother's death, and swiftly pressed hard upon the mighty-armed Bhimasena.

Verse 21 (8.88.21)

स वध्यमानो विशिखैः समन्तात्तैर्महारथैः । भीमः क्रोधाभिरक्ताक्षः क्रुद्धः काल इवाबभौ ॥

sa vadhyamāno viśikhaiḥ samantāttairmahārathaiḥ | bhīmaḥ krodhābhiraktākṣaḥ kruddhaḥ kāla ivābabhau

Beset on every side by arrows from those great car-warriors, Bhima, his eyes red with rage, looked like angry Time itself.

Verse 22 (8.88.22)

ततः परिवृतो राजन्नवभिः शत्रुतापनैः । दुःशासनादवरजैः पुत्रैस्तव वृकोदरः ॥

tataḥ parivṛto rājannavabhiḥ śatrutāpanaiḥ | duḥśāsanādavarajaiḥ putraistava vṛkodaraḥ

Then, O king, Vrikodara was surrounded by nine of your sons, scorchers of their foes, the younger brothers of Duhshasana.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 8.62.4d*0953_01–02.

Verse 23 (8.88.23)

तांस्तु भल्लैर्महावेगैर्नवभिर्नव भारत । रुक्माङ्गदान्रुक्मपुङ्खैः पार्थो निन्ये यमक्षयम् ॥

tāṃstu bhallairmahāvegairnavabhirnava bhārata | rukmāṅgadānrukmapuṅkhaiḥ pārtho ninye yamakṣayam

But with nine swift bhalla arrows with golden shafts, O Bharata, the son of Pritha sent those nine, the wearers of golden armlets, to the abode of Yama.

Verse 24 (8.88.24)

हतेषु तव पुत्रेषु बलं तद्विप्रदुद्रुवे । पश्यतः सूतपुत्रस्य पाण्डवस्य भयार्दितम् ॥

hateṣu tava putreṣu balaṃ tadvipradudruve | paśyataḥ sūtaputrasya pāṇḍavasya bhayārditam

With your sons slain, that army, stricken with fear, broke and fled before the eyes of the charioteer's son and of the Pandava.

Note on the text: CE 8.62.6 was left unmatched by the automatic alignment; the page's wording is the same.

Verse 25 (8.88.25)

ततः कर्णं महाराज प्रविवेश महद्भयम् । दृष्ट्वा भीमस्य विक्रान्तमन्तकस्य प्रजास्विव ॥

tataḥ karṇaṃ mahārāja praviveśa mahadbhayam | dṛṣṭvā bhīmasya vikrāntamantakasya prajāsviva

Then a great fear entered Karna, O great king, as he saw Bhima's prowess, like that of Death among creatures.

Verse 26 (8.88.26)

तस्य त्वाकारभावज्ञः शल्यः समितिशोभनः । उवाच वचनं कर्णं प्राप्तकालं हितं तदा ॥

tasya tvākārabhāvajñaḥ śalyaḥ samitiśobhanaḥ | uvāca vacanaṃ karṇaṃ prāptakālaṃ hitaṃ tadā

Shalya, who knew Karna's looks and mood and who shone in battle, then spoke to him words that were timely and beneficial.

Note on the text: Verses 26 and 27 of the page are each printed as a single line (8-88-26a and 8-88-27a); together they form one complete śloka (CE 8.62.8, lines a and c), so they are joined here as one verse (wikisource_number 26 stands for both). CE 8.62.8e (mā vyathāṃ kuru rādheya naitat tvayy upapadyate) has no counterpart on the page (vulgate-only omission).

Verse 27 (8.88.27)

एते द्रवन्ति राजानो भीमसेनभयार्दिताः । दुर्योधनश्च सम्मूढो भ्रातृव्यसनकर्शितः ॥

ete dravanti rājāno bhīmasenabhayārditāḥ | duryodhanaśca sammūḍho bhrātṛvyasanakarśitaḥ

"These kings are running away, tormented by fear of Bhimasena, and Duryodhana is bewildered, afflicted by the loss of his brother.

Note on the text: Speaker: Shalya's words, unheaded on the page.

Verse 28 (8.88.28)

दुःशासनस्य रुधिरे पीयमाने महात्मना । व्यापन्नचेताः सहसा शोकोपहतचेतनः ॥

duḥśāsanasya rudhire pīyamāne mahātmanā | vyāpannacetāḥ sahasā śokopahatacetanaḥ

While Duhshasana's blood was being drunk by that great-souled man, he suddenly lost his senses, his mind struck down by grief.

Verse 29 (8.88.29)

उपासते त्वामेते हि परिवार्य महारथाः । कृपप्रभृतयः कर्ण हतशेषाः सहोदराः ॥

upāsate tvāmete hi parivārya mahārathāḥ | kṛpaprabhṛtayaḥ karṇa hataśeṣāḥ sahodarāḥ

These great car-warriors, Kripa and the others, and the surviving brothers, surround you and attend upon you, Karna.

Note on the text: CE 8.62.11 (there the Kripa group attend Duryodhana: duryodhanam upāsante …; the page has त्वाम्, "you"; recension variant, Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 30 (8.88.30)

पाण्डवा लब्धलक्षाश्च धनञ्जयपुरोगमाः । त्वामेवाभिमुखाः शूरा युद्धाय समुपस्थिताः ॥

pāṇḍavā labdhalakṣāśca dhanañjayapurogamāḥ | tvāmevābhimukhāḥ śūrā yuddhāya samupasthitāḥ

And the Pandavas, with Dhananjaya at their head, sure of their aim, brave warriors, stand ready for battle, facing you alone.

Verse 31 (8.88.31)

स त्वं पुरुषशार्दूल पौरुषे महति स्थितः । क्षत्रधर्मं पुरस्कृत्य प्रत्युद्याहि धनञ्जयम् ॥

sa tvaṃ puruṣaśārdūla pauruṣe mahati sthitaḥ | kṣatradharmaṃ puraskṛtya pratyudyāhi dhanañjayam

So you, tiger among men, standing firm in your great manliness, putting the duty of a kshatriya first, go out to meet Dhananjaya.

Verse 32 (8.88.32)

भारो हि धार्तराष्ट्रेण त्वयि सर्वः समाहितः । तमुद्वह महाबाहो यथाशक्ति यथाबलम् ॥

bhāro hi dhārtarāṣṭreṇa tvayi sarvaḥ samāhitaḥ | tamudvaha mahābāho yathāśakti yathābalam

Dhritarashtra's son has laid the whole burden on you. Carry it, mighty-armed one, according to your strength and power.

Note on the text: CE 8.62.14a and 8.62.14c (the CE's 14e is the first line of the next verse here).

Verse 33 (8.88.33)

जये स्याद्विपुला कीर्तिर्ध्रुवः स्वर्गः पराजये । वृषसेनश्च राधेय सङ्क्रुद्धस्तनयस्तव । त्वयि मोहं समापन्ने पाण्डवानभिधावति ॥

jaye syādvipulā kīrtirdhruvaḥ svargaḥ parājaye | vṛṣasenaśca rādheya saṅkruddhastanayastava | tvayi mohaṃ samāpanne pāṇḍavānabhidhāvati

In victory there will be wide fame; in defeat, sure heaven. And Vrishasena, O Radheya, your son, in a rage, is rushing at the Pandavas while you are lost in bewilderment."

Note on the text: Removed a stray invisible character (zero-width joiner) from the text. Line 1 is CE 8.62.14e (jaye syād vipulā kīrtir dhruvaḥ svargaḥ parājaye); lines 2–3 are CE 8.62.15a and 8.62.15c (a separate verse in the CE).

Verse 34 (8.88.34)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु वचनं शल्यस्यामिततोजसः । हृदि मानुष्यकं भावं कृत्वा युद्धाय सुस्थिरम् ॥

etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ śalyasyāmitatojasaḥ | hṛdi mānuṣyakaṃ bhāvaṃ kṛtvā yuddhāya susthiram

Hearing these words of Shalya of boundless splendor, and steadying his human resolve in his heart for the fight,

Note on the text: Corrected युद्वाय → युद्धाय (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध). Line 2 has कृत्वा where the CE (8.62.16c) has cakre — a recension variant; the sentence is completed by the next verse.

Verse 35 (8.88.35)

ततः क्रुद्धो वृषसेनोऽभ्यधावत् । भीमं समायान्तममित्रसाहम् । बाणैः किरन्तं प्रतियाति चोग्रं । व्यात्ताननं कालमिवापतन्तम् ॥

tataḥ kruddho vṛṣaseno'bhyadhāvat | bhīmaṃ samāyāntamamitrasāham | bāṇaiḥ kirantaṃ pratiyāti cograṃ | vyāttānanaṃ kālamivāpatantam

then enraged Vrishasena ran at Bhima, a conqueror of his foes, as he came on, showering arrows, fierce, bearing down like Time with gaping mouth; and he went to meet him.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (क्रुद्धो वृषसेनोऽभ्यधाव-- । / द्भीमं); written here with the word-ends resolved (क्रुद्धो वृषसेनोऽभ्यधावत् । / भीमं), the line division kept. Line 1 is CE 8.62.17a (first half); lines 2–4 are the star passage 8.62.17d*0954_01–03.

Verse 36 (8.88.36)

तमभ्यधावन्नकुलः प्रवीरम् । आरादमित्रं प्रतुदन्पृषत्कैः । कर्णस्य पुत्रं समरे प्रहृष्टं । जिष्णुर्जिघांसुर्मघवेव जम्भम् ॥

tamabhyadhāvannakulaḥ pravīram | ārādamitraṃ pratudanpṛṣatkaiḥ | karṇasya putraṃ samare prahṛṣṭaṃ | jiṣṇurjighāṃsurmaghaveva jambham

Nakula, the great hero, ran at Karna's son, who was exulting in the battle, striking the enemy near him with arrows, eager to kill him as victorious Maghavan was to kill Jambha.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (प्रवीर-- । / मारादमित्रं); written here with the word-ends resolved (प्रवीरम् । / आरादमित्रं), the line division kept.

Verse 37 (8.88.37)

ततो ध्वजं स्फाटिकहेमचित्रं । चिच्छेद धैर्यान्नकुलः क्षुरेण । कर्णात्मजस्येष्वसनं च चित्रं । भल्लेन जाम्बूनदचित्रनद्धम् ॥

tato dhvajaṃ sphāṭikahemacitraṃ | ciccheda dhairyānnakulaḥ kṣureṇa | karṇātmajasyeṣvasanaṃ ca citraṃ | bhallena jāmbūnadacitranaddham

Then Nakula, with steady courage, cut down with a razor-headed arrow his banner, bright with crystal and gold, and with a bhalla arrow the splendid bow of Karna's son, adorned with Jambunada gold.

Verse 38 (8.88.38)

अथान्यदादाय धनुः स शीघ्रं । कर्णात्मजः पाण्डवमभ्यविध्यत् । दिव्यैरस्त्रैरभ्यवर्षत्तदैनं । कर्णस्य पुत्रो नकुलं कृतास्त्रम् ॥

athānyadādāya dhanuḥ sa śīghraṃ | karṇātmajaḥ pāṇḍavamabhyavidhyat | divyairastrairabhyavarṣattadainaṃ | karṇasya putro nakulaṃ kṛtāstram

Then, quickly taking another bow, Karna's son pierced the Pandava, and Karna's son showered Nakula, skilled in weapons, with divine missiles.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 correspond to CE 8.62.20a; lines 3–4 correspond to CE 8.62.21c (different wording). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 39 (8.88.39)

ततः क्रुद्धो नकुलः कर्णपुत्रं । शरैर्महोल्काभिरिवाभ्यपीडयत् । स कर्णपुत्रो नकुलस्य राजन् । सर्वानस्त्रान्वारयदुत्तमास्त्रैः ॥

tataḥ kruddho nakulaḥ karṇaputraṃ | śarairmaholkābhirivābhyapīḍayat | sa karṇaputro nakulasya rājan | sarvānastrānvārayaduttamāstraiḥ

Then Nakula, enraged, tormented Karna's son with arrows like great meteors; and Karna's son, O king, warded off all of Nakula's missiles with supreme missiles of his own.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (राज-- । / न्सर्वानस्त्रान्वारयदुत्तमास्त्रैः); written here with the word-ends resolved (राजन् । / सर्वानस्त्रान्वारयदुत्तमास्त्रैः), the line division kept. Lines 1–2 correspond to CE 8.62.21a; lines 3–4 correspond to CE 8.62.22a (the CE has the horses killed there; the page has the missiles warded off). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 40 (8.88.40)

आसीत्सुघोरं भरतप्रवीर । युद्धं तदा कर्णजपाण्डवाभ्याम् ॥

āsītsughoraṃ bharatapravīra | yuddhaṃ tadā karṇajapāṇḍavābhyām

A most dreadful battle then took place, O best of the Bharata heroes, between Karna's son and the Pandava.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 8.62.22b*0956_01–02.

Verse 41 (8.88.41)

वनायुजान्सुकुमारान्सुशुभ्रान् । अलङ्कृताञ्जातरूपेण चित्रान् । जघान चाश्वान्नकुलस्य वीरो । रणाजिरे सूतपुत्रस्य पुत्रः ॥

vanāyujānsukumārānsuśubhrān | alaṅkṛtāñjātarūpeṇa citrān | jaghāna cāśvānnakulasya vīro | raṇājire sūtaputrasya putraḥ

In the arena of battle the hero, the son of the charioteer's son, killed Nakula's horses — delicate, bright white horses of the forest breed, decked with gold, and splendid.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (सुशुभ्रा-- । / नलङ्कृताञ्जातरूपेण); written here with the word-ends resolved (सुशुभ्रान् । / अलङ्कृताञ्जातरूपेण), the line division kept. Lines 1–2 correspond to CE 8.62.22c (vanāyujān sukumārasya śubhrān; alaṃkṛtāñ jātarūpeṇa śīghrān); lines 3–4 are the star passage 8.62.22d*0957_01–02.

Verse 42 (8.88.42)

ततो हताश्वादवरुह्य यानात् । चर्माऽऽददे रुचिरं बर्हिचित्रम् । आकाशसङ्काशमसिं प्रगृह्य । प्रकाशमानः खगवच्चचार ॥

tato hatāśvādavaruhya yānāt | carmā''dade ruciraṃ barhicitram | ākāśasaṅkāśamasiṃ pragṛhya | prakāśamānaḥ khagavaccacāra

Then Nakula got down from his chariot, its horses slain, took up a splendid shield painted with peacock feathers, and, grasping a sword that shone like the sky, moved about like a bird, gleaming.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (याना-- । / च्चर्माऽऽददे); written here with the word-ends resolved (यानात् । / चर्माऽऽददे), the line division kept.

Verse 43 (8.88.43)

ततोऽस्य पक्षाननयद्यमाय । द्विसाहस्रान्नकुलः क्षिप्रकारी । ते प्रापतन्नसिना वै विशस्ता । यथाऽश्वमेधे पशवः शमित्रा ॥

tato'sya pakṣānanayadyamāya | dvisāhasrānnakulaḥ kṣiprakārī | te prāpatannasinā vai viśastā | yathā'śvamedhe paśavaḥ śamitrā

Then swift-handed Nakula sent two thousand of his side to Yama; cut down by his sword, they fell like the animals at a horse sacrifice, slain by the immolators.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the star passage 8.62.24b*0958_01–02 (vulgate-only, not in the critical edition's constituted text); lines 3–4 are CE 8.62.24c (te prāpatann asinā gāṃ viśastā; yathāśvamedhe paśavaḥ śamitrā).

Verse 44 (8.88.44)

ततस्ततो विजिता युद्धशौण्डा । नानादेश्याः सुहृदः सत्यसन्धाः । एकेन शीघ्रं नकुलेन नुन्नाः । सारेप्सुनेवोत्तमचन्दनस्य ॥

tatastato vijitā yuddhaśauṇḍā | nānādeśyāḥ suhṛdaḥ satyasandhāḥ | ekena śīghraṃ nakulena nunnāḥ | sārepsunevottamacandanasya

Thus, one after another, those others — skilled in battle, from many lands, friends true to their word — were quickly overcome and driven off by Nakula alone, as a man seeking the heartwood hacks at the finest sandal tree.

Verse 45 (8.88.45)

भूमौ चरन्तं नकुलं रथौघाः । समन्ततः सायकैः प्रत्यगृह्णन् । स तुद्यमानो नकुलो विहङ्गैः । चचार सङ्ख्ये द्विषतो विनिघ्नन् ॥

bhūmau carantaṃ nakulaṃ rathaughāḥ | samantataḥ sāyakaiḥ pratyagṛhṇan | sa tudyamāno nakulo vihaṅgaiḥ | cacāra saṅkhye dviṣato vinighnan

As Nakula ranged about on the ground, hosts of chariots on all sides met him with their arrows; and pressed upon by those "birds", he moved about the field, striking down his foes.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (विहङ्गै-- । / श्चचार); written here with the word-ends resolved (विहङ्गैः । / चचार), the line division kept. Lines 1–2 are the star passage 8.62.26b*0960_01–02 (vulgate-only, not in the critical edition's constituted text); lines 3–4 correspond to CE 8.62.26c (sa tudyamāno nakulaḥ pṛṣatkair; …).

Verse 46 (8.88.46)

तं कर्णपुत्रोऽपि चरन्तमाजौ । नराश्वमातङ्गरथप्रवीरान् । निघ्नन्तमष्टादशभिः पृषत्कैः । विव्याध वीरः स चुकोप विद्धः ॥

taṃ karṇaputro'pi carantamājau | narāśvamātaṅgarathapravīrān | nighnantamaṣṭādaśabhiḥ pṛṣatkaiḥ | vivyādha vīraḥ sa cukopa viddhaḥ

As he ranged about the field striking down men, horses, elephants and chariot-heroes, Karna's son also pierced him with eighteen arrows; and the hero, pierced, grew furious.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (पृषत्कै-- । / र्विव्याध); written here with the word-ends resolved (पृषत्कैः । / विव्याध), the line division kept.

Verse 47 (8.88.47)

ततोऽभ्यधावत्समरे जिघांसुः । कर्णात्मजं पाण्डुसुतो नृवीरम् । तस्येषुभिर्व्यधमत्सूतपुत्रो । महारणे वर्म सहस्रभारम् ॥

tato'bhyadhāvatsamare jighāṃsuḥ | karṇātmajaṃ pāṇḍusuto nṛvīram | tasyeṣubhirvyadhamatsūtaputro | mahāraṇe varma sahasrabhāram

Then the son of Pandu, eager to kill him, ran at that hero, Karna's son; but with his arrows the charioteer's son's son shattered, in that great battle, his armour, heavy as a thousand loads.

Note on the text: Corrected वधमत् → व्यधमत् (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped य; the critical edition reads vyadhamat). Lines 1–2 correspond to CE 8.62.28a (tato 'bhyadhāvat samare jighāṃsuḥ; karṇātmajaṃ pāṇḍusuto nṛvīraḥ); lines 3–4 to CE 8.62.28c (there carma sahasratāram, the page वर्म सहस्रभारम्; recension variant, kept).

Verse 48 (8.88.48)

तस्याथ कांस्यं सुशितं सुपीतम् । असिप्रवीरं गुरुभारसाहम् । द्विषच्छरीरापहरं सुघोरम् । आधून्वतः सर्पमिवात्तकोशम् ॥

tasyātha kāṃsyaṃ suśitaṃ supītam | asipravīraṃ gurubhārasāham | dviṣaccharīrāpaharaṃ sughoram | ādhūnvataḥ sarpamivāttakośam

As he brandished his sword — bronze-bright, finely whetted, yellowish, best of swords, able to bear heavy blows, a taker of enemy bodies, most dreadful — like a serpent that has slipped its sheath,

Note on the text: Corrected गुरुभारासाहम् → गुरुभारसाहम् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray आ; the critical edition reads gurubhārasāham). The page splits a sandhi across the line break (सुपीत-- । / मसिप्रवीरं); written here with the word-ends resolved (सुपीतम् । / असिप्रवीरं), the line division kept. The page splits a sandhi across the line break (सुघोर-- । / माधून्वतः); written here with the word-ends resolved (सुघोरम् । / आधून्वतः), the line division kept. CE 8.62.29 (the CE has tasyāyasaṃ … asiṃ vikośaṃ …; the page's wording differs — कांस्यम्, असिप्रवीरम्, आत्तकोशम् — recension variants, kept). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 49 (8.88.49)

क्षिप्रं शरैः षड्भिरमित्रसाहः । चकर्त खड्गं निशितैः सुधारैः । पुनश्च पार्थं निशितैः पृषत्कैः । स्तनान्तरे क्षिप्रमिवात्यविध्यत् ॥

kṣipraṃ śaraiḥ ṣaḍbhiramitrasāhaḥ | cakarta khaḍgaṃ niśitaiḥ sudhāraiḥ | punaśca pārthaṃ niśitaiḥ pṛṣatkaiḥ | stanāntare kṣipramivātyavidhyat

the conqueror of foes quickly cut that sword with six keen, well-edged arrows, and once more with sharp arrows he struck the Pandava, as it seemed, swiftly in the chest.

Note on the text: Corrected षङ्भिरमित्रसाह → षड्भिरमित्रसाह (misprint in Wikisource; ङ् for ड्; the word is षड्भिः). Corrected खङ्गं → खड्गं (misprint in Wikisource; ङ् for ड्; the word is खड्ग; the critical edition reads khaḍgam). The page splits a sandhi across the line break (षड्भिरमित्रसाह-- । / श्चकर्त); written here with the word-ends resolved (षड्भिरमित्रसाहः । / चकर्त), the line division kept. Line 3 has पार्थम् ("the son of Pritha") where the CE has pītair niśitaiḥ pṛṣatkaiḥ; the page's reading is kept and rendered "the Pandava" (Nakula), since the context is Vrishasena's fight with him.

Verse 50 (8.88.50)

स भीमसेनस्य रथं च गत्वा । ववर्ष वै शरवर्षं सुघोरम् ॥

sa bhīmasenasya rathaṃ ca gatvā | vavarṣa vai śaravarṣaṃ sughoram

Vrishasena then went up to Bhimasena's chariot and rained a most terrible shower of arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it as the star passage 8.62.31d*0965_01–02 (line 1 there reads … rathaṃ ca hatvā, the page गत्वा; recension variant, kept).

Verse 51 (8.88.51)

नकुलमथ विदित्वा छिन्नबाणासनासिं । विरथमरिभिरार्तं कर्णपुत्रास्त्रमग्नम् । पवनचलपताका ह्लादिनो वल्गिताश्वाः । परपुरुषनियुक्ताः स्वै रथैः शीघ्रमीयुः ॥

nakulamatha viditvā chinnabāṇāsanāsiṃ | virathamaribhirārtaṃ karṇaputrāstramagnam | pavanacalapatākā hlādino valgitāśvāḥ | parapuruṣaniyuktāḥ svai rathaiḥ śīghramīyuḥ

Seeing that Nakula, his bow and sword cut away, was left without a chariot, harassed by his foes and overwhelmed by the missiles of Karna's son, warriors came swiftly in their own chariots, banners fluttering in the wind, rumbling, horses prancing, sent against the enemy's men.

Verse 52 (8.88.52)

द्रुपदसुतवरिष्ठाः पञ्च शैनेयषष्ठा । द्रुपददुहितृपुत्राः पञ्च चामित्रसाहाः । द्विरदरथनराश्वान्सूदयन्तस्त्वदीयान् । भगवत इव रुद्राः सङ्ख्यया हेतिमन्तः ॥

drupadasutavariṣṭhāḥ pañca śaineyaṣaṣṭhā | drupadaduhitṛputrāḥ pañca cāmitrasāhāḥ | dviradarathanarāśvānsūdayantastvadīyān | bhagavata iva rudrāḥ saṅkhyayā hetimantaḥ

The five foremost sons of Drupada, with Shaineya as the sixth, and the five sons of Drupada's daughter, tormentors of their foes, weapons in hand, were cutting down your elephants, chariots, men and horses, eleven in number, like the Rudras of the Blessed Lord.

Verse 53 (8.88.53)

अथ तव रथमुख्यास्तान्प्रतीयुस्त्वरन्तः । कृपहृदिकसुतौ च द्रौणिदुर्योधनौ च । शकुनिशुकवृकाश्च क्राथदेवावृधौ च । द्विरदजलदघौषैः स्यन्दनैः कार्मुकैश्च ॥

atha tava rathamukhyāstānpratīyustvarantaḥ | kṛpahṛdikasutau ca drauṇiduryodhanau ca | śakuniśukavṛkāśca krāthadevāvṛdhau ca | dviradajaladaghauṣaiḥ syandanaiḥ kārmukaiśca

Then your foremost chariot-warriors hurried to meet them — Kripa and the son of Hridika, Drona's son and Duryodhana, Shakuni, Shuka and Vrika, and Kratha and Devavridha — with chariots and bows that roared like elephants and clouds.

Verse 54 (8.88.54)

अथ तव रथवर्यास्तान्दशैकप्रवीरान् । इषुभिरशनिकल्पैस्ताडयन्तो न्यरुन्धन् । नवजलदसवर्णैर्हस्तिभिस्तान्स्म वव्रुः । गिरिशिखरनिकाशैर्भीमवेगैः कुणिन्दाः ॥

atha tava rathavaryāstāndaśaikapravīrān | iṣubhiraśanikalpaistāḍayanto nyarundhan | navajaladasavarṇairhastibhistānsma vavruḥ | giriśikharanikāśairbhīmavegaiḥ kuṇindāḥ

Then your best chariot-warriors struck those eleven heroes with arrows like thunderbolts and checked them; and the Kuninda warriors, with elephants dark as fresh rain-clouds, like mountain peaks, of terrible speed, surrounded them.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (दशैकप्रवीरा-- । / निषुभिरशनिकल्पैस्ताडयन्तो); written here with the word-ends resolved (दशैकप्रवीरान् । / इषुभिरशनिकल्पैस्ताडयन्तो), the line division kept. The page splits a sandhi across the line break (वव्रु-- । / र्गिरिशिखर); written here with the word-ends resolved (वव्रुः । / गिरिशिखर), the line division kept.