Karna and Arjuna Clash; Bhima's Taunt

Verse 1 (8.95.1)

तौ शङ्खभेरीनिनदे समृद्धे । समीयतुः श्वेतहयौ नराग्र्यौ । वैकर्तनः सूतपुत्रोऽर्जुनश्च । दुर्मन्त्रिते ते ससुतस्य राजन् ॥

tau śaṅkhabherīninade samṛddhe | samīyatuḥ śvetahayau narāgryau | vaikartanaḥ sūtaputro'rjunaśca | durmantrite te sasutasya rājan

With the roar of conches and bheris swelling, the two foremost of men, Vaikartana the charioteer's son and Arjuna, each with white horses, came together — the fruit, O king, of the ill counsel taken by you and your son.

Verse 2 (8.95.2)

आशीविषावग्निमिवोत्सृजन्तौ । तथा मुखाभ्यामभिनिः श्वसन्तौ । यशस्विनौ जज्वलतुर्मृधे तदा । घृतावसिक्ताविव हव्यवाहौ ॥

āśīviṣāvagnimivotsṛjantau | tathā mukhābhyāmabhiniḥ śvasantau | yaśasvinau jajvalaturmṛdhe tadā | ghṛtāvasiktāviva havyavāhau

Like two venomous serpents spewing fire and breathing it out through their mouths, those two renowned warriors blazed in the fight then, like two sacrificial fires sprinkled with ghee.

Note on the text: Removed the stray backtick that opens the bracketed passage (verses 2–5; a wiki mark, closed by the apostrophes at the end of verses 2 and 5). Removed the stray apostrophe at the end of the verse (a wiki mark). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the four lines are its star passage 8.65.1d*1025_01–04, printed after 8.65.1d (line 2 reads तथा where the star reads vairaṃ).

Verse 3 (8.95.3)

यथा गजौ हैमवतौ प्रभिन्नौ । प्रवृद्धदन्ताविव वासितार्थे । तथा समाजग्मतुरुग्रवीर्यौ । धनञ्जयश्चाधिरथिश्च वीरौ ॥

yathā gajau haimavatau prabhinnau | pravṛddhadantāviva vāsitārthe | tathā samājagmaturugravīryau | dhanañjayaścādhirathiśca vīrau

As two rutting Himalayan elephants with full-grown tusks clash over a female in season, so those two fierce-powered heroes, Dhananjaya and the son of Adhiratha, came together.

Verse 4 (8.95.4)

बलाहकेनेव महाबलाहको । यदृच्छया वा गिरिणा यथा गिरिः । तथा धनुर्ज्यातलनेमिनिःस्वनौ । समीयतुस्ताविषुवर्षवर्षिणौ ॥

balāhakeneva mahābalāhako | yadṛcchayā vā giriṇā yathā giriḥ | tathā dhanurjyātalaneminiḥsvanau | samīyatustāviṣuvarṣavarṣiṇau

As a great cloud meets another cloud, or as a mountain by chance meets a mountain, so those two came together, resounding with the twang of bowstrings, the slap of palms and the rumble of wheel-rims, each pouring down showers of arrows.

Verse 5 (8.95.5)

शरास्त्रशक्त्यृष्टिगदासिसर्पौ । रोषानिलोद्भूतमहोर्मिमालौ । यथाऽचलौ द्वौ चलतस्तथा तौ । यथाऽर्णवौ चाशु चतुर्युगान्ते ॥

śarāstraśaktyṛṣṭigadāsisarpau | roṣānilodbhūtamahormimālau | yathā'calau dvau calatastathā tau | yathā'rṇavau cāśu caturyugānte

With arrows, missiles, lances, spears, maces and swords for serpents, and with garlands of great waves raised by the wind of their wrath, they moved as two mountains might move, or as two oceans swiftly rise at the end of the four ages.

Note on the text: Corrected रोषानिलोद्वूतमहोर्मिमालौ → रोषानिलोद्भूतमहोर्मिमालौ (misprint in Wikisource; व for भ; the critical edition's star reads roṣānilodbhūtamahormimālau). Removed the stray apostrophe at the end of the verse (a wiki mark closing the bracketed passage opened in verse 2). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the four lines are its star passage 8.65.3d*1026_01–04, printed after 8.65.3d (line 4 reads यथाऽर्णवौ चाशु चतुर्युगान्ते where the star reads yathārṇavau cāyayatur yugānte).

Verse 6 (8.95.6)

प्रवृद्धशृङ्गद्रुमवीरुदोषधी । प्रवृद्धनानाविधनिर्झरौघौ । यथाऽचलौ वा चलितौ महाजलैः । तथा महास्त्रैरितरेतरं हतः ॥

pravṛddhaśṛṅgadrumavīrudoṣadhī | pravṛddhanānāvidhanirjharaughau | yathā'calau vā calitau mahājalaiḥ | tathā mahāstrairitaretaraṃ hataḥ

Like two mountains with towering peaks, trees, creepers and herbs, and many kinds of swelling torrents, set moving by great floods, so did the two strike one another with mighty weapons.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रवृद्वनानाविधनिर्झरौघौ → प्रवृद्धनानाविधनिर्झरौघौ (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध; the critical edition reads pravṛddhanānāvidha…). The page splits a sandhi across the line break (महाजलै-- । / स्तथा); written here with the word-ends resolved (महाजलैः । / तथा), the line division kept. Line 4 ends हतः, which the page glosses in a footnote as जघ्नतुः ('the two struck'); the critical edition reads ghnataḥ.

Verse 7 (8.95.7)

स सन्निपातो रथयोर्महानभूत् । सुरेशवैरोचनयोर्यथा पुरा । शरैर्विनुन्नाश्वनियन्तृदेहयोः । सुदुःसहास्त्रैः परिभिन्नदेहयोः ॥

sa sannipāto rathayormahānabhūt | sureśavairocanayoryathā purā | śarairvinunnāśvaniyantṛdehayoḥ | suduḥsahāstraiḥ paribhinnadehayoḥ

That collision of their chariots was as mighty as the one in the old days between the lord of the gods and Virochana's son — the horses and charioteers of both driven back and torn by arrows, and the warriors' own bodies cut through by weapons all but impossible to bear.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (महानभू-- । / त्सुरेशवैरोचनयोर्यथा); written here with the word-ends resolved (महानभूत् । / सुरेशवैरोचनयोर्यथा), the line division kept. Lines 3–4 are a recension variant of the critical edition's 8.65.5cd (śarair vibhugnāṅganiyantṛvāhanaḥ; suduḥsaho 'nyaiḥ paṭuśoṇitodakaḥ); the page's footnote records the variant सुदुःसहान्यैः परिशोणितोदकैः (क.ट.). Wikisource's reading is kept.

Verse 8 (8.95.8)

प्रभूतपद्मोत्पलमत्स्यकच्छपौ । महाहदौ पक्षिगणानुनादितौ । सुसन्निकृष्टावनिलोद्धतौ यथा । तथा रथौ तौ ध्वजिनौ समीयतुः ॥

prabhūtapadmotpalamatsyakacchapau | mahāhadau pakṣigaṇānunāditau | susannikṛṣṭāvaniloddhatau yathā | tathā rathau tau dhvajinau samīyatuḥ

As two great lakes, rich in lotuses, lilies, fish and tortoises and resounding with flocks of birds, might be set close together and tossed by the wind, so the two chariots with their banners came together.

Verse 9 (8.95.9)

उभौ महेन्द्रस्य समानविक्रमौ । उभौ महेन्द्रप्रतिमौ महारथौ । महेन्द्रवज्रप्रतिमैश्च सायकैः । महेन्द्रवृत्राविव सम्प्रजघ्नतुः ॥

ubhau mahendrasya samānavikramau | ubhau mahendrapratimau mahārathau | mahendravajrapratimaiśca sāyakaiḥ | mahendravṛtrāviva samprajaghnatuḥ

Both had prowess equal to Mahendra's; both were great chariot-warriors like Mahendra himself. With arrows like Mahendra's thunderbolt they struck one another as Mahendra and Vritra once did.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (समानविक्रमा-- । / वुभौ); written here with the word-ends resolved (समानविक्रमौ । / उभौ), the line division kept. The page splits a sandhi across the line break (सायकै-- । / र्महेन्द्रवृत्राविव); written here with the word-ends resolved (सायकैः । / महेन्द्रवृत्राविव), the line division kept.

Verse 10 (8.95.10)

सनागपत्त्यश्वरथे उभे बले । विचित्रवर्माभरणाम्बरायुधे । चकम्पतुश्चोन्नदतुश्च विस्मयात् । धरा वियच्चार्जुनकर्णसङ्गमे ॥

sanāgapattyaśvarathe ubhe bale | vicitravarmābharaṇāmbarāyudhe | cakampatuśconnadatuśca vismayāt | dharā viyaccārjunakarṇasaṅgame

In wonder at the clash of Arjuna and Karna, both armies — with their elephants, foot-soldiers, horses and chariots, in their wondrous armour, ornaments, garments and weapons — trembled and cried out, and the earth and the sky echoed.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (विस्मया-- । / द्धरा); written here with the word-ends resolved (विस्मयात् । / धरा), the line division kept.

Verse 11 (8.95.11)

भुजाः सवस्त्राङ्गुलयः समुच्छ्रिताः । ससिंहनादैर्हृषितैर्दिदृक्षुभिः । यदाऽर्जुनं मत्त इव द्विपो द्विपं । समभ्ययादाधिरथिर्जिघांसया ॥

bhujāḥ savastrāṅgulayaḥ samucchritāḥ | sasiṃhanādairhṛṣitairdidṛkṣubhiḥ | yadā'rjunaṃ matta iva dvipo dvipaṃ | samabhyayādādhirathirjighāṃsayā

As the son of Adhiratha, bent on killing, advanced on Arjuna like a rutting elephant on another elephant, the arms of the delighted onlookers rose high, their fingers waving cloths, amid lion-roars.

Verse 12 (8.95.12)

उदक्रोशन्सोमकास्तत्र पार्थं । त्वरस्व याह्यर्जुन भिन्धि कर्णम् । छिन्ध्यस्य मूर्धानमलं चिरेण । श्रद्धां च राज्याद्धृतराष्ट्रसूनोः ॥

udakrośansomakāstatra pārthaṃ | tvarasva yāhyarjuna bhindhi karṇam | chindhyasya mūrdhānamalaṃ cireṇa | śraddhāṃ ca rājyāddhṛtarāṣṭrasūnoḥ

There the Somakas cried out to Partha: 'Hurry, Arjuna, go and strike Karna! Cut off his head — no more delay! — and cut off the hope Dhritarashtra's son holds of the kingdom.'

Note on the text: Corrected राज्याद्वृतराष्ट्रसूनोः → राज्याद्धृतराष्ट्रसूनोः (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध; the critical edition reads rājyād dhṛtarāṣṭrasūnoḥ).

Verse 13 (8.95.13)

तथाऽस्माकं बहवस्तत्र योधाः । कर्णं तथा याहि याहीत्यवोचन् । जह्यर्जुनं कर्ण ततः सुदीनाः । पुनर्वनं यान्त्वचिराय पार्थाः ॥

tathā'smākaṃ bahavastatra yodhāḥ | karṇaṃ tathā yāhi yāhītyavocan | jahyarjunaṃ karṇa tataḥ sudīnāḥ | punarvanaṃ yāntvacirāya pārthāḥ

And many of our own warriors there called out to Karna in the same way: 'Go, go! Kill Arjuna, Karna, so that the Parthas, utterly dejected, may soon go back to the forest!'

Verse 14 (8.95.14)

कर्णोऽथ पूर्वं दशभिः पृषत्कैः । गाण्डीवधन्वानमविध्यदाशु । जघान तं चापि ततः किरीटी । शरैस्तदाष्टादशभिः सुमुक्तैः ॥

karṇo'tha pūrvaṃ daśabhiḥ pṛṣatkaiḥ | gāṇḍīvadhanvānamavidhyadāśu | jaghāna taṃ cāpi tataḥ kirīṭī | śaraistadāṣṭādaśabhiḥ sumuktaiḥ

First Karna swiftly pierced the wielder of Gandiva with ten arrows; and Kiritin then struck him back with eighteen well-loosed arrows.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (पृषत्कै-- । / र्गाण्डीवधन्वानमविध्यदाशु); written here with the word-ends resolved (पृषत्कैः । / गाण्डीवधन्वानमविध्यदाशु), the line division kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the four lines are its star passage 8.65.12d*1029_01–04, printed after 8.65.12d. The critical edition's own 8.65.12 (tataḥ karṇaḥ prathamaṃ tatra pārthaṃ / maheṣubhir daśabhiḥ paryavidhyat …) is not on the page.

Verse 15 (8.95.15)

पुनश्च कर्णस्त्वरितोऽपि पार्थं । रथेषुभिस्तं दशभिर्जघान । तं चापि पार्थो दशभिः शिताग्रैः । कक्ष्यान्तरे तीक्ष्णमुखैरविध्यत् ॥

punaśca karṇastvarito'pi pārthaṃ | ratheṣubhistaṃ daśabhirjaghāna | taṃ cāpi pārtho daśabhiḥ śitāgraiḥ | kakṣyāntare tīkṣṇamukhairavidhyat

And again Karna, in haste, struck Partha with ten chariot-arrows; and Partha in turn pierced him in the armpit with ten sharp-pointed, keen-edged arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the four lines are its star passage 8.65.12d*1030_01–04.

Verse 16 (8.95.16)

कर्णस्ततो भारत साम्पराये । घोरेऽतिवेलं रणसंविमर्दी । जघान पार्थं नवभिः शिताग्रैः । कक्ष्यान्ते नागमिव प्रभिन्नम् ॥

karṇastato bhārata sāmparāye | ghore'tivelaṃ raṇasaṃvimardī | jaghāna pārthaṃ navabhiḥ śitāgraiḥ | kakṣyānte nāgamiva prabhinnam

Then, O Bharata, in that terrible battle, Karna, who gloried in trampling through the fray beyond all measure, struck Partha in the armpit with nine sharp-pointed arrows, as one strikes a rutting elephant.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the four lines are its star passage 8.65.12d*1030_05–08.

Verse 17 (8.95.17)

ततोऽपराभ्यां युधि सूतपुत्रो । द्वाभ्यां क्षुराभ्यां हरिमाशुकारी । समाजघान त्वरया महात्मा । यथा सुरेन्द्रं नमुचिः प्रसह्य ॥

tato'parābhyāṃ yudhi sūtaputro | dvābhyāṃ kṣurābhyāṃ harimāśukārī | samājaghāna tvarayā mahātmā | yathā surendraṃ namuciḥ prasahya

Then the great-souled charioteer's son, quick of hand, struck Hari (Krishna) swiftly with two more razor-headed arrows, as Namuchi once struck the lord of the gods by force.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the four lines are its star passage 8.65.12d*1030_09–12.

Verse 18 (8.95.18)

तं पाण्डवः पञ्चभिरायसाग्रैः । आकर्णपूर्णैर्निजघान कर्णम् । ते शोणितं तस्य पपुस्तदानीं । कालस्य दूता इव पार्थबाणाः ॥

taṃ pāṇḍavaḥ pañcabhirāyasāgraiḥ | ākarṇapūrṇairnijaghāna karṇam | te śoṇitaṃ tasya papustadānīṃ | kālasya dūtā iva pārthabāṇāḥ

The Pandava struck Karna with five iron-tipped arrows drawn to the ear; those arrows of Partha drank his blood then, like messengers of Death.

Note on the text: Removed a stray invisible joiner character (zero-width joiner) inside पाण्डवः. The page splits a sandhi across the line break (पञ्चभिरायसाग्रै-- । / राकर्णपूर्णैर्निजघान); written here with the word-ends resolved (पञ्चभिरायसाग्रैः । / आकर्णपूर्णैर्निजघान), the line division kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the four lines are its star passage 8.65.12d*1030_13–16.

Verse 19 (8.95.19)

कर्णोऽपि पार्थं सह वासुदेवं । समाचिनोद्भारत वत्सदन्तैः । परस्परं तौ विशिखैः प्रमुक्तैः । ततक्षतुः सूतपुत्रोऽर्जुनश्च ॥

karṇo'pi pārthaṃ saha vāsudevaṃ | samācinodbhārata vatsadantaiḥ | parasparaṃ tau viśikhaiḥ pramuktaiḥ | tatakṣatuḥ sūtaputro'rjunaśca

Karna in turn covered Partha, together with Vasudeva, with calf-tooth arrows, O Bharata; and with the shafts they loosed the charioteer's son and Arjuna tore at one another.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (प्रमुक्तै-- । / स्ततक्षतुः); written here with the word-ends resolved (प्रमुक्तैः । / ततक्षतुः), the line division kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); lines 1–2 are the critical edition's star passage 8.65.12d*1030_17–18 (karṇo 'pi pārthaṃ sahavāsudevaṃ / samācinod bhārata vatsadantaiḥ); lines 3–4 are its 8.65.13ab (parasparaṃ tau viśikhaiḥ sutīkṣṇais / tatakṣatuḥ sūtaputro 'rjunaś ca), with विशिखैः प्रमुक्तैः for sutīkṣṇaiḥ.

Verse 20 (8.95.20)

परस्परं छिद्रदिदृक्षया च । सुभीममभ्याययतुः प्ररुष्टौ ॥

parasparaṃ chidradidṛkṣayā ca | subhīmamabhyāyayatuḥ praruṣṭau

Each looking for a weak spot in the other, the two, enraged, closed upon one another in a most dreadful way.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; a recension variant of the critical edition's 8.65.13cd (parasparasyāntarepsū vimarde / subhīmam abhyāyayatuḥ prahṛṣṭau).

Verse 21 (8.95.21)

ततोऽस्त्रमाग्नेयममित्रतापनं । मुमोच कर्णाय सुरेश्वरात्मजः । धनञ्जयात्संयुगमूर्ध्नि निःसृतं । तदा प्रजज्वाल तदस्त्रमुत्तमम् ॥

tato'stramāgneyamamitratāpanaṃ | mumoca karṇāya sureśvarātmajaḥ | dhanañjayātsaṃyugamūrdhni niḥsṛtaṃ | tadā prajajvāla tadastramuttamam

Then the son of the lord of the gods loosed the fire weapon, tormentor of foes, upon Karna; sent forth by Dhananjaya at the head of the battle, that supreme weapon blazed up.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); lines 1–2 are the critical edition's star passage 8.65.13d*1034_01–02 (tato 'stram āgneyam amitratāpanaṃ / mumoca karṇāya sureśvarātmajaḥ); lines 3–4 are a variant of 8.65.13d*1035_01–02 (dhanaṃjayaḥ saṃyugamūrdhani jvalann / atha prajajvāla tad astram uttamam).

Verse 22 (8.95.22)

समीक्ष्य कर्णो ज्वलनास्त्रमुद्यतं । स वारुणं तत्प्रशमार्थमाहवे । समुत्सृजत्सूतपुत्रः प्रतापवान् । स तेन वह्निं शमयाञ्चकार ॥

samīkṣya karṇo jvalanāstramudyataṃ | sa vāruṇaṃ tatpraśamārthamāhave | samutsṛjatsūtaputraḥ pratāpavān | sa tena vahniṃ śamayāñcakāra

Seeing the fire weapon raised, Karna, the glorious charioteer's son, loosed the Varuna weapon to quench it in the battle, and with it he put out the fire.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the four lines are its star passage 8.65.13d*1039_01–04 (line 4 ends शमयाञ्चकार where the star reads śamayāṃ babhūva).

Verse 23 (8.95.23)

वलाहकास्त्रेण दिशस्तरस्वी । चकार सर्वास्तिमिरेण संवृताः । अपावहन्मेघगणांस्ततस्तान् । समीरणास्त्रेण समीरितेन ॥

valāhakāstreṇa diśastarasvī | cakāra sarvāstimireṇa saṃvṛtāḥ | apāvahanmeghagaṇāṃstatastān | samīraṇāstreṇa samīritena

With the Cloud weapon the swift Karna covered all the quarters in darkness; then, with the Wind weapon hurled in answer, Arjuna swept those masses of clouds away.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); lines 1–2 are the critical edition's star passage 8.65.13d*1039_05–06 and lines 3–4 its 8.65.13d*1042_01–02 (apāvahan meghagaṇāṃs tatas tān / samīraṇāstreṇa samīritena saḥ). The page names no subject for the last two lines; the star passage that follows makes it Arjuna.

Verse 24 (8.95.24)

ततः सोऽस्त्रं दयितं देवराज्ञः । प्रादुश्चक्रे वज्रममित्रतापनः । गाण्डीवज्या विमृशंश्चातिमन्युः । धनञ्जयः शत्रुसङ्घप्रमाथी ॥

tataḥ so'straṃ dayitaṃ devarājñaḥ | prāduścakre vajramamitratāpanaḥ | gāṇḍīvajyā vimṛśaṃścātimanyuḥ | dhanañjayaḥ śatrusaṅghapramāthī

Then Dhananjaya, tormentor of his foes and crusher of enemy hosts, burning with fury and stroking Gandiva's string, brought forth the thunderbolt weapon, dear to the king of the gods.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (विमृशंश्चातिमन्यु-- । / र्धनञ्जयः); written here with the word-ends resolved (विमृशंश्चातिमन्युः । / धनञ्जयः), the line division kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the four lines are its star passage 8.65.13d*1042_03–06.

Verse 25 (8.95.25)

नाराचनालीकवराहकर्णा । गाण्डीवतः प्रादुरासन्सुतीक्ष्णाः । सहस्रशो वज्रसमानवेगाः । ते सर्वतः पर्यधावन्त घोराः ॥

nārācanālīkavarāhakarṇā | gāṇḍīvataḥ prādurāsansutīkṣṇāḥ | sahasraśo vajrasamānavegāḥ | te sarvataḥ paryadhāvanta ghorāḥ

Narachas, nalikas and varahakarnas, exceedingly keen, sprang from Gandiva by the thousand, swift as the thunderbolt, and sped terribly in every direction.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (वज्रसमानवेगा-- । / स्ते); written here with the word-ends resolved (वज्रसमानवेगाः । / ते), the line division kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the four lines are its star passage 8.65.13d*1042_08–10 and 8.65.13d*1043_01 (te sarvataḥ paryadhāvanta ghorāḥ); the page omits the star's line *1042_07 (kṣuraprāñjalikārdhacandrā).

Verse 26 (8.95.26)

पार्थेषवः कर्णरथं विलग्ना । अधोमुखाः पक्षिगणा दिनान्ते । निशानिकेतार्थमिवाशु वृक्षं । जग्राह तान्सूतपुत्रः पृषत्कैः ॥

pārtheṣavaḥ karṇarathaṃ vilagnā | adhomukhāḥ pakṣigaṇā dinānte | niśāniketārthamivāśu vṛkṣaṃ | jagrāha tānsūtaputraḥ pṛṣatkaiḥ

Partha's arrows, clinging to Karna's chariot like flocks of birds that at day's end settle head-down on a tree to make it their home for the night — those the charioteer's son caught with his arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the four lines are its star passage 8.65.13d*1043_02–05 (line 1 reads कर्णरथं विलग्ना where the star reads karṇarathaṃ vihaṃgāḥ).

Verse 27 (8.95.27)

क्षिप्तांस्तथा पाण्डवबाणसङ्घान् । अमृष्यमाणस्य धनञ्जयस्य । रणाजिरे त्वन्तकतुल्यकर्मा । वैकर्तनो रोषपरीतचेताः ॥

kṣiptāṃstathā pāṇḍavabāṇasaṅghān | amṛṣyamāṇasya dhanañjayasya | raṇājire tvantakatulyakarmā | vaikartano roṣaparītacetāḥ

In the arena Vaikartana, whose deeds were like Death's and whose mind was seized by rage, faced those volleys of the Pandava's arrows, shot by the furious Dhananjaya, who could not endure it —

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (पाण्डवबाणसङ्घा-- । / नमृष्यमाणस्य); written here with the word-ends resolved (पाण्डवबाणसङ्घान् । / अमृष्यमाणस्य), the line division kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the four lines are its star passage 8.65.13d*1043_06–09. The sentence continues in the next verse.

Verse 28 (8.95.28)

ज्योतिष्प्रभां यद्वदुपागतः सन् । दिवाकरो नाशयते क्षणेन । पार्थस्य तान्बाणगणान्समग्रान् । व्यनाशयद्युध्यत एव कर्णः ॥

jyotiṣprabhāṃ yadvadupāgataḥ san | divākaro nāśayate kṣaṇena | pārthasya tānbāṇagaṇānsamagrān | vyanāśayadyudhyata eva karṇaḥ

— and as the risen sun destroys the glow of the stars in an instant, so Karna, even as he fought, destroyed all those flights of Partha's arrows.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (यद्वदुपागतः स-- । / न्दिवाकरो); written here with the word-ends resolved (यद्वदुपागतः सन् । / दिवाकरो), the line division kept. The page splits a sandhi across the line break (समग्रा-- । / न्व्यनाशयद्युध्यत); written here with the word-ends resolved (समग्रान् । / व्यनाशयद्युध्यत), the line division kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the four lines are its star passage 8.65.13d*1043_10–13.

Verse 29 (8.95.29)

रोषात्प्रदीप्तः सुमहाविमर्दे । भीमस्ततोऽक्रुध्यददीनसत्वः । पाणिं स्वपाणौ स विनिष्पिष्य रोषात् । अमर्षितो वाक्यमुवाच पार्थम् ॥

roṣātpradīptaḥ sumahāvimarde | bhīmastato'krudhyadadīnasatvaḥ | pāṇiṃ svapāṇau sa viniṣpiṣya roṣāt | amarṣito vākyamuvāca pārtham

Blazing with rage in that great mêlée, Bhima, of undaunted spirit, grew furious; striking palm against palm in anger, he spoke, enraged, to Partha.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (रोषा-- । / दमर्षितो); written here with the word-ends resolved (रोषात् । / अमर्षितो), the line division kept. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the four lines are its star passage 8.65.14d*1048_01–04, printed after 8.65.14d.

Verse 30 (8.95.30)

त्वां सूतपुत्रो नु कथं किरीटिन् । रथेषुभिर्हन्ति शिताग्रधारैः । धृत्या हि भूतानि ययाऽजयस्त्वं । ग्रासं ददत्खाण्डवे पावकाय ॥

tvāṃ sūtaputro nu kathaṃ kirīṭin | ratheṣubhirhanti śitāgradhāraiḥ | dhṛtyā hi bhūtāni yayā'jayastvaṃ | grāsaṃ dadatkhāṇḍave pāvakāya

How is it that the charioteer's son can strike you, Kiritin, with his sharp-pointed, keen-edged arrows? By that steadfastness with which you conquered all beings when you gave Agni his meal at Khandava —

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (किरीटि-- । / न्रथेषुभिर्हन्ति); written here with the word-ends resolved (किरीटिन् । / रथेषुभिर्हन्ति), the line division kept. Speaker: Bhimasena's direct speech (the page prints no heading); the input had Sanjaya. Not matched by the alignment: lines 1–2 are a variant of the critical edition's 8.65.14e (kathaṃ nu tvāṃ sūtaputraḥ kirīṭin / maheṣubhir daśabhir avidhyad agre); lines 3–4 are its 8.65.15ab (yayā dhṛtyā sarvabhūtāny ajaiṣīr / grāsaṃ dadad vahnaye khāṇḍave tvam).

Verse 31 (8.95.31)

धृत्या तया सूतपुत्रं जहि त्वम् । अहं वैनं गदया पोथयिष्ये । समेत्य पार्थं सुनृशंसवादी । जीवन्नायं यास्यति कालपक्वः ॥

dhṛtyā tayā sūtaputraṃ jahi tvam | ahaṃ vainaṃ gadayā pothayiṣye | sametya pārthaṃ sunṛśaṃsavādī | jīvannāyaṃ yāsyati kālapakvaḥ

with that very steadfastness kill the charioteer's son — or I myself will batter him with my mace. Having met Partha, this man of cruel speech, ripe for death, will not go away alive.

Note on the text: The page splits a sandhi across the line break (जहि त्व-- । / महं वैनं); written here with the word-ends resolved (जहि त्वम् । / अहं वैनं), the line division kept. Speaker: Bhimasena's speech continues (the page prints no heading); the input had Sanjaya. Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 8.65.15cd (tayā dhṛtyā sūtaputraṃ jahi tvam / ahaṃ vainaṃ gadayā pothayiṣye); lines 3–4 are its star passage 8.65.15d*1052_01–02 (sametya pārthaṃ sa nṛśaṃsavādī / jīvan nāyaṃ yāsyati kālapakvaḥ), printed after 8.65.15d. The page's footnote records the variant मा जीवनं यास्यति सूतपुत्रः for line 4 (क. reading). The page's colophon is garbled (म?ञ्जनवतितमोऽध्यायः), its footnote reads पञ्चनवतितमोऽध्यायः; no text follows the table except footnotes, which are not added.