Duryodhana Tells of Kartavirya Arjuna

Verse 1 (2.96.1)

अनुज्ञातांस्तान्विदित्वा सरत्नधनसञ्चयान् । पाण्डवान्धार्तराष्ट्राणां कथमासीन्मनस्तदा ॥

anujñātāṃstānviditvā saratnadhanasañcayān | pāṇḍavāndhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ kathamāsīnmanastadā

When the sons of Dhritarashtra learned that the Pandavas had been given leave to go, with their hoard of jewels and wealth, what was in their minds then?

Note on the text: Corrected सरत्नधनसञ्जयान् → सरत्नधनसञ्चयान् (misprint in Wikisource; सञ्चय, "hoard", as in the critical edition).

Verse 2 (2.96.2)

अनुज्ञातांस्तान्विदित्वा धृतराष्ट्रेण धीमता । राजन्दुःशासनः क्षिप्रं जगाम भ्रातरं प्रति ॥

anujñātāṃstānviditvā dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa dhīmatā | rājanduḥśāsanaḥ kṣipraṃ jagāma bhrātaraṃ prati

O king, as soon as Duhshasana learned that the wise Dhritarashtra had given them leave, he went quickly to his brother.

Note on the text: Closed up the name दुः शासनः → दुःशासनः (stray space in Wikisource).

Verse 3 (2.96.3)

दुर्योधनं समासाद्य सामात्यं भरतर्षभ । दुःखार्तो भरतश्रेष्ठ इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

duryodhanaṃ samāsādya sāmātyaṃ bharatarṣabha | duḥkhārto bharataśreṣṭha idaṃ vacanamabravīt

Coming to Duryodhana, who sat among his counsellors, O bull among the Bharatas, he spoke these words in distress, O best of the Bharatas:

Verse 4 (2.96.4)

दुःखेनैतत्समानीतं स्थविरो नाशयत्यसौ । शत्रुसाद्गमयद्द्रव्यं तद्बुध्यध्वं महारथाः ॥

duḥkhenaitatsamānītaṃ sthaviro nāśayatyasau | śatrusādgamayaddravyaṃ tadbudhyadhvaṃ mahārathāḥ

"What we won with such pains, that old man is throwing away. He has handed the wealth back to our enemies. Take note of it, great warriors!"

Verse 5 (2.96.5)

अथ दुर्योधनः कर्णः शकुनिश्चापि सौबलः । मिथः सङ्गम्य सहिताः पाण्डवान्प्रति मानिनः ॥

atha duryodhanaḥ karṇaḥ śakuniścāpi saubalaḥ | mithaḥ saṅgamya sahitāḥ pāṇḍavānprati māninaḥ

Then Duryodhana, Karna, and Shakuni the son of Subala, proud men all, met together to take counsel against the Pandavas,

Note on the text: Speaker changed from दुःशासन to वैशम्पायन: this verse and the next are narration, not Duhshasana's speech (no heading is printed).

Verse 6 (2.96.6)

वैचित्रवीर्यं राजानं धृतराष्ट्रं मनीषिणम् । अभिगम्य त्वरायुक्ताः श्लक्ष्णं वचनमब्रुवन् ॥

vaicitravīryaṃ rājānaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ manīṣiṇam | abhigamya tvarāyuktāḥ ślakṣṇaṃ vacanamabruvan

and going in haste to King Dhritarashtra, the wise son of Vichitravirya, they spoke to him in smooth words.

Note on the text: Speaker changed from दुःशासन to वैशम्पायन (narration).

Verse 7 (2.96.7)

न त्वयेदं श्रुतं राजन्यज्जगाद बृहस्पतिः । शक्रस्य नीतिं प्रवदन्विद्वान्देवपुरोहितः ॥

na tvayedaṃ śrutaṃ rājanyajjagāda bṛhaspatiḥ | śakrasya nītiṃ pravadanvidvāndevapurohitaḥ

Have you not heard, O king, what Brihaspati, the learned priest of the gods, said when he set forth the policy of Shakra?

Verse 8 (2.96.8)

सर्वोपायैर्निहन्तव्याः शत्रवः शत्रुसूदन । पुरा युद्धाद्बलाद्वापि प्रकुर्वन्ति तवाहितम् ॥

sarvopāyairnihantavyāḥ śatravaḥ śatrusūdana | purā yuddhādbalādvāpi prakurvanti tavāhitam

"Enemies must be destroyed by every means, O slayer of foes, before they can do you harm by war or by force."

Verse 9 (2.96.9)

ते वयं पाण्डवधनैः सर्वान्सम्पूज्य पार्थिवान् । यदि तान्योधयिष्यामः किं वै नः परिहास्यति ॥

te vayaṃ pāṇḍavadhanaiḥ sarvānsampūjya pārthivān | yadi tānyodhayiṣyāmaḥ kiṃ vai naḥ parihāsyati

If we win over all the kings by honouring them with the Pandavas' wealth, and then make war on the Pandavas, what have we to lose?

Note on the text: Corrected निः → नः (misprint in Wikisource; "us", as in the critical edition).

Verse 10 (2.96.10)

अहीनाशीविषान्क्रुद्धान्नाशाय समुपस्थितान् । कृत्वा कण्ठे च पृष्ठे च कः समुत्स्रष्टुमर्हति ॥

ahīnāśīviṣānkruddhānnāśāya samupasthitān | kṛtvā kaṇṭhe ca pṛṣṭhe ca kaḥ samutsraṣṭumarhati

Who, having hung angry, venomous snakes about his neck and on his back, ready to destroy him, would think of setting them free?

Verse 11 (2.96.11)

आत्तशस्त्रा रथगताः कुपितास्तात पाण्डवाः । निःशेषान्नः करिष्यन्ति क्रुद्धा ह्याशीविषा इव ॥

āttaśastrā rathagatāḥ kupitāstāta pāṇḍavāḥ | niḥśeṣānnaḥ kariṣyanti kruddhā hyāśīviṣā iva

The Pandavas, father, armed and on their chariots and full of anger, will wipe us out completely, like enraged venomous snakes.

Verse 12 (2.96.12)

सन्नद्धो ह्यर्जुनो याति विधृत्य परमेषुधी । गाण्डीवं मुहुरादत्ते निःश्वसंश्च निरीक्षते ॥

sannaddho hyarjuno yāti vidhṛtya parameṣudhī | gāṇḍīvaṃ muhurādatte niḥśvasaṃśca nirīkṣate

Arjuna rides out in armour, his two great quivers bound on. Again and again he takes up Gandiva, sighing heavily and glaring about him.

Note on the text: Aligned by hand with 2.66.12 of the critical edition (it reads vivṛtya for विधृत्य).

Verse 13 (2.96.13)

गदां गुर्वीं समुद्यम्य त्वरितश्च वृकोदरः । स्वरथं योजयित्वाशु निर्यात इति नः श्रुतम् ॥

gadāṃ gurvīṃ samudyamya tvaritaśca vṛkodaraḥ | svarathaṃ yojayitvāśu niryāta iti naḥ śrutam

Vrikodara, we have heard, has raised his heavy mace, yoked his chariot in haste, and driven out.

Note on the text: Corrected गुर्वी → गुर्वीं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; the adjective agrees with गदां, as in the critical edition). Corrected योजयित्वाऽशु → योजयित्वाशु (misprint in Wikisource; stray avagraha; yojayitvā + āśu).

Verse 14 (2.96.14)

नकुलः खड्गमादाय चर्म चाप्यर्धचन्द्रवत् । सहदेवश्च राजा च चक्रुराकारमिङ्गितैः ॥

nakulaḥ khaḍgamādāya carma cāpyardhacandravat | sahadevaśca rājā ca cakrurākāramiṅgitaiḥ

Nakula has taken up his sword and his shield shaped like a half-moon, and Sahadeva and the king have made their purpose plain by signs and gestures.

Note on the text: Corrected खह्गमादाय → खड्गमादाय (misprint in Wikisource; खड्ग, "sword", as in the critical edition).

Verse 15 (2.96.15)

ते त्वास्थाय रथान्सर्वे बहुशस्त्रपरिच्छदान् । अभिघ्नन्तो रथव्रातान्सेनायोगाय निर्ययुः ॥

te tvāsthāya rathānsarve bahuśastraparicchadān | abhighnanto rathavrātānsenāyogāya niryayuḥ

All of them have mounted their chariots, stocked with many weapons, and whipping on their teams they have gone out to muster an army.

Note on the text: Corrected अभिघ्नान्तो → अभिघ्नन्तो (misprint in Wikisource; present participle, as in the critical edition).

Verse 16 (2.96.16)

न क्षंस्यन्ते तथाऽस्माभिर्जातु विप्रकृता हि ते । द्रौपद्याश्च परिक्लेशं कस्तेषां क्षन्तुमर्हति ॥

na kṣaṃsyante tathā'smābhirjātu viprakṛtā hi te | draupadyāśca parikleśaṃ kasteṣāṃ kṣantumarhati

They will never forgive us, for we have wronged them. And the torment of Draupadi: which of them could ever forgive that?

Verse 17 (2.96.17)

न पश्यामि रणे क्रुद्धं बीभत्सुं प्रतिवारणम् । भीष्मो द्रोणश्च कर्णश्च द्रौणिश्च रथिनां वरः ॥

na paśyāmi raṇe kruddhaṃ bībhatsuṃ prativāraṇam | bhīṣmo droṇaśca karṇaśca drauṇiśca rathināṃ varaḥ

I see no one who could hold back Bibhatsu when he is angry in battle. Bhishma, Drona, Karna, and Drona's son, best of chariot-warriors,

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`). Corrected क्रद्धुं → क्रुद्धं (misprint in Wikisource; "angry", as in the critical edition's appendix). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 2–3).

Verse 18 (2.96.18)

कृपश्च वृषसेनश्च विकर्णश्च जयद्रथः । वाह्लीकः सोमदत्तश्च भूरिर्भूरिश्रवाः शलः ॥

kṛpaśca vṛṣasenaśca vikarṇaśca jayadrathaḥ | vāhlīkaḥ somadattaśca bhūrirbhūriśravāḥ śalaḥ

Kripa, Vrishasena, Vikarna, Jayadratha, Bahlika, Somadatta, Bhuri, Bhurishravas, Shala,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 4–5).

Verse 19 (2.96.19)

शकुनिः ससुतश्चैव नृपाश्चान्ये च कौरवाः । नैते सर्वे रणोद्युक्ताः पार्थं सोढुमशक्नुवन् ॥

śakuniḥ sasutaścaiva nṛpāścānye ca kauravāḥ | naite sarve raṇodyuktāḥ pārthaṃ soḍhumaśaknuvan

Shakuni with his sons, and the other kings and Kauravas: not all of these together, ready for battle, could withstand Partha.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 6–7).

Verse 20 (2.96.20)

अर्जुनेन समो लोके नास्ति वीर्ये धनुर्धरः । योऽर्जुनेनार्जुनस्तुल्यो द्विबाहुर्बहुबाहुना ॥

arjunena samo loke nāsti vīrye dhanurdharaḥ | yo'rjunenārjunastulyo dvibāhurbahubāhunā

There is no archer in the world equal to Arjuna in valour — this two-armed Arjuna who is the equal of the many-armed Arjuna.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 8–9).

Verse 21 (2.96.21)

कस्त्वयोक्तः पुमान्वीरो बीभत्सुसमविक्रमः । तं मे ब्रूहि महावीर्यं श्रोतुमिच्छामि पुत्रक ॥

kastvayoktaḥ pumānvīro bībhatsusamavikramaḥ | taṃ me brūhi mahāvīryaṃ śrotumicchāmi putraka

Who is this hero you speak of, whose prowess equals Bibhatsu's? Tell me about that mighty man, my son; I wish to hear.

Note on the text: Corrected तं ये व्रूहि → तं मे ब्रूहि (misprint in Wikisource; "tell me", as in the critical edition's appendix). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 10–11).

Verse 22 (2.96.22)

कार्तवीर्यस्य चरितं शृणु राजन्महात्मनः । अव्यक्तप्रभवो ब्रह्मा सर्वलोकपितामहः ॥

kārtavīryasya caritaṃ śṛṇu rājanmahātmanaḥ | avyaktaprabhavo brahmā sarvalokapitāmahaḥ

Hear, O king, the story of the great-souled Kartavirya. Brahma, born of the Unmanifest, is the grandsire of all the worlds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 16–17). Lines 12–15 of that appendix passage, in which Duryodhana first names Kartavirya and Dhritarashtra asks for his ancestry, are not in Wikisource.

Verse 23 (2.96.23)

ब्रह्मणोऽत्रिः सुतो विद्वानत्रेः पुत्रो निशाकरः । सोमस्य तु बुधः पुत्रो बुधस्य तु पुरूरवाः ॥

brahmaṇo'triḥ suto vidvānatreḥ putro niśākaraḥ | somasya tu budhaḥ putro budhasya tu purūravāḥ

Brahma's son was the learned Atri, and Atri's son was the Moon. The Moon's son was Budha, and Budha's was Pururavas.

Note on the text: Corrected तदु → तु (misprint in Wikisource; not a word here and one syllable over the metre; the appendix reads somasya tu). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 18–19).

Verse 24 (2.96.24)

तस्याप्यथ सुतोऽप्यायुरायोस्तु नहुषः सुतः । नहुषस्य ययातिस्तु ययातेस्तनुजो यदुः ॥

tasyāpyatha suto'pyāyurāyostu nahuṣaḥ sutaḥ | nahuṣasya yayātistu yayātestanujo yaduḥ

His son was Ayu, and Ayu's son was Nahusha. Nahusha's son was Yayati, and Yayati's son was Yadu.

Note on the text: Removed a stray question mark that Wikisource prints after this verse. Corrected तस्याप्यध → तस्याप्यथ (misprint in Wikisource; अथ, as in the appendix). Corrected नहुशस्य → नहुषस्य (misprint in Wikisource; the name is Nahusha). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 20–21).

Verse 25 (2.96.25)

यदोः पुत्रो महाराज सहस्रौजेति विश्रुतः । सहस्रौजसुतो राजञ्छक्रदासेति विश्रुतः ॥

yadoḥ putro mahārāja sahasraujeti viśrutaḥ | sahasraujasuto rājañchakradāseti viśrutaḥ

Yadu's son, great king, was renowned as Sahasrauja; and Sahasrauja's son, O king, was renowned as Shakradasa.

Note on the text: Removed a stray question mark that Wikisource prints after this verse. Corrected सहस्रैजेति → सहस्रौजेति (misprint in Wikisource; the name is Sahasrauja, as in the appendix). Corrected सहसौजसुतो → सहस्रौजसुतो (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र in the same name). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 22–23). The appendix names Sahasrauja's son Cakradāsa.

Verse 26 (2.96.26)

शक्रदासस्य दायादो हेहयो नाम पार्थिवः । हेहयस्याभवत्पुत्रो धर्मनेत्र इति श्रुतः ॥

śakradāsasya dāyādo hehayo nāma pārthivaḥ | hehayasyābhavatputro dharmanetra iti śrutaḥ

Shakradasa's heir was a king named Hehaya, and Hehaya's son was known as Dharmanetra.

Note on the text: Removed a stray question mark that Wikisource prints after this verse. Corrected शक्रदानस्य → शक्रदासस्य (misprint in Wikisource; the name given in the line before is शक्रदास; the appendix also ends the name in -dāsa). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 24–25).

Verse 27 (2.96.27)

धर्मनेत्रस्य तु कृती कृतवीर्यस्तु कार्तिजः । कृतवीर्यस्य तनयो ह्यर्जुनो बलिनां वरः ॥

dharmanetrasya tu kṛtī kṛtavīryastu kārtijaḥ | kṛtavīryasya tanayo hyarjuno balināṃ varaḥ

Dharmanetra's son was Kriti, and of Kriti was born Kritavirya. Kritavirya's son was Arjuna, foremost of the mighty.

Note on the text: Removed a stray question mark that Wikisource prints after this verse. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 26–27). The appendix names Dharmanetra's son Kārta.

Verse 28 (2.96.28)

स चार्जुनो महाराज तपो घोरं चकार ह । साग्रं वर्षायुतं जज्ञ इत्येवं मे श्रुतं पुरा ॥

sa cārjuno mahārāja tapo ghoraṃ cakāra ha | sāgraṃ varṣāyutaṃ jajña ityevaṃ me śrutaṃ purā

That Arjuna, great king, practised terrible austerities, and ten thousand years and more went by in them — so I have heard of old.

Note on the text: Removed a stray question mark that Wikisource prints after this verse. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 28–29). The second half of the second line differs there.

Verse 29 (2.96.29)

तथेयं पृथिवी राजन्सप्तद्वीपा सपत्तना । ससमुद्राकरा तात विधिनोग्रेण वै जिता ॥

tatheyaṃ pṛthivī rājansaptadvīpā sapattanā | sasamudrākarā tāta vidhinogreṇa vai jitā

And so, O king, this earth with its seven continents and its cities, its oceans and its mines, was conquered, my father, by his stern discipline.

Note on the text: Removed a stray question mark that Wikisource prints after this verse. This verse repeats verse 35 below almost word for word; both are kept as Wikisource prints them. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 39–40).

Verse 30 (2.96.30)

स चार्जुनोऽथ तेजस्वी तपः परमदुश्चरम् । दत्तमाराधयामास सोऽर्जुनोऽत्रिसुतं मुनिम् ॥

sa cārjuno'tha tejasvī tapaḥ paramaduścaram | dattamārādhayāmāsa so'rjuno'trisutaṃ munim

Then that splendid Arjuna, through austerity most hard to perform, won the favour of the sage Datta, son of Atri.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 29–30).

Verse 31 (2.96.31)

तस्य दत्तो वरान्प्रादाच्चतुरः पार्थिवस्य वै । पूर्वं बाहुसहस्रं तु प्रार्थितः परमो वरः ॥

tasya datto varānprādāccaturaḥ pārthivasya vai | pūrvaṃ bāhusahasraṃ tu prārthitaḥ paramo varaḥ

Datta granted the king four boons. The first, the great boon he asked for, was a thousand arms;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 31–32).

Verse 32 (2.96.32)

अधर्मे प्रीयमाणस्य सद्भिस्तत्र निवारणम् । धर्मेण पृथिवीं जित्वा धर्मेणैव हि रञ्जनम् ॥

adharme prīyamāṇasya sadbhistatra nivāraṇam | dharmeṇa pṛthivīṃ jitvā dharmeṇaiva hi rañjanam

the next, that when he took pleasure in wrongdoing, the good would be there to restrain him; the next, that having won the earth by dharma he would delight its people by dharma;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 33–34).

Verse 33 (2.96.33)

सङ्ग्रामान्सुबहून्कृत्वा हत्वा चारीन्सहस्रशः । सङ्ग्रामे यतमानस्य वधश्चैवाधिकाद्रणे ॥

saṅgrāmānsubahūnkṛtvā hatvā cārīnsahasraśaḥ | saṅgrāme yatamānasya vadhaścaivādhikādraṇe

and the last, that after fighting a great many battles and slaying enemies by the thousand, he would meet his death, still striving in battle, at the hands of one greater than himself.

Note on the text: Corrected रणै → रणे (misprint in Wikisource; locative, as in the appendix). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 35–36).

Verse 34 (2.96.34)

तस्य बाहुसहस्रं तु युध्यतः किल भारत । रथो ध्वजश्च सञ्जज्ञ इत्येवं मे श्रुतं पुरा ॥

tasya bāhusahasraṃ tu yudhyataḥ kila bhārata | ratho dhvajaśca sañjajña ityevaṃ me śrutaṃ purā

Whenever he fought, O Bharata, his thousand arms appeared, and with them a chariot and a banner — so I have heard of old.

Note on the text: Corrected परा → पुरा (misprint in Wikisource; "of old", as in the appendix and in verse 28). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 37–38).

Verse 35 (2.96.35)

तथेयं पृथिवी राजन्त्सप्तद्वीपा सपत्तना । ससमुद्राकरा तात विधिनोग्रेण वै जिता ॥

tatheyaṃ pṛthivī rājantsaptadvīpā sapattanā | sasamudrākarā tāta vidhinogreṇa vai jitā

And so, O king, this earth with its seven continents and its cities, its oceans and its mines, was conquered, my father, by his stern discipline.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 39–40).

Verse 36 (2.96.36)

स चार्जुनोऽथ तेजस्वी सप्तद्वीपेश्वरोऽभवत् । स च राजा महायज्ञानाजहार महाबलः । प्रशशास महाबाहुर्महीं स च समा बहूः ॥

sa cārjuno'tha tejasvī saptadvīpeśvaro'bhavat | sa ca rājā mahāyajñānājahāra mahābalaḥ | praśaśāsa mahābāhurmahīṃ sa ca samā bahūḥ

Then that splendid Arjuna became lord of the seven continents. That mighty king performed great sacrifices, and the strong-armed one ruled the earth for many years.

Note on the text: Corrected चार्जुनोऽथ → स चार्जुनोऽथ, सप्तद्वीपेश्वरो।़भवत् → सप्तद्वीपेश्वरोऽभवत् and च राजा → स च राजा (misprints in Wikisource; dropped स at the head of both lines, which leaves them a syllable short, and a garbled avagraha; as in the appendix). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 41–43). Its third line differs there.

Verse 37 (2.96.37)

ततोऽर्जुनः कदाचिद्वै राजन्माहिष्मतीपतिः । नर्मदां भरतश्रेष्ठ तां तु दारैर्ययौ सह ॥

tato'rjunaḥ kadācidvai rājanmāhiṣmatīpatiḥ | narmadāṃ bharataśreṣṭha tāṃ tu dārairyayau saha

Then once, O king, Arjuna, lord of Mahishmati, went with his wives to the Narmada, O best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Corrected भरतश्रेष्ठं → भरतश्रेष्ठ (misprint in Wikisource; the vocative, as in the appendix). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 44–45).

Verse 38 (2.96.38)

ततस्तां स नदीं गत्वा प्रविश्यान्तर्जले तदा । कर्तुं राजञ्जलक्रीडां ततो राजोपचक्रमे ॥

tatastāṃ sa nadīṃ gatvā praviśyāntarjale tadā | kartuṃ rājañjalakrīḍāṃ tato rājopacakrame

Reaching that river and going down into its waters, the king, O king, began to sport in the water.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रविश्यन्तर्जले → प्रविश्यान्तर्जले (misprint in Wikisource; praviśya + antar-; as in the appendix). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 46–47).

Verse 39 (2.96.39)

तस्मिन्नेव ततः काले रावणो राक्षसैः सह । लङ्काया ईश्वरस्तात तं देशं प्रययौ बली ॥

tasminneva tataḥ kāle rāvaṇo rākṣasaiḥ saha | laṅkāyā īśvarastāta taṃ deśaṃ prayayau balī

At that very time Ravana, the mighty lord of Lanka, came to that region with his rakshasas, my father.

Note on the text: Corrected रावमो → रावणो (misprint in Wikisource; the name Ravana). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 48–49).

Verse 40 (2.96.40)

ततस्तमर्जुनं दृष्ट्वा नर्मदायां दशाननः । नित्यं क्रोधपरो धीरो वरदानेन मोहितः ॥

tatastamarjunaṃ dṛṣṭvā narmadāyāṃ daśānanaḥ | nityaṃ krodhaparo dhīro varadānena mohitaḥ

Seeing Arjuna in the Narmada, the ten-headed one, ever given to anger, bold, and blinded by the boon he had won,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 50–51).

Verse 41 (2.96.41)

अभ्यधावत्सुसङ्क्रुद्धो महेन्द्रं शम्बरो यथा । अर्जुनोऽप्यथ तं दृष्ट्वा रावणं प्रत्यवारयत् ॥

abhyadhāvatsusaṅkruddho mahendraṃ śambaro yathā | arjuno'pyatha taṃ dṛṣṭvā rāvaṇaṃ pratyavārayat

rushed at him in great fury, as Shambara rushed at the great Indra. And Arjuna, seeing Ravana, held him off.

Note on the text: Corrected अभ्यघावत् → अभ्यधावत् (misprint in Wikisource; abhy-adhāvat, "rushed at"; as in the appendix). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 52–53).

Verse 42 (2.96.42)

ततस्तौ चक्रतुर्युद्धं रावणश्चार्जुनश्च वै । ततस्तु दुर्जयं वीरं वरदानेन दर्पितम् ॥

tatastau cakraturyuddhaṃ rāvaṇaścārjunaśca vai | tatastu durjayaṃ vīraṃ varadānena darpitam

Then the two fought, Ravana and Arjuna. And then that hero, hard to conquer, made proud by his boon,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 54–55).

Verse 43 (2.96.43)

राक्षसेन्द्रं मनुष्येन्द्रो जित्वा बद्ध्वा रणे बलात् । बद्ध्वा धनुर्ज्यया राजन्विवेशाथ पुरीं स्वकाम् ॥

rākṣasendraṃ manuṣyendro jitvā baddhvā raṇe balāt | baddhvā dhanurjyayā rājanviveśātha purīṃ svakām

the lord of rakshasas, the lord of men defeated and captured by force in battle; and binding him with his bowstring, O king, he entered his own city.

Note on the text: Corrected बध्वा → बद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; twice; the absolutive of बन्ध्, as in the appendix). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 56–57).

Verse 44 (2.96.44)

स तु तं बन्धितं श्रुत्वा पुलस्त्यो रावणं तदा । मोक्षयामास बन्धाद्वै पुरे दृष्ट्वाऽर्जुनं तदा ॥

sa tu taṃ bandhitaṃ śrutvā pulastyo rāvaṇaṃ tadā | mokṣayāmāsa bandhādvai pure dṛṣṭvā'rjunaṃ tadā

Hearing that Ravana was held in bonds, Pulastya came to the city, saw Arjuna, and had Ravana released from his bonds.

Note on the text: Corrected मोक्षयाणास → मोक्षयामास (misprint in Wikisource; periphrastic perfect, as in the appendix). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 58–59).

Verse 45 (2.96.45)

ततः कदाचित्तेजस्वी कार्तवीर्योऽर्जुनो बली । समुद्रतीरं गत्वाथ विचरन्दर्पमोहितः ॥

tataḥ kadācittejasvī kārtavīryo'rjuno balī | samudratīraṃ gatvātha vicarandarpamohitaḥ

Then once the splendid and mighty Kartavirya Arjuna, roaming along the seashore, blinded by pride,

Note on the text: Corrected कार्तवीर्योर्जुनो → कार्तवीर्योऽर्जुनो (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha). Corrected विरचन् → विचरन् (misprint in Wikisource; vicaran, "roaming", as in the appendix). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 60–61).

Verse 46 (2.96.46)

अवाकिरच्छितशरैः समुद्रं स तु भारत । तं समुद्रो नमस्कृत्य कृताञ्जलिरभाषत ॥

avākiracchitaśaraiḥ samudraṃ sa tu bhārata | taṃ samudro namaskṛtya kṛtāñjalirabhāṣata

showered the ocean with sharp arrows, O Bharata. The Ocean bowed to him and, with joined palms, said:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 62–63).

Verse 47 (2.96.47)

आशुगान्वीर मा मुञ्च ब्रूहि किं करवाणि ते । मदाश्रयाणि सत्वानि त्वद्विसृष्टैर्महेषुभिः । बाध्यन्ते राजशार्दूल तेभ्यो देह्यभयं विभो ॥

āśugānvīra mā muñca brūhi kiṃ karavāṇi te | madāśrayāṇi satvāni tvadvisṛṣṭairmaheṣubhiḥ | bādhyante rājaśārdūla tebhyo dehyabhayaṃ vibho

"Hero, do not loose your swift arrows. Tell me, what shall I do for you? The creatures that live in me are being tormented by the great shafts you shoot, O tiger among kings. Grant them safety, my lord."

Note on the text: Speaker changed from दुर्योधन to समुद्र: the Ocean's direct speech fills the verse (no heading is printed). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 64–66).

Verse 48 (2.96.48)

देहि सिन्धुपते युद्धमद्यैव त्वरया मम । अथवा पीडयामि त्वां तस्मात्त्वं कुरु माचिरम् ॥

dehi sindhupate yuddhamadyaiva tvarayā mama | athavā pīḍayāmi tvāṃ tasmāttvaṃ kuru māciram

Lord of the waters, give me battle, here and now, at once. Or else I will torment you — so do it without delay.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 67–68).

Verse 49 (2.96.49)

लोके राजन्महावीर्या बहवो निवसन्ति ये । तेषामेकेन राजेन्द्र कुरु युद्धं महाबल ॥

loke rājanmahāvīryā bahavo nivasanti ye | teṣāmekena rājendra kuru yuddhaṃ mahābala

There are many men of great valour living in the world, O king. Fight with one of them, O mighty lord of kings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 69–70).

Verse 50 (2.96.50)

मत्समो यदि सङ्ग्रामे वरायुधधरः क्वचित् । विद्यते तं ममाचक्ष्व यः समासेत मा मृधे ॥

matsamo yadi saṅgrāme varāyudhadharaḥ kvacit | vidyate taṃ mamācakṣva yaḥ samāseta mā mṛdhe

If anywhere there is a man my equal in battle, bearing fine weapons, who could stand against me in combat, tell me who he is.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 71–72).

Verse 51 (2.96.51)

महर्षिर्जमदग्निस्तु यदि राजन्परिश्रुतः । तस्य पुत्रो रणं दातुं यथावद्वै तवार्हति ॥

maharṣirjamadagnistu yadi rājanpariśrutaḥ | tasya putro raṇaṃ dātuṃ yathāvadvai tavārhati

If you have heard of the great sage Jamadagni, O king: his son is fit to give you battle as it ought to be given.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 73–74).

Verse 52 (2.96.52)

समुद्रस्य वचः श्रुत्वा राजा माहिष्मतीपतिः । नारदस्य च वै पूर्वं क्रोधेन महता वृतः ॥

samudrasya vacaḥ śrutvā rājā māhiṣmatīpatiḥ | nāradasya ca vai pūrvaṃ krodhena mahatā vṛtaḥ

Hearing the Ocean's words, and Narada's before them, the king, lord of Mahishmati, was seized by a great rage.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 75–76). Its second line differs there.

Verse 53 (2.96.53)

ततः प्रतिययौ शीघ्रं क्रोधेन सह भारत । स तमाश्रममागत्य काममेवान्वपद्यत ॥

tataḥ pratiyayau śīghraṃ krodhena saha bhārata | sa tamāśramamāgatya kāmamevānvapadyata

He set out swiftly in his wrath, O Bharata, and coming to that hermitage, he did just as he pleased.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 77–78). The appendix reads rāmam evānvapadyata (he sought out Rama) for काममेवान्वपद्यत.

Verse 54 (2.96.54)

स कामं प्रतिकूलानि चकार सह बन्धुभिः । आयासं जनयामास रामस्य स महात्मनः ॥

sa kāmaṃ pratikūlāni cakāra saha bandhubhiḥ | āyāsaṃ janayāmāsa rāmasya sa mahātmanaḥ

With his kinsmen he freely did all manner of hostile things, and he brought great distress on the great-souled Rama.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 79–80).

Verse 55 (2.96.55)

ततस्तेजः प्रजज्वाल रामस्यामिततेजसः । प्रदहन्निव सैन्यानि रश्मिमानिव तेजसा ॥

tatastejaḥ prajajvāla rāmasyāmitatejasaḥ | pradahanniva sainyāni raśmimāniva tejasā

Then the fiery energy of Rama, of boundless splendour, blazed up, as if to burn up the armies, like the sun with its rays.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 81–82).

Verse 56 (2.96.56)

अथ तौ चक्रतुर्युद्धं वृत्रवासवयोरिव ॥

atha tau cakraturyuddhaṃ vṛtravāsavayoriva

Then the two fought each other, like Vritra and Vasava.

Note on the text: A single line in Wikisource; the critical edition's appendix also has it as a single line, so nothing appears to be lost. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 83).

Verse 57 (2.96.57)

ततः परशुमादाय नृपं बाहुसहस्रिणम् । चिच्छेद सहसा रामो बहुशाखमिव द्रुमम् ॥

tataḥ paraśumādāya nṛpaṃ bāhusahasriṇam | ciccheda sahasā rāmo bahuśākhamiva drumam

Then Rama took up his axe and in a moment hewed down the thousand-armed king, as one fells a tree of many branches.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 84–85).

Verse 58 (2.96.58)

तं हतं पतितं दृष्ट्वा समेतास्तस्य बान्धवाः । असीनादाय शक्तीश्च रामं ते प्रत्यवारयन् ॥

taṃ hataṃ patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā sametāstasya bāndhavāḥ | asīnādāya śaktīśca rāmaṃ te pratyavārayan

Seeing him slain and fallen, his kinsmen gathered together and, taking up swords and spears, attacked Rama.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 86–87).

Verse 59 (2.96.59)

रामोऽपि रथमास्थाय धनुरायम्य सत्वरः । विसृजन्परमास्त्राणि व्यधमत्पार्थिवान्बली ॥

rāmo'pi rathamāsthāya dhanurāyamya satvaraḥ | visṛjanparamāstrāṇi vyadhamatpārthivānbalī

Rama too mounted a chariot, quickly drew his bow, and loosing supreme weapons, the mighty one destroyed the kings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 88–89).

Verse 60 (2.96.60)

ततस्तु क्षत्रिया राजञ्जामदग्न्यभयार्दिताः । विविशुर्गिरिदुर्गाणि मृगाः सिंहभयादिव ॥

tatastu kṣatriyā rājañjāmadagnyabhayārditāḥ | viviśurgiridurgāṇi mṛgāḥ siṃhabhayādiva

Then the Kshatriyas, O king, stricken with fear of Jamadagni's son, fled into mountain strongholds, like deer in fear of a lion.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 90–91).

Verse 61 (2.96.61)

तेषां स्वविहितं कर्म तद्भयान्नानुतिष्ठति । प्रजा वृषलतां प्राप्ता ब्राह्मणानामदर्शनात् ॥

teṣāṃ svavihitaṃ karma tadbhayānnānutiṣṭhati | prajā vṛṣalatāṃ prāptā brāhmaṇānāmadarśanāt

For fear of him they no longer performed the rites prescribed for them, and their people sank to the state of Shudras, for no brahmins were to be seen among them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 92–93).

Verse 62 (2.96.62)

तथा च द्रविडाः काचाः पुण्ड्राश्च शबरैः सह । वृषलत्वं परिगता विच्छिन्नाः क्षत्रधर्मिणः ॥

tathā ca draviḍāḥ kācāḥ puṇḍrāśca śabaraiḥ saha | vṛṣalatvaṃ parigatā vicchinnāḥ kṣatradharmiṇaḥ

So the Dravidas, the Kachas and the Pundras, together with the Shabaras, once followers of Kshatriya dharma, were cut off from it and sank to the state of Shudras.

Note on the text: Corrected पुण्डाश्च → पुण्ड्राश्च (misprint in Wikisource; the people are the Pundras; dropped र, as against the appendix's puṇḍrāś). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 94–95). The appendix reads kāśāḥ for काचाः.

Verse 63 (2.96.63)

ततस्तु हतवीरासु क्षत्रियासु पुनः पुनः । द्विजैरभ्युदितं क्षत्रं तानि रामो निहत्य च ॥

tatastu hatavīrāsu kṣatriyāsu punaḥ punaḥ | dvijairabhyuditaṃ kṣatraṃ tāni rāmo nihatya ca

Then, again and again, when the Kshatriya women had lost their heroes, the brahmins raised up a Kshatriya line from them; and again and again Rama slew them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 96–97).

Verse 64 (2.96.64)

ततस्त्रिःसप्तमे याते रामं वागशरीरिणी । दिव्या प्रोवाच मधुरा सर्वलोकपरिश्रुता ॥

tatastriḥsaptame yāte rāmaṃ vāgaśarīriṇī | divyā provāca madhurā sarvalokapariśrutā

Then, when the twenty-first time had come, a sweet, divine, bodiless voice, heard throughout all the worlds, spoke to Rama:

Note on the text: Corrected त्रिस्मप्तमे → त्रिःसप्तमे (misprint in Wikisource; त्रिःसप्तम, "twenty-first", as in the appendix). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 98–99).

Verse 65 (2.96.65)

रामराम निवर्तस्व स्वगुणं नात्र पश्यसि । क्षत्रबन्धूनिमान्प्राणैर्विप्रयुज्य पुनः पुनः ॥

rāmarāma nivartasva svaguṇaṃ nātra paśyasi | kṣatrabandhūnimānprāṇairviprayujya punaḥ punaḥ

"Rama, Rama, turn back! You will find no merit for yourself in this, parting these Kshatriyas from their lives again and again."

Note on the text: Speaker changed from दुर्योधन to the voice from the sky, whose direct speech fills the verse (no heading is printed). Corrected प्रामैर् → प्राणैर् (misprint in Wikisource; प्राणैः, "from their lives", as in the appendix). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 100–101).

Verse 66 (2.96.66)

तथैव तं महात्मानमृचीकप्रमुखास्तथा । रामराम महावीर्य निवर्तस्वेत्यथाब्रुवन् ॥

tathaiva taṃ mahātmānamṛcīkapramukhāstathā | rāmarāma mahāvīrya nivartasvetyathābruvan

In the same way Richika and the other ancestors said to that great-souled one: "Rama, Rama, mighty one, turn back."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 102–103).

Verse 67 (2.96.67)

पितुर्वधममृष्यंस्तु रामः प्रोवाच तानृषीन् । नार्हा हन्त भवन्तो मां निवारयितुमित्युत ॥

piturvadhamamṛṣyaṃstu rāmaḥ provāca tānṛṣīn | nārhā hanta bhavanto māṃ nivārayitumityuta

But Rama, unable to bear his father's murder, said to those sages: "You, sirs, should not hold me back."

Note on the text: Corrected वधमसमृष्यंस्तु → वधममृष्यंस्तु (misprint in Wikisource; amṛṣyan, "not bearing"; a stray स also put the line a syllable over the metre; as in the appendix). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 104–105).

Verse 68 (2.96.68)

नार्हसि क्षत्रबन्धूंस्त्वं निहन्तुं जयतां वर । न हि युक्तं त्वया तात ब्राह्मणेन सता नृपान् ॥

nārhasi kṣatrabandhūṃstvaṃ nihantuṃ jayatāṃ vara | na hi yuktaṃ tvayā tāta brāhmaṇena satā nṛpān

You should not slay these Kshatriyas, best of victors. It is not fitting, my child, for you, a brahmin, to kill kings.

Note on the text: Separated ब्राह्मणेनसता → ब्राह्मणेन सता (missing space in Wikisource). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 106–107).

Verse 69 (2.96.69)

पितॄणां वचनं श्रुत्वा क्रोधं त्यक्त्वा स भार्गवः । अश्वमेधसहस्राणि नरमेधशतानि च ॥

pitṝṇāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā krodhaṃ tyaktvā sa bhārgavaḥ | aśvamedhasahasrāṇi naramedhaśatāni ca

Hearing the words of his ancestors, the descendant of Bhrigu gave up his anger. He offered a thousand horse sacrifices and a hundred Naramedha sacrifices,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 108–109).

Verse 70 (2.96.70)

इष्ट्वा सागरपर्यन्तां काश्यपाय ददौ महीम् । तेन रामेण सङ्ग्रामे तुल्यस्तात धनञ्जयः ॥

iṣṭvā sāgaraparyantāṃ kāśyapāya dadau mahīm | tena rāmeṇa saṅgrāme tulyastāta dhanañjayaḥ

and when he had performed them, he gave the earth, bounded by the ocean, to Kashyapa. Dhananjaya, my father, is that Rama's equal in battle,

Note on the text: Corrected दयञ्जयः → धनञ्जयः (misprint in Wikisource; the name Dhananjaya, as in the appendix). Removed a stray zero-width joiner inside सङ्ग्रामे. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 110–111).

Verse 71 (2.96.71)

कार्तवीर्येण च रणे तुल्यः पार्थो न संशयः । रणे विक्रम्य राजेन्द्र पार्थं जेतुं न शक्यते ॥

kārtavīryeṇa ca raṇe tulyaḥ pārtho na saṃśayaḥ | raṇe vikramya rājendra pārthaṃ jetuṃ na śakyate

and Kartavirya's equal in war, there is no doubt of it. No one can defeat Partha in battle by strength of arms, O king of kings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, lines 112–113).