Duryodhana's Dread of Arjuna and the Call to a Second Game

Verse 1 (2.97.1)

शृणु राजन्पुराऽचिन्त्यानर्जुनस्य च साहसान् । अर्जुनो धन्विनां श्रेष्ठो दुष्करं कृतवान्पुरा ॥

śṛṇu rājanpurā'cintyānarjunasya ca sāhasān | arjuno dhanvināṃ śreṣṭho duṣkaraṃ kṛtavānpurā

Hear, O king, of Arjuna's feats of daring in the past, beyond all imagining. Arjuna, the foremost of bowmen, has done hard things before now.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 2 (2.97.2)

द्रुपदस्य पुरे राजन्द्रौपद्याश्च स्वयंवरे । आबालवृद्धसङ्क्षोभे सर्वक्षत्रसमागमे । क्षिप्रकारी जले मत्स्यं दुर्निरीक्ष्यं ससर्ज ह ॥

drupadasya pure rājandraupadyāśca svayaṃvare | ābālavṛddhasaṅkṣobhe sarvakṣatrasamāgame | kṣiprakārī jale matsyaṃ durnirīkṣyaṃ sasarja ha

In Drupada's city, O king, at Draupadi's self-choice, where all the Kshatriyas had gathered and young and old alike were stirred, he, quick of hand, brought down the fish in the water that was hard even to make out.

Note on the text: Corrected स्वयंवर → स्वयंवरे (misprint in Wikisource; the locative is needed; the critical edition's Appendix I reads svayaṃvare). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, after 2.66.12).

Verse 3 (2.97.3)

सर्वैर्नृपैरसाध्यं तत्कार्मुकप्रवरं च वै । क्षणेन सज्यमकरोत्सर्वक्षत्रस्य पश्यतः ॥

sarvairnṛpairasādhyaṃ tatkārmukapravaraṃ ca vai | kṣaṇena sajyamakarotsarvakṣatrasya paśyataḥ

That finest of bows, which none of the kings could master, he strung in an instant while all the Kshatriyas looked on.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 4 (2.97.4)

ततो यन्त्रमयं विद्ध्वा विसारं फल्गुनो बली । कृष्णया हेममाल्येन स्कन्धे स परिवेष्टितः ॥

tato yantramayaṃ viddhvā visāraṃ phalguno balī | kṛṣṇayā hemamālyena skandhe sa pariveṣṭitaḥ

Then the mighty Phalguna pierced the mechanical fish, and Krishna (Draupadi) laid a golden garland about his shoulders.

Note on the text: Corrected विध्वा → विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped द in the absolutive of vyadh; the critical edition's Appendix I reads viddhvā). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, after 2.66.12).

Verse 5 (2.97.5)

ततस्तया वृतं पार्थं दृष्ट्वा सर्वे नृपास्तदा । रोषात्सर्वायुधान्गृह्य क्रुद्धा वीरा महौजसः । वैकर्तनं पुरस्कृत्य सर्वे पार्थमुपाद्रवन् ॥

tatastayā vṛtaṃ pārthaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarve nṛpāstadā | roṣātsarvāyudhāngṛhya kruddhā vīrā mahaujasaḥ | vaikartanaṃ puraskṛtya sarve pārthamupādravan

When all the kings saw Partha chosen by her, they seized every kind of weapon in their rage, and, with Vaikartana (Karna) at their head, all those angry heroes of great vigour rushed at 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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 6 (2.97.6)

स सर्वान्पार्थिवान्दृष्ट्वा क्रुद्धान्पार्थो महाबलः । वारयित्वा शरैस्तीक्ष्णैरजयत्तत्र स स्वयम् ॥

sa sarvānpārthivāndṛṣṭvā kruddhānpārtho mahābalaḥ | vārayitvā śaraistīkṣṇairajayattatra sa svayam

Seeing all the kings enraged, the mighty Partha held them off with sharp arrows and there, single-handed, defeated 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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 7 (2.97.7)

जित्वा तु तान्महीपालान्सर्वान्कर्णपुरोगमान् । लेभे कृष्णां शुभां पार्थो युद्ध्वा वीर्यबलात्तदा ॥

jitvā tu tānmahīpālānsarvānkarṇapurogamān | lebhe kṛṣṇāṃ śubhāṃ pārtho yuddhvā vīryabalāttadā

Having conquered all those kings, with Karna at their head, Partha then won the lovely Krishna, fighting with valour and strength,

Note on the text: Corrected युध्वा → युद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped द in the absolutive of yudh; the critical edition's Appendix I reads yuddhvā). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, after 2.66.12).

Verse 8 (2.97.8)

सर्वक्षत्रसमूहेषु अम्बां भीष्मो यथा पुरा । ततः कदाचिद्बीभत्सुस्तीर्थयात्रां ययौ स्वयम् ॥

sarvakṣatrasamūheṣu ambāṃ bhīṣmo yathā purā | tataḥ kadācidbībhatsustīrthayātrāṃ yayau svayam

in the midst of all the assembled Kshatriyas, as Bhishma once won Amba. Later, Bibhatsu set out by himself on a pilgrimage to the sacred fords.

Note on the text: Corrected तीर्ययात्रां → तीर्थयात्रां (misprint in Wikisource; य for थ; the critical edition's Appendix I reads tīrthayātrāṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, after 2.66.12).

Verse 9 (2.97.9)

अथोलूपीं शुभां तात नागराजसुतां तदा । नागेष्वाप वराग्र्येषु प्रार्थितोऽथ यथा तथा ॥

atholūpīṃ śubhāṃ tāta nāgarājasutāṃ tadā | nāgeṣvāpa varāgryeṣu prārthito'tha yathā tathā

Then, my father, among the foremost of the Nagas, he gained the lovely Ulupi, daughter of the Naga king, at her entreaty, just as it came about.

Note on the text: Corrected नागराजसतां → नागराजसुतां (misprint in Wikisource; dropped u-sign; the critical edition's Appendix I reads nāgarājasutāṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, after 2.66.12).

Verse 10 (2.97.10)

ततो गोदावरीं कृष्णां कावेरीं चावगाहत । तत्र पाण्ड्यं समासाद्य तस्य कन्यामवाप सः ॥

tato godāvarīṃ kṛṣṇāṃ kāverīṃ cāvagāhata | tatra pāṇḍyaṃ samāsādya tasya kanyāmavāpa saḥ

Then he bathed in the Godavari, the Krishna and the Kaveri; and there he came to the Pandya king and won his daughter.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 11 (2.97.11)

लब्ध्वा जिष्णुर्मुदं तत्र ततो याम्यां दिशं ययौ ॥

labdhvā jiṣṇurmudaṃ tatra tato yāmyāṃ diśaṃ yayau

Having found joy there, Jishnu then went on toward the southern quarter.

Note on the text: Wikisource prints this verse as a single line (11a), as does the critical edition's Appendix I; 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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 12 (2.97.12)

स दक्षिणं समुद्रान्तं गत्वा चाप्सरसां च वै । कुमारतीर्थमासाद्य मोक्षयामास चार्जुनः ॥

sa dakṣiṇaṃ samudrāntaṃ gatvā cāpsarasāṃ ca vai | kumāratīrthamāsādya mokṣayāmāsa cārjunaḥ

Reaching the shore of the southern ocean, Arjuna came to Kumara Tirtha and set the Apsarases free,

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 13 (2.97.13)

ग्राहरूपाश्च ताः पञ्च अतिशौर्येण वै बलात् । कन्यातीर्थं समभ्येत्य ततो द्वारवतीं ययौ ॥

grāharūpāśca tāḥ pañca atiśauryeṇa vai balāt | kanyātīrthaṃ samabhyetya tato dvāravatīṃ yayau

the five of them who had taken the form of crocodiles, by his great valour and strength. Then, having come to Kanya Tirtha, he went on to Dvaravati.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 14 (2.97.14)

तत्र कृष्णनिदेशात्स सुभद्रां प्राप्य फल्गुनः । तामारोप्य रथोपस्थे प्रययौ स्वपुरीं प्रति ॥

tatra kṛṣṇanideśātsa subhadrāṃ prāpya phalgunaḥ | tāmāropya rathopasthe prayayau svapurīṃ prati

There, at Krishna's bidding, Phalguna won Subhadra, set her on the seat of his chariot and set out for his own city.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 15 (2.97.15)

अथादाय गते पार्थे ते श्रुत्वा सर्वयादवाः । तमभ्यधावन्त्सङ्क्रुद्धाः सिंहव्याघ्रगणा इव ॥

athādāya gate pārthe te śrutvā sarvayādavāḥ | tamabhyadhāvantsaṅkruddhāḥ siṃhavyāghragaṇā iva

When Partha had gone, taking her with him, all the Yadavas heard of it and ran after him in fury, like packs of lions and tigers.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 16 (2.97.16)

प्रद्युम्नः कृतवर्मा च गदः सारणसात्यकी । आहुकश्चैव साम्बश्च चारुदेष्णो विदूरथः ॥

pradyumnaḥ kṛtavarmā ca gadaḥ sāraṇasātyakī | āhukaścaiva sāmbaśca cārudeṣṇo vidūrathaḥ

Pradyumna, Kritavarman, Gada, Sarana and Satyaki, Ahuka, Samba, Charudeshna and Viduratha,

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 17 (2.97.17)

अन्ये च यादवाः सर्वे बलदेवपुरोगमाः । एकमेव परे कृष्णं गजवाजिरथैर्युताः ॥

anye ca yādavāḥ sarve baladevapurogamāḥ | ekameva pare kṛṣṇaṃ gajavājirathairyutāḥ

and all the other Yadavas, led by Baladeva, all but Krishna alone, came on with elephants, horses and chariots.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 18 (2.97.18)

अथासाद्य वने यान्तं परिवार्य धनञ्जयम् । चक्रुर्युद्धं सुसङ्क्रुद्धा बहुकोट्यश्च यादवाः ॥

athāsādya vane yāntaṃ parivārya dhanañjayam | cakruryuddhaṃ susaṅkruddhā bahukoṭyaśca yādavāḥ

Overtaking Dhananjaya as he travelled through a forest, they surrounded him, and the Yadavas, many tens of millions of them, fought him in great fury.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 19 (2.97.19)

एक एव तु पार्थस्तैर्युद्धं चक्रे सुदारुणम् । तेन तेषां समं युद्धं मुहूर्तं प्रबभूव ह ॥

eka eva tu pārthastairyuddhaṃ cakre sudāruṇam | tena teṣāṃ samaṃ yuddhaṃ muhūrtaṃ prababhūva ha

Partha, all alone, fought a terrible battle against them, and for a while the fight between him and them was evenly matched.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 20 (2.97.20)

ततः पार्थो रणे सर्वान्वारयित्वा शितैः शरैः । बलाद्विजित्य राजेन्द्र वीरस्तान्सर्वयादवान् । तां सुभद्रामथादाय शक्रप्रस्थं विवेश ह ॥

tataḥ pārtho raṇe sarvānvārayitvā śitaiḥ śaraiḥ | balādvijitya rājendra vīrastānsarvayādavān | tāṃ subhadrāmathādāya śakraprasthaṃ viveśa ha

Then, O king of kings, the hero Partha held them all off in battle with sharpened arrows, overcame all those Yadavas by force, and, taking Subhadra, entered Shakraprastha.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 21 (2.97.21)

भूयः शृणु महाराज फल्गुनस्य च साहसम् । ददौ स वह्नेर्बीभत्सुः प्रार्थितं खाण्डवं वनम् ॥

bhūyaḥ śṛṇu mahārāja phalgunasya ca sāhasam | dadau sa vahnerbībhatsuḥ prārthitaṃ khāṇḍavaṃ vanam

Hear further, great king, of Phalguna's daring. Bibhatsu gave Fire the Khandava forest he had asked for.

Note on the text: Corrected बिभत्सुः → बीभत्सुः (misprint in Wikisource; short i for long ī in the name Bibhatsu; the critical edition's Appendix I reads bībhatsuḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, after 2.66.12).

Verse 22 (2.97.22)

लब्धमात्रे तु तेनाथ भगवान्हव्यवाहनः । भक्षितुं खाण्डवं राजंस्तत्रस्थानुपचक्रमे ॥

labdhamātre tu tenātha bhagavānhavyavāhanaḥ | bhakṣituṃ khāṇḍavaṃ rājaṃstatrasthānupacakrame

As soon as he had received it, the blessed Fire, bearer of oblations, began, O king, to devour the creatures dwelling there.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 23 (2.97.23)

ततस्तं भक्षयन्तं वै सव्यसाची विभावसुम् । रथी धन्वी शरान्गृह्य स कलापयुतः प्रभुः । पालयामास राजेन्द्र स्ववीर्येण महाबलः ॥

tatastaṃ bhakṣayantaṃ vai savyasācī vibhāvasum | rathī dhanvī śarāngṛhya sa kalāpayutaḥ prabhuḥ | pālayāmāsa rājendra svavīryeṇa mahābalaḥ

While Fire was devouring it, the lord Savyasachin, mighty as he is, stood in his chariot with bow, arrows and quivers and guarded it by his own prowess, O king of kings.

Note on the text: Corrected रथा → रथी (misprint in Wikisource; the sense is "in his chariot, with bow"; the critical edition's Appendix I reads rathī). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, after 2.66.12).

Verse 24 (2.97.24)

ततः श्रुत्वा महेन्द्रस्तु मेघांस्तान्सन्दिदेश ह । तेनोक्ता मेघसङ्घास्ते ववर्षुरतिवृष्टिभिः ॥

tataḥ śrutvā mahendrastu meghāṃstānsandideśa ha | tenoktā meghasaṅghāste vavarṣurativṛṣṭibhiḥ

Hearing of this, great Indra commanded his clouds, and at his word the masses of cloud poured down in torrents.

Note on the text: Corrected महेनद्रस्तु → महेन्द्रस्तु (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, after 2.66.12).

Verse 25 (2.97.25)

ततो मेघगणान्पार्थः शरव्रातैः समन्ततः । खगमैर्वारयामास तदाश्चर्यमिवाभवत् ॥

tato meghagaṇānpārthaḥ śaravrātaiḥ samantataḥ | khagamairvārayāmāsa tadāścaryamivābhavat

Then Partha held back the hosts of clouds on every side with showers of sky-going arrows; it was a thing of wonder.

Note on the text: Corrected मेघगाणान् → मेघगणान् (misprint in Wikisource; stray long ā). Corrected समान्ततः → समन्ततः (misprint in Wikisource; stray long ā; the critical edition's Appendix I reads meghagaṇān and samantataḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, after 2.66.12).

Verse 26 (2.97.26)

वारितान्मेघसङ्घांश्च श्रुत्वा क्रुद्धः पुरन्दरः । पाण्डरं गजमास्थाय सर्वदेवगणैर्वृतः । ययौ पार्थेन संयोद्धुं रक्षार्थं खाण्डवस्य च ॥

vāritānmeghasaṅghāṃśca śrutvā kruddhaḥ purandaraḥ | pāṇḍaraṃ gajamāsthāya sarvadevagaṇairvṛtaḥ | yayau pārthena saṃyoddhuṃ rakṣārthaṃ khāṇḍavasya ca

Hearing that his clouds had been stopped, Purandara grew angry; mounting his white elephant and surrounded by all the hosts of gods, he went to fight Partha and to protect Khandava.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 27 (2.97.27)

रुद्राश्च मरुतश्चैव वसवश्चाश्विनौ तदा । आदित्याश्चैव साध्याश्च विश्वेदेवाश्च भारत । गन्धर्वाश्चैव सहिता अन्ये देवगणाश्च ये ॥

rudrāśca marutaścaiva vasavaścāśvinau tadā | ādityāścaiva sādhyāśca viśvedevāśca bhārata | gandharvāścaiva sahitā anye devagaṇāśca ye

The Rudras and the Maruts, the Vasus and the two Ashvins, the Adityas, the Sadhyas and the Vishvedevas, O Bharata, and the Gandharvas with them, and the other hosts of gods,

Note on the text: Corrected निश्वेदेवाश्च → विश्वेदेवाश्च (misprint in Wikisource; न for व; the critical edition's Appendix I reads viśvedevāś ca). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, after 2.66.12).

Verse 28 (2.97.28)

ते सर्वे शस्त्रसम्पन्ना दीप्यमानाः स्वतेजसा । धनञ्जयं जिघांसन्तः प्रपेतुर्विबुधाधिपाः ॥

te sarve śastrasampannā dīpyamānāḥ svatejasā | dhanañjayaṃ jighāṃsantaḥ prapeturvibudhādhipāḥ

all of them armed and blazing with their own splendour, those lords of heaven swept down, eager to kill Dhananjaya.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 29 (2.97.29)

युगान्ते यानि दृश्यन्ते निमित्तानि महान्त्यपि । सर्वाणि तत्र दृश्यन्ते निमित्तानि महीपते ॥

yugānte yāni dṛśyante nimittāni mahāntyapi | sarvāṇi tatra dṛśyante nimittāni mahīpate

All the great portents that are seen at the end of an age were seen there, lord of the earth.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 30 (2.97.30)

ततो देवगणाः सर्वे पार्थं समभिदुद्रुवुः । असम्भ्रान्तस्तु तान्दृष्ट्वा स तां देवमयीं चमूम् ॥

tato devagaṇāḥ sarve pārthaṃ samabhidudruvuḥ | asambhrāntastu tāndṛṣṭvā sa tāṃ devamayīṃ camūm

Then all the hosts of gods rushed together at Partha. But he, unshaken, seeing that army of gods,

Note on the text: Corrected देवगमाः → देवगणाः (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण; the critical edition's Appendix I reads devagaṇāḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, after 2.66.12).

Verse 31 (2.97.31)

त्वरितः फल्गुनो गृह्य तीक्ष्णांस्तानाशुगांस्तदा । इन्द्रं देवांश्च सम्प्रेक्ष्य तस्थौ काल इवात्यये ॥

tvaritaḥ phalguno gṛhya tīkṣṇāṃstānāśugāṃstadā | indraṃ devāṃśca samprekṣya tasthau kāla ivātyaye

Phalguna swiftly took up his sharp, fast-flying arrows and, looking at Indra and the gods, stood like Time at the world's end.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 32 (2.97.32)

ततो देवगणाः सर्वे बीभत्सुं सपुरन्दराः । अवाकिरञ्छरव्रातैर्मानुषं तं महीपते ॥

tato devagaṇāḥ sarve bībhatsuṃ sapurandarāḥ | avākirañcharavrātairmānuṣaṃ taṃ mahīpate

Then all the hosts of gods, with Purandara, covered Bibhatsu, a mere man, with showers of arrows, lord of the earth.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 33 (2.97.33)

ततः पार्थो महातेजा गाण्डिवं गृह्य सत्वरः । वारयामास देवानां शरव्रातैः शरांस्तदा ॥

tataḥ pārtho mahātejā gāṇḍivaṃ gṛhya satvaraḥ | vārayāmāsa devānāṃ śaravrātaiḥ śarāṃstadā

Then Partha, of great splendour, quickly took up Gandiva and checked the gods' arrows with showers of his own.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 34 (2.97.34)

पुनः क्रुद्धाः सुराः सर्वे मर्त्यं तं सुमहाबलाः । नानाशस्त्रैर्ववर्षुस्तं सव्यसाचिं महीपते ॥

punaḥ kruddhāḥ surāḥ sarve martyaṃ taṃ sumahābalāḥ | nānāśastrairvavarṣustaṃ savyasāciṃ mahīpate

Again the gods, all of them mighty, rained weapons of every kind in anger on that mortal, Savyasachin, lord of the earth.

Note on the text: Corrected सुभहाबलाः → सुमहाबलाः (misprint in Wikisource; भ for म). Corrected सव्यसाची → सव्यसाचिं (misprint in Wikisource; the nominative cannot stand here, as Arjuna is the object of the gods' attack; the critical edition's Appendix I reads savyasāciṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, after 2.66.12).

Verse 35 (2.97.35)

तान्पार्थः शस्त्रवर्षान्वै विसृष्टान्विबुधैस्तदा । द्विधा त्रिधा स चिच्छेद स एव निशितैः शरैः ॥

tānpārthaḥ śastravarṣānvai visṛṣṭānvibudhaistadā | dvidhā tridhā sa ciccheda sa eva niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Those showers of weapons the gods let fly, Partha himself cut into two or three pieces with his sharpened arrows.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 36 (2.97.36)

पुनश्च पार्थः सङ्क्रुद्धो मण्डलीकृतकार्मुकः । देवसङ्घाञ्छरैस्तीक्ष्णैरर्पयन्वै समन्ततः ॥

punaśca pārthaḥ saṅkruddho maṇḍalīkṛtakārmukaḥ | devasaṅghāñcharaistīkṣṇairarpayanvai samantataḥ

And again Partha, enraged, drew his bow into a circle and struck the hosts of gods on every side with sharp arrows.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 37 (2.97.37)

ततो देवगणाः सर्वे युद्ध्वा पार्थेन वै मुहुः । रणे जेतुमशक्यं तं ज्ञात्वा ते भरतर्षभ ॥

tato devagaṇāḥ sarve yuddhvā pārthena vai muhuḥ | raṇe jetumaśakyaṃ taṃ jñātvā te bharatarṣabha

Then all the hosts of gods, having fought Partha again and again and found him impossible to conquer in battle, O bull of the Bharatas,

Note on the text: Corrected युध्वा → युद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped द in the absolutive of yudh; the critical edition's Appendix I reads yuddhvā). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, after 2.66.12).

Verse 38 (2.97.38)

शान्तास्ते विबुधाः सर्वे पार्थबाणाभिपीडिताः । सद्विपं वासवं त्यक्त्वा दुद्रुवुः सर्वतो दिशम् ॥

śāntāste vibudhāḥ sarve pārthabāṇābhipīḍitāḥ | sadvipaṃ vāsavaṃ tyaktvā dudruvuḥ sarvato diśam

all those gods, worn down and hard pressed by Partha's arrows, abandoned Vasava with his elephant and fled in every direction.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 39 (2.97.39)

प्राचीं रुद्राः सगन्धर्वा दक्षिणां मरुतो ययुः । दिशं प्रतीचीं भीतास्ते वसवश्च तथाऽश्विनौ ॥

prācīṃ rudrāḥ sagandharvā dakṣiṇāṃ maruto yayuḥ | diśaṃ pratīcīṃ bhītāste vasavaśca tathā'śvinau

The Rudras with the Gandharvas went east, the Maruts south; the Vasus and the two Ashvins fled in fear to the west.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 40 (2.97.40)

आदित्याश्चैव विश्वे च दुद्रुवुर्वा उदङ्मुखाः । साध्याश्चोर्ध्वमुखा भीताश्चिन्तयन्तोऽस्य सायकान् ॥

ādityāścaiva viśve ca dudruvurvā udaṅmukhāḥ | sādhyāścordhvamukhā bhītāścintayanto'sya sāyakān

The Adityas and the Vishvedevas fled northward, and the Sadhyas fled upward in fear, thinking of his arrows.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 41 (2.97.41)

एवं सुरगणाः सर्वे प्राद्रवन्त्सर्वतो दिशम् । मुहुर्मुहुः प्रेक्षमाणाः पार्थमेव सकार्मुकम् ॥

evaṃ suragaṇāḥ sarve prādravantsarvato diśam | muhurmuhuḥ prekṣamāṇāḥ pārthameva sakārmukam

Thus all the hosts of gods ran off in every direction, looking back again and again at Partha alone, bow in hand.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 42 (2.97.42)

विद्रुतान्देवसङ्घांस्तान्रणे दृष्ट्वा पुरन्दरः । ततः क्रुद्धो महातेजाः पार्थं बाणैरवाकिरत् ॥

vidrutāndevasaṅghāṃstānraṇe dṛṣṭvā purandaraḥ | tataḥ kruddho mahātejāḥ pārthaṃ bāṇairavākirat

Seeing the hosts of gods routed in the battle, Purandara, of great splendour, grew angry and covered Partha with arrows.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 43 (2.97.43)

पार्थोऽपि शक्रं विव्याध मानुषो विबुधाधिपम् ॥

pārtho'pi śakraṃ vivyādha mānuṣo vibudhādhipam

Partha, though a man, pierced Shakra, the lord of the gods, in return.

Note on the text: Corrected विव्याथ → विव्याध (misprint in Wikisource; थ for ध; the critical edition's Appendix I reads vivyādha). Wikisource prints this verse as a single line (43a), as does the critical edition's Appendix I; 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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 44 (2.97.44)

ततः सोऽश्ममयं वर्षं व्यसृजद्विबुधाधिपः । तच्छरैरर्जुनो वर्षं प्रतिजघ्नेऽत्यमर्षणः ॥

tataḥ so'śmamayaṃ varṣaṃ vyasṛjadvibudhādhipaḥ | taccharairarjuno varṣaṃ pratijaghne'tyamarṣaṇaḥ

Then the lord of the gods let loose a rain of stones; Arjuna, in his fury, beat back that rain with his arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रतिजाघ्ने → प्रतिजघ्ने (misprint in Wikisource; stray long ā in the perfect of han; the critical edition's Appendix I reads pratijaghne). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, after 2.66.12).

Verse 45 (2.97.45)

अथ संवर्धयामास तद्वर्षं देवराडपि । भूय एव महावीर्यं जिज्ञासुः सव्यसाचिनः ॥

atha saṃvardhayāmāsa tadvarṣaṃ devarāḍapi | bhūya eva mahāvīryaṃ jijñāsuḥ savyasācinaḥ

Then the king of the gods made that rain heavier still, wishing to test once more the great prowess of Savyasachin.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 46 (2.97.46)

सोऽश्मवर्षं महावेगमिषुभिः पाण्डवोऽपि च । विलयं गमयामास हर्षयन्पाकशासनम् ॥

so'śmavarṣaṃ mahāvegamiṣubhiḥ pāṇḍavo'pi ca | vilayaṃ gamayāmāsa harṣayanpākaśāsanam

And the Pandava with his arrows brought that violent rain of stones to nothing, to the delight of Pakashasana.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 47 (2.97.47)

उपादाय तु पाणिभ्यामङ्गदं नाम पर्वतम् । सद्रुमं व्यसृजच्छक्रो जिघांसुः श्वेतवाहनम् ॥

upādāya tu pāṇibhyāmaṅgadaṃ nāma parvatam | sadrumaṃ vyasṛjacchakro jighāṃsuḥ śvetavāhanam

Then Shakra took up in his two hands the mountain called Angada, trees and all, and hurled it, intent on killing the rider of white horses.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 48 (2.97.48)

ततोऽर्जुनो वेगवद्भिर्ज्वलमानैरजिह्यगैः । बाणैर्विध्वंसयामास गिरिराजं सहस्रधा ॥

tato'rjuno vegavadbhirjvalamānairajihyagaiḥ | bāṇairvidhvaṃsayāmāsa girirājaṃ sahasradhā

Then Arjuna, with swift, blazing, straight-flying arrows, shattered that king of mountains into a thousand pieces.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 49 (2.97.49)

शक्रं च पातयामास शरैः पार्थो महान्युधि । ततः शक्रो महाराज रणे वीरं धनञ्जयम् ॥

śakraṃ ca pātayāmāsa śaraiḥ pārtho mahānyudhi | tataḥ śakro mahārāja raṇe vīraṃ dhanañjayam

And in that great fight Partha brought Shakra down with his arrows. Then, great king, Shakra, knowing the hero Dhananjaya in battle

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 50 (2.97.50)

ज्ञात्वा जेतुमशक्यं तं तेजोबलसमन्वितम् । परां प्रीतिं ययौ तत्र पुत्रशौर्येण वासवः ॥

jñātvā jetumaśakyaṃ taṃ tejobalasamanvitam | parāṃ prītiṃ yayau tatra putraśauryeṇa vāsavaḥ

to be unconquerable, endowed with splendour and strength, and Vasava felt the highest joy there at his son's valour.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रीति → प्रीतिं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; the accusative is needed; the critical edition's Appendix I reads prītiṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, after 2.66.12).

Verse 51 (2.97.51)

तदा तत्र न तस्यास्ति दिवि कश्चिन्महायशाः । समर्थो निर्जये राजन्नपि साक्षात्प्रजापतिः ॥

tadā tatra na tasyāsti divi kaścinmahāyaśāḥ | samartho nirjaye rājannapi sākṣātprajāpatiḥ

At that time there was no one in heaven, however famed, able to defeat him, O king, not even Prajapati himself.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 52 (2.97.52)

ततः पार्थः शरैर्हत्वा यक्षराक्षसपन्नगान् । दीप्ते चाग्नौ महातेजाः पातयामास सन्ततम् ॥

tataḥ pārthaḥ śarairhatvā yakṣarākṣasapannagān | dīpte cāgnau mahātejāḥ pātayāmāsa santatam

Then Partha, of great splendour, killed Yakshas, Rakshasas and serpents with his arrows and cast them without pause into the blazing fire.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 53 (2.97.53)

प्रतिषेधयितुं पार्थं न शेकुस्तत्र केचन । दृष्ट्वा निवारितं शक्रं दिवि देवगणैः सह ॥

pratiṣedhayituṃ pārthaṃ na śekustatra kecana | dṛṣṭvā nivāritaṃ śakraṃ divi devagaṇaiḥ saha

No one there could hold Partha back, once they had seen Shakra and the hosts of gods in heaven checked.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 54 (2.97.54)

यथा सुपर्णः सोमार्थं विबुधानजयत्पुरा । तथा जित्वा सुरान्पार्थस्तर्पयामास पावकम् ॥

yathā suparṇaḥ somārthaṃ vibudhānajayatpurā | tathā jitvā surānpārthastarpayāmāsa pāvakam

As Suparna once defeated the gods for the sake of the Soma, so Partha defeated the gods and sated the Fire.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 55 (2.97.55)

ततोऽर्जुनः स्ववीर्येण तर्पयित्वा विभावसुम् । रथं ध्वजं च सहयं दिव्यानस्त्रांश्च पाण्डवः ॥

tato'rjunaḥ svavīryeṇa tarpayitvā vibhāvasum | rathaṃ dhvajaṃ ca sahayaṃ divyānastrāṃśca pāṇḍavaḥ

Having sated the Fire by his own prowess, Arjuna the Pandava obtained a chariot, a banner and horses, and divine weapons,

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 56 (2.97.56)

गाण्डीवं च धनुः श्रेष्ठं तूणी चाक्षयसायकौ । एतान्यपि च बीभत्सुर्लेभे कीर्तिं च भारत ॥

gāṇḍīvaṃ ca dhanuḥ śreṣṭhaṃ tūṇī cākṣayasāyakau | etānyapi ca bībhatsurlebhe kīrtiṃ ca bhārata

Gandiva, the best of bows, and two quivers whose arrows never run out; all these Bibhatsu obtained, and fame as well, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected कीर्ति → कीर्तिं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; the accusative is needed; the critical edition's Appendix I reads kīrtiṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, after 2.66.12).

Verse 57 (2.97.57)

भूयोऽपि शृणु राजेन्द्र पार्थो गत्वोत्तरां दिशम् । विजित्य नववर्षांश्च सपुरांश्च सपर्वतान् ॥

bhūyo'pi śṛṇu rājendra pārtho gatvottarāṃ diśam | vijitya navavarṣāṃśca sapurāṃśca saparvatān

Hear further, king of kings: Partha went to the northern quarter and conquered the nine regions with their cities and mountains;

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 58 (2.97.58)

जम्बुद्वीपं वशे कृत्वा सर्वं तद्भरतर्षभ । बलाज्जित्वा नृपान्सर्वान्करे च विनिवेश्य च ॥

jambudvīpaṃ vaśe kṛtvā sarvaṃ tadbharatarṣabha | balājjitvā nṛpānsarvānkare ca viniveśya ca

he brought the whole of Jambudvipa under his sway, O bull of the Bharatas, overcame all its kings by force and made them pay tribute;

Note on the text: Restored the word break in च विनिवेश्य (run together in Wikisource). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, after 2.66.12).

Verse 59 (2.97.59)

रत्नान्यादाय सर्वाणि गत्वा चैव पुनः पुरीम् । ततो ज्येष्ठं महात्मानं धर्मराजं युधिष्ठिरम् । राजसूयं क्रतुश्रेष्ठं कारयामास भारत ॥

ratnānyādāya sarvāṇi gatvā caiva punaḥ purīm | tato jyeṣṭhaṃ mahātmānaṃ dharmarājaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram | rājasūyaṃ kratuśreṣṭhaṃ kārayāmāsa bhārata

taking all their treasures, he came back to the city, and then had his eldest brother, the great-souled Dharma king Yudhishthira, perform the Rajasuya, the best of sacrifices, O Bharata.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 60 (2.97.60)

स तान्यन्यानि कर्माणि कृतवानर्जुनः पुरा । अर्जुनेन समो वीर्ये त्रिषु लोकेषु न क्वचित् ॥

sa tānyanyāni karmāṇi kṛtavānarjunaḥ purā | arjunena samo vīrye triṣu lokeṣu na kvacit

These and other deeds Arjuna has done in the past. Nowhere in the three worlds is there anyone equal to Arjuna in valour.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 61 (2.97.61)

देवदानवयक्षाश्च पिशाचोरगराक्षसाः । भीष्मद्रोणादयः सर्वे कुरवश्च महारथाः ॥

devadānavayakṣāśca piśācoragarākṣasāḥ | bhīṣmadroṇādayaḥ sarve kuravaśca mahārathāḥ

Gods, Danavas and Yakshas, Pishachas, serpents and Rakshasas, Bhishma, Drona and the rest, and all the Kurus, great chariot-warriors,

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 62 (2.97.62)

लोके सर्वनृपाश्चैव वीराश्चान्ये धनुर्धराः । एते पार्थं रणे युक्ताः प्रतियोद्धुं न शक्नुयुः ॥

loke sarvanṛpāścaiva vīrāścānye dhanurdharāḥ | ete pārthaṃ raṇe yuktāḥ pratiyoddhuṃ na śaknuyuḥ

all the kings in the world and the other heroic bowmen: even all these, joined together in battle, could not stand against 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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 63 (2.97.63)

अहं हि नित्यं कौरव्य फल्गुनं हृदि संस्थितम् । अपश्यं चिन्तयित्वा तं समुद्विग्नोऽस्मि तद्भयात् ॥

ahaṃ hi nityaṃ kauravya phalgunaṃ hṛdi saṃsthitam | apaśyaṃ cintayitvā taṃ samudvigno'smi tadbhayāt

For, O Kauravya, I see Phalguna always fixed in my heart; brooding on him, I am shaken with fear of him.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 64 (2.97.64)

गृहे गृहे च पश्यामि तात पार्थमहं सदा । शरगाण्डीवसंयुक्तं पाशहस्तमिवान्तकम् ॥

gṛhe gṛhe ca paśyāmi tāta pārthamahaṃ sadā | śaragāṇḍīvasaṃyuktaṃ pāśahastamivāntakam

In house after house, father, I always see Partha, with his arrows and Gandiva, like Death with the noose in his hand.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 65 (2.97.65)

अपि पार्थसहस्राणि भीतः पश्यामि भारत । पार्थभूतमिदं सर्वं नगरं प्रतिभाति मे ॥

api pārthasahasrāṇi bhītaḥ paśyāmi bhārata | pārthabhūtamidaṃ sarvaṃ nagaraṃ pratibhāti me

In my fear I see Partha by the thousands, O Bharata; this whole city seems to me to have become 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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 66 (2.97.66)

पार्थमेव हि पश्यामि रहिते तात भारत । दृष्ट्वा स्वप्नगतं पार्थमुद्भ्रमामि विचेतनः ॥

pārthameva hi paśyāmi rahite tāta bhārata | dṛṣṭvā svapnagataṃ pārthamudbhramāmi vicetanaḥ

Even when I am alone, father, I see only Partha, O Bharata. When I see Partha in a dream, I start up, out of my senses.

Note on the text: Corrected पार्थमुद्धमामि → पार्थमुद्भ्रमामि (misprint in Wikisource; "I blow out" gives no sense here; the critical edition's Appendix I has the same root, udbhrāntam). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, after 2.66.12).

Verse 67 (2.97.67)

अकारादीनि नामानि अर्जुनग्रस्तचेतसः । अश्वाक्षराम्बुजाश्चैव त्रासं सञ्जनयन्ति मे ॥

akārādīni nāmāni arjunagrastacetasaḥ | aśvākṣarāmbujāścaiva trāsaṃ sañjanayanti me

My mind is so gripped by Arjuna that names beginning with 'a', even ashva (horse), akshara (syllable) and ambuja (lotus), fill me with dread.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 68 (2.97.68)

नास्ति पार्थादृते तात परवीराद्भयं मम । प्रह्लादं वा बलिं वापि हन्याद्धि विजयो रणे ॥

nāsti pārthādṛte tāta paravīrādbhayaṃ mama | prahlādaṃ vā baliṃ vāpi hanyāddhi vijayo raṇe

Apart from Partha, father, I fear no enemy hero. Vijaya could kill even Prahlada or Bali in battle.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 69 (2.97.69)

तस्मात्तेन महाराज युद्धं नस्तात न क्षमम् । अहं तस्य प्रभावज्ञो नित्यं दुःखं वहामि च ॥

tasmāttena mahārāja yuddhaṃ nastāta na kṣamam | ahaṃ tasya prabhāvajño nityaṃ duḥkhaṃ vahāmi ca

So, great king, a war with him is not good for us, father. I know his power, and I carry this grief always.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 70 (2.97.70)

पुरा हि दण्डकारण्ये मारीचस्य यथा भयम् । भवेद्रामे महावीर्ये तथा पार्थे भयं मम ॥

purā hi daṇḍakāraṇye mārīcasya yathā bhayam | bhavedrāme mahāvīrye tathā pārthe bhayaṃ mama

As Maricha once in the Dandaka forest feared the mighty Rama, so do I fear 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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 71 (2.97.71)

जानाम्येव महद्वीर्यं जिष्णोरेतद्दुरासदम् । एतद्वीरस्य पार्थस्य मा कार्षीस्त्वं तु विप्रियम् ॥

jānāmyeva mahadvīryaṃ jiṣṇoretaddurāsadam | etadvīrasya pārthasya mā kārṣīstvaṃ tu vipriyam

I know well this great, unassailable valour of Jishnu. Do nothing to displease that hero Partha:

Note on the text: Corrected महद्वीयं → महद्वीर्यं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped repha). Restored मा before कार्षीस्त्वं (dropped in Wikisource: the line is a syllable short, and without मा the injunctive would mean "do him harm", the opposite of the sense; the critical edition's Appendix I reads mā kārṣīs tvaṃ tu vipriyam). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, after 2.66.12).

Verse 72 (2.97.72)

द्यूतं वा शस्त्रयुद्धं वा दुर्वाक्यं वा कथञ्चन । एतेष्वेवं कृते तस्य विग्रहश्चैव वो भवेत् ॥

dyūtaṃ vā śastrayuddhaṃ vā durvākyaṃ vā kathañcana | eteṣvevaṃ kṛte tasya vigrahaścaiva vo bhavet

no dicing, no fighting with weapons, no harsh words, ever. If any of these is done, there will surely be strife between him and you.

Note on the text: Corrected दुवाक्यं → दुर्वाक्यं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped repha; the critical edition's Appendix I reads durvākyaṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, after 2.66.12).

Verse 73 (2.97.73)

तस्मात्त्वं पुत्र पार्थेन नित्यं स्नेहेन वर्तय । यश्च पार्थेन सम्बन्धो वर्तते चेन्नरो भुवि ॥

tasmāttvaṃ putra pārthena nityaṃ snehena vartaya | yaśca pārthena sambandho vartate cennaro bhuvi

So, my son, always deal with Partha in affection. Whatever man on earth keeps a bond with 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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 74 (2.97.74)

तस्य नास्ति भयं किञ्चित्त्रिषु लोकेषु भारत । तस्मात्त्वं जिष्णुना वत्स नित्यं स्नेहेन वर्तय ॥

tasya nāsti bhayaṃ kiñcittriṣu lokeṣu bhārata | tasmāttvaṃ jiṣṇunā vatsa nityaṃ snehena vartaya

has nothing to fear in the three worlds, O Bharata. So, my child, always deal with Jishnu in affection.

Note on the text: Corrected किञ्चित्रिषु → किञ्चित्त्रिषु (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त at the join of किञ्चित् and त्रिषु). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, after 2.66.12).

Verse 75 (2.97.75)

द्यूते पार्थस्य कौरव्य मायया निकृतिः कृता । तस्माद्धि नो जयस्तात अन्योपायेन नो भवेत् ॥

dyūte pārthasya kauravya māyayā nikṛtiḥ kṛtā | tasmāddhi no jayastāta anyopāyena no bhavet

In the dicing, O Kauravya, Partha was beaten by trickery. That is why, father, we can have no victory by any other means.

Note on the text: Corrected तस्माद्वि → तस्माद्धि (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध; the critical edition's Appendix I reads tasmād dhi). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, after 2.66.12).

Verse 76 (2.97.76)

उपायश्च न कर्तव्यः पाण्डवान्प्रति भारत । पार्थान्प्रति पुरा वत्स बहूपायाः कृतास्त्वया ॥

upāyaśca na kartavyaḥ pāṇḍavānprati bhārata | pārthānprati purā vatsa bahūpāyāḥ kṛtāstvayā

No scheme should be tried against the Pandavas, O Bharata. You have tried many schemes against the Parthas before, my child,

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 77 (2.97.77)

तानुपायान्हि कौन्तेया बहुशो व्यतिचक्रमुः । तस्माद्धितं जीविताय नः कुलस्य जनस्य च ॥

tānupāyānhi kaunteyā bahuśo vyaticakramuḥ | tasmāddhitaṃ jīvitāya naḥ kulasya janasya ca

and the sons of Kunti have got the better of those schemes many times. So, if you wish to do what is good for our lives, for the family and for the people,

Note on the text: Corrected तस्माद्वितं → तस्माद्धितं (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध; the critical edition's Appendix I reads tasmād dhitaṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its Appendix I, no. 39, after 2.66.12).

Verse 78 (2.97.78)

त्वं चिकीर्षसि चेद्वत्स समित्रः सहबान्धवः । सभ्रातृकस्त्वं पार्थेन नित्यं स्नेहेन वर्तय ॥

tvaṃ cikīrṣasi cedvatsa samitraḥ sahabāndhavaḥ | sabhrātṛkastvaṃ pārthena nityaṃ snehena vartaya

if you wish it, my child, then with your friends, your kinsmen and your brothers, always deal with Partha in affection.

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, after 2.66.12).

Verse 79 (2.97.79)

धृतराष्ट्रवचः श्रुत्वा राजा दुर्योधनस्तदा । चिन्तयित्वा मुहूर्तं तु विधिना चोदितोऽब्रवीत् ॥

dhṛtarāṣṭravacaḥ śrutvā rājā duryodhanastadā | cintayitvā muhūrtaṃ tu vidhinā codito'bravīt

Hearing Dhritarashtra's words, King Duryodhana thought for a moment and then, driven by fate, said:

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki quote mark (') after चोदितोऽब्रवीत्. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines as the last of its Appendix I, no. 39, after 2.66.12).

Verse 80 (2.97.80)

पुनर्दीव्याम भद्रं ते वनवासाय पाण्डवैः । एवमेतान्वशे कर्तुं शक्ष्यामः पुरुषर्षभ ॥

punardīvyāma bhadraṃ te vanavāsāya pāṇḍavaiḥ | evametānvaśe kartuṃ śakṣyāmaḥ puruṣarṣabha

Let us play again with the Pandavas, bless you, with exile in the forest as the stake. In this way we shall be able to bring them under our control, O bull among men.

Note on the text: Removed stray marks (।।ष) after पुरुषर्षभ. Speaker: Duryodhana (verse 79 introduces his speech; the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 81 (2.97.81)

ते वा द्वादश वर्षाणि वयं वा द्यूतनिर्जिताः । प्रविशेम महारण्यमजिनैः प्रतिवासिताः ॥

te vā dvādaśa varṣāṇi vayaṃ vā dyūtanirjitāḥ | praviśema mahāraṇyamajinaiḥ prativāsitāḥ

Either they or we, beaten at dice, shall enter the great forest for twelve years, clad in deerskins,

Verse 82 (2.97.82)

त्रयोदशं च स्वजनैरज्ञाताः परिवत्सरम् । ज्ञाताश्च पुनरन्यानि वने वर्षाणि द्वादश ॥

trayodaśaṃ ca svajanairajñātāḥ parivatsaram | jñātāśca punaranyāni vane varṣāṇi dvādaśa

and spend the thirteenth year unrecognised by our own people; and if recognised, live in the forest again for another twelve years.

Verse 83 (2.97.83)

निवसेम वयं ते वा तथा द्यूतं प्रवर्तताम् । अक्षानुप्त्वा पुनर्द्यूतमिदं कुर्वन्तु पाण्डवाः ॥

nivasema vayaṃ te vā tathā dyūtaṃ pravartatām | akṣānuptvā punardyūtamidaṃ kurvantu pāṇḍavāḥ

Either we or they shall live so; on those terms let the game go forward. Let the dice be cast, and let the Pandavas play this game once more.

Note on the text: Corrected पाण्डवः → पाण्डवाः (misprint in Wikisource; the plural verb needs the plural subject; the critical edition reads pāṇḍavāḥ).

Verse 84 (2.97.84)

एतत्कृत्यतमं राजन्नस्माकं भरतर्षभ । अयं हि शकुनिर्वेद सविद्यामक्षसम्पदम् ॥

etatkṛtyatamaṃ rājannasmākaṃ bharatarṣabha | ayaṃ hi śakunirveda savidyāmakṣasampadam

This is what we most need to do, O king, bull of the Bharatas. For Shakuni here knows the whole art and mastery of dice.

Verse 85 (2.97.85)

दृढमूलं वयं राज्ये मित्राणि परिगृह्य च । सारवद्विपुलं सैन्यं सत्कृत्य च दुरासदम् ॥

dṛḍhamūlaṃ vayaṃ rājye mitrāṇi parigṛhya ca | sāravadvipulaṃ sainyaṃ satkṛtya ca durāsadam

We shall be firmly rooted in the kingdom, having won allies and honoured a large, strong and unassailable army;

Verse 86 (2.97.86)

ते च त्रयोदशं वर्षं पारयिष्यन्ति चेद्व्रतम् । जेष्यामस्तान्वयं राजन्रोचतां ते परन्तप ॥

te ca trayodaśaṃ varṣaṃ pārayiṣyanti cedvratam | jeṣyāmastānvayaṃ rājanrocatāṃ te parantapa

and if they do carry their vow through the thirteenth year, we shall defeat them, O king. Let this please you, scorcher of foes.

Note on the text: Corrected राजत्रोचतां → राजन्रोचतां (misprint in Wikisource; त्र for न्र; the critical edition reads rājan rocatāṃ).

Verse 87 (2.97.87)

तूर्णं प्रत्यानयस्वैतान्कामं व्यध्वगतानपि । आगच्छन्तु पुनर्द्यूतमिदं कुर्वन्तु पाण्डवाः ॥

tūrṇaṃ pratyānayasvaitānkāmaṃ vyadhvagatānapi | āgacchantu punardyūtamidaṃ kurvantu pāṇḍavāḥ

Bring them back quickly, even if they have gone far along the road. Let the Pandavas come and play this game again.

Note on the text: Corrected पाण्डवः → पाण्डवाः (misprint in Wikisource; the plural verb needs the plural subject; the critical edition reads pāṇḍavāḥ).

Verse 88 (2.97.88)

ततो द्रोणः सोमदत्तो बाह्लीकश्चैव गौतमः । विदुरो द्रोणपुत्रश्च वैश्यापुत्रश्च वीर्यवान् ॥

tato droṇaḥ somadatto bāhlīkaścaiva gautamaḥ | viduro droṇaputraśca vaiśyāputraśca vīryavān

Then Drona, Somadatta, Bahlika and Gautama (Kripa), Vidura, Drona's son (Ashvatthaman), and the valiant son of the Vaishya woman (Yuyutsu),

Verse 89 (2.97.89)

भूरिश्रवाः शान्तनवो विकर्णश्च महारथः । मा द्यूतमित्यभाषन्त शमोऽस्त्विति च सर्वशः ॥

bhūriśravāḥ śāntanavo vikarṇaśca mahārathaḥ | mā dyūtamityabhāṣanta śamo'stviti ca sarvaśaḥ

Bhurishravas, the son of Shantanu (Bhishma) and the great chariot-warrior Vikarna all said, "No dicing! Let there be peace."

Verse 90 (2.97.90)

अकामानां च सर्वेषां सुहृदामर्थदर्शिनाम् । अकरोत्पाण्डवाह्वानं धृतराष्ट्रः सुतप्रियः ॥

akāmānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ suhṛdāmarthadarśinām | akarotpāṇḍavāhvānaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ sutapriyaḥ

But against the wishes of all those friends, who saw where the good lay, Dhritarashtra, fond of his son, had the Pandavas summoned.

Verse 91 (2.97.91)

अथाब्रवीन्महाराज धृतराष्ट्रं जनेश्वरम् । पुत्रहार्दाद्धर्मयुक्ता गान्धारी शोककर्शिता ॥

athābravīnmahārāja dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ janeśvaram | putrahārdāddharmayuktā gāndhārī śokakarśitā

Then, great king, Gandhari, worn with grief, spoke to Dhritarashtra, lord of men, in keeping with dharma, out of love for her son:

Verse 92 (2.97.92)

जाते दुर्योधने क्षत्ता महामतिरभाषत । नीयतां परलोकाय साध्वयं कुलपांसनः ॥

jāte duryodhane kṣattā mahāmatirabhāṣata | nīyatāṃ paralokāya sādhvayaṃ kulapāṃsanaḥ

"When Duryodhana was born, the wise Kshattri (Vidura) said, 'This disgrace to the family had better be sent to the other world.'

Note on the text: Speaker: Gandhari (her speech is introduced in verse 91 and has no printed heading; the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 93 (2.97.93)

व्यनदज्जातमात्रो हि गोमायुरिव भारत । अन्तो नूनं कुलस्यास्य कुरवस्तन्निबोधत ॥

vyanadajjātamātro hi gomāyuriva bhārata | anto nūnaṃ kulasyāsya kuravastannibodhata

For the moment he was born he howled like a jackal, O Bharata. Surely he will be the end of this family; mark this, Kurus.

Verse 94 (2.97.94)

मा निमज्जीः स्वदोषेण महाप्सु त्वं हि भारत । मा बालानामशिष्टानामभिमंस्था मतिं प्रभो ॥

mā nimajjīḥ svadoṣeṇa mahāpsu tvaṃ hi bhārata | mā bālānāmaśiṣṭānāmabhimaṃsthā matiṃ prabho

Do not, through your own fault, drown in deep waters, O Bharata. Do not heed the counsel of foolish, ill-taught boys, my lord.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's constituted text (apparatus 2.66.*580, after 2.66.30); the second corresponds to CE 2.66.31ab.

Verse 95 (2.97.95)

मा कुलस्य क्षये घोरे कारणं त्वं भविष्यसि । बद्धं सेतुं को नु भिन्द्याद्धमेच्छान्तं च पावकम् ॥

mā kulasya kṣaye ghore kāraṇaṃ tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi | baddhaṃ setuṃ ko nu bhindyāddhamecchāntaṃ ca pāvakam

Do not become the cause of the terrible ruin of the family. Who would break a dam once built, or fan a fire that has died down?

Note on the text: Wikisource divides the lines differently from the critical edition: the first line corresponds to CE 2.66.31cd, the second to CE 2.66.32ab.

Verse 96 (2.97.96)

शमे स्थितान्को नु पार्थान्कोपयेद्भरतर्षभ । स्मरन्तं त्वामाजमीढं स्मारयिष्याम्यहं पुनः ॥

śame sthitānko nu pārthānkopayedbharatarṣabha | smarantaṃ tvāmājamīḍhaṃ smārayiṣyāmyahaṃ punaḥ

Who would provoke the Parthas, who stand firm in peace, O bull of the Bharatas? You remember it, scion of Ajamidha, yet I shall remind you again.

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to CE 2.66.32cd (with a different reading), the second to CE 2.66.33ab.

Verse 97 (2.97.97)

शास्त्रं न शास्ति दुर्बुद्धिं श्रेयसे चेतराय च । न वै वृद्धो बालमतिर्भवेद्राजन्कथञ्चन ॥

śāstraṃ na śāsti durbuddhiṃ śreyase cetarāya ca | na vai vṛddho bālamatirbhavedrājankathañcana

Scripture does not teach the wicked-minded, whether for good or for ill. An old man must never have the mind of a child, O king.

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to CE 2.66.33cd, the second to CE 2.66.34ab.

Verse 98 (2.97.98)

त्वन्नेत्राः सन्तु ते पुत्रा मा त्वां दीर्णाः प्रहासिषुः । तस्मादयं मद्वचनात्त्यज्यतां कुलपांसनः ॥

tvannetrāḥ santu te putrā mā tvāṃ dīrṇāḥ prahāsiṣuḥ | tasmādayaṃ madvacanāttyajyatāṃ kulapāṃsanaḥ

Let your sons have you as their guide; do not let them break loose and abandon you. So, at my word, let this disgrace to the family be cast off.

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to CE 2.66.34cd; the second is not in the critical edition's constituted text (apparatus 2.66.*581, line 1).

Verse 99 (2.97.99)

तथा ते न कृतं राजन्पुत्रस्नेहान्नराधिप । तस्य प्राप्तं फलं विद्धि कुलान्तकरणाय यत् ॥

tathā te na kṛtaṃ rājanputrasnehānnarādhipa | tasya prāptaṃ phalaṃ viddhi kulāntakaraṇāya yat

You did not do so then, O king, lord of men, out of love for your son. Know that the fruit of it has now come, and it will bring the family to its end.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; apparatus 2.66.*581, lines 2–3).

Verse 100 (2.97.100)

शमेन धर्मेण नयेन युक्ता । या ते बुद्धिः साऽस्तु ते मा प्रमादीः । प्रध्वंसिनी क्रूरसमाहिता श्री- । र्मृदुप्रौढा गच्छति पुत्रपौत्रान् ॥

śamena dharmeṇa nayena yuktā | yā te buddhiḥ sā'stu te mā pramādīḥ | pradhvaṃsinī krūrasamāhitā śrī- | rmṛduprauḍhā gacchati putrapautrān

Let your mind be joined to peace, to dharma and to sound policy; do not be heedless. Fortune won by cruelty is soon destroyed; fortune that has grown through gentleness passes on to sons and grandsons."

Verse 101 (2.97.101)

अथाब्रवीन्महाराजो गान्धारीं धर्मदर्शिनीम् । अन्तः कामं कुलस्यास्तु न शक्नोमि निवारितुम् ॥

athābravīnmahārājo gāndhārīṃ dharmadarśinīm | antaḥ kāmaṃ kulasyāstu na śaknomi nivāritum

Then the great king said to Gandhari, who saw what was right: "Let the end of the family come if it will; I cannot prevent it.

Verse 102 (2.97.102)

यथेच्छन्ति तथैवास्तु प्रत्यागच्छन्तु पाण्डवाः । पुनर्द्यूतं च कुर्वन्तु मामकाः पाण्डवैः सह ॥

yathecchanti tathaivāstu pratyāgacchantu pāṇḍavāḥ | punardyūtaṃ ca kurvantu māmakāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha

Let it be as they wish. Let the Pandavas come back, and let my sons play dice with the Pandavas once more."

Note on the text: Speaker: Dhritarashtra (his speech begins in the second line of verse 101 and fills this verse; the input carried Vaishampayana over).