Sauptika Parva · Adhyaya 10
The Charioteer's Report and Yudhishthira's Lament
At daybreak Dhrishtadyumna's charioteer, who alone escaped, tells the Pandavas of the night massacre of the Panchalas and the sons of Draupadi by Kripa, Kritavarma and Ashvatthama. Yudhishthira collapses, then laments that this victory is a defeat, grieving above all for Draupadi. He sends Nakula to fetch her and goes to the battlefield, where he falls senseless at the sight of the dead.
वैशम्पायन उवाच · Vaishampayana said
Verse 1 (10.10.1)
तस्यां रात्र्यां व्यतीतायां धृष्टद्युम्नस्य सारथिः । गत्वा शशंस पाण्डुभ्यः सौप्तिके कदनं कृतम् ॥
tasyāṃ rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnasya sārathiḥ | gatvā śaśaṃsa pāṇḍubhyaḥ sauptike kadanaṃ kṛtam
When that night had passed, Dhrishtadyumna's charioteer went and reported to the Pandavas the slaughter that had been wrought on the sleepers.
Note on the text: The raw page is the right adhyaya (labels 10-10-1 … 10-10-31; colophon दशमोऽध्यायः). It prints the same 31 verses as the input. The page's वैशम्पायन उवाच heading stands over verse 1; the critical edition prints the same heading.
सूत उवाच · Dhrishtadyumna's Charioteer said
Verse 2 (10.10.2)
द्रौपदेया हता राजन्द्रुपदस्यात्मजैः सह । प्रमत्ता निशि विश्वस्ताः स्वपन्तः शिबिरे स्वके ॥
draupadeyā hatā rājandrupadasyātmajaiḥ saha | pramattā niśi viśvastāḥ svapantaḥ śibire svake
O king, the sons of Draupadi have been killed, together with the sons of Drupada, as they slept in their own camp at night, unwary and trusting.
Note on the text: Corrected द्रुपदस्वात्मजैः → द्रुपदस्यात्मजैः (misprint in Wikisource; स्व for स्य; the critical edition reads drupadasyātmajaiḥ). Speaker: the charioteer of Dhrishtadyumna, as the page's heading सूत उवाच has it (the critical edition prints no separate heading and keeps the report inside Vaishampayana's narration).
Verse 3 (10.10.3)
गौतमेन नृशंसेन भोजेन कृतवर्मणा । अश्वत्थाम्ना च पापेन हतं वः शिबिरं निशि ॥
gautamena nṛśaṃsena bhojena kṛtavarmaṇā | aśvatthāmnā ca pāpena hataṃ vaḥ śibiraṃ niśi
It was the cruel Gautama, the Bhoja Kritavarma, and the wicked Ashvatthama who destroyed your camp in the night.
Note on the text: Corrected अश्वत्थान्ना → अश्वत्थाम्ना (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped म; the critical edition reads aśvatthāmnā). Not matched by the alignment; corresponds to the critical edition's 10.10.3 (line 1 is differently worded: गौतमेन नृशंसेन भोजेन कृतवर्मणा for kṛtavarmaṇā nṛśaṃsena gautamena kṛpeṇa ca).
Verse 4 (10.10.4)
एतैर्नरगजाश्वानां प्रासशक्तिपरश्वधैः । सहस्राणि विकृन्तद्भिर्निःशेषं शिबिरं कृतम् ॥
etairnaragajāśvānāṃ prāsaśaktiparaśvadhaiḥ | sahasrāṇi vikṛntadbhirniḥśeṣaṃ śibiraṃ kṛtam
With spears, javelins and axes they cut down thousands of men, elephants and horses, and left the camp with nothing remaining.
Note on the text: Corrected प्रासशक्तिपरश्वयैः → प्रासशक्तिपरश्वधैः (misprint in Wikisource; य for ध; the critical edition reads paraśvadhaiḥ). Corrected सहस्रामि विकृन्द्भिर्निः शेषं → सहस्राणि विकृन्तद्भिर्निःशेषं (misprint in Wikisource; णि for मि, a dropped त in the participle, and a stray space in निः शेषम्; the critical edition reads sahasrāṇi nikṛntadbhir niḥśeṣaṃ).
Verse 5 (10.10.5)
विघुष्टनानाविहगफलभारनतस्य ह । छिद्यमानस्य महतो वनस्येव परश्वधैः । शुश्रुवे सुमहाञ्शब्दो बलस्य तव भारत ॥
vighuṣṭanānāvihagaphalabhāranatasya ha | chidyamānasya mahato vanasyeva paraśvadhaiḥ | śuśruve sumahāñśabdo balasya tava bhārata
Like a great forest filled with the cries of many birds and bowed down under the weight of its fruit, as it is felled by axes, so a vast noise was heard from your army, O Bharata.
Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (10.10.4c*0051_01, 5a and 5c): Wikisource prints the first word or words of each of the three lines as a row of x's (xxxxxx, xxxxxxx, xxxxxxxx), with backtick and quote marks round line 1. Restored विघुष्टनाना (line 1: the critical edition's star passage vighuṣṭanānāvihagaphalabhārānatasya ha, whose remainder the page keeps as विहगफलभारनतस्य), छिद्यमानस्य (line 2: 5a) and शुश्रुवे (line 3: 5c), and corrected परश्वथैः → परश्वधैः (misprint in Wikisource; थ for ध; the critical edition reads paraśvadhaiḥ). Not matched by the alignment: line 1 is the star passage 10.10.4c*0051_01, not in the constituted text; lines 2–3 are 5a and 5c.
Verse 6 (10.10.6)
अहमेकोऽवशिष्टस्तु तस्मात्सैन्यान्महीपते । मुक्तः कथञ्चिद्धर्मात्मन्व्यग्राच्च कृतवर्मणः ॥
ahameko'vaśiṣṭastu tasmātsainyānmahīpate | muktaḥ kathañciddharmātmanvyagrācca kṛtavarmaṇaḥ
I alone was left of that army, O lord of the earth, and escaped somehow, O righteous one, because Kritavarma was distracted.
Note on the text: Corrected महमेकोऽबशिष्टस्तु तस्मात्सैन्यामहीपते → अहमेकोऽवशिष्टस्तु तस्मात्सैन्यान्महीपते (misprint in Wikisource; the initial अ is lost (cut off at the table margin), ब for व, and सैन्यान् महीपते is run into सैन्यामहीपते; the critical edition reads aham eko 'vaśiṣṭas tu tasmāt sainyān mahīpate).
वैशम्पायन उवाच · Vaishampayana said
Verse 7 (10.10.7)
तच्छ्रुत्वा वाक्यमशिवं कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । पपात मह्यां धर्मात्मा पुत्रशोकसमन्वितः ॥
tacchrutvā vākyamaśivaṃ kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | papāta mahyāṃ dharmātmā putraśokasamanvitaḥ
Hearing those evil words, Yudhishthira, the righteous son of Kunti, overcome with grief for his sons, fell to the ground.
Note on the text: Speaker: Vaishampayana narrating; the page's heading सूत उवाच is carried over from verse 2 but verses 7–9 are narration, not the charioteer's words.
Verse 8 (10.10.8)
पतन्तं तमतिक्रम्य परिजग्राह सात्यकिः । भीमसेनोऽर्जुनश्चैव माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ ॥
patantaṃ tamatikramya parijagrāha sātyakiḥ | bhīmaseno'rjunaścaiva mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau
As he fell, Satyaki went to him and caught him, and so did Bhimasena, Arjuna, and the two Pandava sons of Madri.
Verse 9 (10.10.9)
लब्धचेतास्तु कौन्तेयः शोकविह्वलया गिरा । जित्वा शत्रूञ्जितः पश्चात्पर्यदेवयदार्तवत् ॥
labdhacetāstu kaunteyaḥ śokavihvalayā girā | jitvā śatrūñjitaḥ paścātparyadevayadārtavat
When he came to himself, the son of Kunti, in a voice shaken with grief, lamented like one in calamity: he had conquered his foes, and been conquered afterwards.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच · Yudhishthira said
Verse 10 (10.10.10)
अगम्या गतिरर्थानां कर्मणामीश्वरस्य च । दुर्विदा गतिरर्थानामपि ये दिव्यचक्षुषः । जीयमाना जयन्त्यन्ये जयमाना वयं जिताः ॥
agamyā gatirarthānāṃ karmaṇāmīśvarasya ca | durvidā gatirarthānāmapi ye divyacakṣuṣaḥ | jīyamānā jayantyanye jayamānā vayaṃ jitāḥ
The course of ends and of deeds, and of the Lord, is beyond reach. The course of events is hard to know, even for those who have divine sight. Others, though being conquered, conquer; we, though conquering, are conquered.
Note on the text: Removed the backtick and quote marks around line 1 (wiki marks). Speaker: Yudhishthira; the page prints no new heading, and verses 10–26 are his lament (verse 9 introduces it). Line 1 (अगम्या गतिरर्थानां कर्मणामीश्वरस्य च) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; it appears nowhere in the critical edition's text, star passages or appendix); lines 2–3 are the critical edition's 10.10.10a and 10c.
Verse 11 (10.10.11)
हत्वा भ्रातॄन्वयस्यांश्च पितॄन्पुत्रान्सुहृद्गणान् । बन्धूनमात्यान्पौत्रांश्च जित्वा सर्वाञ्जिता वयम् ॥
hatvā bhrātṝnvayasyāṃśca pitṝnputrānsuhṛdgaṇān | bandhūnamātyānpautrāṃśca jitvā sarvāñjitā vayam
Having killed our brothers, friends, elders, sons and companions, our kinsmen, counsellors and grandsons, we have conquered everything, and we are the conquered.
Verse 12 (10.10.12)
अनर्थो ह्यर्थसङ्काशस्तथाऽनर्थोऽर्थदर्शनः । जयोऽयमजयाकारो जयस्तस्मात्पराजयः ॥
anartho hyarthasaṅkāśastathā'nartho'rthadarśanaḥ | jayo'yamajayākāro jayastasmātparājayaḥ
Ruin may look like gain, and ruin may seem to be gain. This victory wears the look of defeat, so that victory is really defeat.
Verse 13 (10.10.13)
यज्जित्वा तप्यते पश्चादापन्न इव दुर्मतिः । कथं मन्येत विजयं ततो जिततरः परैः ॥
yajjitvā tapyate paścādāpanna iva durmatiḥ | kathaṃ manyeta vijayaṃ tato jitataraḥ paraiḥ
A man who, having won, afterwards grieves like some fool fallen into calamity, how can he count it a victory, when he is more thoroughly defeated than his enemies?
Verse 14 (10.10.14)
येषामर्थाय पापं स्याद्विजयस्य सुहृद्वधैः । निर्जितैरप्रमत्तैर्हि विजिता जितकाशिनः ॥
yeṣāmarthāya pāpaṃ syādvijayasya suhṛdvadhaiḥ | nirjitairapramattairhi vijitā jitakāśinaḥ
Those for whose sake the sin of victory, won through the slaying of friends, would be incurred: by the defeated, who were watchful, the would-be victors have been defeated.
Verse 15 (10.10.15)
कर्णिनालीकदंष्ट्रस्य खड्गजिह्वस्य संयुगे । चापव्यात्तास्यरौद्रस्य ज्यातलस्वननादिनः ॥
karṇinālīkadaṃṣṭrasya khaḍgajihvasya saṃyuge | cāpavyāttāsyaraudrasya jyātalasvananādinaḥ
Of him whose fangs were barbed arrows and iron shafts, whose tongue was a sword, who in battle was dreadful with his bow as a gaping mouth and roared with the twang of the bowstring on his palm,
Note on the text: Corrected स्वङ्गजिह्वस्य → खड्गजिह्वस्य (misprint in Wikisource; स्वङ्ग for खड्ग; the critical edition reads khaḍgajihvasya).
Verse 16 (10.10.16)
क्रुद्धस्य नरसिंहस्य सङ्ग्रामेष्वपलायिनः । ये व्यमुञ्चन्त कर्णस्य प्रमादात्त इमे हताः ॥
kruddhasya narasiṃhasya saṅgrāmeṣvapalāyinaḥ | ye vyamuñcanta karṇasya pramādātta ime hatāḥ
an enraged lion among men who never fled from battles, Karna: those who escaped from Karna through negligence, these have been slain.
Verse 17 (10.10.17)
रथह्रदं शरवर्षोर्मिमन्तं । रत्नाचितं वाहनयोधबृन्दम् । शक्त्यृष्टिमीनध्वजनागनक्रं । शरासनावर्तमहेषुफेनम् ॥
rathahradaṃ śaravarṣormimantaṃ | ratnācitaṃ vāhanayodhabṛndam | śaktyṛṣṭimīnadhvajanāganakraṃ | śarāsanāvartamaheṣuphenam
A lake of chariots, with waves of showering arrows, strewn with jewels, crowded with mounts and warriors, with spears and javelins for fish, banners and elephants for crocodiles, bows for whirlpools and great arrows for foam,
Note on the text: Corrected रथहदं → रथह्रदं (misprint in Wikisource; a broken conjunct (ह्र); the critical edition reads rathahradaṃ).
Verse 18 (10.10.18)
सङ्ग्रामचन्द्रोदयवेगवेलं । द्रोणार्णवं ज्यातलनेमिघोषम् । ये तेरुरुच्चावचशस्त्रनौभि- । स्ते राजपुत्रा निहताः प्रमादात् ॥
saṅgrāmacandrodayavegavelaṃ | droṇārṇavaṃ jyātalanemighoṣam | ye teruruccāvacaśastranaubhi- | ste rājaputrā nihatāḥ pramādāt
its tide rising with the moon of battle and echoing with the sound of bowstrings, palms and wheel-rims, the ocean of Drona, which they crossed in boats of weapons of every kind: those princes have been slain through negligence.
Note on the text: Normalised the page's double hyphen (“--”) marking a sandhi split between two lines to the single hyphen used for such breaks.
Verse 19 (10.10.19)
न हि प्रमादात्परमस्ति कश्चि- । द्वधो नराणामिह जीवलोके । प्रमत्तमर्था हि नरं समन्ता- । त्त्यजन्त्यनर्थाश्च समाविशन्ति ॥
na hi pramādātparamasti kaści- | dvadho narāṇāmiha jīvaloke | pramattamarthā hi naraṃ samantā- | ttyajantyanarthāśca samāviśanti
For men in this world of the living there is no destruction worse than negligence. Fortune forsakes the careless man on every side, and misfortunes enter him.
Note on the text: Corrected कश्च-- । / द्वधो → कश्चि- । / द्वधो (misprint in Wikisource; the ि of कश्चित् is lost before the sandhi split (कश्चिद्वधः); the critical edition reads kaś cid vadho). Normalised the page's double hyphen (“--”) marking a sandhi split between two lines to the single hyphen used for such breaks.
Verse 20 (10.10.20)
ध्वजोत्तमाग्रोच्छ्रितधूमकेतुं । शरार्चिषं दीप्तमहापताकम् । महाधनुर्ज्यातलनेमिघोषं । तनुत्रनानाविधशस्त्रहोमम् ॥
dhvajottamāgrocchritadhūmaketuṃ | śarārciṣaṃ dīptamahāpatākam | mahādhanurjyātalanemighoṣaṃ | tanutranānāvidhaśastrahomam
Its highest banner-tops raised like comets, its flames the arrows, its great pennants blazing, resounding with the din of great bows, bowstrings and wheel-rims, with armour and weapons of every kind as its oblations,
Verse 21 (10.10.21)
महाचमूकक्षदवाभिपन्नं । महाहवे भीष्ममहादवाग्निम् । ये तेरुरुच्चावचशस्त्रवेगै- । स्ते राजपुत्रा निहताः प्रमादात् ॥
mahācamūkakṣadavābhipannaṃ | mahāhave bhīṣmamahādavāgnim | ye teruruccāvacaśastravegai- | ste rājaputrā nihatāḥ pramādāt
a forest-fire that has fallen on the dry grass of the great army, Bhishma, the great wildfire in the great battle: those who got through it against the force of weapons great and small, those princes have been slain through negligence.
Note on the text: Normalised the page's double hyphen (“--”) marking a sandhi split between two lines to the single hyphen used for such breaks.
Verse 22 (10.10.22)
न हि प्रमत्तेन नरेण शक्य- । माप्तुं वसु श्रीर्विपुलं यशो वा । पश्याप्रमादेन निहत्य शत्रू- । न्सर्वान्महेन्द्रं सुखमेधमानम् ॥
na hi pramattena nareṇa śakya- | māptuṃ vasu śrīrvipulaṃ yaśo vā | paśyāpramādena nihatya śatrū- | nsarvānmahendraṃ sukhamedhamānam
A careless man cannot win wealth, prosperity, or wide fame. See Indra, who by watchfulness slew all his enemies and prospers in happiness.
Note on the text: Normalised the page's double hyphen (“--”) marking a sandhi split between two lines to the single hyphen used for such breaks.
Verse 23 (10.10.23)
इन्द्रोपमान्पार्थिवपुत्रपौत्रा- । न्पश्याविशेषेण हतान्प्रमादात् । तीर्त्वा समुद्रं वणिजः समृद्धाः । मग्नाः कुनद्यामिव सीदमानाः ॥
indropamānpārthivaputrapautrā- | npaśyāviśeṣeṇa hatānpramādāt | tīrtvā samudraṃ vaṇijaḥ samṛddhāḥ | magnāḥ kunadyāmiva sīdamānāḥ
Look at these sons and grandsons of kings, equal to Indra, struck down without distinction through negligence, like prosperous merchants who, having crossed the ocean, founder and flounder in some wretched river.
Note on the text: Corrected जणिजः समृद्वा → वणिजः समृद्धाः (misprint in Wikisource; ज for व, द्व for द्ध and a dropped visarga; the critical edition reads vaṇijaḥ samṛddhāḥ). Normalised the page's double hyphen (“--”) marking a sandhi split between two lines to the single hyphen used for such breaks. Not matched by the alignment; lines 1–2 (the first two lines of the page's four) are the critical edition's 10.10.23a and 23c (सीदमानाः for helamānāḥ is the page's reading of the last pāda). Lines 3–4 are 23e and 24a, in the next verse.
Verse 24 (10.10.24)
अमर्षितैर्ये निहता नरेन्द्रा । निःसंशयं ते त्रिदिवं प्रपन्नाः । कृष्णां तु शोचामि कथं नु साध्वी । शोकार्णवं सा विषहिष्यतीति ॥
amarṣitairye nihatā narendrā | niḥsaṃśayaṃ te tridivaṃ prapannāḥ | kṛṣṇāṃ tu śocāmi kathaṃ nu sādhvī | śokārṇavaṃ sā viṣahiṣyatīti
The kings who were slain by the wrathful have surely gone to heaven. But I grieve for Krishna: how will that virtuous lady bear this ocean of grief?
Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 10.10.23e (नरेन्द्रा for śayānā; the page's own variant note gives निहताः शयाना) and lines 3–4 its 24a (कृष्णां तु शोचामि कथं नु साध्वी शोकार्णवं सा विषहिष्यतीति, differently worded).
Verse 25 (10.10.25)
भ्रातॄंश्च पुत्रांश्च हतान्निशम्य । पाञ्चालराजं पितरं च वृद्धम् । ध्रुवं विसञ्ज्ञा पतिता पृथिव्यां । सा शोष्यते शोककृशाङ्गयष्टिः ॥
bhrātṝṃśca putrāṃśca hatānniśamya | pāñcālarājaṃ pitaraṃ ca vṛddham | dhruvaṃ visañjñā patitā pṛthivyāṃ | sā śoṣyate śokakṛśāṅgayaṣṭiḥ
Hearing that her brothers and sons are slain, and her aged father, the king of the Panchalas, she will surely fall senseless to the ground, and she will waste away, her slender frame wasted by grief.
Note on the text: Corrected भातृंश्च → भ्रातॄंश्च (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct and short ऋ; the critical edition reads bhrātṝṃś ca). Corrected पाञ्चालसराजं → पाञ्चालराजं (misprint in Wikisource; a stray स (the metre and the critical edition, pāñcālarājaṃ, have no syllable here)). Corrected वृद्वम् → वृद्धम् (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध; the critical edition reads vṛddham). Not matched by the alignment; the lines are the critical edition's 10.10.24c and 24e (the page reads शोष्यते for śeṣyate in the last line).
Verse 26 (10.10.26)
तच्छोकजं दुःखमपारयन्ती । कथं भविष्यत्युचिता सुखानाम् । रोरूयते ज्ञातिवधाभितप्ता । प्रदह्यमानेव हुताशनेन ॥
tacchokajaṃ duḥkhamapārayantī | kathaṃ bhaviṣyatyucitā sukhānām | rorūyate jñātivadhābhitaptā | pradahyamāneva hutāśanena
Unable to bear the grief born of that, how will she, so used to comforts, live? Scorched by the slaughter of her kin, she will wail as though burned by fire.
Note on the text: Corrected प्रदह्वमानेव → प्रदह्यमानेव (misprint in Wikisource; व for य; the critical edition reads pradahyamāneva). Corresponds to the critical edition's 10.10.25a, with line 3 differently worded (रोरूयते ज्ञातिवधाभितप्ता for putrakṣayabhrātṛvadhapraṇunnā).
वैशम्पायन उवाच · Vaishampayana said
Verse 27 (10.10.27)
इत्येवमार्तः परिदेवयन्स । राजा कुरूणां नकुलं बभाषे । गच्छानयैनामिह मन्दभाग्यां । समातृपक्षामिति राजपुत्रीम् ॥
ityevamārtaḥ paridevayansa | rājā kurūṇāṃ nakulaṃ babhāṣe | gacchānayaināmiha mandabhāgyāṃ | samātṛpakṣāmiti rājaputrīm
Thus lamenting in distress, that king of the Kurus said to Nakula, "Go and bring here that unfortunate princess, together with her mother's family."
Note on the text: Corrected राजाज कुरूणां → राजा कुरूणां (misprint in Wikisource; a stray ज (the metre and the critical edition, rājā kurūṇāṃ, have no syllable here)). Corrected गच्छान्यैनामिह → गच्छानयैनामिह (misprint in Wikisource; न्य for नय; the critical edition reads gacchānayainām iha). Speaker: Vaishampayana narrating; the king's command to Nakula fills the second half of the verse and is quoted within it.
Verse 28 (10.10.28)
माद्रीसुतस्तत्परिगृह्य वाक्यं । धर्मेण धर्मप्रथमस्य राज्ञः । ययौ रथेनालयमाशु देव्याः । पाञ्चालराजस्य च यत्र दाराः ॥
mādrīsutastatparigṛhya vākyaṃ | dharmeṇa dharmaprathamasya rājñaḥ | yayau rathenālayamāśu devyāḥ | pāñcālarājasya ca yatra dārāḥ
The son of Madri accepted the command of the king, who was foremost in dharma, and went swiftly by chariot to the dwelling of the queen, where the wives of the king of the Panchalas also were.
Note on the text: Separated आशु and देव्याः (the page prints them run together as आशुदेव्याः, which is not a word).
Verse 29 (10.10.29)
प्रस्थाप्य माद्रीसुतमाजमीढः । शोकार्दितस्तैः सहितः सुहृद्भिः । रोरूयमाणः प्रययौ सुताना- । मायोधनं भूतगणानुकीर्णम् ॥
prasthāpya mādrīsutamājamīḍhaḥ | śokārditastaiḥ sahitaḥ suhṛdbhiḥ | rorūyamāṇaḥ prayayau sutānā- | māyodhanaṃ bhūtagaṇānukīrṇam
Having sent off the son of Madri, the Ajamidha, afflicted with grief and weeping, went with his friends to the battlefield of his sons, strewn with throngs of spirits.
Note on the text: Normalised the page's double hyphen (“--”) marking a sandhi split between two lines to the single hyphen used for such breaks.
Verse 30 (10.10.30)
स तत्प्रविश्याशिवमुग्ररूपं । ददर्श पुत्रान्सुहृदः सखींश्च । भूमौ शयानान्रुधिरार्द्रगात्रा- । न्विभिन्नदेहान्प्रहृतोत्तमाङ्गान् ॥
sa tatpraviśyāśivamugrarūpaṃ | dadarśa putrānsuhṛdaḥ sakhīṃśca | bhūmau śayānānrudhirārdragātrā- | nvibhinnadehānprahṛtottamāṅgān
Entering that dreadful, ominous place, he saw his sons, friends and companions lying on the ground, their limbs wet with blood, their bodies torn open, their heads struck off.
Note on the text: Normalised the page's double hyphen (“--”) marking a sandhi split between two lines to the single hyphen used for such breaks.
Verse 31 (10.10.31)
स तांस्तु दृष्ट्वा भृशमार्तरूपो । युधिष्ठिरो धर्मभृतां वरिष्ठः । उच्चैः प्रचुक्रोश च कौरवाग्र्यः । पपात चोर्व्यां सगणो विसंज्ञः ॥
sa tāṃstu dṛṣṭvā bhṛśamārtarūpo | yudhiṣṭhiro dharmabhṛtāṃ variṣṭhaḥ | uccaiḥ pracukrośa ca kauravāgryaḥ | papāta corvyāṃ sagaṇo visaṃjñaḥ
Seeing them, Yudhishthira, best of the upholders of dharma, foremost of the Kauravas, deeply distressed, cried out aloud and fell to the ground senseless, together with his followers.
Note on the text: Report: after the colophon the raw page prints nine commentary/apparatus lines (glosses on 10-10-10, 16, 20, 21, variant readings for 13, 17, 24, and a lost-text note on 8); not added.