Draupadi's Demand; Bhima Pursues Ashvatthama

Verse 1 (10.11.1)

स दृष्ट्वा निहतान्सङ्ख्ये पुत्रान्पौत्रान्सखींस्तथा । महादुःखपरीतात्मा बभूव जनमेजय ॥

sa dṛṣṭvā nihatānsaṅkhye putrānpautrānsakhīṃstathā | mahāduḥkhaparītātmā babhūva janamejaya

Seeing his sons, grandsons and friends slain in battle, he was overwhelmed with great sorrow, O Janamejaya.

Note on the text: Corrected पात्रौन् → पौत्रान् (misprint in Wikisource; पात्रौन् is not a word; the sense and metre need पौत्रान्, "grandsons" (the critical edition words the half-line differently: putrān bhrātṝn sakhīṃs tathā)). The raw page is the right adhyaya (labels 10-11-1 … 10-11-32; colophon एकादशोऽध्यायः). It prints the same 32 verses as the input. In the critical edition the line reads putrān bhrātṝn sakhīṃs tathā.

Verse 2 (10.11.2)

ततस्तस्य महाञ्शोकः प्रादुरासीन्महात्मनः । स्मरतः पुत्रपौत्रांस्तान्भ्रातॄन्सुहृद एव च ॥

tatastasya mahāñśokaḥ prādurāsīnmahātmanaḥ | smarataḥ putrapautrāṃstānbhrātṝnsuhṛda eva ca

Then great grief arose in that great-souled king as he remembered his sons and grandsons, his brothers and his friends.

Verse 3 (10.11.3)

तमश्रुपरिपूर्णाक्षं वेपमानमचेतसम् । सुहृदो भृशसंविग्नाः सांत्वयाञ्चक्रिरे तदा ॥

tamaśruparipūrṇākṣaṃ vepamānamacetasam | suhṛdo bhṛśasaṃvignāḥ sāṃtvayāñcakrire tadā

His friends, deeply troubled, then consoled him, whose eyes were full of tears, who trembled and was senseless.

Verse 4 (10.11.4)

कृत्वा तु विधिवत्तेषां पुत्राणाममितौजसाम् । प्रेतकार्याणि सर्वेषां बभूव भृशदुःखितः ॥

kṛtvā tu vidhivatteṣāṃ putrāṇāmamitaujasām | pretakāryāṇi sarveṣāṃ babhūva bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ

Having duly performed the funeral rites for all those sons of boundless might, he was in deep distress.

Note on the text: Removed the backtick and quote mark round the verse (wiki marks). Removed the closing quote mark. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 10.11.3c*0052 (lines 01–02).

Verse 5 (10.11.5)

तस्मिन्मुहूर्ते जवनैर्वाजिभिर्हेममालिभिः । नकुलः कृष्णया सार्धमुपायात्परमार्तया ॥

tasminmuhūrte javanairvājibhirhemamālibhiḥ | nakulaḥ kṛṣṇayā sārdhamupāyātparamārtayā

At that moment Nakula arrived with Krishna, who was in the deepest anguish, on swift horses wearing golden garlands.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 10.11.4a*0053_01, line 2 its 4c (नकुलः कृष्णया सार्धमुपायात्परमार्तया for nakulaḥ kṛṣṇayā sārdham upāyāt paramārtayā). The constituted line 4a (tatas tasmin kṣaṇe kālye rathenādityavarcasā) is worded differently.

Verse 6 (10.11.6)

उपप्लाव्यं गता सा तु श्रुत्वा सुमहदप्रियम् । तदा विनाशं सर्वेषां पुत्राणां व्यथितेन्द्रिया ॥

upaplāvyaṃ gatā sā tu śrutvā sumahadapriyam | tadā vināśaṃ sarveṣāṃ putrāṇāṃ vyathitendriyā

She had been staying at Upaplavya, and when she heard the dreadful news of the destruction of all her sons, her senses reeled.

Verse 7 (10.11.7)

कम्पमानेव कदली वातेनाभिसमीरिता । कृष्णा राजानमासाद्य शोकार्ता न्यपतद्भुवि ॥

kampamāneva kadalī vātenābhisamīritā | kṛṣṇā rājānamāsādya śokārtā nyapatadbhuvi

Trembling like a plantain tree shaken by the wind, Krishna reached the king and fell to the ground in grief.

Verse 8 (10.11.8)

न बभौ वदनं तस्या रुदन्त्याः शोककर्शितम् । फुल्लपद्मपलाशाक्ष्या मेघावृत इवोडुराट् ॥

na babhau vadanaṃ tasyā rudantyāḥ śokakarśitam | phullapadmapalāśākṣyā meghāvṛta ivoḍurāṭ

The face of the lotus-eyed woman, weeping and wasted with sorrow, did not shine; it was like the moon veiled by clouds.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; corresponds to the critical edition's 10.11.7 (differently worded: babhūva vadanaṃ tasyāḥ sahasā śokakarśitam / phullapadmapalāśākṣyās tamodhvasta ivāṃśumān).

Verse 9 (10.11.9)

ततस्तां पतितां दृष्ट्वा संरम्भी सत्यविक्रमः । बाहुभ्यां परिजग्राह समुत्पत्य वृकोदरः ॥

tatastāṃ patitāṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃrambhī satyavikramaḥ | bāhubhyāṃ parijagrāha samutpatya vṛkodaraḥ

Seeing her fallen, Vrikodara, of true valour, leapt up in agitation and caught her in his arms.

Note on the text: Corrected वाहुभ्यां → बाहुभ्यां (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब; the critical edition reads bāhubhyāṃ).

Verse 10 (10.11.10)

सा समाश्वासिता तेन भीमसेनेन भामिनी । रुदती पाण्डवज्येष्ठमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

sā samāśvāsitā tena bhīmasenena bhāminī | rudatī pāṇḍavajyeṣṭhamidaṃ vacanamabravīt

Comforted by Bhimasena, the lady spoke these words, weeping, to the eldest of the Pandavas.

Verse 11 (10.11.11)

दिष्ट्या राजन्नवाप्येमामखिलां भोक्ष्यसे महीम् । आत्मजान्क्षत्रधर्मेण सम्प्रदाय यमाय वै ॥

diṣṭyā rājannavāpyemāmakhilāṃ bhokṣyase mahīm | ātmajānkṣatradharmeṇa sampradāya yamāya vai

By good fortune, O king, you will enjoy the whole earth, having given your sons to Yama in accordance with kshatriya dharma.

Note on the text: Speaker: Draupadi; no heading is printed, and verses 11–16 are her words (verse 10 introduces them).

Verse 12 (10.11.12)

दिष्ट्या सर्वास्त्रकुशलं मत्तमातङ्गगामिनम् । अवाप्य पृथिवीं कृत्स्नां सौभद्रं न स्मरिष्यसि ॥

diṣṭyā sarvāstrakuśalaṃ mattamātaṅgagāminam | avāpya pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ saubhadraṃ na smariṣyasi

By good fortune, you who are skilled in every weapon and walk like a rutting elephant will win the whole earth and will not remember Saubhadra.

Note on the text: Corrected मत्तमातङ्गामिनम् → मत्तमातङ्गगामिनम् (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ग; the critical edition reads mattamātaṅgagāminam). Not matched by the alignment; line 1 is the critical edition's 10.11.11a (दिष्ट्या सर्वास्त्रकुशलं … for diṣṭyā tvaṃ pārtha kuśalī) and line 2 its 11c. Between them the critical edition prints Appendix I No. 1 (32 lines, 10,011.011b@001_0001–0032), which the page lacks.

Verse 13 (10.11.13)

आत्मजान्क्षत्रधर्मेण श्रुत्वा शूरान्निपातितान् । स्थितो राज्ये मया सार्धं विहरन्न स्मरिष्यसि ॥

ātmajānkṣatradharmeṇa śrutvā śūrānnipātitān | sthito rājye mayā sārdhaṃ viharanna smariṣyasi

Having heard that your sons were struck down as heroes, according to kshatriya dharma, you will live on established in your kingdom, enjoying yourself with me, and will not remember them.

Verse 14 (10.11.14)

प्रसुप्तानां वधं श्रुत्वा द्रौणिना पापकर्मणा । शोको मां दहते गाढो हुताशन इवाश्रयम् ॥

prasuptānāṃ vadhaṃ śrutvā drauṇinā pāpakarmaṇā | śoko māṃ dahate gāḍho hutāśana ivāśrayam

Hearing of the slaughter of the sleeping by the sinful son of Drona, deep grief burns me, as fire burns its own dwelling.

Verse 15 (10.11.15)

तस्य पापकृतो द्रौणेर्न चेदद्य दुरात्मनः । हियते सानुबन्धस्य युधि विक्रम्य जीवितम् ॥

tasya pāpakṛto drauṇerna cedadya durātmanaḥ | hiyate sānubandhasya yudhi vikramya jīvitam

If today, by valour in battle, the life of that sinful, evil-minded son of Drona is not taken, together with his followers,

Verse 16 (10.11.16)

इहैव प्रायमासिष्ये तन्निबोधत पाण्डवाः । न चेत्फलमवाप्नोति द्रौणिः पापस्य कर्मणः ॥

ihaiva prāyamāsiṣye tannibodhata pāṇḍavāḥ | na cetphalamavāpnoti drauṇiḥ pāpasya karmaṇaḥ

then I shall sit down right here to fast until death. Know this, Pandavas: unless the son of Drona receives the fruit of his sinful deed.

Verse 17 (10.11.17)

एवमुक्त्वा ततः कृष्णा पाण्डवं प्रत्युपाविशत् । युधिष्ठिरं याज्ञसेनी धर्मराजं यशस्विनी ॥

evamuktvā tataḥ kṛṣṇā pāṇḍavaṃ pratyupāviśat | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ yājñasenī dharmarājaṃ yaśasvinī

Having said this, Krishna, the glorious daughter of Yajnasena, sat down before Yudhishthira, the Pandava king of dharma.

Note on the text: Corrected एवमक्त्वा → एवमुक्त्वा (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped उ; the critical edition reads evam uktvā).

Verse 18 (10.11.18)

दृष्ट्वोपविष्टां राजा तु पाण्डवो महिषीं प्रियाम् । प्रत्युवाच स धर्मात्मा द्रौपदीं चारुदर्शनाम् ॥

dṛṣṭvopaviṣṭāṃ rājā tu pāṇḍavo mahiṣīṃ priyām | pratyuvāca sa dharmātmā draupadīṃ cārudarśanām

Seeing his beloved queen seated, the righteous Pandava king answered Draupadi of lovely sight.

Verse 19 (10.11.19)

क्षत्रधर्मेण धर्मज्ञे प्राप्तास्ते निधनं शुभे । पुत्रास्ते भ्रातरश्चैव तान्न शोचितुमर्हसि ॥

kṣatradharmeṇa dharmajñe prāptāste nidhanaṃ śubhe | putrāste bhrātaraścaiva tānna śocitumarhasi

O knower of dharma, O auspicious one, your sons and brothers have met their death according to kshatriya dharma. You should not grieve for them.

Note on the text: Speaker: Yudhishthira; no heading is printed, and verses 19–20 are his reply (verse 18 introduces it).

Verse 20 (10.11.20)

स कल्याणि वनं दुर्गं दूरं द्रौणिरितो गतः । तस्य त्वं पातनं सङ्ख्ये कथं ज्ञास्यसि शोभने ॥

sa kalyāṇi vanaṃ durgaṃ dūraṃ drauṇirito gataḥ | tasya tvaṃ pātanaṃ saṅkhye kathaṃ jñāsyasi śobhane

Drona's son, gentle lady, has gone from here to a distant, inaccessible forest. How will you learn of his being struck down in battle, O fair one?

Verse 21 (10.11.21)

द्रोणपुत्रस्य सहजो मणिः शिरसि मे श्रुतः । निहत्य सङ्ख्ये तं पापं पश्येयं मणिमाहृतम् । द्रौणेः शिरस उत्कृत्य जीवेयमिति मे मतिः ॥

droṇaputrasya sahajo maṇiḥ śirasi me śrutaḥ | nihatya saṅkhye taṃ pāpaṃ paśyeyaṃ maṇimāhṛtam | drauṇeḥ śirasa utkṛtya jīveyamiti me matiḥ

I have heard that the son of Drona has a jewel born with him on his head. After killing that sinner in battle, I would see that jewel brought; I would cut it from the head of Drona's son and live. That is my resolve.

Note on the text: Speaker: Draupadi, as the page's heading द्रौपद्युवाच has it (the critical edition names her likewise, 10,011.020). Three-line verse: the critical edition's 10.11.20a, 20c and 20e (line 3 differently worded).

Verse 22 (10.11.22)

इत्युक्त्वा पाण्डवं कृष्णा राजानं चारुदर्शना । भीमसेनकरे स्पृष्ट्वा कुपिता वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

ityuktvā pāṇḍavaṃ kṛṣṇā rājānaṃ cārudarśanā | bhīmasenakare spṛṣṭvā kupitā vākyamabravīt

Having said this to the Pandava king, lovely-faced Krishna took hold of Bhimasena's hand and spoke in anger.

Note on the text: Speaker: Vaishampayana narrating (the page's heading द्रौपद्युवाच is carried over, but this verse is narration; the critical edition prints वैशम्पायन उवाच here).

Verse 23 (10.11.23)

त्रातुमर्हसि मां भीम क्षत्रधर्ममनुस्मरन् । जहि तं पापकर्माणं शम्बरं मघवानिव ॥

trātumarhasi māṃ bhīma kṣatradharmamanusmaran | jahi taṃ pāpakarmāṇaṃ śambaraṃ maghavāniva

You ought to save me, Bhima, remembering kshatriya dharma. Kill that evildoer as Indra killed Shambara.

Note on the text: Corrected सघवानिव → मघवानिव (misprint in Wikisource; स for म; the critical edition reads maghavān iva). Speaker: Draupadi, whose words to Bhima fill verses 23–27 (the page prints no new heading). Not matched by the alignment; lines are the critical edition's 10.11.22a and 22c (सघवान् → मघवान् corrected above).

Verse 24 (10.11.24)

न हि ते विक्रमे तुल्यः पुमानस्तीह कश्चन । श्रुतं तत्सर्वलोकेषु परमव्यसने तथा ॥

na hi te vikrame tulyaḥ pumānastīha kaścana | śrutaṃ tatsarvalokeṣu paramavyasane tathā

There is no man here who equals you in prowess. That is known in all the worlds, as in time of the gravest calamity.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; line 1 is the critical edition's 10.11.22e, line 2 its 23a (परमव्यसने तथा for paramavyasane yathā).

Verse 25 (10.11.25)

द्वीपोऽभूस्त्वं हि पार्थानां नगरे वारणावते । हिडिम्बदर्शने चैव तथा त्वमभवो गतिः ॥

dvīpo'bhūstvaṃ hi pārthānāṃ nagare vāraṇāvate | hiḍimbadarśane caiva tathā tvamabhavo gatiḥ

You were the island of refuge for the sons of Pritha in the city of Varanavata, and when Hidimba came into view you again were their refuge.

Note on the text: Corrected तथां त्वमभवो → तथा त्वमभवो (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara; the critical edition reads tathā tvam abhavo). Not matched by the alignment; the lines are the critical edition's 10.11.23c and 23e.

Verse 26 (10.11.26)

तथा विराटनगरे कीचकेन भृशार्दिताम् । मामप्युद्वृतवान्कृच्छ्रात्पौलोमीं मघवानिव ॥

tathā virāṭanagare kīcakena bhṛśārditām | māmapyudvṛtavānkṛcchrātpaulomīṃ maghavāniva

So too in Virata's city, when I was cruelly tormented by Kichaka, you rescued me from my distress, as Maghavan rescued Paulomi.

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition's 10.11.24a and 24c.

Verse 27 (10.11.27)

यथैतान्यकृथाः पार्थ महाकर्माणि वै पुरा । तथा द्रौणिममित्रघ्न विनिहत्य सुखी भव ॥

yathaitānyakṛthāḥ pārtha mahākarmāṇi vai purā | tathā drauṇimamitraghna vinihatya sukhī bhava

As you performed those great deeds in the past, O Partha, so now, having slain the son of Drona, O destroyer of foes, be happy.

Verse 28 (10.11.28)

तस्या बहुविधं दुःखं निशम्य परिदेवितम् । न चामर्षत कौन्तेयो भीमसेनो महाबलः ॥

tasyā bahuvidhaṃ duḥkhaṃ niśamya paridevitam | na cāmarṣata kaunteyo bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ

Hearing her many kinds of lament, the mighty Bhimasena, son of Kunti, could not endure it.

Note on the text: Speaker: Vaishampayana, as the page's heading वैशम्पायन उवाच has it.

Verse 29 (10.11.29)

स काञ्चनविचित्राङ्गमारुरोह महारथम् । आदाय रुचिरं चित्रं समार्गणगुणं धनुः ॥

sa kāñcanavicitrāṅgamāruroha mahāratham | ādāya ruciraṃ citraṃ samārgaṇaguṇaṃ dhanuḥ

He climbed into his great chariot, wondrous with gold, and took up a splendid, variegated bow with its arrows and string.

Verse 30 (10.11.30)

नकुलं सारथिं कृत्वा द्रोणपुत्रवधे धृतः । विस्फार्य सशरं चापं तूर्णमश्वानचोदयत् ॥

nakulaṃ sārathiṃ kṛtvā droṇaputravadhe dhṛtaḥ | visphārya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ tūrṇamaśvānacodayat

Making Nakula his charioteer, resolved on the slaying of Drona's son, he twanged his bow with an arrow fitted and quickly urged the horses on.

Verse 31 (10.11.31)

ते हयाः पुरुषव्याघ्र दीप्यमानाः स्वतेजसा । वहन्तः सहसा जग्मुर्हरयः शीघ्रगामिनः ॥

te hayāḥ puruṣavyāghra dīpyamānāḥ svatejasā | vahantaḥ sahasā jagmurharayaḥ śīghragāminaḥ

Those horses, O tiger among men, blazing with their own splendour, bore him swiftly away, the fast-moving bays.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; corresponds to the critical edition's 10.11.29 (differently worded: te hayāḥ puruṣavyāghra coditā vātaraṃhasaḥ / vegena tvaritā jagmur harayaḥ śīghragāminaḥ).

Verse 32 (10.11.32)

शिबिरात्स्वाद्गृहीत्वा स रथस्य पदमच्युतः । द्रोणपुत्रगतेनाशु ययौ मार्गेण भारत ॥

śibirātsvādgṛhītvā sa rathasya padamacyutaḥ | droṇaputragatenāśu yayau mārgeṇa bhārata

Setting out from his own camp, he took up the track of the chariot, unfaltering, and went quickly by the route that Drona's son had taken, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Removed the backtick and quote mark round line 2 (wiki marks). Corresponds to the critical edition's 10.11.30; line 2 is differently worded (द्रोणपुत्रगतेनाशु … for droṇaputrarathasyāśu … vīryavān). The critical edition also has the star passage 10.11.25c*0055, which the page lacks. Report: after the colophon the raw page prints one commentary gloss (on 10-11-11) and a stray "एकादशोऽध्यायः"; not added.