The Night Slaughter in the Pandava Camp

Verse 1 (10.8.1)

तथा प्रयाते शिबिरं द्रोणपुत्रे महारथे । कच्चित्कृपश्च भोजश्च भयार्तौ न व्यवर्तताम् ॥

tathā prayāte śibiraṃ droṇaputre mahārathe | kaccitkṛpaśca bhojaśca bhayārtau na vyavartatām

When Drona's son, the great warrior, had gone off toward the camp, I hope that Kripa and Bhoja, stricken with fear, did not turn back.

Verse 2 (10.8.2)

कच्चिन्न वारितौ क्षुद्रौ रक्षिभिर्नोपलक्षितौ । असह्यमिति मन्वानौ न निवृत्तौ महारथौ ॥

kaccinna vāritau kṣudrau rakṣibhirnopalakṣitau | asahyamiti manvānau na nivṛttau mahārathau

I hope the two were not stopped by the petty guards, nor noticed by the sentries, and that the two great warriors, thinking the task too formidable, did not turn back.

Verse 3 (10.8.3)

कच्चिदुन्मथ्य शिबिरं हत्वा सोमकपाण्डवान् । कृता प्रतिज्ञा सफला कच्चित्सञ्जय सा निशि ॥

kaccidunmathya śibiraṃ hatvā somakapāṇḍavān | kṛtā pratijñā saphalā kaccitsañjaya sā niśi

Did they storm the camp and slay the Somakas and the Pandavas? And, Sanjaya, was the vow they made fulfilled that night?

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` … '). Line 1 is the critical edition's 10.8.3a; line 2 is its star passage 10.8.3a*0025_01.

Verse 4 (10.8.4)

दुर्योधनस्य पदवीं कच्चित्परमिकां रणे । गत्वातिष्ठदसौ द्रौणिः कृत्वा कर्म सुदुष्करम् ॥

duryodhanasya padavīṃ kaccitparamikāṃ raṇe | gatvātiṣṭhadasau drauṇiḥ kṛtvā karma suduṣkaram

Did Drona's son, having done that most difficult deed, reach Duryodhana's supreme path in battle and stand there?

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki quote mark (`), which opens a quotation closed only at the end of verse 6. Line 1 is a variant of the critical edition's 10.8.3c (kaccit for gatau); line 2 is its star passage 10.8.3c*0027_01.

Verse 5 (10.8.5)

धृष्टद्युम्नशिखण्डिभ्यां द्रौपद्याश्च सुतैः किल । सञ्छन्ना मेदिनी सुप्तैर्निहतैः पाण्डुसैनिकैः ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnaśikhaṇḍibhyāṃ draupadyāśca sutaiḥ kila | sañchannā medinī suptairnihataiḥ pāṇḍusainikaiḥ

Is the earth indeed covered with the Pandava soldiers slain as they slept, with Dhrishtadyumna and Shikhandi and the sons of Draupadi?

Note on the text: Both lines are the critical edition's star passage 10.8.3c*0027_02–03 (Wikisource places them after the star line that opens verse 4).

Verse 6 (10.8.6)

पाञ्चालैर्वा विनिहतैः शयानै रुधिरोक्षितैः । कच्चिन्महीतलं छन्नं तन्ममाचक्ष्व सञ्जय ॥

pāñcālairvā vinihataiḥ śayānai rudhirokṣitaiḥ | kaccinmahītalaṃ channaṃ tanmamācakṣva sañjaya

Or is the ground covered with Panchalas lying slain, drenched in blood? Tell me that, Sanjaya.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki quote mark ('), which closes the quotation opened in verse 4. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); line 2 echoes 10.8.4c (tan mamācakṣva saṃjaya) and line 1 recalls 10.8.4a, but neither is there.

Verse 7 (10.8.7)

पाञ्चालैर्निहतौ वीरौ कच्चित्तु स्वपतां क्षितौ । कच्चित्ताभ्यां कृतं कर्म तन्ममाचक्ष्व सञ्जय ॥

pāñcālairnihatau vīrau kaccittu svapatāṃ kṣitau | kaccittābhyāṃ kṛtaṃ karma tanmamācakṣva sañjaya

Were the two heroes struck down by the Panchalas while the sleepers lay on the ground? Did those two accomplish their deed? Tell me that, Sanjaya.

Note on the text: Removed the editorial square brackets and the stray doubled danda printed inside them. A recension variant of the critical edition's 10.8.4 (pāñcālair vā vinihatau kaccin nāsvapatāṃ kṣitau).

Verse 8 (10.8.8)

तस्मिन्प्रयाते शिबिरं द्रोणपुत्रे महात्मनि । कृपश्च कृतवर्मा च द्रौणिमेवाभ्यवर्तताम् ॥

tasminprayāte śibiraṃ droṇaputre mahātmani | kṛpaśca kṛtavarmā ca drauṇimevābhyavartatām

When the great-souled son of Drona had gone toward the camp, Kripa and Kritavarma came up to Drauni.

Note on the text: Recension variant of the critical edition's 10.8.5, whose line 2 reads kṛpaś ca kṛtavarmā ca śibiradvāry atiṣṭhatām (the page's commentary records that reading as a variant).

Verse 9 (10.8.9)

अश्वत्थामा तु तौ दृष्ट्वा यत्नवन्तौ महारथौ । प्रहृष्टः शनकै राजन्निदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

aśvatthāmā tu tau dṛṣṭvā yatnavantau mahārathau | prahṛṣṭaḥ śanakai rājannidaṃ vacanamabravīt

Seeing the two great warriors eager for the task, Ashvatthama was delighted, and he spoke these words softly, O king.

Verse 10 (10.8.10)

यत्तौ भवन्तौ पर्याप्तौ सर्वक्षत्रस्य नाशने । किम्पुनर्योधशेषस्य प्रसुप्तस्य विशेषतः ॥

yattau bhavantau paryāptau sarvakṣatrasya nāśane | kimpunaryodhaśeṣasya prasuptasya viśeṣataḥ

You two are enough to destroy all the kshatriyas; how much more the remnant of the warriors, and these asleep besides!

Note on the text: Speaker: no heading is printed; the whole verse is Ashvatthama's speech (the narration is in verse 9).

Verse 11 (10.8.11)

अहं प्रवेक्ष्ये शिबिरं चरिष्यामि च कालवत् । यथा न कश्चिदपि वां जीवन्मुच्येत मानवः । तथा भवद्भ्यां कार्यं स्यादिति मे निश्चिता मतिः ॥

ahaṃ pravekṣye śibiraṃ cariṣyāmi ca kālavat | yathā na kaścidapi vāṃ jīvanmucyeta mānavaḥ | tathā bhavadbhyāṃ kāryaṃ syāditi me niścitā matiḥ

I shall enter the camp and move through it like Time itself. You two must see to it that no man at all escapes you alive. This is my firm resolve.

Note on the text: Corrected भवद्ध्यां → भवद्भ्यां (misprint in Wikisource; द्ध्य for द्भ्य; the critical edition reads bhavadbhyām). Three-line verse: lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 10.8.8ac; line 3 is its star passage 10.8.8c*0028_01. Speaker: no heading is printed; the verse is Ashvatthama's speech.

Verse 12 (10.8.12)

इत्युक्त्वा प्राविशद्द्रौणिः पार्थानां शिबिरं महत् । अद्वारेणाभ्यवस्कन्द्य विहाय भयमात्मनः ॥

ityuktvā prāviśaddrauṇiḥ pārthānāṃ śibiraṃ mahat | advāreṇābhyavaskandya vihāya bhayamātmanaḥ

Having said this, Drauni entered the great camp of the Parthas, not by the gate but by bursting in another way, putting aside all fear for himself.

Verse 13 (10.8.13)

स प्रविश्य महाबाहुरुद्देशज्ञश्च तस्य ह । द्रौणिः परमसङ्क्रुद्धस्तेजसा प्रज्वलन्निव । ततः पर्यचरत्सर्वं सम्प्रसुप्तं जनं निशि ॥

sa praviśya mahābāhuruddeśajñaśca tasya ha | drauṇiḥ paramasaṅkruddhastejasā prajvalanniva | tataḥ paryacaratsarvaṃ samprasuptaṃ janaṃ niśi

Having entered, the mighty-armed one, who knew the lay of the place, in towering rage and blazing as it were with his own radiance, went about the whole camp where the people lay fast asleep in the night.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` … '). Line 1 is the critical edition's 10.8.10a; lines 2–3 are its star passage 10.8.10a*0029_01–02.

Verse 14 (10.8.14)

धृष्टद्युम्नस्य निलयं शनकैरभ्युपागमत् ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnasya nilayaṃ śanakairabhyupāgamat

Slowly he came to Dhrishtadyumna's dwelling.

Note on the text: The single line is the critical edition's 10.8.10c; Wikisource prints it as a one-line verse after the star passage that the critical edition places inside 10.8.10.

Verse 15 (10.8.15)

ते तु कृत्वा महत्कर्म श्रान्ताश्च बलवद्रणे । प्रसुप्ता वै सुविश्वस्ताः स्वसैन्यपरिवारिताः ॥

te tu kṛtvā mahatkarma śrāntāśca balavadraṇe | prasuptā vai suviśvastāḥ svasainyaparivāritāḥ

Having done a great deed and being worn out by hard fighting, they slept soundly and trustfully, surrounded by their own troops.

Verse 16 (10.8.16)

अथ प्रविश्य तद्वेश्म धृष्टद्युम्नस्य भारत । पाञ्चाल्यं शयने द्रौणिरपश्यत्सुप्तमन्तिकात् ॥

atha praviśya tadveśma dhṛṣṭadyumnasya bhārata | pāñcālyaṃ śayane drauṇirapaśyatsuptamantikāt

Then, having entered Dhrishtadyumna's chamber, O Bharata, Drauni saw the Panchala asleep on his bed, close at hand.

Verse 17 (10.8.17)

क्षौमावदाते महति स्पर्ध्यास्तरणसंवृते । माल्यप्रवरसंयुक्ते धूपैश्चूर्णैश्च वासिते ॥

kṣaumāvadāte mahati spardhyāstaraṇasaṃvṛte | mālyapravarasaṃyukte dhūpaiścūrṇaiśca vāsite

He lay on a great bed, spotless with linen, spread with a costly coverlet, adorned with choice garlands and perfumed with incense and fragrant powders.

Note on the text: Corrected स्पर्द्व्यास्तरण → स्पर्ध्यास्तरण (misprint in Wikisource; द्व्य for ध्य; the critical edition reads spardhyāstaraṇa).

Verse 18 (10.8.18)

तं शयानं महात्मानं विस्रब्धमकुतोभयम् । अपोथयत पादेन शयनस्थं महीपते ॥

taṃ śayānaṃ mahātmānaṃ visrabdhamakutobhayam | apothayata pādena śayanasthaṃ mahīpate

As that great-souled man lay there trustfully, fearing nothing from any quarter, he struck him with his foot as he lay on the bed, O lord of the earth.

Note on the text: Recension variant: अपोथयत पादेन (struck with his foot) where the critical edition reads prābodhayata pādena (woke with his foot).

Verse 19 (10.8.19)

सम्बुध्य चरणस्पर्शादुत्थाय रणदुर्मदः । अभ्यजानादमेयात्मा द्रोणपुत्रं महारथम् ॥

sambudhya caraṇasparśādutthāya raṇadurmadaḥ | abhyajānādameyātmā droṇaputraṃ mahāratham

Waking at the touch of the foot, that fierce and boundless-souled warrior rose and recognized the son of Drona, the great warrior.

Verse 20 (10.8.20)

तमुत्पतन्तं शयनादश्वत्थामा महाबलः । केशेष्वालभ्य पाणिभ्यां निष्पिपेष महीतले ॥

tamutpatantaṃ śayanādaśvatthāmā mahābalaḥ | keśeṣvālabhya pāṇibhyāṃ niṣpipeṣa mahītale

As he rose from the bed, mighty Ashvatthama seized him by the hair with both hands and ground him into the floor.

Verse 21 (10.8.21)

स बलात्तेन निष्पिष्टः साध्वसेन च भारत । अभ्याक्रान्तश्च निद्रान्धो नाशकच्चेष्टितुं तदा ॥

sa balāttena niṣpiṣṭaḥ sādhvasena ca bhārata | abhyākrāntaśca nidrāndho nāśakacceṣṭituṃ tadā

Crushed by that force, O Bharata, overcome with terror and blind with sleep, he could not stir.

Note on the text: Recension variant of the critical edition's 10.8.17 (line 2 there: nidrayā caiva pāñcālyo nāśakac ceṣṭituṃ tadā).

Verse 22 (10.8.22)

निष्पिष्य तु ततो भूमौ पाञ्चाल्यं द्रौणिरञ्जसा । धनुषो ज्यां विमुच्याशु क्रूरबुद्धिरमर्षणः ॥

niṣpiṣya tu tato bhūmau pāñcālyaṃ drauṇirañjasā | dhanuṣo jyāṃ vimucyāśu krūrabuddhiramarṣaṇaḥ

Having ground the Panchala into the floor by force, Drauni, cruel-minded and relentless, quickly slipped the string from his bow,

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki quote mark (`), which opens a quotation closed in verse 23. Both lines are the critical edition's star passage 10.8.17c*0030_01–02.

Verse 23 (10.8.23)

तस्य कण्ठेऽथ बद्ध्वा तां त्वरितः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः । द्रौणिः क्रूरं मनः कृत्वा पाञ्चाल्यमवधीत्तदा ॥

tasya kaṇṭhe'tha baddhvā tāṃ tvaritaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ | drauṇiḥ krūraṃ manaḥ kṛtvā pāñcālyamavadhīttadā

and, hurried and faint with fury, bound it around his throat. Hardening his heart to cruelty, Drauni then killed the Panchala.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki quote mark (') and the doubled danda after it, which close the quotation opened in verse 22. Both lines are the critical edition's star passage 10.8.17c*0030_03–04.

Verse 24 (10.8.24)

तमाक्रम्य पदा राजन्कण्ठे चोरसि पादयोः । नदन्तं विस्फुरन्तं च पशुमारममारयत् ॥

tamākramya padā rājankaṇṭhe corasi pādayoḥ | nadantaṃ visphurantaṃ ca paśumāramamārayat

Pressing him down, O king, with his feet on the throat and on the chest, he killed him, as he roared and writhed, as a beast is slaughtered.

Note on the text: Corrected तदन्तं → नदन्तं (misprint in Wikisource, not a word in context; the critical edition reads nadantam). Further variants against the critical edition's 10.8.18 (पदा … पादयोः for tadā … cobhayoḥ) are kept.

Verse 25 (10.8.25)

स वार्यमाणस्तरसा बलाद्बलवता बली । तुदन्नखैस्तु स द्रौणिं नातिव्यक्तमुदाहरत् ॥

sa vāryamāṇastarasā balādbalavatā balī | tudannakhaistu sa drauṇiṃ nātivyaktamudāharat

Though strong himself, he was held down by force by one stronger; clawing Drauni with his nails, he spoke, hardly to be understood:

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` … '). Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 10.8.18c*0031_01; line 2 is its 10.8.19a.

Verse 26 (10.8.26)

आचार्यपुत्र शस्त्रेण जहि मां मा चिरं कृथाः । त्वत्कृते सुकृतां लोकान्गच्छेयं द्विपदांवर ॥

ācāryaputra śastreṇa jahi māṃ mā ciraṃ kṛthāḥ | tvatkṛte sukṛtāṃ lokāngaccheyaṃ dvipadāṃvara

Son of my teacher, kill me with a weapon and do not delay! Through you may I go to the worlds of the righteous, best of men.

Note on the text: Speaker: no heading is printed; the whole verse is Dhrishtadyumna's speech. Lines are the critical edition's 10.8.19c and 19e; Wikisource places the star passage 10.8.19c*0032_01–02 (verse 27) after them, where the critical edition has it between the two.

Verse 27 (10.8.27)

एवमुक्त्वा तु वचनं विरराम परन्तपः । सुतः पाञ्चालराजस्य आक्रान्तो बलिना भृशम् ॥

evamuktvā tu vacanaṃ virarāma parantapaḥ | sutaḥ pāñcālarājasya ākrānto balinā bhṛśam

Having spoken these words, that scorcher of foes fell silent, the son of the Panchala king, pressed down hard by the stronger man.

Note on the text: Both lines are the critical edition's star passage 10.8.19c*0032_01–02.

Verse 28 (10.8.28)

तस्याव्यक्तां तु तां वाचं संश्रुत्य द्रौणिरब्रवीत् । आचार्यघातिनां लोका न सन्ति कुलपांसन । तस्माच्छस्त्रेण निधनं न त्वमर्हसि दुर्मते ॥

tasyāvyaktāṃ tu tāṃ vācaṃ saṃśrutya drauṇirabravīt | ācāryaghātināṃ lokā na santi kulapāṃsana | tasmācchastreṇa nidhanaṃ na tvamarhasi durmate

Hearing those faint words, Drauni replied: "For those who kill their teacher there are no worlds, you disgrace of your family. So you do not deserve death by a weapon, wretch."

Note on the text: Corrected वचं → वाचं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped long vowel — वचम् does not fit; the critical edition reads vācaṃ). Line 1 is narration; lines 2–3 are Ashvatthama's speech.

Verse 29 (10.8.29)

नृशंसेनातिवृत्तेन त्वया मे निहतः पिता । तस्मात्त्वमपि वध्यश्च नृशंसेन नृशंसकृत् ॥

nṛśaṃsenātivṛttena tvayā me nihataḥ pitā | tasmāttvamapi vadhyaśca nṛśaṃsena nṛśaṃsakṛt

"By your cruel transgression of the law of battle my father was killed by you; therefore you too deserve to be killed, cruel man, in a cruel way."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` … ') and a doubled danda. Both lines are the critical edition's star passage 10.8.20c*0033_01–02. Speaker: no heading is printed; the whole verse is Ashvatthama's speech.

Verse 30 (10.8.30)

एवं ब्रुवाणस्तं वीरं सिंहो मत्तमिव द्विपम् । मर्मस्वभ्यवधीत्क्रुद्धः पादघातैः सुदारुणैः ॥

evaṃ bruvāṇastaṃ vīraṃ siṃho mattamiva dvipam | marmasvabhyavadhītkruddhaḥ pādaghātaiḥ sudāruṇaiḥ

Even as he spoke, he struck that hero in his vital parts with terrible kicks, in fury, as a lion strikes a rutting elephant.

Verse 31 (10.8.31)

तस्य वीरस्य शब्देन मार्यमाणस्य वेश्मनि । अबुध्यन्त महाराज स्त्रियो ये चास्य रक्षिणः ॥

tasya vīrasya śabdena māryamāṇasya veśmani | abudhyanta mahārāja striyo ye cāsya rakṣiṇaḥ

At the cries of that hero as he was being killed in his chamber, O great king, the women and his guards woke up.

Verse 32 (10.8.32)

ते दृष्ट्वा धर्षयन्तं तमतिमानुषविक्रमम् । भूतमित्यध्यवस्यन्तो न स्म प्रव्याहरन्भयात् ॥

te dṛṣṭvā dharṣayantaṃ tamatimānuṣavikramam | bhūtamityadhyavasyanto na sma pravyāharanbhayāt

Seeing him overpowering Dhrishtadyumna with more than human might, they took him for a ghost and, out of fear, said nothing.

Verse 33 (10.8.33)

तं तु तेनाभ्युपायेन गमयित्वा यमक्षयम् । अध्यतिष्ठत तेजस्वी रथं प्राप्य सुदर्शनम् ॥

taṃ tu tenābhyupāyena gamayitvā yamakṣayam | adhyatiṣṭhata tejasvī rathaṃ prāpya sudarśanam

Having sent him to Yama's abode by that means, the radiant one mounted his splendid chariot.

Verse 34 (10.8.34)

स तस्य भवनाद्राजन्निष्क्रम्यानादयन्दिशः । रथेन शिबिरं प्रायाज्जिघांसुर्द्विषतो बली ॥

sa tasya bhavanādrājanniṣkramyānādayandiśaḥ | rathena śibiraṃ prāyājjighāṃsurdviṣato balī

Coming out of his dwelling, O king, and making the quarters ring, that mighty man drove through the camp, eager to kill his enemies.

Verse 35 (10.8.35)

अपक्रान्ते ततस्तस्मिन्द्रोणपुत्रे महारथे । सहितैः रक्षिभिः सर्वैः प्राणेदुर्योषितस्तदा ॥

apakrānte tatastasmindroṇaputre mahārathe | sahitaiḥ rakṣibhiḥ sarvaiḥ prāṇeduryoṣitastadā

When Drona's son, the great warrior, had gone away, the women, together with all the guards, cried out.

Verse 36 (10.8.36)

राजानं निहतं दृष्ट्वा भृशं शोकपरायणाः । व्याक्रोशन्क्षत्रियाः सर्वे धृष्टद्युम्नस्य भारत ॥

rājānaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā bhṛśaṃ śokaparāyaṇāḥ | vyākrośankṣatriyāḥ sarve dhṛṣṭadyumnasya bhārata

Seeing the king slain, O Bharata, all of Dhrishtadyumna's kshatriyas, sunk in deep grief, raised a great outcry.

Verse 37 (10.8.37)

तासां तु तेन शब्देन समीपे क्षत्रियर्षभाः । सम्भ्रान्ताः समनह्यन्त किमेतदिति चाब्रुवन् ॥

tāsāṃ tu tena śabdena samīpe kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ | sambhrāntāḥ samanahyanta kimetaditi cābruvan

At the women's cries, the foremost kshatriyas who were nearby, in confusion, put on their armor, asking, "What is this?"

Verse 38 (10.8.38)

स्त्रियस्तु राजन्वित्रस्ता भारद्वाजं निरीक्ष्य ताः । अब्रुवन्दीनकण्ठेन क्षिप्रमाद्रवतेति वै ॥

striyastu rājanvitrastā bhāradvājaṃ nirīkṣya tāḥ | abruvandīnakaṇṭhena kṣipramādravateti vai

The women, terrified, O king, looked at Bharadvaja's son and cried in piteous voices, "Rush at him quickly!"

Note on the text: Corrected अब्रुन्दीनकण्ठेन → अब्रुवन्दीनकण्ठेन (misprint in Wikisource; dropped व; the critical edition reads abruvan dīnakaṇṭhena).

Verse 39 (10.8.39)

राक्षसो वा मनुष्यो वा नैनं जानीम कोन्वयम् । हत्वा पाञ्चालराजानं रथमारुह्य तिष्ठति ॥

rākṣaso vā manuṣyo vā nainaṃ jānīma konvayam | hatvā pāñcālarājānaṃ rathamāruhya tiṣṭhati

"We do not know who this is, whether a rakshasa or a man. Having killed the Panchala king, he stands there mounted on a chariot."

Note on the text: Speaker: no heading is printed; the whole verse is the women's speech (verse 38 introduces them).

Verse 40 (10.8.40)

ततस्ते योधमुख्यास्तं सहसा पर्यवारयन् । स तानापततः सर्वान्रुद्रास्त्रेण व्यपोथयत् ॥

tataste yodhamukhyāstaṃ sahasā paryavārayan | sa tānāpatataḥ sarvānrudrāstreṇa vyapothayat

Then the chief warriors suddenly surrounded him, but as they rushed upon him he struck them all down with the Rudra weapon.

Verse 41 (10.8.41)

धृष्टद्युम्नं च हत्वा स तांश्चैवास्य पदानुगान् । अपश्यच्छयने सुप्तमुत्तमौजसमन्तिके ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca hatvā sa tāṃścaivāsya padānugān | apaśyacchayane suptamuttamaujasamantike

Having killed Dhrishtadyumna and his followers, he saw Uttamaujas asleep on his bed close by.

Verse 42 (10.8.42)

तमप्याक्रम्य पादेन कण्ठे चोरसि तेजसा । तथैव मारयामास विनर्दन्तमरिन्दमम् ॥

tamapyākramya pādena kaṇṭhe corasi tejasā | tathaiva mārayāmāsa vinardantamarindamam

Pressing him too with his foot on the throat and chest, with force, he killed that subduer of foes in the same way, as he cried out.

Verse 43 (10.8.43)

युधामन्युश्च विक्रान्तो मत्वा तं राक्षसं स्म सः । गदामुद्यम्य वेगेन हृदि द्रौणिमताडयत् ॥

yudhāmanyuśca vikrānto matvā taṃ rākṣasaṃ sma saḥ | gadāmudyamya vegena hṛdi drauṇimatāḍayat

The valiant Yudhamanyu, thinking him a rakshasa, raised his mace and struck Drauni hard on the chest.

Verse 44 (10.8.44)

गदाप्रहाराभिहतो नाचलद्द्रौणिराहवे । तमभिद्रुत्य वेगेन क्षितौ चैनमपातयत् ॥

gadāprahārābhihato nācaladdrauṇirāhave | tamabhidrutya vegena kṣitau cainamapātayat

Though struck by the blow of the mace, Drauni did not waver in the fight; rushing at him, he threw him to the ground.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` … '). Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 10.8.34c*0034_01; line 2 is a variant of its 10.8.35a (वेगेन for jagrāha).

Verse 45 (10.8.45)

विस्फुरन्तं च पशुवत्तथैवैनममारयत् । तथा स वीरो हत्वा तं ततोऽन्यान्समुपाद्रवत् ॥

visphurantaṃ ca paśuvattathaivainamamārayat | tathā sa vīro hatvā taṃ tato'nyānsamupādravat

As he writhed like an animal, he killed him in the same way. Having killed him, that hero then rushed at others.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; line 1 is the critical edition's 10.8.35c, line 2 its 10.8.36a.

Verse 46 (10.8.46)

संसुप्तानेव राजेन्द्र तत्र तत्र महारथान् । पाञ्चालवीरानाक्रम्य क्रुद्धो न्यहनदन्तिके । स्फुरतो वेपमानांश्च शमितेव पशून्मखे ॥

saṃsuptāneva rājendra tatra tatra mahārathān | pāñcālavīrānākramya kruddho nyahanadantike | sphurato vepamānāṃśca śamiteva paśūnmakhe

O king of kings, falling upon the great warriors, the Panchala heroes, as they lay asleep here and there, he slew them in his rage close at hand, as they twitched and trembled, as the slaughterer kills animals at a sacrifice.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; three-line verse: lines 1 and 3 are the critical edition's 10.8.36c and 36e, line 2 its star passage 10.8.36c*0035_01.

Verse 47 (10.8.47)

ततो निस्त्रिंशमादाय जघानान्यान्पृथक्पृथक् । भागशो विचरन्मार्गानसियुद्धविशारदः ॥

tato nistriṃśamādāya jaghānānyānpṛthakpṛthak | bhāgaśo vicaranmārgānasiyuddhaviśāradaḥ

Then, taking up his sword, he cut down others one by one, going along the lanes section by section, skilled in sword-fighting.

Note on the text: Corrected मार्गानसियुद्वविशारदः → मार्गानसियुद्धविशारदः (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध; the critical edition reads asiyuddhaviśāradaḥ).

Verse 48 (10.8.48)

तथैव गुल्मे सम्प्रेक्ष्य शयानान्मध्यगौल्मिकान् । श्रान्तान्व्यस्तायुधान्सर्वानसिनैव व्यपोथयत् ॥

tathaiva gulme samprekṣya śayānānmadhyagaulmikān | śrāntānvyastāyudhānsarvānasinaiva vyapothayat

Likewise, seeing the soldiers sleeping in the middle of the battalion, weary, their weapons cast aside, he struck them all down with the sword alone.

Verse 49 (10.8.49)

योधानश्वान्द्विपांश्चैव प्राच्छिनत्स वरासिना । रुधिरोक्षितसर्वाङ्गः कालसृष्ट इवान्तकः ॥

yodhānaśvāndvipāṃścaiva prācchinatsa varāsinā | rudhirokṣitasarvāṅgaḥ kālasṛṣṭa ivāntakaḥ

With his fine sword he cut down warriors, horses and elephants alike, his whole body drenched in blood, like Death let loose by Time.

Verse 50 (10.8.50)

विस्फुरद्भिश्च तैर्द्रौणिर्निस्त्रिंशस्योद्यमेन च । अवक्षेपेण चैवासेस्त्रिधा रक्तोक्षितोऽभवत् ॥

visphuradbhiśca tairdrauṇirnistriṃśasyodyamena ca | avakṣepeṇa caivāsestridhā raktokṣito'bhavat

Drauni was spattered with blood in three ways: by the writhing of those men, by the lifting of his sword, and by its swinging.

Verse 51 (10.8.51)

तस्य लोहितरक्तस्य दीप्तखड्गस्य युध्यतः । अमानुष इवाकारो बभौ परमभीषणः ॥

tasya lohitaraktasya dīptakhaḍgasya yudhyataḥ | amānuṣa ivākāro babhau paramabhīṣaṇaḥ

Drenched in blood, fighting with his blazing sword, his form seemed inhuman and was terrible beyond measure.

Note on the text: Corrected दीप्तखङ्गस्य → दीप्तखड्गस्य (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads khaḍga).

Verse 52 (10.8.52)

ये त्वजाग्रन्त कौरव्य तेऽपि शब्देन मोहिताः । वीक्षमाणास्तु ते तत्र द्रौणिं दृष्ट्वा प्रविव्यथुः ॥

ye tvajāgranta kauravya te'pi śabdena mohitāḥ | vīkṣamāṇāstu te tatra drauṇiṃ dṛṣṭvā pravivyathuḥ

Even those who were awake, O Kaurava, were bewildered by the noise; looking about, they trembled in distress at the sight of Drauni.

Verse 53 (10.8.53)

तद्रूपं तस्य ते दृष्ट्वा क्षत्रियाः शत्रुकर्शनम् । राक्षसं मन्यमानास्तं नयनानि न्यमीलयन् ॥

tadrūpaṃ tasya te dṛṣṭvā kṣatriyāḥ śatrukarśanam | rākṣasaṃ manyamānāstaṃ nayanāni nyamīlayan

Seeing his form, those kshatriyas took that scourge of his enemies for a rakshasa and shut their eyes.

Verse 54 (10.8.54)

स घोररूपो व्यचरत्कालवच्छिबिरे तदा । अपश्यद्द्रौपदीपुत्रानवशिष्टांश्च सोमकान् ॥

sa ghorarūpo vyacaratkālavacchibire tadā | apaśyaddraupadīputrānavaśiṣṭāṃśca somakān

Terrible in form, he moved through the camp like Death. Then he saw the sons of Draupadi and the surviving Somakas.

Verse 55 (10.8.55)

तेन शब्देन वित्रस्ता धनुर्हस्ता महारथाः । धृष्टद्युम्नं हतं श्रुत्वा द्रौपदेया विशाम्पते । अवाकिरञ्शरव्रातैर्भारद्वाजमभीतवत् ॥

tena śabdena vitrastā dhanurhastā mahārathāḥ | dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ hataṃ śrutvā draupadeyā viśāmpate | avākirañśaravrātairbhāradvājamabhītavat

Terrified by that noise, the great warriors, the sons of Draupadi, bows in hand, having heard that Dhrishtadyumna was slain, O lord of the people, showered Bharadvaja's son with volleys of arrows, unafraid.

Verse 56 (10.8.56)

ततस्तेन निनादेन सम्प्रबुद्धाः प्रभद्रकाः । शिलीमुखैः शिखण्डी च द्रोणपुत्रं समार्दयन् ॥

tatastena ninādena samprabuddhāḥ prabhadrakāḥ | śilīmukhaiḥ śikhaṇḍī ca droṇaputraṃ samārdayan

Then, woken by that roar, the Prabhadrakas and Shikhandi tormented Drona's son with arrows.

Verse 57 (10.8.57)

भारद्वाजः स तान्दृष्ट्वा शरवर्षाणि वर्षतः । ननाद बलवन्नादं जिघांसुस्तान्महारथान् ॥

bhāradvājaḥ sa tāndṛṣṭvā śaravarṣāṇi varṣataḥ | nanāda balavannādaṃ jighāṃsustānmahārathān

Seeing them pouring down showers of arrows, Bharadvaja's son uttered a mighty roar, eager to kill those great warriors.

Verse 58 (10.8.58)

ततः परमसङ्क्रुद्धः पितुर्वधमनुस्मरन् । अवरुह्य रथोपस्थात्त्वरमाणोऽभिदुद्रुवे ॥

tataḥ paramasaṅkruddhaḥ piturvadhamanusmaran | avaruhya rathopasthāttvaramāṇo'bhidudruve

Then, in utmost fury, remembering his father's killing, he leapt down from the chariot's platform and rushed forward in haste.

Verse 59 (10.8.59)

सहस्रचन्द्रविमलं गृहीत्वा चर्म संयुगे । खड्गं च विमलं दिव्यं जातरूपपरिष्कृतम् । द्रौपदेयानभिद्रुत्य खड्गेन व्यधमद्बली ॥

sahasracandravimalaṃ gṛhītvā carma saṃyuge | khaḍgaṃ ca vimalaṃ divyaṃ jātarūpapariṣkṛtam | draupadeyānabhidrutya khaḍgena vyadhamadbalī

Taking up in battle a shield bright as a thousand moons and a spotless, divine sword adorned with gold, the mighty one rushed at the sons of Draupadi and cut them down with the sword.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गं → खड्गं and खङ्गेन → खड्गेन (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads khaḍgaṃ, khaḍgena). Line 1 varies the critical edition's 10.8.49a (विमलं for vipulaṃ).

Verse 60 (10.8.60)

ततः स नरशार्दूलः प्रतिविन्ध्यं महाहवे । कुक्षिदेशेऽवधीद्राजन्स हतो न्यपतद्भुवि ॥

tataḥ sa naraśārdūlaḥ prativindhyaṃ mahāhave | kukṣideśe'vadhīdrājansa hato nyapatadbhuvi

Then that tiger among men struck Prativindhya in the belly in that great battle, O king, and he fell dead to the ground.

Verse 61 (10.8.61)

प्रासेन विद्ध्वा द्रौणिं तु सुतसोमः प्रतापवान् । पुनश्चासिं समुद्यम्य द्रोणपुत्रमुपाद्रवत् ॥

prāsena viddhvā drauṇiṃ tu sutasomaḥ pratāpavān | punaścāsiṃ samudyamya droṇaputramupādravat

The powerful Sutasoma pierced Drauni with a lance and, raising his sword again, rushed at Drona's son.

Verse 62 (10.8.62)

सुतसोमस्य सासिं तं बाहुं छित्त्वा नरर्षभ । पुनरप्याहनत्पार्श्वे स भिन्नहृदयोऽपतत् ॥

sutasomasya sāsiṃ taṃ bāhuṃ chittvā nararṣabha | punarapyāhanatpārśve sa bhinnahṛdayo'patat

Cutting off Sutasoma's arm, sword and all, O best of men, he struck him again in the side, and with his heart split open he fell.

Verse 63 (10.8.63)

नाकुलिस्तु शतानीको रथचक्रेण वीर्यवान् । दोर्भ्यामुत्क्षिप्य वेगेन वक्षस्येनमताडयत् ॥

nākulistu śatānīko rathacakreṇa vīryavān | dorbhyāmutkṣipya vegena vakṣasyenamatāḍayat

Then Shatanika, the valiant son of Nakula, lifted a chariot wheel in both arms and struck him hard on the chest.

Verse 64 (10.8.64)

अताडयच्छतानीकं मुक्तचक्रं द्विजस्तु सः । स विह्वलो ययौ भूमिं ततोऽस्यापाहरच्छिरः ॥

atāḍayacchatānīkaṃ muktacakraṃ dvijastu saḥ | sa vihvalo yayau bhūmiṃ tato'syāpāharacchiraḥ

The twice-born one struck Shatanika, who had let go of the wheel; dazed, he fell to the ground, and then Drauni cut off his head.

Verse 65 (10.8.65)

श्रुतकर्मा तु परिघं घोरं गृह्य दुरासदम् । अताडयत्समुद्यम्य वेगेन द्रौणिमुत्स्मयन् ॥

śrutakarmā tu parighaṃ ghoraṃ gṛhya durāsadam | atāḍayatsamudyamya vegena drauṇimutsmayan

Shrutakarma, taking up a dreadful, formidable iron club, raised it and struck Drauni with force, smiling as he did so.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; a recension variant of the critical edition's 10.8.55 (śrutakarmā tu parighaṃ gṛhītvā samatāḍayat / abhidrutya tato drauṇiṃ savye sa phalake bhṛśam).

Verse 66 (10.8.66)

स तु तं श्रुतकर्माणमास्ये जघ्ने वरासिना । स हतो न्यपतद्भूमौ विमूर्धा विकृताननः ॥

sa tu taṃ śrutakarmāṇamāsye jaghne varāsinā | sa hato nyapatadbhūmau vimūrdhā vikṛtānanaḥ

But he struck that Shrutakarma in the face with his fine sword, and he fell dead to the ground, his head shattered and his face disfigured.

Verse 67 (10.8.67)

तेन शब्देन वीरस्तु श्रुतकीर्तिरबुध्यत । अश्वत्थामानमासाद्य शरवर्षैरवाकिरत् ॥

tena śabdena vīrastu śrutakīrtirabudhyata | aśvatthāmānamāsādya śaravarṣairavākirat

Woken by that noise, the hero Shrutakirti came up to Ashvatthama and covered him with showers of arrows.

Verse 68 (10.8.68)

शरैराच्छादितस्तेन द्रोणपुत्रो महारथः । अदृश्यत महाराज श्वाविच्छललितो यथा ॥

śarairācchāditastena droṇaputro mahārathaḥ | adṛśyata mahārāja śvāvicchalalito yathā

Covered by his arrows, the great warrior, Drona's son, O great king, was seen like a porcupine bristling with quills.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` … ') and a doubled danda. Corrected श्वाविच्छललतो → श्वाविच्छललितो (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign; the critical edition reads śvāviṭ śalalito). Both lines are the critical edition's star passage 10.8.57c*0037_01–02.

Verse 69 (10.8.69)

तस्यापि शरवर्षाणि चर्मणा प्रतिवार्य सः । सकुण्डलं शिरः कायाद्भ्राजमानमपाहरत् ॥

tasyāpi śaravarṣāṇi carmaṇā prativārya saḥ | sakuṇḍalaṃ śiraḥ kāyādbhrājamānamapāharat

Warding off his showers of arrows with his shield, he cut that one's head, bright with its earrings, from his body.

Note on the text: Corrected कायाद्वाजमानम् → कायाद्भ्राजमानम् (misprint in Wikisource, not a word in context; the critical edition reads kāyād bhrājamānam).

Verse 70 (10.8.70)

ततो भीष्मनिहन्तारं सह सर्वैः प्रभद्रकैः । आहनत्सर्वतो वीरं नानाप्रहरणैर्बलात् ॥

tato bhīṣmanihantāraṃ saha sarvaiḥ prabhadrakaiḥ | āhanatsarvato vīraṃ nānāpraharaṇairbalāt

Then he struck the slayer of Bhishma, that hero, together with all the Prabhadrakas, from every side with many kinds of weapons, by force.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; lines 1–2 are a variant of the critical edition's 10.8.59a and 59c (bhīṣmanihantā taṃ for भीष्मनिहन्तारं; the accusative is the page's reading and is kept).

Verse 71 (10.8.71)

शिलीमुखेन चाप्येनं भ्रुवोर्मध्ये समार्पयत् ॥

śilīmukhena cāpyenaṃ bhruvormadhye samārpayat

And with a shilimukha arrow he struck him between the brows.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; the single line is a variant of the critical edition's 10.8.59e (samārdayat for समार्पयत्).

Verse 72 (10.8.72)

स तु क्रोधसमाविष्टो द्रोणपुत्रो महाबलः । शिखण्डिनं समासाद्य द्विधा चिच्छेद सोसिना ॥

sa tu krodhasamāviṣṭo droṇaputro mahābalaḥ | śikhaṇḍinaṃ samāsādya dvidhā ciccheda sosinā

Then, filled with rage, the mighty son of Drona came upon Shikhandi and cut him in two with his sword.

Verse 73 (10.8.73)

शिखण्डिनं ततो हत्वा क्रोधाविष्टः परन्तपः । प्रभद्रकगणान्सर्वानभिदुद्राव वेगवान् ॥

śikhaṇḍinaṃ tato hatvā krodhāviṣṭaḥ parantapaḥ | prabhadrakagaṇānsarvānabhidudrāva vegavān

Having killed Shikhandi, the scorcher of foes, possessed by rage, rushed swiftly at all the hordes of the Prabhadrakas.

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width joiner (U+200D) inside शिखण्डिनं. Not matched by the alignment; lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 10.8.61a and 61c.

Verse 74 (10.8.74)

यच्च शिष्टं विराटस्य बलं तु भृशमाद्रवत् । द्रुपदस्य च पुत्राणां पौत्राणां सुहृदामपि । चकार कदनं घोरं दृष्ट्वा तत्र महाबलः ॥

yacca śiṣṭaṃ virāṭasya balaṃ tu bhṛśamādravat | drupadasya ca putrāṇāṃ pautrāṇāṃ suhṛdāmapi | cakāra kadanaṃ ghoraṃ dṛṣṭvā tatra mahābalaḥ

Upon whatever remained of Virata's force, which charged on furiously, and upon Drupada's sons, grandsons and friends, wherever he saw them, the mighty one wrought a dreadful slaughter.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; three-line verse: line 1 is a variant of the critical edition's 10.8.61e, lines 2–3 its 10.8.62ac.

Verse 75 (10.8.75)

अन्यानन्यांश्च पुरुषानभिसृत्याभिसृत्य च । न्यकृन्तदसिना द्रौणिरसिमार्गविशारदः ॥

anyānanyāṃśca puruṣānabhisṛtyābhisṛtya ca | nyakṛntadasinā drauṇirasimārgaviśāradaḥ

Rushing again and again upon one man after another, Drauni, expert in the paths of the sword, cut them down with his blade.

Verse 76 (10.8.76)

कालीं रक्तास्यनयनां रक्तमाल्यानुलेपनाम् । रक्ताम्बरधरां घोरां पाशहस्तां कुटुम्बिनीम् ॥

kālīṃ raktāsyanayanāṃ raktamālyānulepanām | raktāmbaradharāṃ ghorāṃ pāśahastāṃ kuṭumbinīm

They saw Kali, the Dark One, with red mouth and eyes, wearing red garlands and unguents, clothed in red, terrible, with a noose in her hand, a matron.

Verse 77 (10.8.77)

ददृशुः कालरात्रिं ते स्मयमानामिव स्थिताम् । नराश्वकुञ्जरान्पाशैर्बद्ध्वा घोरैः प्रतस्थुषीम् ॥

dadṛśuḥ kālarātriṃ te smayamānāmiva sthitām | narāśvakuñjarānpāśairbaddhvā ghoraiḥ pratasthuṣīm

They saw Kalaratri standing there as if smiling, going forth after binding men, horses and elephants with dreadful nooses,

Note on the text: Corrected बद्धा → बद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; the gerund is needed; the critical edition reads baddhvā). Not matched by the alignment; the two lines are the critical edition's 10.8.65a and 65c.

Verse 78 (10.8.78)

वहन्तीं विविधान्प्रेतान्पाशबद्धान्विमूर्धजान् । तथैव च सदा राजन्न्यस्तशस्त्रान्महारथान् ॥

vahantīṃ vividhānpretānpāśabaddhānvimūrdhajān | tathaiva ca sadā rājannyastaśastrānmahārathān

carrying off many kinds of the dead, bound in her nooses, their hair undone, and likewise, O king, great warriors who had laid down their weapons.

Note on the text: Corrected पाशबद्वान् → पाशबद्धान् (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध; the critical edition reads pāśabaddhān). Not matched by the alignment; line 1 is a variant of the critical edition's 10.8.65e (वहन्तीं for harantīṃ), line 2 its star passage 10.8.65c*0038_01 — Wikisource has them in the reverse order.

Verse 79 (10.8.79)

स्वप्ने सुप्तान्नयन्तीं तां रात्रिष्वन्यासु मारिष । ददृशुर्योधमुख्यास्ते घ्नन्तं द्रौणिं च नित्यदा ॥

svapne suptānnayantīṃ tāṃ rātriṣvanyāsu māriṣa | dadṛśuryodhamukhyāste ghnantaṃ drauṇiṃ ca nityadā

On other nights, too, O sir, the foremost warriors saw her leading the sleeping away in dreams, and Drauni, ever killing.

Verse 80 (10.8.80)

यतः प्रभृति सङ्ग्रामः कुरुपाण्डवसेनयोः । ततः प्रभृति तां कन्यामपश्यन्द्रौणिमेव च ॥

yataḥ prabhṛti saṅgrāmaḥ kurupāṇḍavasenayoḥ | tataḥ prabhṛti tāṃ kanyāmapaśyandrauṇimeva ca

From the time the war between the Kuru and Pandava armies began, they had seen that maiden, and Drauni as well.

Verse 81 (10.8.81)

तांस्तु दैवहतान्पूर्वं पश्चाद्द्रौणिर्व्यपातयत् । त्रासयन्सर्वभूतानि विनदन्भैरवान्रवान् ॥

tāṃstu daivahatānpūrvaṃ paścāddrauṇirvyapātayat | trāsayansarvabhūtāni vinadanbhairavānravān

Those whom fate had struck down long before, Drauni now laid low, terrifying all beings and uttering dreadful roars.

Verse 82 (10.8.82)

तदनुस्मृत्य ते वीरा दर्शनं पूर्वकालिकम् । इदं तदित्यमन्यन्त दैवेनोपनिपीडिताः ॥

tadanusmṛtya te vīrā darśanaṃ pūrvakālikam | idaṃ tadityamanyanta daivenopanipīḍitāḥ

Remembering that vision of former times, those heroes, crushed by fate, thought, "This is that very thing."

Verse 83 (10.8.83)

ततस्तेन निनादेन प्रत्यबुध्यन्त धन्विनः । शिबिरे पाण्डवेयानां शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥

tatastena ninādena pratyabudhyanta dhanvinaḥ | śibire pāṇḍaveyānāṃ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

Then, at that uproar, the bowmen in the Pandava camp woke by the hundreds and thousands.

Verse 84 (10.8.84)

सोऽच्छिनत्कस्यचित्पदौ जघनं चैव कस्यचित् । कांश्चिद्बिभेदपार्श्वेषु कालसृष्ट इवान्तकः ॥

so'cchinatkasyacitpadau jaghanaṃ caiva kasyacit | kāṃścidbibhedapārśveṣu kālasṛṣṭa ivāntakaḥ

He cut off the legs of one man and the hips of another, and split others through the sides, like Death sent forth by Time itself.

Verse 85 (10.8.85)

अत्युग्रप्रतिपिष्टैश्च नदद्भिश्च भृशोत्कटैः । गजाश्वमथितैश्चान्यैर्मही कीर्णाऽभवत्प्रभो ॥

atyugrapratipiṣṭaiśca nadadbhiśca bhṛśotkaṭaiḥ | gajāśvamathitaiścānyairmahī kīrṇā'bhavatprabho

The ground, O lord, was strewn with men pounded by terrible blows, with others bellowing in their frenzy, and with yet others crushed by elephants and horses.

Verse 86 (10.8.86)

क्रोशतां किमिदं कोऽयं कः शब्दः किन्नु किं कृतम् । पाञ्चालानां तथा द्रौणिरन्तकः समपद्यत ॥

krośatāṃ kimidaṃ ko'yaṃ kaḥ śabdaḥ kinnu kiṃ kṛtam | pāñcālānāṃ tathā drauṇirantakaḥ samapadyata

As they cried out, "What is this? Who is this? What is this noise? What has been done?", Drona's son became the Destroyer of the Panchalas.

Verse 87 (10.8.87)

अपेतशस्त्रसन्नाहान्सन्नद्धान्पाण्डुसृञ्जयान् । प्राहिणोन्मृत्युलोकाय द्रौणिः प्रहरतां वरः ॥

apetaśastrasannāhānsannaddhānpāṇḍusṛñjayān | prāhiṇonmṛtyulokāya drauṇiḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ

Drona's son, best of fighters, sent to the world of death the Pandavas and Srinjayas, who had put off their weapons and armour, though they stood braced for battle.

Note on the text: Corrected सन्नद्वान् → सन्नद्धान् (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध; the critical edition has a different word here, संरब्धान्, so only the evident letter is mended).

Verse 88 (10.8.88)

ततस्तच्छस्त्रवित्रस्ता भयादभ्यपतन्नराः । निद्रान्धा नष्टसंज्ञाश्च तत्रतत्र निपेतिरे ॥

tatastacchastravitrastā bhayādabhyapatannarāḥ | nidrāndhā naṣṭasaṃjñāśca tatratatra nipetire

Terrified by his weapons, the men rushed about in fear; blind with sleep and bereft of their senses, they collapsed here and there.

Verse 89 (10.8.89)

ऊरुस्तम्भगृहीताश्च कश्मलाभिहतौजसः । विनदन्तो भृशं त्रस्ता निरैक्षन्त परस्परम् ॥

ūrustambhagṛhītāśca kaśmalābhihataujasaḥ | vinadanto bhṛśaṃ trastā niraikṣanta parasparam

Seized by stiffness in the thighs, their strength struck down by faintness, they cried out loudly in terror and stared at one another.

Verse 90 (10.8.90)

ततो रथं पुनर्द्रौणिरास्थितो भीमदर्शनः । धनुष्पाणिः शरैरन्यान्प्रैषयद्वै यमक्षयम् ॥

tato rathaṃ punardrauṇirāsthito bhīmadarśanaḥ | dhanuṣpāṇiḥ śarairanyānpraiṣayadvai yamakṣayam

Then Drona's son, dreadful to behold, mounted his chariot again, bow in hand, and with his arrows sent others to the abode of Yama.

Verse 91 (10.8.91)

पुनरुत्पततश्चापि दूरादपि नरोत्तमान् । शूरान्सम्पततश्चान्यान्कालरात्र्यै न्यवेदयत् ॥

punarutpatataścāpi dūrādapi narottamān | śūrānsampatataścānyānkālarātryai nyavedayat

And those best of men who sprang up again, even from afar, and other heroes who rushed upon him, he delivered over to the Night of Death.

Verse 92 (10.8.92)

तथैव स्यन्दनाग्रेण प्रमथन्स व्यरोचत । शरवर्षैश्च विविधैरवर्षच्छात्रवांस्ततः ॥

tathaiva syandanāgreṇa pramathansa vyarocata | śaravarṣaiśca vividhairavarṣacchātravāṃstataḥ

In the same way he shone as he crushed them with the front of his chariot, and then he showered his enemies with arrows of many kinds.

Verse 93 (10.8.93)

पुनश्च सुविचित्रेण शतचन्द्रेण चर्मणा । तेन चाकाशवर्णेन तथाचरत सोऽसिना ॥

punaśca suvicitreṇa śatacandreṇa carmaṇā | tena cākāśavarṇena tathācarata so'sinā

And again, with a splendid shield marked with a hundred moons, sky-coloured, he ranged about wielding his sword.

Verse 94 (10.8.94)

तथा स शिबिरं तेषां द्रौणिराहवदुर्मदः । व्यक्षोभयत राजेन्द्र महाह्रदमिव द्विपः ॥

tathā sa śibiraṃ teṣāṃ drauṇirāhavadurmadaḥ | vyakṣobhayata rājendra mahāhradamiva dvipaḥ

Thus Drona's son, maddened by battle, threw their camp into turmoil, O king of kings, as an elephant churns a great lake.

Note on the text: Corrected महाह्द → महाह्रद (misprint in Wikisource; र dropped, leaving a stray zero-width non-joiner; the critical edition reads mahāhradam).

Verse 95 (10.8.95)

उत्पेतुस्तेन शब्देन योधा राजन्विचेतसः । निद्रार्ताश्च भयार्ताश्च व्यधावन्त ततस्ततः ॥

utpetustena śabdena yodhā rājanvicetasaḥ | nidrārtāśca bhayārtāśca vyadhāvanta tatastataḥ

At that noise, O king, the warriors sprang up bewildered; tormented by sleep and by fear, they ran in every direction.

Verse 96 (10.8.96)

विस्वरं चुक्रुशुश्चान्ये बह्वबद्धं तथाऽवदन् । न च स्म प्रत्यपद्यन्त शस्त्राणि वसनानि च ॥

visvaraṃ cukruśuścānye bahvabaddhaṃ tathā'vadan | na ca sma pratyapadyanta śastrāṇi vasanāni ca

Some shrieked in cracked voices, others babbled much that made no sense, and they could not lay hands on their weapons or their clothes.

Note on the text: Corrected बह्वबद्वं → बह्वबद्धं (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध; the critical edition reads bahvabaddhaṃ).

Verse 97 (10.8.97)

विमुक्तकेशाश्चाप्यन्ये नाभ्यजानन्परस्परम् । उत्पतन्तोऽपतञ्श्रान्ताः केचित्तत्राभ्रमंस्तदा । पुरीषमसृजन्केचित्केचिन्मूत्रं प्रसुस्रुवुः ॥

vimuktakeśāścāpyanye nābhyajānanparasparam | utpatanto'patañśrāntāḥ kecittatrābhramaṃstadā | purīṣamasṛjankecitkecinmūtraṃ prasusruvuḥ

Others, with their hair come loose, did not recognise one another. Some leapt up and fell down exhausted; some wandered about in bewilderment. Some voided their dung, some let their urine flow.

Verse 98 (10.8.98)

बन्धनानि च राजेन्द्र सञ्छिद्य तुरगा द्विपाः । समं पर्यपतंश्चान्ये कुर्वन्तो महदाकुलम् ॥

bandhanāni ca rājendra sañchidya turagā dvipāḥ | samaṃ paryapataṃścānye kurvanto mahadākulam

Breaking their tethers, horses and elephants, O king of kings, stampeded together with others, raising a great uproar.

Verse 99 (10.8.99)

तत्र केचिन्नरा भीता व्यलीयन्त महीतले । तथैव तान्निपतितानपिंषन्गजवाजिनः ॥

tatra kecinnarā bhītā vyalīyanta mahītale | tathaiva tānnipatitānapiṃṣangajavājinaḥ

There some men, terrified, lay hidden on the ground, and the elephants and horses ground those fallen men to pieces.

Verse 100 (10.8.100)

तस्मिंस्तथा वर्तमाने रक्षांसि पुरुषर्षभ । हृष्टानि व्यनदन्नुच्चैर्मुदा युक्तानि सत्तम ॥

tasmiṃstathā vartamāne rakṣāṃsi puruṣarṣabha | hṛṣṭāni vyanadannuccairmudā yuktāni sattama

While this was going on, O best of men, the rakshasas, glad and full of joy, roared aloud, O good one.

Verse 101 (10.8.101)

स शब्दः प्रेरितो राजन्भूतसङ्घैर्मुदा युतैः । अपूरयद्दिशः सर्वा दिवं चातिमहान्स्वनः ॥

sa śabdaḥ prerito rājanbhūtasaṅghairmudā yutaiḥ | apūrayaddiśaḥ sarvā divaṃ cātimahānsvanaḥ

That great roar, raised in their joy by the hosts of beings, O king, filled all the quarters and the sky.

Verse 102 (10.8.102)

तेषामार्तरवं श्रुत्वा वित्रस्ता गजवाजिनः । मुक्ताः पर्यपतन्राजन्मृद्नन्तः शिबिरे जनम् ॥

teṣāmārtaravaṃ śrutvā vitrastā gajavājinaḥ | muktāḥ paryapatanrājanmṛdnantaḥ śibire janam

Hearing their cries of anguish, the elephants and horses, terrified, broke loose and ran about, O king, trampling the people in the camp.

Note on the text: Corrected मृद्गन्तः → मृद्नन्तः (misprint in Wikisource; ग for न; the critical edition reads mṛdnantaḥ).

Verse 103 (10.8.103)

तैस्तत्र परिधावद्भिश्चरणोदीरितं रजः । अकरोच्छिबिरे तेषां रजन्यां द्विगुणं तमः ॥

taistatra paridhāvadbhiścaraṇodīritaṃ rajaḥ | akarocchibire teṣāṃ rajanyāṃ dviguṇaṃ tamaḥ

The dust raised by their feet as they ran about there made the darkness in the camp twice as deep that night.

Verse 104 (10.8.104)

तस्मिंस्तमसि सञ्जाते प्रमूढाः सर्वतो जनाः । नाजानन्पितरः पुत्रान्भ्रातॄन्भ्रातर एव च ॥

tasmiṃstamasi sañjāte pramūḍhāḥ sarvato janāḥ | nājānanpitaraḥ putrānbhrātṝnbhrātara eva ca

When that darkness had fallen, people everywhere were bewildered: fathers did not know their sons, nor brothers their brothers.

Verse 105 (10.8.105)

गजा गजानतिक्रम्य निर्मनुष्या हया हयान् । अताडयंस्तथाऽभञ्जंस्तथाऽमृद्नंश्च भारत ॥

gajā gajānatikramya nirmanuṣyā hayā hayān | atāḍayaṃstathā'bhañjaṃstathā'mṛdnaṃśca bhārata

Elephants charging past elephants, and riderless horses past horses, struck, broke and trampled them, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected गजो राजानतिक्रम्य → गजा गजानतिक्रम्य (misprint in Wikisource; garbled; the critical edition reads gajā gajān atikramya). Corrected ऽमृद्गंश्च → ऽमृद्नंश्च (misprint in Wikisource; ग for न; the critical edition reads amṛdnaṃś).

Verse 106 (10.8.106)

ते भग्नाः प्रपतन्ति स्म मृद्नन्तश्च परस्परम् । न्यपातयंस्तथा चान्यान्पातयित्वा तदाऽपिषन् ॥

te bhagnāḥ prapatanti sma mṛdnantaśca parasparam | nyapātayaṃstathā cānyānpātayitvā tadā'piṣan

Shattered, they fell down, trampling one another; they threw others down and, having felled them, crushed them.

Note on the text: Corrected मृद्रन्तश्च → मृद्नन्तश्च (misprint in Wikisource; र for न; mṛdnantaḥ, as in the critical edition at 10.8.92).

Verse 107 (10.8.107)

विचेतसः सनिद्राश्च तमसा चावृता नराः । जघ्नुः स्वानेव तत्राथ कालेनैव प्रचोदिताः ॥

vicetasaḥ sanidrāśca tamasā cāvṛtā narāḥ | jaghnuḥ svāneva tatrātha kālenaiva pracoditāḥ

Senseless, half asleep and wrapped in darkness, the men struck down their own people there, driven on by Time itself.

Note on the text: Corrected जघ्रुः → जघ्नुः (misprint in Wikisource; जघ्रुः (from ghrā, "smelled") makes no sense; the critical edition reads jaghnuḥ "killed").

Verse 108 (10.8.108)

त्यक्त्वाद्वाराणि च द्वाःस्थास्तथागुल्मानिगौल्मिकाः । प्राद्रवन्त यथाशक्ति कांदिशीका विचेतसः ॥

tyaktvādvārāṇi ca dvāḥsthāstathāgulmānigaulmikāḥ | prādravanta yathāśakti kāṃdiśīkā vicetasaḥ

Doorkeepers abandoned the gates and the guards of the companies their posts, and fled as best they could, senseless, in every direction.

Note on the text: Corrected द्वास्थास्तथा → द्वाःस्थास्तथा (misprint in Wikisource; visarga dropped; the critical edition reads dvāḥsthāḥ).

Verse 109 (10.8.109)

विप्रनष्टाश्च तेऽन्योन्यं नाजानन्तस्तथा विभो । क्रोशन्तस्तात पुत्रेति दैवोपहतचेतसः ॥

vipranaṣṭāśca te'nyonyaṃ nājānantastathā vibho | krośantastāta putreti daivopahatacetasaḥ

Lost to one another, O lord, and not recognising each other, they cried "Father! Son!", their minds crushed by fate.

Verse 110 (10.8.110)

पलायतां दिशस्तेषां स्वानप्युत्सृज्य बान्धवान् । गोत्रनामभिरन्योन्यमाक्रन्दन्त ततो जनाः ॥

palāyatāṃ diśasteṣāṃ svānapyutsṛjya bāndhavān | gotranāmabhiranyonyamākrandanta tato janāḥ

As they fled in every direction, abandoning even their own kinsmen, the people called to one another by clan names and personal names.

Verse 111 (10.8.111)

हाहाकारं च कुर्वाणाः पृथिव्यां शेरते परे । तान्बुद्ध्वा रणमध्येऽसौ द्रोणपुत्रो व्यपोथयत् ॥

hāhākāraṃ ca kurvāṇāḥ pṛthivyāṃ śerate pare | tānbuddhvā raṇamadhye'sau droṇaputro vyapothayat

Others lay on the ground crying "Alas!"; perceiving them, Drona's son cut them down in the middle of the field.

Note on the text: Corrected तान्बुद्धा → तान्बुद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; conjunct ध्व broken; the critical edition reads buddhvā).

Verse 112 (10.8.112)

तत्रापरे वध्यमाना मुहुर्मुहुरचेतसः । शिबिरान्निष्पतन्ति स्म क्षत्रिया भयपीडिताः ॥

tatrāpare vadhyamānā muhurmuhuracetasaḥ | śibirānniṣpatanti sma kṣatriyā bhayapīḍitāḥ

Others, struck again and again and senseless, kept rushing out of the camp, those kshatriyas tormented by fear.

Note on the text: Corrected मुहुर्महुर → मुहुर्मुहुर (misprint in Wikisource; मुहुः is the word; the critical edition reads muhur muhur).

Verse 113 (10.8.113)

तांस्तु निष्पतितांस्त्रस्ताञ्शिबिराज्जीवितैषिणः । कृतवर्मा कृपश्चैव द्वारदेशे निजघ्नतुः ॥

tāṃstu niṣpatitāṃstrastāñśibirājjīvitaiṣiṇaḥ | kṛtavarmā kṛpaścaiva dvāradeśe nijaghnatuḥ

But those terrified men who rushed out of the camp, eager to save their lives, were slain at the gate by Kritavarma and Kripa.

Verse 114 (10.8.114)

विस्रस्तयन्त्रकवचान्मुक्तकेशान्कृताञ्जलीन् । वेपमानान्क्षितौ भीतान्नैव कांश्चिदमुच्यताम् ॥

visrastayantrakavacānmuktakeśānkṛtāñjalīn | vepamānānkṣitau bhītānnaiva kāṃścidamucyatām

Their fastenings and armour slipped off, their hair loose, their hands folded, trembling and fearful on the ground — not one of them did the two let go.

Note on the text: Corrected विसस्तयन्त्रकवचान् → विस्रस्तयन्त्रकवचान् (misprint in Wikisource; र dropped; विस्रस्त "slipped off" is the evident word). Corrected त्रैव → नैव (misprint in Wikisource; त्र for न; the critical edition reads naiva).

Verse 115 (10.8.115)

नामुच्यत तयोः कश्चिन्निष्क्रान्तः शिबिराद्बहिः । कृपश्चैव महाराज हार्दिक्यश्चैव दुर्मतिः ॥

nāmucyata tayoḥ kaścinniṣkrāntaḥ śibirādbahiḥ | kṛpaścaiva mahārāja hārdikyaścaiva durmatiḥ

None who came out of the camp was spared by those two: Kripa, O great king, and the evil-minded son of Hridika.

Verse 116 (10.8.116)

भूयश्चैव चिकीर्षन्तौ द्रौणपुत्रस्य तौ प्रियम् । त्रिषु देशेषु ददतुः शिबिरस्य हुताशनम् ॥

bhūyaścaiva cikīrṣantau drauṇaputrasya tau priyam | triṣu deśeṣu dadatuḥ śibirasya hutāśanam

Wishing yet further to please Drona's son, the two set fire to the camp at three places.

Verse 117 (10.8.117)

ततः प्रकाशे शिबिरे खड्गेन पितृनन्दनः । अश्वत्थामा महाराज व्यचरत्कृतहस्तवत् ॥

tataḥ prakāśe śibire khaḍgena pitṛnandanaḥ | aśvatthāmā mahārāja vyacaratkṛtahastavat

Then, with the camp lit up, Ashvatthama, delight of his father, moved about with his sword, O great king, with the skill of a practised hand.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गेन → खड्गेन (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग; the critical edition reads khaḍgena).

Verse 118 (10.8.118)

कांश्चिदापततो वीरानपरांश्चैव धावतः । व्ययोजयत खड्गेन प्राणैर्द्विजवरोत्तमः ॥

kāṃścidāpatato vīrānaparāṃścaiva dhāvataḥ | vyayojayata khaḍgena prāṇairdvijavarottamaḥ

Some heroes who came at him and others who ran, that best of the twice-born parted from their lives with his sword.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गेन → खड्गेन (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग; the critical edition reads khaḍgena).

Verse 119 (10.8.119)

कांश्चिद्योधान्स खड्गेन मध्ये सञ्छिद्य वीर्यवान् । अशातयद्द्रोणपुत्रः संरब्धस्तिलकाण्डवत् ॥

kāṃścidyodhānsa khaḍgena madhye sañchidya vīryavān | aśātayaddroṇaputraḥ saṃrabdhastilakāṇḍavat

Some warriors that mighty son of Drona cut through the middle with his sword; in fury he lopped them down like stalks of sesame.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गेन → खड्गेन (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग; the critical edition reads khaḍgena).

Verse 120 (10.8.120)

निनदद्भिर्भृशायस्तैर्नराश्वद्विरदोत्तमैः । पतितैरभवत्कीर्णा मेदिनी भरतर्षभ ॥

ninadadbhirbhṛśāyastairnarāśvadviradottamaiḥ | patitairabhavatkīrṇā medinī bharatarṣabha

The earth, O best of the Bharatas, lay strewn with the finest men, horses and elephants, bellowing and sorely afflicted, fallen.

Verse 121 (10.8.121)

मानुषाणां सहस्रेषु हतेषु पतितेषु च । उदतिष्ठन्कबन्धानि बहून्युत्थाय चापतन् ॥

mānuṣāṇāṃ sahasreṣu hateṣu patiteṣu ca | udatiṣṭhankabandhāni bahūnyutthāya cāpatan

When thousands of men had been slain and had fallen, many headless trunks rose up, and having risen, fell again.

Verse 122 (10.8.122)

सायुधान्साङ्गदान्बाहून्विचकर्त शिरांसि च । हस्तिहस्तोपमानूरून्हस्तान्पादांश्च भारत ॥

sāyudhānsāṅgadānbāhūnvicakarta śirāṃsi ca | hastihastopamānūrūnhastānpādāṃśca bhārata

He cut off arms, with their weapons and armlets, and heads, and thighs like elephants' trunks, and hands and feet, O Bharata.

Verse 123 (10.8.123)

पृष्ठच्छिन्नान्पार्श्वच्छिन्नाञ्शिरश्छिन्नांस्तथापरान् । स महात्माकरोद्द्रौणिः कांश्चिच्चापि पराङ्मुखान् ॥

pṛṣṭhacchinnānpārśvacchinnāñśiraśchinnāṃstathāparān | sa mahātmākaroddrauṇiḥ kāṃściccāpi parāṅmukhān

That high-souled son of Drona made some men cut through the back, some through the flank, others headless, and some of them he cut down as they turned away.

Verse 124 (10.8.124)

मध्यदेशे नरानन्यांश्चिच्छेदान्यांश्च कर्णतः । अंसदेशे निहत्यान्यान्काये प्रावेशयच्छिरः ॥

madhyadeśe narānanyāṃścicchedānyāṃśca karṇataḥ | aṃsadeśe nihatyānyānkāye prāveśayacchiraḥ

Some men he cut through the middle, others at the ear; striking others at the shoulder, he drove the head into the trunk.

Verse 125 (10.8.125)

एवं हि बहुभिः शस्त्रैर्घ्नतोऽपि बलवत्तरान् । तमसा रजनी घोरा बभौ दारुणदर्शना ॥

evaṃ hi bahubhiḥ śastrairghnato'pi balavattarān | tamasā rajanī ghorā babhau dāruṇadarśanā

Thus, as he struck down with many weapons even men of greater strength, the night, dark and dreadful, looked fearful to behold.

Verse 126 (10.8.126)

किञ्चित्प्राणैश्च पुरुषैर्हतैश्चान्यैः सहस्रशः । बहुना च गजाश्वेन भूरभूद्भीमदर्शना ॥

kiñcitprāṇaiśca puruṣairhataiścānyaiḥ sahasraśaḥ | bahunā ca gajāśvena bhūrabhūdbhīmadarśanā

With men barely alive and others slain by the thousand, and with a multitude of elephants and horses, the earth became terrible to behold.

Note on the text: Corrected भूतभूद्भीमदर्शना → भूरभूद्भीमदर्शना (misprint in Wikisource; garbled; the critical edition reads bhūr abhūd bhīmadarśanā).

Verse 127 (10.8.127)

यक्षरक्षःसमाकीर्णे रथाश्वद्विपदारुणे । क्रुद्धेन द्रोणपुत्रेण सञ्छिन्नाः प्रापतन्भुवि । भ्रातॄनन्ये पितॄनन्ये पुत्रानन्ये विचुक्रुशुः ॥

yakṣarakṣaḥsamākīrṇe rathāśvadvipadāruṇe | kruddhena droṇaputreṇa sañchinnāḥ prāpatanbhuvi | bhrātṝnanye pitṝnanye putrānanye vicukruśuḥ

In that place, thronged with yakshas and rakshasas and dreadful with chariots, horses and elephants, men cut down by the enraged son of Drona fell to the ground. Some wailed for their brothers, some for their fathers, some for their sons.

Note on the text: Not aligned automatically. Lines 1-2 = critical edition 10.8.114a,c; line 3 corresponds to 10.8.115a (mātṝr anye pitṝn anye bhrātṝn anye vicukruśuḥ) with a different reading (vulgate: भ्रातॄनन्ये पितॄनन्ये पुत्रानन्ये).

Verse 128 (10.8.128)

केचिदूचुर्न तत्क्रुद्धैर्धार्तराष्ट्रैः कृतं रणे । यत्कृतं नः प्रसुप्तानां रक्षोभिः क्रूरकर्मभिः । असान्निध्याद्धि पार्थानामिदं नः कदनं कृतम् ॥

kecidūcurna tatkruddhairdhārtarāṣṭraiḥ kṛtaṃ raṇe | yatkṛtaṃ naḥ prasuptānāṃ rakṣobhiḥ krūrakarmabhiḥ | asānnidhyāddhi pārthānāmidaṃ naḥ kadanaṃ kṛtam

Some said: "This was not done in battle by the enraged sons of Dhritarashtra. What has been done to us as we slept, by cruel rakshasas — this slaughter of us has come about because the Parthas were absent."

Note on the text: Corrected क्रूग्कर्मभिः → क्रूरकर्मभिः (misprint in Wikisource; ग् for र; the critical edition reads krūrakarmabhiḥ). Corrected असान्निध्याद्वि → असान्निध्याद्धि (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध; the critical edition reads asāṃnidhyād dhi). Corrected वः → नः (misprint in Wikisource; the lament is of the sleepers about themselves, "to us"; the critical edition reads naḥ). Not aligned automatically. Lines 1-3 = critical edition 10.8.115c, 116a, 116c.

Verse 129 (10.8.129)

न चासुरैर्न गन्धर्वैर्न यक्षैर्न च राक्षसैः । शक्यो विजेतुं कौन्तेयो नेता यस्य जनार्दनः । ब्रह्मण्यः सत्यवाग्दान्तः सर्वभूतानुकम्पकः ॥

na cāsurairna gandharvairna yakṣairna ca rākṣasaiḥ | śakyo vijetuṃ kaunteyo netā yasya janārdanaḥ | brahmaṇyaḥ satyavāgdāntaḥ sarvabhūtānukampakaḥ

"Kunti's son cannot be conquered by asuras, gandharvas, yakshas or rakshasas, he whose guide is Janardana — devoted to brahmins, truthful, self-controlled, compassionate to all beings.

Note on the text: Corrected मत्यवाग्दान्तः → सत्यवाग्दान्तः (misprint in Wikisource; म for स; the critical edition reads satyavāg dāntaḥ). Not aligned automatically. Lines 1-2 = critical edition 10.8.117a,c (line 2 reads नेता where the critical edition has goptā); line 3 = 10.8.118a.

Verse 130 (10.8.130)

न च सुप्तं प्रमत्तं वा न्यस्तशस्त्रं कृताञ्जलिम् । धावन्तं मुक्तकेशं वा हन्ति पार्थो धनञ्जयः ॥

na ca suptaṃ pramattaṃ vā nyastaśastraṃ kṛtāñjalim | dhāvantaṃ muktakeśaṃ vā hanti pārtho dhanañjayaḥ

Dhananjaya, the son of Pritha, does not kill a man who is asleep or heedless, who has laid down his weapons or folded his hands, or who runs with loosened hair."

Note on the text: Not aligned automatically. Lines 1-2 = critical edition 10.8.118c, 118e.

Verse 131 (10.8.131)

तदिदं नः कृतं घोरं रक्षोभिः क्रूरकर्मभिः । इति लालप्यमानाः स्म शेरते बहवो जनाः ॥

tadidaṃ naḥ kṛtaṃ ghoraṃ rakṣobhiḥ krūrakarmabhiḥ | iti lālapyamānāḥ sma śerate bahavo janāḥ

"This dreadful deed has been done to us by cruel rakshasas" — lamenting thus, many people lay on the ground.

Verse 132 (10.8.132)

स्तनतां च मनुष्याणामपरेषां च कूजताम् । ततो मुहूर्तात्प्राशाम्यत्स शब्दस्तुमुलो महान् ॥

stanatāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāmapareṣāṃ ca kūjatām | tato muhūrtātprāśāmyatsa śabdastumulo mahān

After a moment that great tumultuous noise of groaning men and of others who were crying out died away.

Verse 133 (10.8.133)

शोणितव्यतिषिक्तायां वसुधायां च भूमिप । तद्रजस्तुमुलं घोरं क्षणेनान्तरधीयत ॥

śoṇitavyatiṣiktāyāṃ vasudhāyāṃ ca bhūmipa | tadrajastumulaṃ ghoraṃ kṣaṇenāntaradhīyata

And when the earth was drenched with blood, O king, that dense, dreadful dust vanished in an instant.

Verse 134 (10.8.134)

स चेष्टमानानुद्विग्नान्निरुत्साहान्सहस्रशः । न्यपातयन्नरान्क्रुद्धः पशून्पशुपतिर्यथा ॥

sa ceṣṭamānānudvignānnirutsāhānsahasraśaḥ | nyapātayannarānkruddhaḥ paśūnpaśupatiryathā

Thousands of them, writhing, distressed and without spirit — in his fury he laid them low, like Pashupati slaying beasts.

Note on the text: Corrected क्रुद्वः → क्रुद्धः (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध (broken conjunct)).

Verse 135 (10.8.135)

अन्योन्यं सम्परिष्वज्य शयानाञ्जीवतोऽपरान् । संलीनान्युध्यमानांश्च सर्वान्द्रौणिरपोथयत् ॥

anyonyaṃ sampariṣvajya śayānāñjīvato'parān | saṃlīnānyudhyamānāṃśca sarvāndrauṇirapothayat

Those lying locked in one another's arms, those still alive, those hiding and those fighting — Drona's son slew them all.

Verse 136 (10.8.136)

दह्यमाना हुताशेन वध्यमानाश्च तेन ते । परस्परं तदा योधाननयद्यमसादनम् ॥

dahyamānā hutāśena vadhyamānāśca tena te | parasparaṃ tadā yodhānanayadyamasādanam

Burned by the fire and slain by him, the warriors were sent by him to Yama's abode, one after another.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्रह्ममाना → दह्यमाना (misprint in Wikisource; ब्रह्ममाना is not a word here; the critical edition reads dahyamānā).

Verse 137 (10.8.137)

तस्या रजन्यास्त्वर्धेन पाण्डवानां महद्बलम् । गमयामास राजेन्द्र द्रौणिर्यमनिवेशनम् ॥

tasyā rajanyāstvardhena pāṇḍavānāṃ mahadbalam | gamayāmāsa rājendra drauṇiryamaniveśanam

In half of that night, O king of kings, Drona's son sent the great Pandava army to the house of Yama.

Verse 138 (10.8.138)

निशाचराणां सत्वानां रात्रिः सा हर्षवर्धिनी । आसीन्नरगजाश्वानां रौद्री क्षयकरी भृशम् ॥

niśācarāṇāṃ satvānāṃ rātriḥ sā harṣavardhinī | āsīnnaragajāśvānāṃ raudrī kṣayakarī bhṛśam

That night, which gladdened the night-roaming beings, was terrible, and utterly destructive for men, elephants and horses.

Verse 139 (10.8.139)

तत्रादृश्यन्त रक्षांसि पिशाचाश्च पृथग्विधाः । खादन्तो नरमांसानि पिबन्तः शोणितानि च ॥

tatrādṛśyanta rakṣāṃsi piśācāśca pṛthagvidhāḥ | khādanto naramāṃsāni pibantaḥ śoṇitāni ca

There rakshasas and pishachas of many kinds were seen, eating human flesh and drinking blood.

Verse 140 (10.8.140)

करालाः पिङ्गला रौद्राः शैलदन्ता रजस्वलाः । जटिला भीमवक्त्राश्च पञ्चपादा महोदराः ॥

karālāḥ piṅgalā raudrāḥ śailadantā rajasvalāḥ | jaṭilā bhīmavaktrāśca pañcapādā mahodarāḥ

Fearsome, tawny, terrible, with teeth like rocks, dust-stained, matted-haired, with dreadful mouths, five-footed and huge-bellied.

Verse 141 (10.8.141)

पश्चादङ्गुलयो रूक्षा विरूपा भैरवस्वनाः । गजाननाश्च ह्रस्वाश्च नीलवर्णा बिभीषणाः ॥

paścādaṅgulayo rūkṣā virūpā bhairavasvanāḥ | gajānanāśca hrasvāśca nīlavarṇā bibhīṣaṇāḥ

With toes turned backward, rough, misshapen, with dreadful voices, elephant-faced, dwarfish, blue in colour, terrifying.

Note on the text: Corrected पञ्चादङ्गुलयो → पश्चादङ्गुलयो (misprint in Wikisource; ञ for श; the critical edition reads paścād aṅgulayaḥ). Corrected हस्वाश्च → ह्रस्वाश्च (misprint in Wikisource; र dropped; the critical edition reads atihrasvāḥ).

Verse 142 (10.8.142)

सपुत्रदाराः सुक्रूराः सुदुर्दर्शाः सुनिर्घृणाः । विविधानि च रूपाणि तत्रादृश्यन्त रक्षसाम् ॥

saputradārāḥ sukrūrāḥ sudurdarśāḥ sunirghṛṇāḥ | vividhāni ca rūpāṇi tatrādṛśyanta rakṣasām

With their wives and sons, exceedingly cruel, hideous to see, utterly pitiless; and many forms of the rakshasas were seen there.

Verse 143 (10.8.143)

पीत्वा च शोणितं हृष्टाः प्रानृत्यन्गणशोऽपरे । इदं परमिदं मेध्यमिदं स्वाद्विति चाब्रुवन् ॥

pītvā ca śoṇitaṃ hṛṣṭāḥ prānṛtyangaṇaśo'pare | idaṃ paramidaṃ medhyamidaṃ svādviti cābruvan

Having drunk blood, others danced in troops, delighted, saying, "This is excellent, this is pure, this is tasty."

Verse 144 (10.8.144)

मेदोमज्जास्थिरक्तानां मांसानां च भृशाशिताः । परे मांसानि खादन्तः क्रव्यादा मांसजीविनः ॥

medomajjāsthiraktānāṃ māṃsānāṃ ca bhṛśāśitāḥ | pare māṃsāni khādantaḥ kravyādā māṃsajīvinaḥ

Others, gorged on fat, marrow, bone, blood and flesh, went on eating flesh — flesh-eaters living on flesh.

Verse 145 (10.8.145)

वसाश्चैवापरे पीत्वा पर्यधावन्विकुक्षिकाः । नानावक्त्रास्तथा रौद्राः क्रव्यादाः पिशिताशनाः ॥

vasāścaivāpare pītvā paryadhāvanvikukṣikāḥ | nānāvaktrāstathā raudrāḥ kravyādāḥ piśitāśanāḥ

Others, having drunk fat, ran about with swollen bellies — many-faced, terrible, eaters of raw flesh, devourers of flesh.

Verse 146 (10.8.146)

अयुतानि च तत्रासन्प्रयुतान्यर्बुदानि च । रक्षसां घोररूपाणां महतां क्रूरकर्मणाम् ॥

ayutāni ca tatrāsanprayutānyarbudāni ca | rakṣasāṃ ghorarūpāṇāṃ mahatāṃ krūrakarmaṇām

There were tens of thousands, millions and tens of millions of those rakshasas, mighty and cruel in their deeds, of dreadful form.

Note on the text: Corrected क्रुरकर्मणाम् → क्रूरकर्मणाम् (misprint in Wikisource; short ु for long ू).

Verse 147 (10.8.147)

मुदितानां वितृप्तानां तस्मिन्महति वैशसे । समेतानि बहून्यासन्भूतानि च जनाधिप ॥

muditānāṃ vitṛptānāṃ tasminmahati vaiśase | sametāni bahūnyāsanbhūtāni ca janādhipa

Delighted and sated at that great slaughter, many beings gathered there, O lord of men.

Verse 148 (10.8.148)

एवंविधा हि सा रात्रिः सोमकानां जनक्षये । प्रसुप्तानां प्रमत्तानामासीत्सुभृशदारुणा ॥

evaṃvidhā hi sā rātriḥ somakānāṃ janakṣaye | prasuptānāṃ pramattānāmāsītsubhṛśadāruṇā

Such was that night, exceedingly dreadful, for the Somakas, in the destruction of the people, as they slept and were off their guard.

Verse 149 (10.8.149)

असंशयं हि कालस्य पर्यायो दुरतिक्रमः । तादृशा निहता यत्र कृत्वाऽस्माकं जनक्षयम् ॥

asaṃśayaṃ hi kālasya paryāyo duratikramaḥ | tādṛśā nihatā yatra kṛtvā'smākaṃ janakṣayam

Doubtless the turn of Time is hard to overcome, since those very men, who had brought destruction upon our people, were themselves slain in that way.

Verse 150 (10.8.150)

प्रागेव सुमहत्कर्म द्रौणिरेतन्महारथः । नाकरोदीदृशं कस्मान्मत्पुत्रविजये धृतः ॥

prāgeva sumahatkarma drauṇiretanmahārathaḥ | nākarodīdṛśaṃ kasmānmatputravijaye dhṛtaḥ

Why did Drona's son, that great warrior, who was set on my sons' victory, not do such a mighty deed before this?

Verse 151 (10.8.151)

अथ कस्माद्धते क्षत्रे कर्मेदं कृतवानसौ । द्रोणपुत्रो महात्मा स तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

atha kasmāddhate kṣatre karmedaṃ kṛtavānasau | droṇaputro mahātmā sa tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

And why did that high-souled son of Drona do this deed only after the kshatriyas had been slain? You should tell me this.

Note on the text: Corrected कस्माद्वते → कस्माद्धते (misprint in Wikisource; stray zero-width non-joiner removed; व for ध; the critical edition reads kasmād dhate).

Verse 152 (10.8.152)

तेषां नूनं भयान्नासौ कृतवान्कुरुनन्दन । असान्निध्याद्धि पार्थानां केशवस्य च धीमतः । सात्यकेश्चापि कर्मेदं द्रोणपुत्रेण साधितम् ॥

teṣāṃ nūnaṃ bhayānnāsau kṛtavānkurunandana | asānnidhyāddhi pārthānāṃ keśavasya ca dhīmataḥ | sātyakeścāpi karmedaṃ droṇaputreṇa sādhitam

Surely it was out of fear of them that he did not do it before, O delight of the Kurus. Only in the absence of the Parthas, of the wise Keshava, and of Satyaki too, was this deed accomplished by Drona's son.

Note on the text: Corrected द्रोमपुत्रेण → द्रोणपुत्रेण (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण; the critical edition reads droṇaputreṇa). Not aligned automatically. Lines 1-3 = critical edition 10.8.146a, 146c, 147a.

Verse 153 (10.8.153)

को हि तेषां समक्षं तान्हन्यादपि मरुत्पतिः । एतदीदृशकं वृत्तं राजन्सुप्तजने विभो ॥

ko hi teṣāṃ samakṣaṃ tānhanyādapi marutpatiḥ | etadīdṛśakaṃ vṛttaṃ rājansuptajane vibho

For who could kill them in their presence, even if he were the Lord of the Maruts? Such was the event, O king, O lord, among the sleeping people.

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width non-joiner inside हन्यादपि (misprint in Wikisource). Not aligned automatically. Line 1 = critical edition 10.8.147c (vulgate reading को हि for na hi); line 2 = 10.8.148a.

Verse 154 (10.8.154)

ततो जनक्षयं कृत्वा पाण्डवानां महात्ययम् । प्रत्यूषकाले शिबिरात्प्रतिगन्तुमियेष सः ॥

tato janakṣayaṃ kṛtvā pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātyayam | pratyūṣakāle śibirātpratigantumiyeṣa saḥ

Then, having wrought that great ruin of the Pandavas' people, he wished to leave the camp at the hour of early dawn.

Note on the text: Not aligned automatically. Line 1 = critical edition 10.8.148c; line 2 = 10.8.136a (Wikisource places the CE 136 verse here and in the next verse).

Verse 155 (10.8.155)

नृशोणितावसिक्तस्य द्रौणेरासीदसित्सरुः । पाणिना सह संश्लिष्ट एकीभूत इव प्रभो ॥

nṛśoṇitāvasiktasya drauṇerāsīdasitsaruḥ | pāṇinā saha saṃśliṣṭa ekībhūta iva prabho

The hilt of Drona's son's sword, drenched in men's blood, was clasped to his hand and seemed fused with it, O lord.

Note on the text: Not aligned automatically. Lines 1-2 = critical edition 10.8.136c, 136e.

Verse 156 (10.8.156)

स निःशेषानरीन्कृत्वा विरराम निशाक्षये । युगान्ते सर्वभूतानि भस्म कृत्वेव पावकः ॥

sa niḥśeṣānarīnkṛtvā virarāma niśākṣaye | yugānte sarvabhūtāni bhasma kṛtveva pāvakaḥ

Having left no enemy remaining, he ceased at the close of the night, like fire at the end of an age that has turned all beings to ash.

Verse 157 (10.8.157)

यथाप्रतिज्ञं तत्कर्म कृत्वा द्रौणायनिः प्रभो । दुर्गमां पदवीं गच्छन्पितुरासीद्गतज्वरः ॥

yathāpratijñaṃ tatkarma kṛtvā drauṇāyaniḥ prabho | durgamāṃ padavīṃ gacchanpiturāsīdgatajvaraḥ

Having accomplished that deed as he had vowed, O lord, Drona's son, treading a road hard to travel, was freed from the fever of grief for his father.

Verse 158 (10.8.158)

यथैव संसुप्तजने शिबिरे प्राविशन्निशि । तथैव हत्वा निःशब्दो निश्चक्राम नरर्षभः ॥

yathaiva saṃsuptajane śibire prāviśanniśi | tathaiva hatvā niḥśabdo niścakrāma nararṣabhaḥ

Just as he had entered the camp by night while the people slept, so he left it in silence once he had slain them, that bull among men.

Verse 159 (10.8.159)

निष्क्रम्य शिबिरात्तस्मात्ताभ्यां सङ्गम्य वीर्यवान् । आचख्यौ कर्म तत्सर्वं हृष्टः संहर्षयन्विभो ॥

niṣkramya śibirāttasmāttābhyāṃ saṅgamya vīryavān | ācakhyau karma tatsarvaṃ hṛṣṭaḥ saṃharṣayanvibho

Leaving that camp, the mighty one joined the two and, delighted, told them all that deed, gladdening them, O lord.

Verse 160 (10.8.160)

तावथाचख्यतुस्तस्मै प्रियं प्रियकरौ तदा । पाञ्चालान्सृञ्जयांश्चैव विनिकृत्तान्सहस्रशः ॥

tāvathācakhyatustasmai priyaṃ priyakarau tadā | pāñcālānsṛñjayāṃścaiva vinikṛttānsahasraśaḥ

And those two in turn, eager to please him, told him the welcome news that the Panchalas and Srinjayas had been cut down by the thousand.

Note on the text: Not aligned automatically. Lines 1-2 = critical edition 10.8.141a, 141c.

Verse 161 (10.8.161)

प्रीत्या चोच्चैरुदक्रोशंस्तथैवास्फोटयंस्तलान् । दिष्ट्यादिष्ट्येति चान्योन्यं समेत्योचुर्महारथाः ॥

prītyā coccairudakrośaṃstathaivāsphoṭayaṃstalān | diṣṭyādiṣṭyeti cānyonyaṃ sametyocurmahārathāḥ

In joy they shouted loudly and slapped their palms together, and those great warriors, meeting one another, cried, "By good fortune! By good fortune!"

Note on the text: Corrected रुद्रक्रोशंस् → रुदक्रोशंस् (misprint in Wikisource; stray र; the critical edition reads udakrośaṃs). Not aligned automatically. Line 1 = critical edition 10.8.141e; line 2 = 10.8.148e.

Verse 162 (10.8.162)

पर्यष्वजत्ततो द्रौणिस्ताभ्यां सम्प्रतिनन्दितः । इदं हर्षात्तु सुमहदाददे वाक्यमुत्तमम् ॥

paryaṣvajattato drauṇistābhyāṃ sampratinanditaḥ | idaṃ harṣāttu sumahadādade vākyamuttamam

Then Drona's son embraced them, and welcomed by them, spoke in joy these great and excellent words.

Verse 163 (10.8.163)

पाञ्चाला निहताः सर्वे द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्वशः । सोमका मत्स्यशेषाश्च सर्वे विनिहता मया ॥

pāñcālā nihatāḥ sarve draupadeyāśca sarvaśaḥ | somakā matsyaśeṣāśca sarve vinihatā mayā

"The Panchalas are all slain, and the sons of Draupadi to the last; the Somakas and the remnant of the Matsyas — all of them have been slain by me.

Verse 164 (10.8.164)

इदानीं कृतकृत्याः स्म याम तत्रैव मा चिरम् । यदि जीवति नो राजा तस्मै शंसामहे प्रियम् ॥

idānīṃ kṛtakṛtyāḥ sma yāma tatraiva mā ciram | yadi jīvati no rājā tasmai śaṃsāmahe priyam

Now that we have done what we had to do, let us go back to that very place without delay. If our king is still alive, let us bring him this good news."