The Death of Duryodhana

Verse 1 (10.9.1)

ते हत्वा सर्वपाञ्चालान्द्रौपदेयांश्च सर्वशः । आगच्छन्सहितास्तत्र यत्र दुर्योधनो हतः ॥

te hatvā sarvapāñcālāndraupadeyāṃśca sarvaśaḥ | āgacchansahitāstatra yatra duryodhano hataḥ

Having slain all the Panchalas and all the sons of Draupadi, they came together to the place where Duryodhana lay struck down.

Note on the text: The raw page is the right adhyaya (labels 10-9-1 … 10-9-63; colophon नवमोऽध्यायः). It prints the same 63 verses as the input.

Verse 2 (10.9.2)

गत्वा चैनमपश्यन्त किञ्चित्प्राणं जनाधिपम् । ततो रथेभ्यः प्रस्कन्द्य परिवव्रुस्तवात्मजम् ॥

gatvā cainamapaśyanta kiñcitprāṇaṃ janādhipam | tato rathebhyaḥ praskandya parivavrustavātmajam

Coming there, they saw your son the king, with only a little life left in him, and leaping down from their chariots they gathered around him.

Verse 3 (10.9.3)

तं भग्नसक्थं राजेन्द्र कृच्छ्रप्राणमचेतसम् । वमन्तं रुधिरं वक्त्रादपश्यन्वसुधातले ॥

taṃ bhagnasakthaṃ rājendra kṛcchraprāṇamacetasam | vamantaṃ rudhiraṃ vaktrādapaśyanvasudhātale

O best of kings, they saw him lying on the ground, his thighs broken, barely breathing, senseless, vomiting blood from his mouth.

Note on the text: Corrected भग्रसक्थं → भग्नसक्थं (misprint in Wikisource; ग्र for ग्न; the critical edition reads bhagnasakthaṃ).

Verse 4 (10.9.4)

वृतं समन्ताद्बहुभिः श्वापदैर्घोरदर्शनैः । सालावृकगणैश्चैव भक्षयिष्यद्भिरन्तिकात् ॥

vṛtaṃ samantādbahubhiḥ śvāpadairghoradarśanaiḥ | sālāvṛkagaṇaiścaiva bhakṣayiṣyadbhirantikāt

He was ringed on every side by many fearsome beasts and by packs of jackals and wolves, which were eager to devour him where they stood close by.

Verse 5 (10.9.5)

निवारयन्तं कृच्छ्रात्ताञ्श्वापदांश्च चिखादिषून् । विवेष्टमानमुरुभ्यां सुभृशं गाढवेदनम् ॥

nivārayantaṃ kṛcchrāttāñśvāpadāṃśca cikhādiṣūn | viveṣṭamānamurubhyāṃ subhṛśaṃ gāḍhavedanam

With great effort he was driving off those beasts that longed to eat him, writhing on the ground in violent, deep pain from his thighs.

Note on the text: Corrected निरायन्तं → निवारयन्तं (misprint in Wikisource; not a word in context; the critical edition reads nivārayantaṃ).

Verse 6 (10.9.6)

तं शयानं तथा दृष्ट्वा भूमौ सुरुधिरोक्षितम् । हतशिष्टास्त्रयो वीराः शोकार्ताः पर्यदेवयन् । अश्वत्थामा कृपश्चैव कृतवर्मा च सात्वतः ॥

taṃ śayānaṃ tathā dṛṣṭvā bhūmau surudhirokṣitam | hataśiṣṭāstrayo vīrāḥ śokārtāḥ paryadevayan | aśvatthāmā kṛpaścaiva kṛtavarmā ca sātvataḥ

Seeing him lying thus on the ground, drenched in blood, the three heroes who were left alive, Ashvatthama, Kripa, and Kritavarma the Satvata, wept in grief.

Note on the text: Three-line verse; the critical edition has it as 10.9.6a, 6c and 6e, in different wording.

Verse 7 (10.9.7)

तैस्त्रिभिः शोणितादिग्धैर्निःश्वसद्भिर्महारथैः । शुशुभे स वृतो राजा वेदी त्रिभिरिवाग्निभिः ॥

taistribhiḥ śoṇitādigdhairniḥśvasadbhirmahārathaiḥ | śuśubhe sa vṛto rājā vedī tribhirivāgnibhiḥ

Surrounded by those three great chariot-warriors, who were smeared with blood and sighing heavily, the king shone like an altar ringed by three fires.

Note on the text: Corrected शोणितादिग्धौर्निः श्वसद्भिर् → शोणितादिग्धैर्निःश्वसद्भिर् (misprint in Wikisource; दिग्धौः for दिग्धैः, and a stray space in निः श्वसद्भिः; the critical edition reads śoṇitādigdhair niḥśvasadbhir).

Verse 8 (10.9.8)

ते तं शयानं सम्प्रेक्ष्य राजानमतथोचितम् । अविषह्येन दुःखेन ततस्ते रुरुदुस्त्रयः ॥

te taṃ śayānaṃ samprekṣya rājānamatathocitam | aviṣahyena duḥkhena tataste rurudustrayaḥ

Seeing the king lying in a state so unfit for him, the three wept with a grief too great to bear.

Verse 9 (10.9.9)

ततस्तु रुधिरं हस्तैर्मुखान्निर्मृज्य तस्य हि । रणे राज्ञः शयानस्य कृपः सम्पर्यदेवयत् ॥

tatastu rudhiraṃ hastairmukhānnirmṛjya tasya hi | raṇe rājñaḥ śayānasya kṛpaḥ samparyadevayat

Then Kripa wiped the blood from the face of the king lying on the battlefield with his hands, and lamented over him.

Verse 10 (10.9.10)

न दैवस्यातिभारोऽस्ति यदयं रुधिरोक्षितः । एकादशचमूभर्ता शेते दुर्योधनो हतः ॥

na daivasyātibhāro'sti yadayaṃ rudhirokṣitaḥ | ekādaśacamūbhartā śete duryodhano hataḥ

Nothing is too heavy a burden for fate: here lies Duryodhana, lord of eleven armies, slain and drenched in blood.

Verse 11 (10.9.11)

पश्य चामीकराभस्य चामीकरविभूषिताम् । गदां गदाप्रियस्येमां समीपे पतितां भुवि ॥

paśya cāmīkarābhasya cāmīkaravibhūṣitām | gadāṃ gadāpriyasyemāṃ samīpe patitāṃ bhuvi

Look at this mace, adorned with gold, lying on the ground beside him, who shone like gold and loved the mace.

Verse 12 (10.9.12)

इयमेनं गदा शूरं न जहाति रणेरणे । स्वर्गायापि व्रजन्तं हि न जहाति यशस्विनम् ॥

iyamenaṃ gadā śūraṃ na jahāti raṇeraṇe | svargāyāpi vrajantaṃ hi na jahāti yaśasvinam

In every battle this mace never left the hero; even now, as he goes to heaven, it does not leave the glorious man.

Verse 13 (10.9.13)

पश्येमां सह वीरेण जाम्बूनदविभूषिताम् । शयानां शयने हर्म्ये भार्यां प्रीतिमतीमिव ॥

paśyemāṃ saha vīreṇa jāmbūnadavibhūṣitām | śayānāṃ śayane harmye bhāryāṃ prītimatīmiva

Look at it lying beside the hero, adorned with Jambunada gold, like a loving wife lying with her husband on the bed in her mansion.

Verse 14 (10.9.14)

योऽयं मूर्धाभिषिक्तानामग्रे याति परन्तपः । स हतो ग्रसते पांसून्पश्य कालस्य पर्ययम् ॥

yo'yaṃ mūrdhābhiṣiktānāmagre yāti parantapaḥ | sa hato grasate pāṃsūnpaśya kālasya paryayam

He who used to walk at the head of the anointed kings, the scourge of his foes, now lies slain and eats the dust. See the turn of time.

Note on the text: Corrected कालसय → कालस्य (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped conjunct; the critical edition reads kālasya).

Verse 15 (10.9.15)

येनाजौ निहता भूमौ शेरते क्षत्रियर्षभाः । स भूमौ निहतः शेते कुरुराजः परैरयम् ॥

yenājau nihatā bhūmau śerate kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ | sa bhūmau nihataḥ śete kururājaḥ parairayam

He by whom the best of kshatriyas were struck down in battle and made to lie on the ground, that king of the Kurus now lies on the ground himself, struck down by his foes.

Verse 16 (10.9.16)

भयान्नमन्ति राजानो यस्य स्म शतसङ्घशः । स वीरशयने शेते क्रव्याद्भिः परिवारितः ॥

bhayānnamanti rājāno yasya sma śatasaṅghaśaḥ | sa vīraśayane śete kravyādbhiḥ parivāritaḥ

He before whom kings bowed in fear by the hundreds lies on a hero's bed, surrounded by flesh-eaters.

Verse 17 (10.9.17)

यमुपासन्नृपाः पूर्वमर्थहेतोर्महीपतिम् । उपासते च तं ह्यद्य क्रव्यादा मांसगृद्धिनः ॥

yamupāsannṛpāḥ pūrvamarthahetormahīpatim | upāsate ca taṃ hyadya kravyādā māṃsagṛddhinaḥ

The king whom other kings once served for the sake of wealth, today flesh-eating beasts, greedy for meat, attend.

Note on the text: Corrected उपात्पते → उपासते (misprint in Wikisource; not a word; the star passage 17c*0042_01 reads upāsate). Line 1 corresponds to the critical edition's 10.9.17a (यमुपासन्नृपाः … महीपतिम् for upāsata nṛpāḥ … yam īśvaram); line 2 corresponds to its star passages 10.9.17c*0042_01 and *0043_01 (upāsate ca taṃ hy adya kravyādā māṃsahetavaḥ / tam upāsanta kauravyaṃ kravyādā māṃsagṛddhinaḥ), not in the constituted text (whose 17c reads dhik sadyo nihataḥ śete paśya kālasya paryayam). The alignment found no match.

Verse 18 (10.9.18)

तं शयानं कुरुश्रेष्ठं ततो भरतसत्तमम् । अश्वत्थामा समालिङ्ग्य करुणं पर्यदेवयत् ॥

taṃ śayānaṃ kuruśreṣṭhaṃ tato bharatasattamam | aśvatthāmā samāliṅgya karuṇaṃ paryadevayat

Then Ashvatthama embraced that best of kings, foremost of the Bharatas, as he lay there, and lamented piteously.

Verse 19 (10.9.19)

आहुस्त्वां राजशार्दूल मुख्यं सर्वधनुष्मताम् । धनाध्यक्षोपमं युद्धे शिष्यं सङ्कर्षणस्य च ॥

āhustvāṃ rājaśārdūla mukhyaṃ sarvadhanuṣmatām | dhanādhyakṣopamaṃ yuddhe śiṣyaṃ saṅkarṣaṇasya ca

O tiger among kings, they called you the foremost of all archers, the equal of the lord of wealth in battle, and the pupil of Sankarshana.

Note on the text: Speaker: Ashvatthama. The page's heading सञ्जय उवाच (before verse 18) stands, but verse 18 narrates his lament and verses 19–46 are his words (the critical edition has no new heading either).

Verse 20 (10.9.20)

कथं विवरमद्राक्षीद्भीमसेनस्तवानघ । बलिनं कृतिनो नित्यं सूदः पापात्मवान्नृप ॥

kathaṃ vivaramadrākṣīdbhīmasenastavānagha | balinaṃ kṛtino nityaṃ sūdaḥ pāpātmavānnṛpa

O blameless one, how did Bhimasena, that wicked cook, find an opening against you, so strong, so ever accomplished?

Verse 21 (10.9.21)

कालो नूनं महाराज लोकेऽस्मिन्बलवत्तरः । पश्यामो निहतं त्वां च भीमसेनेन संयुगे ॥

kālo nūnaṃ mahārāja loke'sminbalavattaraḥ | paśyāmo nihataṃ tvāṃ ca bhīmasenena saṃyuge

Time, great king, is surely mightier than anything in this world, since we see you struck down in battle by Bhimasena.

Verse 22 (10.9.22)

कथं त्वां सर्वधर्मज्ञं क्षुद्रः पापो वृकोदरः । निकृत्या हतवान्मन्दो नूनं कालो दुरत्ययः ॥

kathaṃ tvāṃ sarvadharmajñaṃ kṣudraḥ pāpo vṛkodaraḥ | nikṛtyā hatavānmando nūnaṃ kālo duratyayaḥ

How could that base, wicked Vrikodara, a fool, have slain by a trick you, who know every dharma? Surely Time is hard to cross.

Note on the text: Corrected नून कालो → नूनं कालो (misprint in Wikisource; the anusvara of नूनं is dropped; the critical edition reads nūnaṃ).

Verse 23 (10.9.23)

द्वन्द्वयुद्धे ह्यधर्मेण समाहूयौजसा मृधे । गदया भीमसेनेन निर्भग्ने सक्थिनी तव ॥

dvandvayuddhe hyadharmeṇa samāhūyaujasā mṛdhe | gadayā bhīmasenena nirbhagne sakthinī tava

Called out to a duel and then fought in violation of dharma, you had your thighs shattered by Bhimasena's mace in the battle.

Verse 24 (10.9.24)

अधर्मेण हतस्याजौ मृद्यमानं पदा शिरः । य उपेक्षितवान्क्षुद्रं धिक्तमस्तु युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

adharmeṇa hatasyājau mṛdyamānaṃ padā śiraḥ | ya upekṣitavānkṣudraṃ dhiktamastu yudhiṣṭhiram

Shame on the petty Yudhishthira, who stood by as your head, as you lay unrighteously slain in battle, was trampled underfoot!

Note on the text: Replaced the stray double hyphen in धिक्तमस्तु--युधिष्ठिरम् by a space (no syllable is lost; the critical edition reads dhik tam astu yudhiṣṭhiram).

Verse 25 (10.9.25)

युद्धेष्वपवदिष्यन्ति योधा नूनं वृकोदरम् । यावत्स्थास्यन्ति भूतानि निकृत्या ह्यसि पातितः ॥

yuddheṣvapavadiṣyanti yodhā nūnaṃ vṛkodaram | yāvatsthāsyanti bhūtāni nikṛtyā hyasi pātitaḥ

As long as creatures endure, warriors in battles will surely denounce Vrikodara, for it was by a trick that you were felled.

Verse 26 (10.9.26)

ननु रामोऽब्रवीद्राजंस्त्वां सदा यदुनन्दनः । दुर्योधनसमो नास्ति गदायामिति वीर्यवान् ॥

nanu rāmo'bravīdrājaṃstvāṃ sadā yadunandanaḥ | duryodhanasamo nāsti gadāyāmiti vīryavān

O king, did not Rama, the joy of the Yadus, always say of you, "There is no one equal to Duryodhana with the mace"? Such was that mighty man's word.

Verse 27 (10.9.27)

श्लाघते त्वां हि वार्ष्णेयो राजन्संसत्सु भारत । स शिष्यो मम कौरव्यो गदायुद्ध इति प्रभो ॥

ślāghate tvāṃ hi vārṣṇeyo rājansaṃsatsu bhārata | sa śiṣyo mama kauravyo gadāyuddha iti prabho

The Vrishni, Balarama, praises you in assemblies, O Bharata: "This Kaurava is my pupil in mace-fighting," he says, O lord.

Verse 28 (10.9.28)

यां गतिं क्षत्रियस्याहुः प्रशस्तां परमर्षयः । हतस्याभिमुखस्याजौ प्राप्तस्त्वमसि तां गतिम् ॥

yāṃ gatiṃ kṣatriyasyāhuḥ praśastāṃ paramarṣayaḥ | hatasyābhimukhasyājau prāptastvamasi tāṃ gatim

The goal that the great seers call the noblest for a kshatriya, to be slain in battle while facing the enemy, that goal you have reached.

Verse 29 (10.9.29)

दुर्योधन न शोचामि त्वामहं पुरुषर्षभ । हतपुत्रौ तु शोचामि गान्धारीं पितरं च ते ॥

duryodhana na śocāmi tvāmahaṃ puruṣarṣabha | hataputrau tu śocāmi gāndhārīṃ pitaraṃ ca te

Duryodhana, best of men, I do not grieve for you. I grieve for Gandhari and for your father, who have lost their son.

Note on the text: Corrected पिरं → पितरं (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped त; the critical edition reads pitaraṃ). Not matched by the alignment; the lines are the critical edition's 10.9.29a and 29c (हतपुत्रौ for hataputrāṃ).

Verse 30 (10.9.30)

द्वावनाथौ कृतौ वीर त्वया नाथेन वर्धितौ । भिक्षुकौ विचरिष्येते शोचन्तौ पृथिवीमिमाम् ॥

dvāvanāthau kṛtau vīra tvayā nāthena vardhitau | bhikṣukau vicariṣyete śocantau pṛthivīmimām

O hero, you made them helpless, though as their protector you had raised them; now they will wander this earth as beggars, weeping.

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width non-joiner after पृथिवीमिमाम्. Not matched by the alignment; line 1 corresponds to the critical edition's star passage 10.9.29c*0045_01 (yāv anāthau kṛtau vīra tvayā nāthena vadhyatā, in different wording), line 2 to its 29e.

Verse 31 (10.9.31)

धिगस्तु कृष्णं वार्ष्णेयमर्जुनं चापि दुर्मतिम् । धर्मज्ञमानिमौ यौ त्वां वध्यमानमुपेक्षताम् ॥

dhigastu kṛṣṇaṃ vārṣṇeyamarjunaṃ cāpi durmatim | dharmajñamānimau yau tvāṃ vadhyamānamupekṣatām

Shame on Krishna the Vrishni, and on the foolish Arjuna as well! Both of them, thinking themselves knowers of dharma, looked on while you were being slain.

Note on the text: Corrected घिगस्तु → धिगस्तु (misprint in Wikisource; घ for ध; the critical edition reads dhig astu).

Verse 32 (10.9.32)

पाण्डवाश्चापि ते सर्वे किं वक्ष्यन्ति नराधिप । कथं दुर्योधनोऽस्माभिर्हत इत्यनपत्रपाः ॥

pāṇḍavāścāpi te sarve kiṃ vakṣyanti narādhipa | kathaṃ duryodhano'smābhirhata ityanapatrapāḥ

And what will all the Pandavas say, O lord of men, shameless as they are: "See how Duryodhana was slain by us!"?

Verse 33 (10.9.33)

धन्यस्त्वमसि गान्धारे यस्त्वमायोधने हतः । प्रयातोऽभिमुखः शत्रून्धर्मेण पुरुषर्षभ ॥

dhanyastvamasi gāndhāre yastvamāyodhane hataḥ | prayāto'bhimukhaḥ śatrūndharmeṇa puruṣarṣabha

You are blessed, son of Gandhari, to have been slain on the battlefield, having advanced against your enemies face to face, in accordance with dharma, O best of men.

Note on the text: Corrected यस्वमायोधने → यस्त्वमायोधने (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped त; the critical edition reads yas tvam āyodhane).

Verse 34 (10.9.34)

हतपुत्रा हि गान्धारी निहतज्ञातिबान्धवा । प्रज्ञाचक्षुश्च दुर्धर्षः कां दशां प्रतिपत्स्यते ॥

hataputrā hi gāndhārī nihatajñātibāndhavā | prajñācakṣuśca durdharṣaḥ kāṃ daśāṃ pratipatsyate

What fate will Gandhari find, whose son is slain and whose kinsmen and relatives are all killed, and the unconquerable king whose eye is wisdom?

Verse 35 (10.9.35)

धिगस्तु कृतवर्माणं मां कृपं च महारथम् । ये वयं न गताः स्वर्गं त्वां पुरस्कृत्य पार्थिवम् ॥

dhigastu kṛtavarmāṇaṃ māṃ kṛpaṃ ca mahāratham | ye vayaṃ na gatāḥ svargaṃ tvāṃ puraskṛtya pārthivam

Shame on Kritavarma, on me, and on the great chariot-warrior Kripa, who did not go to heaven with you, a king, placed before us!

Verse 36 (10.9.36)

दातारं सर्वकामानां रक्षितारं प्रजाहितम् । यद्वयं नानुगच्छाम त्वां धिगस्मान्नराधमान् ॥

dātāraṃ sarvakāmānāṃ rakṣitāraṃ prajāhitam | yadvayaṃ nānugacchāma tvāṃ dhigasmānnarādhamān

You gave us all we desired and protected your people for their good; since we do not follow you, shame on us, the lowest of men!

Verse 37 (10.9.37)

कृपस्य तव वीर्येण मम चैव पितुश्च मे । सभृत्यानां नरव्याघ्र रत्नवन्ति गृहाणि च ॥

kṛpasya tava vīryeṇa mama caiva pituśca me | sabhṛtyānāṃ naravyāghra ratnavanti gṛhāṇi ca

By your valour, O tiger among men, the houses of Kripa, of me, and of my father, with our retainers, were full of jewels.

Verse 38 (10.9.38)

तव प्रसादादस्माभिः समित्रैः सह बान्धवैः । अवाप्ताः क्रतवो मुख्या बहवो भूरिदक्षिणाः ॥

tava prasādādasmābhiḥ samitraiḥ saha bāndhavaiḥ | avāptāḥ kratavo mukhyā bahavo bhūridakṣiṇāḥ

By your favour we, with our friends and kinsmen, performed many great sacrifices with abundant gifts.

Verse 39 (10.9.39)

कुतश्चापीदृशं पापाः प्रवर्तिष्यामहे वयम् । यादृशेन पुरस्कृत्य त्वं गतः सर्वपार्थिवान् ॥

kutaścāpīdṛśaṃ pāpāḥ pravartiṣyāmahe vayam | yādṛśena puraskṛtya tvaṃ gataḥ sarvapārthivān

Sinners that we are, where shall we ever find such a way as the one by which you went, with all the kings going before you?

Verse 40 (10.9.40)

वयमेव त्रयो राजन्गच्छन्तं परमां गतिम् । यद्वै त्वां नानुगच्छामस्तेन तप्स्यामहे वयम् ॥

vayameva trayo rājangacchantaṃ paramāṃ gatim | yadvai tvāṃ nānugacchāmastena tapsyāmahe vayam

We three alone, O king, do not follow you as you go to the highest goal; for that we shall burn with remorse.

Note on the text: Corrected नानुगच्छाभस्तेन → नानुगच्छामस्तेन (misprint in Wikisource; भ for म; the critical edition reads nānugacchāmas tena).

Verse 41 (10.9.41)

तत्स्वर्गहीना हीनार्थाः स्मरन्तः सुकृतस्य ते । किं नाम तद्भवेत्कर्म येन त्वां न व्रजाम वै ॥

tatsvargahīnā hīnārthāḥ smarantaḥ sukṛtasya te | kiṃ nāma tadbhavetkarma yena tvāṃ na vrajāma vai

Cut off from heaven and from wealth, remembering your good deeds: what deed of ours could it be that keeps us from going to you?

Verse 42 (10.9.42)

दुःखं नूनं कुरुश्रेष्ठ चरिष्याम महीमिमाम् । हीनानां नस्त्वया राजन्कुतः शान्तिः कुतः सुखं ॥

duḥkhaṃ nūnaṃ kuruśreṣṭha cariṣyāma mahīmimām | hīnānāṃ nastvayā rājankutaḥ śāntiḥ kutaḥ sukhaṃ

Surely, best of the Kurus, we shall wander this earth in sorrow. Deprived of you, O king, where shall we find peace, where happiness?

Note on the text: Corrected दुःखं नून कुरुश्रेष्ठ → दुःखं नूनं कुरुश्रेष्ठ (misprint in Wikisource; the anusvara of नूनं is dropped; the critical edition reads nūnaṃ).

Verse 43 (10.9.43)

गत्वैव तु महाराज समेत्य च महारथान् । यथाज्येष्ठं यथाश्रेष्ठं पूजयेर्वचनान्मम ॥

gatvaiva tu mahārāja sametya ca mahārathān | yathājyeṣṭhaṃ yathāśreṣṭhaṃ pūjayervacanānmama

When you arrive, great king, and meet the great chariot-warriors, honour each of them in my name, according to age and according to rank.

Verse 44 (10.9.44)

आचार्यं पूजयित्वा च केतुं सर्वधनुष्मताम् । हतं मयाऽद्य शंसेथा धृष्टद्युम्नं नराधिप ॥

ācāryaṃ pūjayitvā ca ketuṃ sarvadhanuṣmatām | hataṃ mayā'dya śaṃsethā dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ narādhipa

After honouring the Teacher, the banner of all bowmen, tell him, O lord of men, that Dhrishtadyumna has been slain by me today.

Note on the text: Corrected शंशेथा → शंसेथा (misprint in Wikisource; श for स; the critical edition reads śaṃsethā). Corrected दृष्टद्युम्नं → धृष्टद्युम्नं (misprint in Wikisource; दृ for धृ; the name is Dhrishtadyumna, the critical edition reads dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ).

Verse 45 (10.9.45)

परिष्वजेथा राजानं बाह्लिकं सुमहारथम् । सैन्धवं सोमदत्तं च भूरिश्रवसमेव च ॥

pariṣvajethā rājānaṃ bāhlikaṃ sumahāratham | saindhavaṃ somadattaṃ ca bhūriśravasameva ca

Embrace King Bahlika, the great chariot-warrior, and Saindhava, Somadatta, and Bhurishravas as well.

Verse 46 (10.9.46)

तथा पूर्वगतानन्यान्स्वर्गे पार्थिवसत्तमान् । अस्मद्वाक्यात्परिष्वज्य सम्पृच्छेस्त्वमनामयम् ॥

tathā pūrvagatānanyānsvarge pārthivasattamān | asmadvākyātpariṣvajya sampṛcchestvamanāmayam

And so too the other best of kings who went to heaven before you: embrace them on our behalf and ask after their well-being.

Note on the text: Corrected पार्थिवसत्मान् → पार्थिवसत्तमान् (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped त; the critical edition reads pārthivasattamān). Corrected सम्पृच्छेस्‌वमनामयम् → सम्पृच्छेस्त्वमनामयम् (misprint in Wikisource; the त् of the conjunct स्त्व is lost and a zero-width non-joiner stands in its place; the critical edition reads pṛcchethās tvam anāmayam).

Verse 47 (10.9.47)

इत्येवमुक्त्वा राजानं भग्नसक्थमचेतसम् । अश्वत्थामा लघुप्राणं पुनर्वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

ityevamuktvā rājānaṃ bhagnasakthamacetasam | aśvatthāmā laghuprāṇaṃ punarvacanamabravīt

Having spoken thus to the king, whose thighs were broken, who was senseless and had little life left, Ashvatthama spoke to him again.

Note on the text: Corrected इत्येवमुक्‌वा → इत्येवमुक्त्वा (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct क्त्वा is broken (a zero-width non-joiner for त्); the critical edition reads ity evam uktvā). Speaker: Sanjaya narrating (the page's heading); the words that follow, from verse 48, are Ashvatthama's.

Verse 48 (10.9.48)

दुर्योधन जीवसि चेद्वाक्यं श्रोत्रसुखं शृणु । सप्त पाण्डवतः शिष्टा धार्तराष्ट्रास्त्रयो वयम् ॥

duryodhana jīvasi cedvākyaṃ śrotrasukhaṃ śṛṇu | sapta pāṇḍavataḥ śiṣṭā dhārtarāṣṭrāstrayo vayam

Duryodhana, if you are still alive, listen to words that are sweet to the ear. Of the Pandavas, seven remain; of the sons of Dhritarashtra, we three.

Note on the text: Corrected सप् पाण्डवतः → सप्त पाण्डवतः (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped त; the critical edition reads sapta pāṇḍavataḥ). Corrected श्रोत्रमुखं → श्रोत्रसुखं (misprint in Wikisource; मुख for सुख; the critical edition reads śrotrasukhām). Speaker: Ashvatthama (no new heading is printed after the narrator's verse 47).

Verse 49 (10.9.49)

ते चैव भ्रातरः पञ्च वासुदेवोऽथ सात्यकिः । अहं च कृतवर्मा च कृपः शारद्वतस्तथा ॥

te caiva bhrātaraḥ pañca vāsudevo'tha sātyakiḥ | ahaṃ ca kṛtavarmā ca kṛpaḥ śāradvatastathā

They are those five brothers, Vasudeva, and Satyaki; and on our side, I, Kritavarma, and Kripa son of Sharadvat.

Verse 50 (10.9.50)

द्रौपदेया हताः सर्वे धृष्टद्युम्नस्य चात्मजाः । पञ्चाला निहताः सर्वे मत्स्यशेषं च भारत ॥

draupadeyā hatāḥ sarve dhṛṣṭadyumnasya cātmajāḥ | pañcālā nihatāḥ sarve matsyaśeṣaṃ ca bhārata

All the sons of Draupadi are slain, and the sons of Dhrishtadyumna; all the Panchalas are slain, and what remained of the Matsyas, O Bharata.

Verse 51 (10.9.51)

कृते प्रतिकृतं पश्य हतपुत्रा हि पाण्डवाः । सौप्तिके शिबिरं तेषां हतं सनरवाहनम् ॥

kṛte pratikṛtaṃ paśya hataputrā hi pāṇḍavāḥ | sauptike śibiraṃ teṣāṃ hataṃ sanaravāhanam

See what has been paid back for what was done: the Pandavas are bereft of sons. Their camp has been destroyed while its people slept, men and mounts alike.

Verse 52 (10.9.52)

मया च पापकर्माऽसौ धृष्टद्युम्नो महीपते । प्रविश्य शिबिरं रात्रौ पशुमारेण मारितः ॥

mayā ca pāpakarmā'sau dhṛṣṭadyumno mahīpate | praviśya śibiraṃ rātrau paśumāreṇa māritaḥ

And I myself, O lord of the earth, entered the camp by night and slaughtered that sinful Dhrishtadyumna as one slaughters a beast.

Verse 53 (10.9.53)

दुर्योधनस्तु तां वाचं निशम्य मनसः प्रियाम् । प्रतिलभ्य पुनश्चेत इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

duryodhanastu tāṃ vācaṃ niśamya manasaḥ priyām | pratilabhya punaśceta idaṃ vacanamabravīt

Duryodhana, hearing those words so dear to his heart, regained his senses and spoke again.

Verse 54 (10.9.54)

न मेऽकरोत्तद्गाङ्गेयो न कर्णो न च ते पिता । यत्त्वया कृपभोजाभ्यां सहितेनाद्य मे कृतम् ॥

na me'karottadgāṅgeyo na karṇo na ca te pitā | yattvayā kṛpabhojābhyāṃ sahitenādya me kṛtam

What neither Ganga's son, nor Karna, nor your father did for me, you have done today for me, together with Kripa and the Bhoja.

Note on the text: Corrected मेऽकरोत्द्गाङ्गेयो → मेऽकरोत्तद्गाङ्गेयो (misprint in Wikisource; the word तत् is lost after अकरोत्; the critical edition reads na me 'karot tad gāṅgeyo). Speaker: Duryodhana (no heading is printed; verse 53 introduces his reply).

Verse 55 (10.9.55)

स च सेनापतिः क्षुद्रो हतः सार्धं शिखण्डिना । तेन मन्ये मघवता सममात्मानमद्य वै ॥

sa ca senāpatiḥ kṣudro hataḥ sārdhaṃ śikhaṇḍinā | tena manye maghavatā samamātmānamadya vai

That base commander has been slain along with Shikhandin; by that, today, I count myself the equal of Indra.

Verse 56 (10.9.56)

स्वस्ति प्राप्नुत भद्रं वः स्वर्गे नः सङ्गमः पुनः । इत्येवमुक्त्वा पुत्रस्ते कुरुराजो महामनाः ॥

svasti prāpnuta bhadraṃ vaḥ svarge naḥ saṅgamaḥ punaḥ | ityevamuktvā putraste kururājo mahāmanāḥ

"May you attain welfare and good fortune; we shall meet again in heaven." Having said this, your son, the high-souled king of the Kurus,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; line 1 is the critical edition's 10.9.55a (Duryodhana's last words); line 2 corresponds to 55c (पुत्रस्ते for tūṣṇīṃ sa). Verse kept with Sanjaya, as the second line is narration.

Verse 57 (10.9.57)

प्राणानुपासृजद्वीरः सुहृदां दुःखमादधत् । अपाक्रामद्दिवं पुण्यां शरीरं क्षितिमाविशत् ॥

prāṇānupāsṛjadvīraḥ suhṛdāṃ duḥkhamādadhat | apākrāmaddivaṃ puṇyāṃ śarīraṃ kṣitimāviśat

the hero gave up his breath, leaving his friends in grief; his spirit rose to holy heaven, and his body returned to the earth.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; line 1 corresponds to the critical edition's 10.9.55e (उपासृजत् for udasṛjat); line 2 is its star passage 10.9.55c*0047_01, not in the constituted text.

Verse 58 (10.9.58)

एवं ते निधनं यातः पुत्रो दुर्योधनो नृप । अग्रे यात्वा रणे शूरः पश्चाद्विनिहतः परैः ॥

evaṃ te nidhanaṃ yātaḥ putro duryodhano nṛpa | agre yātvā raṇe śūraḥ paścādvinihataḥ paraiḥ

Thus, O king, your son Duryodhana met his end: the hero who went at the head in battle was struck down in the end by his foes.

Note on the text: Corrected पश्राद् → पश्चाद् (misprint in Wikisource; र for च; the critical edition reads paścād). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 02–03 of the star passage 10.9.55c*0047.

Verse 59 (10.9.59)

तथैव ते परिष्वक्ताः परिष्वज्य च ते नृपम् । पुनः पुनः प्रेक्षमाणाः स्वकानारुरुहू रथान् ॥

tathaiva te pariṣvaktāḥ pariṣvajya ca te nṛpam | punaḥ punaḥ prekṣamāṇāḥ svakānāruruhū rathān

Likewise embraced, and having embraced your king in turn, looking back at him again and again, they climbed onto their chariots.

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition's 10.9.56a and 56c; the critical edition also has the star passage 10.9.56a*0048 (three lines on Duryodhana seen in a celestial car), which the page lacks.

Verse 60 (10.9.60)

इत्येवं द्रोणपुत्रस्य निशम्य करुणां गिरम् । प्रत्यूषकाले शोकार्ताः प्राद्रवन्नगरं प्रति ॥

ityevaṃ droṇaputrasya niśamya karuṇāṃ giram | pratyūṣakāle śokārtāḥ prādravannagaraṃ prati

Having heard in this way the piteous words of Drona's son, stricken with grief, they hurried toward the city at the hour before dawn.

Verse 61 (10.9.61)

एवमेष क्षयो वृत्तः कुरुपाण्डवसेनयोः । घोरो विशसनो रौद्रो राजन्दुर्मन्त्रिते तव ॥

evameṣa kṣayo vṛttaḥ kurupāṇḍavasenayoḥ | ghoro viśasano raudro rājandurmantrite tava

Thus, O king, came the terrible, dreadful, savage destruction of the Kuru and Pandava armies, brought about by your ill counsel.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as lines 01–02 of the star passage 10.9.57c*0049.

Verse 62 (10.9.62)

तव पुत्रे गते स्वर्गं शोकार्तस्य ममानघ । ऋषिदत्तं प्रनष्टं तद्दिव्यदर्शित्वमद्य वै ॥

tava putre gate svargaṃ śokārtasya mamānagha | ṛṣidattaṃ pranaṣṭaṃ taddivyadarśitvamadya vai

Now that your son has gone to heaven, O blameless one, that divine sight which the sage gave me has today been lost, in my grief.

Note on the text: Corrected शोकार्स्य → शोकार्तस्य (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped त; the critical edition reads śokārtasya). Speaker: Sanjaya, speaking in his own person to Dhritarashtra (verses 61–62).

Verse 63 (10.9.63)

इति श्रुत्वा स नृपतिर्ज्ञातिपुत्रवधं तदा । निःश्वस्य दीर्घमुष्णं च ततश्चिन्तापरोऽभवत् ॥

iti śrutvā sa nṛpatirjñātiputravadhaṃ tadā | niḥśvasya dīrghamuṣṇaṃ ca tataścintāparo'bhavat

Hearing then of the slaughter of his kinsmen and sons, the king sighed long and hot, and fell into anxious thought.

Note on the text: Report: after the colophon the raw page prints three apparatus lines (variant readings for 10-9-17 and 10-9-23, and a stray "10-9-9 नवमोऽध्यायः"); not added.