Shalya's Onslaught and Bhima's Mace

Verse 1 (9.10.1)

तस्मिन्विलुलिते सैन्ये वध्यमाने परस्परम् । द्रवमाणेषु योधेषु विद्रवत्सु च दन्तिषु ॥

tasminvilulite sainye vadhyamāne parasparam | dravamāṇeṣu yodheṣu vidravatsu ca dantiṣu

While that army, thrown into disorder, was being cut down by each other's hands, while the warriors ran and the elephants fled,

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: the page is the right adhyaya (its rows are labelled 9-10-1 to 9-10-61 and the colophon reads दशमोऽध्यायः । 10) and its text is the critical edition's 9.10 (56 verses); the input has 61 verses and agrees with the raw page's table row for row (Wikisource verse numbers 1-61). The heading line above the table (सङ्कुलयुद्धम् । 1) is a chapter-summary heading, not a verse. Only a gloss list follows the colophon (comments on 9-10-17, 18, 49, 51 and 53, and the adhyaya name); there is no second text block, and nothing from it is added. The page prints square brackets round verse 15 line 1, verses 17-18 and verses 44-45; the brackets are removed and the text kept (see those verses). Not on the page: the CE star passages 9.10.12d*0060_01, 9.10.25b*0062_01, 9.10.26d*0063_01, 9.10.40d*0064_01, 9.10.53b*0066_01-02, 9.10.56b*0067_01-02 and 9.10.56d*0068_01. Speaker: Sanjaya throughout (the page's heading is सञ्जय उवाच, as in the CE). This verse: CE 9.10.1 (lines a, c).

Verse 2 (9.10.2)

कूजतां स्तनतां चैव पदातीनां महाहवे । निहतेषु महाराज हयेषु बहुधा तदा ॥

kūjatāṃ stanatāṃ caiva padātīnāṃ mahāhave | nihateṣu mahārāja hayeṣu bahudhā tadā

while the footmen cried out and groaned in the great battle and the horses were slain in many ways, O great king,

Verse 3 (9.10.3)

प्रक्षये दारुणे घोरे संहारे सर्वदेहिनाम् । नानाशस्त्रसमावापे व्यतिषक्तरथद्विपे ॥

prakṣaye dāruṇe ghore saṃhāre sarvadehinām | nānāśastrasamāvāpe vyatiṣaktarathadvipe

in that terrible, dreadful destruction, that slaughter of all embodied beings, in the clash of weapons of every kind, with chariots and elephants entangled,

Verse 4 (9.10.4)

हर्षणे युद्धशौण्डानां भीरूणां भयवर्धने । गाहमानेषु योधेषु परस्परवधैषिषु ॥

harṣaṇe yuddhaśauṇḍānāṃ bhīrūṇāṃ bhayavardhane | gāhamāneṣu yodheṣu parasparavadhaiṣiṣu

a joy to warriors fond of battle and a heightening of fear to the timid, while the warriors plunged in, each bent on killing the other,

Verse 5 (9.10.5)

प्राणादाने महाघोरे वर्तमाने दुरोदरे । सङ्ग्रामे घोररूपे तु यमराष्ट्रविवर्धने ॥

prāṇādāne mahāghore vartamāne durodare | saṅgrāme ghorarūpe tu yamarāṣṭravivardhane

in that taking of lives, most dreadful, as the gamble went on, in the fearful battle that swelled the kingdom of Yama,

Verse 6 (9.10.6)

पाण्डवास्तावकं सैन्यं व्यधमन्निशितैः शरैः । तथैव तावका योधा जघ्नुः पाण्डवसैनिकान् ॥

pāṇḍavāstāvakaṃ sainyaṃ vyadhamanniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | tathaiva tāvakā yodhā jaghnuḥ pāṇḍavasainikān

the Pandavas cut down your army with sharp arrows, and in the same way your warriors struck down the Pandava soldiers.

Verse 7 (9.10.7)

तस्मिंस्तथा वर्तमाने युद्धे भीरुभयावहे । पूर्वाह्णे चापि सम्प्राप्ते भास्करोदयनं प्रति ॥

tasmiṃstathā vartamāne yuddhe bhīrubhayāvahe | pūrvāhṇe cāpi samprāpte bhāskarodayanaṃ prati

While that battle, terrible to the timid, was going on and the forenoon had come, as the sun was climbing,

Verse 8 (9.10.8)

लब्धलक्षाः परे राजन्रक्षितास्तु महात्मना । अयोधयंस्तव बलं मृत्युं कृत्वा निवर्तनम् ॥

labdhalakṣāḥ pare rājanrakṣitāstu mahātmanā | ayodhayaṃstava balaṃ mṛtyuṃ kṛtvā nivartanam

the enemy, O king, sure of their aim and guarded by the great-souled one, fought your army, making death their only retreat.

Verse 9 (9.10.9)

बलिभिः पाण्डवैर्दृप्तैर्लब्धलक्षैः प्रहारिभिः । कौरव्यसीदत्पृतना मृगीवाग्निभयाकुला ॥

balibhiḥ pāṇḍavairdṛptairlabdhalakṣaiḥ prahāribhiḥ | kauravyasīdatpṛtanā mṛgīvāgnibhayākulā

Before the strong and proud Pandavas, sure-aimed and hard-striking, the Kaurava host sank down, like a doe distraught with fear of fire.

Note on the text: Corrected लैब्धलक्षैः → लब्धलक्षैः (misprint in Wikisource; the stray ै, CE labdhalakṣaiḥ) and मृगीवाग्निबयाकुला → मृगीवाग्निभयाकुला (misprint; ब for भ). The CE reads mṛgīvāgnisamākulā ('overwhelmed by fire'); the smallest fix to the base text gives 'distraught with fear of fire', kept as the base text's reading.

Verse 10 (9.10.10)

तां दृष्ट्वा सीदतीं सेनां पङ्के गामिव दुर्बलाम् । उज्जिहीर्षुस्तदा शल्यः प्रायात्पाण्डुसुतान्प्रति ॥

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā sīdatīṃ senāṃ paṅke gāmiva durbalām | ujjihīrṣustadā śalyaḥ prāyātpāṇḍusutānprati

Seeing that army sinking like a weak cow in mire, Shalya, wishing to lift it out, then advanced against the sons of Pandu.

Verse 11 (9.10.11)

मद्रराजः सुसङ्क्रुद्धो गृहीत्वा धनुरुत्तमम् । अभ्यद्रवत सङ्ग्रामे पाण्डवानाततायिनः ॥

madrarājaḥ susaṅkruddho gṛhītvā dhanuruttamam | abhyadravata saṅgrāme pāṇḍavānātatāyinaḥ

The king of the Madras, in great anger, took up his best bow and charged the attacking Pandavas in the battle.

Verse 12 (9.10.12)

पाण्डवा अपि भूपाल समरे जितकाशिनः । मद्रराजं समासाद्य बिभिदुर्निशितैः शरैः ॥

pāṇḍavā api bhūpāla samare jitakāśinaḥ | madrarājaṃ samāsādya bibhidurniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

And the Pandavas, too, O king, flushed with victory, met the king of the Madras in the fight and pierced him with sharp arrows.

Verse 13 (9.10.13)

ततः शरशतैस्तीक्ष्णैर्मद्रराजो महारथः । अर्दयामास तां सेनां धर्मराजस्य पश्यतः ॥

tataḥ śaraśataistīkṣṇairmadrarājo mahārathaḥ | ardayāmāsa tāṃ senāṃ dharmarājasya paśyataḥ

Then the great chariot-warrior, the king of the Madras, with hundreds of sharp arrows, tormented that army while Dharmaraja looked on.

Verse 14 (9.10.14)

प्रादुरासन्निमित्तानि नानारूपाण्यनेकशः । चचाल शब्दं कुर्वाणा मही चापि सपर्वता ॥

prādurāsannimittāni nānārūpāṇyanekaśaḥ | cacāla śabdaṃ kurvāṇā mahī cāpi saparvatā

Many portents of various forms appeared, O king, and the earth, with its mountains, trembled, rumbling.

Verse 15 (9.10.15)

सदण्डशूला दीप्ताग्रा दीर्यमाणाः समन्ततः । उल्का भूमिं दिवः पेतुराहत्य रविमण्डलम् ॥

sadaṇḍaśūlā dīptāgrā dīryamāṇāḥ samantataḥ | ulkā bhūmiṃ divaḥ peturāhatya ravimaṇḍalam

Meteors, bright at their tips, shaped like staves and spears and bursting apart on every side, fell from the sky to the earth after striking the sun's disk.

Note on the text: Removed the square brackets that the page prints round line 1, and the stray ' ।' after the closing bracket. Recension variant: दीर्यमाणाः, CE śīryamāṇāḥ (kept).

Verse 16 (9.10.16)

मृगाश्च महिषाश्चापि पक्षिणश्च विशाम्पते । अपसव्यं तदा चक्रुः सेनां ते बहुशो नृप ॥

mṛgāśca mahiṣāścāpi pakṣiṇaśca viśāmpate | apasavyaṃ tadā cakruḥ senāṃ te bahuśo nṛpa

Deer, buffaloes and birds, O lord of the people, again and again wheeled around the army, keeping it on their left, in the ill-omened way, O king.

Verse 17 (9.10.17)

भृगुसूनुधरापुत्रौ शशिजेन समन्वितौ । चरमं पाण्डुपुत्राणां पुरस्तात्सर्वभूभुजाम् ॥

bhṛgusūnudharāputrau śaśijena samanvitau | caramaṃ pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ purastātsarvabhūbhujām

The son of Bhrigu and the son of the Earth, joined by the son of the Moon, stood behind the sons of Pandu and in front of all the kings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 9.10.16d*0061_01-02, printed after 9.10.16 (the lines agree). The page opens a square-bracketed passage here (verses 17-18); the opening bracket is removed. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 18 (9.10.18)

शस्त्राग्रेष्वभवज्ज्वाला नेत्राण्याहत्य वर्षती । शिरः स्वलीयन्त भृशं काकोलूकाश्च केतुषु ॥

śastrāgreṣvabhavajjvālā netrāṇyāhatya varṣatī | śiraḥ svalīyanta bhṛśaṃ kākolūkāśca ketuṣu

Flame blazed at the tips of weapons, striking the eyes as it rained down; and crows and owls clung thickly to heads and banners.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 9.10.16d*0061_03-04 (the lines agree). Removed the closing bracket that ends the page's bracketed passage. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 19 (9.10.19)

ततस्तद्युद्धमत्युग्रमभवत्सहचारिणाम् । तथा सर्वाण्यनीकानि सन्निपत्य जनाधिप ॥

tatastadyuddhamatyugramabhavatsahacāriṇām | tathā sarvāṇyanīkāni sannipatya janādhipa

Then that battle of the fighting comrades grew most fierce, as all the divisions, O ruler of men, closed with one another.

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 are CE 9.10.17a, c. Recension variant: सहचारिणाम्, CE saṃghacāriṇām (kept). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 20 (9.10.20)

अभ्यघ्नत्कौरवो राजा पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम् । शल्यस्तु शरवर्षेण वर्षन्निव सहस्रदृक् ॥

abhyaghnatkauravo rājā pāṇḍavānāmanīkinīm | śalyastu śaravarṣeṇa varṣanniva sahasradṛk

The Kaurava king struck the Pandava host; and Shalya, raining a shower of arrows like the thousand-eyed Indra,

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of CE 9.10.17e (Wikisource अभ्यघ्नत्कौरवो राजा, CE abhyayuḥ kauravā rājan, kept); line 2 is CE 9.10.18a. No automatic alignment.

Verse 21 (9.10.21)

अभ्यवर्षत धर्मात्मा कुन्तीपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम् । भीमसेनं शरैश्चापि रुक्मपुङ्खैः शिलाशितैः ॥

abhyavarṣata dharmātmā kuntīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram | bhīmasenaṃ śaraiścāpi rukmapuṅkhaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ

righteous-minded, rained arrows on Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, and on Bhimasena, with gold-feathered arrows whetted on stone,

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 9.10.18c (Wikisource धर्मात्मा, CE adīnātmā, kept); line 2 is CE 9.10.19a. No automatic alignment.

Verse 22 (9.10.22)

द्रौपदेयांस्तथा सर्वान्माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ । धृष्टद्युम्नं च शैनेयं शिखण्डिनमथापि च ॥

draupadeyāṃstathā sarvānmādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau | dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca śaineyaṃ śikhaṇḍinamathāpi ca

and on all of Draupadi's sons, the two Pandava sons of Madri, Dhrishtadyumna, Shaineya and Shikhandin as well,

Note on the text: Lines are CE 9.10.19c and 9.10.20a. No automatic alignment.

Verse 23 (9.10.23)

एकैकं दशभिर्बाणैर्विव्याध स महाबलः । ततोऽसृजद्बाणवर्षं घर्मान्ते मघवानिव ॥

ekaikaṃ daśabhirbāṇairvivyādha sa mahābalaḥ | tato'sṛjadbāṇavarṣaṃ gharmānte maghavāniva

piercing each of them with ten arrows, that mighty one; then he loosed a shower of arrows, as Maghavan does at the end of the hot season.

Note on the text: Lines are CE 9.10.20c and 9.10.20e. No automatic alignment.

Verse 24 (9.10.24)

ततः प्रभद्रका राजन्सोमकाश्च सहस्रशः । पतिताः पात्यमानाश्च दृश्यन्ते शल्यसायकैः ॥

tataḥ prabhadrakā rājansomakāśca sahasraśaḥ | patitāḥ pātyamānāśca dṛśyante śalyasāyakaiḥ

Then thousands of Prabhadrakas and Somakas, O king, were seen fallen and falling under Shalya's arrows.

Verse 25 (9.10.25)

भ्रमराणामिव व्राताः शलभानामिव व्रजाः । हादिन्य इव मेघेभ्यः शल्यस्य न्यपतञ्शराः ॥

bhramarāṇāmiva vrātāḥ śalabhānāmiva vrajāḥ | hādinya iva meghebhyaḥ śalyasya nyapatañśarāḥ

Like swarms of bees, like flights of locusts, like lightning from the clouds, Shalya's arrows fell.

Verse 26 (9.10.26)

द्विरदास्तुरगाश्चार्ताः पत्तयो रथिनस्तथा । शल्यस्य बाणैरपतन्बभ्रमुर्व्यनदंस्तथा ॥

dviradāsturagāścārtāḥ pattayo rathinastathā | śalyasya bāṇairapatanbabhramurvyanadaṃstathā

Elephants, horses in distress, foot-soldiers and chariot-warriors fell under Shalya's arrows, or reeled about, or cried out.

Verse 27 (9.10.27)

आविष्ट इव मद्रेशो मन्युना पौरुषेण च । प्राच्छादयदरीन्सङ्ख्ये कालसृष्ट इवान्तकः । विनर्दमानो मद्रेशो मेघहादो महाबलः ॥

āviṣṭa iva madreśo manyunā pauruṣeṇa ca | prācchādayadarīnsaṅkhye kālasṛṣṭa ivāntakaḥ | vinardamāno madreśo meghahādo mahābalaḥ

The lord of the Madras, as if possessed by rage and by manly strength, covered his enemies in the battle, like Death let loose by Time, roaring like thundering clouds, the mighty one.

Verse 28 (9.10.28)

सा वध्यमाना शल्येन पाण्डवानामनीकिनी । अजातशत्रुं कौन्तेयमभ्यधावद्युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

sā vadhyamānā śalyena pāṇḍavānāmanīkinī | ajātaśatruṃ kaunteyamabhyadhāvadyudhiṣṭhiram

That Pandava army, as Shalya struck it down, ran toward Yudhishthira, the Unborn Enemy, the son of Kunti.

Verse 29 (9.10.29)

तां सम्मर्द्य शतैः सङ्ख्ये लघुहस्तः शितैः शरैः । बाणवर्षेण महता युधिष्ठिरमताडयत् ॥

tāṃ sammardya śataiḥ saṅkhye laghuhastaḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ | bāṇavarṣeṇa mahatā yudhiṣṭhiramatāḍayat

Having crushed it in the battle with hundreds of sharp arrows, quick-handed Shalya struck Yudhishthira with a great shower of arrows.

Verse 30 (9.10.30)

तमापतन्तं जात्यश्वैः क्रुद्धो राजा युधिष्ठिरः । अवारयच्छरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्महाद्विपमिवाङ्कुशैः ॥

tamāpatantaṃ jātyaśvaiḥ kruddho rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | avārayaccharaistīkṣṇairmahādvipamivāṅkuśaiḥ

As he came on with his thoroughbred horses, King Yudhishthira, enraged, checked him with sharp arrows, as a great elephant is checked with goads.

Verse 31 (9.10.31)

तस्य शल्यः शरं घोरं मुमोचाशीविषोपमम् । सोऽभ्यविध्यन्महात्मानं वेगेनाभ्यपतच्च गाम् ॥

tasya śalyaḥ śaraṃ ghoraṃ mumocāśīviṣopamam | so'bhyavidhyanmahātmānaṃ vegenābhyapatacca gām

Shalya loosed at him a terrible arrow like a venomous snake; it pierced the great-souled one and sped on into the earth.

Verse 32 (9.10.32)

ततो वृकोदरः क्रुद्धः शल्यं विव्याध सप्तभिः । पञ्चभिः सहदेवस्तु नकुलो दशभिः शरैः ॥

tato vṛkodaraḥ kruddhaḥ śalyaṃ vivyādha saptabhiḥ | pañcabhiḥ sahadevastu nakulo daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ

Then Vrikodara, enraged, pierced Shalya with seven arrows, Sahadeva with five, and Nakula with ten.

Verse 33 (9.10.33)

द्रौपदेयाश्च शत्रुघ्नं शूरमार्तायनिं शरैः । अभ्यवर्षन्महाराज मेघा इव महीधरम् ॥

draupadeyāśca śatrughnaṃ śūramārtāyaniṃ śaraiḥ | abhyavarṣanmahārāja meghā iva mahīdharam

And Draupadi's sons showered arrows on Shalya, the slayer of foes, the hero Artayani, O great king, as clouds shower a mountain.

Note on the text: Corrected महीधस्म् → महीधरम् (misprint in Wikisource; CE mahīdharam).

Verse 34 (9.10.34)

ततो दृष्ट्वा वार्यमाणं शल्यं पार्थैः समन्ततः । कृतवर्मा कृपश्चैव सङ्क्रुद्धावभ्यधावताम् ॥

tato dṛṣṭvā vāryamāṇaṃ śalyaṃ pārthaiḥ samantataḥ | kṛtavarmā kṛpaścaiva saṅkruddhāvabhyadhāvatām

Then, seeing Shalya checked on every side by the sons of Pritha, Kritavarman and Kripa, enraged, charged forward.

Verse 35 (9.10.35)

उलूकश्च महावीर्यः शकुनिश्चापि सौबलः । समागम्याथ शनकैरश्वत्थामा महाबलः । तव पुत्राश्च कार्त्स्न्येन जुगुपुः शल्यमाहवे ॥

ulūkaśca mahāvīryaḥ śakuniścāpi saubalaḥ | samāgamyātha śanakairaśvatthāmā mahābalaḥ | tava putrāśca kārtsnyena jugupuḥ śalyamāhave

Ulūka the very mighty, and Shakuni the son of Subala, and then Ashvatthama of great strength, coming up unhurriedly, and your sons too, all together, protected Shalya in the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected शकुनिंश्चापि → शकुनिश्चापि (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara, CE śakuniś cāpi). Recension variants: महावीर्यः, समागम्याथ शनकैः and महाबलः, CE patatrī, smayamānaś ca śanakair and mahārathaḥ (kept).

Verse 36 (9.10.36)

भीमसेनं त्रिभिर्विद्ध्वा कृतवर्मा शिलीमुखैः । बाणवर्षेण महता क्रुद्धरूपमवारयत् । धृष्टद्युम्नं ततः क्रुद्धो बाणवर्षैरपीडयत् ॥

bhīmasenaṃ tribhirviddhvā kṛtavarmā śilīmukhaiḥ | bāṇavarṣeṇa mahatā kruddharūpamavārayat | dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ tataḥ kruddho bāṇavarṣairapīḍayat

Kritavarman, piercing Bhimasena with three arrows, checked the enraged Bhima with a great shower of arrows; then, in anger, he afflicted Dhrishtadyumna with showers of arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्धा → विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct is broken, CE viddhvā). Lines 1-2 are CE 9.10.33; line 3 is a variant of CE 9.10.34a (Wikisource धृष्टद्युम्नं ततः क्रुद्धो, CE dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ kṛpaḥ kruddho: in Wikisource Kritavarman is still the subject; kept). No automatic alignment.

Verse 37 (9.10.37)

द्रौपदेयांश्च शकुनिर्यमौ च द्रौणिरभ्ययात् ॥

draupadeyāṃśca śakuniryamau ca drauṇirabhyayāt

Shakuni went against the sons of Draupadi, and Drauni against the twins.

Note on the text: Single line (9-10-37a) = CE 9.10.34cd (draupadeyāṃś ca śakuniḥ yamau ca drauṇir abhyayāt). No automatic alignment.

Verse 38 (9.10.38)

दुर्योधनो युधांश्रेष्ठ आहवे केशवार्जुनौ । समभ्ययादुग्रतेजाः शरैश्चाप्यहनद्बली ॥

duryodhano yudhāṃśreṣṭha āhave keśavārjunau | samabhyayādugratejāḥ śaraiścāpyahanadbalī

Duryodhana, the best of fighters, of fierce splendor, attacked Keshava and Arjuna in the battle, and the mighty one struck them with arrows.

Note on the text: Recension variant: Wikisource युधांश्रेष्ठ आहवे (Duryodhana, 'best of fighters', as the subject), CE yudhāṃ śreṣṭhāv āhave (the dual, Keshava and Arjuna); both are good Sanskrit, the base text kept.

Verse 39 (9.10.39)

एवं द्वन्द्वशतान्यासंस्त्वदीयानां परैः सह । घोररूपाणि चित्राणि तत्रतत्र विशाम्पते ॥

evaṃ dvandvaśatānyāsaṃstvadīyānāṃ paraiḥ saha | ghorarūpāṇi citrāṇi tatratatra viśāmpate

Thus there were hundreds of duels between your men and the enemy, strange and dreadful in form, here and there, O lord of the people.

Verse 40 (9.10.40)

ऋक्षवर्णाञ्जघानाश्वान्भोजो भीमस्य संयुगे । सोऽवतीर्य रथोपस्थाद्धताश्वात्पाण्डुनन्दनः । कालो दण्डमिवोद्यम्य गदापाणिरयुध्यत ॥

ṛkṣavarṇāñjaghānāśvānbhojo bhīmasya saṃyuge | so'vatīrya rathopasthāddhatāśvātpāṇḍunandanaḥ | kālo daṇḍamivodyamya gadāpāṇirayudhyata

In the battle the Bhoja killed Bhima's bear-coloured horses. Then the son of Pandu, descending from the chariot-seat with his horses slain, raised his mace like Death raising his rod and fought with the mace in his hand.

Verse 41 (9.10.41)

प्रमुखे सहदेवस्य जघानाश्वान्स मद्रराट् । ततः शल्यस्य तनयं सहदेवोऽसिनावधीत् ॥

pramukhe sahadevasya jaghānāśvānsa madrarāṭ | tataḥ śalyasya tanayaṃ sahadevo'sināvadhīt

The king of the Madras killed Sahadeva's horses in front of him; and then Sahadeva killed Shalya's son with a sword.

Verse 42 (9.10.42)

गौतमः पुनराचार्यो धृष्टद्युम्नमयोधयत् । असम्भ्रान्तमसम्भ्रान्तो यत्नवान्यत्नवत्तरम् ॥

gautamaḥ punarācāryo dhṛṣṭadyumnamayodhayat | asambhrāntamasambhrānto yatnavānyatnavattaram

Gautama, the teacher, again fought Dhrishtadyumna, the unflurried one against the unflurried, the resolute against the more resolute.

Verse 43 (9.10.43)

द्रौपदेयांस्तथा वीरानेकैकं दशभिः शरैः । अविध्यदाचार्यसुतो नातिक्रुद्धो हसन्निव ॥

draupadeyāṃstathā vīrānekaikaṃ daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ | avidhyadācāryasuto nātikruddho hasanniva

And the teacher's son, not very angry, as if laughing, pierced each of the heroic sons of Draupadi with ten arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected अविद्ध्यद् → अविध्यद् (misprint in Wikisource; the doubled द्ध् is wrong for the verb व्यध्, CE avidhyat). Recension variant: हसन्निव, CE smayann iva (kept).

Verse 44 (9.10.44)

पुनश्च भीमसेनस्य जघानाश्वांस्तथाऽऽहवे । सोऽवतीर्य रथात्तूर्णं हताश्वः पाण्डुनन्दनः ॥

punaśca bhīmasenasya jaghānāśvāṃstathā''have | so'vatīrya rathāttūrṇaṃ hatāśvaḥ pāṇḍunandanaḥ

And again in that battle he killed Bhimasena's horses; and the son of Pandu, his horses slain, quickly leaped down from his chariot,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 9.10.40d*0065_01-02, printed after 9.10.40 (the lines agree). The page opens a square-bracketed passage here (verses 44-45); the opening bracket is removed. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 45 (9.10.45)

कालो दण्डमिवोद्यम्य गदां क्रुद्धो महाबलः । पोथयामास तुरगान्रथं च कृतवर्मणः । कृतवर्मा त्ववप्लुत्य रथात्तस्मादपाक्रमत् ॥

kālo daṇḍamivodyamya gadāṃ kruddho mahābalaḥ | pothayāmāsa turagānrathaṃ ca kṛtavarmaṇaḥ | kṛtavarmā tvavaplutya rathāttasmādapākramat

and the mighty one, in anger, raising his mace like Death raising his rod, smashed the horses and the chariot of Kritavarman; Kritavarman leaped from that chariot and withdrew.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 9.10.40d*0065_03-05 (the lines agree). Removed the closing bracket and the stray double danda before it, and a zero-width joiner inside दण्ड (दण्‍ड → दण्ड). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 46 (9.10.46)

शल्योऽपि राजन्सङ्क्रुद्धो निघ्नन्सोमकपाण्डवान् । पुनरेव शितैर्बाणैर्युधिष्ठिरमपीडयत् ॥

śalyo'pi rājansaṅkruddho nighnansomakapāṇḍavān | punareva śitairbāṇairyudhiṣṭhiramapīḍayat

Shalya, too, O king, enraged, striking the Somakas and Pandavas, again afflicted Yudhishthira with sharp arrows.

Verse 47 (9.10.47)

तस्य भीमो रणे क्रुद्धः सन्दश्य दशनच्छदम् । विनाशायाभिसन्धाय गदामादाय वीर्यवान् ॥

tasya bhīmo raṇe kruddhaḥ sandaśya daśanacchadam | vināśāyābhisandhāya gadāmādāya vīryavān

At that, Bhima, enraged in the battle, biting his lower lip, set on destroying him, took up his mace, that mighty one,

Verse 48 (9.10.48)

यमदण्डप्रतीकाशां कालरात्रिमिवोद्यताम् । गजवाजिमनुष्याणां देहान्तकरणीमपि ॥

yamadaṇḍapratīkāśāṃ kālarātrimivodyatām | gajavājimanuṣyāṇāṃ dehāntakaraṇīmapi

a mace like the rod of Yama, raised like the night of Death, bringing the bodies of elephants, horses and men to their end,

Note on the text: Corrected देहान्तकरणीमति → देहान्तकरणीमपि (misprint in Wikisource; CE ...karaṇīm api). Recension variant: देहान्त, CE prāṇānta (kept).

Verse 49 (9.10.49)

हेमपट्टपरिक्षिप्तामुल्कां प्रज्वलितामिव । शैक्यां व्यालीमिवात्युग्रां वज्रकल्पामयोमयीम् ॥

hemapaṭṭaparikṣiptāmulkāṃ prajvalitāmiva | śaikyāṃ vyālīmivātyugrāṃ vajrakalpāmayomayīm

bound in gold plates like a blazing meteor, hung in a cord sling and dreadful as a she-serpent, hard as the thunderbolt and made all of iron,

Verse 50 (9.10.50)

चन्दनागुरुपङ्काक्तां प्रमदामीप्सितामिव । वसामेदोपदिग्धाङ्गीं जिह्वां वैवस्वतीमिव ॥

candanāgurupaṅkāktāṃ pramadāmīpsitāmiva | vasāmedopadigdhāṅgīṃ jihvāṃ vaivasvatīmiva

smeared with sandalwood and aloe paste like a longed-for woman, yet smeared with fat and marrow, like the tongue of Vaivasvata,

Verse 51 (9.10.51)

पटुघण्टाशतरवां वासवीमशनीमिव । निर्मुक्ताशीविषाकारां पृक्तां गजमदैरपि ॥

paṭughaṇṭāśataravāṃ vāsavīmaśanīmiva | nirmuktāśīviṣākārāṃ pṛktāṃ gajamadairapi

ringing with the sound of a hundred sharp bells like Indra's thunderbolt, shaped like a snake that has cast its skin, stained with the rut of elephants,

Verse 52 (9.10.52)

त्रासनीं सर्वभूतानां स्वसैन्यपरिहर्षिणीम् । मनुष्यलोके विख्यातां गिरिशृङ्गविदारणीम् ॥

trāsanīṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ svasainyapariharṣiṇīm | manuṣyaloke vikhyātāṃ giriśṛṅgavidāraṇīm

terrifying to all creatures, gladdening to its own army, famed in the world of men, splitting the peaks of mountains,

Verse 53 (9.10.53)

यया कैलासभवने महेश्वरसखं बली । आह्वयामास कौन्तेयः सङ्क्रुद्धमलकाधिपम् ॥

yayā kailāsabhavane maheśvarasakhaṃ balī | āhvayāmāsa kaunteyaḥ saṅkruddhamalakādhipam

the mace with which, in Kailasa, the mighty son of Kunti challenged the angry lord of Alaka, the friend of Maheshvara,

Verse 54 (9.10.54)

यया मायामयान्दृप्तान्सुबहून्धनदालये । जघान गुह्यकान्क्रुद्धो मन्दारार्थे महाबलः । निवार्यमाणो बहुभिर्द्रौपद्याः प्रियमास्थितः ॥

yayā māyāmayāndṛptānsubahūndhanadālaye | jaghāna guhyakānkruddho mandārārthe mahābalaḥ | nivāryamāṇo bahubhirdraupadyāḥ priyamāsthitaḥ

with which, in the house of the Giver of Wealth, he killed very many proud Guhyakas of magical power, in fury, for the sake of mandara flowers, though many tried to restrain him, intent on pleasing Draupadi.

Verse 55 (9.10.55)

तां वज्रमणिरत्नौघकल्माषां वज्रगौरवाम् । समुद्यम्य महाबाहुः शल्यमभ्यपतद्रणे ॥

tāṃ vajramaṇiratnaughakalmāṣāṃ vajragauravām | samudyamya mahābāhuḥ śalyamabhyapatadraṇe

Raising that mace, brilliant with masses of diamonds, gems and jewels and heavy as a thunderbolt, the mighty-armed one fell upon Shalya in the battle.

Verse 56 (9.10.56)

गदया युद्धकुशलस्तया दारुणनादया । पोथयामास शल्यस्य चतुरोऽश्वान्महाजवान् ॥

gadayā yuddhakuśalastayā dāruṇanādayā | pothayāmāsa śalyasya caturo'śvānmahājavān

Skilled in fighting with the mace, he smashed with that terrible-sounding mace the four swift horses of Shalya.

Verse 57 (9.10.57)

ततः शल्यो रणे क्रुद्धः पीने वक्षसि तोमरम् । निचखान नदन्वीरोवर्म भित्त्वा च सोऽभ्ययात् ॥

tataḥ śalyo raṇe kruddhaḥ pīne vakṣasi tomaram | nicakhāna nadanvīrovarma bhittvā ca so'bhyayāt

Then Shalya, enraged in the battle, roaring, drove a tomara into Bhima's broad chest; the hero, cleaving the armor, came on.

Note on the text: Corrected सोभ्ययात् → सोऽभ्ययात् (misprint in Wikisource; the avagraha is lost, CE so 'bhyagāt, with the variant अभ्ययात्). The page joins नदन् वीरो वर्म without spaces (नदन्वीरोवर्म); left as printed.

Verse 58 (9.10.58)

वृकोदरस्त्वसम्भ्रान्तस्तमेवोद्धृत्य तोमरम् । यन्तारं मद्रराजस्य निर्बिभेद तदा हृदि ॥

vṛkodarastvasambhrāntastamevoddhṛtya tomaram | yantāraṃ madrarājasya nirbibheda tadā hṛdi

But Vrikodara, unshaken, pulled out that very tomara and then pierced the heart of the Madra king's charioteer with it.

Verse 59 (9.10.59)

स भिन्नवर्मा रुधिरं वमन्वित्रस्तमानसः । पपाताभिमुखो भीमं मद्रराजस्त्वपाक्रमत् ॥

sa bhinnavarmā rudhiraṃ vamanvitrastamānasaḥ | papātābhimukho bhīmaṃ madrarājastvapākramat

His armor split, vomiting blood, his mind terrified, he fell facing Bhima; and the king of the Madras drew back.

Verse 60 (9.10.60)

कृतप्रतिकृतं दृष्ट्वा शल्यो विस्मितमानसः । गदामाश्रित्य धर्मात्मा प्रत्यमित्रमवैक्षत ॥

kṛtapratikṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā śalyo vismitamānasaḥ | gadāmāśritya dharmātmā pratyamitramavaikṣata

Seeing the blow answered with a blow, Shalya, astonished at heart, righteous-minded, leaning on his mace, looked at his foe.

Verse 61 (9.10.61)

ततः सुमनसः पार्था भीमसेनमपूजयन् । ते दृष्ट्वा कर्म सङ्ग्रामे घोरमक्लिष्टकर्मणः ॥

tataḥ sumanasaḥ pārthā bhīmasenamapūjayan | te dṛṣṭvā karma saṅgrāme ghoramakliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ

Then the sons of Pritha, glad at heart, honored Bhimasena, when they saw in the battle that dreadful deed of the one of untiring action.