Yudhishthira Resolves to Fight Shalya

Verse 1 (9.15.1)

ततः सेना तव विभो मद्रराजपुरस्कृता । पुनरभ्यद्रवत्पार्थान्वेगेन महता रणे ॥

tataḥ senā tava vibho madrarājapuraskṛtā | punarabhyadravatpārthānvegena mahatā raṇe

Then, O lord, your army, with the king of the Madras at its head, rushed once more upon the sons of Pritha with great force in the battle.

Verse 2 (9.15.2)

पीडितास्तावकाः सर्वे प्रधावन्तो रणोत्कटाः । क्षणेन चैव पार्थांस्ते बहुत्वात्समलोडयन् ॥

pīḍitāstāvakāḥ sarve pradhāvanto raṇotkaṭāḥ | kṣaṇena caiva pārthāṃste bahutvātsamaloḍayan

Hard pressed, all your fierce warriors rushed forward, and in a moment, by sheer weight of numbers, threw the sons of Pritha into confusion.

Verse 3 (9.15.3)

ते वध्यमानाः समरे पाण्डवा नावतस्थिरे । क्षणेनैव महाराज पश्यतोः कृष्णपार्थयोः ॥

te vadhyamānāḥ samare pāṇḍavā nāvatasthire | kṣaṇenaiva mahārāja paśyatoḥ kṛṣṇapārthayoḥ

Struck down in the battle, the Pandavas could not hold their ground. It happened in an instant, O great king, before the very eyes of Krishna and Partha.

Note on the text: CE 9.15.3 reads "te vadhyamānāḥ kurubhiḥ pāṇḍavā nāvatasthire / nivāryamāṇā bhīmena paśyatoḥ kṛṣṇapārthayoḥ"; Wikisource has a different first half-line and second line (recension variant, kept).

Verse 4 (9.15.4)

ततो धनञ्जयः क्रुद्धः कृपं सह पदानुगैः । अवाकिरच्छरौघेण कृतवर्माणमेव च ॥

tato dhanañjayaḥ kruddhaḥ kṛpaṃ saha padānugaiḥ | avākiraccharaugheṇa kṛtavarmāṇameva ca

Then the enraged Dhananjaya covered Kripa and his followers, and Kritavarman too, with a flood of arrows.

Verse 5 (9.15.5)

शकुनिं सहदेवस्तु सहसैन्यमवाकिरत् । नकुलः पार्श्वतः स्थित्वा मद्रराजमयोधयत् ॥

śakuniṃ sahadevastu sahasainyamavākirat | nakulaḥ pārśvataḥ sthitvā madrarājamayodhayat

Sahadeva covered Shakuni and his army with arrows, while Nakula, standing at the flank, fought the king of the Madras.

Verse 6 (9.15.6)

द्रौपदेया नरेन्द्राश्च भूयिष्ठान्समवारयन् । द्रोणपुत्रं च पाञ्चाल्यः शिखण्डी समवारयत् ॥

draupadeyā narendrāśca bhūyiṣṭhānsamavārayan | droṇaputraṃ ca pāñcālyaḥ śikhaṇḍī samavārayat

The sons of Draupadi, with the other princes, held back most of the kings, and the Panchala Shikhandi held back Drona's son.

Verse 7 (9.15.7)

भीमसेनस्तु राजानं गदापाणिरवारयत् । शल्यं तु सह सैन्येन कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

bhīmasenastu rājānaṃ gadāpāṇiravārayat | śalyaṃ tu saha sainyena kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Bhimasena, mace in hand, held back the king Duryodhana, and Yudhishthira, son of Kunti, held back Shalya together with his army.

Verse 8 (9.15.8)

ततः समभवद्युद्धं संसक्तं तत्रतत्र ह । तावकानां परेषां च सङ्ग्रामेष्वनिवर्तिनाम् ॥

tataḥ samabhavadyuddhaṃ saṃsaktaṃ tatratatra ha | tāvakānāṃ pareṣāṃ ca saṅgrāmeṣvanivartinām

Then a close-locked battle broke out, here and there, between your men and the enemy, none of whom would ever turn back from combat.

Verse 9 (9.15.9)

तत्र पश्यामहे कर्म शल्यस्यातिमहद्रणे । यदेकः सर्वसैन्यानि पाण्डवानामयोधयत् ॥

tatra paśyāmahe karma śalyasyātimahadraṇe | yadekaḥ sarvasainyāni pāṇḍavānāmayodhayat

There we saw a mighty feat of Shalya in that great battle: alone, he fought all the armies of the Pandavas.

Verse 10 (9.15.10)

व्यदृश्यत तदा शल्यो युधिष्ठिरसमीपतः । क्रूरश्चन्द्रमसोऽभ्याशे शनैश्चर इव ग्रहः ॥

vyadṛśyata tadā śalyo yudhiṣṭhirasamīpataḥ | krūraścandramaso'bhyāśe śanaiścara iva grahaḥ

Then Shalya was seen close to Yudhishthira, like the cruel planet Saturn near the moon.

Verse 11 (9.15.11)

पीडयित्वा तु राजानं शरैराशीविषोपमैः । अभ्यधावत्पुनर्भीमं शरवर्षैरवाकिरत् ॥

pīḍayitvā tu rājānaṃ śarairāśīviṣopamaiḥ | abhyadhāvatpunarbhīmaṃ śaravarṣairavākirat

Having tormented the king with arrows like venomous serpents, he rushed again at Bhima and covered him with showers of arrows.

Verse 12 (9.15.12)

तस्य तल्लाघवं दृष्ट्वा तथैव च कृतास्त्रताम् । अपूजयन्ननीकानि परेषां तावकानि च ॥

tasya tallāghavaṃ dṛṣṭvā tathaiva ca kṛtāstratām | apūjayannanīkāni pareṣāṃ tāvakāni ca

Seeing his nimbleness and his mastery of weapons, the ranks of both sides, the enemy's and yours, applauded him.

Verse 13 (9.15.13)

पीड्यमानास्तु शल्येन पाण्डवा भृशविक्षताः । प्राद्रवन्त रणं हित्वा क्रोशमाने युधिष्ठिरे ॥

pīḍyamānāstu śalyena pāṇḍavā bhṛśavikṣatāḥ | prādravanta raṇaṃ hitvā krośamāne yudhiṣṭhire

Hard pressed by Shalya and badly wounded, the Pandavas left the field and fled, while Yudhishthira cried out to them.

Note on the text: Corrected भृशाविक्षताः → भृशविक्षताः (misprint in Wikisource; the extra long ā makes the word read "greatly unwounded", against the sense of the verse; CE 9.15.13 reads bhṛśavikṣatāḥ).

Verse 14 (9.15.14)

वध्यमानेष्वनीकेषु मद्रराजेन पाण्डवः । अमर्षवशमापन्नो धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

vadhyamāneṣvanīkeṣu madrarājena pāṇḍavaḥ | amarṣavaśamāpanno dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

While his forces were being cut down by the king of the Madras, the Pandava Yudhishthira, the king of dharma, was overcome by indignation.

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 = CE 9.15.14a,c.

Verse 15 (9.15.15)

ततः पौरुषमास्थाय मद्रराजमताडयत् । जयो वाऽस्तु वधो वेति कृतबुद्धिर्महारथः ॥

tataḥ pauruṣamāsthāya madrarājamatāḍayat | jayo vā'stu vadho veti kṛtabuddhirmahārathaḥ

Then, summoning all his manliness, he struck the king of the Madras; and the great chariot-warrior, his mind made up that it should be victory or death,

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 9.15.14e (atāḍayat for CE apīḍayat: variant); line 2 = CE 9.15.15a.

Verse 16 (9.15.16)

समाहूयाब्रवीत्सर्वान्भ्रातॄन्कृष्णं च पाण्डवः ॥

samāhūyābravītsarvānbhrātṝnkṛṣṇaṃ ca pāṇḍavaḥ

called together all his brothers and Krishna, and spoke.

Note on the text: Single line (page label 9-15-16a) = CE 9.15.15c; it ends "kṛṣṇaṃ ca pāṇḍavaḥ" for CE "kṛṣṇaṃ ca mādhavam" (variant).

Verse 17 (9.15.17)

भीष्मो द्रोणश्च कर्णश्च ये चान्ये पृथिवीक्षितः । कौरवार्थे पराक्रान्ताः सङ्ग्रामे निधनं गताः । यथाभागं यथोत्साहं भवन्तः कृतपौरुषाः ॥

bhīṣmo droṇaśca karṇaśca ye cānye pṛthivīkṣitaḥ | kauravārthe parākrāntāḥ saṅgrāme nidhanaṃ gatāḥ | yathābhāgaṃ yathotsāhaṃ bhavantaḥ kṛtapauruṣāḥ

"Bhishma, Drona and Karna, and the other kings who fought valiantly for the Kauravas, have met their end in the battle; and you, each according to his share and his zeal, have performed manly deeds.

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 = CE 9.15.16a,c; line 3 = CE 9.15.17a. Yudhishthira speaks (verses 17-25); the page prints no heading for his speech.

Verse 18 (9.15.18)

भागोऽवशिष्ट एकोऽयं मम शल्यो महारथः । सोऽहमद्य युधा जेतुमाशंसे मद्रकाधिपम् ॥

bhāgo'vaśiṣṭa eko'yaṃ mama śalyo mahārathaḥ | so'hamadya yudhā jetumāśaṃse madrakādhipam

"One share alone remains to me: this great warrior Shalya. Today I hope to conquer the lord of the Madrakas in battle.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 9.15.17c; line 2 = CE 9.15.18a. Speaker Yudhishthira (no printed heading).

Verse 19 (9.15.19)

तत्र यन्मानसं मह्यं तत्सर्वं निगदामि वः । चक्ररक्षाविमौ वीरौ मम माद्रवतीसुतौ ॥

tatra yanmānasaṃ mahyaṃ tatsarvaṃ nigadāmi vaḥ | cakrarakṣāvimau vīrau mama mādravatīsutau

"Now I shall tell you all that is in my mind about this. These two heroes, the sons of Madravati, are the guardians of my chariot wheels, unconquerable in battle even by Vasava, and honoured by the brave.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 9.15.18c; line 2 = CE 9.15.19a. Speaker Yudhishthira (no printed heading).

Verse 20 (9.15.20)

अजेयौ वासवेनापि समरे शूरसम्मतौ । साध्विमौ मातुलं युद्धे क्षत्रधर्मपुरस्कृतौ ॥

ajeyau vāsavenāpi samare śūrasammatau | sādhvimau mātulaṃ yuddhe kṣatradharmapuraskṛtau

"As is right, let these two, worthy of honour and true to their word, keeping the duty of warriors before them, fight their uncle in battle for my sake.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 9.15.19c; line 2 = CE 9.15.20a. Speaker Yudhishthira (no printed heading).

Verse 21 (9.15.21)

मदर्थे प्रतियुध्येतां मानार्हौ सत्यसङ्गरौ । मां वा शल्यो रणे हन्ता तं वाऽहं भद्रमस्तु वः । इति सत्यामिमां वाणीं लोकवीरा निबोधत ॥

madarthe pratiyudhyetāṃ mānārhau satyasaṅgarau | māṃ vā śalyo raṇe hantā taṃ vā'haṃ bhadramastu vaḥ | iti satyāmimāṃ vāṇīṃ lokavīrā nibodhata

"Either Shalya will slay me in the battle, or I shall slay him; may good come to you. Heroes of the world, hear this true word of mine.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 9.15.20c; lines 2-3 = CE 9.15.21a,c. CE star passage *0084_01 (after 9.15.20d) is not in Wikisource. Speaker Yudhishthira (no printed heading).

Verse 22 (9.15.22)

योत्स्येऽहं मातुलेनाद्य क्षात्रधर्मेण पार्थिवाः । स्वमंशमभिसन्धाय विजयायेतराय वा ॥

yotsye'haṃ mātulenādya kṣātradharmeṇa pārthivāḥ | svamaṃśamabhisandhāya vijayāyetarāya vā

"Today, O lords of the earth, I shall fight my maternal uncle by the warrior's law, setting my mind on my own share, whether it be for victory or for the other outcome.

Note on the text: Speaker Yudhishthira (no printed heading).

Verse 23 (9.15.23)

तस्य मेऽप्यधिकं शस्त्रं सर्वोपकरणानि च । संयुज्यन्तां रथे क्षिप्रं शास्त्रवद्रथयोजकैः ॥

tasya me'pyadhikaṃ śastraṃ sarvopakaraṇāni ca | saṃyujyantāṃ rathe kṣipraṃ śāstravadrathayojakaiḥ

"Let weapons in greater number than his, and all other equipment, be quickly fitted to my chariot, according to the rules, by the chariot-fitters.

Note on the text: Speaker Yudhishthira (no printed heading).

Verse 24 (9.15.24)

शैनेयो दक्षिणं चक्रं धृष्टद्युम्नस्तथोत्तरम् । पृष्ठगोपो भवत्वद्य मम पार्थो धनञ्जयः ॥

śaineyo dakṣiṇaṃ cakraṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnastathottaram | pṛṣṭhagopo bhavatvadya mama pārtho dhanañjayaḥ

"Let Shaineya be at my right wheel and Dhrishtadyumna at the left, and let Partha Dhananjaya be my rear guard today.

Note on the text: Speaker Yudhishthira (no printed heading).

Verse 25 (9.15.25)

पुरःसरो ममाद्यास्तु भीमः शस्त्रभृतां वरः । एवमभ्यधिकः शल्याद्भविष्यामि महामृधे ॥

puraḥsaro mamādyāstu bhīmaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ | evamabhyadhikaḥ śalyādbhaviṣyāmi mahāmṛdhe

"Let Bhima, best of weapon-bearers, go before me today. Thus I shall surpass Shalya in this great battle."

Note on the text: Speaker Yudhishthira (no printed heading); the speech ends here.

Verse 26 (9.15.26)

एवमुक्तास्तथा चक्रुस्तदा राज्ञः प्रियैषिणः ॥

evamuktāstathā cakrustadā rājñaḥ priyaiṣiṇaḥ

Told thus, those who wished the king well did as he said.

Note on the text: Single line = CE 9.15.26a (Wikisource lacks "sarve" and reads "tadā rājñaḥ" for the CE order).

Verse 27 (9.15.27)

ततः प्रहर्षः सैन्यानां पुनरासीत्तदा मृधे । पाञ्चालानां सोमकानां मात्स्यानां च विशेषतः ॥

tataḥ praharṣaḥ sainyānāṃ punarāsīttadā mṛdhe | pāñcālānāṃ somakānāṃ mātsyānāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ

Then once more a great joy arose among the troops in the battle, and above all among the Panchalas, the Somakas and the Matsyas,

Note on the text: Corrected सैव्यानां → सैन्यानां (misprint in Wikisource; "सैव्य" is not a word that fits the sense; CE 9.15.26 reads sainyānām). Corrected तदाः मृधे → तदा मृधे (misprint in Wikisource; stray visarga). Line 1 = CE 9.15.26c; line 2 = CE 9.15.27a.

Verse 28 (9.15.28)

प्रतिज्ञातं च सङ्ग्रामे धर्मराजस्य पूजयन् । ततः शङ्खांश्च भेरीश्च शतशश्चैव पुष्करान् । अवादयन्त पाञ्चालाः सिंहनादांश्च नेदिरे ॥

pratijñātaṃ ca saṅgrāme dharmarājasya pūjayan | tataḥ śaṅkhāṃśca bherīśca śataśaścaiva puṣkarān | avādayanta pāñcālāḥ siṃhanādāṃśca nedire

as they honoured the vow Dharmaraja had taken in the battle. The Panchalas sounded hundreds of conches, kettledrums and drums, and roared lion-roars.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 9.15.27c (pūjayan "honouring" for CE pūrayan: variant); lines 2-3 = CE 9.15.28a,c. CE star passage *0085_01 (after 9.15.27d) is not in Wikisource.

Verse 29 (9.15.29)

तेऽभ्यधावन्त संरब्धा मद्रराजं तरस्विनम् । महता हर्षजेनाथ नादेन कुरुपुङ्गवाः ॥

te'bhyadhāvanta saṃrabdhā madrarājaṃ tarasvinam | mahatā harṣajenātha nādena kurupuṅgavāḥ

Full of fury, those foremost of the Kurus charged at the mighty king of the Madras with a great shout born of joy,

Verse 30 (9.15.30)

ह्रादेन गजघण्टानां शङ्खानां निनदेन च । तूर्यशब्देन महता नादयन्तश्च मेदिनीम् ॥

hrādena gajaghaṇṭānāṃ śaṅkhānāṃ ninadena ca | tūryaśabdena mahatā nādayantaśca medinīm

with the clang of the elephants' bells, the blare of conches and the great din of trumpets, making the earth resound.

Note on the text: Corrected हादेन → ह्रादेन (misprint in Wikisource; dropped conjunct; CE 9.15.30 reads hrādena).

Verse 31 (9.15.31)

तान्प्रत्यगृह्णात्पुत्रस्ते मद्रराजश्च वीर्यवान् । महामेघानिव बहूञ्शैलावस्तोदयावुभौ ॥

tānpratyagṛhṇātputraste madrarājaśca vīryavān | mahāmeghāniva bahūñśailāvastodayāvubhau

Your son and the mighty king of the Madras received them, like the two mountains of sunrise and sunset receiving great masses of clouds.

Verse 32 (9.15.32)

शल्यस्तु समरश्लाघी धर्मराजमरिन्दमम् । ववर्ष शरवर्षेण शम्बरं मघवा इव ॥

śalyastu samaraślāghī dharmarājamarindamam | vavarṣa śaravarṣeṇa śambaraṃ maghavā iva

But Shalya, who delighted in battle, covered Dharmaraja, the tamer of foes, with a shower of arrows, as Maghavan once covered Shambara.

Verse 33 (9.15.33)

तथैव कुरुराजोऽपि प्रगृह्य रुचिरं धनुः । द्रोणोपदेशान्विविधान्दर्शयानो महामनाः । ववर्ष शरवर्षाणि चित्रं लघु च सुष्ठु च ॥

tathaiva kururājo'pi pragṛhya ruciraṃ dhanuḥ | droṇopadeśānvividhāndarśayāno mahāmanāḥ | vavarṣa śaravarṣāṇi citraṃ laghu ca suṣṭhu ca

In the same way the Kuru king Yudhishthira, taking up his splendid bow and displaying the many skills taught by Drona, that great-minded man, loosed showers of arrows, wondrous, swift and well aimed.

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 = CE 9.15.33a,c; line 3 = CE 9.15.34a. CE star passage *0086_01 (after 9.15.33d) is not in Wikisource.

Verse 34 (9.15.34)

न चास्य विवरं कश्चिद्ददर्श चरतो रणे ॥

na cāsya vivaraṃ kaściddadarśa carato raṇe

And no one could find an opening in him as he moved about in the battle.

Note on the text: Single line = CE 9.15.34c.

Verse 35 (9.15.35)

तावुभौ विविधैर्बाणैस्ततक्षाते परस्परम् । शार्दूलावामिषप्रेप्सू पराक्रान्ताविवाहवे ॥

tāvubhau vividhairbāṇaistatakṣāte parasparam | śārdūlāvāmiṣaprepsū parākrāntāvivāhave

With arrows of many kinds the two hacked at each other, like two tigers eager for flesh, valiant in the fight.

Verse 36 (9.15.36)

भीमस्तु तव पुत्रेण युद्धशौण्डेन सङ्गतः ॥

bhīmastu tava putreṇa yuddhaśauṇḍena saṅgataḥ

Bhima, meanwhile, was engaged with your son, who was eager for battle.

Note on the text: Single line = CE 9.15.36a (yuddhaśauṇḍena for CE raṇaśauṇḍena: variant).

Verse 37 (9.15.37)

पाञ्चाल्यः सात्यकिश्चैव माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ । शकुनिप्रमुखान्वीरान्प्रत्यगृह्णन्समन्ततः ॥

pāñcālyaḥ sātyakiścaiva mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau | śakunipramukhānvīrānpratyagṛhṇansamantataḥ

The Panchala, Satyaki, and the two sons of Madri, the Pandavas, met on every side the heroes led by Shakuni.

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 = CE 9.15.36c,e.

Verse 38 (9.15.38)

तदासीत्तुमुलं युद्धं पुनरेव जयैषिणाम् । तावकानां परेषां च राजन्दुर्मन्त्रिते तव ॥

tadāsīttumulaṃ yuddhaṃ punareva jayaiṣiṇām | tāvakānāṃ pareṣāṃ ca rājandurmantrite tava

Then once more a tumultuous battle arose among those eager for victory, between your men and the enemy, all through your ill counsel, O king.

Verse 39 (9.15.39)

दुर्योधनस्तु भीमस्य शरेणानतपर्वणा । चिच्छेदादिश्य सङ्ग्रामे ध्वजं हेमपरिष्कृतम् ॥

duryodhanastu bhīmasya śareṇānataparvaṇā | cicchedādiśya saṅgrāme dhvajaṃ hemapariṣkṛtam

Duryodhana took aim and cut down Bhima's gold-adorned banner in the battle with a straight-jointed arrow.

Verse 40 (9.15.40)

स किङ्किणीकजालेन महता चारुदर्शनः । पपात रुचिरः सिंहो भीमसेनस्य पश्यतः ॥

sa kiṅkiṇīkajālena mahatā cārudarśanaḥ | papāta ruciraḥ siṃho bhīmasenasya paśyataḥ

The handsome lion on it, with its great net of little bells, fell down, splendid, before Bhimasena's eyes.

Verse 41 (9.15.41)

पुनश्चास्य धनुश्चित्रं गजराजकरोपमम् । क्षुरेण शितधारेण प्रचकर्त नराधिपः ॥

punaścāsya dhanuścitraṃ gajarājakaropamam | kṣureṇa śitadhāreṇa pracakarta narādhipaḥ

Then that lord of men cut away his wondrous bow, like an elephant-king's trunk, with a razor-edged arrow.

Verse 42 (9.15.42)

स च्छिन्नधन्वा तेजस्वी रथशक्त्या सुतं तव । बिभेदोरसि विक्रम्य स रथोपस्थ आविशत् ॥

sa cchinnadhanvā tejasvī rathaśaktyā sutaṃ tava | bibhedorasi vikramya sa rathopastha āviśat

His bow cut away, the mighty Bhima boldly pierced your son in the chest with a spear hurled from his chariot, and Duryodhana sank down on the floor of his chariot.

Verse 43 (9.15.43)

तस्मिन्मोहमनुप्राप्ते पुनरेव वृकोदरः । यन्तुरेव शिरः कायात्क्षुरप्रेणाहरत्तदा ॥

tasminmohamanuprāpte punareva vṛkodaraḥ | yantureva śiraḥ kāyātkṣurapreṇāharattadā

When he fell into a swoon, Vrikodara again cut the charioteer's head from his body with a razor-headed arrow.

Verse 44 (9.15.44)

हतसूता हयास्तस्य रथमादाय भारत । व्यद्रवन्त दिशो राजन्हाहाकारस्तदाऽभवत् ॥

hatasūtā hayāstasya rathamādāya bhārata | vyadravanta diśo rājanhāhākārastadā'bhavat

With their charioteer slain, his horses bore off his chariot, O Bharata, and ran in all directions, O king, and a cry of "Alas!" went up.

Verse 45 (9.15.45)

तमभ्यधावंस्त्राणार्थं द्रोणपुत्रो महारथः । कृपश्च कृतवर्मा च पुत्रं ते हि परीप्सवः ॥

tamabhyadhāvaṃstrāṇārthaṃ droṇaputro mahārathaḥ | kṛpaśca kṛtavarmā ca putraṃ te hi parīpsavaḥ

Drona's son, the great warrior, ran after him to protect him, and Kripa and Kritavarman too, eager to save your son.

Note on the text: Corrected कृतवर्मां → कृतवर्मा (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara on the nominative; CE 9.15.44 reads kṛtavarmā).

Verse 46 (9.15.46)

तस्मिन्विलुलिते सैन्ये त्रस्तांस्तस्य पदानुगान् । गाण्डीवधन्वा विस्फार्य धनुस्तानहनच्छरैः ॥

tasminvilulite sainye trastāṃstasya padānugān | gāṇḍīvadhanvā visphārya dhanustānahanaccharaiḥ

When that army was thrown into disorder, Arjuna, wielder of the Gandiva, stretched his bow and struck down his frightened followers with arrows.

Verse 47 (9.15.47)

युधिष्ठिरस्तु मद्रेशमभ्यधावदमर्षितः । स्वयं सन्नोदयन्नश्वान्दन्तवर्णान्मनोजवान् ॥

yudhiṣṭhirastu madreśamabhyadhāvadamarṣitaḥ | svayaṃ sannodayannaśvāndantavarṇānmanojavān

But Yudhishthira, in anger, charged at the lord of the Madras, himself urging on his ivory-white horses, swift as thought.

Verse 48 (9.15.48)

तत्राश्चर्यमपश्याम कुन्तीपुत्रे युधिष्ठिरे । पुरा भूत्वा मृदुर्दान्तो यत्तदा दारुणोऽभवत् ॥

tatrāścaryamapaśyāma kuntīputre yudhiṣṭhire | purā bhūtvā mṛdurdānto yattadā dāruṇo'bhavat

There we saw a marvel in Yudhishthira, son of Kunti: he who had been gentle and self-controlled before had now become terrible.

Note on the text: Corrected तत्राश्चर्यपमश्याम → तत्राश्चर्यमपश्याम (misprint in Wikisource; transposed akshara; CE 9.15.47 reads apaśyāma).

Verse 49 (9.15.49)

विवृताक्षश्च कौन्तेयो वेपमानश्च मन्युना । चिच्छेद योधान्निशितैः शरैः शतसहस्रशः ॥

vivṛtākṣaśca kaunteyo vepamānaśca manyunā | ciccheda yodhānniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ śatasahasraśaḥ

With wide eyes, and trembling with rage, the son of Kunti cut down warriors by hundreds and thousands with sharp arrows.

Verse 50 (9.15.50)

यांयां प्रत्युद्ययौ सेनां तांतां ज्येष्ठः स पाण्डवः । शरैरपातयद्राजन्गिरीन्वज्रैरिवोत्तमैः ॥

yāṃyāṃ pratyudyayau senāṃ tāṃtāṃ jyeṣṭhaḥ sa pāṇḍavaḥ | śarairapātayadrājangirīnvajrairivottamaiḥ

Against whatever force that eldest Pandava advanced, O king, he brought it down with his arrows, as if felling mountains with the finest thunderbolts.

Verse 51 (9.15.51)

साश्वसूतध्वजरथान्रथिनः पातयन्बहून् । अक्रीडदेको बलवान्पवनस्तोयदानिव ॥

sāśvasūtadhvajarathānrathinaḥ pātayanbahūn | akrīḍadeko balavānpavanastoyadāniva

Felling many chariot-warriors with their horses, charioteers, banners and chariots, the mighty one played alone, like the wind among clouds.

Verse 52 (9.15.52)

साश्वारोहांश्च तुरगान्पत्तींश्चैव सहस्रधा । व्यपोथयत सङ्ग्रामे क्रुद्धो रुद्रः पशूनिव ॥

sāśvārohāṃśca turagānpattīṃścaiva sahasradhā | vyapothayata saṅgrāme kruddho rudraḥ paśūniva

In the battle he crushed horses with their riders, and foot-soldiers, by the thousand, like angry Rudra among sacrificial beasts.

Verse 53 (9.15.53)

शून्यमायोधनं कृत्वा शरवर्षैः समन्ततः । अभ्यद्रवत मद्रेशं तिष्ठतिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत् ॥

śūnyamāyodhanaṃ kṛtvā śaravarṣaiḥ samantataḥ | abhyadravata madreśaṃ tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cābravīt

Having emptied the field on every side with his showers of arrows, he rushed at the lord of the Madras, crying, "Stand! Stand!"

Verse 54 (9.15.54)

तस्य तच्चरितं दृष्ट्वा संग्रामे भीमकर्मणः । वित्रेसुस्तावकाः सर्वे शल्यस्त्वेनं समभ्ययात् ॥

tasya taccaritaṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃgrāme bhīmakarmaṇaḥ | vitresustāvakāḥ sarve śalyastvenaṃ samabhyayāt

Seeing that deed in battle of one whose works were so dreadful, all your men trembled; but Shalya came up against him.

Verse 55 (9.15.55)

ततस्तौ भृशसङ्क्रुद्धौ प्रध्माय सलिलोद्भवौ । समाहूय तदाऽन्योन्यं भर्त्सयन्तौ समीयतुः ॥

tatastau bhṛśasaṅkruddhau pradhmāya salilodbhavau | samāhūya tadā'nyonyaṃ bhartsayantau samīyatuḥ

Then the two, deeply enraged, blew their conches, challenged each other, and came together, hurling threats.

Verse 56 (9.15.56)

शल्यस्तु शरवर्षेण पीडयामास पाण्डवम् । मद्रराजं तु कौन्तेयः शरवर्षैरवाकिरत् ॥

śalyastu śaravarṣeṇa pīḍayāmāsa pāṇḍavam | madrarājaṃ tu kaunteyaḥ śaravarṣairavākirat

Shalya afflicted the Pandava with a shower of arrows, and Kunti's son covered the king of the Madras with showers of arrows.

Verse 57 (9.15.57)

अदृश्येतां तदा राजन्कङ्कपत्रिभिराचितौ । उद्भिन्नरुधिरौ शूरौ मद्रराजयुधिष्ठिरौ । पुष्पिताविव रेजाते वने शाल्मलिकिंशुकौ ॥

adṛśyetāṃ tadā rājankaṅkapatribhirācitau | udbhinnarudhirau śūrau madrarājayudhiṣṭhirau | puṣpitāviva rejāte vane śālmalikiṃśukau

They were seen then, O king, the king of the Madras and Yudhishthira, both heroes, covered with heron-feathered arrows and streaming blood, shining like a pair of blossoming shalmali and kimshuka trees in a forest.

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 = CE 9.15.56a,c; line 3 = CE 9.15.57a. CE star passage *0087_01 (after 9.15.57a) is not in Wikisource.

Verse 58 (9.15.58)

दीव्यमानौ महात्मानौ प्राणद्यूतेन दुर्मदौ । दृष्ट्वा सर्वाणि सैन्यानि नाध्यवस्यंस्तयोर्जयम् ॥

dīvyamānau mahātmānau prāṇadyūtena durmadau | dṛṣṭvā sarvāṇi sainyāni nādhyavasyaṃstayorjayam

Those two great-souled, reckless men were playing as if at dice with their lives as the stake; and seeing them, none of the armies could judge which of them would win.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 9.15.57c; line 2 = CE 9.15.58a.

Verse 59 (9.15.59)

हत्वा मद्राधिपं पार्थो भोक्ष्यतेऽद्य वसुन्धराम् । शल्यो वा पाण्डवं हत्वा दद्याद्दुर्योधनाय गाम् ॥

hatvā madrādhipaṃ pārtho bhokṣyate'dya vasundharām | śalyo vā pāṇḍavaṃ hatvā dadyādduryodhanāya gām

"Having slain the king of the Madras, Partha will enjoy the earth today; or Shalya, having slain the Pandava, will give it to Duryodhana."

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 9.15.58c; line 2 = CE 9.15.59a. The soldiers' unspoken thought, kept with the narrator.

Verse 60 (9.15.60)

इतीव निश्चयो नाभूद्योधानां तत्र भारत । प्रदक्षिणमभूत्सर्वं धर्मराजस्य युध्यतः ॥

itīva niścayo nābhūdyodhānāṃ tatra bhārata | pradakṣiṇamabhūtsarvaṃ dharmarājasya yudhyataḥ

Thus, O Bharata, the warriors there could reach no certainty; yet everything turned out favourably for Dharmaraja as he fought.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 9.15.59c; line 2 = CE 9.15.60a.

Verse 61 (9.15.61)

ततः शरशतं शल्यो मुमोचाशु युधिष्ठिरे । धनुश्चास्य शिताग्रेण बाणेन निरकृन्तत ॥

tataḥ śaraśataṃ śalyo mumocāśu yudhiṣṭhire | dhanuścāsya śitāgreṇa bāṇena nirakṛntata

Then Shalya quickly loosed a hundred arrows at Yudhishthira, and with a sharp-headed arrow cut away his bow.

Note on the text: Corrected निरुकृन्तत → निरकृन्तत (misprint in Wikisource; not a valid verb form; CE 9.15.61 reads nirakṛntata).

Verse 62 (9.15.62)

सोऽन्यत्कार्मुकमादाय शल्यं शरशतैस्त्रिभिः । अविध्यत्कार्मुकं चास्य क्षुरेण निरकृन्तत ॥

so'nyatkārmukamādāya śalyaṃ śaraśataistribhiḥ | avidhyatkārmukaṃ cāsya kṣureṇa nirakṛntata

Taking up another bow, he pierced Shalya with three hundred arrows, and with a razor-headed arrow cut away his bow.

Verse 63 (9.15.63)

अथास्य निजघानाश्वांश्चतुरो नतपर्वभिः । द्वाभ्यामतिशिताग्राभ्यामुभौ तत्पार्ष्णिसारथी ॥

athāsya nijaghānāśvāṃścaturo nataparvabhiḥ | dvābhyāmatiśitāgrābhyāmubhau tatpārṣṇisārathī

Then with four straight-jointed arrows he killed his four horses, and with two extremely sharp ones both his rear-guard and his charioteer.

Verse 64 (9.15.64)

ततोऽस्य दीप्यमानेन पीतेन निशितेन च । प्रमुखे वर्तमानस्य भल्लेनापाहरद्ध्वजम् ॥

tato'sya dīpyamānena pītena niśitena ca | pramukhe vartamānasya bhallenāpāharaddhvajam

Then, as he stood facing him, he struck down his banner with a blazing, yellow-hued, sharp bhalla arrow.

Note on the text: Corrected भल्लेनापाहरद्वृजम् → भल्लेनापाहरद्ध्वजम् (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct, the word is dhvajam "banner"; CE 9.15.64 reads bhallenāpāharad dhvajam). Lines 1-2 = CE 9.15.64a,c (the aligner matched it to 9.16.62 in error).

Verse 65 (9.15.65)

ततः प्रभग्नं तत्सैन्यं दौर्योधनमरिन्दम ॥

tataḥ prabhagnaṃ tatsainyaṃ dauryodhanamarindama

Then, O tamer of foes, that army of Duryodhana's broke and fled.

Note on the text: Single line = CE 9.15.64e.

Verse 66 (9.15.66)

ततो मद्राधिपं द्रौणिरभ्यधावत्तथा कृतम् । आरोप्य चैनं स्वरथं त्वरमाणः प्रदुद्रुवे ॥

tato madrādhipaṃ drauṇirabhyadhāvattathā kṛtam | āropya cainaṃ svarathaṃ tvaramāṇaḥ pradudruve

Then Drona's son rushed to the lord of the Madras in that plight and, hastily taking him up onto his own chariot, sped away.

Note on the text: = CE 9.15.65.

Verse 67 (9.15.67)

मुहूर्तमिव तौ गत्वा नर्दमाने युधिष्ठिरे । गत्वा ततो मद्रपतिरन्यं स्यन्दनमास्थितः ॥

muhūrtamiva tau gatvā nardamāne yudhiṣṭhire | gatvā tato madrapatiranyaṃ syandanamāsthitaḥ

After they had gone a short way, while Yudhishthira roared, the lord of the Madras mounted another chariot.

Note on the text: = CE 9.15.66.

Verse 68 (9.15.68)

विधिवत्कल्पितं शुभ्रं महाम्बुदनिनादिनम् । सज्जयन्त्रोपकरणं द्विषतां रोमहर्षणम् ॥

vidhivatkalpitaṃ śubhraṃ mahāmbudaninādinam | sajjayantropakaraṇaṃ dviṣatāṃ romaharṣaṇam

It was duly prepared and gleaming, resounding like a great cloud, fitted with machinery and all equipment, a sight to make the hair of his enemies stand on end.

Note on the text: = CE 9.15.67. CE star passage *0088_01 (after 9.15.67d) is not in Wikisource.

Verse 69 (9.15.69)

तथान्यद्धनुरादाय बलवान्वेगवत्तरम् । युधिष्ठिरं मद्रपतिर्भित्त्वा सिंह इवानदत् ॥

tathānyaddhanurādāya balavānvegavattaram | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ madrapatirbhittvā siṃha ivānadat

Strong as he was, he took up another, swifter bow, pierced Yudhishthira, and roared like a lion, that lord of the Madras.

Note on the text: = CE 9.16.1 (CE verse numbering runs on into its adhyaya 16 here; Wikisource ends adhyaya 15 at CE 9.16.6). The page prints a stray "।।" after line 1; normalised to the usual line mark.

Verse 70 (9.15.70)

ततः स शरवर्षेण पर्जन्य इव वृष्टिमान् । अभ्यवर्षदमेयात्मा क्षत्रियान्क्षत्रियर्षभः ॥

tataḥ sa śaravarṣeṇa parjanya iva vṛṣṭimān | abhyavarṣadameyātmā kṣatriyānkṣatriyarṣabhaḥ

Then, of immeasurable spirit, that best of kshatriyas rained down a shower of arrows on the kshatriyas, like rain-giving Parjanya.

Note on the text: = CE 9.16.2.

Verse 71 (9.15.71)

सात्यकिं दशभिर्विद्ध्वा भीमसेनं त्रिभिः शरैः । सहदेवं त्रिभिर्विद्ध्वा युधिष्ठिरमपीडयत् ॥

sātyakiṃ daśabhirviddhvā bhīmasenaṃ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ | sahadevaṃ tribhirviddhvā yudhiṣṭhiramapīḍayat

He pierced Satyaki with ten arrows, Bhimasena with three, and Sahadeva with three, and he tormented Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Corrected त्रिभिर्विद्धा → त्रिभिर्विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped conjunct (gerund viddhvā); CE 9.16.3 reads viddhvā). = CE 9.16.3.

Verse 72 (9.15.72)

तांस्तानन्यान्महेष्वासान्साश्वान्सरथकूबरान् । अर्दयामास विशिखैरुल्काभिरिव कुञ्जरान् ॥

tāṃstānanyānmaheṣvāsānsāśvānsarathakūbarān | ardayāmāsa viśikhairulkābhiriva kuñjarān

Those and other great archers, with their horses, chariots and chariot-poles, he tormented with his arrows, as one torments elephants with firebrands.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 9.16.4a; line 2 = CE star passage *0089_01 (after 9.16.4b), which Wikisource includes.

Verse 73 (9.15.73)

कुञ्जरान्कुञ्जरारोहानश्वप्रयायिनः । रथांश्च रथिभिः सार्धं जघान रथिनां वरः ॥

kuñjarānkuñjarārohānaśvaprayāyinaḥ | rathāṃśca rathibhiḥ sārdhaṃ jaghāna rathināṃ varaḥ

Elephants and their riders, horsemen, and chariots with their warriors: that best of charioteers slew them all.

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 = CE 9.16.4c,e.

Verse 74 (9.15.74)

बाहूंश्चिच्छेद तरसा सायुधान्केतनानि च । चकार च महीं योधैः स्तीर्णां वेदीं कुशैरिव ॥

bāhūṃściccheda tarasā sāyudhānketanāni ca | cakāra ca mahīṃ yodhaiḥ stīrṇāṃ vedīṃ kuśairiva

He swiftly cut off arms together with their weapons, and banners, and made the earth strewn with warriors, like an altar spread with kusha grass.

Note on the text: = CE 9.16.5.

Verse 75 (9.15.75)

तथा तमरिसैन्यानि घ्नन्तं मृत्युमिवान्तकम् । परिवव्रुर्भृशं क्रुद्धाः पाण्डुपाञ्चालसोमकाः ॥

tathā tamarisainyāni ghnantaṃ mṛtyumivāntakam | parivavrurbhṛśaṃ kruddhāḥ pāṇḍupāñcālasomakāḥ

Then, as he slew the enemy troops like Death the ender, the Pandavas, Panchalas and Somakas surrounded him, filled with fury.

Note on the text: = CE 9.16.6.