Duryodhana Holds Off the Pandavas

Verse 1 (9.21.1)

पुत्रस्तु ते महाराज रथस्थो रथिनां वरः । दुरुत्सहो बभौ युद्धे यथा रुद्रः प्रतापवान् ॥

putrastu te mahārāja rathastho rathināṃ varaḥ | durutsaho babhau yuddhe yathā rudraḥ pratāpavān

Your son, O great king, the best of chariot-warriors, stood on his chariot in the battle and shone, hard to withstand, like mighty Rudra.

Verse 2 (9.21.2)

तस्य बाणसहस्रैस्तु प्रच्छन्ना ह्यभवन्मही । परांश्च सिषिचे बाणैर्धाराभिरिव पर्वतान् ॥

tasya bāṇasahasraistu pracchannā hyabhavanmahī | parāṃśca siṣice bāṇairdhārābhiriva parvatān

The earth was covered over with his thousands of arrows, and he drenched his enemies with arrows as clouds drench mountains with streams of rain.

Verse 3 (9.21.3)

न च सोऽस्ति पुमान्कश्चित्पाण्डवानां बलार्णवे । हयो गजो रथो वाऽपि यः स्याद्बाणैरविक्षतः ॥

na ca so'sti pumānkaścitpāṇḍavānāṃ balārṇave | hayo gajo ratho vā'pi yaḥ syādbāṇairavikṣataḥ

In that ocean of the Pandava host there was no man, nor horse, elephant or chariot, that his arrows had not wounded.

Verse 4 (9.21.4)

यं यं हि समरे योधं प्रपश्यामि विशाम्पते । स स बाणैश्चितोऽभूद्वै पुत्रेण तव भारत ॥

yaṃ yaṃ hi samare yodhaṃ prapaśyāmi viśāmpate | sa sa bāṇaiścito'bhūdvai putreṇa tava bhārata

Whatever warrior I looked at in the battle, O lord of the people, O Bharata, that one was found pierced with arrows by your son.

Verse 5 (9.21.5)

यथा सैन्येन रजसा समुद्भूतेन वाहिनी । प्रत्यदृश्यत सञ्छन्ना तथा बाणैर्महात्मनः ॥

yathā sainyena rajasā samudbhūtena vāhinī | pratyadṛśyata sañchannā tathā bāṇairmahātmanaḥ

As an army is seen veiled by the dust that its own marching raises, so the host was seen veiled by the arrows of that great-souled man.

Verse 6 (9.21.6)

बाणभूतामपश्याम पृथिवीं पृथिवीपते । दुर्योधनेन प्रकृतां क्षिप्रहस्तेन धन्विना ॥

bāṇabhūtāmapaśyāma pṛthivīṃ pṛthivīpate | duryodhanena prakṛtāṃ kṣiprahastena dhanvinā

O lord of the earth, we saw the earth turned into nothing but arrows by Duryodhana, that swift-handed archer.

Verse 7 (9.21.7)

तेषु योधसहस्रेषु तावकेषु परेषु च । नास्ति दुर्योधनसमः पुमानिति मतिर्मम ॥

teṣu yodhasahasreṣu tāvakeṣu pareṣu ca | nāsti duryodhanasamaḥ pumāniti matirmama

Among those thousands of warriors, yours and the enemy's, I think there was no man equal to Duryodhana.

Note on the text: Line 2 differs from CE 9.21.7c (eko duryodhano hy āsīt pumān iti matir mama); a recension variant, kept.

Verse 8 (9.21.8)

तत्राद्भुतमपश्याम तव पुत्रस्य विक्रमम् । यदेकं सहिताः पार्था नाभ्यवर्तन्त भारत ॥

tatrādbhutamapaśyāma tava putrasya vikramam | yadekaṃ sahitāḥ pārthā nābhyavartanta bhārata

There we saw a marvel in your son's valor, O Bharata: that the Parthas, though united, could not advance against him alone.

Verse 9 (9.21.9)

युधिष्ठिरं शतेनाजौ विव्याध भरतर्षभ । भीमसेनं च सप्तत्या सहदेवं च पञ्चभिः ॥

yudhiṣṭhiraṃ śatenājau vivyādha bharatarṣabha | bhīmasenaṃ ca saptatyā sahadevaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ

O best of the Bharatas, he pierced Yudhishthira with a hundred arrows in the fight, Bhimasena with seventy, and Sahadeva with five.

Verse 10 (9.21.10)

नकुलं च चतुःषष्ट्या धृष्टद्युम्नं च पञ्चभिः । पञ्चभिर्द्रौपदेयांश्च त्रिभिर्विव्याध सात्यकिम् ॥

nakulaṃ ca catuḥṣaṣṭyā dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ | pañcabhirdraupadeyāṃśca tribhirvivyādha sātyakim

He pierced Nakula with sixty-four, Dhrishtadyumna with five, the sons of Draupadi with five, and Satyaki with three.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; lines are CE 9.21.10a and 10c (CE 10c reads saptabhiḥ for the page's पञ्चभिः, a variant).

Verse 11 (9.21.11)

धनुश्चिच्छेद भल्लेन सहदेवस्य मारिष । तदपास्य धनुश्छिन्नं माद्रीपुत्रः प्रतापवान् ॥

dhanuściccheda bhallena sahadevasya māriṣa | tadapāsya dhanuśchinnaṃ mādrīputraḥ pratāpavān

And he cut Sahadeva's bow in two with a broad-headed arrow, O sir. Casting aside that broken bow, the mighty son of Madri

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; line 1 is CE 9.21.10e, line 2 is CE 11a.

Verse 12 (9.21.12)

अभ्यद्रवत राजानं प्रगृह्यान्यन्महद्धनुः । ततो दुर्योधनं सङ्ख्ये विव्याध दशभिः शरैः ॥

abhyadravata rājānaṃ pragṛhyānyanmahaddhanuḥ | tato duryodhanaṃ saṅkhye vivyādha daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ

took up another great bow and rushed at the king, and then pierced Duryodhana in the battle with ten arrows.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; lines are CE 9.21.11c (abhyadhāvata for the page's अभ्यद्रवत, a variant) and 11e.

Verse 13 (9.21.13)

नकुलस्तु ततो वीरो राजानं नवभिः शरैः । घोररूपैर्महेष्वासो विव्याध च ननाद च ॥

nakulastu tato vīro rājānaṃ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ | ghorarūpairmaheṣvāso vivyādha ca nanāda ca

Then the heroic Nakula too, the great archer, struck the king with nine terrible arrows and roared.

Verse 14 (9.21.14)

सात्यकिश्चैव राजानं शरेणानतपर्वणा । द्रौपदेयास्त्रिसप्तत्या धर्मराजश्च पञ्चभिः । अशीत्या भीमसेनश्च शरै राजानमार्पयन् ॥

sātyakiścaiva rājānaṃ śareṇānataparvaṇā | draupadeyāstrisaptatyā dharmarājaśca pañcabhiḥ | aśītyā bhīmasenaśca śarai rājānamārpayan

Satyaki struck the king with a straight-jointed arrow, the sons of Draupadi with seventy-three, King Yudhishthira with five, and Bhimasena with eighty.

Verse 15 (9.21.15)

समन्तात्कीर्यमाणस्तु बाणसङ्घैर्महात्मभिः । न चचाल महाराज सर्वसैन्यस्य पश्यतः ॥

samantātkīryamāṇastu bāṇasaṅghairmahātmabhiḥ | na cacāla mahārāja sarvasainyasya paśyataḥ

Though showered on every side by the crowds of arrows from those great-souled warriors, he did not waver, O great king, while the whole army looked on.

Verse 16 (9.21.16)

लाघवात्सौष्ठवाच्चापि वीर्याच्चापि महात्मनः । अति सर्वाणि भूतानि ददृशुः सर्वपार्थिवाः ॥

lāghavātsauṣṭhavāccāpi vīryāccāpi mahātmanaḥ | ati sarvāṇi bhūtāni dadṛśuḥ sarvapārthivāḥ

All the kings saw him surpass every being in lightness of hand, in skill and in strength, great-souled as he was.

Verse 17 (9.21.17)

धार्तराष्ट्रा हि राजेन्द्र योधास्तु स्वल्पमन्तरम् । अपश्यमाना राजानं पर्यवर्तन्त दंशिताः ॥

dhārtarāṣṭrā hi rājendra yodhāstu svalpamantaram | apaśyamānā rājānaṃ paryavartanta daṃśitāḥ

But the warriors of Dhritarashtra's side, O king of kings, who had been only a short way off, not seeing the king, turned back in their armour.

Verse 18 (9.21.18)

तेषामापततां घोरस्तुमुलः समपद्यत । क्षुब्धस्य हि समुद्रस्य प्रावृट्‌काले यथा स्वनः ॥

teṣāmāpatatāṃ ghorastumulaḥ samapadyata | kṣubdhasya hi samudrasya prāvṛṭkāle yathā svanaḥ

As they rushed in, a terrible tumult arose, like the roar of a stormy sea in the rainy season.

Verse 19 (9.21.19)

समासाद्य रणे ते तु राजानमपराजितम् । प्रत्युद्ययुर्महेष्वासाः पाण्डवानाततायिनः ॥

samāsādya raṇe te tu rājānamaparājitam | pratyudyayurmaheṣvāsāḥ pāṇḍavānātatāyinaḥ

Reaching the unconquered king in the battle, those great archers advanced to meet the Pandavas, their assailants.

Verse 20 (9.21.20)

भीमसेनं रणे क्रुद्धो द्रोणपुत्रो न्यवारयत् । तयोर्बाणैर्महाराज प्रमुक्तैः सर्वतोदिशम् । नाज्ञायन्त रणे वीरा न दिशः प्रदिशस्तथा ॥

bhīmasenaṃ raṇe kruddho droṇaputro nyavārayat | tayorbāṇairmahārāja pramuktaiḥ sarvatodiśam | nājñāyanta raṇe vīrā na diśaḥ pradiśastathā

Ashvatthama, the son of Drona, enraged, checked Bhimasena in the battle. From the arrows they loosed in every direction, O great king, the heroes could no longer tell the quarters or the intermediate directions.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 9.21.19a; line 2 varies CE 19c (tato bāṇair for the page's तयोर्बाणैः); line 3 is CE 19e.

Verse 21 (9.21.21)

तावुभौ क्रूरकर्माणावुभौ भारतदुःसहौ । घोररूपमयुध्येतां कृतप्रतिकृतैषिणौ ॥

tāvubhau krūrakarmāṇāvubhau bhārataduḥsahau | ghorarūpamayudhyetāṃ kṛtapratikṛtaiṣiṇau

Those two, cruel in their deeds, both hard for any Bharata to withstand, each bent on repaying the other's blows, fought a terrible fight.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; lines are CE 9.21.20a and 20c.

Verse 22 (9.21.22)

त्रासयन्तौ दिशः सर्वा ज्याक्षेपकठिनत्वचौ । शकुनिस्तु रणे वीरो युधिष्ठिरमपीडयत् ॥

trāsayantau diśaḥ sarvā jyākṣepakaṭhinatvacau | śakunistu raṇe vīro yudhiṣṭhiramapīḍayat

Terrifying all the quarters, with palms hardened by the lashing of the bowstring, they fought. Meanwhile the hero Shakuni pressed hard upon Yudhishthira in the battle.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; line 1 is a variant of CE 9.21.20e (trāsayantau jagat sarvaṃ jyākṣepavihatatvacau); line 2 is CE 21a.

Verse 23 (9.21.23)

तस्याश्वांश्चतुरो हत्वा सुबलस्य सुतो विभो । नादं चकार बलवत्सर्वसैन्यानि कम्पयन् ॥

tasyāśvāṃścaturo hatvā subalasya suto vibho | nādaṃ cakāra balavatsarvasainyāni kampayan

Having killed his four horses, the son of Subala, O lord, let out a mighty roar that shook all the armies.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; lines are CE 9.21.21c and 21e. The CE's star passage 9.21.21d*0118_01-05 (five lines on Shakuni cutting Yudhishthira's weapons) is not in the Wikisource text.

Verse 24 (9.21.24)

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे वीरं राजानमपराजितम् । अपोवाह रथेनाजौ सहदेवः प्रतापवान् ॥

etasminnantare vīraṃ rājānamaparājitam | apovāha rathenājau sahadevaḥ pratāpavān

At that moment the mighty Sahadeva carried the unconquered king away from the battle on his own chariot.

Verse 25 (9.21.25)

अथान्यं रथमास्थाय धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । शकुनिं नवभिर्विद्ध्वा पुनर्विव्याध पञ्चभिः । ननाद च महानादं प्रवरः सर्वधन्विनाम् ॥

athānyaṃ rathamāsthāya dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | śakuniṃ navabhirviddhvā punarvivyādha pañcabhiḥ | nanāda ca mahānādaṃ pravaraḥ sarvadhanvinām

Then Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma, mounting another chariot, pierced Shakuni with nine arrows and again with five, and roared a great roar, he the foremost of all archers.

Verse 26 (9.21.26)

तद्युद्धमभवच्चित्रं घोररूपं च मारिष । प्रेक्षतां प्रीतिजननं सिद्धचारणसेवितम् ॥

tadyuddhamabhavaccitraṃ ghorarūpaṃ ca māriṣa | prekṣatāṃ prītijananaṃ siddhacāraṇasevitam

That fight was wondrous and terrible, O sir, a delight to those who watched it, and attended by Siddhas and Charanas.

Verse 27 (9.21.27)

उलूकस्तु महेष्वासं नकुलं युद्धदुर्मदम् । अभ्यवर्षदमेयात्मा शरवर्षैः समन्ततः ॥

ulūkastu maheṣvāsaṃ nakulaṃ yuddhadurmadam | abhyavarṣadameyātmā śaravarṣaiḥ samantataḥ

Uluka, of immeasurable spirit, rained showers of arrows from every side on the great archer Nakula, who was drunk with the fight.

Verse 28 (9.21.28)

तथैव नकुलः शूरः सौबलस्य सुतं रणे । शरवर्षेण महता समन्तात्पर्यवारयत् ॥

tathaiva nakulaḥ śūraḥ saubalasya sutaṃ raṇe | śaravarṣeṇa mahatā samantātparyavārayat

In the same way the heroic Nakula covered Saubala's son (Uluka) in the battle on every side with a great shower of arrows.

Verse 29 (9.21.29)

तौ तत्र समरे वीरौ कुलपुत्रौ महारथौ । योधयन्तावपश्येतां कृतप्रतिकृतैषिणौ ॥

tau tatra samare vīrau kulaputrau mahārathau | yodhayantāvapaśyetāṃ kṛtapratikṛtaiṣiṇau

Those two heroes, great chariot-warriors of noble houses, were seen fighting there in the battle, each bent on repaying the other.

Verse 30 (9.21.30)

तथैव कृतवर्माणं शैनेयः शत्रुतापनः । योधयञ्शुशुभे राजन्बलिं शक्र इवाहवे ॥

tathaiva kṛtavarmāṇaṃ śaineyaḥ śatrutāpanaḥ | yodhayañśuśubhe rājanbaliṃ śakra ivāhave

In the same way Shaineya (Satyaki), the scorcher of his foes, fighting Kritavarma, shone, O king, like Shakra against Bali in battle.

Verse 31 (9.21.31)

दुर्योधनो धनुश्छित्त्वा धृष्टद्युम्नस्य संयुगे । अथैनं छिन्नधन्वानं विव्याध निशितैः शरैः ॥

duryodhano dhanuśchittvā dhṛṣṭadyumnasya saṃyuge | athainaṃ chinnadhanvānaṃ vivyādha niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Duryodhana, having cut Dhrishtadyumna's bow in the battle, then pierced him, now bowless, with sharp arrows.

Verse 32 (9.21.32)

धृष्टद्युम्नोऽपि समरे प्रगृह्य परमायुधम् । राजानं योधयामास पश्यतां सर्वधन्विनाम् ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumno'pi samare pragṛhya paramāyudham | rājānaṃ yodhayāmāsa paśyatāṃ sarvadhanvinām

Dhrishtadyumna too, taking up another excellent weapon, fought the king in full view of all the archers.

Verse 33 (9.21.33)

तयोर्युद्धं महच्चासीत्सङ्ग्रामे भरतर्षभ । प्रभिन्नयोर्यथा सक्तं मत्तयोर्वनहस्तिनोः ॥

tayoryuddhaṃ mahaccāsītsaṅgrāme bharatarṣabha | prabhinnayoryathā saktaṃ mattayorvanahastinoḥ

A great fight took place between those two, O best of the Bharatas, like that of two wild elephants in rut, locked together.

Verse 34 (9.21.34)

गौतमस्तु रणे क्रुद्धो द्रौपदेयान्महाबलान् । विव्याध बहुभिः शूरः शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥

gautamastu raṇe kruddho draupadeyānmahābalān | vivyādha bahubhiḥ śūraḥ śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ

Gautama (Kripa), enraged in the battle, the hero, pierced the mighty sons of Draupadi with many straight-jointed arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected महाबालान् → महाबलान् (misprint in Wikisource; long ा added; the critical edition reads mahābalān).

Verse 35 (9.21.35)

तस्य तैरभवद्युद्धमिन्द्रियैरिव देहिनः । घोररूपमसंवार्यं निर्मर्यादमवर्तत ॥

tasya tairabhavadyuddhamindriyairiva dehinaḥ | ghorarūpamasaṃvāryaṃ nirmaryādamavartata

His fight with them was like that of an embodied soul with its senses: terrible, impossible to restrain, and without any bounds.

Verse 36 (9.21.36)

ते च सम्पीडयामासुरिन्द्रियाणीव बालिशम् । स च तान्प्रतिसंरब्धः प्रत्ययोधयदाहवे ॥

te ca sampīḍayāmāsurindriyāṇīva bāliśam | sa ca tānpratisaṃrabdhaḥ pratyayodhayadāhave

They pressed him hard, as the senses press a fool; and he, enraged, fought them back in the battle.

Verse 37 (9.21.37)

एवं चित्रमभूद्युद्धं तस्य तैः सह भारत । उत्थायोत्थाय हि यथा देहिनामिन्द्रियैर्विभो ॥

evaṃ citramabhūdyuddhaṃ tasya taiḥ saha bhārata | utthāyotthāya hi yathā dehināmindriyairvibho

So his fight with them, O Bharata, was a strange one, like the senses rising up again and again against an embodied being, O lord.

Verse 38 (9.21.38)

नराश्चैव नरैः सार्धं दन्तिनो दन्तिभिस्तथा । हया हयैः समासक्ता रथिनो रथिभिः सह ॥

narāścaiva naraiḥ sārdhaṃ dantino dantibhistathā | hayā hayaiḥ samāsaktā rathino rathibhiḥ saha

Men were locked with men, elephants with elephants, horses with horses, and chariot-warriors with chariot-warriors.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; lines are CE 9.21.36a and 36c (CE's three-line verse 36; its third line is the next Wikisource verse).

Verse 39 (9.21.39)

सङ्कुलं चाभवद्भूयो घोररूपं विशाम्पते ॥

saṅkulaṃ cābhavadbhūyo ghorarūpaṃ viśāmpate

And the confusion grew still more terrible, O lord of the people.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; this single line is CE 9.21.36e.

Verse 40 (9.21.40)

इदं चित्रमिदं घोरमिदं रौद्रमिति प्रभो । युद्धान्यासन्महाराज घोराणि च बहूनि च ॥

idaṃ citramidaṃ ghoramidaṃ raudramiti prabho | yuddhānyāsanmahārāja ghorāṇi ca bahūni ca

"This is strange, this is dreadful, this is fierce," O lord: such, and many and dreadful, were the fights that took place, O great king.

Note on the text: Corrected घोरांणि → घोराणि (misprint in Wikisource; anusvara in place of long ā; the critical edition reads ghorāṇi).

Verse 41 (9.21.41)

ते समासाद्य समरे परस्परमरिन्दमाः । व्यनदंश्चैव जघ्नुश्च समासाद्य महाहवे ॥

te samāsādya samare parasparamarindamāḥ | vyanadaṃścaiva jaghnuśca samāsādya mahāhave

Meeting one another in the battle, those tamers of their foes roared and struck, and fought on in the great fight.

Note on the text: Corrected समाताद्य → समासाद्य (misprint in Wikisource; ता for सा; the critical edition reads samāsādya, as in the first line).

Verse 42 (9.21.42)

तेषां पत्रसमुद्भूतं रजस्तीव्रमदृश्यत । वातेन चोद्धतं राजन्धावद्भिश्चाश्वसादिभिः ॥

teṣāṃ patrasamudbhūtaṃ rajastīvramadṛśyata | vātena coddhataṃ rājandhāvadbhiścāśvasādibhiḥ

The thick dust that rose from their mounts, tossed up by the wind and by the horsemen galloping about, was seen, O king.

Verse 43 (9.21.43)

रथनेमिसमुद्भूतं निःश्वासैश्चापि दन्तिनाम् । रजः सन्ध्याभ्रकलिलं दिवाकरपथं ययौ ॥

rathanemisamudbhūtaṃ niḥśvāsaiścāpi dantinām | rajaḥ sandhyābhrakalilaṃ divākarapathaṃ yayau

Raised by the chariot rims and by the breaths of the elephants, the dust, like a mass of evening cloud, rose to the path of the sun.

Note on the text: CE 9.21.40a, 40c. The CE's star line 9.21.40d*0120_01 is not in the Wikisource text.

Verse 44 (9.21.44)

रजसा तेन सम्पृक्तो भास्करो निष्प्रभः कृतः । सञ्छादिताऽभवद्भूमिस्ते च शूरा महारथाः ॥

rajasā tena sampṛkto bhāskaro niṣprabhaḥ kṛtaḥ | sañchāditā'bhavadbhūmiste ca śūrā mahārathāḥ

Mixed with that dust the sun lost its radiance, and the earth and those heroic great chariot-warriors were covered over.

Verse 45 (9.21.45)

मुहूर्तादिव संवृत्तं नीरजस्कं समन्ततः । वीरशोणितसिक्तायां भूमौ भरतसत्तम ॥

muhūrtādiva saṃvṛttaṃ nīrajaskaṃ samantataḥ | vīraśoṇitasiktāyāṃ bhūmau bharatasattama

In a moment, as it were, everything around became free of dust, for the ground was drenched with the blood of heroes, O best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment (it sits among the CE verses left unmatched); lines are CE 9.21.42a and 42c.

Verse 46 (9.21.46)

उपाशाम्यत्ततस्तीव्रं तद्रजो घोरदर्शनम् ॥

upāśāmyattatastīvraṃ tadrajo ghoradarśanam

Then that fierce, dreadful-looking dust settled.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; this single line is CE 9.21.42e.

Verse 47 (9.21.47)

ततोऽपश्यमहं भूयो द्वन्द्वयुद्धानि भारत । यथाप्राणं यथाश्रेष्ठं मध्याह्ने वै सुदारुणम् ॥

tato'paśyamahaṃ bhūyo dvandvayuddhāni bhārata | yathāprāṇaṃ yathāśreṣṭhaṃ madhyāhne vai sudāruṇam

Then I saw again, O Bharata, duels at midday, most terrible, each warrior matched according to his strength and rank.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; lines are CE 9.21.43a and 43c.

Verse 48 (9.21.48)

वर्मणां तत्र राजेन्द्र व्यदृश्यन्तोज्ज्वलाः प्रभाः । शब्दश्च तुमुलः सङ्ख्ये शराणां पततामभूत् । महावेणुवनस्येव दह्यमानस्य पर्वते ॥

varmaṇāṃ tatra rājendra vyadṛśyantojjvalāḥ prabhāḥ | śabdaśca tumulaḥ saṅkhye śarāṇāṃ patatāmabhūt | mahāveṇuvanasyeva dahyamānasya parvate

The bright gleam of their armour was seen there, O king of kings, and the tumultuous sound of the falling arrows in the battle was like the sound of a great bamboo forest burning on a mountain.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; lines are CE 9.21.43e, 44a and 44c (line 2 reads शब्दश्च for CE śabdaḥ sutumulaḥ, and the last line, mahāveṇuvanasyeva dahyamānasya, ends parvate for CE sarvataḥ: recension variants).