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Shalya Parva · Adhyaya 25

Bhima Slays Duryodhana's Remaining Brothers

Sanjaya tells how the surviving sons of Dhritarashtra, with Duryodhana himself out of sight, band together and rush at Bhima. Bhima strikes them down one after another with razor-headed, broad-headed and iron arrows: Durmarshana, Shrutanta, Jayatsena, Jaitra, Bhuribala, Ravi, Durvimochana, Dushpradharsha, Sujata and Durvishaha. Shrutarva then fights him in a fierce duel, loses his chariot and is beheaded. Bhima, surrounded by the rest, cuts down hundreds more of the Kaurava host, until the remnant of the army cannot bear even to look at him.

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सञ्जय उवाच · Sanjaya said

Verse 1 (9.25.1)

गजानीके हते तस्मिन्पाण्डुपुत्रेण भारत । वध्यमाने बले चैव भीमसेनेन संयुगे ॥

gajānīke hate tasminpāṇḍuputreṇa bhārata | vadhyamāne bale caiva bhīmasenena saṃyuge

When that division of elephants had been slain by the son of Pandu, O Bharata, and Bhimasena was cutting down the host in the battle,

Verse 2 (9.25.2)

चरन्तं च प्रपश्यामो भीमसेनमरिन्दमम् । दण्डहस्तं यथा क्रुद्वमन्तकं प्राणहारिणम् ॥

carantaṃ ca prapaśyāmo bhīmasenamarindamam | daṇḍahastaṃ yathā krudvamantakaṃ prāṇahāriṇam

we saw Bhimasena, the tamer of foes, ranging about like Death himself, the taker of lives, enraged and rod in hand.

Note on the text: CE 9.25.2a reads carantaṃ ca tathā dṛṣṭvā for the page's first line (चरन्तं च प्रपश्यामो); recension variant, kept.

Verse 3 (9.25.3)

समेत्य समरे राजन्हतशेषाः सुतास्तव । अदृश्यमाने कौरव्ये पुत्रे दुर्योधने तव । सोदर्याः सहिता भूत्वा भीमसेनमुपाद्रवन् ॥

sametya samare rājanhataśeṣāḥ sutāstava | adṛśyamāne kauravye putre duryodhane tava | sodaryāḥ sahitā bhūtvā bhīmasenamupādravan

O king, your remaining sons gathered together in the battle, and with Duryodhana, your Kuru son, no longer to be seen, the brothers banded together and rushed upon Bhimasena.

Verse 4 (9.25.4)

श्रुतर्वा सञ्जयश्चैव जयत्सेनः श्रुतान्तकः । दुर्विमोचनकश्चैव तथा दुर्विषहो बली ॥

śrutarvā sañjayaścaiva jayatsenaḥ śrutāntakaḥ | durvimocanakaścaiva tathā durviṣaho balī

Shrutarva, Sanjaya, Jayatsena, Shrutanta, Durvimochana, and the mighty Durvishaha,

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 the star passage 9.25.3f*0147 (lines 01-02), which has śrutavān for the page's श्रुतर्वा in the first word and is otherwise the same.

Verse 5 (9.25.5)

दुर्मर्षणः सुजातश्च जैत्रो भूरिबलो रविः । इत्येते सहिता भूत्वा तव पुत्राः समन्ततः । भीमसेनमभिद्रुत्य रुरुधुः सर्वतो दिशम् ॥

durmarṣaṇaḥ sujātaśca jaitro bhūribalo raviḥ | ityete sahitā bhūtvā tava putrāḥ samantataḥ | bhīmasenamabhidrutya rurudhuḥ sarvato diśam

Durmarshana, Sujata, Jaitra, Bhuribala and Ravi: these sons of yours, banding together on every side, rushed at Bhimasena and hemmed him in from every direction.

Note on the text: First line differs from CE 9.25.4a (durmarṣaṇo mahārāja jaitro bhūribalo raviḥ): the page has सुजातश्च for महाराज (recension variant, kept). Lines 1-3 = CE 9.25.4a,c,e.

Verse 6 (9.25.6)

ततो भीमो महाराज स्वरथं पुनरास्थितः । मुमोच निशितान्बाणान्पुत्राणां तव मर्मसु ॥

tato bhīmo mahārāja svarathaṃ punarāsthitaḥ | mumoca niśitānbāṇānputrāṇāṃ tava marmasu

Then Bhima, O great king, mounted his own chariot again and loosed sharp arrows into the vital parts of your sons.

Verse 7 (9.25.7)

ते कीर्यमाणा भीमेन पुत्रास्तव महारणे । भीमसेनमुपासेदुः प्रवाता इव कुञ्जरम् ॥

te kīryamāṇā bhīmena putrāstava mahāraṇe | bhīmasenamupāseduḥ pravātā iva kuñjaram

Showered upon by Bhima in that great battle, your sons closed in on Bhimasena like gales upon an elephant.

Note on the text: CE 9.25.6c reads bhīmasenam apāsedhan pravaṇād iva kuñjaram for the page's second line; the page's own apparatus line records the reading प्रवणादिव कुञ्जरम् (झ. पाठः). The page's reading is kept (recension variant).

Verse 8 (9.25.8)

ततः क्रुद्धो रणे भीमः शिरो दुर्मर्षणस्य ह । क्षुरप्रेण प्रमथ्याशु पातयामास भूतले ॥

tataḥ kruddho raṇe bhīmaḥ śiro durmarṣaṇasya ha | kṣurapreṇa pramathyāśu pātayāmāsa bhūtale

Then Bhima, enraged in the battle, swiftly struck off Durmarshana's head with a razor-headed arrow and laid it on the ground.

Verse 9 (9.25.9)

ततोऽपरेण भल्लेन सर्वावरणभेदिना । श्रुतान्तमवधीद्भीमस्तव पुत्रं महारथः ॥

tato'pareṇa bhallena sarvāvaraṇabhedinā | śrutāntamavadhīdbhīmastava putraṃ mahārathaḥ

Then with another broad-headed arrow, one that pierces every armour, Bhima, the great chariot-warrior, slew your son Shrutanta.

Note on the text: Corrected द्बीमस्तव → द्भीमस्तव (misprint in Wikisource; ब printed for भ; भीमः is the subject, the critical edition reads bhīmas).

Verse 10 (9.25.10)

जयत्सेनं ततो विद्ध्वा नाराचेन हसन्निव । पातयामास कौरव्यं रथोपस्थादरिन्दमः । स पपात रथाद्राजन्भूमौ तूर्णं ममार च ॥

jayatsenaṃ tato viddhvā nārācena hasanniva | pātayāmāsa kauravyaṃ rathopasthādarindamaḥ | sa papāta rathādrājanbhūmau tūrṇaṃ mamāra ca

Then, piercing Jayatsena with an iron arrow as if laughing, that tamer of foes struck the Kuru down from the platform of his chariot. He fell from the chariot to the ground, O king, and died at once.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्वा → विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped conjunct; the absolutive of विध् is विद्ध्वा, the critical edition reads viddhvā).

Verse 11 (9.25.11)

श्रुतर्वा तु ततो भीमं क्रुद्धो विव्याध मारिष । शतेन गृध्रवाजानां शराणां नतपर्वणाम् ॥

śrutarvā tu tato bhīmaṃ kruddho vivyādha māriṣa | śatena gṛdhravājānāṃ śarāṇāṃ nataparvaṇām

But Shrutarva, enraged, O honoured sir, pierced Bhima with a hundred well-jointed arrows fledged with vulture feathers.

Note on the text: Corrected गृघ्रवाजानां → गृध्रवाजानां (misprint in Wikisource; घ printed for ध; गृध्र 'vulture', the critical edition reads gṛdhravājānāṃ).

Verse 12 (9.25.12)

ततः क्रुद्धो रणे भीमो जैत्रं भूरिबलं रविम् । त्रीनेतांस्त्रिभिरानर्च्छद्विषाग्निप्रतिमैः शरैः ॥

tataḥ kruddho raṇe bhīmo jaitraṃ bhūribalaṃ ravim | trīnetāṃstribhirānarcchadviṣāgnipratimaiḥ śaraiḥ

Then Bhima, enraged in the battle, struck those three, Jaitra, Bhuribala and Ravi, each with three arrows like poison and fire.

Verse 13 (9.25.13)

ते हता न्यपतन्भूमौ स्यन्दनेभ्यो महारथाः । वसन्ते पुष्पशबला निकृत्ता इव किंशुकाः ॥

te hatā nyapatanbhūmau syandanebhyo mahārathāḥ | vasante puṣpaśabalā nikṛttā iva kiṃśukāḥ

Struck down, those great chariot-warriors fell from their chariots to the ground, like kimshuka trees in spring, dappled with blossom, when they are cut down.

Verse 14 (9.25.14)

ततोऽपरेण भल्लेन तीक्ष्णेन च परन्तपः । दुर्विमोचनमाहत्य प्रेषयामास मृत्यवे ॥

tato'pareṇa bhallena tīkṣṇena ca parantapaḥ | durvimocanamāhatya preṣayāmāsa mṛtyave

Then with another sharp broad-headed arrow, the scorcher of foes struck Durvimochana and sent him to Death.

Note on the text: CE 9.25.13 reads tīkṣṇena nārācena for the page's भल्लेन तीक्ष्णेन च (recension variant, kept).

Verse 15 (9.25.15)

स हतः प्रापतद्भूमौ स्वरथाद्रथिनां वरः । गिरेस्तु कूटजो भग्नो मारुतेनेव पादपः ॥

sa hataḥ prāpatadbhūmau svarathādrathināṃ varaḥ | girestu kūṭajo bhagno māruteneva pādapaḥ

Struck down, that best of chariot-warriors fell from his own chariot to the ground, like a tree growing on a mountain's peak, broken by the wind.

Verse 16 (9.25.16)

दुष्प्रधर्षं ततश्चैव सुजातं च सुतं तव । एकैकं न्यहनत्सङ्ख्ये द्वाभ्यांद्वाभ्यां चमूमुखे । तौ शिलीमुखविद्धाङ्गौ पेततू रथसत्तमौ ॥

duṣpradharṣaṃ tataścaiva sujātaṃ ca sutaṃ tava | ekaikaṃ nyahanatsaṅkhye dvābhyāṃdvābhyāṃ camūmukhe | tau śilīmukhaviddhāṅgau petatū rathasattamau

Then Dushpradharsha and Sujata, sons of yours, he slew one by one at the head of the army, each with two arrows. Their limbs pierced by shafts, those two best of chariot-warriors fell.

Note on the text: CE 9.25.15a reads sutau tava (dual) for the page's सुतं तव; the page's reading is kept (recension variant).

Verse 17 (9.25.17)

ततः पतन्तं समरे अभिवीक्ष्य सुतं तव । भल्लेन पातयामास भीमो दुर्विषहं रणे ॥

tataḥ patantaṃ samare abhivīkṣya sutaṃ tava | bhallena pātayāmāsa bhīmo durviṣahaṃ raṇe

Then, seeing another son of yours rushing down upon him in the battle, Bhima brought Durvishaha down with a broad-headed arrow in the fight.

Note on the text: Corrected दुर्विपहं → दुर्विषहं (misprint in Wikisource; प printed for ष; Durvishaha is the name, the critical edition reads durviṣahaṃ). Lines = CE 9.25.16a,c; the first line differs from CE 9.25.16a (tato yatantam aparam abhivīkṣya sutaṃ tava): the page has पतन्तं समरे अभिवीक्ष्य (recension variant, kept).

Verse 18 (9.25.18)

स पपात हतो वाहात्पश्यतां सर्वधन्विनाम् ॥

sa papāta hato vāhātpaśyatāṃ sarvadhanvinām

Struck down, he fell from his chariot while all the archers looked on.

Note on the text: Corrected बाहात् → वाहात् (misprint in Wikisource; ब printed for व; 'from his chariot' needs वाह, the critical edition reads vāhāt). This single line (page label 9-25-18a) is the third line, 9.25.16e, of the critical edition's three-line verse 9.25.16; Wikisource divides the verse 2 + 1 lines, so nothing is lost.

Verse 19 (9.25.19)

दृष्ट्वा तु निहतान्भ्रातॄन्बहूनेकेन संयुगे । अमर्षवशमापन्नः श्रुतर्वा भीममभ्ययात् ॥

dṛṣṭvā tu nihatānbhrātṝnbahūnekena saṃyuge | amarṣavaśamāpannaḥ śrutarvā bhīmamabhyayāt

Seeing his many brothers slain by a single man in the battle, Shrutarva, overcome by rage, came at Bhima,

Note on the text: Corrected वहूनेकेन → बहूनेकेन (misprint in Wikisource; व printed for ब; 'many' is बहून्, the critical edition reads bahūn ekena). Corrected अमर्षधशमापसः → अमर्षवशमापन्नः (misprint in Wikisource; a garbled form; the evident words are वश and आपन्नः ('come under the sway of rage'), the critical edition reads amarṣavaśam āpannaḥ).

Verse 20 (9.25.20)

विक्षिपन्सुमहच्चापं कार्तस्वरविभूषितम् । विमृजन्सायकांश्चैव विषाग्निप्रतिमान्बहून् ॥

vikṣipansumahaccāpaṃ kārtasvaravibhūṣitam | vimṛjansāyakāṃścaiva viṣāgnipratimānbahūn

brandishing a huge bow adorned with gold and loosing many arrows like poison and fire.

Note on the text: Corrected कार्तखर → कार्तस्वर (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped conjunct; कार्तस्वर 'gold', the critical edition reads kārtasvara). Corrected वहून् → बहून् (misprint in Wikisource; व printed for ब; 'many' is बहून्, the critical edition reads bahūn).

Verse 21 (9.25.21)

स तु राजन्धनुश्छित्त्वा पाण्डवस्य महामृधे । अथैनं छिन्नधन्वानं विंशत्या समवाकिरत् ॥

sa tu rājandhanuśchittvā pāṇḍavasya mahāmṛdhe | athainaṃ chinnadhanvānaṃ viṃśatyā samavākirat

And he, O king, having cut the Pandava's bow in that great battle, showered him, bowless as he now was, with twenty arrows.

Verse 22 (9.25.22)

ततोऽन्यद्धनुरादाय भीमसेनो महाबलः । अवाकिरत्तव सुतं तिष्ठतिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत् ॥

tato'nyaddhanurādāya bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ | avākirattava sutaṃ tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cābravīt

Then mighty Bhimasena took up another bow and showered your son with arrows, crying, "Stand! Stand!"

Verse 23 (9.25.23)

महदासीत्तयोर्युद्धं चित्ररूपं भयानकम् । यादृशं समरे पूर्वं जम्भवासवयोर्युधि ॥

mahadāsīttayoryuddhaṃ citrarūpaṃ bhayānakam | yādṛśaṃ samare pūrvaṃ jambhavāsavayoryudhi

A great battle took place between the two, wondrous and terrible, such as once took place in the fight between Jambha and Vasava.

Note on the text: Corrected बादृशं → यादृशं (misprint in Wikisource; ब printed for य; the relative यादृशम् answers तयोर्युद्धम्, the critical edition reads yādṛśaṃ). Corrected तम्भवासवयोर्युधि → जम्भवासवयोर्युधि (misprint in Wikisource; त printed for ज; the pair is Jambha and Vasava (Indra), the critical edition reads jambhavāsavayor). CE 9.25.21c ends abhūt where the page ends युधि (recension variant, kept).

Verse 24 (9.25.24)

तयोस्तत्र शितैर्मुक्तैर्यमदण्डनिभैः शरैः । समाच्छन्ना धरा सर्वा खं दिशो विदिशस्तथा ॥

tayostatra śitairmuktairyamadaṇḍanibhaiḥ śaraiḥ | samācchannā dharā sarvā khaṃ diśo vidiśastathā

With the sharp arrows loosed there by the two, like rods of Yama, the whole earth was covered, and the sky, and all the quarters and the intermediate quarters.

Note on the text: Corrected शितैर्गुक्तैर् → शितैर्मुक्तैर् (misprint in Wikisource; ग printed for म; 'loosed' is मुक्तैः, the critical edition reads muktair). Corrected समाच्छकाधारा → समाच्छन्ना धरा (misprint in Wikisource; a garbled form; the evident words are समाच्छन्ना धरा ('covered was the earth'), the critical edition reads samācchannā dharā). Corrected त्वं → खं (misprint in Wikisource; त्व printed for ख; 'and the sky' is खम्, the critical edition reads khaṃ). Lines = CE 9.25.22a,c; the page's wording differs from the CE (शितैर्मुक्तैः … शरैः for śarair muktair … śubhaiḥ; दिशो विदिशः for sarvā diśaḥ), recension variant. The CE's star line 9.25.22a*0152_01 (avacchannā dharābhavat) has no counterpart on the page.

Verse 25 (9.25.25)

अतः श्रुतर्वा सङ्क्रुद्धो धनुरादाय सायकैः । भीमसेनं रणे राजन्बाह्वोरुरसि चार्पयत् ॥

ataḥ śrutarvā saṅkruddho dhanurādāya sāyakaiḥ | bhīmasenaṃ raṇe rājanbāhvorurasi cārpayat

Then Shrutarva, enraged, took up his bow and drove arrows into Bhimasena's arms and chest, O king.

Note on the text: CE 9.25.23a reads tataḥ saṃkruddho dhanur āyamya where the page has अतः … धनुरादाय (recension variant, kept).

Verse 26 (9.25.26)

सोऽतिविद्धो महाराज तव पुत्रेण धन्विना । भीमः सञ्चुक्षुभे क्रुद्धः पर्वणीव महोदधिः ॥

so'tividdho mahārāja tava putreṇa dhanvinā | bhīmaḥ sañcukṣubhe kruddhaḥ parvaṇīva mahodadhiḥ

Deeply pierced, O great king, by your son the archer, Bhima, enraged, was stirred like the great ocean at the turn of the moon.

Verse 27 (9.25.27)

ततो भीमो रुषाविष्टः पुत्रस्य तव मारिष । सारथिं चतुरश्चाश्वाञ्शरैर्निन्ये यमक्षयम् ॥

tato bhīmo ruṣāviṣṭaḥ putrasya tava māriṣa | sārathiṃ caturaścāśvāñśarairninye yamakṣayam

Then Bhima, filled with fury, O honoured one, sent your son's charioteer and his four horses to Yama's abode with his arrows.

Verse 28 (9.25.28)

विरथं तं समालक्ष्य विशिखैर्लोमवाहिभिः । अवाकिरदमेयात्मा दर्शयन्पाणिलाघवम् ॥

virathaṃ taṃ samālakṣya viśikhairlomavāhibhiḥ | avākiradameyātmā darśayanpāṇilāghavam

Seeing him without a chariot, the one of boundless spirit covered him with feathered arrows, showing the quickness of his hand.

Verse 29 (9.25.29)

श्रुतर्वा विरथो राजन्नाददे खड्गचर्मणी । अथास्याददतः खड्गं शतचन्द्रं च भानुमत् । क्षुरप्रेण शिरः कायात्पातयामास पाण्डवः ॥

śrutarvā viratho rājannādade khaḍgacarmaṇī | athāsyādadataḥ khaḍgaṃ śatacandraṃ ca bhānumat | kṣurapreṇa śiraḥ kāyātpātayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ

Shrutarva, chariotless, O king, took up sword and shield; and as he took up the sword and the shining shield marked with a hundred moons, the Pandava struck his head from his body with a razor-headed arrow.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गचर्मणी → खड्गचर्मणी (misprint in Wikisource; a wrong nasal for the conjunct ड्ग; खड्ग 'sword', the critical edition reads khaḍgacarmaṇī). Corrected खह्गं → खड्गं (misprint in Wikisource; ह printed for ड; खड्ग 'sword', the critical edition reads khaḍgaṃ). Corrected क्षुरप्रेणं → क्षुरप्रेण (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara; the instrumental is क्षुरप्रेण, the critical edition reads kṣurapreṇa).

Verse 30 (9.25.30)

छिन्नोत्तमाङ्गस्य ततः क्षुरप्रेण महात्मना । पपात कायः स्वरथाद्वसुधामनुनादयन् ॥

chinnottamāṅgasya tataḥ kṣurapreṇa mahātmanā | papāta kāyaḥ svarathādvasudhāmanunādayan

With his head cut off by the great-souled one's razor-headed arrow, his body fell from the chariot, making the earth resound.

Verse 31 (9.25.31)

तस्मिन्निपतिते वीरे तावका भयमोहिताः । अभ्यद्रवन्त सङ्ग्रामे भीमसेनं युयुत्सवः ॥

tasminnipatite vīre tāvakā bhayamohitāḥ | abhyadravanta saṅgrāme bhīmasenaṃ yuyutsavaḥ

When that hero had fallen, your men, bewildered with fear, eager to fight, rushed at Bhimasena in the battle.

Verse 32 (9.25.32)

तानापतत एवाशु हतशेषाद्बलार्णवात् । दंशितान्प्रतिजग्राह भीमसेनः प्रतापवान् ॥

tānāpatata evāśu hataśeṣādbalārṇavāt | daṃśitānpratijagrāha bhīmasenaḥ pratāpavān

As they came rushing on, out of the remnant of that ocean of a host, the glorious Bhimasena met them head on, those armoured men.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 9.25.30a,c; the page's second line has दंशितान् for the CE's daṃśitaḥ (recension variant, kept). The CE's third line (30e) is the next verse here (Wikisource divides the CE's three-line verse 2 + 1).

Verse 33 (9.25.33)

ते तु तं वै समासाद्य परिवव्रुः समन्ततः ॥

te tu taṃ vai samāsādya parivavruḥ samantataḥ

But they, having reached him, encircled him on every side.

Note on the text: This single line (page label 9-25-33a) is the third line, 9.25.30e, of the critical edition's three-line verse 9.25.30 (see the preceding verse); nothing is lost.

Verse 34 (9.25.34)

ततस्तु संवृतो भीमस्तावकान्निशितैः शरैः । पीडयामास तान्सर्वान्सहस्राक्ष इवासुरान् ॥

tatastu saṃvṛto bhīmastāvakānniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | pīḍayāmāsa tānsarvānsahasrākṣa ivāsurān

Then, surrounded by your men, Bhima afflicted them all with sharp arrows, as the thousand-eyed Indra afflicted the Asuras.

Verse 35 (9.25.35)

ततः पञ्चशतान्हत्वा सवरूथान्महारथान् । जघान कुञ्जरानीकं पुनः सप्तशतं युधि ॥

tataḥ pañcaśatānhatvā savarūthānmahārathān | jaghāna kuñjarānīkaṃ punaḥ saptaśataṃ yudhi

Then, having slain five hundred great chariot-warriors with their chariot-covers, he slew seven hundred more of the elephant division in the battle.

Verse 36 (9.25.36)

हत्वा शतसहस्राणि पत्तीनां परमेषुभिः । वाजिनां च शतान्यष्टौ पाण्डवः स्म विराजते ॥

hatvā śatasahasrāṇi pattīnāṃ parameṣubhiḥ | vājināṃ ca śatānyaṣṭau pāṇḍavaḥ sma virājate

Having slain hundreds of thousands of foot-soldiers with his superb arrows, and eight hundred horses, the Pandava shone.

Note on the text: CE 9.25.33a reads daśa sahasrāṇi (ten thousand) for the page's शतसहस्राणि; number variant, kept.

Verse 37 (9.25.37)

भीमसेनस्तु कौन्तेयो हत्वा युद्धे सुतांस्तव । मेने कृतार्थमात्मानं सफलं जन्म च प्रभो ॥

bhīmasenastu kaunteyo hatvā yuddhe sutāṃstava | mene kṛtārthamātmānaṃ saphalaṃ janma ca prabho

Having slain your sons in the battle, Bhimasena, son of Kunti, thought himself fulfilled and his birth fruitful, O lord.

Verse 38 (9.25.38)

तं तथा युध्यमानं च विनिघ्नन्तं च तावकान् । ईक्षितुं नोत्सहन्ते स्म तव सैन्या नराधिप ॥

taṃ tathā yudhyamānaṃ ca vinighnantaṃ ca tāvakān | īkṣituṃ notsahante sma tava sainyā narādhipa

As he fought on in this way, cutting down your men, your troops could not bear to look at him, O ruler of men.

Verse 39 (9.25.39)

विद्राव्य च कुरून्सर्वांस्तांश्च हत्वा पदानुगान् । दोर्भ्यां शब्दं ततश्चक्रे त्रासयानो महाद्विपान् ॥

vidrāvya ca kurūnsarvāṃstāṃśca hatvā padānugān | dorbhyāṃ śabdaṃ tataścakre trāsayāno mahādvipān

Having driven off all the Kurus and slain their followers, he made a thunderous noise with his arms, terrifying the great elephants.

Verse 40 (9.25.40)

हतभूयिष्ठयोधा तु तव सेना विशाम्पते । किञ्चिच्छेषा महाराज कृपणं समपद्यत ॥

hatabhūyiṣṭhayodhā tu tava senā viśāmpate | kiñciccheṣā mahārāja kṛpaṇaṃ samapadyata

Its warriors mostly slain, your army, O lord of the people, left with only a remnant, O great king, became pitiable.

Note on the text: Corrected विशामम्पते → विशाम्पते (misprint in Wikisource; a doubled म; the vocative is विशाम्पते, the critical edition reads viśāṃ pate).

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