Arjuna's Resolve; Susharman and Sudarshana Fall

Verse 1 (9.26.1)

दुर्योधनो महाराज सुदर्शश्चापि ते सुतः । हतशेषौ तदा सङ्ख्ये वाजिमध्ये व्यवस्थितौ ॥

duryodhano mahārāja sudarśaścāpi te sutaḥ | hataśeṣau tadā saṅkhye vājimadhye vyavasthitau

Duryodhana, O great king, and your son Sudarsha, the only ones left of the slain, were standing then in the battle amid the horses.

Verse 2 (9.26.2)

ततो दुर्योधनं दृष्ट्वा वाजिमध्ये व्यवस्थितम् । उवाच देवकीपुत्रः कुन्तीपुत्रं धनञ्जयम् ॥

tato duryodhanaṃ dṛṣṭvā vājimadhye vyavasthitam | uvāca devakīputraḥ kuntīputraṃ dhanañjayam

Then, seeing Duryodhana standing amid the horses, the son of Devaki spoke to Dhananjaya, the son of Kunti:

Verse 3 (9.26.3)

शत्रवो हतभूयिष्ठा ज्ञातयः परिपालिताः । गृहीत्वा सञ्जयं चासौ निवृत्तः शिनिपुङ्गवः ॥

śatravo hatabhūyiṣṭhā jñātayaḥ paripālitāḥ | gṛhītvā sañjayaṃ cāsau nivṛttaḥ śinipuṅgavaḥ

"Our enemies are mostly slain, our kinsmen have been kept safe, and that bull of the Shinis has turned back, having taken Sanjaya.

Note on the text: Speaker Vasudeva (Krishna): the page prints no heading for his speech (verses 3-12), which is introduced by 'uvāca devakīputraḥ' in verse 2.

Verse 4 (9.26.4)

परिश्रान्तश्च नकुलः सहदेवश्च भारत । योधयित्वा रणे पापान्धार्तराष्ट्रान्सहानुगान् ॥

pariśrāntaśca nakulaḥ sahadevaśca bhārata | yodhayitvā raṇe pāpāndhārtarāṣṭrānsahānugān

Nakula and Sahadeva too are weary, O Bharata, after fighting the wicked sons of Dhritarashtra and their followers in the battle.

Note on the text: CE 9.26.4c reads dhārtarāṣṭrapadānugān for the page's धार्तराष्ट्रान्सहानुगान् (recension variant, kept). Speaker Vasudeva (Krishna): the page prints no heading for his speech (verses 3-12), which is introduced by 'uvāca devakīputraḥ' in verse 2.

Verse 5 (9.26.5)

दुर्योधनमतिक्रम्य त्रय एते व्यवस्थिताः । कृपश्च कृतवर्मा च द्रौणिश्चैव महारथः ॥

duryodhanamatikramya traya ete vyavasthitāḥ | kṛpaśca kṛtavarmā ca drauṇiścaiva mahārathaḥ

Apart from Duryodhana, these three are standing here: Kripa, Kritavarman, and Drona's son, the great chariot-warrior.

Note on the text: Corrected व्यवस्थिन्ताः → व्यवस्थिताः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray conjunct न्त; the participle is व्यवस्थिताः, the critical edition reads vyavasthitāḥ). CE 9.26.5a reads suyodhanam abhityajya for the page's दुर्योधनमतिक्रम्य (recension variant, kept). Speaker Vasudeva (Krishna): the page prints no heading for his speech (verses 3-12), which is introduced by 'uvāca devakīputraḥ' in verse 2.

Verse 6 (9.26.6)

असौ तिष्ठति पाञ्चाल्यः श्रिया परमया युतः । दुर्योधनबलं हत्वा सह सर्वैः प्रभद्रकैः ॥

asau tiṣṭhati pāñcālyaḥ śriyā paramayā yutaḥ | duryodhanabalaṃ hatvā saha sarvaiḥ prabhadrakaiḥ

Yonder stands the Panchala, resplendent with glory, having slain Duryodhana's host together with all the Prabhadrakas.

Note on the text: Speaker Vasudeva (Krishna): the page prints no heading for his speech (verses 3-12), which is introduced by 'uvāca devakīputraḥ' in verse 2.

Verse 7 (9.26.7)

असौ दुर्योधनः पार्थ वाजिमध्ये व्यवस्थितः । छत्रेण ध्रियमाणेन प्रेक्षमाणो मुहुर्मुहुः ॥

asau duryodhanaḥ pārtha vājimadhye vyavasthitaḥ | chatreṇa dhriyamāṇena prekṣamāṇo muhurmuhuḥ

Yonder is Duryodhana, O Partha, standing amid the horses, with the parasol held over him, looking about again and again.

Note on the text: Corrected ध्रियामणेन → ध्रियमाणेन (misprint in Wikisource; a garbled participle; 'held up' is ध्रियमाणेन, the critical edition reads dhriyamāṇena). Speaker Vasudeva (Krishna): the page prints no heading for his speech (verses 3-12), which is introduced by 'uvāca devakīputraḥ' in verse 2.

Verse 8 (9.26.8)

प्रतिव्यूह्य बलं सर्वं रणमध्ये व्यवस्थितः । एनं हत्वा शितैर्बाणैः कृतकृत्यो भविष्यसि ॥

prativyūhya balaṃ sarvaṃ raṇamadhye vyavasthitaḥ | enaṃ hatvā śitairbāṇaiḥ kṛtakṛtyo bhaviṣyasi

Having drawn up all his army again, he stands in the middle of the field. Strike him down with sharp arrows and you will have done what you came to do.

Note on the text: Speaker Vasudeva (Krishna): the page prints no heading for his speech (verses 3-12), which is introduced by 'uvāca devakīputraḥ' in verse 2.

Verse 9 (9.26.9)

गजानीकं हतं दृष्ट्वा त्वां च प्राप्तमरिन्दम । यावन्न विद्रवन्त्येते तावज्जहि सुयोधनम् ॥

gajānīkaṃ hataṃ dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ ca prāptamarindama | yāvanna vidravantyete tāvajjahi suyodhanam

Seeing the elephant division slain, and you arrived, O tamer of foes, kill Suyodhana before these men take to flight.

Note on the text: Corrected सुयोधन्सम् → सुयोधनम् (misprint in Wikisource; a garbled ending; the object is सुयोधनम्, the critical edition reads suyodhanam). Speaker Vasudeva (Krishna): the page prints no heading for his speech (verses 3-12), which is introduced by 'uvāca devakīputraḥ' in verse 2.

Verse 10 (9.26.10)

यातु कश्चित्तु पाञ्चाल्यं क्षिप्रमागम्यतामिति । परिश्रान्तबलस्तात नैष मुच्येत किल्बिषी ॥

yātu kaścittu pāñcālyaṃ kṣipramāgamyatāmiti | pariśrāntabalastāta naiṣa mucyeta kilbiṣī

Let someone go to the Panchala and say, 'Come here quickly.' With his forces exhausted, dear friend, this sinner must not escape.

Note on the text: Corrected कश्चित्तुं → कश्चित्तु (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara; the particle is तु, the critical edition reads kaś cit tu). Speaker Vasudeva (Krishna): the page prints no heading for his speech (verses 3-12), which is introduced by 'uvāca devakīputraḥ' in verse 2.

Verse 11 (9.26.11)

हत्वा तव बलं सर्वं सङ्ग्रामे धृतराष्ट्रजः । जितान्पाण्डुसुतान्मत्वा रूपं धारयते महत् ॥

hatvā tava balaṃ sarvaṃ saṅgrāme dhṛtarāṣṭrajaḥ | jitānpāṇḍusutānmatvā rūpaṃ dhārayate mahat

Having slain all your army in the battle, the son of Dhritarashtra, thinking the sons of Pandu beaten, carries himself with great pride.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रत्वा → मत्वा (misprint in Wikisource; प्र printed for म; 'thinking' is मत्वा, the critical edition reads matvā). Corrected सङ्ग्रमे → सङ्ग्रामे (misprint in Wikisource; a short vowel in the word for 'battle'; the critical edition reads saṃgrāme). The CE's star line 9.26.11d*0153_01 (yathā daityacamūṃ hatvā purā śakro mahābalaḥ) has no counterpart on the page. Speaker Vasudeva (Krishna): the page prints no heading for his speech (verses 3-12), which is introduced by 'uvāca devakīputraḥ' in verse 2.

Verse 12 (9.26.12)

निहतं स्वबलं दृष्ट्वा पीडितं चापि पाण्डवैः । ध्रुवमेष्यति सङ्ग्रामे वधायैवात्मनो नृपः ॥

nihataṃ svabalaṃ dṛṣṭvā pīḍitaṃ cāpi pāṇḍavaiḥ | dhruvameṣyati saṅgrāme vadhāyaivātmano nṛpaḥ

Seeing his own army slain and also hard pressed by the Pandavas, that king will surely come into the battle for his own destruction."

Note on the text: Corrected सङ्ग्रमे → सङ्ग्रामे (misprint in Wikisource; a short vowel in the word for 'battle'; the critical edition reads saṃgrāme). Speaker Vasudeva (Krishna): the page prints no heading for his speech (verses 3-12), which is introduced by 'uvāca devakīputraḥ' in verse 2. The speech ends here.

Verse 13 (9.26.13)

एवमुक्तः फल्गुनस्तु कृष्णं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

evamuktaḥ phalgunastu kṛṣṇaṃ vacanamabravīt

Thus addressed, Phalguna spoke these words to Krishna:

Note on the text: Split at the speaker change: line 1 (narration by Sanjaya) is CE 9.26.13a; lines 2-3 (Arjuna's reply) follow as the next verse, with the same Wikisource number 13.

Verse 14 (9.26.14)

धृतराष्ट्रसुताः सर्वे हता भीमेन माधव । यावेतावास्थितौ कृष्ण तावद्य न भविष्यतः ॥

dhṛtarāṣṭrasutāḥ sarve hatā bhīmena mādhava | yāvetāvāsthitau kṛṣṇa tāvadya na bhaviṣyataḥ

"All the sons of Dhritarashtra have been slain by Bhima, O Madhava. Those two who still stand there, O Krishna, will not be alive today.

Note on the text: Corrected नभविष्यतः → न भविष्यतः (misprint in Wikisource; words run together; न 'not' and भविष्यतः 'will be' are separate, the critical edition reads na bhaviṣyataḥ). Split at the speaker change (see the preceding verse): lines 2-3 of the page's verse 13 = CE 9.26.13c,e (the CE reads mānada for the page's माधव, recension variant). Speaker Arjuna: the page prints no heading for his speech, introduced by 'phalgunas tu kṛṣṇaṃ vacanam abravīt' (verse 13).

Verse 15 (9.26.15)

हतो भीष्मो हतो द्रोणः कर्णो वैकर्तनो हतः । मद्रराजो हतः शल्यो हतः कृष्ण जयद्रथः ॥

hato bhīṣmo hato droṇaḥ karṇo vaikartano hataḥ | madrarājo hataḥ śalyo hataḥ kṛṣṇa jayadrathaḥ

Bhishma is slain, Drona is slain, Karna the Vaikartana is slain; the king of the Madras, Shalya, is slain, and Jayadratha is slain, O Krishna.

Note on the text: Speaker Arjuna: the page prints no heading for his speech, introduced by 'phalgunas tu kṛṣṇaṃ vacanam abravīt' (verse 13).

Verse 16 (9.26.16)

हयाः पञ्चशताः शिष्टाः शकुनेः सौबलस्य च । रथानां तु शते शिष्टे द्वे एव तु जनार्दन । दन्तिनां च शतं साग्रं त्रिसाहस्राः पदातयः ॥

hayāḥ pañcaśatāḥ śiṣṭāḥ śakuneḥ saubalasya ca | rathānāṃ tu śate śiṣṭe dve eva tu janārdana | dantināṃ ca śataṃ sāgraṃ trisāhasrāḥ padātayaḥ

Five hundred horses remain, belonging to Shakuni, son of Subala; of chariots only two hundred remain, O Janardana; of elephants a full hundred, and of foot-soldiers three thousand.

Note on the text: Speaker Arjuna: the page prints no heading for his speech, introduced by 'phalgunas tu kṛṣṇaṃ vacanam abravīt' (verse 13).

Verse 17 (9.26.17)

अश्वत्थामा कृपश्चैव त्रिगर्ताधिपतिस्तथा । उलूकः शकुनिश्चैव कृतवर्मा च सात्वतः ॥

aśvatthāmā kṛpaścaiva trigartādhipatistathā | ulūkaḥ śakuniścaiva kṛtavarmā ca sātvataḥ

Ashvatthama, Kripa, the lord of the Trigartas, Uluka, Shakuni, and Kritavarman of the Satvatas:

Note on the text: Speaker Arjuna: the page prints no heading for his speech, introduced by 'phalgunas tu kṛṣṇaṃ vacanam abravīt' (verse 13).

Verse 18 (9.26.18)

एतद्बलमभूच्छेषं धार्तराष्ट्रस्य माधव । मोक्षो न नूनं कालात्तु विद्यते भुवि कस्यचित् ॥

etadbalamabhūccheṣaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrasya mādhava | mokṣo na nūnaṃ kālāttu vidyate bhuvi kasyacit

this was the remainder of Dhritarashtra's host, O Madhava. Truly, no one on earth finds release from Time.

Note on the text: Speaker Arjuna: the page prints no heading for his speech, introduced by 'phalgunas tu kṛṣṇaṃ vacanam abravīt' (verse 13). The page's apparatus line records the reading मोक्षो नूनं कालसृष्टः (क. पाठः) for the second line; not adopted.

Verse 19 (9.26.19)

तथा विनिहते सैन्ये पश्य दुर्योधनं स्थितम् । अद्याह्ना हि महाराजो हतामित्रो भविष्यति । न हि मे मोक्ष्यते कश्चित्परेषामिह चिन्तये ॥

tathā vinihate sainye paśya duryodhanaṃ sthitam | adyāhnā hi mahārājo hatāmitro bhaviṣyati | na hi me mokṣyate kaścitpareṣāmiha cintaye

Look at Duryodhana standing there with his army so shattered. Today the great king will have his enemies destroyed; I think that none of the enemy will escape me here.

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 = CE 9.26.18a,c; line 3 is the CE's 9.26.19a (na hi me mokṣyate kaś cit pareṣām iti cintaye; the page has परेषामिह for pareṣām iti). The next verse here carries the CE's 9.26.19c,e. Speaker Arjuna: the page prints no heading for his speech, introduced by 'phalgunas tu kṛṣṇaṃ vacanam abravīt' (verse 13).

Verse 20 (9.26.20)

ये त्वद्य समरं कृष्ण न हास्यन्ति मदोत्कटाः । तान्वै सर्वान्हनिष्यामि यद्यपि स्युरमानुषाः ॥

ye tvadya samaraṃ kṛṣṇa na hāsyanti madotkaṭāḥ | tānvai sarvānhaniṣyāmi yadyapi syuramānuṣāḥ

Those, O Krishna, who, drunk with pride, do not give up the battle today, every one of them I shall slay, even if they were not human.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 9.26.19c,e (see the preceding verse). Speaker Arjuna: the page prints no heading for his speech, introduced by 'phalgunas tu kṛṣṇaṃ vacanam abravīt' (verse 13).

Verse 21 (9.26.21)

अद्य युद्धे समुत्पन्नं दीर्घं राज्ञः प्रजागरम् । अपनेष्यामि गान्धारिं घातयित्वा शितैः शरैः ॥

adya yuddhe samutpannaṃ dīrghaṃ rājñaḥ prajāgaram | apaneṣyāmi gāndhāriṃ ghātayitvā śitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Today I shall remove the long sleeplessness that has arisen for the king in this war, by striking down Gandhari's son with sharp arrows.

Note on the text: CE 9.26.20a reads susaṃkruddho dīrghaṃ rājñaḥ prajāgaram and gāndhāraṃ in the second line; the page's wording (समुत्पन्नं, गान्धारिं) is a recension variant, kept. Speaker Arjuna: the page prints no heading for his speech, introduced by 'phalgunas tu kṛṣṇaṃ vacanam abravīt' (verse 13).

Verse 22 (9.26.22)

निकृत्या वै दुराचारो यानि रत्नानि सौबलः । सभायामहरद्द्यूते पुनस्तान्याहराम्यहम् ॥

nikṛtyā vai durācāro yāni ratnāni saubalaḥ | sabhāyāmaharaddyūte punastānyāharāmyaham

The jewels that wicked son of Subala took by deceit at the dice in the assembly hall, those I shall take back.

Note on the text: Speaker Arjuna: the page prints no heading for his speech, introduced by 'phalgunas tu kṛṣṇaṃ vacanam abravīt' (verse 13).

Verse 23 (9.26.23)

अद्य वेत्स्यन्ति मच्छक्तिं सर्वा नागपुरे स्त्रियः । श्रुत्वा पतींश्च पुत्रांश्च पाण्डवैर्निहतान्युधि ॥

adya vetsyanti macchaktiṃ sarvā nāgapure striyaḥ | śrutvā patīṃśca putrāṃśca pāṇḍavairnihatānyudhi

Today all the women of Nagapura will come to know my might, when they hear that their husbands and sons have been slain in battle by the Pandavas.

Note on the text: CE 9.26.22a reads adya tā api vetsyanti for the page's अद्य वेत्स्यन्ति मच्छक्तिं (recension variant, kept). Speaker Arjuna: the page prints no heading for his speech, introduced by 'phalgunas tu kṛṣṇaṃ vacanam abravīt' (verse 13).

Verse 24 (9.26.24)

समाप्तमद्य वै कर्म सर्वं कृष्ण भविष्यति । अद्य दुर्योधनो दीप्तां श्रियं प्राणांश्च मोक्ष्यति ॥

samāptamadya vai karma sarvaṃ kṛṣṇa bhaviṣyati | adya duryodhano dīptāṃ śriyaṃ prāṇāṃśca mokṣyati

Today, O Krishna, all this task will be finished; today Duryodhana will give up his blazing glory and his life.

Note on the text: Speaker Arjuna: the page prints no heading for his speech, introduced by 'phalgunas tu kṛṣṇaṃ vacanam abravīt' (verse 13).

Verse 25 (9.26.25)

नापयाति भयात्कृष्ण सङ्ग्रामाद्यदि चेन्मम । निहतं विद्धि वार्ष्णेय धार्तराष्ट्रं सुबालिशम् ॥

nāpayāti bhayātkṛṣṇa saṅgrāmādyadi cenmama | nihataṃ viddhi vārṣṇeya dhārtarāṣṭraṃ subāliśam

If, O Krishna, he does not flee the battle in fear, know him slain, O Varshneya, that utterly foolish son of Dhritarashtra.

Note on the text: Speaker Arjuna: the page prints no heading for his speech, introduced by 'phalgunas tu kṛṣṇaṃ vacanam abravīt' (verse 13).

Verse 26 (9.26.26)

मम ह्येतदपर्याप्तं वाजिबृन्दमरिन्दम । सोढुं ज्यातलनिर्घोषं याहि यावन्निहन्म्यहम् ॥

mama hyetadaparyāptaṃ vājibṛndamarindama | soḍhuṃ jyātalanirghoṣaṃ yāhi yāvannihanmyaham

This mass of horses, O tamer of foes, cannot bear the clang of my bowstring; drive on, until I strike him down."

Note on the text: CE 9.26.25a reads aśaktaṃ vai for the page's अपर्याप्तं (recension variant, kept). Speaker Arjuna: the page prints no heading for his speech, introduced by 'phalgunas tu kṛṣṇaṃ vacanam abravīt' (verse 13). The speech ends here.

Verse 27 (9.26.27)

एवमुक्तस्तु दाशार्हः पाण्डवेन यशस्विना । अचोदयद्धयान्राजन्दुर्योधनबलं प्रति ॥

evamuktastu dāśārhaḥ pāṇḍavena yaśasvinā | acodayaddhayānrājanduryodhanabalaṃ prati

So addressed by the glorious Pandava, the Dasharha urged the horses on, O king, toward Duryodhana's host.

Note on the text: Corrected अचोदयद्धायन्राजन् → अचोदयद्धयान्राजन् (misprint in Wikisource; a garbled form; 'urged on the horses' needs हयान्, the critical edition reads acodayad dhayān rājan). The page prints the heading सञ्जय उवाच before this verse (9-26-26x).

Verse 28 (9.26.28)

तदनीकमभिप्रेक्ष्य त्रयः सज्जा महारथाः । भीमसेनोऽर्जुनश्चैव सहदेवश्च मारिष । प्रययुः सिंहनादेन दुर्योधनजिघांसया ॥

tadanīkamabhiprekṣya trayaḥ sajjā mahārathāḥ | bhīmaseno'rjunaścaiva sahadevaśca māriṣa | prayayuḥ siṃhanādena duryodhanajighāṃsayā

Seeing that host, three ready great chariot-warriors, Bhimasena, Arjuna and Sahadeva, O honoured one, advanced with lion-roars, bent on killing Duryodhana.

Note on the text: Corrected भीमसेनोऽकर्जुनश्चैव → भीमसेनोऽर्जुनश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क; the name is अर्जुन, the critical edition reads bhīmaseno 'rjunaś caiva).

Verse 29 (9.26.29)

तान्प्रेक्ष्य सहितान्सर्वाञ्जवेनोद्यतकार्मुकान् । सौबलोऽभ्यद्रवद्युद्धे पाण्डवानाततायिनः ॥

tānprekṣya sahitānsarvāñjavenodyatakārmukān | saubalo'bhyadravadyuddhe pāṇḍavānātatāyinaḥ

Seeing them all together, bows raised, at full speed, Saubala charged at the Pandavas in the battle, those armed assailants.

Verse 30 (9.26.30)

सुदर्शनस्तव सुतो भीमसेनं समभ्ययात् । सुशर्मा शकुनिश्चैव युयुधाते किरीटिना ॥

sudarśanastava suto bhīmasenaṃ samabhyayāt | suśarmā śakuniścaiva yuyudhāte kirīṭinā

Your son Sudarshana charged at Bhimasena; Susharman and Shakuni engaged Kiritin.

Note on the text: Corrected सुदर्शनस्त्व मतो → सुदर्शनस्तव सुतो (misprint in Wikisource; a garbled form; the evident words are तव सुतः ('your son'), the critical edition reads sudarśanas tava suto). Lines = CE 9.26.29a,c. The CE's third line (29e) is the next verse here (Wikisource divides the CE's three-line verse 2 + 1).

Verse 31 (9.26.31)

सहदेवं तव सुतो हयपृष्ठगतोऽभ्ययात् ॥

sahadevaṃ tava suto hayapṛṣṭhagato'bhyayāt

And your son, mounted on horseback, charged at Sahadeva.

Note on the text: This single line (page label 9-26-30a) is the third line, 9.26.29e, of the critical edition's three-line verse 9.26.29 (see the preceding verse); nothing is lost.

Verse 32 (9.26.32)

ततो हि यत्नतः क्षिप्रं तव पुत्रो जनाधिप । प्रासेन सहदेवस्य शिरसि प्राहरद्भृशम् ॥

tato hi yatnataḥ kṣipraṃ tava putro janādhipa | prāsena sahadevasya śirasi prāharadbhṛśam

Then, indeed, with great effort and swiftly, O lord of men, your son struck Sahadeva hard on the head with a lance.

Note on the text: Corrected तवं → तव (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara; 'your' is तव, the critical edition reads tava). CE 9.26.30a reads tato hy ayatnataḥ ('without effort') where the page has ततो हि यत्नतः ('with effort'); recension variant, kept.

Verse 33 (9.26.33)

सोपाविशद्रथोपस्थे तव पुत्रेण ताडितः । रुधिराप्लुतसर्वाङ्ग आशीविष इव श्वसन् ॥

sopāviśadrathopasthe tava putreṇa tāḍitaḥ | rudhirāplutasarvāṅga āśīviṣa iva śvasan

Struck by your son, he sank down on the chariot's platform, his whole body drenched with blood, hissing like a venomous serpent.

Note on the text: Corrected सुत्रेण → पुत्रेण (misprint in Wikisource; स printed for प; 'by your son' is पुत्रेण, the critical edition reads putreṇa).

Verse 34 (9.26.34)

प्रतिलभ्य ततः सञ्ज्ञां सहदेवो विशाम्पते । दुर्योधनं शरैस्तीक्ष्णैः सङ्क्रुद्धः समवाकिरत् ॥

pratilabhya tataḥ sañjñāṃ sahadevo viśāmpate | duryodhanaṃ śaraistīkṣṇaiḥ saṅkruddhaḥ samavākirat

Then, regaining consciousness, O lord of the people, Sahadeva, enraged, covered Duryodhana with sharp arrows.

Verse 35 (9.26.35)

पार्थोऽपि युधि विक्रम्य कुन्तीपुत्रो धनञ्जयः । शूराणामश्वपृष्ठेभ्यः शिरांसि निचकर्त ह ॥

pārtho'pi yudhi vikramya kuntīputro dhanañjayaḥ | śūrāṇāmaśvapṛṣṭhebhyaḥ śirāṃsi nicakarta ha

Partha too, the son of Kunti, Dhananjaya, showing his valour in the fight, cut off the heads of heroes from the backs of their horses.

Verse 36 (9.26.36)

तदनीकं तदा पार्थो व्यधमद्बहुभिः शरैः । पातयित्वा हयान्सर्वांस्त्रिगर्तानां रथान्ययौ ॥

tadanīkaṃ tadā pārtho vyadhamadbahubhiḥ śaraiḥ | pātayitvā hayānsarvāṃstrigartānāṃ rathānyayau

Then Partha shattered that host with many arrows, and having felled all the horses, went on to the chariots of the Trigartas.

Verse 37 (9.26.37)

ततस्ते सहिता भूत्वा त्रिगर्तानां महारथाः । अर्जुनं वासुदेवं च शरवर्षैरवाकिरन् ॥

tataste sahitā bhūtvā trigartānāṃ mahārathāḥ | arjunaṃ vāsudevaṃ ca śaravarṣairavākiran

Then the great chariot-warriors of the Trigartas, banding together, covered Arjuna and Vasudeva with torrents of arrows.

Verse 38 (9.26.38)

सत्यकर्माणमाक्षिप्य क्षुरप्रेण महायशाः । ततोऽस्य स्यन्दनस्येषां चिच्छिदे पाण्डुनन्दनः ॥

satyakarmāṇamākṣipya kṣurapreṇa mahāyaśāḥ | tato'sya syandanasyeṣāṃ cicchide pāṇḍunandanaḥ

Assailing Satyakarman with a razor-headed arrow, the glorious son of Pandu then cut through the pole of his chariot.

Verse 39 (9.26.39)

शिलाशितेन च विभो क्षुरप्रेण महायशाः । शिरश्चिच्छेद सहसा तप्तकुण्डलभूषणम् ॥

śilāśitena ca vibho kṣurapreṇa mahāyaśāḥ | śiraściccheda sahasā taptakuṇḍalabhūṣaṇam

And with a razor-headed arrow whetted on stone, O lord, the glorious one swiftly cut off his head, adorned with burnished earrings.

Note on the text: CE 9.26.37c reads śiraś ciccheda prahasaṃs for the page's शिरश्चिच्छेद सहसा (recension variant, kept). The CE's star lines 9.26.37d*0154_01-02 have no counterpart on the page.

Verse 40 (9.26.40)

सत्येषुमथ चादत्त योधानां मिषतां ततः । यथा सिंहो वने राजन्मृगं परिबुभुक्षितः ॥

satyeṣumatha cādatta yodhānāṃ miṣatāṃ tataḥ | yathā siṃho vane rājanmṛgaṃ paribubhukṣitaḥ

Then, before the eyes of the warriors, he laid hold of Satyeshu, as a hungry lion in a forest seizes a deer, O king.

Note on the text: Corrected परि बुभुक्षितः → परिबुभुक्षितः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray space inside the word; परिबुभुक्षितः 'hungry' is one word, the critical edition reads paribubhukṣitaḥ).

Verse 41 (9.26.41)

तं निहत्य ततः पार्थः सुशर्माणं त्रिभिः शरैः । विद्ध्वा तानहनत्सर्वान्रथान्रुक्मविभूषितान् ॥

taṃ nihatya tataḥ pārthaḥ suśarmāṇaṃ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ | viddhvā tānahanatsarvānrathānrukmavibhūṣitān

Having struck him down, Partha then pierced Susharman with three arrows and slew all those gold-adorned chariot-warriors.

Note on the text: Corrected विभूओषितान् → विभूषितान् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray ओ inside the word; 'adorned' is विभूषितान्, the critical edition reads vibhūṣitān).

Verse 42 (9.26.42)

ततः प्रायात्त्वरन्पार्थो दीर्घकालं सुसंवृतम् । मुञ्जन्क्रोधविषं तीक्ष्णं प्रस्थलाधिपतिं प्रति ॥

tataḥ prāyāttvaranpārtho dīrghakālaṃ susaṃvṛtam | muñjankrodhaviṣaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ prasthalādhipatiṃ prati

Then Partha, hastening toward the lord of Prasthala, let loose the sharp poison of wrath that he had long kept stored up.

Note on the text: CE 9.26.40a reads pratvaran and susaṃbhṛtam for the page's प्रायात्त्वरन् and सुसंवृतम् (recension variants, kept).

Verse 43 (9.26.43)

तमर्जुनः पृषत्कानां शतेन भरतर्षभ । पूरयित्वा ततो वाहान्प्राहरत्तस्य धन्विनः ॥

tamarjunaḥ pṛṣatkānāṃ śatena bharatarṣabha | pūrayitvā tato vāhānprāharattasya dhanvinaḥ

Arjuna, O best of the Bharatas, filled his horses with a hundred shafts, and then struck that archer himself.

Verse 44 (9.26.44)

ततः शरं समादाय यमदण्डोपमं तदा । सुशर्माणं समुद्दिश्य चिक्षेपाशु हसन्निव ॥

tataḥ śaraṃ samādāya yamadaṇḍopamaṃ tadā | suśarmāṇaṃ samuddiśya cikṣepāśu hasanniva

Then, taking up an arrow like the rod of Yama, he shot it swiftly at Susharman, laughing as it were.

Verse 45 (9.26.45)

स शरः प्रेषितस्तेन क्रोधदीप्तेन धन्विना । सुशर्माणं समासाद्य बिभेद हृदयं रणे ॥

sa śaraḥ preṣitastena krodhadīptena dhanvinā | suśarmāṇaṃ samāsādya bibheda hṛdayaṃ raṇe

That arrow, loosed by the archer blazing with wrath, reached Susharman and split his heart in the battle.

Verse 46 (9.26.46)

स गतासुर्महाराज पपात धरणीतले । नन्दयन्पाण्डवान्सर्वान्व्यथयंश्चापि तावकान् ॥

sa gatāsurmahārāja papāta dharaṇītale | nandayanpāṇḍavānsarvānvyathayaṃścāpi tāvakān

Lifeless, O great king, he fell to the ground, gladdening all the Pandavas and distressing your men.

Verse 47 (9.26.47)

सुशर्माणं रणे हत्वा पुत्रानस्य महारथान् । सप्त चाष्टौ च त्रिंशच्च सायकैरनयत्क्षयम् ॥

suśarmāṇaṃ raṇe hatvā putrānasya mahārathān | sapta cāṣṭau ca triṃśacca sāyakairanayatkṣayam

Having slain Susharman in the battle, he sent his sons, great chariot-warriors, seven, eight and thirty of them, to destruction with his arrows.

Verse 48 (9.26.48)

ततोऽस्य निशितैर्बाणैः सर्वान्हत्वा पदानुगान् । अभ्यगाद्भारतीं सेनां हतशेषां महारथः ॥

tato'sya niśitairbāṇaiḥ sarvānhatvā padānugān | abhyagādbhāratīṃ senāṃ hataśeṣāṃ mahārathaḥ

Then, having slain all his followers with sharp arrows, the great warrior went on to the Bharata army, now a remnant.

Verse 49 (9.26.49)

भीमस्तु समरे क्रुद्धः पुत्रं तव जनाधिप । सुदर्शनमदृश्यं तं शरैश्चक्रे हसन्निव ॥

bhīmastu samare kruddhaḥ putraṃ tava janādhipa | sudarśanamadṛśyaṃ taṃ śaraiścakre hasanniva

But Bhima, enraged in the battle, O lord of men, made your son Sudarshana invisible under his arrows, laughing as it were.

Note on the text: Corrected सुदर्शनमदृश्यन्तं → सुदर्शनमदृश्यं तं (misprint in Wikisource; a garbled form; अदृश्यन्तम् is not a word here, the critical edition reads sudarśanam adṛśyaṃ taṃ ('made him invisible')).

Verse 50 (9.26.50)

ततोऽस्य प्रहसन्क्रुद्धः शिरः कायादपाहरत् । क्षुरप्रेण सुतीक्ष्णेन स हतः प्रापतद्भुवि ॥

tato'sya prahasankruddhaḥ śiraḥ kāyādapāharat | kṣurapreṇa sutīkṣṇena sa hataḥ prāpatadbhuvi

Then, laughing and furious, he cut his head from his body with a very sharp razor-headed arrow; slain, he fell to the earth.

Verse 51 (9.26.51)

तस्मिंस्तु निहते वीरे ततस्तस्य पदानुगाः । परिवव्रू रणे भीमं किरन्तो विविधाञ्शरान् ॥

tasmiṃstu nihate vīre tatastasya padānugāḥ | parivavrū raṇe bhīmaṃ kiranto vividhāñśarān

When that hero had been slain, his followers surrounded Bhima in the battle, pouring down arrows of every kind.

Note on the text: Corrected रमे → रणे (misprint in Wikisource; a misprint for 'in the battle'; the critical edition reads raṇe). The CE's star lines 9.26.49a*0155_01-02 (tad anīkavanaṃ mahat / adahad bhīmasenas tu helayā bāṇavahninā) have no counterpart on the page.

Verse 52 (9.26.52)

ततस्तु निशितैर्बाणैस्तवानीकं वृकोदरः । इन्द्राशनिसमस्पर्शैः समन्तात्पर्यवाकिरत् ॥

tatastu niśitairbāṇaistavānīkaṃ vṛkodaraḥ | indrāśanisamasparśaiḥ samantātparyavākirat

Then Vrikodara covered your host on every side with sharp arrows whose touch was like Indra's thunderbolts.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 9.26.50a,c (the CE's first line reads tatas tu niśitair bāṇais tad anīkaṃ, the page तवानीकं; recension variant, kept).

Verse 53 (9.26.53)

ततः क्षणेन तद्भीमो न्यहनद्भरतर्षभ ॥

tataḥ kṣaṇena tadbhīmo nyahanadbharatarṣabha

Then in an instant, O best of the Bharatas, Bhima destroyed it.

Note on the text: This single line (page label 9-26-52a) is the third line, 9.26.50e, of the critical edition's three-line verse 9.26.50 (see the preceding verse); nothing is lost.

Verse 54 (9.26.54)

तेषु तूत्साद्यमानेषु सेनाध्यक्षा महारथाः । भीमसेनं समासाद्य ततोऽयुध्यन्त भारत ॥

teṣu tūtsādyamāneṣu senādhyakṣā mahārathāḥ | bhīmasenaṃ samāsādya tato'yudhyanta bhārata

As they were being cut down, the great chariot-warriors who commanded the army came up to Bhimasena and fought him, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 9.26.51a,c (the CE reads senādhyakṣā mahābalāḥ for the page's महारथाः; recension variant, kept).

Verse 55 (9.26.55)

स तान्सर्वाञ्शरैर्घोरैरवाकिरत पाण्डवः । तथैव तावका राजन्पाण्डवेयान्महारथान् । शरवर्षेण महता समन्तात्पर्यवारयन् ॥

sa tānsarvāñśarairghorairavākirata pāṇḍavaḥ | tathaiva tāvakā rājanpāṇḍaveyānmahārathān | śaravarṣeṇa mahatā samantātparyavārayan

The Pandava covered all of them with terrible arrows. And in the same way, O king, your men surrounded the great chariot-warriors of the Pandavas on every side with a great shower of arrows.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 9.26.51e (tāṃs tu sarvāñ śarair ghorair avākirata pāṇḍavaḥ); lines 2-3 = CE 9.26.52a,c (tathaiva tāvakā rājan pāṇḍaveyān mahārathān / śaravarṣeṇa mahatā samantāt paryavārayan). ce_ref is the CE verse holding the first line.

Verse 56 (9.26.56)

व्याकुलं तदभूत्सर्वं पाण्डवानां परैः सह । तावकानां च समरे पाण्डवेयैर्युयुत्सताम् ॥

vyākulaṃ tadabhūtsarvaṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ paraiḥ saha | tāvakānāṃ ca samare pāṇḍaveyairyuyutsatām

All that became confusion, the Pandavas with the enemy, and your men, eager to fight, with the Pandavas in the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected पाण्डवेंयैर् → पाण्डवेयैर् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara; 'by the Pandavas' is पाण्डवेयैः, the critical edition reads pāṇḍaveyair).

Verse 57 (9.26.57)

तत्र योधास्तदा पेतुः परस्परसमाहताः । उभयोः सेनयो राजन्संशोचन्तः स्म बान्धवान् ॥

tatra yodhāstadā petuḥ parasparasamāhatāḥ | ubhayoḥ senayo rājansaṃśocantaḥ sma bāndhavān

There the warriors fell, struck down by one another, and the armies on both sides, O king, mourned their kinsmen.