The Hunters Reveal Duryodhana

Verse 1 (9.30.1)

मुहूर्तादिव राजेन्द्र सर्वं शून्यमदृश्यत । मत्तवारणसंघुष्टं शिबिरं विद्रुते बले ॥

muhūrtādiva rājendra sarvaṃ śūnyamadṛśyata | mattavāraṇasaṃghuṣṭaṃ śibiraṃ vidrute bale

In a moment, O king of kings, everything looked deserted: the camp that had rung with the trumpeting of maddened elephants now stood empty, for the army had fled.

Note on the text: Removed the stray backtick and the speaker heading "सञ्जय उवाच" that had slipped into the verse text (the heading is made the speaker; the page prints it as row 9-30-1x). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records these two lines as the star passage 9.29.0*0180_01–02, introduced by its speaker line *0180_00.

Verse 2 (9.30.2)

यत्र शब्देन महता नान्वबुध्यन्महारथाः । तत्र शब्दं न शृणुमो मनुष्यस्यापि कस्यचित् ॥

yatra śabdena mahatā nānvabudhyanmahārathāḥ | tatra śabdaṃ na śṛṇumo manuṣyasyāpi kasyacit

In the very place where the great warriors once could not hear one another for the enormous din, we now heard no sound even of a single human being.

Note on the text: Removed the stray closing quote mark after कस्यचित्. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records these two lines as the star passage 9.29.0*0180_03–04.

Verse 3 (9.30.3)

हतेषु सर्वसैन्येषु पाण्डुपुत्रै रणाजिरे । मामकाश्चावशिष्टास्ते किमकुर्वत सञ्जय ॥

hateṣu sarvasainyeṣu pāṇḍuputrai raṇājire | māmakāścāvaśiṣṭāste kimakurvata sañjaya

Sanjaya, when all the armies had been slain on the field of battle by the sons of Pandu, what did those of my side who were left alive do?

Verse 4 (9.30.4)

कृतवर्मा कृपश्चैव द्रोणपुत्रश्च वीर्यवान् । दुर्योधनश्च मन्दात्मा राजा किमकरोत्तदा ॥

kṛtavarmā kṛpaścaiva droṇaputraśca vīryavān | duryodhanaśca mandātmā rājā kimakarottadā

What did Kritavarma and Kripa, and the mighty son of Drona, do then? And what did King Duryodhana, of dull wit, do?

Verse 5 (9.30.5)

सम्प्राद्रुवत्सु दारेषु क्षत्रियाणां महात्मनाम् । विद्रुते शिबिरे शून्ये भृशोद्विग्नास्त्रयो रथाः ॥

samprādruvatsu dāreṣu kṣatriyāṇāṃ mahātmanām | vidrute śibire śūnye bhṛśodvignāstrayo rathāḥ

While the wives of the great-souled kshatriyas were fleeing and the camp, abandoned, stood empty, the three warriors in their chariots were deeply distressed.

Verse 6 (9.30.6)

निशम्य पाण्डुपुत्राणां तदा वैजयिनां स्वनम् । विद्रुतं शिबिरं दृष्ट्वा सायाह्ने राजगृद्धिनः । स्थानं नारोचयंस्तत्र ततस्ते ह्रदमभ्ययुः ॥

niśamya pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ tadā vaijayināṃ svanam | vidrutaṃ śibiraṃ dṛṣṭvā sāyāhne rājagṛddhinaḥ | sthānaṃ nārocayaṃstatra tataste hradamabhyayuḥ

Hearing the roar of the victorious sons of Pandu, and seeing the camp deserted as evening came, those who were devoted to the king's cause had no wish to remain there, and so they went to the lake.

Note on the text: Corrected राजगृद्विनः → राजगृद्धिनः (misprint in Wikisource; द्वि for द्धि; the critical edition reads rājagṛddhinaḥ). Corrected हदमभ्ययुः → ह्रदमभ्ययुः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped the conjunct ह्र; the critical edition reads hrada).

Verse 7 (9.30.7)

युधिष्ठिरोऽपि धर्मात्मा भ्रातृभिः सहितो रणे । हृष्टः पर्यपतद्राजन्दुर्योधनवधेप्सया ॥

yudhiṣṭhiro'pi dharmātmā bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito raṇe | hṛṣṭaḥ paryapatadrājanduryodhanavadhepsayā

And Yudhishthira too, the righteous-souled, together with his brothers, rushed joyfully into the field, O king, eager to slay Duryodhana.

Verse 8 (9.30.8)

मार्गमाणास्तु सङ्क्रुद्धास्तव पुत्रं जयैषिणः । यत्नतोऽन्वेषमाणास्ते नैवापश्यञ्जनाधिपम् ॥

mārgamāṇāstu saṅkruddhāstava putraṃ jayaiṣiṇaḥ | yatnato'nveṣamāṇāste naivāpaśyañjanādhipam

Furious, and eager for victory, they searched for your son, looking for him with great effort, but they could not find the lord of men.

Verse 9 (9.30.9)

यदा दुर्योधनो युद्धं त्यक्त्वा पद्भ्यां पराक्रमत् । तं ह्रदं प्राविशच्चापि विष्टभ्यापः स्वमायया ॥

yadā duryodhano yuddhaṃ tyaktvā padbhyāṃ parākramat | taṃ hradaṃ prāviśaccāpi viṣṭabhyāpaḥ svamāyayā

When Duryodhana abandoned the battle and went off on foot, he entered that lake and held its waters fast by his own magic.

Note on the text: Corrected पराक्रममत् → पराक्रमत् (misprint in Wikisource; stray म; the word is the imperfect पराक्रमत्, and the critical edition's parallel line has apākramat). Corrected तं हदं → तं ह्रदं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped the conjunct ह्र; the critical edition reads hrada). Line 2 is the critical edition's 9.29.7c (taṃ hradaṃ prāviśac cāpi viṣṭabhyāpaḥ svamāyayā); line 1 is a recension variant of its star passage 9.29.7b*0181_01 (yadā duryodhano yuddhaṃ tyaktvā pattir apākramat), which the critical edition prints in place of 7a–b (sa hi tīvreṇa vegena gadāpāṇir apākramat).

Verse 10 (9.30.10)

यदा तु पाण्डवाः सर्वे सुपरिश्रान्तवाहनाः । ततः स्वशिबिरं प्राप्य व्यतिष्ठन्त ससैनिकाः ॥

yadā tu pāṇḍavāḥ sarve supariśrāntavāhanāḥ | tataḥ svaśibiraṃ prāpya vyatiṣṭhanta sasainikāḥ

When all the Pandavas, their mounts utterly exhausted, had gone back to their own camp, they halted there with their troops.

Verse 11 (9.30.11)

ततः कृपश्च द्रौणिश्च कृतवर्मा च सात्वतः । सन्निविष्टेषु पार्थेषु प्रययुस्तं हदं शनैः ॥

tataḥ kṛpaśca drauṇiśca kṛtavarmā ca sātvataḥ | sanniviṣṭeṣu pārtheṣu prayayustaṃ hadaṃ śanaiḥ

Then Kripa, the son of Drona, and Kritavarma of the Satvatas, once the Parthas had settled down, made their way slowly to that lake.

Verse 12 (9.30.12)

ते तं ह्रदं समासाद्य यत्र शेते जनाधिपः । अभ्यभाषन्त दुर्धर्षं राजानं सुप्तमम्भसि ॥

te taṃ hradaṃ samāsādya yatra śete janādhipaḥ | abhyabhāṣanta durdharṣaṃ rājānaṃ suptamambhasi

Reaching the lake where the lord of men lay, they addressed the formidable king as he lay in the water.

Note on the text: Corrected तं हदं → तं ह्रदं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped the conjunct ह्र; the critical edition reads hrada).

Verse 13 (9.30.13)

राजन्नुत्तिष्ठ युध्यस्व सहास्माभिर्युधिष्ठिरम् । जित्वा वा पृथिवीं भुङ्क्ष्व हतो वा स्वर्गमाप्नुहि ॥

rājannuttiṣṭha yudhyasva sahāsmābhiryudhiṣṭhiram | jitvā vā pṛthivīṃ bhuṅkṣva hato vā svargamāpnuhi

Rise, O king, and fight Yudhishthira together with us! Either conquer and enjoy the earth, or die and win heaven.

Verse 14 (9.30.14)

तेषामपि बलं सर्वं हतं दुर्योधन त्वया । प्रतिविद्धाश्च भूयिष्ठं ये शिष्टास्तत्र सैनिकाः ॥

teṣāmapi balaṃ sarvaṃ hataṃ duryodhana tvayā | pratividdhāśca bhūyiṣṭhaṃ ye śiṣṭāstatra sainikāḥ

All their strength, Duryodhana, has been destroyed by you, and the soldiers who remain among them are, for the most part, wounded.

Verse 15 (9.30.15)

न ते वेगं विषहितुं शक्तास्तव विशाम्पते । अस्माभिरपि गुप्तस्य तस्मादुत्तिष्ठ भारत ॥

na te vegaṃ viṣahituṃ śaktāstava viśāmpate | asmābhirapi guptasya tasmāduttiṣṭha bhārata

They will not be able to withstand your onset, O lord of men, when you are guarded by us. Therefore rise, O Bharata!

Verse 16 (9.30.16)

दिष्ट्या पश्यामि वो मुक्तानीदृशात्पुरुषक्षयात् । पाण्डुकौरवसम्मर्दाज्जीवमानान्नरर्षभान् ॥

diṣṭyā paśyāmi vo muktānīdṛśātpuruṣakṣayāt | pāṇḍukauravasammardājjīvamānānnararṣabhān

By good fortune I see you, bulls among men, alive and delivered from such a slaughter of men, from the clash of the Pandavas and the Kauravas.

Verse 17 (9.30.17)

विजेष्यामो वयं सर्वे विश्रान्ता विगतक्लमाः । भवन्तश्च परिश्रान्ता वयं च भृशविक्षताः । उदीर्णं च बलं तेषां तेन युद्धं न रोचये ॥

vijeṣyāmo vayaṃ sarve viśrāntā vigataklamāḥ | bhavantaśca pariśrāntā vayaṃ ca bhṛśavikṣatāḥ | udīrṇaṃ ca balaṃ teṣāṃ tena yuddhaṃ na rocaye

We shall conquer them all, once we are rested and our weariness is gone. But you are tired, and we ourselves are badly wounded, and their strength has swelled; for that reason I do not favour fighting now.

Verse 18 (9.30.18)

न त्वेतदद्भुतं वीरा यद्वो महदिदं मनः । अस्मासु च परा शक्तिर्न तु कालः पराक्रमे ॥

na tvetadadbhutaṃ vīrā yadvo mahadidaṃ manaḥ | asmāsu ca parā śaktirna tu kālaḥ parākrame

It is no wonder, heroes, that your spirit is so great, and we too have great strength; but this is not the time for valour.

Note on the text: The page's own labels are odd here (the second line of this verse is labelled 9-28-18b, and the next three rows 9-28-19 to 9-28-21), but the division is right. Line 2 reads परा शक्तिः on the page; the page's apparatus gives परा भक्तिः (the critical edition's bhaktiḥ) as a variant reading.

Verse 19 (9.30.19)

विश्रम्यैकां निशामद्य भवद्भिः सहितो रणे । प्रतियोत्स्याम्यहं शत्रूञ्श्वो न स्याच्च श्रमो मम ॥

viśramyaikāṃ niśāmadya bhavadbhiḥ sahito raṇe | pratiyotsyāmyahaṃ śatrūñśvo na syācca śramo mama

Let me rest this one night with you beside me; tomorrow I shall fight the enemy in battle, and I shall not be weary.

Note on the text: Restored from the raw page: the input parser dropped this row because the page labels it 9-28-NN (a mislabel for this adhyaya's 9-30-NN); the text and its place in the narrative belong to this adhyaya. Critical edition 9.29.17 (viśramyaikāṃ niśām adya …), whose second line reads śvo na me 'sty atra saṃśayaḥ; the page's second line is a recension variant. The input jumped from its verse 18 to wikisource_number 22.

Verse 20 (9.30.20)

एवमुक्तोऽब्रवीद्द्रौणी राजानं युद्धदुर्मदम् । उत्तिष्ठ राजन्भद्रं ते विजेष्यामो वयं परान् ॥

evamukto'bravīddrauṇī rājānaṃ yuddhadurmadam | uttiṣṭha rājanbhadraṃ te vijeṣyāmo vayaṃ parān

Spoken to thus, Drona's son said to the king, who was mad for battle: "Rise, O king, may good fortune be yours; we shall defeat our enemies."

Note on the text: Restored from the raw page: the input parser dropped this row because the page labels it 9-28-NN (a mislabel for this adhyaya's 9-30-NN); the text and its place in the narrative belong to this adhyaya. Critical edition 9.29.18 (second line there: uttiṣṭha rājan bhadraṃ te vijeṣyāmo raṇe parān). The page heads this stretch "सञ्जय उवाच" (row 9-28-20x, also dropped by the input), kept as the speaker.

Verse 21 (9.30.21)

इष्टापूर्तेन दानेन सत्येन च जपेन च । शपे राजन्यथा ह्यद्य निहनिष्यामि सोमकान् ॥

iṣṭāpūrtena dānena satyena ca japena ca | śape rājanyathā hyadya nihaniṣyāmi somakān

By my sacrifices and works of piety, by my gifts, by truth and by my prayers, I swear, O king, that today I shall slay the Somakas.

Note on the text: Restored from the raw page: the input parser dropped this row because the page labels it 9-28-NN (a mislabel for this adhyaya's 9-30-NN); the text and its place in the narrative belong to this adhyaya. Critical edition 9.29.19 (identical). Ashvatthama's oath fills the whole verse without a printed heading, so it is given to him.

Verse 22 (9.30.22)

मा स्म यज्ञकृतां प्रीतिमाप्नुयां सज्जनोचिताम् । यदीमां रजनीं व्युष्टां न हि हन्मि परान्रणे ॥

mā sma yajñakṛtāṃ prītimāpnuyāṃ sajjanocitām | yadīmāṃ rajanīṃ vyuṣṭāṃ na hi hanmi parānraṇe

If, when this night has turned to dawn, I have not slain the enemy in battle, may I never gain the joy that good men win by their sacrifices.

Note on the text: Speaker: Ashvatthama's oath continues; the input carried Duryodhana over from the earlier heading.

Verse 23 (9.30.23)

नाहत्वा सर्वपाञ्चालान्विमोक्ष्ये कवचं विभो । उत्तिष्ठ त्वं ब्रवीम्येतत्तन्मे शृणु जनाधिप ॥

nāhatvā sarvapāñcālānvimokṣye kavacaṃ vibho | uttiṣṭha tvaṃ bravīmyetattanme śṛṇu janādhipa

I shall not take off my armour, O lord, until I have slain all the Panchalas. Rise! I tell you this; hear it, O ruler of men.

Note on the text: Speaker: still Ashvatthama (the input carried Duryodhana over). Line 2 is a recension variant of the critical edition's iti satyaṃ bravīmy etat tan me śṛṇu janādhipa.

Verse 24 (9.30.24)

तेषु सम्भाषमाणेषु व्याधास्तं देशमाययुः । मांसभारपरिश्रान्ताः पानीयार्थं यदृच्छया ॥

teṣu sambhāṣamāṇeṣu vyādhāstaṃ deśamāyayuḥ | māṃsabhārapariśrāntāḥ pānīyārthaṃ yadṛcchayā

While they were talking in this way, some hunters came to that place, weary from carrying loads of meat and in search of water, as chance would have it.

Note on the text: Corrected सम्बाषमाणेषु → सम्भाषमाणेषु (misprint in Wikisource; ब for भ; the critical edition reads saṃbhāṣamāṇeṣu). Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 25 (9.30.25)

ते हि नित्यं महाराज भीमसेनस्य लुब्धकाः । मांसभारानुपाजह्नुर्भक्त्या परमया विभो ॥

te hi nityaṃ mahārāja bhīmasenasya lubdhakāḥ | māṃsabhārānupājahnurbhaktyā paramayā vibho

These hunters, O great king, always used to bring loads of meat to Bhimasena, O lord, with the deepest devotion.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 26 (9.30.26)

ते तत्र विष्ठितास्तेषां सर्वं तद्वचनं रहः । दुर्योधनवचश्चैव शुश्रुवुः सङ्गता मिथः ॥

te tatra viṣṭhitāsteṣāṃ sarvaṃ tadvacanaṃ rahaḥ | duryodhanavacaścaiva śuśruvuḥ saṅgatā mithaḥ

Standing there out of sight, huddled close together, they overheard all that the others were saying in private, and Duryodhana's words as well.

Note on the text: Corrected धिष्ठितास् → विष्ठितास् (misprint in Wikisource; ध for व; the critical edition reads viṣṭhitās). Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 27 (9.30.27)

तेऽपि सर्वे महेष्वासा अयुद्धार्थिनि कौरवे । निर्बन्धं परमं चक्रुस्तदा वै युद्धकाङ्क्षिणः ॥

te'pi sarve maheṣvāsā ayuddhārthini kaurave | nirbandhaṃ paramaṃ cakrustadā vai yuddhakāṅkṣiṇaḥ

Those great archers, eager for battle, then pressed the Kaurava to the utmost, although he had no wish to fight.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 28 (9.30.28)

तांस्तथा समुदीक्ष्याथ कौरवाणां महारथान् । अयुद्धमनसं चैव राजानं स्थितमम्भसि ॥

tāṃstathā samudīkṣyātha kauravāṇāṃ mahārathān | ayuddhamanasaṃ caiva rājānaṃ sthitamambhasi

Seeing the Kauravas' great warriors in this state, and the king remaining in the water with no mind for battle,

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 29 (9.30.29)

तेषां श्रुत्वा च संवादं राज्ञश्च सलिले सतः । व्याधा ह्यजानन्राजेन्द्र सलिलस्थं सुयोधनम् ॥

teṣāṃ śrutvā ca saṃvādaṃ rājñaśca salile sataḥ | vyādhā hyajānanrājendra salilasthaṃ suyodhanam

and hearing their talk and that of the king as he lay in the water, the hunters came to know, O king of kings, that Suyodhana was lying there.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 30 (9.30.30)

ते पूर्वं पाण्डुपुत्रेण पृष्टा ह्यासन्सुतं तव । यदृच्छोपगतास्तत्र राजानं परिमार्गिताः ॥

te pūrvaṃ pāṇḍuputreṇa pṛṣṭā hyāsansutaṃ tava | yadṛcchopagatāstatra rājānaṃ parimārgitāḥ

Earlier the son of Pandu had questioned them about your son, and now they had come by chance to the very place where the king was being searched for.

Note on the text: Corrected परिमार्गता → परिमार्गिताः (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads parimārgitāḥ). Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 31 (9.30.31)

ततस्ते पाण्डुपुत्रस्य स्मृत्वा तद्भाषितं तदा । अन्योन्यमब्रुवन्राजन्मृगव्याधाः शनैरिव ॥

tataste pāṇḍuputrasya smṛtvā tadbhāṣitaṃ tadā | anyonyamabruvanrājanmṛgavyādhāḥ śanairiva

Then, recalling what the son of Pandu had said to them, the hunters, O king, began to whisper to one another.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 32 (9.30.32)

दुर्योधनं ख्यापयामो धनं दास्यति पाण्डवः । सुव्यक्तमिह नः ख्यातो ह्रदे दुर्योधनो नृपः ॥

duryodhanaṃ khyāpayāmo dhanaṃ dāsyati pāṇḍavaḥ | suvyaktamiha naḥ khyāto hrade duryodhano nṛpaḥ

"Let us reveal Duryodhana; the Pandava will give us wealth. It is plain to us: King Duryodhana is in this lake."

Note on the text: Corrected हदे → ह्रदे (misprint in Wikisource; dropped the conjunct ह्र; the critical edition reads hrada). Corrected दुर्योधनोनृपः → दुर्योधनो नृपः (misprint in Wikisource; missing space between the two words). Speaker: the hunters speak here (verses 32–35 are their talk; the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 33 (9.30.33)

तस्माद्गच्छामहे सर्वे यत्र राजा युधिष्ठिरः । आख्यातुं सलिले सुप्तं दुर्योधनममर्षणम् ॥

tasmādgacchāmahe sarve yatra rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | ākhyātuṃ salile suptaṃ duryodhanamamarṣaṇam

"So let us all go to where King Yudhishthira is, and tell him that the implacable Duryodhana lies asleep in the water."

Note on the text: Speaker: the hunters (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 34 (9.30.34)

धृतराष्ट्रात्मजं तस्मै भीमसेनाय धीमते । शयानं सलिले सर्वे कथयामो धनुर्भृते ॥

dhṛtarāṣṭrātmajaṃ tasmai bhīmasenāya dhīmate | śayānaṃ salile sarve kathayāmo dhanurbhṛte

"We shall all tell wise Bhimasena, the bearer of the bow, that Dhritarashtra's son is lying in the water."

Note on the text: Speaker: the hunters (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 35 (9.30.35)

स नो दास्यति सुप्रीतो धनानि बहुलान्युत । किं नो मांसेन शुष्केण परिक्लिष्टेन शोषिणा ॥

sa no dāsyati suprīto dhanāni bahulānyuta | kiṃ no māṃsena śuṣkeṇa parikliṣṭena śoṣiṇā

"Delighted, he will give us a great deal of wealth. What use to us is this dry, spoiled, shrivelling meat?"

Note on the text: Speaker: the hunters (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 36 (9.30.36)

एवमुक्त्वा तु ते व्याधाः सम्प्रहृष्टा धनार्थिनः । मांसभारानुपादाय प्रययुः शिबिरं प्रति ॥

evamuktvā tu te vyādhāḥ samprahṛṣṭā dhanārthinaḥ | māṃsabhārānupādāya prayayuḥ śibiraṃ prati

Having spoken thus, the hunters, overjoyed and eager for wealth, picked up their loads of meat and set off for the camp.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 37 (9.30.37)

पाण्डवाश्च महाराज लब्धलक्षाः प्रहारिणः । अपश्यमानाः समरे दुर्योधनमवस्थितम् ॥

pāṇḍavāśca mahārāja labdhalakṣāḥ prahāriṇaḥ | apaśyamānāḥ samare duryodhanamavasthitam

And the Pandavas, O great king, sure strikers who never missed their mark, could not see Duryodhana anywhere on the battlefield.

Note on the text: Corrected पाण्‍डवाश्च → पाण्डवाश्च (stray zero-width joiner inside the conjunct, a wiki encoding artefact). Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 38 (9.30.38)

निकृतिज्ञस्य पापस्य तस्याभिगमनेप्सया । चारान्सम्प्रेषयामासुः समन्तात्तद्रणाजिरे ॥

nikṛtijñasya pāpasya tasyābhigamanepsayā | cārānsampreṣayāmāsuḥ samantāttadraṇājire

Wishing to get at that cunning and wicked man, they sent out spies in every direction over the battlefield.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 39 (9.30.39)

आगम्य तु ततः सर्वे नष्टं दुर्योधनं नृपम् । न्यवेदयन्त सहिता धर्मराजस्य सैनिकाः ॥

āgamya tu tataḥ sarve naṣṭaṃ duryodhanaṃ nṛpam | nyavedayanta sahitā dharmarājasya sainikāḥ

The soldiers came back and reported together to the king of dharma that King Duryodhana had vanished.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 40 (9.30.40)

तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा चाराणां भरतर्षभ । चिन्तामभ्यगमत्तीव्रां निशश्वास च पार्थिवः ॥

teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā cārāṇāṃ bharatarṣabha | cintāmabhyagamattīvrāṃ niśaśvāsa ca pārthivaḥ

Hearing the spies' report, O best of the Bharatas, the king fell into deep anxiety and sighed.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 41 (9.30.41)

अरिशेषे जीवति तु सन्दिग्धो विजयो भवेत् । राज्यं लभे कथं तद्वि पूजितं विजयादिभिः ॥

ariśeṣe jīvati tu sandigdho vijayo bhavet | rājyaṃ labhe kathaṃ tadvi pūjitaṃ vijayādibhiḥ

"While an enemy is left alive, victory remains in doubt. How can I win a kingdom, prized by victors and the like?"

Note on the text: Removed the stray backtick before अरिशेषे and the stray closing quote after विजयादिभिः. The lines are Yudhishthira's unspoken thought, so they stay with the narrator, Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records them in its apparatus as the star passage 9.29.38d*0183_01–02 (ariśeṣe bhavati tu …).

Verse 42 (9.30.42)

अथ स्थितानां पाण्डूनां दीनानां भरतर्षभ । तस्माद्देशादपक्रम्य त्वरिता लुब्धका विभो ॥

atha sthitānāṃ pāṇḍūnāṃ dīnānāṃ bharatarṣabha | tasmāddeśādapakramya tvaritā lubdhakā vibho

Then, while the dejected Pandavas stayed there, O best of the Bharatas, the hunters hurried away from that place, O lord,

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 43 (9.30.43)

आजग्मुः शिबिरं हृष्टा दृष्ट्वा दुर्योधनं नृपम् । वार्यमाणाः प्रविष्टाश्च भीमसेनस्य पश्यतः ॥

ājagmuḥ śibiraṃ hṛṣṭā dṛṣṭvā duryodhanaṃ nṛpam | vāryamāṇāḥ praviṣṭāśca bhīmasenasya paśyataḥ

came happily to the camp, having seen King Duryodhana; and although they were held back, they went in before Bhimasena's eyes.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 44 (9.30.44)

ते तु पाण्डवमासाद्य भीमसेनं महाबलम् । तस्मै तत्सर्वमाचख्युर्यद्वृत्तं यच्च वै श्रुतम् ॥

te tu pāṇḍavamāsādya bhīmasenaṃ mahābalam | tasmai tatsarvamācakhyuryadvṛttaṃ yacca vai śrutam

Coming to the mighty Pandava Bhimasena, they told him everything, what had happened and what they had heard.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 45 (9.30.45)

ततो वृकोदरो राजन्दत्त्वा तेषां धनं बहु । धर्मराजाय तत्सर्वमाचचक्षे परन्तपः ॥

tato vṛkodaro rājandattvā teṣāṃ dhanaṃ bahu | dharmarājāya tatsarvamācacakṣe parantapaḥ

Then Vrikodara, O king, gave them much wealth, and told it all to Dharmaraja, the scorcher of foes.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 46 (9.30.46)

असौ दुर्योधनो राजन्विज्ञातो मम लुब्धकैः । संस्तभ्य सलिलं शेते यस्यार्थे परितप्यसे ॥

asau duryodhano rājanvijñāto mama lubdhakaiḥ | saṃstabhya salilaṃ śete yasyārthe paritapyase

"O king, my hunters have found Duryodhana. He is lying there with the water held fast, the man for whose sake you are tormented."

Note on the text: Speaker: Bhimasena's words to Yudhishthira fill the whole verse (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 47 (9.30.47)

तद्वचो भीमसेनस्य प्रियं श्रुत्वा विशाम्पते । अजातशत्रुः कौन्तेयो हृष्टोऽभूत्सह सोदरैः ॥

tadvaco bhīmasenasya priyaṃ śrutvā viśāmpate | ajātaśatruḥ kaunteyo hṛṣṭo'bhūtsaha sodaraiḥ

Hearing those welcome words of Bhimasena, O lord of men, Ajatashatru, the son of Kunti, was delighted together with his brothers.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 48 (9.30.48)

तं च श्रुत्वा महेष्वासं प्रविष्टं सलिलह्रदे । क्षिप्रमेव ततोऽगच्छन्पुरस्कृत्य जनार्दनम् ॥

taṃ ca śrutvā maheṣvāsaṃ praviṣṭaṃ salilahrade | kṣiprameva tato'gacchanpuraskṛtya janārdanam

Hearing that the great archer had gone into the waters of the lake, they set out at once, with Janardana at their head.

Note on the text: Corrected सलिलहदे → सलिलह्रदे (misprint in Wikisource; dropped the conjunct ह्र; the critical edition reads hrada). Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 49 (9.30.49)

ततः किलकिलाशब्दः प्रादुरासीद्विशाम्पते । पाण्डवानां प्रहृष्टानां पाञ्चालानां च सर्वशः ॥

tataḥ kilakilāśabdaḥ prādurāsīdviśāmpate | pāṇḍavānāṃ prahṛṣṭānāṃ pāñcālānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ

Then a roar of joy arose, O lord of men, from the exultant Pandavas and Panchalas on every side.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 50 (9.30.50)

सिंहनादांस्ततश्चक्रुः क्ष्वेडाश्च भरतर्षभ । त्वरिताः क्षत्रिया राजन्नुदक्रोशन्परस्परम् ॥

siṃhanādāṃstataścakruḥ kṣveḍāśca bharatarṣabha | tvaritāḥ kṣatriyā rājannudakrośanparasparam

They sounded lion-roars and shouts, O best of the Bharatas, and the kshatriyas, hurrying, cried out to one another, O king.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over). Line 2 is a recension variant of the critical edition's tvaritāḥ kṣatriyā rājañ jagmuḥ dvaipāyanaṃ hradam.

Verse 51 (9.30.51)

ज्ञातः पापो धार्तराष्ट्रो दृष्टश्चेत्यसकृद्रणे । प्राक्रोशन्सोमकास्तत्र हृष्टरूपाः समन्ततः ॥

jñātaḥ pāpo dhārtarāṣṭro dṛṣṭaścetyasakṛdraṇe | prākrośansomakāstatra hṛṣṭarūpāḥ samantataḥ

"The wicked son of Dhritarashtra has been found! He has been seen!" So the Somakas, full of joy, cried out again and again on every side in the battle.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 52 (9.30.52)

तेषामाशु प्रयातानां रथानां तत्र वेगिनाम् । वभूव तुमुलः शब्दो दिवस्पृक् पृथिवीपते ॥

teṣāmāśu prayātānāṃ rathānāṃ tatra veginām | vabhūva tumulaḥ śabdo divaspṛk pṛthivīpate

As their swift chariots sped away together, O lord of the earth, a tumultuous din arose that reached the sky.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 53 (9.30.53)

दुर्योधनं परीप्सन्तस्तत्रतत्र युधिष्ठिरम् । अन्वयुस्त्वरितास्ते वै राजानं श्रान्तवाहनाः ॥

duryodhanaṃ parīpsantastatratatra yudhiṣṭhiram | anvayustvaritāste vai rājānaṃ śrāntavāhanāḥ

Eager to seize Duryodhana, they hurried here and there after King Yudhishthira, their mounts weary.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 54 (9.30.54)

अर्जुनो भीमसेनश्च माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ । धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पाञ्चाल्यः शिखण्डी चापराजितः ॥

arjuno bhīmasenaśca mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau | dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca pāñcālyaḥ śikhaṇḍī cāparājitaḥ

Arjuna, Bhimasena, the two Pandava sons of Madri, Dhrishtadyumna the Panchala, and the unconquered Shikhandi,

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 55 (9.30.55)

उत्तमौजा युधामन्युः सात्यकिश्च महारथः । पाञ्चालानां च ये शिष्टा द्रौपदेयाश्च भारत । हयाश्च सर्वे नागाश्च शतशश्च पदातयः ॥

uttamaujā yudhāmanyuḥ sātyakiśca mahārathaḥ | pāñcālānāṃ ca ye śiṣṭā draupadeyāśca bhārata | hayāśca sarve nāgāśca śataśaśca padātayaḥ

Uttamauja, Yudhamanyu, the great warrior Satyaki, the Panchalas who were left, and the sons of Draupadi, O Bharata, with all the horses and elephants and hundreds of foot-soldiers.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 56 (9.30.56)

ततः प्राप्तो महाराज धर्मराजः प्रतापवान् । द्वैपायनह्रदं घोरं यत्र दुर्योधनोऽभवत् ॥

tataḥ prāpto mahārāja dharmarājaḥ pratāpavān | dvaipāyanahradaṃ ghoraṃ yatra duryodhano'bhavat

Then the glorious king Dharmaraja, O great king, reached the dread Dvaipayana lake, where Duryodhana was,

Note on the text: Corrected द्वैपायनहदं → द्वैपायनह्रदं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped the conjunct ह्र; the critical edition reads hrada). Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 57 (9.30.57)

शीतामलजलं हृद्यं द्वितीयमिव सागरम् । मायया सलिलं स्तभ्य यत्राभूत्ते स्थितः सुतः ॥

śītāmalajalaṃ hṛdyaṃ dvitīyamiva sāgaram | māyayā salilaṃ stabhya yatrābhūtte sthitaḥ sutaḥ

a lovely lake of cool, clear water, like a second ocean, where your son stood, having held the water fast by magic.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 58 (9.30.58)

अत्यद्भुतेन विधिना दैवयोगेन भारत । सलिलान्तर्गतः शेते दुर्दर्शः कस्यचित्प्रभो । मानुषस्य मनुष्येन्द्र गदाहस्तो जनाधिपः ॥

atyadbhutena vidhinā daivayogena bhārata | salilāntargataḥ śete durdarśaḥ kasyacitprabho | mānuṣasya manuṣyendra gadāhasto janādhipaḥ

By a most marvellous device, by the working of fate, O Bharata, he lay hidden within the water, hard for any man to see, O lord, O lord of men: the king, mace in hand.

Note on the text: Joined two input rows into one three-line verse: the page prints the first two lines as one row (ending with a single danda after प्रभो) and the third line as a separate row with its own mislabel (9-30-59a) and the verse-end mark; the critical edition has the three lines as one verse (9.29.55, given in the input as unmatched). Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 59 (9.30.59)

ततो दुर्योधनो राजा सलिलान्तर्गतो वसन् । शुश्रुवे तुमुलं शब्दं जलदोपमनिःस्वनम् ॥

tato duryodhano rājā salilāntargato vasan | śuśruve tumulaṃ śabdaṃ jaladopamaniḥsvanam

Then King Duryodhana, living within the water, heard a tumultuous sound like the rumbling of clouds.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 60 (9.30.60)

युधिष्ठिरश्च राजेन्द्र तं ह्रदं सह सोदरैः । आजगाम महाराज तव पुत्रवधाय वै ॥

yudhiṣṭhiraśca rājendra taṃ hradaṃ saha sodaraiḥ | ājagāma mahārāja tava putravadhāya vai

And Yudhishthira, O king of kings, came to that lake with his brothers, O great king, to bring about the death of your son,

Note on the text: Corrected तं हदं → तं ह्रदं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped the conjunct ह्र; the critical edition reads hrada). Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 61 (9.30.61)

महता शङ्खनादेन रथनेमिस्वनेन च । ऊर्ध्वं धुन्वन्महारेणुं कम्पयंश्चापि मेदिनीम् ॥

mahatā śaṅkhanādena rathanemisvanena ca | ūrdhvaṃ dhunvanmahāreṇuṃ kampayaṃścāpi medinīm

with a great blast of conches and the rumble of chariot wheels, raising a huge cloud of dust and shaking the earth.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 62 (9.30.62)

यौधिष्ठिरस्य सैन्यस्य श्रुत्वा शब्दं महारथाः । कृतवर्मा कृपो द्रौणी राजानमिदमब्रुवन् ॥

yaudhiṣṭhirasya sainyasya śrutvā śabdaṃ mahārathāḥ | kṛtavarmā kṛpo drauṇī rājānamidamabruvan

Hearing the noise of Yudhishthira's army, the great warriors Kritavarma, Kripa and Drona's son said this to the king:

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 63 (9.30.63)

इमे ह्यायान्ति संहृष्टाः पाण्डवा जितकाशिनः । अपयास्यामहे तावदनुजानातु नो भवान् ॥

ime hyāyānti saṃhṛṣṭāḥ pāṇḍavā jitakāśinaḥ | apayāsyāmahe tāvadanujānātu no bhavān

"Here come the Pandavas, exultant, flushed with victory. Let us withdraw for the time being; give us leave, sire."

Note on the text: Speaker: the three warriors' words fill the whole verse (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 64 (9.30.64)

दुर्योधनस्तु तच्छ्रुत्वा तेषां तत्र तरस्विनाम् । तथेत्युक्त्वा ह्रदं तं वै माययाऽस्तम्भयत्प्रभो ॥

duryodhanastu tacchrutvā teṣāṃ tatra tarasvinām | tathetyuktvā hradaṃ taṃ vai māyayā'stambhayatprabho

Hearing the words of those mighty warriors, Duryodhana said, "So be it," and once more, O lord, held the lake fast by his magic.

Note on the text: Corrected हदं तं → ह्रदं तं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped the conjunct ह्र; the critical edition reads hrada). Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 65 (9.30.65)

ते त्वनुज्ञाप्य राजानं भृशं शोकपरायणाः । जग्मुर्दूरे महाराज कृपप्रभृतयो रथाः ॥

te tvanujñāpya rājānaṃ bhṛśaṃ śokaparāyaṇāḥ | jagmurdūre mahārāja kṛpaprabhṛtayo rathāḥ

Having taken leave of the king, deeply sunk in grief, Kripa and the other charioteers went far away, O great king.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 66 (9.30.66)

ते गत्वा दूरमध्वानं न्यग्रोधं प्रेक्ष्य मारिष । न्यविशन्त भृशं श्रान्ताश्चिन्तयन्तो नृपं प्रति ॥

te gatvā dūramadhvānaṃ nyagrodhaṃ prekṣya māriṣa | nyaviśanta bhṛśaṃ śrāntāścintayanto nṛpaṃ prati

Having gone a long way, they saw a banyan tree, O sire, and, utterly weary, sat down beneath it, brooding over the king.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 67 (9.30.67)

विष्टभ्य सलिलं सुप्तो धार्तराष्ट्रो महाबलः । पाण्डवाश्चापि सम्प्राप्तास्तं देशं युद्धमीप्सवः ॥

viṣṭabhya salilaṃ supto dhārtarāṣṭro mahābalaḥ | pāṇḍavāścāpi samprāptāstaṃ deśaṃ yuddhamīpsavaḥ

Dhritarashtra's mighty son lay asleep with the water held fast, and the Pandavas, eager for battle, had also arrived at that place.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 68 (9.30.68)

कथं नु युद्धं भविता कथं राजा भविष्यति । कथं नु पाण्डवा राजन्प्रतिपत्स्यन्ति कौरवम् ॥

kathaṃ nu yuddhaṃ bhavitā kathaṃ rājā bhaviṣyati | kathaṃ nu pāṇḍavā rājanpratipatsyanti kauravam

How will the battle go? How will he become king? How, O king, will the Pandavas deal with the Kaurava?

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).

Verse 69 (9.30.69)

इत्येवं चिन्तयानास्तु रथेभ्योऽश्वान्विमुच्य ते । तत्रासाञ्चक्रिरे राजन्कृपप्रभृतयो रथाः ॥

ityevaṃ cintayānāstu rathebhyo'śvānvimucya te | tatrāsāñcakrire rājankṛpaprabhṛtayo rathāḥ

Thinking in this way, O king, they unyoked the horses from the chariots, and Kripa and the other charioteers sat down there.

Note on the text: Speaker: narration by Sanjaya (the input carried Duryodhana over).