Balarama Hears of the Coming Duel

Verse 1 (9.55.1)

कुरुक्षेत्रं ततो दृष्ट्वा दत्त्वा देयांश्च सात्वतः । आश्रमं सुमहत्पुण्यमगमज्जनमेजय ॥

kurukṣetraṃ tato dṛṣṭvā dattvā deyāṃśca sātvataḥ | āśramaṃ sumahatpuṇyamagamajjanamejaya

Then, having seen Kurukshetra and given the gifts that were due, the Satvata, O Janamejaya, came to a vast and holy hermitage.

Verse 2 (9.55.2)

मधूकाम्रवणोपेतं प्लक्षन्यग्रोधसङ्कुलम् । चिरबिल्वयुतं पुण्यं पनसार्जुनसङ्कुलम् ॥

madhūkāmravaṇopetaṃ plakṣanyagrodhasaṅkulam | cirabilvayutaṃ puṇyaṃ panasārjunasaṅkulam

It was full of groves of madhuka and mango, crowded with plaksha and nyagrodha trees, with chirabilva, and was holy, thick with jackfruit and arjuna trees.

Note on the text: Corrected प्लुक्षन्यग्रोधसङ्कुलम् → प्लक्षन्यग्रोधसङ्कुलम् (misprint in Wikisource; प्लुक्ष is not a tree-name; wrong vowel, the critical edition reads plakṣa).

Verse 3 (9.55.3)

तं दृष्ट्वा यादवश्रेष्ठः प्रवरं पुण्यलक्षणम् । पप्रच्छ तानृषीन्सर्वान्कस्याश्रमवरस्त्वयम् ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā yādavaśreṣṭhaḥ pravaraṃ puṇyalakṣaṇam | papraccha tānṛṣīnsarvānkasyāśramavarastvayam

Seeing that excellent place with the marks of holiness, the foremost of the Yadavas asked all those sages: “Whose is this best of hermitages?”

Verse 4 (9.55.4)

ते तु सर्वे महात्मानमूचू राजन्हलायुधम् । शृणु विस्तरशो राम यस्यायं पूर्वमाश्रमः ॥

te tu sarve mahātmānamūcū rājanhalāyudham | śṛṇu vistaraśo rāma yasyāyaṃ pūrvamāśramaḥ

They all said to the great-souled Halayudha, O king: “Listen at length, Rama, to whose hermitage this was of old.

Note on the text: Line 2 is the sages’ speech; line 1 is narration, so the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 5 (9.55.5)

अत्र विष्णुः पुरा देवस्तप्तवांस्तप उत्तमम् । अत्रास्य विधिवद्यज्ञाः सर्वे वृत्ताः सनातनाः ॥

atra viṣṇuḥ purā devastaptavāṃstapa uttamam | atrāsya vidhivadyajñāḥ sarve vṛttāḥ sanātanāḥ

Here in ancient times the god Vishnu practised supreme austerity; here all his eternal sacrifices were duly performed.

Note on the text: The sages’ speech begun in verse 4 continues here, but the next verses address Janamejaya (राजन्, विशाम्पते), so speech and narrator’s retelling run together and the verses 5–9 are kept with the narrator.

Verse 6 (9.55.6)

अत्रैव ब्राह्मणी वृद्धा कौमारब्रह्मचारिणी । योगयुक्ता दिवं याता तपोयुक्ता विशाम्पते ॥

atraiva brāhmaṇī vṛddhā kaumārabrahmacāriṇī | yogayuktā divaṃ yātā tapoyuktā viśāmpate

Here an aged brahmin woman, a maiden who had kept chastity since girlhood, devoted to yoga and austerity, went to heaven, O lord of the people.

Note on the text: Corrected वृद्वा → वृद्धा (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध). Recension variant of the critical edition’s 9.53.6 (brāhmaṇī siddhā kaumārabrahmacāriṇī … tapaḥsiddhā tapasvinī).

Verse 7 (9.55.7)

बभूव श्रीमती राजञ्शाण्डिल्यस्य महात्मनः । सुता धृतव्रता साध्वी नियता ब्रह्मचारिणी ॥

babhūva śrīmatī rājañśāṇḍilyasya mahātmanaḥ | sutā dhṛtavratā sādhvī niyatā brahmacāriṇī

She was the glorious daughter of the great-souled Shandilya, O king: firm in her vows, virtuous, self-controlled, and chaste.

Verse 8 (9.55.8)

साऽपि प्राप्य परं योगं गता स्वर्गमनुत्तमम् । भुक्त्वाऽश्रमेऽश्वमेधस्य फलं फलवतः शुभम् ॥

sā'pi prāpya paraṃ yogaṃ gatā svargamanuttamam | bhuktvā'śrame'śvamedhasya phalaṃ phalavataḥ śubham

She too, having attained supreme yoga, went to the highest heaven after enjoying in the hermitage the lovely fruit of a horse-sacrifice, rich in merit.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: the critical edition’s 9.53.8a and 8c.

Verse 9 (9.55.9)

गता स्वर्गं महाराज पूजिता च महात्मभिः । अभिगम्याश्रमं पुण्यं स दृष्ट्वा यदुनन्दनः ॥

gatā svargaṃ mahārāja pūjitā ca mahātmabhiḥ | abhigamyāśramaṃ puṇyaṃ sa dṛṣṭvā yadunandanaḥ

She went to heaven, O great king, honoured by the great-souled. Having come to that holy hermitage and seen it, the delight of the Yadus

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: line 1 is a recension variant of the critical edition’s 9.53.8e (gatā svargaṃ mahābhāgā pūjitā niyatātmabhiḥ); line 2 is a variant of 9.53.9a.

Verse 10 (9.55.10)

ऋषींस्तानभिवाद्याथ पार्श्वे हिमवतोऽच्युतः । सन्ध्याकार्याणि सर्वाणि निर्वर्त्यारुरुहेऽचलम् ॥

ṛṣīṃstānabhivādyātha pārśve himavato'cyutaḥ | sandhyākāryāṇi sarvāṇi nirvartyāruruhe'calam

greeted those sages, and, at the side of the Himalaya, the unfailing one finished all his twilight rites and climbed the mountain.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: line 1 is the critical edition’s 9.53.9c; line 2 is a recension variant of 9.53.9e (skandhāvārāṇi sarvāṇi nivartyāruruhe ’calam).

Verse 11 (9.55.11)

नातिदूरं ततो गत्वा नगं तालध्वजो बली । पुण्ये तीर्थवरे स्नात्वा विस्मयं परमं गतः ॥

nātidūraṃ tato gatvā nagaṃ tāladhvajo balī | puṇye tīrthavare snātvā vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ

Having gone not far to the mountain, the mighty Taladhvaja bathed at the best of holy fords and was filled with great wonder.

Verse 12 (9.55.12)

प्रभवं च सरस्वत्याः प्लक्षप्रस्रवणं बलः । सम्प्राप्तः कारपचनं तीर्थप्रवरमुत्तमम् ॥

prabhavaṃ ca sarasvatyāḥ plakṣaprasravaṇaṃ balaḥ | samprāptaḥ kārapacanaṃ tīrthapravaramuttamam

Bala reached the source of the Sarasvati, Plakshaprasravana, and Karapachana, the best and most excellent of holy fords.

Verse 13 (9.55.13)

हलायुधस्तु तत्रापि दत्त्वा दानं महाबलः । आप्लुतः सलिले पुण्ये सुशीते विमले शुचौ । सन्तर्पयामास पितॄन्देवांश्च रणदुर्मदः ॥

halāyudhastu tatrāpi dattvā dānaṃ mahābalaḥ | āplutaḥ salile puṇye suśīte vimale śucau | santarpayāmāsa pitṝndevāṃśca raṇadurmadaḥ

And there too the mighty Halayudha gave gifts, and bathed in the holy water, cool, clear and pure; he satisfied the ancestors and the gods, he who was fierce in battle.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: line 1 is the critical edition’s 9.53.12a; lines 2–3 are its star passage 9.53.12f*0308_01–02 (āplutaḥ salile puṇye suśīte vimale śucau / saṃtarpayām āsa pitṝn devāṃś ca raṇadurmadaḥ).

Verse 14 (9.55.14)

तत्रोष्यैकां तु रजनीं यतिभिर्ब्राह्मणैः सह । मित्रावरुणयोः पुण्यं जगामाश्रममच्युतः ॥

tatroṣyaikāṃ tu rajanīṃ yatibhirbrāhmaṇaiḥ saha | mitrāvaruṇayoḥ puṇyaṃ jagāmāśramamacyutaḥ

Spending one night there with ascetics and brahmins, the unfailing one went to the holy hermitage of Mitra and Varuna.

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 9.53.12f*0308_03–04.

Verse 15 (9.55.15)

इन्द्रोऽग्निरर्यमा चैव यत्र प्राक् प्रीतिमाप्नुवन् । तं देशं कारपचनात्स तस्मादाजगाम ह ॥

indro'gniraryamā caiva yatra prāk prītimāpnuvan | taṃ deśaṃ kārapacanātsa tasmādājagāma ha

From Karapachana he came to that place where Indra, Agni and Aryaman had once found joy.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रीतिमाप्नुवम् → प्रीतिमाप्नुवन् (misprint in Wikisource; म् for न्; the critical edition reads āpnuvan). Corrected तस्मादाजगामह → तस्मादाजगाम ह (misprint in Wikisource; run-together words separated). Recension variant of the critical edition’s 9.53.13 (line 2: taṃ deśaṃ kārapacanād yamunāyāṃ jagāma ha).

Verse 16 (9.55.16)

स्नात्वा तत्र च धर्मात्मा परां प्रीतिमवाप्य च । ऋषिभिश्चैव सिद्धैश्च सहितो वै महाबलः । उपविष्टः कथाः शुभ्राः शुश्राव यदुपुङ्गवः ॥

snātvā tatra ca dharmātmā parāṃ prītimavāpya ca | ṛṣibhiścaiva siddhaiśca sahito vai mahābalaḥ | upaviṣṭaḥ kathāḥ śubhrāḥ śuśrāva yadupuṅgavaḥ

Bathing there as well, the righteous-souled, mighty bull of the Yadus, filled with great joy, sat with sages and siddhas and listened to bright tales.

Note on the text: Recension variant of the critical edition’s 9.53.14 (line 1: snātvā tatrāpi dharmātmā parāṃ tuṣṭim avāpya ca).

Verse 17 (9.55.17)

तथा तु तिष्ठतां तेषां नारदो भगवानृषिः । आजगामाथ तं देशं यत्र रामो व्यवस्थितः ॥

tathā tu tiṣṭhatāṃ teṣāṃ nārado bhagavānṛṣiḥ | ājagāmātha taṃ deśaṃ yatra rāmo vyavasthitaḥ

While they sat thus, the divine sage Narada came to the place where Rama was.

Verse 18 (9.55.18)

जटामण्डलसंवीतः कुशचीरी महातपाः । हेमदण्डधरो राजन्कमण्डलुधरस्तथा ॥

jaṭāmaṇḍalasaṃvītaḥ kuśacīrī mahātapāḥ | hemadaṇḍadharo rājankamaṇḍaludharastathā

He was wreathed in matted locks, dressed in a garment of kusha grass, of great austerity, O king, carrying a golden staff and a water-pot,

Note on the text: Recension variant of the critical edition’s 9.53.16 (kuśacīrī for svarṇacīrī).

Verse 19 (9.55.19)

महतीं सुखशब्दां तां गृह्य वीणां मनोरमाम् । नृत्ये गीते च कुशलो देवब्राह्मणपूजितः ॥

mahatīṃ sukhaśabdāṃ tāṃ gṛhya vīṇāṃ manoramām | nṛtye gīte ca kuśalo devabrāhmaṇapūjitaḥ

holding a great and lovely lute of sweet sound, skilled in dance and song, honoured by gods and brahmins,

Note on the text: Recension variant of the critical edition’s 9.53.17 (kacchapīṃ sukhaśabdāṃ tāṃ gṛhya vīṇāṃ manoramām).

Verse 20 (9.55.20)

प्रभवः कलहानां च नित्यं च कलहप्रियः । तं देशमगमद्यत्र श्रीमान्रामो व्यवस्थितः ॥

prabhavaḥ kalahānāṃ ca nityaṃ ca kalahapriyaḥ | taṃ deśamagamadyatra śrīmānrāmo vyavasthitaḥ

the source of quarrels, ever fond of strife, he came to the place where glorious Rama was.

Note on the text: Corrected कलहानं → कलहानां (misprint in Wikisource; dropped long ā; the critical edition reads kalahānāṃ). Recension variant of the critical edition’s 9.53.18 (prakartā kalahānāṃ ca for प्रभवः कलहानां च).

Verse 21 (9.55.21)

प्रत्युत्थाय च तं रामः पूजयित्वा यतव्रतम् । देवर्षिं पर्यपृच्छत्स यथावृत्तं कुरून्प्रति ॥

pratyutthāya ca taṃ rāmaḥ pūjayitvā yatavratam | devarṣiṃ paryapṛcchatsa yathāvṛttaṃ kurūnprati

Rising to meet him and honouring the ascetic of strict vows, Rama asked the divine sage how things had gone with the Kurus.

Note on the text: Recension variant of the critical edition’s 9.53.19 (pratyutthāya tu te sarve … paryapṛcchanta).

Verse 22 (9.55.22)

तदाऽस्याकथयद्राजन्नारदः सर्ववेदवित् । सर्वमेतद्यथावृत्तमतीतं कुरुसंक्षयम् ॥

tadā'syākathayadrājannāradaḥ sarvavedavit | sarvametadyathāvṛttamatītaṃ kurusaṃkṣayam

Then, O king, Narada, who knows all the Vedas, told him all that had happened, the past destruction of the Kurus.

Verse 23 (9.55.23)

ततोऽब्रवीद्रौहिणेयो नारदं दीनया गिरा । किमवस्थं तु तत्क्षत्रं ये तु तत्राभवन्नृपाः ॥

tato'bravīdrauhiṇeyo nāradaṃ dīnayā girā | kimavasthaṃ tu tatkṣatraṃ ye tu tatrābhavannṛpāḥ

Then the son of Rohini spoke to Narada in a dejected voice: “In what state is that warrior class, and the kings who were there?

Note on the text: Line 2 is Rama’s question; line 1 is narration, so the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 24 (9.55.24)

श्रुतमेतन्मया पूर्वं सर्वमेव तपोधन । विस्तरश्रवणे जातं कौतूहलमतीव मे ॥

śrutametanmayā pūrvaṃ sarvameva tapodhana | vistaraśravaṇe jātaṃ kautūhalamatīva me

I heard all this before, O ascetic; but now great curiosity has arisen in me to hear it in full.”

Note on the text: Speaker: Rama’s words fill the whole verse (the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 25 (9.55.25)

पूर्वमेव हतो भीष्मो द्रोणः सिन्धुपतिस्तथा । हतो वैकर्तनः कर्णः पुत्राश्चास्य महारथाः ॥

pūrvameva hato bhīṣmo droṇaḥ sindhupatistathā | hato vaikartanaḥ karṇaḥ putrāścāsya mahārathāḥ

“Bhishma was slain first, and Drona, and likewise the lord of the Sindhus; Karna son of Vikartana was slain, and his mighty sons.

Verse 26 (9.55.26)

भूरिश्रवा रौहिणेय मद्रराजश्च वीर्यवान् । एते चान्ये च बहवो हतास्तत्र महाबलाः ॥

bhūriśravā rauhiṇeya madrarājaśca vīryavān | ete cānye ca bahavo hatāstatra mahābalāḥ

Bhurishrava, O son of Rohini, and the mighty king of Madra — these and many other great warriors were slain there.

Verse 27 (9.55.27)

प्रियान्प्राणान्परित्यज्य प्रियार्थं कौरवस्य वै । राजानो राजपुत्राश्च समरेष्वनिवर्तिनः ॥

priyānprāṇānparityajya priyārthaṃ kauravasya vai | rājāno rājaputrāśca samareṣvanivartinaḥ

Giving up their dear lives to please the Kaurava, kings and princes who never turned back in battle fell there.

Verse 28 (9.55.28)

अहतांस्तु महाबाहो शृणु मे तत्र माधव ॥

ahatāṃstu mahābāho śṛṇu me tatra mādhava

Now hear from me, O mighty-armed Madhava, of those who were not slain.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: a single line, the critical edition’s 9.53.26a. In the vulgate recension the next verse follows it, in place of the critical edition’s 26c and 26e.

Verse 29 (9.55.29)

धार्तराष्ट्रबले शेषास्त्रयः समितिमर्दनाः । कृपश्च कृतवर्मा च द्रोणपुत्रश्च वीर्यवान् । तेऽपि वै विद्रुता राम दिशो दश भयात्तदा ॥

dhārtarāṣṭrabale śeṣāstrayaḥ samitimardanāḥ | kṛpaśca kṛtavarmā ca droṇaputraśca vīryavān | te'pi vai vidrutā rāma diśo daśa bhayāttadā

Of Dhritarashtra’s army three crushers of battle remain: Kripa, Kritavarma, and the mighty son of Drona. They too fled in fear to the ten directions, O Rama.

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 9.53.26f*0311_01–03 (its first line is printed as a lacuna).

Verse 30 (9.55.30)

दुर्योधनो हते सैन्ये विद्रुतेषु पदातिषु । ह्रदं द्वैपायनं नाम विवेश भृशदुःखितः ॥

duryodhano hate sainye vidruteṣu padātiṣu | hradaṃ dvaipāyanaṃ nāma viveśa bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ

When his army was slain and his foot-soldiers had fled, Duryodhana, in deep distress, entered the lake called Dvaipayana.

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

Verse 31 (9.55.31)

शयानं धार्तराष्ट्रं तु सलिले स्तम्भिते तदा । पाण्डवाः सह कृष्णेन वाग्भिरुग्राभिरार्दयन् ॥

śayānaṃ dhārtarāṣṭraṃ tu salile stambhite tadā | pāṇḍavāḥ saha kṛṣṇena vāgbhirugrābhirārdayan

As Dhritarashtra’s son lay in the water, which he had made still, the Pandavas with Krishna tormented him with harsh words.

Verse 32 (9.55.32)

स तुद्यमानो बलवान्वाग्भी राम समन्ततः । उत्थितः स ह्रदाद्वीरः प्रगृह्य महतीं गदाम् ॥

sa tudyamāno balavānvāgbhī rāma samantataḥ | utthitaḥ sa hradādvīraḥ pragṛhya mahatīṃ gadām

Stung on every side by those words, O Rama, the mighty hero rose from the lake, grasping his great mace.

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

Verse 33 (9.55.33)

स चाप्युपागतो योद्धुं भीमेन सह साम्प्रतम् । भविष्यति तयोरद्य युद्धं राम सुदारुणम् ॥

sa cāpyupāgato yoddhuṃ bhīmena saha sāmpratam | bhaviṣyati tayoradya yuddhaṃ rāma sudāruṇam

And he has now come to fight Bhima; this very day a most terrible battle will take place between the two, O Rama.

Verse 34 (9.55.34)

यदि कौतूहलं तेऽस्ति व्रज माधव मा चिरम् । पश्य युद्धं महाघोरं शिष्ययोर्यदि मन्यसे ॥

yadi kautūhalaṃ te'sti vraja mādhava mā ciram | paśya yuddhaṃ mahāghoraṃ śiṣyayoryadi manyase

If you are curious, go, O Madhava, without delay. See the dreadful battle of your two pupils, if you think fit.”

Verse 35 (9.55.35)

नारदस्य वचः श्रुत्वा तानभ्यर्च्य द्विजर्षभान् । सर्वान्विसर्जयामास ये तेनाभ्यागताः सह । गम्यतां द्वारकां चेति सोऽन्वशादनुयायिनः ॥

nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā tānabhyarcya dvijarṣabhān | sarvānvisarjayāmāsa ye tenābhyāgatāḥ saha | gamyatāṃ dvārakāṃ ceti so'nvaśādanuyāyinaḥ

Hearing Narada’s words, he honoured those best of the twice-born and dismissed all who had come with him, ordering his followers: “Go to Dvaraka.”

Verse 36 (9.55.36)

सोऽवतीर्याचलश्रेष्ठात्प्लक्षप्रस्रवणाच्छुभात् । ततः प्रीतमना रामः श्रुत्वा तीर्थफलं महत् । विप्राणां सन्निधौ श्लोकमगायदिममच्युतः ॥

so'vatīryācalaśreṣṭhātplakṣaprasravaṇācchubhāt | tataḥ prītamanā rāmaḥ śrutvā tīrthaphalaṃ mahat | viprāṇāṃ sannidhau ślokamagāyadimamacyutaḥ

Then, glad at heart on hearing of the great merit of that tirtha, Rama came down from that best of mountains, the holy Plakshaprasravana, and in the presence of the brahmins the unfailing one sang this verse:

Note on the text: Corrected प्रीतमनाः रामः → प्रीतमना रामः (misprint in Wikisource; spurious visarga before रामः; the critical edition reads prītamanā rāmaḥ). Corrected श्रुता → श्रुत्वा (misprint in Wikisource; the absolutive is श्रुत्वा; the critical edition reads śrutvā).

Verse 37 (9.55.37)

सरस्वतीवाससमा कुतो रतिः । सरस्वतीवाससमाः कुतो गुणाः । सरस्वतीं प्राप्य दिवं गता जनाः । सदा स्मरिष्यन्ति नदीं सरस्वतीम् ॥

sarasvatīvāsasamā kuto ratiḥ | sarasvatīvāsasamāḥ kuto guṇāḥ | sarasvatīṃ prāpya divaṃ gatā janāḥ | sadā smariṣyanti nadīṃ sarasvatīm

“Where is delight equal to dwelling on the Sarasvati? Where are virtues equal to dwelling on the Sarasvati? Those who go to heaven through the Sarasvati will always remember the river Sarasvati.

Note on the text: Speaker: the verse sung by Rama (introduced in verse 36); the same for verse 38 (the input carried Vaishampayana over).

Verse 38 (9.55.38)

सरस्वती सर्वनदीषु पुण्या । सरस्वती लोकशुभावहा सदा । सरस्वतीं प्राप्य जनाः सुदुष्कृतं । सदा न शोचन्ति परत्र चेह च ॥

sarasvatī sarvanadīṣu puṇyā | sarasvatī lokaśubhāvahā sadā | sarasvatīṃ prāpya janāḥ suduṣkṛtaṃ | sadā na śocanti paratra ceha ca

The Sarasvati is the holiest among all rivers; the Sarasvati always brings good to the world. Having reached the Sarasvati, people do not grieve, whatever their great sins, in the next world or in this.”

Note on the text: Recension variant of the critical edition’s 9.53.35 (suduṣkṛtāḥ for सुदुष्कृतं).

Verse 39 (9.55.39)

ततो मुहुर्मुहुः प्रीत्या प्रेक्षमाणः सरस्वतीम् । हयैर्युक्तं रथं शुभ्रमारुरोह परन्तपः ॥

tato muhurmuhuḥ prītyā prekṣamāṇaḥ sarasvatīm | hayairyuktaṃ rathaṃ śubhramāruroha parantapaḥ

Then, looking at the Sarasvati again and again with affection, the scorcher of foes mounted his bright chariot yoked with horses.

Verse 40 (9.55.40)

स शीघ्रगामिना तेन रथेन यदुपुङ्गवः । दिदृक्षुरभिसम्प्राप्तः शिष्ययुद्धमुपस्थितम् ॥

sa śīghragāminā tena rathena yadupuṅgavaḥ | didṛkṣurabhisamprāptaḥ śiṣyayuddhamupasthitam

On that swift chariot the bull of the Yadus, eager to see, arrived where the duel of his two pupils was about to begin.

Note on the text: Corrected शिष्ययुद्वमुपस्थितम् → शिष्ययुद्धमुपस्थितम् (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध).

Verse 41 (9.55.41)

एवं तदभवद्युद्धं तुमुलं जनमेजय । यत्र दुःखान्वितो राजा धृतराष्ट्रोऽब्रवीदिदम् ॥

evaṃ tadabhavadyuddhaṃ tumulaṃ janamejaya | yatra duḥkhānvito rājā dhṛtarāṣṭro'bravīdidam

So that tumultuous battle came about, O Janamejaya, at which King Dhritarashtra, in his distress, spoke these words:

Note on the text: Corrected तदभवद्युद्वं → तदभवद्युद्धं (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for द्ध). Corrected जनमेजयं → जनमेजय (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara on the vocative; the critical edition reads janamejaya).

Verse 42 (9.55.42)

रामं सन्निहितं श्रुत्वा गदायुद्ध उपस्थिते । मम पुत्रः कथं भीमं प्रत्ययुध्यत सञ्जय ॥

rāmaṃ sannihitaṃ śrutvā gadāyuddha upasthite | mama putraḥ kathaṃ bhīmaṃ pratyayudhyata sañjaya

“Sanjaya, when I heard that Rama was present and a mace-fight was about to begin, how did my son meet Bhima in battle?”

Note on the text: Corrected राम सन्निहितं → रामं सन्निहितं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara — रामम् is the object of सन्निहितं श्रुत्वा; the critical edition reads rāmaṃ saṃnihitaṃ). Recension variant of the critical edition’s 9.54.2 (श्रुत्वा for dṛṣṭvā).