Duryodhana and Bhima Take the Field at Samantapanchaka

Verse 1 (9.56.1)

रामसान्निध्यमागम्य पुत्रो दुर्योधनस्तव । योद्धुकामो महाबाहुः समहृष्यत वीर्यवान् ॥

rāmasānnidhyamāgamya putro duryodhanastava | yoddhukāmo mahābāhuḥ samahṛṣyata vīryavān

Having come into Rama's presence, your son Duryodhana, the mighty-armed and valiant, rejoiced, eager to fight.

Verse 2 (9.56.2)

दृष्ट्वा लाङ्गलिनं राजा प्रत्युत्थाय च भारत । प्रीत्या परमया युक्तो युधिष्ठिरमथाब्रवीत् ॥

dṛṣṭvā lāṅgalinaṃ rājā pratyutthāya ca bhārata | prītyā paramayā yukto yudhiṣṭhiramathābravīt

Seeing the wielder of the plough, the king rose to meet him, O Bharata, and, filled with great joy, said to Yudhishthira:

Note on the text: Removed the footnote asterisk after प्रीत्या. It points to the page's footnote that the manuscript झ has five verses in place of this line (printed after the colophon, not added here); the critical edition has those lines as its star passage 9.54.4c*0313_01–09.

Verse 3 (9.56.3)

समन्तपञ्चकं पुण्यमितो याम विशाम्पते । प्रथितोत्तरवेदी सा देवलोके प्रजापतेः ॥

samantapañcakaṃ puṇyamito yāma viśāmpate | prathitottaravedī sā devaloke prajāpateḥ

"Let us go from here to holy Samantapanchaka, O lord of men — that renowned northern altar of Prajapati in the world of the gods.

Verse 4 (9.56.4)

तस्मिन्महापुण्यतमे त्रैलोक्यस्य सनातने । सङ्ग्रामे निधनं प्राप्य ध्रुवं स्वर्गं गमिष्यसि ॥

tasminmahāpuṇyatame trailokyasya sanātane | saṅgrāme nidhanaṃ prāpya dhruvaṃ svargaṃ gamiṣyasi

In that most sacred and everlasting place of the three worlds, meeting your death in battle, you will surely go to heaven."

Verse 5 (9.56.5)

तथेत्युक्त्वा महाराज कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । समन्तपञ्चकं वीरः प्रायादभिमुखः प्रभुः ॥

tathetyuktvā mahārāja kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | samantapañcakaṃ vīraḥ prāyādabhimukhaḥ prabhuḥ

Saying "So be it," O great king, Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, the heroic lord, set out toward Samantapanchaka.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 6 (9.56.6)

ततो दुर्योधनो राजा प्रगृह्य महतीं गदाम् । पद्भ्याममर्षी द्युतिमानगच्छत्पाण्डवैः सह ॥

tato duryodhano rājā pragṛhya mahatīṃ gadām | padbhyāmamarṣī dyutimānagacchatpāṇḍavaiḥ saha

Then King Duryodhana, taking up his huge mace, went on foot with the Pandavas, radiant and full of wrath.

Note on the text: Corrected पद्ध्याम् → पद्भ्याम् (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads padbhyām). Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 7 (9.56.7)

तथा यान्तं गदाहस्तं वर्मणा चापि दंशितम् । अन्तरिक्षचरा देवाः साधुसाध्वित्यपूजयन् ॥

tathā yāntaṃ gadāhastaṃ varmaṇā cāpi daṃśitam | antarikṣacarā devāḥ sādhusādhvityapūjayan

As he went thus, mace in hand and armoured in mail, the gods who move through the sky honoured him, crying, "Well done! Well done!"

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment. Lines are CE 9.54.9a and 9.54.9c (antarikṣagatā in the critical edition where the vulgate has अन्तरिक्षचरा; recension variant). The critical edition's verse has a third line (9e), which is verse 8 here. Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 8 (9.56.8)

वादकाश्च नरास्तत्र दृष्ट्वा ते हर्षमागताः ॥

vādakāśca narāstatra dṛṣṭvā te harṣamāgatāḥ

And the men there who played instruments, seeing him, were filled with joy.

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment. A single line on the page (9-56-8a); it corresponds to CE 9.54.9e (vātikāś ca narā ye 'tra dṛṣṭvā te harṣam āgatāḥ). The vulgate reads वादकाः where the critical edition has vātikāḥ; the page's footnote cites a manuscript reading वातिकाश्चारणा ये तु. Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 9 (9.56.9)

स पाण्डवैः परिवृतः कुरुराजस्तवात्मजः । मत्तस्येव गजेन्द्रस्य गतिमास्थाय सोऽव्रजत् ॥

sa pāṇḍavaiḥ parivṛtaḥ kururājastavātmajaḥ | mattasyeva gajendrasya gatimāsthāya so'vrajat

Surrounded by the Pandavas, your son the king of the Kurus moved on with the gait of a maddened lord of elephants.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 10 (9.56.10)

ततः शङ्खनिनादैश्च भेरीणां च महास्वनैः । सिंहनादैश्च शूराणां दिशः सर्वाः प्रपूरिताः ॥

tataḥ śaṅkhaninādaiśca bherīṇāṃ ca mahāsvanaiḥ | siṃhanādaiśca śūrāṇāṃ diśaḥ sarvāḥ prapūritāḥ

Then with the blare of conches, the great thunder of kettledrums and the lion-roars of the heroes, all the quarters were filled.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 11 (9.56.11)

ततस्ते तु कुरुक्षेत्रं प्राप्ता नरवरोत्तमाः । प्रतीच्यभिमुखं देशं यथोद्दिष्टं सुतेन ते । दक्षिणेन सरस्वत्याः स्वयनं तीर्थमुत्तमम् ॥

tataste tu kurukṣetraṃ prāptā naravarottamāḥ | pratīcyabhimukhaṃ deśaṃ yathoddiṣṭaṃ sutena te | dakṣiṇena sarasvatyāḥ svayanaṃ tīrthamuttamam

Then those best of men reached Kurukshetra — the western-facing spot just as your son had marked it out, south of the Sarasvati, at the excellent sacred ford called Svayana.

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment. Three lines on the page (9-56-11a, b, c). Line 1 is not in the constituted text; it is the CE star passage 9.54.11d*0314_01 (tatas te tu kurukṣetraṃ prāptā naravarottamāḥ). Line 2 is CE 9.54.12a and line 3 is CE 9.54.13a. Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 12 (9.56.12)

तस्मिन्देशे त्वनिरिणे ते तु युद्धमरोचयन् ॥

tasmindeśe tvaniriṇe te tu yuddhamarocayan

On that ground, free of barren saline soil, they resolved to fight.

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment. A single line on the page (9-56-12a); it is CE 9.54.13c (tasmin deśe tv aniriṇe tatra yuddham arocayan). Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 13 (9.56.13)

ततो भीमो महाकोटिं गदां गृह्याथ वर्मभृत् । बिभ्रद्रूपं महाराज सदृशं हि गरुत्मतः ॥

tato bhīmo mahākoṭiṃ gadāṃ gṛhyātha varmabhṛt | bibhradrūpaṃ mahārāja sadṛśaṃ hi garutmataḥ

Then Bhima, putting on his armour and taking up his great-headed mace, O great king, assumed a form like that of Garuda.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 14 (9.56.14)

अवबद्धशिरस्त्राणः शुद्धकाञ्चनवर्मभृत् । रराज राजन्पुत्रस्ते काञ्चनः शैलराडिव ॥

avabaddhaśirastrāṇaḥ śuddhakāñcanavarmabhṛt | rarāja rājanputraste kāñcanaḥ śailarāḍiva

With his helmet bound on and wearing armour of pure gold, your son, O king, shone like the golden king of mountains.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 15 (9.56.15)

तौ तथा सङ्गतौ वीरौ भीमदुर्योधनावुभौ । संयुगे सम्प्रकाशेते संरब्धाविव कुञ्जरौ ॥

tau tathā saṅgatau vīrau bhīmaduryodhanāvubhau | saṃyuge samprakāśete saṃrabdhāviva kuñjarau

So met in battle, those two heroes, Bhima and Duryodhana, shone like two enraged elephants.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 16 (9.56.16)

रथमण्डलमध्यस्थौ भ्रातरौ तौ नरर्षभौ । अशोभेतां महाराज चन्द्रसूर्याविवोदितौ ॥

rathamaṇḍalamadhyasthau bhrātarau tau nararṣabhau | aśobhetāṃ mahārāja candrasūryāvivoditau

Standing within the ring of chariots, those two brothers, bulls among men, shone, O great king, like the moon and the sun risen together.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 17 (9.56.17)

तावन्योन्यं निरीक्षेतां क्रुद्धाविव महोरगौ । दहन्तौ लोचनै राजन्परस्परवधैषिणौ ॥

tāvanyonyaṃ nirīkṣetāṃ kruddhāviva mahoragau | dahantau locanai rājanparasparavadhaiṣiṇau

They gazed at each other like two angry great serpents, O king, burning each other with their eyes, each bent on the other's death.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 18 (9.56.18)

संप्रहृष्टमना राजन्गदामादाय कौरवः । सृक्विणी संलिहन्राजन्क्रोधरक्तेक्षणः श्वसन् ॥

saṃprahṛṣṭamanā rājangadāmādāya kauravaḥ | sṛkviṇī saṃlihanrājankrodharaktekṣaṇaḥ śvasan

The Kaurava, glad in mind, took up his mace, O king, licking the corners of his mouth, his eyes red with anger, hissing.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 19 (9.56.19)

ततो दुर्योधनो राजन्गदामादाय वीर्यवान् । भीमसेनमभिप्रेक्ष्य गजो गजमिवाह्वयत् ॥

tato duryodhano rājangadāmādāya vīryavān | bhīmasenamabhiprekṣya gajo gajamivāhvayat

Then, O king, valiant Duryodhana, taking up his mace, looked at Bhimasena and called him out as one elephant calls another.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 20 (9.56.20)

अद्रिसारमयीं भीमस्तथैवादाय वीर्यवान् । आह्वयामास नृपतिं सिंहः सिंहं यथा वने ॥

adrisāramayīṃ bhīmastathaivādāya vīryavān | āhvayāmāsa nṛpatiṃ siṃhaḥ siṃhaṃ yathā vane

Valiant Bhima likewise took up his mace made of the essence of mountains and called out to the king, as a lion calls to a lion in the forest.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 21 (9.56.21)

तावुद्यतगदापाणी दुर्योधनवृकोदरौ । संयुगे सम्प्रकाशेतां गिरी सशिखराविव ॥

tāvudyatagadāpāṇī duryodhanavṛkodarau | saṃyuge samprakāśetāṃ girī saśikharāviva

With maces upraised in their hands, Duryodhana and Vrikodara shone in the battle like two mountains with their peaks.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 22 (9.56.22)

तावुभौ समतिक्रुद्धावुभौ भीमपराक्रमौ । उभौ शिष्यौ गदायुद्धे रौहिणेयस्य धीमतः ॥

tāvubhau samatikruddhāvubhau bhīmaparākramau | ubhau śiṣyau gadāyuddhe rauhiṇeyasya dhīmataḥ

Both were exceedingly enraged, both of fearsome prowess, both pupils in mace-fighting of the wise son of Rohini.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 23 (9.56.23)

उभौ सदृशकर्माणौ वरुणस्य महाबलौ । वासुदेवस्य रामस्य तथा वैश्रवणस्य च ॥

ubhau sadṛśakarmāṇau varuṇasya mahābalau | vāsudevasya rāmasya tathā vaiśravaṇasya ca

Both of great strength, they were equal in deeds to Varuna, to Vasudeva, to Rama and to Vaishravana.

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment. Lines are the second line of CE 9.54.24 (tathā sadṛśakarmāṇau varuṇasya mahābalau; the vulgate has ubhau for tathā) and the first line of 9.54.25 (vāsudevasya rāmasya tathā vaiśravaṇasya ca). Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 24 (9.56.24)

सदृशौ तौ महाराज मधुकैटभयोरपि । उभौ सदृशकर्माणौ तथा सुन्दोपसुन्दयोः ॥

sadṛśau tau mahārāja madhukaiṭabhayorapi | ubhau sadṛśakarmāṇau tathā sundopasundayoḥ

They were alike, O great king, to Madhu and Kaitabha, and equal in deeds to Sunda and Upasunda,

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment. Lines are the second line of CE 9.54.25 (sadṛśau tau mahārāja madhukaiṭabhayor yudhi; the vulgate has अपि for yudhi) and the first line of 9.54.26 (ubhau sadṛśakarmāṇau raṇe sundopasundayoḥ). Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 25 (9.56.25)

रामरावणयोश्चैव वालिसुग्रीवयोस्तथा । तथैव कालस्य समौ मृत्योश्चैव परन्तपौ ॥

rāmarāvaṇayoścaiva vālisugrīvayostathā | tathaiva kālasya samau mṛtyoścaiva parantapau

to Rama and Ravana, to Vali and Sugriva, and likewise equal to Time and to Death — both of them scorchers of foes.

Note on the text: Removed the square brackets that Wikisource prints around line 1. Line 1 is not in the critical edition's constituted text; it is its star passage 9.54.26b*0315_01 (rāmarāvaṇayoś caiva vālisugrīvayos tathā). Line 2 is CE 9.54.26c. Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 26 (9.56.26)

अन्योन्यमभिधावन्तौ मत्ताविव महाद्विपौ । वासितासङ्गमे दृप्तौ शरदीव मदोत्कटौ ॥

anyonyamabhidhāvantau mattāviva mahādvipau | vāsitāsaṅgame dṛptau śaradīva madotkaṭau

Rushing at each other like two great maddened elephants, proud and swollen with rut at their meeting with a cow-elephant in the autumn,

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 27 (9.56.27)

उभौ क्रोधविषं दीप्तं वमन्तावुरगाविव । अन्योन्यमभिसंरब्धौ प्रेक्षमाणावरिन्दमौ ॥

ubhau krodhaviṣaṃ dīptaṃ vamantāvuragāviva | anyonyamabhisaṃrabdhau prekṣamāṇāvarindamau

both spitting the blazing venom of wrath like two serpents, furious with each other, glaring at one another, tamers of foes,

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment. Lines are the second line of CE 9.54.28 (ubhau krodhaviṣaṃ dīptaṃ vamantāv uragāv iva) and the first line of 9.54.29 (anyonyam abhisaṃrabdhau prekṣamāṇāv ariṃdamau). The first line of CE 9.54.28 (mattāv iva jigīṣantau …) is not on the page. Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 28 (9.56.28)

उभौ भरतशार्दूलौ विक्रमेण समन्वितौ । सिंहाविव दुराधर्षौ गदायुद्धविशारदौ ॥

ubhau bharataśārdūlau vikrameṇa samanvitau | siṃhāviva durādharṣau gadāyuddhaviśāradau

both tigers of the Bharatas, endowed with prowess, unassailable as lions, skilled in the mace-fight,

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment. Lines are the second line of CE 9.54.29 (ubhau bharataśārdūlau vikrameṇa samanvitau) and the first line of 9.54.30 (siṃhāv iva durādharṣau gadāyuddhe paraṃtapau; the vulgate has गदायुद्धविशारदौ for gadāyuddhe paraṃtapau, a recension variant). Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 29 (9.56.29)

नखदंष्ट्रायुधौ वीरौ व्याघ्राविव दुरुत्सहौ । प्रजासंहरणे क्षुब्धौ समुद्राविव दुस्तरौ ॥

nakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhau vīrau vyāghrāviva durutsahau | prajāsaṃharaṇe kṣubdhau samudrāviva dustarau

heroes whose weapons were claws and fangs, as hard to withstand as two tigers, as hard to cross as two oceans stirred at the destruction of the world,

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment. Lines are the second line of CE 9.54.30 (nakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhau vīrau vyāghrāv iva durutsahau) and the first line of 9.54.31 (prajāsaṃharaṇe kṣubdhau samudrāv iva dustarau). Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 30 (9.56.30)

लोहिताङ्गाविव क्रुद्धौ प्रतपन्तौ महारथौ । पूर्वपश्चिमजौ मेघौ प्रेक्षमाणावरिन्दमौ ॥

lohitāṅgāviva kruddhau pratapantau mahārathau | pūrvapaścimajau meghau prekṣamāṇāvarindamau

great warriors, blazing in their anger like two red-bodied planets (two Marses), like two clouds risen in the east and the west, gazing at each other, tamers of foes,

Note on the text: Removed the square bracket that opens line 2 (the page opens a bracketed passage here, closed in verse 35). Line 1 is CE 9.54.31c. Line 2 is not in the constituted text; its first half (pūrvapaścimajau meghau) is the CE star passage 9.54.31d*0316_01, whose second half reads vāyunā kṣubhitau yathā; the vulgate's second half (prekṣamāṇāv ariṃdamau) repeats CE 9.54.29a. Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 31 (9.56.31)

गर्जमानौ सुविषमं क्षरन्तौ प्रावृषीव हि । रश्मियुक्तौ महात्मानौ दीप्तिमन्तौ महाबलौ ॥

garjamānau suviṣamaṃ kṣarantau prāvṛṣīva hi | raśmiyuktau mahātmānau dīptimantau mahābalau

roaring fearfully and pouring down as in the rainy season, shining like rays, great-souled, brilliant, of great strength.

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment. Line 1 (garjamānau suviṣamaṃ kṣarantau prāvṛṣīva hi) is not in the constituted text; it is the CE star passage 9.54.31d*0316_02. Line 2 corresponds to CE 9.54.32a (raśmimantau … for the vulgate's रश्मियुक्तौ; recension variant). The page's bracketed passage continues through this verse. Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 32 (9.56.32)

ददृशाते कुरुश्रेष्ठौ कालसूर्याविवोदितौ । व्याघ्राविव सुसंरब्धौ गर्जन्ताविवतोयदौ ॥

dadṛśāte kuruśreṣṭhau kālasūryāvivoditau | vyāghrāviva susaṃrabdhau garjantāvivatoyadau

Those two best of the Kurus looked like two suns of the world's end risen, like two enraged tigers, like two thundering clouds.

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment. Lines are CE 9.54.32c and 9.54.33a (vyāghrāv iva susaṃrabdhau garjantāv iva toyadau). Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 33 (9.56.33)

जहृषाते महाबाहू सिंहकेसरिणाविव । गजाविव सुसंरब्धौ ज्वलिताविव पावकौ ॥

jahṛṣāte mahābāhū siṃhakesariṇāviva | gajāviva susaṃrabdhau jvalitāviva pāvakau

The two mighty-armed ones rejoiced like two maned lions, like two enraged elephants, like two blazing fires.

Note on the text: Corrected महाबाहु → महाबाहू (misprint in Wikisource; the word is a dual nominative and needs the long ऊ; the critical edition reads mahābāhū). Not matched by the automatic alignment. Lines are CE 9.54.33c (siṃhau kesariṇāv iva in the critical edition; recension variant) and 9.54.34a. Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 34 (9.56.34)

ददृशाते महात्मानौ सशृङ्गाविव पर्वतौ । रोषात्प्रस्फुरमाणोष्ठौ निरीक्षन्तौ परस्परम् ॥

dadṛśāte mahātmānau saśṛṅgāviva parvatau | roṣātprasphuramāṇoṣṭhau nirīkṣantau parasparam

Those two great-souled ones looked like two horned mountains, their lips quivering with rage, staring at each other.

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment. Lines are CE 9.54.34c (dadṛśus tau mahātmānau …; the vulgate has ददृशाते महात्मानौ, a recension variant) and 9.54.35a. Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 35 (9.56.35)

तौ समेतौ महात्मानौ गदाहस्तौ नरोत्तमौ । उभौ परमसंहृष्टावुभौ परमसम्मतौ ॥

tau sametau mahātmānau gadāhastau narottamau | ubhau paramasaṃhṛṣṭāvubhau paramasammatau

Those two great-souled best of men met, mace in hand, both exceedingly delighted, both highly esteemed.

Note on the text: Removed the closing square bracket and the stray danda after नरोत्तमौ (the page prints "नरोत्तमौ।]"); this closes the bracketed passage that opens in verse 30. Not matched by the automatic alignment. Lines are CE 9.54.35c (tau sametau mahātmānau gadāhastau narottamau) and 9.54.36a. Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 36 (9.56.36)

सदश्वाविव हेषन्तौ बृंहन्ताविव कुञ्जरौ । वृषभाविव गर्जन्तौ दुर्योधनवृकोदरौ । दैत्याविव बलोन्मत्तौ रेजतुस्तौ नरोत्तमौ ॥

sadaśvāviva heṣantau bṛṃhantāviva kuñjarau | vṛṣabhāviva garjantau duryodhanavṛkodarau | daityāviva balonmattau rejatustau narottamau

Neighing like fine horses, trumpeting like elephants, bellowing like bulls, Duryodhana and Vrikodara, those best of men, shone like two Daityas mad with strength.

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment. Three lines on the page (9-56-36a, b, c); they are CE 9.54.36c and the two lines of 9.54.37 (a, c). Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 37 (9.56.37)

ततो दुर्योधनो राजन्निदमाह युधिष्ठिरम् । सृञ्जयैः सह तिष्ठन्तं तपन्तमिव भास्करम् ॥

tato duryodhano rājannidamāha yudhiṣṭhiram | sṛñjayaiḥ saha tiṣṭhantaṃ tapantamiva bhāskaram

Then, O king, Duryodhana spoke these words to Yudhishthira, who stood with the Srinjayas, blazing like the sun:

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 38 (9.56.38)

इदं व्यवसितं युद्धं मम भीमस्य चोभयोः । उपोपविष्टाः पश्यध्वं विमर्दं नृपसत्तमाः ॥

idaṃ vyavasitaṃ yuddhaṃ mama bhīmasya cobhayoḥ | upopaviṣṭāḥ paśyadhvaṃ vimardaṃ nṛpasattamāḥ

"This battle has been resolved on between me and Bhima, the two of us. Sit down close by, O best of kings, and watch our clash."

Verse 39 (9.56.39)

ततः समुपविष्टं तत्सुमहद्राजमण्डलम् । विराजमानं ददृशे दिवीवादित्यमण्डलम् ॥

tataḥ samupaviṣṭaṃ tatsumahadrājamaṇḍalam | virājamānaṃ dadṛśe divīvādityamaṇḍalam

Then that vast assembly of kings sat down, shining like the circle of the sun in the sky.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 40 (9.56.40)

तेषां मध्ये महाबाहुः श्रीमान्केशवपूर्वजः । उपविष्टो महाराज पूज्यमानः समन्ततः ॥

teṣāṃ madhye mahābāhuḥ śrīmānkeśavapūrvajaḥ | upaviṣṭo mahārāja pūjyamānaḥ samantataḥ

In their midst sat the glorious, mighty-armed elder brother of Keshava, O great king, honoured on every side.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 41 (9.56.41)

शुशुभे राजमध्यस्थो नीलवासाः सितप्रभः । नक्षत्रैरिव सम्पूर्णो वृतो निशि निशाकरः ॥

śuśubhe rājamadhyastho nīlavāsāḥ sitaprabhaḥ | nakṣatrairiva sampūrṇo vṛto niśi niśākaraḥ

Clad in blue and fair in radiance, he shone in the midst of the kings like the full moon surrounded by stars in the night.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 42 (9.56.42)

तौ तथा तु महाराज गदाहस्तौ सुदुःसहौ । अन्योन्यं वाग्भिरुग्राभिस्तक्षमाणौ व्यवस्थितौ ॥

tau tathā tu mahārāja gadāhastau suduḥsahau | anyonyaṃ vāgbhirugrābhistakṣamāṇau vyavasthitau

The two, mace in hand and hard to bear, stood thus, O great king, lashing each other with fierce words.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.

Verse 43 (9.56.43)

अप्रियाणि ततोऽन्योन्यमुक्त्वा तौ कुरुसत्तमौ । उदीक्षन्तौ स्थितौ तत्र वृत्रशक्रौ यथाऽऽहवे ॥

apriyāṇi tato'nyonyamuktvā tau kurusattamau | udīkṣantau sthitau tatra vṛtraśakrau yathā''have

Having spoken unkind words to each other, those two best of the Kurus stood looking at one another, like Vritra and Shakra in battle.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya's narration; the heading before verse 3 is Duryodhana's own speech, and the input had carried Duryodhana over to every later verse.