Bhima Breaks Duryodhana's Thighs

Verse 1 (9.59.1)

समुदीर्णं ततो दृष्ट्वा सङ्ग्रामं कुरुमुख्ययोः । अब्रवीदर्जुनस्तत्र वासुदेवं यशस्विनम् ॥

samudīrṇaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā saṅgrāmaṃ kurumukhyayoḥ | abravīdarjunastatra vāsudevaṃ yaśasvinam

Then, seeing the battle between the two chiefs of the Kurus grow fierce, Arjuna said to the glorious Vasudeva:

Note on the text: Speaker: the page's heading before this verse (9-59-1x) is misspelt "सञ्चय उवाच" (the input carried the misspelling); the verse is Sanjaya's narration ("Arjuna said to Vasudeva"), so the speaker is सञ्जय. Recension variant against CE 9.57.1c: "abravīd arjunas tatra" for "athābravīd arjunas tu" (kept).

Verse 2 (9.59.2)

अनयोर्वीरयोर्युद्धे को ज्यायान्भवतो मतः । कस्य वा को गुणो ज्यायानेतद्वद जनार्दन ॥

anayorvīrayoryuddhe ko jyāyānbhavato mataḥ | kasya vā ko guṇo jyāyānetadvada janārdana

In the fight between these two heroes, which do you think the better? And which has the greater quality? Tell me this, Janardana.

Note on the text: Speaker: Arjuna's own question, answering the narration of the previous verse; the page prints no heading for it (the input carried the heading before verse 1 over to this verse), so given to अर्जुन. Line 2: "jyāyān" for CE "bhūyān" (variant kept).

Verse 3 (9.59.3)

उपदेशोऽनयोस्तुल्यो भीमस्तु बलवत्तरः । कृती यत्नपरस्त्वेष धार्तराष्ट्रो वृकोदरात् ॥

upadeśo'nayostulyo bhīmastu balavattaraḥ | kṛtī yatnaparastveṣa dhārtarāṣṭro vṛkodarāt

In instruction the two are equal, but Bhima is the stronger. Dhritarashtra's son, however, is the more skilled, and more earnest in effort than Vrikodara.

Note on the text: Line 2: "kṛtī yatnaparas tv eṣa" for CE "kṛtayatnataras tv eṣa" (variant kept).

Verse 4 (9.59.4)

भीमसेनस्तु धर्मेण युध्यमानो न जेष्यति । अन्यायेन तु युध्यन्वै हन्यादेव सुयोधनम् ॥

bhīmasenastu dharmeṇa yudhyamāno na jeṣyati | anyāyena tu yudhyanvai hanyādeva suyodhanam

Fighting by the rules of dharma, Bhimasena will not win; but fighting unfairly, he can certainly kill Suyodhana.

Note on the text: Line 2: "hanyād eva" for CE "hanyād eṣa" (variant kept).

Verse 5 (9.59.5)

मायया निर्जिता देवैरसुरा इति नः श्रुतम् । विरोचनस्तु शक्रेण मायया निर्जितः स वै ॥

māyayā nirjitā devairasurā iti naḥ śrutam | virocanastu śakreṇa māyayā nirjitaḥ sa vai

We have heard that the asuras were defeated by the gods through deceit, and Virochana was defeated by Shakra through deceit.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are CE 9.57.5a and 5c (line 2: "nirjitaḥ sa vai" for CE "nirjitaḥ sakhe", a variant kept); the CE's 5e is the next verse.

Verse 6 (9.59.6)

मायया चाक्षिपत्तेजो वृत्रस्य बलसूदनः । तस्मान्मायामयं वीर आतिष्ठतु वृकोदरः ॥

māyayā cākṣipattejo vṛtrasya balasūdanaḥ | tasmānmāyāmayaṃ vīra ātiṣṭhatu vṛkodaraḥ

And by deceit the slayer of Bala took away Vritra's vigour. Therefore let Vrikodara, O hero, resort to a course of deceit.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 9.57.5e; line 2 corresponds to the CE star passage 9.57.5f*0333_01 ("tasmān māyāmayaṃ bhīma ātiṣṭhatu parākramam"; Wikisource "vīra ātiṣṭhatu vṛkodaraḥ", a variant kept). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 7 (9.59.7)

प्रतिज्ञातं च भीमेन द्यूतकाले धनञ्जय । ऊरू भेत्स्यामि ते सङ्ख्ये गदयेति सुयोधनम् ॥

pratijñātaṃ ca bhīmena dyūtakāle dhanañjaya | ūrū bhetsyāmi te saṅkhye gadayeti suyodhanam

And at the time of the dice-play, Dhananjaya, Bhima made this vow about Suyodhana: "I shall break your thighs in battle with my club."

Note on the text: Line 1: "ca bhīmena" for CE "tu bhīmena" (variant kept).

Verse 8 (9.59.8)

सोऽयं प्रतिज्ञां तां चापि पारयत्वरिकर्शनः । मायाविनं तु राजानं माययैव निकृन्ततु ॥

so'yaṃ pratijñāṃ tāṃ cāpi pārayatvarikarśanaḥ | māyāvinaṃ tu rājānaṃ māyayaiva nikṛntatu

Let that scourge of his foes fulfil that vow too, and let him cut down by deceit the deceitful king.

Note on the text: Line 1: "pārayatv arikarśanaḥ" for CE "pārayitvārikarśanaḥ", and line 2 "tu rājānaṃ" for "ca rājānaṃ" (variants kept).

Verse 9 (9.59.9)

यद्येष बलमास्थाय न्यायेन प्रहरिष्यति । विषमस्थस्ततो राजा भविष्यति युधिष्ठिरः ॥

yadyeṣa balamāsthāya nyāyena prahariṣyati | viṣamasthastato rājā bhaviṣyati yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

If he relies on strength and strikes fairly, King Yudhishthira will be in a perilous position.

Verse 10 (9.59.10)

पुनरेव तु वक्ष्यामि पाण्डवेय निबोध मे । धर्मराजापराधेन भयं नः पुनरागतम् ॥

punareva tu vakṣyāmi pāṇḍaveya nibodha me | dharmarājāparādhena bhayaṃ naḥ punarāgatam

I shall tell you something more, son of Pandu; listen to me. Through the fault of Dharmaraja danger has come to us again.

Note on the text: Line 1: "punar eva tu vakṣyāmi pāṇḍaveya" for CE "punar eva ca vakṣyāmi pāṇḍavedaṃ" (variant kept).

Verse 11 (9.59.11)

कृत्वा हि सुमहत्कर्म हत्वा भीष्ममुखान्कुरून् । जयः प्राप्तो यशः प्राग्र्यं वैरं च प्रतियातितम् । तदेवं विजयः प्राप्तः पुनः संशयितः कृतः ॥

kṛtvā hi sumahatkarma hatvā bhīṣmamukhānkurūn | jayaḥ prāpto yaśaḥ prāgryaṃ vairaṃ ca pratiyātitam | tadevaṃ vijayaḥ prāptaḥ punaḥ saṃśayitaḥ kṛtaḥ

Having done the very great deed of slaying the Kurus led by Bhishma, we gained victory and supreme fame, and our enmity was repaid; yet the victory so won has been made doubtful again.

Note on the text: Three lines, as the page prints them (9-59-11a–c); they are CE 9.57.10a, 10c, 10e. Line 2: "yaśaḥ prāgryaṃ" for CE "yaśaś cāgryaṃ" (variant kept).

Verse 12 (9.59.12)

अबुद्धिरेषां महती धर्मराजस्य पाण्डव । यदेकविजये वीर पणितं कृतमीदृशम् ॥

abuddhireṣāṃ mahatī dharmarājasya pāṇḍava | yadekavijaye vīra paṇitaṃ kṛtamīdṛśam

This is a great folly of Dharmaraja, son of Pandu, that he staked such a wager on victory in a single combat.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are CE 9.57.11a and 11c; the CE's 11e is the next verse. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 13 (9.59.13)

सुयोधनः कृती वीर एकायनगतस्तथा ॥

suyodhanaḥ kṛtī vīra ekāyanagatastathā

Suyodhana is a skilled hero, and he has staked everything on one course.

Note on the text: Single line, as printed (9-59-13a): CE 9.57.11e, the third line of the three-line verse of which the previous verse holds the first two. Not a lost half-verse. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 14 (9.59.14)

अपि चोशनसा गीतः श्रूयतेऽयं पुरातनः । श्लोकस्तत्त्वार्थसहितस्तन्मे निगदतः शृणु ॥

api cośanasā gītaḥ śrūyate'yaṃ purātanaḥ | ślokastattvārthasahitastanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu

Moreover, an ancient verse sung by Ushanas is heard, full of the truth of the matter; hear it from me as I recite it.

Verse 15 (9.59.15)

पुनरावर्तमानानां भग्नानां जीवितैषिणाम् । भेतव्यमरिशेषाणामेकायनगता हि ते ॥

punarāvartamānānāṃ bhagnānāṃ jīvitaiṣiṇām | bhetavyamariśeṣāṇāmekāyanagatā hi te

"Those who turn back again after being broken, eager to live, are to be feared by the remnants of a foe; for they have taken the one path."

Note on the text: The page's gloss reads the genitive "ariśeṣāṇām" as having the sense of an ablative ("from the remnants of a foe"); the translation follows the plain construction of the verse as a warning to the foe's remnants.

Verse 16 (9.59.16)

साहसोत्पतितानां च निराशानां च जीविते । न शक्यमग्रतः स्थातुं शक्रेणापि धनञ्जय ॥

sāhasotpatitānāṃ ca nirāśānāṃ ca jīvite | na śakyamagrataḥ sthātuṃ śakreṇāpi dhanañjaya

"No one can stand before those who have sprung up in desperation, hopeless of life, not even Shakra himself, Dhananjaya."

Note on the text: Removed the square brackets that the page prints round this verse. Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 9.57.13d*0336_01–02, printed after 9.57.13 (the lines agree). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 17 (9.59.17)

सुयोधनमिमं भग्नं हतसैन्यं ह्रदं गतम् । पराजितं वनप्रेप्सुं निराशं राज्यलम्भने । कोऽन्विष्य संयुगे प्राज्ञः पुनर्द्वन्द्वे समाह्वयेत् ॥

suyodhanamimaṃ bhagnaṃ hatasainyaṃ hradaṃ gatam | parājitaṃ vanaprepsuṃ nirāśaṃ rājyalambhane | ko'nviṣya saṃyuge prājñaḥ punardvandve samāhvayet

This Suyodhana is broken, his army slain, gone into the lake, defeated, wishing for the forest, hopeless of winning the kingdom. What wise man, seeking him out in battle, would challenge him again to a single combat?

Note on the text: Corrected हदं → ह्रदं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ्र; the critical edition reads hradaṃ). Three lines, as the page prints them (9-59-17a–c): lines 1–2 are CE 9.57.14a and 14c; line 3 is CE 9.57.15a (Wikisource "ko 'nvicya saṃyuge prājñaḥ" for CE "ko nv eṣa saṃyuge prājñaḥ", a variant kept). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 18 (9.59.18)

अपि नो निर्जितं राज्यं न हरेत सुयोधनः । यस्त्रयोदशवर्षाणि गदया कृतनिश्रमः । चरत्यूर्ध्वं च तिर्यक्च भीमसेनजिघांसया ॥

api no nirjitaṃ rājyaṃ na hareta suyodhanaḥ | yastrayodaśavarṣāṇi gadayā kṛtaniśramaḥ | caratyūrdhvaṃ ca tiryakca bhīmasenajighāṃsayā

Might not Suyodhana even take back the kingdom we have won, he who for thirteen years has worked at the club without tiring, moving up and across in his wish to kill Bhimasena?

Note on the text: Corrected तिर्यक्व → तिर्यक्च (misprint in Wikisource; व for च; the critical edition reads tiryak ca). Corrected भीमसेनिघांसया → भीमसेनजिघांसया (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ज; the critical edition reads bhīmasenajighāṃsayā). Three lines, as the page prints them (9-59-18a–c): CE 9.57.15c, 16a, 16c. Line 1: "api no nirjitaṃ rājyaṃ" for CE "api vo nirjitaṃ rājyaṃ" (variant kept). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 19 (9.59.19)

एनं चेन्न महाबाहुरन्यायेन हनिष्यति । एष वः कौरवो राजा धार्तराष्ट्रो भविष्यति ॥

enaṃ cenna mahābāhuranyāyena haniṣyati | eṣa vaḥ kauravo rājā dhārtarāṣṭro bhaviṣyati

If the mighty-armed one does not kill him by unfair means, this Kaurava king, Dhritarashtra's son, will be your king.

Note on the text: Line 1: "enaṃ cen na" for CE "evaṃ cen na" (variant kept).

Verse 20 (9.59.20)

धनञ्जयस्तु श्रुत्वैतत्केशवस्य महात्मनः । प्रेक्षतो भीमसेनस्य सव्यमूरुमताडयत् ॥

dhanañjayastu śrutvaitatkeśavasya mahātmanaḥ | prekṣato bhīmasenasya savyamūrumatāḍayat

Hearing this from the great-souled Keshava, Dhananjaya struck his own left thigh, with Bhimasena watching.

Note on the text: Heading 9-59-20x (सञ्जय उवाच) precedes this verse. Line 2: "savyam ūrum atāḍayat" for CE "hastenorum atāḍayat" (variant kept).

Verse 21 (9.59.21)

गृह्य संज्ञां ततो भीमो गदया व्यचरद्रणे । मण्डलानि विचित्राणि यमकानीतराणि च ॥

gṛhya saṃjñāṃ tato bhīmo gadayā vyacaradraṇe | maṇḍalāni vicitrāṇi yamakānītarāṇi ca

Understanding the signal, Bhima then moved about in the fight with his club, in wondrous circles, in paired and other turns,

Verse 22 (9.59.22)

दक्षिणं मण्डलं सव्यं गोमूत्रिकमथापि च । व्यचरत्पाण्डवो राजन्नरिं सम्मोहयन्निव ॥

dakṣiṇaṃ maṇḍalaṃ savyaṃ gomūtrikamathāpi ca | vyacaratpāṇḍavo rājannariṃ sammohayanniva

in right-hand circles and left-hand ones, and in the zigzag "cow's-urine" track; the Pandava moved about, O king, as though bewildering his foe.

Note on the text: Line 1: "gomūtrikam" for CE "gomūtrakam" (variant kept).

Verse 23 (9.59.23)

तथैव तव पुत्रोऽपि गदामार्गविशारदः । व्यचरल्लघु चित्रं च भीमसेनजिघांसया ॥

tathaiva tava putro'pi gadāmārgaviśāradaḥ | vyacarallaghu citraṃ ca bhīmasenajighāṃsayā

In the same way your son too, skilled in the ways of the club, moved about nimbly and in varied fashion, wishing to kill Bhimasena.

Verse 24 (9.59.24)

आधुन्वन्तौ गदे घोरे चन्दनागरुरूषिते । वैरस्यान्तं परीप्सन्तौ रणे क्रुद्धाविवान्तकौ ॥

ādhunvantau gade ghore candanāgarurūṣite | vairasyāntaṃ parīpsantau raṇe kruddhāvivāntakau

Whirling their dreadful clubs, smeared with sandal and aloe, each seeking the end of their enmity, they were like two angry Deaths in the battle.

Verse 25 (9.59.25)

अन्योन्यं तौ जिघांसन्तौ प्रवीरौ पुरुषर्षभौ । युयुधाते गरुत्मन्तौ यथा नागामिषैषिणौ ॥

anyonyaṃ tau jighāṃsantau pravīrau puruṣarṣabhau | yuyudhāte garutmantau yathā nāgāmiṣaiṣiṇau

Each wishing to kill the other, those two foremost heroes, best of men, fought like two Garudas eager for the flesh of a serpent.

Verse 26 (9.59.26)

मण्डलानि विचित्राणि चरतोर्नृपभीमयोः । गदासम्पातजास्तत्र प्रजज्ञुः पावकार्चिषः ॥

maṇḍalāni vicitrāṇi caratornṛpabhīmayoḥ | gadāsampātajāstatra prajajñuḥ pāvakārciṣaḥ

As the king and Bhima moved in wondrous circles, sparks of fire were born there from the clash of their clubs.

Note on the text: Corrected बिचित्राणि → विचित्राणि (misprint in Wikisource; ब for व; the critical edition reads vicitrāṇi).

Verse 27 (9.59.27)

समं प्रहरतोस्तत्र शूरयोर्बलिनोर्मृधे । क्षुब्धयोर्वायुना राजन्द्वयोरिव समुद्रयोः ॥

samaṃ praharatostatra śūrayorbalinormṛdhe | kṣubdhayorvāyunā rājandvayoriva samudrayoḥ

As those two mighty heroes struck with equal force in the fight, O king, they were like two oceans lashed by the wind.

Verse 28 (9.59.28)

तयोः प्रहरतोस्तुल्यं मत्तकुञ्जरयोरिव । गदानिर्घातसंह्रादः प्रहाराणामजायत ॥

tayoḥ praharatostulyaṃ mattakuñjarayoriva | gadānirghātasaṃhrādaḥ prahārāṇāmajāyata

As they struck with equal force, like two rutting elephants, a roar of crashing clubs arose from their blows.

Note on the text: Corrected सं हादः → संह्रादः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray space and a dropped ्र; the critical edition reads saṃhrādaḥ).

Verse 29 (9.59.29)

तस्मिंस्तदा सम्प्रहारे दारुणे सङ्कुले भृशम् । उभावपि परिश्रान्तौ युध्यमानावरिन्दमौ ॥

tasmiṃstadā samprahāre dāruṇe saṅkule bhṛśam | ubhāvapi pariśrāntau yudhyamānāvarindamau

In that terrible and crowded exchange of blows, both tamers of their foes grew weary as they fought.

Verse 30 (9.59.30)

तौ मुहूर्ते समाश्वस्य पुनरेव परन्तप । अभ्यहारयतां क्रुद्धौ प्रगृह्य महती गदे ॥

tau muhūrte samāśvasya punareva parantapa | abhyahārayatāṃ kruddhau pragṛhya mahatī gade

After resting a moment, O scorcher of foes, the two, enraged, took up their great clubs and attacked each other again.

Note on the text: Line 1: "muhūrte … parantapa" for CE "muhūrtaṃ … paraṃtapau" (variant kept).

Verse 31 (9.59.31)

तयोः समभवद्युद्धं घोररूपमसंवृतम् । गदानिपातै राजेन्द्र तक्षतोर्वै परस्परम् ॥

tayoḥ samabhavadyuddhaṃ ghorarūpamasaṃvṛtam | gadānipātai rājendra takṣatorvai parasparam

Then a fearful, unchecked battle took place between them, O king of kings, as they hacked at each other with blows of their clubs.

Verse 32 (9.59.32)

समरे प्रद्रुतौ तौ तु वृषभाक्षौ तरस्विनौ । अन्योन्यं जघ्नतुर्वीरौ पङ्कस्थौ महिषाविव ॥

samare pradrutau tau tu vṛṣabhākṣau tarasvinau | anyonyaṃ jaghnaturvīrau paṅkasthau mahiṣāviva

Charging at each other in the fight, those two mighty, bull-eyed heroes struck one another like two buffaloes in a swamp.

Note on the text: Line 1: "samare pradrutau" for CE "vyāyāmapradrutau" (variant kept).

Verse 33 (9.59.33)

जर्झरीकृतसर्वाङ्गौ रुधिरेणाभिसंप्लुतौ । ददृशाते हिमवति पुष्पिताविव किंशुकौ ॥

jarjharīkṛtasarvāṅgau rudhireṇābhisaṃplutau | dadṛśāte himavati puṣpitāviva kiṃśukau

With their whole bodies cut to pieces and drenched in blood, they looked like two flowering kimshuka trees on the Himalaya.

Note on the text: Line 1: "jarjharīkṛta-" for CE "jarjarīkṛta-" (a spelling variant of the same word, kept).

Verse 34 (9.59.34)

दुर्योधनस्तु पार्थेन विवरे सम्प्रदर्शिते । ईषदुत्स्मयमानस्तु सहसा प्रससार ह ॥

duryodhanastu pārthena vivare sampradarśite | īṣadutsmayamānastu sahasā prasasāra ha

When Bhima, son of Pritha, showed an opening, Duryodhana, smiling slightly, suddenly pressed forward.

Note on the text: Recension variant against CE 9.57.32: "duryodhanas tu pārthena vivare sampradarśite" for "duryodhanena pārthas tu vivare saṃpradarśite" (Wikisource's reading kept; the page's gloss records "sahasaivābhisārita" as a manuscript reading of the second line).

Verse 35 (9.59.35)

तमभ्याशगतं प्राज्ञः क्षणे प्रेक्ष्य वृकोदरः । अवाक्षिपद्गदां तस्मिन्वेगेन महता बली ॥

tamabhyāśagataṃ prājñaḥ kṣaṇe prekṣya vṛkodaraḥ | avākṣipadgadāṃ tasminvegena mahatā balī

Seeing him come within reach, the wise and mighty Vrikodara hurled his club at him at that moment with great force.

Note on the text: Corrected बती → बली (misprint in Wikisource; ती for ली; the critical edition reads balī). Line 1: "prājñaḥ kṣaṇe" for CE "prājño raṇe" (variant kept).

Verse 36 (9.59.36)

अवक्षेपं तु तं दृष्ट्वा पुत्रस्तव विशाम्पते । अपासर्पत्ततः स्थानात्सा मोघा न्यपतद्भुवि ॥

avakṣepaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā putrastava viśāmpate | apāsarpattataḥ sthānātsā moghā nyapatadbhuvi

Seeing that throw, your son, O lord of the people, stepped back from the spot, and the club fell uselessly to the ground.

Verse 37 (9.59.37)

मोक्षयित्वा प्रहारं तं सुतस्तव सुसम्भ्रमात् । भीमसेनं च गदया प्राहरत्कुरुसत्तम ॥

mokṣayitvā prahāraṃ taṃ sutastava susambhramāt | bhīmasenaṃ ca gadayā prāharatkurusattama

Having evaded that blow in great haste, your son, O best of the Kurus, struck Bhimasena with his club.

Note on the text: Line 1: "susambhramāt" for CE "sa saṃbhramāt" (variant kept).

Verse 38 (9.59.38)

तस्य विस्यन्दमानेन रुधिरेणामितौजसः । प्रहारगुरुपाताच्च मूर्छेव समजायत ॥

tasya visyandamānena rudhireṇāmitaujasaḥ | prahāragurupātācca mūrcheva samajāyata

From the blood streaming from him, of immeasurable might, and from the heavy fall of the blow, something like a swoon came over him.

Note on the text: Corrected गुरुपाताच → गुरुपाताच्च (misprint in Wikisource; dropped च्; the critical edition reads pātāc ca).

Verse 39 (9.59.39)

तन्नावुध्यत पुत्रस्ते पीडितं पाण्डवं रणे । धारयामास भीमोऽपि शरीरमतिपीडितम् ॥

tannāvudhyata putraste pīḍitaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ raṇe | dhārayāmāsa bhīmo'pi śarīramatipīḍitam

Your son did not notice that the Pandava was hurt in the fight, and Bhima steadied his gravely hurt body.

Note on the text: Recension variant against CE 9.57.37a: "tan nāvudhyata putras te" for "duryodhanas taṃ ca veda" (Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 40 (9.59.40)

अमन्यत स्थितं ह्येनं प्रहरिष्यन्तमाहवे । अतो न प्राहरत्तस्मै पुनरेव तवात्मजः ॥

amanyata sthitaṃ hyenaṃ prahariṣyantamāhave | ato na prāharattasmai punareva tavātmajaḥ

Thinking that he stood ready to strike him in the fight, your son therefore did not strike him again.

Verse 41 (9.59.41)

ततो मुहूर्तमाश्वस्य दुर्योधनमुपस्थितम् । वेगेनाभ्ययतद्राजन्गदामादाय पाण्डवः ॥

tato muhūrtamāśvasya duryodhanamupasthitam | vegenābhyayatadrājangadāmādāya pāṇḍavaḥ

Then, having rested a moment, the Pandava took his club and rushed with speed at Duryodhana, who stood before him, O king.

Note on the text: Corrected मुहूर्तनाश्वस्य → मुहूर्तमाश्वस्य (misprint in Wikisource; न for म; the critical edition reads muhūrtam āśvasya). Corrected देगेना → वेगेना (misprint in Wikisource; द for व; the critical edition reads vegenā). Recension variants against CE 9.57.39: "upasthitam" for "avasthitam", and line 2 "gadām ādāya pāṇḍavaḥ" (with "abhyayatat") for "bhīmasenaḥ pratāpavān" (with "abhyadravat") (Wikisource's reading kept).

Verse 42 (9.59.42)

तमापतन्तं सम्प्रेक्ष्य संरब्धममितौजसम् । मोघमस्य प्रहारं तं चिकीर्षुर्भरतर्षभ ॥

tamāpatantaṃ samprekṣya saṃrabdhamamitaujasam | moghamasya prahāraṃ taṃ cikīrṣurbharatarṣabha

Seeing him come at him, furious and of immeasurable might, and wishing to make that blow of his fail, O best of the Bharatas,

Note on the text: Corrected संरब्धगमितौजसम् → संरब्धममितौजसम् (misprint in Wikisource; ग for म; the critical edition reads saṃrabdham amitaujasam). Corrected मोधमस्य → मोघमस्य (misprint in Wikisource; ध for घ; the critical edition reads mogham).

Verse 43 (9.59.43)

अवस्थाने मतिं कृत्वा पुत्रस्तव महामनाः । इयेषोत्पतितुं राजञ्छलयिष्यन्वृकोदरम् ॥

avasthāne matiṃ kṛtvā putrastava mahāmanāḥ | iyeṣotpatituṃ rājañchalayiṣyanvṛkodaram

your high-minded son, resolving to hold his ground and then spring up, wished to leap, meaning to cheat Vrikodara.

Note on the text: Corrected अवस्याने → अवस्थाने (misprint in Wikisource; स for स्थ; the critical edition reads avasthāne). Corrected पुत्रन्तव → पुत्रस्तव (misprint in Wikisource; न्त for स्त; the critical edition reads putras tava).

Verse 44 (9.59.44)

अबुध्यद्भीमसेनस्तु राज्ञस्तस्य चिकीर्षितम् । अथास्य समभिद्रुत्य समुत्पत्य च सिंहवत् ॥

abudhyadbhīmasenastu rājñastasya cikīrṣitam | athāsya samabhidrutya samutpatya ca siṃhavat

Bhimasena saw through that king's design. Then he rushed at him and sprang up like a lion,

Note on the text: Corrected अचास्य → अथास्य (misprint in Wikisource; च for थ; the critical edition reads athāsya). Corrected सममिद्रुत्य → समभिद्रुत्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped भ; the critical edition reads samabhidrutya). Line 2: "samutpatya" for CE "samutkramya" (variant kept).

Verse 45 (9.59.45)

सृत्या वञ्चयतो राजन्पुनरेवोत्पतिष्यतः । ऊरुभ्यां प्राहिणोद्राजन्गदां वेगेन पाण्डवः ॥

sṛtyā vañcayato rājanpunarevotpatiṣyataḥ | ūrubhyāṃ prāhiṇodrājangadāṃ vegena pāṇḍavaḥ

and, as the other was about to leap up again, deceiving him by a feint, O king, the Pandava hurled his club at his thighs with great force.

Note on the text: Corrected सत्या → सृत्या (misprint in Wikisource; ऋ dropped; the critical edition reads sṛtyā (the page's gloss records "dhṛtyā" as a manuscript reading)). Corrected वञ्चवतो → वञ्चयतो (misprint in Wikisource; dropped य; the critical edition reads vañcayato).

Verse 46 (9.59.46)

सा वज्रनिष्पेषसमा प्रहिता भीमकर्मणा । ऊरू दुर्योधनस्याथ बभञ्ज प्रियदर्शनौ ॥

sā vajraniṣpeṣasamā prahitā bhīmakarmaṇā | ūrū duryodhanasyātha babhañja priyadarśanau

That club, hurled by Bhima of terrible deeds, like the crash of a thunderbolt, broke the beautiful thighs of Duryodhana.

Verse 47 (9.59.47)

स पपात नरव्याघ्रो वसुधामनुनादयन् । भग्नोरुर्भीमसेनेन पुत्रस्तव महीपते ॥

sa papāta naravyāghro vasudhāmanunādayan | bhagnorurbhīmasenena putrastava mahīpate

That tiger among men fell, making the earth resound, his thighs broken by Bhimasena, your son, O lord of the earth.

Verse 48 (9.59.48)

ववुर्वाताः सनिर्घाताः पांसुवर्षं पपात च । चचाल पृथिवी चापि सवृक्षक्षुपपर्वता ॥

vavurvātāḥ sanirghātāḥ pāṃsuvarṣaṃ papāta ca | cacāla pṛthivī cāpi savṛkṣakṣupaparvatā

Winds blew with crashes, dust rained down, and the earth shook, with its trees, shrubs and mountains.

Verse 49 (9.59.49)

तस्मिन्निपतिते वीरे पत्यौ सर्वमहीक्षिताम् । महास्वना पुनर्दीप्ता सनिर्घाता भयङ्करी । पपात चोल्का महती पतिते पृथिवीपतौ ॥

tasminnipatite vīre patyau sarvamahīkṣitām | mahāsvanā punardīptā sanirghātā bhayaṅkarī | papāta colkā mahatī patite pṛthivīpatau

When that hero, the lord of all kings, had fallen, a great meteor, blazing, thundering, dreadful and loud-roaring, fell again as the lord of the earth fell.

Note on the text: Three lines, as the page prints them (9-59-49a–c): CE 9.57.47a, 47c, 47e.

Verse 50 (9.59.50)

तथा शोणितवर्षं च पांसुवर्षं च भारत । ववर्ष मघवांस्तत्र तव पुत्रे निपातिते ॥

tathā śoṇitavarṣaṃ ca pāṃsuvarṣaṃ ca bhārata | vavarṣa maghavāṃstatra tava putre nipātite

And Indra poured down a rain of blood and a rain of dust there, O Bharata, when your son was felled.

Verse 51 (9.59.51)

यक्षाणां राक्षसानां च पिशाचानां तथैव च । अन्तरिक्षे महान्नादस्तत्र भारत शुश्रुवे ॥

yakṣāṇāṃ rākṣasānāṃ ca piśācānāṃ tathaiva ca | antarikṣe mahānnādastatra bhārata śuśruve

A great cry of yakshas, rakshasas and pishachas was heard there in the sky, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Line 2: "antarikṣe mahān nādas tatra bhārata śuśruve" for CE "antarikṣe mahānādaḥ śrūyate bharatarṣabha" (variant kept).

Verse 52 (9.59.52)

तेन शब्देन घोरेण मृगाणामथ पक्षिणाम् । जज्ञे घोरतरः शब्दो बहूनां सर्वतोदिशम् ॥

tena śabdena ghoreṇa mṛgāṇāmatha pakṣiṇām | jajñe ghorataraḥ śabdo bahūnāṃ sarvatodiśam

At that dreadful sound, a still more dreadful clamour arose from beasts and birds, many of them, on every side.

Note on the text: Line 2: "ghorataraḥ" for CE "ghoratamaḥ" (variant kept).

Verse 53 (9.59.53)

ये तत्र वाजिनः शेषा गजाश्च मनुजैः सह । मुमुचुस्ते महानादं तव पुत्रे निपातिते ॥

ye tatra vājinaḥ śeṣā gajāśca manujaiḥ saha | mumucuste mahānādaṃ tava putre nipātite

The horses that were left there, and the elephants with the men, raised a great cry when your son was felled.

Verse 54 (9.59.54)

भेरीशङ्खमृदङ्गानामभवच्च स्वनो महान् । अन्तर्भूमिगतश्चैव तव पुत्रे निपातिते ॥

bherīśaṅkhamṛdaṅgānāmabhavacca svano mahān | antarbhūmigataścaiva tava putre nipātite

And a great sound of kettledrums, conches and drums arose, even from within the earth, when your son was felled.

Note on the text: Corrected बेरीशङ्ख → भेरीशङ्ख (misprint in Wikisource; ब for भ; the critical edition reads bherī-).

Verse 55 (9.59.55)

बहुपादैर्बहुभुजैः कबन्धैर्घोरदर्शनैः । नृत्यद्भिर्भयदैर्व्याप्ता दिशस्तत्राभवन्नृप ॥

bahupādairbahubhujaiḥ kabandhairghoradarśanaiḥ | nṛtyadbhirbhayadairvyāptā diśastatrābhavannṛpa

The quarters were filled, O king, with headless trunks of fearful look, with many feet and many arms, dancing and spreading terror.

Note on the text: Removed the opening square bracket (an editor's mark closed after the next verse). CE 9.57.53 (the CE has these two verses in its main text; the brackets are Wikisource's).

Verse 56 (9.59.56)

ध्वजवन्तोऽस्त्रवन्तश्च शस्त्रवन्तस्तथैव च । प्राकम्पन्त ततो राजंस्तव पुत्रे निपातिते ॥

dhvajavanto'stravantaśca śastravantastathaiva ca | prākampanta tato rājaṃstava putre nipātite

Those bearing banners, missiles and weapons trembled then, O king, when your son was felled.

Note on the text: Removed the closing square bracket (an editor's mark opened in the previous verse). CE 9.57.54.

Verse 57 (9.59.57)

ह्रदाः कूपाश्च रुधिरमुद्वेमुर्नृपसत्तम । नद्यश्च सुमहावेगाः प्रतिस्रोतोवहाऽभवन् ॥

hradāḥ kūpāśca rudhiramudvemurnṛpasattama | nadyaśca sumahāvegāḥ pratisrotovahā'bhavan

Lakes and wells spewed up blood, O best of kings, and rivers in great flood ran against their currents.

Note on the text: Corrected हदाः → ह्रदाः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ्र; the critical edition reads hradāḥ).

Verse 58 (9.59.58)

पुल्लिङ्गा इव नार्यस्तु स्त्रीलिङ्गाः पुरुषाऽभवन् । दुर्योधने तदा राजन्पतिते तनये तव ॥

pulliṅgā iva nāryastu strīliṅgāḥ puruṣā'bhavan | duryodhane tadā rājanpatite tanaye tava

Women seemed to take on male marks and men female marks, O king, when Duryodhana, your son, was felled.

Verse 59 (9.59.59)

दृष्ट्वा तानद्भुतोत्पातान्पाञ्चालाः पाण्डवैः सह । आविग्नमनसः सर्वे बभूवुर्भरतर्षभ ॥

dṛṣṭvā tānadbhutotpātānpāñcālāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha | āvignamanasaḥ sarve babhūvurbharatarṣabha

Seeing those marvellous portents, the Panchalas with the Pandavas, O best of the Bharatas, were all troubled in mind.

Verse 60 (9.59.60)

ययुर्देवा यथाकामं गन्धर्वाप्सरसस्तथा । कथयन्तोऽद्भुतं युद्धं सुतयोस्तव भारत ॥

yayurdevā yathākāmaṃ gandharvāpsarasastathā | kathayanto'dbhutaṃ yuddhaṃ sutayostava bhārata

The gods, gandharvas and apsarases went away as they pleased, speaking of the marvellous fight of your two sons, O Bharata.

Verse 61 (9.59.61)

तथैव सिद्धा राजेन्द्र तथा वातिकचारणाः । नरसिंहौ प्रशंसन्तौ विप्रजग्मुर्यथागतम् ॥

tathaiva siddhā rājendra tathā vātikacāraṇāḥ | narasiṃhau praśaṃsantau viprajagmuryathāgatam

In the same way the siddhas, O king of kings, and the Vatikas and Charanas, praising the two lions among men, departed as they had come.