Duryodhana's Last Message

Verse 1 (9.65.1)

अधिष्ठितः पदा मूर्ध्नि भग्नसक्थो महीं गतः । शौटीर्यमानी पुत्रो मे किमभाषत सञ्जय ॥

adhiṣṭhitaḥ padā mūrdhni bhagnasaktho mahīṃ gataḥ | śauṭīryamānī putro me kimabhāṣata sañjaya

With his foot set upon his head, his thighs broken, fallen to the ground — what did my son, who thought himself so heroic, say, Sanjaya?

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: the page is the right adhyaya (its rows are labelled 9-65-1 to 9-65-43 and the colophon reads पञ्चषष्टितमोऽध्यायः । 65); its text is the critical edition's 9.63 (43 verses), and the input agrees with the raw page's table row for row. The two heading lines above the table (सञ्जयेन धृतराष्ट्रंप्रति दुर्योधनविलापप्रकारकथनम् । 1 and वादिकैरश्वत्थाम्नि दुर्योधनपातननिवेदनम् । 2) are chapter-summary headings, not verses. Only a gloss list follows the colophon (comments on 9-65-1, 16, 20, 30 and 38, and the adhyaya name); there is no second text block, no पाठान्तर block and no stray verse of the next parva, and nothing from it is added. Speakers: the page heads only Dhritarashtra (verses 1-2) and Sanjaya (3 onward); Duryodhana's own speech (verses 7-39) carries no heading and is given to him, with the narration in verses 30 and 40-43 staying with Sanjaya.

Verse 2 (9.65.2)

अत्यर्थं कोपनो राजा जातवैरश्च पाण्डुषु । व्यसनं परमं प्राप्तः किमाह परमाहवे ॥

atyarthaṃ kopano rājā jātavairaśca pāṇḍuṣu | vyasanaṃ paramaṃ prāptaḥ kimāha paramāhave

The king was exceedingly wrathful and had long borne enmity toward the Pandavas. Fallen into the deepest calamity in that great battle, what did he say?

Note on the text: Corrected जावैरश्च → जातवैरश्च (misprint in Wikisource; the त is dropped, जातवैर 'who has conceived enmity' is the evident word and the critical edition reads jātavairaś ca).

Verse 3 (9.65.3)

शृणु राजन्प्रवक्ष्यामि यथावृत्तं नराधिप । राज्ञा यदुक्तं मग्नेन तस्मिन्व्यसनसागरे ॥

śṛṇu rājanpravakṣyāmi yathāvṛttaṃ narādhipa | rājñā yaduktaṃ magnena tasminvyasanasāgare

Listen, O king, O lord of men, and I will tell you just as it happened what the king said when he was sunk in that sea of misfortune.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya (the page heads his reply at 9-65-3x, as does the critical edition).

Verse 4 (9.65.4)

भग्नसक्थो नृपो राजन्पांसुना सोऽवकुण्ठितः । यमयन्मूर्धजांस्तत्र वीक्ष्य चैव दिशो दश ॥

bhagnasaktho nṛpo rājanpāṃsunā so'vakuṇṭhitaḥ | yamayanmūrdhajāṃstatra vīkṣya caiva diśo daśa

With his thighs broken, O king, the king lay covered with dust; he gathered up his hair and looked around in all ten directions.

Verse 5 (9.65.5)

केशान्नियस्य यत्नेन निःश्वसन्नुरगो यथा । संरम्भाश्रुपरीताभ्यां नेत्राभ्यामभिवीक्ष्य माम् ॥

keśānniyasya yatnena niḥśvasannurago yathā | saṃrambhāśruparītābhyāṃ netrābhyāmabhivīkṣya mām

Having tied up his hair with effort, hissing like a snake, he looked at me with eyes brimming with tears of fury,

Note on the text: Corrected संरम्भाश्रुपरीताब्यां → संरम्भाश्रुपरीताभ्यां (misprint in Wikisource; the dual instrumental needs भ्यां, not ब्यां; the critical edition reads saṃrambhāśruparītābhyāṃ).

Verse 6 (9.65.6)

बाहू धरण्यां निष्पिष्य सुदुर्मत्त इव द्विपः । प्रकीर्णान्मूर्धजान्धुन्वन्दन्तैर्दन्तानुपस्पृशन् । गर्हयन्पाण्डवं ज्येष्ठं निःश्वस्येदमथाब्रवीत् ॥

bāhū dharaṇyāṃ niṣpiṣya sudurmatta iva dvipaḥ | prakīrṇānmūrdhajāndhunvandantairdantānupaspṛśan | garhayanpāṇḍavaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ niḥśvasyedamathābravīt

pounded the ground with his arms like an elephant in rut, shook his scattered hair, ground tooth against tooth, and, reproaching the eldest Pandava, sighed and then spoke these words:

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 differ slightly from CE 9.63.6 (Wikisource has सुदुर्मत्त where the CE has muhur matta in line 1); recension variant, Wikisource reading kept. Duryodhana's speech begins in verse 7; the page prints no heading for it.

Verse 7 (9.65.7)

भीष्मे शान्तनवे नाथे कर्णे शस्त्रभृतां वरे । गौतमे शकुनौ चापि द्रोणे चास्त्रभृतां वरे ॥

bhīṣme śāntanave nāthe karṇe śastrabhṛtāṃ vare | gautame śakunau cāpi droṇe cāstrabhṛtāṃ vare

When Bhishma son of Shantanu was my protector, and Karna, best of weapon-bearers, and Gautama and Shakuni, and Drona, best of those who bear arms,

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana. His speech begins here and runs to verse 39 (the page prints no heading; the critical edition prints none either, the speech following "athābravīt" in verse 6).

Verse 8 (9.65.8)

अश्वत्थाम्नि यथा शल्ये शूरे च कृतवर्मणि । अन्येष्वपि च शूरेषु न्यस्तभारो महात्मसु । इमामवस्थां प्राप्तोऽस्मि कालो हि दुरतिक्रमः ॥

aśvatthāmni yathā śalye śūre ca kṛtavarmaṇi | anyeṣvapi ca śūreṣu nyastabhāro mahātmasu | imāmavasthāṃ prāpto'smi kālo hi duratikramaḥ

and with Ashvatthama, Shalya, the brave Kritavarma and other great-souled heroes, upon whom I had laid my burden, I have come to this state. Time is truly hard to overcome.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 9.63.8a (with यथा for the CE's tathā); line 2 = the critical edition's star passage 9.63.8b*0387_01 (anyeṣv api ca śūreṣu nyastabhāro mahātmasu); line 3 = CE 9.63.8c. The alignment found no match only because of the added middle line. Speaker: Duryodhana.

Verse 9 (9.65.9)

एकादशचमूभर्ता सोऽहमेतां दशां गतः । कालं प्राप्य महाबाहो न कश्चिदतिवर्तते ॥

ekādaśacamūbhartā so'hametāṃ daśāṃ gataḥ | kālaṃ prāpya mahābāho na kaścidativartate

I, who was lord of eleven armies, have come to this state. Having reached his time, mighty-armed one, no one escapes it.

Verse 10 (9.65.10)

आख्यातव्यं मदीयानां येऽस्मिञ्जीवन्ति संयुगे । यथाऽहं भीमसेनेन व्युत्क्रम्य समयं हतः ॥

ākhyātavyaṃ madīyānāṃ ye'smiñjīvanti saṃyuge | yathā'haṃ bhīmasenena vyutkramya samayaṃ hataḥ

Tell my people who are still alive in this battle how I was killed by Bhimasena, who broke the agreement.

Note on the text: Lines carry on Duryodhana's speech; the CE has the same verse with minor variants only.

Verse 11 (9.65.11)

बहूनि सुनृशंसानि कृतानि खलु पाण्डवैः । भूरिश्रवसि कर्णे च भीष्मे द्रोणे च धीमति ॥

bahūni sunṛśaṃsāni kṛtāni khalu pāṇḍavaiḥ | bhūriśravasi karṇe ca bhīṣme droṇe ca dhīmati

The Pandavas have done many very cruel things — to Bhurishravas, to Karna, to Bhishma, and to the wise Drona.

Verse 12 (9.65.12)

इदं च गर्हितं कर्म नृशंसैः पाण्डवैः कृतम् । येन ते वाच्यतां सत्सु गमिष्यन्तीति मे मतिः ॥

idaṃ ca garhitaṃ karma nṛśaṃsaiḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ kṛtam | yena te vācyatāṃ satsu gamiṣyantīti me matiḥ

And this too is a blameworthy deed done by the cruel Pandavas; because of it, I think, they will be spoken ill of among good people.

Note on the text: Lines differ from CE 9.63.12 (Wikisource has गर्हितं कर्म and वाच्यतां सत्सु गमिष्यन्ति where the CE has cākīrtijaṃ karma and satsu nirvedaṃ gamiṣyanti); recension variant, Wikisource reading kept.

Verse 13 (9.65.13)

का प्रीतिः सत्वयुक्तस्य कृत्वोपाधिकृतं जयम् । को वा समयभेत्तारं बुधः सम्मन्तुमर्हति ॥

kā prītiḥ satvayuktasya kṛtvopādhikṛtaṃ jayam | ko vā samayabhettāraṃ budhaḥ sammantumarhati

What joy can a man of true goodness take in a victory won by trickery? And what wise man could approve of one who breaks the pact?

Verse 14 (9.65.14)

अधर्मेण जयं लब्ध्वा को नु हृष्येत पण्डितः । यथा संहृष्यते पापः पाण्डुपुत्रो वृकोदरः ॥

adharmeṇa jayaṃ labdhvā ko nu hṛṣyeta paṇḍitaḥ | yathā saṃhṛṣyate pāpaḥ pāṇḍuputro vṛkodaraḥ

Having won a victory through unrighteousness, what learned man would rejoice as the sinful Vrikodara, son of Pandu, rejoices?

Verse 15 (9.65.15)

किन्नु चित्रमितस्त्वद्य भग्नसक्थस्य यन्मम । क्रुद्धेन भीमसेनेन पादेन मृदितं शिरः ॥

kinnu citramitastvadya bhagnasakthasya yanmama | kruddhena bhīmasenena pādena mṛditaṃ śiraḥ

What wonder is it now that, with my thighs broken, my head was crushed under the foot of the enraged Bhimasena?

Verse 16 (9.65.16)

प्रतपन्तं श्रिया जुष्टं वर्तमानं च बन्धुषु । एवं कुर्यान्नरो यो हि स वै सञ्जय पूरुषः ॥

pratapantaṃ śriyā juṣṭaṃ vartamānaṃ ca bandhuṣu | evaṃ kuryānnaro yo hi sa vai sañjaya pūruṣaḥ

He who would do this to one who blazed with glory and lived among his kinsmen — he, Sanjaya, is indeed a man!

Note on the text: Corrected स़ञ्जय → सञ्जय (misprint in Wikisource; a stray nukta under the स). The Wikisource gloss records the manuscript reading सञ्जयपूजित (CE pūjitaḥ); the base text's पूरुषः is kept. Sarcastic: Duryodhana says that only such a man counts as a man.

Verse 17 (9.65.17)

अभिज्ञौ युद्धधर्मस्य मम माता पिता च यौ । तौ हि सञ्जय दुःखार्तौ विज्ञाप्यौ वचनाद्धि मे ॥

abhijñau yuddhadharmasya mama mātā pitā ca yau | tau hi sañjaya duḥkhārtau vijñāpyau vacanāddhi me

My mother and father, who both know the law of war, are stricken with grief, Sanjaya; they must be told this on my behalf.

Note on the text: Corrected वचनाद्वि → वचनाद्धि (misprint in Wikisource; द्व printed for the conjunct द्ध, so that हि "indeed" is restored). Lines differ from CE 9.63.17 (Wikisource has युद्धधर्मस्य and the particle हि where the CE has kṣatradharmasya and vacanān mama); recension variant, Wikisource reading kept.

Verse 18 (9.65.18)

इष्टं भृत्या भृताः सम्यग्भूः प्रशास्ता ससागरा । मूर्ध्नि स्थितममित्राणां जीवतामेव सञ्जय ॥

iṣṭaṃ bhṛtyā bhṛtāḥ samyagbhūḥ praśāstā sasāgarā | mūrdhni sthitamamitrāṇāṃ jīvatāmeva sañjaya

I have sacrificed; my servants were well maintained; the earth with its oceans was ruled by me; and, Sanjaya, I stood upon the heads of my enemies while they yet lived.

Note on the text: Corrected स़ञ्जय → सञ्जय (misprint in Wikisource; a stray nukta under the स).

Verse 19 (9.65.19)

दत्ता दाया यथाशक्ति मित्राणां च प्रियं कृतम् । अमित्रा बाधिताः सर्वे को नु स्वन्ततरो मया ॥

dattā dāyā yathāśakti mitrāṇāṃ ca priyaṃ kṛtam | amitrā bādhitāḥ sarve ko nu svantataro mayā

Gifts were given as far as I was able, and what pleased my friends was done; all my enemies were crushed. Who has a better end than I?

Verse 20 (9.65.20)

मानिता बान्धवाः सर्वे मान्यः सम्पूजितो जनः । त्रितयं सेवितं सर्वं को नु स्वन्ततरो मया ॥

mānitā bāndhavāḥ sarve mānyaḥ sampūjito janaḥ | tritayaṃ sevitaṃ sarvaṃ ko nu svantataro mayā

Kinsmen were honoured, the honourable were duly revered, and all three aims of life were pursued. Who has a better end than I?

Note on the text: Order: the input's verses 20-22 are the critical edition's 9.63.21, 9.63.22 and 9.63.20 in that order; Wikisource's order is kept. This verse = CE 9.63.21.

Verse 21 (9.65.21)

आज्ञप्तं नृपमुख्येषु मानः प्राप्तः सुदुर्लभः । आजानेयैस्तथा यातं को नु स्वन्ततरो मया ॥

ājñaptaṃ nṛpamukhyeṣu mānaḥ prāptaḥ sudurlabhaḥ | ājāneyaistathā yātaṃ ko nu svantataro mayā

My command was obeyed among the foremost kings, a most rare honour was won, and I rode upon noble steeds. Who has a better end than I?

Note on the text: This verse = CE 9.63.22 (see the order note on verse 20).

Verse 22 (9.65.22)

यातानि परराष्ट्राणि नृपा भुक्ताश्च दासवत् । प्रियेभ्यः प्रकृतं साधु को नु स्वन्ततरो मया ॥

yātāni pararāṣṭrāṇi nṛpā bhuktāśca dāsavat | priyebhyaḥ prakṛtaṃ sādhu ko nu svantataro mayā

I marched against the realms of my enemies, kings were made to serve me like slaves, and good was done to those dear to me. Who has a better end than I?

Note on the text: This verse = CE 9.63.20 (see the order note on verse 20).

Verse 23 (9.65.23)

अधीतं विधिवद्दत्तं प्राप्तमायुर्निरामयम् । स्वधर्मेण जिता लोकाः को नु स्वन्ततरो मया ॥

adhītaṃ vidhivaddattaṃ prāptamāyurnirāmayam | svadharmeṇa jitā lokāḥ ko nu svantataro mayā

I studied as the rule requires, I gave gifts, I lived a long life free of illness, and by my own duty I won the worlds. Who has a better end than I?

Verse 24 (9.65.24)

दिष्ट्या नाहं जितः सङ्ख्ये परान्प्रेष्यवदाश्रितः । दिष्ट्या मे विपुला लक्ष्मीर्मृते त्वन्यगता विभो ॥

diṣṭyā nāhaṃ jitaḥ saṅkhye parānpreṣyavadāśritaḥ | diṣṭyā me vipulā lakṣmīrmṛte tvanyagatā vibho

By good fortune I was not conquered in battle and made to wait on my enemies like a servant; by good fortune my vast prosperity has passed to another only with my death, lord.

Verse 25 (9.65.25)

यदिष्टं क्षत्रबन्धूनां स्वधर्ममनुतिष्ठताम् । निधनं तन्मया प्राप्तं को नु स्वन्ततरो मया ॥

yadiṣṭaṃ kṣatrabandhūnāṃ svadharmamanutiṣṭhatām | nidhanaṃ tanmayā prāptaṃ ko nu svantataro mayā

The death that kshatriyas desire, who keep to their own duty, I have obtained. Who has a better end than I?

Verse 26 (9.65.26)

दिष्ट्या नाहं परावृत्तो वैरात्प्राकृतवज्जितः । दिष्ट्या न विमतिं काञ्चिद्भजित्वा तु पराजितः ॥

diṣṭyā nāhaṃ parāvṛtto vairātprākṛtavajjitaḥ | diṣṭyā na vimatiṃ kāñcidbhajitvā tu parājitaḥ

By good fortune I did not turn back out of fear of an enemy, nor was I beaten like a common man; by good fortune I was not defeated after yielding to any wavering of heart.

Note on the text: Corrected प्राकृतवञ्जितः → प्राकृतवज्जितः (misprint in Wikisource; ञ printed for ज, the sandhi of प्राकृतवत् + जितः is -वज्जितः; the critical edition reads prākṛtavaj jitaḥ).

Verse 27 (9.65.27)

सुप्तं वाऽथ प्रमत्तं वा यथा हन्याद्विषेण वा । एवं व्युत्क्रान्तधर्मेण व्युत्क्रम्य समयं हतः ॥

suptaṃ vā'tha pramattaṃ vā yathā hanyādviṣeṇa vā | evaṃ vyutkrāntadharmeṇa vyutkramya samayaṃ hataḥ

As one might kill a man asleep or off his guard, or with poison, so I was killed by one who overstepped the law and broke the agreement.

Verse 28 (9.65.28)

अश्वत्थामा महाभागः कृतवर्मा च सात्वतः । कृपः शारद्वतश्चैव वक्तव्या वचनान्मम ॥

aśvatthāmā mahābhāgaḥ kṛtavarmā ca sātvataḥ | kṛpaḥ śāradvataścaiva vaktavyā vacanānmama

Ashvatthama, the illustrious, and Kritavarma of the Satvatas, and Kripa son of Sharadvat — these are to be told in my words:

Note on the text: Corrected अश्चत्थामा → अश्वत्थामा (misprint in Wikisource; च for व in the name Ashvatthama; the critical edition reads aśvatthāmā).

Verse 29 (9.65.29)

अधर्मेण प्रवृत्तानां पाण्डवानामनेकशः । विश्वासं समयघ्नानां न यूयं गन्तुमर्हथ ॥

adharmeṇa pravṛttānāṃ pāṇḍavānāmanekaśaḥ | viśvāsaṃ samayaghnānāṃ na yūyaṃ gantumarhatha

You should not put your trust in the Pandavas, who act again and again against dharma and break agreements.

Verse 30 (9.65.30)

वार्तिकांश्चाब्रवीद्राजा पुत्रस्ते सत्यविक्रमः । अधर्माद्भीमसेनेन निहतोऽहं यथा रणे ॥

vārtikāṃścābravīdrājā putraste satyavikramaḥ | adharmādbhīmasenena nihato'haṃ yathā raṇe

And your son, the king of true prowess, said to the messengers: I was killed in battle by Bhimasena through unrighteousness.

Note on the text: Speaker: line 1 is Sanjaya's narration and Duryodhana's words to the messengers begin in line 2 (no heading is printed); the verse stays with the narrator. Duryodhana speaks again from verse 31.

Verse 31 (9.65.31)

सोऽहं द्रोणं स्वर्गगतं कर्णशल्यावुभौ तथा । वृषसेनं महावीर्यं शकुनिं चापि सौबलम् ॥

so'haṃ droṇaṃ svargagataṃ karṇaśalyāvubhau tathā | vṛṣasenaṃ mahāvīryaṃ śakuniṃ cāpi saubalam

Thus I will follow after Drona, who has gone to heaven, and after Karna and Shalya both, the mighty Vrishasena, and Shakuni son of Subala,

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana (his speech to the messengers, continuing from verse 30; no heading printed).

Verse 32 (9.65.32)

जलसन्धं महावीर्यं भगदत्तं च पार्थिवम् । सोमदत्तं महेष्वासं सैन्धवं च जयद्रथम् ॥

jalasandhaṃ mahāvīryaṃ bhagadattaṃ ca pārthivam | somadattaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ saindhavaṃ ca jayadratham

Jalasandha of great might, King Bhagadatta, the great archer Somadatta, and Saindhava Jayadratha,

Verse 33 (9.65.33)

दुःशासनपुरोगांश्च भ्रातॄनात्मसमांस्तथा । दौःशासनिं च विक्रान्तं लक्ष्मणं चात्मजावुभौ ॥

duḥśāsanapurogāṃśca bhrātṝnātmasamāṃstathā | dauḥśāsaniṃ ca vikrāntaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ cātmajāvubhau

my brothers headed by Duhshasana, equal to myself, and the valiant son of Duhshasana and Lakshmana, both as my own sons —

Note on the text: Corrected दुऋशासनपुरोगांश्च → दुःशासनपुरोगांश्च (misprint in Wikisource; ऋ printed for the visarga ः; the critical edition reads duḥśāsanapurogāṃś ca).

Verse 34 (9.65.34)

एतांश्चान्यांश्च सुबहून्मदीयांश्च सहस्रशः । पृष्ठतोऽनुगमिष्यामि सार्थहीनो यथाऽध्वगः ॥

etāṃścānyāṃśca subahūnmadīyāṃśca sahasraśaḥ | pṛṣṭhato'nugamiṣyāmi sārthahīno yathā'dhvagaḥ

after these and many other thousands of my people I shall go, like a traveller left behind by his caravan.

Verse 35 (9.65.35)

कथं भ्रातॄन्हताञ्श्रुत्वा भर्तारं च स्वसा मम । रोरूयामाणा दुःखार्ता दुःशला सा भविष्यति ॥

kathaṃ bhrātṝnhatāñśrutvā bhartāraṃ ca svasā mama | rorūyāmāṇā duḥkhārtā duḥśalā sā bhaviṣyati

How will my sister Duhshala fare when she hears that her brothers and her husband are slain, weeping in grief?

Verse 36 (9.65.36)

स्नुषाभिः प्रस्नुषाभिश्च वृद्धो राजा पिता मम । गान्धारीसहितश्चैव का गतिं प्रतिपत्स्यति ॥

snuṣābhiḥ prasnuṣābhiśca vṛddho rājā pitā mama | gāndhārīsahitaścaiva kā gatiṃ pratipatsyati

With his daughters-in-law and granddaughters-in-law, and with Gandhari, my aged father the king — what refuge will he find?

Verse 37 (9.65.37)

नूनं लक्ष्मणमाताऽपि हतपुत्रा हतेश्वरा । विनाशं यास्यति क्षिप्रं कल्याणी पृथुलोचना ॥

nūnaṃ lakṣmaṇamātā'pi hataputrā hateśvarā | vināśaṃ yāsyati kṣipraṃ kalyāṇī pṛthulocanā

Surely Lakshmana's mother too, bereft of son and of lord, that gracious lady with wide eyes, will soon perish.

Verse 38 (9.65.38)

यदि जानाति चार्वाकः परिव्राद्वाग्विशारदः । करिष्यति महाभागो ध्रुवं चापचितिं मम ॥

yadi jānāti cārvākaḥ parivrādvāgviśāradaḥ | kariṣyati mahābhāgo dhruvaṃ cāpacitiṃ mama

If Charvaka, the wandering ascetic skilled in speech, comes to know of it, that illustrious one will surely avenge me.

Verse 39 (9.65.39)

समन्तपञ्चके पुण्ये त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुते । अहं निधनमासाद्य लोकान्प्राप्स्यामि शाश्वतान् ॥

samantapañcake puṇye triṣu lokeṣu viśrute | ahaṃ nidhanamāsādya lokānprāpsyāmi śāśvatān

At holy Samantapanchaka, famed in the three worlds, meeting my death, I shall win the eternal worlds.

Note on the text: Corrected समन्तप़ञ्चके → समन्तपञ्चके (misprint in Wikisource; a stray nukta under the प). Duryodhana's speech ends here.

Verse 40 (9.65.40)

ततो जनसहस्राणि बाष्पपूर्णानि दिशो दश । ससागरवना घोरा पृथिवी सचराचरा ॥

tato janasahasrāṇi bāṣpapūrṇāni diśo daśa | sasāgaravanā ghorā pṛthivī sacarācarā

Then thousands of people stood weeping, filled with tears, in the ten directions, and the dreadful earth with its oceans and forests and all that moves and stands

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya resumes the narration (no heading printed). Line 1 is CE 9.63.40a with दिशो दश (the CE's 40c reading, which Wikisource has moved up) in place of māriṣa; line 2 = CE 9.63.41a. The CE's 9.63.40c (pralāpaṃ nṛpateḥ śrutvā vidravanti diśo daśa) is not on the page; the lines are recast in the vulgate. The page prints a verse-end mark after line 1 and none after line 2; the input's division, which follows the sense, is kept.

Verse 41 (9.65.41)

चचालाथ सनिर्हादा दिशश्चैवाविलाऽभवन् । ते द्रोणपुत्रमासाद्य यथावृत्तं न्यवेदयन् ॥

cacālātha sanirhādā diśaścaivāvilā'bhavan | te droṇaputramāsādya yathāvṛttaṃ nyavedayan

shook with a roar, and the quarters grew dim. They went to Drona's son and told him just what had happened —

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 9.63.41c; line 2 = CE 9.63.42a. Wikisource regroups the CE verses 40-43 into couplets (see verse 40).

Verse 42 (9.65.42)

व्यवहारं गदायुद्धे पार्थिवस्य च पातनम् । तदाख्याय ततः सर्वे द्रोणपुत्रस्य भारत ॥

vyavahāraṃ gadāyuddhe pārthivasya ca pātanam | tadākhyāya tataḥ sarve droṇaputrasya bhārata

the manner of the mace-fight and the felling of the king. When they had told all this to Drona's son, O Bharata,

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 9.63.42c; line 2 = CE 9.63.43a.

Verse 43 (9.65.43)

वादिका दुःखसन्तप्ताः शोकोपहतचेतसः । ध्यात्वा च सुचिरं कालं जग्मुरार्ता यथागतम् ॥

vādikā duḥkhasantaptāḥ śokopahatacetasaḥ | dhyātvā ca suciraṃ kālaṃ jagmurārtā yathāgatam

the messengers, tormented by sorrow, their minds struck down by grief, reflected for a long while, and then went away in distress, as they had come.

Note on the text: Removed the stray backtick and quote mark round line 1 (printed `...' on the page). Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 9.63.43b*0388_01 (vādikā duḥkhasaṃtaptāḥ śokopahatacetasaḥ); line 2 = CE 9.63.43c.