Ashvatthama Is Anointed Commander

Verse 1 (9.66.1)

वादिकानां सकाशात्तु श्रुत्वा दुर्योधनं हतम् । हतशिष्टास्तदा राजन्कौरवाणां महारथाः ॥

vādikānāṃ sakāśāttu śrutvā duryodhanaṃ hatam | hataśiṣṭāstadā rājankauravāṇāṃ mahārathāḥ

Having heard from the messengers that Duryodhana was slain, the surviving great chariot-warriors of the Kauravas, O king,

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: the page is the right adhyaya (its rows are labelled 9-66-1 to 9-66-44 and the colophon reads षट्षष्टितमोऽध्यायः । 66); its text is the critical edition's 9.64 (43 verses, the last adhyaya of the CE's Shalya Parva), and the input agrees with the raw page's table row for row (the page's single-line verse 36 and three-line verse 37 keep the input's division, see below). The four heading lines above the table are chapter-summary headings, not verses. After the adhyaya colophon the page prints a second colophon (।। समाप्तं गदायुद्धपर्व शल्यपर्व च । 9 ।।, closing the Gadayuddha Parva and the Shalya Parva), then a block that the input omits and that is not added: the line अतः परं सौप्तिकं पर्व भविष्यति । तस्यायमाद्यः श्लोकः (a pointer to the next parva), a heading सञ्जय उवाच (9-66-1x) and the stray opening verse of the Sauptika Parva — ततस्ते सहिताः सर्वे प्रयाता दक्षिणामुखाः । उपास्तमयवेलायां शिबिराभ्याशमागताः (wrongly labelled 9-66-1c/d); the gloss list that follows (9-66-5, 9-66-18 and the adhyaya name) is also not added. The critical edition ends the parva at 9.64.43 without a colophon of its own in the file. Speakers: the page heads only Sanjaya (verse 1) and, mid-verse 37, Duryodhana (9-66-37x); Ashvatthama's speeches (12-19, 33-36) and Duryodhana's (22-29, 40) carry no heading and are given to them, and the narration after Duryodhana's heading (the input carried it over to verses 38-44) goes back to Sanjaya. Not on the page: the CE's star passages 9.64.17c*0389, 17d*0390, 19b*0391, 19d*0392, 24b*0393, 24c*0394, 25b*0395, 26b*0396, 29b*0397, 34b*0398, 34d*0399, 35a*0400 and 43d*0403, and the CE's line 36a (iti śrutvā tu vacanaṃ droṇaputrasya kauravaḥ).

Verse 2 (9.66.2)

विनिर्भिन्नाः शितैर्बाणैर्गदातोमरशक्तिभिः । अश्वत्थामा कृपश्चैव कृतवर्मा च सात्वतः । त्वरिता जवनैरश्वैरायोधनमुपागमन् ॥

vinirbhinnāḥ śitairbāṇairgadātomaraśaktibhiḥ | aśvatthāmā kṛpaścaiva kṛtavarmā ca sātvataḥ | tvaritā javanairaśvairāyodhanamupāgaman

their bodies pierced by sharp arrows, maces, lances and spears — Ashvatthama, Kripa, and Kritavarma the Satvata — came swiftly on fast horses to the battlefield.

Note on the text: Corrected बाणैर्णदातोमरशक्तिभिः → बाणैर्गदातोमरशक्तिभिः (misprint in Wikisource; ण printed for ग, "arrows, maces, lances and spears"; the critical edition reads bāṇair gadātomaraśaktibhiḥ).

Verse 3 (9.66.3)

तत्रापश्यन्महात्मानं धार्तराष्ट्रं निपातितम् । प्रभग्नं वायुवेगेन महासालं यथा वने ॥

tatrāpaśyanmahātmānaṃ dhārtarāṣṭraṃ nipātitam | prabhagnaṃ vāyuvegena mahāsālaṃ yathā vane

There they saw the great-souled son of Dhritarashtra laid low, like a great sal tree broken in the forest by the force of the wind,

Verse 4 (9.66.4)

भूमौ विवेष्टमानं तं रुधिरेण समुक्षितम् । महागजमिवारण्ये व्याधेन विनिपातितम् ॥

bhūmau viveṣṭamānaṃ taṃ rudhireṇa samukṣitam | mahāgajamivāraṇye vyādhena vinipātitam

writhing on the ground and drenched in blood, like a mighty elephant in the forest brought down by a hunter,

Note on the text: Corrected महागर्जामेवारण्ये → महागजमिवारण्ये (misprint in Wikisource; "like a great elephant in the forest" is the evident sense, महागर्जा not being a word; the critical edition reads mahāgajam ivāraṇye).

Verse 5 (9.66.5)

विवर्तमानं बहुशो रुधिरौघपरिप्लुतम् । यदृच्छया निपतितं चन्द्रमादित्यगोचरात् ॥

vivartamānaṃ bahuśo rudhiraughapariplutam | yadṛcchayā nipatitaṃ candramādityagocarāt

rolling over and over, flooded with streams of blood, like the moon fallen by chance from the sky, the sun's range,

Note on the text: Line 2 reads चन्द्रमादित्यगोचरात् ('the moon fallen from the sun's range, the sky'); the CE has cakram ādityagocaram. Wikisource's own gloss records the CE-type reading as the झ manuscript variant. Recension variant, Wikisource reading kept.

Verse 6 (9.66.6)

युगान्तमारुतेनेव शोषितं मकरालयम् । पूर्णचन्द्रमिव व्योम्नि तुषारावृतमण्डलम् ॥

yugāntamāruteneva śoṣitaṃ makarālayam | pūrṇacandramiva vyomni tuṣārāvṛtamaṇḍalam

like the ocean dried up by the wind at the end of an age, like the full moon in the sky with its disc veiled in frost,

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from CE 9.64.6a (Wikisource has युगान्तमारुतेनेव शोषितं मकरालयम्; the CE has mahāvātasamutthena saṃśuṣkam iva sāgaram); line 2 = CE 9.64.6c. Recension variant, Wikisource reading kept.

Verse 7 (9.66.7)

रेणुध्वस्तं दीर्घभुजं मातङ्गमिव विक्रमे । वृतं भूतगणैर्घोरैः क्रव्यादैश्च समन्ततः ॥

reṇudhvastaṃ dīrghabhujaṃ mātaṅgamiva vikrame | vṛtaṃ bhūtagaṇairghoraiḥ kravyādaiśca samantataḥ

covered with dust, long-armed, valiant as a great elephant, and surrounded on every side by dreadful hosts of spirits and flesh-eaters,

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 9.64.7a (with मातङ्गमिव विक्रमे for the CE's mātaṅgasamavikramam); line 2 = CE 9.64.7c. The CE's 7e (yathā dhanaṃ lipsamānair…) stands in line 1 of the next verse in Wikisource.

Verse 8 (9.66.8)

यथा धनं लिप्समानैर्भृत्यैर्नृपतिसत्तमम् । भ्रुकुटीकृतवक्त्रान्तं क्रोधादुद्वृत्तचक्षुषम् । सामर्षं तं नरव्याघ्रं भौमं निपतितं तथा ॥

yathā dhanaṃ lipsamānairbhṛtyairnṛpatisattamam | bhrukuṭīkṛtavaktrāntaṃ krodhādudvṛttacakṣuṣam | sāmarṣaṃ taṃ naravyāghraṃ bhaumaṃ nipatitaṃ tathā

as the best of kings is surrounded by servants eager for his wealth — his brows knit, the corners of his face contorted, his eyes rolling with rage, that tiger among men, full of resentment, lying fallen on the ground.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 9.64.7e (yathā dhanaṃ lipsamānair bhṛtyair nṛpatisattamam); line 2 = CE 9.64.8a; line 3 = CE 9.64.8c with भौमं निपतितं तथा for the CE's vyāghraṃ nipatitaṃ yathā (recension variant, Wikisource reading kept; भौमं 'fallen on the earth' is read as good Sanskrit).

Verse 9 (9.66.9)

ते तं दृष्ट्वा महेष्वासं भूतले पतितं नृपम् । मोहमभ्यागमन्सर्वे कृपप्रभृतयो रथाः ॥

te taṃ dṛṣṭvā maheṣvāsaṃ bhūtale patitaṃ nṛpam | mohamabhyāgamansarve kṛpaprabhṛtayo rathāḥ

Seeing that king, the great archer, fallen on the ground, all of them, Kripa and the other chariot-warriors, were overcome with faintness.

Verse 10 (9.66.10)

अवतीर्य रथेभ्यश्च प्राद्रवन्राजसन्निधौ । दुर्योधनं च सम्प्राप्य सर्वे भूमावुपाविशन् ॥

avatīrya rathebhyaśca prādravanrājasannidhau | duryodhanaṃ ca samprāpya sarve bhūmāvupāviśan

They got down from their chariots and hurried to the king's side, and reaching Duryodhana they all sat down on the ground.

Verse 11 (9.66.11)

ततो द्रौणिर्महाराज बाष्पपूर्णेक्षणः श्वसन् । उवाच भरतश्रेष्ठं सर्वलोकेश्वरेश्वरम् ॥

tato drauṇirmahārāja bāṣpapūrṇekṣaṇaḥ śvasan | uvāca bharataśreṣṭhaṃ sarvalokeśvareśvaram

Then Drona's son, O great king, his eyes full of tears, sighing, spoke to the best of the Bharatas, the lord of the lords of all the world:

Note on the text: Narration by Sanjaya; Ashvatthama's speech, unheaded, begins in verse 12 and runs to verse 19.

Verse 12 (9.66.12)

न नूनं विद्यते पुण्यं मानुषे किञ्चिदेव हि । यत्र त्वं पुरुषव्याघ्र शेषे पांसुषु रूषितः ॥

na nūnaṃ vidyate puṇyaṃ mānuṣe kiñcideva hi | yatra tvaṃ puruṣavyāghra śeṣe pāṃsuṣu rūṣitaḥ

Surely there is no merit at all in the human world, since you, tiger among men, lie smeared with dust.

Note on the text: Speaker: Ashvatthama (no heading printed; the speech follows "uvāca" in verse 11). Line 1 differs from CE 9.64.12a (Wikisource has पुण्यं where the CE has asahyaṃ); recension variant, Wikisource reading kept.

Verse 13 (9.66.13)

भूत्वा हि नृपतिः पूर्वं समाज्ञाप्य च मेदिनीम् । कथमेकोऽद्य राजेन्द्र तिष्ठसे निर्जने वने ॥

bhūtvā hi nṛpatiḥ pūrvaṃ samājñāpya ca medinīm | kathameko'dya rājendra tiṣṭhase nirjane vane

Having once been a king who commanded the whole earth, how do you lie alone today, king of kings, in a lonely forest?

Verse 14 (9.66.14)

दुःशासनं न पश्यामि नापि कर्णं महारथम् । नापि तान्सुहृदः सर्वान्किमिदं भरतर्षभ ॥

duḥśāsanaṃ na paśyāmi nāpi karṇaṃ mahāratham | nāpi tānsuhṛdaḥ sarvānkimidaṃ bharatarṣabha

I see neither Duhshasana nor the great chariot-warrior Karna, nor any of those friends of yours. What is this, best of the Bharatas?

Verse 15 (9.66.15)

दुःखं नूनं कृतान्तस्य गतिं ज्ञातुं कथञ्चन । लोकनाथो भवान्यत्र शेषे पांसुषु रूषितः ॥

duḥkhaṃ nūnaṃ kṛtāntasya gatiṃ jñātuṃ kathañcana | lokanātho bhavānyatra śeṣe pāṃsuṣu rūṣitaḥ

Hard indeed it is by any means to know the course of Fate, that you, lord of the world, lie smeared with dust.

Verse 16 (9.66.16)

एष मूर्धाभिषिक्तानामग्रे गत्वा परन्तपः । सतृणं ग्रसते पांसुं पश्य कालस्य पर्ययम् ॥

eṣa mūrdhābhiṣiktānāmagre gatvā parantapaḥ | satṛṇaṃ grasate pāṃsuṃ paśya kālasya paryayam

This scorcher of foes, who once went at the head of all anointed kings, now swallows dust along with the grass — behold the turning of time.

Verse 17 (9.66.17)

क्व ते तदमलं छत्रं व्यजनं क्व च पार्थिव । सा च ते महती सेना क्व गता पार्थिवोत्तम ॥

kva te tadamalaṃ chatraṃ vyajanaṃ kva ca pārthiva | sā ca te mahatī senā kva gatā pārthivottama

Where is that spotless parasol of yours, and where the fan, O king? And where has that great army of yours gone, best of kings?

Verse 18 (9.66.18)

दुर्विज्ञेया गतिर्नूनं कार्याणां कारणान्तरे । यो वै लोकगुरुर्नाथो भवानेतां दशां गतः ॥

durvijñeyā gatirnūnaṃ kāryāṇāṃ kāraṇāntare | yo vai lokagururnātho bhavānetāṃ daśāṃ gataḥ

Surely the course of events is hard to understand when their causes lie hidden — that you, who were the teacher and lord of the world, have come to this state.

Note on the text: Corrected भवानेतां दशां गताः → भवानेतां दशां गतः (misprint in Wikisource; the singular गतः agrees with भवान्, and the critical edition reads gataḥ). Line 1 differs from CE 9.64.18c (यो वै लोकगुरुर्नाथो for the CE's yad vai lokagurur bhūtvā); recension variant, Wikisource reading kept.

Verse 19 (9.66.19)

अध्रुवा सर्वमर्त्येषु ध्रुवैव श्रीर्विचिन्त्यते । भवतो व्यसनं दृष्ट्वा शक्रविस्पर्धिनो भृशम् ॥

adhruvā sarvamartyeṣu dhruvaiva śrīrvicintyate | bhavato vyasanaṃ dṛṣṭvā śakravispardhino bhṛśam

Prosperity is unstable for all mortals, yet it is reckoned stable. Seeing the calamity of you, who rivalled Shakra, I feel it keenly.

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from CE 9.64.19a (Wikisource has ध्रुवैव श्रीर्विचिन्त्यते where the CE has dhruvaṃ śrīr upalakṣyate); recension variant, Wikisource reading kept. Ashvatthama's speech ends here.

Verse 20 (9.66.20)

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा दुःखितस्य विशेषतः । उवाच राजन्पुत्रस्ते प्राप्तकालमिदं वचः ॥

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā duḥkhitasya viśeṣataḥ | uvāca rājanputraste prāptakālamidaṃ vacaḥ

Hearing those words of his, afflicted as he was beyond all measure, your son, O king, spoke these words fitting the time.

Note on the text: Narration by Sanjaya.

Verse 21 (9.66.21)

विमृज्य नेत्रे पाणिभ्यां शोकजं बाष्पमुत्सृजन् । कृपादीन्स तदा वीरान्सर्वानेव नराधिपः ॥

vimṛjya netre pāṇibhyāṃ śokajaṃ bāṣpamutsṛjan | kṛpādīnsa tadā vīrānsarvāneva narādhipaḥ

Wiping his eyes with his hands and letting fall tears of grief, the king then spoke to all the heroes, Kripa and the rest:

Verse 22 (9.66.22)

ईदृशो लोकधर्मोऽयं धात्रा निर्दिष्ट उच्यते । विनाशः सर्वभूतानां कालपर्यायकारितः ॥

īdṛśo lokadharmo'yaṃ dhātrā nirdiṣṭa ucyate | vināśaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ kālaparyāyakāritaḥ

This is the way of the world, as ordained by the Creator: the destruction of all beings, brought about by the turning of time.

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana (no heading printed; the speech follows "uvāca … vacaḥ" in verses 20-21). His speech runs to verse 29. Line 1 differs from CE 9.64.22a (Wikisource has लोकधर्मोऽयं where the CE has martyadharmo 'yaṃ); recension variant, Wikisource reading kept.

Verse 23 (9.66.23)

सोऽयं मां समनुप्राप्तः प्रत्यक्षो भवतां हि यः । पृथिवीं पालयित्वाऽहमेतां निष्ठामुपागतः ॥

so'yaṃ māṃ samanuprāptaḥ pratyakṣo bhavatāṃ hi yaḥ | pṛthivīṃ pālayitvā'hametāṃ niṣṭhāmupāgataḥ

That very thing has now come upon me, before your eyes; having ruled this earth, I have reached this end.

Verse 24 (9.66.24)

दिष्ट्या नाहं परावृत्तो युद्धे कस्यांचिदापदि । दिष्ट्याऽहं निहतः पापैश्चलेनैव विशेषतः ॥

diṣṭyā nāhaṃ parāvṛtto yuddhe kasyāṃcidāpadi | diṣṭyā'haṃ nihataḥ pāpaiścalenaiva viśeṣataḥ

By good fortune I did not turn back in battle in any peril; by good fortune I was slain by sinners, and especially by a trick.

Verse 25 (9.66.25)

उत्साहश्च कृतो नित्यं मया दिष्ट्या युयुत्सता । दिष्ट्या चास्मिन्हतो युद्धे निहतज्ञातिबान्धवः ॥

utsāhaśca kṛto nityaṃ mayā diṣṭyā yuyutsatā | diṣṭyā cāsminhato yuddhe nihatajñātibāndhavaḥ

By good fortune I always showed zeal, eager to fight; by good fortune I have fallen in this battle, with my kinsmen and relatives already slain.

Verse 26 (9.66.26)

दिष्ट्या च वोऽहं पश्यामि मुक्तानस्माज्जनक्षयात् । स्वस्तियुक्तांश्च कल्याणांस्तन्मे प्रियमनुत्तमम् ॥

diṣṭyā ca vo'haṃ paśyāmi muktānasmājjanakṣayāt | svastiyuktāṃśca kalyāṇāṃstanme priyamanuttamam

By good fortune I see you freed from this slaughter of men, safe and well; that is the dearest thing to me.

Verse 27 (9.66.27)

मा भवन्तोऽत्र तप्यन्तां सौहृदान्निधनेन मे । यदि वेदाः प्रमाणं वो जिता लोका मयाऽक्षयाः ॥

mā bhavanto'tra tapyantāṃ sauhṛdānnidhanena me | yadi vedāḥ pramāṇaṃ vo jitā lokā mayā'kṣayāḥ

Do not grieve over my death out of affection. If the Vedas are your authority, the imperishable worlds have been won by me.

Verse 28 (9.66.28)

जानमानः प्रभावं च कृष्णस्यामिततेजसः । तेन न च्यावितश्चाहं क्षत्रधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् ॥

jānamānaḥ prabhāvaṃ ca kṛṣṇasyāmitatejasaḥ | tena na cyāvitaścāhaṃ kṣatradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt

Though I knew the power of Krishna of boundless splendour, he did not make me fall away from the kshatriya duty I had kept well.

Verse 29 (9.66.29)

स मया समनुप्राप्तो नास्मि शोच्यः कथञ्चन । कृतं भवद्भिः सदृशमनुरूपमिवात्मनः । यतितं विजये शक्त्या दैवं तु दुरतिक्रमम् ॥

sa mayā samanuprāpto nāsmi śocyaḥ kathañcana | kṛtaṃ bhavadbhiḥ sadṛśamanurūpamivātmanaḥ | yatitaṃ vijaye śaktyā daivaṃ tu duratikramam

I have reached that end; I am in no way to be mourned. You have done what was fitting and worthy of yourselves, striving for victory with all your strength; but Fate is hard to overcome.

Verse 30 (9.66.30)

एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं बाष्पव्याकुललोचनः । तूष्णीबभूव राजेन्द्र रुजाऽसौ विह्वलो भृशम् ॥

etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ bāṣpavyākulalocanaḥ | tūṣṇībabhūva rājendra rujā'sau vihvalo bhṛśam

Having said this much, with eyes brimming with tears, the king fell silent, O king of kings, overcome by pain.

Note on the text: Narration by Sanjaya; Duryodhana's speech ended with verse 29.

Verse 31 (9.66.31)

तथा दृष्ट्वा तु राजानं बाष्पशोकसमन्वितम् । द्रौणिः क्रोधेन जज्वाल यथा वह्निर्जगत्क्षये ॥

tathā dṛṣṭvā tu rājānaṃ bāṣpaśokasamanvitam | drauṇiḥ krodhena jajvāla yathā vahnirjagatkṣaye

Seeing the king so, full of tears and grief, Drona's son blazed with anger like the fire at the end of the world.

Verse 32 (9.66.32)

स च क्रोधसमाविष्टः पाणौ पाणिं निपीड्य च । बाष्पविह्वलया वाचा राजानमिदमब्रवीत् ॥

sa ca krodhasamāviṣṭaḥ pāṇau pāṇiṃ nipīḍya ca | bāṣpavihvalayā vācā rājānamidamabravīt

Filled with rage, pressing hand against hand, he spoke to the king in a voice choked with tears:

Verse 33 (9.66.33)

पिता मे निहतः क्षुद्रैः सुनृशंसेन कर्मणा । न तथा तेन तप्यामि तथा राजंस्त्वयाऽद्य वै ॥

pitā me nihataḥ kṣudraiḥ sunṛśaṃsena karmaṇā | na tathā tena tapyāmi tathā rājaṃstvayā'dya vai

My father was slain by base men through a most cruel deed, yet I do not grieve for that as I grieve for you today, O king.

Note on the text: Speaker: Ashvatthama (no heading printed; the speech follows "idam abravīt" in verse 32). His speech runs to verse 36.

Verse 34 (9.66.34)

शृणु चेदं वचो मह्यं सत्येन वदतः प्रभो । इष्टापूर्तेन दानेन धर्मेण सुकृतेन च ॥

śṛṇu cedaṃ vaco mahyaṃ satyena vadataḥ prabho | iṣṭāpūrtena dānena dharmeṇa sukṛtena ca

Hear this word of mine too, lord, spoken in truth — I swear by sacrifices and charitable works, by gifts, by dharma and by my good deeds:

Verse 35 (9.66.35)

अद्याहं सर्वपाञ्चालान्वासुदेवस्य पश्यतः । अद्य रात्रौ महाराज निहनिष्यामि पाण्डवान् ॥

adyāhaṃ sarvapāñcālānvāsudevasya paśyataḥ | adya rātrau mahārāja nihaniṣyāmi pāṇḍavān

Today, with Vasudeva looking on, I shall slay all the Panchalas; tonight, great king, I shall kill the Pandavas.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 9.64.35a (adyāhaṃ sarvapāñcālān vāsudevasya paśyataḥ); line 2 = the critical edition's star passage 9.64.35d*0401_01 (adya rātrau mahārāja nihaniṣyāmi pāṇḍavān), which Wikisource has in place of the CE's 35c (sarvopāyair hi neṣyāmi pretarājaniveśanam). Speaker: Ashvatthama.

Verse 36 (9.66.36)

अनुज्ञां तु महाराज भवान्मे दातुमर्हति ॥

anujñāṃ tu mahārāja bhavānme dātumarhati

But you, great king, must grant me leave.

Note on the text: A single line, as the page prints it (9-66-36a): CE 9.64.35e (anujñāṃ tu mahārāja bhavān me dātum arhati), the third line of the CE's three-line verse 35, so nothing is lost here. Speaker: Ashvatthama.

Verse 37 (9.66.37)

तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं द्रौणेर्धृतराष्ट्र तवात्मजः । मनसः प्रीतिजननं कृपं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ drauṇerdhṛtarāṣṭra tavātmajaḥ | manasaḥ prītijananaṃ kṛpaṃ vacanamabravīt

Hearing those words of Drona's son, which gladdened his heart, your son, O Dhritarashtra, said to Kripa:

Note on the text: Split at the page's speaker heading दुर्योधन उवाच (9-66-37x), which stands between line 2 and line 3 of this three-line verse: the input has one verse. Lines 1-2 are Sanjaya's narration (line 1 = the critical edition's star passage 9.64.36b*0402_01, line 2 = CE 9.64.36c); the half-verse keeps wikisource_number 37 and the ॥ verse-end mark has been added to line 2.

Verse 38 (9.66.38)

आचार्य शीघ्रं कलशं जलपूर्णं समानय ॥

ācārya śīghraṃ kalaśaṃ jalapūrṇaṃ samānaya

Teacher, quickly bring a pitcher full of water.

Note on the text: Split at the page's speaker heading दुर्योधन उवाच (9-66-37x): line 3 of the input's verse 37 (= CE 9.64.36e) is Duryodhana's command to Kripa. Keeps wikisource_number 37 and the ce_ref of the CE verse holding it (the preceding half-verse is the other part of the same CE verse).

Verse 39 (9.66.39)

स तद्वचनमाज्ञाय राज्ञो ब्राह्मणसत्तमः । कलशं पूर्णमादाय राज्ञोऽन्तिकमुपागमत् ॥

sa tadvacanamājñāya rājño brāhmaṇasattamaḥ | kalaśaṃ pūrṇamādāya rājño'ntikamupāgamat

Understanding the king's word, that best of brahmins took a full pitcher and came to the king's side.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya (narration). The input carried the page's heading दुर्योधन उवाच (9-66-37x, which stands in the middle of the preceding verse and covers only the one line आचार्य शीघ्रं कलशं …) over to this and the following narrative verses; this verse is narration, so it is given to Sanjaya. Lines = CE 9.64.37a, 37c.

Verse 40 (9.66.40)

तमब्रवीन्महाराज पुत्रस्तव विशाम्पते । ममाज्ञया द्विजश्रेष्ठ द्रोणपुत्रोऽभिषिच्यताम् । सैनापत्येन भद्रं ते मम चेदिच्छसि प्रियम् ॥

tamabravīnmahārāja putrastava viśāmpate | mamājñayā dvijaśreṣṭha droṇaputro'bhiṣicyatām | saināpatyena bhadraṃ te mama cedicchasi priyam

Your son, O great king, lord of men, said to him: By my command, best of the twice-born, let Drona's son be consecrated as commander, if you wish to do what pleases me — may good fortune be yours.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 9.64.38a, 38c, 38e (a three-line verse in the CE). Speaker: line 1 is Sanjaya's narration and Duryodhana's command begins in line 2 (no heading is printed); the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 41 (9.66.41)

राज्ञो नियोगाद्योद्धव्यं ब्राह्मणेन विशेषतः । वर्तता क्षत्रधर्मेण ह्येवं धर्मविदो विदुः ॥

rājño niyogādyoddhavyaṃ brāhmaṇena viśeṣataḥ | vartatā kṣatradharmeṇa hyevaṃ dharmavido viduḥ

A brahmin especially must fight at the king's command, following the kshatriya's way; so those who know dharma teach.

Note on the text: Corrected योद्वव्यं → योद्धव्यं (misprint in Wikisource; द्व printed for the conjunct द्ध; the critical edition reads yoddhavyam). Speaker: Duryodhana (his command continues from verse 39; no heading printed, and the input's heading was the carried-over one).

Verse 42 (9.66.42)

राज्ञस्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा कृपः शारद्वतस्ततः । द्रौणिं राज्ञो नियोगेन सैनापत्येऽभ्यषेचयत् ॥

rājñastu vacanaṃ śrutvā kṛpaḥ śāradvatastataḥ | drauṇiṃ rājño niyogena saināpatye'bhyaṣecayat

Hearing the king's word, Kripa son of Sharadvat then consecrated Drona's son as commander at the king's order.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya (narration; the input carried Duryodhana's heading over to this verse).

Verse 43 (9.66.43)

सोऽभिषिक्तो महाराज परिष्वज्य नृपोत्तमम् । प्रययौ सिंहनादेन दिशः सर्वा विनादयन् ॥

so'bhiṣikto mahārāja pariṣvajya nṛpottamam | prayayau siṃhanādena diśaḥ sarvā vinādayan

Thus consecrated, O great king, he embraced the best of kings and set out, filling all the quarters with a lion's roar.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya (narration; the input carried Duryodhana's heading over to this verse).

Verse 44 (9.66.44)

दुर्योधनोऽपि राजेन्द्र शोणितेन परिप्लुतः । तां निशां प्रतिपेदेऽथ सर्वभूतभयावहाम् ॥

duryodhano'pi rājendra śoṇitena pariplutaḥ | tāṃ niśāṃ pratipede'tha sarvabhūtabhayāvahām

Duryodhana too, O king, drenched in blood, passed that night, which was terrifying to all beings.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya (narration; the input carried Duryodhana's heading over to this verse).

Verse 45 (9.66.45)

अपक्रम्य तु ते तूर्णं तस्मादायोधनान्नृप । शोकसंविग्नमनसश्चिन्तामापेदिरे भृशम् ॥

apakramya tu te tūrṇaṃ tasmādāyodhanānnṛpa | śokasaṃvignamanasaścintāmāpedire bhṛśam

And they, quickly withdrawing from that battlefield, O king, their minds shaken with grief, fell into deep anxiety.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya (narration; the input carried Duryodhana's heading over to this verse). Line 2 differs from CE 9.64.43c (Wikisource has शोकसंविग्नमनसश्चिन्तामापेदिरे भृशम्; the CE has śokasaṃvignamanasaś cintādhyānaparābhavan); recension variant, Wikisource reading kept. The CE's star passage 9.64.43d*0403 follows in the CE and is not on the page.