Nakula Slays Three Sons of Karna

Verse 1 (9.9.1)

तत्प्रभग्नं बलं दृष्ट्वा मद्रराजः प्रतापवान् । उवाच सारथिं तूर्णं चोदयाश्वान्महाजवान् ॥

tatprabhagnaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā madrarājaḥ pratāpavān | uvāca sārathiṃ tūrṇaṃ codayāśvānmahājavān

Seeing that army of his broken, the mighty king of the Madras quickly said to his charioteer, "Urge on the swift horses!"

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: the page is the right adhyaya (its rows are labelled 9-9-1 to 9-9-69 and the colophon reads नवमोऽध्यायः । 9) and its text is the critical edition's 9.9 (65 verses); the input has 69 verses and agrees with the raw page's table row for row (Wikisource verse numbers 1-69). The extra verses come from the CE's three-line verses divided into couplets and single lines (verses 9-11, 20, 40, 46) and its star passage (verse 43). Not on the page: the CE star passages 9.9.8f*0053_01, 9.9.20b*0054_01 and *0055_01, 9.9.24b*0056_01, 9.9.34d*0057_01 and 9.9.50d*0059_01. The heading line above the table (नकुलेन कर्णपुत्राणां त्रयाणां मारणम् । 1) is a chapter-summary heading, not a verse. Only a gloss list follows the colophon (9-9-9 चित्रसेनः कर्णपुत्रः and the adhyaya name); there is no second text block, and it is not added. Speaker: the page's heading is सञ्जय उवाच (as in the CE); verses 2-3 are Shalya's unheaded speech to his charioteer, and the rest is Sanjaya's narration. Name: Wikisource calls Karna's second son Susharma (verses 22, 29, 31, 32, 35, 42, 46, 48) where the CE has Suṣeṇa; the base text's name is kept. This verse: CE 9.9.1 (lines a, c).

Verse 2 (9.9.2)

एष तिष्ठति वै राजा पाण्डुपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । छत्रेण ध्रियमाणेन पाण्डुरेण विराजता ॥

eṣa tiṣṭhati vai rājā pāṇḍuputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | chatreṇa dhriyamāṇena pāṇḍureṇa virājatā

"There stands King Yudhishthira, the son of Pandu, shining beneath the white umbrella that is held over him.

Verse 3 (9.9.3)

अत्र मां प्रापय क्षिप्रं पश्य मे सारथे बलम् । न समर्था हि मे पार्थाः स्थातुमद्य पुरो युधि ॥

atra māṃ prāpaya kṣipraṃ paśya me sārathe balam | na samarthā hi me pārthāḥ sthātumadya puro yudhi

Take me there quickly, charioteer, and watch my strength. The sons of Pritha cannot stand before me in battle today."

Verse 4 (9.9.4)

एवमुक्तस्ततः प्रायान्मद्रराजस्य सारथिः । यत्र राजा सत्यसन्धो धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

evamuktastataḥ prāyānmadrarājasya sārathiḥ | yatra rājā satyasandho dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Thus addressed, the Madra king's charioteer drove to where King Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma, firm in his word, stood.

Note on the text: Corrected यत्रा → यत्र (misprint in Wikisource; stray ā, the CE reads yatra). Recension variant: Wikisource धर्मपुत्रः, CE dharmarājaḥ (kept).

Verse 5 (9.9.5)

आपतन्तं च सहसा पाण्डवानां महद्बलम् । दधारैको रणे शल्यो वेलोद्वृत्तमिवार्णवम् ॥

āpatantaṃ ca sahasā pāṇḍavānāṃ mahadbalam | dadhāraiko raṇe śalyo velodvṛttamivārṇavam

And Shalya alone, in the battle, held back the great Pandava host as it surged forward suddenly, as the shore holds back the swelling sea.

Verse 6 (9.9.6)

पाण्डवानां बलौघस्तु शल्यमासाद्य मारिष । व्यतिष्ठत तदा युद्धे सिन्धोर्वेग इवाचलम् ॥

pāṇḍavānāṃ balaughastu śalyamāsādya māriṣa | vyatiṣṭhata tadā yuddhe sindhorvega ivācalam

O Marisha, the flood of the Pandava host, having reached Shalya, stood checked in that battle, like the rush of a river against an immovable mountain.

Note on the text: Corrected युद्वे → युद्धे (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct ddha is broken, CE yuddhe).

Verse 7 (9.9.7)

मद्रराजं तु समरे दृष्ट्वा युद्धाय विष्ठितम् । कुरवः सन्न्यवर्तन्त मृत्युं कृत्वा निवर्तनम् ॥

madrarājaṃ tu samare dṛṣṭvā yuddhāya viṣṭhitam | kuravaḥ sannyavartanta mṛtyuṃ kṛtvā nivartanam

Seeing the king of the Madras standing ready to fight, the Kurus turned back, resolved that only death should turn them away.

Note on the text: Corrected धिष्ठितम् → विष्ठितम् (misprint in Wikisource; धिष्ठित is not a word here, the CE reads viṣṭhitam).

Verse 8 (9.9.8)

तेषु राजन्निवृत्तेषु व्यूढानीकेषु सर्वशः । प्रावर्तत महारौद्रः सङ्ग्रामः शोणितोदकः ॥

teṣu rājannivṛtteṣu vyūḍhānīkeṣu sarvaśaḥ | prāvartata mahāraudraḥ saṅgrāmaḥ śoṇitodakaḥ

When those troops, drawn up in their ranks on every side, had turned back, O king, a most dreadful battle began, its waters blood.

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 are CE 9.9.8a, c (Wikisource सर्वशः for the CE's bhāgaśaḥ, a recension variant). The CE's third line, 9.9.8e, is the first line of the next verse. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 9 (9.9.9)

समार्च्छच्चित्रसेनं तु नकुलो युद्धदुर्मदः । तौ परस्परमासाद्य चित्रकार्मुकधारिणौ ॥

samārcchaccitrasenaṃ tu nakulo yuddhadurmadaḥ | tau parasparamāsādya citrakārmukadhāriṇau

Nakula, maddened for battle, met Chitrasena; and those two, coming at each other, each wielding a splendid bow,

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 9.9.8e (Wikisource समार्च्छच्चित्रसेनं for the CE's samārchac citrasenena, a variant); line 2 is CE 9.9.9a. No automatic alignment.

Verse 10 (9.9.10)

मेघाविव यथोद्वृत्तौ दक्षिणोत्तरवर्षिणौ । शरतोयैः सिषिचतुस्तौ परस्परमाहवे ॥

meghāviva yathodvṛttau dakṣiṇottaravarṣiṇau | śaratoyaiḥ siṣicatustau parasparamāhave

like two risen clouds raining, one from the south and one from the north, drenched each other in the battle with water of arrows.

Note on the text: Lines are CE 9.9.9c and 9.9.10a. No automatic alignment.

Verse 11 (9.9.11)

नान्तरं तत्र पश्यामः पाण्डवस्येतरस्य च । उभौ कृतास्त्रौ बलिनौ रथचर्याविशारदौ । परस्परवधे यत्तौ छिद्रान्वेषणतत्परौ ॥

nāntaraṃ tatra paśyāmaḥ pāṇḍavasyetarasya ca | ubhau kṛtāstrau balinau rathacaryāviśāradau | parasparavadhe yattau chidrānveṣaṇatatparau

We could see no difference there between the Pandava and the other. Both were skilled in weapons, both strong, both expert in the handling of a chariot, each bent on the other's death and watching for an opening.

Note on the text: Three lines: CE 9.9.10c (Wikisource पश्यामः for the CE's paśyāmi, a variant), 9.9.11a and 9.9.11c. No automatic alignment.

Verse 12 (9.9.12)

चित्रसेनस्तु भल्लेन पीतेन निशितेन च । नकुलस्य महाराज मुष्टिदेशेऽच्छिनद्धनुः ॥

citrasenastu bhallena pītena niśitena ca | nakulasya mahārāja muṣṭideśe'cchinaddhanuḥ

Chitrasena, O great king, with a sharp yellow broad-headed arrow, cut Nakula's bow at the grip.

Verse 13 (9.9.13)

अथैनं छिन्नधन्वानं रुक्मपुङ्खैः शिलाशितैः । त्रिभिः शरैरसम्भ्रान्तो ललाटे वै समार्पयत् ॥

athainaṃ chinnadhanvānaṃ rukmapuṅkhaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ | tribhiḥ śarairasambhrānto lalāṭe vai samārpayat

Then, undismayed, he struck him, his bow cut, on the forehead with three gold-feathered arrows whetted on stone.

Verse 14 (9.9.14)

हयांश्चास्य शरैस्तीक्ष्णैः प्रेषयामास मृत्यवे । तथा ध्वजं सारथिं च त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरपातयत् ॥

hayāṃścāsya śaraistīkṣṇaiḥ preṣayāmāsa mṛtyave | tathā dhvajaṃ sārathiṃ ca tribhistribhirapātayat

With sharp arrows he sent Nakula's horses to death, and with three arrows each he brought down his banner and his charioteer.

Verse 15 (9.9.15)

स शत्रुभुजनिर्मुक्तैर्ललाटस्थैस्त्रिभिः शरैः । नकुलः शुशुभे राजंस्त्रिशृङ्ग इव पर्वतः ॥

sa śatrubhujanirmuktairlalāṭasthaistribhiḥ śaraiḥ | nakulaḥ śuśubhe rājaṃstriśṛṅga iva parvataḥ

With those three arrows, shot by his enemy's arm, standing in his forehead, Nakula, O king, shone like a three-peaked mountain.

Verse 16 (9.9.16)

स च्छिन्नधन्वा विरथः खड्गमादाय चर्म च । रथादवातरद्वीरः शैलाग्रादिव केसरी ॥

sa cchinnadhanvā virathaḥ khaḍgamādāya carma ca | rathādavātaradvīraḥ śailāgrādiva kesarī

His bow cut, his chariot gone, that hero took up sword and shield and leaped down from the chariot like a lion from a mountain peak.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गम् → खड्गम् (misprint in Wikisource; CE khaḍgam).

Verse 17 (9.9.17)

पद्भ्यामापततस्तस्य शरवृष्टिं समासृजत् । नकुलोऽप्यग्रसत्तां वै चर्मणा लघुविक्रमः ॥

padbhyāmāpatatastasya śaravṛṣṭiṃ samāsṛjat | nakulo'pyagrasattāṃ vai carmaṇā laghuvikramaḥ

As he came on foot, Chitrasena let loose a shower of arrows on him; but nimble Nakula took it all on his shield.

Note on the text: Corrected पद्मामापततस्तस्य → पद्भ्यामापततस्तस्य (misprint in Wikisource; the akshara भ्य is lost, CE padbhyām āpatatas tasya) and शस्वृष्टिं → शरवृष्टिं (misprint; the र is lost, CE śaravṛṣṭim). Recension variant: समासृजत्, CE avāsṛjat (kept).

Verse 18 (9.9.18)

चित्रसेनरथं प्राप्य चित्रयोधी जितश्रमः । आरुरोह महाबाहुः सर्वसैन्यस्य पश्यतः ॥

citrasenarathaṃ prāpya citrayodhī jitaśramaḥ | āruroha mahābāhuḥ sarvasainyasya paśyataḥ

Reaching Chitrasena's chariot, the mighty-armed one, a marvellous fighter who had conquered weariness, climbed onto it in the sight of the whole army.

Verse 19 (9.9.19)

सकुण्डलं समुकुटं सुनसं स्वायतेक्षणम् । चित्रसेनशिरः कायादपाहरत पाण्डवः ॥

sakuṇḍalaṃ samukuṭaṃ sunasaṃ svāyatekṣaṇam | citrasenaśiraḥ kāyādapāharata pāṇḍavaḥ

From his body that Pandava struck off Chitrasena's head, with its earrings, its crown, its fine nose and its long eyes.

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 are CE 9.9.19a, c. The CE's third line (19e) stands as the next verse in Wikisource. No automatic alignment.

Verse 20 (9.9.20)

स पपात रथात्तस्माद्दिवाकरसमद्युतिः ॥

sa papāta rathāttasmāddivākarasamadyutiḥ

He fell from the chariot, with a radiance like the sun's.

Note on the text: This single line (9-9-20a on the page) is the third line of CE 9.9.19 (19e: sa papāta rathopasthād divākarasamaprabhaḥ); Wikisource reads रथात्तस्माद्दिवाकरसमद्युतिः (variant, kept). No automatic alignment.

Verse 21 (9.9.21)

चित्रसेनशिरस्तत्तु दृष्ट्वा तत्र महारथाः । साधुवादस्वनांश्चक्रुः सिंहनादांश्च पुष्कलान् ॥

citrasenaśirastattu dṛṣṭvā tatra mahārathāḥ | sādhuvādasvanāṃścakruḥ siṃhanādāṃśca puṣkalān

Seeing Chitrasena's head, the great chariot-warriors there raised cries of applause and loud lion-roars.

Verse 22 (9.9.22)

विशस्तं भ्रातरं दृष्ट्वा कर्णपुत्रौ महारथौ । सुशर्मा सत्यसेनश्च मुञ्चन्तौ विविधाञ्शरान् ॥

viśastaṃ bhrātaraṃ dṛṣṭvā karṇaputrau mahārathau | suśarmā satyasenaśca muñcantau vividhāñśarān

Seeing their brother cut down, Karna's two great-chariot-warrior sons, Susharma and Satyasena, loosing arrows of every kind,

Note on the text: Name variant: Wikisource सुशर्मा, CE suṣeṇaḥ (Karna's son; the base text's name is kept). Also विविधाञ्शरान्, CE niśitāñ śarān (variant).

Verse 23 (9.9.23)

ततोऽभ्यधावतां तूर्णं पाण्डवं रथिनां वरम् । जिघांसन्तौ यथा नागं व्याघ्रौ राजन्महावने ॥

tato'bhyadhāvatāṃ tūrṇaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ rathināṃ varam | jighāṃsantau yathā nāgaṃ vyāghrau rājanmahāvane

swiftly charged the Pandava, best of chariot-fighters, eager to kill him, O king, like two tigers charging an elephant in a great forest.

Verse 24 (9.9.24)

तावभ्येत्य महाबाहू द्वावप्यतिमहारथौ । शरौघान्सम्यगस्यन्तौ जीमूतौ सलिलं यथा ॥

tāvabhyetya mahābāhū dvāvapyatimahārathau | śaraughānsamyagasyantau jīmūtau salilaṃ yathā

Closing in on him, those two mighty-armed ones, both supreme chariot-warriors, shot floods of arrows at him, like two clouds pouring water.

Note on the text: Corrected शरौषान् → शरौघान् (misprint in Wikisource; CE śaraughān). Line 1 differs from the CE (tāv abhyadhāvatāṃ tīkṣṇau dvāv apy enaṃ mahāratham), a recension variant.

Verse 25 (9.9.25)

स शरैः सर्वतो विद्धः प्रहृष्ट इव पाण्डवः । अन्यत्कार्मुकमादाय रथमारुह्य वेगवान् । अतिष्ठत रणे वीरः क्रुद्धरूप इवान्तकः ॥

sa śaraiḥ sarvato viddhaḥ prahṛṣṭa iva pāṇḍavaḥ | anyatkārmukamādāya rathamāruhya vegavān | atiṣṭhata raṇe vīraḥ kruddharūpa ivāntakaḥ

Pierced on every side by arrows, the Pandava seemed almost glad. The swift hero took up another bow, climbed onto the chariot, and stood in the battle, fierce as Death himself.

Verse 26 (9.9.26)

तस्य तौ भ्रातरौ राजञ्शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः । रथं विशकलीकर्तुं समारब्धौ विशाम्पते ॥

tasya tau bhrātarau rājañśaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ | rathaṃ viśakalīkartuṃ samārabdhau viśāmpate

The two brothers, O king, set about shattering his chariot with smooth-jointed arrows, O lord of the people.

Verse 27 (9.9.27)

ततः प्रहस्य नकुलश्चतुर्भिश्चतुरो रणे । जघान निशितैर्बाणैः सत्यसेनस्य वाजिनः ॥

tataḥ prahasya nakulaścaturbhiścaturo raṇe | jaghāna niśitairbāṇaiḥ satyasenasya vājinaḥ

Then Nakula, laughing, killed Satyasena's four horses in the battle with four sharp arrows.

Verse 28 (9.9.28)

ततः सन्धाय नाराचं रुक्मपुङ्खं शिलाशितम् । धनुश्चिच्छेद राजेन्द्र सत्यसेनस्य पाण्डवः ॥

tataḥ sandhāya nārācaṃ rukmapuṅkhaṃ śilāśitam | dhanuściccheda rājendra satyasenasya pāṇḍavaḥ

Then, fitting to his bow a gold-feathered nārāca arrow whetted on stone, the Pandava cut Satyasena's bow, O king of kings.

Note on the text: Corrected नारचं → नाराचं (misprint in Wikisource; the long ā is lost, CE nārācam).

Verse 29 (9.9.29)

अथान्यं रथमास्थाय धनुरादाय चापरम् । सत्यसेनः सुशर्मा च पाण्डवं पर्यधावताम् ॥

athānyaṃ rathamāsthāya dhanurādāya cāparam | satyasenaḥ suśarmā ca pāṇḍavaṃ paryadhāvatām

Mounting another chariot and taking another bow, Satyasena and Susharma ran at the Pandava.

Verse 30 (9.9.30)

अविध्यत्तावसम्भ्रान्तौ माद्रीपुत्रः प्रतापवान् । द्वाभ्यां द्वाभ्यां महाराज शराभ्यां रणमूर्धनि ॥

avidhyattāvasambhrāntau mādrīputraḥ pratāpavān | dvābhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ mahārāja śarābhyāṃ raṇamūrdhani

Unshaken, the glorious son of Madri pierced the two of them at the head of the battle, each with two arrows, O great king.

Verse 31 (9.9.31)

सुशर्मा तु ततः क्रुद्धः पाण्डवस्य महद्धनुः । चिच्छेद प्रहसन्युद्धे क्षुरप्रेण महारथः ॥

suśarmā tu tataḥ kruddhaḥ pāṇḍavasya mahaddhanuḥ | ciccheda prahasanyuddhe kṣurapreṇa mahārathaḥ

Then Susharma, enraged, laughing, cut the Pandava's great bow in the fight with a razor-headed arrow, that great chariot-warrior.

Verse 32 (9.9.32)

अथान्यद्धनुरादाय नकुलः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः । सुशर्माणं पञ्चभिर्विद्ध्वा ध्वजमेकेन चिच्छिदे ॥

athānyaddhanurādāya nakulaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ | suśarmāṇaṃ pañcabhirviddhvā dhvajamekena cicchide

Then Nakula, dizzy with rage, took another bow, pierced Susharma with five arrows and cut down his banner with one.

Note on the text: Corrected क्रोधमूच्छितः → क्रोधमूर्च्छितः (misprint in Wikisource; the र is lost, as in verse 42 and the CE krodhamūrchitaḥ). Name variant: सुशर्माणं, CE suṣeṇam.

Verse 33 (9.9.33)

सत्यसेनस्य स धनुर्हस्तावापं च मारिष । चिच्छेद तरसा युद्धे तत उच्चुक्रुशुर्जनाः ॥

satyasenasya sa dhanurhastāvāpaṃ ca māriṣa | ciccheda tarasā yuddhe tata uccukruśurjanāḥ

And swiftly in that fight, O Marisha, he cut Satyasena's bow and his hand-guard, at which the people shouted aloud.

Note on the text: Corrected हस्तावपं → हस्तावापं (misprint in Wikisource; the long ā is lost, CE hastāvāpam).

Verse 34 (9.9.34)

अथान्यद्धनुरादाय वेगघ्नं भारसाधनम् । शरैः सञ्छादयामास समन्तात्पाण्डुनन्दनम् ॥

athānyaddhanurādāya vegaghnaṃ bhārasādhanam | śaraiḥ sañchādayāmāsa samantātpāṇḍunandanam

Then, taking up another bow, one that could bear great strain and carry a heavy draw, he covered the son of Pandu on every side with arrows.

Verse 35 (9.9.35)

सन्निवार्य तु तान्बाणान्नकुलः परवीरहा । सत्यसेनसुशर्माणौ द्वाभ्यां द्वाभ्यामविध्यत ॥

sannivārya tu tānbāṇānnakulaḥ paravīrahā | satyasenasuśarmāṇau dvābhyāṃ dvābhyāmavidhyata

But Nakula, slayer of enemy heroes, warded off those arrows and pierced Satyasena and Susharma with two arrows apiece.

Verse 36 (9.9.36)

तावेनं प्रत्यविध्येतां पृथक्पृथगजिह्मगैः । सारथिं चास्य राजेन्द्र शितैर्विव्यधतुः शरैः ॥

tāvenaṃ pratyavidhyetāṃ pṛthakpṛthagajihmagaiḥ | sārathiṃ cāsya rājendra śitairvivyadhatuḥ śaraiḥ

The two pierced him back, each separately, with straight-flying arrows, and also wounded his charioteer with sharp arrows, O king of kings.

Verse 37 (9.9.37)

सत्यसेनो रथेषां तु नकुलस्य धनुस्तथा । पृथक् शराभ्यां चिच्छेद कृतहस्तः प्रतापवान् ॥

satyaseno ratheṣāṃ tu nakulasya dhanustathā | pṛthak śarābhyāṃ ciccheda kṛtahastaḥ pratāpavān

Satyasena, quick of hand and mighty, cut the pole of Nakula's chariot and also his bow, each with a separate arrow.

Verse 38 (9.9.38)

स रथेऽतिरथस्तिष्ठन्रथशक्तिं परामृशत् । स्वर्णदण्डामकुण्ठाग्रां तैलधौतां सुनिर्मलाम् ॥

sa rathe'tirathastiṣṭhanrathaśaktiṃ parāmṛśat | svarṇadaṇḍāmakuṇṭhāgrāṃ tailadhautāṃ sunirmalām

Standing on his chariot, that supreme chariot-warrior took up a chariot-spear with a golden shaft and an unblunted point, washed in oil and spotless,

Verse 39 (9.9.39)

लेलिहानामिव विमो नागकन्यां महाविषाम् ॥

lelihānāmiva vimo nāgakanyāṃ mahāviṣām

like a venomous serpent-maiden licking her lips, O lord,

Note on the text: Wikisource prints this single line (9-9-39a) and the next (9-9-40a) as two verses; together they are one couplet, CE 9.9.38 (this is line a: lelihānām iva vibho nāgakanyāṃ mahāviṣām). The page's division is kept. No automatic alignment.

Verse 40 (9.9.40)

समुद्यम्य च चिक्षेप सत्यसेनस्य संयुगे ॥

samudyamya ca cikṣepa satyasenasya saṃyuge

and, raising it, hurled it at Satyasena in the battle.

Note on the text: Single line (9-9-40a) = CE 9.9.38c (samudyamya ca cikṣepa satyasenasya saṃyuge); it completes the couplet begun in the previous verse. No automatic alignment.

Verse 41 (9.9.41)

सा तस्य हृदयं गत्या विभेद शतधा नृप । स पपात रथाद्भूमिं गतसत्वोऽल्पचेतनः ॥

sā tasya hṛdayaṃ gatyā vibheda śatadhā nṛpa | sa papāta rathādbhūmiṃ gatasatvo'lpacetanaḥ

In its flight it split his heart in a hundred pieces, O king, and he fell from the chariot to the ground, his spirit gone, his senses almost extinguished.

Note on the text: Corrected पवात → पपात (misprint in Wikisource; CE papāta) and यतसत्वोऽल्पत्तेतनः → गतसत्वोऽल्पचेतनः (misprints; यत for गत and त्त for च, CE gatasattvo 'lpacetanaḥ). Recension variants: गत्या for the CE's saṃkhye, भूमिं for bhūmau (kept).

Verse 42 (9.9.42)

भ्रातरं निहतं दृष्ट्वा सुशर्मा क्रोधमूर्च्छितः । अभ्यवर्षच्छरैस्तूर्णं पादातं पाण्डुनन्दनम् ॥

bhrātaraṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā suśarmā krodhamūrcchitaḥ | abhyavarṣaccharaistūrṇaṃ pādātaṃ pāṇḍunandanam

Seeing his brother slain, Susharma, mad with fury, quickly showered arrows on the Pandava, who was on foot.

Note on the text: Name variant: Wikisource सुशर्मा, CE suṣeṇaḥ; पादातं, CE padātim (kept).

Verse 43 (9.9.43)

चतुर्भिश्चतुरो वाहान्ध्वजं छित्त्वा च पञ्चभिः । त्रिभिर्वै सारथिं हत्वा कर्णपुत्रो ननाद ह ॥

caturbhiścaturo vāhāndhvajaṃ chittvā ca pañcabhiḥ | tribhirvai sārathiṃ hatvā karṇaputro nanāda ha

Cutting down his four horses with four arrows and his banner with five, and killing his charioteer with three, Karna's son roared aloud.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the CE star passage 9.9.40d*0058_01-02, printed after 9.9.40 (the lines agree). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 44 (9.9.44)

नकुलं विरथं दृष्ट्वा द्रौपदेयो महारथम् । सुतसोमोऽभिदुद्राव परीप्सन्पितरं रणे ॥

nakulaṃ virathaṃ dṛṣṭvā draupadeyo mahāratham | sutasomo'bhidudrāva parīpsanpitaraṃ raṇe

Seeing the great chariot-warrior Nakula without a chariot, Draupadi's son Sutasoma rushed up, wishing to protect his father in the battle.

Verse 45 (9.9.45)

ततोऽधिरुह्य नकुलः सुतसोमस्य तं रथम् । शुशुभे भरतश्रेष्ठो गिरिस्थ इव केसरी ॥

tato'dhiruhya nakulaḥ sutasomasya taṃ ratham | śuśubhe bharataśreṣṭho giristha iva kesarī

Then Nakula, best of the Bharatas, climbed onto that chariot of Sutasoma's and shone like a lion on a mountain.

Note on the text: Corrected गिरिस्य → गिरिस्थ (misprint in Wikisource; the स्थ is lost, CE giristha). Lines 1-2 are CE 9.9.42a, c; the CE's third line (42e) is the next verse. No automatic alignment.

Verse 46 (9.9.46)

अन्यत्कार्मुकमादाय सुशर्माणमयोधयत् ॥

anyatkārmukamādāya suśarmāṇamayodhayat

Taking another bow, he fought Susharma.

Note on the text: Single line (9-9-46a) = CE 9.9.42e (so 'nyat kārmukam ādāya suṣeṇaṃ samayodhayat); Wikisource reads सुशर्माणमयोधयत् (name variant, kept). No automatic alignment.

Verse 47 (9.9.47)

तत्र तौ शरवर्षाभ्यां समासाद्य परस्परम् । परस्परवधे यत्नं चक्रतुः सुमहारथौ ॥

tatra tau śaravarṣābhyāṃ samāsādya parasparam | parasparavadhe yatnaṃ cakratuḥ sumahārathau

There the two great chariot-warriors, closing with each other under showers of arrows, strove to kill each other.

Verse 48 (9.9.48)

सुशर्मा तु ततः क्रुद्धः पाण्डवं विशिखैस्त्रिभिः । सुतसोमं तु विंशत्या वाह्वोरुरसि चार्पयत् ॥

suśarmā tu tataḥ kruddhaḥ pāṇḍavaṃ viśikhaistribhiḥ | sutasomaṃ tu viṃśatyā vāhvorurasi cārpayat

Then Susharma, enraged, struck the Pandava with three arrows and Sutasoma with twenty, in the arms and the chest.

Note on the text: Corrected तः → ततः (misprint in Wikisource; a syllable is dropped, CE tataḥ). Name variant: सुशर्मा, CE suṣeṇaḥ.

Verse 49 (9.9.49)

ततः क्रुद्धो महाराज नकुलः परवीरहा । शरैस्तस्य दिशः सर्वाश्छादयामास वीर्यवान् ॥

tataḥ kruddho mahārāja nakulaḥ paravīrahā | śaraistasya diśaḥ sarvāśchādayāmāsa vīryavān

Then Nakula, slayer of enemy heroes, mighty, enraged, O great king, covered all the quarters around him with his arrows.

Verse 50 (9.9.50)

ततो गृहीत्वा तीक्ष्णाग्रमर्धचन्द्रं सुतेजनम् । आकर्णपूर्णं चिक्षेप कर्णपुत्राय संयुगे ॥

tato gṛhītvā tīkṣṇāgramardhacandraṃ sutejanam | ākarṇapūrṇaṃ cikṣepa karṇaputrāya saṃyuge

Then, taking a sharp-pointed, well-whetted crescent-headed arrow, he drew it to his ear and shot it at Karna's son in the battle.

Verse 51 (9.9.51)

तस्य तेन शिरः कायाज्जहार नृपसत्तम । पश्यतां सर्वसैन्यानां तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥

tasya tena śiraḥ kāyājjahāra nṛpasattama | paśyatāṃ sarvasainyānāṃ tadadbhutamivābhavat

With it he struck the head from his body, O best of kings, and that seemed a marvel to all the troops as they watched.

Verse 52 (9.9.52)

स हतः प्रापतद्राजन्नकुलेन महात्मना । नदीवेगादिवारुग्णस्तीरजः पादपो महान् ॥

sa hataḥ prāpatadrājannakulena mahātmanā | nadīvegādivārugṇastīrajaḥ pādapo mahān

Slain by great-souled Nakula, he fell, O king, like a great tree on a riverbank torn loose by the current.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (9.9.48): Wikisource prints line 2 as नदीपेxxxxxxxणस्तीरजः पादपो महान् (placeholder x's mark lost text; the surviving पे is a misprint for वे); restored नदीवेगादिवारुग्णस्तीरजः (CE nadīvegād ivārugṇas tīrajaḥ) with the CE's words kept exactly.

Verse 53 (9.9.53)

कर्णपुत्रवधं दृष्ट्वा नकुलस्य च विक्रमम् । प्रदुद्राव भयात्सेना तावकी भरतर्षभ ॥

karṇaputravadhaṃ dṛṣṭvā nakulasya ca vikramam | pradudrāva bhayātsenā tāvakī bharatarṣabha

Seeing the slaying of Karna's son and Nakula's prowess, your army fled in fear, O bull of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Corrected कर्णपुत्रवचं → कर्णपुत्रवधं (misprint in Wikisource; CE vadham), भवात् → भयात् (misprint; CE bhayāt) and भरतर्वभ → भरतर्षभ (misprint; CE bharatarṣabha).

Verse 54 (9.9.54)

तां तु सेनां महाराज मद्रराजः प्रतापवान् । अपालयद्रणे शूरः सेनापतिररिन्दमः ॥

tāṃ tu senāṃ mahārāja madrarājaḥ pratāpavān | apālayadraṇe śūraḥ senāpatirarindamaḥ

But the glorious king of the Madras, the heroic commander, tamer of foes, protected that army in the battle, O great king.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (9.9.50): Wikisource prints line 2 as xxxxxx शूरः सेनापतिररिन्दमः; restored अपालयद्रणे शूरः (CE apālayad raṇe śūraḥ), the CE's words kept exactly. Corrected महाराज्ञ → महाराज (misprint in Wikisource; the vocative, CE mahārāja).

Verse 55 (9.9.55)

विभीस्तस्थौ महाराज व्यवस्थाप्य च वाहिनीम् । सिंहनादं भृशं कृत्वा धनुःशब्दं च दारुणम् ॥

vibhīstasthau mahārāja vyavasthāpya ca vāhinīm | siṃhanādaṃ bhṛśaṃ kṛtvā dhanuḥśabdaṃ ca dāruṇam

Fearless, O great king, he stood firm, having rallied the host and loosed a mighty lion's roar and the terrible twang of his bow.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (9.9.51): Wikisource prints both lines with x's for lost words (xxxxxx व्यवस्याप्य च वाहिनीम् । xxxxxxx भूशं कृत्वा धनुःशब्दं च दारुणम्); restored विभीस्तस्थौ महाराज and सिंहनादं (CE vibhīs tasthau mahārāja; siṃhanādaṃ), the CE's words kept exactly. Corrected व्यवस्याप्य → व्यवस्थाप्य (misprint; CE vyavasthāpya) and भूशं → भृशं (misprint; CE bhṛśam). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 56 (9.9.56)

तावकाः समरे राजन्रक्षिता दृढधन्वना । प्रत्युद्ययुश्च तांस्ते तु समन्ताद्विगतव्यथाः ॥

tāvakāḥ samare rājanrakṣitā dṛḍhadhanvanā | pratyudyayuśca tāṃste tu samantādvigatavyathāḥ

Protected in the fight by that strong archer, your troops, O king, free from distress, went out again on every side against their enemies.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (9.9.52): Wikisource prints line 1 as xxxxxx सगरे राजन्रांक्षेता दृढधन्वना; restored तावकाः समरे राजन्रक्षिता (CE tāvakāḥ samare rājan rakṣitā), the CE's words kept exactly (सगरे → समरे and रांक्षेता → रक्षिता are misprints in Wikisource). Recension variant: प्रत्युद्ययुश्च तांस्ते तु, CE pratyudyayur arātīṃs te (kept).

Verse 57 (9.9.57)

मद्रराजं महेष्वासं परिवार्य समन्ततः । स्थिता राजन्महासेना योद्धुकामा समन्ततः ॥

madrarājaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ parivārya samantataḥ | sthitā rājanmahāsenā yoddhukāmā samantataḥ

Surrounding the king of the Madras, the great archer, on every side, the great host stood eager to fight on every side.

Note on the text: Corrected योद्वुकामा → योद्धुकामा (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct ddhu is broken, CE yoddhukāmāḥ).

Verse 58 (9.9.58)

सात्यकिर्भीमसेनश्च माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ । युधिष्ठिरं पुरस्कृत्य ह्रीनिषेधमरिन्दमम् ॥

sātyakirbhīmasenaśca mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ puraskṛtya hrīniṣedhamarindamam

Satyaki, Bhimasena and the two Pandava sons of Madri, putting Yudhishthira in front, that tamer of foes, restrained by modesty,

Note on the text: Corrected हीनिषेवम् → ह्रीनिषेधम् (misprint in Wikisource; CE hrīniṣedham, 'restrained by modesty', an epithet of Yudhishthira).

Verse 59 (9.9.59)

परिवार्य रणे वीराः सिंहनादं प्रचक्रिरे । बाणशङ्खरवांस्तीव्रान्क्ष्वेलाश्च विविधा दधुः ॥

parivārya raṇe vīrāḥ siṃhanādaṃ pracakrire | bāṇaśaṅkharavāṃstīvrānkṣvelāśca vividhā dadhuḥ

surrounded him in the battle, the heroes, and raised lion-roars; they made fierce sounds of arrows and conches, and shouts of many kinds.

Verse 60 (9.9.60)

तथैव तावकाः सर्वे मद्राधिपतिमञ्जसा । परिवार्य सुसंरब्धाः पुनर्युद्धमरोचयन् ॥

tathaiva tāvakāḥ sarve madrādhipatimañjasā | parivārya susaṃrabdhāḥ punaryuddhamarocayan

In the same way all your men, in great fury, surrounded the lord of the Madras and chose to fight again.

Verse 61 (9.9.61)

ततः प्रववृते युद्धं भीरूणां भयवर्धनम् । तावकानां परेषां च मृत्युं कृत्वा निवर्तनम् ॥

tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ bhīrūṇāṃ bhayavardhanam | tāvakānāṃ pareṣāṃ ca mṛtyuṃ kṛtvā nivartanam

Then a battle began that increased the fear of the timid, in which both your men and the enemy made death their only retreat.

Note on the text: Corrected निबर्तनम् → निवर्तनम् (misprint in Wikisource; CE nivartanam).

Verse 62 (9.9.62)

यथा देवासुरं युद्धं पूर्वमासीद्विशाम्पते । अभीतानां तथाऽऽसीत्तद्यमराष्ट्रविवर्धनम् ॥

yathā devāsuraṃ yuddhaṃ pūrvamāsīdviśāmpate | abhītānāṃ tathā''sīttadyamarāṣṭravivardhanam

As the battle of the gods and demons was in ancient times, O lord of the people, so it was for the fearless, increasing the realm of Yama.

Verse 63 (9.9.63)

ततः कपिध्वजो राजन्हत्वा संशप्तकान्रणे । अभ्यद्रवत तां सेनां कौरवीं पाण्डुनन्दनः ॥

tataḥ kapidhvajo rājanhatvā saṃśaptakānraṇe | abhyadravata tāṃ senāṃ kauravīṃ pāṇḍunandanaḥ

Then Arjuna, the ape-bannered son of Pandu, having slain the Samshaptakas in the battle, charged that Kaurava army, O king.

Verse 64 (9.9.64)

तथैव पाण्डवाः सर्वे धृष्टद्युम्नपुरोगमाः । अभ्यधावन्ततां सेनां विसृजन्तः शिताञ्शरान् ॥

tathaiva pāṇḍavāḥ sarve dhṛṣṭadyumnapurogamāḥ | abhyadhāvantatāṃ senāṃ visṛjantaḥ śitāñśarān

In the same way all the other Pandavas, with Dhrishtadyumna at their head, rushed at that army, loosing sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Recension variant: Wikisource पाण्डवाः सर्वे, CE pāṇḍavāḥ śeṣāḥ (kept); the page joins अभ्यधावन्त and तां without a space.

Verse 65 (9.9.65)

पाण्डवैरवकीर्णानां सम्मोहः समजायत । न च जज्ञुस्त्वनीकानि दिशो वा विदिशस्तथा ॥

pāṇḍavairavakīrṇānāṃ sammohaḥ samajāyata | na ca jajñustvanīkāni diśo vā vidiśastathā

Scattered by the Pandavas, the Kauravas fell into confusion; their divisions knew neither the directions nor the intermediate directions.

Verse 66 (9.9.66)

आपूर्यमाणा निशितैः शरैः पाण्डवचोदितैः । हतप्रवीरा विध्वस्ता वार्यमाणा समन्ततः । कौरव्यवध्यत चमूः पाण्डुपुत्रैर्महारथैः ॥

āpūryamāṇā niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ pāṇḍavacoditaiḥ | hatapravīrā vidhvastā vāryamāṇā samantataḥ | kauravyavadhyata camūḥ pāṇḍuputrairmahārathaiḥ

Filled with sharp arrows shot by the Pandavas, its heroes slain, shattered and held back on every side, the Kaurava host was being cut down by the Pandavas, those great chariot-warriors.

Verse 67 (9.9.67)

तथैव पाण्डवं सैन्यं शरै राजन्समन्ततः । रणेऽहन्यत पुत्रैस्ते शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥

tathaiva pāṇḍavaṃ sainyaṃ śarai rājansamantataḥ | raṇe'hanyata putraiste śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

In the same way, O king, your sons struck down the Pandava host in the battle on every side with arrows, by hundreds and by thousands.

Verse 68 (9.9.68)

ते सेने भृशसन्तप्ते वध्यमाने परस्परम् । व्याकुले समपद्येतां वर्षासु सरिताविव ॥

te sene bhṛśasantapte vadhyamāne parasparam | vyākule samapadyetāṃ varṣāsu saritāviva

Those two armies, sorely tormented and slaughtering each other, were thrown into turmoil like two rivers in the rainy season.

Verse 69 (9.9.69)

आविवेश ततस्तीव्रं तावकानां महद्भयम् । पाण्डवानां च राजेन्द्र तथाभूते महाहवे ॥

āviveśa tatastīvraṃ tāvakānāṃ mahadbhayam | pāṇḍavānāṃ ca rājendra tathābhūte mahāhave

Then a great and terrible fear entered your men and the Pandavas alike, O king of kings, in that dreadful battle.