Avantya, Bahlika and Jayadratha Among the Slain

Verse 1 (11.22.1)

आवन्त्यं भीमसेनेन भक्षयन्ति निपातितम् । गृध्रगोमायवः शूरं दूरबन्धुमबन्धुवत् ॥

āvantyaṃ bhīmasenena bhakṣayanti nipātitam | gṛdhragomāyavaḥ śūraṃ dūrabandhumabandhuvat

Avantya, struck down by Bhimasena, is being devoured by vultures and jackals: a hero whose kinsmen are far away, lying like a man who has none.

Note on the text: Corrected आवनत्यं → आवन्त्यं (misprint in Wikisource; a transposed conjunct; the critical edition reads āvantyaṃ). The input's alignment found no critical-edition match for this page because the same text is also printed, under 11-21 labels, on the raw page of adhyaya 21 (see the report); the critical edition's adhyaya 22 is this passage (11.22.1–18), so its references are given here. Line 2 reads दूरबन्धुम् where the critical edition has bahubandhum.

Verse 2 (11.22.2)

तं पश्य कदनं कृत्वा शूराणां मधुसूदन । शयानं वीरशयने रुधिरेण समुक्षितम् ॥

taṃ paśya kadanaṃ kṛtvā śūrāṇāṃ madhusūdana | śayānaṃ vīraśayane rudhireṇa samukṣitam

See him, Madhusudana: having made havoc among the heroes of the enemy, he lies on the hero's bed, drenched with blood.

Verse 3 (11.22.3)

तं सृगालाश्च कङ्काश्च क्रव्यादाश्च पृथग्विधाः । तेनतेन विकर्षन्ति पश्य कालस्य पर्ययम् ॥

taṃ sṛgālāśca kaṅkāśca kravyādāśca pṛthagvidhāḥ | tenatena vikarṣanti paśya kālasya paryayam

Jackals, herons and flesh-eaters of every kind drag at him, each in its own fashion: behold the turning of time.

Verse 4 (11.22.4)

शयानं वीरशयने शूरमाक्रन्दकारिणम् । आवन्त्यमभितो नार्यो रुदत्यः पर्युपासते ॥

śayānaṃ vīraśayane śūramākrandakāriṇam | āvantyamabhito nāryo rudatyaḥ paryupāsate

Around Avantya, the hero who raised the cry of battle and now lies on the hero's bed, women sit weeping.

Verse 5 (11.22.5)

प्रातिपेयं महेष्वासं हतं भीमेन बाह्लिकम् । प्रसुप्तमिव शार्दुलं पश्य कृष्ण मनस्विनम् ॥

prātipeyaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ hataṃ bhīmena bāhlikam | prasuptamiva śārdulaṃ paśya kṛṣṇa manasvinam

Look, Krishna, at the proud-spirited Bahlika, descendant of Pratipa, the great archer, slain by Bhima, lying like a sleeping tiger.

Note on the text: Corrected कृष्णमनस्विनम् → कृष्ण मनस्विनम् (misprint in Wikisource; the space between the vocative and the epithet is missing).

Verse 6 (11.22.6)

अतीव मुखवर्णोऽस्य निहतस्यापि शोभते । सोमस्येवाभिपूर्णस्य पौर्णमास्यां समुद्यतः ॥

atīva mukhavarṇo'sya nihatasyāpi śobhate | somasyevābhipūrṇasya paurṇamāsyāṃ samudyataḥ

Even in death his face shines exceedingly, like the full moon risen on the night of the full moon.

Note on the text: Corrected सोमस्यवा → सोमस्येवा (misprint in Wikisource; the particle इव is broken; the critical edition reads somasyevābhipūrṇasya).

Verse 7 (11.22.7)

पुत्रशोकाभितप्तेन प्रतिज्ञां चाभिरक्षता । पाकशासनिना सङ्ख्ये वार्धक्षत्रिर्निपातितः ॥

putraśokābhitaptena pratijñāṃ cābhirakṣatā | pākaśāsaninā saṅkhye vārdhakṣatrirnipātitaḥ

Burning with grief for his son and guarding his vow, Indra's son [Arjuna] struck down Vriddhakshatra's son in battle.

Verse 8 (11.22.8)

एकादशचमूर्भित्त्वा रक्ष्यमाणं महात्मभिः । सत्यं चिकीर्षता पश्य हतमेनं जयद्रथम् ॥

ekādaśacamūrbhittvā rakṣyamāṇaṃ mahātmabhiḥ | satyaṃ cikīrṣatā paśya hatamenaṃ jayadratham

See Jayadratha, protected by great men, slain by Arjuna, who broke through eleven armies, set on making his word true.

Verse 9 (11.22.9)

सिन्धुसौवीरभर्तारं दर्पपूर्णं मनस्विनम् । भक्षयन्ति शिवा गृध्रा जनार्दन जयद्रथम् ॥

sindhusauvīrabhartāraṃ darpapūrṇaṃ manasvinam | bhakṣayanti śivā gṛdhrā janārdana jayadratham

Jackals and vultures are feeding on Jayadratha, Janardana, the lord of Sindhu and Sauvira, once full of pride and high-minded.

Verse 10 (11.22.10)

संरक्ष्यमाणं भार्याभिरनुरक्ताभिरच्युत । भीषयन्त्यो विकर्षन्ति गहनं निम्नमन्तिकात् ॥

saṃrakṣyamāṇaṃ bhāryābhiranuraktābhiracyuta | bhīṣayantyo vikarṣanti gahanaṃ nimnamantikāt

Though his devoted wives guard him, Achyuta, the she-jackals, terrifying them, drag him away from their side into a deep hollow.

Verse 11 (11.22.11)

तमेताः पर्युपासन्ते वीक्षमाणा महाभुजम् । सिन्धुसौवीरकाम्भोजगान्धारयवनस्त्रियः ॥

tametāḥ paryupāsante vīkṣamāṇā mahābhujam | sindhusauvīrakāmbhojagāndhārayavanastriyaḥ

These women sit around him, gazing at the mighty-armed one: women of Sindhu, Sauvira, Kamboja, Gandhara and the Yavanas.

Note on the text: Corrected पर्यपासन्ते → पर्युपासन्ते (misprint in Wikisource; a wrong vowel in the prefix; the critical edition reads paryupāsante).

Verse 12 (11.22.12)

यदा कृष्णामुपादाय प्राद्रवत्केकयैः सह । तदैव वध्यः पाण्डूनां जनार्दन जयद्रथः ॥

yadā kṛṣṇāmupādāya prādravatkekayaiḥ saha | tadaiva vadhyaḥ pāṇḍūnāṃ janārdana jayadrathaḥ

When he seized Krishna [Draupadi] and fled with the Kekayas, Janardana, he deserved even then to be killed by the Pandavas.

Verse 13 (11.22.13)

दुःशलां मानयद्भिस्तु तदा मुक्तो जयद्रथः । कथमद्य न तां कृष्ण मानयन्ति स्म ते पुनः ॥

duḥśalāṃ mānayadbhistu tadā mukto jayadrathaḥ | kathamadya na tāṃ kṛṣṇa mānayanti sma te punaḥ

But Jayadratha was set free then by those who honoured Duhshala; why, Krishna, do they not honour her now, as they did before?

Verse 14 (11.22.14)

सैन्धवं मे सुता बाला प्रस्खलन्तीव दुःखिता । प्रमापयन्ती चात्मानमाक्रोशन्तीव पाण्डवान् ॥

saindhavaṃ me sutā bālā praskhalantīva duḥkhitā | pramāpayantī cātmānamākrośantīva pāṇḍavān

My young daughter, wretched, goes stumbling, as it were, to the Saindhava, seeming to destroy herself and to rail at the Pandavas.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रस्स्वलन्ती → प्रस्खलन्ती (misprint in Wikisource; a doubled स in प्र-स्खल्).

Verse 15 (11.22.15)

किन्नु दुःखतरं कृष्ण परं मम भविष्यति । यत्सुता विधवा बाला स्नुषाश्च निहतेश्वराः ॥

kinnu duḥkhataraṃ kṛṣṇa paraṃ mama bhaviṣyati | yatsutā vidhavā bālā snuṣāśca nihateśvarāḥ

What greater sorrow, Krishna, can there be for me than this: that my daughter is a widow, and my daughters-in-law have lost their lords?

Verse 16 (11.22.16)

हाहा धिग्धुःशलां पश्य वीतशोकभयामिव । भर्तुः शिर अपश्यन्तीं धावमानामितस्ततः ॥

hāhā dhigdhuḥśalāṃ paśya vītaśokabhayāmiva | bhartuḥ śira apaśyantīṃ dhāvamānāmitastataḥ

Alas, shame! Look at Duhshala, who seems to have lost all grief and fear in her daze, running this way and that, not seeing her husband's head.

Verse 17 (11.22.17)

वारयामास यः सर्वान्पाण्डवान्पुत्रगृद्धिनः । स हत्वा विपुलाः सेनाः स्वयं मृत्युवशं गतः ॥

vārayāmāsa yaḥ sarvānpāṇḍavānputragṛddhinaḥ | sa hatvā vipulāḥ senāḥ svayaṃ mṛtyuvaśaṃ gataḥ

He who held back all the Pandavas, anxious for their son, and who slew vast armies, has himself come under Death's power.

Note on the text: Corrected पुत्रगृद्विनः → पुत्रगृद्धिनः (misprint in Wikisource; a broken conjunct; the critical edition reads putragṛddhinaḥ). Corrected सर्वयं → स्वयं (misprint in Wikisource; a garbled word; the critical edition reads svayam).

Verse 18 (11.22.18)

तं मत्तमिव मातङ्गं वीरं परमदुर्जयम् । परिवार्य रुदन्त्येताः स्त्रियश्चन्द्रोपमाननाः ॥

taṃ mattamiva mātaṅgaṃ vīraṃ paramadurjayam | parivārya rudantyetāḥ striyaścandropamānanāḥ

Around him, a hero hard to overcome, like a rutting elephant, these women with faces like the moon stand weeping.