Gandhari Curses Krishna

Verse 1 (11.25.1)

काम्भोजं पश्य दुर्धर्षं काम्भोजास्तरणोचितम् । शयानमृषभस्कन्धं हतं पांसुषु माधव ॥

kāmbhojaṃ paśya durdharṣaṃ kāmbhojāstaraṇocitam | śayānamṛṣabhaskandhaṃ hataṃ pāṃsuṣu mādhava

Look at the unconquerable Kamboja, Madhava, lying in the dust, slain, on the Kamboja blanket he was fit for, his shoulders like a bull's.

Verse 2 (11.25.2)

अस्य क्षतजसन्दिग्धौ बाहू चन्दनरूषितौ । अवेक्ष्य कृपणं भार्या विलपत्यतिदुःखिता ॥

asya kṣatajasandigdhau bāhū candanarūṣitau | avekṣya kṛpaṇaṃ bhāryā vilapatyatiduḥkhitā

Seeing his arms smeared with blood and daubed with sandal paste, his wife laments piteously, in deep anguish.

Verse 3 (11.25.3)

इमौ तौ परिघप्रख्यौ बाहू चन्दनरूषितौ । ययोर्विवरमापन्नां न रतिर्मां पुराऽजहात् ॥

imau tau parighaprakhyau bāhū candanarūṣitau | yayorvivaramāpannāṃ na ratirmāṃ purā'jahāt

These are those two arms, like iron bars, daubed with sandal paste; once I lay between them and love never left me.

Verse 4 (11.25.4)

कां गतिं तु गमिष्यामि त्वया हीना जनेश्वर । दूरबन्धुरनाथा च वेपन्ती मधुरस्वरा ॥

kāṃ gatiṃ tu gamiṣyāmi tvayā hīnā janeśvara | dūrabandhuranāthā ca vepantī madhurasvarā

Which way shall I go, lord of men, deprived of you? Far from my kin, without protector, trembling, with my sweet voice.

Verse 5 (11.25.5)

आतपे क्लाम्यमानानां विविधानामिव स्रुजाम् । क्लान्तानामपि नारीणां जहाति श्रीर्न वै तनूः ॥

ātape klāmyamānānāṃ vividhānāmiva srujām | klāntānāmapi nārīṇāṃ jahāti śrīrna vai tanūḥ

Even weary, beauty does not leave the bodies of these women, as it does not leave garlands of many kinds that droop in the heat.

Verse 6 (11.25.6)

शयानमभितः शूरं कालिङ्गं मधुसूदन । पश्य दीप्ताङ्गदयुतं प्रतिमानं धनुष्मताम् ॥

śayānamabhitaḥ śūraṃ kāliṅgaṃ madhusūdana | paśya dīptāṅgadayutaṃ pratimānaṃ dhanuṣmatām

Look, Madhusudana, at the hero of Kalinga lying there, wearing shining armlets, the very pattern of archers.

Verse 7 (11.25.7)

मागधानामधिपतिं जयत्सेनं जनार्दन । परिवार्य प्ररुदिता मागध्यः पश्य योषितः ॥

māgadhānāmadhipatiṃ jayatsenaṃ janārdana | parivārya praruditā māgadhyaḥ paśya yoṣitaḥ

Look, Janardana, at the Magadha women weeping all round Jayatsena, the lord of the Magadhas.

Verse 8 (11.25.8)

हरिणायतनेत्राणां सुस्वराणां जनार्दन । मनः श्रुतिहरो नादो मनो मोहयतीव मे ॥

hariṇāyatanetrāṇāṃ susvarāṇāṃ janārdana | manaḥ śrutiharo nādo mano mohayatīva me

The sound of these wide-eyed, sweet-voiced women, Janardana, steals away my mind and hearing and bewilders me.

Verse 9 (11.25.9)

प्रकीर्णवस्त्राभरणा रुदत्यः शोककर्शिताः । स्वास्तीर्णशयनोपेता मागध्यः शेरते भुवि ॥

prakīrṇavastrābharaṇā rudatyaḥ śokakarśitāḥ | svāstīrṇaśayanopetā māgadhyaḥ śerate bhuvi

With their garments and ornaments scattered, weeping, wasted by grief, the Magadha women lie on the ground, though they have well-spread beds.

Verse 10 (11.25.10)

कोसलानामधिपतिं राजपुत्रं बृहद्बलम् । भर्तारं परिवार्यैताः पृथक्प्ररुदिताः स्त्रियः ॥

kosalānāmadhipatiṃ rājaputraṃ bṛhadbalam | bhartāraṃ parivāryaitāḥ pṛthakpraruditāḥ striyaḥ

The king of the Kosalas, the prince Brihadbala: these women, each apart, surround their husband weeping.

Verse 11 (11.25.11)

अस्य गात्रगतान्बाणान्कार्ष्णिबाहुबलेरितान् । उद्धरन्त्यसुखाविष्टा मूर्च्छमानाः पुनः पुनः ॥

asya gātragatānbāṇānkārṣṇibāhubaleritān | uddharantyasukhāviṣṭā mūrcchamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ

Distressed, fainting again and again, they pull out of his body the arrows shot by the might of Karshni, Abhimanyu.

Verse 12 (11.25.12)

आसां सर्वानवद्यानामातपेन परिश्रमात् । प्रम्लाननलिनाभानि भान्ति वक्त्राणि माधव ॥

āsāṃ sarvānavadyānāmātapena pariśramāt | pramlānanalinābhāni bhānti vaktrāṇi mādhava

The faces of all these faultless women, worn by the heat and by exhaustion, shine like wilted lotuses, Madhava.

Verse 13 (11.25.13)

द्रोणेन निहताः शूराः शेरते रुचिराङ्गदाः । धृष्टद्युम्नसुताः सर्वे शिशवो हेममालिनः ॥

droṇena nihatāḥ śūrāḥ śerate rucirāṅgadāḥ | dhṛṣṭadyumnasutāḥ sarve śiśavo hemamālinaḥ

Slain by Drona lie the heroes with the lovely armlets, all the sons of Dhrishtadyumna, children garlanded with gold.

Note on the text: Corrected शूरा → शूराः (misprint in Wikisource; the plural visarga is dropped; CE śūrāḥ). Line 1 = CE 11.25.13a; line 2 (धृष्टद्युम्नसुताः …) is the CE star passage 11.25.13b*0063_01. The alignment found no match.

Verse 14 (11.25.14)

रथाग्न्यगारं चापार्चिं शरशक्तिगदेन्धनम् । द्रोणमासाद्य निर्दग्धाः शलभा इव पावकम् ॥

rathāgnyagāraṃ cāpārciṃ śaraśaktigadendhanam | droṇamāsādya nirdagdhāḥ śalabhā iva pāvakam

Having come at Drona, whose chariot was the fire-house, whose bow was the flame, and whose arrows, spears and maces were the fuel, they were burned up like moths in a fire.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text; both lines are the CE star passage 11.25.13b*0063_02-03 (rathāgnyagāraṃ cāpārciṃ śaraśaktigadendhanam / droṇam āsādya nirdagdhāḥ śalabhā iva pāvakam), word for word.

Verse 15 (11.25.15)

तथैव निहताः शूराः शेरते रुचिराङ्गदाः । द्रोणेनाभिमुखाः सङ्ख्ये भ्रातरः पञ्च केकयाः ॥

tathaiva nihatāḥ śūrāḥ śerate rucirāṅgadāḥ | droṇenābhimukhāḥ saṅkhye bhrātaraḥ pañca kekayāḥ

Likewise lie slain the heroes with the lovely armlets, who faced Drona in battle: the five Kekaya brothers.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the CE star passage 11.25.13b*0063_04 (tathaiva nihatāḥ śūrāḥ śerate rucirāṅgadāḥ); line 2 is a variant of CE 11.25.13c (CE droṇenābhimukhāḥ sarve bhrātaraḥ pañca kekayāḥ: सङ्ख्ये for sarve). The alignment gave this verse CE 11.25.13, but 13a belongs to the verse above.

Verse 16 (11.25.16)

तप्तकाञ्चनवर्माणस्तालध्वजस्थव्रजाः । भासयन्ति महीं भासा ज्वलिता इव पावकाः ॥

taptakāñcanavarmāṇastāladhvajasthavrajāḥ | bhāsayanti mahīṃ bhāsā jvalitā iva pāvakāḥ

In armour of refined gold, their hosts standing on chariots with palm-tree banners, they light up the earth with their radiance like blazing fires.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads तालध्वजस्थव्रजाः against CE tāmradhvajarathasrajaḥ; valid Sanskrit and a recension variant, kept.

Verse 17 (11.25.17)

द्रोणेन द्रुपदं सङ्ख्ये पश्य माधव पातितम् । महाद्विपमिवारण्ये सिंहेन महता हतम् ॥

droṇena drupadaṃ saṅkhye paśya mādhava pātitam | mahādvipamivāraṇye siṃhena mahatā hatam

See Drupada, Madhava, felled by Drona in battle, slain like a great elephant in the forest by a mighty lion.

Verse 18 (11.25.18)

पाञ्चालराज्ञो विमलं पुण्डरीकाक्ष पाण्डुरम् । आतपत्रं समाभाति शरदीव निशाकरः ॥

pāñcālarājño vimalaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣa pāṇḍuram | ātapatraṃ samābhāti śaradīva niśākaraḥ

The spotless, white parasol of the Panchala king shines, lotus-eyed one, like the moon in autumn.

Verse 19 (11.25.19)

एतास्तु द्रुपदं वृद्धं स्नुषा भार्याश्च दुःखिताः । दग्ध्वा गच्छन्ति पाञ्चालराजानमपसव्यतः ॥

etāstu drupadaṃ vṛddhaṃ snuṣā bhāryāśca duḥkhitāḥ | dagdhvā gacchanti pāñcālarājānamapasavyataḥ

Having burned the aged Drupada, these grieving women, his daughters-in-law and wives, go round the Panchala king keeping him on their left.

Verse 20 (11.25.20)

धृष्टकेतुं महात्मानं चेदिपुङ्गवमङ्गनाः । द्रोणेन निहतं शूरं हरन्ति हृतचेतसः ॥

dhṛṣṭaketuṃ mahātmānaṃ cedipuṅgavamaṅganāḥ | droṇena nihataṃ śūraṃ haranti hṛtacetasaḥ

The women, their minds numbed, carry away the great-souled Dhrishtaketu, the bull of the Chedis, a hero slain by Drona.

Verse 21 (11.25.21)

द्रोणास्त्रमभिहत्यैष विमर्दे मधुसूदन । महेष्वासो हतः शेते वज्राहत इव द्रुमः ॥

droṇāstramabhihatyaiṣa vimarde madhusūdana | maheṣvāso hataḥ śete vajrāhata iva drumaḥ

Having met Drona's weapon in the melee, Madhusudana, the great archer lies slain, like a tree struck by lightning.

Verse 22 (11.25.22)

एष चेदिपतिः शूरो धृष्टकेतुर्महारथः । शेते विनिहतः सङ्ख्ये हत्वा शत्रून्सहस्रशः ॥

eṣa cedipatiḥ śūro dhṛṣṭaketurmahārathaḥ | śete vinihataḥ saṅkhye hatvā śatrūnsahasraśaḥ

This is the king of Chedi, the hero and great chariot-warrior Dhrishtaketu, who lies slain in battle after killing thousands of enemies.

Verse 23 (11.25.23)

वितुद्यमानं विहगैस्तं भार्याः पर्युपाश्रिताः । चेदिराजं हृषीकेश हतं सबलबान्धवम् ॥

vitudyamānaṃ vihagaistaṃ bhāryāḥ paryupāśritāḥ | cedirājaṃ hṛṣīkeśa hataṃ sabalabāndhavam

Birds tear at him, and his wives sit around the king of Chedi, Hrishikesha, slain with his army and kin.

Verse 24 (11.25.24)

दाशार्हपुत्रजं वीरं शयानं सत्यविक्रमम् । आरोप्याङ्के रुदन्त्येताश्चेदिराजवराङ्गनाः ॥

dāśārhaputrajaṃ vīraṃ śayānaṃ satyavikramam | āropyāṅke rudantyetāścedirājavarāṅganāḥ

Taking in their laps this hero, offspring of the Dasharha lady's son, who lies there truly valiant, the beautiful wives of the Chedi king weep.

Note on the text: Corrected चेदिराज वराङ्गनाः → चेदिराजवराङ्गनाः (misprint in Wikisource; the compound is printed as two words; CE cedirājavarāṅganāḥ). The first line reads दाशार्हपुत्रजं against CE dāśārhīputrajaṃ; the page's commentary explains पुत्र as used for a daughter too. Recension variant, kept.

Verse 25 (11.25.25)

अस्य पुत्रं हृषीकेश सुवक्त्रं चारुकुण्डलम् । द्रोणेन समरे पश्य निकृत्तं बहुधा शरैः ॥

asya putraṃ hṛṣīkeśa suvaktraṃ cārukuṇḍalam | droṇena samare paśya nikṛttaṃ bahudhā śaraiḥ

See his son, Hrishikesha, with his lovely face and beautiful earrings, cut to pieces by Drona's arrows in battle.

Verse 26 (11.25.26)

पितरं नूनमाजिस्थं युध्यमानं परैः सह । नाजहात्पितरं वीरमद्यापि मधुसूदन ॥

pitaraṃ nūnamājisthaṃ yudhyamānaṃ paraiḥ saha | nājahātpitaraṃ vīramadyāpi madhusūdana

Surely, as his father fought the enemy in the battle, he did not leave his father, the hero, and does not leave him even now, Madhusudana.

Verse 27 (11.25.27)

एवं ममापि पुत्रस्य पुत्रः पितरमन्वगात् । दुर्योधनं महाबाहो लक्ष्मणः परवीरहा ॥

evaṃ mamāpi putrasya putraḥ pitaramanvagāt | duryodhanaṃ mahābāho lakṣmaṇaḥ paravīrahā

So too my son's son followed his father: Lakshmana, slayer of hostile heroes, followed Duryodhana, O mighty-armed one.

Verse 28 (11.25.28)

विन्दानुविन्दावावन्त्यौ पतितौ पश्य माधव । हिमान्ते पुष्पितौ शालौ मरुता गलिताविव ॥

vindānuvindāvāvantyau patitau paśya mādhava | himānte puṣpitau śālau marutā galitāviva

Look at Vinda and Anuvinda of Avanti fallen, Madhava, like two flowering sala trees at the end of winter, brought down by the wind.

Verse 29 (11.25.29)

काञ्चनाङ्गदवर्माणौ बाणखड्गधनुर्धरौ । ऋषभप्रतिरूपाक्षौ शयानौ विमलस्रजौ ॥

kāñcanāṅgadavarmāṇau bāṇakhaḍgadhanurdharau | ṛṣabhapratirūpākṣau śayānau vimalasrajau

In golden armlets and armour, bearing arrow, sword and bow, with eyes like bulls', they lie in spotless garlands.

Note on the text: Corrected बाणखङ्ग → बाणखड्ग (misprint in Wikisource; ङ् for ड्; CE bāṇakhaḍga).

Verse 30 (11.25.30)

अवध्याः पाण्डवाः कृष्ण सर्व एव त्वया सह । ये मुक्ता द्रोणभीष्माभ्यां कर्णाद्वैकर्तनात्कृपात् ॥

avadhyāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ kṛṣṇa sarva eva tvayā saha | ye muktā droṇabhīṣmābhyāṃ karṇādvaikartanātkṛpāt

The Pandavas alone, Krishna, with you beside them, could not be slain, spared as they were by Drona and Bhishma, by Karna son of Vikartana, and by Kripa.

Verse 31 (11.25.31)

दुर्योधनाद्द्रोणसुतात्सैन्धवाच्च जयद्रथात् । सोमदत्ताद्विकर्णाच्च शूराच्च कृतवर्मणः ॥

duryodhanāddroṇasutātsaindhavācca jayadrathāt | somadattādvikarṇācca śūrācca kṛtavarmaṇaḥ

Spared by Duryodhana, by Drona's son, by Jayadratha the Saindhava, by Somadatta, by Vikarna, and by the hero Kritavarman,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: this is the first two lines (29a, 29c) of the CE's three-line verse 11.25.29, which the alignment listed as unmatched. Its third line (29e) opens the next verse.

Verse 32 (11.25.32)

ये हन्युः शस्त्रवेगेन देवानपि नरर्षभाः । त इमे निहताः सङ्ख्ये पश्य कालस्य पर्ययम् ॥

ye hanyuḥ śastravegena devānapi nararṣabhāḥ | ta ime nihatāḥ saṅkhye paśya kālasya paryayam

who with the force of their weapons could slay even the gods, those bulls among men: see the turn of Time, these have been slain in battle.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 = CE 11.25.29e (the third line of the CE's three-line verse 11.25.29); line 2 = CE 11.25.30a.

Verse 33 (11.25.33)

नातिभारोऽस्ति दैवस्य ध्रुवं माधव कश्चन । यदिमे निहताः शूराः क्षत्रियैः क्षत्रियर्षभाः । शूराश्च कृतविद्याश्च मम पुत्रा मनस्विनः ॥

nātibhāro'sti daivasya dhruvaṃ mādhava kaścana | yadime nihatāḥ śūrāḥ kṣatriyaiḥ kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ | śūrāśca kṛtavidyāśca mama putrā manasvinaḥ

There is, Madhava, surely no burden too great for fate, if these heroes, bulls among Kshatriyas, have been slain by Kshatriyas: heroes, learned men, my high-minded sons.

Note on the text: Removed the backtick and stray quote mark Wikisource prints around line 3. Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 = CE 11.25.30c; line 2 = CE 11.25.30e; line 3 is the CE star passage 11.25.30f*0065_01 (śūrāś ca kṛtavidyāś ca mama putrā manasvinaḥ).

Verse 34 (11.25.34)

तदैव निहताः कृष्ण मम पुत्रास्तरस्विनः । यदैवाकृतकामस्त्वमुपप्लाव्यं गतः पुनः ॥

tadaiva nihatāḥ kṛṣṇa mama putrāstarasvinaḥ | yadaivākṛtakāmastvamupaplāvyaṃ gataḥ punaḥ

My mighty sons were slain at the very time, Krishna, when you went back to Upaplavya with your purpose unachieved.

Verse 35 (11.25.35)

शन्तनोश्चैव पुत्रेण प्राज्ञेन विदुरेण च । तदैवोक्तास्मि मा स्नेहं कुरुष्वात्मसुतेष्विति ॥

śantanoścaiva putreṇa prājñena vidureṇa ca | tadaivoktāsmi mā snehaṃ kuruṣvātmasuteṣviti

Shantanu's son and the wise Vidura said to me then: "Do not set your affection on your own sons."

Verse 36 (11.25.36)

तयोर्हि दर्शनं नैतन्मिथ्या भवितुमर्हति । अचिरेणैव मे पुत्रा भस्मीभूता जनार्दन ॥

tayorhi darśanaṃ naitanmithyā bhavitumarhati | acireṇaiva me putrā bhasmībhūtā janārdana

Their foresight cannot prove false: in no long time, Janardana, my sons have been turned to ashes.

Verse 37 (11.25.37)

इत्युक्त्वा न्यपतद्भूमौ गान्धारी शोकमूर्च्छिता । दुःखोपहतविज्ञाना धैर्यमुत्सृज्य भारत ॥

ityuktvā nyapatadbhūmau gāndhārī śokamūrcchitā | duḥkhopahatavijñānā dhairyamutsṛjya bhārata

Having said this, Gandhari, overcome by grief, fell to the ground, her understanding crushed by sorrow, having lost her composure, O Bharata.

Verse 38 (11.25.38)

ततः कोपपरीताङ्गी पुत्रशोकपरिप्लुता । जगाद शौरिं दोषेण गान्धारी व्यथितेन्द्रिया ॥

tataḥ kopaparītāṅgī putraśokapariplutā | jagāda śauriṃ doṣeṇa gāndhārī vyathitendriyā

Then, seized by anger and drowned in grief for her sons, Gandhari, her senses disordered, spoke to Shauri in wrath.

Verse 39 (11.25.39)

पाण्डवा धार्तराष्ट्राश्च क्रुद्धाः कृष्ण परस्परम् । उपेक्षिता विनश्यन्तस्त्वया कस्माज्जनार्दन ॥

pāṇḍavā dhārtarāṣṭrāśca kruddhāḥ kṛṣṇa parasparam | upekṣitā vinaśyantastvayā kasmājjanārdana

The Pandavas and the Dhartarashtras, Krishna, enraged with one another, were left to perish by you, Janardana. Why?

Note on the text: Corrected पाण्डवाः धार्तराष्ट्राश्च → पाण्डवा धार्तराष्ट्राश्च (misprint in Wikisource; the visarga is left unsandhied before a voiced consonant; CE pāṇḍavā dhārtarāṣṭrāś ca). क्रुद्धाः for CE drugdhāḥ is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 40 (11.25.40)

शक्तेन बहुभृत्येन विपुले तिष्ठता बले । उभयत्र समर्थेन श्रुतवाक्येन चैव ह ॥

śaktena bahubhṛtyena vipule tiṣṭhatā bale | ubhayatra samarthena śrutavākyena caiva ha

You were capable, with many servants and a vast army at your command, able to act for either side and with words that would have been heeded.

Verse 41 (11.25.41)

इच्छतोपेक्षितो नाशः कुरूणां मधुसूदन । यस्मात्त्वया महाबाहो फलं तस्मादवाप्नुहि ॥

icchatopekṣito nāśaḥ kurūṇāṃ madhusūdana | yasmāttvayā mahābāho phalaṃ tasmādavāpnuhi

You deliberately let the ruin of the Kurus go unchecked, Madhusudana. Therefore, mighty-armed one, take the fruit of it.

Verse 42 (11.25.42)

पतिशुश्रूषया यन्मे तपः किञ्चिदुपार्जितम् । तेन त्वां दुरवापेन शपे चक्रगदाधरम् ॥

patiśuśrūṣayā yanme tapaḥ kiñcidupārjitam | tena tvāṃ duravāpena śape cakragadādharam

By whatever small austerity I have gathered through service to my husband, by that, hard to come by, I curse you, bearer of discus and mace.

Verse 43 (11.25.43)

यस्मात्परस्परं घ्नन्तो ज्ञातयः कुरुपाण्डवाः । उपेक्षितास्ते गोविन्द तस्माज्ज्ञातीन्वधिष्यसि ॥

yasmātparasparaṃ ghnanto jñātayaḥ kurupāṇḍavāḥ | upekṣitāste govinda tasmājjñātīnvadhiṣyasi

Because you let the kinsmen, Kurus and Pandavas, go unchecked as they killed one another, Govinda, therefore you will kill your own kinsmen.

Verse 44 (11.25.44)

त्वमप्युपस्थिते वर्षे षट्त्रिंशे मधुसूदन । हतज्ञातिर्हतामात्यो हतपुत्रो वनेचरः ॥

tvamapyupasthite varṣe ṣaṭtriṃśe madhusūdana | hatajñātirhatāmātyo hataputro vanecaraḥ

And you too, Madhusudana, when the thirty-sixth year arrives, with your kinsmen slain, your ministers slain, your son slain, a wanderer in the forest,

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width non-joiner after ष्ट् in षट्‌त्रिंशे (a typing artefact). Not matched by the alignment: these two lines are CE 11.25.41a, 41c (the CE's three-line verse 11.25.41, which the alignment listed as unmatched).

Verse 45 (11.25.45)

अनाथवदविज्ञातो लोकेष्वनभिलक्षितः । कुत्सितेनाभ्युपायेन निधनं समवाप्स्यसि ॥

anāthavadavijñāto lokeṣvanabhilakṣitaḥ | kutsitenābhyupāyena nidhanaṃ samavāpsyasi

unknown, as if without protector, unnoticed in the worlds, will meet your death by a contemptible means.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 is the CE star passage 11.25.41d*0066_01 (anāthavad avijñāto lokeṣv anabhilakṣitaḥ); line 2 = CE 11.25.41e, the third line of the CE verse whose first two lines are in the verse above.

Verse 46 (11.25.46)

तवाप्येवं हतसुता निहतज्ञातिबान्धवाः । स्त्रियः परिपतिष्यन्ति यथैता भरतस्त्रियः ॥

tavāpyevaṃ hatasutā nihatajñātibāndhavāḥ | striyaḥ paripatiṣyanti yathaitā bharatastriyaḥ

Your women too, their children slain and their kinsmen and relations killed, will fall to the ground just as these Bharata women have.

Verse 47 (11.25.47)

तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं घोरं वासुदेवो महामनाः । उवाच देवीं गान्धारीमीषदभ्युत्स्मयन्निव ॥

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ ghoraṃ vāsudevo mahāmanāḥ | uvāca devīṃ gāndhārīmīṣadabhyutsmayanniva

Hearing those dreadful words, the great-minded Vasudeva, smiling faintly, as it were, spoke to the lady Gandhari.

Note on the text: Speaker heading misspelt वैशम्पयन on the page (and in the input); corrected to वैशम्पायन. CE 11.25.43 heads this verse वैशम्पायन उवाच.

Verse 48 (11.25.48)

जानेऽहमेतदप्येवं चीर्णं चरसि क्षत्रिये । दैवादेव विनश्यन्ति वृष्णयो नात्र संशयः ॥

jāne'hametadapyevaṃ cīrṇaṃ carasi kṣatriye | daivādeva vinaśyanti vṛṣṇayo nātra saṃśayaḥ

I know this too, that it will be so: you are only carrying out what has already been done, lady of the warrior class. The Vrishnis perish by fate alone; there is no doubt of it.

Note on the text: Speaker: the page prints no new heading after 47, but this verse is wholly Krishna's reply, so it is given to Vasudeva (the CE also prints this speech under वैशम्पायन उवाच, until its next adhyaya's heading वासुदेव उवाच). Not matched by the alignment: line 1 = CE 11.25.44c; line 2 is the CE star passage 11.25.44d*0067_01 (daivād eva vinaśyanti vṛṣṇayo nātra saṃśayaḥ), word for word.

Verse 49 (11.25.49)

संहर्ता वृष्णिचक्रस्य नान्यो मद्विद्यते शुभे । अवध्यास्ते नरैरन्यैरपि वा देवदानवैः ॥

saṃhartā vṛṣṇicakrasya nānyo madvidyate śubhe | avadhyāste narairanyairapi vā devadānavaiḥ

There is no one but I, noble lady, who can destroy the circle of the Vrishnis. They cannot be slain by other men, nor by gods and demons.

Note on the text: Speaker: wholly Krishna's reply (see the note on the preceding verse); the page prints no heading. Not matched by the alignment: line 1 = CE 11.25.44a; line 2 = CE 11.25.45a. The page puts these two lines after CE 44c, whereas the CE has 44a before 44c.

Verse 50 (11.25.50)

परस्परकृतं नाशं यतः प्राप्स्यन्ति यादवाः । इत्युक्तवति दाशार्हे पाण्डवास्त्रस्तचेतसः । बभूवुर्भृशसंविग्ना निराशाश्चापि जीविते ॥

parasparakṛtaṃ nāśaṃ yataḥ prāpsyanti yādavāḥ | ityuktavati dāśārhe pāṇḍavāstrastacetasaḥ | babhūvurbhṛśasaṃvignā nirāśāścāpi jīvite

The Yadavas will therefore meet a ruin wrought by one another. When the Dasharha had spoken so, the Pandavas, their hearts struck with fear, became deeply agitated and despaired of life.

Note on the text: Speaker misspelt वैशम्पयन on the page (and in the input); corrected. The first line (परस्परकृतं नाशं …) completes Krishna's reply, and lines 2-3 are the narrator's, so the verse is kept whole under the narrator. Not matched by the alignment: line 1 = CE 11.25.45c; lines 2-3 = CE 11.25.46a, 46c (यतः for CE ataḥ is a recension variant, kept).