Duryodhana's Taunts Sent by Uluka: The Cat's Vow

Verse 1 (5.160.1)

हिरण्वत्यां निविष्टेषु पाण्डवेषु महात्मसु । न्यविशन्त महाराज कौरवेया यथाविधि ॥

hiraṇvatyāṃ niviṣṭeṣu pāṇḍaveṣu mahātmasu | nyaviśanta mahārāja kauraveyā yathāvidhi

When the great-souled Pandavas had encamped at Hiranvati, great king, the Kauravas too encamped in due order.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 5.157.1ab; line 2 is its star passage 5.157.1b*0556, line 1.

Verse 2 (5.160.2)

तत्र दुर्योधनो राजा निवेश्य बलमोजसा । संमानयित्वा नृपतीन्न्यस्य गुल्मांस्तथैव च ॥

tatra duryodhano rājā niveśya balamojasā | saṃmānayitvā nṛpatīnnyasya gulmāṃstathaiva ca

There King Duryodhana quartered his army with vigour, honoured the kings and posted the outposts;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as star passage 5.157.1b*0556, lines 2–3. Corrected निवेस्य → निवेश्य (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; the critical edition (5.157.1b*0556) reads niveśya).

Verse 3 (5.160.3)

आरक्षस्य विधिं कृत्वा योधानां तत्र भारत । कर्णं दुःशासनं चैव शकुनिं चापि सौबलम् ॥

ārakṣasya vidhiṃ kṛtvā yodhānāṃ tatra bhārata | karṇaṃ duḥśāsanaṃ caiva śakuniṃ cāpi saubalam

and when he had arranged the guarding of the warriors there, Bharata, he sent for Karna, Duhshasana and Shakuni, son of Subala,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as star passage 5.157.1b*0556, lines 4–5.

Verse 4 (5.160.4)

आनाय्य नृपतिस्तत्र मन्त्रयामास भारत । तत्र दुर्योधनो राजा कर्णेन सह भारत ॥

ānāyya nṛpatistatra mantrayāmāsa bhārata | tatra duryodhano rājā karṇena saha bhārata

and there the king took counsel with them, Bharata. There King Duryodhana, Bharata, having conferred with Karna

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's star passage 5.157.1b*0556, line 6; line 2 corresponds to 5.157.1cd (which reads duryodhano mahārāja karṇena saha bhārata), whose ref is given at verse 1.

Verse 5 (5.160.5)

सौबलेन च राजेन्द्र मन्त्रयित्वा नरर्षभ । आहूयोपह्वरे राजन्नुलूकमिदमब्रवीत् ॥

saubalena ca rājendra mantrayitvā nararṣabha | āhūyopahvare rājannulūkamidamabravīt

and with Subala's son, king of kings, bull among men, called Uluka aside in private, O king, and said to him:

Verse 6 (5.160.6)

उलूक गच्छ कैतव्य पाण्डवान्सहसोमकान् । गत्वा मम वचो ब्रूहि वासुदेवस्य शृण्वतः ॥

ulūka gaccha kaitavya pāṇḍavānsahasomakān | gatvā mama vaco brūhi vāsudevasya śṛṇvataḥ

"Uluka, son of the gambler, go to the Pandavas and the Somakas, and when you get there, speak my words in Vasudeva's hearing:

Note on the text: Corrected श्रृण्वतः → शृण्वतः (misprint in Wikisource; श्रृ for शृ; the critical edition reads śṛṇvataḥ). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 7 (5.160.7)

इदं तत्समनुप्राप्तं वर्षपूगाभिचिन्तितम् । पाण्डवानां कुरूणां च युद्धं लोकभयङ्करम् ॥

idaṃ tatsamanuprāptaṃ varṣapūgābhicintitam | pāṇḍavānāṃ kurūṇāṃ ca yuddhaṃ lokabhayaṅkaram

'The war between the Pandavas and the Kurus, which the world dreads and which has been brooded over for so many years, has now arrived.

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 8 (5.160.8)

यदेतत्कत्थनावाक्यं सञ्जयो महदब्रवीत् । वासुदेवसहायस्य गर्जतः सानुजस्य ते ॥

yadetatkatthanāvākyaṃ sañjayo mahadabravīt | vāsudevasahāyasya garjataḥ sānujasya te

That great boastful speech which Sanjaya reported — your speech, son of Kunti, as you roared with Vasudeva for your ally and your younger brothers beside you —

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 5.157.5ab; line 2 is its star passage 5.157.5b*0558. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 9 (5.160.9)

मध्ये कुरूणां कौन्तेय तस्य कालोऽयमागतः । यथावत्संप्रतिज्ञातं तत्सर्वं क्रियतामिति ॥

madhye kurūṇāṃ kaunteya tasya kālo'yamāgataḥ | yathāvatsaṃpratijñātaṃ tatsarvaṃ kriyatāmiti

in the midst of the Kurus: its time has now come, son of Kunti. Let everything you so duly promised be done.'

Note on the text: The critical edition's 5.157.5c–f (its ref is given at verse 8). Corrected करूणां → कुरूणां (misprint in Wikisource; dropped u-vowel; the critical edition reads kurūṇāṃ). Corrected कालोयमागतः → कालोऽयमागतः (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha; the critical edition reads kālo 'yam). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 10 (5.160.10)

ज्येष्ठं तथैव कौन्तेयं ब्रूयास्त्वं वचनान्मम ॥

jyeṣṭhaṃ tathaiva kaunteyaṃ brūyāstvaṃ vacanānmama

Speak my words likewise to the eldest son of Kunti:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, line 1 (printed after 5.157.5). Duryodhana's whole message to Yudhishthira with the tale of the cat, verses 10–63, is Appendix I No. 9, lines 1–108. Corrected ब्रूयास्त्यं → ब्रूयास्त्वं (misprint in Wikisource; य for व; Appendix I No. 9 reads brūyās tvaṃ). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 11 (5.160.11)

भ्रातृभिः सहितः सर्वैः सोमकैश्च सकेकयैः । कथं वा धार्मिको भूत्वा त्वमधर्मे मनः कृथाः । य इच्छसि जगत्सर्वं नश्यमानं नृशंसवत् ॥

bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaḥ sarvaiḥ somakaiśca sakekayaiḥ | kathaṃ vā dhārmiko bhūtvā tvamadharme manaḥ kṛthāḥ | ya icchasi jagatsarvaṃ naśyamānaṃ nṛśaṃsavat

'With all your brothers beside you, and the Somakas and the Kekayas — how is it that you, a righteous man, have set your mind on unrighteousness, you who, like a cruel man, wish the whole world to perish?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 2–4 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 12 (5.160.12)

अभयं सर्वभूतेभ्यो दाता त्वमिति मे मतिः ॥

abhayaṃ sarvabhūtebhyo dātā tvamiti me matiḥ

I had thought you the giver of safety to all beings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, line 5 (printed after 5.157.5). Corrected भूतेभ्यो पाता → भूतेभ्यो दाता (misprint in Wikisource; प for द; the sandhi भूतेभ्यो requires a voiced sound after it, and अभयं needs "giver"; Appendix I No. 9 reads dātā). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 13 (5.160.13)

श्रूयते हि पुरा गीतः श्लोकोऽयं भरतर्षभ । प्रह्लादेनाथ भद्रं ते हृते राज्ये तु दैवतैः ॥

śrūyate hi purā gītaḥ śloko'yaṃ bharatarṣabha | prahlādenātha bhadraṃ te hṛte rājye tu daivataiḥ

For we hear that this verse was sung long ago, bull of the Bharatas — good fortune to you — by Prahlada, when the gods had taken away his kingdom:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 6–7 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 14 (5.160.14)

यस्य धर्मध्वजो नित्यं सुरा ध्वज इवोच्छ्रितः । प्रच्छन्नानि च पापानि बैडालं नाम तद्व्रतम् ॥

yasya dharmadhvajo nityaṃ surā dhvaja ivocchritaḥ | pracchannāni ca pāpāni baiḍālaṃ nāma tadvratam

O gods, when a man keeps the banner of righteousness always raised like a flag while his sins stay hidden, that practice is called the cat's vow.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 8–9 (printed after 5.157.5). Corrected तद्ब्रतम् → तद्व्रतम् (misprint in Wikisource; ब for व; Appendix I No. 9 reads tad vratam). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 15 (5.160.15)

अत्र ते वर्तयिष्यामि आख्यानमिदमुत्तमम् । कथितं नारदेनेह पितुर्मम नराधिप ॥

atra te vartayiṣyāmi ākhyānamidamuttamam | kathitaṃ nāradeneha piturmama narādhipa

On this I will tell you an excellent tale, which Narada once told my father, lord of men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 10–11 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 16 (5.160.16)

मार्जारः किल दुष्टात्मा निश्चेष्टः सर्वकर्मसु । ऊर्ध्वबाहुः स्थितो राजन् गङ्गातीरे कदाचन ॥

mārjāraḥ kila duṣṭātmā niśceṣṭaḥ sarvakarmasu | ūrdhvabāhuḥ sthito rājan gaṅgātīre kadācana

Once, they say, a wicked-hearted cat stood on the bank of the Ganga with his arms raised, giving up all activity, O king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 12–13 (printed after 5.157.5). Corrected गङ्गातीर कदाचन → गङ्गातीरे कदाचन (misprint in Wikisource; dropped e-vowel; Appendix I No. 9 reads gaṅgātīre). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 17 (5.160.17)

स वै कृत्वा मनःशुद्धिं प्रत्ययार्थं शरीरिणाम् । करोमि धर्ममित्याह सर्वानेव शरीरिणः ॥

sa vai kṛtvā manaḥśuddhiṃ pratyayārthaṃ śarīriṇām | karomi dharmamityāha sarvāneva śarīriṇaḥ

He purified his mind to win the trust of living creatures, and declared to every creature, "I am practising dharma."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 14–15 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 18 (5.160.18)

तस्य कालेन महता विस्रम्भं जग्मुरण्डजाः । समेत्य च प्रशंसन्ति मार्जारं तं विशांपते ॥

tasya kālena mahatā visrambhaṃ jagmuraṇḍajāḥ | sametya ca praśaṃsanti mārjāraṃ taṃ viśāṃpate

After a long time the birds came to trust him, and they would gather and praise that cat, lord of the people.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 16–17 (printed after 5.157.5). Corrected विस्त्रम्यं → विस्रम्भं (misprint in Wikisource; garbled word; the page's own commentary glosses विस्रम्भं विश्वासम्, Appendix I No. 9 reads viśrambhaṃ). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 19 (5.160.19)

पूज्यमानस्तु तैः सर्वैः पक्षिभिः पक्षिभोजनः । आत्मकार्यं कृतं मेने चर्यायाश्च कृतं फलम् ॥

pūjyamānastu taiḥ sarvaiḥ pakṣibhiḥ pakṣibhojanaḥ | ātmakāryaṃ kṛtaṃ mene caryāyāśca kṛtaṃ phalam

Honoured by all those birds, the eater of birds thought his own purpose achieved and his practice already bearing fruit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 18–19 (printed after 5.157.5). Corrected चार्यायाश्च → चर्यायाश्च (misprint in Wikisource; stray long ā; Appendix I No. 9 reads caryāyāś ca). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 20 (5.160.20)

अथ दीर्घस्य कालस्य तं देशं मूषिका ययुः । ददृशुस्तं च ते तत्र धार्मिकं व्रतचारिणम् ॥

atha dīrghasya kālasya taṃ deśaṃ mūṣikā yayuḥ | dadṛśustaṃ ca te tatra dhārmikaṃ vratacāriṇam

Then, after a long time, some mice came to that place, and there they saw him, righteous and keeping his vow,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 20–21 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 21 (5.160.21)

कार्येण महता युक्तं दम्भयुक्तेन भारत । तेषां मतिरियं राजन्नासीत्तत्र विनिश्चये ॥

kāryeṇa mahatā yuktaṃ dambhayuktena bhārata | teṣāṃ matiriyaṃ rājannāsīttatra viniścaye

engaged in a great undertaking — one yoked to hypocrisy, Bharata. After weighing the matter, they came to this decision, O king:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 22–23 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 22 (5.160.22)

बहुमित्रा वयं सर्वे तेषां नो मातुलो ह्ययम् । रक्षां करोतु सततं वृद्धबालस्य सर्वशः ॥

bahumitrā vayaṃ sarve teṣāṃ no mātulo hyayam | rakṣāṃ karotu satataṃ vṛddhabālasya sarvaśaḥ

"We all have many enemies. Let this one be our maternal uncle, and let him always guard our old and our young in every way."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 24–25 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 23 (5.160.23)

उपगम्य तु ते सर्वे बिडालमिदमब्रुवन् । भवत्प्रसादादिच्छामश्चर्तुं चैव यथासुखम् ॥

upagamya tu te sarve biḍālamidamabruvan | bhavatprasādādicchāmaścartuṃ caiva yathāsukham

Then they all approached the cat and said: "By your grace we wish to move about at our ease.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 26–27 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 24 (5.160.24)

भवान्नो गतिरव्यग्रा भवान्नः परमः सुहृत् । ते वयं सहिताः सर्वे भवन्तं शरणं गताः ॥

bhavānno gatiravyagrā bhavānnaḥ paramaḥ suhṛt | te vayaṃ sahitāḥ sarve bhavantaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ

You are our sure refuge, you are our dearest friend; all of us together have come to you for shelter.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 28–29 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 25 (5.160.25)

भवान्धर्मपरो नित्यं भवान्धर्मे व्यवस्थितः । स नो रक्ष महाप्रज्ञ त्रिदशानिव वज्रभृत् ॥

bhavāndharmaparo nityaṃ bhavāndharme vyavasthitaḥ | sa no rakṣa mahāprajña tridaśāniva vajrabhṛt

You are ever devoted to dharma, firmly established in dharma; so protect us, wise one, as the wielder of the thunderbolt protects the gods."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 30–31 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 26 (5.160.26)

एवमुक्तस्तु तैः सर्वैर्मूषिकैः स विशांपते । प्रत्युवाच ततः सर्वान्मूषिकान्मूषिकान्तकृत् ॥

evamuktastu taiḥ sarvairmūṣikaiḥ sa viśāṃpate | pratyuvāca tataḥ sarvānmūṣikānmūṣikāntakṛt

So addressed by all the mice, lord of the people, the destroyer of mice replied to them all:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 32–33 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 27 (5.160.27)

द्वयोर्योगं न पश्यामि तपसो रक्षणस्य च । अवश्यं तु मया कार्यं वचनं भवतां हितम् ॥

dvayoryogaṃ na paśyāmi tapaso rakṣaṇasya ca | avaśyaṃ tu mayā kāryaṃ vacanaṃ bhavatāṃ hitam

"I do not see how the two can go together, austerity and protecting you. Yet I must certainly do what you ask for your good.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 34–35 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 28 (5.160.28)

युष्माभिरपि कर्तव्यं वचनं मम नित्यशः । तपसास्मि परिश्रान्तो दृढं नियममास्थितः ॥

yuṣmābhirapi kartavyaṃ vacanaṃ mama nityaśaḥ | tapasāsmi pariśrānto dṛḍhaṃ niyamamāsthitaḥ

You too must always do as I say. I am worn out by austerity, firmly bound to my vow,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 36–37 (printed after 5.157.5). Corrected नियमामास्थितः → नियममास्थितः (misprint in Wikisource; stray long ā; Appendix I No. 9 reads niyamam āsthitaḥ). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 29 (5.160.29)

न चापि गमने शक्तिं कांचित्पश्यामि चिन्तयन् । सोऽस्मि नेयः सदा ताता नदीकूलमितः परम् ॥

na cāpi gamane śaktiṃ kāṃcitpaśyāmi cintayan | so'smi neyaḥ sadā tātā nadīkūlamitaḥ param

and when I think about it, I find no strength in me at all for walking. So from now on, my children, you must always carry me to the riverbank."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 38–39 (printed after 5.157.5). Corrected सोस्मि → सोऽस्मि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha). Corrected नदीकूलमितःपरम् → नदीकूलमितः परम् (misprint in Wikisource; word space restored; इतः परम् kept against Appendix I No. 9 itaḥ sukham as a recension variant). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 30 (5.160.30)

तथेति तं प्रतिज्ञाय मूषिका भरतर्षभ । वृद्धबालमथो सर्वं मार्जाराय न्यवेदयन् ॥

tatheti taṃ pratijñāya mūṣikā bharatarṣabha | vṛddhabālamatho sarvaṃ mārjārāya nyavedayan

The mice agreed, bull of the Bharatas, and entrusted all their old and young to the cat.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 40–41 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 31 (5.160.31)

ततः स पापो दुष्टात्मा मूषिकानथ भक्षयन् । पीवरश्च सुवर्णश्च दृढबन्धश्च जायते ॥

tataḥ sa pāpo duṣṭātmā mūṣikānatha bhakṣayan | pīvaraśca suvarṇaśca dṛḍhabandhaśca jāyate

Then that wicked, evil-hearted creature began eating the mice, and he grew fat, sleek-coated and firmly built.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 42–43 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 32 (5.160.32)

मूषिकाणां गणश्चात्र भृशं संक्षीयतेऽथ सः । मार्जारो वर्धते चापि तेजोबलसमन्वितः ॥

mūṣikāṇāṃ gaṇaścātra bhṛśaṃ saṃkṣīyate'tha saḥ | mārjāro vardhate cāpi tejobalasamanvitaḥ

The troop of mice dwindled fast, while the cat grew, full of vigour and strength.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 44–45 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 33 (5.160.33)

ततस्ते मूषिकाः सर्वे समेत्यान्योन्यमब्रुवन् । मातुलो वर्धते नित्यं वयं क्षीयामहे भृशम् ॥

tataste mūṣikāḥ sarve sametyānyonyamabruvan | mātulo vardhate nityaṃ vayaṃ kṣīyāmahe bhṛśam

Then all the mice gathered and said to one another: "Uncle grows bigger every day, and we are wasting away fast."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 46–47 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 34 (5.160.34)

ततः प्राज्ञतमः कश्चिड्डिण्डिको नाम मूषिकः । अब्रवीद्वचनं राजन्मूषिकाणां महागणम् ॥

tataḥ prājñatamaḥ kaściḍḍiṇḍiko nāma mūṣikaḥ | abravīdvacanaṃ rājanmūṣikāṇāṃ mahāgaṇam

Then a very wise mouse named Dindika spoke to the great troop of mice, O king:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 48–49 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 35 (5.160.35)

गच्छतां वो नदीतीरं सहितानां विशेषतः । पृष्ठतोऽहं गमिष्यामि सहैव मातुलेन तु ॥

gacchatāṃ vo nadītīraṃ sahitānāṃ viśeṣataḥ | pṛṣṭhato'haṃ gamiṣyāmi sahaiva mātulena tu

"When you all go to the riverbank together, I will follow behind you, along with uncle."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 50–51 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 36 (5.160.36)

साधु साध्विति ते सर्वे पूजयाञ्चक्रिरे तदा । चक्रुश्चैव यथान्यायं डिण्डिकस्य वचोऽर्थवत् ॥

sādhu sādhviti te sarve pūjayāñcakrire tadā | cakruścaiva yathānyāyaṃ ḍiṇḍikasya vaco'rthavat

"Well said, well said!" they all cried, honouring him, and they duly followed Dindika's sensible counsel.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 52–53 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 37 (5.160.37)

अविज्ञानात्ततः सोऽथ डिण्डिकं ह्युपभुक्तवान् । ततस्ते सहिताः सर्वे मन्त्रयामासुरञ्जसा ॥

avijñānāttataḥ so'tha ḍiṇḍikaṃ hyupabhuktavān | tataste sahitāḥ sarve mantrayāmāsurañjasā

Then, without anyone knowing, the cat ate Dindika. After that they all quickly took counsel together.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 54–55 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 38 (5.160.38)

तत्र वृद्धतमः कश्चित्कोलिको नाम मूषिकः । अब्रवीद्वचनं राजञ्ज्ञातिमध्ये यथातथम् ॥

tatra vṛddhatamaḥ kaścitkoliko nāma mūṣikaḥ | abravīdvacanaṃ rājañjñātimadhye yathātatham

There the oldest of them, a mouse named Kolika, spoke the plain truth in the midst of his kin, O king:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 56–57 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 39 (5.160.39)

न मातुलो धर्मकामश्छद्ममात्रं कृता शिखा । न मूलफलभक्षस्य विष्ठा भवति लोमशा ॥

na mātulo dharmakāmaśchadmamātraṃ kṛtā śikhā | na mūlaphalabhakṣasya viṣṭhā bhavati lomaśā

"Uncle is not seeking dharma; his matted lock is a mere disguise. The droppings of one who lives on roots and fruit are not full of hair.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 58–59 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 40 (5.160.40)

अस्य गात्राणि वर्धन्ते गणश्च परिहीयते । अद्य सप्ताष्टदिवसान्डिण्डिकोऽपि न दृश्यते ॥

asya gātrāṇi vardhante gaṇaśca parihīyate | adya saptāṣṭadivasānḍiṇḍiko'pi na dṛśyate

His limbs keep growing and our troop keeps shrinking; and now for seven or eight days Dindika too has not been seen."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 60–61 (printed after 5.157.5). Corrected डिण्डिकोपि → डिण्डिकोऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 41 (5.160.41)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचः सर्वे मूषिका विप्रदुद्रुवुः । बिडालोऽपि स दुष्टात्मा जगामैव यथागतम् ॥

etacchrutvā vacaḥ sarve mūṣikā vipradudruvuḥ | biḍālo'pi sa duṣṭātmā jagāmaiva yathāgatam

Hearing these words, all the mice fled in every direction, and the evil-hearted cat went back the way he had come.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 62–63 (printed after 5.157.5). Corrected बिडालोपि → बिडालोऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 42 (5.160.42)

तथा त्वमपि दुष्टात्मन्बैडालं व्रतमास्थितः । चरसि ज्ञातिषु सदा बिडालो मूषिकेष्विव ॥

tathā tvamapi duṣṭātmanbaiḍālaṃ vratamāsthitaḥ | carasi jñātiṣu sadā biḍālo mūṣikeṣviva

In the same way, you too, wicked one, have taken up the cat's vow, and you move among your kinsmen always as the cat moved among the mice.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 64–65 (printed after 5.157.5). Corrected बिडालोमूषिकेष्विव → बिडालो मूषिकेष्विव (misprint in Wikisource; word space restored). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 43 (5.160.43)

अन्यथा किल ते वाक्यमन्यथा कर्म दृश्यते । दम्भनार्थाय लोकस्य वेदाश्चोपशमश्च ते ॥

anyathā kila te vākyamanyathā karma dṛśyate | dambhanārthāya lokasya vedāścopaśamaśca te

Your words, it is plain, are one thing and your deeds another; your Vedas and your calm are only for deceiving the world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 66–67 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 44 (5.160.44)

त्यक्त्वा छद्म त्विदं राजन्क्षत्रधर्मं समाश्रितः । कुरु कार्याणि सर्वाणि धर्मिष्ठोऽसि नरर्षभ ॥

tyaktvā chadma tvidaṃ rājankṣatradharmaṃ samāśritaḥ | kuru kāryāṇi sarvāṇi dharmiṣṭho'si nararṣabha

Give up this pretence, O king; take up the duty of a kshatriya and do all that has to be done — you are, after all, most righteous, bull among men!

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 68–69 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 45 (5.160.45)

बाहुवीर्येण पृथिवीं लब्ध्वा भरतसत्तम । देहि दानं द्विजातिभ्यः पितृभ्यश्च यथोचितम् ॥

bāhuvīryeṇa pṛthivīṃ labdhvā bharatasattama | dehi dānaṃ dvijātibhyaḥ pitṛbhyaśca yathocitam

Win the earth by the strength of your arms, best of the Bharatas, and give gifts to the twice-born and offerings to the ancestors, as is fitting.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 70–71 (printed after 5.157.5). Corrected पितृभ्यश्चयथोचितम् → पितृभ्यश्च यथोचितम् (misprint in Wikisource; word space restored). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 46 (5.160.46)

क्लिष्टाया वर्षपूगांश्च मातुर्मातृहिते स्थितः । प्रमार्जाश्रु रणे जित्वा संमानं परमावह ॥

kliṣṭāyā varṣapūgāṃśca māturmātṛhite sthitaḥ | pramārjāśru raṇe jitvā saṃmānaṃ paramāvaha

Devoted as you are to your mother's welfare, wipe away the tears of your mother, who has suffered for so many years; win in battle and bring her the highest honour.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 72–73 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 47 (5.160.47)

पञ्चग्रामा वृता यत्नान्नास्माभिरपवर्जिताः । युध्यामहे कथं सङ्ख्ये कोपयेम च पाण्डवान् ॥

pañcagrāmā vṛtā yatnānnāsmābhirapavarjitāḥ | yudhyāmahe kathaṃ saṅkhye kopayema ca pāṇḍavān

You begged hard for five villages, and we did not grant them — for how else could we fight you in battle and rouse the Pandavas to anger?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 74–75 (printed after 5.157.5). Corrected यत्नात्रास्माभिरपवर्जिताः → यत्नान्नास्माभिरपवर्जिताः (misprint in Wikisource; broken sandhi of यत्नात् न; Appendix I No. 9 reads yatnān nāsmābhir). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 48 (5.160.48)

त्वत्कृते दुष्टभावस्य संत्यागो विदुरस्य च । जातुषे च गृहे दाहं स्मर तं पुरुषो भव ॥

tvatkṛte duṣṭabhāvasya saṃtyāgo vidurasya ca | jātuṣe ca gṛhe dāhaṃ smara taṃ puruṣo bhava

Remember how the ill-disposed Vidura was cast off for your sake, and the burning in the house of lac — and be a man.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 76–77 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 49 (5.160.49)

यच्च कृष्णमवोचस्त्वमायान्तं कुरुसंसदि । अयमस्मि स्थितो राजञ्शमाय समराय च ॥

yacca kṛṣṇamavocastvamāyāntaṃ kurusaṃsadi | ayamasmi sthito rājañśamāya samarāya ca

And what you said to Krishna as he set out for the assembly of the Kurus — "Here I stand, ready for peace and ready for war" —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 78–79 (printed after 5.157.5). Corrected शमायसमराय → शमाय समराय (misprint in Wikisource; word space restored). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 50 (5.160.50)

तस्यायमागतः कालः समरस्य नराधिप । एतदर्थं मया सर्वं कृतमेतद्युधिष्ठिर ॥

tasyāyamāgataḥ kālaḥ samarasya narādhipa | etadarthaṃ mayā sarvaṃ kṛtametadyudhiṣṭhira

the time for that war has come, O king, lord of men. It is for this that I have done all this, Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 80–81 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 51 (5.160.51)

किं नु युद्धात्परं लाभं क्षत्रियो बहु मन्यते । किंच त्वं क्षत्रियकुले जातः संप्रथितो भुवि ॥

kiṃ nu yuddhātparaṃ lābhaṃ kṣatriyo bahu manyate | kiṃca tvaṃ kṣatriyakule jātaḥ saṃprathito bhuvi

What gain does a kshatriya prize above battle? And you were born in a kshatriya family and are renowned throughout the earth;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 82–83 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 52 (5.160.52)

द्रोणादस्त्राणि संप्राप्य कृपाच्च भरतर्षभ । तुल्ययोनौ समबले वासुदेवं समाश्रितः ॥

droṇādastrāṇi saṃprāpya kṛpācca bharatarṣabha | tulyayonau samabale vāsudevaṃ samāśritaḥ

you obtained your weapons from Drona and from Kripa, bull of the Bharatas — and yet against one your equal in birth and in strength you have taken refuge with Vasudeva.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 84–85 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 53 (5.160.53)

ब्रूयास्त्वं वासुदेवं च पाण्डवानां समीपतः । आत्मार्थं पाण्डवार्थं च यत्तो मां प्रतियोधय ॥

brūyāstvaṃ vāsudevaṃ ca pāṇḍavānāṃ samīpataḥ | ātmārthaṃ pāṇḍavārthaṃ ca yatto māṃ pratiyodhaya

And speak to Vasudeva too, in the presence of the Pandavas: 'For your own sake and for the Pandavas', make ready and fight me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 86–87 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 54 (5.160.54)

सभामध्ये च यद्रूपं मायया कृतवानसि । तत्तथैव पुनः कृत्वा सार्जुनो मामभिद्रव ॥

sabhāmadhye ca yadrūpaṃ māyayā kṛtavānasi | tattathaiva punaḥ kṛtvā sārjuno māmabhidrava

The form you put on by magic in the middle of the assembly — put it on again just as before, and with Arjuna rush at me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 88–89 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 55 (5.160.55)

इन्द्रजालं च मायां वै कुहका वापि भीषणा । आत्तशस्त्रस्य सङ्ग्रामे वहन्ति प्रतिगर्जनाः ॥

indrajālaṃ ca māyāṃ vai kuhakā vāpi bhīṣaṇā | āttaśastrasya saṅgrāme vahanti pratigarjanāḥ

Conjuring, illusion and fearful sorcery do not frighten a man who has taken up his weapons in battle; they only rouse his anger.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 90–91 (printed after 5.157.5). Corrected सङ्ग्रमे → सङ्ग्रामे (misprint in Wikisource; dropped long ā; Appendix I No. 9 reads saṃgrāme). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 56 (5.160.56)

वयमप्युत्सहेम द्यां खं च गच्छेम मायया । रसातलं विशामोऽपि ऐन्द्रं वा पुरमेव तु ॥

vayamapyutsahema dyāṃ khaṃ ca gacchema māyayā | rasātalaṃ viśāmo'pi aindraṃ vā purameva tu

We too could rise to heaven and the sky by magic, and enter Rasatala or the city of Indra;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 92–93 (printed after 5.157.5). Corrected विशामोपि → विशामोऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 57 (5.160.57)

दर्शयेम च रूपाणि स्वशरीरे बहून्यपि । न तु पर्यायतः सिद्धिर्बुद्धिमाप्नोति मानुषीम् ॥

darśayema ca rūpāṇi svaśarīre bahūnyapi | na tu paryāyataḥ siddhirbuddhimāpnoti mānuṣīm

we too could display many forms in our own body. But success is not won by such displays, nor does an enemy fall into a mortal's fear because of them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 94–95 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 58 (5.160.58)

मनसैव हि भूतानि धातैव कुरुते वशे । यद्ब्रवीषि च वार्ष्णेय धार्तराष्ट्रानहं रणे ॥

manasaiva hi bhūtāni dhātaiva kurute vaśe | yadbravīṣi ca vārṣṇeya dhārtarāṣṭrānahaṃ raṇe

It is the Creator alone who brings beings under his control by his mere will. And what you say, Varshneya — "I will kill the sons of Dhritarashtra in battle

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 96–97 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 59 (5.160.59)

घातयित्वा प्रदास्यामि पार्थेभ्यो राज्यमुत्तमम् । आचचक्षे च मे सर्वं सञ्जयस्तव भाषितम् । मद्द्वितीयेन पार्थेन वैरं वः सव्यसाचिना ॥

ghātayitvā pradāsyāmi pārthebhyo rājyamuttamam | ācacakṣe ca me sarvaṃ sañjayastava bhāṣitam | maddvitīyena pārthena vairaṃ vaḥ savyasācinā

and hand over the excellent kingdom to the sons of Pritha" — Sanjaya has reported to me all that you said, how our quarrel is with Savyasachin, son of Pritha, who has you for his second.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 98–100 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 60 (5.160.60)

स सत्यसङ्गरो भूत्वा पाण्डवार्थे पराक्रमी । युद्ध्यस्वाद्य रणे यत्तः पश्यामः पुरुषो भव ॥

sa satyasaṅgaro bhūtvā pāṇḍavārthe parākramī | yuddhyasvādya raṇe yattaḥ paśyāmaḥ puruṣo bhava

So be true to your word and show your valour for the Pandavas: fight today in battle with all care, and we shall see — be a man.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 101–102 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 61 (5.160.61)

यस्तु शत्रुमभिज्ञाय शुद्धं पौरुषमास्थितः । करोति द्विषतां शोकं स जीवति सुजीवितम् ॥

yastu śatrumabhijñāya śuddhaṃ pauruṣamāsthitaḥ | karoti dviṣatāṃ śokaṃ sa jīvati sujīvitam

He who knows his enemy, takes his stand on pure manliness and brings grief to his foes — he lives a life truly worth living.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 103–104 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 62 (5.160.62)

अकस्माच्चैव ते कृष्ण ख्यातं लोके महद्यशः । अद्येदानीं विजानीमः सन्ति षण्डाः सशृङ्गकाः ॥

akasmāccaiva te kṛṣṇa khyātaṃ loke mahadyaśaḥ | adyedānīṃ vijānīmaḥ santi ṣaṇḍāḥ saśṛṅgakāḥ

Your great fame in the world, Krishna, has come to you without cause. Today, at last, we know that there are eunuchs with horns — men who wear the marks of manhood without its strength.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 105–106 (printed after 5.157.5). Corrected शश्रृङ्गकाः → सशृङ्गकाः (misprint in Wikisource; श for स and श्रृ for शृ; the page's commentary reads सश्रृङ्गका, Appendix I No. 9 saśṛṅgakāḥ). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 63 (5.160.63)

मद्विधो नापि नृपतिस्त्वयि युक्तः कथंचन । सन्नाहं संयुगे कर्तुं कंसभृत्ये विशेषतः ॥

madvidho nāpi nṛpatistvayi yuktaḥ kathaṃcana | sannāhaṃ saṃyuge kartuṃ kaṃsabhṛtye viśeṣataḥ

A king such as I am should in no way arm himself for battle against you — least of all against a servant of Kamsa.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 9, lines 107–108 (printed after 5.157.5). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 64 (5.160.64)

तं च तूबरकं बालं बह्वाशिनमविद्यकम् । उलूक मद्वचो ब्रूहि असकृद्भीमसेनकम् ॥

taṃ ca tūbarakaṃ bālaṃ bahvāśinamavidyakam | ulūka madvaco brūhi asakṛdbhīmasenakam

And, Uluka, speak my words again and again to that beardless, childish, gluttonous, ignorant little Bhimasena:

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 65 (5.160.65)

विराटनगरे पार्थ यस्त्वं सूदो ह्यभूः पुरा । बल्लवो नाम विख्यातस्तन्ममैव हि पौरुषम् ॥

virāṭanagare pārtha yastvaṃ sūdo hyabhūḥ purā | ballavo nāma vikhyātastanmamaiva hi pauruṣam

'Partha, you who were once a cook in the city of Virata, known by the name of Ballava — that was my manly doing.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as star passage 5.157.16*0559, lines 1–2. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 66 (5.160.66)

प्रतिज्ञातं सभामध्ये न तन्मिथ्या त्वया पुरा । दुःशासनस्य रुधिरं पीयतां यदि शक्यते ॥

pratijñātaṃ sabhāmadhye na tanmithyā tvayā purā | duḥśāsanasya rudhiraṃ pīyatāṃ yadi śakyate

What you vowed long ago in the middle of the assembly must not prove false: let Duhshasana's blood be drunk — if you can.

Note on the text: Line 2 is the critical edition's 5.157.17cd; its line 1 reads differently there (aśaktenaiva yac chaptaṃ sabhāmadhye vṛkodara) — recension variant. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 67 (5.160.67)

यद्ब्रवीषि च कौन्तेय धार्तराष्ट्रानहं रणे । निहनिष्यामि तरसा तस्य कालोऽयमागतः ॥

yadbravīṣi ca kaunteya dhārtarāṣṭrānahaṃ raṇe | nihaniṣyāmi tarasā tasya kālo'yamāgataḥ

And what you keep saying, son of Kunti — "I will swiftly slay the sons of Dhritarashtra in battle" — the time for that has come.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 10, lines 1–2 (printed after 5.157.17). Verses 67–80 are Appendix I No. 10, lines 1–28. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 68 (5.160.68)

त्वं हि भोज्ये पुरस्कार्यो भक्ष्ये पेये च भारत । क्व युद्धं क्व च भोक्तव्यं युध्यस्व पुरुषो भव ॥

tvaṃ hi bhojye puraskāryo bhakṣye peye ca bhārata | kva yuddhaṃ kva ca bhoktavyaṃ yudhyasva puruṣo bhava

You are the one to be given first place at the table, Bharata, at eating and drinking. Where is battle, and where is a meal? Fight; be a man.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 10, lines 3–4 (printed after 5.157.17). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 69 (5.160.69)

शयिष्यसे हतो भूमौ गदामालिङ्ग्य भारत । तद्वृथा च सभामध्ये वल्गितं ते वृकोदर ॥

śayiṣyase hato bhūmau gadāmāliṅgya bhārata | tadvṛthā ca sabhāmadhye valgitaṃ te vṛkodara

You will lie struck down on the ground, Bharata, hugging your mace; and then your swagger in the assembly will have been for nothing, Vrikodara.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 10, lines 5–6 (printed after 5.157.17). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 70 (5.160.70)

उलूक नकुलं ब्रूहि वचनान्मम भारत । युद्ध्यस्वाद्य स्थिरो भूत्वा पश्यामस्तव पौरुषम् ॥

ulūka nakulaṃ brūhi vacanānmama bhārata | yuddhyasvādya sthiro bhūtvā paśyāmastava pauruṣam

Uluka, speak my words to Nakula, Bharata: 'Stand firm and fight today; we shall see your manhood.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 10, lines 7–8 (printed after 5.157.17). Corrected युध्द्यस्वाद्य → युद्ध्यस्वाद्य (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct ध्द for द्ध; spelled as at verse 60). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 71 (5.160.71)

युधिष्ठिरानुरागं च द्वेषं च मयि भारत । कृष्णायाश्च परिक्लेशं स्मरेदानीं यथातथम् ॥

yudhiṣṭhirānurāgaṃ ca dveṣaṃ ca mayi bhārata | kṛṣṇāyāśca parikleśaṃ smaredānīṃ yathātatham

Remember now, just as they were, your devotion to Yudhishthira, your hatred of me and Krishna's sufferings.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 10, lines 9–10 (printed after 5.157.17). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 72 (5.160.72)

ब्रूयास्त्वं सहदेवं च राजमध्ये वचो मम । युद्ध्येदानीं रणे यत्तः क्लेशान्स्मर च पाण्डव ॥

brūyāstvaṃ sahadevaṃ ca rājamadhye vaco mama | yuddhyedānīṃ raṇe yattaḥ kleśānsmara ca pāṇḍava

And speak my words to Sahadeva in the midst of the kings: 'Fight now in battle with all care, son of Pandu, and remember your sufferings.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 10, lines 11–12 (printed after 5.157.17). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 73 (5.160.73)

विराटद्रुपदौ चोभौ ब्रूयास्त्वं वचनान्मम । न दृष्टपूर्वा भर्तारो भृत्यैरपि महागुणैः । तथार्थपतिभिर्भृत्या यतः सृष्टाः प्रजास्ततः ॥

virāṭadrupadau cobhau brūyāstvaṃ vacanānmama | na dṛṣṭapūrvā bhartāro bhṛtyairapi mahāguṇaiḥ | tathārthapatibhirbhṛtyā yataḥ sṛṣṭāḥ prajāstataḥ

Speak my words to both Virata and Drupada: 'Ever since creatures were brought forth, servants have never truly recognised their masters, however great their virtues, nor have lords of wealth so recognised their servants;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 10, lines 13–15 (printed after 5.157.17). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 74 (5.160.74)

अश्लाघ्योऽयं नरपतिर्युवयोरिति चागतम् ॥

aślāghyo'yaṃ narapatiryuvayoriti cāgatam

and so the two of you have come to think this king — myself — unworthy of praise.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 10, line 16 (printed after 5.157.17). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 75 (5.160.75)

ते यूयं संहता भूत्वा तद्वधार्थं ममापि च । आत्मार्थं पाण्डवार्थं च प्रयुद्ध्यध्वं मया सह ॥

te yūyaṃ saṃhatā bhūtvā tadvadhārthaṃ mamāpi ca | ātmārthaṃ pāṇḍavārthaṃ ca prayuddhyadhvaṃ mayā saha

So the two of you, joined together, for that reason and to kill me, for your own sake and for the Pandavas', fight it out with me.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 10, lines 17–18 (printed after 5.157.17). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 76 (5.160.76)

धृष्टद्युम्नं च पाञ्चाल्यं ब्रूयास्त्वं वचनान्मम । एष ते समयः प्राप्तो लब्धव्यश्च त्वयापि सः ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca pāñcālyaṃ brūyāstvaṃ vacanānmama | eṣa te samayaḥ prāpto labdhavyaśca tvayāpi saḥ

Speak my words to Dhrishtadyumna of Panchala: 'Your appointed hour has come, and you must seize it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 10, lines 19–20 (printed after 5.157.17). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 77 (5.160.77)

द्रोणमासाद्य समरे ज्ञास्यसे हितमुत्तमम् । युद्ध्यस्व ससुहृत्पापं कुरु कर्म सुदुष्करम् ॥

droṇamāsādya samare jñāsyase hitamuttamam | yuddhyasva sasuhṛtpāpaṃ kuru karma suduṣkaram

When you meet Drona in battle you will learn what is truly best for you. Fight, with your friends beside you; do the sinful deed, the hardest of all.'

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 10, lines 21–22 (printed after 5.157.17). Corrected समुहृत्पापं → ससुहृत्पापं (misprint in Wikisource; म for स; Appendix I No. 10 reads sasuhṛt pāpaṃ). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 78 (5.160.78)

शिखण्डिनमथो ब्रूहि उलूक वचनान्मम । स्त्रीति मत्वा महाबाहुर्न हनिष्यति कौरवः ॥

śikhaṇḍinamatho brūhi ulūka vacanānmama | strīti matvā mahābāhurna haniṣyati kauravaḥ

Then, Uluka, speak my words to Shikhandin: 'Thinking you a woman, the mighty-armed Kaurava,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 10, lines 23–24 (printed after 5.157.17). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 79 (5.160.79)

गाङ्गेयो धन्विनां श्रेष्ठो युद्ध्येदानीं सुनिर्भयः । कुरु कर्म रणे यत्तः पश्यामः पौरुषं तव ॥

gāṅgeyo dhanvināṃ śreṣṭho yuddhyedānīṃ sunirbhayaḥ | kuru karma raṇe yattaḥ paśyāmaḥ pauruṣaṃ tava

Ganga's son, best of bowmen, will not kill you. So fight now, quite without fear; do your work in battle with all care — we shall see your manhood.'"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 10, lines 25–26 (printed after 5.157.17). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 80 (5.160.80)

एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजा प्रहस्योलूकमब्रवीत् । धनञ्जयं पुनर्ब्रूहि वासुदेवस्य शृण्वतः ॥

evamuktvā tato rājā prahasyolūkamabravīt | dhanañjayaṃ punarbrūhi vāsudevasya śṛṇvataḥ

Having said this, the king laughed and said to Uluka: "Speak again to Dhananjaya, in Vasudeva's hearing:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 10, lines 27–28 (printed after 5.157.17). Corrected श्रृण्वतः → शृण्वतः (misprint in Wikisource; श्रृ for शृ).

Verse 81 (5.160.81)

अस्मान्वा त्वं पराजित्य प्रसाधि पृथिवीमिमाम् । अथवा निर्जितोऽस्माभी रणे वीर शयिष्यसि ॥

asmānvā tvaṃ parājitya prasādhi pṛthivīmimām | athavā nirjito'smābhī raṇe vīra śayiṣyasi

'Either conquer us and rule this earth, or be beaten by us, hero, and lie on the field of battle.

Note on the text: Corrected पृतिवीमिमाम् → पृथिवीमिमाम् (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ; the critical edition reads pṛthivīm imām). Corrected निर्जितोस्माभी → निर्जितोऽस्माभी (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 82 (5.160.82)

राष्ट्रान्निर्वासनक्लेशं वनवासं च पाण्डव । कृष्णायाश्च परिक्लेशं संस्मरन्पुरुषो भव ॥

rāṣṭrānnirvāsanakleśaṃ vanavāsaṃ ca pāṇḍava | kṛṣṇāyāśca parikleśaṃ saṃsmaranpuruṣo bhava

Remember the misery of banishment from the kingdom, the life in the forest and Krishna's sufferings, son of Pandu, and be a man.

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 83 (5.160.83)

यदर्थं क्षत्रिया सूते सर्वं तदिदमागतम् । बलं वीर्यं च शौर्यं च परं चाप्यस्त्रलाघवम् ॥

yadarthaṃ kṣatriyā sūte sarvaṃ tadidamāgatam | balaṃ vīryaṃ ca śauryaṃ ca paraṃ cāpyastralāghavam

All that a kshatriya woman bears a son for has now arrived: strength, valour and courage, and the utmost deftness with weapons.

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 84 (5.160.84)

पौरुषं दर्शयन्युद्धे कोपस्य कुरु निष्कृतिम् । परिक्लिष्टस्य दीनस्य दीर्घकालोषितस्य च । हृदयं कस्य न स्फोटेदैश्वर्याद्भ्रंशितस्य च ॥

pauruṣaṃ darśayanyuddhe kopasya kuru niṣkṛtim | parikliṣṭasya dīnasya dīrghakāloṣitasya ca | hṛdayaṃ kasya na sphoṭedaiśvaryādbhraṃśitasya ca

Show your manhood in battle and pay off your anger. Whose heart would not burst — tormented, wretched, long in exile and cast down from sovereignty?

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 5.157.7ef; lines 2–3 are 5.157.8. Corrected स्फोटेदैश्वर्याद्धंशितस्य → स्फोटेदैश्वर्याद्भ्रंशितस्य (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct ध for भ्र; the critical edition reads aiśvaryād bhraṃśitasya). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 85 (5.160.85)

कुले जातस्य शूरस्य परवित्तेष्वगृध्यतः । आस्थितं राज्यमाक्रम्य कोपं कस्य न दीपयेत् ॥

kule jātasya śūrasya paravitteṣvagṛdhyataḥ | āsthitaṃ rājyamākramya kopaṃ kasya na dīpayet

Born in a noble line, a hero who never coveted another's wealth — whose anger would it not kindle to have his kingdom seized by force?

Note on the text: Corrected परिवित्तेष्वगृध्यतः → परवित्तेष्वगृध्यतः (misprint in Wikisource; stray i-vowel: परिवित्त gives no sense here, पर-वित्त "another's wealth" is the critical edition's paravitteṣu; अगृध्यतः kept against its gṛdhyataḥ as a recension variant). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 86 (5.160.86)

यत्तदुक्तं महद्वाक्यं कर्मणा तद्विभाव्यताम् । अकर्मणा कत्थितेन सन्तः कुपुरुषं विदुः ॥

yattaduktaṃ mahadvākyaṃ karmaṇā tadvibhāvyatām | akarmaṇā katthitena santaḥ kupuruṣaṃ viduḥ

Prove by deeds that great speech you made; the good know a man who boasts and does nothing for a worthless man.

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 87 (5.160.87)

अमित्राणां वशे स्थानं राज्यं च पुनरुद्धर । द्वावर्थौ युद्धकामस्य तस्मात्तत्कुरु पौरुषम् ॥

amitrāṇāṃ vaśe sthānaṃ rājyaṃ ca punaruddhara | dvāvarthau yuddhakāmasya tasmāttatkuru pauruṣam

Win back your standing, now in your enemies' power, and your kingdom: these are the two aims of one who seeks war — so act like a man.

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 88 (5.160.88)

पराजितोऽसि द्यूतेन कृष्णा चानायिता सभाम् । शक्योऽमर्षो मनुष्येण कर्तुं पुरुषमानिना ॥

parājito'si dyūtena kṛṣṇā cānāyitā sabhām | śakyo'marṣo manuṣyeṇa kartuṃ puruṣamāninā

You were beaten at dice, and Krishna was dragged into the assembly: at that, any man who counts himself a man would be stirred to wrath.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text of Duryodhana's message (5.157) or its apparatus there (vulgate recension). The same verse stands in the critical edition at 5.158.7, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to 5.158.7 is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Corrected कर्तु पुरुषमानिना → कर्तुं पुरुषमानिना (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; the critical edition (5.158.7) reads kartuṃ). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 89 (5.160.89)

द्वादशैव तु वर्षाणि वने धिष्ण्याद्विवासितः । संवत्सरं विराटस्य दास्यमास्थाय चोषितः ॥

dvādaśaiva tu varṣāṇi vane dhiṣṇyādvivāsitaḥ | saṃvatsaraṃ virāṭasya dāsyamāsthāya coṣitaḥ

For twelve full years you were banished from your home to the forest, and for a year you lived in Virata's household as a servant.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's text of Duryodhana's message (5.157) or its apparatus there (vulgate recension). The same verse stands in the critical edition at 5.158.8, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to 5.158.8 is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 90 (5.160.90)

राष्ट्रान्निर्वासनक्लेशं वनवासं च पाण्डव । कृष्णायाश्च परिक्लेशं संस्मरन्पुरुषो भव ॥

rāṣṭrānnirvāsanakleśaṃ vanavāsaṃ ca pāṇḍava | kṛṣṇāyāśca parikleśaṃ saṃsmaranpuruṣo bhava

Remember the misery of banishment from the kingdom, the life in the forest and Krishna's sufferings, son of Pandu, and be a man.

Note on the text: Repeats verse 82 word for word. Matched to the critical edition's 5.157.6, the same refrain, which reads amarṣaṃ rājyaharaṇaṃ … draupadyāś ca parikleśaṃ there (recension variant); kept as printed. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 91 (5.160.91)

अप्रियाणां च वचनं प्रब्रुवत्सु पुनः पुनः । अमर्षं दर्शयस्व त्वममर्षो ह्येव पौरुषम् ॥

apriyāṇāṃ ca vacanaṃ prabruvatsu punaḥ punaḥ | amarṣaṃ darśayasva tvamamarṣo hyeva pauruṣam

When hostile men speak hurtful words to you again and again, show your indignation; indignation is manhood itself.

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 92 (5.160.92)

क्रोधो बलं तथा वीर्यं ज्ञानयोगोऽस्त्रलाघवम् । इह ते दृश्यतां पार्थ युद्ध्यस्व पुरुषो भव ॥

krodho balaṃ tathā vīryaṃ jñānayogo'stralāghavam | iha te dṛśyatāṃ pārtha yuddhyasva puruṣo bhava

Let your wrath, your strength and valour, your mastery of yoga and your deftness with weapons be seen here, Partha; fight, and be a man.

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 93 (5.160.93)

लोहाभिसारो निर्वृत्तः कुरुक्षेत्रमकर्दमम् । पुष्टास्तेऽश्वा भृता योधाः श्वो युद्ध्यस्व सकेशवः ॥

lohābhisāro nirvṛttaḥ kurukṣetramakardamam | puṣṭāste'śvā bhṛtā yodhāḥ śvo yuddhyasva sakeśavaḥ

The consecration of the weapons is done, and Kurukshetra is free of mud; your horses are well fed and your warriors provided for — tomorrow fight, with Keshava beside you.

Note on the text: Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 94 (5.160.94)

असमागम्य भीष्मेण संयुगे किं विकत्थसे । आरुरुक्षुर्यथा मन्दः पर्वतं गन्धमादनम् ॥

asamāgamya bhīṣmeṇa saṃyuge kiṃ vikatthase | ārurukṣuryathā mandaḥ parvataṃ gandhamādanam

Why do you boast before you have met Bhishma in battle, like a fool who longs to climb Mount Gandhamadana?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 1–2 (printed after 5.157.18). Verses 94–125 are Appendix I No. 11, lines 1–77. A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.12, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 95 (5.160.95)

एवं कत्थसि कौन्तेय अकत्थन्पुरुषो भव । सूतपुत्रं सुदुर्धर्षं शल्यं च बलिनां वरम् ॥

evaṃ katthasi kaunteya akatthanpuruṣo bhava | sūtaputraṃ sudurdharṣaṃ śalyaṃ ca balināṃ varam

So you boast, son of Kunti; be a man without boasting. The charioteer's son, so hard to assail, Shalya, best of the strong,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 3–4 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at star passage 5.158.12*0560, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 96 (5.160.96)

द्रोणं च बलिनां श्रेष्ठं शचीपतिसमं युधि । अजित्वा संयुगे पार्थ राज्यं कथमिहेच्छसि ॥

droṇaṃ ca balināṃ śreṣṭhaṃ śacīpatisamaṃ yudhi | ajitvā saṃyuge pārtha rājyaṃ kathamihecchasi

and Drona, foremost of the mighty, equal in battle to Indra, lord of Shachi — without defeating these in battle, Partha, how can you hope for the kingdom here?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 5–6 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.13, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 97 (5.160.97)

ब्राह्मे धनुषि चाचार्यं वेदयोरन्तगं द्वयोः । युधि धुर्यमविक्षोभ्यमनीकचरमच्युतम् ॥

brāhme dhanuṣi cācāryaṃ vedayorantagaṃ dvayoḥ | yudhi dhuryamavikṣobhyamanīkacaramacyutam

The teacher of sacred lore and of the bow, who has reached the far shore of both Vedas, the yoke-bearer in battle, unshakable, ranging among the troops, never faltering —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 7–8 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.14, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 98 (5.160.98)

द्रोणं महाद्युतिं पार्थ जेतुमिच्छसि तन्मृषा । न हि शुश्रुम वातेन मेरुमुन्मथितं गिरिम् ॥

droṇaṃ mahādyutiṃ pārtha jetumicchasi tanmṛṣā | na hi śuśruma vātena merumunmathitaṃ girim

Drona of great splendour you hope to conquer, Partha: that is vain. We have never heard of the wind uprooting Mount Meru.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 9–10 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.15, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 99 (5.160.99)

अनिलो वा वहेन्मेरुं द्यौर्वापि निपतेन्महीम् । युगं वा परिवर्तेत यद्येवं स्याद्यथात्थ माम् ॥

anilo vā vahenmeruṃ dyaurvāpi nipatenmahīm | yugaṃ vā parivarteta yadyevaṃ syādyathāttha mām

The wind might carry off Meru, heaven might fall upon the earth, or the age itself turn back, if things were as you have told me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 11–12 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.16, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Corrected वा रिवर्तेत → वा परिवर्तेत (misprint in Wikisource; dropped प; Appendix I No. 11 reads parivarteta). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 100 (5.160.100)

को ह्यस्ति जीविताकाङ्क्षी प्राप्येममरिमर्दनम् । पार्थो वा इतरो वापि कोऽन्यः स्वस्ति गृहान्व्रजेत् ॥

ko hyasti jīvitākāṅkṣī prāpyemamarimardanam | pārtho vā itaro vāpi ko'nyaḥ svasti gṛhānvrajet

Who that wishes to live, having come up against this crusher of foes — be it Partha or anyone else — who could go home safe?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 13–14 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.17, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Corrected पराप्येममरिमर्दनम् → प्राप्येममरिमर्दनम् (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; Appendix I No. 11 reads prāpyemam). Corrected कोन्यः → कोऽन्यः (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 101 (5.160.101)

कथमाभ्यामभिध्यातः संस्पृष्टो दारुणेन वा । रणे जीवन्प्रमुच्येत पदा भूमिमुपस्पृशन् ॥

kathamābhyāmabhidhyātaḥ saṃspṛṣṭo dāruṇena vā | raṇe jīvanpramucyeta padā bhūmimupaspṛśan

How could one marked for death by these two, or touched by their dreadful weapon, escape from battle alive, with his feet still touching the ground?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 15–16 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.18, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Corrected भूमिपुमस्पृशन् → भूमिमुपस्पृशन् (misprint in Wikisource; transposed aksharas; Appendix I No. 11 reads bhūmim upaspṛśan). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 102 (5.160.102)

किं दर्दुरः कूपशयो यथेमां । न बुध्यसे राजचमूं समेताम् । दुराधर्षां देवचमूप्रकाशां । गुप्तां नरेन्द्रैस्त्रिदशैरिव द्याम् ॥

kiṃ darduraḥ kūpaśayo yathemāṃ | na budhyase rājacamūṃ sametām | durādharṣāṃ devacamūprakāśāṃ | guptāṃ narendraistridaśairiva dyām

Like a frog that lives in a well, why do you not grasp this royal army assembled here — unassailable, shining like the army of the gods, guarded by kings as heaven is guarded by the gods,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 17–20 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.19, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 103 (5.160.103)

प्राच्यैः प्रतीच्यैरथ दाक्षिणात्यै- । रुदीच्यकाम्भोजशकैः खशैश्च । साल्वैः समत्स्यैः कुरुमध्यदेश्यै- । र्म्लेच्छैः पुलिन्दैर्द्रविडान्ध्रकाञ्च्यैः ॥

prācyaiḥ pratīcyairatha dākṣiṇātyai- | rudīcyakāmbhojaśakaiḥ khaśaiśca | sālvaiḥ samatsyaiḥ kurumadhyadeśyai- | rmlecchaiḥ pulindairdraviḍāndhrakāñcyaiḥ

by the peoples of the east and of the west, of the south and of the north, by Kambojas, Shakas and Khashas, by Salvas with the Matsyas, by men of the Kuru heartland, by Mlecchas, Pulindas, Dravidas, Andhras and Kanchis —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 21–24 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.20, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 104 (5.160.104)

नानाजनौघं युधि संप्रवृद्धं । गाङ्गं यथा वेगमपारणीयम् । मां च स्थितं नानाबलस्य मध्ये । युयुत्ससे मन्द किमल्पबुद्धे ॥

nānājanaughaṃ yudhi saṃpravṛddhaṃ | gāṅgaṃ yathā vegamapāraṇīyam | māṃ ca sthitaṃ nānābalasya madhye | yuyutsase manda kimalpabuddhe

a flood of many peoples swollen for battle, as irresistible as the rush of the Ganga? And me, standing in the midst of so many forces — do you wish to fight me, you fool of little wit?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 25–28 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.21, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 105 (5.160.105)

अक्षय्याविषुधी चैव अग्निदत्तं च ते रथम् । जानीमो हि रणे पार्थ केतुं दिव्यं च भारत ॥

akṣayyāviṣudhī caiva agnidattaṃ ca te ratham | jānīmo hi raṇe pārtha ketuṃ divyaṃ ca bhārata

We know your two inexhaustible quivers, Partha, your chariot given by Agni and your divine banner in battle, Bharata.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 29–30 (printed after 5.157.18). It has no parallel in Uluka's delivery of the message in the critical edition (5.158). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 106 (5.160.106)

अकत्थमानो युद्ध्यस्व कत्थसेऽर्जुन किं बहु । पर्यायात्सिद्धिरेतस्य नैतत्सिध्यति कत्थनात् ॥

akatthamāno yuddhyasva katthase'rjuna kiṃ bahu | paryāyātsiddhiretasya naitatsidhyati katthanāt

Fight without boasting; why boast so much, Arjuna? Success in this comes by the course of battle; it is not won by boasting.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 31–32 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.23, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Corrected सिध्याति → सिध्यति (misprint in Wikisource; stray long ā; Appendix I No. 11 reads sidhyati). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 107 (5.160.107)

यदीदं कत्थनाल्लोके सिध्येत्कर्म धनञ्जय । सर्वे भवेयुः सिद्धार्थाः कत्थने को हि दुर्गतः ॥

yadīdaṃ katthanālloke sidhyetkarma dhanañjaya | sarve bhaveyuḥ siddhārthāḥ katthane ko hi durgataḥ

If deeds were accomplished in the world by boasting, Dhananjaya, everyone would have achieved his aims — for who is poor at boasting?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 33–34 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.24, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 108 (5.160.108)

जानामि ते वासुदेवं सहायं । जानामि ते गाण्डिवं तालमात्रम् । जानाम्यहं त्वादृशो नास्ति योद्धा । जानानस्ते राज्यमेतद्धरामि ॥

jānāmi te vāsudevaṃ sahāyaṃ | jānāmi te gāṇḍivaṃ tālamātram | jānāmyahaṃ tvādṛśo nāsti yoddhā | jānānaste rājyametaddharāmi

I know that Vasudeva is your ally; I know that your Gandiva is as tall as a palm tree; I know there is no warrior to equal you — and knowing all this, I take your kingdom.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 35–38 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.25, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Corrected जनामि ते → जानामि ते (misprint in Wikisource; dropped long ā; Appendix I No. 11 reads jānāmi). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 109 (5.160.109)

न तु पर्यायधर्मेण सिद्धिं प्राप्नोति मानवः । मनसैवानुकूलानि धातैव कुरुते वशे ॥

na tu paryāyadharmeṇa siddhiṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ | manasaivānukūlāni dhātaiva kurute vaśe

A man does not win success by right of succession or by tricks; it is the Creator alone who, by his will, brings favourable things under his control.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 39–40 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.26, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Corrected पर्यायधर्मेम → पर्यायधर्मेण (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण; Appendix I No. 11 reads paryāyadharmeṇa). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 110 (5.160.110)

त्रयोदशसमा भुक्तं राज्यं विलपतस्तव । भूयश्चैव प्रशासिष्ये त्वां निहत्य सबान्धवम् ॥

trayodaśasamā bhuktaṃ rājyaṃ vilapatastava | bhūyaścaiva praśāsiṣye tvāṃ nihatya sabāndhavam

For thirteen years I have enjoyed the kingdom while you wailed; and I will rule it on, after killing you with all your kin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 41–42 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.27, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 111 (5.160.111)

क्व तदा गाण्डिवं तेऽभूद्यत्त्वं दासपणैर्जितः । क्व तदा भीमसेनस्य बलमासीच्च फाल्गुन ॥

kva tadā gāṇḍivaṃ te'bhūdyattvaṃ dāsapaṇairjitaḥ | kva tadā bhīmasenasya balamāsīcca phālguna

Where was your Gandiva then, when you were staked and won as a slave? Where then was Bhimasena's strength, Phalguna?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 43–44 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.28, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 112 (5.160.112)

सगदाद्भीमसेनाद्वा फाल्गुनाद्वा सगाण्डिवात् । न वै मोक्षस्तदा योऽभूद्विना कृष्णामनिन्दिताम् ॥

sagadādbhīmasenādvā phālgunādvā sagāṇḍivāt | na vai mokṣastadā yo'bhūdvinā kṛṣṇāmaninditām

Neither from Bhimasena with his mace nor from Phalguna with his Gandiva did your release come then, but only from blameless Krishna.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 45–46 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.29, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Corrected यो भूद्विना → योऽभूद्विना (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha (यो भूद् for योऽभूद्); Appendix I No. 11 reads yo 'bhūd). Corrected कृष्णमनिन्दितां → कृष्णामनिन्दिताम् (misprint in Wikisource; short a and final anusvara; Appendix I No. 11 reads kṛṣṇām aninditām). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 113 (5.160.113)

सा वो दास्ये समापन्नान्मोचयामास पार्षती । अमानुष्यं समापन्नान्दासकर्मण्यवस्थितान् ॥

sā vo dāsye samāpannānmocayāmāsa pārṣatī | amānuṣyaṃ samāpannāndāsakarmaṇyavasthitān

It was she, Parshati, who set you free when you had fallen into slavery, sunk to a base condition and set to the work of slaves.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 47–48 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.30, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 114 (5.160.114)

अवोचं यत्षण्डतिलानहं वस्तथ्यमेव तत् । धृता हि वेणी पार्थेन विराटनगरे तदा ॥

avocaṃ yatṣaṇḍatilānahaṃ vastathyameva tat | dhṛtā hi veṇī pārthena virāṭanagare tadā

What I called you — barren sesame seeds — was nothing but the truth; for Partha wore a braid in Virata's city in those days.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 49–50 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.31, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Corrected वस्तथयमेव → वस्तथ्यमेव (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; Appendix I No. 11 reads tathyam eva). Corrected वेमी → वेणी (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण; Appendix I No. 11 reads veṇī). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 115 (5.160.115)

सूदकर्मणि च श्रान्तं विराटस्य महानसे । भीमसेनेन कौन्तेय यत्तु तन्मम पौरुषम् ॥

sūdakarmaṇi ca śrāntaṃ virāṭasya mahānase | bhīmasenena kaunteya yattu tanmama pauruṣam

And Bhimasena, son of Kunti, toiled wearily at a cook's work in Virata's kitchen — that is my manly doing.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 51–52 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.32, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 116 (5.160.116)

एवमेव सदा दण्डं क्षत्रियाः क्षत्रिये दधुः । वेणीं कृत्वा षण्डवेषः कन्यां नर्तितवानसि ॥

evameva sadā daṇḍaṃ kṣatriyāḥ kṣatriye dadhuḥ | veṇīṃ kṛtvā ṣaṇḍaveṣaḥ kanyāṃ nartitavānasi

Thus have kshatriyas always dealt punishment to a kshatriya: you plaited your hair, dressed as a eunuch, and taught a girl to dance.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 53–54 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.33 (first line only), where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 117 (5.160.117)

न भयाद्वासुदेवस्य न चापि तव फल्गुन । राज्यं प्रतिप्रदास्यामि युध्यस्व सहकेशवः ॥

na bhayādvāsudevasya na cāpi tava phalguna | rājyaṃ pratipradāsyāmi yudhyasva sahakeśavaḥ

Neither from fear of Vasudeva nor from fear of you, Phalguna, will I give back the kingdom; fight, with Keshava beside you.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 55–56 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.34, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 118 (5.160.118)

न माया हीन्द्रजालं वा कुहका वापि भीषणा । आत्तशस्त्रस्य सङ्ग्रामे वहन्ति प्रतिगर्जनाः ॥

na māyā hīndrajālaṃ vā kuhakā vāpi bhīṣaṇā | āttaśastrasya saṅgrāme vahanti pratigarjanāḥ

Neither illusion nor conjuring nor fearful sorcery does anything but rouse the anger of a man who has taken up his weapons in battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 57–58 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.35, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 119 (5.160.119)

वासुदेवसहस्रं वा फाल्गुनानां शतानि वा । आसाद्य माममोघेषुं द्रविष्यन्ति दिशो दश ॥

vāsudevasahasraṃ vā phālgunānāṃ śatāni vā | āsādya māmamogheṣuṃ draviṣyanti diśo daśa

A thousand Vasudevas or hundreds of Phalgunas, coming up against me, whose arrows never miss, would flee to the ten directions.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 59–60 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.36, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 120 (5.160.120)

संयुगं गच्छ भीष्मेण भिन्धि वा शिरसा गिरिम् । तरस्व वा महागाधं बाहुभ्यां पुरुषोदधिम् ॥

saṃyugaṃ gaccha bhīṣmeṇa bhindhi vā śirasā girim | tarasva vā mahāgādhaṃ bāhubhyāṃ puruṣodadhim

Go and meet Bhishma in battle, or split a mountain with your head, or swim with your two arms across the fathomless ocean of men,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 61–62 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.37, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 121 (5.160.121)

शारद्वतमहामीनं विविंशतिमहोरगम् । बृहद्बलमहोद्वेलं सौमदत्तितिमिङ्गिलम् ॥

śāradvatamahāmīnaṃ viviṃśatimahoragam | bṛhadbalamahodvelaṃ saumadattitimiṅgilam

whose great fish is Kripa, son of Sharadvat, whose great serpent is Vivimshati, whose great tide is Brihadbala, whose timingila is the son of Somadatta,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, line 63 (printed after 5.157.18). There it is a single line (śāradvatamahāmīnaṃ saumadattitimiṃgilam), without the middle quarters naming Vivimshati and Brihadbala. A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.38, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 122 (5.160.122)

भीष्मवेगमपर्यन्तं द्रोणग्राहदुरासदम् । कर्णशल्यझषावर्तं काम्भोजबडबामुखम् ॥

bhīṣmavegamaparyantaṃ droṇagrāhadurāsadam | karṇaśalyajhaṣāvartaṃ kāmbhojabaḍabāmukham

whose endless current is Bhishma, made unapproachable by Drona its crocodile, with Karna and Shalya for its fish and whirlpools and the Kamboja king for its undersea fire,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 64–65 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at star passage 5.158.39b*0562, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Corrected दुरसदम् → दुरासदम् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped long ā; Appendix I No. 11 reads durāsadam). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 123 (5.160.123)

दुःशासनौघं शलशल्यमत्स्यं । सुषेणचित्रायुधनागनक्रम् । जयद्रथाद्रिं पुरुमित्रगाधं । दुर्मर्षणोदं शकुनिप्रपातम् ॥

duḥśāsanaughaṃ śalaśalyamatsyaṃ | suṣeṇacitrāyudhanāganakram | jayadrathādriṃ purumitragādhaṃ | durmarṣaṇodaṃ śakuniprapātam

with Duhshasana for its flood, Shala and Shalya for its fish, Sushena and Chitrayudha for its sea serpents and crocodiles, Jayadratha for its rock, Purumitra for its depth, Durmarshana for its water and Shakuni for its falls,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 66–69 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.39, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 124 (5.160.124)

शस्त्रौघमक्षय्यमभिप्रवृद्धं । यदावगाह्य श्रमनष्टचेताः । भविष्यसि त्वं हतसर्वबान्धव- । स्तदा मनस्ते परितापमेष्यति ॥

śastraughamakṣayyamabhipravṛddhaṃ | yadāvagāhya śramanaṣṭacetāḥ | bhaviṣyasi tvaṃ hatasarvabāndhava- | stadā manaste paritāpameṣyati

and whose stream of weapons is inexhaustible and ever rising. When you have plunged into it, your senses lost in exhaustion, and all your kinsmen have been slain, then your heart will be filled with remorse.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 70–73 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.40, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Corrected शश्त्रौघ → शस्त्रौघ (misprint in Wikisource; श for स; Appendix I No. 11 reads śastraugham). Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 125 (5.160.125)

तदा मनस्ते त्रिदिवादिवाशुचे- । र्निवर्तिता पार्थ महीप्रशासनात् । प्रशाम्य राज्यं हि सुदुर्लभं त्वया । बुभूषितः स्वर्ग इवातपस्विना ॥

tadā manaste tridivādivāśuce- | rnivartitā pārtha mahīpraśāsanāt | praśāmya rājyaṃ hi sudurlabhaṃ tvayā | bubhūṣitaḥ svarga ivātapasvinā

Then, Partha, your mind will turn away from ruling the earth, as an impure man's turns away from heaven. Be at peace: the kingdom is very hard for you to win, and you crave it as a man without austerity craves heaven.'"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 11, lines 74–77 (printed after 5.157.18). A parallel stands in the critical edition's text at 5.158.41, where Uluka repeats the message to the Pandavas (Wikisource 5.161); the automatic match to it is that parallel, not this verse's counterpart. Speaker: Duryodhana's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).