The Pandavas Answer Uluka

Verse 1 (5.162.1)

उलूकस्त्वर्जुनं भूयो यथोक्तं वाक्यमब्रवीत् । आशीविषमिव क्रुद्धं तुदन्वाक्यशलाकया ॥

ulūkastvarjunaṃ bhūyo yathoktaṃ vākyamabravīt | āśīviṣamiva kruddhaṃ tudanvākyaśalākayā

Uluka then spoke again to Arjuna the words he had been told to say, goading him with the darts of speech as one goads an angry snake.

Verse 2 (5.162.2)

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा रुषिताः पाण्डवा भृशम् । प्रागेव भृशसंक्रुद्धाः कैतव्येनापि धर्षिताः ॥

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā ruṣitāḥ pāṇḍavā bhṛśam | prāgeva bhṛśasaṃkruddhāḥ kaitavyenāpi dharṣitāḥ

Hearing his words, the Pandavas were deeply angered; they had been furious already, and now Kaitavya had insulted them as well.

Verse 3 (5.162.3)

आसनेषूदतिष्ठन्त बाहूंश्चैव प्रचिक्षिपुः । आशीविषा इव क्रुद्धा वीक्षाञ्चक्रुः परस्परम् ॥

āsaneṣūdatiṣṭhanta bāhūṃścaiva pracikṣipuḥ | āśīviṣā iva kruddhā vīkṣāñcakruḥ parasparam

They rose from their seats and flung out their arms, and like angry snakes they glared at one another.

Verse 4 (5.162.4)

अवाक्छिरा भीमसेनः समुदैक्षत कैतवम् । नेत्राभ्यां लोहितान्ताभ्यामाशीविष इव श्वसन् ॥

avākchirā bhīmasenaḥ samudaikṣata kaitavam | netrābhyāṃ lohitāntābhyāmāśīviṣa iva śvasan

Bhimasena, his head lowered, looked up at Kaitava with red-rimmed eyes, hissing like a venomous snake.

Verse 5 (5.162.5)

आर्तं वातात्मजं दृष्ट्वा क्रोधेनाभिहतं भृशम् । उत्स्मयन्निव दाशार्हः कैतव्यं प्रत्यभाषत ॥

ārtaṃ vātātmajaṃ dṛṣṭvā krodhenābhihataṃ bhṛśam | utsmayanniva dāśārhaḥ kaitavyaṃ pratyabhāṣata

Seeing the son of the Wind god in such distress, struck hard by anger, the Dasharha smiled a little and said to Kaitavya:

Verse 6 (5.162.6)

प्रयाहि शीघ्रं कैतव्य ब्रूयाश्चैव सुयोधनम् । श्रुतं वाक्यं गृहीतोऽर्थो मतं यत्ते तथास्तु तत् ॥

prayāhi śīghraṃ kaitavya brūyāścaiva suyodhanam | śrutaṃ vākyaṃ gṛhīto'rtho mataṃ yatte tathāstu tat

"Go quickly, Kaitavya, and tell Suyodhana: your words have been heard and their meaning understood; let it be as you wish."

Note on the text: Speaker: Krishna's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय). Corrected गृहीतोर्थो → गृहीतोऽर्थो (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha, the critical edition reads gṛhīto 'rtho).

Verse 7 (5.162.7)

एवमुक्त्वा महाबाहुः केशवो राजसत्तम । पुनरेव महाप्राज्ञं युधिष्ठिरमुदैक्षत ॥

evamuktvā mahābāhuḥ keśavo rājasattama | punareva mahāprājñaṃ yudhiṣṭhiramudaikṣata

Having said this, O best of kings, mighty-armed Keshava looked once more at the wise Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0001–0002), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 8 (5.162.8)

सृञ्जयानां च सर्वेषां कृष्णस्य च यशस्विनः । द्रुपदस्य सपुत्रस्य विराटस्य च संनिधौ ॥

sṛñjayānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ kṛṣṇasya ca yaśasvinaḥ | drupadasya saputrasya virāṭasya ca saṃnidhau

In the presence of all the Srinjayas and of the famous Krishna, of Drupada and his sons and of Virata,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0003–0004), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 9 (5.162.9)

भूमिपानां च सर्वेषां मध्ये वाक्यं जगाद ह । उलूकोऽप्यर्जुनं भूयो यथोक्तं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

bhūmipānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ madhye vākyaṃ jagāda ha | ulūko'pyarjunaṃ bhūyo yathoktaṃ vākyamabravīt

and in the midst of all the kings, he spoke. Uluka too spoke again to Arjuna the words he had been told to say,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0005–0006), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 10 (5.162.10)

आशीविषमिव क्रुद्धं तुदन्वाक्यशलाकया । कृष्णादींश्चैव तान्सर्वान्यथोक्तं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

āśīviṣamiva kruddhaṃ tudanvākyaśalākayā | kṛṣṇādīṃścaiva tānsarvānyathoktaṃ vākyamabravīt

goading him with the darts of speech as one goads an angry snake; and to Krishna and all the others too he repeated the words as he had been told.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0007–0008), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 11 (5.162.11)

उलूकस्य तु तद्वाक्यं पापं दारुणमीरितम् । श्रुत्वा विचुक्षुभे पार्थो ललाटं चाप्यमार्जयत् ॥

ulūkasya tu tadvākyaṃ pāpaṃ dāruṇamīritam | śrutvā vicukṣubhe pārtho lalāṭaṃ cāpyamārjayat

Hearing the wicked, cruel words Uluka had uttered, Partha was deeply stirred and wiped his brow.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0009–0010), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 12 (5.162.12)

तदवस्थं तदा दृष्ट्वा पार्थं सा समितिर्नृप । नामृष्यत महाराज पाण्डवानां महारथाः ॥

tadavasthaṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā pārthaṃ sā samitirnṛpa | nāmṛṣyata mahārāja pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathāḥ

Seeing Partha in that state, O king, the assembly could not bear it, great king — the great chariot-warriors of the Pandavas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0011–0012), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 13 (5.162.13)

अधिक्षेपेण कृष्णस्य पार्थस्य च महात्मनः । श्रुत्वा ते पुरुषव्याघ्राः क्रोधाञ्जज्वलुरच्युत ॥

adhikṣepeṇa kṛṣṇasya pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ | śrutvā te puruṣavyāghrāḥ krodhāñjajvaluracyuta

Hearing the insult to Krishna and to the great-souled Partha, those tigers among men blazed up with anger, O steadfast king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0013–0014), printed after 5.159.6. The base text's अच्युत (a vocative; Appendix I reads acyutāḥ, agreeing with the warriors) is kept.

Verse 14 (5.162.14)

धृष्टद्युम्नः शिखण्डी च सात्यकिश्च महारथः । केकया भ्रातरः पञ्च राक्षसश्च घटोत्कचः ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca sātyakiśca mahārathaḥ | kekayā bhrātaraḥ pañca rākṣasaśca ghaṭotkacaḥ

Dhrishtadyumna and Shikhandi, Satyaki the great chariot-warrior, the five Kekaya brothers, the rakshasa Ghatotkacha,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0015–0016), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 15 (5.162.15)

द्रौपदेयाभिमन्युश्च धृष्टकेतुश्च पार्थिवः । भीमसेनश्च विक्रान्तो यमजौ च महारथौ ॥

draupadeyābhimanyuśca dhṛṣṭaketuśca pārthivaḥ | bhīmasenaśca vikrānto yamajau ca mahārathau

the sons of Draupadi and Abhimanyu, King Dhrishtaketu, the valiant Bhimasena and the twins, both great chariot-warriors —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0017–0018), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 16 (5.162.16)

उत्पेतुरासनात्सर्वे क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनाः । बाहून्प्रगृह्य रुचिरान्रक्तचन्दनरूषितान् । अङ्गदैः पारिहार्यैश्च केयूरैश्च विभूषितान् ॥

utpeturāsanātsarve krodhasaṃraktalocanāḥ | bāhūnpragṛhya rucirānraktacandanarūṣitān | aṅgadaiḥ pārihāryaiśca keyūraiśca vibhūṣitān

all sprang up from their seats, their eyes red with rage, raising their handsome arms, smeared with red sandal paste and adorned with armlets, bracelets and bangles.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0019–0021), printed after 5.159.6. Corrected बाहुन्प्रगृह्य → बाहून्प्रगृह्य (misprint in Wikisource; the accusative plural needs the long ū, as Appendix I reads bāhūn).

Verse 17 (5.162.17)

दन्तान्दन्तेषु निष्पिष्य सृक्किणी परिलेलिहन् । तेषामाकारभावज्ञः कुन्तीपुत्रो वृकोदरः ॥

dantāndanteṣu niṣpiṣya sṛkkiṇī parilelihan | teṣāmākārabhāvajñaḥ kuntīputro vṛkodaraḥ

They ground their teeth and licked the corners of their mouths. Reading their looks and their feelings, Vrikodara, son of Kunti,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0022–0023), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 18 (5.162.18)

उदतिष्ठत्स वेगेन क्रोधेन प्रज्वलन्निव । उद्वृत्य सहसा नेत्रे दन्तान्कटकटाय्य च ॥

udatiṣṭhatsa vegena krodhena prajvalanniva | udvṛtya sahasā netre dantānkaṭakaṭāyya ca

rose up swiftly, as if blazing with anger. Suddenly rolling his eyes and gnashing his teeth,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0024–0025), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 19 (5.162.19)

हस्तं हस्तेन निष्पिष्य उलूकं वाक्यमब्रवीत् । अशक्तानामिवास्माकं प्रोत्साहननिमित्तकम् ॥

hastaṃ hastena niṣpiṣya ulūkaṃ vākyamabravīt | aśaktānāmivāsmākaṃ protsāhananimittakam

and pressing one hand hard against the other, he said to Uluka: "The words meant to spur us on, as if we were weaklings —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0026–0027), printed after 5.159.6. Bhima's speech begins in the second line; the verse is kept with the narration.

Verse 20 (5.162.20)

श्रुतं ते वचनं मूर्ख यत्त्वां दुर्योधनोऽब्रवीत् । तन्मे कथयतो मन्द शृणु वाक्यं दुरासदम् ॥

śrutaṃ te vacanaṃ mūrkha yattvāṃ duryodhano'bravīt | tanme kathayato manda śṛṇu vākyaṃ durāsadam

we have heard them, fool, the words Duryodhana spoke to you. Now hear from me, dullard, words that are hard to bear,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0028–0029), printed after 5.159.6. Speaker: Bhima, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय). Corrected चवनं → वचनं and श्रृणु → शृणु (misprints in Wikisource; transposed akshara and श्रृ for शृ; Appendix I reads vacanaṃ, śruṇu).

Verse 21 (5.162.21)

सर्वक्षत्रस्य मध्ये तं यद्वक्ष्यसि सुयोधनम् । शृण्वतः सूतपुत्रस्य पितुश्च त्वं दुरात्मनः ॥

sarvakṣatrasya madhye taṃ yadvakṣyasi suyodhanam | śṛṇvataḥ sūtaputrasya pituśca tvaṃ durātmanaḥ

and repeat them to Suyodhana in the midst of all the kshatriyas, in the hearing of the charioteer's son and of your own wicked father.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0030–0031), printed after 5.159.6. Corrected श्रृण्वतः → शृण्वतः (misprint in Wikisource; श्रृ for शृ, Appendix I reads śṛṇvataḥ).

Verse 22 (5.162.22)

अस्माभिः प्रीतिकामैस्तु भ्रातुर्ज्येष्ठस्य नित्यशः । मर्षितं ते दुराचार तत्त्वं न बहु मन्यसे ॥

asmābhiḥ prītikāmaistu bhrāturjyeṣṭhasya nityaśaḥ | marṣitaṃ te durācāra tattvaṃ na bahu manyase

Out of love for our eldest brother we have always borne with you, wicked one, and you think little of it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0032–0033), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 23 (5.162.23)

प्रेषितश्च हृषीकेशः शमाकाङ्क्षी कुरून्प्रति । कुलस्य हितकामेन धर्मराजेन धीमता ॥

preṣitaśca hṛṣīkeśaḥ śamākāṅkṣī kurūnprati | kulasya hitakāmena dharmarājena dhīmatā

Hrishikesha was sent to the Kurus in search of peace by the wise King of Dharma, who wished the good of the family.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0034–0035), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 24 (5.162.24)

त्वं कालचोदितो नूनं गन्तुकामो यमक्षयम् । गच्छस्वाहवमस्माभिस्तच्च श्वो भविता ध्रुवम् ॥

tvaṃ kālacodito nūnaṃ gantukāmo yamakṣayam | gacchasvāhavamasmābhistacca śvo bhavitā dhruvam

Surely you are driven by Time and long to go to Yama's abode. Come out to battle with us — and that will certainly happen tomorrow.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0036–0037), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 25 (5.162.25)

मयापि च प्रतिज्ञातो वधः सभ्रातृकस्य ते । स तथा भविता पाप नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥

mayāpi ca pratijñāto vadhaḥ sabhrātṛkasya te | sa tathā bhavitā pāpa nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

I too have vowed to kill you and your brothers. So it shall be, wicked one; there is no need to doubt it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0038–0039), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 26 (5.162.26)

वेलामतिक्रमेत्सद्यः सागरो वरुणालयः । पर्वताश्च विशीर्येयुर्मयोक्तं न मृषा भवेत् ॥

velāmatikrametsadyaḥ sāgaro varuṇālayaḥ | parvatāśca viśīryeyurmayoktaṃ na mṛṣā bhavet

The ocean, home of Varuna, might suddenly overrun its shore, and the mountains might crumble, but what I have said shall not prove false.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0040–0041), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 27 (5.162.27)

सहायस्ते यदि यमः कुबेरो रुद्र एव वा । यथाप्रतिज्ञं दुर्बुद्धे प्रकरिष्यन्ति पाण्डवाः । दुःशासनस्य रुधिरं पाता चास्मि यथेप्सितम् ॥

sahāyaste yadi yamaḥ kubero rudra eva vā | yathāpratijñaṃ durbuddhe prakariṣyanti pāṇḍavāḥ | duḥśāsanasya rudhiraṃ pātā cāsmi yathepsitam

Even if Yama, Kubera or Rudra himself were your ally, evil-minded one, the Pandavas will do as they have vowed; and I will drink Duhshasana's blood to my heart's content.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0042–0044), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 28 (5.162.28)

यश्चेह प्रतिसंरब्धः क्षत्रियो माभियास्यति । अपि भीष्मं पुरस्कृत्य तं नेष्यामि यमक्षयम् ॥

yaśceha pratisaṃrabdhaḥ kṣatriyo mābhiyāsyati | api bhīṣmaṃ puraskṛtya taṃ neṣyāmi yamakṣayam

And any kshatriya who rushes at me in fury here, even with Bhishma at his head, I will send to Yama's abode.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0045–0046), printed after 5.159.6. Corrected पुरुस्कृत्य → पुरस्कृत्य (misprint in Wikisource; stray u, Appendix I reads puraskṛtya).

Verse 29 (5.162.29)

यच्चैतदुक्तं वचनं मया क्षत्रस्य संसदि । यथैतद्भविता सत्यं तथैवात्मानमालभे ॥

yaccaitaduktaṃ vacanaṃ mayā kṣatrasya saṃsadi | yathaitadbhavitā satyaṃ tathaivātmānamālabhe

As surely as these words I have spoken in the assembly of kshatriyas will come true, so surely do I swear by my own self."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0047–0048), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 30 (5.162.30)

भीमसेनवचः श्रुत्वा सहदेवोऽप्यमर्षणः । क्रोधसंरक्तनयनस्ततो वाक्यमुवाच ह ॥

bhīmasenavacaḥ śrutvā sahadevo'pyamarṣaṇaḥ | krodhasaṃraktanayanastato vākyamuvāca ha

Hearing Bhimasena's words, Sahadeva too, unable to bear the insult, his eyes red with anger, then spoke:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0049–0050), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 31 (5.162.31)

शौटीरशूरसदृशमनीकजनसंसदि । शृणु पाप वचो मह्यं यद्वाच्यो हि पितात्वया ॥

śauṭīraśūrasadṛśamanīkajanasaṃsadi | śṛṇu pāpa vaco mahyaṃ yadvācyo hi pitātvayā

"Hear, wicked one, here in this gathering of the army, words worthy of a proud hero — words you must tell your father.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0051–0052), printed after 5.159.6. Speaker: Sahadeva, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय). Corrected श्रृणु → शृणु (misprint in Wikisource; श्रृ for शृ, Appendix I reads śṛṇu).

Verse 32 (5.162.32)

नास्माकं भविता भेदः कदाचित्कुरुभिः सह । धृतराष्ट्रस्य संबन्धो यदि न स्यात्त्वया सह ॥

nāsmākaṃ bhavitā bhedaḥ kadācitkurubhiḥ saha | dhṛtarāṣṭrasya saṃbandho yadi na syāttvayā saha

There would never have been a breach between us and the Kurus, had Dhritarashtra not been bound by kinship to you.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0053–0054), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 33 (5.162.33)

त्वं तु लोकविनाशाय धृतराष्ट्रकुलस्य च । उत्पन्नो वैरपुरुषः स्वकुलघ्नश्च पापकृत् ॥

tvaṃ tu lokavināśāya dhṛtarāṣṭrakulasya ca | utpanno vairapuruṣaḥ svakulaghnaśca pāpakṛt

But you were born for the ruin of the world and of Dhritarashtra's line — a man made of enmity, a destroyer of your own family, a doer of evil.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0055–0056), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 34 (5.162.34)

जन्मप्रभृति चास्माकं पिता ते पापपूरुषः । अहितानि नृशंसानि नित्यशः कर्तुमिच्छति ॥

janmaprabhṛti cāsmākaṃ pitā te pāpapūruṣaḥ | ahitāni nṛśaṃsāni nityaśaḥ kartumicchati

And your father, a wicked man, has always sought to do us cruel harm, ever since we were born.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0057–0058), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 35 (5.162.35)

तस्य वैरानुषङ्गस्य गन्तास्म्यन्तं सुदुर्गमम् । अहमादौ निहत्य त्वां शकुनेः संप्रपश्यतः ॥

tasya vairānuṣaṅgasya gantāsmyantaṃ sudurgamam | ahamādau nihatya tvāṃ śakuneḥ saṃprapaśyataḥ

I will reach the end, hard as it is to reach, of that long chain of enmity: first I will kill you while Shakuni looks on,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0059–0060), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 36 (5.162.36)

ततोऽस्मि शकुनिं हन्ता मिषतां सर्वधन्विनाम् । भीमस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा सहदेवस्य चोभयोः ॥

tato'smi śakuniṃ hantā miṣatāṃ sarvadhanvinām | bhīmasya vacanaṃ śrutvā sahadevasya cobhayoḥ

and then I will kill Shakuni while all the bowmen watch." Having heard the words of both Bhima and Sahadeva,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0061–0062), printed after 5.159.6. The first line ends Sahadeva's speech; the second line returns to narration.

Verse 37 (5.162.37)

उवाच फाल्गुनो वाक्यं भीमसेनं स्मयन्निव । भीमसेन न ते सन्ति येषां वैरं त्वया सह ॥

uvāca phālguno vākyaṃ bhīmasenaṃ smayanniva | bhīmasena na te santi yeṣāṃ vairaṃ tvayā saha

Phalguna, smiling a little, said to Bhimasena: "Bhimasena, those who are at enmity with you are already as good as gone —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0063–0064), printed after 5.159.6. Speaker: narration (the input carried सञ्जय); Arjuna's words begin in the second line.

Verse 38 (5.162.38)

मन्दा गृहेषु सुखिनो मृत्युपाशवशं गताः । उलूकश्च न ते वाच्यः परुषं पुरुषोत्तम ॥

mandā gṛheṣu sukhino mṛtyupāśavaśaṃ gatāḥ | ulūkaśca na te vācyaḥ paruṣaṃ puruṣottama

the fools living at ease in their homes have fallen into the noose of Death. And you should not speak harshly to Uluka, best of men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0065–0066), printed after 5.159.6. Speaker: Arjuna, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 39 (5.162.39)

दूताः किमपराध्यन्ते यथोक्तस्यानुभाषिणः । एवमुक्त्वा महाबाहुर्भीमं भीमपराक्रमम् ॥

dūtāḥ kimaparādhyante yathoktasyānubhāṣiṇaḥ | evamuktvā mahābāhurbhīmaṃ bhīmaparākramam

What fault do envoys commit, who only repeat what they were told?" Having said this to mighty-armed Bhima of terrible valour,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0067–0068), printed after 5.159.6. The first line ends Arjuna's words to Bhima; the second line is narration.

Verse 40 (5.162.40)

धृष्टद्युम्नमुखान्वीरान्सुहृदः समभाषत । श्रुतं वस्तस्य पापस्य धार्तराष्ट्रस्य भाषितम् ॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnamukhānvīrānsuhṛdaḥ samabhāṣata | śrutaṃ vastasya pāpasya dhārtarāṣṭrasya bhāṣitam

he spoke to the heroes led by Dhrishtadyumna, his friends: "You have heard what that wicked son of Dhritarashtra has said —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0069–0070), printed after 5.159.6. Arjuna's words to his allies begin in the second line. Corrected धृष्टद्युम्नसुखान् → धृष्टद्युम्नमुखान् (misprint in Wikisource; स for म, Appendix I reads dhṛṣṭadyumnamukhān).

Verse 41 (5.162.41)

कुत्सनं वासुदेवस्य मम चैव विशेषतः । श्रुत्वा भवन्तः संरब्धा अस्माकं हितकाम्यया ॥

kutsanaṃ vāsudevasya mama caiva viśeṣataḥ | śrutvā bhavantaḥ saṃrabdhā asmākaṃ hitakāmyayā

his abuse of Vasudeva, and above all of me. Hearing it, you are enraged out of concern for our good.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0071–0072), printed after 5.159.6. Speaker: Arjuna, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 42 (5.162.42)

प्रभावाद्वासुदेवस्य भवतां च प्रयत्नतः । समग्रं पार्थिवं क्षत्रं सर्वं न गणयाम्यहम् ॥

prabhāvādvāsudevasya bhavatāṃ ca prayatnataḥ | samagraṃ pārthivaṃ kṣatraṃ sarvaṃ na gaṇayāmyaham

By the power of Vasudeva and through your efforts, I count the whole kshatriya order of the earth as nothing.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0073–0074), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 43 (5.162.43)

भवद्भिः समनुज्ञातो वाक्यमस्य यदुत्तरम् । उलूके प्रापयिष्यामि यद्वक्ष्यति सुयोधनम् ॥

bhavadbhiḥ samanujñāto vākyamasya yaduttaram | ulūke prāpayiṣyāmi yadvakṣyati suyodhanam

With your leave, I will have Uluka carry my answer to his words, for him to repeat to Suyodhana.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0075–0076), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 44 (5.162.44)

श्वो भूते कत्थितस्यास्य प्रतिवाक्यं चमूमुखे । गाण्डीवेनाभिधास्यामि क्लीबा हि वचनोत्तराः ॥

śvo bhūte katthitasyāsya prativākyaṃ camūmukhe | gāṇḍīvenābhidhāsyāmi klībā hi vacanottarāḥ

Tomorrow, at the head of the army, I will reply to this boasting with the Gandiva; it is eunuchs whose answers are words."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0077–0078), printed after 5.159.6. Corrected गाण्डीवेनाभिधास्याकमि → गाण्डीवेनाभिधास्यामि (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क, Appendix I reads gāṇḍīvenābhidhāsyāmi).

Verse 45 (5.162.45)

ततस्ते पार्थिवाः सर्वे प्रशशंसुर्धनञ्जयम् । तेन वाक्योपचारेण विस्मिता राजसत्तमाः ॥

tataste pārthivāḥ sarve praśaśaṃsurdhanañjayam | tena vākyopacāreṇa vismitā rājasattamāḥ

Then all those kings, the best of rulers, praised Dhananjaya, amazed at the manner of his speech.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0079–0080), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 46 (5.162.46)

अनुनीय च तान्सर्वान्यथामान्यं यथावयः । धर्मराजं तदा वाक्यं तत्प्राप्यं प्रत्यभाषत ॥

anunīya ca tānsarvānyathāmānyaṃ yathāvayaḥ | dharmarājaṃ tadā vākyaṃ tatprāpyaṃ pratyabhāṣata

Having conciliated them all according to rank and age, he then spoke to the King of Dharma words fitting the moment.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0081–0082), printed after 5.159.6. The base text reads धर्मराजं (accusative: Arjuna addresses Yudhishthira); Appendix I reads dharmarājas.

Verse 47 (5.162.47)

आत्मानमवमन्वानो न हि स्यात्पार्थिवोत्तमः । तत्रोत्तरं प्रवक्ष्यामि तव शुश्रूषणे रतः ॥

ātmānamavamanvāno na hi syātpārthivottamaḥ | tatrottaraṃ pravakṣyāmi tava śuśrūṣaṇe rataḥ

The best of kings is not one to belittle himself. Devoted as I am to your service, I shall now tell you the answer he gave

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0083–0084), printed after 5.159.6. Sanjaya's aside to Dhritarashtra (तव शुश्रूषणे रतः).

Verse 48 (5.162.48)

उलूकं भरतश्रेष्ठ सामपूर्वमथोर्जितम् । दुर्योधनस्य तद्वाक्यं निशम्य भरतर्षभः ॥

ulūkaṃ bharataśreṣṭha sāmapūrvamathorjitam | duryodhanasya tadvākyaṃ niśamya bharatarṣabhaḥ

to Uluka, best of the Bharatas — gentle at first, and then forceful. Having heard Duryodhana's message, that bull among the Bharatas,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0085–0086), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 49 (5.162.49)

अतिलोहितनेत्राभ्यामाशीविष इव श्वसन् । स्मयमान इव क्रोधात्सृक्किणी परिसंलिहन् ॥

atilohitanetrābhyāmāśīviṣa iva śvasan | smayamāna iva krodhātsṛkkiṇī parisaṃlihan

his eyes deep red, hissing like a venomous snake, smiling as if in anger and licking the corners of his mouth,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0087–0088), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 50 (5.162.50)

जनार्दनमभिप्रेक्ष्य भ्रातॄंश्चैवेदमब्रवीत् । अभ्यभाषत कैतव्यं प्रगृह्य विपुलं भुजम् ॥

janārdanamabhiprekṣya bhrātṝṃścaivedamabravīt | abhyabhāṣata kaitavyaṃ pragṛhya vipulaṃ bhujam

looked at Janardana and at his brothers and said this; raising his mighty arm, he addressed Kaitavya:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0089–0090), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 51 (5.162.51)

उलूक गच्छ कैतव्य ब्रूहि तात सुयोधनम् । कृतघ्नं वैरपुरुषं दुर्मतिं कुलपांसनम् ॥

ulūka gaccha kaitavya brūhi tāta suyodhanam | kṛtaghnaṃ vairapuruṣaṃ durmatiṃ kulapāṃsanam

"Uluka, go, Kaitavya, my son, and tell Suyodhana — that ungrateful man of enmity, evil-minded, the disgrace of his family:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0091–0092), printed after 5.159.6. Speaker: Yudhishthira, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 52 (5.162.52)

पाण्डवेषु सदा पाप नित्यं जिह्मं प्रवर्तते । स्ववीर्याद्यः पराक्रम्य पाप आह्वयते परान् । अभीतः पूरयन्वाक्यमेष वै क्षत्रियः पुमान् ॥

pāṇḍaveṣu sadā pāpa nityaṃ jihmaṃ pravartate | svavīryādyaḥ parākramya pāpa āhvayate parān | abhītaḥ pūrayanvākyameṣa vai kṣatriyaḥ pumān

Wicked one, crookedness is always at work in you against the Pandavas. He who, relying on his own valour, boldly challenges others and fulfils his word without fear — he is a kshatriya, he is a man.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0093–0095), printed after 5.159.6. Corrected वैः → वै (misprint in Wikisource; stray visarga on the particle, Appendix I reads vai).

Verse 53 (5.162.53)

स पापः क्षत्रियो भूत्वा अस्मानाहूय संयुगे । मान्यामान्यान्पुरस्कृत्य युद्धं मा गाः कुलाधम ॥

sa pāpaḥ kṣatriyo bhūtvā asmānāhūya saṃyuge | mānyāmānyānpuraskṛtya yuddhaṃ mā gāḥ kulādhama

Sinful as you are, now that you have become a kshatriya and challenged us to battle, do not go into the fight putting before you men worthy and unworthy of honour, you lowest of your line.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0096–0097), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 54 (5.162.54)

आत्मवीर्यं समाश्रित्य भृत्यवीर्यं च कौरव । आह्वयस्व रणे पार्थान्सर्वथा क्षत्रियो भव ॥

ātmavīryaṃ samāśritya bhṛtyavīryaṃ ca kaurava | āhvayasva raṇe pārthānsarvathā kṣatriyo bhava

Relying on your own strength and on the strength of your followers, Kaurava, challenge the Parthas to battle; be a kshatriya in every way.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0098–0099), printed after 5.159.6. Corrected समाश्रिकत्य → समाश्रित्य (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क, Appendix I reads samāśritya).

Verse 55 (5.162.55)

परवीर्यं समाश्रित्य यः समाह्वयते परान् । अशक्तः स्वयमादातुमेतदेव नपुंसकम् ॥

paravīryaṃ samāśritya yaḥ samāhvayate parān | aśaktaḥ svayamādātumetadeva napuṃsakam

The man who leans on the strength of others when he challenges his foes, unable to take up the fight himself — that is nothing but unmanliness.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0100–0101), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 56 (5.162.56)

स त्वं परेषां वीर्येण आत्मानं बहुमन्यसे । कथमेवमशक्तस्त्वमस्मान्समभिगर्जसि ॥

sa tvaṃ pareṣāṃ vīryeṇa ātmānaṃ bahumanyase | kathamevamaśaktastvamasmānsamabhigarjasi

You think much of yourself on the strength of others. Powerless as you are, how do you roar at us like this?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is part of Appendix I passage 12 (lines 0102–0103), printed after 5.159.6.

Verse 57 (5.162.57)

मद्वचश्चापि भूयस्ते वक्तव्यः स सुयोधनः । श्व इदानीं प्रपद्येथाः पुरुषो भव दुर्मते ॥

madvacaścāpi bhūyaste vaktavyaḥ sa suyodhanaḥ | śva idānīṃ prapadyethāḥ puruṣo bhava durmate

"Suyodhana must also be told my words once more: Tomorrow, now, come forward; be a man, you evil-minded one!

Verse 58 (5.162.58)

मन्यसे यच्च मूढ त्वं न योत्स्यति जनार्दनः । सारथ्येन वृतः पार्थैरिति त्वं न बिभेषि च ॥

manyase yacca mūḍha tvaṃ na yotsyati janārdanaḥ | sārathyena vṛtaḥ pārthairiti tvaṃ na bibheṣi ca

You think, fool, that Janardana will not fight, since the Parthas have chosen him only as a charioteer, and so you have no fear.

Verse 59 (5.162.59)

जघन्यकालमप्येतन्न भवेत्सर्वपार्थिवान् । निर्दहेयमहं क्रोधात्तृणानीव हुताशनः ॥

jaghanyakālamapyetanna bhavetsarvapārthivān | nirdaheyamahaṃ krodhāttṛṇānīva hutāśanaḥ

Yet it would not take me even a final moment to burn up all the kings in my anger, as fire burns up grass.

Verse 60 (5.162.60)

युधिष्ठिरनियोगात्तु फाल्गुनस्य महात्मनः । करिष्ये युध्यमानस्य सारथ्यं विजितात्मनः ॥

yudhiṣṭhiraniyogāttu phālgunasya mahātmanaḥ | kariṣye yudhyamānasya sārathyaṃ vijitātmanaḥ

But at Yudhishthira's bidding I will serve as charioteer to the great-souled Phalguna, master of himself, as he fights.

Verse 61 (5.162.61)

यद्युत्पतसि लोकांस्त्रीन्यद्याविशसि भूतलम् । तत्रतत्रार्जुनरथं प्रभाते द्रक्ष्यसे पुनः ॥

yadyutpatasi lokāṃstrīnyadyāviśasi bhūtalam | tatratatrārjunarathaṃ prabhāte drakṣyase punaḥ

Should you fly up through the three worlds or burrow into the earth, there, wherever you are, you will see Arjuna's chariot again at dawn.

Verse 62 (5.162.62)

यच्चापि भीमसेनस्य मन्यसे मोघभाषितम् । दुःशासनस्य रुधिरं पीतमद्यावधारय ॥

yaccāpi bhīmasenasya manyase moghabhāṣitam | duḥśāsanasya rudhiraṃ pītamadyāvadhāraya

And as for Bhimasena's words, which you think are idle talk: take it as settled that Duhshasana's blood has been drunk this very day.

Verse 63 (5.162.63)

न त्वां समीक्षते पार्थो नापि राजा युधिष्ठिरः । न भीमसेनो न यमौ प्रतिकूलप्रभाषिणम् ॥

na tvāṃ samīkṣate pārtho nāpi rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | na bhīmaseno na yamau pratikūlaprabhāṣiṇam

Neither Partha nor King Yudhishthira, neither Bhimasena nor the twins, gives a thought to you and your hostile words."