The Pandavas' Replies to Uluka

Verse 1 (5.163.1)

दुर्योधनस्य तद्वाक्यं निशम्य भरतर्षभ । नेत्राभ्यामतिताम्राभ्यां कैतव्यं समुदैक्षत ॥

duryodhanasya tadvākyaṃ niśamya bharatarṣabha | netrābhyāmatitāmrābhyāṃ kaitavyaṃ samudaikṣata

Having heard those words of Duryodhana, O bull of the Bharatas, he looked at Kaitavya, the gambler's son, with eyes that had turned deep red.

Verse 2 (5.163.2)

स केशवमभिप्रेक्ष्य गुडाकेशो महायशाः । अभ्यभाषत कैतव्यं प्रगृह्य विपुलं भुजम् ॥

sa keśavamabhiprekṣya guḍākeśo mahāyaśāḥ | abhyabhāṣata kaitavyaṃ pragṛhya vipulaṃ bhujam

Glancing at Keshava, the illustrious Gudakesha (Arjuna) raised his mighty arm and spoke to Kaitavya:

Verse 3 (5.163.3)

स्ववीर्यं यः समाश्रित्य समाह्वयति वै परान् । अभीतो युध्यते शत्रून्स वै पुरुष उच्यते ॥

svavīryaṃ yaḥ samāśritya samāhvayati vai parān | abhīto yudhyate śatrūnsa vai puruṣa ucyate

"He who relies on his own strength when he challenges others, and fights his enemies without fear, is the one who is called a man.

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

Verse 4 (5.163.4)

परवीर्यं समाश्रित्य यः समाह्वयते परान् । क्षत्रबन्धुरशक्तत्वाल्लोके स पुरुषाधमः ॥

paravīryaṃ samāśritya yaḥ samāhvayate parān | kṣatrabandhuraśaktatvālloke sa puruṣādhamaḥ

He who relies on another's strength when he challenges others is, for want of power of his own, a kshatriya in name only and the lowest of men in the world.

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

Verse 5 (5.163.5)

स त्वं परेषां वीर्येण मन्यसे वीर्यमात्मनः । स्वयं कापुरुषो मूढ परांश्च क्षेप्तुमिच्छसि ॥

sa tvaṃ pareṣāṃ vīryeṇa manyase vīryamātmanaḥ | svayaṃ kāpuruṣo mūḍha parāṃśca kṣeptumicchasi

You take the strength of others to be your own strength; a coward yourself, you fool, you wish to taunt others.

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

Verse 6 (5.163.6)

यस्त्वं वृद्धं सर्वराज्ञां हितबुद्धिं जितेन्द्रियम् । मरणाय महाप्रज्ञं दीक्षयित्वा विकत्थसे ॥

yastvaṃ vṛddhaṃ sarvarājñāṃ hitabuddhiṃ jitendriyam | maraṇāya mahāprajñaṃ dīkṣayitvā vikatthase

For you boast after consecrating to death the eldest of all the kings, a man who seeks their good, who has mastered his senses and is of great wisdom.

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

Verse 7 (5.163.7)

भावस्ते विदितोऽस्माभिर्दुर्बुद्धे कुलपांसन । न हनिष्यन्ति गाङ्गेयं पाण्डवा घृणयेति हि ॥

bhāvaste vidito'smābhirdurbuddhe kulapāṃsana | na haniṣyanti gāṅgeyaṃ pāṇḍavā ghṛṇayeti hi

Your thought is known to us, evil-minded disgrace of your family: "The Pandavas, out of pity, will not slay the son of Ganga."

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

Verse 8 (5.163.8)

यस्य वीर्यं समाश्रित्य धार्तराष्ट्र विकत्थसे । हन्तास्मि प्रथमं भीष्मं मिषतां सर्वधन्विनाम् ॥

yasya vīryaṃ samāśritya dhārtarāṣṭra vikatthase | hantāsmi prathamaṃ bhīṣmaṃ miṣatāṃ sarvadhanvinām

Yet Bhishma, on whose valour you rely when you boast, son of Dhritarashtra, is the one I shall slay first, while all the bowmen look on.

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

Verse 9 (5.163.9)

कैतव्य गत्वा भरतान्समेत्य । सुयोधनं धार्तराष्ट्रं वदस्व । तथेत्युवाचार्जुनः सव्यसाची । निशाव्यपाये भविता विमर्दः ॥

kaitavya gatvā bharatānsametya | suyodhanaṃ dhārtarāṣṭraṃ vadasva | tathetyuvācārjunaḥ savyasācī | niśāvyapāye bhavitā vimardaḥ

Kaitavya, go back to the Bharatas, meet Suyodhana, son of Dhritarashtra, and tell him: "'So be it,' said Arjuna Savyasachin; 'when the night is over, the battle will begin.'"

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

Verse 10 (5.163.10)

यद्वोऽब्रवीद्वाक्यमदीनसत्त्वो । मध्ये कुरूणां हर्षयन्सत्यसन्धः । अहं हन्ता पाण्डवानामनीकं । शाल्वेयकांश्चेति ममैष भारः । सुयोधनं धार्तराष्ट्रं वदस्व ॥

yadvo'bravīdvākyamadīnasattvo | madhye kurūṇāṃ harṣayansatyasandhaḥ | ahaṃ hantā pāṇḍavānāmanīkaṃ | śālveyakāṃśceti mamaiṣa bhāraḥ | suyodhanaṃ dhārtarāṣṭraṃ vadasva

And as for what that steadfast man, true to his word, said to you all in the midst of the Kurus to cheer you — "I will slay the army of the Pandavas and the Salveyakas as well; that burden is mine" — tell Suyodhana, son of Dhritarashtra, this too:

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (5.160.10): Wikisource prints only the last line of this verse, numbered "10f" to show that its lines a–e are lost (the surviving line repeats 9b). Lines a–d are restored from the critical edition, whose content the page's own commentary on verse 10 confirms (सत्यसंधो भीष्मः … अहं हन्तेति); line e is not in the critical edition and cannot be restored. Speaker: Arjuna's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 11 (5.163.11)

हन्यामहं द्रोणमृतेऽपि लोकं । न ते भयं विद्यते पाण्डवेभ्यः । ततो हि ते लब्धमतं च राज्य- । मापद्गताः पाण्डवाश्चेति भावः ॥

hanyāmahaṃ droṇamṛte'pi lokaṃ | na te bhayaṃ vidyate pāṇḍavebhyaḥ | tato hi te labdhamataṃ ca rājya- | māpadgatāḥ pāṇḍavāśceti bhāvaḥ

"I could slay the whole world even without Drona," he said; so you have no fear of the Pandavas, and from this comes your belief that the kingdom is already won and that the Pandavas have fallen into distress.

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

Verse 12 (5.163.12)

स दर्पपूर्णो न समीक्षसे त्व- । मनर्थमात्मन्यपि वर्तमानम् । तस्मादहं ते प्रथमं समूहे । हन्ता समक्षं कुरुवृद्धमेव ॥

sa darpapūrṇo na samīkṣase tva- | manarthamātmanyapi vartamānam | tasmādahaṃ te prathamaṃ samūhe | hantā samakṣaṃ kuruvṛddhameva

Swollen with pride, you do not see the ruin that lies within your own self. Therefore, in the press of battle and before your eyes, I shall first slay that very elder of the Kurus.

Note on the text: Corrected समक्ष → समक्षं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; the critical edition reads samakṣaṃ). Speaker: Arjuna's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 13 (5.163.13)

सूर्योदये युक्तसेनः प्रतीक्ष्य । ध्वजी रथी रक्षत सत्यसन्धम् । अहं हि वः पश्यतां द्विपमेनं । भीष्मं रथात्पातयिष्यामि बाणैः ॥

sūryodaye yuktasenaḥ pratīkṣya | dhvajī rathī rakṣata satyasandham | ahaṃ hi vaḥ paśyatāṃ dvipamenaṃ | bhīṣmaṃ rathātpātayiṣyāmi bāṇaiḥ

At sunrise, with your army yoked, stand ready, and guard that man true to his word, with his banner and his chariot; for while you all look on I shall bring Bhishma, this elephant, down from his chariot with my arrows.

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

Verse 14 (5.163.14)

श्वोभूते कत्थनावाक्यं विज्ञास्यति सुयोधनः । आचितं शरजालेन मया दृष्ट्वा पितामहम् ॥

śvobhūte katthanāvākyaṃ vijñāsyati suyodhanaḥ | ācitaṃ śarajālena mayā dṛṣṭvā pitāmaham

When tomorrow dawns, Suyodhana will learn what his boasting words are worth, when he sees the grandsire covered by me with a net of arrows.

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

Verse 15 (5.163.15)

यदुक्तश्च सभामध्ये पुरुषो ह्रस्वदर्शनः । क्रुद्धेन भीमसेनेन भ्राता दुःशासनस्तव ॥

yaduktaśca sabhāmadhye puruṣo hrasvadarśanaḥ | kruddhena bhīmasenena bhrātā duḥśāsanastava

And the words that Bhimasena spoke in anger in the middle of the assembly to your brother Duhshasana, a short-sighted man

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

Verse 16 (5.163.16)

अधर्मज्ञो नित्यवैरी पापबुद्धिर्नृशंसकृत् । सत्यां प्रतिज्ञामचिराद्द्रक्ष्यसे तां सुयोधन ॥

adharmajño nityavairī pāpabuddhirnṛśaṃsakṛt | satyāṃ pratijñāmacirāddrakṣyase tāṃ suyodhana

who knows nothing of righteousness, ever hostile, evil-minded and cruel in his deeds — that vow you will soon see come true, Suyodhana.

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

Verse 17 (5.163.17)

अभिमानस्य दर्पस्य क्रोधपारुष्ययोस्तथा । नैष्ठुर्यस्यावलेपस्य आत्मसंभावनस्य च ॥

abhimānasya darpasya krodhapāruṣyayostathā | naiṣṭhuryasyāvalepasya ātmasaṃbhāvanasya ca

Of your arrogance and your pride, your anger and your harsh speech, your hardness of heart, your insolence and your self-conceit;

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

Verse 18 (5.163.18)

नृशंसतायास्तैक्ष्ण्यस्य धर्मविद्वेषणस्य च । अधर्मस्यातिवादस्य वृद्धातिक्रमणस्य च ॥

nṛśaṃsatāyāstaikṣṇyasya dharmavidveṣaṇasya ca | adharmasyātivādasya vṛddhātikramaṇasya ca

of your cruelty and harshness, your hatred of righteousness, your unrighteousness, your abuse of others and your slighting of elders;

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

Verse 19 (5.163.19)

दर्शनस्य च चक्रस्य कृत्स्नस्यापनयस्य च । द्रक्ष्यसि त्वं फलं तीव्रमचिरेण सुयोधन ॥

darśanasya ca cakrasya kṛtsnasyāpanayasya ca | drakṣyasi tvaṃ phalaṃ tīvramacireṇa suyodhana

of your confident view, of your great host, and of all your wrongdoing — of all these you will soon see the bitter fruit, Suyodhana.

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

Verse 20 (5.163.20)

वासुदेवद्वितीये हि मयि क्रुद्धे नराधम । आशा ते जीविते मूढ राज्ये वा केन हेतुना ॥

vāsudevadvitīye hi mayi kruddhe narādhama | āśā te jīvite mūḍha rājye vā kena hetunā

When I am enraged, with Vasudeva at my side, on what ground, you fool, vilest of men, can you still hope for your life or your kingdom?

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

Verse 21 (5.163.21)

शान्ते भीष्मे तथा द्रोणे सूतपुत्रे च पातिते । निराशो जीविते राज्ये पुत्रेषु च भविष्यसि ॥

śānte bhīṣme tathā droṇe sūtaputre ca pātite | nirāśo jīvite rājye putreṣu ca bhaviṣyasi

When Bhishma has been laid low, and Drona too, and the son of the charioteer has been struck down, you will despair of your life, your kingdom and your sons.

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

Verse 22 (5.163.22)

भ्रातॄणां निधनं श्रुत्वा पुत्राणां च सुयोधन । भीमसेनेन निहतो दुष्कृतानि स्मरिष्यसि ॥

bhrātṝṇāṃ nidhanaṃ śrutvā putrāṇāṃ ca suyodhana | bhīmasenena nihato duṣkṛtāni smariṣyasi

When you hear of the death of your brothers and your sons, Suyodhana, and are struck down yourself by Bhimasena, you will remember your evil deeds.

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

Verse 23 (5.163.23)

न द्वितीयां प्रतिज्ञां हि प्रतिजानामि कैतव । सत्यं ब्रवीम्यहं ह्येतत्सर्वं सत्यं भविष्यति ॥

na dvitīyāṃ pratijñāṃ hi pratijānāmi kaitava | satyaṃ bravīmyahaṃ hyetatsarvaṃ satyaṃ bhaviṣyati

I do not make a second vow, Kaitava. I tell you the truth: all this will come true."

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

Verse 24 (5.163.24)

युधिष्ठिरोऽपि कैतव्यमुलूकमिदमब्रवीत् । उलूक मद्वचो ब्रूहि गत्वा तात सुयोधनम् ॥

yudhiṣṭhiro'pi kaitavyamulūkamidamabravīt | ulūka madvaco brūhi gatvā tāta suyodhanam

Yudhishthira too spoke these words to Uluka, the gambler's son: "Uluka, my son, go to Suyodhana and give him my message:

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. 13, lines 1–2 (printed after 5.160.23).

Verse 25 (5.163.25)

स्वेन वृत्तेन मे वृत्तं नाधिगन्तुं त्वमर्हसि । उभयोरन्तरं वेद सूनृतानृतयोरपि ॥

svena vṛttena me vṛttaṃ nādhigantuṃ tvamarhasi | ubhayorantaraṃ veda sūnṛtānṛtayorapi

You should not judge my conduct by your own. I know the difference between the two, between truth and falsehood.

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. 13, lines 3–4 (printed after 5.160.23). Speaker: Yudhishthira's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 26 (5.163.26)

न चाहं कामये पापमपि कीटपिपीलकयोः । किं पुनर्ज्ञातिषु वधं कामयेयं कथंचन ॥

na cāhaṃ kāmaye pāpamapi kīṭapipīlakayoḥ | kiṃ punarjñātiṣu vadhaṃ kāmayeyaṃ kathaṃcana

I do not wish harm even to a worm or an ant; how then could I ever wish for the slaughter of my own kinsmen?

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. 13, lines 5–6 (printed after 5.160.23). Corrected कथं च न → कथंचन (misprint in Wikisource; the particle was split into three words, turning "by no means" into "and how not"; the apparatus reads kathaṃ cana, as does verse 48). Speaker: Yudhishthira's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 27 (5.163.27)

एतदर्थं मया तात पञ्च ग्रामा वृताः पुरा । कथं तव सुदुर्बुद्धे न प्रेक्ष्ये व्यसनं महत् ॥

etadarthaṃ mayā tāta pañca grāmā vṛtāḥ purā | kathaṃ tava sudurbuddhe na prekṣye vyasanaṃ mahat

It was for this reason, my son, that I once asked for just five villages: how could I bear to see you meet a great disaster, man of evil mind?

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. 13, lines 7–8 (printed after 5.160.23). Speaker: Yudhishthira's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 28 (5.163.28)

स त्वं कामपरीतात्मा मूढभावाच्च कत्थसे । तथैव वासुदेवस्य न गृह्णासि हितं वचः ॥

sa tvaṃ kāmaparītātmā mūḍhabhāvācca katthase | tathaiva vāsudevasya na gṛhṇāsi hitaṃ vacaḥ

But you, your mind overcome by desire, boast out of folly; and in the same way you will not accept the beneficial counsel of 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. 13, lines 9–10 (printed after 5.160.23). Speaker: Yudhishthira's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 29 (5.163.29)

किंचेदानीं बहूक्तेन युध्यस्व सह बान्धवैः । मम विप्रियकर्तारं कैतव्य ब्रूहि कौरवम् ॥

kiṃcedānīṃ bahūktena yudhyasva saha bāndhavaiḥ | mama vipriyakartāraṃ kaitavya brūhi kauravam

What use is saying more now? Fight, together with your kinsmen." Kaitavya, say this to the Kaurava who does what displeases 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. 13, lines 11–12 (printed after 5.160.23). Verse division follows the page's own verse-end marks (॥ after ब्रूहि कौरवम्), which the row numbering contradicts. Wikisource prints between the two lines an extra line, मम विप्रियकर्तारं कैतव्य सह बान्धवैः, a garbled conflation of the lines on either side (the first half of the next line with the second half of this one); it is dropped here, as the apparatus passes straight from line 11 to line 12. Speaker: Yudhishthira's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 30 (5.163.30)

श्रुतं वाक्यं गृहीतोऽर्थो मतं यत्ते तथास्तु तत् । भीमसेनस्ततो वाक्यं भूय आह नृपात्मजम् ॥

śrutaṃ vākyaṃ gṛhīto'rtho mataṃ yatte tathāstu tat | bhīmasenastato vākyaṃ bhūya āha nṛpātmajam

"I have heard your words and grasped their meaning; let it be as you have decided." Then Bhimasena spoke once more to the prince:

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. 13, lines 13–14 (printed after 5.160.23). Verse division follows the page's own verse-end marks (॥ after नृपात्मजम्); the page's rows 30–35 each run from the second line of one verse to the first line of the next.

Verse 31 (5.163.31)

उलूक मद्वचो ब्रूहि दुर्मतिं पापपूरुषम् । शठं नैकृतिकं पापं दुराचारं सुयोधनम् ॥

ulūka madvaco brūhi durmatiṃ pāpapūruṣam | śaṭhaṃ naikṛtikaṃ pāpaṃ durācāraṃ suyodhanam

"Uluka, give my message to that evil-minded, sinful man, the deceitful, treacherous, wicked and ill-behaved Suyodhana:

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. 13, lines 15–16 (printed after 5.160.23). Verse division follows the page's own verse-end marks. Speaker: Bhimasena's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 32 (5.163.32)

गृध्रोदरे वा वस्तव्यं पुरे वा नागसाह्वये । प्रतिज्ञातं मया यच्च सभामध्ये नराधम ॥

gṛdhrodare vā vastavyaṃ pure vā nāgasāhvaye | pratijñātaṃ mayā yacca sabhāmadhye narādhama

You will have to dwell either in a vulture's belly or in the city named after the elephant. And what I vowed in the middle of the assembly, vilest 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. 13, lines 17–18 (printed after 5.160.23). Verse division follows the page's own verse-end marks. Speaker: Bhimasena's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 33 (5.163.33)

कर्ताहं तद्वचः सत्यं सत्येनैव शपामि ते । दुःशासनस्य रुधिरं हत्वा पास्याम्यहं मृधे ॥

kartāhaṃ tadvacaḥ satyaṃ satyenaiva śapāmi te | duḥśāsanasya rudhiraṃ hatvā pāsyāmyahaṃ mṛdhe

that word I shall make true; I swear it to you by truth itself. I shall slay Duhshasana in battle and drink his blood.

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. 13, lines 19–20 (printed after 5.160.23). Verse division follows the page's own verse-end marks. Speaker: Bhimasena's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 34 (5.163.34)

सक्थिनी तव भंक्त्वैव हत्वा हि तव सोदरान् । सर्वेषां धार्तराष्ट्राणामहं मृत्युः सुयोधन ॥

sakthinī tava bhaṃktvaiva hatvā hi tava sodarān | sarveṣāṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāmahaṃ mṛtyuḥ suyodhana

And I shall break your thighs and slay your brothers; I am the death of all the sons of Dhritarashtra, Suyodhana.

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. 13, lines 21–22 (printed after 5.160.23). Verse division follows the page's own verse-end marks. Corrected सोदनान् → सोदरान् (misprint in Wikisource; the apparatus reads sodarān). The second line, सर्वेषां धार्तराष्ट्राणामहं मृत्युः सुयोधन, is restored from the critical edition's apparatus (Appendix I No. 13, line 22): Wikisource lost it by eye-skip to the next line, which also begins सर्वेषां, leaving this verse with one line and no verse-end mark. Speaker: Bhimasena's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 35 (5.163.35)

सर्वेषां राजपुत्राणामभिमन्युरसंशयम् । कर्मणा तोषयिष्यामि भूयश्चैव वचः शृणु ॥

sarveṣāṃ rājaputrāṇāmabhimanyurasaṃśayam | karmaṇā toṣayiṣyāmi bhūyaścaiva vacaḥ śṛṇu

And Abhimanyu, without a doubt, will be the death of all the princes. I shall gratify you by my deeds; and hear one more word:

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. 13, lines 23–24 (printed after 5.160.23). Corrected श्रृणु → शृणु (misprint in Wikisource; श्रृ for शृ; the apparatus reads śṛṇu). Speaker: Bhimasena's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 36 (5.163.36)

हत्वा सुयोधन त्वां वै सहितं सर्वसोदरैः । आक्रमिष्ये पदा मूर्ध्नि धर्मराजस्य पश्यतः ॥

hatvā suyodhana tvāṃ vai sahitaṃ sarvasodaraiḥ | ākramiṣye padā mūrdhni dharmarājasya paśyataḥ

When I have slain you, Suyodhana, together with all your brothers, I shall set my foot on your head while the King of Dharma looks on."

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. 13, lines 25–26 (printed after 5.160.23). Speaker: Bhimasena's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 37 (5.163.37)

नकुलस्तु ततो वाक्यमिदमाह महीपते । उलूक ब्रूहि कौरव्यं धार्तराष्ट्रं सुयोधनम् ॥

nakulastu tato vākyamidamāha mahīpate | ulūka brūhi kauravyaṃ dhārtarāṣṭraṃ suyodhanam

Then Nakula said this, O lord of the earth: "Uluka, tell Suyodhana, the Kaurava son of Dhritarashtra:

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. 13, lines 27–28 (printed after 5.160.23).

Verse 38 (5.163.38)

श्रुतं ते गदतो वाक्यं सर्वमेव यथातथम् । तथा कर्तास्मि कौरव्य यथा त्वमनुशासि माम् ॥

śrutaṃ te gadato vākyaṃ sarvameva yathātatham | tathā kartāsmi kauravya yathā tvamanuśāsi mām

I have heard all the words you spoke, exactly as they were. I shall do just as you instruct me, 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. 13, lines 29–30 (printed after 5.160.23). Corrected मां → माम् at the end of the verse (misprint in Wikisource; the apparatus reads mām). Speaker: Nakula's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 39 (5.163.39)

सहदेवोऽपि नृपते इदमाह वचोऽर्थवत् । सुयोधन मतिर्या ते वृथैषा ते भविष्यति ॥

sahadevo'pi nṛpate idamāha vaco'rthavat | suyodhana matiryā te vṛthaiṣā te bhaviṣyati

Sahadeva too, O king, spoke these meaningful words: "Suyodhana, the purpose you have in mind will come to nothing.

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. 13, lines 31–32 (printed after 5.160.23).

Verse 40 (5.163.40)

शोचिष्यसे महाराज सपुत्रज्ञातिबान्धवः । इमं च क्लेशमस्माकं हृष्टो यत्त्वं विकत्थसे ॥

śociṣyase mahārāja saputrajñātibāndhavaḥ | imaṃ ca kleśamasmākaṃ hṛṣṭo yattvaṃ vikatthase

You will grieve, great king, together with your sons, kinsmen and relations, for this suffering of ours over which you now boast in delight."

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. 13, lines 33–34 (printed after 5.160.23). Speaker: Sahadeva's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 41 (5.163.41)

विराटद्रुपदौ वृद्धावुलूकमिदमूचतुः । दासभावं नियच्छेव साधोरिति मतिः सदा । तौ च दासावदासौ वा पौरुषं यस्य यादृशम् ॥

virāṭadrupadau vṛddhāvulūkamidamūcatuḥ | dāsabhāvaṃ niyaccheva sādhoriti matiḥ sadā | tau ca dāsāvadāsau vā pauruṣaṃ yasya yādṛśam

The aged Virata and Drupada said this to Uluka: "It has always been our wish to be servants of a good man. Whether we two are servants or not, each one's manliness will show."

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. 13, lines 35–37 (printed after 5.160.23).

Verse 42 (5.163.42)

शिखण्डी तु ततो वाक्यमुलूकमिदमब्रवीत् । वक्तव्यो भवता राजा पापेष्वभिरतः सदा ॥

śikhaṇḍī tu tato vākyamulūkamidamabravīt | vaktavyo bhavatā rājā pāpeṣvabhirataḥ sadā

Then Shikhandi spoke these words to Uluka: "You must tell the king, who always delights in evil:

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. 13, lines 38–39 (printed after 5.160.23).

Verse 43 (5.163.43)

पश्य त्वं मां रणे राजन्कुर्वाणं कर्म दारुणम् । यस्य वीर्यं समासाद्य मन्यसे विजयं युधि ॥

paśya tvaṃ māṃ raṇe rājankurvāṇaṃ karma dāruṇam | yasya vīryaṃ samāsādya manyase vijayaṃ yudhi

Watch me in battle, king, as I do a terrible deed. He whose valour makes you count on victory in 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. 13, lines 40–41 (printed after 5.160.23). Speaker: Shikhandi's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 44 (5.163.44)

तमहं पातयिष्यामि रथात्तव पितामहम् । अहं भीष्मवधात्सृष्टो नूनं धात्रा महात्मना ॥

tamahaṃ pātayiṣyāmi rathāttava pitāmaham | ahaṃ bhīṣmavadhātsṛṣṭo nūnaṃ dhātrā mahātmanā

your grandsire — him I shall throw down from his chariot. Surely I was created by the great-souled Ordainer for the slaying of Bhishma.

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. 13, lines 42–43 (printed after 5.160.23). Speaker: Shikhandi's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 45 (5.163.45)

सोऽहं भीष्मं हनिष्यामि मिषतां सर्वधन्विनाम् । धृष्टद्युम्नोऽपि कैतव्यमुलूकमिदमब्रवीत् ॥

so'haṃ bhīṣmaṃ haniṣyāmi miṣatāṃ sarvadhanvinām | dhṛṣṭadyumno'pi kaitavyamulūkamidamabravīt

I shall slay Bhishma while all the bowmen look on." Dhrishtadyumna too spoke these words to Uluka, the gambler's son:

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. 13, lines 44–45 (printed after 5.160.23).

Verse 46 (5.163.46)

सुयोधनो मम वचो वक्तव्यो नृपतेः सुतः । अहं द्रोणं हनिष्यामि सगणं सहबान्धवम् ॥

suyodhano mama vaco vaktavyo nṛpateḥ sutaḥ | ahaṃ droṇaṃ haniṣyāmi sagaṇaṃ sahabāndhavam

"Give my message to Suyodhana, the king's son: I shall slay Drona together with his followers and his 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. 13, lines 46–47 (printed after 5.160.23). Speaker: Dhrishtadyumna's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 47 (5.163.47)

अवश्यं च मया कार्यं पूर्वेषां चरितं महत् । कर्ता चाहं तथा कर्म यथा नान्यः करिष्यति ॥

avaśyaṃ ca mayā kāryaṃ pūrveṣāṃ caritaṃ mahat | kartā cāhaṃ tathā karma yathā nānyaḥ kariṣyati

I must accomplish the great purpose of my forefathers; and I shall do such a deed as no one else will do."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records its lines in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 13, lines 52 and 48 (printed after 5.160.23), where the first (reading sarveṣāṃ for पूर्वेषां) stands in Yudhishthira's closing speech; the page's commentary (पूर्वेषां चरितं द्रोणवधेन पितृवैरप्रतियातनम्) confirms the vulgate order given here. Speaker: Dhrishtadyumna's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 48 (5.163.48)

तमब्रवीद्धर्मराजः कारुण्यार्थं वचो महत् । नाहं ज्ञातिवधं राजन्कामयेयं कथंचन ॥

tamabravīddharmarājaḥ kāruṇyārthaṃ vaco mahat | nāhaṃ jñātivadhaṃ rājankāmayeyaṃ kathaṃcana

The King of Dharma spoke weighty words to him out of compassion: "I would by no means wish for the slaughter of my kinsmen, 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. 13, lines 49–50 (printed after 5.160.23).

Verse 49 (5.163.49)

तवैव दोषाद्दुर्बुद्धे सर्वमेतत्त्वनावृतम् । स गच्छ माचिरं तात उलूक यदि मन्यसे ॥

tavaiva doṣāddurbuddhe sarvametattvanāvṛtam | sa gaccha māciraṃ tāta ulūka yadi manyase

It is plainly through your own fault, man of evil mind, that all this has come about. Go now without delay, Uluka, my son, if you think fit,

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. 13, lines 51 and 53 (printed after 5.160.23). Speaker: Yudhishthira's direct speech, without a printed heading (the input carried सञ्जय).

Verse 50 (5.163.50)

इह वा तिष्ठ भद्रं ते वयं हि तव बान्धवाः । उलूकस्तु ततो राजन्धर्मपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

iha vā tiṣṭha bhadraṃ te vayaṃ hi tava bāndhavāḥ | ulūkastu tato rājandharmaputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram

or stay here — may it go well with you, for we are your kinsmen." Then, O king, Uluka took leave of Yudhishthira, son of 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. 13, lines 54–55 (printed after 5.160.23).

Verse 51 (5.163.51)

आमन्त्र्य प्रययौ तत्र यत्र राजा सुयोधनः । उलूकस्तत आगम्य दुर्योधनममर्षणम् ॥

āmantrya prayayau tatra yatra rājā suyodhanaḥ | ulūkastata āgamya duryodhanamamarṣaṇam

and went to where King Suyodhana was. When he arrived, Uluka repeated to the unforgiving Duryodhana

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. 13, lines 56–57 (printed after 5.160.23). Corrected आगमक्य → आगम्य (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क्; the apparatus reads āgamya).

Verse 52 (5.163.52)

अर्जुनस्य समादेशं यथोक्तं सर्वमब्रवीत् । वासुदेवस्य भीमस्य धर्मराजस्य पौरुषम् ॥

arjunasya samādeśaṃ yathoktaṃ sarvamabravīt | vāsudevasya bhīmasya dharmarājasya pauruṣam

Arjuna's message in full, just as it had been spoken; and the defiant words of Vasudeva, of Bhima and of the King of 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. 13, lines 58–59 (printed after 5.160.23).

Verse 53 (5.163.53)

नकुलस्य विराटस्य द्रुपदस्य च भारत । सहदेवस्य च वचो धृष्टद्युम्नशिखण्डिनोः । केशवार्जुनयोर्वाक्यं यथोक्तं सर्वमब्रवीत् ॥

nakulasya virāṭasya drupadasya ca bhārata | sahadevasya ca vaco dhṛṣṭadyumnaśikhaṇḍinoḥ | keśavārjunayorvākyaṃ yathoktaṃ sarvamabravīt

of Nakula, of Virata and Drupada, O Bharata, the words of Sahadeva, of Dhrishtadyumna and Shikhandi — the words of Keshava and Arjuna he repeated in full, just as they had been spoken.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records them in its apparatus as Appendix I No. 13, lines 60–61 (printed after 5.160.23). Line 3 is the critical edition's 5.160.26a (keśavārjunayor vākyaṃ) completed by star passage 5.160.26a*0563, line 1 (yathoktaṃ sarvam abravīt).

Verse 54 (5.163.54)

कैतव्यस्य तु तद्वाक्यं निशम्य भरतर्षभः । दुःशासनं च कर्णं च शकुनिं चापि भारत ॥

kaitavyasya tu tadvākyaṃ niśamya bharatarṣabhaḥ | duḥśāsanaṃ ca karṇaṃ ca śakuniṃ cāpi bhārata

Having heard those words of Kaitavya, the bull of the Bharatas, O Bharata, instructed Duhshasana, Karna and Shakuni,

Note on the text: The first line is star passage 5.160.26a*0563, line 2 (kaitavyasya tu tad vākyaṃ) with the critical edition's 5.160.26b; the second line is 5.160.26cd, reading चापि भारत for cābhyabhāṣata (a recension variant).

Verse 55 (5.163.55)

आज्ञापयत राज्ञश्च बलं मित्रबलं तथा । यथा प्रागुदयात्सर्वे युक्तास्तिष्ठन्त्यनीकिनः ॥

ājñāpayata rājñaśca balaṃ mitrabalaṃ tathā | yathā prāgudayātsarve yuktāstiṣṭhantyanīkinaḥ

and the forces of the kings and of the allies as well, that all the divisions should stand yoked and ready before sunrise.

Note on the text: Corrected आज्ञपयत → आज्ञापयत (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ā; the critical edition reads ājñāpayata).

Verse 56 (5.163.56)

ततः कर्णसमादिष्टा दूताः सन्त्वरिता रथैः । उष्ट्रवामीभिरप्यन्ये सदश्वैश्च महाजवैः ॥

tataḥ karṇasamādiṣṭā dūtāḥ santvaritā rathaiḥ | uṣṭravāmībhirapyanye sadaśvaiśca mahājavaiḥ

Then messengers sent by Karna sped off in haste, some on chariots, others on camels and she-mules and on fine horses of great speed;

Verse 57 (5.163.57)

तूर्णं परिययुः सेनां कृत्स्नां कर्णस्य शासनात् । आज्ञापयन्तो राज्ञश्च योगः प्रागुदयादिति ॥

tūrṇaṃ pariyayuḥ senāṃ kṛtsnāṃ karṇasya śāsanāt | ājñāpayanto rājñaśca yogaḥ prāgudayāditi

at Karna's command they swiftly went round the whole army, ordering the kings: "Be yoked and ready before sunrise!"