Yudhishthira Marshals His Army and Marches

Verse 1 (5.196.1)

तथैव राजा कौन्तेयो धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । धृष्टद्युम्नमुखान्वीरांश्चोदयामास भारत ॥

tathaiva rājā kaunteyo dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | dhṛṣṭadyumnamukhānvīrāṃścodayāmāsa bhārata

In the same way, O Bharata, King Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti and son of Dharma, urged on his heroes, with Dhrishtadyumna at their head.

Verse 2 (5.196.2)

चेदिकाशिकरूशानां नेतारं दृढविक्रमम् । सेनापतिममित्रघ्नं धृष्टकेतुमथादिशत् ॥

cedikāśikarūśānāṃ netāraṃ dṛḍhavikramam | senāpatimamitraghnaṃ dhṛṣṭaketumathādiśat

He appointed Dhrishtaketu, the leader of the Chedis, the Kashis and the Karushas, firm in valour and a slayer of foes, as a commander of the army,

Verse 3 (5.196.3)

विराटं द्रुपदं चैव युयुधानं शिखण्डिनम् । पाञ्चाल्यौ च महेष्वासौ युधामन्यूत्तमौजसौ ॥

virāṭaṃ drupadaṃ caiva yuyudhānaṃ śikhaṇḍinam | pāñcālyau ca maheṣvāsau yudhāmanyūttamaujasau

and likewise Virata, Drupada, Yuyudhana and Shikhandi, and the two great Panchala archers, Yudhamanyu and Uttamaujas.

Verse 4 (5.196.4)

ते शूराश्चित्रवर्माणस्तप्तकुण्डलधारिणः । आज्यावसिक्ता ज्वलिता धिष्ण्येष्विव हुताशनाः ॥

te śūrāścitravarmāṇastaptakuṇḍaladhāriṇaḥ | ājyāvasiktā jvalitā dhiṣṇyeṣviva hutāśanāḥ

Those heroes, in bright armour and wearing earrings of burnished gold, blazed like fires on their altars when ghee is poured on them.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 5.197.4 has a third line, which Wikisource prints as the first line of its next verse.

Verse 5 (5.196.5)

अशोभन्त महेष्वासा ग्रहाः प्रज्वलिता इव । अथ सैन्यं यथायोगं पूजयित्वा नरर्षभः ॥

aśobhanta maheṣvāsā grahāḥ prajvalitā iva | atha sainyaṃ yathāyogaṃ pūjayitvā nararṣabhaḥ

The great archers shone like blazing planets. Then that bull among men, having honoured his army as was fitting,

Note on the text: The first line is the third line of the critical edition's 5.197.4 (4ef); the second line is 5.197.5ab (CE so 'tha sainyaṃ; Wikisource अथ सैन्यं, a variant).

Verse 6 (5.196.6)

दिदेश तान्यनीकानि प्रयाणाय महीपतिः । तेषां युधिष्ठिरो राजा ससैन्यानां महात्मनाम् ॥

dideśa tānyanīkāni prayāṇāya mahīpatiḥ | teṣāṃ yudhiṣṭhiro rājā sasainyānāṃ mahātmanām

the lord of the earth, ordered those divisions to march. For those great-souled kings and their troops, King Yudhishthira

Note on the text: The first line is the critical edition's 5.197.5cd. The second line is not in the critical edition's account of Yudhishthira: it matches 5.196.17ab, where the same words are said of Duryodhana (CE teṣāṃ duryodhano rājā; Wikisource तेषां युधिष्ठिरो राजा). Found in the vulgate recension.

Verse 7 (5.196.7)

व्यादिदेश सबाह्यानां भक्ष्यभोज्यमनुत्तमम् । सगजाश्वमनुष्याणां ये च शिल्पोपजीविनः ॥

vyādideśa sabāhyānāṃ bhakṣyabhojyamanuttamam | sagajāśvamanuṣyāṇāṃ ye ca śilpopajīvinaḥ

ordered the finest food, both to chew and to eat, for them and their camp followers, for the elephants, horses and men, and for those who live by crafts.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's account of Yudhishthira (found in the vulgate recension): the same lines stand at 5.196.17cd–18ab, where they are said of Duryodhana. Corrected स गजाश्वमनुष्याणां → सगजाश्वमनुष्याणां (misprint in Wikisource; a compound split by a stray space, parallel to सबाह्यानां; CE sagajāśvamanuṣyāṇāṃ).

Verse 8 (5.196.8)

अभिमन्युं बृहन्तं च द्रौपदेयांश्च सर्वशः । धृष्टद्युम्नमुखानेतान्प्राहिणोत्पाण्डुनन्दनः ॥

abhimanyuṃ bṛhantaṃ ca draupadeyāṃśca sarvaśaḥ | dhṛṣṭadyumnamukhānetānprāhiṇotpāṇḍunandanaḥ

The son of Pandu sent out first Abhimanyu, Brihanta and all the sons of Draupadi, these with Dhrishtadyumna at their head.

Verse 9 (5.196.9)

भीमं च युयुधानं च पाण्डवं च धनंजयम् । द्वितीयं प्रेषयामास बलस्कन्धं युधिष्ठिरः ॥

bhīmaṃ ca yuyudhānaṃ ca pāṇḍavaṃ ca dhanaṃjayam | dvitīyaṃ preṣayāmāsa balaskandhaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Bhima, Yuyudhana and Dhananjaya the Pandava Yudhishthira sent out as the second body of the army.

Note on the text: Corrected युधिष्टिरः → युधिष्ठिरः (misprint in Wikisource; ट for ठ, CE yudhiṣṭhiraḥ).

Verse 10 (5.196.10)

भाण्डं समारोपयतां चरतां संप्रधावताम् । हृष्टानां तत्र योधानां शब्दो दिवमिवास्पृशत् ॥

bhāṇḍaṃ samāropayatāṃ caratāṃ saṃpradhāvatām | hṛṣṭānāṃ tatra yodhānāṃ śabdo divamivāspṛśat

As the joyful warriors loaded the baggage, moved about and ran here and there, their clamour seemed to touch the sky.

Note on the text: Corrected दिवमिवास्पशत् → दिवमिवास्पृशत् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ṛ-vowel sign, CE divam ivāspṛśat).

Verse 11 (5.196.11)

स्वयमेव ततः पश्चाद्विराटद्रुपदान्वितः । अथापरैर्महीपालैः सह प्रायान्महीपतिः ॥

svayameva tataḥ paścādvirāṭadrupadānvitaḥ | athāparairmahīpālaiḥ saha prāyānmahīpatiḥ

Then, after them, the lord of the earth himself set out, accompanied by Virata and Drupada and together with other kings.

Note on the text: Corrected विराटद्रपदान्वितः → विराटद्रुपदान्वितः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped u-vowel sign in Drupada, CE virāṭadrupadānvitaḥ). अथापरैर्महीपालैः (CE tathānyaiḥ pṛthivīpālaiḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 12 (5.196.12)

भीमधन्वायती सेना धृष्टद्युम्नेन पालिता । गङ्गेव पूर्णा स्तिमिता स्यन्दमाना व्यदृश्यत ॥

bhīmadhanvāyatī senā dhṛṣṭadyumnena pālitā | gaṅgeva pūrṇā stimitā syandamānā vyadṛśyata

That army of fearsome bows, advancing under Dhrishtadyumna's protection, looked like the Ganga in flood, flowing full and steady.

Note on the text: भीमधन्वायती (bhīmadhanvā āyatī, "of fearsome bows, advancing") kept: the page's own commentary notes भीमधन्वायनी (the critical edition's reading) as another edition's text. धृष्टद्युम्नेन पालिता (CE dhṛṣṭadyumnapuraskṛtā) kept as a variant.

Verse 13 (5.196.13)

ततः पुनरनीकानि न्ययोजयत बुद्धिमान् । मोहयन्धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राणां बुद्धिनिश्चयम् ॥

tataḥ punaranīkāni nyayojayata buddhimān | mohayandhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāṇāṃ buddhiniścayam

Then the wise king arranged his divisions afresh, to confound the settled judgment of Dhritarashtra's sons.

Verse 14 (5.196.14)

द्रौपदेयान्महेष्वासानभिमन्युं च पाण्डवः । नकुलं सहदेवं च सर्वांश्चैव प्रभद्रकान् ॥

draupadeyānmaheṣvāsānabhimanyuṃ ca pāṇḍavaḥ | nakulaṃ sahadevaṃ ca sarvāṃścaiva prabhadrakān

The Pandava placed the sons of Draupadi, those great archers, and Abhimanyu, Nakula and Sahadeva, and all the Prabhadrakas,

Verse 15 (5.196.15)

दश चाश्वसहस्राणि द्विसहस्राणि दन्तिनाम् । अयुतं च पदातीनां रथाः पञ्चशतं तथा ॥

daśa cāśvasahasrāṇi dvisahasrāṇi dantinām | ayutaṃ ca padātīnāṃ rathāḥ pañcaśataṃ tathā

with ten thousand horses, two thousand elephants, ten thousand foot soldiers and five hundred chariots,

Note on the text: Corrected द्विसहस्त्राणि → द्विसहस्राणि (misprint in Wikisource; स्त्र for स्र, CE dvisāhasraṃ). दन्तिनाम् and पञ्चशतं (CE dantinaḥ, pañcaśatās) kept as variants.

Verse 16 (5.196.16)

भीमसेनस्य दुर्धर्षं प्रथमं प्रादिशद्बलम् । मध्यमे च विराटं च जयत्सेनं च पाण्डवः ॥

bhīmasenasya durdharṣaṃ prathamaṃ prādiśadbalam | madhyame ca virāṭaṃ ca jayatsenaṃ ca pāṇḍavaḥ

and designated this as Bhimasena's unassailable force, the first. In the centre the Pandava placed Virata and Jayatsena,

Note on the text: भीमसेनस्य and पाण्डवः (CE bhīmasenaṃ ca, māgadham) kept as variants.

Verse 17 (5.196.17)

महारथौ च पाञ्चाल्यौ युधामन्यूत्तमौजसौ । वीर्यवन्तौ महात्मानौ गदाकार्मुकधारिणौ ॥

mahārathau ca pāñcālyau yudhāmanyūttamaujasau | vīryavantau mahātmānau gadākārmukadhāriṇau

and the two Panchala great chariot-warriors, Yudhamanyu and Uttamaujas, valiant and great-souled, bearing maces and bows.

Note on the text: Restored the last quarter from the critical edition (5.197.15d, gadākārmukadhāriṇau): Wikisource repeats युधामन्यूत्तमौजसौ from the first line in its place. The critical edition's third line (15e) is the first line of Wikisource's next verse.

Verse 18 (5.196.18)

अन्वयातां तदा मध्ये वासुदेवधनञ्जयौ । तौ दृष्ट्वा पृथिवीपाला नष्टमित्येव मेनिरे । अन्तरिक्षगताः सर्वे देवाः सेन्द्रपुरोगमाः ॥

anvayātāṃ tadā madhye vāsudevadhanañjayau | tau dṛṣṭvā pṛthivīpālā naṣṭamityeva menire | antarikṣagatāḥ sarve devāḥ sendrapurogamāḥ

Behind them, in the middle, went Vasudeva and Dhananjaya. Seeing those two, the kings, and all the gods in the sky with Indra at their head, deemed the enemy already lost.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ') around the second and third lines. The first line is the critical edition's 5.197.15e (CE tato; Wikisource तदा). The second and third lines are not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); they appear in its apparatus as star passage 5.197.15f*0595 (which reads pṛthivīpālān; Wikisource पृथिवीपाला, kept).

Verse 19 (5.196.19)

बभूवुरतिसंरब्धाः कृतप्रहरणा नराः । तेषां विंशतिसाहस्रा हयाः शूरैरधिष्ठिताः । पञ्च नागसहस्राणि रथवंशाश्च सर्वशः ॥

babhūvuratisaṃrabdhāḥ kṛtapraharaṇā narāḥ | teṣāṃ viṃśatisāhasrā hayāḥ śūrairadhiṣṭhitāḥ | pañca nāgasahasrāṇi rathavaṃśāśca sarvaśaḥ

The men were roused to fury, their weapons ready. With them were twenty thousand horses ridden by heroes, five thousand elephants, and ranks of chariots on every side.

Note on the text: The first two lines are the critical edition's 5.197.16 (हयाः for CE dhvajāḥ, a variant); the third line is 5.197.17ab.

Verse 20 (5.196.20)

पदातयश्च ये शूराः कार्मुकासिगदाधराः । सहस्रशोऽन्वयुः पश्चादग्रतश्च सहस्रशः ॥

padātayaśca ye śūrāḥ kārmukāsigadādharāḥ | sahasraśo'nvayuḥ paścādagrataśca sahasraśaḥ

And brave foot soldiers bearing bows, swords and maces went by the thousand behind them, and by the thousand in front.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 5.197.17cdef; its first line (17ab) is the last line of Wikisource's previous verse.

Verse 21 (5.196.21)

युधिष्ठिरो यत्र सैन्ये स्वयमेव बलार्णवे । तत्र ते पृथिवीपाला भूयिष्ठं पर्यवस्थिताः ॥

yudhiṣṭhiro yatra sainye svayameva balārṇave | tatra te pṛthivīpālā bhūyiṣṭhaṃ paryavasthitāḥ

Where Yudhishthira himself was, in that ocean of an army, there the kings were gathered in the greatest numbers.

Verse 22 (5.196.22)

तत्र नागसहस्राणि हयानामयुतानि च । तथा रथसहस्राणि पदातीनां च भारत ॥

tatra nāgasahasrāṇi hayānāmayutāni ca | tathā rathasahasrāṇi padātīnāṃ ca bhārata

There were thousands of elephants and myriads of horses, and likewise thousands of chariots and of foot soldiers, O Bharata.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 5.197.19abcd; its last line (19e) is the second line of Wikisource verse 33, after the vulgate passage that Wikisource prints as verses 23–33.

Verse 23 (5.196.23)

चेकितानः स्वसैन्येन महता पार्थिवर्षभ । धृष्टकेतुश्च चेदीनां प्रणेता पार्थिवो ययौ ॥

cekitānaḥ svasainyena mahatā pārthivarṣabha | dhṛṣṭaketuśca cedīnāṃ praṇetā pārthivo yayau

Chekitana marched with his own great army, O bull among kings, and so did King Dhrishtaketu, the leader of the Chedis.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in its apparatus as Appendix I passage No. 14, lines 1–2 (inserted after 5.197.19d).

Verse 24 (5.196.24)

सात्यकिश्च महेष्वासो वृष्णीनां प्रवरो रथः । वृतः शतसहस्रेण रथानां प्रणुदन्बली ॥

sātyakiśca maheṣvāso vṛṣṇīnāṃ pravaro rathaḥ | vṛtaḥ śatasahasreṇa rathānāṃ praṇudanbalī

Satyaki too, the great archer, foremost chariot-warrior of the Vrishnis, mighty, surrounded by a hundred thousand chariots, went driving forward.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in its apparatus as Appendix I passage No. 14, lines 3–4 (inserted after 5.197.19d). Corrected प्रमुदन्बली → प्रणुदन्बली (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण, giving no valid form of mud; the passage reads praṇudan balī).

Verse 25 (5.196.25)

क्षत्रदेवब्रह्मदेवौ रथस्थौ पुरुषर्षभौ । जघनं पालयन्तौ च पृष्ठतोऽनुप्रजग्मतुः ॥

kṣatradevabrahmadevau rathasthau puruṣarṣabhau | jaghanaṃ pālayantau ca pṛṣṭhato'nuprajagmatuḥ

Kshatradeva and Brahmadeva, bulls among men, riding in their chariots, followed behind, guarding the rear.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in its apparatus as Appendix I passage No. 14, lines 5–6 (inserted after 5.197.19d).

Verse 26 (5.196.26)

शकटापणवेशाश्च यानं युग्यं च सर्वशः । तत्र नागसहस्राणि हयानामयुतानि च । फल्गु सर्वं कलत्रं च यत्किंचित्कृशदुर्बलम् ॥

śakaṭāpaṇaveśāśca yānaṃ yugyaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ | tatra nāgasahasrāṇi hayānāmayutāni ca | phalgu sarvaṃ kalatraṃ ca yatkiṃcitkṛśadurbalam

The carts, the market-stalls and the courtesans' quarters, the vehicles and beasts of burden of every kind, thousands of elephants there and myriads of horses, all the non-combatants and the womenfolk, and whatever was weak and feeble,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in its apparatus as Appendix I passage No. 14, lines 7–9 (inserted after 5.197.19d).

Verse 27 (5.196.27)

कोशसञ्चयवाहांश्च कोष्ठागारं तथैव च । गजानीकेन संगृह्य शनैः प्रायाद्युधिष्ठिरः ॥

kośasañcayavāhāṃśca koṣṭhāgāraṃ tathaiva ca | gajānīkena saṃgṛhya śanaiḥ prāyādyudhiṣṭhiraḥ

the bearers of the treasury's stores and the granary as well: all these Yudhishthira gathered together with the elephant division, and moved slowly on.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in its apparatus as Appendix I passage No. 14, lines 10–11 (inserted after 5.197.19d).

Verse 28 (5.196.28)

तमन्वयात्सत्यधृतिः सौचित्तिर्युद्धदुर्मदः । श्रेणिमान्वसुदानश्च पुत्रः काश्यस्य वा विभुः ॥

tamanvayātsatyadhṛtiḥ saucittiryuddhadurmadaḥ | śreṇimānvasudānaśca putraḥ kāśyasya vā vibhuḥ

After him came Satyadhriti, Sauchitti mad for battle, Shrenimat, Vasudana, and the mighty son of the king of Kashi,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in its apparatus as Appendix I passage No. 14, lines 12–13 (inserted after 5.197.19d).

Verse 29 (5.196.29)

रथा विंशतिसाहस्रा ये तेषामनुयायिनः । हयानां दश कोट्यश्च महतां किंकिणीकिनाम् ॥

rathā viṃśatisāhasrā ye teṣāmanuyāyinaḥ | hayānāṃ daśa koṭyaśca mahatāṃ kiṃkiṇīkinām

with twenty thousand chariots that followed them, and ten crores of great horses hung with little bells,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in its apparatus as Appendix I passage No. 14, lines 14–15 (inserted after 5.197.19d). हयानां दश कोट्यश्च (the passage reads hayānāṃ caiva koṭyaś ca) kept as a variant.

Verse 30 (5.196.30)

गजा विंशतिसाहस्रा ईषादन्ताः प्रहारिणः । कुलीना भिन्नकरटा मेघा इव विसर्पिणः ॥

gajā viṃśatisāhasrā īṣādantāḥ prahāriṇaḥ | kulīnā bhinnakaraṭā meghā iva visarpiṇaḥ

and twenty thousand elephants with tusks as long as chariot-poles, fierce in attack, of noble breed, their temples split with rut, moving on like clouds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in its apparatus as Appendix I passage No. 14, lines 16–17 (inserted after 5.197.19d).

Verse 31 (5.196.31)

षष्टिर्नागसहस्राणि दशान्यानि च भारत । युधिष्ठिरस्य यान्यासन्युधि सेना महात्मनः ॥

ṣaṣṭirnāgasahasrāṇi daśānyāni ca bhārata | yudhiṣṭhirasya yānyāsanyudhi senā mahātmanaḥ

Sixty thousand elephants, and ten thousand more, O Bharata, made up the battle-force of great-souled Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in its apparatus as Appendix I passage No. 14, lines 18–19 (inserted after 5.197.19d).

Verse 32 (5.196.32)

क्षरन्त इव जीमूताः प्रभिन्नकरटामुखाः । राजानमन्वयुः पश्चाच्चलन्त इव पर्वताः ॥

kṣaranta iva jīmūtāḥ prabhinnakaraṭāmukhāḥ | rājānamanvayuḥ paścāccalanta iva parvatāḥ

Like rain clouds pouring, their temples and mouths streaming with rut, they followed the king like moving mountains.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in its apparatus as Appendix I passage No. 14, lines 20–21 (inserted after 5.197.19d).

Verse 33 (5.196.33)

एवं तस्य बलं भीमं कुन्तीपुत्रस्य धीमतः । यदाश्रित्याथ युयुधे धार्तराष्ट्रं सुयोधनम् ॥

evaṃ tasya balaṃ bhīmaṃ kuntīputrasya dhīmataḥ | yadāśrityātha yuyudhe dhārtarāṣṭraṃ suyodhanam

Such was the fearsome army of the wise son of Kunti, relying on which he then went to war with Suyodhana, the son of Dhritarashtra.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (found in the vulgate recension); it is the last line (line 22) of Appendix I passage No. 14. The second line is the critical edition's 5.197.19e (CE yad āśrityābhiyuyudhe; Wikisource यदाश्रित्याथ युयुधे, a variant).

Verse 34 (5.196.34)

ततोऽन्ये शतशः पश्चात्सहस्रायुतशो नराः । नर्दन्तः प्रययुस्तेषामनीकानि सहस्रशः ॥

tato'nye śataśaḥ paścātsahasrāyutaśo narāḥ | nardantaḥ prayayusteṣāmanīkāni sahasraśaḥ

Then others behind them, men by the hundred, by the thousand and by the ten thousand, marched on roaring; their divisions went by the thousand.

Note on the text: Corrected तेषाणनीकानि → तेषामनीकानि (misprint in Wikisource; ण for म, CE teṣām anīkāni). नर्दन्तः (CE nadantaḥ) kept as a variant.

Verse 35 (5.196.35)

तत्र भेरीसहस्राणि शङ्खानामयुतानि च । न्यवादयन्त संहृष्टाः सहस्रायुतशो नराः ॥

tatra bherīsahasrāṇi śaṅkhānāmayutāni ca | nyavādayanta saṃhṛṣṭāḥ sahasrāyutaśo narāḥ

There thousands of drums and myriads of conches were sounded by joyful men, by the thousand and by the ten thousand.

Note on the text: न्यवादयन्त (CE vādayanti sma) kept as a variant. This is the last verse of the Udyoga Parva; after the colophon the page also prints, as a preview, the opening verse of the Bhishma Parva (जनमेजय उवाच — कथं युयुधिरे वीराः …), which belongs to the next parva and is not included here.