Arjuna's Message to Duryodhana

Verse 1 (5.48.1)

पृच्छामि त्वां सञ्जय राजमध्ये । किमब्रवीद्वाक्यमदीनसत्त्वः । धनञ्जयस्तात युधां प्रणेता । दुरात्मनां जीवितच्छिन्महात्मा ॥

pṛcchāmi tvāṃ sañjaya rājamadhye | kimabravīdvākyamadīnasattvaḥ | dhanañjayastāta yudhāṃ praṇetā | durātmanāṃ jīvitacchinmahātmā

"I ask you, Sanjaya, here in the midst of the kings: what did Dhananjaya say, dear friend — he of unflagging spirit, the leader of warriors, the great-souled one who cuts short the lives of the wicked?"

Note on the text: Corrected अदीनसत्वः → अदीनसत्त्वः (misprint in Wikisource; sattva is spelt with त्त्व; the critical edition reads adīnasattvaḥ) and प्रेणता → प्रणेता (misprint in Wikisource; misplaced vowel sign; the critical edition reads praṇetā). The automatic alignment missed this verse; it is the critical edition's 5.47.1.

Verse 2 (5.48.2)

दुर्योधनो वाचमिमां शृणोतु । यदब्रवीदर्जुनो योत्स्यमानः । युधिष्ठिरस्यानुमते महात्मा । धनञ्जयः शृण्वतः केशवस्य ॥

duryodhano vācamimāṃ śṛṇotu | yadabravīdarjuno yotsyamānaḥ | yudhiṣṭhirasyānumate mahātmā | dhanañjayaḥ śṛṇvataḥ keśavasya

"Let Duryodhana hear these words that Arjuna spoke as he made ready for battle — the great-souled Dhananjaya, speaking with Yudhishthira's consent and in the hearing of Keshava."

Note on the text: Corrected श्रृणोतु → शृणोतु and श्रृण्वतः → शृण्वतः (misprint in Wikisource; श्रृ for शृ; the critical edition reads śṛṇotu, śṛṇvataḥ).

Verse 3 (5.48.3)

अवित्रस्तो बाहुवीर्यं विजान- । न्नुपह्वरे वासुदेवस्य धीरः । अवोचन्मां योत्स्यमानः किरीटी । मध्ये ब्रूया धार्तराष्ट्रं कुरूणाम् ॥

avitrasto bāhuvīryaṃ vijāna- | nnupahvare vāsudevasya dhīraḥ | avocanmāṃ yotsyamānaḥ kirīṭī | madhye brūyā dhārtarāṣṭraṃ kurūṇām

"Unafraid, knowing the strength of his arms, the steadfast Kiriti, ready for battle, spoke to me close by Vasudeva's side: 'Say this to the son of Dhritarashtra in the midst of the Kurus —'"

Verse 4 (5.48.4)

संशृण्वतस्तस्य दुर्भाषिणो वै । दुरात्मनः सूतपुत्रस्य सूत । यो योद्धुमाशंसति मां सदैव । मन्दप्रज्ञः कालपक्वोऽतिमूढः ॥

saṃśṛṇvatastasya durbhāṣiṇo vai | durātmanaḥ sūtaputrasya sūta | yo yoddhumāśaṃsati māṃ sadaiva | mandaprajñaḥ kālapakvo'timūḍhaḥ

"— in the hearing of that evil-tongued, wicked son of a charioteer, O Suta, that dull-witted and utterly foolish man, ripe for death, who is forever eager to fight with me,"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 5.47.3d*0307. Corrected संश्रृण्वतः → संशृण्वतः (misprint in Wikisource; श्रृ for शृ; *0307 reads saṃśṛṇvataḥ). Speaker set to Arjuna: verses 4–5 are his own words to Sanjaya (begun at the end of verse 3), with no heading on the page; the input carried सञ्जय.

Verse 5 (5.48.5)

ये वै राजानः पाण्डवायोधनाय । समानीताः शृण्वतां चापि तेषाम् । यथा समग्रं वचनं मयोक्तं । सहामात्यं श्रावयेथा नृपं तत ॥

ye vai rājānaḥ pāṇḍavāyodhanāya | samānītāḥ śṛṇvatāṃ cāpi teṣām | yathā samagraṃ vacanaṃ mayoktaṃ | sahāmātyaṃ śrāvayethā nṛpaṃ tata

"and in the hearing too of the kings who have been gathered to fight the Pandavas — make the king and his ministers hear the whole of my speech, dear friend, exactly as I have spoken it."

Note on the text: Corrected श्रृण्वतां → शृण्वतां (misprint in Wikisource; श्रृ for शृ; the critical edition reads śṛṇvatāṃ). नृपं तत (critical edition nṛpaṃ tam) is kept as a variant, तत being the vocative "dear friend". Speaker: Arjuna (see verse 4).

Verse 6 (5.48.6)

यथा नूनं देवराजस्य देवाः । शुश्रूषन्ते वज्रहस्तस्य सर्वे । तथाऽशृण्वन्पाण्डवाः सृञ्जयाश्च । किरीटिना वाचमुक्तां समर्थाम् ॥

yathā nūnaṃ devarājasya devāḥ | śuśrūṣante vajrahastasya sarve | tathā'śṛṇvanpāṇḍavāḥ sṛñjayāśca | kirīṭinā vācamuktāṃ samarthām

"Just as all the gods attend to the king of the gods, the wielder of the thunderbolt, so did the Pandavas and the Srinjayas listen to the weighty words that Kiriti spoke."

Note on the text: Corrected तथाऽश्रृण्वन् → तथाऽशृण्वन् (misprint in Wikisource; श्रृ for शृ; the critical edition reads tathāśṛṇvan).

Verse 7 (5.48.7)

इत्यब्रवीदर्जुनो योत्स्यमानो । गाण्डीवधन्वा लोहितपद्मनेत्रः । न चेद्राज्यं मुञ्चति धार्तराष्ट्रो । युधिष्ठिरस्याजमीढस्य राज्ञः ॥

ityabravīdarjuno yotsyamāno | gāṇḍīvadhanvā lohitapadmanetraḥ | na cedrājyaṃ muñcati dhārtarāṣṭro | yudhiṣṭhirasyājamīḍhasya rājñaḥ

"Thus spoke Arjuna, ready for battle, the bearer of the Gandiva bow, his eyes like red lotuses: 'If the son of Dhritarashtra does not give up the kingdom of King Yudhishthira, the descendant of Ajamidha,'"

Note on the text: Corrected यधिष्ठिरस्य → युधिष्ठिरस्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped u-sign; the critical edition reads yudhiṣṭhirasya). These lines are the critical edition's 5.47.6a–d: Wikisource divides the six-line verses 5.47.6–7 into three four-line verses (7–9), so 5.47.6ef opens verse 8.

Verse 8 (5.48.8)

अस्ति नूनं कर्म कृतं पुरस्ता- । दनिर्विष्टं पापकं धार्तराष्ट्रैः । येषां युद्धं भीमसेनार्जुनाभ्यां । तथाश्विभ्यां वासुदेवेन चैव ॥

asti nūnaṃ karma kṛtaṃ purastā- | danirviṣṭaṃ pāpakaṃ dhārtarāṣṭraiḥ | yeṣāṃ yuddhaṃ bhīmasenārjunābhyāṃ | tathāśvibhyāṃ vāsudevena caiva

"then surely the sons of Dhritarashtra did some evil deed in the past whose fruit they have not yet tasted — since they must now fight Bhimasena and Arjuna, the twin sons of the Ashvins, and Vasudeva,"

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are the critical edition's 5.47.6ef; lines 3–4 are 5.47.7ab. Speaker set to Arjuna: from here to the end of the adhyaya the verses are Arjuna's message in his own words (first person throughout, addressing Sanjaya as Suta and son of Gavalgana), with no heading on the page; the input carried सञ्जय.

Verse 9 (5.48.9)

शैनेयेन ध्रुवमात्तायुधेन । धृष्टद्युम्नेनाथ शिखण्डिना च । युधिष्ठिरेणेन्द्रकल्पेन चैव । योऽपध्यानान्निर्दहेद्गां दिवं च ॥

śaineyena dhruvamāttāyudhena | dhṛṣṭadyumnenātha śikhaṇḍinā ca | yudhiṣṭhireṇendrakalpena caiva | yo'padhyānānnirdahedgāṃ divaṃ ca

"with Shaineya, weapon surely in hand, with Dhrishtadyumna and Shikhandin, and with Yudhishthira, who is like Indra and who by an ill thought alone could burn up earth and heaven."

Note on the text: These lines are the critical edition's 5.47.7cd–ef. Corrected शैनयेन → शैनेयेन (misprint in Wikisource; the patronymic is Shaineya; the critical edition reads śaineyena).

Verse 10 (5.48.10)

तैश्चेद्योद्धुं मन्यते धार्तराष्ट्रो । निर्वृत्तोऽर्थः सकलः पाण्डवानाम् । मा तत्कार्षीः पाण्डवस्यार्थहेतो- । रुपैहि युद्धं यदि मन्यसे त्वम् ॥

taiścedyoddhuṃ manyate dhārtarāṣṭro | nirvṛtto'rthaḥ sakalaḥ pāṇḍavānām | mā tatkārṣīḥ pāṇḍavasyārthaheto- | rupaihi yuddhaṃ yadi manyase tvam

"If the son of Dhritarashtra means to fight with these, then the whole purpose of the Pandavas is already won. So do not do that for the Pandava's sake; come to battle, if that is your mind."

Verse 11 (5.48.11)

यां तां वने दुःखशय्यामवात्सी- । त्प्रव्राजितः पाण्डवो धर्मचारी । आप्नोतु तां दुःखतरामनर्था- । मन्त्यां शय्यां धार्तराष्ट्रः परासुः ॥

yāṃ tāṃ vane duḥkhaśayyāmavātsī- | tpravrājitaḥ pāṇḍavo dharmacārī | āpnotu tāṃ duḥkhatarāmanarthā- | mantyāṃ śayyāṃ dhārtarāṣṭraḥ parāsuḥ

"The bed of sorrow on which the righteous Pandava lay in the forest as an exile — may Dhritarashtra's son come, lifeless, to a bed more sorrowful and wretched still: his last bed."

Note on the text: Corrected पराशुः → परासुः (misprint in Wikisource; श for स; parāsu "lifeless", as the critical edition reads and as this page prints in verses 77 and 84).

Verse 12 (5.48.12)

ह्रिया ज्ञानेन तपसा दमेन । शौर्येणाथो धर्मगुप्त्या धनेन । अन्यायवृत्तिः कुरु पाण्डवे या- । नध्यातिष्ठद्धार्तराष्ट्रो दुरात्मा ॥

hriyā jñānena tapasā damena | śauryeṇātho dharmaguptyā dhanena | anyāyavṛttiḥ kuru pāṇḍave yā- | nadhyātiṣṭhaddhārtarāṣṭro durātmā

"Those whom the wicked son of Dhritarashtra, unjust in his ways, has brought under his rule — win them over to the Pandava, who is rich in modesty, knowledge, austerity, self-control, valour, the guarding of dharma, and wealth."

Verse 13 (5.48.13)

मायोपधं प्रणिधानार्जवाभ्यां । तपोदमाभ्यां धर्मगुप्त्या बलेन । सत्यं ब्रुवन्प्रतिपन्नो नृपो न- । स्तितिक्षमाणः क्लिश्यमानोऽतिवेलम् ॥

māyopadhaṃ praṇidhānārjavābhyāṃ | tapodamābhyāṃ dharmaguptyā balena | satyaṃ bruvanpratipanno nṛpo na- | stitikṣamāṇaḥ kliśyamāno'tivelam

"Our king, though he has met with fraud, still bears it patiently, harassed beyond all measure — keeping to resolve and uprightness, austerity and self-control, the guarding of dharma and strength, and speaking the truth."

Note on the text: Corrected प्रतिधानार्जवाभ्यां → प्रणिधानार्जवाभ्यां (misprint in Wikisource; the page's own commentary glosses प्रणिधानादिभिः, and the critical edition reads praṇidhānārjavābhyāṃ).

Verse 14 (5.48.14)

यदा ज्येष्ठः पाण्डवः संशितात्मा । क्रोधं यत्तं वर्षपूगान्सुघोरम् । अवस्रष्टा कुरुषूद्वृत्तचेता- । स्तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

yadā jyeṣṭhaḥ pāṇḍavaḥ saṃśitātmā | krodhaṃ yattaṃ varṣapūgānsughoram | avasraṣṭā kuruṣūdvṛttacetā- | stadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"When the eldest Pandava, of disciplined soul, his heart roused, lets loose upon the Kurus the dreadful anger he has held in check for many years, then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Note on the text: Corrected अवस्त्रष्टा → अवस्रष्टा (misprint in Wikisource, repeated in the page's commentary; intrusive त् in the future of ava-sṛj; the critical edition reads avasraṣṭā) and कुरुपूद्वृत्तचेताः → कुरुषूद्वृत्तचेताः (misprint; प for ष; the critical edition reads kuruṣūdvṛttacetāḥ).

Verse 15 (5.48.15)

कृष्णवर्त्मेव ज्वलितः समिद्धो । यथा दहेत्कक्षमग्निर्निदाघे । एवं दग्धा धार्तराष्ट्रस्य सेनां । युधिष्ठिरः क्रोधदीप्तोऽन्ववेक्ष्य ॥

kṛṣṇavartmeva jvalitaḥ samiddho | yathā dahetkakṣamagnirnidāghe | evaṃ dagdhā dhārtarāṣṭrasya senāṃ | yudhiṣṭhiraḥ krodhadīpto'nvavekṣya

"As a blazing fire that leaves a blackened track, kindled high, burns up the dry brush in summer, so will Yudhishthira, ablaze with anger, burn up the army of Dhritarashtra's son merely by looking upon it."

Note on the text: Corrected क्रोधदीप्तोन्ववेक्ष्य → क्रोधदीप्तोऽन्ववेक्ष्य (added the missing avagraha: krodhadīptaḥ + anvavekṣya).

Verse 16 (5.48.16)

यदा द्रष्टा भीमसेनं रथस्थं । गदाहस्तं क्रोधविषं वमन्तम् । अमर्षणं पाण्डवं भीमवेगं । तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

yadā draṣṭā bhīmasenaṃ rathasthaṃ | gadāhastaṃ krodhaviṣaṃ vamantam | amarṣaṇaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ bhīmavegaṃ | tadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"When he sees Bhimasena on his chariot, mace in hand, spitting the venom of his wrath — the unforgiving Pandava of fearsome speed — then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Note on the text: Corrected रथस्यं → रथस्थं (misprint in Wikisource; य for थ; "standing on his chariot"; the critical edition has raṇasthaṃ in this place).

Verse 17 (5.48.17)

सेनाग्रगं दंशितं भीमसेनं । सुलक्षणं वीरहणं परेषाम् । घ्नन्तं चमूमन्तकसन्निकाशं । तदा स्मर्ता वचनस्यातिमानी ॥

senāgragaṃ daṃśitaṃ bhīmasenaṃ | sulakṣaṇaṃ vīrahaṇaṃ pareṣām | ghnantaṃ camūmantakasannikāśaṃ | tadā smartā vacanasyātimānī

"When he sees Bhimasena armoured at the head of the army, a man of auspicious marks, slayer of enemy heroes, cutting down the host like Death himself, then that arrogant man will remember these words."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 5.47.14d*0312, lines 1–4. Corrected सेनागगं → सेनाग्रगं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र; *0312 reads senāgragaṃ). सुलक्षणं (*0312 svālakṣaṇaṃ) is kept as a variant.

Verse 18 (5.48.18)

यदा द्रष्टा भीमसेनेन नागा- । न्निपातितान्गिरिकूटप्रकाशान् । कुम्भैरिवासृग्वमतो भिन्नकुम्भां- । स्तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

yadā draṣṭā bhīmasenena nāgā- | nnipātitāngirikūṭaprakāśān | kumbhairivāsṛgvamato bhinnakumbhāṃ- | stadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"When he sees the elephants felled by Bhimasena, huge as mountain peaks, their temples split open, pouring out blood as if from pitchers, then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 5.47.14d*0312, lines 5–8. Corrected किम्भैरिव → कुम्भैरिव (misprint in Wikisource; i-sign for u-sign; *0312 reads kumbhair iva).

Verse 19 (5.48.19)

महासिंहो गा इव संप्रविश्य । गदापाणिर्धार्तराष्ट्रानुपेत्य । यदा भीमो भीमरूपो निहन्ता । तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

mahāsiṃho gā iva saṃpraviśya | gadāpāṇirdhārtarāṣṭrānupetya | yadā bhīmo bhīmarūpo nihantā | tadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"When Bhima, terrible in form, mace in hand, falls upon the sons of Dhritarashtra like a great lion entering among cattle, and slays them, then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Verse 20 (5.48.20)

महाभये वीतभयः कृतास्त्रः । समागमे शत्रुबलावमर्दी । सकृद्रथेनाप्रतिमान्रथौघा- । न्पदातिसङ्घान्गदयाभिनिघ्नन् ॥

mahābhaye vītabhayaḥ kṛtāstraḥ | samāgame śatrubalāvamardī | sakṛdrathenāpratimānrathaughā- | npadātisaṅghāngadayābhinighnan

"Fearless amid great danger, master of weapons, crusher of the enemy's strength in the clash, striking down with his mace, in a single charge of his chariot, matchless throngs of chariots and hosts of foot-soldiers,"

Verse 21 (5.48.21)

सैन्याननेकांस्तरसा विगृह्ण- । न्यदा छेत्ता धार्तराष्ट्रस्य सैन्यम् । छिन्दन्वनं परशुनेव शूर- । स्तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

sainyānanekāṃstarasā vigṛhṇa- | nyadā chettā dhārtarāṣṭrasya sainyam | chindanvanaṃ paraśuneva śūra- | stadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"seizing many divisions by force — when that hero cuts down the army of Dhritarashtra's son as a man cuts down a forest with an axe, then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Verse 22 (5.48.22)

तृणप्रायं ज्वलनेनेव दग्धं । ग्रामं यथा धार्तराष्ट्रान्समीक्ष्य । पक्वं सस्यं वैद्युतेनेव दग्धं । परासिक्तं विपुलं स्वं बलौघम् ॥

tṛṇaprāyaṃ jvalaneneva dagdhaṃ | grāmaṃ yathā dhārtarāṣṭrānsamīkṣya | pakvaṃ sasyaṃ vaidyuteneva dagdhaṃ | parāsiktaṃ vipulaṃ svaṃ balaugham

"Seeing the sons of Dhritarashtra like a village of grass huts consumed by fire, and his own vast host scattered far like a ripe crop burnt by lightning —"

Verse 23 (5.48.23)

हतप्रवीरं विमुखं भयार्तं । पराङ्मुखं प्रायशोऽनष्टयोधम् । शस्त्रार्चिषा भीमसेनेन दग्धं । तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

hatapravīraṃ vimukhaṃ bhayārtaṃ | parāṅmukhaṃ prāyaśo'naṣṭayodham | śastrārciṣā bhīmasenena dagdhaṃ | tadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"its heroes slain, routed, stricken with fear, turned in flight though most of its fighters are unhurt, burnt by Bhimasena with the flame of his weapons — then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Note on the text: Corrected भिमसेनेन → भीमसेनेन (misprint in Wikisource; short i) and अन्वतप्त्सत् → अन्वतप्स्यत् (misprint; garbled conjuncts in the refrain, which the page prints correctly elsewhere; the critical edition reads 'nvatapsyat).

Verse 24 (5.48.24)

उपासङ्गानाचरेद्दक्षिणेन । वराङ्गानां नकुलश्चित्रयोधी । यदा रथाग्र्यो रथिनः प्रचेता । तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

upāsaṅgānācareddakṣiṇena | varāṅgānāṃ nakulaścitrayodhī | yadā rathāgryo rathinaḥ pracetā | tadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"When Nakula, the wonderful fighter, foremost of chariot-warriors, with practised ease piles up heaps of heads and heaps of fallen chariot-fighters, then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Verse 25 (5.48.25)

सुखोचितो दुःखशय्यां वनेषु । दीर्घं कालं नकुलो यामशेत । आशीविषः क्रुद्ध इवोद्वमन्विषं । तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

sukhocito duḥkhaśayyāṃ vaneṣu | dīrghaṃ kālaṃ nakulo yāmaśeta | āśīviṣaḥ kruddha ivodvamanviṣaṃ | tadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"Nakula, used to comfort, lay a long time on a bed of sorrow in the forests; when he remembers it, spitting venom like an angry serpent, then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Verse 26 (5.48.26)

त्यक्तात्मानः पार्थिवायोधनाय । समादिष्टा धर्मराजेन सूत । रथैः शुभ्रैः सैन्यमभिद्रवन्तो । दृष्ट्वा पश्चात्तप्स्यते धार्तराष्ट्रः ॥

tyaktātmānaḥ pārthivāyodhanāya | samādiṣṭā dharmarājena sūta | rathaiḥ śubhraiḥ sainyamabhidravanto | dṛṣṭvā paścāttapsyate dhārtarāṣṭraḥ

"Seeing those who have staked their lives on this war of kings, O Suta, charging his army on gleaming chariots at the command of the King of Dharma, the son of Dhritarashtra will burn with regret too late."

Verse 27 (5.48.27)

शिशून्कृतास्त्रानशिशुप्रकाशान् । यदा द्रष्टा कौरवः पञ्च शूरान् । त्यक्त्वा प्राणान्कौरवानाद्रवन्त- । स्तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

śiśūnkṛtāstrānaśiśuprakāśān | yadā draṣṭā kauravaḥ pañca śūrān | tyaktvā prāṇānkauravānādravanta- | stadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"When the Kaurava sees the five heroes — boys in years but not like boys at all, masters of weapons — giving up all thought of life and rushing upon the Kauravas, then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Verse 28 (5.48.28)

यथा शक्रो दानवनाशनार्थं । सुवर्णतारं रथमुत्तमाश्वैः । दान्तैर्युक्तं सहदेवोऽधिरूढः । शिरांसि राज्ञां क्षेप्स्यते मार्गणौघैः ॥

yathā śakro dānavanāśanārthaṃ | suvarṇatāraṃ rathamuttamāśvaiḥ | dāntairyuktaṃ sahadevo'dhirūḍhaḥ | śirāṃsi rājñāṃ kṣepsyate mārgaṇaughaiḥ

"When Sahadeva, like Shakra setting out to destroy the Danavas, mounted on his chariot that flashes like a streak of gold, yoked to fine, well-trained horses, scatters the heads of kings with floods of arrows,"

Note on the text: Partial match: the first line differs from the critical edition's 5.47.24 (yadā gatodvāham akūjanākṣaṃ); the rest agrees.

Verse 29 (5.48.29)

महाभये संप्रवृत्ते रथस्थं । विवर्तमानं समरे कृतास्त्रम् । सर्वा दिशः संपतन्तं समीक्ष्य । तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

mahābhaye saṃpravṛtte rathasthaṃ | vivartamānaṃ samare kṛtāstram | sarvā diśaḥ saṃpatantaṃ samīkṣya | tadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"when he beholds that master of weapons on his chariot amid the gathering terror, wheeling about in battle and swooping in every direction, then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Note on the text: Corrected सपतन्तं → संपतन्तं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; the critical edition reads saṃpatantaṃ).

Verse 30 (5.48.30)

ह्रीनिषेवो निपुणः सत्यवादी । महाबलः सर्वधर्मोपपन्नः । गान्धारिमार्छंस्तुमुले क्षिप्रकारी । क्षेप्ता जनान्सहदेवस्तरस्वी ॥

hrīniṣevo nipuṇaḥ satyavādī | mahābalaḥ sarvadharmopapannaḥ | gāndhārimārchaṃstumule kṣiprakārī | kṣeptā janānsahadevastarasvī

"Modest in his ways, skilful, truthful, mighty, endowed with every virtue, swift in action and fierce, Sahadeva will fall upon the son of Gandhari in the tumult and scatter his men."

Verse 31 (5.48.31)

यदा द्रष्टा द्रौपदेयान्महेषून् । शूरान्कृतास्त्रान्रथयुद्धकोविदान् । आशीविषान्घोरविषानिवायत- । स्तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

yadā draṣṭā draupadeyānmaheṣūn | śūrānkṛtāstrānrathayuddhakovidān | āśīviṣānghoraviṣānivāyata- | stadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"When he sees the sons of Draupadi, great archers, heroes skilled in weapons and versed in chariot warfare, coming on like serpents of deadly venom, then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Verse 32 (5.48.32)

यदाभिमन्युः परवीरघाती । शरैः परान्मेघ इवाभिवर्षन् । विगाहिता कृष्णसमः कृतास्त्र- । स्तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

yadābhimanyuḥ paravīraghātī | śaraiḥ parānmegha ivābhivarṣan | vigāhitā kṛṣṇasamaḥ kṛtāstra- | stadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"When Abhimanyu, slayer of enemy heroes, a master of weapons equal to Krishna, plunges into the enemy, raining arrows on them like a cloud, then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Verse 33 (5.48.33)

यदा द्रष्टा बालमबालवीर्यं । द्विषच्चमूं मृत्युमिवोत्पतन्तम् । सौभद्रमिन्द्रप्रतिमं कृतास्त्रं । तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

yadā draṣṭā bālamabālavīryaṃ | dviṣaccamūṃ mṛtyumivotpatantam | saubhadramindrapratimaṃ kṛtāstraṃ | tadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"When he sees Subhadra's son — a boy, but with no boy's valour, equal to Indra, master of weapons — leaping upon the enemy host like Death, then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Verse 34 (5.48.34)

प्रभद्रकाः शीघ्रतरा युवानो । विशारदाः सिंहसमानवीर्याः । यदा क्षेप्तारो धार्तराष्ट्रान्ससैन्यां- । स्तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

prabhadrakāḥ śīghratarā yuvāno | viśāradāḥ siṃhasamānavīryāḥ | yadā kṣeptāro dhārtarāṣṭrānsasainyāṃ- | stadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"When the young Prabhadrakas, swift and skilled, with the valour of lions, scatter the sons of Dhritarashtra and their armies, then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Verse 35 (5.48.35)

वृद्धौ विराटद्रुपदौ महारथौ । पृथक्चमूभ्यामभिवर्तमानौ । यदा द्रष्टारौ धार्तराष्ट्रान्ससैन्यां- । स्तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

vṛddhau virāṭadrupadau mahārathau | pṛthakcamūbhyāmabhivartamānau | yadā draṣṭārau dhārtarāṣṭrānsasainyāṃ- | stadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"When the two aged great chariot-warriors, Virata and Drupada, advancing each with his own army, bear down upon the sons of Dhritarashtra and their troops, then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Note on the text: Corrected पथक्कमूभ्याम् → पृथक्चमूभ्याम् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ṛ-sign and क for च; the critical edition reads pṛthak camūbhyām).

Verse 36 (5.48.36)

यदा कृतास्त्रो द्रुपदः प्रचिन्वन् । शिरांसि यूनां समरे रथस्थः । क्रुद्धः शरैश्छेत्स्यति चापमुक्तै- । स्तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

yadā kṛtāstro drupadaḥ pracinvan | śirāṃsi yūnāṃ samare rathasthaḥ | kruddhaḥ śaraiśchetsyati cāpamuktai- | stadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"When Drupada, master of weapons, standing in his chariot, singles out the heads of young warriors in battle and in his fury cuts them off with arrows loosed from his bow, then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Note on the text: Corrected क्रूद्धः → क्रुद्धः (misprint in Wikisource; long ū; the critical edition reads kruddhaḥ).

Verse 37 (5.48.37)

यदा विराटः परवीरघाती । रथान्तरे शत्रुचमूं प्रवेष्टा । मात्स्यैः सार्धमनृशंसरूपै- । स्तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

yadā virāṭaḥ paravīraghātī | rathāntare śatrucamūṃ praveṣṭā | mātsyaiḥ sārdhamanṛśaṃsarūpai- | stadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"When Virata, slayer of enemy heroes, with his Matsyas of gentle bearing, breaks into the enemy host between its chariots, then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Verse 38 (5.48.38)

ज्येष्ठं मात्स्यमनृशंसार्यरूपं । विराटपुत्रं रथिनं पुरस्तात् । यदा द्रष्टा दंशितं पाण्डवार्थे । तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

jyeṣṭhaṃ mātsyamanṛśaṃsāryarūpaṃ | virāṭaputraṃ rathinaṃ purastāt | yadā draṣṭā daṃśitaṃ pāṇḍavārthe | tadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"When he sees, out in front, the eldest prince of the Matsyas, Virata's son, a chariot-warrior noble and gentle in bearing, armoured for the Pandavas' cause, then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Note on the text: Corrected अनृसंसार्यरूपं → अनृशंसार्यरूपं (misprint in Wikisource; स for श in anṛśaṃsa; the critical edition reads anṛśaṃsarūpaṃ, and the page prints अनृशंस- in verse 37) and दंशतिं → दंशितं (misprint; misplaced vowel sign; the critical edition reads daṃśitaṃ).

Verse 39 (5.48.39)

रणे हते कौरवाणां प्रवीरे । शिखण्डिना शन्तनोर्वै तनूजे । न जातु नः शत्रवो धारयेयु- । रसंशयं सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि ॥

raṇe hate kauravāṇāṃ pravīre | śikhaṇḍinā śantanorvai tanūje | na jātu naḥ śatravo dhārayeyu- | rasaṃśayaṃ satyametadbravīmi

"When the foremost hero of the Kauravas, the son of Shantanu, is slain in battle by Shikhandin, our enemies will not survive at all. Without doubt, this I say as the truth."

Note on the text: Corrected रशंशयं → रसंशयं (misprint in Wikisource; श for स in asaṃśayam; the critical edition reads asaṃśayaṃ) and ब्रवीति → ब्रवीमि (misprint; Arjuna speaks in the first person, cf. नः in the same verse; the critical edition reads bravīmi).

Verse 40 (5.48.40)

यदा शिखण्डी रथिनः प्रचिन्वन् । भीष्मं रथेनाभियाता वरूथी । दिव्यैर्हयैरवमृद्गन् रथौघां- । स्तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

yadā śikhaṇḍī rathinaḥ pracinvan | bhīṣmaṃ rathenābhiyātā varūthī | divyairhayairavamṛdgan rathaughāṃ- | stadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"When Shikhandin, on his well-guarded chariot, picking off the chariot-warriors, drives against Bhishma, crushing throngs of chariots with his celestial horses, then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Verse 41 (5.48.41)

यदा द्रष्टा सृञ्जयानामनीके । धृष्टद्युम्नं प्रमुखे रोचमानम् । अस्त्रं यस्मै गुह्यमुवाच धीमा- । न्द्रोणस्तदा तप्स्यति धार्तराष्ट्रः ॥

yadā draṣṭā sṛñjayānāmanīke | dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ pramukhe rocamānam | astraṃ yasmai guhyamuvāca dhīmā- | ndroṇastadā tapsyati dhārtarāṣṭraḥ

"When he sees Dhrishtadyumna shining at the head of the Srinjaya army — he to whom wise Drona taught the secret weapon — then the son of Dhritarashtra will burn with regret."

Note on the text: Corrected धृष्टद्नुम्नं → धृष्टद्युम्नं (misprint in Wikisource; न for य; the critical edition reads dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ).

Verse 42 (5.48.42)

यदा स सेनापतिरप्रमेयः । परामृद्गन्निषुभिर्धार्तराष्ट्रान् । द्रोणं रणे शत्रुसहोऽभियाता । तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

yadā sa senāpatiraprameyaḥ | parāmṛdganniṣubhirdhārtarāṣṭrān | droṇaṃ raṇe śatrusaho'bhiyātā | tadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"When that commander of measureless might, crushing the sons of Dhritarashtra with his arrows, able to withstand any foe, attacks Drona in battle, then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Note on the text: Corrected शत्रुसहोभियाता → शत्रुसहोऽभियाता (added the missing avagraha; the critical edition reads śatrusaho 'bhiyātā) and धार्ताराष्ट्रो → धार्तराष्ट्रो (misprint in Wikisource; intrusive ā-sign).

Verse 43 (5.48.43)

ह्रीमान्मनीषी बलवान्मनस्वी । स लक्ष्मीवान्सोमकानां प्रबर्हः । न जातु तं शत्रवोऽन्ये सहेर- । न्येषां स स्यादग्रणीर्वृष्णिसिंहः ॥

hrīmānmanīṣī balavānmanasvī | sa lakṣmīvānsomakānāṃ prabarhaḥ | na jātu taṃ śatravo'nye sahera- | nyeṣāṃ sa syādagraṇīrvṛṣṇisiṃhaḥ

"Modest, wise, mighty and high-minded, glorious, the pride of the Somakas — no enemies could ever withstand him, save those whose leader is the lion of the Vrishnis."

Note on the text: Corrected मनीपी → मनीषी (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition reads manīṣī) and सहेरन्योपां → सहेरन्येषां (misprint; the critical edition reads saheran yeṣāṃ, and the page's commentary glosses येषाम्).

Verse 44 (5.48.44)

इदं च ब्रूया मा वृणीष्वेति लोके । युद्धेऽद्वितीयं सचिवं रथस्थम् । शिनेर्नप्तारं प्रवृणीम सात्यकिं । महाबलं वीतभयं कृतास्त्रम् ॥

idaṃ ca brūyā mā vṛṇīṣveti loke | yuddhe'dvitīyaṃ sacivaṃ rathastham | śinernaptāraṃ pravṛṇīma sātyakiṃ | mahābalaṃ vītabhayaṃ kṛtāstram

"And say this too: 'Do not covet the kingdom in this world' — for we have chosen as our ally Satyaki, grandson of Shini, unrivalled in battle, standing in his chariot, mighty, fearless and master of weapons."

Verse 45 (5.48.45)

महोरस्को दीर्घबाहुः प्रमाथी । युद्धेऽद्वितीयः परमास्त्रवेदी । शिनेर्नप्ता तालमात्रायुधोऽयं । महारथो वीतभयः कृतास्त्रः ॥

mahorasko dīrghabāhuḥ pramāthī | yuddhe'dvitīyaḥ paramāstravedī | śinernaptā tālamātrāyudho'yaṃ | mahāratho vītabhayaḥ kṛtāstraḥ

"Broad-chested and long-armed, a crusher of foes, unrivalled in battle, knower of the highest weapons — this grandson of Shini, whose bow is as tall as a palm tree, is a great chariot-warrior, fearless and master of weapons."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 5.47.40d*0313. Corrected तालमात्रायधो → तालमात्रायुधो (misprint in Wikisource; dropped u-sign; *0313 reads tālamātrāyudho).

Verse 46 (5.48.46)

यदा शिनीनामधिपो मयोक्तः । शरैः परान्मेघ इव प्रवर्षन् । प्रच्छादयिष्यत्यरिहा योधमुख्यां- । स्तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

yadā śinīnāmadhipo mayoktaḥ | śaraiḥ parānmegha iva pravarṣan | pracchādayiṣyatyarihā yodhamukhyāṃ- | stadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"When the lord of the Shinis, at my bidding, raining arrows on the enemy like a cloud, the slayer of foes, smothers their foremost warriors, then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Verse 47 (5.48.47)

यदा धृतिं कुरुते योत्स्यमानः । स दीर्घबाहुर्दृढधन्वा महात्मा । सिंहस्येव गन्धमाघ्राय गावः । संचेष्टन्ते शत्रवोऽस्माद्रणाग्रे ॥

yadā dhṛtiṃ kurute yotsyamānaḥ | sa dīrghabāhurdṛḍhadhanvā mahātmā | siṃhasyeva gandhamāghrāya gāvaḥ | saṃceṣṭante śatravo'smādraṇāgre

"When that long-armed, great-souled warrior of the firm bow sets his mind on battle, the enemies quail before him at the front of the fight like cattle that have caught the scent of a lion."

Verse 48 (5.48.48)

स दीर्घबाहुर्दृढधन्वा महात्मा । भिन्द्याद्गिरीन्संहरेत्सर्वलोकान् । अस्त्रे कृती निपुणः क्षिप्रहस्तो । दिवि स्थितः सूर्य इवाभिभाति ॥

sa dīrghabāhurdṛḍhadhanvā mahātmā | bhindyādgirīnsaṃharetsarvalokān | astre kṛtī nipuṇaḥ kṣiprahasto | divi sthitaḥ sūrya ivābhibhāti

"That long-armed, great-souled warrior of the firm bow could split mountains and destroy all the worlds; accomplished in weapons, skilful and quick of hand, he shines like the sun standing in the sky."

Verse 49 (5.48.49)

चित्रः सूक्ष्मः सुकृतो यादवस्य । अस्त्रे योगो वृष्णिसिंहस्य भूयान् । यथाविधं योगमाहुः प्रशस्तं । सर्वैर्गुणैः सात्यकिस्तैरुपेतः ॥

citraḥ sūkṣmaḥ sukṛto yādavasya | astre yogo vṛṣṇisiṃhasya bhūyān | yathāvidhaṃ yogamāhuḥ praśastaṃ | sarvairguṇaiḥ sātyakistairupetaḥ

"Wonderful, subtle and finely wrought is the Yadava's mastery of weapons. The great mastery men praise in Krishna, the lion of the Vrishnis — Satyaki has every one of those virtues."

Verse 50 (5.48.50)

हिरण्मयं श्वेतहयैश्चतुर्भि- । र्यदा युक्तं स्यन्दनं माधवस्य । द्रष्टा युद्धे सात्यकेर्धार्तराष्ट्र- । स्तदा तप्स्यत्यकृतात्मा स मन्दः ॥

hiraṇmayaṃ śvetahayaiścaturbhi- | ryadā yuktaṃ syandanaṃ mādhavasya | draṣṭā yuddhe sātyakerdhārtarāṣṭra- | stadā tapsyatyakṛtātmā sa mandaḥ

"When the son of Dhritarashtra sees in battle the golden chariot of Madhava, Satyaki, yoked to four white horses, then that dull fool of undisciplined mind will burn with regret."

Verse 51 (5.48.51)

यदा रथं हेममणिप्रकाशं । श्वेताश्वयुक्तं वानरकेतुमुग्रम् । दृष्ट्वा ममाप्यास्थितं केशवेन । तदा तप्स्यत्यकृतात्मा स मन्दः ॥

yadā rathaṃ hemamaṇiprakāśaṃ | śvetāśvayuktaṃ vānaraketumugram | dṛṣṭvā mamāpyāsthitaṃ keśavena | tadā tapsyatyakṛtātmā sa mandaḥ

"When he sees my chariot, gleaming with gold and gems, yoked to white horses, bearing the fierce ape-banner, with Keshava seated upon it, then that dull fool of undisciplined mind will burn with regret."

Verse 52 (5.48.52)

यदा मौर्व्यास्तलनिष्पेषमुग्रं । महाशब्दं वज्रनिष्पेषतुल्यम् । विधूयमानस्य महारणे मया । स गाण्डिवस्य श्रोष्यति मन्दबुद्धिः ॥

yadā maurvyāstalaniṣpeṣamugraṃ | mahāśabdaṃ vajraniṣpeṣatulyam | vidhūyamānasya mahāraṇe mayā | sa gāṇḍivasya śroṣyati mandabuddhiḥ

"When the dull-witted one hears the fierce, thunderous slap of the Gandiva's bowstring on my palm, like the crash of the thunderbolt, as I shake the bow in the great battle,"

Note on the text: Corrected तलनिष्पेपम् → तलनिष्पेषम् and वज्रनिष्पेपतुल्यम् → वज्रनिष्पेषतुल्यम् (misprints in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition reads -niṣpeṣa-), and विद्यूयमानस्य → विधूयमानस्य (misprint; द्य for ध; the critical edition reads vidhūyamānasya).

Verse 53 (5.48.53)

तदा मूढो धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्र- । स्तप्ता युद्धे दुर्मतिर्दुःसहायः । दृष्ट्वा सैन्यं बाणवर्षान्धकारे । प्रभज्यन्तं गोकुलवद्रणाग्रे ॥

tadā mūḍho dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putra- | staptā yuddhe durmatirduḥsahāyaḥ | dṛṣṭvā sainyaṃ bāṇavarṣāndhakāre | prabhajyantaṃ gokulavadraṇāgre

"then that deluded son of Dhritarashtra, evil-minded and poorly allied, will burn with regret in battle, seeing his army breaking apart like a herd of cattle at the front of the fight, in the darkness of the rain of arrows."

Verse 54 (5.48.54)

बलाहकादुच्चरतः सुभीमा- । न्विद्युत्स्फुलिङ्गानिव घोररूपान् । सहस्रघ्नान्द्विषतां सङ्गरेषु । अस्थिच्छिदो मर्मभिदः सुपुङ्खान् ॥

balāhakāduccarataḥ subhīmā- | nvidyutsphuliṅgāniva ghorarūpān | sahasraghnāndviṣatāṃ saṅgareṣu | asthicchido marmabhidaḥ supuṅkhān

"Arrows most terrible, like sparks of lightning leaping from a cloud, dreadful in form, slaying foes by the thousand in battle, splitting bones, piercing vitals, finely feathered —"

Note on the text: Partial match: a variant of the critical edition's 5.47.49; its second line appears there as the star passage 5.47.49a*0314 (vidyut sphuliṅgān iva ghorarūpān). The verse has no main verb of its own: its arrows are the object of "when he sees" in the next verse.

Verse 55 (5.48.55)

यदा द्रष्टा ज्यामुखाद्बाणसङ्घान् । गाण्डीवमुक्तानापततः शिताग्रान् । हयान्गजान्वर्मिणश्चाददानां- । स्तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

yadā draṣṭā jyāmukhādbāṇasaṅghān | gāṇḍīvamuktānāpatataḥ śitāgrān | hayāngajānvarmiṇaścādadānāṃ- | stadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"when he sees those hosts of sharp-tipped arrows flying from the bowstring, loosed from the Gandiva, devouring horses, elephants and armoured men, then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Verse 56 (5.48.56)

यदा मन्दः परबाणान्विमुक्ता- । न्ममेषुभिर्ह्रियमाणान्प्रतीपम् । तिर्यग्विध्य च्छिद्यमानान्पृषत्कै- । स्तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

yadā mandaḥ parabāṇānvimuktā- | nmameṣubhirhriyamāṇānpratīpam | tiryagvidhya cchidyamānānpṛṣatkai- | stadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"When the dull fool sees the arrows loosed by the enemy turned back by my arrows, pierced crosswise and cut to pieces by my shafts, then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Note on the text: Corrected हियमाणान् → ह्रियमाणान् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र; the critical edition reads hriyamāṇān).

Verse 57 (5.48.57)

यदा विपाठा मद्भुजविप्रमुक्ता । द्विजाः फलानीव महीरुहाग्रात् । प्रचेतार उत्तमाङ्गानि यूनां । तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

yadā vipāṭhā madbhujavipramuktā | dvijāḥ phalānīva mahīruhāgrāt | pracetāra uttamāṅgāni yūnāṃ | tadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"When the broad-headed arrows loosed from my arms heap up the heads of young warriors, as birds bring down fruit from the treetops, then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Verse 58 (5.48.58)

यदा द्रष्टा पततः स्यन्दनेभ्यो । महागजेभ्योऽश्वगतान्सुयोधनान् । शरैर्हतान्पातितांश्चैव रङ्गे । तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

yadā draṣṭā patataḥ syandanebhyo | mahāgajebhyo'śvagatānsuyodhanān | śarairhatānpātitāṃścaiva raṅge | tadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"When he sees fine warriors falling from chariots, from great elephants and from horseback, struck down by arrows and laid low on the field, then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Verse 59 (5.48.59)

असंप्राप्तानस्त्रपथं परस्य । यदा द्रष्टा नश्यतो धार्तराष्ट्रान् । अकुर्वतः कर्म युद्धे समन्ता- । त्तदा युद्धं धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

asaṃprāptānastrapathaṃ parasya | yadā draṣṭā naśyato dhārtarāṣṭrān | akurvataḥ karma yuddhe samantā- | ttadā yuddhaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"When he sees the sons of Dhritarashtra perishing on every side before they even come within range of the enemy's weapons, achieving nothing in battle, then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 5.47.53d*0315.

Verse 60 (5.48.60)

पदातिसङ्घान्रथसङ्घान्समन्ता- । द्व्यात्ताननः काल इवाततेषुः । प्रणोत्स्यामि ज्वलितैर्बाणवर्षैः । शत्रूंस्तदा तप्स्यति मन्दबुद्धिः ॥

padātisaṅghānrathasaṅghānsamantā- | dvyāttānanaḥ kāla ivātateṣuḥ | praṇotsyāmi jvalitairbāṇavarṣaiḥ | śatrūṃstadā tapsyati mandabuddhiḥ

"When I, like Death with gaping jaws and arrows drawn, drive off the throngs of foot-soldiers and chariots on every side — my enemies — with blazing showers of arrows, then the dull-witted one will burn with regret."

Verse 61 (5.48.61)

सर्वा दिशः संपतता रथेन । रजोध्वस्तं गाण्डिवेन प्रकृत्तम् । यदा द्रष्टा स्वबलं संप्रमूढं । तदा पश्चात्तप्स्यति मन्दबुद्धिः ॥

sarvā diśaḥ saṃpatatā rathena | rajodhvastaṃ gāṇḍivena prakṛttam | yadā draṣṭā svabalaṃ saṃpramūḍhaṃ | tadā paścāttapsyati mandabuddhiḥ

"When he sees his own army bewildered, buried in the dust of my chariot as it sweeps in every direction and cut to pieces by the Gandiva, then the dull-witted one will burn with regret too late."

Verse 62 (5.48.62)

कान्दिग्भूतं छिन्नगात्रं विसंज्ञं । दुर्योधनो द्रक्ष्यति सर्वसैन्यम् । हताश्ववीराग्र्यनरेन्द्रनागं । पिपासितं श्रान्तपत्रं भयार्तम् ॥

kāndigbhūtaṃ chinnagātraṃ visaṃjñaṃ | duryodhano drakṣyati sarvasainyam | hatāśvavīrāgryanarendranāgaṃ | pipāsitaṃ śrāntapatraṃ bhayārtam

"Duryodhana will see his whole army fleeing every way in fear, limbs hacked, senseless, its horses, heroes, foremost kings and elephants slain, parched with thirst, its mounts exhausted, stricken with terror,"

Verse 63 (5.48.63)

आर्तस्वरं हन्यमानं हतं च । विकीर्णकेशास्थिकपालसङ्घम् । प्रजापतेः कर्म यथार्थनिष्ठितं । तदा दृष्ट्वा तप्स्यति मन्दबुद्धिः ॥

ārtasvaraṃ hanyamānaṃ hataṃ ca | vikīrṇakeśāsthikapālasaṅgham | prajāpateḥ karma yathārthaniṣṭhitaṃ | tadā dṛṣṭvā tapsyati mandabuddhiḥ

"crying out in pain, being slain and already slain, strewn with heaps of hair, bones and skulls, like a sacrifice to Prajapati carried through to the end — seeing it then, the dull-witted one will burn with regret."

Verse 64 (5.48.64)

यदा रथे गाण्डिवं वासुदेवं । दिव्यं शङ्खं पाञ्चजन्यं हयांश्च । तूणावक्षय्यौ देवदत्तं च मां च । दृष्ट्वा युद्धे धार्तराष्ट्रोऽन्वतप्स्यत् ॥

yadā rathe gāṇḍivaṃ vāsudevaṃ | divyaṃ śaṅkhaṃ pāñcajanyaṃ hayāṃśca | tūṇāvakṣayyau devadattaṃ ca māṃ ca | dṛṣṭvā yuddhe dhārtarāṣṭro'nvatapsyat

"When he sees in battle, on my chariot, the Gandiva and Vasudeva, the divine conch Panchajanya and the horses, the two inexhaustible quivers, the conch Devadatta, and me, then the son of Dhritarashtra will rue this war."

Verse 65 (5.48.65)

उद्वर्तयन्दस्युसङ्घान्समेतान् । प्रवर्तयन्युगमन्यद्युगान्ते । यदा धक्ष्याम्यग्निवत्कौरवेयां- । स्तदा तप्ता धृतराष्ट्रः सपुत्रः ॥

udvartayandasyusaṅghānsametān | pravartayanyugamanyadyugānte | yadā dhakṣyāmyagnivatkauraveyāṃ- | stadā taptā dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ saputraḥ

"When I, rooting out the assembled hosts of brigands and setting another age in motion at the end of this one, burn up the Kauravas like fire, then Dhritarashtra will burn with regret, along with his sons."

Verse 66 (5.48.66)

सभ्राता वै सहसैन्यः सभृत्यो । भ्रष्टैश्वर्यः क्रोधवशोऽल्पचेताः । दर्पस्यान्ते निहतो वेपमानः । पश्चान्मन्दस्तप्स्यति धार्तराष्ट्रः ॥

sabhrātā vai sahasainyaḥ sabhṛtyo | bhraṣṭaiśvaryaḥ krodhavaśo'lpacetāḥ | darpasyānte nihato vepamānaḥ | paścānmandastapsyati dhārtarāṣṭraḥ

"With his brothers, his army and his servants, stripped of his sovereignty, in the grip of anger, small of mind, struck down at the end of his pride and trembling, the dull-witted son of Dhritarashtra will burn with regret too late."

Verse 67 (5.48.67)

पूर्वाह्णे मां कृतजप्यं कदाचि- । द्विप्रः प्रोवाचोदकान्ते मनोज्ञम् । कर्तव्यं ते दुष्करं कर्म पार्थ । योद्धव्यं ते शत्रुभिः सव्यसाचिन् ॥

pūrvāhṇe māṃ kṛtajapyaṃ kadāci- | dvipraḥ provācodakānte manojñam | kartavyaṃ te duṣkaraṃ karma pārtha | yoddhavyaṃ te śatrubhiḥ savyasācin

"Once, in the forenoon, when I had finished my prayers, a Brahmin spoke pleasing words to me at the water's edge: 'A hard task lies before you, Partha: you must fight your enemies, Savyasachin.'"

Note on the text: Corrected योद्धव्यं कते → योद्धव्यं ते (misprint in Wikisource; stray क; the critical edition reads yoddhavyaṃ te).

Verse 68 (5.48.68)

इन्द्रो वा ते हरिवान्वज्रहस्तः । पुरस्ताद्यातु समरेऽरीन्विनिघ्नन् । सुग्रीवयुक्तेन रथेन वा ते । पश्चात्कृष्णो रक्षतु वासुदेवः ॥

indro vā te harivānvajrahastaḥ | purastādyātu samare'rīnvinighnan | sugrīvayuktena rathena vā te | paścātkṛṣṇo rakṣatu vāsudevaḥ

"'Either Indra, lord of the bay horses, thunderbolt in hand, shall go before you in battle slaying your foes, or Krishna Vasudeva shall guard you from behind on his chariot yoked with Sugriva.'"

Verse 69 (5.48.69)

वव्रे चाहं वज्रहस्तान्महेन्द्रा- । दस्मिन्युद्धे वासुदेवं सहायम् । स मे लब्धो दस्युवधाय कृष्णो । मन्ये चैतद्विहितं दैवतैर्मे ॥

vavre cāhaṃ vajrahastānmahendrā- | dasminyuddhe vāsudevaṃ sahāyam | sa me labdho dasyuvadhāya kṛṣṇo | manye caitadvihitaṃ daivatairme

"And I chose Vasudeva, rather than great Indra of the thunderbolt, as my ally in this war. I have won Krishna for the slaying of the brigands; I believe the gods ordained this for me."

Note on the text: Corrected वज्रे → वव्रे (misprint in Wikisource; "I chose", the critical edition reads vavre), चेतद् → चैतद् (misprint; ca + etad; the critical edition reads caitad) and दैवतेर्मे → दैवतैर्मे (misprint; e-sign for ai-sign; the critical edition reads daivatair me).

Verse 70 (5.48.70)

अयुद्ध्यमानो मनसापि यस्य । जयं कृष्णः पुरुषस्याभिनन्देत् । एवं सर्वान्स व्यतीयादमित्रान् । सेन्द्रान्देवान्मानुषे नास्ति चिन्ता ॥

ayuddhyamāno manasāpi yasya | jayaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ puruṣasyābhinandet | evaṃ sarvānsa vyatīyādamitrān | sendrāndevānmānuṣe nāsti cintā

"The man whose victory Krishna merely wishes for in his mind, even without fighting, would overcome all his enemies in this way — even the gods with Indra; of mere men there is no question."

Verse 71 (5.48.71)

स बाहुभ्यां सागरमुत्तितीर्षे- । न्महोदधिं सलिलस्याप्रमेयम् । तेजस्विनं कृष्णमत्यन्तशूरं । युद्धेन यो वासुदेवं जिगीषेत् ॥

sa bāhubhyāṃ sāgaramuttitīrṣe- | nmahodadhiṃ salilasyāprameyam | tejasvinaṃ kṛṣṇamatyantaśūraṃ | yuddhena yo vāsudevaṃ jigīṣet

"Whoever would seek to conquer in battle the mighty Krishna Vasudeva, hero beyond measure, would be seeking to cross with his two arms the ocean, the great sea of measureless waters."

Verse 72 (5.48.72)

गिरिं य इच्छेत्तु तलेन भेत्तुं । शिलोच्चयं श्वेतमतिप्रमाणम् । तस्यैव पाणिः सनखो विशीर्ये- । न्न चापि किञ्चित्स गिरेस्तु कुर्यात् ॥

giriṃ ya icchettu talena bhettuṃ | śiloccayaṃ śvetamatipramāṇam | tasyaiva pāṇiḥ sanakho viśīrye- | nna cāpi kiñcitsa girestu kuryāt

"If a man wished to split with his palm a huge white mountain, a mass of rock beyond measure, it is his own hand that would be shattered, nails and all; he would do the mountain no harm at all."

Verse 73 (5.48.73)

अग्निं समिद्धं शमयेद्भुजाभ्यां । चन्द्रं च सूर्यं च निवारयेत । हरेद्देवानाममृतं प्रसह्य । युद्धेन यो वासुदेवं जिगीषेत् ॥

agniṃ samiddhaṃ śamayedbhujābhyāṃ | candraṃ ca sūryaṃ ca nivārayeta | hareddevānāmamṛtaṃ prasahya | yuddhena yo vāsudevaṃ jigīṣet

"Whoever would seek to conquer Vasudeva in battle might as well quench a blazing fire with his arms, hold back the moon and the sun, or carry off the nectar of the gods by force."

Verse 74 (5.48.74)

यो रुक्मिणीमेकरथेन भोजा- । नुत्साद्य राज्ञः समरे प्रसह्य । उवाह भार्यां यशसा ज्वलन्तीं । यस्यां जज्ञे रौक्मिणेयो महात्मा ॥

yo rukmiṇīmekarathena bhojā- | nutsādya rājñaḥ samare prasahya | uvāha bhāryāṃ yaśasā jvalantīṃ | yasyāṃ jajñe raukmiṇeyo mahātmā

"He it was who, on a single chariot, overpowered the Bhojas and the kings in battle and carried off as his wife Rukmini, radiant with glory, of whom the great-souled son of Rukmini was born."

Note on the text: Corrected भोज-नुत्साद्य → भोजा-नुत्साद्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ā-sign in bhojān utsādya; the critical edition reads bhojyām utsādya here).

Verse 75 (5.48.75)

अयं गान्धारांस्तरसा संप्रमथ्य । जित्वा पुत्रान्नग्नजितः समग्रान् । बद्धं मुमोच विनदन्तं प्रसह्य । सुदर्शनं वै देवतानां ललामम् ॥

ayaṃ gāndhārāṃstarasā saṃpramathya | jitvā putrānnagnajitaḥ samagrān | baddhaṃ mumoca vinadantaṃ prasahya | sudarśanaṃ vai devatānāṃ lalāmam

"It was he, the jewel among the gods, who swiftly crushed the Gandharas, defeated all the sons of Nagnajit, and by force set free King Sudarshana, who lay bound and crying out."

Verse 76 (5.48.76)

अयं कवाटे निजघान पाण्ड्यं । तथा कलिङ्गान्दन्तवक्रं ममर्द । अनेन दग्धा वर्षपूगान्विनाथा । वाराणसी नगरी संबभूव ॥

ayaṃ kavāṭe nijaghāna pāṇḍyaṃ | tathā kaliṅgāndantavakraṃ mamarda | anena dagdhā varṣapūgānvināthā | vārāṇasī nagarī saṃbabhūva

"He it was who slew the Pandya at Kavata, and likewise crushed the Kalingas and Dantavakra. Burnt by him, the city of Varanasi lay without a lord for many years."

Verse 77 (5.48.77)

अयं स्म युद्धे मन्यतेऽन्यैरजेयं । तमेकलव्यं नाम निषादराजम् । वेगेनैव शैलमभिहत्य जम्भः । शेते स कृष्णेन हतः परासुः ॥

ayaṃ sma yuddhe manyate'nyairajeyaṃ | tamekalavyaṃ nāma niṣādarājam | vegenaiva śailamabhihatya jambhaḥ | śete sa kṛṣṇena hataḥ parāsuḥ

"Ekalavya, king of the Nishadas, whom this man used to think no one could conquer in battle, lies dead, slain by Krishna, like Jambha who dashed himself headlong against a mountain."

Verse 78 (5.48.78)

तथोग्रसेनस्य सुतं सुदुष्टं । वृष्ण्यन्धकानां मध्यगतं सभास्थम् । अपातयद्बलदेवद्वितीयो । हत्वा ददौ चोग्रसेनाय राज्यम् ॥

tathograsenasya sutaṃ suduṣṭaṃ | vṛṣṇyandhakānāṃ madhyagataṃ sabhāstham | apātayadbaladevadvitīyo | hatvā dadau cograsenāya rājyam

"Likewise, with Baladeva at his side, he struck down Ugrasena's wicked son as he sat in the assembly among the Vrishnis and Andhakas, and having slain him gave the kingdom to Ugrasena."

Verse 79 (5.48.79)

अयं सौभं योधयामास खस्थं । विभीषणं मायया साल्वराजम् । सौभद्वारि प्रत्यगृह्णाच्छतघ्नीं । दोर्भ्यां क एनं विषहेत मर्त्यः ॥

ayaṃ saubhaṃ yodhayāmāsa khasthaṃ | vibhīṣaṇaṃ māyayā sālvarājam | saubhadvāri pratyagṛhṇācchataghnīṃ | dorbhyāṃ ka enaṃ viṣaheta martyaḥ

"He fought the Salva king, made fearsome by his magic, on Saubha poised in the sky, and at Saubha's gate he caught the Shataghni with his two arms. What mortal could withstand him?"

Note on the text: Corrected स्वस्थं → खस्थं (misprint in Wikisource; स्व for the look-alike ख; Saubha is the city in the sky; the critical edition reads khasthaṃ).

Verse 80 (5.48.80)

प्राग्ज्योतिषं नाम बभूव दुर्गं । पुरं घोरमसुराणामसह्यम् । महाबलो नरकस्तत्र भौमो । जहारादित्या मणिकुण्डले शुभे ॥

prāgjyotiṣaṃ nāma babhūva durgaṃ | puraṃ ghoramasurāṇāmasahyam | mahābalo narakastatra bhaumo | jahārādityā maṇikuṇḍale śubhe

"There was a fortress named Pragjyotisha, a dreadful city of the Asuras, past all assault. There the mighty Naraka, son of the Earth, carried off Aditi's beautiful jewelled earrings."

Verse 81 (5.48.81)

न तं देवाः सह शक्रेण शेकुः । समागता युधि मृत्योरभीताः । दृष्ट्वा च तं विक्रमं केशवस्य । बलं तथैवास्त्रमवारणीयम् ॥

na taṃ devāḥ saha śakreṇa śekuḥ | samāgatā yudhi mṛtyorabhītāḥ | dṛṣṭvā ca taṃ vikramaṃ keśavasya | balaṃ tathaivāstramavāraṇīyam

"The gods with Shakra, gathered together and unafraid of death, could not overcome him in battle. Seeing Keshava's prowess, his strength, and his weapon that none can ward off,"

Verse 82 (5.48.82)

जानन्तोऽस्य प्रकृतिं केशवस्य । न्ययोजयन्दस्युवधाय कृष्णम् । स तत्कर्म प्रतिशुश्राव दुष्कर- । मैश्वर्यवान्सिद्धिषु वासुदेवः ॥

jānanto'sya prakṛtiṃ keśavasya | nyayojayandasyuvadhāya kṛṣṇam | sa tatkarma pratiśuśrāva duṣkara- | maiśvaryavānsiddhiṣu vāsudevaḥ

"and knowing Keshava's nature, they charged Krishna with slaying that demon. And Vasudeva, lord of every power of accomplishment, promised to do that hard deed."

Verse 83 (5.48.83)

निर्मोचने षट्सहस्राणि हत्वा । संच्छिद्य पाशान्सहसा क्षुरान्तान् । मुरं हत्वा विनिहत्यौघरक्षो । निर्मोचनं चापि जगाम वीरः ॥

nirmocane ṣaṭsahasrāṇi hatvā | saṃcchidya pāśānsahasā kṣurāntān | muraṃ hatvā vinihatyaugharakṣo | nirmocanaṃ cāpi jagāma vīraḥ

"At Nirmochana he slew six thousand, cut through in a stroke the razor-edged nooses, killed Mura and struck down the throng of rakshasas, and so the hero entered Nirmochana."

Verse 84 (5.48.84)

तत्रैव तेनास्य बभूव युद्धं । महाबलेनातिबलस्य विष्णोः । शेते स कृष्णेन हतः परासु- । र्वातेनेव मथितः कर्णिकारः ॥

tatraiva tenāsya babhūva yuddhaṃ | mahābalenātibalasya viṣṇoḥ | śete sa kṛṣṇena hataḥ parāsu- | rvāteneva mathitaḥ karṇikāraḥ

"There a battle took place between the mighty Naraka and Vishnu, mightier still. Slain by Krishna, he lies lifeless, like a karnikara tree torn down by the wind."

Verse 85 (5.48.85)

आहृत्य कृष्णो मणिकुण्डले ते । हत्वा च भौमं नरकं मुरं च । श्रिया वृतो यशसा चैव विद्वा- । न्प्रत्याजगामाप्रतिमप्रभावः ॥

āhṛtya kṛṣṇo maṇikuṇḍale te | hatvā ca bhaumaṃ narakaṃ muraṃ ca | śriyā vṛto yaśasā caiva vidvā- | npratyājagāmāpratimaprabhāvaḥ

"Having recovered the jewelled earrings and slain Naraka, the son of the Earth, and Mura, Krishna, wise and of matchless power, came back crowned with splendour and glory."

Note on the text: Corrected मुर च → मुरं च (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; the critical edition reads muraṃ ca).

Verse 86 (5.48.86)

अस्मै वराण्यददंस्तत्र देवा । दृष्ट्वा भीमं कर्म कृतं रणे तत् । श्रमश्च ते युध्यमानस्य न स्या- । दाकाशे चाप्सु च ते क्रमः स्यात् ॥

asmai varāṇyadadaṃstatra devā | dṛṣṭvā bhīmaṃ karma kṛtaṃ raṇe tat | śramaśca te yudhyamānasya na syā- | dākāśe cāpsu ca te kramaḥ syāt

"There the gods, seeing that terrible feat done in battle, granted him boons: 'May no weariness come upon you as you fight; may you move freely through the sky and in the waters;'"

Verse 87 (5.48.87)

शस्त्राणि गात्रे न च ते क्रमेर- । न्नित्येव कृष्णश्च ततः कृतार्थः । एवं रूपे वासुदेवेऽप्रमेये । महाबले गुणसंपत्सदैव ॥

śastrāṇi gātre na ca te kramera- | nnityeva kṛṣṇaśca tataḥ kṛtārthaḥ | evaṃ rūpe vāsudeve'prameye | mahābale guṇasaṃpatsadaiva

"'and may weapons not pierce your body.' And with that Krishna had gained his end. In Vasudeva, such as he is, immeasurable and mighty, the wealth of every virtue dwells for ever."

Verse 88 (5.48.88)

तमसह्यं विष्णुमनन्तवीर्य- । माशंसते धार्तराष्ट्रो विजेतुम् । सदा ह्येनं तर्कयते दुरात्मा । तच्चाप्ययं सहतेऽस्मान्समीक्ष्य ॥

tamasahyaṃ viṣṇumanantavīrya- | māśaṃsate dhārtarāṣṭro vijetum | sadā hyenaṃ tarkayate durātmā | taccāpyayaṃ sahate'smānsamīkṣya

"This irresistible Vishnu of infinite valour, the son of Dhritarashtra hopes to conquer! The wicked man is forever plotting against him, and he bears even that, out of regard for us."

Verse 89 (5.48.89)

पर्यागतं मम कृष्णस्य चैव । यो मन्यते कलहं संप्रसह्य । शक्यं हर्तुं पाण्डवानां ममत्वं । तद्वेदिता संयुगं तत्र गत्वा ॥

paryāgataṃ mama kṛṣṇasya caiva | yo manyate kalahaṃ saṃprasahya | śakyaṃ hartuṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ mamatvaṃ | tadveditā saṃyugaṃ tatra gatvā

"Whoever thinks that by forcing a quarrel he can break the long bond between me and Krishna and take from the Pandavas what is theirs will learn the truth when he comes to the battle."

Verse 90 (5.48.90)

नमस्कृत्वा शान्तनवाय राज्ञे । द्रोणायाथो सहपुत्राय चैव । शारद्वतायाप्रतिद्वन्द्विने च । योत्स्याम्यहं राज्यमभीप्समानः ॥

namaskṛtvā śāntanavāya rājñe | droṇāyātho sahaputrāya caiva | śāradvatāyāpratidvandvine ca | yotsyāmyahaṃ rājyamabhīpsamānaḥ

"Bowing to the king, Shantanu's son, to Drona together with his son, and to Sharadvata's son, who has no rival, I shall fight to win the kingdom."

Verse 91 (5.48.91)

धर्मेणाप्तं निधनं तस्य मन्ये । यो योत्स्यते पाण्डवैर्धर्मचारी । मिथ्या ग्लहे निर्जिता वै नृशंसैः । संवत्सरान्वै द्वादश राजपुत्राः ॥

dharmeṇāptaṃ nidhanaṃ tasya manye | yo yotsyate pāṇḍavairdharmacārī | mithyā glahe nirjitā vai nṛśaṃsaiḥ | saṃvatsarānvai dvādaśa rājaputrāḥ

"I hold that death has come by right upon any man, however righteous, who fights against the Pandavas. The king's sons were defeated at dice by cruel men through fraud, and for twelve years"

Verse 92 (5.48.92)

वासः कृच्छ्रो विहितश्चाप्यरण्ये । दीर्घं कालं चैकमज्ञातवर्षम् । ते हि कस्माज्जीवतां पाण्डवानां । नन्दिष्यन्ते धार्तराष्ट्राः पदस्थाः ॥

vāsaḥ kṛcchro vihitaścāpyaraṇye | dīrghaṃ kālaṃ caikamajñātavarṣam | te hi kasmājjīvatāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ | nandiṣyante dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ padasthāḥ

"a harsh life in the forest was laid upon them, a long time, and one year more in hiding. Why then, while the Pandavas still live, should the sons of Dhritarashtra rejoice in their seats of power?"

Verse 93 (5.48.93)

ते चेदस्मान्युध्यमानाञ्जयेयु- । र्देवैर्महेन्द्रप्रमुखैः सहायैः । धर्मादधर्मश्चरितो गरीयां- । स्ततो ध्रुवं नास्ति कृतं च साधु ॥

te cedasmānyudhyamānāñjayeyu- | rdevairmahendrapramukhaiḥ sahāyaiḥ | dharmādadharmaścarito garīyāṃ- | stato dhruvaṃ nāsti kṛtaṃ ca sādhu

"If they should defeat us in battle, even with the gods led by great Indra as their allies, then wrong-doing would weigh more than right, and surely there would be no such thing as a good deed done."

Verse 94 (5.48.94)

न चेदिदं पौरुषं कर्मबद्धं । न चेदस्मान्मन्यतेऽसौ विशिष्टान् । आशंसेऽहं वासुदेवद्वितीयो । दुर्योधनं सानुबन्धं निहन्तुम् ॥

na cedidaṃ pauruṣaṃ karmabaddhaṃ | na cedasmānmanyate'sau viśiṣṭān | āśaṃse'haṃ vāsudevadvitīyo | duryodhanaṃ sānubandhaṃ nihantum

"If he does not believe that this human effort is bound to its fruit, if he does not think us his betters, then I hope, with Vasudeva at my side, to slay Duryodhana with all his kin."

Verse 95 (5.48.95)

न चेदिदं कर्म नरेन्द्र वन्ध्यं । न चेद्भवेत्सुकृतं निष्फलं वा । इदं च तच्चाभिसमीक्ष्य नूनं । पराजयो धार्तराष्ट्रस्य साधुः ॥

na cedidaṃ karma narendra vandhyaṃ | na cedbhavetsukṛtaṃ niṣphalaṃ vā | idaṃ ca taccābhisamīkṣya nūnaṃ | parājayo dhārtarāṣṭrasya sādhuḥ

"If this deed, O lord of men, is not barren, if good deeds do not go without fruit, then, weighing this wrong of today and that wrong of the past, surely defeat is the just end for the son of Dhritarashtra."

Note on the text: Partial match: the critical edition's 5.47.89 differs in its first line (na vidyate puruṣasya svakarma) and agrees in the second.

Verse 96 (5.48.96)

प्रत्यक्षं वः कुरवो यद्ब्रवीमि । युद्ध्यमाना धार्तराष्ट्रा न सन्ति । अन्यत्र युद्धात्कुरवो यदि स्यु- । र्न युद्धे वै शेष इहास्ति कश्चित् ॥

pratyakṣaṃ vaḥ kuravo yadbravīmi | yuddhyamānā dhārtarāṣṭrā na santi | anyatra yuddhātkuravo yadi syu- | rna yuddhe vai śeṣa ihāsti kaścit

"Before your very eyes, Kurus, I tell you this: if the sons of Dhritarashtra fight, they are no more. If the Kurus kept away from war they might survive; in war, none will be left here."

Verse 97 (5.48.97)

हत्वा त्वहं धार्तराष्ट्रान्सकर्णा- । न्राज्यं कुरूणामवजेता समग्रम् । यद्वः कार्यं तत्कुरुध्वं यथास्व- । मिष्टान्दारानात्मभोगान्भजध्वम् ॥

hatvā tvahaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrānsakarṇā- | nrājyaṃ kurūṇāmavajetā samagram | yadvaḥ kāryaṃ tatkurudhvaṃ yathāsva- | miṣṭāndārānātmabhogānbhajadhvam

"When I have slain the sons of Dhritarashtra along with Karna, I shall win the whole kingdom of the Kurus. Do now whatever you have to do, each as he will; enjoy your beloved wives and your own pleasures while you may."

Note on the text: Corrected दरान् → दारान् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ā-sign; "wives", the critical edition reads dārān).

Verse 98 (5.48.98)

अप्येवं नो ब्राह्मणाः सन्ति वृद्धा । बहुश्रुताः शीलवन्तः कुलीनाः । सांवत्सरा ज्योतिषि चाभियुक्ता । नक्षत्रयोगेषु च निश्चयज्ञाः ॥

apyevaṃ no brāhmaṇāḥ santi vṛddhā | bahuśrutāḥ śīlavantaḥ kulīnāḥ | sāṃvatsarā jyotiṣi cābhiyuktā | nakṣatrayogeṣu ca niścayajñāḥ

"We too have aged Brahmins, deeply learned, of good conduct and good family, astrologers versed in the science of the stars and certain in their knowledge of the conjunctions of the lunar mansions."

Verse 99 (5.48.99)

उच्चावचं दैवयुक्तं रहस्यं । दिव्याः प्रश्ना मृगचक्रा मुहूर्ताः । क्षयं महान्तं कुरुसृञ्जयानां । निवेदयन्ते पाण्डवानां जयं च ॥

uccāvacaṃ daivayuktaṃ rahasyaṃ | divyāḥ praśnā mṛgacakrā muhūrtāḥ | kṣayaṃ mahāntaṃ kurusṛñjayānāṃ | nivedayante pāṇḍavānāṃ jayaṃ ca

"The high and low of fate and its hidden workings, the signs in the heavens, the movements of beasts and the hours of the day all foretell a great destruction of the Kurus and the Srinjayas, and victory for the Pandavas."

Note on the text: Removed a stray zero-width joiner inside सृञ्जयानां (no change to the letters).

Verse 100 (5.48.100)

यथा हि नो मन्यतेऽजातशत्रुः । संसिद्धार्थो द्विषतां निग्रहाय । जनार्दनश्चाप्यपरोक्षविद्यो । न संशयं पश्यति वृष्णिसिंहः ॥

yathā hi no manyate'jātaśatruḥ | saṃsiddhārtho dviṣatāṃ nigrahāya | janārdanaścāpyaparokṣavidyo | na saṃśayaṃ paśyati vṛṣṇisiṃhaḥ

"For Ajatashatru holds that his purpose, the subduing of his foes, is as good as won; and Janardana too, the lion of the Vrishnis, whose knowledge sees what is hidden, sees no doubt of it."

Note on the text: Corrected द्विपतां → द्विषतां (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition reads dviṣatāṃ).

Verse 101 (5.48.101)

अहं तथैनं खलु भाविरूपं । पश्यामि बुद्ध्या स्वयमप्रमत्तः । दृष्टिश्च मे न व्यथते पुराणी । संयुध्यमाना धार्तराष्ट्रा न सन्ति ॥

ahaṃ tathainaṃ khalu bhāvirūpaṃ | paśyāmi buddhyā svayamapramattaḥ | dṛṣṭiśca me na vyathate purāṇī | saṃyudhyamānā dhārtarāṣṭrā na santi

"I too, ever watchful, see by my own understanding the shape of what is to come in the same way; and my long-tried sight does not waver: the sons of Dhritarashtra, if they fight, are no more."

Note on the text: Corrected बुद्धया → बुद्ध्या (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; the critical edition reads buddhyā).

Verse 102 (5.48.102)

अनालब्धं जृम्भति गाण्डिवं धनु- । रनाहता कम्पति मे धनुर्ज्या । बाणाश्च मे तूणमुखाद्विसृत्य । मुहुर्मुहुर्गन्तुमुशन्ति चैव ॥

anālabdhaṃ jṛmbhati gāṇḍivaṃ dhanu- | ranāhatā kampati me dhanurjyā | bāṇāśca me tūṇamukhādvisṛtya | muhurmuhurgantumuśanti caiva

"Untouched, my Gandiva bow stretches itself; unstruck, my bowstring quivers; and my arrows, slipping from the mouth of the quiver, long again and again to fly."

Verse 103 (5.48.103)

खड्गः कोशान्निःसरति प्रसन्नो । हित्वेव जीर्णामुरगस्त्वचं स्वाम् । ध्वजे वाचो रौद्ररूपा भवन्ति । कदा रथो योक्ष्यते ते किरीटिन् ॥

khaḍgaḥ kośānniḥsarati prasanno | hitveva jīrṇāmuragastvacaṃ svām | dhvaje vāco raudrarūpā bhavanti | kadā ratho yokṣyate te kirīṭin

"My sword slides gleaming from its sheath like a snake shedding its old skin; and on my banner, voices of dreadful form cry out: 'When will your chariot be yoked, Kiriti?'"

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गः → खड्गः (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग) and जीर्णासुरगस्त्वचं → जीर्णामुरगस्त्वचं (misprint; स for म; jīrṇām uragas tvacaṃ, as the critical edition reads).

Verse 104 (5.48.104)

गोमायुसङ्घाश्च नदन्ति रात्रौ । रक्षांस्यथो निष्पतन्त्यन्तरिक्षात् । मृगाः शृगालाः शितिकण्ठाश्च काका । गृध्रा बकाश्चैव तरक्षवश्च ॥

gomāyusaṅghāśca nadanti rātrau | rakṣāṃsyatho niṣpatantyantarikṣāt | mṛgāḥ śṛgālāḥ śitikaṇṭhāśca kākā | gṛdhrā bakāścaiva tarakṣavaśca

"Packs of jackals howl in the night; rakshasas swoop down from the sky; deer, jackals, peacocks, crows, vultures, cranes and hyenas —"

Note on the text: Corrected श्रृगालाः → शृगालाः (misprint in Wikisource; श्रृ for शृ; the critical edition reads śṛgālāḥ).

Verse 105 (5.48.105)

सुवर्णपत्राश्च पतन्ति पश्चा- । द्दृष्ट्वा रथं श्वेतहयप्रयुक्तम् । अहं ह्येकः पार्थिवान्सर्वयोधान् । शरान्वर्षन्मृत्युलोकं नयेयम् ॥

suvarṇapatrāśca patanti paścā- | ddṛṣṭvā rathaṃ śvetahayaprayuktam | ahaṃ hyekaḥ pārthivānsarvayodhān | śarānvarṣanmṛtyulokaṃ nayeyam

"and golden-winged birds fly behind me when they see my chariot yoked with white horses. Alone, raining arrows, I could send all the warrior kings to the world of the dead."

Note on the text: Corrected पञ्चा-दृष्ट्वा → पश्चा-द्दृष्ट्वा (misprint in Wikisource; ञ्च for श्च and a dropped द्; paścād dṛṣṭvā, as the critical edition reads) and वर्पन् → वर्षन् (misprint; प for ष; the critical edition reads varṣan).

Verse 106 (5.48.106)

समाददानः पृथगस्त्रमार्गा- । न्यथाग्निरिद्धो गहनं निदाघे । स्थूणाकर्णं पाशुपतं महास्त्रं । ब्राह्मं चास्त्रं यच्च शक्रोऽप्यदान्मे ॥

samādadānaḥ pṛthagastramārgā- | nyathāgniriddho gahanaṃ nidāghe | sthūṇākarṇaṃ pāśupataṃ mahāstraṃ | brāhmaṃ cāstraṃ yacca śakro'pyadānme

"Taking up the course of each weapon in turn, like a kindled fire in a thicket in summer — the Sthunakarna, the great Pashupata weapon, the Brahma weapon, and the one that Shakra too gave me —"

Note on the text: Corrected समादेदानः → समाददानः (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads samādadānaḥ) and न्यथाप्रिरिद्धो → न्यथाग्निरिद्धो (misprint; garbled ग्नि; yathāgnir iddho, as the critical edition reads).

Verse 107 (5.48.107)

वधे धृतो वेगवतः प्रमुञ्च- । न्नाहं प्रजाः किञ्चिदिहावशिष्ये । शान्तिं लप्स्ये परमो ह्येष भावः । स्थिरो मम ब्रूहि गावल्गणे तान् ॥

vadhe dhṛto vegavataḥ pramuñca- | nnāhaṃ prajāḥ kiñcidihāvaśiṣye | śāntiṃ lapsye paramo hyeṣa bhāvaḥ | sthiro mama brūhi gāvalgaṇe tān

"set on slaughter, loosing them with all their speed, I shall leave no creature here alive. Then I shall find peace: this is my supreme and steadfast resolve. Tell them so, son of Gavalgana."

Note on the text: Corrected ह्येप → ह्येष (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition reads hy eṣa).

Verse 108 (5.48.108)

ये वैजय्याः समरे सूत लब्ध्वा । देवानपीन्द्रप्रमुखान्समेतान् । तैर्मन्यते कलहं संप्रसह्य । स धार्तराष्ट्रः पश्यत मोहमस्य ॥

ye vaijayyāḥ samare sūta labdhvā | devānapīndrapramukhānsametān | tairmanyate kalahaṃ saṃprasahya | sa dhārtarāṣṭraḥ paśyata mohamasya

"Those who are victorious in battle, O Suta, even when they meet the gods led by Indra all assembled — with them he thinks to force a quarrel: such is the son of Dhritarashtra. See his folly!"

Note on the text: Partial match: the critical edition's 5.47.102 has a different first line (nityaṃ punaḥ sacivair yair avocad) and agrees in the rest. Corrected इन्द्रग्रमुखान्समेतात् → इन्द्रप्रमुखान्समेतान् (misprints in Wikisource; ग for प and त् for न्; the critical edition reads indrapramukhān) and तैर्मन्मते → तैर्मन्यते (misprint; न्म for न्य; the critical edition reads tair manyate).

Verse 109 (5.48.109)

वृद्धो भीष्मः शान्तनवः कृपश्च । द्रोणः सपुत्रो विदुरश्च धीमान् । एते सर्वे यद्वदन्ते तदस्तु । आयुष्मन्तः कुरवः सन्तु सर्वे ॥

vṛddho bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavaḥ kṛpaśca | droṇaḥ saputro viduraśca dhīmān | ete sarve yadvadante tadastu | āyuṣmantaḥ kuravaḥ santu sarve

"Let it be as the aged Bhishma, son of Shantanu, and Kripa, Drona with his son, and the wise Vidura all say: may the Kurus all live long!"