Bhima Kills the Wrestler Jimuta

Verse 1 (4.15.1)

एवं विराटनगरे वसन्तः सत्यविक्रमाः । अत ऊर्ध्वं नरव्याघ्राः किमकुर्वत पाण्डवाः ॥

evaṃ virāṭanagare vasantaḥ satyavikramāḥ | ata ūrdhvaṃ naravyāghrāḥ kimakurvata pāṇḍavāḥ

Living thus in Virata's city, what did the Pandavas, those tigers among men of true valour, do after that?

Note on the text: The critical edition's 4.12.1 is the same question in different words (evaṃ matsyasya nagare vasantas tatra pāṇḍavāḥ / … mahāvīryāḥ kim akurvanta vai dvija); the Wikisource reading is kept.

Verse 2 (4.15.2)

एवं ते न्यवसंस्तत्र प्रच्छन्नाः कुरुनन्दनाः । आराधयन्तो राजानं यदकुर्वत तच्छृणु ॥

evaṃ te nyavasaṃstatra pracchannāḥ kurunandanāḥ | ārādhayanto rājānaṃ yadakurvata tacchṛṇu

Thus the delight of the Kurus lived there in disguise, serving the king. Hear what they did.

Note on the text: Corrected राजानां → राजानं (misprint in Wikisource; the object of आराधयन्तः is the one king; the critical edition reads rājānaṃ).

Verse 3 (4.15.3)

युधिष्ठिरः सभास्तारः सभ्यानामभवत्प्रियः । तथैव च विराटस्य सपुत्रस्य विशांपते ॥

yudhiṣṭhiraḥ sabhāstāraḥ sabhyānāmabhavatpriyaḥ | tathaiva ca virāṭasya saputrasya viśāṃpate

Yudhishthira, as a companion in the assembly hall, became dear to its members, and likewise to Virata and his sons, O lord of the people.

Verse 4 (4.15.4)

स ह्यक्षहृदयज्ञस्तान्क्रीडयामास पाण्डवः । अक्षबद्धान्यथाकामं सूत्रबद्धानिव द्विजान् ॥

sa hyakṣahṛdayajñastānkrīḍayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ | akṣabaddhānyathākāmaṃ sūtrabaddhāniva dvijān

For that son of Pandu knew the secret of the dice, and he made them play as he pleased, as though they were tied to the dice like birds bound on a string.

Verse 5 (4.15.5)

अज्ञातं च विराटस्य विजित्य वसु धर्मराट् । भ्रातृभ्यः पुरुषव्याघ्रो यथेष्टं संप्रयच्छति ॥

ajñātaṃ ca virāṭasya vijitya vasu dharmarāṭ | bhrātṛbhyaḥ puruṣavyāghro yatheṣṭaṃ saṃprayacchati

And the king of dharma, that tiger among men, won wealth from Virata without his knowing and gave it to his brothers as each wished.

Verse 6 (4.15.6)

भीमसेनोपि मांसानि भक्ष्याणि विविधानि च । अतिसृष्टानि मत्स्येन विक्रीणन्निव भ्रातृषु ॥

bhīmasenopi māṃsāni bhakṣyāṇi vividhāni ca | atisṛṣṭāni matsyena vikrīṇanniva bhrātṛṣu

Bhimasena too passed on to his brothers the meat and the many kinds of food that the king of Matsya allowed him, as though he were selling them.

Verse 7 (4.15.7)

वासांसि परिजीर्णानि लब्धान्यन्तःपुरेऽर्जुनः । विक्रीणन्निव सर्वेभ्यः पाण्डवेभ्यः प्रयच्छति ॥

vāsāṃsi parijīrṇāni labdhānyantaḥpure'rjunaḥ | vikrīṇanniva sarvebhyaḥ pāṇḍavebhyaḥ prayacchati

Arjuna gave all the Pandavas the worn garments he received in the women's quarters, as though he were selling them.

Verse 8 (4.15.8)

नकुलोपि धनं लब्ध्वा कृते कर्मणि वाजिनाम् । तुष्टे तस्मिन्नरपतौ पाण्डवेभ्यः प्रयच्छति ॥

nakulopi dhanaṃ labdhvā kṛte karmaṇi vājinām | tuṣṭe tasminnarapatau pāṇḍavebhyaḥ prayacchati

Nakula too, receiving money when the king was pleased with his work among the horses, gave it to the Pandavas.

Verse 9 (4.15.9)

सहदेवोपि गोपानां वेषमास्थाय पाण्डवः । दधि क्षीरं घृतं चैव पाण्डवेभ्यः प्रयच्छति ॥

sahadevopi gopānāṃ veṣamāsthāya pāṇḍavaḥ | dadhi kṣīraṃ ghṛtaṃ caiva pāṇḍavebhyaḥ prayacchati

Sahadeva, the son of Pandu, in the guise of a cowherd, gave the Pandavas curds, milk and ghee.

Verse 10 (4.15.10)

कृष्णा तु सर्वान्भ्रातॄंस्तान्निरीक्षन्ती तपस्विनी । यथा पुनरविज्ञाता तथा चरति भामिनी ॥

kṛṣṇā tu sarvānbhrātṝṃstānnirīkṣantī tapasvinī | yathā punaravijñātā tathā carati bhāminī

And Krishna, the long-suffering lady, watching over all the brothers, went about in such a way that she remained unrecognised.

Verse 11 (4.15.11)

एवं संभावयन्तस्ते तदाऽन्योन्यं महारथाः । विराटनगरे चेरुः पुनर्गर्भधृता इव ॥

evaṃ saṃbhāvayantaste tadā'nyonyaṃ mahārathāḥ | virāṭanagare ceruḥ punargarbhadhṛtā iva

Thus looking after one another, those great chariot-warriors moved about in Virata's city as though they were back in the womb.

Note on the text: The first line matches CE 4.12.11ab (with संभावयन्तः for saṃpādayantaḥ); the second line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.12.11b*0246, line 1).

Verse 12 (4.15.12)

साशङ्का धार्तराष्ट्रस्य भयात्पाण्डुसुतास्तदा । प्रेक्षमाणास्तदा कृष्णामूषुश्छन्ना नराधिप ॥

sāśaṅkā dhārtarāṣṭrasya bhayātpāṇḍusutāstadā | prekṣamāṇāstadā kṛṣṇāmūṣuśchannā narādhipa

Wary for fear of Dhritarashtra's son, the sons of Pandu lived there in hiding, O king, keeping watch over Krishna.

Note on the text: Corrected ऊपुः → ऊषुः (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; perfect of वस्, "they lived", as in the critical edition's ūṣuś). The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.12.11b*0246, line 2); the second line is CE 4.12.11cd.

Verse 13 (4.15.13)

अथ मासे चतुर्थे तु शङ्करस्य महोत्सवः । आसीत्समृद्धो मत्स्येषु पुरुषाणां सुसंमतः ॥

atha māse caturthe tu śaṅkarasya mahotsavaḥ | āsītsamṛddho matsyeṣu puruṣāṇāṃ susaṃmataḥ

Then, in the fourth month, came the great festival of Shankara, celebrated with splendour among the Matsyas and highly esteemed by the people.

Note on the text: Wikisource names the festival as Shankara's (शङ्करस्य महोत्सवः) where the critical edition has Brahma's (brahmaṇaḥ sumahotsavaḥ); the Wikisource reading is kept.

Verse 14 (4.15.14)

तत्र मल्लाः समापेतुर्दिग्भ्यो राजन्सहस्रशः ॥

tatra mallāḥ samāpeturdigbhyo rājansahasraśaḥ

Wrestlers gathered there by the thousand from every quarter, O king.

Note on the text: A single line in Wikisource; it is CE 4.12.13ab. Wikisource divides CE 4.12.13–14 differently, so the next two verses straddle them.

Verse 15 (4.15.15)

महाकाया महावीर्याः कालकेया इवासुराः । वीर्योन्मत्ता बलोदग्रा राज्ञा समभिपूजिताः ॥

mahākāyā mahāvīryāḥ kālakeyā ivāsurāḥ | vīryonmattā balodagrā rājñā samabhipūjitāḥ

Huge of body and great in strength, like the Kalakeya demons, drunk with their own prowess and towering in might, they were honoured by the king.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 4.12.13cd (Kalakeyas for the CE's Kalakhanjas), the second CE 4.12.14ab.

Verse 16 (4.15.16)

सिंहस्कन्धकटिग्रीवाः स्ववदाता मनस्विनः । असकृल्लब्धलक्षास्ते रङ्गे पार्थिवसन्निधौ ॥

siṃhaskandhakaṭigrīvāḥ svavadātā manasvinaḥ | asakṛllabdhalakṣāste raṅge pārthivasannidhau

With shoulders, waists and necks like a lion's, clean-limbed and high-spirited, they had won the prize again and again in the arena before kings.

Note on the text: This is CE 4.12.14cd–ef.

Verse 17 (4.15.17)

तेषामेको महानासीत्सर्वमल्लानथाह्वयत् । व्यावल्गमानो ददृशे गर्जितोद्गतिभिः स्थितः ॥

teṣāmeko mahānāsītsarvamallānathāhvayat | vyāvalgamāno dadṛśe garjitodgatibhiḥ sthitaḥ

Among them was one mighty wrestler who challenged all the others. He was seen there leaping about, roaring and bounding.

Note on the text: The first line matches CE 4.12.15ab; the second line differs from the CE's (āvalgamānaṃ taṃ raṅge nopatiṣṭhati kaś cana).

Verse 18 (4.15.18)

वित्रस्तमनसः सर्वे मल्लास्ते हतचेतसः । अवाङ्मुखाश्च भीताश्च मल्लाश्चान्ये विचेतसः ॥

vitrastamanasaḥ sarve mallāste hatacetasaḥ | avāṅmukhāśca bhītāśca mallāścānye vicetasaḥ

All the wrestlers were terrified and lost their wits; some hung their heads in fear, and others were stupefied.

Note on the text: Corrected अवाङ्भुखाश्च → अवाङ्मुखाश्च (misprint in Wikisource; भ for म; "with downcast faces", as in the CE's Appendix I.10 avāṅmukhāś). The first line corresponds to CE 4.12.16ab (वित्रस्तमनसः सर्वे for yadā sarve vimanasas); the second line is not in the critical edition's text (the CE gives it only in Appendix I.10, line 1).

Verse 19 (4.15.19)

व्यसुत्वमपरे चैव वाञ्छन्ति प्रतिविह्वलाः । गां प्रवेष्टुमथेच्छन्ति खं गन्तुमिव चोत्थिताः ॥

vyasutvamapare caiva vāñchanti prativihvalāḥ | gāṃ praveṣṭumathecchanti khaṃ gantumiva cotthitāḥ

Others, utterly shaken, all but longed for death; they wished to sink into the earth, or seemed to rise as if to fly into the sky.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.10, lines 2–3.

Verse 20 (4.15.20)

त्रस्ताः शान्ता विषण्णाङ्गा निःशब्दं विह्वलेक्षणाः । विराटराजमल्लास्ते भग्नदर्पा हतप्रभाः ॥

trastāḥ śāntā viṣaṇṇāṅgā niḥśabdaṃ vihvalekṣaṇāḥ | virāṭarājamallāste bhagnadarpā hataprabhāḥ

Frightened and subdued, limbs drooping, silent, eyes wavering, King Virata's wrestlers stood with their pride broken and their lustre gone.

Note on the text: Corrected विषणाङ्गा → विषण्णाङ्गा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ण; "with drooping limbs", as in the CE's Appendix I.10 viṣaṇṇāṅgā). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.10, lines 4–5.

Verse 21 (4.15.21)

मल्लेन्द्रनिहताः सर्वे न किंचित्प्रवदन्ति ते । मल्ल उद्वीक्ष्य तान्मल्लांस्त्रस्तान्वाक्यमुवाच ह ॥

mallendranihatāḥ sarve na kiṃcitpravadanti te | malla udvīkṣya tānmallāṃstrastānvākyamuvāca ha

Crushed by the lord of wrestlers, none of them said a word. Then the wrestler, looking at those terrified wrestlers, spoke these words:

Note on the text: Corrected मल्लांस्रस्तान् → मल्लांस्त्रस्तान् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त्; त्रस्तान्, "terrified", as in verse 23 and the CE's Appendix I.10 trastān). Also separated उवाच ह. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.10, lines 6–7.

Verse 22 (4.15.22)

आगतं मल्लराजं मां कृत्स्ने पृथिविमण्डले । सिंहव्याघ्रगणैः सार्धं क्रीडन्तं विद्धि भूपते ॥

āgataṃ mallarājaṃ māṃ kṛtsne pṛthivimaṇḍale | siṃhavyāghragaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ krīḍantaṃ viddhi bhūpate

Know, O lord of the earth, that I, the king of wrestlers, have come — I who sport with packs of lions and tigers over the whole circle of the earth.

Note on the text: Speaker assigned: the wrestler (named Jimuta in verses 38 and 53), introduced in the previous verse; Wikisource prints no heading. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.10, lines 8–9.

Verse 23 (4.15.23)

मल्लेन्द्रस्य वचः श्रुत्वा बलदर्पसमन्वितम् । विराटो वीक्ष्य तान्मल्लांस्त्रस्तान्वाक्यमुवाच ह ॥

mallendrasya vacaḥ śrutvā baladarpasamanvitam | virāṭo vīkṣya tānmallāṃstrastānvākyamuvāca ha

Hearing the words of the lord of wrestlers, swollen with pride in his strength, Virata looked at his terrified wrestlers and said:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.10, lines 10–11.

Verse 24 (4.15.24)

अनेन सह मल्लेन को योद्धुं शक्तिमान्नरः ॥

anena saha mallena ko yoddhuṃ śaktimānnaraḥ

Which man here is able to fight this wrestler?

Note on the text: Speaker assigned: Virata, whose words the previous verse introduces. A single line in Wikisource. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.10, line 12.

Verse 25 (4.15.25)

इत्युक्तास्ते विराटेन सर्वे मल्ला विशांपते । तूष्णीमासंस्ततो राजा क्रोधाविष्ट उवाच ह ॥

ityuktāste virāṭena sarve mallā viśāṃpate | tūṣṇīmāsaṃstato rājā krodhāviṣṭa uvāca ha

Addressed thus by Virata, all the wrestlers stayed silent, O lord of the people. Then the king, filled with anger, said:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE text or its apparatus here.

Verse 26 (4.15.26)

ग्रामांश्च वेतनान्येषां मल्लानां हारयाम्यहम् ॥

grāmāṃśca vetanānyeṣāṃ mallānāṃ hārayāmyaham

I will have the villages and wages of these wrestlers taken from them!

Note on the text: Wikisource verse 26 is split here: its first line is Virata's speech, its second line narration. Corrected वेतनान्येपां → वेतनान्येषां (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE text or its apparatus here.

Verse 27 (4.15.27)

ततो युधिष्ठिरोऽवादीच्छ्रुत्वा मात्स्यपतेर्वचः ॥

tato yudhiṣṭhiro'vādīcchrutvā mātsyapatervacaḥ

Then, having heard the words of the lord of the Matsyas, Yudhishthira spoke:

Note on the text: Second line of Wikisource verse 26, split off as narration. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.10, line 13.

Verse 28 (4.15.28)

अस्ति मल्लो महाराज मया दृष्टो युधिष्ठिरे । अनेन सह मल्लेन योद्धुं शक्नोति भूपते ॥

asti mallo mahārāja mayā dṛṣṭo yudhiṣṭhire | anena saha mallena yoddhuṃ śaknoti bhūpate

There is a wrestler, great king, whom I saw at Yudhishthira's court. He can fight this wrestler, O lord of the earth.

Note on the text: Speaker assigned: Yudhishthira (as Kanka), introduced in the previous verse; Wikisource prints no heading. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.10, lines 14–15.

Verse 29 (4.15.29)

योसौ मल्लो मया दृष्टः पूर्वं यौधिष्ठिरे पुरे । सोयं मल्लो वसत्येष राजंस्तव महानसे ॥

yosau mallo mayā dṛṣṭaḥ pūrvaṃ yaudhiṣṭhire pure | soyaṃ mallo vasatyeṣa rājaṃstava mahānase

That wrestler whom I once saw in Yudhishthira's city is the very one who now lives in your kitchen, O king.

Note on the text: Corrected वसत्येप → वसत्येष (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; एषः, "this one"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.10, lines 16–17.

Verse 30 (4.15.30)

युधिष्ठिरवचः श्रुत्वा व्यक्तमाहेति पार्थिवः । सोप्यथाहूयतां क्षिप्रं योद्धुं मल्लेन संप्रति ॥

yudhiṣṭhiravacaḥ śrutvā vyaktamāheti pārthivaḥ | sopyathāhūyatāṃ kṣipraṃ yoddhuṃ mallena saṃprati

Hearing Yudhishthira's words, the king said, "He speaks plainly. Let that man be summoned at once to fight the wrestler now."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.10, lines 18–19.

Verse 31 (4.15.31)

भीमसेनो विराटेन आहूतश्चोदितस्तथा । योद्धुं ततोऽब्रवीद्वाक्यं योद्धुं शक्नोमि भूपते ॥

bhīmaseno virāṭena āhūtaścoditastathā | yoddhuṃ tato'bravīdvākyaṃ yoddhuṃ śaknomi bhūpate

Summoned by Virata and urged to fight, Bhimasena then said: "I can fight, O lord of the earth."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.10, lines 20–21.

Verse 32 (4.15.32)

नरेन्द्र ते प्रभावेन श्रिया शक्त्या च शासनात् । अनेन सह मल्लेन योद्धुं राजेन्द्र शक्नुयाम् ॥

narendra te prabhāvena śriyā śaktyā ca śāsanāt | anena saha mallena yoddhuṃ rājendra śaknuyām

By your power, O lord of men, by your fortune, your might and your command, O king of kings, I can fight this wrestler.

Note on the text: Speaker assigned: Bhimasena (as the cook Ballava), whose words begin in the previous verse. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.10, lines 22–23.

Verse 33 (4.15.33)

युधिष्ठिरकृतं ज्ञात्वा श्रिया तव विशांपते । महादेवस्य भक्त्या च तं मल्लं पातयाम्यहम् ॥

yudhiṣṭhirakṛtaṃ jñātvā śriyā tava viśāṃpate | mahādevasya bhaktyā ca taṃ mallaṃ pātayāmyaham

Mindful of what Yudhishthira has done, by your good fortune, O lord of the people, and through devotion to Mahadeva, I shall bring that wrestler down.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.10, lines 24–25.

Verse 34 (4.15.34)

चोदितो भीमसेनस्तु मल्लमाहूय मण्डले । योद्धुं व्यवस्थितो वीरो रेणुं संमृज्य हस्तयोः । मत्तो गज इवान्यं तु योद्धुं समुपचक्रमे ॥

codito bhīmasenastu mallamāhūya maṇḍale | yoddhuṃ vyavasthito vīro reṇuṃ saṃmṛjya hastayoḥ | matto gaja ivānyaṃ tu yoddhuṃ samupacakrame

Thus urged, the hero Bhimasena called the wrestler into the ring and stood ready to fight, rubbing dust on his hands. Like a rutting elephant going at another, he set about the fight.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (the CE gives it only in Appendix I.10, line 26); lines 2–3 are not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; they appear nowhere in the CE text or its apparatus here).

Verse 35 (4.15.35)

अथ सूदेन तं मल्लं योधयामास मत्स्यराट् ॥

atha sūdena taṃ mallaṃ yodhayāmāsa matsyarāṭ

Then the king of Matsya had the cook wrestle that wrestler.

Note on the text: Corrected मत्स्यराट्र → मत्स्यराट् (misprint in Wikisource; stray र after the final ट्; the critical edition reads matsyarāṭ). A single line in Wikisource; it is CE 4.12.16cd.

Verse 36 (4.15.36)

नोद्यमानस्तदा भीमो दुःखेनेवाकरोन्मतिम् । न हि शक्नोम्यशक्तोपि प्रत्याख्यातुं नराधिपं ॥

nodyamānastadā bhīmo duḥkhenevākaronmatim | na hi śaknomyaśaktopi pratyākhyātuṃ narādhipaṃ

Pressed in this way, Bhima made up his mind, as if in pain: "Placed as I am, I cannot refuse the king."

Note on the text: Wikisource's second line (न हि शक्नोम्यशक्तोपि, first person) differs from the critical edition's (na hi śaknoti vivṛte); the Wikisource reading is kept.

Verse 37 (4.15.37)

ततः स पुरुषव्याघ्रः शार्दूलशिथिलं चरन् । प्रविवेश महारङ्गं विराटमभिहर्षयन् ॥

tataḥ sa puruṣavyāghraḥ śārdūlaśithilaṃ caran | praviveśa mahāraṅgaṃ virāṭamabhiharṣayan

Then that tiger among men, moving with the loose, easy gait of a tiger, entered the great arena, delighting Virata.

Verse 38 (4.15.38)

बबन्ध कक्षां कौन्तेयस्ततः संहर्षयञ्जनम् । ततस्तु वृत्रसङ्काशं भीमो मल्लं समाह्वयत् ॥

babandha kakṣāṃ kaunteyastataḥ saṃharṣayañjanam | tatastu vṛtrasaṅkāśaṃ bhīmo mallaṃ samāhvayat

The son of Kunti girded his loins, thrilling the crowd, and then Bhima challenged the wrestler, who was like Vritra.

Note on the text: Corrected बवन्ध → बबन्ध (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब; perfect of बन्ध्, "he tied", as in the critical edition's babandha).

Verse 39 (4.15.39)

जीमूतं नाम तं तत्र मल्लप्रख्यातविक्रमम् । कक्षे मल्लं गृहीत्वाऽथ ननाद बहु सिंहवत् ॥

jīmūtaṃ nāma taṃ tatra mallaprakhyātavikramam | kakṣe mallaṃ gṛhītvā'tha nanāda bahu siṃhavat

That wrestler was named Jimuta, famed among wrestlers for his prowess. Seizing the wrestler under his arm, he roared loudly like a lion.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE has these two lines only in its apparatus, as two separate passages: 4.12.19d*0251 (reading mallaṃ prakhyātavikramam) and 4.12.19d*0252.

Verse 40 (4.15.40)

तावुभौ सुमहोत्साहावुभौ भीमपराक्रमौ । मत्ताविव महाकायौ वारणौ षष्ठिहायनौ ॥

tāvubhau sumahotsāhāvubhau bhīmaparākramau | mattāviva mahākāyau vāraṇau ṣaṣṭhihāyanau

Both were full of great zeal, both of fearsome prowess, like two huge rutting elephants sixty years old.

Verse 41 (4.15.41)

ततस्तौ नरशार्दूलौ बाहुयुद्धं समीयतुः । वीरौ परमसंहृष्टावन्योन्यजयकाङ्क्षिणौ ॥

tatastau naraśārdūlau bāhuyuddhaṃ samīyatuḥ | vīrau paramasaṃhṛṣṭāvanyonyajayakāṅkṣiṇau

Then those two tigers among men closed in a bare-armed fight, heroes thrilled to the utmost, each eager to defeat the other.

Note on the text: Corrected समीयतु → समीयतुः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga; dual perfect, "the two met", as in the CE's Appendix I.11 samīyatuḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.11, lines 1–2.

Verse 42 (4.15.42)

उभौ परमसंहृष्टौ बलेनातिबलावुभौ । अन्योन्यस्यान्तरं प्रेप्सू परस्परजयैषिणौ ॥

ubhau paramasaṃhṛṣṭau balenātibalāvubhau | anyonyasyāntaraṃ prepsū parasparajayaiṣiṇau

Both were thrilled to the utmost, both exceedingly strong, each looking for an opening in the other, each bent on beating the other.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.11, lines 4–5.

Verse 43 (4.15.43)

कृतप्रतिकृतैश्चित्रैर्बाहुभिश्च सुसङ्कटैः । सन्निपातावधूतैश्च प्रमाथोन्मथनैस्तथा ॥

kṛtapratikṛtaiścitrairbāhubhiśca susaṅkaṭaiḥ | sannipātāvadhūtaiśca pramāthonmathanaistathā

With varied holds and counter-holds, with tightly locked arms, with clashes and throws, with crushing and wrenching grips,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.11, lines 7–8.

Verse 44 (4.15.44)

क्षेपणैर्मुष्टिभिश्चैव वराहोद्धूतनिस्स्वनैः । तलैर्वज्रनिपातैश्च प्रसृष्टाभिस्तथैव च ॥

kṣepaṇairmuṣṭibhiścaiva varāhoddhūtanissvanaiḥ | talairvajranipātaiśca prasṛṣṭābhistathaiva ca

with hurls and fists, with grunts like a boar's, with slaps that fell like thunderbolts, and with open-handed thrusts,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.11, lines 9–10.

Verse 45 (4.15.45)

शलाकानखपातैश्च पादोद्धूतैश्च दारुणैः । जानुभिश्चाश्मनिर्घोषैः शिरोभिश्चावघट्टनैः ॥

śalākānakhapātaiśca pādoddhūtaiśca dāruṇaiḥ | jānubhiścāśmanirghoṣaiḥ śirobhiścāvaghaṭṭanaiḥ

with stabs of spike-like fingers and nails, with fierce kicks, with knees that cracked like stones, and with heads butting together,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.11, lines 11–12.

Verse 46 (4.15.46)

तद्युद्धमभवद्धोरमशस्त्रं बाहुतेजसा । बलप्राणेन शूराणां समाजोत्सवसन्निधौ ॥

tadyuddhamabhavaddhoramaśastraṃ bāhutejasā | balaprāṇena śūrāṇāṃ samājotsavasannidhau

the fight grew terrible — fought without weapons, by the power of arms, by the strength and breath of heroes, before the festival crowd.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.11, lines 13–14.

Verse 47 (4.15.47)

अरज्यत जनः सर्वः सोत्क्रुष्टनिनदोत्थितः । बलिनोः संयुगे राजन्वृत्रवासवयोरिव ॥

arajyata janaḥ sarvaḥ sotkruṣṭaninadotthitaḥ | balinoḥ saṃyuge rājanvṛtravāsavayoriva

The whole crowd was gripped by it and rose with shouts and cries, O king, at that clash of two mighty men, like the battle of Vritra and Vasava.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.11, lines 15–16.

Verse 48 (4.15.48)

प्रकर्षणाकर्षणयोरभ्याकर्षविकर्षणैः । आकर्षतुरथान्योन्यं जानुभिश्चापि जघ्नतुः ॥

prakarṣaṇākarṣaṇayorabhyākarṣavikarṣaṇaiḥ | ākarṣaturathānyonyaṃ jānubhiścāpi jaghnatuḥ

With pushes and pulls, drawing in and flinging away, they dragged each other about, and struck each other with their knees too.

Note on the text: Corrected जन्घतुः → जघ्नतुः (misprint in Wikisource; transposed conjunct; dual perfect of हन्, "the two struck", as in the CE's Appendix I.11 abhijaghnatuḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.11, lines 17–18.

Verse 49 (4.15.49)

ततः शब्देन महता भर्त्सयन्तौ परस्परम् । व्यूढोरस्कौ दीर्घभुजौ नियुद्धकुशलावुभौ । बाहुभिः समसज्जेतामायसैः परिघैरिव ॥

tataḥ śabdena mahatā bhartsayantau parasparam | vyūḍhoraskau dīrghabhujau niyuddhakuśalāvubhau | bāhubhiḥ samasajjetāmāyasaiḥ parighairiva

Then, threatening each other with great roars, the two broad-chested, long-armed masters of wrestling grappled with arms like iron bars.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.11, lines 19–21.

Verse 50 (4.15.50)

उत्पपाताथ वेगेन मल्लं कक्षे गृहीतवान् । पार्श्वं निगृह्य हस्तेन पातयामास मल्लकम् ॥

utpapātātha vegena mallaṃ kakṣe gṛhītavān | pārśvaṃ nigṛhya hastena pātayāmāsa mallakam

Then he sprang up with speed, caught the wrestler under his arm, gripped his side with his hand and threw the fellow down.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.12.20d*0253, lines 3–4.

Verse 51 (4.15.51)

चकर्ष दोर्भ्यामुत्पात्य भीमो मल्लममित्रहा । निनदं तमभिक्रोशञ्शार्दूल इव वारणम् ॥

cakarṣa dorbhyāmutpātya bhīmo mallamamitrahā | ninadaṃ tamabhikrośañśārdūla iva vāraṇam

Lifting him up in both arms, Bhima, slayer of foes, dragged the wrestler about, shouting at him as he bellowed, like a tiger with an elephant.

Verse 52 (4.15.52)

समुद्यम्य महाबाहुर्भ्रामयामास वीर्यवान् । ततो मल्लाश्च मत्स्याश्च विस्मयं चक्रिरे परम् ॥

samudyamya mahābāhurbhrāmayāmāsa vīryavān | tato mallāśca matsyāśca vismayaṃ cakrire param

Raising him aloft, the mighty-armed hero whirled him round, and the wrestlers and the Matsyas were filled with the greatest wonder.

Verse 53 (4.15.53)

भ्रामयित्वा शतगुणं गतसत्त्वमचेतनम् । प्रत्यपिंषन्महाबाहुर्मल्लं भुवि वृकोदरः ॥

bhrāmayitvā śataguṇaṃ gatasattvamacetanam | pratyapiṃṣanmahābāhurmallaṃ bhuvi vṛkodaraḥ

Whirling him a hundred times until he was lifeless and senseless, mighty-armed Vrikodara crushed the wrestler against the ground.

Note on the text: Corrected गतसत्वम् → गतसत्त्वम् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त्; सत्त्व, "life, strength", as in the critical edition's gatasattvam).

Verse 54 (4.15.54)

तस्मिन्विनिहते वीरे जीमूते लोकविश्रुते । विराटः परमं हर्षमगच्छद्बान्धवैः सह ॥

tasminvinihate vīre jīmūte lokaviśrute | virāṭaḥ paramaṃ harṣamagacchadbāndhavaiḥ saha

When that hero Jimuta, famed throughout the world, was slain, Virata and his kinsmen were filled with the greatest joy.

Note on the text: Corrected वान्धवैः → बान्धवैः (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब; "with his kinsmen", as in the critical edition's bāndhavaiḥ).

Verse 55 (4.15.55)

प्रहर्षात्प्रददौ वित्तं बहु राजा महामनाः । बल्लवाय महारङ्गे यथा वैश्रवणस्तथा ॥

praharṣātpradadau vittaṃ bahu rājā mahāmanāḥ | ballavāya mahāraṅge yathā vaiśravaṇastathā

In his delight the great-hearted king gave Ballava much wealth there in the great arena, like Vaishravana (Kubera) himself.

Note on the text: Corrected राज → राजा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign; the subject, "the king", as in the critical edition's rājā). Corrected वललाय → बल्लवाय (misprint in Wikisource; garbled conjunct; Ballava is Bhima's assumed name, as in the critical edition's ballavāya).

Verse 56 (4.15.56)

एवं स सुबहून्मल्लान्पुरुषांश्च महाबलान् । विनिघ्नन्मत्स्यराजस्य प्रीतिमाहरदुत्तमाम् ॥

evaṃ sa subahūnmallānpuruṣāṃśca mahābalān | vinighnanmatsyarājasya prītimāharaduttamām

In this way he slew many wrestlers and men of great strength, and brought the king of the Matsyas the greatest pleasure.

Verse 57 (4.15.57)

यदाऽस्य तुल्यः पुरुषो न कश्चित्तत्र विद्यते । ततो व्याघ्रैश्च सिंहैश्च द्विरदैश्चाप्ययोधयत् ॥

yadā'sya tulyaḥ puruṣo na kaścittatra vidyate | tato vyāghraiśca siṃhaiśca dviradaiścāpyayodhayat

When there was no longer any man there to match him, the king made him fight tigers, lions and elephants.

Note on the text: Corrected कश्चितत्र → कश्चित्तत्र (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त्; कश्चित् + तत्र).

Verse 58 (4.15.58)

विराटेन प्रदत्तानि चित्राणि विविधानि च । स्थितेभ्यः पुरुषेभ्यश्च दत्त्वा द्रव्याणि जग्मिवान् ॥

virāṭena pradattāni citrāṇi vividhāni ca | sthitebhyaḥ puruṣebhyaśca dattvā dravyāṇi jagmivān

Giving away to the men standing by the many fine things that Virata had given him, he went his way.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.12.27d*0255 (ratnāni for चित्राणि).

Verse 59 (4.15.59)

पुनरन्तःपुरगतः स्त्रीणां मध्ये वृकोदरः । योध्यते स विराटस्य गजैः सिंहैर्महाबलैः ॥

punarantaḥpuragataḥ strīṇāṃ madhye vṛkodaraḥ | yodhyate sa virāṭasya gajaiḥ siṃhairmahābalaiḥ

Again, in Virata's women's quarters, in the midst of the women, Vrikodara was made to fight elephants and mighty lions.

Verse 60 (4.15.60)

बीभत्सुरपि गीतेन नृत्तेनापि च पाण्डवः । विराटं तोषयामास सर्वाश्चान्तःपुरस्त्रियः ॥

bībhatsurapi gītena nṛttenāpi ca pāṇḍavaḥ | virāṭaṃ toṣayāmāsa sarvāścāntaḥpurastriyaḥ

Bibhatsu too, the son of Pandu, pleased Virata and all the women of the inner quarters with song and dance.

Verse 61 (4.15.61)

अश्वैर्विनीतैर्जवनैस्तत्रतत्र समागतः । तोषयामास राजानं नकुलो नृपसत्तमम् । तस्मै प्रदेयं प्रायच्छत्प्रीतो राजा धनं बहु ॥

aśvairvinītairjavanaistatratatra samāgataḥ | toṣayāmāsa rājānaṃ nakulo nṛpasattamam | tasmai pradeyaṃ prāyacchatprīto rājā dhanaṃ bahu

Nakula pleased the king, best of rulers, with swift, well-trained horses, coming before him here and there; and the king, gratified, gave him rich rewards.

Note on the text: Corrected तोपयामास → तोषयामास (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; "he pleased", as in the critical edition's toṣayām āsa). Lines 1–2 are CE 4.12.30; line 3 is CE 4.12.31ab.

Verse 62 (4.15.62)

विनीतान्वृषभान्दृष्ट्वा सहदेवस्य चाभितः । धनं ददौ बहुविधं विराटः पुरुषर्षभः ॥

vinītānvṛṣabhāndṛṣṭvā sahadevasya cābhitaḥ | dhanaṃ dadau bahuvidhaṃ virāṭaḥ puruṣarṣabhaḥ

Seeing the well-trained bulls all around Sahadeva, Virata, bull among men, gave him wealth of many kinds.

Note on the text: Corrected वृपभान् → वृषभान् (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; "bulls", as in the critical edition's vṛṣabhān). The first line is CE 4.12.31cd; the second is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.12.31d*0257).

Verse 63 (4.15.63)

द्रौपदी प्रेक्ष्य तान्सर्वान्क्लिश्यमानान्महारथान् । नातिप्रीतमना राजन्निश्वासपरमाऽभवत् ॥

draupadī prekṣya tānsarvānkliśyamānānmahārathān | nātiprītamanā rājanniśvāsaparamā'bhavat

But Draupadi, seeing all those great warriors suffering hardship, was far from happy, O king, and was given over to sighing.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.12.31d*0262.

Verse 64 (4.15.64)

एवं ते न्यवसंस्तत्र प्रच्छन्नाः पुरुषर्षभाः । कर्माणि तस्य कुर्वाणा विराटनृपतेस्तदा ॥

evaṃ te nyavasaṃstatra pracchannāḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ | karmāṇi tasya kurvāṇā virāṭanṛpatestadā

Thus those bulls among men lived there in disguise, doing the work of King Virata.