Duryodhana Resolves on a Cattle Raid against Matsya

Verse 1 (4.32.1)

ततः शारद्वतो वाक्यमित्युवाच कृपस्तदा । युक्तं प्राप्तं च वृद्धेन पाण्डवान्प्रति भाषितम् ॥

tataḥ śāradvato vākyamityuvāca kṛpastadā | yuktaṃ prāptaṃ ca vṛddhena pāṇḍavānprati bhāṣitam

Then Kripa, son of Sharadvat, spoke these words: "What the elder has said about the Pandavas is fitting and timely."

Note on the text: Corrected कृतस्तदा → कृपस्तदा (misprint in Wikisource; the speaker is Kripa, son of Sharadvat; the CE reads kṛpas tadā) and भापितम् → भाषितम् (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the CE reads bhāṣitam). The verse opens with narration and Kripa's speech begins in its second line; it is kept whole under the narrator's heading that the page prints above it.

Verse 2 (4.32.2)

धर्मार्थसहितं श्लक्ष्णं सर्वं सत्यं सहेतुकम् । तत्रानुरूपं भीष्मस्य ममापि वचनं शृणु ॥

dharmārthasahitaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ sarvaṃ satyaṃ sahetukam | tatrānurūpaṃ bhīṣmasya mamāpi vacanaṃ śṛṇu

It accords with dharma and with sound policy; it is gentle, wholly true and well reasoned. Now hear what I too have to say, in keeping with Bhishma's words.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.28.2: the second half of each line differs in wording.

Verse 3 (4.32.3)

तेषां चैव गतिस्तत्र निवासश्चानुचिन्त्यताम् । नीतिर्विधीयतां तत्र सांप्रतं या हिता भवेत् ॥

teṣāṃ caiva gatistatra nivāsaścānucintyatām | nītirvidhīyatāṃ tatra sāṃprataṃ yā hitā bhavet

Let their course and their dwelling-place there be carefully considered, and let a policy be adopted now that will be to our good.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.28.3 (the first line differs in wording). Corrected र्निवासश्चानुचिन्त्यताम् → निवासश्चानुचिन्त्यताम् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र् before निवासः, which the sense and the metre exclude).

Verse 4 (4.32.4)

नावज्ञेयो रिपुस्तात प्राकृतोऽपि बुभूषता । किं पुनः पाण्डवाः शूरा विद्वांसो बलिनस्तथा ॥

nāvajñeyo ripustāta prākṛto'pi bubhūṣatā | kiṃ punaḥ pāṇḍavāḥ śūrā vidvāṃso balinastathā

One who wishes to prosper should not scorn even a common enemy, my son; how much less the Pandavas, who are brave, learned and strong.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.28.4: the second half of the second line differs.

Verse 5 (4.32.5)

तस्मात्सत्रं प्रविष्टेषु पाण्डवेषु महात्मसु । गूढभावेषु छन्नेषु काले चोदयमागते ॥

tasmātsatraṃ praviṣṭeṣu pāṇḍaveṣu mahātmasu | gūḍhabhāveṣu channeṣu kāle codayamāgate

Therefore, now that the great-souled Pandavas have withdrawn into concealment, their true natures hidden and their persons disguised, and the time of their rising has come,

Verse 6 (4.32.6)

स्वराष्ट्रे परराष्ट्रे च ज्ञातव्यं बलमात्मनः । उदयः पाण्डवानां च प्राप्तकालो न संशयः ॥

svarāṣṭre pararāṣṭre ca jñātavyaṃ balamātmanaḥ | udayaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca prāptakālo na saṃśayaḥ

you must know your own strength, both in your own kingdom and in the kingdoms of others. The time of the Pandavas' rising has surely arrived.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.28.6.

Verse 7 (4.32.7)

निवृत्तसमयाः पार्था महात्मानो महाबलाः । महोत्साहा भविष्यन्ति पाण्डवा ह्यमितौजसः ॥

nivṛttasamayāḥ pārthā mahātmāno mahābalāḥ | mahotsāhā bhaviṣyanti pāṇḍavā hyamitaujasaḥ

Once their pledge is fulfilled, the sons of Pritha, great-souled and mighty, the Pandavas of boundless energy, will be filled with fierce resolve.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.28.7 (the last word differs).

Verse 8 (4.32.8)

तस्माद्बलं च कोशं च नीतिश्चापि विधीयताम् । यथा कालोदये प्राप्ते सम्यक् तैः संदधामहे ॥

tasmādbalaṃ ca kośaṃ ca nītiścāpi vidhīyatām | yathā kālodaye prāpte samyak taiḥ saṃdadhāmahe

So let the army, the treasury and policy be set in order, so that when the time of their rising comes we may make a sound settlement with them.

Note on the text: Corrected नातिश्चापि → नीतिश्चापि (misprint in Wikisource; ā for ī; the CE reads nītiś cāpi).

Verse 9 (4.32.9)

यत्र यन्मन्यसे श्रेयो बुध्यस्व बलमात्मनः । नियतं सर्वमित्रेषु बलवत्स्वबलेषु च ॥

yatra yanmanyase śreyo budhyasva balamātmanaḥ | niyataṃ sarvamitreṣu balavatsvabaleṣu ca

Wherever you judge your advantage to lie, take stock of your own strength, and how firmly it holds among all your allies, the strong and the weak alike.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.28.9: the first half of the first line differs.

Verse 10 (4.32.10)

सारं फल्गु बलं ज्ञात्वा मध्यस्थं चापि भारत । स्वराष्ट्रपरराष्ट्रेषु ज्ञातव्यं बलमात्मनः ॥

sāraṃ phalgu balaṃ jñātvā madhyasthaṃ cāpi bhārata | svarāṣṭrapararāṣṭreṣu jñātavyaṃ balamātmanaḥ

Knowing which forces are sound and which are worthless, O Bharata, and which stand neutral, you must know your own strength in your own kingdom and in the kingdoms of others.

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 4.28.10a; the second line has no counterpart at this point in the CE (its wording is that of CE 4.28.6a).

Verse 11 (4.32.11)

अप्रहृष्टं प्रहृष्टं वा संदधाम तथा परैः । साम्ना दानेन भेदेन दण्डेन बलिकर्मणा ॥

aprahṛṣṭaṃ prahṛṣṭaṃ vā saṃdadhāma tathā paraiḥ | sāmnā dānena bhedena daṇḍena balikarmaṇā

Whether others are disaffected or well disposed, let us bind them to us in the same way: by conciliation, by gifts, by sowing division, by force, and by exacting tribute.

Note on the text: Wikisource divides these lines differently from the CE: the first line is a variant of CE 4.28.10c and the second of CE 4.28.11a (dānena and bhedena exchanged). Corrected अप्रहृशष्टं प्राहृष्टं → अप्रहृष्टं प्रहृष्टं (misprint in Wikisource; a stray श and a lengthened vowel; the CE reads prahṛṣṭam aprahṛṣṭaṃ).

Verse 12 (4.32.12)

न्यायेनाक्रम्य च परान्बलाच्चानम्य दुर्बलान् । सान्त्वयित्वा च मित्राणि बलं चाभाष्यतां सुखम् ॥

nyāyenākramya ca parānbalāccānamya durbalān | sāntvayitvā ca mitrāṇi balaṃ cābhāṣyatāṃ sukham

Overpower your enemies by sound policy, bend the weak by force, win over your friends with kind words, and speak graciously to your army.

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 4.28.11c (ākramya for ānamya); the second is CE 4.28.12a.

Verse 13 (4.32.13)

स्वकोशबलसंवृद्धः सम्यक्सिद्धिमवाप्स्यसि । योत्स्यसे चापि बलिभिररिभिः प्रत्युपस्थितैः । अन्यैस्त्वं पाण्डवैर्वाऽपि हीनैः स्वबलवाहनैः ॥

svakośabalasaṃvṛddhaḥ samyaksiddhimavāpsyasi | yotsyase cāpi balibhiraribhiḥ pratyupasthitaiḥ | anyaistvaṃ pāṇḍavairvā'pi hīnaiḥ svabalavāhanaiḥ

Grown strong in your own treasury and army, you will win complete success. You will be able to fight the powerful enemies who stand against you, and others too, or the Pandavas, who lack an army and mounts of their own.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 4.28.12c (svakośa- for sakośa-); the second and third lines are a variant of CE 4.28.13.

Verse 14 (4.32.14)

एवं सर्वं विनिश्चित्य व्यवहर्तासि न्यायतः । यथाकालं मनुष्येन्द्र चिरं सुखमवाप्स्यसि ॥

evaṃ sarvaṃ viniścitya vyavahartāsi nyāyataḥ | yathākālaṃ manuṣyendra ciraṃ sukhamavāpsyasi

Having settled everything in this way, you will conduct your affairs justly and in due season, O lord of men, and you will enjoy happiness for a long time.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.28.14: the second half of the first line differs.

Verse 15 (4.32.15)

भीष्मद्रोणकृपैरुक्ते कर्णदुःशासनादिभिः । ततो दुर्योधनो वाक्यं श्रुत्वा तेषां महात्मनाम् । मुहूर्तमनुसंचिन्त्य सचिवानिदमब्रवीत् ॥

bhīṣmadroṇakṛpairukte karṇaduḥśāsanādibhiḥ | tato duryodhano vākyaṃ śrutvā teṣāṃ mahātmanām | muhūrtamanusaṃcintya sacivānidamabravīt

When Bhishma, Drona and Kripa, and Karna, Duhshasana and the rest had spoken, Duryodhana heard the words of those great-souled men, reflected for a moment, and then said this to his counsellors:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The first line appears nowhere in the CE; the second and third lines are in the CE's Appendix I.27, lines 1–2 (after 4.28.14). Corrected भीष्माद्रोणकृपैरुक्ते → भीष्मद्रोणकृपैरुक्ते (misprint in Wikisource; a stray ā inside the dvandva compound, which also spoils the metre).

Verse 16 (4.32.16)

श्रुतमेतन्मया पूर्वं कथासु जनसंसदि । धीराणां शास्त्रविदुषां प्राज्ञानां मतिनिश्चये । कृतिनां सारफल्गुत्वे जानामि नयचक्षुषा ॥

śrutametanmayā pūrvaṃ kathāsu janasaṃsadi | dhīrāṇāṃ śāstraviduṣāṃ prājñānāṃ matiniścaye | kṛtināṃ sāraphalgutve jānāmi nayacakṣuṣā

I have heard this before in talk among people gathered in assembly, and in the settled views of steady, learned and wise men; and with the eye of policy I can tell who among men of skill is strong and who is weak.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.27, lines 3–5 (after 4.28.14).

Verse 17 (4.32.17)

सत्त्वे बाहुबले धैर्ये प्राणे शारीरसंभवे । सांप्रतं मानुषे लोके सदैत्यनरराक्षसे ॥

sattve bāhubale dhairye prāṇe śārīrasaṃbhave | sāṃprataṃ mānuṣe loke sadaityanararākṣase

In courage, in strength of arm, in steadfastness and in the vigour born of the body, at present, in this world of men together with Daityas, men and Rakshasas,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.27, lines 6–7 (after 4.28.14). Corrected सत्वे → सत्त्वे (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त् in sattva; the appendix reads sattve).

Verse 18 (4.32.18)

चत्वारस्तु नरव्याघ्रा बले शक्रोपमा भुवि । उत्तमाः प्राणिनां तेषां नास्ति कश्चिद्बले समः ॥

catvārastu naravyāghrā bale śakropamā bhuvi | uttamāḥ prāṇināṃ teṣāṃ nāsti kaścidbale samaḥ

there are four tigers among men on earth, equal to Shakra in strength, the foremost of living beings; no one matches them in might:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.27, lines 8–9 (after 4.28.14).

Verse 19 (4.32.19)

बलदेवश्च भीमश्च मद्रराजश्च वीर्यवान् । चतुर्थः कीचकस्तेषां पञ्चमं नानुशुश्रुमः ॥

baladevaśca bhīmaśca madrarājaśca vīryavān | caturthaḥ kīcakasteṣāṃ pañcamaṃ nānuśuśrumaḥ

Baladeva, Bhima, the valiant king of the Madras, and Kichaka as the fourth. Of a fifth we have never heard.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.27, lines 11–12 (after 4.28.14). The appendix has one more line before it (line 10, samaprāṇabalā nityaṃ saṃpūrṇabalapauruṣāḥ) that Wikisource lacks.

Verse 20 (4.32.20)

अन्योन्यानन्तरबलाः परस्परजयैषिणः । बाहुयुद्धमभीप्सन्तो नित्यं संरब्धमानसाः ॥

anyonyānantarabalāḥ parasparajayaiṣiṇaḥ | bāhuyuddhamabhīpsanto nityaṃ saṃrabdhamānasāḥ

They are close to one another in strength, each eager to defeat the others, always longing for a wrestling bout, their spirits ever roused.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.27, lines 13–14 (after 4.28.14). Corrected जयैपिणः → जयैषिणः (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the appendix reads jayaiṣiṇaḥ) and बाहूयुद्धम् → बाहुयुद्धम् (misprint in Wikisource; a lengthened vowel; the appendix reads bāhuyuddham).

Verse 21 (4.32.21)

तेनाहमवगच्छामि प्रत्ययेन वृकोदरम् । मनस्यभिनिविष्टं मे व्यक्तं जीवन्ति पाण्डवाः ॥

tenāhamavagacchāmi pratyayena vṛkodaram | manasyabhiniviṣṭaṃ me vyaktaṃ jīvanti pāṇḍavāḥ

By this proof I recognize Vrikodara; the thought has taken hold of my mind. Clearly the Pandavas are alive.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.27, lines 15–16 (after 4.28.14).

Verse 22 (4.32.22)

तत्राहं कीचकं मन्ये भीमसेनेन मारितम् । सैरन्ध्रीं द्रौपदीं मन्ये नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥

tatrāhaṃ kīcakaṃ manye bhīmasenena māritam | sairandhrīṃ draupadīṃ manye nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

I believe that Kichaka was killed there by Bhimasena, and I believe the sairandhri is Draupadi; there is nothing here to deliberate.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.27, lines 17–18 (after 4.28.14).

Verse 23 (4.32.23)

शङ्के कृष्णानिमित्तं तु भीमसेनेन कीचकः । गन्धर्वव्यपदेशेन हतो निशि महाबलः ॥

śaṅke kṛṣṇānimittaṃ tu bhīmasenena kīcakaḥ | gandharvavyapadeśena hato niśi mahābalaḥ

I suspect that it was for Draupadi's sake that mighty Kichaka was killed at night by Bhimasena, under the pretence of the Gandharvas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.27, lines 19–20 (after 4.28.14).

Verse 24 (4.32.24)

को हि शक्तः परो भीमात्कीचकं हन्तुमोजसा । शस्त्रं विना बाहुबलात्तथा सर्वाङ्गचूर्णने ॥

ko hi śaktaḥ paro bhīmātkīcakaṃ hantumojasā | śastraṃ vinā bāhubalāttathā sarvāṅgacūrṇane

Who other than Bhima could kill Kichaka by sheer might, without a weapon, by the strength of his arms alone, crushing every limb,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.27, lines 21–22 (after 4.28.14).

Verse 25 (4.32.25)

मर्दितुं वा तथा तीव्रं चर्ममांसास्थिचूर्णनम् । रूपमन्यत्समास्थाय भीमस्यैतद्विचेष्टितम् ॥

mardituṃ vā tathā tīvraṃ carmamāṃsāsthicūrṇanam | rūpamanyatsamāsthāya bhīmasyaitadviceṣṭitam

or pound him so fiercely as to grind skin, flesh and bone? This is Bhima's work, done in another form.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.27, lines 23–24 (after 4.28.14).

Verse 26 (4.32.26)

ध्रुवं कृष्णानिमित्तं तु भीमसेनेन सूतजाः । गन्धर्वव्यपदेशेन हता निशि न संशयः ॥

dhruvaṃ kṛṣṇānimittaṃ tu bhīmasenena sūtajāḥ | gandharvavyapadeśena hatā niśi na saṃśayaḥ

Surely it was for Draupadi's sake that the sons of the Suta were killed at night by Bhimasena, under the pretence of the Gandharvas; there is no doubt of it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.27, lines 25–26 (after 4.28.14).

Verse 27 (4.32.27)

पितामहेन ये चोक्ता देशस्य च जनस्य च । गुणास्ते मत्स्यराष्ट्रेषु बहुशोऽपि मया श्रुताः ॥

pitāmahena ye coktā deśasya ca janasya ca | guṇāste matsyarāṣṭreṣu bahuśo'pi mayā śrutāḥ

The virtues of land and people that the grandsire described I have often heard spoken of in the Matsya kingdom.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.27, lines 27–28 (after 4.28.14).

Verse 28 (4.32.28)

विराटनगरे मन्ये पाण्डवाश्छन्नचारिणः । निवसन्ति पुरे रम्ये तत्र यात्रा विधीयताम् ॥

virāṭanagare manye pāṇḍavāśchannacāriṇaḥ | nivasanti pure ramye tatra yātrā vidhīyatām

I believe the Pandavas are living in disguise in Virata's city, that lovely town. Let an expedition be made there.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.27, lines 29–30 (after 4.28.14).

Verse 29 (4.32.29)

मत्स्यराष्ट्रं गमिष्यामो ग्रहीष्यामश्च गोधनम् । गृहीते गोधने नूनं तेऽपि योत्स्यन्ति पाण्डवाः ॥

matsyarāṣṭraṃ gamiṣyāmo grahīṣyāmaśca godhanam | gṛhīte godhane nūnaṃ te'pi yotsyanti pāṇḍavāḥ

We will march to the Matsya kingdom and seize its wealth of cattle. Once the cattle are taken, the Pandavas too will surely fight.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.27, lines 31–32 (after 4.28.14).

Verse 30 (4.32.30)

अपूर्णे समये चापि यदि पश्येम पाण्डवान् । द्वादशान्यानि वर्षाणि प्रवेक्ष्यन्ति पुनर्वनम् ॥

apūrṇe samaye cāpi yadi paśyema pāṇḍavān | dvādaśānyāni varṣāṇi pravekṣyanti punarvanam

And if we see the Pandavas before their term is complete, they will enter the forest again for another twelve years.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.27, lines 33–34 (after 4.28.14).

Verse 31 (4.32.31)

तस्मादन्यतरेणापि लाभोऽस्माकं भविष्यति । कोशवृद्धिरिहास्माकं शत्रूणां निधनं भवेत् ॥

tasmādanyatareṇāpi lābho'smākaṃ bhaviṣyati | kośavṛddhirihāsmākaṃ śatrūṇāṃ nidhanaṃ bhavet

So either way we stand to gain: our treasury will grow here, or our enemies will perish.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.27, lines 35–36 (after 4.28.14).

Verse 32 (4.32.32)

कथं सुयोधनं गच्छेद्युधिष्ठिरभृतः पुरा । एतच्चापि वदत्येष मात्स्यः परिभवान्मयि ॥

kathaṃ suyodhanaṃ gacchedyudhiṣṭhirabhṛtaḥ purā | etaccāpi vadatyeṣa mātsyaḥ paribhavānmayi

"How could one who has supported Yudhishthira go over to Suyodhana?" This too the Matsya king says, out of contempt for me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.27, lines 37–38 (after 4.28.14).

Verse 33 (4.32.33)

तस्मात्कर्तव्यमेतद्वै तत्र यात्रा विधीयताम् । एतत्सुनीतं मन्येऽहं सर्वेषां यदि रोचते ॥

tasmātkartavyametadvai tatra yātrā vidhīyatām | etatsunītaṃ manye'haṃ sarveṣāṃ yadi rocate

Therefore this must be done: let an expedition be made there. I think this is sound policy, if it pleases you all.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.27, lines 39–40 (after 4.28.14).

Verse 34 (4.32.34)

ततो राजा त्रिगर्तानां सुशर्मा रथयूथपः । पूर्वमाभाष्य कर्णेन तथा दुःशासनेन च । प्राप्तकालमिदं वाक्यमुवाच त्वरितो बली ॥

tato rājā trigartānāṃ suśarmā rathayūthapaḥ | pūrvamābhāṣya karṇena tathā duḥśāsanena ca | prāptakālamidaṃ vākyamuvāca tvarito balī

Then Susharma, king of the Trigartas, leader of a host of chariots, having first conferred with Karna and Duhshasana, spoke these timely words in haste, the mighty one.

Note on the text: The first and third lines are CE 4.29.1 (the third ending tvarito balī for tvarito bhṛśam); the middle line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.29.1b*0545, line 1).

Verse 35 (4.32.35)

असकृन्निकृतः पूर्वं मात्स्यसाल्वेयकेकयैः । सूतेनैव च मात्स्यस्य कीचकेन पुनः पुनः ॥

asakṛnnikṛtaḥ pūrvaṃ mātsyasālveyakekayaiḥ | sūtenaiva ca mātsyasya kīcakena punaḥ punaḥ

He had often been wronged in the past by the Matsyas, the Salveyas and the Kekayas, and again and again by Kichaka, the Matsya king's suta,

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.29.2.

Verse 36 (4.32.36)

बाधितो बन्धुभिः सार्धं बलाद्बलवता विभो । स कर्णमभिवीक्ष्याथ दुर्योधनमभाषत ॥

bādhito bandhubhiḥ sārdhaṃ balādbalavatā vibho | sa karṇamabhivīkṣyātha duryodhanamabhāṣata

and that mighty man had harried him by force, together with his kinsmen, my lord. Looking at Karna, he said to Duryodhana:

Verse 37 (4.32.37)

राष्ट्रं ममासकृद्राजन्राज्ञा मात्स्येन बाधितम् ॥

rāṣṭraṃ mamāsakṛdrājanrājñā mātsyena bādhitam

My kingdom, O king, has been harried again and again by the king of the Matsyas.

Note on the text: Wikisource prints this as a one-line verse; it is a variant of CE 4.29.4a, and Wikisource divides the lines that follow differently from the CE.

Verse 38 (4.32.38)

प्रणेता कीचकस्तस्य बलोत्सिक्तोऽभवत्पुरा । अमर्षी दुर्जयो जेता प्रख्यातबलपौरुषः । स हतस्तत्र गन्धर्वैः पापकर्मा नृशंसकृत् ॥

praṇetā kīcakastasya balotsikto'bhavatpurā | amarṣī durjayo jetā prakhyātabalapauruṣaḥ | sa hatastatra gandharvaiḥ pāpakarmā nṛśaṃsakṛt

His general was Kichaka, once puffed up with his strength: wrathful, hard to conquer, a victor, famed for his might and valour. That evil-doer, that worker of cruelties, has been killed there by the Gandharvas.

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 4.29.4c; the second and third lines are a variant of CE 4.29.5. Corrected अभवन्पुरा → अभवत्पुरा (misprint in Wikisource; a plural verb for the single subject Kichaka; the CE reads abhavat purā).

Verse 39 (4.32.39)

तस्मिन्विनिहते राजन्हीनदर्पो निराश्रयः । भविष्यति निरुत्साहो विराट इति मे मतिः ॥

tasminvinihate rājanhīnadarpo nirāśrayaḥ | bhaviṣyati nirutsāho virāṭa iti me matiḥ

Now that he has been killed, O king, Virata, his pride broken and without support, will lose heart. That is my view.

Verse 40 (4.32.40)

तत्र यात्रा मम मता यदि ते रोचतेऽनघ । कौरवाणां च सर्वेषां कर्णस्य च महात्मनः ॥

tatra yātrā mama matā yadi te rocate'nagha | kauravāṇāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ karṇasya ca mahātmanaḥ

So my counsel is to march against him, if it pleases you, sinless one, and all the Kauravas, and great-souled Karna.

Verse 41 (4.32.41)

एतत्कार्यमहं मन्ये परमात्ययिकं महत् । राष्ट्रं तस्याभियास्यामो धनधान्यसमाकुलम् ॥

etatkāryamahaṃ manye paramātyayikaṃ mahat | rāṣṭraṃ tasyābhiyāsyāmo dhanadhānyasamākulam

I regard this as a great and most urgent task. Let us march on his kingdom, which abounds in wealth and grain.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.29.8.

Verse 42 (4.32.42)

आददामोऽस्य रत्नानि विविधानि वसूनि च । ग्रामान्राष्ट्राणि वा तस्य हरिष्यामो विभागशः ॥

ādadāmo'sya ratnāni vividhāni vasūni ca | grāmānrāṣṭrāṇi vā tasya hariṣyāmo vibhāgaśaḥ

Let us take his jewels and his many kinds of riches, or carry off his villages and districts and divide them among us.

Verse 43 (4.32.43)

अथवा गोसहस्राणि बहूनि शुभदर्शन । विविधानि हरिष्यामः प्रतिपीड्य पुरं बलात् ॥

athavā gosahasrāṇi bahūni śubhadarśana | vividhāni hariṣyāmaḥ pratipīḍya puraṃ balāt

Or else, handsome one, let us press his city hard by force and carry off his many thousands of cattle of every kind.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.29.10 (the first line ends differently). Corrected प्रतीपीड्य → प्रतिपीड्य (misprint in Wikisource; a lengthened prefix vowel; the CE reads pratipīḍya).

Verse 44 (4.32.44)

कौरवैः सह संगम्य त्रिगर्तैश्च विशांपते । गास्तस्यापहरिष्यामः सह सर्वैर्महारथैः ॥

kauravaiḥ saha saṃgamya trigartaiśca viśāṃpate | gāstasyāpahariṣyāmaḥ saha sarvairmahārathaiḥ

Joining forces, Kauravas and Trigartas together, O lord of the people, we will drive off his cattle with all our great chariot-warriors.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.29.11 (the second line ends differently). Corrected संगमय → संगम्य (misprint in Wikisource; the gerund "having joined" is needed; the CE reads saṃgamya).

Verse 45 (4.32.45)

सन्धिं वा तेन कृत्वा तु निबध्नीमोऽस्य पौरुषम् । हत्वा चास्य चमूं कृत्स्नां वशमेवानयामहे ॥

sandhiṃ vā tena kṛtvā tu nibadhnīmo'sya pauruṣam | hatvā cāsya camūṃ kṛtsnāṃ vaśamevānayāmahe

Or we will make a treaty with him and so bind his valour; or we will destroy his whole army and bring him under our control.

Verse 46 (4.32.46)

तं वशे न्यायतः कृत्वा सुखं वत्स्यामहे वयम् । भवतां बलवृद्धिश्च भविष्यति न संशयः ॥

taṃ vaśe nyāyataḥ kṛtvā sukhaṃ vatsyāmahe vayam | bhavatāṃ balavṛddhiśca bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

Once we have brought him rightfully under our sway, we shall live at ease, and your strength will grow, without a doubt.

Verse 47 (4.32.47)

तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य कर्णो राजानमब्रवीत् ॥

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya karṇo rājānamabravīt

Hearing his words, Karna said to the king:

Note on the text: Wikisource prints this as a one-line verse; it is CE 4.29.14a.

Verse 48 (4.32.48)

सूक्तं सुशर्मणा वाक्यं प्राप्तकालमिदं वचः । तस्मात्क्षिप्रं विनिर्यामो योजयित्वा वरूथिनीम् ॥

sūktaṃ suśarmaṇā vākyaṃ prāptakālamidaṃ vacaḥ | tasmātkṣipraṃ viniryāmo yojayitvā varūthinīm

Susharma has spoken well; his words are timely. So let us march out quickly, once the army is made ready,

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 4.29.14c; the second is CE 4.29.15a. Corrected वरूथिनीं → वरूथिनीम् (misprint in Wikisource; anusvara for final म् at the end of the verse; the CE reads varūthinīm).

Verse 49 (4.32.49)

यदेतत्तेऽभिरुचितं मम चैतद्धि रोचते । प्रविभज्य च सैन्यानि यथा वा मन्यते भवान् ॥

yadetatte'bhirucitaṃ mama caitaddhi rocate | pravibhajya ca sainyāni yathā vā manyate bhavān

if this pleases you, and it pleases me too, dividing the forces, or however you see fit.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.29.15b*0547, line 1); the second is a variant of CE 4.29.15c.

Verse 50 (4.32.50)

प्रज्ञावान्कुलवृद्धश्च सर्वेषां नः पितामहः । आचार्यश्च कृपो विद्वाञ्शकुनिश्चापि सौबलः ॥

prajñāvānkulavṛddhaśca sarveṣāṃ naḥ pitāmahaḥ | ācāryaśca kṛpo vidvāñśakuniścāpi saubalaḥ

The grandsire of us all is wise and the eldest of the family; there is also the teacher, the learned Kripa, and Shakuni, son of Subala.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.29.16: Wikisource's second line names the teacher Kripa and Shakuni, son of Subala, where the CE names the teacher Drona and Kripa.

Verse 51 (4.32.51)

मन्यन्ते ते यथा सर्वे तथा यात्रा विधीयताम् । संमन्त्र्य चाशु गच्छामः साधनार्थं महीपते ॥

manyante te yathā sarve tathā yātrā vidhīyatām | saṃmantrya cāśu gacchāmaḥ sādhanārthaṃ mahīpate

Let the expedition be arranged as they all think best. Having taken counsel, let us go quickly to accomplish our purpose, O lord of the earth.

Verse 52 (4.32.52)

किंनु नः पाण्डवैः कार्यं हीनार्थबलपौरुषैः । अत्यन्तं हि प्रनष्टास्ते प्राप्ता वाऽपि यमक्षयम् ॥

kiṃnu naḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ kāryaṃ hīnārthabalapauruṣaiḥ | atyantaṃ hi pranaṣṭāste prāptā vā'pi yamakṣayam

What have we to do with the Pandavas, who have lost their wealth, strength and manhood? They are utterly lost, or else they have gone to Yama's abode.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.29.18.

Verse 53 (4.32.53)

तद्भवांश्चतुरङ्गेण बलेन महता वृतः । विराटनगरं यातु सर्वसैन्येन भारत । आदास्यामोऽथ गास्तस्य विविधानि वसूनि च ॥

tadbhavāṃścaturaṅgeṇa balena mahatā vṛtaḥ | virāṭanagaraṃ yātu sarvasainyena bhārata | ādāsyāmo'tha gāstasya vividhāni vasūni ca

So let your majesty, surrounded by a great fourfold army, march on Virata's city with all your forces, O Bharata. Then we will seize his cattle and his many kinds of wealth.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.29.18d*0548, line 1); the second line is a variant of CE 4.29.19a and the third is CE 4.29.19c.

Verse 54 (4.32.54)

ततो दुर्योधनो राजा वचः श्रुत्वा तु तस्य तत् । वैकर्तनस्य कर्णस्य क्षिप्रमाज्ञापयत्स्वयम् । शासने नित्ययुक्तं तु दुःशासनमनन्तरम् ॥

tato duryodhano rājā vacaḥ śrutvā tu tasya tat | vaikartanasya karṇasya kṣipramājñāpayatsvayam | śāsane nityayuktaṃ tu duḥśāsanamanantaram

Then King Duryodhana, hearing those words of Karna, son of Vikartana, at once himself gave orders to Duhshasana, next to him in birth, who was ever ready to carry out his commands:

Note on the text: The first two lines are a variant of CE 4.29.20; the third is a variant of CE 4.29.21a.

Verse 55 (4.32.55)

सह वृद्धैस्तु संमन्त्र्य क्षिप्रं योजय वाहिनीम् । यथोद्देशं तु गच्छामः सहिताः सर्वकौरवैः ॥

saha vṛddhaistu saṃmantrya kṣipraṃ yojaya vāhinīm | yathoddeśaṃ tu gacchāmaḥ sahitāḥ sarvakauravaiḥ

Take counsel with the elders and quickly make the army ready. We will go to the appointed place together with all the Kauravas.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 4.29.21c; the second is a variant of CE 4.29.22a. Wikisource prints a heading for Duryodhana here; the CE has none.

Verse 56 (4.32.56)

सुशर्मा तु यथोद्दिष्टं देशं यातु महारथः । त्रिगर्तैः सहितः सर्वैः प्रख्यातबलपौरुषैः । प्रागेव हि सुसंयत्तो विराटनगरं प्रति ॥

suśarmā tu yathoddiṣṭaṃ deśaṃ yātu mahārathaḥ | trigartaiḥ sahitaḥ sarvaiḥ prakhyātabalapauruṣaiḥ | prāgeva hi susaṃyatto virāṭanagaraṃ prati

Let the great chariot-warrior Susharma go ahead to the region assigned to him, toward Virata's city, well prepared, with all the Trigartas, famed for their strength and valour.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 4.29.22c; the second and third lines are a variant of CE 4.29.23.

Verse 57 (4.32.57)

जघन्यतो वयं तत्र यास्यामो दिवसान्तरे । विषयं मत्स्यराजस्य सुसमृद्धं सुसंहितम् ॥

jaghanyato vayaṃ tatra yāsyāmo divasāntare | viṣayaṃ matsyarājasya susamṛddhaṃ susaṃhitam

We will follow behind, a day later, into the Matsya king's territory, rich and well ordered.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.29.24.

Verse 58 (4.32.58)

सुशर्मणा गृहीते तु मत्स्यराजस्य गोधने । विराटः सैन्यमादाय त्रिगर्तैः सह योत्स्यति ॥

suśarmaṇā gṛhīte tu matsyarājasya godhane | virāṭaḥ sainyamādāya trigartaiḥ saha yotsyati

When Susharma has seized the Matsya king's cattle, Virata will take his army and fight the Trigartas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.29.24d*0549, lines 1–2.

Verse 59 (4.32.59)

अपरं दिवसं गास्तु तत्र गृह्णन्तु कौरवाः । गवार्थे पाण्डवास्तत्र योत्स्यन्ति कुरुभिः सह ॥

aparaṃ divasaṃ gāstu tatra gṛhṇantu kauravāḥ | gavārthe pāṇḍavāstatra yotsyanti kurubhiḥ saha

On the next day let the Kauravas seize the cattle there; then the Pandavas will fight the Kurus there for the sake of the cows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.29.24d*0549, lines 3–4.

Verse 60 (4.32.60)

तथा गत्वा यथोद्देशं विराटनगरान्तिके । क्षिप्रं गोष्ठं समासाद्य गृह्णन्तु विपुलं धनम् ॥

tathā gatvā yathoddeśaṃ virāṭanagarāntike | kṣipraṃ goṣṭhaṃ samāsādya gṛhṇantu vipulaṃ dhanam

Going in this way to the appointed place near Virata's city, let them swiftly fall upon the cattle-stations and seize the great wealth.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.29.25 (the first line differs in wording).

Verse 61 (4.32.61)

गवां शतसहस्राणि श्रीमन्ति गुणवन्ति च । वयमस्य निगृह्णीमो द्विधा कृत्वा च वाहिनीम् ॥

gavāṃ śatasahasrāṇi śrīmanti guṇavanti ca | vayamasya nigṛhṇīmo dvidhā kṛtvā ca vāhinīm

Dividing our army in two, we will seize hundreds of thousands of his fine, sleek cattle.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.29.26 (the second line differs slightly).

Verse 62 (4.32.62)

ते स्म गत्वा यथोद्दिष्टं देशं मत्स्यमहीपतेः । संनद्धा रथिनः सर्वे सपताका बलोत्कटाः । प्रतिवैरं चिकीर्षन्तो गोषु गृद्धा महाबलाः ॥

te sma gatvā yathoddiṣṭaṃ deśaṃ matsyamahīpateḥ | saṃnaddhā rathinaḥ sarve sapatākā balotkaṭāḥ | prativairaṃ cikīrṣanto goṣu gṛddhā mahābalāḥ

They went to the region of the Matsya king's land as they had been directed, all the chariot-warriors armed, with banners flying, formidable in strength, mighty men greedy for the cattle and bent on paying back old enmity.

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 4.29.27a (where Susharma alone goes to the region of Agni); the second and third lines are a variant of the CE's apparatus passage 4.29.27*0551, lines 1–2.

Verse 63 (4.32.63)

आदत्त गाः सुशर्माऽथ कृष्णपक्षस्य चाष्टमीम् ॥

ādatta gāḥ suśarmā'tha kṛṣṇapakṣasya cāṣṭamīm

Then Susharma seized the cattle on the eighth day of the dark fortnight.

Note on the text: Wikisource prints this as a one-line verse; it is a variant of CE 4.29.27c (the CE has the seventh day, gharmapakṣasya saptamīm; Wikisource the eighth day of the dark fortnight).

Verse 64 (4.32.64)

अपरे दिवसे सर्वे राजन्संभूय कौरवाः । नवम्यां ते न्यगृह्णन्त गोकुलानि सहस्रशः । कौरवास्तु महावीर्या मत्स्यानां विषयान्तरे ॥

apare divase sarve rājansaṃbhūya kauravāḥ | navamyāṃ te nyagṛhṇanta gokulāni sahasraśaḥ | kauravāstu mahāvīryā matsyānāṃ viṣayāntare

On the next day, O king, all the Kauravas joined together and on the ninth seized herds of cattle by the thousand, the Kauravas of great valour, in another part of the Matsyas' territory.

Note on the text: The first two lines are a variant of CE 4.29.28 (the CE has the eighth day, Wikisource the ninth); the third line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.29.28d*0552, line 1).