Bhima Rescues Virata and Captures Susharma

Verse 1 (4.35.1)

तमसाऽभिप्लुते लोके रजसा चैव भारत । व्यतिष्ठन्त मुहूर्तं ते व्यूढानीकाः प्रहारिणः ॥

tamasā'bhiplute loke rajasā caiva bhārata | vyatiṣṭhanta muhūrtaṃ te vyūḍhānīkāḥ prahāriṇaḥ

When the world was flooded with darkness and with dust, O Bharata, the warriors, ready to strike, stood still for a while in their ranks.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रहारिणम् → प्रहारिणः (misprint in Wikisource; the word agrees with व्यूढानीकाः, as in the critical edition's prahāriṇaḥ). Speaker heading वैशंपायन normalised to वैशम्पायन.

Verse 2 (4.35.2)

ततोऽन्धकारं प्रणुदन्नुदतिष्ठन्निशाकरः । कुर्वाणो विमलां रात्रिं दर्शयन्क्षत्रियान्रणे ॥

tato'ndhakāraṃ praṇudannudatiṣṭhanniśākaraḥ | kurvāṇo vimalāṃ rātriṃ darśayankṣatriyānraṇe

Then the moon rose, driving away the darkness, making the night clear and showing the kshatriyas on the field.

Verse 3 (4.35.3)

ततः प्रकाशमासाद्य पुनर्युद्धमवर्तत । घोररूपं तदा तेषामवेक्ष्य तु परस्परम् ॥

tataḥ prakāśamāsādya punaryuddhamavartata | ghorarūpaṃ tadā teṣāmavekṣya tu parasparam

With light to fight by, the battle began again, terrible to behold, now that they could see one another.

Verse 4 (4.35.4)

तथैव तेषां तुमुलानि तानि क्रुद्धानि चान्योन्यमभिद्रवन्ति । गदासिपट्टैश्च परश्वथैश्च प्रासैश्च तीक्ष्णाग्रसुधौतधारैः ॥

tathaiva teṣāṃ tumulāni tāni kruddhāni cānyonyamabhidravanti | gadāsipaṭṭaiśca paraśvathaiśca prāsaiśca tīkṣṇāgrasudhautadhāraiḥ

In the same way their tumultuous forces charged one another in fury, with maces, swords and pattishas, with axes, and with spears whose sharp-pointed blades were brightly polished.

Note on the text: Corresponds to 4.32.6; the critical edition places 4.32.4–5 (here verses 9–10) before it.

Verse 5 (4.35.5)

बलं तु मात्स्यस्य बलेन राजा सर्वं त्रिगर्ताधिपतिः सुशर्मा । प्रमथ्य जित्वा च निपीड्य मत्स्यान्विराटमोजस्विनमभ्यधावत् ॥

balaṃ tu mātsyasya balena rājā sarvaṃ trigartādhipatiḥ suśarmā | pramathya jitvā ca nipīḍya matsyānvirāṭamojasvinamabhyadhāvat

With his own army King Susharma, lord of the Trigartas, crushed and defeated the whole army of the Matsya; and having overwhelmed the Matsyas he charged at mighty Virata.

Verse 6 (4.35.6)

मत्ताविव वृषौ तौ तु गजाविव मदोद्धतौ । सिंहाविव गजग्राहौ शक्रवृत्राविवोद्धतौ ॥

mattāviva vṛṣau tau tu gajāviva madoddhatau | siṃhāviva gajagrāhau śakravṛtrāvivoddhatau

The two were like a pair of maddened bulls, like two elephants wild with rut, like two lions that bring down elephants, like Shakra and Vritra in their fury.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.32.7d*0586, lines 1–2.

Verse 7 (4.35.7)

उभौ तुल्यबलोत्साहावुभौ तुल्यपराक्रमौ । उभौ तुल्यास्त्रविक्षेपावुभौ युद्धविशारदौ ॥

ubhau tulyabalotsāhāvubhau tulyaparākramau | ubhau tulyāstravikṣepāvubhau yuddhaviśāradau

Both were equal in strength and spirit, both equal in valour, both equal in the hurling of weapons, both skilled in war.

Note on the text: Corrected तुल्यास्रविक्षेपौ → तुल्यास्त्रविक्षेपौ (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त् — the apparatus reads tulyāstravikṣepāv). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.32.7d*0586, lines 3–4.

Verse 8 (4.35.8)

तौ निहत्य पृथग्धुर्यानुभयोः पार्ष्णिसारथी । आस्तां तुल्यधनुर्ग्राहौ कृष्णकंसाविवोद्धतौ ॥

tau nihatya pṛthagdhuryānubhayoḥ pārṣṇisārathī | āstāṃ tulyadhanurgrāhau kṛṣṇakaṃsāvivoddhatau

Each killed the other's draught horses and both flank charioteers, and they stood facing each other, equal as bowmen, as fierce as Krishna and Kamsa.

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of 4.32.8a; the second line is not in the critical edition's text (apparatus 4.32.8b*0587, line 1, reading viṣṇukaṃsāv for कृष्णकंसौ).

Verse 9 (4.35.9)

ततः सुशर्मा त्रैगर्तः सह भ्रात्रा सुवर्मणा । अभ्यद्रवन्मत्स्यराजं रथव्रातेन सर्वशः ॥

tataḥ suśarmā traigartaḥ saha bhrātrā suvarmaṇā | abhyadravanmatsyarājaṃ rathavrātena sarvaśaḥ

Then Susharma of the Trigartas, with his brother Suvarman, rushed at the Matsya king from every side with a host of chariots.

Note on the text: 4.32.4; where Wikisource names the brother Suvarman, the critical edition reads saha bhrātrā yavīyasā ('with his younger brother').

Verse 10 (4.35.10)

ततो रथाभ्यां प्रस्कन्द्य भ्रातरौ क्षत्रियर्षभौ । गदापाणी सुसंरब्धौ समभ्यद्रवतां जवात् ॥

tato rathābhyāṃ praskandya bhrātarau kṣatriyarṣabhau | gadāpāṇī susaṃrabdhau samabhyadravatāṃ javāt

Then the two brothers, bulls among kshatriyas, leapt down from their chariots and, maces in hand, charged furiously at full speed.

Verse 11 (4.35.11)

सुशर्मा परवीरघ्नो बलवान्वीर्यवान्गदी । विरथं मत्स्यराजानं जीवग्राहमथाग्रहीत् ॥

suśarmā paravīraghno balavānvīryavāngadī | virathaṃ matsyarājānaṃ jīvagrāhamathāgrahīt

Susharma, slayer of enemy heroes, strong and valiant, mace in hand, then took the chariotless Matsya king alive.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (apparatus 4.32.8b*0587, line 2); the second line is a variant of 4.32.8c, where both brothers take Virata.

Verse 12 (4.35.12)

तमुन्मथ्य सुशर्मा तु युवतीमिव कामुकः । स्यन्दनं स्वं समारोप्य प्रययौ भीमविक्रमः ॥

tamunmathya suśarmā tu yuvatīmiva kāmukaḥ | syandanaṃ svaṃ samāropya prayayau bhīmavikramaḥ

Susharma, terrible in prowess, overpowered him, set him on his own chariot as a lover carries off a young woman, and drove away.

Note on the text: A variant of 4.32.9 (the critical edition's simile is rudatīṃ vadhukām iva, 'like a weeping bride').

Verse 13 (4.35.13)

तस्मिन्गृहीते विरथे विराटे बलवत्तरे । बलं सर्वं विभग्नं तन्निरुत्साहं निराशकम् ॥

tasmingṛhīte virathe virāṭe balavattare | balaṃ sarvaṃ vibhagnaṃ tannirutsāhaṃ nirāśakam

When the mighty Virata had been seized and stripped of his chariot, his whole army broke, its spirit and its hope gone.

Note on the text: The first line is 4.32.10a; the second is not in the critical edition's text (apparatus 4.32.10b*0588).

Verse 14 (4.35.14)

प्राद्रवन्त भयान्मात्स्यास्त्रिगर्तैरर्दिता रणे । विदिक्षु दिक्षु सर्वासु पलायन्ति च यान्ति च ॥

prādravanta bhayānmātsyāstrigartairarditā raṇe | vidikṣu dikṣu sarvāsu palāyanti ca yānti ca

Harried by the Trigartas in the battle, the Matsyas fled in fear, scattering and running in every direction, to the quarters and the points between.

Note on the text: Corrected विदिक्षुः → विदिक्षु (misprint in Wikisource; stray visarga on the locative plural — the apparatus reads vidikṣu). The first line is 4.32.10c; the second is not in the critical edition's text (apparatus 4.32.10d*0589).

Verse 15 (4.35.15)

तेषु विद्राव्यमाणेषु कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । अभ्यभाषत धर्मात्मा भीमसेनमरिन्दमम् ॥

teṣu vidrāvyamāṇeṣu kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | abhyabhāṣata dharmātmā bhīmasenamarindamam

As they were being put to flight, the righteous Yudhishthira, son of Kunti, spoke to Bhimasena, subduer of foes:

Note on the text: Corrected विद्रांव्यमाणेषु → विद्राव्यमाणेषु (stray anusvara) and भिमसेनम् → भीमसेनम् (short i for long) (misprints in Wikisource).

Verse 16 (4.35.16)

मात्स्यराजस्त्रिगर्तेन परामृष्टः सुशर्मणा । तं मोक्षय महाबाहो मा गमद्द्विषतां वशम् ॥

mātsyarājastrigartena parāmṛṣṭaḥ suśarmaṇā | taṃ mokṣaya mahābāho mā gamaddviṣatāṃ vaśam

The Matsya king has been seized by Susharma of the Trigartas. Free him, mighty-armed one, so that he does not fall into the power of his enemies.

Note on the text: Corrected महाबाही → महाबाहो (misprint in Wikisource; the vocative, as in the critical edition's mahābāho). No speaker heading in Wikisource; Yudhishthira's speech (verses 16–18), announced in verse 15, is assigned to him.

Verse 17 (4.35.17)

भीमसेन महाबाहो गृहीतं तु सुशर्मणा । त्रायस्व मोचय क्षिप्रमस्मत्प्रीतिकरं नृपम् ॥

bhīmasena mahābāho gṛhītaṃ tu suśarmaṇā | trāyasva mocaya kṣipramasmatprītikaraṃ nṛpam

Bhimasena, mighty-armed, rescue the king whom Susharma has seized; free him quickly, for he has been good to us.

Note on the text: Corrected भीमसेनः → भीमसेन (misprint in Wikisource; the name is a vocative, as the apparatus's bhīmasena). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.32.13b*0590.

Verse 18 (4.35.18)

उषिताः स्म सुखं सर्वे सर्वकामैः सुपूजिताः । भीमसेन त्वया कार्या तस्य वासस्य निष्कृतिः ॥

uṣitāḥ sma sukhaṃ sarve sarvakāmaiḥ supūjitāḥ | bhīmasena tvayā kāryā tasya vāsasya niṣkṛtiḥ

We have all lived here in comfort, honoured with everything we could wish for. Bhimasena, it is for you to repay that stay.

Note on the text: Corrected वातस्य → वासस्य (misprint in Wikisource; 'of that stay' — the critical edition reads vāsasya).

Verse 19 (4.35.19)

तं तथावादिनं तत्र भीमसेनो महाबलः । अभ्यभाषत दुर्धर्षो रणमध्ये युधिष्ठिरम् ॥

taṃ tathāvādinaṃ tatra bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ | abhyabhāṣata durdharṣo raṇamadhye yudhiṣṭhiram

As he spoke so, the mighty Bhimasena, hard to withstand, answered Yudhishthira there in the midst of the battle:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.32.13d*0591.

Verse 20 (4.35.20)

अहमेनं परित्रास्ये शासनात्तव पार्थिव । पश्येदं सुमहत्कर्म युध्यतो मम शत्रुभिः ॥

ahamenaṃ paritrāsye śāsanāttava pārthiva | paśyedaṃ sumahatkarma yudhyato mama śatrubhiḥ

At your command, O king, I will rescue him. Watch this mighty feat of mine as I fight the enemy.

Note on the text: No speaker heading in Wikisource; Bhima's reply (verses 20–22), announced in verse 19, is assigned to him (the critical edition heads it bhīmasena uvāca).

Verse 21 (4.35.21)

स्वबाहुबलमाश्रित्य परेषामसमं रणे । एकान्तमाश्रितो राजंस्तिष्ठ त्वं भ्रातृभिः सह ॥

svabāhubalamāśritya pareṣāmasamaṃ raṇe | ekāntamāśrito rājaṃstiṣṭha tvaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha

I shall rely on the strength of my own arms, which no enemy can match in battle. Keep to one side, O king, and stay there with your brothers.

Note on the text: A variant of 4.32.15 (the critical edition's lines run svabāhubalam āśritya tiṣṭha tvaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha / ekāntam āśrito rājan paśya me 'dya parākramam).

Verse 22 (4.35.22)

अयं वृक्षो महाशाखो गिरिमात्रो वनस्पतिः । अहमेनं समारुज्य पोथयिष्यामि शात्रवान् ॥

ayaṃ vṛkṣo mahāśākho girimātro vanaspatiḥ | ahamenaṃ samārujya pothayiṣyāmi śātravān

This tree here, a great lord of the forest with spreading branches, as big as a hill — I will tear it up and crush the enemy with it.

Note on the text: A variant of 4.32.16 (suskandho 'yaṃ mahāvṛkṣo gadārūpa iva sthitaḥ / enam eva samārujya drāvayiṣyāmi śātravān).

Verse 23 (4.35.23)

तं मत्तमिव मातङ्गं वीक्षमाणं वनस्पतिम् । अब्रवीद्भ्रातरं वीरं धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

taṃ mattamiva mātaṅgaṃ vīkṣamāṇaṃ vanaspatim | abravīdbhrātaraṃ vīraṃ dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Seeing him eyeing the tree like a rutting elephant, Yudhishthira, the King of Dharma, said to his heroic brother:

Verse 24 (4.35.24)

भीम मा साहसं कार्षीस्तिष्ठत्वेष वनस्पतिः ॥

bhīma mā sāhasaṃ kārṣīstiṣṭhatveṣa vanaspatiḥ

Bhima, do nothing rash. Let that tree stand.

Note on the text: No speaker heading in Wikisource; Yudhishthira's speech (verses 24–30), announced in verse 23, is assigned to him. Wikisource prints this as a single line; nothing is lost — it is 4.32.18a, and the next verse carries the rest of the critical edition's verse.

Verse 25 (4.35.25)

मा त्वां वृक्षेण कर्माणि कुर्वन्तमतिमानुषम् । जनाः समवबुध्येरन्भीमोऽयमिति भारत ॥

mā tvāṃ vṛkṣeṇa karmāṇi kurvantamatimānuṣam | janāḥ samavabudhyeranbhīmo'yamiti bhārata

If you do superhuman deeds with a tree, O Bharata, people will realise, 'This is Bhima.'

Note on the text: 4.32.18c–e.

Verse 26 (4.35.26)

मा ग्रहीस्त्वमिमं वृक्षं सिंहनादं च मा नद । कर्मणा सिंहनादेन विज्ञास्यन्ति जना ध्रुवम् ॥

mā grahīstvamimaṃ vṛkṣaṃ siṃhanādaṃ ca mā nada | karmaṇā siṃhanādena vijñāsyanti janā dhruvam

Do not take up this tree, and do not roar your lion-roar. By such a deed and by your lion-roar people will surely know you.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (apparatus 4.32.18f*0592, line 1); the second line appears nowhere in the critical edition (vulgate only).

Verse 27 (4.35.27)

इमं वृक्षं गृहीत्वा त्वं नेमां सेनामभिद्रव । वृक्षं च त्वां रुजन्तं वै विज्ञास्यति जनो ध्रुवं ॥

imaṃ vṛkṣaṃ gṛhītvā tvaṃ nemāṃ senāmabhidrava | vṛkṣaṃ ca tvāṃ rujantaṃ vai vijñāsyati jano dhruvaṃ

Do not seize this tree and charge this army with it. If they see you tearing up a tree, people will surely know you.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.32.18f*0592, lines 2–3 (reading vṛkṣaṃ cet tvaṃ nayer vīra at the start of the second line).

Verse 28 (4.35.28)

अन्यदेवायुधं गृह्य प्रतिपद्यस्व मानुषम् । चापं वा यदि वा शक्तिं निस्त्रिंशं वा परश्वथम् ॥

anyadevāyudhaṃ gṛhya pratipadyasva mānuṣam | cāpaṃ vā yadi vā śaktiṃ nistriṃśaṃ vā paraśvatham

Take up some other weapon, one that men use — a bow, or a spear, or a sword, or an axe.

Verse 29 (4.35.29)

यदेव मानुषं भीम भवेदन्यैरलक्षितम् । तदेवायुधमादाय मोचयाशु महीपतिम् ॥

yadeva mānuṣaṃ bhīma bhavedanyairalakṣitam | tadevāyudhamādāya mocayāśu mahīpatim

Whatever weapon is a human one, Bhima, and would pass unnoticed by others, take that and quickly free the king.

Note on the text: Corrected महीतिम् → महीपतिम् (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara — the critical edition reads mahīpatim).

Verse 30 (4.35.30)

यमौ च चक्ररक्षौ ते भवितारौ महाबलौ । व्यायच्छतस्ते समरे मत्स्यराजं परीप्सतः ॥

yamau ca cakrarakṣau te bhavitārau mahābalau | vyāyacchataste samare matsyarājaṃ parīpsataḥ

The mighty twins will guard your chariot wheels as you strive in battle to rescue the Matsya king.

Note on the text: Corrected परीप्स्रतः → परीप्सतः (misprint in Wikisource; stray र in the conjunct — the critical edition reads parīpsataḥ).

Verse 31 (4.35.31)

भ्रातुर्वचनमादाय भीमो वृक्षं विसृज्य च । चापमादाय संप्राप्तो रथमास्थाय पाण्डवः ॥

bhrāturvacanamādāya bhīmo vṛkṣaṃ visṛjya ca | cāpamādāya saṃprāpto rathamāsthāya pāṇḍavaḥ

Heeding his brother's words, Bhima let the tree be; the Pandava took up a bow, mounted his chariot and set off.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.32.21d*0593.

Verse 32 (4.35.32)

व्यमुञ्चच्छरवर्षाणि सतोय इव तोयदः । तं भीमो भीमकर्माणं सुशर्माणमथाऽऽद्रवत् ॥

vyamuñcaccharavarṣāṇi satoya iva toyadaḥ | taṃ bhīmo bhīmakarmāṇaṃ suśarmāṇamathā''dravat

He let loose showers of arrows like a rain-laden cloud. Then Bhima, terrible in his deeds, ran at Susharma,

Note on the text: Corrected शुशर्माणम् → सुशर्माणम् (misprint in Wikisource). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 31 (inserted after 4.32.21), lines 3–4.

Verse 33 (4.35.33)

विराटमभिवीक्ष्यैनं तिष्ठतिष्ठेति चावदत् ॥

virāṭamabhivīkṣyainaṃ tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cāvadat

and seeing Virata there, he cried out, "Stand! Stand!"

Note on the text: Corrected तिष्ठितिष्ठेति → तिष्ठतिष्ठेति (misprint in Wikisource; as in the next verse). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 31 (inserted after 4.32.21), line 5. Wikisource prints it as a single line, and so does the appendix; nothing is lost.

Verse 34 (4.35.34)

सुशर्मा चिन्तयामास कालान्तकयमोपमम् । तिष्ठतिष्ठेति भाषन्तं पृष्ठतो रथपुङ्गवः ॥

suśarmā cintayāmāsa kālāntakayamopamam | tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti bhāṣantaṃ pṛṣṭhato rathapuṅgavaḥ

Susharma, foremost of chariot-fighters, looked on the man shouting "Stand! Stand!" behind him as Death itself, as Yama at the end of time.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 31 (inserted after 4.32.21), lines 6–7.

Verse 35 (4.35.35)

पश्यतां सुमहत्कर्म महद्युद्धमुपस्थितम् । परावृत्तो धनुर्गृह्य सुशर्मा भ्रातृभिः सह ॥

paśyatāṃ sumahatkarma mahadyuddhamupasthitam | parāvṛtto dhanurgṛhya suśarmā bhrātṛbhiḥ saha

Before the eyes of all, as a great deed and a great battle loomed, Susharma turned back, bow in hand, with his brothers.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 31 (inserted after 4.32.21), lines 8–9.

Verse 36 (4.35.36)

निमेषान्तरमात्रेण भीमसेनेन ते रथाः । रथानां च गजानां च वाजिनां च ससादिनां ॥

nimeṣāntaramātreṇa bhīmasenena te rathāḥ | rathānāṃ ca gajānāṃ ca vājināṃ ca sasādināṃ

In the space of a blink Bhimasena brought down those chariots — chariots, elephants, and horses with their riders,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 31 (inserted after 4.32.21), lines 10 and 12.

Verse 37 (4.35.37)

सहस्रशतसंघाताः शूराणामुग्रधन्विनाम् । पातिता भीमसेनेन विराटस्य समीपतः ॥

sahasraśatasaṃghātāḥ śūrāṇāmugradhanvinām | pātitā bhīmasenena virāṭasya samīpataḥ

in masses of hundreds and thousands, and brave, fierce bowmen: all were felled by Bhimasena close by Virata.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 31 (inserted after 4.32.21), lines 13 and 11 (the appendix gives the two lines in the opposite order).

Verse 38 (4.35.38)

पत्तयो निहतास्तेषां गदां गृह्य महात्मना ॥

pattayo nihatāsteṣāṃ gadāṃ gṛhya mahātmanā

Taking up a mace, the great-souled one slew their foot soldiers too.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 31 (inserted after 4.32.21), line 14. Wikisource prints it as a single line, and so does the appendix; nothing is lost.

Verse 39 (4.35.39)

तद्दृष्ट्वा तादृशं युद्धं सुशर्मा युद्धदुर्मदः । चिन्तयामास मनसा किं शेषं हि बलस्य मे ॥

taddṛṣṭvā tādṛśaṃ yuddhaṃ suśarmā yuddhadurmadaḥ | cintayāmāsa manasā kiṃ śeṣaṃ hi balasya me

Seeing such fighting, Susharma, fierce in battle, thought to himself, "What is left of my army?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 31 (inserted after 4.32.21), lines 15–16.

Verse 40 (4.35.40)

अपरो दृश्यते सैन्ये पुरा मग्नो महाबले । आकर्णपूर्णेन तदा धनुषा प्रत्यदृश्यत ॥

aparo dṛśyate sainye purā magno mahābale | ākarṇapūrṇena tadā dhanuṣā pratyadṛśyata

Another warrior was seen in the army, one who had earlier been lost to sight in that mighty host; he now appeared with his bow drawn to the ear.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 31 (inserted after 4.32.21), lines 17–18.

Verse 41 (4.35.41)

सुशर्मा सायकांस्तीक्ष्णान्क्षिपते च पुनःपुनः ॥

suśarmā sāyakāṃstīkṣṇānkṣipate ca punaḥpunaḥ

Susharma loosed sharp arrows again and again.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 31 (inserted after 4.32.21), line 19. Wikisource prints it as a single line, and so does the appendix; nothing is lost.

Verse 42 (4.35.42)

ततः समस्तास्ते सर्वे तुरगानभ्यचोदयन् । दिव्यमस्त्रं विकुर्वाणास्त्रिगर्तान्प्रत्यमर्षणाः ॥

tataḥ samastāste sarve turagānabhyacodayan | divyamastraṃ vikurvāṇāstrigartānpratyamarṣaṇāḥ

Then all of them together urged on their horses and, wielding divine weapons, turned in wrath upon the Trigartas.

Verse 43 (4.35.43)

तान्निवृत्तरथान्दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवास्तां महाचमूम् । वैराटिः परमक्रुद्धो युयुधे परमाद्भुतम् ॥

tānnivṛttarathāndṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavāstāṃ mahācamūm | vairāṭiḥ paramakruddho yuyudhe paramādbhutam

Seeing them turn their chariots back, the Pandavas fell upon that great host, and Virata's son, in towering rage, fought a most wondrous fight.

Note on the text: A variant of 4.32.23 (pāṇḍavān sā mahācamūḥ / vairāṭī paramakruddhā …).

Verse 44 (4.35.44)

त्रिगर्ताः समभिक्रम्य अयुध्यन्त जयैषिणः । तान्भीमसेनः संक्रुद्धः सर्वशस्त्रभृतांवरः । भीमः सप्तशतान्योधान्परलोकमदर्शयत् ॥

trigartāḥ samabhikramya ayudhyanta jayaiṣiṇaḥ | tānbhīmasenaḥ saṃkruddhaḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃvaraḥ | bhīmaḥ saptaśatānyodhānparalokamadarśayat

The Trigartas advanced and fought, hungry for victory. Bhimasena, best of all who bear arms, turned on them in fury: Bhima sent seven hundred warriors to the other world.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (4.32.24c): Wikisource's third line repeated the second line of verse 43 (वैराटिः परमक्रुद्धो युयुधे परमाद्भुतम्), leaving तान्भीमसेनः … without a verb, while Bhima's tally is missing from the run of kill-counts in the next verse; the critical edition's line bhīmaḥ saptaśatān yodhān paralokam adarśayat is put in place of the repeat. The first two lines are not in the critical edition's text (apparatus 4.32.23d*0595, reading samatikramya vyayudhyanta).

Verse 45 (4.35.45)

सहस्रं प्राहिणोद्राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । नकुलश्चापि सप्तैव शतानि प्राहिणोच्छरैः ॥

sahasraṃ prāhiṇodrājā kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | nakulaścāpi saptaiva śatāni prāhiṇoccharaiḥ

King Yudhishthira, son of Kunti, sent a thousand to the other world, and Nakula with his arrows sent seven hundred.

Note on the text: Corrected प्राहिणीद् → प्राहिणोद् (misprint in Wikisource; the imperfect of pra-hi, as in the second line). The first line is a variant of 4.32.24a and the second is 4.32.24e; the critical edition's middle line (Bhima's tally) is restored in verse 44.

Verse 46 (4.35.46)

शतानि त्रीणि शूराणां सहदेवः प्रतापवान् । युधिष्ठिरसमादिष्टो निजघ्ने पुरुषर्षभः ॥

śatāni trīṇi śūrāṇāṃ sahadevaḥ pratāpavān | yudhiṣṭhirasamādiṣṭo nijaghne puruṣarṣabhaḥ

Valiant Sahadeva, a bull among men, slew three hundred heroes at Yudhishthira's command.

Verse 47 (4.35.47)

प्रविश्य महतीं सेनां त्रिगर्तानां महाबलः । क्षोभयन्सर्वभूतानि सिंहः क्षुद्रमृगानिव ॥

praviśya mahatīṃ senāṃ trigartānāṃ mahābalaḥ | kṣobhayansarvabhūtāni siṃhaḥ kṣudramṛgāniva

The mighty one plunged into the great army of the Trigartas, throwing every creature into turmoil as a lion scatters small deer.

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of 4.32.25e (bhittvā tāṃ mahatīṃ senāṃ trigartānāṃ nararṣabha); the second line is not in the critical edition's text (apparatus 4.32.25f*0597, reading sarvasainyāni for सर्वभूतानि).

Verse 48 (4.35.48)

ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा त्वरमाणो महाबलः । अभिद्रुत्य सुशर्माणं शरैरभ्यहनद्धृशम् ॥

tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā tvaramāṇo mahābalaḥ | abhidrutya suśarmāṇaṃ śarairabhyahanaddhṛśam

Then King Yudhishthira, mighty and in haste, rushed at Susharma and struck him hard with arrows.

Verse 49 (4.35.49)

सुशर्माऽपि सुसंक्रुद्धस्त्वरमाणो युधिष्ठिरम् । अविध्यद्दशभिर्बाणैश्चतुर्भिश्चतुरो हयान् ॥

suśarmā'pi susaṃkruddhastvaramāṇo yudhiṣṭhiram | avidhyaddaśabhirbāṇaiścaturbhiścaturo hayān

Susharma too, in great anger and in haste, pierced Yudhishthira with ten arrows and his four horses with four.

Note on the text: Corrected त्वराणो → त्वरमाणो (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara leaves the line a syllable short — the critical edition reads tvaramāṇo).

Verse 50 (4.35.50)

ततो राजन्क्षिप्रकारी कुन्तीपुत्रो वृकोदरः । समासाद्य सुशर्माणमश्वांस्तस्य न्यपातयत् ॥

tato rājankṣiprakārī kuntīputro vṛkodaraḥ | samāsādya suśarmāṇamaśvāṃstasya nyapātayat

Then, O king, Vrikodara, Kunti's swift-handed son, closed with Susharma and brought down his horses.

Note on the text: Corrected कुन्तीऽपुत्रो → कुन्तीपुत्रो (misprint in Wikisource; stray avagraha).

Verse 51 (4.35.51)

पृष्ठगोपौ च तस्याथ हत्वा परमसायकैः । अथास्य सारथिं क्रुद्धो रथोपस्थादपातयत् ॥

pṛṣṭhagopau ca tasyātha hatvā paramasāyakaiḥ | athāsya sārathiṃ kruddho rathopasthādapātayat

He killed the two who guarded Susharma's rear with excellent arrows, and then in his anger he hurled the charioteer down from the chariot's seat.

Note on the text: Corrected पृष्ठगोषौ → पृष्ठगोपौ (the critical edition's pṛṣṭhagopau) and अपतयत् → अपातयत् ('he threw down'; अपतयत् is not a valid form — the critical edition reads apāharat) (misprints in Wikisource).

Verse 52 (4.35.52)

चक्ररक्षस्तु शूरश्च शोणाश्वो नाम नामतः । स भयाद्विरथं दृष्ट्वा त्रैगर्तं व्याजहात्तदा ॥

cakrarakṣastu śūraśca śoṇāśvo nāma nāmataḥ | sa bhayādvirathaṃ dṛṣṭvā traigartaṃ vyājahāttadā

His wheel-guard, a brave man named Shonashva, seeing him without a chariot, deserted the Trigarta king out of fear.

Verse 53 (4.35.53)

ततो विराटः प्रस्कन्द्य रथादथ सुशर्मणः । गदामस्य परामृश्य तमेवाभ्यहनद्बली ॥

tato virāṭaḥ praskandya rathādatha suśarmaṇaḥ | gadāmasya parāmṛśya tamevābhyahanadbalī

Then Virata leapt down from Susharma's chariot, seized Susharma's mace and, strong as he was, struck him with it.

Verse 54 (4.35.54)

स चचार गदापाणिर्वृद्धोऽपि तरुणो यथा ॥

sa cacāra gadāpāṇirvṛddho'pi taruṇo yathā

Mace in hand, old as he was, he ranged about like a young man.

Note on the text: Wikisource prints this as a single line; nothing is lost — it is 4.32.31e, the third line of the critical edition's verse begun in the previous one.

Verse 55 (4.35.55)

भीमस्तु भीमसंकाशो रथात्प्रस्कन्द्य वीर्यवान् । उत्प्लुत्य गत्वा वेगेन तद्रथे विनिपत्य च । सुशर्मणः शिरोऽगृह्णात्पुनराश्वास्य युध्यतः ॥

bhīmastu bhīmasaṃkāśo rathātpraskandya vīryavān | utplutya gatvā vegena tadrathe vinipatya ca | suśarmaṇaḥ śiro'gṛhṇātpunarāśvāsya yudhyataḥ

Bhima, fearsome to behold, leapt boldly from his chariot, sprang forward at speed, landed on Susharma's chariot and seized him by the head as he rallied and fought on.

Note on the text: Corrected शिरोऽगुह्णात् → शिरोऽगृह्णात् (misprint in Wikisource; the apparatus reads gṛhṇāt). The first line is a variant of 4.32.32a (kuṇḍalī for वीर्यवान्); the second and third lines are not in the critical edition's text (apparatus 4.32.32d*0603).

Verse 56 (4.35.56)

अग्राद्गिरेर्विनिक्षिप्य सिंहः क्षुद्रमृगं यथा । ऊर्ध्वमुत्प्लुत्य मार्जार आखोर्यद्वच्छिरो रुषा ॥

agrādgirervinikṣipya siṃhaḥ kṣudramṛgaṃ yathā | ūrdhvamutplutya mārjāra ākhoryadvacchiro ruṣā

As a lion flings a small deer down from a mountain top, as a cat leaps up and seizes a mouse by the head in fury,

Note on the text: Corrected उत्प्लृत्य → उत्प्लुत्य (misprint in Wikisource; the apparatus reads utplutya). The simile at the end of the first line echoes 4.32.32c (siṃhaḥ kṣudramṛgaṃ yathā), but the line's opening appears nowhere in the critical edition; the second line is in its apparatus only (4.32.32d*0606).

Verse 57 (4.35.57)

समुद्यम्य तु रोषात्तं निष्पिपेष महीतले । यदा मूर्ध्नि महाबाहुः प्राहरद्विलपिष्यतः ॥

samudyamya tu roṣāttaṃ niṣpipeṣa mahītale | yadā mūrdhni mahābāhuḥ prāharadvilapiṣyataḥ

so he lifted him in his rage and ground him into the earth. When the mighty-armed one struck the wailing man on the head,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.32.32d*0604, lines 2–3 (the apparatus reads padā, 'with his foot', for यदा).

Verse 58 (4.35.58)

तस्य जानु ददौ भीमो जघ्ने चैनमरत्निना । स मोहमगमद्राजा प्रहारवरपीडितः ॥

tasya jānu dadau bhīmo jaghne cainamaratninā | sa mohamagamadrājā prahāravarapīḍitaḥ

Bhima pinned him with his knee and struck him with his elbow, and the king, crushed by those heavy blows, fell senseless.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.32.32d*0604, lines 4–5.

Verse 59 (4.35.59)

तस्मिन्वीरे गृहीते तु त्रिगर्तानां महारथे । अभज्यत बलं सर्वं त्रिगर्तानां भयातुरम् ॥

tasminvīre gṛhīte tu trigartānāṃ mahārathe | abhajyata balaṃ sarvaṃ trigartānāṃ bhayāturam

When that hero, the great chariot-warrior of the Trigartas, had been captured, the whole Trigarta army broke, stricken with fear.

Verse 60 (4.35.60)

निवृत्य गास्ततः सर्वाः पाण्डुपुत्रा महारथाः । अवजित्य सुशर्माणं धनं चादाय सर्वशः ॥

nivṛtya gāstataḥ sarvāḥ pāṇḍuputrā mahārathāḥ | avajitya suśarmāṇaṃ dhanaṃ cādāya sarvaśaḥ

Then the sons of Pandu, great chariot-warriors, turned back all the cattle, and having vanquished Susharma they took all his wealth.

Verse 61 (4.35.61)

स्वबाहुबलसंपन्ना ह्रीनिषेवा यतव्रताः । विराटस्य महात्मानः परिक्लेशविनाशनाः । स्थिताः समक्षं ते सर्वे त्वथ भीमोऽभ्यभाषत ॥

svabāhubalasaṃpannā hrīniṣevā yatavratāḥ | virāṭasya mahātmānaḥ parikleśavināśanāḥ | sthitāḥ samakṣaṃ te sarve tvatha bhīmo'bhyabhāṣata

Strong in the might of their own arms, modest and firm in their vows, the great-souled ones who had ended Virata's distress all stood before him; then Bhima spoke:

Note on the text: The first line is 4.32.35a (hrīniṣedhā for ह्रीनिषेवा); the second and third lines are not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension) — the critical edition prints them only in Appendix I no. 32 (inserted after 4.32.35ab), lines 1–2.

Verse 62 (4.35.62)

नायं पापसमाचारो मत्तो जीवितुमर्हति । किंनु शक्यं मया कर्तुं यद्राजा सततं घृणी । गले गृहीत्वा राजानमानीय विवशं वशम् ॥

nāyaṃ pāpasamācāro matto jīvitumarhati | kiṃnu śakyaṃ mayā kartuṃ yadrājā satataṃ ghṛṇī | gale gṛhītvā rājānamānīya vivaśaṃ vaśam

"This man of wicked conduct does not deserve to live at my hands. But what can I do, when the king is always merciful?" Seizing the king by the throat and bringing him helpless under his power,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 32 (inserted after 4.32.35ab), lines 3–5. Bhima's words fill only the first two lines, so the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 63 (4.35.63)

तत एनं विचेष्टन्तं बद्ध्वा पार्थो वृकोदरः । रथमारोपयामास विसंज्ञं पांसुगुण्ठितम् ॥

tata enaṃ viceṣṭantaṃ baddhvā pārtho vṛkodaraḥ | rathamāropayāmāsa visaṃjñaṃ pāṃsuguṇṭhitam

Vrikodara, son of Pritha, bound him as he writhed and set him on the chariot, senseless and covered in dust.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 32 (inserted after 4.32.35ab), lines 6–7.

Verse 64 (4.35.64)

अभ्येत्य रणमध्यस्थमभ्यगच्छद्युधिष्ठिरम् । दर्शयामास भीमस्तु सुशर्माणं नराधिपम् ॥

abhyetya raṇamadhyasthamabhyagacchadyudhiṣṭhiram | darśayāmāsa bhīmastu suśarmāṇaṃ narādhipam

Coming to Yudhishthira, who stood in the midst of the battle, Bhima showed him Susharma, the lord of men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 32 (inserted after 4.32.35ab), lines 8–9.

Verse 65 (4.35.65)

प्रोवाच पुरुषव्याघ्रो भीममाहवशोभिनम् । तं राजा प्राहसद्दृष्ट्वा मुच्यतां वै नराधमः ॥

provāca puruṣavyāghro bhīmamāhavaśobhinam | taṃ rājā prāhasaddṛṣṭvā mucyatāṃ vai narādhamaḥ

Seeing him, the king laughed, and that tiger among men said to Bhima, the glory of the battle, "Let this vilest of men be set free."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 32 (inserted after 4.32.35ab), lines 10–11.

Verse 66 (4.35.66)

एवमुक्तोऽब्रवीद्भीमः सुशर्माणं महाबलम् । जीवितुं चेच्छसे मूढ हेतुं मे गदतः शृणु ॥

evamukto'bravīdbhīmaḥ suśarmāṇaṃ mahābalam | jīvituṃ cecchase mūḍha hetuṃ me gadataḥ śṛṇu

So addressed, Bhima said to the mighty Susharma, "If you want to live, fool, hear from me the condition I set."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 32 (inserted after 4.32.35ab), lines 12–13.

Verse 67 (4.35.67)

दासोस्मीति त्वया वाच्यं संसत्सु च सभासु च । एवं ते जीवितं दद्यामेष युद्धजितो विधिः ॥

dāsosmīti tvayā vācyaṃ saṃsatsu ca sabhāsu ca | evaṃ te jīvitaṃ dadyāmeṣa yuddhajito vidhiḥ

You must say, 'I am a slave,' in courts and in assemblies. On that condition I will grant you your life; this is the rule for one defeated in battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 32 (inserted after 4.32.35ab), lines 14–15. No speaker heading in Wikisource; these are Bhima's words to Susharma, announced in the previous verse, so the verse is assigned to him.

Verse 68 (4.35.68)

तमुवाच ततो ज्येष्ठो भ्राता सप्रणयं वचः । मुञ्चमुञ्चाधमाचारं प्रमाणं यदि ते वयम् ॥

tamuvāca tato jyeṣṭho bhrātā sapraṇayaṃ vacaḥ | muñcamuñcādhamācāraṃ pramāṇaṃ yadi te vayam

Then his eldest brother spoke to him affectionately: "Let him go, let this base man go, if we count for anything with you."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 32 (inserted after 4.32.35ab), lines 16–17.

Verse 69 (4.35.69)

दासभावं गतो ह्येष विराटस्य महीपतेः । अदासो गच्छ मुक्तोसि मैवं कार्षीः कदाचन ॥

dāsabhāvaṃ gato hyeṣa virāṭasya mahīpateḥ | adāso gaccha muktosi maivaṃ kārṣīḥ kadācana

He has already become King Virata's slave. Go, then: you are no slave, you are free. Never do such a thing again.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 32 (inserted after 4.32.35ab), lines 18–19. No speaker heading in Wikisource; Yudhishthira's words, begun in the previous verse, fill the verse, so it is assigned to him.

Verse 70 (4.35.70)

एवमुक्ते तु सव्रीडः सुशर्माऽसीदधोमुखः । स मुक्तोऽभ्येत्य राजानमभिवाद्य प्रतस्थिवान् ॥

evamukte tu savrīḍaḥ suśarmā'sīdadhomukhaḥ | sa mukto'bhyetya rājānamabhivādya pratasthivān

At these words Susharma sat with his face bowed in shame. Set free, he went up to the king, saluted him and departed.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I no. 32 (inserted after 4.32.35ab), lines 20–21.

Verse 71 (4.35.71)

विसृज्य तु सुशर्माणं पाण्डवास्ते हतद्विषः । स्वबाहुबलसंपन्ना ह्रीनिषेवा यतव्रताः । संग्रामशिरसो मध्ये तां रात्रिं सुखिनोऽवसन् ॥

visṛjya tu suśarmāṇaṃ pāṇḍavāste hatadviṣaḥ | svabāhubalasaṃpannā hrīniṣevā yatavratāḥ | saṃgrāmaśiraso madhye tāṃ rātriṃ sukhino'vasan

Having let Susharma go, the Pandavas, their enemies slain, strong in the might of their own arms, modest and firm in their vows, spent that night contentedly in the middle of the battlefield.

Note on the text: Corrected हीनिषेवा → ह्रीनिषेवा (misprint in Wikisource; 'modest', as in verse 61 and the appendix's hrīniṣevā). The first two lines are not in the critical edition's text (Appendix I no. 32, lines 22–23); the third is 4.32.35c.