Brihannala Becomes Uttara's Charioteer

Verse 1 (4.38.1)

महाजनसमक्षं तु स्त्रीणां मध्ये विशेषतः । गवाध्यक्षेण संप्रोक्तो विराटतनयस्तदा ॥

mahājanasamakṣaṃ tu strīṇāṃ madhye viśeṣataḥ | gavādhyakṣeṇa saṃprokto virāṭatanayastadā

Thus addressed by the overseer of the herds before a great gathering, and above all in the presence of the women, Virata's son then,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.33.20d*0622, where the second line reads saṃproktaṃ vākyaṃ tejaḥpravardhanam.

Verse 2 (4.38.2)

स्त्रीमध्य उक्तस्तेनासौ वाक्यं तेजःप्रवर्धनम् । अन्तःपुरे श्लाघमान इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

strīmadhya uktastenāsau vākyaṃ tejaḥpravardhanam | antaḥpure ślāghamāna idaṃ vacanamabravīt

spoken to by him among the women in words meant to fire his spirit, boasted there in the inner apartments and said:

Verse 3 (4.38.3)

अद्याहमनुगच्छेयं दृढधन्वा गवां पदम् । यदि मे सारथिः कश्चिद्भवेदश्वेषु कोविदः ॥

adyāhamanugaccheyaṃ dṛḍhadhanvā gavāṃ padam | yadi me sārathiḥ kaścidbhavedaśveṣu kovidaḥ

"Today, firm of bow, I would follow the track of the cattle, if only I had some charioteer skilled with horses.

Verse 4 (4.38.4)

तमेव नाधिगच्छामि यो मे यन्ता समो भवेत् । पश्यध्वं सारथिं शीघ्रं मम युक्तं प्रयास्यतः ॥

tameva nādhigacchāmi yo me yantā samo bhavet | paśyadhvaṃ sārathiṃ śīghraṃ mama yuktaṃ prayāsyataḥ

"But I cannot find anyone who would be my equal as a driver. Look quickly for a charioteer fit for me as I set out.

Verse 5 (4.38.5)

अष्टाविंशतिरात्रं वा मासं वा नूनमन्ततः । यत्तदासीन्महायुद्धं तत्र मे सारथिर्हतः ॥

aṣṭāviṃśatirātraṃ vā māsaṃ vā nūnamantataḥ | yattadāsīnmahāyuddhaṃ tatra me sārathirhataḥ

"In that great battle fought twenty-eight nights ago, or a month at most, my charioteer was killed.

Verse 6 (4.38.6)

यद्यहं त्वधिगच्छेयं यो मे यन्ता भवेद्युधि । त्वरावानद्य यास्यामि समुच्छ्रितमहाध्वजः ॥

yadyahaṃ tvadhigaccheyaṃ yo me yantā bhavedyudhi | tvarāvānadya yāsyāmi samucchritamahādhvajaḥ

"If I could find someone to drive for me in battle, I would set out today at speed, my great banner raised high.

Note on the text: Matches CE 4.34.4 (listed there among the unmatched verses); Wikisource's first line differs in wording (recension variant).

Verse 7 (4.38.7)

विगाह्य तत्परानीकं गजवाजिरथाकुलम् । शस्त्रप्रतापान्निर्वीर्यान्कुरूञ्जित्वाऽऽनये पशून् ॥

vigāhya tatparānīkaṃ gajavājirathākulam | śastrapratāpānnirvīryānkurūñjitvā''naye paśūn

"Plunging into that enemy host crowded with elephants, horses and chariots, I would conquer the Kurus, drained of strength by the force of my weapons, and bring back the cattle.

Verse 8 (4.38.8)

दुर्योधनं विकर्णं च कर्णं वैकर्तनं कृपम् । द्रोणं च सह पुत्रेण महेष्वासान्समागतान् ॥

duryodhanaṃ vikarṇaṃ ca karṇaṃ vaikartanaṃ kṛpam | droṇaṃ ca saha putreṇa maheṣvāsānsamāgatān

"Duryodhana and Vikarna, Karna son of Vikartana, Kripa, and Drona with his son, great archers gathered together:

Verse 9 (4.38.9)

विद्रावयित्वा संग्रामे दानवान्मघवानिव । अनेनैव मुहूर्तेन पुनः प्रत्यानये पशून् ॥

vidrāvayitvā saṃgrāme dānavānmaghavāniva | anenaiva muhūrtena punaḥ pratyānaye paśūn

"I would rout them in battle as Maghavan routs the Danavas, and in this very hour bring the cattle back.

Verse 10 (4.38.10)

शून्यमाज्ञाय कुरवः प्रयान्त्यादाय गोधनम् । किं न शक्यं च तैः कर्तुं यदहं तत्र नाभवम् ॥

śūnyamājñāya kuravaḥ prayāntyādāya godhanam | kiṃ na śakyaṃ ca taiḥ kartuṃ yadahaṃ tatra nābhavam

"Finding the land unguarded, the Kurus are making off with the herds. What could they not do, since I was not there?

Verse 11 (4.38.11)

पश्येयुरद्य मे वीर्यं कुरवस्ते समागताः । किंनु पार्थोऽर्जुनः साक्षादिति मंस्यन्ति मां परे ॥

paśyeyuradya me vīryaṃ kuravaste samāgatāḥ | kiṃnu pārtho'rjunaḥ sākṣāditi maṃsyanti māṃ pare

"Let the assembled Kurus see my prowess today. My enemies will take me for Partha Arjuna himself."

Note on the text: Corrected पश्ययुः → पश्येयुः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign of the optative, as in the critical edition's paśyeyur).

Verse 12 (4.38.12)

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा स्त्रीषु चात्मप्रशंसनम् । नामर्षयत पाञ्चाली बीभत्सोः परिकीर्तनम् ॥

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā strīṣu cātmapraśaṃsanam | nāmarṣayata pāñcālī bībhatsoḥ parikīrtanam

Hearing his words, his self-praise among the women, the princess of Panchala could not bear his boasting of Bibhatsu's name.

Note on the text: Wikisource misprints the speaker heading as वैशंपयान; set to वैशम्पायन.

Verse 13 (4.38.13)

श्रुत्वा तदर्जुनो वाक्यमुत्तरेण प्रभाषितम् । अतीतसमये काले प्रियां भार्यामभाषत ॥

śrutvā tadarjuno vākyamuttareṇa prabhāṣitam | atītasamaye kāle priyāṃ bhāryāmabhāṣata

Arjuna, having heard those words spoken by Uttara, now that the appointed term had passed, spoke to his beloved wife,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.34.11d*0623, lines 1 and 3 (its line 2 is not in Wikisource). Wikisource lacks the CE's 4.34.11, in which Draupadi approaches Uttara on her own; this is the vulgate's form of the scene.

Verse 14 (4.38.14)

द्रुपदस्य सुतां राज्ञः पाञ्चालीं रूपसंमताम् । सत्यार्जवगुणोपेतां भर्तुः प्रियहितैषिणीम् । उवाच रहसि प्रीतः कृष्णां सर्वार्थकोविदः ॥

drupadasya sutāṃ rājñaḥ pāñcālīṃ rūpasaṃmatām | satyārjavaguṇopetāṃ bhartuḥ priyahitaiṣiṇīm | uvāca rahasi prītaḥ kṛṣṇāṃ sarvārthakovidaḥ

the daughter of King Drupada, the princess of Panchala famed for her beauty, true and upright, devoted to her husband's good and pleasure: to Krishna he spoke in private, gladly, he who understood all things.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the first two lines are in its apparatus as 4.34.11d*0623, lines 4–5; the third line (उवाच रहसि …) appears nowhere in the critical edition (vulgate only).

Verse 15 (4.38.15)

उत्तरां ब्रूहि पाञ्चालि गत्वा क्षिप्रं शुचिस्मिते ॥

uttarāṃ brūhi pāñcāli gatvā kṣipraṃ śucismite

"Go quickly, Panchali, you of the bright smile, and tell Uttara:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.34.11d*0623, line 6. Wikisource prints this half-verse as a verse of its own (its table marks only 4-38-15a) and gives the rest of Arjuna's message as the three-line verse 16; the apparatus has the same four lines in sequence, so nothing is lost. No speaker heading in Wikisource; Arjuna's words to Draupadi (verses 15–16), announced in verses 13–14, are assigned to him.

Verse 16 (4.38.16)

इयं किल पुरा युद्धे खाण्डवे सव्यसाचिनः । सारथिः पाण्डुपुत्रस्य पार्थस्य तु बृहन्नला । महाञ्जयो भवेद्युद्धे सा चेद्यन्ता बृहन्नला ॥

iyaṃ kila purā yuddhe khāṇḍave savyasācinaḥ | sārathiḥ pāṇḍuputrasya pārthasya tu bṛhannalā | mahāñjayo bhavedyuddhe sā cedyantā bṛhannalā

"'This Brihannala, they say, was once the charioteer of Savyasachin, Partha the son of Pandu, in the battle at Khandava. Great victory would follow in battle if Brihannala were the driver.'"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.34.11d*0623, lines 7–9 (reading ayaṃ for इयं).

Verse 17 (4.38.17)

सा चोदिता तदा तेन ह्यर्जुनेन शुचिस्मिता । पाञ्चाली च तदाऽऽगम्य उत्तराया निवेशनम् ॥

sā coditā tadā tena hyarjunena śucismitā | pāñcālī ca tadā''gamya uttarāyā niveśanam

So urged by Arjuna, the bright-smiling Panchali went to Uttara's apartments,

Note on the text: Corrected ह्येन → तेन (misprint in Wikisource; एन is not a word here; the critical edition's apparatus reads tena). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.34.11d*0623, lines 10–11.

Verse 18 (4.38.18)

ज्ञात्वा तु समयान्मुक्तं चन्द्रं राहुमुखादिव । युधिष्ठिरं धर्मपरं सत्यार्जवपथे स्थितम् ॥

jñātvā tu samayānmuktaṃ candraṃ rāhumukhādiva | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ dharmaparaṃ satyārjavapathe sthitam

knowing that Yudhishthira, devoted to dharma and set on the path of truth and uprightness, was now released from the pledge like the moon from the mouth of Rahu.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.34.11d*0623, lines 12–13.

Verse 19 (4.38.19)

अमर्षयन्ती तद्दुःखं कृष्णा कमललोचना । उत्तरामाह वचनं सखीमध्ये विलासिनीम् ॥

amarṣayantī tadduḥkhaṃ kṛṣṇā kamalalocanā | uttarāmāha vacanaṃ sakhīmadhye vilāsinīm

Unable to bear that sorrow any longer, lotus-eyed Krishna spoke to the graceful Uttara among her friends:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.34.11d*0623, lines 14–15.

Verse 20 (4.38.20)

योऽयं युवा वारणयूथपोपमो बृहन्नलाऽस्मीति जनोऽभ्यभाषत । पुराऽपि पार्थस्य स सारथिस्तदा धनुर्धराणां प्रवरस्य मन्ये ॥

yo'yaṃ yuvā vāraṇayūthapopamo bṛhannalā'smīti jano'bhyabhāṣata | purā'pi pārthasya sa sārathistadā dhanurdharāṇāṃ pravarasya manye

"That young man, like the leader of an elephant herd, who told people 'I am Brihannala': he, I believe, was in former days the charioteer of Partha, foremost of bowmen.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.34.12b*0624, where it is headed draupadī (the CE's own shorter version, 4.34.12, is not in Wikisource). No speaker heading in Wikisource; Draupadi's speech to Uttara (verses 20–26) is assigned to her.

Verse 21 (4.38.21)

एतेन वा सारथिना तदाऽर्जुनः सदेवगन्धर्वमहासुरोरगान् । सर्वाणि भूतान्यजयत्स वीर्यवानतर्पयच्चापि हिरण्यरेतसम् ॥

etena vā sārathinā tadā'rjunaḥ sadevagandharvamahāsuroragān | sarvāṇi bhūtānyajayatsa vīryavānatarpayaccāpi hiraṇyaretasam

"With him as charioteer Arjuna conquered all beings, gods, Gandharvas, great Asuras and serpents, and that mighty one gratified the Fire as well.

Note on the text: Corrected अजयस्तस → अजयत्स (misprint in Wikisource; transposed aksharas for अजयत् स, "he conquered", as the metre and the critical edition's ajayat sa require). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 34 (inserted after 4.34.12d), lines 1–4.

Verse 22 (4.38.22)

यदस्य संस्थामपि तस्य संयुगे जानामि वीर्यं परवीरमध्यगम् । संगृह्य रश्मीनपि चास्य वीर्यवानादाय चापं प्रययौ रथे स्थितः ॥

yadasya saṃsthāmapi tasya saṃyuge jānāmi vīryaṃ paravīramadhyagam | saṃgṛhya raśmīnapi cāsya vīryavānādāya cāpaṃ prayayau rathe sthitaḥ

"For I know his bearing in battle and his prowess that carries him into the midst of enemy heroes; with him holding the reins, the mighty Arjuna took up his bow and rode out, standing in the chariot.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 34 (inserted after 4.34.12d), lines 5–8, with recension variants.

Verse 23 (4.38.23)

न सर्वभूतानि न देवदानवा न चापि सर्वे कुरवः समागताः । धनं हरेयुस्तव जातु धन्विनो बृहन्नला तूत्तरसारथिर्यदि ॥

na sarvabhūtāni na devadānavā na cāpi sarve kuravaḥ samāgatāḥ | dhanaṃ hareyustava jātu dhanvino bṛhannalā tūttarasārathiryadi

"Neither all beings, nor gods and Danavas, nor all the Kuru archers gathered together could ever carry off your wealth if Brihannala were Uttara's charioteer.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 34 (inserted after 4.34.12d), lines 9–12.

Verse 24 (4.38.24)

धनुष्यनवमश्चासीत्तस्य शिष्यो महात्मनः । सुदृष्टपूर्वो हि मया चरन्त्या पाण्डवालये ॥

dhanuṣyanavamaścāsīttasya śiṣyo mahātmanaḥ | sudṛṣṭapūrvo hi mayā carantyā pāṇḍavālaye

"He was the pupil of that great-souled man, second to none with the bow; I saw him often when I lived in the house of the Pandavas.

Verse 25 (4.38.25)

स चानेन सहायेन खाण्डवं चादहत्पुरा । अर्जुनस्य तदाऽनेन संगृहीता हयोत्तमाः ॥

sa cānena sahāyena khāṇḍavaṃ cādahatpurā | arjunasya tadā'nena saṃgṛhītā hayottamāḥ

"With him as his helper Arjuna once burned the Khandava forest; it was he who then held the reins of Arjuna's fine horses.

Note on the text: Matches CE 4.34.14 (listed there among the unmatched verses) in its second line; the first line differs in wording (recension variant).

Verse 26 (4.38.26)

तेन सारथिना पार्थः सर्वभूतानि सर्वशः । अजयत्खाण्डवप्रस्थे न हि यन्ताऽस्ति तादृशः ॥

tena sārathinā pārthaḥ sarvabhūtāni sarvaśaḥ | ajayatkhāṇḍavaprasthe na hi yantā'sti tādṛśaḥ

"With him as charioteer Partha conquered all beings everywhere at Khandavaprastha; there is no driver his equal."

Verse 27 (4.38.27)

ततः सैरन्ध्रिसहिता उत्तरा भ्रातुरब्रवीत् । अभ्यर्थयैनां सारथ्ये वीर शीघ्रं बृहन्नलाम् ॥

tataḥ sairandhrisahitā uttarā bhrāturabravīt | abhyarthayaināṃ sārathye vīra śīghraṃ bṛhannalām

Then Uttara, with Sairandhri beside her, said to her brother, "Hero, ask this Brihannala quickly to be your charioteer.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.34.15d*0625, lines 1–2. (The heading row above it in Wikisource's table carries the id 4-28-27x, a typo for 4-38-27x; nothing else is affected.)

Verse 28 (4.38.28)

शिक्षितैषा हि सारथ्ये नर्तने गीतवादिते । सैरन्ध्र्याह महाप्राज्ञा स्तुवन्ती वै बृहन्नलाम् ॥

śikṣitaiṣā hi sārathye nartane gītavādite | sairandhryāha mahāprājñā stuvantī vai bṛhannalām

"She is trained in driving a chariot as well as in dancing, singing and music: so says the wise Sairandhri in praise of Brihannala."

Note on the text: Corrected सैरन्ध्य्राह → सैरन्ध्र्याह (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct for सैरन्ध्री आह). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.34.15d*0625, lines 3–4. The whole verse continues Uttara's words to her brother begun in verse 27 (in the apparatus its second line is addressed to him, mahāprājña), so it is assigned to her.

Verse 29 (4.38.29)

सैरन्ध्रि जानासि मम व्रतं हि क्लीबेन पुंसा न हि संवदाम्यहम् । सोऽहं न शक्ष्यामि बृहन्नलां शुभे वक्तुं स्वयं यच्छ हयान्ममेति ॥

sairandhri jānāsi mama vrataṃ hi klībena puṃsā na hi saṃvadāmyaham | so'haṃ na śakṣyāmi bṛhannalāṃ śubhe vaktuṃ svayaṃ yaccha hayānmameti

"Sairandhri, you know my vow: I do not converse with a eunuch. So I cannot, good lady, tell Brihannala myself, 'Drive my horses.'"

Note on the text: Corrected सोहं → सोऽहं (missing avagraha). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.34.15d*0627, where the second and third lines differ (klībo na eṣa puruṣaḥ svayaṃ hi / nāhaṃ pravakṣyāmi).

Verse 30 (4.38.30)

भयकाले तु संप्राप्ते न व्रतं नाव्रतं पुनः । यथा दुःखं प्रतरति कर्तुं युक्तं चरेद्बुधः । इति धर्मविदः प्राहुस्तस्माद्वाच्या बृहन्नला ॥

bhayakāle tu saṃprāpte na vrataṃ nāvrataṃ punaḥ | yathā duḥkhaṃ pratarati kartuṃ yuktaṃ caredbudhaḥ | iti dharmavidaḥ prāhustasmādvācyā bṛhannalā

"When a time of danger has come, there is neither vow nor absence of vow. A wise man should do whatever is fitting to get across his trouble: so say those who know dharma. Therefore Brihannala must be asked.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.34.15d*0628.

Verse 31 (4.38.31)

येयं कुमारी सुश्रोणी भगिनी ते यवीयसी । अस्यास्तु वचनं वीर करिष्यति न संशयः ॥

yeyaṃ kumārī suśroṇī bhaginī te yavīyasī | asyāstu vacanaṃ vīra kariṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

"This shapely maiden, your younger sister: her word, hero, she will surely obey.

Verse 32 (4.38.32)

यदि ते सारथिः सा स्यात्कुरून्सर्वान्न संशयः । जित्वा गाश्च समादाय ध्रुवमागमनं भवेत् ॥

yadi te sārathiḥ sā syātkurūnsarvānna saṃśayaḥ | jitvā gāśca samādāya dhruvamāgamanaṃ bhavet

"If she were your charioteer, you would without doubt conquer all the Kurus, take back the cows and surely return."

Verse 33 (4.38.33)

एवमुक्तः स सैरन्ध्र्या भगिनीं प्रत्यभाषत । गच्छ त्वमनवद्याङ्गि तामानय बृहन्नलाम् ॥

evamuktaḥ sa sairandhryā bhaginīṃ pratyabhāṣata | gaccha tvamanavadyāṅgi tāmānaya bṛhannalām

So addressed by Sairandhri, he said to his sister, "Go, you of faultless limbs, and bring that Brihannala."

Verse 34 (4.38.34)

सा प्राद्रवत्काञ्चनमाल्यधारिणी ज्येष्ठेन भ्रात्रा प्रहिता यशस्विनी । भ्रातुर्नियोगं तु निशम्य सुभ्रूः शुभानना हाटकवज्रभूषिता ॥

sā prādravatkāñcanamālyadhāriṇī jyeṣṭhena bhrātrā prahitā yaśasvinī | bhrāturniyogaṃ tu niśamya subhrūḥ śubhānanā hāṭakavajrabhūṣitā

Sent by her elder brother, the illustrious girl in her golden garland ran off; hearing her brother's bidding, she of the lovely brows and fair face, adorned with gold and diamonds,

Note on the text: Corrected सुभ्रुः → सुभ्रूः (misprint in Wikisource; the nominative of सुभ्रू has a long ū, as in the critical edition's apparatus, subhrūḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the first line is in its apparatus as 4.35.0*0629, lines 1–2, and the second as 4.35.0*0630, lines 1–2 (reading hāṭakaratnabhūṣaṇā).

Verse 35 (4.38.35)

सा वज्रमुक्तामणिहेमकुण्डला मृदुक्रमा भ्रातृनियोगचोदिता । प्रदक्षिणावर्ततनुः शिखण्डिनी पद्मानना पद्मदलायताक्षी ॥

sā vajramuktāmaṇihemakuṇḍalā mṛdukramā bhrātṛniyogacoditā | pradakṣiṇāvartatanuḥ śikhaṇḍinī padmānanā padmadalāyatākṣī

with earrings of diamond, pearl, gem and gold, light of step, urged on by her brother's bidding, her body graced with auspicious rightward curves, wearing peacock-feather ornaments, lotus-faced, with eyes long as lotus petals,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.35.0*0630, lines 3–6. The page's commentary glosses शिखण्डिनी as "wearing peacock-feather ornaments".

Verse 36 (4.38.36)

तन्वी समाङ्गी मृदुमन्द्रलोचना मात्स्यस्य राज्ञो दुहिता विलासिनी । सा नर्तनागारमरालपक्ष्मा शतह्रदा मेघमिवान्वपद्यत ॥

tanvī samāṅgī mṛdumandralocanā mātsyasya rājño duhitā vilāsinī | sā nartanāgāramarālapakṣmā śatahradā meghamivānvapadyata

slender, well-proportioned, with soft, gentle eyes, the graceful daughter of the Matsya king, she of the curving lashes came to the dancing hall as lightning comes to a cloud.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.35.0*0629, lines 5–8, with recension variants.

Verse 37 (4.38.37)

सा नागनासोपमसंहितोरूरनिन्दिता वेदिविलग्नमध्या । आसाद्य तस्थौ वरमाल्यधारिणी पार्थं शुभा नागवधूरिव द्विपम् ॥

sā nāganāsopamasaṃhitorūraninditā vedivilagnamadhyā | āsādya tasthau varamālyadhāriṇī pārthaṃ śubhā nāgavadhūriva dvipam

With thighs close-set like an elephant's trunk, flawless, her waist slender as the middle of an altar, the lovely girl in her fine garland came up to Partha and stood before him, like a young she-elephant before a great elephant.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.35.0*0629, lines 9–12 (with sudakṣiṇā vedivilagnamadhyā from its line 3), with recension variants.

Verse 38 (4.38.38)

तामागतामायतताम्रलोचनामवेक्ष्य पार्थः समयेऽभ्यभाषत ॥

tāmāgatāmāyatatāmralocanāmavekṣya pārthaḥ samaye'bhyabhāṣata

Seeing her arrive, with her long, coppery eyes, Partha spoke to her, as the moment required.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the critical edition (the nearest is 4.35.0*0629, lines 17–18, in different words). Wikisource prints it as a single line (its table marks only 4-38-38a); since the critical edition has no fuller form, nothing is restored.

Verse 39 (4.38.39)

किमागता काञ्चनमाल्यधारिणी सुगात्रि किंचित्त्वरिताऽसि सुभ्रु । किं ते मुखं सुन्दरि न प्रसन्नमाचक्ष्व शीघ्रं मम चारुहासिनि ॥

kimāgatā kāñcanamālyadhāriṇī sugātri kiṃcittvaritā'si subhru | kiṃ te mukhaṃ sundari na prasannamācakṣva śīghraṃ mama cāruhāsini

"Why have you come, you in the golden garland? Why this haste, lovely-limbed one, fair of brow? Why is your face not cheerful, beautiful girl? Tell me quickly, you of the charming smile."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.35.0*0629, lines 19–22, with recension variants. No speaker heading in Wikisource; Arjuna's question, announced in verse 38, is assigned to him.

Verse 40 (4.38.40)

सा वज्रवैडूर्यविकारकुण्डला विनिद्रपद्मोत्पलपत्रगन्धिनी । प्रसन्नताराधिपसंनिभानना पार्थे कुमारी वचनं बभाषे ॥

sā vajravaiḍūryavikārakuṇḍalā vinidrapadmotpalapatragandhinī | prasannatārādhipasaṃnibhānanā pārthe kumārī vacanaṃ babhāṣe

The maiden, her earrings wrought of diamond and beryl, fragrant as the petals of full-blown lotuses and lilies, her face like the bright lord of the stars, spoke to Partha:

Note on the text: Corrected पन्नगन्धिनी → पत्रगन्धिनी (misprint in Wikisource; न्न for त्र; the critical edition's apparatus reads patragandhinī, "fragrant as petals"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.35.8d*0633, lines 1–4.

Verse 41 (4.38.41)

हरन्ति वित्तं कुरवः पितुर्मे शतं सहस्राणि गवां बृहन्नले । सा भ्रातुरश्वान्मम संयमस्व पुरा परे दूरतरं हरन्ति गाः ॥

haranti vittaṃ kuravaḥ piturme śataṃ sahasrāṇi gavāṃ bṛhannale | sā bhrāturaśvānmama saṃyamasva purā pare dūrataraṃ haranti gāḥ

"The Kurus are carrying off my father's wealth, a hundred thousand cows, Brihannala. Drive my brother's horses for him, before the enemy take the cows still further away.

Note on the text: Corrected कुरवाः → कुरवः (misprint in Wikisource; the nominative plural is कुरवः, as in the critical edition's apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.35.8d*0633, lines 5–8. Wikisource's heading उत्तरोवाच is Uttara the princess, as the speech shows.

Verse 42 (4.38.42)

सैरन्ध्रिराख्याति बृहन्नले त्वां सुशिक्षिता संग्रहणे रथाश्वयोः । अहं मरिष्यामि न मेऽत्र संशयो मया वृता तत्र न चेद्गमिष्यसि ॥

sairandhrirākhyāti bṛhannale tvāṃ suśikṣitā saṃgrahaṇe rathāśvayoḥ | ahaṃ mariṣyāmi na me'tra saṃśayo mayā vṛtā tatra na cedgamiṣyasi

"Sairandhri says that you, Brihannala, are well trained in handling chariot and horses. If you will not go there when I ask you, I shall die; of that I have no doubt."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.35.8d*0633, lines 9–12.

Verse 43 (4.38.43)

तथा नियुक्तो नरदेवकन्यया नरोत्तमः प्रीतमना धनञ्जयः । उवाच पार्थः शुभमन्द्रया गिरा शुभाननां शुक्लदतीं शुचिस्मिताम् ॥

tathā niyukto naradevakanyayā narottamaḥ prītamanā dhanañjayaḥ | uvāca pārthaḥ śubhamandrayā girā śubhānanāṃ śukladatīṃ śucismitām

So charged by the king's daughter, Dhananjaya, best of men, glad at heart, spoke in a lovely deep voice to the fair-faced girl with white teeth and a bright smile:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.35.8d*0633, lines 13–16.

Verse 44 (4.38.44)

गच्छामि यत्रेच्छसि चारुहासिनि हुताशनं प्रज्वलितं विशामि वा । इच्छामि तेऽहं वरगात्रि जीवितं करोमि किं ते प्रियमद्य सुन्दरि । न मत्कृते द्रक्ष्यसि तत्पुरं प्रिये वैवस्वतं प्रेतपतेर्महाभयम् ॥

gacchāmi yatrecchasi cāruhāsini hutāśanaṃ prajvalitaṃ viśāmi vā | icchāmi te'haṃ varagātri jīvitaṃ karomi kiṃ te priyamadya sundari | na matkṛte drakṣyasi tatpuraṃ priye vaivasvataṃ pretapatermahābhayam

"I will go wherever you wish, you of the charming smile, or even enter a blazing fire. I want you to live, lovely one; what can I do today to please you, beautiful girl? Because of me you shall not see that city of Vaivasvata, lord of the dead, so full of dread."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.35.8d*0633, lines 17–22. No speaker heading in Wikisource; Arjuna's reply, announced in verse 43, is assigned to him.

Verse 45 (4.38.45)

एतावदुक्त्वा कुरुवीरपुङ्गवो विलासिनीं शुक्लदतीं शुचिस्मिताम् । बृहन्नलारूपविभूषिताननो विराटपुत्रस्य समीपमाव्रजत् ॥

etāvaduktvā kuruvīrapuṅgavo vilāsinīṃ śukladatīṃ śucismitām | bṛhannalārūpavibhūṣitānano virāṭaputrasya samīpamāvrajat

Having said this much to the graceful girl with white teeth and a bright smile, the bull among Kuru heroes, his face adorned in Brihannala's guise, went to Virata's son.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.35.8d*0633, lines 23–26.

Verse 46 (4.38.46)

तथा व्रजन्तं वरभूषणैर्वृतं महाप्रभं वारणयूथपोपमम् । गजेन्द्रबाहुं कमलायतेक्षणं कवाटवक्षस्थलमुन्नतांसम् ॥

tathā vrajantaṃ varabhūṣaṇairvṛtaṃ mahāprabhaṃ vāraṇayūthapopamam | gajendrabāhuṃ kamalāyatekṣaṇaṃ kavāṭavakṣasthalamunnatāṃsam

Him, coming thus, decked in fine ornaments, of great splendour, like the leader of an elephant herd, with arms like a lordly elephant's trunk, eyes long as lotuses, chest broad as a door and shoulders high,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.35.8d*0634, lines 1–4.

Verse 47 (4.38.47)

तमागतं पार्थममित्रकर्शनं महाबलं नागमिव प्रमाथिनम् । वैराटिरामन्त्र्य ततो बृहन्नलां गवां निनीषन्पदमुत्तरोऽब्रवीत् ॥

tamāgataṃ pārthamamitrakarśanaṃ mahābalaṃ nāgamiva pramāthinam | vairāṭirāmantrya tato bṛhannalāṃ gavāṃ ninīṣanpadamuttaro'bravīt

Partha, tormentor of foes, now arrived, mighty as a crushing elephant: him, Brihannala, did Virata's son Uttara greet, eager to follow the track of the cattle, and said:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.35.8d*0634, lines 5–8.

Verse 48 (4.38.48)

तमाव्रजन्तं त्वरितं प्रभिन्नमिव कुञ्जरम् । अन्वगच्छद्विशालाक्षी गजं गजवधूरिव ॥

tamāvrajantaṃ tvaritaṃ prabhinnamiva kuñjaram | anvagacchadviśālākṣī gajaṃ gajavadhūriva

The large-eyed girl followed him as he hurried on like an elephant in rut, as a young she-elephant follows a bull.

Verse 49 (4.38.49)

दूरादेव तु संप्रेक्ष्य राजपुत्रोऽभ्यभाषत । त्वया सारथिना पार्थः खाण्डवेऽग्निमतर्पयत् ॥

dūrādeva tu saṃprekṣya rājaputro'bhyabhāṣata | tvayā sārathinā pārthaḥ khāṇḍave'gnimatarpayat

Seeing him while still far off, the prince said: "With you as his charioteer Partha gratified Agni at Khandava,

Verse 50 (4.38.50)

पृथिवीं चाजयत्कृत्स्नां कुन्तीपुत्रो धनञ्जयः । सैरन्ध्री त्वां ममाचष्ट सा हि जानाति पाण्डवान् ॥

pṛthivīṃ cājayatkṛtsnāṃ kuntīputro dhanañjayaḥ | sairandhrī tvāṃ mamācaṣṭa sā hi jānāti pāṇḍavān

"and Kunti's son Dhananjaya conquered the whole earth. Sairandhri has told me about you, for she knows the Pandavas.

Note on the text: No speaker heading in Wikisource; the prince's speech to Brihannala, begun in the second line of verse 49, fills verses 50–53 (and the first line of verse 54); verses 50–53 are assigned to him.

Verse 51 (4.38.51)

देवेन्द्रसारथिर्वीरो मातलिः ख्यातविक्रमः । सुमहो जामदग्नेश्च विष्णोर्यन्ता च दारुकः ॥

devendrasārathirvīro mātaliḥ khyātavikramaḥ | sumaho jāmadagneśca viṣṇoryantā ca dārukaḥ

"Matali, the heroic charioteer of the king of the gods, famed for his valour; Sumaha, charioteer of Jamadagni's son; Daruka, the driver of Vishnu;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.35.13d*0635, lines 1–2, where the second name reads suhotro jāmadagnyasya; Wikisource's सुमहो जामदग्नेः is kept as printed.

Verse 52 (4.38.52)

सुमन्त्रो वा दाशरथेः सूर्ययन्ता तथाऽरुणः । सर्वे सारथयः ख्याता न बृहन्नलया समाः ॥

sumantro vā dāśaratheḥ sūryayantā tathā'ruṇaḥ | sarve sārathayaḥ khyātā na bṛhannalayā samāḥ

"Sumantra, charioteer of Dasharatha's son, and Aruna, the driver of the Sun: all these are famous charioteers, but none is equal to Brihannala.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.35.13d*0635, lines 3–4, with recension variants.

Verse 53 (4.38.53)

इत्युक्तोऽहं च सैरन्ध्र्या तेन त्वामाह्वयामि वै । आहुता त्वं मया सार्धं योद्धुं याहि बृहन्नले ॥

ityukto'haṃ ca sairandhryā tena tvāmāhvayāmi vai | āhutā tvaṃ mayā sārdhaṃ yoddhuṃ yāhi bṛhannale

"So Sairandhri told me, and that is why I summon you. Summoned by me, Brihannala, come with me to fight.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.35.13d*0635, lines 5–6.

Verse 54 (4.38.54)

दूराद्दूरतरं गावो भवन्ति कुरुभिर्हृताः । तथोक्ता प्रत्युवाचेदं राजपुत्रं बृहन्नला ॥

dūrāddūrataraṃ gāvo bhavanti kurubhirhṛtāḥ | tathoktā pratyuvācedaṃ rājaputraṃ bṛhannalā

"The cows carried off by the Kurus are getting further and further away." Spoken to thus, Brihannala replied to the prince:

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus gives it as 4.35.13d*0635, line 7) and closes the prince's speech; the second line is CE 4.35.14ab, with a recension variant.

Verse 55 (4.38.55)

का शक्तिर्मम सारथ्यं कर्तुं संग्राममूर्धनि । नृत्तं वा यदि वा गीतं वादित्रं वा पृथग्विधम् । तत्करिष्यामि भद्रं ते सारथ्यं तु कुतो मम ॥

kā śaktirmama sārathyaṃ kartuṃ saṃgrāmamūrdhani | nṛttaṃ vā yadi vā gītaṃ vāditraṃ vā pṛthagvidham | tatkariṣyāmi bhadraṃ te sārathyaṃ tu kuto mama

"What skill have I to serve as charioteer at the forefront of battle? Dancing, or singing, or music of every kind, that I will do, bless you; but how could I be a charioteer?"

Note on the text: The first line is CE 4.35.14cd and the second and third are CE 4.35.15 (Wikisource divides these verses differently). No speaker heading in Wikisource; Brihannala's reply, announced in verse 54, is assigned to her.

Verse 56 (4.38.56)

त्वं नर्तको वा यदि वाऽपि गायकः क्षिप्रं तनुत्रं परिधत्स्व भानुमत् । अभीक्ष्णमाहुस्तव कर्म पौरुषं स्त्रियः प्रशंसन्ति ममाद्य चान्तिके ॥

tvaṃ nartako vā yadi vā'pi gāyakaḥ kṣipraṃ tanutraṃ paridhatsva bhānumat | abhīkṣṇamāhustava karma pauruṣaṃ striyaḥ praśaṃsanti mamādya cāntike

"Whether you are a dancer or a singer, put on this shining armour quickly. People have always spoken of your manly deeds, and the women praise them today in my presence."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.35.16d*0636 (first line) and 4.35.16d*0637, lines 1–2 (second line); the CE's own 4.35.16 is a different verse, not in Wikisource.

Verse 57 (4.38.57)

इत्येवमुक्त्वा नृपसूनुसत्तमस्तदा स्मयित्वाऽर्जुनमभ्यनन्दयत् । अथोत्तरः पारशवं शताक्षिमत्सुवर्णचित्रं परिगृह्य भानुमत् ॥

ityevamuktvā nṛpasūnusattamastadā smayitvā'rjunamabhyanandayat | athottaraḥ pāraśavaṃ śatākṣimatsuvarṇacitraṃ parigṛhya bhānumat

Having said this, the best of princes smiled and cheered Arjuna on. Then Uttara took a shining coat of iron mail, set with a hundred eyelets and worked with gold,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.35.16d*0637, lines 3–6.

Verse 58 (4.38.58)

बृहन्नलायै प्रददौ स्वयं तदा विराटपुत्रः परवीरघातिने । तदाज्ञया मात्स्यसुतस्य वीर्यवानकर्तुकामेव समाददे तदा ॥

bṛhannalāyai pradadau svayaṃ tadā virāṭaputraḥ paravīraghātine | tadājñayā mātsyasutasya vīryavānakartukāmeva samādade tadā

and Virata's son himself handed it to Brihannala, slayer of enemy heroes. At the Matsya prince's command the mighty one took it, as though unwilling.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.35.16d*0637, lines 7–10.

Verse 59 (4.38.59)

यद्यस्ति च रणे शौर्यं शक्यः स्याद्द्विषतां वधः । अहं त्वामभिगच्छामि यत्र त्वं यासि तत्र भो ॥

yadyasti ca raṇe śauryaṃ śakyaḥ syāddviṣatāṃ vadhaḥ | ahaṃ tvāmabhigacchāmi yatra tvaṃ yāsi tatra bho

"If there is courage in battle and the enemy can be slain, I go with you: wherever you go, there I go, sir."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.35.16d*0637, lines 11–12 (reading śaktiḥ … vadhe).

Verse 60 (4.38.60)

ततः स नर्मसंयुक्तमकरोत्पाण्डवो बहु । उत्तरायाः प्रमुखतः सर्वं जानन्नरिन्दमः ॥

tataḥ sa narmasaṃyuktamakarotpāṇḍavo bahu | uttarāyāḥ pramukhataḥ sarvaṃ jānannarindamaḥ

Then the Pandava, tamer of foes, though he knew it all, played many a joke in front of Uttara.

Verse 61 (4.38.61)

तमाददानं प्रमदा जहासिरे ह्यधोमुखं वीरवरोऽभ्यधारयत् । ततस्तिरश्चीनकृतं सपत्नहा ह्यधोमुखं कवचमथाभ्यकर्षत ॥

tamādadānaṃ pramadā jahāsire hyadhomukhaṃ vīravaro'bhyadhārayat | tatastiraścīnakṛtaṃ sapatnahā hyadhomukhaṃ kavacamathābhyakarṣata

As he took up the armour the women laughed, for the great hero held it upside down; then the slayer of rivals pulled the coat of mail on crosswise, still upside down.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.35.18d*0638, lines 1–4.

Verse 62 (4.38.62)

सम्यक्प्रजानन्नपि सत्यविक्रमो ह्यज्ञातवत्सर्वकुरुप्रवीरः । ऊर्ध्वं क्षिपन्वीरतरोऽभ्यधारयत्पुनश्च यन्ता कवचं धनञ्जयः ॥

samyakprajānannapi satyavikramo hyajñātavatsarvakurupravīraḥ | ūrdhvaṃ kṣipanvīrataro'bhyadhārayatpunaśca yantā kavacaṃ dhanañjayaḥ

Though he knew perfectly well, that truly valiant hero of all the Kurus acted as though he knew nothing: tossing it upward, the charioteer Dhananjaya held up the armour once more.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.35.18d*0638, lines 5–8 (reading yatnāt for यन्ता).

Verse 63 (4.38.63)

एवंप्रकाराणि बहूनि कुर्वति तस्मिन्कुमार्यः प्रमदा जहासिरे । तथापि कुर्वन्तममित्रकर्शनं नैवोत्तरः पर्यभवद्धनञ्जयम् ॥

evaṃprakārāṇi bahūni kurvati tasminkumāryaḥ pramadā jahāsire | tathāpi kurvantamamitrakarśanaṃ naivottaraḥ paryabhavaddhanañjayam

As he did many such things the maidens and the women laughed; yet, though the tamer of foes carried on so, Uttara did not slight Dhananjaya.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the first line is in its apparatus as 4.35.18d*0638, lines 9–10, and the second as 4.35.19d*0639, lines 1–2.

Verse 64 (4.38.64)

तं राजपुत्रः समनाहयत्स्वयं जाम्बूनदान्तेन शुभेन वर्मणा । कृशानुतप्तप्रतिमेन भास्वता जाज्वल्यमानेन सहस्ररश्मिना ॥

taṃ rājaputraḥ samanāhayatsvayaṃ jāmbūnadāntena śubhena varmaṇā | kṛśānutaptapratimena bhāsvatā jājvalyamānena sahasraraśminā

The prince himself armed him in fine mail edged with gold, gleaming like metal heated in fire, blazing like the thousand-rayed sun.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.35.19d*0639, lines 3–6.

Verse 65 (4.38.65)

अथास्य शीघ्रं प्रसमीक्ष्य योजयद्रथे हयान्काञ्चनजालसंवृतान् । सुवर्णजालान्तरयोक्तृभूषणं सिंहं च सौवर्णमुपाश्रयद्रथे ॥

athāsya śīghraṃ prasamīkṣya yojayadrathe hayānkāñcanajālasaṃvṛtān | suvarṇajālāntarayoktṛbhūṣaṇaṃ siṃhaṃ ca sauvarṇamupāśrayadrathe

Then, looking all over quickly, he yoked to the chariot horses covered with nets of gold, and set on the chariot the golden lion banner, its harness ornaments set amid golden netting.

Note on the text: Corrected भोजयद्रथे → योजयद्रथे (misprint in Wikisource; भ for य, "he yoked", as in the critical edition's apparatus, yojayad) and योक्तभूषणं → योक्तृभूषणं (dropped vowel sign; the apparatus reads yoktṛbhūṣaṇān). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.35.20d*0640.

Verse 66 (4.38.66)

धनूंषि च विचित्राणि बाणांश्च रुचिरान्बहून् । आयुधानि च वै तत्र रथोपस्थे च स न्यसत् ॥

dhanūṃṣi ca vicitrāṇi bāṇāṃśca rucirānbahūn | āyudhāni ca vai tatra rathopasthe ca sa nyasat

Bows of many kinds, many gleaming arrows and other weapons he placed there in the body of the chariot.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 4.35.21ab, with a recension variant; the second is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus gives it as 4.35.21b*0641).

Verse 67 (4.38.67)

आरुह्य प्रययौ वीरः सबृहन्नलसारथिः । अथोत्तरा च कन्याश्च सख्यश्चैवाब्रुवंस्तदा ॥

āruhya prayayau vīraḥ sabṛhannalasārathiḥ | athottarā ca kanyāśca sakhyaścaivābruvaṃstadā

Mounting it, the hero set out with Brihannala as his charioteer. Then Uttara, the maidens and her friends called out:

Note on the text: Corrected स ख्यश्चैव → सख्यश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; a stray space splits सख्यः, "her friends"). The first line is CE 4.35.21cd and the second CE 4.35.22ab (Wikisource divides these verses differently).

Verse 68 (4.38.68)

बृहन्नले आनयेथा वासांसि रुचिराणि नः । पाञ्चालिकार्थं सूक्ष्माणि रत्नानि विविधानि च । विजित्य संग्रामगतान्भीष्मद्रोणमुखान्कुरून् ॥

bṛhannale ānayethā vāsāṃsi rucirāṇi naḥ | pāñcālikārthaṃ sūkṣmāṇi ratnāni vividhāni ca | vijitya saṃgrāmagatānbhīṣmadroṇamukhānkurūn

"Brihannala, when you have conquered the Kurus led by Bhishma and Drona who have come to battle, bring us back lovely clothes, fine fabrics for our dolls and gems of many kinds."

Note on the text: The first line is CE 4.35.22cd and the second and third are CE 4.35.23, with a recension variant (रत्नानि for citrāṇi). No speaker heading in Wikisource; the words of Uttara, the maidens and her friends, announced in verse 67, are assigned to them.

Verse 69 (4.38.69)

अथ ता ब्रुवतीः कन्याः सहिताः कुरुनन्दनः । प्रत्युवाच हसन्पार्थो मेघदुन्दुभिनिस्वनः ॥

atha tā bruvatīḥ kanyāḥ sahitāḥ kurunandanaḥ | pratyuvāca hasanpārtho meghadundubhinisvanaḥ

As the girls spoke together, Partha, joy of the Kurus, answered with a laugh in a voice deep as a cloud or a war drum:

Verse 70 (4.38.70)

यद्युत्तरोऽयं संग्रामे विजेष्यति महारथान् । अथाहरिष्ये वासांसि सूक्ष्माण्याभरणानि च ॥

yadyuttaro'yaṃ saṃgrāme vijeṣyati mahārathān | athāhariṣye vāsāṃsi sūkṣmāṇyābharaṇāni ca

"If Uttara here conquers the great chariot-warriors in battle, then I will bring back fine clothes and ornaments."

Note on the text: No speaker heading in Wikisource; Arjuna's laughing reply, announced in verse 69, is assigned to him.

Verse 71 (4.38.71)

अथोत्तरो वर्म महाप्रभावं सुवर्णवैडूर्यपरिष्कृतं शुभम् । आमुच्य वीरः प्रययौ रथोत्तमं धनञ्जयं सारथिनं प्रगृह्य ॥

athottaro varma mahāprabhāvaṃ suvarṇavaiḍūryapariṣkṛtaṃ śubham | āmucya vīraḥ prayayau rathottamaṃ dhanañjayaṃ sārathinaṃ pragṛhya

Then the hero Uttara put on a splendid coat of mail, handsome and adorned with gold and beryl, and set out in his fine chariot, taking Dhananjaya as his charioteer.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.35.26d*0642.

Verse 72 (4.38.72)

तमुत्तरं प्रेक्ष्य रथोत्तमे स्थितं बृहन्नलां चैव महाजनस्तदा । स्त्रियश्च कन्याश्च द्विजाश्च सुव्रताः प्रदक्षिणं मङ्गलिनोऽभ्यपूजयन् ॥

tamuttaraṃ prekṣya rathottame sthitaṃ bṛhannalāṃ caiva mahājanastadā | striyaśca kanyāśca dvijāśca suvratāḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ maṅgalino'bhyapūjayan

Seeing Uttara standing in his fine chariot, and Brihannala too, the great crowd, women, maidens and brahmins of good vows, walked around them keeping them on their right and honoured them with auspicious gifts:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.35.26d*0643, lines 1–4, with recension variants.

Verse 73 (4.38.73)

यदर्जुनस्यर्षभतुल्यगामिनः पुराऽभवत्खाण्डवदाहमङ्गलम् । कुरून्समासाद्य रणे बृहन्नले सहोत्तरेणास्तु तवाद्य मङ्गलम् ॥

yadarjunasyarṣabhatulyagāminaḥ purā'bhavatkhāṇḍavadāhamaṅgalam | kurūnsamāsādya raṇe bṛhannale sahottareṇāstu tavādya maṅgalam

"Brihannala, the good fortune that once attended Arjuna, who walks like a bull, at the burning of Khandava: may that good fortune be yours today, as you meet the Kurus in battle together with Uttara."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.35.26d*0643, lines 5–8. No speaker heading in Wikisource; this blessing is spoken by the people named in verse 72 and is assigned to them.