Uttara Flees and Arjuna Brings Him Back

Verse 1 (4.39.1)

स राजधान्या निर्याय वैराटिरकुतोभयः । प्रयाहीत्यब्रवीत्सूतं यत्र ते कुरवो गताः ॥

sa rājadhānyā niryāya vairāṭirakutobhayaḥ | prayāhītyabravītsūtaṃ yatra te kuravo gatāḥ

Leaving the royal city, Virata's son, fearing nothing, said to his charioteer, "Drive on to where the Kurus have gone."

Note on the text: Corrected राजधान्य → राजधान्या (misprint in Wikisource; the ablative is needed, and the critical edition reads rājadhānyā). Wikisource reads वैराटिरकुतोभयः for vairāṭiḥ pṛthivīṃjayaḥ, a recension variant.

Verse 2 (4.39.2)

समवेतान्कुरून्सर्वाञ्जिगीषूनवजित्य वै । गाश्चैताः क्षिप्रमादाय पुनरेष्याम्यहं पुरम् ॥

samavetānkurūnsarvāñjigīṣūnavajitya vai | gāścaitāḥ kṣipramādāya punareṣyāmyahaṃ puram

I will defeat all the assembled Kurus who are bent on victory, quickly take back these cattle, and come home to the city.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Uttara: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it). His words continue from the previous verse. Wikisource reads सर्वाञ् and गाश्चैताः … पुनरेष्याम्यहं पुरम् for yāvaj and gāś caiṣāṃ … punar āyāmi svaṃ puram, recension variants.

Verse 3 (4.39.3)

ततस्तांश्चोदयामास सदश्वान्पाण्डुनन्दनः ॥

tatastāṃścodayāmāsa sadaśvānpāṇḍunandanaḥ

Then the son of Pandu urged on those fine horses.

Note on the text: Wikisource prints this single line as a verse of its own (।। 3 ।।); in the critical edition it is 4.36.3ab, the first line of a three-line verse that the next verse completes.

Verse 4 (4.39.4)

ते हया नरसिंहेन चोदिता वातरंहसः । आलिखन्त इवाकाशमूहुः काञ्चनमालिनः ॥

te hayā narasiṃhena coditā vātaraṃhasaḥ | ālikhanta ivākāśamūhuḥ kāñcanamālinaḥ

Driven by that lion among men, the horses, swift as the wind and wearing golden garlands, sped on as though they were scoring lines across the sky.

Note on the text: Corresponds to critical edition 4.36.3cd–ef (the critical edition joins it to the previous line as one verse).

Verse 5 (4.39.5)

नातिदूरमथो गत्वा मात्स्यपुत्रधनञ्जयौ । अवैक्षेतामवित्रस्तौ कुरूणां बलिनां बलम् ॥

nātidūramatho gatvā mātsyaputradhanañjayau | avaikṣetāmavitrastau kurūṇāṃ balināṃ balam

They had gone no great distance when the son of the Matsya king and Dhananjaya, undaunted, caught sight of the army of the mighty Kurus.

Note on the text: Corresponds to critical edition 4.36.4ab–cd; Wikisource reads गत्वा and अवित्रस्तौ for yātvā and amitraghnau, recension variants.

Verse 6 (4.39.6)

श्मशानमभितो गत्वा शूरौ ददृशतुःकुरून् ॥

śmaśānamabhito gatvā śūrau dadṛśatuḥkurūn

Coming up near the cremation ground, the two heroes saw the Kurus.

Note on the text: Re-divided to follow the verse-end marks of the Wikisource page, which closes verse 6 after its first line (श्मशानमभितो … ददृशतुःकुरून् ।। 6 ।।) and runs the following lines on as verses 7, 8 and 9; the extracted input had attached each verse's first line to the verse before it. This line corresponds to critical edition 4.36.4ef (reading śūrau dadṛśatuḥ kurūn for āsasāda kurūn atha).

Verse 7 (4.39.7)

तदनीकं महत्तेषां विस्तृतं सागरोपमम् । सर्पमाणमिवाकाशे वनं बहुलपादपम् ॥

tadanīkaṃ mahatteṣāṃ vistṛtaṃ sāgaropamam | sarpamāṇamivākāśe vanaṃ bahulapādapam

That great host of theirs, spread out like the ocean, looked like a dense forest of many trees moving through the sky.

Note on the text: Re-divided to follow the verse-end marks of the Wikisource page, which closes verse 6 after its first line (श्मशानमभितो … ददृशतुःकुरून् ।। 6 ।।) and runs the following lines on as verses 7, 8 and 9; the extracted input had attached each verse's first line to the verse before it. Corresponds to critical edition 4.36.5 (reading विस्तृतं सागरोपमम् for vibabhau sāgarasvanam).

Verse 8 (4.39.8)

ददृशे पार्थिवो रेणुर्जनितस्तेन सर्पता । दृष्टिप्रणाशो भूतानां दिवस्पृक्कुरुसत्तम ॥

dadṛśe pārthivo reṇurjanitastena sarpatā | dṛṣṭipraṇāśo bhūtānāṃ divaspṛkkurusattama

The dust of the earth raised by that moving host was seen touching the sky and robbing all creatures of their sight, O best of the Kurus.

Note on the text: Re-divided to follow the verse-end marks of the Wikisource page, which closes verse 6 after its first line (श्मशानमभितो … ददृशतुःकुरून् ।। 6 ।।) and runs the following lines on as verses 7, 8 and 9; the extracted input had attached each verse's first line to the verse before it. Corresponds to critical edition 4.36.6 (vocative कुरुसत्तम for narasattama).

Verse 9 (4.39.9)

तदनीकमथो वीक्ष्य गजाश्वरथसंकुलम् । कर्णदुर्योधनकृपैर्गुप्तं शान्तनवेन च । द्रोणेन सह पुत्रेण महेष्वासेन धीमता ॥

tadanīkamatho vīkṣya gajāśvarathasaṃkulam | karṇaduryodhanakṛpairguptaṃ śāntanavena ca | droṇena saha putreṇa maheṣvāsena dhīmatā

Then, seeing that host crowded with elephants, horses and chariots, guarded by Karna, Duryodhana and Kripa, by the son of Shantanu, and by the wise Drona, the great archer, together with his son,

Note on the text: Re-divided to follow the verse-end marks of the Wikisource page, which closes verse 6 after its first line (श्मशानमभितो … ददृशतुःकुरून् ।। 6 ।।) and runs the following lines on as verses 7, 8 and 9; the extracted input had attached each verse's first line to the verse before it. Corresponds to critical edition 4.36.7 and 4.36.8a.

Verse 10 (4.39.10)

हृष्टरोमा भयोद्विग्नो निमील्य स्वदृशौ तदा । कम्पमानशरीरश्च पार्थं वैराटिरब्रवीत् ॥

hṛṣṭaromā bhayodvigno nimīlya svadṛśau tadā | kampamānaśarīraśca pārthaṃ vairāṭirabravīt

Virata's son, his hair standing on end and shaken with fear, shut his eyes and, trembling all over, said to Partha:

Note on the text: Only partly in the critical edition: its 4.36.8c (hṛṣṭaromā bhayodvignaḥ pārthaṃ vairāṭir abravīt) is spread here over both lines; the words निमील्य स्वदृशौ तदा and कम्पमानशरीरश्च appear nowhere in the critical edition (vulgate only).

Verse 11 (4.39.11)

नोत्सहे कुरुभिर्योद्धुं रोमहर्षं हि पश्य मे । बहुप्रवीरमत्युग्रं देवैरपि दुरासदम् । प्रतियोद्धुं न शक्नोमि कुरुसैन्यं भयानकम् ॥

notsahe kurubhiryoddhuṃ romaharṣaṃ hi paśya me | bahupravīramatyugraṃ devairapi durāsadam | pratiyoddhuṃ na śaknomi kurusainyaṃ bhayānakam

I have no heart to fight the Kurus; see, my hair stands on end. This dreadful Kuru army, full of heroes, fierce beyond measure, hard even for the gods to approach — I cannot stand against it.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Uttara: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it). Wikisource reads न शक्नोमि … भयानकम् for na śakṣyāmi … anantakam, recension variants.

Verse 12 (4.39.12)

नाशंसे भारतीं सेनां प्रवेष्टुं भीमकार्मुकाम् । देवैरपि सहेन्द्रेण न शक्यं किंपुनर्नरैः ॥

nāśaṃse bhāratīṃ senāṃ praveṣṭuṃ bhīmakārmukām | devairapi sahendreṇa na śakyaṃ kiṃpunarnaraiḥ

I dare not hope to enter the Bharata army with its terrible bows. Even the gods with Indra could not do it — how much less men?

Note on the text: The first line is critical edition 4.36.10ab; the second line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.36.10b*0646). Uttara's speech continues.

Verse 13 (4.39.13)

रथनागाश्वकलिलं पत्तिध्वजसमाकुलम् । दृष्ट्वैव हि परानीकं मनः प्रव्यथतीव मे ॥

rathanāgāśvakalilaṃ pattidhvajasamākulam | dṛṣṭvaiva hi parānīkaṃ manaḥ pravyathatīva me

Crowded with chariots, elephants and horses, thronged with foot-soldiers and banners — at the mere sight of the enemy host my mind is shaken.

Note on the text: Corresponds to critical edition 4.36.10cd–ef (reading परानीकं मनः for parān ājāv ātmā). Uttara's speech continues.

Verse 14 (4.39.14)

यत्र द्रोणश्च भीष्मश्च कृपः कर्णो विविंशतिः । अश्वत्थामा विकर्णश्च सोमदत्तश्च बाह्लिकः । दुर्योधनस्तथा राजा वीरो दुर्मर्षणः परः ॥

yatra droṇaśca bhīṣmaśca kṛpaḥ karṇo viviṃśatiḥ | aśvatthāmā vikarṇaśca somadattaśca bāhlikaḥ | duryodhanastathā rājā vīro durmarṣaṇaḥ paraḥ

Where Drona and Bhishma stand, Kripa, Karna, Vivimshati, Ashvatthama, Vikarna, Somadatta and Bahlika, and King Duryodhana too, and the hero Durmarshana besides —

Note on the text: Corresponds to critical edition 4.36.11 and 4.36.12ab (Wikisource names Durmarshana where the critical edition reads rājā ca rathināṃ varaḥ). Uttara's speech continues.

Verse 15 (4.39.15)

नीतिमन्तो महेष्वासाः सर्वे युद्धविशारदाः । मत्ता इव महानागा युक्तध्वजपताकिनः ॥

nītimanto maheṣvāsāḥ sarve yuddhaviśāradāḥ | mattā iva mahānāgā yuktadhvajapatākinaḥ

all of them wise in policy, great archers, masters of war, like rutting great elephants, with banners and pennants raised —

Note on the text: The first line is critical edition 4.36.12cd (reading नीतिमन्तो for dyutimanto); the second line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.36.12d*0647, line 1). Uttara's speech continues.

Verse 16 (4.39.16)

नीतिमन्तो महेष्वासाः सर्वार्थकृतनिश्चयाः । ताञ्जेतुं समरे शूरान्दुर्बुद्धिरहमागतः ॥

nītimanto maheṣvāsāḥ sarvārthakṛtaniścayāḥ | tāñjetuṃ samare śūrāndurbuddhirahamāgataḥ

wise in policy, great archers, firm in resolve in every purpose — these are the heroes I, in my folly, have come to conquer in battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.36.12d*0647, lines 2 and 6 (reading sarvāstrakṛtaniścayāḥ for सर्वार्थकृतनिश्चयाः). Uttara's speech continues.

Verse 17 (4.39.17)

दृष्ट्वैव हि कुरून्सर्वान्व्यूढानीकान्प्रहारिणः । हृषितानि च रोमाणि कश्मलेनाहतं मनः ॥

dṛṣṭvaiva hi kurūnsarvānvyūḍhānīkānprahāriṇaḥ | hṛṣitāni ca romāṇi kaśmalenāhataṃ manaḥ

At the very sight of all the Kurus, their ranks arrayed and ready to strike, my hair bristles and my mind is overcome with faintness.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Uttara: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 18 (4.39.18)

दृष्ट्वा तु महतीं सेनां कुरूणां दृढधन्विनाम् । परिदेवयते मन्दः सकाशे सव्यसाचिनः ॥

dṛṣṭvā tu mahatīṃ senāṃ kurūṇāṃ dṛḍhadhanvinām | paridevayate mandaḥ sakāśe savyasācinaḥ

Seeing the great army of the Kurus with their strong bows, the foolish prince lamented before Savyasachin:

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.36.14b*0648); the second line is 4.36.14cd. The critical edition's line aviyāto viyātasya … is not in Wikisource.

Verse 19 (4.39.19)

त्रिगर्तान्मे पिता यातः शून्ये वै प्रणिधाय माम् । सर्वां सेनामुपादाय न मे सन्तीह सैनिकाः ॥

trigartānme pitā yātaḥ śūnye vai praṇidhāya mām | sarvāṃ senāmupādāya na me santīha sainikāḥ

My father has gone against the Trigartas, taking the whole army and leaving me behind in the empty city. I have no soldiers here.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Uttara: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 20 (4.39.20)

अहमेको बहून्बालः कृतास्त्रानकृतश्रमः । प्रतियोद्धुं न शक्नोमि निवर्तय बृहन्नले ॥

ahameko bahūnbālaḥ kṛtāstrānakṛtaśramaḥ | pratiyoddhuṃ na śaknomi nivartaya bṛhannale

I am alone, a boy who has never laboured at arms; I cannot fight so many who are skilled in weapons. Turn back, Brihannala!

Note on the text: Corrected शक्नोति → शक्नोमि (misprint in Wikisource; the subject is अहम्, so the first person is required — Wikisource itself reads न शक्नोमि in verse 11, and the critical edition has the first person śakṣyāmi). Wikisource reads निवर्तय for nivartasva, a recension variant. Uttara's speech continues.

Verse 21 (4.39.21)

तं तथा वादिनं तत्र बीभत्सुः प्रत्यभाषत । संप्रहस्य पुनस्तं वै सर्वलोकमहारथः ॥

taṃ tathā vādinaṃ tatra bībhatsuḥ pratyabhāṣata | saṃprahasya punastaṃ vai sarvalokamahārathaḥ

As he spoke thus, Bibhatsu, the great chariot-warrior of all the world, laughed and answered him again:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.36.16d*0649.

Verse 22 (4.39.22)

भयेन दीनरूपोऽसि द्विषतां हर्षवर्धनः । न च तावत्कृतं किंचित्परैः कर्म रणाजिरे ॥

bhayena dīnarūpo'si dviṣatāṃ harṣavardhanaḥ | na ca tāvatkṛtaṃ kiṃcitparaiḥ karma raṇājire

Fear has made you look wretched, and that delights your enemies. Yet so far the enemy has done nothing at all on the field of battle.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Arjuna: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 23 (4.39.23)

स्वयमेव च मामात्थ नय मां कौरवान्प्रति । सोहं त्वां तत्र नेष्यामि यत्रैते बहुला ध्वजाः ॥

svayameva ca māmāttha naya māṃ kauravānprati | sohaṃ tvāṃ tatra neṣyāmi yatraite bahulā dhvajāḥ

You yourself told me, "Take me to the Kauravas." So I will take you there, where those many banners are.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Arjuna: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 24 (4.39.24)

मध्यमामिषगृध्राणां कुरूणामाततायिनाम् । नेष्यामि त्वां महाबाहो मा त्वं हि विमना भव । समुद्रमिव गम्भीरं कुरुसैन्यमरिन्दम ॥

madhyamāmiṣagṛdhrāṇāṃ kurūṇāmātatāyinām | neṣyāmi tvāṃ mahābāho mā tvaṃ hi vimanā bhava | samudramiva gambhīraṃ kurusainyamarindama

Into the midst of the Kurus, those aggressors who are like vultures greedy for flesh, I will take you, mighty-armed one; do not lose heart. The Kuru army is deep as the ocean, O tamer of foes.

Note on the text: Corrected मध्यमामिषगृध्रूनां → मध्यमामिषगृध्राणां (misprint in Wikisource; गृध्रूनां is not a valid form, the critical edition reads āmiṣagṛdhrāṇāṃ). The first two lines are 4.36.19 (reading मा त्वं हि विमना भव for pṛthivyām api yudhyatām); the third line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.36.19d*0650, line 1). Arjuna's speech continues.

Verse 25 (4.39.25)

स्त्रीसकाशे प्रतिज्ञाय पुरुषाणां हि शृण्वताम् । विकत्थमानो निर्यात्वा ब्रूषि किं नात्र युद्ध्यसे ॥

strīsakāśe pratijñāya puruṣāṇāṃ hi śṛṇvatām | vikatthamāno niryātvā brūṣi kiṃ nātra yuddhyase

You made your pledge in the presence of women, with men listening, and came out boasting. Tell me, why will you not fight here?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.36.19d*0650, lines 2–3 (reading brūhi kiṃ nātra budhyase for ब्रूषि किं नात्र युद्ध्यसे). Arjuna's speech continues.

Verse 26 (4.39.26)

तथा स्त्रीषु प्रतिश्रुत्य पौरुषं पुरुषेषु च । रथमारुह्य निर्यात्वा किमर्थं नावबुध्यसे ॥

tathā strīṣu pratiśrutya pauruṣaṃ puruṣeṣu ca | rathamāruhya niryātvā kimarthaṃ nāvabudhyase

Having promised manly deeds to the women and to the men alike, and having mounted your chariot and come out, why do you not come to your senses?

Note on the text: Wikisource reads रथमारुह्य निर्यात्वा किमर्थं नावबुध्यसे for katthamāno 'bhiniryāya kimarthaṃ na yuyutsase, a recension variant. Arjuna's speech continues.

Verse 27 (4.39.27)

न चेद्विजित्य गास्त्वं हि नगरं प्रतियास्यसि । प्रहसिष्यन्ति वीरास्त्वां नरा नार्यश्च संगताः ॥

na cedvijitya gāstvaṃ hi nagaraṃ pratiyāsyasi | prahasiṣyanti vīrāstvāṃ narā nāryaśca saṃgatāḥ

If you go back to the city without winning the cows, the warriors and the men and women gathered there will laugh at you.

Verse 28 (4.39.28)

अहमप्यस्मि सैरन्ध्र्या स्तुतः सारथ्यकर्मणि । नाहं शक्नोम्यनिर्जित्य गाः प्रयातुं पुरं प्रति ॥

ahamapyasmi sairandhryā stutaḥ sārathyakarmaṇi | nāhaṃ śaknomyanirjitya gāḥ prayātuṃ puraṃ prati

I too have been praised by the Sairandhri for my skill as a charioteer; I cannot go back to the city without winning the cows.

Verse 29 (4.39.29)

स्तोत्रेण चैव सैरन्ध्र्यास्तव वाक्येन चोदितः । कथं न युद्ध्येयमहं कुरूनेतान्स्थिरो भव ॥

stotreṇa caiva sairandhryāstava vākyena coditaḥ | kathaṃ na yuddhyeyamahaṃ kurūnetānsthiro bhava

Urged on by the Sairandhri's praise and by your own words, how could I not fight these Kurus? Stand firm.

Verse 30 (4.39.30)

कामं हरन्तु मात्स्यानां भूयांसः कुरवो धनम् । प्रहसन्तु च मां नार्यो नरा वाऽपि बृहन्नले ॥

kāmaṃ harantu mātsyānāṃ bhūyāṃsaḥ kuravo dhanam | prahasantu ca māṃ nāryo narā vā'pi bṛhannale

Let the Kurus carry off as much of the Matsyas' wealth as they please; let the women laugh at me, Brihannala, and the men too.

Verse 31 (4.39.31)

संग्रामेण न मे कार्यं गावो गच्छन्तु चापि मे । नगरं च प्रवेक्ष्यामि पश्यतस्ते बृहन्नले ॥

saṃgrāmeṇa na me kāryaṃ gāvo gacchantu cāpi me | nagaraṃ ca pravekṣyāmi paśyataste bṛhannale

I have no business with battle; let the cows go too. I will go back into the city while you look on, Brihannala.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records its two lines in its apparatus as 4.36.24b*0652, line 1, and 4.36.24b*0654.

Verse 32 (4.39.32)

इत्युक्त्वा प्राद्रवद्भीतो रथात्प्रस्कन्द्य कुण्डली । त्यक्त्वा मानं सुसंत्रस्तो विसृज्य सशरं धनुः ॥

ityuktvā prādravadbhīto rathātpraskandya kuṇḍalī | tyaktvā mānaṃ susaṃtrasto visṛjya saśaraṃ dhanuḥ

Saying this, the prince with his earrings leapt down from the chariot and ran off in fear; utterly terrified, he cast aside his pride and threw down his bow and arrows.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads सुसंत्रस्तो for sa mandātmā, a recension variant.

Verse 33 (4.39.33)

नैष शूरैः स्मृतो धर्मः क्षत्रियस्य पलायनम् । श्रेयो हि मरणं युद्धे न भीतस्य पलायनम् ॥

naiṣa śūraiḥ smṛto dharmaḥ kṣatriyasya palāyanam | śreyo hi maraṇaṃ yuddhe na bhītasya palāyanam

The brave do not hold flight to be the duty of a kshatriya. Death in battle is better than the flight of a man who is afraid.

Note on the text: Wikisource heads this verse अर्जुन उवाच where the critical edition has bṛhannaḍovāca.

Verse 34 (4.39.34)

एवमुक्त्वा तु कौरव्यः सोऽवप्लुत्य रथोत्तमात् । तमन्वधावद्धावन्तं राजपुत्रं धनञ्जयः । दीर्घां वेणीं विधून्वानः साधु रक्ते च वाससी ॥

evamuktvā tu kauravyaḥ so'vaplutya rathottamāt | tamanvadhāvaddhāvantaṃ rājaputraṃ dhanañjayaḥ | dīrghāṃ veṇīṃ vidhūnvānaḥ sādhu rakte ca vāsasī

Having said this, the Kaurava Dhananjaya leapt down from that fine chariot and ran after the fleeing prince, his long braid tossing and his two red garments streaming.

Verse 35 (4.39.35)

विक्रमन्तं पदन्यासैर्नमयन्तं च भूतलम् । विधूय वेणीं धावन्तमजानन्तोऽर्जुनं तदा । सैनिकाः प्राहसन्केचिद्योषिद्रूपमवेक्ष्य तम् ॥

vikramantaṃ padanyāsairnamayantaṃ ca bhūtalam | vidhūya veṇīṃ dhāvantamajānanto'rjunaṃ tadā | sainikāḥ prāhasankecidyoṣidrūpamavekṣya tam

As he ran with long strides that seemed to bend the earth, his braid tossing, some of the soldiers, not knowing him for Arjuna, laughed to see him in a woman's form.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.36.27f*0658); the second and third lines are 4.36.28 (reading योषिद्रूपम् for tathārūpam).

Verse 36 (4.39.36)

तं च शीघ्रं प्रधावन्तं संप्रेक्ष्य कुरवोऽब्रुवन् । कोऽयं धावत्यसङ्गेन पूर्वं मुक्त्वा रथोत्तमम् ॥

taṃ ca śīghraṃ pradhāvantaṃ saṃprekṣya kuravo'bruvan | ko'yaṃ dhāvatyasaṅgena pūrvaṃ muktvā rathottamam

Seeing him running so fast, the Kurus said, "Who is this, running so freely after abandoning that fine chariot?"

Note on the text: The first line is critical edition 4.36.29ab; the second line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.36.29b*0659, which it gives to the soldiers).

Verse 37 (4.39.37)

क एष वेषसंच्छन्नो भस्मनेव हुताशनः । किंचिदस्य यथा पुंसः किंचिदस्य यथा स्त्रियः ॥

ka eṣa veṣasaṃcchanno bhasmaneva hutāśanaḥ | kiṃcidasya yathā puṃsaḥ kiṃcidasya yathā striyaḥ

Who is this, hidden in disguise like fire covered by ash? Something of him is like a man, and something like a woman.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the Soldiers: the verse is wholly their direct speech (the next verse says इत्येवं सैनिकाः प्राहुः), and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it). The first line is critical edition 4.36.29cd (reading वेषसंच्छन्नो for veṣapracchanno); the second line is 4.36.30ab.

Verse 38 (4.39.38)

इत्येवं सैनिकाः प्राहुर्द्रोणस्तानिदमब्रवीत् । आचार्यः कुरुपाण्डूनां मतौ शुक्राङ्गिरोपमः ॥

ityevaṃ sainikāḥ prāhurdroṇastānidamabravīt | ācāryaḥ kurupāṇḍūnāṃ matau śukrāṅgiropamaḥ

So the soldiers spoke. Then Drona, the teacher of the Kurus and the Pandavas, equal in wisdom to Shukra and Angiras, said this to them:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.36.30b*0660, lines 1–2.

Verse 39 (4.39.39)

किं विचारेण वः कार्यमेतेनानुसृतेन वा । धावन्तमनुधावंश्च निर्भयो भयविप्लुतम् । वेणीकलापं निर्धूय प्रविभाति नरर्षभः ॥

kiṃ vicāreṇa vaḥ kāryametenānusṛtena vā | dhāvantamanudhāvaṃśca nirbhayo bhayaviplutam | veṇīkalāpaṃ nirdhūya pravibhāti nararṣabhaḥ

What need have you to debate this, or to follow it further? Fearless, chasing one who flees in terror, tossing his mass of braided hair, he shines — a bull among men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.36.30b*0660, lines 3–5. Speaker set to Drona: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 40 (4.39.40)

आकारमर्जुनस्येव क्लीबरूपं बिभर्ति च । रूपेण पार्थसदृशः स्त्रीवेषसमलंकृतः ॥

ākāramarjunasyeva klībarūpaṃ bibharti ca | rūpeṇa pārthasadṛśaḥ strīveṣasamalaṃkṛtaḥ

He has the look of Arjuna, though he wears a eunuch's form; in shape he is like Partha, though decked out in a woman's dress.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Drona: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it). The first line is critical edition 4.36.30cd (reading आकारम् for sārūpyam); the second line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.36.30d*0661).

Verse 41 (4.39.41)

तदेवैतच्छिरोग्रीवं तौ बाहू परिघोपमौ । तत्तदेवास्य विक्रान्तं नायमन्यो धनञ्जयात् ॥

tadevaitacchirogrīvaṃ tau bāhū parighopamau | tattadevāsya vikrāntaṃ nāyamanyo dhanañjayāt

That same head and neck, those two arms like iron bars, that same stride — this is none other than Dhananjaya.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Drona: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 42 (4.39.42)

अमरेष्विव देवेन्द्रो मनुष्येषु धनञ्जयः । एकः कोस्मानुपायायादन्यो लोके धनञ्जयात् ॥

amareṣviva devendro manuṣyeṣu dhanañjayaḥ | ekaḥ kosmānupāyāyādanyo loke dhanañjayāt

As Indra is among the immortals, so is Dhananjaya among men. Who else in the world but Dhananjaya would come against us alone?

Note on the text: Speaker set to Drona: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 43 (4.39.43)

द्रोणेन चैवमुक्तस्तु कर्णः प्रोवाच बुद्धिमान् । एकः पुत्रो विराटस्य शून्ये संनिहितः पुरे ॥

droṇena caivamuktastu karṇaḥ provāca buddhimān | ekaḥ putro virāṭasya śūnye saṃnihitaḥ pure

When Drona had said this, the wise Karna spoke: "Virata's only son was left behind in the empty city."

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.36.32d*0662); the second line, where Karna's words begin, is 4.36.33ab.

Verse 44 (4.39.44)

स एष किल निर्यातो बालभावान्न पौरुषात् । क्लीबं वै सारथिं कृत्वा निर्यातो नगराद्बहिः ॥

sa eṣa kila niryāto bālabhāvānna pauruṣāt | klībaṃ vai sārathiṃ kṛtvā niryāto nagarādbahiḥ

It must be he who has come out, from boyish rashness, not from manly strength; he has made a eunuch his charioteer and come out of the city.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Karna: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it). The first line is critical edition 4.36.33cd; the second line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.36.33d*0663).

Verse 45 (4.39.45)

छन्नं सत्रेण वै नूनं जानीध्वं यान्तमर्जुनम् । ते हि नः प्रतिसंयातुं संग्रामे न हि शक्नुयुः । कथमेकतरस्तेषां समस्तान्योधयेत्कुरून् ॥

channaṃ satreṇa vai nūnaṃ jānīdhvaṃ yāntamarjunam | te hi naḥ pratisaṃyātuṃ saṃgrāme na hi śaknuyuḥ | kathamekatarasteṣāṃ samastānyodhayetkurūn

Know for certain that the one who goes there is Arjuna, hidden in disguise. Yet the Pandavas could not stand against us in battle; how could one of them alone fight all the Kurus together?

Note on the text: Speaker set to Karna: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it). The first line is critical edition 4.36.34ab (reading छन्नं सत्रेण वै नूनं जानीध्वं यान्तमर्जुनम् for satreṇa nūnaṃ channaṃ hi carantaṃ pārtham arjunam); the second and third lines are not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has them as 4.36.34b*0664; they recur in Duryodhana's words in verses 49–50).

Verse 46 (4.39.46)

उत्तरः सारथिं कृत्वा निर्यातो नगराद्बहिः । स नो मन्ये ध्वजं दृष्ट्वा भीत एष पलायति ॥

uttaraḥ sārathiṃ kṛtvā niryāto nagarādbahiḥ | sa no manye dhvajaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīta eṣa palāyati

Uttara has made him his charioteer and come out of the city, and I think that, seeing our banner, he is fleeing in fear.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Karna: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it). Corresponds to critical edition 4.36.34cd and 4.36.35ab (reading ध्वजं for dhvajān).

Verse 47 (4.39.47)

नूनं तमेव धावन्तं जिघृक्षति धनञ्जयः । सारथिं ह्युत्तरं कृत्वा स्वयं योद्धुमिहेच्छति ॥

nūnaṃ tameva dhāvantaṃ jighṛkṣati dhanañjayaḥ | sārathiṃ hyuttaraṃ kṛtvā svayaṃ yoddhumihecchati

Surely Dhananjaya means to catch that very man as he runs; he has made Uttara his charioteer and wants to fight here himself.

Note on the text: Wikisource heads this verse कृप उवाच; the critical edition has no new speaker here and continues Karna's words. The first line is 4.36.35cd; the second line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.36.35d*0665, line 2).

Verse 48 (4.39.48)

इति स्म कुरवः सर्वे विमृशन्तः पृथक्पृथक् । न च व्यवसितुं वीरा अर्जुनं शक्नुवन्ति ते ॥

iti sma kuravaḥ sarve vimṛśantaḥ pṛthakpṛthak | na ca vyavasituṃ vīrā arjunaṃ śaknuvanti te

Thus all the Kurus deliberated, each in his own way, but the heroes could not make up their minds that it was Arjuna.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads वीरा अर्जुनं for kiṃ cid uttaraṃ, a recension variant.

Verse 49 (4.39.49)

दुर्योधन उवाचेदं सैनिकान्रथसत्तमान् । अर्जुनो वासुदेवो वा रामः प्रद्युम्न एव वा । ते हि नः प्रतिसंयातुं संग्रामे न हि शक्नुयुः ॥

duryodhana uvācedaṃ sainikānrathasattamān | arjuno vāsudevo vā rāmaḥ pradyumna eva vā | te hi naḥ pratisaṃyātuṃ saṃgrāme na hi śaknuyuḥ

Duryodhana said this to the soldiers, those best of chariot-fighters: "Be it Arjuna or Vasudeva, Rama or Pradyumna — not even they could stand against us in battle."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.36.36d*0666, lines 1–3. Duryodhana's words begin in the second line, so the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 50 (4.39.50)

अन्यो वै क्लीबरूपेण यद्यागच्छेद्गवां पदम् । शस्त्रैस्तीक्ष्णैरर्पयित्वा पातयिष्यामि भूतले । कथमेकतरस्तेषां समस्तान्योधयेत्कुरून् ॥

anyo vai klībarūpeṇa yadyāgacchedgavāṃ padam | śastraistīkṣṇairarpayitvā pātayiṣyāmi bhūtale | kathamekatarasteṣāṃ samastānyodhayetkurūn

If anyone else came to the cattle-station in a eunuch's form, I would pierce him with sharp weapons and bring him down to the ground. How could any one of them fight all the Kurus together?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.36.36d*0666, lines 5–6 and line 4 (Wikisource places that line, कथमेकतरस्तेषां …, last). Speaker set to Duryodhana: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 51 (4.39.51)

छन्नं तथा तं वेषेण पाण्डवं प्रेक्ष्य सैनिकाः । अर्जुनेति च नेत्येव न व्यवस्यन्ति ते पुनः । इति स्म कुरवः सर्वे विमृशन्तः पुनः पुनः ॥

channaṃ tathā taṃ veṣeṇa pāṇḍavaṃ prekṣya sainikāḥ | arjuneti ca netyeva na vyavasyanti te punaḥ | iti sma kuravaḥ sarve vimṛśantaḥ punaḥ punaḥ

Seeing the Pandava so hidden by his disguise, the soldiers still could not decide whether it was Arjuna or not; and so all the Kurus deliberated again and again.

Note on the text: The first line is critical edition 4.36.36ef (reading वेषेण … सैनिकाः for satreṇa … bhārata); the second and third lines are not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has them as 4.36.36f*0667, lines 1–2, reading mantrayanti mahārathāḥ for विमृशन्तः पुनः पुनः).

Verse 52 (4.39.52)

दृढवेधी महासत्त्वः शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमः । अद्यागच्छति चेद्योद्धुं सर्वं संशयितं बलम् ॥

dṛḍhavedhī mahāsattvaḥ śakratulyaparākramaḥ | adyāgacchati cedyoddhuṃ sarvaṃ saṃśayitaṃ balam

He strikes hard and true, he is of great might, his valour equals Shakra's. If he comes today to fight, our whole army is in danger.

Note on the text: Corrected दृढेवधी → दृढवेधी (misprint in Wikisource; transposed aksharas — the critical edition's apparatus reads dṛḍhavedhī). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.36.36f*0667, lines 3–4 (reading abhyāgacchati for अद्यागच्छति). Speaker set to the Kurus: the verse is wholly the deliberating Kurus' own words, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 53 (4.39.53)

न चाप्यन्यतरं तत्र व्यवस्यन्ति धनञ्जयात् ॥

na cāpyanyataraṃ tatra vyavasyanti dhanañjayāt

Yet they could not settle on anyone there other than Dhananjaya.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.36.36f*0667, line 5. Printed by Wikisource as a single line.

Verse 54 (4.39.54)

उत्तरं तु प्रधावन्तमनुद्रुत्य धनञ्जयः । गत्वा शतपदं तूर्णं केशपक्षे परामृशत् ॥

uttaraṃ tu pradhāvantamanudrutya dhanañjayaḥ | gatvā śatapadaṃ tūrṇaṃ keśapakṣe parāmṛśat

Dhananjaya, pursuing the fleeing Uttara, ran a hundred paces swiftly and seized him by the hair.

Verse 55 (4.39.55)

मा मा गृहाण भद्रं ते दासोऽहं ते बृहन्नले । इति वादिनमेवाशु धावन्तं तरसाऽग्रहीत् । विराटपुत्रं बीभत्सुर्बलवानरिमर्दनः ॥

mā mā gṛhāṇa bhadraṃ te dāso'haṃ te bṛhannale | iti vādinamevāśu dhāvantaṃ tarasā'grahīt | virāṭaputraṃ bībhatsurbalavānarimardanaḥ

"Do not seize me, bless you! I am your slave, Brihannala!" As he cried out and ran, mighty Bibhatsu, crusher of foes, swiftly took hold of Virata's son by force.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.36.37d*0668 and *0669.

Verse 56 (4.39.56)

सोऽर्जुनेन परामृष्टः पर्यदेवयदार्तवत् । बहुलं कृपणं चैव वित्तं प्रावेदयद्बहु ॥

so'rjunena parāmṛṣṭaḥ paryadevayadārtavat | bahulaṃ kṛpaṇaṃ caiva vittaṃ prāvedayadbahu

Seized by Arjuna, he wailed like one in distress, long and pitifully, and offered him great wealth:

Note on the text: Corresponds to critical edition 4.36.38ab and the first half of 4.36.38c; the words वित्तं प्रावेदयद्बहु (for virāṭasya sutas tadā) are a vulgate reading.

Verse 57 (4.39.57)

सुवर्णमणिमुक्तानां यद्यदिच्छसि दद्मि ते । हस्तिनोश्वान्रथान्गावः स्त्रियश्च समलङ्कृताः ॥

suvarṇamaṇimuktānāṃ yadyadicchasi dadmi te | hastinośvānrathāngāvaḥ striyaśca samalaṅkṛtāḥ

Whatever gold, jewels and pearls you want, I will give you — elephants, horses, chariots, cows, and women richly adorned.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.36.38d*0673, where it is given to Uttara. Speaker set to Uttara: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 58 (4.39.58)

शातकुम्भस्य शुद्धस्य श्रेष्ठस्य रजतस्य च । ददामि शतनिष्कं ते मुञ्च मां त्वं बृहन्नले ॥

śātakumbhasya śuddhasya śreṣṭhasya rajatasya ca | dadāmi śataniṣkaṃ te muñca māṃ tvaṃ bṛhannale

I will give you a hundred nishkas of pure refined gold and of the finest silver. Let me go, Brihannala.

Note on the text: Corresponds to critical edition 4.36.39a (first half) and its apparatus 4.36.39a*0674. Uttara's speech continues.

Verse 59 (4.39.59)

षष्टिं स्वलंकृताः कन्या ग्राममेकं ददामि ते । मुञ्च मां त्वं भृशं दीनं विह्वलं भयकम्पितम् ॥

ṣaṣṭiṃ svalaṃkṛtāḥ kanyā grāmamekaṃ dadāmi te | muñca māṃ tvaṃ bhṛśaṃ dīnaṃ vihvalaṃ bhayakampitam

Sixty well-adorned maidens and a village I will give you. Let me go — I am wretched, distraught and shaking with fear.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.36.40d*0675, lines 1–2. Uttara's speech continues.

Verse 60 (4.39.60)

मणीनष्टौ च वैडूर्यान्हेमबद्धान्महाप्रभान् । हेमदण्डप्रतिच्छन्नं रथं युक्तं तु वाजिभिः ॥

maṇīnaṣṭau ca vaiḍūryānhemabaddhānmahāprabhān | hemadaṇḍapraticchannaṃ rathaṃ yuktaṃ tu vājibhiḥ

Eight brilliant beryl gems set in gold, a chariot fitted with a golden pole and yoked with horses,

Note on the text: Corresponds to critical edition 4.36.39cd and 4.36.40ab (reading तु वाजिभिः for ca suvrajaiḥ). Uttara's speech continues.

Verse 61 (4.39.61)

मत्तांश्च दश मातङ्गान्मुञ्च मां त्वं बृहन्नले । गमिष्यामि पुरं षण्ड द्रष्टुं मातरमद्य ताम् ॥

mattāṃśca daśa mātaṅgānmuñca māṃ tvaṃ bṛhannale | gamiṣyāmi puraṃ ṣaṇḍa draṣṭuṃ mātaramadya tām

and ten rutting elephants — let me go, Brihannala. I will go to the city today, eunuch, to see my mother.

Note on the text: The first line is critical edition 4.36.40cd; the second line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.36.40d*0675, line 3, reading mātaram arditām for मातरमद्य ताम्). Uttara's speech continues.

Verse 62 (4.39.62)

एकोऽहमेव मे मातुः कुमारः किं ब्रुवे ततः । विधिरेवंविधे काले त्वद्वशं कुरुते हि माम् ॥

eko'hameva me mātuḥ kumāraḥ kiṃ bruve tataḥ | vidhirevaṃvidhe kāle tvadvaśaṃ kurute hi mām

I am my mother's only son; what more can I say? At such a time as this, fate has put me in your power.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it does not appear anywhere in the critical edition, neither in the apparatus nor in Appendix I. Uttara's speech continues.

Verse 63 (4.39.63)

मात्स्यस्य पुत्रो बालोऽहं तेन चास्मि सुपोषितः । मातृपार्श्वशयानोऽहमस्पृष्टातपवायुमान् ॥

mātsyasya putro bālo'haṃ tena cāsmi supoṣitaḥ | mātṛpārśvaśayāno'hamaspṛṣṭātapavāyumān

I am the young son of the Matsya king, and he has reared me tenderly; I have slept at my mother's side, untouched by sun or wind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.36.40d*0676, lines 1–2 (reading sukhoṣitaḥ for सुपोषितः). Uttara's speech continues.

Verse 64 (4.39.64)

अदृष्टबलयुद्धोऽहं कुतस्ते कुरवः कुतः । मातृपार्श्वं गमिष्यामि मुञ्च मां त्वं बृहन्नले ॥

adṛṣṭabalayuddho'haṃ kutaste kuravaḥ kutaḥ | mātṛpārśvaṃ gamiṣyāmi muñca māṃ tvaṃ bṛhannale

I have never seen armies at war — what am I beside these Kurus? I will go to my mother's side; let me go, Brihannala.

Note on the text: Corrected अदृष्टबालयुद्धोऽहं → अदृष्टबलयुद्धोऽहं (misprint in Wikisource; a stray long vowel — the critical edition's apparatus reads adṛṣṭabalayuddho, "who has never seen a battle of armies"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.36.40d*0676, lines 3–4. Uttara's speech continues.

Verse 65 (4.39.65)

प्रलयार्णवसंकाशं दृश्यते कौरवं बलम् ॥

pralayārṇavasaṃkāśaṃ dṛśyate kauravaṃ balam

The Kaurava army looks like the ocean at the dissolution of the world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.36.40d*0676, line 5. Printed by Wikisource as a single line. Uttara's speech continues.

Verse 66 (4.39.66)

स्त्रीणां मध्येऽहमज्ञानाद्वीर्यशौर्याङ्कितां गिरम् । उक्तो यौवनगर्वेण को जेतुं शक्नुयात्कुरून् । अमुक्त्वा मां यदि नयेर्मरिष्यामि तवाग्रतः ॥

strīṇāṃ madhye'hamajñānādvīryaśauryāṅkitāṃ giram | ukto yauvanagarveṇa ko jetuṃ śaknuyātkurūn | amuktvā māṃ yadi nayermariṣyāmi tavāgrataḥ

Among the women, in my ignorance and the pride of youth, I spoke words full of valour and daring — but who could conquer the Kurus? If you carry me on without letting me go, I will die before your eyes.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.36.40d*0676, lines 6–8 (reading uktavān madagarveṇa for उक्तो यौवनगर्वेण). Wikisource's उक्तो is kept, though the sense, as the apparatus's uktavān shows, is "having spoken". Uttara's speech continues.

Verse 67 (4.39.67)

एवमादीनि वाक्यानि विलपन्तमचेतसम् । प्रसभं पुरुषव्याघ्रो रथस्यान्तिकमानयत् ॥

evamādīni vākyāni vilapantamacetasam | prasabhaṃ puruṣavyāghro rathasyāntikamānayat

As he lamented senselessly with these and many such words, that tiger among men brought him by force to the chariot.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads प्रसभं for prahasya, a recension variant.

Verse 68 (4.39.68)

अथैनमब्रवीत्पार्थो भयार्तं नष्टचेतसम् ॥

athainamabravītpārtho bhayārtaṃ naṣṭacetasam

Then Partha said to him, stricken with fear and out of his wits:

Note on the text: Critical edition 4.36.42ab; printed by Wikisource as a single line.

Verse 69 (4.39.69)

अहं योत्स्यामि कौरव्यैर्हयान्संयच्छ मेति माम् । आददानः किमर्थं त्वं पलायनपरोऽभवः ॥

ahaṃ yotsyāmi kauravyairhayānsaṃyaccha meti mām | ādadānaḥ kimarthaṃ tvaṃ palāyanaparo'bhavaḥ

You took me along, saying, "I will fight the Kauravas; you hold the horses for me." Why, then, have you turned to flight?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.36.42b*0677, lines 1–2 (reading cottara for मेति माम्). Speaker set to Arjuna: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).

Verse 70 (4.39.70)

युध्यस्व कौरवैः सार्धं विजयस्ते भविष्यति । यस्य यन्तास्म्यहं युद्धे संयच्छामि हयोत्तमान् । राज्ञो वा राजपुत्रस्य तस्य युद्धे जयो ध्रुवम् ॥

yudhyasva kauravaiḥ sārdhaṃ vijayaste bhaviṣyati | yasya yantāsmyahaṃ yuddhe saṃyacchāmi hayottamān | rājño vā rājaputrasya tasya yuddhe jayo dhruvam

Fight the Kauravas, and victory will be yours. Whoever I drive for in battle, holding his fine horses, be he king or prince, his victory in battle is sure.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.36.42b*0677, lines 3–5. Arjuna's speech continues.

Verse 71 (4.39.71)

सर्वथोत्तर युध्यस्व यन्त्रा सह मया कुरून् । जित्वा महीं यशः प्राप्य भोक्ष्यसे सकलामिमाम् ॥

sarvathottara yudhyasva yantrā saha mayā kurūn | jitvā mahīṃ yaśaḥ prāpya bhokṣyase sakalāmimām

By all means, Uttara, fight the Kurus with me as your charioteer. Having conquered the earth and won fame, you will enjoy this whole world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.36.42b*0677, lines 6–7. Arjuna's speech continues.

Verse 72 (4.39.72)

हतो वा प्राप्स्यसे स्वर्गं न श्रेयस्ते पलायनम् ॥

hato vā prāpsyase svargaṃ na śreyaste palāyanam

Or, if you are slain, you will reach heaven; flight will do you no good.

Note on the text: Corrected प्राप्ससे → प्राप्स्यसे (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara — the future is needed, and the critical edition's apparatus reads prāpsyase). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.36.42b*0677, line 8. Printed by Wikisource as a single line. Arjuna's speech continues.

Verse 73 (4.39.73)

अद्य सर्वान्कुरूञ्जित्वा यथा जयमवाप्स्यसि । तथाऽहं प्रयतिष्येऽत्र सहायोऽत्र मतो ह्यहम् ॥

adya sarvānkurūñjitvā yathā jayamavāpsyasi | tathā'haṃ prayatiṣye'tra sahāyo'tra mato hyaham

I will strive here so that you conquer all the Kurus today and win the victory; count me as your helper here.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.36.42b*0677, lines 9–10. Arjuna's speech continues.

Verse 74 (4.39.74)

यदि नोत्सहसे योद्धुं शत्रुभिः शत्रुकर्शन । एहि मे त्वं हयान्यच्छ युध्यमानस्य शत्रुभिः ॥

yadi notsahase yoddhuṃ śatrubhiḥ śatrukarśana | ehi me tvaṃ hayānyaccha yudhyamānasya śatrubhiḥ

If you have no heart to fight the enemy, scourge of foes, come, hold the horses for me while I fight them.

Note on the text: Corresponds to critical edition 4.36.42cd–ef. Arjuna's speech continues.

Verse 75 (4.39.75)

प्रयाह्येतद्रथानीकं मद्बाहुपरिरक्षितः । अप्रधृष्यतमं घोरं गुप्तं घोरैर्महारथैः । मा भैस्त्वं राजपुत्राग्र्य क्षत्रियोसि परंतप ॥

prayāhyetadrathānīkaṃ madbāhuparirakṣitaḥ | apradhṛṣyatamaṃ ghoraṃ guptaṃ ghorairmahārathaiḥ | mā bhaistvaṃ rājaputrāgrya kṣatriyosi paraṃtapa

Drive into this host of chariots, protected by my arms — a host most unassailable and fearsome, guarded by dreadful great chariot-warriors. Do not be afraid, foremost of princes: you are a kshatriya, scorcher of foes.

Note on the text: Corresponds to critical edition 4.36.43 and 4.36.44ab (reading घोरैर्महारथैः for vīrair mahārathaiḥ). Arjuna's speech continues.

Verse 76 (4.39.76)

अहं तैः कुरुभिर्योत्स्ये प्रत्यानेष्यामि ते पशून् । प्रविशैतद्रथानीकमप्रधृष्यं दुरासदम् ॥

ahaṃ taiḥ kurubhiryotsye pratyāneṣyāmi te paśūn | praviśaitadrathānīkamapradhṛṣyaṃ durāsadam

I will fight those Kurus and bring back your cattle. Enter this host of chariots, unassailable and hard to approach.

Note on the text: Corresponds to critical edition 4.36.44cd (reading प्रत्यानेष्यामि for avajeṣyāmi) and 4.36.45ab. Arjuna's speech continues.

Verse 77 (4.39.77)

यन्ता भव नरश्रेष्ठ योत्स्येऽहं कुरुभिः सह । शूरान्समरचण्डांश्च नयिष्ये यमसादनम् ॥

yantā bhava naraśreṣṭha yotsye'haṃ kurubhiḥ saha | śūrānsamaracaṇḍāṃśca nayiṣye yamasādanam

Be my charioteer, best of men; I will fight the Kurus and send those heroes, fierce in battle, to the abode of Yama.

Note on the text: The first line is critical edition 4.36.45cd; the second line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.36.45d*0680). Arjuna's speech continues.

Verse 78 (4.39.78)

एवं ब्रुवाणो वैराटिं बीभत्सुरपराजितः । समाश्वास्य भयार्तं तमुत्तरं भरतर्षभः ॥

evaṃ bruvāṇo vairāṭiṃ bībhatsuraparājitaḥ | samāśvāsya bhayārtaṃ tamuttaraṃ bharatarṣabhaḥ

Speaking thus to Virata's son, the unconquered Bibhatsu, bull of the Bharatas, comforted the fear-stricken Uttara.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads भयार्तं … भरतर्षभः for muhūrtaṃ … bharatarṣabha, recension variants.

Verse 79 (4.39.79)

इतस्ततो विवेष्टन्तमकामं भयपीडितम् । रथमारोपयामास पार्थः परपुरंजयः ॥

itastato viveṣṭantamakāmaṃ bhayapīḍitam | rathamāropayāmāsa pārthaḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ

Then Partha, conqueror of enemy cities, lifted him onto the chariot as he writhed this way and that, unwilling and tormented by fear.

Note on the text: Corrected आरोपमायास → आरोपयामास (misprint in Wikisource; transposed aksharas — the critical edition reads āropayām āsa). Wikisource reads इतस्ततो विवेष्टन्तम् and परपुरंजयः for tata enaṃ viceṣṭantam and praharatāṃ varaḥ, recension variants.

Verse 80 (4.39.80)

तमारोप्य रथोपस्थे विलपन्तं धनञ्जयः । गाण्डीवं धनुरादातुमुपायात्तां शमीं प्रति । उत्तरं तं समाश्वास्य कृत्वा यन्तारमर्जुनः ॥

tamāropya rathopasthe vilapantaṃ dhanañjayaḥ | gāṇḍīvaṃ dhanurādātumupāyāttāṃ śamīṃ prati | uttaraṃ taṃ samāśvāsya kṛtvā yantāramarjunaḥ

Having set the wailing Uttara on the chariot's seat, comforted him and made him his charioteer, Arjuna Dhananjaya went toward that Shami tree to take up the Gandiva bow.

Note on the text: Merged with the following line (input verse 81, which the input numbered 81): the Wikisource page prints no verse-end mark after शमीं प्रति and closes the verse only after उत्तरं तं समाश्वास्य कृत्वा यन्तारमर्जुनः ।। 80 ।।, so the three lines form its verse 80. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records all three lines in its apparatus as 4.36.47d*0682.