Arjuna Reveals Himself to Uttara and Explains His Ten Names

Verse 1 (4.43.1)

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे पार्थं न मूढात्मा व्यजानत । विराटपुत्रः प्रमुखे पप्रच्छ पुनरेव तम् ॥

etasminnantare pārthaṃ na mūḍhātmā vyajānata | virāṭaputraḥ pramukhe papraccha punareva tam

Meanwhile Virata's son, his mind bewildered, still did not recognise Partha, and standing before him he questioned him again:

Note on the text: Corrected प्रभुखे → प्रमुखे (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition's apparatus reads pramukhe, "before him"). The verse is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.39.1d*0723 (reading mūḍhātmā na vyajānata).

Verse 2 (4.43.2)

सुवर्णरुचिराण्येषामायुधानि महात्मनाम् । रुचिराणि प्रकाशन्ते पार्थानामाशुकारिणाम् ॥

suvarṇarucirāṇyeṣāmāyudhāni mahātmanām | rucirāṇi prakāśante pārthānāmāśukāriṇām

These gold-adorned weapons of the great-souled Parthas, swift in action, shine out splendidly.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Uttara: Wikisource prints no heading here (it carried वैशंपायन over this verse and the next ten), but verses 2–12 are Uttara's question to Brihannala; the critical edition heads 4.39.1 "uttara uvāca".

Verse 3 (4.43.3)

क्वनु ते पाण्डवाः शूराः संग्रामेष्वपराजिताः । येषामिमानि दीप्तानि श्रिया दीप्यन्ति भान्ति च ॥

kvanu te pāṇḍavāḥ śūrāḥ saṃgrāmeṣvaparājitāḥ | yeṣāmimāni dīptāni śriyā dīpyanti bhānti ca

Where now are those heroic Pandavas, never defeated in battle, whose weapons these are, blazing and shining with splendour?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.39.2d*0724, lines 1–2. 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 4 (4.43.4)

कस्मिन्वसन्ति देशे च धर्मज्ञा बन्धुवत्सलाः । क्व धर्मराजः कौन्तेयो धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

kasminvasanti deśe ca dharmajñā bandhuvatsalāḥ | kva dharmarājaḥ kaunteyo dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

In what land do they live, those knowers of dharma who love their kin? Where is the King of Dharma, Kunti's son Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.39.2d*0724, lines 3–4. 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 5 (4.43.5)

धर्मशीलश्च धर्मात्मा धर्मवान्धर्मवित्सुधीः । धर्माध्यक्षो धर्मपुत्रो धर्मज्ञो धर्ममूर्तिमान् ॥

dharmaśīlaśca dharmātmā dharmavāndharmavitsudhīḥ | dharmādhyakṣo dharmaputro dharmajño dharmamūrtimān

who is righteous in conduct and in soul, possessed of dharma, a knower of dharma, wise; the overseer of dharma, the son of Dharma, the knower of dharma, dharma embodied;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.39.2d*0725, lines 1–2. 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 6 (4.43.6)

धर्मनिष्ठो धर्मकर्ता धर्मगोप्ता सुधर्मकृत् । सत्यार्जवक्षमाधारो घृणी धर्मपरायणः ॥

dharmaniṣṭho dharmakartā dharmagoptā sudharmakṛt | satyārjavakṣamādhāro ghṛṇī dharmaparāyaṇaḥ

steadfast in dharma, a doer of dharma, a guardian of dharma, a performer of true dharma; the support of truth, uprightness and forbearance, compassionate, devoted to dharma?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.39.2d*0725, lines 3–4. 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 7 (4.43.7)

भीमसेनार्जुनौ चापि सर्वे ते मातुला मम । नकुलः सहदेवो वा सर्वास्त्रकुशलौ रणे ॥

bhīmasenārjunau cāpi sarve te mātulā mama | nakulaḥ sahadevo vā sarvāstrakuśalau raṇe

And Bhimasena and Arjuna too, and Nakula and Sahadeva, both skilled in every weapon in battle: all of them are my maternal uncles.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.39.2d*0724, lines 5–6. 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 8 (4.43.8)

सर्व एव महात्मानः सर्वामित्रविनाशनाः । राज्यमक्षैः पराजित्य नः श्रूयन्ते वनं गताः ॥

sarva eva mahātmānaḥ sarvāmitravināśanāḥ | rājyamakṣaiḥ parājitya naḥ śrūyante vanaṃ gatāḥ

All of them are great-souled, destroyers of all their enemies; having lost their kingdom at dice, so we hear, they went to the forest.

Note on the text: Second line differs from the critical edition (na śrūyante kadā cana); Wikisource's reading is kept. 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 9 (4.43.9)

द्रौपदी चापि पाञ्चाली स्त्रीरत्नमिति मे श्रुता । जिता चाक्षैस्तदा कृष्णा तानेवान्वगमद्वने ॥

draupadī cāpi pāñcālī strīratnamiti me śrutā | jitā cākṣaistadā kṛṣṇā tānevānvagamadvane

Draupadi too, the princess of Panchala, a jewel among women as I have heard, Krishna, was won at dice then and followed those very men into the forest.

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 10 (4.43.10)

उत्सृज्य राज्यं धर्म्यं ते नः श्रूयन्ते वनं गताः ॥

utsṛjya rājyaṃ dharmyaṃ te naḥ śrūyante vanaṃ gatāḥ

Having given up their lawful kingdom, they went to the forest, so we hear.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.39.4d*0726, line 1 (reading na śrūyante for नः श्रूयन्ते). It is a single line in the apparatus too, so nothing is lost. 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 11 (4.43.11)

पाण्डवान्यदि जानीषे क्वनु ते धर्मचारिणः । क्वनु वा निवसन्तीति सत्यं ब्रूहि बृहन्नले ॥

pāṇḍavānyadi jānīṣe kvanu te dharmacāriṇaḥ | kvanu vā nivasantīti satyaṃ brūhi bṛhannale

If you know the Pandavas, tell me truly, Brihannala: where are those followers of dharma now, and where do they live?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.39.4d*0726, lines 2–3. 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 12 (4.43.12)

किमर्थमागतान्यत्र शस्त्रास्त्राणि महात्मनाम् । कथं ज्ञातानि भवता तथा मे ब्रूहि शोभने ॥

kimarthamāgatānyatra śastrāstrāṇi mahātmanām | kathaṃ jñātāni bhavatā tathā me brūhi śobhane

Why have the weapons and arms of those great-souled men come to be here? And how did you come to know them? Tell me that too, good lady.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.39.4d*0727. 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 13 (4.43.13)

ततः प्रहस्य बीभत्सुः कौन्तेयः श्वेतवाहनः । उवाच राजपुत्रं तमुत्तरं शृणु मे वचः ॥

tataḥ prahasya bībhatsuḥ kaunteyaḥ śvetavāhanaḥ | uvāca rājaputraṃ tamuttaraṃ śṛṇu me vacaḥ

Then Bibhatsu, Kunti's son of the white horses, laughed and said to Prince Uttara, "Hear my words."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.39.4d*0726, lines 4–5.

Verse 14 (4.43.14)

मा भैस्त्वं राजशार्दूल सर्वं ते वर्णयाम्यहम् । नात्र भेतव्यमद्यापि राजपुत्र यथातथा ॥

mā bhaistvaṃ rājaśārdūla sarvaṃ te varṇayāmyaham | nātra bhetavyamadyāpi rājaputra yathātathā

Do not be afraid, tiger among kings; I will describe everything to you. There is nothing here to fear, prince, now or in any way.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.39.4d*0729, lines 1–2. Speaker set to Arjuna: verses 14–17 are his reply, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for them (it carried वैशंपायन over them); the critical edition heads 4.39.5 "arjuna uvāca".

Verse 15 (4.43.15)

वयं ते पाण्डवा नाम वनवासस्य पारगाः । अतीते द्वादशे वर्षे च्छन्नवासमिहोषिताः । तस्मादशङ्कितमनाः शृणुष्वावहितोत्तर ॥

vayaṃ te pāṇḍavā nāma vanavāsasya pāragāḥ | atīte dvādaśe varṣe cchannavāsamihoṣitāḥ | tasmādaśaṅkitamanāḥ śṛṇuṣvāvahitottara

We are those very Pandavas, who have come through the exile in the forest; now that the twelfth year is over, we have lived here in hiding. So listen attentively, Uttara, with your mind free of fear.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.39.4d*0729, lines 3–5. 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 16 (4.43.16)

अहमस्म्यर्जुनो नाम कङ्को नाम युधिष्ठिरः । भीमसेनस्तु वललः पितुस्ते रसपाचकः । अश्वबन्धस्तु नकुलः सहदेवस्तु गोपतिः ॥

ahamasmyarjuno nāma kaṅko nāma yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | bhīmasenastu valalaḥ pituste rasapācakaḥ | aśvabandhastu nakulaḥ sahadevastu gopatiḥ

I am Arjuna; Kanka is Yudhishthira; Valala, your father's cook, is Bhimasena; the horse-keeper is Nakula, and the master of the cattle is Sahadeva.

Note on the text: Corresponds to critical edition 4.39.5–6ab with different readings (कङ्को नाम for sabhāstāro, वललः for ballavo — Valala is this recension's name for Bhima — and गोपतिः for gokule); Wikisource's readings are kept. 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 17 (4.43.17)

सैरन्ध्रीं द्रौपदीं विद्धि यदर्थे कीचको हतः । भीमसेनेन दुर्वृत्तः सहभ्रातृभिराहवे ॥

sairandhrīṃ draupadīṃ viddhi yadarthe kīcako hataḥ | bhīmasenena durvṛttaḥ sahabhrātṛbhirāhave

Know that the Sairandhri is Draupadi, for whose sake the wicked Kichaka was killed by Bhimasena in combat, together with his brothers.

Note on the text: The first line matches critical edition 4.39.6cd (which reads kīcakā hatāḥ, plural); the second line is in its apparatus only, as 4.39.6d*0730. 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 18 (4.43.18)

श्रुत्वैतद्वचनं जिष्णोर्विस्मयस्फारितेक्षणः । पश्यन्ननिमिषः पार्थं शनैर्वाचमुवाच ह ॥

śrutvaitadvacanaṃ jiṣṇorvismayasphāritekṣaṇaḥ | paśyannanimiṣaḥ pārthaṃ śanairvācamuvāca ha

Hearing these words of Jishnu, Uttara, his eyes wide with wonder, gazed at Partha without blinking and slowly spoke:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.39.6d*0731.

Verse 19 (4.43.19)

दश पार्थस्य नामानि श्रूयन्ते मे कथासु च । प्रब्रूयास्तानि यदि मे श्रद्दध्यां सर्वमेव ते ॥

daśa pārthasya nāmāni śrūyante me kathāsu ca | prabrūyāstāni yadi me śraddadhyāṃ sarvameva te

The ten names of Partha are spoken of in the tales I have heard. If you can tell them to me, I will believe all that you say.

Verse 20 (4.43.20)

अहं तर्हि तवाचक्षे दश नामानि तानि मे । वैराटे शृणु तानि त्वं यानि पूर्वं श्रुतानि ते । ईशानो विदधे देवस्त्रिदिवस्येश्वरो दिवि ॥

ahaṃ tarhi tavācakṣe daśa nāmāni tāni me | vairāṭe śṛṇu tāni tvaṃ yāni pūrvaṃ śrutāni te | īśāno vidadhe devastridivasyeśvaro divi

Then I will tell you those ten names of mine. Listen to them, son of Virata, the same names you have heard before; Ishana, the god who rules heaven, conferred them in the celestial realm.

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to critical edition 4.39.8ab in different words; the second and third lines are in its apparatus only, as 4.39.8b*0732 and 4.39.8b*0734.

Verse 21 (4.43.21)

अर्जुनः फल्गुनो जिष्णुः किरीटी श्वेतवाहनः । बीभत्सुर्विजयः पार्थः सव्यसाची धनञ्जयः । एतानि मम नामानि स्थापितानि सुरोत्तमैः ॥

arjunaḥ phalguno jiṣṇuḥ kirīṭī śvetavāhanaḥ | bībhatsurvijayaḥ pārthaḥ savyasācī dhanañjayaḥ | etāni mama nāmāni sthāpitāni surottamaiḥ

Arjuna, Phalguna, Jishnu, Kiritin, Shvetavahana, Bibhatsu, Vijaya, Partha, Savyasachin and Dhananjaya: these are my names, established by the foremost of the gods.

Note on the text: The first two lines are critical edition 4.39.8cdef (which has kṛṣṇaḥ where Wikisource has पार्थः); the third line is in its apparatus only, as 4.39.8f*0736.

Verse 22 (4.43.22)

गुणतो दश नामानि समवेतानि पाण्डवे । चरन्ति लोके ख्यातानि विदितानि ममानघ ॥

guṇato daśa nāmāni samavetāni pāṇḍave | caranti loke khyātāni viditāni mamānagha

The ten names that belong to the Pandava by his qualities are known throughout the world, and I know them too, sinless one.

Note on the text: Corrected ममावघ → ममानघ (misprint in Wikisource; the vocative anagha, "sinless one", 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 4.39.9*0737.

Verse 23 (4.43.23)

केनासि विजयो नाम केनासि श्वेतवाहनः । सव्यसाची च केनासि जिष्णुर्बीभत्सुरेव च ॥

kenāsi vijayo nāma kenāsi śvetavāhanaḥ | savyasācī ca kenāsi jiṣṇurbībhatsureva ca

For what reason are you called Vijaya? For what reason Shvetavahana? Why Savyasachin, and Jishnu, and Bibhatsu?

Verse 24 (4.43.24)

अर्जुनः फल्गुनः पार्थः किरीटी केन सारथे । धनञ्जयश्च केनासि शीघ्रं वद बृहन्नले ॥

arjunaḥ phalgunaḥ pārthaḥ kirīṭī kena sārathe | dhanañjayaśca kenāsi śīghraṃ vada bṛhannale

Why Arjuna, Phalguna, Partha and Kiritin, charioteer? And why are you Dhananjaya? Tell me quickly, Brihannala.

Note on the text: Corresponds to critical edition 4.39.10abcd with some different words; Wikisource's reading is kept.

Verse 25 (4.43.25)

श्रुता मे तस्य वीरस्य केवला नामहेतवः । इतस्ततश्चलत्येतन्मनो मे चञ्चलं त्वयि । अर्जुनो वा भवान्नेति वद शीघ्रं बृहन्नले ॥

śrutā me tasya vīrasya kevalā nāmahetavaḥ | itastataścalatyetanmano me cañcalaṃ tvayi | arjuno vā bhavānneti vada śīghraṃ bṛhannale

I have heard the full reasons for that hero's names. My restless mind wavers this way and that about you. Are you Arjuna or not? Tell me quickly, Brihannala.

Note on the text: The first line is critical edition 4.39.10ef; the second and third lines are in its apparatus only, as 4.39.10f*0739.

Verse 26 (4.43.26)

सर्वाञ्जित्वा जनपदान्धनं चाच्छिद्य सर्वशः । मध्ये धनस्य तिष्ठन्तं तन्मामाहुर्धनञ्जयम् ॥

sarvāñjitvā janapadāndhanaṃ cācchidya sarvaśaḥ | madhye dhanasya tiṣṭhantaṃ tanmāmāhurdhanañjayam

When I had conquered all the lands and seized their wealth on every side, I stood in the midst of riches; therefore they call me Dhananjaya, winner of wealth.

Verse 27 (4.43.27)

अभिप्रयामि संग्रामे यदाऽहं युद्धदुर्मदान् । अजित्वा न निवर्तेयं तेन वै विजयं विदुः ॥

abhiprayāmi saṃgrāme yadā'haṃ yuddhadurmadān | ajitvā na nivarteyaṃ tena vai vijayaṃ viduḥ

When I go out in battle against foes mad for war, I do not turn back without conquering them; therefore they know me as Vijaya, the victor.

Note on the text: Corrected निविर्तेयं → निवर्तेयं (misprint in Wikisource; a misplaced vowel sign in the optative of ni-vṛt, "I would turn back"; the critical edition has vinivartāmi).

Verse 28 (4.43.28)

श्वेताः काञ्चनसन्नाहा रथे युज्यन्ति मे हयाः । शत्रुभिर्युध्यमानस्य तेनाहं श्वेतवाहनः ॥

śvetāḥ kāñcanasannāhā rathe yujyanti me hayāḥ | śatrubhiryudhyamānasya tenāhaṃ śvetavāhanaḥ

White horses in golden harness are yoked to my chariot when I fight with my enemies; therefore I am Shvetavahana, he of the white horses.

Verse 29 (4.43.29)

किरीटं सूर्यसंकाशं भ्राजते मे शिरोगतम् । रणमध्ये रथस्थस्य सूर्यपावकसन्निभम् ॥

kirīṭaṃ sūryasaṃkāśaṃ bhrājate me śirogatam | raṇamadhye rathasthasya sūryapāvakasannibham

A diadem like the sun shines on my head as I stand in my chariot in the midst of battle, bright as the sun or fire;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.39.13d*0740.

Verse 30 (4.43.30)

अच्छेद्यं रुचिरं चित्रं जाम्बूनदपरिष्कृतम् । इन्द्रदत्तमनाहार्यं तेनाहुर्मां किरीटिनम् ॥

acchedyaṃ ruciraṃ citraṃ jāmbūnadapariṣkṛtam | indradattamanāhāryaṃ tenāhurmāṃ kirīṭinam

it cannot be cut; it is beautiful and bright, adorned with river-gold, given by Indra and not to be taken from me; therefore they call me Kiritin, the diademed.

Note on the text: The first line and the opening of the second are in the critical edition's apparatus only (4.39.15d*0742); the closing words तेनाहुर्मां किरीटिनम् match 4.39.15d.

Verse 31 (4.43.31)

न कुर्यां कर्म बीभत्सं युध्यमानः कदाचन । तेन देवमनुष्येषु बीभत्सुरिति मां विदुः ॥

na kuryāṃ karma bībhatsaṃ yudhyamānaḥ kadācana | tena devamanuṣyeṣu bībhatsuriti māṃ viduḥ

I never do a loathsome deed while fighting; therefore among gods and men I am known as Bibhatsu.

Verse 32 (4.43.32)

उभौ मे तुल्यकर्माणौ गाण्डीवस्य विकर्षणे । भुजौ मे भवतः सङ्ख्ये परसैन्यविनाशिनौ । तयोः सव्योऽधिकस्तस्मात्सव्यसाचीति मां विदुः ॥

ubhau me tulyakarmāṇau gāṇḍīvasya vikarṣaṇe | bhujau me bhavataḥ saṅkhye parasainyavināśinau | tayoḥ savyo'dhikastasmātsavyasācīti māṃ viduḥ

Both my arms are equal in their work when I draw the Gandiva, and in battle both destroy enemy armies; of the two the left is the stronger, so they know me as Savyasachin.

Note on the text: Corresponds loosely to critical edition 4.39.17 (different first and third lines); the second line is in its apparatus as 4.39.17b*0744.

Verse 33 (4.43.33)

पृथिव्यां सागरान्तायां वर्णो मे दुर्लभः समः । शुद्धत्वाद्रूपवत्त्वाच्च तेन मामर्जुनं विदुः ॥

pṛthivyāṃ sāgarāntāyāṃ varṇo me durlabhaḥ samaḥ | śuddhatvādrūpavattvācca tena māmarjunaṃ viduḥ

On the sea-girt earth a complexion equal to mine is hard to find; because of my purity and my beauty they know me as Arjuna, the bright one.

Note on the text: Corrected शुद्धत्वाद्रुपवत्त्वाच्च → शुद्धत्वाद्रूपवत्त्वाच्च and मामार्जुनं → मामर्जुनं (misprints in Wikisource; rūpa "beauty" needs the long ū, and the name is arjuna, as in the critical edition's mām arjunaṃ). The second line otherwise differs from the critical edition; Wikisource's reading is kept.

Verse 34 (4.43.34)

उत्तराभ्यां तु पूर्वाभ्यां फल्गुनीभ्यामहं दिवा । जातो हिमवतः पृष्ठे तेन मां फल्गुनं विदुः ॥

uttarābhyāṃ tu pūrvābhyāṃ phalgunībhyāmahaṃ divā | jāto himavataḥ pṛṣṭhe tena māṃ phalgunaṃ viduḥ

I was born by day on the slope of the Himalaya under the two Phalgunis, the earlier and the later; therefore they know me as Phalguna.

Verse 35 (4.43.35)

यो ममाङ्गे व्रणं कुर्याद्भ्रातुर्ज्येष्ठस्य पश्यतः । युधिष्ठिरस्य रुधिरं दर्शयेद्वा कदाचन । पराभवमहं तस्य कुले कुर्यां न संशयः ॥

yo mamāṅge vraṇaṃ kuryādbhrāturjyeṣṭhasya paśyataḥ | yudhiṣṭhirasya rudhiraṃ darśayedvā kadācana | parābhavamahaṃ tasya kule kuryāṃ na saṃśayaḥ

Whoever should wound my body while my eldest brother looks on, or should ever draw the blood of Yudhishthira, I would bring ruin on his whole family, without a doubt.

Note on the text: Corrected कुर्याद्धातुर्ज्येष्ठस्य → कुर्याद्भ्रातुर्ज्येष्ठस्य (misprint in Wikisource; the sense needs bhrātuḥ, "of my brother" — the eldest brother is Yudhishthira, named in the next line — while dhātuḥ, "of the Creator", does not fit; the apparatus reads mama jyeṣṭhasya). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.39.14d*0741.

Verse 36 (4.43.36)

योत्स्यामि तैरहं सर्वैर्न मे तेभ्यः पराभवः । तेन देवमनुष्येषु जिष्णुर्नामास्मि विश्रुतः ॥

yotsyāmi tairahaṃ sarvairna me tebhyaḥ parābhavaḥ | tena devamanuṣyeṣu jiṣṇurnāmāsmi viśrutaḥ

I will fight with all of them, and none of them can overcome me; therefore among gods and men I am renowned by the name Jishnu, the conqueror.

Note on the text: The first line differs from critical edition 4.39.19ab; the second line matches 4.39.19cd.

Verse 37 (4.43.37)

माता मम पृथा नाम तेन मां पार्थमब्रुवन् ॥

mātā mama pṛthā nāma tena māṃ pārthamabruvan

My mother is named Pritha; therefore they called me Partha.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 37 (inserted after 4.39.19d), line 1. It is a single line there too, so nothing is lost.

Verse 38 (4.43.38)

देवदानवगन्धर्वपिशाचोरगराक्षसान् । अहं पुरा रणे जित्वा खाण्डवेऽग्निमतर्पयम् ॥

devadānavagandharvapiśācoragarākṣasān | ahaṃ purā raṇe jitvā khāṇḍave'gnimatarpayam

Long ago in battle I conquered gods, danavas, gandharvas, pishachas, serpents and rakshasas, and satisfied Agni at Khandava.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 37 (inserted after 4.39.19d), lines 2–3.

Verse 39 (4.43.39)

हुताशनं तर्पयित्वा सहितः शार्ङ्गधन्वना । त्रिविष्टपगतौ दृष्ट्वा पितामहमहेश्वरौ ॥

hutāśanaṃ tarpayitvā sahitaḥ śārṅgadhanvanā | triviṣṭapagatau dṛṣṭvā pitāmahamaheśvarau

When, together with Krishna, wielder of the Sharnga bow, I had satisfied the eater of oblations, I beheld the Grandsire and Maheshvara, who dwell in heaven.

Note on the text: Removed a stray "[" and "*" (wiki marks; the bracket opens a passage that Wikisource closes at verse 52). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 37 (inserted after 4.39.19d), lines 4–5.

Verse 40 (4.43.40)

मूर्च्छया पतितं भूमावागतौ देवसत्तमौ । दृष्ट्वा तौ वरदौ देवौ संज्ञां लब्ध्वोत्थितः पुनः ॥

mūrcchayā patitaṃ bhūmāvāgatau devasattamau | dṛṣṭvā tau varadau devau saṃjñāṃ labdhvotthitaḥ punaḥ

When I had fallen to the ground in a swoon, those two foremost of gods came to me; seeing those two boon-giving gods, I regained my senses and rose 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. 37 (inserted after 4.39.19d), lines 6–7.

Verse 41 (4.43.41)

मूर्ध्ना हि प्रणतं भूमौ तौ देवौ वरदौ वरौ । कृष्णेत्येकादशं नाम प्रीत्या मे चक्रतुस्तदा । तुष्टौ च मम वीर्येण कर्मणा चाभिराधितौ ॥

mūrdhnā hi praṇataṃ bhūmau tau devau varadau varau | kṛṣṇetyekādaśaṃ nāma prītyā me cakratustadā | tuṣṭau ca mama vīryeṇa karmaṇā cābhirādhitau

As I bowed my head to the ground before them, those two excellent boon-giving gods lovingly gave me then an eleventh name, Krishna, for they were pleased with my valour and won over by my deeds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 37 (inserted after 4.39.19d), lines 8–10.

Verse 42 (4.43.42)

सर्वदेवैः परिवृतौ भूयो मां स्वयमूचतुः । वरं तात वृणीष्वेति यं प्रार्थयसि पाण्डव ॥

sarvadevaiḥ parivṛtau bhūyo māṃ svayamūcatuḥ | varaṃ tāta vṛṇīṣveti yaṃ prārthayasi pāṇḍava

Surrounded by all the gods, they themselves spoke to me again: "Choose a boon, my son, whatever you desire, Pandava."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 37 (inserted after 4.39.19d), lines 11–12.

Verse 43 (4.43.43)

ततोऽहमस्त्राण्यलभं दिव्यानि च दृढानि च । ब्राह्मं पाशुपतं चैव स्थूणाकर्णं च दुर्जयम् । ऐन्द्रं वारुणमाग्नेयं वायव्यमथ वैष्णवम् ॥

tato'hamastrāṇyalabhaṃ divyāni ca dṛḍhāni ca | brāhmaṃ pāśupataṃ caiva sthūṇākarṇaṃ ca durjayam | aindraṃ vāruṇamāgneyaṃ vāyavyamatha vaiṣṇavam

Then I obtained weapons, divine and mighty: the Brahma weapon, the Pashupata, the invincible Sthunakarna, and the weapons of Indra, Varuna, Agni, Vayu and Vishnu.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 37 (inserted after 4.39.19d), lines 13–15.

Verse 44 (4.43.44)

ततोऽहमजयं भूयो रथेनैन्द्रेण दुर्जयान् । मातलिं सारथिं कृत्वा निवातकवचान्रणे । अवध्यकवचान्देवैर्वरदृप्तान्महासुरान् ॥

tato'hamajayaṃ bhūyo rathenaindreṇa durjayān | mātaliṃ sārathiṃ kṛtvā nivātakavacānraṇe | avadhyakavacāndevairvaradṛptānmahāsurān

Then, with Matali as my charioteer, in Indra's chariot I conquered in battle the invincible Nivatakavachas, great asuras proud of their boons, whose armour the gods could not pierce.

Note on the text: Corrected अवध्यकवचांन्देवैः → अवध्यकवचान्देवैः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara before the final n of the accusative plural, as in the appendix's avadhyakavacān devair). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 37 (inserted after 4.39.19d), lines 16–18 (reading varadattān for वरदृप्तान्).

Verse 45 (4.43.45)

तिस्रः कोटीर्दानवानां संयुगेष्वनिवर्तिनाम् । एको निर्जित्य संग्रामे भूयो देवानतोषयम् ॥

tisraḥ koṭīrdānavānāṃ saṃyugeṣvanivartinām | eko nirjitya saṃgrāme bhūyo devānatoṣayam

Alone in battle I overcame three crores of danavas who never turned back in a fight, and so gave fresh joy to the gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 37 (inserted after 4.39.19d), lines 19–20.

Verse 46 (4.43.46)

ततो मे भगवानिन्द्रः किरीटमददात्स्वयम् । देवाश्च शङ्खमददुः शत्रुसैन्यनिवारणम् ॥

tato me bhagavānindraḥ kirīṭamadadātsvayam | devāśca śaṅkhamadaduḥ śatrusainyanivāraṇam

Then the blessed Indra himself gave me a diadem, and the gods gave me a conch that holds back enemy armies.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 37 (inserted after 4.39.19d), lines 21–22.

Verse 47 (4.43.47)

अहं पारे समुद्रस्य हिरण्यपुरवासिनाम् । हत्वा षष्टिं सहस्राणि जयं संप्राप्तवान्रणे ॥

ahaṃ pāre samudrasya hiraṇyapuravāsinām | hatvā ṣaṣṭiṃ sahasrāṇi jayaṃ saṃprāptavānraṇe

Beyond the ocean I slew sixty thousand of the dwellers in Hiranyapura and won victory 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. 37 (inserted after 4.39.19d), lines 23–24.

Verse 48 (4.43.48)

असंभ्रान्तो रथे तिष्ठन्सहस्रेषु शतेषु च । शत्रुमध्ये दुराधर्षो न मुह्यन्ति च मे दिशः ॥

asaṃbhrānto rathe tiṣṭhansahasreṣu śateṣu ca | śatrumadhye durādharṣo na muhyanti ca me diśaḥ

Standing unshaken in my chariot amid hundreds and thousands, unassailable in the midst of enemies, I never lose my bearings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 37 (inserted after 4.39.19d), lines 25–26.

Verse 49 (4.43.49)

अहं गन्धर्वराजेन ह्रियमाणं सुयोधनम् । भ्रातृभिः सहितं तात गन्धर्वैः समरे जितम् । चतुर्दश सहस्राणि हत्वा चैनममोचयम् ॥

ahaṃ gandharvarājena hriyamāṇaṃ suyodhanam | bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaṃ tāta gandharvaiḥ samare jitam | caturdaśa sahasrāṇi hatvā cainamamocayam

When Suyodhana and his brothers had been overcome in battle by the gandharvas and were being carried off by the king of the gandharvas, my son, I slew fourteen thousand of them and set him 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. 37 (inserted after 4.39.19d), lines 27–29.

Verse 50 (4.43.50)

एतानि मम नामानि योऽहन्यहनि कीर्तयेत् । तं न पश्यन्ति सत्त्वानि न तं निघ्नन्ति शत्रवः ॥

etāni mama nāmāni yo'hanyahani kīrtayet | taṃ na paśyanti sattvāni na taṃ nighnanti śatravaḥ

Whoever recites these names of mine day after day, no creatures can see him and no enemies can slay him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition, nor in its apparatus or appendix (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 51 (4.43.51)

अद्य पश्य महाबाहो मम वीर्यं सुदुःसहम् । मा भैर्विगतसंत्रासः कुरूनेतान्समागतान् ॥

adya paśya mahābāho mama vīryaṃ suduḥsaham | mā bhairvigatasaṃtrāsaḥ kurūnetānsamāgatān

Behold today, mighty-armed one, my valour, which is very hard to withstand. Do not be afraid; be free of fear of these assembled Kurus.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition, nor in its apparatus or appendix (vulgate only); the second line is in Appendix I, No. 37 (inserted after 4.39.19d), line 30.

Verse 52 (4.43.52)

सुयोधनस्य मिषतः कर्णस्य च कृपस्य च । पितामहस्य भीष्मस्य द्रौणेर्द्रोणस्य च स्वयम् । सर्वानेव कुरूञ्जित्वा प्रत्यानेष्यामि ते पशून् ॥

suyodhanasya miṣataḥ karṇasya ca kṛpasya ca | pitāmahasya bhīṣmasya drauṇerdroṇasya ca svayam | sarvāneva kurūñjitvā pratyāneṣyāmi te paśūn

While Suyodhana looks on, and Karna and Kripa, the grandsire Bhishma, Drona's son and Drona himself, I will conquer all the Kurus and bring your cattle back.

Note on the text: Removed a stray "]" and a zero-width joiner after पशून् (wiki marks closing the bracket opened at verse 39). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 37 (inserted after 4.39.19d), lines 31–33.