Uttara Becomes Arjuna's Charioteer

Verse 1 (4.44.1)

ततः पार्थं स वैराटिः प्राञ्जलिस्त्वभ्यवादयत् । अहं भूमिंजयो नाम प्रणतोस्मि धनंजय ॥

tataḥ pārthaṃ sa vairāṭiḥ prāñjalistvabhyavādayat | ahaṃ bhūmiṃjayo nāma praṇatosmi dhanaṃjaya

Then Virata's son, with joined palms, saluted Partha: "I am called Bhuminjaya; I bow to you, Dhananjaya."

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to critical edition 4.39.21a; the second line — Uttara's own words, with no speaker heading — differs from 4.39.21c (ahaṃ bhūmiṃjayo nāma nāmnāham api cottaraḥ) and is kept under the narrator, since the verse opens in narration.

Verse 2 (4.44.2)

दिष्ट्या त्वां पार्थ पश्यामि स्वागतं ते धनंजय । लोहिताक्ष महाबाहो नागराजवरोपम ॥

diṣṭyā tvāṃ pārtha paśyāmi svāgataṃ te dhanaṃjaya | lohitākṣa mahābāho nāgarājavaropama

By good fortune I see you, Partha; welcome to you, Dhananjaya, red-eyed and mighty-armed, like the noblest lord of elephants.

Note on the text: Critical edition 4.39.22abcd (reading nāgarājakaropama for नागराजवरोपम). Speaker set to Uttara: verses 2–9 are his speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for them (it carried वैशंपायन over them).

Verse 3 (4.44.3)

यदज्ञानादवोचं त्वां प्रमादेन नरोत्तम । अकृत्वा हृदये सर्वं क्षन्तुमर्हसि तन्मम ॥

yadajñānādavocaṃ tvāṃ pramādena narottama | akṛtvā hṛdaye sarvaṃ kṣantumarhasi tanmama

Whatever I said to you in ignorance and carelessness, best of men, do not take it to heart; you should forgive me for it.

Note on the text: Critical edition 4.39.22ef with the apparatus passage 4.39.22e*0747 worked into it. 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 (4.44.4)

यतस्त्वया कृतं पूर्वं चित्रं कर्म सुदुष्करम् । अतो भयं व्यपेतं मे प्रीतिश्च परमा त्वयि ॥

yatastvayā kṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ citraṃ karma suduṣkaram | ato bhayaṃ vyapetaṃ me prītiśca paramā tvayi

Because of the wonderful and most difficult deeds you have done in the past, my fear has gone, and my love for you is boundless.

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 5 (4.44.5)

दासोऽहं ते भविष्यामि पश्य मामनुकम्पया ॥

dāso'haṃ te bhaviṣyāmi paśya māmanukampayā

I will be your servant; look on me with kindness.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.39.23d*0748, line 1. It is a single line in Wikisource; the apparatus continues it with the line that opens Wikisource's next verse, 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 6 (4.44.6)

या प्रतिज्ञा कृता पूर्वं तव सारथ्यकारणात् । सेयं प्रतिज्ञा पूर्णा मे हर्षश्चार्जुन जायते ॥

yā pratijñā kṛtā pūrvaṃ tava sārathyakāraṇāt | seyaṃ pratijñā pūrṇā me harṣaścārjuna jāyate

The vow I made long ago about being your charioteer — that vow of mine is fulfilled, and joy rises in me, Arjuna.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.39.23d*0748, line 2, and 4.39.23d*0750, line 1 (which reads neyaṃ for सेयं). 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 (4.44.7)

देवेन्द्रतनयस्येह सारथिः स्यां महामृधे । इति पूर्वं कृताऽस्माभिः प्रतिज्ञा युद्धदुर्मद ॥

devendratanayasyeha sārathiḥ syāṃ mahāmṛdhe | iti pūrvaṃ kṛtā'smābhiḥ pratijñā yuddhadurmada

"May I be the charioteer of the son of the king of the gods in a great battle here": that was the vow I made long ago, you who are fierce in war.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.39.23d*0750, 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 8 (4.44.8)

प्रतिज्ञा मम संपूर्णा तव सारथ्यकारणात् । मनस्स्वास्थ्यं च मे जातं जातं भाग्यं च मे महत् ॥

pratijñā mama saṃpūrṇā tava sārathyakāraṇāt | manassvāsthyaṃ ca me jātaṃ jātaṃ bhāgyaṃ ca me mahat

My vow is fulfilled through being your charioteer; my mind is at ease, and great good fortune has come to me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.39.23d*0750, line 4, and 4.39.23d*0748, line 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 9 (4.44.9)

आस्थाय विपुलं वीर रथं सारथिना मया । दुर्योधनं च जित्वाऽऽजौ निवर्तय पशून्मम ॥

āsthāya vipulaṃ vīra rathaṃ sārathinā mayā | duryodhanaṃ ca jitvā''jau nivartaya paśūnmama

Mount this great chariot, hero, with me as your charioteer; conquer Duryodhana in battle and bring my cattle back.

Note on the text: The first line is critical edition 4.40.1ab; the second line is not in the critical edition, nor in its apparatus (vulgate only). 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 (4.44.10)

प्रीतोस्मि राजपुत्राद्य न भयं विद्यते तव । सर्वान्नुदामि ते शत्रून्रणे रणविशारद ॥

prītosmi rājaputrādya na bhayaṃ vidyate tava | sarvānnudāmi te śatrūnraṇe raṇaviśārada

I am pleased with you today, prince; you have nothing to fear. I will drive off all your enemies in battle, you who are skilled in war.

Verse 11 (4.44.11)

स्वस्थो भव महान्युद्धे पश्य मां शत्रुभिः सह । युध्यमानं विमर्देऽस्मिन्कुर्वाणं भैरवं रवम् ॥

svastho bhava mahānyuddhe paśya māṃ śatrubhiḥ saha | yudhyamānaṃ vimarde'sminkurvāṇaṃ bhairavaṃ ravam

Be at ease, great one, in this battle; watch me fighting the enemy in this clash and raising a terrible roar.

Verse 12 (4.44.12)

गाण्डीवं देवदत्तं च शरान्कनकभूषणान् । एतान्सर्वानुपासङ्गान्क्षिप्रं बध्नीहि मे रथे । एकं चाहर निस्त्रिंशं जातरूपपरिष्कृतम् ॥

gāṇḍīvaṃ devadattaṃ ca śarānkanakabhūṣaṇān | etānsarvānupāsaṅgānkṣipraṃ badhnīhi me rathe | ekaṃ cāhara nistriṃśaṃ jātarūpapariṣkṛtam

The Gandiva, given by the gods, the gold-adorned arrows, all these quivers — bind them quickly to my chariot; and bring me a sword adorned with gold.

Note on the text: The first line is in the critical edition's apparatus only (4.40.3d*0751); the second and third lines are 4.40.4abcd (which reads etaṃ for एकं).

Verse 13 (4.44.13)

अहं वै कुरुभिर्योत्स्ये मोक्षयिष्यामि ते पशून् । तोषयिष्यामि राजानं प्रवेक्ष्यामि पुरं पुनः ॥

ahaṃ vai kurubhiryotsye mokṣayiṣyāmi te paśūn | toṣayiṣyāmi rājānaṃ pravekṣyāmi puraṃ punaḥ

I will fight the Kurus and free your cattle; I will gladden the king and enter the city again.

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to critical edition 4.40.4ef in different words; the second line is in its apparatus only, as 4.40.4f*0754.

Verse 14 (4.44.14)

संकल्पागाधपरिधं बाहुप्राकारतोरणम् । त्रिदण्डतूणसंबाधं नैकध्वजसमाकुलम् ॥

saṃkalpāgādhaparidhaṃ bāhuprākāratoraṇam | tridaṇḍatūṇasaṃbādhaṃ naikadhvajasamākulam

With resolve as its unfathomable rampart, my arms as its walls and gateways, crowded with the triple staff and quivers, thronged with many banners;

Note on the text: The first line differs from critical edition 4.40.5a (saṃkalpapakṣavikṣepaṃ). परिधं is doubtful (perhaps परिघं, "gate-bar", or परिखं, "moat"); since the intended word is not evident it is left as printed and rendered as an encircling rampart.

Verse 15 (4.44.15)

ज्याक्षेपनिनदारावं नेमीनिनददुन्दुभिः । शरजालवितानाढ्यमाक्ष्वेडितमहास्वनम् । नगरं ते मया गुप्तं रथोपस्थं भविष्यति ॥

jyākṣepaninadārāvaṃ nemīninadadundubhiḥ | śarajālavitānāḍhyamākṣveḍitamahāsvanam | nagaraṃ te mayā guptaṃ rathopasthaṃ bhaviṣyati

with the twang of the bowstring for its clamour and the rumble of the wheel-rims for its drums, rich with canopies of arrow-nets and loud with lion-roars: such a city, guarded by me, will your chariot-seat become.

Note on the text: Lines 1 and 3 correspond to critical edition 4.40.6 (line 1 in different words); the middle line is in its apparatus only, as 4.40.6b*0755.

Verse 16 (4.44.16)

अधिष्ठितो मया सङ्ख्ये रथो गाण्डीवधन्विना । अजय्यः शत्रुसैन्यानां वैराटे व्येतु ते भयम् ॥

adhiṣṭhito mayā saṅkhye ratho gāṇḍīvadhanvinā | ajayyaḥ śatrusainyānāṃ vairāṭe vyetu te bhayam

In battle this chariot, with me the wielder of the Gandiva upon it, will be invincible to enemy hosts. Let your fear go, son of Virata.

Verse 17 (4.44.17)

बहुना किं प्रलापेन शृणु मे परमं वचः । नाहं बिभेमि कौन्तेय साक्षादपि शतक्रतोः ॥

bahunā kiṃ pralāpena śṛṇu me paramaṃ vacaḥ | nāhaṃ bibhemi kaunteya sākṣādapi śatakratoḥ

What use is much talk? Hear my firm word: I do not fear even Shatakratu himself, son of Kunti,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.40.8d*0756, lines 1–2 (reading caramaṃ for परमं).

Verse 18 (4.44.18)

यमवायुकुबेरेभ्यो द्रोणभीष्मशतादपि । बिभेमि नाहमेतेभ्यो जानामि त्वां स्थिरं युधि । केशवेनापि संग्रामे साक्षादिन्द्रेण वा समम् ॥

yamavāyukuberebhyo droṇabhīṣmaśatādapi | bibhemi nāhametebhyo jānāmi tvāṃ sthiraṃ yudhi | keśavenāpi saṃgrāme sākṣādindreṇa vā samam

nor Yama, Vayu and Kubera, nor a hundred Dronas and Bhishmas. I do not fear these, for I know you are steadfast in battle, equal in war even to Keshava or to Indra himself.

Note on the text: The first line is in the critical edition's apparatus only (4.40.8d*0756, line 3, reading yamapāśikuberebhyo); lines 2–3 are 4.40.8.

Verse 19 (4.44.19)

इदं तु चिन्तयन्नेव परिमुह्यामि केवलम् । निश्चयं नाधिगच्छामि नावगच्छामि किंचन ॥

idaṃ tu cintayanneva parimuhyāmi kevalam | niścayaṃ nādhigacchāmi nāvagacchāmi kiṃcana

But this alone, as I think about it, utterly bewilders me: I reach no certainty and understand nothing at all.

Note on the text: The second line differs from the critical edition; Wikisource's reading is kept.

Verse 20 (4.44.20)

एवं वराङ्गरूपस्य लक्षणैः सूचितस्य च । केन कर्मविपाकेन क्लीबत्वं त्वामुपागतम् ॥

evaṃ varāṅgarūpasya lakṣaṇaiḥ sūcitasya ca | kena karmavipākena klībatvaṃ tvāmupāgatam

Through what ripening of past deeds has the state of a eunuch come upon you, whose fine limbs and form are marked by such signs?

Verse 21 (4.44.21)

मन्ये त्वां क्लीबरूपेण चरन्तं शूलपाणिनम् । गन्धर्वराजप्रतिमं देवं वाऽपि शतक्रतुम् ॥

manye tvāṃ klībarūpeṇa carantaṃ śūlapāṇinam | gandharvarājapratimaṃ devaṃ vā'pi śatakratum

I think you are the trident-bearer going about in the form of a eunuch, or one like the king of the gandharvas, or the god Shatakratu himself.

Verse 22 (4.44.22)

भ्रातुर्नियोगाञ्ज्येष्ठस्य संवत्सरमिदं व्रतम् । चरामि ब्रह्मचर्यं वै सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि ते ॥

bhrāturniyogāñjyeṣṭhasya saṃvatsaramidaṃ vratam | carāmi brahmacaryaṃ vai satyametadbravīmi te

At the command of my eldest brother I am keeping this vow for a year: I practise celibacy. I tell you this truly.

Verse 23 (4.44.23)

नास्मि क्लीबो महाबाहो परवान्धर्मसंयुतः । उर्वशीशापसंभूतं क्लैब्यं समुपसंस्थितम् ॥

nāsmi klībo mahābāho paravāndharmasaṃyutaḥ | urvaśīśāpasaṃbhūtaṃ klaibyaṃ samupasaṃsthitam

I am no eunuch, mighty-armed one; I am under another's command and bound by dharma. This eunuchhood came upon me from the curse of Urvashi.

Note on the text: The first line is critical edition 4.40.13ab; the second is in its apparatus only, as 4.40.13b*0758 (reading klaibyaṃ māṃ samupasthitam). Critical edition 4.40.13cd appears as the second line of verse 29.

Verse 24 (4.44.24)

पुराऽहमाज्ञया भ्रातुर्ज्येष्ठस्यास्मि सुरालयम् । प्राप्तवानुर्वशी दृष्टा सुधर्मायां मया तदा ॥

purā'hamājñayā bhrāturjyeṣṭhasyāsmi surālayam | prāptavānurvaśī dṛṣṭā sudharmāyāṃ mayā tadā

Long ago, at the bidding of my eldest brother, I went to the abode of the gods; there in the hall Sudharma I saw Urvashi,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.40.13b*0757, lines 1–2.

Verse 25 (4.44.25)

नृत्यन्तीं परमं रूपं बिभ्रतीं वज्रिसन्निधौ । अपश्यं तामनिमिषं कूटस्थामन्वयस्य मे ॥

nṛtyantīṃ paramaṃ rūpaṃ bibhratīṃ vajrisannidhau | apaśyaṃ tāmanimiṣaṃ kūṭasthāmanvayasya me

dancing in the presence of the wielder of the thunderbolt, bearing a surpassing beauty. I gazed at her without blinking, for she was the source of my line.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.40.13b*0757, lines 3–4.

Verse 26 (4.44.26)

रात्रौ समागता मह्यं शयनं रन्तुमिच्छया । अहं तामभिवाद्यैव मातृसत्कारमाचरम् ॥

rātrau samāgatā mahyaṃ śayanaṃ rantumicchayā | ahaṃ tāmabhivādyaiva mātṛsatkāramācaram

At night she came to me, wishing to share my bed for pleasure; but I only saluted her and paid her the honour due to a mother.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.40.13b*0757, lines 5–6.

Verse 27 (4.44.27)

सा च मामशपत्क्रुद्धा शिखण्डी त्वं भवेति वै । श्रुत्वा तमिन्द्रो मामाह मा भैस्त्वं पार्थ षण्डता ॥

sā ca māmaśapatkruddhā śikhaṇḍī tvaṃ bhaveti vai | śrutvā tamindro māmāha mā bhaistvaṃ pārtha ṣaṇḍatā

In anger she cursed me: "Become a eunuch!" Hearing of it, Indra said to me, "Do not fear, Partha; this eunuchhood

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.40.13b*0757, lines 7–8.

Verse 28 (4.44.28)

उपकारो भवेत्तुभ्यमज्ञातवसतौ पुरा । इतीन्द्रो मामनुग्राह्य ततः प्रेषितवान्वृषा ॥

upakāro bhavettubhyamajñātavasatau purā | itīndro māmanugrāhya tataḥ preṣitavānvṛṣā

will be of service to you when, before long, you live unknown." Having favoured me thus, mighty Indra then sent me away.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.40.13b*0757, lines 9–10.

Verse 29 (4.44.29)

तदिदं समनुप्राप्तं व्रतं चीर्णं मयाऽनघ । समाप्तव्रतमुत्तीर्णं विद्धि मां त्वं नृपात्मज ॥

tadidaṃ samanuprāptaṃ vrataṃ cīrṇaṃ mayā'nagha | samāptavratamuttīrṇaṃ viddhi māṃ tvaṃ nṛpātmaja

That is what has now come to pass: I have kept this vow, sinless one. Know, prince, that my vow is complete and I have come through it.

Note on the text: The first line is in the critical edition's apparatus only (4.40.13b*0757, line 11); the second line is 4.40.13cd.

Verse 30 (4.44.30)

परमोऽनुग्रहो मेऽद्य यत्प्रतर्को न मे वृथा । न हीदृशाः क्लीबरूपा भवन्ति तु नरोत्तमाः ॥

paramo'nugraho me'dya yatpratarko na me vṛthā | na hīdṛśāḥ klībarūpā bhavanti tu narottamāḥ

This is a great favour to me today, that my guess was not in vain; for such best of men do not become eunuchs.

Verse 31 (4.44.31)

सहायवानस्मि रणे युद्ध्येयममरैरपि । साध्वसं तत्प्रनष्टं मे किं करोमि ब्रवीहि मे ॥

sahāyavānasmi raṇe yuddhyeyamamarairapi | sādhvasaṃ tatpranaṣṭaṃ me kiṃ karomi bravīhi me

Now I have an ally in battle; I could fight even the immortals. That dread of mine is gone. Tell me what I should do.

Verse 32 (4.44.32)

अहं ते संग्रहीष्यामि हयाञ्शत्रुनिर्बहण । शिक्षितो ह्यस्मि सारथ्ये निष्ठितः पुरुषर्षभ ॥

ahaṃ te saṃgrahīṣyāmi hayāñśatrunirbahaṇa | śikṣito hyasmi sārathye niṣṭhitaḥ puruṣarṣabha

I will hold your horses, destroyer of foes; I am trained and accomplished in driving a chariot, bull among men.

Verse 33 (4.44.33)

दारुको वासुदेवस्य यथा शक्रस्य मातलिः । तथा मां विद्धि सारथ्ये शिक्षितं नरपुङ्गव ॥

dāruko vāsudevasya yathā śakrasya mātaliḥ | tathā māṃ viddhi sārathye śikṣitaṃ narapuṅgava

Know that I am as well trained in charioteering as Daruka is for Vasudeva or Matali for Shakra, bull among men.

Verse 34 (4.44.34)

अश्वा ह्येते महाबाहो तवैवाहवदुर्जयाः । योग्या रथवरे युक्ताः प्राणवन्तो जितश्रमाः ॥

aśvā hyete mahābāho tavaivāhavadurjayāḥ | yogyā rathavare yuktāḥ prāṇavanto jitaśramāḥ

These horses, mighty-armed one, hard to defeat in battle, are fit for you alone; they are well trained, yoked to this fine chariot, full of vigour and tireless.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.40.17d*0760.

Verse 35 (4.44.35)

यस्य याते न पश्यन्ति भूमौ क्षिप्तं पदंपदम् । दक्षिणां यो धुरं वोढा सुग्रीवेण समो हयः ॥

yasya yāte na paśyanti bhūmau kṣiptaṃ padaṃpadam | dakṣiṇāṃ yo dhuraṃ voḍhā sugrīveṇa samo hayaḥ

The horse that draws the right-hand yoke, a match for Sugriva, runs so fast that men cannot see its hoofprints, step after step, on the ground;

Note on the text: Corrected यातेन पश्यन्ति → याते न पश्यन्ति (word division in Wikisource; run together, the negative न is lost and the sense flips — the critical edition has yāte na paśyanti) and सुग्रीवोण → सुग्रीवेण (misprint in Wikisource; instrumental of Sugrīva with समः, "equal to Sugriva"). The verse otherwise differs from the critical edition in several words; Wikisource's reading is kept.

Verse 36 (4.44.36)

योऽयं हयो धुर्यवरो वामां वहति शोभनः । तं मन्ये मेघपुष्पस्य जवेन सदृशं हयम् ॥

yo'yaṃ hayo dhuryavaro vāmāṃ vahati śobhanaḥ | taṃ manye meghapuṣpasya javena sadṛśaṃ hayam

this handsome horse, best of draught-beasts, that pulls the left yoke I deem equal in speed to Meghapushpa;

Verse 37 (4.44.37)

योऽयं वहति वै पार्ष्णिं दक्षिणामञ्चितोद्यतः । वलाहकादभिमतस्तेजसा वीर्यवत्तरः ॥

yo'yaṃ vahati vai pārṣṇiṃ dakṣiṇāmañcitodyataḥ | valāhakādabhimatastejasā vīryavattaraḥ

this one that draws on the right at the rear, arching and eager, is held to surpass Valahaka in spirit and strength;

Note on the text: The second line differs from the critical edition; Wikisource's reading is kept.

Verse 38 (4.44.38)

योऽयं काञ्चनसन्नाहो वामं वहति शोभनः । धुर्यं शैब्यस्य तं मन्ये जवेन बलवत्तरम् ॥

yo'yaṃ kāñcanasannāho vāmaṃ vahati śobhanaḥ | dhuryaṃ śaibyasya taṃ manye javena balavattaram

and this handsome one in golden harness that pulls on the left I deem a draught-horse stronger in speed than Shaibya.

Note on the text: Differs from critical edition 4.40.20 in several words (vāmaṃ sainyasya for धुर्यं शैब्यस्य); Wikisource's reading is kept.

Verse 39 (4.44.39)

त्वामेवायं रथो वोढुं संग्रामेऽर्हति धन्विनम् । त्वं चेमं रथमास्थाय योद्धुमर्हो मतो मम । सर्वशत्रुभिरायातो देवराज इवासुरैः ॥

tvāmevāyaṃ ratho voḍhuṃ saṃgrāme'rhati dhanvinam | tvaṃ cemaṃ rathamāsthāya yoddhumarho mato mama | sarvaśatrubhirāyāto devarāja ivāsuraiḥ

This chariot is fit to carry you, the archer, in battle, and you, mounted on this chariot, are in my judgement fit to fight, coming against all your enemies as the king of the gods against the asuras.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (4.40.22c, tvaṃ cemaṃ ratham āsthāya): Wikisource prints "चे.." with dots where an akshara is lost; read चेमं. Corrected शर्वशत्रुभिः → सर्वशत्रुभिः (misprint in Wikisource; sarva-, "all", as in the apparatus). Lines 1–2 are critical edition 4.40.22; line 3 is in its apparatus only, as 4.40.22d*0761 (reading āyātair for आयातो).

Verse 40 (4.44.40)

ततो रथादवस्कन्द्य वीर्यवानरिमर्दनः । प्रणम्य देवान्गाण्डीवमादाय रुरुचे श्रिया ॥

tato rathādavaskandya vīryavānarimardanaḥ | praṇamya devāngāṇḍīvamādāya ruruce śriyā

Then the valiant crusher of foes leapt down from the chariot, bowed to the gods, took up the Gandiva and shone 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 4.40.23*0762.

Verse 41 (4.44.41)

ततो विमुच्य बाहुभ्यां शङ्खचूडानि पाण्डवः । तौ च दुन्दुभिसन्नादौ प्रतिबध्य तलावुभौ ॥

tato vimucya bāhubhyāṃ śaṅkhacūḍāni pāṇḍavaḥ | tau ca dundubhisannādau pratibadhya talāvubhau

Then the Pandava took the shell bangles off his arms and bound on both his hands the two leather guards that resound like drums;

Note on the text: Corrected सङ्खचूडानि → शङ्खचूडानि (misprint in Wikisource; śaṅkha, "conch-shell", bangles) and प्रतिबद्ध्य → प्रतिबध्य (misprint in Wikisource; the absolutive of prati-bandh, "having bound on"). The verse corresponds to critical edition 4.40.23 in different words.

Verse 42 (4.44.42)

इन्द्रदत्ते च ते दिव्ये उद्धृत्यामुच्य कुण्डले । श्लक्ष्णान्केशान्मृदून्स्निग्धाञ्श्वेतेनोद्ग्रथ्य वाससा ॥

indradatte ca te divye uddhṛtyāmucya kuṇḍale | ślakṣṇānkeśānmṛdūnsnigdhāñśvetenodgrathya vāsasā

he took out the two divine earrings that Indra had given him and put them on, and tied up his smooth, soft, glossy hair with a white cloth.

Note on the text: The first line is in the critical edition's apparatus only (4.40.23d*0763); the second corresponds to 4.40.24ab in different words.

Verse 43 (4.44.43)

अथासौ प्राङ्मुखो भूत्वा शुचिः प्रयतमानसः । अभिदध्यौ महाबाहुः सर्वास्त्राणि रथोत्तमे ॥

athāsau prāṅmukho bhūtvā śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ | abhidadhyau mahābāhuḥ sarvāstrāṇi rathottame

Then, facing east, pure and with his mind composed, the mighty-armed one called to mind all the weapons there in that fine chariot.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.40.24b*0764, lines 1–2.

Verse 44 (4.44.44)

ऊचुश्च पार्थं सर्वाणि प्राञ्जलीनि नृपात्मजम् । इमानि स्मो महोदार किङ्कराणीन्द्रनन्दन ॥

ūcuśca pārthaṃ sarvāṇi prāñjalīni nṛpātmajam | imāni smo mahodāra kiṅkarāṇīndranandana

And all of them, with joined palms, said to Partha, the king's son: "Here we are, most noble one, your servants, son of Indra."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.40.24b*0764, lines 3–4.

Verse 45 (4.44.45)

प्रणिपत्य ततः पार्थः समालभ्य च पाणिना । सर्वाणि मानसानीह भवतेत्यभ्यभाषत ॥

praṇipatya tataḥ pārthaḥ samālabhya ca pāṇinā | sarvāṇi mānasānīha bhavatetyabhyabhāṣata

Then Partha bowed to them, touched them with his hand and said, "All of you, dwell here in my mind."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.40.24b*0764, lines 5–6.

Verse 46 (4.44.46)

प्रतिगृह्य ततोऽस्त्राणि प्रहृष्टवदनोऽभवत् । अधिज्यं तरसा कृत्वा गाण्डीवं व्याक्षिपद्धनुः ॥

pratigṛhya tato'strāṇi prahṛṣṭavadano'bhavat | adhijyaṃ tarasā kṛtvā gāṇḍīvaṃ vyākṣipaddhanuḥ

Having received the weapons, his face lit up with joy; swiftly he strung the Gandiva and drew the bow.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रह्लष्टवदनो → प्रहृष्टवदनो (misprint in Wikisource; prahṛṣṭa, "delighted", as in the apparatus). The first line is in the critical edition's apparatus only (4.40.24b*0764, line 7); the second is 4.40.24cd.

Verse 47 (4.44.47)

तस्य विक्षिप्यमाणस्य धनुषोऽभून्महास्वनः । यथा शैलस्य महतः शैलानाक्षिप्य जघ्नुषः ॥

tasya vikṣipyamāṇasya dhanuṣo'bhūnmahāsvanaḥ | yathā śailasya mahataḥ śailānākṣipya jaghnuṣaḥ

As the bow was drawn it gave out a mighty sound, like that of a great mountain hurling down crags and shattering them.

Note on the text: Corrected जघ्रुषः → जघ्नुषः (misprint in Wikisource; the perfect participle of han, "having struck", as in the critical edition's abhijaghnuṣaḥ). The second line otherwise differs from the critical edition; Wikisource's reading is kept.

Verse 48 (4.44.48)

सनिर्घाताऽभवद्भूमिर्दिक्षु वायुर्ववौ भृशम् । भ्रान्तद्विजं खमभवत्प्राकम्पन्त महाद्रुमाः ॥

sanirghātā'bhavadbhūmirdikṣu vāyurvavau bhṛśam | bhrāntadvijaṃ khamabhavatprākampanta mahādrumāḥ

The earth shook with a thunderous crash, a gale blew hard in every direction, the sky was filled with whirling birds, and the great trees trembled.

Note on the text: The second line differs from the critical edition; Wikisource's reading is kept.

Verse 49 (4.44.49)

तं शब्दं कुरवो राजन्विस्फोटमशनेरिव । तार्क्ष्यं शब्दमिव श्रुत्वा वित्रेसुर्दीनमानसाः ॥

taṃ śabdaṃ kuravo rājanvisphoṭamaśaneriva | tārkṣyaṃ śabdamiva śrutvā vitresurdīnamānasāḥ

Hearing that sound, O king, like the crack of a thunderbolt, like the cry of Garuda, the Kurus trembled, their hearts sinking.

Note on the text: The first line is critical edition 4.40.27ab (which reads 'jānan, "they knew", for राजन्); the second line is in its apparatus only, as 4.40.27b*0768, line 1.

Verse 50 (4.44.50)

यथेन्द्रो व्याक्षिपद्भीमं विस्फोटमशनेर्भुवि । तथाऽर्जुनो धनुःश्रेष्ठं बाहुभ्यामाक्षिपद्बली ॥

yathendro vyākṣipadbhīmaṃ visphoṭamaśanerbhuvi | tathā'rjuno dhanuḥśreṣṭhaṃ bāhubhyāmākṣipadbalī

As Indra lets loose the dreadful crash of his thunderbolt upon the earth, so the mighty Arjuna drew that best of bows with his arms.

Note on the text: The first line is in the critical edition's apparatus only (4.40.27b*0768, line 2); the second corresponds to 4.40.27cd in different words.

Verse 51 (4.44.51)

महाशनिमहाशब्दसदृशो ज्यास्वनो महान् । शत्रून्वीरांश्च संतर्ज्य निग्रहस्थो रथे स्थितः ॥

mahāśanimahāśabdasadṛśo jyāsvano mahān | śatrūnvīrāṃśca saṃtarjya nigrahastho rathe sthitaḥ

The great twang of the bowstring was like the mighty roar of a great thunderbolt, as he stood in the chariot, ready to hold them back, menacing the heroic foe.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.40.27b*0769 (reading saṃtyajya for संतर्ज्य).

Verse 52 (4.44.52)

एकस्त्वं पाण्डवश्रेष्ठ बहूनेतान्महारथान् । कथं जेष्यसि संग्रामे सर्वशस्त्रास्त्रपारगान् ॥

ekastvaṃ pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha bahūnetānmahārathān | kathaṃ jeṣyasi saṃgrāme sarvaśastrāstrapāragān

You are only one, best of the Pandavas; how will you conquer in battle these many great chariot-warriors, masters of every weapon and missile?

Note on the text: Corrected बहूनोतान् → बहूनेतान् (misprint in Wikisource; bahūn etān, "these many", as in the appendix). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 39 (inserted after 4.40.27d), lines 1–2.

Verse 53 (4.44.53)

असहायोऽसि कौन्तेय ससहायाश्च कौरवाः । अत एव महाबाहो भीतस्तिष्ठामि तेऽग्रतः ॥

asahāyo'si kaunteya sasahāyāśca kauravāḥ | ata eva mahābāho bhītastiṣṭhāmi te'grataḥ

You have no allies, son of Kunti, while the Kauravas have allies; that is why, mighty-armed one, I stand before you afraid.

Note on the text: Corrected असहायो।सि कोन्तेय → असहायोऽसि कौन्तेय (misprints in Wikisource; a danda printed for the avagraha, and कोन्तेय for the vocative kaunteya, as in the appendix). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 39 (inserted after 4.40.27d), lines 3–4.

Verse 54 (4.44.54)

उवाच पार्थो मा भैषीः प्रहस्य स्वनवत्तदा ॥

uvāca pārtho mā bhaiṣīḥ prahasya svanavattadā

Partha laughed and said in a ringing voice, "Do not be afraid."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 39 (inserted after 4.40.27d), line 5. It is a single line there too, so nothing is lost.

Verse 55 (4.44.55)

युध्यमानस्य मे वीर गन्धर्वैः सुमहाबलैः । सहायो घोषयात्रायां कस्तदासीत्सखा मम ॥

yudhyamānasya me vīra gandharvaiḥ sumahābalaiḥ | sahāyo ghoṣayātrāyāṃ kastadāsītsakhā mama

When I was fighting the mighty gandharvas, hero, on the expedition to the cattle-stations, what ally, what friend did I have then?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 39 (inserted after 4.40.27d), lines 6–7. Speaker set to Arjuna: verses 55–60 are his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for them (it carried वैशंपायन over them).

Verse 56 (4.44.56)

तथा प्रतिभये तस्मिन्देवदानवसंकुले । खाण्डवे युध्यमानस्य कस्तदासीत्सखा मम ॥

tathā pratibhaye tasmindevadānavasaṃkule | khāṇḍave yudhyamānasya kastadāsītsakhā mama

Likewise in that terrifying fight at Khandava, thronged with gods and danavas, when I was fighting, what friend did I have then?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 39 (inserted after 4.40.27d), lines 8–9. 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 57 (4.44.57)

निवातकवचैः सार्धं पौलोमैश्च महाबलैः । युध्यतो देवराजार्थे कः सहायस्तदाऽभवत् ॥

nivātakavacaiḥ sārdhaṃ paulomaiśca mahābalaiḥ | yudhyato devarājārthe kaḥ sahāyastadā'bhavat

When I fought the Nivatakavachas and the mighty Paulomas for the sake of the king of the gods, who was my ally then?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 39 (inserted after 4.40.27d), lines 10–11. 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 58 (4.44.58)

स्वयंवरे तु पाञ्चाल्या राजभिः सह संयुगे । युध्यतो बहुभिस्तात कः सहायस्तदाऽभवत् ॥

svayaṃvare tu pāñcālyā rājabhiḥ saha saṃyuge | yudhyato bahubhistāta kaḥ sahāyastadā'bhavat

At the self-choice of the princess of Panchala, when I fought in battle with many kings, my son, who was my ally then?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 39 (inserted after 4.40.27d), lines 12–13. 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 59 (4.44.59)

उपजीव्य गुरुं द्रोणं शक्रं वैश्रवणं यमम् । वरुणं पावकं चैव कृपं कृष्णं च माधवम् । पिनाकपाणिनं चैव कथमेतान्न योधये ॥

upajīvya guruṃ droṇaṃ śakraṃ vaiśravaṇaṃ yamam | varuṇaṃ pāvakaṃ caiva kṛpaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ ca mādhavam | pinākapāṇinaṃ caiva kathametānna yodhaye

I have been fostered by my teacher Drona, by Shakra, Vaishravana and Yama, by Varuna and Agni, by Kripa, by Krishna of the Madhus, and by the wielder of Pinaka; how should I not fight these men?

Note on the text: Corrected शुक्रं → शक्रं (misprint in Wikisource; Arjuna names those whose weapons and teaching he received — Indra (Śakra), Kubera, Yama, Varuṇa, Agni — and the appendix reads śakraṃ; Śukra never taught him). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 39 (inserted after 4.40.27d), lines 14–16. 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 60 (4.44.60)

रथं वाहय मे शीघ्रं व्येतु ते मानसो ज्वरः ॥

rathaṃ vāhaya me śīghraṃ vyetu te mānaso jvaraḥ

Drive my chariot quickly; let the fever in your mind pass.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 39 (inserted after 4.40.27d), line 17. It is a single line there too, so nothing is lost. Speaker set to Arjuna: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it).