Arjuna Raises the Ape Banner and Blows His Conch

Verse 1 (4.45.1)

उत्तरं सारथिं कृत्वा शमीं कृत्वा प्रदक्षिणम् । आयुधं सर्वमादाय ततः प्रायाद्धनञ्जयः ॥

uttaraṃ sārathiṃ kṛtvā śamīṃ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇam | āyudhaṃ sarvamādāya tataḥ prāyāddhanañjayaḥ

Making Uttara his charioteer and walking around the shami tree with it on his right, Dhananjaya took up all his weapons and set out.

Note on the text: Corrected सांरथिं → सारथिं (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara in sārathiṃ, "charioteer", as in the critical edition).

Verse 2 (4.45.2)

ध्वजं च सिंहं मात्स्यस्य भ्रातॄणामायुधानि च । प्रणिधाय शमीमध्ये प्रयातुमुपचक्रमे ॥

dhvajaṃ ca siṃhaṃ mātsyasya bhrātṝṇāmāyudhāni ca | praṇidhāya śamīmadhye prayātumupacakrame

He set down the lion banner of the Matsya prince and his brothers' weapons inside the shami tree, and made ready to depart.

Note on the text: Corresponds to critical edition 4.41.2 in different words; Wikisource's reading is kept.

Verse 3 (4.45.3)

ततः काञ्चनलाङ्गूलं ध्वजं वानरलक्षणम् । दिव्यं मायामयं युक्तं विहितं विश्वकर्मणा । मनसा चिन्तयामास प्रसादं पावकस्य च ॥

tataḥ kāñcanalāṅgūlaṃ dhvajaṃ vānaralakṣaṇam | divyaṃ māyāmayaṃ yuktaṃ vihitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā | manasā cintayāmāsa prasādaṃ pāvakasya ca

Then he called to mind the banner with the golden tail and the ape for its emblem, divine, made of magic and fashioned by Vishvakarman, and he thought too of the grace of Agni.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 correspond to critical edition 4.41.3 in different words; line 3 is 4.41.4ab.

Verse 4 (4.45.4)

स च तच्चिन्तितं ज्ञात्वा ध्वजे भूतान्ययोजयत् । रथे वानरमुच्छ्रित्य गाण्डीवं व्याक्षिपद्धनुः ॥

sa ca taccintitaṃ jñātvā dhvaje bhūtānyayojayat | rathe vānaramucchritya gāṇḍīvaṃ vyākṣipaddhanuḥ

Knowing his thought, Agni set spirits upon the banner; and raising the ape upon the chariot, Arjuna drew the bow Gandiva.

Note on the text: The first line is critical edition 4.41.4cd (reading acodayat for अयोजयत्); the second is in its apparatus only, as 4.41.4d*0770.

Verse 5 (4.45.5)

सपताकं विचित्राङ्गं सोपासङ्गं महाबलम् । खात्पपात रथे तूर्णं दिव्यरूपं मनोरमम् ॥

sapatākaṃ vicitrāṅgaṃ sopāsaṅgaṃ mahābalam | khātpapāta rathe tūrṇaṃ divyarūpaṃ manoramam

With its pennant, its many-coloured frame and its quivers, mighty, divine in form and delightful to see, it swiftly fell from the sky onto the chariot.

Note on the text: The first line is critical edition 4.41.5ab (reading mahārathaḥ for महाबलम्); the second is in its apparatus only, as 4.41.5b*0772, line 1.

Verse 6 (4.45.6)

रथमास्थाय बीभत्सुः कौन्तेयः श्वेतवाहनः । बद्धासिः सतलत्राणः प्रगृहीतशरासनः । ततः प्रायादुदीचीं स कपिप्रवरकेतनः ॥

rathamāsthāya bībhatsuḥ kaunteyaḥ śvetavāhanaḥ | baddhāsiḥ satalatrāṇaḥ pragṛhītaśarāsanaḥ | tataḥ prāyādudīcīṃ sa kapipravaraketanaḥ

Mounting the chariot, Bibhatsu, Kunti's son of the white horses, with his sword girt on, his arm-guards fastened and his bow in hand, set out northward under his banner of the foremost of apes.

Note on the text: The first line is critical edition 4.41.5cd; lines 2–3 are 4.41.6 (reading satanutrāṇaḥ for सतलत्राणः).

Verse 7 (4.45.7)

सैन्याभ्याशं स संप्राप्य गृहीत्वा शङ्खमुत्तमम् । स्वनवन्तं महाशब्दं देवदत्तं धनञ्जयः । शशाङ्करूपं बीभत्सुः प्राध्मापयदरिंदमः ॥

sainyābhyāśaṃ sa saṃprāpya gṛhītvā śaṅkhamuttamam | svanavantaṃ mahāśabdaṃ devadattaṃ dhanañjayaḥ | śaśāṅkarūpaṃ bībhatsuḥ prādhmāpayadariṃdamaḥ

Coming near the army, Dhananjaya took up his peerless conch Devadatta, resonant and loud, white as the moon, and Bibhatsu, tamer of foes, blew it.

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to the critical edition's apparatus line 4.41.6d*0773; lines 2–3 correspond loosely to 4.41.7.

Verse 8 (4.45.8)

शशाङ्ककुन्दधवलं मुखे निक्षिप्य वासविः । उच्छ्वसद्गण्डयुगलं सिराल्याचितफालकम् ॥

śaśāṅkakundadhavalaṃ mukhe nikṣipya vāsaviḥ | ucchvasadgaṇḍayugalaṃ sirālyācitaphālakam

Putting the conch, white as the moon or the jasmine, to his lips, the son of Indra blew — his two cheeks puffed out, his forehead covered with rows of swollen veins,

Note on the text: Removed a stray "[" (wiki mark opening a bracketed passage that Wikisource closes at verse 10). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.41.7d*0774, lines 1–2.

Verse 9 (4.45.9)

आरक्तनिम्ननयनं ह्रस्वस्थूलशिरोधरम् । अतिश्लिष्टोदरोरस्कं तिर्यगाननशोभितम् ॥

āraktanimnanayanaṃ hrasvasthūlaśirodharam | atiśliṣṭodaroraskaṃ tiryagānanaśobhitam

his eyes reddened and sunken, his neck drawn short and thick, his belly and chest pressed tight, his face turned sideways and glowing;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.41.7d*0774, lines 3–4 (reading āyatta- for आरक्त-).

Verse 10 (4.45.10)

यावत्स्वशक्तिसामग्र्यं त्रैलोक्यं क्षोभयन्निव । मरुद्भिर्दशभिश्चैव प्राध्मापयदरिंदमः ॥

yāvatsvaśaktisāmagryaṃ trailokyaṃ kṣobhayanniva | marudbhirdaśabhiścaiva prādhmāpayadariṃdamaḥ

with the full measure of his own strength, as if shaking the three worlds, with all ten vital airs the tamer of foes blew it.

Note on the text: Removed a stray "]" (wiki mark closing the bracket opened at verse 8). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.41.7d*0774, lines 5–6.

Verse 11 (4.45.11)

शङ्खशब्दोस्य सोत्यर्थं श्रूयते कालमेघवत् ॥

śaṅkhaśabdosya sotyarthaṃ śrūyate kālameghavat

The sound of his conch was heard, exceedingly loud, like a storm-cloud at the end of time.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.41.7d*0775, line 1. It is a single line in Wikisource; the apparatus continues it with the three lines of Wikisource's next verse, so nothing is lost.

Verse 12 (4.45.12)

तस्य शङ्खस्य शब्देन धनुषो निस्वनेन च । वानरस्य निनादेन रथनेमिस्वनेन च । जङ्गमस्य भयं घोरमकरोत्पाकशासनिः ॥

tasya śaṅkhasya śabdena dhanuṣo nisvanena ca | vānarasya ninādena rathanemisvanena ca | jaṅgamasya bhayaṃ ghoramakarotpākaśāsaniḥ

With the sound of that conch, the twang of the bow, the roar of the ape and the rumble of the chariot wheels, the son of the chastiser of Paka struck terrible fear into every living thing.

Note on the text: Corrected धनुपो → धनुषो (misprint in Wikisource; dhanuṣaḥ, "of the bow", as in the apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.41.7d*0775, lines 2–4.

Verse 13 (4.45.13)

शङ्खशब्देन पार्थस्य मुखेनाश्वाः पतन्क्षितौ । उत्तरश्चापि संत्रस्तो रथोपस्थ उपाविशत् ॥

śaṅkhaśabdena pārthasya mukhenāśvāḥ patankṣitau | uttaraścāpi saṃtrasto rathopastha upāviśat

At the blast of Partha's conch the horses fell on their faces to the ground, and Uttara too, terrified, sank down in the chariot.

Note on the text: Corrected संत्रस्थो → संत्रस्तो (misprint in Wikisource; saṃtrasta, "terrified", as in the critical edition). The first line differs from 4.41.8ab; Wikisource's reading is kept.

Verse 14 (4.45.14)

अथाश्वान्रश्मिभिः पार्थः समुद्यम्य परंतपः । अभ्राजत रथोपस्थे भानुर्मेराविवोत्तरे ॥

athāśvānraśmibhiḥ pārthaḥ samudyamya paraṃtapaḥ | abhrājata rathopasthe bhānurmerāvivottare

Then Partha, scorcher of foes, raised the horses up by the reins and shone in the chariot like the sun on Meru in the north.

Note on the text: The first line corresponds to critical edition 4.41.9ab in different words; the second is in its apparatus only, as 4.41.9b*0776, line 1.

Verse 15 (4.45.15)

शङ्खघोषेण वित्रस्तं ज्याघातेन च मूर्छितम् । उत्तरं संपरिष्वज्य समाश्वासयदर्जुनः ॥

śaṅkhaghoṣeṇa vitrastaṃ jyāghātena ca mūrchitam | uttaraṃ saṃpariṣvajya samāśvāsayadarjunaḥ

Uttara was terrified by the blast of the conch and stunned by the stroke of the bowstring; Arjuna embraced him and comforted him:

Note on the text: The first line is in the critical edition's apparatus only (4.41.9b*0776, line 2); the second corresponds to 4.41.9cd.

Verse 16 (4.45.16)

मा भैस्त्वं राजपुत्राग्र्य क्षत्रियोसि परन्तप । कथं पुरुषशार्दूल शत्रुमध्ये विषीदसि ॥

mā bhaistvaṃ rājaputrāgrya kṣatriyosi parantapa | kathaṃ puruṣaśārdūla śatrumadhye viṣīdasi

Do not be afraid, foremost of princes; you are a kshatriya, scorcher of foes. How can you lose heart, tiger among men, in the midst of the enemy?

Note on the text: Speaker set to Arjuna: verses 16–18 are his words to Uttara, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for them (it carried वैशंपायन over them).

Verse 17 (4.45.17)

श्रुतास्ते शङ्खशब्दाश्च भेरीशब्दाश्च सर्वशः । कुञ्जराणां च निनदा व्यूढानीकेषु नित्यशः ॥

śrutāste śaṅkhaśabdāśca bherīśabdāśca sarvaśaḥ | kuñjarāṇāṃ ca ninadā vyūḍhānīkeṣu nityaśaḥ

You have heard the blare of conches and the beating of kettledrums on every side, and the trumpeting of elephants among armies drawn up in array, time and again.

Note on the text: The input aligned this verse with 4.41.13 (Uttara's reply, which echoes it); it is Arjuna's 4.41.11 (śrutās te …), and the reference is set accordingly. Wikisource's wording differs (सर्वशः, नित्यशः) and is kept. Speaker set to Arjuna (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 18 (4.45.18)

स त्वं कथमिवानेन शङ्खशब्देन भीषितः । विषण्णरूपो वित्रस्तः पुरुषः प्राकृतो यथा ॥

sa tvaṃ kathamivānena śaṅkhaśabdena bhīṣitaḥ | viṣaṇṇarūpo vitrastaḥ puruṣaḥ prākṛto yathā

How is it, then, that you are frightened by this blast of a conch, dejected and trembling like some common man?

Note on the text: Corrected विपण्णरूपो → विषण्णरूपो (misprint in Wikisource; viṣaṇṇa, "dejected", as in the critical edition). Speaker set to Arjuna (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 19 (4.45.19)

श्रुता मे शङ्खशब्दाश्च भेरीशब्दाश्च नित्यशः । कुञ्जराणां च निनदा व्यूढानीकेषु तिष्ठतः ॥

śrutā me śaṅkhaśabdāśca bherīśabdāśca nityaśaḥ | kuñjarāṇāṃ ca ninadā vyūḍhānīkeṣu tiṣṭhataḥ

I have often heard the blare of conches and the beating of kettledrums, and the trumpeting of elephants as I stood among armies drawn up in array;

Note on the text: The input aligned this verse with 4.41.11 (Arjuna's words, which it echoes); it is Uttara's reply, 4.41.13, and the reference is set accordingly. Wikisource's wording differs (नित्यशः, तिष्ठतः) and is kept.

Verse 20 (4.45.20)

नैवंविधाः शङ्खशब्दाः पुरा जातु मया श्रुताः । ध्वजस्य चापि रूपं मे दृष्टपूर्वं नहीदृशम् । धनुषश्चापि घोषश्च श्रुतपूर्वो न मे क्वचित् ॥

naivaṃvidhāḥ śaṅkhaśabdāḥ purā jātu mayā śrutāḥ | dhvajasya cāpi rūpaṃ me dṛṣṭapūrvaṃ nahīdṛśam | dhanuṣaścāpi ghoṣaśca śrutapūrvo na me kvacit

but never before have I heard conch-blasts like these, nor ever seen a banner of such a form, nor anywhere heard such a roar from a bow.

Verse 21 (4.45.21)

अस्य शङ्खस्य शब्देन धनुषो निस्वनेन च । अमानुषाणां शब्देन भूतानां निस्वनेन च । रथनेमिप्रणादेन मनो मे मुह्यते भृशम् ॥

asya śaṅkhasya śabdena dhanuṣo nisvanena ca | amānuṣāṇāṃ śabdena bhūtānāṃ nisvanena ca | rathanemipraṇādena mano me muhyate bhṛśam

With the sound of this conch, the twang of the bow, the cries of superhuman beings and the din of the spirits, and the rumble of the chariot wheels, my mind is utterly bewildered.

Note on the text: Corrected निस्वसेन → निस्वनेन (misprint in Wikisource; nisvana, "noise", as in the first line) and मनो कमे मुह्यते → मनो मे मुह्यते (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क — the critical edition has mano muhyati me, and the metre needs eight syllables). Lines 1 and 3 are critical edition 4.41.15; the middle line is in its apparatus as 4.41.15b*0777 (reading dhvajavāsinām).

Verse 22 (4.45.22)

व्याकुलाश्च दिशः सर्वा हृदयं व्यथतीव च । ध्वजेन पिहिताः सर्वा दिशो न प्रतिभान्ति मे । गाण्डीवस्य च शब्देन कर्णौ मे बधिरीकृतौ ॥

vyākulāśca diśaḥ sarvā hṛdayaṃ vyathatīva ca | dhvajena pihitāḥ sarvā diśo na pratibhānti me | gāṇḍīvasya ca śabdena karṇau me badhirīkṛtau

All the directions are in turmoil and my heart seems to quake; with the banner covering them, none of the directions can be made out, and the sound of the Gandiva has deafened both my ears.

Verse 23 (4.45.23)

पुनर्ध्वजं पुनः शङ्खं धनुश्चैव पुनः पुनः । स मूढचेता वैराटिरर्जुनं समुदैक्षत ॥

punardhvajaṃ punaḥ śaṅkhaṃ dhanuścaiva punaḥ punaḥ | sa mūḍhacetā vairāṭirarjunaṃ samudaikṣata

Again and again the son of Virata, his mind bewildered, gazed at the banner, at the conch, at the bow, and at Arjuna.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.41.16f*0780, lines 1–2.

Verse 24 (4.45.24)

स मुहूर्तं प्रयातं तु पार्थो वैराटिमब्रवीत् ॥

sa muhūrtaṃ prayātaṃ tu pārtho vairāṭimabravīt

When they had gone on a little while, Partha said to Virata's son:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.41.16f*0779. It is a single line there too, so nothing is lost.

Verse 25 (4.45.25)

स्थिरो भव महाबाहो संज्ञां चात्मानमानय । एकान्ते रथमास्थाय पद्भ्यां त्वमवपीड्य च । दृढं च रश्मीन्संयच्छ शङ्खं ध्मास्याम्यहं पुनः ॥

sthiro bhava mahābāho saṃjñāṃ cātmānamānaya | ekānte rathamāsthāya padbhyāṃ tvamavapīḍya ca | dṛḍhaṃ ca raśmīnsaṃyaccha śaṅkhaṃ dhmāsyāmyahaṃ punaḥ

Be steady, mighty-armed one; gather your senses and yourself. Take your seat firmly in the chariot, bracing yourself with your feet, and hold the reins tight; I am going to blow the conch again.

Note on the text: The first line is in the critical edition's apparatus only (4.41.16f*0780, line 3); lines 2–3 are 4.41.17 (reading avapīḍaya). Speaker set to Arjuna: the verse is wholly his direct speech, and Wikisource prints no speaker heading for it (it carried वैशंपायन over it); the critical edition heads 4.41.17 "arjuna uvāca".

Verse 26 (4.45.26)

एवमुक्त्वा महाबाहुः सव्यसाची परन्तपः । ततः शङ्खमुपाध्मासीद्दारयन्निव पर्वतान् । गुहा गिरीणां च तदा दिशः शैलांस्तथैव च ॥

evamuktvā mahābāhuḥ savyasācī parantapaḥ | tataḥ śaṅkhamupādhmāsīddārayanniva parvatān | guhā girīṇāṃ ca tadā diśaḥ śailāṃstathaiva ca

Having said this, the mighty-armed Savyasachin, scorcher of foes, blew the conch, as though splitting the mountains, the caves of the hills, the directions and the rocks besides.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.41.17d*0783, line 1, and 4.41.18*0785, lines 1–2.

Verse 27 (4.45.27)

ज्याघोषं तलघोषं च कृत्वा भूतान्यमोहयत् । उत्तरश्चापि संलीनो रथोपस्थ उपाविशत् । तं समाश्वासयामास पुनरेव धनञ्जयः ॥

jyāghoṣaṃ talaghoṣaṃ ca kṛtvā bhūtānyamohayat | uttaraścāpi saṃlīno rathopastha upāviśat | taṃ samāśvāsayāmāsa punareva dhanañjayaḥ

Making the bowstring twang and the arm-guards ring, he stunned all creatures. Uttara too shrank down and sat in the chariot, and Dhananjaya comforted him once more.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.41.17d*0783, line 3, 4.41.18*0785, line 3, and 4.41.18d*0790.

Verse 28 (4.45.28)

तस्य शङ्खस्य शब्देन रथनेमिस्वनेन च । गाण्डीवस्य च शब्देन पृथिवी समकम्पत ॥

tasya śaṅkhasya śabdena rathanemisvanena ca | gāṇḍīvasya ca śabdena pṛthivī samakampata

With the sound of that conch, the rumble of the chariot wheels and the twang of the Gandiva, the earth shook.