Karna Taunts Kripa; Ashvatthama Rebukes Karna and Duryodhana

Verse 1 (4.50.1)

कृपस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा कर्णो राजन्युधांपतिः । पुनः प्रोवाच संरब्धो गर्हयन्ब्राह्मणं कृपम् ॥

kṛpasya vacanaṃ śrutvā karṇo rājanyudhāṃpatiḥ | punaḥ provāca saṃrabdho garhayanbrāhmaṇaṃ kṛpam

Hearing Kripa's words, O king, Karna, master of battles, spoke again in anger, reproaching the brahmin Kripa.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its Appendix I (No. 41, inserted after 4.44.22), lines 1–2 (saṃkruddho for संरब्धो). Narration; the page prints वैशंपायन उवाच above it.

Verse 2 (4.50.2)

लक्षयाम्यहमाचार्यं भयाद्भक्तिं गतं रिपौ । भीतेन हि न योद्धव्यमहं योत्स्ये धनञ्जयम् ॥

lakṣayāmyahamācāryaṃ bhayādbhaktiṃ gataṃ ripau | bhītena hi na yoddhavyamahaṃ yotsye dhanañjayam

"I see that the teacher, out of fear, has come to feel devotion for the enemy. A man who is afraid should not fight; I will fight Dhananjaya.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its Appendix I (No. 41, inserted after 4.44.22), lines 3–4.

Verse 3 (4.50.3)

ननु वारुणमाग्नेयं याम्यं वायव्यमेव च । अस्त्रं ब्रह्मशिरश्चैव सत्वहीनस्य ते वृथा ॥

nanu vāruṇamāgneyaṃ yāmyaṃ vāyavyameva ca | astraṃ brahmaśiraścaiva satvahīnasya te vṛthā

Surely the Varuna weapon, the Agni weapon, the weapons of Yama and of Vayu, and the Brahmashiras weapon are wasted on you, who lack courage.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its Appendix I (No. 41, inserted after 4.44.22), lines 5–6.

Verse 4 (4.50.4)

मित्रकार्यं कृतमिदं पितापुत्रैर्महारथैः । भर्तृपिण्डश्च निर्विष्टो यथेष्टं गन्तुमर्हथ ॥

mitrakāryaṃ kṛtamidaṃ pitāputrairmahārathaiḥ | bhartṛpiṇḍaśca nirviṣṭo yatheṣṭaṃ gantumarhatha

You great chariot-warriors, father and son, have done your duty by your friend and have eaten your fill of your master's bread; now you may go wherever you please.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its Appendix I (No. 41, inserted after 4.44.22), lines 7–8 (nirdiṣṭo for निर्विष्टो).

Verse 5 (4.50.5)

भिक्षां हरस्व नित्यं त्वं यज्ञाननुचरस्व च । आमन्त्रणानि भुङ्क्षाद्य माऽस्मान्युद्धेन भीषय ॥

bhikṣāṃ harasva nityaṃ tvaṃ yajñānanucarasva ca | āmantraṇāni bhuṅkṣādya mā'smānyuddhena bhīṣaya

Go and fetch your alms every day and follow the sacrifices about; eat at the feasts you are invited to today — but do not try to frighten us with battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its Appendix I (No. 41, inserted after 4.44.22), lines 9–10.

Verse 6 (4.50.6)

भार्गवास्त्रं मया मुक्तं निर्दहेत्पृथिवीमिमाम् । किं पुनः पाण्डुपुत्राणामेकमर्जुनमाहवे ॥

bhārgavāstraṃ mayā muktaṃ nirdahetpṛthivīmimām | kiṃ punaḥ pāṇḍuputrāṇāmekamarjunamāhave

The Bhargava weapon, once I let it loose, would burn up this whole earth — how much more a single Arjuna among the sons of Pandu in battle!

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its Appendix I (No. 41, inserted after 4.44.22), lines 11–12.

Verse 7 (4.50.7)

आगमिष्यन्ति पदवीं मात्स्याः पाण्डवमाश्रिताः । कीचकानां तु बलिनां शत्रुसेनावमर्दिनाम् ॥

āgamiṣyanti padavīṃ mātsyāḥ pāṇḍavamāśritāḥ | kīcakānāṃ tu balināṃ śatrusenāvamardinām

The Matsyas who have taken the Pandava's side will come along our track — the men of the mighty Kichakas, crushers of enemy armies.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its Appendix I (No. 41, inserted after 4.44.22), lines 13 (the first line); the second line appears nowhere in the CE.

Verse 8 (4.50.8)

तानहं निहनिष्यामि भवता गम्यतां गृहम् । किं वेदवादिनां कार्यं परस्नेहानुभाषिणाम् ॥

tānahaṃ nihaniṣyāmi bhavatā gamyatāṃ gṛham | kiṃ vedavādināṃ kāryaṃ parasnehānubhāṣiṇām

I will kill them; you go home. What business have reciters of the Veda, who talk out of fondness for others, with this?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its Appendix I (No. 41, inserted after 4.44.22), lines 14 (the first line); the second line appears nowhere in the CE.

Verse 9 (4.50.9)

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा अश्वत्थामा प्रतापवान् । उवाच वदतांश्रेष्ठो दुर्योधनमवेक्ष्य च ॥

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā aśvatthāmā pratāpavān | uvāca vadatāṃśreṣṭho duryodhanamavekṣya ca

Hearing those words of his, the valiant Ashvatthama, best of speakers, looked at Duryodhana and said:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its Appendix I (No. 41, inserted after 4.44.22), lines 15–16. Narration (the input carried Karna over as speaker).

Verse 10 (4.50.10)

न च तावञ्जिता गावो न च सीमान्तरं गताः । न हास्तिनपुरं प्राप्तास्त्वं च कर्ण विकत्थसे ॥

na ca tāvañjitā gāvo na ca sīmāntaraṃ gatāḥ | na hāstinapuraṃ prāptāstvaṃ ca karṇa vikatthase

"The cattle have not yet been won, nor have they crossed the border, nor reached Hastinapura — and yet, Karna, you boast.

Note on the text: Ashvatthama's speech; the page prints no heading here and the input carried Karna over as speaker (the CE prints aśvatthāmovāca above 4.45.1).

Verse 11 (4.50.11)

बहूनि धर्मशास्त्राणि पठन्ति द्विजसत्तमाः । तेषु किंस्विदिदं दृष्टं द्यूते जीयेत यन्नृपः ॥

bahūni dharmaśāstrāṇi paṭhanti dvijasattamāḥ | teṣu kiṃsvididaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ dyūte jīyeta yannṛpaḥ

The best of the twice-born read many treatises on dharma; in which of them has it been seen that a king should be won at dice?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its apparatus as 4.45.1d*0840.

Verse 12 (4.50.12)

संग्रामान्विपुलाञ्जित्वा लब्ध्वा च विपुलं धनम् । विजित्य च महीं कृत्स्नां नेह कत्थन्ति पण्डिताः ॥

saṃgrāmānvipulāñjitvā labdhvā ca vipulaṃ dhanam | vijitya ca mahīṃ kṛtsnāṃ neha katthanti paṇḍitāḥ

Even when they have won many great battles, gained great wealth and conquered the whole earth, the wise do not boast of it here.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.45.2 (the second line differs). Corrected लब्धा → लब्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped व्; the absolutive is needed beside जित्वा and विजित्य, and the CE reads labdhvā).

Verse 13 (4.50.13)

पचत्यग्निरवाक्यस्तु तूष्णीं भाति दिवाकरः । तूष्णीं धारयते लोकान्वसुधा सचराचरान् ॥

pacatyagniravākyastu tūṣṇīṃ bhāti divākaraḥ | tūṣṇīṃ dhārayate lokānvasudhā sacarācarān

Fire cooks without a word; the sun shines in silence; in silence the earth bears the worlds with all that moves and does not move.

Verse 14 (4.50.14)

चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य कर्माणि विहितानि महर्षिभिः । धनं यैरधिगन्तव्यं यच्च कुर्वन्न दुष्यति ॥

cāturvarṇyasya karmāṇi vihitāni maharṣibhiḥ | dhanaṃ yairadhigantavyaṃ yacca kurvanna duṣyati

The great seers have laid down the work of the four classes — the work by which wealth is to be gained, and in doing which a man incurs no fault.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.45.4 (महर्षिभिः for manīṣibhiḥ).

Verse 15 (4.50.15)

अधीत्य ब्राह्मणो वेदान्याजयेत यजेत वा । क्षत्रियो धनमाहृत्य यजेतैव न याजयेत् ॥

adhītya brāhmaṇo vedānyājayeta yajeta vā | kṣatriyo dhanamāhṛtya yajetaiva na yājayet

A brahmin, having studied the Vedas, may sacrifice for others or for himself; a kshatriya, having won wealth, should sacrifice but not officiate for others.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.45.5ab–cd (धनमाहृत्य for dhanur āśritya). The CE's third line is the next verse.

Verse 16 (4.50.16)

वैश्योऽधिगम्य वित्तानि वार्ताकर्माणि कारयेत् ॥

vaiśyo'dhigamya vittāni vārtākarmāṇi kārayet

A vaishya, having acquired wealth, should have the work of farming, herding and trade carried on.

Note on the text: A one-line verse, printed so on the page. It is a variant of CE 4.45.5ef, the third line of the CE verse (वित्तानि वार्ताकर्माणि for dravyāṇi brahmakarmāṇi).

Verse 17 (4.50.17)

शूद्रः शुश्रूषणं कुर्यात्त्रिषु वर्णेषु नित्यशः । वन्दनायोगविधिभिर्वैतसीं वृत्तिमाश्रितः ॥

śūdraḥ śuśrūṣaṇaṃ kuryāttriṣu varṇeṣu nityaśaḥ | vandanāyogavidhibhirvaitasīṃ vṛttimāśritaḥ

A shudra should always serve the three classes, following the forms of salutation and attendance and keeping to the humble, reed-like way of bending.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its apparatus as 4.45.5f*0841. Corrected कुर्यात्रिषु → कुर्यात्त्रिषु (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped त् in कुर्यात् त्रिषु; the CE apparatus reads kuryāt triṣu).

Verse 18 (4.50.18)

वर्तमाना यथाशास्त्रं प्राप्य चापि महीमिमाम् । प्रकुर्वन्ति महाभागा यज्ञान्सुविपुलानपि ॥

vartamānā yathāśāstraṃ prāpya cāpi mahīmimām | prakurvanti mahābhāgā yajñānsuvipulānapi

Living by the scriptures, these fortunate ones, once they have gained this earth, perform sacrifices, even very great ones.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.45.6 (the second line differs: the CE has them honour their elders, however poor in merit).

Verse 19 (4.50.19)

का जातिस्तेषु सूतेयं केऽपि मन्त्राः क्रियाश्च काः । केयं वर्णेषु या राज्ञो वक्तृभोक्तृनियन्तृषु ॥

kā jātisteṣu sūteyaṃ ke'pi mantrāḥ kriyāśca kāḥ | keyaṃ varṇeṣu yā rājño vaktṛbhoktṛniyantṛṣu

Among these, what class is that of a suta? What mantras are his, and what rites? What standing is this among the classes, that he should counsel a king, share his pleasures and direct him?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its apparatus as 4.45.6d*0842, lines 1–2.

Verse 20 (4.50.20)

दुर्योधनमभिप्रेक्ष्य कर्णं च कुरुसंसदि । अश्वत्थामा भृशं क्रुद्धो दुर्योधनमतर्जयत् ॥

duryodhanamabhiprekṣya karṇaṃ ca kurusaṃsadi | aśvatthāmā bhṛśaṃ kruddho duryodhanamatarjayat

Looking at Duryodhana, and at Karna, in the assembly of the Kurus, Ashvatthama, in a towering rage, rebuked Duryodhana:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its apparatus as 4.45.6d*0842, lines 3–4. Corrected कुरुसंसाद → कुरुसंसदि (misprint in Wikisource; not a word; the locative is needed, as in 51.1, and the CE apparatus reads kurusaṃsadi).

Verse 21 (4.50.21)

प्राप्य द्यूतेन को राज्यं क्षत्रियः स्तोष्टुमर्हति । तथा नृशंसरूपोयं धार्तराष्ट्रश्च निर्घृणः ॥

prāpya dyūtena ko rājyaṃ kṣatriyaḥ stoṣṭumarhati | tathā nṛśaṃsarūpoyaṃ dhārtarāṣṭraśca nirghṛṇaḥ

"What kshatriya would praise a kingdom gained by dice? Yet such is this cruel and pitiless son of Dhritarashtra.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.45.7 (the second line differs). Ashvatthama's speech; the page prints no heading and the input left it under the narrator. Corrected स्तोष्टुर्महति → स्तोष्टुमर्हति (misprint in Wikisource; a misplaced र्; the infinitive + अर्हति, as the CE's toṣṭum arhati).

Verse 22 (4.50.22)

तथाऽधिगम्य वित्तानि को विकत्थेद्विचक्षणः । निकृत्या वञ्चनायोगैश्चरन्वैतंसिको यथा ॥

tathā'dhigamya vittāni ko vikatthedvicakṣaṇaḥ | nikṛtyā vañcanāyogaiścaranvaitaṃsiko yathā

What discerning man would boast of wealth won in that way — by fraud and the tricks of deceit, behaving like a fowler?

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.45.8 (the first line differs in wording).

Verse 23 (4.50.23)

कतमद्द्वैरथं युद्धं यत्राजैषीर्धनञ्जयम् । नकुलं सहदेवं वा धनं येषां त्वया हृतम् ॥

katamaddvairathaṃ yuddhaṃ yatrājaiṣīrdhanañjayam | nakulaṃ sahadevaṃ vā dhanaṃ yeṣāṃ tvayā hṛtam

In what single combat did you defeat Dhananjaya, or Nakula, or Sahadeva, whose wealth you have taken?

Verse 24 (4.50.24)

युधिष्ठिरो जितः कस्मिन्भीमश्च बलिनांवरः । इन्द्रप्रस्थं त्वया कस्मिन्संग्रामे निर्जितं पुरा ॥

yudhiṣṭhiro jitaḥ kasminbhīmaśca balināṃvaraḥ | indraprasthaṃ tvayā kasminsaṃgrāme nirjitaṃ purā

In which battle was Yudhishthira defeated, or Bhima, foremost of the strong? In which battle did you conquer Indraprastha long ago?

Verse 25 (4.50.25)

तथैव कतमद्युद्धं यस्मिन्कृष्णा जिता त्वया । एकवस्त्रा सभां नीता क्षुद्रकर्मन्रजस्वला ॥

tathaiva katamadyuddhaṃ yasminkṛṣṇā jitā tvayā | ekavastrā sabhāṃ nītā kṣudrakarmanrajasvalā

And in what battle, you doer of petty deeds, did you win Krishna, who was dragged into the hall in a single garment, in her season?

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.45.11 (क्षुद्रकर्मन् for duṣṭakarman).

Verse 26 (4.50.26)

मूलमेषां महत्कृत्तं सारार्थी चन्दनं यथा । क्षुद्रं कर्म समास्थाय तत्र किं विदुरोऽब्रवीत् ॥

mūlameṣāṃ mahatkṛttaṃ sārārthī candanaṃ yathā | kṣudraṃ karma samāsthāya tatra kiṃ viduro'bravīt

You have cut through their great root, as a man after its heartwood cuts down a sandal tree. When you set about that petty deed, what did Vidura say then?

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.45.12 (the second half of the second line differs).

Verse 27 (4.50.27)

यथाशक्ति मनुष्याणाममर्षं लक्षयामहे । अन्येषामपि सत्वानामपि कीटपिपीलिकैः ॥

yathāśakti manuṣyāṇāmamarṣaṃ lakṣayāmahe | anyeṣāmapi satvānāmapi kīṭapipīlikaiḥ

We see resentment in men according to their strength, and in other creatures too, down to worms and ants.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.45.13 (अमर्षं for śamam: Wikisource speaks of resentment where the CE speaks of forbearance).

Verse 28 (4.50.28)

द्रौपद्याः संपरिक्लेशं न क्षन्तुं पाण्डवोऽर्हति । क्षयाय धार्तराष्ट्राणां प्रादुर्भूतो धनञ्जयः ॥

draupadyāḥ saṃparikleśaṃ na kṣantuṃ pāṇḍavo'rhati | kṣayāya dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ prādurbhūto dhanañjayaḥ

The Pandava cannot forgive the torment of Draupadi. Dhananjaya has appeared for the destruction of the sons of Dhritarashtra.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.45.14 (क्षयाय for duḥkhāya).

Verse 29 (4.50.29)

त्वं पुनः पण्डितो भूत्वा ह्याचार्यं क्षेप्तुमिच्छसि । वैरान्तकरणो जिष्णुर्न नः शेषं करिष्यति ॥

tvaṃ punaḥ paṇḍito bhūtvā hyācāryaṃ kṣeptumicchasi | vairāntakaraṇo jiṣṇurna naḥ śeṣaṃ kariṣyati

And you, playing the wise man, want to find fault with the teacher! Jishnu, bent on ending the feud, will leave none of us alive.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.45.15 (the second half of the first line differs).

Verse 30 (4.50.30)

नैव देवा न गन्धर्वा नासुरा न च राक्षसाः । भयादिह न युद्ध्येरन्पाण्डुपुत्रेण धीमता ॥

naiva devā na gandharvā nāsurā na ca rākṣasāḥ | bhayādiha na yuddhyeranpāṇḍuputreṇa dhīmatā

Neither gods nor gandharvas, neither asuras nor rakshasas would dare, for fear, to fight the wise son of Pandu here.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.45.16 (the construction is turned round: in the CE it is Arjuna who would not hold back from fighting gods, gandharvas, asuras or rakshasas).

Verse 31 (4.50.31)

यं यमेकोपि संक्रुद्धः संग्रामे निपतिष्यति । वृक्षं गरुडवद्वेगाद्विनिहत्यान्तमेष्यति ॥

yaṃ yamekopi saṃkruddhaḥ saṃgrāme nipatiṣyati | vṛkṣaṃ garuḍavadvegādvinihatyāntameṣyati

Whomever he falls upon in battle, even alone and in fury, he will strike down and make an end of, as Garuda in his rush fells a tree.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.45.17.

Verse 32 (4.50.32)

त्वत्तो विशिष्टं वीर्येण धनुष्यमरराट्समम् । वासुदेवसमं युद्धे तं पार्थं को न पूजयेत् ॥

tvatto viśiṣṭaṃ vīryeṇa dhanuṣyamararāṭsamam | vāsudevasamaṃ yuddhe taṃ pārthaṃ ko na pūjayet

Who would not honour Partha — greater than you in valour, equal to the king of the immortals in archery, equal to Vasudeva in battle?

Verse 33 (4.50.33)

देवं दैवेन युद्ध्येत मानुषेण च मानुषम् । अस्त्रं ह्यस्त्रेण यो हन्यात्कोऽर्जुनेन समः पुमान् ॥

devaṃ daivena yuddhyeta mānuṣeṇa ca mānuṣam | astraṃ hyastreṇa yo hanyātko'rjunena samaḥ pumān

He fights a god with divine weapons and a man with human ones, and strikes down weapon with weapon — what man is Arjuna's equal?

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.45.19 (देवं for daivaṃ; the second line differs in wording). Corrected मानुपेण च मानुपम् → मानुषेण च मानुषम् (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष twice; the CE reads mānuṣeṇa ca mānuṣam).

Verse 34 (4.50.34)

पुत्रादनवमः शिष्य इति धर्मविदो विदुः । एतेनापि निमित्तेन प्रियो द्रोणस्य पाण्डवः ॥

putrādanavamaḥ śiṣya iti dharmavido viduḥ | etenāpi nimittena priyo droṇasya pāṇḍavaḥ

Those who know dharma say that a pupil is in no way less than a son; for this reason too the Pandava is dear to Drona.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.45.20 (अनवमः for anantaraḥ).

Verse 35 (4.50.35)

यथा त्वमकरोर्द्यूतमिन्द्रप्रस्थं यथाऽहरः । यथाऽनैषीः सभां कृष्णां तथा युध्यस्व पाण्डवं ॥

yathā tvamakarordyūtamindraprasthaṃ yathā'haraḥ | yathā'naiṣīḥ sabhāṃ kṛṣṇāṃ tathā yudhyasva pāṇḍavaṃ

As you played the game of dice, as you seized Indraprastha, as you dragged Krishna into the hall — so now fight the Pandava!

Verse 36 (4.50.36)

अयं ते मातुलः प्राज्ञः क्षत्रधर्मस्य कोविदः । दुर्द्यूतदेवी गान्धारः शकुनिर्युद्ध्यतामिह ॥

ayaṃ te mātulaḥ prājñaḥ kṣatradharmasya kovidaḥ | durdyūtadevī gāndhāraḥ śakuniryuddhyatāmiha

Here is your maternal uncle, wise and versed in the kshatriya's dharma — Shakuni of Gandhara, player of crooked dice. Let him fight here!

Verse 37 (4.50.37)

नाक्षान्क्षिपति गाण्डीवं न कृतं द्वापरं न च । ज्वलतो निशितान्बाणांस्तांस्तान्क्षिपति गाण्डिवं ॥

nākṣānkṣipati gāṇḍīvaṃ na kṛtaṃ dvāparaṃ na ca | jvalato niśitānbāṇāṃstāṃstānkṣipati gāṇḍivaṃ

Gandiva does not cast dice, neither the krita throw nor the dvapara; Gandiva casts blazing, whetted arrows, one after another.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.45.23 (तांस्तान् for tīkṣṇān).

Verse 38 (4.50.38)

न हि गाण्डीवनिर्मुक्ता गृध्रपक्षाः सुतेजनाः । नान्तरेष्ववतिष्ठन्ते गिरीणामपि दारणाः ॥

na hi gāṇḍīvanirmuktā gṛdhrapakṣāḥ sutejanāḥ | nāntareṣvavatiṣṭhante girīṇāmapi dāraṇāḥ

The keen arrows loosed from Gandiva, fledged with vulture feathers, do not stop midway; they split even mountains.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.45.24 (Wikisource adds a second negative, नान्तरेष्ववतिष्ठन्ते, which reinforces the sense).

Verse 39 (4.50.39)

अन्तकः पवनो मृत्युस्तथाऽग्निर्बडवामुखः । कुर्युरेते क्वचिच्छेषं न तु क्रुद्धो धनञ्जयः ॥

antakaḥ pavano mṛtyustathā'gnirbaḍavāmukhaḥ | kuryurete kvaciccheṣaṃ na tu kruddho dhanañjayaḥ

The Ender, the wind, Death and the mare-faced fire beneath the sea might leave something remaining; but Dhananjaya in his wrath will not.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.45.25 (पवनो for śamano).

Verse 40 (4.50.40)

यथा सभायां द्यूतं त्वं मातुलेन सहाकरोः । तथा युध्यस्व संग्रामे सौबलेन सुरक्षितः ॥

yathā sabhāyāṃ dyūtaṃ tvaṃ mātulena sahākaroḥ | tathā yudhyasva saṃgrāme saubalena surakṣitaḥ

As you played dice in the hall together with your uncle, so fight in battle, with the son of Subala to protect you.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its apparatus as 4.45.25d*0847. Corrected महाकरोः → सहाकरोः (misprint in Wikisource; म for स; सह is needed with मातुलेन, and the CE apparatus reads sahākaroḥ) and युद्धस्व → युध्यस्व (misprint in Wikisource; not a form of √yudh; the imperative as in verse 35, and the CE apparatus reads yudhyasva).

Verse 41 (4.50.41)

युद्ध्यतां काममाचार्यो नाहं योत्स्ये धनञ्जयम् । मत्स्यो ह्यस्माभिरायोध्यो यद्यागच्छेद्गवांपदम् ॥

yuddhyatāṃ kāmamācāryo nāhaṃ yotsye dhanañjayam | matsyo hyasmābhirāyodhyo yadyāgacchedgavāṃpadam

Let the teacher fight if he wishes; I will not fight Dhananjaya. It is the Matsya king we must fight, if he comes on the track of the cattle."