Arjuna Turns the Herds Back

Verse 1 (4.55.1)

तमदूरमुपायान्तं दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवमर्जुनम् । नारयः प्रेक्षितुं शेकुस्तपन्तं हि यथा रविम् ॥

tamadūramupāyāntaṃ dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavamarjunam | nārayaḥ prekṣituṃ śekustapantaṃ hi yathā ravim

As the Pandava Arjuna drew near, his enemies could not bear to look at him, as no one can look at the blazing sun.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.48.7d*0883, lines 1–2 (reading tapasyantaṃ yathā).

Verse 2 (4.55.2)

स तं दृष्ट्वा रथानीकं पार्थः सारथिमब्रवीत् । इषुपातमात्रे सेनायाः स्थापयाश्वानरिंदम । यावत्समीक्षे व्यूहेऽस्मिन्मम शत्रुं सुयोधनम् ॥

sa taṃ dṛṣṭvā rathānīkaṃ pārthaḥ sārathimabravīt | iṣupātamātre senāyāḥ sthāpayāśvānariṃdama | yāvatsamīkṣe vyūhe'sminmama śatruṃ suyodhanam

Seeing that host of chariots, Partha said to his charioteer, "Halt the horses a bowshot from the army, tamer of foes, while I look for my enemy Suyodhana in this array."

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; its apparatus has it as 4.48.7d*0883, line 3); the other two lines are a variant of CE 4.48.8.

Verse 3 (4.55.3)

रक्तवैडूर्यविकृतं मणिप्रवरभूषितम् । परं जानाम्यहं तस्य ध्वजं दूरात्समुच्छ्रितम् ॥

raktavaiḍūryavikṛtaṃ maṇipravarabhūṣitam | paraṃ jānāmyahaṃ tasya dhvajaṃ dūrātsamucchritam

I know his banner well, raised high and seen from afar, worked with red beryl and adorned with the finest gems.

Note on the text: Arjuna's speech (no speaker heading printed). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.48.8d*0884, lines 1–2 (reading ratnavaiḍūrya- and parijānāmy).

Verse 4 (4.55.4)

यद्येनमिह पश्यामि दुर्बुद्धिमतिमानिनम् । यमाय प्रेषयिष्यामि सहायः स्याद्यदीश्वरः ॥

yadyenamiha paśyāmi durbuddhimatimāninam | yamāya preṣayiṣyāmi sahāyaḥ syādyadīśvaraḥ

If I see that evil-minded, overweening man here, I will send him to Yama, even if the Lord himself should be his ally.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.48.8d*0884, lines 3–4.

Verse 5 (4.55.5)

सर्वानन्याननादृत्य दृष्ट्वा तमतिमानिनम् । सिंहः क्षुद्रमृगस्येव पतिष्ये तस्य मूर्धनि ॥

sarvānanyānanādṛtya dṛṣṭvā tamatimāninam | siṃhaḥ kṣudramṛgasyeva patiṣye tasya mūrdhani

Ignoring all the others, as soon as I see that arrogant man I will fall on his head like a lion on a little deer.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 4.48.9ab; the second is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; its apparatus has it as 4.48.12f*0885, line 1, in place of 4.48.9cd).

Verse 6 (4.55.6)

हनिष्यामि तमेवाद्य शरैर्गाण्डीवनिःसृतैः । तस्मिन्हते भविष्यन्ति सर्व एव पराजिताः ॥

haniṣyāmi tamevādya śarairgāṇḍīvaniḥsṛtaiḥ | tasminhate bhaviṣyanti sarva eva parājitāḥ

Him alone I will slay today with arrows loosed from the Gandiva; and when he is slain, all of them will be beaten.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.48.12f*0885, lines 2–3 (reading evāśu).

Verse 7 (4.55.7)

शरैश्च शमयिष्येऽहं धार्तराष्ट्रं ससौबलम् । असभ्यानां च वक्तारं कुरूणां किल किल्विषम् ॥

śaraiśca śamayiṣye'haṃ dhārtarāṣṭraṃ sasaubalam | asabhyānāṃ ca vaktāraṃ kurūṇāṃ kila kilviṣam

With my arrows I will quell Dhritarashtra's son together with Subala's son, and that speaker of insolent words, the very stain on the Kurus.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.48.12f*0885, lines 4–5 (reading samarpayiṣyāmi).

Verse 8 (4.55.8)

राजानं नेह पश्यामि निरामिषमिदं बलम् । अभिद्रवे ह राजानं व्यक्तमित्यत्र निर्भयः ॥

rājānaṃ neha paśyāmi nirāmiṣamidaṃ balam | abhidrave ha rājānaṃ vyaktamityatra nirbhayaḥ

I do not see the king here, and this army holds no prize worth fighting for. It is the king I will charge, and fearlessly; of that there is no doubt.

Note on the text: Corrected निरापिषमिदं → निरामिषमिदं and अभिद्रेव → अभिद्रवे (misprints in Wikisource; निरापिष and अभिद्रेव are not words; the critical edition's apparatus reads nirāmiṣam and abhidrave). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.48.12f*0885, lines 6–7.

Verse 9 (4.55.9)

आस्थितो मध्यमाचार्योऽप्यश्वत्थामाऽप्यनन्तरम् । कृपकर्णौ पुरस्तात्तु महेष्वासौ व्यवस्थितौ ॥

āsthito madhyamācāryo'pyaśvatthāmā'pyanantaram | kṛpakarṇau purastāttu maheṣvāsau vyavasthitau

The teacher holds the centre, and Ashvatthama stands right behind him; Kripa and Karna, great archers, are posted in front.

Note on the text: Corrected मध्यमाचार्योप्यश्वत्थामा → मध्यमाचार्योऽप्यश्वत्थामा (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.48.12f*0885, lines 8–9, which parallel CE 4.48.10.

Verse 10 (4.55.10)

भूरिश्रवाः सोमदत्तो बाह्लीकश्च जयद्रथः । दक्षिणं पक्षमाश्रित्य स्थिता युद्धविशारदाः ॥

bhūriśravāḥ somadatto bāhlīkaśca jayadrathaḥ | dakṣiṇaṃ pakṣamāśritya sthitā yuddhaviśāradāḥ

Bhurishravas, Somadatta, Bahlika and Jayadratha, skilled in war, stand holding the right wing.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.48.12f*0885, lines 10–11.

Verse 11 (4.55.11)

साल्वराजो द्युमत्सेनो वृषसेनश्च सौबलः । दशार्णश्चैव कालिङ्गो वामं पक्षं समाश्रितः ॥

sālvarājo dyumatseno vṛṣasenaśca saubalaḥ | daśārṇaścaiva kāliṅgo vāmaṃ pakṣaṃ samāśritaḥ

The king of the Salvas, Dyumatsena, Vrishasena, Subala's son, the Dasharna king and the Kalinga king have taken the left wing.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.48.12f*0885, lines 12–13 (reading samāśritāḥ).

Verse 12 (4.55.12)

पृष्ठतः कुरुमुख्यश्च भीष्मस्तिष्ठति दंशितः । सोऽर्धसैन्येन बलवान्सर्वेषां नः पितामहः ॥

pṛṣṭhataḥ kurumukhyaśca bhīṣmastiṣṭhati daṃśitaḥ | so'rdhasainyena balavānsarveṣāṃ naḥ pitāmahaḥ

Behind, in armour, stands the chief of the Kurus, Bhishma, mighty, with half the army: the grandfather of us all.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.48.12f*0885, lines 14–15.

Verse 13 (4.55.13)

दुर्योधनं न पश्यामि क्व नु राजा स तिष्ठति । उत्सृज्यैतद्रथानीकं याहि यत्र सुयोधनः ॥

duryodhanaṃ na paśyāmi kva nu rājā sa tiṣṭhati | utsṛjyaitadrathānīkaṃ yāhi yatra suyodhanaḥ

I do not see Duryodhana; where can the king be? Leave this chariot host and drive to where Suyodhana is.

Note on the text: Corrected उत्सृंज्यैतद् → उत्सृज्यैतद् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.48.12f*0885, lines 16–17, which parallel CE 4.48.11ab and 4.48.12ab.

Verse 14 (4.55.14)

तं हत्वा संनिवर्तिष्ये गाः स आदाय गच्छति । गवाग्रमभितो याहि यत्र राजा भविष्यति ॥

taṃ hatvā saṃnivartiṣye gāḥ sa ādāya gacchati | gavāgramabhito yāhi yatra rājā bhaviṣyati

I will kill him and come back; he is making off with the cows. Drive round toward the head of the herd, where the king will be.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.48.12f*0885, lines 18–19 (reading vinivartiṣye).

Verse 15 (4.55.15)

इत्युक्त्वा समरे पार्थो वैराटिमपराजितः । संस्पृशानो धनुर्दिव्यं त्वरमाणोऽगमत्तदा ॥

ityuktvā samare pārtho vairāṭimaparājitaḥ | saṃspṛśāno dhanurdivyaṃ tvaramāṇo'gamattadā

Having said this to Virata's son on the field, the unconquered Partha, fingering his celestial bow, set off in haste.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.48.12f*0886, lines 1–2.

Verse 16 (4.55.16)

ततो भीष्मोऽब्रवीद्वाक्यं कुरुमध्ये परंतपः । चिरदृष्टोऽयमस्माभिर्धर्मज्ञो बान्धवप्रियः ॥

tato bhīṣmo'bravīdvākyaṃ kurumadhye paraṃtapaḥ | ciradṛṣṭo'yamasmābhirdharmajño bāndhavapriyaḥ

Then Bhishma, scorcher of foes, spoke among the Kurus: "It is long since we last saw this knower of dharma who loves his kin."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.48.12f*0886, lines 3–4.

Verse 17 (4.55.17)

अतीव ज्वलते लक्ष्म्या पाकशासनिरागतः । एष दुर्योधनं पार्थो मार्गते निकृतिं स्मरन् ॥

atīva jvalate lakṣmyā pākaśāsanirāgataḥ | eṣa duryodhanaṃ pārtho mārgate nikṛtiṃ smaran

The son of Indra, chastiser of Paka, has come, blazing with exceeding splendour. Partha is hunting for Duryodhana, remembering the wrongs done to him.

Note on the text: Bhishma's speech, begun in the second line of verse 16 (no speaker heading printed). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.48.12f*0886, lines 5–6 (reading acyutaḥ and vikṛtiṃ).

Verse 18 (4.55.18)

सेनामत्यर्थमालोक्य त्वरते ग्रहणेऽस्य च । मृगं सिंह इवादातुमीक्षते पाकशासनिः ॥

senāmatyarthamālokya tvarate grahaṇe'sya ca | mṛgaṃ siṃha ivādātumīkṣate pākaśāsaniḥ

Having looked the army over closely, he hurries to seize him; Indra's son eyes him as a lion eyes a deer it means to take.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.48.12f*0886, lines 7–8 (reading grahaṇe kṛtam).

Verse 19 (4.55.19)

नैषोऽन्तरेण राजानं बीभत्सुः स्थातुमर्हति । तस्य पार्ष्णिं ग्रहीष्यामो जवेनाभिप्रधावतः ॥

naiṣo'ntareṇa rājānaṃ bībhatsuḥ sthātumarhati | tasya pārṣṇiṃ grahīṣyāmo javenābhipradhāvataḥ

Bibhatsu will not stop short of the king. Let us fall on his rear as he rushes forward at speed.

Note on the text: Corrected पार्ष्णि → पार्ष्णिं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara of the accusative; the critical edition reads pārṣṇiṃ). A variant of CE 4.48.15, where these words are Drona's (CE 4.48.14); Wikisource gives them to Bhishma (see verses 16 and 22).

Verse 20 (4.55.20)

न ह्येनमभिसंक्रुद्धमेको युद्ध्येत संयुगे । अन्यो देवान्महादेवात्कृष्णाद्वा देवकीसुतात् । आचार्याच्च सपुत्राद्वा भारद्वाजान्महारथात् ॥

na hyenamabhisaṃkruddhameko yuddhyeta saṃyuge | anyo devānmahādevātkṛṣṇādvā devakīsutāt | ācāryācca saputrādvā bhāradvājānmahārathāt

When he is roused to fury no one could fight him alone in battle, save the god Mahadeva, or Krishna the son of Devaki, or the teacher, the great chariot-warrior of Bharadvaja's line, with his son.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.48.16 (reading devān mahādevāt for devāt sahasrākṣāt); the third line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.48.16d*0888, reading ācāryapravarād vāpi).

Verse 21 (4.55.21)

किं नो गावः करिष्यन्ति द्रव्यं वा विपुलं तथा । दुर्योधनः पार्थगतः पुरा प्राणान्विमुञ्चति ॥

kiṃ no gāvaḥ kariṣyanti dravyaṃ vā vipulaṃ tathā | duryodhanaḥ pārthagataḥ purā prāṇānvimuñcati

What good will the cows or great wealth do us? Once Partha reaches Duryodhana, he will soon give up his life.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.48.17 (the second line differs: pārthajale purā naur iva majjati).

Verse 22 (4.55.22)

इत्युक्त्वा समरे भीष्मः सेनया सह कौरवः । अन्वधावत्तदा पार्थं धार्तराष्ट्रस्य रक्षणे ॥

ityuktvā samare bhīṣmaḥ senayā saha kauravaḥ | anvadhāvattadā pārthaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrasya rakṣaṇe

Having said this on the field, Bhishma of the Kurus ran after Partha with the army to protect Dhritarashtra'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 4.48.17d*0889, lines 1–2.

Verse 23 (4.55.23)

विक्रोशमात्रं यात्वा तु पार्थो वैराटिमब्रवीत् । इषुपातमात्रे सेनायाः स्थापयाश्वानरिंदम ॥

vikrośamātraṃ yātvā tu pārtho vairāṭimabravīt | iṣupātamātre senāyāḥ sthāpayāśvānariṃdama

When he had gone as far as a shout carries, Partha said to Virata's son, "Halt the horses a bowshot from the army, tamer of foes."

Note on the text: Wikisource reads विक्रोशमात्रं यात्वा ("having gone a shout's distance") where the critical edition's apparatus has trikośamātraṃ gatvā; it is good Sanskrit and is kept. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.48.17d*0889, lines 3–4 (reading iṣupātena).

Verse 24 (4.55.24)

एतदग्रं गवां दृष्टं मन्दं वाहय सारथे । याह्युत्तरेण सेनाया गाश्चैव प्रविभज्य च ॥

etadagraṃ gavāṃ dṛṣṭaṃ mandaṃ vāhaya sārathe | yāhyuttareṇa senāyā gāścaiva pravibhajya ca

There is the head of the herd in sight; drive slowly, charioteer. Go round to the north of the army and cut the cows out from it.

Note on the text: Arjuna's speech, begun in the second line of verse 23 (no speaker heading printed). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.48.17d*0889, lines 5–6.

Verse 25 (4.55.25)

परिक्षिप्य गवां यूथमत्र योत्स्ये सुयोधनम् । गच्छन्ति सत्वरा गावः सगोपाः परिमोचय ॥

parikṣipya gavāṃ yūthamatra yotsye suyodhanam | gacchanti satvarā gāvaḥ sagopāḥ parimocaya

Once I have headed off the herd, I will fight Suyodhana here. The cows are moving off fast with their herdsmen: set them free.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.48.17d*0889, lines 7–8.

Verse 26 (4.55.26)

तत्र गत्वा पशून्वीर सगोपान्परिमोचय । अन्तरेण च सेनायाः प्राङ्मुखो गच्छ चोत्तर ॥

tatra gatvā paśūnvīra sagopānparimocaya | antareṇa ca senāyāḥ prāṅmukho gaccha cottara

Go there, hero, and free the cattle with their herdsmen; and then, Uttara, pass through the midst of the army heading east.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.48.17d*0889, lines 9–10.

Verse 27 (4.55.27)

इमे त्वतिरथाः सर्वे मम वीर्यपराक्रमम् । पश्यन्तु कुरवो युद्धे महेन्द्रस्येव दानवाः ॥

ime tvatirathāḥ sarve mama vīryaparākramam | paśyantu kuravo yuddhe mahendrasyeva dānavāḥ

Let all these Kurus, matchless chariot-warriors, see my valour and might in battle, as the Danavas saw great Indra's.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.48.17d*0889, lines 11–12.

Verse 28 (4.55.28)

ततः स रथिनां श्रेष्ठो नाम विश्राव्य चात्मनः । निशिताग्राञ्शरांस्तीक्ष्णान्मुमोचांतकसन्निभान् ॥

tataḥ sa rathināṃ śreṣṭho nāma viśrāvya cātmanaḥ | niśitāgrāñśarāṃstīkṣṇānmumocāṃtakasannibhān

Then that best of chariot-warriors proclaimed his own name and loosed keen, sharp-pointed arrows like Death himself.

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 4.48.18ab; the second is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.48.18b*0890).

Verse 29 (4.55.29)

शलभैरिव चाकाशं धाराभिरिव पर्वतम् । निरावकाशमभवच्छरैः क्षिप्तैः किरीटिना ॥

śalabhairiva cākāśaṃ dhārābhiriva parvatam | nirāvakāśamabhavaccharaiḥ kṣiptaiḥ kirīṭinā

As locusts fill the sky, as torrents of rain cover a mountain, so the arrows shot by the diadem-wearer left no open space anywhere.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition in this form (found in the vulgate recension): the first line has only a loose counterpart in CE 4.48.18cd (śalabhair iva tāṃ senāṃ …), and the second is in its apparatus as 4.48.18d*0891.

Verse 30 (4.55.30)

विकीर्यमाणास्तु शरैस्ते योधा धार्तराष्ट्रिकाः । गाश्चैव न च पश्यन्ति पार्थमुक्तैरजिह्मगैः ॥

vikīryamāṇāstu śaraiste yodhā dhārtarāṣṭrikāḥ | gāścaiva na ca paśyanti pārthamuktairajihmagaiḥ

Showered with arrows, the warriors on Dhritarashtra's side could not even see the cows for the straight-flying shafts Partha loosed.

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 4.48.19ab; the second is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.48.19d*0893, line 1, reading hi for ca).

Verse 31 (4.55.31)

सा चापि बहुला सेना पार्थबाणाभिपीडिता । नापश्यद्विवृतां भूमिं नान्तरिक्षं दिशोऽपि वा ॥

sā cāpi bahulā senā pārthabāṇābhipīḍitā | nāpaśyadvivṛtāṃ bhūmiṃ nāntarikṣaṃ diśo'pi vā

And that vast army, tormented by Partha's arrows, could see no open ground, nor the sky, nor even the quarters.

Note on the text: Corrected दिशोपि → दिशोऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha). The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.48.18d*0892); the second is a variant of CE 4.48.19cd.

Verse 32 (4.55.32)

अर्जुनस्तु तदा हृष्टो दर्शयन्वीर्यमात्मनः । पीडयामास सैन्यानि गाण्डीवप्रसृतैः शरैः ॥

arjunastu tadā hṛṣṭo darśayanvīryamātmanaḥ | pīḍayāmāsa sainyāni gāṇḍīvaprasṛtaiḥ śaraiḥ

Then Arjuna, exultant, showing his prowess, harried the ranks with arrows sped from the Gandiva.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.48.19d*0893, lines 2–3.

Verse 33 (4.55.33)

तेषां नैवापयाने च नाभियानेऽभवन्मतिः । शीघ्रतामेव पार्थस्य पूजयन्तस्तु विस्मिताः ॥

teṣāṃ naivāpayāne ca nābhiyāne'bhavanmatiḥ | śīghratāmeva pārthasya pūjayantastu vismitāḥ

They had no thought of retreating, nor of advancing; amazed, they could only marvel at Partha's speed.

Note on the text: Corrected नाभियाने भवन्मतिः → नाभियानेऽभवन्मतिः (misprint in Wikisource; the missing avagraha drops the augment of the verb अभवत्; the critical edition reads nāpayāne 'bhavan matiḥ). A variant of CE 4.48.20.

Verse 34 (4.55.34)

चन्द्रावदातं सामुद्रं कुरुसैन्यभयंकरम् । ततः शङ्खमुपाध्मासीद्द्विषतां रोमहर्षणम् । ज्याघोषं तलघोषं च कृत्वा भूतान्यमोहयत् ॥

candrāvadātaṃ sāmudraṃ kurusainyabhayaṃkaram | tataḥ śaṅkhamupādhmāsīddviṣatāṃ romaharṣaṇam | jyāghoṣaṃ talaghoṣaṃ ca kṛtvā bhūtānyamohayat

Then he blew his conch, born of the sea and white as the moon, which struck terror into the Kuru army and made his enemies' hair stand on end; and with the twang of his bowstring and the crack of his arm-guard he bewildered every creature.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.48.20d*0894); the second and third lines are a variant of CE 4.48.21.

Verse 35 (4.55.35)

तस्य शङ्खस्य शब्देन धनुषो निस्वनेन च । शब्देनामानुषाणां च भूतानां ध्वजवासिनाम् । वियद्गतानां देवानां मानुषाणां रवेण च ॥

tasya śaṅkhasya śabdena dhanuṣo nisvanena ca | śabdenāmānuṣāṇāṃ ca bhūtānāṃ dhvajavāsinām | viyadgatānāṃ devānāṃ mānuṣāṇāṃ raveṇa ca

At the sound of that conch and the twang of the bow, at the cries of the superhuman beings that dwelt on his banner, and at the clamour of the gods in the sky and of men,

Note on the text: A variant of CE 4.48.22 (reading dhanuṣo nisvanena for rathanemisvanena); the third line is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.48.22d*0897).

Verse 36 (4.55.36)

ऊर्ध्वं पुच्छं विधून्वाना रेभमाणाः समन्ततः । गावः सवत्साः संत्रस्ता निवृत्ता दक्षिणां दिशं ॥

ūrdhvaṃ pucchaṃ vidhūnvānā rebhamāṇāḥ samantataḥ | gāvaḥ savatsāḥ saṃtrastā nivṛttā dakṣiṇāṃ diśaṃ

the cows and their calves, terrified, lowing on every side and lashing their tails high, turned back toward the south.

Note on the text: Corrected हेममाणाः → रेभमाणाः (misprint in Wikisource; हेममाण is not a word; the critical edition reads rebhamāṇāḥ, "lowing"). A variant of CE 4.48.23.

Verse 37 (4.55.37)

ततः स समरे शूरो बीभत्सुः शत्रुपूगहा । गोपालांश्चोदयामास गावश्चोदयतेति च ॥

tataḥ sa samare śūro bībhatsuḥ śatrupūgahā | gopālāṃścodayāmāsa gāvaścodayateti ca

Then the hero Bibhatsu, slayer of hosts of enemies, spurred on the herdsmen in the field, crying, "Drive the cows on!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's Appendix I, No. 43 (printed after 4.48.23), lines 1–2 (reading vīro and gāś caitāś codayeti).

Verse 38 (4.55.38)

उत्तरं चाह बीभत्सुर्हर्षयन्पाण्डुनन्दनः । गवामग्रं समीक्षस्व गाश्चैवाशु निवर्तय ॥

uttaraṃ cāha bībhatsurharṣayanpāṇḍunandanaḥ | gavāmagraṃ samīkṣasva gāścaivāśu nivartaya

And Bibhatsu, the joy of Pandu, cheering Uttara on, said to him, "Watch the head of the herd and turn the cows back quickly."

Note on the text: Corrected गश्चैवाशु → गाश्चैवाशु (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign; the critical edition's appendix reads gāś caivāśu). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's Appendix I, No. 43 (printed after 4.48.23), lines 3–4.

Verse 39 (4.55.39)

यावदेते निवर्तन्ते कुरवो जवमास्थिताः । याह्युत्तरेण गाश्चैताः सैन्यानां च नृपात्मज ॥

yāvadete nivartante kuravo javamāsthitāḥ | yāhyuttareṇa gāścaitāḥ sainyānāṃ ca nṛpātmaja

While these Kurus are turning back at full speed, drive these cows round to the north of the armies, prince.

Note on the text: Arjuna's speech, begun in the second line of verse 38 (no speaker heading printed). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's Appendix I, No. 43 (printed after 4.48.23), lines 5–6.

Verse 40 (4.55.40)

पश्यन्तु कुरवः सर्वे मम वीर्यपराक्रमम् ॥

paśyantu kuravaḥ sarve mama vīryaparākramam

Let all the Kurus see my valour and might.

Note on the text: Wikisource prints a speaker heading (वैशम्पायन उवाच) after this line, inside its verse 40; the verse is split at the heading and both halves keep the number 40. This single line, marked by the page as a verse end, closes Arjuna's speech. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's Appendix I, No. 43 (printed after 4.48.23), lines 7.

Verse 41 (4.55.41)

ते लाभमिव मन्वानाः कुरवोऽर्जुनमाहवे । दृष्ट्वा यान्तमदूरस्थं क्षिप्रमभ्यपतन्रथैः ॥

te lābhamiva manvānāḥ kuravo'rjunamāhave | dṛṣṭvā yāntamadūrasthaṃ kṣipramabhyapatanrathaiḥ

Seeing Arjuna moving off not far away on the field, the Kurus, thinking it a stroke of luck, swiftly fell on him with their chariots,

Note on the text: The second half of Wikisource's verse 40, after the speaker heading (वैशम्पायन उवाच) printed inside it. Verse division from here to the end of the adhyaya follows Wikisource's own verse-end marks, which fall after the first line of each following row: this verse joins the line after the heading to the first line of row 41, and each following verse joins the second line of one row to the first line of the next (the extraction had paired the lines by row). Each later verse carries the number of the row in which its verse-end mark falls, so Wikisource's number 41 is absorbed. Corrected आहव → आहवे (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign; the critical edition's appendix reads āhave) and दृष्टवा → दृष्ट्वा (misprint; missing virama). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's Appendix I, No. 43 (printed after 4.48.23), lines 8–9.

Verse 42 (4.55.42)

हस्त्यश्वपरिवारेण महताऽभिविराजता । योधैः प्रासासिहस्तैश्च चापबाणोद्यतायुधैः ॥

hastyaśvaparivāreṇa mahatā'bhivirājatā | yodhaiḥ prāsāsihastaiśca cāpabāṇodyatāyudhaiḥ

with a great and splendid following of elephants and horses, and with warriors holding lances and swords, bows and arrows and raised weapons.

Note on the text: Re-divided to follow Wikisource's own verse-end marks (see verse 41). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's Appendix I, No. 43 (printed after 4.48.23), lines 10–11.

Verse 43 (4.55.43)

तान्यनीकान्यशोभन्त कुरूणामाततायिनाम् । संसर्पन्त इवाकाशे विद्युत्वन्तो वलाहकाः ॥

tānyanīkānyaśobhanta kurūṇāmātatāyinām | saṃsarpanta ivākāśe vidyutvanto valāhakāḥ

Those divisions of the Kurus, bent on violence, looked splendid, like clouds charged with lightning drifting across the sky.

Note on the text: Re-divided to follow Wikisource's own verse-end marks (see verse 41). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's Appendix I, No. 43 (printed after 4.48.23), lines 12–13.

Verse 44 (4.55.44)

तानि दृष्ट्वाऽप्यनीकानि निवर्तितरथानि च । पार्थोऽपि वायुवद्घोरं सैन्याग्रं व्यधुनोच्छरैः ॥

tāni dṛṣṭvā'pyanīkāni nivartitarathāni ca | pārtho'pi vāyuvadghoraṃ sainyāgraṃ vyadhunoccharaiḥ

Seeing those divisions, their chariots wheeled round toward him, Partha in turn, like the wind, shook the dreadful front of the army with his arrows.

Note on the text: Re-divided to follow Wikisource's own verse-end marks (see verse 41). Corrected वायुवद्धोरं → वायुवद्घोरं (misprint in Wikisource; द्ध for द्घ in the sandhi of वायुवत् + घोरम्; the critical edition's appendix reads vāyuvad ghoraṃ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it appears in the critical edition's Appendix I, No. 43 (printed after 4.48.23), lines 14–15 (reading hy for 'pi in the first line).

Verse 45 (4.55.45)

तां शत्रुसेनां तरसा प्रणुद्य गाश्चापि जित्वा धनुषा परेण । दुर्योधनायाभिमुखं प्रयान्तं कुरुप्रवीराः सहसाऽभ्यगच्छन् ॥

tāṃ śatrusenāṃ tarasā praṇudya gāścāpi jitvā dhanuṣā pareṇa | duryodhanāyābhimukhaṃ prayāntaṃ kurupravīrāḥ sahasā'bhyagacchan

When he had driven back that enemy host by force and won back the cows with his peerless bow, and was going on toward Duryodhana, the foremost heroes of the Kurus suddenly came at him.

Note on the text: Re-divided to follow Wikisource's own verse-end marks (see verse 41). This upajati joins a variant of CE 4.49.1ab (sa śatrusenāṃ tarasā praṇudya gās tā vijityātha dhanurdharāgryaḥ) to a variant of CE 4.49.2cd (… kurupravīrāḥ sahasābhipetuḥ); CE 4.49.1cd has no counterpart here, but the verse reads complete, so nothing is restored. The critical edition begins a new adhyaya (4.49) here.

Verse 46 (4.55.46)

गोषु प्रयातासु जवेन मात्स्यान्किरीटिनं प्रीतियुतं च दृष्ट्वा । पशून्समादाय ततो निवृत्ता गोपाः समस्ताः प्रययुश्च राष्ट्रम् ॥

goṣu prayātāsu javena mātsyānkirīṭinaṃ prītiyutaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā | paśūnsamādāya tato nivṛttā gopāḥ samastāḥ prayayuśca rāṣṭram

As the cows sped away toward the Matsyas, all the herdsmen, seeing the diadem-wearer well pleased, gathered up the cattle, turned back and made for their own country.

Note on the text: Re-divided to follow Wikisource's own verse-end marks (see verse 41). The first line is a variant of CE 4.49.2ab; the second is not in the critical edition's text (its apparatus has it as 4.49.2b*0898).