Arjuna Fights Drona

Verse 1 (4.59.1)

जितं वैकर्तनं दृष्ट्वा पार्थो वैराटिमब्रवीत् । स्थिरो भव त्वं संग्रामे जयोऽस्माकं नृपात्मजः ॥

jitaṃ vaikartanaṃ dṛṣṭvā pārtho vairāṭimabravīt | sthiro bhava tvaṃ saṃgrāme jayo'smākaṃ nṛpātmajaḥ

Seeing Vaikartana (Karna) beaten, Partha said to Virata's son: "Hold steady in the battle, prince; victory is ours.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in its Appendix I, No. 48, lines 1–2 (after 4.53.1).

Verse 2 (4.59.2)

यावच्छङ्खमुपाध्मास्ये द्विषतां रोमहर्षणम् । अविक्लबमसंभ्रान्तमव्यक्तहृदयेक्षणम् । याहि शीघ्रं यतो द्रोणो ममाचार्यो रणे स्थितः ॥

yāvacchaṅkhamupādhmāsye dviṣatāṃ romaharṣaṇam | aviklabamasaṃbhrāntamavyaktahṛdayekṣaṇam | yāhi śīghraṃ yato droṇo mamācāryo raṇe sthitaḥ

While I blow my conch, which makes the enemies' hair stand on end, drive on undismayed and unflustered, your heart and eyes betraying nothing, and go quickly to where my teacher Drona stands in the battle."

Note on the text: Re-divided to follow the Wikisource page's own verse-end marks: the page closes a verse after 3a (…रणे स्थितः ।।) and after 4a (…व्यवर्धत ।।), not after 2b and 3b as the extracted input had it, so its verses run 2a–3a, 3b–4a and 4b. This verse is Wikisource 2a, 2b and 3a. Corrected उपाध्यास्ये → उपाध्मास्ये (misprint in Wikisource; dropped म्, "I shall blow", from ध्मा; the critical edition's apparatus reads upādhmāsye). Speaker set to अर्जुन: the whole verse is his words to Uttara. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in its Appendix I, No. 48, lines 3–5 (after 4.53.1). Wikisource reads अव्यक्त- and रणे स्थितः for avyagra- and mahārathaḥ, recension variants.

Verse 3 (4.59.3)

तथा संक्रीडमानस्य अर्जुनस्य रणाजिरे । बलं सत्वं च तेजश्च लाघवं च व्यवर्धत ॥

tathā saṃkrīḍamānasya arjunasya raṇājire | balaṃ satvaṃ ca tejaśca lāghavaṃ ca vyavardhata

As Arjuna sported thus on the field of battle, his strength, courage, energy and lightness of hand all grew.

Note on the text: Re-divided to follow the Wikisource page's own verse-end marks: the page closes a verse after 3a (…रणे स्थितः ।।) and after 4a (…व्यवर्धत ।।), not after 2b and 3b as the extracted input had it, so its verses run 2a–3a, 3b–4a and 4b. This verse is Wikisource 3b and 4a. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in its Appendix I, No. 48, lines 6–7 (after 4.53.1).

Verse 4 (4.59.4)

तच्चाद्भुतमभिप्रेक्ष्य भयमुत्तरमाविशत् ॥

taccādbhutamabhiprekṣya bhayamuttaramāviśat

Seeing that marvel, Uttara was seized by fear.

Note on the text: Re-divided to follow the Wikisource page's own verse-end marks: the page closes a verse after 3a (…रणे स्थितः ।।) and after 4a (…व्यवर्धत ।।), not after 2b and 3b as the extracted input had it, so its verses run 2a–3a, 3b–4a and 4b. This verse is Wikisource 4b, a single line closed by its own verse-end mark. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in its Appendix I, No. 48, lines 8–8 (after 4.53.1).

Verse 5 (4.59.5)

अस्त्राणां तव दिव्यानां शरौघान्क्षिपतः शितान् । मनो मे मुह्यतेऽत्यर्थं तव दृष्ट्वा पराक्रमम् ॥

astrāṇāṃ tava divyānāṃ śaraughānkṣipataḥ śitān | mano me muhyate'tyarthaṃ tava dṛṣṭvā parākramam

"As you loose your divine weapons and floods of sharp arrows, my mind is utterly bewildered at the sight of your prowess.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in its Appendix I, No. 48, lines 9–10 (after 4.53.1). Wikisource reads क्षिपतः शितान् for kṣipataś ca te.

Verse 6 (4.59.6)

द्वैधीभूतं मनो मह्यं भयाद्भरतसत्तम । अदृष्टपूर्वं पश्यामि तव गाण्डीवनिस्वनम् ॥

dvaidhībhūtaṃ mano mahyaṃ bhayādbharatasattama | adṛṣṭapūrvaṃ paśyāmi tava gāṇḍīvanisvanam

My mind is torn in two with fear, best of the Bharatas. Never before have I witnessed anything like the twang of your Gandiva,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in its Appendix I, No. 48, lines 11–12 (after 4.53.1).

Verse 7 (4.59.7)

तव बाहुबलं चैव धनुः कर्षयतो बहु । तव तेजो दुराधर्षं यथा विष्णोस्त्रिविक्रमे ॥

tava bāhubalaṃ caiva dhanuḥ karṣayato bahu | tava tejo durādharṣaṃ yathā viṣṇostrivikrame

or the might of your arms as you draw the bow again and again. Your splendour is as unassailable as Vishnu's when he took his three strides."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in its Appendix I, No. 48, lines 13–14 (after 4.53.1).

Verse 8 (4.59.8)

तमुत्तरश्चित्रमवेक्ष्य गाण्डिवं शरांश्च मुक्तान्सहसा किरीटिना । भीतोऽब्रवीदर्जुनमाजिमध्ये नाहं तवाश्वान्विषहे नियन्तुम् ॥

tamuttaraścitramavekṣya gāṇḍivaṃ śarāṃśca muktānsahasā kirīṭinā | bhīto'bravīdarjunamājimadhye nāhaṃ tavāśvānviṣahe niyantum

Gazing at the wondrous Gandiva and at the arrows the diadem-wearer let fly so swiftly, Uttara, frightened, said to Arjuna in the midst of the fight, "I cannot control your horses."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in its Appendix I, No. 48, lines 15–18 (after 4.53.1).

Verse 9 (4.59.9)

तमब्रवीत्किंचिदिव प्रहस्य गाण्डीवधन्वा द्विषतां निहन्ता । मया सहायेन कुतोऽस्ति ते भयं प्रेह्युत्तराश्वाननुमन्त्र्य वाहय ॥

tamabravītkiṃcidiva prahasya gāṇḍīvadhanvā dviṣatāṃ nihantā | mayā sahāyena kuto'sti te bhayaṃ prehyuttarāśvānanumantrya vāhaya

Laughing a little, the wielder of the Gandiva, slayer of his foes, said to him: "With me beside you, what is there to fear? Go on, Uttara; speak to the horses and drive them."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in its Appendix I, No. 48, lines 19–22 (after 4.53.1). Wikisource reads किंचिदिव and अनुमन्त्र्य for īṣad iva and upamantrya.

Verse 10 (4.59.10)

आश्वासितस्तेन धनंजयेन वैराटिरश्वान्प्रतुतोद शीघ्रम् । धनंजयश्चापि विकृष्य चापं विष्फारयामास महेन्द्रकल्पः ॥

āśvāsitastena dhanaṃjayena vairāṭiraśvānpratutoda śīghram | dhanaṃjayaścāpi vikṛṣya cāpaṃ viṣphārayāmāsa mahendrakalpaḥ

Reassured by Dhananjaya, Virata's son quickly urged on the horses, and Dhananjaya, like great Indra, drew his bow and made it twang.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रतुतोदय → प्रतुतोद (misprint in Wikisource; a stray य that also breaks the metre; the apparatus reads pratutoda). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in its Appendix I, No. 48, lines 23–26 (after 4.53.1). Wikisource reads विकृष्य for nikṛṣya.

Verse 11 (4.59.11)

उत्तरं चैव बीभत्सुरब्रवीत्पुनरर्जुनः । न भेतव्यं मया सार्धं तात संग्राममूर्धनि ॥

uttaraṃ caiva bībhatsurabravītpunararjunaḥ | na bhetavyaṃ mayā sārdhaṃ tāta saṃgrāmamūrdhani

Then Arjuna Bibhatsu spoke to Uttara again: "Do not be afraid, my son, while you are with me at the forefront of battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in its Appendix I, No. 48, lines 27–28 (after 4.53.1).

Verse 12 (4.59.12)

राजपुत्रोऽसि ते भद्रं कुले महति मात्स्यके । जातस्त्वं क्षत्रियकुले न विषीदितुमर्हसि ॥

rājaputro'si te bhadraṃ kule mahati mātsyake | jātastvaṃ kṣatriyakule na viṣīditumarhasi

You are a prince of the great house of the Matsyas—good fortune to you. Born in a kshatriya family, you must not lose heart.

Note on the text: Speaker set to अर्जुन: the verse is wholly his words to Uttara (Wikisource prints no heading; the input carried वैशंपायन over it). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in its Appendix I, No. 48, lines 29–30 (after 4.53.1).

Verse 13 (4.59.13)

धृतिं कृत्वा सुविपुलां राजपुत्र रथं मम । युध्यमानस्य संग्रामे राजभिः सह वाहय ॥

dhṛtiṃ kṛtvā suvipulāṃ rājaputra rathaṃ mama | yudhyamānasya saṃgrāme rājabhiḥ saha vāhaya

Summon up all your resolve, prince, and drive my chariot while I fight the kings in battle."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in its Appendix I, No. 48, lines 31–32 (after 4.53.1). Wikisource reads संग्रामे राजभिः for samare śatrubhiḥ.

Verse 14 (4.59.14)

उक्त्वा तमेवं बीभत्सुरर्जुनः पुनरब्रवीत् । पाण्डवो रथिनां श्रेष्ठो भारद्वाजं समीक्ष्य तु ॥

uktvā tamevaṃ bībhatsurarjunaḥ punarabravīt | pāṇḍavo rathināṃ śreṣṭho bhāradvājaṃ samīkṣya tu

Having spoken to him thus, Arjuna Bibhatsu, the Pandava, best of chariot-fighters, looked towards Bharadvaja's son (Drona) and spoke again:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition prints it only in its Appendix I, No. 48, lines 33–34 (after 4.53.1).

Verse 15 (4.59.15)

यत्रैषा काञ्चनी वेदिर्दृश्यतेऽग्निशिखोपमा । उच्छ्रिता काञ्चने दण्डे पताकाभिरलंकृता ॥

yatraiṣā kāñcanī vedirdṛśyate'gniśikhopamā | ucchritā kāñcane daṇḍe patākābhiralaṃkṛtā

"Where that golden altar is seen, like a tongue of fire, raised high on a golden staff and decked with banners—

Note on the text: Speaker set to अर्जुन: verses 15–24 are wholly his words to Uttara (the critical edition heads them arjuna uvāca). This is critical edition 4.53.1ab–cd (Wikisource reads दृश्यतेऽग्निशिखोपमा for pradīptāgniśikhopamā).

Verse 16 (4.59.16)

तत्र मां वह भद्रं ते द्रोणं योत्स्यामि सत्तमम् । भारद्वाजेन योत्स्येऽहमाचार्येण महात्मना ॥

tatra māṃ vaha bhadraṃ te droṇaṃ yotsyāmi sattamam | bhāradvājena yotsye'hamācāryeṇa mahātmanā

take me there, and good fortune to you. I will fight Drona, the best of men; I will do battle with Bharadvaja's son, my great-souled teacher.

Note on the text: Line 1 is critical edition 4.53.1ef (Wikisource reads द्रोणं योत्स्यामि सत्तमम् for droṇānīkāya māriṣa); line 2 is not in the constituted text but is in its apparatus as 4.53.1f*0938 (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 17 (4.59.17)

अमी शोणाः प्रकाशन्ते तुरगाः साधुवाहिनः । युक्ता रथवरे तस्य सर्वशिक्षाविशारदाः ॥

amī śoṇāḥ prakāśante turagāḥ sādhuvāhinaḥ | yuktā rathavare tasya sarvaśikṣāviśāradāḥ

Those bay horses shining there, fine runners, yoked to his excellent chariot, are skilled in every training.

Note on the text: Corrected मुक्ता → युक्ता (misprint in Wikisource; म for य: the horses are "yoked" to the chariot, as the critical edition's yuktā rathavare reads). Corresponds to critical edition 4.53.2ab and ef (Wikisource reads अमी शोणाः … तुरगाः साधुवाहिनः and तस्य for aśvāḥ śoṇāḥ … bṛhantaś cāruvāhinaḥ and yasya).

Verse 18 (4.59.18)

यतो रथवरे शूरः सर्वशस्त्रभृतांवरः । स्निग्धवैडूर्यसंकाशस्ताम्राक्षः प्रियदर्शनः ॥

yato rathavare śūraḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃvaraḥ | snigdhavaiḍūryasaṃkāśastāmrākṣaḥ priyadarśanaḥ

There in that fine chariot is the hero, best of all who bear arms, gleaming like polished beryl, copper-eyed, handsome to look upon,

Note on the text: Line 1 is not in the critical edition's constituted text but is in its apparatus as 4.53.2f*0939 (Wikisource reads यतो for yatto); line 2 is a variant of critical edition 4.53.2cd, applied here to Drona rather than to his horses (स्निग्धवैडूर्यसंकाशस्ताम्राक्षः प्रियदर्शनः for snigdhavidrumasaṃkāśās tāmrāsyāḥ priyadarśanāḥ).

Verse 19 (4.59.19)

आदित्य इव तेजस्वी बलवीर्यसमन्वितः । सर्वलोकधनुःश्रेष्ठः सर्वलोकेषु पूजितः । अङ्गिरोशनसोस्तुल्यो नये बुद्धिमतांवरः ॥

āditya iva tejasvī balavīryasamanvitaḥ | sarvalokadhanuḥśreṣṭhaḥ sarvalokeṣu pūjitaḥ | aṅgirośanasostulyo naye buddhimatāṃvaraḥ

radiant as the sun, full of strength and valour, the finest bowman in all the worlds and honoured in all the worlds, equal to Angiras and Ushanas in statecraft, foremost of the wise.

Note on the text: Loosely parallels critical edition 4.53.3 and 4.53.4ab (balarūpasamanvitaḥ … sarvalokeṣu vikhyāto; buddhyā tulyo hy uśanasā bṛhaspatisamo naye); Wikisource's wording differs throughout (vulgate recension).

Verse 20 (4.59.20)

चत्वारो निखिला वेदाः साङ्गोपाङ्गाः सलक्षणाः । धनुर्वेदश्च कार्त्स्न्येन ब्राह्मं चास्त्रं प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥

catvāro nikhilā vedāḥ sāṅgopāṅgāḥ salakṣaṇāḥ | dhanurvedaśca kārtsnyena brāhmaṃ cāstraṃ pratiṣṭhitam

In him are established the four Vedas entire, with their limbs, their subsidiary limbs and their characteristic marks, the science of archery in its fullness, and the Brahma weapon.

Note on the text: Loosely parallels critical edition 4.53.4cd (vedās tathaiva catvāro) and 4.53.5cd (dhanurvedaś ca kārtsnyena … pratiṣṭhitaḥ); Wikisource's wording differs (vulgate recension).

Verse 21 (4.59.21)

पुराणमितिहासश्च अर्थविद्या च मानवम् । भारद्वाजे समस्तानि सर्वाण्येतानि सांप्रतम् ॥

purāṇamitihāsaśca arthavidyā ca mānavam | bhāradvāje samastāni sarvāṇyetāni sāṃpratam

The Puranas and the epic histories, the science of statecraft and the lore of Manu—all of these are gathered now in Bharadvaja's son.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Line 1 is in the critical edition's apparatus as 4.53.5d*0940 (reading itihāsaṃ ca … mānavī); line 2 appears nowhere in it.

Verse 22 (4.59.22)

क्षमा दमश्च सत्यं च तेजो मार्दवमार्जवम् । प्रतिष्ठिता गुणा यस्मिन्बहवो द्विजसत्तमे ॥

kṣamā damaśca satyaṃ ca tejo mārdavamārjavam | pratiṣṭhitā guṇā yasminbahavo dvijasattame

Forbearance, self-control, truthfulness, energy, gentleness and uprightness—many such virtues are established in that best of brahmins.

Note on the text: Corresponds to critical edition 4.53.6 (Wikisource reads तेजो मार्दवमार्जवम् and प्रतिष्ठिता गुणा यस्मिन्बहवो द्विजसत्तमे for ānṛśaṃsyam athārjavam and ete cānye ca bahavo guṇā yasmin dvijottame).

Verse 23 (4.59.23)

यस्याहमिष्टः सततं मम चेष्टः सदा च सः । क्षत्रधर्मं पुरस्कृत्य तेन योत्स्ये हि सांप्रतम् ॥

yasyāhamiṣṭaḥ satataṃ mama ceṣṭaḥ sadā ca saḥ | kṣatradharmaṃ puraskṛtya tena yotsye hi sāṃpratam

I have always been dear to him, and he has always been dear to me. Yet, putting the kshatriya's duty first, I shall fight him now.

Note on the text: Line 1 is in the critical edition's apparatus as 4.53.6d*0941 (Wikisource reads सः for yaḥ); line 2 loosely parallels 4.53.7ab (tenāhaṃ yoddhum icchāmi mahābhāgena saṃyuge).

Verse 24 (4.59.24)

आचार्यं प्रापयेदानीं ममोत्तर महारथम् । अपरं पश्य संग्राममद्भुतं मम तस्य च ॥

ācāryaṃ prāpayedānīṃ mamottara mahāratham | aparaṃ paśya saṃgrāmamadbhutaṃ mama tasya ca

Take me now to my teacher, the great chariot-fighter, Uttara, and watch another battle, a wondrous one, between him and me."

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of critical edition 4.53.7cd (tasmāt tvaṃ prāpayācāryaṃ kṣipram uttara vāhaya); line 2 is in its apparatus as 4.53.7d*0942.

Verse 25 (4.59.25)

उत्तरस्त्वेवमुक्तोऽश्वांश्चोदयामास तं प्रति । आजगामार्जुनरथो भारद्वाजरथं प्रति ॥

uttarastvevamukto'śvāṃścodayāmāsa taṃ prati | ājagāmārjunaratho bhāradvājarathaṃ prati

Addressed thus, Uttara drove the horses towards him, and Arjuna's chariot came up against the chariot of Bharadvaja's son.

Note on the text: A variant of critical edition 4.53.8 (arjunenaivam uktas tu vairāṭir hemabhūṣitān / codayām āsa tān aśvān bhāradvājarathaṃ prati).

Verse 26 (4.59.26)

तमापतन्तं वेगेन पाण्डवं सरथं रणे । द्रोणोऽप्यभ्यद्रवत्पार्थं मत्तो मत्तमिव द्विपम् ॥

tamāpatantaṃ vegena pāṇḍavaṃ sarathaṃ raṇe | droṇo'pyabhyadravatpārthaṃ matto mattamiva dvipam

As the Pandava came on swiftly in his chariot, Drona too charged at Partha, like a rutting elephant at a rutting elephant.

Note on the text: Corrected मतो → मत्तो (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त्, "in rut", as the critical edition's matto mattam iva dvipam). Supplied the missing avagraha in द्रोणोऽप्यभ्यद्रवत्. Wikisource reads सरथं रणे and अभ्यद्रवत् for rathināṃ varam and pratyudyayau.

Verse 27 (4.59.27)

स तु रुक्मरथं दृष्ट्वा कौन्तेयः समभिद्रुतम् । आचार्यं तं महाबाहुः प्राञ्जलिर्वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

sa tu rukmarathaṃ dṛṣṭvā kaunteyaḥ samabhidrutam | ācāryaṃ taṃ mahābāhuḥ prāñjalirvākyamabravīt

Seeing the teacher in his golden chariot rushing at him, the mighty-armed son of Kunti joined his palms and spoke to him:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.53.9d*0943 (reading kaunteyaṃ for कौन्तेयः).

Verse 28 (4.59.28)

उषिताः स्मो वने वासं प्रतिकर्मचिकीर्षवः । कोपं नार्हसि नः कर्तुं सदा समरदुर्जय ॥

uṣitāḥ smo vane vāsaṃ pratikarmacikīrṣavaḥ | kopaṃ nārhasi naḥ kartuṃ sadā samaradurjaya

"We have lived out our exile in the forest and now seek to repay the wrong done to us. You should not be angry with us, you who are ever invincible in battle.

Note on the text: Speaker set to अर्जुन: verses 28–29 are wholly his words to Drona.

Verse 29 (4.59.29)

अहं तु ताडितः पूर्वं प्रहरेयं तवानघ । इति मे वर्तते बुद्धिस्तद्भवान्क्षन्तुमर्हति ॥

ahaṃ tu tāḍitaḥ pūrvaṃ prahareyaṃ tavānagha | iti me vartate buddhistadbhavānkṣantumarhati

Only when you have struck me first will I strike back at you, sinless one. That is my resolve; I ask your pardon for it."

Note on the text: Wikisource reads ताडितः … प्रहरेयं and क्षन्तुमर्हति for prahṛte … prahariṣyāmi and kartum arhati, recension variants.

Verse 30 (4.59.30)

ततः प्राध्मापयच्छङ्खं भेरीपटहवादितम् । व्यक्षोभत बलं सर्वमुद्धूतमिव सागरम् ॥

tataḥ prādhmāpayacchaṅkhaṃ bherīpaṭahavāditam | vyakṣobhata balaṃ sarvamuddhūtamiva sāgaram

Then Drona sounded his conch, to the roll of kettledrums and drums, and the whole army was stirred like a churning sea.

Verse 31 (4.59.31)

ततस्तु प्राहिणोद्द्रोणः शरानथ स विंशतिम् । अप्राप्तानेव तान्पार्थश्चिच्छेद कृतहस्तवान् ॥

tatastu prāhiṇoddroṇaḥ śarānatha sa viṃśatim | aprāptāneva tānpārthaściccheda kṛtahastavān

Then Drona loosed twenty arrows, but Partha, sure of hand, cut them down before they reached him.

Verse 32 (4.59.32)

ततः शरसहस्रेण रथं पार्थस्य वीर्यवान् । अवाकिरत्ततो द्रोणः शीघ्रहस्तं प्रदर्शयन् ॥

tataḥ śarasahasreṇa rathaṃ pārthasya vīryavān | avākirattato droṇaḥ śīghrahastaṃ pradarśayan

Then the mighty Drona covered Partha's chariot with a thousand arrows, showing the speed of his hand.

Verse 33 (4.59.33)

एवं प्रववृते युद्धं भारद्वाजकिरीटिनोः ॥

evaṃ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ bhāradvājakirīṭinoḥ

So the battle began between Bharadvaja's son and the diadem-wearer.

Note on the text: Corrected भारज्वाज → भारद्वाज (misprint in Wikisource; ज्व for द्व). A single line, as the Wikisource page prints it; it is critical edition 4.53.20ab, whose second line (samaṃ vimuñcatoḥ saṃkhye viśikhān dīptatejasaḥ) Wikisource has in a variant form at verse 37.

Verse 34 (4.59.34)

अश्वाञ्शोणान्महावेगान्हंसवर्णैस्तु वाजिभिः । मिश्रितान्समरे दृष्ट्वा व्यस्मयन्त पृथग्जनाः ॥

aśvāñśoṇānmahāvegānhaṃsavarṇaistu vājibhiḥ | miśritānsamare dṛṣṭvā vyasmayanta pṛthagjanāḥ

Seeing the swift bay horses mingled in the fight with the swan-coloured steeds, the common soldiers were amazed.

Note on the text: A variant of critical edition 4.53.11 (atha śoṇān sadaśvāṃs tān haṃsavarṇair manojavaiḥ / … vyasmayanta raṇe janāḥ).

Verse 35 (4.59.35)

रथं रथेन पार्थस्य समाहत्य परंतपः । हर्षयुक्तस्तदाऽऽचार्यः प्रत्यगृह्णात्स पाण्डवम् ॥

rathaṃ rathena pārthasya samāhatya paraṃtapaḥ | harṣayuktastadā''cāryaḥ pratyagṛhṇātsa pāṇḍavam

Bringing his chariot up against Partha's, the teacher, scorcher of foes, full of delight, took on the Pandava.

Note on the text: A variant of critical edition 4.53.14, where it is Partha who drives his chariot against Drona's; Wikisource makes the delighted teacher the one who engages the Pandava.

Verse 36 (4.59.36)

समाश्लिष्टाविवान्योन्यं द्रोणपाण्डवयोर्ध्वजौ । दृष्ट्वा प्राकम्पत मुहुर्भारतानां महाचमूः ॥

samāśliṣṭāvivānyonyaṃ droṇapāṇḍavayordhvajau | dṛṣṭvā prākampata muhurbhāratānāṃ mahācamūḥ

Seeing the banners of Drona and the Pandava as though locked together, the great host of the Bharatas trembled again and again.

Verse 37 (4.59.37)

तत्तु युद्धं प्रववृते ह्याचार्यस्यार्जुनस्य च । विमुञ्चतोः शरानुग्रान्विशिखान्दीप्ततेजसः ॥

tattu yuddhaṃ pravavṛte hyācāryasyārjunasya ca | vimuñcatoḥ śarānugrānviśikhāndīptatejasaḥ

And so the battle raged between the teacher and Arjuna as they loosed fierce, blazing arrows.

Note on the text: Line 2 is a variant of critical edition 4.53.20cd (samaṃ vimuñcatoḥ saṃkhye viśikhān dīptatejasaḥ); line 1 is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 38 (4.59.38)

तौ वीरौ वीर्यसंपन्नौ दृष्ट्वा समरमूर्धनि । आचार्यशिष्यौ रथिनौ कृतवीर्यौ तरस्विनौ ॥

tau vīrau vīryasaṃpannau dṛṣṭvā samaramūrdhani | ācāryaśiṣyau rathinau kṛtavīryau tarasvinau

Seeing those two valiant heroes at the head of the battle, teacher and pupil, both chariot-fighters of proven prowess and great vigour—

Verse 39 (4.59.39)

उभौ विश्रुतकर्माणावुभौ श्रमगतौ जये । उभावतिरथौ लोके ह्युभौ परपुरंजयौ । क्षिपन्तौ शरजालानि क्षत्रियान्मोह आविशत् ॥

ubhau viśrutakarmāṇāvubhau śramagatau jaye | ubhāvatirathau loke hyubhau parapuraṃjayau | kṣipantau śarajālāni kṣatriyānmoha āviśat

both famed for their deeds, both striving hard for victory, both peerless chariot-fighters in the world, both conquerors of enemy cities, hurling nets of arrows—bewilderment came over the kshatriyas.

Note on the text: Corrected परपुंरजयौ → परपुरंजयौ (misprint in Wikisource; misplaced anusvara). A variant of critical edition 4.53.21 (Wikisource reads श्रमगतौ जये, अतिरथौ लोके … परपुरंजयौ and क्षत्रियान्मोह आविशत् for vāyusamau jave, divyāstraviduṣāv … uttamatejasau and mohayām āsatur nṛpān).

Verse 40 (4.59.40)

व्यस्मयन्त नराः सर्वे द्रोणार्जुनसमागमे । नराणां ब्रुवतां वाक्यं श्रूयते स महास्वनः ॥

vyasmayanta narāḥ sarve droṇārjunasamāgame | narāṇāṃ bruvatāṃ vākyaṃ śrūyate sa mahāsvanaḥ

All the men marvelled at the meeting of Drona and Arjuna, and a great clamour of voices was heard, saying:

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of critical edition 4.53.22ab (vyasmayanta tato yodhāḥ sarve tatra samāgatāḥ); line 2 is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 41 (4.59.41)

द्रोणं हि समरे कोऽन्यो योद्धुमर्हत्यथार्जुनात् । रौद्रः क्षत्रियधर्मोऽयं गुरुं वै यदयोधयत् ॥

droṇaṃ hi samare ko'nyo yoddhumarhatyathārjunāt | raudraḥ kṣatriyadharmo'yaṃ guruṃ vai yadayodhayat

"Who but Arjuna could fight Drona in battle? Cruel is this duty of the kshatriya, that he has fought his own teacher!"

Note on the text: Corrected गुरं → गुरुं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped u-sign; the critical edition reads guruṇā). Speaker set to the onlookers (जना ऊचुः): the verse is wholly their words, as the next verse says (इत्यब्रुवञ्जनाः). Critical edition 4.53.23ab–cd (Wikisource reads अथार्जुनात् and गुरुं … यदयोधयत् for phalgunāt and guruṇā yad ayudhyata).

Verse 42 (4.59.42)

इत्यब्रुवञ्जनास्तत्र संग्रामशिरसि स्थिताः । तौ समीक्ष्य तु संरब्धौ सन्निकृष्टौ महारथौ ॥

ityabruvañjanāstatra saṃgrāmaśirasi sthitāḥ | tau samīkṣya tu saṃrabdhau sannikṛṣṭau mahārathau

So spoke the people who stood at the forefront of the battle. And the two great chariot-fighters, enraged and close upon each other, eyed one another;

Note on the text: Line 1 is critical edition 4.53.23ef; line 2 is a variant of 4.53.24ab (vīrau tāv api saṃrabdhau saṃnikṛṣṭau mahārathau).

Verse 43 (4.59.43)

छादयेतां शरौघैस्तावन्योन्यमपराजितौ । संयुगे संचकाशेतां कालसूर्याविवोदितौ ॥

chādayetāṃ śaraughaistāvanyonyamaparājitau | saṃyuge saṃcakāśetāṃ kālasūryāvivoditau

unconquered, they covered each other with floods of arrows, and in the fight they blazed like two suns risen at the end of an age.

Note on the text: Corrected छाद्येतां → छादयेतां (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel, which also leaves the line a syllable short; the critical edition reads chādayetāṃ) and अन्योन्यमुपराजितौ → अन्योन्यमपराजितौ (misprint; उ for अ, "unconquered", as the critical edition's anyonyam aparājitau). Line 1 is a variant of critical edition 4.53.24cd (शरौघैस्तौ for śaravrātair); line 2 is in its apparatus as 4.53.24d*0946.

Verse 44 (4.59.44)

विष्फार्य च महाचापं हेमपृष्ठं दुरासदम् । संरब्धस्तु तदा द्रोणः प्रत्ययुध्यत फल्गुनम् ॥

viṣphārya ca mahācāpaṃ hemapṛṣṭhaṃ durāsadam | saṃrabdhastu tadā droṇaḥ pratyayudhyata phalgunam

Then Drona, enraged, stretched his great, gold-backed, formidable bow and fought back against Phalguna.

Note on the text: Corresponds to critical edition 4.53.25 (Wikisource reads विष्फार्य च महाचापं and संरब्धस्तु तदा द्रोणः for visphārya sumahac cāpaṃ and saṃrabdho 'tha bharadvājaḥ).

Verse 45 (4.59.45)

स सायकमयैर्जालैरर्जुनस्य रथं प्रति । भानुमद्भिः शिलाधौतैर्बाणैः प्राच्छादयद्दिशः ॥

sa sāyakamayairjālairarjunasya rathaṃ prati | bhānumadbhiḥ śilādhautairbāṇaiḥ prācchādayaddiśaḥ

Against Arjuna's chariot he sent nets of shining arrows whetted on stone, and with them covered the quarters.

Verse 46 (4.59.46)

अर्जुनस्तु तदा द्रोणं महावेगैर्महारथः । विव्याध शतशो बाणैर्धाराभिरिव पर्वतम् ॥

arjunastu tadā droṇaṃ mahāvegairmahārathaḥ | vivyādha śataśo bāṇairdhārābhiriva parvatam

But Arjuna, the great chariot-fighter, pierced Drona with hundreds of swift arrows, like torrents of rain on a mountain;

Note on the text: A variant of critical edition 4.53.27, where it is Drona who pierces Partha; in Wikisource Arjuna pierces Drona.

Verse 47 (4.59.47)

कालमेघ इवोष्णान्ते फल्गुनः समवाकिरत् ॥

kālamegha ivoṣṇānte phalgunaḥ samavākirat

like a dark cloud at the end of summer, Phalguna showered him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.53.27d*0947, line 1. A single line, as the Wikisource page prints it.

Verse 48 (4.59.48)

तस्य जाम्बूनदमयैश्शितैश्चापच्युतैः शरैः । प्राच्छादयद्रथश्रेष्ठं भारद्वाजोऽर्जुनस्य वै ॥

tasya jāmbūnadamayaiśśitaiścāpacyutaiḥ śaraiḥ | prācchādayadrathaśreṣṭhaṃ bhāradvājo'rjunasya vai

With sharp arrows of gold sped from his bow, Bharadvaja's son covered Arjuna's excellent chariot.

Note on the text: Corrected चितरैः → शितैः (misprint in Wikisource; चितरैः is not a word, and the line is a syllable too long; the apparatus reads śitaiś cāpacyutaiḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.53.27d*0947, lines 2–3.

Verse 49 (4.59.49)

तथैव दिव्यं गाण्डीवं धनुरानम्य चार्जुनः । शत्रुघ्नं वेगवत्सृष्टं भारसाधनमुत्तमम् ॥

tathaiva divyaṃ gāṇḍīvaṃ dhanurānamya cārjunaḥ | śatrughnaṃ vegavatsṛṣṭaṃ bhārasādhanamuttamam

Arjuna, for his part, bent his divine bow Gandiva, the slayer of foes, swift to shoot, the finest of bows and able to bear any strain;

Note on the text: Corresponds to critical edition 4.53.28ab–cd (Wikisource reads धनुरानम्य चार्जुनः and वेगवत्सृष्टं for dhanur ādāya pāṇḍavaḥ and vegavad dhṛṣṭo).

Verse 50 (4.59.50)

शोभते स्म महाबाहुर्गाण्डीवं विक्षिपन्धनुः । शरांश्च विसृजंश्चित्रान्सुवर्णविकृतान्बहून् ॥

śobhate sma mahābāhurgāṇḍīvaṃ vikṣipandhanuḥ | śarāṃśca visṛjaṃścitrānsuvarṇavikṛtānbahūn

the mighty-armed one shone as he brandished the Gandiva and loosed many bright arrows worked with gold.

Note on the text: Corrected महावाहुर् → महाबाहुर् (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब). Line 1 is in the critical edition's apparatus as 4.53.28d*0948; line 2 is critical edition 4.53.28ef (Wikisource reads शरांश्च विसृजन् for visasarja śarāṃś).

Verse 51 (4.59.51)

प्राच्छादयदमेयात्मा भारद्वाजरथं प्रति । द्रोणचापविनिर्मुक्तान्बाणान्बाणैरवारयत् ॥

prācchādayadameyātmā bhāradvājarathaṃ prati | droṇacāpavinirmuktānbāṇānbāṇairavārayat

That hero of boundless spirit covered Bharadvaja's chariot and turned back with his own arrows the arrows that flew from Drona's bow.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Its second line loosely parallels critical edition 4.53.29 (nāśayañ śaravarṣāṇi bhāradvājasya … cāpavinirmuktais).

Verse 52 (4.59.52)

सरथोऽप्यचरत्पार्थः प्रेक्षणीयो महारथः । युगपद्दिक्षु सर्वासु सर्वतोऽस्त्राण्यवासृजत् ॥

saratho'pyacaratpārthaḥ prekṣaṇīyo mahārathaḥ | yugapaddikṣu sarvāsu sarvato'strāṇyavāsṛjat

Partha, the great chariot-fighter, a sight to behold, ranged about in his chariot, loosing weapons in every direction at once.

Note on the text: Corrected अवासृजम् → अवासृजत् (misprint in Wikisource; first person for third; Partha is the subject). Wikisource reads सरथोऽप्यचरत्, महारथः and सर्वतोऽस्त्राण्यवासृजत् for sa rathena caran, dhanaṃjayaḥ and sarvaśastrāṇy adarśayat.

Verse 53 (4.59.53)

आददानं शरान्घोरान्संदधानं च पाण्डवम् । विसृजन्तं च कौन्तेयं न स्म पश्यन्ति लाघवात् ॥

ādadānaṃ śarānghorānsaṃdadhānaṃ ca pāṇḍavam | visṛjantaṃ ca kaunteyaṃ na sma paśyanti lāghavāt

So swift was he that no one could see the Pandava, the son of Kunti, taking up his terrible arrows, fitting them, or letting them fly.

Note on the text: Corrected क्रौन्तेयं → कौन्तेयं (misprint in Wikisource; stray र्) and लाघवाम् → लाघवात् (misprint; not a valid form; the apparatus reads lāghavāt). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.53.30d*0949.

Verse 54 (4.59.54)

एकच्छायमिवाकाशं बाणैश्चक्रे समन्ततः । नादृश्यत ततो द्रोणो नीहारेणेव पर्वतः ॥

ekacchāyamivākāśaṃ bāṇaiścakre samantataḥ | nādṛśyata tato droṇo nīhāreṇeva parvataḥ

He made the sky one shadow with arrows on every side, and Drona could no longer be seen, like a mountain veiled in mist.

Verse 55 (4.59.55)

मरीचिविकचस्येव राजन्भानुमतो वपुः । आसीत्पार्थस्य सुमहद्वपुः शरशतार्चितम् ॥

marīcivikacasyeva rājanbhānumato vapuḥ | āsītpārthasya sumahadvapuḥ śaraśatārcitam

Partha's great form, decked with hundreds of arrows, was like the orb of the sun with its rays spread wide, O king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.53.31d*0950, lines 1–2 (reading śaraśatārciṣaḥ for शरशतार्चितम्).

Verse 56 (4.59.56)

क्षिपतः शरजालानि कौन्तेयस्य महात्मनः । तान्विधूय शरान्घोरान्द्रोणोऽपि समितिंजयः । बभासे तिमिरं व्योम्नि विधूय सविता यथा ॥

kṣipataḥ śarajālāni kaunteyasya mahātmanaḥ | tānvidhūya śarānghorāndroṇo'pi samitiṃjayaḥ | babhāse timiraṃ vyomni vidhūya savitā yathā

As the great-souled son of Kunti hurled his nets of arrows, Drona, victor in battle, shook off those terrible arrows and shone like the sun clearing the darkness from the sky.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension) in this form. Line 1 is in the critical edition's apparatus as 4.53.31d*0950, line 3; line 3 as 4.53.34d*0952; line 2 loosely parallels 4.53.34cd (vyaśātayac charāṃs tāṃs tu droṇaḥ samitiśobhanaḥ).

Verse 57 (4.59.57)

अग्निचक्रोपमं घोरं मण्डलीकृतमाहवे । विकृष्य सुमहच्चापं मेघस्तनितनिस्वनम् । असकृन्मुञ्चतो बाणान्ददृशुः कुरवो युधि ॥

agnicakropamaṃ ghoraṃ maṇḍalīkṛtamāhave | vikṛṣya sumahaccāpaṃ meghastanitanisvanam | asakṛnmuñcato bāṇāndadṛśuḥ kuravo yudhi

Drawing his huge bow, bent into a circle in the fight like a dreadful wheel of fire and roaring like a thundercloud, he was seen by the Kurus loosing arrows again and again in the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected असकृत्मुञ्चतो → असकृन्मुञ्चतो (sandhi misprint in Wikisource; त् before म् becomes न्, as the apparatus's asakṛn muñcato). Line 1 is a variant of critical edition 4.53.34ab (मण्डलीकृतमाहवे for vikarṣan paramāyudham); line 2 a variant of 4.53.33cd (विकृष्य सुमहच्चापं for sa visphārya dhanuś citraṃ); line 3 is in its apparatus as 4.53.33d*0951, line 1.

Verse 58 (4.59.58)

दिक्षु सर्वासु विपुलः शुश्रुवेऽथ जनैस्तदा । द्रोणस्यापि धनुर्घोषो विद्युत्स्तनितनिस्वनः । अभवद्विस्मयकरः सैन्यानां भरतर्षभ ॥

dikṣu sarvāsu vipulaḥ śuśruve'tha janaistadā | droṇasyāpi dhanurghoṣo vidyutstanitanisvanaḥ | abhavadvismayakaraḥ sainyānāṃ bharatarṣabha

In every quarter the people heard the mighty twang of Drona's bow as well, crashing like lightning and thunder; it filled the armies with wonder, bull of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.53.33d*0951, lines 2–4 (reading caratas for अथ जनैः).

Verse 59 (4.59.59)

तप्तजाम्बूनदमयैर्दीप्तैरग्निसमैः शरैः । प्राच्छादयदमेयात्मा दिशः सूर्यस्य च प्रभाम् ॥

taptajāmbūnadamayairdīptairagnisamaiḥ śaraiḥ | prācchādayadameyātmā diśaḥ sūryasya ca prabhām

With blazing, fire-like arrows of refined gold, that man of boundless spirit covered the quarters and the light of the sun.

Note on the text: Corresponds to critical edition 4.53.35; line 1 differs (तप्तजाम्बूनदमयैर्दीप्तैरग्निसमैः शरैः for jāmbūnadamayaiḥ puṅkhaiś citracāpavarātigaiḥ).

Verse 60 (4.59.60)

ततः काञ्चनपुङ्खानां शराणां नतपर्वणाम् । वियद्गतानां चरतां दृश्यन्ते बहवो व्रजाः ॥

tataḥ kāñcanapuṅkhānāṃ śarāṇāṃ nataparvaṇām | viyadgatānāṃ caratāṃ dṛśyante bahavo vrajāḥ

Then many flocks of gold-feathered, smooth-jointed arrows were seen ranging through the sky.

Note on the text: Corrected काञ्चनपङ्खानां → काञ्चनपुङ्खानां (misprint in Wikisource; पङ्ख for पुङ्ख, the feathered butt of an arrow; the critical edition reads kanakapuṅkhānāṃ). Wikisource reads काञ्चन-, वियद्गतानां चरतां and बहवो व्रजाः for kanaka-, viyaccarāṇāṃ viyati and bahuśaḥ prajāḥ.

Verse 61 (4.59.61)

शरासनात्तु द्रोणस्य प्रभवन्ति स्म सायकाः । एको दीर्घ इवाभान्तः प्रदृश्यन्ते महाशराः । आकाशे समदृश्यन्त हंसानामिव पङ्क्तयः ॥

śarāsanāttu droṇasya prabhavanti sma sāyakāḥ | eko dīrgha ivābhāntaḥ pradṛśyante mahāśarāḥ | ākāśe samadṛśyanta haṃsānāmiva paṅktayaḥ

The arrows sprang from Drona's bow; the great shafts looked like a single long arrow gleaming in the sky, and they appeared like lines of swans.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are a variant of critical edition 4.53.37; line 3 is in its apparatus as 4.53.37d*0953.

Verse 62 (4.59.62)

एवं सुवर्णविकृतान्विमुञ्चन्तौ शरान्बहून् । आकाशं संवृतं वीरावुल्काभिरिव चक्रतुः ॥

evaṃ suvarṇavikṛtānvimuñcantau śarānbahūn | ākāśaṃ saṃvṛtaṃ vīrāvulkābhiriva cakratuḥ

Loosing many gold-wrought arrows in this way, the two heroes covered the sky as though with meteors.

Verse 63 (4.59.63)

तयोः शराश्च विबभुः कङ्कबर्हिणवाससः । पङ्क्त्यः शरदि मत्तानां सारसानामिवाम्बरे ॥

tayoḥ śarāśca vibabhuḥ kaṅkabarhiṇavāsasaḥ | paṅktyaḥ śaradi mattānāṃ sārasānāmivāmbare

Their arrows, fletched with heron and peacock feathers, shone like lines of rutting cranes in the autumn sky.

Note on the text: A variant of critical edition 4.53.39 (Wikisource reads मत्तानां सारसानामिवाम्बरे for khasthānāṃ haṃsānāṃ caratām iva).

Verse 64 (4.59.64)

तत्तु युद्धं महाघोरं तयोः संरब्धयोरभूत् । अत्यद्भुतमचिन्त्यं च वृत्रवासवयोरिव ॥

tattu yuddhaṃ mahāghoraṃ tayoḥ saṃrabdhayorabhūt | atyadbhutamacintyaṃ ca vṛtravāsavayoriva

That most dreadful battle between the two enraged warriors was wondrous beyond measure and beyond imagining, like the fight of Vritra and Vasava (Indra).

Note on the text: A variant of critical edition 4.53.40 (Wikisource's wording differs except for vṛtravāsavayor iva).

Verse 65 (4.59.65)

महागजाविवासाद्य विषाणाग्रैः परस्परम् । शरैः पूर्णायतोत्सृष्टैरन्योन्यमभिजघ्नतुः ॥

mahāgajāvivāsādya viṣāṇāgraiḥ parasparam | śaraiḥ pūrṇāyatotsṛṣṭairanyonyamabhijaghnatuḥ

Like two great elephants closing and goring each other with the tips of their tusks, they struck each other with arrows loosed from fully drawn bows.

Verse 66 (4.59.66)

अथ त्वाचार्यमुख्येन शरान्सृष्टाञ्शिलाशितान् । अवारयच्छितैर्बाणैरर्जुनो जयतांवरः ॥

atha tvācāryamukhyena śarānsṛṣṭāñśilāśitān | avārayacchitairbāṇairarjuno jayatāṃvaraḥ

Then Arjuna, best of victors, warded off with sharp arrows the stone-whetted arrows loosed by the chief of teachers.

Verse 67 (4.59.67)

दर्शयन्नैन्द्रमात्मानमुग्रमुग्रपराक्रमः । इषुभिस्तूर्णमाकाशं बहुभिश्च समावृणोत् ॥

darśayannaindramātmānamugramugraparākramaḥ | iṣubhistūrṇamākāśaṃ bahubhiśca samāvṛṇot

Showing himself fierce as Indra, he of fierce prowess swiftly covered the sky with a host of arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected उग्रुपराक्रमः → उग्रपराक्रमः (misprint in Wikisource; stray u-sign; the critical edition reads ugraparākramaḥ). Wikisource reads ऐन्द्रम् for aindrir.

Verse 68 (4.59.68)

जिघांसन्तं नरव्याघ्रमर्जुनं भीमदर्शनम् । विव्याध निशितैर्द्रोणः शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥

jighāṃsantaṃ naravyāghramarjunaṃ bhīmadarśanam | vivyādha niśitairdroṇaḥ śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ

As Arjuna, tiger among men, terrible to behold, sought to strike him down, Drona pierced him with sharp, smooth-jointed arrows.

Note on the text: Line 1 is a variant of critical edition 4.53.45ab (भीमदर्शनम् for tigmatejasam); line 2 is in its apparatus as 4.53.45b*0955, line 1.

Verse 69 (4.59.69)

हृष्टः समभवद्द्रोणो रणशौण्डः प्रतापवान् । अर्जुनेन समं क्रीडञ्शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥

hṛṣṭaḥ samabhavaddroṇo raṇaśauṇḍaḥ pratāpavān | arjunena samaṃ krīḍañśaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ

Drona, that glorious lover of battle, was delighted as he sported with Arjuna with smooth-jointed arrows.

Note on the text: Line 1 is in the critical edition's apparatus as 4.53.45b*0955, line 2; line 2 is a variant of 4.53.45ef (arjunena sahākrīḍac charaiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ).

Verse 70 (4.59.70)

तौ व्यदारयतां शूरौ सन्नद्धौ रणशोभिनौ । उदीरयन्तौ दिव्यानि ब्राह्माद्यस्त्राणि भागशः ॥

tau vyadārayatāṃ śūrau sannaddhau raṇaśobhinau | udīrayantau divyāni brāhmādyastrāṇi bhāgaśaḥ

The two heroes, armoured and splendid in battle, tore at each other, calling forth in turn the divine weapons, the Brahma weapon first among them.

Verse 71 (4.59.71)

पार्थस्तु समरे शूरो दर्शयन्वीर्यमात्मनः । स महास्त्रैर्महात्मानं द्रोणं प्राच्छादयच्छरैः ॥

pārthastu samare śūro darśayanvīryamātmanaḥ | sa mahāstrairmahātmānaṃ droṇaṃ prācchādayaccharaiḥ

But Partha, the hero, displaying his own valour in the battle, covered the great-souled Drona with mighty weapons and arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected मह्यस्त्रैर् → महास्त्रैर् (misprint in Wikisource; not a valid form; the apparatus reads mahāstrair). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.53.42d*0954.

Verse 72 (4.59.72)

अस्त्रैरस्त्राणि संवार्य पार्थो द्रोणमवारयत् ॥

astrairastrāṇi saṃvārya pārtho droṇamavārayat

Countering weapon with weapon, Partha held Drona in check.

Note on the text: A single line, as the Wikisource page prints it: a variant of critical edition 4.53.46cd (पार्थो द्रोणमवारयत् for phalgunaḥ samayodhayat); the critical edition's first line, divyāny astrāṇi muñcantaṃ bhāradvājaṃ mahāraṇe, is absent from Wikisource.

Verse 73 (4.59.73)

तयोरासीत्संप्रहारः क्रुद्धयोर्नरसिंहयोः । अमृष्यमाणयोः सङ्ख्ये बलिवासवयोरिव ॥

tayorāsītsaṃprahāraḥ kruddhayornarasiṃhayoḥ | amṛṣyamāṇayoḥ saṅkhye balivāsavayoriva

Between those two angry lions among men, who could not bear each other in the fight, there was a clash like that of Bali and Vasava (Indra).

Note on the text: Wikisource reads अमृष्यमाणयोः सङ्ख्ये बलिवासवयोरिव for amarṣiṇos tadānyonyaṃ devadānavayor iva.

Verse 74 (4.59.74)

दर्शयेतां महास्त्राणि भारद्वाजार्जुनौ रणे ॥

darśayetāṃ mahāstrāṇi bhāradvājārjunau raṇe

Bharadvaja's son and Arjuna displayed their mighty weapons in the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected महास्राणि → महास्त्राणि (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त्). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.53.47d*0956. A single line, as the Wikisource page prints it.

Verse 75 (4.59.75)

ऐन्द्रं वायव्यमाग्नेयमस्त्रमस्त्रेण पाण्डवः । मुक्तंमुक्तं द्रोणचापाद्ग्रसते स्म पुनः पुनः ॥

aindraṃ vāyavyamāgneyamastramastreṇa pāṇḍavaḥ | muktaṃmuktaṃ droṇacāpādgrasate sma punaḥ punaḥ

Each time a weapon of Indra, of Vayu or of Agni was loosed from Drona's bow, the Pandava swallowed it up with a weapon of his own, again and again.

Note on the text: Corrected ग्रमते → ग्रसते (misprint in Wikisource; म for स; the critical edition reads grasate). Wikisource reads मुक्तंमुक्तं द्रोणचापाद् for droṇena muktaṃ muktaṃ tu.

Verse 76 (4.59.76)

एवं शूरौ महेष्वासौ विसृजन्तौ शिलाशितान् । एकच्छायमकुर्वातां गगनं शरवृष्टिभिः ॥

evaṃ śūrau maheṣvāsau visṛjantau śilāśitān | ekacchāyamakurvātāṃ gaganaṃ śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ

So the two heroes, great archers, loosing stone-whetted arrows, made the sky one shadow with their showers of arrows.

Verse 77 (4.59.77)

ततोऽर्जुनेन मुक्तानां पततां च शरीरिषु । पर्वतेष्विव वज्राणां शराणां श्रूयते स्वनः ॥

tato'rjunena muktānāṃ patatāṃ ca śarīriṣu | parvateṣviva vajrāṇāṃ śarāṇāṃ śrūyate svanaḥ

Then, as the arrows loosed by Arjuna fell upon living bodies, their sound was heard like thunderbolts striking mountains.

Note on the text: Corrected शरीरिपु → शरीरिषु (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition reads śarīriṣu).

Verse 78 (4.59.78)

ततो नागा रथाश्वाश्च सादिनश्च विशांपते । शोणिताक्ताश्च दृश्यन्ते पुष्पिता इव किंशुकाः ॥

tato nāgā rathāśvāśca sādinaśca viśāṃpate | śoṇitāktāśca dṛśyante puṣpitā iva kiṃśukāḥ

Elephants, chariots, horses and riders, lord of the people, were seen smeared with blood, like kimshuka trees in flower.

Verse 79 (4.59.79)

बाहुभिश्च सकेयूरैर्निकृत्तैश्च महारथैः । सुवर्णाचित्रैः कवचैर्ध्वजैश्च विनिपातितैः ॥

bāhubhiśca sakeyūrairnikṛttaiśca mahārathaiḥ | suvarṇācitraiḥ kavacairdhvajaiśca vinipātitaiḥ

With arms struck off, still wearing their armlets, with great chariot-fighters cut down, with gold-worked armour and banners hurled to the ground,

Note on the text: Wikisource reads निकृत्तैश्च and सुवर्णाचित्रैः ("variegated with gold") for vicitraiś ca and suvarṇacitraiḥ, recension variants.

Verse 80 (4.59.80)

योधैश्च निहतैस्तत्र पार्थबाणाभिपीडितैः । बलमासीत्सुसंभ्रान्तं द्रोणार्जुनसमागमे ॥

yodhaiśca nihataistatra pārthabāṇābhipīḍitaiḥ | balamāsītsusaṃbhrāntaṃ droṇārjunasamāgame

and with warriors slain there, crushed by Partha's arrows, the army was thrown into turmoil at the clash of Drona and Arjuna.

Verse 81 (4.59.81)

विधुन्वानौ तु तौ वीरौ धनुषी भारसाधने । प्राच्छादयेतामन्योन्यं दिधक्षन्तौ वरेषुभिः ॥

vidhunvānau tu tau vīrau dhanuṣī bhārasādhane | prācchādayetāmanyonyaṃ didhakṣantau vareṣubhiḥ

Shaking their bows, which could bear any strain, the two heroes covered each other with their finest arrows, as though each would burn the other up.

Note on the text: Corrected विधृन्वानौ → विधुन्वानौ (misprint in Wikisource; ृ for ु; the critical edition reads vidhunvānau). Wikisource reads प्राच्छादयेताम् and दिधक्षन्तौ वरेषुभिः for ācchādayetām and titakṣantau raṇeṣubhiḥ.

Verse 82 (4.59.82)

अथान्तरिक्षे नादोऽभूद्द्रोणं तत्र प्रशंसताम् । दुष्करं कृतवान्द्रोणो यदर्जुनमयोधयत् ॥

athāntarikṣe nādo'bhūddroṇaṃ tatra praśaṃsatām | duṣkaraṃ kṛtavāndroṇo yadarjunamayodhayat

Then a voice rose in the sky from those who were praising Drona: "Drona has done a hard thing in fighting Arjuna,

Verse 83 (4.59.83)

प्रमाथिनं महावीर्यं दृढमुष्टिं दुरासदम् । जेतारं सर्वदैत्यानां सर्वेषां च महारथम् ॥

pramāthinaṃ mahāvīryaṃ dṛḍhamuṣṭiṃ durāsadam | jetāraṃ sarvadaityānāṃ sarveṣāṃ ca mahāratham

the crusher of foes, of great valour, firm of grip and hard to withstand, the conqueror of all the Daityas and of all others, a great chariot-fighter!"

Verse 84 (4.59.84)

अविभ्रमं च शिक्षां च लाघवं दूरपातनम् । पार्थस्य समरे दृष्ट्वा द्रोणस्यासीच्च विस्मयः ॥

avibhramaṃ ca śikṣāṃ ca lāghavaṃ dūrapātanam | pārthasya samare dṛṣṭvā droṇasyāsīcca vismayaḥ

Seeing Partha's steadiness, his training, his lightness of hand and the distance his arrows carried in the battle, Drona too was filled with wonder.

Verse 85 (4.59.85)

तत्प्रवृत्तं चिरं घोरं तयोर्युद्धं महात्मनोः । अवर्तत महारौद्रं लोकसंक्षोभकारकम् ॥

tatpravṛttaṃ ciraṃ ghoraṃ tayoryuddhaṃ mahātmanoḥ | avartata mahāraudraṃ lokasaṃkṣobhakārakam

That dreadful fight between the two great-souled warriors, once begun, went on for a long time, most terrible, shaking the worlds.

Note on the text: Corrected करकम् → कारकम् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ā; "causing the worlds to tremble", as the apparatus's lokasaṃkṣobhakārakam). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.53.57d*0959.

Verse 86 (4.59.86)

अथ गाण्डीवमुद्यम्य दिव्यं धनुरमर्षणः । विचकर्ष रणे पार्थो बाहुभ्यां भरतर्षभः ॥

atha gāṇḍīvamudyamya divyaṃ dhanuramarṣaṇaḥ | vicakarṣa raṇe pārtho bāhubhyāṃ bharatarṣabhaḥ

Then Partha, unforgiving bull of the Bharatas, raised his divine bow Gandiva and drew it in the battle with both his arms.

Verse 87 (4.59.87)

तस्य बाणमयं वर्षं शलभानामिवाभवत् । न च बाणान्तरे तस्य वायुः शक्नोति सर्पितुम् ॥

tasya bāṇamayaṃ varṣaṃ śalabhānāmivābhavat | na ca bāṇāntare tasya vāyuḥ śaknoti sarpitum

His shower of arrows was like a swarm of locusts; not even the wind could slip between his arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected वर्षे → वर्षं (misprint in Wikisource; the noun must agree with बाणमयं; the critical edition reads varṣaṃ). Wikisource reads शलभानामिवाभवत् and वायुः … तस्य for śalabhānām ivāyatam and vāyur asya.

Verse 88 (4.59.88)

अभीक्ष्णं संदधानस्य बाणानुत्सृजतस्तथा । नान्तरं ददृशे किंचित्पार्थस्यापततोऽपि च ॥

abhīkṣṇaṃ saṃdadhānasya bāṇānutsṛjatastathā | nāntaraṃ dadṛśe kiṃcitpārthasyāpatato'pi ca

As he fitted and loosed his arrows without pause, not the slightest gap could be seen in Partha's shooting, even as he pressed forward.

Note on the text: Corrected आपततोपी → आपततोऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha and ी for ि). A variant of critical edition 4.53.60 (Wikisource reads अभीक्ष्णं, बाणान् … तथा, नान्तरं ददृशे किंचित् and आपततः for aniśaṃ, śarān … tadā, dadṛśe nāntaraṃ kiṃ cit and ādadataḥ).

Verse 89 (4.59.89)

युद्धे तु कृतशीघ्रास्त्रे वर्तमाने सुदारुणे । शीघ्राच्छीघ्रतरं पार्थः शरानन्यानुदैरयत् ॥

yuddhe tu kṛtaśīghrāstre vartamāne sudāruṇe | śīghrācchīghrataraṃ pārthaḥ śarānanyānudairayat

As that fearsome battle of swift weapons went on, Partha sent forth yet more arrows, each swifter than the last.

Verse 90 (4.59.90)

ततः शतसहस्राणि शराणां नतपर्वणाम् । युगपत्प्रापतंस्तत्र द्रोणस्य रथमन्तिकात् ॥

tataḥ śatasahasrāṇi śarāṇāṃ nataparvaṇām | yugapatprāpataṃstatra droṇasya rathamantikāt

Then hundreds of thousands of smooth-jointed arrows fell all at once close about Drona's chariot.

Note on the text: Corrected शरसहस्राणि → शतसहस्राणि (misprint in Wikisource; र for त, which would give "thousands of arrows of arrows"; the critical edition reads śatasahasrāṇi).

Verse 91 (4.59.91)

विकीर्यमाणे द्रोणे तु शरैर्गाण्डीवधन्वना । हाहाकारो महानासीत्सैन्यानां भरतर्षभ ॥

vikīryamāṇe droṇe tu śarairgāṇḍīvadhanvanā | hāhākāro mahānāsītsainyānāṃ bharatarṣabha

As Drona was buried under the arrows of the wielder of the Gandiva, a great cry of dismay rose from the armies, bull of the Bharatas.

Verse 92 (4.59.92)

पाण्डवस्य तु शीघ्रास्त्रं मघवा समपूजयत् । गन्धर्वाप्सरसश्चैव ये च तत्र समागताः ॥

pāṇḍavasya tu śīghrāstraṃ maghavā samapūjayat | gandharvāpsarasaścaiva ye ca tatra samāgatāḥ

Maghavan (Indra) praised the Pandava's swift weapons, and so did the Gandharvas and Apsarases who had gathered there.

Verse 93 (4.59.93)

द्रोणं युद्धार्णवे मग्नं दृष्ट्वा पुत्रः प्रतापवान् । ततो वृन्देन महता रथिनां रथियूथपः । आचार्यपुत्रस्तु शरैः पाण्डवं प्रत्यवारयत् ॥

droṇaṃ yuddhārṇave magnaṃ dṛṣṭvā putraḥ pratāpavān | tato vṛndena mahatā rathināṃ rathiyūthapaḥ | ācāryaputrastu śaraiḥ pāṇḍavaṃ pratyavārayat

Seeing Drona sunk in the ocean of battle, his valiant son, the teacher's son, leader of a band of chariot-fighters, came up with a great company of chariots and held the Pandava back with his arrows.

Note on the text: Line 1 is in the critical edition's apparatus as 4.53.64d*0961; lines 2–3 are critical edition 4.53.65 (Wikisource reads रथिनां रथियूथपः and शरैः for rathānāṃ rathayūthapaḥ and sahasā).

Verse 94 (4.59.94)

अश्वत्थामा तु तत्कर्म हृदयेन महात्मनः । पूजयामास पार्थस्य कोपं चास्य तदाऽकरोत् ॥

aśvatthāmā tu tatkarma hṛdayena mahātmanaḥ | pūjayāmāsa pārthasya kopaṃ cāsya tadā'karot

In his heart Ashvatthaman honoured that feat of the great-souled Partha, and at the same time grew angry with him.

Verse 95 (4.59.95)

स मन्युवशमापन्नः पार्थमभ्यद्रवद्रणे । किरञ्शरसहस्राणि पर्जन्य इव वृष्टिमान् ॥

sa manyuvaśamāpannaḥ pārthamabhyadravadraṇe | kirañśarasahasrāṇi parjanya iva vṛṣṭimān

Overcome by fury, he rushed at Partha in the battle, scattering thousands of arrows like a raining cloud.

Note on the text: Corrected भन्युवशम् → मन्युवशम् (misprint in Wikisource; भ for म; the critical edition reads manyuvaśam).

Verse 96 (4.59.96)

आवृत्य च महाबाहुर्यतो द्रौणिस्ततोऽभवत् । अन्तरं प्रददौ पार्थो द्रोणस्य व्यपसर्पितुम् ॥

āvṛtya ca mahābāhuryato drauṇistato'bhavat | antaraṃ pradadau pārtho droṇasya vyapasarpitum

The mighty-armed Partha turned towards Drona's son, and so gave Drona room to withdraw.

Note on the text: Corrected द्रोणः → द्रौणिः (misprint in Wikisource: Partha turns towards Drona's son so as to let Drona withdraw, as the critical edition's yato drauṇis reads; "towards Drona" contradicts the second line). Wikisource reads च and ततोऽभवत् for tu and tato hayān.

Verse 97 (4.59.97)

स तु लब्धान्तरस्तूर्णमपायाञ्जवनैर्हयैः । छिन्नवर्मध्वजरथो निकृत्तः परमेषुभिः ॥

sa tu labdhāntarastūrṇamapāyāñjavanairhayaiḥ | chinnavarmadhvajaratho nikṛttaḥ parameṣubhiḥ

Given that opening, Drona quickly drew off with his swift horses, his armour, banner and chariot cut to pieces, himself wounded by the finest arrows.

Verse 98 (4.59.98)

पराजिते तदा द्रोणे द्रोणपुत्रः समागतः । सदण्ड इव रक्ताक्षः कृतान्तः समरे स्थितः ॥

parājite tadā droṇe droṇaputraḥ samāgataḥ | sadaṇḍa iva raktākṣaḥ kṛtāntaḥ samare sthitaḥ

With Drona thus defeated, Drona's son came up, red-eyed, and stood in the battle like Death himself with his staff.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.53.69d*0962 (reading raṇe for तदा).