Arjuna Defeats Kripa and Routs the Kuru Host

Verse 1 (4.61.1)

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र महावीर्यपराक्रमः । आजगाम महाबाहुः कृपः शस्त्रभृतांवरः । अर्जुनं प्रतियोद्धुं वै युद्धकामो महारथः ॥

etasminnantare tatra mahāvīryaparākramaḥ | ājagāma mahābāhuḥ kṛpaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃvaraḥ | arjunaṃ pratiyoddhuṃ vai yuddhakāmo mahārathaḥ

Meanwhile Kripa came up there, the mighty-armed best of those who bear weapons, a great chariot-warrior of great valour and prowess, eager for battle, to fight against Arjuna.

Note on the text: A recension variant of the critical edition 4.52.1 (mahāsattvaḥ for महाबाहुः; arjunaṃ prati saṃyoddhuṃ yuddhārthī sa mahārathaḥ for line 3).

Verse 2 (4.61.2)

अथ द्रौणे रथं त्यक्त्वा कृपस्य रथमुत्तमम् । आजगामार्जुनस्तूर्णं सूर्यवैश्वानरप्रभम् ॥

atha drauṇe rathaṃ tyaktvā kṛpasya rathamuttamam | ājagāmārjunastūrṇaṃ sūryavaiśvānaraprabham

Then Arjuna left the chariot of Drona's son and swiftly came up to Kripa's splendid chariot, which blazed like the sun and like fire.

Note on the text: Corrected अथं → अथ (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara; the apparatus reads atha). Not in the critical text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.52.1f*0921.

Verse 3 (4.61.3)

तौ वीर सूर्यसंकाशौ योत्स्यमानौ महारथौ । वार्षिकाविव जीमूतौ व्यरोचेतां व्यवस्थितौ ॥

tau vīra sūryasaṃkāśau yotsyamānau mahārathau | vārṣikāviva jīmūtau vyarocetāṃ vyavasthitau

Those two great chariot-warriors, O hero, bright as the sun, stood arrayed to fight and shone like two clouds of the rainy season.

Note on the text: Corrected वाषिकाविव → वार्षिकाविव (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र्; वाषिक is not a word). A recension variant of the critical edition 4.52.2 (tau rathau for तौ वीर, mahābalau, śāradāv iva); वीर is kept as printed and read as a vocative.

Verse 4 (4.61.4)

प्रगृह्य गाण्डिवं लोके विश्रुतं पुनरर्जुनः । अभ्ययाद्भरतश्रेष्ठो विनिघ्नञ्शरमालया ॥

pragṛhya gāṇḍivaṃ loke viśrutaṃ punararjunaḥ | abhyayādbharataśreṣṭho vinighnañśaramālayā

Taking up again the Gandiva, famed throughout the world, Arjuna, best of the Bharatas, advanced, striking with a garland of arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected श्रगृह्य → प्रगृह्य (misprint in Wikisource; श्र for प्र). Line 1 loosely parallels the critical edition 4.52.3ab (pārtho 'pi viśrutaṃ loke gāṇḍīvaṃ paramāyudham); line 2 is not there (vulgate reading).

Verse 5 (4.61.5)

कृपश्च धनुरादाय तथैवार्जुनमभ्ययात् ॥

kṛpaśca dhanurādāya tathaivārjunamabhyayāt

Kripa too took up his bow and advanced against Arjuna in the same way.

Note on the text: Corrected तथैवार्जुनमभ्यगाम् → तथैवार्जुनमभ्ययात् (misprint in Wikisource; a first-person form where Kripa is the subject; the apparatus reads abhyayāt). Not in the critical text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.52.3d*0923, which is likewise a single line, so nothing has been lost.

Verse 6 (4.61.6)

प्रगृह्य बलवच्चापं नाराचान्रक्तभोजनान् । कृपः पार्थाय चिक्षेप शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥

pragṛhya balavaccāpaṃ nārācānraktabhojanān | kṛpaḥ pārthāya cikṣepa śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

Grasping his mighty bow, Kripa shot at Partha iron shafts that feed on blood, by hundreds and by thousands.

Note on the text: Corrected शंतशो → शतशो (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara). A recension variant of the critical edition 4.52.4, where Kripa instead cuts down Arjuna's arrows (tān aprāptāñ śitair bāṇair … kṛpaś ciccheda pārthasya).

Verse 7 (4.61.7)

जीमूत इव घर्मान्ते शरवर्षं विमुञ्चति । नन्दयन्सुहृदः सर्वान्प्रत्ययुध्यत फल्गुनम् ॥

jīmūta iva gharmānte śaravarṣaṃ vimuñcati | nandayansuhṛdaḥ sarvānpratyayudhyata phalgunam

Like a cloud at the end of the hot season pouring down rain, he loosed a shower of arrows, and, gladdening all his friends, fought back against Phalguna.

Note on the text: Corrected धर्मान्ते → घर्मान्ते and शरवर्पं → शरवर्षं (misprints in Wikisource; ध for घ and प for ष; the apparatus reads gharmānte, śaravarṣaṃ). Not in the critical text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.52.4d*0924, lines 1–2.

Verse 8 (4.61.8)

विकृष्य बलवच्चापं पाण्डवोऽमितविक्रमः । चचार समरे पार्थश्चित्रमार्गान्विदर्शयन् ॥

vikṛṣya balavaccāpaṃ pāṇḍavo'mitavikramaḥ | cacāra samare pārthaścitramārgānvidarśayan

Drawing his mighty bow, Partha the Pandava, of boundless valour, ranged over the battlefield, displaying wonderful manoeuvres.

Note on the text: Line 1 is in the critical edition's apparatus as 4.52.4d*0924, line 3 (bhīmavikramaḥ for अमितविक्रमः); line 2 corresponds loosely to 4.52.5ab (tataḥ pārthaś ca saṃkruddhaś citrān mārgān pradarśayan).

Verse 9 (4.61.9)

सर्वाश्चैव दिशो बाणैः प्रदिशश्च महाबलः । एकच्छायमिवाकाशं सर्वतः कृतवान्प्रभुः ॥

sarvāścaiva diśo bāṇaiḥ pradiśaśca mahābalaḥ | ekacchāyamivākāśaṃ sarvataḥ kṛtavānprabhuḥ

With his arrows the mighty lord covered all the quarters and the directions between them, and made the whole sky one single shadow.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to the critical edition 4.52.5cd (diśaḥ saṃchādayan bāṇaiḥ pradiśaś ca mahārathaḥ); line 2 to 4.52.6ab (prakurvan for कृतवान्).

Verse 10 (4.61.10)

प्राच्छादयदमेयात्मा पार्थः शरशतैः कृपम् । उद्गतः समरे मेघो धाराभिरिव पर्वतम् ॥

prācchādayadameyātmā pārthaḥ śaraśataiḥ kṛpam | udgataḥ samare megho dhārābhiriva parvatam

Partha, of immeasurable spirit, covered Kripa with hundreds of arrows, as a cloud that has risen covers a mountain with its torrents.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition 4.52.6cd; line 2 is in its apparatus as 4.52.6d*0925 (samaye for समरे).

Verse 11 (4.61.11)

स शरैरर्पितः क्रुद्धः शितैरग्निशिखोपमैः । कृपो बभूव समरे विधूमोऽग्निरिव ज्वलन् ॥

sa śarairarpitaḥ kruddhaḥ śitairagniśikhopamaiḥ | kṛpo babhūva samare vidhūmo'gniriva jvalan

Pierced by those sharp arrows like tongues of flame, Kripa grew furious and blazed in the battle like a smokeless fire.

Note on the text: Corrected ऋद्धः → क्रुद्धः and ज्वलंम् → ज्वलन् (misprints in Wikisource; ऋ for क्रु, and a broken final; the critical edition reads kruddhaḥ, jvalan). Line 1 is 4.52.7ab; line 2 is in the apparatus as 4.52.7b*0926.

Verse 12 (4.61.12)

ततः शरसहस्रेण पार्थमप्रतिमौजसम् । अर्दयित्वा महाबाहुर्ननाद समरे कृपः ॥

tataḥ śarasahasreṇa pārthamapratimaujasam | ardayitvā mahābāhurnanāda samare kṛpaḥ

Then mighty-armed Kripa, having tormented Partha of matchless energy with a thousand arrows, roared aloud in the battle.

Note on the text: A recension variant of the critical edition 4.52.7cdef (tūrṇaṃ for ततः; arpayitvā mahātmānaṃ for अर्दयित्वा महाबाहुः).

Verse 13 (4.61.13)

ततः कनकपुङ्खेन शरेण नतपर्वणा । बिभेद समरे पार्थः कृपस्य ध्वजमुत्तमम् ॥

tataḥ kanakapuṅkhena śareṇa nataparvaṇā | bibheda samare pārthaḥ kṛpasya dhvajamuttamam

Then with a gold-feathered, smooth-jointed arrow Partha split Kripa's splendid banner in the fight.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to the critical edition 4.52.8ab (tataḥ kanakapuṅkhāgrair vīraḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ); line 2 is in its apparatus as 4.52.8b*0928, line 1.

Verse 14 (4.61.14)

ततः पश्चान्महातेजा नाराचान्सूर्यसन्निभान् । जग्राह समरे पार्थो भूयो बहुशिलीमुखान् ॥

tataḥ paścānmahātejā nārācānsūryasannibhān | jagrāha samare pārtho bhūyo bahuśilīmukhān

After that the mighty Partha took up in the battle many more iron shafts and arrows, bright as the sun.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.52.8b*0928, lines 2–3.

Verse 15 (4.61.15)

तैस्तदानीं महाबाहुः कृपस्य रथरक्षिणः । जघान क्षत्रियश्रेष्ठो युध्यमानान्महारथान् ॥

taistadānīṃ mahābāhuḥ kṛpasya ratharakṣiṇaḥ | jaghāna kṣatriyaśreṣṭho yudhyamānānmahārathān

With these the mighty-armed best of kshatriyas then slew the guardians of Kripa's chariot, great chariot-warriors who were fighting him:

Note on the text: Corrected तैस्तदातीं → तैस्तदानीं (misprint in Wikisource; त for न; the apparatus reads tadānīṃ). Not in the critical text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.52.8b*0928, lines 4–5.

Verse 16 (4.61.16)

चन्द्रकेतुः सुकेतुश्च चित्राश्वो मणिमांस्तथा । मुञ्जमौलिश्च विक्रान्तो हेमवर्णो भयावहः ॥

candraketuḥ suketuśca citrāśvo maṇimāṃstathā | muñjamauliśca vikrānto hemavarṇo bhayāvahaḥ

Chandraketu, Suketu, Chitrashva and Manimat, the valiant Munjamauli and the fearsome Hemavarna,

Note on the text: Corrected मणिमांस्तद → मणिमांस्तथा (misprint in Wikisource; the word is cut short and the line scans 7; the apparatus reads maṇimāṃs tathā). Not in the critical text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.52.8b*0928, lines 6–7 (hemavarmā for हेमवर्णो).

Verse 17 (4.61.17)

सुरथोऽतिरथश्चैव सुषेणोऽरिष्ट एव च । नृकेतुश्च सहानीकास्ते निषेदुर्गतासवः ॥

suratho'tirathaścaiva suṣeṇo'riṣṭa eva ca | nṛketuśca sahānīkāste niṣedurgatāsavaḥ

Suratha, Atiratha, Sushena, Arishta and Nriketu — these, with their troops, sank down lifeless.

Note on the text: Corrected सुपेणो → सुषेणो (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the apparatus reads suṣeṇo). Not in the critical text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.52.8b*0928, lines 8–9 (nipetur for निषेदुः).

Verse 18 (4.61.18)

तान्निहत्य ततः पार्थो निमेषादिव भारत । पुनरन्यान्समाधत्त त्रयोदश शिलीमुखान् ॥

tānnihatya tataḥ pārtho nimeṣādiva bhārata | punaranyānsamādhatta trayodaśa śilīmukhān

Having slain them in the twinkling of an eye, O Bharata, Partha then fitted thirteen more arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected निमेपादिव → निमेषादिव (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the apparatus reads nimeṣād iva). Not in the critical text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.52.20d*0932.

Verse 19 (4.61.19)

अथास्य युगमेकेन चतुर्भिश्चतुरो हयान् । षष्ठेन तु शिरः सङ्ख्ये कृपस्य रथसारथेः ॥

athāsya yugamekena caturbhiścaturo hayān | ṣaṣṭhena tu śiraḥ saṅkhye kṛpasya rathasāratheḥ

With one of them he cut Kripa's yoke, with four his four horses, and with the sixth, in the fight, the head of his charioteer;

Note on the text: A recension variant of the critical edition 4.52.21 (ṣaṣṭhena ca śiraḥ kāyāc chareṇa rathasāratheḥ for line 2).

Verse 20 (4.61.20)

त्रिभिस्त्रिवेणुं बलवान्द्वाभ्यामक्षं महाबलः । द्वादशेन तु भल्लेन कृपस्य सशरं धनुः ॥

tribhistriveṇuṃ balavāndvābhyāmakṣaṃ mahābalaḥ | dvādaśena tu bhallena kṛpasya saśaraṃ dhanuḥ

with three the mighty one cut the chariot's triple bamboo pole, with two its axle, and with the twelfth, a broad-headed arrow, Kripa's bow together with its arrow,

Note on the text: A recension variant of the critical edition 4.52.22 (samare for बलवान्, akṣau for अक्षं; cakartāsya dhvajaṃ tathā for कृपस्य सशरं धनुः).

Verse 21 (4.61.21)

छित्त्वा वज्रनिकाशेन फल्गुनः प्रहसन्निव । त्रयोदशेनेन्द्रसमः प्रत्यविध्यत्स्तनान्तरे ॥

chittvā vajranikāśena phalgunaḥ prahasanniva | trayodaśenendrasamaḥ pratyavidhyatstanāntare

cutting it with a shaft like a thunderbolt; and Phalguna, Indra's equal, as if laughing, pierced him with the thirteenth in the middle of the chest.

Note on the text: A recension variant of the critical edition 4.52.23 (tato for छित्त्वा; kṛpaṃ vakṣasy atāḍayat for प्रत्यविध्यत्स्तनान्तरे).

Verse 22 (4.61.22)

स छिन्नधन्वा विरथो हताश्वो हतसारथिः । अथ शक्तिं परामृश्य सूर्यवैश्वानरप्रभाम् । चिक्षेप सहसा क्रुद्धः पार्थायाद्भुतकर्मणे ॥

sa chinnadhanvā viratho hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ | atha śaktiṃ parāmṛśya sūryavaiśvānaraprabhām | cikṣepa sahasā kruddhaḥ pārthāyādbhutakarmaṇe

His bow cut, his chariot gone, his horses and charioteer slain, Kripa in fury seized a spear that blazed like the sun and like fire, and suddenly hurled it at Partha of wonderful deeds.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition 4.52.24ab; lines 2–3 are in its apparatus as 4.52.17d*0929.

Verse 23 (4.61.23)

तामर्जुनस्तथारूपां शक्तिं हेमपरिष्कृताम् । रुरोध सायकैस्तीक्ष्णैरर्धचन्द्रमुखैश्च ताम् ॥

tāmarjunastathārūpāṃ śaktiṃ hemapariṣkṛtām | rurodha sāyakaistīkṣṇairardhacandramukhaiśca tām

Arjuna checked that spear of such a form, adorned with gold, with sharp crescent-headed arrows;

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to the critical edition 4.52.18ab (tadāyāntīṃ for तथारूपां, hemavibhūṣitām); line 2 is not there (vulgate reading).

Verse 24 (4.61.24)

आपतन्तीं महोल्काभां चिच्छेद दशभिः शरैः । सापतद्दशधा भूमौ पार्थेन निहता शरैः ॥

āpatantīṃ maholkābhāṃ ciccheda daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ | sāpataddaśadhā bhūmau pārthena nihatā śaraiḥ

as it came on like a great meteor he cut it with ten arrows, and, struck down by Partha's arrows, it fell to the ground in ten pieces.

Note on the text: A recension variant of the critical edition 4.52.18cdef (viyadgatāṃ for आपतन्तीं; chinnā … dhīmatā for निहता शरैः).

Verse 25 (4.61.25)

शक्त्यां तु विनिकृत्तायां विरथः शरपीडितः । गदापाणिरवप्लुत्य रथात्तूर्णममित्रहा । गदां चिक्षेप सहसा पार्थायामिततेजसे ॥

śaktyāṃ tu vinikṛttāyāṃ virathaḥ śarapīḍitaḥ | gadāpāṇiravaplutya rathāttūrṇamamitrahā | gadāṃ cikṣepa sahasā pārthāyāmitatejase

When the spear had been cut down, Kripa, the slayer of foes, chariotless and tormented by arrows, leapt quickly from his chariot mace in hand and suddenly hurled the mace at Partha of boundless energy.

Note on the text: Line 1 is in the critical edition's apparatus as 4.52.18f*0930; line 2 begins as 4.52.24c (gadāpāṇir avaplutya) and ends as 4.52.24c*0933, line 1; line 3 is 4.52.24c*0933, line 2.

Verse 26 (4.61.26)

सा च मुक्ता गदा गुर्वी रूपेणास्य परिष्कृता । अर्जुनस्य शरैर्नुन्ना प्रतिमार्गं जगाम सा ॥

sā ca muktā gadā gurvī rūpeṇāsya pariṣkṛtā | arjunasya śarairnunnā pratimārgaṃ jagāma sā

But that heavy mace, beautifully adorned, once it was released, was driven back by Arjuna's arrows and went back the way it had come.

Note on the text: A recension variant of the critical edition 4.52.25 (kṛpeṇa supariṣkṛtā for रूपेणास्य परिष्कृता; athāgamat for जगाम सा).

Verse 27 (4.61.27)

अथ खड्गं समुद्धृत्य शतचन्द्रं च भानुमत् । इयेष पाण्डवं हन्तुं कृपोऽलघुपराक्रमः ॥

atha khaḍgaṃ samuddhṛtya śatacandraṃ ca bhānumat | iyeṣa pāṇḍavaṃ hantuṃ kṛpo'laghuparākramaḥ

Then Kripa, of no slight prowess, drew a gleaming sword marked with a hundred moons and sought to kill the Pandava.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गं → खड्गं (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग) and कृपो लघुपराक्रमः → कृपोऽलघुपराक्रमः (missing avagraha, which turns "of no slight prowess" into "of slight prowess"; the apparatus reads kṛpo 'laghuparākramaḥ). Not in the critical text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.52.25d*0934, lines 1–2.

Verse 28 (4.61.28)

स शरद्वत्सुतस्तूर्णं महाचार्यः सुशिक्षितः । खेचरेव चचारैकः क्रमाच्चर्मासिधृग्भुवि ॥

sa śaradvatsutastūrṇaṃ mahācāryaḥ suśikṣitaḥ | khecareva cacāraikaḥ kramāccarmāsidhṛgbhuvi

The son of Sharadvat, the great and well-trained teacher, moved swiftly about the ground alone, step by step, bearing shield and sword, like a creature of the sky.

Note on the text: Corrected चचारकैः → चचारैकः (misprint in Wikisource; the vowel sign and visarga are misplaced; the apparatus reads vicacāraikaḥ). खेचरेव is kept: the page's own footnote divides it as खेचरः इव. Not in the critical text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.52.25d*0934, lines 3–4 (vibhuḥ for भुवि).

Verse 29 (4.61.29)

ततः क्षुरप्रैः कौन्तेयो दशभिः खड्गचर्मणी । निमेषादिव चिच्छेद तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥

tataḥ kṣurapraiḥ kaunteyo daśabhiḥ khaḍgacarmaṇī | nimeṣādiva ciccheda tadadbhutamivābhavat

Then with ten razor-headed arrows Kaunteya cut through his sword and shield in the twinkling of an eye; it was like a marvel.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गचर्मणी → खड्गचर्मणी (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग). Not in the critical text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.52.25d*0934, lines 5–6 (kṣurāgraiḥ for क्षुरप्रैः).

Verse 30 (4.61.30)

विषण्णवदनस्तत्र विनाशात्खड्गचर्मणोः । दन्तैर्दन्तच्छदान्दष्ट्वा चुकोप हृदि दीर्घवत् ॥

viṣaṇṇavadanastatra vināśātkhaḍgacarmaṇoḥ | dantairdantacchadāndaṣṭvā cukopa hṛdi dīrghavat

His face fell at the loss of his sword and shield; he bit his lips with his teeth and was angered deep in his heart.

Note on the text: Corrected विषण्णवदमस्तत्र → विषण्णवदनस्तत्र (misprint in Wikisource; म for न; the apparatus reads viṣaṇṇavadanas tatra) and खङ्गचर्मणोः → खड्गचर्मणोः (ङ्ग for ड्ग). Not in the critical text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.52.25d*0934, line 7 (first half) with *0936, lines 1–2.

Verse 31 (4.61.31)

भवत्विति पुनश्चोक्त्वा युद्धापगमनोद्यतः । अश्वत्थाम्नस्तु स रथं कृपः समभिपुप्लुवे । स्वस्रीयस्य महातेजा जग्राह च धनुः पुनः ॥

bhavatviti punaścoktvā yuddhāpagamanodyataḥ | aśvatthāmnastu sa rathaṃ kṛpaḥ samabhipupluve | svasrīyasya mahātejā jagrāha ca dhanuḥ punaḥ

Saying again, "So be it," and ready to withdraw from the fight, Kripa leapt onto the chariot of Ashvatthama, his sister's son, and the mighty one took up a bow once more.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.52.25d*0936, line 3 (भवत्विति पुनश्चोक्त्वा) with *0934, line 7 (yuddhād apagatodyamaḥ for युद्धापगमनोद्यतः) and lines 8–9.

Verse 32 (4.61.32)

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे क्रुद्धो भीष्मो द्रोणमथाब्रवीत् । दृष्ट्वा कृपं फल्गुनेन पीडितं चोर्जितं च तम् ॥

etasminnantare kruddho bhīṣmo droṇamathābravīt | dṛṣṭvā kṛpaṃ phalgunena pīḍitaṃ corjitaṃ ca tam

Meanwhile Bhishma, angered at seeing Kripa, mighty as he was, harassed by Phalguna, said to Drona:

Note on the text: Not in the critical text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.57.1d*0998, lines 1–2 (pīḍitaṃ ca jitaṃ raṇe for पीडितं चोर्जितं च तम्); the critical edition places this passage later in the battle.

Verse 33 (4.61.33)

एकैकमस्मान्संग्रामे पराजयति फल्गुनः । अहं द्रोणश्च कर्णश्च द्रौणिर्गौतम एव च । अन्ये च बहवः शूरा वयं जेष्याम वासविम् ॥

ekaikamasmānsaṃgrāme parājayati phalgunaḥ | ahaṃ droṇaśca karṇaśca drauṇirgautama eva ca | anye ca bahavaḥ śūrā vayaṃ jeṣyāma vāsavim

"Phalguna is defeating us in battle one at a time. I, Drona, Karna, Drona's son and Gautama, and many other heroes besides — together we shall conquer Vasava's son."

Note on the text: Not in the critical text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.57.1d*0998, lines 3–5. No speaker heading in Wikisource; the verse is Bhishma's speech to Drona announced in verse 32, so it is assigned to him.

Verse 34 (4.61.34)

समागम्य ततः सर्वे भीष्मद्रोणमुखा रथाः । अर्जुनं सहसा युक्ताः प्रत्ययुध्यन्त भारत ॥

samāgamya tataḥ sarve bhīṣmadroṇamukhā rathāḥ | arjunaṃ sahasā yuktāḥ pratyayudhyanta bhārata

Then all the chariot-warriors, led by Bhishma and Drona, joined together and at once fought back against Arjuna, O Bharata.

Note on the text: A recension variant of the critical edition 4.57.1 (atha saṃgamya sarve tu kauravāṇāṃ mahārathāḥ / arjunaṃ sahitā yattāḥ …).

Verse 35 (4.61.35)

स सायकमयैर्जालैः सर्वतस्तान्महारथान् । प्राच्छादयच्छरौघैस्तान्नीहार इव पर्वतान् ॥

sa sāyakamayairjālaiḥ sarvatastānmahārathān | prācchādayaccharaughaistānnīhāra iva parvatān

With nets made of arrows and with floods of shafts he covered those great chariot-warriors on every side, as mist covers the mountains.

Verse 36 (4.61.36)

नदद्भिश्च महानागैर्हेषमाणैश्च वाजिभिः । भेरीशङ्खनिनादैश्च स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत् ॥

nadadbhiśca mahānāgairheṣamāṇaiśca vājibhiḥ | bherīśaṅkhaninādaiśca sa śabdastumulo'bhavat

With great elephants trumpeting, horses neighing, and the sound of kettledrums and conches, the din became tumultuous.

Verse 37 (4.61.37)

नागाश्वकायान्निर्भिद्य लौहानि कवचानि च । पार्थस्य शरवर्षाणि न्यपतञ्शतशः क्षितौ ॥

nāgāśvakāyānnirbhidya lauhāni kavacāni ca | pārthasya śaravarṣāṇi nyapatañśataśaḥ kṣitau

Piercing through the bodies of elephants and horses and through iron armour, Partha's showers of arrows fell to the earth by hundreds.

Note on the text: A recension variant of the critical edition 4.57.4 (narāśva- for नागाश्व-; śarajālāni viniṣpetuḥ sahasraśaḥ for line 2).

Verse 38 (4.61.38)

त्वरमाणः शरानस्यन्पाण्डवस्तु प्रकाशते । मध्यंदिनगतोऽर्चिष्माञ्छरदीव दिवाकरः ॥

tvaramāṇaḥ śarānasyanpāṇḍavastu prakāśate | madhyaṃdinagato'rciṣmāñcharadīva divākaraḥ

Loosing arrows in haste, the Pandava shone like the blazing sun at midday in autumn.

Verse 39 (4.61.39)

अविषह्य शरान्सर्वे पार्थचापच्युतान्रणे । उदक्प्रयान्ति विध्वस्ता रथेभ्यो रथिनस्तदा । सादिनश्चाश्वपृष्ठेभ्यो भूमौ चापि पदातयः ॥

aviṣahya śarānsarve pārthacāpacyutānraṇe | udakprayānti vidhvastā rathebhyo rathinastadā | sādinaścāśvapṛṣṭhebhyo bhūmau cāpi padātayaḥ

Unable to bear the arrows shot from Partha's bow in the battle, all of them, shattered, fled northward then: chariot-fighters from their chariots, horsemen from their horses' backs, and foot-soldiers over the ground.

Note on the text: Corrected पार्थचापच्युपान् → पार्थचापच्युतान् (misprint in Wikisource; प for त; the apparatus reads -cyutān). Line 1 is in the critical edition's apparatus as 4.57.5d*0999; lines 2–3 are a recension variant of 4.57.6 (upaplavanta vitrastā for उदक्प्रयान्ति विध्वस्ता).

Verse 40 (4.61.40)

शरैस्तु ताड्यमानानां कवचानां महात्मनाम् । ताम्रराजतलौहानां प्रादुरासीन्महास्वनः ॥

śaraistu tāḍyamānānāṃ kavacānāṃ mahātmanām | tāmrarājatalauhānāṃ prādurāsīnmahāsvanaḥ

As the arrows struck the armour of the great-spirited warriors, armour of copper, silver and iron, a great clangour arose.

Verse 41 (4.61.41)

छन्नमायोधनं जज्ञे शरीरैर्गतचेतसाम् । श्रान्त्या गलितशस्त्राणां पततामश्वसादिनाम् ॥

channamāyodhanaṃ jajñe śarīrairgatacetasām | śrāntyā galitaśastrāṇāṃ patatāmaśvasādinām

The battlefield was covered with the bodies of the senseless dead — of horsemen who fell as their weapons slipped from their hands in exhaustion.

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to the critical edition 4.57.8ab (sarvaṃ for जज्ञे); line 2 is in its apparatus as 4.57.8d*1000.

Verse 42 (4.61.42)

शून्यान्कुर्वन्रथोपस्थान्मानवैरास्तृणोन्महीम् । प्रनृत्यन्निव संग्रामे चापहस्तो धनंजयः ॥

śūnyānkurvanrathopasthānmānavairāstṛṇonmahīm | pranṛtyanniva saṃgrāme cāpahasto dhanaṃjayaḥ

Emptying the chariot-boxes, Dhananjaya strewed the earth with men; bow in hand, he seemed to dance in the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected चापहस्ते → चापहस्तो (misprint in Wikisource; a locative where the nominative agreeing with धनंजयः is needed; the critical edition reads cāpahasto). A recension variant of 4.57.9 (rathopasthābhipatitair āstṛtā mānavair mahī for line 1).

Verse 43 (4.61.43)

शिरांस्यपातयत्सङ्ख्ये क्षत्रियाणां नरर्षभः । श्रुत्वा गाण्डीवनिर्घोषं विस्फूर्जितमिवाशनेः । त्रस्तानि सर्वसैन्यानि व्यलीयन्त च भागशः ॥

śirāṃsyapātayatsaṅkhye kṣatriyāṇāṃ nararṣabhaḥ | śrutvā gāṇḍīvanirghoṣaṃ visphūrjitamivāśaneḥ | trastāni sarvasainyāni vyalīyanta ca bhāgaśaḥ

That bull among men struck off the heads of kshatriyas in the fight. Hearing the twang of the Gandiva, like the crash of a thunderbolt, all the troops were terrified and scattered and hid themselves in groups.

Note on the text: Corrected विष्णूजितमिवाशने → विस्फूर्जितमिवाशनेः (misprint in Wikisource; विष्णूजित is not a word; the critical edition reads visphūrjitam ivāśaneḥ) and भागश → भागशः (dropped visarga). Line 1 is in the critical edition's apparatus as 4.57.9d*1001; lines 2–3 are a recension variant of 4.57.10 (sarvabhūtāni vyagacchanta mahāhavāt for line 3).

Verse 44 (4.61.44)

कुण्डलोष्णीषधारीणि जातरूपस्रजानि च । पतितानि स्म दृश्यन्ते शिरांसि रणमूर्धनि ॥

kuṇḍaloṣṇīṣadhārīṇi jātarūpasrajāni ca | patitāni sma dṛśyante śirāṃsi raṇamūrdhani

Heads wearing earrings and turbans, and garlands of gold, were seen lying fallen at the forefront of the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected करणमूर्धनि → रणमूर्धनि (misprint in Wikisource; a stray क that gives the line nine syllables; the critical edition reads raṇamūrdhani).

Verse 45 (4.61.45)

विशिखोन्मथितैर्गात्रैर्बाहुभिश्च सकार्मुकैः । सहस्ताभरणैश्चान्यैः प्रच्छन्ना भाति मेदिनी ॥

viśikhonmathitairgātrairbāhubhiśca sakārmukaiḥ | sahastābharaṇaiścānyaiḥ pracchannā bhāti medinī

The earth shone, covered with limbs torn apart by arrows, with arms still holding their bows, and with others still wearing the ornaments of the hand.

Verse 46 (4.61.46)

शिरसां पात्यमानानां समरे निशितैः शरैः । अश्मवृष्टिरिवाकाशादभवद्भरतर्षभ ॥

śirasāṃ pātyamānānāṃ samare niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | aśmavṛṣṭirivākāśādabhavadbharatarṣabha

As heads were struck down in the battle by sharp arrows, O bull of the Bharatas, it was like a rain of stones falling from the sky.

Verse 47 (4.61.47)

दर्शयित्वा तदाऽऽत्मानं रौद्रं रौद्रपराक्रमः । जघान समरे शूराञ्छतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥

darśayitvā tadā''tmānaṃ raudraṃ raudraparākramaḥ | jaghāna samare śūrāñchataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

Showing himself then in his terrible form, he of terrible prowess slew heroes in the battle by hundreds and by thousands.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition 4.57.14ab (rudraparākramaḥ for रौद्रपराक्रमः); line 2 is in its apparatus as 4.57.14b*1002 (yodhāñ for शूराञ्).

Verse 48 (4.61.48)

तथावरुद्धश्चारण्ये दशवर्षाणि त्रीणि च । क्रोधाग्निमुत्ससर्जाजौ धार्तराष्ट्रेषु पाण्डवः ॥

tathāvaruddhaścāraṇye daśavarṣāṇi trīṇi ca | krodhāgnimutsasarjājau dhārtarāṣṭreṣu pāṇḍavaḥ

So the Pandava, who had been kept out in the forest for ten years and three, released the fire of his wrath in battle upon the sons of Dhritarashtra.

Note on the text: A recension variant of the critical edition 4.57.14cdef (avaruddhaś caran pārtho … krodhāgnim utsṛjad ghoraṃ).

Verse 49 (4.61.49)

तस्य तद्दहतः सैन्यं दृष्ट्वा चास्य पराक्रमम् । सर्वे शान्तिपरा योधा धार्तराष्ट्रस्य भारत ॥

tasya taddahataḥ sainyaṃ dṛṣṭvā cāsya parākramam | sarve śāntiparā yodhā dhārtarāṣṭrasya bhārata

Seeing him burning up the army, and seeing his prowess, all the warriors of Dhritarashtra's son lost their will to fight, O Bharata.

Verse 50 (4.61.50)

यथा नलवनं नागः प्रभिन्नः षष्टिहायनः । एवं सर्वानपामृद्नादर्जुनः शस्त्रतेजसा ॥

yathā nalavanaṃ nāgaḥ prabhinnaḥ ṣaṣṭihāyanaḥ | evaṃ sarvānapāmṛdnādarjunaḥ śastratejasā

As a sixty-year-old elephant in rut crushes a bed of reeds, so Arjuna crushed them all with the might of his weapons.

Note on the text: Corrected अपामृद्रादर्जुनः → अपामृद्नादर्जुनः (misprint in Wikisource; द्र for द्न; the apparatus reads apāmṛdnād). Not in the critical text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.57.15d*1003 (paraṃ for एवं).

Verse 51 (4.61.51)

विद्राव्य च ततः सैन्यं त्रासयित्वा महारथान् । अर्जुनो जयतांश्रेष्ठः पर्यावर्तत भारत ॥

vidrāvya ca tataḥ sainyaṃ trāsayitvā mahārathān | arjuno jayatāṃśreṣṭhaḥ paryāvartata bhārata

Having put the army to flight and terrified the great chariot-warriors, Arjuna, best of victors, wheeled about the field, O Bharata.

Note on the text: A recension variant of the critical edition 4.57.16 (vitrāsayitvā tat sainyaṃ drāvayitvā mahārathān for line 1).

Verse 52 (4.61.52)

तस्य मार्गान्विचरतो निघ्नतश्च रणाजिरे । प्रावर्तत नदी घोरा शोणितान्त्रतरङ्गिणी ॥

tasya mārgānvicarato nighnataśca raṇājire | prāvartata nadī ghorā śoṇitāntrataraṅgiṇī

As he ranged along his paths and slew on the battlefield, a dreadful river began to flow, its waves of blood and entrails —

Note on the text: Line 1 is in the critical edition's apparatus as 4.57.16d*1004; line 2 corresponds to 4.57.17ab (prāvartayan nadīṃ ghorāṃ śoṇitaughataraṅgiṇīm).

Verse 53 (4.61.53)

अस्थिशैवालसंबाधां संग्रामे पार्थनिर्मिताम् । शरचापप्लवां घोरां मांसशोणितकर्दमाम् ॥

asthiśaivālasaṃbādhāṃ saṃgrāme pārthanirmitām | śaracāpaplavāṃ ghorāṃ māṃsaśoṇitakardamām

a river made by Partha in the battle, choked with bones for its moss, terrible, with arrows and bows for its rafts and flesh and blood for its mud;

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to the critical edition 4.57.17cd (yugānte kālanirmitām for संग्रामे पार्थनिर्मिताम्); line 2 is 4.57.18ab.

Verse 54 (4.61.54)

रथोडुपां चान्त्रसर्पां केशशैवालशाड्वलाम् । करवालासिपाठीनां चामरोष्णीषफेनिलाम् ॥

rathoḍupāṃ cāntrasarpāṃ keśaśaivālaśāḍvalām | karavālāsipāṭhīnāṃ cāmaroṣṇīṣaphenilām

with chariots for its boats and entrails for its snakes, hair for its moss and grass; with swords and sabres for its fish, and yak-tail whisks and turbans for its foam;

Note on the text: Line 1 is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); line 2 is in its apparatus as 4.57.18b*1007, line 2.

Verse 55 (4.61.55)

अश्वग्रीवमहावर्तां कबन्धजलमानुषाम् । काककङ्करुतां तीव्रां सारसक्रौञ्चनादिताम् ॥

aśvagrīvamahāvartāṃ kabandhajalamānuṣām | kākakaṅkarutāṃ tīvrāṃ sārasakrauñcanāditām

with horses' necks for its great whirlpools and headless trunks for its creatures of the water; shrill with the cries of crows and herons, and loud with cranes and curlews;

Note on the text: Corrected अश्वग्रीवामहावर्तां → अश्वग्रीवमहावर्तां (misprint in Wikisource; a long ā inside the compound; the apparatus reads aśvagrīvamahāvartāṃ). Not in the critical text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.57.18b*1007, lines 3–4.

Verse 56 (4.61.56)

सिंहनादमहानादां शङ्खस्वनमहास्वनाम् । वीरोत्तमाङ्गपद्माढ्यां शरचापमहानलाम् ॥

siṃhanādamahānādāṃ śaṅkhasvanamahāsvanām | vīrottamāṅgapadmāḍhyāṃ śaracāpamahānalām

with lion-roars for its great roar and the blare of conches for its loud sound, rich with the heads of the foremost heroes for its lotuses, with arrows and bows for its great reeds;

Note on the text: Not in the critical text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.57.18d*1008 (śaṅkhakambukasaṃkulām for शङ्खस्वनमहास्वनाम्) and *1009, line 1.

Verse 57 (4.61.57)

पदातिमत्स्यकलुषां गजशीर्षककच्छपाम् । गोमायुमृगसंघुष्टां मांसमज्जाभिकर्दमाम् ॥

padātimatsyakaluṣāṃ gajaśīrṣakakacchapām | gomāyumṛgasaṃghuṣṭāṃ māṃsamajjābhikardamām

foul with foot-soldiers for its fish, with elephants' heads for its tortoises, echoing with jackals and wild beasts, miry with flesh and marrow.

Note on the text: Corrected गोमायुगसंघुष्टां → गोमायुमृगसंघुष्टां (Wikisource has lost a syllable — the line scans 7 and -ग- is not a word; the apparatus reads gomāyumṛgasaṃghuṣṭāṃ) and मञ्जा → मज्जा (misprint; ञ्ज for ज्ज, "marrow"). Not in the critical text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.57.18d*1009, lines 2–3 (kalilāṃ for कलुषां; māṃsaśoṇitakardamām for line 2b).

Verse 58 (4.61.58)

प्रावर्तयन्नदीं घोरां पिशाचगणसेविताम् । अपारामनिवासां च रक्तोदां सर्वतो वृताम् ॥

prāvartayannadīṃ ghorāṃ piśācagaṇasevitām | apārāmanivāsāṃ ca raktodāṃ sarvato vṛtām

He set flowing a terrible river, haunted by hosts of pishachas, without a farther shore, where none could dwell, its water blood, spreading on every side.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.57.18d*1009, lines 4–5 (anapārāṃ for अनिवासां).

Verse 59 (4.61.59)

अभीक्ष्णमकरोत्पार्थो नदीमुत्तमशोणिताम् । गजवर्ममहाद्वीपामश्वदेहमहाशिलाम् ॥

abhīkṣṇamakarotpārtho nadīmuttamaśoṇitām | gajavarmamahādvīpāmaśvadehamahāśilām

Again and again Partha made that river of the finest blood, with elephants' armour for its great islands and horses' bodies for its great rocks,

Note on the text: Line 1 corresponds to the critical edition 4.57.18ef (cakāra mahatīṃ pārtho nadīm uttaraśoṇitām); line 2 is in its apparatus as 4.57.18f*1010, line 1 (gajavarṣma- for गजवर्म-).

Verse 60 (4.61.60)

पदातिदेहसंघाटां रथावलिमहातरुम् । केशशाद्वलसंछन्नां सुतरां भीतिदां नृणाम् ॥

padātidehasaṃghāṭāṃ rathāvalimahātarum | keśaśādvalasaṃchannāṃ sutarāṃ bhītidāṃ nṛṇām

with the bodies of foot-soldiers for its rafts and rows of chariots for its great trees, overgrown with hair for its grass, utterly terrifying to men,

Note on the text: Not in the critical text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.57.18f*1010, lines 2–3.

Verse 61 (4.61.61)

अगाधरक्तोदवहां यमसागरगामिनीम् । दुस्तरां भीरुमर्त्यानां शूराणां सुतरां नृप । प्रावर्तयन्नदीमेवं भीषणां पाकशासनिः ॥

agādharaktodavahāṃ yamasāgaragāminīm | dustarāṃ bhīrumartyānāṃ śūrāṇāṃ sutarāṃ nṛpa | prāvartayannadīmevaṃ bhīṣaṇāṃ pākaśāsaniḥ

bearing fathomless waters of blood, flowing to Yama's ocean, hard for timid mortals to cross but easy for heroes, O king — such was the fearful river that the son of Indra set flowing.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.57.18f*1010, lines 4–6.

Verse 62 (4.61.62)

तस्याददानस्य शरान्सन्दधानस्य मुञ्चतः । विकर्षतश्च गाण्डीवं न किंचिद्ददृशेऽन्तरम् ॥

tasyādadānasya śarānsandadhānasya muñcataḥ | vikarṣataśca gāṇḍīvaṃ na kiṃciddadṛśe'ntaram

As he took up his arrows, fitted them, loosed them and drew the Gandiva, no gap at all could be seen between.

Note on the text: A recension variant of the critical edition 4.57.19 (ādadānasya hi śarān saṃdhāya ca vimuñcataḥ; dṛśyate for ददृशे).