Arjuna Overcomes Bhishma

Verse 1 (4.63.1)

ततो भीष्मः शरानष्टौ ध्वजे पार्थस्य वीर्यवान् । समार्पयन्महावेगाज्ज्वलतः पन्नगानिव ॥

tato bhīṣmaḥ śarānaṣṭau dhvaje pārthasya vīryavān | samārpayanmahāvegājjvalataḥ pannagāniva

Then mighty Bhishma lodged eight arrows of great speed in Partha's banner, arrows that blazed like serpents.

Note on the text: Speaker heading वैशंपायन उवाच printed above this verse; normalised to वैशम्पायन. The critical edition reads "hissing like serpents" (śvasamānān ivoragān) in the second line.

Verse 2 (4.63.2)

ते ध्वजं पाण्डुपुत्रस्य समासाद्य पतत्रिणः । ध्वजस्थं कपिमाजघ्नुः ध्वजाग्रनिलयांश्च तान् ॥

te dhvajaṃ pāṇḍuputrasya samāsādya patatriṇaḥ | dhvajasthaṃ kapimājaghnuḥ dhvajāgranilayāṃśca tān

Those winged shafts reached the banner of Pandu's son and struck the monkey on the banner and the creatures that dwelt at the top of the flagstaff.

Verse 3 (4.63.3)

सारथिं च हयांश्चास्य विव्याध दशभिः शरैः । उरस्यताडयत्पार्थं त्रिभिरेवायसैः शरैः ॥

sārathiṃ ca hayāṃścāsya vivyādha daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ | urasyatāḍayatpārthaṃ tribhirevāyasaiḥ śaraiḥ

With ten arrows he pierced Arjuna's charioteer and horses, and with three iron shafts he struck Partha in the chest.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.59.7d*1018, lines 1–2.

Verse 4 (4.63.4)

ततोऽर्जुनः शरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्विद्ध्वा कुरुपितामहम् । ध्वजं च सारथिं चापि विव्याध दशभिः शरैः ॥

tato'rjunaḥ śaraistīkṣṇairviddhvā kurupitāmaham | dhvajaṃ ca sārathiṃ cāpi vivyādha daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ

Then Arjuna pierced the grandsire of the Kurus with sharp arrows, and with ten arrows he pierced his banner and his charioteer as well.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the first line is in the apparatus as 4.59.7d*1018, line 3; the second line appears nowhere in the critical edition (CE 4.59.8–9, where Arjuna cuts Bhishma's umbrella and strikes his banner, horses and charioteers, has no counterpart in Wikisource).

Verse 5 (4.63.5)

तद्युद्धमभवद्धोरं रोमहर्षणमद्भुतम् । भीष्मस्य सह पार्थेन बलिवासवयोरिव ॥

tadyuddhamabhavaddhoraṃ romaharṣaṇamadbhutam | bhīṣmasya saha pārthena balivāsavayoriva

That battle between Bhishma and Partha was terrible, hair-raising and wondrous, like the fight of Bali and Vasava.

Verse 6 (4.63.6)

सन्ततं शरमालाभिराकाशं समपद्यत । अम्बुदैरिव धाराभिस्तयोः कार्मुकनिःसृतैः ॥

santataṃ śaramālābhirākāśaṃ samapadyata | ambudairiva dhārābhistayoḥ kārmukaniḥsṛtaiḥ

The sky was covered with unbroken strings of arrows loosed from the bows of the two, as it is covered by clouds with their streams of rain.

Note on the text: Corrected शरजालाभिः → शरमालाभिः (misprint in Wikisource; जालाभिः is not a valid form, जाल being neuter; the apparatus reads śaramālābhir). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.59.10d*1021.

Verse 7 (4.63.7)

भल्लैर्भल्लाः समाहत्य कुरुपाण्डवयो रणे । अन्तरिक्षे व्यराजन्त खद्योताः प्रावृषीव हि ॥

bhallairbhallāḥ samāhatya kurupāṇḍavayo raṇe | antarikṣe vyarājanta khadyotāḥ prāvṛṣīva hi

Broad-headed arrows striking against broad-headed arrows as the Kuru and the Pandava fought glittered in the sky like fireflies in the rainy season.

Verse 8 (4.63.8)

अग्निचक्रोपमं घोरं मण्डलीकृतमाहवे । गाण्डीवमभवज्जिष्णोः सव्यं दक्षिणमस्यतः ॥

agnicakropamaṃ ghoraṃ maṇḍalīkṛtamāhave | gāṇḍīvamabhavajjiṣṇoḥ savyaṃ dakṣiṇamasyataḥ

As Jishnu shot to the left and to the right, his Gandiva, drawn into a circle in the fight, became terrible, like a wheel of fire.

Note on the text: Corrected अग्निवक्रोपमं → अग्निचक्रोपमं (misprint in Wikisource; व for च, "fire-curve" is not a word; the critical edition has agnicakram) and अभवञ्जिष्णोः → अभवज्जिष्णोः (misprint; त् before ज becomes ज्, not ञ्). The first line differs from the critical edition's 4.59.12, which has the same image.

Verse 9 (4.63.9)

पर्वतं वारिधाराभिश्छादयन्निव तोयदः । अर्जुनश्छादयद्भीष्मं शरवर्षैरनेकशः ॥

parvataṃ vāridhārābhiśchādayanniva toyadaḥ | arjunaśchādayadbhīṣmaṃ śaravarṣairanekaśaḥ

As a rain-cloud covers a mountain with streams of water, so Arjuna covered Bhishma again and again with showers of arrows.

Note on the text: Second line differs from the critical edition (4.59.13, whose lines are in the other order).

Verse 10 (4.63.10)

तां समुद्रमिवोद्धूतां शरवृष्टिं समुद्यताम् । व्यधमत्सायकैर्भीष्मः सोऽर्जुनं च न्यवारयत् ॥

tāṃ samudramivoddhūtāṃ śaravṛṣṭiṃ samudyatām | vyadhamatsāyakairbhīṣmaḥ so'rjunaṃ ca nyavārayat

That rain of arrows, risen up like a heaving ocean, Bhishma scattered with his shafts, and he held Arjuna back.

Note on the text: Corrected सोर्जुनं → सोऽर्जुनं (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha).

Verse 11 (4.63.11)

ततस्तानि विसृष्टानि शरजालानि सङ्घशः । आहतानि व्यशीर्यन्त अर्जुनस्य रथं प्रति ॥

tatastāni visṛṣṭāni śarajālāni saṅghaśaḥ | āhatāni vyaśīryanta arjunasya rathaṃ prati

Then those nets of arrows, loosed in swarms, were struck down and fell to pieces about Arjuna's chariot.

Note on the text: Corrected व्यशीर्यन्तं → व्यशीर्यन्त (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara on the verb; the critical edition has abhivyaśīryanta).

Verse 12 (4.63.12)

ततः कनकपुङ्खाग्रैः शितैः संनतपर्वभिः । पतद्भिः खगवाजैश्च द्यौरासीत्संवृता शरैः ॥

tataḥ kanakapuṅkhāgraiḥ śitaiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ | patadbhiḥ khagavājaiśca dyaurāsītsaṃvṛtā śaraiḥ

Then the sky was covered with falling arrows, sharp and smooth-jointed, their feathered ends golden, fletched with birds' plumes.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line is in the apparatus as 4.59.16f*1022, line 1; the first line appears nowhere in the critical edition (it resembles the opening of 4.59.16, tataḥ kanakapuṅkhānāṃ).

Verse 13 (4.63.13)

ततः प्रासृजदुग्राणि शरजालानि पाण्डवः । तावन्ति शरजालानि भीष्मः पार्थाय प्राहिणोत् ॥

tataḥ prāsṛjadugrāṇi śarajālāni pāṇḍavaḥ | tāvanti śarajālāni bhīṣmaḥ pārthāya prāhiṇot

Then the Pandava let loose fierce nets of arrows, and Bhishma sent just as many nets of arrows back at Partha.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.59.16f*1022, lines 2–3.

Verse 14 (4.63.14)

साश्वं ससूतं सरथं स पार्थं समाचिनोद्भारतो वत्सदन्तैः । प्रच्छादयामास दिशश्च सर्वा नभश्च बाणैस्तपनीयपुङ्खैः ॥

sāśvaṃ sasūtaṃ sarathaṃ sa pārthaṃ samācinodbhārato vatsadantaiḥ | pracchādayāmāsa diśaśca sarvā nabhaśca bāṇaistapanīyapuṅkhaiḥ

The Bharata heaped calf-tooth arrows on Partha with his horses, his charioteer and his chariot, and with gold-feathered shafts he covered all the quarters and the sky.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.59.16f*1023.

Verse 15 (4.63.15)

ततो देवर्षिगन्धर्वाः साधुसाध्वित्यपूजयन् । दुष्करं कृतवान्भीष्मो यदर्जुनमवारयत् ॥

tato devarṣigandharvāḥ sādhusādhvityapūjayan | duṣkaraṃ kṛtavānbhīṣmo yadarjunamavārayat

Then the divine seers and the Gandharvas applauded, crying "Well done, well done! Bhishma has done a hard thing in holding Arjuna back.

Note on the text: The critical edition (4.59.17) has the Kurus as the ones who cheer, and reads ayodhayat ("fought") for अवारयत्. The applause begun here continues as direct speech in verses 16–17.

Verse 16 (4.63.16)

बलवानर्जुनो दक्षः क्षिप्रकारी च पाण्डवः । कोऽन्यः समर्थः पार्थस्य वेगं धारयितुं रणे ॥

balavānarjuno dakṣaḥ kṣiprakārī ca pāṇḍavaḥ | ko'nyaḥ samarthaḥ pārthasya vegaṃ dhārayituṃ raṇe

Arjuna is strong and skilled, the Pandava is quick of hand. Who else could withstand Partha's onslaught in battle,

Note on the text: No speaker heading in Wikisource; the praise of the divine seers and Gandharvas opened in verse 15 continues, so it is assigned to them.

Verse 17 (4.63.17)

ऋते शान्तनवाद्भीष्मात्कृष्णाद्वा देवकीसुतात् । आचार्यवरमुख्याद्वा भारद्वाजान्महाबलात् ॥

ṛte śāntanavādbhīṣmātkṛṣṇādvā devakīsutāt | ācāryavaramukhyādvā bhāradvājānmahābalāt

except Bhishma son of Shantanu, or Krishna son of Devaki, or mighty Drona son of Bharadvaja, foremost among teachers?"

Note on the text: The praise of the divine seers and Gandharvas continues (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 18 (4.63.18)

अस्त्रैरस्त्राणि संवार्य क्रीडतः पुरुषोत्तमौ । चक्षूंषि सर्वभूतानां मोदयन्तौ महाबलौ ॥

astrairastrāṇi saṃvārya krīḍataḥ puruṣottamau | cakṣūṃṣi sarvabhūtānāṃ modayantau mahābalau

The two best of men played at warding off weapons with weapons, the two mighty ones delighting the eyes of all beings.

Note on the text: Narration resumes. The critical edition reads mohayantau ("dazzling") for मोदयन्तौ.

Verse 19 (4.63.19)

प्राजापत्यं तथैवैन्द्रमाग्नेयं च सुदारुणम् । कौबेरं वारुणं चैव याम्यं वायव्यमेव च । प्रयुञ्जानौ महात्मानौ समरे तौ विरेजतुः ॥

prājāpatyaṃ tathaivaindramāgneyaṃ ca sudāruṇam | kauberaṃ vāruṇaṃ caiva yāmyaṃ vāyavyameva ca | prayuñjānau mahātmānau samare tau virejatuḥ

Using the weapons of Prajapati and of Indra, the dreadful weapon of Agni, and those of Kubera, Varuna, Yama and Vayu, the two great-souled warriors shone in the battle.

Verse 20 (4.63.20)

विस्मितान्यथ भूतानि तौ दृष्ट्वा संयुगे तदा । साधु पार्थ महाबाहो साधु भीष्मेति चाब्रुवन् ॥

vismitānyatha bhūtāni tau dṛṣṭvā saṃyuge tadā | sādhu pārtha mahābāho sādhu bhīṣmeti cābruvan

The beings who watched the two in the fight were amazed and cried, "Well done, mighty-armed Partha! Well done, Bhishma!"

Verse 21 (4.63.21)

नैतदन्यो मनुष्येषु प्रदर्शयितुमाहवे । महास्त्राणां संप्रयोगं समरे भीष्मपार्थयोः ॥

naitadanyo manuṣyeṣu pradarśayitumāhave | mahāstrāṇāṃ saṃprayogaṃ samare bhīṣmapārthayoḥ

"No one else among men could show in battle such a clash of great weapons as this of Bhishma and Partha."

Note on the text: Corrected महास्राणां → महास्त्राणां (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त). No speaker heading in Wikisource; the acclamation of the beings begun in verse 20 continues (as in the critical edition, 4.59.23), so it is assigned to them.

Verse 22 (4.63.22)

एवं सर्वास्त्रविदुषोरस्त्रयुद्धमवर्तत ॥

evaṃ sarvāstraviduṣorastrayuddhamavartata

So the battle of weapons went on between those two who knew every weapon.

Note on the text: Printed in Wikisource as a one-line verse with its own verse-end mark; it is the first line of the critical edition's three-line 4.59.24, whose remaining lines answer to Wikisource verse 23.

Verse 23 (4.63.23)

अथ जिष्णुरुदावृत्य शितधारेण कार्मुकम् । न्यकृन्तद्गृध्रपत्रेण शातकुम्भपरिष्कृतम् ॥

atha jiṣṇurudāvṛtya śitadhāreṇa kārmukam | nyakṛntadgṛdhrapatreṇa śātakumbhapariṣkṛtam

Then Jishnu turned and, with a sharp-edged, vulture-feathered arrow, cut through Bhishma's gold-adorned bow.

Note on the text: Corresponds to the second and third lines of the critical edition's 4.59.24 (which names Bhishma); the wording of the second line differs.

Verse 24 (4.63.24)

निमेषान्तरमात्रेण भीष्मोऽन्यत्कार्मुकं रणे । समादाय नरव्याघ्रः सज्यं चक्रे महाबलः ॥

nimeṣāntaramātreṇa bhīṣmo'nyatkārmukaṃ raṇe | samādāya naravyāghraḥ sajyaṃ cakre mahābalaḥ

In the space of a blink Bhishma, tiger among men, mighty, took up another bow in the battle and strung it.

Verse 25 (4.63.25)

शरांश्च सुबहुन्क्रुद्धो मुमोचाशु धनंजये । अर्जुनोऽपि शरांस्तीक्ष्णान्भीष्माय निशितान्बहून् । चिक्षेप च महातेजास्तथा भीष्मश्च पाण्डवे ॥

śarāṃśca subahunkruddho mumocāśu dhanaṃjaye | arjuno'pi śarāṃstīkṣṇānbhīṣmāya niśitānbahūn | cikṣepa ca mahātejāstathā bhīṣmaśca pāṇḍave

In his anger he quickly loosed a great many arrows at Dhananjaya. Arjuna too, of great splendour, hurled many sharp, keen arrows at Bhishma, and Bhishma likewise at the Pandava.

Note on the text: Corrected अर्जुनोपि → अर्जुनोऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha). The first line is the last line of the critical edition's 4.59.25; the other two are 4.59.26.

Verse 26 (4.63.26)

तयोर्दिव्यास्त्रविदुषोरस्यतोरनिशं शरान् । न विशेषस्तदा राजन्दृश्यते सुमहात्मनोः ॥

tayordivyāstraviduṣorasyatoraniśaṃ śarān | na viśeṣastadā rājandṛśyate sumahātmanoḥ

As those two great-souled masters of divine weapons shot their arrows without pause, no difference could be seen between them, O king.

Verse 27 (4.63.27)

अथावृणोद्दश दिशः शरैरतिरथस्तदा । किरीटमाली कौन्तेयः शूरं शान्तनवं तथा ॥

athāvṛṇoddaśa diśaḥ śarairatirathastadā | kirīṭamālī kaunteyaḥ śūraṃ śāntanavaṃ tathā

Then the crowned son of Kunti, a matchless chariot-warrior, covered the ten directions with arrows, and the heroic son of Shantanu as well.

Verse 28 (4.63.28)

अतीव पाण्डवो भीष्मं भीष्मश्चातीव पाण्डवम् । बभूव तत्र सङ्घेऽस्मिन्लोके राजंस्तदद्भुतम् ॥

atīva pāṇḍavo bhīṣmaṃ bhīṣmaścātīva pāṇḍavam | babhūva tatra saṅghe'sminloke rājaṃstadadbhutam

In that clash the Pandava outdid Bhishma, and Bhishma outdid the Pandava; it was a wonder in the world, O king.

Verse 29 (4.63.29)

पाण्डवेन हताः शूरा भीष्मस्य रथरक्षिणः । शेरते स्म महाबाहो कौन्तेयस्याभितो रथम् ॥

pāṇḍavena hatāḥ śūrā bhīṣmasya ratharakṣiṇaḥ | śerate sma mahābāho kaunteyasyābhito ratham

Bhishma's heroic chariot-guards, slain by the Pandava, lay all around the chariot of Kunti's son, O mighty-armed one.

Verse 30 (4.63.30)

ततो गाण्डीवनिर्मुक्ता निरमित्रं चिकीर्षवः । असक्ताः पुङ्खसंसक्ताः श्वेतवाहनपत्रिणः ॥

tato gāṇḍīvanirmuktā niramitraṃ cikīrṣavaḥ | asaktāḥ puṅkhasaṃsaktāḥ śvetavāhanapatriṇaḥ

Then the feathered shafts of the white-horsed warrior, loosed from Gandiva to rid the field of foes, flew unchecked, each nock touching the feathers of the one before,

Verse 31 (4.63.31)

निष्पतन्तो रथात्तस्य धौता हैरण्यवाससः । आकाशे प्रत्यदृश्यन्त हंसानामिव पङ्क्तयः ॥

niṣpatanto rathāttasya dhautā hairaṇyavāsasaḥ | ākāśe pratyadṛśyanta haṃsānāmiva paṅktayaḥ

and as they sped from his chariot, bright and clad in gold, they looked in the sky like lines of swans.

Verse 32 (4.63.32)

तस्य तद्दिव्यमस्त्रं हि प्रगाढं चित्रमस्यतः । प्रेक्षन्ते स्मान्तरिक्षस्थाः सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः ॥

tasya taddivyamastraṃ hi pragāḍhaṃ citramasyataḥ | prekṣante smāntarikṣasthāḥ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ

All the gods with Vasava, standing in the sky, watched the divine weapon he was shooting, so intense and so wondrous.

Verse 33 (4.63.33)

तं दृष्ट्वा परमप्रीतो गन्धर्वश्चित्रमद्भुतम् । शशंस देवराजाय चित्रसेनः प्रतापवान् ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā paramaprīto gandharvaścitramadbhutam | śaśaṃsa devarājāya citrasenaḥ pratāpavān

Seeing that wondrous marvel, the mighty Gandharva Chitrasena, delighted beyond measure, praised it to the king of the gods:

Verse 34 (4.63.34)

पश्येमानरिनिर्दारान्संसक्तानिव गच्छतः । चित्ररूपमिदं जिष्णोर्दिव्यमस्त्रमुदीर्यतः ॥

paśyemānarinirdārānsaṃsaktāniva gacchataḥ | citrarūpamidaṃ jiṣṇordivyamastramudīryataḥ

"See these foe-rending arrows, flying as if strung together! Wondrous is the form of this divine weapon that Jishnu is releasing.

Note on the text: No speaker heading in Wikisource; verse 33 introduces Chitrasena's words to Indra (verses 34–37, closed by "इत्युक्तो" in verse 38), so they are assigned to him.

Verse 35 (4.63.35)

नेदं मनुष्याः श्रद्दध्युर्न हीदं तेषु विद्यते । सौराणां च महास्त्राणां विचित्रोऽयं समागमः ॥

nedaṃ manuṣyāḥ śraddadhyurna hīdaṃ teṣu vidyate | saurāṇāṃ ca mahāstrāṇāṃ vicitro'yaṃ samāgamaḥ

Men would not believe this, for nothing like it is found among them. This is a marvellous meeting of great celestial weapons.

Note on the text: Corrected महास्राणां → महास्त्राणां (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त). Chitrasena's speech continues. The critical edition reads paurāṇānāṃ ("ancient") for सौराणां.

Verse 36 (4.63.36)

मध्यन्दिनगतं सूर्यं प्रतपन्तमिवाम्बरे । न शक्नुवन्ति सैन्यानि पाण्डवं प्रसमीक्षितुम् ॥

madhyandinagataṃ sūryaṃ pratapantamivāmbare | na śaknuvanti sainyāni pāṇḍavaṃ prasamīkṣitum

The armies cannot bear to look at the Pandava, as one cannot look at the sun blazing in the sky at midday.

Note on the text: Chitrasena's speech continues.

Verse 37 (4.63.37)

उभौ विश्रुतकर्माणावुभौ शूरौ महीक्षिताम् । उभौ विचित्रकर्माणावुभौ युधि दुरासदौ ॥

ubhau viśrutakarmāṇāvubhau śūrau mahīkṣitām | ubhau vicitrakarmāṇāvubhau yudhi durāsadau

Both are famed for their deeds, both are heroes among kings, both are of wondrous deeds, both are hard to face in battle."

Note on the text: Chitrasena's speech ends.

Verse 38 (4.63.38)

इत्युक्तो देवराजस्तु पार्थभीष्मसमागमम् । पूजयामास दिव्येन पुष्पवर्षेण भारत ॥

ityukto devarājastu pārthabhīṣmasamāgamam | pūjayāmāsa divyena puṣpavarṣeṇa bhārata

So addressed, the king of the gods honoured the meeting of Partha and Bhishma with a shower of heavenly flowers, O Bharata.

Verse 39 (4.63.39)

अश्वत्थामा ततोऽभ्येत्य द्रुतं कर्णमभाषत । अहमेको हनिष्यामि समेतान्सर्वपाण्डवान् ॥

aśvatthāmā tato'bhyetya drutaṃ karṇamabhāṣata | ahameko haniṣyāmi sametānsarvapāṇḍavān

Then Ashvatthama came up quickly and said to Karna: "'I alone will kill all the Pandavas together' —

Note on the text: Removed the stray "[" that opens a bracketed passage in Wikisource (verses 39–45). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records verses 39–45 in its apparatus as 4.59.39d*1027 (this verse is lines 1–2). Ashvatthama's speech begins in the second line with no heading; the verse is left whole with the narrator.

Verse 40 (4.63.40)

इति कर्म समक्षं मे सभामध्ये त्वयोदितम् । न तु तत्कृतमेकस्माद्भीतो धावसि सूतज ॥

iti karma samakṣaṃ me sabhāmadhye tvayoditam | na tu tatkṛtamekasmādbhīto dhāvasi sūtaja

that is what you declared in the assembly before my eyes. But you have not done it; afraid of a single man, you run away, son of a charioteer.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); apparatus 4.59.39d*1027, lines 3–4. No speaker heading in Wikisource; Ashvatthama's speech, introduced in verse 39, so it is assigned to him.

Verse 41 (4.63.41)

वैचित्रवीर्यजाः सर्वे त्वामाश्रित्य पृथासुतान् । जेतुमिच्छन्ति संग्रामे भवान्युध्यस्व फल्गुनम् ॥

vaicitravīryajāḥ sarve tvāmāśritya pṛthāsutān | jetumicchanti saṃgrāme bhavānyudhyasva phalgunam

All the sons born of Vichitravirya's line rely on you to conquer the sons of Pritha in battle. Fight Phalguna yourself!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); apparatus 4.59.39d*1027, lines 5–6. Ashvatthama's speech continues.

Verse 42 (4.63.42)

अश्वत्थामोदितं वाक्यं श्रुत्वा दुर्योधनस्तदा । प्रत्युवाच रुषा द्रौणिं कर्णप्रियचिकीर्षया ॥

aśvatthāmoditaṃ vākyaṃ śrutvā duryodhanastadā | pratyuvāca ruṣā drauṇiṃ karṇapriyacikīrṣayā

Hearing these words spoken by Ashvatthama, Duryodhana, wishing to please Karna, answered Drona's son angrily:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); apparatus 4.59.39d*1027, lines 7–8. Narration.

Verse 43 (4.63.43)

मा मानभङ्गं विप्रेन्द्र कुरु विश्रुतकर्मणः । मानभङ्गेन राज्ञां तु बलहानिर्भविष्यति ॥

mā mānabhaṅgaṃ viprendra kuru viśrutakarmaṇaḥ | mānabhaṅgena rājñāṃ tu balahānirbhaviṣyati

"Best of brahmins, do not wound the pride of a man famed for his deeds. When the pride of kings is wounded, their strength is lost.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); apparatus 4.59.39d*1027, lines 9–10. No speaker heading in Wikisource; Duryodhana's reply, introduced in verse 42, so it is assigned to him.

Verse 44 (4.63.44)

शूरा वदन्ति संग्रामे वाचा कर्माणि कुर्वते । पराक्रमन्ति संग्रामे स्वस्य वीर्यानुसारतः ॥

śūrā vadanti saṃgrāme vācā karmāṇi kurvate | parākramanti saṃgrāme svasya vīryānusārataḥ

Heroes speak out, and in battle they turn their words into deeds; in battle they show their valour, each according to his own strength.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); apparatus 4.59.39d*1027, lines 11–12. Duryodhana's speech continues.

Verse 45 (4.63.45)

तस्मात्तं नार्हति भवान्गर्हितुं शूरसंमतम् ॥

tasmāttaṃ nārhati bhavāngarhituṃ śūrasaṃmatam

So you ought not to reproach him, a man whom heroes hold in honour."

Note on the text: Wikisource verse 45 is split here: its first line ends Duryodhana's speech, its second line is narration. Removed the stray "]" and doubled verse-end mark ("।।]") that close the bracketed passage. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); apparatus 4.59.39d*1027, line 13.

Verse 46 (4.63.46)

राज्ञैवमुक्तः स द्रौणिर्गतरोषोऽभवत्तदा ॥

rājñaivamuktaḥ sa drauṇirgataroṣo'bhavattadā

Thus addressed by the king, Drona's son let go of his anger.

Note on the text: Second line of Wikisource verse 45, split off as narration. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); apparatus 4.59.39d*1027, line 14.

Verse 47 (4.63.47)

ततो भीष्मः शान्तनवो बाणान्पार्श्वे समार्पयत् । अस्यतः प्रतिसन्धाय विवृतं सव्यसाचिनः ॥

tato bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavo bāṇānpārśve samārpayat | asyataḥ pratisandhāya vivṛtaṃ savyasācinaḥ

Then Bhishma son of Shantanu took aim and planted arrows in Savyasachin's side, left open as he drew to shoot.

Note on the text: The verse-end mark is missing on the Wikisource page; supplied. The critical edition specifies the left side (vāme pārśve).

Verse 48 (4.63.48)

ततः प्रसह्य बीभत्सुः पृथुधारेण कार्मुकम् । न्यकृन्तद्गृध्रपत्रेण भीष्मस्यामिततेजसः ॥

tataḥ prasahya bībhatsuḥ pṛthudhāreṇa kārmukam | nyakṛntadgṛdhrapatreṇa bhīṣmasyāmitatejasaḥ

Then Bibhatsu, with force, cut through the bow of Bhishma of boundless energy with a broad-edged, vulture-feathered arrow.

Verse 49 (4.63.49)

अथैनं दशभिः पश्चात्प्रत्यविध्यत्स्तनान्तरे । यतमानं पराक्रान्तं कुन्तीपुत्रो धनञ्जयः ॥

athainaṃ daśabhiḥ paścātpratyavidhyatstanāntare | yatamānaṃ parākrāntaṃ kuntīputro dhanañjayaḥ

Then Dhananjaya, son of Kunti, struck back and pierced him in the chest with ten arrows as he strove on, full of valour.

Verse 50 (4.63.50)

स पीडितो महाबाहुर्गृहीत्वा रथकूबरम् । गाङ्गेयो युधि दुर्धर्षस्तस्थौ दीप इवातुरः ॥

sa pīḍito mahābāhurgṛhītvā rathakūbaram | gāṅgeyo yudhi durdharṣastasthau dīpa ivāturaḥ

Wounded, the mighty-armed son of Ganga, unassailable in battle, clutched the pole of his chariot and stood there stricken, like a guttering lamp.

Note on the text: Corrected गोङ्गेयो → गाङ्गेयो (misprint in Wikisource; ो for ा). The critical edition reads dīrgham ivāturaḥ ("stood a long while as if sick") where Wikisource has दीप इवातुरः.

Verse 51 (4.63.51)

तं विसंज्ञमपोवाह संयन्ता रथवाजिनाम् । उपदेशमनुस्मृत्य रक्षमाणो महारथम् ॥

taṃ visaṃjñamapovāha saṃyantā rathavājinām | upadeśamanusmṛtya rakṣamāṇo mahāratham

Seeing him senseless, the driver of the chariot horses, remembering his instructions, carried him away to protect the great chariot-warrior.

Verse 52 (4.63.52)

पराक्रमे च शौर्ये च वीर्ये सत्त्वे बले रणे । शस्त्रास्त्रेषु च सर्वेषु लाघवे दूरपातने ॥

parākrame ca śaurye ca vīrye sattve bale raṇe | śastrāstreṣu ca sarveṣu lāghave dūrapātane

He who in valour and courage, in strength, spirit and might in battle, in all arms and missiles, in lightness of hand and in shooting far,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records verses 51–53 in its apparatus as 4.59.44d*1031 (this verse is lines 1–2).

Verse 53 (4.63.53)

यस्य नास्ति समो लोके पितृदत्तवरश्च यः । जितश्रमो जितारातिर्निस्तन्द्रिः खेदवर्जितः । यः स्वेच्छामरणः शूरः पितृशुश्रूषणे रतः ॥

yasya nāsti samo loke pitṛdattavaraśca yaḥ | jitaśramo jitārātirnistandriḥ khedavarjitaḥ | yaḥ svecchāmaraṇaḥ śūraḥ pitṛśuśrūṣaṇe rataḥ

has no equal in the world; who holds a boon from his father; who has mastered weariness and mastered his foes, who knows neither drowsiness nor fatigue; the hero who dies only by his own will, devoted to the service of his father —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); apparatus 4.59.44d*1031, lines 3–5.

Verse 54 (4.63.54)

दुर्योधनहितार्थाय युद्ध्वा पार्थेन संगरे । पृथासुतहितार्थाय पराजित इवाभवत् ॥

duryodhanahitārthāya yuddhvā pārthena saṃgare | pṛthāsutahitārthāya parājita ivābhavat

he, having fought Partha in battle for Duryodhana's good, became as one defeated, for the good of the sons of Pritha.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); apparatus 4.59.44d*1031, lines 6–7.