Arjuna's Boast to Uttara and the Rout of Duryodhana's Brothers

Verse 1 (4.65.1)

कर्णं पराजितं दृष्ट्वा पार्थो वैराटिमब्रवीत् । एतं मां प्रापयेदानीं रथवृन्दं प्रहारिणाम् ॥

karṇaṃ parājitaṃ dṛṣṭvā pārtho vairāṭimabravīt | etaṃ māṃ prāpayedānīṃ rathavṛndaṃ prahāriṇām

Seeing Karna defeated, Partha said to Virata's son: "Now take me to that troop of chariots of hard-hitting fighters,

Note on the text: Speaker heading वैशंपायन उवाच printed above this verse; normalised to वैशम्पायन. Arjuna's speech begins in the second line with no heading; the verse is left whole with the narrator, and verses 2–21 are Arjuna's. The second line differs from the critical edition's 4.56.1cd ("to the division where the golden palm banner stands").

Verse 2 (4.65.2)

यत्र शान्तनवो भीष्मः सर्वेषां नः पितामहः । सुयुद्धं काङ्क्षमाणो वै रथे तिष्ठति दंशितः ॥

yatra śāntanavo bhīṣmaḥ sarveṣāṃ naḥ pitāmahaḥ | suyuddhaṃ kāṅkṣamāṇo vai rathe tiṣṭhati daṃśitaḥ

where Bhishma son of Shantanu, grandsire of us all, stands armoured in his chariot, longing for a good fight,

Note on the text: No speaker heading in Wikisource; Arjuna's speech, introduced in verse 1, so it is assigned to him.

Verse 3 (4.65.3)

तालो वै काञ्चनो यत्र वज्रवैडूर्यभूषितः । अतीव समरे भाति मातरिश्वप्रकम्पितः ॥

tālo vai kāñcano yatra vajravaiḍūryabhūṣitaḥ | atīva samare bhāti mātariśvaprakampitaḥ

where the golden palm banner, adorned with diamonds and beryl, shines out in the battle as the wind shakes it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.56.2d*0977, lines 1–2. Arjuna's speech to Uttara continues (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 4 (4.65.4)

दारुणं प्रहरिष्यामि रथबृन्दानि धन्विनाम् । आदास्याम्यहमेतेषां धनुर्ज्यावेष्टनानि च ॥

dāruṇaṃ prahariṣyāmi rathabṛndāni dhanvinām | ādāsyāmyahameteṣāṃ dhanurjyāveṣṭanāni ca

I shall strike hard at the chariot-troops of those bowmen, and I shall take away their bows, bowstrings and headbands.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition text; it is in the apparatus as 4.56.2d*0977, line 3. The second line answers to the last line of 4.56.2 (which reads "his bowstring" for "their bows, bowstrings and headbands"). Arjuna's speech to Uttara continues (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 5 (4.65.5)

अस्यन्तं दिव्यमस्त्राणि चित्रमुत्तर पश्यसि ॥

asyantaṃ divyamastrāṇi citramuttara paśyasi

You will see me, Uttara, shooting divine weapons in wondrous ways.

Note on the text: Printed in Wikisource as a one-line verse with its own verse-end mark; it answers to the first line of the critical edition's 4.56.3, whose second line is the first line of Wikisource verse 6, so nothing is lost. Arjuna's speech to Uttara continues (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 6 (4.65.6)

शतह्रदां जृम्भमाणां मेघस्थां प्रावृषीव च । सुवर्णपृष्ठं गाण्डीवं पश्यन्तु कुरवो मम ॥

śatahradāṃ jṛmbhamāṇāṃ meghasthāṃ prāvṛṣīva ca | suvarṇapṛṣṭhaṃ gāṇḍīvaṃ paśyantu kuravo mama

Let the Kurus see my gold-backed Gandiva, like lightning flaring out of a cloud in the rainy season.

Note on the text: The first line answers to the second line of 4.56.3, the second to the first line of 4.56.4. Arjuna's speech to Uttara continues (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 7 (4.65.7)

दक्षिणेनाथ वामेन कतमेन स्विदस्यति । इति मां शत्रवः सर्वे न विज्ञास्यन्ति सारथे ॥

dakṣiṇenātha vāmena katamena svidasyati | iti māṃ śatravaḥ sarve na vijñāsyanti sārathe

"With the right hand or the left — which one is he shooting with?" — so all my enemies will be unable to tell, charioteer.

Note on the text: Answers to the second and third lines of 4.56.4. Arjuna's speech to Uttara continues (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 8 (4.65.8)

अस्त्रोदकां हयावर्तां नागनक्रां रथह्रदाम् । नदीं प्रस्कन्दयिष्यामि परलोकापहारिणीम् ॥

astrodakāṃ hayāvartāṃ nāganakrāṃ rathahradām | nadīṃ praskandayiṣyāmi paralokāpahāriṇīm

I shall set flowing a river whose water is weapons, whose whirlpools are horses, whose crocodiles are elephants and whose pools are chariots — a river that sweeps men off to the other world.

Note on the text: The critical edition (4.56.5) has a river "whose water is blood". Arjuna's speech to Uttara continues (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 9 (4.65.9)

पाणिपादशिरःपृष्ठबाहुशङ्खचराचरम् । वनं कुरूणां छेत्स्यामि भल्लैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥

pāṇipādaśiraḥpṛṣṭhabāhuśaṅkhacarācaram | vanaṃ kurūṇāṃ chetsyāmi bhallaiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ

With broad-headed, smooth-jointed arrows I shall cut down the forest of the Kurus, a forest whose living growth is hands, feet, heads, backs, arms and temples.

Note on the text: The critical edition (4.56.6) has "thick with branches that are arms" (bāhuśākhānirantaram) where Wikisource has बाहुशङ्खचराचरम्. Arjuna's speech to Uttara continues (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 10 (4.65.10)

तूणीशयाः सुपुङ्खाग्रा विशिखा दुन्दुभिस्वनाः । मया प्रमुक्ताः संग्रामे कुरून्धक्ष्यन्ति सायकाः ॥

tūṇīśayāḥ supuṅkhāgrā viśikhā dundubhisvanāḥ | mayā pramuktāḥ saṃgrāme kurūndhakṣyanti sāyakāḥ

My shafts that lie in the quiver, finely feathered and pointed, roaring like kettledrums, once loosed by me in battle will burn up the Kurus.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.56.6d*0978. Arjuna's speech to Uttara continues (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 11 (4.65.11)

ध्वजवृक्षं शरतृणं नागाश्वश्वापदाकुलम् । रथसिंहगणैर्युक्तं धनुर्वल्लिसमाकुलम् । वनमादीपयिष्यामि कुरूणामस्त्रतेजसा ॥

dhvajavṛkṣaṃ śaratṛṇaṃ nāgāśvaśvāpadākulam | rathasiṃhagaṇairyuktaṃ dhanurvallisamākulam | vanamādīpayiṣyāmi kurūṇāmastratejasā

With the blaze of my weapons I shall set on fire the forest of the Kurus — its trees are banners, its grass is arrows, it teems with elephants and horses for wild beasts, it holds troops of lions that are chariot-warriors, and it is overgrown with bows for creepers.

Note on the text: The first and third lines answer to 4.56.12; the second line is in the apparatus as 4.56.12b*0983. Arjuna's speech to Uttara continues (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 12 (4.65.12)

जयतो भारतीं सेनामेकस्य मम संयुगे । शतं मार्गा भविष्यन्ति पावकस्येव कानने ॥

jayato bhāratīṃ senāmekasya mama saṃyuge | śataṃ mārgā bhaviṣyanti pāvakasyeva kānane

As I alone conquer the Bharata host in battle, a hundred paths will open through it, as for a fire in a forest.

Note on the text: Arjuna's speech to Uttara continues (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 13 (4.65.13)

मया चक्रमिवाविद्धं सैन्यं द्रक्ष्यसि केवलम् । तानहं रथनीडेभ्यः परलोकाय शात्रवान् । एकः प्रद्रावयिष्यामि चक्रपाणिरिवासुरान् ॥

mayā cakramivāviddhaṃ sainyaṃ drakṣyasi kevalam | tānahaṃ rathanīḍebhyaḥ paralokāya śātravān | ekaḥ pradrāvayiṣyāmi cakrapāṇirivāsurān

You will see the whole army spun about by me like a whirling wheel. Alone I shall drive those foes from their chariot seats to the other world, as the bearer of the discus drove the asuras.

Note on the text: The first line is the last line of the critical edition's 4.56.7; the other two answer to 4.56.13 (which reads "as the wielder of the thunderbolt" for "as the bearer of the discus"). Arjuna's speech to Uttara continues (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 14 (4.65.14)

असंभ्रान्तो रथे तिष्ठन्समेषु विषमेषु च । मार्गमावृत्य तिष्ठन्तमपि भेत्स्यामि पर्वतम् ॥

asaṃbhrānto rathe tiṣṭhansameṣu viṣameṣu ca | mārgamāvṛtya tiṣṭhantamapi bhetsyāmi parvatam

Standing unshaken in my chariot over level ground and rough, I would split even a mountain that stood in my way.

Note on the text: Arjuna's speech to Uttara continues (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 15 (4.65.15)

अहमिन्द्रस्य संग्रामे द्विषतो बलदर्पितान् । मातलिं सारथिं कृत्वा निवातकवचान्रणे । हतवान्सर्वतः सर्वान्धावतो युध्यतस्तदा ॥

ahamindrasya saṃgrāme dviṣato baladarpitān | mātaliṃ sārathiṃ kṛtvā nivātakavacānraṇe | hatavānsarvataḥ sarvāndhāvato yudhyatastadā

In Indra's war, with Matali as my charioteer, I killed the Nivatakavachas in battle, enemies swollen with pride in their strength — killed them all, on every side, as they ran and as they fought.

Note on the text: The first line differs from the critical edition's 4.56.9ab; the second and third lines are in the apparatus as 4.56.9b*0980, lines 1–2. Arjuna's speech to Uttara continues (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 16 (4.65.16)

निवातकवचान्हत्वा गाण्डीवास्त्रैः सहस्रशः । परं पारे समुद्रस्य हिरण्यपुरमारुजम् ॥

nivātakavacānhatvā gāṇḍīvāstraiḥ sahasraśaḥ | paraṃ pāre samudrasya hiraṇyapuramārujam

Having slain the Nivatakavachas by thousands with the weapons of Gandiva, I shattered Hiranyapura on the far shore of the ocean.

Note on the text: The first line is in the apparatus as 4.56.9b*0980, line 3; the second answers to the first line of 4.56.11. Arjuna's speech to Uttara continues (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 17 (4.65.17)

हत्वा षष्टिसहस्राणि रथानामुग्रधन्विनाम् । पौलोमान्कालकेयांश्च समरे भृशदारुणान् । असुरानहनं घोरान्रौद्रेणास्त्रेण सारथे ॥

hatvā ṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi rathānāmugradhanvinām | paulomānkālakeyāṃśca samare bhṛśadāruṇān | asurānahanaṃ ghorānraudreṇāstreṇa sārathe

Having slain sixty thousand chariot-fighters with fierce bows, I killed the Paulomas and the Kalakeyas, asuras terribly cruel in battle, with the Raudra weapon, charioteer.

Note on the text: The first line answers to the second line of 4.56.11, the second to the second line of 4.56.9 (which reads Kālakhañjas for Kalakeyas), and the third is in the apparatus as 4.56.9d*0981. Arjuna's speech to Uttara continues (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 18 (4.65.18)

अहमिन्द्राद्दृढां मुष्टिं ब्रह्मणः क्षिप्रहस्तताम् । प्रगाढनिपुणं चित्रमतिवृद्धं प्रजापतेः ॥

ahamindrāddṛḍhāṃ muṣṭiṃ brahmaṇaḥ kṣiprahastatām | pragāḍhanipuṇaṃ citramativṛddhaṃ prajāpateḥ

From Indra I have a firm grip, from Brahma swiftness of hand, and from Prajapati an art deep, subtle, wondrous and highly developed.

Note on the text: Arjuna's speech to Uttara continues (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 19 (4.65.19)

रौद्रं रुद्रादहं वेद्मि वारुणं वरुणादपि । सौर्यं सूर्यादहं वेद्मि याम्यं दण्डधरादपि ॥

raudraṃ rudrādahaṃ vedmi vāruṇaṃ varuṇādapi | sauryaṃ sūryādahaṃ vedmi yāmyaṃ daṇḍadharādapi

I know the Raudra weapon from Rudra and the Varuna weapon from Varuna; I know the Saura weapon from Surya and the Yamya weapon from Yama, the bearer of the rod.

Note on the text: The first line answers to the first line of 4.56.14; the second is in the apparatus as 4.56.14b*0985. Arjuna's speech to Uttara continues (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 20 (4.65.20)

अस्त्रमाग्नेयमग्नेश्च वायव्यं मातरिश्वनः । अन्यैर्देवैरहं प्राप्तः को मां विषहते पुमान् ॥

astramāgneyamagneśca vāyavyaṃ mātariśvanaḥ | anyairdevairahaṃ prāptaḥ ko māṃ viṣahate pumān

The Agneya weapon I have from Agni and the Vayavya from Matarishvan, the Wind; I have received weapons from other gods too. What man can stand against me?

Note on the text: The first line answers to the second line of 4.56.14; the second is in the apparatus as 4.56.14d*0987, line 1. Arjuna's speech to Uttara continues (no heading in Wikisource).

Verse 21 (4.65.21)

अद्य गाण्डीवनिर्मुक्तैःशरौघै रोमहर्षणैः । कुरूणां पातयिष्यामि रथवृन्दानि धन्विनाम् ॥

adya gāṇḍīvanirmuktaiḥśaraughai romaharṣaṇaiḥ | kurūṇāṃ pātayiṣyāmi rathavṛndāni dhanvinām

Today, with hair-raising floods of arrows loosed from Gandiva, I shall bring down the chariot-troops of the Kuru bowmen."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.56.14d*0987, lines 2–3. Arjuna's speech ends.

Verse 22 (4.65.22)

एवमाश्वासितस्तेन वैराटिः सव्यसाचिना । व्यगाहत रथानीकं भीमं भीष्मस्य वाजिभिः ॥

evamāśvāsitastena vairāṭiḥ savyasācinā | vyagāhata rathānīkaṃ bhīmaṃ bhīṣmasya vājibhiḥ

Heartened in this way by Savyasachin, Virata's son drove his horses into Bhishma's fearsome ranks of chariots.

Note on the text: Speaker heading वैशंपायन उवाच printed above this verse; normalised to वैशम्पायन.

Verse 23 (4.65.23)

रथिसिंहमनाधृष्यं जिगीषन्तं परान्रणे । अभ्यधावत्तदैवोग्रो ज्यां विकर्षन्धनञ्जयः ॥

rathisiṃhamanādhṛṣyaṃ jigīṣantaṃ parānraṇe | abhyadhāvattadaivogro jyāṃ vikarṣandhanañjayaḥ

Then fierce Dhananjaya, drawing his bowstring, charged at that lion among chariot-warriors, the unassailable one bent on conquering his foes in battle.

Note on the text: Differs in wording from the critical edition's 4.56.17 (where it is the Kaurava warrior who checks Dhananjaya).

Verse 24 (4.65.24)

दुःशासनोऽभ्ययात्तूर्णमर्जुनं भरतर्षभः ॥

duḥśāsano'bhyayāttūrṇamarjunaṃ bharatarṣabhaḥ

Duhshasana, a bull among the Bharatas, quickly advanced on Arjuna.

Note on the text: Printed in Wikisource as a one-line verse with its own verse-end mark. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.56.17d*0990, line 1 (whose line 2 is the first line of Wikisource verse 25), so nothing is lost.

Verse 25 (4.65.25)

अन्येऽपि चित्राभरणा युवानो मृष्टकुण्डलाः । अभ्ययुर्भीमधन्वानो मौर्वीं पर्यस्य बाहुभिः ॥

anye'pi citrābharaṇā yuvāno mṛṣṭakuṇḍalāḥ | abhyayurbhīmadhanvāno maurvīṃ paryasya bāhubhiḥ

Other young men too, in bright ornaments and polished earrings, wielding fearsome bows, came on with bowstrings drawn about their arms.

Note on the text: Corrected मौवी → मौर्वीं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र् and anusvara; "bowstring", object of पर्यस्य, as the critical edition has maurvīṃ). The first line is in the apparatus as 4.56.17d*0990, line 2; the second answers to the second line of 4.56.18.

Verse 26 (4.65.26)

दुःशासनो विकर्णश्च वृषसेनो विविंशतिः । अभीता भीमधन्वानं पाण्डवं पर्यवारयन् ॥

duḥśāsano vikarṇaśca vṛṣaseno viviṃśatiḥ | abhītā bhīmadhanvānaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ paryavārayan

Duhshasana, Vikarna, Vrishasena and Vivimshati, without fear, surrounded the Pandava of the fearsome bow.

Note on the text: Corrected विविशतिः → विविंशतिः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara in the name). The critical edition names Duhsaha where Wikisource has Vrishasena.

Verse 27 (4.65.27)

तस्य दुःशासनः षष्टिं वामपार्श्वे समार्पयत् । अस्यतः प्रतिसन्धाय कुन्तीपुत्रस्य धीमतः ॥

tasya duḥśāsanaḥ ṣaṣṭiṃ vāmapārśve samārpayat | asyataḥ pratisandhāya kuntīputrasya dhīmataḥ

Duhshasana took aim and planted sixty arrows in the left side of Kunti's wise son as he drew to shoot.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.56.19d*0991.

Verse 28 (4.65.28)

पुनश्चैव स भल्लेन विद्ध्वा वैराटिमुत्तरम् । द्वितीयेनार्जुनं वीरं प्रत्यविध्यत्स्तनान्तरे ॥

punaścaiva sa bhallena viddhvā vairāṭimuttaram | dvitīyenārjunaṃ vīraṃ pratyavidhyatstanāntare

Then again, having pierced Uttara, Virata's son, with a broad-headed arrow, he pierced heroic Arjuna in the chest with a second.

Verse 29 (4.65.29)

तस्य जिष्णुरुदावृत्य क्षुरधारेण कार्मुकम् । प्राकृन्तद्गृध्रपत्रेण जातरूपपरिष्कृतम् ॥

tasya jiṣṇurudāvṛtya kṣuradhāreṇa kārmukam | prākṛntadgṛdhrapatreṇa jātarūpapariṣkṛtam

Jishnu turned on him and with a razor-edged, vulture-feathered arrow cut through his gold-adorned bow.

Verse 30 (4.65.30)

अथैनं पञ्चभिर्बाणैः प्रत्यविध्यत्स्तनान्तरे । सोऽपयातो रथोपस्थात्पार्थबाणाभिपीडितः ॥

athainaṃ pañcabhirbāṇaiḥ pratyavidhyatstanāntare | so'payāto rathopasthātpārthabāṇābhipīḍitaḥ

Then he pierced him in the chest with five arrows, and Duhshasana, tormented by Partha's arrows, withdrew from the chariot fight.

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

Verse 31 (4.65.31)

सर्वा दिशश्चाभ्यपतद्बीभत्सुरपराजितः । तं विकर्णः शरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्गृध्रपक्षैः शिलाशितैः । विव्याध परवीरध्नमर्जुनं धृतराष्ट्रजः ॥

sarvā diśaścābhyapatadbībhatsuraparājitaḥ | taṃ vikarṇaḥ śaraistīkṣṇairgṛdhrapakṣaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ | vivyādha paravīradhnamarjunaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrajaḥ

Unconquered Bibhatsu swept down on every quarter. Then Vikarna, son of Dhritarashtra, pierced Arjuna, slayer of enemy heroes, with sharp vulture-feathered arrows whetted on stone.

Note on the text: Corrected अपाराजितः → अपराजितः (misprint in Wikisource; extra ा). The first line answers to the first line of the critical edition's 4.56.28; the other two answer to 4.56.23.

Verse 32 (4.65.32)

ततस्तमपि कौन्तेयः शरेण नतपर्वणा । ललाटेऽभ्यहनद्गाढं स विद्धः प्राद्रवद्भयात् ॥

tatastamapi kaunteyaḥ śareṇa nataparvaṇā | lalāṭe'bhyahanadgāḍhaṃ sa viddhaḥ prādravadbhayāt

Kunti's son struck him too, hard on the forehead, with a smooth-jointed arrow, and pierced, he fled in fear.

Verse 33 (4.65.33)

ततः पार्थमुपाद्रुत्य दुस्सहः सविविंशतिः । अवाकिरच्छरैस्तीक्ष्णैः परीप्सन्भ्रातरं रणे ॥

tataḥ pārthamupādrutya dussahaḥ saviviṃśatiḥ | avākiraccharaistīkṣṇaiḥ parīpsanbhrātaraṃ raṇe

Then Duhsaha, together with Vivimshati, rushed at Partha and showered him with sharp arrows, trying to rescue his brother in the battle.

Verse 34 (4.65.34)

तावुभौ गृध्रपत्राभ्यां निशिताभ्यां धनञ्जयः । विव्याध युगपद्व्यग्रस्तयोर्वाहानसूदयत् ॥

tāvubhau gṛdhrapatrābhyāṃ niśitābhyāṃ dhanañjayaḥ | vivyādha yugapadvyagrastayorvāhānasūdayat

Dhananjaya, busy with both at once, pierced the two together with two sharp vulture-feathered arrows and killed their horses.

Note on the text: The critical edition reads avyagraḥ ("unruffled") where Wikisource has व्यग्रः ("fully occupied").

Verse 35 (4.65.35)

तौ हताश्वौ तु विद्धाङ्गौ धृतराष्ट्रात्मजावुभौ । अभिपत्य रथैरन्यैरपनीतौ पदानुगैः ॥

tau hatāśvau tu viddhāṅgau dhṛtarāṣṭrātmajāvubhau | abhipatya rathairanyairapanītau padānugaiḥ

Their horses slain and their limbs pierced, the two sons of Dhritarashtra were carried off in other chariots by their followers, who ran up to them.

Verse 36 (4.65.36)

व्यद्रावयदशेषांश्च धृतराष्ट्रसुतांस्तदा । विद्राव्य च रणे पार्थो रणभूमिं व्यराजयत् ॥

vyadrāvayadaśeṣāṃśca dhṛtarāṣṭrasutāṃstadā | vidrāvya ca raṇe pārtho raṇabhūmiṃ vyarājayat

Then he put all the rest of Dhritarashtra's sons to flight, and having routed them in battle, Partha lit up the field.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.56.27d*0993.

Verse 37 (4.65.37)

किरीटमाली कौन्तेयो लब्धलक्षः प्रतापवान् । पातयन्नुत्तमाङ्गानि बाहूश्च परिघोपमान् ॥

kirīṭamālī kaunteyo labdhalakṣaḥ pratāpavān | pātayannuttamāṅgāni bāhūśca parighopamān

The crowned son of Kunti, mighty and never missing his mark, struck off heads, and arms like iron bars,

Note on the text: The first line answers to the second line of 4.56.28; the second is in the apparatus as 4.56.28d*0994, line 1.

Verse 38 (4.65.38)

अशेरत महावीराः शतशो रुक्ममालिनः ॥

aśerata mahāvīrāḥ śataśo rukmamālinaḥ

and great heroes lay there by the hundred, wearing golden garlands.

Note on the text: Printed in Wikisource as a one-line verse with its own verse-end mark; the sense runs on from verse 37, so nothing is lost. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.56.28d*0994, line 2 (which reads "the mighty one shone" where Wikisource has "great heroes lay").

Verse 39 (4.65.39)

कमलदिनकरेन्दुसन्निभैः सितदशनैः सुमुखाक्षिनासिकैः । रुचिरमकरकुण्डलैर्मही पुरुषशिरोभिरथास्तृता बभौ ॥

kamaladinakarendusannibhaiḥ sitadaśanaiḥ sumukhākṣināsikaiḥ | ruciramakarakuṇḍalairmahī puruṣaśirobhirathāstṛtā babhau

The earth shone, strewn with the heads of men like lotuses, like the sun and the moon, with white teeth, fine faces, eyes and noses, and lovely makara-shaped earrings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.56.28d*0994, lines 3–6 (reading "diadems and earrings" for "makara earrings").

Verse 40 (4.65.40)

सुनसं चारुदीप्ताक्षं क्लृप्तश्मश्रु स्वलंकृतम् । अदृश्यत शिरश्छिन्नमनेकं हेमकुण्डलम् ॥

sunasaṃ cārudīptākṣaṃ klṛptaśmaśru svalaṃkṛtam | adṛśyata śiraśchinnamanekaṃ hemakuṇḍalam

Many a severed head was seen, with a fine nose and handsome, shining eyes, a trimmed beard, well adorned, with golden earrings.

Note on the text: Corrected चारुदीप्ताश्चं → चारुदीप्ताक्षं (misprint in Wikisource; श्च for क्ष; the apparatus reads dīptākṣaṃ, "bright-eyed"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.56.28d*0994, lines 7–8.

Verse 41 (4.65.41)

एवं तत्प्रहतं सैन्यं समन्तात्प्रद्रुतं भयात् ॥

evaṃ tatprahataṃ sainyaṃ samantātpradrutaṃ bhayāt

So that army, cut down, fled in fear on every side.

Note on the text: Printed in Wikisource as a one-line verse with its own verse-end mark. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 4.56.28d*0994, line 9, also a single closing line.

Verse 42 (4.65.42)

अथ दुर्योधनः कर्णः सौबलः शकुनिस्तदा । द्रोणश्च द्रोणपुत्रश्च कृपश्चातिरथो रणे ॥

atha duryodhanaḥ karṇaḥ saubalaḥ śakunistadā | droṇaśca droṇaputraśca kṛpaścātiratho raṇe

Then Duryodhana, Karna, Shakuni son of Subala, Drona and Drona's son, and Kripa, a matchless chariot-warrior in battle —

Note on the text: The critical edition's 4.58.1 names Duhshasana and Vivimshati where Wikisource has Shakuni.

Verse 43 (4.65.43)

सहिता विजयं तत्र योधयन्तो महारथाः । विष्फारयन्तश्चापानि बलवन्ति महाबलाः ॥

sahitā vijayaṃ tatra yodhayanto mahārathāḥ | viṣphārayantaścāpāni balavanti mahābalāḥ

great chariot-warriors all, joining together there to fight Vijaya, mighty men twanging their strong bows,

Note on the text: The first line differs from the critical edition's 4.58.2.

Verse 44 (4.65.44)

ततः कीर्णपताकेन रथेनादित्यवर्चसा । पुनरावृत्य मार्गस्थं ददृशुर्वानरध्वजम् ॥

tataḥ kīrṇapatākena rathenādityavarcasā | punarāvṛtya mārgasthaṃ dadṛśurvānaradhvajam

turned back and saw the monkey-bannered one standing in their path, in his chariot bright as the sun with its banners spread wide.

Note on the text: The second line differs from the critical edition's 4.58.3, where the monkey-bannered one goes out to meet them.

Verse 45 (4.65.45)

ते महास्त्रैर्महेष्वासाः परिवार्य धनञ्जयम् । अभ्यवर्षन्सुसंक्रुद्धा महामेघा इवाचलम् ॥

te mahāstrairmaheṣvāsāḥ parivārya dhanañjayam | abhyavarṣansusaṃkruddhā mahāmeghā ivācalam

Surrounding Dhananjaya with mighty weapons, those great archers in their fury rained on him as great clouds rain on a mountain.

Note on the text: The first line answers to the second line of 4.58.4; the second is in the apparatus as 4.58.4d*1011.

Verse 46 (4.65.46)

शरौघान्सम्यगस्यन्तो जीमूता इव शारदाः । युद्धे तस्थुर्महावीर्याः प्रतपन्तः किरीटिनम् ॥

śaraughānsamyagasyanto jīmūtā iva śāradāḥ | yuddhe tasthurmahāvīryāḥ pratapantaḥ kirīṭinam

Pouring out floods of arrows like autumn clouds, the mighty warriors held their ground in the fight, scorching the crowned one.

Verse 47 (4.65.47)

इषुभिर्बहुभिस्तूर्णं निशितैर्लोमवापिभिः । अदूरात्प्रत्यवस्थाय पाण्डवं समयोधयन् ॥

iṣubhirbahubhistūrṇaṃ niśitairlomavāpibhiḥ | adūrātpratyavasthāya pāṇḍavaṃ samayodhayan

Taking their stand close by, they fought the Pandava, swiftly, with many sharp arrows keen enough to shave a hair.

Verse 48 (4.65.48)

ततः प्रहस्य बीभत्सुस्तमैन्द्रं पञ्चवार्षिकम् । अस्त्रमादित्यसंकाशं गाण्डीवे समयोजयत् ॥

tataḥ prahasya bībhatsustamaindraṃ pañcavārṣikam | astramādityasaṃkāśaṃ gāṇḍīve samayojayat

Then Bibhatsu laughed and set upon Gandiva the Aindra weapon of his five years in heaven, bright as the sun.

Note on the text: The critical edition reads "the great chariot-warrior, the divine Aindra" for तमैन्द्रं पञ्चवार्षिकम्.

Verse 49 (4.65.49)

नाक्षाणां न च चक्राणां न रथानां न वाजिनाम् । अङ्गुलाद्द्व्यङ्गुलाद्वापि विवृतं प्रत्यदृश्यत ॥

nākṣāṇāṃ na ca cakrāṇāṃ na rathānāṃ na vājinām | aṅgulāddvyaṅgulādvāpi vivṛtaṃ pratyadṛśyata

Not on axles nor on wheels, not on chariots nor on horses, could a gap of a finger's breadth or two be seen left open.

Note on the text: Corrected नाक्षणां → नाक्षाणां (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ा, "of axles", as the apparatus has nākṣāṇāṃ) and अङ्गुलाद्दव्यङ्गुलात् → अङ्गुलाद्द्व्यङ्गुलात् (misprint; broken conjunct). The first line is in the apparatus as 4.58.8d*1014; the second answers loosely to the second line of 4.58.7.

Verse 50 (4.65.50)

यथा रश्मिभिरादित्यो वृणुते सर्वतो दिशम् । एवं किरीटिना मुक्तं सर्वं प्राच्छादयज्जगत् ॥

yathā raśmibhirādityo vṛṇute sarvato diśam | evaṃ kirīṭinā muktaṃ sarvaṃ prācchādayajjagat

As the sun covers every quarter with its rays, so what the crowned one loosed covered the whole world.

Note on the text: Corrected प्राच्छादयञ्जगत् → प्राच्छादयज्जगत् (misprint in Wikisource; त् before ज becomes ज्, not ञ्). The verse answers only loosely to the critical edition's 4.58.9, which has the same image of the sun's rays.

Verse 51 (4.65.51)

यथा बलाहके विद्युत्पावको वा शिलोच्चये । तथा गाण्डीवमभवच्छक्रायुधमिवाततम् ॥

yathā balāhake vidyutpāvako vā śiloccaye | tathā gāṇḍīvamabhavacchakrāyudhamivātatam

As lightning in a cloud, or fire on a mountain, so Gandiva appeared, bent like Indra's bow, the rainbow.

Note on the text: Corrected अभवच्चक्राभुधम् → अभवच्छक्रायुधम् (misprint in Wikisource; चक्राभुध is not a word; शक्रायुध, "Indra's weapon", the rainbow, is the evident reading, the critical edition having the synonym indrāyudham).

Verse 52 (4.65.52)

यथा वर्षति पर्जन्यो विद्युत्पतति पर्वते । विस्फूर्जिता दिशः सर्वा ज्वलद्गाण्डीवमावृणोत् ॥

yathā varṣati parjanyo vidyutpatati parvate | visphūrjitā diśaḥ sarvā jvaladgāṇḍīvamāvṛṇot

As when the rain-god pours and lightning falls on a mountain, so blazing Gandiva enveloped all the quarters, which rang with its thunder.

Note on the text: Differs in wording from the critical edition's 4.58.11.

Verse 53 (4.65.53)

त्रस्ताश्च रथिनः सर्वे चैन्द्रमस्त्रं विकुर्वति । सर्वे शान्तिपरा योधाः स्वचित्तं नाभिजज्ञिरे । सहिता द्रोणभीष्माभ्यां प्रमोहगतचेतनाः ॥

trastāśca rathinaḥ sarve caindramastraṃ vikurvati | sarve śāntiparā yodhāḥ svacittaṃ nābhijajñire | sahitā droṇabhīṣmābhyāṃ pramohagatacetanāḥ

All the chariot-fighters were terrified as he loosed the Aindra weapon. All the warriors gave up the fight and could not collect their wits, and with Drona and Bhishma they stood stunned, their minds bewildered.

Note on the text: Corrected रथिनःक → रथिनः (stray क after the visarga in Wikisource) and नाभिजझिरे → नाभिजज्ञिरे (misprint; झ for ज्ञ). The third line has no counterpart in the critical edition's 4.58.12.

Verse 54 (4.65.54)

तानि सर्वाणि सैन्यानि भग्नानि भरतर्षभ । प्राद्रवन्त दिशः सर्वा भयाद्वै सव्यसाचिनः ॥

tāni sarvāṇi sainyāni bhagnāni bharatarṣabha | prādravanta diśaḥ sarvā bhayādvai savyasācinaḥ

All those armies, broken, fled in every direction, O bull of the Bharatas, in fear of Savyasachin.