Arjuna Puts Duryodhana to Flight and Taunts Him

Verse 1 (4.66.1)

दक्षिणामेव तु दिशं हयानुत्तर वाहय । पुरा सार्थी भवत्येषामयं शब्दोऽत्र तिष्ठताम् ॥

dakṣiṇāmeva tu diśaṃ hayānuttara vāhaya | purā sārthī bhavatyeṣāmayaṃ śabdo'tra tiṣṭhatām

"Drive the horses toward the southern quarter, Uttara. The noise there comes from men who are standing their ground, and before long they will be massed together.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 53 (inserted after 4.59.44d), lines 1–2. Arjuna, no longer in disguise, speaks to Uttara.

Verse 2 (4.66.2)

अश्वत्थाम्नः प्रतिरथं प्राचीमुद्याहि सारथे । अचिराद्द्रष्टुमिच्छामि गुरुपुत्रं यशस्विनम् ॥

aśvatthāmnaḥ pratirathaṃ prācīmudyāhi sārathe | acirāddraṣṭumicchāmi guruputraṃ yaśasvinam

Charioteer, drive east to face Ashvatthama's chariot; I wish to see my teacher's famous son at once."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 53 (inserted after 4.59.44d), lines 3–4. Corrected अश्चत्थाम्नः → अश्वत्थाम्नः (misprint in Wikisource; च for व; the apparatus reads aśvatthāmnaḥ).

Verse 3 (4.66.3)

मोहयित्वा तु तान्सर्वान्धनुर्घोषेण पाण्डवः । प्रसव्यं चैवमावृत्य क्रोशार्धं प्राद्रवत्तदा ॥

mohayitvā tu tānsarvāndhanurghoṣeṇa pāṇḍavaḥ | prasavyaṃ caivamāvṛtya krośārdhaṃ prādravattadā

Having bewildered them all with the twang of his bow, the Pandava wheeled round to the left and then sped off half a krosha.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 53 (inserted after 4.59.44d), lines 5–6.

Verse 4 (4.66.4)

यथा सततगो वायुः सुपर्णश्चापि शीघ्रगः । तथा पार्थरथः शीघ्रमाकाशे पर्यवर्तत ॥

yathā satatago vāyuḥ suparṇaścāpi śīghragaḥ | tathā pārtharathaḥ śīghramākāśe paryavartata

Swift as the ever-blowing wind, or as Suparna, Partha's chariot whirled about as if through the sky.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 53 (inserted after 4.59.44d), lines 7–8. The apparatus reads susaṃskṛto bāṇaḥ ("a well-made arrow") where Wikisource has सततगो वायुः.

Verse 5 (4.66.5)

मुहूर्तोपरते शब्दे प्रतियाते धनञ्जये । हस्त्यश्वरथपादातं पुरस्कृत्य महारथाः ॥

muhūrtoparate śabde pratiyāte dhanañjaye | hastyaśvarathapādātaṃ puraskṛtya mahārathāḥ

When the noise had died down for a moment and Dhananjaya had drawn off, the great chariot-warriors, placing the elephants, horses, chariots and foot-soldiers in front,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 53 (inserted after 4.59.44d), lines 9–10.

Verse 6 (4.66.6)

द्रोणभीष्ममुखाः सर्वे सैन्यानां जघने ययुः । यत्ताः पार्थमपश्यन्तः सहिताः शरविक्षताः ॥

droṇabhīṣmamukhāḥ sarve sainyānāṃ jaghane yayuḥ | yattāḥ pārthamapaśyantaḥ sahitāḥ śaravikṣatāḥ

and all of them, led by Drona and Bhishma, moved at the rear of the army, watchful, keeping together, wounded by arrows and not seeing Partha anywhere.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 53 (inserted after 4.59.44d), lines 11–12.

Verse 7 (4.66.7)

दिष्ट्या दुर्योधनो मुक्तः सैन्यं भूयिष्ठमागतम् । क्रोशमात्रमतिक्रम्य बलमन्वानयामहे । यात यत्र वनं गुल्मं नदीमन्वश्मकां प्रति ॥

diṣṭyā duryodhano muktaḥ sainyaṃ bhūyiṣṭhamāgatam | krośamātramatikramya balamanvānayāmahe | yāta yatra vanaṃ gulmaṃ nadīmanvaśmakāṃ prati

"By good fortune Duryodhana is free, and the greater part of the army has come back. Let us go on a krosha and bring up the rest of the force. Go to where there is woodland and thicket, along the stony river."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 53 (inserted after 4.59.44d), lines 12–15. The apparatus reads yāma ("let us go") for यात.

Verse 8 (4.66.8)

अथ दुर्योधनो दृष्ट्वा भग्नं स्वं बलमाहवे । अमृष्यमाणः क्रोधेन प्रतिमार्गन्धनञ्जयम् ॥

atha duryodhano dṛṣṭvā bhagnaṃ svaṃ balamāhave | amṛṣyamāṇaḥ krodhena pratimārgandhanañjayam

Then Duryodhana, seeing his own army broken in the fight, unable in his anger to bear it, went looking for Dhananjaya;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 53 (inserted after 4.59.44d), lines 16–17.

Verse 9 (4.66.9)

न्यवर्तत कुरुश्रेष्ठ स्वेनानीकेन संवृतः । वार्यमाणो दुराधर्षैर्भीष्मद्रोणकृपैर्भृशम् ॥

nyavartata kuruśreṣṭha svenānīkena saṃvṛtaḥ | vāryamāṇo durādharṣairbhīṣmadroṇakṛpairbhṛśam

and that best of the Kurus turned back, surrounded by his own division, though Bhishma, Drona and Kripa, hard to withstand, tried hard to hold him back.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 53 (inserted after 4.59.44d), lines 18–19.

Verse 10 (4.66.10)

ततोऽर्जुनश्चित्रमुदारवेगं समीक्ष्य गाण्डीवमुवाच वाक्यम् । भोगीन्द्रकल्पं भुवनेषु रूढमभेद्यमच्छेद्यमदाह्यमाजौ ॥

tato'rjunaścitramudāravegaṃ samīkṣya gāṇḍīvamuvāca vākyam | bhogīndrakalpaṃ bhuvaneṣu rūḍhamabhedyamacchedyamadāhyamājau

Then Arjuna, gazing at Gandiva, wonderful and of mighty force, spoke these words. The bow was like a lord of serpents, renowned through the worlds, not to be pierced, cut or burnt in battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 53 (inserted after 4.59.44d), lines 20–21.

Verse 11 (4.66.11)

इदं त्विदानीमनयं कुरूणां शिवं धनुः शत्रुनिबर्हणं च । अत्याशुगं वेगवदाशुकर्तृ अवारणीयं महते रणाय ॥

idaṃ tvidānīmanayaṃ kurūṇāṃ śivaṃ dhanuḥ śatrunibarhaṇaṃ ca | atyāśugaṃ vegavadāśukartṛ avāraṇīyaṃ mahate raṇāya

"This auspicious bow, the destroyer of foes, is now the Kurus' undoing: exceedingly swift, full of force, quick to act, not to be resisted, made for a great battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 53 (inserted after 4.59.44d), lines 22–25. No speaker heading in Wikisource; verses 11–13 are the words Arjuna speaks in verse 10, so they are assigned to him.

Verse 12 (4.66.12)

प्रदारणं शत्रुवरूथिनीनामनीकजित्संयति वज्रकल्पम् । वैधव्यदं शत्रुनितम्बिनीनां मुखप्रदं कौरववंशजानाम् ॥

pradāraṇaṃ śatruvarūthinīnāmanīkajitsaṃyati vajrakalpam | vaidhavyadaṃ śatrunitambinīnāṃ mukhapradaṃ kauravavaṃśajānām

It tears apart the enemy's hosts, conquers armies in battle and is like the thunderbolt; it makes widows of the foes' wives and stands face to face against those born of the Kaurava line.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 53 (inserted after 4.59.44d), lines 26–27. (first line only); the second line is not in the critical edition or its apparatus (vulgate recension).

Verse 13 (4.66.13)

प्रयाहि यत्रैष सुयोधनो हि तं पातयिष्यामि शरैः सुतीक्ष्णैः । आचार्यपुत्रं च सुयोधनं च पितामहं सूतसुतं च सङ्ख्ये । द्रोणं कृपं चैव निवार्य सर्वाञ्शिरो हरिष्यामि सुयोधनस्य ॥

prayāhi yatraiṣa suyodhano hi taṃ pātayiṣyāmi śaraiḥ sutīkṣṇaiḥ | ācāryaputraṃ ca suyodhanaṃ ca pitāmahaṃ sūtasutaṃ ca saṅkhye | droṇaṃ kṛpaṃ caiva nivārya sarvāñśiro hariṣyāmi suyodhanasya

Drive on to where Suyodhana is; I shall bring him down with very sharp arrows. Holding back all of them in the fight, the teacher's son and Suyodhana, the grandsire and the charioteer's son, Drona and Kripa, I shall take off Suyodhana's head."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 53 (inserted after 4.59.44d), lines 28–33.

Verse 14 (4.66.14)

तदुत्तरश्चित्रमुदारवेगं धनुश्च दृष्ट्वा निशिताञ्शरांश्च । भीतोऽब्रवीदर्जुनमाजिमध्ये नाहं तवाश्वान्विषहे नियन्तुम् ॥

taduttaraścitramudāravegaṃ dhanuśca dṛṣṭvā niśitāñśarāṃśca | bhīto'bravīdarjunamājimadhye nāhaṃ tavāśvānviṣahe niyantum

Then Uttara, seeing that wonderful bow of mighty force and the sharpened arrows, said to Arjuna in fear in the midst of the battle, "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 Appendix I, No. 53 (inserted after 4.59.44d), lines 34–37.

Verse 15 (4.66.15)

तमब्रवीन्मात्स्यसुतं प्रहस्य गाण्डीवधन्वा द्विषतां निहन्ता । मया सहायेन कुतो भयं ते प्रेह्युत्तराश्वानुपमन्त्रयस्व ॥

tamabravīnmātsyasutaṃ prahasya gāṇḍīvadhanvā dviṣatāṃ nihantā | mayā sahāyena kuto bhayaṃ te prehyuttarāśvānupamantrayasva

The wielder of Gandiva, slayer of foes, laughed and said to the son of the Matsya king, "With me as your ally, what is there to fear? Go on, Uttara; urge the horses forward."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 53 (inserted after 4.59.44d), lines 38–41.

Verse 16 (4.66.16)

आश्वासितस्तेन धनञ्जयेन वैराटिरश्वानतुदञ्जवेन । विष्फारयंस्तद्धनुरुग्रवेगं युयुत्समानः पुनरेव जिष्णुः ॥

āśvāsitastena dhanañjayena vairāṭiraśvānatudañjavena | viṣphārayaṃstaddhanurugravegaṃ yuyutsamānaḥ punareva jiṣṇuḥ

Reassured by Dhananjaya, Virata's son drove the horses hard, while Jishnu, eager for battle once more, drew that bow of fierce force till it twanged.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 53 (inserted after 4.59.44d), lines 42–45.

Verse 17 (4.66.17)

गाण्डीवशब्देन तु तत्रतत्र भूमौ निषेदुर्बहवोऽतिवेलम् । शङ्खस्य शब्देन तु वानरस्य शब्देन ते योधवराः समन्तात् ॥

gāṇḍīvaśabdena tu tatratatra bhūmau niṣedurbahavo'tivelam | śaṅkhasya śabdena tu vānarasya śabdena te yodhavarāḥ samantāt

At the twang of Gandiva, at the blast of the conch and at the roar of the monkey, many of the foremost warriors on every side sank helplessly to the ground here and there.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 53 (inserted after 4.59.44d), lines 46–49.

Verse 18 (4.66.18)

एषोऽतिमानी धृतराष्ट्रपुत्रः सेनामुखे सर्वसमृद्धतेजाः । पराजयं नित्यममृष्यमाणो निवर्तते युद्धमनाः पुरस्तात् ॥

eṣo'timānī dhṛtarāṣṭraputraḥ senāmukhe sarvasamṛddhatejāḥ | parājayaṃ nityamamṛṣyamāṇo nivartate yuddhamanāḥ purastāt

"This proud son of Dhritarashtra, blazing with every kind of power at the head of his army, who can never bear defeat, is turning back ahead of us, bent on battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 53 (inserted after 4.59.44d), lines 50–53.

Verse 19 (4.66.19)

तमेव याहि प्रसमीक्ष्य युक्तः सुयोधनं तत्र सहानुजं च ॥

tameva yāhi prasamīkṣya yuktaḥ suyodhanaṃ tatra sahānujaṃ ca

Look carefully and drive straight at him, at Suyodhana there with his younger brothers."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 53 (inserted after 4.59.44d), lines 54–55. A single line (half-verse) in Wikisource; the apparatus too has only these two quarters.

Verse 20 (4.66.20)

तमापतन्तं प्रसमीक्ष्य सर्वे कुरुप्रवीराः सहसाऽभ्यगच्छन् । प्रहस्य वीरः स तु तानतीत्य दुर्योधने द्वौ निचखान बाणौ ॥

tamāpatantaṃ prasamīkṣya sarve kurupravīrāḥ sahasā'bhyagacchan | prahasya vīraḥ sa tu tānatītya duryodhane dvau nicakhāna bāṇau

Seeing him bearing down, all the Kuru heroes rushed forward together; but the hero laughed, passed beyond them, and drove two arrows into Duryodhana.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 53 (inserted after 4.59.44d), lines 56–59.

Verse 21 (4.66.21)

तेनार्दितो नाग इव प्रभिन्नः पार्थेन विद्धो धृतराष्ट्रपुत्रः । युयुत्समानोऽतिरथेन सङ्ख्ये स्वयं विगृह्यार्जुनमाससाद ॥

tenārdito nāga iva prabhinnaḥ pārthena viddho dhṛtarāṣṭraputraḥ | yuyutsamāno'tirathena saṅkhye svayaṃ vigṛhyārjunamāsasāda

Struck by Partha and hurt like an elephant in rut, the son of Dhritarashtra, eager to fight the great chariot-warrior, came himself to grips with Arjuna in battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 53 (inserted after 4.59.44d), lines 60–63.

Verse 22 (4.66.22)

स भीमधन्वानमुदग्रवेगो धनञ्जयं शत्रुशतैरजेयम् । आकर्णपूर्णायतचोदितेन भल्लेन विव्याध ललाटमध्ये ॥

sa bhīmadhanvānamudagravego dhanañjayaṃ śatruśatairajeyam | ākarṇapūrṇāyatacoditena bhallena vivyādha lalāṭamadhye

Rising in fury, he struck Dhananjaya of the terrible bow, unconquerable by hundreds of foes, in the middle of the forehead with a broad-headed arrow drawn back to the ear and loosed.

Verse 23 (4.66.23)

स तेन बाणेन समर्पितेन जाम्बूनदाभेन सुसंहितेन । रराज पार्थो रुधिरं क्षरन्वै यथैकरश्मिर्भगवान्दिवार्कः ॥

sa tena bāṇena samarpitena jāmbūnadābhena susaṃhitena | rarāja pārtho rudhiraṃ kṣaranvai yathaikaraśmirbhagavāndivārkaḥ

With that well-aimed arrow, gleaming like gold, fixed in him and the blood flowing, Partha shone like the blessed sun in the daytime sky with a single ray.

Note on the text: The first half matches the critical edition's 4.60.3a–b; the second half reads differently there (rarāja rājan mahanīyakarmā / yathaikaparvā ruciraikaśṛṅgaḥ).

Verse 24 (4.66.24)

अथास्य बाणेन विदारितस्य प्रादुर्बभूवास्रमजस्रमुष्णम् । सा तस्य जाम्बूनदपुष्पचित्रा मालेव धाराऽभिविराजते स्म ॥

athāsya bāṇena vidāritasya prādurbabhūvāsramajasramuṣṇam | sā tasya jāmbūnadapuṣpacitrā māleva dhārā'bhivirājate sma

From him, pierced by the arrow, warm blood flowed without stop; that stream shone on him like a garland bright with golden flowers.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रादुर्वभूव → प्रादुर्बभूव (misprint in Wikisource; व for ब; the CE reads prādurbabhūva).

Verse 25 (4.66.25)

स तेन बाणाभिहतस्तरस्वी दुर्योधनेनोद्धतमन्युवेगः । शरानुपादाय विषाग्निकल्पान्विव्याध राजानमदीनसत्वः ॥

sa tena bāṇābhihatastarasvī duryodhanenoddhatamanyuvegaḥ | śarānupādāya viṣāgnikalpānvivyādha rājānamadīnasatvaḥ

Struck by Duryodhana's arrow, the mighty one, his anger surging, took up arrows like poison and fire, and he of undaunted spirit pierced the king.

Note on the text: Corrected दुयोधनेनो → दुर्योधनेनो (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र्; the CE reads duryodhanena).

Verse 26 (4.66.26)

दुर्योधनश्चापि तमुग्रतेजाः पार्थश्च दुर्योधनमेकवीरः । अन्योन्यमाजौ पुरुषप्रवीरौ समं समाजघ्नतुराजमीढौ ॥

duryodhanaścāpi tamugratejāḥ pārthaśca duryodhanamekavīraḥ | anyonyamājau puruṣapravīrau samaṃ samājaghnaturājamīḍhau

Duryodhana of fierce energy struck him, and Partha, the peerless hero, struck Duryodhana; the two foremost of men, both descendants of Ajamidha, struck each other evenly in the fight.

Note on the text: Corrected सम → समं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; the CE reads samaṃ samājaghnatur).

Verse 27 (4.66.27)

ततः प्रभिन्नेन महागजेन महीधराभेन पुनर्विकर्णः । रथैश्चतुर्भिर्गजपादरक्षैः कुन्तीसुतं पाण्डवमभ्यधावत् ॥

tataḥ prabhinnena mahāgajena mahīdharābhena punarvikarṇaḥ | rathaiścaturbhirgajapādarakṣaiḥ kuntīsutaṃ pāṇḍavamabhyadhāvat

Then Vikarna, on a great elephant in rut, huge as a mountain, with four chariots guarding the elephant's feet, charged once more at the Pandava, Kunti's son.

Verse 28 (4.66.28)

तमापतन्तं त्वरितं गजेन्द्रं धनञ्जयः कुम्भललाटमध्ये । आकर्णपूर्णेन दृढायसेन बाणेन विव्याध भृशं तु वीरः ॥

tamāpatantaṃ tvaritaṃ gajendraṃ dhanañjayaḥ kumbhalalāṭamadhye | ākarṇapūrṇena dṛḍhāyasena bāṇena vivyādha bhṛśaṃ tu vīraḥ

As that lord of elephants rushed at him, the hero Dhananjaya struck it hard between the temples and the forehead with a strong iron arrow drawn back to the ear.

Verse 29 (4.66.29)

पार्थेन सृष्टः स तु गृध्रपत्रो ह्यापुङ्खदेशं प्रविवेश नागम् । विदार्य शैलप्रवरप्रकाशं यथाऽशनिः पर्वतमिन्द्रसृष्टः ॥

pārthena sṛṣṭaḥ sa tu gṛdhrapatro hyāpuṅkhadeśaṃ praviveśa nāgam | vidārya śailapravaraprakāśaṃ yathā'śaniḥ parvatamindrasṛṣṭaḥ

Loosed by Partha, the vulture-feathered arrow entered the elephant up to its feathers, splitting that beast as mighty as a great mountain, as a thunderbolt hurled by Indra splits a mountain.

Verse 30 (4.66.30)

शरप्रतप्तः स तु नागराजः प्रवेपिताङ्गो व्यथितान्तरात्मा । संसीदमानो निपपात भूमौ वज्राहतं शृङ्गमिवाचलस्य ॥

śaraprataptaḥ sa tu nāgarājaḥ pravepitāṅgo vyathitāntarātmā | saṃsīdamāno nipapāta bhūmau vajrāhataṃ śṛṅgamivācalasya

Burning from the arrow, that king of elephants, its limbs trembling and its heart in pain, sank down and fell to the ground like a mountain peak struck by the thunderbolt.

Verse 31 (4.66.31)

निपातिते दन्तिवरे पृथिव्यां त्रासाद्विकर्णः सहसाऽवतीर्य । तूर्णं पदान्यष्टशतानि गत्वा विविंशतेः स्यन्दनमारुरोह ॥

nipātite dantivare pṛthivyāṃ trāsādvikarṇaḥ sahasā'vatīrya | tūrṇaṃ padānyaṣṭaśatāni gatvā viviṃśateḥ syandanamāruroha

When that best of tuskers had been felled to the earth, Vikarna in terror jumped down at once, ran eight hundred paces and climbed onto Vivimshati's chariot.

Verse 32 (4.66.32)

निहत्य नागं तु शरेण तेन वज्रोपमेनाद्रिवरप्रकाशम् । तथाविधेनैव शरेण पार्थो दुर्योधनं वक्षसि निर्बिभेद ॥

nihatya nāgaṃ tu śareṇa tena vajropamenādrivaraprakāśam | tathāvidhenaiva śareṇa pārtho duryodhanaṃ vakṣasi nirbibheda

Having killed with that thunderbolt-like arrow the elephant that loomed like a great mountain, Partha pierced Duryodhana in the chest with another arrow of the same kind.

Verse 33 (4.66.33)

हते गजे राजनि चैव भिन्ने भग्ने विकर्णे च सपादरक्षे । गाण्डीवमुक्तैर्विशिखैः प्रभिन्नास्ते योधमुख्याः सहसा प्रजग्मुः ॥

hate gaje rājani caiva bhinne bhagne vikarṇe ca sapādarakṣe | gāṇḍīvamuktairviśikhaiḥ prabhinnāste yodhamukhyāḥ sahasā prajagmuḥ

With the elephant slain, the king wounded, and Vikarna routed along with the guards of the elephant's feet, the leading warriors, torn by arrows loosed from Gandiva, suddenly fled.

Verse 34 (4.66.34)

दृष्ट्वैव बाणेन हतं च नागं योधांश्च सर्वान्नृपतिर्निरीक्ष्य । रथं समावृत्य कुरुप्रवीरो रणात्प्रदुद्राव यतो न पार्थः ॥

dṛṣṭvaiva bāṇena hataṃ ca nāgaṃ yodhāṃśca sarvānnṛpatirnirīkṣya | rathaṃ samāvṛtya kurupravīro raṇātpradudrāva yato na pārthaḥ

Seeing the elephant killed by the arrow and looking at all his warriors, the king, the Kuru hero, turned his chariot and fled from the battle toward where Partha was not.

Note on the text: Corrected कुरग्नवीरो → कुरुप्रवीरो (misprint in Wikisource; the CE reads kurupravīro).

Verse 35 (4.66.35)

तं भीतरूपं त्वरितं व्रजन्तं दुर्योधनं शत्रुगणावमर्दी । अन्वाह्वयद्योद्धुमनाः किरीटी बाणाभिविद्धं रुधिरं वमन्तम् ॥

taṃ bhītarūpaṃ tvaritaṃ vrajantaṃ duryodhanaṃ śatrugaṇāvamardī | anvāhvayadyoddhumanāḥ kirīṭī bāṇābhividdhaṃ rudhiraṃ vamantam

As Duryodhana went off quickly in fear, pierced by arrows and vomiting blood, the diademed one, crusher of hosts of foes, eager to fight, called out to him.

Verse 36 (4.66.36)

तस्मिन्महेष्वासवरेऽतिविद्धे धनञ्जयेनाप्रतिमेन युद्धे । सर्वाणि सैन्यानि भयार्दितानि त्रासं ययुः पार्थमुदीक्ष्य तानि ॥

tasminmaheṣvāsavare'tividdhe dhanañjayenāpratimena yuddhe | sarvāṇi sainyāni bhayārditāni trāsaṃ yayuḥ pārthamudīkṣya tāni

When that foremost of great archers had been badly wounded in battle by the matchless Dhananjaya, all the troops, stricken with fear, looked at Partha and were filled with terror.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 54 (inserted after 4.60.15d), lines 1–4.

Verse 37 (4.66.37)

ततस्तु ते शान्तिपराश्च सर्वे दृष्ट्वाऽर्जुनं नागमिव प्रभिन्नम् । उच्चैर्नदन्तं बलमत्तमाजौ मध्ये स्थितं सिंहमिवर्षभाणाम् ॥

tatastu te śāntiparāśca sarve dṛṣṭvā'rjunaṃ nāgamiva prabhinnam | uccairnadantaṃ balamattamājau madhye sthitaṃ siṃhamivarṣabhāṇām

Then they all lost heart, seeing Arjuna like an elephant in rut, roaring loudly in the fight, drunk with strength, standing among them like a lion among bulls.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 54 (inserted after 4.60.15d), lines 5–8.

Verse 38 (4.66.38)

गाण्डीवशब्देन तु पाण्डवस्य योधा निपेतुः सहसा रथेभ्यः । भयार्दिताः पार्थशराभितप्ताः सिंहाभिपन्ना इव वारणेन्द्राः ॥

gāṇḍīvaśabdena tu pāṇḍavasya yodhā nipetuḥ sahasā rathebhyaḥ | bhayārditāḥ pārthaśarābhitaptāḥ siṃhābhipannā iva vāraṇendrāḥ

At the twang of the Pandava's Gandiva, warriors fell suddenly from their chariots, stricken with fear and burning from Partha's arrows, like great elephants set upon by a lion.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 54 (inserted after 4.60.15d), lines 9–12.

Verse 39 (4.66.39)

संरक्तनेत्रः पुनरिन्द्रकर्मा वैकर्तनं द्वादशभिः पृषत्कैः । वित्रास्य तेषां द्रवतां समैक्षद्दुःशासनं चैकरथेन पार्थः ॥

saṃraktanetraḥ punarindrakarmā vaikartanaṃ dvādaśabhiḥ pṛṣatkaiḥ | vitrāsya teṣāṃ dravatāṃ samaikṣadduḥśāsanaṃ caikarathena pārthaḥ

Then Partha, his eyes red, whose deeds were like Indra's, put Vaikartana to flight with twelve arrows, and, alone on his one chariot, turned his gaze on Duhshasana among those who were fleeing.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 54 (inserted after 4.60.15d), lines 13–16.

Verse 40 (4.66.40)

कर्णोऽब्रवीत्पार्थशराभितप्तो दुर्योधनं दुष्प्रसहं च दृष्ट्वा । दृष्टोऽर्जुनोऽयं प्रतियाम शीघ्रं श्रेयो विधास्याम इतो गतेन ॥

karṇo'bravītpārthaśarābhitapto duryodhanaṃ duṣprasahaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā | dṛṣṭo'rjuno'yaṃ pratiyāma śīghraṃ śreyo vidhāsyāma ito gatena

Karna, burning from Partha's arrows, looked at Duryodhana and at the irresistible foe and said, "Arjuna has been seen; let us go back quickly. By leaving this place we shall do what is best."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 54 (inserted after 4.60.15d), lines 17–20.

Verse 41 (4.66.41)

मन्ये त्वया तात कृतं च कार्यं यदर्जुनोऽस्माभिरिहाद्य दृष्टः । भूयो वनं गच्छतु सव्यसाची पश्यामि पूर्णं समयं न तेषाम् ॥

manye tvayā tāta kṛtaṃ ca kāryaṃ yadarjuno'smābhirihādya dṛṣṭaḥ | bhūyo vanaṃ gacchatu savyasācī paśyāmi pūrṇaṃ samayaṃ na teṣām

"I think, my friend, that your task is done, since we have seen Arjuna here today. Let Savyasachin go back to the forest; I see that their term has not been completed."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 54 (inserted after 4.60.15d), lines 21–24. No speaker heading in Wikisource; this continues the words of Karna begun in verse 40 (the next heading, वैशम्पायन उवाच, stands above verse 42), so it is assigned to Karna.

Verse 42 (4.66.42)

शरार्दितास्ते युधि पाण्डवेन प्रसस्रुरन्योन्यमथाह्वयन्तः । कर्णोऽब्रवीदापतत्येष जिष्णुर्दुर्योधनं संपरिवार्य यामः ॥

śarārditāste yudhi pāṇḍavena prasasruranyonyamathāhvayantaḥ | karṇo'bravīdāpatatyeṣa jiṣṇurduryodhanaṃ saṃparivārya yāmaḥ

Tormented by the Pandava's arrows in battle, they scattered, calling out to one another. Karna said, "Here comes Jishnu! Let us close round Duryodhana and go.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 54 (inserted after 4.60.15d), lines 25–28. Corrected प्रससुः → प्रसस्रुः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र्, "they scattered"; the apparatus reads prasasrur).

Verse 43 (4.66.43)

सर्वास्त्रविद्वारणयूथपाभः काले प्रहर्ता युधि शात्रवाणाम् । अयं च पार्थः पुनरागतो नो मूलं च रक्ष्यं भरतर्षभाणाम् ॥

sarvāstravidvāraṇayūthapābhaḥ kāle prahartā yudhi śātravāṇām | ayaṃ ca pārthaḥ punarāgato no mūlaṃ ca rakṣyaṃ bharatarṣabhāṇām

This Partha, who knows every weapon, who looks like the leader of an elephant herd and strikes his enemies down in battle at the right moment, has come back at us; and the root of the Bharata bulls must be protected."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 54 (inserted after 4.60.15d), lines 29–32. No speaker heading in Wikisource; the verse continues Karna's words from verse 42, so it is assigned to Karna.

Verse 44 (4.66.44)

समीक्ष्य पार्थं तरसाऽऽपतन्तं दुर्योधनः कालमिवात्तशस्त्रम् । भयार्तरूपः शरणं प्रपेदे द्रोणं च कर्णं च कृपं च भीष्मम् ॥

samīkṣya pārthaṃ tarasā''patantaṃ duryodhanaḥ kālamivāttaśastram | bhayārtarūpaḥ śaraṇaṃ prapede droṇaṃ ca karṇaṃ ca kṛpaṃ ca bhīṣmam

Seeing Partha rushing at him with force, like Death with weapon raised, Duryodhana, his face full of fear, sought refuge with Drona, Karna, Kripa and Bhishma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 54 (inserted after 4.60.15d), lines 33–36.

Verse 45 (4.66.45)

तं भीतरूपं शरणं व्रजन्तं दुर्योधनं शत्रुसहो निषङ्गी । इत्यब्रवीत्प्रीतमनाः किरीटी बाणाभितप्तं रुधिरं वमन्तम् ॥

taṃ bhītarūpaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajantaṃ duryodhanaṃ śatrusaho niṣaṅgī | ityabravītprītamanāḥ kirīṭī bāṇābhitaptaṃ rudhiraṃ vamantam

As Duryodhana, burning from the arrows and vomiting blood, went in fear to seek refuge, the diademed one, quiver at his side, able to withstand every foe, spoke thus, glad at heart:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 54 (inserted after 4.60.15d), lines 37–40.

Verse 46 (4.66.46)

विहाय कीर्तिं च यशश्च लोके युद्धात्परावृत्य पलायसे किम् । न नन्दयिष्यन्ति तवाहतानि तूर्याणि युद्धादवरोपितस्य ॥

vihāya kīrtiṃ ca yaśaśca loke yuddhātparāvṛtya palāyase kim | na nandayiṣyanti tavāhatāni tūryāṇi yuddhādavaropitasya

"Why do you turn your back on battle and flee, throwing away your fame and glory in the world? Now that you have come down from the fight, the drums beaten for you will give you no joy.

Note on the text: No speaker heading in Wikisource; verses 46–51 are the words Arjuna speaks in verse 45 (the CE prints arjuna uvāca here), so they are assigned to him. The first half corresponds to the critical edition's 4.60.16a–b; the second half reads differently there (na te 'dya tūryāṇi samāhatāni / yathāvad udyānti gatasya yuddhe).

Verse 47 (4.66.47)

न भोक्ष्यसे सोऽद्य महीं समग्रां यानानि वस्त्राण्यथ भोजनानि । कल्याणगन्धीनि च चन्दनानि युद्धात्परावृत्य तु भोक्ष्यसे किम् । सुवर्णमाल्यानि च कुण्डलानि हारांश्च वैडूर्यकृतोपधानान् ॥

na bhokṣyase so'dya mahīṃ samagrāṃ yānāni vastrāṇyatha bhojanāni | kalyāṇagandhīni ca candanāni yuddhātparāvṛtya tu bhokṣyase kim | suvarṇamālyāni ca kuṇḍalāni hārāṃśca vaiḍūryakṛtopadhānān

Today you will not enjoy the whole earth, nor carriages, clothes and food, nor sweet-smelling sandal paste; having turned back from battle, what will you enjoy? Not golden garlands and earrings, nor necklaces with beryl pendants.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its apparatus as 4.60.16d*1032, lines 1–6.

Verse 48 (4.66.48)

च्युतस्य युद्धान्न तु शङ्खशब्दास्तथा भविष्यन्ति तवाद्य पाप । न भोगहेतोर्वरचन्दनं च स्त्रियश्च मुख्या मधुरप्रलापाः । युद्धात्प्रयातस्य नरेन्द्रसूनो परे च लोके फलिता न चेह ॥

cyutasya yuddhānna tu śaṅkhaśabdāstathā bhaviṣyanti tavādya pāpa | na bhogahetorvaracandanaṃ ca striyaśca mukhyā madhurapralāpāḥ | yuddhātprayātasya narendrasūno pare ca loke phalitā na ceha

Now that you have fallen away from battle, wicked one, there will be no sound of conches for you today as before; nor the finest sandal paste for your pleasure, nor the chief women with their sweet talk. For one who has fled the fight, son of a king, there is no reward, neither in the other world nor here.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its apparatus as 4.60.16d*1032, lines 7–12. Corrected च्युतरा → च्युतस्य (misprint in Wikisource; the apparatus reads cyutasya yuddhān).

Verse 49 (4.66.49)

युधिष्ठिरस्यास्मि निदेशकारी पार्थस्तृतीयो युधि च स्थिरोऽस्मि । तदर्थमावृत्य मुखं प्रयच्छनरेन्द्रवृत्तं स्मर धार्तराष्ट्र ॥

yudhiṣṭhirasyāsmi nideśakārī pārthastṛtīyo yudhi ca sthiro'smi | tadarthamāvṛtya mukhaṃ prayacchanarendravṛttaṃ smara dhārtarāṣṭra

I carry out Yudhishthira's commands; I am Partha, the third of the brothers, and I stand firm in battle. Turn back for that reason and show your face; remember the conduct of kings, son of Dhritarashtra.

Note on the text: Corrected स्थिरोस्मि → स्थिरोऽस्मि (missing avagraha) and धार्तराष्ट्रः → धार्तराष्ट्र (misprint in Wikisource; the address to Duryodhana needs the vocative; the CE reads dhārtarāṣṭra).

Verse 50 (4.66.50)

मोघं तवैतद्भुवि नामधेयं दुर्योधनेतीह कृतं पुरस्तात् । दुर्योधनस्त्वं प्रथितोऽसि नाम्ना सुयोधनः सन्निकृतिप्रधानः ॥

moghaṃ tavaitadbhuvi nāmadheyaṃ duryodhanetīha kṛtaṃ purastāt | duryodhanastvaṃ prathito'si nāmnā suyodhanaḥ sannikṛtipradhānaḥ

That name of yours on earth, "Duryodhana", given to you long ago, means nothing now. You are known by the name Duryodhana, and as Suyodhana you are a man whose chief art is deceit.

Note on the text: The first half is the critical edition's 4.60.18a–b; the second half is its apparatus passage 4.60.18b*1033 (Wikisource's footnote records the reading सुयोधनस्त्वं निकृतिप्रधानः), and the CE's 4.60.18c–d is not in Wikisource. Corrected प्रथितोसि → प्रथितोऽसि (missing avagraha).

Verse 51 (4.66.51)

न ते पुरस्तादथ पृष्ठतो वा पश्यामि दुर्योधन रक्षितारम् । परीप्स युद्धेन कुरुप्रवीर प्राणान्मया बाणबलाभितप्तान् ॥

na te purastādatha pṛṣṭhato vā paśyāmi duryodhana rakṣitāram | parīpsa yuddhena kurupravīra prāṇānmayā bāṇabalābhitaptān

I see no one guarding you, Duryodhana, either before you or behind. Hero of the Kurus, try by fighting to save your life, which the force of my arrows is scorching."

Note on the text: The first half matches the critical edition's 4.60.19a–b; the second half differs from 4.60.19c–d and is close to Appendix I, No. 55, lines 29–30 (parīpsa yuddhena kurūn samakṣaṃ / prāṇān mayā bāhubalābhisṛṣṭān).