The Bewildering Weapon and the Taking of the Kurus' Garments

Verse 1 (4.67.1)

आहूयमानस्तु स तेन सङ्ख्ये महात्मना वै धृतराष्ट्रपुत्रः । निवर्तितश्चापि गिराङ्कुशेन गजो मदोन्मत्त इवाङ्कुशेन ॥

āhūyamānastu sa tena saṅkhye mahātmanā vai dhṛtarāṣṭraputraḥ | nivartitaścāpi girāṅkuśena gajo madonmatta ivāṅkuśena

Challenged in battle by that great-souled one, the son of Dhritarashtra was turned back by the goad of his words, as an elephant maddened in rut is turned back by the goad.

Note on the text: Restored: Wikisource's first line is cut off at the table margin after महात्मना वै धृ…; the lost word is completed as धृतराष्ट्रपुत्रः, the subject the line needs. The critical edition (4.61.1a–b) reads mahāmanā dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putraḥ; the compound form keeps the eleven-syllable line after Wikisource's वै. The second line differs slightly from 4.61.1c–d.

Verse 2 (4.67.2)

सोऽमृष्यमाणो वचसाऽभिमृष्टो महारथेनातिरथस्तरस्वी । ततः स पर्याववृते रथेन भोगी यथा पादतलाभिमृष्टः ॥

so'mṛṣyamāṇo vacasā'bhimṛṣṭo mahārathenātirathastarasvī | tataḥ sa paryāvavṛte rathena bhogī yathā pādatalābhimṛṣṭaḥ

Stung by the words of that great chariot-warrior and unable to bear them, the mighty warrior turned round with his chariot, like a serpent trodden on by the sole of a foot.

Note on the text: Corrected सोमृष्यमाणो → सोऽमृष्यमाणो (misprint in Wikisource; the missing avagraha turns "not enduring" into "enduring"; the CE reads so 'mṛṣyamāṇo). The second half differs in wording from 4.61.2c–d.

Verse 3 (4.67.3)

ततो दुर्योधनः क्रुद्धो विक्षिपन्धनुरुत्तमम् । धृतिं कृत्वा सुविपुलां प्रत्युवाच धनञ्जयम् ॥

tato duryodhanaḥ kruddho vikṣipandhanuruttamam | dhṛtiṃ kṛtvā suvipulāṃ pratyuvāca dhanañjayam

Then Duryodhana, enraged, shaking his excellent bow, gathered all his resolve and answered Dhananjaya:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its apparatus as 4.61.2b*1034, lines 1–2. Corrected पऩञ्जयम् → धनञ्जयम् (misprint in Wikisource; the apparatus reads dhanaṃjayam).

Verse 4 (4.67.4)

सोऽहमिन्द्रादभिक्रुद्धान्न बिभेमीह भारत । भुक्त्वा सुविपुलं राज्यं वित्तानि च सुखानि च । किमर्थं युद्धसमये पलायिष्ये नरोत्तम ॥

so'hamindrādabhikruddhānna bibhemīha bhārata | bhuktvā suvipulaṃ rājyaṃ vittāni ca sukhāni ca | kimarthaṃ yuddhasamaye palāyiṣye narottama

"I do not fear even an angry Indra, Bharata. Having enjoyed a vast kingdom, wealth and pleasures, why should I flee when it is time to fight, best of men?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its apparatus as 4.61.2b*1034, lines 3–5. No speaker heading in Wikisource; the verse is Duryodhana's reply announced in verse 3 (the apparatus marks duryodhanaḥ), so it is assigned to him. Corrected सोहम् → सोऽहम् (missing avagraha) and पलापिष्ये → पलायिष्ये (misprint in Wikisource; प for य; the apparatus reads palāyiṣye).

Verse 5 (4.67.5)

एवमुक्त्वा महाराजः प्रत्ययुध्यत भारत । संन्यवर्तत शीघ्राश्वस्तोत्रार्दित इव द्विपः ॥

evamuktvā mahārājaḥ pratyayudhyata bhārata | saṃnyavartata śīghrāśvastotrārdita iva dvipaḥ

So saying, the great king fought back, Bharata; with his swift horses he turned round like an elephant smarting under the goad.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its apparatus as 4.61.2b*1034, lines 6–7.

Verse 6 (4.67.6)

आक्रान्तभोगस्तेजस्वी धनुर्वक्र इवोरगः । रथं रथेन संगम्य योधयामास पाण्डवम् ॥

ākrāntabhogastejasvī dhanurvakra ivoragaḥ | rathaṃ rathena saṃgamya yodhayāmāsa pāṇḍavam

Fiery as a serpent whose coils have been trodden on and which arches like a bow, he met chariot with chariot and fought the Pandava.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its apparatus as 4.61.2b*1034, lines 8–9.

Verse 7 (4.67.7)

तं प्रेक्ष्य कर्णः परिवर्तमानं निवृत्य संस्तम्भितसर्वगात्रम् । दुर्योधनं दक्षिणतोऽन्वरक्षत्पार्थान्महाबाहुरधिज्यधन्वा ॥

taṃ prekṣya karṇaḥ parivartamānaṃ nivṛtya saṃstambhitasarvagātram | duryodhanaṃ dakṣiṇato'nvarakṣatpārthānmahābāhuradhijyadhanvā

Seeing him turn round, Karna turned back too, steadying every limb, and the mighty-armed warrior, his bow strung, guarded Duryodhana on the right against Partha.

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition's 4.61.3, which is worded differently after its first quarter (nivartya saṃstabhya ca viddhagātraḥ / duryodhanaṃ dakṣiṇato 'bhyagacchat / pārthaṃ nṛvīro yudhi hemamālī); the alignment left it unmatched.

Verse 8 (4.67.8)

गान्धारराजः शकुनिर्निवृत्य द्रौणिश्च सर्वास्त्रविदां वरिष्ठः । ररक्षतुः कौरवमभ्युपेत्य पार्थान्नृवीरौ युधि सव्यतश्च ॥

gāndhārarājaḥ śakunirnivṛtya drauṇiśca sarvāstravidāṃ variṣṭhaḥ | rarakṣatuḥ kauravamabhyupetya pārthānnṛvīrau yudhi savyataśca

Shakuni, king of Gandhara, turned back, and so did Drona's son, best of all who know weapons; the two heroes came up to the Kaurava and guarded him in the battle on the left against Partha.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Not in its apparatus either.

Verse 9 (4.67.9)

भीष्मस्ततः शान्तनवो विवृत्य हिरण्यकक्ष्यांस्त्वरया तुरंगान् । दुर्योधनं पश्चिमतो ररक्ष पार्थान्महाबाहुरधिज्यधन्वा ॥

bhīṣmastataḥ śāntanavo vivṛtya hiraṇyakakṣyāṃstvarayā turaṃgān | duryodhanaṃ paścimato rarakṣa pārthānmahābāhuradhijyadhanvā

Then Bhishma, son of Shantanu, quickly wheeling round his horses with their golden girths, guarded Duryodhana from behind against Partha, the mighty-armed one with his bow strung.

Verse 10 (4.67.10)

द्रोणः कृपश्चैव विविंशतिश्च दुःशासनश्चैव निवृत्य शीघ्रम् । सर्वे पुरस्तात्प्रणिधाय बाणान्दुर्योधनार्थं त्वरिताऽभ्युपेयुः ॥

droṇaḥ kṛpaścaiva viviṃśatiśca duḥśāsanaścaiva nivṛtya śīghram | sarve purastātpraṇidhāya bāṇānduryodhanārthaṃ tvaritā'bhyupeyuḥ

Drona, Kripa, Vivimshati and Duhshasana also turned back quickly, and all of them, taking their stand in front with arrows aimed, came swiftly to Duryodhana's aid.

Verse 11 (4.67.11)

सर्वाण्यनीकानि निवर्तितानि संप्रेक्ष्य पूर्णौघनिभानि पार्थः । हंसो महामेघमिवापतन्तं धनञ्जयः प्रत्यपतत्तरस्वी ॥

sarvāṇyanīkāni nivartitāni saṃprekṣya pūrṇaughanibhāni pārthaḥ | haṃso mahāmeghamivāpatantaṃ dhanañjayaḥ pratyapatattarasvī

Seeing all the divisions turned back, like rivers in full flood, mighty Partha Dhananjaya flew at them, as a swan flies at a great cloud bearing down.

Verse 12 (4.67.12)

ते सर्वतः संपरिवार्य पार्थमस्त्राणि दिव्यानि समाददानाः । ववर्षुरभ्येत्य शरैः समग्रैर्मेघा यथा भूधरमम्बुवेगैः ॥

te sarvataḥ saṃparivārya pārthamastrāṇi divyāni samādadānāḥ | vavarṣurabhyetya śaraiḥ samagrairmeghā yathā bhūdharamambuvegaiḥ

Surrounding Partha on every side and taking up celestial weapons, they came at him and rained arrows on him in full force, as clouds pour torrents of water on a mountain.

Verse 13 (4.67.13)

ततोऽस्त्रमस्त्रेण निवार्य तेषां गाण्डीवधन्वा कुरुपुङ्गवानाम् । संमोहनं शत्रुसहोऽन्यदस्त्रं प्रादुश्चकारैन्द्रमवारणीयम् ॥

tato'stramastreṇa nivārya teṣāṃ gāṇḍīvadhanvā kurupuṅgavānām | saṃmohanaṃ śatrusaho'nyadastraṃ prāduścakāraindramavāraṇīyam

Then the wielder of Gandiva, who could withstand any foe, warded off the weapons of those bulls of the Kurus with weapons of his own, and brought forth another weapon, Indra's Sammohana, the bewildering weapon that none can resist.

Note on the text: Corrected अस्रम् → अस्त्रम् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त्, which turns "weapon" into "blood"; the CE reads 'stram astreṇa).

Verse 14 (4.67.14)

ततो दिशश्चानुदिशो निवार्य शरैः सुघोरैर्निशितैः सुपुङ्खैः । गाण्डीवशब्देन मनांसि तेषां महाबलं प्रव्यथयांचकार ॥

tato diśaścānudiśo nivārya śaraiḥ sughorairniśitaiḥ supuṅkhaiḥ | gāṇḍīvaśabdena manāṃsi teṣāṃ mahābalaṃ pravyathayāṃcakāra

Then, blocking the quarters and the intermediate quarters with dreadful, sharp, well-feathered arrows, he mightily shook their minds with the twang of Gandiva.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रवथयांचकार → प्रव्यथयांचकार (misprint in Wikisource; dropped य्; the CE reads pravyathayāṃ cakāra).

Verse 15 (4.67.15)

ततः पुनर्भीमरवं निगृह्य दोर्भ्यां महाशङ्खमुदारघोषम् । व्यनादयत्संप्रदिशो दिशः खं भुवं च पार्थो द्विषतां निहन्ता ॥

tataḥ punarbhīmaravaṃ nigṛhya dorbhyāṃ mahāśaṅkhamudāraghoṣam | vyanādayatsaṃpradiśo diśaḥ khaṃ bhuvaṃ ca pārtho dviṣatāṃ nihantā

Then Partha, slayer of foes, took up in both hands his great conch of deep and terrible sound and made the quarters and sub-quarters, the sky and the earth resound.

Note on the text: Corrected व्यनादयन् → व्यनादयत् (misprint in Wikisource; the subject is the singular पार्थः; the CE reads vyanādayat).

Verse 16 (4.67.16)

संमोहनास्त्रप्रभवैः शरौघैर्विनष्टदेहाश्च निपत्य योधाः । निःसत्ववेगाः कुरुराजसैन्याः कुड्योपमास्तस्थुरनीहमानाः ॥

saṃmohanāstraprabhavaiḥ śaraughairvinaṣṭadehāśca nipatya yodhāḥ | niḥsatvavegāḥ kururājasainyāḥ kuḍyopamāstasthuranīhamānāḥ

Struck by the floods of arrows sprung from the Sammohana weapon, the warriors fell as though their bodies had perished; the troops of the Kuru king, drained of strength and drive, stood like walls, motionless.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Not in its apparatus either. Corrected कुडयोपमाः → कुड्योपमाः (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; कुड्य, "wall").

Verse 17 (4.67.17)

ते शङ्खनादेन कुरुप्रवीराः संमोहिताः पार्थसमीरितेन । उत्सृज्य चापानि दुरासदानि सर्वे तदा मोहपरा बभूवुः ॥

te śaṅkhanādena kurupravīrāḥ saṃmohitāḥ pārthasamīritena | utsṛjya cāpāni durāsadāni sarve tadā mohaparā babhūvuḥ

Stupefied by the blast of the conch that Partha blew, the Kuru heroes all let fall their formidable bows and were overcome by bewilderment.

Verse 18 (4.67.18)

ततो विसंज्ञानि परेषु पार्थः संस्मृत्य संदेशमथोत्तरायाः । निर्याहि वाहादिति मात्स्यपुत्रमुवाच यावत्कुरवो विसंज्ञाः ॥

tato visaṃjñāni pareṣu pārthaḥ saṃsmṛtya saṃdeśamathottarāyāḥ | niryāhi vāhāditi mātsyaputramuvāca yāvatkuravo visaṃjñāḥ

With his enemies senseless, Partha remembered the princess Uttara's request and said to the son of the Matsya king, "Get down from the chariot and go, while the Kurus are senseless.

Verse 19 (4.67.19)

आचार्यशारद्वतयोः सुशुक्ले कर्णस्य पीतं रुचिरं च वस्त्रम् । द्रौणेश्च राज्ञश्च तथैव नीले वस्त्रे समादत्स्व नरप्रवीर ॥

ācāryaśāradvatayoḥ suśukle karṇasya pītaṃ ruciraṃ ca vastram | drauṇeśca rājñaśca tathaiva nīle vastre samādatsva narapravīra

Bring the gleaming white garments of the teacher and of Kripa, the fine yellow garment of Karna, and the two blue garments of Drona's son and of the king, hero among men.

Note on the text: No speaker heading in Wikisource; verses 19–20 are the instructions Arjuna gives Uttara in verse 18, so they are assigned to him.

Verse 20 (4.67.20)

भीष्मस्य संज्ञां तु तथैव मन्ये जानाति मेऽस्त्रप्रतिघातमेषः । एतस्य वाहान्कुरु सव्यतस्त्वमेवं प्रयातव्यममूढसंज्ञैः ॥

bhīṣmasya saṃjñāṃ tu tathaiva manye jānāti me'strapratighātameṣaḥ | etasya vāhānkuru savyatastvamevaṃ prayātavyamamūḍhasaṃjñaiḥ

I think Bhishma has kept his senses, for he knows how to counter my weapon. Keep his horses on your left; that is how one must pass someone who has not lost his senses."

Verse 21 (4.67.21)

रश्मीन्समुत्सृज्य ततो महात्मा रथादवप्लुत्य विराटपुत्रः । वस्त्राण्युपादाय महारथानां नानाविधान्यद्भुतवर्णकानि ॥

raśmīnsamutsṛjya tato mahātmā rathādavaplutya virāṭaputraḥ | vastrāṇyupādāya mahārathānāṃ nānāvidhānyadbhutavarṇakāni

Then the great-souled son of Virata let go of the reins, leapt down from the chariot and took the garments of the great chariot-warriors, of many kinds and wonderful colours:

Note on the text: The first half is the critical edition's 4.61.15a–b; the second half joins 4.61.15c (vastrāṇy upādāya mahārathānāṃ) to line 1 of the apparatus passage 4.61.15b*1035.

Verse 22 (4.67.22)

महान्ति चीनांशुदुकूलकानि पट्टांशुकानि विविधानि मनोज्ञकानि । हारांश्च राज्ञां मणिभूषणानि सुवर्णनिष्काभरणानि मारिष ॥

mahānti cīnāṃśudukūlakāni paṭṭāṃśukāni vividhāni manojñakāni | hārāṃśca rājñāṃ maṇibhūṣaṇāni suvarṇaniṣkābharaṇāni māriṣa

great robes of Chinese silk and fine linen, lovely woven silks of many kinds, the kings' necklaces and jewelled ornaments, and ornaments of gold coins, my lord;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its apparatus as 4.61.15b*1035, lines 2–5.

Verse 23 (4.67.23)

माणिक्यबाह्वङ्गदकङ्कणानि अन्यानि राज्ञां मणिभूषणानि । वस्त्राण्युपादाय महारथानां तूर्णं पुनः स्वं रथमारुरोह ॥

māṇikyabāhvaṅgadakaṅkaṇāni anyāni rājñāṃ maṇibhūṣaṇāni | vastrāṇyupādāya mahārathānāṃ tūrṇaṃ punaḥ svaṃ rathamāruroha

armlets, bracelets and bangles of rubies, and the kings' other jewelled ornaments. Having taken the garments of the great chariot-warriors, he quickly mounted his own chariot again.

Note on the text: The first half is the apparatus passage 4.61.15b*1035, lines 6–7; the second half is the critical edition's 4.61.15c–d. Corrected खं → स्वं (misprint in Wikisource; ख for स्व, which would make "the sky-chariot"; the CE reads svaṃ ratham).

Verse 24 (4.67.24)

राज्ञश्च सर्वान्कृतसंनिकाशान्संमोहनास्त्रेण विसंज्ञकल्पान् । नासाग्रविन्यस्तकराङ्गुलीकः पार्थो जहास स्मयमानचेताः ॥

rājñaśca sarvānkṛtasaṃnikāśānsaṃmohanāstreṇa visaṃjñakalpān | nāsāgravinyastakarāṅgulīkaḥ pārtho jahāsa smayamānacetāḥ

Seeing all the kings like lifeless images, made senseless by the Sammohana weapon, Partha laid a finger on the tip of his nose and laughed, smiling within himself.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its apparatus as 4.61.15d*1036. The apparatus reads mṛtasaṃnikāśān ("like the dead") where Wikisource has कृतसंनिकाशान्, which Wikisource's commentary glosses as "like images".

Verse 25 (4.67.25)

ततोऽन्वशात्तांश्चतुरः सदश्वान्पुत्रो विराटस्य हिरण्यकक्ष्यान् । ते तद्व्यतीयुर्द्विषतामनीकं श्वेता वहन्तोऽर्जुनमाजिमध्यात् ॥

tato'nvaśāttāṃścaturaḥ sadaśvānputro virāṭasya hiraṇyakakṣyān | te tadvyatīyurdviṣatāmanīkaṃ śvetā vahanto'rjunamājimadhyāt

Then Virata's son urged on the four fine horses with golden girths, and the white steeds, carrying Arjuna out of the thick of the fight, passed beyond the enemy host.

Verse 26 (4.67.26)

तथा प्रयान्तं पुरुषप्रवीरं भीष्मः शरैरभ्यहनत्तरस्वी । स चापि भीष्मस्य हयान्निहत्य विव्याध भीष्मं दशभिः पृषत्कैः ॥

tathā prayāntaṃ puruṣapravīraṃ bhīṣmaḥ śarairabhyahanattarasvī | sa cāpi bhīṣmasya hayānnihatya vivyādha bhīṣmaṃ daśabhiḥ pṛṣatkaiḥ

As that foremost of men was going, mighty Bhishma struck at him with arrows; and he, killing Bhishma's horses, pierced Bhishma with ten arrows.

Verse 27 (4.67.27)

ततोऽर्जुनो भीष्ममपास्य युद्धे विद्ध्वाऽस्य यन्तारमरिष्टधन्वा । तस्थौ विमुक्तो रथवृन्दमध्याद्राहुं विदार्येव सहस्ररश्मिः ॥

tato'rjuno bhīṣmamapāsya yuddhe viddhvā'sya yantāramariṣṭadhanvā | tasthau vimukto rathavṛndamadhyādrāhuṃ vidāryeva sahasraraśmiḥ

Then Arjuna of the unfailing bow, wounding Bhishma's charioteer and leaving Bhishma behind in the fight, stood clear of the throng of chariots, like the thousand-rayed sun breaking free of Rahu.

Verse 28 (4.67.28)

लब्ध्वा तु संज्ञां पुरुषप्रवीरः पार्थं निरीक्ष्याथ महेन्द्रकल्पम् । रणात्प्रमुक्तं पुरुषप्रवीरं स धार्तराष्ट्रस्त्वरितो बभाषे ॥

labdhvā tu saṃjñāṃ puruṣapravīraḥ pārthaṃ nirīkṣyātha mahendrakalpam | raṇātpramuktaṃ puruṣapravīraṃ sa dhārtarāṣṭrastvarito babhāṣe

Recovering his senses, the son of Dhritarashtra, hero among men, saw Partha standing like great Indra, free of the battle, and quickly spoke:

Verse 29 (4.67.29)

अयं कथंचिद्भवतो विमुक्तस्तं वै प्रबध्नीत यथा न मुच्येत् । तमब्रवीच्छान्तनवः प्रहस्य क्व ते गता बुद्धिरभूत्क्व वीर्यम् ॥

ayaṃ kathaṃcidbhavato vimuktastaṃ vai prabadhnīta yathā na mucyet | tamabravīcchāntanavaḥ prahasya kva te gatā buddhirabhūtkva vīryam

"This man has somehow got away from you, sir; seize him, all of you, so that he cannot escape." Shantanu's son laughed and said to him, "Where had your wits gone then, and where your valour?

Note on the text: Corrected क्क → क्व (misprint in Wikisource; the CE reads kva vīryam).

Verse 30 (4.67.30)

शान्तिं परां प्राप्य यथा स्थितस्त्वमुत्सृज्य बाणांश्च धनुश्च चित्रम् । न त्वेव बीभत्सुरलं नृशंसं कर्तुं न पापेऽस्य मनो निविष्टम् ॥

śāntiṃ parāṃ prāpya yathā sthitastvamutsṛjya bāṇāṃśca dhanuśca citram | na tveva bībhatsuralaṃ nṛśaṃsaṃ kartuṃ na pāpe'sya mano niviṣṭam

You stood there utterly still, having let fall your arrows and your splendid bow. Yet Bibhatsu is not one to do a cruel deed; his mind is not set on wickedness.

Note on the text: No speaker heading in Wikisource; verses 30–34 continue the reply Bhishma begins in verse 29 (the next heading, वैशम्पायन उवाच, stands above verse 35), so they are assigned to Bhishma.

Verse 31 (4.67.31)

जह्यान्न धर्मं त्रिदिवस्य हेतोः सर्वे तु तस्मान्न हता रणेऽस्मिन् । क्षिप्रं कुरून्याहि कुरुप्रवीर विजित्य गाश्च प्रतियातु पार्थः ॥

jahyānna dharmaṃ tridivasya hetoḥ sarve tu tasmānna hatā raṇe'smin | kṣipraṃ kurūnyāhi kurupravīra vijitya gāśca pratiyātu pārthaḥ

He would not abandon dharma even for the sake of heaven; that is why you were not all slain in this battle. Go back quickly to the Kurus, hero of the Kurus, and let Partha return with the cattle he has won.

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition's 4.61.22, whose first quarter differs (trailokyahetor na jahet svadharmaṃ); the alignment left it unmatched.

Verse 32 (4.67.32)

संमोहनास्त्रप्रतिमोहिताः स्थ यूयं न जानीथ धनापहारम् । पश्यामि वस्त्राभरणानि राजन्विराटपुत्रेण समाहृतानि ॥

saṃmohanāstrapratimohitāḥ stha yūyaṃ na jānītha dhanāpahāram | paśyāmi vastrābharaṇāni rājanvirāṭaputreṇa samāhṛtāni

You were all stupefied by the Sammohana weapon and did not know you were being robbed. I see, king, your garments and ornaments carried off by Virata's son.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its apparatus as 4.61.22d*1041, lines 1–4. The apparatus reads paśyātma- ("see your own") for पश्यामि and jānīta for जानीथ.

Verse 33 (4.67.33)

नृपेषु सर्वेषु च मोहितेषु हन्तुं यदीच्छेत्स हनिष्यतीति । तदा तु धर्मात्मतया नृवीरो न चाहनद्वो बलभित्तनूजः ॥

nṛpeṣu sarveṣu ca mohiteṣu hantuṃ yadīcchetsa haniṣyatīti | tadā tu dharmātmatayā nṛvīro na cāhanadvo balabhittanūjaḥ

With all the kings stupefied, he could have killed whomever he wished; yet, being righteous at heart, that hero, the son of Indra, slayer of Bala, did not kill you.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its apparatus as 4.61.22d*1041, lines 5–8.

Verse 34 (4.67.34)

भाग्येन युष्मानवधीन्न पार्थः संधिं कुरूणामनुमन्यमानः । तद्यात यूयं सहसैनिकैस्तैर्हतावशिष्टैर्गजसाह्वयं पुरम् ॥

bhāgyena yuṣmānavadhīnna pārthaḥ saṃdhiṃ kurūṇāmanumanyamānaḥ | tadyāta yūyaṃ sahasainikaistairhatāvaśiṣṭairgajasāhvayaṃ puram

It is your good fortune that Partha did not kill you, for he looks with favour on peace with the Kurus. So go now, with those of your soldiers left alive, to the city named after the elephant."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its apparatus as 4.61.22d*1041, lines 9–12. Corrected पुरुम् → पुरम् (misprint in Wikisource; the apparatus reads gajasāhvayaṃ puram).

Verse 35 (4.67.35)

दुर्योधनस्तस्य निशम्य वाक्यं पितामहस्यात्महितं प्रशस्य । अतीतकामो युधि सोऽत्यमर्षी राजा विनिश्वस्य बभूव तूष्णीम् ॥

duryodhanastasya niśamya vākyaṃ pitāmahasyātmahitaṃ praśasya | atītakāmo yudhi so'tyamarṣī rājā viniśvasya babhūva tūṣṇīm

Hearing those words of the grandsire, Duryodhana praised them as being for his own good; and the king, full of resentment but with no more wish for battle, sighed and fell silent.

Verse 36 (4.67.36)

तद्भीष्मवाक्यं हि निशम्य सर्वे धनञ्जयाग्निं च विवर्धमानम् । निवर्तनायैव मतिं निदध्युर्दुर्योधनं तं परिरक्षमाणाः ॥

tadbhīṣmavākyaṃ hi niśamya sarve dhanañjayāgniṃ ca vivardhamānam | nivartanāyaiva matiṃ nidadhyurduryodhanaṃ taṃ parirakṣamāṇāḥ

Hearing Bhishma's words and seeing the fire that was Dhananjaya blazing ever higher, they all set their minds on turning back, guarding Duryodhana as they went.

Verse 37 (4.67.37)

तान्प्रस्थितान्प्रीतमनाः समर्थो धनञ्जयः सर्वकुरुप्रवीरः । आमन्त्र्य वीरोऽनुययौ मुहूर्तं गाण्डीवघोषेण विनद्य लोकम् ॥

tānprasthitānprītamanāḥ samartho dhanañjayaḥ sarvakurupravīraḥ | āmantrya vīro'nuyayau muhūrtaṃ gāṇḍīvaghoṣeṇa vinadya lokam

As they set out, Dhananjaya, the able one, foremost of all the Kurus, glad at heart, bade them farewell, and the hero followed them a little way, filling the world with the twang of Gandiva.

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition's 4.61.25, worded differently in most of its quarters; the last quarter is close to 4.61.27d (gāṇḍīvaghoṣeṇa vinādya lokān). The alignment left it unmatched.

Verse 38 (4.67.38)

तेषामनीकानि निरीक्ष्य पार्थो विकीर्णयानध्वजकार्मुकाणि । गाण्डीवधन्वा प्रहसन्कुरूणां शङ्खं प्रदध्मौ बलवान्बलेन ॥

teṣāmanīkāni nirīkṣya pārtho vikīrṇayānadhvajakārmukāṇi | gāṇḍīvadhanvā prahasankurūṇāṃ śaṅkhaṃ pradadhmau balavānbalena

Looking at the Kurus' divisions, their chariots, banners and bows scattered, the mighty wielder of Gandiva laughed and blew his conch with all his strength.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its apparatus as 4.61.25c*1043, lines 1–4. Corrected शङ्ख → शङ्खं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; the apparatus reads śaṅkhaṃ pradadhmau).

Verse 39 (4.67.39)

ते शङ्खशब्दं तुमुलं निशम्य ध्वजस्य शब्दं च ततोऽन्तरिक्षे । गाण्डीवशब्देन मुहुर्मुहुस्ते भीता ययुः सर्वधनं विहाय ॥

te śaṅkhaśabdaṃ tumulaṃ niśamya dhvajasya śabdaṃ ca tato'ntarikṣe | gāṇḍīvaśabdena muhurmuhuste bhītā yayuḥ sarvadhanaṃ vihāya

Hearing the tumultuous sound of the conch, the cry of the banner in the sky and the twang of Gandiva again and again, they fled in fear, leaving all the wealth behind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its apparatus as 4.61.25c*1043, lines 5–8.

Verse 40 (4.67.40)

तानर्जुनो दूरतरं विभज्य धनं च सर्वं निखिलं निवर्त्य । आपृच्छ्य तान्दूरमनुप्रयात्वा धनञ्जयस्तत्र कुरून्महात्मा । गुरूंश्च सर्वानभिवाद्य बाणैर्न्यवर्ततोदग्रमनाः शरैः सह ॥

tānarjuno dūrataraṃ vibhajya dhanaṃ ca sarvaṃ nikhilaṃ nivartya | āpṛcchya tāndūramanuprayātvā dhanañjayastatra kurūnmahātmā | gurūṃśca sarvānabhivādya bāṇairnyavartatodagramanāḥ śaraiḥ saha

Arjuna drove them far off and brought back all the wealth in full; then great-souled Dhananjaya, having followed the Kurus a long way and taken leave of them, saluted all his elders there with arrows and turned back, high-spirited, arrows in hand.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its apparatus as 4.61.25c*1043, lines 9–11, and 4.61.25d*1044; the apparatus reads śanaiḥ saḥ ("slowly, he") where Wikisource has शरैः सह.

Verse 41 (4.67.41)

पितामहं शान्तनवं महात्मा द्वाभ्यां शराभ्यामभिवाद्य वीरः । द्रोणं कृपं चैव कुरूंश्च मान्याञ्शरैश्च सर्वानभिवाद्य सङ्ख्ये । दुर्योधनस्योत्तमरत्नचित्रं चिच्छेद पार्थो मकुटं शरौघैः ॥

pitāmahaṃ śāntanavaṃ mahātmā dvābhyāṃ śarābhyāmabhivādya vīraḥ | droṇaṃ kṛpaṃ caiva kurūṃśca mānyāñśaraiśca sarvānabhivādya saṅkhye | duryodhanasyottamaratnacitraṃ ciccheda pārtho makuṭaṃ śaraughaiḥ

The great-souled hero saluted the grandsire, Shantanu's son, with two arrows; and having saluted Drona, Kripa and all the honoured Kurus with arrows in the battle, Partha cut down Duryodhana's crown, bright with the finest gems, with a flight of arrows.

Note on the text: Corresponds to the critical edition's 4.61.26 (worded differently) followed by 4.61.27a–b; the alignment left it unmatched.

Verse 42 (4.67.42)

अराजवंशस्य किमर्थमेतन्नित्यं न धार्यं मकुटं त्वयेति । संपातितं भूमितले सरत्नं प्रीतस्ततो मात्स्यसुतो बभूव ॥

arājavaṃśasya kimarthametannityaṃ na dhāryaṃ makuṭaṃ tvayeti | saṃpātitaṃ bhūmitale saratnaṃ prītastato mātsyasuto babhūva

"Why should you, who are not of royal stock, always wear this crown? It is not for you to wear," he said. And when it had been struck to the ground with its jewels, the Matsya prince was delighted.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Not in its apparatus either. Corrected प्रीतस्तुतो → प्रीतस्ततो (misprint in Wikisource; ु for त, "then glad").

Verse 43 (4.67.43)

धनञ्जयं नागमिव प्रभिन्नं विजित्य शत्रून्परिवर्तमानम् । गास्ता विजित्याभिमुखं प्रयान्तं न शक्नुवन्तः कुरवः प्रयाताः ॥

dhanañjayaṃ nāgamiva prabhinnaṃ vijitya śatrūnparivartamānam | gāstā vijityābhimukhaṃ prayāntaṃ na śaknuvantaḥ kuravaḥ prayātāḥ

The Kurus, unable to stand against Dhananjaya as he turned back like an elephant in rut after conquering his foes and headed home with the cattle he had won, went their way.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Not in its apparatus either.

Verse 44 (4.67.44)

धनञ्जयं सिंहमिवात्तशस्त्रं गा वै विजित्याभिमुखं प्रयान्तम् । उदीक्षितुं पार्थिवास्ते न शेकुर्यथैव मध्याह्नगतं हि सूर्यम् ॥

dhanañjayaṃ siṃhamivāttaśastraṃ gā vai vijityābhimukhaṃ prayāntam | udīkṣituṃ pārthivāste na śekuryathaiva madhyāhnagataṃ hi sūryam

The kings could no more look at Dhananjaya, like a lion with weapon in hand, heading home after winning the cattle, than one can look at the sun at midday.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its apparatus as 4.61.27b*1046, lines 1–4.

Verse 45 (4.67.45)

रक्तानि वासांसि च तानि गृह्य रणोत्कटो नाग इव प्रभिन्नः । जित्वा च वैराटिमुवाच पार्थः प्रहृष्टरूपो रथिनां वरिष्ठः ॥

raktāni vāsāṃsi ca tāni gṛhya raṇotkaṭo nāga iva prabhinnaḥ | jitvā ca vairāṭimuvāca pārthaḥ prahṛṣṭarūpo rathināṃ variṣṭhaḥ

Taking those red garments, the foremost of chariot-warriors, fierce in battle like an elephant in rut, spoke in delight to Virata's son after his victory:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its apparatus as 4.61.27b*1046, lines 5–8. The apparatus reads ratnāni ("jewels") where Wikisource has रक्तानि; Wikisource's footnote records the variant हिमत्वा for जित्वा.

Verse 46 (4.67.46)

आवर्तयाश्वान्पशवो जितास्ते याताः परे प्रैहि पुरं प्रहृष्टः । उद्धुष्यतां ते विजयोऽद्य शीघ्रं गात्रं तु ते सेवतु माल्यगन्धः । माता तु ते नन्दतु बान्धवाश्च त्वामद्य दृष्ट्वा समुदीर्णहर्षम् ॥

āvartayāśvānpaśavo jitāste yātāḥ pare praihi puraṃ prahṛṣṭaḥ | uddhuṣyatāṃ te vijayo'dya śīghraṃ gātraṃ tu te sevatu mālyagandhaḥ | mātā tu te nandatu bāndhavāśca tvāmadya dṛṣṭvā samudīrṇaharṣam

"Turn the horses back; your cattle are won and the enemy has gone. Go to the city in joy. Let your victory be proclaimed at once today, let garlands and perfumes adorn your body, and let your mother and your kinsmen rejoice when they see you today so full of gladness."

Note on the text: No speaker heading in Wikisource; the verse is the speech announced in verse 45, so it is assigned to Arjuna. The first line is the critical edition's 4.61.29c–d (yāhi for प्रैहि); lines 2–3 are its apparatus passage 4.61.29d*1049.