Arjuna Spares the Fugitives and Takes Up His Disguise Again

Verse 1 (4.68.1)

ततो विजित्य संग्रामे कुरून्गोवृषभेक्षणः । समानयामास तदा विराटस्य धनं महत् ॥

tato vijitya saṃgrāme kurūngovṛṣabhekṣaṇaḥ | samānayāmāsa tadā virāṭasya dhanaṃ mahat

Having thus conquered the Kurus in battle, he of the bull-like eyes brought back Virata's great wealth.

Note on the text: Corrected कुरुगो° → कुरून्गो° (misprint in Wikisource; dropped न्, leaving विजित्य without its object; the CE reads kurūn govṛṣabhekṣaṇaḥ).

Verse 2 (4.68.2)

गतेषु च प्रभग्नेषु धार्तराष्ट्रेषु सर्वशः । वनान्निष्क्रम्य गहनाद्बहवः कुरुसैनिकाः । भयात्संत्रस्तमनसः समाजग्मुस्ततस्ततः ॥

gateṣu ca prabhagneṣu dhārtarāṣṭreṣu sarvaśaḥ | vanānniṣkramya gahanādbahavaḥ kurusainikāḥ | bhayātsaṃtrastamanasaḥ samājagmustatastataḥ

When the sons of Dhritarashtra had gone, routed on every side, many Kuru soldiers came out of the dense forest and gathered from here and there, their minds struck with fear.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 4.62.2 and 4.62.3a–b; the alignment left it unmatched. Corrected मतषु → गतेषु (misprint in Wikisource; the CE reads gateṣu).

Verse 3 (4.68.3)

मुक्तकेशाः प्रदृश्यन्ते स्थिताः प्राञ्जलयस्तदा । क्षुत्पिपासापरिश्रान्ता विदेशस्था विचेतसः । ऊचुः प्राञ्जलयः सर्वे पार्थ किं करवामहे ॥

muktakeśāḥ pradṛśyante sthitāḥ prāñjalayastadā | kṣutpipāsāpariśrāntā videśasthā vicetasaḥ | ūcuḥ prāñjalayaḥ sarve pārtha kiṃ karavāmahe

They were seen standing with their hair loose and their hands joined, worn out by hunger and thirst, in a strange land and out of their wits. With joined hands they all said, "Partha, what shall we do?

Note on the text: The critical edition's 4.62.3c–d and 4.62.4, with small differences of wording; the alignment left it unmatched. Corrected क्षुत्पिणसा → क्षुत्पिपासा (misprint in Wikisource; the CE reads kṣutpipāsā).

Verse 4 (4.68.4)

प्राणानन्तर्मनोयातान्प्रयाचिष्यामहे वयम् । वयं चार्जुन ते दासा ह्यनुरक्ष्या ह्यनाथकाः ॥

prāṇānantarmanoyātānprayāciṣyāmahe vayam | vayaṃ cārjuna te dāsā hyanurakṣyā hyanāthakāḥ

We beg for our lives, which have shrunk back into our hearts. We are your slaves, Arjuna; protect us, for we have no protector."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its apparatus as 4.62.4d*1052, lines 1–2. No speaker heading in Wikisource; the soldiers' plea begun in verse 3 continues, so it is assigned to them.

Verse 5 (4.68.5)

अनाथान्दुःखितान्दीनान्कृशान्वृद्धान्पराजितान् । न्यस्तशस्त्रान्निराशांश्च नाहं हन्मि कृताञ्जलीन् ॥

anāthānduḥkhitāndīnānkṛśānvṛddhānparājitān | nyastaśastrānnirāśāṃśca nāhaṃ hanmi kṛtāñjalīn

"I do not kill the helpless, the suffering, the wretched, the emaciated, the old, the defeated, those who have laid down their weapons, those who have lost hope, or those who stand with joined hands.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its apparatus as 4.62.4d*1052, lines 3–4.

Verse 6 (4.68.6)

भवन्तो यान्तु विस्रब्धा निर्भया अमृता यथा । मम पादरजोलक्ष्म्या जीवन्तु सुचिरं भुवि ॥

bhavanto yāntu visrabdhā nirbhayā amṛtā yathā | mama pādarajolakṣmyā jīvantu suciraṃ bhuvi

Go without worry and without fear, as if you were immortal. By the grace of the dust of my feet, may you live long upon the earth."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). It is in its apparatus as 4.62.4d*1052, lines 5–6. The apparatus reads pādarajorakṣyā for पादरजोलक्ष्म्या.

Verse 7 (4.68.7)

तस्य तामभयां वाचं श्रुत्वा योधाः समागताः । आयुः कीर्तियशोभिस्ते तमाशीर्भिरवर्धयन् ॥

tasya tāmabhayāṃ vācaṃ śrutvā yodhāḥ samāgatāḥ | āyuḥ kīrtiyaśobhiste tamāśīrbhiravardhayan

Hearing his words granting safety, the warriors gathered there honoured him with blessings of long life, renown and glory.

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from अर्जुन (an obvious carry-over in the input) to वैशम्पायन: this is narration.

Verse 8 (4.68.8)

ततो निवृत्ताः कुरवो भग्नाश्च वशमास्थिताः । प्रयाताः सर्वतस्तत्र नमस्कृत्य धनञ्जयम् ॥

tato nivṛttāḥ kuravo bhagnāśca vaśamāsthitāḥ | prayātāḥ sarvatastatra namaskṛtya dhanañjayam

Then the Kurus turned back, broken and submissive, and went off in every direction after bowing to Dhananjaya.

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from अर्जुन (an obvious carry-over in the input) to वैशम्पायन: this is narration. Corrected यग्नाश्च दिवमास्थिताः → भग्नाश्च वशमास्थिताः (misprints in Wikisource; य for भ, and दिवम् "the sky" makes no sense of the routed soldiers; the CE's 4.62.7a reads prabhagnā vaśam āsthitāḥ, and verse 19 repeats the line as प्रभग्नाः शममास्थिताः). The second line is the apparatus passage 4.62.6d*1054.

Verse 9 (4.68.9)

एवं दत्ताभयास्तेन ततो याताः कुरून्प्रति ॥

evaṃ dattābhayāstena tato yātāḥ kurūnprati

Granted safety by him in this way, they went off toward the Kurus.

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from अर्जुन (an obvious carry-over in the input) to वैशम्पायन: this is narration. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Not in its apparatus either; a single line (half-verse) in Wikisource.

Verse 10 (4.68.10)

स कर्म कृत्वा परमार्यकर्मा निहत्य शत्रून्द्विषतां निहन्ता । यातो महामेघ इवातपान्ते विद्राव्य पार्थः कुरुसैन्यमेकः ॥

sa karma kṛtvā paramāryakarmā nihatya śatrūndviṣatāṃ nihantā | yāto mahāmegha ivātapānte vidrāvya pārthaḥ kurusainyamekaḥ

Having done that deed, Partha, noble in his deeds and slayer of foes, having killed his enemies and routed the Kuru host single-handed, went on like a great cloud at the end of the hot season.

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from अर्जुन (an obvious carry-over in the input) to वैशम्पायन: this is narration. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The first line is in its apparatus as 4.62.6d*1053; the second is close to Appendix I, No. 57, lines 5–6 (tataḥ sa taṃ megham ivāpatantaṃ / vidrāvya pārthaḥ kurumeghasainyam).

Verse 11 (4.68.11)

तं मात्स्यपुत्रं द्विषतां निहन्ता वचोऽब्रवीत्संपरिगृह्य राजन् ॥

taṃ mātsyaputraṃ dviṣatāṃ nihantā vaco'bravītsaṃparigṛhya rājan

The slayer of foes drew the son of the Matsya king close and spoke these words to him, O king:

Note on the text: Speaker corrected from अर्जुन (an obvious carry-over in the input) to वैशम्पायन: this is narration. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 57 (inserted after 4.62.6d), lines 7–8. A single line (half-verse) in Wikisource, as in the appendix.

Verse 12 (4.68.12)

पितुः सकाशे तव तात सर्वे वसन्ति पार्था विदितं त्वयेति । तान्मास्म शंसीर्नगरं प्रविश्य भीतः प्रणश्येत्स च मत्स्यराजः ॥

pituḥ sakāśe tava tāta sarve vasanti pārthā viditaṃ tvayeti | tānmāsma śaṃsīrnagaraṃ praviśya bhītaḥ praṇaśyetsa ca matsyarājaḥ

"My boy, you know that all the Parthas are living with your father. Do not reveal them when you enter the city, or the Matsya king may take fright and perish.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 57 (inserted after 4.62.6d), lines 9–12.

Verse 13 (4.68.13)

मया जिता सा ध्वजिनी कुरूणां मया हि गावो विजिता द्विषद्भ्यः । एवं तु कामं नगरं प्रविश्य त्वमात्मना कर्म कृतं ब्रवीहि ॥

mayā jitā sā dhvajinī kurūṇāṃ mayā hi gāvo vijitā dviṣadbhyaḥ | evaṃ tu kāmaṃ nagaraṃ praviśya tvamātmanā karma kṛtaṃ bravīhi

Rather, when you enter the city, say freely, 'I conquered that host of the Kurus; I won back the cattle from the enemy,' and declare the deed your own."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 57 (inserted after 4.62.6d), lines 13–16.

Verse 14 (4.68.14)

यत्ते कृतं कर्म न वारणीयं तत्कर्म कर्तुं मम नास्ति शक्तिः । न त्वां प्रवक्ष्यामि पितुः सकाशे यावन्न मां वक्ष्यसि सव्यसाचिन् ॥

yatte kṛtaṃ karma na vāraṇīyaṃ tatkarma kartuṃ mama nāsti śaktiḥ | na tvāṃ pravakṣyāmi pituḥ sakāśe yāvanna māṃ vakṣyasi savyasācin

"The deed you have done could not have been withstood; I have no power to do such a deed. But I will not speak of you before my father until you tell me to, Savyasachin."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 57 (inserted after 4.62.6d), lines 17–20. Wikisource prints the speaker heading cut off as र उवाच (for उत्तर उवाच); it had slipped into the verse text with the speaker left as अर्जुन. The heading line is removed and the verse given to Uttara (Virata's son), as in the appendix (uttara uvāca). The appendix reads na pāraṇīyaṃ for न वारणीयं.

Verse 15 (4.68.15)

स शत्रुसेनां तरसा विजित्य आच्छिद्य सर्वं तु धनं कुरूणाम् । श्मशानमागम्य पुनः शमीं तामभ्येत्य तस्थौ शरविक्षताङ्गः ॥

sa śatrusenāṃ tarasā vijitya ācchidya sarvaṃ tu dhanaṃ kurūṇām | śmaśānamāgamya punaḥ śamīṃ tāmabhyetya tasthau śaravikṣatāṅgaḥ

Having overcome the enemy host by force and taken back all the wealth from the Kurus, he came again to the cremation ground, went up to that shami tree and stood there, his body wounded by arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 57 (inserted after 4.62.6d), lines 21–24. Wikisource prints the speaker heading cut off as पायन उवाच (for वैशंपायन उवाच); it is given to वैशम्पायन.

Verse 16 (4.68.16)

ततः स वह्निप्रतिमो महाकपिः सहैव भूतैर्दिवमुत्पपात । तथा च माया विहिता बभूव सा ध्वजं च सिंहं युयुजे रथे पुनः ॥

tataḥ sa vahnipratimo mahākapiḥ sahaiva bhūtairdivamutpapāta | tathā ca māyā vihitā babhūva sā dhvajaṃ ca siṃhaṃ yuyuje rathe punaḥ

Then that great monkey, blazing like fire, flew up into the sky together with the spirits; the magic took its course as before, and he yoked the lion banner to the chariot once more.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 57 (inserted after 4.62.6d), lines 25–28.

Verse 17 (4.68.17)

निधाय तच्चायुधमाजिमर्दनः कुरूत्तमानामिषुधीन्ध्वजांस्तथा । प्रायात्स मात्स्यो नगरं प्रवेष्टुं किरीटिना सारथिना महात्मा ॥

nidhāya taccāyudhamājimardanaḥ kurūttamānāmiṣudhīndhvajāṃstathā | prāyātsa mātsyo nagaraṃ praveṣṭuṃ kirīṭinā sārathinā mahātmā

Having laid away that weapon, together with the quivers and banners of the foremost Kurus, the great-souled Matsya prince, crusher in battle, set out to enter the city with the diademed one as his charioteer.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 57 (inserted after 4.62.6d), lines 29–32. The appendix reads ājivardhanaṃ for आजिमर्दनः.

Verse 18 (4.68.18)

पार्थश्च कृत्वा परमार्यकर्म निहत्य शत्रून्द्विषतां निहन्ता । विधाय भूयश्च तथैव वेषं जग्राह रश्मीन्पुनरुत्तरस्य । बृहन्नलारूपमथो विधाय प्रायात्स मात्स्यो नगरं प्रवेष्टुम् ॥

pārthaśca kṛtvā paramāryakarma nihatya śatrūndviṣatāṃ nihantā | vidhāya bhūyaśca tathaiva veṣaṃ jagrāha raśmīnpunaruttarasya | bṛhannalārūpamatho vidhāya prāyātsa mātsyo nagaraṃ praveṣṭum

And Partha, slayer of foes, having done that noble deed and killed his enemies, put on the same guise again and took up Uttara's reins once more; and with him again in the form of Brihannala, the Matsya prince set out to enter the city.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The critical edition prints it only in Appendix I, No. 57 (inserted after 4.62.6d), lines 33–36. (first two lines); the third line is close to lines 37–38. Corrected प्रायात्य → प्रायात्स (misprint in Wikisource; cf. verse 17, प्रायात्स मात्स्यो).

Verse 19 (4.68.19)

ततो निवृत्ताः कुरवः प्रभग्नाः शममास्थिताः । परस्परमवेक्ष्यैव जग्मुस्ते हृतवाससः ॥

tato nivṛttāḥ kuravaḥ prabhagnāḥ śamamāsthitāḥ | parasparamavekṣyaiva jagmuste hṛtavāsasaḥ

Then the Kurus turned back, broken, and fell quiet; looking at one another, they went off, stripped of their garments.

Note on the text: The first line is the critical edition's 4.62.7a–b (vaśam for शमम्); the second line is not in the critical edition (vulgate recension).

Verse 20 (4.68.20)

पन्थानमुपसंगम्य फल्गुनो वाक्यमब्रवीत् । राजपुत्र प्रपद्यस्व धनानीमानि सर्वशः । गोकुलानि महाबाहो वीरगोपालकैः सह ॥

panthānamupasaṃgamya phalguno vākyamabravīt | rājaputra prapadyasva dhanānīmāni sarvaśaḥ | gokulāni mahābāho vīragopālakaiḥ saha

Coming onto the road, Phalguna said, "Prince, mighty-armed one, take charge of all this wealth, and of the herds of cattle together with the brave cowherds."

Note on the text: The critical edition's 4.62.7c–d and 4.62.8, with different wording in the second line (pratyavekṣa samānītāni); the alignment left it unmatched.

Verse 21 (4.68.21)

ततोऽपराह्णे यास्यामो विराटनगरं प्रति । आश्वास्य पाययित्वा च परिप्लाव्य च वाजिनः ॥

tato'parāhṇe yāsyāmo virāṭanagaraṃ prati | āśvāsya pāyayitvā ca pariplāvya ca vājinaḥ

"In the afternoon we shall set out for Virata's city, once we have rested the horses, watered them and bathed them.

Note on the text: No speaker heading in Wikisource; verses 21–22 continue the words of Arjuna (Phalguna) begun in verse 20, now again in his guise as Brihannala, so they are assigned to him.

Verse 22 (4.68.22)

गच्छन्तु त्वरितं दूता गोपालाः प्रेषितास्त्वया । नगरे प्रियमाख्यातुं घोषयन्तु च ते जयम् ॥

gacchantu tvaritaṃ dūtā gopālāḥ preṣitāstvayā | nagare priyamākhyātuṃ ghoṣayantu ca te jayam

Let the cowherds you send as messengers go quickly to the city to tell the good news and proclaim your victory."

Verse 23 (4.68.23)

उत्तरस्त्वरमाणोऽथ दूतानाज्ञापयत्ततः । वचनादर्जुनस्यैव ह्याचक्षध्वं जयं मम ॥

uttarastvaramāṇo'tha dūtānājñāpayattataḥ | vacanādarjunasyaiva hyācakṣadhvaṃ jayaṃ mama

Then Uttara, making haste, gave orders to the messengers at Arjuna's bidding: "Announce my victory.

Verse 24 (4.68.24)

मया जिता सा ध्वजिनी कुरूणां मया च गावो विजिता द्विषद्भ्यः । एवं तु कामं नगरं प्रविश्य मयाऽऽत्मना कर्म कृतं ब्रवीत ॥

mayā jitā sā dhvajinī kurūṇāṃ mayā ca gāvo vijitā dviṣadbhyaḥ | evaṃ tu kāmaṃ nagaraṃ praviśya mayā''tmanā karma kṛtaṃ bravīta

Enter the city and say freely, 'I conquered the Kuru host, and I won the cattle from the enemy'; say that the deed was done by me myself."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Not in its apparatus either; it echoes Arjuna's words in verse 13. No speaker heading in Wikisource; it continues Uttara's order to the messengers begun in verse 23, so it is assigned to Uttara (Virata's son). Wikisource prints the four quarters on four rows; they are set here as two half-verse lines. Corrected कुरुणं → कुरूणां (misprint in Wikisource; the genitive plural, as in verse 13). The page ends here without its closing colophon; nothing appears lost (the next page opens adhyaya 69 normally).