Virata Begs Kanka's Pardon; Uttara Credits a Son of the Gods

Verse 1 (4.72.1)

सभाज्यमानः पौरैश्च स्त्रीभिर्जानपदैरपि । आसाद्यान्तःपुरद्वारं पित्रे संप्रत्यवेदयत् ॥

sabhājyamānaḥ pauraiśca strībhirjānapadairapi | āsādyāntaḥpuradvāraṃ pitre saṃpratyavedayat

Honoured by the townsfolk, by the women and by the people of the countryside, Uttara reached the gate of the inner palace and sent word of his coming to his father.

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

Verse 2 (4.72.2)

ततो द्वाःस्थः समासाद्य प्रणिपत्य कृताञ्जलिः । वर्धयित्वा जयाशीर्भिरिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

tato dvāḥsthaḥ samāsādya praṇipatya kṛtāñjaliḥ | vardhayitvā jayāśīrbhiridaṃ vacanamabravīt

Then the doorkeeper came up, bowed low with joined palms, hailed the king with blessings of victory, and said:

Note on the text: Corresponds to 4.63.50a (tato dvāḥsthaḥ …) expanded by the apparatus passage 4.63.50a*1094, lines 1–2; the doorkeeper's announcement (4.63.50cd in the CE) follows in verse 3.

Verse 3 (4.72.3)

राजन्पृथुयशस्तुभ्यं जित्वा शत्रून्समागतः । उत्तरः सह सूतेन द्वारि तिष्ठति वारितः ॥

rājanpṛthuyaśastubhyaṃ jitvā śatrūnsamāgataḥ | uttaraḥ saha sūtena dvāri tiṣṭhati vāritaḥ

"O king of wide renown, Uttara has come back to you after conquering the enemy. He stands at the door with his charioteer, waiting to be admitted.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the apparatus passage 4.63.50b*1095 (line 1); line 2 is a variant of 4.63.50cd. The doorkeeper's words (verses 3–4) have no heading in Wikisource and the input carried वैशंपायन; the CE apparatus prints dvāḥsthaḥ above them.

Verse 4 (4.72.4)

कुमारो योधमुख्यैश्च गणिकाभिश्च संवृतः । पौरजानपदैर्युक्तः पूज्यमानो जयाशिषा ॥

kumāro yodhamukhyaiśca gaṇikābhiśca saṃvṛtaḥ | paurajānapadairyuktaḥ pūjyamāno jayāśiṣā

The prince is surrounded by the foremost warriors and by courtesans; the townsfolk and country people are with him, and he is being honoured with blessings of victory."

Note on the text: Corrected योधमुख्यैस्च → योधमुख्यैश्च and गणिकाभिस्च → गणिकाभिश्च (misprints in Wikisource; स for श). Corrected जयाशिषाः → जयाशिषा (misprint in Wikisource; stray visarga, the instrumental is needed; the apparatus reads jayāśiṣā). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus as 4.63.50d*1096, lines 1–2. The doorkeeper is still speaking.

Verse 5 (4.72.5)

ततो हृष्टो महीपालः क्षत्तारमिदमब्रवीत् । प्रवेशयोभौ तौ तूर्णं दर्शनेप्सुरहं तयोः ॥

tato hṛṣṭo mahīpālaḥ kṣattāramidamabravīt | praveśayobhau tau tūrṇaṃ darśanepsurahaṃ tayoḥ

Then the delighted king said to the chamberlain: "Bring them both in quickly; I want to see them both."

Verse 6 (4.72.6)

क्षत्तारं कुरुराजस्तु शनैः कर्ण उपाजपत् । उत्तरः प्रविशत्वेको न प्रवेश्या बृहन्नला ॥

kṣattāraṃ kururājastu śanaiḥ karṇa upājapat | uttaraḥ praviśatveko na praveśyā bṛhannalā

But the Kuru king quietly whispered in the chamberlain's ear: "Let Uttara come in alone; Brihannala must not be admitted.

Note on the text: Corrected बृहन्नलाः → बृहन्नला (misprint in Wikisource; stray visarga turns the singular into a plural; CE bṛhannaḍā). Yudhishthira's whispered words begin in line 2 of this narrative verse.

Verse 7 (4.72.7)

एतस्य हि महाबाहोर्व्रतं नित्यं महात्मनः । यो ममाङ्गे व्रणं कुर्याच्छोणितं वा प्रदर्शयेत् । अन्यत्र संग्रामगतान्न स जीवेत्कथंचन ॥

etasya hi mahābāhorvrataṃ nityaṃ mahātmanaḥ | yo mamāṅge vraṇaṃ kuryācchoṇitaṃ vā pradarśayet | anyatra saṃgrāmagatānna sa jīvetkathaṃcana

For this mighty-armed, great-souled man keeps a constant vow: whoever wounds my body or draws my blood, except in battle, shall not live by any means.

Note on the text: Corrected तस्य हि → एतस्य हि (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara leaves the pada a syllable short; CE etasya hi). Yudhishthira's whispered words continue (verses 7–9, no heading in Wikisource; the input carried वैशंपायन).

Verse 8 (4.72.8)

व्यक्तं भृशं सुसंक्रुद्धो मां दृष्ट्वैव सशोणितम् । विराटमिह सामात्यं हन्यात्सबलवाहनम् ॥

vyaktaṃ bhṛśaṃ susaṃkruddho māṃ dṛṣṭvaiva saśoṇitam | virāṭamiha sāmātyaṃ hanyātsabalavāhanam

Plainly, if he saw me bloodied, he would fly into a towering rage and kill Virata here with his ministers, his army and his mounts.

Note on the text: Corrected भृसं → भृशं (misprint in Wikisource; स for श) and सबलावाहनम् → सबलवाहनम् (misprint in Wikisource; stray long ā breaks the compound; CE sabalavāhanam).

Verse 9 (4.72.9)

इन्द्रं वापि कुबेरं वा यमं वा वरुणं तथा । मम शोणितकर्तारं मृद्नीयात्किं पुनर्नरम् ॥

indraṃ vāpi kuberaṃ vā yamaṃ vā varuṇaṃ tathā | mama śoṇitakartāraṃ mṛdnīyātkiṃ punarnaram

Whoever drew my blood, be it Indra or Kubera, Yama or Varuna, he would crush him — how much more a man!

Note on the text: Corrected मृद्गीयात् → मृद्नीयात् (misprint in Wikisource; ग for न; the apparatus reads mṛdnīyāt). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus as 4.63.54d*1098, lines 1–2.

Verse 10 (4.72.10)

क्षणमात्रं तु तत्रैव द्वारि तिष्ठतु वीर्यवान् । इति प्रोवाच धर्मात्मा युधिष्ठिर उदारधीः ॥

kṣaṇamātraṃ tu tatraiva dvāri tiṣṭhatu vīryavān | iti provāca dharmātmā yudhiṣṭhira udāradhīḥ

"Let the valiant prince wait right there at the door for a moment." So spoke righteous, noble-minded Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus as 4.63.54d*1098, lines 3–4. Line 1 closes Yudhishthira's words and line 2 is narration, so the verse is given to the narrator.

Verse 11 (4.72.11)

इत्युक्त्वा क्षमया युक्तो धर्मराजो घृणान्वितः । सभायां सह मात्स्येन तूष्णीमुपविवेश ह ॥

ityuktvā kṣamayā yukto dharmarājo ghṛṇānvitaḥ | sabhāyāṃ saha mātsyena tūṣṇīmupaviveśa ha

Having said this, the Dharma king, full of forbearance and compassion, sat down in silence in the hall beside the Matsya king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus as 4.63.54d*1098, lines 5–6.

Verse 12 (4.72.12)

ततो राजसुतो ज्येष्ठः प्राविशत्पृथिवींजयः । ववन्दे स पितुः पादौ कङ्कं चाप्युपतिष्ठत ॥

tato rājasuto jyeṣṭhaḥ prāviśatpṛthivīṃjayaḥ | vavande sa pituḥ pādau kaṅkaṃ cāpyupatiṣṭhata

Then the king's eldest son, conqueror of the earth, came in. He saluted his father's feet and went up to Kanka as well.

Note on the text: Line 2 differs from the CE (so 'bhivādya pituḥ pādau dharmarājam apaśyata); recension variant.

Verse 13 (4.72.13)

पश्यन्युधिष्ठिरं दृष्ट्या वक्रया चरणौ पितुः । अभिवाद्य ततो दृष्ट्वा कङ्कस्य रुधिरप्लुतम् । हृदयेऽदह्यत तदा मृत्युग्रस्त इवोत्तरः ॥

paśyanyudhiṣṭhiraṃ dṛṣṭyā vakrayā caraṇau pituḥ | abhivādya tato dṛṣṭvā kaṅkasya rudhiraplutam | hṛdaye'dahyata tadā mṛtyugrasta ivottaraḥ

As he bowed at his father's feet he glanced sidelong at Yudhishthira; and when he saw Kanka covered in blood, Uttara burned within like a man in the grip of death.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Line 1 is the apparatus passage 4.64.1d*1099 and line 3 is 4.64.2b*1100, line 1; line 2 (abhivādya tato dṛṣṭvā …) appears nowhere in the CE or its apparatus.

Verse 14 (4.72.14)

ततो रुधिरसिक्ताङ्गमनेकाग्रमनागसम् । भूमावेकान्त आसीनं सैरन्ध्र्या समुपासितम् । ततः पप्रच्छ राजानं त्वरमाण इवोत्तरः ॥

tato rudhirasiktāṅgamanekāgramanāgasam | bhūmāvekānta āsīnaṃ sairandhryā samupāsitam | tataḥ papraccha rājānaṃ tvaramāṇa ivottaraḥ

Then, seeing him seated apart on the ground, his body spattered with blood, distraught and blameless, with the Sairandhri tending him, Uttara hastily asked the king:

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 parallel 4.64.2 and line 3 parallels 4.64.3ab (tataḥ papraccha pitaraṃ …).

Verse 15 (4.72.15)

केनायं ताडितः कङ्कः केन पापमिदं कृतम् । को वा जिगमिषुर्मृत्युं केन स्पृष्टः पदोरगः ॥

kenāyaṃ tāḍitaḥ kaṅkaḥ kena pāpamidaṃ kṛtam | ko vā jigamiṣurmṛtyuṃ kena spṛṣṭaḥ padoragaḥ

"Who struck Kanka? Who has done this wicked thing? Who wants to go to his death? Who has trodden on a snake?

Note on the text: Line 1 parallels 4.64.3cd; line 2 is the apparatus passage 4.64.2b*1100, line 2. Uttara's question (verses 15–16) has no heading in Wikisource; the input carried वैशंपायन.

Verse 16 (4.72.16)

श्रोत्रियो ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठ इन्द्रासनरतिक्षमः । पूजनीयोऽभिवाद्यश्च न प्रबाध्योऽयमीदृशः ॥

śrotriyo brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha indrāsanaratikṣamaḥ | pūjanīyo'bhivādyaśca na prabādhyo'yamīdṛśaḥ

This is a brahmin learned in the Veda, the best of brahmins, worthy of Indra's own seat. Such a man is to be honoured and saluted, not harmed."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus as 4.64.2b*1100, lines 3–4.

Verse 17 (4.72.17)

स पुत्रस्य वचः श्रुत्वा विराटो राष्ट्रवर्धनः । प्रत्युवाचोत्तरं वाक्यं साध्वसाद्ध्वस्तमानसः ॥

sa putrasya vacaḥ śrutvā virāṭo rāṣṭravardhanaḥ | pratyuvācottaraṃ vākyaṃ sādhvasāddhvastamānasaḥ

Hearing his son's words, Virata, who made his realm prosper, answered Uttara, his mind shaken by alarm:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus as 4.64.2b*1100, lines 5–6. Speaker heading वैशंपायन उवाच printed above this verse.

Verse 18 (4.72.18)

पुत्र ते विजयं श्रुत्वा प्रहृष्टोऽहं मुदा भृशम् । अक्षक्रीडनयाऽनेन कालक्षेपमकारिषम् ॥

putra te vijayaṃ śrutvā prahṛṣṭo'haṃ mudā bhṛśam | akṣakrīḍanayā'nena kālakṣepamakāriṣam

"Son, when I heard of your victory I was overjoyed, and I was passing the time with this man in a game of dice.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus as 4.64.2b*1100, lines 7–8. Virata's reply (verses 18–21) has no heading in Wikisource; the input carried वैशंपायन (the apparatus prints virāṭaḥ).

Verse 19 (4.72.19)

तत्राजयत्कुरून्सर्वानुत्तरो राष्ट्रवर्धनः । इत्युक्तं हि मया पुत्र नेति कङ्को बृहन्नला । अजयत्सा कुरून्सर्वानिति मामब्रवीन्मुहुः ॥

tatrājayatkurūnsarvānuttaro rāṣṭravardhanaḥ | ityuktaṃ hi mayā putra neti kaṅko bṛhannalā | ajayatsā kurūnsarvāniti māmabravīnmuhuḥ

When I said, 'There Uttara, who makes the realm prosper, has conquered all the Kurus,' Kanka said 'No — Brihannala conquered all the Kurus,' and said it to me again and again.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus as 4.64.2b*1100, lines 9–11.

Verse 20 (4.72.20)

प्रशंसिते मया पुत्र विजये तव विश्रुते । बृहन्नलाया विजयं कङ्कोऽस्तुवत वै रुषा ॥

praśaṃsite mayā putra vijaye tava viśrute | bṛhannalāyā vijayaṃ kaṅko'stuvata vai ruṣā

When I praised your famous victory, son, Kanka angrily extolled Brihannala's victory instead.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus as 4.64.2b*1100, lines 12–13.

Verse 21 (4.72.21)

मया प्रशस्यमाने तु त्वयि पण्डं प्रशंसति । बृहन्नलाप्रशंसाभिरभ्यसूयमहं तदा । ताडितोऽयं मया पुत्र दुरात्मा शत्रुपक्षकृत् ॥

mayā praśasyamāne tu tvayi paṇḍaṃ praśaṃsati | bṛhannalāpraśaṃsābhirabhyasūyamahaṃ tadā | tāḍito'yaṃ mayā putra durātmā śatrupakṣakṛt

While I was praising you, he was praising a eunuch. His praises of Brihannala galled me then, and so, son, I struck this wicked man who takes the enemy's side."

Note on the text: Line 1 parallels 4.64.4cd; lines 2–3 are the apparatus passage 4.64.4d*1101, lines 2 and 1.

Verse 22 (4.72.22)

ताडितोऽयं यतिः कङ्क इत्युक्तं तद्वचोत्तरः । श्रुत्वा पितुर्भृशं क्रुद्धः पितरं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

tāḍito'yaṃ yatiḥ kaṅka ityuktaṃ tadvacottaraḥ | śrutvā piturbhṛśaṃ kruddhaḥ pitaraṃ vākyamabravīt

When Uttara heard his father say, "I struck this ascetic Kanka," he was furious and said to his father:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Line 2 is the apparatus passage 4.64.4d*1102 (line 1); line 1 appears nowhere in the CE or its apparatus.

Verse 23 (4.72.23)

अकार्यं ते कृतं राजन्क्षिप्रमेष प्रसाद्यताम् । मा त्वा ब्रह्मविषं घोरं समूलमुपनिर्दहेत् ॥

akāryaṃ te kṛtaṃ rājankṣiprameṣa prasādyatām | mā tvā brahmaviṣaṃ ghoraṃ samūlamupanirdahet

"You have done a wrong thing, O king. Have him appeased at once, before the dread poison of a brahmin's wrath burns you up, root and all.

Note on the text: Uttara's speech (verses 23–26) has no heading in Wikisource; the input carried वैशंपायन (the CE prints uttara uvāca).

Verse 24 (4.72.24)

यावन्न क्षयमायाति कुलं सर्वमशेषतः । स्फीतं वृद्धं च मात्स्यानामयं तावत्प्रसाद्यताम् ॥

yāvanna kṣayamāyāti kulaṃ sarvamaśeṣataḥ | sphītaṃ vṛddhaṃ ca mātsyānāmayaṃ tāvatprasādyatām

Before the whole thriving, ancient line of the Matsyas comes to utter ruin, have him appeased.

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वमशेषनः → सर्वमशेषतः (misprint in Wikisource; न for त; the apparatus reads aśeṣataḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus as 4.64.5d*1103, lines 1–2 (which end ayaṃ tāvat pradhakṣyati).

Verse 25 (4.72.25)

प्रणम्य पादयोरस्य दण्डवत्क्षितिमण्डले । प्रगृह्य पादौ पाणिभ्यामयं तावत्प्रसाद्यताम् ॥

praṇamya pādayorasya daṇḍavatkṣitimaṇḍale | pragṛhya pādau pāṇibhyāmayaṃ tāvatprasādyatām

Fall at his feet, stretched on the ground like a staff, clasp his feet in your hands, and so appease him —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus as 4.64.5d*1103, lines 3–4.

Verse 26 (4.72.26)

दक्षेण पाणिना स्पृष्ट्वा शपे त्वां क्षपितं मया । इति यावद्वदेत्कङ्क अयं तावत्प्रसाद्यताम् ॥

dakṣeṇa pāṇinā spṛṣṭvā śape tvāṃ kṣapitaṃ mayā | iti yāvadvadetkaṅka ayaṃ tāvatprasādyatām

appease him until Kanka touches you with his right hand and says, 'I swear to you, I have put it away.'"

Note on the text: Corrected कङ् अयं → कङ्क अयं (misprint in Wikisource; the final akshara of कङ्क was lost; the hiatus keeps the pada's eight syllables). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE or its apparatus.

Verse 27 (4.72.27)

स पुत्रस्य वचः श्रुत्वा विराटः साध्वसाकुलः । क्षमयामास कौन्तेयं छन्नं ब्राह्मणवर्चसा ॥

sa putrasya vacaḥ śrutvā virāṭaḥ sādhvasākulaḥ | kṣamayāmāsa kaunteyaṃ channaṃ brāhmaṇavarcasā

Hearing his son's words, Virata, shaken with alarm, begged forgiveness of the son of Kunti, who was hidden under a brahmin's guise.

Verse 28 (4.72.28)

क्षमयन्तं तु राजानं पाण्डवः प्रत्यभाषत । चिरं क्षान्तं मया राजन्मन्युर्मम न विद्यते ॥

kṣamayantaṃ tu rājānaṃ pāṇḍavaḥ pratyabhāṣata | ciraṃ kṣāntaṃ mayā rājanmanyurmama na vidyate

As the king begged his pardon, the Pandava answered: "I forgave it long ago, O king; I bear no anger.

Note on the text: Yudhishthira's reply begins in line 2 of this narrative verse.

Verse 29 (4.72.29)

यदि स्म तत्पतेद्भूमौ रुधिरं मम पार्थिव । सराष्ट्रस्त्वमिहोच्छेदमापद्येथा नरर्षभ ॥

yadi sma tatpatedbhūmau rudhiraṃ mama pārthiva | sarāṣṭrastvamihocchedamāpadyethā nararṣabha

Had that blood of mine fallen to the ground, lord of the earth, you and your kingdom would have been destroyed here, O bull among men.

Note on the text: Parallels 4.64.8 in different wording (recension variant). Yudhishthira's words continue (no heading in Wikisource; the input carried वैशंपायन).

Verse 30 (4.72.30)

न दूषयामि राजेन्द्र यस्तु हन्याददूषकम् । फलं तस्य महाराज क्षिप्रं दारुणमाप्नुयात् ॥

na dūṣayāmi rājendra yastu hanyādadūṣakam | phalaṃ tasya mahārāja kṣipraṃ dāruṇamāpnuyāt

I do not blame you, lord of kings. But whoever strikes one who has done no wrong, great king, soon reaps a terrible fruit."

Verse 31 (4.72.31)

शोणिते तु व्यतिक्रान्ते प्रविवेश बृहन्नला । अभिवाद्य महाराजं कङ्कं चाप्युपतिष्ठत ॥

śoṇite tu vyatikrānte praviveśa bṛhannalā | abhivādya mahārājaṃ kaṅkaṃ cāpyupatiṣṭhata

When the bleeding had stopped, Brihannala came in, saluted the great king, and went up to Kanka as well.

Note on the text: Speaker heading वैशंपायन उवाच printed above this verse.

Verse 32 (4.72.32)

क्षमयित्वा तु कौरव्यं रणादुत्तरमागतम् । परिष्वज्य दृढं राजा प्रवेश्य भवनोत्तमम् । प्रशशंस ततो मात्स्यः शृण्वतः सव्यसाचिनः ॥

kṣamayitvā tu kauravyaṃ raṇāduttaramāgatam | pariṣvajya dṛḍhaṃ rājā praveśya bhavanottamam | praśaśaṃsa tato mātsyaḥ śṛṇvataḥ savyasācinaḥ

Having made his peace with the Kaurava, the king embraced Uttara, back from the battle, held him close, and took him into his finest hall; and there the Matsya king praised him while Savyasachin listened.

Note on the text: Line 2 is the apparatus passage 4.64.11b*1106.

Verse 33 (4.72.33)

त्वया दायादवानस्मि कैकेयीनन्दिवर्धन । त्वया मे सदृशः पुत्रो न भूतो न भविष्यति ॥

tvayā dāyādavānasmi kaikeyīnandivardhana | tvayā me sadṛśaḥ putro na bhūto na bhaviṣyati

"Through you, joy of Kaikeyi, I truly have an heir. A son like you has never been and never will be.

Note on the text: Speaker heading विराट उवाच printed above this verse.

Verse 34 (4.72.34)

पदं पदसहस्रेण यश्चरन्नापराध्नुयात् । तेन कर्णेन ते तात कथमासीत्समागमः ॥

padaṃ padasahasreṇa yaścarannāparādhnuyāt | tena karṇena te tāta kathamāsītsamāgamaḥ

How did you fare, my son, in your encounter with Karna, who can shoot at a thousand marks at once and not miss a single one?

Verse 35 (4.72.35)

रणे यं प्रेक्ष्य सीदन्ति हृतवीर्यपराक्रमाः । कृपेण तेन ते तात कथमासीत्समागमः ॥

raṇe yaṃ prekṣya sīdanti hṛtavīryaparākramāḥ | kṛpeṇa tena te tāta kathamāsītsamāgamaḥ

How did you fare, my son, against Kripa, at the sight of whom in battle men lose heart, robbed of their strength and valour?

Note on the text: Corrected कृपेन → कृपेण (misprint in Wikisource; न for ण after ऋ; CE kṛpeṇa).

Verse 36 (4.72.36)

यस्य तद्विश्रुतं लोके महद्वृत्तमनुत्तमम् । पितुः कृते कृतं घोरं ब्रह्मचर्यमनुत्तमम् ॥

yasya tadviśrutaṃ loke mahadvṛttamanuttamam | pituḥ kṛte kṛtaṃ ghoraṃ brahmacaryamanuttamam

He whose great and peerless conduct is famous in the world — the terrible, peerless vow of celibacy he took for his father's sake;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus as 4.64.14f*1108, lines 1–2 (which read mahad vratam for महद्वृत्तम्).

Verse 37 (4.72.37)

योऽयोधीत्समरे रामं जामदग्न्यं प्रतापिनम् । भीष्मोऽसौ पुरुषव्याघ्र न च युद्धे पराजितः ॥

yo'yodhītsamare rāmaṃ jāmadagnyaṃ pratāpinam | bhīṣmo'sau puruṣavyāghra na ca yuddhe parājitaḥ

who fought in battle with mighty Rama, son of Jamadagni — that Bhishma, tiger among men, has never been defeated in war;

Note on the text: Corrected भीष्मोसौ → भीष्मोऽसौ (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus as 4.64.14f*1108, lines 3–4.

Verse 38 (4.72.38)

पराक्रमी च दुर्धर्षो विद्वाञ्शूरो जितेन्द्रियः । दृढवेधी क्षिप्रकारी विश्रुतः सर्वकर्मसु ॥

parākramī ca durdharṣo vidvāñśūro jitendriyaḥ | dṛḍhavedhī kṣiprakārī viśrutaḥ sarvakarmasu

valiant and unassailable, learned, heroic, master of his senses, a hard-hitting and swift archer, renowned in every undertaking —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus as 4.64.14f*1108, lines 5–6.

Verse 39 (4.72.39)

तेन ते सह भीष्मेण कुरुवृद्धेन संयुगे । युद्धमासीत्कथं तात सर्वमेतद्ब्रवीहि मे ॥

tena te saha bhīṣmeṇa kuruvṛddhena saṃyuge | yuddhamāsītkathaṃ tāta sarvametadbravīhi me

how did your fight go, my son, with Bhishma, the elder of the Kurus? Tell me all of it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus as 4.64.14f*1108, lines 7–8.

Verse 40 (4.72.40)

पर्वतं यो विनिर्भिन्द्याद्राजपुत्रो वरेषुभिः । दुर्योधनेन ते तात कथमासीत्समागमः ॥

parvataṃ yo vinirbhindyādrājaputro vareṣubhiḥ | duryodhanena te tāta kathamāsītsamāgamaḥ

How did you fare, my son, against Prince Duryodhana, who could split a mountain with his fine arrows?

Verse 41 (4.72.41)

आचार्यो वृष्णिवीराणां पाञ्चालानां च यः प्रभुः । कुरूणां पाण्डवानां च सर्वक्षत्रस्य यो गुरुः ॥

ācāryo vṛṣṇivīrāṇāṃ pāñcālānāṃ ca yaḥ prabhuḥ | kurūṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca sarvakṣatrasya yo guruḥ

He who is teacher of the Vrishni heroes and lord of the Panchalas, the preceptor of the Kurus, of the Pandavas and of all the Kshatriyas,

Note on the text: Corrected वृष्णिरीराणां → वृष्णिवीराणां (misprint in Wikisource; र for व; CE vṛṣṇivīrāṇāṃ). An expanded variant of 4.64.15, which continues in verse 42.

Verse 42 (4.72.42)

सर्वशस्त्रभृतां श्रेष्ठः सर्वलोकेषु विश्रुतः । तेन द्रोणेन ते तात कथमासीत्समागमः ॥

sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvalokeṣu viśrutaḥ | tena droṇena te tāta kathamāsītsamāgamaḥ

the best of all who bear arms, famed in every world — how did you fare, my son, against that Drona?

Note on the text: Completes the expanded 4.64.15 (its last line, tena droṇena te tāta …); no separate CE verse.

Verse 43 (4.72.43)

आचार्यपुत्रो यः शूरो द्रोणादनवमो रणे । तेन वीरेण ते तात कथमासीत्समागमः ॥

ācāryaputro yaḥ śūro droṇādanavamo raṇe | tena vīreṇa te tāta kathamāsītsamāgamaḥ

How did you fare, my son, against the teacher's son, a hero no less than Drona in battle?

Verse 44 (4.72.44)

सर्वे चैव महावीर्या धार्तराष्ट्रा महारथाः । तैस्तैर्वीरैश्च ते तात कथमासीत्समागमः ॥

sarve caiva mahāvīryā dhārtarāṣṭrā mahārathāḥ | taistairvīraiśca te tāta kathamāsītsamāgamaḥ

And all the sons of Dhritarashtra, mighty great chariot-warriors — how did you fare, my son, against each of those heroes?"

Note on the text: Corrected धार्तराष्ट्रः → धार्तराष्ट्रा (misprint in Wikisource; a stray visarga where the plural is needed; the apparatus reads dhārtarāṣṭrā). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus as 4.64.16d*1110 (= 4.64.18d*1113), lines 1–2.

Verse 45 (4.72.45)

न मया निर्जिता गावो न मया कुरवो जिताः । कृतं च कर्म तत्सर्वं देवपुत्रेण केनचित् ॥

na mayā nirjitā gāvo na mayā kuravo jitāḥ | kṛtaṃ ca karma tatsarvaṃ devaputreṇa kenacit

"It was not I who won back the cattle, nor I who defeated the Kurus. All that was done by some son of the gods.

Note on the text: Speaker heading उत्तर उवाच printed above this verse.

Verse 46 (4.72.46)

स हि भीतं द्रवन्तं मां भीष्मद्रोणमुखान्कुरून् । दृष्ट्वा विषण्णं संग्रामे देवपुत्रो न्यवारयत् ॥

sa hi bhītaṃ dravantaṃ māṃ bhīṣmadroṇamukhānkurūn | dṛṣṭvā viṣaṇṇaṃ saṃgrāme devaputro nyavārayat

When I was fleeing in terror, dismayed in battle at the sight of the Kurus led by Bhishma and Drona, that son of the gods stopped me.

Note on the text: 4.64.20ab with the apparatus passage 4.64.20a*1114 worked in.

Verse 47 (4.72.47)

स हि तिष्ठन्रथोपस्थे वज्रपाणिनिभो युवा । तेन ते निर्जिता गावस्तेन ते कुरवो जिताः ॥

sa hi tiṣṭhanrathopasthe vajrapāṇinibho yuvā | tena te nirjitā gāvastena te kuravo jitāḥ

That youth stood on the chariot like Indra with the thunderbolt in his hand. It was he who won back your cattle, he who conquered the Kurus.

Note on the text: Line 1 parallels 4.64.20cd and line 2 is 4.64.21ab; Wikisource and the CE divide these verses differently.

Verse 48 (4.72.48)

तस्य तत्कर्म वीरस्य न मया तात तत्कृतम् । स हि शारद्वतं द्रोणं द्रोणपुत्रं च वीर्यवान् । सूतपुत्रं च भीष्मं च चकार विमुखाञ्शरैः ॥

tasya tatkarma vīrasya na mayā tāta tatkṛtam | sa hi śāradvataṃ droṇaṃ droṇaputraṃ ca vīryavān | sūtaputraṃ ca bhīṣmaṃ ca cakāra vimukhāñśaraiḥ

That deed was that hero's, father, not mine. It was he, the mighty one, whose arrows turned back Kripa son of Sharadvat, Drona, Drona's son, the charioteer's son and Bhishma.

Note on the text: Removed a stray ट after the danda at the end of line 2 (wiki typo). Line 1 is 4.64.21cd; lines 2–3 are 4.64.22.

Verse 49 (4.72.49)

दुर्योधनं च समरे प्रभिन्नमिव कुञ्जरम् । प्रभग्नमब्रवीद्भीतं राजपुत्रं महाबलम् ॥

duryodhanaṃ ca samare prabhinnamiva kuñjaram | prabhagnamabravīdbhītaṃ rājaputraṃ mahābalam

And to Duryodhana, the mighty prince, who in battle was like an elephant in rut but was now routed and afraid, he said:

Note on the text: Corrected दुर्योदनं → दुर्योधनं (misprint in Wikisource; द for ध; CE duryodhanaṃ).

Verse 50 (4.72.50)

न हास्तिनपुरे त्राणं तव पश्यामि किंचन । न हास्तिनपुरे भोगा भोक्तुं शक्याः पलायता ॥

na hāstinapure trāṇaṃ tava paśyāmi kiṃcana | na hāstinapure bhogā bhoktuṃ śakyāḥ palāyatā

'I see no refuge for you at all in Hastinapura; nor can one who runs away enjoy the pleasures of Hastinapura.

Note on the text: Line 1 is 4.64.24ab; line 2 is the apparatus passage 4.64.24b*1115. The son of the gods' words to Duryodhana (verses 50–51) are quoted within Uttara's account.

Verse 51 (4.72.51)

व्यायामेन परीप्सस्व जीवितं कौरवात्मज । न मोक्ष्यसे पलायंस्त्वं लोके युद्धमना भव । पृथिवीं भोक्ष्यसे जित्वा हतो वा स्वर्गमाप्स्यसि ॥

vyāyāmena parīpsasva jīvitaṃ kauravātmaja | na mokṣyase palāyaṃstvaṃ loke yuddhamanā bhava | pṛthivīṃ bhokṣyase jitvā hato vā svargamāpsyasi

Fight, son of the Kurus, and try to save your life that way. Running, you will not escape anywhere in the world; set your mind on battle. Conquer, and you will enjoy the earth; be slain, and you will reach heaven.'

Note on the text: Line 1 is 4.64.24cd; lines 2–3 are 4.64.25.

Verse 52 (4.72.52)

स निवृत्तो नरव्याघ्रो मुञ्चन्वज्रनिभाञ्शरान् । सचिवैः संवृतो राजा भीष्मद्रोणकृपादिभिः । ततो मे रोमहर्षोऽभूदूरुस्तम्भश्च मेऽभवत् ॥

sa nivṛtto naravyāghro muñcanvajranibhāñśarān | sacivaiḥ saṃvṛto rājā bhīṣmadroṇakṛpādibhiḥ | tato me romaharṣo'bhūdūrustambhaśca me'bhavat

That tiger among men, the king, turned back, loosing arrows like thunderbolts, surrounded by his counsellors Bhishma, Drona, Kripa and the rest. Then my hair stood on end and my thighs went stiff.

Note on the text: Lines 1–2 are 4.64.26 (line 2 a variant); line 3 parallels 4.64.27ab.

Verse 53 (4.72.53)

यदभूद्घनसंकाशमनीकं व्यधमच्छरैः । तत्प्रणुद्य रथानीकं सिंहदर्पसमो युवा । तान्कुरून्द्रावयद्राजन्रणे नाग इव श्वसन् ॥

yadabhūdghanasaṃkāśamanīkaṃ vyadhamaccharaiḥ | tatpraṇudya rathānīkaṃ siṃhadarpasamo yuvā | tānkurūndrāvayadrājanraṇe nāga iva śvasan

With his arrows he scattered that host, massed like a bank of clouds; driving back the line of chariots, that youth, proud as a lion, put those Kurus to flight, O king, like an elephant snorting in battle.

Note on the text: Corrected यदभूद्धनसंकाशम्(अनीकं) → यदभूद्घनसंकाशम्(अनीकं) (misprint in Wikisource; ध for घ, "like a cloud"; CE abhraghanasaṃkāśam), तत्प्रपुद्य → तत्प्रणुद्य (misprint in Wikisource; प for ण; CE praṇudya) and कुरुन् → कुरून् (misprint in Wikisource; accusative plural needs the long ū). Line 1 parallels 4.64.27cd; lines 2–3 parallel 4.64.28.

Verse 54 (4.72.54)

एकेन तेन शूरेण षड्रथाः परिनिर्जिताः । शार्दूलेनेव मत्तेन मृगास्तृणचरा यथा ॥

ekena tena śūreṇa ṣaḍrathāḥ parinirjitāḥ | śārdūleneva mattena mṛgāstṛṇacarā yathā

By that one hero alone six chariot-warriors were overcome, as grass-eating deer are by a fierce tiger.

Verse 55 (4.72.55)

हयानां च गजानां च शूराणां च धनुष्मताम् । निहतानि सहस्राणि भग्ना च कुरुवाहिनी ॥

hayānāṃ ca gajānāṃ ca śūrāṇāṃ ca dhanuṣmatām | nihatāni sahasrāṇi bhagnā ca kuruvāhinī

Thousands of horses and elephants, of warriors and bowmen were slain, and the Kuru army was shattered.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus as 4.64.29d*1116, lines 1–2.

Verse 56 (4.72.56)

सूतपुत्रं शतैर्विद्ध्वा हयान्हत्वा महारथः । अस्त्रेण मोहयित्वा तं रक्तवस्त्रं समाददे ॥

sūtaputraṃ śatairviddhvā hayānhatvā mahārathaḥ | astreṇa mohayitvā taṃ raktavastraṃ samādade

The great chariot-warrior pierced the charioteer's son with hundreds of arrows, killed his horses, stunned him with a magic weapon, and took his red garment.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus as 4.64.29d*1116, lines 3–4.

Verse 57 (4.72.57)

चतुर्भिः पुनरानर्च्छद्भीष्मं शान्तनवं शरैः । स तं विद्ध्वा हयांश्चाशु नास्य वस्त्रं समाददे ॥

caturbhiḥ punarānarcchadbhīṣmaṃ śāntanavaṃ śaraiḥ | sa taṃ viddhvā hayāṃścāśu nāsya vastraṃ samādade

Then he struck Bhishma, son of Shantanu, with four arrows; but though he swiftly pierced him and his horses, he did not take his garment.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus as 4.64.29d*1116, lines 5–6, where Arjuna does take Bhishma's white garment (śuklaṃ vastraṃ samādade); Wikisource's नास्य वस्त्रं is kept as a recension reading.

Verse 58 (4.72.58)

दुर्योधनं च बलवान्बाणैर्विव्याध सप्तभिः । तं स विद्ध्वा हयांश्चास्य पीतवस्त्रं समाददे ॥

duryodhanaṃ ca balavānbāṇairvivyādha saptabhiḥ | taṃ sa viddhvā hayāṃścāsya pītavastraṃ samādade

The mighty one pierced Duryodhana with seven arrows; having pierced him and his horses, he took his yellow garment.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus as 4.64.29d*1116, lines 7–8.

Verse 59 (4.72.59)

द्रोणं कृपं च बलवान्सोमदत्तं जयद्रथम् । भूरिश्रवसमिन्द्राभं शकुनिं च महारथम् ॥

droṇaṃ kṛpaṃ ca balavānsomadattaṃ jayadratham | bhūriśravasamindrābhaṃ śakuniṃ ca mahāratham

Drona and Kripa, Somadatta and Jayadratha, Bhurishravas, bright as Indra, and the great chariot-warrior Shakuni —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus as 4.64.29d*1116, lines 9–10.

Verse 60 (4.72.60)

त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः स विद्ध्वा तु दुःशासनमुखानपि । विविधानि च वस्त्राणि महार्हाण्याजहार सः ॥

tribhistribhiḥ sa viddhvā tu duḥśāsanamukhānapi | vividhāni ca vastrāṇi mahārhāṇyājahāra saḥ

these, and Duhshasana and the others with him, he pierced with three arrows each, and carried off their many costly garments.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus as 4.64.29d*1116, lines 11–12.

Verse 61 (4.72.61)

द्वाभ्यां शराभ्यां विद्ध्वाऽथ तथाऽऽचार्यसुतं रणे । चापं छित्त्वा विकर्णस्य नीले चादत्त वाससी ॥

dvābhyāṃ śarābhyāṃ viddhvā'tha tathā''cāryasutaṃ raṇe | cāpaṃ chittvā vikarṇasya nīle cādatta vāsasī

Then, piercing the teacher's son in battle with two arrows, he cut Vikarna's bow and took his two blue garments."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus as 4.64.29d*1116, lines 13–14.

Verse 62 (4.72.62)

क्व स वीरो महाबाहुर्देवपुत्रो महायशाः । यो ममामोचयत्पुत्रं कुरुभिर्ग्रस्तमाहवे ॥

kva sa vīro mahābāhurdevaputro mahāyaśāḥ | yo mamāmocayatputraṃ kurubhirgrastamāhave

"Where is that mighty-armed hero, the glorious son of the gods, who rescued my son when the Kurus had him in their grip in battle?

Note on the text: Speaker heading विराट उवाच printed above this verse.

Verse 63 (4.72.63)

इच्छामि तममित्रघ्नं द्रष्टुमर्चितुमेव च । येन मे त्वं च गावश्च मोक्षिता देवसूनुना ॥

icchāmi tamamitraghnaṃ draṣṭumarcitumeva ca | yena me tvaṃ ca gāvaśca mokṣitā devasūnunā

I wish to see that slayer of foes and to honour him — that son of the gods who set you and the cattle free.

Note on the text: Corrected दुष्टुम् → द्रष्टुम् (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; CE draṣṭum).

Verse 64 (4.72.64)

तस्मै दास्यामि तां पुत्रीं ग्रामांश्चैव तु हाटकान् । स्फुरितं कटिसूत्रं च स्त्रीसहस्रशतानि च ॥

tasmai dāsyāmi tāṃ putrīṃ grāmāṃścaiva tu hāṭakān | sphuritaṃ kaṭisūtraṃ ca strīsahasraśatāni ca

To him I will give my daughter, and villages and gold, a glittering girdle, and hundreds of thousands of women."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus as 4.64.31d*1117, lines 1–2.

Verse 65 (4.72.65)

अन्तर्धानं गतस्तात देवपुत्रः प्रतापवान् । अद्य श्वो वा परश्वो वा मन्ये प्रादुर्भविष्यति ॥

antardhānaṃ gatastāta devaputraḥ pratāpavān | adya śvo vā paraśvo vā manye prādurbhaviṣyati

"That mighty son of the gods has vanished, father. I think he will appear again today, tomorrow or the day after."

Note on the text: Speaker heading उत्तर उवाच printed above this verse.

Verse 66 (4.72.66)

एवमाख्यायमानस्तु छन्नं सत्रेण पाण्डवम् । वसन्तं तं तु नाज्ञासीद्विराटः पार्थमर्जुनम् ॥

evamākhyāyamānastu channaṃ satreṇa pāṇḍavam | vasantaṃ taṃ tu nājñāsīdvirāṭaḥ pārthamarjunam

Even as he was being told all this, Virata did not recognise Partha Arjuna, the Pandava who was living there in disguise.

Note on the text: Speaker heading वैशंपायन उवाच printed above this verse.

Verse 67 (4.72.67)

ततः पार्थोऽभ्यनुज्ञातो विराटेन महात्मना । सह पुत्रेण मात्स्यस्य मन्त्रयित्वा धनंजयः ॥

tataḥ pārtho'bhyanujñāto virāṭena mahātmanā | saha putreṇa mātsyasya mantrayitvā dhanaṃjayaḥ

Then Partha Dhananjaya, with leave from the great-souled Virata, took counsel with the Matsya king's son,

Note on the text: Line 1 is 4.64.34ab; line 2 is the apparatus passage 4.64.34b*1118, line 1.

Verse 68 (4.72.68)

इत्येवं ब्रूहि राजानं विराटं समुपस्थितम् । इत्युक्त्वा सहसा पार्थः प्रविश्यान्तःपुरं शुभम् । ददौ वस्त्राणि रत्नानि विराटदुहितुः स्वयम् ॥

ityevaṃ brūhi rājānaṃ virāṭaṃ samupasthitam | ityuktvā sahasā pārthaḥ praviśyāntaḥpuraṃ śubham | dadau vastrāṇi ratnāni virāṭaduhituḥ svayam

saying, 'Tell King Virata, who is here, just this much.' Having said this, Partha went quickly into the fair inner apartments and himself gave the garments and jewels to Virata's daughter.

Note on the text: Corrected रन्तानि → रत्नानि (misprint in Wikisource; transposed conjunct, not a word; verse 69 speaks of garments and ornaments). Lines 1–2 are the apparatus passage 4.64.34b*1118, lines 2–3; line 3 parallels 4.64.34cd.

Verse 69 (4.72.69)

उत्तरा तु महार्हाणि वस्त्राण्याभरणानि च । प्रगृह्य तानि सर्वाणि प्रीता सानुचराऽभवत् ॥

uttarā tu mahārhāṇi vastrāṇyābharaṇāni ca | pragṛhya tāni sarvāṇi prītā sānucarā'bhavat

And Princess Uttara, taking all those costly garments and ornaments, rejoiced together with her companions.