11.023
Pancharatra and Core: Gandhari mourns the death of Śalya, Bhagadatta, Bhishma, and Droṇa.
गान्धार्युवाच॥
gāndhāryuvāca॥
[गान्धारी (gāndhārī) - Gandhari; (name of the queen) उवाच (uvāca) - said; (spoke);]
(Gandhari said;)
Gandhari said:
एष शल्यो हतः शेते साक्षान्नकुलमातुलः। धर्मज्ञेन सता तात धर्मराजेन संयुगे ॥११-२३-१॥
eṣa śalyo hataḥ śete sākṣānnakulamātulaḥ। dharmajñena satā tāta dharmarājena saṃyuge ॥11-23-1॥
[एष (eṣa) - this; शल्यः (śalyaḥ) - Śalya; हतः (hataḥ) - slain; शेते (śete) - lies; साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - directly; नकुलमातुलः (nakulamātulaḥ) - Nakula's maternal uncle; धर्मज्ञेन (dharmajñena) - by the knower of dharma; सता (satā) - by the virtuous; तात (tāta) - O father; धर्मराजेन (dharmarājena) - by Dharmarāja; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in battle;]
(This Śalya, slain, lies directly (here), Nakula's maternal uncle, by the knower of dharma, by the virtuous, O father, by Dharmarāja, in battle.)
O father, this is Śalya, Nakula's maternal uncle, lying slain here in battle, killed by the virtuous Dharmarāja, the knower of dharma.
यस्त्वया स्पर्धते नित्यं सर्वत्र पुरुषर्षभ। स एष निहतः शेते मद्रराजो महारथः ॥११-२३-२॥
yastvayā spardhate nityaṃ sarvatra puruṣarṣabha। sa eṣa nihataḥ śete madrarājo mahārathaḥ ॥11-23-2॥
[यः (yaḥ) - who; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; स्पर्धते (spardhate) - competes; नित्यं (nityaṃ) - always; सर्वत्र (sarvatra) - everywhere; पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - bull among men; सः (saḥ) - he; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; निहतः (nihataḥ) - slain; शेते (śete) - lies; मद्रराजः (madrarājaḥ) - king of Madra; महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - great chariot-warrior;]
(Who always competes with you everywhere, O bull among men, he—this king of Madra, the great chariot-warrior—lies slain.)
O best of men, the one who always rivaled you everywhere, the king of Madra, that great chariot-warrior, now lies slain.
येन सङ्गृह्णता तात रथमाधिरथेर्युधि। जयार्थं पाण्डुपुत्राणां तथा तेजोवधः कृतः ॥११-२३-३॥
yena saṅgṛhṇatā tāta ratham-ādhirather-yudhi। jayārthaṃ pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ tathā tejovadhaḥ kṛtaḥ ॥11-23-3॥
[येन (yena) - by whom; सङ्गृह्णता (saṅgṛhṇatā) - by the one who restrains; तात (tāta) - O dear one; रथम् (ratham) - chariot; आधिरथेः (ādhiratheḥ) - of the son of a charioteer; युधि (yudhi) - in battle; जयार्थम् (jayārtham) - for the sake of victory; पाण्डुपुत्राणाम् (pāṇḍuputrāṇām) - of the sons of Pandu; तथा (tathā) - also; तेजः-वधः (tejo-vadhaḥ) - destruction of energy; कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - was done;]
(By whom, O dear one, the chariot of the son of a charioteer was restrained in battle; for the sake of victory of the sons of Pandu, also the destruction of energy was done.)
O dear one, by whom the chariot of the son of a charioteer was restrained in battle, and for the victory of the sons of Pandu, the destruction of energy was also accomplished.
अहो धिक्पश्य शल्यस्य पूर्णचन्द्रसुदर्शनम्। मुखं पद्मपलाशाक्षं वडैरादष्टमव्रणम् ॥११-२३-४॥
aho dhikpaśya śalyasya pūrṇacandrasudarśanam। mukhaṃ padmapalāśākṣaṃ vaḍairādaṣṭamavraṇam ॥11-23-4॥
[अहो (aho) - ah; (an exclamation); धिक् (dhik) - condemnation; पश्य (paśya) - see; शल्यस्य (śalyasya) - of Śalya; (genitive singular); पूर्णचन्द्र (pūrṇa-candra) - full moon; (compound); सुदर्शनम् (sudarśanam) - beautiful to behold; (accusative singular neuter); मुखं (mukham) - face; (accusative singular neuter); पद्म (padma) - lotus; (compound); पलाश (palāśa) - leaf; (compound); आक्षं (ākṣam) - eye; (accusative singular neuter); वडैः (vaḍaiḥ) - by the vaṭa (banyan) fruits; (instrumental plural); आदष्टम् (ādaṣṭam) - bitten; (past participle, accusative singular neuter); अव्रणम् (avraṇam) - unwounded; (accusative singular neuter);]
(Ah! Condemn, see the face of Śalya, beautiful as the full moon; the face with lotus-leaf eyes, bitten by vaṭa fruits, yet unwounded.)
Ah! Look at Śalya's face, beautiful as the full moon, with eyes like lotus leaves, bitten by vaṭa fruits, yet without a wound.
एषा चामीकराभस्य तप्तकाञ्चनसप्रभा। आस्याद्विनिःसृता जिह्वा भक्ष्यते कृष्ण पक्षिभिः ॥११-२३-५॥
eṣā cāmīkarābhasya taptakāñcanasaprabhā। āsyādviniḥsṛtā jihvā bhakṣyate kṛṣṇa pakṣibhiḥ ॥11-23-5॥
[एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine); च (ca) - and; अमीकराभस्य (cāmīkarābhasya) - of gold-like (resembling gold); तप्तकाञ्चनसप्रभा (taptakāñcanasaprabhā) - having the radiance of heated gold; आस्यात् (āsyāt) - from the mouth; विनिःसृता (viniḥsṛtā) - emerged; जिह्वा (jihvā) - tongue; भक्ष्यते (bhakṣyate) - is eaten; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - black; पक्षिभिः (pakṣibhiḥ) - by birds;]
(This, and of gold-like, having the radiance of heated gold, from the mouth emerged tongue is eaten by black birds.)
This tongue, which has the radiance of heated gold and resembles gold, having emerged from the mouth, is being eaten by black birds.
युधिष्ठिरेण निहतं शल्यं समितिशोभनम्। रुदन्त्यः पर्युपासन्ते मद्रराजकुलस्त्रियः ॥११-२३-६॥
yudhiṣṭhireṇa nihataṃ śalyaṃ samitiśobhanam। rudantyaḥ paryupāsante madrarājakulastriyaḥ ॥11-23-6॥
[युधिष्ठिरेण (yudhiṣṭhireṇa) - by Yudhishthira; निहतं (nihatam) - slain; शल्यं (śalyam) - Shalya; समितिशोभनम् (samitiśobhanam) - adorned in battle; रुदन्त्यः (rudantyaḥ) - weeping; पर्युपासन्ते (paryupāsante) - surrounded; मद्रराजकुलस्त्रियः (madrarājakulastriyaḥ) - women of the Madra royal family;]
(Shalya, adorned in battle, slain by Yudhishthira. Weeping, the women of the Madra royal family surround (him).)
Shalya, who shone in battle, was slain by Yudhishthira. The women of the Madra royal family, weeping, gathered around him.
एताः सुसूक्ष्मवसना मद्रराजं नरर्षभम्। क्रोशन्त्यभिसमासाद्य क्षत्रियाः क्षत्रियर्षभम् ॥११-२३-७॥
etāḥ susūkṣmavasanā madrarājaṃ nararṣabham। krośantyabhisamāsādya kṣatriyāḥ kṣatriyarṣabham ॥11-23-7॥
[एताः (etāḥ) - these (feminine); सुसूक्ष्मवसना (susūkṣmavasanā) - wearing very fine garments; मद्रराजम् (madrarājam) - the king of Madra; नरर्षभम् (nararṣabham) - bull among men; क्रोशन्ति (krośanti) - cry out; अभिसमासाद्य (abhisamāsādya) - having approached; क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - Kṣatriya women; क्षत्रियर्षभम् (kṣatriyarṣabham) - bull among Kṣatriyas;]
(These (women), wearing very fine garments, having approached the king of Madra, the bull among men, cry out, Kṣatriya women, to the bull among Kṣatriyas.)
These women, adorned in very fine garments, having approached the king of Madra, the foremost among men, cry out to the foremost among Kṣatriyas.
शल्यं निपतितं नार्यः परिवार्याभितः स्थिताः। वाशिता गृष्टयः पङ्के परिमग्नमिवर्षभम् ॥११-२३-८॥
śalyaṃ nipatitaṃ nāryaḥ parivāryābhitaḥ sthitāḥ। vāśitā gṛṣṭayaḥ paṅke parimagnam iva ṛṣabham ॥11-23-8॥
[शल्यं (śalyam) - Shalya; (a proper noun, name of a person); निपतितं (nipatitam) - fallen; नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - women; परिवार्य (parivārya) - having surrounded; अभितः (abhitaḥ) - on all sides; स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - standing; वाशिता (vāśitā) - crying out; गृष्टयः (gṛṣṭayaḥ) - wives; पङ्के (paṅke) - in the mud; परिमग्नम् (parimagnam) - completely immersed; इव (iva) - like; ऋषभम् (ṛṣabham) - a bull;]
(Shalya fallen, women having surrounded on all sides standing, wives crying out, like a bull completely immersed in the mud.)
Shalya had fallen, and women stood all around him, crying out, like wives around a bull completely sunk in the mud.
शल्यं शरणदं शूरं पश्यैनं रथसत्तमम्। शयानं वीरशयने शरैर्विशकलीकृतम् ॥११-२३-९॥
śalyaṃ śaraṇadaṃ śūraṃ paśyainaṃ rathasattamam। śayānaṃ vīraśayane śarairviśakalīkṛtam ॥11-23-9॥
[शल्यं (śalyam) - Śalya; (proper noun, name of a warrior); शरणदं (śaraṇadam) - giver of refuge; शूरं (śūram) - heroic; पश्य (paśya) - see; एनं (enam) - him; रथसत्तमम् (rathasattamam) - the best among charioteers; शयानं (śayānam) - lying; वीरशयने (vīraśayane) - on the hero's bed; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; विशकलीकृतम् (viśakalīkṛtam) - pierced all over;]
(See Śalya, the giver of refuge, the heroic, the best among charioteers, lying on the hero's bed, pierced all over with arrows.)
Behold Śalya, the heroic giver of refuge and foremost among charioteers, lying on the hero's bed, his body pierced all over with arrows.
एष शैलालयो राजा भगदत्तः प्रतापवान्। गजाङ्कुशधरः श्रेष्ठः शेते भुवि निपातितः ॥११-२३-१०॥
eṣa śailālayo rājā bhagadattaḥ pratāpavān। gajāṅkuśadharaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ śete bhuvi nipātitaḥ ॥11-23-10॥
[एष (eṣa) - this; शैलालयः (śailālayaḥ) - mountain-dweller; राजा (rājā) - king; भगदत्तः (bhagadattaḥ) - Bhagadatta; प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - mighty; गजाङ्कुशधरः (gajāṅkuśadharaḥ) - elephant-goad-holder; श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - excellent; शेते (śete) - lies; भुवि (bhuvi) - on the earth; निपातितः (nipātitaḥ) - felled;]
(This mountain-dwelling king Bhagadatta, mighty, the excellent elephant-goad-holder, lies felled on the earth.)
Here lies Bhagadatta, the mighty king who dwelled among the mountains and was famed for his skill with the elephant-goad, now fallen to the earth.
यस्य रुक्ममयी माला शिरस्येषा विराजते। श्वापदैर्भक्ष्यमाणस्य शोभयन्तीव मूर्धजान् ॥११-२३-११॥
yasya rukmamayī mālā śirasyeṣā virājate। śvāpadairbhakṣyamāṇasya śobhayantīva mūrdhajān ॥11-23-11॥
[यस्य (yasya) - of whom; रुक्ममयी (rukmamayī) - made of gold; माला (mālā) - garland; शिरसि (śirasi) - on the head; एषा (eṣā) - this; विराजते (virājate) - shines; श्वापदैः (śvāpadaiḥ) - by beasts; भक्ष्यमाणस्य (bhakṣyamāṇasya) - of the one being eaten; शोभयन्तीव (śobhayantīva) - as if adorning; मूर्धजान् (mūrdhajān) - hair;]
(Of whom this garland made of gold shines on the head, as if adorning the hair of the one being eaten by beasts.)
The golden garland on his head shines, as if adorning the hair of the one being devoured by beasts.
एतेन किल पार्थस्य युद्धमासीत्सुदारुणम्। लोमहर्षणमत्युग्रं शक्रस्य बलिना यथा ॥११-२३-१२॥
etena kila pārthasya yuddham āsīt sudāruṇam। lomaharṣaṇam atyugraṃ śakrasya balinā yathā ॥11-23-12॥
[एतेन (etena) - by this; किल (kila) - indeed; पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Pārtha (Arjuna); युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; सुदारुणम् (sudāruṇam) - very terrible; लोमहर्षणम् (lomaharṣaṇam) - hair-raising; अत्युग्रं (atyugram) - extremely fierce; शक्रस्य (śakrasya) - of Śakra (Indra); बलिना (balinā) - by the mighty; यथा (yathā) - as;]
(By this, indeed, the battle of Pārtha was very terrible, hair-raising, extremely fierce, as (was) that of Śakra by the mighty.)
By this, indeed, Arjuna’s battle was very terrible and hair-raising, extremely fierce, like that of mighty Indra.
योधयित्वा महाबाहुरेष पार्थं धनञ्जयम्। संशयं गमयित्वा च कुन्तीपुत्रेण पातितः ॥११-२३-१३॥
yodhayitvā mahābāhureṣa pārthaṃ dhanañjayam। saṃśayaṃ gamayitvā ca kuntīputreṇa pātitaḥ ॥11-23-13॥
[योधयित्वा (yodhayitvā) - having caused to fight; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - the mighty-armed; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; पार्थम् (pārtham) - Pārtha (Arjuna); धनञ्जयम् (dhanañjayam) - Dhanañjaya (Arjuna); संशयम् (saṃśayam) - doubt; गमयित्वा (gamayitvā) - having caused to go; च (ca) - and; कुन्तीपुत्रेण (kuntīputreṇa) - by the son of Kuntī; पातितः (pātitaḥ) - was felled;]
(Having caused this mighty-armed one to fight Arjuna (Pārtha, Dhanañjaya), and having caused doubt to go, he was felled by the son of Kuntī.)
After making this mighty-armed one fight Arjuna (Dhanañjaya), and dispelling doubt, he was slain by the son of Kuntī.
यस्य नास्ति समो लोके शौर्ये वीर्ये च कश्चन। स एष निहतः शेते भीष्मो भीष्मकृदाहवे ॥११-२३-१४॥
yasya nāsti samo loke śaurye vīrye ca kaścana। sa eṣa nihataḥ śete bhīṣmo bhīṣmakṛdāhave ॥11-23-14॥
[यस्य (yasya) - of whom; नास्ति (nāsti) - there is not; समः (samaḥ) - equal; लोके (loke) - in the world; शौर्ये (śaurye) - in heroism; वीर्ये (vīrye) - in strength; च (ca) - and; कश्चन (kaścana) - anyone; सः (saḥ) - he; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; निहतः (nihataḥ) - slain; शेते (śete) - lies; भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma; भीष्मकृत् (bhīṣmakṛt) - the doer of terrible deeds; आहवे (āhave) - in battle;]
(Of whom there is not an equal in the world in heroism and strength, anyone; he, this, slain, lies, Bhishma, the doer of terrible deeds, in battle.)
He, Bhishma, the doer of terrible deeds, who had no equal in the world in heroism or strength, now lies slain in battle.
पश्य शान्तनवं कृष्ण शयानं सूर्यवर्चसम्। युगान्त इव कालेन पातितं सूर्यमम्बरात् ॥११-२३-१५॥
paśya śāntanavaṃ kṛṣṇa śayānaṃ sūryavarchasam। yugānta iva kālena pātitaṃ sūryamambarāt ॥11-23-15॥
[पश्य (paśya) - see; शान्तनवम् (śāntanavam) - son of Śantanu; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - Kṛṣṇa; शयानम् (śayānam) - lying; सूर्यवर्चसम् (sūryavarchasam) - having the brilliance of the sun; युगान्त (yugānta) - end of an age; इव (iva) - like; कालेन (kālena) - by time; पातितम् (pātitam) - fallen; सूर्यम् (sūryam) - sun; अम्बरात् (ambarāt) - from the sky;]
(See the son of Śantanu, O Kṛṣṇa, lying (here), possessing the brilliance of the sun, fallen by time like the sun at the end of an age from the sky.)
O Kṛṣṇa, behold the son of Śantanu, radiant as the sun, lying fallen by the force of time, like the sun dropped from the sky at the end of an age.
एष तप्त्वा रणे शत्रूञ्शस्त्रतापेन वीर्यवान्। नरसूर्योऽस्तमभ्येति सूर्योऽस्तमिव केशव ॥११-२३-१६॥
eṣa taptvā raṇe śatrūñ śastratāpena vīryavān। narasūryo'stamabhyeti sūryo'stam iva keśava ॥11-23-16॥
[एष (eṣa) - this; तप्त्वा (taptvā) - having scorched; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; शत्रून् (śatrūn) - enemies; शस्त्रतापेन (śastratāpena) - by the heat of weapons; वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - powerful; नरसूर्यः (narasūryaḥ) - the human sun; अस्तम् (astam) - to setting; अभ्येति (abhyeti) - approaches; सूर्यः (sūryaḥ) - the sun; अस्तम् (astam) - to setting; इव (iva) - like; केशव (keśava) - O Keśava;]
(This one, having scorched enemies in battle by the heat of weapons, powerful, the human sun approaches setting, like the sun to setting, O Keśava.)
O Keśava, this powerful hero, having scorched his enemies in battle by the heat of weapons, now approaches his end like the sun setting, O Keśava.
शरतल्पगतं वीरं धर्मे देवापिना समम्। शयानं वीरशयने पश्य शूरनिषेविते ॥११-२३-१७॥
śaratalpagataṃ vīraṃ dharme devāpinā samam। śayānaṃ vīraśayane paśya śūraniṣevite ॥11-23-17॥
[शरतल्पगतं (śaratalpagatam) - gone to the bed of arrows; वीरं (vīram) - hero; धर्मे (dharme) - in righteousness; देवापिना (devāpinā) - with Devāpi; समम् (samam) - together; शयानं (śayānam) - lying; वीरशयने (vīraśayane) - on the hero's bed; पश्य (paśya) - see; शूरनिषेविते (śūraniṣevite) - attended by heroes;]
(See the hero gone to the bed of arrows, lying in righteousness together with Devāpi, lying on the hero's bed, attended by heroes.)
Behold the hero who has gone to the bed of arrows, lying in righteousness together with Devāpi, resting on the hero's bed, attended by valiant men.
कर्णिनालीकनाराचैरास्तीर्य शयनोत्तमम्। आविश्य शेते भगवान्स्कन्दः शरवणं यथा ॥११-२३-१८॥
karṇinālīkanārācair āstīrya śayanottamam। āviśya śete bhagavān skandaḥ śaravaṇaṃ yathā ॥11-23-18॥
[कर्णि (karṇi) - with arrowheads; नालीक (nālīka) - with reed-arrows; नाराचैः (nārācaiḥ) - with iron-shafted arrows; आस्तीर्य (āstīrya) - having spread; शयन (śayana) - bed; उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent; आविश्य (āviśya) - having entered; शेते (śete) - lies; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the revered one; स्कन्दः (skandaḥ) - Skanda; शरवणम् (śaravaṇam) - the bed of reeds; यथा (yathā) - as; ॥११-२३-१८॥ (॥11-23-18॥) -;]
(Having spread an excellent bed with arrowheads, reed-arrows, and iron-shafted arrows, the revered Skanda lies there, just as (he did) on the bed of reeds.)
Skanda, the revered one, lies on an excellent bed made of arrowheads, reed-arrows, and iron-shafted arrows, just as he once lay on the bed of reeds.
अतूलपूर्णं गाङ्गेयस्त्रिभिर्बाणैः समन्वितम्। उपधायोपधानाग्र्यं दत्तं गाण्डीवधन्वना ॥११-२३-१९॥
atūlapūrṇaṃ gāṅgeyastribhirbāṇaiḥ samanvitam। upadhāyopadhānāgryaṃ dattaṃ gāṇḍīvadhanvanā ॥11-23-19॥
[अतूल (atūla) - immeasurable; पूर्णं (pūrṇam) - filled; गाङ्गेयः (gāṅgeyaḥ) - son of Ganga; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - arrows; समन्वितम् (samanvitam) - endowed; उपधाय (upadhāya) - having placed; उपधान (upadhāna) - cushion; आग्र्यं (āgryaṃ) - excellent; दत्तं (dattaṃ) - given; गाण्डीवधन्वना (gāṇḍīvadhanvanā) - by the wielder of the Gandiva bow;]
(Immeasurable and filled, the son of Ganga, endowed with three arrows, having placed an excellent cushion, was given by the wielder of the Gandiva bow.)
The son of Ganga, filled with immeasurable arrows, was provided with an excellent cushion made of three arrows by the wielder of the Gandiva bow.
पालयानः पितुः शास्त्रमूर्ध्वरेता महायशाः। एष शान्तनवः शेते माधवाप्रतिमो युधि ॥११-२३-२०॥
pālayānaḥ pituḥ śāstramūrdhvaretā mahāyaśāḥ। eṣa śāntanavaḥ śete mādhavāpratimo yudhi ॥11-23-20॥
[पालयानः (pālayānaḥ) - one who protected; पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father; शास्त्रम् (śāstram) - command; ऊर्ध्वरेता (ūrdhvaretā) - one whose vital energy is upward; महायशाः (mahāyaśāḥ) - of great fame; एष (eṣa) - this; शान्तनवः (śāntanavaḥ) - son of Śantanu; शेते (śete) - lies; माधवाप्रतिमः (mādhavāpratimaḥ) - equal to Mādhava; युधि (yudhi) - in battle;]
(One who protected the command of his father, whose vital energy is upward, of great fame, this son of Śantanu lies, equal to Mādhava, in battle.)
Here lies the son of Śantanu, who protected his father's command, whose vital energy was upward, and who was of great fame, equal to Mādhava, on the battlefield.
धर्मात्मा तात धर्मज्ञः पारम्पर्येण निर्णये। अमर्त्य इव मर्त्यः सन्नेष प्राणानधारयत् ॥११-२३-२१॥
dharmātmā tāta dharmajñaḥ pāramparyeṇa nirṇaye। amartya iva martyaḥ san neṣa prāṇān adhārayat॥11-23-21॥
[धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - whose nature is dharma; तात (tāta) - O dear one; धर्मज्ञः (dharmajñaḥ) - knower of dharma; पारम्पर्येण (pāramparyeṇa) - by tradition; निर्णये (nirṇaye) - in decision; अमर्त्य (amartya) - immortal; इव (iva) - like; मर्त्यः (martyaḥ) - mortal; सन् (san) - being; एषः (eṣaḥ) - he; प्राणान् (prāṇān) - life-breaths; अधारयत् (adhārayat) - sustained;]
(Whose nature is dharma, O dear one, a knower of dharma, by tradition, in decision; being mortal like an immortal, he sustained his life-breaths.)
O dear one, whose nature is dharma and who knows dharma by tradition in decision, though mortal, he sustained his life like an immortal.
नास्ति युद्धे कृती कश्चिन्न विद्वान्न पराक्रमी। यत्र शान्तनवो भीष्मः शेतेऽद्य निहतः परैः ॥११-२३-२२॥
nāsti yuddhe kṛtī kaścin na vidvān na parākramī। yatra śāntanavo bhīṣmaḥ śete'dya nihataḥ paraiḥ ॥11-23-22॥
[नास्ति (nāsti) - is not; युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle; कृती (kṛtī) - accomplished; कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone; न (na) - not; विद्वान् (vidvān) - wise; न (na) - not; पराक्रमी (parākramī) - valiant; यत्र (yatra) - where; शान्तनवः (śāntanavaḥ) - son of Śāntanu; भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma; शेते (śete) - lies; अद्य (adya) - today; निहतः (nihataḥ) - slain; परैः (paraiḥ) - by others;]
(There is not in battle any accomplished, nor wise, nor valiant, where Bhīṣma, son of Śāntanu, lies today slain by others.)
In this battle, there is no one accomplished, wise, or valiant, where Bhīṣma, the son of Śāntanu, lies today slain by others.
स्वयमेतेन शूरेण पृच्छ्यमानेन पाण्डवैः। धर्मज्ञेनाहवे मृत्युराख्यातः सत्यवादिना ॥११-२३-२३॥
svayam etena śūreṇa pṛcchyamānena pāṇḍavaiḥ। dharmajñenāhave mṛtyurākhyātaḥ satyavādinā ॥11-23-23॥
[स्वयम् (svayam) - by himself; एतेन (etena) - by this; शूरेण (śūreṇa) - by the brave one; पृच्छ्यमानेन (pṛcchyamānena) - being asked; पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - by the Pāṇḍavas; धर्मज्ञेन (dharmajñena) - by the knower of dharma; आहवे (āhave) - in battle; मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death; आख्यातः (ākhyātaḥ) - was declared; सत्यवादिना (satyavādinā) - by the truth-speaker;]
(By himself, by this brave one, being asked by the Pāṇḍavas, by the knower of dharma, in battle, death was declared by the truth-speaker.)
Death was declared in battle by the knower of dharma, the truth-speaker, when asked by the brave Pāṇḍavas themselves.
प्रनष्टः कुरुवंशश्च पुनर्येन समुद्धृतः। स गतः कुरुभिः सार्धं महाबुद्धिः पराभवम् ॥११-२३-२४॥
pranaṣṭaḥ kuruvaṃśaś ca punar yena samuddhṛtaḥ। sa gataḥ kurubhiḥ sārdhaṃ mahābuddhiḥ parābhavam ॥11-23-24॥
[प्रनष्टः (pranaṣṭaḥ) - completely destroyed; कुरुवंशः (kuruvaṃśaḥ) - the Kuru dynasty; च (ca) - and; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; येन (yena) - by whom; समुद्धृतः (samuddhṛtaḥ) - completely uplifted; सः (saḥ) - he; गतः (gataḥ) - has gone; कुरुभिः (kurubhiḥ) - with the Kurus; सार्धं (sārdhaṃ) - together; महाबुद्धिः (mahābuddhiḥ) - the great-intellect; पराभवम् (parābhavam) - to destruction;]
(The Kuru dynasty, completely destroyed and then again completely uplifted by whom, he, the great-intellect, has gone together with the Kurus to destruction.)
He who had once restored the destroyed Kuru dynasty, that great-intellect has now gone to ruin together with the Kurus.
धर्मेषु कुरवः कं नु परिप्रक्ष्यन्ति माधव। गते देवव्रते स्वर्गं देवकल्पे नरर्षभे ॥११-२३-२५॥
dharmeṣu kuravaḥ kaṃ nu pariprakṣyanti mādhava। gate devavrate svargaṃ devakalpe nararṣabhe ॥11-23-25॥
[धर्मेषु (dharmeṣu) - in the duties; कुरवः (kuravaḥ) - the Kauravas; कं (kaṃ) - whom; नु (nu) - indeed; परिप्रक्ष्यन्ति (pariprakṣyanti) - will ask; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava; गते (gate) - having gone; देवव्रते (devavrate) - Devavrata (Bhīṣma); स्वर्गं (svargam) - to heaven; देवकल्पे (devakalpe) - like a god; नरर्षभे (nararṣabhe) - bull among men;]
(O Mādhava, in the duties, whom indeed will the Kauravas ask, now that Devavrata, the bull among men, like a god, has gone to heaven?)
O Mādhava, now that Devavrata (Bhīṣma), the bull among men and like a god, has gone to heaven, whom will the Kauravas consult regarding their duties?
अर्जुनस्य विनेतारमाचार्यं सात्यकेस्तथा। तं पश्य पतितं द्रोणं कुरूणां गुरुसत्तमम् ॥११-२३-२६॥
arjunasya vinētāram-ācāryaṃ sātyakēs-tathā। taṃ paśya patitaṃ drōṇaṃ kurūṇāṃ gurusattamam ॥11-23-26॥
[अर्जुनस्य (arjunasya) - of Arjuna; विनेतारम् (vinētāram) - the charioteer; आचार्यम् (ācāryam) - the teacher; सात्यकेः (sātyakēḥ) - of Satyaki; तथा (tathā) - also; तं (taṃ) - him; पश्य (paśya) - see; पतितम् (patitam) - fallen; द्रोणम् (drōṇam) - Droṇa; कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus; गुरुसत्तमम् (gurusattamam) - the foremost among teachers;]
(Of Arjuna's charioteer, the teacher, and also of Satyaki; see him, Droṇa, fallen, the foremost among teachers of the Kurus.)
See Droṇa, the foremost among the teachers of the Kurus, fallen; he was the teacher of Arjuna, the charioteer, and also of Satyaki.
अस्त्रं चतुर्विधं वेद यथैव त्रिदशेश्वरः। भार्गवो वा महावीर्यस्तथा द्रोणोऽपि माधव ॥११-२३-२७॥
astraṃ caturvidhaṃ veda yathaiva tridaśeśvaraḥ। bhārgavo vā mahāvīryastathā droṇo'pi mādhava ॥11-23-27॥
[अस्त्रं (astraṃ) - missile; weapon; चतुर्विधं (caturvidhaṃ) - of four kinds; वेद (veda) - knows; यथैव (yathaiva) - just as; त्रिदशेश्वरः (tridaśeśvaraḥ) - lord of the thirty (gods); Indra; भार्गवः (bhārgavaḥ) - the descendant of Bhṛgu; Paraśurāma; वा (vā) - or; महावीर्यः (mahāvīryaḥ) - of great might; तथा (tathā) - so; likewise; द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Droṇa; अपि (api) - also; even; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava;]
(O Mādhava, just as the lord of the thirty (gods), or the descendant of Bhṛgu of great might, so also Droṇa knows the four kinds of missiles.)
O Mādhava, just as Indra or the mighty Paraśurāma, so also Droṇa knows the four kinds of weapons.
यस्य प्रसादाद्बीभत्सुः पाण्डवः कर्म दुष्करम्। चकार स हतः शेते नैनमस्त्राण्यपालयन् ॥११-२३-२८॥
yasya prasādādbībhatsuḥ pāṇḍavaḥ karma duṣkaram। cakāra sa hataḥ śete nainamastrāṇyapālayan ॥11-23-28॥
[यस्य (yasya) - of whose; प्रसादात् (prasādāt) - by favour; बीभत्सुः (bībhatsuḥ) - Bībhatsu (Arjuna); पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - the Pāṇḍava; कर्म (karma) - deed; दुष्करम् (duṣkaram) - difficult; चकार (cakāra) - did; स (sa) - he; हतः (hataḥ) - slain; शेते (śete) - lies; न (na) - not; एनम् (enam) - him; अस्त्राणि (astrāṇi) - weapons; अपालयन् (apālayan) - protected;]
(By whose favour Bībhatsu, the Pāṇḍava, did the difficult deed; he, slain, lies—him the weapons did not protect.)
By whose grace Arjuna, the Pāṇḍava, accomplished the difficult task; now he lies slain, unprotected by his weapons.
यं पुरोधाय कुरव आह्वयन्ति स्म पाण्डवान्। सोऽयं शस्त्रभृतां श्रेष्ठो द्रोणः शस्त्रैः पृथक्कृतः ॥११-२३-२९॥
yaṃ purodhāya kurava āhvayanti sma pāṇḍavān। so'yaṃ śastrabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭho droṇaḥ śastraiḥ pṛthakkṛtaḥ ॥11-23-29॥
[यं (yaṃ) - whom; पुरोधाय (purodhāya) - for the purpose of leading; कुरवः (kuravaḥ) - the Kurus; आह्वयन्ति (āhvayanti) - call; स्म (sma) - indeed; पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pāṇḍavas; सः (saḥ) - he; अयम् (ayam) - this; शस्त्रभृताम् (śastrabhṛtām) - of the weapon-bearers; श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - the best; द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Droṇa; शस्त्रैः (śastraiḥ) - by weapons; पृथक्कृतः (pṛthakkṛtaḥ) - set apart;]
(Whom, for the purpose of leading, the Kurus indeed called the Pāṇḍavas; he, this best of weapon-bearers, Droṇa, by weapons, is set apart.)
He whom the Kurus once called upon to lead against the Pāṇḍavas—this Droṇa, the best among weapon-bearers, has now been set apart by weapons.
यस्य निर्दहतः सेनां गतिरग्नेरिवाभवत्। स भूमौ निहतः शेते शान्तार्चिरिव पावकः ॥११-२३-३०॥
yasya nirdahataḥ senāṃ gatir agner ivābhavat। sa bhūmau nihataḥ śete śāntārcir iva pāvakaḥ ॥11-23-30॥
[यस्य (yasya) - of whom; निर्दहतः (nirdahataḥ) - burning up; सेनां (senām) - army; गतिः (gatiḥ) - movement; अग्नेः (agneḥ) - of fire; इव (iva) - like; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; सः (saḥ) - he; भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground; निहतः (nihataḥ) - slain; शेते (śete) - lies; शान्त-अर्चिः (śānta-arciḥ) - with extinguished flame; इव (iva) - like; पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - fire;]
(Of whom, burning up the army, the movement was like that of fire; he, slain, lies on the ground like fire with extinguished flame.)
He, whose advance burned up the army like fire, now lies slain on the ground like a fire with its flames extinguished.
धनुर्मुष्टिरशीर्णश्च हस्तावापश्च माधव। द्रोणस्य निहतस्यापि दृश्यते जीवतो यथा ॥११-२३-३१॥
dhanurmuṣṭiraśīrṇaśca hastāvāpaśca mādhava। droṇasya nihatasyāpi dṛśyate jīvato yathā॥11-23-31॥
[धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; मुष्टिः (muṣṭiḥ) - fist; अशीर्णः (aśīrṇaḥ) - not loosened; च (ca) - and; हस्तावापः (hastāvāpaḥ) - grasp in the hand; च (ca) - and; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava; द्रोणस्य (droṇasya) - of Droṇa; निहतस्य (nihatasyā) - of the slain; अपि (api) - even; दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen; जीवतः (jīvataḥ) - as if alive; यथा (yathā) - as; ॥११-२३-३१॥ (॥11-23-31॥) - ;]
(The bow, the fist not loosened, and the grasp in the hand, O Mādhava, even of the slain Droṇa, is seen as if alive, as (before).)
O Mādhava, the bow, the fist still tight, and the grasp in the hand of the slain Droṇa appear as if he were still alive.
वेदाः यस्मात् च चत्वारः सर्वास्त्राणि च केशव। अनपेतानि वै शूरात् यथा एव आदौ प्रजापतेः ॥११-२३-३२॥
vedāḥ yasmāt ca catvāraḥ sarvāstrāṇi ca keśava। anapetāni vai śūrāt yathā eva ādau prajāpateḥ ॥11-23-32॥
[वेदाः (vedāḥ) - Vedas; यस्मात् (yasmāt) - from whom; च (ca) - and; चत्वारः (catvāraḥ) - four; सर्वास्त्राणि (sarvāstrāṇi) - all weapons; च (ca) - and; केशव (keśava) - Keśava; अनपेतानि (anapetāni) - not departed; वै (vai) - indeed; शूरात् (śūrāt) - from the hero; यथा (yathā) - just as; एव (eva) - indeed; आदौ (ādau) - in the beginning; प्रजापतेः (prajāpateḥ) - of Prajāpati;]
(The Vedas, from whom, and the four, all weapons and Keśava, not departed indeed from the hero, just as indeed in the beginning from Prajāpati.)
O Keśava, just as in the beginning all the Vedas and all weapons did not depart from Prajāpati, so too they have not departed from the hero.
वन्दनार्हाविमौ तस्य बन्दिभिर्वन्दितौ शुभौ। गोमायवो विकर्षन्ति पादौ शिष्यशतार्चितौ ॥११-२३-३३॥
vandanārhāvimau tasya bandibhir vanditau śubhau। gomāyavo vikarṣanti pādau śiṣyaśatārcitau ॥11-23-33॥
[वन्दनार्हौ (vandanārhau) - worthy of reverence; इमौ (imau) - these two; तस्य (tasya) - his; बन्दिभिः (bandibhiḥ) - by bards; वन्दितौ (vanditau) - praised; शुभौ (śubhau) - auspicious; गोमायवः (gomāyavaḥ) - jackals; विकर्षन्ति (vikarṣanti) - drag; पादौ (pādau) - feet; शिष्यशतार्चितौ (śiṣyaśatārcitau) - honored by hundreds of disciples;]
(These two, worthy of reverence, his, praised by bards, auspicious, jackals drag the feet honored by hundreds of disciples.)
These two feet, once worthy of reverence, praised by his bards and honored by hundreds of disciples, are now auspicious only for jackals who drag them.
द्रोणं द्रुपदपुत्रेण निहतं मधुसूदन। कृपी कृपणमन्वास्ते दुःखोपहतचेतना ॥११-२३-३४॥
droṇaṃ drupadaputreṇa nihataṃ madhusūdana। kṛpī kṛpaṇamanvāste duḥkhopahatacetanaā ॥11-23-34॥
[द्रोणं (droṇam) - Droṇa; (the name of a person); द्रुपदपुत्रेण (drupadaputreṇa) - by the son of Drupada; (i.e., by Dṛṣṭadyumna); निहतं (nihataṃ) - slain; मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O Madhusūdana; (epithet of Kṛṣṇa); कृपी (kṛpī) - Kṛpī; (wife of Droṇa); कृपणम् (kṛpaṇam) - miserable; अन्वास्ते (anvāste) - grieves; दुःखोपहतचेतना (duḥkhopahatacetanaā) - her mind afflicted by sorrow;]
(Droṇa, by the son of Drupada, slain, O Madhusūdana; Kṛpī, miserable, grieves, her mind afflicted by sorrow.)
O Madhusūdana, Droṇa has been slain by the son of Drupada; Kṛpī, his wife, grieves miserably, her mind overwhelmed by sorrow.
तां पश्य रुदतीमार्तां मुक्तकेशीमधोमुखीम्। हतं पतिमुपासन्तीं द्रोणं शस्त्रभृतां वरम् ॥११-२३-३५॥
tāṃ paśya rudatīm ārtāṃ muktakeśīm adhomukhīm। hataṃ patim upāsantīṃ droṇaṃ śastrabhṛtāṃ varam॥11-23-35॥
[तां (tāṃ) - her; पश्य (paśya) - see; रुदतीम् (rudatīm) - weeping; आर्ताम् (ārtām) - afflicted; मुक्तकेशीम् (muktakeśīm) - with loosened hair; अधोमुखीम् (adhomukhīm) - with face downcast; हतम् (hatam) - slain; पतिम् (patim) - husband; उपासन्तीम् (upāsantīm) - approaching; द्रोणम् (droṇam) - Droṇa; शस्त्रभृताम् (śastrabhṛtām) - of the bearers of arms; वरम् (varam) - the best;]
(See her, weeping, afflicted, with loosened hair, with face downcast, approaching her slain husband, Droṇa, the best of the bearers of arms.)
Behold her—she weeps, stricken, her hair unbound, her face cast down, as she approaches her slain husband, Droṇa, the foremost among warriors.
बाणैर्भिन्नतनुत्राणं धृष्टद्युम्नेन केशव। उपास्ते वै मृधे द्रोणं जटिला ब्रह्मचारिणी ॥११-२३-३६॥
bāṇair bhinna-tanu-trāṇaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnena keśava। upāste vai mṛdhe droṇaṃ jaṭilā brahmacāriṇī ॥11-23-36॥
[बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows; भिन्न (bhinna) - pierced; तनु (tanu) - body; त्राणं (trāṇam) - armor; धृष्टद्युम्नेन (dhṛṣṭadyumnena) - by Dhṛṣṭadyumna; केशव (keśava) - O Keśava; उपास्ते (upāste) - worships; attends upon; वै (vai) - indeed; मृधे (mṛdhe) - in battle; द्रोणं (droṇam) - Droṇa; जटिला (jaṭilā) - the matted-haired one; ब्रह्मचारिणी (brahmacāriṇī) - the celibate woman;]
(O Keśava, the matted-haired celibate woman attends upon Droṇa in battle, whose body armor has been pierced by arrows by Dhṛṣṭadyumna, indeed.)
O Keśava, the matted-haired celibate woman is attending upon Droṇa in the battle, whose body armor has been pierced by Dhṛṣṭadyumna's arrows.
प्रेतकृत्ये च यतते कृपी कृपणमातुरा। हतस्य समरे भर्तुः सुकुमारी यशस्विनी ॥११-२३-३७॥
pretakṛtye ca yatate kṛpī kṛpaṇamāturā | hatasya samare bhartuḥ sukumārī yaśasvinī ||11-23-37||
[प्रेतकृत्ये (pretakṛtye) - in funeral rites; च (ca) - and; यतते (yatate) - strives; कृपी (kṛpī) - Kṛpī; कृपणमातुरा (kṛpaṇamāturā) - distressed with grief; हतस्य (hatasya) - of the slain; समरे (samare) - in battle; भर्तुः (bhartuḥ) - of her husband; सुकुमारी (sukumārī) - the delicate lady; यशस्विनी (yaśasvinī) - the illustrious;]
(In funeral rites and strives Kṛpī, distressed with grief, of the slain in battle husband, the delicate, the illustrious lady.)
Kṛpī, the illustrious and delicate lady, distressed with grief, strives in the funeral rites of her husband who was slain in battle.
अग्नीनाहृत्य विधिवच्चितां प्रज्वाल्य सर्वशः। द्रोणमाधाय गायन्ति त्रीणि सामानि सामगाः ॥११-२३-३८॥
agnīn āhṛtya vidhivac citāṃ prajvālya sarvaśaḥ। droṇam ādhāya gāyanti trīṇi sāmani sāmagāḥ॥11-23-38॥
[अग्नीन् (agnīn) - fires; (accusative plural of agni) आहृत्य (āhṛtya) - having brought; (absolutive of ā-hṛ) विधिवत् (vidhivat) - according to rule; चिताम् (citām) - funeral pyre; (accusative singular of citā) प्रज्वाल्य (prajvālya) - having kindled; (absolutive of pra-jval) सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - entirely; in every way; द्रोणम् (droṇam) - a wooden vessel; (accusative singular of droṇa) आधाय (ādhāya) - having placed; (absolutive of ā-dhā) गायन्ति (gāyanti) - they sing; (3rd person plural present of gā) त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three; (neuter nominative/accusative plural of tri) सामानि (sāmani) - Sāman hymns; (accusative plural of sāman) सामगाः (sāmagāḥ) - singers of Sāman; (nominative plural of sāmagā);]
(Having brought the fires, having kindled the funeral pyre according to rule entirely, having placed the wooden vessel, the singers of Sāman sing the three Sāman hymns.)
Having brought the fires and kindled the funeral pyre according to the prescribed rites, placing the wooden vessel, the singers of Sāman chant the three Sāman hymns.
किरन्ति च चितामेते जटिला ब्रह्मचारिणः। धनुर्भिः शक्तिभिश्चैव रथनीडैश्च माधव ॥११-२३-३९॥
kiranti ca citāmete jaṭilā brahmacāriṇaḥ। dhanurbhiḥ śaktibhiścaiva rathanīḍaiśca mādhava ॥11-23-39॥
[किरन्ति (kiranti) - they scatter; च (ca) - and; चिताम् (citām) - the funeral pyre; एते (ete) - these; जटिलाः (jaṭilāḥ) - matted-haired; ब्रह्मचारिणः (brahmacāriṇaḥ) - celibates; धनुर्भिः (dhanurbhiḥ) - with bows; शक्तिभिः (śaktibhiḥ) - with spears; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; रथनीडैः (rathanīḍaiḥ) - with chariot-frames; च (ca) - and; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava (Krishna);]
(These matted-haired celibates also scatter the funeral pyre, O Mādhava, with bows, spears, and chariot-frames.)
O Mādhava, these matted-haired celibates scatter the funeral pyre with bows, spears, and chariot-frames.
शस्त्रैश्च विविधैरन्यैर्धक्ष्यन्ते भूरितेजसम्। त एते द्रोणमाधाय शंसन्ति च रुदन्ति च ॥११-२३-४०॥
śastraiś ca vividhair anyair dhakṣyante bhūritejasam। ta ete droṇam ādhāya śaṁsanti ca rudanti ca ॥11-23-40॥
[शस्त्रैः (śastraiḥ) - by weapons; च (ca) - and; विविधैः (vividhaiḥ) - by various; अन्यैः (anyaiḥ) - by others; धक्ष्यन्ते (dhakṣyante) - will be burnt; भूरितेजसम् (bhūritejasam) - of great brilliance; त (ta) - they; एते (ete) - these; द्रोणम् (droṇam) - Drona; आधाय (ādhāya) - having placed; शंसन्ति (śaṁsanti) - proclaim; च (ca) - and; रुदन्ति (rudanti) - weep; च (ca) - and;]
(By weapons and by various others, those of great brilliance will be burnt. These, having placed Drona, proclaim and weep.)
They, of great brilliance, will be burnt by various weapons and others. Having placed Drona, these proclaim and also weep.
सामभिस्त्रिभिरन्तःस्थैरनुशंसन्ति चापरे। अग्नावग्निमिवाधाय द्रोणं हुत्वा हुताशने ॥११-२३-४१॥
sāmabhis tribhir antaḥsthair anuśaṁsanti cāpare। agnāv agnim ivādhāya droṇaṁ hutvā hutāśane ॥11-23-41॥
[सामभिः (sāmabhiḥ) - with Sāma hymns; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; अन्तःस्थैः (antaḥsthaiḥ) - by those who are internal; अनुशंसन्ति (anuśaṁsanti) - they praise; च (ca) - and; अपरे (apare) - others; अग्नौ (agnau) - in the fire; अग्निम् (agnim) - fire; इव (iva) - like; आधाय (ādhāya) - having placed; द्रोणम् (droṇam) - the vessel; हुत्वा (hutvā) - having offered; हुताशने (hutāśane) - in the consuming fire;]
(With Sāma hymns, with three, by those who are internal, they praise, and others, having placed fire in the fire like (placing) the vessel, having offered, in the consuming fire.)
Some, with three internal Sāma hymns, praise (the offering); others, having placed fire in the fire, offer the vessel in the consuming fire.
गच्छन्त्यभिमुखा गङ्गां द्रोणशिष्या द्विजातयः। अपसव्यां चितिं कृत्वा पुरस्कृत्य कृपीं तदा ॥११-२३-४२॥
gacchantyabhimukhā gaṅgāṃ droṇaśiṣyā dvijātayaḥ| apasavyāṃ citiṃ kṛtvā puraskṛtya kṛpīṃ tadā ॥11-23-42॥
[गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they go; अभिमुखा (abhimukhāḥ) - facing towards; गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - to Gaṅgā; द्रोणशिष्याः (droṇaśiṣyāḥ) - Droṇa's disciples; द्विजातयः (dvijātayaḥ) - the twice-born (Brāhmaṇas and Kṣatriyas); अपसव्याम् (apasavyām) - to the left (counterclockwise); चितिम् (citim) - the funeral pyre; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made; पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - having placed in front; कृपीम् (kṛpīm) - Kṛpī (Droṇa's wife); तदा (tadā) - then;]
(Droṇa's disciples, the twice-born, facing towards Gaṅgā, go; having made the funeral pyre to the left (counterclockwise), then having placed Kṛpī in front.)
Then Droṇa's disciples, the twice-born, facing the Gaṅgā, proceeded; having constructed the funeral pyre to the left, they placed Kṛpī (Droṇa's wife) in front.
