Mahabharata — Volume IV (Dutt edition) — Chapter 26
MBh 4 26.1
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः। मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत संजय॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca dharmakṣetre kurukṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ| māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāścaiva kimakurvata saṃjaya||
Dhritarashtra said What did my sons and the Pandava do, o Sanjaya, when desirous of battle they all assembled on the holy field of Kurukshetra?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.2
संजय उवाच दृष्ट्वा तु पाण्डवानीकं व्यूढं दुर्योधनस्तदा। आचार्यमुपसंगम्य राजा वचनमब्रवीत्॥
saṃjaya uvāca dṛṣṭvā tu pāṇḍavānīkaṃ vyūḍhaṃ duryodhanastadā| ācāryamupasaṃgamya rājā vacanamabravīt||
Sanjaya said Seeing the Pandava army in battle array,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.3
पश्यैतां पाण्डुपुत्राणामाचार्य महतीं चमूम्। व्यूढां दुपदपुत्रेण तव शिष्येण धीमता॥
paśyaitāṃ pāṇḍuputrāṇāmācārya mahatīṃ camūm| vyūḍhāṃ dupadaputreṇa tava śiṣyeṇa dhīmatā||
“Behold, O Preceptor, the grand army of the Pandavas, drawn up in battle array by your intelligent pupil the son of Drupada.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.4
अत्र शूरा महेष्वासा भीमार्जुनसमा युधि। युयुधानो विराटश्च दुपदश्च महारथः॥
atra śūrā maheṣvāsā bhīmārjunasamā yudhi| yuyudhāno virāṭaśca dupadaśca mahārathaḥ||
There are in it mighty bowmen, equals of Bhima and Arjuna in battle. There are Yudhishthira, Virata and the great car-warrior Drupada.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.5
धृष्टकेतुश्चेकितानः काशिराजश्च वीर्यवान्। पुरुजित् कुन्तिभोजश्च शैब्यश्च नरपुङ्गवः॥
dhṛṣṭaketuścekitānaḥ kāśirājaśca vīryavān| purujit kuntibhojaśca śaibyaśca narapuṅgavaḥ||
There are Dhrishtaketu, Chekitan and valiant king of Kashi, Purujit, Kuntibhoja and that kings of men, Shaivya.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.6
युधामन्युश्च विक्रान्त उत्तमौजाश्च वीर्यवान्। सौभद्रो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्व एव महारथाः॥
yudhāmanyuśca vikrānta uttamaujāśca vīryavān| saubhadro draupadeyāśca sarva eva mahārathāḥ||
There are mighty Yudhamanyu, heroic Uttamaujas, Subhadra's son and sons of Draupadi, all great car-warriors.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.7
अस्माकं तु विशिष्टा ये तान् निबोध द्विजोत्तम। नायका मम सैन्यस्य संज्ञार्थं तान् ब्रवीमि ते॥
asmākaṃ tu viśiṣṭā ye tān nibodha dvijottama| nāyakā mama sainyasya saṃjñārthaṃ tān bravīmi te||
O best of Brahmanas, learn, I shall tell you also for your information who are the most distinguished amongst us, and who are the leaders of my army.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.8
भवान् भीष्मश्च कर्णश्च कृपश्च समितिंजयः। अश्वत्थामा विकर्णश्च सौमदत्तिस्तथैव च॥
bhavān bhīṣmaśca karṇaśca kṛpaśca samitiṃjayaḥ| aśvatthāmā vikarṇaśca saumadattistathaiva ca||
Yourself, and Bhishma, and Karna, and ever-victorious Kripa, Ashvatthama, Vikarna and the son of Somadatta.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.9
अन्ये च बहवः शूरा मदर्थे त्यक्तजीविताः। नानाशस्त्रप्रहरणाः सर्वे युद्धविशारदाः॥
anye ca bahavaḥ śūrā madarthe tyaktajīvitāḥ| nānāśastrapraharaṇāḥ sarve yuddhaviśāradāḥ||
There are (besides these) many warriors, all well-skilled in the art of war and (all) armed with various weapons, ready to die for me.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.10
अपर्याप्तं तदस्माकं बलं भीष्माभिरक्षितम्। पर्याप्तं त्विदमेतेषां बलं भीमाभिरक्षितम्॥
aparyāptaṃ tadasmākaṃ balaṃ bhīṣmābhirakṣitam| paryāptaṃ tvidameteṣāṃ balaṃ bhīmābhirakṣitam||
Our army protected by Bhishma is unlimited (more then sufficient) their army protected by Bhima is limited, (may be sufficient).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.11
अयनेषु च सर्वेषु यथाभागमवस्थिताः। भीष्ममेवाभिरक्षन्तु भवन्तः सर्व एव हि॥
ayaneṣu ca sarveṣu yathābhāgamavasthitāḥ| bhīṣmamevābhirakṣantu bhavantaḥ sarva eva hi||
Therefore all of you, place yourselves at the head of your respective phalanx, and protect (and support) Bhishma only".
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.12
तस्य संजनयन् हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः। सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्ख दध्मौ प्रतापवान्॥
tasya saṃjanayan harṣaṃ kuruvṛddhaḥ pitāmahaḥ| siṃhanādaṃ vinadyoccaiḥ śaṅkha dadhmau pratāpavān||
Then the older of the Kurus, the mighty Grandsire Bhishma, roaring like a lion, blew his conch, thus affording him (Duryodhana) great delight.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.13
ततः शङ्खच भेर्यश्च पणवानकगोमुखाः। सहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत्॥
tataḥ śaṅkhaca bheryaśca paṇavānakagomukhāḥ| sahasaivābhyahanyanta sa śabdastumulo'bhavat||
And then conchs, drums, trumpets and cymbals were all at once sounded, and there rose a great uproar (from all sides).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.14
ततः श्वेतैर्हयैर्युक्ते महति स्यन्दने स्थितौ। माधवः पाण्डवश्चैव दिव्यौ शङ्खौ प्रदध्मतुः॥
tataḥ śvetairhayairyukte mahati syandane sthitau| mādhavaḥ pāṇḍavaścaiva divyau śaṅkhau pradadhmatuḥ||
Then Madhava (Srikrishna) and the son of Pandu (Arjuna), seated in a great car yoked with white steeds, blew their celestial conchs.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.15
पाञ्चजन्यं हृषीकेशो देवदत्तं धनंजयः। पौण्ड्रं दध्मौ महाशङ्ख भीमकर्मा वृकोदरः॥
pāñcajanyaṃ hṛṣīkeśo devadattaṃ dhanaṃjayaḥ| pauṇḍraṃ dadhmau mahāśaṅkha bhīmakarmā vṛkodaraḥ||
Hrishikesha blew the Panchajanya, Dhananjaya, Devadatta, and the doer of fearful deeds, Bhima his great conch Paundra.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.16
अनन्तविजयं राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः। नकुलः सहदेवश्च सुघोषमणिपुष्पकौ॥
anantavijayaṃ rājā kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ| nakulaḥ sahadevaśca sughoṣamaṇipuṣpakau||
The son of Kunti, king Yudhishthira, Ananta Vijaya and Nakula and Sahadeva Sughosha and Mani Pushpaka respectively.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.17
काश्यश्च परमेष्वासः शिखण्डी च महारथः। धृष्टद्युम्नो विराटश्च सात्यकिश्चापराजितः॥
kāśyaśca parameṣvāsaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca mahārathaḥ| dhṛṣṭadyumno virāṭaśca sātyakiścāparājitaḥ||
The great bowman the king of Kashi the mighty car warrior Shikhandin, Dhrishtadyumna, Virata, and ever-victorious Satyaki.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.18
द्रुपदो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्वशः पृथिवीपते। सौभद्रश्च महाबाहुः शङ्खान् दध्मुः पृथक् पृथक्॥
drupado draupadeyāśca sarvaśaḥ pṛthivīpate| saubhadraśca mahābāhuḥ śaṅkhān dadhmuḥ pṛthak pṛthak||
Drupada, and the sons of Draupadi and the mighty armed son of Subhadra, O king of all the world, each blew his conch separately.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.19
स घोषो धार्तराष्ट्राणां हृदयानि व्यदारयत्। नभश्च पृथिवीं चैव तुमुलो व्यनुनादयन्॥
sa ghoṣo dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ hṛdayāni vyadārayat| nabhaśca pṛthivīṃ caiva tumulo vyanunādayan||
Echoing heaven and earth, the tumultous din rent the hearts of Dhritarashtra's people.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.20
अथ व्यवस्थितान् दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रान् कपिध्वजः। प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसम्पाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डवः॥ हृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदमाह महीपते।
atha vyavasthitān dṛṣṭvā dhārtarāṣṭrān kapidhvajaḥ| pravṛtte śastrasampāte dhanurudyamya pāṇḍavaḥ|| hṛṣīkeśaṃ tadā vākyamidamāha mahīpate|
O king of the world, the ape standard son of Pandu secing Dhritarashtra's people marshalled in battle bent, and missiles having been just began to be discharged, raised up his bow, and spoke thus to Hrishikesh :
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.21
अर्जुन उवाच सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये रथं स्थापय मेऽच्युत॥ यावदेतान् निरीक्षेऽहं योद्धकामानवस्थितान्। कैर्मया सह योद्धव्यमस्मिन् रणसमुद्यमे॥
arjuna uvāca senayorubhayormadhye rathaṃ sthāpaya me'cyuta|| yāvadetān nirīkṣe'haṃ yoddhakāmānavasthitān| kairmayā saha yoddhavyamasmin raṇasamudyame||
"O undeteriorating one, place my car between the two armies. While I see those who stand here desirous of battle, and with whom I shall have to fight in this war-struggle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.22
योत्स्यमानानवेक्षेऽहं य एतेऽत्र समागताः। धार्तराष्ट्रस्य दुर्बुद्धेयुद्धे प्रियचिकीर्षवः॥
yotsyamānānavekṣe'haṃ ya ete'tra samāgatāḥ| dhārtarāṣṭrasya durbuddheyuddhe priyacikīrṣavaḥ||
I shall see those who have assembled here to fight, wishing to do good to the evil-minded son of Dhritarashtra.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.23
संजय उवाच एवमुक्तो हृषीकेशो गुडाकेशेन भारत। सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये स्थापयित्वा रथोत्तमम्॥
saṃjaya uvāca evamukto hṛṣīkeśo guḍākeśena bhārata| senayorubhayormadhye sthāpayitvā rathottamam||
Sanjaya said O Bharata, thus addressed by Gudakesha (Arjuna), Hrishikesh, placing the excellent car between the two armies.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.24
भीष्मद्रोणप्रमुखतः सर्वेषां च महीक्षिताम्। उवाच पार्थ पश्यैतान् समवेतान् कुरूनिति॥
bhīṣmadroṇapramukhataḥ sarveṣāṃ ca mahīkṣitām| uvāca pārtha paśyaitān samavetān kurūniti||
In front of Bhishma, Drona and all the kings of the earth, said, “Behold Partha, the assembled Kaurava".
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.25
तत्रापश्यत् स्थितान् पार्थः पितृनथ पितामहान्। आचार्यान् मातुलान् भ्रातृन् पुत्रान् पौत्रान् सखींस्तथा॥
tatrāpaśyat sthitān pārthaḥ pitṛnatha pitāmahān| ācāryān mātulān bhrātṛn putrān pautrān sakhīṃstathā||
Partha saw in the two armies fathers, grandfathers, preceptors, maternal uncles, brothers, sons, grandsons, friends, fathers-in-law, and well-wishers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.26
श्वशुरान् सुहृदश्चैव सेनयोरुभयोरपि। तान् समीक्ष्य स कौन्तेयः सर्वान् बन्धूनवस्थितान्॥ कृपया परयाऽऽविष्टो विषीदन्निदमब्रवीत्।
śvaśurān suhṛdaścaiva senayorubhayorapi| tān samīkṣya sa kaunteyaḥ sarvān bandhūnavasthitān|| kṛpayā parayā''viṣṭo viṣīdannidamabravīt|
Seeing in the two armies all friends and Kinsmen (present), the son of Kunti was ency said.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.27
अर्जुन उवाच दृष्ट्वेमं स्वजनं कृष्ण युयुत्सु समुपस्थितम्॥ सीदन्ति मम गात्राणि मुखं च परिशुष्यति।
arjuna uvāca dṛṣṭvemaṃ svajanaṃ kṛṣṇa yuyutsu samupasthitam|| sīdanti mama gātrāṇi mukhaṃ ca pariśuṣyati|
"Seeing, O Hrishikesh, these kinsmen present here with the desire to do battle my limbs are languid, my mouth is dried up.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.28
वेपथुश्च शरीरे मे रोमहर्षश्च जायते॥ गाण्डीवं स्रंसते हस्तांत् त्वक् चैव परिदह्यते।
vepathuśca śarīre me romaharṣaśca jāyate|| gāṇḍīvaṃ sraṃsate hastāṃt tvak caiva paridahyate|
My body trembles, my hairs stand on end, my Gandiva (bow) slips from my hand and my skin burns.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.29
न च शक्नोम्यवस्थातुं भ्रमतीव च मे मनः॥ निमित्तानि च पश्यामि विपरीतानि केशव।
na ca śaknomyavasthātuṃ bhramatīva ca me manaḥ|| nimittāni ca paśyāmi viparītāni keśava|
I am unable to stand, my mind is whirling and I see, O Keshava, evil omens.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.30
न च श्रेयोऽनुपश्यामि हत्वा स्वजनमाहवे॥ न काक्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च।
na ca śreyo'nupaśyāmi hatvā svajanamāhave|| na kākṣe vijayaṃ kṛṣṇa na ca rājyaṃ sukhāni ca|
I don't see any good by killing kinsmen in this battle. I desire, O Krishna, neither victory nor sovereignty, nor pleasures.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.31
किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा॥ येषामर्थे काक्षितं नो राज्यं भोगाः सुखानि च।
kiṃ no rājyena govinda kiṃ bhogairjīvitena vā|| yeṣāmarthe kākṣitaṃ no rājyaṃ bhogāḥ sukhāni ca|
What is sovereignty, what is enjoyment, what is even.life to us, O Govinda when those, for whose sake we wish to have sovereignty, enjoyments and pleasures (in this world).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.32
त इमेऽवस्थिता युद्धे प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा धनानि च॥ आचार्याः पितरः पुत्रास्तथैव च पितामहाः। मातुलाः श्वशुराः पौत्रा: स्याला: सम्बन्धिनस्तथा।॥ एतान् न हन्तुमिच्छामि नतोऽपि मधुसूदन।
ta ime'vasthitā yuddhe prāṇāṃstyaktvā dhanāni ca|| ācāryāḥ pitaraḥ putrāstathaiva ca pitāmahāḥ| mātulāḥ śvaśurāḥ pautrā: syālā: sambandhinastathā||| etān na hantumicchāmi nato'pi madhusūdana|
Are all present here in this battle, giving up all hopes of life and wealth! Preceptors, fathers, grand-fathers and sons, Maternal uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-inlaw and relatives, I do not desire to kill them. O Madhusudana, even if they kill me.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.33
अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते॥ निहत्य धार्तराष्ट्रान् नः का प्रीतिः स्याज्जनार्दन।
api trailokyarājyasya hetoḥ kiṃ nu mahīkṛte|| nihatya dhārtarāṣṭrān naḥ kā prītiḥ syājjanārdana|
Not even for the sake of the sovereignty over the three worlds, much less for that of this earth! What pleasure will be ours, O Janardana, by killing Dhritarashtra's sons!
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.34
पापमेवाश्रयेदस्मान् हत्वैतानाततायिनः॥ तस्मानार्दा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान् स्वबान्धवान्। स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव॥
pāpamevāśrayedasmān hatvaitānātatāyinaḥ|| tasmānārdā vayaṃ hantuṃ dhārtarāṣṭrān svabāndhavān| svajanaṃ hi kathaṃ hatvā sukhinaḥ syāma mādhava||
Even killing these felons, we shall incur sin. Therefore, it is not proper that we shall kill our own kinsmen, these sons of Dhritarashtra. How can we, O Madhava, be happy by killing our own relatives?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.35
यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः। कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम्॥
yadyapyete na paśyanti lobhopahatacetasaḥ| kulakṣayakṛtaṃ doṣaṃ mitradrohe ca pātakam||
If they, blinded by avarice, cannot see the sin they commit by exterminating the (Kuru) race, and playing enmity with friends.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.36
कथं न ज्ञेयमस्माभिः पापादस्मानिवर्तितुम्। कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं प्रपश्यद्भिर्जनार्दन॥
kathaṃ na jñeyamasmābhiḥ pāpādasmānivartitum| kulakṣayakṛtaṃ doṣaṃ prapaśyadbhirjanārdana||
Why should we not, O Janardana who know that sin is the result of exterminating the race, learn to desist from it?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.37
कुलक्षये प्रणश्यन्ति कुलधर्माः सनातनाः। धर्मे नष्टे कुलं कृत्स्नमधर्मोऽभिभवत्युत॥
kulakṣaye praṇaśyanti kuladharmāḥ sanātanāḥ| dharme naṣṭe kulaṃ kṛtsnamadharmo'bhibhavatyuta||
On the extinction of a family, the old and ever continuing family rites are destroyed), nobody being alive to solemnize them). When religious rites are thus destroyed, sin predominates over all.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.38
अधर्माभिभवात् कृष्ण प्रदुष्यन्ति कुलस्त्रियः। स्त्रीषु दुष्टासु वार्ष्णेय जायते वर्णसंकरः॥
adharmābhibhavāt kṛṣṇa praduṣyanti kulastriyaḥ| strīṣu duṣṭāsu vārṣṇeya jāyate varṇasaṃkaraḥ||
From the predominance of sin, O Krishna, women become corrupt, and then O descendant of Vrishni, cross-breeds (mixed-castes) are borm.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.39
संकरो नरकायैव कुलमानां कुलस्य च। पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः॥
saṃkaro narakāyaiva kulamānāṃ kulasya ca| patanti pitaro hyeṣāṃ luptapiṇḍodakakriyāḥ||
Such cross-breeding leads both the exterminator of the race and the race itself to hell. The (deceased) ancestors whose Sraddha ceremonies have ceased, (to whom children have stopped to give food and water), fall (from heaven to hell).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.40
दोषैरेतैः कुलघ्नानां वर्णसंकरकारकैः। उत्साद्यन्ते जातिधर्माः कुलधर्माश्च शाश्वताः॥
doṣairetaiḥ kulaghnānāṃ varṇasaṃkarakārakaiḥ| utsādyante jātidharmāḥ kuladharmāśca śāśvatāḥ||
Both the caste and family-rites of the exterminators of the race, (who are) guilty of the sin of cross-breeding, are destroyed.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.41
उत्सन्नकुलधर्माणां मनुष्याणां जनार्दन। नरके नियतं वासो भवतीत्यनुशुश्रुम॥
utsannakuladharmāṇāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ janārdana| narake niyataṃ vāso bhavatītyanuśuśruma||
We have heard, O Janardana, that those whose family-rites are thus destroyed, live for ever in hell.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.42
अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम्। यद् राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः॥
aho bata mahatpāpaṃ kartuṃ vyavasitā vayam| yad rājyasukhalobhena hantuṃ svajanamudyatāḥ||
Alas, we are engaged in committing a great sin. We are to kill our own kinsmen for the greed of the pleasures of sovereignty.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.43
यदि मामप्रतीकारमशस्त्रं शस्त्रपाणयः। धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत्॥
yadi māmapratīkāramaśastraṃ śastrapāṇayaḥ| dhārtarāṣṭrā raṇe hanyustanme kṣemataraṃ bhavet||
Better would it be if unretaliating and unarmed myself, the armed sons of Dhritarashtra kill in battle".
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 26.44
संजय उवाच एवमुक्त्वार्जुनः संख्ये रथोपस्थ उपाविशत्। विसृज्य सशरं चापं शोकसंविग्नमानसः॥
saṃjaya uvāca evamuktvārjunaḥ saṃkhye rathopastha upāviśat| visṛjya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ śokasaṃvignamānasaḥ||
Sanjaya said Having thus spoken on the field of battle, Arjuna, with a sorrowful heart, sat down on the car, casting aside his bow and arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)