In context of the emerging challenge of weed management in lentil under rainfed drought prone ecologies in India, a field experiment was conducted in the winter seasons of 2012-13 and 2013-14 to evaluate the performance of different herbicides in lentil under rainfed conditions. Among the herbicidal treatments, the maximum plant height (40.5 cm), plant population (143.7 plants/m2), branches per plant (5.67), pods per plant (59.03), nodules per plant (21.27), dry weight of nodules per plant (29.44 mg) and dry matter accumulation (486.30 g/m2) of lentil at maturity were recorded in plots treated with pendimethalin (pre-emergence) followed by quizalofop-ethyl (post-emergence) at 750 g and 50 g/ha. Pendimethalin followed by quizalofop-ethyl recorded significantly lower weed index (12.97%) with higher grain yield (1741.0 kg/ha) as compared with control and it was closely followed by pendimethalin alone (14.64%). Imazamox plus imazethapyr caused severe crop phytotoxicity and the crop had a slow growth and reduced crop biomass. The maximum benefit cost ratio of 3.83 was recorded in the plot treated with pendimethalin at 750 g/ha (pre-emergence) as compared to other herbicides. Thus, pendimethalin alone and with quizalofop-ethyl were equally effective in controlling the broad-spectrum of weeds in lentil with high yield advantage.