Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.252
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1.252.1
तौ रथाभ्यां रथश्रेष्ठौ दावस्योभयतः स्थितौ ।
दिक्षु सर्वासु भूतानां चक्राते कदनं महत् ॥ १.२५२.१ ॥
Those two, the best of charioteers, standing on their chariots on either side of the forest fire, wrought great slaughter of beings in all directions.
1.252.2
यत्र यत्र च दृश्यन्ते प्राणिनः खाण्डवालयाः ।
पलायन्तः प्रवीरौ तौ तत्रतत्राभ्यधावताम् ॥ १.२५२.२ ॥
Wherever the dwellers of Khāṇḍava were seen fleeing, those two heroes rushed upon them there and there.
1.252.3
छिद्रं न स्म प्रपश्यन्ति रथयोराशुचारिणोः ।
आविद्धावेव दृश्येते रथिनौ तौ रथोत्तमौ ॥ १.२५२.३ ॥
They could not see any gap in those two swiftly moving chariots; the two best charioteers appeared only as darting, hurling forms.
1.252.4
खाण्डवे दह्यमाने तु भूतान्यथ सहस्रशः ।
उत्पेतुर्भैरवान्नादान्विनदन्तः समन्ततः ॥ १.२५२.४ ॥
While Khāṇḍava was burning, thousands of creatures sprang up on every side, uttering dreadful cries.
1.252.5
दग्धैकदेशा बहवो निष्टप्ताश्च तथाऽपरे ।
स्फुटिताक्षा विशीर्णाश्च विप्लुताश्च तथाऽपरे ॥ १.२५२.५ ॥
Many were partly burned, others were scorched through; some had their eyes burst, some were torn apart, and others ran about in wild confusion.
1.252.6
समालिङ्ग्य सुतानन्ये पितॄन्भ्रातॄनथाऽपरे ।
त्यक्तुं न शेकुः स्नेहेन तत्रैव निधनं गताः ॥ १.२५२.६ ॥
Some embraced their sons, others their fathers and brothers; unable to let them go out of affection, they met their death right there.
1.252.7
सन्दष्टदशनाश्चान्ये समुत्पेतुरनेकशः ।
ततस्तेऽतीव घूर्णन्तः पुनरग्नौ प्रपेदिरे ॥ १.२५२.७ ॥
Others, with their teeth clenched, flew up again and again; then, reeling greatly, they fell back into the fire.
1.252.8
दग्धपक्षाक्षिचरणा विचेष्टन्तो महीतले ।
तत्रतत्र स्म दृश्यन्ते विनश्यन्तः शरीरिणः ॥ १.२५२.८ ॥
With wings, eyes and feet burnt, writhing upon the ground, embodied creatures were seen perishing here and there.
1.252.9
जलाशयेषु तप्तेषु क्वाथ्यमानेषु वह्निना ।
गतसत्वाः स्म दृश्यन्ते कूर्ममत्स्याः समन्ततः ॥ १.२५२.९ ॥
In the waters, heated and boiling from the fire, tortoises and fish were seen lifeless all around.
1.252.10
शरीरैरपरे दीप्तैर्देहवन्त इवाग्नयः ।
अदृश्यन्त वने तत्र प्राणिनः प्राणिसंक्षये ॥ १.२५२.१० ॥
Other creatures, with blazing bodies, like embodied fires, were seen in that forest amid the destruction of living beings.
1.252.11
कांश्चिदुत्पततः पार्थः शरैः संछिद्य खण्डशः ।
पातयामास विहगान्प्रदीप्ते वसुरेतसि ॥ १.२५२.११ ॥
Pārtha (Arjuna), cutting some of the birds flying upward into pieces with his arrows, caused them to fall into the blazing fire.
1.252.12
ते शराचितसर्वाङ्गा निनदन्तो महारवान् ।
ऊर्ध्वमुत्पत्य वेगेन निपेतुः खाण्डवे पुनः ॥ १.२५२.१२ ॥
Their whole bodies filled with arrows, crying out loudly, they flew swiftly upward and then fell again into the Khāṇḍava forest.
1.252.13
शरैरभ्याहतानां च सङ्घशः स्म वनौकसाम् ।
विरावः शुश्रुवे घोरः समुद्रस्येव मथ्यतः ॥ १.२५२.१३ ॥
And the terrible cry of the forest-dwellers, struck by arrows in crowds, was heard like the ocean being churned.
1.252.14
वह्नेश्चापि प्रदीप्तस्य खमुत्पेतुर्महार्चिषः ।
जनयामासुरुद्वेगं सुमहान्तं दिवौकसाम् ॥ १.२५२.१४ ॥
And the great flames of the blazing fire leapt up into the sky and caused great agitation among the dwellers of heaven.
1.252.15
तेनार्चिषा सुसन्तप्ता देवाः सर्षिपुरोगमाः ।
ततो जग्मुर्महात्मानः सर्व एव दिवौकसः।
शतक्रतुं सहस्राक्षं देवेशमसुरार्दनम् ॥ १.२५२.१५ ॥
Greatly tormented by that flame, the great-souled gods, led by the sages, all the dwellers of heaven went to Śatakratu, the thousand-eyed lord of gods, destroyer of the asuras.
1.252.16
किं न्विमे मानवाः सर्वे दह्यन्ते चित्रभानुना ।
कच्चिन्न संक्षयः प्राप्तो लोकानाममरेश्वर ॥ १.२५२.१६ ॥
Why are all these men being burned by the fiery one? Has destruction of the worlds come upon us, lord of immortals?
1.252.17
तच्छ्रुत्वा वृत्रहा तेभ्यः स्वयमेवान्ववेक्ष्य च ।
खाण्डवस्य विमोक्षार्थं प्रययौ हरिवाहनः ॥ १.२५२.१७ ॥
Hearing that, and having himself looked into it, Indra, slayer of Vṛtra, he of the tawny steeds, set out to free Khāṇḍava.
1.252.18
महता रथबृन्देन नानारूपेण वासवः ।
आकाशं समवाकीर्य प्रववर्ष सुरेश्वरः ॥ १.२५२.१८ ॥
With a great host of chariots, taking many forms, Vāsava, lord of gods, covered the sky and poured down rain.
1.252.19
ततोऽक्षमात्रा व्यसृजन्धाराः शतसहस्रशः ।
चोदिता देवराजेन जलदाः खाण्डवं प्रति ॥ १.२५२.१९ ॥
Then the rain-clouds, impelled by the king of gods, poured forth hundreds of thousands of streams, thick as an axle-hole, toward Khāṇḍava.
1.252.20
असंप्राप्तास्तु ता धारास्तेजसा जातवेदसः ।
ख एव समुशुष्यन्त नकाश्चित्पावकं गताः ॥ १.२५२.२० ॥
But those streams, not having reached the fire, were dried up in the sky by the fire's energy; some did not even reach the fire.
1.252.21
ततो नमुचिहा क्रुद्धो भृशमर्चिष्मतस्तदा ।
पुनरेव महामेघैरम्भांसि व्यसृजद्बहु ॥ १.२५२.२१ ॥
Then Indra, slayer of Namuci, greatly enraged at the blazing one, again poured out abundant waters with great clouds.
1.252.22
अर्चिर्धाराभिसंबद्धं धूमविद्युत्समाकुलम् ।
बभूव तद्वनं घोरं स्तनयित्नुसमाकुलम् ॥ १.२५२.२२ ॥
That terrible forest became bound with streams of flame, filled with smoke and lightning, and overspread with thunder.