Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 11.23
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11.23.1
एष शल्यो हतः शेते साक्षान्नकुलमातुलः ।
धर्मज्ञेन हतस्तात धर्मराजेन संयुगे ॥ ११.२३.१ ॥
Here lies Śalya, slain, the maternal uncle of Nakula, visibly before us. Dear son, he was slain in battle by Dharmarāja, the knower of dharma.
11.23.2
यस्त्वया स्पर्धते नित्यं सर्वत्र पुरुषर्षभ ।
स एष निहतः शेते मद्रराजो महाबलः ॥ ११.२३.२ ॥
O best of men, he who always and everywhere rivaled you — this mighty king of the Madras lies slain.
11.23.3
जयद्रथे यदि ब्रूयुरुपरोधं कथञ्चन ।
मद्रपुत्रे कथं ब्रूयुरुपरोधं विवक्षवः ॥ ११.२३.३ ॥
If people might somehow have spoken of a fault in Jayadratha, how would those wishing to speak of a fault in the son of the Madra king speak?
11.23.4
येन सङ्गृह्णता तात रथमाधिरथेर्युधि ।
जयार्थं पाण्डुपुत्राणां तदा तेजोवधः कृतः ॥ ११.२३.४ ॥
Dear son, he who, while seizing the chariot of Karṇa, son of Adhiratha, in battle, for the victory of the sons of Pāṇḍu, then brought about the destruction of his splendour —
11.23.5
अहो धिक्फश्य शल्यस्य पूर्णचन्द्रसुदर्शनम् ।
मुखं प्द्मपलाशाक्षं काकैरादष्टमव्रणम् ॥ ११.२३.५ ॥
Alas, shame! Look at Śalya's face — fair as the full moon, lotus-petal-eyed — pecked by crows, yet without a wound.
11.23.6
एषा चामीकराभस्य तप्तकाञ्चनसप्रभा ।
आस्याद्विनिः सृता जिह्वा भक्ष्यते कृष्ण पक्षिभिः ॥ ११.२३.६ ॥
And this tongue, bright as heated gold and golden in lustre, thrust out from his mouth — O Kṛṣṇa, it is being eaten by birds.
11.23.7
युधिष्ठिरेण निहतं शल्यं समितिशोभनम् ।
रुदन्त्यः पर्युपासन्ते मद्रराजं कुलाङ्गनाः ॥ ११.२३.७ ॥
Slain by Yudhiṣṭhira, Śalya, adorned in battle, lies while the women of the noble families, weeping, sit around the king of the Madras.
11.23.8
एताः सुसूक्ष्मवसना मद्रराजं नरर्षभम् ।
क्रोशन्त्योऽथ समासाद्य क्षत्रियाः क्षत्रियर्षभम् ॥ ११.२३.८ ॥
These women, clad in fine garments, crying out, came to the king of the Madras, best of men, best of Kṣatriyas.
11.23.9
शल्यं निपतितं नार्यः परिवार्याभितः स्थिताः ।
वासिता गृष्टयः पङ्के परिमग्नमिवर्षभम् ॥ ११.२३.९ ॥
The women stand surrounding fallen Śalya on all sides, like birds crying out around a bull sunk in the mud.
11.23.10
शल्यं शरणदं शूरं पश्येमं वृष्णिनन्दन ।
शयानं वीरशयने शरैर्विशकलीकृतम् ॥ ११.२३.१० ॥
Look at this Śalya, giver of refuge, the hero, O joy of the Vṛṣṇis, lying on the bed of heroes, torn to pieces by arrows.
11.23.11
एष शैलालयो राजा भगदत्तः प्रतापवान् ।
गजाङ्कुशधरः श्रीमाञ्शेते भुवि निपातितः ॥ ११.२३.११ ॥
This king Bhagadatta, dweller of the mountains, mighty, bearer of the elephant-goad, glorious, lies felled upon the ground.
11.23.12
यस्य रुक्ममयी माला शिरस्येषा विराजते ।
श्वापदैर्भक्ष्यमाणस्य शोभयन्तीव मूर्धजान् ॥ ११.२३.१२ ॥
That man on whose head this golden garland shines, while he is being devoured by wild beasts, as though adorning his hair.
11.23.13
एतेन किल पार्थस्य युद्धमासीत्सुदारुणम् ।
रोमहर्षणमत्युग्रं शक्रस्य त्वहिना यथा ॥ ११.२३.१३ ॥
With this, the battle of Pārtha was indeed very terrible, hair-raising and extremely fierce, just as Śakra's battle with the serpent was.
11.23.14
योधयित्वा माहाबाहुरेष पार्थं धनञ्जयम् ।
संशयं गमयित्वा च कुन्तीपुत्रेण पातितः ॥ ११.२३.१४ ॥
That mighty-armed one, having fought with Pārtha Dhanañjaya and brought him to doubt, was felled by the son of Kuntī.
11.23.15
यस्य नास्ति समो लोके शौर्ये वीर्ये च कश्चन् ।
स एष निहतः शेते भीष्मो भीष्मकृदाहवे ॥ ११.२३.१५ ॥
He who had no equal in the world in valour or prowess, Bhīṣma who struck fear in battle, lies here slain.
11.23.16
पश्य शान्तनवं कृष्ण शयानं सूर्यवर्चसम् ।
युगान्त इव कालेन पातितं सूर्यमम्बरात् ॥ ११.२३.१६ ॥
See, Kṛṣṇa, the son of Śantanu lying radiant as the sun, felled by Time from the sky as at the end of an age.
11.23.17
एष तप्त्वा रणे शत्रूञ्शस्त्रतापेन वीर्यवान् ।
नरसूर्योऽस्तमभ्येति सूर्योऽस्तमिव केशव ॥ ११.२३.१७ ॥
This mighty man-sun, who scorched his enemies in battle with the heat of his weapons, is setting as the sun sets, O Keśava.
11.23.18
शरतल्पगतं भीष्ममूर्ध्वरेतसमच्युतम् ।
शयानं वीरशयने पश्य शूरनिषेविते ॥ ११.२३.१८ ॥
See Bhīṣma, celibate and unfallen, lying on a bed of arrows, on the heroes' bed frequented by the brave.
11.23.19
कर्णिनालीकनाराचैरास्तीर्य शयनोत्तमम् ।
आविश्य शेते भगवान्स्कन्दः शरवणं यथा ॥ ११.२३.१९ ॥
Having spread the finest bed with barbed nālīka and nārāca arrows, he lies as the venerable Skanda lay down after entering the reed-thicket.
11.23.20
अतूलपूर्णं गाङ्गेयस्त्रिभिर्बाणैः समन्वितम् ।
उपधायोपधानाग्र्यं दत्तं गाण्डीवधन्वना ॥ ११.२३.२० ॥
Gāṅgeya placed beneath his head the finest pillow, filled with arrows like an incomparable cushion, equipped with three shafts, given by the bowman of the Gāṇḍīva.
11.23.21
पालयानः पितुः शास्त्रमूर्ध्वरेता महायशाः ।
एष शान्तनवः शेते माधवाप्रतिमो युधि ॥ ११.२३.२१ ॥
Keeping his father's command, the celibate, far-famed son of Śāntanu lies in battle, matchless as Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa).
11.23.22
धर्मात्मा तात सर्वज्ञः पारावर्येण निर्णये ।
अमर्त्य इव मर्त्यः सन्नेष प्राणानधारयत् ॥ ११.२३.२२ ॥
O righteous-souled dear son, all-knowing, by sound judgment in decision, though mortal, he held his life-breaths as if immortal.
11.23.23
नास्ति युद्धे कृती कश्चिन्न विद्वान्न पराक्रमी ।
यत्र शान्तनवो भीष्मः शेतेऽद्य निहतः परैः ॥ ११.२३.२३ ॥
There is no one in battle, skilled, learned, or valiant, where Bhīṣma, son of Śāntanu, lies today slain by the enemy.
11.23.24
स्वयमेतेन शूरेण पृच्छयमानेन पाण्डवैः ।
धर्मज्ञेनाहवे मृत्युरादिष्टः सत्यवादिना ॥ ११.२३.२४ ॥
When asked by the Pāṇḍavas, this hero himself, knowing dharma and speaking truth, declared the means of his death in battle.
11.23.25
प्रनष्टः कुरुवंशश्च पुनर्येन समुद्वृतः ।
स गतः कुरुभिः सार्धं महाबुद्धिः पराभवम् ॥ ११.२३.२५ ॥
The Kuru lineage is destroyed; he by whom it was raised up again, that man of great wisdom, has gone to defeat along with the Kurus.
11.23.26
धर्मेण कुरवः केन परिद्रक्ष्यन्ति माधव ।
हते देवव्रते भीष्मे देवकल्पे नरर्षभे ॥ ११.२३.२६ ॥
O Mādhava, when Devavrata Bhīṣma, godlike, the bull among men, has been slain, by whom will the Kurus be protected in accordance with dharma?
11.23.27
अर्जुनस्य विनेतारमाचार्यं सात्यकेस्तथा ।
तं पश्य पतितं द्रोणं कुरूणां गुरुमुत्तमम् ॥ ११.२३.२७ ॥
Look at him, fallen, Droṇa, teacher of Arjuna and likewise of Sātyaki, the foremost guru of the Kurus.
11.23.28
अस्त्रं चतुर्विधं वेद यथैव त्रिदशेश्वरः ।
भार्गवो वा महावीर्यस्तथा द्रोणोऽपि माधव ॥ ११.२३.२८ ॥
Just as Indra, lord of the gods, and the mighty Bhārgava knew the fourfold weapons, so too, O Mādhava, did Droṇa know them.
11.23.29
यस्य प्रसादाद्बीभत्सुः पाण्डवः कर्म दुष्करम् ।
चकार स हतः शेते नैनमस्त्राण्यपालयन् ॥ ११.२३.२९ ॥
By whose grace the Pāṇḍava Arjuna performed difficult deeds — he lies slain; the weapons did not protect him.
11.23.30
यं पुरोधाय कुरव आह्वयन्ति स्म पाण्डवान् ।
सोऽयं शस्त्रभृतां श्रेष्ठो द्रोणः शस्त्रपृथक्कृतः ॥ ११.२३.३० ॥
He whom the Kurus used to place in front when they challenged the Pāṇḍavas — this Droṇa, foremost of weapon-bearers, is stripped of his weapons.
11.23.31
यस्य निर्दहतः सेनां गतिरग्नरिवाभवत् ।
स भूमौ निहतः शेते शान्तार्चिरिव पावकः ॥ ११.२३.३१ ॥
He whose course was like fire as he burned the army now lies slain on the ground, like a fire with its flames extinguished.
11.23.32
धनुर्मुष्टिरशीर्णश्च हस्तावापश्च माधव ।
द्रोणस्य निहतस्यापि दृश्यते जीवतो यथा ॥ ११.२३.३२ ॥
O Mādhava, the bow, the grip, and the hands of the slain Droṇa appear undamaged, as though he were still alive.
11.23.33
वेदा यस्माच्च चत्वारः सर्वाण्यस्त्राणि केशव ।
अनपेतानि वै शूराद्यथैवादौ प्रजापतेः ॥ ११.२३.३३ ॥
O Keśava, the four Vedas and all weapons never departed from that hero, just as they never departed from Prajāpati at the beginning.
11.23.34
चन्दनार्हाविमौ तस्य बन्दिभिर्वन्दितौ शुभौ ।
गोमायवो विकर्षन्ति पादौ शिष्यशतार्चितौ ॥ ११.२३.३४ ॥
The two auspicious feet of his, worthy of sandal-paste, praised by bards and honored by hundreds of disciples, are being dragged about by jackals.
11.23.35
द्रोणं द्रुपदपुत्रेण निहतं मधुसूदन ।
कृपी कृपणमन्वास्ते दुःखोपहतचेतना ॥ ११.२३.३५ ॥
O Madhusūdana, beside Droṇa slain by Drupada's son sits Kṛpī, piteous, her consciousness struck down by sorrow.
11.23.36
तां पश्य रुदतीमार्तां मुक्तकेशीमधोमुखीम् ।
हतं पतिमुपासन्तीं द्रोणं शस्त्रभृतां वरम् ॥ ११.२३.३६ ॥
Look at her, weeping, distressed, with her hair loosened and her face bowed, attending her slain husband Droṇa, the best of weapon-bearers.
11.23.37
बाणैर्भिन्नतनुत्राणं धृष्टद्युम्नेन केशव ।
उपास्ते वै मृधे द्रोणं जटिला ब्रह्मचारिणी ॥ ११.२३.३७ ॥
O Keśava, beside Droṇa, whose armour was pierced by arrows and who was slain by Dhṛṣṭadyumna on the battlefield, sits the matted-haired, chaste woman.
11.23.38
प्रेतकृत्ये च यतते कृपी कृपणमातुरा ।
हतस्य समरे भर्तुः सुकुमारी यशस्विनी ॥ ११.२३.३८ ॥
In the funeral rites of her husband, slain in battle, she strives—the wretched, afflicted, tender and renowned woman.
11.23.39
अग्नीनाधाय विविधवच्चितां प्रज्वाल्य सर्वतः ।
द्रोणमाधाय गायन्ति त्रीणि सामानि सामगाः ॥ ११.२३.३९ ॥
Having established the sacred fires in various ways, kindled the pyre on every side, and laid Droṇa upon it, the Sāma-singers chant the three Sāmans.
11.23.40
कुर्वन्ति च चितामेते जटिला ब्रह्मचारिणः ।
धनुर्भिः शक्तिभिश्चैव रथनीडैश्च माधव ॥ ११.२३.४० ॥
These matted-haired, chaste ascetics make the pyre with bows, spears and chariot-frames, O Mādhava.
11.23.41
शरैश्च विविधैरन्यैर्धक्ष्यन्ते भूरितेजसम् ।
त एते द्रोणमादाय गायन्ति च रुदन्ति च ॥ ११.२३.४१ ॥
And with various arrows and other weapons they will burn that man of great splendour. They lift up Droṇa, and they sing and they weep.
11.23.42
सामभिस्त्रिभिरन्तस्थैरनुशंसन्ति चापरे ।
अग्नावग्निं समाधाय द्रोणं हुत्वा हुताशने ॥ ११.२३.४२ ॥
Others recite praises with the three intermediate Sāmans; having set the fire in the fire and offered Droṇa as an oblation into the sacrificial flame, they perform the last rites.
11.23.43
गच्छन्त्यभिमुखा गङ्गां द्रोणशिष्या द्विजातयः ।
अपसव्यां चितिं कृत्वा पुरस्कृत्य कृपीं तथा ॥ ११.२३.४३ ॥
Facing toward the Ganges go the twice-born disciples of Droṇa, having made the funeral pyre to be circled in the reverse direction and placing Kṛpī in front.