Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 11.24
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11.24.1
सोमदत्तसुतं पश्य युयुधानेन पातितम् ।
वितुद्यमानं विहगैर्बहुभिर्माधवान्तिके ॥ ११.२४.१ ॥
Look upon the son of Somadatta, felled by Yuyudhāna near Mādhava, being torn by many birds.
11.24.2
पुत्रशोकाभिसन्तप्तः शोमदत्तो जनार्दन ।
युयुधानं महेष्वासं गर्हयन्निव दृश्यते ॥ ११.२४.२ ॥
O Janārdana, Somadatta, tormented by grief for his son, appears as if reproaching the great archer Yuyudhāna.
11.24.3
असौ हि भूरिश्वसो माता शोकपरिप्लुता ।
आश्वासयति भर्तारं सोमदत्तमनिन्दिता ॥ ११.२४.३ ॥
That mother, who sighs deeply and is overwhelmed with grief, comforts her husband Somadatta, the blameless one.
11.24.4
दिष्ट्या नैनं महाराज दारुणं भरतक्षयम् ।
कुरुसङ्क्रन्दनं घोरं युगान्तमनुपश्यसि ॥ ११.२४.४ ॥
Fortunately, O great king, you do not behold this dreadful destruction of the Bharatas, the terrible wailing of the Kurus, this dire end of the age.
11.24.5
दिष्ट्या यूपध्वजं पुत्रं वीरं भूरिसहस्रदम् ।
अनेकक्रतुयज्वानं निहतं नानुपश्यसि ॥ ११.२४.५ ॥
Fortunately you do not see your son, whose banner is the sacrificial post, the hero, giver of thousands, performer of many sacrifices, slain.
11.24.6
दिष्ट्या स्नुषाणामाक्रन्दे घोरं विलपितं बहु ।
न शृणोषि महाराज सारसीनामिवार्णवे ॥ ११.२४.६ ॥
Fortunately, O great king, you do not hear the dreadful and abundant lamentation in the wailing of your daughters-in-law, like the cries of sārasī cranes in the ocean.
11.24.7
एकवस्त्रास्तु पञ्चैताः प्रकीर्णासितमूर्धजाः ।
स्नुषास्ते परिधावन्ति हतापत्या हतेश्वराः ॥ ११.२४.७ ॥
Wearing a single garment, with their dark hair loose and scattered, these five daughters-in-law of yours run about, having lost their children and their lords.
11.24.8
श्वापदैर्भक्ष्यमाणं त्वमहो दिष्ट्या न पश्यसि ।
छिन्नबाहुं नरव्याघ्रमर्जुनेन निपातितम् ॥ ११.२४.८ ॥
Alas, fortunately you do not see him being devoured by wild beasts, the tiger among men with severed arms, struck down by Arjuna.
11.24.9
शलं विनिहतं सङ्ख्ये भूरिश्रवसमेव च ।
स्नुषाश्च विविधाः सर्वा दिष्ट्या नाद्येह पश्यसि ॥ ११.२४.९ ॥
Śalya was slain in battle, and Bhūriśravas too; and your many daughters-in-law — fortunately today you do not see them here.
11.24.10
दिष्ट्या तत्काञ्चनं छत्रं यूपकेतोर्महात्मनः ।
विनीकीर्णं रथोपस्थे सौमदत्तेर्न पश्यसि ॥ ११.२४.१० ॥
Fortunately you do not see the golden parasol of the great-souled Yūpaketu, scattered on the floor of Somadatta's son's chariot.
11.24.11
अमूस्तु भूरिश्रवसो भार्याः सात्यकिना हतम् ।
परिवार्यानुशोचन्ति भर्तारमसितेक्षणाः ॥ ११.२४.११ ॥
And these are the wives of Bhūriśravas, slain by Sātyaki; dark-eyed, they surround their husband and lament.
11.24.12
एता विलप्य करुणं भर्तृशोकेन कर्शिताः ।
पतन्त्यभिमुखा भूमौ कृपणं बत केशव ॥ ११.२४.१२ ॥
Wasted by grief for their husband, having lamented piteously, they fall face-forward to the ground — alas, O Keśava!
11.24.13
बीभत्सुरतिबीभत्सं कर्मेदमकरोत्कथम् ।
प्रमत्तस्य यदच्छैत्सीद्बाहुं शूरस्य यज्वनः ॥ ११.२४.१३ ॥
How could Arjuna do this most shameful deed, cutting off the arm of the heedless hero who performed sacrifices?
11.24.14
ततः पापतरं कर्म कृतवानपि सात्यकिः ।
यस्मात्प्रायोपविष्टस्य प्राहार्षीत्संशितात्मनः ॥ ११.२४.१४ ॥
Then Sātyaki also did an even more sinful deed, for he seized the resolute man who sat in the fast unto death.
11.24.15
एको द्वाभ्यां हतः शेते क्षत्रधर्मेण धार्मिकः ।
किन्नु वक्ष्यति वै सत्सु गोष्ठीषु च सभासु च ॥ ११.२४.१५ ॥
One righteous man, slain by two, lies there in accordance with the duty of a warrior. What will he say now in the assemblies and councils of the good?
11.24.16
अपुण्यमयशस्यं च कर्मेदं सात्यकिः स्वयम् ।
इति यूपध्वजस्यैताः स्त्रियः क्रोशन्ति माधव ॥ ११.२४.१६ ॥
This unmeritorious and ignominious deed was done by Sātyaki himself, the women of Yūpadhvaja cry out, O Mādhava.
11.24.17
भार्या यूपध्वजस्यैषा करसम्मितमध्यमा ।
कृत्वोत्सङ्गे भुजं भर्तुः कृपणं परिदेवति ॥ ११.२४.१७ ॥
This wife of Yūpadhvaja, slender-waisted as a hand's span, lays her husband's arm in her lap and laments piteously.
11.24.18
अयं स हन्ता शूराणां मित्राणामभयप्रदः ।
प्रदाता गोसहस्राणां क्षत्रियान्तकरः करः ॥ ११.२४.१८ ॥
This is that hand: the slayer of heroes, the giver of fearlessness to friends, the giver of thousands of cows, the destroyer of the kṣatriyas.
11.24.19
अयं स रशनोत्कर्षी पीनस्तनविमर्दनः ।
नाभ्यूरुजघनस्पर्शी नीवीविस्रंसनः करः ॥ ११.२४.१९ ॥
This is the hand that dragged by the girdle, crushed the full breasts, touched the navel, thighs and hips, and loosened the knot of the garment.
11.24.20
वासुदेवस्य सान्निध्ये पार्थेनाक्लिष्टकर्मणा ।
युध्यतः समरेऽन्येन प्रमत्तस्य निपातितः ॥ ११.२४.२० ॥
In the presence of Vāsudeva, by Pārtha, son of Pṛthā, whose deeds are effortless, he was felled in battle by another while fighting heedlessly.
11.24.21
किन्नु वक्ष्यसि संसत्सु कथासु च जनार्दन ।
अर्जुनस्य महत्कर्म स्वयं वा स किरीटभृत् ॥ ११.२४.२१ ॥
O Janārdana, what will you say of Arjuna's great deed in assemblies and in tales? Or will the crown-bearer himself tell it?
11.24.22
इत्येवं गर्हयित्वैषा तूष्णीमास्ते वराङ्गना ।
तामेतामनुशोचन्ति सपत्न्यः स्वामिव स्नुषाम् ॥ ११.२४.२२ ॥
Having thus reproached, that excellent woman sits in silence; her co-wives lament for her as if for their own daughter-in-law.
11.24.23
गान्धारराजः शकुनिर्बलवान्सत्यविक्रमः ।
निहतः सहदेवेन भागिनेमेन मातुलः ॥ ११.२४.२३ ॥
King Śakuni of Gandhāra, mighty and true in valour, was slain by Sahadeva, the sister's son, his maternal uncle being slain by his nephew.
11.24.24
यः पुरा हेमदण्डाभ्यां व्यजनाभ्यां स्म वीज्यते ।
स एष पक्षिभिः पक्षैः शयान उपवीज्यते ॥ ११.२४.२४ ॥
He who was formerly fanned with fans of golden handles now lies here, fanned by the wings of birds.
11.24.25
यः स्वरूपाणि कुरुते शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ।
तस्य मायाविनो माया दग्धाः पाण्डवतेजसा ॥ ११.२४.२५ ॥
The illusion of that magician, who takes on hundreds and thousands of forms, was burnt up by the splendour of the Pāṇḍavas.
11.24.26
मायया निकृतिप्रज्ञो जितवान्यो युधिष्ठिरम् ।
सभायां विपुलं राज्यं स जहौ जीवितं कथम् ॥ ११.२४.२६ ॥
How did he, of deceitful wisdom, who by trickery won Yudhiṣṭhira in the assembly and took his vast kingdom, give up his life?
11.24.27
शकुन्ताः शकुनिं कृष्ण समन्तात्पर्युपासते ।
कितवं मम पुत्राणां विनाशायोपशिक्षितम् ॥ ११.२४.२७ ॥
O Kṛṣṇa, the birds gather all around Śakuni, that gambler trained for the destruction of my sons.
11.24.28
एतेनैतन्महद्वैरं प्रसक्तं पाण्डवैः सह ।
वधाय मम पुत्राणामात्मनः सगणस्य च ॥ ११.२४.२८ ॥
Through this man this great enmity with the Pāṇḍavas has persisted, for the destruction of my sons, of himself, and of his retinue.
11.24.29
यथैव मम पुत्राणां लोकाः शस्त्रजिताः प्रभो ।
एवमस्यापि दुर्बुद्धेर्लोकाः शस्त्रेण वै जिताः ॥ ११.२४.२९ ॥
O lord, just as the worlds of my sons were won by weapons, so too were the worlds of that ill-minded man won by the weapon.
11.24.30
कथं च नायं तत्रापि पुत्रान्मे भ्रातृभिः सह ।
विरोधयेदृजुप्रज्ञाननृजुर्मधुसूदन ॥ ११.२४.३० ॥
And how, O Madhusūdana, would that crooked man not have set my sons, together with their brothers, against the straight-minded men there?