Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 15.25
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15.25.1
आज्ञापयामास ततः सेनां भरतसत्तमः ।
अर्जुनप्रमुखैर्गुप्तां लोकपालोपमैर्नरैः ॥ १५.२५.१ ॥
Then the best of the Bharatas gave orders to the army, guarded by men like the world-guardians, headed by Arjuna.
15.25.2
योगोयोग इति प्रीत्या ततः शब्दो महानभूत् ।
क्रोशतां सादिनां तत्र युज्यतां युज्यतामिति ॥ १५.२५.२ ॥
Then with delight a great cry arose, "Yoke! Yoke!" — the horsemen there shouting, "Let it be yoked! Let it be yoked!"
15.25.3
केचिद्यानैर्नरा जग्मुः केचिदश्वैर्महाजवैः ।
काञ्चनैश्च रथैः केचिज्ज्वलितज्वलनोपमैः ॥ १५.२५.३ ॥
Some men went in conveyances, some on swift horses, and some in golden chariots like blazing fire.
15.25.4
गजेन्द्रैश्च तथैवान्ये केचिदुष्ट्रैर्नराधिप ।
पदातयस्तथैवान्ये नखरप्रासयोधिनः ॥ १५.२५.४ ॥
Others went on lordly elephants, and some on camels, O lord of men; and others were foot-soldiers, fighting with claws and spears.
15.25.5
पौरजानपदाश्चैव यानैर्बहुविधैस्तथा ।
अन्वयुः कुरुराजानं धृतराष्ट्रं दिदक्षवः ॥ १५.२५.५ ॥
The townsfolk and the country folk too, in many kinds of conveyances, followed the king of the Kurus, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, desiring to see him.
15.25.6
स चापि राजवचनादाचार्यो गौतमः कृपः ।
सेनामादाय सेनानीः प्रययावाश्रमं प्रति ॥ १५.२५.६ ॥
At the king's word, the teacher Gautama Kṛpa too, taking the army as its commander, set out toward the hermitage.
15.25.7
ततो द्विजैः परिवृतः कुरुराजो युधिष्ठिरः ।
संस्तूयमानो बहुभिः सूतमागधबन्दिभिः ॥ १५.२५.७ ॥
Then Yudhiṣṭhira, king of the Kurus, surrounded by brahmins and praised by many charioteer-bards, panegyrists and heralds, set out.
15.25.8
पाण्डुरेणातपत्रेण ध्रियमाणेन मूर्धनि ।
रतानीकेन महता निर्जगाम कुरूद्वहः ॥ १५.२५.८ ॥
With a white parasol held over his head, the best of the Kurus set out with a great and delightful army.
15.25.9
गजैश्चाचलसंकाशैर्भीमकर्मा वृकोदरः ।
सज्जयन्त्रायुधोपेतैः प्रययौ पवनात्मजः ॥ १५.२५.९ ॥
With mountain-like elephants, ready with engines and weapons, Vṛkodara of terrible deeds, son of the Wind, set out.
15.25.10
माद्रीपुत्रावपि तथा हयारोहौ सुसंवृतौ ।
जग्मतुः शीघ्रगमनौ सन्नद्धकवचध्वजौ ॥ १५.२५.१० ॥
The two sons of Mādrī too, mounted on horses, well guarded and swift in their going, set out in armour, with banners.
15.25.11
अर्जुनश्च महातेजा रथेनादित्यवर्चसा ।
वशी श्वेतैर्हयैर्युक्तैर्दिव्येनान्वगमन्नृपम् ॥ १५.२५.११ ॥
Arjuna of great splendour, self-controlled, followed the king in a divine chariot radiant as the sun, yoked with white horses.
15.25.12
द्रौपदीप्रमुखाश्चापि स्त्रीसङ्घाः शिबिकागताः ।
स्त्र्यध्यक्षगुप्ताः प्रययुर्विसृजन्तोऽमितं वसु ॥ १५.२५.१२ ॥
The bands of women led by Draupadī also, borne in palanquins, guarded by the superintendent of the women, set out, distributing immeasurable wealth.
15.25.13
समृद्धरथहस्त्यश्वं वेणुवीणानुनादितम् ।
शुशुभे पाण्डवं सैन्यं तत्तदा भरतर्षभ ॥ १५.२५.१३ ॥
The Pāṇḍava army, rich with chariots, elephants and horses and resounding with the sound of flutes and lutes, then shone forth, O bull of the Bharatas.
15.25.14
नदीतीरेषु रम्येषु सरःसु च विशाम्पते ।
वासान्कृत्वा क्रमेणाथ जग्मुस्ते कुरुपुङ्गवाः ॥ १५.२५.१४ ॥
Making their encampments on the pleasant banks of rivers and by the lakes, O lord of the people, those best of the Kurus then advanced in due order.
15.25.15
युयुत्सुश्च महातेजा धौम्यश्चैवि पुरोहितः ।
युधिष्ठिरस्य वचनात्पुरगुप्तिं प्रचक्रतुः ॥ १५.२५.१५ ॥
Yuyutsu of great splendour and the household priest Dhaumya took charge of guarding the city, at Yudhiṣṭhira's word.
15.25.16
ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा कुरुक्षेत्रमवातरत् ।
क्रमोणोत्तीर्य यमुनां नदीं परमपाविनीम् ॥ १५.२५.१६ ॥
Then King Yudhiṣṭhira, having crossed in due order the supremely purifying river Yamunā, descended into Kurukṣetra.
15.25.17
स ददर्शाश्रमं दूराद्राजर्षेस्तस्य धीमतः ।
शतयूपस्य कौरव्य धृतराष्ट्रस्य चैव ह ॥ १५.२५.१७ ॥
He saw from afar the hermitage of that wise royal sage Śatayūpa, and of Dhṛtarāṣṭra too, O descendant of Kuru.
15.25.18
ततः प्रमुदितः सर्वो जनस्तद्वनमञ्जसा ।
विवेश सुमहानादैरापूर्य भरतर्षभ ॥ १५.२५.१८ ॥
Then all the people, delighted, straightway entered that forest and filled it with mighty cries, O bull of the Bharatas.