Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 2.28
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2.28.1
एवमुक्तः प्रत्युवाच भगदत्तं धनञ्जयः ।
अनेनैव कृतं सर्वं भविष्यत्यनुजानता ॥ २.२८.१ ॥
Thus addressed, Dhanañjaya replied to Bhagadatta: "With your permission, all this will have been done by you alone."
2.28.2
तं विजित्य महाबाहुः कुन्तीपुत्रो धनञ्जयः ।
प्रययावुत्तरां तस्माद्दिशं धनदपालिताम् ॥ २.२८.२ ॥
Having conquered him, the mighty-armed son of Kuntī, Dhanañjaya, set out from there toward the northern direction protected by Dhanada (Kubera).
2.28.3
अन्तर्गिरिं च कौन्तेयस्तथैव च बहिर्गिरिम् ।
तथैवोपगिरं चैव विजिग्ये पुरुषर्षभः ॥ २.२८.३ ॥
The son of Kuntī, the best of men, likewise conquered the inner mountain-region, the outer mountain-region, and the subsidiary mountain.
2.28.4
विजित्य पर्वतान्सर्वान्ये च तत्र नराधिपाः ।
तान्वशे स्थापयित्वा स धनान्यादाय सर्वशः ॥ २.२८.४ ॥
Having conquered all the mountains and the kings there, and placed them under his control, he took wealth of every kind.
2.28.5
तैरेव सहितः सर्वैरनुरज्य च तान्नुपान् ।
उलूकवासिनं राजन्बृहन्तमुपजग्मिवान् ॥ २.२८.५ ॥
Accompanied by all of them, having won the devotion of those kings, O king, he approached Bṛhanta, who dwells among the Ulūkas.
2.28.6
मृदङ्गवरनादेन रथनेमिस्वनेन च ।
हस्तिनां च निनादेन कम्पयन्वसुधामिमाम् ॥ २.२८.६ ॥
Shaking this earth with the excellent sound of drums, the rumbling of chariot wheels, and the trumpeting of elephants.
2.28.7
ततो बृहन्तस्त्वरितो बलेन चतुरङ्गिणा ।
निष्क्रम्य नगरात्तस्माद्योधयामास फाल्गुनम् ॥ २.२८.७ ॥
Then Bṛhanta, hastily, with his fourfold army, came out of that city and fought against Phālguna.
2.28.8
सुमहान्सन्निपातोऽभूद्धनञ्जयबृहन्तयोः ।
न शशाक बृहन्तस्तु सोढुं पाण्डवविक्रमम् ॥ २.२८.८ ॥
A great clash occurred between Dhanañjaya and Bṛhanta, but Bṛhanta could not endure the prowess of the Pāṇḍava.
2.28.9
सोऽविषह्यतमं मत्वा कौन्तेयं पर्वतेश्वरः ।
उपावर्तत दुर्धर्षो रत्नान्यादाय सर्वशः ॥ २.२८.९ ॥
That lord of the mountains, judging the son of Kuntī to be unbearable, took jewels of every kind and turned back.
2.28.10
स तद्राज्यमवस्थाप्य उलूकसहितो ययौ ।
सेनाबिन्दुमथो राजन्राज्यादाशु समाक्षिपत् ॥ २.२८.१० ॥
Having established that kingdom, he went away together with Ulūka; and then, O king, he quickly drove Senābindu out of the kingdom.
2.28.11
मोदापुरं वामवेदं सुदामानं सुसङ्कुलम् ।
उलूकानुत्तरांश्चैव तांश्च राज्ञः समानयत् ॥ २.२८.११ ॥
Modāpura, Vāmaveda, Sudāmāna, the very crowded, the Ulūkas and the northern peoples, and those kings too, he gathered together.
2.28.12
तत्रस्थः पुरुषैरेव धर्मराजस्य शासनात् ।
किरीटी जितवान्राजन्देशान्पञ्चगणांस्ततः ॥ २.२८.१२ ॥
Staying there, by the command of King Dharma, through men alone, Kirīṭin conquered, O king, then the lands of the five groups.
2.28.13
स देवप्रस्थमासाद्य सेनाबिन्दोः पुरं प्रति ।
बलेन चतुरङ्गेण निवेशमकरोत्प्रभुः ॥ २.२८.१३ ॥
Having reached Devaprastha, the lord made camp toward the city of Senābindu with his fourfold army.
2.28.14
स तैः परिवृतः सर्वैर्विष्वगश्वं नराधिपम् ।
अभ्यगच्छन्महातेजाः पौरवं पुरुषर्षभ ॥ २.२८.१४ ॥
Surrounded by all of them, the mighty-splendoured bull among men advanced toward the Paurava king, whose horses were on every side.
2.28.15
विजित्य चाहवे शूरान्पार्वतीयान्महारथान् ।
जिगाय सेनया राजन्पुरं पौरवरक्षितम् ॥ २.२८.१५ ॥
And, O king, having conquered in battle the heroic mountain-dwelling great charioteers, he conquered with his army the city guarded by the Pauravas.
2.28.16
पौरवं युधि निर्जित्य दस्यून्पर्वतवासिनः ।
गणानुत्सवसङ्केतानजयत्सप्त पाण्डवः ॥ २.२८.१६ ॥
Having conquered the Pauravas in battle, the Pāṇḍava conquered the seven tribes of mountain-dwelling marauders whose signal was festivity.
2.28.17
ततः काश्मीरकान्वीरान्क्षत्रियान्क्षत्रियर्षभः ।
व्यजयल्लोहितं चैव मण्डलैर्दशभिः सह ॥ २.२८.१७ ॥
Then the bull among warriors conquered the heroic Kṣatriyas of Kashmir, and he also conquered the Lohita together with ten circles (of allies).
2.28.18
ततस्त्रिगर्ताः कौन्तेयं दार्वाः कोकनदास्तथा ।
क्षत्रिया बहवो राजन्नुपावर्तन्त सर्वशः ॥ २.२८.१८ ॥
Then, O king, the Trigartas, the Dārvas, the Kokanadas, and many other warriors bowed in submission to the son of Kuntī on every side.
2.28.19
अभिसारीं ततो रम्यां विजिग्ये कुरुनन्दनः ।
उरगावासिनं रम्यं रोचमानं रणेऽजयत् ॥ २.२८.१९ ॥
Then the delight of the Kurus conquered the lovely Abhisārī; in battle he conquered the shining, lovely Rocamāna, dweller among the serpents.
2.28.20
ततः सिंहपुरं रम्यं चित्रायुधसुरक्षितम् ।
प्राधमद्बलमास्थाय पाकशासनिराहवे ॥ २.२८.२० ॥
Then the son of Indra, taking up his army, struck down in battle the lovely city of Siṃhapura, guarded by Citrāyudha.
2.28.21
ततः सुह्यांश्च चोलांश्च किरीटी पाण्डवर्षभः ।
सहितः सर्वसैन्येन प्रामथत्कुरुनन्दनः ॥ २.२८.२१ ॥
Then Kirīṭī, bull of the Pāṇḍavas, the delight of the Kurus, together with his whole army, crushed the Suhyas and the Coḷas.
2.28.22
ततः परमविक्रान्तो बाह्लीकान्पाकशासनिः ।
महता परिमर्देन वशे चक्रे दुरासदान् ॥ २.२८.२२ ॥
Then the son of Indra, supremely valiant, with a great crushing force, brought the hard-to-approach Bāhlīkas under his control.
2.28.23
गृहीत्वा तु बलं सारं फल्गुनः पाण्डुनन्दनः ।
दरदान्सहकाम्भोजैरजयत्पाकशासनिः ॥ २.२८.२३ ॥
Taking the choicest part of the army, Phalguna, son of Pāṇḍu, son of Indra, conquered the Daradas together with the Kāmbojas.
2.28.24
प्रागुत्तरं दिशं ये च वसन्त्याश्रित्य दस्यवः ।
निवसन्ति वने ये च तान्सर्वानजयत्प्रभुः ॥ २.२८.२४ ॥
Those dasyus who dwell in the north-east direction, relying upon it, and those who dwell in the forest—all of them the lord conquered.
2.28.25
लोहान्परमकाम्भोजानृषिकानुत्तरानपि ।
सहितांस्तान्महाराज व्यजयत्पाकशासनिः ॥ २.२८.२५ ॥
O great king, the son of Śāsana (Arjuna) conquered the Lohas, the supreme Kāmbojas, the Ṛṣikas and the other northern peoples together with them.
2.28.26
ऋषिकेष्वपि सङ्ग्रामे बभूवातिभयङ्करः ।
तारकामयसङ्काशः परस्त्वृषिकपार्थयोः ॥ २.२८.२६ ॥
In the battle with the Ṛṣikas he too became exceedingly terrifying; like an iron weapon of destruction, he was the most dreadful between the Ṛṣikas and the Pārthas.
2.28.27
स विजित्य ततो राजन्नृषिकान्रणमूर्धनि ।
शुकोदरसमांस्तत्र हयानष्टौ समानयत् ॥ २.२८.२७ ॥
Then, O king, having conquered the Ṛṣikas at the head of the battle, he brought from there eight horses like Śukodara.
2.28.28
मयूरसदृशानन्यानुत्तरानपरानपि ।
जवनानाशुगांश्चैव करार्थं समुपानयत् ॥ २.२८.२८ ॥
He also brought as tribute other horses like peacocks, other northern ones, swift and fast-running horses.
2.28.29
स विनिर्जित्य सङ्ग्रामे हिमवन्तं सनिष्कृटम् ।
श्वेतपर्वतमासाद्य न्यविशत्पुरुषर्षभः ॥ २.२८.२९ ॥
That bull among men, having utterly conquered in battle, reached the Himālaya with its peaks, and entered the White Mountain.