Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.172
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3.172.1
ततो निवातकवचाः सर्वेवेगेन भारत ।
अभ्यद्रवन्मां सहिताः प्रगृहीतायुधा रणे ॥ ३.१७२.१ ॥
Then, O Bhārata, the Nivātakavacas, all together at full speed, weapons raised, rushed upon me in battle.
3.172.2
आच्छाद्य रथपन्थानमुत्क्रोशन्तो महारथाः ।
अवृत्य सर्वतस्ते मां शरवर्षैरवाकिरन् ॥ ३.१७२.२ ॥
Covering the path of the chariot and shouting aloud, the great chariot-warriors surrounded me on all sides and showered me with a rain of arrows.
3.172.3
ततोऽपरे महावीर्याः शूलपट्टसपाणयः ।
शूलानि च भुशुण्डीश्च मुमुचुर्दानवा मयि ॥ ३.१७२.३ ॥
Then others, of great might, with tridents and swords in their hands, the Dānavas hurled tridents and bhuśuṇḍī missiles at me.
3.172.4
सुमहत्तुमुलं वर्षं गदाशक्तिसमाकुलम् ।
अनिशं सृज्यमानं तैरपतन्मद्रथोपरि ॥ ३.१७२.४ ॥
A very great and tumultuous shower, filled with maces and spears, unceasingly hurled by them, fell upon my chariot.
3.172.5
अन्ये मामभ्यधावन्त निवातकवचा सुधि ।
शितशस्त्रायुधा रौद्राः कालरूपाः प्रहारिणः ॥ ३.१७२.५ ॥
Others, the Nivātakavacas, with sharp weapons, terrible, death-like in form, striking blows, rushed upon me in the midst of battle.
3.172.6
तानहं विविधैर्बाणैर्वेगवद्भिरजिह्मगैः ।
गाण्डीवमुक्तैरभ्यघ्नमेकैकं दशभिर्मृधे ॥ ३.१७२.६ ॥
Them I struck down in battle with various swift, unswerving arrows released from the Gāṇḍīva, striking each one with ten.
3.172.7
ते कृता विमुखाः सर्वे मत्प्रयुक्तैः शिलाशितैः ।
ततो मातलिना तूर्णं हयास्ते संप्रयोदिताः ॥ ३.१७२.७ ॥
Struck by my arrows, sharpened on stone, they were all turned away. Then Mātali swiftly urged on those horses.
3.172.8
अथ मार्गान्बहूस्तत्र विचेरुर्वातरंहसः ।
सुसंयता मातलिना प्रामथ्नन्त दितेःसुतान् ॥ ३.१७२.८ ॥
Then those wind-swift horses roamed along many paths there; well controlled by Mātali, they crushed the sons of Diti.
3.172.9
शतं शतास्ते हरयस्तस्मिन्युक्ता महारथे ।
तदा मातलिना यथ्ता व्यचरन्नल्पका इव ॥ ३.१७२.९ ॥
Those hundreds upon hundreds of horses yoked to that great chariot, reined by Mātali, moved about as though they were small creatures.
3.172.10
तेषां चरणपातेन रथनेमिस्वनेन च ।
मम बाणनिपातैश्च हतास्ते शतशोऽसुराः ॥ ३.१७२.१० ॥
By the trampling of their feet, by the rumble of chariot wheels, and by the falling of my arrows, those asuras were slain by hundreds.
3.172.11
गतासवस्तथैवान्ये दानवाः पाण्डवर्षभ ।
हतसारथयस्तत्र व्यकृष्यन्त तुरंगमैः ॥ ३.१७२.११ ॥
Likewise, O bull of the Pāṇḍavas, the other dānavas were lifeless too; their charioteers slain, they were dragged along by the horses there.
3.172.12
ते दिशो विदिशः सर्वे प्रतिरुध्य प्रहारिणः ।
अभ्यघ्नन्विविधैः शस्त्रैस्ततो मे व्यथितं मनः ॥ ३.१७२.१२ ॥
Those attackers, blocking all the directions and intermediate directions, struck me with various weapons; then my mind was troubled.
3.172.13
ततोऽहं मातलेर्वीर्यमद्भुतं समदर्शयम् ।
अश्वांस्तथा वेगवतो यदयत्नादधारयत् ॥ ३.१७२.१३ ॥
Then I displayed Mātali's wondrous prowess, and how he effortlessly held back the swift horses.
3.172.14
ततोऽहं लघुभिश्चित्रैरस्त्रैस्तानसुरान्रणे ।
चिच्छेद सायुधान्राजञ्छतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥ ३.१७२.१४ ॥
Then, in battle, with light and wondrous missiles, I cut those asuras down with their weapons, O king, by hundreds and by thousands.
3.172.15
एवं मे चरतस्तत्र सर्वयत्नेन शत्रुहन् ।
प्रीतिमानभवद्वीरो मातलिः शक्रसारथिः ॥ ३.१७२.१५ ॥
As I fought there with all my effort, O slayer of foes, the hero Mātali, Indra's charioteer, was pleased.
3.172.16
वध्यमानास्ततस्तैस्तु हयैस्तेन रथेन च ।
अगमन्प्रक्षयं केचिन्न्यवर्तन्त तथाऽपरे ॥ ३.१७२.१६ ॥
Then, struck by those horses and that chariot, some went to destruction, and others turned back.
3.172.17
स्पर्धमाना इवास्माभिर्निवातकवचा रणे ।
शरवर्षैः शरार्तं मां महद्भिः प्रत्यवारयन् ॥ ३.१७२.१७ ॥
As if contending with us, the Nivātakavacas in battle, with a great rain of arrows, obstructed me, who was afflicted by arrows.
3.172.18
शरवेगैर्निहत्याहमस्त्रैः शरविघातिभिः ।
ज्वलद्भिः परमैः शीघ्रैस्तानविध्यं सहस्रशः ॥ ३.१७२.१८ ॥
Having slain them with the force of my arrows, I pierced them thousands of times with weapons that destroy arrows, blazing, supreme and swift.
3.172.19
ततः संपीड्यमानास्ते क्रोधाविष्टा महासुराः ।
अपीडयन्मां सहिताः शक्तिशूलासिवृष्टिभिः ॥ ३.१७२.१९ ॥
Then those great asuras, seized with anger, pressed upon me together, tormenting me with a shower of spears, tridents and swords.
3.172.20
ततोऽहमस्त्रं प्रायुञ्जं गान्धर्वं नाम भारत ।
दयितं देवराजस् माधवं नाम भारत ॥ ३.१७२.२० ॥
Then, O Bhārata, I employed the weapon called Gāndharva, dear to the king of the gods, named Mādhava.
3.172.21
ततः खङ्गांस्त्रिशूलांश्च तोमरांशच् सहस्रशः ।
अस्त्रवीर्येण शतधा तैर्मुक्तानहमच्छिदम् ॥ ३.१७२.२१ ॥
Then, by the power of my weapon, I split into a hundred pieces the swords, tridents and javelins they hurled by the thousand.
3.172.22
छित्त्वा प्रहरणान्येषां ततस्तानपि सर्वशः ।
प्रत्यविध्यमहं रोषाद्दशभिर्दशभिः शरैः ॥ ३.१७२.२२ ॥
Having cut away their weapons, in anger I struck back at every one of them with ten arrows each.
3.172.23
गाण्डीवाद्धि तदा सङ्ख्ये यथा भ्रमरपङ्क्तयः ।
निष्पतन्ति महाबाणास्तन्मातलिरपूजयत् ॥ ३.१७२.२३ ॥
Then in battle, from the Gāṇḍīva, great arrows flew forth like rows of bees, and Mātali praised it.
3.172.24
तेषामपि तु बाणास्ते बहुत्वाच्छलभा इव ।
अवाकिरन्मां बलवत्तानहं व्यधमं शरैः ॥ ३.१७२.२४ ॥
Their arrows too, being so many, rained upon me forcefully like locusts; and I drove them off with my arrows.
3.172.25
वध्यमानास्ततस्ते तु निवातकवचाः पुनः ।
शरवर्षैर्महद्भिर्मां समन्तात्पर्यवारयन् ॥ ३.१७२.२५ ॥
Then those Nivātakavacas, struck down again, surrounded me on every side with great showers of arrows.
3.172.26
शरवेगान्निहत्याहमस्त्रैरस्त्रविघातिभिः ।
ज्वलद्भिः परमैः शीघ्रैस्तानविध्यं सहस्रशः ॥ ३.१७२.२६ ॥
Having checked the force of their arrows, I pierced them by the thousand with blazing, supreme, swift weapons that counter other weapons.
3.172.27
तेषां छिन्नानि गात्राणि विसृजन्तिस्म शोणितम् ।
प्रावृषीवाभिवृष्टानि शृङ्गाण्यथ धराभृताम् ॥ ३.१७२.२७ ॥
Their severed limbs poured out blood, like the peaks of mountains drenched by rain in the rainy season.
3.172.28
इन्द्राशनिसमस्पर्शैर्वेगवद्भिरजिह्मगैः ।
मद्वाणैर्वध्यमानास्ते समुद्विग्राः स्म दानवाः ॥ ३.१७२.२८ ॥
Struck by my swift, unswerving arrows, whose touch was like Indra's thunderbolt, those dānavas were greatly agitated.
3.172.29
शतधा भिन्नदेहास्ते क्षीणप्रहरणौजसः ।
ततो निवातकवचा मामयुध्यन्त मायया ॥ ३.१७२.२९ ॥
With their bodies broken into a hundred pieces and their weapons and might spent, the Nivātakavacas then fought me by illusion.