Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.20
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3.20.1
आनर्तनगरं मुक्तं ततोऽहमगमं तदा ।
महाक्रतौ राजसूये निवृत्ते नृपते तव ॥ ३.२०.१ ॥
O king, when your great Rājasūya sacrifice was concluded, I then left the city of Ānarta.
3.20.2
अपश्यं द्वारकां चाहं महाराज हतत्विषम् ।
निःस्वाध्यायवषट्कारां निर्भूषणवरस्त्रियम् ॥ ३.२०.२ ॥
O great king, I saw Dvārakā deprived of its lustre, without the recitation of the Veda or the vaṣaṭkāra, its excellent women stripped of ornaments.
3.20.3
अनभिज्ञेयरूपाणि द्वारकोपवनानि च ।
दृष्ट्वा शङ्कोपपन्नोऽहमपृच्छं हृदिकात्मजम् ॥ ३.२०.३ ॥
The pleasure-gardens of Dvārakā had taken unrecognizable forms; seeing this, filled with apprehension, I asked the son of Hṛdika.
3.20.4
अस्वस्थनरनारीकमिदं वृष्णिकुलं भृशम् ।
किमिदं नरशार्दूल श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः ॥ ३.२०.४ ॥
This Vṛṣṇi clan, its men and women greatly unwell — what is this, O tiger among men? I wish to hear the truth of it.
3.20.5
एवमुक्तः स तु मया विस्तरेणेदमब्रवीत् ।
रोधं मोक्षं च साल्वेन हार्दिक्यो राजसत्तम ॥ ३.२०.५ ॥
When I thus asked, he told this in detail: the siege by Sālva and the release from it, O best of kings.
3.20.6
ततोऽहं भरतश्रेष्ठ श्रुत्वा सर्वमशेषतः ।
विनाशे साल्वराजस्य तदैवाकरवं मतिम् ॥ ३.२०.६ ॥
Then, O best of the Bharatas, having heard all of it without omission, I at once formed the resolve to bring about the destruction of King Sālva.
3.20.7
ततोऽहं भरतश्रेष्ठ समाश्वास्य पुरे जनम् ।
राजानमाहुकं चैव तथैवाकनदुन्दुभिम् ॥ ३.२०.७ ॥
Then, best of the Bharatas, having comforted the people of the city, and King Āhuka, and likewise Ākananduṇḍubhi (Vasudeva), I
3.20.8
सर्वान्वृष्णिप्रवीरांश्च हर्षयन्नब्रुवं तदा ।
अप्रमादः सदा कार्यो नगरे यादवर्षभाः ॥ ३.२०.८ ॥
And gladdening all the foremost heroes of the Vṛṣṇis, I then said: Bulls of the Yādavas, vigilance must always be kept in the city.
3.20.9
साल्वराजविनाशाय प्रयातं मां निबोधत ।
नाहत्वा तं निवर्तिष्ये पुरीं द्वारवतीं प्रति ॥ ३.२०.९ ॥
Know that I have set out for the destruction of King Sālva; without slaying him I shall not return to the city of Dvāravatī.
3.20.10
ससाल्वं सौभनगरं हत्वा द्रष्टास्मि वः पुनः ।
त्रिःसामा हन्यतामेषा दुन्दुभिः शत्रुभीषणा ॥ ३.२०.१० ॥
Having slain Sālva along with the city of Saubha, I shall see you again. Let this drum, thrice-sounding and terrifying to enemies, be struck.
3.20.11
ते मयाऽऽश्वासिता वीरा यथावद्भरतर्षभ ।
सर्वे मामब्रुवन्हृष्टाः प्रयाहि जहिशात्रवान् ॥ ३.२०.११ ॥
Those heroes, duly comforted by me, O bull of the Bharatas, all gladdened, said to me: Go forth and slay the enemies.
3.20.12
तैः प्रहृष्टात्मभिर्वीरैराशीर्भिरभिनन्दितः ।
वाचयित्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठान्प्रणम्य शिरसा भवम् ॥ ३.२०.१२ ॥
Greeted with blessings by those heroes of gladdened hearts, having had the best of the twice-born recite benedictions, I bowed my head in reverence to Bhava.
3.20.13
शैब्यसुग्रीवयुक्तेन रथेनानादयन्दिशः ।
प्रध्माय शङ्खप्रवरं पाञ्चजन्यमहं नृप ॥ ३.२०.१३ ॥
Yoked with the horses Śaibya and Sugrīva, my chariot resounding through the quarters, O king, I blew the best of conches, Pāñcajanya.
3.20.14
प्रयातोस्मि नरव्याघ्र बलेन महता वृतः ।
क्लृप्तेन चतुरङ्गेण यत्तेन जितकाशिना ॥ ३.२०.१४ ॥
O tiger among men, I have set out, surrounded by a great force, with a well-arranged fourfold army, ready and eager for victory.
3.20.15
समतीत्य बहून्देशान्गिरींश्च बहुपादपान् ।
सरांसि सरितश्चैव मार्तिकावतमासदम् ॥ ३.२०.१५ ॥
Passing many lands, mountains with many trees, lakes and rivers, I came to Mārtikāvata.
3.20.16
तत्राश्रौषं नरव्याघ्र साल्वं सागरमन्तिकात् ।
प्रयान्तं सौभमास्थाय तमहं पृष्ठतोऽन्वगाम् ॥ ३.२०.१६ ॥
There, O tiger among men, I heard that Sālva was departing from near the sea, mounted on the Saubha, and I followed him from behind.
3.20.17
दृष्टवानस्मि राजेन्द्र साल्वराजमथान्तिके ।
ततः सागरमासाद्य कुक्षौ तस्य महोर्मिणः।
समुद्रनाभ्यां साल्वोऽभूत्सौभमास्थाय शत्रुहन् ॥ ३.२०.१७ ॥
I saw King Sālva near me, O lord of kings. Then, reaching the sea, in a bay of its great waves, O slayer of foes, Sālva appeared mounted on the Saubha, together with the navel of the sea.
3.20.18
स मामालोक्य सहसा सेनां स्वां प्राहिणोन्मृधे ।
मद्बाहुना च सेनायां शिष्टायां किंचिदेव च ॥ ३.२०.१८ ॥
Having seen me, he at once sent forth his own army into battle; and of that army, what little remained after the strength of my arm, also.
3.20.19
स समालोक्य सहसा स्मयन्निव युधिष्ठिर ।
आह्वयामास दुष्टात्मा युद्धायैव मुहुर्मुहुः ॥ ३.२०.१९ ॥
Seeing me suddenly, O Yudhiṣṭhira, as if smiling, the wicked-minded one challenged me again and again to battle.
3.20.20
तस्य शार्ङ्गविनिर्मुक्तैर्बहुभिर्मर्मभेदिभिः ।
पुरं नासाद्यत शरैस्ततो मां रोष आविशत् ॥ ३.२०.२० ॥
Many arrows released from his Śārṅga bow, vital-piercing, did not reach my city (body); then anger entered me.
3.20.21
स चापि पापप्रकृतिर्दैतेयापशदो नृप ।
मय्यवर्षत दुर्धर्षः शरधाराः सहस्रशः ॥ ३.२०.२१ ॥
And he, of wicked nature, the vile son of the Daityas, O king, unassailable, rained streams of arrows upon me by the thousand.
3.20.22
सैनिकान्मम सूतं च हयांश्च स समाकिरत् ।
अचिन्तयन्तस्तु शरान्वयं युध्याम भारत ॥ ३.२०.२२ ॥
He covered over my soldiers, my charioteer, and the horses as well; yet, not heeding the arrows, we fought on, O Bhārata.
3.20.23
ततः शतसहस्राणि शराणां नतपर्वणाम् ।
चिक्षिपुः समरे वीरा मयि साल्वपदानुगाः ॥ ३.२०.२३ ॥
Then the heroes following Śālva's path hurled hundreds of thousands of bent-jointed arrows at me in battle.
3.20.24
ते हयांश्च रथं चैव ध्वजं दारुकमेव च ।
छादयामासुरसुरास्तैर्बाणैर्मर्मभेदिभिः ॥ ३.२०.२४ ॥
Those demons covered my horses, the chariot, the banner, and Dāruka as well with those vital-piercing arrows.
3.20.25
न हया न रथो वीर न ध्वजो न च दारुकः ।
अदृश्यन्त शरैश्छन्नास्तथाऽहं सैनिकाश्च मे ॥ ३.२०.२५ ॥
O hero, neither the horses, nor the chariot, nor the banner, nor Dāruka were seen, covered by arrows; thus too I and my soldiers.
3.20.26
ततोऽहमपि कौन्तेय शराणामयुतान्बहून् ।
आमन्त्रितानां धनुषा दिव्येन विधिनाऽक्षिपम् ॥ ३.२०.२६ ॥
Then, O son of Kuntī, I too shot many tens of thousands of arrows, summoned by the bow through the divine rite.
3.20.27
न तत्रविषयस्त्वासीन्मम सैन्यस्य भारत ।
खे विषक्तं हि तत्सौभं क्रोशमात्र इवाभवत् ॥ ३.२०.२७ ॥
There, O Bhārata, the range of sight of my army was lost, for that Saubha suspended in the sky seemed to be only a single krośa away.
3.20.28
ततस्ते प्रेक्षकाः सर्वे देवा वै दिवमास्थिताः ।
हर्षयामासुरुच्चैर्मां सिंहनादतलस्वनैः ॥ ३.२०.२८ ॥
Then all those spectator gods, who had taken their stand in heaven, gladdened me loudly with lion-roars and the sounds of clapping palms.
3.20.29
मत्कार्मुकविनिर्मुक्ता दानवानां महारणे ।
अङ्गेषु रुधिराक्तास्ते विविशुः शलभा इव ॥ ३.२०.२९ ॥
Released from my bow in the great battle, those arrows, smeared with blood, entered the limbs of the Dānavas like locusts.
3.20.30
ततो हलहलाशब्दः सौभमध्ये व्यवर्धत ।
वध्यतां विशिखैस्तीक्ष्णैः पततां च महार्णवे ॥ ३.२०.३० ॥
Then within Saubha a loud uproar rose up, from those being struck by sharp arrows and falling into the great ocean.
3.20.31
ते निकृत्तभुजस्कन्धाः कबन्धाकृतिदर्शनाः ।
नदन्तो भैरवान्नादान्निपतन्ति स्म दानवाः।
पतितास्तेऽपि भक्ष्यन्ते समुद्रांभोनिवासिभिः ॥ ३.२०.३१ ॥
Their arms and shoulders cut off, showing forms like headless trunks, those Dānavas roared terrible cries and fell down. Even the fallen were devoured by the creatures that dwell in the waters of the ocean.
3.20.32
ततो गोक्षीरकुन्देन्दुमृणालरजतप्रभम् ।
जलजं पाञ्चजन्यं वै प्राणेनाहमपूरयम् ॥ ३.२०.३२ ॥
Then I filled the conch Pāñcajanya, radiant like cow's milk, jasmine, the moon, lotus fiber and silver, with my breath.
3.20.33
तान्दृष्ट्वा पतितांस्तत्र साल्वः सौभपतिस्ततः ।
मायायुद्धेन महता योधयामास मां युधि ॥ ३.२०.३३ ॥
Seeing them fallen there, Sālva, lord of Saubha, then fought with me in battle by a great illusory warfare.
3.20.34
ततो गदा हलाः प्रासाः शूलशक्तिपरश्चथाः ।
असयः शक्तिकुलिशपाशर्ष्टिकनपाः शराः।
पट्टसाश्च भुशुण्ड्यश्च प्रपतन्त्यनिशं मयि ॥ ३.२०.३४ ॥
Then maces, ploughs, spears, tridents, lances and battle-axes, swords, lances, thunderbolts, nooses, javelins and clubs, arrows, broadswords and bhuśuṇḍī missiles rained down upon me without end.
3.20.35
तामहं माययैवाशु प्रतिगृह्य व्यनाशयम् ।
तस्यां हतायां मायायां गिरिशृङ्गैरयोधयत् ॥ ३.२०.३५ ॥
That illusion I swiftly countered with illusion itself and destroyed. When that illusion was slain, he fought with mountain peaks.
3.20.36
ततोऽभवत्तम इव प्रकाश इव चाभवत् ।
दुर्दिनं सुदिनं चैव शीतमुष्णं च भारत ॥ ३.२०.३६ ॥
Then it became as if dark and as if light; a stormy day and a fair day, cold and hot as well, O Bhārata.
3.20.37
अङ्गारपांसुवर्षं च शस्त्रवर्षं च भारत ।
एवं मायां प्रकुर्वाणो योधयामास मां रिपुः ॥ ३.२०.३७ ॥
O Bhārata, he rained down embers and dust, and a rain of weapons; thus, producing illusion, the enemy made me fight.
3.20.38
विज्ञाय तदहं सर्वं माययैव व्यनाशयम् ।
यथाकालं तु युद्धेन व्यधमं सर्वतः शरैः ॥ ३.२०.३८ ॥
Knowing all that, I destroyed the illusion by illusion itself; then, in due time, in battle, I scattered him on every side with arrows.
3.20.39
ततो हतायां च मया मायायां युधि दानवः ।
मायामन्यां महाराज चकार मतिमोहिनीम् ॥ ३.२०.३९ ॥
Then, when that illusion had been destroyed by me in battle, O great king, the Dānava produced another illusion, one that bewildered the mind.
3.20.40
ततो व्योम महाराज शतसूर्यमिवाभवत् ।
शतचन्द्रं च कौन्तेय सहस्रायुततारकम् ॥ ३.२०.४० ॥
Then, O great king, the sky became as if it had a hundred suns; and, O son of Kuntī, a hundred moons and thousands and tens of thousands of stars.
3.20.41
ततो नाज्ञायत तदा दिवारात्रं तथा दिशः ।
ततोऽहं मोहमापन्नः प्रज्ञास्त्रं समयोजयम् ॥ ३.२०.४१ ॥
Then the day and night were not perceived at that time, nor the directions; then, having fallen into bewilderment, I applied the weapon of understanding.
3.20.42
तदस्त्रमस्तमस्त्रेण विधूतं शरतूलवत् ।
तथा तदभवद्युद्धं तुमुलं रोमहर्षणम्।
लब्धालोकस्तु राजेन्द्र पुनः शत्रुमयोधयम् ॥ ३.२०.४२ ॥
That weapon, destroyed by a counter-weapon, was scattered like cotton-fluff from arrows; thus that battle became tumultuous and hair-raising. O lord of kings, having regained sight, I fought the enemy again.