Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.272
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3.272.1
संतिष्ठध्वं प्रहरत तूर्णं विपरिधावत ।
इति स्म सैन्धवो राजा चोदयामास तान्नृपन् ॥ ३.२७२.१ ॥
"Stand firm, strike swiftly, rush about on every side!" — thus the king of the Sindhus urged on those kings.
3.272.2
ततो घोरतमः शब्दोरणे समभवत्तदा ।
भीमार्जुनयमान्दृष्ट्वा सैन्यानां सयुधिष्ठिरान् ॥ ३.२७२.२ ॥
Then a most dreadful clamour arose in the battle, when the armies beheld Bhīma and Arjuna and the twins, together with Yudhiṣṭhira.
3.272.3
शिबिसिंधुत्रिगर्तानां विषादश्चाप्यजायत ।
तान्दृष्ट्वापुरुषव्याघ्रान्व्याघ्रानिव बलोत्कटान् ॥ ३.२७२.३ ॥
Dejection also arose among the Śibis, Sindhus and Trigartas, when they beheld those best of men, mighty in strength like tigers.
3.272.4
हेमबिन्दुं महोत्सेधां सर्वशैक्यायसीं गदाम् ।
प्रगृह्याभ्यद्रवद्भीमः सैन्धवं कालचोदितम् ॥ ३.२७२.४ ॥
Taking up his mace, adorned with golden studs, very tall and wholly of iron, Bhīma rushed at the Sindhu king, who was driven by fate.
3.272.5
तदन्तरमथावृत्य कोटिकाश्योऽभ्यहारयत् ।
महता रथवंशेन परिवार्य वृकोधरम् ॥ ३.२७२.५ ॥
Then, closing that gap, the Koṭikāśya surrounded Vṛkodara with a great host of chariots and encircled him.
3.272.6
शक्तितोमरनाराचैर्वीरबाहुप्रचोदितैः ।
कीर्यमाणोपि बहुभिर्न स्म भीमोऽभ्यकम्पत ॥ ३.२७२.६ ॥
Though pierced by many with spears, lances and arrows hurled by heroic arms, Bhīma did not tremble.
3.272.7
गजं तु सगजारोहं पदातींश्च चतुर्दश ।
जघान गदया भीमः सैन्धवध्वजंनीमुखे ॥ ३.२७२.७ ॥
Bhīma, with his mace, struck down the elephant bearing the Sindhu king's banner together with its rider, and fourteen foot soldiers at the front of the army.
3.272.8
पार्थः पञ्चशताञ्शूरान्पार्वतीयान्महारथान् ।
परीप्समानः सौवीरं जघान ध्वजिनीमुखे ॥ ३.२७२.८ ॥
Arjuna, son of Pṛthā, wishing to protect the Sauvīras, struck down five hundred heroic great charioteers from the mountain regions at the vanguard of the army.
3.272.9
राजा स्वयं सुवीराणां प्रवराणां प्रहारिणाम् ।
निमेषमात्रेण शतं जघान समरे तदा ॥ ३.२७२.९ ॥
The king himself, in the twinkling of an eye, struck down a hundred of the foremost of the brave Sauvīra strikers in battle at that time.
3.272.10
ददृशे नकुलस्तत्ररथात्प्रस्कन्द्य खङ्गधृत् ।
शिरांसि पादरक्षाणां बीजवत्प्रवपन्मुहुः ॥ ३.२७२.१० ॥
There Nakula was seen, leaping down from his chariot with a sword in hand, scattering again and again the heads of the foot-guards like seeds.
3.272.11
सहदेवस्तु संयाय रथेन गजयोधिनः ।
पातयामास नाराचैर्द्रुमेभ्य इव बर्हिणः ॥ ३.२७२.११ ॥
Sahadeva, rushing forward in his chariot, brought down the elephant-warriors with iron arrows, as peacocks fall from trees.
3.272.12
ततस्त्रिगर्तः सधनुरवतीर्य महारथात् ।
गदया चतुरो वाहान्राज्ञस्तस् तदाऽवधीत् ॥ ३.२७२.१२ ॥
Then the Trigarta, bow in hand, descended from his great chariot and with his mace slew the four steeds of the king.
3.272.13
तमथाभ्यागतं राजा पदातिं कुन्तिनन्दनः ।
अर्धचन्द्रेण बाणएन विव्याधोरसि धर्मराट् ॥ ३.२७२.१३ ॥
Then the king, Kuntī's son, the lord of dharma, pierced the foot-soldier who came towards him in the chest with a crescent-headed arrow.
3.272.14
स भिन्नहृदयो वीरो वक्राच्छोणितमुद्वमन् ।
पपाताभिमुखं प्राप्तश्चिन्नमूल इव द्रुमः ॥ ३.२७२.१४ ॥
That hero, his heart pierced, vomiting blood from his mouth, fell forward face-first like a tree with its roots cut.
3.272.15
इन्द्रसेनद्वितीयस्तु रथात्प्रस्कन्द्य धर्मराट् ।
हताश्वः सहदेवस्य प्रतिपेदे महारथम् ॥ ३.२७२.१५ ॥
Together with Indrasena, the king of dharma leapt down from his chariot and went to the great charioteer of Sahadeva, whose horses had been slain.
3.272.16
नकुलं त्वभिसंवार्य क्षेमंकरमहामुखौ ।
उभावुभतस्तीक्ष्णैः शरवर्षैरवर्षताम् ॥ ३.२७२.१६ ॥
Surrounding Nakula, the two warriors Kṣemaṃkara and Mahāmukha rained sharp arrows down upon him from both sides.
3.272.17
तौ शरैरभिवर्षन्तौ जीमूताविव वार्षिकौ ।
एकैकेन विपाठेन जघ्ने माद्रवतीसुतः ॥ ३.२७२.१७ ॥
Those two, showering arrows like rain-clouds of the monsoon, were struck down one by one by the son of Mādrī with a cleaving arrow.
3.272.18
त्रिगर्तराजः सुरथस्तस्याथ गजूर्गतः ।
रथमाक्षेपयामास गजेन गजयानवित् ॥ ३.२७२.१८ ॥
Then Suratha, the king of the Trigartas, mounted on an elephant, skilled in elephant-fighting, attacked his chariot with his elephant and pushed it back.
3.272.19
नकुलस्त्वपभीस्तस्माद्रथाच्चर्मासिपाणिमान् ।
उद्धाम्य स्तानमास्थाय तस्थौ गिरिवाचलः ॥ ३.२७२.१९ ॥
Nakula, fearless, leaped down from that chariot with shield and sword in hand, mounted the elephant's body, and stood motionless like a mountain.
3.272.20
सुरथस्तं गजवरं वधाय नकुलस्य तु ।
प्रेषयामास सक्रोधमत्युच्छ्रितकरं ततः ॥ ३.२७२.२० ॥
Then Suratha, in fury, sent forward that finest of elephants, its trunk raised high, to kill Nakula.
3.272.21
नकुलस्तस्य नागस्य समीपपरिवर्तिनः ।
सविषाणं भुजं मूले खङ्गेन निरकृन्तत ॥ ३.२७२.२१ ॥
Nakula, with his sword, cut through at the root the trunk, tusk and all, of that elephant as it drew near.
3.272.22
स विनद्यमहानादं गजः किङ्किणिभूषणः ।
पतन्नवाक्शिरा भूमौ हस्त्यारोहमपोथयत् ॥ ३.२७२.२२ ॥
That elephant, adorned with bells, let out a mighty roar and, falling head-downward to the ground, crushed the rider who sat upon it.
3.272.23
स तत्कर्म महत्कृत्वा शूरो माद्रवतीसुतः ।
भीमसेनरथं प्राप्य शर्म लेभे महारथः ॥ ३.२७२.२३ ॥
Having performed that great deed, the heroic son of Mādrī, the great charioteer Nakula, reached the chariot of Bhīmasena and found shelter there.
3.272.24
भीमस्त्वापततो राज्ञः कोटिकाश्यस् संगरे ।
सूतस्य नुदतो वाहान्क्षुरेणापाहरच्छिरः ॥ ३.२७२.२४ ॥
But Bhīma, in battle, cut off with a razor-arrow the head of the charioteer of King Koṭikāśya as he drove the horses rushing upon him.
3.272.25
न बुबोध हतं सूतं स राजा बाहुशालिना ।
तस्याश्वा व्यद्रवन्सङ्ख्ये हतमसूतास्ततस्ततः ॥ ३.२७२.२५ ॥
The king did not perceive that his charioteer had been slain by the mighty-armed one. In the battle his horses, without a driver, ran off in every direction.
3.272.26
विरथं हतसूतं तं भीमः प्रहरतांवरः ।
जघान तलयुक्तेन प्रासेनाभ्येत्य पाण्डवः ॥ ३.२७२.२६ ॥
Approaching him, now chariotless with his charioteer slain, the Pāṇḍava Bhīma, best of fighters, struck him down with the palm of his hand and with a spear.
3.272.27
द्वादशानां तु सर्वेषां सौवीराणां धनंजयः ।
चकर्त निशितैर्भल्लैर्धनूंषि च शिरांसि च ॥ ३.२७२.२७ ॥
Dhanaṃjaya cut off the bows and heads of all twelve of the Sauvīras with sharp broad-headed arrows.
3.272.28
शिबीनिक्ष्वाकुमुख्यांश्च त्रिगर्तान्सैन्धवानपि ।
जघानातिरथः सङ्ख्ये बाणगोचरमागतान् ॥ ३.२७२.२८ ॥
The great charioteer Arjuna also slew, in battle, the Śibis and the chief warriors of the Ikṣvāku line, the Trigartas and the Sindhus, all who came within range of his arrows.
3.272.29
सूदिताः प्रत्यदृश्यन्त बहवः सव्यसाचिना ।
सपताकाश्च मातङ्गाः सध्वजाश्च महारथाः ॥ ३.२७२.२९ ॥
Many who had been slain by the left-handed archer, Arjuna, came into view: elephants with their banners, and great chariot-warriors with their standards.
3.272.30
प्रच्छाद्य पृथिवीं तस्थुः सर्वमायोधनं प्रति ।
शरीराण्यशिरस्कानि विदेहानि शिरांसि च ॥ ३.२७२.३० ॥
Covering the earth, all across the battlefield they lay: bodies without heads, and heads without bodies.
3.272.31
श्वगृध्रकङ्ककाकोलभासगोमायुवायसाः ।
अतृप्यंस्तत्रवीराणां हतानां मासशोणितैः ॥ ३.२७२.३१ ॥
Dogs, vultures, herons, crows, kites, jackals and ravens were sated there with the flesh and blood of the heroes who had been slain.
3.272.32
एवं तीक्ष्णशरज्वालैर्गाण्डीवानिलचोदितैः ।
सेनेन्धनं ददाहाशु सरोषः पार्थपावकः ॥ ३.२७२.३२ ॥
Thus the fire of Pārtha, fanned by the wind of the Gāṇḍīva and blazing with sharp arrows, angrily burned the army as its fuel.
3.272.33
चक्राणां पतितानां च युगानां च महीपते ।
तूणीराणआं पताकानां ध्वजानां च रथैः सह ॥ ३.२७२.३३ ॥
O king, the fallen wheels and yokes, the quivers, banners and standards, together with the chariots.
3.272.34
ईषाणामनुकर्षाणां त्रिवेणूनां तथैव च ।
अक्षाणामथ योक्राणां प्रतोदानां च राशयः ॥ ३.२७२.३४ ॥
And heaps of poles, traces, triple-pole beams, axles, reins and goads.
3.272.35
शिरसां पतितानां च कुण्डलोष्णीषधारिणाम् ।
भुजानां मकुटानां च हाराणामङ्गदैः सह ॥ ३.२७२.३५ ॥
Heads of those who wore earrings and turbans had fallen, with arms, crowns, necklaces and armlets.
3.272.36
छत्राणां व्यजनानां च चर्मणआं वर्मणां तथा ।
छिन्नानां कार्मुकाणां च पट्टसानां तथैव च ॥ ३.२७२.३६ ॥
And heaps of parasols, fly-whisks, shields, armours, cut-up bows and swords.
3.272.37
शक्तीनामथ खङ्गानां दण्डानां सह तेमरैः ।
राशयश्चात्रदृश्यन्ते तत्रतत्र विशांपते ॥ ३.२७२.३७ ॥
Heaps of spears, swords, clubs and javelins could be seen here and there, O lord of men.
3.272.38
पतितैश्चैव मातङ्गैः सयोधैः पर्वतोपमैः ।
हयैर्द्विधाकृतैः सार्धं सादिभिः सायुधैस्तथा ॥ ३.२७२.३८ ॥
Fallen elephants, warriors like mountains, horses cut in two, together with riders and weapons.
3.272.39
विप्रविद्धै रथैश्चैव निहतैश्चपदातिभिः ।
अगम्यरूपा पृथिवी मांसशोणितकर्दमा ॥ ३.२७२.३९ ॥
Chariots hurled down and foot soldiers slain; the earth, muddy with flesh and blood, had become impassable.
3.272.40
हतेषु तेषु वीरेषु सिन्धुराजो जयद्रथः ।
विमुच्य कृष्णां संत्रस्तः पलायनपरोऽभवत् ॥ ३.२७२.४० ॥
When those heroes were slain, Jayadratha, king of the Sindhus, released Kṛṣṇā and, terrified, turned to flight.
3.272.41
स तस्मिन्संकुले सैन्ये द्रौपदीमवतार्य ताम् ।
प्राणप्रेप्सुरुपाधावद्वनं तत्र नराधमः ॥ ३.२७२.४१ ॥
In that confused army, the lowest of men set Draupadī down and, desiring to save his life, ran off into the forest.
3.272.42
द्रौपदीं धर्मराजस्तु दृष्ट्वा धौम्यपुरस्कृताम् ।
माद्रीपुत्रेण वीरेण रथमारोपयत्तदा ॥ ३.२७२.४२ ॥
Seeing Draupadī attended by Dhaumya in front, King Dharma then had her mounted on the chariot by the heroic son of Mādrī.
3.272.43
ततस्तद्विद्रुतं सैन्यमपयाते जयद्रथे ।
आदिश्यादिश्य नाराचैराजघान वृकोदरः ॥ ३.२७२.४३ ॥
Then, when Jayadratha had withdrawn, that army scattered in flight, and Vṛkodara aimed again and again and struck them down with iron arrows.
3.272.44
सव्यसाची तु तं दृष्ट्वा पलायन्तं जयद्रथम् ।
वारयामास निघ्नन्तं भीमं सैन्धवसैनिकान् ॥ ३.२७२.४४ ॥
But Arjuna, the left-handed archer, seeing Jayadratha fleeing, restrained Bhīma, who was striking down the Sindhu soldiers.
3.272.45
यस्यापचारात्प्राप्तोऽयमस्मान्क्लेशो दुरासदः ।
तमस्मिन्समरोद्देशे न पश्यामि जयद्रथम् ॥ ३.२७२.४५ ॥
Through whose offence this unbearable suffering has come upon us, that Jayadratha I do not see on this field of battle.
3.272.46
मूढं नैकृतिकं दुष्टं द्रौपद्याः क्लेशकारिणम् ।
तमेवान्विष भद्रं ते किं ते योधैर्निपातितैः।
अनामिषमिदं कर्म कथं वा मन्यते भवान् ॥ ३.२७२.४६ ॥
Seek only him, that fool, deceiver, and wicked man who caused Draupadī distress; may good be yours. What use to you are the warriors who have been felled? This deed is no trifle; how do you regard it?
3.272.47
इत्युक्तो भीमसेनस्तु गुडाकेशेन धीमता ।
युधिष्ठिरमभिप्रेत्य वाग्मी वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ ३.२७२.४७ ॥
When the wise Guḍākeśa Arjuna had spoken thus, the eloquent Bhīmasena, looking toward Yudhiṣṭhira, spoke these words.
3.272.48
हतप्रवीरा रिपवो भूयिष्ठं विद्रुता दिशः ।
गृहीत्वा द्रौपदीं राजन्निवर्ततु भवानितः ॥ ३.२७२.४८ ॥
The chief heroes of the enemy have been slain, and they have fled mostly in all directions. Taking Draupadī, O king, may you now turn back from here.
3.272.49
यमाभ्यां सह राजेन्द्र धौम्येन च महात्मना ।
प्राप्याश्रमपदं राजन्द्रौपदीं परिसान्त्वय ॥ ३.२७२.४९ ॥
O lord of kings, having reached the hermitage with the twins and the great-souled Dhaumya, console Draupadī well, O king.
3.272.50
न हि मे मोक्ष्यतेजीवन्मूढः सैन्धवको नृपः ।
पातालतलसंस्थोपि यदि शक्रोस्य सारथिः ॥ ३.२७२.५० ॥
Even if he dwells in the depths of the netherworld, or is Indra's charioteer, that foolish Sindhu king shall not escape me alive.
3.272.51
न हन्तव्यो महाबाहो दुरात्माऽपिस सैन्धवः ।
दुःशलामभिसंस्मृत्य गान्धारीं च यशस्विनीम् ॥ ३.२७२.५१ ॥
O mighty-armed one, that wicked Sindhu king should not be slain either, remembering Duḥśalā and the renowned Gāndhārī.
3.272.52
तच्छ्रुत्वा द्रौपदी भीममुवाच व्याकुलेन्द्रिया ।
कुपिता ह्रीमती प्राज्ञा पती भीमार्जुनावुभौ ॥ ३.२७२.५२ ॥
Hearing that, Draupadī, her senses agitated, angry yet modest and wise, spoke to Bhīma—to both her husbands, Bhīma and Arjuna.
3.272.53
कर्तव्यं चेत्प्रियं मह्यं वध्यः स पुरुषाधमः ।
सैन्धवापशदः पापो दुर्मतिः कुलपांसनः ॥ ३.२७२.५३ ॥
If what is dear to me is to be done, then that vile man deserves death—that Sindhu scoundrel, sinful, ill-minded, a stain upon his family.
3.272.54
भार्याभिहर्ता वैरी यो यश्च राज्यहरो रिपुः ।
याचमानोऽपिसंग्रामे न मोक्तव्यः कथंचन ॥ ३.२७२.५४ ॥
The enemy who abducts a wife, and the foe who seizes a kingdom, even when he begs in battle, must not be released by any means.
3.272.55
इत्युक्तौ तौ नरव्याघ्रौ ययतुर्यत्र सैन्धवः ।
राजा निववृतेकृष्णामादाय सपुरोहितः ॥ ३.२७२.५५ ॥
Thus addressed, the two tigers among men went to where the Sindhu king was. The king returned, taking Kṛṣṇā, together with his priest.
3.272.56
स प्रविश्याश्रमपदमपविद्धवृसीकटम् ।
मार्कण्डेयादिभिर्विप्रैरनुकीर्णं ददर्श ह ॥ ३.२७२.५६ ॥
Entering the hermitage ground, strewn with cast-off seats and pits and crowded with brahmins led by Mārkaṇḍeya, he saw them.
3.272.57
द्रौपदीमनुशोचद्भिर्ब्राह्मणैस्तैः समाहितैः ।
समेयाय महाप्राज्ञः सभार्य भ्रातृमध्यगः ॥ ३.२७२.५७ ॥
To those composed brahmins who were grieving for Draupadī, the very wise one came, with his wife, standing among his brothers.
3.272.58
ते स्म तं मुदिता दृष्ट्वा पुनरप्यागतं नृपम् ।
जित्वा तान्सिनधुसौवीरान्द्रौपदीं चाहृतां पुनः ॥ ३.२७२.५८ ॥
Seeing the king come back again, they rejoiced; and Draupadī, carried off once more after conquering the Sindhus and Sauvīras, they saw as well.
3.272.59
स तैः परिवृतो राजातत्रैवोपविवेश ह ।
प्रविवेशाश्रमं कृष्णा यमाभ्यां सह भामिनी ॥ ३.२७२.५९ ॥
Surrounded by them, the king sat down right there. The radiant Kṛṣṇā entered the hermitage together with the twins.
3.272.60
भीमसेनार्जुनौ चापि श्रुत्वा क्रोशगतं रिपुम् ।
स्वयमश्वांस्तुदन्तौ तौ जवेनैवाभ्यधावताम् ॥ ३.२७२.६० ॥
Bhīmasena and Arjuna too, hearing that the enemy had gone a krośa away, themselves urging the horses on, rushed swiftly after him.
3.272.61
इदमत्यद्भुतं चात्र चकारातिरथोऽर्जुनः ।
क्रोशमात्रगतानश्वान्सैन्धवस्य जघान यत् ॥ ३.२७२.६१ ॥
Here the great charioteer Arjuna performed a most wondrous deed: he struck down the horses of the Sindhu king, which had gone a krośa away.
3.272.62
स हि दिव्यास्त्रसंपन्नः कृच्छ्रकालेऽप्यसंभ्रमः ।
अकरोद्दुष्करं कर्म शरैरस्त्रानुमन्त्रितैः ॥ ३.२७२.६२ ॥
Endowed with divine weapons, he was not confused even in a time of distress; with arrows consecrated by weapon-mantras he performed a difficult deed.
3.272.63
ततोऽभ्यधावतां वीरावुभौ भीमधनंजयौ ।
हताश्वं सैन्धवं भीतमेकं व्याकुलचेतसम् ॥ ३.२७२.६३ ॥
Then the two heroes, Bhīma and Dhanaṃjaya, rushed forward toward the Sindhu king, whose horses were slain, who was alone, frightened, and of troubled mind.
3.272.64
सैन्धवस्तु हतान्दृष्ट्वा तथाऽश्वान्स्वान्सुदुःखितः ।
रथात्प्रस्कन्द्य पद्भ्यां वै पलायनपरोऽभवत् ॥ ३.२७२.६४ ॥
But the Sindhu king, seeing his own horses slain, was deeply grieved; he leapt down from his chariot and turned to flee on foot.
3.272.65
दृष्ट्वा रविक्रमकर्माणि कुर्वाणं च धनंजयम् ।
पलायनकृतोत्साहः प्राद्रवद्येन वै वनम् ॥ ३.२७२.६५ ॥
Seeing Dhanaṃjaya performing deeds of the sun's prowess, he resolved to flee, and ran off into the forest.
3.272.66
सैन्धवं त्वमिसंप्रेक्ष्यपराक्रान्तं पलायने ।
अनुयाय महाबाहुः फल्गुनो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ ३.२७२.६६ ॥
But seeing the Sindhu king striving to flee, the mighty-armed Phalguna (Arjuna), pursuing him, spoke these words.
3.272.67
अनन वीर्येण कथं स्त्रियं प्रार्थयसे बलात् ।
राजपुत्र निवर्तस्व न ते युक्तं पलायनम् ॥ ३.२७२.६७ ॥
With such valour, why do you seek a woman by force? Prince, turn back; flight is not fitting for you.
3.272.68
कथं ह्यनुचरान्हित्वा शत्रुमध्ये पलायसे ।
इत्युच्यमानः पार्थेन सैन्धवो न न्यवर्तत ॥ ३.२७२.६८ ॥
Why do you flee amid your enemies, abandoning your followers? Though Pārtha spoke thus, the Sindhu king did not turn back.
3.272.69
तिष्ठतिष्ठेति तं भीमः सहसाऽभ्यद्रवद्बली ।
मा वधीरिति पार्थस्तं दयावान्प्रत्यभाषत ॥ ३.२७२.६९ ॥
"Stop, stop!" Saying this, the mighty Bhīma suddenly rushed at him. "Do not slay him," said the compassionate Pārtha in reply.