Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 4.55
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4.55.1
तमदूरमुपायान्तं दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवमर्जुनम् ।
नारयः प्रेक्षितुं शेकुस्तपन्तं हि यथा रविम् ॥ ४.५५.१ ॥
Seeing Arjuna, the Pāṇḍava, approaching nearby, men could not look at him, just as one cannot look at the blazing sun.
4.55.2
स तं दृष्ट्वा रथानीकं पार्थः सारथिमब्रवीत् ।
इषुपातमात्रे सेनायाः स्थापयाश्वानरिंदम।
यावत्समीक्षे व्यूहेऽस्मिन्मम शत्रुं सुयोधनम् ॥ ४.५५.२ ॥
Seeing that array of chariots, Pārtha said to the charioteer: 'O subduer of foes, halt the horses at an arrow's flight from the army, until I can survey my enemy Suyodhana in this formation.'
4.55.3
रक्तवैडूर्यविकृतं मणिप्रवरभूषितम् ।
परं जानाम्यहं तस्य ध्वजं दूरात्समुच्छ्रितम् ॥ ४.५५.३ ॥
I clearly recognise his banner, altered with red cat's-eye gems and adorned with the finest jewels, raised high from afar.
4.55.4
यद्येनमिह पश्यामि दुर्बुद्धिमतिमानिनम् ।
यमाय प्रेषयिष्यामि सहायः स्याद्यदीश्वरः ॥ ४.५५.४ ॥
If I see that ill-minded and arrogant man here, I will send him to Yama, whether he has helpers or is even the lord himself.
4.55.5
सर्वानन्याननादृत्य दृष्ट्वा तमतिमानिनम् ।
सिंहः क्षुद्रमृगस्येव पतिष्ये तस्य मूर्धनि ॥ ४.५५.५ ॥
Disregarding all the others, seeing that arrogant man, I will pounce upon his head as a lion pounces upon a small deer.
4.55.6
हनिष्यामि तमेवाद्य शरैर्गाण्डीवनिःसृतैः ।
तस्मिन्हते भविष्यन्ति सर्व एव पराजिताः ॥ ४.५५.६ ॥
Today I will slay him with arrows loosed from the Gāṇḍīva; once he is slain, all of them will indeed be defeated.
4.55.7
शरैश्च शमयिष्येऽहं धार्तराष्ट्रं ससौबलम् ।
असभ्यानां च वक्तारं कुरूणां किल किल्विषम् ॥ ४.५५.७ ॥
And with arrows I will subdue the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra together with Saubala, indeed the sinner who is the speaker of uncouth words among the Kurus.
4.55.8
राजानं नेह पश्यामि निरापिषमिदं बलम् ।
अभिद्रेव ह राजानं व्यक्तमित्यत्र निर्भयः ॥ ४.५५.८ ॥
Here I do not see the king of this army, which seems unfleshed; fearlessly, clearly, attack the king himself, he said here.
4.55.9
आस्थितो मध्यमाचार्योप्यश्वत्थामाऽप्यनन्तरम् ।
कृपकर्णौ पुरस्तात्तु महेष्वासौ व्यवस्थितौ ॥ ४.५५.९ ॥
In the middle stands the teacher (Droṇa), and after him also Aśvatthāman; in front stand the great archers Kṛpa and Karṇa.
4.55.10
भूरिश्रवाः सोमदत्तो बाह्लीकश्च जयद्रथः ।
दक्षिणं पक्षमाश्रित्य स्थिता युद्धविशारदाः ॥ ४.५५.१० ॥
Bhūriśravas, Somadatta, Bāhlīka and Jayadratha, skilled in battle, stand having taken up the right flank.
4.55.11
साल्वराजो द्युमत्सेनो वृषसेनश्च सौबलः ।
दशार्णश्चैव कालिङ्गो वामं पक्षं समाश्रितः ॥ ४.५५.११ ॥
The king of Sālva, Dyumatsena, Vṛṣasena and Saubala, with the king of Daśārṇa and the Kāliṅga, stand having taken up the left flank.
4.55.12
पृष्ठतः कुरुमुख्यश्च भीष्मस्तिष्ठति दंशितः ।
सोऽर्धसैन्येन बलवान्सर्वेषां नः पितामहः ॥ ४.५५.१२ ॥
Behind, the chief of the Kurus, Bhīṣma, stands armoured; mighty, with half the army, the grandfather of us all.
4.55.13
दुर्योधनं न पश्यामि क्व नु राजा स तिष्ठति ।
उत्सृंज्यैतद्रथानीकं याहि यत्र सुयोधनः ॥ ४.५५.१३ ॥
I do not see Duryodhana; where is that king standing? Abandoning this array of chariots, go to where Suyodhana is.
4.55.14
तं हत्वा संनिवर्तिष्ये गाः स आदाय गच्छति ।
गवाग्रमभितो याहि यत्र राजा भविष्यति ॥ ४.५५.१४ ॥
Having slain him I will return; he is driving off the cattle. Go round to the front of the cattle, to where the king will be.
4.55.15
इत्युक्त्वा समरे पार्थो वैराटिमपराजितः ।
संस्पृशानो धनुर्दिव्यं त्वरमाणोऽगमत्तदा ॥ ४.५५.१५ ॥
Having said this, Pārtha, the unconquered in battle, spoke to the son of Virāṭa; then, touching his divine bow, he hastened onward.
4.55.16
ततो भीष्मोऽब्रवीद्वाक्यं कुरुमध्ये परंतपः ।
चिरदृष्टोऽयमस्माभिर्धर्मज्ञो बान्धवप्रियः । ॥ ४.५५.१६ ॥
Then Bhīṣma, scorcher of foes, spoke these words among the Kurus: "We have not seen this one for a long time; he is a knower of dharma, dear to his kinsmen."
4.55.17
अतीव ज्वलते लक्ष्म्या पाकशासनिरागतः ।
एष दुर्योधनं पार्थो मार्गते निकृतिं स्मरन् ॥ ४.५५.१७ ॥
He blazes with exceeding splendor; the son of Indra has come. Remembering the wrong done to him, this Pārtha is searching for Duryodhana.
4.55.18
सेनामत्यर्थमालोक्य त्वरते ग्रहणेऽस्य च ।
मृगं सिंह इवादातुमीक्षते पाकशासनिः ॥ ४.५५.१८ ॥
Looking closely at the army, he hastens to seize it; as a lion looks to seize a deer, so the son of Indra looks.
4.55.19
नैषोऽन्तरेण राजानं बीभत्सुः स्थातुमर्हति ।
तस्य पार्ष्णि ग्रहीष्यामो जवेनाभिप्रधावतः ॥ ४.५५.१९ ॥
This Bībhatsu (Arjuna) is not able to stand between us and the king; we shall seize his heels as he charges swiftly.
4.55.20
न ह्येनमभिसंक्रुद्धमेको युद्ध्येत संयुगे ।
अन्यो देवान्महादेवात्कृष्णाद्वा देवकीसुतात्।
आचार्याच्च सपुत्राद्वा भारद्वाजान्महारथात् ॥ ४.५५.२० ॥
No one alone would fight this enraged man in battle, other than the gods, Mahādeva, Kṛṣṇa or the son of Devakī, or the teacher with his son, or the great charioteer, the son of Bharadvāja.
4.55.21
किं नो गावः करिष्यन्ति द्रव्यं वा विपुलं तथा ।
दुर्योधनः पार्थगतः पुरा प्राणान्विमुञ्चति ॥ ४.५५.२१ ॥
What will the cattle do for us, or this abundant wealth? Duryodhana, having come before Pārtha, will surely give up his life first.
4.55.22
इत्युक्त्वा समरे भीष्मः सेनया सह कौरवः ।
अन्वधावत्तदा पार्थं धार्तराष्ट्रस्य रक्षणे ॥ ४.५५.२२ ॥
Having said this, the Kaurava Bhīṣma, together with the army, then charged after Pārtha in battle, to protect Dhṛtarāṣṭra's son.
4.55.23
विक्रोशमात्रं यात्वा तु पार्थो वैराटिमब्रवीत् ।
इषुपातमात्रे सेनायाः स्थापयाश्वानरिंदम ॥ ४.५५.२३ ॥
Having gone a cry's distance, Pārtha said to Virāṭa's son: 'O subduer of foes, halt the horses at an arrow's range from the army.'
4.55.24
एतदग्रं गवां दृष्टं मन्दं वाहय सारथे ।
याह्युत्तरेण सेनाया गाश्चैव प्रविभज्य च ॥ ४.५५.२४ ॥
'Charioteer, the front of the cattle is visible; drive slowly. Go north of the army and separate the cows.'
4.55.25
परिक्षिप्य गवां यूथमत्र योत्स्ये सुयोधनम् ।
गच्छन्ति सत्वरा गावः सगोपाः परिमोचय ॥ ४.५५.२५ ॥
Encircling the herd of cattle, I will fight Suyodhana here. The cows and the herdsmen are hurrying away; set them free.
4.55.26
तत्र गत्वा पशून्वीर सगोपान्परिमोचय ।
अन्तरेण च सेनायाः प्राङ्मुखो गच्छ चोत्तर ॥ ४.५५.२६ ॥
Go there, O hero, and free the cattle along with the herdsmen. Go between the army, facing east, O Uttara.
4.55.27
इमे त्वतिरथाः सर्वे मम वीर्यपराक्रमम् ।
पश्यन्तु कुरवो युद्धे महेन्द्रस्येव दानवाः ॥ ४.५५.२७ ॥
Let all these great chariot-warriors see my valour and prowess in battle, as the Dānavas beheld the might of Mahendra.
4.55.28
ततः स रथिनां श्रेष्ठो नाम विश्राव्य चात्मनः ।
निशिताग्राञ्शरांस्तीक्ष्णान्मुमोचांतकसन्निभान् ॥ ४.५५.२८ ॥
Then that best of chariot-warriors, proclaiming his own name, released sharp arrows with keen points, like Death itself.
4.55.29
शलभैरिव चाकाशं धाराभिरिव पर्वतम् ।
निरावकाशमभवच्छरैः क्षिप्तैः किरीटिना ॥ ४.५५.२९ ॥
As the sky is filled with locusts and a mountain with torrents, so with the arrows hurled by the diademed one there was no space left.
4.55.30
विकीर्यमाणास्तु शरैस्ते योधा धार्तराष्ट्रिकाः ।
गाश्चैव न च पश्यन्ति पार्थमुक्तैरजिह्मगैः ॥ ४.५५.३० ॥
And those warriors of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sons, scattered by the arrows, could not even see the cows, shot forth by Pārtha, straight-flying.
4.55.31
सा चापि बहुला सेना पार्थबाणाभिपीडिता ।
नापश्यद्विवृतां भूमिं नान्तरिक्षं दिशोपि वा ॥ ४.५५.३१ ॥
That vast army, oppressed by Pārtha's arrows, could not see the open ground, nor the sky, nor even the directions.
4.55.32
अर्जुनस्तु तदा हृष्टो दर्शयन्वीर्यमात्मनः ।
पीडयामास सैन्यानि गाण्डीवप्रसृतैः शरैः ॥ ४.५५.३२ ॥
Then Arjuna, delighted, displaying his own prowess, oppressed the armies with arrows shot from the Gāṇḍīva bow.
4.55.33
तेषां नैवापयाने च नाभियाने भवन्मतिः ।
शीघ्रतामेव पार्थस्य पूजयन्तस्तु विस्मिताः ॥ ४.५५.३३ ॥
Their minds were set neither on retreat nor on advance; astonished, they could only praise the swiftness of Pārtha.
4.55.34
चन्द्रावदातं सामुद्रं कुरुसैन्यभयंकरम् ।
ततः शङ्खमुपाध्मासीद्द्विषतां रोमहर्षणम्।
ज्याघोषं तलघोषं च कृत्वा भूतान्यमोहयत् ॥ ४.५५.३४ ॥
Then he blew his conch, bright as the moon, born of the sea, terrifying to the Kuru army and making the enemies' hair stand on end; with the twang of his bowstring and the slap of his palm he bewildered all beings.
4.55.35
तस्य शङ्खस्य शब्देन धनुषो निस्वनेन च ।
शब्देनामानुषाणां च भूतानां ध्वजवासिनाम् ।
वियद्गतानां देवानां मानुषाणां रवेण च ॥ ४.५५.३५ ॥
By the sound of that conch, by the roar of the bow, by the cry of non-human beings dwelling in the banners, and by the outcry of gods moving through the sky and of men.
4.55.36
ऊर्ध्वं पुच्छं विधून्वाना हेममाणाः समन्ततः ।
गावः सवत्साः संत्रस्ता निवृत्ता दक्षिणां दिशं ॥ ४.५५.३६ ॥
Shaking their tails upward and lowing on every side, the cows, terrified along with their calves, turned back toward the southern direction.
4.55.37
ततः स समरे शूरो बीभत्सुः शत्रुपूगहा ।
गोपालांश्चोदयामास गावश्चोदयतेति च ॥ ४.५५.३७ ॥
Then in that battle the heroic Bībhatsu, slayer of hosts of foes, urged on the cowherds and said, "Drive the cows!"
4.55.38
उत्तरं चाह बीभत्सुर्हर्षयन्पाण्डुनन्दनः ।
गवामग्रं समीक्षस्व गश्चैवाशु निवर्तय ॥ ४.५५.३८ ॥
And Bībhatsu, the son of Pāṇḍu, cheering Uttara, said, "Look to the front of the cows, and quickly turn the cows back."
4.55.39
यावदेते निवर्तन्ते कुरवो जवमास्थिताः ।
याह्युत्तरेण गाश्चैताः सैन्यानां च नृपात्मज ॥ ४.५५.३९ ॥
While these Kurus are turning back at speed, O prince, drive these cows northward, and the troops as well.
4.55.40
पश्यन्तु कुरवः सर्वे मम वीर्यपराक्रमम् ।
ते लाभमिव मन्वानाः कुरवोऽर्जुनमाहव। ॥ ४.५५.४० ॥
Let all the Kurus see my valour and prowess; thinking they have gained something, let the Kurus look upon Arjuna in battle.
4.55.41
दृष्टवा यान्तमदूरस्थं क्षिप्रमभ्यपतन्रथैः ।
हस्त्यश्वपरिवारेण महताऽभिविराजता। ॥ ४.५५.४१ ॥
Seeing him departing, not far off, they swiftly rushed upon him with chariots, shining with a great retinue of elephants and horses.
4.55.42
योधैः प्रासासिहस्तैश्च चापबाणोद्यतायुधैः ।
तान्यनीकान्यशोभन्त कुरूणामाततायिनाम्। ॥ ४.५५.४२ ॥
With warriors bearing spears and swords in hand, and bows, arrows and raised weapons, those armies of the aggressive Kurus shone forth.
4.55.43
संसर्पन्त इवाकाशे विद्युत्वन्तो वलाहकाः ।
तानि दृष्ट्वाऽप्यनीकानि निवर्तितरथानि च। ॥ ४.५५.४३ ॥
Like lightning-bearing clouds gliding across the sky, those armies appeared; and seeing those armies whose chariots had turned back,
4.55.44
पार्थोऽपि वायुवद्धोरं सैन्याग्रं व्यधुनोच्छरैः ।
तां शत्रुसेनां तरसा प्रणुद्य गाश्चापि जित्वा धनुषा परेण। ॥ ४.५५.४४ ॥
Pārtha too, fierce as the wind, shook the front of the army with arrows; having swiftly driven back that enemy host and conquered the cattle as well with his supreme bow,
4.55.45
दुर्योधनायाभिमुखं प्रयान्तं कुरुप्रवीराः सहसाऽभ्यगच्छन् ।
गोषु प्रयातासु जवेन मात्स्यान्किरीटिनं प्रीतियुतं च दृष्ट्वा। ॥ ४.५५.४५ ॥
The Kuru heroes, advancing toward Duryodhana, suddenly came against him; when the cattle had gone off swiftly, and they saw the Matsyas and the crowned one full of joy,
4.55.46
पशून्समादाय ततो निवृत्ता गोपाः समस्ताः प्रययुश्च राष्ट्रम् ॥ ४.५५.४६ ॥
Then, gathering up the cattle, all the herdsmen who had turned back went off toward the kingdom.