Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 4.60
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4.60.1
तं पार्थः प्रतिजग्राह वायुवेगमिवाचलः ।
शरजालेन महता वर्षमाण इवाम्बुदः ॥ ४.६०.१ ॥
Pārtha met him as a mountain meets the speed of the wind, and he was like a cloud pouring down with a great net of arrows.
4.60.2
तयोर्देवासुरसमः सन्निपातो महानभूत् ।
किरतोः शरजालानि वृत्रवासवयोरिव ॥ ४.६०.२ ॥
Their encounter became great, like the battle of gods and demons, as the two scattered nets of arrows, like Vṛtra and Vāsava.
4.60.3
न स्म सूर्यस्तदा भाति न च वाति समीरणः ।
शरगाढे कृते व्योम्नि छायाभूतमिवाभवत् ॥ ४.६०.३ ॥
Then the sun did not shine, nor did the wind blow; when the sky was made dense with arrows, it became as if it were a shadow.
4.60.4
महांश्चटचटाशब्दो योधयोर्युध्यमानयोः ।
दह्यतामिव वेणूनामासीत्परमदारुणः ॥ ४.६०.४ ॥
The great crackling sound of the two warriors fighting was most dreadful, like that of bamboos burning.
4.60.5
हयांस्तस्यार्जुनः सङ्ख्ये कृतवानल्पतेजसाः ।
ते राजन्न प्रजानन्ति दिशं कांचन मोहिताः ॥ ४.६०.५ ॥
In battle Arjuna made his horses of little brilliance; O King, bewildered, they did not know any direction.
4.60.6
ततो द्रौणिर्महावीर्यः पार्थस्य विचरिष्यतः ।
विवरं सूक्ष्ममालोक्य ज्यां नुनोद क्षुरेण सः ॥ ४.६०.६ ॥
Then Droṇa's son, of great valor, seeing a small opening while Pārtha was moving about, cut his bowstring with a razor-headed arrow.
4.60.7
तदस्यापूजयन्देवाः कर्म दृष्ट्वाऽतिमानुषम् ।
न शक्तोऽन्यः पुमान्स्थातुमृते द्रौणेर्धनंजयम् ॥ ४.६०.७ ॥
Then the gods, seeing that superhuman feat of his, applauded him; no other man was able to stand before Dhanaṃjaya except the son of Droṇa.
4.60.8
ततो द्रौणिर्धनुर्व्यस्य व्यपक्रम्य नरर्षभः ।
पुनरप्यभ्यहन्पार्थं हृदये कङ्कपत्रिभिः । ॥ ४.६०.८ ॥
Then the son of Droṇa, drawing his bow back and stepping aside, that bull among men struck Pārtha again in the chest with heron-feathered arrows.
4.60.9
ततः पार्थो महाबाहुः प्रहसन्स्वनवत्तदा ।
योजयामास च तदा मौर्व्या गाण्डीवमोजसा ॥ ४.६०.९ ॥
Then Pārtha, the mighty-armed, laughing aloud with a resounding sound, at once fitted the Gāṇḍīva to the bowstring with force.
4.60.10
तं दृष्ट्वा ऋद्धमायान्तं प्रभिन्नमिव कुञ्जरम् ।
ऋद्धः समाह्वयामास द्रौणिर्युद्धाय भारत ॥ ४.६०.१० ॥
Seeing him come on in fury like a maddened elephant, the enraged son of Droṇa challenged him to battle, O Bhārata.
4.60.11
ततोऽर्धचन्द्रपाहृत्य तेन पार्थः समाहतः ।
चिच्छेद तस्य चापं च सूतं चाश्वं च तेजसा ।
विव्याध निशितैश्चापि शरैराशीविपोपमैः ॥ ४.६०.११ ॥
Then Pārtha, struck by his crescent-headed arrow, with his brilliance cut through his bow, charioteer and horse, and pierced him too with sharp arrows like venomous serpents.
4.60.12
सोऽन्यं रथं समास्थाय प्रत्यायाद्रथिपुङ्गवः ।
वारणेनेव मत्तेन मत्तो वारणयूथपः ॥ ४.६०.१२ ॥
He mounted another chariot and came back — the foremost of charioteers, like a maddened leader of a herd facing a maddened elephant.
4.60.13
ततः प्रववृते युद्धं पृथिव्यामेकवीरयोः ।
रणमध्ये द्वयोरेव सुमहद्रोमहर्षणम् ॥ ४.६०.१३ ॥
Then a battle arose on the earth between the two single heroes, very hair-raising for both of them in the midst of the fray.
4.60.14
तौ वीरौ कुरवः सर्वे ददृशुर्विस्मयान्विताः ।
युध्यमानौ महात्मानौ द्विरदाविव संगतौ ॥ ४.६०.१४ ॥
All the Kurus, filled with wonder, saw those two heroes fighting, the great-souled ones, like two bull elephants come together.
4.60.15
तौ समाजघ्नतुर्वीरौ परस्परजयैषिणौ ।
शरै राशीविषाकारैर्ज्वलद्भिरिव पावकैः ॥ ४.६०.१५ ॥
Those two heroes, each seeking victory over the other, struck one another with arrows like poisonous serpents and blazing fires.
4.60.16
अक्षयाविषुधी दिव्यौ पाण्डवस्य महात्मनः ।
तेन पार्थो रणे शूरस्तस्थौ गिरिरिवाचलः ॥ ४.६०.१६ ॥
The great-souled Pāṇḍava had two inexhaustible divine quivers; by means of them the heroic Pārtha stood in battle, immovable like a mountain.
4.60.17
अश्वत्थाम्नः पुनर्बाणाः क्षिप्रमभ्यस्यतो रणे ।
जग्मुः परिक्षयं शीघ्रमभूत्तेनाधिकोऽर्जुनः ॥ ४.६०.१७ ॥
The arrows of Aśvatthāman, shot swiftly in battle again and again, were quickly used up, and so Arjuna became the superior one.