Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.152
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5.152.1
ततो देशे समे स्निग्धे प्रभूतयवसेन्धने ।
निवेशयामास तदा सेनां राजा युधिष्ठिरः ॥ ५.१५२.१ ॥
Then King Yudhiṣṭhira had the army encamped in a level, pleasant place abounding in grass and fuel.
5.152.2
परिहृत्य श्मशानानि देवतायतनानि च ।
आश्रमांश्च महर्षीणां तीर्थान्यायतनानि च ॥ ५.१५२.२ ॥
Avoiding cremation grounds, temples of the gods, the hermitages of the great sages, and holy fords and sacred precincts (the army encamped).
5.152.3
मधुरानूषरे देशे शुचौ पुण्ये महामतिः ।
निवेशं कारयामास कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ॥ ५.१५२.३ ॥
The great-minded son of Kuntī, Yudhiṣṭhira, had the encampment made in a sweet, barren region, a pure and auspicious place.
5.152.4
ततश्च पुनरुत्थाय सुखी विश्रान्तवाहनः ।
प्रययौ पृथिवीपालैर्वृतः शतसहस्रशः ॥ ५.१५२.४ ॥
Then, rising again, happy, his vehicles rested, he set out, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of kings.
5.152.5
विद्राव्य शतशो गुल्मान्धार्तराष्ट्रस्य सैनिकान् ।
पर्यक्रामत्समन्ताच्च पार्थेन सह केशवः ॥ ५.१५२.५ ॥
Routing hundreds of the detachments and soldiers of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's son, Keśava went about on all sides together with Pārtha.
5.152.6
शिबिरं मापयामास धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पार्षतः ।
सात्यकिश्च रथोदारो युयुधानश्च वीर्यवान् ॥ ५.१५२.६ ॥
Dhṛṣṭadyumna, son of Pṛṣata, had the camp measured out, and so did Sātyaki, the noble chariot-warrior, and the valiant Yuyudhāna.
5.152.7
आसाद्य सरितं पुण्यां कुरुक्षेत्रे हिरण्वतीम् ।
सूपतीर्थां शुचिजलां शर्करापङ्कवर्जिताम् ॥ ५.१५२.७ ॥
Having reached the sacred river Hiraṇvatī in Kurukṣetra, whose fords were easy, whose water was pure, and which was free of gravel and mud.
5.152.8
खानयामास परिखां केशवस्त्रत्र भारत ।
गुप्त्यर्थमपि चादिश्य बलं तत्र न्यवेशयत् ॥ ५.१५२.८ ॥
O Bhārata, there Keśava had a moat dug, and having issued orders for protection, he stationed the army there.
5.152.9
विधिर्यः शिबिरस्यासीत्पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम् ।
तद्विधानि नरेन्द्राणां कारयामास केशवः ॥ ५.१५२.९ ॥
The arrangement that existed in the camp of the great-souled Pāṇḍavas, Keśava had made in the same way for the kings.
5.152.10
प्रभूततरकाष्ठानि दुराधर्षतराणि च ।
भक्ष्यभोज्यान्नपानानि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥ ५.१५२.१० ॥
Very abundant firewood, and food, drink, grain and beverages that could not easily be exhausted, in hundreds and thousands.
5.152.11
शिबिराणि महार्हाणि राज्ञां तत्र पृथक्पृथक् ।
विमानानीव राजेन्द्र निविष्टानि महीतले ॥ ५.१५२.११ ॥
O lord of kings, there the very precious camps of the kings were set up separately, as if celestial mansions had descended upon the earth.
5.152.12
तत्रासञ्शिल्पिनः प्राज्ञाः शतशो दत्तवेतनाः ।
सर्वापकरणैर्युक्ता वैद्याः शास्त्रविशारदाः ॥ ५.१५२.१२ ॥
There were hundreds of wise craftsmen, who had been given wages and were equipped with every kind of tool, and physicians skilled in the treatises.
5.152.13
ज्याधनुर्वर्मशस्त्राणां तथैव मधुसर्पिषोः ।
ससर्जरकसपांसूनां राशयः पर्वतोपमाः ॥ ५.१५२.१३ ॥
Heaps of bowstrings, bows, armour and weapons, likewise of honey and ghee, and of … and dust, rose like mountains.
5.152.14
बहूदकं सुयवसं तुषाङ्गारसमन्वितम् ।
शिबिरे शिबिरे राजा सञ्चकार युधिष्ठिरः ॥ ५.१५२.१४ ॥
In every camp King Yudhiṣṭhira arranged for abundant water, good fodder, and husks and charcoal.
5.152.15
महायन्त्राणि नाराचास्तोमराणि परश्वधाः ।
धनूंषि कवचादीनि ऋष्टयस्तूणसंयुताः ॥ ५.१५२.१५ ॥
Great engines, iron arrows, lances, battle-axes, bows, armour and the like, and spears together with quivers.
5.152.16
गजाः कण्टकसन्नाहा लोहवर्मोत्तरच्छदाः ।
दृश्यन्ते तत्र गिर्याभाः सहस्रशतयोधिनः ॥ ५.१५२.१६ ॥
There elephants are seen, armoured with spikes and covered above with iron armour, mountain-like, carrying hundreds of thousands of warriors.
5.152.17
निविष्टान्पाण्डवांस्तत्र ज्ञात्वा मित्राणि भारत ।
अभिसस्रुर्यथादेशं सबलाः सहवाहनाः ॥ ५.१५२.१७ ॥
O Bhārata, learning that the Pāṇḍavas were encamped there, their allies advanced toward them, each by the route of his region, with armies and vehicles.
5.152.18
चरितब्रह्मचर्यास्ते सोमपा भूरिदक्षिणाः ।
जयाय पाण्डुपुत्राणां समाजग्मुर्महीक्षितः ॥ ५.१५२.१८ ॥
Those kings, who had kept the vow of celibacy, drunk soma, and given lavish sacrificial fees, assembled for the victory of the sons of Pāṇḍu.