Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.168
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5.168.1
अचलो वृषकश्चैव सहितौ भ्रातरावुभौ ।
रथौ तव दुराधर्षौ शत्रून्विध्वंसयिष्यतः ॥ ५.१६८.१ ॥
Acala and Vṛṣaka, both brothers together, are your chariot-warriors hard to assail; they will destroy the enemies.
5.168.2
बलवन्तौ नरव्याघ्रौ दृढक्रोधौ प्रहारिणौ ।
गान्धारमुख्यौ तरुणौ दर्शनीयौ महाबलौ ॥ ५.१६८.२ ॥
Strong, tigers among men, firm in anger, striking blows, chief Gāndhāras, young, comely, and very mighty.
5.168.3
सखा ते दयितो नित्यं य एष रणकर्कशः ।
उत्साहयति राजंस्त्वां विग्रहे पाण्डवैः सह ॥ ५.१६८.३ ॥
This friend of yours, always beloved, harsh in battle, encourages you, O king, in the conflict with the Pāṇḍavas.
5.168.4
परुषः कत्थनो नीचः कर्णो वैकर्तनस्त्रव ।
मन्त्री नेता च बन्धुश्च मानी चात्यन्तमुच्छ्रितः ॥ ५.१६८.४ ॥
Karṇa, son of Vikartana, harsh, boastful and base; he is counsellor, leader and kinsman, proud and extremely elated.
5.168.5
एष नैव रथः पूर्णो न चाप्यतिरथो रणे ।
वियुक्तः कवचेनैष सहजेन विचेतनः ॥ ५.१६८.५ ॥
He is neither a full chariot-warrior nor a great chariot-warrior in battle; separated from his natural armour, he has become senseless.
5.168.6
कुण्डलाभ्यां च दिव्याभ्यां वियुक्तः सततं घृणी ।
अभिशापाच्च रामस्य ब्राह्मणस्य च भाषणात् ॥ ५.१६८.६ ॥
Always separated from the divine earrings, compassionate, by the curse of Rāma and by the speech of a Brahmin.
5.168.7
करणानां वियोगाच्च तेन मेऽर्थरथो मतः ।
नैष फाल्गुनमासाद्य पुनर्जीवन्विमोक्ष्यते ॥ ५.१६८.७ ॥
Because he is separated from his weapons, I regard him as a half-chariot warrior. Having faced Arjuna, he will not be released alive again.
5.168.8
ततोऽब्रवीत्पुनर्द्रोणः सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरः ।
एवमेतद्यथाऽऽत्थ त्वं न मिथ्यास्ति कदाचन ॥ ५.१६८.८ ॥
Then Droṇa, the best of all weapon-bearers, spoke again: 'What you have said is just so; it is never false.'
5.168.9
रणेरणेऽभिमानी च विमुखश्चापि दृश्यते ।
घृणी कर्णः प्रमादी च तेन मेऽर्धरथो मतः ॥ ५.१६८.९ ॥
In every battle he is seen proud yet turning away from the fight. Karṇa is tender-hearted and careless, so I regard him as a half-chariot warrior.
5.168.10
एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु राधेयः क्रोधादुल्फाल्य लोचने ।
उवाच भीष्मं राधेयस्तुदन्वाग्भिः प्रतोदवत् ॥ ५.१६८.१० ॥
Hearing this, Karṇa, son of Rādhā, in anger opened his eyes wide and spoke to Bhīṣma, goading him with words as with a goad.
5.168.11
पितामह यथेष्टं मां वाक्शरैरुपकृन्तसि ।
अनागसं सदा द्वेषादेवमेव पदेपदे ॥ ५.१६८.११ ॥
Grandsire, as you please, you cut me with arrows of words. Though I am guiltless, out of hatred you always wound me just like this, at every step.
5.168.12
मर्षयामि च तत्सर्वं दुर्योधनकृतेन वै ।
त्वं तुं मां मान्यसे मन्दं यथा कापुरुषं तथा ॥ ५.१६८.१२ ॥
I endure all this because of Duryodhana. Yet you regard me as a dull, cowardly man.
5.168.13
भवानर्धरथो मह्यं मतो वै नात्र संशयः ।
सर्वस्य जगतश्चैव गाङ्गेयो न मृषा वदेत् ॥ ५.१६८.१३ ॥
You are considered by me to be a half-chariot warrior; there is no doubt of this. The whole world knows that Gāṅgeya (Bhīṣma) would not speak falsely.
5.168.14
कुरूणामहितो नित्यं न च राजाऽवबुध्यते ।
को हि नाम समानेषु राजसूदारकर्मसु ॥ ५.१६८.१४ ॥
Always unfriendly to the Kurus, and the king does not perceive it. Who indeed, among equals, in such royal deeds as the Rājasūya, would act so?
5.168.15
तेजोवधमिमं कुर्याद्विभेदयिषुराहवे ।
यथा त्वं गुणविद्वेषादपरागं चिकीर्षसि ॥ ५.१६८.१५ ॥
One who desires to create division in battle would inflict this destruction of prowess, just as you wish to commit a fault out of hatred for virtue.
5.168.16
न हायनैर्न पलितैर्न वित्तैर्न च बन्धुभिः ।
महारयत्वं संख्यातुं शक्यं क्षत्रस्य कौरव ॥ ५.१६८.१६ ॥
Not by years, nor by grey hair, nor by wealth, nor by kinsmen — O Kaurava, the great vigour of a warrior cannot be measured.
5.168.17
बलज्येष्ठं स्मृतं क्षत्रं मन्त्रज्येष्ठा द्विजातयः ।
धनज्येष्ठाः स्मृता वैश्याः शूद्रास्तु वयसाऽधिकाः ॥ ५.१६८.१७ ॥
The warrior class is remembered as eldest in strength; the twice-born are eldest in sacred knowledge; the merchants are remembered as eldest in wealth; but the servants are superior by age.
5.168.18
यथेच्छकं स्वयं ब्रूया रथानतिरथांस्तथा ।
कामद्वेषसमायुक्तो मोहात्प्रकुरुते भवान् ॥ ५.१६८.१८ ॥
Of your own will you name the charioteers and the great charioteers as you please; joined to desire and hatred, through delusion you act so.
5.168.19
दुर्योधन महाबाहो साधु सम्यगवेक्ष्यताम् ।
त्यज्यतां दुष्टभावोऽयं भीष्मः किल्बिषकृत्तव ॥ ५.१६८.१९ ॥
O mighty-armed Duryodhana, consider this well. Abandon this wicked attitude toward Bhīṣma, which is bringing you sin.
5.168.20
भिन्ना हि सेना नृपते दुःसन्धेया भवत्युत ।
मौला हि पुरुषव्याघ्र किमु नानासमुत्थिताः ॥ ५.१६८.२० ॥
O king, a divided army is hard to reunite. O tiger among men, if even the hereditary troops are divided, how much more those raised from many sources.
5.168.21
एषां द्वैधं समुत्पन्नं योधानां युधि भारत ।
तेजोवधो नः क्रियते प्रत्यक्षेण विशेषतः ॥ ५.१६८.२१ ॥
O descendant of Bharata, a division has arisen among these warriors in battle, and so our strength is being openly and especially destroyed.
5.168.22
रथानां क्वच विज्ञानं क्वच भीष्मोऽल्पचेतनः ।
अहमावारयिष्यामि पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम् ॥ ५.१६८.२२ ॥
Where is the skill of the chariot-warriors, and where is Bhīṣma of little understanding? I will hold back the army of the Pāṇḍavas.
5.168.23
आसाद्य माममोघेषुं गमिष्यन्ति दिशो दश ।
पाण्डवाः सहपञ्चालाः शार्दूलं वृषभा इव ॥ ५.१६८.२३ ॥
Having come against me, whose arrows never miss, the Pāṇḍavas together with the Pañcālas will flee in all ten directions, like bulls before a tiger.
5.168.24
क्वच युद्धं विमर्दो वा मन्त्रे सुव्याहृतानि च ।
क्वचभीष्मो गतवयामन्दात्मा कालचोदितः ॥ ५.१६८.२४ ॥
Where is the battle and its destruction, and where are the well-spoken words of counsel? And where is Bhīṣma, past his prime, dull of mind, driven on by time?
5.168.25
एकाकी स्पर्धति नित्यं सर्वेण रमता सह ।
न चान्यं पुरुषं कंचिन्मन्यते मोघदर्शनः ॥ ५.१६८.२५ ॥
Alone, he always competes with everyone as in a game, and, of vain vision, he regards no other man at all.
5.168.26
श्रोतव्यं खलु वृद्धानमिति शास्त्रनिदर्शनम् ।
न त्वेव ह्यतिवृद्धानां पुनर्बालाहि ते मताः ॥ ५.१६८.२६ ॥
Surely the words of the elders should be heeded, so the scriptures teach; but the very aged are regarded as children again.
5.168.27
अहमेको हनिष्यामि पाण्डवानानीकिनीम् ।
सुयुद्धे राज्यशार्दूल यशो भीष्मं गमिष्यति ॥ ५.१६८.२७ ॥
Tiger among kings, I alone shall slay the Pāṇḍavas' army; in a fine battle, glory will go to Bhīṣma.
5.168.28
कृतः सेनापतिस्त्वेष त्वया भीष्मो नराधिप ।
सेनापतौ यशो गन्ता न तु योधान्कथञ्चन ॥ ५.१६८.२८ ॥
Lord of men, you have appointed this Bhīṣma as commander; glory will go to the commander, and not to the warriors in any way.
5.168.29
नाहं जीवति गाङ्गेये योत्स्ये राजन्कथञ्चन ।
हते भीष्मे तु योद्धाऽस्मि सर्वैरेव महारथैः ॥ ५.१६८.२९ ॥
O king, while Gāṅgeya (Bhīṣma) lives I shall by no means fight; only when Bhīṣma is slain shall I become a warrior along with all the great chariot-warriors.
5.168.30
समुद्यतोयं भारो मे सुमहान्सागरोपमः ।
धार्तराष्ट्रस्य संग्रामे वर्षपूगाभिचिन्तितः ॥ ५.१६८.३० ॥
This burden I have taken up is very great, like the ocean; for the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra in battle, I have long been pondering it for many years.
5.168.31
तस्मिन्नभ्यागते काले प्रतप्ते रोमहर्षणे ।
मिथो भेदो न मे कार्यस्तेन जीवसि सूतज ॥ ५.१६८.३१ ॥
When that dreadful, hair-raising time has come, there should be no breach between us; it is for this reason that you are still alive, son of a charioteer.
5.168.32
न ह्यहं त्वद्य विक्रम्य स्थविरोऽपि शिशोस्तव ।
युद्धश्रद्धामहं छिन्द्यां जीवितस्य च सूतज ॥ ५.१६८.३२ ॥
Not that I, though aged, would today overpower you in valour and cut off the zeal for battle and the life of a child such as you, son of a charioteer.
5.168.33
जामदग्र्येन रामेण महास्त्राणि विमुञ्चता ।
न मे व्यथा कृता काचित्त्वं तु मे कि करिष्यसि ॥ ५.१६८.३३ ॥
Though Rāma, son of Jamadagni, hurled his great weapons, no pain at all was caused to me; what then will you do to me?
5.168.34
कामं नैतत्प्रशंसन्ति सन्तः स्वबलसंस्तवम् ।
वक्ष्यामि तु त्वां सन्तप्तो निहीन कुलपांसन ॥ ५.१६८.३४ ॥
Indeed, good men do not praise self-praise of one's own strength; yet, distressed, I will speak to you, base defiler of the family.
5.168.35
समेतं पार्थिवं क्षत्रं काशिराजस्वयंवरे ।
निर्जित्यैकरथेनैव याः कन्यास्तरसाहृताः ॥ ५.१६८.३५ ॥
The royal warrior-class assembled at the svayaṃvara of the king of Kāśi, which I conquered with a single chariot, and the maidens who were forcibly carried off.
5.168.36
ईदृशानां सहस्राणि विशिष्टानामथो पुनः ।
मयैकेन निरस्तानि ससैन्यानि रणाजिरे ॥ ५.१६८.३६ ॥
Thousands of such distinguished warriors, together with their armies, were cast down on the battlefield by me alone.
5.168.37
त्वां प्राप्य वैरपुरुषं कुरूणामनयो महान् ।
उपस्थितो विनाशाय यतस्व पुरुषो भव ॥ ५.१६८.३७ ॥
Having found you, a hostile man, a great misfortune has come upon the Kurus for their destruction; strive, be a man.
5.168.38
युध्यस्व समरे पार्थं येन विस्पर्धसे सह ।
द्रक्ष्यामि त्वां विनिर्मुक्तमस्माद्युद्धात्सुदुर्मते ॥ ५.१६८.३८ ॥
Fight in battle with Pārtha, with whom you compete; I shall see you freed from this battle, O ill-minded one.
5.168.39
तमुवाच ततो राजा धार्तराष्ट्रः प्रतापवान् ।
मां समीक्षस्व गाङ्गेय कार्यं हि महदुद्यतम् ॥ ५.१६८.३९ ॥
Then the mighty son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra said to him: Look upon me, Gāṅgeya; a great task has been undertaken.
5.168.40
चिन्त्यतामिदमेकाग्रं मम निःश्रेयसं परम् ।
उभावपि भवन्तौ मे महत्कर्म करिष्यतः ॥ ५.१६८.४० ॥
Let this, my supreme welfare, be considered with single mind; you two shall perform a great deed for me.
5.168.41
भूयश्च श्रोतुमिच्छामि परेषां रथसत्तमान् ।
ये चैवातिथास्तत्र ये चैव रथयूथपाः ॥ ५.१६८.४१ ॥
Again I wish to hear of the best chariot-warriors of the enemy, those who have come there and the leaders of the chariot-divisions.
5.168.42
बलाबलममित्राणां श्रोतुमिच्छामि कौरव ।
प्रभातायां रजन्यां वै इदं युद्धं भविष्यति ॥ ५.१६८.४२ ॥
O Kaurava, I wish to hear of the strength and weakness of the enemies; at dawn, when the night has passed, this battle will take place.