Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.169
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5.169.1
एते रथास्तवाख्यातास्तथैवातिरथा नृप ।
ये चाप्यर्धरथा राजन्पाण्डवानामतः श्रृणु ॥ ५.१६९.१ ॥
O king, these chariot-warriors and great chariot-warriors of yours have been named. Now, O king, hear of the Pāṇḍavas' half-chariot-warriors.
5.169.2
यदि कौतूहलं तेऽद्य पाण्डवानां बले नृप ।
रथसंख्यां शृणुष्व त्वं सहैभिर्वसुधाधिपैः ॥ ५.१६९.२ ॥
O king, if today you are curious about the Pāṇḍavas' army, then hear the number of their chariots together with these lords of the earth.
5.169.3
स्वयं राजा रथोदारः पाण्डवः कुन्तनन्दनः ।
अग्निवत्समरे तात चरिष्यति न संशयः ॥ ५.१६९.३ ॥
The Pāṇḍava himself, the king, the noble chariot-warrior, son of Kuntī, O dear one, will move in battle like fire; there is no doubt.
5.169.4
भीमसेनस्तु राजेन्द्र रथोऽष्टगुणसंमितः ।
न तस्यास्ति समो युद्धे गदया सायकैरपि ॥ ५.१६९.४ ॥
But, O lord of kings, Bhīmasena is equal to eight chariots; in battle, with mace or arrows, there is none his equal.
5.169.5
नागायुतबलो मानी तेजसा न स मानुषः ।
माद्रीपुत्रो च रथिनौ द्वावेव पुरुषर्षभौ ॥ ५.१६९.५ ॥
Possessed of the strength of ten thousand elephants, proud, in splendor he is no mere man; the two sons of Mādrī, chariot-warriors, are bulls among men.
5.169.6
अश्विनाविव रूपेण तेजसा च समन्वितौ ।
एते चमूमुखगताः स्मरन्तः क्लेशमुत्तमम् ॥ ५.१६९.६ ॥
These two, endowed with beauty and splendor like the Aśvins, going to the front of the army, remembering the great suffering they endured, will fight.
5.169.7
रुद्रवत्प्रचरिष्यन्ति तत्र मे नास्ति संशयः ।
सर्व एव महात्मानः सालस्तम्भा इवोद्गताः ॥ ५.१६९.७ ॥
There they will move about like Rudra; of this I have no doubt. All of them are great-souled, risen up tall like sāla-tree trunks.
5.169.8
प्रादेशेनाधिकाः पुंभिरन्यैस्ते च प्रमाणतः ।
सिंहसंहननाः सर्वे पाण्डुपुत्रा महाबलाः ॥ ५.१६९.८ ॥
They are a span taller than other men, and in bodily measure as well. All the sons of Pāṇḍu, built like lions, are very mighty.
5.169.9
चरितब्रह्मचर्याश्च सर्वे तात तपस्विनः ।
ह्रीमन्तः पुरुषव्याघ्रा व्याघ्रा इव बलोत्कटाः ॥ ५.१६९.९ ॥
Dear one, all of them have kept celibate vows and are ascetics. They are modest, tigers among men, fierce in strength like tigers.
5.169.10
जवे प्रहारे संमर्दे सर्व एवातिमानुषाः ।
सर्वैर्जिता महीपाला दिग्जये भरतर्षभ ॥ ५.१६९.१० ॥
In swiftness, in striking, and in close combat, they are all superhuman. In the conquest of the quarters they have defeated all the kings, O bull of the Bharatas.
5.169.11
न चैषां पुरुषाः केचिदायुधानि गदाः शरान् ।
विषहन्ति सदा कर्तुमधिज्यान्यपि कौरव ॥ ५.१६९.११ ॥
None of the men opposing them can always handle weapons, maces, and arrows, even when they are strung on the bow, O Kaurava.
5.169.12
उद्यन्तुं वा गदा गुर्वीः शरान्वा क्षेप्तुमाहवे ।
जवे लक्ष्यस्य हरणे भोज्ये पांसुविकर्षणे ॥ ५.१६९.१२ ॥
In battle, in lifting heavy maces or hurling arrows, in swiftness in seizing a target, in feasting, and in dragging through the dust, no one matches them.
5.169.13
बालैरपि भवन्तस्तैः सर्व एव विशेषिताः ।
एतत्सैन्यं समासाद्य सर्व एव बलोत्कटाः ॥ ५.१६९.१३ ॥
You all will be surpassed even by those boys; having confronted this army, they will all be fierce in strength.
5.169.14
विध्वंसयिष्यन्ति रणे मा स्म तैः सह संगमः ।
एकैकशस्त संमर्दे हन्युः सर्वान्महीक्षितः ॥ ५.१६९.१४ ॥
They will destroy them in battle; do not meet them. In the clash, one by one, they would slay all the kings.
5.169.15
प्रत्यक्षं तव राजेन्द्र राजसूये यथाभवत् ।
द्रौपद्याश्च परिक्लेशं द्यूते च परुषा गिरः ॥ ५.१६९.१५ ॥
Lord of kings, before your very eyes what happened at the Rājasūya: Draupadī's humiliation, and the harsh words at the dice game.
5.169.16
ते स्मरन्तश्च सङ्ग्रामे चरिष्यन्ति च रुद्रवत् ।
लोहिताक्षो गुडाकेशो नारायणसहायवान् ॥ ५.१६९.१६ ॥
Remembering that, they will roam in battle like Rudra: the red-eyed Guḍākeśa (Arjuna), who has Nārāyaṇa as his companion.
5.169.17
उभोयोः सेनयोर्वीरो रथो नास्तीति तादृशः ।
न हि देवेषु वा पूर्वं मनुष्येषूरगेषु च ॥ ५.१६९.१७ ॥
There is no chariot-warrior such a hero in either army; formerly, neither among gods, nor among humans, nor among serpents.
5.169.18
राक्षसेष्वथ यक्षेषु नरेषु कुत एव तु ।
भूतोथ वा भविष्यो वा रथः कश्चिन्मया श्रुतः ॥ ५.१६९.१८ ॥
Not among rākṣasas or yakṣas, much less among men; I have heard of no such chariot-warrior, past or future.
5.169.19
समायुक्तो महाराज रथः पार्थस्य धीमतः ।
वासुदेवश्च संयन्ता योद्धा चैव धनञ्जयः ॥ ५.१६९.१९ ॥
O great king, the chariot of the wise son of Pṛthā is yoked; Vāsudeva is its charioteer and Dhanañjaya the warrior.
5.169.20
गाण्डीवं च धनुर्दिव्यं ते चाश्वा वातरंहसः ।
अभेद्यं कवचं दिव्यमक्षय्यौ च महेषुधी ॥ ५.१६९.२० ॥
He has the divine Gāṇḍīva bow, horses swift as the wind, impenetrable divine armor, and two great inexhaustible quivers.
5.169.21
अस्त्रग्रामश्च माहेन्द्रो रौद्रः कौबेर एवच ।
याम्यश्च वारुणश्चैव गदाश्चोग्रप्रदर्शनाः ॥ ५.१६९.२१ ॥
He has the divine missile-arrays of Indra, Rudra, Kubera, Yama and Varuṇa, and maces fierce to behold.
5.169.22
वज्रादीनि च मुख्यानि नानाप्रहरणानि च ।
दानवानां सहस्राणि हिरण्यपुरवासिनाम् ॥ ५.१६९.२२ ॥
There are also the chief weapons, beginning with the thunderbolt, and many other arms, which belonged to thousands of Dānavas who dwelt in the city of gold.
5.169.23
हतान्येकरथेनाजौ कस्तस्य सदृशो रथः ।
एष हन्याद्धि संरम्भी बलवान्सत्यविक्रमः ॥ ५.१६९.२३ ॥
They were slain in battle by a single chariot; whose chariot equals his? This furious, mighty, truly valorous one will surely slay.
5.169.24
तव सेनां महाबाहुः स्वां चैव परिपालयन् ।
अहं चैनं प्रत्युदियामाचार्यो वा धनञ्जयम् ॥ ५.१६९.२४ ॥
Protecting your army and our own, I, the mighty-armed one, or the teacher, will confront this Dhanañjaya.
5.169.25
न तृतीयोऽस्ति राजेन्द्र सेनयोरुभयोरपि ।
य एनं शरवर्षाणि वर्षन्तमुदियाद्रथी ॥ ५.१६९.२५ ॥
O lord of kings, there is no third charioteer in either army who could confront him as he rains down showers of arrows.
5.169.26
जीमूत इव घर्मान्ते महावातसमीरितः ।
समायुक्तस्तु कौन्तेयो वासुदेवसहायवान् ।
तरुणश्च कृती चैव जीर्णावावामुभावपि ॥ ५.१६९.२६ ॥
Like a rain cloud driven by a great wind at the end of summer, the son of Kuntī is joined, with Vāsudeva as his helper; he is young and skilled, while we two are both old.
5.169.27
एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु भीष्मस्य राज्ञां दध्वंसिरे तदा ।
काञ्चनाङ्गदिनः पीना भुजाश्चन्दनरूषिताः ॥ ५.१६९.२७ ॥
Hearing these words of Bhīṣma, then the stout arms of the kings, adorned with golden armlets and smeared with sandal paste, were shaken.
5.169.28
मनोभिः सह संवेगैः संस्मृत्य च पुरातनम् ।
सामर्थ्यं पाण्डवेयानां यथा प्रत्यक्षदर्शनात् ॥ ५.१६९.२८ ॥
With agitation in their minds, recalling the past and seeing with their own eyes the prowess of the sons of Pāṇḍu, (their hearts were shaken).