Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.172
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5.172.1
रोचमानो महाराज पाण्डवानां महारथः ।
योत्स्यतेऽमरवत्संख्ये परसैन्येषु भारत ॥ ५.१७२.१ ॥
O great king, the great charioteer of the Pāṇḍavas, shining like a god, will fight in battle among the enemy armies, O descendant of Bharata.
5.172.2
पुरुजित्कृन्तिभोजश्च महेष्वासो महाबलः ।
मातुलो भीमसेनस्य स च मेऽतिरथो मतः ॥ ५.१७२.२ ॥
Purujit and Kuntibhoja, the great archer and mighty one, maternal uncle of Bhīmasena — he, in my judgment, is a super-charioteer.
5.172.3
एष वीरो महेष्वासः कृती च निपुणश्च ह ।
चित्रयोधी च शक्तश्च मतो मे रथपुङ्गवः ॥ ५.१७२.३ ॥
This hero is a great archer, accomplished and skilled, a wondrous fighter and capable; in my judgment he is the bull among charioteers.
5.172.4
स योत्स्यति हि विक्रम्य मघवानिव दानवैः ।
योधा ये चास्य विख्याताः सर्वे युद्धविशारदाः ॥ ५.१७२.४ ॥
He will fight valiantly, as Indra fights the Dānavas, and all his renowned warriors are skilled in battle.
5.172.5
भागिनेयकृते वीरः स करिष्यति संगरे ।
सुमहत्कर्म पाण्डूनां स्थितः प्रियहिते रतः ॥ ५.१७२.५ ॥
For the sake of his nephew, that hero will perform a very great deed in battle, standing firm for the welfare of the Pāṇḍavas and devoted to the good of those he loves.
5.172.6
भैमसेनिर्महाराज हैडिम्बो राक्षसेश्वरः ।
मतो मे बहुमायावी रथयूथपयूथपः ॥ ५.१७२.६ ॥
O great king, the son of Bhīmasena, the son of Hiḍimbā, lord of the rākṣasas — in my judgment he is very cunning and full of illusion, the leader of the leaders of the chariot-troops.
5.172.7
योत्स्यते समरे तात मायावी समरप्रियः ।
ये चास्य राक्षसा वीराः सचिवा वशवर्तिनः ॥ ५.१७२.७ ॥
Dear one, the illusionist who loves battle will fight in the war, and the heroic rākṣasa companions obedient to him.
5.172.8
एते चान्ये च बहवो नानाजनपदेश्वराः ।
समेताः पाण्डवस्यार्थे वासुदेवपुरोगमाः ॥ ५.१७२.८ ॥
These and many other lords of various realms have gathered for the sake of the Pāṇḍava, with Vāsudeva at their head.
5.172.9
एते प्राधान्यतो राजन्पाण्डवस्य महात्मनः ।
रथाश्चातिरथाश्चैव ये चान्येऽर्धंरथा नृप ॥ ५.१७२.९ ॥
These, O king, are chiefly the chariot-warriors and great chariot-warriors of the great-souled Pāṇḍava, and the others who are half-chariot warriors, O king.
5.172.10
नेष्यन्ति समरे सेनां भीमां यौधिष्ठिरीं नृप ।
महेन्द्रेणेव वीरेण पाल्यमानां किरीटिना ॥ ५.१७२.१० ॥
O king, they will lead the fearsome army of Yudhiṣṭhira in battle, protected by that diademed hero as if by Mahendra.
5.172.11
तैरहं समरे वीर मायाविद्भिर्जयैषिभिः ।
योत्स्यामि जयमाकाङ्क्षन्नथ वा निधनं रणे ॥ ५.१७२.११ ॥
O hero, with those illusionists I will fight in battle, desiring victory, or else death in the fray.
5.172.12
वासुदेवं च पार्थं च चक्रगाण्डीवधारिणौ ।
सन्ध्यागताविवार्केन्दू सभेष्येते रथोत्तमौ ॥ ५.१७२.१२ ॥
Vāsudeva and Pārtha, bearers of the discus and the Gāṇḍīva, the two best of chariot-warriors, will face me like the sun and moon gone to twilight.
5.172.13
यं चैव ते रथोदाराः पाण्डुपुत्रस्य सैनिकाः ।
सह सैन्यानहं तांश्च प्रतीयां रणमूर्धनि ॥ ५.१७२.१३ ॥
Those noble chariot-warriors and soldiers of the son of Pāṇḍu, together with their armies — I shall face them at the head of the battle.
5.172.14
एते रथाश्चातिरथाश्च तुभ्यं ।
यथाप्रधानं नृप कीर्तिता मया।
तथा परे येऽर्धरथाश्च केचि-
त्तथैंव तेषामपि कौरवेन्द्र ॥ ५.१७२.१४ ॥
These chariot-warriors and great chariot-warriors I have named to you in order of their prominence, O king; likewise also the half-chariot-warriors and some others, O lord of the Kurus.
5.172.15
अर्जुनं वासुदेवं च ये चान्ये तत्र पार्थिवाः ।
सर्वांस्तान्वारयिष्यामि यावद्द्रक्ष्यामि भारत ॥ ५.१७२.१५ ॥
Arjuna and Vāsudeva, and all the other kings there, I shall hold back for as long as I see them, O Bhārata.
5.172.16
पाञ्चाल्यं तु महाबाहो नाहं हन्यां शिखण्डिनम् ।
उद्यतेषमथो दृष्ट्वा प्रतियुध्यन्तमाहवे ॥ ५.१७२.१६ ॥
But, O mighty-armed one, I would not strike the Pāñcāla warrior Śikhaṇḍin, even when I see him raise his arrow and fight against me in battle.
5.172.17
लोकस्तं वेद यदहं पितुः प्रियचिकीर्षया ।
प्राप्तं राज्यं परित्यज्य ब्रह्मचर्यव्रते स्थितः ॥ ५.१७२.१७ ॥
The world knows that I, out of desire to please my father, gave up the kingdom that had come to me and remained established in the vow of celibacy.
5.172.18
चित्राङ्गदं कौरवाणामाधिपत्येऽभ्यषेचयम् ।
विचित्रवीर्यं च शिशुं यौवराज्येऽभ्यषेचयम् ॥ ५.१७२.१८ ॥
I anointed Citrāṅgada to the lordship of the Kurus, and the child Vicitravīrya I anointed to the office of heir apparent.
5.172.19
देवव्रतत्वं विज्ञाप्य पृथिवीं सर्वराजसु ।
नैव हन्यां स्त्रियं जातु न स्त्रीपूर्वं कदाचन ॥ ५.१७२.१९ ॥
Having made known my status as Devavrata to all the kings of the earth, I would never slay a woman, nor anyone who has a woman as his predecessor, at any time.
5.172.20
स हि स्त्रीपूर्वको राजञ्शिखण्डी यदि ते श्रुतः ।
कन्या भूत्वा पुमाञ्चातो न योत्स्ये तेन भारत ॥ ५.१७२.२० ॥
O king, if you have heard, that Śikhaṇḍin was formerly a woman; born a maiden, he became a man. O descendant of Bharata, I will not fight with him.
5.172.21
सर्वांस्त्वन्यान्हनिष्यामि पार्थिवान्भरतर्षभ ।
यान्समेष्यामि समरे न तु कुन्तीसुतान्नृप ॥ ५.१७२.२१ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, I will slay all the other kings whom I meet in battle, but not the sons of Kuntī, O king.