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Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.181

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5.181.1

समागतस्य रामेण पुनरेवातिदारुणम् ।
अन्येद्युस्तुमुलं युद्धं तदा भरतसत्तम ॥ ५.१८१.१ ॥

After meeting Rāma again, on another day a most dreadful and tumultuous battle took place, O best of the Bharatas.

5.181.2

ततो दिव्यास्त्रविच्छूरो दिव्यान्यस्त्राण्यनेकशःक ।
अयोजयत्स धर्मात्मा दिवसे दिवसे विभुः ॥ ५.१८१.२ ॥

Then that hero, knower of divine weapons, the righteous and mighty one, employed many divine weapons day after day.

5.181.3

तान्यहं तत्प्रतीघातैरस्त्रैरस्त्राणि भारत ।
व्यधमं तुमुलेयुद्धेप्राणांस्त्यक्त्वासुदुस्त्यजान् ॥ ५.१८१.३ ॥

O Bhārata, I destroyed those with counter-weapons, and in that tumultuous battle I did so, having given up even my life, which is so hard to give up.

5.181.4

अस्त्रैरस्त्रेषु बहुधा हतेष्वेव च भारत ।
अक्रुध्यत महातेजास्त्यक्तप्राणः स संयुगे ॥ ५.१८१.४ ॥

O Bhārata, when weapons had been destroyed by weapons in many ways, that greatly radiant one, having abandoned his life, grew angry in battle.

5.181.5

ततः शक्तिं प्राहिणोद्धोररूपा-
मस्त्रे रुद्धे जामदग्न्यो महात्मा।
कालोत्सृष्टां प्रज्वलितामिवोल्कां ।
संदीप्ताग्रां तेजसा व्याप्य लोकम् ॥ ५.१८१.५ ॥

Then, when that weapon was blocked, the great-souled Jāmadagnya (Rāma) hurled a shakti of terrible form, sent forth by Time like a blazing fireball, its tip aflame, pervading the world with its radiance.

5.181.6

ततोऽहं तामिषुभिर्दीप्यमानां ।
समायान्तीमन्तकालार्कदीप्ताम् ।
छित्त्वा त्रिधा पातयामास भूमौ ।
ततो ववौ पवनः पुण्यगन्धिः ॥ ५.१८१.६ ॥

Then I, cutting that blazing shakti, which came toward me burning like Death or the sun, into three pieces with arrows, caused it to fall to the ground. Then a wind blew, fragrant and pure.

5.181.7

तस्यां छिन्नायां क्रोधदीप्तोऽथ रामः ।
शक्तीर्घोराः प्राहिणोद्द्वादशान्याः ।
तासां रूपं भारत नोत शक्यं ।
तेजस्वित्वाल्लाघवाच्चैव वक्तुम् ॥ ५.१८१.७ ॥

When it had been cut, Rāma, blazing with anger, then sent forth twelve other terrible spears. O Bhārata, their form cannot be described, because of their brilliance and swiftness.

5.181.8

किन्त्वेवाहं विह्वलः संप्रदृश्य ।
दिग्भ्यः सर्वास्ता महोत्का इवाग्नेः ।
नानारूपास्तेजसोग्रेण दीप्ता ।
यथाऽऽदित्या द्वादश लोकसंक्षये ॥ ५.१८१.८ ॥

Yet I, bewildered, saw them all coming from the directions like great meteors of fire, of many forms, blazing with fierce brilliance, like the twelve suns at the dissolution of the worlds.

5.181.9

ततो जालं बाणमयं विवृत्तं ।
संदृश्य भित्त्वा शरजालेन राजन्।
द्वादशेषून्प्राहिणवं रणेऽहं ।
ततः शक्तीरप्यधमं घोररूपाः ॥ ५.१८१.९ ॥

Then, seeing a net made of arrows spread out, O king, I pierced it with a net of arrows and in battle sent forth twelve arrows. Then also the lowest spears of terrible form.

5.181.10

ततो राजञ्जामदग्न्यो महात्मा ।
शक्तीर्घोरा व्याक्षिपद्धेमदण्डाः।
विचित्रिताः काञ्चनपट्टनंद्धा ।
यथा महोल्का ज्वलितास्तथा ताः ॥ ५.१८१.१० ॥

Then, O king, the great-souled son of Jamadagni hurled terrible spears with golden shafts, variegated and bound with golden bands, blazing like great meteors.

5.181.11

ताश्चाप्युग्राश्चर्मणा वारयित्वा ।
खङ्गेनाजौ पातयित्वा नरेन्द्र।
बाणैर्दिव्यैर्जामदग्न्यस्य सङ्ख्ये ।
दिव्यानश्वानभ्यवर्षं ससूतान् ॥ ५.१८१.११ ॥

And having warded off those fierce weapons with my shield, O lord of men, I felled them in battle with my sword. With the divine arrows of Jāmadagnya, in that fight, I rained down upon his divine horses along with their charioteers.

5.181.12

निर्मिक्तानां पन्नगानां सरूपा ।
दृष्ट्वा शक्तीर्हेमचित्रा निकृत्ताः ।
प्रादुश्चक्रे दिव्यमस्त्रं महात्मा ।
क्रोधाविष्टो हैहयेशममाथी ॥ ५.१८१.१२ ॥

Seeing the gold-adorned spears, which had the form of released serpents, cut down, the great-souled one, seized by anger, manifested the divine weapon that crushes the lord of the Haihayas.

5.181.13

ततः श्रेण्यः शलभानामिवोग्राः ।
समापेतुर्विशिखानां प्रदीप्ताः ।
समाचिनोच्चापि भृशं शरीरं ।
हयान्सूतं सरथं चैव मह्यम् ॥ ५.१८१.१३ ॥

Then rows of fierce, blazing arrows, like rows of locusts, came together. They covered greatly my body, the horses, the charioteer, and even me along with the chariot.

5.181.14

रथः शरैर्मे निचितः सर्वतोऽभू-
त्तथा वाहाः सारथिश्चैव राजन्।
युगं रथेषां च तथैव चक्रे ।
तथैवाक्षः शरकृत्तोऽथ भग्नः ॥ ५.१८१.१४ ॥

My chariot was covered on all sides with arrows, O king, and likewise the horses and the charioteer. The yoke, the pole, the wheels, and likewise the axle, cut by arrows, were broken.

5.181.15

ततस्तस्मिन्बाणवर्षे व्यतीते ।
शरौघेण प्रत्यवर्षं गुरुं तम्।
स विक्षतो मार्गणैर्ब्रह्मराशि-
र्देहादसक्तं मुमुचे भूरि रक्तम् ॥ ५.१८१.१५ ॥

When that rain of arrows had passed, I poured back a torrent of arrows upon that teacher. Wounded by the arrows, he, a mass of Brahman-power, let forth much blood freely from his body.

5.181.16

यथा रामो बाणजालाभितप्त-
स्तथैवाहं सुभृशं गाढविद्धः ।
ततो युद्धं व्यरमच्चापराह्णे ।
भानावस्तं प्रतियाते महीध्रम् ॥ ५.१८१.१६ ॥

Just as Rāma was scorched by the net of arrows, so too was I, deeply pierced. Then, in the afternoon, when the sun had gone down toward the mountain, the battle ceased.