Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.19
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5.19.1
युयुधानस्ततो वीरः सात्वतानां महारथः ।
महता चतुरङ्गेण बलेनागाद्युधिष्ठिरम् ॥ ५.१९.१ ॥
Then Yuyudhāna, the heroic great charioteer of the Sātvatas, came to Yudhiṣṭhira with a great fourfold army.
5.19.2
तस्य योधा महावीर्या नानादेशसमागताः ।
नानाप्रहरणा वीराः शोभयांचक्रिरे बलम् ॥ ५.१९.२ ॥
His warriors, of great valor, gathered from many lands, with many kinds of weapons, heroes adorned the army.
5.19.3
परश्वथैर्भिण्डिपालैः शूलतोमरमुद्गरैः ।
परिघैर्यष्टिभिः पाशैः करवालैश्च निर्मलैः ॥ ५.१९.३ ॥
With battle-axes, bhiṇḍipālas, spears, lances, maces, iron bars, staves, nooses, and bright swords.
5.19.4
खङ्गकार्मुकनिर्यूहैः शरैश्च विविधैरपि ।
तैलधौतैः प्रकाशद्भिस्तदशोभत वै बलम् ॥ ५.१९.४ ॥
With swords, bows, and formations, and with various arrows, and with oil-washed gleaming weapons, that army indeed was adorned.
5.19.5
तस्य मेघप्रकाशस्य सौवर्णौः शोभितस्य च ।
बभूव रूपं सैन्यस्य मेघस्येव सविद्युतः ॥ ५.१९.५ ॥
The appearance of that army, bright as a cloud and adorned with golden ornaments, became like a cloud with lightning.
5.19.6
अक्षौहिणी तु सा सेना तदा यौधिष्ठिरं बलम् ।
प्रविश्यान्तर्दधे राजन्सागरं कुनदी यथा ॥ ५.१९.६ ॥
That akṣauhiṇī army then entered Yudhiṣṭhira's force and vanished, O king, as the river Kunadī vanishes into the ocean.
5.19.7
तथैवाक्षौहिणीं गृह्य चेदीनामृषभो बली ।
धृष्टकेतुरुपागच्चत्पाण्डवानमितौजसः ॥ ५.१९.७ ॥
Likewise Dhṛṣṭaketu, the bull of the Cedis and mighty, took up an akṣauhiṇī and came to the Pāṇḍavas of immeasurable splendour.
5.19.8
मागधश्च जयत्सेनो जारासन्धिर्महाबलः ।
अक्षौहिण्यैव सैन्यस्य धर्मराजमुपागमत् ॥ ५.१९.८ ॥
Jayatsena, the Magadha king, mighty son of Jarāsandha, also came to the king of dharma with an akṣauhiṇī of troops.
5.19.9
तथैव पाण्ड्यो राजेन्द्र सागरानूपवासिभिः ।
वृतो बहुविधैर्योधैर्युधिष्ठिरमुपागमत् ॥ ५.१९.९ ॥
Likewise, O lord of kings, the Pāṇḍya king came to Yudhiṣṭhira, surrounded by warriors of many kinds from the sea-shore and marshlands.
5.19.10
तस्य सैन्यमतीवासीत्तस्मिन्बलसमागमे ।
प्रेक्षणीयतरं राजन्सुवेषं बलवत्तदा ॥ ५.१९.१० ॥
O king, in that gathering of forces his army was exceedingly splendid to behold, finely arrayed and strong.
5.19.11
केकयाश्च नरव्याघ्राः सोदराः पञ्च पार्थिवाः ।
संहर्षयन्तः कौन्तेयोनक्षौहिण्या समागताः ॥ ५.१९.११ ॥
The five brother princes of the Kekayas, tigers among men, came together with an akṣauhiṇī, delighting the sons of Kuntī.
5.19.12
द्रुपदस्याप्यभूत्सेना नानादेशसमागतैः ।
शोभिता पुरुषैः शूरैः पुत्रैश्चास्य महारथैः ॥ ५.१९.१२ ॥
Drupada's army too was adorned with heroic men gathered from many lands, and with his sons, great chariot-warriors.
5.19.13
तथैव राजा मत्स्यानां विराटो वाहिनीपतिः ।
पार्वतीयैर्महीपालैः सहितः पाण्डवानयात् ॥ ५.१९.१३ ॥
Likewise King Virāṭa, lord of the army of the Matsyas, went to the Pāṇḍavas accompanied by the mountain kings.
5.19.14
इतश्चेतश्च पाण्डूनां समाजग्मुर्महात्मनाम् ।
अक्षौहिण्यस्तु सप्तैव विविधध्वजसङ्कुलाः ॥ ५.१९.१४ ॥
From here and from there, seven akṣauhiṇī armies crowded with banners of many kinds gathered to the great-souled Pāṇḍavas.
5.19.15
युयुत्समानाः कुरुभिः पाण्डवान्समहर्षयन् ।
तथैव धार्तराष्ट्रस्य हर्षं समभिर्धयन् ॥ ५.१९.१५ ॥
Those eager to fight the Kurus gladdened the Pāṇḍavas, and likewise they kindled joy in the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
5.19.16
भगदत्तो महीपालः सेनामक्षौहिणीं ददौ ।
तस्य चीनैः किरातैश्च काञ्चनैरिव संवृतम् ॥ ५.१९.१६ ॥
King Bhagadatta gave an akṣauhiṇī army, surrounded by Chinese and Kirātas, as if it were made of gold.
5.19.17
बभौ बलमनाधृष्यं कर्णिकारवनं यथा ।
तथा भूरिश्रवाः शूरः शल्यश्च कुरुनन्दन ॥ ५.१९.१७ ॥
That unassailable army shone like a grove of karṇikāra trees; so too the heroes Bhūriśravas and Śalya, O joy of the Kurus.
5.19.18
दुर्योधनमुपायातावक्षौहिण्या पृथक्पृथक् ।
कृतवर्मा च हार्दिक्यो भोजान्धकुकुरैः सह ॥ ५.१९.१८ ॥
Each came to Duryodhana separately, with an akṣauhiṇī army; Kṛtavarman, son of Hṛdika, came together with the Bhojas, Andhakas and Kukuras.
5.19.19
अक्षौहिण्यैव सेनाया दुर्योधनमुपागमत् ।
तस्य तैः पुरुषव्याघ्रैर्वनमालाधरैर्बलम् ॥ ५.१९.१९ ॥
With one akṣauhiṇī of army he came to Duryodhana. In his force were tiger-among-men warriors wearing forest garlands.
5.19.20
अशोभत यथा मत्तैर्वनं प्रक्रीडितैर्गजैः ।
जयद्रथमुखाश्चान्ये सिन्धुसौवीरवासिनः ॥ ५.१९.२० ॥
As a forest shines with maddened elephants at play, so shone the dwellers of Sindhu and Sauvīra, led by Jayadratha, and the others.
5.19.21
आजग्मुः पृथिवीपालाः कम्पयन्त इवाचलान् ।
तेषामक्षौहिणी सेना बहुला विबभौ तदा ॥ ५.१९.२१ ॥
The protectors of the earth came, as if shaking the mountains. Their vast akṣauhiṇī army then shone forth.
5.19.22
विधूयमानो वातेन बहुरूप इवाम्बुदः ।
सुदक्षिणश्च काम्भोजो यवनैश्च शकैस्तथा ॥ ५.१९.२२ ॥
Like a many-formed cloud shaken by the wind, Sudakṣiṇa the Kāmboja came with the Yavanas and likewise with the Śakas.
5.19.23
उपाजगाम कौरव्यमक्षौहिण्या विशांपते ।
तस्य सेनासमावायः शलभानामिवाबभौ ॥ ५.१९.२३ ॥
O lord of men, with an akṣauhiṇī he came to the Kaurava; the gathering of his army shone like a swarm of locusts.
5.19.24
स च संप्राप्य कौरव्यं तत्रैवान्तर्दधे तदा ।
तथा महिष्मतीवासी नीलो नीलायुधैः सह ॥ ५.१९.२४ ॥
Having reached the Kaurava, he vanished right there at that time; likewise Nīla, the dweller of Māhiṣmatī, with his blue weapons.
5.19.25
महीपालो महावीर्यैर्दक्षिणापथवासिभिः ।
आवन्त्यौ च महीपालौ महाबलसुसंवृतौ ॥ ५.१९.२५ ॥
The protectors of the earth, mighty in valour and dwelling in the southern region, and the two kings of Avanti, well surrounded by great forces.
5.19.26
पृथगक्षौहिणीभ्यां तावभियातौ सुयोधनम् ।
ततस्ततस्तु सर्वेषां भूमिपानां महात्मनाम् ॥ ५.१९.२६ ॥
The two came forward separately to Suyodhana with two akṣauhiṇīs; then, from all the great-souled kings.
5.19.27
तिस्रोऽन्याः समवर्तन्त वाहिन्यो भरतर्षभ ।
एवमेकादशावृत्ताः सेना दुर्योधनस्य ताः ॥ ५.१९.२७ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, three other armies came together; thus those forces of Duryodhana assembled into eleven akṣauhiṇīs.
5.19.28
युयुत्समानाः कौन्तेयान्नानाध्वजसमाकुलाः ।
न हास्तिनपुरे राजन्नवकाशोऽभवत्तदा ॥ ५.१९.२८ ॥
Desiring to fight the sons of Kuntī, crowded with armies of many banners, O king, there was then no room left in Hāstinapura.
5.19.29
राज्ञां स्वबलमुख्यानां प्राधान्येनापि भारत ।
ततः प़ञ्चनदं चैव कृत्स्नं च कुरुजाङ्गलम् ॥ ५.१९.२९ ॥
O Bhārata, principally as the chiefs of their own forces, the kings too; then the land of the five rivers, and all of Kurujāṅgala.
5.19.30
तथा रोहितकारण्यं मरुभूमिश्च केवला ।
अहिच्छत्रं कालकूटं गङ्गाकूलं च भारत ॥ ५.१९.३० ॥
Likewise the Rohitaka forest, the sheer desert land, Ahicchatra, Kālakūṭa, and, O Bhārata, the bank of the Gaṅgā.
5.19.31
वारणं वाटधानं च यामुनश्चैव पर्वतः ।
एष देशः सुविस्तीर्णः प्रभूतधनधान्यवान् ॥ ५.१९.३१ ॥
Vāraṇa and Vāṭadhāna, and the mountain country of the Yamunā as well; this land is very extensive and rich in wealth and grain.
5.19.32
बभूव कौरवेयाणां बलेनातीव संवृतः ।
तत्र सैन्यं तथा युक्तं ददर्श स पुरोहितः ॥ ५.१९.३२ ॥
That land was thickly filled with the might of the Kauravas; there the priest saw the army drawn up and ready.
5.19.33
यः स पाञ्चालराजेन प्रेषितः कौरवान्प्रति ॥ ५.१९.३३ ॥
He was the one sent by the king of the Pāñcālas to the Kauravas.