Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.51
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5.51.1
सर्व एते महोत्साहा ये त्वया परिकीर्तिताः ।
एकतस्त्वेव ते सर्वे समेता भीम एकतः ॥ ५.५१.१ ॥
Sañjaya, all these men of great vigour whom you have named are gathered on one side, while Bhīma stands on the other.
5.51.2
भीमसेनाद्धि मे भूयो भयं सञ्जायते महत् ।
क्रुद्धादमर्षणात्तात व्याघ्रादिव महारुरोः ॥ ५.५१.२ ॥
My son, from Bhīmasena, angry and intolerant, I feel a still greater fear, as a great ruru deer fears a tiger.
5.51.3
जागर्मि रात्रयः सर्वा दीर्घमुष्णं च निःश्वसन् ।
भीतो वृकोदरात्तात सिंहात्पशुरिवापरः ॥ ५.५१.३ ॥
My son, fearing Vṛkodara, I lie awake through all the nights, sighing long and hot, like another beast frightened of a lion.
5.51.4
न हि तस्य महाबाहोः शक्रप्रतिमतेजसः ।
सैन्येऽस्मिन्प्रतिपश्यामि य एनं विषहेद्युधि ॥ ५.५१.४ ॥
I see no one in this army who could withstand that mighty-armed one, whose splendour is like Indra's, in battle.
5.51.5
अमर्षणश्च कौन्तेयो दृढवैरश्च पाण्डवः ।
अनर्महासी सोन्मादस्तिर्यक्प्रेक्षी महास्वनः ॥ ५.५१.५ ॥
The intolerant son of Kuntī, the Pāṇḍava firm in enmity, who does not laugh even in jest, frenzied, looking sideways, loud of voice.
5.51.6
महावेगो महोत्साहो महाबाहुर्महाबलः ।
मन्दानां मम पुत्राणां युद्धेनान्तं करिष्यति ॥ ५.५१.६ ॥
Of great speed, great vigour, mighty-armed and of great strength, he will bring an end to my foolish sons through battle.
5.51.7
उरुग्राहगृहीतानां गदां बिभ्रद्वृकोदरः ।
कुरूणामृषभो युद्धे दण्डपाणिरिवान्तकः ॥ ५.५१.७ ॥
For those seized in the grip of the thighs, Vṛkodara bearing the mace, in battle the bull among the Kurus, like Antaka with staff in hand.
5.51.8
अष्टाश्रिमायसीं घोरां गदां काञ्चनभूषणाम् ।
मनसाहं प्रपश्यामि ब्रह्मदण्डमिवोद्यतम् ॥ ५.५१.८ ॥
The terrible iron mace with eight corners, adorned with gold, I see in my mind, like the Brahman's staff raised aloft.
5.51.9
यथा मृगाणां यूथेषु सिंहो जातबलश्चरेत् ।
मामकेषु तथा भीमो बलेषु विचरिष्यति ॥ ५.५१.९ ॥
As a lion, grown strong, roams among herds of deer, so Bhīma will roam among my forces.
5.51.10
सर्वेषां मम पुत्राणां स एकः क्रूरविक्रमः ।
बह्वाशी विप्रतीपश्च बाल्येपि रभसः सदा ॥ ५.५१.१० ॥
Of all my sons, he alone has cruel valor: a great eater, hostile, and always fierce even in childhood.
5.51.11
उद्वेपते मे हृदयं ये मे दुर्योधनादयः ।
बाल्येऽपि तेन युद्ध्यन्तो वारणेनेव मर्दिताः ॥ ५.५१.११ ॥
My heart trembles: my sons, Duryodhana and the rest, when they fought with him even in childhood, were crushed as if by an elephant.
5.51.12
तस्य वीर्येण संक्लिष्टा नित्यमेव सुता मम ।
स एव हेतुर्भेदस्य भीमो भीमपराक्रमः ॥ ५.५१.१२ ॥
By his valor my sons have always been distressed. He alone is the cause of the rift: Bhīma, of terrible prowess.
5.51.13
ग्रसमानमनीकानि नरवारणवाजिनाम् ।
पश्यामीवाग्रतो भीमं क्रोधमूर्छितमाहवे ॥ ५.५१.१३ ॥
I seem to see Bhīma before me, devouring the armies of men, elephants and horses, swooning with wrath in battle.
5.51.14
अस्त्रे द्रोणार्जुनसमं वायुवेगसमं जवे ।
महेश्वरसमं क्रोधे को हन्याद्भीममाहवे ॥ ५.५१.१४ ॥
Equal to Droṇa and Arjuna in weapons, equal to the wind in speed, equal to Maheśvara in wrath — who could slay Bhīma in battle?
5.51.15
सञ्जयाचक्ष्व मे शूरं भीमसेनममर्षणम् ।
… येऽहं यत्तेन रिपुघातिना ।
… सर्वे पुत्राः मम मनस्विना ॥ ५.५१.१५ ॥
Sañjaya, describe to me the hero Bhīmasena, the intolerant one… by that striving slayer of foes, I … all my sons … by the high-minded one.
5.51.16
येन भीमबला यक्षा राक्षसाश्च पुरा हताः ।
कथं तस्य रणे वेगं मानुषः प्रसहिष्यति ॥ ५.५१.१६ ॥
By whom the terribly strong yakṣas and rākṣasas were slain of old — how will a mortal man withstand the onslaught of him in battle?
5.51.17
न स जातु वशे तस्थौ मम बाल्येऽपि सञ्जय ।
किं पुनर्मम दुष्पुत्रैः क्लिष्टः संप्रति पाण्डवः ॥ ५.५१.१७ ॥
Sañjaya, he never stood under my control, even in my childhood — how much less now, the Pāṇḍava troubled by my wicked sons?
5.51.18
निष्ठुरो रोषणोऽत्यर्थं भज्येतापि न संनमेत् ।
तिर्यक्प्रेक्षीं संहतभ्रूः कथं शाम्येद्वृकोदरः ॥ ५.५१.१८ ॥
He is harsh and exceedingly wrathful; he would break rather than bend. How will Vṛkodara be appeased, looking askance with knitted brows?
5.51.19
शूरस्तथाऽप्रतिबलो गौरस्ताल इवोन्नतः ।
प्रमाणतो भीमसेनः प्रादेशेनाधिकोऽर्जुनात् ॥ ५.५१.१९ ॥
He is brave, having no equal in strength, fair and tall as a palm tree. In stature Bhīmasena exceeds Arjuna by a span.
5.51.20
जवेन वाजिनोऽत्येति बलेनान्त्येति कुञ्जरान् ।
अव्यक्तजल्पी मध्वक्षो मध्यमः पाण्डवो बली ॥ ५.५१.२० ॥
In speed he outstrips horses, in strength he overcomes elephants. Speaking indistinctly, honey-eyed, the middle Pāṇḍava is mighty.
5.51.21
इति बाल्ये श्रुतः पूर्वं मया व्यासमुखात्पुरा ।
रूपतो वीर्यतश्चैव याथातथ्येन पाण्डवः ॥ ५.५१.२१ ॥
Thus, long ago in childhood, I heard from the mouth of Vyāsa; in form and in valour, the Pāṇḍava is truly so.
5.51.22
आयसेन स दण्डेन रथन्नागान्नरान्हयान् ।
हनिष्यति रणे क्रुद्धो रौद्रः क्रूरपराक्रमः ॥ ५.५१.२२ ॥
Enraged in battle, with his iron club he will slay chariots, elephants, men and horses. He is fierce, of cruel prowess.
5.51.23
अमर्षी नित्यसंरब्धो भीमः प्रहरतां वरः ।
मया तात प्रतीपानि कुर्वन्पूर्वं विमानितः ॥ ५.५१.२३ ॥
Bhīma is impatient, always inflamed, the best of strikers. Dear one, formerly I myself, by acting as an adversary, dishonoured him.
5.51.24
निष्कर्णामायसीं स्थूलां सुपार्श्वां काञ्चनीं गदाम् ।
शतघ्नीं शतनिर्हादां कथं शक्ष्यन्ति मे सुताः ॥ ५.५१.२४ ॥
With its ears gone, the iron, heavy, fine-sided golden mace, and the hundred-killer, hundred-roaring shataghnī — how will my sons be able to withstand these?
5.51.25
अपारमप्लवागाधं समुद्रं शरवेधनम् ।
भीमसेनमयं दुर्गं तात मन्दास्तितीर्षवः ॥ ५.५१.२५ ॥
Dear son, that ocean made of Bhīmasena is boundless, without raft or bottom, piercing arrows; fools who wish to cross it.
5.51.26
क्रोशतो मे न श्रृण्वन्ति बालाः पण्डितमानिनः ।
विषमं न हि मन्यन्ते प्रापतं मधुदर्शिनः ॥ ५.५१.२६ ॥
Though I cry out, those fools who think themselves wise do not listen; they do not consider the approaching peril grave, seeing only honey.
5.51.27
संयुगे ये गमिष्यन्ति नररूपेण मृत्युना ।
नियतं चोदिता धात्रा सिंहेनेव महामृगाः ॥ ५.५१.२७ ॥
Those who in battle go to death in human form, surely impelled by the creator, like great deer driven by a lion.
5.51.28
शैक्यां तात चतुष्किष्कुं षडश्रिममितौजसम् ।
प्रहितां दुःखसंस्पर्शां कथं शक्ष्यन्ति मे सुताः ॥ ५.५१.२८ ॥
Dear son, that stone-made mace, four cubits long, six-edged, of immeasurable might, hurled, painful even to touch — how will my sons endure it?
5.51.29
गदां भ्रामयतस्तस्य भिन्दतो हस्तिमस्तकान् ।
सृक्किणी लेलिहानस्य बाष्पमुत्सृजतो मुहुः ॥ ५.५१.२९ ॥
His mace, as he whirls it, splits elephant heads, licks its lips, and again and again sheds tears (blood).
5.51.30
उद्दिश्य नागान्पततः कुर्वतो भैरवान्रवान् ।
प्रतीपं पततो मत्तान्कुञ्जरान्प्रति गर्जतः ॥ ५.५१.३० ॥
Falling upon the elephants, roaring terribly, rushing head-on at the maddened elephants, roaring at them — his mace.
5.51.31
विगाह्य रथमार्गेषु वरानुद्दिश्य निघ्नतः ।
अग्नेः प्रज्वलितस्येव अपि मुच्येत मे प्रजा ॥ ५.५१.३१ ॥
Plunging into the paths of the chariots, striking down the best warriors like a blazing fire — could even my people be spared from him?
5.51.32
वीथीं कुर्वन्महाबाहुर्द्रावयन्मम वाहिनीम् ।
नृत्यन्निव गदापाणिर्युगान्तं दर्शयिष्यति ॥ ५.५१.३२ ॥
The great-armed one, making a path and scattering my army, will show the end of the age, dancing with a mace in his hand.
5.51.33
प्रभिन्न इव मातङ्गः प्रभञ्जन्पुष्पितान्द्रुमान् ।
प्रवेक्ष्यति रणे सेनां पुत्राणां मे वृकोदरः ॥ ५.५१.३३ ॥
Like a rutting elephant breaking flowering trees, Vṛkodara will enter my sons' army in battle.
5.51.34
कुर्वन्रथान्विपुरुषान्विसारथिहयध्वजान् ।
आरुजन्पुरुषव्याघ्रो रथिनः सादिनस्तथा ॥ ५.५१.३४ ॥
Breaking chariots, their men and charioteers gone, with horses and banners, the tiger among men will also break the chariot-fighters and horsemen.
5.51.35
गङ्गावेग इवानूपांस्तीरजान्विविधान्द्रुमान् ।
प्रभङ्क्ष्यति रणे सेनां पुत्राणां मम सञ्जय ॥ ५.५१.३५ ॥
Like the force of the Gaṅgā, uprooting the lowlands of the banks and the many trees growing on the shore, he will break down my sons' army in battle, O Sañjaya.
5.51.36
वधं नूनं गमिष्यन्ति भीमसेनभयार्दिताः ।
मम पुत्राश्च भृत्याश्च राजानश्चैव सञ्जय ॥ ५.५१.३६ ॥
Tormented by fear of Bhīmasena, my sons, servants and kings will surely go to death, O Sañjaya.
5.51.37
येन राजा महावीर्यः प्रविश्यान्तःपुरं पुरा ।
वासुदेवसहायेन जरासन्धो निपातितः ॥ ५.५१.३७ ॥
By whom, with Vāsudeva as his companion, having entered the inner palace long ago, the mighty king Jarāsandha was struck down.
5.51.38
कृत्स्नेयं पृथिवी देवी जरासन्धेन धीमता ।
मागधेन्द्रेण बलिना वशे कृत्वा प्रतापिता ॥ ५.५१.३८ ॥
This entire earth goddess, having been brought under control by the wise and mighty lord of Magadha Jarāsandha, was tormented.
5.51.39
भीष्मप्रतापात्कुरवो नयेनान्धकवृष्णयः ।
यन्न तस्य वशे जग्मुः केवलं दैवमेव तत् ॥ ५.५१.३९ ॥
That the Kurus and the Andhaka-Vṛṣṇis did not fall under his sway was owed to the might and policy of Bhīṣma; it was indeed nothing but fate.
5.51.40
स गत्वा पाण्डुपुत्रेण तरसा बाहुशालिना ।
अनायुधेन वीरेण निहतः किं ततोऽधिकम् ॥ ५.५१.४० ॥
Having gone to the son of Pāṇḍu, he was forcibly slain, unarmed, by that mighty-armed hero; what could be more than this?
5.51.41
दीर्घकालसमासक्तं विशमाशीविषो यथा ।
स मोक्ष्यति रणे तेजः पुत्रेषु मम सञ्जय ॥ ५.५१.४१ ॥
As a serpent releases poison long held within, so will he, O Sañjaya, release his fury upon my sons in battle.
5.51.42
महेन्द्र इव वज्रेण दानवान्देवसत्तमः ।
भीमसेनो गदापाणिः सूदयिष्यति मे सुतान् ॥ ५.५१.४२ ॥
As the best of gods, great Indra, destroys the Dānavas with his thunderbolt, so Bhīmasena, with mace in hand, will destroy my sons.
5.51.43
अविषह्यमनावार्यं तीव्रवेगपराक्रमम् ।
पश्यामीवातिताम्राक्षमापतन्तं वृकोदरम् ॥ ५.५१.४३ ॥
I see Vṛkodara, irresistible and unassailable, of swift and fierce valour, with very red eyes, rushing upon us.
5.51.44
अगदस्याप्यधनुषो विरथस्य विवर्मणः ।
बाहुभ्यां युध्यमानस्य कस्तिष्ठेदग्रतः पुमान् ॥ ५.५१.४४ ॥
Before one who fights with his arms alone, without bow, chariot or armour, though himself unwounded, what man could stand?
5.51.45
भीष्मो द्रोणश्च विप्रोऽयं कृपः शारद्वतस्तथा ।
जान्त्येते यथैवहं वीर्यज्ञस्तस्य धीमतः ॥ ५.५१.४५ ॥
Bhīṣma, Droṇa, this brahmin Kṛpa, and Śāradvata likewise know, as I do, the prowess of that wise one.
5.51.46
आर्यव्रतं तु जानन्तः सङ्गरान्तं विधित्सवः ।
सेनामुखेषु स्थास्यन्ति मामकानां नरर्षभाः ॥ ५.५१.४६ ॥
Knowing the noble vow, desirous of bringing the battle to its end, the bulls among men on my side will stand at the front ranks of the army.
5.51.47
बलीयः सर्वतो दिष्टं पुरुषस्य विशेषतः ।
पश्यन्नपि जयं तेषां न नियच्छामि यत्सुतान् ॥ ५.५१.४७ ॥
Fate is stronger in every way, especially for a man; even seeing their victory, I do not restrain my sons.
5.51.48
ते पुराणं महेष्वासा मार्गमैन्द्रं समास्थिताः ।
त्यक्ष्यन्ति तुमुले प्राणान्रक्षन्तः पार्थिवं यशः ॥ ५.५१.४८ ॥
Those great archers, having taken up the ancient path of Indra, protecting the royal glory, will give up their lives in this terrible tumult.
5.51.49
यथैषां मामकास्तात तथैषां पाण्डवा अपि ।
पौत्रा भीष्मस्य शिष्याश्च द्रोणस्य च कृपस्य च ॥ ५.५१.४९ ॥
Dear one, just as they have my people, so they also have the Pāṇḍavas: the grandsons of Bhīṣma and the disciples of Droṇa and Kṛpa.
5.51.50
ये त्वस्मदाश्रयं किञ्चिद्दत्तमिष्टं च सञ्जय ।
तस्यापचितिमार्यत्वात्कर्तारः स्थविरास्त्रयः ॥ ५.५१.५० ॥
Sañjaya, whoever under our protection has made some gift or offering, three elders will repay it, out of nobility.
5.51.51
आददानस्य शस्त्रं हि क्षत्रधर्मं परीप्सतः ।
निधनं क्षत्रियस्याजौ वरमेवाद्दुरुत्तमम् ॥ ५.५१.५१ ॥
For a warrior who takes up arms and seeks to uphold the duty of the kṣatriya, death in battle is indeed the most excellent of all.
5.51.52
स वै शोचामि सर्वान्वै ये युयुत्सन्ति पाण्डवैः ।
विक्रुष्टं विदुरोणादौ तदेतद्भयमागतम् ॥ ५.५१.५२ ॥
I grieve for all those who wish to fight against the Pāṇḍavas. The lament raised at the outset among Vidura and Droṇa, that very fear has now come upon us.
5.51.53
न तु मन्ये विघाताय ज्ञानं दुःखस्य सञ्जय ।
भवत्यतिबलं ह्येतज्ज्ञानस्याप्युपघातकम् ॥ ५.५१.५३ ॥
Sañjaya, I do not think knowledge is enough to destroy sorrow. This sorrow is very strong, and it becomes a destroyer even of knowledge.
5.51.54
ऋषयो ह्यपि निर्मुक्ताः पश्यन्तो लोकसङ्ग्रहान् ।
सुखैर्भवन्ति सुखिनस्तथा दुःखेन दुःखिताः ॥ ५.५१.५४ ॥
Even sages, though freed, seeing the welfare of the world, become happy with happiness and sorrowful with sorrow.
5.51.55
किं पुनर्मोहमासक्तस्तत्र तत्र सहस्रधा ।
पुत्रेषु राज्यदारेषु पौत्रेष्वपि च बन्धुषु ॥ ५.५१.५५ ॥
How much more, then, would one who is attached in a thousand ways through delusion be attached to sons, kingdom and wives, to grandsons, and to kinsmen?
5.51.56
संशये तु महत्यस्मिन्किं नु मे क्षममुत्तरम् ।
विनाशं ह्येव पश्यामि कुरूणामनुचिन्ततयन् ॥ ५.५१.५६ ॥
In this great doubt, what answer is fitting for me? I see only the destruction of the Kurus as I reflect on it.
5.51.57
द्यूतप्रमुखमाभाति कुरूणां व्यसनं महत् ।
मन्देनैश्वर्यकामेन लोभात्पापमिदं कृतम् ॥ ५.५१.५७ ॥
The great calamity that has come upon the Kurus appears to have dice-play at its head. Out of greed, the foolish man who desired power committed this sin.
5.51.58
मन्ये पर्यायधर्मोऽयं कालस्यात्यन्तगामिनः ।
चक्रे प्रधिरिवासक्तो नास्य शक्यं पलायितुम् ॥ ५.५१.५८ ॥
I think this is the turning law of ever-moving time. Like the rim fixed to a wheel, one cannot escape from it.
5.51.59
किं नु कुर्यां कथं कुर्यां क्व नु गच्छामि सञ्जय ।
एते नश्यन्ति कुरवो मन्दाः कालवशं गताः ॥ ५.५१.५९ ॥
O Sañjaya, what should I do now, how should I act, where should I go? These foolish Kurus are perishing, gone under the power of time.
5.51.60
अवशोऽहं तदा तात पुत्राणां निहते शते ।
श्रोष्यामि निनदं स्त्रीणां कथं मां मरणं स्पृशेत् ॥ ५.५१.६० ॥
Dear one, when my hundred sons are slain, I shall be powerless and hear the wailing of the women. How then would death not touch me?
5.51.61
यथा निदाघे ज्वलनः समद्धो ।
दहेत्कक्षं वायुना चोद्यमानः ।
गदाहस्तः पाण्डवो वै तथैव ।
हन्ता मदीयान्सहितोऽर्जुनेन ॥ ५.५१.६१ ॥
As a blazing fire in the summer heat, driven by the wind, burns the thicket, so will Pāṇḍava Bhīma, mace in hand, together with Arjuna, slay my people.