Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.52
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5.52.1
यस्य वै नानृता वाचः कदाचिदनुशुश्रुम ।
त्रैलोक्यमपि तस्य स्याद्योद्धा यस्य धनञ्जयः ॥ ५.५२.१ ॥
Him whose words we have never heard to be false, the three worlds too might be his, whose warrior is Dhanañjaya.
5.52.2
तस्यैव च न पश्यामि युधि गाण्डीवधन्वनः ।
अनिशं चिन्तयानोऽपि यः प्रतीयाद्रथेन तम् ॥ ५.५२.२ ॥
Nor do I see anyone in battle who, though thinking of it ceaselessly, could confront him, the Gāṇḍīva-bowman, from a chariot.
5.52.3
अस्यतः कर्णिनालीकान्मार्गणान्हृदयच्छिदः ।
प्रत्येता न समः कश्चिद्युधि गाण्डीवधन्वनः ॥ ५.५२.३ ॥
Shooting barbed arrows that pierce the heart, no one in battle is equal to the Gāṇḍīva-bowman as an opponent.
5.52.4
द्रोणाकर्णौ प्रतीयातां यदि वीरौ नरर्षभौ ।
कृतास्त्रौ बलिनां श्रेष्ठौ समरेष्वपराजितौ ॥ ५.५२.४ ॥
If Droṇa and Karṇa, those two heroes, bulls among men, skilled in weapons, best of the strong, unconquered in battles, might confront him.
5.52.5
महान्स्यात्संशयो लोके न त्वस्ति विजयो मम ।
घृणी कर्णः प्रमादी च आचार्यः स्थविरो गुरुः ॥ ५.५२.५ ॥
There would be great doubt in the world, but for me there is no victory. Karṇa is compassionate and careless; the teacher is aged, a guru.
5.52.6
समर्थो बलवान्पार्थो दृढधन्वा जितक्लमः ।
भवेत्सुतुमुलं युद्धं सर्वशोऽप्यपराजयः ॥ ५.५२.६ ॥
Capable and strong, Pārtha, firm of bow, who has conquered fatigue: the battle would be terrible, and in every way he would be unconquered.
5.52.7
सर्वे ह्यस्त्रविदः शूराः सर्वे प्राप्ता महद्यशः ।
अपि सर्वामरैश्वर्यं त्यजेयुर्न पुनर्जयम् ॥ ५.५२.७ ॥
All these heroes, knowers of weapons, have all attained great fame; even if they gave up all the lordship of the immortals, they would not give up victory again.
5.52.8
वधे नूनं भवेच्छान्तिस्तयोर्वा फाल्गुनस्य च ।
न तु हन्तार्जुनस्यास्ति जेता चास्य न विद्यते ॥ ५.५२.८ ॥
Surely peace would come through the slaying of those two, or of Phālguna; but there is no slayer of Arjuna, and no conqueror of him is to be found.
5.52.9
मन्युस्तस्य कथं शाम्येन्मन्दान्प्रति य उत्थितः ।
अन्येऽप्यस्त्राणि जानन्ति जीयन्ते च जयन्ति च।
एकान्तविजयस्त्वेव श्रूयते फाल्गुनस्य ह ॥ ५.५२.९ ॥
How would his anger, risen against those fools, be calmed? Others too know weapons; they are defeated and they conquer; yet the victory of Phālguna is heard of as entirely one-sided.
5.52.10
त्रयस्त्रिंशत्समाहूय खाण्डवेऽग्निमतर्पयत् ।
जिगाय च सुरान्सर्वान्नास्य विद्मः पराजयम् ॥ ५.५२.१० ॥
Having summoned the thirty-three gods, he satisfied the fire at Khāṇḍava; he conquered all the gods, and we know no defeat of his.
5.52.11
यस्य यन्ता हृषीकेशः शीलवृत्तसमो युधि ।
ध्रुवस्तस्य जयस्तात यथेन्द्रस्य जयस्तथा ॥ ५.५२.११ ॥
He whose charioteer is Hṛṣīkeśa, who in battle is equal to him in character and conduct, dear son, his victory is certain, just as the victory of Indra.
5.52.12
कृष्णावेकरथे यत्तावधिज्यं गाण्डिवं धनुः ।
युगपत्रीणि तेजांसि समेतान्यनुशुश्रुम ॥ ५.५२.१२ ॥
The two Kṛṣṇas are seated, ready, on one chariot, with the Gāṇḍīva bow strung; we have heard that three splendours have come together at once.
5.52.13
नैवास्ति नो धनुस्तदृङ्व योद्धा न च सारथिः ।
तच्च मन्दा न जानन्ति दुर्योधनवशानुगाः । ॥ ५.५२.१३ ॥
We have no bow like that, no warrior like that, nor a charioteer. The fools who follow under Duryodhana's sway do not know this.
5.52.14
शेषयेदशनिर्दीप्तो विपतन्मूर्ध्नि सञ्जय ।
न तु शेषं शरास्तात कुर्युरस्ताः किरीटिना ॥ ५.५२.१४ ॥
O Sañjaya, just as a blazing thunderbolt falling on the head leaves nothing behind, so, dear one, the arrows shot by the diadem-wearer will leave nothing behind.
5.52.15
अपि चास्यन्निवाभाति निघ्नन्निव धनञ्जयः ।
उद्धरन्निव कायेभ्यः शिरांसि शरवृष्टिभिः ॥ ५.५२.१५ ॥
Dhanañjaya appears as if shooting and striking, as if lifting the heads from the bodies with his showers of arrows.
5.52.16
अपि बाणमयं तेजः प्रदीप्तमिव सर्वतः ।
गाण्डीवोत्थं दहेताजौ पुत्राणां मम वाहिनी ॥ ५.५२.१६ ॥
That blaze made of arrows, blazing on all sides, arising from the Gāṇḍīva, would burn the army of my sons in battle.
5.52.17
अपि सा रथघोषेण भयार्ता सव्यसाचिनः ।
वित्रस्ता बहुधा सेना भारती प्रतिभाति मे ॥ ५.५२.१७ ॥
Is it not that the Bhāratī army, afflicted with fear by the roar of the chariot of the left-handed archer, terrified in many ways, appears so to me?
5.52.18
यथा कक्षं महानग्निः प्रदहेत्सर्वतश्चरन् ।
महार्चिरनिलोद्धूतस्तद्वद्धक्ष्यति मामकान् ॥ ५.५२.१८ ॥
As a great fire, moving everywhere, burns the dry grass of the forest, so the great flame stirred by the wind will burn my own men.
5.52.19
यदोद्वमन्निशितान्बाणसङ्घां-
स्तानाततायी समरे किरीटी।
सृष्टोऽन्तकः सर्वहरो विधात्रा ।
यथा भवेत्तद्वदपारणीयः ॥ ५.५२.१९ ॥
When the aggressor, the diadem-wearer, in battle pours forth clusters of sharp arrows, he will be unendurable, like Death, the all-destroyer, released by the creator.
5.52.20
यदा हयभीक्ष्णं सुबुहून्प्रकारान् ।
श्रोतास्मि तानावसथे कुरूणाम्।
तेषां समन्ताच्च तथा रणाग्रे ।
क्षयः किलायं भरतानुपैति ॥ ५.५२.२० ॥
When I constantly hear, in my dwelling, many kinds of news concerning the horses of the Kurus, and destruction truly comes upon the Bharatas from all sides, from their side at the front of battle.