Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 6.103
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6.103.1
मध्यंदिनो महाराज संग्रामः समपद्यत ।
लोकक्षयकरो रौद्रो भीष्मस्य सह सोमकैः ॥ ६.१०३.१ ॥
Great king, at midday a terrible battle arose between Bhīṣma and the Somakas, a battle that destroyed the worlds.
6.103.2
गाङ्गेयो रथिनां श्रेष्ठः पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम् ।
व्यधमन्निशितैर्बाणैः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥ ६.१०३.२ ॥
Bhīṣma, son of Gaṅgā and best of charioteers, scattered the Pāṇḍava army with sharp arrows, by hundreds and by thousands.
6.103.3
संममर्द च तत्सैन्यं पिता देवव्रतस्तव ।
मर्दयेच्च यथा राजन्सिंहः प्राप्य मृगव्रजम् ॥ ६.१०३.३ ॥
Your father Devavrata crushed that army, O king, as a lion reaching a herd of deer tramples it.
6.103.4
धृष्टद्युम्नः शिखण्डी च विराटो द्रुपदस्तथा ।
भीष्ममासाद्य समरे शरैर्जघ्नुर्महारथम् ॥ ६.१०३.४ ॥
Dhṛṣṭadyumna, Śikhaṇḍin, Virāṭa and likewise Drupada, reaching Bhīṣma in battle, struck the great charioteer with arrows.
6.103.5
धृष्टद्युम्नं ततो विद्ध्वा विराटं च शरैस्त्रिभिः ।
द्रुपदस्य च नाराचं प्रेषयामास भारत ॥ ६.१०३.५ ॥
Then, piercing Dhṛṣṭadyumna and Virāṭa with three arrows each, he sent an iron arrow at Drupada, O descendant of Bharata.
6.103.6
तेन विद्धा महेष्वासा भीष्मेणामित्रकर्शिना ।
चुक्रुधुः समरे राजन्पादस्पृष्टा इवोरगाः ॥ ६.१०३.६ ॥
Pierced by Bhīṣma, the tormentor of foes, the great archers flared up in rage in battle, O king, like serpents trodden underfoot.
6.103.7
शिखण्डी तं च विव्याध भरतानां पितामहम् ।
स्त्रीमयं मनसा ध्यात्वा नास्मै प्राहरदच्युतः ॥ ६.१०३.७ ॥
Śikhaṇḍī also struck the grandsire of the Bharatas, but the unfallen one (Arjuna), thinking of him in his mind as made of woman, did not strike at him.
6.103.8
धृष्टद्युम्नस्तु समरे क्रोधेनाग्निरिव ज्वलन् ।
पितामहं त्रिभिर्बाणैर्बाह्वोरुरसि चार्पयत् ॥ ६.१०३.८ ॥
But Dhṛṣṭadyumna, blazing like fire with anger in battle, struck the grandsire with three arrows in his arms and chest.
6.103.9
द्रुपदः पञ्चविंशत्या विराटो दशमिः शरैः ।
शिखण्डी पञ्चविंशत्या भीष्मं विव्याध सायकैः ॥ ६.१०३.९ ॥
Drupada struck Bhīṣma with twenty-five arrows, Virāṭa with ten, and Śikhaṇḍī with twenty-five arrows.
6.103.10
सोऽतिविद्धो महाराज शोणितौघपरिप्लुतः ।
वसन्ते पुष्पशबलो रक्ताशोक इवाबभौ ॥ ६.१०३.१० ॥
Sorely wounded, O great king, drenched in a flood of blood, he shone like a red aśoka tree dappled with flowers in spring.
6.103.11
तान्प्रत्यविध्यद्गाङ्गेयस्त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरजिह्मगैः ।
द्रुपदस्य च भल्लेन धनुश्चिच्छेद मारिष ॥ ६.१०३.११ ॥
The son of Gaṅgā answered them, three straight arrows each, and, O noble one, cut Drupada's bow with a crescent-headed arrow.
6.103.12
सोऽन्यत्कार्मुकमादाय भीष्मं विव्याध पञ्चभिः ।
सारथिं च त्रिभिर्बाणैः सुशितै रणमूर्धनि ॥ ६.१०३.१२ ॥
Taking up another bow, he struck Bhīṣma with five arrows, and at the head of the battle struck his charioteer with three very sharp arrows.
6.103.13
तथा भीमो महाराज द्रौपद्याः पञ्च चात्मजाः ।
केकया भ्रातरः पञ्च सात्यकिश्चैव सात्वतः ॥ ६.१०३.१३ ॥
Likewise, great king, Bhīma, Draupadī's five sons, the five brothers of the Kekaya princess, and Sātyaki, the Sātvata.
6.103.14
अभ्यद्रवन्त गाङ्गेयं युधिष्ठिरसमाज्ञया ।
प्रति रक्षणकार्यार्थं धृष्टद्युम्नमुखान्रणे ॥ ६.१०३.१४ ॥
At Yudhiṣṭhira's command they rushed at Gāṅgeya, Bhīṣma, in battle, with Dhṛṣṭadyumna at their head, for the purpose of protecting them.
6.103.15
तथैव तावकाः सर्वे भीष्मरक्षार्थमुद्यताः ।
प्रत्युद्ययुः पाण्डुसेनां सहसैन्या नराधिप ॥ ६.१०३.१५ ॥
Likewise all your men, ready to guard Bhīṣma, rushed forth with their troops to meet the Pāṇḍava army, O lord of men.
6.103.16
तत्रासीत्सुमहद्युद्धं तव तेषां च संकुलम् ।
नराश्वरथनागानां यमराष्ट्रविवर्धनम् ॥ ६.१०३.१६ ॥
There arose a very great and confused battle between your men and theirs, which swelled the realm of Yama with men, horses, chariots and elephants.
6.103.17
रथी रथिनमासाद्य प्राहिणोद्यमसादनम् ।
तथेतरान्समासाद्य नरनागाश्वसादिनः ॥ ६.१०३.१७ ॥
One charioteer, meeting another charioteer, sent him to the abode of Yama; likewise the others, meeting men, elephant-riders and horsemen, sent them there.
6.103.18
अनयन्परलोकाय शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ।
शरैश्च विविधैर्घोरैस्तत्रतत्र विशांपते ॥ ६.१०३.१८ ॥
They sent them to the other world with arrows whose shafts had bent tips, and, O lord of the people, here and there with various terrible arrows as well.
6.103.19
रथास्तु रथिभिर्हीना हतसारथयस्तथा ।
विप्रद्रुताश्वाः समरे दिशो जग्मुः समन्ततः ॥ ६.१०३.१९ ॥
Chariots bereft of their warriors, their charioteers slain, and their horses scattered in flight, they fled in every direction across the battlefield.
6.103.20
मृद्गन्तस्ते नरान्राजन्हयांश्च सुबहून्रणे ।
वातायमाना दृश्यन्ते गन्धर्वनगरोपमाः ॥ ६.१०३.२० ॥
O king, in battle they are seen trampling many men and horses, swaying in the wind like the cities of the Gandharvas.
6.103.21
रथिनश्च रथैर्हीना वर्मिणस्तेजसा युताः ।
कुण्डलोष्णीषिणः सर्वे निष्काङ्गदविभूषणाः ॥ ६.१०३.२१ ॥
Warriors bereft of their chariots, yet armored and endowed with brilliance, wearing earrings and turbans, all adorned with necklaces and armlets.
6.103.22
देवपुत्रसमाः सर्वे शौर्ये शक्रसमा युधि ।
ऋद्ध्या वैश्रवणां चाति नयेन च बृहस्पतिम् ॥ ६.१०३.२२ ॥
They were all like sons of gods, equal to Indra in valor in battle, surpassing Kubera in prosperity and even Bṛhaspati in policy.
6.103.23
सर्वलोकेश्वराः शूरास्तत्रतत्र विशांपते ।
विप्रद्रुता व्यदृश्यन्त प्राकृता इव मानवाः ॥ ६.१०३.२३ ॥
O lord of men, those heroes, lords of all the worlds, were seen scattered in flight here and there, like ordinary men.
6.103.24
दन्तिनश्च नरश्रेष्ठ हीनाः परमसादिभिः ।
मृद्गन्तः स्वान्यनीकानि निपेतुः सर्वशब्दगाः ॥ ६.१०३.२४ ॥
O best of men, elephants bereft of their great riders, trampling their own armies, rushing amid every sound, fell upon them.
6.103.25
चर्मभिश्चामरैश्चित्रैः पताकाभिश्च मारिष ।
छत्रैः सितैर्हेमदण्डैश्चामरैश्च समन्ततः ॥ ६.१०३.२५ ॥
O sir, with shields, with variegated fly-whisks and banners, with white parasols and fly-whisks with golden staves, on all sides (the army was adorned).
6.103.26
विशीर्णैर्विप्रधावन्तो दृश्यन्ते स्म दिशो दश ।
नवमेघप्रतीकाशा जलदोपमनिःस्वनाः ॥ ६.१०३.२६ ॥
Fleeing in all directions with shattered (chariots), they were seen in the ten quarters, resembling fresh clouds, with a sound like the thunder of rain-clouds.
6.103.27
तथैव दन्तिभिर्हीना गजारोहा विशांपते ।
प्रधावन्तोऽन्वदृश्यन्त तव तेषां च संकुले ॥ ६.१०३.२७ ॥
Likewise, the elephant-riders, deprived of their elephants, were seen fleeing, O lord of men, in the tumult of your men and theirs.
6.103.28
नानादेशसमुत्थांश्च तुरगान्हेमभीषितान् ।
वातायमानानद्राक्षं शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥ ६.१०३.२८ ॥
Horses born in many lands, adorned with gold, rushing like the wind, I saw by hundreds and by thousands.
6.103.29
अश्वारोहान्हतैरश्वैर्गृहीतासन्समन्ततः ।
द्रवमाणानपश्याम द्राव्यमाणांश्च संयुगे ॥ ६.१०३.२९ ॥
The horsemen, with their horses slain, were seized on all sides; we saw them fleeing and being driven off in battle.
6.103.30
गजो गजं समासाद्य द्रवमाणं महाहवे ।
ययौ प्रमृद्य तरसा पादातान्वाजिनस्तथा ।
तथैव च रथान्राजन्प्रममर्द रणे गजः ॥ ६.१०३.३० ॥
An elephant, reaching another elephant that was fleeing in the great battle, trampled it and swiftly went on, crushing foot-soldiers and horses; and likewise, O king, in battle an elephant trampled the chariots too.
6.103.31
रथाश्चैव समासाद्य पतितांस्तुरगान्भुवि ।
व्यमृद्गन्समरे राजंस्तुरगांश्च नरान्रमे ॥ ६.१०३.३१ ॥
Chariots too, attacking, crushed the horses fallen on the ground in battle, O king, and horses and men…
6.103.32
एवं ते बहुधा राजन्प्रत्यमृद्गन्परस्परम् ।
दृश्यन्तेस्म महाबाहो तत्रतत्र महाबलाः ॥ ६.१०३.३२ ॥
Thus, in many ways, they were seen crushing one another, O king; O mighty-armed one, here and there those mighty warriors…
6.103.33
तस्मिन्रौद्रे तथा युद्धे वर्तमाने महाभये ।
प्रावर्तत नदी घोरा शोमितान्त्रतरङ्गिणी ॥ ६.१०३.३३ ॥
While that dreadful battle raged on in this way, in great peril, a terrible river began to flow, its waves made of blood and entrails.
6.103.34
अस्थिसङ्घातसंबाधा केशशैवलाद्वला ।
रथह्रदा शरावर्ता हयमीना दुरासदा ॥ ६.१०३.३४ ॥
Crowded with heaps of bones, with hair for its weeds, with chariots for its pools, with arrows for its whirlpools, with horses for its fish, hard to approach.
6.103.35
शीर्षोपलसमाकीर्णा हस्तिग्राहसमाकुला ।
कवचोष्णीषफेनौघा धनुर्वेगासिकच्छपा ॥ ६.१०३.३५ ॥
Strewn with stones of heads, teeming with elephants as crocodiles, with a flood of foam of armour and turbans, with the current of bows and swords as tortoises.
6.103.36
शङ्खनक्रौघसंकीर्णा छत्रकूर्मरथोडुपा ।
पताकाध्वजवृक्षाढ्या मर्त्यकूलापहारिणी ।
क्रव्यादहंससंकीर्णा यमराष्ट्रविवर्धनी ॥ ६.१०३.३६ ॥
Thronged with conch-shell crocodiles, with umbrellas as tortoises and chariots as boats, rich with pennants and banners as trees, carrying away the banks of mortals, thronged with flesh-eating swans, increasing the realm of Yama.
6.103.37
तां नदीं क्षत्रियाः शूरा रथनागहयप्लवैः ।
प्रतेरुर्बहवो राजन्भयं त्यक्त्वा महारथाः ॥ ६.१०३.३७ ॥
O king, many heroic kṣatriyas and great chariot-warriors, abandoning fear, crossed that river using chariots, elephants and horses as rafts.
6.103.38
अपोवाह रणे भीरून्कश्मलेनाभिसंवृतान् ।
यथा वैतरणी प्रेतान्प्रेतराजपुरं प्रति ॥ ६.१०३.३८ ॥
Just as the Vaitaraṇī river carries the spirits of the dead toward the city of the lord of death, it swept away the fearful, overcome by bewilderment, in battle.
6.103.39
प्राक्रोशन्क्षत्रियास्तत्र दृष्ट्वा तद्वैशसं महत् ।
दुर्योधनापराधेन गच्छन्ति क्षत्रियाः क्षयम् ॥ ६.१०३.३९ ॥
There the warriors, seeing that great slaughter, cried out: through the fault of Duryodhana, the warriors are going to their destruction.
6.103.40
गुणवत्सु कथं द्वेषं धृतराष्ट्रो जनेश्वरः ।
कृतवान्पाण्डुपुत्रेषु पापात्मा लोभमोहितः ॥ ६.१०३.४० ॥
How did Dhṛtarāṣṭra, lord of men, come to bear hatred toward the virtuous sons of Pāṇḍu? The wicked-minded king, deluded by greed, did so.
6.103.41
एवं बहुविधा वाचः श्रूयन्ते स्म परस्परम् ।
पाण्डवस्तवसंयुक्ताः पुत्राणां ते सुदारुणाः ॥ ६.१०३.४१ ॥
Thus many kinds of words, praising the Pāṇḍavas, were heard being spoken among one another; they were most dreadful for your sons.
6.103.42
ता निशम्य ततो वाचः सर्वयोधैरुदाहृताः ।
आगस्कृत्सर्वलोकस्य पुत्रो दुर्योधनस्तव ॥ ६.१०३.४२ ॥
Having heard those words spoken by all the warriors, your son Duryodhana, the cause of offence to the whole world...
6.103.43
भीष्मं द्रोणं कृपं चैव शल्यं चोवाच भारत ।
युध्यध्वमनहंकराः किं चिरं कुरुथेति च ॥ ६.१०३.४३ ॥
O Bhārata, he also said to Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Kṛpa and Śalya: 'Fight without arrogance. Why do you delay for so long?'
6.103.44
इति दुर्योधनोत्सृष्टाः सर्वे युयुधिरे नृपाः ।
ततः प्रववृते युद्धं कुरूणां पाण्डवैः सह।
अक्षद्यूतकृतं राजन्सुघोरं वैशसं तदा ॥ ६.१०३.४४ ॥
Thus all the kings sent forth by Duryodhana fought. Then the battle between the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas began, O king, the very terrible slaughter born of the game of dice.
6.103.45
यत्पुरा न निगृह्णासि वार्यमाणो महात्मभिः ।
वैचित्रवीर्य तस्येदं फलं पश्य सुदारुणम् ॥ ६.१०३.४५ ॥
Since formerly, though warned by the great-souled ones, you did not restrain it, O son of Vicitravīrya, behold this most dreadful fruit of it.
6.103.46
न हि पाण्डुसुता राजन्ससैन्याः सपदानुगाः ।
रक्षन्ति समरे प्राणान्कौरवा वापि संयुगे ॥ ६.१०३.४६ ॥
Indeed, O king, neither the sons of Pāṇḍu with their armies and foot-soldiers and followers protect their lives in battle, nor do the Kauravas protect theirs in combat.
6.103.47
एतस्मात्कारणाद्धोरो वर्तते स्वजनक्षयः ।
दैवाद्वा पुरुषव्याघ्र तव चापनयान्नृप ॥ ६.१०३.४७ ॥
From this cause, O tiger among men, this dreadful destruction of one's own kinsmen is taking place — either by fate, or through your wrongdoing, O king.