Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 6.104
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6.104.1
अर्जुनस्तान्नरव्याघ्रः सुशर्मानुचरान्नृपान् ।
अनयत्प्रेतराजस्य सदनं सायकैः शितैः ॥ ६.१०४.१ ॥
Arjuna, tiger among men, sent those kings, the followers of Suśarman, to the abode of the king of the dead with sharp arrows.
6.104.2
सुशर्मापि ततो बाणैः पार्थं विव्याध संयुगे ।
वासुदेवं च सप्तत्या पार्थं च नवभिः पुनः ॥ ६.१०४.२ ॥
Then Suśarman, too, struck Pārtha in battle with arrows: Vāsudeva with seventy, and Pārtha again with nine.
6.104.3
तं निवार्य शरौघेण सक्रुसूनुर्महारथः ।
सुशर्मणो रणे योधान्प्राहिणोद्यमसादनम् ॥ ६.१०४.३ ॥
Checking him with a torrent of arrows, the great charioteer, Kuntī's son, sent Suśarman's warriors to the abode of Yama in battle.
6.104.4
ते वध्यमानाः पार्थेन कालेनेव युगक्षये ।
व्यद्रवन्त रणे राजन्भये जाते महारथाः ॥ ६.१०४.४ ॥
O king, those great charioteers, being slain by Pārtha as if by Time at the end of an age, fled from the battle when fear arose.
6.104.5
उत्सृज्य तुरगान्केचिद्रथान्केचिच्च मारिष ।
गजानन्ये समुत्सृज्य प्राद्रवन्त दिशो दश ॥ ६.१०४.५ ॥
Some abandoned their horses, some their chariots, O sir, and others their elephants, and they fled in the ten directions.
6.104.6
अपरे तु तदादाय वाजिनागरथान्रणे ।
त्वरया परया युक्ताः प्राद्रवन्त विशांपते ॥ ६.१०४.६ ॥
But others, taking up their horses, elephants and chariots, fled from the battle with the utmost haste, O lord of men.
6.104.7
पादाताश्चापि शस्त्राणि समुत्सृज्य महारणे ।
निरपेक्षा व्यधावन्त तेनतेन स्म भारत ॥ ६.१०४.७ ॥
Even the foot-soldiers, casting away their weapons in the great battle, ran off in every direction, regardless, O descendant of Bharata.
6.104.8
वार्यमाणाः सुबहुशस्त्रैगर्तेन सुशर्मणा ।
तथान्यैः पार्थिवश्रेष्ठैर्न व्यतिष्ठन्त संयुगे ॥ ६.१०४.८ ॥
Though restrained with many weapons by the Gartha king Suśarman and the other foremost kings, they did not stand firm in battle.
6.104.9
तद्बलं प्रद्रुतं दृष्ट्वा पुत्रो दुर्योधनस्तव ।
पुरस्कृत्य रणे भीष्मं सर्वसैन्यपुरस्कृतः ॥ ६.१०४.९ ॥
Seeing that army fleeing, your son Duryodhana, placing Bhīṣma before him in battle, led all the troops forward.
6.104.10
सर्वोद्योगेन महता धनञ्जयमुपाद्रवत् ।
त्रिगर्ताधिपतेरर्थे जीवितस्य विशांपते ॥ ६.१०४.१० ॥
With all their great effort, for the sake of the life of the lord of the Trigartas, they attacked Dhanañjaya, O lord of men.
6.104.11
स एकः समरे तस्थौ किरन्बहुविधाञ्शरान् ।
भ्रातृभिः सहितः सर्वैः शेषा हि प्रद्रुता नराः ॥ ६.१०४.११ ॥
He alone stood firm in battle, scattering arrows of many kinds, together with all his brothers; the rest of the men had fled.
6.104.12
तथैव पाण्डवा राजन्सर्वोद्योगेन दंशिताः ।
प्रययुः फल्गुनार्थाय यत्र भीष्मो व्यतिष्ठत ॥ ६.१०४.१२ ॥
Likewise, O king, the Pāṇḍavas, armored with all their effort, advanced for the sake of Phalguna to the place where Bhīṣma stood.
6.104.13
ज्ञायमाना रणे वीर्यं घोरं गाण्डीवधन्वनः ।
हाहाकारकृतोत्साहा भीष्मं जग्मुः समन्ततः ॥ ६.१०४.१३ ॥
Recognizing the terrible valor of the Gāṇḍīva-bowman in battle, they rushed toward Bhīṣma from every side, eager and crying out in dismay.
6.104.14
ततस्तालध्वजः शूरः पाण्डवानां वरूथिनीम् ।
छादयामास समरे शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥ ६.१०४.१४ ॥
Then the hero with the palm-tree banner covered the Pāṇḍava host in battle with arrows whose joints were bent.
6.104.15
एकीभूतास्ततः सर्वे कुरवः सह पाण्डवैः ।
अयुध्यन्त महाराज मध्यं प्राप्ते दिवाकरे ॥ ६.१०४.१५ ॥
Then all the Kurus, united together with the Pāṇḍavas, fought, O great king, when the sun had reached midday.
6.104.16
सात्यकिः कृतवर्माणं विद्ध्वा पञ्चभिराशुगैः ।
अतिष्ठदाहवे शूरः किरन्बाणान्सहस्रशः ॥ ६.१०४.१६ ॥
Having pierced Kṛtavarman with five swift arrows, the hero Sātyaki stood in battle, scattering arrows by the thousand.
6.104.17
तथैव द्रुपदो राजा द्रोणं विद्ध्वा शितैः शरैः ।
पुनर्विव्याध सप्तत्या सारथिं चास्य पञ्चभिः ॥ ६.१०४.१७ ॥
Likewise King Drupada, having pierced Droṇa with sharp arrows, again wounded him with seventy and his charioteer with five.
6.104.18
भीमसेनस्तु राजानं बाह्लीकं प्रपितामहम् ।
विद्ध्वा नदन्महानादं शार्दूल इव कानने ॥ ६.१०४.१८ ॥
But Bhīmasena, having pierced King Bāhlīka, the great-grandsire, roared a mighty roar like a tiger in the forest.
6.104.19
आर्जुनिश्चित्रसेनेन विद्धो बहुभिरशुगैः ।
अतिष्ठदाहवे शूरः किरन्बाणान्सहस्रशः।
चित्रसेनं त्रिभिर्बाणैर्विव्याध समरे भृशम् ॥ ६.१०४.१९ ॥
Struck by many swift arrows from Citrasena, the heroic son of Arjuna stood firm in battle, scattering arrows by the thousand. In the fight he pierced Citrasena fiercely with three arrows.
6.104.20
समागतौ तौ तु रणे महामात्रौ व्यरोचताम् ।
यथा दिवि महाघोरौ राजन्बुधशनैश्चरौ ॥ ६.१०४.२० ॥
Those two great warriors who met in battle shone like two most terrible planets in the sky, O king: Mercury and Saturn.
6.104.21
तस्याश्वांश्चतुरो हत्वा सूतं च नवभिः शरैः ।
ननाद बलवान्नादं सौभद्रः परवीरहा ॥ ६.१०४.२१ ॥
Having slain his four horses and struck his charioteer with nine arrows, the mighty son of Subhadrā, slayer of enemy heroes, let out a roar.
6.104.22
हताश्वात्तु रथात्तूर्णं सोऽवप्लुत्य महारथः ।
आरुरोह रथं तूर्णं दुर्मुखस्य विशांपते ॥ ६.१०४.२२ ॥
Then the great charioteer, his horses slain, swiftly leapt down from his chariot and at once mounted the chariot of Durmukha, O lord of the people.
6.104.23
द्रोणश्च द्रुपदं भित्त्वा शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ।
सारथिं चास्य विव्याध त्वरमाणः पराक्रमी ॥ ६.१०४.२३ ॥
Droṇa, pierced Drupada with arrows of bent joints, and swiftly and valiantly wounded his charioteer as well.
6.104.24
पीड्यमानस्ततो राजा द्रुपदो वाहिनीमुखे ।
अपायाज्जवनैरश्वैः पूर्ववैरमनुस्मरन् ॥ ६.१०४.२४ ॥
Then King Drupada, afflicted, withdrew from the front of the army on swift horses, remembering his former enmity.
6.104.25
भीमसेनस्तु राजानं मुहूर्तादिव बाह्लिकम् ।
व्यश्वसूतरथं चक्रे सर्वसैन्यस्य पश्यतः ॥ ६.१०४.२५ ॥
But Bhīmasena, in a moment, left king Bāhlīka's chariot without horses or charioteer, while the whole army looked on.
6.104.26
ससंभ्रमो महाराज संशयं परमं गतः ॥ ६.१०४.२६ ॥
Greatly agitated, great king, he fell into supreme peril.
6.104.27
अवप्लुत्य ततो वाहाद्बाह्लीकः पुरुषोत्तमः ।
आरुरह रथं तूर्णं लक्ष्मणस्य महारणे ॥ ६.१०४.२७ ॥
Then Bāhlīka, best of men, leapt down from his vehicle and swiftly mounted the chariot of Lakṣmaṇa in the great battle.
6.104.28
सात्यकिः कृतवर्माणं वारयित्वा महारणे ।
शरैर्बहुविधै राजन्नाससाद पितामहम् ॥ ६.१०४.२८ ॥
Sātyaki, having checked Kṛtavarman in the great battle, O king, approached the grandsire with arrows of many kinds.
6.104.29
स विद्ध्वा भारतं षष्ट्या निशितै रोमवाहिभिः ।
नृत्यन्निव रथोपस्थे विधुन्वानो महद्धनुः ॥ ६.१०४.२९ ॥
Piercing the Bhārata with sixty sharp feathered arrows, he shook his great bow, as if dancing upon the floor of the chariot.
6.104.30
तस्यायसीं महाशक्तिं चिक्षेपाथ पितामहः ।
हेमचित्रां महावेगां नागकन्योपमां शुभाम् ॥ ६.१०४.३० ॥
Then the grandsire hurled at him an iron great spear, adorned with gold, of great speed, splendid like a serpent-maiden.
6.104.31
तामापतन्तीं सहसा मृत्युकल्पां सुदुर्जयाम् ।
व्यंसयामास वार्ष्णेयो लाघवेन महायशाः ॥ ६.१०४.३१ ॥
That spear, suddenly hurtling at him, like death itself and very hard to conquer, the far-famed Vārṣṇeya deflected with agility.
6.104.32
अनासाद्य तु वार्ष्णेयं शक्तिः परमदारुणा ।
न्यपतद्धरणीपृष्ठे महोल्केव महाप्रभा ॥ ६.१०४.३२ ॥
Failing to reach the Vārṣṇeya, that most terrible spear fell to the surface of the earth, like a great meteor of brilliant light.
6.104.33
वार्ष्णेयस्तु ततो राजन्स्वां शक्तिं कनकप्रभाम् ।
वेगवद्गृह्य चिक्षेप पितामहरथं प्रति ॥ ६.१०४.३३ ॥
Then, O king, the Vārṣṇeya seized his own gold-bright spear swiftly and hurled it toward the chariot of the grandsire.
6.104.34
वार्ष्णेयभुजवेगेन प्रणुन्ना सा महाहवे ।
अभिदुद्राव वेगेन कालरात्रिर्यथा नरम् ॥ ६.१०४.३४ ॥
Driven by the force of the Vārṣṇeya's arm in the great battle, that spear rushed on swiftly, like the night of death falling upon a man.
6.104.35
तामापतन्तीं सहसा द्विधा चिच्छेद भारतः ।
क्षुरप्राभ्यां सुतीक्ष्णाभ्यांसा व्यशीर्यत मेदिनीम् ॥ ६.१०४.३५ ॥
That spear, suddenly hurtling at him, the Bhārata cut in two with two very sharp kṣurapra arrows, and it shattered and fell to the earth.
6.104.36
छित्त्वा शक्तिं तु गाङ्गयः सात्यकिं नवभिः शरैः ।
आजघानोरसि क्रुद्धः प्रहसञ्छत्रुकर्शनः ॥ ६.१०४.३६ ॥
Having cut the spear in two, the son of Gaṅgā, angered and laughing, struck Sātyaki on the chest with nine arrows, the crusher of his foes.
6.104.37
ततः सरथनागाश्वाः पाण्डवाः पाण्डुपूर्वज ।
परिवब्रू रणे भीष्मं माधवत्राणकारणात् ॥ ६.१०४.३७ ॥
Then the Pāṇḍavas, with their chariots, elephants and horses, O descendant of Pāṇḍu, surrounded Bhīṣma in battle to protect Mādhava (Sātyaki).
6.104.38
ततः प्रववृते युद्धं तुमुलं रोमहर्षणम् ।
पाण्डवानां कुरूणां च समरे विजयैषिणाम् ॥ ६.१०४.३८ ॥
Then a tumultuous, hair-raising battle began between the Pāṇḍavas and the Kurus, both seeking victory in the fight.