Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 6.105
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6.105.1
दृष्ट्वा भीष्मं रणे युद्धं पाण्डवैरभिसंवृतम् ।
यथा मेघैर्महाराज तपान्ते दिवि भास्करम् ॥ ६.१०५.१ ॥
O great king, seeing Bhīṣma in battle surrounded by the Pāṇḍavas, it was like the sun in the sky at the end of summer, veiled by clouds.
6.105.2
दुर्योधनो महाराज दुःशासनमभाषत ।
एष शूरो महेष्वासो भीष्मः शूरनिषूदनः ॥ ६.१०५.२ ॥
O great king, Duryodhana spoke to Duḥśāsana: This hero, the great archer Bhīṣma, is the destroyer of heroes.
6.105.3
छादितः पाण्डवैः शूरैः समन्ताद्भरतर्षभ ।
तस्य कार्यं त्वया वीर रक्षणं सुमहात्मनः ॥ ६.१०५.३ ॥
Bull of the Bharatas, he is surrounded on all sides by the heroic Pāṇḍavas. O hero, it is your duty to protect that very great-souled one.
6.105.4
रक्ष्यमाणो हि समरे भीष्मोऽस्माकं पितामहः ।
निहन्यात्समरे यत्तान्पाञ्चालान्पाण्डवैः सह ॥ ६.१०५.४ ॥
If our grandfather Bhīṣma is protected in battle, he will slay the striving Pāñcālas together with the Pāṇḍavas.
6.105.5
तत्र कार्यतमं मन्ये भीष्मस्यैवाभिरक्षणम् ।
गोप्ता ह्येष महेष्वासो भीष्मोऽस्माकं महाव्रतः ॥ ६.१०५.५ ॥
I think the most necessary task there is the careful protection of Bhīṣma himself. This great archer, Bhīṣma of great vows, is indeed our protector.
6.105.6
स भवान्सर्वसैन्येन परिवार्य पितामहम् ।
समरे कर्म कुर्वाणं दुष्करं परिरक्षतु ॥ ६.१०५.६ ॥
Therefore, you should surround our grandfather with the whole army and protect well him who performs difficult deeds in battle.
6.105.7
स एवमुक्तः समरे पुत्रो दुःशासनस्तव ।
परिवार्य स्थितो भीष्मं सैन्येन महता वृतः ॥ ६.१०५.७ ॥
Thus addressed in battle, your son Duḥśāsana, surrounded by a great army, stood encircling Bhīṣma.
6.105.8
ततः शतसहस्राणां हयानां सुबलात्मजः ।
विमलप्रासहस्तानामृष्टितोमरधारिणाम् ॥ ६.१०५.८ ॥
Then the son of Subala (Śakuni), with hundreds of thousands of horses, bearing spotless lances in hand and holding ṛṣṭi and tomara...
6.105.9
दर्पितानां सुवेगानां बलस्थानां पताकिनाम् ।
शिक्षितैर्युद्धकुशलैरुपेतानां नरोत्तमैः ॥ ६.१०५.९ ॥
Proud, swift, steadfast, bearing banners, trained and skilled in battle, and furnished with the best of men...
6.105.10
नकुलं सहदेवं च धर्मराजं च पाण्डवम् ।
न्यवारयन्नरश्रेष्ठान्परिवार्य समन्ततः ॥ ६.१०५.१० ॥
They held back Nakula, Sahadeva and the Pāṇḍava King Dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira), surrounding them on all sides, those best of men.
6.105.11
ततो दुर्योधनो राजा शूराणां हयसादिनाम् ।
अयुतं प्रेषयामास पाण्डवानां निवारणे ॥ ६.१०५.११ ॥
Then King Duryodhana sent ten thousand heroic horsemen to hold back the Pāṇḍavas.
6.105.12
तैः प्रविष्टैर्महावेगैर्गरुत्मद्भिरिवाहवे ।
खुराहता धरा राजंश्चकम्पे च ननाद च ॥ ६.१०५.१२ ॥
O king, struck by the hooves of those who entered the battle swift as Garuḍas, the earth trembled and roared.
6.105.13
खुरशब्दश्च सुमहान्वाजिनां शुश्रुवे तदा ।
महावंशवनस्येव दह्यमानस्य पर्वते ॥ ६.१०५.१३ ॥
Then the very great sound of the horses' hooves was heard, like the sound of a great bamboo grove burning on a mountain.
6.105.14
उत्पतद्भिश्च तैस्तत्र समुद्धूतं महद्रजः ।
दिवाकररथं प्राप्य च्छादयामास भास्करम् ॥ ६.१०५.१४ ॥
There the great dust raised by the leaping horses reached the chariot of the sun and covered the sun.
6.105.15
वेगवद्भिर्हयैस्तैस्तु क्षोभिता पाण्डवीक चमूः ।
निपतद्भिर्महावेगैर्हंसैरिव महत्सरः ॥ ६.१०५.१५ ॥
The Pāṇḍava army was shaken by those swift horses, as a great lake is stirred by swans swooping down upon it with great speed.
6.105.16
हेषतां चैव शब्देन न प्राज्ञायत किंचन ।
अन्तर्दधे महाञ्शब्दस्तेन शब्देन मोहितः ॥ ६.१०५.१६ ॥
In the neighing of the horses nothing could be distinguished; the great sound was hidden, and everyone was bewildered by that sound.
6.105.17
ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ ।
प्रत्यघ्नंस्तरसा वेगं समरे हयसादिनाम् ॥ ६.१०५.१७ ॥
Then King Yudhiṣṭhira and the two Pāṇḍavas, the sons of Mādrī, forcefully checked the onslaught of the horsemen in battle.
6.105.18
उद्वृत्तस्य महाराज प्रावृट्कालेऽतिपूर्यतः ।
पौर्णमास्यामम्बुवेगं यथा वेला महोदधेः ॥ ६.१०५.१८ ॥
O great king, the surge of water that swells and overflows in the rainy season is checked, as the shore of the great ocean checks it on the full-moon day.
6.105.19
ततस्ते रथिनो राजञ्शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ।
न्यकृन्तन्नुत्तमाङ्गानि शरेण हयसादिनाम् ॥ ६.१०५.१९ ॥
Then those charioteers, O king, with arrows whose shafts were bent at the joints, cut off the heads of the horsemen, one head to each arrow.
6.105.20
ते निपेतुर्महाराज निहता दृढधन्विभिः ।
नागैरिव महानागा यथावद्गिरिगह्वरे ॥ ६.१०५.२० ॥
They fell, O great king, slain by firm archers, as great elephants in a mountain cave fall when slain by other elephants.
6.105.21
तेऽपि प्रासैः सुनिशितैः शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ।
न्यकृन्तन्नुत्तमाङ्गानि विचरन्तो दिशो दश ॥ ६.१०५.२१ ॥
They too, moving through the ten directions, cut off heads with sharp lances and arrows whose shafts were bent at the joints.
6.105.22
अभ्याहता हयारोहा ऋष्टिभिर्भरतर्षभ ।
अत्यजन्नुत्तमाङ्गानि फलानीव महाद्रुमाः ॥ ६.१०५.२२ ॥
Struck by spears, the horsemen, O bull of the Bharatas, gave up their heads as great trees drop their fruit.
6.105.23
समादिनो हया राजंस्तत्रतत्र निषूदिताः ।
पतिताः पात्यमानाश्च प्रत्यदृश्यन्त सर्वशः ॥ ६.१०५.२३ ॥
Horses with their riders, O king, were slaughtered here and there; fallen, and being felled, they were seen everywhere.
6.105.24
वध्यमाना हयाश्चैव प्राद्रवन्त भयार्दिताः ।
यथा सिंहं समासाद्य मृगाः प्राणपरायणाः ॥ ६.१०५.२४ ॥
The horses, being slain and tormented by fear, fled, as deer that have approached a lion flee, intent on saving their lives.
6.105.25
पाण्डवाश्च महाराज जित्वा शत्रून्महामृधे ।
दध्मुः शङ्खांश्च भेरीश्च ताडयामासुराहवे ॥ ६.१०५.२५ ॥
O great king, the Pāṇḍavas, having conquered their enemies in the great battle, blew their conches and struck their drums in the fight.
6.105.26
ततो दुर्योधनो दीनो दृष्ट्वा सैन्यं पराजितम् ।
अब्रवीद्रतश्रेष्ठ मद्रराजमिदं वचः ॥ ६.१०५.२६ ॥
Then Duryodhana, downcast at seeing the army defeated, spoke these words to the Madra king, the best of charioteers.
6.105.27
एष पाण्डुसुतो ज्येष्ठो यमाभ्यां सहितो रणे ।
पश्यतां वो महाबाहो सेनां द्रावयति प्रभो ॥ ६.१०५.२७ ॥
Look, O lord, this eldest son of Pāṇḍu, together with the two Yamas, is routing your army in battle.
6.105.28
तं वारय महाबाहो वेलेव मकरालयम् ।
त्वं हि संश्रूयसेऽत्यर्थमसह्यबलविक्रमः ॥ ६.१०५.२८ ॥
O mighty-armed one, hold him back as the shore holds back the ocean; for you are renowned for your unbearable strength and valour.
6.105.29
पुत्रस्य तव तद्वाक्यं श्रुत्वा शल्यः प्रतापवान् ।
स ययौ रथवंशेन यत्र राजा युधिष्ठिरः ॥ ६.१०५.२९ ॥
Having heard those words of your son, the valiant Śalya went with a line of chariots to where King Yudhiṣṭhira was.
6.105.30
तदापतद्वै सहसा शल्यस्य सुमहद्बलम् ।
महौघवेगं समरे वारयामास पाण्डवः ॥ ६.१०५.३० ॥
Then Śalya's vast army suddenly rushed on with the force of a great flood, but the Pāṇḍava held it back in the battle.
6.105.31
मद्रराजं च समरे धर्मराजो महारथः ।
दशभिः सायकैस्तूर्णमाजघान स्तनान्तरे ।
नकुलः सहदेवश्च तं सप्तभिरजिह्नगैः ॥ ६.१०५.३१ ॥
In battle the great charioteer, King Dharma, swiftly struck the king of the Madras with ten arrows in the middle of his chest. Nakula and Sahadeva struck him with seven straight arrows.
6.105.32
मद्रराजोऽपि तान्सर्वानाजघान त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः ।
युधिष्ठिरं पुनः षष्ट्या विव्याध निशितैः शरैः ॥ ६.१०५.३२ ॥
The king of the Madras also struck all of them, three arrows each, and then pierced Yudhiṣṭhira with sixty sharp arrows.
6.105.33
माद्रीपुत्रौ च संभ्रान्तौ द्वाभ्यां द्वाभ्यामताडयत् ।
ततो भीमो महाबहुर्दृष्ट्वा राजनमाहवे ॥ ६.१०५.३३ ॥
He struck the two sons of Mādrī, who were dismayed, with two arrows each. Then Bhīma, the mighty-armed, seeing the king in battle,
6.105.34
मद्रराजवशं प्राप्तं मृत्योरास्यगतं यथा ।
अभ्यपद्यत संग्रामे युधिष्ठिरममित्रजित् ॥ ६.१०५.३४ ॥
Yudhiṣṭhira, who had fallen under the power of the king of the Madras, as though gone into the mouth of death, was approached in battle by Bhīma, the conqueror of enemies.
6.105.35
आपतन्नेव भीमस्तु मद्रराजमताडयत् ।
सर्वपारशवैस्तीक्ष्णैर्नाराचैर्मर्मभेदिभिः ॥ ६.१०५.३५ ॥
Rushing forward, Bhīma struck the king of the Madras with sharp nārāca arrows, all of pārśava kind, piercing the vital spots.
6.105.36
ततो भीष्मश्च द्रोणश्च सैन्येन महता वृतौ ।
राजानमभ्यपद्येतामञ्जसा शरवर्षिणौ ॥ ६.१०५.३६ ॥
Then Bhīṣma and Droṇa, surrounded by a great army and raining down arrows, came swiftly straight toward the king.
6.105.37
ततो युद्धं महाघोरं प्रावर्तत सुदारुणम् ।
अपरां दिशमास्थाय द्योतमाने दिवाकरे ॥ ६.१०५.३७ ॥
Then a very terrible and dreadful battle began, while the sun, shining, had moved toward the western quarter.