Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 6.114
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6.114.1
अर्जुनस्तु रणे शल्यं यतमानं महारथम् ।
छादयामास समरे शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥ ६.११४.१ ॥
Sañjaya said: In battle Arjuna covered the great charioteer Śalya, who was striving against him, with arrows whose joints were well bent.
6.114.2
सुशर्माणं कृपं चव त्रिभीस्त्रिभिरविध्यत ।
प्राग्ज्योतिषं च समरे सैन्धवं च जयद्रथम् ॥ ६.११४.२ ॥
He pierced Suśarman and Kṛpa with three arrows each, and in battle likewise the king of Prāgjyotiṣa and the Sindhu king Jayadratha.
6.114.3
चित्रसेनं विकर्णं च कृतवर्माणमेव च ।
दुर्मर्षणं च राजेन्द्र ह्यावन्त्यौ च महारथौ ॥ ६.११४.३ ॥
Citrasena, Vikarṇa and Kṛtavarman as well, and, O lord of kings, Durmarṣaṇa and the two great charioteers of Avantī.
6.114.4
एकैकं त्रिभिरानर्च्छत्कङ्कबर्हिणवाजितैः ।
शरैरतिरथो युद्धे पीडयन्वाहिनीं तव ॥ ६.११४.४ ॥
The superior charioteer struck each of them with three arrows fletched with heron and peacock feathers, harassing your army in battle.
6.114.5
जयद्रथो रणे पार्थं विद्ध्वा भारत सायकैः ।
भीमं विव्याध तरसा चित्रसेनरथे स्थितः ॥ ६.११४.५ ॥
O descendant of Bharata, Jayadratha in battle pierced Pārtha with arrows, and standing on Citrasena's chariot he swiftly pierced Bhīma too.
6.114.6
शल्यश्च समरे जिष्णुं कृपश्च रथिनां वरः ।
विव्याधाते महाराज बहुधा मर्ममेदिभिः ॥ ६.११४.६ ॥
Śalya and Kṛpa, the best of charioteers, in battle pierced the conqueror Arjuna in many ways, O great king, with arrows that pierce the vital spots.
6.114.7
चित्रसेनादयश्चैव पुत्रास्तव विशांपते ।
पञ्चाभिः पञ्चभिस्तूर्णं सुंयुगे निशितैः शरैः ॥ ६.११४.७ ॥
Citrasena and the other sons of yours, lord of men, swiftly struck with five sharp arrows each in the fair battle.
6.114.8
आजघ्नुरर्जुनं सङ्ख्ये भीमसेनं च मारिष ।
तौ तत्र रथिनां श्रेष्ठौ कौन्तेयौ भरतर्षभौ ॥ ६.११४.८ ॥
O noble one, they struck Arjuna and Bhīmasena in battle; there those two, the best of charioteers, sons of Kuntī, bulls of the Bharatas, were struck.
6.114.9
अपीडयेतां समरे त्रिगर्तानां महद्बलम् ।
सुशर्माणि रणे पार्थं शरैर्नवभिराशुगैः ॥ ६.११४.९ ॥
In battle those two afflicted the great army of the Trigartas; and in the fight they afflicted Suśarman and Pārtha with nine swift arrows.
6.114.10
ननाद बलवन्नादं त्रासयानो महद्बलम् ।
अन्ये च रथिनः शूरा भीमसेनधनञ्जयौ ॥ ६.११४.१० ॥
Terrifying the great army, he roared a mighty roar; and the other heroic charioteers, Bhīmasena and Dhanañjaya, roared as well.
6.114.11
विव्यधुर्निशितैर्बाणै रुक्मपुङ्खैरजिह्मगैः ।
तेषां च रथिनां मध्ये कौन्तेयौ भरतर्षभौ ॥ ६.११४.११ ॥
They pierced them with sharp, gold-feathered arrows that flew straight; and in the midst of those charioteers stood the two sons of Kuntī, bulls of the Bharatas.
6.114.12
क्रीडमानौ रथोदारौ चित्ररूपौ व्यदृश्यताम् ।
आमिषेप्सू गवां मध्ये सिंहाविव मदोत्कटौ ॥ ६.११४.१२ ॥
The two magnanimous ones on their chariots, wondrously formed, were seen as if at play, like two lions maddened with pride, desiring flesh amid the herd of cattle.
6.114.13
छित्त्वा धनूंषि शूराणां शरांश्च बहुधा रणे ।
पातयामासतुर्वीरौ शिरांसि शतशो नृणाम् ॥ ६.११४.१३ ॥
Cutting the bows and arrows of the heroes in many ways in battle, the two heroes caused hundreds of men's heads to fall.
6.114.14
रथाश्च बहवो भग्ना हयाश्च शतशो हताः ।
गजाश्च सगजारोहाः पेतुरुर्व्यां महाहवे ॥ ६.११४.१४ ॥
Many chariots were broken, hundreds of horses were slain, and elephants together with their riders fell to the earth in that great battle.
6.114.15
रथिनः सादिनश्चापि तत्रतत्र निषूदिताः ।
दृश्यन्ते बहवो राजन्वेषमानाः समन्ततः ॥ ६.११४.१५ ॥
O king, chariot-warriors and horsemen too are seen slain here and there, and many are seen writhing all around.
6.114.16
हतैर्गजपदात्योघैर्वाजिभिश्च निषूदितैः ।
रथैश्च बहुधा भग्नैः समास्तीर्यत मेदिनी ॥ ६.११४.१६ ॥
The earth was completely covered with the slain elephants, masses of foot soldiers, slain horses, and chariots broken in many ways.
6.114.17
छत्रैश्च बहुधा च्छिन्नैर्ध्वजैश्च विनिपातितैः ।
अङ्कुशैरपविद्धैश्च परिस्तोमैश्च भारत ॥ ६.११४.१७ ॥
O Bhārata, it was also covered with parasols cut in many ways, banners cast down, goads thrown away, and the trappings of elephants.
6.114.18
केयूरैरङ्गदैर्हारै राङ्कवैर्मृदितैस्तथा ।
उष्णीषैर्ऋष्टिभिश्चैव चामरव्यजनैरपि ॥ ६.११४.१८ ॥
and with armlets, bracelets, necklaces, crushed rāṅkava cloths, turbans, spears, yak-tail fly-whisks and fans as well.
6.114.19
तत्रतत्रापविद्धैश्च बाहुभिश्चन्दनोक्षितैः ।
ऊरुभिश्च नरेन्द्राणां समास्तीर्यत मेदिनी ॥ ६.११४.१९ ॥
Here and there, cast down, arms sprinkled with sandal paste and the thighs of kings covered the earth entirely.
6.114.20
तत्राद्भुतमपश्याम रणे पार्थस्य विक्रमम् ।
शरैः संवार्य तान्वीरान्यज्जघान महाबलः ॥ ६.११४.२० ॥
There we witnessed the wondrous prowess of Pārtha in battle, how that mighty one, obstructing those heroes with arrows, struck them down.
6.114.21
पुत्रस्तु तव तं दृष्ट्वा भीमार्जुनपराक्रमम् ।
गाङ्गेयस्य रथाभ्याशमुपजग्मे महाबलः ॥ ६.११४.२१ ॥
Your son, seeing the prowess of Bhīma and Arjuna, that mighty one, approached the chariot of Gāṅgeya (Bhīṣma).
6.114.22
कृपश्च कृतवर्मा च सैन्धवश्च जयद्रथः ।
विन्दानुविन्दावावन्त्यौ नाजहुः संयुगं तदा ॥ ६.११४.२२ ॥
Kṛpa and Kṛtavarman, and the Sindhu king Jayadratha, and the two princes of Avanti, Vinda and Anuvinda, did not abandon the battle then.
6.114.23
ततो भीमो महेष्वासः फल्गुनश्च महारथः ।
कौरवाणां चमूं घोरां भृशं दुद्रुवतू रणे ॥ ६.११४.२३ ॥
Then Bhīma, the great archer, and Phalguna (Arjuna), the great charioteer, fiercely attacked the terrible army of the Kauravas in battle.
6.114.24
ततो बर्हिणवाजानामयुतान्यर्बुदानि च ।
धनञ्जयरथे तूर्णं पातयन्ति स्म भूमिपाः ॥ ६.११४.२४ ॥
Then the kings swiftly rained down upon Dhanañjaya's chariot tens of thousands and hundreds of millions of feathered arrows.
6.114.25
ततस्तञ्शरजालेन सन्निवार्य महारथान् ।
पार्थः समन्तात्समरे प्रेषयामास मृत्यवे ॥ ६.११४.२५ ॥
Then Arjuna, having held back those great charioteers on every side with a net of arrows, sent them in battle to death.
6.114.26
शल्यस्तु समरे जिष्णुं क्रीडन्निव महारथः ।
आजघानोरसि क्रुद्धो भल्लैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥ ६.११४.२६ ॥
But Śalya, the great charioteer, enraged, as if at play, struck the victor Arjuna in the chest in battle with bhalla arrows of bent joints.
6.114.27
तस्य पार्थो धनुश्छित्त्वा हस्तावापं च पञ्चभिः ।
अथैनं सायकैस्तीक्ष्णैर्भृशं विव्याध मर्मणि ॥ ६.११४.२७ ॥
Arjuna cut his bow and his arm-guard with five arrows, and then pierced him severely with sharp arrows in a vital spot.
6.114.28
अथान्यद्धनुरादाय समरे भारसाधनम् ।
मद्रेश्वरो रणे जिष्णुं ताडयामास रोषितः ॥ ६.११४.२८ ॥
Then Śalya, lord of the Madras, taking another bow capable of bearing the burden of battle, enraged, struck Arjuna the victor in the fight.
6.114.29
त्रिभिः शरैर्महाराज वासुदेवं कच पञ्चभिः ।
भीमसेनं च नवभिर्बाह्वोरुरसि चार्पयत् ॥ ६.११४.२९ ॥
O great king, with three arrows he struck Vāsudeva, with five Bhīmasena, and with nine he struck their arms and chest.
6.114.30
ततो द्रोणो महाराज मागधश्च महारथः ।
दुर्योधनसमादिष्टौ तं देशमुपजग्मतुः ॥ ६.११४.३० ॥
Then, O great king, Droṇa and the great charioteer, the Māgadha king, directed by Duryodhana, went to that place.
6.114.31
यत्र पार्थो महाराज भीमसेनश्च पाण्डवः ।
कौरव्यस्य महासेनां जघ्नुतुः सुमहारथौ ॥ ६.११४.३१ ॥
Where, great king, Pārtha and the Pāṇḍava Bhīmasena, those two great charioteers, struck down the mighty army of the Kaurava.
6.114.32
जयत्सेनस्तु समरे भीमं भीमायुधं युधि ।
विव्याध निशितैर्बाणैरष्टभिर्भरतर्षभ ॥ ६.११४.३२ ॥
But Jayatsena, in battle, pierced Bhīma of the terrible weapon with eight sharp arrows, O bull of the Bharatas.
6.114.33
तं भीमो दशभिर्विद्धा पुनर्वीव्याध पञ्चभिः ।
सारथिं चास्य भल्लेन रथनीडादपातयत् ॥ ६.११४.३३ ॥
Bhīma pierced him with ten, then pierced him again with five, and with a broad-headed arrow felled his charioteer from the seat of the chariot.
6.114.34
उद्भ्रांतैस्तुरगैः सोऽथ द्रवमाणैः समन्ततः ।
मागधोऽपसृतो राजा सर्वसैन्यस्य पश्यतः ॥ ६.११४.३४ ॥
Then the king of Magadha, carried in every direction by his bewildered horses, withdrew while the whole army looked on.
6.114.35
द्रोणश्च विवरं दृष्ट्वा भीमसेनं शिलीमुखैः ।
विव्याध बाणैर्निशितैः पञ्चषष्टिभिरायसैः ॥ ६.११४.३५ ॥
And Droṇa, seeing an opening, pierced Bhīmasena with sixty-five sharp iron arrows, the śilīmukha kind.
6.114.36
तं भीमः समरश्लाघी गुरुं पितृसमं रणे ।
विव्याध पञ्चभिर्भल्लैस्तथा षष्ट्या च भारत ॥ ६.११४.३६ ॥
Then Bhīma, proud of his prowess in battle, pierced his teacher Droṇa, who was like a father to him in battle, with five broad-headed arrows and then with sixty, O Bhārata.
6.114.37
अर्जुनस्तु सुशर्माणं विद्ध्वा बहुभिरायसैः ।
व्यधमत्तस्य तत्सैन्यं महाभ्राणि यथाऽनिलः ॥ ६.११४.३७ ॥
But Arjuna, piercing Suśarman with many iron arrows, scattered his army as the wind scatters great clouds.
6.114.38
ततो भीष्मश्च राज च कौसल्यश्च बृहद्बलः ।
समवर्तन्त संक्रुद्धा भीमसेनधनञ्जयौ ॥ ६.११४.३८ ॥
Then Bhīṣma, the king, and the mighty Kauśalya, enraged, came forward and engaged Bhīmasena and Dhanañjaya.
6.114.39
तथैव पाण्डवाः शूरा धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पार्षतः ।
अभ्यद्रवन्रणे भीष्मं व्यादितास्यमिवान्तकम् ॥ ६.११४.३९ ॥
Likewise the heroic Pāṇḍavas and Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the son of Pṛṣata, rushed upon Bhīṣma in battle like Death with open jaws.
6.114.40
शिखण्डी तु समासाद्य भरतानां पितामहम् ।
अभ्यद्रवत संहृष्टो भयं त्यक्त्वा महारथात् ॥ ६.११४.४० ॥
Śikhaṇḍī, reaching the grandsire of the Bharatas, rushed at him with joy, having cast off fear from that great charioteer.
6.114.41
युधिष्ठिरमुखाः पार्थाः पुरस्कृत्य शिखण्डिनम् ।
अयोधयन्रणे भीष्मं सहिताः सर्वसृञ्जयैः ॥ ६.११४.४१ ॥
With Yudhiṣṭhira at their head, the sons of Pṛthā, placing Śikhaṇḍī in front, fought Bhīṣma in battle together with all the Sṛñjayas.
6.114.42
तथैव तावकाः सर्वे पुरस्कृत्य यतव्रतम् ।
शिखण्डिप्रमुखान्पार्थान्योधयन्ति स्म संयुगे ॥ ६.११४.४२ ॥
Likewise all your men, placing in front the steadfast Bhīṣma, fought in battle against the sons of Pṛthā led by Śikhaṇḍī.
6.114.43
ततः प्रववृते युद्धं कौरवाणां भयावहम् ।
तत्र पाण्डुसुतैः सार्धं भीष्मस्य विजयं प्रति ॥ ६.११४.४३ ॥
Then a terrifying battle began for the Kauravas, there with the sons of Pāṇḍu, aiming at Bhīṣma's victory.
6.114.44
तावकानां जये भीष्मो ग्लह आसीद्विशांपते ।
तत्र हि द्यूतमासक्तं विजयायेतराय वा ॥ ६.११४.४४ ॥
O lord of men, in the victory of your people Bhīṣma was the stake; there indeed the dice-play was staked for victory or for the other side.
6.114.45
धृष्टद्युम्नस्तु राजेन्द्र सर्वसैन्यान्यचोदयत् ।
अभ्यद्रवत गाङ्गेयं मा भैष्ट रथसत्तमाः ॥ ६.११४.४५ ॥
But Dhṛṣṭadyumna, O lord of kings, urged on all the armies: "Attack the son of Gaṅgā! Do not fear, best of charioteers!"
6.114.46
सेनापतिवचः श्रुत्वा पाण्डवानां वरूथिनी ।
भीष्मं समभ्ययात्तूर्णं प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा महाहवे ॥ ६.११४.४६ ॥
Hearing the commander's words, the excellent army of the Pāṇḍavas, giving up their lives in the great battle, swiftly advanced toward Bhīṣma.
6.114.47
भीष्मोऽपि रथिनां श्रेष्ठः प्रतिजग्राह तां चमूम् ।
आपतन्तीं महाराज वेलामिव महोदधिः ॥ ६.११४.४७ ॥
Bhīṣma too, best of charioteers, received that army as it rushed upon him, O great king, as the great ocean receives the shore.