Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 6.13
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6.13.1
अथ गावल्गणिर्विद्वान्संयुगादेत्य भारत ।
प्रत्यक्षदर्शी सर्वस्य भूतभव्यभविष्यवित् ॥ ६.१३.१ ॥
Then Sañjaya, son of Gavalgaṇa, a learned man, returned from the battle, O descendant of Bharata. He was an eyewitness to all things, knowing the past, present and future.
6.13.2
ध्यायते धृतराष्ट्राय सहसोत्पत्य दुःखितः ।
आचष्ट निहतं भीष्मं भरतानां पितामहम् ॥ ६.१३.२ ॥
Rising suddenly in grief, he told Dhṛtarāṣṭra, who was lost in thought, that Bhīṣma, the grandsire of the Bharatas, had been slain.
6.13.3
सञ्जयोऽहं महाराज नमस्ते भरतर्षभ ।
हतो भीष्मः शान्तनवो भरतानां पितामहः ॥ ६.१३.३ ॥
I am Sañjaya, great king! Homage to you, bull of the Bharatas. Bhīṣma, son of Śantanu, the grandsire of the Bharatas, has been slain.
6.13.4
ककुदं सर्वयोधानां धाम सर्वधनुष्मताम् ।
शरतल्पगतः सोऽद्य शेते कुरुपितामहः ॥ ६.१३.४ ॥
The summit of all warriors, the refuge of all archers, the grandsire of the Kurus, lies today on a bed of arrows.
6.13.5
यस्य वीर्यं समाश्रित्य द्यूतं पुत्रस्तवाकरोत् ।
स शेते निहतो राजन्संख्ये भीष्मः शिखण्डिना ॥ ६.१३.५ ॥
Relying on whose might your son arranged the dice game, that Bhīṣma, O king, lies slain in battle by Śikhaṇḍin.
6.13.6
यः सर्वान्पृथिवीपालान्समवेतान्महामृधे ।
जिगायैकरथेनैव काशिपुर्यां महारथः ॥ ६.१३.६ ॥
He who, with a single chariot alone, conquered all the kings assembled in the great battle at the city of Kāśi, that mighty charioteer.
6.13.7
जामदग्न्यं रणे रामं योऽयुध्यदपसंभ्रमः ।
न हतो जामदग्न्येन स हतोऽद्य शिखण्डिना ॥ ६.१३.७ ॥
He who fought without fear against Rāma, son of Jamadagni in battle, and was not slain by the son of Jamadagni, has today been slain by Śikhaṇḍin.
6.13.8
महेन्द्रसदृशः शौर्ये स्थैर्ये च हिमवानिव ।
समुद्र इव गाम्भीर्यो सहिष्णुत्वे धरासमः ॥ ६.१३.८ ॥
Equal to Indra in valour, like the Himālaya in steadfastness, like the ocean in depth, equal to the earth in patience.
6.13.9
शरदंष्ट्रो धनुर्वक्रः खङ्गिजिह्वो दुरासदः ।
नरसिंहः पिता तेऽद्य पाञ्चाल्येन निपातितः ॥ ६.१३.९ ॥
Your father, the lion among men, hard to approach, with arrows for fangs, a bow for a crooked form and a sword for a tongue, has today been felled by the Pāñcāla.
6.13.10
पाण्डवानां महासैन्यं यं दृष्ट्वोद्यतमाहवे ।
प्रावेपत भयोद्विग्नं सिंह दृष्ट्वेव गोगणः ॥ ६.१३.१० ॥
Seeing the great army of the Pāṇḍavas advancing in battle, it trembled, agitated with fear, like a herd of cows that sees a lion.
6.13.11
परिरक्ष्य स सेनां ते दशरात्रमनीकहा ।
जगामास्तमिवादित्यः कृत्वा कर्म सुदुष्करम् ॥ ६.१३.११ ॥
Having protected your army for ten nights, that slayer of armies, having done a most difficult deed, went down like the setting sun.
6.13.12
यः स शक्र इवाक्षोभ्यो वर्षन्बाणान्सहस्रशः ।
जघान युधि योधानामर्बुदं दशभिर्दिनैः ॥ ६.१३.१२ ॥
He, unshaken like Indra, raining down arrows by the thousand, struck down a hundred million warriors in battle in ten days.
6.13.13
स शेते निहतो भूमौ वातभग्न इव द्रुमः ।
तव दुर्मन्त्रिते राजन्यथा नार्हः स भारत ॥ ६.१३.१३ ॥
He lies slain on the ground, like a tree broken by the wind. O king, through your evil counsel he did not deserve this, O Bhārata.