Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 6.44
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6.44.1
एवं व्यूढेष्वनीकेषु मामकेष्वितरेषु च ।
के पूर्वं प्राहरंस्तत्र कुरवःक पाण्डवा नु किम् ॥ ६.४४.१ ॥
Thus, with the armies of my side and of the other side arrayed, who there struck first — the Kurus or the Pāṇḍavas?
6.44.2
भ्रातृभिः सहितो राजन्पुत्रो दुःशासनस्तव ।
भीष्मं प्रमुखतः कृत्वा प्रययौ सह सेनया ॥ ६.४४.२ ॥
O king, your son Duḥśāsana, together with his brothers, advanced with the army, placing Bhīṣma in front.
6.44.3
तथैव पाण्डवाः सर्वे भीमसेनपुरोगमाः ।
भीष्मेण युद्धमिच्छन्तः प्रययुर्हृष्टमानसाः ॥ ६.४४.३ ॥
Likewise, all the Pāṇḍavas, led by Bhīmasena, advanced with glad hearts, desiring battle with Bhīṣma.
6.44.4
क्ष्वेडाः किलकिलाशब्दाः क्रकचा गोविषाणिकाः ।
भेरीमृदङ्गमुरजा हयकुञ्जरनिःस्वनाः ॥ ६.४४.४ ॥
Roars, shrill kilakilā cries, saws and cow-horn trumpets, kettledrums, mṛdaṅgas and murajas, and the sounds of horses and elephants.
6.44.5
उभयोःक सेनयोर्ह्यासंस्ततस्तेऽस्मान्समाद्रवन् ।
वयं तान्प्रतिर्दन्तस्तदाऽऽसीत्तुमुलं महत् ॥ ६.४४.५ ॥
In both armies they rushed upon us, and we met them in resistance; then there arose a great and terrible tumult.
6.44.6
महान्त्यनीकानि महासमुच्छ्रये ।
समागमे पाण्डवधार्तराष्ट्रयोः।
चकम्पिरे शङ्खमृदङ्गनिःस्वनैः ।
प्रकम्पितानीव वनानि वायुना ॥ ६.४४.६ ॥
At the great gathering of the Pāṇḍavas and the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the great armies trembled at the sounds of conches and mṛdaṅgas, as forests shaken by the wind.
6.44.7
नरेन्द्र नागाश्वरताकुलाना-
मभ्यागतानामशिवे मुहूर्ते।
बभूव घोषस्तुमुलश्चमूनां ।
वातोद्धुतानामिव सागराणाम् ॥ ६.४४.७ ॥
O lord of men, at the inauspicious moment when the armies, crowded with elephants, horses and chariots, came forward, a tumultuous roar arose like the oceans stirred by the wind.
6.44.8
तस्मिन्समुत्थिते शब्दे तुमुले रोमहर्षणे ।
भीमसेनो महाबाहुः प्राणदद्गोवृषो यथा ॥ ६.४४.८ ॥
When that hair-raising tumultuous sound arose, Bhīmasena, the mighty-armed, bellowed like a bull.
6.44.9
शङ्खदुन्दुभिनिर्घोषं वारणानां च बृंहितम् ।
सिंहनादं च सैन्यानां भीससेनरवोऽभ्यभूत् ॥ ६.४४.९ ॥
The roar of conch-shells and kettledrums, the trumpeting of elephants, the lion-roar of the armies, all were overpowered by the cry of Bhīmasena.
6.44.10
हयानां हेषमाणानामनीकेषु सहस्रशः ।
सर्वानभ्यभवच्चब्दान्भीमस्य नदतः स्वनः ॥ ६.४४.१० ॥
Among the armies, the neighing of thousands of horses overpowered all sounds; yet the roar of the bellowing Bhīma prevailed over them all.
6.44.11
तं श्रुत्वा निनदं तस्य सैन्यास्तव वितत्रसुः ।
जीमूतस्येव नदतः शक्राशनिसमस्वनम् ॥ ६.४४.११ ॥
Hearing that roar of his, your armies were terrified, like a thundercloud roaring with the crash of Indra's thunderbolt.
6.44.12
वाहनानि च सर्वाणि शकृन्मूत्रं प्रमुस्रुवुः ।
शब्देन तस्य वीरस्य सिंहस्येवेतरेक मृगाः ॥ ६.४४.१२ ॥
At the roar of that hero, all the mounts voided their dung and urine, as other deer do at the roar of a lion.
6.44.13
दर्शयन्घोरमात्मानं महाभ्रमिव नादयन् ।
विभीषयंस्तव सुतान्भीमसेनः समभ्ययात् ॥ ६.४४.१३ ॥
Showing his terrible form, roaring like a great cloud, terrifying your sons, Bhīmasena advanced.
6.44.14
तमायान्तं महेष्वासं सोदर्याः पर्यवारयन् ।
छादयन्तः शरव्रातैर्मेघा इव दिवाकरम् ॥ ६.४४.१४ ॥
His brothers surrounded that great archer as he came, covering him with showers of arrows as clouds cover the sun.
6.44.15
दुर्योधनश्च पुत्रस्ते दुर्मुखो दुःसहः शलः ।
दुःशासनश्चातिरथस्तथा दुर्मर्षणो नृपः ॥ ६.४४.१५ ॥
Your son Duryodhana, Durmukha, Duḥsaha, Śala, the great charioteer Duḥśāsana, and King Durmarṣaṇa as well.
6.44.16
विविंशतिश्चित्रसेनो विकर्णश्च महारथः ।
पुरुमित्रो जयो भोजः सौमदत्तिश्च वीर्यवान् ॥ ६.४४.१६ ॥
Vivinśati, Citrasena, the great charioteer Vikarṇa, Purumitra, Jaya, Bhoja, and the mighty son of Somadatta as well.
6.44.17
महाचापानि धुन्वन्तो मेघा इव सविद्युतः ।
आददानाश्च नाराचान्निर्मुक्ताशीविषोपमान् ॥ ६.४४.१७ ॥
Shaking their great bows like clouds with lightning, and taking up iron arrows like released venomous serpents.
6.44.18
अथ ते द्रौपदीपुत्राः सौभद्रश्च महारथः ।
नकुलः सहदेवश्च धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पार्षतः ॥ ६.४४.१८ ॥
Then the sons of Draupadī, the great charioteer Saubhadra, Nakula, Sahadeva, and Dhṛṣṭadyumna, son of Pṛṣata, came forward.
6.44.19
धार्तराष्ट्रान्प्रतिययुरर्दयन्तः शितैः शरैः ।
वज्रैरिव महावेगैः शिखराणि धराभृताम् ॥ ६.४४.१९ ॥
Pressing forward, tormenting the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra with sharp arrows, they charged like great-speed thunderbolts falling on the peaks of mountains.
6.44.20
तस्मिन्प्रथमसंग्रामे भीमज्यातलनिःस्वने ।
तावकानां परेषां च नासीत्कश्चित्पराङ्मुखः ॥ ६.४४.२० ॥
In that first battle, amid the terrible twang of bowstrings slapped by the palms, not one of your men or of the enemy turned his back.
6.44.21
लाघवं द्रोणशिष्याणामपश्यं भरतर्षभ ।
निमित्तवेधिनां चैव शरानुत्सृजतां भृशम् ॥ ६.४४.२१ ॥
O best of the Bharatas, I saw the nimbleness of Droṇa's pupils, who were marksmen, continually shooting their arrows.
6.44.22
नोपशाम्यति निर्घोषो धनुषां कूजतां तथा ।
विनिश्चेरुः शरा दीप्ताज्योतींषीव नभस्तलात् ॥ ६.४४.२२ ॥
The roar of the bows and the twang of their strings did not subside, and blazing arrows flew from the sky's expanse like lights.
6.44.23
सर्वे त्वन्ये महीपालाः प्रेक्षका इव भारत ।
ददृशुर्दर्शनीयं तं भीमं ज्ञातिसमागमम् ॥ ६.४४.२३ ॥
O Bhārata, all the other kings, like spectators, watched that dreadful and remarkable meeting of kinsmen.
6.44.24
ततस्ते जातसंरम्भाः परस्परकृतागसः ।
अन्योन्यस्पर्धया राजन्व्यायच्छन्त महारथाः ॥ ६.४४.२४ ॥
Then they, fired with fury, having wronged one another, O king, stretched their bows in rivalry with each other, those great charioteers.
6.44.25
कुरुपाण्डवसेने ते हस्त्यश्वरथसंकुले ।
शुशुभाते रणेऽतीव पटे चित्रार्पिते इव ॥ ६.४४.२५ ॥
The armies of the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas, crowded with elephants, horses and chariots, shone exceedingly on that battlefield, like figures painted on a cloth.
6.44.26
ततस्ते पार्थिवाः सर्वे प्रगृहीतशरासनाः ।
सहसैन्याः समापेतुः पुत्रस्य तव शासनात् ॥ ६.४४.२६ ॥
Then all those kings, bows raised, advanced together with their armies at the command of your son.
6.44.27
युधिष्ठिरेण चदिष्टाः पार्थिवास्ते सहस्रशः ।
विनदन्तः समापेतुः पुत्रस्य तव वाहिनीम् ॥ ६.४४.२७ ॥
Those kings, thousands strong, commanded by Yudhiṣṭhira, roaring, advanced together against your son's army.
6.44.28
उभयोः सेनयोस्तीव्रः सैन्यानां स समागमः ।
अन्तर्धीयत चादित्यः सैन्येन रजसा वृतः ॥ ६.४४.२८ ॥
That fierce clash of the two armies took place, and the sun was hidden, covered by the dust of the army.
6.44.29
प्रयुद्धानां प्रभग्नानां पुनरावर्तिनामपि ।
नात्र स्वेषां परेषां वा विशेषः समदृश्यत ॥ ६.४४.२९ ॥
Among those fighting, those routed, and those who turned back again, no distinction could be seen here between our own men and the enemy.
6.44.30
तस्मिस्तु तुमुले युद्धे वर्तमाने महाभये ।
अति सर्वाण्यनीकानि पिता तेऽभिव्यरोचत ॥ ६.४४.३० ॥
While that terrible and tumultuous battle of great fear was going on, your father chose to array the army in the formation beyond all others.