Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 6.91
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6.91.1
इरावन्तं तु निहतं दृष्ट्वा पार्था महारथाः ।
संग्रामे किमकुर्वन्त तन्ममाचक्ष्व सञ्जय ॥ ६.९१.१ ॥
Sañjaya, having seen Irāvān slain, what did the great charioteers, the sons of Pṛthā, do in battle? Tell me that.
6.91.2
इरावन्तं तु निहतं संग्रामे वीक्ष्य राक्षसः ।
व्यनदत्सुमहानादं भैमसेनिर्घटोत्कचः ॥ ६.९१.२ ॥
Having seen Irāvān slain in battle, the rākṣasa Ghaṭotkaca, son of Bhīmasena, let out a tremendous roar.
6.91.3
नदतस्तस्य शब्देन पृथिवी सागराम्बरा ।
सपर्वतवना राजंश्चचाल सुभृशं तदा ॥ ६.९१.३ ॥
By the sound of his roaring, the earth—clothed in oceans, with her mountains and forests—O king, then trembled violently.
6.91.4
अन्तरिक्षं दिशश्चैव सर्वाश्च प्रदिशस्तथा ।
चेलुश्च सहसा तत्र तेन नादेन नादिताः ॥ ६.९१.४ ॥
The sky, all the directions and all the intermediate directions, struck by that roar, suddenly trembled there.
6.91.5
तं श्रुत्वा सुमहानादं तव सैन्यस्य भारत ।
ऊरुस्तम्भः समभवद्वेपथुः स्वेद एव च। ॥ ६.९१.५ ॥
O Bhārata, on hearing that very great roar, stiffness seized the thighs of your army, and trembling and sweat arose as well.
6.91.6
सर्व एव महाराज तावका दीनचेतसः ।
सर्वतः समचेष्टन्त सिंहभीता गजा इव । ॥ ६.९१.६ ॥
All your men, O great king, downhearted, struggled about on every side like elephants frightened by a lion.
6.91.7
नर्दित्वा सुमहानादं निर्घातमिव राक्षसः ।
ज्वलितं शूलमुद्यम्य रूपं कृत्वा विभीषणम् । ॥ ६.९१.७ ॥
The rākṣasa, roaring a great roar like a thunderclap, raising a blazing spear, having taken a terrifying form.
6.91.8
नानारूपप्रहरणैर्वृतो राक्षसपुङ्गवैः ।
आजघान सुसंक्रुद्धः कालान्तकयमोपभः । ॥ ६.९१.८ ॥
Surrounded by foremost rākṣasas with weapons of many forms, greatly enraged, like Kāla, Antaka and Yama, he struck.
6.91.9
तमापतन्तं संप्रेक्ष्य संक्रुद्धं भीमदर्शनम् ।
स्वबलं च भयात्तस्य प्रायशो विमुखीकृतम् । ॥ ६.९१.९ ॥
Seeing him charging, enraged and terrible to behold, his own army, through fear of him, mostly turned away.
6.91.10
ततो दुर्योधनो राजा घटोत्कचमुपाद्रवत् ।
प्रगृह्य विपुलं चापं सिंहवद्विनदन्मुहुः । ॥ ६.९१.१० ॥
Then King Duryodhana, taking up a great bow and roaring again and again like a lion, rushed at Ghaṭotkaca.
6.91.11
पृष्ठतोऽनुययौ चैनं स्रवद्भिः पर्वतोपमैः ।
कुञ्जरैर्दशसाहस्रैर्वङ्गानामधिपः स्वयम् ॥ ६.९१.११ ॥
And from behind followed him, with ten thousand mountain-like elephants dripping with ichor, the lord of the Vaṅgas himself.
6.91.12
पुत्रं तव महाराज चुकोप स निशाचरः ।
ततः प्रववृते युद्धं तुमुलं रोमहर्षणम् ॥ ६.९१.१२ ॥
O great king, that night-wanderer grew enraged at your son, and then began a tumultuous, hair-raising battle.
6.91.13
राक्षसानां च राजेन्द्र दुर्योधनबलस्य च ।
गजानीकं च संप्रेक्ष्य मेघबृन्दमिवोदितम् ॥ ६.९१.१३ ॥
O lord of kings, having seen the rākṣasas and Duryodhana's army, and the elephant division like a risen mass of clouds,
6.91.14
अभ्यधावन्त संक्रुद्धा राक्षसाः शस्त्रपाणयः ।
नदन्तो विविधान्नादान्मेघा इव सविद्युतः ॥ ६.९१.१४ ॥
The enraged rākṣasas, weapons in hand, rushed forward, roaring various cries like clouds with lightning.
6.91.15
शरशक्त्यृष्टिनाराचैर्निघ्नन्तो गजयोधिनः ।
भिण्डिपालैस्तथा शूलैर्मुद्गरैः सपरश्वथैः ॥ ६.९१.१५ ॥
striking the elephant-warriors with arrows, spears, lances and iron shafts, and likewise with bhiṇḍipālas, tridents, clubs and axes.
6.91.16
पर्वताग्रैश्च वृक्षैश्च निजघ्नुस्ते महागजान् ।
भिन्नकुम्भान्विरुधिरान्भिन्नगात्रांश्च वारणान् ॥ ६.९१.१६ ॥
With mountain peaks and with trees they struck down the great elephants, their temples split, bloodied, their bodies broken.
6.91.17
अपश्याम महाराज वध्यमानान्निशाचरैः ।
तेषु प्रक्षीयमाणेषु भग्नेषु गजयोधिषु ॥ ६.९१.१७ ॥
O great king, we saw the elephant-warriors being slain by the rākṣasas, destroyed and broken among them.
6.91.18
दुर्योधनो महाराज राक्षसान्समुपाद्रवत् ।
अमर्षवशमापन्नस्त्यक्त्वा जीवितात्मनः ॥ ६.९१.१८ ॥
O great king, Duryodhana, overcome by wrath and disregarding his own life, rushed upon the rākṣasas.
6.91.19
मुमोच निशितान्बाणान्राक्षसेषु परंतप ।
जघान च महेष्वासः प्रधानांस्तत्र राक्षसान् ॥ ६.९१.१९ ॥
O scorcher of foes, he loosed sharp arrows upon the rākṣasas, and that great archer struck down their chief warriors there.
6.91.20
संक्रुद्धो भरतश्रेष्ठ पुत्रो दुर्योधनस्तव ।
वेगवन्तं महारौद्रं विद्युज्जिह्वं प्रमाथिनम् ॥ ६.९१.२० ॥
O best of the Bharatas, your son Duryodhana, enraged, turned upon the swift, most terrible, lightning-tongued tormentor.
6.91.21
शरैश्चतुर्भिश्चतुरो निजघान महाबलः ।
ततः पुनरमेयात्मा शरवर्षं दुरासदम् ॥ ६.९१.२१ ॥
With four arrows the mighty one struck down four of them; then, of immeasurable spirit, he rained down an unassailable storm of arrows.
6.91.22
मुमोच भरतश्रेष्ठो निशाचरबलं प्रति ।
तत्तु दृष्ट्वा महत्कर्म पुत्रस्य तव मारिष ॥ ६.९१.२२ ॥
The best of the Bharatas loosed his shafts against the host of night-wanderers; and when he saw that great deed of your son, O honored one—
6.91.23
क्रोधेनाभिप्रजज्वाल भैमसेनिर्महाबलः ।
स विष्फार्य महच्चापमिन्द्राशनिसमप्रभम् ॥ ६.९१.२३ ॥
In wrath the mighty son of Bhīmasena blazed up; he drew taut his great bow, bright as Indra's thunderbolt—
6.91.24
अभिदुद्राव वेगेन दुर्योधनमरिन्दमम् ।
तमापतन्तमुद्वीक्ष्य कालसृष्टमिवान्तकम् ॥ ६.९१.२४ ॥
He rushed swiftly at Duryodhana, the subduer of foes; and seeing him advancing, like Death sent forth by Time—
6.91.25
न विव्यथे महाराज पुत्रो दुर्योधनस्तव ।
अथैनमब्रवीत्क्रुद्धः क्रूरः संरक्तलोचनः ॥ ६.९१.२५ ॥
O great king, your son Duryodhana was not disturbed. Then, angry, cruel, with reddened eyes, he spoke to him.
6.91.26
अद्यानृण्यं गमिष्यामि पितॄणां मातुरेव च ।
ये त्वया सुनृशंसेन दीर्घकालं प्रवासिताः ॥ ६.९१.२६ ॥
Today I shall be free of the debt to my fathers and to my mother, whom you, most cruel, kept long in exile.
6.91.27
यच्च ते पाण्डवा राजंश्छलद्यूते पराजिताः ।
यच्चैव द्रौपदी कृष्णा एववस्त्रा रजस्वला ॥ ६.९१.२७ ॥
O king, that the Pāṇḍavas were defeated by you in the crooked dice game, and that Kṛṣṇā, in her menstrual state, was in a single garment,
6.91.28
सभामानीय दुर्बुद्धे बहुधा क्लेशिता त्वया ।
तव च प्रियकामेन आश्रमस्था दुरात्मना ॥ ६.९१.२८ ॥
O evil-minded one, having brought her to the assembly hall, you tormented her in many ways; and by the wicked-souled one who, desiring to please you, seized her while she dwelt in the hermitage.
6.91.29
सैन्धवेन परामृष्टा परिभूय पितॄन्मम ।
एतेषामपमानानामन्येषां च कुलाधम ॥ ६.९१.२९ ॥
She was humiliated and roughly handled by Saindhava, having dishonoured my fathers. O lowest of your lineage, for these insults and the insults of others I shall take vengeance.
6.91.30
अन्तमद्य गमिष्यामि यदि नोत्सृजसे रणम् ।
एवमुक्त्वा तु हैडिम्बो महद्विष्फार्य कार्मुकम् ॥ ६.९१.३० ॥
If you do not give up the battle, today I shall meet my end. Having spoken thus, the son of Hiḍimbā drew back his great bow.
6.91.31
संदश्य दशनैरोष्ठं सृकिणी परिसंलिहन् ।
शरवर्षेण महता दुर्योधनमवाकिरत्।
पर्वतं वारिधाराभिः प्रावृषीव बलाहकः ॥ ६.९१.३१ ॥
Biting his lip with his teeth and licking the corners of his mouth, he showered Duryodhana with a great rain of arrows, as a rain cloud covers a mountain with streams of water in the rainy season.