Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 6.93
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6.93.1
विमुखीकृत्य वर्सांस्तु तावकान्युधि राक्षसः ।
जिघांसुभरतश्रेष्ठ दुर्योधनमुपाद्रवत् ॥ ६.९३.१ ॥
O best of the Bharatas, the rākṣasa, having turned your divisions back in battle, rushed at Duryodhana, desiring to kill him.
6.93.2
तमापतन्तं संप्रेक्ष्य राजानं प्रति वेगितम् ।
अभ्यधावञ्जिघांसन्तस्तावका युद्धदुर्मदाःक ॥ ६.९३.२ ॥
Seeing him charging swiftly toward the king, your warriors, maddened with the pride of battle, rushed at him, desiring to kill him.
6.93.3
तालमात्राणि चापानि विकर्षन्तो महारथाः ।
तमेकमभ्यधावन्त नदन्तः सिंहसङ्घवत् ॥ ६.९३.३ ॥
Drawing bows as long as palm trees and roaring like herds of lions, the great chariot-warriors rushed at him alone.
6.93.4
अथैनं शरवर्षेण समन्तात्पर्यवाकिरन् ।
पर्वतं वारिधाराभिः शरदीव वलाहकाः ॥ ६.९३.४ ॥
Then, as autumn clouds cover a mountain with streams of water, they covered him on all sides with a rain of arrows.
6.93.5
स गाढविद्धो व्यथितस्तोत्रार्दित इव द्विपः ।
उत्पपात तदाऽऽकाशं समन्ताद्वैनतेयवत् ॥ ६.९३.५ ॥
Deeply pierced and distressed, like an elephant tormented by the goad, he then leaped up into the sky on all sides, like Garuḍa.
6.93.6
व्यनदत्सुमहानादं जीमूत इव शारदः ।
दिशः खं विदिशश्चैव नादयन्भैरवस्वनः ॥ ६.९३.६ ॥
He roared with a mighty roar like an autumn rain cloud, filling the quarters, the sky, and the intermediate quarters with his terrible sound.
6.93.7
राक्षसस्य तु तं शब्दं श्रुत्वा राजा युधिष्ठिरः ।
उवाच भरतश्रेष्ठ भीमसेनमरिन्दमम् ॥ ६.९३.७ ॥
Hearing that sound of the rākṣasa, King Yudhiṣṭhira spoke to Bhīmasena, best of the Bharatas, subduer of foes.
6.93.8
युध्यते राक्षसो नूनं धार्तराष्ट्रैर्महारथैः ।
यथाऽस्य श्रूयते शब्दो नदतो भैरवं स्वनम् ॥ ६.९३.८ ॥
Surely the rākṣasa is fighting with the great chariot-warriors, the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, for the sound of his terrible roar is heard.
6.93.9
अतिभारं च पश्यामि तस्मिन्राक्षसपुङ्गवे ।
पितामहश्च संक्रुद्धः पाञ्चालान्हन्तुमुद्यतः ॥ ६.९३.९ ॥
I see a very great burden upon that foremost of rākṣasas, and the grandsire, enraged, is ready to slay the Pāñcālas.
6.93.10
तेषां च रक्षणार्थाय युध्यते फल्गुनः परैः ।
एतज्ज्ञात्वा महाबाहो कार्यद्वयमुपस्थितम् ॥ ६.९३.१० ॥
And to protect them, Phalguna is fighting the enemies. Knowing this, O mighty-armed one, two tasks have presented themselves.
6.93.11
गच्छ रक्षस्व हैडिम्बं शंशयं परमं गतम् ।
भ्रातुर्वचनमाज्ञाय त्वरमाणो वृकोदरः ॥ ६.९३.११ ॥
Go and protect the son of Hiḍimbā (Ghaṭotkaca), who has fallen into extreme peril. Understanding his brother's word, Vṛkodara (Bhīma) hastened away.
6.93.12
प्रययौ सिंहनादेन त्रासयन्सर्वपार्थिवान् ।
वेगेन महता राजन्पर्वकाले यथोदधिःक ॥ ६.९३.१२ ॥
He set forth with a lion's roar, terrifying all the kings, with great speed, O king, like the ocean at the time of the full-moon tide.
6.93.13
तमन्वगात्सत्यधृतिः सौचित्तिर्युद्धदुर्मदः ।
श्रेणिमान्वसुदानश्च पुत्रः काश्यस्य चाभिभूः ॥ ६.९३.१३ ॥
Satyadhṛti, Sauciitti maddened with battle, Śreṇimān, Vasudāna, and the son of the king of Kāśī, Abhibhū, followed him.
6.93.14
अभिमन्युमुखाश्चैव द्रौपदेया महारथाः ।
क्षत्रदेवश्च विक्रन्तः क्षत्रधर्मा तथैव च ॥ ६.९३.१४ ॥
The great chariot-warriors, the sons of Draupadī led by Abhimanyu, and the valiant Kṣatradeva and likewise Kṣatradharmā.
6.93.15
अनूपाधिपतिश्चैव नीलः स्वबलमास्थितः ।
महता रथवंशेन हैडिम्बं पर्यवारयन् ॥ ६.९३.१५ ॥
And Nīla, lord of Anūpa, having taken his stand with his own army, surrounded Haiḍimba (Ghaṭotkaca) with a great array of chariots.
6.93.16
कुञ्चरैश्च सदा मत्तैः षट्सहस्रैः प्रहारिभिःक ।
अभ्यरक्षन्त सहिता राक्षसेन्द्रं घटोत्कचम् ॥ ६.९३.१६ ॥
Together with six thousand rutting, striking elephants they constantly guarded Ghaṭotkaca, lord of the rākṣasas.
6.93.17
सिंहनादेन महता नेमिघोषेण चैव ह ।
खुरशब्दनिपातैश्च कम्पयन्तो वसुंधराम् ॥ ६.९३.१७ ॥
With great lion-roars, the rumble of wheel-rims and the crash of hooves, shaking the earth.
6.93.18
तेषामापततां श्रुत्वा शब्दं तं तावकं बलम् ।
भीमसेनभयोद्विग्नं विवर्णवदनं तथा ॥ ६.९३.१८ ॥
Hearing the sound of their charge, your army was agitated with fear of Bhīmasena, and their faces turned pale.
6.93.19
परिवृत्य महाराज परित्यज्य घटोत्कचम् ।
ततः प्रववृते युद्धंक तत्र तेषां महात्मनाम् ॥ ६.९३.१९ ॥
Great king, abandoning Ghaṭotkaca, they surrounded him, and then there began a battle among those great-souled ones.
6.93.20
तावकानां परेषां च संग्रामेष्वनिवर्तिनाम् ।
नानारूपाणि शस्त्राणि विसृजन्तो महारथाः ॥ ६.९३.२० ॥
Of your side and of the enemy, who did not turn back in battles, the great chariot-warriors, releasing weapons of many forms.
6.93.21
अन्योन्यमभिधावन्तः संप्रहारं प्रचक्रिरे ।
व्यतिष्यक्तं महारौद्रं युद्धं भीरुभयावहम् ॥ ६.९३.२१ ॥
Rushing upon one another, they engaged in fierce combat; that battle, intermingled, very terrible, causing terror to the timid.
6.93.22
हया हयैः समाजग्मुः पादाताश्च पदातिभिः ।
रथा रथैः समागच्छन्नागा नागैश्च संयुगे
अन्योन्यं समरे राजन्प्रार्थयानाः समभ्ययुः ॥ ६.९३.२२ ॥
Horsemen met horsemen, foot soldiers met foot soldiers, chariots met chariots, and elephants met elephants in battle; O king, seeking one another in the fight, they advanced against each other.
6.93.23
सहसा चाभवत्तीव्रं सन्निपातन्महद्रजः ।
गजाश्वरथपत्तीनां पादनेमिसमुद्धतम् ॥ ६.९३.२३ ॥
And suddenly there arose an intense, great cloud of dust, raised by the feet of elephants, horses, chariots and foot soldiers and by the rims of their wheels, in the press of the collision.
6.93.24
धूम्रारुणं रजस्तीव्रं रणभूमिं समावृणोत् ।
नैव स्वे न परे राजन्समजानन्परस्परम् ॥ ६.९३.२४ ॥
A smoky, reddish, intense dust covered the battlefield; O king, they could recognize neither their own nor the enemy, one another.
6.93.25
पिता पुत्रं न जानीते पुत्रो वा पितरं तथा ।
निर्मर्यादे तथाभूते वैशसे रोमहर्षणे ॥ ६.९३.२५ ॥
A father did not recognize his son, nor a son his father, in that limitless, hair-raising slaughter.
6.93.26
शस्त्राणां भरतश्रेष्ठ मनुष्याणां च र्जताम् ।
सुमहानभवच्छब्दः प्रेतानामिव भारत ॥ ६.९३.२६ ॥
O best of the Bharatas, a great uproar rose from the weapons and the shrieking men, like the clamor of the dead.
6.93.27
गजवाजिमनुष्याणां शोणितान्रतरङ्गिणी ।
प्राववर्तत नदी तत्र केशशैवलशाद्वला ॥ ६.९३.२७ ॥
There flowed a river of blood-waves from elephants, horses and men, with hair for its moss and grass.
6.93.28
नराणां चैव कायेभ्यः शिरसां पततां रणे ।
शुश्रुवे सुमहाञ्छब्दः पततामश्मनामिव ॥ ६.९३.२८ ॥
From the bodies and heads of men falling in battle there was heard a great sound, like falling stones.
6.93.29
विशिरस्कैर्मनुष्यैश्च छिन्नगात्रैश्च वारणैः ।
अश्वैः संभिन्नदेहैश्च संकीर्णाऽभूद्वसुंधरा ॥ ६.९३.२९ ॥
The earth was covered with headless men, elephants with severed limbs, and horses with torn bodies.
6.93.30
नानाविधानि शस्त्राणि विसृजन्तो महारथाः ।
अन्योन्यमभिधावन्तः संप्रहारार्थमुद्यताः ॥ ६.९३.३० ॥
The great charioteers hurled weapons of many kinds, rushing at one another, eager for the clash.
6.93.31
हया हयान्समासाद्य प्रेषिता हयसादिभिः ।
समाहत्य रणेऽन्योन्यं निपेतुर्गतजीविताः ॥ ६.९३.३१ ॥
Horses, driven on by their riders, charged against horses; striking one another in battle, they fell with their lives gone.
6.93.32
नरा नरान्समासाद्य क्रोधरक्तेक्षणा भृशम् ।
उरांस्युरोभिरन्योन्यं समाश्लिष्य निजघ्निरे ॥ ६.९३.३२ ॥
Men, their eyes reddened with rage, fell fiercely upon men; pressing chest against chest, they struck one another down.
6.93.33
प्रेषिताश्च महामात्रैर्वारणाः परवारणैः ।
अभ्यघ्नन्त विषणाग्रैर्वारणानेव संयुगे ॥ ६.९३.३३ ॥
Elephants driven forward by their great mahouts charged at enemy elephants, and in battle struck the very elephants with the points of their tusks.
6.93.34
ते जातरुधिरोत्पीडाः पताकाभिरलङ्कृताः ।
संसक्ताः प्रत्यदृश्यन्त मेघा इव सविद्युतः ॥ ६.९३.३४ ॥
Streaming with blood, adorned with banners and clinging to one another, they appeared like clouds with lightning.
6.93.35
केचिद्भिन्ना विषाणाग्रैर्भिन्नकुम्भाश्च तोमरैः ।
विनदन्तोऽभ्यधावन्त गर्जमाना धना इव ॥ ६.९३.३५ ॥
Some pierced by the tips of tusks, others with split temples struck by javelins, they rushed on bellowing, like thundering clouds.
6.93.36
केचिद्धस्तैर्द्विधाच्छिन्नैश्छिन्नगात्रास्तथाऽपरे ।
निपेतुस्तुमुले तस्मिंश्छिन्नपक्षा इवाद्रयः ॥ ६.९३.३६ ॥
Some, their trunks severed in two, and others with their limbs cut off, fell in that tumult like mountains with their wings clipped.
6.93.37
पार्श्वैस्तु दारितैरन्ये वारणैर्वरवारणाः ।
मुमुचुः शोणितं भूरि धातूनिव महीधराः ॥ ६.९३.३७ ॥
Others, noble elephants with their flanks torn open, poured forth much blood, like mountains pouring out their mineral veins.
6.93.38
नाराचनिहतास्त्वन्ये तथा विद्धाश्च तोमरैः ।
विनदन्तोऽभ्यधावन्त विशृङ्गा इव पर्वताः ॥ ६.९३.३८ ॥
Others, struck down by iron arrows and pierced by javelins, roared and charged forward like mountains without peaks.
6.93.39
केचित्क्रोधसमाविष्टा मदान्धा निरवग्रहाः ।
रथान्हयान्पदातींश्च ममृदुः शतशो रणे ॥ ६.९३.३९ ॥
Some, filled with rage and blinded by fury, unrestrained, trampled hundreds of chariots, horses and foot soldiers in battle.
6.93.40
तथा हया हयारोहैस्ताडिताः प्रासतोमरैः ।
तेन तेनाभ्यवर्तन्त कुर्वन्तो व्याकुला दिशः ॥ ६.९३.४० ॥
Likewise the horses, struck by horsemen with spears and javelins, charged this way and that, throwing the quarters into confusion.
6.93.41
रथिनो रथिभिः सार्धं कुलपुत्रास्तनुत्यजः ।
परां शक्तिं समास्थाय चक्रुः कर्माण्यभीतवत् ॥ ६.९३.४१ ॥
Chariot warriors fought against chariot warriors, sons of noble houses ready to give up their bodies, summoning their utmost strength and acting without fear.
6.93.42
स्वयंवर इवामर्दे प्रजह्रुरितरेतरम् ।
प्रार्थयाना यशो राजन्स्वर्गं वा युद्धशालिनः ॥ ६.९३.४२ ॥
O king, as if at a svayaṃvara, in that crushing contest the warriors who delight in battle struck one another, longing for fame or heaven.
6.93.43
तस्मिंस्तथा वर्तमाने संग्रामे रोमहर्षणे ।
धार्तराष्ट्रं महत्सैन्यं प्रययौ विमुखीकृतम् ॥ ६.९३.४३ ॥
While that hair-raising battle was thus raging, the great army of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sons, turned to flight, fled away.