Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.1
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7.1.1
नारायणं नमस्कृत्य नरं चैव नरोत्तमम् ।
देवीं सरस्वतीं व्यासं ततो जयमुदीरयेत्
तमप्रतिमसत्वौजोबलवीर्यपराक्रमम् ।
हतं देवव्रतं श्रुत्वा पाञ्चाल्येन शिखण्डिना ॥ ७.१.१ ॥
Having bowed to Nārāyaṇa, to Nara and the best of men, to the goddess Sarasvatī and to Vyāsa, one should then proclaim victory. Having heard that Devavrata (Bhīṣma), of incomparable courage, vigor, strength, valor and prowess, was slain by Śikhaṇḍin of the Pāñcālas—
7.1.2
धृतराष्ट्रस्ततो राजा शोकव्याकूललोचनः ।
किमचेष्टत विप्रर्षे हते पितरि वीर्यवान् ॥ ७.१.२ ॥
Then King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, his eyes confused with grief, what did he do, O sage among brahmins, when his father was slain?
7.1.3
तस्य पुत्रो हि भगवान्भीष्मद्रोणमुखै रथैः ।
पराजित्य महेष्वासान्पाण्डवान् राज्यमिच्छति ॥ ७.१.३ ॥
His son, the venerable one (Duryodhana), with chariots led by Bhīṣma and Droṇa, having defeated the Pāṇḍavas, the great archers, desires the kingdom.
7.1.4
तस्मिन्हते तु भगवन्केतौ सर्वधनुष्मताम् ।
यदचेष्टत कौरव्यस्तन्मे ब्रूहि तपोधन ॥ ७.१.४ ॥
Tell me, O ascetic of great wealth, what the Kaurava did when he who was the banner of all archers had been slain.
7.1.5
निहतं पितरं श्रुत्वा धृतराष्ट्रो जनाधिपः ।
लेभे न शान्तिं कौरव्यश्चिन्ताशोकपरायणः ॥ ७.१.५ ॥
Hearing that his father had been slain, King Dhṛtarāṣṭra found no peace; the Kaurava, given over to anxiety and grief, was consumed.
7.1.6
तस्य चिन्तयतो दुःखमनिशं पार्थिवस्य तत् ।
आजगाम विशुद्धात्मा पुनर्गावल्गणिस्तदा ॥ ७.१.६ ॥
As the king brooded in unceasing sorrow, the pure-souled son of Gavalgaṇa (Sañjaya) came back again.
7.1.7
व्यासप्रसादाद्विज्ञाय सर्वं वृत्तान्तमुत्तमम् ।
सैनिकानां च सर्वेषां सेनयोरुभयोस्तदा ॥ ७.१.७ ॥
By Vyāsa's grace, having learned the whole excellent account, and the account of all the soldiers of both armies at that time.
7.1.8
शिबिरात्सञ्जयं प्राप्तं निशि नागाह्वयं पुरम् ।
आम्बिकेयो महाराज धृतराष्ट्रोऽन्वपृच्छत ॥ ७.१.८ ॥
To Sañjaya, who had arrived at night from the camp at the city of Nāgāhvaya, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the son of Ambikā, great king, questioned him.
7.1.9
श्रुत्वा भीष्मस्य निधनमप्रहृष्टमना भृशम् ।
पुत्राणां जयमाकाङ्क्षन्विललापातुरो यथा ॥ ७.१.९ ॥
Having heard of Bhīṣma's death, his mind not at all gladdened, desiring the victory of his sons, he lamented, distressed, as if.
7.1.10
संशोच्य तु महात्मानं भीष्मं भीमपराक्रमम् ।
किमकार्षुःपरं तात कुरवः कालचोदिताः ॥ ७.१.१० ॥
Having grieved for the great-souled Bhīṣma, of terrible prowess, what more did the Kurus, impelled by fate, do, dear son?
7.1.11
तस्मिन्विनिहते शूरे दुराधर्षे महात्मनि ।
किं नु स्वित्कुरवोऽकार्षुर्निमग्नाः शोकसागरे ॥ ७.१.११ ॥
When that hero, unassailable, great-souled one, had been slain, what did the Kurus, sunk in the ocean of grief, do?
7.1.12
तदुदीर्णं महत्सैन्यं त्रैलोक्यस्यापि सञ्जय ।
भयमुत्पादयेत्तीव्रं पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम् ॥ ७.१.१२ ॥
That mighty great army, able to strike fear even into the three worlds, would surely produce intense fear among the great-souled Pāṇḍavas, O Sañjaya.
7.1.13
को हि दौर्योधने सैन्ये पुमानासीन्महारथः ।
यं प्राप्य समरे वीरा न त्रस्यन्ति महाभये ॥ ७.१.१३ ॥
Who, indeed, was there in Duryodhana's army, a great chariot-warrior, on reaching whom in battle the heroes do not tremble even in great terror?
7.1.14
देवव्रते तु निहते कुरूणामृषभे तदा ।
किमकार्षुर्नृपतयस्तन्ममाचक्ष्व सञ्जय ॥ ७.१.१४ ॥
When Devavrata, the bull of the Kurus, had been slain, what then did the kings do? Tell me that, Sañjaya.
7.1.15
शृणु राजन्नेकमना वचनं ब्रुवतो मम ।
यत्ते पुत्रास्तदाकार्षुर्हते देवव्रते मृधे ॥ ७.१.१५ ॥
Listen, O king, with one mind to my words: what your sons did when Devavrata had been slain in battle.
7.1.16
निहते तु तदा भीष्मे राजन्सत्यपराक्रमे ।
तावकाः पाण्डवेयाश्च प्राध्यायन्त पृथक्पृथक् ॥ ७.१.१६ ॥
And when Bhīṣma, of true valour, had been slain, O king, your men and the sons of Pāṇḍu each brooded separately.
7.1.17
विस्मिताश्च प्रहृष्टाश्च क्षत्रधर्मं निशम्य ते ।
स्वधर्मं निन्दमानास्ते प्रणिपत्य महात्मने ॥ ७.१.१७ ॥
Having considered the warrior's duty, they were astonished and also elated, and, blaming their own duty, they bowed down before the great-souled one.
7.1.18
शयनं कल्पयामासुर्भीष्मायामितकर्मणे ।
सोपधानं नरव्याघ्र शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥ ७.१.१८ ॥
They prepared a bed for Bhīṣma of immeasurable deeds, with a pillow, O tiger among men, of arrows bent at the joints.
7.1.19
विधाय रक्षां भीष्माय समाभाष्य परस्परम् ।
अनुमान्य च गाङ्गेयं कृत्वा चापि प्रदक्षिणम् ॥ ७.१.१९ ॥
Having arranged the protection of Bhīṣma, having conferred with one another, having taken leave of Bhīṣma, the son of Gaṅgā, and having circled him keeping him on the right.
7.1.20
क्रोधसंरक्तनयनाः समवेत्य परस्परम् ।
पुनर्युद्धाय निर्जग्मुः क्षत्रियाः कालचोदिताः ॥ ७.१.२० ॥
The warriors, their eyes reddened with anger, having met one another, set out again for battle, impelled by time.
7.1.21
ततस्तूर्यनिनादैश्च भेरीणां निनदेन च ।
तावकानामनीकानि परेषां च विनिर्ययुः ॥ ७.१.२१ ॥
Then, with the blare of trumpets and the roar of kettledrums, the armies of your side and of the enemy marched forth.
7.1.22
व्यावृत्तेऽर्यम्णि राजेन्द्र पतिते जाह्नवीसुते ।
अमर्षवशमापन्नाः कालोपहतचेतसः ॥ ७.१.२२ ॥
O lord of kings, when the sun had turned back and the son of Jahnavī had fallen, they, overcome by anger and with minds struck by time,
7.1.23
अनादृत्य वचः पथ्यं गाङ्गेयस्य महात्मनः ।
निर्ययुर्भरतश्रेष्टाः शस्त्राण्यादाय सत्वराः ॥ ७.१.२३ ॥
Disregarding the wholesome words of the great-souled son of Gaṅgā, the best of the Bharatas took up their weapons and went out swiftly.
7.1.24
मोहात्तव सपुत्रस्य वधाच्छान्तनवस्य च ।
कौरवा मृत्युनाऽऽहूताः सहिताः सर्वराजभिः ॥ ७.१.२४ ॥
Through your delusion, together with your sons, and because of the slaying of the son of Śantanu, the Kauravas, summoned by Death, gathered together with all the kings.
7.1.25
अजावय इवागोपा वने श्वापदसंकुले ।
कर्णकर्णेति चाक्रन्दञ्छेषा भारत पार्थिवाः।
भृशमुद्विग्नमनसो हीना देवव्रतेन ते ॥ ७.१.२५ ॥
Like goats and sheep without a herdsman in a forest full of beasts of prey, the remaining kings, crying out 'Karṇa, Karṇa', O Bhārata, were bereft of Devavrata (Bhīṣma), their minds greatly agitated.
7.1.26
पतिते भरतश्रेष्ठे बभूव कुरुवाहिनी ।
द्यौरिवापेतनक्षत्रा हीनं खमिव वायुना ॥ ७.१.२६ ॥
When the best of the Bharatas had fallen, the Kuru army became like the sky bereft of stars, like the sky emptied by the wind.
7.1.27
विपन्नसस्येव मही वाक्चैवासंस्कृता यथा ।
आसुरीव यथा सेना निगृहीते नृपे बलौ ॥ ७.१.२७ ॥
Like the earth with its crops destroyed, like speech unrefined, and like the army of the demons when Bali, the strong king, was restrained.
7.1.28
विधवेव वारारोहा शुष्कतोयेव निम्नगा ।
वृकैरिव वने रुद्धा पृषती हतयूथपा ॥ ७.१.२८ ॥
Like a widowed woman of lovely hips, like a river with dried-up waters, and like a spotted doe surrounded by wolves in the forest after her herd-leader has been slain.
7.1.29
शरभाऽऽहतसिंहेव महती गिरिकन्दरा ।
सा सेना भरतश्रेष्ठे पतिते जाह्नवीसुते ॥ ७.१.२९ ॥
That army became like a great mountain cave in which the lion has been struck down by a sharabha, when the best of the Bharatas, the son of Jahnavī, had fallen.
7.1.30
विष्वग्वाताहतिक्षुब्धा नौरिवासीन्महार्णवे ।
बलिभिः पाण्डवैर्वीरैर्लब्धलक्षैर्भृशार्दिता ॥ ७.१.३० ॥
That army became like a boat tossed on the great ocean by winds blowing from every side, greatly afflicted by the mighty Pāṇḍava heroes who had found their mark.
7.1.31
सा तदासीद्भृशं सेना व्याकुलाश्वरथद्विपा ।
विपन्नभूयिष्ठनरा कृपणा ध्वस्तमानसा ॥ ७.१.३१ ॥
Then that army was greatly disturbed, its horses, chariots and elephants in confusion, most of its men fallen, pitiable and with broken spirit.
7.1.32
तस्यां त्रस्ता नृपतयः सैनिकाश्च पृथग्विधाः ।
पाताल इव मज्जन्तो हीना देवव्रतेन ते। ॥ ७.१.३२ ॥
In it the frightened kings and soldiers of many kinds were like men sinking into the netherworld, bereft of Devavrata.
7.1.33
कर्णस्य कुरवोऽस्मार्षुः स हि देवव्रतोपमः ।
सर्वशस्त्रभृतां श्रेष्ठं रोचमानमिवातिथिम् ॥ ७.१.३३ ॥
The Kurus remembered Karṇa, who was like Devavrata, the best of all bearers of weapons, like a shining guest.
7.1.34
बन्धुमापद्गतस्येव तमेवोपागमन्मनः ।
चुक्रुशुः कर्णकर्णेति तत्र भारत पार्थिवाः ॥ ७.१.३४ ॥
The mind went to him as to a kinsman in distress; and there, O Bhārata, the kings cried out, 'Karṇa, Karṇa!'
7.1.35
राधेयं हितमस्माकं सूतपुत्रं तनुत्यजम् ।
स हि नाबुध्यत तदा दशाहानि महायशाः ॥ ७.१.३५ ॥
Karṇa, son of Rādhā, our benefactor, the charioteer's son who gave up his body, for ten days that great-famed one did not know it.
7.1.36
सामात्यबन्धुः कर्णो वै तमानयत माचिरम्। ॥ ७.१.३६ ॥
Karṇa, together with his ministers and kinsmen — bring him at once, without delay!
7.1.37
रथेषु गण्यमानेषु बलविक्रमशालिषु ।
सङ्ख्यातोऽर्धरथः कर्णो द्विगुणः सन्नरर्षभः ॥ ७.१.३७ ॥
Among the counted chariot-warriors, endowed with strength and prowess, Karṇa was reckoned a half-chariot warrior; he was twice as great, the bull among men.
7.1.38
रथातिरथसङ्ख्यायां योऽग्रणीः शूरसम्भतः ।
सासुरानपि देवेशान्रणे यो योद्धुमुत्सहेत् ॥ ७.१.३८ ॥
He who is foremost in the reckoning of chariot-warriors and great chariot-warriors, a hero full of valor, who would dare to fight in battle even the lords of the gods together with the asuras.
7.1.39
स तु तेनैव कोपेन राजन्गाङ्गेयमुक्तवान् ।
त्वयि जीवति कौरव्य नाहं योत्स्ये कदाचन। ॥ ७.१.३९ ॥
But in that very anger he said to Gāṅgeya: "O king, O Kaurava, as long as you are alive, I shall never fight."
7.1.40
त्वया तु पाण्डवेयेषु निहतेषु महामृधे ।
दुर्योधनमनुज्ञाप्य वनं यास्यामि कौरव ॥ ७.१.४० ॥
"But when the Pāṇḍavas have been slain by you in the great battle, O Kaurava, having taken leave of Duryodhana, I shall go to the forest."
7.1.41
हते वा त्वयि पार्थैस्तु युधि स्वर्गमुपेयुषि ।
हन्तास्म्येकरथेनैव कृत्स्नान् यान्मन्यसे रथान् ॥ ७.१.४१ ॥
"Or when you, slain in battle by the sons of Pṛthā, have gone to heaven, I alone, with a single chariot, shall slay all the chariots you may think of."
7.1.42
एवमुक्त्वा महाबाहुर्दशाहान्येक एव स ।
नायुध्यत ततः कर्णः पुत्रस्य तव संयते ॥ ७.१.४२ ॥
Having spoken thus, the mighty-armed one did not fight alone for ten days; then Karṇa did not fight in battle for your son.
7.1.43
भीष्मः समरविक्रान्तः पाण्डवेयस्य भारत ।
जघान समरे योधानसङ्ख्येयपराक्रमः ॥ ७.१.४३ ॥
O Bhārata, Bhīṣma, mighty in battle, of countless prowess, struck down the warriors of the Pāṇḍava host in combat.
7.1.44
तस्मिंस्तु निहते शूरे सत्यसन्धे महौजसि ।
त्वत्सुताः कर्णमस्मार्षुस्तर्तुकामा इव प्लवम् ॥ ७.१.४४ ॥
When that hero, true to his vow and of great might, was slain, your sons thought of Karṇa, as men who wish to cross a river think of a raft.
7.1.45
तावकास्तव पुत्राश्च सहिताः सर्वराजभिः ।
हा कर्ण इति चाक्रन्दन्कालोऽयमिति अब्रुवन् ॥ ७.१.४५ ॥
Your people and your sons, together with all the kings, cried out, "Alas, Karṇa!" and said, "This is the moment."
7.1.46
एवं ते स्म हि राधेयं सूतपुत्रं तनुत्यजम् ।
चुक्रुशुः सहिता योधास्तत्र तत्र महाबलाः ॥ ७.१.४६ ॥
Thus the mighty warriors, gathered together, lamented everywhere for Karṇa, son of Rādhā, the charioteer's son, who had given up his body.
7.1.47
जामदग्न्याभ्यनुज्ञातमस्त्रे दुर्वारपौरुषम् ।
अगमन्नो मनः कर्णं बन्धुमात्ययिकेष्विव ॥ ७.१.४७ ॥
Our minds turned to Karṇa, granted weapons by Paraśurāma, of unassailable valor, as minds turn to a kinsman in times of dire calamity.
7.1.48
स हि शक्तो रणे राजञ्स्त्रातुमस्मान्महाभयात् ।
त्रिदशानिव गोविन्दः सततं सुमहाभयात् ॥ ७.१.४८ ॥
O king, he was able in battle to save us from great fear, as Govinda always saves the gods from great fear.
7.1.49
तथा तु सञ्जयं कर्णं कीर्तयन्तं पुनः पुनः ।
आशीविषवदुच्छ्वस्य धृतराष्ट्रोऽब्रवीदिदम् ॥ ७.१.४९ ॥
Thus, as Sañjaya kept praising Karṇa again and again, Dhṛtarāṣṭra breathed out like a snake and spoke these words.
7.1.50
यत्तद्वैकर्तनं कर्णमगमद्वो मनस्तदा ।
उप्यरक्षत्स राधेयः सूतपुत्रस्तनुत्यजः ॥ ७.१.५० ॥
Then your mind went to Karṇa, the son of Vikartana; that son of Rādhā, the charioteer's son who gave up his body, protected it.
7.1.51
अपि तन्न मृषाकार्षीत्कच्चित्सत्यपराक्रमः ।
सम्भान्तानां तदार्तानां त्रस्तानां त्राणमिच्छतां ॥ ७.१.५१ ॥
Did that man of true valour not make false the promise of protection given to the bewildered, the afflicted, the terrified, and those who sought refuge?
7.1.52
अपि तत्पूरयांचक्रे धनुर्धरवरो युधि ।
यत्तद्विनिहते भीष्मे कौरवाणामपाकृतम् ॥ ७.१.५२ ॥
Did that best of archers in battle complete that task which the Kauravas had left undone when Bhīṣma was slain?
7.1.53
तत्खण्डं पूरयन्कर्णः परेषामादधद्भयम् ।
स हि वै पुरुषव्याघ्रो लोके सञ्जय कथ्यते ॥ ७.१.५३ ॥
Filling that gap, Karṇa instilled fear in the enemies. O Sañjaya, he is indeed called the tiger among men in the world.
7.1.54
आर्तानां बान्धवानां च क्रन्दतां च विशेषतः ।
परित्यज्य रणे प्राणांस्तत्त्राणार्थं च शर्म च।
कृतवान्मम पुत्राणां जयाशां सफलामपि ॥ ७.१.५४ ॥
Having given up his life in battle to protect the afflicted and the wailing kinsmen above all, and having given them refuge, he also made the hope of victory of my sons fruitful.
7.1.63
भीष्मेण हि महाबाहुः सर्वक्षत्रस्य पश्यतः ॥ ७.१.६३ ॥
Indeed, the mighty-armed one was struck down by Bhīṣma while all the warriors looked on.