Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.118
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7.118.1
द्रोणं स जित्वा पुरुषप्रवीर… ।
स्तथैव हार्दिक्यमुखांस्त्वदीयान्।
प्रहस्य सूतं वचनं बभाषे ।
शिनिप्रवीरः कुरुपुङ्गवाग्र्य ॥ ७.११८.१ ॥
Having defeated Droṇa, the best of men… and likewise your warriors led by Hārdikya, laughing, he spoke these words to the charioteer: the hero of the Śinis, foremost of the bulls of the Kurus.
7.118.2
निमित्तमात्रं वयमद्य सूत ।
दग्धा रथाः केशवफल्गुनाभ्याम्।
हतान्निहन्मेह नरर्षभेण ।
वयं सुरेशात्मसमुद्भवेत ॥ ७.११८.२ ॥
O charioteer, today we are merely instruments. Keśava and Phalguna have burned the chariots. Here I slay the slain through that bull among men; we are born from the very self of the lord of gods…
7.118.3
तमेवमुक्त्वा शिनिपुङ्गवस्तदा ।
महामृधे सोऽग्र्यधनुर्धरोऽरिहा।
किरन्समन्तात्सहसा शरान्बली ।
समापतच्छयेन इवामिषाशया ॥ ७.११८.३ ॥
Having spoken thus, that bull of the Śinis, the foremost archer, slayer of foes, mighty one, scattering arrows on all sides in that great battle, swooped suddenly upon him like a hawk eager for flesh.
7.118.4
तं यान्तमश्वैः शशिशङ्खवर्णै… ।
र्विगाह्य सैन्यं पुरुषप्रवीरम्।
नाशक्नुवन्वारयितुं समन्ता… ।
दादित्यरश्मिप्रतिमं रथाग्र्यम् ॥ ७.११८.४ ॥
Him, going with horses white as the moon and conch… that foremost of men who had plunged into the army, they were unable to restrain on all sides… that foremost chariot like the rays of the sun.
7.118.5
असह्यविक्रान्तमदीनसत्वं ।
सर्वे गणा भारत ये त्वदीयाः।
सहस्रनेत्रप्रतिमप्रभावं ।
दिवीव सूर्यं जलदव्यपाये ॥ ७.११८.५ ॥
Him of unbearable valor and undaunted spirit, O Bhārata, all your troops… him of power like the thousand-eyed one (Indra), as one sees the sun in the sky when the clouds have dispersed…
7.118.6
अमर्षपूर्णस्त्वतिचित्रयोधी ।
शरासनी काञ्चनवर्मधारी।
सुदर्शनः सात्यकिमापतन्तं ।
न्यवारयद्राजवरः प्रसह्य ॥ ७.११८.६ ॥
Filled with wrath, the most wondrous of warriors, bow in hand and wearing golden armour, the best of kings, Sudarśana, forcibly held back Sātyaki as he rushed forward.
7.118.7
तयोरभूद्भारतसम्प्रहारः ।
सुदारुणस्तं समतिप्रशंसन्।
योधास्त्वदीयाश्च हि सोमकाश्च ।
वृत्रेन्द्रयोर्युद्धमिवामरौघाः ॥ ७.११८.७ ॥
Between them arose a most terrible clash of the Bhāratas; your warriors and the Somakas greatly praised it, as the hosts of gods look upon the battle of Vṛtra and Indra.
7.118.8
शरैः सुतीक्ष्णैः शतशोऽभ्यविध्य… ।
त्सुदर्शनः सात्वतमुख्यमाजौ।
अनागतानेव तु तान्पृषत्कां… ।
श्चिच्छेद राजञ्शिनिपुङ्गवोऽपि ॥ ७.११८.८ ॥
With very sharp arrows Sudarśana pierced the chief of the Sātvatas in battle hundreds of times… and, O king, the bull of the Śinis also cut off those arrows even before they had arrived.
7.118.9
तथैव शक्रप्रतिमोऽपि सात्यकिः ।
सुदर्शने यान्क्षिपति स्म सायकान्।
द्विधा त्रिधा तानकरोत्सुदर्शनः ।
शरोत्तमैः स्यन्दनवर्यमास्थितः ॥ ७.११८.९ ॥
Likewise Sātyaki, equal to Indra, hurled arrows at Sudarśana; and Sudarśana, standing on the finest chariot, cut those arrows into two and three pieces with excellent shafts.
7.118.10
तान्वीक्ष्य बाणान्निहतांस्तदानीं ।
सुदर्शनः सात्यकिबाणवेगैः।
क्रोधाद्दिधक्षन्निव तिग्मतेजाः ।
शरानमुञ्चत्तपनीयचित्रान् ॥ ७.११८.१० ॥
Seeing those arrows destroyed, and stirred by the force of Sātyaki's shafts, Sudarśana of fierce brilliance, as if wishing to burn them in his wrath, released arrows wondrously adorned with gold.
7.118.11
पुनः स बाणैस्त्रिभिरग्निकल्पै… ।
राकर्णपूर्णैर्निशितैः सुपुङ्खैः।
विव्याध देहावरणं विभिद्य ।
ते सात्यकेराविविशुः शरीरम् ॥ ७.११८.११ ॥
Then again he pierced Sātyaki's armour with three arrows like fire, … sharp, well-feathered arrows drawn to the ear, splitting it through. Those arrows entered Sātyaki's body.
7.118.12
तथैव तस्यावनिपालपुत्रः ।
सन्धाय बाणैरपरैर्ज्वलद्भिः।
आजघ्निवांस्तान्रजतप्रकाशां… ।
श्चतुर्भिरश्वांश्चतुरः प्रसह्य ॥ ७.११८.१२ ॥
Likewise the king's son, fitting other blazing arrows … struck down the four silver-bright horses with four arrows, by force.
7.118.13
तथा तु तेमाभिहतस्तरस्वी ।
नप्ता शिनेरिन्द्रसमानवीर्यः।
सुदर्शनस्येषुगणैः सुतीक्ष्णै… ।
र्हयान्निहत्याशु ननाद नादम् ॥ ७.११८.१३ ॥
Then struck by him, Śini's grandson, swift and mighty, equal to Indra in valour, with volleys of very sharp arrows of Sudarśana … having quickly slain the horses, roared a roar.
7.118.14
अथास्य सूतस्य शिरो निकृत्य ।
भल्लेन शक्राशनिसन्निभेन।
सुदर्शनस्यापि शिनिप्रवीरः ।
क्षुरेण कालानलसन्निभेन ॥ ७.११८.१४ ॥
Then the foremost hero of Śini, having cut off the head of his charioteer with a bhalla like Indra's thunderbolt, also cut off Sudarśana's head with a razor-headed arrow like the fire of time.
7.118.15
सकुण्डलं पूर्णशशिप्रकाशं ।
भ्राजिष्णु वक्त्रं विचकर्त देहात्।
यथा पुरा वज्रधरः प्रसह्य ।
बलस्य सङ्ख्येऽतिबलस्य राजन् ॥ ७.११८.१५ ॥
With its earrings, its shining face bright as the full moon, he cut it from the body, just as formerly the wielder of the thunderbolt forcibly cut off the head of the exceedingly mighty one of Bala in battle, O king.
7.118.16
निहत्य तं पार्थिवपुत्रपौत्रं ।
रणे यदूनामृषभस्तरस्वी।
मुदा समेतः परया महात्मा ।
रराज राजन्सुरराजकल्पः ॥ ७.११८.१६ ॥
Having slain in battle the son and grandson of the king, that swift bull among the Yadus, the great-souled one, joined with supreme joy, shone, O king, like the king of the gods.
7.118.17
ततो ययावर्जुनमेव वीरो ।
निवार्य सैन्यं तव मार्गणौघैः।
सदश्वयुक्तेन रथेन राजँ… ।
ल्लोकं विसिस्मापयिषुर्नृवीरः ॥ ७.११८.१७ ॥
Then that hero, holding back your army with a flood of arrows, went straight toward Arjuna; O king, in a chariot yoked to fine horses, the hero among men wished to astonish the world.
7.118.18
तत्तस्य विस्मापयनीयमग्र्य… ।
मपूजयन्योधवराः समेताः।
प्रवर्तमानानिषुगोचरेऽरी… ।
न्ददाह बाणैर्हुतभुग्यथैव ॥ ७.११८.१८ ॥
That astonishing and supreme deed of his was honored by all the best of warriors assembled there; within range of his arrows, he burned the advancing enemies with his shafts just as fire burns.