Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.124
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7.124.1
किं तस्यां मम सेनायां नासन्केचिन्महारथाः ।
ये तथा सात्यकिं यान्तं नैवाघ्नन्नाप्यवारयन् ॥ ७.१२४.१ ॥
Were there no great chariot-warriors in my army who neither struck Sātyaki as he went, nor checked him?
7.124.2
एको हि समरे कर्म कृतवान्सत्यविक्रमः ।
शक्रतुल्यबलो युद्धे महेन्द्रो दानवेष्विव ॥ ७.१२४.२ ॥
Alone in battle, that true-valiant one performed the deed, he whose might in war equals Śakra's, like Mahendra among the Dānavas.
7.124.3
अथवा शून्यमासीत्तद्येन यातः स सात्यकिः ।
हतभूयिष्ठमथवा येन यातः स सात्यकिः ॥ ७.१२४.३ ॥
Or was the path by which Sātyaki went left empty? Or was the path by which he went mostly filled with the slain?
7.124.4
यत्कृतं वृष्णिवीरेण कर्म शंससि मे रणे ।
नैतदुत्सहते कर्तुं कर्म शक्रोऽपि सञ्जय ॥ ७.१२४.४ ॥
You describe to me in battle the deed the hero of the Vṛṣṇis performed; not even Indra could accomplish that deed, O Sañjaya.
7.124.5
अश्रद्धेयमचिन्त्यं च कर्म तस्य महात्मनः ।
वृष्ण्यन्धकप्रवीरस्य श्रुत्वा मे व्यथितं मनः ॥ ७.१२४.५ ॥
The deed of that great-souled foremost hero of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas is unbelievable and inconceivable; having heard it, my mind is troubled.
7.124.6
न सन्ति तस्मात्पुत्रा मे यथा सञ्जय भाषसे ।
एको वै बहुलाः सेनाः प्रामृद्गात्सत्यविक्रमः ॥ ७.१२४.६ ॥
As you speak, Sañjaya, it seems my sons are no more; one man of true valor has crushed many armies.
7.124.7
कथं च युध्यमानानामपक्रान्ती महात्मनाम् ।
एको बहूनां शैनेयस्तन्ममाचक्ष्व सञ्जय ॥ ७.१२४.७ ॥
Sañjaya, how did the lone Śaineya fight against many when the great-souled warriors were withdrawing? Tell me that.
7.124.8
राजन्सेनासमुद्योगो रथनागाश्वपत्तिमान् ।
अतुल्यस्तव सेनायां युगान्तसदृशोऽभवत् ॥ ७.१२४.८ ॥
O king, the mustering of your army, with chariots, elephants, horses and foot-soldiers, was unequalled and became like the end of an age.
7.124.9
आहूतेषु समूहेषु तव सैन्यस्य मानद ।
नास्ति लोके समः कश्चित्समूह इति मे मतिः ॥ ७.१२४.९ ॥
O giver of honour, among the summoned assemblies of your army, in my opinion there is no other assembly in the world equal to it.
7.124.10
तत्रव देवास्त्वभाषन्त चारणाश्च समागताः ।
एतदन्ताः समूहा वै भविष्यन्ति महीतले ॥ ७.१२४.१० ॥
There the assembled gods and celestial bards spoke: such assemblies on the earth will all end in this way.
7.124.11
न च वै तादृशो व्यूह आसीत्कश्चिद्विशाम्पते ।
यादृग्जयद्रथवधे द्रोणेन विहितोऽभवत् ॥ ७.१२४.११ ॥
Nor, O lord of men, was there ever a battle-array like the one Droṇa arranged at the slaying of Jayadratha.
7.124.12
उद्धृता पृथिवी नूनं युद्धहेतोः समागतैः ।
इति तत्र जनाश्चाहुर्दृष्टा तां जनसंसदम् ॥ ७.१२४.१२ ॥
Having seen that assembly of people, the people there said: surely those gathered for battle have lifted up the earth.
7.124.13
चण्डवातविभिन्नानां समुद्राणामिव स्वनः ।
रणेऽभवद्बलौघानामन्योन्यमभिधावताम् ॥ ७.१२४.१३ ॥
Like the roar of oceans broken by fierce winds, a sound arose on the battlefield from the floods of armies rushing at one another.
7.124.14
पार्थिवानां समेतानां बहून्यासन्नरोत्तम ।
त्वद्बले प्राण्डवानां च सहस्राणि शतानि च ॥ ७.१२४.१४ ॥
O best of men, many thousands and hundreds of thousands of the assembled kings' soldiers were in your army and among the Pāṇḍavas.
7.124.15
संरब्धानां प्रवीराणां समरे दृढकर्मणाम् ।
तत्रासीत्सुमहाशब्दस्तुमुलो रोमहर्षणः ॥ ७.१२४.१५ ॥
There arose a very great, tumultuous, hair-raising sound from the enraged, valiant heroes of firm deeds in battle.
7.124.16
पाण्डवानां कुरूणां च गर्जतामितरेतरम् ।
क्ष्वेलाः किलकिलाशब्दास्तत्रासन्वै सहस्रशः ॥ ७.१२४.१६ ॥
As the Pāṇḍavas and the Kurus roared at one another, shouts and kilkila-cries rang out there by the thousands.
7.124.17
भेरीशब्दाश्च तुमुला बाणशब्दाश्च भारत ।
अन्योन्यं निघ्नतां चैव नराणां शुश्रुवे स्वनः ॥ ७.१२४.१७ ॥
O Bhārata, there was the tumultuous sound of drums and the sound of arrows, and the cries of men striking one another were heard.
7.124.18
अथाक्रन्दन्भीसमेनो धृष्टद्युम्नश्च मारिष ।
नकुलः सहदेवश्च धर्मराजश्च पाण्डवः ॥ ७.१२४.१८ ॥
Then, O respected one, they cried out to Bhīṣma, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, Nakula, Sahadeva, and Dharmarāja the Pāṇḍava.
7.124.19
आगच्छत प्रहरत द्रुतं विपरिधावत ।
प्रविष्टावरिसेनां हि वीरौ माधवपाण्डवौ ॥ ७.१२४.१९ ॥
Come, strike swiftly, rush about! The two heroes, Mādhava and the Pāṇḍava, have entered the enemy army.
7.124.20
यथा सुखेन गच्छेतां जयद्रथवधं प्रति ।
तथा प्रकुरुत क्षिप्रमिति सैन्यान्यचोदयन् ॥ ७.१२४.२० ॥
So that they may go easily toward the slaying of Jayadratha, do it quickly in that way — thus he urged on the troops.
7.124.21
तयोरभावे कुरवः कृतार्थाः स्युर्वयं जिताः ॥ ७.१२४.२१ ॥
In their absence, the Kurus would have achieved their aim, and we would have been defeated.
7.124.22
यत्र यातौ महात्मानौ तूर्णं परपुरञ्जयौ ।
ते यूयं सहिता भूत्वा तूर्णमेव बलार्णवम्।
क्षोभयध्वं महावेगाः पवनः सागरं यथा ॥ ७.१२४.२२ ॥
Where the two great-souled conquerors of enemy cities have swiftly gone, there you, joined together, quickly stir up that ocean of an army, as the wind stirs the sea, with great momentum.
7.124.23
भीमसेनेन ते राजन्पाञ्चाल्येन च नोदिताः ।
आजघ्नुः कौरवान्सङ्ख्ये त्यक्त्वाऽसूनात्मनः प्रियान् ॥ ७.१२४.२३ ॥
O king, urged on by Bhīmasena and the Pāñcāla, they struck the Kauravas in battle, abandoning their dear lives.
7.124.24
इच्छन्तो निधनं युद्धे शस्त्रैरुत्तमतेजसः ।
स्वर्गेप्सवो मित्रकार्ये नाभ्यनन्दन्त जीवितम् ॥ ७.१२४.२४ ॥
Desiring death by weapons in battle, of supreme splendor, seeking heaven, for a friend's cause, they did not welcome their own lives.
7.124.25
तथैव तावका राजन्प्रार्थयन्तो महद्यशः ।
आर्यां युद्धे मतिं कृत्वा युद्धायैवावतस्थिरे ॥ ७.१२४.२५ ॥
O king, likewise your warriors, desiring great fame, having made a noble resolve in battle, stood firm for battle itself.
7.124.26
तस्मिन्सुतुमुले युद्धे वर्तमाने भयावहे ।
जित्वा सर्वाणि सैन्यानि प्रायात्सात्यकिरर्जुनं ॥ ७.१२४.२६ ॥
While that most tumultuous and terrifying battle was raging, having conquered all the armies, Sātyaki went forth toward Arjuna.
7.124.27
कवचानां प्रभास्तत्र सूर्यरश्मिविराजिताः ।
दृष्टीः सङ्ख्ये सैनिकानां प्रतिजघ्नुः समन्ततः।
ध्वजशस्त्रप्रतिहता लोकान्समवदीपयन् ॥ ७.१२४.२७ ॥
There the gleam of the armors, shining with the rays of the sun, dazzled the soldiers' sight on all sides in battle; struck by banners and weapons, it lit up all the worlds.
7.124.28
चण्डवातोद्धतान्मेघान्विकिरन्रश्मिमानिव ।
तथा तव महत्सैन्यं तद्व्यरोचत तापयन् ॥ ७.१२४.२८ ॥
As the sun, scattering the clouds driven up by a fierce wind, shines forth, so your great army shone, scorching all around.
7.124.29
सम्प्रहृष्टः स सहसा तव सैन्यार्णवं प्रति ।
लोलयन्सर्वतो गत्वा समुद्रं मकरो यथा ॥ ७.१२४.२९ ॥
Greatly exhilarated, he suddenly rushed toward your ocean of an army, stirring it on all sides as a sea-monster churns the ocean.
7.124.30
तत्र राजन्महानासीत्सङ्ग्रामो भीतिवर्धनः ।
पाण्डवस्य महाबाहो तावकानां च दारुणः ॥ ७.१२४.३० ॥
There, O king, a great battle arose that increased terror; O mighty-armed one, dreadful it was, between the Pāṇḍavas and your men.
7.124.31
रुद्रस्याक्रीडसङ्काशः संहारः सर्वदेहिनाम् ।
ततः शब्दो महानासीत्प्रायाद्यत्र धनञ्चयः ॥ ७.१२४.३१ ॥
That destruction was like the sport of Rudra, the ruin of all embodied beings. Then a great uproar arose where Dhanañjaya went.
7.124.32
तत्र स्म कदनं घोरं वर्तते पाण्डुपूर्वज ।
अर्जुनस्य महाबाहोस्तावकानां च धन्विनाम् ॥ ७.१२४.३२ ॥
There, O descendant of Pāṇḍu, a terrible slaughter was taking place between mighty-armed Arjuna and your archers.
7.124.33
मध्ये भारतसैन्यस्य माधवस्य महारणे ।
द्रोणस्यापि परैः सार्धं व्यूहद्वारे सुदारुणम् ॥ ७.१२४.३३ ॥
In the middle of the Bhārata army, in the great battle with Mādhava, and Droṇa too, fought most dreadfully with the enemies at the gate of the formation.
7.124.34
एवमेष क्षयो वृत्तः पृथिव्यां पृथिवीपते ।
क्रुद्धेऽर्जुने तथा द्रोणे सात्वते च महारथे ॥ ७.१२४.३४ ॥
Thus has this destruction come about on earth, O lord of the earth, with Arjuna enraged, and Droṇa, and the great charioteer Sātvata.
7.124.35
तथा प्रयतमानानां पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम् ।
दुर्योधनो महाराजन्व्यगाहत महद्बलम् ॥ ७.१२४.३५ ॥
Likewise, O great king, Duryodhana plunged into the great army of the high-souled Pāṇḍavas, who were striving hard.
7.124.36
स सन्निपातस्तुमुलस्तेषां तस्य च भारत ।
अभवत्सर्वभूतानामभावकरणो महान् ॥ ७.१२४.३६ ॥
That clash between them and him, O Bhārata, became tumultuous — a great collision causing the destruction of all beings.
7.124.37
तथा यातेषु सैन्येषु तथा कृच्छ्रगतः स्वयम् ।
कच्चिद्दुर्योधनः सूत नाकार्षीत्पृष्ठतो रणम् ॥ ७.१२४.३७ ॥
Thus, when the armies had advanced and he himself had fallen into distress, O charioteer, did Duryodhana not turn his back on the battle?
7.124.38
एकस्य च बहूनां च सन्निपातो महाहवे ।
विशेषतो नरपतेर्विषमः प्रतिभाति मे ॥ ७.१२४.३८ ॥
In that great battle there was the clash of one against many, and for the king especially it appears to me unequal.
7.124.39
सोऽत्यन्तसुखसंवृद्धो लक्ष्म्या लोकस्य चेश्वरः ।
एको बहून्समासाद्य कच्चिन्नासीत्पराङ्मुखः ॥ ७.१२४.३९ ॥
He, who had been brought up in great comfort and was lord of the world by fortune, did he not, alone facing many, turn his back?
7.124.40
राजन्सङ्ग्राममाश्चर्यं तव पुत्रस्य भारत ।
एकस्य बहुभिः सार्धं शृणुष्व गदतो मम ॥ ७.१२४.४० ॥
O king, the battle of your son was a wonder, O Bhārata. Listen as I tell of his battle against many, one alone with many.
7.124.41
दुर्योधनेन समरे पृतना पाण्डवी रणे ।
नलिनी द्वरिदेनेव समन्तात्प्रतिलोडिता ॥ ७.१२४.४१ ॥
In battle Duryodhana churned the Pāṇḍava army on every side, as an elephant churns a pond of lotuses.
7.124.42
ततस्तां प्रहतां सेनां दृष्ट्वा पुत्रेण ते नृप ।
भीमसेनपुरोगास्तं पाञ्चालाः समुपाद्रुवन् ॥ ७.१२४.४२ ॥
Then, O king, seeing that army struck by your son, the Pañcālas, led by Bhīmasena, rushed upon him.
7.124.43
स भीमसेनं दशभिः शरैर्विव्याध पाण्डवम् ।
त्रिभिस्त्रिभिर्यमौ वीरौ धर्मराजं च सप्तभिः ॥ ७.१२४.४३ ॥
He pierced Bhīmasena, the Pāṇḍava, with ten arrows, the two heroic twins with three each, and King Yudhiṣṭhira with seven.
7.124.44
विराटद्रुपदौ षद्भिः शतेन च शिखण्डिनम् ।
धृष्टद्युम्नं च विंशत्या द्रौपदेयांस्त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः ॥ ७.१२४.४४ ॥
He pierced Virāṭa and Drupada with six arrows each, Śikhaṇḍin with a hundred, Dhṛṣṭadyumna with twenty, and the sons of Draupadī with three each.
7.124.45
शतशश्चापरान्योधान्सद्विपांश्च रथान्रणे ।
शरैरवचकर्तोग्रैः क्रुद्धोऽन्तक इव प्रजाः ॥ ७.१२४.४५ ॥
In battle he cut down hundreds of other warriors, and chariots together with their elephants, with fierce arrows, like an enraged Death destroying creatures.
7.124.46
न सन्दधद्विमुञ्चन्वा मण्डलीकृतकार्मुकः ।
अदृश्यत रिपून्निघ्नञ्छिक्षयाऽस्तबलेन च ॥ ७.१२४.४६ ॥
He could not be seen fitting or releasing an arrow, his bow bent into a circle, striking down the enemies by skill and by the power of weapons.
7.124.47
तस्य तान्निघ्नतः शत्रून्हेमपृष्ठं महद्धनुः ।
अजस्रं मण्डलीभूतं ददृशुः समरे जनाः ॥ ७.१२४.४७ ॥
As he struck down those enemies, people in the battle saw his great golden-backed bow ceaselessly circling.
7.124.48
ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा भल्लाभ्यामच्छिनद्धनुः ।
तव पुत्रस्य कौरव्य यतमानस्य संयुगे ॥ ७.१२४.४८ ॥
Then King Yudhiṣṭhira, with two bhalla arrows, cut the bow of your son, O Kaurava, as he strove in battle.
7.124.49
विव्याध चैनं दशभिः सम्यगस्तैः शरोत्तमैः ।
वर्म चाशु समासाद्य ते भित्त्वा क्षितिमाविशन् ॥ ७.१२४.४९ ॥
He pierced him well with ten excellent arrows; swiftly reaching his armour, they tore through and entered the earth.
7.124.50
ततः प्रमुदिताः पार्थाः परिवव्रुर्युधिष्ठिरम् ।
यथा वृत्रवधे देवाः पुरा शक्रं महर्षयः ॥ ७.१२४.५० ॥
Then the delighted sons of Pṛthā surrounded Yudhiṣṭhira, as in former times the gods and great sages surrounded Indra at the slaying of Vṛtra.
7.124.51
ततोऽन्यद्धनुरादाय तव पुत्रः प्रतापवान् ।
तिष्ठेतिष्ठेति राजानं ब्रुवन्पाण्डवमभ्ययात् ॥ ७.१२४.५१ ॥
Then your mighty son, taking up another bow, rushed toward the Pāṇḍava king, crying, "Stop! Stop!"
7.124.52
तमायान्तमभिप्रेक्ष्य तव पुत्रं महामृधे ।
प्रत्युद्ययुः समुदिताः पाञ्चाला जयगृद्धिनः ॥ ७.१२४.५२ ॥
Seeing your son approaching in the great battle, the joyful Pāñcālas, eager for victory, advanced to meet him.
7.124.53
तान्द्रोणः प्रतिजग्राह परीप्सन्युधि पाण्डवम् ।
चण्डवातोद्धुतान्मेघान्गिरिरम्बुमुचो यथा ॥ ७.१२४.५३ ॥
Droṇa, desiring to protect the Pāṇḍava in battle, received them, as a mountain that releases rain checks clouds driven by a fierce wind.
7.124.54
तत्र राजन्महानासीत्सङ्ग्रामो रोमहर्षणः ।
पाण्डवानां महाबाहो तावकानां च संयुगे ॥ ७.१२४.५४ ॥
There, O king, a great battle, hair-raising, arose between the Pāṇḍavas and your men, O mighty-armed one.
7.124.55
रुद्रस्याक्रीडसदृशः संहारः सर्वदेहिनाम् ॥ ७.१२४.५५ ॥
That destruction was like a sport of Rudra, the ruin of all embodied beings.
7.124.56
ततः शब्दो महानासीद्यातो येन धनञ्जयः ।
अतीव सर्वशब्देभ्यो रोमहर्षकरः प्रभो ॥ ७.१२४.५६ ॥
Then arose a great sound sent forth by Dhanañjaya, far more hair-raising than all other sounds, O lord.
7.124.57
अर्जुनस्य महाबाहो तावकानां च धन्विनाम् ।
मध्ये भारतसैन्यस्य माधवस्य महारणे।
द्रोणस्यापि परैः सार्धं व्यूहद्वारे महारणे ॥ ७.१२४.५७ ॥
O mighty-armed one, in the midst of the Bharata army, between Arjuna and your archers, in the great battle with Mādhava; and Droṇa too, with the enemy, at the gate of the array in the great battle.
7.124.58
एवमेष क्षयो वृत्तः पृथिव्यां पृथिवीपते ।
क्रुद्धेऽर्जुने तथा द्रोणे सात्वते च महारथे ॥ ७.१२४.५८ ॥
Thus, O lord of the earth, this destruction came upon the earth, when Arjuna, Droṇa and the great chariot-warrior Sātvata were enraged.