Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.132
हिन्दी · தமிழ் · తెలుగు · ಕನ್ನಡ · മലയാളം · বাংলা · मराठी · ગુજરાતી · ਪੰਜਾਬੀ · ଓଡ଼ିଆ · اردو · English · Español · Français · Deutsch · Português · Русский · 中文 · 日本語 · العربية · Bahasa Indonesia · ไทย
7.132.1
स्वयं शिष्यो महेशस्य भृगूत्तमधनुर्धरः ।
शिष्यत्वं प्राप्तवान्कर्णस्तस्य तुल्योऽस्त्रविद्यया ॥ ७.१३२.१ ॥
Himself a disciple of the great lord, and a disciple of the best of the Bhṛgus, the bow-bearer, Karṇa obtained discipleship and became equal to him in the knowledge of weapons.
7.132.2
तद्विशिष्टोऽपि वा कर्णः शिष्यः शिष्यगुणैर्युतः ।
कुन्तीपुत्रेण भीमेन निर्जितः स तु लीलया ॥ ७.१३२.२ ॥
Though even distinguished beyond him, Karṇa, endowed with the qualities of a disciple, was defeated effortlessly by Bhīma, son of Kuntī.
7.132.3
यस्मिञ्जयाशा महती पुत्राणां मम सञ्जय ।
तं भीमाद्विमुखं दृष्ट्वा किन्नु दुर्योधनोऽब्रवीत् ॥ ७.१३२.३ ॥
O Sañjaya, when he, in whom lay my sons' great hope of victory, was seen turning away from Bhīma, what then did Duryodhana say?
7.132.4
कथं च युयुधे भीमो वीर्यश्लाघी महाबलः ॥ ७.१३२.४ ॥
And how did Bhīma, boastful of his prowess and of great might, fight?
7.132.5
कर्णो वा समरे तात किमकार्षीदतः परम् ।
भीमसेनं रणे दृष्ट्वा ज्वलन्तमिव पावकम् ॥ ७.१३२.५ ॥
Dear one, what then did Karṇa do in battle, having seen Bhīmasena blazing in the fight like a fire?
7.132.6
रथमन्यं समास्थाय विधिवत्कल्पितं पुनः ।
अभ्ययात्पाण्डवं कर्णो वातोद्धूत इवार्णवः ॥ ७.१३२.६ ॥
Mounting another chariot, duly prepared again, Karṇa advanced against the Pāṇḍava like the ocean stirred up by the wind.
7.132.7
क्रुद्धमाधिरथिं दृष्ट्वा पुत्रास्तव विशाम्पते ।
भीमसेनममन्यन्त वैश्वानरमुखे हुतम् ॥ ७.१३२.७ ॥
O lord of men, seeing the angry son of Adhiratha, your sons thought Bhīmasena had been offered into the mouth of the fire.
7.132.8
चापशब्दं ततः कृत्वा तलशब्दं च भैरवम् ।
अभ्यद्रवत राधेयो भीमसेनरथं प्रति ॥ ७.१३२.८ ॥
Then, making the twang of his bow and a terrible slap of the palm, the son of Rādhā (Karṇa) rushed toward Bhīmasena's chariot.
7.132.9
पुनरेव तयो राजन्घोर आसीत्समागमः ।
वैकर्तनस्य शूरस्य भीमस्य च महात्मनः ॥ ७.१३२.९ ॥
O king, again there was a fierce encounter between the two of them: the heroic son of Vikartana (Karṇa) and the great-souled Bhīma.
7.132.10
संरब्धौ हि महाबाहू परस्परवधैषिणौ ।
अन्योन्यभीक्षाञ्चक्राते दहन्ताविव लोचनैः ॥ ७.१३२.१० ॥
The two mighty-armed warriors, enraged and each seeking the other's death, kept looking at one another again and again, as if burning each other with their eyes.
7.132.11
क्रोधरक्रेक्षणौ तीव्रौ निःश्वसन्ताविवोरगौ ।
शूरावन्योन्यमासाद्य ततक्षतुररिन्दमौ ॥ ७.१३२.११ ॥
With eyes red with rage, breathing fiercely like serpents, the two heroes, subduers of foes, reached one another and struck.
7.132.12
व्याघ्राविव सुसंरब्धौ श्येनाविव च शीघ्रगौ ।
शरभाविव सङ्क्रुद्धौ युयुधाते परस्परम् ॥ ७.१३२.१२ ॥
Like tigers greatly enraged, like swift hawks, like angry śarabhas, the two fought against each other.
7.132.13
ततो भीमः स्मरन्क्लेशानक्षद्यूते वनेऽपि च ।
विराटनगरे चैव दुःखं प्राप्तमरिन्दमः ॥ ७.१३२.१३ ॥
Then Bhīma, the enemy-subduer, remembering the afflictions he suffered in the dice game, in the forest, and indeed in the city of Virāṭa,
7.132.14
राष्ट्राणां स्फीतरत्नानां हरणं च तवात्मजैः ।
सततं च परिक्लेशान्सपुत्रेण त्वया कृतान् ॥ ७.१३२.१४ ॥
The seizure by your sons of kingdoms rich in jewels, and the grievous afflictions constantly inflicted by you together with your son.
7.132.15
दग्धुमैच्छश्च यः कुन्तीं सपुत्रां त्वमनागसम् ।
कृष्णायाश्च परिक्लेशं सभामध्ये दुरात्मभिः ॥ ७.१३२.१५ ॥
You, who desired to burn the innocent Kuntī together with her sons, and the affliction of Kṛṣṇā inflicted by the wicked ones in the midst of the assembly hall.
7.132.16
केशपक्षग्रहं चैव दुःशासनकृतं तथा ।
परुषाणि च वाक्यानि कर्णोनोक्तानि भारत ॥ ७.१३२.१६ ॥
The seizing of her hair and locks, done by Duḥśāsana, and the harsh words spoken by Karṇa, O Bhārata.
7.132.17
पतिमन्यं परीप्सस्व न सन्ति पतयस्तव ।
पतिता नरके पार्थाः सर्वे षण्डतिलोपमाः ॥ ७.१३२.१७ ॥
Seek another husband; you have no husbands. The sons of Pṛthā have all fallen into hell, like eunuchs, worthless as sesame seeds.
7.132.18
समक्षं तव कौरव्य यदूचुः कौरवास्तदा ।
दासीभावेन कृष्णां च भोक्तुकामाः सुतास्तव ॥ ७.१३२.१८ ॥
O descendant of Kuru, what the Kauravas said before your very eyes at that time, and what your sons, desiring to enjoy Kṛṣṇā by making her a slave, declared.
7.132.19
यच्चापि तान्प्रव्रजतः कृष्णाजिननिवासिनः ।
परुषाण्युक्तवान्कर्णः सभायां सन्निधौ तव ॥ ७.१३२.१९ ॥
And the harsh words that Karṇa spoke to them, as they were departing clad in deerskins, in your assembly, in your presence.
7.132.20
तृणीकृत्य च यत्पार्थांस्तव पुत्रो ववल्ग ह ।
विषमस्थान्समस्थो हि संरब्धो गतचेतनः ॥ ७.१३२.२० ॥
And your son, regarding the Pārthas as blades of grass, leapt about with pride, standing on level ground, enraged and bereft of understanding, before those who stood on uneven ground.
7.132.21
बाल्यात्प्रभृति चारिघ्नः स्वानि दुःखानि चिन्तयन् ।
निरविद्यत धर्मात्मा जीवितेन वृकोदरः ॥ ७.१३२.२१ ॥
From childhood onward, Vṛkodara, the righteous-souled slayer of foes, brooding upon his own sorrows, grew weary even of life.
7.132.22
ततो विष्फार्य सुमहद्धेमपृष्ठं दुरासदम् ।
चापं भरतशार्दूलस्त्यक्तात्मा कर्णमभ्ययात् ॥ ७.१३२.२२ ॥
Then the tiger of the Bharatas, having abandoned concern for his own life, drew wide his great bow with its golden back, hard to approach, and advanced upon Karṇa.
7.132.23
स सायकयैर्जालैर्भीमः कर्णरथं प्रति ।
भानुमद्भिः शिलाधौतैर्भानोः प्राच्छादयत्प्रभां ॥ ७.१३२.२३ ॥
With a net of arrows, bright and whetted on stone, Bhīma covered Karṇa's chariot, as if he were veiling the very radiance of the sun.
7.132.24
ततः प्रहस्याधिरथिस्तूर्णमस्यञ्शिताञ्शरान् ।
व्यधमद्भीमसेनस्य शरजालानि पत्रिभिः ॥ ७.१३२.२४ ॥
Then the son of Adhiratha, laughing, swiftly loosed sharp arrows and with his own shafts shattered the nets of arrows of Bhīmasena.
7.132.25
महारथो महाबाहुर्महाबाणैर्महाबलः ।
विव्याधाधिरथिर्भीमं नवभिर्निशितैस्तदा ॥ ७.१३२.२५ ॥
The great charioteer, mighty-armed and greatly strong, the son of Adhiratha (Karṇa) then pierced Bhīma with nine sharpened great arrows.
7.132.26
स तोत्रैरिव मातङ्गो वार्यमाणः पतत्त्रिभः ।
अभ्यधावदसम्भ्रान्तः सूतपुत्रं वृकोदरः ॥ ७.१३२.२६ ॥
Like an elephant held back by goads, undisturbed though held back by arrows, Vṛkodara (Bhīma) rushed toward the son of the charioteer.
7.132.27
तमापतन्तं वेगेन रभसं पाण्डवर्षभम् ।
कर्णः प्रत्युद्ययौ युद्धे मत्तो मत्तमिव द्विपम् ॥ ७.१३२.२७ ॥
Karṇa advanced in battle to meet that bull of the Pāṇḍavas as he came rushing with speed and fury, as a maddened elephant meets another maddened elephant.
7.132.28
ततः प्रध्याप्य जलजं भेरीशतसमस्वनम् ।
अक्षुभ्यत बलं हर्षादुद्धूत इव सागरः ॥ ७.१३२.२८ ॥
Then, sounding a conch whose roar was like a hundred drums, the army was stirred with joy, like the ocean churned up.
7.132.29
तदुद्धूतं बलं दृष्ट्वा नागाश्वरथपत्तिमत् ।
भीमः कर्णं समासाद्य च्छादयामास सायकैः ॥ ७.१३२.२९ ॥
Seeing that army, stirred up with elephants, horses, chariots and foot soldiers, Bhīma approached Karṇa and covered him with arrows.
7.132.30
अश्वानृक्षसवर्णांश्च हंसवर्णैर्हयोत्तमैः ।
व्यामिश्रयद्रणे कर्णः पाण्डवं छादयञ्छरैः ॥ ७.१३२.३० ॥
Karṇa, in battle, mixed together horses the color of bears and excellent horses the color of swans, and covered the Pāṇḍava with arrows.
7.132.31
ऋक्षवर्णान्हयान्कर्कैर्मिश्रान्मारुतरंहसः ।
निरीक्ष्य तव पुत्राणां हाहाकृतमभूद्बलम् ॥ ७.१३२.३१ ॥
Seeing the bear-coloured horses, swift as the wind, mingled with the grey-dark horses, the army of your sons was filled with cries of alarm.
7.132.32
ते हया बह्वशोभन्त मिश्रिता वातरंहसः ।
सितासिता महाराज यथा व्योम्नि वलाहकाः ॥ ७.१३२.३२ ॥
O great king, those horses, swift as the wind and mingled together, shone brightly like white and black clouds in the sky.
7.132.33
संरब्धौ क्रोधताम्राक्षौ प्रेक्ष्य कर्णवृकोदरौ ।
सन्त्रस्ताः समकम्पन्त त्वदीयानां महारथाः ॥ ७.१३२.३३ ॥
Seeing Karṇa and Vṛkodara, both enraged, with eyes red with anger, your great chariot-warriors were terrified and trembled together.
7.132.34
यमराष्ट्रोपमं घोरमासीदायोधनं तयोः ।
दुर्दर्शं भरतश्रेष्ठ प्रेतराजपुत्रं यथा ॥ ७.१३२.३४ ॥
O best of the Bharatas, the battlefield of those two became terrible like the realm of Yama, hard to look upon, like the son of the king of the dead.
7.132.35
समाजमिव तच्चित्रं प्रेक्षमाणा महारथाः ।
नालक्षयञ्जयं व्यक्तमेकस्यैव महारणे ॥ ७.१३२.३५ ॥
Watching that strange sight as if it were a gathering, the great chariot-warriors could not discern clear victory for either one in that great battle.
7.132.36
तयोः प्रैक्षन्त सम्मर्दं सन्निकृष्टं महास्त्रयोः ।
तव दुर्मन्त्रिते राजन्सपुत्रस्य विशाम्पते ॥ ७.१३२.३६ ॥
O king, lord of men, because of the evil counsel of your son, they saw the close clash of those two great masters of weapons.
7.132.37
छादयन्तौ हि शत्रुघ्नावन्योन्यं सायकैः शितैः ।
शरजालावृतं व्योम चक्रातेऽद्भुतविक्रमौ ॥ ७.१३२.३७ ॥
Covering one another with sharp arrows, the two foe-slayers, of wondrous prowess, made the sky covered with a net of arrows.
7.132.38
तावन्योन्यं जिघांसन्तौ शरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्महारथौ ।
प्रेक्षणीयतरावास्तां वृष्टिमन्ताविवाम्बुदौ ॥ ७.१३२.३८ ॥
Both great charioteers, desiring to kill one another with sharp arrows, became more worthy of sight, like two rain-bearing clouds.
7.132.39
सुवर्णविकृतान्वाणान्विमुञ्चन्तावरिन्दमौ ।
भास्वरं व्योम चक्राते महोल्काभिरिव प्रभो ॥ ७.१३२.३९ ॥
Releasing arrows adorned with gold, the two foe-subduers, O lord, made the sky shine as if with great fire-brands.
7.132.40
ताभ्यां मुक्ताः शरा राजन्गार्ध्रपत्राश्चकाशिरे ।
श्रेण्यः शरदि मत्तानां सारसनामिवाम्बरे ॥ ७.१३२.४० ॥
O king, the vulture-feathered arrows released by those two shone in the sky like rows of intoxicated cranes in autumn.
7.132.41
संसक्तं सूतपुत्रेण दृष्ट्वा भीममरिन्दमम् ।
अतिभारममन्येतां भीमे कृष्णधनञ्जयौ ॥ ७.१३२.४१ ॥
Seeing Bhīma, the foe-subduer, locked in combat with the son of the charioteer, Kṛṣṇa and Dhanañjaya considered it a very heavy burden laid upon Bhīma.
7.132.42
तत्राधिरथिभीमाभ्यां शरैर्मुक्तैर्दृढं हताः ।
इषुपातमतिक्रम्य पेतुरश्वनरद्विपाः ॥ ७.१३२.४२ ॥
There, struck down firmly by the arrows released by Adhiratha's son and Bhīma, horses, men and elephants passed beyond the range of an arrow and fell.
7.132.43
पतद्भिः पतितैश्चान्यैर्गतासुभिरनेकशः ।
कृतो राजन्महाराज पुत्राणां ते जनक्षयः ॥ ७.१३२.४३ ॥
Falling, fallen, and others whose life had departed were slain in many ways; O king, O great king, a great slaughter of your sons came about.
7.132.44
मनुप्याश्वगजानां च शरीरैर्गतजीवितैः ।
क्षणेन भूमिः सञ्जज्ञे संवृता भरतर्षभ ॥ ७.१३२.४४ ॥
In a moment the ground was covered with the bodies of men, horses and elephants whose life had departed, O bull of the Bharatas.