Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.14
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7.14.1
ततः स पाण्डवानीके जनयन्सुमहद्भयम् ।
व्यचरत्पृतनां द्रोणो दहन्कक्षमिवानलः ॥ ७.१४.१ ॥
Then he, creating great terror in the Pāṇḍava army, moved through the host like Droṇa, as fire burns dry grass.
7.14.2
निर्दहन्तमनीकानि साक्षादग्निमिवोत्थितम् ।
दृष्ट्वा रुक्मरथं क्रुद्धं समकम्पन्त सृञ्जयाः ॥ ७.१४.२ ॥
Seeing Droṇa of the golden chariot, enraged and blazing through the armies like fire risen in person, the Sṛñjayas trembled.
7.14.3
सततं कृष्यतः सङ्ख्ये धनुषोऽस्याशुकारिणः ।
ज्याघोषः शुश्रुवेऽत्यर्थं विस्फूर्जितमिवाशनेः ॥ ७.१४.३ ॥
The twang of his bow-string, drawn ceaselessly in battle by his swift-acting bow, was heard exceedingly like the crash of a thunderbolt.
7.14.4
रथिनः सादिनश्चैव नागानश्वान्पदातिनः ।
रौद्रा हस्तवता मुक्ताः सम्मृद्गन्ति स्स सायकाः ॥ ७.१४.४ ॥
The terrible arrows released by the skilled-handed one crushed charioteers, horsemen, elephants, horses and foot-soldiers alike.
7.14.5
नानद्यमानः पर्जन्यः प्रवृद्धः शुचिसङ्क्षये ।
अश्मवर्षमिवावर्षत्परेषामावहद्भयम् ॥ ७.१४.५ ॥
Like a swollen cloud at the close of the clear season, roaring not at all, pouring down a shower of stones, he rained fear upon the enemies.
7.14.6
विचरन्स दिशः सर्वाः सेनां सङ्क्षोभयन्प्रभुः ।
वर्धयामास सन्त्रासं शात्रवाणाममानुषम् ॥ ७.१४.६ ॥
Moving through all the directions and shaking the army, the mighty one increased superhuman terror among the enemies.
7.14.7
तस्य विद्युदिवाभ्रेषु चापं हेमपरिष्कृतम् ।
भ्राजमानं रथे तस्मिन्दृश्यते स्म महाभयम् ॥ ७.१४.७ ॥
His bow, adorned with gold, shone like lightning among the clouds; on that chariot it was seen as great terror.
7.14.8
स वीरः सत्यवान्प्राज्ञो धर्मनित्यः सदा पुनः ।
युगान्तकालवद्धोरां रौद्रां प्रावर्तयन्नदीम् ॥ ७.१४.८ ॥
That hero, truthful, wise, ever devoted to dharma, again set flowing a terrible and fierce river, like the time of the world's end.
7.14.9
अमर्षवेगप्रभवां क्रव्यादगणसङ्कुलाम् ।
बलौघैः सर्वतः पूर्णां ध्वजवृक्षापहारिणीम् ॥ ७.१४.९ ॥
Arising from the force of wrath, thronged with flesh-eating hosts, filled on all sides with floods of troops, carrying away the banner-trees.
7.14.10
शोणितोदां रथावर्तां हस्त्यश्वकृतरोधसम् ।
कवचोडुपसंयुक्तां मांसपङ्कसमाकुलाम् ॥ ७.१४.१० ॥
Its water blood, its whirlpools chariots, its banks made by elephants and horses, joined with armour as its boats, thronged with a mire of flesh.
7.14.11
मेदोमज्जास्थिसिकतामुष्मीषचयफेनिलाम् ।
सङ्ग्रामजलदापूर्णां प्रासमत्स्यसमाकुलाम् ॥ ७.१४.११ ॥
Its sand fat, marrow and bone, foaming with heaps of turbans, filled with the clouds of battle, thronged with spear-fish.
7.14.12
नरनागाश्वकलिलां शरवेगौघवाहिनीम् ।
शरीरदारुसङ्घाटां रथकच्छपसङ्कुलाम् ॥ ७.१४.१२ ॥
Crowded with men, elephants and horses, carrying floods swift as arrows, with bodies as its tangled driftwood, thronged with chariot-tortoises.
7.14.13
उत्तमाङ्गैः पङ्कजिनीं निस्त्रिंशझषसङ्कुलाम् ।
रथनागहूदोपेतां नानाभारणभूषिताम् ॥ ७.१४.१३ ॥
That river of lotuses, full of heads, crowded with swords as fish, furnished with chariots and elephants as pools, adorned with ornaments of many kinds.
7.14.14
महारथशतावर्तां भूमिरेणूर्मिमालिनीम् ।
महावीर्यवतां सङ्ख्ये सुतरां भीरुदुस्तराम् ॥ ७.१४.१४ ॥
Full of whirlpools of hundreds of great charioteers, garlanded with waves of dust from the ground, impassable even for the mighty heroes in battle, and far more so for the timid.
7.14.15
शरीरशतसम्बाधां गृध्रकङ्कनिषेविताम् ।
महारथसहस्राणि नयन्तीं यमसादनम् ॥ ७.१४.१५ ॥
Crowded with hundreds of bodies, frequented by vultures and herons, carrying thousands of great charioteers to the abode of Yama.
7.14.16
शूलव्यालसमाकीर्णां प्राणिवाजिनिषेविताम् ।
छिन्नक्षत्रमहाहंसां मुकुटाण्डजसेविताम् ॥ ७.१४.१६ ॥
Strewn with spears and serpents, frequented by living creatures and horses, with its great swans of broken parasols, attended by birds of crowns.
7.14.17
चक्रकूर्माङ्गदानक्रां शरक्षुद्रझषाकुलाम् ।
बकगृध्रसृगालानां घोरसङ्घैर्निषेविताम् ॥ ७.१४.१७ ॥
With wheels as turtles and armlets as crocodiles, thronged with small fish of arrows, frequented by dreadful flocks of herons, vultures and jackals.
7.14.18
निहतान्प्राणिनः सङ्ख्ये द्रोणेन बलिना रणे ।
वहन्तीं पितृलोकाय शतशो राजसत्तम ॥ ७.१४.१८ ॥
Carrying away hundreds of living beings slain in battle by the mighty Droṇa to the world of the ancestors, O best of kings.
7.14.19
शऱीरशतसम्बाधां केशशैवलशाद्वलाम् ।
नदीं प्रावर्तयद्राजन्भीरूपणां भयवर्धिनीम् ॥ ७.१४.१९ ॥
O king, he made flow a river crowded with hundreds of bodies, with hair as its moss and grass, frightful in form and increasing fear.
7.14.20
तर्जयन्तमनीकानि तानि तानि महारथम् ।
सर्वतोऽभ्यद्रवन्द्रोणं युधिष्ठिरपुरोगमाः ॥ ७.१४.२० ॥
Those armies, threatening the great charioteer Droṇa, rushed upon him from all sides, led by Yudhiṣṭhira.
7.14.21
तानभिद्रवतः शूरांस्तावका दृढविक्रमाः ।
सर्वतः प्रत्यगृह्णन्त तदभूद्रोमहर्षणम् ॥ ७.१४.२१ ॥
Seeing those heroes charge upon them from all sides, your firm-valoured warriors met them, and that became a hair-raising sight.
7.14.22
शतमायस्तु शकुनिः सहदेवं समाद्रवत् ।
सनियन्तृध्वजरथं विव्याघ निशितैः शरैः ॥ ७.१४.२२ ॥
But Śakuni rushed against Sahadeva, and pierced his chariot, with its charioteer and banner, with sharp arrows.
7.14.23
तस्य माद्रीसुतः केतुं धनुः सूतं हयानपि ।
नातिक्रुद्धः शरैश्छित्त्वा षष्ठ्या विव्याध सौबलम्।
भित्त्वा च शरवर्षेण शकुनिं प्रत्यवारयत् ॥ ७.१४.२३ ॥
Cutting his banner, bow, charioteer and horses, the son of Mādrī, not greatly angered, pierced Subala's son with sixty arrows; piercing him with a shower of arrows, he held Śakuni back.
7.14.24
गदां गृहीत्वा शकुनिः प्रचस्कन्द रथोत्तमात् ।
स तस्य गदया राजन्रथात्सूतमपातयत् ॥ ७.१४.२४ ॥
Taking his mace, Śakuni leapt down from his excellent chariot, and, O king, with the mace he knocked the charioteer from the chariot.
7.14.25
ततस्तौ विरथौ राजन्गदाहस्तौ महाबलौ ।
चिक्रीडतू रणे शूरौ सशृङ्गाविव पर्वतौ ॥ ७.१४.२५ ॥
Then those two, chariotless, maces in hand, mighty in strength, O king, played in battle like two peaked mountains.
7.14.26
द्रोणः पाञ्चालदायादं विव्याध निशितैः शरैः ।
तयोस्तत्र महाराज बाणवर्षैः प्रकाशितम्।
खद्योतैरिव चाकाशं प्रदोषे पुरुषर्षभ ॥ ७.१४.२६ ॥
Droṇa pierced the kinsman of the Pāñcālas with sharp arrows. There, O great king, the sky was lit by the showers of arrows of those two, as at dusk it is lit by fireflies, O bull among men.
7.14.27
विविंशतिं भीमसेनो विंशत्या निशितैः शरैः ।
विद्ध्वा नाकम्पयद्वीरस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥ ७.१४.२७ ॥
Bhīmasena pierced Vivinśati with twenty sharp arrows; pierced, the hero did not tremble, and it was as if a wonder had happened.
7.14.28
विविंशतिस्तु सहसा व्यश्वकेतुशरासनम् ।
भीमं चक्रे महाराज ततः सैन्यान्यपूजयन् ॥ ७.१४.२८ ॥
But Vivinśati suddenly destroyed Bhīma's horses, banner and bow; then, O great king, the armies honoured him.
7.14.29
स तन्न ममृषे वीरः शत्रोर्विक्रममाहवे ।
ततोऽस्य गदया दान्तान्हयात्सर्वानपातयत् ॥ ७.१४.२९ ॥
That hero could not endure the enemy's prowess in battle; then with his mace he struck down all of his tamed horses.
7.14.30
हताश्वात्स रथाद्राजन्गृह्य चर्म महाबलः ।
अभ्ययाद्भीमसेनं तु मत्तो मत्तमिव द्विपम् ॥ ७.१४.३० ॥
O king, taking his shield from the chariot of slain horses, that mighty one advanced upon Bhīmasena, as a maddened elephant advances upon another maddened elephant.
7.14.31
शल्यस्तु नकुलं वीरः स्वस्रीयं प्रियमात्मनः ।
विव्याध प्रहसन्बाणैर्लालयन्कोपयन्निव ॥ ७.१४.३१ ॥
But the hero Śalya, laughing, pierced his dear sister's son Nakula with arrows, as though caressing him and yet provoking his anger.
7.14.32
तस्याश्वानातपत्रं च ध्वजं सूतमथो धनुः ।
निपात्य नकुलः सङ्ख्ये शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान् ॥ ७.१४.३२ ॥
Having felled in battle his horses, parasol, banner, charioteer and bow, the mighty Nakula blew his conch.
7.14.33
धृष्टकेतुः कृपेणास्ताञ्छित्त्वा बहुविधाञ्छरान् ।
कृपं विव्याध सप्तत्या ध्वजं चास्य त्रिभिः शरैः ॥ ७.१४.३३ ॥
Dhṛṣṭaketu, cutting down with his sword the many kinds of arrows, pierced Kṛpa with seventy shafts and his banner with three.
7.14.34
तं कृपः शरवर्षेण महता समवारयत् ।
विव्याध च रणे विप्रो धृष्टकेतुममर्षणम् ॥ ७.१४.३४ ॥
Kṛpa checked him with a great shower of arrows, and in battle the brahmin also struck the unyielding Dhṛṣṭaketu.
7.14.35
सात्यकिः कृतवर्माणं नाराचेन स्तनान्तरे ।
विद्ध्वा विव्याध सप्तत्या पुनरन्यैः स्मयन्निव ॥ ७.१४.३५ ॥
Sātyaki pierced Kṛtavarman in the chest with an iron arrow, and then, as if smiling, struck him again with seventy other shafts.
7.14.36
तं भोजः सप्तसप्तत्या विद्ध्वाऽऽशु निशितैः शरैः ।
नाकम्पयत शैनेयं शीघ्रो वायुरिवाचलम् ॥ ७.१४.३६ ॥
Bhoja swiftly pierced him with seventy-seven sharp arrows, yet he did not shake Śainya, just as a swift wind cannot shake a mountain.
7.14.37
सेनापतिः सुशर्माणं भृशं मर्मस्वताडयत् ।
स चापि तं तोमरेण जत्रुदेशेऽभ्यताडयत् ॥ ७.१४.३७ ॥
The commander struck Suśarman hard in the vital spots, and he in turn struck him with a javelin at the collarbone.
7.14.38
वैकर्तनं तु समरे विराटः प्रत्यवारयत् ।
सह मत्स्यैर्महावीर्यैस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥ ७.१४.३८ ॥
But in battle Virāṭa held back Vaikartana (Karṇa), together with the Matsyas, mighty in valour; and that was as if marvellous.
7.14.39
तत्पौरुषमभूत्तत्र सूतपुत्रस्य दारुणम् ।
यत्सैन्यं वारयामास शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥ ७.१४.३९ ॥
There was the terrible prowess of the charioteer's son, who with arrows of bent joints held back the army.
7.14.40
द्रुपदस्तु स्वयं राजा भगदत्तेन सङ्गतः ।
तयोर्युद्धं महाराज चित्ररूपमिवाभवत् ॥ ७.१४.४० ॥
King Drupada himself engaged Bhagadatta; and their combat, great king, became as if of wondrous form.
7.14.41
भगदत्तस्तु राजानं द्रुपदं नतपर्वभिः ।
सनियन्तृध्वजरथं विव्याध पुरुषर्षभः ॥ ७.१४.४१ ॥
Bhagadatta, bull among men, pierced King Drupada with arrows of bent joints, and his banner-chariot together with its charioteer.
7.14.42
द्रुपदस्तु ततः क्रुद्धो भगदत्तं महारथम् ।
आजघानोरसि क्षिप्रं शरेणानतपर्वणा ॥ ७.१४.४२ ॥
Then Drupada, enraged, swiftly struck the great charioteer Bhagadatta on the chest with an arrow of bent joints.
7.14.43
युद्धं योधवरौ लोके सौमदत्तिशिखण्डिनौ ।
भूतानां त्रासजननं चक्रातेऽस्त्रविशारदौ ॥ ७.१४.४३ ॥
Two of the best warriors in the world, Saumadatti and Śikhaṇḍin, carried on a battle that terrified creatures; both were skilled in weapons.
7.14.44
भूरिश्रवा रणे राजन्याज्ञसेनिं महारथम् ।
महता सायकौघेन च्छादयामास वीर्यवान् ॥ ७.१४.४४ ॥
O king, in battle the mighty Bhūriśravas covered that great charioteer, the son of Ājñasena, with a great flood of arrows.
7.14.45
शिखण्डी तु ततः क्रुद्धः सौमदत्तिं विशाम्पते ।
नवत्या सायकानां तु कम्पयामास भारत ॥ ७.१४.४५ ॥
Then the enraged Śikhaṇḍin, O lord of the people, shook Saumadatti with ninety arrows, O descendant of Bharata.
7.14.46
राक्षसौ रौद्रकर्माणौ हेडिम्बालम्बुसावुभौ ।
चक्रातेऽत्युद्भुतं युद्धं परस्परजयैषिणौ ॥ ७.१४.४६ ॥
The two cruel-acting rākṣasas, Hiḍimba's son and Alambusha, both seeking victory over each other, carried on a most wondrous battle.
7.14.47
मायाशतसृजौ दृप्तौ मायाभिरितरेतरम् ।
अन्तर्हितौ चेरतुस्तौ भृशं विस्मयकारिणौ ॥ ७.१४.४७ ॥
The two proud creators of a hundred illusions, hiding themselves by their illusions against one another, moved about and greatly astonished all.
7.14.48
चेकितानोऽनुविन्देन युयुधे चातिभैरवम् ।
यथा देवासुरे युद्धे बलशक्रौ महाबलौ ॥ ७.१४.४८ ॥
Cekitāna fought with Anuvinda in a most terrible battle, as the mighty Bala and Śakra fought in the battle of gods and asuras.
7.14.49
लक्ष्मणः क्षत्रदेवेन विमर्दमकरोद्भृशम् ।
यथा विष्णुः पुरा राजन्हिरण्याक्षेण संयुगे ॥ ७.१४.४९ ॥
O king, as Viṣṇu once fought fiercely with Hiraṇyākṣa in battle, so Lakṣmaṇa waged a crushing combat with Kṣatradeva.
7.14.50
ततः प्रचलिताश्वेन विधिवत्कल्पितेन च ।
रथेनाभ्यपतद्राजन्सौभद्रं पौरवो पौरवो नदन् ॥ ७.१४.५० ॥
Then, O king, the Paurava roared and charged at the son of Subhadrā in a chariot duly equipped, its horses set in swift motion.
7.14.51
ततोऽभ्ययात्स त्वरितो युद्धाकाङ्क्षी महाबलः ।
तेन चक्रे महद्युद्धमभिमन्युररिन्दमः ॥ ७.१४.५१ ॥
Then the mighty one, eager for battle, advanced swiftly, and Abhimanyu, subduer of foes, waged a great battle with him.
7.14.52
पौरवस्त्वथ सौभद्रं शरव्रातैरवाकिरत् ।
तस्यार्जुनिर्ध्वजं छत्रं धनुश्चोर्व्यामपातयत् ॥ ७.१४.५२ ॥
The Paurava then showered Subhadrā's son with volleys of arrows, but the son of Arjuna brought down his banner, parasol and bow to the ground.
7.14.53
सौभद्रः पौरवं त्वन्यैर्विद्ध्वा सप्तभिराशुगैः ।
पञ्चभिस्तस्य विव्याध हयान्सूनं च सायकैः ॥ ७.१४.५३ ॥
The son of Subhadrā then pierced the Paurava with seven other swift arrows, and with five arrows pierced his horses and charioteer.
7.14.54
ततः प्रहर्षयन्सेनां सिंहवद्विनदन्मुहुः ।
समादत्तार्जुनिस्तूर्णं पौरवान्तकरं शरम् ॥ ७.१४.५४ ॥
Then, gladdening the army and roaring again and again like a lion, the son of Arjuna swiftly took up the arrow that would bring death to the Paurava.
7.14.55
तं तु सन्धितमाज्ञाय सायकं घोरदर्शनम् ।
द्वाभ्यां शराभ्यां हार्दिक्यश्चिच्छेद सशरं धनुः ॥ ७.१४.५५ ॥
Knowing that arrow, terrible to behold, was fitted, Hārdikya cut his bow, together with the arrow, with two arrows.
7.14.56
तदुत्सृज्य धनुश्छिन्नं सौभद्रः परवीरहा ।
उद्बबर्ह सितं खङ्गमाददनाः शरावरम् ॥ ७.१४.५६ ॥
Casting aside the broken bow, Saubhadra, slayer of enemy heroes, drew out a bright sword and took up a shield.
7.14.57
स तेनानेकतारेण चर्मणा कृतहस्तवत् ।
भ्रान्तासिना चरन्मार्गान्दर्शयन्वीर्यमात्मनः ॥ ७.१४.५७ ॥
With that many-starred shield and the whirling sword, moving like one skilled in the hands, he showed the paths of his own prowess.
7.14.58
भ्रामितं पुनरुद्धान्तमाधूतं पुनरुत्थितम् ।
चर्मनिस्त्रिंशयो राजन्निर्विशेषमदृश्यत ॥ ७.१४.५८ ॥
O king, the shield and sword were whirled, darted upward, shaken, and risen again; the two could not be distinguished from one another.
7.14.59
स पौरवरथस्येषामाप्लुत्य सहसा नदन् ।
पौरवं रथमास्थाय केशपक्षे परामृशत् ॥ ७.१४.५९ ॥
Suddenly roaring, he leapt onto the pole of the Paurava's chariot, mounted the Paurava's chariot, and seized him by the hair.
7.14.60
जघानास्य पदा सूतमसिना पातयद्धृजम् ।
विक्षोभ्याम्भोनिधिं तार्क्ष्यस्तं नागमिव चाक्षिपत् ॥ ७.१४.६० ॥
He struck his charioteer with his foot, felled the banner with the sword, and dragged him up as Garuḍa, churning the ocean, snatches up a serpent.
7.14.61
तमागलितकेशान्तं ददृशुः सर्वपार्थिवाः ।
उक्षाणमिव सिंहेन पात्यमानमचेतसम् ॥ ७.१४.६१ ॥
All the kings saw him, his hair and ends loosened, being brought down like a bull struck by a lion, senseless.
7.14.62
तमार्जुनिवशं प्राप्तं कृष्यमाणमनाथवत् ।
पौरवं पातितं दृष्ट्वा नामृष्यत जयद्रूथः ॥ ७.१४.६२ ॥
Seeing the Paurava, brought under Arjuna's power, dragged like one without protector and thrown down, Jayadratha could not endure it.
7.14.63
स बर्हिबर्हावततं किङ्किणीशतजालवत् ।
चर्म चादाय खङ्गं च नदन्पर्यपतद्रथात् ॥ ७.१४.६३ ॥
Taking up a shield spread with peacock feathers, like a net of a hundred little bells, and a sword, roaring he leapt down from the chariot.
7.14.64
ततः सैन्धवमालोक्य कार्ष्णिरुत्सृज्य पौरवम् ।
उत्पपात रथात्तूर्णं श्येनवन्निपपात च। ॥ ७.१४.६४ ॥
Then, seeing Saindhava, the son of Kṛṣṇā abandoned the Paurava, sprang swiftly from the chariot, and swooped down like a hawk.
7.14.65
प्रासपट्टिशनिस्त्रिंशाञ्छत्रुभिः सम्प्रचोदितान् ।
चिच्छेद चासिना कार्ष्णिश्चर्मणा संरुरोध च ॥ ७.१४.६५ ॥
The spears, paṭṭiśas and swords hurled by the enemies, the son of Kṛṣṇā cut through with his sword and blocked with his shield.
7.14.66
स दर्शयित्वा सैन्यानां स्वबाहुबलमात्मनः ।
तमुद्यम्य महाखङ्गं चर्म चाथ पुनर्बली ॥ ७.१४.६६ ॥
Having shown the armies the might of his own arms, the mighty one again raised his great sword and shield.
7.14.67
वृद्धक्षत्रस्य दायादं पितुरत्यन्तवैरिणम् ।
ससाराभिमुखः शूरः शार्दूल इव कुञ्जरम् ॥ ७.१४.६७ ॥
Toward the heir of Vṛddhakṣatra, the utter enemy of his father, the hero advanced face to face, like a tiger toward an elephant.
7.14.68
तौ परस्परमासाद्य खह्गदन्तनखायुधौ ।
हृष्टवत्सम्प्रजहाते व्याघ्रकेसरिणाविव ॥ ७.१४.६८ ॥
Having met one another, both armed with sword, tusk and claw, they struck at each other joyfully, like a tiger and a lion.
7.14.69
सम्पातेष्वभिघातेषु निपातेष्वसिचर्मणोः ।
न तयोरन्तरं कश्चिद्ददर्श नरसिंहयोः ॥ ७.१४.६९ ॥
In the lunges, blows and falls of sword and shield, no one saw any gap between those two lions among men.
7.14.70
अवक्षेपोऽसिनिर्हादः शस्त्रान्तरनिदर्शनम् ।
बाह्यान्तरनिपातश्च निर्विशेमदृश्यत ॥ ७.१४.७० ॥
The sweep of the sword, its ringing, the display of openings between weapons, strikes outside and inside, and … were seen.
7.14.71
बाह्यमाभ्यन्तरं चैव चरन्तौ मार्गमुत्तमम् ।
ददृशाते महात्मानौ सपक्षाविव पर्वतौ ॥ ७.१४.७१ ॥
Moving along the highest path, outer and inner, the two great-souled ones were seen like two mountains with wings.
7.14.72
ततो विक्षिपतः खङ्गं सौभद्रस्य यशस्विनः ।
शरावरणपक्षान्ते प्रजहार जयद्रथः ॥ ७.१४.७२ ॥
Then, as the famous Saubhadra swung his sword, Jayadratha struck at the edge of his shield.
7.14.73
रुक्मपत्रान्तरे सक्तस्तस्मिंश्चर्मणि भास्वरे ।
सिन्धुराजबलोद्धूतः सोऽभज्यत महानसिः ॥ ७.१४.७३ ॥
In that gleaming shield, caught among the golden leaves, the great sword, shaken by the might of the king of Sindhu, broke.
7.14.74
भग्नमाज्ञाय निस्त्रिंशमवप्लुत्य पदानि षट् ।
अदृश्यत निमेषेण स्वरथं पुनरास्थितः ॥ ७.१४.७४ ॥
Perceiving that his sword was broken, he leapt down six paces and in an instant was seen mounting his chariot again.
7.14.75
तं कार्ष्णिं समरान्मुक्तमास्थितं रथमुत्तमम् ।
सहिताः सर्वराजानः परिवव्रुः समन्ततः ॥ ७.१४.७५ ॥
Those kings, all together, surrounded on every side that son of Kṛṣṇa's kin, who had come out of the battle and mounted his excellent chariot.
7.14.76
ततश्चर्म च खङ्गं च समुत्क्षिप्य महाबलः ।
ननादार्जुनदायादः प्रेक्षमाणो जयद्रथम् ॥ ७.१४.७६ ॥
Then the mighty heir of Arjuna, raising his shield and sword, roared, looking at Jayadratha.
7.14.77
सिन्धुराजं परित्यज्य सौभद्रः परवीरहा ।
तापयामास तत्सैन्यं भुवनं भास्करो यथा ॥ ७.१४.७७ ॥
Leaving the king of Sindhu, the son of Subhadrā, slayer of enemy heroes, scorched that army as the sun scorches the world.
7.14.78
तस्य सर्वायसीं शक्तिं शल्यः कनकभूषणाम् ।
चिक्षेप समरे घोरां दीप्तामग्निशिखामिव ॥ ७.१४.७८ ॥
In battle Śalya hurled at him a terrible spear, all of iron and adorned with gold, blazing like a tongue of fire.
7.14.79
तामवप्लुत्य जग्राह विकोशं चाकरोदसिम् ।
वैनतेयो यथा कार्ष्णिः पतन्तमुरगोत्तमम् ॥ ७.१४.७९ ॥
Leaping down, he seized it and drew the sword from its sheath, as Vainateya (Garuḍa) seizes the best of serpents as it falls.
7.14.80
तस्य लाषवमाज्ञाय सत्वं चामिततेजसः ।
सहिताः सर्वराजानः सिंहनादमथानदन् ॥ ७.१४.८० ॥
Perceiving his swiftness and the courage of the immeasurably brilliant one, all the kings together roared a lion's roar.
7.14.81
ततस्तामेव शल्यस्य सौभद्रः परवीरहा ।
मुमोच भुजवीर्येण वैदूर्यविकृतां शिताम् ॥ ७.१४.८१ ॥
Then Saubhadra, slayer of enemy heroes, hurled that very sharp spear of Śalya, set with lapis lazuli, with the might of his arms.
7.14.82
सा तस्य रथमासाद्य निर्मुक्तभुजगोपमा ।
जघान सूतं शल्यस्य रथाच्चैनमपातयत् ॥ ७.१४.८२ ॥
It reached his chariot, and like a released serpent it struck down Śalya's charioteer and threw him from the chariot as well.
7.14.83
ततो विराटद्रुपदौ धृष्टकेतुर्युधिष्ठिरः ।
सात्यकिः केकया भीमो धृष्टद्युम्नशिखण्डिनौ ॥ ७.१४.८३ ॥
Then Virāṭa and Drupada, Dhṛṣṭaketu, Yudhiṣṭhira, Sātyaki, the Kekaya princes, Bhīma, Dhṛṣṭadyumna and Śikhaṇḍin.
7.14.84
यमौ च द्रौपदेयाश्च साधुसाध्विति चुक्रुशुः ।
बाणशब्दाश्च विविधाः सिंहनादाश्च पुष्कलाः ॥ ७.१४.८४ ॥
Nakula and Sahadeva and the sons of Draupadī cried out, "Well done, well done!" There were sounds of arrows of many kinds and abundant lion-roars.
7.14.85
प्रादुरासन्हर्षयन्तः सौभद्रमपलायिनम् ।
तन्नामृष्यन्त पुत्रास्ते शत्रोर्विजयलक्षणम् ॥ ७.१४.८५ ॥
Cheering on Abhimanyu, who did not flee, they came forward; your sons could not tolerate the enemy's sign of victory.
7.14.86
अथैनं सहसा सर्वे समन्तान्निशितैः शरैः ।
अभ्याकिरन्महाराज जलदा इव पर्वतम् ॥ ७.१४.८६ ॥
Then all at once, from every side, they covered him with sharp arrows, great king, as clouds cover a mountain.
7.14.87
तेषां च प्रियमन्विच्छन्सूतस्य च पराभवम् ।
आर्तायनिरमित्रघ्नः क्रुद्धः सौभद्रमभ्ययात् ॥ ७.१४.८७ ॥
Desiring their welfare and wishing to avenge the charioteer's defeat, Ārtāyani, slayer of enemies, angered, advanced against Saubhadra.