Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.154
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7.154.1
तदुदीर्णं रथाश्वौघं बलं तव जनाधिप ।
पाण्डुसेनामतिक्रम्य योधयामास सर्वतः ॥ ७.१५४.१ ॥
Then your army, surging with chariots and horses, pressed past the Pāṇḍava host and fought on every side, O lord of men.
7.154.2
पाञ्चालाः कुरवश्चैव योधयन्तः परस्परम् ।
यमराष्ट्राय महते परलोकाय दीक्षिताः ॥ ७.१५४.२ ॥
The Pāñcālas and the Kurus, fighting one another, were consecrated for the great realm of Yama, the other world.
7.154.3
शूराः शूरैः समागम्य शरतोमरशक्तिभिः ।
विव्यधुः समरेऽन्योन्यं निन्युश्चैव यमक्षयम् ॥ ७.१५४.३ ॥
Heroes met heroes, piercing one another in battle with arrows, javelins and lances, and sent them to the abode of Yama.
7.154.4
रथिनां रथिभिः सार्धं रुधिरस्रावदारुणम् ।
प्रावर्तत महद्युद्धं निघ्नतामितरेतरम् ॥ ७.१५४.४ ॥
Between charioteers and charioteers a great battle began, terrible with streams of blood, as they struck one another.
7.154.5
वारणाश्च महाराज समासाद्य परस्परम् ।
विषाणैर्दारयामासुः सुसङ्क्रुद्धा मदोत्कटाः ॥ ७.१५४.५ ॥
And the elephants, O great king, meeting one another, rage-maddened and fierce with rut, tore at each other with their tusks.
7.154.6
हयारोहान्हयारोहाः प्रासशक्तिपरश्वथैः ।
बिभिदुस्तुमुले युद्धे प्रार्थयन्तो महद्यशः ॥ ७.१५४.६ ॥
Horsemen pierced horsemen with javelins, lances and axes in the tumultuous battle, each desiring great renown.
7.154.7
पत्तयश्च महाबाहो शतशः शस्त्रपाणयः ।
अन्योन्यमार्दयन्राजन्नित्यं यत्ताः पराक्रमे ॥ ७.१५४.७ ॥
O mighty-armed one, hundreds of foot soldiers with weapons in hand, O king, ever striving in valour, pressed one another.
7.154.8
गोत्राणां नामधेयानां कुलानां चैव मारिष ।
श्रवणाद्धि विजानीमः पाञ्चालान्कुरुभिः सह ॥ ७.१५४.८ ॥
O venerable one, it is from hearing of the lineages, names and families that we know the Pāñcālas were together with the Kurus.
7.154.9
तेऽन्योन्यं समरे योधाः शरशक्तिपरश्वथैः ।
प्रैषयन्परलोकाय विचरन्तो ह्यभीतवत् ॥ ७.१५४.९ ॥
Those warriors in battle sent one another to the other world with arrows, spears and battle-axes, moving about as if fearless.
7.154.10
शरैर्दश दिशो राजंस्तेषां मुक्तैः सहस्रशः ।
न भ्राजन्ते यथा पूर्वं भास्करस्य च नाशनात् ॥ ७.१५४.१० ॥
O king, the ten directions, filled by the thousands of arrows they released, no longer shone as they did before, as if the sun had disappeared.
7.154.11
तथा प्रयुध्यमानेषु पाण्डवेयेषु भारत ।
दुर्योधनो महाराज व्यवागाहत तद्बलम् ॥ ७.१५४.११ ॥
O descendant of Bharata, while the Pāṇḍava sons were fighting in this way, O great king, Duryodhana plunged into that army.
7.154.12
सैन्धवस्य वधेनैव भृशं दुःखसमन्वितः ।
मर्तव्यमिति संचिन्त्य प्राविशच्च द्विषद्बलम् ॥ ७.१५४.१२ ॥
Filled with great sorrow at the slaying of the Saindhava, thinking 'I must die,' he entered the enemy's army.
7.154.13
नादयन्रथघोषेण कम्पयन्निव मेदिनीम् ।
अभ्यवर्तत पुत्रस्ते पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम् ॥ ७.१५४.१३ ॥
Thundering with the roar of chariots, as if shaking the earth, your son advanced upon the army of the Pāṇḍavas.
7.154.14
स सन्निपातस्तुमुलस्तस्य तेषां च भारत ।
अभवत्सर्वसैन्यानामभावकरमो महान् ॥ ७.१५४.१४ ॥
O Bhārata, that collision between him and them was tumultuous, and it became a great ruin for all the armies.
7.154.15
तथा हतेषु सैन्येषु तथा कृच्छ्रगतः स्वयम् ।
कच्चिद्दुर्योधनः सूत नाकार्षीत्पृष्ठतो रणम् ॥ ७.१५४.१५ ॥
O charioteer, when the armies were thus slain and he himself was brought to distress, did Duryodhana not turn his back on the battle?
7.154.16
एकस्य च बहुनां च सन्निपातो महानभूत् ।
विशेषतो हि नृपतेर्विषमं प्रतिभाति मे ॥ ७.१५४.१६ ॥
A great collision occurred between one man and many; and especially for the king it seems unequal to me.
7.154.17
सोऽत्यन्तसुखसंवृद्धो रक्ष्यो लोकस्य चेश्वरः ।
एको बहून्समासाद्य कच्चिन्नासीत्पराङ्मुखः ॥ ७.१५४.१७ ॥
He, who was raised in the greatest comfort and who was to protect the world and be its lord — alone, facing many, did he never turn his back?
7.154.18
द्रोणः कर्णः कृपश्चैव कृतवर्मा च सात्वतः ।
नावारयन्कथं युद्धे राजानं राज्यकाङ्क्षिणः ॥ ७.१५४.१८ ॥
Droṇa, Karṇa, Kṛpa, and Kṛtavarman the Sātvata — how did they not restrain the king, who desired the kingdom, in battle?
7.154.19
सर्वोपायैर्हि युद्धेषु रक्षितव्यो महीपतिः ।
एषा नीतिः परा युद्धे दृष्टा तत्र मनीषिभिः ॥ ७.१५४.१९ ॥
In battles, the king must be protected by every means; this is the supreme policy in war, as the wise have seen.
7.154.20
प्रविष्टे वै मम सुते परेषां वै महद्बलम् ।
मामका रथिनां श्रेष्ठाः किमकुर्वत स़ञ्जय ॥ ७.१५४.२० ॥
When my son entered the great army of the enemies, what did the best of my chariot-warriors do, Sañjaya?
7.154.21
राजन्सङ्ग्राममाश्चर्यं पुत्रस्य तव भारत ।
एकस्य च बहूनां च शृणु मे ब्रुवतो ध्रुवम् ॥ ७.१५४.२१ ॥
O king, O descendant of Bharata, your son's battle was wondrous—one against many. Listen as I surely tell it to you.
7.154.22
द्रोणेन वार्यमाणोऽसौ कर्णेन च कृपेण च ।
प्राविशत्पाण्डवीं सेनां मकरः सागरं यथा ॥ ७.१५४.२२ ॥
Though held back by Droṇa, Karṇa and Kṛpa, he entered the Pāṇḍava army as a makara sea-monster enters the ocean.
7.154.23
किरन्निषुसहस्राणि तत्रतत्र तथातथा ।
पाञ्चालान्पाण्डवांश्चैव विव्याध निशितैः शरैः ॥ ७.१५४.२३ ॥
Scattering thousands of arrows here and there, in every way, he pierced the Pāñcālas and the Pāṇḍavas with sharp arrows.
7.154.24
यथोदयगतः सूर्यो रश्मिभिर्नाशयेत्तमः ।
तथा पुत्रस्तव बलं नाशयत्तन्महाबलः ॥ ७.१५४.२४ ॥
As the rising sun destroys darkness with its rays, so your mighty son destroyed that army.
7.154.25
यथा मध्यन्दिने सूर्यं प्रतपन्तं गभस्तिभिः ।
तथा तव सुतं मध्ये प्रतपन्तं शरार्चिभिः।
न शेकुर्भारतं युद्धे पाण्डवाः समुदीक्षितुम् ॥ ७.१५४.२५ ॥
As at midday the sun blazes with its rays, so your son blazed in the midst of battle with the flames of his arrows; the Pāṇḍavas could not look upon the Bhārata in war.
7.154.26
पलायनकृतोत्साहा निरुत्साहा द्विषज्जये ।
पर्यधावन्त पाञ्चाला वध्यमाना महात्मना ॥ ७.१५४.२६ ॥
Their spirit gone, eager only to flee, their victory over enemies lost, the Pāñcālas ran about in every direction as they were slain by the great-souled one.
7.154.27
रुक्मपुङ्खैः प्रसन्नाग्रैस्तव पुत्रेण धन्विना ।
अर्द्यमानाः शरैस्तूर्णं न्यपतन्पाण्डुसैनिकाः ॥ ७.१५४.२७ ॥
Tormented swiftly by arrows with golden shafts and bright tips from your archer son, the soldiers of the Pāṇḍu army fell down.
7.154.28
व्यद्रवंश्च भयाद्योधा दृष्ट्वा तं परमाहवे ।
व्यात्ताननमिव प्राप्तमन्तकं प्राणहारिणम् ॥ ७.१५४.२८ ॥
Seeing him in the great battle, the warriors fled in fear, as if Death, the taker of life, had come with open mouth.
7.154.29
न तादृशं रमे कर्म कृतवन्तस्तु तावकाः ।
यादृशं कृतवान्राजा पुत्रस्तव विशाम्पते ॥ ७.१५४.२९ ॥
O lord of men, your own people have never done such a deed as the king your son has done; I do not rejoice in it.
7.154.30
पुत्रेण तव सा सेना पाण्डवी मथिता रणे ।
नलिनी द्विरदेनेव समन्तात्फुल्लपङ्कजा ॥ ७.१५४.३० ॥
As an elephant churns a lotus-pond full of blooming lotuses on every side, so your son churned the Pāṇḍava army in battle.
7.154.31
क्षीणतोयानिलार्काभ्यां हतत्विडिव पद्मिनी ।
बभूव पाण्डवी सेना तव पुत्रस्य तेजसा ॥ ७.१५४.३१ ॥
Like a lotus-pond whose water is dried up and whose splendour is destroyed by wind and sun, the Pāṇḍava army was made lustreless by the brilliance of your son.
7.154.32
पाण्डुसेनां हतां दृष्ट्वा तव पुत्रेण भारत ।
भीमसेनपुरोगास्तु पाञ्चालाः समुपाद्रवन् ॥ ७.१५४.३२ ॥
O Bhārata, seeing the Pāṇḍava army slain by your son, the Pāñcālas, led by Bhīmasena, rushed forward.
7.154.33
स भीमसेनं दशभिर्माद्रीपुत्रौ त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः ।
विराटद्रुपदौ षड्भिः शतेन च शिखण्डिनम् ॥ ७.१५४.३३ ॥
He pierced Bhīmasena with ten arrows, each of Mādrī's two sons with three, Virāṭa and Drupada with six each, and Śikhaṇḍin with a hundred.
7.154.34
धृष्टद्युम्नं च सप्तत्या धर्मपुत्रं च सप्तभिः ।
केकयांश्चैव चेदींश्च बहुभिर्निशितैः शरैः ॥ ७.१५४.३४ ॥
He pierced Dhṛṣṭadyumna with seventy arrows, the son of Dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira) with seven, and the Kekayas and Caidyas with many sharp arrows.
7.154.35
सात्वतं पञ्चभिर्विद्धा द्रौपदेयांस्त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः ।
घटोत्कचं च समरे विद्ध्वा सिंह इवानदत् ॥ ७.१५४.३५ ॥
Having pierced Sātyaki with five arrows, Draupadī's sons with three each, and Ghaṭotkaca in battle, he roared like a lion.
7.154.36
शतशश्चापरान्योधान्सद्विपांश्च महारणे ।
शरैरवचकर्तोग्रैः क्रुद्धोऽन्तक इव प्रजाः ॥ ७.१५४.३६ ॥
In the great battle, with fierce arrows he cut down hundreds of other warriors along with their elephants, like an enraged Death destroying creatures.
7.154.37
सा तेन पाण्डवी सेना वध्यमाना शिलीमुखैः ।
तव पुत्रेण सङ्ग्रामे विदुद्राव नराधिप ॥ ७.१५४.३७ ॥
Struck by arrows in battle by your son, that Pāṇḍava army fled in all directions, O lord of men.
7.154.38
तं तपन्तमिवादित्यं कुरुराजं महाहवे ।
नाशकन्वीक्षितुं राजन्पाण्डुपुत्रस्य सैनिकाः ॥ ७.१५४.३८ ॥
In that great battle, O king, the soldiers of Pāṇḍu's son could not look at the Kuru king, blazing like the sun.
7.154.39
ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा कुपितो राजसत्तम ।
अभ्यधावत्कुरुपतिं तव पुत्रं जिघांसया ॥ ७.१५४.३९ ॥
Then, O best of kings, the enraged king Yudhiṣṭhira charged at the lord of the Kurus, your son, desiring to kill him.
7.154.40
तावुभौ युधि कौरव्यौ समीयतुररिन्दमौ ।
स्वार्थहेतोः पराक्रान्तौ दुर्योधनयुधिष्ठिरौ ॥ ७.१५४.४० ॥
In battle those two Kauravas, subduers of enemies, Duryodhana and Yudhiṣṭhira, met, striving valiantly for their own ends.
7.154.41
ततो दुर्योधनः क्रुद्धः शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ।
विव्याध दशभिस्तूर्णं ध्वजं चिच्छेद चेषुणा ॥ ७.१५४.४१ ॥
Then the enraged Duryodhana swiftly pierced him with ten arrows of bent joints and cut down his banner with one arrow.
7.154.42
इन्द्रसेनं त्रिभिश्चैव ललाटे जघ्निवान्नृप ।
सारथिं दयितं राज्ञः पाण्डवस्य महात्मनः ॥ ७.१५४.४२ ॥
O king, with three arrows he struck Indrasena on the forehead—the beloved charioteer of the great-souled Pāṇḍava king.
7.154.43
धनुश्च पुनरन्येन चकर्तास्य महारथः ।
चतुर्भिश्चतुरश्चैव बाणैर्विव्याध वाजिनाः ॥ ७.१५४.४३ ॥
The great charioteer cut his bow again with another arrow, and pierced his four horses with four arrows.
7.154.44
ततो युधिष्ठिरः क्रुद्धो निमेषादिव कार्मुकम् ।
अन्यदादाय वेगेन कौरवं प्रत्यवारयत् ॥ ७.१५४.४४ ॥
Then Yudhiṣṭhira, enraged, in an instant took up another bow and swiftly checked the Kaurava.
7.154.45
तस्य तान्निघ्नतः शत्रून्रुक्मपृष्ठं महद्धनुः ।
भल्लाभ्यां पण्डवो ज्येष्ठस्त्रिधा चिच्छेद मारिष ॥ ७.१५४.४५ ॥
O sir, as he was striking those enemies, the eldest Pāṇḍava cut his great gold-backed bow into three pieces with two bhalla arrows.
7.154.46
विव्याध चैनं दशभिः सम्यगस्तैः शितैः शरैः ।
मर्म भित्त्वा तु ते सर्वे संलग्नाः क्षितिमाविशन् ॥ ७.१५४.४६ ॥
He pierced him well with ten sharp, well-aimed missiles; piercing his vital spots, they all lodged and entered the earth.
7.154.47
ततः परिवृता योधाः परिवव्रुर्युधिष्ठिरम् ।
वृत्रेण सह युध्यन्तं यद्वद्देवाः शतक्रतुम् ॥ ७.१५४.४७ ॥
Then the surrounded warriors encircled Yudhiṣṭhira, just as the gods surrounded Śatakratu (Indra) fighting with Vṛtra.
7.154.48
ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा तव पुत्रस्य मारिष ।
शरं च सूर्यरश्म्याभमत्युग्रमनिवारणम्।
हा हतोऽसीति राजानमुक्त्वाऽमुञ्चद्युधिष्ठिरः ॥ ७.१५४.४८ ॥
O sir, then King Yudhiṣṭhira, saying to the king, "Alas, you are struck down!", released an arrow gleaming like the sun's rays, exceedingly fierce and irresistible.
7.154.49
स तेनाकर्णमुक्तेन विद्धो बाणेन कौरवः ।
निषसाद रथोपस्थे भृशं सम्मूढचेतनः ॥ ७.१५४.४९ ॥
Pierced by that arrow, drawn to his ear, the Kaurava, his consciousness greatly bewildered, sat down on the floor of the chariot.
7.154.50
ततः पाञ्चाल्यसेनानां भृशमासीद्रवो महान् ।
हतो राजेति राजेन्द्र मुदितानां समन्ततः ॥ ७.१५४.५० ॥
Then a great uproar arose among the Pāñcāla armies: "The king is slain!" — O lord of kings, from all sides the rejoicing men cried out.
7.154.51
बाणशब्दरवश्चोग्रः शुश्रुवे तत्र मारिष ।
अथ द्रोणो द्रुतं तत्र प्रत्यदृश्यत संयुगे ॥ ७.१५४.५१ ॥
There the fierce roar of the sound of arrows was heard, O noble one; then Droṇa swiftly appeared there in the battle.
7.154.52
हृष्टो दुर्योधनश्चापि दृढमादाय कार्मुकम् ।
तिष्ठतिष्ठेति राजानं ब्रुवन्पाण्डवमभ्ययात् ॥ ७.१५४.५२ ॥
Duryodhana too, elated, took up his firm bow and rushed toward the Pāṇḍava king, crying, "Stand, stand!"
7.154.53
प्रत्युद्ययुस्तं त्वरिताः पाञ्चाला जयगृद्धिनः ।
तान्द्रोणः प्रतिजग्राह परीप्सन्कुरुसत्तमम्।
चण्डवातः समुद्वूतो मेघानम्बुमुचो यथा ॥ ७.१५४.५३ ॥
The Pāñcālas, eager for victory, hastened forward to meet him; Droṇa, desiring to protect the best of the Kurus, held them back, as a fierce wind arisen checks the water-bearing clouds.
7.154.54
ततो राजन्महानासीत्सङ्ग्रामो भूरिवर्धनः ।
तावकानां परेषां च समेतानां युयुत्सया ॥ ७.१५४.५४ ॥
Then, O king, a great battle arose, greatly increasing, between your men and the others, gathered together through the desire to fight.