Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.168
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7.168.1
सहदेवमथायान्तं द्रोणप्रेप्तुं विशाम्पते ।
कर्णो वैकर्तनो युद्धे वारयामास भारत ॥ ७.१६८.१ ॥
Lord of the people, when Sahadeva came on, desiring to reach Droṇa, Karṇa, son of Vikartana, held him back in battle, O Bhārata.
7.168.2
सहदेवस्तु राधेयं विद्ध्वा नवभिराशुगैः ।
पुनर्विव्याध दशभिर्विशिखैर्नतपर्वभिः ॥ ७.१६८.२ ॥
But Sahadeva, having pierced Karṇa, the son of Rādhā, with nine swift arrows, again struck him with ten arrows with bent tips.
7.168.3
तं कर्णः प्रतिविव्याध शतेन नतपर्वणाम् ।
सज्यं चास्य धनुः शीघ्रं चिच्छेद लघुहस्तवत् ॥ ७.१६८.३ ॥
Karṇa struck back at him with a hundred arrows with bent tips, and swiftly, with light-handed skill, cut through his bow together with its string.
7.168.4
ततोऽन्यद्धनुरादाय माद्रीपुत्रः प्रतापवान ।
कर्णं विव्याध विंशत्या तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥ ७.१६८.४ ॥
Then, taking up another bow, the mighty son of Mādrī pierced Karṇa with twenty arrows, and that seemed as if it were wonderful.
7.168.5
तस्य कर्णो हयान्हत्वा शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ।
सारथिं चास्य भल्लेन द्रुतं निन्ये यमक्षयम् ॥ ७.१६८.५ ॥
Karṇa slew his horses with arrows with bent tips, and with a bhalla arrow quickly sent his charioteer to the abode of Yama.
7.168.6
विरथः सहदेवस्तु खङ्गं चर्म समाददे ।
तदप्यस्य शरैः कर्णो व्यधमत्प्रहसन्निव ॥ ७.१६८.६ ॥
Then Sahadeva, stripped of his chariot, took up sword and shield; Karṇa, as if laughing, shattered those also with his arrows.
7.168.7
अथ गुर्वीं महाघोरां हेमचित्रां महागदाम् ।
प्रेषयामास सङ्क्रुद्धो वैकर्तनरथं प्रति ॥ ७.१६८.७ ॥
Then, enraged, he hurled at Karṇa's chariot a heavy, very terrible great mace adorned with gold.
7.168.8
तामापतन्तीं सहसा सहदेवप्रचोदिताम् ।
व्यष्टम्भयच्छरैः कर्णो भूमौ चैनामपातयत् ॥ ७.१६८.८ ॥
Seeing that mace, hurled by Sahadeva, rushing suddenly toward him, Karṇa checked it with arrows and brought it down to the ground.
7.168.9
गदां विनिहतां दृष्ट्वा सहदेवस्त्वरान्वितः ।
शक्तिं चिक्षेप कर्णाय तामप्यस्याच्छिनच्छरैः ॥ ७.१६८.९ ॥
Seeing the mace felled, Sahadeva hastily hurled a spear at Karṇa; Karṇa cut that too with arrows.
7.168.10
ससम्भ्रमं ततस्तूर्णमवप्लुत्य रथोत्तमात् ।
सहदेवो महाराज दृष्ट्वा कर्णं व्यवस्थितम् ॥ ७.१६८.१० ॥
Then, great king, in agitation Sahadeva quickly leapt down from his excellent chariot and saw Karṇa standing firm.
7.168.11
रथचक्रं प्रगृह्याजौ मुमोचाधिरथं प्रति ।
तदापतद्वै सहसा कालचक्रमिवोद्यतम्।
शरैरनेकसाहस्रैराच्छिनत्सूतनन्दनः ॥ ७.१६८.११ ॥
In battle he seized a chariot wheel and hurled it toward Adhiratha (Karṇa). It rushed suddenly, raised like the wheel of time; but the charioteer's son cut it to pieces with many thousands of arrows.
7.168.12
तस्मिंस्तु निहते चक्रे सूतजेन महात्मना ।
ईषादण्डकयोक्रांश्च युगानि विविधानि च ॥ ७.१६८.१२ ॥
When that wheel was destroyed, the great-souled charioteer's son cut the pole, the yoke-staff, the yokes, and the various harnesses as well.
7.168.13
हस्त्यङ्गानि तथाश्वांश्च मृतांश्च पुरुषान्बहून् ।
चिक्षेप कर्णमुद्दिश्य कर्णस्तान्व्यधमच्छरैः ॥ ७.१६८.१३ ॥
He hurled at Karṇa the limbs of elephants, horses, and many dead men; Karṇa shattered them with his arrows.
7.168.14
स निरायुधमात्मानं ज्ञात्वा माद्रवतीसुतः ।
वार्यमाणस्तु विशिखैः सहदेवो रणं जहौ ॥ ७.१६८.१४ ॥
Knowing himself to be without weapons, the son of Mādrī, being held back by arrows, abandoned the battle.
7.168.15
तमभिद्रुत्य राधेयो मुहूर्ताद्भरतर्षभ ।
अब्रवीत्प्रहसन्वाक्यं सहदेवं विशाम्पते ॥ ७.१६८.१५ ॥
Having rushed upon him in a moment, Karṇa, son of Rādhā, laughing, spoke these words to Sahadeva, O bull of the Bharatas, O lord of the people.
7.168.16
मा युध्यस्व रणेऽधीर विशिष्टै रथिभिः सह। ॥ ७.१६८.१६ ॥
Do not fight in battle, O faint-hearted one, with superior charioteers.
7.168.17
सदृशैर्युध्य माद्रेय वचो मे मा विशङ्किथाः ।
अथैनं धनुषोग्रेण तुदन्भूयोऽब्रवीद्वचः ॥ ७.१६८.१७ ॥
Fight with your equals, son of Mādrī; do not doubt my word. Then, goading him with his fierce bow, he spoke these words again.
7.168.18
एषोऽर्जुनो रणे तूर्णं युध्यते कुरुभिः सह ।
तत्र गच्छस्व माद्रेय गृहं वा यदि मन्यसे ॥ ७.१६८.१८ ॥
Here Arjuna is quickly fighting with the Kurus in battle; O son of Mādrī, go there if you wish, or go home.
7.168.19
एवमुक्त्वा तु तं कर्णो रथेन रथिनां वरः ।
प्रायात्पाञ्चालपाण्डूनां सैन्यानि प्रदहन्निव ॥ ७.१६८.१९ ॥
Having spoken thus to him, Karṇa, best of charioteers, drove forth in his chariot as if burning the armies of the Pāñcālas and the Pāṇḍavas.
7.168.20
वधं प्राप्तं तु माद्रेयं नावधीत्समरेऽरिहा ।
कुन्त्याःस्मृत्वा वचो राजन्सत्यसन्धो महायशाः ॥ ७.१६८.२० ॥
O king, that foe-slayer did not kill the son of Mādrī, though he had reached the point of death in battle; remembering the word of Kuntī, the true-vowed, greatly famed one did so.
7.168.21
सहदेवस्ततो राजन्विमनाः शरपीडितः ।
कर्णवाक्शरतप्तश्च जीवितान्निरविद्यत ॥ ७.१६८.२१ ॥
Then, O king, Sahadeva, dejected, afflicted by arrows and scorched by Karṇa's words and arrows, grew weary of life.
7.168.22
आरुरोह रथं चापि पाञ्चाल्यस्य महात्मनः ।
जनमेजयस्य समरे त्वरायुक्तो महारथः ॥ ७.१६८.२२ ॥
The great charioteer, driven by haste, mounted also the chariot of the great-souled Janamejaya, the Pāñcāla prince, and in battle pressed on.
7.168.23
विराटं सहसेनं तु द्रोणार्थे द्रुतमागतम् ।
मद्रराजः शरौघेण च्छादयामास धन्विनम् ॥ ७.१६८.२३ ॥
But the king of the Madras covered Virāṭa, who had come swiftly for Droṇa's sake along with his army, with a torrent of arrows, the archer.
7.168.24
तयोः समभवद्युद्धं समरे दृढधन्विनोः ।
यादृशं ह्यभवद्राजञ्जम्भवासवयोः पुरा ॥ ७.१६८.२४ ॥
O king, a battle took place between those two firm archers, such as once occurred between Jambha and Vāsava (Indra) in former times.
7.168.25
मद्रराजो महाराज विराटं वाहिनीपतिम् ।
आजघ्ने त्वरितस्तूर्णं शतेन नतपर्वणाम् ॥ ७.१६८.२५ ॥
O great king, the lord of the Madras swiftly struck the army commander Virāṭa at once with a hundred bent-jointed arrows.
7.168.26
प्रतिविव्याध तं राजन्नवभिर्निशितै शरैः ।
पुनश्चैनं त्रिसप्तत्या भूयश्चैव शतेन तु ॥ ७.१६८.२६ ॥
O king, he struck him back with nine sharp arrows, then again pierced him with seventy-three, and again with a hundred.
7.168.27
तस्य मद्राधिपो हत्वा चतुरो रथवाजिनः ।
सूतं ध्वजं च समरे शराभ्यां सन्न्यपातयत् ॥ ७.१६८.२७ ॥
The lord of the Madras, having slain his four chariot horses in battle, brought down his charioteer and banner with two arrows.
7.168.28
हताश्वात्तुं रथात्तूर्णमवप्लुत्य महारथः ।
तस्थौ विष्फारयंश्चापं विमुञ्चंश्च शिताञ्छरान् ॥ ७.१६८.२८ ॥
With his horses slain, the great charioteer swiftly leapt down from the chariot and stood, stretching his bow and loosing sharp arrows.
7.168.29
शतानीकस्ततो दृष्ट्वा भ्रातरं हतवाहनम् ।
रथेनाभ्यपतत्तूर्णं सर्वलोकस्य पश्यतः ॥ ७.१६८.२९ ॥
Then Śatānīka, seeing his brother with his vehicle destroyed, swiftly rushed at him in his chariot while all the people looked on.
7.168.30
शतानीकमथायान्तं मद्राराजो महामृधे ।
विशिखैर्बहुभिर्विद्ध्वा ततो निन्ये यमक्षयम् ॥ ७.१६८.३० ॥
Seeing Śatānīka approaching in the great battle, the king of the Madras pierced him with many arrows and then sent him to the abode of Yama.
7.168.31
तस्मिंस्तु निहते वीरे विराटो रथसत्तमः ।
आरुरोह रथं तूर्णं तमेव ध्वजमालिनम् ॥ ७.१६८.३१ ॥
When that hero had been slain, Virāṭa, best of charioteers, swiftly mounted that very chariot adorned with banners.
7.168.32
ततो विष्फार्य नयने क्रोधाद्द्विगुणविक्रमः ।
मद्रराजरथं तूर्णं छादयामास पत्रिभिः ॥ ७.१६८.३२ ॥
Then, his eyes wide with anger, Virāṭa of double valour swiftly covered the chariot of the Madra king with arrows.
7.168.33
ततो मद्राधिपः क्रुद्धः शरेणानतपर्वणा ।
आजघानोरसि दृढं विराटं वाहिनीपतिम् ॥ ७.१६८.३३ ॥
Then the enraged lord of the Madras struck Virāṭa, commander of the army, firmly on the chest with an arrow of bent joints.
7.168.34
सोऽतिविद्धो महाराज रथोपस्थ उपाविशत् ।
कश्मलं चाविशत्तीव्रं विराटो भरतर्षभ।
सारथिस्तमपोवाह समरे शरविक्षतम् ॥ ७.१६८.३४ ॥
Great king, sorely wounded, he sat down on the floor of the chariot, and a sharp faintness seized him. Bull of the Bharatas, his charioteer carried him off the battlefield, wounded by arrows.
7.168.35
ततः सा महती सेना प्राद्रवन्निशि भारत ।
वध्यमाना शरशतैः शल्येनाहवशोभिना ॥ ७.१६८.३५ ॥
Then, O Bhārata, that great army fled in the night, struck by hundreds of arrows from Śalya, who shone in battle.
7.168.36
तां दृष्ट्वा विद्रुतां सेनां वासुदेवधनञ्जयौ ।
प्रयातौ तत्र राजेन्द्र यत्र शल्यो व्यवस्थितः ॥ ७.१६८.३६ ॥
O lord of kings, seeing that army in flight, Vāsudeva and Dhanañjaya set out to where Śalya stood.
7.168.37
तौ तु प्रत्युद्ययौ राजन्राक्षसेन्द्रो ह्यलायुधः ।
अष्टचक्रसमायुक्तमास्थाय प्रवरं रथम् ॥ ७.१६८.३७ ॥
O king, the lord of the rākṣasas Alāyudha came forth to meet those two, mounted on an excellent chariot yoked with eight wheels.
7.168.38
तुरङ्गममुखैर्युक्तं पिशाचैर्घोरदर्शनैः ।
लोहितार्द्रपताकं तं रक्तमाल्यविभूषितम्।
कार्ष्णायसमयं घोरमृक्षचर्मसमावृतम् ॥ ७.१६८.३८ ॥
That chariot was yoked with horse-faced piśācas, terrible to behold; its banners were drenched with blood, it was adorned with red garlands, made of black iron, dreadful, and covered with bearskin.
7.168.39
रौद्रेण चित्रपक्षेण विवृताक्षेण कूजता ।
ध्वजेनोच्छ्रितदण्डेन गृध्रराजेन राजता।
स बभौ राक्षसो राजन्भिन्नाञ्जनचयोपमः ॥ ७.१६८.३९ ॥
On it, a fierce banner bearing the king of vultures—with variegated wings, open eyes, and crying out—gleamed on a raised staff. O king, that rākṣasa shone like a heap of broken collyrium.
7.168.40
रुरोधार्जुनमायान्तं प्रभञ्जनमिवाद्रिराट् ।
किरन्बाणगणान्राजञ्शतशोऽर्जुनमूर्धनि ॥ ७.१६८.४० ॥
As the king of mountains obstructs the storm, he obstructed Arjuna as he came on, O king, pouring hundreds of arrows upon Arjuna's head.
7.168.41
अतितीव्रं महाद्युद्धं नरराक्षसयोस्तदा ।
द्रष्टॄणां प्रीतिजननं सर्वेषां तत्र भारत।
गृध्रकाकबलोलूककङ्कगोमायुहर्षणम् ॥ ७.१६८.४१ ॥
Then there was a most fierce great battle between man and rākṣasa, O Bhārata, pleasing to all who watched, delighting vultures, crows, owls, herons and jackals.
7.168.42
तमर्जुनः शतेनैव पत्रिणां समताडयत् ।
नवभिश्च शितैर्बाणैर्ध्वजं चिच्छेद भारत ॥ ७.१६८.४२ ॥
Arjuna struck him with a hundred arrows, and with nine sharp arrows, O Bhārata, he cut down his banner.
7.168.43
सारथिं च त्रिभिर्बाणैस्त्रिभिरेव त्रिवेणुकम् ।
धनुरेकेन चिच्छेद चतुर्भिश्चतुरो हयान् ॥ ७.१६८.४३ ॥
He cut the charioteer with three arrows, the three-pole chariot with three, the bow with one, and the four horses with four.
7.168.44
पुनः सज्यं कृतं चापं तदप्यस्य द्विधाऽच्छिनत् ।
विरथस्योद्यतं खङ्गं शरेणास्य द्विधाऽकरोत् ॥ ७.१६८.४४ ॥
Again he split in two the bow, strung and ready, of that man; and the sword he had raised, now chariotless, he cleft in two with a single arrow.
7.168.45
अथैनं निशितैर्बाणैश्चतुर्भिर्भरतर्षभ ।
पार्थोऽविध्यद्राक्षसेन्द्रं स विद्वः प्राद्रवद्भयात् ॥ ७.१६८.४५ ॥
Then, O bull of the Bharatas, Pārtha pierced that lord of the rākṣasas with four sharp arrows; wounded, he fled in fear.
7.168.46
तं विजित्यार्जुनस्तूर्णं द्रोणान्तिकमुपाययौ ।
किऱञ्शरगणान्राजन्नरवारणवाजिषु ॥ ७.१६८.४६ ॥
Having conquered him, Arjuna swiftly drew near to Droṇa, O king, scattering showers of arrows upon men, elephants and horses.
7.168.47
वध्यमाना महाराज पाण्डवेन यशस्विना ।
सैनिका न्यपतन्नुर्व्यां वातनुन्ना इव द्रुमाः ॥ ७.१६८.४७ ॥
Struck down by the famed Pāṇḍava, O great king, the soldiers fell upon the earth like trees uprooted by the wind.
7.168.48
तेषु तूत्साद्यमानेषु फल्गुनेन महात्मना ।
सम्प्राद्रवद्बलं सर्वं पुत्राणां ते विशाम्पते ॥ ७.१६८.४८ ॥
And as they were being destroyed by the great-souled Phalguna, O lord of men, your sons' entire army fled in every direction.