Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.169
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7.169.1
शतानीकं शरैस्तूर्णं निर्दहन्तं चमूं तव ।
चित्रसेनस्तव सुतो वारयामास भारत ॥ ७.१६९.१ ॥
Sañjaya said: O Bhārata, your son Citrasena swiftly checked Śatānīka, who was scorching your army with arrows.
7.169.2
नाकुलिश्चित्रसेनं तु विद्ध्वा पञ्चभिराशुगैः ।
स तु तं प्रतिविव्याध दशभिर्निशितैः शरैः ॥ ७.१६९.२ ॥
Sañjaya said: Nākuli pierced Citrasena with five swift arrows, and he in turn pierced him with ten sharp arrows.
7.169.3
चित्रसेनो महाराज शतानीकं पुनर्युधि ।
नवभिर्निशितैर्बाणैराजघान स्तनान्तरे ॥ ७.१६९.३ ॥
Sañjaya said: O great king, Citrasena again struck Śatānīka in battle with nine sharp arrows in the middle of his chest.
7.169.4
नाकुलिस्तस्य विशिखैर्वर्म सन्नतपर्वभिः ।
गात्रात्सञ्चावयामास तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥ ७.१६९.४ ॥
Sañjaya said: Nākuli, with his arrows of bent joints, caused the armor to slip from his body; it was as if it were something wondrous.
7.169.5
सोपेतवर्मा पुत्रस्ते विरराज भृशं नृप ।
उत्सृज्य काले राजेन्द्र निर्मोकमिव पन्नगः ॥ ७.१६९.५ ॥
Sañjaya said: Your son, his armor fallen away, shone brightly, O king, like a serpent that has cast off its slough in due time, O lord of kings.
7.169.6
ततोऽस्य निशितैर्बाणैर्ध्वजं चिच्छेद नाकुलिः ।
धनुश्चैव महाराज यतमानस्य संयुगे ॥ ७.१६९.६ ॥
Sañjaya said: Then Nākuli cut down his banner with sharp arrows, and also his bow, O great king, while he was striving in battle.
7.169.7
स च्छिन्नधन्वा समरे विवर्मा च महारथः ।
धनुरन्यन्महाराज जग्राहारिविदारणम् ॥ ७.१६९.७ ॥
With his bow cut and his armour gone, the great charioteer, O great king, took up another bow that splits enemies in battle.
7.169.8
ततस्तूर्णं चित्रसेनो नाकुलिं नवभिः शरैः ।
विव्याध समरे क्रुद्धो भरतानां महारथः ॥ ७.१६९.८ ॥
Then Citrasena, the great charioteer of the Bharatas, enraged, swiftly pierced the son of Nakula in battle with nine arrows.
7.169.9
शतानीकोऽथ सङ्क्रुद्धश्चित्रसेनस्य मारिष ।
जघान चतुरो वाहान्सारथिं च नरोत्तमः ॥ ७.१६९.९ ॥
Then Śatānīka, the best of men, greatly enraged, O sir, struck down the four horses of Citrasena and his charioteer.
7.169.10
अवप्लुत्य रथात्तस्माच्चित्रसेनो महारथः ।
नाकुलिं पञ्चविंशत्या शराणामार्दयद्बली ॥ ७.१६९.१० ॥
Leaping down from that chariot, the mighty great charioteer Citrasena afflicted the son of Nakula with twenty-five arrows.
7.169.11
तस्य तत्कुर्वतः कर्म नकुलस्य सुतो रणे ।
अर्धचन्द्रेण चिच्छेद चापं रत्नविभूषितम् ॥ ७.१६९.११ ॥
As he was doing that deed, the son of Nakula in battle cut through his jewel-adorned bow with a crescent-headed arrow.
7.169.12
स च्छिन्नधन्वा विरथो हताश्वो हतसारथिः ।
आरुरोह रथं तूर्णं हार्दिक्यस्य महात्मनः ॥ ७.१६९.१२ ॥
With his bow cut, chariotless, his horses slain and his charioteer dead, he swiftly mounted the chariot of the great-souled Hārdikya.
7.169.13
द्रुपदं तु सहानीकं द्रोणप्रेप्सुं महारथम् ।
वृषसेनोऽभ्ययात्तूर्णं किरञ्शरशतैस्तदा ॥ ७.१६९.१३ ॥
Then Vṛṣasena swiftly attacked Drupada with his army, the great charioteer who desired Droṇa, showering him with hundreds of arrows.
7.169.14
यज्ञसेनस्तु समरे कर्णपुत्रं महारथम् ।
षष्ट्या शराणां विव्याध बाह्वोरुरसि चानघ ॥ ७.१६९.१४ ॥
But, O sinless one, in battle Yajñasena pierced the great charioteer, the son of Karṇa, with sixty arrows in the arms and chest.
7.169.15
वृषसेनस्तु सङ्क्रुद्धो यज्ञसेनं रथे स्थितम् ।
बहुभिः सायकैस्तीक्ष्णैराजघान स्तनान्तरे ॥ ७.१६९.१५ ॥
But Vṛṣasena, enraged, struck Yajñasena standing on the chariot with many sharp arrows in the middle of the chest.
7.169.16
तावुभौ शरनुन्नाङ्गौ शरकण्टकितौ रणे ।
व्यभ्राजेतां महाराज श्वाविधौ शललैरिव ॥ ७.१६९.१६ ॥
O great king, those two, their bodies pierced by arrows and bristling with arrows in battle, shone like porcupines with quills.
7.169.17
रुक्मपुङ्खैः प्रसन्नाग्रैः शरैश्छिन्नतनुच्छदौ ।
रुधिरौघपरिक्लिन्नौ व्यभ्राजेतां महामृधे ॥ ७.१६९.१७ ॥
Their armour torn by arrows with golden feathers and bright tips, drenched in streams of blood, the two shone in that great battle.
7.169.18
तपनीयनिभौ चित्रौ कल्पवृक्षाविवाद्भुतौ ।
किंशुकाविव चोत्फुल्लौ व्यकाशेतां रणाजिरे ॥ ७.१६९.१८ ॥
Like gold, wondrous and marvellous, like wish-granting trees, like kiṃśuka trees in full bloom, the two shone forth on the battlefield.
7.169.19
वृषसेनस्ततो राजन्द्रुपदं नवभिः शरैः ।
विद्ध्वा विव्याध सप्तत्या पुनरन्यैस्त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः ॥ ७.१६९.१९ ॥
O king, then Vṛṣasena pierced Drupada with nine arrows, then pierced him with seventy, and again with others, three at a time.
7.169.20
ततः शरसहस्राणि विमुञ्चन्विबभौ तदा ।
कर्णपुत्रो महाराज वर्षमाण इवाम्बुदः ॥ ७.१६९.२० ॥
Then the son of Karṇa, releasing thousands of arrows, shone at that time, O great king, like a raining cloud.
7.169.21
द्रुपदस्तु ततः क्रुद्धो वृषसेनस्य कार्मुकम् ।
द्विधा चिच्छेद भल्लेन पीतेन निशितेन च ॥ ७.१६९.२१ ॥
But then Drupada, enraged, cut Vṛṣasena's bow in two with a golden, sharp bhalla arrow.
7.169.22
सोऽन्यत्कार्मुकमादाय रुक्मबद्धं नवं दृढम् ।
तूणादाकृष्य विमलं भल्लं पीतं शितं दृढम् ॥ ७.१६९.२२ ॥
He took up another bow, new, strong and bound with gold, and from the quiver drew a spotless, golden, sharp and firm bhalla arrow.
7.169.23
कार्मुके योजयित्वा तं द्रुपदं सन्निरीक्ष्य च ।
आकर्णपूर्णं मुमुचे त्रासयन्सर्वसोमकान् ॥ ७.१६९.२३ ॥
Fitting that arrow to the bow, and looking intently at Drupada, he released it, drawn to his ear, terrifying all the Somakas.
7.169.24
हृदयं तस्य भित्त्वा च जगाम वसुधातलम् ।
कश्मलं प्राविशद्राजा वृषसेनशराहतः ॥ ७.१६९.२४ ॥
Piercing his heart, the arrow went into the earth, and the king, struck by Vṛṣasena's arrow, entered faintness.
7.169.25
सारथिस्तमपोवाह स्मरन्सारथिचेष्टितम् ।
तस्मिन्प्रभग्ने राजेन्द्र पाञ्चालानां महारथे ॥ ७.१६९.२५ ॥
The charioteer carried him away, remembering the charioteer's maneuver, when that great chariot-warrior of the Pāñcālas was broken, O lord of kings.
7.169.26
ततस्तु द्रुपदानीकं शरैश्छिन्नतनुच्छदम् ।
सम्प्राद्रवद्रणाद्राजन्निशीथे भैरवे सति ॥ ७.१६९.२६ ॥
Then Drupada's army, its armor pierced by arrows, fled from the battle, O king, when the terrible night had come.
7.169.27
प्रदीपैरपरित्यक्तैर्ज्वलद्भिस्तैः समन्ततः ।
व्यराजद्वसुधा तत्र वीताभ्रा द्यौरिव ग्रहैः ॥ ७.१६९.२७ ॥
With those torches blazing on every side and not abandoned, the earth shone there, like a cloudless sky with its planets.
7.169.28
तथाङ्गदैर्निपतितैर्व्यराजत वसुन्धरा ।
प्रावृट्काले महाराज विद्युद्भिरिव तोयदः ॥ ७.१६९.२८ ॥
So too the earth shone with the armlets that had fallen, O great king, as a cloud shines with lightnings in the rainy season.
7.169.29
ततः कर्णसुतात्त्रस्ताः सोमका विप्रदुद्रुवुः ।
यथेन्द्रभयवित्रस्ता दानवास्तारकामये ॥ ७.१६९.२९ ॥
Then the Somakas, terrified by Karṇa's son, fled in every direction, as the Dānavas, trembling with fear of Indra, fled in the battle with Tāraka.
7.169.30
तेनार्द्यमानाः समरे द्रवमाणाश्च सोमकाः ।
व्यराजन्त महाराज प्रदीपैरवभासिताः ॥ ७.१६९.३० ॥
The Somakas, tormented by him in battle and fleeing, shone, O great king, lit up by the torches.
7.169.31
तांस्तु निर्जित्य समरे कर्णपुत्रो व्यरोचत ।
मध्यन्दिनमनुप्राप्तो घर्मांशुरिव भारत ॥ ७.१६९.३१ ॥
Having defeated them in battle, the son of Karṇa shone like the sun that has reached midday, O Bhārata.
7.169.32
तेषु राजसहस्रेषु तावकेषु परेषु च ।
एक एव ज्वलंस्तस्थौ वृषसेनः प्रतापवान्॥। ॥ ७.१६९.३२ ॥
Among those thousands of kings, both on your side and on the other, Vṛṣasena alone, mighty and blazing, remained standing.
7.169.33
स विजित्य रणे शूरान्सोमकानां महारथान् ।
जगाम त्वरितस्तत्र यत्र राजा युधिष्ठिरः ॥ ७.१६९.३३ ॥
Having defeated the heroic great charioteers of the Somakas in battle, he hastened to where King Yudhiṣṭhira was.
7.169.34
प्रतिविन्ध्यमथ क्रुद्धं प्रदहन्तं रणे रिपून् ।
दुःशासनस्तव सुतः प्रत्यगच्छन्महारथः ॥ ७.१६९.३४ ॥
Then Duḥśāsana, your son, the great charioteer, advanced to meet the enraged Prativindhya, who was burning the enemy in battle.
7.169.35
तयोः समागमो राजंश्चित्ररूपो बभूव ह ।
व्यपेतजलदे व्योम्नि बुधभास्करयोरिव ॥ ७.१६९.३५ ॥
O king, their encounter took on a wondrous form, like Mercury and the sun meeting in a cloudless sky.
7.169.36
प्रतिविन्ध्यं तु समरे कुर्वाणां कर्म दुष्करम् ।
अपूजयन्महाराज तव सैन्ये महारथाः।
दुःशासनस्त्रिभिर्बाणैर्ललाटे समविध्यत ॥ ७.१६९.३६ ॥
In battle, the great charioteers of your army honored Prativindhya for performing a difficult deed. Duḥśāsana then struck him on the forehead with three arrows, O great king.
7.169.37
सोऽतिविद्धो बलवता तव पुत्रेण धन्विना ।
विरराज महाबाहुः सशृङ्ग इव पर्वतः ॥ ७.१६९.३७ ॥
Pierced deeply by your mighty son, the archer, that great-armed warrior shone like a mountain with its peaks.
7.169.38
दुःशासनं तु समरे प्रतिविन्ध्यो महारथः ।
नवभिः सायकैर्विद्धा पुनर्विव्याध सप्तभिः ॥ ७.१६९.३८ ॥
But in battle the great charioteer Prativindhya, having pierced Duḥśāsana with nine arrows, struck him again with seven.
7.169.39
तत्र भारत पुत्रस्ते कृतवान्कर्म दुष्करम् ।
प्रतिविन्ध्यहयानुग्रैः पातयामास सायकैः ॥ ७.१६९.३९ ॥
There, O Bhārata, your son performed a difficult deed: he brought down Prativindhya's horses with fierce arrows.
7.169.40
सारथिं चास्य भल्लेन ध्वजं च समपातयत् ।
रथं च तिलशो राजन्व्यधमत्तस्य धन्विनः ॥ ७.१६९.४० ॥
With a bhalla arrow he felled his charioteer and banner, and, O king, he shattered that archer's chariot into bits as small as sesame seeds.
7.169.41
पताकाश्च सतूणीरा रश्मीन्योक्राणि च प्रभो ।
चिच्छेद तिलशः क्रुद्धःशरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥ ७.१६९.४१ ॥
O lord, enraged, he cut to pieces the pennants with their quivers, the reins and the yokes, with arrows whose shafts were bent at the joints.
7.169.42
विरथः स तु धर्मात्मा धनुष्पाणिरवस्थितः ।
अयोधयत्तव सुतं किरञ्शरशतान्बहून् ॥ ७.१६९.४२ ॥
Though chariotless, that righteous-souled warrior stood firm with his bow in hand, and, shooting many hundreds of arrows, fought with your son.
7.169.43
क्षुरप्रेण धनुस्तस्य चिच्छेद तनयस्तव ।
अथैनं दशभिर्बाणेश्छिन्नधन्वानमार्दयत् ॥ ७.१६९.४३ ॥
Your son cut his bow with a razor-headed arrow, and then struck the bowless man hard with ten arrows.
7.169.44
तं दृष्ट्वा विरथं तत्र भ्रातरोऽस्य महारथाः ।
अन्ववर्तन्त सङ्ग्रामे महत्या सेनया सह ॥ ७.१६९.४४ ॥
Seeing him without a chariot, his brothers, the great chariot-warriors, advanced after him in battle together with the great army.
7.169.45
आप्लुतः स ततो यानं सुतसोमस्य भास्वरम् ।
धनुर्गृह्य महाराज विव्याध तनयं तव ॥ ७.१६९.४५ ॥
Then he leapt onto Sutasoma's gleaming chariot, took up his bow, and struck your son, O great king.
7.169.46
ततस्तु तावकाः सर्वे परिवार्य सुतं तव ।
अभ्यवर्तन्त वेगेन महत्या सेनया वृताः ॥ ७.१६९.४६ ॥
Then all your men surrounded your son and, enclosed by a great army, rushed forward with speed.
7.169.47
ततः प्रववृते युद्धं तव तेषां च भारत ।
निशीथे दारुणे काले यमराष्ट्रविवर्धनम् ॥ ७.१६९.४७ ॥
Then, O Bhārata, between you and them a battle began at the dreadful dead of night, one that swelled the realm of Yama.