Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.172
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7.172.1
ततस्ते प्राद्रवन्सर्वे त्वरिता युद्धदुर्मदाः ।
अमृष्यमाणाः संरब्धा युयुधानरथं प्रति ॥ ७.१७२.१ ॥
Then they all rushed forward in haste, intoxicated with battle, unable to bear it, enraged, toward the chariot of Yuyudhāna.
7.172.2
ते रथैः कल्पितै राजन्हेमरूप्यविभूषितैः ।
सादिभिश्च गजैश्चैव परिवव्रुः समन्ततः ॥ ७.१७२.२ ॥
O king, with chariots arrayed and adorned with gold and silver, with horsemen and elephants, they surrounded him on every side.
7.172.3
अथैनं कोष्ठकीकृत्य सर्वतस्ते महारथाः ।
सिंहनादांस्ततश्चक्रुस्तर्जयन्ति स्म सात्यकिम् ॥ ७.१७२.३ ॥
Then, enclosing him on all sides as in a fortress, those great chariot-warriors roared like lions and taunted Sātyaki.
7.172.4
तेऽभ्यवर्षञ्छरैस्तीक्ष्णैः सात्यकिं सत्यविक्रमम् ।
त्वरमाणा महावीरा माधवस्य वधैषिणः ॥ ७.१७२.४ ॥
Those great heroes, hastening, seeking the death of Mādhava, showered sharp arrows upon Sātyaki of true valour.
7.172.5
तान्दृष्ट्वा पततस्तूर्णं शैनेयः परवीरहा ।
प्रत्यगृह्णान्महाबाहुः प्रमुञ्चन्विशिखान्बहून् ॥ ७.१७२.५ ॥
Seeing them falling upon him swiftly, Sātyaki, descendant of Śini, slayer of enemy heroes, mighty-armed, released many arrows and received them.
7.172.6
तत्र वीरो महेष्वासः सात्यकिर्युद्धदुर्मदः ।
निचकर्त शिरांस्युग्रैः शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥ ७.१७२.६ ॥
There that hero, great archer Sātyaki, intoxicated with battle, cut off their heads with fierce arrows whose joints were bent.
7.172.7
हस्तिहस्तान्हयग्रीवा बाहूनपि च सायुधान् ।
क्षुरप्रैः शातयामास तावकानां स माधवः ॥ ७.१७२.७ ॥
With razor-headed arrows he cut off the elephants' trunks, the horses' necks, and the armed arms of your men — that Mādhava (Sātyaki).
7.172.8
पतितैश्चामरैश्चैव श्वेतच्छत्रैश्च भारत ।
बभूव धरणी पूर्णा नक्षत्रैर्द्यौरिव प्रभो ॥ ७.१७२.८ ॥
O Bhārata, O lord, the earth was filled with fallen yak-tail fans and white parasols, as the sky is filled with stars.
7.172.9
एतेषां युयुधानेन युध्यतां युधि भारत ।
बभूव तुमुलः शब्दः प्रेतानां क्रन्दतामिव ॥ ७.१७२.९ ॥
O Bhārata, among these men fighting in battle, because of Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki), there arose a tumultuous sound like the wailing of ghosts.
7.172.10
तेन शब्देन महता पूरिताऽभूद्वसुन्धरा ।
रात्रिः समभवच्चैव तीव्ररूपा भयावहा ॥ ७.१७२.१० ॥
By that great sound the earth was filled, and the night too became fierce in form and bringing fear.
7.172.11
दीर्यमाणं बलं दृष्ट्वा युयुधानशराहतम् ।
श्रुत्वा च विपुलं नादं निशीथे रोमहर्षणे ॥ ७.१७२.११ ॥
Seeing the army being torn apart, struck by Yuyudhāna's arrows, and hearing at midnight that vast, hair-raising roar...
7.172.12
सुतस्तवाब्रवीद्राजन्सारथिंरथिनां वरः ।
यत्रैष शब्दस्तत्राश्वांश्चोदयेति पुनःपुनः ॥ ७.१७२.१२ ॥
O king, your son, best of charioteers, said again and again to the charioteer: 'Drive the horses to where this sound is.'
7.172.13
तेन सञ्चोद्यमानस्तु ततस्तांस्तुरगोत्तमान् ।
सूतः सञ्चोदयामास युयुधानरथं प्रति ॥ ७.१७२.१३ ॥
Urged on by him, the charioteer drove those excellent horses toward Yuyudhāna's chariot.
7.172.14
ततो दुर्योधनः क्रुद्धो दृढधन्वा जितक्लमः ।
शीघ्रहस्तश्चित्रयोधी युयुधानमुपाद्रवत् ॥ ७.१७२.१४ ॥
Then Duryodhana, enraged, firm-bowed, unwearied, swift-handed, a skilled and wondrous warrior, rushed upon Yuyudhāna.
7.172.15
ततः पूर्णायतोत्सृष्टैः शरैः शोणितभोजनैः ।
दुर्योधनं द्वादशभिर्माधवः प्रत्यविध्यत ॥ ७.१७२.१५ ॥
Then Mādhava struck Duryodhana with twelve arrows, released with full draw, blood-drinking shafts.
7.172.16
दुर्योधनस्तेन तथा पूर्वमेवार्दितः शरैः ।
शैनेयं दशभिर्बाणैः प्रत्यविध्यदमर्षितः ॥ ७.१७२.१६ ॥
Duryodhana, already afflicted by his arrows, indignant, struck back at Śainēya with ten arrows.
7.172.17
ततः समभवद्युद्धं तुमुलं भरतर्षभ ।
पाञ्चालानां च सर्वेषां भरतानां च दारुणम् ॥ ७.१७२.१७ ॥
Then, O bull of the Bharatas, a tumultuous and dreadful battle arose between the Pāñcālas and all the Bharatas.
7.172.18
शैनेयस्तु रणे क्रुद्धस्तव पुत्रं महारथम् ।
सायकानामशीत्या तु विव्याधोरसि भारत ॥ ७.१७२.१८ ॥
Śainēya, enraged in battle, pierced your great-chariot son in the chest with eighty arrows, O Bharata.
7.172.19
ततोऽस्य वाहान्समरे शरैर्निन्ये यमक्षयम् ।
सारथिं च रथात्तूर्णं पातयामास पत्रिणा ॥ ७.१७२.१९ ॥
Then in battle he sent his horses to the abode of Yama with arrows, and at once struck the charioteer from the chariot with a single shaft.
7.172.20
हताश्वे तु रथेऽतिष्ठन्पुत्रस्तव विशाम्पते ।
मुमोच निशितान्बाणाञ्शैनेयस्य रथं प्रति ॥ ७.१७२.२० ॥
O lord of the people, your son stood on the chariot with its horses slain, and loosed sharp arrows toward Śaineya's chariot.
7.172.21
शरान्पञ्छसतांस्तस्मै शैनेयः कृतहस्तवत् ।
चिच्छेद समरे राजन्प्रेषितांस्तनयेन ते ॥ ७.१७२.२१ ॥
O king, Śaineya with a skilled hand cut down in battle five hundred arrows that your son had sent at him.
7.172.22
अथापरेण भल्लेन मुष्टिदेशे महद्धनुः ।
चिच्छेद तरसा युद्धे तव पुत्रस्य माधव ॥ ७.१७२.२२ ॥
Then with another bhalla, O Mādhava, he swiftly cut through your son's great bow at the grip in battle.
7.172.23
विरथो विधनुष्कश्च सर्वलोकेश्वरः प्रभुः ।
आरुरोह रथं तूर्णं भास्वरं कृतवर्मणः ॥ ७.१७२.२३ ॥
Without chariot or bow, that lord of all the worlds, mighty, quickly mounted the gleaming chariot of Kṛtavarman.
7.172.24
दुर्योधने परावृत्ते शैनेयस्तव वाहिनीम् ।
द्रावयामास विशिखैर्निशामध्ये विशाम्पते ॥ ७.१७२.२४ ॥
When Duryodhana had turned back, O lord of the people, Śaineya routed your army with arrows in the middle of the night.
7.172.25
शकुनिश्चार्जुनं राजन्परिवार्य समन्ततः ।
रथैरनेकसाहस्रैर्गजैश्चापि सहस्रशः।
तथा हयसहस्रैश्च नानाशस्त्रैरवाकिरत् ॥ ७.१७२.२५ ॥
O king, Śakuni surrounded Arjuna on all sides and pelted him with many thousands of chariots, elephants and horses, and with weapons of every kind.
7.172.26
ते महास्त्राणि सर्वाणि विकिरन्तोऽर्जुनं प्रति ।
अर्जुनं योधयन्ति स्म क्षत्रियाः कालचोदिताः ॥ ७.१७२.२६ ॥
Scattering all their great missiles toward Arjuna, the kṣatriyas, driven by time, fought against Arjuna.
7.172.27
तान्यर्जुनः सहस्राणि रथवारणवाजिनाम् ।
प्रत्यवारयदायस्तः प्रकुर्वन्विपुलं क्षयम् ॥ ७.१७२.२७ ॥
Arjuna, intent and causing vast destruction, checked those thousands of chariots, elephants and horses.
7.172.28
ततस्तु समरे शूरः शकुनिः सौबलस्तदा ।
विव्याध निशितैर्बाणैरर्जुनं प्रहसन्निव ॥ ७.१७२.२८ ॥
Then in battle the heroic Śakuni, son of Subala, pierced Arjuna with sharp arrows, as if laughing.
7.172.29
पुनश्चैव शतेनास्य संरुरोध महारथम् ॥ ७.१७२.२९ ॥
And again he obstructed that great charioteer with a hundred arrows.
7.172.30
तमर्जुनस्तु विंशत्या विव्याध युधि भारत ।
अथेतरान्महेष्वासांस्त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरविध्यत ॥ ७.१७२.३० ॥
O Bhārata, Arjuna in battle pierced him with twenty arrows, and then pierced the other great archers with three arrows each.
7.172.31
निवार्य तान्बाणगणैर्युधि राजन्धनञ्जयः ।
जघान तावकान्योधान्वज्रपाणिरिवासुरान् ॥ ७.१७२.३१ ॥
O king, Dhanañjaya, checking them in battle with volleys of arrows, struck down your warriors as the thunderbolt-handed one (Indra) strikes the demons.
7.172.32
भुजैश्छिन्नैर्महीपाल हस्तिहस्तोपमैर्मृधे ।
समाकीर्णा मही भाति पञ्चास्यैरिव पन्नगैः ॥ ७.१७२.३२ ॥
O protector of the earth, the battlefield, strewn with arms severed like elephant trunks, shone as if covered with five-headed serpents.
7.172.33
शिरोभिः सकिरीटैश्च सुनसैश्चारुकुण्डलैः ।
सन्दष्टौष्ठपुटैः क्रुद्धैस्तथैवोद्वृत्तलोचनैः ॥ ७.१७२.३३ ॥
with heads bearing diadems, fine noses and handsome earrings, lips clenched between the teeth, enraged, with eyes rolled up.
7.172.34
निष्कचूडामणिधरैः क्षत्रियाणां पियंवदैः ।
पङ्कजैरिव विन्यस्तैः पर्वतैर्विबभौ मही ॥ ७.१७२.३४ ॥
The heads of the kṣatriyas, sweet of speech, wearing golden ornaments and crest-jewels, lay scattered like lotuses; with them the earth shone as if strewn with mountains.
7.172.35
कृत्वा तत्कर्म बीभत्सुरुग्रमुग्रपराक्रमः ।
विव्याध शकुनिं भूयः पञ्चभिर्नतपर्वभिः ॥ ७.१७२.३५ ॥
Having done that deed, Bībhatsu (Arjuna) of fierce valour struck Śakuni again with five bent-jointed arrows.
7.172.36
अताडयदुलूकं च त्रिभिरेव तथा शरैः ।
उलूकं पुनराजघ्ने त्रिभिरेव महायशाः ॥ ७.१७२.३६ ॥
Likewise he struck Ulūka with three arrows, and again the great-famed one struck Ulūka with three.
7.172.37
स तु तेन समाविद्ध क्रोधाद्द्विगुणविक्रमः ।
शरैरनेकसाहस्रैः सोऽर्जुनं प्रत्यविध्यत ॥ ७.१७२.३७ ॥
Struck by him, he, with double prowess in anger, pierced Arjuna with many thousands of arrows.
7.172.38
तमुलूकस्तथा विद्धा वासुदेवमताडयत् ।
ननाद च महानादं पूरयन्निव मेदिनीम् ॥ ७.१७२.३८ ॥
Uluka, likewise pierced, struck Vāsudeva and roared a mighty roar, as if filling the earth.
7.172.39
अर्जुनः शकुनेश्चापं सायकैरच्छिनद्रणे ।
निन्ये च चतुरो वाहान्यमस्य सदनं प्रति ॥ ७.१७२.३९ ॥
In battle, Arjuna cut Śakuni's bow with his arrows and sent his four horses to the abode of Yama.
7.172.40
ततो रथादवप्लुत्य सौबलो भरतर्षभ ।
उलूकस्य रथं तूर्णमारुरोह विशाम्पते ॥ ७.१७२.४० ॥
Then, O bull of the Bharatas, the son of Subala leapt down from his chariot and swiftly mounted the chariot of Uluka, O lord of men.
7.172.41
तावेकरथमारूढौ पितापुत्रौ महारथौ ।
पार्थं सिषिचतुर्बाणैर्गिरिं मेघाविवाम्बुभिः ॥ ७.१७२.४१ ॥
Mounted together on one chariot, the father and son, both great charioteers, showered Pārtha with arrows, as two clouds pour water upon a mountain.
7.172.42
तौ तु विद्धा महाराज पाण्डवो निशितैः शरैः ।
विद्रावयंस्तव चमूं शतशो व्यधमच्छरैः ॥ ७.१७२.४२ ॥
O great king, the Pāṇḍava, having pierced those two with sharp arrows and routing your army, struck it down hundreds of times with arrows.
7.172.43
अनिलेन यथाऽभ्राणि विच्छिन्नानि समन्ततः ।
विच्छिन्नानि तथा राजन्बलान्यासन्विशाम्पते ॥ ७.१७२.४३ ॥
As clouds are scattered on all sides by the wind, so, O king, O lord of men, were the armies scattered.
7.172.44
तद्बलं भरतश्चेष्ठ वध्यमानं तदा निशि ।
प्रदुद्राव दिशः सर्वा वीक्षमाणं भयार्दितम् ॥ ७.१७२.४४ ॥
That army, O best of the Bharatas, being slain then in the night, fled in all directions, looking about, tormented by fear.
7.172.45
उत्सृज्य वाहान्समरे चोदयन्तस्तथाऽपरे ।
सम्भ्रान्ताः पर्यधावन्त तस्मिंस्तमसि दारुणे ॥ ७.१७२.४५ ॥
Abandoning their mounts in battle, and others urging theirs on, bewildered, they ran about in that terrible darkness.
7.172.46
विजित्य समरे योधांस्तावकान्भरतर्षभ ।
दध्मतुर्मुदितौ शङ्खौ वासुदेवधनञ्जयौ ॥ ७.१७२.४६ ॥
Having conquered your warriors in battle, O bull of the Bharatas, Vāsudeva and Dhanañjaya, delighted, blew their conches.
7.172.47
धृष्टद्युम्नो महाराज द्रोणं विद्धा त्रिभिः शरैः ।
चिच्छेद धनुषस्तूर्णं ज्यां शरेण शितेन ह ॥ ७.१७२.४७ ॥
Dhṛṣṭadyumna, O great king, having pierced Droṇa with three arrows, swiftly cut his bowstring with a sharp arrow.
7.172.48
तन्निधाय धनुर्भूमौ द्रोणः क्षत्रियमर्दनः ।
आददेऽन्यद्धनुः शूरो वेगवत्सारवत्तरम् ॥ ७.१७२.४८ ॥
Having laid that bow down on the ground, Droṇa, the crusher of warriors, the hero, took up another bow, swifter and stronger.
7.172.49
धृष्टद्युम्नं ततो द्रोणो विद्धा सप्तभिराशुगैः ।
सारथिं पञ्चभिर्बाणै राजन्विव्याध संयुगे ॥ ७.१७२.४९ ॥
Then Droṇa, having pierced Dhṛṣṭadyumna with seven swift arrows, O king, pierced his charioteer in battle with five arrows.
7.172.50
तं निवार्य शरैस्तूर्णं धृष्टद्युम्नो महारथः ।
व्यधमत्कौरवीं सेनामासुरीं मघवानिव ॥ ७.१७२.५० ॥
Checking him swiftly with arrows, the great warrior Dhṛṣṭadyumna scattered the Kaurava army, as Indra scattered the demonic host.
7.172.51
वध्यमाने बले तस्मिंस्तव पुत्रस्य मारिष ।
प्रावर्तत नदी घोरां शोणितौघतरङ्गिणी ॥ ७.१७२.५१ ॥
O sir, as your son's army was being slaughtered, a terrible river arose, its waves a flood of blood.
7.172.52
उभयोः सेनयोर्मध्ये नराधद्विपवाहिनी ।
तथा वैतरणी राजन्यतराजुपुरं प्रति ॥ ७.१७२.५२ ॥
Between the two armies it carried men and elephants away, O king, like the Vaitaraṇī flowing toward the realm of Yama.
7.172.53
द्रावयित्वा तु तत्सैन्यं धृष्टद्युम्नः प्रतापवान् ।
अभ्यराजत तेजस्वी शक्रो देवगणेष्विव ॥ ७.१७२.५३ ॥
Having routed that army, the mighty and radiant Dhṛṣṭadyumna shone like Indra among the host of gods.
7.172.54
अथ दध्मुर्महाशङ्खान्धृष्टद्युम्नशिखण्डिनौ ।
यमौ च युयुधानश्च पाण्डक्य वृकोदरः ॥ ७.१७२.५४ ॥
Then Dhṛṣṭadyumna and Śikhaṇḍin, the twins, Yuyudhāna, the Pāṇḍava, and Vṛkodara blew their great conches.
7.172.55
जित्वा रथसहस्राणि तावकानां महारथाः ।
सिंहनादरवांश्चक्रुः पाण्डवा जितकाशिनः ॥ ७.१७२.५५ ॥
Having conquered thousands of your chariots, the great chariot-warriors, the Pāṇḍavas, thinking themselves victorious, raised a sound like the roar of lions.
7.172.56
पश्यतस्तव पुत्रस्य कर्णस्य च रणोत्कटाः ।
तथा द्रोणस्य शूरस्य द्रौणेश्चैव विशाम्पते ॥ ७.१७२.५६ ॥
O lord of men, while your son, Karṇa, the heroic Droṇa and Droṇa's son were looking on, the Pāṇḍavas, fierce in battle, did so.