Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.18
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7.18.1
ततः संशप्तका राजन्समे देशे व्यवस्थिताः ।
व्यूढानीकै रथैरेव चन्द्रार्धाख्यैर्मुदा युताः ॥ ७.१८.१ ॥
Then, O king, the Saṃśaptakas, stationed on level ground with their arrayed armies and chariots called the half-moon, stood joyfully.
7.18.2
ते किरीटिनमायान्तं दृष्ट्वा हर्षेण मारिष ।
अतीव सम्प्रहृष्टास्ते ह्युपलक्ष्य धनञ्जयम्।
उदक्रोशन्नरव्याघ्राः शब्देन महता तदा ॥ ७.१८.२ ॥
O honored one, seeing the diademed one approaching, they were exceedingly delighted; recognizing Dhanañjaya, those tigers among men then roared out with a great sound.
7.18.3
स दिशः प्रदिशः सर्वा नभश्चैव समावृणोत् ।
आवृतत्वाच लोकस्य नासीत्तत्र प्रतिस्वनः ॥ ७.१८.३ ॥
That sound covered all the directions, the intermediate directions, and the sky; because the world was thus enveloped, there was no echo there.
7.18.4
सोऽतीव संप्रहृष्टांस्तानुपलभ्य धनञ्जयः ।
किञ्चिदभ्युत्स्मयन्कृष्णमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ ७.१८.४ ॥
Seeing them greatly delighted, Dhanañjaya smiled a little and spoke these words to Kṛṣṇa.
7.18.5
देवकीपुत्र पश्येमान्मुमूर्षूनद्य संयुगे ।
भ्रातॄंस्त्रैगर्तकानेतान्रोदितव्ये प्रहर्षितान् ॥ ७.१८.५ ॥
O son of Devakī, behold these brothers, the Traigartas, who today desire to die in battle; though they are fit to be wept for, they are delighted.
7.18.7
आससाद रणे व्यूढां त्रिगर्तानामनीकिनीम् ॥ ७.१८.७ ॥
He reached the arrayed army of the Traigartas in battle.
7.18.8
स देवदत्तमादाय शङ्खं हेमपरिष्कृतम् ।
दध्मौ वेगेन महता घोषेणापूरयन्दिशः ॥ ७.१८.८ ॥
Taking the conch Devadatta, adorned with gold, he blew it with great force, filling all the directions with its mighty roar.
7.18.9
तेन शब्देन वित्रस्ता संशप्तकवरूथिनी ।
विचेष्टाऽवस्थिता सङ्ख्ये ह्यश्मसारमयी यथा ॥ ७.१८.९ ॥
Terrified by that sound, the Saṃśaptaka host stood motionless in battle, as if made of hard stone.
7.18.10
सा सेना भरतश्रेष्ठ निश्चेष्टा शुशुभे तदा ।
चित्रे पटे यथा न्यस्ता कुशलैः शिल्पिभिर्नरैः ॥ ७.१८.१० ॥
O best of the Bharatas, that army then shone motionless, like a picture set upon a cloth by skilled artists.
7.18.11
स्वनेन तेन सैन्यानां दिवमावृण्वता तदा ।
सस्वना पृथिवी सर्वा तथैव च महोदधिः।
स्वनेन तेन सैन्यानां कर्णास्तु बधिरीकृताः ॥ ७.१८.११ ॥
As that roar covered the sky, the whole earth and the great ocean also resounded; by that roar of the armies the ears were made deaf.
7.18.12
वाहास्तेषां विवृत्ताक्षाः स्तब्धकर्णशिरोधराः ।
विष्टब्धचरणा मूत्रं रुधिरं च प्रसुस्रुवुः।
ततो व्युपारमच्छब्दः प्रहृष्टास्ते ततोऽभवन् ॥ ७.१८.१२ ॥
Their horses' eyes rolled, their ears and necks stiffened, their legs became rigid, and they poured forth urine and blood. Then the sound ceased, and they rejoiced.
7.18.13
उपलभ्य ततः संज्ञामवस्थाप्य च वाहिनीम् ।
युगपत्पाण्डुपुत्राय चिक्षिपुः कङ्कपत्रिणः ॥ ७.१८.१३ ॥
Then, having regained their senses and steadied their army, they simultaneously hurled heron-feathered arrows at the son of Pāṇḍu.
7.18.14
तानर्जुनः सहस्राणि दशपञ्चभिराशुगैः ।
अनागतानेव शरैश्चिच्छेदाशु पराक्रमी ॥ ७.१८.१४ ॥
Arjuna, the valiant one, swiftly cut down those thousands of arrows, before they had even arrived, with fifteen swift arrows.
7.18.15
ततोऽर्जुनं शितैर्बाणैर्दशभिर्दशभिः पुनः ।
प्राविध्यन्त ततः पार्थस्तानविध्यत्त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः ॥ ७.१८.१५ ॥
Then they struck Arjuna again, ten arrows each, with sharp arrows. Then the son of Pṛthā pierced each of them with three arrows.
7.18.16
एकैकस्तु ततः पार्थं राजन्विव्याध पञ्चभिः ।
स च तान्प्रतिविव्याध द्वाभ्यां द्वाभ्यां पराक्रमी ॥ ७.१८.१६ ॥
Then each of them, O king, pierced the son of Pṛthā with five arrows. And the valiant one pierced each of them in return with two arrows.
7.18.17
भूय एव तु सङ्क्रुद्धास्त्वर्जुनं सहकेशवम् ।
आपूरयञ्शरैस्तीक्ष्णैस्तटाकमिव वृष्टिभिः ॥ ७.१८.१७ ॥
But then, still more enraged, they filled Arjuna together with Keśava with sharp arrows, as a pond is filled with rain.
7.18.18
ततः शरसहस्राणि प्रापतन्नर्जुनं प्रति ।
भ्रमराणामिव व्राताः फुल्लं द्रुमगणं वने ॥ ७.१८.१८ ॥
Then thousands of arrows rushed toward Arjuna, like swarms of bees falling upon a grove of trees in bloom in the forest.
7.18.19
ततः सुबाहुस्त्रिंशद्भिरद्रिसारमयैः शरैः ।
अविध्यदिषुभिर्गाढं किरीटे सव्यसाचिनम् ॥ ७.१८.१९ ॥
Then Subāhu struck Savyasācin, Arjuna, deeply on the crown with thirty arrows made of the essence of mountains.
7.18.20
तैः किरीटि किरीटस्थैर्हेमपुङ्खैरजिह्मगैः ।
शातकुम्भमयापीडो बभौ यूप इवोच्छ्रितः ॥ ७.१८.२० ॥
With those arrows, golden-shafted and flying straight, resting on the diadem, Kirīṭin's crown of refined gold shone like a raised sacrificial post.
7.18.21
हस्तावापं सुबाहोस्तु भल्लेन युधि पाण्डवः ।
चिच्छेद तं चैव पुनः शरवर्षैरवाकिरत् ॥ ७.१८.२१ ॥
In battle the Pāṇḍava cut off Subāhu's hand-guard with a broad-headed arrow, and again covered him with a shower of arrows.
7.18.22
ततः सुशर्मा दशभिः सुरथस्तु किरीटिनम् ।
सुधर्मा सुधनुश्चैव सुबाहुश्च समार्पयत् ॥ ७.१८.२२ ॥
Then Suśarman with ten arrows, Suratha against the wearer of the diadem, and Sudharman, Sudhanus and Subāhu too, together attacked him.
7.18.23
तांस्तु सर्वान्पृथग्बाणैर्वानरप्रवरध्वजः ।
प्रत्यविध्यद्ध्वजांश्चैषां भल्लैश्चिच्छेद सायकान् ॥ ७.१८.२३ ॥
But he whose banner bore the best of monkeys answered them all with separate arrows, and with broad-headed shafts cut down their banners and arrows.
7.18.24
सुधन्वनो धनुश्छित्त्वा हयांश्चास्यावधीच्छरैः ।
अथास्य सशिरस्त्राणं शिरः कायादपातयत् ॥ ७.१८.२४ ॥
Having cut Sudhanvan's bow and slain his horses with arrows, he then struck his head, helmet and all, from his body.
7.18.25
जहार पार्थः सैन्येषु सहस्रे द्वे च योधिनाम् ।
तस्मिन्निपतिते वीरे त्रस्तास्तस्य पदानुगाः ॥ ७.१८.२५ ॥
The son of Pṛthā took the lives of two thousand warriors among the armies; when that hero had fallen, his followers were terrified.
7.18.26
भूयिष्ठं प्रतिरुद्धा ये हतैर्योधैर्यशस्विनः ।
व्यद्रवन्त भयाद्भीता यत्र दौर्योधनं बलम् ॥ ७.१८.२६ ॥
The famous warriors, for the most part held back by the slain warriors, fled in fear to where the army of Duryodhana was.
7.18.27
ततो जघानं सङ्क्रुद्धो वासविस्तां महाचमूम् ।
शरजालैरविच्छिन्नैस्तमः सूर्य इवांशुभिः ॥ ७.१८.२७ ॥
Then the enraged son of Vāsava (Arjuna) struck that great army with nets of unbroken arrows, as the sun dispels darkness with its rays.
7.18.28
ततो भग्ने बले तस्मिन्विप्रलीने समन्ततः ।
सव्यसाचिनि सङ्क्रुद्वे त्रैगर्तान्भयमाविशत् ॥ ७.१८.२८ ॥
Then, when that army was broken and scattered on every side, and Arjuna, the ambidextrous one, was enraged, fear entered the Trigartas.
7.18.29
ते वध्यमानाः पार्थेन शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ।
अमुह्यंस्तत्रतत्रैव त्रस्ता मृगगणा इव ॥ ७.१८.२९ ॥
Struck by Pārtha's arrows with bent shafts, they were bewildered here and there, like herds of terrified deer.
7.18.30
ततस्त्रिगर्तराट् क्रुद्धस्तानुवाच महारथान् ।
अलं द्रुतेन वः शूरा न भयं कर्तुमर्हथ ॥ ७.१८.३० ॥
Then the king of the Trigartas, enraged, spoke to those great chariot-warriors: 'Enough of your fleeing! Heroes, you should not give way to fear.'
7.18.31
शप्त्वाऽथ शपथान्घोरान्सर्वसैन्यस्य पश्यतः ।
गत्वा दौर्योधनं सैन्यं किं वै वक्ष्यथ मुख्यशः। ॥ ७.१८.३१ ॥
Having sworn terrible oaths while the whole army watched, what will you chiefly say when you go back to Duryodhana's army?
7.18.32
नावहास्याः कथं लोके कर्मणाऽनेन संयुगे ।
भवेम सहिताः सर्वे निवर्तध्वं यथाबलम् ॥ ७.१८.३२ ॥
How, having done such a deed in this battle, shall we not become objects of ridicule in the world? All of you, together, turn back according to your strength.
7.18.33
एवमुक्तास्तु ते राजन्नुदक्रोशन्मुहुर्मुहुः ।
शङ्खांश्च दध्मिरे वीरा हर्षयन्तः परस्परम् ॥ ७.१८.३३ ॥
Thus addressed, O king, they cried out again and again, and the heroes blew their conchs, encouraging one another.
7.18.34
ततस्ते सन्न्यवर्तन्तं संशप्तकगणाः पुनः ।
नारायणाश्च गोपाला मृत्युं कृत्वाऽनिवर्तनम् ॥ ७.१८.३४ ॥
Then the bands of the Saṃśaptakas, the Nārāyaṇas, and the cowherds turned back again, making death itself their resolve not to retreat.