Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.181
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7.181.1
तस्मिन्हते महामाये महातेजसि राक्षसे ।
अमर्षिताः पाण्डवेयाः किमकुर्वन्महारणे ॥ ७.१८१.१ ॥
When that great-illusioned, greatly radiant rākṣasa was slain, what did the enraged sons of Pāṇḍu do in that great battle?
7.181.2
मर्दिताश्च भृशं युद्धे किमकुर्वन्त सञ्जय ॥ ७.१८१.२ ॥
O Sañjaya, greatly crushed in battle, what did they do?
7.181.3
ये च तेऽभ्यद्रवन्द्रोणं व्यूढानीकं प्रहारिणः ।
सृञ्जयाः सह पाञ्चालैस्तेऽरुर्वन्किं महारणे ॥ ७.१८१.३ ॥
The Sṛñjayas, together with the Pāñcālas, who rushed at Droṇa with his army arrayed and struck him, what did they do in that great battle?
7.181.4
सौमदत्तिवधाद्द्रोणमायत्तं सैन्धवस्य च ।
अमर्षाज्जीवितं त्यक्त्वा गाहमानं वरूथिनीम् ॥ ७.१८१.४ ॥
Those who, bent on Droṇa because of the slaying of Saumadatti and of Saindhava, abandoning life out of rage, plunged into the army—
7.181.5
जृम्भमाणमिव व्याघ्रं व्यात्ताननमिवान्तकम् ।
कथं प्रत्युद्ययुर्द्रोणमजय्यं कुरुसृञ्जयाः ॥ ७.१८१.५ ॥
Like a tiger yawning, like Death with open mouth — how did the Kurus and Sṛñjayas advance against the unconquerable Droṇa?
7.181.6
आचार्यं ये च रक्षन्ति दुर्योधनपुरोगमाः ।
द्रौणिकर्णकृपास्तात ते ह्यकुर्वन्किमाहवे ॥ ७.१८१.६ ॥
Dear child, those who protect the teacher, led by Duryodhana — Droṇi, Karṇa and Kṛpa — what did they do in battle?
7.181.7
भारद्वाजं जिघांसन्तौ सव्यसाचिवृकोदरौ ।
आर्च्छतां मामकान्युद्धे कथं सञ्जय शंस मे ॥ ७.१८१.७ ॥
Desiring to slay Bhāradvāja (Droṇa), how did Savyasācin (Arjuna) and Vṛkodara (Bhīma) attack my people in battle? Tell me, O Sañjaya.
7.181.8
सिन्धुराजवधेनेमे घटोत्कचवधेन ते ।
अमर्षिताश्च सङ्क्रुद्धा रणं चक्रुः कथं युधि ॥ ७.१८१.८ ॥
Indignant and enraged at the slaying of the king of Sindh (Jayadratha) and the slaying of Ghaṭotkaca, how did you wage battle in war?
7.181.9
हैडिम्बिं निहतं दृष्ट्वा विशीर्णमिव पर्वतम् ।
बभूवुः पाण्डवाः सर्वे शोकबाष्पाकुलेक्षणाः ॥ ७.१८१.९ ॥
Seeing Ghaṭotkaca, son of Hiḍimbā, slain like a shattered mountain, all the Pāṇḍavas became with eyes clouded by grief and tears.
7.181.10
वासुदेवस्तु हर्षेण महताऽभिपरिप्लुतः ।
ननाद सिंहवन्नादं व्यथयन्निव भारत ॥ ७.१८१.१० ॥
But Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa), overcome with great joy, roared like a lion, as if terrifying them, O Bhārata.
7.181.11
हतं घटोत्कचं ज्ञात्वा वासुदेवः प्रतापवान् ।
विनद्य च महानादं पर्यष्वजत फल्गुनम् ॥ ७.१८१.११ ॥
Learning that Ghaṭotkaca had been slain, the mighty Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) roared a great roar and embraced Phalguna (Arjuna).
7.181.12
स विनद्य महानादमभीशून्सन्नियम्य च ।
ननर्त हर्षसंवीतो वातोद्धूत इव द्रुमः ॥ ७.१८१.१२ ॥
Having roared a great roar and reined in his horses, he danced, filled with joy, like a tree shaken by the wind.
7.181.13
ततः परिष्वज्य पुनः पार्थमास्फोट्य चासकृत् ।
रथोपस्थगतो धीमान्प्राणदत्पुनरच्युतः ॥ ७.१८१.१३ ॥
Then, embracing Pārtha again and again and slapping his arms, the wise Acyuta, seated on the floor of the chariot, roared once more.
7.181.14
प्रहृष्टमनसं ज्ञात्वा वासुदेवं महाबलः ।
अर्जुनोऽथाब्रवीद्राजन्नातिहृष्टमना इव ॥ ७.१८१.१४ ॥
O king, the mighty Arjuna, perceiving Vāsudeva's mind to be delighted, spoke as though he himself were not greatly delighted.
7.181.15
अतिहर्षोऽयमस्थाने तवाद्य मधुसूदन ।
शोकस्थाने तु सम्प्राप्ते हैडिम्बस्य वधेन तु ॥ ७.१८१.१५ ॥
O Madhusūdana, this great delight of yours today is out of place, when an occasion for grief has come about through the slaying of Haiḍimba's son.
7.181.16
विमुखानीह सैन्यानि हतं दृष्ट्वा घटोत्कचम् ।
वयं च भृशमुद्विग्ना हेडिम्बेस्तु निपातनात् ॥ ७.१८१.१६ ॥
Seeing Ghaṭotkaca slain, the armies here have turned away, and we too are deeply agitated by the fall of Hiḍimba's son.
7.181.17
नैतत्कारणमल्पं हि भविष्यति जनार्दन ।
तदद्य शंस मे पृष्टः सत्यं सत्यवतां वर ॥ ७.१८१.१७ ॥
O Janārdana, this cause will not be a small one. Therefore, asked by me today, tell me the truth, O best of the truthful.
7.181.18
यद्येतन्न रहस्यं ते वक्तुमर्हस्यरिन्दम ।
धैर्यस्य विकृतिं ब्रूहि त्वमद्य मधुसूदन ॥ ७.१८१.१८ ॥
O subduer of foes, if this is not a secret of yours, you should tell it. O Madhusūdana, tell me today what has altered your steadiness.
7.181.19
समुद्रस्येव संशोषं मेरोरिव विसर्पणम् ।
तथैतदद्य मन्येऽहं तव कर्म जनार्दन ॥ ७.१८१.१९ ॥
As if the ocean had dried up or Meru had shifted, so I think, today, of this deed of yours, O Janārdana.
7.181.20
अतिहर्षमिमं प्राप्तं शृणु मे त्वं धनञ्जय ।
अतीव मनसः सद्यः प्रसादकरमुत्तमम् ॥ ७.१८१.२० ॥
Hear from me, O Dhanañjaya, this great joy that has now come to you, a supreme tidings that at once greatly gladdens the mind.
7.181.21
शक्तिं घटोत्कचेनेमां व्यंसयित्वा महाद्युते ।
कर्णं निहतमेवाजौ विद्धि सद्यो धनञ्जय ॥ ७.१८१.२१ ॥
O radiant Dhanañjaya, know that Karṇa has at once been slain in battle, since Ghaṭotkaca has caused this spear to be wasted.
7.181.22
शक्तिहस्तं पुनः कर्णं को लोकेऽस्ति पुमानिह ।
य एनमभितस्तिष्ठेत्कार्तिकेयमिवाहवे ॥ ७.१८१.२२ ॥
Who in this world is the man who could stand all around Karṇa, spear in hand, in battle, as one would stand against Kārttikeya?
7.181.23
दिष्ट्याऽपनीतकवचो दिष्ट्याऽपहृतकुण्डलः ।
दिष्ट्या सा व्यंसिता शक्तिरमोघाऽस्य घटोत्कचे ॥ ७.१८१.२३ ॥
By fortune his armour was stripped away, by fortune his earrings were taken, and by fortune that unfailing spear of his was spent in vain against Ghaṭotkaca.
7.181.24
यदि हि स्यात्सकवचस्तथैव स्यात्सकुण्डलः ।
सामरानपि लोकांस्त्रीनेकः कर्णो जयेद्रणे ॥ ७.१८१.२४ ॥
Had Karṇa still been with armour and with earrings, he alone would have conquered the three worlds, gods included, in battle.
7.181.25
वासवो वा कुबेरो वा वरुणो वा जलेश्वरः ।
यमो वा नोत्सहेत्कर्णं रणे प्रतिसमासितुम् ॥ ७.१८१.२५ ॥
Not even Indra, Kubera, Varuṇa, the lord of the waters, or Yama would dare to face Karṇa in battle.
7.181.26
गाण्डीवमुद्यम्य भवांश्चक्रं चाहं सुदर्शनम् ।
न शक्तौ स्वो रणे जेतुं तथायुक्तं नरर्षभम् ॥ ७.१८१.२६ ॥
You, raising the Gāṇḍīva bow, and I, holding the Sudarśana discus, are not able to conquer him in battle, bull among men.
7.181.27
त्वद्धितार्थं तु शक्रेण मायापहृतकुण्डलः ।
विहीनकवचश्चायं कृतः परपुरञ्जयः ॥ ७.१८१.२७ ॥
For your sake, Indra, by illusion, took away his earrings, and he was made deprived of his armor, though still a conqueror of enemy cities.
7.181.28
उत्कृत्य कवचं यस्मात्कुण्डले विमले च ते ।
प्रादाच्छक्राय वै कर्णस्तस्माद्वैकर्तनः स्मृतः ॥ ७.१८१.२८ ॥
Because Karṇa cut off his armor and gave his bright earrings to Indra, he is remembered as Vaikartana.
7.181.29
आशिविष इव क्रुद्वः स्तम्भितो मन्त्रतेजसा ।
तथाऽद्य भाति कर्णो मे शान्तज्वाल इवानलः ॥ ७.१८१.२९ ॥
Like a enraged serpent checked by the power of mantra, so today Karṇa appears to me, like a fire with its flames quenched.
7.181.30
यदाप्रभृति कर्णाय शक्तिर्दत्ता महात्मना ।
वासवेन महाबाहो क्षिप्ता याऽसौ घटत्कचे ॥ ७.१८१.३० ॥
O mighty-armed one, since the time the great-souled Indra gave Karṇa that spear, which he hurled at Ghaṭotkaca.
7.181.31
कुण्डलाभ्यां निमायाथ दिव्येन कवचेन च ।
तां प्राप्यामन्यत वृषा सततं त्वां हतं रणे ॥ ७.१८१.३१ ॥
Having been deprived of the earrings and the divine armour, and having obtained that spear, the bull (Karṇa) constantly thought that you had been slain in battle.
7.181.32
एवं गतोऽपि शक्योऽयं हतुं नान्येन केनचित् ।
ऋते त्वां पुरुषव्याघ्र शपे सत्येन चानघ ॥ ७.१८१.३२ ॥
Even in this state, he cannot be slain by anyone but you, tiger among men. I swear it by truth, O sinless one.
7.181.33
ब्रह्मण्यः सत्यवादी च सपस्वी नियतव्रतः ।
रिपुष्वपि दयावांश्च तस्मात्कर्णो वृषा स्मृतः ॥ ७.१८१.३३ ॥
Devoted to brahmins, truthful, ascetic, firm in vows, and compassionate even toward enemies—therefore Karṇa is remembered as the bull (vṛṣā).
7.181.34
युद्धशौण्डो महाबाहुर्नित्योद्यतशरासनः ।
केसरीव वने नर्दन्मत्तमातङ्गयूथपान्।
विमर्दन्रथशार्दूलान्राजते रणमूर्धनि… ॥ ७.१८१.३४ ॥
Skilled in battle, mighty-armed, ever with his bow raised, like a lion roaring in the forest, crushing herds of maddened elephants and tiger-like charioteers, he shines at the head of the battle…
7.181.35
मध्यंगत इवादित्यो यो न शक्यो निरीक्षितुम् ।
त्वदीयैः पुरुषव्याघ्र योधमुख्यैर्महात्सभिः ॥ ७.१८१.३५ ॥
He who is like the midday sun, whom not even your chief warriors can look upon, tiger among men, amid those great assemblies.
7.181.36
शरजालसहस्रांशुः शरदीव दि… ॥ ७.१८१.३६ ॥
Like the sun of a thousand rays in autumn — he who has rays of thousands of webs of arrows, as in autumn…
7.181.37
तपान्ते जलदो यद्वच्छरधाराः क्षरन्मुहुः ।
दिव्यास्त्रजलदः कर्णः पर्जन्य इव वृष्टिमान् ॥ ७.१८१.३७ ॥
As a cloud at the end of the summer heat pours down streams again and again, so Karṇa, a cloud of divine weapons, like Parjanya the rain-giver, rains down streams of arrows.
7.181.38
त्रिदशैरपि चास्यद्भिः शरवर्षं समन्ततः ।
अशक्यस्तदयं जेतुं स्रवद्भिर्मांसशोणितम् ॥ ७.१८१.३८ ॥
Even if the gods were to shower arrows on every side, he cannot be conquered; this is a battle where flesh and blood flow.
7.181.39
कवचेन विहीनश्च कुण्डलाभ्यां च पाण्डव ।
सोऽद्य मानुषतां प्राप्तो विमुक्तः शक्रदत्तया ॥ ७.१८१.३९ ॥
O son of Pāṇḍu, deprived of his armor and earrings, he has now come to a human state, freed from what Indra gave him.
7.181.40
एको हि योगोऽस्य भवेद्वधाय ।
च्छिद्रे ह्येनं स्वप्रमत्तः प्रमत्तम्।
कृच्छ्रं प्राप्तं रथचक्रे विमग्ने ।
हन्याः पूर्वं त्वं तु संज्ञां विचार्य ॥ ७.१८१.४० ॥
There is only one way to slay him: when he is heedless, in a gap, when his chariot wheel has sunk and he is in distress. You should first watch for his lapse of attention, and only then slay him.
7.181.41
न ह्युद्यतास्त्रं युधि हन्यादजय्य… ।
मप्येकवीरो बलभित्सवज्रः ॥ ७.१८१.४१ ॥
No one slays a man in battle whose weapon is raised, for he is unconquerable — not even the single hero Indra, destroyer of Bala, with his thunderbolt.
7.181.42
जरासन्धश्चेदिराजो महात्मा ।
महाबाहुश्चैकलव्यो निषादः।
एकैकशो निहताः सर्व एते ।
योगैस्तैस्तैस्त्वद्धितार्थं मयैव ॥ ७.१८१.४२ ॥
Jarāsandha, the great-souled king of the Cedis, the mighty-armed Ekalavya the Niṣāda — all of these were slain one by one. For your welfare, by those various stratagems, I myself struck them down.
7.181.43
अथापरे निहता राक्षसेन्द्रा ।
हिडिम्बकिर्मीरबकप्रधानाः।
अलायुधः परचक्रावमर्दी ।
घटोत्कचश्चोग्रकर्मा तरस्वी ॥ ७.१८१.४३ ॥
Then others were slain: the lords of the rākṣasas, Hiḍimba, Kirmīra and chiefly Baka, Alāyudha the crusher of enemy armies, and Ghaṭotkaca, fierce in deed and swift.