Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.188
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7.188.1
ते तथैव महाराज दंशिता रणमूर्धनि ।
सन्ध्यागतं सहस्रांशुमादित्यमुपतस्थिरे ॥ ७.१८८.१ ॥
Great king, in that same way, armored, at the head of the battle, they turned to worship the thousand-rayed sun, which had come to twilight.
7.188.2
उदिते तु सहस्रांशौ तप्तकाञ्चनसप्रभे ।
प्रकाशितेषु लोकेषु पुनर्युद्धमवर्तत ॥ ७.१८८.२ ॥
When the thousand-rayed sun, bright as heated gold, had risen and the worlds were illuminated, the battle began again.
7.188.3
द्वन्द्वानि तत्र यान्यासन्संसक्तानि पुरोदयात् ।
तान्येवाभ्युदिते सूर्ये समसज्जन्त भारत ॥ ७.१८८.३ ॥
The single combats that had been going on there before sunrise, O Bhārata, were joined again the very moment the sun rose.
7.188.4
रथैर्हया हयैर्नागाः पादातैश्चापि कुञ्जराः ।
हयैर्हयाः समाजग्मुः पादाताश्च पदातिभिः ॥ ७.१८८.४ ॥
Chariots met chariots, horses met horses, elephants met elephants, and foot soldiers met foot soldiers, and elephants also met foot soldiers.
7.188.5
रथा रथैरिभैर्नागास्तथैव भरतर्षभ ।
संसक्ताश्च वियुक्ताश्च योधाः सन्न्यपतन्रणे ॥ ७.१८८.५ ॥
Chariots met chariots and elephants met elephants, O best of the Bharatas; likewise the warriors, joined and separated, rushed down upon one another in battle.
7.188.6
ते रात्रौ कृतकर्माणः श्रान्ताः सूर्यस्य तेजसा ।
क्षुत्पिपासापरीताङ्गा विसंज्ञा बहवोऽभवन् ॥ ७.१८८.६ ॥
Having performed their deeds in the night, exhausted by the heat of the sun, their limbs seized by hunger and thirst, many of them became senseless.
7.188.7
शङ्खबेरीमृदङ्गानां कुञ्जराणां च गर्जताम् ।
विष्फारितविकृष्टानां कार्मुकाणां च कूजताम् ॥ ७.१८८.७ ॥
The sound of conches, kettledrums and drums, of roaring elephants, and of bows drawn fully back and twanging.
7.188.8
शब्दः समभवद्राजन्दिविस्पृग्भरतर्षभ ।
द्रवतां च पदातीनां शस्त्राणां पततामपि ॥ ७.१८८.८ ॥
O king, O bull of the Bharatas, a sound reaching the sky arose, of fleeing foot soldiers and of falling weapons.
7.188.9
हयानां हेषतां चापि रथानां च निवर्तताम् ।
क्रोशतां गर्जतां चैव तदासीत्तुमुलं महत् ॥ ७.१८८.९ ॥
The neighing of horses, the sound of chariots turning back, and the crying out and roaring of warriors — that was a great tumult.
7.188.10
विवृद्धस्तुमुलः शब्दो द्यामगच्छन्महांस्तदा ।
नानायुधनिकृत्तानां चेष्टतामातुरः स्वनः ॥ ७.१८८.१० ॥
Then the grown, tumultuous sound rose to the sky — the anguished cry of those cut down by many weapons, writhing.
7.188.11
भूमावश्रूयत महांस्तदाऽऽसीत्कृपणं महत् ।
पततां पात्यमानानां पत्त्यश्वरथदन्तिनाम् ॥ ७.१८८.११ ॥
Then a great and piteous sound was heard upon the ground — of foot soldiers, horses, chariots and elephants falling and being felled.
7.188.12
तेषु सर्वेष्वनीकेषु व्यतिषक्तेष्वनेकशः ।
स्वे स्वाञ्जघ्नुः परे स्वांश्च स्वान्परेषां परे परान्। ॥ ७.१८८.१२ ॥
In all those armies, intermingled in many ways, men struck their own; the enemy struck their own and the enemy's own, and the enemy struck the enemy.
7.188.13
वीरबाहुविसृष्टाश्च योधेषु च गजेषु च ।
राशयः प्रत्यदृश्यन्त वाससां नेजनेष्विव ॥ ७.१८८.१३ ॥
Hurled from the arms of heroes, they were seen in heaps upon the foot-soldiers and the elephants, like heaps of garments at the washing-places.
7.188.14
उद्यतप्रतिपिष्टानां खङ्गानां वीरबाहुभिः ।
स एव शब्दस्तद्रूपो वाससां निज्यतामिव ॥ ७.१८८.१४ ॥
The sound of swords, raised and struck down again and again by the arms of heroes, was just like the sound of garments being wrung out.
7.188.15
अर्धासिभिस्तथा खङ्गैस्तोमरैः सपरश्वथैः ।
निकृष्टयुद्धं संसक्तं महदासीत्सुदारुणम् ॥ ७.१८८.१५ ॥
With half-swords, swords, spears and axes, a close and terrible combat broke out, very dreadful indeed.
7.188.16
गजाश्वकायप्रभवां नरदेहप्रवाहिनीम् ।
शस्त्रमत्स्यसुसम्पूर्णां मांसशोणितकर्दमाम् ॥ ७.१८८.१६ ॥
A river born from the bodies of elephants and horses, flowing with the bodies of men, full of weapon-fish, muddy with flesh and blood.
7.188.17
आर्तनादस्वनवतीं पताकाशस्त्रफेनिलाम् ।
नदीं प्रावर्तयन्वीराः परलोकौघगामिनीम् ॥ ७.१८८.१७ ॥
Full of the sound of anguished cries, foamy with banners and weapons, going toward the flood of the other world, the heroes set this river flowing.
7.188.18
शरशक्त्यर्दिता क्लान्ता रात्रिमूढात्पचेतसः ।
विष्टभ्य सर्वगात्राणि व्यतिष्ठन्गजवाजिनः ॥ ७.१८८.१८ ॥
Tormented by arrows and spears, exhausted, their minds a little dulled by the night, the elephant- and horse-riders stood their ground, steadying all their limbs.
7.188.19
संशुष्कवदना वीराः शिरोभिश्चारुकुण्डलैः ।
युद्धोपकरणैश्चान्यैस्तत्रतत्र चकाशिरे ॥ ७.१८८.१९ ॥
The heroes' parched faces, their heads with fine earrings, and other war equipment shone here and there.
7.188.20
क्रव्यादसङ्घैराकीर्णं मृतैरर्धमृतैरपि ।
नासीद्रथपथस्तत्र सर्वमायोधनं प्रति ॥ ७.१८८.२० ॥
Covered with flocks of flesh-eaters and with the dead and the half-dead, there was no path for chariots anywhere on that whole battlefield.
7.188.21
मञ्जत्सु चक्रेषु रथान्सत्वमास्थाय वाजिनः ।
कथञ्चिदवहन्श्रान्ता वेपमानाः शरार्दिताः।
कुलसत्वबलोपेता वाजिनो वारणोपमाः ॥ ७.१८८.२१ ॥
Though the wheels were sinking, the horses, summoning their spirit, somehow drew the chariots; exhausted, trembling, and tormented by arrows, those horses, endowed with noble lineage, spirit and strength, were like elephants.
7.188.22
विह्वलं तूर्णमुद्धान्तं सभयं भारतातुरम् ।
बलमासीत्तदा सर्वमृते द्रोणार्जुनावुभौ ॥ ७.१८८.२२ ॥
O Bhārata, then the entire army, except Droṇa and Arjuna both, swiftly became confused, bewildered, fearful and distressed.
7.188.23
तावेवास्तां निलयनं तावार्तायनमेव च ।
तावेवान्ये समासाद्य जग्मुर्वैवस्वतक्षयम् ॥ ७.१८८.२३ ॥
Those two alone were refuge, those two alone the shelter of the afflicted; others who approached them went to the abode of Vaivasvata.
7.188.24
आविग्नमभवत्सर्वं कौरवाणां महद्बलम् ।
पाञ्चालानां च संसक्तं न प्राज्ञायत किञ्चन ॥ ७.१८८.२४ ॥
The entire great army of the Kauravas became agitated, and, mingled with the Pāñcālas, nothing could be recognized.
7.188.25
अन्तकाक्रीडसदृशं भीरूणां भयवर्धनम् ।
पृथिव्यां राजवंश्यानामुत्थिते महति क्षये ॥ ७.१८८.२५ ॥
It was like the sport of Death, increasing the fear of the timid, when the great destruction of the royal lineages on earth arose.
7.188.26
न तत्र कर्णं द्रोणं वा नार्जुनं न युधिष्ठिरम् ।
न भीमसेनं न यमौ न पाञ्चाल्यं न सात्यकिम् ॥ ७.१८८.२६ ॥
There Karṇa could not be seen, nor Droṇa, nor Arjuna, nor Yudhiṣṭhira, nor Bhīmasena, nor the twins, nor the Pāñcāla prince, nor Sātyaki.
7.188.27
न च दुःशासनं द्रौणिं न दुर्योधनसौबलौ ।
न कृपं मद्रराजं च कृतवर्माणमेव च ॥ ७.१८८.२७ ॥
Nor Duḥśāsana, nor Droṇa's son, nor Duryodhana and Saubala, nor Kṛpa, nor the king of the Madras, nor Kṛtavarman.
7.188.28
न चान्यान्नैव चात्मानं न क्षितिं न दिशस्तथा ।
पश्याम राजन्संसक्तान्सैन्येन रजसा धृतान् ॥ ७.१८८.२८ ॥
We could see neither others nor ourselves, nor the earth, nor the directions. O king, we saw only the warriors clinging together, held in the dust raised by the army.
7.188.29
सम्भ्रान्ते तुमुले घोरे रजोमेघे समुत्थिते ।
त्रियामामिव संप्राप्ताममन्यन्त निशाचराः ॥ ७.१८८.२९ ॥
In that terrible, tumultuous confusion, when the cloud of dust arose, the night-wanderers thought that night had come.
7.188.30
न ज्ञायन्ते कौरवेया न पाञ्चाला न पाण्डवाः ।
न दिशो द्यौर्न चोर्वी च न समं विषमं तथा ॥ ७.१८८.३० ॥
The Kauravas, the Pāñcālas and the Pāṇḍavas could not be recognized; neither the directions, nor the sky, nor the earth, nor the level and the uneven could be told apart.
7.188.31
हस्तसंस्पर्शमापन्नान्परानप्यथवा स्वकान् ।
न्यपातयंस्तदा युद्धे नराः स्म विजयैषिणः ॥ ७.१८८.३१ ॥
Men seeking victory struck down in battle then, whether enemies pressed hand to hand, or even their own.
7.188.32
उद्धूतत्वात्तु रजसः प्रसेकाच्छोणितस्य च ।
प्राशाम्यत रजो भौमं शीघ्रत्वादनिलस्य च ॥ ७.१८८.३२ ॥
Because the dust had been stirred up, and with the sprinkling of blood and the swiftness of the wind, that earthly dust settled.
7.188.33
तत्र नागा हया योधा रथिनोऽथ पदातयः ।
पारिजातवनानीव व्यरोचन्रुधिरोक्षिताः ॥ ७.१८८.३३ ॥
There elephants, horses, warriors, chariot-fighters and foot soldiers shone like groves of pārijāta trees, sprinkled with blood.
7.188.34
ततो दुर्योधनः कर्णो द्रोणो दुःशासनस्तथा ।
पाण्डवैः समसज्जन्त चतुर्भिश्चतुरो रथाः ॥ ७.१८८.३४ ॥
Then Duryodhana, Karṇa, Droṇa and Duḥśāsana engaged the Pāṇḍavas, four chariot-warriors against four.
7.188.35
दुर्योधनः सह भ्रात्रा यमाभ्यां समसज्जत ।
वृकोदरेण राधेयो भारद्वाजेन चार्जुनः ॥ ७.१८८.३५ ॥
Duryodhana with his brother engaged the two sons of Yama; the son of Rādhā engaged Vṛkodara, and the son of Bharadvāja engaged Arjuna.
7.188.36
तद्धोरं महदाश्चर्यं युद्धं दैवासुरोपमम् ।
रथर्षभाणामुग्राणां सन्निपातममानुषम् ॥ ७.१८८.३६ ॥
That terrible, great and wondrous battle was like the battle of gods and demons; the clash of the fierce chariot-bulls was superhuman.
7.188.37
रथमार्गैर्विचित्रैस्तैर्विचित्ररथसङ्कुलम् ।
अपश्यन्रथिनो युद्धं विचित्रं चित्रयोधिनाम् ॥ ७.१८८.३७ ॥
Through those varied chariot-paths, among the crowded chariots of many kinds, the charioteers beheld the battle — a wondrous battle of brilliant warriors.
7.188.38
यतमानाः पराक्रान्ताः परस्परजिगीषवः ।
जीमूता इव घर्मान्ते शरवर्षैरवाकिरन् ॥ ७.१८८.३८ ॥
Striving, mighty, each desiring to conquer the other, they rained down showers of arrows like clouds at the end of summer.
7.188.39
ते रथान्सूर्यसङ्काशानास्थिताः पुरुषर्षभाः ।
अशोभन्त यथा मेघाः शारदाश्चलविद्युतः ॥ ७.१८८.३९ ॥
Those bulls among men, mounted on chariots like the sun, shone like autumn clouds with flashing lightning.
7.188.40
योधास्ते तु महाराज क्रोधामर्षसमन्विताः ।
स्पर्धिनश्च महेष्वासाः कृतयत्ना धनुर्धराः।
अभ्यगच्छंस्तथाऽन्योन्यं मत्ता गजवृषा इव ॥ ७.१८८.४० ॥
O great king! Those warriors, filled with wrath and indignation, rivals and great archers, bearing their bows with effort, advanced against one another like maddened bull elephants.
7.188.41
न नूनं देहभेदोऽस्ति काले राजन्ननागते ।
यत्र सर्वे न युगपद्व्यशीर्यन्त महारथाः ॥ ७.१८८.४१ ॥
O king, the time had not yet come, so surely there was no breaking of bodies, for not all the great chariot-warriors were shattered at once.
7.188.42
बाहुभिश्चपरणैश्चिन्नैः शिरोभिश्च सकुण्डलैः ।
कार्मुकैर्विशिखैः प्रासैः खङ्गैः परशुपट्टसैः ॥ ७.१८८.४२ ॥
with severed arms, with heads bearing earrings, with bows, arrows, spears, swords, axes and cleavers.
7.188.43
नालीकैः क्षुद्रनाराचैर्नखरैः शक्तितोमरैः ।
अन्यैश्च विविधाकारैर्धौतैः प्रहरणोत्तमैः ॥ ७.१८८.४३ ॥
With nālīkas and small nārāca arrows, with claw-like weapons, with śaktis and tomaras, and with others of many shapes, burnished, the finest of weapons.
7.188.44
विचित्रैर्विविधाकारैः शरीरावरणैरपि ।
विचित्रैश्च रथैर्भग्नैर्हतैश्च गजवाजिभिः ॥ ७.१८८.४४ ॥
With variegated armour of many shapes, with variegated chariots broken and destroyed, and with slain elephants and horses.
7.188.45
शून्यैश्चैव नगाकारैर्हतयोधध्वजै रथैः ।
अमनुष्यैर्हयैस्त्रस्तैः कृष्यमाणैस्ततस्ततः ॥ ७.१८८.४५ ॥
With empty chariots like mountains, with chariots whose warriors and banners were slain, with riderless terrified horses dragged here and there.
7.188.46
वातायमानैरसकृद्धतवीरैरलंकृतैः ।
व्यजनैः कङ्कटैश्चैव ध्वजैश्च विनिपातितैः ॥ ७.१८८.४६ ॥
With fans fluttering again and again in the wind, adorned by slain heroes, with armour plates, and with banners cast down.
7.188.47
छत्रैराभरणैर्वस्त्रैर्माल्यैश्च ससुगन्धिभिः ।
हारैः किरीटैर्मुकुटैरुष्णीषैः किङ्किणीगणैः ॥ ७.१८८.४७ ॥
With parasols, ornaments, garments, fragrant garlands, necklaces, diadems, crowns, turbans, and clusters of little bells.
7.188.48
उरस्थैर्मणिभिर्निष्कैश्चूडामणिभिरेव च ।
आसीदायोधनं तत्र नभस्तारागणैरिव ॥ ७.१८८.४८ ॥
There the battlefield was like the sky with clusters of stars, from the gems worn on the chest, the gold ornaments, and the crest-jewels.
7.188.49
ततो दुर्योधनस्यासीन्नकुलेन समागमः ।
अमर्षितेन क्रुद्धस्य क्रुद्धेनामर्षितस्य च ॥ ७.१८८.४९ ॥
Then Duryodhana met Nakula — the angered man with the angered, the indignant with the indignant.
7.188.50
अपसव्यं चकाराथ माद्रीपुत्रस्तवात्मजम् ।
किरञ्छरशतैर्हृष्टस्तत्र नादो महानभूत् ॥ ७.१८८.५० ॥
Then Mādrī's son, delighted and showering hundreds of arrows, made your son keep to his left; a great uproar arose there.
7.188.51
अपसव्यं कृतं सङ्ख्ये भ्रातृव्येनात्यमर्षिणा ।
नामृष्यत तमप्याजौ प्रतिचक्रे परन्तपः।
पुत्रस्तव महाराज राजा दुर्योधनो द्रुतम् ॥ ७.१८८.५१ ॥
In battle the rival cousin, unable to endure it, made the circling-to-the-left; but the foe-tormentor could not bear it and swiftly countered — your son, the great king Duryodhana.
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ततः प्रतिचिकीर्षन्तमपसव्यं तु ते सुतम् ।
न्यवारयत तेजस्वी नकुलश्चित्रमार्गवित् ॥ ७.१८८.५२ ॥
Then Nakula, radiant and skilled in the varied paths of warfare, checked your son, who wished to counter the circling-to-the-left.
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स सर्वतो निवार्यैनं शरजालेन पीडयन् ।
विमुखं नकुलश्चक्रे तत्सैन्याः समपूजयन् ॥ ७.१८८.५३ ॥
Checking him on every side and harassing him with a net of arrows, Nakula turned him away, and his army paid him full honour.
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तिष्ठतिष्ठेति नकुलो बभाषे तनयं तव ।
संस्मृत्य सर्वदुःखानि तव दुर्मन्त्रितं च तत् ॥ ७.१८८.५४ ॥
"Stop, stop!" Nakula said to your son, recalling all the sorrows and that ill-counselled deed of yours.