Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.189
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7.189.1
ततो दुःशासनः क्रुद्धः सहदेवमुपाद्रवत् ।
रथवेगेन तीव्रेण कम्पयन्निव मेदिनीम् ॥ ७.१८९.१ ॥
Then the enraged Duḥśāsana rushed at Sahadeva, with the fierce speed of his chariot, as if shaking the earth.
7.189.2
तस्यापतत एवाशु भल्लेनामित्रकर्शनः ।
माद्रीपुत्रः शिरो यन्तुः सशिरस्त्राणमच्छिनत् ॥ ७.१८९.२ ॥
As he rushed upon him, Sahadeva, son of Mādrī, the subduer of foes, swiftly cut off the charioteer's head together with its helmet with a bhalla arrow.
7.189.3
नैनं दुःशासनः सूतं नापि कश्चन सैनिकः ।
कृत्तोत्तमाङ्गमाशुत्वात्सहदेवेन बुद्धवान् ॥ ७.१८९.३ ॥
Because of the swiftness of Sahadeva's act, neither Duḥśāsana nor any soldier perceived that this charioteer's head had been severed.
7.189.4
यदा त्वसङ्गृहीतत्वात्प्रयान्त्यश्वा यथासुखम् ।
ततो दुःशासनः सूतं बुबुधे गतचेतसम् ॥ ७.१८९.४ ॥
When the horses, no longer held in check, went off at their ease, then Duḥśāsana perceived that the charioteer's mind had departed.
7.189.5
स हयान्सन्निगृह्याजौ स्वयं हयविशारदः ।
युयुधे रथिनां श्रेष्ठो लघु चित्रं च सुष्ठु च ॥ ७.१८९.५ ॥
Himself firmly reining in the horses, he, the best of charioteers and skilled in horsemanship, fought in battle lightly, wondrously, and very well.
7.189.6
तदस्यापूजयन्कर्म स्वे परे चापि संयुगे ।
हतसूतरथेनाजौ व्यचरद्यदभीतवत् ॥ ७.१८९.६ ॥
Both his own side and the enemy praised that deed of his; with his charioteer slain, he moved about the battlefield with his chariot as if fearless.
7.189.7
सहदेवस्तु तानश्वांस्तीक्ष्णैर्बाणैरवाकिरत् ।
पीड्यमानाः शरैश्चाशु प्राद्रवंस्ते ततस्ततः ॥ ७.१८९.७ ॥
Sahadeva showered those horses with sharp arrows; pained by the arrows, they quickly fled here and there.
7.189.8
स रश्मिषु विषक्तत्वादुत्सर्ज शरासनम् ।
धनुषा कर्म कुर्वंस्तु रश्मींश्च पुनरुत्सृजत् ॥ ७.१८९.८ ॥
Because he was entangled in the reins, he let go of his bow; working with the bow, he again let go of the reins.
7.189.9
छिद्रेष्वेतेषु तं बाणैर्माद्रीपुत्रोऽभ्यवाकिरत् ।
परीप्संस्त्वत्सुतं कर्णस्तदन्तरमवापतत् ॥ ७.१८९.९ ॥
Through these gaps the son of Mādrī showered him with arrows; Karṇa, wishing to protect your son, rushed into that opening.
7.189.10
वृकोदरस्ततः कर्णं त्रिभिर्भल्लैः समाहितः ।
आकर्णपूर्णैरभ्यघ्नद्बाह्वोरुरसि चानदत् ॥ ७.१८९.१० ॥
Then Vṛkodara, concentrated, struck Karṇa with three bhalla arrows drawn to the ear, hitting his arms and chest, and roared.
7.189.11
स निवृत्तस्ततः कर्णः सङ्घट्टित इवोरगः ।
भीममावारयामास विकिरन्निशिताञ्छरान्।
ततोऽभूत्तुमुलं युद्धं भीमराधेययोस्तदा ॥ ७.१८९.११ ॥
Then Karṇa, as if struck by a serpent, turned back and, scattering sharp arrows, checked Bhīma; then a tumultuous battle broke out between Bhīma and the son of Rādhā.
7.189.12
तौ वृषाविव नर्दन्तौ विवृत्तनयनावुभौ ।
वेगेन महताऽन्योन्यं संरब्धावभिपेततुः ॥ ७.१८९.१२ ॥
The two, roaring like bulls, with rolling eyes, enraged, rushed at each other with great force.
7.189.13
अभिसंश्लिष्टयोस्तत्र तयोराहवशौण्डयोः ।
विच्छिन्नशरपातत्वाद्गदायुद्धमवर्तत ॥ ७.१८९.१३ ॥
There, as the two proud warriors locked together, the falling of arrows ceased, and a mace-fight began.
7.189.14
गदया भीमसेनस्तु कर्णस्य रथकूबरम् ।
बिभेद शतधा राजंस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥ ७.१८९.१४ ॥
O king, Bhīmasena with his mace shattered Karṇa's chariot-pole into a hundred pieces, and that seemed a wondrous thing.
7.189.15
ततो भीमस्य राधेयो गदामाविध्य वीर्यवान् ।
अवासृजद्रथे तां तु बिभेद गदया गदाम् ॥ ७.१८९.१५ ॥
Then mighty Karṇa, son of Rādhā, whirled Bhīma's mace and hurled it at the chariot, and he broke that mace with his own mace.
7.189.16
ततो भीमः पुनर्गुर्वीं चिक्षेपाधिरथेर्गदाम् ।
तां गदां बहुभिः कर्णः सुपुङ्खैः सुप्रवेजितैः ॥ ७.१८९.१६ ॥
Then Bhīma again hurled a heavy mace at Karṇa, son of Adhiratha, and Karṇa checked that mace with many well-feathered, well-shot arrows.
7.189.17
प्रत्यविध्यत्पुनश्चान्यैः सा भीमं पुनराव्रजत् ।
व्यालीव मन्त्राभिहता कर्णबाणैरभिद्रुता ॥ ७.१८९.१७ ॥
He struck it back with other arrows, and that mace, like a serpent struck by spells and pursued by Karṇa's arrows, came back again toward Bhīma.
7.189.18
तस्याः प्रतिनिपातेन भीमस्य विपुलो ध्वजः ।
पपात सारथिश्चास्य मुमोह च गदाहतः ॥ ७.१८९.१८ ॥
By its rebounding fall, Bhīma's great banner came down, and his charioteer, struck by the mace, swooned.
7.189.19
स कर्णं सायकानष्टौ व्यसृजत्क्रोधमूर्च्छितः ।
तैस्तस्य निशितैस्तीक्ष्णैर्भीमसेनो महाबलः ॥ ७.१८९.१९ ॥
Overcome with rage, he loosed eight arrows at Karṇa. Bhīmasena, of great might, struck back at him with those sharp, keen shafts.
7.189.20
चिच्छेद परवीरघ्नः प्रहसन्निव भारत ।
ध्वजं शरासनं चैव शरावापं च भारत ॥ ७.१८९.२० ॥
Slayer of enemy heroes, as if laughing, he cut down his banner, his bow, and his quiver, O Bhārata.
7.189.21
कर्णोऽप्यन्यद्धनुर्गृह्य हेमपृष्ठं दुरासदम् ।
ततः पुनस्तु राधेयो हयानस्य रथेषुभिः।
ऋक्षवर्णाञ्जघानाशु तथोभौ पार्ष्णिसारथी ॥ ७.१८९.२१ ॥
Karṇa too took up another bow, golden-backed and hard to approach. Then the son of Rādhā swiftly struck down Bhīma's bear-coloured horses with chariot-arrows, and likewise both of the flank charioteers.
7.189.22
स विपन्नरथो भीमो नकुलस्याप्लुतो रथम् ।
हरिर्यथा गिरेः शृङ्गं समाक्रमदरिन्दमः ॥ ७.१८९.२२ ॥
With his chariot destroyed, Bhīma, subduer of foes, leaped onto Nakula's chariot, as a lion mounts the peak of a mountain.
7.189.23
तथा द्रोणार्जुनौ चित्रमयुध्येतां महारथौ ।
आचार्यशिष्यौ राजेन्द्र कृतप्रतिकृतौ युधि ॥ ७.१८९.२३ ॥
So too Droṇa and Arjuna, the two great chariot-warriors, teacher and pupil, O lord of kings, fought wondrously, returning blow for blow in battle.
7.189.24
लघुसन्धानयोगाभ्यां रथयोश्च रणेन च ।
मोहयन्तौ मनुष्याणां चक्षूंषि च मनांसि च ॥ ७.१८९.२४ ॥
By their swift skill in fitting arrows, by the movement of the two chariots, and by their fighting, they bewildered the eyes and minds of men.
7.189.25
उपारमन्त ते सर्वे योधाऽस्माकं परे तथा ।
विचित्रान्पृतनामध्ये रथमार्गानुदीर्य तौ। ॥ ७.१८९.२५ ॥
Both of them, displaying wondrous chariot-manoeuvres in the midst of the army, made all our warriors and the enemy's warriors alike cease.
7.189.26
अन्योन्यमपसव्यं च कर्तुं वीरौ तदेषतुः ॥ ७.१८९.२६ ॥
Those two heroes strove to circle one another in the reverse (apasavya) direction.
7.189.27
पराक्रमं तयोर्योधा ददृशुस्ते सुविस्मिताः ॥ ७.१८९.२७ ॥
The warriors, greatly astonished, beheld the prowess of those two.
7.189.28
तयोः समभवद्युद्धं द्रोणपाण्डवयोर्महत् ।
आमिषार्थे महाराज गगने श्येनयोरिव ॥ ७.१८९.२८ ॥
O great king, between those two, Droṇa and the Pāṇḍava, a great battle arose, like two hawks fighting for flesh in the sky.
7.189.29
यद्यच्चकार द्रोणस्तु कुन्तीपुत्रजिगीषया ।
तत्तत्प्रतिजघानाशु प्रहसंस्तस्य पाण्डवः ॥ ७.१८९.२९ ॥
Whatever Droṇa did, desiring to conquer the son of Kuntī, the Pāṇḍava swiftly countered it, laughing.
7.189.30
यदा द्रोणो न शक्नोति पाण्डवं स्म विशेषितुम् ।
ततः प्रादुश्चकारास्त्रमस्त्रमार्गविशारदः ॥ ७.१८९.३० ॥
When Droṇa could not surpass the Pāṇḍava, then Droṇa, expert in the paths of weapons, brought forth a weapon.
7.189.31
ऐन्द्रं पाशुपतं त्वाष्ट्रं वायव्यमथ वारुणम् ।
मुक्तंमुक्तं द्रोणचापात्तज्जघान धनञ्जयः ॥ ७.१८९.३१ ॥
The Aindra, Pāśupata, Tvāṣṭra, Vāyavya and Vāruṇa weapons, each one released from Droṇa's bow, Dhanañjaya struck down.
7.189.32
अस्त्राण्यस्त्रैर्यदा तस्य विधिवद्धन्ति पाण्डवः ।
ततोऽस्त्रैः परमैर्दिव्यैर्द्रोणः पार्थमवाकिरत् ॥ ७.१८९.३२ ॥
When the Pāṇḍava duly met his weapons with weapons, then Droṇa rained his supreme divine weapons upon Pārtha.
7.189.33
यद्यदस्त्रं स पार्थाय प्रयुङ्क्ते विजिगीषया ।
तस्यतस्य विघाताय तत्तद्धि कुरुतेऽर्जुनः ॥ ७.१८९.३३ ॥
Whatever weapon he, desiring victory, aimed at Pārtha, to counter precisely that weapon Arjuna employed.
7.189.34
स वध्यमानेष्वस्त्रेषु दिव्येष्वपि यथाविधि ।
अर्जुनेनार्जुनं द्रोणो मनसैवाभ्यपूजयत् ॥ ७.१८९.३४ ॥
Even as his divine weapons were duly destroyed by Arjuna, Droṇa honoured Arjuna in his mind.
7.189.35
मेने चात्मानमधिकं पृथिव्यामधि भारत ।
तेन शिष्येण सर्वेभ्यः शस्त्रविद्भ्य परन्तपः ॥ ७.१८९.३५ ॥
O Bhārata, Droṇa thought himself greater than all knowers of weapons on earth, because of that pupil, O scorcher of foes.
7.189.36
वार्यमाणस्तु पार्थेन तथा मध्ये महात्मनाम् ।
यतमानोऽर्जुनं प्रीत्या प्रीयते स्मार्जुनेन सः ॥ ७.१८९.३६ ॥
Though thus obstructed by Pārtha among the great-souled, striving on, he took delight in Arjuna out of affection.
7.189.37
ततोऽन्तरिक्षे देवाश्च गन्धर्वाश्च सहस्रशः ।
ऋषयः सिद्धसङ्घाश्च व्यतिष्ठन्त दिदृक्षया ॥ ७.१८९.३७ ॥
Then in the sky gods and gandharvas by the thousands, sages and hosts of perfected beings, stood gathered out of desire to see.
7.189.38
तदप्सरोभिराकीर्णं यक्षगन्धर्वसङ्कुलम् ।
श्रीमदाकाशमभवद्भूयो मेघाकुलं यथा ॥ ७.१८९.३८ ॥
That sky, filled with apsarases and crowded with yakṣas and gandharvas, became splendid again, as if clouded over.
7.189.39
तत्रास्मान्तर्हिता वाचो व्यचरन्त पुनः पुनः ।
द्रोणपार्थस्तवोपेता व्यश्रूयन्त नराधिप ॥ ७.१८९.३९ ॥
There, hidden voices moved among us again and again, joined with praise of Droṇa and Pārtha; they were heard, O lord of men.
7.189.40
विसृज्यमानेष्वस्त्रेषु ज्वालयस्तु दिशो दश ।
अब्रुवंस्तत्र सिद्धाश्च ऋषयश्च समागताः ॥ ७.१८९.४० ॥
As the weapons were being loosed, lighting up the ten directions, the perfected beings and sages gathered there spoke.
7.189.41
नैवेदं मानुषं युद्धं नासुरं न च राक्षसम् ।
न दैवं न च गान्धर्वं ब्राह्मणं ध्रुवमिदं परम् ॥ ७.१८९.४१ ॥
This battle is not human, nor demonic, nor of rākṣasas; not divine, nor of gandharvas; this is surely the supreme brahminical (divine-knowledge) battle.
7.189.42
विचित्रमिदमाश्चर्यं न नो दृष्टं न च श्रुतम् ।
अति पाण्डवमाचार्यो द्रोणं चाप्यति पाण्डवः ॥ ७.१८९.४२ ॥
We have neither seen nor heard of this strange marvel: the teacher Droṇa surpasses the Pāṇḍava, and the Pāṇḍava surpasses Droṇa.
7.189.43
नानयोरन्तरं शक्यं द्रष्टुमन्येन केनचित् ॥ ७.१८९.४३ ॥
The difference between these two cannot be seen by anyone else.
7.189.44
यदि रुद्रो द्विधाकृत्य युध्येतात्मानमात्मना ।
तत्र शक्योपमा कर्तुमन्यत्र तु न विद्यते ॥ ७.१८९.४४ ॥
If Rudra were to divide himself in two and fight with himself, then a comparison could be made; otherwise none exists.
7.189.45
ज्ञानमेकस्थमाचार्ये ज्ञानं योगश्च पाण्डवे ।
शौर्यमेकस्थमाचार्ये बलं शौर्यं च पाण्डवे। ॥ ७.१८९.४५ ॥
Knowledge resides in one place in the teacher; knowledge and discipline are in Pāṇḍava. Valour resides in one place in the teacher; strength and valour are in Pāṇḍava.
7.189.46
नेमौ शक्यौ महेष्वासौ युद्धे क्षपयितुं परैः ।
इच्छमानौ पुनरिमौ हन्येतां सामरं जगत् ॥ ७.१८९.४६ ॥
These two great archers cannot be destroyed in battle by enemies; and if these two were to wish it, they could destroy the world together with the gods.
7.189.47
इत्यब्रुवन्महाराज दृष्ट्वा तौ पुरुषर्षभौ ।
अन्तर्हितानि भूतानि प्रकाशानि च सर्वशः ॥ ७.१८९.४७ ॥
Having seen those two bulls among men, great king, they said thus; and the beings, both hidden and manifest, everywhere said the same.
7.189.48
यदा द्रोणं महाराज विशेषयति पाण्डवः ।
ततो द्रोणो ब्राह्ममस्त्रं प्रादुश्चक्रे महामतिः ॥ ७.१८९.४८ ॥
When, great king, the Pāṇḍava began to surpass Droṇa, then Droṇa, the great-minded one, brought forth the Brahma-weapon.
7.189.49
तदस्त्रं संहितं राजन्धोररूपं महाहवे ।
सन्तापयद्रणे पार्थं भूतान्यन्तर्हितानि च ॥ ७.१८९.४९ ॥
O king, in the great battle that weapon, terrible in form and gathered together, scorched Pārtha in the fight, and the hidden creatures too.
7.189.50
ततश्चचाल पृथिवी सपर्वतवनद्रुमा ।
सरितश्च प्रतिस्रोतः प्रवहुर्वै क्षणान्तरम्।
ववौ च विषमो वायुः सागराश्चापि चुक्षुभुः ॥ ७.१८९.५० ॥
Then the earth, with its mountains, forests and trees, trembled; the rivers for a moment flowed against their current; a violent wind blew, and the oceans too were agitated.
7.189.51
ततस्त्रासो महानासीत्कुरुपाण्डवसेनयोः ।
सर्वेषां चैव भूतानामुद्यतेऽस्त्रे महात्मना ॥ ७.१८९.५१ ॥
Then great terror arose in the armies of the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas, and in all beings, when the great-souled one raised the weapon.
7.189.52
ततः पार्थोऽप्यसम्भ्रान्तस्तदस्त्रं प्रतिजघ्निवान् ।
ब्रह्मास्त्रेणैव राजेन्द्र ततः सर्वमशीशमत् ॥ ७.१८९.५२ ॥
Then Pārtha too, undismayed, countered that weapon with the brahma-weapon itself, O lord of kings; then he quieted all of it.
7.189.53
यदा न गम्यते पारं तयोरन्यतरस्य वा ।
ततः सङ्कुलयुद्धेन तद्युद्धं व्याकुलीकृतम् ॥ ७.१८९.५३ ॥
When the end of neither of the two could be reached, the battle was thrown into confusion by that tumultuous fighting.
7.189.54
नाज्ञायत ततः किञ्चित्पुनरेव विशाम्पते ।
प्रवृत्ते तुमुले युद्धे द्रोणपाण्डवयोर्नृप ॥ ७.१८९.५४ ॥
Then, O lord of men, nothing could again be perceived, O king, when the tumultuous battle between Droṇa and the Pāṇḍava had begun.
7.189.55
द्रोणो मुक्त्वा रणे पार्थं पाञ्चालानन्वधावत ।
अर्जुनोपि रणे द्रोणं त्यक्त्वा प्राद्रवयत्कुरून् ॥ ७.१८९.५५ ॥
Droṇa, leaving Pārtha in battle, pursued the Pāñcālas; and Arjuna, too, leaving Droṇa in battle, put the Kurus to flight.
7.189.56
शरौघैरथ ताभ्यां तु छायाभूतं महामृधे ।
तुमलं प्रबभौ राजन्सर्वस्य जगतो भयम् ॥ ७.१८९.५६ ॥
Then, by the floods of arrows of those two, that great battle became as if shrouded in shadow; O king, it shone forth as a terror to the whole world.
7.189.57
शरजालैः समाकीर्णे मेघजालैरिवाम्बरे ।
नापतच्च ततः कश्चिदन्तरिक्षचरस्तदा ॥ ७.१८९.५७ ॥
In the sky filled with nets of arrows, as if with nets of clouds, no sky-wanderer at all could fly then.