Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.19
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7.19.1
दृष्टा तु सन्निवृत्तांस्तान्संशप्तकगणान्पुनः ।
वासुदेवं महात्मानमर्जुनः समभाषत ॥ ७.१९.१ ॥
Seeing those Saṃśaptaka troops turn back again, Arjuna spoke to the great-souled Vāsudeva.
7.19.2
चोदयाश्वान्हृषीकेश संशप्तकगणान्प्रति ।
नैते हास्यन्ति सङ्ग्रामं जीवन्त इति मे मतिः ॥ ७.१९.२ ॥
O Hṛṣīkeśa, drive the horses toward the Saṃśaptaka troops. In my judgment, these men will not abandon the battle while they live.
7.19.3
पश्य मेऽस्त्रबलं घोरं बाह्वोरिष्वसनस्य च ।
अद्यैतान्पातयिष्यामि क्रुद्धो रुद्रः पशूनिव ॥ ७.१९.३ ॥
Behold the terrible might of my weapons, and the strength of my arms and bow. Today I will bring these men down, as the enraged Rudra brings down the beasts.
7.19.4
ततः कृष्णः स्मितं कृत्वा प्रतिनन्द्य शिवेन तम् ।
प्रावेशयत दुर्धर्षो यत्रयत्रैच्छदर्जुनः ॥ ७.१९.४ ॥
Then Kṛṣṇa, the invincible one, smiled, returned his greeting with good wishes, and drove the chariot wherever Arjuna desired.
7.19.5
स रथो भ्राजतेऽत्यर्थमुह्यमानो रणे तदा ।
उह्यमानमिवाकाशे विमानं पाण्डुरैर्हयैः ॥ ७.१९.५ ॥
Then on the battlefield that chariot shone exceedingly, drawn by white horses like a celestial car being pulled through the sky.
7.19.6
मण्डलानि ततश्चक्रे गतप्रत्यागतानि चे ।
यथा शक्ररथो राजन्युद्धे देवासुरे पुरा ॥ ७.१९.६ ॥
Then it wheeled in circles, advancing and retreating, O king, as the chariot of Śakra once wheeled in the battle of gods and demons long ago.
7.19.7
अथ नारायणाः क्रुद्धा विविधायुधपाणयः ।
छादयन्तः शरव्रातैः परिवव्रुर्धनञ्जयम् ॥ ७.१९.७ ॥
Then the enraged Nārāyaṇas, weapons of many kinds in their hands, covering him with masses of arrows, encircled Dhanañjaya.
7.19.8
अदृश्यं च मुहूर्तेन चक्रुस्ते भरतर्षभ ।
कृष्णेन सहितं युद्धे कुन्तीपुत्रं धनञ्जयम् ॥ ७.१९.८ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, in a moment they made Kuntī's son Dhanañjaya invisible in battle, together with Kṛṣṇa.
7.19.9
क्रुद्धस्तु फल्गुनः सङ्ख्ये द्विगुणीकृतविक्रमः ।
गाण्डीवं धनुरामृज्य तूर्णं जग्राह संयुगे ॥ ७.१९.९ ॥
But Phalguna, enraged, his valour doubled in battle, wiped the Gāṇḍīva bow and swiftly took it up in the fight.
7.19.10
बद्ध्वा च भ्रुकुटिं वक्त्रे क्रोधस्य प्रतिलक्षणम् ।
देवदत्तं महाशङ्खं पूरयामास पाण्डवः ॥ ७.१९.१० ॥
Knitting his brow on his face, the sign of anger, the Pāṇḍava blew his great conch named Devadatta.
7.19.11
अथास्त्रमरिसङ्घघ्नं त्वाष्ट्रमभ्यस्यदर्जुनः ।
ततो रूपसहस्राणि प्रादुरासन्पृथक्पृथक् ॥ ७.१९.११ ॥
Then Arjuna invoked the Tvāṣṭra weapon, the slayer of hosts of enemies, and thousands of forms appeared, each separate.
7.19.12
अर्जुनप्रतिरूपैस्तैर्नानारूपैर्विमोहिताः ।
अन्योन्येनार्जुनं मत्वा स्वमात्मानं च जघ्निरे ॥ ७.१९.१२ ॥
Bewildered by those counterparts of Arjuna and by the many forms, they took one another for Arjuna and struck even themselves.
7.19.13
अयमर्जुनोऽयं गोविन्द इमौ पाण्डवयादवौ ।
इति ब्रुवाणाः संमूढा जघ्नुरन्योन्यमाहवे ॥ ७.१९.१३ ॥
"This is Arjuna, this is Govinda, these two are the Pāṇḍava and the Yādava" — saying this, bewildered, they struck one another in battle.
7.19.14
अन्योन्यं समरे जघ्नुस्तावका भरतर्षभ ।
मोहिताः परमास्त्रेण क्षयं जग्मुः परस्परम् ॥ ७.१९.१४ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, your men struck one another in battle; bewildered by the supreme weapon, they went to destruction, each at the other's hand.
7.19.15
रुधिरोक्षितगात्रास्ते प्रेक्षमाणः परस्परम् ।
अशोभन्त रणे योधाः पुष्पिता इव किंशुकाः ॥ ७.१९.१५ ॥
With their bodies drenched in blood, looking at one another, those warriors shone in battle like blossoming kiṃśuka trees.
7.19.16
रुधिरोत्पीडनास्ते तु रुधिरेण समुक्षिताः ।
चन्दनस्य रसेनेव व्यभ्राजन्त रणाजिरे ॥ ७.१९.१६ ॥
Pressed by blood and sprinkled with blood, they gleamed on the battlefield as if smeared with sandalwood paste.
7.19.17
ततः प्रसह्य बीभत्सुर्व्याक्षिपद्गाण्डिवं धनुः ।
न्यहनत्ताञ्छरैस्तीक्ष्णैस्तमः सूर्य इवांशुभिः ॥ ७.१९.१७ ॥
Then Arjuna, with force, drew the Gāṇḍīva bow and struck them down with sharp arrows, as the sun drives away darkness with its rays.
7.19.18
हतावशिष्टास्ते भूयः परिवार्य धनञ्जयम् ।
साश्वध्वजरथं चक्रुरदृश्यं शरवृष्टिभिः ॥ ७.१९.१८ ॥
The survivors, surrounding Dhanañjaya again, made him invisible — chariot, horses and banner — under a shower of arrows.
7.19.19
ततः शरसहस्राणि तैर्विमुक्तानि भस्मसात् ।
कृत्वा तदस्त्रं तान्वीराननयद्यमसादनम् ॥ ७.१९.१९ ॥
Then, having reduced to ashes the thousands of arrows they had loosed, he made his weapon work and sent those heroes to the abode of Yama.
7.19.20
अथ प्रहस्य बीभत्सुर्ललित्थान्मालवानपि ।
मावेल्लकांस्त्रिगर्तांश्च यौधेयांश्चार्दयच्छरैः ॥ ७.१९.२० ॥
Then Bībhatsu, laughing, struck with arrows the Lalitthas, the Mālavas, the Māvellakas, the Trigartas and the Yaudheyas as well.
7.19.21
ते हन्यमाना वीरेण क्षत्रियाः कालचोदिताः ।
व्यसृजञ्छरजालानि पार्थे नानाविधानि च ॥ ७.१९.२१ ॥
Those warriors, struck by the hero and driven by time, loosed upon Pārtha nets of arrows of many kinds.
7.19.22
न ध्वजो नार्जुनस्तत्र न रथो न च केशवः ।
प्रत्यदृश्यत घोरेण शरवर्षेण संवृतः ॥ ७.१९.२२ ॥
There neither banner, nor Arjuna, nor chariot, nor Keśava could be seen, for they were enveloped by a terrible rain of arrows.
7.19.23
ततस्ते लब्धलक्षत्वादन्योन्यमभिचुक्रुशुः ।
हतौ कृष्णाविति प्रीत्या वासांस्यादुधुवुस्तदा ॥ ७.१९.२३ ॥
Then, having gained their aim, they cried out to one another, "Both Kṛṣṇas are slain!" and in their joy they waved their garments.
7.19.24
भेरीमृदङ्गशङ्खांश्च दध्मुर्वीराः सहस्रशः ।
सिंहनादरवांश्चोग्रांश्चक्रिरे तत्र मारिष ॥ ७.१९.२४ ॥
Thousands of heroes blew drums, mṛdaṅgas and conches, and there, O sire, they raised fierce sounds like the roar of lions.
7.19.25
ततः प्रसिष्विदे कृष्णः खिन्नश्चार्जुनमब्रवीत् ।
क्वासि पार्थ न पश्यामि कच्चिज्जीवसि शत्रुहन् ॥ ७.१९.२५ ॥
Then Kṛṣṇa, weary and drenched in sweat, spoke to Arjuna: "Where are you, Pārtha? I cannot see you. Slayer of foes, are you still alive?"
7.19.26
तस्य तद्भाषितं श्रुत्वा त्वरमाणो धनञ्जयः ।
वायव्यास्त्रेण तैरस्तां शरवृष्टिमपाहरत् ॥ ७.१९.२६ ॥
Hearing his words, Dhanañjaya, hastening, swept away their shower of arrows with the Vāyavya weapon.
7.19.27
ततः संशप्तकव्रातान्साश्वद्विपरथायुधान् ।
उवाह भगवान्वायुः शुष्कपर्मचयानिव ॥ ७.१९.२७ ॥
Then the blessed Wind carried away the bands of Saṃśaptakas, with their horses, elephants, chariots and weapons, like heaps of dry leaves.
7.19.28
उह्यमानास्तु ते राजन्बह्वशोभन्त वायुना ।
प्रडीनाः पक्षिणः काले वृक्षेभ्य इव मारिष ॥ ७.१९.२८ ॥
O king, carried along by the wind, they shone brightly, O sir, like birds flying from trees at the proper season.
7.19.29
तांस्तथा व्याकुलीकृत्य त्वरमाणो धनञ्जयः ।
जघान निशितैर्बाणैः सहस्राणि शतानि च ॥ ७.१९.२९ ॥
Having thrown them into confusion in this way, the hastening Dhanañjaya struck down thousands and hundreds with sharp arrows.
7.19.30
शिरांसि भल्लैरहरद्बाहूनपि च सायुधान् ।
हस्तिहस्तोपमांश्चोरूञ्शरैरुर्व्यामपातयत् ॥ ७.१९.३० ॥
With crescent-tipped arrows he cut off heads, and arms together with their weapons, and with arrows he felled to the ground thighs like elephant trunks.
7.19.31
पृष्ठच्छिन्नान्विचरणान्विमस्तकदृगङ्गुलीन् ।
नानाङ्गावयवैर्हीनांश्चकारारीन्धनञ्जयः ॥ ७.१९.३१ ॥
Dhanañjaya made the enemies backless, with legs, heads, eyes and fingers severed, and deprived of many limbs and parts of the body.
7.19.32
गन्धर्वनगराकारान्विधिवत्कल्पितान्रथान् ।
शरैर्विशकलीकुर्वंश्चक्रे व्यश्वरथद्विपान् ॥ ७.१९.३२ ॥
Shattering with arrows the chariots, properly arranged like Gandharva cities, he made them without horses, chariots and elephants.
7.19.33
मुण्डतालवनानीव तत्रतत्र चकाशिरे ।
छिन्ना रथध्वजव्राताः केचित्तत्र क्वचित्क्वचित् ॥ ७.१९.३३ ॥
Here and there they appeared like groves of palm trees with their tops cut off; clusters of chariot banners, some cut, lay here and there.
7.19.34
सोत्तरायुधिनो नागाः सपताकाङ्कुशध्वजाः ।
पेतुः शक्राशनिहता द्रुमवन्त इवाचलाः ॥ ७.१९.३४ ॥
Elephants with their drivers and weapons, with banners, goads and standards, fell like mountains with trees, struck by Indra's thunderbolt.
7.19.35
चामरापीडकवचाः स्रस्तान्त्रनयनास्तथा ।
सारोहास्तुरगाः पेतुः पार्तबाणहताः क्षितौ ॥ ७.१९.३५ ॥
Horses with yak-tail fans, head-ornaments and armour, entrails and eyes hanging out, with their riders, struck by Pārtha's arrows, fell to the ground.
7.19.36
विप्रविद्धासिनाराचाश्छिन्नवर्मर्ष्टिशक्तयः ।
पत्तयश्चिन्नवर्माणः कृपणाः शेरते हताः ॥ ७.१९.३६ ॥
Swords and arrows thrown away, armour, lances and spears cut; the foot soldiers, with armour cut, lie slain in wretched state.
7.19.37
तैर्हतैर्हन्यमानैश्च पतद्भिः पतितैरपि ।
भ्रमद्भिर्निष्टनद्भिश्च क्रूरमायोधनं बभौ ॥ ७.१९.३७ ॥
By the slain, the ones being slain, the falling, the fallen, the wandering and the groaning, that dreadful battlefield shone.
7.19.38
रजश्च चाप्यभवद्दुर्गा कबन्धशतसङ्कुला ।
तद्बभौ रौद्रबीभत्सं बीभत्सोर्यानमाहवे। ॥ ७.१९.३८ ॥
Dust also arose, and that difficult ground, thronged with hundreds of headless trunks, looked terrible and hideous; in battle, the chariot of Bībhatsu (Arjuna) was there.
7.19.39
आक्रीडमिव रुद्रस्य घ्नतः कालात्यये पशून् ।
कते वध्यमानाः पार्थेन व्याकुलाश्वरथद्विपाः। ॥ ७.१९.३९ ॥
As Rudra, at the end of time, plays while slaying beasts, so were horses, chariots and elephants in confusion, being slain by the son of Pṛthā.
7.19.40
तमेवाभिमुखाः क्षीणाः शक्रस्यातिथितां गताः ।
सा भूमीर्भरतश्रेष्ठ निहतैस्तैर्महारथैः। ॥ ७.१९.४० ॥
Those who faced him and were worn down became guests of Indra. O best of the Bharatas, by those slain great chariot-warriors, that ground (was filled).
7.19.41
आस्तीर्णा सम्बभौ सर्वा प्रेतीभूतैः समन्ततः ।
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे चैव प्रमत्ते सव्यसाचिनि। ॥ ७.१९.४१ ॥
That whole ground, strewn on all sides with the dead turned into ghosts, shone. Meanwhile, when Savyasācin (Arjuna) was heedless,
7.19.42
व्यूढानीकस्ततो द्रोणो युधिष्ठिरमुपाद्रवत् ।
तं प्रत्यगृह्णंस्त्वरिता व्यूढानीकाः प्रहारिणः। ॥ ७.१९.४२ ॥
Then Droṇa, with his troops arrayed, rushed upon Yudhiṣṭhira. Striking warriors with arrayed troops swiftly received him.
7.19.43
युधिष्ठिरं परीप्सन्तस्तदासीत्तुमुलं महत् ॥ ७.१९.४३ ॥
Those desiring to protect Yudhiṣṭhira then raised a great tumult.