Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.34
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7.34.1
स्थिरो भव महाराज शोकं धारय दुर्धरम् ।
महान्तं बन्धुनाशं ते कथयिष्यामि तच्छृशु ॥ ७.३४.१ ॥
Be steady, great king, and bear this unbearable grief. I will tell you of the great destruction of your kinsmen; listen to it.
7.34.2
पद्मव्यूहो महाराज आचार्येणाभिकल्पितः ।
तत्र पद्मोपमाः सर्वे राजानो विनिवेशिताः ॥ ७.३४.२ ॥
Great king, the lotus formation was devised by the teacher, and in it all the kings were placed like lotuses.
7.34.3
कुमारा राजलोकस्य निक्षिप्ताः केसरोपामाः ।
कर्णिकास्थो महाराज तस्य दुर्योधनोऽभवत् ॥ ७.३४.३ ॥
The princes of the royal line were placed like the filaments; and in the pericarp of it, great king, was Duryodhana.
7.34.4
कृताभिसमयाः सर्वे सुवर्णविकृतध्वजाः ।
रक्ताम्बरधराः सर्वे सर्वे रक्तविभूषणाः ॥ ७.३४.४ ॥
All had sworn their pact, all had banners worked in gold, all wore red garments and were adorned with red ornaments.
7.34.5
सर्वे रक्तपताकाश्च सर्वे वै हेममालिनः ।
चन्दनागुरुदिग्धाङ्गाः स्रग्विणः सूक्ष्मवाससः ॥ ७.३४.५ ॥
All had red pennants, all wore golden garlands, their limbs smeared with sandal and aloe, garlanded, dressed in fine cloth.
7.34.6
सहिताः पर्यधावन्त कार्ष्णि प्रतियुयुत्सवः ।
तेषां दशसहस्राणि बभूवुर्दृढधन्विनाम् ॥ ७.३४.६ ॥
Together they rushed forward, desiring to resist the son of Kṛṣṇā; and there were ten thousand of them, firm bowmen.
7.34.7
पौत्रं तव पुरस्कृत्य लक्ष्मणं प्रियदर्शनम् ।
अन्योन्यसमदुःखास्ते अन्योन्यसमसाहसाः ॥ ७.३४.७ ॥
Placing your grandson, the handsome Lakṣmaṇa, in front, they were equally sorrowful toward one another and equally bold.
7.34.8
अन्योन्यं स्पर्धमानाश्च अन्योन्यस्य हिते रताः ।
दुर्योधनस्तु राजेन्द्र सैन्यमध्ये व्यवस्थितः ॥ ७.३४.८ ॥
Competing with one another and devoted to one another's welfare, but Duryodhana, O lord of kings, was stationed in the midst of the army.
7.34.9
कर्णदुःशासनकृपैर्वृतो राजा महारथैः ।
देवराजोपमः श्रीमाञ्श्वेतच्छत्राभिसंवृतः ॥ ७.३४.९ ॥
The king, surrounded by great chariot-warriors Karṇa, Duḥśāsana and Kṛpa, glorious like the king of the gods, was shaded by a white parasol.
7.34.10
चामरव्यजनाक्षेपैरुदयन्निव भास्करः ।
प्रमुखे तस्य सैन्यस्य द्रोणोऽवस्थित नायकः ॥ ७.३४.१० ॥
As the yak-tail fans and whisks swayed, as if the sun were rising, the leader Droṇa stood at the front of that army.
7.34.11
सिन्धुराजस्तथाऽतिष्ठच्छ्रीमान्मेरुरिवाचलः ।
सिन्धुराजस्य पार्श्वस्था अश्वत्थामपुरोगमाः ॥ ७.३४.११ ॥
The king of the Sindhus likewise stood glorious and unmoving like Mount Meru, and those beside the king of the Sindhus were led by Aśvatthāman.
7.34.12
सुतास्तव महाराज त्रिंशत्त्रिदशसन्निभाः ।
गान्धारराजः कितवः शल्यो भूरिश्रवास्तथा ॥ ७.३४.१२ ॥
O great king, your thirty sons were like the gods. The king of Gandhāra, the gambler Śakuni, Śalya and Bhūriśravas were also there.
7.34.13
पार्श्वतः सिन्धुराजस्य व्यराजन्त महारथाः ।
ततः प्रववृते युद्धं तुमुलं लोमहर्षणम्।
तावकानां परेषां च मृत्युं कृत्वा निवर्तनम् ॥ ७.३४.१३ ॥
At the flanks of the king of the Sindhus the great chariot-warriors shone. Then a tumultuous, hair-raising battle began, in which men of your side and of the enemy, having met death, turned back.