Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.47
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7.47.1
तथा प्रविष्टं तरुणं सौभद्रमपराजितम् ।
कुलानुरूपं कुर्वाणं सङ्ग्रामेष्वपराजितम् ॥ ७.४७.१ ॥
Thus the young and unconquered Saubhadra (Abhimanyu), who had entered, acting in a manner befitting his lineage, was unvanquished in battles.
7.47.2
आजानेयैः सुबलिभिर्यान्तमश्वैस्त्रिहायनैः ।
प्लवमानमिवाकाशे के शूराः समवारयन् ॥ ७.४७.२ ॥
Who were the heroes who checked him, going with strong thoroughbred three-year-old horses, leaping as if in the sky?
7.47.3
अभिमन्युः प्रविश्यैतांस्तावकान्निशितैः शरैः ।
अकरोत्पार्थिवान्सर्वान्विमुखान्पाण्डुनन्दनः ॥ ७.४७.३ ॥
Abhimanyu, Pāṇḍu's son, having entered among these men of yours, turned all the kings away with sharp arrows.
7.47.4
तं तु द्रोणः कृपः कर्णो द्रौणिश्च सबृहद्बलः ।
कृतवर्मा च हार्दिक्यः षड्रथाः पर्यवारयन् ॥ ७.४७.४ ॥
But Droṇa, Kṛpa, Karṇa, Droṇa's son, Kṛtavarman with his great army, and Hārdikya, these six charioteers surrounded him.
7.47.5
दृष्ट्वा तु सैन्धवे भारमतिमात्रं समाहितम् ।
सैन्यं तव महाराज युधिष्ठिरमुपाद्रवत् ॥ ७.४७.५ ॥
Seeing that an excessive burden had been placed upon Saindhava, great king, your army rushed upon Yudhiṣṭhira.
7.47.6
सौभद्रमितरे वीरमभ्यवर्षञ्शराम्बुभिः ।
तालमात्राणि चापानि विकर्षन्तो महाबलाः ॥ ७.४७.६ ॥
The other mighty warriors, drawing bows as long as a palm tree, showered that hero Saubhadra with a rain of arrows.
7.47.7
तांस्तु सर्वान्महेष्वासान्सर्वविद्यासु निष्ठितान् ।
व्यदृष्टम्भयद्रणे बाणैः सौभद्रः परवीरहा ॥ ७.४७.७ ॥
Subhadrā's son, slayer of enemy heroes, struck terror into all those great archers, accomplished in every science of arms, with his arrows in battle.
7.47.8
द्रोणं पञ्चाशताविध्यद्विंशत्या च बृहद्बलम् ।
अशीत्या कृतवर्माणं कृपं षष्ट्या शिलीमुखैः ॥ ७.४७.८ ॥
He pierced Droṇa with fifty arrows, the great army with twenty, Kṛtavarman with eighty, and Kṛpa with sixty arrows.
7.47.9
रुक्मपुङ्खैर्महावेगैराकर्णसमचोदितैः ।
अविध्यद्दशभिर्बाणैरश्वत्थामानमार्जुनिः ॥ ७.४७.९ ॥
Arjuna's son pierced Aśvatthāman with ten swift arrows, golden-feathered and shot with the bowstring drawn to the ear.
7.47.10
कर्णं च कर्णिना कर्णे पीतेन च शितेन च ।
फाल्गुनिर्द्विषतां मध्ये विव्याध परमेषुणा ॥ ७.४७.१० ॥
In the midst of the enemies, Arjuna's son pierced Karṇa with a barbed arrow drawn to the ear and with a yellow, sharp supreme arrow.
7.47.11
पातयित्वा कृपस्याश्वांस्तथोभौ पार्ष्णिसारथी ।
अथैनं दशभिर्बाणैः प्रत्यविध्यत्स्तनान्तरे ॥ ७.४७.११ ॥
Having felled Kṛpa's horses and both of his flank charioteers, he then pierced him in the chest with ten arrows.
7.47.12
ततो बृन्दारकं वीरं कुरूणां कीर्तिवर्धनम् ।
पुत्राणां तव वीराणां पश्यतामवधीद्बली ॥ ७.४७.१२ ॥
Then the mighty one slew that revered hero, the increaser of the Kurus' renown, while your heroic sons looked on.
7.47.13
तं द्रौणिः पञ्चविंशत्या क्षुद्रकाणां समार्पयत् ।
वरंवरममित्राणामारुजन्तमभीतवत् ॥ ७.४७.१३ ॥
Drauṇi showered him with twenty-five small arrows, the best of the enemy, who was smashing on, fearless.
7.47.14
स तु बाणैः शितैस्तूर्णं प्रत्यविध्यत मारिष ।
पश्यतां धार्तराष्ट्राणामश्वत्थामानमार्जुनिः ॥ ७.४७.१४ ॥
But he swiftly struck back with sharp arrows, O honoured one, as the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra looked on, at Aśvatthāman, the son of Arjuna.
7.47.15
षष्ट्या शराणां तं द्रौणिस्तिग्मधारैः सुतेजनैः ।
उग्रैर्नाकम्पयद्विद्ध्वा मैनाकमिव पर्वतम् ॥ ७.४७.१५ ॥
The son of Droṇa pierced him with sixty fierce arrows, sharp-edged and well-whetted, yet he did not tremble, like the mountain Mainaka.
7.47.16
स तु द्रौणिं त्रिसप्तत्या हेमपुङ्घैरजिह्मगैः ।
प्रत्यविध्यन्महातेजा बलवानपकारिणम् ॥ ७.४७.१६ ॥
But he, of great brilliance and strength, struck back at the wrongdoing son of Droṇa with seventy-three arrows, gold-feathered and straight-flying.
7.47.17
तस्मिन्द्रोणो बाणशतं पुत्रगृद्धी न्यपातयत् ।
अश्वत्थामा तथाऽष्टौ च परीप्सन्पितरं रणे ॥ ७.४७.१७ ॥
At him Droṇa, eager to protect his son, discharged a hundred arrows; and Aśvatthāman, wishing to protect his father in battle, likewise discharged eight.
7.47.18
कर्णो द्वाविंशतिं भल्लान्कृतवर्मा च विंशतिम् ।
बृहद्बलस्तु पञ्चाशत्कृपः शारद्वतो दश ॥ ७.४७.१८ ॥
Karṇa discharged twenty-two barbed arrows, Kṛtavarman twenty, Bṛhadbala fifty, and Kṛpa, son of Śaradvat, ten.
7.47.19
तांस्तु प्रत्यवधीत्सर्वान्दशभिर्दशभिः शरैः ।
तैरर्द्यमानः सौभद्रः सर्वतो निशितैः शरैः ॥ ७.४७.१९ ॥
He struck back at all of them with ten arrows each; tormented on every side by their sharp arrows, the son of Subhadrā (did so).
7.47.20
तं कोसलानामधिपः कर्णिनाऽताडयद्धृदि ।
स तस्याश्वान्ध्वजं चापं सूतं चापातयत्क्षितौ ॥ ७.४७.२० ॥
The lord of the Kosalas struck him in the chest with a barbed arrow; he (Abhimanyu) felled his horses, banner, bow and charioteer to the ground.
7.47.21
अथ कोसलराजस्तु विरथः खङ्ग्रचर्मधृत् ।
इयेष फाल्गुनेः कायाच्छिरो हर्तुं सकुण्डलम् ॥ ७.४७.२१ ॥
Then the king of the Kosalas, bereft of his chariot and holding sword and shield, sought to take off the head, with its earring, from the body of Phālguni's son (Abhimanyu).
7.47.22
स कोसलानामधिपं राजपुत्रं बृहद्बलम् ।
हृदि विव्याध वाणेन स भिन्नहृदयोऽपतत् ॥ ७.४७.२२ ॥
He pierced Bṛhadbala, the king's son and lord of the Kosalas, in the chest with an arrow; with his heart pierced, he fell.
7.47.23
बभञ्ज च सहस्राणि दश राज्ञां महात्मनाम् ।
सृजतामशिवा वाचः खङ्गकार्मुकधारिणाम् ॥ ७.४७.२३ ॥
He also broke ten thousand high-souled kings who were uttering inauspicious words and holding sword and bow.
7.47.24
तथा बृहद्बलं हत्वा सौभद्रो व्यचरद्रणे ।
व्यष्टम्भयन्महेष्वासो योधांस्तव शराम्बुभिः ॥ ७.४७.२४ ॥
Having thus slain Bṛhadbala, the son of Subhadrā moved about in battle, the great archer checking your warriors with a flood of arrows.