Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.73
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7.73.1
त्वयि याते महाबाहो संशप्तकबलं प्रति ।
प्रयत्नमकरोत्तीव्रमाचार्यो प्रहणे मम ॥ ७.७३.१ ॥
O mighty-armed one, when you went against the army of the Saṃśaptakas, the teacher Droṇa made a fierce effort in the battle against me.
7.73.2
व्यूढानीकं ततो द्रोणं यतमानं महामृधे ।
प्रतिव्यूह्य सहानीकाः प्रत्यरुध्म वयं बलात् ॥ ७.७३.२ ॥
Then, arraying our army in formation, we opposed Droṇa, who was striving in the great battle, forcibly with our forces drawn up in counter-formation.
7.73.3
स वार्यमाणो रथिभिर्मयि चापि सुरक्षिते ।
अस्मानभिजगामाशु पीडयन्निशितैः शरैः ॥ ७.७३.३ ॥
Though held back by the charioteers and well guarded by me, he swiftly advanced upon us, afflicting us with sharp arrows.
7.73.4
ते पीड्यमाना द्रोणेन द्रोणानीकं न शक्नुमः ।
प्रतिवीक्षितुमप्याजौ भेत्तुं तत्कुत एव तु ॥ ७.७३.४ ॥
Afflicted by Droṇa, we could not even look steadily at Droṇa's army in battle, much less break through it.
7.73.5
ततस्तमप्रतिरथमहं सौभद्रमब्रवम् ।
द्रोणानीकमिदं भिन्द्धि द्वारं सञ्जनयस्व नः ॥ ७.७३.५ ॥
Then I said to that peerless charioteer, the son of Subhadrā: 'Break through this army of Droṇa, and open a gate for us.'
7.73.6
स तथा चोदितोऽस्माभिः सदश्व इव वीर्यवान् ।
असह्यमपि तं भारं वोढुमेवोपचक्रमे ॥ ७.७३.६ ॥
Urged on thus by us, he, mighty like a fine horse, set about bearing even that unbearable burden.
7.73.7
स तवास्त्रोपदेशेन वीर्येण च समन्वितः ।
प्राविशत्तद्बलं बालः सुपर्ण इव सागरम् ॥ ७.७३.७ ॥
Endowed with instruction in weapons and with valor, that youth entered that army as Garuḍa enters the ocean.
7.73.8
तेऽनुयाता वयं वीरं सात्वतीपुत्रमाहवे ।
प्रवेष्टुकामास्तेनैव येन स प्राविशच्चमूम् ॥ ७.७३.८ ॥
We followed that hero, the son of Sātvatī, in battle, wishing to enter by the very path by which he had entered the army.
7.73.9
ततः सैन्धवको राजा क्षुद्रस्तात जयद्रथः ।
वरदानेन रुद्रस्य सर्वान्नः समवारयत् ॥ ७.७३.९ ॥
Then the king of the Sindhus, wretched Jayadratha, dear one, obstructed us all by the boon of Rudra.
7.73.10
ततो द्रोणः कृपः कर्णो द्रौणिः कौसल्य एव च ।
कृतवर्मा च सौभद्रं षड्रथाः पर्यवारयन् ॥ ७.७३.१० ॥
Then Droṇa, Kṛpa, Karṇa, Droṇa's son, the Kausalya, and Kṛtavarman — these six chariot-warriors surrounded the son of Subhadrā.
7.73.11
परिवार्य तु तैः सर्वैर्युधि बालो महारथैः ।
यतमानः परं शक्त्या बहुभिर्विरथीकृतः ॥ ७.७३.११ ॥
Surrounded by all those great chariot-warriors in battle, the youth, striving with all his strength, was made chariotless by many.
7.73.12
ततो दौःशासनिः क्षिप्रं तथा तैर्विरथीकृतम् ।
संशयं परमं प्राप्तं पदातिनमवस्थितम्।
गदाहस्तोऽभ्ययात्तूर्णं जिघांसुरपराजितम् ॥ ७.७३.१२ ॥
Then Duḥśāsana's son, desiring to slay the unconquered youth, who had been made chariotless by them and stood on foot in supreme peril, swiftly rushed at him with a mace in hand.
7.73.13
गदिनं त्वथ तं दृष्ट्वा वासवस्यात्मजात्मजः ।
स जग्राह गदां वीरो गदायुद्धविशारदः ॥ ७.७३.१३ ॥
Seeing him armed with a mace, the hero, the son of the grandson of Vāsava (Indra), took up his mace; he was skilled in mace-fighting.
7.73.14
गदामण्डलमार्गस्थौ सर्वक्षत्रस्य पश्यतः ।
तौ सम्प्रजग्मतुर्वीरावन्योन्यस्यान्तरैषणौ ॥ ७.७३.१४ ॥
Standing on the circular paths of the mace, the two heroes advanced toward each other, seeking an opening, while all the warriors watched.
7.73.15
तावन्योन्यं गदाग्राभ्यां ताडितौ युद्धदुर्मदौ ।
इन्द्रध्वजाविवोत्सृष्टौ गतसत्वौ महींगतौ ॥ ७.७३.१५ ॥
Mad with the fury of battle, the two struck each other with the tips of their maces; hurled down like Indra's banners, they fell lifeless to the earth.
7.73.16
दौःशासनिरथोत्थाय कुरूणां कीर्तिवर्धनः ।
उत्तिष्ठमानं सौभद्रं गदया मूर्ध्न्यताडयत् ॥ ७.७३.१६ ॥
Duḥśāsani, the increaser of the fame of the Kurus, rose up and struck Saubhadra (Abhimanyu), who was rising again, on the head with his mace.
7.73.17
गदावेगेन महता व्यायामेन च मोहितः ।
विमना न्यपतद्भूमौ सौभद्रः परवीरहा ॥ ७.७३.१७ ॥
Stunned by the great force of the mace and by the exertion, Saubhadra, slayer of enemy heroes, dazed, fell to the ground.
7.73.18
स तु हत्वा सहस्राणि द्विपाश्वरथपत्तिनाम् ।
राजपुत्रशतं चाग्र्यं वीरांश्चालक्षितान्बहून् ॥ ७.७३.१८ ॥
Having slain thousands of elephants, horses, chariots and foot-soldiers, he also slew the foremost hundred princes and many heroes who were not seen.
7.73.19
बृहद्बलं च राजानं स्वर्गेण समयोजयत् ।
गतः सुकृतिनां लोकान्ये च स्वर्गजितां शुभाः ॥ ७.७३.१९ ॥
He also sent King Bṛhadbala to heaven, and he went to the auspicious worlds of the righteous and of those who have won heaven.
7.73.20
अदीनस्त्रासयञ्छत्रून्नन्दयित्वा च बान्धवान् ।
असकृन्नाम विश्राव्य पितॄणां मातुलस्य च ॥ ७.७३.२० ॥
Undaunted, striking terror into his enemies and gladdening his kinsmen, he again and again made the name of his fathers and his maternal uncle famous.
7.73.21
वीरो दिष्टान्तमापन्नः शोचयन्वान्धवान्बहून् ।
ततः स्म शोकसन्तप्ता भवताऽद्य समेयुषः ॥ ७.७३.२१ ॥
The hero reached the end appointed by fate and left many kinsmen in grief; therefore we, who have met with you today, are tormented by sorrow.
7.73.22
एतावदेव निर्वृत्तमस्माकं शोकवर्धनम् ।
स चैवं पुरुषव्याघ्रः स्वर्गलोकमवाप्तवान् ॥ ७.७३.२२ ॥
Only this much has happened to us, and it increases our grief; the tiger among men has thus attained the heavenly world.
7.73.23
ततोऽर्जुनो वचः श्रुत्वा धर्मराजेन भाषितम् ।
हा पुत्र इति निःश्वस्य व्यथितो न्यपतद्भुवि ॥ ७.७३.२३ ॥
Then Arjuna, hearing the words spoken by the king of dharma, sighed, saying "Alas, son!", and, distressed, fell down upon the ground.
7.73.24
विषण्णवदनाः सर्वे परिवार्य धनञ्जयम् ।
नेत्रैरनिमिषैर्दीनाः प्रत्यवैक्षन्परस्परम् ॥ ७.७३.२४ ॥
With dejected faces, all of them surrounded Dhanañjaya and, wretched, looked at one another with unblinking eyes.
7.73.25
प्रतिलभ्य ततः संज्ञां वासविः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः ।
कम्पमानो ज्वरेणेव निःश्वसंश्च मुहुर्मुहुः ॥ ७.७३.२५ ॥
Then, regaining his senses, Vāsava (Arjuna), overcome with wrath, trembling as if with fever, sighed again and again.
7.73.26
पाणिं पाणौ विनिष्पिष्य दन्तान्कटकटाय्य च ।
त्रिशिखां भ्रुकुटीं कृत्वा क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः।
उन्मत्त इव विप्रेक्षन्निदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ ७.७३.२६ ॥
Pressing one hand upon the other, gnashing his teeth, knitting his brow into three furrows, his eyes reddened with rage, looking about like a madman, he spoke these words.
7.73.27
सत्यं वः प्रतिजानामि श्वोऽस्मि हन्ताऽजयद्रथम् ।
न चेद्वधभयाद्भीतो धार्तराष्ट्रान्प्रहास्यति ॥ ७.७३.२७ ॥
I truly vow to you: tomorrow I shall slay Jayadratha, unless he, afraid of death, abandons the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
7.73.28
न चास्माञ्शरणं गच्छेत्कृष्णं वा पुरुषोत्तमम् ।
भवन्तं वा महाराज श्वोऽस्मि हन्ता जयद्रथम् ॥ ७.७३.२८ ॥
And if he does not seek refuge in us, or in Kṛṣṇa, the best of men, or in you, O great king, tomorrow I shall slay Jayadratha.
7.73.29
धार्तराष्ट्रप्रियकरं मयि विस्मृतसौहृदम् ।
पापं बालवधे हेतुं श्वोऽस्मि हन्ता जयद्रथम् ॥ ७.७३.२९ ॥
Jayadratha, who does what is dear to the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, who has forgotten friendship toward me, the sinful cause of the boy's slaying — tomorrow I shall slay him.
7.73.30
रक्षमाणाश्च तं सङ्ख्ये ये मां योत्स्यन्ति केचन ।
अपि द्रोणकृपौ राजञ्छादयिष्यामि ताञ्छरैः ॥ ७.७३.३० ॥
And whoever, protecting him, fights against me in battle — even Droṇa and Kṛpa, O king — I shall cover them with arrows.
7.73.31
यद्येतदेवं सङ्ग्रामे न कुर्यां पुरुषर्षभाः ।
मा स्म पुण्यकृतां लोकान्प्राप्नुयां शूरसम्मतान् ॥ ७.७३.३१ ॥
O bulls among men, if I do not do this in battle, may I not attain the worlds of the meritorious that are approved by heroes.
7.73.32
ये लोका मातृहन्तॄणां ये चापि पितृघातिनाम् ।
गुरुदारगतानां ये पिशुनानां च ये सदा ॥ ७.७३.३२ ॥
The worlds of matricides, the worlds of patricides, of those who have gone to a teacher's wife, and the worlds of slanderers always,
7.73.33
साधूनसूयतां ये च ये चापि परिवादिनाम् ।
ये च निक्षेपहन्तॄणां ये च विश्वासघातिनाम् ॥ ७.७३.३३ ॥
The worlds of those who envy the good, of those who revile, of those who destroy deposits, and of betrayers of trust,
7.73.34
भुक्तपूर्वां स्त्रियं ये च निन्दतामघशंसिनाम् ।
ब्रह्मघ्नानां च ये लोका ये च गोघातिनामपि ॥ ७.७३.३४ ॥
The worlds of those who have enjoyed a woman before, of blamers and speakers of evil, of brahmin-slayers, and also the worlds of cow-slayers,
7.73.35
पायसं वा यवान्नं वा शाकं कृसरमेव वा ।
संयावापूपमांसानि ये च लोका वृथाश्नताम्।
तानन्हायाधिगच्छेयं न चेद्धन्यां जयद्रथम् ॥ ७.७३.३५ ॥
The worlds of those who eat in vain milk-rice, barley food, vegetables, kṛsara, sweet dough, cakes, or meat — may I attain those worlds if I do not slay Jayadratha.
7.73.36
वेदाध्यायिनमत्यर्थं संशितं वा द्विजोत्तमम् ।
अवमन्यमानो यान्याति वृद्धान्साधून्गुरूंस्तथा ॥ ७.७३.३६ ॥
The worlds to which goes one who disrespects a Veda-student, or an exceedingly keen or excellent twice-born, and likewise disrespects elders, the good and teachers,
7.73.37
स्पृशतो ब्राह्मणं गां च पादेनाग्निं च या भवेत् ।
याऽप्सु श्लेष्म पुरीषं च मूत्रं वा मुञ्चतां गतिः।
तां गच्छेयं गतिं कष्टां न चेद्धन्यां जयद्रथम् ॥ ७.७३.३७ ॥
May I go to that wretched fate of those who touch a brahmin, a cow, or fire with the foot, and of those who void phlegm, excrement or urine in water, if I do not slay Jayadratha.
7.73.38
नग्नस्य स्नायमानस्य या च वन्ध्याऽतिथेर्गतिः ।
उत्कोचिनां मृषोक्तीनां वञ्चकानां च या गतिः ॥ ७.७३.३८ ॥
The fate of the one who bathes naked, of one who is barren toward a guest, and the fate of bribe-takers, speakers of falsehood and cheats.
7.73.39
आत्मापहारिणां या च या च मिथ्याभिशंसिनाम् ।
भृत्यैः सन्दृश्यमानानां पुत्रदाराश्रितैस्तथा ॥ ७.७३.३९ ॥
The fate of those who rob themselves and of those who make false accusations, and likewise of those who are looked down upon by their servants and dependent on sons and wives.
7.73.40
असंविभज्य क्षुद्राणां या गतिर्मिष्टमश्नताम् ।
तां गच्छेयं गतिं घोरां न चेद्धन्यां जयद्रथम् ॥ ७.७३.४० ॥
May I go to that dreadful fate of the petty who eat sweets without sharing them, if I do not slay Jayadratha.
7.73.41
संश्रितं चापि यस्त्यक्त्वा साधुं तद्वचने रतम् ।
न बिभर्ति नृसंसात्मा निन्दते चोपकारिणम् ॥ ७.७३.४१ ॥
He who abandons one who depends on him and a good man devoted to his word, does not support him with a cruel heart, and reviles the one who has done him a kindness.
7.73.42
अर्हते प्रातिवेश्याय श्राद्धं यो न ददाति च ।
अनर्हेभ्यश्च यो दद्याद्वृषलीपतये तथा ॥ ७.७३.४२ ॥
He who does not give the śrāddha offering to a deserving neighbour, who gives it to the unworthy, and likewise to the husband of a śūdra woman.
7.73.43
मद्यपो भिन्नमर्यादः कृतघ्नो भर्तृनिन्दकः ।
तेषां गतिमियां क्षिप्रं न चेद्धान्यां जयद्रथम् ॥ ७.७३.४३ ॥
The drinker of liquor, the one who breaks the bounds of propriety, the ungrateful, the reviler of his master — I shall quickly bring them to that fate, if I do not slay Jayadratha.
7.73.44
भुञ्जानानां तु सव्येन उत्सङ्गे चापि खादताम् ।
पालाशमासनं चैव तिन्दुकैर्दन्तधावनम् ॥ ७.७३.४४ ॥
Of those who eat with the left hand, holding the food in the lap, and of those who eat while chewing; of those who sit on a seat of palāśa wood, and of those who clean their teeth with a tinduka twig.
7.73.45
ये चावर्जयतां लोकाः स्वपतां च तथोषसि ।
शीतभीताश्च ये विप्रा रणभीताश्च क्षत्रियाः ॥ ७.७३.४५ ॥
The worlds of those who turn away, and of those who sleep at dawn; of the brahmins who fear the cold, and of the kṣatriyas who fear battle.
7.73.46
एककूपोदकग्रामे वेदध्वनिविवर्जिते ।
षण्मासं तत्र वसतां तथा शास्त्रं विनिन्दताम् ॥ ७.७३.४६ ॥
The world of those who dwell for six months in a village with a single well and no sound of the Vedas, and of those who revile the scripture.
7.73.47
दिवामैथुनिनां चापि दिवसेषु च शेरते ।
अगारदाहिनां चैव गरदानां च ये मताः ॥ ७.७३.४७ ॥
Those who have intercourse by day and sleep during the daytime; and those considered to be house-burners and poisoners.
7.73.48
अग्न्यातिथ्यविहीनाश्च गोपानेषु च विघ्नदाः ।
रजस्वलां सेवयन्तः कन्यां शुल्केन दायिनः ॥ ७.७३.४८ ॥
Those lacking the rites of fire and hospitality, who obstruct the cowherds; those who lie with a menstruating woman, and those who give a maiden away for a bride-price.
7.73.49
या च वै बहुयाजिनां ब्राह्मणानां श्ववृत्तिनाम् ।
आस्यमैथुनिकानां च ये दिवामैथुने रताः ॥ ७.७३.४९ ॥
Whatever fate awaits the brahmins who offer many sacrifices, those who live like dogs, those given to oral intercourse, and those who delight in intercourse by day—
7.73.50
ब्राह्मणस्य प्रतिश्रुत्य यो वै लोभाद्ददाति न ।
तेषां गतिं गमिष्यामि श्वो न हन्यां जयद्रथम् ॥ ७.७३.५० ॥
The fate of one who, having promised something to a brahmin, gives it not out of greed—that fate I shall go to, if tomorrow I do not slay Jayadratha.
7.73.51
धर्मादपेता ये चान्ये मया नात्रानुकीर्तिताः ।
ये चानुकीर्तितास्तेषां गतिं क्षिप्रमवाप्नुयाम् ॥ ७.७३.५१ ॥
Others who have fallen away from dharma, whom I have not named here, and those whom I have named—may I quickly attain their path.
7.73.52
यदि व्युष्टामिमां रात्रिं श्वो न हन्यां जयद्रथम् ।
इमां चाप्यपरां भूयः प्रतिज्ञां मे निबोधत ॥ ७.७३.५२ ॥
If, once this night has passed, I do not slay Jayadratha tomorrow, hear also another vow of mine.
7.73.53
यद्यस्मिन्न हत्ते पापे सूर्योऽस्तमुपयास्यति ।
इहैव सम्प्रवेष्टाऽहं ज्वलितं जातवेदसम् ॥ ७.७३.५३ ॥
If the sun sets before this sinner is slain, I shall enter right here into the blazing fire.
7.73.54
असुरसुरमनुष्याः पक्षिणो वोरगा वा ।
पितृरजनिचरा वा ब्रह्मदेवर्षयो वा।
चरमचरमपीदं यत्परं चापि तस्मा… ।
त्तदपि मम रिपुं तं रक्षितुं नैव शक्ताः ॥ ७.७३.५४ ॥
Asuras, gods and men, birds or serpents, ancestral spirits and night-demons, Brahmā, the gods and seers, all that moves and all that does not move, and even that which is supreme—none of them shall be able to protect that enemy of mine.
7.73.55
यदि विशति रसातलं तदग्र्यं ।
वियदपि देवपुरं दितेः पुरं वा।
तदपि शरशतैरहं प्रभाते ।
भृशमभिमन्युरिपोः शिरोऽभिहर्ता ॥ ७.७३.५५ ॥
Even if he enters the nether world, or the sky, or the city of the gods, or the city of Diti, still at dawn I will surely strike off the head of Abhimanyu's enemy with hundreds of arrows.
7.73.56
एवमुक्त्वा विचिक्षेप गाण्डीवं सव्यदक्षिणम् ।
तस्य सर्वमतिक्रम्य धनुःशब्दोऽस्पृशद्दिवम् ॥ ७.७३.५६ ॥
Having spoken thus, he brandished the Gāṇḍīva with his left and right hands; the twang of that bow, passing beyond everything, touched the sky.
7.73.57
अर्जुनेन प्रतिज्ञाते पाञ्चजन्यं जनार्दनः ।
प्रदध्मौ तत्र सङ्क्रुद्धो देवदत्तं च फल्गुनः ॥ ७.७३.५७ ॥
When Arjuna had made his vow, Janārdana, enraged there, blew the conch Pāñcajanya, and Phalguna blew Devadatta.
7.73.58
स पाञ्चजन्योऽच्युतवक्त्रवायुना ।
भृशं सुपूर्णोदरनिःसृतध्वनिः।
जगत्सपातालवियद्दिगीश्वरं ।
प्रकम्पयामास युगात्यये यथा ॥ ७.७३.५८ ॥
That conch Pāñcajanya, its sound issuing from its full belly by the breath of Acyuta's mouth, greatly caused the world to tremble, together with the nether world, the sky and the lords of the quarters, as at the end of an age.
7.73.59
ततो वादित्रघोषाश्च प्रादुरासन्सहस्रशः ।
सिंहनादश्च पाण्डूनां प्रतिज्ञाते महात्मना ॥ ७.७३.५९ ॥
Then, when the great-souled one made his vow, thousands of sounds of musical instruments arose, and the lion's roar of the Pāṇḍavas.
7.73.60
प्रानृत्यदिव गाण्डीवं शरास्तूणीगता मुदा ।
निराक्रामन्निव तदा स्वयमेव मृधैषिणः ॥ ७.७३.६० ॥
The Gāṇḍīva seemed to dance for joy, and the arrows in the quivers, as if desirous of battle, seemed to come out of their own accord.
7.73.61
भीमसेनः सुसंहृष्टः प्रत्यभाषत भारत ।
धनञ्जयमभिप्रेक्ष्य हर्षगद्गदया गिरा ॥ ७.७३.६१ ॥
O Bhārata, greatly delighted, Bhīmasena looked at Dhanañjaya and replied with a voice choked with joy.
7.73.62
प्रतिज्ञोद्भवशब्देन कृष्णशङ्खस्वनेन च ।
निहतो धार्तराष्ट्रोऽयं सानुबन्धः सुयोधनः ॥ ७.७३.६२ ॥
With the sound born of the vow and the blare of Kṛṣṇa's conch, this son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Suyodhana, has been slain together with his followers.
7.73.63
अथ मृदिततमाग्र्यदाममाल्यं ।
तव सुतशोकमयं च रोषजातम्।
व्यपनुदति महाप्रभावसेन… ।
न्नरवर वाक्यमिदं महार्थमिष्टम् ॥ ७.७३.६३ ॥
Then he, whose excellent flower-garland was crushed, driving away the mighty army born of grief for your sons and of anger… O best of men, these are the agreeable words of great meaning.
7.73.64
अथ शङ्ख्यैश्च भेरीभिः पणवैः सैनिकास्तथा ।
ससूतमागधा जिष्णुं स्तुतिभिः समपूजयन् ॥ ७.७३.६४ ॥
Then the soldiers, with conches, kettledrums and small drums, together with the charioteers and bards, honoured the victor Arjuna fully with praises.
7.73.65
तदा भीमं बलं सर्वे तेन नादेन मोहितम् ।
तावकं तन्महाराज विषण्णं समपद्यत ॥ ७.७३.६५ ॥
O great king, then all your army, bewildered by that terrible sound, became dejected.