Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.89
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7.89.1
चोदयाश्वान्हृषीकेश यत्र दुर्मर्षणः स्थितः ।
एतद्भित्त्वा गजानीकं प्रवेक्ष्याम्यरिवाहिनीम् ॥ ७.८९.१ ॥
Urge on the horses, O Hṛṣīkeśa, to where Durmarṣaṇa stands. Piercing this host of elephants, I shall enter the enemy's army.
7.89.2
एवमुक्तो महाबाहुः केशवः सव्यसाचिना ।
अचोदयद्धयांस्तत्र यत्र दुर्मर्षणः स्थितः ॥ ७.८९.२ ॥
Thus addressed by the left-handed archer, the mighty-armed Keśava urged the horses on to where Durmarṣaṇa stood.
7.89.3
स सम्प्रहारस्तुमुलः सम्प्रवृत्तः सुदारुणः ।
एकस्य च बहूनां च रथनागनरक्षयः ॥ ७.८९.३ ॥
That clash arose, tumultuous and very dreadful, a destruction of chariots, elephants and men of one side and of many.
7.89.4
ततः सायकवर्षेण पर्जन्य इव वृष्टिमान् ।
परानवाकिरत्पार्थः पर्वतानिव नीरदः ॥ ७.८९.४ ॥
Then Pārtha showered the enemies with a rain of arrows, as a rain-laden cloud covers the mountains.
7.89.5
ते चापि रथिनः सर्वे त्वरिताः कृतहस्तवत् ।
अवाकिरन्बाणजालैस्तत्र कृष्णधनञ्जयौ ॥ ७.८९.५ ॥
All those chariot-warriors too, swift as skilled archers, covered Kṛṣṇa and Dhanañjaya there with nets of arrows.
7.89.6
ततः क्रुद्धो महाबाहुर्वार्यमाणः परैर्युधि ।
शिरांसि रथिनां पार्थः कायेभ्योऽपाहरच्छरैः ॥ ७.८९.६ ॥
Then the enraged mighty-armed Pārtha, being obstructed by the enemies in battle, struck off the heads of the chariot-warriors from their bodies with arrows.
7.89.7
उद्धान्तनयनैर्वक्रैः सन्दष्टौष्ठपुटैः शुभैः ।
सकुण्डलशिरस्त्राणैर्वसुधा समकीर्यत ॥ ७.८९.७ ॥
With eyes rolled upward, twisted faces, lips clenched in their bite, fair heads with earrings and helmets, the earth was strewn over.
7.89.8
पुण्डरीकवनानीव विध्वस्तानि समन्ततः ।
विनिकीर्णानि योधानां वदनानि चकाशिरे ॥ ७.८९.८ ॥
The faces of the warriors, crushed and scattered on all sides, shone like groves of lotuses.
7.89.9
सुवर्णचित्राभरणाः संसिक्ता रुधिरेण च ।
संसक्ता इव दृश्यन्ते मेघसङ्घाः सविद्युतः ॥ ७.८९.९ ॥
Adorned with gold-variegated ornaments and drenched in blood, they appeared like masses of clouds clinging together with lightning.
7.89.10
शिरसां पततां राजञ्शब्दोऽभूद्वसुधातले ।
कालेन परिपक्वानां तालानां पततामिव ॥ ७.८९.१० ॥
O King, the sound of falling heads arose upon the surface of the earth, like the falling of palm trees ripened by time.
7.89.11
कबन्ध उत्थितः कश्चिद्विष्फार्य सशरं धनुः ।
किञ्चित्खङ्गं विनिष्कृष्य भुजेनोद्यम्य तिष्ठति।
गृहीत्वाऽन्यस्य केशेषु शिरो नृत्यति चापरः ॥ ७.८९.११ ॥
A headless trunk rose up, drawing its bow with an arrow nocked. Another stands holding a sword drawn out and raised with his arm. Yet another, seizing another's hair, dances with a head.
7.89.12
पतितानि न जानन्ति शिरांसि पुरुषर्षभाः ।
अमृष्यमाणाः सङ्ग्रामे कौन्तेयं जयगृद्धिनः ॥ ७.८९.१२ ॥
The bulls among men did not know that the heads had fallen, unable to endure the son of Kuntī in battle, greedy for victory.
7.89.13
हयानामुत्तमाङ्गैश्च हस्तिहस्तैश्च मेदिनी ।
बाहुभिश्च शिरोभिश्च वीराणां समकीर्यत ॥ ७.८९.१३ ॥
The earth was strewn with the heads of horses, with elephant trunks, and with the arms and heads of heroes.
7.89.14
अयं पार्थः कुतः पार्थः पार्थोऽयमिति सर्वशः ।
तिष्ठ पार्थेहि मां पार्थ क्व यासीति च जल्पताम्।
तव सैन्येषु योधानां पार्थभूतमिवाभवत् ॥ ७.८९.१४ ॥
Shouting on all sides, 'This is Pārtha—how is he Pārtha? Surely this is Pārtha!' and calling out, 'Stop, Pārtha! Come to me, Pārtha! Where are you going?'—among your troops, to the warriors it seemed as if everything had become Pārtha.
7.89.15
अन्योन्यमपि चाजघ्नुरात्मानमपि चापरे ।
पार्थभूतममन्यन्त जनाः कालेन मोहिताः ॥ ७.८९.१५ ॥
Men struck one another, and others struck themselves too; deluded by time, they took everyone to be Pārtha.
7.89.16
निष्टनन्तः सरुधिरा विसंज्ञा गाढवेदनाः ।
शयाना बहवो वीराः कीर्तयन्तः स्वबान्धवान् ॥ ७.८९.१६ ॥
Many heroes lay groaning, bloodied, senseless, in deep pain, calling out the names of their own kinsmen.
7.89.17
सभिण्डिपालाः सप्रासाः सशक्त्यृष्टिपरश्वथाः ।
सनिर्व्यूहाः सनिस्त्रिंशाः सशरासनतोमराः ॥ ७.८९.१७ ॥
With bhiṇḍipālas, spears, lances, javelins and axes; with battle formations, swords, bows and tomaras.
7.89.18
सबाणवर्माभरणाः सगदाः साङ्गदा रणे ।
महाभुजगसङ्काशा बाहवः परिघोपमाः ॥ ७.८९.१८ ॥
With arrows, armor and ornaments; with maces and armlets, in battle—arms like great serpents, like iron bars.
7.89.19
उद्वेष्टन्ति विचेष्टन्ति सञ्चेष्टन्ति च सर्वशः ।
वेगं कुर्वन्ति संरब्धा निकृत्ताः परमेषुभिः ॥ ७.८९.१९ ॥
They writhe, they thrash, they stir on every side; enraged and cut down by the supreme arrows, they press forward with speed.
7.89.20
यो यः स्म समरे पार्थं प्रतिसञ्चरते नरः ।
तस्यतस्यान्तको बाणः शरीरमुपसर्पति ॥ ७.८९.२० ॥
In battle, whichever man advances against Pārtha, toward each of them creeps the arrow that is Death, toward his body.
7.89.21
नृत्यतो रथमार्गेषु धनुर्व्यायच्छतस्तथा ।
न कश्चित्तत्र पार्थश्च ददृशेऽन्तरमण्वपि ॥ ७.८९.२१ ॥
Dancing along the chariot-paths and drawing his bow fully, Pārtha was seen with no gap whatever, not even the measure of an atom.
7.89.22
यत्तस्य घटमानस्य क्षिप्रं विक्षिपतः शरान् ।
लाघवात्पाण्डुपुत्रस्य व्यस्मयन्त परे जनाः ॥ ७.८९.२२ ॥
By the swift lightness of the son of Pāṇḍu as he strove and rapidly shot his arrows, the others stood amazed.
7.89.23
हस्तिनं हस्तियन्तारमश्वमाश्विकमेव च ।
अभिनत्फल्गुनो बाणै रथिनं च ससारथिम् ॥ ७.८९.२३ ॥
With his arrows Phalguna pierced the elephant and its driver, the horse and its rider, and the charioteer together with the chariot-warrior.
7.89.24
आवर्तमानमावृत्तं युध्यमानं च पाण्डवः ।
प्रमुखे तिष्ठमानं च न कञ्चिन्न निहन्ति सः ॥ ७.८९.२४ ॥
That Pāṇḍava spared no one—whether wheeling, turning back, fighting, or standing in front—he did not fail to slay anyone.
7.89.25
यथोदयन्वै गगने सूर्यो हन्ति महत्तमः ।
तथाऽर्जुनो गजानीकमवधीत्कङ्कपत्रिभिः ॥ ७.८९.२५ ॥
As the sun rising in the sky destroys the great darkness, so Arjuna slew the host of elephants with arrows feathered with heron plumes.
7.89.26
हस्तिभिः पतितैर्भिन्नैस्तव सैन्यमदृश्यत ।
अन्तकाले यथा भूमिर्व्यवकीर्णा महीधरैः ॥ ७.८९.२६ ॥
Your army, with elephants fallen and shattered, appeared like the earth strewn with mountains at the time of death.
7.89.27
यथा मध्यंदिने सूर्यो दुष्प्रेक्ष्यः प्राणिभिः सदा ।
तथा धनञ्जयः क्रुद्धो दुष्प्रेक्ष्यो युधि शत्रुभिः ॥ ७.८९.२७ ॥
As the midday sun is always hard for living beings to look upon, so Dhanañjaya, enraged, was hard for his enemies to look upon in battle.
7.89.28
तत्तथा तव पुत्रस्य सैन्यं युधि परन्तप ।
प्रभग्नं द्रुतमाविग्नमतीव शरपीडितम् ॥ ७.८९.२८ ॥
O scorcher of foes, your son's army, thus broken in battle, swiftly became terrified and was greatly afflicted by arrows.
7.89.29
मारुतेनेव महता मेघानीकं व्यदीर्यत ।
प्रकाल्यमानं तत्सैन्यं नाशकत्प्रतिवीक्षितुम् ॥ ७.८९.२९ ॥
As a host of clouds is torn apart by a great wind, that army being scattered could not even look back.
7.89.30
प्रतोदैश्चापकोटीभिर्हुंकारैः साधुवाहितैः ।
कशापार्ष्ण्यभिघातैश्च वाग्भिरुग्राभिरेव च ॥ ७.८९.३० ॥
With goads, with bow-tips, with shouts, with chariots well driven, with whip-lashes and blows of the heel, and with fierce words, the army was driven on.
7.89.31
चोदयन्तो हयांस्तूर्णं पलायन्ते स्म तावकाः ।
सादिनो रथिनश्चैव पत्तयश्चार्जुनार्दिताः ॥ ७.८९.३१ ॥
Urging their horses on swiftly, your men fled — horsemen, charioteers and foot soldiers alike, tormented by Arjuna.
7.89.32
पार्ष्ण्यङ्गुष्ठाङ्कुशैर्नागं चोदयन्तस्तथाऽपरे ।
शरैः सम्मोहिताश्चान्ये तमेवाभिमुखा ययुः ॥ ७.८९.३२ ॥
Some urged the elephant on with heel, toe and goad; others, bewildered by arrows, went straight toward him, face to face.
7.89.33
तव योघ हतोत्साहा विभ्रान्तमनसस्तदा ॥ ७.८९.३३ ॥
Then your warriors, their spirit crushed and their minds bewildered.