Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.90
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तस्मिन्प्रभग्ने सैन्याग्रे वध्यमाने किरीटिना ।
केतु तत्र रणे वीराः प्रत्युदीयुर्धनञ्जयम् ॥ ७.९०.१ ॥
When the front of that army was broken and being struck down by the diademed one (Arjuna), the heroes in that battle advanced to meet Dhanañjaya.
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आहोस्विच्छकटव्यूहं प्रविष्टा मोघनिश्चयाः ।
द्रोणमाश्रित्य तिष्ठन्ति प्राकारमकुतोभयाः ॥ ७.९०.२ ॥
Or have they entered the cart formation, their resolve in vain, and stand fearless, relying on Droṇa like a rampart?
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तथाऽर्जुनेन सम्भग्ने तस्मिंस्तव बलेऽनघ ।
हतवीरे हतोत्साहे पलायनकृतक्षणे ॥ ७.९०.३ ॥
O sinless one, when your army was thus broken by Arjuna, its heroes slain and its spirit crushed, the moment for flight had come.
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पाकशासनिनाऽभीक्ष्णं वध्यमाने शरोत्तमैः ।
न तत्र कश्चित्सङ्ग्रामे शशाकार्जुनमीक्षितुम् ॥ ७.९०.४ ॥
While they were constantly struck down by the finest arrows of the son of Indra, no one in that battle was able even to look at Arjuna.
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ततस्तव सुतो राजन्दृष्ट्वा सैन्यं तथागतम् ।
दुःशासनो भृशं क्रुद्धो युद्धायार्जुनमभ्यगात् ॥ ७.९०.५ ॥
Then, O king, your son Duḥśāsana, seeing the army in such a state, greatly enraged, advanced against Arjuna for battle.
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सकाञ्चनविचित्रेण कवचेन समावृतः ।
जाम्बूनदशिरस्त्राणः शूरस्तीव्रपराक्रमः ॥ ७.९०.६ ॥
Covered with armor variegated with gold, wearing a helmet of Jāmbūnada gold, that valiant one had fierce valour.
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नागानीकेन महता ग्रसन्निव महीमिमाम् ।
दुःशासनो महाराज सव्यसाचिनमावृणोत् ॥ ७.९०.७ ॥
O great king, Duḥśāsana, as if swallowing this earth, surrounded the ambidextrous Arjuna with a vast army of elephants.
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हादेन गजघण्टानां शङ्खानां निनदेन च ।
ज्याक्षेपनिनदैश्चैव विरावेण च दन्तिनाम् ॥ ७.९०.८ ॥
With the clamour of the elephants' bells, the sound of the conches, the twang of bowstrings, and the trumpeting of the elephants.
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भूर्दिशश्चान्तरिक्षं च शब्देनासीत्समावृतम् ।
युवराजो बलश्लाघी पिङ्गलः प्रियदर्शनः।
स मुहूर्तं प्रतिभयो दारुणः समपद्यत ॥ ७.९०.९ ॥
The earth, the directions and the sky were filled with that sound. The crown prince, boastful of his strength, tawny-hued and pleasant to behold, for a moment became fearsome and terrible.
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तान्दृष्ट्वा पततस्तूर्णमङ्कुशैरभिचोदितान् ।
व्यालम्बहस्तान्संरब्धान्सपक्षानिव पर्वतान् ॥ ७.९०.१० ॥
Seeing them charging swiftly, urged on by goads, with trunks like serpents, enraged, like mountains with wings.
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सिंहनादेन महता नरसिंहो धनञ्जयः ।
तदाचलघनप्रख्यं पताकाशतसङ्कुलम्।
गजानीकममित्राणामभितो व्यधमच्छरैः ॥ ७.९०.११ ॥
Then Dhanañjaya, the lion among men, with a great lion's roar, struck down on every side with arrows the enemy's elephant army, which resembled a cloud-capped mountain and was crowded with hundreds of banners.
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महोर्मिणमिवोद्धूतं श्वसनेन महार्णवम् ।
किरीटी तद्गजानीकं प्राविशन्मकरो यथा ॥ ७.९०.१२ ॥
As a great ocean stirred by the wind with huge waves, so the diademed Arjuna entered that elephant army, as a sea-monster (makara) enters.
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खमाश्रित इवादित्यः प्रतपन्स युगक्षये ।
ददृशे दिक्षु सर्वासु पार्थः परपुरञ्जनः ॥ ७.९०.१३ ॥
Like the sun standing in the sky and blazing at the end of an age, Pārtha, the destroyer of enemy cities, was seen in all the directions.
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खुरशब्देन चाश्वानां नेमिघोषेण तेन च ।
तेन चोत्क्रुष्टशब्देन ज्यानिनादेन तेन च ॥ ७.९०.१४ ॥
By the sound of the horses' hooves, by the rumble of the wheel-rims, by that loud clamour, and by that twang of the bowstring.
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नानावादित्रशब्देन पाञ्चजन्यस्वनेन च ।
देवदत्तस्य घोषेण गाण्डीवनिनदेन च।
मन्दवेगा नरा नागा बभूवुस्ते विचेतसः ॥ ७.९०.१५ ॥
By the sound of many kinds of instruments, by the blare of the conch Pāñcajanya, by the cry of Devadatta, and by the roar of the Gāṇḍīva; men and elephants lost their speed and became bewildered.
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शरैराशीविषस्पर्शैर्निर्भिन्नाः सव्यसाचिना ।
ते गजाः समसीदन्त मग्नाः पङ्कार्णवेष्विव ॥ ७.९०.१६ ॥
Pierced by arrows whose touch was like venomous snakes, shot by the ambidextrous Arjuna, those elephants sank down like beings submerged in oceans of mud.
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युगपच्च समाविष्टैः शरैर्गाण्डीवधन्वनः ।
अनेकशतसाहस्रैर्द्रुमा मधुकरैरिव।
पुङ्खावशिष्टैर्बहुभिः शोणितोत्पीडवाहिभिः ॥ ७.९०.१७ ॥
Many elephants, with only the feathered ends of hundreds of thousands of arrows left visible, streams of blood flowing from them, like trees covered by bees, all struck at once by the arrows of the Gāṇḍīva-wielder entering together.
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आरावं परमं कृत्वा वध्यमानाः किरीटिना ।
निपेतुरनिशं भूमौ छिन्नपक्षा इवाद्रयः ॥ ७.९०.१८ ॥
Being slain by the crowned one, they uttered a loud cry and fell continuously to the ground, like mountains with their wings cut off.
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अपरे दन्तवेष्टेषु कुम्भेषु च कटेषु च ।
शरैः समर्पिता नागाः क्रौञ्चवद्व्यनदन्मुहुः ॥ ७.९०.१९ ॥
Other elephants, pierced by arrows on their tusk-sheaths, temples and temporal glands, cried out again and again like curlews.
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गजस्कन्धगतानां च पुरुषाणां किरीटिना ।
छिद्यन्ते चोत्तमाङ्गानि भुल्लैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥ ७.९०.२० ॥
And the heads of the men seated on the shoulders of elephants were being severed by the crowned one with crescent-headed arrows with bent joints.
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सकुण्डलानां पततां शिरसां धरणीतले ।
पद्मानामिव सङ्घातैः पार्थश्चक्रे निवेदनम् ॥ ७.९०.२१ ॥
With heaps of heads, earrings and all, falling on the surface of the earth like heaps of lotuses, Pārtha made an offering.
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यन्त्रबद्धा विकवचा व्रणार्ता रुधिरोक्षिताः ।
भ्रमत्सु युधि नागेषु मनुष्या विललम्बिरे ॥ ७.९०.२२ ॥
As the elephants wheeled about in battle, men bound to the harness, without armour, wounded and smeared with blood, hung down.
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केचिदेकेन बाणेन सुयुक्तेन सुपत्रिणा ।
द्वौ त्रयश्च विनिर्भिन्ना निपेतुर्धरणीतले ॥ ७.९०.२३ ॥
Some, pierced by a single well-fitted, well-feathered arrow, and some two or three at once, fell to the ground.
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अपरे मदसंरब्धा मातङ्गाः पर्वतोपमाः ।
सारोहा न्यपतन्भूमौ द्रुमवन्त इवाचलाः ॥ ७.९०.२४ ॥
Others, enraged with musth, mountain-like elephants with their riders fell to the ground, like mountains with trees toppling.
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मौर्वी ध्वजं धनुश्चैव युगमीषां तथैव च ।
रथिनां कुट्टयामास भल्लैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥ ७.९०.२५ ॥
He smashed the bowstring, the banner, the bow, the yoke and the poles, and likewise the chariot parts of the charioteers, with bhalla arrows whose shafts were curved at the joints.
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न सन्दधन्न चाकर्षन्न विमुञ्चन्न चोद्वहन् ।
मण्डलेनैव धनुषा नृत्यन्पार्थः स्म दृश्यते ॥ ७.९०.२६ ॥
Neither fitting an arrow, nor drawing, nor releasing, nor raising it, Pārtha was seen dancing with his bow moving only in a circle.
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अतिविद्धाश्च नाराचैर्वमन्तो रुधिरं मुखैः ।
मुहूर्तान्न्यपतन्नन्ये वारणा वसुधातले ॥ ७.९०.२७ ॥
Other elephants, pierced through by iron arrows and vomiting blood from their mouths, fell to the earth in a moment.
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उत्थितान्यगणेयानि कबन्धानि समन्ततः ।
अदृश्यन्त महाराज तस्मिन्परमसङ्कुले ॥ ७.९०.२८ ॥
Great king, in that most crowded battle, countless headless trunks were seen rising up on every side.
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सचापाः साङ्गुलित्राणाः सखङ्गाः साङ्गदा रणे ।
अदृश्यन्त भुजाश्छिन्ना हेमाभरणभूषिताः ॥ ७.९०.२९ ॥
In the battle were seen severed arms, with bows, finger-guards, swords and armlets, adorned with gold ornaments.
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सूपस्करैरधिष्ठानैरीषादण्डकबन्धुरैः ।
चक्रैर्विमथितैरक्षैर्भग्नैश्च बहुधा युगैः ॥ ७.९०.३० ॥
The chariots lay with their fittings and platforms, their pole and yoke-shafts, crushed wheels and axles, and yokes broken in many ways.
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चर्मचापधरैश्चैव व्यवकीर्णैस्ततस्ततः ।
स्रग्भिराभरणैर्वस्त्रैः पतितैश्च महाध्वजैः ॥ ७.९०.३१ ॥
Warriors bearing shields and bows lay scattered here and there; the ground was strewn with garlands, ornaments, garments, and fallen great banners.
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निहतैर्वारणैरश्वैः क्षत्रियैश्च निपातितैः ।
अदृश्यत मही तत्र दारुणप्रतिदर्शना ॥ ७.९०.३२ ॥
There the earth appeared of dreadful aspect, with slain elephants and horses and fallen kshatriyas.
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एवं दुःशासनबलं वध्यमानं किरीटिना ।
सम्प्राद्रवन्महाराज व्यथितं सहनायकम् ॥ ७.९०.३३ ॥
Thus the army of Duḥśāsana, being slain by the diademed Arjuna, O great king, fled in terror in all directions, together with its leaders.
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एवं बले द्रुते याते राजपुत्रं महारथम् ।
विव्याध दशभिर्बाणैस्तिष्ठतिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत् ॥ ७.९०.३४ ॥
When the army had thus fled, he pierced the great charioteer, the king's son, with ten arrows, and said, 'Stop, stop!'
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जीवितेन कथं गन्ता दुरुक्तं यावदद्य ते ।
तद्वाक्यसदृशं कर्म कुरु त्वं यदि मन्यसे ॥ ७.९०.३५ ॥
'How will you go away alive after the harsh words you have spoken until now? If you think it right, do a deed fitting those words.'
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एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजा पार्थः पार्थिवमर्दनः ।
भृशं क्रुद्धो महाराज अविध्यत्तनयं तव ॥ ७.९०.३६ ॥
Having said this, Pārtha (Arjuna), crusher of kings, greatly enraged, O great king, pierced your son.
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ततो दुःशासनस्त्रस्तः सहानीकः शरार्दितः ।
द्रोणं त्रातारमाकाङ्क्षञ्शकटव्यूहमभ्यगात् ॥ ७.९०.३७ ॥
Then Duḥśāsana, terrified and afflicted with arrows, together with his army, desiring Droṇa as protector, went toward the cart-formation.