Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.93
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7.93.1
हते सुदक्षिणे राजन्वीरे चैव श्रुतायुधे ।
जवेनाभ्यद्रवन्पार्थं कुपिताः सैनिकास्तव ॥ ७.९३.१ ॥
O king, when Sudakṣiṇa and the hero Śrutāyudha were slain, your enraged soldiers rushed swiftly at Pārtha (Arjuna).
7.93.2
अभीषाहाः शूरसेनाः शिबयोऽथ वसातयः ।
अभ्यवर्षंस्ततो राजञ्शरवर्षैर्धनञ्जयम् ॥ ७.९३.२ ॥
O king, then the Abhīṣāhas, Śūrasenas, Śibis and Vasātis showered Dhanañjaya (Arjuna) with a rain of arrows.
7.93.3
तेषां षष्टिशतानन्यान्प्रामथ्नात्पाण्डवः शरैः ।
ते स्म भीताः पलायन्ते व्याघ्रात्क्षुद्रमृगा इव ॥ ७.९३.३ ॥
The Pāṇḍava struck down six hundred of them and others with arrows; frightened, they fled like small deer from a tiger.
7.93.4
ते निवृत्ताः पुनः पार्थं सर्वतः पर्यवारयन् ।
रणे सपत्नान्निघ्नन्तं जिगीषन्तं परान्युधि ॥ ७.९३.४ ॥
They turned back again and surrounded Pārtha (Arjuna) on all sides—he who was striking down his foes in battle and desiring victory in war.
7.93.5
तेषामापततां तूर्णं गाण्डीवप्रेषितैः शरैः ।
शिरांसि पातयामास बाहूंश्चापि धनञ्जयः ॥ ७.९३.५ ॥
Upon those rushing at him, Dhanañjaya swiftly caused heads and arms to fall with arrows sent from the Gāṇḍīva.
7.93.6
शिरोभिः पातितैस्तत्र भूमिरासीन्निरन्तरा ।
अभ्रच्छायेव चैवासीद्ध्वाङ्क्षगृध्रबलैर्युधि ॥ ७.९३.६ ॥
There the ground became unbroken with fallen heads; in battle it was like a cloud's shadow, with armies of crows and vultures.
7.93.7
तेषु तूत्साद्यमानेषु क्रोधामर्षसमन्वितौ ।
स्रुतायुश्चाश्रुतायुश्च धनञ्जयमयुध्यताम् ॥ ७.९३.७ ॥
As they were being destroyed, Śrutāyus and Aśrutāyus, filled with anger and indignation, fought against Dhanañjaya.
7.93.8
बलिनौ स्पर्धिनौ वीरौ कुलजौ बाहुशालिनौ ।
तावेनं शरवर्षाणि सव्यदक्षिणमस्यताम् ॥ ७.९३.८ ॥
The two strong, rivalrous heroes, nobly born and proud of their arms, showered arrows upon him with both left and right hands.
7.93.9
त्वरायुक्तौ महराज प्रार्थयानौ महद्यशः ।
अर्जुनस्य वधप्रेप्सू पुत्रार्थे तव धन्विनौ ॥ ७.९३.९ ॥
O great king, those two archers, driven by haste, striving for great fame and desiring Arjuna's death, fought for your son.
7.93.10
तावर्जुनं सहस्रेण पत्रिणां नतपर्वणाम् ।
पूरयामासतुः क्रुद्धौ तटाकं जलदौ यथा ॥ ७.९३.१० ॥
The two, enraged, filled Arjuna with thousands of arrows with bent joints, as rain-clouds fill a lake.
7.93.11
श्रुतायुश्च ततः क्रुद्धस्तोमरेण धनञ्जयम् ।
आजघान रथश्रेष्ठः पीतेन निशितेन च ॥ ७.९३.११ ॥
Then Śrutāyus, enraged, the best of charioteers, struck Dhanañjaya with a spear and with a sharp yellow-shafted arrow.
7.93.12
सोऽतिविद्धो बलवता शत्रुणा शत्रुकर्शनः ।
जगाम परमं मोहं मोहयन्केशवं रणे ॥ ७.९३.१२ ॥
Sorely wounded by the strong enemy, that tormentor of foes fell into a great swoon, bewildering even Keśava in battle.
7.93.13
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु सोऽश्रुतायुर्महारथः ।
शूलेन भृशतीक्ष्णेन ताडयामास पाण्डवम् ॥ ७.९३.१३ ॥
At that very moment, the great charioteer Aśrutāyus struck the Pāṇḍava with a very sharp spear.
7.93.14
क्षते क्षारं स हि ददौ पाण्डवस्य महात्मनः ।
पार्थोऽपि भृशसंविद्धो ध्वजयष्टिं समाश्रितः ॥ ७.९३.१४ ॥
He applied caustic salt to the wound of the great-souled Pāṇḍava. Pārtha too, sorely wounded, leaned on the flagstaff.
7.93.15
ततः सर्वस्य सैन्यस्य तावकस्य विशाम्पते ।
सिंहनादो महानासीद्धतं मत्वा धनञ्जयम् ॥ ७.९३.१५ ॥
Then, O lord of men, a great lion's roar arose through all your army, thinking Dhanañjaya had been slain.
7.93.16
कृष्णश्च भृशसन्तप्तो दृष्ट्वा पार्थं विचेतनम् ।
आश्वासयत्सुहृद्याभिर्वाग्भिस्तत्र धनञ्जयम् ॥ ७.९३.१६ ॥
Kṛṣṇa, deeply distressed at seeing Pārtha unconscious, comforted Dhanañjaya there with words of friendship.
7.93.17
ततस्तौ रथिनां श्रेष्ठौ लब्धलक्षौ धनञ्जयम् ।
वासुदेवं च वार्ष्णेयं शरवर्षैः समन्ततः ॥ ७.९३.१७ ॥
Then those two foremost of charioteers, having found their mark, rained arrows on all sides upon Dhanañjaya and Vāsudeva, the Vṛṣṇi.
7.93.18
सचक्रकूबररथं साश्वध्वजपताकिनम् ।
अदृश्यं चक्रतुर्युद्धे तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥ ७.९३.१८ ॥
In battle they made that chariot, with its wheels, axle-box, horses, banner and pennant, invisible; it became as a wonder.
7.93.19
प्रत्याश्वस्तस्तु बीभत्सुः शनकैरिव भारत ।
प्रेतराजपुरं प्राप्य पुनः प्रत्यागतो यथा ॥ ७.९३.१९ ॥
Then Bībhatsu, recovering slowly, O Bhārata, returned again, as one who has reached the city of the king of the dead and come back.
7.93.20
सञ्छन्नं शरजालेन रथं दृष्ट्वा सकेशवम् ।
शत्रू चाभिमुखौ दृष्ट्वा दीप्यमानाविवानलौ ॥ ७.९३.२० ॥
Seeing the chariot covered with a net of arrows, together with Keśava, and seeing the two enemies facing him, blazing like two fires—
7.93.21
प्रादुश्चक्रे ततः पार्थः शाक्रमस्त्रं महारथः ।
तस्मादासन्सहस्राणि शराणां नतपर्वणाम् ॥ ७.९३.२१ ॥
Then the great charioteer Pārtha produced the weapon of Śakra (Indra), and from it there arose thousands upon thousands of arrows with bent tips.
7.93.22
ते जघ्नुस्तौ महेष्वासौ ताभ्यां मुक्तांश्च सायकान् ।
विचेरुराकाशगताः पार्थचापविनिःसृताः ॥ ७.९३.२२ ॥
Those arrows struck the two great archers, and the arrows loosed by them, issued from Pārtha's bow, wandered through the sky.
7.93.23
प्रतिहत्य सरांस्तूर्णं शरवेगेन पाण्डवः ।
प्रतस्थे तत्रतत्रैव योधयन्वै महारथान् ॥ ७.९३.२३ ॥
Swiftly repelling those arrows with the force of his own shafts, the Pāṇḍava advanced, fighting the great charioteers here and there.
7.93.24
तौ च फल्गुनबाणौघैर्विबाहुशिरसौ कृतौ ।
वसुधामन्वपद्येतां वातनुन्नाविव द्रुमौ ॥ ७.९३.२४ ॥
By the streams of Phalguna's arrows, both had their arms and heads severed, and they fell to the earth like trees struck down by the wind.
7.93.25
श्रुतायुषश्च निधनं वधश्चेवाश्रुतायुषः ।
लोकविस्मापनमभूत्समुद्रस्येव शोषणम् ॥ ७.९३.२५ ॥
The death of Śrutāyus and the slaying of Aśrutāyus became a wonder to the world, like the drying up of the ocean.
7.93.26
तयोः पदानुगान्हत्वा पुनः पञ्चशतं रथान् ।
प्रत्यगाद्भारतीं सेनां निघ्नन्पार्थो वरान्वरान् ॥ ७.९३.२६ ॥
Having slain the foot-soldiers following those two, and again five hundred chariots, Pārtha, striking down the best of warriors, returned to the army of the Bhāratas.
7.93.27
श्रुतायुषं च निहतं प्रेक्ष्य चैवाश्रुतायुषम् ।
नियतायुश्च सङ्क्रुद्धो दीर्घायुश्चैव भारत ॥ ७.९३.२७ ॥
O Bhārata, seeing Śrutāyus and Aśrutāyus slain, Niyatāyus and Dīrghāyus were greatly enraged.
7.93.28
पुत्रौ तयोर्नरश्रेष्ठौ कौन्तेयं प्रति जग्मतुः ।
किरन्तौ विविधान्बाणान्पितृव्यसनकर्शितौ ॥ ७.९३.२८ ॥
The two sons of those two, best of men, weakened by grief over their uncle's calamity, scattering various arrows, went against the son of Kuntī.
7.93.29
तावर्जुनो मुहूर्तेन शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ।
प्रैषयत्परमक्रुद्धो यमस्य सदनं प्रति ॥ ७.९३.२९ ॥
In an instant Arjuna, greatly enraged, sent those two to the abode of Yama with arrows bent at the joints.
7.93.30
लोडयन्तमनीकानि द्विपं पद्मसरो यथा ।
नाशक्नुवन्वारयितुं पार्थं क्षत्रियपुङ्गवाः ॥ ७.९३.३० ॥
As an elephant stirs a lotus pond, so Pārtha, agitating the ranks, could not be held back by the bulls among kṣatriyas.
7.93.31
अङ्गास्तु गजसङ्घैश्च पाण्डवं पर्यवारयन् ।
क्रुद्धाः सहस्रशो राजञ्शिक्षिता हस्तिसादिनः ॥ ७.९३.३१ ॥
The Aṅgas, with troops of elephants, began to surround the son of Pāṇḍu. O king, enraged, by the thousands, well-trained elephant riders.
7.93.32
दुर्योधनसमादिष्टाः कुञ्जरैः पर्वतोपमैः ।
प्राच्याश्च दाक्षिणात्याश्च कलिङ्गप्रमुखा नृपाः ॥ ७.९३.३२ ॥
Commanded by Duryodhana, with elephants like mountains, the kings of the east and the south, led by the Kaliṅgas.
7.93.33
तेषामापततां शीघ्रं गाण्डीवप्रेषितैः शरैः ।
निचकर्त शिरांस्युग्रो बाहूनपि सुभूषणान् ॥ ७.९३.३३ ॥
As they rushed upon him swiftly, the fierce one cut off their heads with arrows shot from the Gāṇḍīva, and their well-adorned arms too.
7.93.34
तैः शिरोभिर्मही कीर्णा बाहुभिश्च सहाङ्गदैः ।
बभौ कनकपाषाणा भुजगैरिव संवृता ॥ ७.९३.३४ ॥
The earth, strewn with those heads and arms together with their armlets, shone like golden rocks covered by serpents.
7.93.35
बाहवो विशिखैश्छिन्नाः शिरांस्युन्मथितानि च ।
पतमानान्यदृश्यन्त द्रुमेभ्य इव पक्षिणः ॥ ७.९३.३५ ॥
Arms cut by arrows and heads torn off were seen falling, like birds from trees.
7.93.36
शरैः सहस्रशो विद्धा द्विपाः प्रसृतशोणिताः ।
अदृश्यन्ताद्रयः काले गैरिकाम्बुस्रवा इव ॥ ७.९३.३६ ॥
Elephants pierced by thousands of arrows, streaming with blood, were seen like mountains streaming red-ochre water in their season.
7.93.37
निहताः शेरते स्मान्ये बीभत्सोर्निशितैः शरैः ।
गजपृष्ठगता म्लेच्छा नानाविकृतदर्शनाः ॥ ७.९३.३७ ॥
Others, slain by the sharp arrows of Bībhatsu, lie there too — the barbarians who rode on elephant-backs, of many grotesque appearances.
7.93.38
नानावेषधरा राजन्नानाशस्त्रौघसंवृताः ।
रुधिरेणानुलिप्ताङ्गा भान्ति चित्रैः शरैर्हताः ॥ ७.९३.३८ ॥
O king, wearing various garbs, covered by a multitude of various weapons, their limbs smeared with blood, slain by variegated arrows, they shine.
7.93.39
शोणितं निर्वमन्ति स्म द्विपाः पार्थशराहताः ।
सहस्रशश्छिन्नगात्राः सारोहाः सपदानुगाः ॥ ७.९३.३९ ॥
The elephants, struck by Pārtha's arrows, were vomiting blood; by the thousand their limbs were cut, along with their riders and attendant foot-soldiers.
7.93.40
चुक्रुशुश्च निपेतुश्च बभ्रमुश्चापरे दिशः ।
भृशं त्रस्ताश्च बहवः स्वानेव ममृदुर्गजाः ॥ ७.९३.४० ॥
They cried out and fell, and others wandered off in all directions. Many elephants, greatly terrified, trampled their own people.
7.93.41
सोत्तरायुधिनश्चैव द्विपास्तीक्ष्णविषोपमाः ।
विदन्त्यसुरमायां ये सुघोरा घोरचक्षुषः ॥ ७.९३.४१ ॥
Those elephants, with their upper cloths and weapons, were like sharp poison; they knew the illusion of the asuras — terrible, of frightful eyes.
7.93.42
यवनाः पारदाश्चैव शकाश्च सह बाह्लिकैः ।
काकवर्णा दुराचाराः स्त्रीलोलाः कलहप्रियाः ॥ ७.९३.४२ ॥
Yavanas, Pāradas and Śakas, together with the Bāhlikas — crow-coloured, of evil conduct, greedy for women, fond of quarrels.
7.93.43
द्राविडास्तत्र युध्यन्ते मत्तमातङ्गविक्रमाः ।
गोयोनिप्रभवा म्लेच्छाः कालकल्पाः प्रहारिणः ॥ ७.९३.४३ ॥
There the Drāviḍas fought, with the valour of maddened elephants; the barbarians born from the cow's womb, striking like Death itself.
7.93.44
दार्वातिसारा दरदाः पुण्ड्राश्चैव सहस्रशः ।
ते न शक्याः स्म सङ्ख्यातुं व्राताः शतसहस्रशः ॥ ७.९३.४४ ॥
The Dārvas, Atisāras, Daradas and Puṇḍras, by the thousand; they could not be counted, in troops by the hundred thousand.
7.93.45
अभ्यवर्षन्त ते सर्वे पाण्डवं निशितैः शरैः ।
अवाकिरंश्च ते म्लेच्छा नानायुद्धविशारदाः ॥ ७.९३.४५ ॥
All of them rained sharp arrows upon the Pāṇḍava; and those barbarians, skilled in many kinds of warfare, scattered their arrows.
7.93.46
तेषामपि ससर्जाशु शरवृष्टिं धनञ्जयः ।
सृष्टिस्तथाविधा ह्यासीच्छलभानामिवायतिः ॥ ७.९३.४६ ॥
Against them too Dhanañjaya swiftly loosed a shower of arrows; and that release was like the spreading of meteors.
7.93.47
अभ्रच्छायामिव शरैः सैन्ये कृत्वा धनञ्जयः ।
मुण्डार्धमुण्डाञ्जटिलानशुचीञ्जटिलाननान्।
म्लेच्छानशातयत्सर्वान्समेतानस्त्रतेजसा ॥ ७.९३.४७ ॥
Having made a canopy like a shadow of clouds over the army with arrows, Dhanañjaya felled all the barbarians — half-shaven, matted-haired, impure, with matted faces — who had gathered there, by the power of his weapon.
7.93.48
शरैश्च शतशो विद्धास्ते सङ्घा गिरिचारिणः ।
प्राद्रवन्त रणे भीता गिरिगह्वरवासिनः ॥ ७.९३.४८ ॥
Pierced by hundreds of arrows, those troops — mountain-wanderers, dwellers in mountain caves — terrified in battle, fled.
7.93.49
गजाश्वसादिम्लेच्छानां पतितानां शितैः शरैः ।
बकाः कङ्का वृका भूमावपिबन्रुधिरं मुदा ॥ ७.९३.४९ ॥
As the barbarians—elephants, horses and riders—lay fallen under sharp arrows, herons, kaṅka birds and wolves joyfully drank the blood upon the ground.
7.93.50
पत्त्यश्वरथनागैश्च प्रच्छन्नकृतसङ्क्रमाम् ।
शरवर्षप्लवां घोरां केशशैवलशाद्वलाम्।
प्रावर्तयन्नदीमुग्रां शोणितौघतरङ्गिणीम् ॥ ७.९३.५० ॥
They made flow a terrible, fierce river, its crossings hidden by foot soldiers, horses, chariots and elephants, its raft a rain of arrows, its moss and grass the hair of the slain, its waves the torrents of blood.
7.93.51
छिन्नाङ्गुलीक्षुद्रमत्स्यां युगान्ते कालसन्निभाम् ।
प्राकरोद्गजसम्बाधां नदीमुत्तरशोणिताम् ॥ ७.९३.५१ ॥
He made a river with severed fingers for small fish, like the time of the world's end, crowded with elephants, with blood flowing on its surface.
7.93.52
देहेभ्यो राजपुत्राणां नागाश्वरथसादिनाम् ।
यथा स्थलं च निम्नं च न स्याद्वर्षति वासवे।
तथाऽऽसीत्पृथिवी सर्वा शोणितेन परिप्लुता ॥ ७.९३.५२ ॥
From the bodies of the princes and the riders of elephants, horses and chariots, the whole earth was flooded with blood, so that no dry land or low ground remained, as when Vāsava rains.
7.93.53
षट्सहस्रान्हयान्वीरान्पुनर्दशशतान्वरान् ।
प्राहिणोन्मृत्युलोकाय क्षत्रियान्क्षत्रियर्षभः ॥ ७.९३.५३ ॥
He sent six thousand horse-riding heroes, and again a thousand excellent ones, to the realm of death—that bull among warriors.
7.93.54
शरैः सहस्रशो विद्धा विधिवत्कल्पिता द्विपाः ।
शेरते भूमिमासाद्य शैला वज्रहता इव ॥ ७.९३.५४ ॥
Pierced thousands of times by arrows, the elephants, duly adorned, lie upon the ground like mountains struck by the thunderbolt.
7.93.55
स वाजिरथमातङ्गान्निघ्नन्व्यचरदर्जुनः ।
प्रभिन्न इव मातङ्गो मृद्गन्नलवनं यथा ॥ ७.९३.५५ ॥
Arjuna moved about striking down horses, chariots and elephants, like a rutting elephant trampling a thicket of lotus-reeds.
7.93.56
भुरिद्रुमलतागुल्मं शुष्केन्धनतृणोलपम् ।
निर्दहेदनलोऽरण्यं यथा वायुसमीरितः ॥ ७.९३.५६ ॥
As fire driven by the wind burns a forest full of trees, creepers and thickets, with dry fuel and grass.
7.93.57
सेनारण्यं तव तथा कृष्णानिलसमीरितः ।
शरार्चिरदहत्क्रुद्धः पाण्डवोऽग्निर्धनञ्जयः ॥ ७.९३.५७ ॥
Thus your army, a forest, was burned by Dhanañjaya, the Pāṇḍava, enraged fire driven by the wind of Kṛṣṇa, with flames of arrows.
7.93.58
शून्यान्कुर्वन्रथोपस्थान्मानवैः संस्तरन्महीम् ।
प्रानृत्यदिव सम्बाधे चापहस्तो धनञ्जयः।
वज्रकल्पैः शरैर्भूमिं कुर्वन्नुत्तरशोणिताम् ॥ ७.९३.५८ ॥
Emptying the chariot seats and covering the earth with men, Dhanañjaya, bow in hand, seemed to dance in the crush, making the ground flow with blood through thunderbolt-like arrows.
7.93.59
ततः प्रावर्तत नदी शोणितौघतरङ्गिणी ।
नराश्वद्विपकायेभ्यः पर्वतेभ्य इवापगा ॥ ७.९३.५९ ॥
Then there arose a river with waves of blood-floods, from the bodies of men, horses and elephants, as a river flows from mountains.
7.93.60
अस्थिशर्करसम्बाधा ध्वजवृक्षा रथहदा ।
सञ्छिन्नशीर्षपाणाणा हस्तिहस्तमहाग्रहा ॥ ७.९३.६० ॥
(It was a river) crowded with bones and gravel, with banner-trees, chariot-pools, severed heads and hands for stones, and elephant trunks for great crocodiles.
7.93.61
मांसमज्जास्थिपङ्काढ्यां हताश्वमकराकुला ।
उष्णीषफेनसञ्छन्ना शरघोरझषाकुला ॥ ७.९३.६१ ॥
Thick with the mire of flesh, marrow and bone, full of crocodiles that were slain horses, covered with the foam of turbans, teeming with the terrible fish of arrows.
7.93.62
रुद्रस्याक्रीडसदृशीं भूमिं कुर्वन्विभीषणाम् ।
प्राविशद्भारतीं सेनां सङ्क्रुद्धो वै धनञ्जयः ॥ ७.९३.६२ ॥
Making the ground terrifying, like the playground of Rudra, the enraged Dhanañjaya entered the Bhārata army.
7.93.63
तं श्रुतायुस्तथाम्बष्ठो व्रजमानं न्यवारयत् ॥ ७.९३.६३ ॥
Śrutāyus and the Ambaṣṭha also checked him as he advanced.
7.93.64
तस्यार्जुनः शरैस्तीक्ष्णैः कङ्कपत्रपरिच्छदैः ।
न्यपातयद्धयाञ्शीघ्रं यतमानस्य मारिष।
धनुश्चास्यापरैश्छित्त्वा शरैः पार्थो विचक्रमे ॥ ७.९३.६४ ॥
O noble one, as he strove, Arjuna swiftly felled his horses with sharp arrows fletched with heron feathers, and cutting his bow with other arrows, Pārtha moved on.
7.93.65
अम्बष्ठस्तु गदां गृह्य क्रोधपर्याकुलेक्षणः ।
आससाद रणे पार्थं केशवं च महारथम् ॥ ७.९३.६५ ॥
But the Ambaṣṭha, seizing a mace, his eyes agitated with rage, approached Pārtha, Keśava and the great charioteer in battle.
7.93.66
ततः सम्प्रहरन्वीरो गदामुद्यम्य भारत ।
रथमावार्य गदया केशवं समताडयत् ॥ ७.९३.६६ ॥
Then, O Bhārata, the hero, striking, raised his mace, obstructed the chariot and struck Keśava hard with the mace.
7.93.67
गदया ताडितं दृष्ट्वा केशवं परवीरहा ।
अर्जुनोऽथ भृशं क्रुद्धः सोऽम्बष्ठं प्रति भारत ॥ ७.९३.६७ ॥
Seeing Keśava struck by the mace, Arjuna, slayer of enemy heroes, flared up in fury. O Bhārata, he turned against the Aṃbaṣṭha.
7.93.68
ततः शरैर्हेमपुङ्खैः सगदं रथिनां वरम् ।
छादयामास समरे मेघः सूर्यमिवोदितम् ॥ ७.९३.६८ ॥
Then with gold-feathered arrows he covered the best of charioteers, mace and all, in battle, as a cloud covers the risen sun.
7.93.69
अथापरैः शरैश्चापि गदां तस्य महात्मनः ।
अचूर्णयत्तदा पार्थस्तिदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥ ७.९३.६९ ॥
Then Pārtha, with other arrows, shattered the mace of that great-souled one, and it seemed a wonder.
7.93.70
अथ तां पतितां दृष्ट्वा गृह्यान्यां च महागदाम् ।
अर्जुनं वासुदेवं च पुनः पुनरताडयत् ॥ ७.९३.७० ॥
Then, seeing that mace fallen, he took up another great mace and struck Arjuna and Vāsudeva again and again.
7.93.71
तस्यार्जुनः क्षुरप्राभ्यां सगदावुद्यतौ भुजौ ।
चिच्छेदेन्द्रध्वजाकारौ शिरश्चान्येन पत्रिणा ॥ ७.९३.७१ ॥
Arjuna cut off his two raised arms, mace and all, which were like Indra's banners, with two razor-tipped arrows, and his head with another feathered arrow.
7.93.72
स पपात हतो राजन्वसुधामनुनादयन् ।
इन्द्रध्वज इवोत्सृष्टो यन्त्रनिर्मुक्तबन्धनः ॥ ७.९३.७२ ॥
He fell, slain, O king, resounding through the earth, like Indra's banner cast down when freed from its binding machine.
7.93.73
अम्बष्ठे तु तदा भग्ने तव सैन्यमभज्यत ॥ ७.९३.७३ ॥
When the Ambaṣṭha division was then broken, your army too was routed.
7.93.74
रथानीकावगाढश्च वारणाश्वशतैर्वृतः ।
अदृश्यत पदा पार्थो घनैः सूर्य इवावृतः ॥ ७.९३.७४ ॥
Plunged into the mass of chariots, surrounded by hundreds of elephants and horses, Pārtha was seen on foot, like the sun covered by clouds.