Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.97
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7.97.1
तथा तस्मिन्प्रवृत्ते तु सङ्ग्रमे रोमहर्षणे ।
कौरवेयांस्त्रिधाभूतान्पाण्डवाः समुपाद्रवन् ॥ ७.९७.१ ॥
When that hair-raising battle had thus begun, the Pāṇḍavas attacked the Kauravas, who had been split into three groups.
7.97.2
जलसन्धं महाबाहुं भीमसेनोऽभ्यवर्तत ।
युधिष्ठिरः सहानीकः कृतवर्माणमाहवे ॥ ७.९७.२ ॥
Bhīmasena advanced against the mighty-armed Jayadratha, and Yudhiṣṭhira, with his army, advanced in battle against Kṛtavarman.
7.97.3
किरंस्तु शरवर्षाणि रोचमान इवांशुमान् ।
धृष्टद्युम्नो महाराज द्रोणमभ्यद्रवद्रणे ॥ ७.९७.३ ॥
Dhṛṣṭadyumna, shining like the sun and showering arrows, great king, rushed at Droṇa in battle.
7.97.4
ततः प्रववृते युद्धं त्वरतां सर्वधन्विनाम् ।
कुरूणां पाण्डवानां च सङ्क्रुद्धानां परस्परम् ॥ ७.९७.४ ॥
Then the battle began between the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas, with all the archers hastening, enraged against one another.
7.97.5
सङ्क्षये तु तथाभूते वर्तमाने महाभये ।
द्वन्दवीभूतेषु सैन्येषु युध्यमानेष्वभीतवत् ॥ ७.९७.५ ॥
While such a dreadful slaughter was going on, the armies, paired off, fought as though fearless.
7.97.6
द्रोणः पाञ्चालपुत्रेण बली बलवता सह ।
यदक्षिपत्पृषत्कौघांस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥ ७.९७.६ ॥
The arrow-streams that mighty Droṇa shot against the mighty son of Pāñcāla were marvelous to behold.
7.97.7
पुण्डरीकवनानीव विध्वस्तानि समन्ततः ।
चक्राते द्रोणपाञ्चाल्यौ नृणां शीर्षाण्यनेकशः ॥ ७.९७.७ ॥
As lotus groves are trampled on every side, Droṇa and the Pāñcāla prince cut down the heads of men again and again.
7.97.8
विनिकीर्णानि वीराणामनीकेषु समन्ततः ।
वस्त्राभरणशस्त्राणि ध्वजवर्मायुधानि च ॥ ७.९७.८ ॥
Throughout the armies of the heroes, garments, ornaments, weapons, banners, armour and arms lay scattered on every side.
7.97.9
तपनीयतनुत्राणाः संसिक्ता रुधिरेण च ।
कोविदारा इवाभान्ति पुष्पितास्तत्र भारत।
तावकाः समरे योधाः पाण्डवेयाश्च विक्षताः ॥ ७.९७.९ ॥
Clad in golden armour, drenched with blood, they shone there like blooming kovidāra trees. O Bhārata, in the battle your warriors and the sons of Pāṇḍu were both wounded.
7.97.10
कुञ्जराश्वनरान्ये पातयन्ति स्म पत्रिभिः ।
तालमात्राणि चापानि विकर्षन्तो महारथाः ॥ ७.९७.१० ॥
Drawing bows as large as palm trees, the great chariot-warriors felled elephants, horses and men with their arrows.
7.97.11
असिचर्माणि चापानि शिरांशि कवचानि च ।
विप्रकीर्यन्त शूराणां सम्प्रहारे महात्मनाम् ॥ ७.९७.११ ॥
In the clash of those great-souled heroes, swords and shields, bows, heads and armour were scattered about.
7.97.12
उत्थितान्यगणेयानि कबन्धानि समन्ततः ।
अदृश्यन्त महाराज तस्मिन्परमसङ्कुले ॥ ७.९७.१२ ॥
Countless headless trunks were seen rising on every side, O great king, in that most crowded battle.
7.97.13
गृध्राः कङ्का बकाः श्येना वायसा जम्बुकास्तथा ।
बहुशः पिशिताशाश्च तत्रादृश्यन्त मारिष ॥ ७.९७.१३ ॥
Vultures, kaṅka birds, herons, hawks, crows and jackals too — flesh-eaters in great numbers — were seen there, O sir.
7.97.14
भक्षयन्तश्च मांसानि पिबन्तश्चापि शोणितम् ।
विलुम्पमानाः केशांश्च मज्जाश्च बहुधा नृप ॥ ७.९७.१४ ॥
Devouring flesh, drinking blood too, and tearing hair and marrow in many ways, O king.
7.97.15
आकर्षन्तः शरीराणि शरीरावयवांस्तथा ।
नराश्वगजसङ्घानां शिरांशि च ततस्ततः ॥ ७.९७.१५ ॥
Dragging bodies and limbs of bodies, and the heads of hosts of men, horses and elephants here and there.
7.97.16
कृतास्त्रा रणशिक्षाभिर्दीक्षिता रणशालिनः ।
रणे जयं प्रार्थयाना भृशं युयुधिरे तदा ॥ ७.९७.१६ ॥
Skilled in weapons, consecrated by the training of battle, proud of war, desiring victory in the fight, they fought fiercely then.
7.97.17
असिमार्गान्बहुविधान्विचेरुः सैनिका रणे ।
ऋष्टिभिः शक्तिभिः प्रासैः शूलतोमरपट्टसैः ॥ ७.९७.१७ ॥
In battle the soldiers moved along many kinds of sword-strokes, with lances, spears, javelins, tridents, iron darts and broadswords.
7.97.18
गदाभिः परिघैश्चान्यैरायुधैश्च भुजैरपि ।
अन्योन्यं जघ्निरे क्रुद्धा युद्धरङ्गता नराः ॥ ७.९७.१८ ॥
With clubs, iron bars and other weapons, and even with their arms, the enraged men who had entered the battlefield struck one another.
7.97.19
रथिनो रथिभिः सार्धमश्वारोहाश्च सादिभिः ।
मातङ्गा वरमातङ्गैः पदाताश्च पदातिभिः ॥ ७.९७.१९ ॥
Charioteers fought with charioteers, horsemen with horsemen, elephant-riders with excellent elephants, and foot-soldiers with foot-soldiers.
7.97.20
क्षीबा इवान्ये चोन्मत्ता रङ्गेष्विव च वारणाः ।
उच्चुक्रुशुरथान्योन्यं जघ्नुरन्योन्यमेव च ॥ ७.९७.२० ॥
Other elephants, as if intoxicated and maddened, as if in an arena, trumpeted and struck one another.
7.97.21
वर्तमाने तथा युद्धे निर्मर्यादे विशाम्पते ।
धृष्टद्युम्नो हयानश्चैर्द्रोणस्य व्यत्यमिश्रयत् ॥ ७.९७.२१ ॥
O lord of the people, while the battle raged thus without limits, Dhṛṣṭadyumna mixed Droṇa's horses in among the others.
7.97.22
ते हयाः साध्वशोभन्त मिश्रिता वातरंहसः ।
पारावतसवर्णाश्च रक्तशोणाश्च संयुगे ॥ ७.९७.२२ ॥
Those horses, swift as the wind, dove-coloured and red, mixed together in battle, shone brilliantly.
7.97.23
पारावतसवर्णास्ते रक्तशोणविमिश्रिताः ।
हयाः शुशुभिरे राजन्मेघा इव सविद्युतः ॥ ७.९७.२३ ॥
O king, those dove-coloured horses, mixed with red, shone like clouds with lightning.
7.97.24
धृष्टद्युम्नस्तु सम्प्रेक्ष्य द्रोणमभ्याशमागतम् ।
असिचर्माददे वीरो धनुरुत्सृज्य भारत ॥ ७.९७.२४ ॥
But Dhṛṣṭadyumna, seeing Droṇa coming near, O Bhārata, laid down his bow and took up sword and shield.
7.97.25
चिकीर्षुर्दुष्करं कर्म पार्षतः परवीरहा ।
ईषायाः समतिक्रम्य द्रोणस्य रथमाविशत् ॥ ७.९७.२५ ॥
Desiring to perform a difficult deed, the son of Pṛṣata, slayer of enemy heroes, leapt over the chariot pole and entered Droṇa's chariot.
7.97.26
अतिष्ठद्युगमध्ये स युगसन्नहनेषु च ।
जघनार्धेषु चाश्वानां तत्सैन्यान्यभ्यपूजयन् ॥ ७.९७.२६ ॥
He stood in the middle of the yoke, on the yoke-fastenings, and on the hind parts of the horses; the armies honoured him for it.
7.97.27
खङ्गेन चरतस्तस्य शोणाश्वानधितिष्ठतः ।
न ददार्शान्तरं द्रोणस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥ ७.९७.२७ ॥
As he moved about with his sword, standing upon the red horses, Droṇa could not see any gap in him; it became like a wonder.
7.97.28
यथा श्येनस्य पतनं वनेष्वामिषगृद्धिनः ।
तथैवासीदभीसारस्तस्य द्रोणं जिघांसतः ॥ ७.९७.२८ ॥
As a hawk swoops down in the forests, greedy for flesh, so was his assault upon Droṇa, desiring to slay him.
7.97.29
ततः शरशतेनास्य शतचन्द्रं समाक्षिपत् ।
द्रोणो द्रुपद पुत्रस्य खङ्गं च दशभिः शरैः ॥ ७.९७.२९ ॥
Then Droṇa struck down his hundred-moons shield with a hundred arrows, and Drupada's son's sword with ten arrows.
7.97.30
हयांश्चैव चतुःषष्ट्या शराणां जघ्निवान्बली ।
ध्वजं छत्रं च भल्लाभ्यां तथा तौ पार्ष्णिसारथी ॥ ७.९७.३० ॥
And the mighty Droṇa struck the horses with sixty-four arrows, and the banner and parasol with two bhalla-arrows; and likewise the two, the rear-guard and the charioteer.
7.97.31
अथास्मै त्वरितो बाणमपरं जीवितान्तकम् ।
धृष्टद्युम्नाय चिक्षेप वज्रं वज्रधरो यथा ॥ ७.९७.३१ ॥
Then swiftly he hurled at him another death-dealing arrow, as the wielder of the thunderbolt hurls his vajra at Dhṛṣṭadyumna.
7.97.32
तं चतुर्दशभिस्तीक्ष्णैर्बाणैश्चिच्छेद सात्यकिः ।
ग्रस्तमाचार्यमुख्येन धृष्टद्युम्नं व्यमोचयत् ॥ ७.९७.३२ ॥
Sātyaki cut that arrow down with fourteen sharp shafts and freed Dhṛṣṭadyumna, who had been seized by the foremost of teachers.
7.97.33
सिंहेनेव मृगं ग्रस्तं नरसिंहेन मारिष ।
द्रोणाद्वै मोचयामास पाञ्चाल्यं शिनिपुङ्गवः ॥ ७.९७.३३ ॥
O sir, as a deer seized by a lion is rescued, so the bull of the Śini clan, the lion among men, freed the Pāñcāla prince from Droṇa.
7.97.34
सात्यकिं प्रेक्ष्य गोप्तारं पाञ्चाल्यं च महाहवे ।
शराणां त्वरितो द्रोणः षड्विंशत्या समार्पयत् ॥ ७.९७.३४ ॥
Seeing Sātyaki, the protector of the Pāñcāla prince, in the great battle, Droṇa swiftly discharged twenty-six arrows.
7.97.35
ततो द्रोणं शिनेः पौत्रो ग्रसन्तमपि सृञ्जयान् ।
प्रत्यविध्यच्छितैर्बाणैः षड्विंशत्या स्तनान्तरे ॥ ७.९७.३५ ॥
Then the grandson of Śini struck back at Droṇa, who was devouring the Sṛñjayas, piercing him in the chest with twenty-six sharp arrows.
7.97.36
ततः सर्वे रथास्तूर्णं पाञ्चाल्या जयगृद्धिनः ।
सात्वताभिसृते द्रोणे धृष्टद्युम्नमवाक्षिपन् ॥ ७.९७.३६ ॥
Then all the chariots of the Pāñcālas, eager for victory, rushed swiftly toward Dhṛṣṭadyumna as the Sātvata (Sātyaki) pressed in on Droṇa.