Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 8.12
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8.12.1
भीमसेनं ततो द्रौणी राजन्विव्याध पत्रिणा ।
परया त्वरया युक्तो दर्शयन्नस्त्रलाघवम् ॥ ८.१२.१ ॥
Then, O king, Droṇa's son, endowed with supreme speed and showing his skill in weapons, pierced Bhīmasena with an arrow.
8.12.2
अथैनं पुनराजघ्ने नवत्या निशितैः शरैः ।
सर्वमर्माणि सम्प्रेक्ष्य मर्मज्ञो लघुहस्तवत् ॥ ८.१२.२ ॥
Then he struck him again with ninety sharp arrows, having carefully observed all the vital spots, knowing the vital points, with a nimble hand.
8.12.3
भीमसेनः समाकीर्णो द्रौणिना निशितैः शरैः ।
रराज समरे राजन्रश्मिवानिव भास्करः ॥ ८.१२.३ ॥
Covered with the sharp arrows of Droṇa's son, Bhīmasena shone in battle, O king, like the sun with its rays.
8.12.4
ततः शरसहस्रेण सुप्रयुक्तेन पाण्डवः ।
द्रोणपुत्रमवच्छाद्य सिंहनादममुञ्चत ॥ ८.१२.४ ॥
Then the Pāṇḍava, covering Droṇa's son with a thousand well-aimed arrows, uttered a lion's roar.
8.12.5
शरैः सरांस्ततो द्रौणिः संवार्य युधि पाण्डवम् ।
ललाटेऽभ्याहनद्राजन्नाराचेन स्मयन्निव ॥ ८.१२.५ ॥
Then Droṇa's son, blocking the arrows with arrows, struck the Pāṇḍava in battle on the forehead with an iron arrow, O king, as if smiling.
8.12.6
ललाटस्थं ततो बाणं धारयामास पाण्डवः ।
यथा शृङ्गं वने दृप्तः खङ्गो धारयते नृप ॥ ८.१२.६ ॥
Then the Pāṇḍava held the arrow lodged in his forehead, O king, as a proud rhinoceros in the forest bears its horn.
8.12.7
ततो द्रौणिं रणे भीमो यतमानं पराक्रमी ।
त्रिभिर्विव्याध नाराचैर्ललाटे विस्मयन्निव ॥ ८.१२.७ ॥
Then the valiant Bhīma pierced Drauṇi, who was striving in battle, with three iron arrows on the forehead, as if astonished.
8.12.8
ललाटस्थैस्ततो बाणैर्ब्राह्मणोऽसौ व्यशोभत ।
प्रावृषीव यथा सिक्तस्त्रिशृङ्गः पर्वतोत्तमः ॥ ८.१२.८ ॥
Then that brahmin (Drauṇi), with the arrows lodged in his forehead, shone like the finest three-peaked mountain drenched in the rainy season.
8.12.9
ततः शरशतैर्द्रौणिरर्दयामास पाण्डवम् ।
न चैनं कम्पयामास मातरिश्वेव पर्वतम् ॥ ८.१२.९ ॥
Then Drauṇi afflicted the Pāṇḍava with hundreds of arrows, but could not make him tremble, as the wind cannot shake a mountain.
8.12.10
तथैव पांण्डवो युद्धे द्रौणिं शरशतैः शितैः ।
नाकम्पयत संहृष्टो वार्योध इव पर्वतम् ॥ ८.१२.१० ॥
Likewise the Pāṇḍava, delighted, afflicted Drauṇi in battle with hundreds of sharp arrows, but could not make him tremble, as a flood of water cannot shake a mountain.
8.12.11
तावन्योन्यं शरैर्घोरैश्छादयानौ महारथौ ।
रथवर्यगतौ वीरौ शुशुभाते बलोत्कटौ ॥ ८.१२.११ ॥
Those two great charioteers, covering one another with terrible arrows, standing on excellent chariots, shone as heroes fierce in might.
8.12.12
आदित्याविव सन्दीप्तौ लोकक्षयकरावुभौ ।
स्वरश्मिभिरिवान्योन्यं तापयन्तौ शरोत्तमैः ॥ ८.१२.१२ ॥
Like two blazing suns, both causing the destruction of worlds, scorching one another with their finest arrows as with their own rays.
8.12.13
ततः प्रविकृते यत्नं कुर्वाणौ तौ महारणे ।
कृतप्रतिकृते यत्तौ शरसङ्घैरभीतवत् ॥ ८.१२.१३ ॥
Then in that great battle the two, roused and striving, countering blow for blow, fought with volleys of arrows as if fearless.
8.12.14
व्याघ्राविव च सङ्ग्रामे चेरतुस्तौ नरोत्तमौ ।
शरदंष्ट्रौ दुराधर्षौ चापवक्रौ भयङ्करौ ॥ ८.१२.१४ ॥
In battle the two best of men roamed like tigers, arrows for their fangs, hard to withstand, terrible with bent bows.
8.12.15
अभूतां तावदृश्यौ च शरजालैः समन्ततः ।
मेघजालैरिव च्छनौ गगने चन्द्रभास्करौ ॥ ८.१२.१५ ॥
Hidden on all sides by nets of arrows, the two became unseen, like the moon and sun veiled by nets of clouds in the sky.
8.12.16
चकाशेते मुहूर्तेन ततस्तावप्यरिन्दमौ ।
विमुक्तावभ्रजालेन अङ्गारकबुधाविव ॥ ८.१२.१६ ॥
Then in a moment those two subduers of foes shone forth, freed from the net of clouds, like Mars and Mercury.
8.12.17
अथ तत्रैव सङ्ग्रमे वर्तमाने सुदारुणे ।
अपसव्यं ततश्चक्रे द्रौणिस्तत्र वृकोदरम् ॥ ८.१२.१७ ॥
Then, while that most dreadful battle was going on there, Droṇa's son circled Vṛkodara (Bhīma) keeping him on his right.
8.12.18
किरञ्छरशतैरुग्रैर्धाराभिरिव पर्वतम् ।
न तु तन्ममृषे भीमः शत्रोर्विजलक्षणम् ॥ ८.१२.१८ ॥
Showering a hundred fierce arrows like streams upon a mountain; but Bhīma did not tolerate that sign of victory of the enemy.
8.12.19
प्रतिचक्रे ततो राजन्पाण्डवोऽप्यपसव्यतः ।
मण्डलानां विभागेन गतप्रत्यागतेन च ॥ ८.१२.१९ ॥
Then, O king, the Pāṇḍava too struck back, circling from the left, by the division of circular maneuvers and by going forward and returning.
8.12.20
बभूव तुमुलं युद्धं तयोः पुरुषसिंहयोः ।
चरित्वा विविधान्मार्गान्मण्डलस्थानमेव च ॥ ८.१२.२० ॥
A tumultuous battle arose between those two lions among men, as they moved along various paths and also through the circular positions.
8.12.21
शरैः पूर्णायतोत्सृष्टैरन्योन्यमभिजघ्नतुः ।
अन्योन्यस्य वधे चैव चक्रतुर्यत्नमुत्तमम् ॥ ८.१२.२१ ॥
With arrows loosed from fully drawn bows they struck each other, and they made supreme effort to slay one another.
8.12.22
ईषतुर्विरथं चैव कर्तुमन्योन्यमाहवे ।
ततो द्रौणिर्महास्त्राणि प्रादुश्चक्रे महारथः ॥ ८.१२.२२ ॥
They strove in battle to deprive each other of their chariots; then the great chariot-warrior, Droṇa's son, brought forth great weapons.
8.12.23
तान्यस्त्रैरेव समरे प्रतिजघ्नेऽथ पाण्डवः ।
ततो घोरं महाराज अस्त्रयुद्धमवर्तत ॥ ८.१२.२३ ॥
Then the Pāṇḍava countered those very weapons with weapons in battle; and then, O great king, a terrible weapon-combat arose.
8.12.24
ग्रहयुद्वं यथा घोरं प्रजासंहरणे ह्यभूत् ।
ते वाणाः समसज्जन्त मुक्तास्ताभ्यां तु भारत ॥ ८.१२.२४ ॥
As in the terrible battle of the planets at the destruction of creatures, so, O Bhārata, those arrows released by the two of them clashed together.
8.12.25
द्योतग्रन्तो दिशः सर्वास्तव सैन्यं समन्ततः ।
बाणसङ्घैर्वृतं घोरमाकाशं समपद्यत ॥ ८.१२.२५ ॥
Your whole army, lighting up all the directions on every side, became a terrible sky covered with clusters of arrows.
8.12.26
उल्कापातावृतं युद्धं प्रजानां संक्षये नृप ।
बाणाभिघातात्सञ्जज्ञे तत्र भारत पावकः ॥ ८.१२.२६ ॥
O king, in the destruction of people that battle was enveloped by falling meteors; O Bhārata, there fire was born from the striking of arrows.
8.12.27
सविस्फुलिङ्गो दीप्तार्चिर्योऽदहद्वाहिनीद्वयम् ।
तत्र सिद्धा महाराज सम्पतन्तोऽब्रुवन्वचः ॥ ८.१२.२७ ॥
That fire, with sparks and blazing flames, burned both armies; O great king, there the perfected sages descending spoke these words.
8.12.28
युद्धानामति सर्वेषां युद्धमेतदिति प्रभो ।
सर्वयुद्धानि चैतस्य कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम् ॥ ८.१२.२८ ॥
O lord, this battle surpasses all battles; all other battles do not deserve even a sixteenth part of it.
8.12.29
नेदृशं च पुनर्युद्धं भविष्यति कदाचन ।
अहो ज्ञानेन सम्पन्नावुभ ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियौ ॥ ८.१२.२९ ॥
Such a battle will never happen again. Ah! Both of them, endowed with knowledge, brahmin and kshatriya!
8.12.30
अहो शौर्येण सम्पन्नावुभौ चोग्रपराक्रमौ ।
अहो भीमबलो भीम एतस्य च कृतास्त्रता ॥ ८.१२.३० ॥
Ah! Both of them, endowed with valour and fierce prowess! Ah! Bhīma of terrible strength, and his mastery of weapons!
8.12.31
अहो वीर्यस्य सारत्वमहो सौष्ठवमेतयोः ।
स्थितावेतौ हि समरे कालान्तकयमोपमौ ॥ ८.१२.३१ ॥
Oh, the excellence of their valour and the skill of these two! Standing in battle, these two are like Time, the Ender, and Yama.
8.12.32
रुद्रौ द्वावि सम्भूतौ यथा द्वाविव भास्करौ ।
यमौ वा पुरुषव्याघ्रौ घोररूपावुभौ रणे ॥ ८.१२.३२ ॥
As if two Rudras or two suns had been born, or twin Yamas—these two tigers among men, both of fearsome form in battle.
8.12.33
इति वाचः स्म श्रूयन्ते सिद्धानां वै मुहुर्मुहुः ।
सिंहनादश्च सञ्जज्ञे समेतानां दिवौकसाम् ॥ ८.१२.३३ ॥
Thus the words of the siddhas were heard again and again, and a lion's roar arose from the gathered dwellers of heaven.
8.12.34
अद्भुतं चाप्यचिन्त्यं च दृष्ट्वा कर्म तयो रणे ।
सिद्वचारणसङ्घानां विस्मयः समपद्यत ॥ ८.१२.३४ ॥
Seeing the wondrous and inconceivable deeds of those two in battle, the hosts of siddhas and cāraṇas were astonished.
8.12.35
प्रशंसन्ति तदा देवाः सिद्वाश्च परमर्षयः ।
साधु द्रौणे महाबाहो साधु भीमेति चाब्रुवन् ॥ ८.१२.३५ ॥
Then the gods, the siddhas, and the great sages praised them, saying, 'Well done, son of Droṇa, mighty-armed one! Well done, Bhīma!'
8.12.36
तौ शूरौ समरे राजन्परस्परकृतागसौ ।
परस्परमुदीक्षेतां क्रोधादुद्वृत्य चक्षुषी ॥ ८.१२.३६ ॥
O king, those two heroes, each having wronged the other in battle, glared at one another, rolling their eyes in anger.
8.12.37
क्रोधरक्तेक्षणौ तौ तु क्रोधात्प्रस्फुरिताधरौ ।
क्रोधात्संदष्टदशनौ तथैव दशनच्छदौ ॥ ८.१२.३७ ॥
Those two, their eyes red with anger, their lips trembling in wrath, their teeth clenched in anger, and their lips likewise pressed together.
8.12.38
अन्योन्यं छादयन्तौ स्म शरवृष्ट्या महारथौ ।
शराम्बुधारो समरे शस्त्रविद्युत्प्रकाशिनौ ॥ ८.१२.३८ ॥
The two great charioteers, covering one another with a shower of arrows in battle, streams of arrows like water, flashing with weapons like lightning.
8.12.39
तावन्यन्यं ध्वजं विद्व्वा सारथिं च महारणे ।
अन्योन्यस्य हयान्विद्वा बिभिदाते परस्परम् ॥ ८.१२.३९ ॥
In the great battle, the two pierced each other's banner and charioteer, and pierced each other's horses, and began to tear one another apart.
8.12.40
ततः क्रुद्धौ महाराज बाणौ गृह्य महाहवे ।
उभौ चिक्षिपतुस्तूर्ममन्योन्यस्य वधैषिणौ ॥ ८.१२.४० ॥
Then, O great king, the two enraged warriors, taking up arrows in the great battle, seeking each other's death, swiftly hurled them at one another.
8.12.41
तौ सायकौ महाराज द्योतमानौ चमूमुखे ।
आजघ्नतुः समासाद्य वज्रवेगौ दुरासदौ ॥ ८.१२.४१ ॥
O great king, those two arrows, gleaming at the front of the army, swift as the thunderbolt and hard to withstand, reached their marks and struck.
8.12.42
तौ परस्परवेगाच्च शराभ्यां च भृशाहतौ ।
निपेततुर्महावीर्यौ रथोपस्थे तयोस्तदा ॥ ८.१२.४२ ॥
Sorely struck by each other's force and by those arrows, the two warriors of great valour then fell upon the floor of their chariots.
8.12.43
ततस्तु सारथिर्ज्ञात्वा द्रोणपुत्रमचेतनम् ।
अपोवाह रणाद्राजन्सर्वसैन्यस्य पश्यतः ॥ ८.१२.४३ ॥
Then the charioteer, knowing the son of Droṇa to be insensible, carried him away from the battle, O king, while the whole army looked on.
8.12.44
तथैव पाण्डवं राजन्विह्वलन्तं मुहुर्मुहुः ।
अपोवाह रथेनाजौ विशोकः शत्रुतापनम् ॥ ८.१२.४४ ॥
Likewise, O king, Viśoka, the tormentor of foes, carried the Pāṇḍava, who was repeatedly reeling, away in his chariot from the battle.