Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 8.13
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8.13.1
श्रुतकीर्तिमथायान्तं किरन्तं निशिताञ्शरान् ।
मद्रराजो महाराज वारयामास हृष्टवत् ॥ ८.१३.१ ॥
Sañjaya said: O great king, the king of the Madras joyfully checked Śrutakīrti as he came on, scattering sharp arrows.
8.13.2
मद्रराजं समासाद्य श्रुतकीर्तिर्महारथः ।
विव्याध भल्लैर्विशत्या कार्तस्वरविभूषितैः ॥ ८.१३.२ ॥
Having approached the king of the Madras, the great charioteer Śrutakīrti pierced him with twenty broad-headed arrows adorned with gold.
8.13.3
प्रतिविव्याध तं शल्यं त्रिभिस्तूर्णमजिह्मगैः ।
सारथिं चास्य भल्लेन भृशं विव्याध भारत ॥ ८.१३.३ ॥
He at once pierced Śalya in return with three straight-flying arrows, and, O Bhārata, with a broad-headed arrow he fiercely pierced his charioteer too.
8.13.4
स शल्यं शरवर्षेण च्छादयामास संयुगे ।
मुमोच निशितान्बाणान्मद्रराजरथं प्रति ॥ ८.१३.४ ॥
In battle he covered Śalya with a shower of arrows, and he loosed sharp arrows against the chariot of the king of the Madras.
8.13.5
ततः शल्यो महाराज श्रुतकीर्तिभुजच्युतान् ।
चिच्छेद समरे बाणासन्बणैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥ ८.१३.५ ॥
Then, O great king, Śalya in battle cut through the bow-arrows released from Śrutakīrti's arms with arrows bent at their joints.
8.13.6
श्रुतकीर्तिस्ततः श्ल्यं भित्त्वा नवभिरायसैः ।
सारथिं त्रिभिरानर्च्छत्पुनः शल्यं च प़ञ्चभिः ॥ ८.१३.६ ॥
Then Śrutakīrti, having pierced Śalya with nine iron arrows, struck his charioteer with three, and struck Śalya again with five.
8.13.7
तस्य शल्यो धनुश्छित्त्वा हस्तावापं निकृत्य च ।
विव्याध समरे तूर्णं सप्तभिस्तं शरोत्तमैः ॥ ८.१३.७ ॥
Śalya cut his bow and severed the guard of his hand, and swiftly in battle pierced him with seven excellent arrows.
8.13.8
अथान्यद्धनुरादाय श्रुतकीर्तिर्महारथः ।
भद्रेश्वरं चतुःषष्ट्या बाह्वोरुरसि चार्पयत् ॥ ८.१३.८ ॥
Then, taking up another bow, the great charioteer Śrutakīrti struck the lord of the Madras with sixty-four arrows on his arms and chest.
8.13.9
ततस्तु समरे राजंस्तेन विद्वः शिलीमुखैः ।
…विव्याध तं चापि नवत्या निशितैः शरैः ॥ ८.१३.९ ॥
Then, O king, struck in battle by his arrows, … he pierced him too with ninety sharp arrows.
8.13.10
तस्य मद्रेश्वरश्चापं पुनश्चिच्छेद मारिष ।
स च्छिन्नधन्वा समरे गदां चिक्षेप सत्वरः ॥ ८.१३.१० ॥
Lord of the Madras cut his bow again, O noble one; and with his bow cut, swiftly in battle he hurled his mace.
8.13.11
पट्टैर्जाम्बूनदैर्बद्धां रुप्यपट्टैश्च भारत ।
भ्राजमानां यथा नारीं दिव्यवस्त्रविभूषिताम् ॥ ८.१३.११ ॥
Bound with bands of gold and with silver bands, O Bharata, gleaming like a woman adorned with divine garments.
8.13.12
तामापतन्तीं सहसा दीप्यमानाशनिप्रभाम् ।
शरैरनेकसाहस्रैर्व्यष्टम्भयत मद्रराट् ॥ ८.१३.१२ ॥
That mace rushing down suddenly, blazing with the brilliance of a thunderbolt, the king of the Madras checked with many thousands of arrows.
8.13.13
विष्टभ्य च गदां वीरः पातयित्वा च भूतले ।
श्रुकीर्तिमथायत्तो राजन्विव्याध पञ्चभिः ॥ ८.१३.१३ ॥
The hero Śalya, seizing the mace and felling it to the ground, then, O king, took aim and pierced Śrutakīrti with five arrows.
8.13.14
तस्य शक्तिं रमे भूयश्चिक्षेप भुजोपमाम् ।
तां द्विधा चाछिनच्छल्यो मेदिन्यां सा त्वशीर्यत ॥ ८.१३.१४ ॥
He hurled again his spear, like an arm; but Śalya cut it in two, and it broke apart upon the earth.
8.13.15
तस्य शल्यः क्षुरप्रेण यन्तुः कायाच्छिरोऽहरत् ।
बालहस्ताद्यथा श्येन आमिषं वै नरोत्तम ॥ ८.१३.१५ ॥
Śalya, with a razor-headed arrow, struck the head from the body of his charioteer, O best of men, as a hawk snatches meat from a child's hand.
8.13.16
स पपात रथोपस्थात्सारथिस्तस्य भारत ।
ततस्ते प्राद्रवन्सङ्ख्ये हय्नास्तस्य महात्मनः ॥ ८.१३.१६ ॥
That charioteer fell from the chariot-seat, O Bhārata; then the horses of that great-souled one fled in the battle.
8.13.17
पलायमानैस्तैरश्वैः सोपनीतो रमाजिरात् ।
श्रुतकीर्तिर्महाराज पश्यतां सर्वयोधिनाम् ॥ ८.१३.१७ ॥
O great king, those fleeing horses carried Śrutakīrti away from that battlefield while all the warriors looked on.
8.13.18
ततो मद्रेश्वरो राजा पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम् ।
व्यगाहत मुदा युक्तो नलिनीं द्विरदो यथा ॥ ८.१३.१८ ॥
Then the king, lord of the Madras, joyfully plunged into the army of the Pāṇḍavas, as an elephant plunges into a lotus pond.
8.13.19
लोलयामास स बलं सिंहः पशुगणानिव ।
शल्यस्तत्र महारङ्गे पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम् ॥ ८.१३.१९ ॥
As a lion scatters a herd of cattle, Śalya there in that great battlefield shook the army of the great-souled Pāṇḍavas.
8.13.20
निपात्य पाण्डुपाञ्चालान्पृतनासु व्यवस्थितः ।
अशोभत रणे शल्यो विधूमोऽग्निरिव ज्वलन् ॥ ८.१३.२० ॥
Having felled the Pāṇḍavas and Pāñcālas among the armies, Śalya stood in battle and shone like a smokeless, blazing fire.
8.13.21
सेनाकक्षं महद्दग्ध्वा कक्षमग्निरिवोत्थितः ।
स्थितो रराज समरे पुरं दग्ध्वेव शङ्करः ॥ ८.१३.२१ ॥
Having burned the great thicket of the army, Śalya stood up like a blazing fire, and shone in battle like Śaṅkara, who burned the city.