Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 8.14
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8.14.1
सहदेवं तथा क्रुद्धं निघ्नन्तं तव वाहिनीम् ।
दुःशासनो महाराज भ्राता भ्रातरमभ्ययात् ॥ ८.१४.१ ॥
Great king, Duḥśāsana, his brother, advanced against Sahadeva, who was likewise enraged and striking down your army.
8.14.2
तौ समेतौ महाराज दृष्ट्वा तत्र महारथाः ।
सिंहनादरवांश्चक्रुर्वासांस्यादुधुवुश्च ह ॥ ८.१४.२ ॥
Great king, seeing those two meet there, the great chariot-warriors roared like lions and waved their garments.
8.14.3
ततो भारत रुष्टेन तव पुत्रेण धन्विना ।
पाण्डुपुत्रस्त्रिभिर्बाणैर्वक्षस्यभिहतो बली ॥ ८.१४.३ ॥
Then, Bhārata, your enraged son, the archer, struck the mighty son of Pāṇḍu in the chest with three arrows.
8.14.4
सहदेवस्ततो राजन्नाराचेन तवात्मजम् ।
विद्व्वा विव्याध सप्तत्या सारथिं च त्रिभिः शरैः ॥ ८.१४.४ ॥
Then, O king, Sahadeva pierced your son with an iron arrow, struck him with seventy more, and wounded his charioteer with three arrows.
8.14.5
दुःशासनस्ततश्चापं छित्त्वा राजन्महाहवे ।
सहदेवं त्रिसप्तत्या बाहोरुरसि चार्पयत् ॥ ८.१४.५ ॥
Then, O king, Duḥśāsana cut Sahadeva's bow in the great battle and struck his arm and chest with seventy-three arrows.
8.14.6
सहदेवस्तु सङ्क्रुद्धः खङ्गं गृह्य महाहवे ।
आविध्य प्रासृजत्तूर्णं तव पुत्रथं प्रति ॥ ८.१४.६ ॥
But Sahadeva, greatly enraged, took up a sword in the great battle, whirled it, and swiftly hurled it toward your son.
8.14.7
समार्गणगुणं चापं छित्त्वा तस्य महानसिः ।
निपपात ततो भूमौ च्युतः सर्प इवाम्बरात् ॥ ८.१४.७ ॥
Having cut through his bow with its arrows and bowstring, his great sword fell to the ground like a serpent dropped from the sky.
8.14.8
अथान्यद्धनुरादाय सहदेवः प्रतापवान् ।
दुःशासनाय चिक्षेप बाणमन्तकरं ततः ॥ ८.१४.८ ॥
Then Sahadeva, the mighty one, took up another bow and hurled at Duḥśāsana an arrow that brings death.
8.14.9
तमापतन्तं विशिखं यमदण्डोपमत्विषम् ।
खङ्गेन शितधारेण द्विधा चिच्छेद कौरवः ॥ ८.१४.९ ॥
Seeing that arrow come, bright as Yama's staff, the Kaurava split it in two with his sharp-edged sword.
8.14.10
ततस्तं निशितं खङ्गमाविध्य युधि सत्वरः ।
धनुश्चान्यत्समादाय शरं जग्राह वीर्यवान् ॥ ८.१४.१० ॥
Then, swiftly brandishing that sharp sword in battle, the valiant one took up another bow and seized an arrow.
8.14.11
तमापतन्तं सहसा निस्त्रिंशं निशितैः शरैः ।
पातयामास समरे सहदेवो हसन्निव ॥ ८.१४.११ ॥
Sahadeva, as if smiling, struck down with sharp arrows that swordsman who suddenly charged at him in battle.
8.14.12
ततो बाणांश्चतुः षष्टिं तव पुत्रो महारणे ।
सहदेवरथं तूर्णं प्रेषयामास भारत ॥ ८.१४.१२ ॥
Then, O Bhārata, your son swiftly sent sixty-four arrows against Sahadeva's chariot in that great battle.
8.14.13
ताच्छरान्समरे राजन्वेगेनापपतो बहून् ।
एकैकं पञ्चभिर्बाणैः सहदेवो न्यकृतन्तत ॥ ८.१४.१३ ॥
O king, in battle, Sahadeva cut down each of those many arrows that came rushing swiftly, with five arrows apiece.
8.14.14
सन्निवार्य महाबाणान्सहदेवः प्रतापवान् ।
अथास्मै सुबहून्बाणान्प्रेषयामास संयुगे ॥ ८.१४.१४ ॥
Sahadeva, the valiant, warded off the great arrows and then, in battle, sent a great many arrows at him.
8.14.15
तान्वाणांस्तव पुत्रोऽपि छित्त्वैकैकं त्रिभिः शरैः ।
ननाद सुमहानादं नादयानो वसुंधराम् ॥ ८.१४.१५ ॥
Your son too, cutting each of those arrows with three arrows, let out a mighty roar that made the earth resound.
8.14.16
ततो दुःशासनो राजन्द्वाभ्यां पाण्डुसुतं रणे ।
सारथिं नवभिर्बाणैर्माद्रोयस्य समाचिनोत् ॥ ८.१४.१६ ॥
Then, O king, Duḥśāsana pierced the son of Pāṇḍu with two arrows in battle, and struck the charioteer of the son of Mādrī with nine arrows.
8.14.17
ततः क्रुद्धो महाराज सदहेवः प्रतापवान् ।
समाधत्त शरं घोरं मृत्युकालान्तकोपमम् ॥ ८.१४.१७ ॥
Then, O great king, Sahadeva the valiant, enraged, fixed a terrible arrow like Death, Time, and the Ender.
8.14.18
विकृष्य बलवच्चापं तव पुत्राय सोऽसृजत् ।
स तं निर्भिद्य वेगेन भित्त्वा च कवचं महत् ॥ ८.१४.१८ ॥
Drawing his strong bow, he let fly at your son; it pierced him with force and split his great armour.
8.14.19
प्राविशद्वरणीं राजन्वल्मीकमिव पन्नगः ।
ततः सम्मुमुहे राजंस्तव पुत्रो महारथः ॥ ८.१४.१९ ॥
O king, like a serpent entering an anthill, he entered the Varaṇī. Then, O king, your great charioteer son fainted.
8.14.20
मूढं चैनं समालोक्य सारथिस्त्वरितो रथम् ।
अपोवाह भृशं त्रस्तो वध्यमानं शितैः शरैः ॥ ८.१४.२० ॥
Seeing him senseless, the charioteer hastily drove the chariot away; greatly terrified, he was being struck by sharp arrows.
8.14.21
पराजित्य रणे तं तु कौरव्यं पाण्डुनन्दनः ।
दुर्योधनबलं दृष्ट्वा प्रममाथ समन्ततः ॥ ८.१४.२१ ॥
Having defeated that Kaurava in battle, the son of Pāṇḍu, seeing Duryodhana's army, crushed it on every side.
8.14.22
पिपीलिकपुटं राजन्यथा मृद्गन्नरो रुषा ।
तथा सा कौरवी सेना मृदिता तेन भारत ॥ ८.१४.२२ ॥
O king, as a man in anger crushes an ant-hill with a clod of earth, so, O Bhārata, that Kaurava army was crushed by him.