Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 8.19
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8.19.1
युधिष्ठिरं महाराज विसृजन्तं शरान्बहून् ।
स्वयं दुर्योधनो राजा प्रत्यगृह्णादभीतवत् ॥ ८.१९.१ ॥
O great king, as Yudhiṣṭhira released many arrows, King Duryodhana himself met them as if unafraid.
8.19.2
तमापतन्तं सहसा तव पुत्रं महारथम् ।
धर्मराजो द्रुतं विद्ध्वा तिष्ठतिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत् ॥ ८.१९.२ ॥
Suddenly the king of dharma pierced your son, the great charioteer, as he rushed toward him, quickly striking him and crying, 'Stop! Stop!'
8.19.3
स तु तं प्रतिविव्याध नवभिर्निशितैः शरैः ।
सारथिं चास्य भल्लेन भृशं क्रुद्धोऽभ्यताडयत् ॥ ८.१९.३ ॥
But he, enraged, struck back at Yudhiṣṭhira with nine sharp arrows and hit his charioteer hard with a bhalla arrow.
8.19.4
ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजन्स्वर्णपुङ्खाञ्शिलीमुखान् ।
दुर्योधनाय चिक्षेप त्रयोदश शिलाशितान् ॥ ८.१९.४ ॥
Then, O king, Yudhiṣṭhira hurled at Duryodhana thirteen gold-feathered arrows sharpened on stone.
8.19.5
चतुर्भिश्चतुरो वाहांस्तस्य हत्वा महारथः ।
पञ्चमेन शिरः कायात्सारथेश्च समाक्षिपत् ॥ ८.१९.५ ॥
Striking down his four horses with four arrows, the great charioteer cut the head from the charioteer's body with a fifth.
8.19.6
षष्ठेन तु ध्वजं राज्ञः सप्तमेन तु कार्मुकम् ।
अष्टमेन तथा खङ्गं पातयामास भूतले।
पञ्चभिर्नृपतिं चापि धर्मराजोऽर्दयद्भृशम् ॥ ८.१९.६ ॥
With the sixth he brought down the king's banner, with the seventh his bow, and with the eighth he made his sword fall to the ground; and with five the king of dharma sorely afflicted the king himself.
8.19.7
हताश्वात्तु रथात्तस्मादवप्लुत्य सुतस्तव ।
उत्तमं व्यसनं प्राप्तो भूमावेवावतिष्ठत ॥ ८.१९.७ ॥
Then, with his horses slain, your son leapt down from that chariot and stood on the ground, fallen into supreme calamity.
8.19.8
तं तु कृच्छ्रगतं दृष्ट्वा कर्णद्रौणिकृपादयः ।
अभ्यवर्तन्त सहसा परीप्सन्तो नराधिपम् ॥ ८.१९.८ ॥
Seeing him fallen into distress, Karṇa, Droṇa's son, Kṛpa and the others suddenly rushed forward, desiring to protect the lord of men.
8.19.9
अथ पाण्डुसुताः सर्वे परिवार्य युधिष्ठिरम् ।
अन्वयुः समरे राजंस्ततो युद्धमवर्तत ॥ ८.१९.९ ॥
Then all the sons of Pāṇḍu surrounded Yudhiṣṭhira and followed after him in battle; O king, then the fighting began.
8.19.10
ततस्तूर्यसहस्राणि प्रावाद्यन्त महामृधे ॥ ८.१९.१० ॥
Then thousands of musical instruments were sounded in that great battle.
8.19.11
क्ष्वेलाः किलकिलाशब्दाः प्रादुरासन्महीपते ।
यत्राभ्यगच्छन्समरे पाञ्चालाः कौरवैः सह ॥ ८.१९.११ ॥
O lord of the earth, where the Pāñcālas came together with the Kauravas in battle, shouts and sounds of kilakila cries arose.
8.19.12
नरा नरैः समाजग्मुर्वारणा वरवारणैः ।
रथाश्च रथिभिः सार्धं हयाश्च हयसादिभिः ॥ ८.१९.१२ ॥
Men came together with men, noble elephants with noble elephants, chariots with charioteers, and horses with horsemen.
8.19.13
द्वन्द्वान्यासन्महाराज प्रेक्षणीयानि संयुगे ।
विविधान्यप्यचिन्त्यानि शस्त्रवन्त्युत्तमानि च ॥ ८.१९.१३ ॥
O great king, in battle there were single combats, many kinds, unimaginable, armed with weapons, excellent, worth watching.
8.19.14
ते शूराः समरे सर्वे चित्रं लघु च सुष्ठु च ।
अयुध्यन्त महावेगाः परस्परवधैषिणः ॥ ८.१९.१४ ॥
All those heroes fought in battle wondrously, swiftly and skillfully; of great speed, seeking each other's death.
8.19.15
अन्योन्यं समरे जघ्नुर्योधव्रतमनुष्ठिताः ।
न हि ते समरं चक्रुः पृष्ठतो वै कथञ्चन ॥ ८.१९.१५ ॥
Keeping the warrior's vow, they struck one another in battle; they did not fight from behind in any way.
8.19.16
मुहूर्तमेव तद्युद्वमासीन्मधुरदर्शनम् ।
तत उन्मत्तवद्राजन्निर्मर्यादमवर्तत ॥ ८.१९.१६ ॥
That battle was sweet to behold for a moment only; then, O king, it went on like madmen, without limit.
8.19.17
रथी नागं समासाद्य दारयन्निशितैः शरैः ।
प्रेषयामास कालाय शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥ ८.१९.१७ ॥
A charioteer, approaching an elephant, tearing it with sharp arrows, sent it to death with arrows of bent joints.
8.19.18
नागा हयान्समासाद्य विक्षिपन्तो बहून्रणे ।
दारयामासुरत्युग्रं तत्रतत्र तदातदा ॥ ८.१९.१८ ॥
The elephants, approaching the horses, hurling many of them in battle, tore them apart here and there, again and again, most fiercely.
8.19.19
हयारोहाश्च बहवः परिवार्य हयोत्तमान् ।
तलशब्दरवांश्चक्रुः सम्पतन्तस्ततस्ततः ॥ ८.१९.१९ ॥
Many horsemen surrounded the excellent horses and made the sound of slapping palms, rushing hither and thither.
8.19.20
धावमानांस्ततस्तांस्तु द्रवमाणान्महागजान् ।
पार्श्वतः पृष्ठतश्चैव निजघ्नुर्हयसादिनः ॥ ८.१९.२० ॥
Then the horsemen struck those great elephants as they ran and fled, from the flanks and from behind.
8.19.21
विद्राव्य च बहूनश्वान्नागा राजन्मदोत्कटाः ।
विषाणैश्चापरे जघ्नुर्ममृदुश्चापरे भृशम् ॥ ८.१९.२१ ॥
O king, the elephants, frenzied with rut, scattered many horses; some struck with their tusks, and others trampled them violently.
8.19.22
साश्वारोहांश्च तुरगान्विषामैर्विव्यधू रुषा ।
अपरे चिक्षिपुर्वेगात्प्रगृह्यातिबलास्तदा ॥ ८.१९.२२ ॥
In anger they pierced the horses along with their riders with spears; others, very strong, seized them and hurled them away with force.
8.19.23
पादातैराहता नागा विवरेषु समन्ततः ।
चक्रुरार्तस्वरं घोरं दुद्रुवुश्च दिशो दश ॥ ८.१९.२३ ॥
Struck on all sides by the foot-soldiers, the elephants, through the gaps, raised a terrible cry of anguish and fled in all ten directions.
8.19.24
पदातीनां तु सहसा प्रद्रुतानां महाहवे ।
उत्सृज्याभरणं तूर्णमववव्रू रणाजिरे ॥ ८.१९.२४ ॥
In that great battle the foot-soldiers suddenly fled; casting aside their ornaments, they quickly threw them down right there on the battlefield.
8.19.25
निमित्तं मन्यमानास्तु परिणाम्य महागजाः ।
जगृहुर्बिभिदुश्चैव चित्राण्याभरणानि च ॥ ८.१९.२५ ॥
Taking it as a sign, the great elephants wheeled about, seized the variegated ornaments and tore them apart.
8.19.26
तांस्तु तत्र प्रसक्तान्वै परिन्वार्य पदातयः ।
हस्त्यारोहान्निजघ्नुस्ते महावेगा बलोत्कटाः ॥ ८.१९.२६ ॥
Surrounding the riders who clung there, the foot soldiers slew the elephant-riders; they were of great speed and fierce strength.
8.19.27
अपरे हस्तिभिर्हस्तैः खं विक्षिप्ता महाहवे ।
निपतन्तो विषाणाग्रैर्भृशं विद्वाः सुशिक्षितैः ॥ ८.१९.२७ ॥
Others, in the great battle, were hurled into the sky by the trunks of the elephants, and as they fell they were violently pierced by the tips of the tusks of the well-trained elephants.
8.19.28
अपरे सहसा गृह्य विषाणैरेव सूदिताः ।
सेनान्तरं समासाद्य केचित्तत्र महागजैः ॥ ८.१९.२८ ॥
Others, suddenly seized, were crushed by the tusks themselves; some, reaching the midst of the army, were slain there by the great elephants.
8.19.29
क्षुण्णगात्रा महाराज विक्षिप्य च पुनःपुनः ।
अपरे व्यजनानीव विभ्राम्य निहता मृधे ॥ ८.१९.२९ ॥
O great king, with their limbs broken, they were hurled again and again; others, whirled about like fans, were slain in battle.
8.19.30
पुरःसराश्च नागानामपरेषां विशाम्पते ।
शरीराण्यतिविद्वानि तत्रतत्र रणाजिरे ॥ ८.१९.३० ॥
O lord of men, some of the elephants were in the vanguard, and the bodies of the others, sorely pierced, lay here and there across the battlefield.
8.19.31
प्रतिमानेषु कुम्भेषु दन्तवेष्टेषु चापरे ।
निगृहीता भृशं नागाः प्रासतोमरशक्तिभिः ॥ ८.१९.३१ ॥
Others, elephants seized firmly on their armour-plates, temples and tusk-sheaths by spears, lances and javelins.
8.19.32
निगृह्य च गजाः केचित् पार्श्वस्थैर्भृशदारुणैः ।
रथाश्वसादिभिस्तत्र सम्भिन्ना न्यपतन्भुवि ॥ ८.१९.३२ ॥
Some elephants, seized and pierced by the very fierce chariot-fighters, horsemen and riders stationed at their flanks, fell down there to the ground.
8.19.33
सहयाः सादिनस्तत्र तोमरेण महामृधे ।
भूमावमृद्रन्वेगेन सचर्माणं पदातिनम् ॥ ८.१९.३३ ॥
In that great battle, the horsemen with their horses swiftly trampled the foot-soldiers, shield and all, into the ground with their tomaras.
8.19.34
चछा सावरणान्कांश्चित्तत्रतत्र विशाम्पते ।
रथान्नागाः समासाद्य परिगृह्य च मारिष।
व्याक्षिपन्सहसा तत्र घोररूपे भयानके ॥ ८.१९.३४ ॥
O lord of the people, here and there the elephants came upon and seized some armoured chariots and suddenly hurled them about on that terrible, dreadful battlefield.
8.19.35
नाराचैर्निहताश्चापि गजाः पेतुर्महाबलाः ।
पर्वतस्येव शिखरं वज्ररुग्णं महीतले ॥ ८.१९.३५ ॥
Mighty elephants too, struck down by iron arrows, fell upon the earth like a mountain peak shattered by a thunderbolt.
8.19.36
योधा योधान्समासाद्य मुष्टिभिर्व्यहनन्युधि ।
केशेष्वन्योन्यमाक्षिप्य चिक्षिपुर्बिभिदुश्च ह ॥ ८.१९.३६ ॥
Warriors approached warriors and struck them with their fists in battle; seizing one another by the hair, they hurled and tore each other apart.
8.19.37
उद्यम्य च भुजानन्ये निक्षिप्य च महीतले ।
पदा चोरः समाक्रम्य स्फुरतोऽपाहरच्छिरः ॥ ८.१९.३७ ॥
Others, raising their arms and hurling them down upon the ground, pressed a thigh with their foot and cut off the head of one still writhing.
8.19.38
पततश्चापरो राजन्विजहारासिना शिरः ।
मृतमन्यो महाराज पदा ताडितवांस्तदा ॥ ८.१९.३८ ॥
O King, one struck off the head of a falling man with his sword, and, O great king, another kicked the dead man with his foot.
8.19.39
जीवतश्च तथैवान्यः शस्त्रं काये न्यमज्जयत् ।
मुष्टियुद्धं महच्चासीद्योधानां तत्र भारत।
तथा केशग्रहश्चोग्रो बाहुयुद्धं च भैरवम् ॥ ८.१९.३९ ॥
Likewise, another plunged a weapon into the body of one still alive. O Bhārata, there arose a great fist-fight among the warriors, fierce seizing by the hair, and terrible wrestling of arms.
8.19.40
समासक्तस्य चान्येन अविज्ञातस्तथाऽपरः ।
जहार समरे प्राणान्नानाशस्तैरनेकधा ॥ ८.१९.४० ॥
One entangled in combat was slain by another, and likewise an unnoticed man in the battle took lives in many ways with various weapons.
8.19.41
संसक्तेषु च योधेषु वर्तमाने च सङ्कुले ।
कबन्धान्युत्थितानि स्युः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥ ८.१९.४१ ॥
While the warriors were entangled and the tumult raged on, headless trunks rose up by hundreds and by thousands.
8.19.42
शोणितैः सिच्यमानानि शस्त्राणि कवचानि च ।
महारागानुरक्तानि वस्त्राणीव चकाशिरे ॥ ८.१९.४२ ॥
Weapons and armours sprinkled with blood shone like garments deeply dyed in a rich red.
8.19.43
एवमेतन्महद्युद्वं दारुणं शस्त्रसङ्कुलम् ।
उन्मत्तगङ्गाप्रतिमं शब्देनापूरयज्जगत् ॥ ८.१९.४३ ॥
Thus was this great, terrible battle, crowded with weapons, like the maddened Gaṅgā; with its sound it filled the world.
8.19.44
नैव स्वे न परे राजन्विज्ञायन्ते शरातुराः ।
योद्वव्यमिति युध्यन्ते राजानो जयगृद्विनः ॥ ८.१९.४४ ॥
O king, among those tormented by arrows neither one's own nor the enemy could be recognised; thinking 'we must fight,' the kings, greedy for victory, fought on.
8.19.45
स्वान्स्वे जघ्नुर्महराज परांश्चैव समागतान् ।
उभयोः सेनयोर्वीरैर्व्याकुलं समपद्यत ॥ ८.१९.४५ ॥
O great king, the heroes struck down their own men and the enemies who had come against them; both armies were thrown into turmoil.
8.19.46
रथैर्भग्नैर्महाराज वारणैश्च निपातितैः ।
हयैश्च पतितैस्तत्र नरैश्च विनिपातितैः ॥ ८.१९.४६ ॥
O great king, with shattered chariots, felled elephants, fallen horses, and men struck down there (the ground was filled).
8.19.47
अगम्यरूपा पृथिवी क्षणेन समपद्यत ।
क्षणेनासीन्महीपाल क्षतजौघप्रवर्तिनी ॥ ८.१९.४७ ॥
In a moment the earth became unrecognisable; O protector of the earth, in a moment it became a flow of streams of blood.
8.19.48
पाञ्चालानहतत्कर्णस्त्रिगर्तांश्च धनञ्जयः ।
भीमसेनः कुरून्राजन्हस्त्यनीकं च सर्वशः ॥ ८.१९.४८ ॥
Karṇa struck the Pāñcālas, Dhanañjaya (Arjuna) the Trigartas, and Bhīmasena, O king, the Kurus and the elephant host entirely.
8.19.49
एवमेष क्षयो वृत्तः कुरुपाण्डवसेनयोः ।
अपराह्णे गते सूर्ये काङ्क्षतां विपुलं यशः ॥ ८.१९.४९ ॥
Thus this destruction came about between the armies of the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas. When the afternoon had passed and the sun was declining, it happened to those who desired vast glory.