Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 8.34
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8.34.1
अधिक्षिप्तस्तु राधेयः शल्येनामिततेजसा ।
शल्यमाह सुसङ्क्रुद्धो वाक्शल्यमवधारयन् ॥ ८.३४.१ ॥
Insulted by the boundless-splendored Śalya, Karṇa, son of Rādhā, greatly enraged, spoke to Śalya, holding the barb of his words fast in his mind.
8.34.2
गुणान्गुणवतां शल्य गुणवान्वेत्ति नागुणः ।
त्वं तु नित्यं गुणैर्हीनः किं ज्ञास्यसि गुणागुणान् ॥ ८.३४.२ ॥
O Śalya, the virtuous man knows the virtues of the virtuous; the unvirtuous does not. But you are always devoid of virtues—how will you know virtues and their lack?
8.34.3
अर्जुनस्य महास्त्राणि क्रोधं वीर्यं धनुः शरान् ।
अहं शल्याभिजानामि न त्वं जानासि तत्तथा ॥ ८.३४.३ ॥
Arjuna's great weapons, his wrath, his might, his bow and arrows—O Śalya, I know these well; you do not know them as I do.
8.34.4
तथा कृष्णस्य माहात्म्यमृषभस्य महीक्षिताम् ।
यथाहं शल्य जानामि न त्वं जानासि तत्तथा ॥ ८.३४.४ ॥
Likewise, the greatness of Kṛṣṇa, the bull among kings—O Śalya, I know it as I do; you do not know it so.
8.34.5
एवमेवात्मनो वीर्यमहं वीर्यं च पाण्डवे ।
जानंस्तावाह्वये युद्धे शल्य नाग्निं पतङ्गवत् ॥ ८.३४.५ ॥
Thus, knowing my own might and the might of the Pāṇḍava, I challenge him in battle, O Śalya—not as a moth goes to the fire.
8.34.6
अस्ति चाऽयमिषुः शल्य सुपुङ्खो रक्तभोजनः ।
एकस्तूणीशयः पत्री सुधौतः समलङ्कृतः ॥ ८.३४.६ ॥
And, O Śalya, here is an arrow—well-feathered, blood-eating, lying alone in the quiver, feathered, well washed and finely adorned.
8.34.7
शेते चन्दनचूर्णेन पूजितो बहुलाः समाः ।
आहेयो विषवानुग्रो नराश्वद्विपसङ्घहा ॥ ८.३४.७ ॥
Honored with sandalwood powder, it has lain for many years; born of a serpent, venomous and fierce, it slays hosts of men, horses and elephants.
8.34.8
घोररूपो महारौद्रस्तनुत्रास्थिविदारणः ।
निर्भिन्द्यां येन रुष्टोऽहमपि मेरुं महागिरिम् ॥ ८.३४.८ ॥
Of terrible form and most dreadful, it tears through armor, flesh and bone; with it, enraged, I could pierce even Meru, the great mountain.
8.34.9
तमहं जातु नास्येयमन्यस्मिन्फल्गुनादृते ।
कृष्णाद्वा देवकीपुत्रात्सत्यं चापि शृणुष्व मे ॥ ८.३४.९ ॥
That arrow I would never loose against anyone but Phalguna, or Kṛṣṇa, the son of Devakī; this is true, hear it from me.
8.34.10
तेनाहमिषुणा शल्य वासुदेवधनञ्जयौ ।
योत्स्ये परमसंरब्धौ तत्कर्म सदृशं मम ॥ ८.३४.१० ॥
O Śalya, with that very arrow I shall fight Vāsudeva and Dhanañjaya, both greatly enraged; that will be a deed fitting for me.
8.34.11
सर्वेषां वृष्णिवीराणां कृष्णे लक्ष्मीः प्रतिष्ठिता ।
सर्वेषां पाण्डुपुत्राणां जयः पार्थे प्रतिष्ठितः।
उभयं तु समासाद्य को निवर्तितुमर्हति ॥ ८.३४.११ ॥
All the Vṛṣṇi heroes' fortune rests in Kṛṣṇa, and all the sons of Pāṇḍu's victory rests in Pārtha; having met both, who could turn back?
8.34.12
तावेतौ पुरुषव्याघ्रौ समेतौ स्यन्दने स्थितौ ।
मामेकमभिसंयुद्धौ सुजातं पश्य शल्य मे ॥ ८.३४.१२ ॥
These two tigers among men stand together on one chariot, set to fight me alone; O Śalya, behold my noble prowess.
8.34.13
पितृष्वसामातुलजौ भ्रातरावपराजितौ ।
मणी सूत्र इव प्रोतौ द्रष्टासि निहतौ मया ॥ ८.३४.१३ ॥
The two unconquered brothers, sons of a father's sister and a maternal uncle, strung like two jewels on a thread — you will see them slain by me.
8.34.14
अर्जुने गाण्डिवं कृष्णे चक्रं तार्क्ष्यकपिध्वजौ ।
भीरूणां त्रासजननं शल्य हर्षकरं मम ॥ ८.३४.१४ ॥
Arjuna's bow Gāṇḍīva and Kṛṣṇa's discus, whose banners bear Garuḍa and Hanumān — O Śalya, these cause terror to the timid and joy to me.
8.34.15
त्वं तु दुष्प्रकृतिर्मूढो महायुद्वेष्वकोविदः ।
भयावदीर्णः सन्त्रासादबद्धं बहुः भाषसे ॥ ८.३४.१५ ॥
You are of evil nature, foolish, and untrained in great battles; torn apart by fear, out of terror you speak much that is incoherent.
8.34.16
संस्तौषि तौ तु केनापि हेतुना त्वं कुदेशज ।
तौ हत्वा समरे हन्ता त्वामद्य सह बान्धवम् ॥ ८.३४.१६ ॥
You praise those two for some reason, born in a wicked land! Having slain them in battle, I will today be the slayer of you together with your kinsmen.
8.34.17
पापदेशज दुर्बुद्धे क्षुद्र क्षत्रियपांसन ।
सुहृद्रूपो रिपुः किं मां कृष्णाभ्यां भीषयिष्यसि ॥ ८.३४.१७ ॥
O you born in a sinful land, evil-minded, base one, disgrace of the kṣatriyas! Enemy in the form of a friend, will you frighten me with the two Kṛṣṇas?
8.34.18
तौ वा मामद्य हन्तारौ हनिष्ये वाऽपि तावहम् ।
नाहं बिभेमि कृष्णाभ्यां विजानन्नात्मनो बलम् ॥ ८.३४.१८ ॥
Those two will slay me today, or I will slay them; knowing my own strength, I am not afraid of the two Kṛṣṇas.
8.34.19
वासुदेवसहस्रं वा फल्गुनानां शतानि वा ।
अहमेको हनिष्यामि जोषमास्स्व कुदेशज ॥ ८.३४.१९ ॥
Though there were a thousand Vāsudevas or hundreds of Phalgunas, I alone shall slay them. Be silent, you born in a wretched land.
8.34.20
स्त्रियो बालाश्च वृद्वाश्च प्रायः क्रीडागता जनाः ॥ ८.३४.२० ॥
Women, children and old men, mostly people gone off to play.
8.34.21
या गाथाः सम्प्रगायन्ति कुर्वतोऽध्ययनं यथा ।
ता गाथाः शृणु मे शल्य मद्रकेषु दुरात्मसु ॥ ८.३४.२१ ॥
Hear from me, O Śalya, those verses which are sung as one recites his lesson, the verses concerning the wicked-minded Madrakas.
8.34.22
ब्राह्मणैः कथिताः पूर्वं यथावद्राजसन्निधौ ।
श्रुत्वा चैकमना मूढ मम वा ब्रूहि चोत्तरम् ॥ ८.३४.२२ ॥
Recited long ago by brahmins before the king, just as they were. Having heard them with a single mind, O fool, tell me your reply.
8.34.23
मित्रध्रुङ्मद्रको नित्यं यो नो द्वेष्टि स मद्रकः ।
मद्रके सङ्गतं नास्ति क्षुद्रवाक्ये नराधमे ॥ ८.३४.२३ ॥
The Madraka is always a betrayer of friends; whoever hates us is a Madraka. Among the Madrakas there is no alliance; they are base-spoken, the lowest of men.
8.34.24
दुरात्मा मद्रको नित्यं नित्यमानृतिकोऽनृजुः ।
यच्चान्यदपि दौरात्म्यं मद्रकेष्विति नः श्रुतम् ॥ ८.३४.२४ ॥
The wicked-minded Madraka is always, always deceitful and crooked. And whatever other wickedness there is among the Madrakas, we have heard of that too.
8.34.25
पिता पुत्रश्च माता च श्वश्रूश्वशुरमातुलाः ।
भगिनी दुहिता भ्राता नप्ताऽन्ये ते च बान्धवाः ॥ ८.३४.२५ ॥
Father, son, mother, mother-in-law, father-in-law, maternal uncles, sister, daughter, brother, grandson, and the other kinsmen of these—
8.34.26
वयस्याभ्यागताश्चान्ये दासीदासाश्च सङ्गताः ।
पुम्भिर्विमिश्रा नार्यश्च ज्ञाताज्ञाताः स्वयेच्छया ॥ ८.३४.२६ ॥
Companions, arrived guests, and others, male and female servants, women mixed with men, the known and the unknown—all gather of their own will.
8.34.27
येषां गृहेष्वशिष्टानां सक्तुमद्याशिनां सदा ।
पीत्वा शीधु सगोमांसं क्रन्दन्ति च हसन्ति च ॥ ८.३४.२७ ॥
In whose houses the unrefined, who always eat barley-meal, drink liquor with beef, and sometimes wail and sometimes laugh.
8.34.28
गायन्ति चाप्यबद्धानि प्रवर्तन्ते च कामतः ।
कामप्रलापिनोऽन्योन्यं तेषु धर्मःकथं भवेत् ॥ ८.३४.२८ ॥
They sing unbridled songs and act as they please, babbling of desire to one another. How could dharma exist among them?
8.34.29
मद्रकेष्ववलिप्तेषु प्रख्याताशुभकर्मसु ।
नापि वैरं न सौहार्दं मद्रकेण समाचरेत् ॥ ८.३४.२९ ॥
Among the arrogant Madrakas, famed for wicked deeds, one should practise neither enmity nor friendship with any Madraka.
8.34.30
मद्रके सङ्गतं नास्ति मद्रको हि सदा मलः ।
मद्रकेषु च संसृष्टं शौचं गान्धारकेषु च ॥ ८.३४.३० ॥
There should be no association with the Madrakas, for a Madraka is always a stain. Mingling with the Madrakas, and likewise with the Gandharas, destroys purity.
8.34.31
राजयाजकयाज्ये हि यथा दत्तं हविर्नशेत् ।
शूद्रसंस्कारको विप्रो यथा याति पराभवम् ॥ ८.३४.३१ ॥
As an offering given with a king, a sacrificial priest and the sponsor is spoiled, and as a brahmin who performs the rites for a śūdra falls into ruin.
8.34.32
यथा ब्रह्मद्विषो नित्यं गच्छन्तीह पराभवम् ।
यथैव संगतं कृत्वा नरः पतति मद्रकैः ॥ ८.३४.३२ ॥
As those who hate the brahmins always go to ruin here, so a man falls by keeping company with the Madrakas.
8.34.33
बालेष्वपि सदा न स्म धनं वृश्चिक ते विषम् ।
आथर्वणेन मन्त्रेण सर्वशान्तिः कृता मया ॥ ८.३४.३३ ॥
Even among children wealth is not always present; likewise your poison, O scorpion. By the Atharvan mantra I have made complete pacification.
8.34.34
इति वृश्चिकदष्टस्य विषवेगहतस्य च ।
कुर्वन्ति भेषजं प्राज्ञाः सत्यं तच्चापि दृश्यते ॥ ८.३४.३४ ॥
Thus for one bitten by a scorpion and struck by the force of its poison, the wise prepare a remedy, and that too is seen to be true.
8.34.35
एवं विद्वञ्जोषमास्स्व ब्रूहि चात्रोत्तरं वचः ।
वासांस्युत्सृज्य नृत्यन्ति स्त्रियो मद्यविमोहिताः ॥ ८.३४.३५ ॥
Thus, O learned one, be silent, and speak a reply here. Women deluded by wine cast off their garments and dance.
8.34.36
मैथुनेऽसङ्गताश्चापि यथाकामवराश्च ताः ।
तासां पुत्र कथं धर्मं मद्रको वक्तुमर्हति ॥ ८.३४.३६ ॥
Those women are unrestrained even in sexual union, and choose their husbands as they wish. O son, how is a Madraka fit to speak of their dharma?
8.34.37
यास्तिष्ठन्त्यः प्रमेहन्ति यथैवोष्ट्रदशेरकाः ।
तासां विभ्रष्टधर्माणां निर्लज्जानां ततस्ततः।
त्वं पुत्रस्तादृशीनां हि धर्मं वक्तुमिहेच्छसि ॥ ८.३४.३७ ॥
You, the son of such women, who urinate standing like camels and gnats, fallen from dharma and shameless, wish to speak of dharma here.
8.34.38
सौवीरकं याच्यमाना मद्रिका कर्षति स्फिचौ ।
अदातुकामा वचनमिदं वदति दारुणम् ॥ ८.३४.३८ ॥
When asked for sauvīraka, the Madra woman drags her hips, and, unwilling to give, speaks these harsh words.
8.34.39
मा मां सौवीरकं कश्चिद्याचतां दयितं मम ।
पुत्रं दद्यां पतिं दद्यां न तु दद्यां सुवीरकम् ॥ ८.३४.३९ ॥
Let no one ask me for sauvīraka, which is dear to me. I would give a son, I would give a husband, but I would not give suvīraka.
8.34.40
गौर्यो बृहत्यो निर्हीका मद्रिकाः कम्पलावृताः ।
घस्मरा नष्टशौचाश्च प्राय इत्यनुशुश्रुम ॥ ८.३४.४० ॥
We have commonly heard that Madra women are fair, large, shameless, wrapped in woolen blankets, gluttonous, and lacking purity.
8.34.41
पमेहित्वा स्फिचौ भूमौ घर्षन्त्यो हीनशोधनाः ।
शुद्धा नाद्भिर्न मृद्भिश्च नित्योच्छिष्टा भवन्ति हि ॥ ८.३४.४१ ॥
Having urinated on the ground and rubbed their hips, not cleansing themselves properly, they are not made clean even with water or earth, and remain always defiled.
8.34.42
एवमादि मयाऽन्यैर्वा शक्यं वक्तुं भवेद्बहु ।
आकेशान्तान्नखाग्राच्च वक्तव्येषु कुकर्मसु ॥ ८.३४.४२ ॥
Many such things, and more, could be said by me or by others, from the hair's end to the nail's tip, concerning evil deeds that are fit to be spoken of.
8.34.43
मद्रकाः सिन्धुसौवीरा धर्मं विद्युः कथं त्विह ।
पापदेशोद्भवा म्लेच्छा धर्माणामविचक्षणाः ॥ ८.३४.४३ ॥
How could the Madrakas, the Sindhus and the Sauvīras know dharma here? Barbarians born in sinful lands are unskilled in the rules of dharma.
8.34.44
एष मुख्यतमो धर्मः क्षत्रियस्येति नः श्रुतम् ।
यदाजौ निहतः शेते सद्भिः समभिपूजितः ॥ ८.३४.४४ ॥
We have heard that this is the foremost duty of a kṣatriya: he who lies slain in battle is greatly honoured by good men.
8.34.45
आयुधानां साम्पराये यन्मुञ्चेयमहं ततः ।
ममैष प्रथमः कल्पो निधने स्वर्गमिच्छतः ॥ ८.३४.४५ ॥
Before I lay down my weapons in battle, this is my first resolve, for one who desires heaven at the time of death.
8.34.46
सोयं प्रियसखा चास्मि धार्तराष्ट्रस्य धीमतः ।
तदर्थे हि मम प्राणा यच्च मे विद्यते वसु ॥ ८.३४.४६ ॥
I am the dear friend of the wise son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; for his sake are my lives, and whatever wealth I possess.
8.34.47
व्यक्तं त्वमप्युपहितः पाण्डवैः पापदेशज ।
यथा चामित्रवत्सर्वं त्वमस्मासु प्रवर्तसे ॥ ८.३४.४७ ॥
It is clear, you born in a sinful land, that you too have been won over by the Pāṇḍavas, since you behave toward us in everything like an enemy.
8.34.48
कामं न खलु शक्योऽहं त्वद्विधानां शतैरपि ।
सङ्ग्रामाद्विमुखः कर्तुं धर्मज्ञ इव नास्तिकैः ॥ ८.३४.४८ ॥
Surely, not even hundreds like you could turn me away from battle, just as atheists could not turn away one who knows dharma.
8.34.49
सारङ्ग इव घर्मार्तः कामं विलप शुष्य च ।
नाहं भीषयितुं शक्यः क्षत्रधर्मे व्यवस्थितः ॥ ८.३४.४९ ॥
Like a deer tormented by heat, lament as you wish and wither away; I cannot be frightened, for I stand firm in the duty of a warrior.
8.34.50
तनुत्यजां नृसिंहानामाहवेष्वनिवर्तिनाम् ।
या गतिर्गुरुणा प्रोक्ता प्रेम्णा रामेण तां स्मरे ॥ ८.३४.५० ॥
I remember the destiny that my teacher Rāma lovingly declared for the lions among men who give up their bodies and never turn back in battle.
8.34.51
स्वेषां त्राणार्थमुद्यन्तं वधार्थं द्विषतामपि ।
विद्धि मामास्थितं वृत्तं पौरूरवसमुत्तमम् ॥ ८.३४.५१ ॥
Know me to be ready to protect my own and to slay even my enemies, established in the supreme conduct of the Paurava-Aila line.
8.34.52
न तद्भूतं प्रपश्यामि त्रिषु लोकेषु मद्रप ।
यो मामस्मादभिप्रायाद्वारयेदिति मे मतिः ॥ ८.३४.५२ ॥
O lord of the Madras, I do not see anyone in the three worlds who could turn me back from this intention — such is my view.
8.34.53
एवं विद्वञ्जोषमास्स्व त्रासात्किं बहु भाषसे ।
न त्वां हत्वा प्रदास्यामि क्रव्याद्भ्यो मद्रकाधम् ॥ ८.३४.५३ ॥
Knowing this, sit silent; why do you speak so much out of fear? Lowest of the Madrakas, I will slay you and give you to the flesh-eating beasts.
8.34.54
मित्रप्रतीक्षया शल्य धृतराष्ट्रस्य चोभयोः ।
अपवादतितिक्षाभिस्त्रिभिरेतैर्हि जीवसि ॥ ८.३४.५४ ॥
O Śalya, it is only by these three things — awaiting your friend, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and enduring the reproaches of both sides — that you are still alive.
8.34.55
पुनश्चेदीदृशं वाक्यं मद्रराज वदिष्यसि ।
शिरस्ते पातयिष्यासि गदया वज्रकल्पया ॥ ८.३४.५५ ॥
O king of the Madras, if you speak such words again, I will strike your head off with my mace, which is like a thunderbolt.
8.34.56
श्रोतारस्त्विदमद्येह द्रष्टारो व्रा कुदेशज ।
कर्णं वा जघ्नतुः कृष्णौ कर्णो वा निजघान तौ ॥ ८.३४.५६ ॥
O coward born in a base land! Here today are the listeners and the watchers: either the two Kṛṣṇas struck down Karṇa, or Karṇa struck down those two.
8.34.57
एवमुक्त्वा तु राधेयः पुनरेव विशाम्पते ।
अब्रवीन्मद्रराजानं याहियाहीत्यसम्भ्रमम् ॥ ८.३४.५७ ॥
O lord of men, having spoken thus, the son of Rādhā again said to the king of the Madras, without agitation: "Go, go!"