Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 8.54
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8.54.1
अथोत्तरेण पाण्डूनां सेनायां ध्वनिरुत्थितः ।
रथनागाश्वपत्तीनां दण्डधारेण वध्यताम् ॥ ८.५४.१ ॥
Then from the north a cry rose in the Pāṇḍava army, as chariots, elephants, horses and foot soldiers were being struck down by the staff-bearer.
8.54.2
निवर्तयित्वा तु रथं केशवोऽर्जुनमब्रवीत् ।
वाहयन्नेव तुरगान्गरुडानिलरंहसः ॥ ८.५४.२ ॥
Turning back the chariot, Keśava spoke to Arjuna, driving the horses swift as Garuḍa or the wind.
8.54.3
मागधोऽसावतिक्रान्तो द्विरदेन प्रमाथिना ।
भगदत्तादनवमः शिक्षया च बलेन च ॥ ८.५४.३ ॥
That king of Magadha, mounted on a destructive elephant, was not inferior to Bhagadatta in skill or in strength.
8.54.4
एनं हत्वा निहन्ताऽसि पुनः संशप्तकानिति ।
वाक्यान्ते प्रापयत्पार्थं दण्डधारगजं प्रति ॥ ८.५४.४ ॥
"Having slain him, you will again slay the Saṃśaptakas"—at the end of these words, he brought Pārtha toward the elephant of the staff-bearer.
8.54.5
स मागधानां प्रवरो महाबलोऽ… ।
शुभग्रहो योधगणैः समन्वितः।
सपत्नसेनां प्रममाथ दारुणो ।
भीमं समग्रां बलवानिव ग्रहम् ॥ ८.५४.५ ॥
He, foremost of the Māgadhas, of great might … accompanied by bands of warriors like an auspicious planet, fierce, he crushed the enemy army as a mighty planet churns the whole terrible world.
8.54.6
सुकल्पितं दानवनागसन्निभं ।
महाभ्रनिर्हादसमस्वनं रणे।
समास्थितो नागवरं नरेश्वरो ।
रथाश्वमातङ्गनरप्रमाथिनम् ॥ ८.५४.६ ॥
Well adorned, like a demon's elephant, roaring like a great cloud, the lord of men mounted in battle the best of elephants, destroyer of chariots, horses, elephants and men.
8.54.7
स नागयन्तॄन्समरे महारथा… ।
न्सपत्तिसङ्घांस्तुरगान्ससादिनः।
द्विपांश्च बाणैर्निजघान वीर्यवा… ।
न्समन्ततो घ्नन्निव कालचक्रवत् ॥ ८.५४.७ ॥
In battle he struck down the great charioteers, the elephant-drivers, the hosts of foot soldiers, the horses with their riders, and the elephants with his arrows, smiting on all sides like the wheel of time.
8.54.8
नरांस्तु कांस्यायसवर्मभूषणा… ।
न्निपात्य साश्वानपि पत्तिभिः सह।
व्यपोथयद्दन्तिवरेण शुष्मिणा ।
सशब्दवत्स्थूलनलं यथा तथा ॥ ८.५४.८ ॥
Felling the men adorned with bronze and iron armour, and the horses together with the foot soldiers, that mighty noble elephant crushed them, as a thick reed is crushed with a crashing sound.
8.54.9
अथार्जुनो ज्यातलनेमिनिःस्वने ।
मृदङ्गभेरीबहुशङ्खनादिते।
रथाश्वमातङ्गसहस्रनादिते ।
रथोत्तमेनाभ्यपतद्द्विपोत्तमम् ॥ ८.५४.९ ॥
Then Arjuna, amid the twanging of bowstrings and the rumble of chariot-wheels, with drums, kettledrums and many conches sounding, and the roar of thousands of chariots, horses and elephants filling the battle, rushed with his excellent chariot upon that foremost elephant.
8.54.10
ततोऽर्जुनं द्वादशभिः शरोत्तमै… ।
र्जनार्दनं षोडशभिः समार्पयत्।
स दण्डधारस्तुरगांस्त्रिभिस्त्रिभि… ।
स्ततो ननाद प्रजहास चासकृत् ॥ ८.५४.१० ॥
Then that staff-bearer struck Arjuna with twelve excellent arrows, and Arjuna and Janārdana with sixteen; he struck the horses with three each, and then he roared and laughed again and again.
8.54.11
ततोऽस्य पार्थः सगुणेषुकार्मुकं ।
चकर्त भल्लैर्ध्वजमप्यलङ्कृतम्।
पुनर्नियन्तॄन्सहपादगोप्तृभि… ।
स्ततः स चुक्रोध गिरिव्रजेश्वरः ॥ ८.५४.११ ॥
Then Pārtha cut off his bow, with its string and arrows, and his splendid banner, with crescent-headed arrows. Again he cut off the drivers together with the guardians of the feet. Then the lord of Girivraja grew angry.
8.54.12
ततोऽर्जुनं भिन्नकटेन दन्तिना ।
घनाघनेनानिलतुल्यरंहसा।
अतीव चुक्रोधयिषुर्जनार्दनं ।
घनञ्जयं चाभिजघान तोमरैः ॥ ८.५४.१२ ॥
Then, with a tusker whose temples streamed with ichor, dark as a monsoon cloud and swift as the wind, he attacked Arjuna. Wishing greatly to anger Janārdana, he also struck Dhanañjaya with javelins.
8.54.13
अथास्य बाहू द्विपहस्तसन्निभौ ।
शिरश्च पूर्णेन्दुनिभाननं त्रिभिः।
क्षुरैः प्रचिच्छेद सहैव पाण्डव… ।
स्ततो द्विपं बाणशतैः समर्पयत् ॥ ८.५४.१३ ॥
Then the Pāṇḍava cut off, all at once with three razor-edged arrows, his two arms, like an elephant's trunks, and his head, its face like the full moon. Then he pierced the elephant with hundreds of arrows.
8.54.14
स पार्थबाणैस्तपनीयभूषणैः ।
समावृतः काञ्चनवर्मभृद्द्विपः।
भृशं चकाशे निशि पर्वतो यथा ।
दावाग्निना प्रज्वलितौषधिद्रुमः ॥ ८.५४.१४ ॥
That elephant, covered with Pārtha's arrows adorned with gold and wearing golden armour, shone exceedingly at night, like a mountain of medicinal herbs and trees blazing with a forest fire.
8.54.15
स वेदनार्तोऽम्बुदनिस्वनो नदं… ।
श्चरन्भ्रमन्प्रस्स्वलितान्तरोऽद्रवत्।
पपात रुग्णः सनियन्तृकस्तथा ।
यथा गिरिर्वज्रविदारितस्तथा ॥ ८.५४.१५ ॥
Tormented by pain, roaring like the thunder of a cloud, … it ran about, moving here and there, circling and staggering. Wounded, it fell together with its driver, just as a mountain split by a thunderbolt falls.
8.54.16
हिमावदानेन सुवर्णमालिना ।
हिमाद्रिकूटप्रतिमेन दन्तिना।
हते रणे भ्रातरि दण्ड आव्रज… ।
ज्जिघांसुरिन्द्रावरजं धनञ्जयम् ॥ ८.५४.१६ ॥
Daṇḍa, white as snow, garlanded with gold, mounted on an elephant like a peak of the snowy mountain, when his brother had been slain in battle, advanced desiring to slay Dhanañjaya, the younger brother of Indra.
8.54.17
सतोमरैरर्करप्रभैस्त्रिभि… ।
र्जनार्दनं पञ्चभिरर्जुनं शितैः।
समर्पयित्वा विननाद चार्दयं… ।
स्ततोऽस्य बाहू निचकर्त पाण्डवः ॥ ८.५४.१७ ॥
Having struck Janārdana with three javelins radiant like the sun, and Arjuna with five sharp arrows, roaring and tormenting them, then the Pāṇḍava cut off his arms.
8.54.18
क्षुरप्रकृत्तौ विपुलौ सतोमरौ ।
शुभाङ्गदौ चन्दनरूषितौ भुजौ।
गजात्पतन्तौ युगपद्विरेजतु… ।
र्यथोरगौ पर्वतशृङ्गवन्महीम् ॥ ८.५४.१८ ॥
His two massive arms, cut off by kṣurapra arrows, together with the javelin, adorned with fine armlets and smeared with sandal, falling together from the elephant, shone like two serpents falling from mountain peaks to the earth.
8.54.19
अथाऽर्धचन्द्रेण हतं किरीटिना ।
पपात दण्डस्य शिरः क्षितिं द्विपात्।
स शोणितार्द्रो निपतन्विरेजे ।
दिवाकरोऽस्तादिव पश्चिमां दिशम् ॥ ८.५४.१९ ॥
Then the head of Daṇḍa, struck down by Kirīṭin (Arjuna) with a crescent-headed arrow, fell from the elephant to the earth. Drenched in blood and falling, he shone like the sun setting in the western quarter.
8.54.20
अथ द्विपं श्वेतनगाग्रसन्निभं ।
दिवाकरांशुप्रतिमैः शरोत्तमैः।
बिभेद पार्थः स पपात नादयन् ।
हिमाद्रिकूटं कुलिशाहतं यथा ॥ ८.५४.२० ॥
Then Pārtha pierced that elephant, resembling the peak of a white mountain, with excellent arrows like the rays of the sun. Roaring, it fell like a peak of the snowy mountain struck by a thunderbolt.
8.54.21
ततोऽपरं तत्प्रतिमा गजोत्तमा ।
जिगीषवः संयति सव्यसाचिना।
तथा कृतास्तेऽपि यथैव तौ द्विपौ ।
ततः प्रभग्नं सुमहद्रिपोर्बलम् ॥ ८.५४.२१ ॥
Then the other excellent elephants, like those two, were made the same by Savyasācin, who desired victory in battle. Then the enemy's mighty army was broken.
8.54.22
गजा रथाश्वाः पुरुषाश्च सङ्घशः ।
परस्परघ्नाः परिपेतुराहवे।
परस्परं प्रस्खलिताः समाहता ।
भृशं च तत्तद्बहुभाषिणो हताः ॥ ८.५४.२२ ॥
Elephants, chariots, horses and men fell in crowds in battle, killing one another. Colliding, stumbling, struck down, crying out loudly in many voices, they were slain.
8.54.23
अथार्जुनं स्वे परिवार्य सैनिकाः ।
पुरन्दरं देवगणा इवाब्रुवन्।
अभैष्म यस्मान्मरणादिव प्रजाः ।
स वीर दिष्ट्या निहतस्त्वया रिपुः ॥ ८.५४.२३ ॥
Then our soldiers surrounded Arjuna and spoke as the gods speak to Indra: 'Hero, we were afraid as creatures fear death; by good fortune you have slain this enemy.'
8.54.24
न चेत्परित्रास्यदिमाञ्जनान्भया… ।
द्द्विषद्भिरेवं बलिभिः प्रपीडितान्।
तथाऽभविष्यद्द्विषतां प्रमोदनं ।
यथा हतेष्वेष्विह नोऽरिसूदन ॥ ८.५४.२४ ॥
If you had not protected these people from fear … they would have been greatly oppressed in this way by the strong among the enemy, and it would have been a rejoicing for the enemies just as when our men are slain here, O destroyer of foes.
8.54.25
इतीव भूयश्च सुहृद्भिरीडिता ।
निशम्य वाचः सुमनास्तदाऽर्जुनः।
यथाऽनुरूपं प्रतिपूज्य तं जनं ।
जगाम संशप्तकसङ्घहा पुनः ॥ ८.५४.२५ ॥
Thus again praised by his friends, Arjuna, glad at heart having heard those words, honoured those people as was fitting, and, slayer of the Saṃśaptaka host, went on again.