Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 8.59
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8.59.1
ततः प्रववृते भूयः सङ्ग्रामो राजसत्तम ।
कर्णस्य पाण्डवानां च यमराष्ट्रविवर्धनः ॥ ८.५९.१ ॥
Then, O best of kings, the battle between Karṇa and the Pāṇḍavas, increasing the realm of Yama, began again.
8.59.2
धनूंषि बाणान्परिघानसिपट्टसतोमरान् ।
मुसलानि भुशुण्डीश्च शक्तिरिष्टिपरश्वथान् ॥ ८.५९.२ ॥
Bows, arrows, iron clubs, swords and broadswords, spears, maces, bhuśuṇḍī missiles, lances, iṣṭi clubs and axes.
8.59.3
गदाः प्रासाञ्शितान्कुन्तान्भिंडिपालान्महाङ्कुशान् ।
प्रगृह्य क्षिप्रमापेतुः परस्परजिघांसया ॥ ८.५९.३ ॥
Seizing clubs, sharp javelins, spears, bhiṇḍipāla darts and great goads, they rushed swiftly, desiring to kill one another.
8.59.4
बाणज्यातलशब्देन द्यां दिशः प्रदिशो वियत् ।
पृथिवीं नेमिघोषेण नादयन्तोऽभ्ययुः परान् ॥ ८.५९.४ ॥
Resounding heaven, the directions, the intermediate directions, the sky and the earth with the twang of bowstrings and the rumble of chariot wheels, they advanced upon the enemy.
8.59.5
तेन शब्देन महता संहृष्टाश्चक्रुराहवम् ।
वीरा वीरैर्महाप्तोरकलहान्तं तितीर्षवः ॥ ८.५९.५ ॥
Elated by that great sound, the heroes, desiring to cross to the end of this quarrel of mighty warriors, made war with heroes.
8.59.6
ज्यातलत्रधनुःशब्दाञ्शस्त्राणां च निपात्यताम् ।
ताडितानां च पतता निनादांश्च पदातिनाम् ॥ ८.५९.६ ॥
The sounds of bowstrings and arm-guards, of weapons falling, of those struck and falling, and the cries of the foot soldiers.
8.59.7
बाणशब्दांश्च विविधाञ्शूराणां चाभिगर्जताम् ।
श्रुत्वा गजा भृशं त्रेसुः पेतुर्मम्लुश्च सैनिकाः ॥ ८.५९.७ ॥
Hearing the sounds of many kinds of arrows and the roaring of the heroes, the elephants were greatly terrified, and the soldiers fell and were crushed.
8.59.8
तेषां निनदतां चैव शस्त्रवर्षं च मुञ्चताम् ।
बहूनाधिरथिर्वीरः प्रममाथेषुभिः परान् ॥ ८.५९.८ ॥
Of those roaring and pouring down a rain of weapons, the heroic son of Adhiratha crushed many of the enemy with his arrows.
8.59.9
पञ्च पाञ्चालवीराणां रथान्दश च पञ्च च ।
साश्वसूतध्वजान्कर्णः शरैर्निन्ये यमक्षयम् ॥ ८.५९.९ ॥
Karṇa sent fifteen chariots of the Pāñcāla heroes, with their horses, charioteers and banners, to the abode of Yama with his arrows.
8.59.10
योधमुख्या महावीर्याः पाण्डूनां कर्णमाहवे ।
शिक्षितास्तमभिद्रुत्य परिवव्रुः समन्ततः ॥ ८.५९.१० ॥
The chief warriors of the Pāṇḍavas, of great valour and trained in battle, rushed at Karṇa and surrounded him on every side.
8.59.11
ततः कर्णो द्विषत्सेनां शरवर्षैर्विलोडयन् ।
विजगाहाण्डजाकीर्णां पद्मिनीमिव यूथपः ॥ ८.५९.११ ॥
Then Karṇa, churning the enemy army with showers of arrows, plunged into it as a lord of the herd plunges into a lotus pond thronged with waterfowl.
8.59.12
द्विषत्सैन्यमवस्कन्द्य राधेयो धनुरुत्तमम् ।
विधुन्वानः शितैर्बाणैः शिरांस्युन्मथ्य पातयत् ॥ ८.५९.१२ ॥
Assailing the enemy army, the son of Rādhā, shaking his excellent bow, crushed out heads with sharp arrows and brought them down.
8.59.13
हस्तिनः समहामात्रान्साश्वारोहान्हयानपि ।
रथिनोऽप्येकबाणेन भ्रमतश्चावपातयत् ॥ ८.५९.१३ ॥
He felled elephants with their mahouts, horses with their riders, and chariot-warriors wheeling about, each with a single arrow.
8.59.14
वर्म वा चर्म वाऽश्रित्य निपातमपि देहिनः ।
विषेहुर्नास्य संस्पर्शं द्वितीयस्य पतत्त्रिणः ॥ ८.५९.१४ ॥
Though they relied on armor or shield, the embodied warriors could not endure the fall, nor the second touch of that feathered arrow.
8.59.15
वर्मयुक्तेषु देहेषु धनुषोऽस्यञ्शिताञ्शरान् ।
मौर्व्या तलत्रे न्यहनत्कशया वाजिनो यथा ॥ ८.५९.१५ ॥
Shooting sharp arrows from his bow into armored bodies, he struck them down with the bowstring and the hand-guard, as one drives horses with a whip.
8.59.16
पाण्डुसृञ्जयपाञ्चालाञ्शरगोचरमागतान् ।
ममर्द तरसा कर्णः सिंहो मृगगणानिव ॥ ८.५९.१६ ॥
Karṇa swiftly crushed the Pāṇḍavas, Sṛñjayas and Pāñcālas who had come within range of his arrows, as a lion crushes herds of deer.
8.59.17
ततः पाञ्चालपुत्रश्च द्रौपदेयाश्च मारिष ।
यमौ च युयुधानश्च त्वरिताः कर्णमभ्ययुः ॥ ८.५९.१७ ॥
Then, O sir, the son of Pāñcāla, the sons of Draupadī, the twins and Yuyudhāna swiftly attacked Karṇa.
8.59.18
तेषु व्यायच्छमानेषु कुरुपाञ्चालपाण्डुषु ।
प्रियानसून्रणे त्यक्त्वा योधा जघ्नुः परस्परम् ॥ ८.५९.१८ ॥
While the Kurus, Pāñcālas and Pāṇḍavas were thus locked in combat, the warriors, giving up their dear lives in battle, struck one another.
8.59.19
सुसन्नद्धाः कवचिनः सशिरस्त्राणभूषणाः ।
गदाभिर्मुसलैश्चान्ये परिघैश्च महाबालाः ॥ ८.५९.१९ ॥
Well equipped, wearing armor and adorned with helmets and ornaments; others, very strong, with clubs, pestles and iron bars.
8.59.20
समभ्यधावन्त भृशं कालदण्डैरिवोद्यतैः ।
नर्दन्तश्चाह्वयन्तश्च प्रवल्गन्तश्च मारिष ॥ ८.५९.२० ॥
They rushed forward fiercely, as if with raised staffs of Death, roaring, challenging and leaping about, O noble one.
8.59.21
ततो निजघ्नुरन्योन्यं पेतुश्चान्योन्यताडिताः ।
वमन्तो रुधिरं गात्रैर्विमस्तिष्केक्षमायुधाः ॥ ८.५९.२१ ॥
Then they struck one another and fell, struck by each other, vomiting blood from their bodies, brains and eyes scattered, weapons in hand.
8.59.22
दन्तपूर्णैः सरुधिरैर्वक्रैर्दाडिमसन्निभैः ।
जीवन्त इव चाप्येके तस्थुः शस्त्रौघबृंहिताः ॥ ८.५९.२२ ॥
Filled with teeth, bloodied, with mouths like pomegranates, some stood as if still alive, struck by floods of weapons.
8.59.23
परश्वथैश्चाप्यपरे पट्टसैरसिभिस्तथा ।
शक्तिभिर्भिण्डिपालैश्च नखरप्रासतोमरैः ॥ ८.५९.२३ ॥
Others with battle-axes, with swords and blades, likewise with spears, javelins, nakhara-blades, prāsa and tomara lances.
8.59.24
ततक्षुश्चिच्छिदुश्चान्ये बिभिदुश्चिक्षिपुस्तथा ।
सञ्चकर्तुश्च जघ्नुश्च राजन्योधा महारणे ॥ ८.५९.२४ ॥
Some hewed, some cut, others pierced and hurled, likewise tore through and struck—the kṣatriya warriors in the great battle.
8.59.25
पेतुरन्योन्यनिहता व्यसवो रुधिरोक्षिताः ।
क्षरन्तः स्वरसं रक्तं प्रकृत्ताश्चन्दना इव ॥ ८.५९.२५ ॥
Struck down by one another, lifeless and smeared with blood, they fell, like sandalwood trees cut down, streaming their own blood.
8.59.26
रथै रथा विनिहता हस्तिभिश्चापि हस्तिनः ।
नरैर्नरा हताः पेतुरश्वाश्चाश्वैः सहस्रशः ॥ ८.५९.२६ ॥
Chariots were slain by chariots, elephants by elephants; men were struck down by men, and horses by horses fell by the thousand.
8.59.27
ध्वजाः शिरांसि च्छिन्नाः पेतुर्महीतले ।
वध्यतां दारुणाः शब्दाः पततां स्तनतामपि। ॥ ८.५९.२७ ॥
Banners and heads, cut off, fell upon the ground; and the dreadful sounds of those being struck, falling, and crying out.
8.59.28
क्षुरैर्भल्लार्धचन्द्रैश्च च्छिन्नाः पेतुर्महीतले ।
नराश्वेभरथानां हिनराश्वेभरथैस्तथा ॥ ८.५९.२८ ॥
Men, horses, elephants, and chariots, cut down by razor-headed and crescent arrows, fell upon the ground; indeed, likewise by men, horses, elephants, and chariots.
8.59.29
नरांश्च नागांश्च रथान्हयान्ममृदुराहवे ॥ ८.५९.२९ ॥
In battle they trampled down men, elephants, chariots, and horses.
8.59.30
अश्वारोहैर्हताः शूराश्छिन्नहस्ताश्च दन्तिनः ।
सपताकाध्वजाः पेतुर्विशीर्णा इव पर्वताः ॥ ८.५९.३० ॥
Heroes slain by horsemen, elephants with their trunks cut off, and chariots with pennants and banners fell shattered, like mountains.
8.59.31
पत्तिभिश्च समाप्लुत्य द्विरदाः स्यन्दनास्तथा ।
हताश्च हन्यमानाश्च पतिताश्चैव सर्वशः ॥ ८.५९.३१ ॥
Leaping upon them, the foot soldiers slew elephants and chariots likewise; some lay slain, others were being slain, and they fell on every side.
8.59.32
अश्वारोहाः समासाद्य त्वरिताः पत्तिभिर्हताः ।
सादिभिः पत्तिसङ्घाश्च निहता युधि शेरते ॥ ८.५९.३२ ॥
The horsemen, rushing in swiftly, were slain by foot soldiers; and companies of foot soldiers, struck down by riders, lie dead in battle.
8.59.33
मृदितानीव पद्मानि प्रम्लाना इव च स्रजः ।
हतानां वदनान्यासन्गात्राणि च महाहवे ॥ ८.५९.३३ ॥
In the great battle, the faces and limbs of the slain were like crushed lotuses and wilted garlands.
8.59.34
रूपाण्यत्यर्थकान्तानि द्विरदाश्वनृणां नृप ।
समुन्नानीव वस्त्राणि ययुर्दुर्दुर्शतां पराम् ॥ ८.५९.३४ ॥
O king, the exceedingly lovely forms of elephants, horses and men became like garments tossed aloft, and passed into a most dreadful state.