Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 8.87
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8.87.1
सर राजपुत्रेण समार्च्छदुग्र… ।
दुःशासनेन निकृतो निकृत्या ॥ ८.८७.१ ॥
The king's son struck with fierce arrows… wounded by Duḥśāsana, (Bhīma) cut back with cutting weapons.
8.87.2
तत्राकरोद्दुष्करं राजपुत्रो ।
दुःशासनः कुरुवीरो महात्मा।
यद्भीमसेनं प्रतियोधयद्रणे ।
जम्भो यथा शक्रमुदारवीर्यम् ॥ ८.८७.२ ॥
There the king's son Duḥśāsana, the great-souled hero of the Kurus, performed a difficult deed: in battle he fought against Bhīmasena, as Jambha fought against Indra of noble valour.
8.87.3
धनुच्छित्त्वा भीमसेनस्य सङ्ख्ये ।
षड्भिः शरैः सारथिमभ्यविध्यत्।
ततोऽविध्यत्त्रिंशता भीमसेनं ।
वरेषुभिर्वन्यमिव द्विपेन्द्रम् ॥ ८.८७.३ ॥
Having cut Bhīmasena's bow in battle, he struck the charioteer with six arrows; then with thirty excellent arrows he pierced Bhīmasena, as one pierces a wild lord of elephants.
8.87.4
स कार्मुकं गृह्य तु भारसाधनं ।
भीमस्तदा राजपुत्रं ह्यविध्यत्।
पञ्चाशतैर्बाणगणैः स्तनानन्तरे ।
तोत्रैर्यथा तीव्रवेगं द्विपेन्द्रम् ॥ ८.८७.४ ॥
Then Bhīma, taking up a bow fit to bear the load, pierced the king's son in the middle of the chest with a volley of fifty arrows, as a swift-charging lord of elephants is pierced with goads.
8.87.5
ततस्तु राजन्विरथं महात्मा ।
दुःशासनो भीमसेनं चकार।
निहत्य सङ्ख्ये चतुरोऽस्य बाहा… ।
ञ्छित्त्वा रथेषां पुनरेव चाक्षिपत् ॥ ८.८७.५ ॥
Then, O king, the great-souled Duḥśāsana made Bhīmasena chariotless; having slain his four… (horses) in battle, and cut the chariot-horses, he hurled again.
8.87.6
ततः क्षितिस्वो ह्यबरुह्य याना… ।
द्वृकोदरो मदया तस्य वाहान्।
यमक्षयं प्रेषयित्वा महात्मा ।
रथं समाकर्पत राजसूनोः ॥ ८.८७.६ ॥
Then the earth-lord Bhīma descended from his chariot; the great-souled wolf-bellied one, with his mace, sent his horses to Yama's abode and dragged the chariot of the king's son toward himself.
8.87.7
तस्मादवप्लुत्य रथात्ससर्ज ।
दुःशासनस्तोमरमुग्रवेगम्।
स तेन विद्धो ह्युरसि ह्यप्रमेयो ।
गदां तस्मै विससर्जाप्रमेयाम् ॥ ८.८७.७ ॥
Then, leaping down from the chariot, Duḥśāsana hurled a spear of fierce speed; it struck the chest of the immeasurable one, and he hurled at him an immeasurable mace.
8.87.8
ततः क्रोधाद्भीमसेनः कृतानि ।
सर्वाणि दुःखान्यनुसंस्मरन्वै।
संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य तथा प्रतिज्ञा… ।
मुग्रामसौ राजपुत्रौ व्यषीदत् ॥ ८.८७.८ ॥
Then, in anger, Bhīmasena recalled all the sufferings that had been inflicted on him; again and again recalling them, and his vow as well, he sank down, sorrowing bitterly over the two princes.
8.87.9
सञ्चिन्तितं रोषमतीव वेगा-
त्त्रयोदशाब्दं पुरुषप्रवीरः।
प्रगृह्य वज्राशनितुल्यवेगां ।
गदां करेणाथ वृकोदरो रुषा ॥ ८.८७.९ ॥
The intense anger gathered in his heart for thirteen years now surged forth with force; the best of men, Vṛkodara, seized in his hand a mace of a speed equal to the thunderbolt and lightning, and was filled with wrath.
8.87.10
निपातयित्वा पृथिवीतले भृशं ।
स ताजयामा वृकोदरो बली।
अतीव सन्ताडितभिन्नगात्रो ।
दुःशासनो वै निपपात भूमौ ॥ ८.८७.१० ॥
Having struck him down violently upon the ground, the mighty Vṛkodara beat him; his limbs shattered by the blows, Duḥśāsana indeed fell to the earth.
8.87.11
आक्रम्य कण्ठे युधि राजपुत्रं ।
संरक्तनेत्रो ह्यब्रवीद्धार्तराष्ट्रम्।
तद्ब्रूहि किं त्वं परिमार्गमाणो ।
ह्यस्मान्पराभूय इहागतः पुनः ॥ ८.८७.११ ॥
Pressing down on the throat of the king's son in battle, with blood-red eyes he said to the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra: "Tell me, what are you seeking, that you have come here again to defeat us?"
8.87.12
दिदीपयंस्तद्भृशदीपितं मे ।
चिरार्जितं रोषमतिप्रदीप्तम्।
मधु प्रपास्ये तव कोष्टभाजना… ।
दित्यब्रवीद्भीमसेनस्तरस्वी ॥ ८.८७.१२ ॥
"Kindling my long-gathered anger, already greatly kindled and blazing fiercely, I will drink honey from the vessel of your belly…" — thus spoke the swift Bhīmasena.
8.87.13
दुःशासनं कण्ठदेशे प्रमृद्रं… ।
स्ततः क्रूरं भीमसेनश्चकार।
कतं व्यंसयित्वा सहसा ससार ।
बलादसौ धार्तराष्ट्रस्तरस्वी ॥ ८.८७.१३ ॥
Pressing down on Duḥśāsana's throat… then Bhīmasena cruelly did it; suddenly dragging him off, he went away by force — that swift son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
8.87.14
भीमोऽभिदुद्राव सुतं त्वदीयं ।
सपत्रतां दर्शयन्धार्तराष्ट्रे।
मृगं मुहुः सिंहशिशुर्यथा वने ।
तथाश्वभिद्रुत्य महाबलं बली ॥ ८.८७.१४ ॥
Bhīma rushed at your son, displaying enmity toward the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra — as a lion cub repeatedly pounces on a deer in the forest, so the strong one, with his horses, attacked that mighty one.
8.87.15
निगृह्य चैनं परमेण कर्मणा ।
उत्क्षिप्य चोत्क्षिप्य च तूर्णमेनम्।
भूमौ तदा निष्पिपेषाथ वीर ।
असिं विकोशं विमलं चकार ॥ ८.८७.१५ ॥
Seizing him, by a supreme deed, lifting him again and again, swiftly that hero crushed him upon the ground; then he drew his bright sword from its sheath.
8.87.16
तं पातयित्वा तु वृकोदरोऽथ ।
जगर्ज हर्षेण विनादयन्दिशः।
नादेन तेनाखिलपार्श्ववर्तिनो ।
मूर्च्छाकुलाः पतितास्त्वाजमीढ ॥ ८.८७.१६ ॥
Having thrown him down, Vṛkodara roared with joy, filling the directions with sound. By that roar all those standing near were overcome with swooning and fell, O Ajamīḍha.
8.87.17
दुःशासनं तत्र समीक्ष्य राज… ।
न्भीमो महाबाहुरचिन्त्यकर्मा।
स्मृत्वा च केशग्रहणं च देव्या ।
वस्त्रापहारं च रजस्वलायाः ॥ ८.८७.१७ ॥
There, seeing Duḥśāsana, the mighty-armed Bhīma, whose deeds are inconceivable, remembered the seizing of the Queen's hair and the stripping of the garment of the woman in her menses.
8.87.18
अनागसो भर्तृपराङ्मुखाया ।
दुःखानि दत्तान्यपि विप्रचिन्त्या।
जज्वाल कोपादथ भीमसेन ।
आज्यप्रसिक्तो हि यथा हुताशः ॥ ८.८७.१८ ॥
Pondering deeply the sorrows inflicted on her who had committed no offence and had not turned away from her husbands, Bhīmasena then blazed up in anger, like a fire sprinkled with clarified butter.
8.87.19
तत्राह कर्णं च सुयोधनं च ।
कृपं द्रौणिं कृतवर्माणमेव।
निहन्मि दुःशासनमद्य पापं ।
संरक्ष्यतामद्य समस्तयोधाः ॥ ८.८७.१९ ॥
There he spoke to Karṇa, to Suyodhana, to Kṛpa, to Aśvatthāman, son of Droṇa, and to Kṛtavarman as well: "Today I will slay this wicked Duḥśāsana; today let all the warriors be protected."
8.87.20
सुयोधनस्याधिरथेः समक्षम् ॥ ८.८७.२० ॥
in the presence of Suyodhana and of Karṇa, son of Adhiratha.
8.87.21
असिं समुद्यम्य सितं सुधारं ।
कण्ठे पदाक्रम्य च वेपमानम्।
उवाच तद्गौरिति यद्ब्रुवाणो ।
हृष्टोऽवदः कर्णसुयोधनाभ्याम् ॥ ८.८७.२१ ॥
Raising a bright, well-edged sword and setting his foot upon the trembling man's neck, he spoke, saying "that cow..." and, delighted, addressed Karṇa and Suyodhana.
8.87.22
ये राजसूयावभृथे पवित्रा ।
जाताः कछा याज्ञसेन्या दुरात्मन्।
ते पाणिना कतरेणावकृष्टा… ।
स्तद्ब्रूहि त्वां पृच्छति भीमसेनः ॥ ८.८७.२२ ॥
The hair that became sacred at the final ablution of the Rājasūya, the hair of Yājñasenī, O wicked one — by which hand was it dragged? Tell that; Bhīmasena asks you.
8.87.23
जगाद भीमं परिवृत्तनेत्रः ॥ ८.८७.२३ ॥
With eyes rolled back in fury, he spoke to Bhīma.
8.87.24
अयं करिकराकारः पीनस्तनविमर्दनः ।
गोसहस्रप्रदाता च क्षत्रियान्तकरः करः ॥ ८.८७.२४ ॥
This hand, the shape of an elephant's trunk, that crushed full breasts, that gave a thousand cows, that is the destroyer of kṣatriyas.
8.87.25
अनेन याज्ञसेन्या मे भीम केशा विकर्षिताः ।
पश्यतां कुरुमुख्यानां युष्माकं च सभासदाम् ॥ ८.८७.२५ ॥
O Bhīma, by this very hand the hair of my Yājñasenī was dragged, while the chief Kurus, you, and the members of the assembly looked on.
8.87.26
एवं त्वसौ राजसुतं निशम्य ।
ब्रुवन्तमाजौ विनिपीड्य वक्षः।
भीमो बलात्तं प्रतिगृह्य दोर्भ्या… ।
मुच्चैर्ननादाथ समस्तयोधान् ॥ ८.८७.२६ ॥
Hearing the prince's words, Bhīma pressed down his chest in battle, seized him forcibly with both arms, and roared aloud so that all the warriors could hear.
8.87.27
उवाच यस्यास्ति बलं स रक्ष… ।
त्वसौ भवेदद्य निरस्तबाहुः।
दुःशानं जीवितं प्रोत्सृजन्त… ।
माक्षिप्य योधांस्तरसा महाबलः ॥ ८.८७.२७ ॥
"Let whoever has strength protect him; today let him be without arms." And as Duḥśāsana gave up his life, the mighty one swiftly hurled aside the warriors.
8.87.28
एवं क्रुद्धो भीमसेनः करेण ।
उत्पाटयामास भुजं महात्मा।
दुःशासनं तेन स वीरमध्ये ।
जघान वज्राशनिसन्निभेन ॥ ८.८७.२८ ॥
Thus enraged, Bhīmasena tore off the arm of the great-souled Duḥśāsana with his hand, and then with that same arm struck him down in the midst of the heroes with a blow like thunderbolt and lightning.
8.87.29
कण्ठे समाक्रम्य च वेपमानं ।
कृत्वाऽनु रूपं परमं सुघोरम्।
कालान्तकाभ्यां सदृशं तदानीं ।
विदार्य वक्षश्च महारथस्य ॥ ८.८७.२९ ॥
Pressing down on the trembling man's neck, assuming a supreme and most terrible form, then like Death and the Ender, he tore open the chest of the great charioteer.
8.87.30
दुःशासनस्य निपुशासनस्य ।
उद्धृत्य वक्षः पतितस्य भूमौ।
ततोऽपिबच्छोणितमस्य कोष्ण… ।
मास्वाद्य चास्वाद्य च वीक्षमाणः ॥ ८.८७.३० ॥
Lifting the chest of Duḥśāsana, fallen to the ground, he then drank his warm blood, tasting it again and again, looking on.
8.87.31
क्रुद्धः प्रहृष्टो निजगाद वाक्यं ।
स्तन्यस्य मातुः पयसोऽमृतस्य।
माध्वीकजस्येव रसस्य तस्य ।
मधोश्च पानाद्यवकस्य पानात् ॥ ८.८७.३१ ॥
Enraged and delighted, he spoke these words: that juice is like a mother's breast-milk, like nectar, like the juice born of honey-wine, like the drinking of honey and of barley-drink.
8.87.32
पयोदधिभ्यां मथिताच्च मुख्या… ।
त्तथेक्षुसारस्य मनोहरस्य।
सर्वेभ्य एवाभ्यधिको रसोऽस्य ।
मतो ममाद्याहितलोहितस्य ॥ ८.८७.३२ ॥
Churned with milk and curds, chief… and more than the delightful juice of the essence of sugarcane, the juice of this man is by far the most excellent; today, the juice of this one whose blood has been shed is considered best by me.
8.87.33
एवं ब्रुवाणं पुनरुत्थितं त… ।
मास्फोट्य वल्गन्तमतिप्रहृष्टम्।
ये भीमसेनं ददृशुस्तदानीं ।
प्रायेण तेऽपि व्यथिता निपेतुः ॥ ८.८७.३३ ॥
Speaking thus, he rose again, slapped his arms and leapt about in great exultation; those who saw Bhīmasena at that time mostly fell down, distressed.
8.87.34
ये चापि नासन्पतिता मनुष्या… ।
स्तेषां करेभ्यः पतितं तु शस्त्रम्।
भयाच्च सञ्चुक्रुशुरस्वरैस्तदा ।
निमीलिताक्षा मुमुहुश्च तत्र ॥ ८.८७.३४ ॥
Weapons fell from the hands of men who had not fallen; in fear they then cried out in loud voices, and with eyes shut they swooned right there.
8.87.35
ये तत्र भीमं रुधिरं पिबन्तं ।
दुःशासनस्य ददृशुः प्रपन्नाः।
नायं मनुष्यस्त्विति भाषमाणाः ।
सर्वेऽपलायन्त भयाभिपन्नाः ॥ ८.८७.३५ ॥
Those who came near and saw Bhīma drinking the blood of Duḥśāsana, saying "this is not a man," were all seized with fear and fled.