Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 8.89
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8.89.1
सुकल्पिता हैमवता महोत्कटा ।
रणाभिकामैः कृतिभिः समास्थिताः।
सुवर्णजालैर्वितता बभुर्गजा… ।
स्तथा यथा खे जलदाः सविद्युतः ॥ ८.८९.१ ॥
Well arrayed, the fierce elephants born in the Himālaya stood with skilled riders eager for battle; covered with golden nets they shone… like clouds with lightning in the sky.
8.89.2
कुणिन्दपुत्रो दशभिर्महायसैः ।
कृपं ससूताश्वमपीडयद्भृशम्।
ततः शरद्वत्सुतसायकैर्हतः ।
सहैव नागेन पपात भूतले ॥ ८.८९.२ ॥
The son of the Kuṇinda king struck Kṛpa severely with ten great iron arrows, along with his charioteer and horses. Then, struck down by the arrows of Śaradvat's son, he fell to the ground together with his elephant.
8.89.3
कुणिन्दपुत्रावरजस्तु तोमरै… ।
र्दिवाकरांशुप्रतिमैरयस्मयैः।
जघान भोजस्य हयानथापतन् ।
क्षणाद्विशस्ताः कृतवर्मणे हयाः ॥ ८.८९.३ ॥
The younger brother of the Kuṇinda prince, with iron spears gleaming like the sun's rays… struck Bhoja's (Kṛtavarman's) horses; then those horses, wounded in an instant, fell; the horses of Kṛtavarman were mortally wounded.
8.89.4
अथापरे द्रौणिहता महाद्विपा… ।
स्त्रयः ससर्वायुधयोधकेतनाः।
निपेतुरुर्व्यां व्यसवो विचेतना… ।
स्तथा यथा वज्रहता महाचलाः ॥ ८.८९.४ ॥
Then the other great elephants, struck down by Droṇa's son — three of them, with all their weapons, warriors and banners… fell lifeless and senseless upon the earth, just as great mountains struck by thunderbolts fall.
8.89.5
कुणिन्दराजावरजादनन्तरः ।
स्तनान्तरे पत्रिवरैरताडयत्।
तवात्मजं तस्य तवात्मजः शरैः ।
शितैः शरीरं व्यहनद्द्विपं च तम् ॥ ८.८९.५ ॥
Next, the younger brother of the Kuṇinda king struck your son in the chest with the finest feathered arrows. Then your son pierced his body and that elephant with sharp arrows.
8.89.6
स नागराजः सह राजसूनुना ।
पपात रक्तं बहु सर्वतः क्षरन्।
महेन्द्रवज्रप्रहतोऽम्बुदागमे ।
यथा जलं गेरिकपर्वतस्तथा ॥ ८.८९.६ ॥
That king of elephants fell together with the king's son, blood flowing copiously on all sides, as water flows from a red-ochre mountain struck by Indra's thunderbolt at the coming of the rains.
8.89.7
कुणिन्दपुत्रप्रहितोऽपरो द्विपः ।
क्राथं ससूताश्वरथं व्यपोथयत्।
ततोऽपतत्क्राथसराभिघातितः ।
सहेश्वरो वज्रहतो यथा गिरिः ॥ ८.८९.७ ॥
Another elephant, sent by the son of Kuṇinda, trampled Krātha together with his charioteer, horses and chariot.
8.89.8
रथी द्विपस्थेन हतोऽपतच्छरैः ।
क्राथाधिपः पर्वतजेन दुर्जयः।
सवाजिसूतेष्वसनध्वजस्तथा ।
यथा महावातहतो महाद्रुमः ॥ ८.८९.८ ॥
The charioteer, struck down by arrows from the one on the elephant, fell; the lord of the Krāthas, the invincible one born of the mountain, fell with his horses, charioteer, bow and banner, like a great tree felled by a mighty wind.
8.89.9
वृको द्विपस्थं गिरिराजवासिनं ।
भृशं शरैर्द्वादशभिः पराभिनत्।
ततो वृकं साश्वरथं महाद्विपो ।
द्रुतं चतुर्भिरणैर्व्यपोथयत् ॥ ८.८९.९ ॥
Vṛka pierced fiercely with twelve arrows the one on the elephant, the dweller of the lord of mountains; then the great elephant swiftly trampled Vṛka together with his horses and chariot with its four feet.
8.89.10
स पोथितो नागरवेण वीर्यवा… ।
न्पराभिनद्द्वादशभिः शिलीमुखैः।
वृकेण बाणाभिहतोऽपतत्क्षितौ ।
सवारणो बभ्रुसुतेन सार्धम् ॥ ८.८९.१० ॥
That valiant one, crushed by the elephant… pierced with twelve arrows; struck by Vṛka's arrows he fell to the ground, together with the elephant, along with the son of Babhru.
8.89.11
कुणिन्दराजस्य सुतोऽपरस्तदा ।
स चापि शूरः सहसा समर्पितः।
पपात बाणैः सुबलस्य सूनुना ।
विषाणपुच्छापरगात्रपातिना ॥ ८.८९.११ ॥
Then another son of the king of the Kuṇindas, also a hero, was suddenly struck down and fell, by the arrows of Subala's son, arrows with horn-tipped heads and feathered ends that pierce other bodies.
8.89.12
गजेन वाहाञ्शकुनेः कुणिन्दजो ।
निनाय वैवस्वतमन्दिरं रणे।
रथं च संक्षुभ्य ननाद नर्दत… ।
स्ततोऽस्य गान्धारपतिः शिरोऽहरत् ॥ ८.८९.१२ ॥
The son of Kuṇinda, together with an elephant, sent Śakuni's horses to the abode of Vaivasvata in battle, and having shaken his chariot he roared out loudly. … Then the lord of Gāndhāra cut off his head.
8.89.13
ततः कुणिन्देषु गतेषु तेषु ।
प्रहृष्टरूपास्तव ते महारथाः।
भृशं प्रदरध्मुर्लवणाम्बुसम्भवा… ।
न्वरांश्च बाणासनपाणयोऽभ्ययुः ॥ ८.८९.१३ ॥
Then, when those Kuṇindas had departed, your great chariot-warriors, joyful in their appearance, blew their conches born of the salt-sea loudly … and, bow and arrow in hand, advanced.
8.89.14
तथाऽभवद्युद्धमतीव दारुणं ।
पुनः कुरूणां सह पाण्डुसृञ्जयैः।
शरासिशक्त्यृष्टिगदापरश्वथै… ।
र्नराश्वनागासुहरं भृशाकुलम् ॥ ८.८९.१४ ॥
Thus the battle became exceedingly terrible again between the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas and Sṛñjayas, with arrows, swords, spears, lances, maces and battle-axes … destroying the lives of men, horses and elephants, greatly confused.
8.89.15
रथाश्वमातङ्गपदातयस्ततः ।
परस्परं विप्रहताः क्षितौ पतन्।
यथा सविद्युत्तटितो जलप्रदाः ।
समुत्थितैर्दिग्भ्य इवोग्रमारुतेः ॥ ८.८९.१५ ॥
Then chariots, horses, elephants and foot-soldiers, struck down against one another, fell to the ground, like water-giving clouds with lightning torn apart by the fierce winds risen from the quarters.
8.89.16
ततः शतानीकहता महागजा ।
हया रथाः पत्तिगणाश्च तावकाः।
सुपर्णवातप्रहता यथोरगा… ।
स्तथा गता गां विवशा विचूर्णिताः ॥ ८.८९.१६ ॥
Then the great elephants, horses, chariots and your foot-soldiers, struck down by Śatānīka, fell helpless to the earth like serpents struck by the wind of Suparṇa, and were crushed to pieces.
8.89.17
ततोऽभ्यविद्ध्यद्बहुभिः शितैः शरैः ।
स विन्दपुत्रो नकुलात्मजं स्मयन्।
ततोऽस्य कोपाद्विचकर्त नाकुलिः ।
शिरः क्षुरेणाम्बुजसन्निभाननम् ॥ ८.८९.१७ ॥
Then the son of Vinda, smiling, pierced the son of Nakula with many sharp arrows. Then the son of Nakula, in anger, cut off his head, lotus-faced, with a razor-headed arrow.
8.89.18
ततः शतानीकमविध्यदायसै… ।
स्त्रिभिः शरैः कर्णसुतोऽर्जुनं त्रिभिः।
त्रिभिश्च भीमं नकुलं च सप्तभि… ।
र्जनार्दनं द्वादशभिश्च सायकैः ॥ ८.८९.१८ ॥
Then the son of Karṇa pierced Śatānīka with iron arrows…; with three he struck Arjuna, with three Bhīma and Nakula, with seven…, and Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa with twelve arrows.
8.89.19
तदस्य कर्मातिमनुष्यकर्मणः ।
समीक्ष्य हृष्टाः कुरवोऽभ्यपूजयन्।
पराक्रमज्ञास्तु धनञ्जयस्य ये ।
हुतोऽयमग्नाविति ते तु मेनिरे ॥ ८.८९.१९ ॥
Seeing his superhuman deed, the delighted Kurus honored him; but those who knew the prowess of Dhanañjaya thought, "He has been offered into the fire."