Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 8.91
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8.91.1
वृषसेनं हतं दृष्ट्वा क्रोधामर्षसमन्वितः ।
पुत्रशोकोद्भवं वारि नेत्राभ्यां समवासृजत् ॥ ८.९१.१ ॥
Seeing Vṛṣasena slain, filled with wrath and indignation, he shed tears born of grief for his son from his eyes.
8.91.2
रथेन कर्णस्तेजस्वी जगामाभिमुखो रिपुम् ।
युद्धायामर्पताम्राक्षः समाहूय धनञ्जयम् ॥ ८.९१.२ ॥
Radiant Karṇa went by chariot face to face with the enemy, red-eyed with indignation, challenging Dhanañjaya to battle.
8.91.3
तौ रथौ सूर्यसङ्काशौ वैयाघ्रपरिवारितौ ।
समेतौ ददृशुस्तत्र द्वाविवार्कौ समुद्गतौ ॥ ८.९१.३ ॥
Those two chariots, like the sun and surrounded by tiger-warriors, were seen meeting there, as if two risen suns had come together.
8.91.4
श्वेताश्वौ पुरुषादित्यावास्थितावरिमर्दनौ ।
शुशुभाते महात्मानौ चन्द्रादित्यौ यथा दिवि।
रथौ चतुर्भिर्जलदैर्भगमित्राविवाम्बरे ॥ ८.९१.४ ॥
The two great-souled ones, sun-like among men, crushers of foes, with white horses, shone like the moon and sun in the sky; the two chariots, like Bhaga and Mitra in the sky ringed by four clouds.
8.91.5
तौ दृष्ट्वा विस्मयं जग्मुः सर्वसैन्यानि मारिष ।
त्रैलोक्यविजये यत्ताविन्द्रवैरोचनाविव ॥ ८.९१.५ ॥
O Māriṣa, seeing those two, all the armies fell into amazement, like Indra and Virocana striving for conquest of the three worlds.
8.91.6
रथज्यातलनिर्हादैर्बाणशङ्खरवैस्तथा ।
तौ रथावभ्यधावन्त क्षत्रियाः सर्व एव हि ॥ ८.९१.६ ॥
With the twang of bowstrings, the rumble of chariots, and the sound of arrows and conches, all the warriors rushed toward those two chariots.
8.91.7
ध्वजावालोक्य वीराणां विस्मयः समपद्यत ।
हस्तिकक्ष्यां च कर्णस्य वानरं च किरीटिनः ॥ ८.९१.७ ॥
Seeing the banners, wonder arose among the heroes: Karṇa's elephant-girth emblem and the monkey of the diademed one (Arjuna).
8.91.8
तौ रथौ सम्प्रसक्तौ तु दृष्ट्वा भारत पार्थिवाः ।
सिंहनादरवांश्चक्रुः साधुवादांश्च पुष्कलान् ॥ ८.९१.८ ॥
Seeing those two chariots locked in combat, O Bhārata, the kings roared like lions and raised abundant cries of approval.
8.91.9
श्रुत्वा तयोर्द्वैरथं च तत्र योधाः सहस्रशः ।
चक्रुर्बाहुस्वनांश्चैव तथा बाणरवं महत् ॥ ८.९१.९ ॥
Hearing of their single combat, thousands of warriors there made the slapping of arms and a great din of arrows.
8.91.10
आजघ्नुः कुरवस्तत्र वादित्राणि समन्ततः ।
राधेयमभितो दध्मुः शङ्खाञ्शतसहस्रशः ॥ ८.९१.१० ॥
There the Kurus struck instruments on every side, and blew hundreds of thousands of conches around the son of Rādhā.
8.91.11
तथैव पाण्डवाः सर्वे हर्षयन्तो धनञ्जयम् ।
तूर्यशङ्खनिनादेन दिशः सर्वा व्यनादयन् ॥ ८.९१.११ ॥
Likewise all the Pāṇḍavas, gladdening Dhanañjaya, made all the directions resound with the blare of trumpets and conches.
8.91.12
क्ष्वेलितास्फोटितोत्क्रुष्टैस्तुमुलं सर्वतोऽभवत् ।
बाहुशब्दैश्च शूराणां कर्णार्जुनसमागमे ॥ ८.९१.१२ ॥
At the meeting of Karṇa and Arjuna, a tumult arose on every side of roars, slapping, and shouts, and the sounds of the heroes' arms.
8.91.13
तौ दृष्ट्वा पुरुषव्याघ्रौ रथस्थौ रथिनां वरौ ।
प्रगृहीतमहाचापौ शरशक्तिध्वजायुतौ ॥ ८.९१.१३ ॥
Having seen those two tigers among men, standing on their chariots, the best of chariot-warriors, with great bows raised, furnished with arrows, spears and banners.
8.91.14
वर्मिणौ बद्धनिस्त्रिंशौ श्वेताश्वौ शङ्खशोभितौ ।
तूणीरवसम्पन्नौ द्वावप्येतौ सुदर्शनौ ॥ ८.९१.१४ ॥
Both armored, with swords fastened, having white horses, adorned with conch-shells, furnished with quivers, both of them handsome to behold.
8.91.15
रक्तचन्दनदिग्धाङ्गौ समदौ गोवृषाविव ।
चापविद्युद्ध्वजोपेतौ शस्त्रसम्पत्तियोधिनौ ॥ ८.९१.१५ ॥
With bodies smeared with red sandal, exultant like bulls among cattle, endowed with bows like lightning and banners, warriors rich in weapons.
8.91.16
चामरव्यजनोपैतौ श्वेतच्छत्रोपशोभितौ ।
कृष्णशल्यरथोपेतौ तुल्यरूपौ महारथौ ॥ ८.९१.१६ ॥
Furnished with yak-tail whisks and fans, adorned with white parasols, with chariots yoked to black horses, alike in form, great chariot-warriors.
8.91.17
सिंहस्कन्धौ दीर्घभुजौ रक्ताक्षौ हेममालिनौ ।
सिंहस्कन्धप्रतीकाशौ व्यूढोरस्कौ महाबलौ।
अन्योन्यवधमिच्छन्तावन्योन्यजयकाङ्क्षिणौ ॥ ८.९१.१७ ॥
Lion-shouldered, long-armed, red-eyed, wearing golden garlands, resembling lion-shouldered men, broad-chested, of great strength, each desiring the other's death, each seeking victory over the other.
8.91.18
अन्योन्यमभिधावन्तौ गोष्ठे गोवृषभाविव ।
प्रभिन्नाविव मातङ्गौ सुसंरब्धाविवाचलौ ॥ ८.९१.१८ ॥
Rushing at each other, like bulls in a cattle-pen, like elephants in rut, like mountains fiercely enraged.
8.91.19
आशीविषशिशुप्रख्यौ यमकालान्तकोपमौ ।
इन्द्रवृत्राविव क्रुद्धौ सूर्यचन्द्रसमप्रभौ ॥ ८.९१.१९ ॥
Both were like young venomous serpents, like Yama and Time the Ender, like Indra and Vṛtra enraged, with radiance equal to the sun and the moon.
8.91.20
महाग्रहाविव क्रुद्धौ युगान्ताय समुत्थितौ ।
देवगर्भौ देवसमौ देवतुल्यौ च रूपतः ॥ ८.९१.२० ॥
Both were like great planets enraged and risen for the end of the age, born of the womb of gods, equal to gods, like gods in form.
8.91.21
यदृच्छया समायातौ सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ यथा ।
बलिनौ समरे दृप्तौ नानाशस्त्रधरौ युधि ॥ ८.९१.२१ ॥
As if by chance the sun and the moon had come together, the two mighty, proud ones, bearing many kinds of weapons, came together in battle.
8.91.22
तौ दृष्ट्वा पुरुषव्याघ्रौ शार्दूलाविव धिष्ठितौ ।
बभूव परमो हर्षस्तावकानां विशाम्पते ॥ ८.९१.२२ ॥
Seeing those two tigers among men standing like tigers, O lord of men, supreme joy arose among your people.
8.91.23
संशयः सर्वभूतानां विजये समपद्यत ।
समेतौ पुरुषव्याघ्रौ प्रेक्ष्य कर्णधनञ्जयौ ॥ ८.९१.२३ ॥
Seeing Karṇa and Dhanañjaya, those two tigers among men, come together, uncertainty about the victory arose in all beings.
8.91.24
उभौ वरायुधधरावुभौ रणकृतश्रमौ ।
उभौ च बाहुशब्देन नादयन्तौ नभस्तलम् ॥ ८.९१.२४ ॥
Both bore excellent weapons, both were wearied by battle, and both, with the sound of their arms, made the vault of the sky resound.
8.91.25
उभौ विश्रुतकर्माणौ पौरुषेण बलेन च ।
उभौ च सदृशौ युद्धे शम्बरामरराजयोः ॥ ८.९१.२५ ॥
Both were famed for their deeds, by manliness and by strength, and in battle both were equal to the lord of the Śambara demons and the king of the gods.
8.91.26
कार्तवीर्यसमौ चोभावुभौ दाशरथेः समौ ।
विष्णुवीर्यसमौ चोभावुभौ भवसमौ युधि ॥ ८.९१.२६ ॥
Both were equal to Kārtavīrya, both were equal to Rāma, son of Daśaratha; both were equal in the might of Viṣṇu, and in battle both were equal to Bhava (Śiva).
8.91.27
उभौ श्वेतहयौ राजन्रथप्रवरवाहिनौ ।
सारथिप्रवरौ चापि उभौ मद्रजनार्दनौ ॥ ८.९१.२७ ॥
O king, both had white horses and bore the finest chariots; both were the finest charioteers too — the Madra king and Janārdana.
8.91.28
ततो दृष्ट्वा महाराज राजमानौ महारथौ ।
सिद्धचारणसङ्घानां विस्मयः समपद्यत ॥ ८.९१.२८ ॥
Then, great king, having seen those two shining great charioteers, astonishment arose among the hosts of Siddhas and Cāraṇas.
8.91.29
धार्तराष्ट्रास्ततस्तूर्णं सबला भरतर्षभ ।
परिवव्रुर्महात्मानं कर्णमाहवशोभिनम् ॥ ८.९१.२९ ॥
Then, bull of the Bharatas, the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra swiftly, with their armies, surrounded the great-souled Karṇa, the adornment of battle.
8.91.30
तथैव पाण्डवा दृष्ट्वा धृष्टद्युम्नपुरोगमाः ।
यमौ च चेकितानश्च प्रहृष्टाश्च प्रभद्रकाः ॥ ८.९१.३० ॥
Likewise the Pāṇḍavas, led by Dhṛṣṭadyumna, and the twins, and Cekitāna, and the Prabhadrakas, rejoiced.
8.91.31
नानादेश्याश्च ये शूराः शिष्टा युद्धाभिनन्दिनः ।
ते सर्वे सहिता हृष्टाः परिवव्रुर्धनञ्जयम् ॥ ८.९१.३१ ॥
The heroes of many lands, the proper and war-loving ones, all joyfully gathered together and surrounded Dhanañjaya.
8.91.32
रिरक्षिषन्तः शथ्रुघ्नाः पत्त्यश्वरथकुञ्जराः ।
धनञ्जयस्य विजये धृताः कर्णवधेऽपि च ॥ ८.९१.३२ ॥
Desiring to protect Arjuna's victory, the foot soldiers, horsemen, charioteers and elephant-riders, slayers of enemies, stood firm also for the killing of Karṇa.
8.91.33
तथैव तावकाः सर्वे यत्ताः सेनाप्रहारिणः ।
दुर्योधनमुखा राजन्कर्णं जुगुपुराहवे ॥ ८.९१.३३ ॥
Likewise all your men, ready and striking at the army, led by Duryodhana, O king, protected Karṇa in battle.
8.91.34
तावकानां रणे कर्णो ग्लहो ह्यासीद्विशाम्पते ।
तथैव पाण्डवेयानां ग्लहः पार्थोऽभवत्तदा ॥ ८.९१.३४ ॥
O lord of the people, in your camp Karṇa was indeed the stake in the battle, and likewise on the Pāṇḍavas' side then Pārtha became the stake.
8.91.35
तयोस्तु सभ्यास्तत्रासन्प्रेक्षकाश्चाभवन्युधि ।
तत्रैषां ग्लहमानानां ध्रुवौ जयपराजयौ ॥ ८.९१.३५ ॥
For those two there in battle were assessors and spectators too; for these stakers victory and defeat were fixed.
8.91.36
ताभ्यां द्यतं समासक्तं विजयायेतराय वा ।
अस्माकं पाण्डवानां च स्थितानां रणमूर्धनि ॥ ८.९१.३६ ॥
By those two the dice-play was set going, for victory or for the opposite, for ours and for the Pāṇḍavas standing at the front of battle.
8.91.37
तौ तु स्थितौ महाराज समरे युद्धशालिनौ ।
अन्योन्यं प्रतिसंरब्धावन्योन्यवधकाङ्क्षिणौ ॥ ८.९१.३७ ॥
O great king, those two stood in battle, proud of their fighting, fiercely enraged against each other, desiring each other's death.
8.91.38
तावुमौ प्रजिहीर्षन्ताविन्द्रवृत्राविव प्रभो ।
भीमरूपधरावास्तां महाधूमाविव ग्रहौ ॥ ८.९१.३८ ॥
O lord, those two, desiring to slay one another like Indra and Vṛtra, bore terrible forms, like two great smoky planets.
8.91.39
ततोऽन्तरिक्षे सञ्जज्ञे विवादो भरतर्षभ ।
मिथो भेदाश्च भूतानामासन्कर्णार्जुनान्तरे ॥ ८.९१.३९ ॥
Then, O bull of the Bharatas, a dispute arose in the sky, and divisions arose among the beings between Karṇa and Arjuna.
8.91.40
व्याश्रयन्त द्विधा भिन्नाः सर्वे लोकास्तु मारिष ।
देवदानवगन्धर्वाः पिशाचोरगराक्षसाः।
प्रतिपक्षग्रहं चक्रुः कर्णार्जुनसमागमे ॥ ८.९१.४० ॥
O good sir, all the worlds, split in two, took sides; gods, dānavas, gandharvas, piśācas, serpents and rākṣasas took the opposing side at the meeting of Karṇa and Arjuna.
8.91.41
द्यौरासीत्कर्णपक्षेऽत्र सनक्षत्रा विशाम्पते ।
भूर्विशाला पार्थमाता पुत्रस्य जयकाङ्क्षिणी ॥ ८.९१.४१ ॥
O lord of men, here the sky, with its stars, was on Karṇa's side; and the vast earth, mother of Pārtha, desired her son's victory.
8.91.42
सागराश्चैव गिरयः सरितश्च नरोत्तम ।
महीजा जलजाश्चैव व्याश्रयन्त किरीटिनम् ॥ ८.९१.४२ ॥
O best of men, the oceans, mountains and rivers, the earth-born and the water-born, all took refuge with the diademed one, Arjuna.
8.91.43
असुरा यातुधानाश्च गुह्यकाश्च परन्तप ।
कर्णः समभवद्यत्र खेचराणि वयांसि च ॥ ८.९१.४३ ॥
Asuras, yātudhānas and guhyakas too, O scorcher of foes, became on Karṇa's side; and the birds that wander the sky.
8.91.44
रत्नानि निधयः सर्वे वेदाश्चाख्यानपञ्चमाः ।
सोपवेदोपनिषदो व्याश्रयन्त किरीटिनम् ॥ ८.९१.४४ ॥
All jewels and treasures, and the Vedas with the Ākhyāna as the fifth, together with the Upavedas and Upaniṣads, took refuge in the diademed Arjuna.
8.91.45
वासुकिश्चित्रसेनश्च तक्षकश्चोपतक्षकः ।
महीवियज्जलचराः काद्रवेयाश्च सान्वयाः।
विषवन्तो महानागा वेगिनश्चार्जुनेऽभवन् ॥ ८.९१.४५ ॥
Vāsuki, Citrasena, Takṣaka and Upatakṣaka, the sons of Kadrū who move on earth, in the sky and in the water, together with their kin, the venomous great serpents and the swift ones, all became Arjuna's.
8.91.46
ऐरावताः सौरभेया वैशालेयाश्च भोगिनः ।
एतेऽभवन्नर्जुनस्य पापाः सर्पाश्च कर्णतः ॥ ८.९१.४६ ॥
The Airāvatas, the Saurabheyas, the Vaiśāleyas and the hooded serpents—these wicked serpents became Arjuna's from Karṇa's side.
8.91.47
ईहामृगा व्यालमृगा मङ्गला मृगपक्षिणः ।
मङ्गलाः पशवश्चैव सिंहव्याघ्रास्तथैव च।
पार्थस्य विजये राजन्सर्व एव समाश्रिताः ॥ ८.९१.४७ ॥
Ihāmṛgas, vyālamṛgas, auspicious beasts and birds, auspicious cattle, lions and tigers likewise—O king, all of them took refuge in Pārtha's victory.
8.91.48
वसवो मरुतः साध्या रुद्रा देवाश्विनावपि ।
अग्नी रुद्रश्च सोमश्च पन्नगाश्च दिशो दश।
कर्णतः समपद्यन्त श्वसृगालवयांसि च ॥ ८.९१.४८ ॥
The Vasus, the Maruts, the Sādhyas, the Rudras, the gods the Aśvins too, Agni, Rudra and Soma, the serpents and the ten directions passed from Karṇa's side; dogs, jackals and birds likewise.
8.91.49
वसवश्च महेन्द्रेण मरुतश्च सहाग्निना ।
धनञ्जयस्य ते वर्गा आदित्याः कर्णतोऽभवन् ॥ ८.९१.४९ ॥
The Vasus together with Mahendra, the Maruts together with Agni, those companies of Dhanañjaya, and the Ādityas came to be from Karṇa.
8.91.50
देवताः पितृभिः सार्धमृषिभिश्च परन्तप ।
तुम्बुरुप्रमुखाः सर्वे गन्धर्वा भरतर्षभ।
यमौ वैश्रवणश्चैव वरुणश्च यतोऽर्जुनः ॥ ८.९१.५० ॥
O scorcher of foes, the gods together with the ancestors and the seers, all the Gandharvas headed by Tumburu, O bull of the Bharatas, the two Yamas, Vaiśravaṇa and Varuṇa — all these came from Arjuna.
8.91.51
देवर्षिब्रह्मर्षिगणाः सर्वे च खचराश्च ये ।
प्रालेयाः सहमौनेयाः शुभाश्चाप्सरसां गणाः ॥ ८.९१.५१ ॥
All the hosts of divine and brahmin seers, and the sky-goers, the Prāleyas together with the Mauneyas, and the companies of the auspicious Apsarases.
8.91.52
सहाप्सरोभिः शुभ्राभिर्देवदूताश्च गुह्यकाः ।
किरीटिनं संश्रिताः स्म पुण्यगन्धा मनोरमाः ॥ ८.९१.५२ ॥
Together with the radiant Apsarases, the divine messengers and the Guhyakas also resorted to the crowned one (Arjuna), fragrant with sacred scent and delightful.
8.91.53
अमनोज्ञाश्च ये गन्धास्ते सर्वे कर्णमाश्रिताः ।
विपरीतान्यनिष्टानि भवन्ति विनशिष्यताम् ॥ ८.९१.५३ ॥
All the unpleasant smells resorted to Karṇa; for those who are about to perish, adverse and inauspicious things come to pass.
8.91.54
ये त्वन्तकाले पुरुषं विपरीतमुपाश्रितम् ।
प्रविशन्ति नरं क्षिप्रं मृत्युकालेऽभ्युपागते।
ते भावाः सहिताः कर्णं प्रविष्टाः सूतनन्दनम् ॥ ८.९१.५४ ॥
Those conditions which swiftly enter a man who is adverse at the time of his end, when the hour of death has drawn near — those same conditions, all together, entered Karṇa, the son of the charioteer.
8.91.55
ओजस्तेजश्च सिद्धिश्च प्रहर्षः सत्यविक्रमौ ।
मनस्तुष्टिर्जयश्चापि तथाऽऽनन्दो नृपोत्तम ॥ ८.९१.५५ ॥
Vigor, radiance, success, joy, true valour, contentment of mind, victory, and delight as well, O best of kings.
8.91.56
ईदृशार्नि नरव्याघ् तस्मिन्सङ्ग्रामसागरे ।
निमित्तानि च शुभ्राणि विविशुर्जिष्णुमाहवे ॥ ८.९१.५६ ॥
Such bright omens, O tiger among men, entered Arjuna the victor in that ocean of battle.
8.91.57
ऋषयो ब्राह्मणैः सार्धमभजन्त किरीटिनम् ॥ ८.९१.५७ ॥
The sages, together with the brahmins, resorted to the diademed Arjuna.
8.91.58
ततो देवगणैः सार्धं सिद्धाश्च सह चारणैः ।
द्विधा भूता महाराज व्याश्रयन्त नरोत्तमौ ॥ ८.९१.५८ ॥
Then the gods' hosts, together with the perfected beings and the celestial bards, divided in two, O great king, took refuge in those two best of men.
8.91.59
विमानानि विचित्राणि गुणवन्ति च सर्वशः ।
समारुह्य समाजग्मुर्द्वैरथं कर्णपार्थयोः।
अन्तरिक्षे महाराज देवगन्धर्वराक्षसाः ॥ ८.९१.५९ ॥
Mounting wondrous and excellent aerial chariots, the gods, gandharvas and rākṣasas gathered in the sky, O great king, to witness the single combat of Karṇa and Pārtha.
8.91.60
एवं सर्वेषु भूतेषु द्विधा भूतेषु भारत ।
आशंसमानेषु जयं राधेयस्यार्जुनस्य च।
विमानायुतसम्बाधमाकाशमभवत्तदा ॥ ८.९१.६० ॥
Thus, O descendant of Bharata, all beings, divided in two, hoped for victory for Karṇa, son of Rādhā, and for Arjuna; and the sky then became crowded with ten thousand aerial chariots.
8.91.61
ईहामृगव्यालमृगैर्दिपाश्वरथपङ्क्तिभिः ।
ऊह्यमानाः परे मेघैर्वायुना च मनीषिणः।
दिदृक्षवः समाजग्मुः कर्णार्जुनसमागमम् ॥ ८.९१.६१ ॥
With wolves, beasts of prey and deer, with rows of elephants, horses and chariots, carried along by clouds and wind, the wise came together, wishing to see the meeting of Karṇa and Arjuna.
8.91.62
देवदानवगन्धर्वा नागयक्षपतत्रिणः ।
महर्षयो देवगणाः पितरश्च स्वधाभुजः ॥ ८.९१.६२ ॥
Gods, dānavas and gandharvas, nāgas, yakṣas and birds, great sages, groups of gods, and the ancestors who partake of the svadhā offering.
8.91.63
तपोविद्यौषधीसिदधा नानारूपाम्बरत्विषः ।
अन्तरिक्षे महाराज विवदन्तोऽवतस्थिरे ॥ ८.९१.६३ ॥
The perfected beings, accomplished through asceticism, knowledge and herbs, with varied forms and radiant garments, great king, stood in the sky disputing.
8.91.64
ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मर्षिभिः सार्धं प्रजापतिभिरेव च ।
आस्थितो यानमाकाशे दिव्यं तेजः समागताः ॥ ८.९१.६४ ॥
Brahmā, together with the brahmarṣis and the lords of creatures, mounted a divine vehicle in the sky and came there, united in divine radiance.
8.91.65
ततः प्रजापतिस्तूर्णमाजगाम महामते ।
द्वैरथं युधि तं द्रुष्टं कर्णपाण्डवयोस्तदा ॥ ८.९१.६५ ॥
Then the lord of creatures came swiftly, O great-minded one, to see that single combat in battle between Karṇa and the Pāṇḍava.
8.91.66
विजित्य कर्णः स्विदिमां वसुन्धरा… ।
मथार्जुनः स्वित्प्रतिपद्यतेऽखिलाम्।
इतीश्वरस्यापि बभूव संशयः ।
प्रजापतेः प्रेक्ष्य तयोर्महद्बलम् ॥ ८.९१.६६ ॥
Will Karṇa, having conquered this earth… or will Arjuna obtain the whole of it? Even the Lord felt doubt, seeing the great strength of those two.