Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 9.12
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9.12.1
पीडिते धर्मराजे तु मद्रराजेन मारिष ।
सात्यकिर्भीमसेनश्च माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ।
परिवार्य रथैः शल्यं पीडयामासुराहवे ॥ ९.१२.१ ॥
When the king of dharma was harassed by the king of the Madras, O sir, Sātyaki, Bhīmasena and the two Pāṇḍava sons of Mādrī surrounded Śalya with their chariots and harassed him in battle.
9.12.2
तमेकं बहुभिर्दृष्ट्वा पीड्यमानं महारथैः ।
साधुवादो महाञ्जज्ञे सिद्धाश्चासन्प्रहर्षिताः ॥ ९.१२.२ ॥
Seeing him alone harassed by many great chariot-warriors, a great cry of approval arose, and the perfected beings were delighted.
9.12.3
आश्चर्यमित्यभाषन्त मुनयश्चापि सङ्गताः ॥ ९.१२.३ ॥
"Wonderful!" the sages who had gathered there also said.
9.12.4
भीमसेनो रणे शल्यं शल्यभूतं पराक्रमे ।
एकेन विद्ध्वा बाणेन पुनर्विव्याध सप्तभिः ॥ ९.१२.४ ॥
In battle, Bhīmasena pierced Śalya, who was like a thorn in valor, with one arrow, and then pierced him again with seven.
9.12.5
सात्यकिश्च शतेनैनं धर्मपुत्रपरीप्सया ।
मद्रेश्वरमवाकीर्य सिंहनादमथानदत् ॥ ९.१२.५ ॥
Sātyaki, wishing to protect the son of dharma, covered the lord of the Madras with a hundred arrows and then roared a lion's roar.
9.12.6
नकुलः पञ्चभिश्चैनं सहदेवश्च प़ञ्चभिः ।
विद्ध्वा तं तु पुनस्तूर्णं ततो विव्याध सप्तभिः ॥ ९.१२.६ ॥
Nakula pierced him with five arrows, and Sahadeva also with five; then swiftly piercing him again, he pierced him with seven.
9.12.7
स तु शूरो रणे यत्तः पीडितस्तैर्महारथैः ।
विकृष्य कार्मुकं घोरं भारघ्नं वेगवत्तरम् ॥ ९.१२.७ ॥
That hero, vigilant in battle and pressed by those great charioteers, drew his terrible, heavy-duty bow, swifter still...
9.12.8
सात्यकिं पञ्चविंशत्या शल्यो विव्याध मारिष ।
भीमसेनं तु सप्तत्या नकुलं सप्तभिस्तथा ॥ ९.१२.८ ॥
O sir, Śalya struck Sātyaki with twenty-five, Bhīmasena with seventy, and Nakula with seven.
9.12.9
ततः स विशिखं चापं सहदेवस्य धन्विनः ।
छित्त्वा भल्लेन समरे विव्याधैनं त्रिसप्तभिः ॥ ९.१२.९ ॥
Then, in battle, he cut Sahadeva's arrow and bow with a bhalla arrow, and struck him with twenty-one.
9.12.10
सहदेवस्तु समरे मातुलं भूरिवर्चसम् ।
सज्यमन्यद्धनुः कृत्वा पञ्चभिः समताडयत्।
शरैराशीविषाकारैर्ज्वलज्ज्वलनसन्निभैः ॥ ९.१२.१० ॥
But Sahadeva, in battle, strung another bow and struck his mighty-splendored uncle well with five arrows, like serpents and blazing like fire.
9.12.11
सारथिं चास्य समरे शरेणानतपर्वणा ।
विव्याध भृशसङ्क्रुद्धस्तं वै भूयस्त्रिभिः शरैः ॥ ९.१२.११ ॥
In battle, greatly enraged, he struck his charioteer with an arrow of bent joints, and then struck him again with three arrows.
9.12.12
भीमसेनस्तु सप्तत्या सात्यकिर्नवभिः शरैः ।
धर्मराजस्तथा षष्ट्या गात्रे शल्यं समार्पयत् ॥ ९.१२.१२ ॥
Bhīmasena with seventy, Sātyaki with nine, and King Dharma likewise with sixty struck Śalya on the body.
9.12.13
ततः शल्यो महाराज निर्विद्धस्तैर्महारथैः ।
सुस्राव रुधिरं गात्रैर्गैरिकं पर्वतो यथा ॥ ९.१२.१३ ॥
Then, O great king, Śalya, pierced by those great charioteers, bled from his limbs like red ochre flowing from a mountain.
9.12.14
तांश्च सर्वान्महेष्वासान्पञ्चभिः पञ्चभिः शरैः ।
विव्याध तरसा राजंस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥ ९.१२.१४ ॥
And, O king, he swiftly pierced all those great archers, five arrows each, and that seemed wonderful.
9.12.15
ततोऽपरेण भल्लेन धर्मपुत्रस्य मारिष ।
धनुश्चिच्छेद समरे सज्जयं स सुमहारथः ॥ ९.१२.१५ ॥
Then, O sir, with another bhalla arrow, that very great charioteer cut in battle the strung bow of the son of Dharma.
9.12.16
अथान्यद्धनुरादाय धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ।
साश्वसूतध्वजरथं शल्यं प्राच्छादयच्छरैः ॥ ९.१२.१६ ॥
Then Yudhiṣṭhira, son of Dharma, took up another bow and covered Śalya, with his chariot, horses, charioteer and banner, with arrows.
9.12.17
स च्छाद्यमानः समरे धर्मपुत्रस्य सायकैः ।
युधिष्ठिरमथाविध्यद्दशभिर्निशितैः शरैः ॥ ९.१२.१७ ॥
Covered in battle by the arrows of the son of Dharma, he then pierced Yudhiṣṭhira with ten sharp arrows.
9.12.18
सात्यकिस्तु ततः क्रुद्धो धर्मपुत्रे शरार्दिते ।
मद्राणामधिपं शूरं शरैर्विव्याध पञ्चभिः ॥ ९.१२.१८ ॥
Then Sātyaki, enraged when the son of Dharma was afflicted by arrows, pierced the heroic lord of the Madras, Śalya, with five arrows.
9.12.19
स सात्यकेः प्रचिच्छेद क्षुरप्रेण महद्धनुः ।
भीमसेनमुखांस्तांश्च त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरताडयत् ॥ ९.१२.१९ ॥
He cut through Sātyaki's great bow with a razor-headed arrow, and struck each of those led by Bhīmasena with three arrows apiece.
9.12.20
तस्य क्रुद्धो महाराज सात्यकिः सत्यविक्रमः ।
तोमरं प्रेषयामास स्वर्णदण्डं महारणे ॥ ९.१२.२० ॥
Enraged at him, O great king, Sātyaki of true valour hurled a spear with a golden shaft in that great battle.
9.12.21
भीमसेनोऽथ नाराचं ज्वलन्तमिव पन्नगम् ।
नकुलः समरे शक्तिं सहदेवो गदां शुभाम्।
धर्मराजः शतघ्नीं च जिघांसुः शल्यमाहवे ॥ ९.१२.२१ ॥
Then Bhīmasena hurled an arrow like a blazing serpent, Nakula a lance in battle, Sahadeva a fine mace, and the king of Dharma, desiring to slay Śalya in battle, a śataghnī.
9.12.22
तानापतत एवाशु पञ्चानां वै भुजच्युतान् ।
वारयामास समरे शस्त्रसङ्घैः स मद्रराट् ॥ ९.१२.२२ ॥
As those weapons, released from the arms of the five, came hurtling toward him, the lord of the Madras warded them off in battle with volleys of weapons.
9.12.23
सात्यकिप्रहितं शल्यो भल्लैश्चिच्छेद तोमरम् ।
प्रहितं भीमसेनेन शरं कनकभूषणम् ॥ ९.१२.२३ ॥
Śalya cut through the spear sent by Sātyaki with crescent arrows, and the golden-adorned arrow sent by Bhīmasena.
9.12.24
द्विधा चिच्छेद समरे कृतहस्तः प्रतापवान् ।
नकुलप्रेषितां शक्तिं हेमदण्डां भयावहाम् ॥ ९.१२.२४ ॥
The skilled and mighty one split in two, in battle, the terrifying lance with a golden shaft sent by Nakula.
9.12.25
गदां च सहदेवेन शरौघैः समवारयत् ।
शराभ्यां च शतघ्नीं तां राज्ञश्चिच्छेद भारत ॥ ९.१२.२५ ॥
Sahadeva fully warded off his mace with a flood of arrows, and, O Bhārata, with two arrows he cut through that śatagnī of the king.
9.12.26
पश्यतां पाण्डुपुत्राणां सिंहनादं ननाद च ।
नामृष्यत्तत्र शैनेयः शत्रोर्विजयमाहवे ॥ ९.१२.२६ ॥
While the sons of Pāṇḍu watched, he roared a lion's roar; there the descendant of Śini (Sātyaki) could not endure the enemy's victory in battle.
9.12.27
अथान्यद्धनुरादाय सात्यकिः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः ।
द्वाभ्यां मद्रेश्वरं विद्वा सारथिं च त्रिभिः शरैः ॥ ९.१२.२७ ॥
Then Sātyaki, taking up another bow and overcome with anger, pierced the lord of the Madras (Śalya) with two arrows and his charioteer with three.
9.12.28
ततः शल्यो रणे राजन्सर्वांस्तान्दशभिः शरैः ।
विव्याध भृशसङ्क्रुद्धस्तोत्रैरिव महाद्विपान् ॥ ९.१२.२८ ॥
Then, O king, Śalya, greatly enraged in battle, pierced them all with ten arrows each, as a driver pricks great elephants with goads.
9.12.29
ते वार्यमाणाः समरे मद्रराज्ञा महारथाः ।
न शेकुः सम्मुखे स्थातुं तस्य शत्रुनिषूदनाः ॥ ९.१२.२९ ॥
Though held back by the king of the Madras, those great chariot-warriors, destroyers of foes, could not stand face to face with him in battle.
9.12.30
ततो दुर्योधनो राजा दृष्ट्वा शल्यस्य विक्रमम् ।
निहतान्पाण्डवान्मेने पाञ्चालानथ सृञ्जयान्। ॥ ९.१२.३० ॥
Then King Duryodhana, seeing Śalya's prowess, thought the Pāṇḍavas, the Pāñcālas and the Sṛñjayas had been slain.
9.12.31
तथाविधं महाराज मद्रराजस्य विक्रमम् ।
असह्यं मानवैर्युद्धे तद्बभूव नरर्षभ ॥ ९.१२.३१ ॥
O great king, such was the prowess of the king of the Madras, unbearable to men in battle, O bull among men.
9.12.32
ततो राजन्महाबाहुर्भीमसेनः प्रतापवान् ।
सन्त्यज्य मनसा प्राणान्मद्राधिपमयोधयत् ॥ ९.१२.३२ ॥
Then, O king, mighty-armed and valiant Bhīmasena, abandoning hope for his life in his mind, fought against the lord of the Madras.
9.12.33
नकुलः सहदेवश्च सात्यकिश्च महारथः ।
परिवार्य तदा शल्यं समन्ताद्व्यकिरञ्शरैः ॥ ९.१२.३३ ॥
Nakula, Sahadeva and the great charioteer Sātyaki then surrounded Śalya on all sides and showered him with arrows.
9.12.34
स चतुर्भिर्महेष्वासैः पाण्डवानां महारथः ।
वृतस्तान्योधयामास मद्रराजः प्रतापवान् ॥ ९.१२.३४ ॥
That great charioteer, the valiant king of the Madras, surrounded by four of the Pāṇḍavas' great archers, went on fighting against them.
9.12.35
तस्य धर्मसुतो राजन्क्षुरप्रेण महाहवे ।
चक्ररक्षं जघानाशु मद्रराजस्य पार्थिवः ॥ ९.१२.३५ ॥
O king, the king, son of Dharma, swiftly struck down with a razor-headed arrow the guardian of the chariot wheel of the king of the Madras in the great battle.
9.12.36
तस्मिंस्तु निहते शूरे चक्ररक्षे महारथे ।
मद्रराजोऽपि बलवान्सैनिकानावृणोच्छरैः ॥ ९.१२.३६ ॥
When that heroic great charioteer, the guardian of the wheel, had been slain, the mighty king of the Madras also covered the soldiers with arrows.
9.12.37
समावृतांस्ततस्तांस्तु राजन्वीक्ष्य स्वसैनिकान् ।
चिन्तयामास समरे धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ॥ ९.१२.३७ ॥
O king, seeing his own soldiers surrounded, Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Dharma, began to reflect in the battle.
9.12.38
कथं नु न भवेत्सत्यं तन्माधववचो महत् ।
अपि क्रुद्धो रणे राजन्क्षपयेत बलं मम ॥ ९.१२.३८ ॥
How could that great word of Mādhava not come true? O king, angered in battle, he might destroy my army.
9.12.39
अहं मद्धातरश्चैव सात्यकिश्च महारथः ।
पाञ्चालाः सृञ्जयाश्चैव न शक्तास्म हि मद्रपम् ॥ ९.१२.३९ ॥
I, my brothers, the great charioteer Sātyaki, the Pāñcālas and the Sṛñjayas are not able to withstand the Madra king.
9.12.40
निहनिष्यति चैवाद्य मातुलोऽस्मान्महाबलः ।
गोविन्दवचनं सत्यं कथं भवति किन्त्विदम् ॥ ९.१२.४० ॥
Today the Madra king, our maternal uncle, the mighty one, will surely slay us. How can Govinda's word be true? How can this come about?
9.12.41
ततः सरथनागाश्वा पाण्डवाः पाण्डुपूर्वज ।
मद्रराजं समासेदुः पीडयन्तः समन्ततः ॥ ९.१२.४१ ॥
Then, O elder son of Pāṇḍu, the Pāṇḍavas with chariots, elephants and horses approached the Madra king, pressing him on all sides.
9.12.42
नानाशस्त्रौघबहुलां शस्त्रवृष्टिं समुद्यताम् ।
व्यधमत्समरे राजा महाभ्राणीव मारुतः ॥ ९.१२.४२ ॥
In battle the king scattered the rising shower of weapons, thick with many streams of arms, as the wind scatters great clouds.
9.12.43
ततः कनकपुङ्खां तां शल्यक्षिप्तां वियद्गताम् ।
शरवृष्टिमपश्याम शलभानामिवायतिम् ॥ ९.१२.४३ ॥
Then we saw that rain of arrows with golden feathers, shot by Śalya and spreading through the sky, like a vast swarm of locusts.
9.12.44
ते शरा मद्रराजेन प्रेषिता रणमूर्धनि ।
सम्पतन्तः स्म दृश्यन्ते शलभानां व्रजा इव ॥ ९.१२.४४ ॥
Those arrows, sent forth by the king of the Madras at the head of the battle, were seen falling like flocks of locusts.
9.12.45
मद्रराजधनुर्मुक्तैः शरैः कनकभूषणैः ।
निरन्तरमिवाकाशं सम्बभूव जनाधिप ॥ ९.१२.४५ ॥
O lord of men, the sky seemed to become unbroken, filled with arrows adorned with gold, released from the bow of the king of the Madras.
9.12.46
न पाण्डवानां नास्माकं तत्र किञ्चिद्व्यदृश्यत ।
बाणान्धकारे महति कृते तत्र महाहवे ॥ ९.१२.४६ ॥
In that great battle, with the great darkness of arrows made there, nothing of the Pāṇḍavas nor of ours was seen.
9.12.47
मद्रराजेन बलिना लाघवाच्छरवृष्टिभिः ।
चाल्यमानं तु तं दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवानां बलार्णवम्।
विस्मयं परमं जग्मुर्देवगन्धर्वदानवाः ॥ ९.१२.४७ ॥
Seeing the great ocean of the Pāṇḍavas' army shaken by the showers of arrows that the mighty king of the Madras rained down with his skill, the gods, gandharvas and dānavas were filled with supreme amazement.
9.12.48
स तु तान्सर्वतो यत्ताञ्शरैः सञ्छाद्य मारिष ।
धर्मराजमवच्छाद्य सिंहवद्व्यनदन्मुहुः ॥ ९.१२.४८ ॥
O sir, covering on all sides those who stood ready, and covering the king of dharma with arrows, he roared again and again like a lion.
9.12.49
ते च्छन्नाः समरे तेन पाण्डवानां महारथाः ।
नाशक्नुवंस्तदा युद्धे प्रत्युद्यातुं महारथम् ॥ ९.१२.४९ ॥
Covered over in battle by him, the great charioteers of the Pāṇḍavas then could not advance to meet the great charioteer in the fight.
9.12.50
धर्मराजपुरोगास्तु भीमसेनमुखा रथाः ।
निजघ्नुः समरे शूरंशल्यमाहवशोभिनम् ॥ ९.१२.५० ॥
But the charioteers, with the king of dharma in front and Bhīmasena at their head, struck down the hero Śalya, glorious in battle.