Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 9.25
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9.25.1
गजानीके हते तस्मिन्पाण्डुपुत्रेण भारत ।
वध्यमाने बले चैव भीमसेनेन संयुगे ॥ ९.२५.१ ॥
O Bhārata, after the son of Pāṇḍu had slain the elephant division, and while the army was being destroyed in battle by Bhīmasena—
9.25.2
चरन्तं च प्रपश्यामो भीमसेनमरिन्दमम् ।
दण्डहस्तं यथा क्रुद्वमन्तकं प्राणहारिणम् ॥ ९.२५.२ ॥
We saw Bhīmasena, subduer of foes, moving about with a staff in hand, like an angry Death that takes life.
9.25.3
समेत्य समरे राजन्हतशेषाः सुतास्तव ।
अदृश्यमाने कौरव्ये पुत्रे दुर्योधने तव।
सोदर्याः सहिता भूत्वा भीमसेनमुपाद्रवन् ॥ ९.२५.३ ॥
O king, your surviving sons gathered in battle; when the Kaurava prince Duryodhana could no longer be seen, the brothers, united, rushed upon Bhīmasena.
9.25.4
श्रुतर्वा सञ्जयश्चैव जयत्सेनः श्रुतान्तकः ।
दुर्विमोचनकश्चैव तथा दुर्विषहो बली ॥ ९.२५.४ ॥
Śrutarvā, Sañjaya, Jayatsena, Śrutāntaka, Durvimocana, and the mighty Durviṣaha—
9.25.5
दुर्मर्षणः सुजातश्च जैत्रो भूरिबलो रविः ।
इत्येते सहिता भूत्वा तव पुत्राः समन्ततः।
भीमसेनमभिद्रुत्य रुरुधुः सर्वतो दिशम् ॥ ९.२५.५ ॥
Durmarṣaṇa, Sujāta, the victor Jaitra, and Ravi of great strength—these, your sons, united, rushed upon Bhīmasena and surrounded him on every side.
9.25.6
ततो भीमो महाराज स्वरथं पुनरास्थितः ।
मुमोच निशितान्बाणान्पुत्राणां तव मर्मसु ॥ ९.२५.६ ॥
Then, O great king, Bhīma mounted his chariot again and loosed sharp arrows at the vital spots of your sons.
9.25.7
ते कीर्यमाणा भीमेन पुत्रास्तव महारणे ।
भीमसेनमुपासेदुः प्रवाता इव कुञ्जरम् ॥ ९.२५.७ ॥
Your sons, scattered by Bhīma in the great battle, rushed upon Bhīmasena like gusts of wind upon an elephant.
9.25.8
ततः क्रुद्धो रणे भीमः शिरो दुर्मर्षणस्य ह ।
क्षुरप्रेण प्रमथ्याशु पातयामास भूतले ॥ ९.२५.८ ॥
Then Bhīma, enraged in battle, swiftly struck off the head of Durmarṣaṇa with a razor-headed arrow and felled it to the ground.
9.25.9
ततोऽपरेण भल्लेन सर्वावरणभेदिना ।
श्रुतान्तमवधीद्बीमस्तव पुत्रं महारथः ॥ ९.२५.९ ॥
Then with another bhalla arrow, piercing through all armour, the great charioteer Bhīma struck down your son Śrutānta.
9.25.10
जयत्सेनं ततो विद्वा नाराचेन हसन्निव ।
पातयामास कौरव्यं रथोपस्थादरिन्दमः।
स पपात रथाद्राजन्भूमौ तूर्णं ममार च ॥ ९.२५.१० ॥
Then Bhīma, subduer of foes, pierced Jayatsena with an iron arrow and, as if laughing, toppled that Kaurava from the seat of his chariot. He fell from the chariot to the ground, O king, and quickly died.
9.25.11
श्रुतर्वा तु ततो भीमं क्रुद्धो विव्याध मारिष ।
शतेन गृघ्रवाजानां शराणां नतपर्वणाम् ॥ ९.२५.११ ॥
Then Śrutarvā, enraged, pierced Bhīma, O sir, with a hundred arrows fletched with vulture feathers and with bent joints.
9.25.12
ततः क्रुद्धो रणे भीमो जैत्रं भूरिबलं रविम् ।
त्रीनेतांस्त्रिभिरानर्च्छद्विषाग्निप्रतिमैः शरैः ॥ ९.२५.१२ ॥
Then Bhīma, enraged in battle, struck the victorious, mighty Ravi and these three with three arrows like poison and fire.
9.25.13
ते हता न्यपतन्भूमौ स्यन्दनेभ्यो महारथाः ।
वसन्ते पुष्पशबला निकृत्ता इव किंशुकाः ॥ ९.२५.१३ ॥
Struck down, they fell from their chariots to the ground, like kiṃśuka trees, mottled with flowers in spring, cut down.
9.25.14
ततोऽपरेण भल्लेन तीक्ष्णेन च परन्तपः ।
दुर्विमोचनमाहत्य प्रेषयामास मृत्यवे ॥ ९.२५.१४ ॥
Then the tormentor of foes, striking with another sharp bhalla, hard to be withdrawn, sent him to death.
9.25.15
स हतः प्रापतद्भूमौ स्वरथाद्रथिनां वरः ।
गिरेस्तु कूटजो भग्नो मारुतेनेव पादपः ॥ ९.२५.१५ ॥
Struck down, that best of chariot-warriors fell from his own chariot to the ground, like a kūṭaja tree broken by the wind from a mountain.
9.25.16
दुष्प्रधर्षं ततश्चैव सुजातं च सुतं तव ।
एकैकं न्यहनत्सङ्ख्ये द्वाभ्यांद्वाभ्यां चमूमुखे।
तौ शिलीमुखविद्धाङ्गौ पेततू रथसत्तमौ ॥ ९.२५.१६ ॥
Then he struck down Duṣpradharṣa and Sujāta, your sons, one by one, each with two arrows, at the front of the army in battle; those two best chariot-warriors, their limbs pierced by arrows, fell.
9.25.17
ततः पतन्तं समरे अभिवीक्ष्य सुतं तव ।
भल्लेन पातयामास भीमो दुर्विपहं रणे ॥ ९.२५.१७ ॥
Then, seeing your son falling in battle, Bhīma felled him with a bhalla that was hard to withstand in the fight.
9.25.18
स पपात हतो बाहात्पश्यतां सर्वधन्विनाम् ॥ ९.२५.१८ ॥
He fell, struck down, while all the archers looked on, as if loosed from the arm.
9.25.19
दृष्ट्वा तु निहतान्भ्रातॄन्वहूनेकेन संयुगे ।
अमर्षधशमापसः श्रुतर्वा भीममभ्ययात् ॥ ९.२५.१९ ॥
But seeing many of his brothers slain by one man in battle, Śrutarvā, filled with wrath and impatience, rushed at Bhīma.
9.25.20
विक्षिपन्सुमहच्चापं कार्तखरविभूषितम् ।
विमृजन्सायकांश्चैव विषाग्निप्रतिमान्वहून् ॥ ९.२५.२० ॥
Brandishing a very great bow adorned with gold, and discharging many arrows like poison and fire.
9.25.21
स तु राजन्धनुश्छित्त्वा पाण्डवस्य महामृधे ।
अथैनं छिन्नधन्वानं विंशत्या समवाकिरत् ॥ ९.२५.२१ ॥
O king, in that great battle he cut the bow of the Pāṇḍava; then, with his bow cut, he covered him with twenty arrows.
9.25.22
ततोऽन्यद्धनुरादाय भीमसेनो महाबलः ।
अवाकिरत्तव सुतं तिष्ठतिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत् ॥ ९.२५.२२ ॥
Then, taking up another bow, the mighty Bhīmasena covered your son with arrows and said, "Stand, stand!"
9.25.23
महदासीत्तयोर्युद्धं चित्ररूपं भयानकम् ।
बादृशं समरे पूर्वं तम्भवासवयोर्युधि ॥ ९.२५.२३ ॥
A great combat arose between the two, wondrous and terrifying; such a battle had never before been fought, even between Bhava and Āsava.
9.25.24
तयोस्तत्र शितैर्गुक्तैर्यमदण्डनिभैः शरैः ।
समाच्छकाधारा सर्वा त्वं दिशो विदिशस्तथा ॥ ९.२५.२४ ॥
There, with their sharp, knotted arrows like Yama's staff, the whole expanse, the quarters and the intermediate quarters were covered.
9.25.25
अतः श्रुतर्वा सङ्क्रुद्धो धनुरादाय सायकैः ।
भीमसेनं रणे राजन्बाह्वोरुरसि चार्पयत् ॥ ९.२५.२५ ॥
Then Śrutarvā, greatly enraged, took up his bow and, O king, struck Bhīmasena in battle on the arms and on the chest with arrows.
9.25.26
सोऽतिविद्धो महाराज तव पुत्रेण धन्विना ।
भीमः सञ्चुक्षुभे क्रुद्धः पर्वणीव महोदधिः ॥ ९.२५.२६ ॥
O great king, Bhīma, sorely wounded by your son the archer, was agitated and enraged, like the great ocean at the full moon.
9.25.27
ततो भीमो रुषाविष्टः पुत्रस्य तव मारिष ।
सारथिं चतुरश्चाश्वाञ्शरैर्निन्ये यमक्षयम् ॥ ९.२५.२७ ॥
Then Bhīma, seized by wrath, O noble sir, sent your son's charioteer and his four horses to the abode of Yama with arrows.
9.25.28
विरथं तं समालक्ष्य विशिखैर्लोमवाहिभिः ।
अवाकिरदमेयात्मा दर्शयन्पाणिलाघवम् ॥ ९.२५.२८ ॥
Seeing him without a chariot, the immeasurable-souled one, displaying the skill of his hand, showered him with feathered arrows.
9.25.29
श्रुतर्वा विरथो राजन्नाददे खङ्गचर्मणी ।
अथास्याददतः खह्गं शतचन्द्रं च भानुमत्।
क्षुरप्रेणं शिरः कायात्पातयामास पाण्डवः ॥ ९.२५.२९ ॥
O king, Śrutarvā, without his chariot, took up sword and shield. As he raised his gleaming sword Śatacandra, the Pāṇḍava struck off his head from the body with a razor-tipped arrow.
9.25.30
छिन्नोत्तमाङ्गस्य ततः क्षुरप्रेण महात्मना ।
पपात कायः स्वरथाद्वसुधामनुनादयन् ॥ ९.२५.३० ॥
His head cut off by the great-souled one's razor-tipped arrow, his body fell from his own chariot, resounding through the earth.
9.25.31
तस्मिन्निपतिते वीरे तावका भयमोहिताः ।
अभ्यद्रवन्त सङ्ग्रामे भीमसेनं युयुत्सवः ॥ ९.२५.३१ ॥
When that hero had fallen, your men, bewildered by fear and eager to fight in battle, rushed upon Bhīmasena.
9.25.32
तानापतत एवाशु हतशेषाद्बलार्णवात् ।
दंशितान्प्रतिजग्राह भीमसेनः प्रतापवान् ॥ ९.२५.३२ ॥
Bhīmasena, mighty and valiant, met the armored warriors who came rushing swiftly upon him from the remnant of the ocean-like army.
9.25.33
ते तु तं वै समासाद्य परिवव्रुः समन्ततः ॥ ९.२५.३३ ॥
Having reached him, they surrounded him on every side.
9.25.34
ततस्तु संवृतो भीमस्तावकान्निशितैः शरैः ।
पीडयामास तान्सर्वान्सहस्राक्ष इवासुरान् ॥ ९.२५.३४ ॥
Then Bhīma, surrounded, afflicted all your men with sharp arrows, as Indra, the thousand-eyed, afflicts the asuras.
9.25.35
ततः पञ्चशतान्हत्वा सवरूथान्महारथान् ।
जघान कुञ्जरानीकं पुनः सप्तशतं युधि ॥ ९.२५.३५ ॥
Then, having slain five hundred great chariot-warriors together with their retinues, he again struck down a host of seven hundred elephants in battle.
9.25.36
हत्वा शतसहस्राणि पत्तीनां परमेषुभिः ।
वाजिनां च शतान्यष्टौ पाण्डवः स्म विराजते ॥ ९.२५.३६ ॥
Having slain hundreds of thousands of foot soldiers and eight hundred horses with supreme arrows, that Pāṇḍava shone forth.
9.25.37
भीमसेनस्तु कौन्तेयो हत्वा युद्धे सुतांस्तव ।
मेने कृतार्थमात्मानं सफलं जन्म च प्रभो ॥ ९.२५.३७ ॥
Bhīmasena, the son of Kuntī, having slain your sons in battle, deemed himself fulfilled and his birth fruitful, O lord.
9.25.38
तं तथा युध्यमानं च विनिघ्नन्तं च तावकान् ।
ईक्षितुं नोत्सहन्ते स्म तव सैन्या नराधिप ॥ ९.२५.३८ ॥
Your armies dared not even look at him as he fought and struck down your men, O lord of men.
9.25.39
विद्राव्य च कुरून्सर्वांस्तांश्च हत्वा पदानुगान् ।
दोर्भ्यां शब्दं ततश्चक्रे त्रासयानो महाद्विपान् ॥ ९.२५.३९ ॥
Having routed all the Kurus and slain their foot-soldiers, he then roared with his arms, terrifying the great elephants.
9.25.40
हतभूयिष्ठयोधा तु तव सेना विशामम्पते ।
किञ्चिच्छेषा महाराज कृपणं समपद्यत ॥ ९.२५.४० ॥
Most of your army's warriors were slain, O lord of peoples; only a few remained, and they, O great king, came to a pitiable state.