Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 9.56
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9.56.1
रामसान्निध्यमागम्य पुत्रो दुर्योधनस्तव ।
योद्धुकामो महाबाहुः समहृष्यत वीर्यवान्
प्रीत्या परमया युक्ताः समभ्यर्च्य यथाविधि ।
आसनं च ददौ तस्मै पर्यपृच्छदनामयम् ॥ ९.५६.१ ॥
Coming near Rāma, your son Duryodhana, desiring battle, the mighty-armed hero rejoiced. Filled with the greatest affection, he duly honored him, offered him a seat, and asked after his well-being.
9.56.2
दृष्ट्वा लाङ्गलिनं राजा प्रत्युत्थाय च भारत ।
प्रीत्या परमया युक्तो युधिष्ठिरमथाब्रवीत्
ततो युधिष्ठिरं रामो वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह ।
मधुरं धर्मसंयुक्तं शूराणां हितमेव च ॥ ९.५६.२ ॥
Seeing the plough-bearer, the king rose to his feet, O Bhārata, and filled with the greatest affection spoke to Yudhiṣṭhira. Then Rāma spoke these words to Yudhiṣṭhira, sweet, united with dharma, and indeed beneficial to heroes.
9.56.3
समन्तपञ्चकं पुण्यमितो याम विशाम्पते ।
प्रथितोत्तरवेदी सा देवलोके प्रजापतेः
मया श्रुतं कथयतामृषीणां राजसत्तम ।
कुरुक्षेत्रं परं पुण्यं पावनं स्वर्ग्यमेव च ॥ ९.५६.३ ॥
Let us go from here to the sacred Samantapañcaka, O lord of the people. That famed northern altar is in the heaven of Prajāpati. O best of kings, I have heard from the sages who recount it that Kurukṣetra is supremely sacred, purifying, and leading to heaven.
9.56.4
तस्मिन्महापुण्यतमे त्रैलोक्यस्य सनातने ।
सङ्ग्रामे निधनं प्राप्य ध्रुवं स्वर्गं गमिष्यसि
देवतैर्ऋषिभिर्जुष्टं ब्राह्मणैश्च महात्मभिः ।
तत्र वै योत्स्यमाना ये देहं त्यक्ष्यन्ति मानवाः ॥ ९.५६.४ ॥
In that most sacred battlefield, eternal in the three worlds, having met death in battle you will surely go to heaven. There, men who give up their bodies while fighting, a place frequented by gods, sages and great brahmins, will attain heaven.
9.56.5
तथेत्युक्त्वा महाराज कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ।
समन्तपञ्चकं वीरः प्रायादभिमुखः प्रभुः
तेषां स्वर्गे ध्रुवो वासः शक्रेण सह मारिष ।
तस्मात्समन्तपञ्चकमितो याम द्रुतं नृप ॥ ९.५६.५ ॥
Having said 'So be it,' great king, Yudhiṣṭhira, son of Kuntī, the hero and lord, set out facing toward Samantapañcaka. Good sir, they have a certain dwelling in heaven together with Indra. Therefore, O king, let us go quickly from here to Samantapañcaka.
9.56.6
ततो दुर्योधनो राजा प्रगृह्य महतीं गदाम् ।
पद्ध्याममर्षी द्युतिमानगच्छत्पाण्डवैः सह ॥ ९.५६.६ ॥
Then King Duryodhana, taking up his great mace, wrathful and radiant, went on foot together with the Pāṇḍavas.
9.56.7
तथा यान्तं गदाहस्तं वर्मणा चापि दंशितम् ।
अन्तरिक्षचरा देवाः साधुसाध्वित्यपूजयन् ॥ ९.५६.७ ॥
As he went along thus, mace in hand and clad in armour, the gods moving in the sky honoured him, saying, 'Well done, well done!'
9.56.8
वादकाश्च नरास्तत्र दृष्ट्वा ते हर्षमागताः ॥ ९.५६.८ ॥
The musicians and men there, seeing him, were filled with delight.
9.56.9
स पाण्डवैः परिवृतः कुरुराजस्तवात्मजः ।
मत्तस्येव गजेन्द्रस्य गतिमास्थाय सोऽव्रजत् ॥ ९.५६.९ ॥
Surrounded by the Pāṇḍavas, that king of the Kurus, your son, advanced with the gait of an intoxicated lord of elephants.
9.56.10
ततः शङ्खनिनादैश्च भेरीणां च महास्वनैः ।
सिंहनादैश्च शूराणां दिशः सर्वाः प्रपूरिताः ॥ ९.५६.१० ॥
Then all the directions were filled with the blare of conch-shells, the great roar of drums, and the lion-like shouts of heroes.
9.56.11
ततस्ते तु कुरुक्षेत्रं प्राप्ता नरवरोत्तमाः ।
प्रतीच्यभिमुखं देशं यथोद्दिष्टं सुतेन ते।
दक्षिणेन सरस्वत्याः स्वयनं तीर्थमुत्तमम् ॥ ९.५६.११ ॥
Then those best of men reached Kurukṣetra, to the region facing west, as your son had directed, south of the Sarasvatī, near the supreme sacred ford called Svayana.
9.56.12
तस्मिन्देशे त्वनिरिणे ते तु युद्धमरोचयन् ॥ ९.५६.१२ ॥
In that region free of debt, they desired battle.
9.56.13
ततो भीमो महाकोटिं गदां गृह्याथ वर्मभृत् ।
बिभ्रद्रूपं महाराज सदृशं हि गरुत्मतः ॥ ९.५६.१३ ॥
Then Bhīma, clad in armor, took up a great-headed mace, great king, bearing a form like that of Garuḍa.
9.56.14
अवबद्धशिरस्त्राणः शुद्धकाञ्चनवर्मभृत् ।
रराज राजन्पुत्रस्ते काञ्चनः शैलराडिव ॥ ९.५६.१४ ॥
With his helmet tightly fastened and clad in pure golden armor, your son shone, O king, like the golden lord of mountains.
9.56.15
तौ तथा सङ्गतौ वीरौ भीमदुर्योधनावुभौ ।
संयुगे सम्प्रकाशेते संरब्धाविव कुञ्जरौ ॥ ९.५६.१५ ॥
Those two heroes, Bhīma and Duryodhana, thus met in battle and shone like two enraged elephants.
9.56.16
रथमण्डलमध्यस्थौ भ्रातरौ तौ नरर्षभौ ।
अशोभेतां महाराज चन्द्रसूर्याविवोदितौ ॥ ९.५६.१६ ॥
Those two brothers, standing in the midst of the ring of chariots, best of men, great king, shone like the rising moon and sun.
9.56.17
तावन्योन्यं निरीक्षेतां क्रुद्धाविव महोरगौ ।
दहन्तौ लोचनै राजन्परस्परवधैषिणौ ॥ ९.५६.१७ ॥
The two looked at each other like two enraged great serpents, burning with their eyes, O king, seeking each other's death.
9.56.18
संप्रहृष्टमना राजन्गदामादाय कौरवः ।
सृक्विणी संलिहन्राजन्क्रोधरक्तेक्षणः श्वसन् ॥ ९.५६.१८ ॥
With a gladdened heart, O king, the Kaurava took up his mace, licking the corners of his mouth, his eyes red with rage, O king, breathing heavily.
9.56.19
ततो दुर्योधनो राजन्गदामादाय वीर्यवान् ।
भीमसेनमभिप्रेक्ष्य गजो गजमिवाह्वयत् ॥ ९.५६.१९ ॥
Then, O king, the mighty Duryodhana took up his mace, looked at Bhīmasena, and challenged him as one elephant challenges another.
9.56.20
अद्रिसारमयीं भीमस्तथैवादाय वीर्यवान् ।
आह्वयामास नृपतिं सिंहः सिंहं यथा वने ॥ ९.५६.२० ॥
Likewise Bhīma, the mighty one, took up his mace made of iron, and challenged the king as a lion in the forest challenges another lion.
9.56.21
तावुद्यतगदापाणी दुर्योधनवृकोदरौ ।
संयुगे सम्प्रकाशेतां गिरी सशिखराविव ॥ ९.५६.२१ ॥
With maces raised in their hands, those two, Duryodhana and Vṛkodara, shone in battle like two mountains with their peaks.
9.56.22
तावुभौ समतिक्रुद्धावुभौ भीमपराक्रमौ ।
उभौ शिष्यौ गदायुद्धे रौहिणेयस्य धीमतः ॥ ९.५६.२२ ॥
Both were greatly enraged, both valorous like Bhīma; both were disciples of the wise Rauhiṇeya (Balarāma) in mace-fighting.
9.56.23
उभौ सदृशकर्माणौ वरुणस्य महाबलौ ।
वासुदेवस्य रामस्य तथा वैश्रवणस्य च ॥ ९.५६.२३ ॥
Both were mighty, with deeds equal to Varuṇa's, and equal to Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa), Rāma and Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera) as well.
9.56.24
सदृशौ तौ महाराज मधुकैटभयोरपि ।
उभौ सदृशकर्माणौ तथा सुन्दोपसुन्दयोः ॥ ९.५६.२४ ॥
Those two, great king, were equal to Madhu and Kaiṭabha; both were of deeds equal to Sunda and Upasunda.
9.56.25
रामरावणयोश्चैव वालिसुग्रीवयोस्तथा ।
तथैव कालस्य समौ मृत्योश्चैव परन्तपौ ॥ ९.५६.२५ ॥
Equal to Rāma and Rāvaṇa, and equal to Vāli and Sugrīva; likewise they were equal to Time and to Death, those two tormentors of foes.
9.56.26
अन्योन्यमभिधावन्तौ मत्ताविव महाद्विपौ ।
वासितासङ्गमे दृप्तौ शरदीव मदोत्कटौ ॥ ९.५६.२६ ॥
Rushing upon each other, those two were like maddened great elephants meeting at the sight of a she-elephant, proud and fierce with rut, as in autumn.
9.56.27
उभौ क्रोधविषं दीप्तं वमन्तावुरगाविव ।
अन्योन्यमभिसंरब्धौ प्रेक्षमाणावरिन्दमौ ॥ ९.५६.२७ ॥
Both, like two serpents spewing blazing poison of wrath, glaring at each other in fierce anger, the two subduers of foes.
9.56.28
उभौ भरतशार्दूलौ विक्रमेण समन्वितौ ।
सिंहाविव दुराधर्षौ गदायुद्धविशारदौ ॥ ९.५६.२८ ॥
The two tigers of the Bharatas, endowed with prowess, unassailable like lions, skilled in mace-combat.
9.56.29
नखदंष्ट्रायुधौ वीरौ व्याघ्राविव दुरुत्सहौ ।
प्रजासंहरणे क्षुब्धौ समुद्राविव दुस्तरौ ॥ ९.५६.२९ ॥
Two heroes whose weapons are nails and fangs, unbearable like tigers, uncrossable like two oceans stirred up in the destruction of creatures.
9.56.30
लोहिताङ्गाविव क्रुद्धौ प्रतपन्तौ महारथौ ।
पूर्वपश्चिमजौ मेघौ प्रेक्षमाणावरिन्दमौ ॥ ९.५६.३० ॥
Two great charioteers, enraged like the red-bodied planets, blazing, like two clouds born of east and west, the two subduers of foes looking on.
9.56.31
गर्जमानौ सुविषमं क्षरन्तौ प्रावृषीव हि ।
रश्मियुक्तौ महात्मानौ दीप्तिमन्तौ महाबलौ ॥ ९.५६.३१ ॥
Thundering most terribly, pouring forth like clouds in the rainy season, possessed of rays, great-souled, radiant, of great might.
9.56.32
ददृशाते कुरुश्रेष्ठौ कालसूर्याविवोदितौ ।
व्याघ्राविव सुसंरब्धौ गर्जन्ताविवतोयदौ ॥ ९.५६.३२ ॥
The two best of the Kurus appeared like rising suns of destruction, like very enraged tigers, like thundering rain-giving clouds.
9.56.33
जहृषाते महाबाहु सिंहकेसरिणाविव ।
गजाविव सुसंरब्धौ ज्वलिताविव पावकौ ॥ ९.५६.३३ ॥
The two mighty-armed ones rejoiced like lions with manes, like two fully enraged elephants, like two blazing fires.
9.56.34
ददृशाते महात्मानौ सशृङ्गाविव पर्वतौ ।
रोषात्प्रस्फुरमाणोष्ठौ निरीक्षन्तौ परस्परम् ॥ ९.५६.३४ ॥
The two great-souled ones appeared like two mountains with peaks, their lips quivering with rage, gazing at each other.
9.56.35
तौ समेतौ महात्मानौ गदाहस्तौ नरोत्तमौ ।
उभौ परमसंहृष्टावुभौ परमसम्मतौ ॥ ९.५६.३५ ॥
Those two great-souled best of men, maces in hand, came together; both highly exhilarated, both highly esteemed.
9.56.36
सदश्वाविव हेषन्तौ बृंहन्ताविव कुञ्जरौ ।
वृषभाविव गर्जन्तौ दुर्योधनवृकोदरौ।
दैत्याविव बलोन्मत्तौ रेजतुस्तौ नरोत्तमौ ॥ ९.५६.३६ ॥
Duryodhana and Vṛkodara, neighing like fine horses, trumpeting like elephants, roaring like bulls, trembled like two demons maddened with strength, those two best of men.
9.56.37
ततो दुर्योधनो राजन्निदमाह युधिष्ठिरम् ।
सृञ्जयैः सह तिष्ठन्तं तपन्तमिव भास्करम् ॥ ९.५६.३७ ॥
Then, O king, Duryodhana said this to Yudhiṣṭhira, who stood with the Sṛñjayas, blazing like the sun.
9.56.38
इदं व्यवसितं युद्धं मम भीमस्य चोभयोः ।
उपोपविष्टाः पश्यध्वं विमर्दं नृपसत्तमाः ॥ ९.५६.३८ ॥
This battle between me and Bhīma, between the two of us, has been resolved upon; sit close and behold the clash, O best of kings.
9.56.39
ततः समुपविष्टं तत्सुमहद्राजमण्डलम् ।
विराजमानं ददृशे दिवीवादित्यमण्डलम् ॥ ९.५६.३९ ॥
Then that great assembly of kings, seated together, appeared shining like the disk of the sun in the sky.
9.56.40
तेषां मध्ये महाबाहुः श्रीमान्केशवपूर्वजः ।
उपविष्टो महाराज पूज्यमानः समन्ततः ॥ ९.५६.४० ॥
Among them, the mighty-armed, glorious elder brother of Keśava sat, O great king, honored on all sides.
9.56.41
शुशुभे राजमध्यस्थो नीलवासाः सितप्रभः ।
नक्षत्रैरिव सम्पूर्णो वृतो निशि निशाकरः ॥ ९.५६.४१ ॥
Standing in the midst of kings, dark-robed and white-radiant, he shone like the full moon surrounded by stars at night.
9.56.42
तौ तथा तु महाराज गदाहस्तौ सुदुःसहौ ।
अन्योन्यं वाग्भिरुग्राभिस्तक्षमाणौ व्यवस्थितौ ॥ ९.५६.४२ ॥
And those two, O great king, mace in hand and very hard to withstand, stood there stinging one another with fierce words.
9.56.43
अप्रियाणि ततोऽन्योन्यमुक्त्वा तौ कुरुसत्तमौ ।
उदीक्षन्तौ स्थितौ तत्र वृत्रशक्रौ यथाऽऽहवे ॥ ९.५६.४३ ॥
Then, having spoken unpleasant words to one another, those two best of the Kurus stood there glaring at each other like Vṛtra and Śakra in battle.