Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 9.57
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9.57.1
ततो वाग्युद्धमभवत्तुमुलं जनमेजय ।
यत्र दुःखान्वितो राजा धृतराष्ट्रोऽब्रवीदिदम् ॥ ९.५७.१ ॥
Then, O Janamejaya, a fierce war of words broke out, in which King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, filled with sorrow, spoke these words.
9.57.2
धिगस्तु खलु मानुष्यं यस्य निष्ठेयमीदृशी ।
एकादशचमूभर्ता यत्र पुत्रो ममानघ ॥ ९.५७.२ ॥
Shame on human existence, whose end is like this — my son, lord of eleven armies, is here, O sinless one.
9.57.3
आज्ञाप्य सर्वान्नृपतीन्भुक्त्वा चेमां वसुन्धराम् ।
गदामादाय चैकाकी पदातिः प्रस्थितो रणम् ॥ ९.५७.३ ॥
Having commanded all the kings and enjoyed this earth, he took up his mace and set out for battle, alone and on foot.
9.57.4
भूत्वा हि जगतो नाथो ह्यनाथ इव मे सुतः ।
गदामुद्यम्य यो याति किमन्यद्भागधेयतः ॥ ९.५७.४ ॥
Though he was lord of the world, my son has become as one without a protector; raising his mace, he goes — what else is this but fate?
9.57.5
अहो दुःखं महत्प्राप्तं पुत्रेण मम स़ञ्जय ।
एवमुक्त्वा स दुःखार्तो विरराम जनाधिपः ॥ ९.५७.५ ॥
Alas, great sorrow has come to me through my son, O Sañjaya. Having said this, the lord of men, afflicted with grief, fell silent.
9.57.6
स मेघनिनदो हर्षान्निनदन्निव गोवृषः ।
आजुहाव तदा पार्थं युद्धाय युधि वीर्यवान् ॥ ९.५७.६ ॥
Thundering like a cloud, roaring with joy like a bull, the mighty one then challenged Pārtha to battle.
9.57.7
भीममाह्वयमाने तु कुरुराजे महात्मनि ।
प्रादुरासन्सुघोराणि रूपाणि विविधान्युत ॥ ९.५७.७ ॥
As the great-souled king of the Kurus challenged Bhīma, many terrible and various omens appeared.
9.57.8
ववुर्वाताः सनिर्घाताः पांसुवर्षं पपात च ।
बभूवुश्च दिशः सर्वास्तिमिरेण समावृताः ॥ ९.५७.८ ॥
Winds blew with thunderous crashes, a rain of dust fell, and all the directions were covered with darkness.
9.57.9
महास्वनाः सुनिर्वातास्तुमुला रोमहर्षणाः ।
पेतुस्तथोल्काः शतशः स्फोटयन्त्यो नभस्तलात् ॥ ९.५७.९ ॥
Hundreds of fireballs, loud and tumultuous, hair-raising, sudden in their stillness, fell splitting the sky.
9.57.10
राहुश्चाग्रसदादित्यमपर्वणि विशाम्पते ।
चकम्पे च महाकम्पं पृथिवी सवनद्रुमा ॥ ९.५७.१० ॥
O lord of men, Rāhu seized the sun out of season, and the earth, with its forests and trees, shook with a great tremor.
9.57.11
रूक्षाश्च वाताः प्रववुर्नीचैः शर्करकर्षिणः ।
गिरीणां शिखराण्येव न्यपतन्त महीतले ॥ ९.५७.११ ॥
Harsh winds blew low, dragging gravel along, and the very peaks of the mountains fell to the ground.
9.57.12
मृगा बहुविधाकाराः सम्पतन्ति दीशो दश ।
दीप्ताः शिवाश्चाप्यनदन्घोररूपाः सुदारुणाः ॥ ९.५७.१२ ॥
Beasts of many shapes rushed about in all ten directions, and blazing jackals, terrible in form and most dreadful, began to howl.
9.57.13
निर्घाताश्च महाघोरा बभूवू रोमहर्षणाः ।
दीप्तायां दिशि राजेन्द्र मृगाश्चाशुभवादिनः ॥ ९.५७.१३ ॥
O lord of kings, in the blazing quarter there were terrible thunderclaps that made the hair stand on end, and the deer uttered inauspicious cries.
9.57.14
उदपानगताश्चापो व्यवर्धन्त समन्ततः ।
अशरीरा महानादाः श्रूयन्ते स्म भयानकाः ॥ ९.५७.१४ ॥
The waters that had gone into the wells swelled up on all sides, and bodiless, terrifying great sounds were heard.
9.57.15
एवमादीनि दृष्ट्वा स निमित्तानि वृकोदरः ।
उवाच भ्रातरं ज्येष्ठं धर्मराजं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥ ९.५७.१५ ॥
Having seen such omens and others like them, Vṛkodara (Bhīma) spoke to his eldest brother, the king of dharma, Yudhiṣṭhira.
9.57.16
एष शक्यो मया जेतुं मन्दात्मा च सुयोधनः ॥ ९.५७.१६ ॥
This dull-minded Suyodhana can be conquered by me.
9.57.17
अद्य क्रोधं विमोक्ष्यामि निगूढं हृदयेशयम् ।
सुयोधने कौरवेन्द्रे खाण्डवेऽग्निमिवार्जुनः ॥ ९.५७.१७ ॥
Today I shall unleash the anger hidden lying in my heart upon Suyodhana, lord of the Kauravas, as Arjuna unleashed fire in the Khāṇḍava forest.
9.57.18
शल्यमद्योद्धरिष्यामि तव पाण्डव हृच्छयम् ।
निहत्य गदया पापमिमं कुरुकुलान्तकम् ॥ ९.५७.१८ ॥
O Pāṇḍava, today I shall pull out the thorn lodged in your heart, by slaying with my mace this sinful destroyer of the Kuru family.
9.57.19
अद्य कीर्तिमयीं मालां प्रतिमोक्ष्याम्यहं त्वयि ।
हत्वेमं पापकर्माणं गदया रणमूर्धनि ॥ ९.५७.१९ ॥
Today I shall place upon you a garland of glory, having slain this evil-doer with my mace at the head of the battle.
9.57.20
अद्योरुगदया राजन्भेत्ताऽस्मि समरेऽनया ।
नायं प्रवेष्टा नगरं पुनर्वारणसाह्वयम् ॥ ९.५७.२० ॥
O king, today with this thigh-mace I shall shatter him in battle; he will not enter again the city called Vāraṇāvata.
9.57.21
सर्पोत्सर्गस्य शयने विषदानस्य भोजने ।
प्रमाणकोट्यां पातस्य दाहस्य जतुवेश्मनि ॥ ९.५७.२१ ॥
In releasing snakes upon the bed, in giving poison in the meal, in the throwing into the deep ravine, and in the burning in the lac-house.
9.57.22
सभायामवहासस्य सर्वस्वहरणस्य च ।
वर्षमज्ञातवासस्य वनवासस्य चानघ ॥ ९.५७.२२ ॥
For the mockery in the assembly, the seizing of all possessions, the year of hidden living and the forest exile, O sinless one.
9.57.23
अद्यान्तमेषां दुःखानां गन्ताऽहं भरतर्षभ ।
एकाह्ना विनिहत्येमं भविष्याम्यात्मनोऽनृणः ॥ ९.५७.२३ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, today I shall reach the end of these sorrows; having slain him in a single day, I shall become free of my debt.
9.57.24
अद्यायुर्धार्तराष्ट्रस्य दुर्मतेरकृतात्मनः ।
समाप्तं भरतश्रेष्ठ मातापित्रोश्च दर्शनम् ॥ ९.५७.२४ ॥
Today, O best of the Bharatas, the life of the evil-minded, unrefined-souled son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra has come to an end, and with it his parents' sight of him.
9.57.25
अद्य सौख्यं तु राजेन्द्र कुरुराजस्य दुर्मतेः ।
समाप्तं च महाराज नारीणां दर्शनं पुनः ॥ ९.५७.२५ ॥
O lord of kings, today the happiness of the ill-minded king of the Kurus has ended; and, O great king, the sight of women is ended again.
9.57.26
अद्यायं कुरुराजस्य शन्तनोः कुलपांसनः ।
प्राणाञ्श्रियं च राज्यं च त्यक्त्वा शेष्यति भूतले ॥ ९.५७.२६ ॥
Today this king of the Kurus, the defiler of Śantanu's family, having abandoned life, glory and kingdom, will lie upon the earth.
9.57.27
राजा च धृतराष्ट्रोऽद्य श्रुत्वा पुत्रं निपातितम् ।
स्मरिष्यत्यशुभं कर्म यत्तच्छकुनिबुद्धिजम् ॥ ९.५७.२७ ॥
And King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, having heard today that his son has been struck down, will remember that inauspicious deed born of Śakuni's counsel.
9.57.28
इत्युक्त्वा राजशार्दूल गदामादाय वीर्यवान् ।
अभ्यतिष्ठत युद्धाय शक्रो वृत्रमिवाह्वयन् ॥ ९.५७.२८ ॥
Thus speaking, O tiger among kings, the mighty one took up his club and stood ready for battle, as Indra challenges Vṛtra.
9.57.29
तमुद्यतगदं दृष्ट्वा कैलासमिव शृङ्गिणम् ।
भीमसेनः पुनः क्रुद्धो दुर्योधनमुवाच ह ॥ ९.५७.२९ ॥
Seeing him standing with his raised club like Mount Kailāsa with its peaks, Bhīmasena, angered again, spoke to Duryodhana.
9.57.30
राज्ञश्च धृतराष्ट्रस्य तथा त्वमपि चात्मनः ।
स्मर तद्दुष्कृतं कर्म यद्वृत्तं वारणावते ॥ ९.५७.३० ॥
Remember that evil deed, committed at Vāraṇāvata by the king Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and by you yourself as well.
9.57.31
द्रौपदी च परिक्लिष्टा सभामध्ये रजस्वला ।
द्यूते च वञ्चितो राजा यत्त्वया सौबलेन च ॥ ९.५७.३१ ॥
Draupadī, in her menstrual state, was tormented in the middle of the assembly, and the king was cheated at dice — as you and Saubala did.
9.57.32
वने दुःखं च यत्प्राप्तमस्माभिस्त्वत्कृतं महत् ।
विराटनगरे चैव योन्यन्तरगतैरिव।
तत्सर्वं पातयाम्यद्य दिष्ट्या दृष्टोऽसि दुर्मते ॥ ९.५७.३२ ॥
The great suffering we endured in the forest, caused by you, and in the city of Virāṭa as well, as if hidden in other forms — I will bring all of it down today. By fortune you are seen, O ill-minded one.
9.57.33
त्वत्कृतेऽसौ हतः शेते शरतल्पे पितामहः ।
गाङ्गेयो रथिनां श्रेष्ठो रथिना याज्ञसेनिना ॥ ९.५७.३३ ॥
Because of you he was struck down and lies on a bed of arrows — the grandsire, Gāṅgeya, best of charioteers, slain by the charioteer, the son of Yājñasenī.
9.57.34
हतो द्रोणश्च कर्णश्च तथा शल्यः प्रतापवान् ।
वैराग्नेरादिकर्तासौ शकुनिः सौबलो हतः ॥ ९.५७.३४ ॥
Droṇa was slain, and Karṇa, and likewise the mighty Śalya; Śakuni, the son of Subala, the originator of the fire of enmity, was also slain.
9.57.35
प्रातिकामी तथा पापो द्रौपद्याः क्लेशकृद्धतः ।
भ्रातरस्ते हताः सर्वे शूरा विक्रान्तयोधिनः ॥ ९.५७.३५ ॥
Prātikāmin, the wicked one who caused Draupadī pain, was slain; all your brothers, heroes and valiant warriors, were slain.
9.57.36
एते चान्ये च बहवो निहतास्त्वत्कृते नृपाः ।
त्वामद्य निहनिष्यामि गदया नात्र संशयः ॥ ९.५७.३६ ॥
These and many other kings were slain because of you; today I will slay you with the mace — there is no doubt of this.
9.57.37
इत्येवमुच्चै राजानं भाषमाणं वृकोदरम् ।
उवाच गतभी राजन्पुत्रस्ते सत्यविक्रमः ॥ ९.५७.३७ ॥
Thus speaking loudly, your son of true valour, fearless, said to Vṛkodara, O king.
9.57.38
किं कत्थनेन बहुना युध्यस्वेह वृकोदर ।
अद्य तेऽहं विनेष्यामि युद्धश्रद्धां कुलाधम ॥ ९.५७.३८ ॥
What is the use of so much boasting? Fight here, Vṛkodara. Today I will destroy your eagerness for battle, basest of your family.
9.57.39
इति दुर्यार्धेनोऽक्षुद्रस्त्वया क्षुद्रबलेन वै ।
शक्यस्रासयितुं वाचा न चान्यः प्राकृतो यथा ॥ ९.५७.३९ ॥
Thus you, of little strength, cannot frighten with words that great man, who is not like any ordinary person.
9.57.40
चिरकालेप्सितं दिष्ट्या हृदयस्थमिदं मम ।
त्वया सह गदायुद्धं त्रिदशैरुपपादितम् ॥ ९.५७.४० ॥
This long-cherished wish lodged in my heart, a mace-fight with you, has by fortune been arranged by the gods.
9.57.41
किं वाचा बहुनोक्तेन कत्थितेन च दुर्मते ।
वाणी सङ्कोच्यतामेषा कर्मणा मा चिरं कृथाः ॥ ९.५७.४१ ॥
What is the use of saying so much and boasting, O wicked-minded one? Restrain this speech of yours; answer by deeds, do not delay long.
9.57.42
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा सर्व एवाभ्यपूजयन् ।
राजानः सोमकाश्चैव ये तत्रासन्समागताः ॥ ९.५७.४२ ॥
Having heard his words, all the kings and the Somakas who had gathered there honoured him.
9.57.43
ततः सम्पूजितः सर्वैः सम्प्रहृष्टतनूरुहः ।
भूयो धीरां मतिं चक्रे युद्धाय कुरुनन्दनः ॥ ९.५७.४३ ॥
Then, honoured by all, his hair standing on end with delight, the joy of the Kurus again firmly resolved upon battle.
9.57.44
तं मत्तमिव मातङ्गं तलशब्दैर्नराधिपाः ।
भूयः संहर्षयांचक्रुर्दुर्योधनममर्षणम् ॥ ९.५७.४४ ॥
The kings roused Duryodhana again, the intolerant one, as if he were a maddened elephant, with the sound of slapping arms.
9.57.45
तं महात्मा महात्मानं गदामुद्यम्य पाण्डवः ।
अभिदुद्राव वेगेन धार्तराष्ट्रं वृकोदरः ॥ ९.५७.४५ ॥
The Pāṇḍava Vṛkodara, raising his mace, charged swiftly at that great-souled son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
9.57.46
बृंहन्ति कुञ्चरास्तत्र हया हेषन्ति चासकृत् ।
शस्त्राणि चाप्यदीप्यन्त पाण्डवानां जयैषिणां ॥ ९.५७.४६ ॥
There the elephants trumpeted and the horses neighed again and again, and the weapons of the Pāṇḍavas, who sought victory, blazed forth.