Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 9.59
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9.59.1
समुदीर्णं ततो दृष्ट्वा सङ्ग्रामं कुरुमुख्ययोः ।
अब्रवीदर्जुनस्तत्र वासुदेवं यशस्विनम् ॥ ९.५९.१ ॥
Seeing that battle between the two foremost Kurus blazing up, Arjuna then spoke to the glorious Vāsudeva.
9.59.2
अनयोर्वीरयोर्युद्धे को ज्यायान्भवतो मतः ।
कस्य वा को गुणो ज्यायानेतद्वद जनार्दन ॥ ९.५९.२ ॥
In this battle between these two heroes, who is superior in your view? Whose quality is greater? Tell me this, O Janārdana.
9.59.3
उपदेशोऽनयोस्तुल्यो भीमस्तु बलवत्तरः ।
कृती यत्नपरस्त्वेष धार्तराष्ट्रो वृकोदरात् ॥ ९.५९.३ ॥
Their training is equal, but Bhīma is the stronger. Yet this son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra is skilled and intent on effort, more so than Vṛkodara.
9.59.4
भीमसेनस्तु धर्मेण युध्यमानो न जेष्यति ।
अन्यायेन तु युध्यन्वै हन्यादेव सुयोधनम् ॥ ९.५९.४ ॥
But Bhīmasena, fighting righteously, will not conquer him; yet fighting unjustly, he will surely slay Suyodhana.
9.59.5
मायया निर्जिता देवैरसुरा इति नः श्रुतम् ।
विरोचनस्तु शक्रेण मायया निर्जितः स वै ॥ ९.५९.५ ॥
We have heard that the asuras were conquered by the gods through deceit; Virocana, indeed, was conquered by Śakra (Indra) through deceit.
9.59.6
मायया चाक्षिपत्तेजो वृत्रस्य बलसूदनः ।
तस्मान्मायामयं वीर आतिष्ठतु वृकोदरः ॥ ९.५९.६ ॥
Indra, destroyer of strength, snatched away the brilliance of Vṛtra by deceit; therefore let the hero Vṛkodara resort to deceit.
9.59.7
प्रतिज्ञातं च भीमेन द्यूतकाले धनञ्जय ।
ऊरू भेत्स्यामि ते सङ्ख्ये गदयेति सुयोधनम् ॥ ९.५९.७ ॥
O Dhanañjaya, when the dice were cast Bhīma vowed to Suyodhana: "In battle I will break your thighs with my mace."
9.59.8
सोऽयं प्रतिज्ञां तां चापि पारयत्वरिकर्शनः ।
मायाविनं तु राजानं माययैव निकृन्ततु ॥ ९.५९.८ ॥
Let that tormentor of foes fulfil his vow as well, and let him cut down that deceitful king with deceit itself.
9.59.9
यद्येष बलमास्थाय न्यायेन प्रहरिष्यति ।
विषमस्थस्ततो राजा भविष्यति युधिष्ठिरः ॥ ९.५९.९ ॥
If he relies on his strength and strikes fairly, then King Yudhiṣṭhira will be placed in an unequal position.
9.59.10
पुनरेव तु वक्ष्यामि पाण्डवेय निबोध मे ।
धर्मराजापराधेन भयं नः पुनरागतम् ॥ ९.५९.१० ॥
Son of Pāṇḍu, I will speak once more; hear me. Through the fault of the king of dharma, fear has come upon us again.
9.59.11
कृत्वा हि सुमहत्कर्म हत्वा भीष्ममुखान्कुरून् ।
जयः प्राप्तो यशः प्राग्र्यं वैरं च प्रतियातितम्।
तदेवं विजयः प्राप्तः पुनः संशयितः कृतः ॥ ९.५९.११ ॥
Having performed a mighty deed and slain the Kurus led by Bhīṣma, we won victory and supreme fame, and enmity was repaid. Thus victory was gained, yet it has again been made doubtful.
9.59.12
अबुद्धिरेषां महती धर्मराजस्य पाण्डव ।
यदेकविजये वीर पणितं कृतमीदृशम् ॥ ९.५९.१२ ॥
Son of Pāṇḍu, this was the great folly of the king of dharma, O hero: that he staked such a wager upon a single victory.
9.59.13
सुयोधनः कृती वीर एकायनगतस्तथा ॥ ९.५९.१३ ॥
Hero, Suyodhana is skilled, and likewise he has gone to the single refuge.
9.59.14
अपि चोशनसा गीतः श्रूयतेऽयं पुरातनः ।
श्लोकस्तत्त्वार्थसहितस्तन्मे निगदतः शृणु ॥ ९.५९.१४ ॥
This ancient verse, sung by Uśanas and containing the true meaning, is also heard; listen to it as I recite it.
9.59.15
पुनरावर्तमानानां भग्नानां जीवितैषिणाम् ।
भेतव्यमरिशेषाणामेकायनगता हि ते ॥ ९.५९.१५ ॥
One should fear those who turn back again, the broken who seek to live, and the remnant of the enemy, for you have gone to the single refuge.
9.59.16
साहसोत्पतितानां च निराशानां च जीविते ।
न शक्यमग्रतः स्थातुं शक्रेणापि धनञ्जय ॥ ९.५९.१६ ॥
O Dhanañjaya, not even Indra can stand before those who have leapt up in rashness and those despairing of life.
9.59.17
सुयोधनमिमं भग्नं हतसैन्यं हदं गतम् ।
पराजितं वनप्रेप्सुं निराशं राज्यलम्भने।
कोऽन्विष्य संयुगे प्राज्ञः पुनर्द्वन्द्वे समाह्वयेत् ॥ ९.५९.१७ ॥
Having found this Suyodhana, broken, his army slain, gone into the lake, defeated, desiring the forest, despairing of gaining the kingdom, what wise man would search him out in battle and challenge him again to single combat?
9.59.18
अपि नो निर्जितं राज्यं न हरेत सुयोधनः ।
यस्त्रयोदशवर्षाणि गदया कृतनिश्रमः।
चरत्यूर्ध्वं च तिर्यक्व भीमसेनिघांसया ॥ ९.५९.१८ ॥
Would not Suyodhana take back the kingdom we have won? He who for thirteen years has practised hard with the mace, moving upward and sideways, desiring to slay Bhīmasena.
9.59.19
एनं चेन्न महाबाहुरन्यायेन हनिष्यति ।
एष वः कौरवो राजा धार्तराष्ट्रो भविष्यति ॥ ९.५९.१९ ॥
If the mighty-armed one does not slay him unjustly, then this son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra will become your Kaurava king.
9.59.20
धनञ्जयस्तु श्रुत्वैतत्केशवस्य महात्मनः ।
प्रेक्षतो भीमसेनस्य सव्यमूरुमताडयत् ॥ ९.५९.२० ॥
Hearing these words of the great-souled Keśava, Dhanañjaya struck his left thigh while Bhīmasena looked on.
9.59.21
गृह्य संज्ञां ततो भीमो गदया व्यचरद्रणे ।
मण्डलानि विचित्राणि यमकानीतराणि च ॥ ९.५९.२१ ॥
Then Bhīma, taking up the signal, moved in battle with the mace in varied circles, paired movements and others.
9.59.22
दक्षिणं मण्डलं सव्यं गोमूत्रिकमथापि च ।
व्यचरत्पाण्डवो राजन्नरिं सम्मोहयन्निव ॥ ९.५९.२२ ॥
O king, the Pāṇḍava moved in right circles, left circles and the zigzag gomūtrikā path, as if bewildering the enemy.
9.59.23
तथैव तव पुत्रोऽपि गदामार्गविशारदः ।
व्यचरल्लघु चित्रं च भीमसेनजिघांसया ॥ ९.५९.२३ ॥
Likewise your son, skilled in the paths of the mace, moved nimbly and in varied figures, desiring to slay Bhīmasena.
9.59.24
आधुन्वन्तौ गदे घोरे चन्दनागरुरूषिते ।
वैरस्यान्तं परीप्सन्तौ रणे क्रुद्धाविवान्तकौ ॥ ९.५९.२४ ॥
Brandishing two terrible maces anointed with sandal and aloe, seeking the end of their enmity, the two stood in battle like two enraged Death-gods.
9.59.25
अन्योन्यं तौ जिघांसन्तौ प्रवीरौ पुरुषर्षभौ ।
युयुधाते गरुत्मन्तौ यथा नागामिषैषिणौ ॥ ९.५९.२५ ॥
Those two heroes, bulls among men, desiring each other's death, fought like two Garuḍas seeking the flesh of serpents.
9.59.26
मण्डलानि बिचित्राणि चरतोर्नृपभीमयोः ।
गदासम्पातजास्तत्र प्रजज्ञुः पावकार्चिषः ॥ ९.५९.२६ ॥
O king, as those two fearsome ones moved in varied circles, flames of fire arose there from the impact of their maces.
9.59.27
समं प्रहरतोस्तत्र शूरयोर्बलिनोर्मृधे ।
क्षुब्धयोर्वायुना राजन्द्वयोरिव समुद्रयोः ॥ ९.५९.२७ ॥
O king, those two heroes, mighty and striking equally in battle, were like two oceans stirred by the wind.
9.59.28
तयोः प्रहरतोस्तुल्यं मत्तकुञ्जरयोरिव ।
गदानिर्घातसं हादः प्रहाराणामजायत ॥ ९.५९.२८ ॥
Striking equally, like two maddened elephants, the roar of the terrible crash of the maces arose from their blows.
9.59.29
तस्मिंस्तदा सम्प्रहारे दारुणे सङ्कुले भृशम् ।
उभावपि परिश्रान्तौ युध्यमानावरिन्दमौ ॥ ९.५९.२९ ॥
In that terrible and very tumultuous clash of blows, both those enemy-subduers, fighting, became greatly exhausted.
9.59.30
तौ मुहूर्ते समाश्वस्य पुनरेव परन्तप ।
अभ्यहारयतां क्रुद्धौ प्रगृह्य महती गदे ॥ ९.५९.३० ॥
O scorcher of foes, after a moment both of them recovered themselves and, enraged, seizing their great maces, struck again.
9.59.31
तयोः समभवद्युद्धं घोररूपमसंवृतम् ।
गदानिपातै राजेन्द्र तक्षतोर्वै परस्परम् ॥ ९.५९.३१ ॥
O lord of kings, between the two a terrible, unrestrained battle arose, as they struck each other with the blows of their maces.
9.59.32
समरे प्रद्रुतौ तौ तु वृषभाक्षौ तरस्विनौ ।
अन्योन्यं जघ्नतुर्वीरौ पङ्कस्थौ महिषाविव ॥ ९.५९.३२ ॥
Those two swift heroes, bull-eyed, rushing forward in battle, struck each other like two buffaloes standing in mud.
9.59.33
जर्झरीकृतसर्वाङ्गौ रुधिरेणाभिसंप्लुतौ ।
ददृशाते हिमवति पुष्पिताविव किंशुकौ ॥ ९.५९.३३ ॥
With all their limbs battered and drenched in blood, the two were seen like two flowering kiṃśuka trees upon the Himālaya.
9.59.34
दुर्योधनस्तु पार्थेन विवरे सम्प्रदर्शिते ।
ईषदुत्स्मयमानस्तु सहसा प्रससार ह ॥ ९.५९.३४ ॥
But when Pārtha showed an opening, Duryodhana, smiling slightly, suddenly rushed forward.
9.59.35
तमभ्याशगतं प्राज्ञः क्षणे प्रेक्ष्य वृकोदरः ।
अवाक्षिपद्गदां तस्मिन्वेगेन महता बती ॥ ९.५९.३५ ॥
Seeing him come near, the wise Vṛkodara at that moment hurled his mace at him with great force.
9.59.36
अवक्षेपं तु तं दृष्ट्वा पुत्रस्तव विशाम्पते ।
अपासर्पत्ततः स्थानात्सा मोघा न्यपतद्भुवि ॥ ९.५९.३६ ॥
Seeing that hurling, your son, O lord of men, stepped back from his place, and the mace, failing its aim, fell to the ground.
9.59.37
मोक्षयित्वा प्रहारं तं सुतस्तव सुसम्भ्रमात् ।
भीमसेनं च गदया प्राहरत्कुरुसत्तम ॥ ९.५९.३७ ॥
Your son, freeing himself from that blow in great haste, struck Bhīmasena with his mace, best of the Kurus.
9.59.38
तस्य विस्यन्दमानेन रुधिरेणामितौजसः ।
प्रहारगुरुपाताच मूर्छेव समजायत ॥ ९.५९.३८ ॥
Blood flowed from the immeasurably powerful one, and from the heavy fall caused by the blow a faintness came over him.
9.59.39
तन्नावुध्यत पुत्रस्ते पीडितं पाण्डवं रणे ।
धारयामास भीमोऽपि शरीरमतिपीडितम् ॥ ९.५९.३९ ॥
Your son did not perceive the state of the Pāṇḍava, afflicted in battle; and Bhīma, too, kept hold of his own greatly afflicted body.
9.59.40
अमन्यत स्थितं ह्येनं प्रहरिष्यन्तमाहवे ।
अतो न प्राहरत्तस्मै पुनरेव तवात्मजः ॥ ९.५९.४० ॥
He thought that this one, standing firm, was about to strike in battle; therefore your son did not strike at him again.
9.59.41
ततो मुहूर्तनाश्वस्य दुर्योधनमुपस्थितम् ।
देगेनाभ्ययतद्राजन्गदामादाय पाण्डवः ॥ ९.५९.४१ ॥
Then, recovering in a moment, O king, the Pāṇḍava took up his mace and rushed swiftly at Duryodhana, who was standing nearby.
9.59.42
तमापतन्तं सम्प्रेक्ष्य संरब्धगमितौजसम् ।
मोधमस्य प्रहारं तं चिकीर्षुर्भरतर्षभ ॥ ९.५९.४२ ॥
Seeing him rushing upon him, his strength roused by fury, O bull of the Bharatas, he wished to render that blow of his in vain.
9.59.43
अवस्याने मतिं कृत्वा पुत्रन्तव महामनाः ।
इयेषोत्पतितुं राजञ्छलयिष्यन्वृकोदरम् ॥ ९.५९.४३ ॥
Having resolved to stand firm, your great-minded son, O king, wished to leap up and deceive Vṛkodara (Bhīma).
9.59.44
अबुध्यद्भीमसेनस्तु राज्ञस्तस्य चिकीर्षितम् ।
अचास्य सममिद्रुत्य समुत्पत्य च सिंहवत् ॥ ९.५९.४४ ॥
But Bhīmasena perceived the king's intention; rushing at him at once, he leapt up like a lion.
9.59.45
सत्या वञ्चवतो राजन्पुनरेवोत्पतिष्यतः ।
ऊरुभ्यां प्राहिणोद्राजन्गदां वेगेन पाण्डवः ॥ ९.५९.४५ ॥
O king, as that deceiver was about to leap up again, the Pāṇḍava hurled his mace with force onto his thighs.
9.59.46
सा वज्रनिष्पेषसमा प्रहिता भीमकर्मणा ।
ऊरू दुर्योधनस्याथ बभञ्ज प्रियदर्शनौ ॥ ९.५९.४६ ॥
Hurled by Bhīma of terrible deeds, that mace, like a thunderbolt's crash, broke both of Duryodhana's lovely thighs.
9.59.47
स पपात नरव्याघ्रो वसुधामनुनादयन् ।
भग्नोरुर्भीमसेनेन पुत्रस्तव महीपते ॥ ९.५९.४७ ॥
O lord of the earth, your son, that tiger among men, his thighs broken by Bhīmasena, fell, resounding the earth.
9.59.48
ववुर्वाताः सनिर्घाताः पांसुवर्षं पपात च ।
चचाल पृथिवी चापि सवृक्षक्षुपपर्वता ॥ ९.५९.४८ ॥
Winds blew with thunderclaps, a shower of dust fell, and the earth itself trembled with its trees, shrubs and mountains.
9.59.49
तस्मिन्निपतिते वीरे पत्यौ सर्वमहीक्षिताम् ।
महास्वना पुनर्दीप्ता सनिर्घाता भयङ्करी।
पपात चोल्का महती पतिते पृथिवीपतौ ॥ ९.५९.४९ ॥
When that hero, lord of all the kings of the earth, had fallen, again with a great roar, a great blazing meteor fell with terrifying thunderclaps, when the lord of the earth had fallen.
9.59.50
तथा शोणितवर्षं च पांसुवर्षं च भारत ।
ववर्ष मघवांस्तत्र तव पुत्रे निपातिते ॥ ९.५९.५० ॥
And likewise, O Bhārata, there was a rain of blood and a rain of dust; there the rain-god Maghavan poured down when your son had been struck down.
9.59.51
यक्षाणां राक्षसानां च पिशाचानां तथैव च ।
अन्तरिक्षे महान्नादस्तत्र भारत शुश्रुवे ॥ ९.५९.५१ ॥
And likewise, O Bhārata, a great cry of the yakṣas, rākṣasas and piśācas was heard there in the sky.
9.59.52
तेन शब्देन घोरेण मृगाणामथ पक्षिणाम् ।
जज्ञे घोरतरः शब्दो बहूनां सर्वतोदिशम् ॥ ९.५९.५२ ॥
With that terrible sound there arose an even more terrible cry of deer and birds, the cry of many in every direction.
9.59.53
ये तत्र वाजिनः शेषा गजाश्च मनुजैः सह ।
मुमुचुस्ते महानादं तव पुत्रे निपातिते ॥ ९.५९.५३ ॥
Those horses and elephants that remained there, together with the men, let out a great cry when your son had been struck down.
9.59.54
बेरीशङ्खमृदङ्गानामभवच्च स्वनो महान् ।
अन्तर्भूमिगतश्चैव तव पुत्रे निपातिते ॥ ९.५९.५४ ॥
There arose a great sound of drums, conches and mṛdaṅgas, and when your son had been struck down that sound went even into the earth.
9.59.55
बहुपादैर्बहुभुजैः कबन्धैर्घोरदर्शनैः ।
नृत्यद्भिर्भयदैर्व्याप्ता दिशस्तत्राभवन्नृप ॥ ९.५९.५५ ॥
O king, there the directions were filled with headless trunks, with many feet and many arms, terrible to behold, dancing and giving fear.
9.59.56
ध्वजवन्तोऽस्त्रवन्तश्च शस्त्रवन्तस्तथैव च ।
प्राकम्पन्त ततो राजंस्तव पुत्रे निपातिते ॥ ९.५९.५६ ॥
O king, when your son was felled, those with banners, those with missiles and those with weapons all trembled violently.
9.59.57
हदाः कूपाश्च रुधिरमुद्वेमुर्नृपसत्तम ।
नद्यश्च सुमहावेगाः प्रतिस्रोतोवहाऽभवन् ॥ ९.५९.५७ ॥
O best of kings, the lakes and wells cast up blood, and the very swift rivers began to flow against their current.
9.59.58
पुल्लिङ्गा इव नार्यस्तु स्त्रीलिङ्गाः पुरुषाऽभवन् ।
दुर्योधने तदा राजन्पतिते तनये तव ॥ ९.५९.५८ ॥
O king, when your son Duryodhana fell, women became like men in gender and men like women.
9.59.59
दृष्ट्वा तानद्भुतोत्पातान्पाञ्चालाः पाण्डवैः सह ।
आविग्नमनसः सर्वे बभूवुर्भरतर्षभ ॥ ९.५९.५९ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, having seen those wondrous portents, all the Pāñcālas together with the Pāṇḍavas became agitated in mind.
9.59.60
ययुर्देवा यथाकामं गन्धर्वाप्सरसस्तथा ।
कथयन्तोऽद्भुतं युद्धं सुतयोस्तव भारत ॥ ९.५९.६० ॥
O Bhārata, the gods went away as they wished, and the Gandharvas and Apsarases likewise went away, telling of the wondrous battle of your two sons.
9.59.61
तथैव सिद्धा राजेन्द्र तथा वातिकचारणाः ।
नरसिंहौ प्रशंसन्तौ विप्रजग्मुर्यथागतम् ॥ ९.५९.६१ ॥
O lord of kings, in the same way the Siddhas and the wind-travelling Cāraṇas, praising the two lion-men, departed as they had come.