Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 9.8
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9.8.1
ततः प्रववृते युद्धं कुरूणां भयवर्धनम् ।
सृञ्जयैः सह राजेन्द्र घोरं देवासुरोपमम् ॥ ९.८.१ ॥
Then began a dreadful battle with the Sṛñjayas, increasing the fear of the Kurus, like the battle of gods and demons, O lord of kings.
9.8.2
नरा रथा गजौघाश्च वाजिनश्च सहस्रशः ।
वाजिनश्च पराक्रान्ताः समाजग्मुः परस्परम् ॥ ९.८.२ ॥
Thousands of men, chariots, herds of elephants and horses, and horses advancing with valour, came together against one another.
9.8.3
गजानां भीमरूपाणां द्रवतां निःस्वनो महान् ।
अश्रूयत यथा काले जलदानां नभस्तले ॥ ९.८.३ ॥
A great roar of the elephants of terrible form, rushing, was heard, like thunder of clouds in the sky at the proper season.
9.8.4
नागैरभ्याहताः केचित्सरथा रथिनोऽपतन् ।
व्यद्रवन्त रणे भीता द्राव्यमाणा मदोत्कटैः ॥ ९.८.४ ॥
Some charioteers, struck by elephants, fell with their chariots; frightened and driven off by the frenzied elephants, they fled in battle.
9.8.5
हयौघान्पादरक्षांश्च रथिनस्तत्र शिक्षिताः ।
शरैः सम्प्रेषयामासुः परलोकाय भारत ॥ ९.८.५ ॥
There skilled charioteers sent hosts of horses and foot-guards to the other world with arrows, O Bhārata.
9.8.6
सादिनः शिक्षिता राजन्परिवार्य महारथान् ।
विचरन्तो रणेऽभ्यघ्नन्प्रासशक्त्यृष्टिभिस्तथा ॥ ९.८.६ ॥
Skilled horsemen, surrounding the great chariot-warriors, moving about in battle, struck them with spears, lances and javelins, O king.
9.8.7
धन्विनः पुरुषाः केचित्परिवार्य महारथान् ।
एकं बहव आसाद्य प्रैषयन्यमसादनम् ॥ ९.८.७ ॥
Some archers, surrounding the great chariot-warriors, and many attacking one man, sent him to the abode of Yama.
9.8.8
नागान्रथवरांश्चान्ये परिवार्य महारथाः ।
सोत्तरा युधि निर्जघ्नुर्द्रवमाणं महारथम् ॥ ९.८.८ ॥
Other great chariot-warriors, surrounding the elephants and excellent chariots, struck down in battle the great chariot-warrior fleeing together with Uttara.
9.8.9
तथा च रथिनं क्रुद्धं विकिरन्तं शरान्बहून् ।
नागा जघ्नुर्महाराज परिवार्य समन्ततः ॥ ९.८.९ ॥
Likewise, the enraged chariot-warrior scattering many arrows, O great king, was struck down by the elephants, surrounding him on all sides.
9.8.10
नागा नागमभिद्रुत्य रथी च रथिनं रणे ।
शक्तितोमरनाराचैर्निजघ्नुस्तत्र भारत ॥ ९.८.१० ॥
O Bhārata, there in battle elephants attacked elephants and chariot-warriors chariot-warriors, and with spears, lances and arrows they struck one another down.
9.8.11
पादातानवमृद्गन्तो रथवारणवाजिनः ।
रणमध्ये व्यदृश्यन्त कुर्वन्तो महदाकुलम् ॥ ९.८.११ ॥
Trampling down the foot-soldiers, chariots, elephants and horses were seen in the midst of the battle, creating great confusion.
9.8.12
हयाश्च पर्यधावन्त चामरैरुपशोभिताः ।
हंसा हिमवतः प्रस्थे पिबन्त इव मेदिनीम् ॥ ९.८.१२ ॥
And the horses, adorned with yak-tail fans, ran about, like swans on the slope of the Himālaya drinking the earth.
9.8.13
तेषां तु वाजिनां भूमिः खुरैश्चित्रा विशाम्पते ।
अशोभत यथा नारी करजैः क्षतविक्षता ॥ ९.८.१३ ॥
O lord of the people, the ground was marked in many colours by the hooves of those horses, and it shone like a woman torn and scratched by nails.
9.8.14
वाजिनां खुरशब्देन रथनेमिस्वनेन च ।
पत्तीनां चापि शब्देन नागानां बृंहितेन च ॥ ९.८.१४ ॥
With the sound of the horses' hooves, the rumbling of chariot-wheel rims, the din of the foot-soldiers, and the trumpeting of the elephants...
9.8.15
वादित्राणां च घोषेण शङ्खानां निनदेन च ।
अभवन्नादिता भूमिर्निर्घातैरिव भारत ॥ ९.८.१५ ॥
With the roar of musical instruments and the blare of conches, O Bhārata, the earth resounded as if struck by thunderclaps.
9.8.16
धनुषां कूजमानानां शस्त्रौघानां च पात्यताम् ।
कवचानां प्रभाभिश्च न प्राज्ञायत किञ्चन ॥ ९.८.१६ ॥
With the twang of bows, the heaps of weapons falling, and the gleam of armour, nothing at all could be made out.
9.8.17
बहवो बाहवश्छिन्ना नागराजकरोपमाः ।
उद्वेष्टन्ते विचेष्टन्ते वेगं कुर्वन्ति दारुणम् ॥ ९.८.१७ ॥
Many severed arms, like the trunks of the king of serpents, writhe and thrash, moving with terrible force.
9.8.18
शिरसां च महाराज पततां धरणीतले ।
च्युतानामिव तालेभ्यः फलानां श्रूयते स्वनः ॥ ९.८.१८ ॥
O great king, the sound of heads falling upon the surface of the earth is heard like fruit dropping from palm trees.
9.8.19
शिरोभिः पतितैर्भाति रुधिरार्द्रैर्वसुन्धरा ।
तपनीयनिभैः काले नलिनैरिव भारत ॥ ९.८.१९ ॥
With heads fallen, the earth wet with blood shines like a field of golden lotuses, O Bhārata.
9.8.20
उद्वृत्तनयनैस्तैस्तु गतसत्वैः सुविक्षतैः ।
व्यभ्राजत मही राजन्पुण्डरीकैरिवावृता ॥ ९.८.२० ॥
Those with rolled-up eyes, lifeless and grievously wounded, O king, made the earth shine as if covered with white lotuses.
9.8.21
बाहुभिश्चन्दनादिग्धैः सकेयूरैर्महारधनैः ।
पतितैर्भाति राजेन्द्र महाशक्रध्वजैरिव ॥ ९.८.२१ ॥
With arms smeared with sandal, bearing costly armlets and fallen, O lord of kings, they shine like the great banners of Indra.
9.8.22
ऊरुभिश्च नरेन्द्राणां विनिकृत्तैर्महाहवे ।
हस्तिहस्तोपमैर्जज्ञे संवृतं तद्रणाङ्कणम् ॥ ९.८.२२ ॥
With the thighs of kings severed in the great battle, like elephant trunks, that battlefield became covered.
9.8.23
कबन्धंशतसङ्कीर्णं छत्रचामरसङ्कुलम् ।
सेनावनं तच्छुशुभे वनं पुष्पाचितं यथा ॥ ९.८.२३ ॥
Thronged with hundreds of headless trunks, filled with parasols and yak-tail fans, that forest of the army shone like a forest covered with flowers.
9.8.24
तत्र योधा महाराज विचरन्तो ह्यभीतवत् ।
दृश्यन्ते रुधिराक्ताङ्गाः पुष्पिता इव किंशुकाः ॥ ९.८.२४ ॥
There, O great king, warriors are seen moving about as if fearless, their bodies smeared with blood, like blossoming kiṃśuka trees.
9.8.25
मातङ्गाश्चाप्यदृश्यन्त शरतोमरपीडिताः ।
पतन्तस्तत्र तवैव छिन्नाभ्रासदृशा रणे ॥ ९.८.२५ ॥
In the battle your elephants too were seen, afflicted by arrows and spears, falling like torn clouds.
9.8.26
गजानीकं महाराज वध्यमानं महात्मभिः ।
व्यदीर्यत दिशः सर्वा वातनुन्ना धना इव ॥ ९.८.२६ ॥
O great king, the host of elephants, being slain by the great-souled ones, was torn apart and scattered in all directions like clouds driven by the wind.
9.8.27
ते गजा धनसङ्काशाः पेतुरुर्व्यां समन्ततः ।
वज्रनुन्ना इव बभुः पर्वता युगसङ्क्षये ॥ ९.८.२७ ॥
Those elephants, like clouds, fell on every side upon the earth, appearing like mountains struck by the thunderbolt at the dissolution of the age.
9.8.28
हयानां सादिभिः सार्धं पतितानां महीतले ।
राशयः स्म प्रदृश्यन्ते गिरिमात्रांस्ततस्ततः ॥ ९.८.२८ ॥
Upon the ground, the fallen horses together with their riders were seen in heaps, mountain-high, here and there.
9.8.29
सञ्जज्ञे रणभूमौ तु परलोकवहा नदी ।
शोणितोदा रथावर्ता ध्वजवृक्षास्थिशर्करा ॥ ९.८.२९ ॥
On the battlefield arose a river that carries men to the other world; its water was blood, its whirlpools were chariots, its gravel was banner-trees and bones.
9.8.30
भुजनक्रा धनुःस्रोता हस्तिशैला हयोपला ।
मेदोमज्जाकर्दमिनी छत्रहंसा गदोडुपा ॥ ९.८.३० ॥
Its crocodiles were arms, its current bows, its rocks elephants, its stones horses, its mud fat and marrow, its swans umbrellas, and its boats maces.
9.8.31
कवचोष्णीषसञ्छन्ना पताकारुचिरद्रुमा ।
चक्रचक्रावलीजुष्टा त्रिवेणूरगसंवृता ॥ ९.८.३१ ॥
Covered with armour and turbans, graced with banners like lovely trees, thronged with rows of wheels, surrounded by three-reed snakes, that river flowed.
9.8.32
शूराणां हर्षजननी भीरूणां भयवर्धनी ।
प्रावर्तत नदी रौद्रा कुरुसृञ्जयसङ्गमे ॥ ९.८.३२ ॥
Producing joy in heroes and increasing fear in the timid, that fierce river flowed forth at the confluence of the Kurus and Sṛñjayas.
9.8.33
तां नदीं परलोकाय वहन्तीमतिभैरवाम् ।
तेरुर्वाहननौभिस्ते शूराः परिघबाहवः ॥ ९.८.३३ ॥
That river, carrying men toward the other world and most dreadful, those heroes with iron-club arms crossed with boats made of their vehicles.
9.8.34
वर्तमाने तदा युद्धे निर्मर्यादे विशाम्पते ।
चतुरङ्गक्षये घोरे युद्धे देवासुरोपमे ॥ ९.८.३४ ॥
O lord of the people, while that boundless battle raged, in the terrible destruction of the fourfold army, it was like the battle of gods and demons.
9.8.35
व्याक्रोशन्बान्धवानन्ये तत्र तत्र परन्तप ।
क्रोशद्भिर्दयितैरन्ये भयार्ता न निवर्तिरे ॥ ९.८.३५ ॥
O scorcher of foes, some cried out to their kinsmen here and there, and others, struck with terror, did not turn back even abandoning their beloved who were crying out.
9.8.36
निर्मर्यादे तथा युद्धे वर्तमाने भयानके ।
अर्जुनो भीमसेनश्च मोहयाञ्चक्रतुः परान् ॥ ९.८.३६ ॥
While that boundless and terrible battle was going on, Arjuna and Bhīmasena bewildered the enemies.
9.8.37
सा वध्यमाना महती सेना तव नराधिप ।
अमुह्यत्तत्र तत्रैव योषिन्मदवशादिव ॥ ९.८.३७ ॥
O lord of men, your great army, being struck down, was bewildered here and there, like a woman under the sway of intoxication.
9.8.38
मोहयित्वा च तां सेनां भीमसेनधनञ्जयौ ।
दध्मतुर्वारिजौ तत्र सिंहनादांश्च चक्रतुः ॥ ९.८.३८ ॥
Having bewildered that army, Bhīmasena and Dhanañjaya blew their conches there and made lion-roars.
9.8.39
श्रुत्वैव तु महाशब्दं धृष्टद्युम्नशिखण्डिनौ ।
धर्मराजं पुरस्कृत्य मद्रराजमभिद्रुतौ ॥ ९.८.३९ ॥
Hearing that great sound, Dhṛṣṭadyumna and Śikhaṇḍin, placing the king of dharma in front, rushed towards the king of the Madras.
9.8.40
तत्राश्चर्यमपश्याम घोररूपं महद्भयम् ।
शल्येन सङ्गताः शूरा यदयुध्यन्त भागशः ॥ ९.८.४० ॥
There we saw a wonder, a terrible sight that caused great fear, when the heroes joined with Śalya fought in separate groups.
9.8.41
माद्रीपुत्रौ तु रभसौ कृतास्त्रौ युद्धदुर्मदौ ।
अभ्ययातां त्वरायुक्तौ जिगीषन्तौ बलं तव ॥ ९.८.४१ ॥
But the two sons of Mādrī, impetuous, skilled in weapons, intoxicated with the fury of battle, advanced swiftly, desiring to conquer your army.
9.8.42
ततोऽभ्यावर्तत बलं तावकं भरतर्षभ ।
शरैः प्रणुन्नं बहुधा पाण्डवैर्जितकाशिभिः ॥ ९.८.४२ ॥
Then, O bull of the Bharatas, your army turned back, struck and driven away in many ways by arrows from the Pāṇḍavas, who were eager for victory.
9.8.43
वध्यमाना चमूः सा तु पुत्राणां प्रेक्षतां तव ।
भेजे दश दिशो राजन्प्रणुन्ना शरवृष्टिभिः ॥ ९.८.४३ ॥
O king, while your sons watched, that army, struck down and driven by showers of arrows, fled in all ten directions.
9.8.44
हाहाकारो महाञ्जज्ञे योधानां तत्र भारत ।
तिष्ठतिष्ठेति चाप्यासीद्द्रावितानां महात्मनाम् ॥ ९.८.४४ ॥
There arose a great cry of alarm among the warriors, O Bhārata, and even the call 'Stop! Stop!' was heard from the great-souled ones being driven away.
9.8.45
क्षत्रियाणां तथाऽन्योन्यं संयुगे जयमिच्छताम् ।
प्राद्रवन्नेव सम्भग्नाः पाण्डवैस्तव सैनिकाः ॥ ९.८.४५ ॥
Just as kshatriyas desiring victory over one another in battle, your soldiers, broken by the Pāṇḍavas, fled.
9.8.46
त्यक्त्वा युद्धे प्रियान्पुत्रान्भ्रातॄनथ पितामहान् ।
मातुलान्भागिनेयांश्च वयस्यानपि भारत ॥ ९.८.४६ ॥
O descendant of Bharata, abandoning in battle even beloved sons, brothers, grandsires, maternal uncles, sister's sons, and friends of the same age...
9.8.47
हयान्द्विपांस्त्वरयन्तो योधा जग्मुः समन्ततः ।
आत्मत्राणकृतोत्साहास्तावका भरतर्षभ ॥ ९.८.४७ ॥
Eager for their own protection, your warriors hastened their horses and elephants and fled in every direction, O bull of the Bharatas.