Harivamsha — Chapter 81
HV 81.2
मथुरोपवने गत्वा निविष्टांस् तान् नराधिपान् अपश्यन् वृष्णयः सर्वे पुरस्कृत्य जनार्दनम् ॥ ह्व्_८१।१ तान् आगतान् नृपान् राजन् मागधान् राजसत्तमान् । ततो हृष्टमनाः कृष्णो रामं वचनम् अब्रवीत् त्वरते खलु कार्यार्थो देवतानां न संशयः
mathuropavane gatvā niviṣṭāṃs tān narādhipān apaśyan vṛṣṇayaḥ sarve puraskṛtya janārdanam // HV_81.1 tān āgatān nṛpān rājan māgadhān rājasattamān | tato hṛṣṭamanāḥ kṛṣṇo rāmaṃ vacanam abravīt tvarate khalu kāryārtho devatānāṃ na saṃśayaḥ
Going to the grove outside Mathurā, all the Vṛṣṇis, with Janārdana at their head, beheld those kings encamped. // 81.1 // (Seeing) those kings arrived, O king, the Magadhans, best of kings, Kṛṣṇa then, glad at heart, spoke this word to Rāma: 'Surely the business of the gods presses on, there is no doubt.'
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HV 81.3
यथायं संनिकृष्टो हि जरासंधो नराधिपः लक्ष्यन्ते हि ध्वजाग्राणि रथानां वातरंहसाम्
yathāyaṃ saṃnikṛṣṭo hi jarāsaṃdho narādhipaḥ lakṣyante hi dhvajāgrāṇi rathānāṃ vātaraṃhasām
seeing how near this king Jarāsandha has come; for the banner-tips of his chariots, swift as the wind, are in sight.
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HV 81.4
एतानि शशिकल्पानि नराणां विजिगीषताम् छत्राण्य् आर्य विराजन्ते प्रोच्छ्रितानि सितानि च
etāni śaśikalpāni narāṇāṃ vijigīṣatām chatrāṇy ārya virājante procchritāni sitāni ca
These parasols of men bent on conquest, moon-like, raised high and white, are shining, O noble one.
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HV 81.5
अहो नृपरथोदग्रा विमलाश् छत्रपङ्क्तयः अभिवर्तन्ति नः शुभ्रा यथा खे हंसपङ्क्तयः
aho nṛparathodagrā vimalāś chatrapaṅktayaḥ abhivartanti naḥ śubhrā yathā khe haṃsapaṅktayaḥ
Ah, the spotless rows of parasols, towering above the kings' chariots, are coming on toward us, gleaming white like rows of geese in the sky.
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HV 81.6
काले खलु नृपः प्राप्तो जरासंधो महीपतिः आवयोर् युद्धनिकषः प्रथमः समरातिथिः
kāle khalu nṛpaḥ prāpto jarāsaṃdho mahīpatiḥ āvayor yuddhanikaṣaḥ prathamaḥ samarātithiḥ
In good time indeed has King Jarāsandha, the lord of earth, arrived — our touchstone in battle, our first guest in war.
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HV 81.7
आर्य तिष्ठाव सहिताव् अनुप्राप्ते महीपतौ युद्धारम्भः प्रयोक्तव्यो बलं तावद् विमृश्यताम्
ārya tiṣṭhāva sahitāv anuprāpte mahīpatau yuddhārambhaḥ prayoktavyo balaṃ tāvad vimṛśyatām
Noble one, let us two stand together; now that the lord of earth has arrived, battle must be joined — but first let his force be surveyed.
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HV 81.8
एवम् उक्त्वा ततः कृष्णः स्वस्थः संग्रामलालसः जरासंधम् अभिप्रेप्सुश् चकार बलदर्शनम्
evam uktvā tataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ svasthaḥ saṃgrāmalālasaḥ jarāsaṃdham abhiprepsuś cakāra baladarśanam
Having spoken thus, Kṛṣṇa then, self-possessed and eager for battle, wishing to get at Jarāsandha, made a review of the (enemy's) force.
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HV 81.9
वीक्षमाणश् च तान् सर्वान् नृपान् यदुवरो ऽव्ययः आत्मानम् आत्मना वाक्यम् उवाच हृदि मन्त्रवित्
vīkṣamāṇaś ca tān sarvān nṛpān yaduvaro 'vyayaḥ ātmānam ātmanā vākyam uvāca hṛdi mantravit
And surveying all those kings, the best of the Yadus, the imperishable one, knowing counsel, spoke words to himself, by himself, within his heart:
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HV 81.10
इमे ते पृथिवीपालाः पार्थिवे वर्त्मनि स्थिताः ये विनाशम् इहेष्यन्ति शास्त्रदृष्टेन कर्मणा
ime te pṛthivīpālāḥ pārthive vartmani sthitāḥ ye vināśam iheṣyanti śāstradṛṣṭena karmaṇā
"These are the protectors of the earth, standing on the earthly path, who here will meet destruction through an act sanctioned by the scriptures.
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HV 81.11
प्रोक्षिताः खल्व् इमे मन्ये मृत्युना नृपपुंगवाः स्वर्गगानि तथा ह्य् एषां वपूंषि प्रचकाशिरे
prokṣitāḥ khalv ime manye mṛtyunā nṛpapuṃgavāḥ svargagāni tathā hy eṣāṃ vapūṃṣi pracakāśire
Indeed I think these bulls among kings have been consecrated (as victims) by Death, for their bodies shone forth as (bodies) destined for heaven.
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HV 81.12
स्थाने भारपरिश्रान्ता वसुधेयं दिवं गता एषां नृपतिमुख्यानां बलौघैर् अभिपीडिता भूमिर् निरन्तरा चेयं बलराष्ट्राभिसंवृता
sthāne bhārapariśrāntā vasudheyaṃ divaṃ gatā eṣāṃ nṛpatimukhyānāṃ balaughair abhipīḍitā bhūmir nirantarā ceyaṃ balarāṣṭrābhisaṃvṛtā
Rightly has this earth, exhausted by the burden, gone to heaven (for help); and this ground, oppressed by the flood-armies of these foremost kings, is without a gap, covered over with armies and kingdoms.
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HV 81.14
स्वल्पेन खलु कालेन विविक्तं पृथिवीतलम् भविष्यति नरेन्द्रौघैः शतशो विनिपातितैः ॥ ह्व्_८१।१३ एवं चिन्तयतस् तस्य कृष्णस्याद्भुतकर्मणः । एवं संचिन्त्य भगवान् युद्धाय कृतनिश्चयः । संकर्षणेन सहितस् तस्थौ गिरिर् इवाचलः । जरासंधस् ततः क्रुद्धः प्रभुः सर्वमहीक्षिताम् नराधिपसहस्रौघैर् अनुयातो महाद्युतिः
svalpena khalu kālena viviktaṃ pṛthivītalam bhaviṣyati narendraughaiḥ śataśo vinipātitaiḥ // HV_81.13 evaṃ cintayatas tasya kṛṣṇasyādbhutakarmaṇaḥ | evaṃ saṃcintya bhagavān yuddhāya kṛtaniścayaḥ | saṃkarṣaṇena sahitas tasthau girir ivācalaḥ | jarāsaṃdhas tataḥ kruddhaḥ prabhuḥ sarvamahīkṣitām narādhipasahasraughair anuyāto mahādyutiḥ
In a very short time indeed the surface of the earth will be emptied, with the floods of kings struck down by the hundreds." [13] While Kṛṣṇa of wondrous deeds was thinking thus — having thus reflected, the Lord, resolved upon battle, stood together with Saṃkarṣaṇa, unmoving like a mountain. Then the enraged Jarāsaṃdha, lord of all the rulers of the earth, of great splendour, followed by flood-hosts of thousands of kings,
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HV 81.15
व्यायतोदग्रतुरगैः सयन्त्रैः सुसमाहितैः रथैः सांग्रामिकैर् युक्तैर् असङ्गगतिभिः क्व चित्
vyāyatodagraturagaiḥ sayantraiḥ susamāhitaiḥ rathaiḥ sāṃgrāmikair yuktair asaṅgagatibhiḥ kva cit
— in some places with chariots fit for battle, yoked, with tall long-limbed horses, furnished with gear, well-equipped, moving unobstructed;
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HV 81.16
हेमकक्ष्यैर् महाघण्टैर् वारणैर् वारिदोपमैः महामात्रोत्तमारूढैः कल्पितै रणकोविदैः
hemakakṣyair mahāghaṇṭair vāraṇair vāridopamaiḥ mahāmātrottamārūḍhaiḥ kalpitai raṇakovidaiḥ
with elephants having golden girths and great bells, like rain-clouds, mounted by excellent great elephant-drivers, caparisoned, skilled in battle;
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HV 81.17
स्वारूढैः सादिभिर् युक्तैः प्रेक्षमाणैः प्रवल्गितैः वाजिभिर् मेघसंकाशैः प्लवद्भिर् इव पत्तिभिः
svārūḍhaiḥ sādibhir yuktaiḥ prekṣamāṇaiḥ pravalgitaiḥ vājibhir meghasaṃkāśaiḥ plavadbhir iva pattibhiḥ
with horses like clouds, well mounted, joined with their riders, looking about, prancing, and with foot-soldiers as if leaping;
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HV 81.18
खड्गचर्मधरोदग्रैः पत्तिभिर् वल्गिताम्बरैः सहस्रसंख्यासंयुक्तैर् उत्पतद्भिर् इवोरगैः
khaḍgacarmadharodagraiḥ pattibhir valgitāmbaraiḥ sahasrasaṃkhyāsaṃyuktair utpatadbhir ivoragaiḥ
with foot-soldiers tall, bearing swords and shields, (their weapons) flourishing (against) the sky, numbering in the thousands, like serpents darting upward —
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HV 81.19
एवं चतुर्विधैः सैन्यैः कम्पमानैर् इवाम्बुदैः नृपो ऽभियातो बलवाञ् जरासंधो धृतव्रतः
evaṃ caturvidhaiḥ sainyaiḥ kampamānair ivāmbudaiḥ nṛpo 'bhiyāto balavāñ jarāsaṃdho dhṛtavrataḥ
thus with the fourfold forces, quivering like rain-clouds, the powerful king Jarāsaṃdha, firm in his vow, advanced.
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HV 81.20
स रथैर् मेघनिर्घोषैर् गजैश् च मदशिञ्चितैः हेषमाणैश् च तुरगैः क्ष्वेडमाणैश् च पत्तिभिः
sa rathair meghanirghoṣair gajaiś ca madaśiñcitaiḥ heṣamāṇaiś ca turagaiḥ kṣveḍamāṇaiś ca pattibhiḥ
He, with chariots roaring like clouds, with elephants dripping with rut-fluid, with neighing horses and with shouting foot-soldiers,
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HV 81.21
नादयानो दिशः सर्वास् तस्याः पुर्या वनानि च अक्षौहिण्या च विंशत्या अनुयातो नराधिपः । स राजा सागराकारः ससैन्यः प्रत्यदृश्यत
nādayāno diśaḥ sarvās tasyāḥ puryā vanāni ca akṣauhiṇyā ca viṃśatyā anuyāto narādhipaḥ | sa rājā sāgarākāraḥ sasainyaḥ pratyadṛśyata
making all the directions and the woods of that city resound, the lord of men, followed by twenty akṣauhiṇīs — that king, with his army, appeared like the ocean in form.
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HV 81.22
तद् बलं पृथिवीशानां दृप्तयोधजनाकुलम् क्ष्वेडितास्फोटितरवं मेघसैन्यम् इवाबभौ
tad balaṃ pṛthivīśānāṃ dṛptayodhajanākulam kṣveḍitāsphoṭitaravaṃ meghasainyam ivābabhau
That army of the earth's rulers, thronged with arrogant fighting men, resounding with shouts and slaps on the arms, looked like an army of clouds.
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HV 81.23
रथैः पवनसंपातैर् गजैश् च जलदोपमैः तुरगैश् च जवोपेतैः पत्तिभिः खगमैर् इव
rathaiḥ pavanasaṃpātair gajaiś ca jaladopamaiḥ turagaiś ca javopetaiḥ pattibhiḥ khagamair iva
With chariots swift as the wind's rush, with elephants like rain-clouds, with speedy horses, with foot-soldiers as if going through the air,
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HV 81.24
विमिश्रं सर्वतो भाति मत्तद्विपरथाकुलम् घर्मान्ते सागरगतं यथैवाभ्रबलं तथा
vimiśraṃ sarvato bhāti mattadviparathākulam gharmānte sāgaragataṃ yathaivābhrabalaṃ tathā
all mingled it shines on every side, crowded with rutting elephants and chariots, just as a mass of clouds gathered over the ocean at the end of the hot season.
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HV 81.25
सबलास् ते महीपाला जरासंधपुरोगमाः परिवार्य पुरीं सर्वे निवेशायोपचक्रिरे
sabalās te mahīpālā jarāsaṃdhapurogamāḥ parivārya purīṃ sarve niveśāyopacakrire
Those rulers of the earth with their forces, headed by Jarāsaṃdha, all surrounded the city and set about making camp.
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HV 81.26
बभौ तस्य निविष्टस्य बलश्रीः शिबिरस्य वै शुक्लपर्यन्तपूर्णस्य यथा रूपं महोदधेः
babhau tasya niviṣṭasya balaśrīḥ śibirasya vai śuklaparyantapūrṇasya yathā rūpaṃ mahodadheḥ
The martial splendour of that encamped camp, filled to its white borders, shone like the appearance of the great ocean.
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HV 81.27
वीतरात्रे ततः काले समुत्तस्थुर् महीक्षितः आरोहणार्थं पुर्यास् ते समीयुर् युद्धलालसाः
vītarātre tataḥ kāle samuttasthur mahīkṣitaḥ ārohaṇārthaṃ puryās te samīyur yuddhalālasāḥ
Then, when the night had passed, the rulers of the earth arose, and eager for battle they came together in order to scale the city.
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HV 81.28
समवायीकृताः सर्वे यमुनाम् अनु ते नृपाः निविष्टा मन्त्रयामासुर् युद्धकालकुतूहलाः
samavāyīkṛtāḥ sarve yamunām anu te nṛpāḥ niviṣṭā mantrayāmāsur yuddhakālakutūhalāḥ
All those kings, brought into assembly along the Yamunā, encamped, took counsel, curious about the time for battle.
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HV 81.29
तेषां सुतुमुलः शब्दः शुश्रुवे पृथिवीक्षिताम् युगान्ते भिद्यमानानां सागराणां यथा स्वनः
teṣāṃ sutumulaḥ śabdaḥ śuśruve pṛthivīkṣitām yugānte bhidyamānānāṃ sāgarāṇāṃ yathā svanaḥ
A very tumultuous noise of those rulers of the earth was heard, like the roar of the oceans bursting apart at the end of an age.
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HV 81.30
तेषां सकञ्चुकोष्णीषाः स्थविरा वेत्रपाणयः चेरुर् मा शब्द इत्य् एवं ब्रुवन्तो राजशसनात्
teṣāṃ sakañcukoṣṇīṣāḥ sthavirā vetrapāṇayaḥ cerur mā śabda ity evaṃ bruvanto rājaśasanāt
Aged men of theirs, wearing jackets and turbans, staves in hand, went about saying "No noise!" — this by the king's command.
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HV 81.31
तस्य रूपं बलस्यासीन् निःशब्दस्तिमितस्य वै लीनमीनग्रहस्येव निःशब्दस्य महोदधेः
tasya rūpaṃ balasyāsīn niḥśabdastimitasya vai līnamīnagrahasyeva niḥśabdasya mahodadheḥ
The appearance of that army, soundless and still, was like that of a great ocean gone silent, its fish and sea-monsters hidden away.
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HV 81.32
निःशब्दस्तिमिते तस्मिन् योगाद् इव महार्णवे जरासंधो बृहद् वाक्यं बृहस्पतिर् इवाददे
niḥśabdastimite tasmin yogād iva mahārṇave jarāsaṃdho bṛhad vākyaṃ bṛhaspatir ivādade
When it had grown silent and motionless, like a great sea (stilled) by yoga, Jarāsaṃdha took up weighty speech, like Bṛhaspati.
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HV 81.33
शीघ्रं समभिवर्तन्तां बलानि पृथिवीक्षिताम् सर्वतो नगरी चेयं जनौघैः परिवार्यताम्
śīghraṃ samabhivartantāṃ balāni pṛthivīkṣitām sarvato nagarī ceyaṃ janaughaiḥ parivāryatām
"Let the forces of the rulers of the earth advance swiftly, and let this city be surrounded on all sides by floods of men.
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HV 81.34
अश्मयन्त्राणि युज्यन्तां क्षेपणीयाश् च मुद्गराः कार्या भूमिः समा सर्वा जलौघैश् च परिप्लुता । ऊर्ध्वं चापानि वाह्यन्तां प्रासा वै तोमरास् तथा
aśmayantrāṇi yujyantāṃ kṣepaṇīyāś ca mudgarāḥ kāryā bhūmiḥ samā sarvā jalaughaiś ca pariplutā | ūrdhvaṃ cāpāni vāhyantāṃ prāsā vai tomarās tathā
Let the stone-hurling engines be set up, and the maces to be flung; let all the ground be made level and flooded with masses of water; and let bows be carried aloft, and javelins and lances too.
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HV 81.35
दार्यतां चैव टङ्कौघैः खनित्रैश् च पुरी द्रुतम् नृपश् च युद्धमार्गज्ञा विन्यस्यन्ताम् अदूरतः
dāryatāṃ caiva ṭaṅkaughaiḥ khanitraiś ca purī drutam nṛpaś ca yuddhamārgajñā vinyasyantām adūrataḥ
And let the city be quickly broken open with masses of chisels and with spades; and let the kings who know the ways of war be posted not far off.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.36
अद्यप्रभृति सैन्यैर् मे पुरीरोधः प्रवर्त्यताम् यावद् एतौ रणे गोपौ वसुदेवसुताव् उभौ । संकर्षणं च कृष्णं च घातयामि शितैः शरैः । आकाशम् अपि बाणौघैर् निःसंपातं यथा भवेत्
adyaprabhṛti sainyair me purīrodhaḥ pravartyatām yāvad etau raṇe gopau vasudevasutāv ubhau | saṃkarṣaṇaṃ ca kṛṣṇaṃ ca ghātayāmi śitaiḥ śaraiḥ | ākāśam api bāṇaughair niḥsaṃpātaṃ yathā bhavet
From today on, let the siege of the city be carried on by my troops, until I have these two cowherds, both sons of Vasudeva, Saṃkarṣaṇa and Kṛṣṇa, slain in battle with sharp arrows — so that even the sky becomes impassable with floods of shafts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.37
मयानुशिष्टास् तिष्ठन्तु पुरीभूमिषु पार्थिवाः तेषु तेष्व् अवकाशेषु शीघ्रम् आरुह्यतां पुरी
mayānuśiṣṭās tiṣṭhantu purībhūmiṣu pārthivāḥ teṣu teṣv avakāśeṣu śīghram āruhyatāṃ purī
Let the kings, instructed by me, take their stations on the grounds of the city; at each of those open places let the city be swiftly scaled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.38
मद्रः कलिङ्गाधिपतिश् चेकितानः सबाह्लिकः कश्मीरराजो गोनर्दः करूषाधिपतिस् तथा
madraḥ kaliṅgādhipatiś cekitānaḥ sabāhlikaḥ kaśmīrarājo gonardaḥ karūṣādhipatis tathā
Madra, the lord of Kaliṅga, Cekitāna together with the Bāhlika, the king of Kaśmīra, Gonarda, and likewise the lord of Karūṣa —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.39
द्रुमः किंपुरुषश् चैव पार्वतीयष् च दामनः नगर्याः पश्चिमं द्वारं क्षिप्रम् आरोहयन्त्व् इति
drumaḥ kiṃpuruṣaś caiva pārvatīyaṣ ca dāmanaḥ nagaryāḥ paścimaṃ dvāraṃ kṣipram ārohayantv iti
Druma, and Kiṃpuruṣa, and Dāmana of the hill country — let them quickly scale the western gate of the city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.41
पौरवो वेणुदारिश् च वैदर्भः सोमकस् तथा रुक्मी च भोजाधिपतिः सूर्याक्षश् चैव मालवः ॥ ह्व्_८१।४० पाञ्चालानाम् अधिपतिर् द्रुपदानां महाबलः । विन्दानुविन्दाव् आवन्त्यौ दन्तवक्त्रश् च वीर्यवान् दक्षिणं नगरद्वारं शीघ्रम् आरोधयन्त्व् इति । छागलिः पुरुमित्रश् च विराटश् च महीपतिः
pauravo veṇudāriś ca vaidarbhaḥ somakas tathā rukmī ca bhojādhipatiḥ sūryākṣaś caiva mālavaḥ // HV_81.40 pāñcālānām adhipatir drupadānāṃ mahābalaḥ | vindānuvindāv āvantyau dantavaktraś ca vīryavān dakṣiṇaṃ nagaradvāraṃ śīghram ārodhayantv iti | chāgaliḥ purumitraś ca virāṭaś ca mahīpatiḥ
The Paurava and Veṇudāri, the Vaidarbha and likewise Somaka, and Rukmī the lord of the Bhojas, and Sūryākṣa the Mālava, [HV 81.40] the mighty overlord of the Pāñcālas, of the Drupadas, Vinda and Anuvinda of Avanti, and valiant Dantavaktra — let them swiftly besiege the southern gate of the city; and Chāgali and Purumitra and Virāṭa the lord of the earth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.42
कौशाम्ब्यो मालवश् चैव शतधन्वा विदूरथः भूरिश्रवास् त्रिगर्तश् च बाणः पञ्चनदस् तथा
kauśāmbyo mālavaś caiva śatadhanvā vidūrathaḥ bhūriśravās trigartaś ca bāṇaḥ pañcanadas tathā
the Kauśāmbya and the Mālava, Śatadhanvā, Vidūratha, Bhūriśravas and the Trigarta, Bāṇa and likewise the Pañcanada —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.43
उत्तरं नगरद्वारम् एते दुर्गसहा नृपाः आरोहन्तां विमर्दन्तां वज्रप्रतिमगौरवाः
uttaraṃ nagaradvāram ete durgasahā nṛpāḥ ārohantāṃ vimardantāṃ vajrapratimagauravāḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
HV 81.44
उलूकः कैतवेयश् च वीरश् चांशुमतः सुतः एकलव्यो बृहत्क्षत्रः क्षत्रधर्मा जयद्रथः
ulūkaḥ kaitaveyaś ca vīraś cāṃśumataḥ sutaḥ ekalavyo bṛhatkṣatraḥ kṣatradharmā jayadrathaḥ
Ulūka and the son of Kitava, and the hero, the son of Aṃśumat, Ekalavya, Bṛhatkṣatra, Kṣatradharman, Jayadratha —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.45
उत्तमौजाश् च शल्यश् च कौरवाः कैकयास् तथा वैदिशो वामदेवश् च साकेतश् च सिनीपतिः
uttamaujāś ca śalyaś ca kauravāḥ kaikayās tathā vaidiśo vāmadevaś ca sāketaś ca sinīpatiḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
HV 81.46
पूर्वं नगरनिर्व्यूहम् एतेष्व् आयत्तम् अस्तु वः त्वरयन्तो ऽभिधावन्तु वाता इव बलाहकान्
pūrvaṃ nagaranirvyūham eteṣv āyattam astu vaḥ tvarayanto 'bhidhāvantu vātā iva balāhakān
Let the first array of the city rest upon these men for you; hurrying on, let them rush forward as winds (rush) upon clouds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 81.47
अहं च दरदश् चैव चेदिराजश् च संगताः दक्षिणं नगरद्वारं पालयिष्याम दंशिताः
ahaṃ ca daradaś caiva cedirājaś ca saṃgatāḥ dakṣiṇaṃ nagaradvāraṃ pālayiṣyāma daṃśitāḥ
And I, and Darada, and the king of the Cedis, joined together and armored, shall guard the southern gate of the city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.48
एवम् एषा पुरी क्षिप्रं समन्ताद् वेष्टिता बलैः वज्रावपातप्रतिमं प्राप्नोतु तुमुलं भयम्
evam eṣā purī kṣipraṃ samantād veṣṭitā balaiḥ vajrāvapātapratimaṃ prāpnotu tumulaṃ bhayam
— tr. refused: cyber
HV 81.49
गदिनो ये गदाभिस् ते परिघैः परिघायुधाः अपरे विविधैः शस्त्रैर् दारयन्तु पुरीम् इमाम्
gadino ye gadābhis te parighaiḥ parighāyudhāḥ apare vividhaiḥ śastrair dārayantu purīm imām
Those who carry maces, with their maces; those armed with iron clubs, with their clubs; and let the others, with weapons of every kind, break open this city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.53
अद्यैव तु नगर्य् एषा विषमोच्चयसंकटा कार्या भूमिसमा सर्वा भवद्भिर् वसुधाधिपैः ॥ ह्व्_८१।५० एवम् उक्त्वा जरासंधः शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमः । चतुरङ्गबलं व्यूह्य जरासंधो व्यवस्थितः अथाभ्ययाद् यदून् क्रुद्धः सह सर्वैर् नराधिपैः प्रतिजग्मुर् दशार्हास् तं व्यूढानीकाः प्रहारिणः ॥ ह्व्_८१।५१ ताव् आगतौ तदा दृष्ट्वा यादवौ सैन्यम् अग्रगौ । रुषाह मागधो वीक्ष्य हे कृष्ण पुरुषाधम । न त्वया योद्धुम् इच्छामि बालकेनेति लज्जया ॥ तव राम यद श्रद्धा युद्धे स्थैर्यं समुद्वह । हतो वा मच्छरैश् छन्न देहः स्वर् याहि मां जहि ॥ न वै शूरा विकत्थन्ते दर्शयन्त्य् एव पौरुषम् । न गृह्णीमो वचो राजन् नातुरस्य मुमूर्षतः । तद् युद्धम् अभवद् घोरं तेषां देवासुरोपमम् अल्पानां बहुभिः सार्धं व्यतिषक्तरथद्विपम् ॥ ह्व्_८१।५२ उग्रसेनं पुरस्कृत्य वासुदेवहलायुधौ । रथस्थाव् अभिवर्तेतां युद्धाय रणकोविदौ । नगरान् निःसृतौ दृष्ट्वा वसुदेवसुताव् उबौ क्षुब्धं नरवरानीकं त्रस्तसंमूढवाहनम्
adyaiva tu nagary eṣā viṣamoccayasaṃkaṭā kāryā bhūmisamā sarvā bhavadbhir vasudhādhipaiḥ // HV_81.50 evam uktvā jarāsaṃdhaḥ śakratulyaparākramaḥ | caturaṅgabalaṃ vyūhya jarāsaṃdho vyavasthitaḥ athābhyayād yadūn kruddhaḥ saha sarvair narādhipaiḥ pratijagmur daśārhās taṃ vyūḍhānīkāḥ prahāriṇaḥ // HV_81.51 tāv āgatau tadā dṛṣṭvā yādavau sainyam agragau | ruṣāha māgadho vīkṣya he kṛṣṇa puruṣādhama | na tvayā yoddhum icchāmi bālakeneti lajjayā || tava rāma yada śraddhā yuddhe sthairyaṃ samudvaha | hato vā maccharaiś channa dehaḥ svar yāhi māṃ jahi || na vai śūrā vikatthante darśayanty eva pauruṣam | na gṛhṇīmo vaco rājan nāturasya mumūrṣataḥ | tad yuddham abhavad ghoraṃ teṣāṃ devāsuropamam alpānāṃ bahubhiḥ sārdhaṃ vyatiṣaktarathadvipam // HV_81.52 ugrasenaṃ puraskṛtya vāsudevahalāyudhau | rathasthāv abhivartetāṃ yuddhāya raṇakovidau | nagarān niḥsṛtau dṛṣṭvā vasudevasutāv ubau kṣubdhaṃ naravarānīkaṃ trastasaṃmūḍhavāhanam
"And this very day this city, hard to approach with its uneven heights, must be made wholly level with the ground by you, lords of the earth." (81.50) Having spoken thus, Jarāsandha, whose prowess equalled Indra's — Jarāsandha, having drawn up his fourfold army, took his position. Then, enraged, he advanced upon the Yadus together with all the kings; and the Daśārhas, their ranks arrayed, went against him, striking. (81.51) Then, seeing those two Yādavas come at the head of the army, the Māgadha looked at them and said in anger: "Ho, Kṛṣṇa, basest of men! I do not wish to fight with you, out of shame that you are a boy. Rāma, if you have any confidence, hold firm in the fight; or else, slain, your body covered by my arrows, go to heaven — or kill me." "Heroes do not boast; they only display their manhood. We do not take up the words, O king, of a sick man who is about to die." Then that battle of theirs became terrible, like that of gods and demons, of the few together with the many, with chariots and elephants entangled. (81.52) Putting Ugrasena in front, Vāsudeva and the bearer of the plough, standing on their chariots, skilled in battle, advanced to fight. Seeing both sons of Vasudeva come forth from the city, the host of the best of men was shaken, its mounts frightened and bewildered.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.54
रथस्थौ दंशितौ चैव चेरतुस् तत्र यादवौ मकराव् इव संरब्धौ समुद्रक्षोभणाव् उभौ
rathasthau daṃśitau caiva ceratus tatra yādavau makarāv iva saṃrabdhau samudrakṣobhaṇāv ubhau
Standing on their chariots and armored, the two Yādavas moved about there, both furious like two sea-churning makaras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.55
ताभ्यां मृधे प्रयुक्ताभ्यां यादवाभ्यां मतिर् बभौ तयोः प्रयुध्यतोः संख्ये मतिर् आसीद् धृतात्मनोः । आयुधानां पुराणानाम् आदाने कृतलक्षणा
tābhyāṃ mṛdhe prayuktābhyāṃ yādavābhyāṃ matir babhau tayoḥ prayudhyatoḥ saṃkhye matir āsīd dhṛtātmanoḥ | āyudhānāṃ purāṇānām ādāne kṛtalakṣaṇā
As those two Yādavas engaged in the battle, their intent became manifest; as the two self-controlled ones fought in the encounter, their intent was marked out for the taking up of the ancient weapons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 81.56
ततः खान् निपतन्ति स्म दीप्तान्य् आहवसंप्लवे लेलिहानानि दिव्यानि महान्ति सुदृढानि च
tataḥ khān nipatanti sma dīptāny āhavasaṃplave lelihānāni divyāni mahānti sudṛḍhāni ca
Then out of the sky, in the tumult of the fight, there fell blazing things, licking (with flames), divine, great, and very firm.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.57
क्रव्यादैर् अनुयातानि मूर्तिमन्ति बृहन्ति च तृषितान्य् आहवे भोक्तुं नृपमांसानि वै भृशम्
kravyādair anuyātāni mūrtimanti bṛhanti ca tṛṣitāny āhave bhoktuṃ nṛpamāṃsāni vai bhṛśam
Followed by carrion-eaters, embodied and huge, greatly thirsting to feed upon the flesh of kings in the battle,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.58
दिव्यस्रग्दामधारीणि त्रासयन्ति नभश्चरान् प्रभया भासमानानि दंशितानि दिशो दश
divyasragdāmadhārīṇi trāsayanti nabhaścarān prabhayā bhāsamānāni daṃśitāni diśo daśa
wearing divine garlands and wreaths, terrifying those who move in the sky, shining with their radiance, blazing (across) the ten directions:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.59
हलं संवर्तकं नाम सौनन्दं मुसलं तथा धनुषां प्रवरं शार्ङ्गं गदा कौमोदकी च ह
halaṃ saṃvartakaṃ nāma saunandaṃ musalaṃ tathā dhanuṣāṃ pravaraṃ śārṅgaṃ gadā kaumodakī ca ha
the plow named Saṃvartaka, and likewise the club Saunanda, the best of bows called Śārṅga, and the mace Kaumodakī —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.60
चत्वार्य् एतानि तेजांसि विष्णुप्रहरणानि च ताभ्यां समवतीर्णानि यादवाभ्यां महारणे
catvāry etāni tejāṃsi viṣṇupraharaṇāni ca tābhyāṃ samavatīrṇāni yādavābhyāṃ mahāraṇe
these four splendors, the weapons of Viṣṇu, came down to those two Yādavas in the great battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.61
जग्राह प्रथमं रामो ललामप्रतिमं हलम् तं सर्पम् इव सर्पन्तं दिव्यमालाकुलं मृधे
jagrāha prathamaṃ rāmo lalāmapratimaṃ halam taṃ sarpam iva sarpantaṃ divyamālākulaṃ mṛdhe
First Rāma took up the plow, matchless in its beauty, which crept like a snake in the fray, wreathed in divine garlands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.62
सौनन्दं च ततः श्रीमान् निरानन्दकरं द्विषाम् सव्येन सात्वतां श्रेष्ठो जग्राह मुसलोत्तमम्
saunandaṃ ca tataḥ śrīmān nirānandakaraṃ dviṣām savyena sātvatāṃ śreṣṭho jagrāha musalottamam
Then the glorious best of the Sātvatas took in his left hand the excellent club Saunanda, the destroyer of his enemies' joy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.63
दर्शनीयं च लोकेषु धनुर् जलदनिस्वनम् नाम्ना शार्ङ्गम् इति ख्यातं विष्णुर् जग्राह वीर्यवान्
darśanīyaṃ ca lokeṣu dhanur jaladanisvanam nāmnā śārṅgam iti khyātaṃ viṣṇur jagrāha vīryavān
And the mighty Viṣṇu took up the bow that is a sight to see in the worlds, sounding like a raincloud, known by the name Śārṅga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.64
देवैर् निगदितार्थस्य गदा तस्यापरे करे विषक्ता कुमुदाक्षस्य नाम्ना कौमोदकीति सा
devair nigaditārthasya gadā tasyāpare kare viṣaktā kumudākṣasya nāmnā kaumodakīti sā
In the other hand of him whose purpose was declared by the gods, of the lotus-eyed one, hung the mace named Kaumodakī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.65
तौ सप्रहरणौ वीरौ साक्षाद् विष्णोस् तनूपमौ समरे रामगोविन्दौ रिपूंस् तान् प्रत्ययुध्यताम्
tau sapraharaṇau vīrau sākṣād viṣṇos tanūpamau samare rāmagovindau ripūṃs tān pratyayudhyatām
Those two heroes with their weapons, resembling the very body of Viṣṇu, Rāma and Govinda, fought back against those enemies in the battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.67
सायुधप्रग्रहौ वीरौ ताव् अन्योन्यमयाव् उभौ पूर्वजानुजसंज्ञौ तौ रामगोविन्दलक्षणौ द्विषत्सु प्रतिकुर्वाणौ पराक्रान्तौ यथेश्वरौ ॥ ह्व्_८१।६६ विचेरतुर् यथा देवौ वसुदेवसुताव् उभौ । हलम् उद्यम्य रामस् तु सर्पेन्द्रम् इव कोपितः चचार समरे वीरो द्विषताम् अन्तको यथा
sāyudhapragrahau vīrau tāv anyonyamayāv ubhau pūrvajānujasaṃjñau tau rāmagovindalakṣaṇau dviṣatsu pratikurvāṇau parākrāntau yatheśvarau // HV_81.66 viceratur yathā devau vasudevasutāv ubhau | halam udyamya rāmas tu sarpendram iva kopitaḥ cacāra samare vīro dviṣatām antako yathā
The two heroes, grasping their weapons, both partaking of each other, named the elder and the younger, marked as Rāma and Govinda, striking back at their foes, valorous as two lords — the two sons of Vasudeva ranged about like two gods. But Rāma, raising his plow like an angered lord of serpents, moved through the battle, a hero like the ender of his enemies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.68
विकर्षन् रथयूथानि क्षत्रियाणां महात्मनाम् चकार रोषं सफलं नागेषु च हयेषु च
vikarṣan rathayūthāni kṣatriyāṇāṃ mahātmanām cakāra roṣaṃ saphalaṃ nāgeṣu ca hayeṣu ca
Dragging along the herds of chariots of the great-souled kṣatriyas, he made his fury bear fruit upon the elephants and the horses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.69
कुञ्जरांल् लाङ्गलक्षिप्तान् मुसलाक्षेपताडितान् रामो विराजन् समरे निर्ममन्थ यथाचलान्
kuñjarāṃl lāṅgalakṣiptān musalākṣepatāḍitān rāmo virājan samare nirmamantha yathācalān
The elephants, flung about by his plow and struck by the hurling of his club, Rāma, resplendent in the battle, churned up as if they were mountains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.70
ते विध्यमाना रामेण समरे क्षत्रियर्षभाः जरासंधान्तिकं वीराः समरार्ताः प्रजग्मिरे
te vidhyamānā rāmeṇa samare kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ jarāsaṃdhāntikaṃ vīrāḥ samarārtāḥ prajagmire
Those bulls among kṣatriyas, being pierced by Rāma in the battle, heroes though they were, distressed by the fight, went to Jarāsaṃdha's side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.71
तान् उवाच जरासंधः क्षत्रधर्मे व्यवस्थितः धिग् एतां क्षत्रवृत्तिं वः समरे कातरात्मनाम्
tān uvāca jarāsaṃdhaḥ kṣatradharme vyavasthitaḥ dhig etāṃ kṣatravṛttiṃ vaḥ samare kātarātmanām
Jarāsaṃdha, firm in the kṣatriya law, said to them: Shame on this kṣatriya conduct of yours, cowardly-souled in battle!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.72
परावृत्तस्य समरे विरथस्य पलायतः भ्रूणहत्याम् इवासह्यां प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः
parāvṛttasya samare virathasya palāyataḥ bhrūṇahatyām ivāsahyāṃ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ
Of one who has turned back in battle, who has lost his chariot and flees, the wise declare (his act) unbearable, like the killing of an embryo.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.74
भीताः कस्मान् निवर्तध्वं धिग् एतां क्षत्रवृत्तिताम् क्षिप्रं समभिवर्तध्वं मम वाक्येन चोदिताः अथ वा तिष्ठत रथैः प्रेक्षकाः समवस्थिताः । यावद् एतौ रणे गोपौ प्रेषयामि यमक्षयम् ॥ ह्व्_८१।७३ स्थितो ऽस्मि युद्धे संरब्धः क्षत्रिया विजयाय हि । ततस् ते क्षत्रियाः सर्वे जरासंधेन चोदिताः सृजन्तः शरजालानि हृष्टा योद्धुं व्यवस्थिताः
bhītāḥ kasmān nivartadhvaṃ dhig etāṃ kṣatravṛttitām kṣipraṃ samabhivartadhvaṃ mama vākyena coditāḥ atha vā tiṣṭhata rathaiḥ prekṣakāḥ samavasthitāḥ | yāvad etau raṇe gopau preṣayāmi yamakṣayam // HV_81.73 sthito 'smi yuddhe saṃrabdhaḥ kṣatriyā vijayāya hi | tatas te kṣatriyāḥ sarve jarāsaṃdhena coditāḥ sṛjantaḥ śarajālāni hṛṣṭā yoddhuṃ vyavasthitāḥ
Why do you turn back in fear? Shame on this kṣatriya practice! Advance at once, urged by my word. Or else stand by your chariots, positioned as spectators, while I dispatch these two cowherds in battle to the abode of Yama. I stand furious in the fight, for the kṣatriyas' victory. Then all those kṣatriyas, urged on by Jarāsaṃdha, letting loose nets of arrows, stood ready to fight, delighted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.75
ते हयैः काञ्चनापीडै रथैश् चाम्बुदनादिभिः नागैश् चाम्भोदसंकाशैर् महामात्रप्रचोदितैः
te hayaiḥ kāñcanāpīḍai rathaiś cāmbudanādibhiḥ nāgaiś cāmbhodasaṃkāśair mahāmātrapracoditaiḥ
They, with horses adorned with gold, with chariots roaring like clouds, and with elephants resembling rainclouds, driven on by their mahouts,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.76
सतनुत्राः सनिस्त्रिंशाः सपताकायुधध्वजाह्। स्वारोपितधनुष्मन्तः सुतूणीराः सतोमराः
satanutrāḥ sanistriṃśāḥ sapatākāyudhadhvajāh. svāropitadhanuṣmantaḥ sutūṇīrāḥ satomarāḥ
(They were) with armour, with swords, with banners, weapons and standards, with bows strung by their own hands, with fine quivers, with lances.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.77
सच्छत्रोत्सेधिनः सर्वे चारुचामरवीजिताः रणे ते ऽभिगता रेजुः स्यन्दनस्था महीक्षितः
sacchatrotsedhinaḥ sarve cārucāmaravījitāḥ raṇe te 'bhigatā rejuḥ syandanasthā mahīkṣitaḥ
All with tall parasols raised, fanned with lovely yak-tail whisks, those lords of the earth, standing on their chariots, having come to the battle, shone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.81
ते युद्धरागा रथिनो व्यगाहन्त युधां वराः गदाभिश् चैव गुर्वीभिः क्षेपणीयैश् च मुद्गरैः ॥ ह्व्_८१।७८ एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे तत्र देवानां नन्दिवर्धनः । एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे राजा जरासंधः प्रतापवान् । दध्मौ शङ्खं महानादं दिशः सर्वा विनादयन् ॥ तच् छ्रुत्वा देवदेवो ऽपि पाञ्चजन्यम् अनुत्तमम् । यस्य नादेन वित्रस्ता दिविस्थाः सर्वदेवताः । किम् उ सैन्यानि सर्वाणि वित्रस्तानीति का कथा । सुपर्णधजम् आस्थाय कृष्णस् तु रथम् उत्तमम् तदाभ्ययाज् जरासंधं शरैर् विव्याध चाष्टभिः ॥ ह्व्_८१।७९ सो ऽपि विध्वाष्टभिर् विष्णुम् उग्रसेनं ददर्श ह । पार्श्वस्थं च हरेर् आह शृणु राजन् वचो मम ॥ त्वं किम् आसीन् नृपो रानन् वृष्णीनां सांप्रतं वद । अज्ञानाम् अग्रणीः स त्वं को ऽन्यस् त्वत्सदृशो भुवि ॥ यत् तु दत्तं किलानेन पिण्डम् आत्मजघातिना । तद् भुङ्क्ते तद् भवान् नित्यं वदान्ध किम् अतः परम् ॥ हत्वा चायं सुतं शौरिस् तव राजक निर्दयः । त्वाम् एव राज्ये संस्थाप्य सांप्रतं युद्धलालसः ॥ तस्य भृत्यत्वम् आयासि राजशब्दं समुद्वहन् । केवलं वयसा वृद्धो न तु ज्ञानेन राजक ॥ निर्लज्ज भोगसंसक्त क्षुद्रजन्तो नृपाधम । इतो याहि वृथावृद्ध त्वां द्रष्टुं नाहम् उत्सहे ॥ अथ युद्धं समालिप्सुः क्षणं तिष्ठ ममाग्रतः । हनिष्ये त्वां हि सबलं सहरिं सबलं तथा ॥ इत्य् उक्त्वा धनुर् आदाय तस्थौ तत्पुरतस् तदा ॥ तच् छ्रुत्व रोषताम्राक्षो बभाषे मागधं हरिः । अन्तर्धानं गतस् तस्माद् गोमन्तात् पर्वतोत्तमात् ॥ त्वम् इदानीं समायासि बलैः सर्वैः समन्वितः । स्थितो ऽस्मि युद्धसंरब्धः क्षत्रियाणां क्षयावहः ॥ स एवास्मि शिशू राजन् भवान् अपि स एव हि । नैतद् युक्तं वृथा राजन्न् उग्रसेनं प्रभाषितुम् । माम् एव वद राजेन्द्र शत्रुर् अस्मि तव प्रभो । द्रक्ष्यसे यत् कृतं राजन् मया सांप्रतम् ईदृशम् ॥ अथ किं बहुनोक्तेन शिरश् छेत्स्यामि ते नृप । न करोषि यदि त्वं हि राजेन्द्राद्य पलायनम् ॥ इत्य् उक्त्वा पञ्चविंशत्या नृपं विव्याध केशवः । सारथिं चास्य विव्याध पञ्चभिर् निशितैः शरैः जघान तुरगांश् चाजौ यतमानस्य वीर्यवान् ॥ ह्व्_८१।८० धनुश् चिच्छेद राजेन्द्र जरासंधस्य केशवः । ध्वजं चास्य प्रचिच्छेद सारथिं च जघान ह ॥ रथं चास्य प्रचिच्छेद सर्वक्षत्रस्य पश्यतः । विरथो विधनुष्कश् च तस्थौ भूतलम् आस्थितः । तं कृच्छ्रगतम् आज्ञाय चित्रसेनो महारथः सेनानीः कौशिकश् चैव कृष्णं विव्याधतुः शरैः
te yuddharāgā rathino vyagāhanta yudhāṃ varāḥ gadābhiś caiva gurvībhiḥ kṣepaṇīyaiś ca mudgaraiḥ // HV_81.78 etasminn antare tatra devānāṃ nandivardhanaḥ | etasminn antare rājā jarāsaṃdhaḥ pratāpavān | dadhmau śaṅkhaṃ mahānādaṃ diśaḥ sarvā vinādayan || tac chrutvā devadevo 'pi pāñcajanyam anuttamam | yasya nādena vitrastā divisthāḥ sarvadevatāḥ | kim u sainyāni sarvāṇi vitrastānīti kā kathā | suparṇadhajam āsthāya kṛṣṇas tu ratham uttamam tadābhyayāj jarāsaṃdhaṃ śarair vivyādha cāṣṭabhiḥ // HV_81.79 so 'pi vidhvāṣṭabhir viṣṇum ugrasenaṃ dadarśa ha | pārśvasthaṃ ca harer āha śṛṇu rājan vaco mama || tvaṃ kim āsīn nṛpo rānan vṛṣṇīnāṃ sāṃprataṃ vada | ajñānām agraṇīḥ sa tvaṃ ko 'nyas tvatsadṛśo bhuvi || yat tu dattaṃ kilānena piṇḍam ātmajaghātinā | tad bhuṅkte tad bhavān nityaṃ vadāndha kim ataḥ param || hatvā cāyaṃ sutaṃ śauris tava rājaka nirdayaḥ | tvām eva rājye saṃsthāpya sāṃprataṃ yuddhalālasaḥ || tasya bhṛtyatvam āyāsi rājaśabdaṃ samudvahan | kevalaṃ vayasā vṛddho na tu jñānena rājaka || nirlajja bhogasaṃsakta kṣudrajanto nṛpādhama | ito yāhi vṛthāvṛddha tvāṃ draṣṭuṃ nāham utsahe || atha yuddhaṃ samālipsuḥ kṣaṇaṃ tiṣṭha mamāgrataḥ | haniṣye tvāṃ hi sabalaṃ sahariṃ sabalaṃ tathā || ity uktvā dhanur ādāya tasthau tatpuratas tadā || tac chrutva roṣatāmrākṣo babhāṣe māgadhaṃ hariḥ | antardhānaṃ gatas tasmād gomantāt parvatottamāt || tvam idānīṃ samāyāsi balaiḥ sarvaiḥ samanvitaḥ | sthito 'smi yuddhasaṃrabdhaḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ kṣayāvahaḥ || sa evāsmi śiśū rājan bhavān api sa eva hi | naitad yuktaṃ vṛthā rājann ugrasenaṃ prabhāṣitum | mām eva vada rājendra śatrur asmi tava prabho | drakṣyase yat kṛtaṃ rājan mayā sāṃpratam īdṛśam || atha kiṃ bahunoktena śiraś chetsyāmi te nṛpa | na karoṣi yadi tvaṃ hi rājendrādya palāyanam || ity uktvā pañcaviṃśatyā nṛpaṃ vivyādha keśavaḥ | sārathiṃ cāsya vivyādha pañcabhir niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ jaghāna turagāṃś cājau yatamānasya vīryavān // HV_81.80 dhanuś ciccheda rājendra jarāsaṃdhasya keśavaḥ | dhvajaṃ cāsya praciccheda sārathiṃ ca jaghāna ha || rathaṃ cāsya praciccheda sarvakṣatrasya paśyataḥ | viratho vidhanuṣkaś ca tasthau bhūtalam āsthitaḥ | taṃ kṛcchragatam ājñāya citraseno mahārathaḥ senānīḥ kauśikaś caiva kṛṣṇaṃ vivyādhatuḥ śaraiḥ
Those charioteers, passionate for battle, best of fighters, plunged in (also) with heavy maces and with slings and with hammers. // 81.78 Meanwhile, there, the increaser of the gods' joy — meanwhile King Jarāsandha, full of might, blew his conch with a great blast, making all the directions resound. Hearing that, the god of gods too (blew) the unsurpassed Pāñcajanya, by whose sound all the deities dwelling in heaven were terrified — and as for all the armies, what need to say that they were terrified? Kṛṣṇa, mounting his excellent chariot with the Garuḍa banner, then went against Jarāsandha and pierced him with eight arrows. // 81.79 He too, having pierced Viṣṇu with eight, saw Ugrasena, and said to the one standing at Hari's side: "Hear my word, O king. Tell me now, what sort of king of the Vṛṣṇis were you? You are the foremost of the ignorant; who else on earth is like you? The funeral ball that was surely offered by this slayer of your own son — that your honour eats perpetually; speak, blind man, what is worse than this? And this Śauri, having pitilessly killed your son, O petty king, and having established you yourself in the kingdom, is now eager for war. You come to be his servant while bearing the title of king; you are old merely in years, not in wisdom, O petty king. Shameless one, attached to enjoyments, base creature, lowest of kings, go from here, uselessly aged; I cannot bear to look at you. Or else, if you desire battle, stand a moment before me; for I shall kill you together with your force, and Hari together with his force." Having said this, he took up his bow and stood then before him. Hearing that, Hari, his eyes copper-red with rage, said to the Magadhan: "You went into hiding from that Gomanta, best of mountains; now you come, accompanied by all your forces. I stand here, roused for battle, bringing destruction to the kṣatriyas. I am that same boy, O king, and your honour too is that same man. It is not right, O king, to revile Ugrasena in vain; speak to me alone, O lord of kings — I am your enemy, O lord. You will see, O king, what has now been done by me, of this sort. Or why speak much — I shall cut off your head, O king, if you do not flee this day, O lord of kings." Having said this, Keśava pierced the king with twenty-five (arrows), and pierced his charioteer with five sharp arrows, and the valiant one slew the horses of him who was striving in battle. // 81.80 Keśava cut Jarāsandha's bow, O lord of kings, and cut down his banner, and slew his charioteer, and cut his chariot to pieces while all the kṣatriyas looked on; and chariotless and bowless he stood, standing on the ground. Knowing him to be in distress, Citrasena the great chariot-warrior and the general Kauśika pierced Kṛṣṇa with arrows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 81.83
त्रिभिर् विव्याध संसक्तं बलदेवं च कौशिकः बलदेवो धनुश् चास्य भल्लेनाजौ द्विधाकरोत् जवेनाभ्यर्दयच् चापि तान् अरीञ् शरवृष्टिभिः ॥ ह्व्_८१।८२ बहुभिर् बहुधा वीरः समन्तात् स्वर्णभूषणैः । तं चित्रसेनः संरब्धो विव्याध नवभिः शरैः कौशिकः पञ्चभिश् चापि जरासंधश् च सप्तभिः
tribhir vivyādha saṃsaktaṃ baladevaṃ ca kauśikaḥ baladevo dhanuś cāsya bhallenājau dvidhākarot javenābhyardayac cāpi tān arīñ śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ // HV_81.82 bahubhir bahudhā vīraḥ samantāt svarṇabhūṣaṇaiḥ | taṃ citrasenaḥ saṃrabdho vivyādha navabhiḥ śaraiḥ kauśikaḥ pañcabhiś cāpi jarāsaṃdhaś ca saptabhiḥ
And Kauśika pierced Baladeva too, who was engaged (with others), with three (arrows); and Baladeva in the fight cut his bow in two with a broad-headed shaft, and swiftly assailed those enemies with showers of arrows. // 81.82 The hero (assailed them) manifoldly on all sides with many gold-ornamented (arrows). Citrasena, enraged, pierced him with nine arrows, and Kauśika with five, and Jarāsandha with seven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 81.84
त्रिभिस् त्रिभिश् च नाराचैस् तान् बिभेद जनार्दनः धनुर् अन्यत् समादाय मगधेन्द्रो महीपतिः । उग्रसेनं समाजघ्ने शरेण निशितेन ह ॥ स शरो ऽथ महाराज राजानं स व्यचूचुदत् । पिता कंसस्य राजेन्द्र शरैर् विव्याध सप्तभिः ॥ सप्तत्या च जरासंधं पुनश् च नवभिः शरैः । जरासंधः समाजघ्ने राजानं यदुनन्दनम् । शरैर् दशसहस्रैश् च माधवस्य हि पश्यतः ॥ उग्रसेनो धनुष्पाणिर् धनुश् चास्य द्विधाकरोत् ॥ पुनर् आदाय चापं तु जरासंधः प्रतापवान् । उग्रसेनं विंशतिभिः शरैः सुनिशितैर् अपि ॥ विव्याध राजराजानं बलदेवस्य पश्यतः । धनुश् चास्य द्विधा राजन् मुष्टिदेशे तथाकरोत् ॥ आदाय निशितं बाणं जरासंधः प्रतापवान् । विव्याध राजन् राजेन्द्रो राजानं हृदये प्रभुः ॥ अश्वांश् चैव प्रचिच्छेद शरेण नतपर्वणा । रथं चास्य द्विधा चक्रे ध्वजं च प्रादुनोन् नृपः ॥ रथाच् चैव प्रदुद्राव वृष्णीनां नृपसत्तमः ॥ कौशिकश् चित्रसेनश् च जरासंधो महीपतिः । जनार्दनं महाराज समाजघ्नुस् त्रिभिस् त्रिभिः । जरासंधः शरैर् भग्नो वसुदेवस्य पश्यतः । पञ्चभिः पञ्चभिश् चैव बलदेवः शितैः शरैः
tribhis tribhiś ca nārācais tān bibheda janārdanaḥ dhanur anyat samādāya magadhendro mahīpatiḥ | ugrasenaṃ samājaghne śareṇa niśitena ha || sa śaro 'tha mahārāja rājānaṃ sa vyacūcudat | pitā kaṃsasya rājendra śarair vivyādha saptabhiḥ || saptatyā ca jarāsaṃdhaṃ punaś ca navabhiḥ śaraiḥ | jarāsaṃdhaḥ samājaghne rājānaṃ yadunandanam | śarair daśasahasraiś ca mādhavasya hi paśyataḥ || ugraseno dhanuṣpāṇir dhanuś cāsya dvidhākarot || punar ādāya cāpaṃ tu jarāsaṃdhaḥ pratāpavān | ugrasenaṃ viṃśatibhiḥ śaraiḥ suniśitair api || vivyādha rājarājānaṃ baladevasya paśyataḥ | dhanuś cāsya dvidhā rājan muṣṭideśe tathākarot || ādāya niśitaṃ bāṇaṃ jarāsaṃdhaḥ pratāpavān | vivyādha rājan rājendro rājānaṃ hṛdaye prabhuḥ || aśvāṃś caiva praciccheda śareṇa nataparvaṇā | rathaṃ cāsya dvidhā cakre dhvajaṃ ca prādunon nṛpaḥ || rathāc caiva pradudrāva vṛṣṇīnāṃ nṛpasattamaḥ || kauśikaś citrasenaś ca jarāsaṃdho mahīpatiḥ | janārdanaṃ mahārāja samājaghnus tribhis tribhiḥ | jarāsaṃdhaḥ śarair bhagno vasudevasya paśyataḥ | pañcabhiḥ pañcabhiś caiva baladevaḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ
And Janārdana pierced them with three iron shafts each. Then the lord of Magadha, the king of the earth, taking another bow, struck Ugrasena with a sharp arrow. And then that arrow, O great king, sorely pained the king; the father of Kaṃsa, O lord of kings, pierced (him) with seven arrows, and Jarāsandha with seventy, and again with nine arrows. Jarāsandha struck the king, the son of Yadu, with ten thousand arrows, and that before Mādhava's very eyes. Ugrasena, bow in hand, cut his bow in two. But taking up his bow again, the mighty Jarāsandha pierced that king of kings with twenty well-sharpened arrows before Baladeva's eyes, and cut his bow in two, O king, at the grip. Taking a sharp arrow, the mighty Jarāsandha, the lord of kings, pierced the king in the heart, O king. And he cut down the horses with a smooth-jointed arrow, and made his chariot two, and the king shattered his banner. And the best of the kings of the Vṛṣṇis fled from his chariot. Kauśika and Citrasena and Jarāsandha, lord of the earth, struck Janārdana, O great king, with three arrows each; Jarāsandha was broken by arrows before Vasudeva's eyes, and Baladeva (struck them) with five sharp arrows each.
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HV 81.85
रथेषां चापि चिच्छेद चित्रसेनस्य वीर्यवान् बलदेवो धनुश् चाजौ भल्लेनास्य द्विधाकरोत्
ratheṣāṃ cāpi ciccheda citrasenasya vīryavān baladevo dhanuś cājau bhallenāsya dvidhākarot
And the valiant Baladeva cut Citrasena's chariot-pole too, and in the fight made his bow two with a broad-headed shaft.
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HV 81.86
स च्छिन्नधन्वा विरथो गदाम् आदाय वीर्यवान् अभ्यद्रवत् सुसंक्रुद्धो जिघांसुर् मुसलायुधम्
sa cchinnadhanvā viratho gadām ādāya vīryavān abhyadravat susaṃkruddho jighāṃsur musalāyudham
With his bow cut and his chariot gone, that valiant one took up a mace and, greatly enraged, rushed forward, wishing to kill the wielder of the pestle.
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HV 81.89
सिसृक्षतस् तु नाराचांश् चित्रसेनवधैषिणः धनुश् चिच्छेद रामस्य जरासंधो महाबलः गदया च जघानाश्वान् कोपात् स मगधेश्वरः ॥ ह्व्_८१।८७ रामं चाभ्यद्रवद् वीरो जरासंधो महाबलः । आदाय मुसलं रामो जरासंधम् उपाद्रवत् तयोस् तु युद्धम् अभवत् परस्परवधैषिणोः ॥ ह्व्_८१।८८ चित्रसेनस् तु संसक्तं दृष्ट्वा रामेण मागधम् । रथम् अन्यं समारुह्य जरासंधम् अवारयत् ॥ ततो बलेन महता गजानीकेन चाप्य् अथ । उभयोर् अन्तरे ताभ्यां संकुलं समपद्यत । ततः सैन्येन महता जरासंधो ऽभिसंवृतः रामकृष्णाग्रगान् भोजान् आससाद महाबलः
sisṛkṣatas tu nārācāṃś citrasenavadhaiṣiṇaḥ dhanuś ciccheda rāmasya jarāsaṃdho mahābalaḥ gadayā ca jaghānāśvān kopāt sa magadheśvaraḥ // HV_81.87 rāmaṃ cābhyadravad vīro jarāsaṃdho mahābalaḥ | ādāya musalaṃ rāmo jarāsaṃdham upādravat tayos tu yuddham abhavat parasparavadhaiṣiṇoḥ // HV_81.88 citrasenas tu saṃsaktaṃ dṛṣṭvā rāmeṇa māgadham | ratham anyaṃ samāruhya jarāsaṃdham avārayat || tato balena mahatā gajānīkena cāpy atha | ubhayor antare tābhyāṃ saṃkulaṃ samapadyata | tataḥ sainyena mahatā jarāsaṃdho 'bhisaṃvṛtaḥ rāmakṛṣṇāgragān bhojān āsasāda mahābalaḥ
But as (Balarāma) was about to loose iron shafts, seeking Citrasena's death, the mighty Jarāsandha cut Rāma's bow, and that lord of Magadha in his anger killed the horses with his mace. // 81.87 And the heroic, mighty Jarāsandha rushed at Rāma; and Rāma, taking up his pestle, ran at Jarāsandha; and a battle took place between the two, each seeking the other's death. // 81.88 But Citrasena, seeing the Magadhan locked in combat with Rāma, mounted another chariot and warded Jarāsandha off. Then, with a great force and with an elephant division, a confusion arose between the two of them because of those two. Then Jarāsandha, surrounded by a great army, the mighty one, attacked the Bhojas who had Rāma and Kṛṣṇa at their head.
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HV 81.90
ततः प्रक्षुभितस्येव सागरस्य महास्वनः प्रादुर् बभूव तुमुलः सेनयोर् उभयोस् तयोः
tataḥ prakṣubhitasyeva sāgarasya mahāsvanaḥ prādur babhūva tumulaḥ senayor ubhayos tayoḥ
Then a great tumultuous roar, as of an ocean churned up, arose from those two armies.
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HV 81.91
वेणुभेरीमृदङ्गानां शङ्खानां च सहस्रशः उभयोः सेनयो राजन् प्रादुर् आसीन् महास्वनः
veṇubherīmṛdaṅgānāṃ śaṅkhānāṃ ca sahasraśaḥ ubhayoḥ senayo rājan prādur āsīn mahāsvanaḥ
A great sound of flutes, kettledrums, tabors and conches by the thousand arose, O king, in both armies.
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HV 81.92
क्ष्वेडितास्फोटितोत्क्रुष्टैस् तुमुलः सर्वतो ऽभवत् उत्पपात रजश् चापि खुरनेमिसमुद्धतम्
kṣveḍitāsphoṭitotkruṣṭais tumulaḥ sarvato 'bhavat utpapāta rajaś cāpi khuranemisamuddhatam
With hissings, arm-slappings and shouts there was tumult on all sides; and dust flew up, raised by hooves and chariot-rims.
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HV 81.93
समुद्यतमहाशस्त्राः प्रगृहीतशरासनाः अन्योन्यम् अभिगर्जन्तः शूरास् तत्रावतस्थिरे
samudyatamahāśastrāḥ pragṛhītaśarāsanāḥ anyonyam abhigarjantaḥ śūrās tatrāvatasthire
With great weapons uplifted and bows taken in hand, roaring at one another, the heroes took their stand there.
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HV 81.95
रथिनः सादिनश् चैव पत्तयश् च सहस्रशः गजाश् चातिबलास् तत्र संनिपेतुर् अभीतवत् ॥ ह्व्_८१।९४ ततस् तेषां महाराज नृपाणां जयकाङ्क्षिणाम् । स संप्रहारस् तुमुलस् त्यक्त्वा प्राणान् अवर्तत वृष्णीभिः सह योधानां जरासंधस्य दारुणः
rathinaḥ sādinaś caiva pattayaś ca sahasraśaḥ gajāś cātibalās tatra saṃnipetur abhītavat // HV_81.94 tatas teṣāṃ mahārāja nṛpāṇāṃ jayakāṅkṣiṇām | sa saṃprahāras tumulas tyaktvā prāṇān avartata vṛṣṇībhiḥ saha yodhānāṃ jarāsaṃdhasya dāruṇaḥ
Chariot-warriors and horsemen and foot-soldiers by the thousand, and elephants of great strength, clashed together there as if fearless. // 81.94 Then, O great king, that tumultuous encounter of those kings desiring victory went on, they having given up their lives — a terrible one, of Jarāsandha's warriors with the Vṛṣṇis.
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HV 81.96
ततः शिनिर् अनाधृष्टिर् बभ्रुर् विपृथुर् आहुकः बलदेवं पुरस्कृत्य सैन्यस्यार्धेन दंशिताः
tataḥ śinir anādhṛṣṭir babhrur vipṛthur āhukaḥ baladevaṃ puraskṛtya sainyasyārdhena daṃśitāḥ
Then Śini, Anādhṛṣṭi, Babhru, Vipṛthu and Āhuka, armoured, putting Baladeva in front, with half the army,
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HV 81.97
दक्षिणं पक्षम् आसेदुः शत्रुसैन्यस्य भारत पालितं चेदिराजेन जरासंधेन चाभिभो
dakṣiṇaṃ pakṣam āseduḥ śatrusainyasya bhārata pālitaṃ cedirājena jarāsaṃdhena cābhibho
attacked the right wing of the enemy army, O Bhārata, which was guarded by the king of Cedi and by Jarāsandha, O lord,
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HV 81.98
उदीच्यैश् च महावीर्यैः शल्यसाल्वादिभिर् नृपैः सृजन्तः शरवर्षाणि समभित्यक्तजीविताः
udīcyaiś ca mahāvīryaiḥ śalyasālvādibhir nṛpaiḥ sṛjantaḥ śaravarṣāṇi samabhityaktajīvitāḥ
and by the northern kings of great valour, Śalya, Sālva and the rest — (the attackers) loosing showers of arrows, having wholly given up their lives.
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HV 81.99
आगावहः पृथुः कह्वः शतद्युम्नो विदूरथः हृषीकेशं पुरस्कृत्य सैन्यस्यार्धेन दंशिताः
āgāvahaḥ pṛthuḥ kahvaḥ śatadyumno vidūrathaḥ hṛṣīkeśaṃ puraskṛtya sainyasyārdhena daṃśitāḥ
Āgāvaha, Pṛthu, Kahva, Śatadyumna and Vidūratha, armoured, putting Hṛṣīkeśa in front, with half the army —
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HV 81.100
भीष्मकेणाभिगुप्तस्य रुक्मिणा च महात्मना देवकेनापि राजेन्द्र तथा मद्रेश्वरेण च । प्राच्यैश् च दाक्षिणात्यैश् च गुप्तवीर्यबलान्वितैः
bhīṣmakeṇābhiguptasya rukmiṇā ca mahātmanā devakenāpi rājendra tathā madreśvareṇa ca | prācyaiś ca dākṣiṇātyaiś ca guptavīryabalānvitaiḥ
(they attacked the wing) guarded by Bhīṣmaka and by the great-souled Rukmin, and by Devaka too, O lord of kings, and by the lord of Madra, and by easterners and southerners endowed with guarded valour and strength.
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HV 81.101
तेषां युद्धं समभवत् समभित्यक्तजीवितम् शक्त्यृष्टिप्रासबाणौघान् सृजतां तुमुलं महत्
teṣāṃ yuddhaṃ samabhavat samabhityaktajīvitam śaktyṛṣṭiprāsabāṇaughān sṛjatāṃ tumulaṃ mahat
Their battle took place with life wholly given up, a great tumult, as they loosed floods of spears, lances, javelins and arrows.
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HV 81.102
सात्यकिश् चित्रकः श्यामो युयुधानश् च वीर्यवान् राजाधिदेवो मृदुरः श्वफल्कश् च महाबलः
sātyakiś citrakaḥ śyāmo yuyudhānaś ca vīryavān rājādhidevo mṛduraḥ śvaphalkaś ca mahābalaḥ
Sātyaki, Citraka, Śyāma, and the valiant Yuyudhāna, Rājādhideva, Mṛdura, and the mighty Śvaphalka,
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HV 81.103
सत्राजिच् च प्रसेनश् च बलेन महता वृताः व्यूहस्य पक्षं ते सव्यं प्रतीयुर् द्विषतां मृधे
satrājic ca prasenaś ca balena mahatā vṛtāḥ vyūhasya pakṣaṃ te savyaṃ pratīyur dviṣatāṃ mṛdhe
And Satrājit and Prasena, surrounded by a great force — those two advanced against the left wing of the (enemy's) array in the battle of the foes.
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