Mahabharata — Volume II (Dutt edition) — Chapter 170
MBh 2 170.1
अर्जुन उवाच ततो निवातकवचाः सर्वे वेगेन भारत। अभ्यद्रवन् मां सहिताः प्रगृहीतायुधा रणे।॥
arjuna uvāca tato nivātakavacāḥ sarve vegena bhārata| abhyadravan māṃ sahitāḥ pragṛhītāyudhā raṇe|||
Arjuna said: Then, O Bharata, furnished with arms, all the Nivatakavacha flew in a body towards me furiously in battle,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.2
आच्छाद्य स्थपन्थानमुत्क्रोशन्तो महारथाः। आवृत्य सर्वतस्ते मां शरवर्षैरवाकिरन्।॥
ācchādya sthapanthānamutkrośanto mahārathāḥ| āvṛtya sarvataste māṃ śaravarṣairavākiran|||
Those mighty car-warriors obstructing the course of the car and uttering loud yells and surrounding me on all sides, enveloped me with downpours of arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.3
ततोऽपरे महावीर्याः शूलपट्टिशपाणयः। शूलानि च भुशुण्डीश्च मुमुचुर्दानवा मयि॥
tato'pare mahāvīryāḥ śūlapaṭṭiśapāṇayaḥ| śūlāni ca bhuśuṇḍīśca mumucurdānavā mayi||
Then other demons, of great strength armed with spears and Pattishas, hurled at me spears and Bhushundis.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.4
तच्छूलवर्ष सुमहद् गदाशक्तिसमाकुलम्। अनिशं सृज्यमानं तैरपतन्मद्रथोपरि॥
tacchūlavarṣa sumahad gadāśaktisamākulam| aniśaṃ sṛjyamānaṃ tairapatanmadrathopari||
That continuous discharge of spears together with maces and clubs fell upon my car.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.5
अन्ये मामभ्यधावन्त निवातकवचा युधि। शितशस्त्रायुधा रौद्राः कालरूपाः प्रहारिणः॥
anye māmabhyadhāvanta nivātakavacā yudhi| śitaśastrāyudhā raudrāḥ kālarūpāḥ prahāriṇaḥ||
Other dreadful and terrible-looking Nivatakavachas, dexterous in hurling (weapons) and armed with sharpened weapons and bows, rushed at me in fight.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.6
तानहं विविधैर्बाणैर्वेगवद्भिरजिह्मगैः। गाण्डीवमुक्तैरभ्यनमेकैकं दशभिर्मधे॥
tānahaṃ vividhairbāṇairvegavadbhirajihmagaiḥ| gāṇḍīvamuktairabhyanamekaikaṃ daśabhirmadhe||
I (on my part) in the encounter, discharging several fleet arrows coursing straight, from the Gandiva, pierced each of them with ten (shafts).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.7
ते कृता विमुखाः सर्वे मत्प्रयुक्तैः शिलाशितैः। ततो मातलिना तूर्णं हयास्ते सम्प्रचोदिताः॥
te kṛtā vimukhāḥ sarve matprayuktaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ| tato mātalinā tūrṇaṃ hayāste sampracoditāḥ||
(And) I drove them back by those arrows of mine sharpened on stones. Then those horses being swiftly driven by Matali,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.8
मार्गान् बहुविधांस्तत्र विचेरुर्वातरंहसः। सुसंयता मातलिना प्रामनन्त दितेः सुतान्॥
mārgān bahuvidhāṃstatra vicerurvātaraṃhasaḥ| susaṃyatā mātalinā prāmananta diteḥ sutān||
Careered through several courses with the spread of the wind and being dexterously guided by Matali, trampled upon the sons of Diti.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.9
शतं शतास्ते हरयस्तस्मिन् युक्ता महारथे। शान्ता मातलिना यत्ता व्यचरन्नल्पका इव॥
śataṃ śatāste harayastasmin yuktā mahārathe| śāntā mātalinā yattā vyacarannalpakā iva||
(And) Though that mighty car was yoked with hundreds of horses, yet being skillfully driven by Matali, as they began to move, it seemed as if they were a few only.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.10
तेषां चरणपातेन स्थनेमिस्वनेन च। मम बाणनिपातैश्च हतास्ते शतशोऽसुराः॥
teṣāṃ caraṇapātena sthanemisvanena ca| mama bāṇanipātaiśca hatāste śataśo'surāḥ||
By the press of their hoofs and by the thundering noise of the car-wheels and by the discharge of my arrows hundreds of demons fell dead.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.11
गतासवस्तथैवान्ये प्रगृहीतशरासनाः। हतसारथयस्तत्र व्यकृष्यन्त तुरंगमैः॥
gatāsavastathaivānye pragṛhītaśarāsanāḥ| hatasārathayastatra vyakṛṣyanta turaṃgamaiḥ||
Others, holding their bows in their hands, even when deprived of life and their charioteers being slain, were carried (hither and thither) by the horses.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.12
ते दिशो विदिशः सर्वे प्रतिरुध्य प्रहारिणः। अभ्यघ्नन् विविधैः शस्त्रैस्ततो मे व्यथितं मनः॥
te diśo vidiśaḥ sarve pratirudhya prahāriṇaḥ| abhyaghnan vividhaiḥ śastraistato me vyathitaṃ manaḥ||
(And) all those dexterous in striking, obstructing all sides and directions, became engaged in the fight with various weapons, at which my mind was distressed.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.13
ततोऽहं मातलेौर्यमपश्यं परमाद्भुतम्। अश्वांस्तथा वेगवतो यदयत्नादधारयत्॥
tato'haṃ mātaleauryamapaśyaṃ paramādbhutam| aśvāṃstathā vegavato yadayatnādadhārayat||
Then the prowess of Matali appeared highly wonderful to me in that he guided the swift steeds with ease.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.14
ततोऽहं लघुभिश्चित्रैरस्त्रैस्तानसुरान् रणे। चिच्छेद सायुधान् राजन् शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः॥
tato'haṃ laghubhiścitrairastraistānasurān raṇe| ciccheda sāyudhān rājan śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ||
O king, then, in the fight, I cut off the Danavas by hundreds and thousands who were furnished with arms, by various swift weapons.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.15
एवं मे चरतस्तत्र सर्वयत्नेन शत्रुहन्। प्रीतिमानभवद् वीरो मातलिः शक्रसारथिः॥
evaṃ me caratastatra sarvayatnena śatruhan| prītimānabhavad vīro mātaliḥ śakrasārathiḥ||
O destroyer of foes, the heroic charioteer of Shakra, Matali, seeing me thus course there (on the field of battle) exerting my utmost, became well pleased (with me).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.16
वध्यमानास्ततस्तैस्तु हयैस्तेन रथेन च। अगमन् प्रक्षयं केचित्र्यवर्तन्त तथा परे॥ स्पर्धमाना इवास्माभिर्निवातकवचा रणे। शरवर्षेः शरार्तं मां महद्भिः प्रत्यवारयन्॥
vadhyamānāstatastaistu hayaistena rathena ca| agaman prakṣayaṃ kecitryavartanta tathā pare|| spardhamānā ivāsmābhirnivātakavacā raṇe| śaravarṣeḥ śarārtaṃ māṃ mahadbhiḥ pratyavārayan||
Then, some (of the Danavas) crushed by the horses and the car, met with destruction and some gave up fighting; while others, in the encounter, challenged by us and afflicted with arrows, opposed me by heavy downpour of shafts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.17
ततोऽहं लघुभिश्चित्रैर्ब्रह्मास्त्रपरिमन्त्रितैः। व्यधर्म सायकैराशु शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः॥
tato'haṃ laghubhiścitrairbrahmāstraparimantritaiḥ| vyadharma sāyakairāśu śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ||
Thereupon, I began to consume them with hundreds and thousands of ornamented swift arrows inspired with Mantras relating to the weapon of Brahma.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.18
ततः सम्पीडयमानास्ते क्रोधाविष्टा महारथाः। अपीडयन् मां सहिताः शरशूलासिवृष्टिभिः॥
tataḥ sampīḍayamānāste krodhāviṣṭā mahārathāḥ| apīḍayan māṃ sahitāḥ śaraśūlāsivṛṣṭibhiḥ||
Then those mighty demons sore pressed by me and fired with anger, afflicted me with simultaneous discharge of clubs, darts and swords.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.19
ततोऽहमस्त्रमातिष्ठं परमं तिग्मतैजसम्। दयितं देवराजस्य माधवं नाम भारत॥
tato'hamastramātiṣṭhaṃ paramaṃ tigmataijasam| dayitaṃ devarājasya mādhavaṃ nāma bhārata||
O Bharata, I then, took up that favourite weapon of the lord of the gods, named, Madhava, possessed of exceedingly fiery energy.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.20
ततः खङ्गास्त्रिशूलांश्च तोमरांश्च सहस्रशः। अस्त्रवीर्येण शतधा तैर्मुक्तानहमच्छिदम्॥
tataḥ khaṅgāstriśūlāṃśca tomarāṃśca sahasraśaḥ| astravīryeṇa śatadhā tairmuktānahamacchidam||
Then by the power of that weapon, I cut, to a hundred pieces, the swords, tridents and thousands of Tomaras hurled by them.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.21
छित्त्वा प्रहरणान्येषां ततस्तानपि सर्वशः। प्रत्यविध्यमहं रोषाद् दशभिर्दशभिः शरैः॥
chittvā praharaṇānyeṣāṃ tatastānapi sarvaśaḥ| pratyavidhyamahaṃ roṣād daśabhirdaśabhiḥ śaraiḥ||
Having destroyed their weapons, wrathfully pierced each of them with ten arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.22
गाण्डीवाद्धि तदा संख्ये यथा भ्रमरपक्तयः। निष्पतन्ति महाबाणास्तन्मातलिरपूजयत्॥
gāṇḍīvāddhi tadā saṃkhye yathā bhramarapaktayaḥ| niṣpatanti mahābāṇāstanmātalirapūjayat||
And the fact that on the battle field mighty arrows like (thick flights of black bees), were discharged from the Gandiva, was admired by Matali.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.23
तेषामपि तु बाणास्ते तन्मातलिरपूजयत्। अवाकिरन् मां बलवत् तानहं व्यधमं शरैः॥
teṣāmapi tu bāṇāste tanmātalirapūjayat| avākiran māṃ balavat tānahaṃ vyadhamaṃ śaraiḥ||
And the skillfulness with which displaying prowess, I cut off, with my shafts, their arrows which completely surrounded me, drew admiration from Matali.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.24
वध्यमानास्ततस्ते तु निवातकवचाः पुनः। शरवर्षैर्महद्भिर्मां समन्तात् पर्यवारयन्॥
vadhyamānāstataste tu nivātakavacāḥ punaḥ| śaravarṣairmahadbhirmāṃ samantāt paryavārayan||
Being struck, those Nivatakavachas again completely surrounded me with a mighty discharge of arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.25
शरवेगानिहत्याहमस्त्रैरस्त्रैविघातिभिः। ज्वलद्भिः परमैः शी।स्तानविध्यं सहस्रशः॥
śaravegānihatyāhamastrairastraivighātibhiḥ| jvaladbhiḥ paramaiḥ śī|stānavidhyaṃ sahasraśaḥ||
Having arrested the career of their shafts by excellent, fleet and blazing weapons inspired with mantras, capable of destroying (other) weapons, I pierced them by thousands.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.26
तेषां छिन्नानि गात्राणि विसृजन्ति स्म शोणितम्। प्रावृषीवाभिवृष्टानि शृङ्गाण्यथधराभृताम्॥
teṣāṃ chinnāni gātrāṇi visṛjanti sma śoṇitam| prāvṛṣīvābhivṛṣṭāni śṛṅgāṇyathadharābhṛtām||
Like waters running down from the summit of mountains, in the rainy season, blood began to flow from their mangled bodies.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.27
इन्द्राशनिसमस्पर्शर्वेगवद्भिरजिह्मगैः। मद्बाणैर्वध्यमानास्ते समुद्विग्नाः स्म दानवाः॥
indrāśanisamasparśarvegavadbhirajihmagaiḥ| madbāṇairvadhyamānāste samudvignāḥ sma dānavāḥ||
Smitten by mighty, fleet and straightcoursing arrows having the touch of the thunderbolt hurled by Indra, those Danavas became greatly agitated.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 170.28
शतधा भिन्नदेहास्ते क्षीणप्रहरणौजसः। ततो निवातकवचा मामयुध्यन्त मायया॥
śatadhā bhinnadehāste kṣīṇapraharaṇaujasaḥ| tato nivātakavacā māmayudhyanta māyayā||
Their bodies were cut to a hundred pieces and their weapons lost their energy. Then those Nivatakavachas began fighting with me by the help of illusion.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)