Mahabharata — Volume II (Dutt edition) — Chapter 18
MBh 2 18.1
वासुदेव उवाच शाल्वबाणादित तस्मिन् प्रद्युम्ने बलिनां वरे। वृष्णयो भग्नसंकल्पा विव्यथुः पृतनागताः॥ हाहाकृतमभूत् सर्वं वृष्ण्यन्धकबलं ततः। प्रद्युम्ने मोहिते राजन् परे च मुदिता भृशम्॥
vāsudeva uvāca śālvabāṇādita tasmin pradyumne balināṃ vare| vṛṣṇayo bhagnasaṃkalpā vivyathuḥ pṛtanāgatāḥ|| hāhākṛtamabhūt sarvaṃ vṛṣṇyandhakabalaṃ tataḥ| pradyumne mohite rājan pare ca muditā bhṛśam||
Krishna said: O king, when Pradyumna (wounded by the arrows) became very much disheartened and aggrieved, the Vrishnis and the Andhakas began to exclaim, “Oh” and “Alas." The enemies (Shalva's men) became exceedingiy joyful.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.2
तं तथा मोहितं दृष्ट्वा सारथिर्जवनैर्हयैः। रणादपाहरत् तूर्णं शिक्षितो दारुकिस्तदा॥
taṃ tathā mohitaṃ dṛṣṭvā sārathirjavanairhayaiḥ| raṇādapāharat tūrṇaṃ śikṣito dārukistadā||
Having seen him thus unconscious, his trained charioteer, the son of Daruka, carried him off the field with the help of his fleet steed.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.3
नातिदूरापयाते तु रथे रथवरप्रणुत्। धनुर्गृहीत्वा यन्तारं लब्धसंज्ञोऽब्रवीदिदम्॥
nātidūrāpayāte tu rathe rathavarapraṇut| dhanurgṛhītvā yantāraṃ labdhasaṃjño'bravīdidam||
The chariot had not been taken far off, when that foremost of warriors (Pradyumna) regained his consciousness. Taking up his bow, he thus spoke to his charioteer.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.4
सौते किं ते व्यवसितं कस्माद् यासि पराङ्मुखः। नैष वृष्णिप्रवीराणामाहवेधर्म उच्यते॥
saute kiṃ te vyavasitaṃ kasmād yāsi parāṅmukhaḥ| naiṣa vṛṣṇipravīrāṇāmāhavedharma ucyate||
Pradyumna said: O son of Suta, what have you done? Why do you go away, leaving the field of battle? This is not the usage of the Vrishni heroes in battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.5
कच्चित् सौते न ते मोहः शाल्वं दृष्ट्वा महाहवे। विषादो वा रणं दृष्ट्वा ब्रूहि में त्वं यथातथम्॥
kaccit saute na te mohaḥ śālvaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahāhave| viṣādo vā raṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā brūhi meṃ tvaṃ yathātatham||
O son of Suta, have you been bewildered at the sight of Shalva in that great battle? Have you been disheartened at the sight of the battle? Tell me truly your mind.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.6
सौतिरुवाच जानार्दने न मे मोहो नापि मां भयमाविशत्। अतिभारं तु ते मन्ये शाल्वं केशवनन्दन॥
sautiruvāca jānārdane na me moho nāpi māṃ bhayamāviśat| atibhāraṃ tu te manye śālvaṃ keśavanandana||
The Charioteer said: O son of Janardana, I am not bewildered. Fear has not taken possession of me. But ( son of Keshava, I think it is difficult to defeat Shalva.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.7
सोऽपयामि शनैर्वीर बलवानेष पापकृत्। मोहितश्च रणे शूरो रक्ष्यः सारथिना रथी॥
so'payāmi śanairvīra balavāneṣa pāpakṛt| mohitaśca raṇe śūro rakṣyaḥ sārathinā rathī||
Therefore, O hero, I am slowly retiring from the field. This wretch is stronger than you. A charioteer ought to protect the warrior on his car when he is deprived of his senses in battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.8
आयुष्मंस्त्वं मया नित्यं रक्षितव्यस्त्वयाप्यहम्। रक्षितव्यो रथी नित्यमिति कृत्वापयाम्यहम्॥
āyuṣmaṃstvaṃ mayā nityaṃ rakṣitavyastvayāpyaham| rakṣitavyo rathī nityamiti kṛtvāpayāmyaham||
O hero of long life, you should always be protected by me, as you ought to protect me always. Thinking that a warrior on a car should always be protected by his charioteer, I am carrying you away (from the field of batile).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.9
एकश्चासि महाबाहो बहवश्चापि दानवाः। न समं रौक्मिणेयाहं रणे मत्वापयामि वै॥
ekaścāsi mahābāho bahavaścāpi dānavāḥ| na samaṃ raukmiṇeyāhaṃ raṇe matvāpayāmi vai||
O mighty-armed hero, you are but only one, whereas the Danavas are many. O son of Rukmani, thinking that you are not equal to them in battle, I am going away (from the battle).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.10
एवं ब्रुवति सूते तु तदा मकरकेतुमान्। उवाच सूतं कौरव्य निवर्तय रथं पुनः॥ दारुकात्मज मैवं त्वं पुनः कार्षीः कथंचन। व्यपयानं रणात् सौते जीवतो मम कर्हिचित्॥
evaṃ bruvati sūte tu tadā makaraketumān| uvāca sūtaṃ kauravya nivartaya rathaṃ punaḥ|| dārukātmaja maivaṃ tvaṃ punaḥ kārṣīḥ kathaṃcana| vyapayānaṃ raṇāt saute jīvato mama karhicit||
Krishna said: O descendant of Kuru, when the son of Suta thus spoke, the Makara standard hero (Pradyumna) said to the Suta, “Turn back the chariot? O son of Daruka, never do so again. O son of Suta, never turn back from the battle till I am alive.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.11
न स वृष्णिकुले जातो यो वै त्यजति संगरम्। यो वा निपतितं हन्ति तवास्मीति च वादिनम्॥
na sa vṛṣṇikule jāto yo vai tyajati saṃgaram| yo vā nipatitaṃ hanti tavāsmīti ca vādinam||
He is no son of a Vrishni who forsakes the field of battle, who kills the enemy fallen at his feet and crying “I am yours.'
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.12
तथा स्त्रियं च यो हन्ति बालं वृद्धं तथैव च। विरथं विप्रकीर्णं च भग्नशस्त्रायुधं तथा॥
tathā striyaṃ ca yo hanti bālaṃ vṛddhaṃ tathaiva ca| virathaṃ viprakīrṇaṃ ca bhagnaśastrāyudhaṃ tathā||
Who kills a woman, a boy, an old man or a warrior who is in distress and who is deprived of his car or whose weapons are broken.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.13
त्वं च सूतकुले जातो विनीतः सूतकर्मणि। धर्मज्ञश्चासि वृष्णीनामाहवेष्वपि दारुके॥
tvaṃ ca sūtakule jāto vinītaḥ sūtakarmaṇi| dharmajñaścāsi vṛṣṇīnāmāhaveṣvapi dāruke||
You are born in the race of Sutas (charioteers) and you are well-skilled in your profession. O son of Daruka, you know the usage of the Vrishnis in battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.14
स जानंश्चरितं कृत्स्नं वृष्णीनां पृतनामुखे। अपयानं पुनः सौते मैवं कार्षीः कथंचन॥
sa jānaṃścaritaṃ kṛtsnaṃ vṛṣṇīnāṃ pṛtanāmukhe| apayānaṃ punaḥ saute maivaṃ kārṣīḥ kathaṃcana||
Conversant as you are with all the usages of the Vrishnis in battle, O son of Suta, you should never again fly from the field as you have done now.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.15
अपयातं हतं पृष्ठे भ्रान्तं रणपलायितम्। गदाचजो दुराधर्षः किं मां वक्ष्यति माधवः॥
apayātaṃ hataṃ pṛṣṭhe bhrāntaṃ raṇapalāyitam| gadācajo durādharṣaḥ kiṃ māṃ vakṣyati mādhavaḥ||
What will the irrepressible Madhava, the elder brother of Gada, say when he will hear that I have run away from the battle in bewilderment and that I have been struck on my back?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.16
केशवस्याचजो वापि नीलवासा मदोत्कटः। किं वक्ष्यति महाबाहुर्बलदेवः समागतः॥
keśavasyācajo vāpi nīlavāsā madotkaṭaḥ| kiṃ vakṣyati mahābāhurbaladevaḥ samāgataḥ||
What will the elder brother of Keshava, the mighty-armed Baladeva, who is clad in blue and inebriated with wine, say when he will return?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.17
किं वक्ष्यति शिनेर्नप्ता नरसिंहो महाधनुः। अपयातं रणात् सूत साम्बश्च समितिंजयः॥
kiṃ vakṣyati śinernaptā narasiṃho mahādhanuḥ| apayātaṃ raṇāt sūta sāmbaśca samitiṃjayaḥ||
O Suta, what will that best of men, the grandson of Sini that great bowman (Satyaki), say when he will hear that I have run away from the battle? What will the ever-victorious Samba.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.18
चारुदेष्णश्च दुर्धर्षस्तथैव गदसारणौ। अक्रूरश्च महाबाहुः किं मां वक्ष्यति सारथे॥
cārudeṣṇaśca durdharṣastathaiva gadasāraṇau| akrūraśca mahābāhuḥ kiṃ māṃ vakṣyati sārathe||
O charioteer and irrepressible Charudeshna, Gada, Sarana and the mighty-armed Akrura say to me?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.19
शूरं सम्भावितं शान्तं नित्यं पुरुषमानिनम्। स्त्रियश्च वृष्णिवीराणां किं मां वक्ष्यन्ति संहताः॥
śūraṃ sambhāvitaṃ śāntaṃ nityaṃ puruṣamāninam| striyaśca vṛṣṇivīrāṇāṃ kiṃ māṃ vakṣyanti saṃhatāḥ||
What will the wives of the Vrishni heroes when they would meet together say of me who have been hitherto considered as brave, wellconducted, respectable and possessing manly pride.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.20
प्रद्युम्नोऽयमुपायाति भीतस्त्यक्त्वा महाहवम्। धिगेनमिति वक्ष्यन्ति न तु वक्ष्यन्ति साध्विति॥
pradyumno'yamupāyāti bhītastyaktvā mahāhavam| dhigenamiti vakṣyanti na tu vakṣyanti sādhviti||
They will say "Here comes Pradyumna, the coward, running away from the great battle. Fie on him.” They will never say “Well done?”
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.21
धिग्वाचा परिहासोऽपि मम वा मद्विधस्य वा। मृत्युनाभ्यधिकः सौते स त्वं मा व्यपयाः पुनः॥
dhigvācā parihāso'pi mama vā madvidhasya vā| mṛtyunābhyadhikaḥ saute sa tvaṃ mā vyapayāḥ punaḥ||
O son of Suta, ridicule with the exclamation of fie is to me or to a person like me is more than dcath. Thereupon never again leave the field of battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.22
भारं हि मयि संन्यस्य यातो मधुनिहा हरिः। यज्ञं भारतसिंहस्य न हि शक्योऽद्य मर्षितुम्॥
bhāraṃ hi mayi saṃnyasya yāto madhunihā hariḥ| yajñaṃ bhāratasiṃhasya na hi śakyo'dya marṣitum||
Giving charge (of the city) to me, the slayer of Madhu, Hari (Krishna), has gone to the sacrifice of the foremost of the Bharata race (Yudhishthira). Therefore I cannot bear to be quiet now.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.23
कृतवर्मा मया वीरो निर्यास्यन्नेव वारितः। शाल्वं निवारयिष्येऽहं तिष्ठ त्वमिति सूतज॥
kṛtavarmā mayā vīro niryāsyanneva vāritaḥ| śālvaṃ nivārayiṣye'haṃ tiṣṭha tvamiti sūtaja||
O son of Suta, when the heroic Kritavarma was coming out to meet Shalva, I made his desist, saying “I will resist him (Shalva). You better stay."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.24
स च सम्भावयन् मां वै निवृत्तो हृदिकात्मजः। तं समेत्य रणं त्यक्त्वा किं वक्ष्यामि महारथम्॥
sa ca sambhāvayan māṃ vai nivṛtto hṛdikātmajaḥ| taṃ sametya raṇaṃ tyaktvā kiṃ vakṣyāmi mahāratham||
The son of Hridika (Kritavarma) desisted in order to honour me. Having left the field of battle, what shall I say to that great carwarrior?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.25
उपयान्तं दुराधर्षं शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम्। पुरुपं पुण्डरीकाक्षं किं वक्ष्यामि महाभुजम्॥
upayāntaṃ durādharṣaṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam| purupaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ kiṃ vakṣyāmi mahābhujam||
When that irresistible and mighty-armed hero, that holder of the conch, the discuss and the club, will return, what shall I say to that lotus-eyed one?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.26
सात्यकिं बलदेवं च ये चान्येऽन्धकवृष्णयः। मया स्पर्धन्ति सततं किं नु वक्ष्यामि तानहम्॥
sātyakiṃ baladevaṃ ca ye cānye'ndhakavṛṣṇayaḥ| mayā spardhanti satataṃ kiṃ nu vakṣyāmi tānaham||
What shall I say to Satyaki, Baladeva and others of the Vrishni and the Andhaka races who always boast of me?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.27
त्यक्त्वा रणमिमं सौते पृष्ठतोऽभ्याहतः शरैः। त्वयापनीतो विवशो न जीवेयं कथंचन॥
tyaktvā raṇamimaṃ saute pṛṣṭhato'bhyāhataḥ śaraiḥ| tvayāpanīto vivaśo na jīveyaṃ kathaṃcana||
O son of Suta, having left the battle and having been struck at the back with arrows and carried away by you (from the field of battle) as I was insensible, I shall by no means be able to live (any longer).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.28
स निवर्त रथेनाशु पुनर्दारुकनन्दन। न चैतदेवं कर्तव्यमथापत्सु कथंचन॥
sa nivarta rathenāśu punardārukanandana| na caitadevaṃ kartavyamathāpatsu kathaṃcana||
O son of Daruka, turn speedily the chariot back again. Never act in this way again, even not at the time of the greatest danger.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.29
न जीवितमहं सौते बहु मन्ये कथंचन। अपयातो रणाद् भीतः पृष्ठतोऽभ्याहतः शरैः॥
na jīvitamahaṃ saute bahu manye kathaṃcana| apayāto raṇād bhītaḥ pṛṣṭhato'bhyāhataḥ śaraiḥ||
O son of Suta, having fled from the field like a coward and having been wounded at the back by arrows I consider life worth nothing?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.30
कदापि सूतपुत्र त्वं जानीषे मां भयादितम्। अपयातं रणं हित्वा यथा कापुरुषं तता॥
kadāpi sūtaputra tvaṃ jānīṣe māṃ bhayāditam| apayātaṃ raṇaṃ hitvā yathā kāpuruṣaṃ tatā||
O son of Suta, have you ever seen me fly from the battle like a coward?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 18.31
न युक्तं भवता त्यक्तुं संग्रामं दारुकात्मज' मयि युद्धार्थिनि भृशं स त्वं याहि यतो रणम्॥
na yuktaṃ bhavatā tyaktuṃ saṃgrāmaṃ dārukātmaja' mayi yuddhārthini bhṛśaṃ sa tvaṃ yāhi yato raṇam||
O son of Daruka, you ought not to have left the battle while my desire for fight had not been gratified. Therefore, go back to the battle again.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)