Mahabharata — Volume III (Dutt edition) — Chapter 129
MBh 3 129.1
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच कांस्तत्र संजयापश्यः प्रीत्यर्थेन समागतान्। ये योत्स्यन्ते पाण्डवार्थं पुत्रस्य मम वाहिनीम्॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca kāṃstatra saṃjayāpaśyaḥ prītyarthena samāgatān| ye yotsyante pāṇḍavārthaṃ putrasya mama vāhinīm||
Dhritarashtra said Whom have you, O Sanjaya, seen there coming out of love and who will fight with the army of my sons on behalf of the sons of Pandu?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.2
संजय उवाच मुख्यमन्धकवृष्णीनामपश्यं कृष्णमागतम्। चेकितान् च तत्रैव युयुधानं च सात्यकिम्॥
saṃjaya uvāca mukhyamandhakavṛṣṇīnāmapaśyaṃ kṛṣṇamāgatam| cekitān ca tatraiva yuyudhānaṃ ca sātyakim||
Sanjaya said The chief of the Andhakas and Vrishnis, Krishna have I seen come there; as also Chekitana, Yuyudhana and Satyaki.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.3
पृथगक्षौहिणीभ्यां तु पाण्डवानभिसंश्रितौ। महारथौ समाख्यातावुभौ पुरुषमानिनौ॥
pṛthagakṣauhiṇībhyāṃ tu pāṇḍavānabhisaṃśritau| mahārathau samākhyātāvubhau puruṣamāninau||
The two famous and great car-warriors, proud among men, each with a separate Akshauhini of soldiers, have gone to the side of the Pandavas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.4
अक्षौहिण्याथ पाञ्चाल्यो दशभिस्तनयैर्वृतः। सत्यजित्प्रमुखैवीरैधृष्टद्युम्नपुरोगमैः॥
akṣauhiṇyātha pāñcālyo daśabhistanayairvṛtaḥ| satyajitpramukhaivīraidhṛṣṭadyumnapurogamaiḥ||
And the king of the Panchalas Drupada, surrounded by his ten heroic sons, headed by Dhrishtadyumna, with an Akshauhini.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.5
दुपदो वर्धयन् मानं शिखण्डिपरिपालितः। उपायात् सर्वसैन्यानां प्रतिच्छाद्य तदा वपुः॥
dupado vardhayan mānaṃ śikhaṇḍiparipālitaḥ| upāyāt sarvasainyānāṃ praticchādya tadā vapuḥ||
And protected by Shikhandin has joined them after well protecting the limbs of his soldiers, enhancing the honour of the Pandavas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.6
विराटः सह पुत्राभ्यां शङ्खनैवोत्तरेण च। सूर्यदत्तादिभिर्वीरैर्मदिराक्षपुरोगमैः॥ सहितः पृथिवीपालो भ्रातृभिस्तनयैस्तथा। अक्षौहिण्यैव सैन्यानां वृतः पार्थं समाश्रितः॥
virāṭaḥ saha putrābhyāṃ śaṅkhanaivottareṇa ca| sūryadattādibhirvīrairmadirākṣapurogamaiḥ|| sahitaḥ pṛthivīpālo bhrātṛbhistanayaistathā| akṣauhiṇyaiva sainyānāṃ vṛtaḥ pārthaṃ samāśritaḥ||
Virata, too, with his two sons Shankha and Uttara and with the heroes Suryadatta and others headed by Madiraksha and with his brother and sons, surrounded by an Akshauhini of troops, has joined the son of Pritha.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.7
जारासंधिर्मागधश्च धृष्टकेतुश्च चेदिराट्। पृथक् पृथगनुप्राप्तौ पृथगक्षौहिणीवृतौ॥
jārāsaṃdhirmāgadhaśca dhṛṣṭaketuśca cedirāṭ| pṛthak pṛthaganuprāptau pṛthagakṣauhiṇīvṛtau||
The king of Magadha, the of Jarasandha, too and Dhrishtaketu, the king of the Chedis-these two have come separately each surrounded by an Akshauhini.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.8
केकया भ्रातरः पञ्च सर्वे लोहितकध्वजाः। अक्षौहिणीपरिवृताः पाण्डवानभिसंश्रिताः॥
kekayā bhrātaraḥ pañca sarve lohitakadhvajāḥ| akṣauhiṇīparivṛtāḥ pāṇḍavānabhisaṃśritāḥ||
The five brothers of Kaikeya, all having red flags, surrounded by an Akshauhini, have joined the sons of Pandu.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.9
एतानेतावतस्तत्र तानपश्यं समागतान्। ये पाण्डवार्थं योत्स्यन्ति धार्तराष्ट्रस्य वाहिनीम्॥
etānetāvatastatra tānapaśyaṃ samāgatān| ye pāṇḍavārthaṃ yotsyanti dhārtarāṣṭrasya vāhinīm||
These parties and of their respective numbers have I seen come there, who will fight with the army of Dhritarashtra, on behalf of the sons of Pandu. son
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.10
यो वेद मानुषं व्यूहं दैवं गान्धर्वमासुरम्। स तत्र सेनाप्रमुखे धृष्टद्युम्नो महारथः॥
yo veda mānuṣaṃ vyūhaṃ daivaṃ gāndharvamāsuram| sa tatra senāpramukhe dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārathaḥ||
He, who is acquainted with the human system of fight, is celestial and is followed by the Gandharvas and by the Asuras that great car-warrior, Dhrishtadyumna, is at the head of that army.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.11
भीष्मः शान्तनवो राजन् भागः क्लृप्तः शिखण्डिनः। तं विराटोऽनुसंयाता सार्धं मत्स्यैः प्रहारिभिः॥
bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavo rājan bhāgaḥ klṛptaḥ śikhaṇḍinaḥ| taṃ virāṭo'nusaṃyātā sārdhaṃ matsyaiḥ prahāribhiḥ||
Bhishma, the son of Shantanu, O king, has been reserved as the share of Shikhandin. Virata will help him (the latter) along with the soldiers from Matsya.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.12
ज्येष्ठस्य पाण्डुपुत्रस्य भागो मद्राधिपो बली। तौ तु तत्राब्रुवन् केचिद् विषमौ नो मताविति॥
jyeṣṭhasya pāṇḍuputrasya bhāgo madrādhipo balī| tau tu tatrābruvan kecid viṣamau no matāviti||
The ruler of the Madras, endued with strength, has been reserved as the share of the eldest son of Pandu, through somebody in their party said that he was of opinion that the two did match very well.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.13
दुर्योधनः सहसुतः सार्धं भ्रातृशतेन च। प्राच्याश्च दाक्षिणात्याश्च भीमसेनस्य भागतः॥
duryodhanaḥ sahasutaḥ sārdhaṃ bhrātṛśatena ca| prācyāśca dākṣiṇātyāśca bhīmasenasya bhāgataḥ||
Duryodhana with his son and his hundred brothers and the soldiers coming from the castern and southern countries have fallen to the share of Bhimasena.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.14
अर्जुनस्य तु भागेन कर्णो वैकर्तनो मतः। अश्वत्थामा विकर्णश्च सैन्धवश्च जयद्रथः॥
arjunasya tu bhāgena karṇo vaikartano mataḥ| aśvatthāmā vikarṇaśca saindhavaśca jayadrathaḥ||
Arjuna has for his share Karna the son of Vikartana, Ashvathaman, Vikarna and the king of Sindhu Jayadratha.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.15
अशक्याश्चैव ये केचिद् पृथिव्यां शूरमानिनः। सर्वांस्तानर्जुनः पार्थः कल्पयामास भागतः॥
aśakyāścaiva ye kecid pṛthivyāṃ śūramāninaḥ| sarvāṃstānarjunaḥ pārthaḥ kalpayāmāsa bhāgataḥ||
Whoever there is in this world who boasts that he is invincible. Arjuna, the son Pritha, has accepted all of them also as his share.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.16
महेष्वासा राजपुत्रा भ्रातरः पञ्च केकयाः। केकयानेव भागेन कृत्वा योत्स्यन्ति संयुगे॥
maheṣvāsā rājaputrā bhrātaraḥ pañca kekayāḥ| kekayāneva bhāgena kṛtvā yotsyanti saṃyuge||
The great bowmen, the five Kaikeya princes, brothers to one another, taking the Kaikeya warriors (on the Kurus side) for his share, will fight in the battle. same sons
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.17
तेषामेव कृतो भागो मालवाः शाल्वकास्तथा। त्रिगर्तानां चैव मुख्यौ यौ तौ संशप्तकाविति॥
teṣāmeva kṛto bhāgo mālavāḥ śālvakāstathā| trigartānāṃ caiva mukhyau yau tau saṃśaptakāviti||
In their share have also fallen the Malavas, the Shalvakas and the two foremost of the Trigartas, who have resolved to win or to die.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.18
दुर्योधनसुताः सर्वे तथा दुःशासनस्य च। सौभद्रेण कृतो भागो राजा चैव बृहद्बलः॥
duryodhanasutāḥ sarve tathā duḥśāsanasya ca| saubhadreṇa kṛto bhāgo rājā caiva bṛhadbalaḥ||
In the way all the sons of Duryodhana and Dushasana have been accepted by the son of Subhadra as his share, as also the king Brihadbala.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.19
द्रौपदेया महेष्वासाः सुवर्णविकृतध्वजाः। धृष्टद्युम्नमुखा द्रोणमभियास्यन्ति भारत।॥
draupadeyā maheṣvāsāḥ suvarṇavikṛtadhvajāḥ| dhṛṣṭadyumnamukhā droṇamabhiyāsyanti bhārata|||
The mighty bowmen, the of Draupadi, having their flag ornamented with gold, with Dhrishtadyumna at their head, will fight with Drona, O Bharata.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.20
चेकितान: सोमदत्तं द्वैरथे योद्धमिच्छति। भोजं तु कृतवर्माणं युयुधानो युयुत्सति॥
cekitāna: somadattaṃ dvairathe yoddhamicchati| bhojaṃ tu kṛtavarmāṇaṃ yuyudhāno yuyutsati||
Chekitana desires to fight with Somadatta in single combat, each seated on his own car; and Yuyudhana is desirous of fighting against Kritavarma of the Bhoja tribe.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.21
सहदेवस्तु माद्रेयः शूरः संक्रन्दनो युधि। स्वमंशं कल्पयामास श्यालं ते सुबलात्मजम्॥
sahadevastu mādreyaḥ śūraḥ saṃkrandano yudhi| svamaṃśaṃ kalpayāmāsa śyālaṃ te subalātmajam||
The son of Madri, the hero Sahadeva, who makes loud roars in battle, has accepted as his own share your brother the son of Subala.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.22
उलूकं चैव कैतव्यं ये च सारस्वता गणाः। नकुलः कल्पयामास भागं माद्रवतीसुतः॥
ulūkaṃ caiva kaitavyaṃ ye ca sārasvatā gaṇāḥ| nakulaḥ kalpayāmāsa bhāgaṃ mādravatīsutaḥ||
Uluka, the deceitful one and hordes of Sarasvata tribes have been accepted by Nakula, the son of Madravati; as his own share.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.23
ये चान्ये पार्थिवा राजन् प्रत्युद्यास्यन्ति सङ्गरे। समाह्वानेन तांश्चापि पाण्डुपुत्रा अकल्पयन्॥
ye cānye pārthivā rājan pratyudyāsyanti saṅgare| samāhvānena tāṃścāpi pāṇḍuputrā akalpayan||
The other rulers, too, Oking, who will fight in the battle, have been assigned to the share of some one on their side by the sons of Pandu.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.24
एवमेषामनीकानि प्रविभक्तानि भागशः। यते ते कार्य सपुत्रस्य क्रियतां तदकालिकम्॥
evameṣāmanīkāni pravibhaktāni bhāgaśaḥ| yate te kārya saputrasya kriyatāṃ tadakālikam||
In this way has this army been divided into batches. Do whatever is to be done by you, along with your son, speedily.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.25
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच न सन्ति सर्वे पुत्रा मे मूढा दु तदेविनः। येषां युद्धं बलवता भीमेन रणमूर्धनि॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca na santi sarve putrā me mūḍhā du tadevinaḥ| yeṣāṃ yuddhaṃ balavatā bhīmena raṇamūrdhani||
Dhritarashtra said All my foolish sons, those addicted to the wicked dice who have taken it in their hand to fight with the powerful Bhima, have ceased to exist already.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.26
राजानः पार्थिवाः सर्वे प्रोक्षिताः कालधर्मणा। गाण्डीवाग्नि प्रवेक्ष्यन्ति पतङ्गा इव पावकम्॥
rājānaḥ pārthivāḥ sarve prokṣitāḥ kāladharmaṇā| gāṇḍīvāgni pravekṣyanti pataṅgā iva pāvakam||
The kings and the rulers, too, all consecrated by the king of death himself shall enter the Gandiva bow as moths fall on fire.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.27
विद्रुतां वाहिनीं मन्ये कृतवैरैर्महात्मभिः। तां रणे केऽनुयास्यन्ति प्रभग्नां पाण्डवैर्युधि॥
vidrutāṃ vāhinīṃ manye kṛtavairairmahātmabhiḥ| tāṃ raṇe ke'nuyāsyanti prabhagnāṃ pāṇḍavairyudhi||
I see in my mind my army already routed by these large minded ones, whom I converted into enemies, who will follow them to battle, who have been routed by the Pandavas in fight.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.28
सर्वे ह्यतिरथाः शूराः कीर्तिमन्तः प्रतापिनः। सूर्यपावकयोस्तुल्यास्तेजसा समितिञ्जयाः॥
sarve hyatirathāḥ śūrāḥ kīrtimantaḥ pratāpinaḥ| sūryapāvakayostulyāstejasā samitiñjayāḥ||
All of them are extremely good carwarriors, heroes, famous and powerful having might like that of the sun or fire and victorious in battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.29
येषां युधिष्ठिरो नेता गोप्ता च मधुसूदनः। योधौ च पाण्डवौ वीरौ सव्यसाचिवृकोदरौ॥ नकुलः सहदेवश्च धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पार्षतः। सात्यकिर्दुपदश्चैव धृष्टकेतुश्च सानुजः॥ उत्तमौजाश्च पाञ्चाल्यो युधामन्युश्च दुर्जयः। शिखण्डी क्षत्रदेवश्च तथा वैराटिरुत्तरः॥ काशयश्चेदयश्चैव मत्स्याः सर्वे च सुंजयाः। विराटपुत्रो बभ्रुश्च पञ्चालाश्च प्रभद्रकाः॥ येषामिन्द्रोऽप्यकामानां न हरेत् पृथिवीमिमाम्। वीराणां रणधीराणां ये भिन्द्युः पर्वतानपि॥ तान् सर्वगुणसम्पन्नानमनुष्यप्रतापिनः। क्रोशतो मम दुष्पुत्रो योद्भुमिच्छति संजय॥
yeṣāṃ yudhiṣṭhiro netā goptā ca madhusūdanaḥ| yodhau ca pāṇḍavau vīrau savyasācivṛkodarau|| nakulaḥ sahadevaśca dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca pārṣataḥ| sātyakirdupadaścaiva dhṛṣṭaketuśca sānujaḥ|| uttamaujāśca pāñcālyo yudhāmanyuśca durjayaḥ| śikhaṇḍī kṣatradevaśca tathā vairāṭiruttaraḥ|| kāśayaścedayaścaiva matsyāḥ sarve ca suṃjayāḥ| virāṭaputro babhruśca pañcālāśca prabhadrakāḥ|| yeṣāmindro'pyakāmānāṃ na haret pṛthivīmimām| vīrāṇāṃ raṇadhīrāṇāṃ ye bhindyuḥ parvatānapi|| tān sarvaguṇasampannānamanuṣyapratāpinaḥ| krośato mama duṣputro yodbhumicchati saṃjaya||
son Those whose leader is Yudhishthira and whose protector is the slayer of Madhu and whose warriors are the heroic sons of Pandu, Savyasachin and Vrikodara and Nakula, Sahadeva, Dhrishtadyumna, the of Prishata, Satyki, Drupada, with his brother and the king of the Panchalas, endued with excellent prowess and the invincible Yudhamanyu and Shikhandin and Kshatradeva and Uttra and the son Virata and the Kashis, the Chedis, the Matsyas and all the Srinjayas, the son of Virata, Babhru, the Panchalas and the Prabhadrakas. From these even Indra himself cannot wrest this Earth, if they are not so willing-the heroes, who are cool and composed in battle and who are capable even of breaking the mountains, my wicked son desires to fight, O Sanjaya-these endued with all the virtues and endued with superhuman strength, disregard me me who am loudly protesting.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.30
दुर्योधन उवाच उभौ स्व एकजातीयौ तथोभौ भूमिगोचरौ। अथ कस्मात् पाण्डवानामेकतो मन्यसे जयम्॥
duryodhana uvāca ubhau sva ekajātīyau tathobhau bhūmigocarau| atha kasmāt pāṇḍavānāmekato manyase jayam||
Duryodhana said Both the parties are of the same race and both roam about on the earth; why then do you regard victory as coming solely to the Pandavas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.31
पितामहं च द्रोणं च कृपं कर्णं च दुर्जयम्। जयद्रथं सोमदत्तमश्वत्थामानमेव च।॥ सुतेजसो महेष्वासानिन्द्रोऽपि सहितोऽमरैः। अशक्तः समरे जेतुं किं पुनस्तात पाण्डवाः॥
pitāmahaṃ ca droṇaṃ ca kṛpaṃ karṇaṃ ca durjayam| jayadrathaṃ somadattamaśvatthāmānameva ca||| sutejaso maheṣvāsānindro'pi sahito'maraiḥ| aśaktaḥ samare jetuṃ kiṃ punastāta pāṇḍavāḥ||
Our grandfather Bhishma, Drona, Kripa and Karna hard to be vanquished, Jayadratha, Somadatta and Ashvathama, Indra even, united with the gods, is incapable of defeating these great bowmen endued with great energy in battle. How can the Pandavas do it, O sire.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.32
सर्वे च पृथिवीपाला मदर्थं तात पाण्डवान्। आर्याः शस्त्रभृतः शूराः समर्थाः प्रतिबाधितुम्॥
sarve ca pṛthivīpālā madarthaṃ tāta pāṇḍavān| āryāḥ śastrabhṛtaḥ śūrāḥ samarthāḥ pratibādhitum||
All the rulers of the earth, too, leading honourable lives, the heroes capable of wielding weapons can for my sake, O sire, oppose the Pandavas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.33
न मामकान् पाण्डवास्ते समर्थाः प्रतिवीक्षितुम्। पराक्रान्तो ह्यहं पाण्डून् सपुत्रान् योद्धमोहवे॥
na māmakān pāṇḍavāste samarthāḥ prativīkṣitum| parākrānto hyahaṃ pāṇḍūn saputrān yoddhamohave||
These Pandavas are not even able to gaze on my soldiers. I am sufficiently powerful to challenge the Pandus with their sons to fight.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.34
मप्रियं पार्थिवाः सर्वे ये चिकीर्षन्ति भारत। ते तानावारयिष्यन्ति ऐणेयानिव तन्तुना॥
mapriyaṃ pārthivāḥ sarve ye cikīrṣanti bhārata| te tānāvārayiṣyanti aiṇeyāniva tantunā||
Those rulers of the earth, who wish me well, O Bharata, will get hold of them, as deer are caught by means of a trap.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.35
महता रथवंशेन शरजालैश्च मामकैः। अभिद्रुता भविष्यन्ति पाञ्चालाः पाण्डवैः सह॥
mahatā rathavaṃśena śarajālaiśca māmakaiḥ| abhidrutā bhaviṣyanti pāñcālāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha||
By means of our large number of cars and our net of arrows, the Panchalas along with the Pandavas will be vanquished.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.36
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच उन्मत्त इव मे पुत्रो विलपत्येष संजय। न हि शक्तो रणे जेतुं धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरम्॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca unmatta iva me putro vilapatyeṣa saṃjaya| na hi śakto raṇe jetuṃ dharmarāja yudhiṣṭhiram||
Dhritarashtra said My son raves like a maniac, O Sanjaya; he is not capable of defeating in battle Yudhishthira the king of Dharma.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.37
जानाति हि यथा भीष्मः पाण्डवानां यशस्विनाम्। बलवत्तां सपुत्राणां धर्मज्ञानां महात्मनाम्॥
jānāti hi yathā bhīṣmaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ yaśasvinām| balavattāṃ saputrāṇāṃ dharmajñānāṃ mahātmanām||
Bhishma knows the truth of the sons of Pandu and their sons of great fame and prowess, conversant with the code of morality and having large minds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.38
यतो नारोचयदयं विग्रहं तैर्महात्मभिः। किं तु संजय मे ब्रूहि पुनस्तेषां विचेष्टितम्॥
yato nārocayadayaṃ vigrahaṃ tairmahātmabhiḥ| kiṃ tu saṃjaya me brūhi punasteṣāṃ viceṣṭitam||
Since he does not desire fight with those ones of great soul; but, O Sanjaya, tell me again of their doings.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.39
कस्तांस्तरस्विनो भूयः संदीपयति पाण्डवान्। अर्चिष्मतो महेष्वासान् हविषा पावकानिव॥
kastāṃstarasvino bhūyaḥ saṃdīpayati pāṇḍavān| arciṣmato maheṣvāsān haviṣā pāvakāniva||
Who among them are endued with activity and who are inciting the Pandavas. These great bowinen are like those pouring clarified butter on fire.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.40
संजय उवाच धृष्टद्युम्नः सदैवैतान् संदीपयति भारत। युद्ध्यध्वमिति मा भैष्ट युद्धाद् भरतसत्तमाः॥
saṃjaya uvāca dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ sadaivaitān saṃdīpayati bhārata| yuddhyadhvamiti mā bhaiṣṭa yuddhād bharatasattamāḥ||
Sanjaya said Dhritarashtra is ever inciting them, O Bharata, saying, “Fight and do not fear a fight, you best among the race of Bharata.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.41
ये केचित् पार्थिवास्तत्र धार्तराष्ट्रेण संवृताः। युद्धे समागमिष्यन्ति तुमुले शस्त्रसंकुले॥
ye kecit pārthivāstatra dhārtarāṣṭreṇa saṃvṛtāḥ| yuddhe samāgamiṣyanti tumule śastrasaṃkule||
The few rulers of the earth, who are surrounded by the sons of Dhritarashtra, will engage in fierce fight with marks of numberless weapons on their bodies.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.42
तान् सर्वानाहवे क्रुद्धान् सानुबन्धान् समागतान्। अहमेकः समादास्ये तिमिर्मत्स्यानिवौदकात्॥
tān sarvānāhave kruddhān sānubandhān samāgatān| ahamekaḥ samādāsye timirmatsyānivaudakāt||
All these wrathful kings who have assembled on the other side, with their friends and followers, I alone will capture like a big fish, seizing small ones from the water.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.43
भीष्मं द्रोणं कृपं कर्णं द्रौणि शल्यं सुयोधनम्। एतांश्चापि निरोत्स्यामि वेलेव मकरालयम्॥
bhīṣmaṃ droṇaṃ kṛpaṃ karṇaṃ drauṇi śalyaṃ suyodhanam| etāṃścāpi nirotsyāmi veleva makarālayam||
Bhishma, Drona, Kripa, Karna, the son of Drona, Shalya and Suyodhana-these I will opposed like the shore, resisting the flow of the swelling waters.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.44
तथा ब्रुवन्तं धर्मात्मा प्राह राजा युधिष्ठिरः। तव धैर्यं च वीर्यं पाञ्चालाः पाण्डवैः सह॥
tathā bruvantaṃ dharmātmā prāha rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ| tava dhairyaṃ ca vīryaṃ pāñcālāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha||
King Yudhishthira of a virtuous soul said to him who was thus speaking-'The Panchalas along with the Pandavas all depend on your wisdom and prowess.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.45
सर्वे समधिरूढाः स्म संग्रामानः समुद्धर। जानामि त्वां महाबाहो क्षत्रधर्मे व्यवस्थितम्॥
sarve samadhirūḍhāḥ sma saṃgrāmānaḥ samuddhara| jānāmi tvāṃ mahābāho kṣatradharme vyavasthitam||
Rescue us from this fight; I am aware that you, O you with long arms, are established on the virtue of a Kshatriya.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.46
समर्थमेकं पर्याप्तं कौरवाणां विनिग्रहे। पुरस्तादुपयातानां कौरवाणां युयुत्सताम्॥
samarthamekaṃ paryāptaṃ kauravāṇāṃ vinigrahe| purastādupayātānāṃ kauravāṇāṃ yuyutsatām||
Alone you are quite capable of effecting the overthrow of the Kauravas. To meet the Kauravas, desirous of war and standing in front of us.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.47
स त्वं भवता यद् विधातव्यं तन्नः श्रेयः परंतप। संग्रामादपयातानां भग्नानां शरणैषिणाम्॥
sa tvaṃ bhavatā yad vidhātavyaṃ tannaḥ śreyaḥ paraṃtapa| saṃgrāmādapayātānāṃ bhagnānāṃ śaraṇaiṣiṇām||
What ever will be decided on by you will conduce to our good, O subduer of foes, why those fly from the field of battle out of the original army and are at our mercy.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.48
पौरुषं दर्शयशूरो यस्तिष्ठेदग्रतः पुमान्। क्रीणीयात् तं सहस्रेण इति नीतिमतां मतम्॥
pauruṣaṃ darśayaśūro yastiṣṭhedagrataḥ pumān| krīṇīyāt taṃ sahasreṇa iti nītimatāṃ matam||
The hero, who after showing forth his strength himself helps such men (those flying, referred to in the last Sloka), is worth purchasing for a thousand. Such is the opinion of those who are conversant with the code of morality.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.49
शूरच वीरश्च विक्रान्तश्च नरर्षभ। भयार्तानां परित्राता संयुगेषु न संशयः॥
śūraca vīraśca vikrāntaśca nararṣabha| bhayārtānāṃ paritrātā saṃyugeṣu na saṃśayaḥ||
O you bull among men, you are just such a hero, brave and powerful. There is no doubt that in battle you are the rescuer of those struck with fear.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.50
एवं ब्रुवति कौन्तेये धर्मात्मनि युधिष्ठिरे। धृष्टद्युम्न उवाचेदं मां वचो गतसाध्वसम्। सर्वाञ्जनपदान् सूत योधा दुर्योधनस्य ये॥ सबाह्निकान् कुरून् ब्रूयाः प्रातिपेयाशरद्वतः। सूतपुत्रं तथा द्रोणं सहपुत्रं जयद्रथम्॥ दुःशासनं विकर्णं च तथा दुर्योधनं नृपम्। भीष्मं च ब्रूहि त्वमाशु गच्छ च मा चिरम्॥
evaṃ bruvati kaunteye dharmātmani yudhiṣṭhire| dhṛṣṭadyumna uvācedaṃ māṃ vaco gatasādhvasam| sarvāñjanapadān sūta yodhā duryodhanasya ye|| sabāhnikān kurūn brūyāḥ prātipeyāśaradvataḥ| sūtaputraṃ tathā droṇaṃ sahaputraṃ jayadratham|| duḥśāsanaṃ vikarṇaṃ ca tathā duryodhanaṃ nṛpam| bhīṣmaṃ ca brūhi tvamāśu gaccha ca mā ciram||
The son of Kunti, Yudhishthira, of virtuous soul having said this Dhrishtadyumna without the least fear said these words to me-O Suta, all the men that have come to fight for Duryodhana, tell them and the Kurus who have descended from the Pratipas with the Bahlika's, son of Sharadvata and Drona with his son, as also Jayadratha with his son and Dushasana and Vikarna and also the king Duryodhana and Bhima-go to them and tell them go just now, without delay.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.51
युधिष्ठिरः साधुनैवाभ्युपेयो मा वो वधीदर्जुनो देवगुप्तः। राज्यं दद्ध्वं धर्मराजस्य तूर्णं याचध्वं वै पाण्डवं लोकवीरम्॥
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ sādhunaivābhyupeyo mā vo vadhīdarjuno devaguptaḥ| rājyaṃ daddhvaṃ dharmarājasya tūrṇaṃ yācadhvaṃ vai pāṇḍavaṃ lokavīram||
Yudhishthira should be approached by an honourable man, let not Arjuna, protected by the gods, kill you and the king of virtue the son of Pandu-that hero among men should be forthwith asked to accept the kingdom surrender to him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.52
नैतादृशो हि योधोऽस्ति पृथिव्यामिह कश्चन। यथाविधः सव्यसाची पाण्डवः सत्यविक्रमः॥
naitādṛśo hi yodho'sti pṛthivyāmiha kaścana| yathāvidhaḥ savyasācī pāṇḍavaḥ satyavikramaḥ||
There is no warrior in this world as the son of Pandu, Savyasachin of true strength.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 129.53
देवैर्हि सम्भृतो दिव्यो रथो गाण्डीवधन्वनः। न स जेयो मनुष्येण मा स्म कृदूध्वं मनो युधि॥
devairhi sambhṛto divyo ratho gāṇḍīvadhanvanaḥ| na sa jeyo manuṣyeṇa mā sma kṛdūdhvaṃ mano yudhi||
By the gobs themselves in the heavenly car of the wielder of the Gandiva bow protected; he cannot be defeated by men; do not think in mind even of a fight with him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)