Mahabharata — Volume III (Dutt edition) — Chapter 234
MBh 3 234.1
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच प्रतिज्ञाते फाल्गुनेन वधे भीष्मस्य संयुगे। किमकुर्वत मे मन्दाः पुत्रा दुर्योधनादयः॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca pratijñāte phālgunena vadhe bhīṣmasya saṃyuge| kimakurvata me mandāḥ putrā duryodhanādayaḥ||
Dhritarashtra said The slaying of Bhishma having been promised by Falguna in battle, what did my foolish sons, Duryodhana and others do?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.2
हतमेव हि पश्यामि गाङ्गेयं पितरं रणे। वासुदेवसहायेन पार्थेन दृढधन्वना॥
hatameva hi paśyāmi gāṅgeyaṃ pitaraṃ raṇe| vāsudevasahāyena pārthena dṛḍhadhanvanā||
I already see my father, the son of Ganga, slain in battle by the son of Pritha who has a firm grasp on his bow, having Vasudeva for his help-mate.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.3
स चापरिमितप्रज्ञस्तच्छ्रुत्वा पार्थभाषितम्। किमुक्तवान् महेष्वासो भीष्मः प्रहरतां वरः॥
sa cāparimitaprajñastacchrutvā pārthabhāṣitam| kimuktavān maheṣvāso bhīṣmaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ||
What also did, that great bowman Bhishma, that foremost among strikers, endued with unlimited wisdom, say after he had heard what the son of Pritha had said?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.4
सैनापत्यं च सम्प्राप्य कौरवाणां धुरन्धरः। किमचेष्टत गाङ्गेयो महाबुद्धिपराक्रमः॥
saināpatyaṃ ca samprāpya kauravāṇāṃ dhurandharaḥ| kimaceṣṭata gāṅgeyo mahābuddhiparākramaḥ||
What did that oldest and foremost of the Kauravas, the of Ganga, of great intelligence and prowess, do after obtaining the generalship?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.5
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततस्ततं संजयस्तस्मै सर्वमेव न्यवेदयत्। यथोक्तं कुरुवृद्धेन भीष्मेणामिततेजसा॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca tatastataṃ saṃjayastasmai sarvameva nyavedayat| yathoktaṃ kuruvṛddhena bhīṣmeṇāmitatejasā||
Vaishampayana said Sanjaya then submitted to him every thing as had happened, what had been said by that oldest among the Kurus, Bhishma of immeasurable energy. son
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.6
संजय उवाच सैनापत्यमनुप्राप्य भीष्मः शान्तनवो नृप। दुर्योधनमुवाचेदं वचनं हर्षयन्निव॥
saṃjaya uvāca saināpatyamanuprāpya bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavo nṛpa| duryodhanamuvācedaṃ vacanaṃ harṣayanniva||
Sanjaya said Bhishma, the son of Shantanu, having obtained the generalship, said these words to Duryodhana infusing cheerfulness in him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.7
नमस्कृत्य कुमाराय सेनान्ये शक्तिपाणये। अहं सेनापतिस्तेऽद्य भविष्यामि न संशयः॥
namaskṛtya kumārāya senānye śaktipāṇaye| ahaṃ senāpatiste'dya bhaviṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ||
“Having bowed down to Kumara, the god of war, who has a lance in his hand, I shall today be your general, no doubt.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.8
सेनाकर्मण्यभिज्ञोऽस्मि व्यूहेषु विविधेषु च। कर्म कारयितुं चैव भृतानप्यभृतांस्तथा॥
senākarmaṇyabhijño'smi vyūheṣu vividheṣu ca| karma kārayituṃ caiva bhṛtānapyabhṛtāṃstathā||
I am experienced in all matters relating to the army and in diverse artifices and in making the paid soldiers and unpaid ones (volunteers) do their own work.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.9
यात्रायाने च युद्धे च तथा प्रशमनेषु च। भृशं वेद महाराज यथा वेद बृहस्पतिः॥
yātrāyāne ca yuddhe ca tathā praśamaneṣu ca| bhṛśaṃ veda mahārāja yathā veda bṛhaspatiḥ||
In the matter of marching out troops in fighting and in declaring war I am as much an adept, O great king, as Brihaspati himself.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.10
व्यूहानां च समारम्भान् दैवगान्धर्वमानुषान्। तैरहं मोहयिष्यामि पाण्डवान् व्येतु ते ज्वरः॥
vyūhānāṃ ca samārambhān daivagāndharvamānuṣān| tairahaṃ mohayiṣyāmi pāṇḍavān vyetu te jvaraḥ||
I am also conversant with the plans of attack and and defense, adopted by gods, Gandharvas and human beings, and by means of them I shall deprive the sons of Pandu of their senses. Let your fears be gone.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.11
सोऽहं योत्स्यामि तत्त्वेन पालयंस्तव वाहिनीम्। यथावच्छास्त्रतो राजन् व्येतु ते मानसो ज्वरः॥
so'haṃ yotsyāmi tattvena pālayaṃstava vāhinīm| yathāvacchāstrato rājan vyetu te mānaso jvaraḥ||
I, who am so, shall fight observing the usual rules and protecting your army according to plans laid down in the holy books. Let your mind's fear be gone."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.12
दुर्योधन उवाच विद्यते मे न गाङ्गेय भयं देवासुरेष्वपि। समस्तेषु महाबाहो सत्यमेतद् ब्रवीमि ते॥
duryodhana uvāca vidyate me na gāṅgeya bhayaṃ devāsureṣvapi| samasteṣu mahābāho satyametad bravīmi te||
Duryodhana said No fear exists in me, O son of Ganga, froin even the gods and Asuras united together, O you of long arm, I tell you this truly.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.13
किं पुनस्त्वयि दुर्धर्षे सैनापत्ये व्यवस्थिते। द्रोणे च पुरुषव्याने स्थिते युद्धाभिनन्दिनि॥
kiṃ punastvayi durdharṣe saināpatye vyavasthite| droṇe ca puruṣavyāne sthite yuddhābhinandini||
How much less reasons have I for fear when I have you as the commander of my armies and that foremost among men, Drona, who takes delight in war, being on my side.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.14
भवद्भ्यां पुरुषाग्याभ्यां स्थिताभ्यां विजये मम। न दुर्लभं कुरुश्रेष्ठ देवराज्यमपि ध्रुवम्॥
bhavadbhyāṃ puruṣāgyābhyāṃ sthitābhyāṃ vijaye mama| na durlabhaṃ kuruśreṣṭha devarājyamapi dhruvam||
You, the best among men, being on my side, victory will be mine and foremost among the Kurus, kingship over the gods is surely not hard to get.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.15
रथसंख्यां तु कात्स्न्येन परेषामात्मनस्तथा। तथैवातिरथानां च वेत्तुमिच्छामि कौरव॥
rathasaṃkhyāṃ tu kātsnyena pareṣāmātmanastathā| tathaivātirathānāṃ ca vettumicchāmi kaurava||
I desire to hear, O Kaurava, of the numbers of Rathis (car) warriors capable of fighting with a certain number of each of the four divisions together) and also the number of Atirathas (greater warrior than a Rathi) in our own army and in that of the enemies.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.16
पितामहो हि कुशलः परेषामात्मनस्तथा। श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं सर्वैः सहैभिर्वसुधाधिपैः॥
pitāmaho hi kuśalaḥ pareṣāmātmanastathā| śrotumicchāmyahaṃ sarvaiḥ sahaibhirvasudhādhipaiḥ||
Our grandfather is familiar with ourselves as also with our enemies and I desire to hear all about it, along with these rulers of the earth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.17
भीष्म उवाच गान्धारे शृणु राजेन्द्र रथसंख्यां स्वके बले। ये रथाः पृथिवीपाल तथैवातिरथाश्च ये॥
bhīṣma uvāca gāndhāre śṛṇu rājendra rathasaṃkhyāṃ svake bale| ye rathāḥ pṛthivīpāla tathaivātirathāśca ye||
Bhishma said O son of Gandhari. listen to the numbers of । Rathi, O) chief among kings, in your own army, hcar O ruler of the earth, who are the Rathis and who the Atirathis.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.18
बहूनीह सहस्राणि प्रयुतान्यर्बुदानि च। स्थानां तव सेनायां यथामुख्यं तु मे शृणु॥
bahūnīha sahasrāṇi prayutānyarbudāni ca| sthānāṃ tava senāyāṃ yathāmukhyaṃ tu me śṛṇu||
There are thousands and tens of thousands and millions of Rathis in your army; listen to me, as I speak of them.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.19
भवानग्रे रथोदारः सह सर्वैः सहोदरैः। दुःशासनप्रभृतिभिर्धातृभिः शतसम्मितैः॥
bhavānagre rathodāraḥ saha sarvaiḥ sahodaraiḥ| duḥśāsanaprabhṛtibhirdhātṛbhiḥ śatasammitaiḥ||
You, along with all your brothers Dushasana and others, are the foremost among car-warriors. on are
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.20
सर्वे कृतप्रहरणाश्छेदभेदविशारदाः। रथोपस्थे गजस्कन्धे गदाप्रासासिचर्मणि॥
sarve kṛtapraharaṇāśchedabhedaviśāradāḥ| rathopasthe gajaskandhe gadāprāsāsicarmaṇi||
All of you are experienced in striking, cutting and piercing, and whether riding on chariots, or the elephants you experienced in the use of the mace, the swords and the shields.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.21
संयन्तारः प्रहर्तारः कृतास्त्रा भारसाधनाः। इष्वस्त्रे द्रोणशिष्याश्च कृपस्य च शरद्वतः॥
saṃyantāraḥ prahartāraḥ kṛtāstrā bhārasādhanāḥ| iṣvastre droṇaśiṣyāśca kṛpasya ca śaradvataḥ||
You are also skillful drivers of elephants and chariots, you have mastered the science of weapons, and in the science of arrows you are the pupils of Drona and Kripa, the son of Sharadvata.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.22
एते हनिष्यन्ति रणे पञ्चालान् युद्धदुर्मदान्। कृतकिल्बिषाः पाण्डवेयैर्धार्तराष्ट्रा मनस्विनः॥
ete haniṣyanti raṇe pañcālān yuddhadurmadān| kṛtakilbiṣāḥ pāṇḍaveyairdhārtarāṣṭrā manasvinaḥ||
These will slay in battle the princes of Panchala, hard to be vanquished in battle, for the sons sons of Dhritarashtra, endued with intelligence, have been wronged by the Pandavas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.23
तथाहं भरतश्रेष्ठ सर्वसेनापतिस्तव। शत्रून् विध्वंसयिष्यामि कद कृत्य पाण्डवान्॥
tathāhaṃ bharataśreṣṭha sarvasenāpatistava| śatrūn vidhvaṃsayiṣyāmi kada kṛtya pāṇḍavān||
In the same way, I O foremost among the Bharatas, the commander of all your armies, shall slay your enemies after making the prowess of the Pandavas vain and useless.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.24
न त्वात्मनो गुणान् वक्तुमर्हामि विदितोऽस्मि ते। कृतवर्मा त्वतिरथो भोजः शस्त्रभृतां वरः॥
na tvātmano guṇān vaktumarhāmi vidito'smi te| kṛtavarmā tvatiratho bhojaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ||
It is not proper for me to describe my own qualifications; it is all known to you. The foremost of wielders of weapons, the king of the Bhojas, Kritavarman is an Atiratha (mightier car warrior).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.25
अर्थसिद्धिं तव रणे करिष्यति न संशयः। शस्त्रविद्भिरनाधृष्यो दूरपाती दृढायुधः॥
arthasiddhiṃ tava raṇe kariṣyati na saṃśayaḥ| śastravidbhiranādhṛṣyo dūrapātī dṛḍhāyudhaḥ||
He will make your object in fighting successful, no doubt for he is invincible among those familiar with the use of weapons and can hurl arms to a long distance and can hold firmly his weapons.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.26
हनिष्यति चमूं तेषां महेन्द्रो दानवानिव। मद्रराजो महेष्वासः शल्यो मेऽतिरथो मतः॥
haniṣyati camūṃ teṣāṃ mahendro dānavāniva| madrarājo maheṣvāsaḥ śalyo me'tiratho mataḥ||
He will slay this army like the great Indra slaying the Danavas. In my opinion, the great bowman Shalya, the king of the Madras, is an Atiratha,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.27
स्पर्धते वासुदेवेन नित्यं यो वै रणे रणे। भागिनेयान् निजांस्त्यक्त्वा शल्यस्तेऽतिरथो मतः।
spardhate vāsudevena nityaṃ yo vai raṇe raṇe| bhāgineyān nijāṃstyaktvā śalyaste'tiratho mataḥ|
Who ever considers him an equal to Vasudeva in every battle; abandoning his own nephews (sister's sons) Shalya that Atiratha, has came over to your side.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.28
एष योत्स्यति संग्रामे पाण्डवांश्च महारथान्॥ सागरोमिसमैर्बाणैः प्लावयन्निव शात्रवान्। भूरिश्रवाः कृतास्त्रश्च तव चापि हितः सुहृत्॥
eṣa yotsyati saṃgrāme pāṇḍavāṃśca mahārathān|| sāgaromisamairbāṇaiḥ plāvayanniva śātravān| bhūriśravāḥ kṛtāstraśca tava cāpi hitaḥ suhṛt||
These will fight in the battle with those great car warriors on the Pandavas side covering the enemies with arrows as ways covering the open. Bhurishravas, that master in the use of weapons, is also your will wisher.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.29
सौमदत्तिर्महेष्वासो रथयूथपयूथपः। बलक्षयममित्राणां सुमहान्तं करिष्यति॥
saumadattirmaheṣvāso rathayūthapayūthapaḥ| balakṣayamamitrāṇāṃ sumahāntaṃ kariṣyati||
The son of Somadatta, that mighty bowman, is a leader of the commanders of car warriors and he will effect a very great reduction in the strength of the enemy.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.30
सिन्धुराजो महाराज मतो मे द्विगुणो रथः। योत्स्यते समरे राजन् विक्रान्तो रथसत्तमः॥
sindhurājo mahārāja mato me dviguṇo rathaḥ| yotsyate samare rājan vikrānto rathasattamaḥ||
In my opinion, O great king, the king of the Sindhus is twice a car warrior and that powerful and best among the car warriors will fight in the battle, O king.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.31
द्रौपदीहरणे राजन् परिक्लिष्टश्च पाण्डवैः। संस्मरंस्तं परिक्लेशं योत्स्यते परवीरहा।॥
draupadīharaṇe rājan parikliṣṭaśca pāṇḍavaiḥ| saṃsmaraṃstaṃ parikleśaṃ yotsyate paravīrahā|||
Persecuted by the Pandavas, O king, in his attempt to carry away Draupadi, that slayer of hostile heroes will fight remembering that trouble.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.32
एतेन हि तदा रांजस्तप आस्थाय दारुणम्। सुदुर्लभो वरो लब्धः पाण्डवान् योद्धमाहवे।॥
etena hi tadā rāṃjastapa āsthāya dāruṇam| sudurlabho varo labdhaḥ pāṇḍavān yoddhamāhave|||
After that defeat, severe austerities were practiced by him O king; he has obtained a boon, difficult to get, of fighting with the Pandavas in battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 234.33
स एष रथशार्दूलस्तद् वैरं संस्मरन् रणे। योत्स्यते पाण्डवस्तात प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा सुदुस्त्यजान्॥३३
sa eṣa rathaśārdūlastad vairaṃ saṃsmaran raṇe| yotsyate pāṇḍavastāta prāṇāṃstyaktvā sudustyajān||33
This foremost among the car warriors, therefore, remembering all this in battle, will fight with the Pandavas, my dear son, even careless of life which is hard to lay down.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)