Mahabharata — Volume III (Dutt edition) — Chapter 254
MBh 3 254.1
भीष्म उवाच ततो रात्रो व्यतीतायं प्रतिबुद्धोऽस्मि भारत। ततः संचिन्त्य वै स्वप्नमवापं हर्षमुत्तमम्॥
bhīṣma uvāca tato rātro vyatītāyaṃ pratibuddho'smi bhārata| tataḥ saṃcintya vai svapnamavāpaṃ harṣamuttamam||
Bhishma said When they had passed away, I awoke. O Bharata; I was filled with great joy as I thought of the dream.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 254.2
ततः समभवद् युद्धं मम तस्य च भारत। तुमुलं सर्वभूतानां लोमहर्षणमद्भुतम्॥
tataḥ samabhavad yuddhaṃ mama tasya ca bhārata| tumulaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ lomaharṣaṇamadbhutam||
Then begin that mighty battle between him and me, O Bharata, which was wonderful and which made the hairs of all creatures stand on end.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 254.3
ततो बाणमयं वर्ष ववर्ष मयि भार्गवः। न्यवारयमहं तच्च शरजालेन भारत॥
tato bāṇamayaṃ varṣa vavarṣa mayi bhārgavaḥ| nyavārayamahaṃ tacca śarajālena bhārata||
Then Bhargava rained on me a shower of arrows, which I baffled by a (like) shower of arrows, O Bharata.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 254.4
ततः परमसंक्रुद्धः पुनरेव महातपाः। ह्यस्तनेन च कोपेन शक्ति वै प्राहिणोन्मयि॥
tataḥ paramasaṃkruddhaḥ punareva mahātapāḥ| hyastanena ca kopena śakti vai prāhiṇonmayi||
Thereupon he, of great asceticism, was greatly incensed and remembering what had happened the day before, he hurled, with anger, a dart at me,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 254.5
इन्द्राशनिसमस्पर्शी यमदण्डसमप्रभाम्। ज्वलन्तीमग्निवत् संख्ये लेलिहानां समन्ततः॥
indrāśanisamasparśī yamadaṇḍasamaprabhām| jvalantīmagnivat saṃkhye lelihānāṃ samantataḥ||
Which was as hard as Indra's thunderbolt, was equal in effulgence, to the mace of Yama, (god of death) blazing like a flaming fire and licking as it were with its tongue, all quarters of the battle-field.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 254.6
पर्वतः॥ ततो भरतशार्दूल घिष्ण्यमाकाशगं यथा। स मामभ्यवधीत् तूर्णं जत्रुदेशे कुरूद्वह॥
parvataḥ|| tato bharataśārdūla ghiṣṇyamākāśagaṃ yathā| sa māmabhyavadhīt tūrṇaṃ jatrudeśe kurūdvaha||
Then, O best among Kurus, it struck me on my shoulder, even then, O perpetuator of Kuru's race, like a lightning ranging in the sky.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 254.7
अथास्रमस्रवद् घोरं गिरेगैरिकधातुवत्। रामेण सुमहाबाहो क्षतस्य क्षतजेक्षण॥
athāsramasravad ghoraṃ giregairikadhātuvat| rāmeṇa sumahābāho kṣatasya kṣatajekṣaṇa||
Thus wondered by Rama, O red-eyed one of mighty arms, blood flowed freely like streams of red earth from a mountain.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 254.8
ततोऽहं जामदग्न्याय भृशं क्रोधसमन्वितः। चिक्षेप मृत्युसंकाशं बाणं सर्पविषोपमम्॥
tato'haṃ jāmadagnyāya bhṛśaṃ krodhasamanvitaḥ| cikṣepa mṛtyusaṃkāśaṃ bāṇaṃ sarpaviṣopamam||
Greatly incensed , I darted, at the son of Jamadagni, a deadly shaft, comparable to the poison of a serpent only.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 254.9
स तेनाभिहतो वीरो ललाटे द्विजसत्तमः। अशोभत महाराज सशृङ्ग इव
sa tenābhihato vīro lalāṭe dvijasattamaḥ| aśobhata mahārāja saśṛṅga iva
That hero, the best of the twice-born, struck by it on the forehead, shone beautiful as a mountain with its peak.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 254.10
स संरब्धः समावृत्य शरं कालान्तकोपमम्। संदधे बलवत् कृष्य घोरं शत्रुनिबर्हणम्॥
sa saṃrabdhaḥ samāvṛtya śaraṃ kālāntakopamam| saṃdadhe balavat kṛṣya ghoraṃ śatrunibarhaṇam||
Filled with great wrath he turned round, and drawing his bow with great strength aimed at me a terrible shaft, resembling death himself and capable of grinding all enemies.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 254.11
स वक्षसि पपातोग्रः शरो व्याल इव श्वसन्। महीं राजंस्ततश्चाहमगमं रुधिराविलः॥
sa vakṣasi papātograḥ śaro vyāla iva śvasan| mahīṃ rājaṃstataścāhamagamaṃ rudhirāvilaḥ||
That fierce shaft struck me on the breast hissing (through the air) like a serpent, and I fell down to the earth, O king, covered with blood.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 254.12
सम्प्राप्य तु पुनः संज्ञां जामदग्न्याय धीमते। प्राहिण्वं विमलां शक्तिं ज्वलन्तीमशनीमिव॥
samprāpya tu punaḥ saṃjñāṃ jāmadagnyāya dhīmate| prāhiṇvaṃ vimalāṃ śaktiṃ jvalantīmaśanīmiva||
Regaining my consciousness, I hurled at that intelligent son of Jamadagni a dart, bright and blazing as the lighting flesh.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 254.13
सा तस्य द्विजमुख्यस्य निपपात भुजान्तरे। विह्वलश्चाभवद् राजन् वेपथुश्चैनमाविशत्॥
sā tasya dvijamukhyasya nipapāta bhujāntare| vihvalaścābhavad rājan vepathuścainamāviśat||
That dart fell on the chest of that best of Brahmanas. And, O king, having fainted (from pain) he began to tremble all over.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 254.14
तत एनं परिष्वज्य सखा विप्रो महातपाः। अकृतव्रणः शुभैर्वाक्यैराश्वासयदनेकधा॥
tata enaṃ pariṣvajya sakhā vipro mahātapāḥ| akṛtavraṇaḥ śubhairvākyairāśvāsayadanekadhā||
Then his friend, that twice-born and great ascetic named Akritavrana, embraced him again and again and soothed him with words of auspicious import.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 254.15
समाश्वस्तस्ततो रामः क्रोधामर्षसमन्वितः। प्रादुश्चक्रे तदा ब्राह्म परमास्त्रं महाव्रतः॥
samāśvastastato rāmaḥ krodhāmarṣasamanvitaḥ| prāduścakre tadā brāhma paramāstraṃ mahāvrataḥ||
Thus comforted, Rama was filled with anger and vindictiveness, and that keeper of all observances brought forth a mighty weapon of Brahma.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 254.16
ततस्तत्प्रतिघातार्थं ब्राह्ममेवास्त्रमुत्तमम्। मया प्रयुक्तं जज्वाल युगान्तमिव दर्शयत्॥
tatastatpratighātārthaṃ brāhmamevāstramuttamam| mayā prayuktaṃ jajvāla yugāntamiva darśayat||
Then, for the purpose of baffling also, I aimed the same excellent weapon of Brahma, which blazed forth, appearing like what happens at the end of the Yuga (at the final destruction).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 254.17
तयोर्ब्रह्मास्त्रयोरासीदन्तरा वै समागमः। असंप्राप्यैव रामं च मां च भारतसत्तम॥
tayorbrahmāstrayorāsīdantarā vai samāgamaḥ| asaṃprāpyaiva rāmaṃ ca māṃ ca bhāratasattama||
Then those two Brahmic weapons met each other in mid-air, without being able to reach either Rama or myself, 0 best of Bharata's race.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 254.18
ततो व्योम्नि प्रादुरभूत् तेज एव हि केवलम्। भूतानि चैव सर्वाणि जग्मुराति विशाम्पते॥
tato vyomni prādurabhūt teja eva hi kevalam| bhūtāni caiva sarvāṇi jagmurāti viśāmpate||
Thereupon, in mid-welkin, only a flame blazed forth, and 0 lord of earth, all creatures becomes greatly afflicted,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 254.19
ऋषयश्च सगन्धर्वा देवताश्चैव भारत। संतापं परमं जग्मुरस्त्रतेजोऽभिपीडिताः॥
ṛṣayaśca sagandharvā devatāścaiva bhārata| saṃtāpaṃ paramaṃ jagmurastratejo'bhipīḍitāḥ||
The Rishis, and the gods together with the Gandharvas, 0 Bharata, became greatly afflicted, struck by the blazing effulgence.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 254.20
ततश्चचाल पृथिवी सपर्वतवनद्रुमा। संतप्तानि च भूतानि विषादं जग्मुरुत्तमम्॥
tataścacāla pṛthivī saparvatavanadrumā| saṃtaptāni ca bhūtāni viṣādaṃ jagmuruttamam||
Then the earth, with the mountains, forests and trees, began to tremble, and all creatures, becoming heated, became highly afflicted.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 254.21
प्रजज्वाल नमो राजन् धूमायन्ते दिशो दश। न स्थातुमन्तरिक्षे च शेकुराकाशगास्तदा॥
prajajvāla namo rājan dhūmāyante diśo daśa| na sthātumantarikṣe ca śekurākāśagāstadā||
The firmament, О king, began to burn the ten points of the compass were filled with smoke. At that moment, those creatures that range the sky could not stay there.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 254.22
ततो हाहाकृते लोके सदेवासुरराक्षसे। इदमन्तरमित्येवं मोक्तुकामोऽस्मि भारत॥
tato hāhākṛte loke sadevāsurarākṣase| idamantaramityevaṃ moktukāmo'smi bhārata||
While during this time all creatures, with the gods, the Asuras and Rakshasas began uttering exclamations of woe, O Bharata, “This is the time,” thought I and become desirous of shooting,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 254.23
प्रस्वापमस्त्रं त्वरितो वचनाद् ब्रह्मवादिनाम्। विचित्रं च तदस्त्रं मे मनसि प्रत्यभात् तदा॥
prasvāpamastraṃ tvarito vacanād brahmavādinām| vicitraṃ ca tadastraṃ me manasi pratyabhāt tadā||
That weapon Prasvapa speedily, according to the words of command of the speakers of Brahma. And the Mantras also for using that weapon suddenly came to my mind.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)