Mahabharata — Volume III (Dutt edition) — Chapter 53
MBh 3 53.1
वैशम्पायन उवाच तथा व्यूढेष्वनीकेषु कौरवेयेषु भारत। उपायादर्जुनस्तूर्णं रथघोषेण नादयन्॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca tathā vyūḍheṣvanīkeṣu kauraveyeṣu bhārata| upāyādarjunastūrṇaṃ rathaghoṣeṇa nādayan||
Vaishampayana said After the mighty car-warriors of the Kurus had arrayed themselves in battle, sending out the rattle of their chariots, he quickly proceeded towards them.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 53.2
ददृशुस्ते ध्वजाग्रं वै शुश्रुवुश्च महास्वनम्। दोधूयमानस्य भृशं गाण्डीवस्य च निस्वनम्॥
dadṛśuste dhvajāgraṃ vai śuśruvuśca mahāsvanam| dodhūyamānasya bhṛśaṃ gāṇḍīvasya ca nisvanam||
They saw the top of his banner, heard the rattle of his car and the twang of his Gandiva bow, stretched greatly by him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 53.3
ततस्तु सर्वमालोक्य द्रोणो वचनमब्रवीत्। महारथमनुप्राप्तं दृष्ट्वा गाण्डीवधन्विनम्॥
tatastu sarvamālokya droṇo vacanamabravīt| mahārathamanuprāptaṃ dṛṣṭvā gāṇḍīvadhanvinam||
Observing all this and that the great carwarrior, the holder of the Gandiva bow has come, Drona said:
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 53.4
द्रोण उवाच एतद् ध्वजाग्रं पार्थस्य दूरतः सम्प्रकाशते। एष घोषः स रथजो रोरवीति च वानरः॥
droṇa uvāca etad dhvajāgraṃ pārthasya dūrataḥ samprakāśate| eṣa ghoṣaḥ sa rathajo roravīti ca vānaraḥ||
The top of the banner which shines at a distance belongs to Arjuna; this is the rattle of his chariot and this is the monkey which is roaring.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 53.5
एष तिष्ठन् रथश्रेष्ठे रथे च रथिनां वरः। उत्कर्षति धनुः श्रेष्ठं गाण्डीवमशनिस्वनम्॥
eṣa tiṣṭhan rathaśreṣṭhe rathe ca rathināṃ varaḥ| utkarṣati dhanuḥ śreṣṭhaṃ gāṇḍīvamaśanisvanam||
The monkey strikes great terror into the hearts of all the soldiers. And sitting on that best of cars, the foremost of car-warriors.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 53.6
इमौ च बाणौ सहितौ पादयोर्मे व्यवस्थतौ। अपरौ चाप्यतिक्रान्तौ कर्णौ संस्पृश्य मे शरौ॥
imau ca bāṇau sahitau pādayorme vyavasthatau| aparau cāpyatikrāntau karṇau saṃspṛśya me śarau||
Draws his best of bows Gandiva, that emits the sound of thunder. Those two arrows coming together touch my feet.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 53.7
निरुष्य हि वने वासं कृत्वा कर्मातिमानुषम्। अभिवादयते पार्थः श्रोत्रे च परिपृच्छति॥
niruṣya hi vane vāsaṃ kṛtvā karmātimānuṣam| abhivādayate pārthaḥ śrotre ca paripṛcchati||
Passing by others they touch my ears. Having completed the term of his exile in the forest and performed superhuman deeds,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 53.8
चिरदृष्टोऽयमस्माभिः प्रज्ञावान् बान्धवप्रियः। अतीव ज्वलितो लक्ष्म्या पाण्डुपुत्रो धनंजयः॥
ciradṛṣṭo'yamasmābhiḥ prajñāvān bāndhavapriyaḥ| atīva jvalito lakṣmyā pāṇḍuputro dhanaṃjayaḥ||
Partha salutes me and speaks to my ears. After a long time we have seen the wise son of Pandu, Dhananjaya, ever a favourite to his friends and greatly shining in prosperity.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 53.9
रथी शरी चारुतली निषङ्गी शङ्खी पताकी कवची किरीटी। खड्गी च धन्वी च विभाति पार्थः शिखी वृतः स्रुग्भिरिवाज्यसिक्तः॥
rathī śarī cārutalī niṣaṅgī śaṅkhī patākī kavacī kirīṭī| khaḍgī ca dhanvī ca vibhāti pārthaḥ śikhī vṛtaḥ srugbhirivājyasiktaḥ||
Possessed of chariot and shafts, beautiful gloves and quivers, conch, flag, armour; and adorned with a crest, scimitar and bow Partha shines like fire fed with clarified butter and sacrificial laddles.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 53.10
अर्जुन उवाच इषुपाते च सेनाया हयान् संयच्छ सारथे। यावत् समीक्षे सैन्येऽस्मिन् क्वासौ कुरुकुलाधमः॥१०
arjuna uvāca iṣupāte ca senāyā hayān saṃyaccha sārathe| yāvat samīkṣe sainye'smin kvāsau kurukulādhamaḥ||10
“O charioteer, stop your horses at a place from which my arrows may reach the soldiers so long I do not single out from among them the wretch of the Kuru race (Duryodhana).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 53.11
सर्वानेताननादृत्य दृष्ट्वा तमतिमानिनम्। तस्य मूर्ध्नि पतिष्यामि तत एते पराजिताः॥
sarvānetānanādṛtya dṛṣṭvā tamatimāninam| tasya mūrdhni patiṣyāmi tata ete parājitāḥ||
Disregarding all these I shall find that vain wretch out and strike him down and then all these will be defeated.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 53.12
एष व्यवस्थितो द्रोणो द्रौणिश्च तदनन्तरम्। भीष्मः कृपश्च कर्णश्च महेष्वासाः समागताः॥
eṣa vyavasthito droṇo drauṇiśca tadanantaram| bhīṣmaḥ kṛpaśca karṇaśca maheṣvāsāḥ samāgatāḥ||
There stands Drona and thereafter his son and then those great bowmen Bhishma, Kripa and Karna.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 53.13
राजानं नात्र पश्यामि गाः समादाय गच्छति। दक्षिणं मार्गमास्थाय शङ्के जीवपरायणः॥ उत्सृजैतद् रथानीकं गच्छ यत्र सुयोधनः। तत्रैव योत्स्ये वैराटे नास्ति युद्धं निरामिषम्। तु तं जित्वा विनिवर्तिष्ये गा: समादाय वै पुनः॥
rājānaṃ nātra paśyāmi gāḥ samādāya gacchati| dakṣiṇaṃ mārgamāsthāya śaṅke jīvaparāyaṇaḥ|| utsṛjaitad rathānīkaṃ gaccha yatra suyodhanaḥ| tatraiva yotsye vairāṭe nāsti yuddhaṃ nirāmiṣam| tu taṃ jitvā vinivartiṣye gā: samādāya vai punaḥ||
I do not see the king, I am afraid, anxious to save his life he is going by the southern road. Leaving the car-warriors here go where Suyodhana is. I shall fight there, O son of Virata, for it will not be without result. Vanquishing him I will come back with the kine.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 53.14
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्तः स वैराटिर्हयान् संयम्य यत्नतः। नियम्य च ततो रश्मीन् यत्र ते कुरुपुङ्गवाः। अचोदयत् ततो वाहान् यत्र दुर्योधनो गतः॥ उत्सृज्य रथवंशं प्रयाते श्वेतवाहने।
vaiśampāyana uvāca evamuktaḥ sa vairāṭirhayān saṃyamya yatnataḥ| niyamya ca tato raśmīn yatra te kurupuṅgavāḥ| acodayat tato vāhān yatra duryodhano gataḥ|| utsṛjya rathavaṃśaṃ prayāte śvetavāhane|
Thus addressed the son of Virata, carefully governing the horses and holding the reins, took the horses where the leading Kurus and the king Suyodhana were. As Arjuna, having white steeds, left that place,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 53.15
अभिप्रायं विदित्वा च कृपो वचनमब्रवीत्॥ नैषोऽन्तरेण राजानं बीभत्सुः स्थातुमिच्छति।
abhiprāyaṃ viditvā ca kṛpo vacanamabravīt|| naiṣo'ntareṇa rājānaṃ bībhatsuḥ sthātumicchati|
Kripa, understanding his object, said: “Bibhatsu does not like to stand at a distance from the king."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 53.16
तस्य पाणिं ग्रहीष्यामो जवेनाभिप्रयास्यतः॥ न ह्येनमतिसंक्रुद्धमेको युध्येत संयुगे।
tasya pāṇiṃ grahīṣyāmo javenābhiprayāsyataḥ|| na hyenamatisaṃkruddhameko yudhyeta saṃyuge|
We shall attach his sides who is advancing quickly. None can alone fight with him in battle when worked up with anger
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 53.17
अन्यो देवात् सहस्राक्षात् कृष्णाद् वा देवकीसुतात्। आचार्याश्च सपुत्राद् वा भारद्वाजान्महारथात्॥
anyo devāt sahasrākṣāt kṛṣṇād vā devakīsutāt| ācāryāśca saputrād vā bhāradvājānmahārathāt||
Except the thousand-eyed Deity, Krishna, the son of Devaki, the preceptor his son, and the mighty car-warrior, the son of Bharadvaja.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 53.18
किं नो गावः करिष्यन्ति धनं वा विपुलं तथा। दुर्योधनः पार्थजले पुरा नौरिव मज्जति॥
kiṃ no gāvaḥ kariṣyanti dhanaṃ vā vipulaṃ tathā| duryodhanaḥ pārthajale purā nauriva majjati||
What shall we do with these kine or the vast wealth if Duryodhana were to sink like a bark in the Partha water.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 53.19
तथैव गत्वा बीभत्सुर्नाम विश्राव्य चात्मनः। शलभैरिव तां सेनां शरैः शीघ्रमवाकिरत्॥
tathaiva gatvā bībhatsurnāma viśrāvya cātmanaḥ| śalabhairiva tāṃ senāṃ śaraiḥ śīghramavākirat||
(In the mean time) going there ard announcing himself as Bibhatsu by name he speedily covered the soldiers with shafts like a swarm of locusts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 53.20
कीर्यमाणाः शरौघैस्तु योधास्ते पार्थचोदितैः। नापश्यन्नावृतां भूमिं नान्तरिक्षं च पत्रिभिः॥
kīryamāṇāḥ śaraughaistu yodhāste pārthacoditaiḥ| nāpaśyannāvṛtāṃ bhūmiṃ nāntarikṣaṃ ca patribhiḥ||
Assailed by the mass of shafts discharged by Partha the warriors couldn't see anything, the sky and the earth being covered therewith.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 53.21
तेषामापततां युद्धे नापयानेऽभवन्मतिः। शीघ्रत्वमेव पार्थस्य पूजयन्ति स्म चेतसा॥
teṣāmāpatatāṃ yuddhe nāpayāne'bhavanmatiḥ| śīghratvameva pārthasya pūjayanti sma cetasā||
They who came to fight were so confounded that they even could not prepare themselves to fly away and began quickly to adore Partha in their minds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 53.22
ततः शङ्ख प्रदध्मौ स द्विषतां लोमहर्षणम्। विस्फार्य च धनुःश्रेष्ठं ध्वजे भूतान्यचोदयत्॥
tataḥ śaṅkha pradadhmau sa dviṣatāṃ lomaharṣaṇam| visphārya ca dhanuḥśreṣṭhaṃ dhvaje bhūtānyacodayat||
He then blew the conch which made the hairs of the enemies stand erect; then twanging his most excellent bow he made the creatures on his flag staff (to cry aloud).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 53.23
तस्य शङ्खस्य शब्देन रथनेमिस्वनेन च। गाण्डीवस्य च घोषेण पृथिवी समकम्पत॥
tasya śaṅkhasya śabdena rathanemisvanena ca| gāṇḍīvasya ca ghoṣeṇa pṛthivī samakampata||
The earth shook with the sound of his conch, the rattle of his chariot and the twang of his Gandiva bow,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 3 53.24
अमानुषाणां भूतानां तेषां च ध्वजवासिनाम्। ऊर्ध्वं पुच्छान् विधुन्वाना रेभमाणाः समन्ततः। गावः प्रतिन्यवर्तन्त दिशमास्थाय दक्षिणाम्॥
amānuṣāṇāṃ bhūtānāṃ teṣāṃ ca dhvajavāsinām| ūrdhvaṃ pucchān vidhunvānā rebhamāṇāḥ samantataḥ| gāvaḥ pratinyavartanta diśamāsthāya dakṣiṇām||
As well as with the cries of all the superhuman creatures placed on the flag staff. Then raising up their tails and running to and fro the king came back by the southern road.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)