Mahabharata — Volume IV (Dutt edition) — Chapter 105
MBh 4 105.1
संजय उवाच मध्यन्दिने महाराज संग्रामः समपद्यत। लोकक्षयकरो रौद्रो भीष्मस्य सह सोमकैः॥
saṃjaya uvāca madhyandine mahārāja saṃgrāmaḥ samapadyata| lokakṣayakaro raudro bhīṣmasya saha somakaiḥ||
Sanjaya said At mid day, 0 mighty monarch, commenced a combat between the Somakas and Bhishma, that become dreadful and destructive of many creatures.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.2
गाङ्गेयो रथिनां श्रेष्ठः पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम्। व्यधमन्निशितैर्बाणैः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः॥
gāṅgeyo rathināṃ śreṣṭhaḥ pāṇḍavānāmanīkinīm| vyadhamanniśitairbāṇaiḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ||
That foremost of car-warriors viz., the son of Ganga began to consume the ranks of the Pandava host, with his sharp shafts discharged by hundreds and thousands.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.3
सम्ममर्द च तत् सैन्यं पिता देवव्रतस्तव। धान्यानामिव लूनानां प्रकरं गोगणा इव॥
sammamarda ca tat sainyaṃ pitā devavratastava| dhānyānāmiva lūnānāṃ prakaraṃ gogaṇā iva||
Then your father Devavrata crushed that army like a herd of heifer grinding (under their tread) a heap of paddy sheaves.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.4
धृष्टद्युम्नः शिखण्डी च विराटो द्रुपदस्तथा। भीष्ममासाद्य समरे शरैर्जघ्नुर्महारथम्॥
dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca virāṭo drupadastathā| bhīṣmamāsādya samare śarairjaghnurmahāratham||
Then Dhrishtadyumna, Shikhandin, Virata and Draupada, encountering Bhishma in battle began to pierce that mighty car-warriors with numerous shafts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.5
धृष्टद्युम्नं ततो विध्वा विराटं च शरैस्त्रिभिः। दुपदस्य च नाराचं प्रेषयामास भारत॥
dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ tato vidhvā virāṭaṃ ca śaraistribhiḥ| dupadasya ca nārācaṃ preṣayāmāsa bhārata||
Thereat, 0 Bharata, piercing Dhrishtadyumna and Virata with three shafts, Bhishma discharged a Naracha at Draupada.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.6
तेन विद्धा महेष्वासा भीष्मेणामित्रकर्षिणा। चुक्रुधुः समरे राजन् पादस्पृष्टा इवोरगाः॥
tena viddhā maheṣvāsā bhīṣmeṇāmitrakarṣiṇā| cukrudhuḥ samare rājan pādaspṛṣṭā ivoragāḥ||
Then those pierced by Bhishma that girder of foes, waxed worth, O king, in battle like a snake trampled under the feet.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.7
शिखण्डी तं च विव्याध भरतानां पितामहम्। स्त्रीमयं मनसा ध्यात्वा नास्मै प्राहरदच्युतः॥
śikhaṇḍī taṃ ca vivyādha bharatānāṃ pitāmaham| strīmayaṃ manasā dhyātvā nāsmai prāharadacyutaḥ||
Then Shikhandin pierced the grand father of the Bharatas, but the latter of undeteriorating renown struck him not, remembering his femininity.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.8
धृष्टद्युम्नस्तु समरे क्रोधेनाग्निरिव ज्वलन्। पितामहं त्रिभिर्बाणैर्वाह्वोरुरसि चार्पयत्॥
dhṛṣṭadyumnastu samare krodhenāgniriva jvalan| pitāmahaṃ tribhirbāṇairvāhvorurasi cārpayat||
Then Dhrishtadyumna blazing up with rage like fire, pierced the grandsire, with three shafts on the breast and the arms.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.9
द्रुपदः पञ्चविंशत्या विराटो दशभिः शरैः। शिखण्डी पञ्चविंशत्या भीष्मं विव्याध सायकैः॥
drupadaḥ pañcaviṃśatyā virāṭo daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ| śikhaṇḍī pañcaviṃśatyā bhīṣmaṃ vivyādha sāyakaiḥ||
Drupada with twenty five, Virata with ten, Shikhandin with twenty five arrows pierced Bhishma.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.10
सोऽतिविद्धो महाराज शोणितौघपरिप्लुतः। वसन्ते पुष्पशबलो रक्ताशोक इवाबभौ॥
so'tividdho mahārāja śoṇitaughapariplutaḥ| vasante puṣpaśabalo raktāśoka ivābabhau||
That hero (Bhishma) thus deeply pierced, O mighty monarch, and bathed in copiously flowering blood, appeared beautiful like flowering red Ashoka tree in the spring.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.11
तान् प्रत्यविध्यद् गाङ्गेयस्त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरजिह्मगैः। द्रुपदस्य च भल्लेन धनुचिच्छेद मारिष॥
tān pratyavidhyad gāṅgeyastribhistribhirajihmagaiḥ| drupadasya ca bhallena dhanuciccheda māriṣa||
Then the son of Ganga pierced them in return each with three straight going shafts; and O sire, he bust open the bow of Drupada with a broad headed arrow.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.12
सोऽन्यत् कार्मुकमादाय भीष्मं विव्याध पञ्चभिः। सारथिं च त्रिभिर्बाणैः सुशितै रणमूर्धनि॥
so'nyat kārmukamādāya bhīṣmaṃ vivyādha pañcabhiḥ| sārathiṃ ca tribhirbāṇaiḥ suśitai raṇamūrdhani||
The latter then taking up another bow pierced Bhishma with five arrows and his charioteer with three whetted shafts on the field of battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.13
तथा भीमो महाराज द्रौपद्याः पञ्च चात्मजाः। केकया भ्रातरः पञ्च सात्यकिश्चैव सात्वतः॥
tathā bhīmo mahārāja draupadyāḥ pañca cātmajāḥ| kekayā bhrātaraḥ pañca sātyakiścaiva sātvataḥ||
Thereupon, O monarch, Bhima, the five sons of Draupadi, the five Kaikeya brothers, and Satyaki of the Satvata race,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.14
अभ्यद्रवन्त गाङ्गेयं युधिष्ठिरपुरोगमाः। रिरक्षिषन्तः पाञ्चाल्यं धृष्टद्युम्नपुरोगमाः॥
abhyadravanta gāṅgeyaṃ yudhiṣṭhirapurogamāḥ| rirakṣiṣantaḥ pāñcālyaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnapurogamāḥ||
Headed by king Yudhishthira himself rushed at the son of Ganga, desirous of rescuing the Panchalas headed by Dhrishtadyumna.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.15
तथैव तावकाः सर्वे भीष्मरक्षार्थमुद्यताः। प्रत्युद्ययुः पाण्डुसेनां सहसैन्या नराधिप॥
tathaiva tāvakāḥ sarve bhīṣmarakṣārthamudyatāḥ| pratyudyayuḥ pāṇḍusenāṃ sahasainyā narādhipa||
So also, O ruler of men, your warriors anxious for protecting Bhishma, rushed against the Pandava host, supported by their respective divisions.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.16
तत्रासीत् सुमहद् युद्धं तव तेषां च संकुलम्। नराश्वरथनागानां यमराष्ट्रविवर्धनम्॥
tatrāsīt sumahad yuddhaṃ tava teṣāṃ ca saṃkulam| narāśvarathanāgānāṃ yamarāṣṭravivardhanam||
Thereupon ensued a fierce and sanguinary engagement between your army and theirs both teeming with men, steeds chariots and elephants-engagement that considerably swelled the population of Death's domain.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.17
रथी रथिनमासाद्य प्राहिणोद् यमसादनम्। तथेतरान् समासाद्य नरनागाश्वसादिनः॥
rathī rathinamāsādya prāhiṇod yamasādanam| tathetarān samāsādya naranāgāśvasādinaḥ||
Car-warriors meeting car-warriors dispatched them to the abode of Death; so also others, men, horse-soldiers, elephant riders encountering one another,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.18
अनयन् परलोकाय शरैः संनतपर्वभिः। शरैश्च विविधैर्पोरैस्तत्र तत्र विशाम्पते॥ रथास्तु रथिभि_ना हतसारथयस्तथा। विप्रदुताश्चाः समरे दिशो जग्मुः समन्ततः॥
anayan paralokāya śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ| śaraiśca vividhairporaistatra tatra viśāmpate|| rathāstu rathibhi_nā hatasārathayastathā| vipradutāścāḥ samare diśo jagmuḥ samantataḥ||
Conveyed one another to the abode of Death, with their straight knotted shafts; and in that field of battle, O ruler of men, many cars deprived of their riders with numerous dreadful arrows, and with their drivers slain, careered on the being dragged on all sides.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.19
मृदन्तस्ते नरान् राजन् हयांश्च सुबहून् रणे। वातायमाना दृश्यन्ते गन्धर्वनगरोपमाः॥
mṛdantaste narān rājan hayāṃśca subahūn raṇe| vātāyamānā dṛśyante gandharvanagaropamāḥ||
Crushing, O king, innumerable men and steeds in that battle, those cars of the velocity of wind appeared beautiful like aerial castles.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.20
रथिनश्च स्थैींना वर्मिणस्तेजसा युताः। कुण्डलोष्णीषिणः सर्वे निष्काङ्गदविभूषणाः॥
rathinaśca sthaiīṃnā varmiṇastejasā yutāḥ| kuṇḍaloṣṇīṣiṇaḥ sarve niṣkāṅgadavibhūṣaṇāḥ||
Many car-warriors deprived of their cars, clad in armour and possessed of strength all decked with ear-rings and turbans and with bracelets and garlands,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.21
देवपुत्रसमाः सर्वे शौर्ये शक्रसमा युधि। ऋद्ध्या वैश्रवणं चाति नयेन च बृहस्पतिम्॥
devaputrasamāḥ sarve śaurye śakrasamā yudhi| ṛddhyā vaiśravaṇaṃ cāti nayena ca bṛhaspatim||
All resembling sons of the gods and equal to Shakra in prowess in battle, prosperous as Vaishravana himself and wise in polity as Brihaspati himself.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.22
सर्वलोकेश्वराः शूरास्तत्र तत्र विशाम्पते। विप्रद्रुता व्यदृश्यन्त प्राकृता इव मानवाः।।२३।
sarvalokeśvarāḥ śūrāstatra tatra viśāmpate| vipradrutā vyadṛśyanta prākṛtā iva mānavāḥ||23|
Ruling over vast dominions, and all heroic warriors, O ruler of men, flying hither and thither, were slain like ordinary men.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.23
दन्तिनश्च नरश्रेष्ठ हीनाः परमसादिभिः। मृदन्तः स्वान्यनीकानि निपेतुः सर्वशब्दगाः॥
dantinaśca naraśreṣṭha hīnāḥ paramasādibhiḥ| mṛdantaḥ svānyanīkāni nipetuḥ sarvaśabdagāḥ||
Huge tusked elephants also, O foremost of men, deprived of their excellent riders, fell down crushing their own ranks and uttering distressful cries,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.24
चर्मभिश्चामरैश्चत्रैः पताकाभिश्च मारिष। छत्रैः सिहतैर्हमदण्डैश्चामरैश्च समन्ततः॥
carmabhiścāmaraiścatraiḥ patākābhiśca māriṣa| chatraiḥ sihatairhamadaṇḍaiścāmaraiśca samantataḥ||
With their armours, variegated standards, chamaras, white umbrellas with golden staves, and lances shattered, O sire,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.25
विशीर्णैविप्रधावन्तो दृश्यन्ते स्म दिशो दश। नवमेघप्रतीकाशा जलदोपमनिःस्वनाः॥
viśīrṇaivipradhāvanto dṛśyante sma diśo daśa| navameghapratīkāśā jaladopamaniḥsvanāḥ||
The huge elephants ran in all the ten points of the compass, resembling newly-risen clouds.। and roaring also like them.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.26
तथैव दन्तिभिहींना गजारोहा विशाम्पते। प्रधावन्तोऽन्वदृश्यन्त तव तेषां च संकुले॥
tathaiva dantibhihīṃnā gajārohā viśāmpate| pradhāvanto'nvadṛśyanta tava teṣāṃ ca saṃkule||
So also, O ruler of men, elephant riders, deprived of their elephants, were seen to run in all directions in that general engagement between your army and theirs.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.27
नानादेशसमुत्थांतुरगान हेमभूषितान्। वातायमानानद्राक्षं शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः॥
nānādeśasamutthāṃturagāna hemabhūṣitān| vātāyamānānadrākṣaṃ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ||
We also beheld steeds born in various regions, decked with golden caparisons, and fleet as the wind itself, by hundreds and by thousands.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.28
अश्वारोहान् हतैरश्चैर्ग्रहीतासीन् समन्ततः। द्रवमाणानपश्याम द्राव्यमाणांश्च संयुगे॥
aśvārohān hatairaścairgrahītāsīn samantataḥ| dravamāṇānapaśyāma drāvyamāṇāṃśca saṃyuge||
We also beheld horse soldiers, deprived of their charges chase and chased by, one another in that battle, with swords in their grasp.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.29
गजो गजं समासाद्य द्रवमाणं महाहवे। ययौ प्रमृद्य तरसा पादातान् वाजिनस्तथा॥
gajo gajaṃ samāsādya dravamāṇaṃ mahāhave| yayau pramṛdya tarasā pādātān vājinastathā||
An elephant meeting a flying compeer in that great battle, rushed with velocity crushing foot soldiers and steeds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.30
तथैव च रथान् राजन् प्रममर्द रणे गजः। रथाश्चैव समासाद्य पतितांस्तुरगान् भुवि॥
tathaiva ca rathān rājan pramamarda raṇe gajaḥ| rathāścaiva samāsādya patitāṃsturagān bhuvi||
Also, o king, in that battle one elephant crushed many cars, and car also, passing over fallen steeds, crushed them in battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.31
व्यमृद्न् समरे राजंस्तुरगाश्च नरान् रणे। एवं ते बहुधा राजन् प्रत्यमृद्न् परस्परम्॥
vyamṛdn samare rājaṃsturagāśca narān raṇe| evaṃ te bahudhā rājan pratyamṛdn parasparam||
And also, O king, horses again crushed the foot-soldiers in that battle. Thus, o king, they crushed one another in various modes.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.32
तस्मिन् रौद्रे तथा युद्धे वर्तमाने महाभये। प्रावर्तत नदी घोरा शोणितान्त्रतरङ्गिणी॥
tasmin raudre tathā yuddhe vartamāne mahābhaye| prāvartata nadī ghorā śoṇitāntrataraṅgiṇī||
When that awful and fierce battle was thus raging, there started up into existence on the field of battle a hideous river, having blood for its stream,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.33
अस्थिसंघातसम्बाधा केशशैवलशाद्वला। रथह्रदा शरावर्ता हयमीना दुरासदा॥
asthisaṃghātasambādhā keśaśaivalaśādvalā| rathahradā śarāvartā hayamīnā durāsadā||
Choked with piles of bones, and having the hair (of slain warriors) for its moss and weeds. It had cars for its lakes arrows for its eddies and horses for its fishers; and it was inaccessible.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.34
शीर्षोपलसमाकीर्णा हस्तिग्राहसमाकुला। कवचोष्णीषफेनौघा धनुर्वेगासिकच्छपा॥
śīrṣopalasamākīrṇā hastigrāhasamākulā| kavacoṣṇīṣaphenaughā dhanurvegāsikacchapā||
It abounded in pebbles consisting of the heads of warrior; as also in sharks &c formed by the elephants. It had armours and headgears for its froth and bows for its current and swords for its tortoises;
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.35
पताकाध्वजवृक्षाढ्या महँकूलापहारिणी। क्रव्यादहंससंकीर्णा यमराष्ट्रविवर्धनी॥
patākādhvajavṛkṣāḍhyā maha~kūlāpahāriṇī| kravyādahaṃsasaṃkīrṇā yamarāṣṭravivardhanī||
The trees on its banks were formed of the numerous standards; it had men for its banks which it ate away constantly. It was infested by swans consisting of cannibals, and it considerably increased the population of Death's domain.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.36
तां नदी क्षत्रियाः शूरा रथनागहयप्लवैः। प्रतेरुर्बहवो राजन् भयं त्यक्त्वा महारथाः॥
tāṃ nadī kṣatriyāḥ śūrā rathanāgahayaplavaiḥ| praterurbahavo rājan bhayaṃ tyaktvā mahārathāḥ||
Many heroic Kshatriyas all mighty carwarriors crossed that river on their rafts consisting of cars, steeds and elephants, totally driving away fear their hearts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.37
अपोवाह रणे भीरून् कश्मलेनाभिसंवृतान्। यथा वैतरणी प्रेतान् प्रेतराजपुरं प्रति॥
apovāha raṇe bhīrūn kaśmalenābhisaṃvṛtān| yathā vaitaraṇī pretān pretarājapuraṃ prati||
Just as the river Vaitarani conveys all departed spirits to the dominions of the ruler of spirits, so, in that afternoon, that river carried away (with its bloody currents) all cowards that became overwhelmed with a swoon.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.38
प्राक्रोशन् क्षत्रियास्तत्र दृष्ट्वा तद् वैशसं महत्। दुर्योधनापराधेन गच्छन्ति क्षत्रियाः क्षयम्॥
prākrośan kṣatriyāstatra dṛṣṭvā tad vaiśasaṃ mahat| duryodhanāparādhena gacchanti kṣatriyāḥ kṣayam||
Then in that battle the Kshatriyas beholding that awful carnage, exclaimed saying. Through the folly of Duryodhana, Kshatriyas are being thus destroyed.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.39
गुणवत्सु कथं द्वेषं धृतराष्ट्रो जनेश्वरः। कृतवान् पाण्डुपुत्रेषु पापात्मा लोभमोहितः॥
guṇavatsu kathaṃ dveṣaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭro janeśvaraḥ| kṛtavān pāṇḍuputreṣu pāpātmā lobhamohitaḥ||
Why did Dhritarashtra of wicked soul, that ruler of men, infatuated by covetousness, harbor feelings of envy against the sons of Pandu, all endued with many virtues."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.40
एवं बहुविधा वाचः श्रूयन्ते स्म परस्परम्। पाण्डवस्तवसंयुक्ताः पुत्राणां ते सुदारुणाः॥
evaṃ bahuvidhā vācaḥ śrūyante sma parasparam| pāṇḍavastavasaṃyuktāḥ putrāṇāṃ te sudāruṇāḥ||
Various exclamations of this kind, purporting to be applause to the Pandavas and censures to your sons, were heard there addressed to one another.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.41
ता निशम्य ततो वाचः सर्वयोधैरुदाहृताः। आगस्कृत् सर्वलोकस्य पुत्रो दुर्योधनस्तव॥
tā niśamya tato vācaḥ sarvayodhairudāhṛtāḥ| āgaskṛt sarvalokasya putro duryodhanastava||
Hearing these exclamations vociferated by all the warriors, your son Duryodhana, that offender of all men,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.42
भीष्मं द्रोणं कृपं चैव शल्यं चोवाच भारत। युध्यध्वमनहंकाराः किं चिरं कुरुथेति च॥
bhīṣmaṃ droṇaṃ kṛpaṃ caiva śalyaṃ covāca bhārata| yudhyadhvamanahaṃkārāḥ kiṃ ciraṃ kurutheti ca||
Addressing Bhishma, Drona, Kripa and Shalya said, O Bharata “Do you go on fighting with self-confidence? Why do you tarry at all?”
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.43
ततः प्रववृत्ते युद्धं कुरूणां पाण्डवैः सह। अक्षद्यूतकृतं राजन् सुघोरं वैशसं तदा॥
tataḥ pravavṛtte yuddhaṃ kurūṇāṃ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha| akṣadyūtakṛtaṃ rājan sughoraṃ vaiśasaṃ tadā||
Then ensued a battle between the Kurus and the Pandavas. O king, that owed its origin to that game at dice and that brought about awful carnage.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.44
यत् पुरा न निगृह्णासि वार्यमाणो महात्मभिः। वैचित्रवीर्य तस्येदं फलं पश्य सुदारुणम्॥
yat purā na nigṛhṇāsi vāryamāṇo mahātmabhiḥ| vaicitravīrya tasyedaṃ phalaṃ paśya sudāruṇam||
Now do you see, O son of Vichitravirya, the dreadful fruit of your refusal to accept the salutary advice (of your friends), though warned against it by many high souled heroes.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.45
न हि पाण्डुसुता राजन् ससैन्याः सपदानुगाः। रक्षन्ति समरे प्राणान् कौरवा वापि संयुगे॥
na hi pāṇḍusutā rājan sasainyāḥ sapadānugāḥ| rakṣanti samare prāṇān kauravā vāpi saṃyuge||
Neither the sons of Pandu, O king, with their soldiers and followers, nor the Kauravas pay any the least head to their lives in that battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 105.46
एतस्मात् कारणाद् घोरो वर्तते स्वजनक्षयः। दैवाद् वा पुरुषव्याघ्र तव चापनयानृप॥
etasmāt kāraṇād ghoro vartate svajanakṣayaḥ| daivād vā puruṣavyāghra tava cāpanayānṛpa||
For this reason, O foremost of men, a dreadful destruction of men is taking place, brought about by Destiny or by your wicked policy, O king.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)