Mahabharata — Volume IV (Dutt edition) — Chapter 16
MBh 4 16.1
संजय उवाच ततो रजन्यां व्युष्टायां शब्दः समभवन्महान्। क्रोशतां भूमिपालानां युज्यतां युज्यतामिति॥
saṃjaya uvāca tato rajanyāṃ vyuṣṭāyāṃ śabdaḥ samabhavanmahān| krośatāṃ bhūmipālānāṃ yujyatāṃ yujyatāmiti||
Sanjaya said When the night passed away loud was the noise made by the kings by their all shouting "Array, array".
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 16.2
शङ्खदुन्दुभिशौषैश्च सिंहनादैश्च भारत। हयहेषितनादैश्च रथनेमिस्वनैस्तथा।॥ गजानां बृहतां चैव योधानां चापि गर्जताम्। क्ष्वेलितास्फोटितोत्क्रुष्टैस्तुमुलं सर्वतोऽभवत्॥
śaṅkhadundubhiśauṣaiśca siṃhanādaiśca bhārata| hayaheṣitanādaiśca rathanemisvanaistathā||| gajānāṃ bṛhatāṃ caiva yodhānāṃ cāpi garjatām| kṣvelitāsphoṭitotkruṣṭaistumulaṃ sarvato'bhavat||
O descendant of Bharata, the blowing of conchs, the sounds of drums, the neighing of horses, the clatter of car-wheels, the roaring of rushing elephants and the shouts of heroes, clapping of armpits and the cries of the warriors made everywhere a tremendous noise.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 16.3
उदतिष्ठन्महाराज सर्वं युक्तमशेषतः। सूर्योदये महत् सैन्यं कुरुपाण्डवसेनयोः॥
udatiṣṭhanmahārāja sarvaṃ yuktamaśeṣataḥ| sūryodaye mahat sainyaṃ kurupāṇḍavasenayoḥ||
O king, rising at sunrise, the large armies of the Kurus and the Pandavas made all their arrangements complete.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 16.4
दुःशासनं रथास्तूर्णं युज्यन्तां भीष्मरक्षिणः। अनीकानि च सर्वाणि शीघ्रं त्वमनुचोदय॥
duḥśāsanaṃ rathāstūrṇaṃ yujyantāṃ bhīṣmarakṣiṇaḥ| anīkāni ca sarvāṇi śīghraṃ tvamanucodaya||
O Dushasana, let cars be immediately ordered for the protection of Bhishma. Speedily urge all our troops to advance.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 16.5
अयं स मामभिप्राप्तो वर्षपूगाभिचिन्तितः। पाण्डवानां ससैन्यानां कुरूणां च समागमः॥
ayaṃ sa māmabhiprāpto varṣapūgābhicintitaḥ| pāṇḍavānāṃ sasainyānāṃ kurūṇāṃ ca samāgamaḥ||
What I have been thinking for many years has now come to me; namely the meeting of the Pandavas and the Kurus at the head of their respective armies.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 16.6
नातः कार्यतमं मन्ये रणे भीष्मस्य रक्षणात्। हन्याद् गुप्तो ह्यसौ पार्थान् सोमकांश्च समुंजयान्॥
nātaḥ kāryatamaṃ manye raṇe bhīṣmasya rakṣaṇāt| hanyād gupto hyasau pārthān somakāṃśca samuṃjayān||
I do not think there is any thing more important in this battle than the protection of Bhishma. If properly protected he will kill the Pandavas, the Somakas and the Srinjayas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 16.7
अब्रवीच्च विशुद्धात्मा नाहं हन्यां शिखण्डिनम्। श्रूयते स्त्रो ह्यसौ पूर्वं तस्माद् वयॊ रणे मम॥
abravīcca viśuddhātmā nāhaṃ hanyāṃ śikhaṇḍinam| śrūyate stro hyasau pūrvaṃ tasmād vayò raṇe mama||
That pure souled warrior (Bhishma) has said, "I shall not kill Shikhandin. I have heard he was a woman before. For this reason he should be renounced by me in battle”.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 16.8
तस्माद् भीष्मो रक्षितव्यो विशेषेणेति मे मतिः। शिखण्डिनो वधे यत्ताः सर्वे तिष्ठन्तु मामकाः॥
tasmād bhīṣmo rakṣitavyo viśeṣeṇeti me matiḥ| śikhaṇḍino vadhe yattāḥ sarve tiṣṭhantu māmakāḥ||
For this, Bhishma should be specially protected. Let all my soldiers take up their respective positions and resolve to kill Shikhandin.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 16.9
तथा प्राच्याः प्रतीच्याश्च दाक्षिणात्योत्तरापथाः। सर्वथाऽस्त्रेषु कुशलास्ते रक्षन्तु पितामहम्॥
tathā prācyāḥ pratīcyāśca dākṣiṇātyottarāpathāḥ| sarvathā'streṣu kuśalāste rakṣantu pitāmaham||
Let all the troops for the east, west, north and south skilled in all weapons protect the grand father (Bhishma).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 16.10
अरक्ष्यमाणं हि वृको हन्यात् सिहं महाबलम्। मा सिहं जम्बुकेनेव घातयामः शिखण्डिना॥
arakṣyamāṇaṃ hi vṛko hanyāt sihaṃ mahābalam| mā sihaṃ jambukeneva ghātayāmaḥ śikhaṇḍinā||
Even a highly powerful lion may be killed, if left unprotected, by an wolf. Let us not therefore allow (by any means) Bhishma to be killed by Shikhandin as a lion killed by a jackal. two
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 16.11
वामं चक्रं युधामन्युरुत्तमौजाश्च दक्षिणम्। गोप्तारौ फाल्गुनं प्राप्तौ फाल्गुनोऽपि शिखण्डिनः।।१९।
vāmaṃ cakraṃ yudhāmanyuruttamaujāśca dakṣiṇam| goptārau phālgunaṃ prāptau phālguno'pi śikhaṇḍinaḥ||19|
Yudhamanyu protects the left and Uttamaujas protects the right of Phalguna (Arjuna). Thus protected by these Phalguna himself protects Shikhandin.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 16.12
संरक्ष्यमाणः पार्थेन भीष्मेण च विवर्जितः। यथा न हन्याद् गाङ्गेय दुःशासन तथा कुरु॥
saṃrakṣyamāṇaḥ pārthena bhīṣmeṇa ca vivarjitaḥ| yathā na hanyād gāṅgeya duḥśāsana tathā kuru||
O Dushasana, act in such a way that Shikhandin, who is protected by Arjuna and whom Bhishma will avoid may not (finally) kill the son of Ganga (Bhishma).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)