Mahabharata — Volume IV (Dutt edition) — Chapter 58
MBh 4 58.1
संजय उवाच ततो व्यूढेष्वनीकेषु तावकेषु परेषु च। धनंजयो स्थानीकमवधीत् तव भारत॥ शरैरतिरथो युद्धे दारयन् रथयूथपान्। ते वध्यमानाः पार्थेन कालेनेव युगक्षय॥ धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे यत्नात् पाण्डवान् प्रत्ययोधयन्। प्रार्थयाना यशो दीप्तं मृत्युं कृत्वा निवर्तनम्॥ एकाग्रमनसो भूत्वा पाण्डवानां वरूथिनीम्। बभञ्जुर्बहुशो राजंस्ते चासज्जन्त संयुगे॥
saṃjaya uvāca tato vyūḍheṣvanīkeṣu tāvakeṣu pareṣu ca| dhanaṃjayo sthānīkamavadhīt tava bhārata|| śarairatiratho yuddhe dārayan rathayūthapān| te vadhyamānāḥ pārthena kāleneva yugakṣaya|| dhārtarāṣṭrā raṇe yatnāt pāṇḍavān pratyayodhayan| prārthayānā yaśo dīptaṃ mṛtyuṃ kṛtvā nivartanam|| ekāgramanaso bhūtvā pāṇḍavānāṃ varūthinīm| babhañjurbahuśo rājaṃste cāsajjanta saṃyuge||
Sanjaya said When your troops and those of the Pandavas were placed in battle array, that great car-warrior Dhananjaya made a great slaughter by cutting down with his arrows many leaders of car-warriors; your troops though thus slaughtered in the battle by the son of Pritha who resembled the destroyer himself at the end of a Yuga, yet fought with the Pandavas with perseverance. Desiring to win blazing glory and making death their final goal with minds undirected to anything else, they broke the Pandava ranks in many places, but their ranks also were in many places broken.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.2
द्रवद्भिरथ भग्नैश्च परिवर्तद्भिरेव च। पाण्डवैः कौरवेयैश्च न प्राज्ञायत किंचन॥
dravadbhiratha bhagnaiśca parivartadbhireva ca| pāṇḍavaiḥ kauraveyaiśca na prājñāyata kiṃcana||
Then both the Kuru and the Pandava army broke and fled away. Nothing could then be distinguished.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.3
उदतिष्ठद् रजो भौमं छादयानं दिवाकरम्। न दिशः प्रदिशो वापि तत्र हन्युः कथं नराः॥
udatiṣṭhad rajo bhaumaṃ chādayānaṃ divākaram| na diśaḥ pradiśo vāpi tatra hanyuḥ kathaṃ narāḥ||
A thick cloud of dust rose covering the sun. No body could distinguish any of the cardinal points.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.4
अनुमानेन संज्ञाभिर्नामगोत्रैश्च संयुगे। वर्तते च तथा युद्धं तत्र तत्र विशाम्पते॥
anumānena saṃjñābhirnāmagotraiśca saṃyuge| vartate ca tathā yuddhaṃ tatra tatra viśāmpate||
O king, everywhere the battle raged the combatants were guided only by the indications afforded by colours, by watchwords, by names and by tribal distinctions.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.5
न व्यूहो भिद्यते तत्र कौरवाणां कथंचन। रक्षितः सत्यसंधेन भारद्वाजेन संयुगे॥
na vyūho bhidyate tatra kauravāṇāṃ kathaṃcana| rakṣitaḥ satyasaṃdhena bhāradvājena saṃyuge||
O sire, O king, the Vyuha protected as it was by the son of Bharadvaja (Drona) could by no means be broken.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.6
तथैव पाण्डवानां च रक्षितः सव्यसाचिना। नाभिद्यत महाव्यूहो भीमेन च सुरक्षितः॥
tathaiva pāṇḍavānāṃ ca rakṣitaḥ savyasācinā| nābhidyata mahāvyūho bhīmena ca surakṣitaḥ||
So did the formidable Pandava Vyuha remain unbroken, protected as it was by Savyasachi (Arjuna), and well-guarded by Bhima.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.7
सेनाग्रादपि निष्पत्य प्रायुध्यस्तत्र मानवाः। उभयोः सेनयो राजन् व्यतिषक्तरथद्विपाः॥
senāgrādapi niṣpatya prāyudhyastatra mānavāḥ| ubhayoḥ senayo rājan vyatiṣaktarathadvipāḥ||
O king, the cars and the elephants of both the armies and other combatants came out of their respective arrays and engaged in the fight.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.8
हयारोहैर्हयारोहाः पात्यन्ते स्म महाहवे। ऋष्टिभिविमलाभिश्च प्रासैरपि च संयुगे॥
hayārohairhayārohāḥ pātyante sma mahāhave| ṛṣṭibhivimalābhiśca prāsairapi ca saṃyuge||
In that fearful battle, horse-men cut down horsemen with sharp and polished swords and long lances.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.9
रथी रथिनमासाद्य शरैः कनकभूषणैः। पातयामास समरे तस्मिन्नतिभयङ्करे।।१२
rathī rathinamāsādya śaraiḥ kanakabhūṣaṇaiḥ| pātayāmāsa samare tasminnatibhayaṅkare||12
Car-warriors getting car-warriors within reach cut them down with their arrows decked with golden wings.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.10
गजारोहा गजारोहान् नाराचशरतोमरैः। संसक्तान् पातयामासुस्तव तेषां च सर्वशः॥
gajārohā gajārohān nārācaśaratomaraiḥ| saṃsaktān pātayāmāsustava teṣāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ||
The elephant riders in your own army and in the army of Pandavas' destroyed the elephant riders of rival party in counter by blowing sharp Naracha, arrows and tomaras from all sides (viz. mutually they killed themselves).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.11
पत्तिसङ्घा रणे पत्तीन् भिन्दिपालपरश्वधैः। न्यपातयन्त संहृष्टाः परस्परकृतागसः॥
pattisaṅghā raṇe pattīn bhindipālaparaśvadhaiḥ| nyapātayanta saṃhṛṣṭāḥ parasparakṛtāgasaḥ||
Innumerable foot-soldiers angrily and at the same time cheerfully cut down one another with short arrows and battle axes.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.12
रथी च समरे राजन्नासाद्य गजयूथपम्। सगजं पातयामास गजी च रथिनां वरम्॥
rathī ca samare rājannāsādya gajayūthapam| sagajaṃ pātayāmāsa gajī ca rathināṃ varam||
O king, car-warriors, getting elephants riders within reach cut them down with the elephants. elephants riders also cut down carwarriors.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.13
रथिनं च हयारोहः प्रासेन भरतर्षभ। पातयामास समरे रथी च हयसादिनम्॥
rathinaṃ ca hayārohaḥ prāsena bharatarṣabha| pātayāmāsa samare rathī ca hayasādinam||
O best of the Bharata race, horse-men with their lances cut down car-warriors in that battle; car-warriors also cut down horse-men.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.14
पदाती रथिनं संख्ये रथी चापि पदातिनम्। न्यपातयच्छितैः शस्त्रैः सेनयोरुभयोरपि॥
padātī rathinaṃ saṃkhye rathī cāpi padātinam| nyapātayacchitaiḥ śastraiḥ senayorubhayorapi||
In both the armies, foot-soldiers cut down many car-warriors, many car-warriors cut down innumcrable foot-soldiers with their sharp weapons.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.15
गजारोहा हयारोहान् पातयाञ्चक्रिरे तदा। हयारोहा गजस्थांश्च तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्॥ गजारोहवरैश्चापि तत्र तत्र पदातयः। पातिताः समदृश्यन्त तैश्चापि गजयोधिनः॥
gajārohā hayārohān pātayāñcakrire tadā| hayārohā gajasthāṃśca tadadbhutamivābhavat|| gajārohavaraiścāpi tatra tatra padātayaḥ| pātitāḥ samadṛśyanta taiścāpi gajayodhinaḥ||
Elephant-riders cut down horse-men and horse-men cut down warriors who were on the back of elephants; every thing appeared to be exceedingly wonderful. Foot soldiers were seen to be cut down by the foremost of elephant-riders and the elephant-riders were also to be seen cut down by the foot-soldiers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.16
पत्तिसङ्घा हयारोहैः सादिसङ्घाश्च पत्तिभिः। पात्यमाना व्यदृश्यन्त शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः॥
pattisaṅghā hayārohaiḥ sādisaṅghāśca pattibhiḥ| pātyamānā vyadṛśyanta śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ||
It has been seen there that innumerable foot-soldiers were cut down by horse-riders and horse-riders cut down foot-soldiers,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.17
ध्वजैस्तत्रापविद्धैश्च कार्मुकैस्तोमरैस्तथा। प्रासैस्तथा गदाभिश्च परिघैः कम्पनैस्तथा॥ शक्तिभिः कवचैश्चित्रैः कणपैरङ्कुशैरपि। निस्त्रीशैविमलैश्चापि स्वर्णपुङ्खैः शरैस्तथा।॥ परिस्तोमैः कुथाभिश्च कम्बलैश्च महाधनैः। भूति भरतश्रेष्ठ स्रग्दामैरिव चित्रिता॥
dhvajaistatrāpaviddhaiśca kārmukaistomaraistathā| prāsaistathā gadābhiśca parighaiḥ kampanaistathā|| śaktibhiḥ kavacaiścitraiḥ kaṇapairaṅkuśairapi| nistrīśaivimalaiścāpi svarṇapuṅkhaiḥ śaraistathā||| paristomaiḥ kuthābhiśca kambalaiśca mahādhanaiḥ| bhūti bharataśreṣṭha sragdāmairiva citritā||
O best of the Bharata race! the battle field, strewn with broken standards bow, lances, housings of elephants, costly blankets, bearded darts, maces, clubs with iron spikes, Kampanas, various sorts of armours, arrows with golden wings, looked as if it were covered with garlands of flowers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.18
नराश्वकायैः पतितैर्दन्तिभिश्च महाहवे। अगम्यरूपा पृथिवी मांसशोणितकर्दमा॥
narāśvakāyaiḥ patitairdantibhiśca mahāhave| agamyarūpā pṛthivī māṃsaśoṇitakardamā||
The ground becoming muddy with flesh and blood, became impassable with the bodies of men, horses and elephants, that were killed in that fearful battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.19
प्रशशाम रजो भौमं व्युक्षितं रणशोणितैः। दिशश्च विमलाः सर्वाः सम्बभूवुर्जनेश्वर॥
praśaśāma rajo bhaumaṃ vyukṣitaṃ raṇaśoṇitaiḥ| diśaśca vimalāḥ sarvāḥ sambabhūvurjaneśvara||
O majesty! The dust on the upper surface of earth was stuck to layer on being soaked in blood flown in that battle-field. On being this, all directions became clearly visible.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.20
उस्थितान्यगणेयानि कबधानि समन्ततः। चिह्नभूतानि जगतो विनाशार्थाय भारत॥
usthitānyagaṇeyāni kabadhāni samantataḥ| cihnabhūtāni jagato vināśārthāya bhārata||
O descendant of Bharata, innumerable headless bodies were seen rising from the ground, an omen to indicate that the destruction of the world is near.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.21
तस्मिन् युद्धे महारौद्रे वतमाने सुदारुणे। प्रत्यदृश्यन्त रथिनो धावमानाः समन्ततः॥ ततो भीष्मश्च द्रोणश्च सैन्धवश्च जयद्रथः। पुरुमित्रो जयो भोजः शल्यश्चापि ससौबलः॥ एते समरदुर्धर्षाः सिंहतुल्यपराक्रमाः। पाण्डवानामनीकानि बभञ्जुः स्म पुनः पुनः॥
tasmin yuddhe mahāraudre vatamāne sudāruṇe| pratyadṛśyanta rathino dhāvamānāḥ samantataḥ|| tato bhīṣmaśca droṇaśca saindhavaśca jayadrathaḥ| purumitro jayo bhojaḥ śalyaścāpi sasaubalaḥ|| ete samaradurdharṣāḥ siṃhatulyaparākramāḥ| pāṇḍavānāmanīkāni babhañjuḥ sma punaḥ punaḥ||
In that fearful and terrible battle, car warriors were to run away in all directions; then Bhishma, Drona, Jayadratha seen the king of the Sindhus, Purumitra, Vikarna, the son of Subala Shakuni, these invincible and lion-like heroes broke the Pandava rank.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.22
तथैव भीमसेनोऽपि राक्षसश्च घटोत्कचः। सात्यकिश्चेकितानश्च द्रौपदेयाश्च भारत।॥ तावकांस्तव पुत्रांश्च सहितान् सर्वराजभिः। द्रावयामासुराजौ ते त्रिदशा दानवानिव॥
tathaiva bhīmaseno'pi rākṣasaśca ghaṭotkacaḥ| sātyakiścekitānaśca draupadeyāśca bhārata||| tāvakāṃstava putrāṃśca sahitān sarvarājabhiḥ| drāvayāmāsurājau te tridaśā dānavāniva||
O descendant of Bharata, Bhimasena, the Rakshasa Ghatotkacha, Satyaki, Chekitana, the sons of Draupadi, backed by all the kings, chastised your troops and your sons, as the celestials did the Danavas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.23
तथा ते समरेऽन्योन्यं निघ्नन्तः क्षत्रियर्षभाः। रक्तोक्षिता घोररूपा विरेजुर्दानवा इव॥
tathā te samare'nyonyaṃ nighnantaḥ kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ| raktokṣitā ghorarūpā virejurdānavā iva||
Those foremost of Kshatriya struck one another in battle. They became terrible to look at. covered with blood, they shone like the Kinshuka flowers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.24
विनिर्जित्य रिपून् वीराः सेनयोरुभयोरपि। व्यदृश्यन्त महामात्रा ग्रहा इव नभस्तले॥
vinirjitya ripūn vīrāḥ senayorubhayorapi| vyadṛśyanta mahāmātrā grahā iva nabhastale||
O king, vanquishing their adversaries, those foremost of warriors of both the armies looked like the brilliant stars in the sky.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.25
ततो रथसहस्रेण पुत्रो दुर्योधनस्तव। अभ्ययात् पाण्डवं युद्धे राक्षसं च घटोत्कचम्॥
tato rathasahasreṇa putro duryodhanastava| abhyayāt pāṇḍavaṃ yuddhe rākṣasaṃ ca ghaṭotkacam||
Then your son Duryodhana supported by one thousand car-warriors rushed to battle with the sons of Pandu and the Rakshasa Ghatotkacha.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.26
तथैव पाण्डवाः सर्वे महत्या सेनया सह। द्रोणभीष्मौ रणे यत्तौ प्रत्युद्ययुररिंदमौ॥
tathaiva pāṇḍavāḥ sarve mahatyā senayā saha| droṇabhīṣmau raṇe yattau pratyudyayurariṃdamau||
The Pandava also with many thousand troops rushed in battle against those chastiser of foes, the heroic Bhishma and Drona.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.27
किरीटी च ययौ क्रुद्धः समन्तात् पार्थिवोत्तमान्। आर्जुनिः सात्यकिश्चैव ययतुः सौबलं बलम्॥
kirīṭī ca yayau kruddhaḥ samantāt pārthivottamān| ārjuniḥ sātyakiścaiva yayatuḥ saubalaṃ balam||
The diadem-decked hero (Arjuna) also rushed in anger against those foremost of kings. then the son of Arjuna, Abhimanyu and Satyaki both rushed against the forces of the son of Subala, Shakuni.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 58.28
ततः प्रववृते भूयः संग्रामो लोमहर्षणः। तावकानां परेषां च समरे विजयैषिणाम्॥
tataḥ pravavṛte bhūyaḥ saṃgrāmo lomaharṣaṇaḥ| tāvakānāṃ pareṣāṃ ca samare vijayaiṣiṇām||
Then again commenced a fearful and hairstring battle between the troops and both the sides, both parties being eager to defeat one other.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)