Mahabharata — Volume IV (Dutt edition) — Chapter 65
MBh 4 65.1
संजय उवाच ततो भूरिश्रवा राजन् सात्यकिं नवभिः शरैः। प्राविध्यद् भृशसंक्रुद्धस्तोत्रैरिव महाद्विपम्॥
saṃjaya uvāca tato bhūriśravā rājan sātyakiṃ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ| prāvidhyad bhṛśasaṃkruddhastotrairiva mahādvipam||
Sanjaya said Then, O monarch, inflamed with wrath he pierced Satyaki with nine arrows, like an elephant-driver piercing the animal with the iron hook.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.2
कौरवं सात्यकिश्चैव शरैः संनतपर्वभिः। अवारयदमेयात्मा सर्वलोकस्य पश्यतः॥
kauravaṃ sātyakiścaiva śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ| avārayadameyātmā sarvalokasya paśyataḥ||
Thereat, before the very eyes of the spectators, Satyaki of immeasurable soul shrouded with his arrows of straight-joints, him of the Kaurava host.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.3
ततो दुर्योधनो राजा सोदर्यैः परिवारितः। सौमदत्तिं रणे यत्तः समन्तात् पर्यवारयत्॥
tato duryodhano rājā sodaryaiḥ parivāritaḥ| saumadattiṃ raṇe yattaḥ samantāt paryavārayat||
Thereupon king Duryodhana, encircled by his uterine brothers, surrounded (for supporting him) the son of Somadatta, who had been striving hard in the encounter.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.4
तं चैव पाण्डवाः सर्वे सात्यकिं रभसं रणे! परिवार्य स्थिताः संख्ये समन्तात् सुमहौजसः॥
taṃ caiva pāṇḍavāḥ sarve sātyakiṃ rabhasaṃ raṇe! parivārya sthitāḥ saṃkhye samantāt sumahaujasaḥ||
In the same manner, the Pandavas endued with great might, speedily forming themselves in a circle round Satyaki, stood (ready) in that battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.5
भीमसेनस्तु संक्रुद्धौ गदामुद्यम्य भारत। दुर्योधनमुखान् सर्वान् पुत्रांस्ते पर्यवारयत्॥
bhīmasenastu saṃkruddhau gadāmudyamya bhārata| duryodhanamukhān sarvān putrāṃste paryavārayat||
Then, O Bharata, Bhimasena wrought up with wrath, with his upraised mace, opposed your sons headed by Duryodnana himself.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.6
रथैरनेकसाहौः क्रोधामर्षसमन्वितः नन्दकस्तव पुत्रस्तु भीमसेनं महाबलम्॥ विव्याध विशिखैः षड्भिः कङ्कपत्रैः शिलाशितैः। दुर्योधनश्च समरे भीमसेनं महारथम्॥ आजघानोरसि क्रुद्धो मार्गणैर्नवभिः शितैः। ततो भीमो महाबाहुः स्वरथं सुमहाबलः॥ आरुरोह रथश्रेष्ठं विशोकं चेदमब्रवीत्। एते महारथाः शूरा धार्तराष्ट्राः समागताः॥
rathairanekasāhauḥ krodhāmarṣasamanvitaḥ nandakastava putrastu bhīmasenaṃ mahābalam|| vivyādha viśikhaiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ kaṅkapatraiḥ śilāśitaiḥ| duryodhanaśca samare bhīmasenaṃ mahāratham|| ājaghānorasi kruddho mārgaṇairnavabhiḥ śitaiḥ| tato bhīmo mahābāhuḥ svarathaṃ sumahābalaḥ|| āruroha rathaśreṣṭhaṃ viśokaṃ cedamabravīt| ete mahārathāḥ śūrā dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ samāgatāḥ||
Supported by many thousand of cars, and excited with rage and fury, your son Nandaka pierced Bhimasena of great might with keenpointed shafts whetted on stone and winged with the feathers of the Kanka bird. Then also, O monarch, Duryodhana excited with rage, in that fierce fight, struck Bhimasena on the breast with nine whetted shafts. Thereafter the mighty-armed Bhimasena endued with superior strength mounted on his own most excellent chariot and thus addressed his charioteer Vishoka. These heroic and mighty carwarriors, these sons of Dhritarashtra endued with prowess.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.7
मामेव भृशसंक्रुद्धा हन्तुमभ्युद्यता युधि। मनोरथद्रुमोऽस्माकं चिन्तितो बहुवार्षिकः॥ सफल: सूत चायेह योऽहं पश्यामि सोदरान्। यत्राशोक समुक्षिप्ता रेणवो रथनेमिभिः॥ प्रयास्यन्त्यन्तरिक्षं हि शरवृन्दैदिगन्तरे। तत्र तिष्ठति संनद्धः स्वयं राजा सुयोधनः॥ भ्रातरश्चास्य संनद्धाः कुलपुत्रा मदोत्कटाः। एतानद्य हनिष्यामि पश्यतस्ते न संशयः॥ तस्मान्ममाश्वान् संग्रामे यत्तः संयच्छ सारथे।
māmeva bhṛśasaṃkruddhā hantumabhyudyatā yudhi| manorathadrumo'smākaṃ cintito bahuvārṣikaḥ|| saphala: sūta cāyeha yo'haṃ paśyāmi sodarān| yatrāśoka samukṣiptā reṇavo rathanemibhiḥ|| prayāsyantyantarikṣaṃ hi śaravṛndaidigantare| tatra tiṣṭhati saṃnaddhaḥ svayaṃ rājā suyodhanaḥ|| bhrātaraścāsya saṃnaddhāḥ kulaputrā madotkaṭāḥ| etānadya haniṣyāmi paśyataste na saṃśayaḥ|| tasmānmamāśvān saṃgrāme yattaḥ saṃyaccha sārathe|
Excited with anger, are all striving to slay me in battle. Beholding ihose brothers of Duryodhana, I see tree of my desirous so long is now fruitful. O deprived of sorrow, where the dusts of chariots spread with shafts into all directions of the sky, Duryodhana stays for fight. Them will I undoubtedly slay today before your very eyes. Therefore, a charioteer, do you drive iny steeds carefully in this encounter.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.8
एवमुक्त्वा ततः पार्थस्तव पुत्रं विशाम्पते।॥ विव्याध दशभिस्तीक्ष्णैः शरैः कनकभूषणैः। नन्दकं च त्रिभिर्बाणैरभ्यविध्यत् स्तनान्तरे॥
evamuktvā tataḥ pārthastava putraṃ viśāmpate||| vivyādha daśabhistīkṣṇaiḥ śaraiḥ kanakabhūṣaṇaiḥ| nandakaṃ ca tribhirbāṇairabhyavidhyat stanāntare||
Having thus spoken, O ruler of men, the pointed shafts ornamented with gold. He also pierced Nandaka in return, in the centre of his breast, with three arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.9
तं तु दुर्योधनः षष्ट्या विद्ध्वा भीमं महाबलम्। त्रिभिरन्वैः सुनिशितैर्विशोकं प्रत्यविध्यत॥
taṃ tu duryodhanaḥ ṣaṣṭyā viddhvā bhīmaṃ mahābalam| tribhiranvaiḥ suniśitairviśokaṃ pratyavidhyata||
Thereat Duryodhana, having pierced in return Bhima of superior strength with sin arrows, pierced Vishoka with another three well-sharpened shafts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.10
भीमस्य च रणे राजन् धनुश्चिच्छेद भासुरम्। मुष्टिदेशे भृशं तीक्ष्णैस्त्रिभिर्भल्लैर्हसन्निव॥
bhīmasya ca raṇe rājan dhanuściccheda bhāsuram| muṣṭideśe bhṛśaṃ tīkṣṇaistribhirbhallairhasanniva||
In that battle, O king, as if smiling, Duryodhana with these arrows cut off the effulgent bow of Bhima near the grasp.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.11
समरे प्रेक्ष्य यन्तारं विशोकं तु वृकोदरः। पीडितं विशिखैस्तीक्ष्णैस्तव पुत्रेण धन्विना॥
samare prekṣya yantāraṃ viśokaṃ tu vṛkodaraḥ| pīḍitaṃ viśikhaistīkṣṇaistava putreṇa dhanvinā||
Then in that battle, Bhima, beholding his charioteer Vishoka afflicted with shape shafts discharged by the mighty bowman, namely your son,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.12
अमृष्यमाणः संरब्धो धनुर्दिव्यं परामृशत्। पुत्रस्य ते महाराज वधार्थं भरतर्षभ॥
amṛṣyamāṇaḥ saṃrabdho dhanurdivyaṃ parāmṛśat| putrasya te mahārāja vadhārthaṃ bharatarṣabha||
And unable to brook it and inflamed with wrath, took up another bow of celestial make, in order, O mighty sovereign, O foremost of men, to encompass the death of your son.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.13
समाधत्त सुसंक्रुद्धः क्षुरप्रं लोमवाहिनम्। तेन चिच्छेद नृपतेर्भीमः कार्मुकमुत्तमम्॥
samādhatta susaṃkruddhaḥ kṣurapraṃ lomavāhinam| tena ciccheda nṛpaterbhīmaḥ kārmukamuttamam||
Inflamed with wrath, he also took up an arrow with a horse-shoe head, furnished with feathery wings, and with it Bhima severed the excellent bow of the king (Duryodhana).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.14
सोऽपविद्ध्य धनुश्छिन्नं पुत्रस्ते क्रोधमूर्छितः। अन्यत् कार्मुकमादत्त सत्वरं वेगवत्तरम्॥
so'paviddhya dhanuśchinnaṃ putraste krodhamūrchitaḥ| anyat kārmukamādatta satvaraṃ vegavattaram||
Thereat your son overwhelmed with fury, throwing off that severed bow, swiftly took up another bow of tougher make.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.15
संदधे विशिखं घोरं कालमृत्युसमप्रभम्। तेनाजघान संक्रुद्धो भीमसेनं स्तनान्तरे॥
saṃdadhe viśikhaṃ ghoraṃ kālamṛtyusamaprabham| tenājaghāna saṃkruddho bhīmasenaṃ stanāntare||
O monarch placing on his bow-string a fierce Visokha shaft that resembled in effulgence the bludgeon of Death himself, your son excited to the highest pitch of fury struck Bhimasena with it, on the centre of his breast.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.16
स गाढविद्धो व्यथितः स्यन्दनोपस्थ आविशत्। स निषण्णो रथोपस्थे मूर्छामभिजगाम ह॥
sa gāḍhaviddho vyathitaḥ syandanopastha āviśat| sa niṣaṇṇo rathopasthe mūrchāmabhijagāma ha||
There-with struck home and afflicted sore, he (Bhima) squatted on the terrace of his car; and when he was thus seated, he was overwhelmed with a swoon.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.17
तं दृष्ट्वा व्यथितं भीममभिमन्युपुरोगमाः। नामृष्यन्त महेष्वासाः पाण्डवानां महारथाः॥
taṃ dṛṣṭvā vyathitaṃ bhīmamabhimanyupurogamāḥ| nāmṛṣyanta maheṣvāsāḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathāḥ||
Beholding Bhima thus afflicted, the mighty car-warriors of the Pandava host headed by Abhimanyu, all of excellent parts could not brook it.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.18
ततस्तु तुमुलां वृष्टिं शस्त्राणां तिग्मतेजसाम्। पातयामासुरव्यग्राः पुत्रस्य तव मूर्धनि॥
tatastu tumulāṃ vṛṣṭiṃ śastrāṇāṃ tigmatejasām| pātayāmāsuravyagrāḥ putrasya tava mūrdhani||
Then these warriors, without the least flurry, poured on the head of your son a mighty shower of arrows of fierce velocity.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.19
प्रतिलभ्य ततः संज्ञां भीमसेनो महाबलः। दुर्योधनं त्रिभिर्विद्ध्वा पुनर्विव्याध पञ्चभिः॥
pratilabhya tataḥ saṃjñāṃ bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ| duryodhanaṃ tribhirviddhvā punarvivyādha pañcabhiḥ||
Meanwhile Bhimasena of mighty prowess having regained consciousness, pierced Duryodhana with three shafts and again with another five.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.20
शल्यं च पञ्चविंशत्या शरैर्विव्याध पाण्डवः। रुक्मपुङ्खैर्महेष्वासः सविद्धो व्यपयाद् रणात्॥
śalyaṃ ca pañcaviṃśatyā śarairvivyādha pāṇḍavaḥ| rukmapuṅkhairmaheṣvāsaḥ saviddho vyapayād raṇāt||
That fierce bowman, that son of Pandava then pierced Shalya with twenty-five shafts furnished with golden wings. Thus pierced, the latter fled from the field of battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.21
प्रत्युद्ययुस्ततो भीमं तव पुत्राश्चतुर्दश। सेनापतिः सुषेणश्च जलसंधः सुलोचनः॥ उग्रो भीमरथो भीमो वीरबाहुरलोलुपः। दुर्मुखो दुष्प्रधर्षश्च विवित्सुर्विकटः समः॥
pratyudyayustato bhīmaṃ tava putrāścaturdaśa| senāpatiḥ suṣeṇaśca jalasaṃdhaḥ sulocanaḥ|| ugro bhīmaratho bhīmo vīrabāhuralolupaḥ| durmukho duṣpradharṣaśca vivitsurvikaṭaḥ samaḥ||
Thereat your fourteen sons namely, Senapati, Sushena, Jalasandha, Sulochana, Ugra, Bhimaratha, Bhima, Virabahu, Alolupa, Durmukha, Dushpradharsha, Vivitsu, Vikata and Soma, then encountered Bhima (in that battle).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.22
विसृजन्तो बहून् बाणान् क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनाः। भीमसेनमभिद्रुत्य विव्यधुः सहिता भृशम्॥
visṛjanto bahūn bāṇān krodhasaṃraktalocanāḥ| bhīmasenamabhidrutya vivyadhuḥ sahitā bhṛśam||
With their eyes coppery in rage, and shooting myriads of shafts, they rushed against Bhimasena, piercing him simultaneously.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.23
पुत्रांस्तु तव सम्प्रेक्ष्य भीमसेनो महाबलः। सृक्किणी विलिहन् वीरः पशुमध्ये यथा वृकः॥
putrāṃstu tava samprekṣya bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ| sṛkkiṇī vilihan vīraḥ paśumadhye yathā vṛkaḥ||
Then the heroic Bhimasena of superior might, beholding your sons, began to lick the corners of his mouth like a wolf in the midst of inferior beasts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.24
अभिपत्य महाबाहुर्गरुत्मानिव वेगितः। सेनापतेः क्षुरप्रेण शिरश्चिच्छेद पाण्डवः॥
abhipatya mahābāhurgarutmāniva vegitaḥ| senāpateḥ kṣurapreṇa śiraściccheda pāṇḍavaḥ||
Then that mighty-armed son of Pandu, swooping down with great violence like Garuda himself, cut off with a horse shoe headed shaft the head of Senapati.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.25
सम्प्रहस्य च हृष्टात्मा त्रिभिर्वाणैर्महाभुजः। जलसंधं विनिर्भिद्य सोऽनयद् यमसादनम्॥
samprahasya ca hṛṣṭātmā tribhirvāṇairmahābhujaḥ| jalasaṃdhaṃ vinirbhidya so'nayad yamasādanam||
Then with a cheerful soul, laughing all the while, that one of strong arms, piercing Jarasandha with three shafts, transported him to the abode of Death.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.26
सुषेण च ततो हत्वा प्रेषयामास मृत्यवे। उग्रस्य सशिरस्त्राणं शिरश्चन्द्रोपमं भुवि॥ पातयामास भल्लेन कुण्डलाभ्यां विभूषितम्। वीरबाहुं च सप्तत्याः साश्वकेतुं ससारथिम्॥ निनाये समरे वीरः परलोकाय पाण्डवः। भीमभीमरथौ चोभौ भीमसेनो हसन्निव॥ पुत्रौ ते दुर्मदौ राजन्ननयद् यमसादनम्। ततः सुलोचनं भीमः क्षुरप्रेण महामृधे॥ मिषतां सर्वसैन्यानामनयद् यमसादनम्।
suṣeṇa ca tato hatvā preṣayāmāsa mṛtyave| ugrasya saśirastrāṇaṃ śiraścandropamaṃ bhuvi|| pātayāmāsa bhallena kuṇḍalābhyāṃ vibhūṣitam| vīrabāhuṃ ca saptatyāḥ sāśvaketuṃ sasārathim|| nināye samare vīraḥ paralokāya pāṇḍavaḥ| bhīmabhīmarathau cobhau bhīmaseno hasanniva|| putrau te durmadau rājannanayad yamasādanam| tataḥ sulocanaṃ bhīmaḥ kṣurapreṇa mahāmṛdhe|| miṣatāṃ sarvasainyānāmanayad yamasādanam|
Then slaying Sushena also, he dispatched him to Death. With a broad headed arrow he felled on the ground the head of Ugra furnished with a helmet and graced with a couple of Kundalas, and loO king like the (charming) moon itself. Thereafter Bhima the son of Pandu, piercing in that battle Virabahu, along with his steeds, standards and charioteer with seventy arrows, dispatched him to the other world. Then as if smiling, Bhimasena, O monarch, conveyed to the abodes of Death the two brothers Bhima and Bhimaratha. Then in that fierce contest, with an arrow furnished with a horse-shoe head, Bhima, dispatched Sulochana to the regions of Death, before the eyes of all the soldiers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.27
पुत्रास्तु तव तं दृष्ट्वा भीमसेनपराक्रमम्॥ शेषा येऽन्यऽभवंस्तत्र ते भीमस्य भयार्दिताः। विप्रद्रुता दिशो राजन् वध्यमाना महात्मना॥
putrāstu tava taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmasenaparākramam|| śeṣā ye'nya'bhavaṃstatra te bhīmasya bhayārditāḥ| vipradrutā diśo rājan vadhyamānā mahātmanā||
Then the rest of your sons who were there, beholding in the field the prowess of Bhimasena, and while being thus struck by that high-souled warrior, all ran away from the filed of battle afraid of Bhima.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.28
ततोऽब्रवीच्छान्तनवः सर्वानेव महारथान्। एष भीमो रणे क्रुद्धो धार्तराष्ट्रान् महारथान्॥ यथा प्राच्यान् यथा ज्येष्ठान् यथा शूरांश्च संगतान्। निपातयत्युग्रधन्वा तं प्रगृह्णीतं माचिरम्॥
tato'bravīcchāntanavaḥ sarvāneva mahārathān| eṣa bhīmo raṇe kruddho dhārtarāṣṭrān mahārathān|| yathā prācyān yathā jyeṣṭhān yathā śūrāṃśca saṃgatān| nipātayatyugradhanvā taṃ pragṛhṇītaṃ māciram||
Thereupon the son of Shantanu thus addressed the mighty car-warriors of his army, This fierce bowman, Bhima, inflamed with wrath, is slaughtering in battle the mighty sons of Dhritarashtra, accomplished in weapons, heroic, courageous and united though they are. Do you all receive that son of Pandu in battle”.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.29
एवमुक्तास्तत: सर्वे धार्तराष्ट्रस्य सैनिकाः। अभ्यद्रवन्त संक्रुद्धा भीमसेन महाबलम्॥
evamuktāstata: sarve dhārtarāṣṭrasya sainikāḥ| abhyadravanta saṃkruddhā bhīmasena mahābalam||
Thus spoken to, all the warriors belonging to the army of Dhritarashtra's son, furious in at Bhimasena endued with superhuman strength.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.30
भगदत्तः प्रभिन्नेन कुञ्जरेण विशाम्पते। अभ्ययात् सहसा तत्र यत्र भीमो व्यवस्थितः॥
bhagadattaḥ prabhinnena kuñjareṇa viśāmpate| abhyayāt sahasā tatra yatra bhīmo vyavasthitaḥ||
Suddenly, O ruler of men, Bhagadatta, mounted on an elephants with rent temples, rushed towards the spot where Bhima was stationed.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.31
आपतन्नेव च रणे. भीमसेन शिलीमुखैः। अदृष्यं समरे चक्रे जीमूत इव भास्करम्॥
āpatanneva ca raṇe. bhīmasena śilīmukhaiḥ| adṛṣyaṃ samare cakre jīmūta iva bhāskaram||
rage, rushed Rushing to the encounter, he, in that battle, intercepted Bhimasena from the view, (covering him) with shafts whetted on stone like clouds intercepting the sun from the view.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.32
अभिमन्युमुखास्तत् तु नामृष्यन्त महारथाः। भीमस्याच्छादनं संख्ये स्वबाहुबलमाश्रिताः॥
abhimanyumukhāstat tu nāmṛṣyanta mahārathāḥ| bhīmasyācchādanaṃ saṃkhye svabāhubalamāśritāḥ||
Then the mighty car-warriors headed by Abhimanyu, who all relied on the strength of their arms, could not brook this interception of Bhima.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.33
त एनं शरवर्षेण समन्तात् पर्यवारयन्। गजं च शरवृष्ट्या तु बिभिदुस्ते समन्ततः॥
ta enaṃ śaravarṣeṇa samantāt paryavārayan| gajaṃ ca śaravṛṣṭyā tu bibhiduste samantataḥ||
So, all those heroes opposed Bhagadatta on all sides with a showier of arrows, and they also began to pierce the elephants from all sides with an arrow down pour.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.34
स शस्त्रवृष्ट्याऽभिहतः समस्तैस्तैर्महारथैः। प्राग्ज्योतिषगजो राजन् नानालिङ्गैः सुतेजनैः॥
sa śastravṛṣṭyā'bhihataḥ samastaistairmahārathaiḥ| prāgjyotiṣagajo rājan nānāliṅgaiḥ sutejanaiḥ||
That elephants of the ruler of the Pragjyotishas, O king, being struck by all those mighty warriors, with sharers of weapons of diverse description.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.35
संजातरुधिरोत्पीडः प्रेक्षणीयोऽभवद् रणे। गभस्तिभिरिवार्कस्य संस्यूतो जलदो महान्॥ संचोदितो मदस्रावी भगदत्तेन वारणः। अभ्यधावत तान् सर्वान् कालोत्सृष्ट इवान्तकः॥
saṃjātarudhirotpīḍaḥ prekṣaṇīyo'bhavad raṇe| gabhastibhirivārkasya saṃsyūto jalado mahān|| saṃcodito madasrāvī bhagadattena vāraṇaḥ| abhyadhāvata tān sarvān kālotsṛṣṭa ivāntakaḥ||
And with blood spattered on its body became, in that battle, woryour of being looked at, like masses of rain-clouds tinged with the rays of the sun. That elephant, shedding temporal juice, being goaded by Bhagadatta, rushed against all those (heroes), like Death incarnate urged on by the Destroyer himself.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.36
द्विगुणं जवमास्थाय कम्पयंश्चरणैर्महीम्। तस्य तत् सुमहद् रूपं दृष्ट्वा सर्वे महारथाः॥
dviguṇaṃ javamāsthāya kampayaṃścaraṇairmahīm| tasya tat sumahad rūpaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarve mahārathāḥ||
It doubled its speed and shook the earth under death its tread. Then all those mighty car-warriors, seeing that dreadful aspect of the animal,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.37
असह्यं मन्यमानाश्च नातिप्रमनसोऽभवन्। ततस्तु नृपतिः क्रुद्धो भीमसेनं स्तनान्तरे॥ आजघान महाराज शरेणानतपर्वणा। सोऽतिविद्धो महेष्वासस्तेन राज्ञा महारथः॥ मूर्च्छयाऽभिपरीतात्मा ध्वजयष्टिं समाश्रयत्। तांस्तु भीतान् समालक्ष्य भीमसेनं च मूर्च्छितम्॥
asahyaṃ manyamānāśca nātipramanaso'bhavan| tatastu nṛpatiḥ kruddho bhīmasenaṃ stanāntare|| ājaghāna mahārāja śareṇānataparvaṇā| so'tividdho maheṣvāsastena rājñā mahārathaḥ|| mūrcchayā'bhiparītātmā dhvajayaṣṭiṃ samāśrayat| tāṃstu bhītān samālakṣya bhīmasenaṃ ca mūrcchitam||
And considering it irresistible, lost their heart. Then that king the foremost of men, excited with wrath, struck Bhimasena on the centre of his chest, with a straight shaft. That mighty car-warrior and bowman, being pierced by that monarch, with his limbs stiffened in consequence of a swoon, caught hold of his flat staff. Beholding them terrified, and seeing Bhima overwhelmed with a swoon.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.38
ननाद बलवन्नादं भगदत्तः प्रतापवान्। ततो घटोत्कचो राजन् प्रेक्ष्य भीमं तथागतम्॥ संक्रुद्धो राक्षसो घोरस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत। स कृत्वा दारुणां मायां भीरूणां भयवर्धिनीम्॥ अदृश्यत निमेषार्धाद् घोररूपं समास्थितः। ऐरावणं समारूढः स वै मायाकृतं स्वयम्॥
nanāda balavannādaṃ bhagadattaḥ pratāpavān| tato ghaṭotkaco rājan prekṣya bhīmaṃ tathāgatam|| saṃkruddho rākṣaso ghorastatraivāntaradhīyata| sa kṛtvā dāruṇāṃ māyāṃ bhīrūṇāṃ bhayavardhinīm|| adṛśyata nimeṣārdhād ghorarūpaṃ samāsthitaḥ| airāvaṇaṃ samārūḍhaḥ sa vai māyākṛtaṃ svayam||
The powerful Bhagadatta endued with great prowess uttered a loud roar. Then O monarch, the Rakshasa Ghatotkacha of dreadful appearance seeing Bhima ir that plight became inflamed with fury, and even there disappeared from the sight. And spreading a terrible illusion capable of enhancing the apprehension of the cowards, hc reappeared with a moment assuming a dreadful form, and riding on an Airavata the creation of his own illusive powers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.39
तस्य चान्येऽपि दिङ्नागा बभूवुरनुयायिनः। अञ्जनो वामनश्चैव महापद्मश्च सुप्रभः॥
tasya cānye'pi diṅnāgā babhūvuranuyāyinaḥ| añjano vāmanaścaiva mahāpadmaśca suprabhaḥ||
Other elephants guarding the points of the compass, namely, Anjana, Vamana Mahapadma, followed it, all effulgence.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.40
त्रय एते महानागा राक्षसैः समधिष्ठिताः। महाकायास्त्रिधा राजन् प्रस्रवन्तो मदं बहु॥
traya ete mahānāgā rākṣasaiḥ samadhiṣṭhitāḥ| mahākāyāstridhā rājan prasravanto madaṃ bahu||
All these three mighty elephants ridden by Rakshsasa were possessed of prodigious bodies with the temporal juice profusely exuding from their temples. of pure
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.41
तेजोवीर्यबलोपेता महाबलपराक्रमाः। घटोत्कचस्तु स्वं नागं चोदयामास तं तदा॥
tejovīryabalopetā mahābalaparākramāḥ| ghaṭotkacastu svaṃ nāgaṃ codayāmāsa taṃ tadā||
And they were endued with prowess strength and might and great fleetness and courage. Then Ghatotkacha goaded his own elephants in battle,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.42
सगजं भगदत्तं तु हन्तुकामः परंतपः। ते चान्ये चोदिता नागा राक्षसैस्तैर्महाबलैः॥
sagajaṃ bhagadattaṃ tu hantukāmaḥ paraṃtapaḥ| te cānye coditā nāgā rākṣasaistairmahābalaiḥ||
Being desirous, O afflicter of your foes, of slaying Bhagadatta along with his elephants. Goaded by the Rakshasas, of great strength, the other elephants.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.43
परिपेतुः सुसंरब्धाश्चतुर्दष्ट्राश्चतुर्दिशम्। भगदत्तस्य तं नागं विषाणैरभ्यपीडयन्॥
paripetuḥ susaṃrabdhāścaturdaṣṭrāścaturdiśam| bhagadattasya taṃ nāgaṃ viṣāṇairabhyapīḍayan||
Each possessed of four tusks, fell from all sides, with fury, upon the elephants of Bhagadatta, striking the latter at the same time with their tusks.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.44
स पीड्यमानस्तै गैर्वेदनातः शराहतः। अनदत् सुमहानादमिन्द्राशनिसमस्वनम्॥
sa pīḍyamānastai gairvedanātaḥ śarāhataḥ| anadat sumahānādamindrāśanisamasvanam||
Wounded with arrows, and afflicted by those elephants, and smearing with pain, the elephants, of Bhagadatta set up a mighty roar that resembled the rumble of the thunderbolt of Indra.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.45
तस्य तं नदतो नादं सुघोरं भीमनिःस्वनम्। श्रुत्वा भीष्मोऽब्रवीद् द्रोणं राजानं च सुयोधनम्॥
tasya taṃ nadato nādaṃ sughoraṃ bhīmaniḥsvanam| śrutvā bhīṣmo'bravīd droṇaṃ rājānaṃ ca suyodhanam||
Hearing those deep and dreadful cries the roaring elephants, Bhishma thus spoke to Drona and king Suyodhana,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.46
एष युध्यति संग्रामे हैडिम्बेन दुरात्मना। भगदत्तो महेष्वासः कृच्छ्रे च परिवर्तते॥
eṣa yudhyati saṃgrāme haiḍimbena durātmanā| bhagadatto maheṣvāsaḥ kṛcchre ca parivartate||
“This mighty bowman Bhagadatta fighting in his battle with the wicked souled son of Hidimba, is involved in a great peril.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.47
राक्षसश्च महाकायः स च राजाऽतिकोपनः। एतौ समेतौ समरे कालमृत्युसमावुभौ॥
rākṣasaśca mahākāyaḥ sa ca rājā'tikopanaḥ| etau sametau samare kālamṛtyusamāvubhau||
This Rakshasa is of prodigious stature, and king Bhagadatta also is very wrathful. Surely encountering each other in the fight they both will prove like the Death and the Destroyer.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.48
श्रूयते चैव हृष्टानां पाण्डवानां महास्वनः। हस्तिनश्चैव सुमहान् भीतस्य रुदितध्वनिः॥
śrūyate caiva hṛṣṭānāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahāsvanaḥ| hastinaścaiva sumahān bhītasya ruditadhvaniḥ||
Even now do we hear the mighty uproar of the enraptured Pandavas, as also the distressful and loud cries of the frightened elephants (of Bhagadatta).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.49
तत्र गच्छाम भद्रं वो राजानं परिरक्षितुम्। अरक्ष्यमाणः समरे क्षिप्रं प्राणान् विमोक्ष्यति॥
tatra gacchāma bhadraṃ vo rājānaṃ parirakṣitum| arakṣyamāṇaḥ samare kṣipraṃ prāṇān vimokṣyati||
Good betide you, we shall now proceed to protect the king; unprotected, in battle, he will soon be deprived of his life.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.50
ते त्वरध्वं महावीर्याः किं चिरेण प्रयामहे। महान् हि वर्तते रौद्रः संग्रामो लोमहर्षणः॥
te tvaradhvaṃ mahāvīryāḥ kiṃ cireṇa prayāmahe| mahān hi vartate raudraḥ saṃgrāmo lomaharṣaṇaḥ||
Therefore, warriors of extraordinary prowess, make havee; O sinless ones, do not delay. This hair stirring and ruthless combat is deepening more and more.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.51
भक्तश्च कुलपुत्रश्च शूरश्च पृतनापतिः। युक्तं तस्य परित्राणं कर्तुमस्माभिरच्युत॥
bhaktaśca kulaputraśca śūraśca pṛtanāpatiḥ| yuktaṃ tasya paritrāṇaṃ kartumasmābhiracyuta||
This leader of a division is devoted to us, is the son of an illustrious dynasty and is endued with bravery. O you of unfading renown, it is proper that his rescue should be effected by us."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.52
भीष्मस्य तद् वचः श्रुत्वा सर्व एव महारथाः। द्रोणभीष्मौ पुरस्कृत्य भगदत्तपरीप्सया॥
bhīṣmasya tad vacaḥ śrutvā sarva eva mahārathāḥ| droṇabhīṣmau puraskṛtya bhagadattaparīpsayā||
Listening to those words of Bhishma all the monarchs forming in serried files and headed by the son Bharadvaja, with a desire for rescuing Bhagadatta.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.53
उत्तमं जवमास्थाय प्रययुर्यत्र सोऽभवत्। तान् प्रयातान् समालोक्य युधिष्ठिरपुरोगमाः॥ पञ्चालाः पाण्डवैः सार्धं पृष्ठतोऽनुययुः परान्। तान्यनकान्यथालोक्य राक्षसेन्द्रः प्रतापवान्॥
uttamaṃ javamāsthāya prayayuryatra so'bhavat| tān prayātān samālokya yudhiṣṭhirapurogamāḥ|| pañcālāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ sārdhaṃ pṛṣṭhato'nuyayuḥ parān| tānyanakānyathālokya rākṣasendraḥ pratāpavān||
Proceeded in all have to the spot where the later was. Beholding them advance, the Panchalas together with the Pandavas headed by Yudhishthira himself pursued the enemy from behind. Beholding that mighty host, the foremost of the Rakshasa endued with prowess.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.54
ननाद सुमहानादं विस्फोटमशनेरिव। तस्य तं निनदं श्रुत्वा दृष्ट्वा नागांश्च युध्यतः॥
nanāda sumahānādaṃ visphoṭamaśaneriva| tasya taṃ ninadaṃ śrutvā dṛṣṭvā nāgāṃśca yudhyataḥ||
Uttered a deafening roar, that resembled the roar of thunder. Hearing his roar and seeing those fighting elephants.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.55
भीष्मः शान्तनवो भूयो भारद्वाजमभाषत। न रोचते मे संग्रामो हैडिम्बेन दुरात्मना॥
bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavo bhūyo bhāradvājamabhāṣata| na rocate me saṃgrāmo haiḍimbena durātmanā||
The son of Shantanu, namely, Bhishma again addressed the son of Bharadvaja saying:I do not like to fight with the wicked-souled son of Hidimba.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.56
बलवीर्यसमाविष्टः ससहायश्च साम्प्रतम्। नैष शक्यो युधा जेतुमपि वज्रभृता स्वयम्॥
balavīryasamāviṣṭaḥ sasahāyaśca sāmpratam| naiṣa śakyo yudhā jetumapi vajrabhṛtā svayam||
At present he is surcharged with strength and prowess and is well supported. He is now incapable of being defeated even by the wielder of the thunderbolt himself.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.57
लब्धलक्षयः प्रहारी च वयं च श्रान्तवाहनाः। पाञ्चालैः पाण्डवेयैश्च दिवसं क्षतविक्षताः॥
labdhalakṣayaḥ prahārī ca vayaṃ ca śrāntavāhanāḥ| pāñcālaiḥ pāṇḍaveyaiśca divasaṃ kṣatavikṣatāḥ||
He is sure in his aims and can strike home; our vehicles are all fatigued and we have been wounded and lacerated in our fight with the Pandavas and the Panchalas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.58
तन्न मे रोचते युद्धं पाण्डवैर्जितकाशिभिः। घुष्यतामवाहारोऽद्य श्वो योत्स्यामः परैः सह॥
tanna me rocate yuddhaṃ pāṇḍavairjitakāśibhiḥ| ghuṣyatāmavāhāro'dya śvo yotsyāmaḥ paraiḥ saha||
Therefore we do not like to fight any longer with the Pandavas. Proclaim there fore, the withdraw of our divisions for this day. Tomorrow shall we again battle with the enemy".
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.59
पितामहवचः श्रुत्वा तथा चक्रुः स्म कौरवाः। उपायेनापयानं ते घटोत्कचमयार्दिताः॥
pitāmahavacaḥ śrutvā tathā cakruḥ sma kauravāḥ| upāyenāpayānaṃ te ghaṭotkacamayārditāḥ||
Hearing these words of the grandsire, and afflicted as they were with the fear of Ghatotkacha, they (the Kauravas) delightedly did what the former said availing themselves of the pretest advent of night.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.60
कौरवेषु निवृत्तेषु पाण्डवा जितकाशिनः। सिंहनादान् भृशं चक्रुः शङ्खान् दध्मुश्च भारत॥
kauraveṣu nivṛtteṣu pāṇḍavā jitakāśinaḥ| siṃhanādān bhṛśaṃ cakruḥ śaṅkhān dadhmuśca bhārata||
Upon the withdrawal of the Kurus, the victorious Pandavas sent up their war cries accompanied with the blare of conchs and cornets.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.61
एवं तदभवद् युद्ध दिवसं भरतर्षभ। पाण्डवानां कुरूणां च पुरस्कृत्य घटोत्कचम्॥
evaṃ tadabhavad yuddha divasaṃ bharatarṣabha| pāṇḍavānāṃ kurūṇāṃ ca puraskṛtya ghaṭotkacam||
Thus, O foremost of the Bharata race, did the battle rage that day, between the Kurus and the Pandavas headed by Ghatotkacha.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.62
कौरवास्तु ततो राजन् प्रययुः शिबिरं स्वकम्। वीडमाना निशाकाले पाण्डवेयैः पराजिताः॥
kauravāstu tato rājan prayayuḥ śibiraṃ svakam| vīḍamānā niśākāle pāṇḍaveyaiḥ parājitāḥ||
Thereafter, the Kauravas, at night fall haveily repaired to their own encampments, being ashamed and being vanquished by the Pandavas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.63
शरविक्षतगात्रास्तु पाण्डुपुत्रा महारथाः। युद्धे सुमनसो भूत्वा जग्मुः स्वशिबिरं प्रति॥
śaravikṣatagātrāstu pāṇḍuputrā mahārathāḥ| yuddhe sumanaso bhūtvā jagmuḥ svaśibiraṃ prati||
Those mighty car-warriors, the sons of Pandu, with their bodies mangled with shafts in battle. O king retired to their camps with heares over flowing with joy.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.64
पुरस्कृत्य महाराज भीमसेनघटोत्कचौ। पूजयन्तस्तदाऽन्योन्यं मुदा परमया युताः॥
puraskṛtya mahārāja bhīmasenaghaṭotkacau| pūjayantastadā'nyonyaṃ mudā paramayā yutāḥ||
And, O mighty monarch, they proceeded placing Bhimasena and Ghatotkacha at their van, and 0 mighty sovereign, worshipping them out of great delight.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.65
नदन्तो विविधान् नादांस्तूर्यस्वनविमिश्रितान्। सिंहनादांश्च कुर्वन्तो विमिश्रीशङ्खनिःस्वनैः॥
nadanto vividhān nādāṃstūryasvanavimiśritān| siṃhanādāṃśca kurvanto vimiśrīśaṅkhaniḥsvanaiḥ||
They uttered diverse cries that became mingled with sounds of the tabors, and they uttered also their war-cries which again were mingled with the blare of their conchs.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.66
विनदन्तो महात्मानः कम्पयन्तश्च मेदिनीम्। घट्टयन्तश्च मर्माणि तव पुत्रस्य मारिष॥
vinadanto mahātmānaḥ kampayantaśca medinīm| ghaṭṭayantaśca marmāṇi tava putrasya māriṣa||
Those high-souled warriors, uttering leonine roars and shaking the earth with their tread, O sire, agitated the heares of your sons.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.67
प्रयाताः शिबिरायैव निशाकाले परंतप। दुर्योधनस्तु नृपतिर्दीनो भ्रातृवधेन च॥
prayātāḥ śibirāyaiva niśākāle paraṃtapa| duryodhanastu nṛpatirdīno bhrātṛvadhena ca||
Then those repressors of their foes retired to their camps at the advent of night. King Duryodhana, on the other hand, distressed in consequence of the slaughter of his brothers. some
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 65.68
मुहूर्तं चिन्तयामास बाष्पशोकसमाकुलः। ततः कृत्वा विधिं सर्वं शिविरस्य यथाविधि। प्रदध्यौ शोकसंतप्तो भ्रातृव्यसनकर्शितः॥
muhūrtaṃ cintayāmāsa bāṣpaśokasamākulaḥ| tataḥ kṛtvā vidhiṃ sarvaṃ śivirasya yathāvidhi| pradadhyau śokasaṃtapto bhrātṛvyasanakarśitaḥ||
Reflected for moments, whelmed with tears and grief. Then making all the necessary arrangements for his camp according to the rules of military sciences he began to mediate, afflicted (as he was with) the death of his brother and overcome with poignant grief on their account.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)