Mahabharata — Volume IV (Dutt edition) — Chapter 77
MBh 4 77.1
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच एवं बहुगुणं सैन्यमेवं बहुविधं पुरा। व्यूढमेवं यथाशास्त्रममोघं चैव संजय॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca evaṃ bahuguṇaṃ sainyamevaṃ bahuvidhaṃ purā| vyūḍhamevaṃ yathāśāstramamoghaṃ caiva saṃjaya||
Dhritarashtra said Our army is endued with many excellent attributes and composed of various kinds of troops and its efficiency is great. O Sanjaya it is disposed of in perfect accordance to the rules of the military science; so it should to be ever crowned with success.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 77.2
हृष्टमस्माकमत्यन्तमभिकामं च नः सदा। प्रह्वमव्यसनोपेतं पुरस्ताद् दृष्टविक्रमम्॥
hṛṣṭamasmākamatyantamabhikāmaṃ ca naḥ sadā| prahvamavyasanopetaṃ purastād dṛṣṭavikramam||
The warriors therein are very much devoted to our interest, and are ever attached to us. They are disciplined and free from the vices of lust and anger. Their prowess has been tested before.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 77.3
नातिवृद्धमबालं च न कृशं न च पीवरम्। लघुवृत्तायतप्रायं सारयोधमनामयम्॥
nātivṛddhamabālaṃ ca na kṛśaṃ na ca pīvaram| laghuvṛttāyataprāyaṃ sārayodhamanāmayam||
Thus are neither very old nor very young; they are neither lean nor very corpulent. They are of active habits, well-built, strong bodied, and free from any disease.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 77.4
आत्तसंनाहशस्त्रं च बहुशस्त्रपरिग्रहम्। असियुद्धे नियुद्धे च गदायुद्धे च कोविदम्॥
āttasaṃnāhaśastraṃ ca bahuśastraparigraham| asiyuddhe niyuddhe ca gadāyuddhe ca kovidam||
They are clad in coats of mail and well furnished with offensive weapons they are accomplished in the use of all kinds of weapons and are masters in fighting with swords, with maces and even with bare arms.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 77.5
प्रासर्धितोमरेष्वाजौ परिघेष्वायसेषु च। भिन्दिपालेषु शक्तीषु मुसलेषु च सर्वशः॥ कम्पनेषु च चापेषु कणपेषु च सर्वशः। क्षेपणीयेषु चित्रेषु मुष्टयुद्धेषु च क्षमम्॥
prāsardhitomareṣvājau parigheṣvāyaseṣu ca| bhindipāleṣu śaktīṣu musaleṣu ca sarvaśaḥ|| kampaneṣu ca cāpeṣu kaṇapeṣu ca sarvaśaḥ| kṣepaṇīyeṣu citreṣu muṣṭayuddheṣu ca kṣamam||
They are well practiced in the use of lances, sabers, darts, iron bludgeons, short shafts, javelins and mallets.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 77.6
अपरोक्षं च विद्यासु व्यायामे च कृतश्रमम्। शस्त्रग्रहणविद्यासु सर्वासु परिनिष्ठितम्॥
aparokṣaṃ ca vidyāsu vyāyāme ca kṛtaśramam| śastragrahaṇavidyāsu sarvāsu pariniṣṭhitam||
They are well disciplined in the exercise of all kinds of weapons, and are experts in mounting on and descending from vehicles, in moving forward and in falling back,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 77.7
आरोहे पर्यवस्कन्दे सरणे सान्तरप्लुते। सम्यक् प्रहरणे याने व्यपयाने च कोविदम्॥ नागाश्वरथयानेषु बहुशः सुपरीक्षितम्।
ārohe paryavaskande saraṇe sāntaraplute| samyak praharaṇe yāne vyapayāne ca kovidam|| nāgāśvarathayāneṣu bahuśaḥ suparīkṣitam|
In striking down effectually, in marching forward, and in retreating back; they have been examined in the management of steeds, elephants, and chariots.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 77.8
परीक्ष्य च यथान्यायं वेतनेनोपपादितम्॥ न गोष्ठ्या नोपकारेण न च बन्धुनिमित्ततः।
parīkṣya ca yathānyāyaṃ vetanenopapāditam|| na goṣṭhyā nopakāreṇa na ca bandhunimittataḥ|
Being duly tested, they have been employed on pay and not for the sake of fainily relationship.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 77.9
न सौहृदबलैर्वापि नाकुलीनपरिग्रहै: :॥ समृद्धजनमार्यं च तुष्टसम्बन्धिबान्धवम्। कृतोपकारभूयिष्ठं यशस्वि च मनस्वि च॥ स्वजनैस्तु नरैर्मुख्यैर्बहुशो दृष्टकर्मभिः। लोकपालोपमैस्तात पालितं लोकविश्रुतम्॥ बहुभिः क्षत्रियैर्गुप्तं पृथिव्यां लोकसम्मतैः। अस्मानभिगतैः कामात् सबलैः सपदानुगैः॥ महोदधिमिवापूर्णमापगाभिः समन्ततः।
na sauhṛdabalairvāpi nākulīnaparigrahai: :|| samṛddhajanamāryaṃ ca tuṣṭasambandhibāndhavam| kṛtopakārabhūyiṣṭhaṃ yaśasvi ca manasvi ca|| svajanaistu narairmukhyairbahuśo dṛṣṭakarmabhiḥ| lokapālopamaistāta pālitaṃ lokaviśrutam|| bahubhiḥ kṣatriyairguptaṃ pṛthivyāṃ lokasammataiḥ| asmānabhigataiḥ kāmāt sabalaiḥ sapadānugaiḥ|| mahodadhimivāpūrṇamāpagābhiḥ samantataḥ|
Nor for the sake of friendship, nor for connections through marriage and birth. They are all honorable and prosperous and all their relatives have been honoured and well treated by ourselves. We have done many good services to them; they are also all illustrious men, possessed of great intelligence. They are again defended, O son, by many best of men endued with great lightness, of great achievements, of world-wide renown and resembling the protectors of the worlds themselves they are protected by numerous Kshatriya esteemed throughout the earth who have, out of their own accord, taken our side with their followers and force. Truly our army is like the vast ocean swelling with the waters of various streams flowing into it from all sides.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 77.10
अपक्षैः पक्षिसंकाशै रथै गैश्च संवृतम्॥ नानायोधजलं भीमं वाहनोर्मितरङ्गिणम्।
apakṣaiḥ pakṣisaṃkāśai rathai gaiśca saṃvṛtam|| nānāyodhajalaṃ bhīmaṃ vāhanormitaraṅgiṇam|
Our army teems with chariots which though destitute of wings are capable of moving like the winged rangers of the sky; it abounds also in elephants. Myriads of fierce warriors constitute the waters of that ocean and the various vehicles constitute its numerous waves.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 77.11
क्षेपण्यसिगदाशक्तिशरप्राससमाकुलम्॥ ध्वजभूषणसम्बाधं रत्नपट्टसुसंचितम्।
kṣepaṇyasigadāśaktiśaraprāsasamākulam|| dhvajabhūṣaṇasambādhaṃ ratnapaṭṭasusaṃcitam|
Innumerable maces, dares, arrows and lances form the oars plied on it. It abounds in standards and ornaments and is full of cloths of gold embossed with gems.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 77.12
परिधावद्भिरश्वैश्च वायुवेगविकम्पितम्॥ अपारमिव गर्जन्तं सागरप्रतिमं महत्।
paridhāvadbhiraśvaiśca vāyuvegavikampitam|| apāramiva garjantaṃ sāgarapratimaṃ mahat|
The running vehicles constitute the wind that lashes that ocean into fury. It really resembles the extensive and scoreless sea roaring (in fury).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 77.13
द्रोणभीष्माभिसंगुप्तं गुप्तं च कृतवर्मणा॥ कृपदुःशासनाभ्यां च जयद्रथमुखैस्तथा।
droṇabhīṣmābhisaṃguptaṃ guptaṃ ca kṛtavarmaṇā|| kṛpaduḥśāsanābhyāṃ ca jayadrathamukhaistathā|
That army of ours is again protected by Drona and Bhishma; so also it is defended by Kritavarma, Kripa and Dushasana and by others headed by Jayadratha.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 77.14
भगदत्तविकर्णाभ्यां द्रौणिसौबलबाह्निकैः॥ गुप्तं प्रवीरैलॊकैश्च सारवद्भिर्महात्मभिः।
bhagadattavikarṇābhyāṃ drauṇisaubalabāhnikaiḥ|| guptaṃ pravīrailòkaiśca sāravadbhirmahātmabhiḥ|
By Bhagadatta and Vikarna, by the son of Drona, by Subala and by the ruler of the Balhikas. Thus protected by many foremost of men, all endued with strength and possessed of generous souls.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 77.15
यदहन्यत संग्रामे दैवमत्र पुरातनम्॥ नैतादृशं समुद्योगं दृष्टवन्तो हि मानुषाः। ऋषयो वा महाभागाः पुराणा भुवि संजय॥ ईदृशोऽपि बलौघस्तु संयुक्तः शस्त्रसम्पदा।
yadahanyata saṃgrāme daivamatra purātanam|| naitādṛśaṃ samudyogaṃ dṛṣṭavanto hi mānuṣāḥ| ṛṣayo vā mahābhāgāḥ purāṇā bhuvi saṃjaya|| īdṛśo'pi balaughastu saṃyuktaḥ śastrasampadā|
If that army be still slaughtered in battle, it is indeed due to predestined Fate. Neither man, nor illustrious and ancient sages, O Sanjaya, ever saw on earth such extensive preparations for battle. That such a large army well-supplied with the implements and sinews of war.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 77.16
वध्यते यत्र संग्रामे किमन्यद् भागधेयतः॥ विपरीतमिदं सर्वं प्रतिभाति हि संजय।
vadhyate yatra saṃgrāme kimanyad bhāgadheyataḥ|| viparītamidaṃ sarvaṃ pratibhāti hi saṃjaya|
Should be slain in battle, alas, what can it be due to but Destiny? All this appears to be unnatural, O Sanjaya.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 77.17
यत्रेदृशं बलं घोरं पाण्डवान्नातरद् रणे॥ पाण्डवाार्थाय नियतं देवास्तत्र समागताः। युध्यन्ते मामकं सैन्यं यथाऽध्यत संजय॥
yatredṛśaṃ balaṃ ghoraṃ pāṇḍavānnātarad raṇe|| pāṇḍavāārthāya niyataṃ devāstatra samāgatāḥ| yudhyante māmakaṃ sainyaṃ yathā'dhyata saṃjaya||
This all appears me reverse to listen that so vast army could not face and defeat Pandavas in battle. O Sanjaya! The gods come in support of Pandavas definitely and battle against my army. This is the reason, it is being slaughtered in uncountable numbers day-to-day.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 77.18
उक्तो हि विदुरेणाहं हितं पथ्यं च नित्यशः। न च जग्राहः तन्मन्दः पुत्रो दुर्योधनो मम॥
ukto hi vidureṇāhaṃ hitaṃ pathyaṃ ca nityaśaḥ| na ca jagrāhaḥ tanmandaḥ putro duryodhano mama||
Vidura had often advised what would have been beneficial and profitable; but my wicked son Duryodhana would not accept his counsel.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 77.19
तस्य मन्ये मतिः पूर्वं सर्वज्ञस्य महात्मनः। आसीद् यथागतं तात येन दृष्टमिदं पुरा॥
tasya manye matiḥ pūrvaṃ sarvajñasya mahātmanaḥ| āsīd yathāgataṃ tāta yena dṛṣṭamidaṃ purā||
I think the prophetic and high-souled Vidura had foreseen all that is happening at present; and hence his thought was so.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 77.20
अथवा भाव्यमेवं हि संजयैतेन सर्वथा। पुरा धात्रा यथा सृष्टं तत् तथा नैतदन्यथा॥
athavā bhāvyamevaṃ hi saṃjayaitena sarvathā| purā dhātrā yathā sṛṣṭaṃ tat tathā naitadanyathā||
Or it may be, O Sanjaya, that all this had been predestined by the Creator; and what is pre-ordained by him must happen as ordained and can not be other wise.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)