Mahabharata — Volume IV (Dutt edition) — Chapter 90
MBh 4 90.1
संजय उवाच भीष्मं तु समरे क्रुद्धं प्रतपन्तं समन्ततः। न शेकुः पाण्डवा दुष्टुं तपन्तमिव भास्करम्॥
saṃjaya uvāca bhīṣmaṃ tu samare kruddhaṃ pratapantaṃ samantataḥ| na śekuḥ pāṇḍavā duṣṭuṃ tapantamiva bhāskaram||
Sanjaya said The Pandavas were unable to look at Bhishma burning like the solar disc, when inflamed with wrath he rushed to the thick of the) fight.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.2
ततः सर्वाणि सैन्यानि धर्मपुत्रस्य शासनात्। अभ्यद्रवन्त गाङ्गेयं मर्दयन्तं शितैः शरैः॥
tataḥ sarvāṇi sainyāni dharmaputrasya śāsanāt| abhyadravanta gāṅgeyaṃ mardayantaṃ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ||
Thereafter the whole army, by the order of the son of Dharma, rushed against the son of Ganga when the latter was wounding them with whetted shafts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.3
स तु भीष्मोरणश्लाघी सोमकान् सहसंजयान्। पञ्चालांश्च महेष्वासान् पातयामास सायकैः॥
sa tu bhīṣmoraṇaślāghī somakān sahasaṃjayān| pañcālāṃśca maheṣvāsān pātayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ||
But Bhishma ever proud in battle, began to fell with his shafts, the Somakas, the Srinjayas and the Panchalas, all mighty wielders of the bow.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.4
ते वध्यमाना भीष्मेण पञ्चाला: भीष्ममेवाभ्ययुस्तूर्णं त्यक्त्वा मृत्युकृतं भयम्॥
te vadhyamānā bhīṣmeṇa pañcālā: bhīṣmamevābhyayustūrṇaṃ tyaktvā mṛtyukṛtaṃ bhayam||
Through thus slaughtered by Bhishma, the Panchalas with the Somakas impetuously rushed against Bhishma, abandoning all fear of death.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.5
स तेषां रथिनां वीरो भीष्मः शान्तनवो युधि। चिच्छेद सहसा राजन् बाहूनथ शिरांसि च॥
sa teṣāṃ rathināṃ vīro bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavo yudhi| ciccheda sahasā rājan bāhūnatha śirāṃsi ca||
Then that foremost of car-warriors namely Bhishma the son of Shantanu, in that battle, O king, cut off the arms and heads of all those combatants.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.6
सोमकैः सह। विरथान् रथिनश्चक्रे पिता देवव्रतस्तव। पतितान्युत्तमाङ्गानि हयेभ्यो हयसादिनाम्॥
somakaiḥ saha| virathān rathinaścakre pitā devavratastava| patitānyuttamāṅgāni hayebhyo hayasādinām||
Your sire Devavrata deprived car-warriors of their car; and the heads of horse-soldiers fell fast as they rode on their chargers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.7
निर्मनुष्यांश्च मातङ्गाशयानान् पर्वतोपमान्। अपश्याम महाराज भीष्मास्त्रेण प्रमोहितान्॥
nirmanuṣyāṃśca mātaṅgāśayānān parvatopamān| apaśyāma mahārāja bhīṣmāstreṇa pramohitān||
We also beheld, O mighty monarch elephants deprived of their riders and fallen on the filled like so many hills and also paralyzed by the weapons of Bhishma.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.8
न तत्रासीत् पुमान् कश्चित् पाण्डवानां विशाम्पते। अन्यत्र रथिनां श्रेष्ठाद् भीमसेनान्महाबलात्॥
na tatrāsīt pumān kaścit pāṇḍavānāṃ viśāmpate| anyatra rathināṃ śreṣṭhād bhīmasenānmahābalāt||
Not a single person of the Pandava host remained there on the field of battle, except, O ruler of men that foremost of car-warriors namely Bhimasena endued with great prowess.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.9
स हि भीष्मं समासाद्य ताडयामास संयुगे। ततो निष्टानको घोरो भीष्मभीमसमागमे॥ बभूव सर्वसैन्यानां घोररूपो भयानकः। तथैव पाण्डवाः हृष्टाः सिंहनादमथानदन्॥
sa hi bhīṣmaṃ samāsādya tāḍayāmāsa saṃyuge| tato niṣṭānako ghoro bhīṣmabhīmasamāgame|| babhūva sarvasainyānāṃ ghorarūpo bhayānakaḥ| tathaiva pāṇḍavāḥ hṛṣṭāḥ siṃhanādamathānadan||
Encountering Bhishma in battle, Bhima began to resist the former; a dreadful, fierce and deafening uproar arose among all the troops when Bhima and Bhishma thus encountered each another. Thereupon the Pandavas greatly delighted roared out their war-cries.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.10
ततो दुर्योधनो राजा सोदर्यैः परिवारितः। भीष्मं जुगोप समरे वर्तमाने जनक्षये॥
tato duryodhano rājā sodaryaiḥ parivāritaḥ| bhīṣmaṃ jugopa samare vartamāne janakṣaye||
Thereupon king Duryodhana surrounded by his uterine brothers, protected Bhishma when that battle destructive of creatures was raging furiously.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.11
भीमस्तु सारथिं हत्वा भीष्मस्य रथिनां वरः। प्रद्रुताश्वे रथे तस्मिन् द्रवमाणे समन्ततः॥
bhīmastu sārathiṃ hatvā bhīṣmasya rathināṃ varaḥ| pradrutāśve rathe tasmin dravamāṇe samantataḥ||
Then that foremost of car-warriors Bhima, slew the charioteer of Bhishma; thereupon the steeds having none to check them ran away dragging the chariot.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.12
सुनाभस्य शरेणाशु शिरश्चिच्छेद भारत। क्षुरप्रेण सुतीक्ष्णेन स हतो न्यपतद् भुवि॥
sunābhasya śareṇāśu śiraściccheda bhārata| kṣurapreṇa sutīkṣṇena sa hato nyapatad bhuvi||
Then that slayer of enemies, Bhima, with an arrow of the shape of horse-shoe and of exceeding sharpness, cut off quickly the head of Sunabha; and the latter fell down on the ground.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.13
हते तस्मिन् महाराज तव पुत्रे महारथे। नामृष्यन्त रणे शूराः सोदराः सप्त संयुगे॥
hate tasmin mahārāja tava putre mahārathe| nāmṛṣyanta raṇe śūrāḥ sodarāḥ sapta saṃyuge||
When that mighty car-warrior that fierce bowman namely your son Sunabha was slain in battle, O Sire, his other seven uterine brothers, all brave heroic, could not brook it in battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.14
आदित्यकेतुर्बह्वाशी कुण्डधारो महोदरः। अपराजितः पण्डितको विशालाक्षः सुदुर्जयः॥
ādityaketurbahvāśī kuṇḍadhāro mahodaraḥ| aparājitaḥ paṇḍitako viśālākṣaḥ sudurjayaḥ||
Adityaketu, Bahvashin, Kundadhara, Mahodara, Aparajita, Panditaka, and Vishalaksha, all difficult of being conquered in battle,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.15
पाण्डवं चित्रसंनाहा विचित्रकवचध्वजाः। अभ्यद्रवन्त संग्रामे योद्धकामारिमर्दनाः॥
pāṇḍavaṃ citrasaṃnāhā vicitrakavacadhvajāḥ| abhyadravanta saṃgrāme yoddhakāmārimardanāḥ||
These seven grinders of foes, clad in coats of mail and owning wonderful armours and weapons, rushed to battle against the son of Pandu, desirous of fighting with him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.16
महोदरस्तु समरे भीमं विव्याध पत्रिभिः। नवभिर्वज्रसंकाशैनमुचिं वृत्रहा यथा॥
mahodarastu samare bhīmaṃ vivyādha patribhiḥ| navabhirvajrasaṃkāśainamuciṃ vṛtrahā yathā||
Then in that battle, Mahendra pierced Bhima with nine winged shafts resembling the thunder bolt itself, like the slayer of Vritra piercing Namuchi (in the days of yore).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.17
आदित्यकेतुः सप्तत्या बह्वाशी चापि पञ्चभिः। नवत्या कुण्डधारच विशालाक्षश्च पञ्चभिः॥
ādityaketuḥ saptatyā bahvāśī cāpi pañcabhiḥ| navatyā kuṇḍadhāraca viśālākṣaśca pañcabhiḥ||
Adityaketu pierced Bhima with seventy shafts, Bahvashin with five, Kundadhara with ninety and Vishalaksha with seven.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.18
अपराजितो महाराज पराजिष्णुर्महारथम्। शरैर्बहुभिरान द् भीमसेनं महाबलम्॥
aparājito mahārāja parājiṣṇurmahāratham| śarairbahubhirāna d bhīmasenaṃ mahābalam||
That conqueror of foes, namely Aparajita himself, O mighty monarch, that mighty carwarrior, pierced the highly powerful Bhimasena, with innumerable shafts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.19
रणे पण्डितकश्चैनं त्रिभिर्बाणैः समार्पयत्। स तन्न ममृषे भीमः शत्रुभिर्वधमाहवे॥
raṇe paṇḍitakaścainaṃ tribhirbāṇaiḥ samārpayat| sa tanna mamṛṣe bhīmaḥ śatrubhirvadhamāhave||
Panditaka pierced Bhima with three shafts in that battle. But Bhima did not tolerate these wounds inflicted by his enemies in that battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.20
धनुः प्रपड्य वामेन करेणामित्रकर्शनः। शिरश्चिच्छेद समरे शरेणानतपर्वणा॥
dhanuḥ prapaḍya vāmena kareṇāmitrakarśanaḥ| śiraściccheda samare śareṇānataparvaṇā||
Then that grinder of foes (Bhima) pressing his bow with his left hand, with a straight knotted shaft cut off in that battle, the head of,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.21
अपराजितस्य सुनसं तव पुत्रस्य संयुगे। पराजितस्य भीमेन निपपात शिरो महीम्॥
aparājitasya sunasaṃ tava putrasya saṃyuge| parājitasya bhīmena nipapāta śiro mahīm||
Your son Aparajita, graced with a well formed nose. When he was thus conquered by Bhima, his head fell down on the ground.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.22
अथापरेण भल्लेन कुण्डधारं महारथम्। प्राहिणोन्मृत्युलोकाय सर्वलोकस्य पश्यतः॥
athāpareṇa bhallena kuṇḍadhāraṃ mahāratham| prāhiṇonmṛtyulokāya sarvalokasya paśyataḥ||
Then the former, with another broad headed shaft, dispatched the mighty car-warrior Kundadhara to the region of Dead even before the very eyes of the troops.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.23
ततः पुनरमेयात्मा प्रसंधाय शिलीमुखम्। प्रेषयामास समरे पण्डितं प्रति भारत॥
tataḥ punarameyātmā prasaṃdhāya śilīmukham| preṣayāmāsa samare paṇḍitaṃ prati bhārata||
Then that one of immeasurable soul (Bhima), placing on his bow-string another shaft, sped it, O Bharata, against Panditaka in that battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.24
स शरः पण्डितं हत्वा विवेश धरणीतलम्। यथा नरं निहत्याशु भुजग: कालचोदितः॥
sa śaraḥ paṇḍitaṃ hatvā viveśa dharaṇītalam| yathā naraṃ nihatyāśu bhujaga: kālacoditaḥ||
That shaft slaying Panditaka penetrated into the earth, even as a serpent urged by fate, enters the earth having bitten a person whose hour has come.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.25
विशालाक्षशिरश्छित्त्वा पातयामास भूतले। त्रिभिः शरैरदीनात्मा स्मरन् क्लेशं पुरातनम्॥
viśālākṣaśiraśchittvā pātayāmāsa bhūtale| tribhiḥ śarairadīnātmā smaran kleśaṃ purātanam||
Thereafter that generous-hearted hero, O ruler of earth remembering the woe he (with his brothers) had to undergo, cutting off with three shafts the head of Vishalaksha felled it on the ground.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.26
महोदरं महेष्वासं नाराचेन स्तनान्तरे। विव्याध समरे राजन् स हतो न्यपतद् भुवि॥
mahodaraṃ maheṣvāsaṃ nārācena stanāntare| vivyādha samare rājan sa hato nyapatad bhuvi||
He also pierced the mighty car-warrior Mahendra with a long shaft between his breasts, and O king, (thus stricken), the latter fell down dead on the ground.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.27
आदित्यकेतोः केतुं च छित्त्वा बाणेन संयुगे। भल्लेन भृशतीक्ष्णेन शिरश्चिच्छेद भारत॥
ādityaketoḥ ketuṃ ca chittvā bāṇena saṃyuge| bhallena bhṛśatīkṣṇena śiraściccheda bhārata||
Severing the umbrella of Adityaketu with a shaft, Bhima cut down the former's head, O Bharata, with a broad-headed arrow of exceeding sharpness.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.28
बह्वाशिनं ततो भीमः शरेणानतपर्वणा। प्रेषयामास संक्रुद्धो यमस्य सदनं प्रति॥
bahvāśinaṃ tato bhīmaḥ śareṇānataparvaṇā| preṣayāmāsa saṃkruddho yamasya sadanaṃ prati||
Thereafter inflamed with rage, with a straight knotted shaft Bhima dispatched Bahvashin to the abode of Death.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.29
प्रदुद्रुवुस्ततस्तेऽन्य पुत्रास्तव विशाम्पते। मन्यमाना हि तत् सत्यं सभायां तस्य भाषितम्॥
pradudruvustataste'nya putrāstava viśāmpate| manyamānā hi tat satyaṃ sabhāyāṃ tasya bhāṣitam||
Then O ruler of men, the rest of your sons fled away in all directions, considering that the words he had uttered in the assembly hall to be true.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.30
ततो दुर्योधनो राजा भ्रातृव्यसनकर्शितः। अब्रवीत् तावकान् योधान् भीमोऽयं युधि वध्यताम्।।३१।
tato duryodhano rājā bhrātṛvyasanakarśitaḥ| abravīt tāvakān yodhān bhīmo'yaṃ yudhi vadhyatām||31|
Thereupon king Duryodhana, afflicted with the calamity that had befallen hill brothers, commanded his troops saying "Slay this Bhima."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.31
एवमेते महेष्वासाः पुत्रास्तव विशाम्पते। भ्रातृन् संदृश्य निहतान् प्रास्मरंस्ते हि तद् वच॥
evamete maheṣvāsāḥ putrāstava viśāmpate| bhrātṛn saṃdṛśya nihatān prāsmaraṃste hi tad vaca||
Thus, O ruler of men, your sons, excellent bowmen, beholding their brothers slain, remembered the words,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.32
यदुक्तवान् महाप्राज्ञः क्षत्ता हितमनामयम्। तदिदं समनुप्राप्तं वचनं दिव्यदर्शिनः॥
yaduktavān mahāprājñaḥ kṣattā hitamanāmayam| tadidaṃ samanuprāptaṃ vacanaṃ divyadarśinaḥ||
Salutary and whole some, that the wonderfully wise Kshatriya had said. Those words of that true speaking one has now been realised,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.33
लोभमोहसमाविष्टः पुत्रप्रीत्या जनाधिप। न बुध्यसे पुरा यत् तत् तथ्यमुक्तं वचो महत्॥
lobhamohasamāviṣṭaḥ putraprītyā janādhipa| na budhyase purā yat tat tathyamuktaṃ vaco mahat||
Words, beneficial and true, to which you paid no heed in past days, being possessed by covetousness and folly, as also, O lord of wealth, by the affection for your sons.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.34
तथैव च वधार्थाय पुत्राणां पाण्डवो बली। नूनं जातो महाबाहुर्यथा हन्ति स्म कौरवान्॥
tathaiva ca vadhārthāya putrāṇāṃ pāṇḍavo balī| nūnaṃ jāto mahābāhuryathā hanti sma kauravān||
From the in thich that hero (Bhima) of longaiiii, . . .....nungine Kauravas, it may be asserted that mighty son of Pandu has surely taken his birth for the destruction of your sons.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.35
ततो दुर्योधनो राजा भीष्ममासाद्य संयुगे। दुःखेन महताऽऽविष्टो विललाप सुदुःखितः॥
tato duryodhano rājā bhīṣmamāsādya saṃyuge| duḥkhena mahatā''viṣṭo vilalāpa suduḥkhitaḥ||
Thereafter king Duryodhana possessed with overwhelming grief, approached Bhishma, and O Sire, began to lament before him in great sorrow.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.36
निहता भ्रातरः शूरा भीमसेनेन मे युधि। यतमानास्तथान्येऽपि हन्यन्ते सर्वसैनिकाः॥
nihatā bhrātaraḥ śūrā bhīmasenena me yudhi| yatamānāstathānye'pi hanyante sarvasainikāḥ||
“My heroic brothers have all been slain in battle by Bhimasena; and other soldiers, through striving their best of resist him, are all being slain and slaughtered.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.37
भवांश्च मध्यस्थतया नित्यमस्मानुपेक्षते। सोऽहं कुपथमारूढः पश्य दैवमिदं मम॥
bhavāṃśca madhyasthatayā nityamasmānupekṣate| so'haṃ kupathamārūḍhaḥ paśya daivamidaṃ mama||
Though you are always in our midst, yet always neglect us. Alas! what a wrong course have I taken! Behold my evil Destiny!”
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.38
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचः क्रूरं पिता देवव्रतस्तव। दुर्योधनमिदं वाक्यमब्रवीत् साश्रुलोचनः॥
etacchrutvā vacaḥ krūraṃ pitā devavratastava| duryodhanamidaṃ vākyamabravīt sāśrulocanaḥ||
Sanjaya said Hearing this, your father Devavrata, inflamed with rage, said these words in Suyodhana, with his eyes overflowing with tears.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.39
उक्तमेतन्मया पूर्वं द्रोणेन विदुरेण च। गान्धार्या च यशस्विन्या तत् त्वं तात न बुद्धवान्॥
uktametanmayā pūrvaṃ droṇena vidureṇa ca| gāndhāryā ca yaśasvinyā tat tvaṃ tāta na buddhavān||
Bhishma said Even this had been said before by myself, by Drona, by Vidura and by the illustrious lady Gandhari. But then, O Sire, you did not pay any heed to it.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.40
समयश्च मया पूर्वं कृतो वै शत्रुकर्शन। नाहं युधि नियोक्तव्यो नाप्याचार्यः कथंचन॥
samayaśca mayā pūrvaṃ kṛto vai śatrukarśana| nāhaṃ yudhi niyoktavyo nāpyācāryaḥ kathaṃcana||
O Grinder of foes, I have made arrangements with you that, neither myself nor the preceptor Drona shall survive this war.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.41
यं यं हि धार्तराष्ट्राणां भीमो द्रक्ष्यति संयुगे। हनिष्यति रणे नित्यं सत्यमेतद् ब्रवीमि ते॥
yaṃ yaṃ hi dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ bhīmo drakṣyati saṃyuge| haniṣyati raṇe nityaṃ satyametad bravīmi te||
I tell you truly that, every one of ihe host of Dhritarashtra whom Bhima will deer in battle, he will slay in fight.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.42
स त्वं राजन् स्थिरो भूत्वा रणे कृत्वा दृढां मतिम्। योधयस्व रणे पार्थान् स्वर्गं परायणम्॥
sa tvaṃ rājan sthiro bhūtvā raṇe kṛtvā dṛḍhāṃ matim| yodhayasva raṇe pārthān svargaṃ parāyaṇam||
Therefore, O king, with all your patience, and forming a firm resolution for battle, do you fight with the sons of Pritha, loO king upon paradise as your final goal.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 4 90.43
न शक्याः पाण्डवा जेतुं सेन्ट्रैरपि सुरासुरैः। तस्माद् युद्धे स्थिरां कृत्वा मतिं युद्ध्यस्व भारत॥
na śakyāḥ pāṇḍavā jetuṃ senṭrairapi surāsuraiḥ| tasmād yuddhe sthirāṃ kṛtvā matiṃ yuddhyasva bhārata||
The sons of Pandu cannot be vanquished even by the celestial headed by Indra himself. Therefore, o Bharata, forming a firm determination for fight, do you fight on (with the Pandavas).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)