Mahabharata — Volume V (Dutt edition) — Chapter 113
MBh 5 113.1
संजय उवाच प्रयाते तव सैन्यं तव सैनयं तु युयुधाने युयत्सया। धर्मराजो महाराज स्वेनानीकेन संवृतः॥
saṃjaya uvāca prayāte tava sainyaṃ tava sainayaṃ tu yuyudhāne yuyatsayā| dharmarājo mahārāja svenānīkena saṃvṛtaḥ||
Sanjaya said O monarch, when desirous of battle, Yuyudhana had proceeded against your army, king Yudhishthira the virtuous, supported by his troops.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.2
पार्थिवः। प्रायाद् द्रोणरथं प्रेप्सुर्युयुधानस्य पृष्ठतः। ततः पाञ्चालराजस्य पुत्रः समादुर्मदः॥
pārthivaḥ| prāyād droṇarathaṃ prepsuryuyudhānasya pṛṣṭhataḥ| tataḥ pāñcālarājasya putraḥ samādurmadaḥ||
Followed Yuyudhana from behind, with a view to reach the chariot of Drona. Thereafter, the son of the king of the Panchalas, that invincible warrior.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.3
प्राक्रोशत् पाण्डवानीके वसुदानश्च आगच्छत प्रहरत द्रुतं विपरिधावत॥
prākrośat pāṇḍavānīke vasudānaśca āgacchata praharata drutaṃ viparidhāvata||
And king Vasudana began to shout loudly amidst the Pandava troops. 'Come, strike, rush upon the foe quickly.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.4
यथा सुखेन गच्छत सात्यकिर्युद्धदुर्मदः। महारथा हि बहवो यतिष्यन्त्यस्य निर्जये॥
yathā sukhena gacchata sātyakiryuddhadurmadaḥ| mahārathā hi bahavo yatiṣyantyasya nirjaye||
So that the invincible Satyaki may proceed easily. Many mighty car-warriors will strive hard for vanquishing him.'
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.5
इति ब्रुवन्तो वेगेन निपेतुस्ते महारथाः। वयं प्रतिजिगीषन्तस्तत्र तान् समभिद्रुताः॥
iti bruvanto vegena nipetuste mahārathāḥ| vayaṃ pratijigīṣantastatra tān samabhidrutāḥ||
Thus speaking, the mighty car-warriors of the Pandavas impetuously dashed against us. Indeed they then feel upon us exclaiming "we will conquer those who will rush against ourselves."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.6
ततः शब्दो महानासीद् युयुधानरथं प्रति। आकीर्यमाणा धावन्ती तव पुत्रस्य वाहिनी॥
tataḥ śabdo mahānāsīd yuyudhānarathaṃ prati| ākīryamāṇā dhāvantī tava putrasya vāhinī||
Then a mighty uproar was heard nec. the car of Yuyudhana. Your son's troops, then covered with the shafts of Satyaki, began to run away from the field of battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.7
सात्वतेन महाराज शतधाभिव्यशीर्यत। तस्यां विदीर्यमाणायां शिनेः पौत्रो महारथः॥
sātvatena mahārāja śatadhābhivyaśīryata| tasyāṃ vidīryamāṇāyāṃ śineḥ pautro mahārathaḥ||
O mighty monarch, your troops were then broken to hundred straggling bodies by that hero of the Satvata race. While that army was thus confused, that mighty car-warrior, the grandson of Sini.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.8
सप्त वीरान् महेष्वासानग्रानीकेष्वपोथयत्। अथान्यानपि राजेन्द्र नानाजनपदेश्वरान्॥ शरैरगलसंकाशैनिन्ये वीरान् यमक्षयम्। शतमेकेन विव्याध शतेनैकं च पत्रिणाम्॥
sapta vīrān maheṣvāsānagrānīkeṣvapothayat| athānyānapi rājendra nānājanapadeśvarān|| śarairagalasaṃkāśaininye vīrān yamakṣayam| śatamekena vivyādha śatenaikaṃ ca patriṇām||
Crushed down seven fierce bowmen all endued with heroism in the vanguard of our army. He also, O monarch, dispatched, with his arrows resembling the tongues of fire, to the abode of death, many heroic rulers of diverse realms. Sometimes he pierced hundred warriors with a single shaft and sometimes a single warriors with a hundred shafts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.9
द्विपारोहान् द्विपांश्चैव हयारोहान् हयांस्तथा। रथिनः साश्वसूतांश्च जघानेशः पशूनिव॥
dvipārohān dvipāṃścaiva hayārohān hayāṃstathā| rathinaḥ sāśvasūtāṃśca jaghāneśaḥ paśūniva||
Elephant-riders and elephants, horse-men and horses and car-warriors and their steeds and charioteers, Satyaki slew like Rudra slaying the beasts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.10
तं तथाद्भुतकर्माणं शरसम्पातवर्षिणम्। न केचनाभ्यधावन् वै सात्यकि सैनिकाः॥
taṃ tathādbhutakarmāṇaṃ śarasampātavarṣiṇam| na kecanābhyadhāvan vai sātyaki sainikāḥ||
None of your troops then ventured to encounter Satyaki who was achieving many feats with extreme lightness and showering torrents of arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.11
ते भीता मृद्यमानाश्च प्रमृष्टा दीर्घबाहुना। आयोधनं जहुर्वीरा दृष्टवा तमतिमानिनम्॥
te bhītā mṛdyamānāśca pramṛṣṭā dīrghabāhunā| āyodhanaṃ jahurvīrā dṛṣṭavā tamatimāninam||
They were then seized with panic being crushed and mangled by that long-armed hero; and beholding that proud hero, they then began to run quickly away from the field of battle,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.12
तमेकं बहुधापश्यन् मोहितास्तस्य तेजसा। रथैर्विमथितैश्चैव भग्नीडैश्च मारिष॥
tamekaṃ bahudhāpaśyan mohitāstasya tejasā| rathairvimathitaiścaiva bhagnīḍaiśca māriṣa||
Although Satyaki was alone yet, your troops thought him to be multiplied into many. They were then confounded by his energy. Then with shattered chariots and crushed carniches.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.13
चक्रैर्विमथितैश्छत्रैर्ध्वजैश्च विनिपातितः। अनुकषैः पताकाभिः शिरस्त्राणैः सकाञ्चनैः॥
cakrairvimathitaiśchatrairdhvajaiśca vinipātitaḥ| anukaṣaiḥ patākābhiḥ śirastrāṇaiḥ sakāñcanaiḥ||
With Anukarsha, bannerets, golden helmets, broken wheels, torn umbrellas and fallen standards.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.14
बाहुभिश्चन्दनादिग्धैः साङ्गदैश्च विशाम्पते। हस्तिहस्तोपमैश्चापि भुजङ्गाभोगसंनिभैः॥ ऊरुभिः पृथिवी च्छन्ना मनुजानां नराधिप। शशाङ्कसंनिभैश्चैव वदनैश्चारुकुण्डलैः॥
bāhubhiścandanādigdhaiḥ sāṅgadaiśca viśāmpate| hastihastopamaiścāpi bhujaṅgābhogasaṃnibhaiḥ|| ūrubhiḥ pṛthivī cchannā manujānāṃ narādhipa| śaśāṅkasaṃnibhaiścaiva vadanaiścārukuṇḍalaiḥ||
And O ruler of men, with arms decked with sandal-paste, adorned with Angadas, with human thighs, resembling trunks of elephants or the plump bodies of snakes, the earth became literally covered over. With faces resembling the moon and with heads graced with beautiful ear-rings.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.15
पतितैर्ऋषभाक्षाणां सा बभावति मेदिनी। गजैश्च बहुधा छिन्नैः शयानैः पर्वतोपमैः॥
patitairṛṣabhākṣāṇāṃ sā babhāvati medinī| gajaiśca bahudhā chinnaiḥ śayānaiḥ parvatopamaiḥ||
Of warriors possessed of expansive eyes, the earth appeared exceedingly charming. With the mountain-like bodies of huge elephants cut to pieces and fallen on the field.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.16
रराजातिभृशं भूमिविकीर्णैरिव पर्वतैः। तपनीयमयैर्योक्त्रैर्मुक्ताजालविभूषितैः॥ उरश्छदैर्विचित्रैश्च व्यशोभनत तुरङ्गमाः। गतसत्त्वा महीं प्राप्य प्रमृष्टा दीर्घबाहुना॥
rarājātibhṛśaṃ bhūmivikīrṇairiva parvataiḥ| tapanīyamayairyoktrairmuktājālavibhūṣitaiḥ|| uraśchadairvicitraiśca vyaśobhanata turaṅgamāḥ| gatasattvā mahīṃ prāpya pramṛṣṭā dīrghabāhunā||
The earth appeared beautiful as if strewn over with hillocks. Crushed by that hero of long arms, horses, deprived of life and prostrate on the field of battle, appeared charming with their traces of burnished gold decked with strings of pearls and with their breastplates of excellent make.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.17
नानाविधानि सैन्यानि तव हत्वा तु सात्वतः। प्रविष्टस्तावकं सैन्यं द्रावयित्वा चमूं भृशम्॥
nānāvidhāni sainyāni tava hatvā tu sātvataḥ| praviṣṭastāvakaṃ sainyaṃ drāvayitvā camūṃ bhṛśam||
Then he of the Satvata race penetrated into the ranks of your army slaying troops of diverse kinds and crushing your army completely.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.18
ततस्तेनैव मार्गेण येन यातो धनंजयः। इयेष सात्यकिर्गन्तुं ततो द्रोणेन वारितः॥
tatastenaiva mārgeṇa yena yāto dhanaṃjayaḥ| iyeṣa sātyakirgantuṃ tato droṇena vāritaḥ||
Then Satyaki desired to go by the very track by which Dhananjaya had gone But he was there opposed by Drona.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.19
भारद्वाजं समासाद्य युयुधानश्च सात्यकिः। न न्यवर्तते संक्रुद्धो वेलामिव जलाशयः॥
bhāradvājaṃ samāsādya yuyudhānaśca sātyakiḥ| na nyavartate saṃkruddho velāmiva jalāśayaḥ||
Then the war-like Satyaki, inflamed as he was with rage, did not recede getting Drona as an opponent, even as the waters of the ocean does not recede encountering an embankment.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.20
निवार्य तु रणे द्रोणो युयुधानं महारथम्। विव्याध निशितैर्बाणैः पञ्चभिर्मर्मभेदिभिः॥
nivārya tu raṇe droṇo yuyudhānaṃ mahāratham| vivyādha niśitairbāṇaiḥ pañcabhirmarmabhedibhiḥ||
Resisting that mighty car-warrior Yuyudhana in battle, Drona pierced him with five sharp arrows all capable of penetrating to the very vitals.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.21
सात्यकिस्तु रणे द्रोणं राजन् विव्याध सप्तभिः। हेमपुङ्खैः शिलाधौतैः कङ्कबर्हिणवाजितैः॥
sātyakistu raṇe droṇaṃ rājan vivyādha saptabhiḥ| hemapuṅkhaiḥ śilādhautaiḥ kaṅkabarhiṇavājitaiḥ||
Thereupon, O king, Satyaki in that battle, pierced Drona with seven arrows whetted on stone and furnished with golden wings as well as with wings made of the feathers of the Kanka and the peacock.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.22
तं षभिः सायकैनॊणः साश्वयन्तारमार्दयेत्। स तं न ममृषे द्रोणं युयुधानो महारथः॥
taṃ ṣabhiḥ sāyakainòṇaḥ sāśvayantāramārdayet| sa taṃ na mamṛṣe droṇaṃ yuyudhāno mahārathaḥ||
Drona in return, with six arrows, afflicted him and his steeds and charioteer. Then that mighty car-warrior Yuyudhana could not brook that act of Drona.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.23
सिंहनादं ततः कृत्वा द्रोणं विव्याध सात्यकिः। दशभिः सायकैश्चान्यैः षड्भिरष्टाभिरेव च॥
siṃhanādaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā droṇaṃ vivyādha sātyakiḥ| daśabhiḥ sāyakaiścānyaiḥ ṣaḍbhiraṣṭābhireva ca||
Uttering his war-cry aloud, Satyaki then pierced Drona at first with ten, then with six and again with eight arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.24
युयुधानः पुनद्रोणं विव्याध दशभिः शरैः। एकेन सारथिं चास्य चतुर्भिश्चतुरो हयान्॥
yuyudhānaḥ punadroṇaṃ vivyādha daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ| ekena sārathiṃ cāsya caturbhiścaturo hayān||
Once more Yuyudhana pierced Drona with ten shafts, his charioteer with one, his four steeds with four other arrows.
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MBh 5 113.25
ध्वजमेकेन बाणेन विव्याध युधि मारिष। तं द्रोण: साश्वयन्तारं सरथध्वजमाशुगैः॥ त्वरन् प्राच्छादयद् बाणैः शलभानामिव व्रजैः। तथैव युयुधानोऽपि द्रोणं बहुभिराशुगैः॥
dhvajamekena bāṇena vivyādha yudhi māriṣa| taṃ droṇa: sāśvayantāraṃ sarathadhvajamāśugaiḥ|| tvaran prācchādayad bāṇaiḥ śalabhānāmiva vrajaiḥ| tathaiva yuyudhāno'pi droṇaṃ bahubhirāśugaiḥ||
O sire in that battle, he pierced Drona's standard with another arrows. Thereupon Drona quickly discharging his swift-flying arrows that resembled fights of locusts, covered Satyaki together with his steeds, charioteer, chariot and standard. So also Yuyudhana with countless swift-coursing shafts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.26
आच्छादयदसम्भ्रान्तस्ततो द्रोण उवाच हा तवाचार्यो रणं हित्वा गतः कापुरुषो यथा॥
ācchādayadasambhrāntastato droṇa uvāca hā tavācāryo raṇaṃ hitvā gataḥ kāpuruṣo yathā||
Covered Drona fearlessly; then Drona addressing him said-”Your preceptor has gone before, shunning me in battle as a veritable coward.
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MBh 5 113.27
युध्यमानं च मां हित्वा प्रदक्षिणमवर्तत। त्वं हि मे युध्यतो नाद्य जीवन् यास्यसि माधव॥
yudhyamānaṃ ca māṃ hitvā pradakṣiṇamavartata| tvaṃ hi me yudhyato nādya jīvan yāsyasi mādhava||
He avoided me though I was fighting and proceeded keeping me in the right. You shall not, escape me today with life, provided you also do not shun me fighting, like your cowardly preceptor."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.28
सात्यकिरुवाच यदि मां त्वं रणे हित्वा न यास्याचार्यवद्रुतम्। धनंजयस्य पदवीं धर्मराजस्य शासनात्॥
sātyakiruvāca yadi māṃ tvaṃ raṇe hitvā na yāsyācāryavadrutam| dhanaṃjayasya padavīṃ dharmarājasya śāsanāt||
Satyaki said At the command of the very virtuous king Yudhishthira, I am proceeding in the track of Dhananjaya. Good betide you, O Brahman. Let me lose no time.
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MBh 5 113.29
गच्छामिस्वस्ति ते ब्रह्मन् न मे कालात्ययो भवेत्। आचार्यानुग्रतो मार्ग: शिष्यैरन्वास्यते सदा॥
gacchāmisvasti te brahman na me kālātyayo bhavet| ācāryānugrato mārga: śiṣyairanvāsyate sadā||
The path which the preceptor follows it that which the pupil should follow. Therefore, I shall quickly follow that which my preceptor has followed.
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MBh 5 113.30
संजय उवाच तस्मादेव व्रजाम्याशु यथा मे स गुरुर्गतः। एतावदुक्त्वा शैनेय आचार्य परिवर्जयन्॥
saṃjaya uvāca tasmādeva vrajāmyāśu yathā me sa gururgataḥ| etāvaduktvā śaineya ācārya parivarjayan||
Sanjaya said Having thus spoken, that grandson of Sini, dashed forward avoiding the preceptor; and O king, then addressing his charioteer he said
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MBh 5 113.31
प्रयातः सहसा राजन् सारथिं चेदमब्रवीत्। द्रोणः करिष्यते यत्नं सर्वथा मम वारणे॥
prayātaḥ sahasā rājan sārathiṃ cedamabravīt| droṇaḥ kariṣyate yatnaṃ sarvathā mama vāraṇe||
"Drona will put forth every effort to check me in battle. So proceed very carefully. Hear also these words of mine of grave import.
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MBh 5 113.32
यत्तो याहि रणे सूत शृणु चेदं वचः परम्। एतदालोक्यते सैन्यमावन्त्यानां महाप्रभम्॥
yatto yāhi raṇe sūta śṛṇu cedaṃ vacaḥ param| etadālokyate sainyamāvantyānāṃ mahāprabham||
Yonder is seen the highly resplendent division of the Avantis. Next to them is the mighty host composed of the warriors from the south.
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MBh 5 113.33
आस्यानन्तरतस्त्वेतद् दाक्षिणात्यं महद् बलम्। तदनन्तरमेतच बाह्निकानां महद् बलम्॥
āsyānantaratastvetad dākṣiṇātyaṃ mahad balam| tadanantarametaca bāhnikānāṃ mahad balam||
Beyond this latter array is the division of the Valhikas, beyond which again stand the division of Karna, firmly resolved to fight.
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MBh 5 113.34
बाह्निकाभ्याशतो युक्तं कर्णस्य च महद् बलम्। अन्योन्येन हि सैन्यानि भिन्नान्येतानि सारथे॥
bāhnikābhyāśato yuktaṃ karṇasya ca mahad balam| anyonyena hi sainyāni bhinnānyetāni sārathe||
O charioteer, though these divisions are distinct from one another, yet depending on one another, they are supporting one another.
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MBh 5 113.35
अन्योन्यं समुपाश्रित्य न त्यक्ष्यन्ति रणाजिरम्। एतदन्तमासाद्य चोदयाश्वान् प्रहृष्टवत्॥
anyonyaṃ samupāśritya na tyakṣyanti raṇājiram| etadantamāsādya codayāśvān prahṛṣṭavat||
Penetrating into these divisions, do you cheerfully urge the steeds on. O charioteer, carry me in a medium speed to the spot.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.36
मध्यमं जवमास्थाय वह मामत्र सारथे। वाह्निका यत्र दृश्यन्ते नानाप्रहरणोद्यताः॥ दाक्षिणत्याश्च बहवः सूतपुत्रपुरोगमाः
madhyamaṃ javamāsthāya vaha māmatra sārathe| vāhnikā yatra dṛśyante nānāpraharaṇodyatāḥ|| dākṣiṇatyāśca bahavaḥ sūtaputrapurogamāḥ
Where the Valhikas are seen stationed with weapons uplifted, where stand the numerous Southerners headed by Suta's son Karna;
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.37
हस्त्यश्वरथसम्बाधं यचानीकं विलोक्यते॥ नानादेशसमुत्यैश्च पदातिभिरधिष्ठितम्।
hastyaśvarathasambādhaṃ yacānīkaṃ vilokyate|| nānādeśasamutyaiśca padātibhiradhiṣṭhitam|
And where stands that division teeming with elephants, horses and cars and foot-soldiers recruited from various realms.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.38
एतावदुक्त्वा यन्तारं ब्राह्मणं परिवर्जयन्॥ स व्यतीयाय यत्रोग्रं कर्णस्य च महद् बलम्।
etāvaduktvā yantāraṃ brāhmaṇaṃ parivarjayan|| sa vyatīyāya yatrograṃ karṇasya ca mahad balam|
Having thus spoken and avoiding the Brahmana, he advanced addressing his charioteer thus, "Pass through the breach between those two divisions towards the mighty and fierce host of Karna.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.39
तंद्रोणोऽनुययौ क्रुद्धो विकिरन् विशिखान् बहून्॥ युयुधानं महाभागं गच्छन्तमनिवर्तिनम्।
taṃdroṇo'nuyayau kruddho vikiran viśikhān bahūn|| yuyudhānaṃ mahābhāgaṃ gacchantamanivartinam|
Thereupon, inflamed with rage, Drona began to pursue the illustrious Yuyudhana who was proceeding steadily, discharging numerous arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.40
कर्णस्य सैन्यं सुमहदभिहत्य शितैः शरैः॥ प्राविशद् भारती सेनामर्पयन्तां च सात्यकिः।
karṇasya sainyaṃ sumahadabhihatya śitaiḥ śaraiḥ|| prāviśad bhāratī senāmarpayantāṃ ca sātyakiḥ|
Then Satyaki afflicting Karna's mighty host with his sharp arrows, plunged into che infinite host of the Bharatas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.41
प्रविष्टे युयुधाने तु सैनिकेषु दुतेषु च॥ अमषीं कृतवर्मा तु सात्यकिं पर्यवारयत्।
praviṣṭe yuyudhāne tu sainikeṣu duteṣu ca|| amaṣīṃ kṛtavarmā tu sātyakiṃ paryavārayat|
When Yuyudhana had thus entered into the ranks of your soldiers and when your soldiers were breaking away, Kritavarman inspired with rage opposed Satyaki.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.42
तमापतन्तं विशिखैः षड्भिराहत्य सात्यकिः॥ चतुर्भिश्चतुरोऽस्याश्वानाजघानाशु वीर्यवान्।
tamāpatantaṃ viśikhaiḥ ṣaḍbhirāhatya sātyakiḥ|| caturbhiścaturo'syāśvānājaghānāśu vīryavān|
The highly-puissant Satyaki struck him as he was advancing with six arrows; and then with four other shafts, he slew the latter's four steeds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.43
ततः पुनः षोडशभिर्नतपर्वभिराशुगैः॥ सात्यकिः कृतवर्माणं प्रत्यविध्यत् स्तनान्तरे।
tataḥ punaḥ ṣoḍaśabhirnataparvabhirāśugaiḥ|| sātyakiḥ kṛtavarmāṇaṃ pratyavidhyat stanāntare|
Then again Satyaki pierced Kritavarman on the breast, with sixteen swift-flying arrows of depressed knots.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.44
स ताड्यमानो विशिखैर्बहुभिस्तिग्मतेजनैः॥ सात्वतेन महाराज कृतवर्मा न चक्षमे।
sa tāḍyamāno viśikhairbahubhistigmatejanaiḥ|| sātvatena mahārāja kṛtavarmā na cakṣame|
O mighty monarch, thus pierced with numerous arrows of great fierceness by that Satvata hero, Kritvarman did not brook it. arrow
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.45
स वत्सदन्तं संधाय जिह्मगानलसंनिभम्॥ आकृष्य राजन्नाकर्णाद् विव्याधोरसि सात्यकिम्।
sa vatsadantaṃ saṃdhāya jihmagānalasaṃnibham|| ākṛṣya rājannākarṇād vivyādhorasi sātyakim|
Placing a Vatsadantha, capable of flying straight and resembling fire, O king, on the string of his bow, Kritavarman drew it back to his very ears and with that arrow then pierced Satyaki on the breast.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.46
स तस्य देहावरणं भित्त्वा देहं च सायकः॥ सपुङ्खपत्रः पृथिवीं विवेश रुधिरोक्षितः।
sa tasya dehāvaraṇaṃ bhittvā dehaṃ ca sāyakaḥ|| sapuṅkhapatraḥ pṛthivīṃ viveśa rudhirokṣitaḥ|
That furnished with beautiful feathery wings, penetrating through the armour and body of Satyaki, entered the earth, being steeped in blood.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.47
अथास्य बहुर्भिर्बाणैरच्छिनत् परमास्त्रवित्॥ समार्गणगणं राजन् कृतवर्मा शरासनम्।
athāsya bahurbhirbāṇairacchinat paramāstravit|| samārgaṇagaṇaṃ rājan kṛtavarmā śarāsanam|
O monarch, then Kritavarman acquainted with many excellent weapons, cut-off by means of his arrows, the bow of Satyaki having arrows fixed on its string.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.48
विव्याध च रणे राजन् सात्यकिं सत्यविक्रमभू॥ दशभिर्विशिस्तीक्ष्णैरभिक्रुद्धः स्तनान्तरे।
vivyādha ca raṇe rājan sātyakiṃ satyavikramabhū|| daśabhirviśistīkṣṇairabhikruddhaḥ stanāntare|
Then again inflamed with rage, he pierced, O king, Satyaki of indomitable prowess on the chest, with ten shafts of great sharpness.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.49
ततः प्रशीर्णे धनुषि शक्त्या शक्तिमतां वरः॥ जधान दक्षिण बाहुं सात्यकिः कृतवर्मणः।
tataḥ praśīrṇe dhanuṣi śaktyā śaktimatāṃ varaḥ|| jadhāna dakṣiṇa bāhuṃ sātyakiḥ kṛtavarmaṇaḥ|
Thereat that foremost of all creatures endued with prowess, viz., Satyaki, seeing his bow cut asunder, wounded the right arm of Kritavarman with an excellent lance.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.50
ततोऽन्यत् सुदृढं चापं पूर्णमायम्य सात्यकिः॥ व्यसृजद् विशिखांस्तूर्णे शतथोऽथ सहस्रशाः।
tato'nyat sudṛḍhaṃ cāpaṃ pūrṇamāyamya sātyakiḥ|| vyasṛjad viśikhāṃstūrṇe śatatho'tha sahasraśāḥ|
Then taking up and stretching a bow of tougher make, Yuyudhana swiftly discharged at his enemy hundreds and thousands of shafts;
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.51
सरथं कृतवर्माणं समन्तात् पर्यवारयत्॥ छादयित्वारणे राजन् हार्दिक्यं स तु सात्यकिः।
sarathaṃ kṛtavarmāṇaṃ samantāt paryavārayat|| chādayitvāraṇe rājan hārdikyaṃ sa tu sātyakiḥ|
And with that arrowy shower, he then completely covered Kritavarman and his chariot. Thus covering the son of Hridika, O monarch, Satyaki in that battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.52
अथास्य भल्लेन शिरः सारथेः समकृन्तत॥ स पपात हतः सूतो हार्दिक्यस्य महारथात्।
athāsya bhallena śiraḥ sāratheḥ samakṛntata|| sa papāta hataḥ sūto hārdikyasya mahārathāt|
Cut off with a bhalla the head of the charioteer of his opponent, from his trunk. Thus slain, the driver of Kritavarman fell down from his niche of the chariot.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.53
ततम्ते यन्तृरहिताः प्राद्रवंस्तुरगा भृशम्॥ अथ भोजस्तु सम्भ्रान्तो निगृह्य तुरगान् स्वयम्।
tatamte yantṛrahitāḥ prādravaṃsturagā bhṛśam|| atha bhojastu sambhrānto nigṛhya turagān svayam|
At this, the steeds of Kritavarman no longer guided by the driver's reins, flew away with great speed, from the field of battle. Thereat. greatly annoved, the ruler of the Bhojas, himself checked his horses.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.54
तस्थौ वीरो धनुष्पाणिस्तत् सैन्यान्यभ्यपूजयन्।।' ८॥ स मुहूर्तमिवाश्वस्य सदश्वान् समनोदयत्।
tasthau vīro dhanuṣpāṇistat sainyānyabhyapūjayan||' 8|| sa muhūrtamivāśvasya sadaśvān samanodayat|
Then that heroic warrior stood bou in hand, ready once more for fight, sceing which your Warrior applauded him highly. Taking respite for a moment only, Kritavarman urged his stecds on.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.55
व्यपेतभीरमित्राणामावहत् सुमहद् भयम्॥ सात्यकिश्चाभ्यगात् तस्मात् स तु भीममुपाद्रवत्!
vyapetabhīramitrāṇāmāvahat sumahad bhayam|| sātyakiścābhyagāt tasmāt sa tu bhīmamupādravat!
Himself quite undaunted, he struck terror into the hearts of his enemies. By this time however, Satyaki had proceeded leaving him behind; whereupon Kritavarman fell upon Bhimasena.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.56
युयुधानोऽपि राजेन्द्र भोजानीकाद् विनिःसृतः॥ प्रययौ त्वरितस्तूर्ण काम्बोजानां महाचमूम्।
yuyudhāno'pi rājendra bhojānīkād viniḥsṛtaḥ|| prayayau tvaritastūrṇa kāmbojānāṃ mahācamūm|
O mighty monarch, Yuyudhana also cmerging out of the division of the Bhojas, quickly proceeded against the strong host of the Kambojas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.57
स तत्र बहुभिः शूरैः संनिरुद्धो महारथैः॥ न चचाल तदा राजन् सात्यकिः सत्यविक्रमः।
sa tatra bahubhiḥ śūraiḥ saṃniruddho mahārathaiḥ|| na cacāla tadā rājan sātyakiḥ satyavikramaḥ|
There he was opposed by many heroic carwarriors; in consequence whereof, Satyaki of uobaffled prowess could not move even one step forward.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.58
संधाय च चमू द्रोणो भोजे भारं निवेश्य स॥ अभ्यघावद् रणे यत्तो युयुधानं युयुत्सया।
saṃdhāya ca camū droṇo bhoje bhāraṃ niveśya sa|| abhyaghāvad raṇe yatto yuyudhānaṃ yuyutsayā|
Thereafter uniting his troops and vesting the ruler of the Bhojas' with their command, Drona with a firm resolve for fighting with Yuyudhana, rushed against him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.59
तथा तमनुधावन्तं युयुधानस्य पृष्ठतः॥ न्यवारयन्त संहृष्टाः पाण्डुसैन्ये वृहत्तमाः।
tathā tamanudhāvantaṃ yuyudhānasya pṛṣṭhataḥ|| nyavārayanta saṃhṛṣṭāḥ pāṇḍusainye vṛhattamāḥ|
Then beholding Drona follow Yuyudhana from behind, the foremost warriors among the Kurus filled with delight began to impede his progress.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.60
सामसाद्य तु हार्दिक्यं रथानां प्रवरं रथम्॥ पञ्चाला विगतोत्साहा भीमसेनपुरोगमाः।
sāmasādya tu hārdikyaṃ rathānāṃ pravaraṃ ratham|| pañcālā vigatotsāhā bhīmasenapurogamāḥ|
Meanwhile the Panchalas commanded by Bhimasena, encountering that foremost of carwarriors viz., Hridika's son, became greatly depressed at heart.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.61
विक्रम्य वारिता राजन् वीरेण कृतवर्मणा॥ यतमानांश्च तान् सर्वानीषद्विगतचेतसः।
vikramya vāritā rājan vīreṇa kṛtavarmaṇā|| yatamānāṃśca tān sarvānīṣadvigatacetasaḥ|
O king, then putting forth his energy, the heroic Kritavarman resisted all his focs who though depressed at first were then exerting vigorously.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 113.62
अभितस्ताशरौघेण कान्तवाहानकारयत्॥ निगृहीतास्तु भोजेन भोजानीकेप्सवो रणे। अतिष्ठन्नार्यवद् वीराः प्रार्थयन्तो महदृशः॥
abhitastāśaraugheṇa kāntavāhānakārayat|| nigṛhītāstu bhojena bhojānīkepsavo raṇe| atiṣṭhannāryavad vīrāḥ prārthayanto mahadṛśaḥ||
With the shower of his arrows Kritavarman then checked the vehicles of his foes standing before him. The Pandava warriors though thus i afflicted by the Bhoja king, yet stood like noble heroes, desirous on encountering the divisions of the Bhojas and of winning great renown in battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)