Mahabharata — Volume V (Dutt edition) — Chapter 138
MBh 5 138.1
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच महानपनयः सूत ममैवात्र विशेषतः। स इदानीमनुप्राप्तो मन्ये संजय शोचतः॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca mahānapanayaḥ sūta mamaivātra viśeṣataḥ| sa idānīmanuprāpto manye saṃjaya śocataḥ||
Dhritarashtra said I see, O son of a charioteer, that mine has been the greatest fault in this matter; O Sanjaya, the consequences have now overtaken me, grieve though I may!
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 138.2
यद् गतं तद् गतमिति ममासीन्मनसि स्थितम्। इदानीमत्र किं कार्य प्रकरिष्यामि संजय॥
yad gataṃ tad gatamiti mamāsīnmanasi sthitam| idānīmatra kiṃ kārya prakariṣyāmi saṃjaya||
Hitherto I thought that what is gone for good. But, O Sanjaya, what measures is gone should now be adopted.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 138.3
यथा ह्येष क्षयो वृत्तो ममापनयसम्भवः। वीराणां तन्ममाचक्ष्व स्थिरीभूतोऽस्मि संजय॥
yathā hyeṣa kṣayo vṛtto mamāpanayasambhavaḥ| vīrāṇāṃ tanmamācakṣva sthirībhūto'smi saṃjaya||
I have now become calm, O Sanjaya; relate to me how this slaughter of heroes is went onslaughter that owes its origin to my evil policy.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 138.4
संजय उवाच कर्णभीमौ महाराज पराक्रान्तौ महाबलौ। बाणवर्षाण्यसृजतां वृष्टिमन्ताविवाम्बुदौ॥
saṃjaya uvāca karṇabhīmau mahārāja parākrāntau mahābalau| bāṇavarṣāṇyasṛjatāṃ vṛṣṭimantāvivāmbudau||
Sanjaya said O mighty monarch, then the two powerful heroes Karna and Bhima began to pour showers of arrows, like two rain clouds pouring their contents.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 138.5
भीमनामाङ्किता बाणा: स्वर्णपुलाः शिलाशिताः। विविशुः कर्णमासाद्य च्छिन्दन्त इव जीवितम्॥
bhīmanāmāṅkitā bāṇā: svarṇapulāḥ śilāśitāḥ| viviśuḥ karṇamāsādya cchindanta iva jīvitam||
Then gold-winged arrows, whetted on stone and engraved with the name of Bhima, reaching Karna, penetrated thought him cutting him to the very quick.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 138.6
तथैव कर्णनिर्मुक्ता:शरा बर्हिणवाससः। छादयाञ्चकिरे वीरं शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः॥
tathaiva karṇanirmuktā:śarā barhiṇavāsasaḥ| chādayāñcakire vīraṃ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ||
Similarly Bhima was pierced hundreds and thousands of times by the arrows shot by Karna, that resembled snakes of virulent poison.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 138.7
तयोः शरैर्महाराज सम्पतद्भिः समन्ततः। बभूव तत्र सैन्यानां संक्षोभः सागरोत्तरः॥
tayoḥ śarairmahārāja sampatadbhiḥ samantataḥ| babhūva tatra sainyānāṃ saṃkṣobhaḥ sāgarottaraḥ||
An agitation like that produced in the ocean, was then produced in your troops by the arrows of them both, falling on all sides.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 138.8
भीमचापच्युतैर्बाणैस्तव सैन्यमरिंदम। अवध्यत चमूमध्ये घोरैराशीविषोपमैः॥
bhīmacāpacyutairbāṇaistava sainyamariṃdama| avadhyata camūmadhye ghorairāśīviṣopamaiḥ||
O subduer of foes, shot from Bhima's bow, shafts resembling dreadful snakes, began to slay your troops amidst your own army.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 138.9
वारणैः पतितै राजन् वाजिभिश्च नरैः सह। अदृश्यत मही कार्णा वातभग्नैरिव दुमैः॥
vāraṇaiḥ patitai rājan vājibhiśca naraiḥ saha| adṛśyata mahī kārṇā vātabhagnairiva dumaiḥ||
With fallen elephants, horses and men, the Earth became covered and looked as if covered with trees broken by the force of the wind.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 138.10
ते वध्यमानाः समरे भीमचापच्युतैः शरैः। प्राद्रवंस्तावका योधाः किमेतदिति चाब्रुवन्॥
te vadhyamānāḥ samare bhīmacāpacyutaiḥ śaraiḥ| prādravaṃstāvakā yodhāḥ kimetaditi cābruvan||
Wounded with the arrows shot from Bhima's bow, your troops then began to fly away from the field saying what is it?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 138.11
ततो व्युदस्तं तत सैन्यंसिन्धुसौवीरकौरवम्। प्रोत्सारितं महावेगैः कर्णपाण्ड्योः शरैः॥
tato vyudastaṃ tata sainyaṃsindhusauvīrakauravam| protsāritaṃ mahāvegaiḥ karṇapāṇḍyoḥ śaraiḥ||
That host composed of the Sindhus, the Souviras and the Kauravas, afflicted and wounded with the terrible shafts of Bhima and
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 138.12
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Karna, was then driven back to a great distance.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 138.13
शूरा हतभूयिष्ठा हताश्वरथवारणाः। उत्सृज्य भीमकर्णौ च सर्वतो व्यद्रवन् दिशः॥
śūrā hatabhūyiṣṭhā hatāśvarathavāraṇāḥ| utsṛjya bhīmakarṇau ca sarvato vyadravan diśaḥ||
Then those heroes, with their ranks thinned and their horses and elephants slain, fled in all directions, leaving Bhima and Karna on the field.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 138.14
नूनं पार्थार्थमेवास्मान् मोहयन्ति दिवौकसः। यत् कर्णभीमप्रभवैर्वध्यते नो बलं शरैः॥
nūnaṃ pārthārthamevāsmān mohayanti divaukasaḥ| yat karṇabhīmaprabhavairvadhyate no balaṃ śaraiḥ||
'Indeed for the sake of the Parthas even the gods are robbing us of our senses, inasmuch as those arrows shot both by Bhima and Karna and slaying us.'
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 138.15
एवं ब्रुवाणा योधास्ते तावका भयपीडिताः। शरपातं समुत्सृज्य स्थिता युद्धदिदृक्षवः॥
evaṃ bruvāṇā yodhāste tāvakā bhayapīḍitāḥ| śarapātaṃ samutsṛjya sthitā yuddhadidṛkṣavaḥ||
Speaking such words, your warriors, struck with panic as they were, stood at a distance out of the range of arrows, for witnessing the combat.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 138.16
ततः प्रावर्तत नदी घोररूपा रणाजिरे। शूराणां हर्षजननी भीरूणां भयवर्धिनी॥
tataḥ prāvartata nadī ghorarūpā raṇājire| śūrāṇāṃ harṣajananī bhīrūṇāṃ bhayavardhinī||
Then on the field of battle a terrible river started up into existence and began to flow there adding to the joy of heroes and to the feat of the cowards.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 138.17
वारणाश्वमनुष्याणां रुधिरौघसमुद्भवा। संवृता गतसत्त्वैश्च मनुष्यगजवाजिभिः॥
vāraṇāśvamanuṣyāṇāṃ rudhiraughasamudbhavā| saṃvṛtā gatasattvaiśca manuṣyagajavājibhiḥ||
It caused by the blood of elephants, horses and men. Covered with the lifeless bodies of men, elephants and horses;
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 138.18
सानुकर्षपताकैश्च द्विपाश्वरथभूषणैः। स्यन्दनैरपविद्धैश्च भग्नचक्राक्षकूबरैः॥
sānukarṣapatākaiśca dvipāśvarathabhūṣaṇaiḥ| syandanairapaviddhaiśca bhagnacakrākṣakūbaraiḥ||
With flag-staffs and car-bottoms; with ornaments of cars, elephants and steeds; with shattered chariots, wheels, axels and Kuvaras;
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 138.19
जातरूपपरिष्कारैर्धनुर्भिः सुमहाखनैः। सुवर्णपु?रिषुभिर्नाराचैश्च सहस्रशः॥
jātarūpapariṣkārairdhanurbhiḥ sumahākhanaiḥ| suvarṇapu?riṣubhirnārācaiśca sahasraśaḥ||
With gold-decked bows of fierce twang and with thousands of arrows and darts furnished with wings of gold.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 138.20
कर्णपाण्डवनिर्मुक्तैर्निर्मुक्तैरिव पन्नगैः। प्रासतोमरसंघातैः खङ्गैश्च सपरश्वधैः॥
karṇapāṇḍavanirmuktairnirmuktairiva pannagaiḥ| prāsatomarasaṃghātaiḥ khaṅgaiśca saparaśvadhaiḥ||
Shot by Bhima and Karna and resembling snakes just freed from their sloughs; with numerous lances, javelins, swords and battle axes.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 138.21
सुवर्णविकृतैश्चापि गदामुसलपट्टिशैः। ध्वजैश्च विविधाकारैः शक्तिभिः परिधैरपि॥
suvarṇavikṛtaiścāpi gadāmusalapaṭṭiśaiḥ| dhvajaiśca vividhākāraiḥ śaktibhiḥ paridhairapi||
With maces and clubs and axes all adorned with gold; with standards of various descriptions and darts and piked bludgeons;
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 138.22
शतघ्नीभिश्च चित्राभिर्बभौ भारत मेदिनी। कनकाङ्गदहारैश्च कुण्डलैर्मुकुटैस्तथा॥ वलयैरपविद्धैश्च तत्रैवाङ्गुलिवेष्टकैः। चूडामणिभिरुष्णीषैः स्वर्णसूत्रैश्च मारिष॥ तनुत्रैः सतलत्रैश्च हारैर्निष्कैश्च भारत। वस्त्रैश्छत्रैश्च विध्वस्तैश्चामरव्यजनैरपि॥ गजाश्वमनुजैभिन्नैः शोणिताक्तैश्च पत्रिभिः। तैस्तैश्च विविधौर्भिन्नस्तत्र तत्र वसुंधरा॥ पतितैरपविद्धैश्च विबभौ द्यौरिव ग्रहैः। अचिन्त्यमद्भुतं चैव तयोः कर्मातिमानुषम्॥ दृष्ट्वा चारणसिद्धानां विस्मयः समजायत। अग्नेर्वायुसहायस्य गतिः कक्ष इवाहवे॥ आसीद् भीमसहायस्य रौद्रमाधिरथर्गतम्। निपातितध्वजरथं हतवाजिनरद्विपम्॥ गजाभ्यां सम्प्रयुक्ताभ्यामासीन्नलवनं यथा। मेघजालनिभं सैन्यमासीत् तव नराधिप॥ विमर्दः कर्णभीमाभ्यामासीच परमो रणे।
śataghnībhiśca citrābhirbabhau bhārata medinī| kanakāṅgadahāraiśca kuṇḍalairmukuṭaistathā|| valayairapaviddhaiśca tatraivāṅguliveṣṭakaiḥ| cūḍāmaṇibhiruṣṇīṣaiḥ svarṇasūtraiśca māriṣa|| tanutraiḥ satalatraiśca hārairniṣkaiśca bhārata| vastraiśchatraiśca vidhvastaiścāmaravyajanairapi|| gajāśvamanujaibhinnaiḥ śoṇitāktaiśca patribhiḥ| taistaiśca vividhaurbhinnastatra tatra vasuṃdharā|| patitairapaviddhaiśca vibabhau dyauriva grahaiḥ| acintyamadbhutaṃ caiva tayoḥ karmātimānuṣam|| dṛṣṭvā cāraṇasiddhānāṃ vismayaḥ samajāyata| agnervāyusahāyasya gatiḥ kakṣa ivāhave|| āsīd bhīmasahāyasya raudramādhirathargatam| nipātitadhvajarathaṃ hatavājinaradvipam|| gajābhyāṃ samprayuktābhyāmāsīnnalavanaṃ yathā| meghajālanibhaṃ sainyamāsīt tava narādhipa|| vimardaḥ karṇabhīmābhyāmāsīca paramo raṇe|
And with beautiful Sataghnis, the earth looked, O Bharata beautiful, Strewn all over with ear-rings and neck-laces of gold and fallen-off bracelets and rings and precious gems worn on diadems and crowns and turbans and golden ornaments of diverse kinds and armours and leathern fences and elephantgirths and umbrellas dropped from their place and chamaras and fans; with the mangled bodies of elephants steeds and men; with arrows bathed in blood and with various other objects lying scattered about loosened from their places, the field of battle appeared beautiful like the sky bespangled with the planets. Beholding their inconceivable, wonderful and super-human feats, the Siddha and the Charanas were filled with surprise. The son of Adhiratha engaged with Bhima coursed on the field in the same way as fire helped on by the wind courses through an extended heap of fuel; both of them cut down numerous standards and chariots and slew countless horses, men and elephants. They fought on like a pair of elephants crushing forests of reeds, when engaged with each other. O ruler of men, then your host looked like a mass of clouds and the carnage caused by Karna and Bhima in that battle was terrible to the extreme.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)