Mahabharata — Volume V (Dutt edition) — Chapter 171
MBh 5 171.1
संजय उवाच तस्मिन् सुतुमले युद्धे वर्तमाने भयावहे। धृष्टद्युम्नो महाराज द्रोणमेवाभ्यवर्तत॥
saṃjaya uvāca tasmin sutumale yuddhe vartamāne bhayāvahe| dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārāja droṇamevābhyavartata||
Sanjaya said Then, O mighty monarch, when the battle raged hot and furious Dhristadyumna rushed against Drona.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.2
संदधानो धनुःश्रेष्ठं ज्यां विकर्षन् पुनः पुनः। अभ्यद्रवत द्रोणस्य रथं रुक्मविभूषितम्॥
saṃdadhāno dhanuḥśreṣṭhaṃ jyāṃ vikarṣan punaḥ punaḥ| abhyadravata droṇasya rathaṃ rukmavibhūṣitam||
Wielding his strong bow and twanging its string often and often, he rushed against Drona's chariot decked with golden trappings.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.3
धृष्टद्युम्नमथायान्तं द्रोणस्यान्तचिकीर्षया। परिववर्महाराज पञ्चालाः पाण्डवैः सह॥
dhṛṣṭadyumnamathāyāntaṃ droṇasyāntacikīrṣayā| parivavarmahārāja pañcālāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha||
And as Dhristadyumna rushed against Drona, O mighty monarch, the Panchalas together with the Pandavas surrounded him, with a view to put an end to Drona's life.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.4
तथा परिवृतं दृष्व द्रोणमाचार्यसत्तमम्। पुत्रास्ते सर्वतो यत्ता ररक्षुर्दोणमाहवे॥
tathā parivṛtaṃ dṛṣva droṇamācāryasattamam| putrāste sarvato yattā rarakṣurdoṇamāhave||
Then beholding that foremost of preceptors Drona, thus hemmed in on all sides, your sons, exerting their best, protected Drona in that battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.5
बलार्णवौ ततस्तौ तु समेयातां निशामुखे। वातोधूतौ क्षुब्धसत्त्वौ भैरवौ सागरविव॥
balārṇavau tatastau tu sameyātāṃ niśāmukhe| vātodhūtau kṣubdhasattvau bhairavau sāgaraviva||
Then those two sea of troops encountering each other at the dead of night resembled two dreadful sees agitated by the tempest with all the creatures within them dreadfully terrified.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.6
ततो द्रोणं महाराज पाञ्चाल्यः पञ्चभिः शरैः। विव्याध हृदये तूर्णं सिंहनादं ननाद च॥
tato droṇaṃ mahārāja pāñcālyaḥ pañcabhiḥ śaraiḥ| vivyādha hṛdaye tūrṇaṃ siṃhanādaṃ nanāda ca||
Thereafter, O king, the prince of the Panchalas quickly pierced Drona on the breast with five arrows and then uttered his war-cry.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.7
तं द्रोणः पञ्चविंशत्या विद्ध्वा भारत संयुगे। चिच्छेदान्येन भल्लेन धनुरस्य महास्वनम् ॥
taṃ droṇaḥ pañcaviṃśatyā viddhvā bhārata saṃyuge| cicchedānyena bhallena dhanurasya mahāsvanam ||
Thereupon, O Bharata, Drona piercing him with twenty-five shafts, cut-off his lustrous bow with another broad-headed shaft.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.8
धृष्टद्युम्नस्तु निर्विद्धो द्रोणेन भरतर्षभ। उत्ससर्ज धनुस्तूर्णं संदश्य दशनच्छदम्॥
dhṛṣṭadyumnastu nirviddho droṇena bharatarṣabha| utsasarja dhanustūrṇaṃ saṃdaśya daśanacchadam||
Pierced sore by Drona, Dhristadyumna, O foremost of the Bharatas, threw quickly aside the (severed) bow and bit his lips (in anger).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.9
ततः क्रुद्धो महाराज धृष्टद्युम्नः प्रतापवान्। आददेऽन्यद् धनुःश्रेष्ठं द्रोणस्यान्तचिकीर्षया॥
tataḥ kruddho mahārāja dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ pratāpavān| ādade'nyad dhanuḥśreṣṭhaṃ droṇasyāntacikīrṣayā||
Then, O mighty monarch, excited to his highest pitch of fury, the puissant Dhristadyumna grasped another strong bow, desirous of accomplishing Drona's destruction.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.10
विकृष्य च धनुश्चित्रमाकर्णात् परवीरहा। द्रोणस्यान्तकरं घोरं व्यसृजत् सायकं ततः॥
vikṛṣya ca dhanuścitramākarṇāt paravīrahā| droṇasyāntakaraṃ ghoraṃ vyasṛjat sāyakaṃ tataḥ||
That handsome warrior, the slayer of his foes, then drawing back the string of that bow to his cars, let go a dreadful shaft capable of achieving Drona's destruction.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.11
स विसृष्टो बलवता शरो घोरो महामृधे। भासयामास तत् सैन्यं दिवाकर इवोदितः॥
sa visṛṣṭo balavatā śaro ghoro mahāmṛdhe| bhāsayāmāsa tat sainyaṃ divākara ivoditaḥ||
In that terrible battle that shaft, shot by his strong arm, flooded the Kuru troops with its lustre like the risen sun.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.12
तं तु दृष्ट्वा शरं घोरं देवगन्धर्वमानवाः। स्वस्त्यस्तु समरे राजन् द्रोणायेत्यब्रुवन् वचः॥
taṃ tu dṛṣṭvā śaraṃ ghoraṃ devagandharvamānavāḥ| svastyastu samare rājan droṇāyetyabruvan vacaḥ||
Beholding that dreadful shaft, o king, the Gods, the Danavas and the Gandharvas said these words viz., “May good betide Drona."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.13
तं तु सायकमायान्तमाचार्यस्य रथं प्रति। कर्णो द्वादशधा राजंश्चिच्छेद कृतहस्तवत्॥
taṃ tu sāyakamāyāntamācāryasya rathaṃ prati| karṇo dvādaśadhā rājaṃściccheda kṛtahastavat||
Then as that shaft coursed towards the chariot of Drona, Oking Karna like one endued with great lightness of hands, cut it off into twelve fragments.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.14
च च्छिन्नो बहुधा राजन् सूतपुत्रेण धन्विना। निपपात शरस्तूर्णं निर्विषो भुजगो यथा॥
ca cchinno bahudhā rājan sūtaputreṇa dhanvinā| nipapāta śarastūrṇaṃ nirviṣo bhujago yathā||
() king, that shaft of Dhristadyumna severed into numerous pieces, quickly fell down on the earth like, O sire, a snake without its poisonous fangs.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.15
धृष्टद्युम्नं ततः कर्णो विव्याध दशभिः शरै। पञ्चभिट्टैणपुत्रस्तुं स्वयं द्रोणस्तु सप्तभिः॥
dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ tataḥ karṇo vivyādha daśabhiḥ śarai| pañcabhiṭṭaiṇaputrastuṃ svayaṃ droṇastu saptabhiḥ||
In that battle, cutting off arrows with his own close-knotted shafts, Karna then began to pierce Dhristadyumna with sharp arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.16
शल्यश्च दशभिर्बाणैत्रिभिर्दुःशासनस्तथा। दुर्योधनस्तु विंशत्या शकुनिश्चापि पञ्चभिः॥
śalyaśca daśabhirbāṇaitribhirduḥśāsanastathā| duryodhanastu viṃśatyā śakuniścāpi pañcabhiḥ||
Drona's son pierced Dhristadyumna with five, Drona himself with five, Shalya with nine and Dushasana with three Vallas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.17
पाञ्चाल्यं त्वरयाविध्यन् सर्व एव महारथाः। स विद्धः सप्तभिवीरैर्दोणस्यार्थे महाहवे॥
pāñcālyaṃ tvarayāvidhyan sarva eva mahārathāḥ| sa viddhaḥ saptabhivīrairdoṇasyārthe mahāhave||
Duryodhana pierced him with twenty and Shakuni with five arrows. Thus all the mighty car-warriors (of your army) quickly pierced the Panchala prince.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.18
सर्वानसम्भ्रमाद् राजन् प्रत्यविद्ध्यत् त्रिभित्रिभिः। द्रोणं द्रौणिं च कर्णं च विव्याध च तवात्मजम्॥
sarvānasambhramād rājan pratyaviddhyat tribhitribhiḥ| droṇaṃ drauṇiṃ ca karṇaṃ ca vivyādha ca tavātmajam||
Dhristadyumna was then pierced by the seven heroes who strove to protect Drona in battle. He also in his turn, pierced each of them with three shafts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.19
ते भिन्ना धन्विना तेन धृष्टद्युम्नं पुनर्मधे। विव्यधुः पञ्चभिस्तूर्णमेकैको रथिनां वरः॥
te bhinnā dhanvinā tena dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ punarmadhe| vivyadhuḥ pañcabhistūrṇamekaiko rathināṃ varaḥ||
0 mighty monarch, with the greatest quickness, Dhristadyumna then pierced Drona, Karna, Drona's son and your son, in that terrible battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.20
दुमसेनस्तु संक्रुद्धो राजन् विव्याध पत्रिणा। त्रिभिश्चान्यैःशरैस्तूर्णं तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत्॥
dumasenastu saṃkruddho rājan vivyādha patriṇā| tribhiścānyaiḥśaraistūrṇaṃ tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti cābravīt||
Thus pierced by that bowman, your warriors again unitedly pierced Dhristadyumna in that battle, uttering terrible war-cries.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.21
स तु तं प्रतिविव्याध त्रिभिस्तीक्ष्णैरजिह्मगैः। स्वर्णपुङ्खः शिलाधौतैः प्राणान्तकरणैर्युधि॥
sa tu taṃ prativivyādha tribhistīkṣṇairajihmagaiḥ| svarṇapuṅkhaḥ śilādhautaiḥ prāṇāntakaraṇairyudhi||
Inflamed with fury, O king, Drumasena then pierced Dhristadyumna with an arrow and then again quickly piercing the latter with sharp shafts he said-"wait, wait."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.22
भल्लेनान्येन तु पुनः सुवर्णोज्ज्वलकुण्डलम्। निचकत शिरः कायाद् द्रुमसेनस्य वीर्यवान्॥
bhallenānyena tu punaḥ suvarṇojjvalakuṇḍalam| nicakata śiraḥ kāyād drumasenasya vīryavān||
Dhristadyumna pierced him in return with three sharp straight-flying arrows, winged with golden feathers, whetted on stone and capable of destroying life.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.23
तच्छिरो न्यपतद् भूमौ संदष्टौष्ठपुटं रणे। महावातसमुद्भूतं पक्कं तालफलं यथा।॥
tacchiro nyapatad bhūmau saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭaṃ raṇe| mahāvātasamudbhūtaṃ pakkaṃ tālaphalaṃ yathā|||
Next with another broad-headed shaft, he lopped off from Drumasena's trunk, his head graced with glimmering ear-rings of gold.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.24
तान् स विद्ध्वा पुनर्योधान् वीरः सुनिशितैः शरैः। राधेयस्याच्छिनद् भल्लैः कार्मुकं चित्रयोधिनः॥
tān sa viddhvā punaryodhān vīraḥ suniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ| rādheyasyācchinad bhallaiḥ kārmukaṃ citrayodhinaḥ||
arrows on That head with its lips bitten, then fell on the field like a ripe palm-fruit thrown down by i a raging tempest.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.25
न तु तन्ममृषे कर्णो धनुषश्छेदनं तथा। निकर्तनमिवात्युग्रं लाङ्गलस्य महाहरिः॥
na tu tanmamṛṣe karṇo dhanuṣaśchedanaṃ tathā| nikartanamivātyugraṃ lāṅgalasya mahāhariḥ||
Thereafter the heroic Dhristadyumna piercing his opponent warriors with wellshaprened shafts cut-off with broad-headed arrows, the bow of Radha's son versed in various modes of war-fare.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.26
सोऽन्यद् धनुः समादाय क्रोधरक्तेक्षणःश्वसन्। अभ्यद्रवच्छरौघैस्तं धृष्टद्युम्नं महाबलम्॥
so'nyad dhanuḥ samādāya krodharaktekṣaṇaḥśvasan| abhyadravaccharaughaistaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ mahābalam||
But Karna did not brook that severance of his bow even as a fierce lion does not brook the chopping off of its tail.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.27
दृष्ट्वा कर्णं तु संरब्धं ते वीराः षड्रथर्षभाः। पाञ्चाल्यपुत्रं त्वरिता: परिवर्जिघांसया॥
dṛṣṭvā karṇaṃ tu saṃrabdhaṃ te vīrāḥ ṣaḍratharṣabhāḥ| pāñcālyaputraṃ tvaritā: parivarjighāṃsayā||
Taking up another bow, with eyes red in rage and breathing fiercely, he poured a shower of the highly puissant Dhristadyumna.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.28
घण्णां योधप्रवीराणां तावकानां पुरस्कृतम्। मृत्योरास्यमनुप्राप्तं धृष्टद्युम्नममंस्महि॥
ghaṇṇāṃ yodhapravīrāṇāṃ tāvakānāṃ puraskṛtam| mṛtyorāsyamanuprāptaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnamamaṃsmahi||
Then beholding Karna wrought up with rage, the other six heroic foremost car-warriors, quickly surrounded the son the Panchala king with a view to slay him in battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.29
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु दाशार्हो विकिरछरान्। धृष्टद्युम्नं पराक्रान्तं सात्यकिः प्रत्यपद्यत॥
etasminneva kāle tu dāśārho vikiracharān| dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ parākrāntaṃ sātyakiḥ pratyapadyata||
0 lord, the troops then considered Dhristadyumna to be already within the jaws of Death, as he was then confronted by the six foremost car-warriors of your army.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.30
तमायान्तं महेष्वासं सात्यकिं युद्धदुर्मदम्। राधेयो दशभिर्बाणैः प्रत्यविध्यदजिह्मगैः॥
tamāyāntaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ sātyakiṃ yuddhadurmadam| rādheyo daśabhirbāṇaiḥ pratyavidhyadajihmagaiḥ||
At this juncture, Satyaki that scion of the Dasarha race, advanced to the rescue of the puissant Dhristadyumna, shooting numerous arrows (in all directions).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.31
तं सात्यकिर्महाराज विव्याध दशभिः शरैः। पश्यतां सर्ववीराणां मा गास्तिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत्॥
taṃ sātyakirmahārāja vivyādha daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ| paśyatāṃ sarvavīrāṇāṃ mā gāstiṣṭheti cābravīt||
Beholding that Satvata warrior indomitable in battle advance, Radha's son pierced him in battle, with ten shafts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.32
स सात्यकेस्तु बलिनः कर्णस्य च महात्मनः। आसीत् समागमो राजन् बलिवासवयोरिव॥
sa sātyakestu balinaḥ karṇasya ca mahātmanaḥ| āsīt samāgamo rājan balivāsavayoriva||
Him, O mighty monarch, Satyaki pierced in return with ten shafts before the eyes of all the heroes present and said-'Fly not-stay.'
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.33
त्रासयन् स्थघोषेण क्षत्रियान् क्षत्रियर्षभः। राजीवलोचनं कर्णं सात्यकिः प्रत्यविध्यत॥
trāsayan sthaghoṣeṇa kṣatriyān kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ| rājīvalocanaṃ karṇaṃ sātyakiḥ pratyavidhyata||
0 king, that encounter between the powerful Satyaki and the high-souled Karna looked like the encounter between Bali and Vasava.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.34
कम्पयन्निव घोषेण धनुषो वसुधां बली। सूतपुत्रो महाराज सात्यकि प्रत्ययोधयत्॥
kampayanniva ghoṣeṇa dhanuṣo vasudhāṃ balī| sūtaputro mahārāja sātyaki pratyayodhayat||
That foremost of the Kshatriyas Satyaki, then pierced the lotus-eyed Karna terrifying the Kshatriya warriors with the clatter of his car.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.35
विपाठकर्णिनाराचैर्वत्सदन्तैः क्षुरैरपि। कर्णः शरशतैश्चापि शैनेयं प्रत्यविध्यत॥
vipāṭhakarṇinārācairvatsadantaiḥ kṣurairapi| karṇaḥ śaraśataiścāpi śaineyaṃ pratyavidhyata||
On the other hand, O mighty monarch the puissant son of Suta fought on with Satyaki, causing the earth to tremble with the tremendous twang on his bow.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.36
तथैव युद्ध्यमानोऽपि वृष्णीनां प्रवरो युधि। अभ्यवर्षच्छरैः कर्णं तद् युद्धमभवत् समम्॥
tathaiva yuddhyamāno'pi vṛṣṇīnāṃ pravaro yudhi| abhyavarṣaccharaiḥ karṇaṃ tad yuddhamabhavat samam||
Karna then pierced that scion of Sini's race with Vipatkarnis, Narachas, Vatsadantas, Kshuras and hundreds of other kings of arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.37
तावकाश्च महाराज कर्णपुत्रश्च दंशितः। सात्यकि विव्यधुस्तूर्णं समन्तान्निशितैः शरैः॥
tāvakāśca mahārāja karṇaputraśca daṃśitaḥ| sātyaki vivyadhustūrṇaṃ samantānniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ||
So also Yuyudhana that foremost of the Vrishni warriors, covered Karna with his shower of arrows. The combat was an equal one (in all respects).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.38
अस्त्रैरस्त्राणि संवार्य तेषां कर्णस्य वा विभो। अविद्ध्यत् सात्यकिः क्रुद्धो वृषसेनं स्तनान्तरे॥
astrairastrāṇi saṃvārya teṣāṃ karṇasya vā vibho| aviddhyat sātyakiḥ kruddho vṛṣasenaṃ stanāntare||
Placing Karna in front of them, your sons then, O ruler of men, began to pierce Satyaki simultaneously with sharp arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.39
तेन बाणेन निर्विद्धो वृषसेनो विशाम्पते। न्यपतत् स रथे मूढो धनुरुत्सृज्य वीर्यवान्॥
tena bāṇena nirviddho vṛṣaseno viśāmpate| nyapatat sa rathe mūḍho dhanurutsṛjya vīryavān||
Baffing their as well as Karna's weapons with those of his own, O lord, Satyaki quickly pierced Vrishasena on the centre of his chest.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.40
ततः कर्णो हतं मत्वा वृषसेनं महारथम्। पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्तः सात्यकिं प्रत्यपीड्यत्॥
tataḥ karṇo hataṃ matvā vṛṣasenaṃ mahāratham| putraśokābhisaṃtaptaḥ sātyakiṃ pratyapīḍyat||
Pierced with the shaft of Satyaki, the highly effulgent and puissant Vrishasena fell down on his car, losing hold of his bow.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.41
पीड्यमानसतु कर्णेन युयुधानो महारथः। विव्याध बहुभिः कर्णं त्वरमाणः पुनः पुनः॥
pīḍyamānasatu karṇena yuyudhāno mahārathaḥ| vivyādha bahubhiḥ karṇaṃ tvaramāṇaḥ punaḥ punaḥ||
Thereupon Karna taking Vrishasena the mighty car-warrior to be slain, was afflicted with grief on account of his son's death and began to afflict Satyaki.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.42
स कर्णं दशभिर्विद्ध्वा वृषसेनं च सप्तभिः। स हस्तावापधनुषी तयोश्चिच्छेद सात्वतः॥
sa karṇaṃ daśabhirviddhvā vṛṣasenaṃ ca saptabhiḥ| sa hastāvāpadhanuṣī tayościccheda sātvataḥ||
The mighty car-warrior Yuyudhana then afflicted sore by Karna, forcibly pierced Karna with numerous shafts over and over again.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.43
तावन्ये धनुषी सज्ये कृत्वा शत्रुभयंकरे। युयुधानमविध्येतां समन्तान्निशितैः शरैः॥
tāvanye dhanuṣī sajye kṛtvā śatrubhayaṃkare| yuyudhānamavidhyetāṃ samantānniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ||
Piercing Karna with ten and Vrishasena with five shafts, the Satvata hero then cut-off their bow as well as their gloves.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.44
वर्तमाने तु संग्रामे तस्मिन् वीवरक्षये। अतीव शुश्रुवे राजन् गाण्डीवस्य महास्वनः॥
vartamāne tu saṃgrāme tasmin vīvarakṣaye| atīva śuśruve rājan gāṇḍīvasya mahāsvanaḥ||
Thereupon they both having strung another pair of bows dreadful to the foe, began simultaneously to pierce Yuyudhana with sharp arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.45
श्रुत्वा तु स्थनिर्घोषं गाण्डीवस्य च निःश्वनम्। सूतपुत्रोऽब्रवीद् राजन् दुर्योधनमिदं वचः॥
śrutvā tu sthanirghoṣaṃ gāṇḍīvasya ca niḥśvanam| sūtaputro'bravīd rājan duryodhanamidaṃ vacaḥ||
When that dreadful destruction of heroes was progressing, O king, the terrible twang of the Gandiva bow was heard, arising above the din of battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.46
एष सर्वां चमूं हत्वा मुख्यांश्चैव नरर्षभान्। पौरवांश्च महेष्वासो विक्षिपनुत्तमं धनुः॥
eṣa sarvāṃ camūṃ hatvā mukhyāṃścaiva nararṣabhān| pauravāṃśca maheṣvāso vikṣipanuttamaṃ dhanuḥ||
Having heard the sound of the Gandiva and the clatter of (Arjuna's) car, Oking Suta's son addressing Duryodhana said these wordsपार्थो विजयते तत्र गाण्डीवनिनदो महान्।
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.47
श्रूयते स्थघोषश्च वासवस्येव नर्दतः॥
śrūyate sthaghoṣaśca vāsavasyeva nardataḥ||
This is the tremendous twang of the Gandiva bow, emitted by Arjuna, as he has slain our entire army, many foremost of men and numerous warriors of the Kurus.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.48
करोति पाण्डवो व्यक्तं कर्मोपयिकमात्मनः। एषा विदार्यते राजन् बहुधा भारती चमूः॥
karoti pāṇḍavo vyaktaṃ karmopayikamātmanaḥ| eṣā vidāryate rājan bahudhā bhāratī camūḥ||
The clatter of his chariot is also heard, like the rumble of roaring clouds. Evidently the son of Pandu is achieving feats worthy of himself.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.49
विप्रकीर्णान्यनेकानि न हि तिष्ठन्ति कर्हिचित्। वातेनेव समूद्धृतमभ्रजालं विदीर्यते॥
viprakīrṇānyanekāni na hi tiṣṭhanti karhicit| vāteneva samūddhṛtamabhrajālaṃ vidīryate||
O mighty monarch, this son of Pritha will completely crush our mighty host. Many troops are already scattered and none stays on the field.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.50
सव्यसाचिनमासाद्य भिन्ना नौरिव सागरे। द्रवतां योधमुख्यानां गाण्डीवप्रेषितैः शरैः॥
savyasācinamāsādya bhinnā nauriva sāgare| dravatāṃ yodhamukhyānāṃ gāṇḍīvapreṣitaiḥ śaraiḥ||
Our host is being shattered like risen masses of clouds by the raging tempest; encountering Savyasachin in battle, it is being split like a bark on a (rough) șea.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.51
विद्धानां शतशो राजश्रूयते नि:स्वनो महान्। शृणु दुन्दुभिनिर्घोषमर्जुनस्य रथं प्रति॥
viddhānāṃ śataśo rājaśrūyate ni:svano mahān| śṛṇu dundubhinirghoṣamarjunasya rathaṃ prati||
Hark, O king, the terrible wails of foremost warriors as they fly or fall in battle in consequence of shafts shot from the Gandiva bow.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.52
निशीथे राजशार्दूल स्तनयित्नोरिवाम्बरे। हाहाकाररवांश्चैव सिंहनादांश्च पुष्कलान्॥
niśīthe rājaśārdūla stanayitnorivāmbare| hāhākāraravāṃścaiva siṃhanādāṃśca puṣkalān||
Hark, O foremost of monarchs, the roar of drums near Arjuna's chariot, resembling the rumble of clouds at the dead of night.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.53
शृणु शब्दान् बहुविधानर्जुनस्य रथं प्रति। अयं मध्ये स्थितोऽस्माकं सात्यकिः सात्वतां वरः॥५३
śṛṇu śabdān bahuvidhānarjunasya rathaṃ prati| ayaṃ madhye sthito'smākaṃ sātyakiḥ sātvatāṃ varaḥ||53
Hear also, numerous sounds, cries of woe and alas and loud war-cries, near the chariot of Arjuna.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.54
इह चेल्लभ्यते लक्ष्यं कृत्स्नाञ्जेष्यामहे परान्। एष पाञ्चालराजस्य पुत्रो द्रोणेन संगतः॥
iha cellabhyate lakṣyaṃ kṛtsnāñjeṣyāmahe parān| eṣa pāñcālarājasya putro droṇena saṃgataḥ||
But here in our middle stays Satyaki the foremost of the Satvatas; if this object o our aim could be smitten down, we might obtain victory over our foes.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.55
सर्वतः संवृतो योधैः शूरैश्च रथसत्तमैः। सात्यकि यदि हन्याम धृष्टद्युम्नं च पार्षतम्॥
sarvataḥ saṃvṛto yodhaiḥ śūraiśca rathasattamaiḥ| sātyaki yadi hanyāma dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca pārṣatam||
There the Panchala Prince surrounded on all sides by heroic and foremost of carwarriors, has engaged himself with Drona.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.56
असंशयं महाराज ध्रुवो नो विजयो भवेत्। सौभद्रवदिमौ वीरौ परिवार्य महारथौ॥
asaṃśayaṃ mahārāja dhruvo no vijayo bhavet| saubhadravadimau vīrau parivārya mahārathau||
If we can slay Satyaki and Prisata's son Dhristadyumna, then, O mighty monarch, undoubtedly victory will be ours.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.57
प्रयतामो महाराज निहन्तुं वृष्णिपार्षतौ। सव्यसाची पुरोऽभ्येति द्रोणानीकाय भारत॥
prayatāmo mahārāja nihantuṃ vṛṣṇipārṣatau| savyasācī puro'bhyeti droṇānīkāya bhārata||
Impaling these two heroic and mighty carwarriors, the descendants of the Vrishni and the Prishata race respectively, like the son of Subhadra, we will, O king strive to slay them.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.58
संसक्तं सात्यकिं ज्ञात्वा बहुभिः कुरुपुङ्गवैः। तत्र गच्छन्तु बहवः प्रवरा रथसत्तमाः॥
saṃsaktaṃ sātyakiṃ jñātvā bahubhiḥ kurupuṅgavaiḥ| tatra gacchantu bahavaḥ pravarā rathasattamāḥ||
But yonder comes Savyasachin, O Bharata, towards this division of Drona knowing that Satyaki is here encountered by many foremost warriors of the Kurus.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.59
यावत् पार्थो न जानाति सात्यकि बहुभिर्वृतम्। ते त्वरध्वं तथा शूराः शराणां मोक्षणे भृशम्॥
yāvat pārtho na jānāti sātyaki bahubhirvṛtam| te tvaradhvaṃ tathā śūrāḥ śarāṇāṃ mokṣaṇe bhṛśam||
Let now a detachment of mighty and foremost car-warriors intercept Pritha's son, so that he may not advance to the rescue of Satyaki now surrounded by many.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.60
तथा त्विह व्रजत्येष परलोकाय माधवः। तथा कुरु महाराज सुनीत्या सुप्रयुक्तया॥
tathā tviha vrajatyeṣa paralokāya mādhavaḥ| tathā kuru mahārāja sunītyā suprayuktayā||
Let those mighty heroes be quick in shooting their arrows, so that this scion of Madhu's race may be dispatch to the next world. a
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.61
कर्णस्य मतमास्थाय पुत्रस्ते प्राह सौबलम्। यथेन्द्रः समरे राजन् प्राह विष्णुं यशस्विनम्॥
karṇasya matamāsthāya putraste prāha saubalam| yathendraḥ samare rājan prāha viṣṇuṃ yaśasvinam||
Knowing this to be the opinion O, Karna, your son addressed Subala's son even as the highly illustrious Indra addressed Vishnu, on the field of battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.62
वृतः सहस्रैर्दशभिर्गजानामनिवर्तिनाम्। रथैश्च दशसाहस्रेस्तूर्णं याहि धनंजयम्॥
vṛtaḥ sahasrairdaśabhirgajānāmanivartinām| rathaiśca daśasāhasrestūrṇaṃ yāhi dhanaṃjayam||
"Supported by a host of ten thousand unretreating elephants and also by detachment of ten thousand car-warriors, do you proceed against Dhananjaya.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.63
दुःशासनो दुर्विषहः सुबाहुर्दुष्प्रधर्षणः। एते त्वामनुयास्यन्ति पत्तिभिर्बहुभिर्वृताः॥
duḥśāsano durviṣahaḥ subāhurduṣpradharṣaṇaḥ| ete tvāmanuyāsyanti pattibhirbahubhirvṛtāḥ||
Dushasana Durvishaha, Subahu and Durshpradharshana these supported by numerous of infantry will follow you.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.64
जहि कृष्णौ महाबाहो धर्मराजं च मातुल। नकुलं सहदेवं च भीमसेनं तथैव च॥
jahi kṛṣṇau mahābāho dharmarājaṃ ca mātula| nakulaṃ sahadevaṃ ca bhīmasenaṃ tathaiva ca||
O my uncle, slay me those fierce bowmen, the two Krishnas the very virtuous king Yudhishthira and Nakula and Sahadeva and Pandu's son Bhimasena.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.65
देवानामिव देवेन्द्र जयाशा त्वयि मे स्थिता। नहि मातुल कौन्तेयानसुरानिव पावकिः॥
devānāmiva devendra jayāśā tvayi me sthitā| nahi mātula kaunteyānasurāniva pāvakiḥ||
My hopes of victory rest on you as those of the gods rest on their lord Indra. O uncle, slay the sons of Kunti, even as Pabaka's son slew the Asuras."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.66
एवमुक्तो ययौ पार्थान् पुत्रेण तव सौबलः। महत्या सेनया सार्धं सह पुत्रैश्च ते विभो॥
evamukto yayau pārthān putreṇa tava saubalaḥ| mahatyā senayā sārdhaṃ saha putraiśca te vibho||
Thus addressed and urged on by your son, he (Subala's son) covered in mail, proceeded against the sons of Pritha, being himself supported by your sons and a large army.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.67
प्रियार्थं तव पुत्राणां दिक्षधुः पाण्डुनन्दनान्। ततः प्रववृते युद्धं तावकानां परैः सह॥
priyārthaṃ tava putrāṇāṃ dikṣadhuḥ pāṇḍunandanān| tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ tāvakānāṃ paraiḥ saha||
In order to please your son he proceeded to battle, desirous of consuming the sons of Pandu. Then commenced a terrible battle between your warriors and the foe.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.68
प्रयाते सौबले राजन् पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम्। बलेन महता युक्तः सूतपुत्रस्तु सात्वतम्॥ अभ्ययात् त्वरितो युद्धे किरशरशतान् बहून्। तथैव पार्थिवाः सर्वे सात्यकि पर्यवारयन्॥
prayāte saubale rājan pāṇḍavānāmanīkinīm| balena mahatā yuktaḥ sūtaputrastu sātvatam|| abhyayāt tvarito yuddhe kiraśaraśatān bahūn| tathaiva pārthivāḥ sarve sātyaki paryavārayan||
When, O king, Subala's son had going against the (main) army of the Pandavas, the son of Suta supported by a mighty force, quickly rushed upon the Satvata hero in battle, shooting many hundreds of shafts. Your troops then gathering together encompassed Satyaki.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 171.69
भारद्वाजस्ततो गत्वा धृष्टद्युम्नरथं प्रति। महद् युद्धं तदाऽऽसीत् तु द्रोणस्य निशि भारत। धृष्टद्युम्नेन वीरेण पञ्चालैश्च सहाद्भुतम्॥
bhāradvājastato gatvā dhṛṣṭadyumnarathaṃ prati| mahad yuddhaṃ tadā''sīt tu droṇasya niśi bhārata| dhṛṣṭadyumnena vīreṇa pañcālaiśca sahādbhutam||
The son of Bharadvaja also advancing against Dhristadyumna's car commenced at that night, O foremost of Bharatas, a most terrible and wonderful battle with the heroic Dhristadyumna and the Panchalas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)