Mahabharata — Volume V (Dutt edition) — Chapter 18

MBh 5 18.1

संजय उवाच ततः संशप्तका राजन् समे देशे व्यवस्थिताः। व्यूह्यानीकं रथैरेव चन्द्राकारं मुदा युताः॥

saṃjaya uvāca tataḥ saṃśaptakā rājan same deśe vyavasthitāḥ| vyūhyānīkaṃ rathaireva candrākāraṃ mudā yutāḥ||

Sanjaya said Then, O monarch, the Samsaptakas, filled with joy, stood on the level plain, having, with their chariots, formed an array figuring the moon.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.2

ते किरीटिनमायान्तं दृष्ट्वा हर्षेण मारिष। उदक्रोशन् नरव्याघ्राः शब्देन महता तदा॥

te kirīṭinamāyāntaṃ dṛṣṭvā harṣeṇa māriṣa| udakrośan naravyāghrāḥ śabdena mahatā tadā||

O Sire, seeing the diadem-decked Arjuna rush at them, those foremost of men, highly delighted, gave out deafening roars.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.3

स शब्दः प्रदिशः सर्वा दिशः खं च समावृणोत् । आवृतत्वाच्चलोकस्य नासीत् तत्र प्रतिस्वनः॥

sa śabdaḥ pradiśaḥ sarvā diśaḥ khaṃ ca samāvṛṇot | āvṛtatvāccalokasya nāsīt tatra pratisvanaḥ||

Those roars filled the subsidiary and the cardinal quarters and also the conclave dome. There were produced no reverberations owing to the field being covered over with men.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.4

सोऽतीव सम्प्रहृष्टांस्तानुपलभ्य धनंजयः। किंचिदभ्युत्स्मयन् कृष्णमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥

so'tīva samprahṛṣṭāṃstānupalabhya dhanaṃjayaḥ| kiṃcidabhyutsmayan kṛṣṇamidaṃ vacanamabravīt||

Then Dhananjaya, ascertaining them to be excessively delighted, said these words to Krishna, smiling the while.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.5

पश्यैतान् देवकीगतर्मुमूर्पूनद्य संयुगे। भ्रातृस्त्रैगर्तकानेवं रोदितव्ये प्रहर्षितान्॥

paśyaitān devakīgatarmumūrpūnadya saṃyuge| bhrātṛstraigartakānevaṃ roditavye praharṣitān||

Behold, you who have Devaki for your mother, these Trigartta brothers, who are about to fall in battle today, are transported with joy at the time when they really ought to weep.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.6

अथवा हर्षकालोऽयं त्रैगर्तानामसंशयम्। कुनरैर्दुरवापान् हि लोकान् प्राप्स्यन्त्यनुत्तमान्॥

athavā harṣakālo'yaṃ traigartānāmasaṃśayam| kunarairduravāpān hi lokān prāpsyantyanuttamān||

Or surely, this is the time for joy for the Trigarttas, as they shall, ere long, attain to those excellent regions which cannot be obtained by the cowards.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.7

एवमुक्त्वा महाबाहुर्हषीकेशं ततोऽर्जुनः। आससाद रणे व्यूढां त्रिगर्तानाममनीकिनीम्॥

evamuktvā mahābāhurhaṣīkeśaṃ tato'rjunaḥ| āsasāda raṇe vyūḍhāṃ trigartānāmamanīkinīm||

Having thus spoken to the mighty-armed Hrishikesha, Arjuna encountered in battle the ranks of the Trigartta soldiers disposed of in battle-array.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.8

स देवदत्तमादाय शङ्ख हेमपरिष्कृतम्। दध्मौ वेगेन महता घोषेणापूरयन् दिशः॥

sa devadattamādāya śaṅkha hemapariṣkṛtam| dadhmau vegena mahatā ghoṣeṇāpūrayan diśaḥ||

Thereafter taken up his conch known as Devadatta of the effulgence of gold, he blew it with great force, filling the points of the compass with the blare.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.9

तेन शब्देन विवस्ता संशप्तकवरूथिनी। विचेष्टाऽवस्थिता संख्ये ह्यश्मसारमयी यथा।॥

tena śabdena vivastā saṃśaptakavarūthinī| viceṣṭā'vasthitā saṃkhye hyaśmasāramayī yathā|||

Terrified at that blare, the car-host of the Samshaptakas stood motionless in the field of battle as if turned into adamant.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.10

वाहास्तेषां विवृत्ताक्षाः स्तब्धकर्णशिरोधराः। विष्टब्धचरणा मूत्रं रुधिरं च प्रसुस्रुवुः॥

vāhāsteṣāṃ vivṛttākṣāḥ stabdhakarṇaśirodharāḥ| viṣṭabdhacaraṇā mūtraṃ rudhiraṃ ca prasusruvuḥ||

All their steeds stood with their eyes expanded and their ears, necks and lips paralysed and their legs motionless, and they discharged urine and vomited blood.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.11

उपलभ्य ततः सामवस्थाप्य च वाहिनीम्। युगपत् पाण्डुपुत्राय चिक्षिपुः कङ्कपत्रिणः॥

upalabhya tataḥ sāmavasthāpya ca vāhinīm| yugapat pāṇḍuputrāya cikṣipuḥ kaṅkapatriṇaḥ||

However, regaining consciousness and rallying their forces, the Samsaptakas discharged simultaneously, at the son of Pandu, shafts furnished with the feathers of the Kanka bird.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.12

तान्यर्जुनः सहस्राणि दशपञ्चभिराशुगैः। अनागतान्येव शरैश्चिच्छेदाशु पराक्रमी॥

tānyarjunaḥ sahasrāṇi daśapañcabhirāśugaiḥ| anāgatānyeva śaraiścicchedāśu parākramī||

Thereupon Arjuna, capable of manifesting with lightness his prowess in battle, severed t'hose thousand arrows before they could reach him, with fifteen swift-coursing shafts of his.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.13

ततोऽर्जुनं शितैर्बाणैर्दशभिर्दशभिः पुनः। प्राविध्यन्त ततः पार्थस्तानविध्यत् स्त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः॥

tato'rjunaṃ śitairbāṇairdaśabhirdaśabhiḥ punaḥ| prāvidhyanta tataḥ pārthastānavidhyat stribhistribhiḥ||

Thereat they pierced Arjuna with ten whetted shafts separately; and the son of Pritha also pierced them separately with three shafts each.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.14

एकैकस्तु ततः पार्थं राजन् विव्याघ पञ्चभिः। स च तान् प्रतिविव्याध द्वाभ्यां द्वाभ्यां पराक्रमी॥

ekaikastu tataḥ pārthaṃ rājan vivyāgha pañcabhiḥ| sa ca tān prativivyādha dvābhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ parākramī||

Then, O monarch, each of them separately pierced the son of Pritha with five shafts; and the puissant Partha in return pierced them each with a couple of arrows.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.15

भूय एव तु संक्रुद्धास्त्वर्जुनं सह केशवम्। आपूरयशरैस्तीक्ष्णैस्तडागमिव वृष्टिभिः॥

bhūya eva tu saṃkruddhāstvarjunaṃ saha keśavam| āpūrayaśaraistīkṣṇaistaḍāgamiva vṛṣṭibhiḥ||

Wrought up with ire, they once again quickly filled Arjuna and Keshava with arrows, like the rains filling up a lake.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.16

ततः शरसहस्राणि प्रापतन्नर्जुनं प्रति। भ्रमराणामिव वाताः फुल्लं दुमगणं वने॥

tataḥ śarasahasrāṇi prāpatannarjunaṃ prati| bhramarāṇāmiva vātāḥ phullaṃ dumagaṇaṃ vane||

Then those thousands of arrows fell upon Arjuna like hosts of bees falling, in a forest, on trees decked with blossoms.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.17

ततः सुबाहुस्त्रिं शद्भिरद्रिसारमयैः शरैः। अविध्यदिषुभिर्गाढं किरीटे सव्यसाचिनम्॥

tataḥ subāhustriṃ śadbhiradrisāramayaiḥ śaraiḥ| avidhyadiṣubhirgāḍhaṃ kirīṭe savyasācinam||

Thereafter Subahu deeply stuck on the diadem of Savyasachi (Arjuna) thirty shafts made of the hardest adamant.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.18

तैः किरीटी किरीटस्थैर्हमपुजैरजिह्मगैः। शातकुम्भमयापीडो बभौ सूर्य इवोत्थितः॥

taiḥ kirīṭī kirīṭasthairhamapujairajihmagaiḥ| śātakumbhamayāpīḍo babhau sūrya ivotthitaḥ||

Having those straight-going shafts furnished with wings of gold stuck on his diadem, Arjuna, as if adorned with ornaments of gold, shone like the rising Sun.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.19

हस्तावापं सुबाहोस्तु भल्लेन युधि पाण्डवः। चिच्छेद तं चैव पुनः शरवर्षैरवाकिरत्॥

hastāvāpaṃ subāhostu bhallena yudhi pāṇḍavaḥ| ciccheda taṃ caiva punaḥ śaravarṣairavākirat||

Then in that battle the son of Pandu, with a broad-headed arrow cut-off the finger-guard of Suvahu and also covered him over with arrowy showers.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.20

ततः सुशर्मा दशभिः सुरथस्तु किरीटिनम्। सुधर्मा सुधनुश्चैव सुबाहुश्च समार्पयत्॥

tataḥ suśarmā daśabhiḥ surathastu kirīṭinam| sudharmā sudhanuścaiva subāhuśca samārpayat||

Thereafter Susarman, Suratha, Sudhaman and Subahu, pierced the diadem decked Arjuna with ten arrows each.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.21

तांस्तु सर्वान् पृथग्बाणैर्वानरप्रवरध्वजः। प्रत्यविध्यद् ध्वजांश्चैषां.भल्लैश्चिच्छेद सायकान्॥

tāṃstu sarvān pṛthagbāṇairvānarapravaradhvajaḥ| pratyavidhyad dhvajāṃścaiṣāṃ.bhallaiściccheda sāyakān||

Thereat, that one bearing the foremost of the monkeys as a device on his banner, pierced them all with several arrows in return and he cut down their golden flag-staffs with broadheadedshafts.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.22

सुधन्वनो धनुश्छित्त्वा हयांश्चास्यावधीच्छरैः। अथास्य सशिरस्त्राणं शिरः कायादपातयत्॥

sudhanvano dhanuśchittvā hayāṃścāsyāvadhīccharaiḥ| athāsya saśirastrāṇaṃ śiraḥ kāyādapātayat||

Having severed the bow of Sudhaman, Arjuna slew his horses with his shafts. Then Arjuna severed from the trunk, the head of the former furnished with a head-gear.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.23

तस्मिन्निपतिते वीरे त्रस्तास्तस्य पदानुगा:। व्यद्रवन्त भयाद् भीता यत्र दौर्योधनं बलम्॥

tasminnipatite vīre trastāstasya padānugā:| vyadravanta bhayād bhītā yatra dauryodhanaṃ balam||

At the fall of that brave warrior, his followers, were inspired with terror; and seized with panic they ran to where the army of Duryodhana was.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.24

ततो जघान संक्रुद्धो वासविस्तां महाचमूम्। शरजालैरविच्छिन्नस्तमः सूर्य इवांशुभिः॥

tato jaghāna saṃkruddho vāsavistāṃ mahācamūm| śarajālairavicchinnastamaḥ sūrya ivāṃśubhiḥ||

Then the son of Vasava, (Arjuna) wrought up with rage, began to destroy that mighty host with his continuous network of arrows, like the rays of the sun destroying the darkness (of night).

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.25

ततो भग्ने बले तस्मिन् विप्रलीने समन्ततः। सव्यसाचिनि संक्रुद्धे त्रैगर्तान् भयमाविशत्॥

tato bhagne bale tasmin vipralīne samantataḥ| savyasācini saṃkruddhe traigartān bhayamāviśat||

When that host was shattered and scattered in all directions and when Savyasachin was inflamed with wrath, panic seized Trigarttas.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.26

ते वध्यमानाः पार्थेन शरैः संनतपर्वभिः। अमुास्तत्र तत्रैव त्रस्ता मृगगणा इव॥

te vadhyamānāḥ pārthena śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ| amuāstatra tatraiva trastā mṛgagaṇā iva||

the Then they, slaughtered with the close joined shafts of Partha, were over-whelmed with swoons, in that field, like a terrified herd of deer.

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MBh 5 18.27

ततस्त्रिगर्तराट् क्रुद्धस्तानुवाच महारथान्। अलं द्रुतेन वः शूरा न भयं कर्तुमर्हथ॥

tatastrigartarāṭ kruddhastānuvāca mahārathān| alaṃ drutena vaḥ śūrā na bhayaṃ kartumarhatha||

Thereupon, excited with rage, the sovereign of the Trigarttas addressing those mighty carwarriors said, 'Fly not, you heroes, it behoves you not to be seized with panic.

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MBh 5 18.28

शप्त्वाथ शपथान् घोरान् सर्वसैन्यस्य पश्यतः। गत्वा दौर्योधनं सैन्यं किं वै वक्ष्यथ मुख्यशः॥

śaptvātha śapathān ghorān sarvasainyasya paśyataḥ| gatvā dauryodhanaṃ sainyaṃ kiṃ vai vakṣyatha mukhyaśaḥ||

Having taken dreadful oaths before the eyes of the entire troops, what shall you say to the leaders of Duryodhana's army if now you go back to them?

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.29

नावहास्याः कथं लोके कर्मणानेन संयुगे। भवेम सहिताः सर्वे निवर्तध्वं यथाबलम्॥

nāvahāsyāḥ kathaṃ loke karmaṇānena saṃyuge| bhavema sahitāḥ sarve nivartadhvaṃ yathābalam||

Will we not be the objects of derision in this world, for this (cowardly) act of ours in battle? United together, do you again repair to your own divisions?'

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.30

एवमुक्तास्तु ते राजन्नुदक्रोशन् मुहुर्मुहुः। शङ्खांश्च दध्मिरे वीरा हर्षयन्तः परस्परम्॥

evamuktāstu te rājannudakrośan muhurmuhuḥ| śaṅkhāṃśca dadhmire vīrā harṣayantaḥ parasparam||

Thus being spoken to, O monarch. they uttered continuous roars and those heroes blew their conchs imparting delight to one another.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

MBh 5 18.31

ततस्ते सन्यवर्तन्त संशप्तकगणाः पुनः। नारायणाश्च गोपाला मृत्युं कृत्या निवर्तनम्॥

tataste sanyavartanta saṃśaptakagaṇāḥ punaḥ| nārāyaṇāśca gopālā mṛtyuṃ kṛtyā nivartanam||

Thereafter that Samshaptaka host once more rallied themselves; and with the Narayana cow-herds, they were determined even to encounter Death himself.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)