Mahabharata — Volume V (Dutt edition) — Chapter 186
MBh 5 186.1
संजय उवाच ततो दुर्योधनो द्रोणमभिगम्याब्रवीदिदम्। अमर्षवशमापन्नो जनयन् हर्षतेजसी॥
saṃjaya uvāca tato duryodhano droṇamabhigamyābravīdidam| amarṣavaśamāpanno janayan harṣatejasī||
Sanjaya said Then king Duryodhana, under the influence of anger, approached Drona and addressing him said these word for inspiring him with delight and wrath simultaneously.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.2
दुर्योधन उवाच न मर्षणीयाः संग्रामे विश्रमन्तः श्रमान्विताः। सपत्ना ग्लानमनसो लब्धलक्ष्या विशेषतः॥ :॥
duryodhana uvāca na marṣaṇīyāḥ saṃgrāme viśramantaḥ śramānvitāḥ| sapatnā glānamanaso labdhalakṣyā viśeṣataḥ|| :||
Duryodhana said No quarter should have been granted to our enemies when they were depressed at heart and exhausted with fatigue and taking rest, especially as they are ever of sure aim.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.3
यत् तु मर्षितमस्माभिर्भवतः प्रियकाम्यया। त एते परिविश्रान्ताः पाण्डवा बलवत्तराः॥
yat tu marṣitamasmābhirbhavataḥ priyakāmyayā| ta ete pariviśrāntāḥ pāṇḍavā balavattarāḥ||
That we showed them mercy was only from a desire for pleasing you. The fatigued Pandavas, however, have now (after taking rest) become stronger.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.4
सर्वथा परिहीनाः स्म तेजसा च बलेन च। भवता पाल्यमानास्ते विवर्धन्ते पुनः पुनः॥
sarvathā parihīnāḥ sma tejasā ca balena ca| bhavatā pālyamānāste vivardhante punaḥ punaḥ||
We, on the other hand, are becoming reduced in mighty and in energy, while the Pandavas, spared by you, are again and again gaining strength.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.5
दिव्यान्यस्राणि सर्वाणि ब्राह्मदीनि च यानि ह। तानि सर्वाणि तिष्ठन्ति भवत्येव विशेषतः॥
divyānyasrāṇi sarvāṇi brāhmadīni ca yāni ha| tāni sarvāṇi tiṣṭhanti bhavatyeva viśeṣataḥ||
All weapons of celestial workmanship and all Brahma weapons are known perfectly to you.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.6
न पाण्डवेया न वयं नान्ये लोके धनुर्धराः। युध्यमानस्य ते तुल्याः सत्यमेतद् ब्रवीमि ते॥
na pāṇḍaveyā na vayaṃ nānye loke dhanurdharāḥ| yudhyamānasya te tulyāḥ satyametad bravīmi te||
Neither the Pandavas, nor ourselves nor any other bowman of the world are equal to you in battle. This I tell you truly.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.7
ससुरासुरगन्धर्वानिमाँल्लोकान् द्विजोत्तम। सर्वात्रविद् भवान् हन्याद् दिव्यैरस्त्रैर्न संशयः॥
sasurāsuragandharvānimā~llokān dvijottama| sarvātravid bhavān hanyād divyairastrairna saṃśayaḥ||
Conversant with all kinds of weapons O foremost of regenerate ones, you are competent enough to slay with your celestial weapons, the gods, the Asureas, the Gandharvas and all this world.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.8
स भवान् मर्षयत्येतांस्त्वत्तो भीतान् विशेषतः। शिष्यत्वं वा पुरस्कृत्य मम वा मन्दभाग्यताम्॥
sa bhavān marṣayatyetāṃstvatto bhītān viśeṣataḥ| śiṣyatvaṃ vā puraskṛtya mama vā mandabhāgyatām||
The Pandavas are all afraid of you. Yet you always forgive them remembering perhaps that they are your disciples or owing to my unfortunate luck."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.9
संजय उवाच एवमुद्धर्षितो द्रोण: कोपितश्च सुतेन ते। समन्युरब्रवीद् राजन् दुर्योधनमिदं वचः॥
saṃjaya uvāca evamuddharṣito droṇa: kopitaśca sutena te| samanyurabravīd rājan duryodhanamidaṃ vacaḥ||
Sanjaya said Thus reprimanded and incited by your son, Drona, O monarch, wrathfully addressed
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.10
घटे दुर्योधनाहवे। अतः परं मया कार्यं क्षुद्रं विजयगृद्धिना॥ अनस्रविदयं सर्वो हन्तव्योऽस्रविदा जनः। यद् भवान् मन्यते चापि शुभं वा यदि वाशुभम्॥
ghaṭe duryodhanāhave| ataḥ paraṃ mayā kāryaṃ kṣudraṃ vijayagṛddhinā|| anasravidayaṃ sarvo hantavyo'sravidā janaḥ| yad bhavān manyate cāpi śubhaṃ vā yadi vāśubham||
Although I am advanced in years, yet. ) Duryodhana, I am fighting in battle to the best
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.11
स्थविरः सन् परं शक्त्या
sthaviraḥ san paraṃ śaktyā
of my abilities. All these men are versed in the use of weapons; I am however well-versed in thein. If from desire of victory, I slay these men, there can be no more impious act for me to do. However, what is in your heart, be it good or bad.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.12
तद् वै कर्तास्मि कौरव्य वचनात् तव नान्यथा। निहत्य सर्वपञ्चालान् युद्धे कृत्वा पराक्रमम्॥ विमोक्ष्ये कवचं राजन् सत्येनायुधमालमे। मन्यसे यच्च कौन्तेयमर्जुनं श्रान्तमाहवे॥
tad vai kartāsmi kauravya vacanāt tava nānyathā| nihatya sarvapañcālān yuddhe kṛtvā parākramam|| vimokṣye kavacaṃ rājan satyenāyudhamālame| manyase yacca kaunteyamarjunaṃ śrāntamāhave||
I shall accomplish, foremost of the Kurus, at your behest. It will not be other.vise. Putting forth my prowess in battle and slaying all the Panchalas I will put off my coat of mail, O monarch. I swear this to you for sooth. You think that Kunti's son Arjuna was exhausted in battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.13
तस्य वीर्यं महाबाहो शृणु सत्येन कौरव। तं न देवा न गन्धर्वा न यक्षा न च राक्षसाः॥ उत्सहन्ते रणे जेतुं कुपितं सव्यसाचिनम्। खाण्डवे येन भगवान् प्रत्युद्यातः सुरश्वरः॥
tasya vīryaṃ mahābāho śṛṇu satyena kaurava| taṃ na devā na gandharvā na yakṣā na ca rākṣasāḥ|| utsahante raṇe jetuṃ kupitaṃ savyasācinam| khāṇḍave yena bhagavān pratyudyātaḥ suraśvaraḥ||
O mighty-armed Kaurava, listen to what I say regarding his prowess. If Savyasachin's anger is excited, neither the Gandharvas nor the Yakshas, nor the Rakshasas can venture to oppose him. On the occasion of the burning of the Khandava forest, he fought with the chief of the gods himself.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.14
सायकैर्वारितश्चापि वर्षमाणो महात्मना। यक्षा नागास्तथा दैत्या ये चान्ये बलगर्विताः॥
sāyakairvāritaścāpi varṣamāṇo mahātmanā| yakṣā nāgāstathā daityā ye cānye balagarvitāḥ||
With his arrows, the high-souled Arjuna then worsted the pouring Indra. Yakshas and the Nagas and the Daityas and other creatures.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.15
निहताः पुरुषेन्द्रेणर तचापि विदितं तव। गन्धर्वा घोषयात्रायां चित्रसेनादयो जिताः॥
nihatāḥ puruṣendreṇara tacāpi viditaṃ tava| gandharvā ghoṣayātrāyāṃ citrasenādayo jitāḥ||
Proud of their strength, were then slain by that foremost of men. This also you know. On the occasion of the numbering of cattle, the Gandharvas, headed by Chitrasena and others, were defeated by him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.16
यूयं तैह्रियमाणाश्च मोक्षिता दृढधन्वना। निवातकवचाश्चापि देवानां शत्रवस्तथा॥
yūyaṃ taihriyamāṇāśca mokṣitā dṛḍhadhanvanā| nivātakavacāścāpi devānāṃ śatravastathā||
You also were set free from the bondage to the Gandharvas by that resolute bowman. The Nivtakavachas and other enemies of the gods.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.17
सुरैरवध्याः संग्रामे तेन वीरेण निर्जिताः। दानवानां सहस्राणि हिरण्यपुरवासिनाम्॥
surairavadhyāḥ saṃgrāme tena vīreṇa nirjitāḥ| dānavānāṃ sahasrāṇi hiraṇyapuravāsinām||
Unslayable by the gods themselves in battle, were also vanquished by that hero. Thousands of Danavas dallying in the golden city.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.18
विजिग्ये पुरुषव्याघ्रः स शक्यो मानुषैः कथम्। प्रत्यक्षं चैव ते सर्वं यथाबलमिदं तव॥
vijigye puruṣavyāghraḥ sa śakyo mānuṣaiḥ katham| pratyakṣaṃ caiva te sarvaṃ yathābalamidaṃ tava||
Were defeated by that foremost of men. How it is possible for other men to resist him in battle? You have also seen with your own eyes, O king, how this host of yours, though striving hard, is destroyed by the son of Pandu, O ruler of men!
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.19
संजय उवाच क्षपितं पाण्डुपुत्रेण चेष्टतां नो विशाम्पते। तं तदाभिप्रशंसन्तमर्जुनं कुपितस्तदा॥
saṃjaya uvāca kṣapitaṃ pāṇḍuputreṇa ceṣṭatāṃ no viśāmpate| taṃ tadābhipraśaṃsantamarjunaṃ kupitastadā||
Sanjaya said Thereupon, your son, 0 king highly enraged, once more thus addressed Drona who had been praising Arjuna then.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.20
द्रोणं तव सुतो राजन् पुनरेवेदमब्रवीत्। अहं दुःशासनः कर्णः शकुनिर्मातुलश्च मे॥
droṇaṃ tava suto rājan punarevedamabravīt| ahaṃ duḥśāsanaḥ karṇaḥ śakunirmātulaśca me||
Dividing this Bharata army in two, today, myself, Dushasana, Karna and my uncle Sakuni will slay Arjuna in battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.21
हनिष्यामोऽर्जुनं संख्ये द्विधा कृत्वाद्य भारतीम्। तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा भारद्वाजो हसन्निव॥
haniṣyāmo'rjunaṃ saṃkhye dvidhā kṛtvādya bhāratīm| tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā bhāradvājo hasanniva||
Hearing those words of his, the son of Bharadvaja, as if smiling, quickly turned round and said, “Good befall you!"
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.22
अन्ववर्तत राजानं स्वस्ति तेऽस्त्विति चाब्रवीत्। को हि गाण्डीवधन्वानं ज्वलन्तमिव तेजसा।॥
anvavartata rājānaṃ svasti te'stviti cābravīt| ko hi gāṇḍīvadhanvānaṃ jvalantamiva tejasā|||
What presumptuous Kshatriya would venture to destroy that foremost of the Kshatriyas viz., the wielder of the Gandiva bow, who never suffers and reduction and who ever burns in his own effulgence?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.23
अक्षयं क्षपयेत् कश्चित् क्षत्रियः क्षत्रियर्षभम्। तं न वित्तपतिर्नेन्द्रो न यमो न जलेश्वरः॥
akṣayaṃ kṣapayet kaścit kṣatriyaḥ kṣatriyarṣabham| taṃ na vittapatirnendro na yamo na jaleśvaraḥ||
When furnished with weapons, neither the Lord of wealth, nor Indra nor Yama, nor Varuna, nor the Asuras nor the Rakshasas, will be able to defeat him?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.24
नासुरोगरक्षांसि क्षपयेयुः सहायुधम्। मूढास्त्वेतानि भाषन्ते यानीमान्यात्थ भारत॥
nāsurogarakṣāṃsi kṣapayeyuḥ sahāyudham| mūḍhāstvetāni bhāṣante yānīmānyāttha bhārata||
What you have spoken, 0 Bharata, is worthy of a fool only. Who ever returns safely to his own home, after having encountered Arjuna in battle?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.25
युद्धे ह्यर्जुनमासाद्य स्वस्तिमान् को व्रजेद् गृहान्। त्वं तु सर्वाभिशङ्कित्वान्निष्ठुरः पापनिश्चयः॥
yuddhe hyarjunamāsādya svastimān ko vrajed gṛhān| tvaṃ tu sarvābhiśaṅkitvānniṣṭhuraḥ pāpaniścayaḥ||
Suspicious of everybody, you are cruel and of sinful purposes. You rebuke even those who are engaged in doing you good.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.26
श्रेयसस्त्वद्धिते युक्तांस्तत्तद् वक्तुमिहेच्छसि। गच्छ त्वमपि कौन्तेयमात्मार्थे जहि मा चिरम्॥
śreyasastvaddhite yuktāṃstattad vaktumihecchasi| gaccha tvamapi kaunteyamātmārthe jahi mā ciram||
Go yourself to resist the son of Kunti, at your own risk. You are well-born and a Kshatriya too; you are again desirous of battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.27
त्वमप्याशंसये योद्धं कुलजः क्षत्रियो ह्यसि। इमान् किं क्षत्रियान् सर्वान् घातयिष्यस्यनागसः॥
tvamapyāśaṃsaye yoddhaṃ kulajaḥ kṣatriyo hyasi| imān kiṃ kṣatriyān sarvān ghātayiṣyasyanāgasaḥ||
Why then do you cause the ruin of all these other un-offending Kshatriyas? You are the root of this hostility, so, do you yourself encounter Arjuna.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.28
त्वमस्य मूलं वैरस्य तस्मादासादयार्जुनम्। दुर्दूतदेवी गान्धारे प्रयात्वर्जुनमाहवे।
tvamasya mūlaṃ vairasya tasmādāsādayārjunam| durdūtadevī gāndhāre prayātvarjunamāhave|
Here indeed is your sagacious uncle, ever devoted to the performance of the Kshatriya duties. O son of Ghandhari, let this one, addicted to deceitful gambling at dice, meet Arjuna in battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.29
एषोऽक्षकुशलो जिह्मो द्यूतकृत् कितव: शठः॥ देविता निकृतिप्रज्ञो युधि जेष्यति पाण्डवान्।
eṣo'kṣakuśalo jihmo dyūtakṛt kitava: śaṭhaḥ|| devitā nikṛtiprajño yudhi jeṣyati pāṇḍavān|
Expert in the game of dice, crooked, fond of gambling and wily and deceitful-this gamester addicted to deception will surely vanquish the Pandavas in battle!
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.30
त्वया कथितमत्यर्थं कर्णेन सह हृष्टवत्॥ असकृच्छून्यवन्मोहाद् धृतराष्ट्रस्य शृण्वतः।
tvayā kathitamatyarthaṃ karṇena saha hṛṣṭavat|| asakṛcchūnyavanmohād dhṛtarāṣṭrasya śṛṇvataḥ|
Accompanied by Karna and delightful you used to brag always, out of your foolishness, within Dhritarashtra's hearing, with these
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.31
अहं च तात कर्णश्च भ्राता दुःशासनश्च मे॥ पाण्डुपुत्रान् हनिष्यामः सहिताः समरे त्रयः।
ahaṃ ca tāta karṇaśca bhrātā duḥśāsanaśca me|| pāṇḍuputrān haniṣyāmaḥ sahitāḥ samare trayaḥ|
O Sire, myself, Karna and my brother Dussasan, united in battle, shall slay the sons of Pandu!
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.32
इति ते कत्थमानस्य श्रुतं संसदि संसदि॥ अनुतिष्ठ प्रतिज्ञा तां सत्यवाग् भव तैः सह।
iti te katthamānasya śrutaṃ saṃsadi saṃsadi|| anutiṣṭha pratijñā tāṃ satyavāg bhava taiḥ saha|
This brag of yours was heard in every assemblage of the court. Now with their help fulfill your vow and be true to your words.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.33
एष ते पाण्डवः शत्रुरविशङ्कोऽग्रतः स्थितः॥ क्षत्रधर्ममवेक्षस्व श्लाघ्यस्तव वधो जयात्।
eṣa te pāṇḍavaḥ śatruraviśaṅko'grataḥ sthitaḥ|| kṣatradharmamavekṣasva ślāghyastava vadho jayāt|
Yonder stand your fierce enemies, the sons of Pandu, prepared to fight to the last. Do now what should be done by a Kshatriya. It is batter that you did other than suffer defeat.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.34
दत्तं भुक्तमधीतं च प्राप्तमैश्चर्यमीप्सितम्॥ कृतकृत्योऽनृणश्चासि मा भैयुध्यस्व पाण्डवम्।
dattaṃ bhuktamadhītaṃ ca prāptamaiścaryamīpsitam|| kṛtakṛtyo'nṛṇaścāsi mā bhaiyudhyasva pāṇḍavam|
You have been charitable and enjoyed edibles to your heart's content. You have acquired wealth to your heart's content, you have accomplished all that one should do. You are debtless. Be not afraid. Encounter the son of Pandu battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 186.35
इत्युक्त्वा समरे द्रोणो न्यवर्तत यतः परे। द्वैधीकृत्य ततः सेनां युद्धं समभवत् तदा॥
ityuktvā samare droṇo nyavartata yataḥ pare| dvaidhīkṛtya tataḥ senāṃ yuddhaṃ samabhavat tadā||
Having thus spoken Drona desisted from fighting. Then the Bharata troops were divided in twain and the battle commenced.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)