Mahabharata — Volume V (Dutt edition) — Chapter 196
MBh 5 196.1
संजय उवाच छद्मना निहतं श्रुत्वा पितरं पापकर्मणा। बाष्पेणापूर्यत द्रौणी रोषेण च नरर्षभ।।।।
saṃjaya uvāca chadmanā nihataṃ śrutvā pitaraṃ pāpakarmaṇā| bāṣpeṇāpūryata drauṇī roṣeṇa ca nararṣabha||||
Sanjaya said Hearing that his father has been slain by underhand means by Dhristadyumna of sinful deeds, Drona's son became filled, O foremost of men, with tears as well as with (extreme) rage.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.2
तस्य क्रुद्धस्य राजेन्द्र वपुर्दीप्तमदृश्यत। अन्तकस्येव भूतानि जिहीर्षोः कालपर्यये॥
tasya kruddhasya rājendra vapurdīptamadṛśyata| antakasyeva bhūtāni jihīrṣoḥ kālaparyaye||
Inflamed as he was with rage, his body, O monarch, appeared to burn like that of the Destroyer himself when at the expiration of a Yuga, he engages himself in slaughtering created beings.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.3
अश्रुपूर्णे ततो नेत्रे व्यपमृज्य पुनः पुनः। उवाच कोपान्निःश्वस्य दुर्योधनमिदं वचः॥
aśrupūrṇe tato netre vyapamṛjya punaḥ punaḥ| uvāca kopānniḥśvasya duryodhanamidaṃ vacaḥ||
Then repeatedly wiping off his eyes shedding copious tears and breathing in rage, he said these words unto king Duryodhana.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.4
पिता मम यथा क्षुदैर्व्यस्तशस्रो निपातितः। धर्मध्वजवता पापं कृतं तद् विदितं मम॥
pitā mama yathā kṣudairvyastaśasro nipātitaḥ| dharmadhvajavatā pāpaṃ kṛtaṃ tad viditaṃ mama||
I have been apprised of the fact, how my father was slain after he laid his weapons aside; I have also known how a sinful act has been committed by those who boast of hoisting the standard of virtue.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.5
अनार्यं सुनृशंसं च धर्मपुत्रस्य मे श्रुतम्। युद्धेष्वपि प्रवृत्तानां ध्रुवं जयपराजयौ॥ द्वतमेतद् भवेद् राजन् वधस्तत्र प्रशस्यते। न्यायवृत्तो वधो यस्तु संग्रामे युध्यतो भवेत्॥
anāryaṃ sunṛśaṃsaṃ ca dharmaputrasya me śrutam| yuddheṣvapi pravṛttānāṃ dhruvaṃ jayaparājayau|| dvatametad bhaved rājan vadhastatra praśasyate| nyāyavṛtto vadho yastu saṃgrāme yudhyato bhavet||
I have also heard of the vile and ruthless act of the very virtuous king Yudhishthira. Surely either victory or its reverses will fall to the lot of those who engage in fight. Death in battle is ever esteemed. The death overtaking one engaged in fight under fair rules of combat.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.6
न स दुःखाय भवति तथा दृष्टो हि स द्विजैः। गतः स वीरलोकाय पिता मम न संशयः॥
na sa duḥkhāya bhavati tathā dṛṣṭo hi sa dvijaiḥ| gataḥ sa vīralokāya pitā mama na saṃśayaḥ||
Should not become a source of grief, as been observed by the sages. My father, without doubt, has gone to the posthumous regions of the heroes.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.7
न शोच्यः पुरुषव्याघ्र यस्तदा निधनं गतः। यत् तु धर्मप्रवृत्तः सन् केशग्रहणमाप्तवान्॥
na śocyaḥ puruṣavyāghra yastadā nidhanaṃ gataḥ| yat tu dharmapravṛttaḥ san keśagrahaṇamāptavān||
I should not lament for that foremost of men as he had undergone the most excellent from of death. But when fighting fairly, he was seized by the hair.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.8
पश्यतां सर्वसैन्यानां तन्मे मर्माणि कृन्तति। मयि जीवति यत् तात: केशग्रहमवाप्तवान्॥
paśyatāṃ sarvasainyānāṃ tanme marmāṇi kṛntati| mayi jīvati yat tāta: keśagrahamavāptavān||
Before the eyes of all the troops; this humiliation that he sustained is biting me to the very quick. Whilst I live, my sire was seized by the hair.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.9
कथमन्ये करिष्यन्ति पुत्रेभ्यः पुत्रिणः स्पृहाम्। कामात् क्रोधादविज्ञानाद्धर्षाद् बाल्येन वा पुनः॥
kathamanye kariṣyanti putrebhyaḥ putriṇaḥ spṛhām| kāmāt krodhādavijñānāddharṣād bālyena vā punaḥ||
Why then should sonless men wish to obtain sons (who can help them in no way)? Moved by lust or wrath or ignorance or hatred or levity.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.10
विधर्मकाणि कुर्वन्ति तथा परिभवन्ति च। तदिदं पार्षतेनेह महादाधर्मिकं कृतम्॥
vidharmakāṇi kurvanti tathā paribhavanti ca| tadidaṃ pārṣateneha mahādādharmikaṃ kṛtam||
Men perpetrate acts opposed to morality or to humiliate others. This most sinful act has been committed by the son of Prisata.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.11
अवज्ञाय च मां नूनं नृशंसेन दुरात्मना। तस्यानुबन्धं द्रष्टासौ धृष्टद्युम्नः सुदारुणम्॥
avajñāya ca māṃ nūnaṃ nṛśaṃsena durātmanā| tasyānubandhaṃ draṣṭāsau dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ sudāruṇam||
Of wicked soul and ruthless heart, in utter disregard of myself. Dhristadyumna shall behold the dreadful consequences of his act.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.12
अकार्यं परमं कृत्वा मिथ्यावादी च पाण्डवः। यो ह्यसौ छानाऽऽचार्यं शस्रं संन्यासयत् तदा॥
akāryaṃ paramaṃ kṛtvā mithyāvādī ca pāṇḍavaḥ| yo hyasau chānā''cāryaṃ śasraṃ saṃnyāsayat tadā||
As also the prevaricating sons of Pandu, who have perpetrated a sinful act. He that caused by an underhand underhand measure, the preceptor to lay aside his weapon.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.13
तस्याद्य धर्मराजस्य भूमिः पास्यति शोणितम्। शपे सत्येन कौरव्य इष्टापूर्तेन चैव ह॥
tasyādya dharmarājasya bhūmiḥ pāsyati śoṇitam| śape satyena kauravya iṣṭāpūrtena caiva ha||
The blood of that son of Dharma the earth shall drink today. I swear by my truth, O foremost of the Kurus, as also by the religious merits acquired by my Istha and Purtha acts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.14
अहत्वा सर्वपाञ्चालान् जीवेयं न कथंचन। सर्वोपायैर्यतिष्यामि पञ्चालानामहं वधे॥
ahatvā sarvapāñcālān jīveyaṃ na kathaṃcana| sarvopāyairyatiṣyāmi pañcālānāmahaṃ vadhe||
That I shall drag on my burden some existence without slaying the Panchalas to the last men. Having re-course to all measures, I shall contend against the Panchalas in great battle,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.15
धृष्टद्युम्नं च समरे हन्ताहं पापकारिणम्। कर्मणा येन तेनेह मृदुनो दारुणेन च॥
dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca samare hantāhaṃ pāpakāriṇam| karmaṇā yena teneha mṛduno dāruṇena ca||
Either by hook or crook or by violent or mild measures I will achieve the slaughter of Dhristadyumna of evil deeds in battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.16
पञ्चालानां वधं कृत्वा शान्तिं लब्धास्मि कौरव। यदर्थं पुरुषव्याघ्र पुत्रानिच्छन्ति मानवाः॥
pañcālānāṃ vadhaṃ kṛtvā śāntiṃ labdhāsmi kaurava| yadarthaṃ puruṣavyāghra putrānicchanti mānavāḥ||
() ruler of the Kuru, exterminating the Panchalas, I shall regain my peace of mind. O foremost of men, people desire to have children.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.17
प्रेत्य चेह च सम्प्राप्तास्रायन्ते महतो भयात्। पित्रा तु मम सावस्था प्राप्ता निर्बन्धुना यथा॥
pretya ceha ca samprāptāsrāyante mahato bhayāt| pitrā tu mama sāvasthā prāptā nirbandhunā yathā||
In order that these latter may free them from great danger here and hereafter. But my sire was reduced to a woeful plight like one helpless.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.18
मयि शैलप्रतीकाशे पुत्रे शिष्ये च जीवति। धिङ्ममास्राणि दिव्यानि धिग् बाहू धिक्पराक्रमम्॥
mayi śailapratīkāśe putre śiṣye ca jīvati| dhiṅmamāsrāṇi divyāni dhig bāhū dhikparākramam||
While myself his son and disciple, equal to a mountain (in mighty) am still alive. Fie on my weapons of celestial make, fie on my arms, fie on my prowess.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.19
यं स्म द्रोणः सुतं प्राप्य केशग्रहमवाप्तवान्। स तथाहं करिष्यामि तथा भरतसत्तम।॥
yaṃ sma droṇaḥ sutaṃ prāpya keśagrahamavāptavān| sa tathāhaṃ kariṣyāmi tathā bharatasattama|||
Inasmuch as getting me for his son, Drona had to suffer the indignity of being seized by the hair. O foremost of the Bharatas, I shall therefore so exert myself that.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.20
परलोकगतस्यापि भविष्याम्यनृणः पितुः। आर्येण हि न वक्तव्या कदाचित् स्तुतिरात्मनः॥
paralokagatasyāpi bhaviṣyāmyanṛṇaḥ pituḥ| āryeṇa hi na vaktavyā kadācit stutirātmanaḥ||
I may be free from the debt I still owe to my sire who has proceeded to Heaven. A noble person never indulges in his own praise;
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.21
पितुर्वधममृष्यंस्तु वक्ष्यामोह पौरुषम्। अद्य पश्यन्तु मे वीर्यं पाण्डवाः सजनार्दनाः॥
piturvadhamamṛṣyaṃstu vakṣyāmoha pauruṣam| adya paśyantu me vīryaṃ pāṇḍavāḥ sajanārdanāḥ||
But incapable of tolerating the slaughter of my sire, I shall today untter my own praises-Let the Pandavas with Janardana at their head today behold my prowess.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.22
मृद्गतः सर्वसैन्यानि युगान्तमिव कुर्वतः। न हि देवा न गन्धर्वा नासुरा न च राक्षसाः॥
mṛdgataḥ sarvasainyāni yugāntamiva kurvataḥ| na hi devā na gandharvā nāsurā na ca rākṣasāḥ||
As I grind all creatures like the Destroyer himself at the hour of Dissolution. Neither the gods, nor the Gandharvas, nor the Asuras, nor the reptiles, nor the Rakshasas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.23
अद्य शक्ता रणे जेतुं रथस्थं मां नरर्षभाः। मदन्यो नास्ति लोकेऽस्मिन्नर्जुनाद् वास्त्रवित् क्वचित्।।
adya śaktā raṇe jetuṃ rathasthaṃ māṃ nararṣabhāḥ| madanyo nāsti loke'sminnarjunād vāstravit kvacit||
Will be able today to conquer me as I shall ride on my car, O foremost of men. There is none in the world superior to me or Arjuna in the knowledge of weapons.
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MBh 5 196.24
अहं हि ज्वलतां मध्ये मयूखानामिवांशुमान्। प्रयोक्ता देवसृष्टानामस्राणां पृतनागतः॥
ahaṃ hi jvalatāṃ madhye mayūkhānāmivāṃśumān| prayoktā devasṛṣṭānāmasrāṇāṃ pṛtanāgataḥ||
Today at the heart of the hostile troops, like the sun in the midst of scorching rays, I shall discharge my celestial weapons.
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MBh 5 196.25
भृयामिष्वसनादद्य मत्प्रयुक्ता महाहवे। दर्शयन्तः शरा वीर्य प्रमथिष्यन्ति पाण्डवान्॥
bhṛyāmiṣvasanādadya matprayuktā mahāhave| darśayantaḥ śarā vīrya pramathiṣyanti pāṇḍavān||
In today's mighty battle, shafts shot furiously from by bow will crush and mangle the Pandavas, showing their great energy.
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MBh 5 196.26
अद्य सर्वा दिशो राजन् धाराभिरिव संकुलाः। आवृताः पत्रिभिस्तीक्ष्णैर्द्रष्टरो मामकैरिह॥
adya sarvā diśo rājan dhārābhiriva saṃkulāḥ| āvṛtāḥ patribhistīkṣṇairdraṣṭaro māmakairiha||
My troops shall today bchold the quarters of the compass, shrouded with sharp-winged shafts, as if O king, by shower of rain.
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MBh 5 196.27
विकिरज्छरजालानि सर्वतो भैरवस्वनान्। शत्रून् निपातयिष्यामि महावात इव दुमान्॥
vikirajcharajālāni sarvato bhairavasvanān| śatrūn nipātayiṣyāmi mahāvāta iva dumān||
Shooting on all sides shafts of dreadful whirl, I shall fell my foes like the mighty tempest uprooting the trees.
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MBh 5 196.28
न हि जानाति बीभत्सुस्तदस्त्रं न जनार्दनः। न भीमसेनो न यमौ न च राजा युधिष्ठिरः॥ न पार्षतो दुरात्मासौ न शिखण्डी न सात्यकिः। यदिदं मयि कौरव्य सकल्पं सनिवर्तनम्॥
na hi jānāti bībhatsustadastraṃ na janārdanaḥ| na bhīmaseno na yamau na ca rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ|| na pārṣato durātmāsau na śikhaṇḍī na sātyakiḥ| yadidaṃ mayi kauravya sakalpaṃ sanivartanam||
Neither Vibhatsu, nor Janardana, Bhimasena, nor the twins, (Nakula and Sahadeva), nor king Yudhishthira, nor Prisata's son of wicked soul, Sikhandin, nor Satyaki, even know the weapon which I possess, O nor foremost of the Kurus, with the mantras for hurling and withdrawing it.
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MBh 5 196.29
नारायणाय मे पित्रा प्रणम्य विधिपूर्वकम्। उपहारः पुरा दत्तो ब्रह्मरूप उपस्थितः॥
nārāyaṇāya me pitrā praṇamya vidhipūrvakam| upahāraḥ purā datto brahmarūpa upasthitaḥ||
Formerly on one occasion, disguised as a Brahmana, Narayana, came to my father; whereupon my father bowing down unto him presented him offerings in due course and from.
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MBh 5 196.30
तं स्वयं प्रतिगृह्याथ भगवान् स वरं ददौ। ववे पिता मे परममा नारायणं ततः॥
taṃ svayaṃ pratigṛhyātha bhagavān sa varaṃ dadau| vave pitā me paramamā nārāyaṇaṃ tataḥ||
Accepting those offerings that possessor of the six illustrious qualities (the Bhagas) desired to accord a boon to my sire. Thereupon my father asked the boon of getting that most excellent weapon called Narayana.
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MBh 5 196.31
अथैनमब्रवीद् राजन् भगवान् देवसत्तमः। भविता त्वत्समो नान्यः कश्चिद् युधि नरः क्वचित्।। ३३
athainamabravīd rājan bhagavān devasattamaḥ| bhavitā tvatsamo nānyaḥ kaścid yudhi naraḥ kvacit|| 33
Thereupon that foremost of all gods, that possessor of the six divine qualities said unto him, O king, “No man shall ever be a match for you in battle.
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MBh 5 196.32
न त्विदं सहसा ब्रह्मन् प्रयोक्तव्यं कथंचन। न ह्येतदस्रमन्यत्र वधाच्छवोर्निवर्तते॥
na tvidaṃ sahasā brahman prayoktavyaṃ kathaṃcana| na hyetadasramanyatra vadhācchavornivartate||
But, O Brahmana, this weapon should not be used without sufficient deliberation, for it never returns without dispatching the foc at whom it is hurled.
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MBh 5 196.33
न चैतच्छक्यते ज्ञातुं कं न वध्येदिति प्रभो। अवध्यमपि हन्याद्धि तस्मान्नैतत् प्रयोजयेत्॥
na caitacchakyate jñātuṃ kaṃ na vadhyediti prabho| avadhyamapi hanyāddhi tasmānnaitat prayojayet||
O Lord, I know not whom it may not slay. It will even effect the death of him who is unslayable. Therefore it should not be used hastily.
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MBh 5 196.34
अथ संख्ये रथस्यैव शस्राणां च विसर्जनम्। प्रयाचतां च शूत्रणां गमनं शरणस्य च॥
atha saṃkhye rathasyaiva śasrāṇāṃ ca visarjanam| prayācatāṃ ca śūtraṇāṃ gamanaṃ śaraṇasya ca||
When one abandons his car on weapons in battle or implores for mercy or surrenders himself.
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MBh 5 196.35
एते प्रशमने योगा महास्रस्य परंतप। सर्वथा पीडितो हि स्यादवध्यान् पीडयन् रणे॥
ete praśamane yogā mahāsrasya paraṃtapa| sarvathā pīḍito hi syādavadhyān pīḍayan raṇe||
O afflicter of your foes, these are the occasions when this mighty weapon, should not be used. He that wants to afflict the unslayable by this weapon himself becomes afflicted by it.
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MBh 5 196.36
तज्जग्राह पिता मह्यमब्रवीच्चैव स प्रभुः। त्वं वधिष्यसि सर्वाणि शस्रवर्षाण्यनेकशः॥
tajjagrāha pitā mahyamabravīccaiva sa prabhuḥ| tvaṃ vadhiṣyasi sarvāṇi śasravarṣāṇyanekaśaḥ||
My puissant father then received that weapon. The lord then thus spoke to me also. "You shall destroy many showers of celestial weapons.
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MBh 5 196.37
अनेनास्रेण संग्राते तेजसा च ज्वलिष्यसि। एवमुक्तवा स भगवान् दिवमाचक्रमे प्रभुः॥
anenāsreṇa saṃgrāte tejasā ca jvaliṣyasi| evamuktavā sa bhagavān divamācakrame prabhuḥ||
By means of this weapon and you shall blaze forth in effulgence by its virtue." Having thus spoken that Divine Lord ascended to heaven.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.38
एतन्नारायणादस्त्रं तत् प्राप्तं पितृबन्धुना। तेनाहं पाण्डवांश्चैव पञ्चालान् मत्स्यकेकयान्॥ विद्रावयिष्यामि रणे शचीपतिरिवासुरान्। यथा यथाहमिच्छेयं तथा भूत्वा शरा मम॥
etannārāyaṇādastraṃ tat prāptaṃ pitṛbandhunā| tenāhaṃ pāṇḍavāṃścaiva pañcālān matsyakekayān|| vidrāvayiṣyāmi raṇe śacīpatirivāsurān| yathā yathāhamiccheyaṃ tathā bhūtvā śarā mama||
This is history how my father obtained the Narayana weapon from the god. With the aid of this weapon, I shall crush the Pandavas, the Panchalas, the Matsyas and the Kaikayas in battle like the husband of Sachi crushing the Asuras. Assuming those particular forms which I shall desire them to assume, my arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.39
निपतेयुः सपत्नेषु विक्रमत्स्वपि भारत। यथेष्टमश्मवर्षेण प्रवर्षिष्ये रणे स्थितः॥
nipateyuḥ sapatneṣu vikramatsvapi bhārata| yatheṣṭamaśmavarṣeṇa pravarṣiṣye raṇe sthitaḥ||
Will fall upon my foes contending vigorously in battle. Staying in battle I shall shower weapons as it lists men to do.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.40
अयोमुखैश्च विहगैर्द्रावयिष्ये महारथान्। परश्वधांश्च निशितानुत्स्रक्ष्येऽहमसंशयम्॥
ayomukhaiśca vihagairdrāvayiṣye mahārathān| paraśvadhāṃśca niśitānutsrakṣye'hamasaṃśayam||
I will rout the foremost of car-warriors with sky-ranging arrows furnished with iron tips. I will certainly hurl battle axes, bludgeons and various other kinds of weapons.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.41
सोऽहं नारायणस्रेण महता शत्रुतापनः। शत्रून् विध्वंसयिष्यामि कदर्थी कृत्य पाण्डवान्॥
so'haṃ nārāyaṇasreṇa mahatā śatrutāpanaḥ| śatrūn vidhvaṃsayiṣyāmi kadarthī kṛtya pāṇḍavān||
An afflicter of foes as I am, with the aid of that Narayana weapon, I shall destroy the foes, completely crushing the Pandavas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.42
मित्रब्रह्मगुरुद्रोही जाल्मकः सुविगर्हितः। पाञ्चालापसदश्चाद्य न मे जीवन विमोक्ष्यते॥
mitrabrahmagurudrohī jālmakaḥ suvigarhitaḥ| pāñcālāpasadaścādya na me jīvana vimokṣyate||
That disgrace to the Panchala race, that contemner of his friends, the Brahmanas and his preceptor, that odious fellow of vilest conduct, shall not escape me alive today.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.43
तच्छ्रुत्वा द्रोणपुत्रस्य पर्यवर्तते वाहिनी। ततः सर्वे महाशङ्खान् दध्मुः पुरुषसत्तमाः॥
tacchrutvā droṇaputrasya paryavartate vāhinī| tataḥ sarve mahāśaṅkhān dadhmuḥ puruṣasattamāḥ||
Hearing those words of Drona's son, the army rallied; all foremost of warriors therein blew their mighly conches.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.44
भेरीचाभ्यहनन् हृष्टा डिण्डिमांश्च सहस्रशः। तथा ननाद वसुधा खुरनेमिप्रपीडिता॥
bherīcābhyahanan hṛṣṭā ḍiṇḍimāṃśca sahasraśaḥ| tathā nanāda vasudhā khuranemiprapīḍitā||
Delightedly they began to strike up the Bheris and Dindimas by thousands; the earth then struck with the hoops of horses and whecls of car, rang out loudly.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.45
स शब्दस्तुमुल: खं द्यां पृथिवीं च व्यनादयत्। तं शब्दं पाण्डवाः श्रुत्वा पर्जन्यनिनदोपमम्॥
sa śabdastumula: khaṃ dyāṃ pṛthivīṃ ca vyanādayat| taṃ śabdaṃ pāṇḍavāḥ śrutvā parjanyaninadopamam||
That tremendous din resounded through the welkin. the heavens and the earth. Then hearing that sound that resembled the rumble of rain-clouds, the Pandavas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 196.46
समेत्य रथिनां श्रेष्ठाः सहिताश्चाप्यमन्त्रयन्। तथोक्त्वा द्रोणपुत्रस्तु वायुपस्पृश्य भारत॥ प्रादुश्चकार तद् दिव्यमस्र नारायणं तदा।॥
sametya rathināṃ śreṣṭhāḥ sahitāścāpyamantrayan| tathoktvā droṇaputrastu vāyupaspṛśya bhārata|| prāduścakāra tad divyamasra nārāyaṇaṃ tadā|||
Those foremost of car-warriors, uniting together began to consult. The son of Drona aiso, O Bharata, having spoken in the above manner, washed his mouth with water and then invoked into existence that celestial weapon known by the name of Narayana.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)