Mahabharata — Volume V (Dutt edition) — Chapter 27

MBh 5 27.1

संजय उवाच यन्मां पार्थस्य संग्रामे कर्माणि परिपृच्छसि। तच्छृणुष्व महाबाहो पार्थो यदकरोद् रणे॥

saṃjaya uvāca yanmāṃ pārthasya saṃgrāme karmāṇi paripṛcchasi| tacchṛṇuṣva mahābāho pārtho yadakarod raṇe||

Sanjaya said As you have enquired of me of the feats of Partha in that battle, hear, O you of mighty arms, what he achieved in that battle.

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

MBh 5 27.2

रजो दृष्ट्वा समुद्भूतं श्रुत्वा च गजनिःस्वनम्। भगदत्ते विकुर्वाणे कौन्तेयः कृष्णमब्रवीत्॥

rajo dṛṣṭvā samudbhūtaṃ śrutvā ca gajaniḥsvanam| bhagadatte vikurvāṇe kaunteyaḥ kṛṣṇamabravīt||

Seeing the cloud of dust and hearing the noise created by the troops when Bhagadatta was achieving feats of valour, the son of Kunti thus addressed Krishna.

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

MBh 5 27.3

यथा प्राग्ज्योतिषो राजा गजेन मधुसूदन। त्वरमाणो विनिष्क्रान्तो ध्रुवं तस्यैष नि:स्वनः॥

yathā prāgjyotiṣo rājā gajena madhusūdana| tvaramāṇo viniṣkrānto dhruvaṃ tasyaiṣa ni:svanaḥ||

O slayer of Madhu, as the ruler of the Pragjyotisas has advanced with impetuosity to the battle, riding on his elephant, this loud noise may be attributed to him.

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

MBh 5 27.4

इन्द्रादनवरः संख्ये गजयानविशारदः। प्रथमो गजयोधानां पृथिव्यामिति मे मतिः॥

indrādanavaraḥ saṃkhye gajayānaviśāradaḥ| prathamo gajayodhānāṃ pṛthivyāmiti me matiḥ||

Well-versed in the management of his vehicle the elephant, he is in no way interior to Indra in battle; and I think, he is either the first or the second of all the elephant warriors on the face of this earth.

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

MBh 5 27.5

स चापि द्विरदश्रेष्ठः सदाऽप्रतिगजो युधि। सर्वशस्त्रातिग: संख्ये कृतकर्मा जितक्लमः॥

sa cāpi dviradaśreṣṭhaḥ sadā'pratigajo yudhi| sarvaśastrātiga: saṃkhye kṛtakarmā jitaklamaḥ||

His elephant is also the foremost of the species, whom no rival dares encounter in battle; the animal is well accomplished in all tactics and indefatigable and beyond the reach of all weapons in battle.

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

MBh 5 27.6

सहः शस्त्रनिपातानामग्निस्पर्शस्य चानघ। स पाण्डवबलं सर्वमबैको नाशयिष्यति॥

sahaḥ śastranipātānāmagnisparśasya cānagha| sa pāṇḍavabalaṃ sarvamabaiko nāśayiṣyati||

sinless one, that elephant capable of bearing the showers of all kinds of weapon and even the tongues of fire, will alone, this day, destroy all the troops of the Pandavas.

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

MBh 5 27.7

न चावाभ्यामृतेऽनयोऽस्ति शक्तस्तं प्रतिबाधितुम्। त्वरमाणस्ततो याहि यतः प्रज्ज्योतिषाधिपः॥

na cāvābhyāmṛte'nayo'sti śaktastaṃ pratibādhitum| tvaramāṇastato yāhi yataḥ prajjyotiṣādhipaḥ||

Save and except us two, there is none who is capable of resisting that animal. Therefore with speed do you drive where the ruler of the Pragjyotisas is.

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

MBh 5 27.8

दृप्तं संख्ये द्विपबलाद् वयसा चापि विस्मितम्। अद्यैनं प्रेषयिष्यामि बलहन्तुः प्रियातिथिम्॥

dṛptaṃ saṃkhye dvipabalād vayasā cāpi vismitam| adyainaṃ preṣayiṣyāmi balahantuḥ priyātithim||

I will, this very day, send, as a dear guest to the slayer of Bala (Indra), this my adversary who is proud of the prowess of his elephant and of his venerable age, in battle.

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

MBh 5 27.9

वचनादथ कृष्णस्तु प्रययो सव्यसाचिनः। दीर्यते भगदत्तेन यत्र पाण्डववाहिनी॥

vacanādatha kṛṣṇastu prayayo savyasācinaḥ| dīryate bhagadattena yatra pāṇḍavavāhinī||

No sooner had Arjuna uttered these words than Krishna drove to the spot where Bhagadatta had been crushing and shattering the Pandava ariny. on

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

MBh 5 27.10

तं प्रयान्तं ततः पश्चादाह्वयन्तो महारथाः। संशप्तकाः समारोहन् सहस्राणि चतुर्दश॥

taṃ prayāntaṃ tataḥ paścādāhvayanto mahārathāḥ| saṃśaptakāḥ samārohan sahasrāṇi caturdaśa||

As Arjuna winded his way towards Bhagadatta, the fourteen thousand mighty carwarriors, viz., the Samshaptakas summoned him delightfully from behind.

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

MBh 5 27.11

दशैव तु सहस्राणि त्रिगर्तानां महारथाः। चत्वारि च सहस्राणि वासुदेवस्य चानुगाः॥

daśaiva tu sahasrāṇi trigartānāṃ mahārathāḥ| catvāri ca sahasrāṇi vāsudevasya cānugāḥ||

Of these fourteen thousand, ten thousand mighty car-warriors belonged to the Trigartta clan and the remaining) four sand were the followers of the son of Vasudeva.

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

MBh 5 27.12

दीर्यमाणां चमू दृष्ट्वा भगदत्तेन मारिष। आहूयमानस्य च तैरभवद्धृदयं द्विधा॥

dīryamāṇāṃ camū dṛṣṭvā bhagadattena māriṣa| āhūyamānasya ca tairabhavaddhṛdayaṃ dvidhā||

Beholding then the ranks of his own army broken by Bhagadatta and Osire, being summoned the other-hand by by the Samshaptakas, Arjuna was scen divided in his heart (purpose).

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

MBh 5 27.13

किं नु श्रेयस्करं कर्म भवेदद्येति चिन्तयन्। इह वा विनिवर्तेयं गच्छेयं वा युधिष्ठिरम्॥

kiṃ nu śreyaskaraṃ karma bhavedadyeti cintayan| iha vā vinivarteyaṃ gaccheyaṃ vā yudhiṣṭhiram||

He began to reflect-‘Which of these two acts will now be beneficial for me viz., to turn back to the Samshaptakas or to repair to Yudhishthira.'

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

MBh 5 27.14

तस्य बुद्ध्या विचार्यैवमर्जुनस्य कुरूद्वह। अभवद् भूयसी बुद्धिः संशप्तकवधे स्थिरा॥

tasya buddhyā vicāryaivamarjunasya kurūdvaha| abhavad bhūyasī buddhiḥ saṃśaptakavadhe sthirā||

Then, ( perpetuator of the race of the Kurus, deciding with the help of his understanding, Arjuna set his heart steadily on the destruction of the Samshaptakas.

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

MBh 5 27.15

स संनिवृत्तः सहसा कपिप्रवरकेतनः। एको रथसहस्राणि निहन्तुं वासवी रणे॥

sa saṃnivṛttaḥ sahasā kapipravaraketanaḥ| eko rathasahasrāṇi nihantuṃ vāsavī raṇe||

Then that son of Vasava bearing the device of the money-chief on his standard, suddenly wheeled round with the intent of slaughtering, single handed, those thousands of car-warriors in battle.

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

MBh 5 27.16

सा हि दुर्योधनस्यासीन्मतिः कर्णस्य चोभयोः। अर्जुनस्य वधोपाये तेन द्वैधमकल्पयत्॥

sā hi duryodhanasyāsīnmatiḥ karṇasya cobhayoḥ| arjunasya vadhopāye tena dvaidhamakalpayat||

Even this was what both Karna and Duryodhana had decided to be the means for bringing about the death of Arjuna; and for this they had planned the double encounter.

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

MBh 5 27.17

स तु दोलायमानोऽभूद् द्वैधीभावेन पाण्डवः। वधेन तु नराग्र्याणामकरोत् तां मृषा तदा॥

sa tu dolāyamāno'bhūd dvaidhībhāvena pāṇḍavaḥ| vadhena tu narāgryāṇāmakarot tāṃ mṛṣā tadā||

Then the son of Pandu wavered between his two purposes (of slaying the Samslaptakas and of meeting Bhagadatta). But he baffled the purposes of his enemies by slaying then the foremost among the Samshaptakas.

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

MBh 5 27.18

ततः शतसहस्राणि शराणां नतपर्वणाम्। असृजन्नर्जुने राजन् संशप्तकमहारथाः॥

tataḥ śatasahasrāṇi śarāṇāṃ nataparvaṇām| asṛjannarjune rājan saṃśaptakamahārathāḥ||

Thereat, O monarch, the mighty carwarriors, of the Samshaptaka host showered upon Arjuna hundreds and thousands of straight-jointed shafts.

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

MBh 5 27.19

नैव कुन्तीसुतः पार्थो नैव कृष्णो जनार्दनः। न हया न रथो राजन् दृश्यन्ते स्म शरैश्चिताः॥

naiva kuntīsutaḥ pārtho naiva kṛṣṇo janārdanaḥ| na hayā na ratho rājan dṛśyante sma śaraiścitāḥ||

Covered with those shafts, neither the son of Kunti, namely Partha, nor Krishna the assuager of the grief of men, nor horses nor chariots, O monarch, could be seen.

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

MBh 5 27.20

तदा मोहमनुप्राप्तः सिष्विदे हि जनार्दनः। ततस्तान् प्रायशः पार्थो ब्रह्मास्त्रेण निजघ्निवान्॥

tadā mohamanuprāptaḥ siṣvide hi janārdanaḥ| tatastān prāyaśaḥ pārtho brahmāstreṇa nijaghnivān||

Then when Janardana was overwhelmed with a swoon and was covered with drops of perspiration, the son of Pritha tell to slaughter them in large numbers with his Brahma weapon.

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

MBh 5 27.21

शतशः पाणयश्छिन्नाः सेषुज्यातलकार्मुकाः। केतवो वाजिनः सूता रथिनश्चापतन् क्षितौ॥

śataśaḥ pāṇayaśchinnāḥ seṣujyātalakārmukāḥ| ketavo vājinaḥ sūtā rathinaścāpatan kṣitau||

Hundreds of arms with arrows, bow-strings and bows in their grasps, being severed and also, standards, horses, charioteers and carwarriors, all fell down on the earth.

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

MBh 5 27.22

द्रुमाचलाग्राम्बुधरैः समकायाः सुकल्पिता:। हतारोहाः क्षितौ पेतुर्द्विपाः पार्थशराहताः॥

drumācalāgrāmbudharaiḥ samakāyāḥ sukalpitā:| hatārohāḥ kṣitau peturdvipāḥ pārthaśarāhatāḥ||

Elephants, resembling in stature huge hills covered with trees or masses of rain clouds and furnished with trappings, having their riders slain, fell down on the ground being struck with the arrows of Partha.

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

MBh 5 27.23

॥ विप्रविद्धकुथा नागाश्छिन्नभाण्डाः परासवः। सारोहास्तु रणे पेतुर्मथिता मार्गणैर्भृशम्॥

|| vipraviddhakuthā nāgāśchinnabhāṇḍāḥ parāsavaḥ| sārohāstu raṇe peturmathitā mārgaṇairbhṛśam||

Greatly afflicted with the shafts of Partha, steeds with riders on their backs, fell down dead on the ground, with their caparisons and reins severed and their Bandha rent.

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

MBh 5 27.24

सर्टिप्रासासिनखराः समुद्गरपरश्वधाः। विच्छिन्ना बाहवः पेतुर्नृणां भल्लैः किरीटिना॥

sarṭiprāsāsinakharāḥ samudgaraparaśvadhāḥ| vicchinnā bāhavaḥ peturnṛṇāṃ bhallaiḥ kirīṭinā||

Severed by Kiritin with his board-headed arrows, the arms of men, having swords, lances and rapiers for their nail and grasping bludgeons, mallets and battle-axes, fell down.

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

MBh 5 27.25

बालादित्याम्बुजेन्दूनां तुल्यरूपाणि मारिष। संच्छिन्नान्यर्जुनशरैः शिरांस्युा प्रपेदिरे॥

bālādityāmbujendūnāṃ tulyarūpāṇi māriṣa| saṃcchinnānyarjunaśaraiḥ śirāṃsyuā prapedire||

Heads, O sire, resembling the rising sun or the lotus or the moon, being severed by the arrows of Arjuna, fell down on the earth.

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

MBh 5 27.26

जज्वालालंकृता सेना पत्रिभिः प्राणिभोजनैः। नानारूपैस्तदामित्रान् क्रुद्धे निम्नति फाल्गुने॥

jajvālālaṃkṛtā senā patribhiḥ prāṇibhojanaiḥ| nānārūpaistadāmitrān kruddhe nimnati phālgune||

When the enraged Phalguna had been thus slaying his foes, the forces seemed to be on fire, being struck with beautiful but deadly shafts of various appearances.

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

MBh 5 27.27

क्षोभयन्तं तदा सेनां द्विरदं नलिनीमिव। धनंजयं भूतगणाः साधु साध्वित्यपूजयन्॥

kṣobhayantaṃ tadā senāṃ dviradaṃ nalinīmiva| dhanaṃjayaṃ bhūtagaṇāḥ sādhu sādhvityapūjayan||

Then all beings honoured Dhananjaya, who had been agitating the forces like an elephant crushing the lotus-stalks, by saying 'Well done,' 'Well-done.

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

MBh 5 27.28

दृष्ट्वा तत् कर्म पार्थस्य वासवस्येव माधवः। विस्मयं परमं गत्वा प्राञ्जलिस्तमुवाच ह॥

dṛṣṭvā tat karma pārthasya vāsavasyeva mādhavaḥ| vismayaṃ paramaṃ gatvā prāñjalistamuvāca ha||

Beholding that feat of the son of Pritha, which was equal to the one achieved by Vasava himself, Madhava, highly amazed thus spoke to the former, with his hands folded.

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

MBh 5 27.29

कर्मैतत् पार्थ शक्रेण यमेन धनदेन च। दुष्करं समरे यत् ते कृमद्येति मे मतिः॥

karmaitat pārtha śakreṇa yamena dhanadena ca| duṣkaraṃ samare yat te kṛmadyeti me matiḥ||

'I think, O Partha, the feat you have today achieved in battle is difficult of being performed even by Indra or Yama or Kubera himself.

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

MBh 5 27.30

युगपच्चैव संग्रामे शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः। पतिता एव मे दृष्टाः संशप्तकमहारथाः॥

yugapaccaiva saṃgrāme śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ| patitā eva me dṛṣṭāḥ saṃśaptakamahārathāḥ||

I have seen today slay simultaneously in battle, hundreds and thousands of mighty carwarriors of the Samshaptaka host.'

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

MBh 5 27.31

संशप्तकांस्ततो हत्वा भूयिष्ठा ये व्यवस्थिताः। भगदत्ताय याहीति कृष्णं पार्थोऽभ्यनोदयत्॥

saṃśaptakāṃstato hatvā bhūyiṣṭhā ye vyavasthitāḥ| bhagadattāya yāhīti kṛṣṇaṃ pārtho'bhyanodayat||

Then completely slaying those Samshaptakas who stayed in battle, Partha said to Krishna, ‘Now hasten towards Bhagadatta.'

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

MBh 5 27.32

युगपच्चैव संग्रामे शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः। पतिता एव मे दृष्टाः संशप्तकमहारथाः॥

yugapaccaiva saṃgrāme śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ| patitā eva me dṛṣṭāḥ saṃśaptakamahārathāḥ||

I have seen today slay simultaneously in battle, hundreds and thousands of mighty carwarriors of the Samshaptaka host.'

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

MBh 5 27.33

संशप्तकांस्ततो हत्वा भूयिष्ठा ये व्यवस्थिताः। भगदत्ताय याहीति कृष्णं पार्थोऽभ्यनोदयत्॥

saṃśaptakāṃstato hatvā bhūyiṣṭhā ye vyavasthitāḥ| bhagadattāya yāhīti kṛṣṇaṃ pārtho'bhyanodayat||

Then completely slaying those Samshaptakas who stayed in battle, Partha said to Krishna, ‘Now hasten towards Bhagadatta.'

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