Mahabharata — Volume V (Dutt edition) — Chapter 8
MBh 5 8.1
संजय उवाच तथा द्रोणमभिनन्तं साश्वसूतरथद्विपान्। व्यथिताः पाण्डवा दृष्ट्वा न चैनं पर्यवारयन्॥
saṃjaya uvāca tathā droṇamabhinantaṃ sāśvasūtarathadvipān| vyathitāḥ pāṇḍavā dṛṣṭvā na cainaṃ paryavārayan||
Sanjaya said Seeing Drona thus destroy their horses, drivers, cars and elephants the Pandavas were greatly afflicted and could not check his career.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.2
ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा धृष्टद्युम्नधनंजयौ। अब्रवीत् सर्वतो यत्तैः कुम्भयोनिर्निवार्यताम्॥
tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā dhṛṣṭadyumnadhanaṃjayau| abravīt sarvato yattaiḥ kumbhayonirnivāryatām||
Thereupon king Yudhishthira said Dhrishtadyumna and Dhananjaya, "Check the carrier of the pot-born Drona by surrounding him with great heed.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.3
तत्रैनमर्जुनश्चैव पार्षतश्च सहानुगः। प्रत्यगृह्णात् ततः सर्वे समापेतुर्महारथाः॥
tatrainamarjunaścaiva pārṣataśca sahānugaḥ| pratyagṛhṇāt tataḥ sarve samāpeturmahārathāḥ||
to Thereupon the mighty car-warriors namely Arjuna and the son of Prishata together with their followers, encompassed Drona, as he was rushing at them.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.4
केकया भीमसेनश्च सौभद्रोऽथ घटोत्कचः। युधिष्ठिरो यमौ मत्स्या द्रुपदस्यात्मजास्तथा॥ द्रौपदेयाश्च संहृष्टा धृष्टकेतुः ससात्याकिः। चेकितानश्च संक्रुद्धो युयुत्सुश्च महारथः॥ ये चान्ये पार्थिवा राजन् पाण्डवस्यानुयायिनः। कुलवीर्यानुरूपाणि चक्रुः कर्माण्यनेकशः॥
kekayā bhīmasenaśca saubhadro'tha ghaṭotkacaḥ| yudhiṣṭhiro yamau matsyā drupadasyātmajāstathā|| draupadeyāśca saṃhṛṣṭā dhṛṣṭaketuḥ sasātyākiḥ| cekitānaśca saṃkruddho yuyutsuśca mahārathaḥ|| ye cānye pārthivā rājan pāṇḍavasyānuyāyinaḥ| kulavīryānurūpāṇi cakruḥ karmāṇyanekaśaḥ||
The Kekayas, Bhimasena, the son of Subhadra, Ghatotkacha, Yudhishthira the twins Nakula and Sahadeva, the king of the Matsyas the son of Drupada and the five son of Draupadi greatly delighted and Dhristaketu along with Satyaki, the wrathful Chekitana, the Yuyutsu the mighty car-warrior and, O monarch, all the other rulers of earth who followed the Pandavas in battle, achieved many feats (of valour), in accordance with their prowess and nobility of birth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.5
संरक्ष्यमाणां तां दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवैर्वाहिनीं रणे। व्यावृत्य चक्षुषी कोपाद् भारद्वाजोऽन्ववैक्षत॥
saṃrakṣyamāṇāṃ tāṃ dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavairvāhinīṃ raṇe| vyāvṛtya cakṣuṣī kopād bhāradvājo'nvavaikṣata||
Seeing the Pandavas protect their army in battle, the son of Bharadvaja, rolling his eyes in anger, cast his glances (on the army).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.6
स तीव्र कोपमास्थाय रथे समरदुर्जयः। व्यधमत् पाण्डवानीकमभ्राणीव सदागतिः॥
sa tīvra kopamāsthāya rathe samaradurjayaḥ| vyadhamat pāṇḍavānīkamabhrāṇīva sadāgatiḥ||
Working himself up with ire, that one (Drona), indomitable in war, seated on his chariot, blew the Pandava host off like the storm blowing thick clouds off.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.7
रथानश्वान् नरान् नागानभिधावन्नितस्ततः। चचारोन्मत्तवद् द्रोणोवृद्धोऽपि तरुणो यथा॥
rathānaśvān narān nāgānabhidhāvannitastataḥ| cacāronmattavad droṇovṛddho'pi taruṇo yathā||
Charging cars, steed, men and elephants on all sides, Drona roamed in the field like one insane and though grown up in years, he resembled one endued with the energy of youth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.8
तस्य शोणितदिग्धाङ्गा शोणास्ते वातरंहसः। आजानेया हया राजन्नविश्रान्ता ध्रुवं ययुः॥
tasya śoṇitadigdhāṅgā śoṇāste vātaraṃhasaḥ| ājāneyā hayā rājannaviśrāntā dhruvaṃ yayuḥ||
O monarch, his horses, of chestnut colour, of excellent breed, of wind-like speed, and of indefatigable energy, assumed a beautiful appearance being bespattered with blood.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.9
तमन्तकमिव क्रुद्धमापतन्तं यतव्रतम्। दृष्टा सम्प्राद्रवन् योधाः पाण्डवस्य ततस्ततः॥
tamantakamiva kruddhamāpatantaṃ yatavratam| dṛṣṭā samprādravan yodhāḥ pāṇḍavasya tatastataḥ||
Beholding that one of regulated vows rush at them like the god of Death enraged, all the warriors of the Pandavas sped on all directions.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.10
तेषां प्राद्रवतां भीमः पुनरावर्ततामपि। पश्यतां तिष्ठतां चासीच्छब्दः परमदारुणः॥
teṣāṃ prādravatāṃ bhīmaḥ punarāvartatāmapi| paśyatāṃ tiṣṭhatāṃ cāsīcchabdaḥ paramadāruṇaḥ||
As some fled and some rallied and some looked at Drona, and some stood on the field, the noise (of the confusion) they caused was dreadful and deafening.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.11
शूराणं हर्षजननो भीरूणां भयवर्धनः। द्यावापृथिव्योर्विवरं पूरयामास सर्वतः॥
śūrāṇaṃ harṣajanano bhīrūṇāṃ bhayavardhanaḥ| dyāvāpṛthivyorvivaraṃ pūrayāmāsa sarvataḥ||
That noise that imparted delight to the heroes and enhanced the terrors of the cowards, filled the whole interval between the earth and the skies.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.12
ततः पुनरपि द्रोणो नाम विश्रावयन् युधि। अकरोद् रौद्रमात्मानं किरञ्छरशतैः परान्॥
tataḥ punarapi droṇo nāma viśrāvayan yudhi| akarod raudramātmānaṃ kirañcharaśataiḥ parān||
And again did Drona, shouting forth his own name, made himself terrible in battle by piercing his enemies with hundreds of arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.13
स तथा तेष्वनीकेषु पाण्डुपुत्रस्य मारिष। कालवद् व्यचरद् द्रोणो युवेव स्थविरो बली॥
sa tathā teṣvanīkeṣu pāṇḍuputrasya māriṣa| kālavad vyacarad droṇo yuveva sthaviro balī||
O sire, then the mighty Drona careered fiercely amid the army of the sons of Pandu, like the god of Death himself; and he appeared like one young, though bearing the weight of years.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.14
उत्कृत्य च शिरांस्युग्रान् बाहूनपि सुभूषणान्। कृत्वा शून्यान् रथोपस्थानुदक्रोशन्महारथान्॥
utkṛtya ca śirāṃsyugrān bāhūnapi subhūṣaṇān| kṛtvā śūnyān rathopasthānudakrośanmahārathān||
Severing down many heads as well as arms decorated with ornaments and rendering the seats of many a car empty, he sent up terrific roars.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.15
तस्य हर्षप्रणादेन बाणवेगेन वा विभो। प्राकम्पन्त रणे योधा गाव: शीतार्दिता इव॥
tasya harṣapraṇādena bāṇavegena vā vibho| prākampanta raṇe yodhā gāva: śītārditā iva||
In consequence of his rapturous roars and of the fleetness of his arrows, O master, the warriors began to shake in battle, like kine shivering with cold.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.16
द्रोणस्य रथघोषेण मौर्वीनिप्पेषणेन च। धनुः शब्देन चाकाशे शब्दः समभवन्महान्॥
droṇasya rathaghoṣeṇa maurvīnippeṣaṇena ca| dhanuḥ śabdena cākāśe śabdaḥ samabhavanmahān||
A terrible sound caused by the rattle of Drona's chariot, by the contraction and stretching of his bow-string and by the twang of his bow, filled the conclave dome.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.17
अथास्य धनुषो बाणा निश्चरन्तः सहस्रशः। व्याप्य सर्वा दिश: पेतुर्नागाश्वरथपत्तिषु ॥
athāsya dhanuṣo bāṇā niścarantaḥ sahasraśaḥ| vyāpya sarvā diśa: peturnāgāśvarathapattiṣu ||
Thousands of arrows not shot from his bow fell, covering cardinal points, upon the elephants, steeds, chariots and foot-soldiers (of the hostile array).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.18
तं कार्मुकमहावेगमस्त्रज्वलितपावकम्। द्रोणमासादयांचक्रुः पञ्चालाः पाण्डवैः सह॥
taṃ kārmukamahāvegamastrajvalitapāvakam| droṇamāsādayāṃcakruḥ pañcālāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha||
Then the Pandavas along with the Panchalas, rushed at Drona wielding a bow of great strength and resembling a blazing fire in consequence of his weapons.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.19
तान् सकुञ्जरपत्त्यश्वान् प्राहिणोद् यमसादनम्। चक्रेऽचिरेण च द्रोणो महीं शोणित कर्दमाम्॥
tān sakuñjarapattyaśvān prāhiṇod yamasādanam| cakre'cireṇa ca droṇo mahīṃ śoṇita kardamām||
Then he began to dispatch them with their elephants, steeds and foot-soldiers to the regions of Death; and within a short while Drona made the earth muddy with blood.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.20
तन्वता परमास्त्रणि शरान् सततमस्यता। द्रोणेन विहितं दिक्षु शरजालमदृश्यत॥
tanvatā paramāstraṇi śarān satatamasyatā| droṇena vihitaṃ dikṣu śarajālamadṛśyata||
A net-work of arrows, woven by Drona who had been scattering celestial weapons and shooting shafts on all sides, was seen to over shroud the cardinal points.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.21
पदातिषु रथाश्वेषु वारणेषु च सर्वशः। तस्य विद्युदिवाभ्रेषु चरन् केतुरदृश्यत॥
padātiṣu rathāśveṣu vāraṇeṣu ca sarvaśaḥ| tasya vidyudivābhreṣu caran keturadṛśyata||
Like flashes of lightning amid dense masses of clouds, his standard could be seen whirling amongst foot-soldiers, chariots, horses and carwarriors.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.22
स केकयानां प्रवरांश्च पञ्च पञ्चालराजं च शरैः प्रमथ्य। युधिष्ठिरानीकमदीनसत्त्वो द्रोणोऽभ्ययात् कार्मुकबाणपाणिः॥
sa kekayānāṃ pravarāṃśca pañca pañcālarājaṃ ca śaraiḥ pramathya| yudhiṣṭhirānīkamadīnasattvo droṇo'bhyayāt kārmukabāṇapāṇiḥ||
Afflicting with arrows the five foremost among the Kekayas and the king of the Panchadas,' Drona, of irrepressible vigour, armed with a bow and arrows, charged the division commanded by Yudhishthira.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.23
तं भीमसेनश्च धनंजयश्च शिनेश्च नप्ता द्रुपदात्मजश्चा शैव्यात्मजः काशिपतिः शिबिश्च दृष्ट्वा नदन्तो व्यकिरछरौघैः॥
taṃ bhīmasenaśca dhanaṃjayaśca śineśca naptā drupadātmajaścā śaivyātmajaḥ kāśipatiḥ śibiśca dṛṣṭvā nadanto vyakiracharaughaiḥ||
Thereupon, Bhimasena and Dhananjaya and the grandson of sini and the sons of Drupada and the son of Saibya, the ruler of the Kasis and Sibi himself, greatly delighted and sending up loud shouts, covered Drona with a stream of shafts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.24
तेषामथ द्रोणधनुर्विमुक्ताः पतत्रिणः काञ्चनचित्रपुङ्खाः। भित्त्वा शरीराणि गजाश्वयूनां जग्मुर्महीं शोणितदिग्धवाजाः॥
teṣāmatha droṇadhanurvimuktāḥ patatriṇaḥ kāñcanacitrapuṅkhāḥ| bhittvā śarīrāṇi gajāśvayūnāṃ jagmurmahīṃ śoṇitadigdhavājāḥ||
Then numerous arrows shot from the bow of Drona and adorned with golden wings, piercing through the bodies of elephants and young steeds, stuck themselves on the ground, with feathers crimson with blood.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.25
सा योधसंधैश्च रथैश्च भूमिः शरैर्विभिन्नैर्गजवाजिभिश्च। प्रच्छाद्यमाना पतितैर्बभूव समावृता द्यौरिव कालमेघैः॥
sā yodhasaṃdhaiśca rathaiśca bhūmiḥ śarairvibhinnairgajavājibhiśca| pracchādyamānā patitairbabhūva samāvṛtā dyauriva kālameghaiḥ||
Then the field of battle, being covered over with fallen bands of warriors, (shattered) chariots and carcasses of elephants and horses mangled with arrows, appeared like the firmament overhung with dense masses of black clouds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.26
शैनेयभीमार्जुनवाहिनीशं सौभद्रपाञ्चालसकाशिराजम्। अन्यांश्च वीरान् समरे ममर्द द्रोणः सुतानां तव भूतिकामः॥
śaineyabhīmārjunavāhinīśaṃ saubhadrapāñcālasakāśirājam| anyāṃśca vīrān samare mamarda droṇaḥ sutānāṃ tava bhūtikāmaḥ||
Then Drona desirous of the prosperity of your sons, having in battle trampled down the divisions led by the grandson of Sini, Bhima and Arjuna and having crushed the son of Subhadra and the king of the Panchalas and the ruler of the Kasis and many other warriors.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.27
एतानि चान्यानि च कौरवेन्द्र कर्माणि कृत्वा समरे महात्मा। प्रताप्य लोकानिव कालसूर्यो द्रोणो गतः स्वर्गमितो हि राजन्॥
etāni cānyāni ca kauravendra karmāṇi kṛtvā samare mahātmā| pratāpya lokāniva kālasūryo droṇo gataḥ svargamito hi rājan||
And having achieved these and other wondrous feats in battle, O foremost among the Kurus, that high-souled one, Drona, left this world for heaven, after having consumed this earth like the sun that rises at the time of the world's annihilations, O monarch.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 8.28
एवं रुक्मरथः शूरो हत्वा शतसहस्रशः। पाण्डवानां रणे योधान् पार्षतेन निपातितः॥ अक्षौहिणीमभ्यधिकां शूराणामनिवर्तिनाम्। निहत्य पश्चाद् धृतिमानगच्छत् परमां गतिम्॥ पाण्डवैः सह पञ्चालैरशिवैः क्रूरकर्मभिः। हतो रुक्मरथो राजन् कत्वा कर्म सुदुष्करम्॥ ततो निनादो भूतानामाकाशे समजायत। सैन्यानां च ततो राजन्नाचार्ये निहते युधि॥ द्यां धरां खं दिशो वापि प्रदिशश्चानुनादयन्। अहोधिगिति भूतानां शब्दः समभवद् भृशम्॥ देवताः पितरश्चैव पूर्वे ये चास्य बान्धवाः। ददृशुनिहतं तत्र भारद्वाजं महारथम्॥ पाण्डवास्तु जयं लब्ध्वा सिंहनादान् प्रचक्रिरे। सिंहनादेन महता समकम्पत मेदिनी॥
evaṃ rukmarathaḥ śūro hatvā śatasahasraśaḥ| pāṇḍavānāṃ raṇe yodhān pārṣatena nipātitaḥ|| akṣauhiṇīmabhyadhikāṃ śūrāṇāmanivartinām| nihatya paścād dhṛtimānagacchat paramāṃ gatim|| pāṇḍavaiḥ saha pañcālairaśivaiḥ krūrakarmabhiḥ| hato rukmaratho rājan katvā karma suduṣkaram|| tato ninādo bhūtānāmākāśe samajāyata| sainyānāṃ ca tato rājannācārye nihate yudhi|| dyāṃ dharāṃ khaṃ diśo vāpi pradiśaścānunādayan| ahodhigiti bhūtānāṃ śabdaḥ samabhavad bhṛśam|| devatāḥ pitaraścaiva pūrve ye cāsya bāndhavāḥ| dadṛśunihataṃ tatra bhāradvājaṃ mahāratham|| pāṇḍavāstu jayaṃ labdhvā siṃhanādān pracakrire| siṃhanādena mahatā samakampata medinī||
Having achieved these great feats of valour, that chastiser of hostile armies, that possessor of a golden car, that hero, who had killed in battle hundreds of thousands of the soldiers of the Pandavas, was himself slain by the son of Prishata. Having slain more than Akshauhini of unreturning heroes, that Drona of (unrivaled) intelligence, at last attained to the highest state of existence. O monarch, having achieved these most difficult feats, that one of a golden car was slain by the Pandavas and the Panchalas of inauspicious and heartless of deeds. When the preceptor was slain in battle, o king, a loud roar of all creatures as two also of the warriors filled the sky. The loud cry of 'O fie' uttered by creatures arose in the welkin resounding through the earth, the heavens and the interval between them and the cardinal and the subsidiary quarters. Then all the celestials and the Pitris and the friend of the mighty car-warrior Bharadvaja (Drona), saw him slain in battle. The son of Pandu having obtained victory gave forth roars resembling those of a lion; and the (foundation of) the carth shook with those loud leonine roars of theirs.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)