Mahabharata — Volume V (Dutt edition) — Chapter 88
MBh 5 88.1
संजय उवाच ततो व्यूढेष्वनीकेषु समुत्कृष्टेषु मारिष। ताड्यमानासु भेरीषु मृदङ्गेषु नदत्सु च॥
saṃjaya uvāca tato vyūḍheṣvanīkeṣu samutkṛṣṭeṣu māriṣa| tāḍyamānāsu bherīṣu mṛdaṅgeṣu nadatsu ca||
Sanjaya said Thus when the troops had been excellently disposed of in that array, Osire and when Bheris were sounded and Mridangas struck up.
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MBh 5 88.2
अनीकानां च संह्रादे वादित्राणां च निःस्वने। प्रध्यापितेषु शोषु संनादे लोमहर्षणे॥
anīkānāṃ ca saṃhrāde vāditrāṇāṃ ca niḥsvane| pradhyāpiteṣu śoṣu saṃnāde lomaharṣaṇe||
When the soldiers uttered loud war-cries and musical instruments emitted tremendous din, when conchs were blown and horripilating roars were heard.
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MBh 5 88.3
अभिहारयत्सु शनकैर्भरतेषु युयुत्सुषु। रौद्रे मुहूर्ते सम्प्राप्ते सव्यसाची व्यदृश्यत॥
abhihārayatsu śanakairbharateṣu yuyutsuṣu| raudre muhūrte samprāpte savyasācī vyadṛśyata||
When the field slowly became over-spread with Bharata heroes desirous of battle and when the hour known as Roudra arrived, Savyasachin (Arjuna) made his appearance on the field of battle.
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MBh 5 88.4
बलानां वायसानां च पुरस्तात् सव्यसाचिनः । बहुलानि सहस्रणि प्राक्रीडंस्तत्र भारत॥
balānāṃ vāyasānāṃ ca purastāt savyasācinaḥ | bahulāni sahasraṇi prākrīḍaṃstatra bhārata||
Then, O Bharata, many thousands of ravens and crows flew sportively in front of Arjuna's car.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 88.5
मृगाश्च घोरसंनादः शिवाश्चाशिवदर्शनाः। दक्षिणेन प्रयातानामस्माकं प्राणदंस्तथा॥
mṛgāśca ghorasaṃnādaḥ śivāścāśivadarśanāḥ| dakṣiṇena prayātānāmasmākaṃ prāṇadaṃstathā||
Various animals of fearful yells and jackals of dreadful appearance, began to how in our right as we proceeded to battle.
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MBh 5 88.6
सनिर्घाता ज्वलन्त्यश्च पेतुरुल्काः सहस्रशः। चचाल च मही कृत्स्ना भये घोरे समुत्थिते॥
sanirghātā jvalantyaśca peturulkāḥ sahasraśaḥ| cacāla ca mahī kṛtsnā bhaye ghore samutthite||
Thousands of meteors, with harsh sounds and blazing tails, began to drop down; on the dreadful occasion, the whole Earth began to quake and tremble.
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MBh 5 88.7
विष्वग्वाताः सनिर्घाता रूक्षाः शर्करकर्षिणः। ववुरायाति कौन्तेये संग्रामे समुपस्थिते॥
viṣvagvātāḥ sanirghātā rūkṣāḥ śarkarakarṣiṇaḥ| vavurāyāti kaunteye saṃgrāme samupasthite||
Dry winds accompanied by deep sounds and driving pebbles and gravel, began to blow when Kunti's son made his appearance before the commencement of the battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 88.8
नाकुलिश्च शतानीको धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पाण्डवानामनीकानि प्राज्ञौ तौ व्यूहतुस्तदा॥
nākuliśca śatānīko dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca pāṇḍavānāmanīkāni prājñau tau vyūhatustadā||
Then Shatanika the son of Nakula and Dhristadyumna the son of Prishata, these two warriors endued with great wisdom began to array in order the numerous divisions of the Pandavas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 88.9
ततो रथसहस्रेण द्विरदानां शतेन च। त्रिभिरश्वसहस्त्रैश्च पदातीनां शतैः शतैः॥ पार्षतः। अध्यर्धमात्रे धनुषां सहस्रे तनयस्तव। अग्रतः सर्वसैन्यानां स्थित्वा दुर्मर्षणोऽब्रवीत्॥
tato rathasahasreṇa dviradānāṃ śatena ca| tribhiraśvasahastraiśca padātīnāṃ śataiḥ śataiḥ|| pārṣataḥ| adhyardhamātre dhanuṣāṃ sahasre tanayastava| agrataḥ sarvasainyānāṃ sthitvā durmarṣaṇo'bravīt||
Supported by a thousand cars, a hundred elephants, three thousand horses and ten thousand foot-soldiers and covering a part of the field measuring fifteen hundred bows, your son Durmarshana stationed himself in the very
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 88.10
अद्य गाण्डीवधन्वानं तपन्तं युद्धदुर्मदम्। अहमावारयिष्यामि वेलेव मकरालयम्॥
adya gāṇḍīvadhanvānaṃ tapantaṃ yuddhadurmadam| ahamāvārayiṣyāmi veleva makarālayam||
Like the banks resisting the waves of the swelling main, even I myself will this day hold in check the wielder of the Gandiva bow, that slayer of foes, that hero who is irrepressible in battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 88.11
अद्य पश्यन्तु संग्रामे धनंजयममर्षणम्। विषक्तं मयि दुर्धर्षमश्मकूटमिवाश्मनि॥
adya paśyantu saṃgrāme dhanaṃjayamamarṣaṇam| viṣaktaṃ mayi durdharṣamaśmakūṭamivāśmani||
Today let people see the irate and indomitable Dhananjaya collide with me, even like a mass of stone against another story mass.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 88.12
तिष्ठध्वं स्थनो यूयं संग्राममभिकाक्षिणः। युध्यामि संहतानेतान् यशो मानं च वर्धयन्॥
tiṣṭhadhvaṃ sthano yūyaṃ saṃgrāmamabhikākṣiṇaḥ| yudhyāmi saṃhatānetān yaśo mānaṃ ca vardhayan||
Stay, O you car-warriors that long to join in the fray! Single-handed, will I fight with the assembled Pandavas, for enhancing my glory and my fame
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MBh 5 88.13
एवं ब्रुवन्महाराज महात्मा स महामतिः। महेष्वासैर्वतो राजन् महेष्वासो व्यवस्थितः॥
evaṃ bruvanmahārāja mahātmā sa mahāmatiḥ| maheṣvāsairvato rājan maheṣvāso vyavasthitaḥ||
Having thus (spoken, O mighty monarch, that illustrious site of generous intellect, that fierce bowmen, stood, king, being surrounded by many excellent car-warriors.
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MBh 5 88.14
ततोऽन्तक इव क्रुद्धः सवज्र इव वासवः। दण्डपाणिगि मह्यो मृत्युः कालेन चोदितः॥
tato'ntaka iva kruddhaḥ savajra iva vāsavaḥ| daṇḍapāṇigi mahyo mṛtyuḥ kālena coditaḥ||
Then, ikt, the enraged Destroyer or like Vasata arnted with the thunderbolt or like the unbearate'r god of Death wielding his bludgeon and lét loose by time.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 88.15
शूलपाणिरिवाक्षोभ्यो वरुणः पाशवानिव। युगान्कांग्नरिवार्चिष्मान् प्रधक्ष्यन् वै पुनः प्रजाः॥
śūlapāṇirivākṣobhyo varuṇaḥ pāśavāniva| yugānkāṃgnarivārciṣmān pradhakṣyan vai punaḥ prajāḥ||
Or like Siva with trident and unruffled or like Varuna armed with the noose or like the blazing fire appearing at the end of a Yuga for consuming the creation.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 88.16
क्रोधामर्षबलोद्भूतो निवातकवचान्तकः। जयो जेता स्थितः सत्ये पारयिष्यन् महाव्रतम्॥
krodhāmarṣabalodbhūto nivātakavacāntakaḥ| jayo jetā sthitaḥ satye pārayiṣyan mahāvratam||
That slayer of the Nivatakavachas, inflamed with rage and swelling with his energies, the ever victorious Jaya attached to truth and intent on accomplishing his great vow.
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MBh 5 88.17
आमुक्तकवचः खड्गी जाम्बूनदकिरीटभृत्। शुभ्रमाल्याम्बरधरः स्वगदश्चारुकुण्डलः॥
āmuktakavacaḥ khaḍgī jāmbūnadakirīṭabhṛt| śubhramālyāmbaradharaḥ svagadaścārukuṇḍalaḥ||
Cased in mail and armed with a sword, graced with a golden diadem, decorated with garlands of white flowers and attired in white garments, his arms decked with charming Angadas and ears with resplendent ear-rings.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 88.18
रथप्रवरमास्थाय नरो नारायणानुगः। विधुन्वन् गाण्डिवं संख्ये बभौ सूर्य इवोदितः॥
rathapravaramāsthāya naro nārāyaṇānugaḥ| vidhunvan gāṇḍivaṃ saṃkhye babhau sūrya ivoditaḥ||
Riding on his own best of chariots, the embodied Nara accompanied by Narayana, shaking his Gandiva bow in battle appeared shining and dazzling like the risen sun.
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MBh 5 88.19
सोऽग्रानीकस्य महत इषुपाते धनंजयः। व्यवस्थाप्य रथं राजशङ्ख दध्मौ प्रतापवान्॥
so'grānīkasya mahata iṣupāte dhanaṃjayaḥ| vyavasthāpya rathaṃ rājaśaṅkha dadhmau pratāpavān||
Then Dhananjaya endued with great might, O king, stopping his chariot before the van of his troops where the thickest downpour of arrows was expected blew his conch.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 88.20
अथकृष्णोऽप्यसम्भ्रान्तः पार्थेन सह मारिष। प्राध्यापयत् पाञ्चजन्यं शङ्ख प्रवरमोजसा॥
athakṛṣṇo'pyasambhrāntaḥ pārthena saha māriṣa| prādhyāpayat pāñcajanyaṃ śaṅkha pravaramojasā||
Thereupon the undaunted Krishna also, O sire, with Pritha's son, blew with force that most excellent conch of his, known as the Panchajanya.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 88.21
तयोः शङ्खपणादेन तव सैन्ये विशाम्पते। आसन् संहृष्टरोमाणः कम्पिता गतचेतसः॥
tayoḥ śaṅkhapaṇādena tava sainye viśāmpate| āsan saṃhṛṣṭaromāṇaḥ kampitā gatacetasaḥ||
Then at that blare of the conchs, O ruler of men, the soldiers of your army had the hair of their body erect and they trembled and were confounded.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 88.22
यथा त्रस्यन्ति भूतानि सर्वाण्यशनिनिः स्वनात्। तथा शङ्खप्रणादेन वित्रेसुस्तव सैनिकाः॥
yathā trasyanti bhūtāni sarvāṇyaśaniniḥ svanāt| tathā śaṅkhapraṇādena vitresustava sainikāḥ||
At the blare of their conchs, your troops took right even as creatures become frightened at the rumbling of the thunder.
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MBh 5 88.23
प्रसुस्रवुः शकृन्मूत्रं वाहनानि च सर्वशः। एवं सवाहनं सर्वमाविग्नमभवद् बलम्॥
prasusravuḥ śakṛnmūtraṃ vāhanāni ca sarvaśaḥ| evaṃ savāhanaṃ sarvamāvignamabhavad balam||
All the beasts discharged urine and excreta. Your whole army with its animals seized with anxiety.
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MBh 5 88.24
सीदन्ति स्म नरा राजशङ्खशब्देन मारिष। विसंज्ञाश्चाभवन् केचित् केचिद् राजन् वितत्रसु॥
sīdanti sma narā rājaśaṅkhaśabdena māriṣa| visaṃjñāścābhavan kecit kecid rājan vitatrasu||
O sire, O monarch, in consequence of the blare of those two conchs, all men were deprived of their strength. And some of our array the were filled with fear and some lost their consciousness.
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MBh 5 88.25
ततः कपिमहानादं सह भूतैर्ध्वजालयैः। अकरोद्ध व्यादितास्यश्च भीषयंस्तव सैनिकान्॥
tataḥ kapimahānādaṃ saha bhūtairdhvajālayaiḥ| akaroddha vyāditāsyaśca bhīṣayaṃstava sainikān||
Then frightening your soldiers, the ape of Arjuna's banner with other creatures thereon, opening its mouth, uttered a terrible roar.
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MBh 5 88.26
ततः शङ्खाश्च भेर्यश्च मृदङ्गाश्चानकैः सह। पुनरेवाभ्यहन्यन्त तव सैन्यप्रहर्षणाः॥
tataḥ śaṅkhāśca bheryaśca mṛdaṅgāścānakaiḥ saha| punarevābhyahanyanta tava sainyapraharṣaṇāḥ||
Then conchs, horns, cymbals and Anakas, were sounded and blown for inspiring energy into your troops.
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MBh 5 88.27
नानावादित्रसंहादैः श्वैडितास्फोटिताकुलैः। सिंहनादैः समुत्कुष्टैः समाधूतैर्महारथैः॥
nānāvāditrasaṃhādaiḥ śvaiḍitāsphoṭitākulaiḥ| siṃhanādaiḥ samutkuṣṭaiḥ samādhūtairmahārathaiḥ||
Then din thus produced, became mixed up with the din produced by various musical instruments, by the shouts of warriors and by the slappings of their armpits, by the war-cries of the great car-warriors, as they challenged one another.
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MBh 5 88.28
तस्मिंस्तु तुमुले शब्दे भीरूणां भयवर्धने। अतीव हृष्टो दाशार्हमब्रवीत् पाकशासनिः॥
tasmiṃstu tumule śabde bhīrūṇāṃ bhayavardhane| atīva hṛṣṭo dāśārhamabravīt pākaśāsaniḥ||
Thus when that tremendous din arose there din that enhanced the fear of the cowards the son of Pakashasani became filled with joy; and addressing the descendant of the Dasarha race, he then thus spoke.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)