Mahabharata — Volume V (Dutt edition) — Chapter 89

MBh 5 89.1

अर्जुन उवाच चोदयाश्वान् हृषीकेश यत्र दुर्मर्षणः स्थितः। एतद् भित्त्वा गजानीकं प्रवेक्ष्याम्यरिवाहिनीम्॥

arjuna uvāca codayāśvān hṛṣīkeśa yatra durmarṣaṇaḥ sthitaḥ| etad bhittvā gajānīkaṃ pravekṣyāmyarivāhinīm||

Arjuna said Drive, O Hrishikesha, the horses to the spot where Durmarsana stands. Penetrating through this division of elephants. I shall enter into the heart of the hostile army.

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MBh 5 89.2

संजय उवाच एवमुक्तो महाबाहुः केशवः सव्यसाचिना। अचोदयद्धयांस्तत्र यत्र दुर्मर्षणः स्थितः॥

saṃjaya uvāca evamukto mahābāhuḥ keśavaḥ savyasācinā| acodayaddhayāṃstatra yatra durmarṣaṇaḥ sthitaḥ||

Sanjaya said Thus spoken to by Savyasachin, the mighty-armed Keshava drove the steeds to the spot where Durmarsana was standing.

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MBh 5 89.3

स समप्रहारस्तुमुलः सम्प्रवृत्तः सुदारुणः। एकस्य च बहूनां च रथनागनरक्षयः॥

sa samaprahārastumulaḥ sampravṛttaḥ sudāruṇaḥ| ekasya ca bahūnāṃ ca rathanāganarakṣayaḥ||

Thereupon, there ensued a fearful and terrible encounter between the many and the one, encounter that was destructive of many cars, elephants and men.

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

MBh 5 89.4

ततः सायकवर्षेण पर्जन्य इव वृष्टिमान्। परानवाकिरत् पार्थः पर्वतानिव नीरदः॥

tataḥ sāyakavarṣeṇa parjanya iva vṛṣṭimān| parānavākirat pārthaḥ parvatāniva nīradaḥ||

Then, like masses of clouds surcharged with rain drenching the mountain-breast with their contents. Pritha's son covered his enemies with his arrowy downpour.

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

MBh 5 89.5

ते चापि रथिनः सर्वे त्वरिताः कृतहस्तवत्। अवाकिरन् बाणजालैस्तत्र कृष्णधनंजयौ॥

te cāpi rathinaḥ sarve tvaritāḥ kṛtahastavat| avākiran bāṇajālaistatra kṛṣṇadhanaṃjayau||

The warriors of your army then with great lightness of hands, hastily covered Arjuna and Krishna with a net-work of arrows.

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

MBh 5 89.6

ततः क्रुद्धो महाबाहुर्वार्यमाणः परैयुधि। शिरांसि रथिनां पार्थः कायेभ्योऽपाहरच्छरैः। :॥

tataḥ kruddho mahābāhurvāryamāṇaḥ paraiyudhi| śirāṃsi rathināṃ pārthaḥ kāyebhyo'pāharaccharaiḥ| :||

Then excited to the highest pitch of anger by his enemies, the mighty-armed Partha endued with great prowess, began to rob, with his arrows, the heads of car-warriors, from their trunks.

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

MBh 5 89.7

उद्भान्तनयनैर्वक्त्रैः संदष्टौष्ठपुटैः शुभैः। सकुण्डलशिरस्त्राणैर्वसुधा समकीर्यत॥

udbhāntanayanairvaktraiḥ saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭaiḥ śubhaiḥ| sakuṇḍalaśirastrāṇairvasudhā samakīryata||

The Earth became overspread with handsome heads graced with ear-rings and head-gears, the lower lips bit by the upper ones and the faces adorned with eyes inflamed with rage.

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

MBh 5 89.8

पुण्डरीकवनानीव विध्यस्तानि समन्ततः। विनिकर्णानि योधानां वदनानि चकाशिरे॥

puṇḍarīkavanānīva vidhyastāni samantataḥ| vinikarṇāni yodhānāṃ vadanāni cakāśire||

The countenance of the warriors scattered here and there, looked charming like an assemblage of plucked off lotuses lying crushed and strewn about the field.

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

MBh 5 89.9

तपनीयतनुत्राणाः संसिक्ता रुधिरेण च। संसक्ता इव दृश्यन्ते मेघसंघाः सविद्युतः॥

tapanīyatanutrāṇāḥ saṃsiktā rudhireṇa ca| saṃsaktā iva dṛśyante meghasaṃghāḥ savidyutaḥ||

Armours of gold bespattered with blood and lying thick over the field, appeared like masses of clouds fringed with flashes of lightning.

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

MBh 5 89.10

शिरसां पततां राजशब्दोऽभूद् वसुधातले। कालेन परिपक्वानां तालानां पततामिव॥

śirasāṃ patatāṃ rājaśabdo'bhūd vasudhātale| kālena paripakvānāṃ tālānāṃ patatāmiva||

The sound then created by the falling of heads on the earth, resembled that produced by the falling of ripe palm fruit.

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

MBh 5 89.11

ततः कबन्धं किंचित् तु धनुरालम्ब्य तिष्ठति। किंचित् खङ्गं विनिष्कृष्य भुजेनोद्यम्य तिष्ठति॥

tataḥ kabandhaṃ kiṃcit tu dhanurālambya tiṣṭhati| kiṃcit khaṅgaṃ viniṣkṛṣya bhujenodyamya tiṣṭhati||

Some headless tiunk were seen standing there, with their bows in grasp. Some again stood, with their drawn swords raised on air (for striking).

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

MBh 5 89.12

पतितानि न जानन्ति शिरांसि पुरुषर्षभाः। अमृष्यमाणाः संग्रामे कौन्तेयं जयगृद्धिनः॥

patitāni na jānanti śirāṃsi puruṣarṣabhāḥ| amṛṣyamāṇāḥ saṃgrāme kaunteyaṃ jayagṛddhinaḥ||

The (surviving) foremost of warriors, all resenting those feats of Arjuna, the son of Kunti and desirous of conquering him in battle, did not pay any regard to the fallen heads (of their brother warriors).

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

MBh 5 89.13

हयानामुत्तमाङ्गैश्च हस्तिहस्तैश्च मेदिनी। बाहुभिश्च शिरोभिश्च वीराणां समकीर्यत॥

hayānāmuttamāṅgaiśca hastihastaiśca medinī| bāhubhiśca śirobhiśca vīrāṇāṃ samakīryata||

The Earth became strewn over with the heads of horses, the trunks of elephants and the heads and arms of heroic warriors.

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

MBh 5 89.14

अयं पार्थः कुत पार्थ एष पार्थ इति प्रभो। तव सैन्येषु योधानां पार्थभूतमिवाभवत्॥

ayaṃ pārthaḥ kuta pārtha eṣa pārtha iti prabho| tava sainyeṣu yodhānāṃ pārthabhūtamivābhavat||

'This is Arjuna' 'Where is Partha' 'Here is Pritha's son'-0 master, even thus were the troops of your army then filled with the thought of Partha.

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

MBh 5 89.15

अन्योन्यमपि चाजघ्नुरात्मानमपि चापरे। पार्थभूतममन्यन्त जगत कालेन मोहिताः॥

anyonyamapi cājaghnurātmānamapi cāpare| pārthabhūtamamanyanta jagata kālena mohitāḥ||

They then began to strike one another and some of them again struck their ownselves. Confounded by Time, they then beheld the world to be full of battle only.

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

MBh 5 89.16

निष्टनन्तः सरुधिरा विसंज्ञा गाढवेदनाः। शयाना बहयो वीराः कीर्तयन्तः स्वबान्धवान्॥

niṣṭanantaḥ sarudhirā visaṃjñā gāḍhavedanāḥ| śayānā bahayo vīrāḥ kīrtayantaḥ svabāndhavān||

Uttering cries of agony, steeped in blood, deprived of consciousness, suffering excruciating plain, many heroes prostrate on the field of battle, began to summon their friends and relatives, for succour.

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

MBh 5 89.17

सभिन्दिपालाः सप्रासा: सशक्त्यृष्टिपरश्वधाः। सनियूहाः सनिस्त्रिंशाः सशरासनतोमराः॥

sabhindipālāḥ saprāsā: saśaktyṛṣṭiparaśvadhāḥ| saniyūhāḥ sanistriṃśāḥ saśarāsanatomarāḥ||

Holding Bhindipalas or lances or darts or swords or battle-axes or piked stakes or scimitars or bows or Tomaras.

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

MBh 5 89.18

सबाणवर्माभरणाः सगदाः साङ्गदा रणे। महाभुजगसंकाशा बाहवः परिघोपमाः॥ उद्वेष्टन्ति विचेष्टन्ति संचेष्टन्ति च सर्वशः। वेगं कुर्वन्ति संरब्धा निकृत्ताः परमेषुभिः॥

sabāṇavarmābharaṇāḥ sagadāḥ sāṅgadā raṇe| mahābhujagasaṃkāśā bāhavaḥ parighopamāḥ|| udveṣṭanti viceṣṭanti saṃceṣṭanti ca sarvaśaḥ| vegaṃ kurvanti saṃrabdhā nikṛttāḥ parameṣubhiḥ||

Or shaft or maces and covered with mail and adorned with Angadas and other ornaments and looking like huge snakes and resembling large bludgeons, hands cut-off with mighty weapons from the trunks, were seen to leap, jump and jerk about with great force, as if in rage.

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

MBh 5 89.19

यो यः स्म समरे पार्थे प्रतिसंचरते नरः। तस्य तस्यान्तको बाणः शरीरमुपसर्पति॥

yo yaḥ sma samare pārthe pratisaṃcarate naraḥ| tasya tasyāntako bāṇaḥ śarīramupasarpati||

Whoever then ventured to advance in rage against Partha, had a fatal shafts discharged by that hero, stuck deep on his body.

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

MBh 5 89.20

नृत्यतो रथमार्गेषु धनुर्व्यायच्छतस्तथा। न कश्चित् तत्र पार्थस्य ददृशोऽन्तरमण्वपि॥

nṛtyato rathamārgeṣu dhanurvyāyacchatastathā| na kaścit tatra pārthasya dadṛśo'ntaramaṇvapi||

Not the slightest flew was then detected in Pritha's son, as he danced in the terrace of his chariot and stretched his mighty bow.

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

MBh 5 89.21

यत्तस्य घटमानस्य क्षिप्रं विक्षिपतः शरान्। लाघवात् पाण्डुपुत्रस्य व्यस्मयन्त परे जनाः॥

yattasya ghaṭamānasya kṣipraṃ vikṣipataḥ śarān| lāghavāt pāṇḍuputrasya vyasmayanta pare janāḥ||

The troops belonging to the party hostile to him, were then amazed by beholding the lightness of hands with which he took out his shafts, placed them on the bow-string and discharged them.

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

MBh 5 89.22

हस्तिनं हस्तियन्तारमश्वमाश्विकमेव च। अभिनत् फाल्गुनो बाणै रथिनं च ससारथिम्॥

hastinaṃ hastiyantāramaśvamāśvikameva ca| abhinat phālguno bāṇai rathinaṃ ca sasārathim||

Then Phalguna with his arrows penetrated elephants and their drivers, horses and their riders and car-warriors with their car-drivers.

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

MBh 5 89.23

आवर्तमानमावृत्तं युध्यमानं च पाण्डवः। प्रमुखे तिष्ठमानं च न किंचिन्न निहन्ति सः॥

āvartamānamāvṛttaṃ yudhyamānaṃ ca pāṇḍavaḥ| pramukhe tiṣṭhamānaṃ ca na kiṃcinna nihanti saḥ||

There was none among the hostile troop, whether standing in front of him or exerting in battle or moving about or urged on, whom the arrows discharged by Arjuna did not pierce through.

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

MBh 5 89.24

यथोदयन् वै गगने सूर्यो हन्ति महत् ममः। तथार्जुनो गजानीकमवधीत् कङ्कपत्रिभिः॥

yathodayan vai gagane sūryo hanti mahat mamaḥ| tathārjuno gajānīkamavadhīt kaṅkapatribhiḥ||

Just as the sun rising in the heavens destroys deep darkness (of night), so did Arjuna destroy elephant with his arrows furnished with wings of Kanka-feathers.

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

MBh 5 89.25

हस्तिभिः पतितैर्भिन्नैस्तव सैन्यमदृश्यत। अन्तकाले यथा भूमिळवकीर्णा महीधरैः॥

hastibhiḥ patitairbhinnaistava sainyamadṛśyata| antakāle yathā bhūmil̤avakīrṇā mahīdharaiḥ||

That part of the field occupied by your troops looked like the Earth at the hour of dessolution, covered with hillocks, in consequence of its being strewn over with fallen and mangled elephants.

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

MBh 5 89.26

यथा मध्यन्दिने सूर्यो दुष्प्रेक्ष्यः प्राणिभिः सदा। तथा धनंजयः क्रुद्धो दुष्प्रेक्ष्यो युधि शत्रुभिः॥

yathā madhyandine sūryo duṣprekṣyaḥ prāṇibhiḥ sadā| tathā dhanaṃjayaḥ kruddho duṣprekṣyo yudhi śatrubhiḥ||

Just as the sun shining in the meredian is incapable of being looked at by beings, so then in that battle, Dhananjaya inflamed with rage, was incapable of being looked at by his enemies.

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

MBh 5 89.27

तत् तथा तव पुत्रस्य सैन्यं युधि परंतप। प्रभग्नं द्रुतमाविग्नमतीव शरपीडितम्॥

tat tathā tava putrasya sainyaṃ yudhi paraṃtapa| prabhagnaṃ drutamāvignamatīva śarapīḍitam||

Then O scorcher of foes, the troops of your son afflicted with the arrows of Arjuna, deserted their ranks and fled from the field.

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MBh 5 89.28

मारुतेनेव महता मेघानीकं व्यदीर्यत। प्रकाल्यमानं तत् सैन्यं नाशकत् प्रतिवीक्षितुम्॥

māruteneva mahatā meghānīkaṃ vyadīryata| prakālyamānaṃ tat sainyaṃ nāśakat prativīkṣitum||

Like the tempest scattering and tearing a mass of cloud, Arjuna then routed your army; when he was thus afflicting the army, none could turn his eyes towards him.

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

MBh 5 89.29

प्रतोदैश्चापकोटीभिर्हङ्कारैः साधुवाहितैः। कशापाय॑भिघातैश्च वाग्भिरुग्राभिरेव च॥ चोदयन्तो हयांस्तूर्णे पलायन्ते स्म तावकाः। सादिनो रथिनश्चैव पत्तयश्चार्जुनार्दिताः॥

pratodaiścāpakoṭībhirhaṅkāraiḥ sādhuvāhitaiḥ| kaśāpāya̭bhighātaiśca vāgbhirugrābhireva ca|| codayanto hayāṃstūrṇe palāyante sma tāvakāḥ| sādino rathinaścaiva pattayaścārjunārditāḥ||

Afflicted by Arjuna, you troops viz., the cavalry, the infantry and the car-warriors, fled in all haste from the field of battle, urging their horses to the top of their speed by goadstrokes, by stroke of the horns of their bows, by growls, by encouraging commands, by who's by (dagger) cuts on their flanks and also by threatening speeches.

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MBh 5 89.30

पाष्णर्यंङ्गुष्टाङ्कुशे गं चादयन्तस्तथा परे। शरैः सम्मोहिताश्चान्ये तमेवाभिमुखा ययुः। तव योधा हतोत्साहा विभ्रान्तमनसस्तदा।॥

pāṣṇaryaṃṅguṣṭāṅkuśe gaṃ cādayantastathā pare| śaraiḥ sammohitāścānye tamevābhimukhā yayuḥ| tava yodhā hatotsāhā vibhrāntamanasastadā|||

Others (riding on elephants) fled urging their huge by pressing their sides with toes or with the stroke of the hooks; others again confounded by Parthas arrows, even fled to the direction of Partha himself. Thus then all your warriors were deprived of sense and their minds also became distracted.

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