Mahabharata — Volume V (Dutt edition) — Chapter 92
MBh 5 92.1
संजय उवाच संनिरुद्धस्तु तैः पार्थो महाबलपराक्रमः। द्रुतं समनुयातश्च द्रोणेन रथिनां वरः॥
saṃjaya uvāca saṃniruddhastu taiḥ pārtho mahābalaparākramaḥ| drutaṃ samanuyātaśca droṇena rathināṃ varaḥ||
Sanjaya said Then that mighty car-warrior viz., Pritha's son, endued with great mighty and prowess, was opposed in the front by those warriors and quickly pursued from behind by Drona himself.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.2
किरनिषुगणांस्तीक्ष्णान् स रश्मीनिव भास्कर.। तापयामास तत् सैन्यं देहं व्याधिगणो यथा॥
kiraniṣugaṇāṃstīkṣṇān sa raśmīniva bhāskara.| tāpayāmāsa tat sainyaṃ dehaṃ vyādhigaṇo yathā||
Then scattering his sharp shafts like the lustrous orb of the day scattering his rays, he afflicted that host of the Kurus like maladies afflicting the body.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.3
अश्वो विद्धो रथश्छिन्नः सारोहः पातितो गजः। छत्राणि चापविद्धानि रथाश्चकैर्विना कृताः॥
aśvo viddho rathaśchinnaḥ sārohaḥ pātito gajaḥ| chatrāṇi cāpaviddhāni rathāścakairvinā kṛtāḥ||
On that occasion, horses were pierced, cars broken, elephants felled with their riders, umbrellas torn and chariots deprived of their wheels.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.4
विदूतानि च सैन्यानि शरार्तानि समन्ततः। इत्यासीत् तुमुलं युद्धं न प्रज्ञायत किञ्चन॥
vidūtāni ca sainyāni śarārtāni samantataḥ| ityāsīt tumulaṃ yuddhaṃ na prajñāyata kiñcana||
Afflicted with arrows, troops began to fly in all directions. Thus raged that terrible encounter between Arjuna on the one hand and the Kurus on the other. Nothing could then be distinguished.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.5
तेषां संयच्छता संख्ये परस्परमजिह्मगैः। अर्जुनो ध्वजिनीं राजन्नभीक्ष्णं समकम्पयत्॥
teṣāṃ saṃyacchatā saṃkhye parasparamajihmagaiḥ| arjuno dhvajinīṃ rājannabhīkṣṇaṃ samakampayat||
Thus when they fought on, piercing one another in battle with straight coursing arrows, Arjuna, O king, made the hostile army tremble before him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.6
सत्यां चिकीर्षमाणस्तु प्रतिज्ञां सत्यसंगरः। अभ्यद्रवचद् रथश्रेष्ठं शोणाश्वं श्वेतवाहनः॥
satyāṃ cikīrṣamāṇastu pratijñāṃ satyasaṃgaraḥ| abhyadravacad rathaśreṣṭhaṃ śoṇāśvaṃ śvetavāhanaḥ||
Ever firmly devoted to truth, Arjuna of white steeds, desirous of accomplishing his arrows vow rushed furiously against that best of carwarriors viz. Drona owning crimson steeds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.7
तं द्रोणः पञ्चविंशत्या मर्मभिद्भिरजिह्मगैः। अन्तेवासिनमाचार्यो महेष्वासं समार्पयत्॥
taṃ droṇaḥ pañcaviṃśatyā marmabhidbhirajihmagaiḥ| antevāsinamācāryo maheṣvāsaṃ samārpayat||
The preceptor Drona then pierced his disciple, that great bowman Arjuna, with twenty-five straight-flying that penetrated to the very vitals of the latter.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.8
तु तूणमिव बीभत्सुः सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरः। अभ्यधावदिघूनस्यनिषुवेगविघातकान्॥
tu tūṇamiva bībhatsuḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ| abhyadhāvadighūnasyaniṣuvegavighātakān||
Thereat that foremost of all wielders of weapons viz., Vibhatsu quickly rushed against Drona shooting at the sametime arrows capable of checking the career of those shot by the latter.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.9
तस्याशुक्षिप्तान् भल्लान् हि भल्लैः संनतपर्वभिः। प्रत्यविध्यदमेयात्मा ब्रह्मास्त्रं समुदीरयन्॥
tasyāśukṣiptān bhallān hi bhallaiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ| pratyavidhyadameyātmā brahmāstraṃ samudīrayan||
Then Arjuna of generous soul discharging the Brahma weapons and with his Bhallas of close knots, repulsed the Valas so quickly shot at him by Drona.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.10
तदद्भुतमपश्याम द्रोणस्याचार्यकं युधि। यतमानो युवा नैनं प्रत्यविध्यद् यदर्जुनः॥
tadadbhutamapaśyāma droṇasyācāryakaṃ yudhi| yatamāno yuvā nainaṃ pratyavidhyad yadarjunaḥ||
Then we behold the wonderful skill of the preceptor Drona in the art of fighting, in as much as Arjuna, though youthful in years and exerting his best, could not pierce him in return..
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.11
क्षरन्निव महामेघो वारिधाराः सहस्रशः। द्रोणमेघः पार्थशैलं ववर्ष शरवृष्टिभिः॥
kṣaranniva mahāmegho vāridhārāḥ sahasraśaḥ| droṇameghaḥ pārthaśailaṃ vavarṣa śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ||
Then like a mighty mass of clouds pouring down incessant showers of rain, the Dronacloud covered the Arjuna-mountain with his shower of arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.12
अर्जुनः शरवर्षे तद् ब्रह्मास्त्रेणैव मारिष। प्रतिजग्राह तेजस्वी बाणैर्वाणान् निशातयन्।॥
arjunaḥ śaravarṣe tad brahmāstreṇaiva māriṣa| pratijagrāha tejasvī bāṇairvāṇān niśātayan|||
Invoking into existence of the Brahma weapon, the puissant Arjuna, O sire, received that shower of arrows, cutting of the arrows shot by his adversary with those of his own.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.13
द्रोणस्तु पञ्चविंशत्या श्वेतवाहनमार्दयत्। वासुदेवं च सप्तत्या बाह्वोरुरसि चाशुगैः॥
droṇastu pañcaviṃśatyā śvetavāhanamārdayat| vāsudevaṃ ca saptatyā bāhvorurasi cāśugaiḥ||
Then Drona afflicted him of the white steeds with five and twenty shafts; and with seventy swift-coursing. shafts he pierced Vasudeva's son on the arms and on the chest.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.14
पार्थस्तु प्रहसन् धीमानाचार्यं सशरौघिणम्। विसृजन्तं शितान् बाणानवारयत तं युधि॥
pārthastu prahasan dhīmānācāryaṃ saśaraughiṇam| visṛjantaṃ śitān bāṇānavārayata taṃ yudhi||
The highly intelligent son of Pritha then smiling the while, checked the preceptor in battle who incessantly shooting sharp arrows, was looking like a sea having shafts or its waves.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.15
अथ तौ वध्यमानौ तु द्रोणेन रथसत्तमौ। आवर्जयेतां दुर्धर्षे युगान्ताग्निमिवोत्थितम्॥
atha tau vadhyamānau tu droṇena rathasattamau| āvarjayetāṃ durdharṣe yugāntāgnimivotthitam||
Thus afflicted by Drona, those two foremost of car-warriors (Krishna and Arjuna) shunned him who then resembled the irresistibly raging conflagration that appears at the end of every Yuga.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.16
वर्जयन् निशितान् बाणान् द्रोणचापिविनिः सृतान्। किरीटमाली कौन्तेयो भोजानीकं व्यशातयत्॥
varjayan niśitān bāṇān droṇacāpiviniḥ sṛtān| kirīṭamālī kaunteyo bhojānīkaṃ vyaśātayat||
Then avoiding the aim of the whetted shafts shot from Drona's bow, the diadem-decked son of Kunti fell to slaughter the division of the Bhojas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.17
सोऽन्तरा कृतवर्माणं काम्बोजं च सुदक्षिणम्। अभ्ययाद् वर्जयन् द्रोणं मैनाकमिव पर्वतम्॥
so'ntarā kṛtavarmāṇaṃ kāmbojaṃ ca sudakṣiṇam| abhyayād varjayan droṇaṃ mainākamiva parvatam||
Shunning Drona who stood immovable like the Mainaka mountain, Arjuna then took his stand between Kritavarman and Sudakshina, the ruler of the Kambojas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.18
ततो भोजो नरव्याघ्रो दुर्धर्षं कुरुसत्तमम्। अविध्यत् तूर्णमव्यग्रो दशभिः कङ्कपत्रिभिः॥
tato bhojo naravyāghro durdharṣaṃ kurusattamam| avidhyat tūrṇamavyagro daśabhiḥ kaṅkapatribhiḥ||
Then that foremost of men, the undaunted ruler of the Bhojas quickly pierced the invincible hero, the foremost of the descendants of Kuru (Arjuna), with ten arrows winged with Kanka feathers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.19
तमर्जुनः शतेनाजौ राजन् विव्याध पत्रिणाम्। पुनश्चान्यैस्त्रिभिर्बाणैर्मोहयन्निव सात्वतम्॥
tamarjunaḥ śatenājau rājan vivyādha patriṇām| punaścānyaistribhirbāṇairmohayanniva sātvatam||
O king, Arjuna pierced him in battle with sharp shafts again with another three arrows he confounded the descendant of the Satvata race (Kritavarman).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.20
भोजस्तु प्रहसन् पार्थे वासुदेवं च माधवम्। एकैकं पञ्चविंशत्या सायकान समार्पयत्॥
bhojastu prahasan pārthe vāsudevaṃ ca mādhavam| ekaikaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā sāyakāna samārpayat||
Thereupon the king of the Bhojas smilingly pierced Pritha's son and Vasudeva of Madhus race, each with a group of twenty-five arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.21
तस्यार्जुनो धनुश्छित्त्वा विव्याधैनं त्रिसप्तभिः। शरैरग्निशिखाकारैः क्रुद्धाशीविषसंनिभैः॥
tasyārjuno dhanuśchittvā vivyādhainaṃ trisaptabhiḥ| śarairagniśikhākāraiḥ kruddhāśīviṣasaṃnibhaiḥ||
Bursting open his bow, Arjuna pierced him with twenty-one arrows resembling tongues of blazing fire or infuriate snakes of virulent poison.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.22
अथान्यद् धनुरादाय कृतवर्मा महारथः। पञ्चभिः सायकैस्तूर्णं विव्याधोरसि भारत॥
athānyad dhanurādāya kṛtavarmā mahārathaḥ| pañcabhiḥ sāyakaistūrṇaṃ vivyādhorasi bhārata||
Thereat, O Bharata, the mighty car-warrior Kritavarman taking up another bow quickly pierced Arjuna on the chest with five arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.23
पुनश्च निशितैर्बाणैः पार्थे विव्याध पञ्चभिः। तं पार्थो नवभिर्बाणैराजघान स्तनान्तरे॥
punaśca niśitairbāṇaiḥ pārthe vivyādha pañcabhiḥ| taṃ pārtho navabhirbāṇairājaghāna stanāntare||
Then again with another five whetted arrows he pierced Pritha's son deeply. Then Partha also with nine arrows struck him between the breasts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.24
दृष्ट्वा विषक्तं कौन्तेयं कृतवर्मरथं प्रति। चिन्तयामास वार्ष्णेयो न नः कालात्ययो भवेत्॥
dṛṣṭvā viṣaktaṃ kaunteyaṃ kṛtavarmarathaṃ prati| cintayāmāsa vārṣṇeyo na naḥ kālātyayo bhavet||
Beholding the son of Kunti engaged with the mighty-warrior Kritavarman, the descendant of the Vrishni race (Krishna) thought that there was no time to waste.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.25
ततः कृष्णोऽब्रवीत् पार्थे कृतवर्मणि मा दयाम्। कुरु सम्बन्धकं हित्वा प्रमध्यैनं विशातय॥
tataḥ kṛṣṇo'bravīt pārthe kṛtavarmaṇi mā dayām| kuru sambandhakaṃ hitvā pramadhyainaṃ viśātaya||
Thereafter Krishna addressing Pritha's son said-"Do not show any mercy to your kinsmen; setting at naught your relationship with him, do you slay and crush him down."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.26
ततः स कृतवर्माणं मोहयित्वाऽर्जुनः शरैः। अभ्यगाज्जवनैरश्वैः काम्बोजानामानीकिनीम्॥
tataḥ sa kṛtavarmāṇaṃ mohayitvā'rjunaḥ śaraiḥ| abhyagājjavanairaśvaiḥ kāmbojānāmānīkinīm||
Thereat Arjuna stupefying Kritavarman with his arrows, plunged into the ranks of the Kamboja division, being borne by fleet steeds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.27
अमर्षितस्तु हार्दिक्यः प्रविष्टे श्वेतवाहने। विधुन्वन् सशरं चापं पाञ्चाल्याभ्यां समागतः॥
amarṣitastu hārdikyaḥ praviṣṭe śvetavāhane| vidhunvan saśaraṃ cāpaṃ pāñcālyābhyāṃ samāgataḥ||
was Beholding Arjuna owning white steeds enter into the Kamboja division, the son of Hridika inflamed with rage. Then stretching his bow with arrows fixed on the string, he came up on the two Panchala princes.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.28
चक्ररक्षो तु पाञ्चाल्यावर्जुनस्य पदानुगौ। पर्यवारयदायान्तौ कृतवर्मा रथेषुभिः॥
cakrarakṣo tu pāñcālyāvarjunasya padānugau| paryavārayadāyāntau kṛtavarmā ratheṣubhiḥ||
Then with his arrows, Kritavarman opposed the two Panchala princes who were following in the wake of Arjuna, for protecting the wheels of his car.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.29
तावविध्यत् ततो भोजः कृतवर्मा शितैः शरैः। त्रिभिरेव युधामन्युं चतुभिश्चोत्तमौजसम्॥
tāvavidhyat tato bhojaḥ kṛtavarmā śitaiḥ śaraiḥ| tribhireva yudhāmanyuṃ catubhiścottamaujasam||
The ruler of the Bhojas Kritavarman then pierced them both with sharp arrows, striking Yudhamanyu with three and Uttamaujas with four.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.30
तावप्येनं विविधतुर्दशभिर्दशभिः शरैः। त्रिभरेव युधामन्युरुत्तमौजास्त्रिभिस्तथा॥
tāvapyenaṃ vividhaturdaśabhirdaśabhiḥ śaraiḥ| tribhareva yudhāmanyuruttamaujāstribhistathā||
They both in return pierced him each with ten shafts. Then again Yudhamanyu with three and Uttamaujas with another three arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.31
संचिच्छिदतुरप्यस्य ध्वज कार्मुकमेव च। अथान्यद् धनुरुदाय हार्दिक्य: क्रोधमूर्छितः॥ कृत्वा विधनुषौ वीरौ शरवर्शेरवाकिरत्। तावन्ये धनुषी सज्ये कृत्वा भोज विजघ्नतुः॥
saṃcicchidaturapyasya dhvaja kārmukameva ca| athānyad dhanurudāya hārdikya: krodhamūrchitaḥ|| kṛtvā vidhanuṣau vīrau śaravarśeravākirat| tāvanye dhanuṣī sajye kṛtvā bhoja vijaghnatuḥ||
Cut off Kritavarman's bow and standard. Thereat furious with rage and taking up another bow, the son of Hridika. Deprived both those warriors of the use of their bow and shrouded them in a net-work of arrows. They both in a moment having strung another pair of bows, began to strike the king of the Bhojas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.32
तेनान्तरेण बीभत्सुविंवेशामित्रबाहिनीम्। न लेभाते तु तौ द्वारं वारितौ कृतवर्मणा॥
tenāntareṇa bībhatsuviṃveśāmitrabāhinīm| na lebhāte tu tau dvāraṃ vāritau kṛtavarmaṇā||
Meanwhile Arjuna had gone into the array of the hostile troops. But his two wheelprotectors held in check by Kritavarman, obtained no admission.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.33
धार्तराष्ट्रेष्वनीकेषु यतमानौ नरर्षभौ। अनीकान्यर्दयन् युद्धे त्वरितः श्वेतवाहनः॥
dhārtarāṣṭreṣvanīkeṣu yatamānau nararṣabhau| anīkānyardayan yuddhe tvaritaḥ śvetavāhanaḥ||
Into the divisions of the Dhritarashtra army though those two foremost of men exerted to the best of their abilities. Meanwhile that one of white steeds began to afflict in that battle the army opposed to him, with great agility.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.34
नावधीत् कृतवर्माणं प्राप्तमष्यरिषूदनः। तं दृष्ट्वा तु तथा यान्तं शूरो राजा श्रुतायुधः॥
nāvadhīt kṛtavarmāṇaṃ prāptamaṣyariṣūdanaḥ| taṃ dṛṣṭvā tu tathā yāntaṃ śūro rājā śrutāyudhaḥ||
That slayer of foes then did not slay Kritavarman though he had an opportunity for doing so. Then beholding him thus advance, the valorous king Shrutayusha.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.35
अभ्यद्रवत् सुसंक्रुद्धो विधुन्वानो महद् धनुः। स पार्थं त्रिभिरानर्छत् सप्तत्या च जनार्दनम्॥
abhyadravat susaṃkruddho vidhunvāno mahad dhanuḥ| sa pārthaṃ tribhirānarchat saptatyā ca janārdanam||
Burning with rage and twanging his great bow, rushed furiously on him. He then pierced Partha with three and Janardana with seventy shafts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.36
क्षुप्रेण सुतीक्ष्णेन पार्थकेतुमताडयत्। ततोऽर्जुनो नवत्या तु शराणां तनपर्वणाम्॥
kṣupreṇa sutīkṣṇena pārthaketumatāḍayat| tato'rjuno navatyā tu śarāṇāṃ tanaparvaṇām||
And again with a sharp razor-headed arrow, he struck the standard of Pritha's son. Then with a group of ninety shafts of depressed knots Arjuna.
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MBh 5 92.37
आजघान भृशं क्रुद्धस्तोत्रैरिव महाद्विपम्। स तन्न ममृषे राजन् पाण्डवेयस्य विक्रमम्॥
ājaghāna bhṛśaṃ kruddhastotrairiva mahādvipam| sa tanna mamṛṣe rājan pāṇḍaveyasya vikramam||
Inflamed with rage, pierced him like a Mahavata piercing a huge elephant with the hook. But, o king, he (Shrutayudha), did not tolerate that display of prowess by the son of Pandu.
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MBh 5 92.38
अधैनं सप्तसप्तत्या नाराचानां समार्पयत्। तस्यार्जुनो धनुश्छित्त्वा शरावापं निकृत्य च॥ आजधानोरसि क्रुद्धः सप्तभिर्नतपर्वभिः। अथान्यद् धनुरादाय स राजा क्रोधमूर्छितः॥ वासविं नवभिर्बाणैर्बाह्वोरुरसि चार्पयत्। ततोऽर्जुनः स्मयन्नेव श्रुतायुधमरिंदमः॥ शरैरनेकसाहौः पीडयामास भारत। अश्वांश्वास्यावधीत् तूर्णे सारथं च महारथः॥
adhainaṃ saptasaptatyā nārācānāṃ samārpayat| tasyārjuno dhanuśchittvā śarāvāpaṃ nikṛtya ca|| ājadhānorasi kruddhaḥ saptabhirnataparvabhiḥ| athānyad dhanurādāya sa rājā krodhamūrchitaḥ|| vāsaviṃ navabhirbāṇairbāhvorurasi cārpayat| tato'rjunaḥ smayanneva śrutāyudhamariṃdamaḥ|| śarairanekasāhauḥ pīḍayāmāsa bhārata| aśvāṃśvāsyāvadhīt tūrṇe sārathaṃ ca mahārathaḥ||
And with a group of seven and seventy Narachas he struck his adversary. Thereat cutting of Shutrayusha's bow and shafts Arjuna inflamed with rage, struck him on the breast with seven arrows of depressed knots. Thereupon that king overwhelmed with rage and taking up another bow pierced the son of Vasava on the arms and the breast with nine long arrows. Then O Bharata, that subdue of foes viz., Arjuna afflicted Shrutayusha with many thousand, of arrows, smiling all the while; and that mighty car-warrior soon killed the latter's horses and charioteer.
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MBh 5 92.39
विव्याध चैनं सप्तत्या नाराचानां महाबलः। हताश्वं रथमुत्सृज्य स तु राजा श्रुतायुधः॥ अभ्यद्रवद् रणे पार्थे गदामुद्यम्य वीर्यवान्। वरुणस्यात्मजो वीरः स तु राजा श्रुतायुधः॥ पर्णाशा जननी यस्य शीततोया महानदी। तस्य माताब्रवीद् राजन् वरुणं पुत्रकारणात्॥
vivyādha cainaṃ saptatyā nārācānāṃ mahābalaḥ| hatāśvaṃ rathamutsṛjya sa tu rājā śrutāyudhaḥ|| abhyadravad raṇe pārthe gadāmudyamya vīryavān| varuṇasyātmajo vīraḥ sa tu rājā śrutāyudhaḥ|| parṇāśā jananī yasya śītatoyā mahānadī| tasya mātābravīd rājan varuṇaṃ putrakāraṇāt||
And that highly puissant hero also pierced him with seventy Narachas. Thereupon leaving his chariot of which the steeds were slain, king Shrutayusha endued with great energy rushed againsi Pritha's son, heaving his huge mace over his head. The heroic king Shrutayusha and the son of Varuna having for his mother the mighty river of cool waters called Parnasa. O king, her mother, for the benefit of her son, had
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MBh 5 92.40
अवध्योऽयं भवेल्लोके शत्रूणां तनयो मम। वरुणस्त्वब्रवीत् प्रीतो ददाम्यस्मै वरं हितम्॥
avadhyo'yaṃ bhavelloke śatrūṇāṃ tanayo mama| varuṇastvabravīt prīto dadāmyasmai varaṃ hitam||
“Let this son of mine be unslayable in battle by his enemies on earth.” Then Varuna gratified with her, had said-"I accord him the boon that will be highly beneficial to him.
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MBh 5 92.41
दिव्यमस्त्रं सुतस्तेऽयं येनावध्यो भविष्यति। नास्ति चाप्यमरत्वं वै मनुष्यस्य कथंचन॥
divyamastraṃ sutaste'yaṃ yenāvadhyo bhaviṣyati| nāsti cāpyamaratvaṃ vai manuṣyasya kathaṃcana||
I give to your son a celestial weapon by virtue of which he will be unslayable. Men could never obtain immortality on earth.
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MBh 5 92.42
सर्वेणावश्यमर्तव्यं जातेन सरितां वरे। दुर्धर्षस्त्वेष शत्रूणां रणेषु भविता सदा॥
sarveṇāvaśyamartavyaṃ jātena saritāṃ vare| durdharṣastveṣa śatrūṇāṃ raṇeṣu bhavitā sadā||
O foremost of rivers, every one who has taken his birth on the face of the earth must inevitable fall a prey to death. This son of yours, however, will ever be invincible by his foes in battle.
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MBh 5 92.43
अस्त्रस्यास्य प्रभावाद् वै व्येतु ते मानसो ज्वरः। इतयुक्त्वा वरुणः प्रादाद् गदां मत्रपुरुकृताम्॥
astrasyāsya prabhāvād vai vyetu te mānaso jvaraḥ| itayuktvā varuṇaḥ prādād gadāṃ matrapurukṛtām||
By virtue of this weapon; so let the fever corroding your heart he dismissed.” Having thus spoken, Varuna gave him a mace with all necessary aphorisms.
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MBh 5 92.44
यामासाद्य दुराधर्षः सर्वलोके श्रुतायुधः। उवाच चैनं भगवान् पुनरेव जलेश्वरः॥
yāmāsādya durādharṣaḥ sarvaloke śrutāyudhaḥ| uvāca cainaṃ bhagavān punareva jaleśvaraḥ||
Obtaining which Shrutayusha became invincible in all the worlds. The illustrious lord of waters however again addressed him saying
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MBh 5 92.45
अयुध्यति न मोक्तव्या सा त्वय्येव पतेदिति। हन्यादेशा प्रतीपं हि प्रयोक्तारमपि प्रभो॥
ayudhyati na moktavyā sā tvayyeva patediti| hanyādeśā pratīpaṃ hi prayoktāramapi prabho||
This mace, O son, should not be directed against one who is not fighting, in which case it will fall back upon yourself; on such occasion, coursing in an opposite direction it will kill him who has hurled it.'
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MBh 5 92.46
न चाकरोत् स तद्वाक्यं प्राप्ते काले श्रुतायुधः। स तया वीरघातिन्या जनार्दनमताडयत्॥
na cākarot sa tadvākyaṃ prāpte kāle śrutāyudhaḥ| sa tayā vīraghātinyā janārdanamatāḍayat||
But when the time for using it came, Shrutayusha did not pay any heed to that injunction of Varuna and with that mace capable of crushing heroes, be began to strike Janardana.
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MBh 5 92.47
प्रतिजग्राह तां कृष्णाः पीनेनांसेन वीर्यवान्। नाकम्पयत शौरि सा विन्ध्यं गिरिमिवानिलः॥
pratijagrāha tāṃ kṛṣṇāḥ pīnenāṃsena vīryavān| nākampayata śauri sā vindhyaṃ girimivānilaḥ||
The highly puissant Krishna received those strokes on his broad and well-developed shoulders; and that mace could not cause Shauri to tremble even as a tempest cannot shake a mountain.
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MBh 5 92.48
प्रत्युद्यान्ती तमेवैषा कृत्येव दुरधिष्ठिता। जघान चास्थितं वीरं श्रुतायुधममर्षणम्॥
pratyudyāntī tamevaiṣā kṛtyeva duradhiṣṭhitā| jaghāna cāsthitaṃ vīraṃ śrutāyudhamamarṣaṇam||
Like some ill-accomplished feat of conjuration injuring the conjurer the mace turning to Shrutayusha, smote that heroic and enraged monarch stationed in his car.
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MBh 5 92.49
हत्वा श्रुतायुधं वीरं धरणीमन्वपद्यत। गदां निवर्तितां दृष्ट्वा निहतं च श्रुतायुधम्॥
hatvā śrutāyudhaṃ vīraṃ dharaṇīmanvapadyata| gadāṃ nivartitāṃ dṛṣṭvā nihataṃ ca śrutāyudham||
And slaying that brave warrior it fell down on the ground. Shrutayusha being slain.
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MBh 5 92.50
हाहाकारो महांस्तत्र सैन्यानां समजायत। स्वेनास्त्रेण हतं दृष्ट्वा श्रुतायुधमरिंदमम्॥
hāhākāro mahāṃstatra sainyānāṃ samajāyata| svenāstreṇa hataṃ dṛṣṭvā śrutāyudhamariṃdamam||
The troops began to utter loud wails of woe, for indeed they had seen that subduer of foes Shrutayusha slain by his own weapon.
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MBh 5 92.51
अयुध्यमानाय ततः केशवाय नराधिप। क्षिप्ता श्रुतायुधेनाथ तस्मात् तमवधीदृ गदा॥
ayudhyamānāya tataḥ keśavāya narādhipa| kṣiptā śrutāyudhenātha tasmāt tamavadhīdṛ gadā||
As Shrutayusha O ruler of men had hurled the mace at Krishna who was not engaged in the battle, it slew him who had hurled it.
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MBh 5 92.52
यथोक्तं वरुणेनाजौ तथा स निधनं गतः। व्यसुश्चाप्यपतद् भूमौ प्रेक्षतां सर्वधन्विनाम्॥
yathoktaṃ varuṇenājau tathā sa nidhanaṃ gataḥ| vyasuścāpyapatad bhūmau prekṣatāṃ sarvadhanvinām||
So Shrutayusha fell on the field even in the manner indicated by the words of Varuna and he fell down deprived of life before the eyes of all the bowmen present.
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MBh 5 92.53
पतमानस्तु स बभौ पर्णाशायाः प्रियः सुतः। स भग्न इव वातेन बहुशाखो वनस्पतिः॥
patamānastu sa babhau parṇāśāyāḥ priyaḥ sutaḥ| sa bhagna iva vātena bahuśākho vanaspatiḥ||
When falling, that dear-loved son of Parnasa appeared beautiful like a mighty tree of many branches uprooted by the tempest.
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MBh 5 92.54
ततः सर्वाणि सैन्यानि सेनामुख्याश्च सर्वशः। प्राद्रवन्त हतं दृष्ट्वा श्रुतायुधमरिंदमम्॥
tataḥ sarvāṇi sainyāni senāmukhyāśca sarvaśaḥ| prādravanta hataṃ dṛṣṭvā śrutāyudhamariṃdamam||
Then beholding that subduer of foes slain all the troops and their leading warriors began to fly away in all directions.
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MBh 5 92.55
ततः काम्बोजराजस्य पुत्रः शूरः सुदक्षिणः। अभ्ययाज्जवनैरश्वैः फाल्गुनं शत्रुसूदनम्॥
tataḥ kāmbojarājasya putraḥ śūraḥ sudakṣiṇaḥ| abhyayājjavanairaśvaiḥ phālgunaṃ śatrusūdanam||
Thereafter the heroic Sudakshina the son of the Kamboja king rushed against that slayer of foes viz., Phalguna, being borne by fleet steeds.
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MBh 5 92.56
तस्य पार्थः शरान् सप्त प्रेषयामास भारत। ते तं शूरं विनिर्भिद्य प्राविशन् धरणीतलम्॥
tasya pārthaḥ śarān sapta preṣayāmāsa bhārata| te taṃ śūraṃ vinirbhidya prāviśan dharaṇītalam||
At him, O Bharata, Pritha's son shot seven arrows, which penetrating through that hero, entered the surface of the earth.
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MBh 5 92.57
सोऽतिविद्धः शरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्गाण्डीवप्रेषितैर्मधे। अर्जुनं प्रतिविव्याध दशभिः कङ्कपत्रिभिः॥
so'tividdhaḥ śaraistīkṣṇairgāṇḍīvapreṣitairmadhe| arjunaṃ prativivyādha daśabhiḥ kaṅkapatribhiḥ||
Pierced deep by those sharp arrows shot from the Gandiva bow, he in return pierced Arjuna in battle with ten shafts furnished with the feathers of the Kanka bird.
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MBh 5 92.58
तस्य पार्थो धनुश्छित्त्वा केतुं चिच्छेद मारिष॥
tasya pārtho dhanuśchittvā ketuṃ ciccheda māriṣa||
He once more pierced Vasudeva's son with three and Partha with five arrows, then O Sire, Pritha's son bursting open his bow, cut down his standard;
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MBh 5 92.59
वासुदेवं त्रिभिर्विद्धवा पुनः पार्थं च पञ्चभिः। भल्लाभ्यां भृशतीक्ष्णाभ्यां तं च विव्याध पाण्डवः। स तु पार्थं त्रिभिर्विद्ध्वा सिंहनादमथानदत्॥
vāsudevaṃ tribhirviddhavā punaḥ pārthaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ| bhallābhyāṃ bhṛśatīkṣṇābhyāṃ taṃ ca vivyādha pāṇḍavaḥ| sa tu pārthaṃ tribhirviddhvā siṃhanādamathānadat||
And the son of Pandu pierced him with a couple of bhallas of exceeding sharpness. He also having pressed Pritha's son with three such arrows uttered a fierce yell.
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MBh 5 92.60
सर्वपारशवीं चैव शक्तिं शूरः सुदक्षिणः। सघण्टां प्राहिणोद् घोरां क्रुद्धो गाण्डीवधन्वने॥
sarvapāraśavīṃ caiva śaktiṃ śūraḥ sudakṣiṇaḥ| saghaṇṭāṃ prāhiṇod ghorāṃ kruddho gāṇḍīvadhanvane||
Thereafter the brave Sudakshina inflamed with rage hurled at the wielder of the Gandiva bow, a lance, dreadful, tied with bells and made wholly of iron.
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MBh 5 92.61
सा जवलन्ती महोल्केव तमासाद्य महारथम्। सविस्फुलिङ्गा निर्भिद्य निपपात महीतले॥
sā javalantī maholkeva tamāsādya mahāratham| savisphuliṅgā nirbhidya nipapāta mahītale||
Having reached that mighty car-warriors Arjuna, that lance blazing like a mighty meteor and emitting scintillations of fore, penetrated through him and then fell down on the ground.
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MBh 5 92.62
शक्त्या त्वभिहतो गाढं मूर्छयाभिपरिप्लुतः। समाश्वास्य महातेजाः सृक्किणी परिलेलिहन्॥
śaktyā tvabhihato gāḍhaṃ mūrchayābhipariplutaḥ| samāśvāsya mahātejāḥ sṛkkiṇī parilelihan||
Pierced deep with that lance, Arjuna was overwhelmed with a swoon. Then in an instant, that highly puissant hero recovering soon enough began to lick the corners of his mouth.
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MBh 5 92.63
तं चतुर्दशभिः पार्थो नाराचैः कङ्कपत्रिभिः। साश्वध्वजधनुः सूतं विव्याधाचिन्त्यविक्रमः॥
taṃ caturdaśabhiḥ pārtho nārācaiḥ kaṅkapatribhiḥ| sāśvadhvajadhanuḥ sūtaṃ vivyādhācintyavikramaḥ||
Then Partha of inconceivable prowess pierced Sudakshina and his steeds standards, bow and charioteer with ten narachas furnished with the feathers of the Kanka bird.
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MBh 5 92.64
रथं चान्यैः सुबहुभिश्चक्रे विशकलं शरैः। सुदक्षिणं तं काम्बोजं मोघसंकल्पविक्रमम्॥ बिभेद हदि बाणेन पृथुधारेण पाण्डवः। स भिन्नवर्मा स्रस्ताङ्ग प्रभ्रष्टमुकुटाङ्गदः॥
rathaṃ cānyaiḥ subahubhiścakre viśakalaṃ śaraiḥ| sudakṣiṇaṃ taṃ kāmbojaṃ moghasaṃkalpavikramam|| bibheda hadi bāṇena pṛthudhāreṇa pāṇḍavaḥ| sa bhinnavarmā srastāṅga prabhraṣṭamukuṭāṅgadaḥ||
And with innumerable other arrows he rendered the latter's chariot useless and cut it to pieces. The son of Pandu then with an arrow of exceeding sharpness pierced on the chest Sudakshina the Kamboja ruler whose purpose and prowess had both even baffled. Then with his armour shattered, trembling in all his limbs, with his crown and Angadas falling off.
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MBh 5 92.65
पपातभिमुखः शूरो यन्त्रमुक्त इव ध्वजः। गिरेः शिखरजः श्रीमान् सुशाखः सुप्रतिष्ठितः॥ निर्भग्न इव वातेन कर्णिकारो हिमात्यये। शेते स्म निहतो भूमौ काम्बोजास्तरणोचितः॥
papātabhimukhaḥ śūro yantramukta iva dhvajaḥ| gireḥ śikharajaḥ śrīmān suśākhaḥ supratiṣṭhitaḥ|| nirbhagna iva vātena karṇikāro himātyaye| śete sma nihato bhūmau kāmbojāstaraṇocitaḥ||
That hero fell with head down wards like a flagstaff loosened from the socket. Like a charming Karnikara tree in the spring growing gracefully on the top of a hill, with beautiful branches, lying on the groved when uprooted by the tempest, the prince of the Kambojas lying on the bare ground deprived of life, through accustomed to sleep on the most precious bed.
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MBh 5 92.66
महार्हाभरणोपेतः सानुमानिव पर्वतः। सुदर्शनीयस्ताम्राक्षः कर्णिना स सुदक्षिणः॥ पुत्रः काम्बोजराजस्य पार्थेन विनिपातितः। धारयन्नग्निसंकाशां शिरसा काञ्चनीं स्रजम्॥ अशोभत महाबाहुर्व्यसुर्भूमौ निपातितः
mahārhābharaṇopetaḥ sānumāniva parvataḥ| sudarśanīyastāmrākṣaḥ karṇinā sa sudakṣiṇaḥ|| putraḥ kāmbojarājasya pārthena vinipātitaḥ| dhārayannagnisaṃkāśāṃ śirasā kāñcanīṃ srajam|| aśobhata mahābāhurvyasurbhūmau nipātitaḥ
Adorned with precious ornaments, graceful, possessing eyes of coppery hue, wearing round the head a tiara of gold radiant like the flames of fire, the mighty armed Sudakshina, the prince of the Kambojas, felled by Partha with his arrows, and lying dead on the ground, appeared beautiful like a charming hill with a flat summit.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 5 92.67
ततः सर्वाणि सैन्यानि व्यद्रवन्त सुतस्य ते। हतं श्रुतायुधं दृष्ट्वा काम्बोजं च सुदक्षिणम्॥
tataḥ sarvāṇi sainyāni vyadravanta sutasya te| hataṃ śrutāyudhaṃ dṛṣṭvā kāmbojaṃ ca sudakṣiṇam||
Then beholding Shrutayusha and the prince of the Kambojas slain in battle, all the soldiers of your son's army began to fly in all directions.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)