Mahabharata — Volume VI (Dutt edition) — Chapter 102

MBh 6 102.1

संजय उवाच अथ हैमवते प्रस्थे स्थित्वा युद्धाभिनन्दिनः। सर्व एव महायोधास्तत्र तत्र समागताः॥

saṃjaya uvāca atha haimavate prasthe sthitvā yuddhābhinandinaḥ| sarva eva mahāyodhāstatra tatra samāgatāḥ||

Sanjaya said On that table-land at the foot of the Himavat, those heroes, O king, joyous at the prospect of battle and assembled together, passed the night.

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

MBh 6 102.2

शल्यश्च चित्रसेनश्च शकुनिश्च महारथः। अश्वत्थामा कृपश्चैव कृतवर्मा च सात्वतः॥ सुषेणोऽरिष्टसेनश्च धृतसेनश्च वीर्यवान्। जयत्सेनश्च राजानस्ते रात्रिमुषितास्ततः॥

śalyaśca citrasenaśca śakuniśca mahārathaḥ| aśvatthāmā kṛpaścaiva kṛtavarmā ca sātvataḥ|| suṣeṇo'riṣṭasenaśca dhṛtasenaśca vīryavān| jayatsenaśca rājānaste rātrimuṣitāstataḥ||

Indeed, Shalya and Chitrasena and the powerful car warrior Shakuni and Ashvatthaman and Kripa and Kritavarman of the Satwata race and the energetic Sushena and Arishtasena and Dhritasena and Jayatsena and all those kings passed the night there.

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

MBh 6 102.3

रणे कर्णे हते वीरे त्रासिता जितकाशिभिः। नालभशर्म ते पुत्रा हिमवन्तमृते गिरिम्॥

raṇe karṇe hate vīre trāsitā jitakāśibhiḥ| nālabhaśarma te putrā himavantamṛte girim||

After the heroic Karna has been killed in battle, your sons, filled with fear by the Pandavas desirous of victory, did not obtain peace anywhere else than on the Himavat.

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

MBh 6 102.4

तेऽब्रुवन् सहितास्तत्र राजानं शल्यसंनिधौ। कृतयत्ना रणे राजन् सम्पूज्य विधिवत्तदा॥

te'bruvan sahitāstatra rājānaṃ śalyasaṃnidhau| kṛtayatnā raṇe rājan sampūjya vidhivattadā||

All of them then, O king, who were bent on fighting, duly worshipped the king and said to him, in the presence of Shalya, these words.

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

MBh 6 102.5

कृत्वा सेनाप्रणेतारं परांस्त्वं योद्भुमर्हसि। येनाभिगुप्ता: संग्रामे जयेमासुहृदो वयम्॥

kṛtvā senāpraṇetāraṃ parāṃstvaṃ yodbhumarhasi| yenābhiguptā: saṃgrāme jayemāsuhṛdo vayam||

It becomes you to fight with the enemy, after having made some body the commander, protected by whom in battle we will defeat the enemies.

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

MBh 6 102.6

ततो दुर्योधनः स्थित्वा रथे रथवरोत्तमम्। सर्वयुद्धविभावज्ञमन्तकप्रतिमं युधि॥

tato duryodhanaḥ sthitvā rathe rathavarottamam| sarvayuddhavibhāvajñamantakapratimaṃ yudhi||

Then Duryodhana, without descending from his car, went to that foremost of carwarriors, that hero conversant with all the rules of battle, Ashvatthaman, who resembled the Destroyer himself in battle.

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

MBh 6 102.7

स्वङ्गं प्रच्छन्नशिरसं कम्बुग्रीवं प्रियंवदम्। व्याकोशपद्मपत्राक्षं व्याघ्रास्यं मेरुगौरवम्॥ स्थाणोवृषस्य सदृशं स्कन्धनेत्रगतिस्वरैः। पुष्टश्लिष्टायतभुजं सुविस्तीर्णवरोरसम्॥ बले जवे च सदृशमरुणानुजवातयोः। आदित्यस्यार्चिषा तुल्यं बुद्ध्या चोशनसा समम्॥ कान्तिरूयमुखैश्वर्यस्त्रिभिश्चन्द्रमसा समम्। काञ्चनोपलसंघातैः सदृशं श्लिष्टसंधिकम्॥ सुवृत्तोरुकटीजङ्घ सुपादं स्वङ्गुलीनखम्। स्मृत्वा स्मृत्वैव तु गुणान् धात्रा यत्नाद् विनिर्मितम्।।

svaṅgaṃ pracchannaśirasaṃ kambugrīvaṃ priyaṃvadam| vyākośapadmapatrākṣaṃ vyāghrāsyaṃ merugauravam|| sthāṇovṛṣasya sadṛśaṃ skandhanetragatisvaraiḥ| puṣṭaśliṣṭāyatabhujaṃ suvistīrṇavarorasam|| bale jave ca sadṛśamaruṇānujavātayoḥ| ādityasyārciṣā tulyaṃ buddhyā cośanasā samam|| kāntirūyamukhaiśvaryastribhiścandramasā samam| kāñcanopalasaṃghātaiḥ sadṛśaṃ śliṣṭasaṃdhikam|| suvṛttorukaṭījaṅgha supādaṃ svaṅgulīnakham| smṛtvā smṛtvaiva tu guṇān dhātrā yatnād vinirmitam||

Having beautiful limbs, well-covered head, a neck adorned with three lines like those in a conch-shell, sweet speech, eyes resembling the petals of a full-blown lotus and tiger-like face, the dignity of Meru, resembling the full of Mahadeva in neck, eyes, tread and voice, having huge, inassive and well-joined arms, having broad and well-formed chest, equal unto Garuda in speed and might, effulgent like the Sun, intelligent like Ushanas himself, beautiful like the Moon, having a body that seemed to be made of a number of golden lotuses, well-made joints, well-formed thighs and waist and hips, beautiful feet, beautiful fingers and beautiful nails, he seemed to have been made by Brahma with great care after remembering one after another all the beautiful and good attributes of creation.

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

MBh 6 102.8

सर्वलक्षणसम्पन्नं निपुणं श्रुतिसागरम्। जेतारं तरसारीणामजेयमरिभिर्बलात्॥

sarvalakṣaṇasampannaṃ nipuṇaṃ śrutisāgaram| jetāraṃ tarasārīṇāmajeyamaribhirbalāt||

Gifted with auspicious marks and clever in every act, he was an ocean of learning. Speedily vanquishing his enemies, he was incapable of being forcibly defeated by foes.

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

MBh 6 102.9

दशाङ्गं यश्चतुष्पादमिष्वस्त्रं वेद तत्त्वतः। साङ्गांस्तु चतुरो वेदान् सम्यगाख्यानपञ्चमान्॥

daśāṅgaṃ yaścatuṣpādamiṣvastraṃ veda tattvataḥ| sāṅgāṃstu caturo vedān samyagākhyānapañcamān||

He knew, in full, the science of war consisting of four padas and ten Angas. He knew also thc four Vedas with all their branches and the Akhyanas as the fifth.

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

MBh 6 102.10

आराध्य त्र्यम्बकं यत्नाद् व्रतैरुपैर्महातपाः। अयोनिजायामुत्पन्नो द्रोणेनायोनिजेन यः॥

ārādhya tryambakaṃ yatnād vratairupairmahātapāḥ| ayonijāyāmutpanno droṇenāyonijena yaḥ||

Possessed of great ascetic merit, Drona, himself not born of woman, having worshipped the three-eyed deity with care and penances, beget him upon a wife not born of woman.

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

MBh 6 102.11

तमप्रतिमकर्माणं रूपेणाप्रतिमं भुवि। पारगं सर्वविद्यानां गुणार्णवमनिन्दितम्॥ तमभ्येत्यात्मजस्तुभ्यमश्वत्थामानमब्रवीत्। यं पुरस्कृत्य सहिता युधि जेष्याम पाण्डवान्॥ गुरुपुत्रोऽद्य सर्वेषामस्माकं परमा गतिः। भवांस्तस्मान्नियोगात्ते कोऽस्तु सेनापतिर्मम॥

tamapratimakarmāṇaṃ rūpeṇāpratimaṃ bhuvi| pāragaṃ sarvavidyānāṃ guṇārṇavamaninditam|| tamabhyetyātmajastubhyamaśvatthāmānamabravīt| yaṃ puraskṛtya sahitā yudhi jeṣyāma pāṇḍavān|| guruputro'dya sarveṣāmasmākaṃ paramā gatiḥ| bhavāṃstasmānniyogātte ko'stu senāpatirmama||

Approaching him of incomparable deeds, he who is unrivalled in beauty on earth, he who has mastered all branches of learning, that occan of qualities, the faultless Ashvatthaman, your son said to him these words-. "O preceptor's son, you are today our highest refuge? Tell us, therefore, who should be the commander of my army now, placing whom at our head, all of us, united together, may defeat the Pandavas?"

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

MBh 6 102.12

द्रौणिरुवाच अयं कुलेन रूपेण तेजसा यशसा श्रिया। सर्वैर्गुणैः समुदितः शल्यो नोऽस्तु चमूपतिः॥ युद्धाय च मति

drauṇiruvāca ayaṃ kulena rūpeṇa tejasā yaśasā śriyā| sarvairguṇaiḥ samuditaḥ śalyo no'stu camūpatiḥ|| yuddhāya ca mati

(Thus addressed) the son of Drona replied-"Let Shalya become the commander of our army. In birth, in prowess, in energy, in fame, in beauty and in every other accomplishment, he is superior.

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

MBh 6 102.13

भागिनेयान् निजांस्त्यक्त्वा कृतज्ञोऽस्मानुपागतः। महासेनो महाबाहुर्महासेन इवापरः॥

bhāgineyān nijāṃstyaktvā kṛtajño'smānupāgataḥ| mahāseno mahābāhurmahāsena ivāparaḥ||

Out of gratitude, he has joined us, having abandoned the sons of his own sister. Having a large army of his own, that mighty-armed one is like the second celestial generalissimo.

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

MBh 6 102.14

एनं सेनापतिं कृत्वा नृपतिं नृपसत्तम। शक्यः प्राप्तुं जयोऽस्माभिर्देवैः स्कन्दमिवाजितम्॥२१

enaṃ senāpatiṃ kṛtvā nṛpatiṃ nṛpasattama| śakyaḥ prāptuṃ jayo'smābhirdevaiḥ skandamivājitam||21

Making that king the commander of our army, O best of kings, we will be able to gain victory, like the celestials after making the invincible Skanda their commander.”

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

MBh 6 102.15

तथोक्ते द्रोणपुत्रेण सर्व एव नराधिपाः। परिवार्य स्थिताः शल्यं जयशब्दांश्च चक्रिरे॥ चक्रुरावेशं च परं ययुः।

tathokte droṇaputreṇa sarva eva narādhipāḥ| parivārya sthitāḥ śalyaṃ jayaśabdāṃśca cakrire|| cakrurāveśaṃ ca paraṃ yayuḥ|

On Drona's son saying these words all the kings stood, surrounding Shalya and cried victory to him. Determined for fighting, the felt great joy.

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

MBh 6 102.16

ततो दुर्योधनो भूमौ स्थित्वा रथवरे स्थितम्॥ उवाच प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा द्रोणभीष्मसमं रणे।

tato duryodhano bhūmau sthitvā rathavare sthitam|| uvāca prāñjalirbhūtvā droṇabhīṣmasamaṃ raṇe|

Then Duryodhana, come down from his car, folded his hands and addressing Shalya, equal to Drona and Bhishma in battle, who was on his car, said these words.

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

MBh 6 102.17

अयं स कालः सम्प्राप्तो मित्राणां मित्रवत्सल॥ यत्र मित्रममित्रं वा परीक्षन्ते बुधा जनाः।

ayaṃ sa kālaḥ samprāpto mitrāṇāṃ mitravatsala|| yatra mitramamitraṃ vā parīkṣante budhā janāḥ|

"O You attached to friends, that time has arrived when intelligent men examine persons in the guise of friends as to whether they are true friends or not.

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

MBh 6 102.18

स भवानस्तु न शूरः प्रणेता वाहिनीमुखे॥ रणं याते च भवति पाण्डवा मन्दचेतसः। भविष्यन्ति सहामात्यः पञ्चालाश्च निरुद्यमा:॥

sa bhavānastu na śūraḥ praṇetā vāhinīmukhe|| raṇaṃ yāte ca bhavati pāṇḍavā mandacetasaḥ| bhaviṣyanti sahāmātyaḥ pañcālāśca nirudyamā:||

Brave as you are do you become our commander-in-chief. When you will go to battle, the Pandavas, with their friends, will lose heart and the Panchalas will be depressed."

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

MBh 6 102.19

दुर्योधनवचः श्रुत्वा शल्यो मद्राधिपस्तदा। उवाच वाक्यं वाक्यज्ञो राजन् राजसंनिधौ॥

duryodhanavacaḥ śrutvā śalyo madrādhipastadā| uvāca vākyaṃ vākyajño rājan rājasaṃnidhau||

Hearing the words of Duryodhana, Shalya, the king of Madra, foremost of orators, said following words before the kings, O king!

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

MBh 6 102.20

यत्तु मां मन्यसे राजन् कुरुराज करोमि तत्। त्वत्प्रियार्थं हि मे सर्वं प्राणा राज्यं धनानि च॥

yattu māṃ manyase rājan kururāja karomi tat| tvatpriyārthaṃ hi me sarvaṃ prāṇā rājyaṃ dhanāni ca||

Shalya answered-"I will, O king of the Kurus, do what you desire me to do. My life, my kingdom, my wealth and everything else are at your disposal."

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

MBh 6 102.21

दुर्योधन उवाच सैनापत्येन वरये त्वामहं मातुलातुलम्। सोऽस्मान् पाहि युधां श्रेष्ठ स्कन्दो देवानिवाहवे॥

duryodhana uvāca saināpatyena varaye tvāmahaṃ mātulātulam| so'smān pāhi yudhāṃ śreṣṭha skando devānivāhave||

Duryodhana said I wish you to accept the general-ship of my army. O maternal uncle, O foremost of warriors, protect us, even as Skanda protected the celestials in battle.

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

MBh 6 102.22

अभिषिच्यस्व राजेन्द्र देवानामिव पावकिः। जहि शत्रून् रणे वीर महेन्द्रो दानवानिव॥

abhiṣicyasva rājendra devānāmiva pāvakiḥ| jahi śatrūn raṇe vīra mahendro dānavāniva||

O foremost of kings, install yourself in the command as Pavakas's son Kartikeya was placed in the command of the celestial army. O hero, kill our foes in battle like Indra the Danavas.

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