Mahabharata — Volume VI (Dutt edition) — Chapter 108
MBh 6 108.1
संजय उवाच पतितं प्रेक्ष्य यन्तारं शल्य: सर्वायसी गदाम्। आदाय तरसा राजंस्तस्थौ गिरिरिवाचलः॥
saṃjaya uvāca patitaṃ prekṣya yantāraṃ śalya: sarvāyasī gadām| ādāya tarasā rājaṃstasthau giririvācalaḥ||
Sanjaya said Seeing his charioteer fallen, Shalya, O king, quickly took up his mace made entirely of iron and stood firm as a hill.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.2
तं दीप्तमिव कालाग्निं पाशहस्तमिवान्तकम्। सशृङ्गमिव कैलासं सवज्रमिव वासवम्॥ सशूलमिव हर्यक्षं वने मत्तमिव द्विपम्। जवेनाभ्यपतद् भीम: प्रगृह्य महतीं गदाम्॥
taṃ dīptamiva kālāgniṃ pāśahastamivāntakam| saśṛṅgamiva kailāsaṃ savajramiva vāsavam|| saśūlamiva haryakṣaṃ vane mattamiva dvipam| javenābhyapatad bhīma: pragṛhya mahatīṃ gadām||
Bhima, however, armed with his mighty mace, rushed impetuously towards Shalya who shone like the blazing Yuga fire or the Destroyer armed with the noose or the Kailasa mountain with his summit or Vasava with this thunder or Mahadeva with his thunder or Mahadeva with his trident or an infuriate elephant in the forest.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.3
ततः शङ्खप्रणादश्च तूर्याणां च सहस्रशः। सिंहनादश्च संजज्ञे शूराणां हर्षवर्धनः॥
tataḥ śaṅkhapraṇādaśca tūryāṇāṃ ca sahasraśaḥ| siṃhanādaśca saṃjajñe śūrāṇāṃ harṣavardhanaḥ||
At that time there arose the sound of thousands of conchs and trumpets and loud leonine roars increasing the joy of horses.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.4
प्रेक्षन्तः सर्वतस्तौ हि योधा योधमहाद्विपौ। तावकाश्चापरे चैव साधु साध्वित्यपूजयन्॥
prekṣantaḥ sarvatastau hi yodhā yodhamahādvipau| tāvakāścāpare caiva sādhu sādhvityapūjayan||
The warriors of both armies, looking at those two foremost of heroes from every side, lauded them both, saying-well done! well done.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.5
न हि मद्राधिपादन्यो रामाद् वा यदुनन्दनात्। सोढुमुत्सहते वेगं भीमसेनस्य संयुगे॥
na hi madrādhipādanyo rāmād vā yadunandanāt| soḍhumutsahate vegaṃ bhīmasenasya saṃyuge||
Except the ruler of the Madras or Rama, that delighter of the Yadus, there is none else that can venture to stand the impetuosity of Bhima in battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.6
तथा मद्राधिरपस्यापि गदावेगं महात्मनः। सोढुमुत्सहते नान्यो योधो युधि वृकोदरात्॥
tathā madrādhirapasyāpi gadāvegaṃ mahātmanaḥ| soḍhumutsahate nānyo yodho yudhi vṛkodarāt||
Similarly except Bhima there is no other warriors that can venture to stand the force of the mace of the illustrious king of the Madras in battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.7
तौ वृषाविव नर्दन्तौ मण्डलानि विचेरतुः। आवर्तितौ गदाहस्तौ मद्रराजवृकोदरौ॥
tau vṛṣāviva nardantau maṇḍalāni viceratuḥ| āvartitau gadāhastau madrarājavṛkodarau||
Those two varriors Vrikodara and the king of the Madras, roaring the bulls, moved about in circles, frequently leaping up in the air.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.8
मण्डलावर्तमार्गेषु गदाविहरणेषु च। निर्विशेषमभूद् युद्धं तयोः पुरुषिसंहयोः॥
maṇḍalāvartamārgeṣu gadāviharaṇeṣu ca| nirviśeṣamabhūd yuddhaṃ tayoḥ puruṣisaṃhayoḥ||
In that encounter between those two best of men, no difference was perceptible between them either in their movement or in the manner of their holding the mace.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.9
तप्तहेममयैः शुभैर्बभूव भयवर्धिनी। अग्निज्वालैरिवाबद्धा पट्टैः शल्यस्य सा गदा॥
taptahemamayaiḥ śubhairbabhūva bhayavardhinī| agnijvālairivābaddhā paṭṭaiḥ śalyasya sā gadā||
The mace of Shalya, coated with a shining cloth of gold that looked like a sheet of fire, made the on-lookers afraid.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.10
तथैव चरतो मार्गन् मण्डलेषु महात्मनः। विद्युदभ्रप्रतीकाशा भीमस्य शुशुभे गदा॥
tathaiva carato mārgan maṇḍaleṣu mahātmanaḥ| vidyudabhrapratīkāśā bhīmasya śuśubhe gadā||
The mace of the great Bhima, as he moved about in circles, looked like lighting in the midst of the clouds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.11
ताडिता मद्रराजेन भीमस्य गदया गदा। दह्यमानेव खे राजन् साऽसृजत् पावकार्चिषः॥
tāḍitā madrarājena bhīmasya gadayā gadā| dahyamāneva khe rājan sā'sṛjat pāvakārciṣaḥ||
Struck by the king of Madras with his mace, the mace of Bhima, O king, sent forth scintillations of fire in the sky which was as if on fire.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.12
तथा भीमेन शल्यस्य ताडिता गदया गदा। अङ्गारवर्षं मुमुचे तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्॥
tathā bhīmena śalyasya tāḍitā gadayā gadā| aṅgāravarṣaṃ mumuce tadadbhutamivābhavat||
Similarly struck by Bhima with his mace, the mace of Shalya produced a shower of burning coals.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.13
दन्तैरिव महानागौ शृङ्गैरिव महर्षभौ। तौत्रैरिव तदान्योन्यं गदाग्राभ्यां निजघ्नतुः॥
dantairiva mahānāgau śṛṅgairiva maharṣabhau| tautrairiva tadānyonyaṃ gadāgrābhyāṃ nijaghnatuḥ||
Like two huge elephants striking each other with their tusks or two huge bulls striking each other with their horns, those two heroes began to strike each other with their maces, like a pair of heroes striking each other with iron clubs.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.14
तौ गदाभिहतैर्गात्रैः क्षणेन रुधिरोक्षितौ। प्रेक्षणीयतरावास्तां पुष्पिताविव किंशुकौ॥
tau gadābhihatairgātraiḥ kṣaṇena rudhirokṣitau| prekṣaṇīyatarāvāstāṃ puṣpitāviva kiṃśukau||
On being struck with each other's mace, they soon became bathed in blood and looked more beautiful like two blossoming Kinshukas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.15
गदया मद्रराजस्य सव्यदक्षिणमाहतः। भीमसेनो महाबाहुन् चचालाचलो तथा॥
gadayā madrarājasya savyadakṣiṇamāhataḥ| bhīmaseno mahābāhun cacālācalo tathā||
Struck by the king of the Madras on both his left and right, the mighty-armed Bhimasena stood firın like a mountain.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.16
तथा भीमगदावैगैस्ताड्यमानो मुहुर्मुहुः। शल्यो न विव्यथे राजन् दन्तिनेव महागिरिः॥
tathā bhīmagadāvaigaistāḍyamāno muhurmuhuḥ| śalyo na vivyathe rājan dantineva mahāgiriḥ||
Similarly, though struck again and again with Bhima's mace, Shalya, O king, moved not like a mountain struck by an elephant with his tusks.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.17
शुश्रुवे दिक्षु सर्वासु तयोः पुरुषसिंहयोः। गदानिपातसंहादो वज्रयोरिव नि:स्वनः॥
śuśruve dikṣu sarvāsu tayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayoḥ| gadānipātasaṃhādo vajrayoriva ni:svanaḥ||
The sound caused by the strokes of the maces of those two best of men was heard on all sides like peals of thunder.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.18
निवृत्य तु महावीर्यो समुच्छ्रितमहागदौ। पुनरन्तरमार्गस्थौ मण्डलानि विचेरतुः॥
nivṛtya tu mahāvīryo samucchritamahāgadau| punarantaramārgasthau maṇḍalāni viceratuḥ||
Having stopped for a moment those two energetic warriors once more, with uplifted maces, closed each other.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.19
अथाभ्येत्य पदान्यष्टौ संनिपातोऽभवत् तयोः। उद्यम्य लोहदण्डाभ्यामतिमानुषकर्मणोः॥
athābhyetya padānyaṣṭau saṃnipāto'bhavat tayoḥ| udyamya lohadaṇḍābhyāmatimānuṣakarmaṇoḥ||
Again an encounter took place between those two warriors of superhuman power, each having advanced towards the other by eight steps and each, striking the other with his uplifted iron club.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.20
पोथयन्तौ तदान्योन्यं मण्डलानि विचेरतुः। क्रियाविशेषं कृतिनौ दर्शयामासतुस्तदा॥
pothayantau tadānyonyaṃ maṇḍalāni viceratuḥ| kriyāviśeṣaṃ kṛtinau darśayāmāsatustadā||
Then desiring to reach each other, they once more moved about in circles. Both the expert warriors began to display their superiority of skill.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.21
अथोद्यम्य गदे घोरे सशृङ्गाविव पर्वतौ। तावाजघ्नतुरन्योन्यं मण्डलानि विचेरतुः॥ क्रियाविशेषकृतिनौ रणभूमितलेऽचलौ।
athodyamya gade ghore saśṛṅgāviva parvatau| tāvājaghnaturanyonyaṃ maṇḍalāni viceratuḥ|| kriyāviśeṣakṛtinau raṇabhūmitale'calau|
Uplifting their terrible weapons, they again strucks each other like mountains striking each other with their summits at the time of an earthquake.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.22
तौ परस्परसंरम्भाद् गदाभ्यां सुभृशसातौ॥ युगपत् पेततुर्वीरावुभाविन्द्राध्वजाविव।
tau parasparasaṃrambhād gadābhyāṃ subhṛśasātau|| yugapat petaturvīrāvubhāvindrādhvajāviva|
Struck heavily with each other's mace, both of them dropped down simultaneously like a couple of poles set up for Indra's worship.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.23
उभयोः सेनयोर्वीरास्तदा हाहाकृतोऽभवन्॥ भृशं मर्माण्यभिहताबुभावास्तां सुविह्वलौ।
ubhayoḥ senayorvīrāstadā hāhākṛto'bhavan|| bhṛśaṃ marmāṇyabhihatābubhāvāstāṃ suvihvalau|
Threat the brave warriors of both armies, cried Oh and Alas. Cut to the quick, both of them had become exceedingly agitated.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.24
ततः स्वरथमारोप्य मद्राणामृषभं रणे॥ अपोवाह कृपः शल्यं तूर्णमायोधनादथ।
tataḥ svarathamāropya madrāṇāmṛṣabhaṃ raṇe|| apovāha kṛpaḥ śalyaṃ tūrṇamāyodhanādatha|
Then the powerful Kripa, taking up Shalya, that king of the Madras, on his own car, quickly took him away from the battle field.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.25
क्षीणवद् विह्वलत्वात् तु निमेषात् पुनरुत्थितः॥ भीमसेनो गदापाणि: समाह्वयत मद्रपम्।
kṣīṇavad vihvalatvāt tu nimeṣāt punarutthitaḥ|| bhīmaseno gadāpāṇi: samāhvayata madrapam|
Bhimasena, rising up, however, within the twinkling of an eye and still reeling as if drunk, challenged, with an uplifted mace, the king of the Madras.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.26
ततस्तु तावकाः शूरा नानाशस्त्रसमायुताः॥ नानावादित्रशब्देन पाण्डुसेनामयोधयन्।
tatastu tāvakāḥ śūrā nānāśastrasamāyutāḥ|| nānāvāditraśabdena pāṇḍusenāmayodhayan|
Then your warriors, armed with various weapons, fought with the Pandavas, causing the blowing and beating of various musical instruments.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.27
भुजावुच्छ्रित्य शस्त्रं च शब्देन महता ततः॥ अभ्यद्रवन् महाराज दुर्योधनपुरोगमाः।
bhujāvucchritya śastraṃ ca śabdena mahatā tataḥ|| abhyadravan mahārāja duryodhanapurogamāḥ|
Raising up arms, taking weapons and making a loud noise, O king, your warriors, led by Duryodhana, rushed against the army of the Pandavas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.28
तदनीकमभिप्रेक्ष्य ततस्ते पाण्डुनन्दनाः॥ प्रययुः सिंहनादेन दुर्योधनपुरोगमान्।
tadanīkamabhiprekṣya tataste pāṇḍunandanāḥ|| prayayuḥ siṃhanādena duryodhanapurogamān|
Beholding the Kauravas the sons of Pandu, sending up leonine shouts, rushed against those Warriors led by Duryodhana.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.29
तेषामापततां तूर्णं पुत्रस्ते भरतर्षभ॥ प्रासेन चेकितानं वै विव्याध हृदयं भृशम्।
teṣāmāpatatāṃ tūrṇaṃ putraste bharatarṣabha|| prāsena cekitānaṃ vai vivyādha hṛdayaṃ bhṛśam|
Then your son, O foremost of Bharatas, aiming at Chekitana amongst them, cut him deeply with a lance in the chest.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.30
स पपात रथोपस्थे तव पुत्रेण ताडितः॥ रुधिरौघपरिस्किन्नः प्रविश्य विपुलं तमः।
sa papāta rathopasthe tava putreṇa tāḍitaḥ|| rudhiraughapariskinnaḥ praviśya vipulaṃ tamaḥ|
Thus struck by our son, Chekitana dropped in a faint down on his car, bathed in blood.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.31
चेकितान् हतं दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवेया महारथाः॥ असक्तमभ्यवर्षन्त शरवर्षाणि भागशः।
cekitān hataṃ dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍaveyā mahārathāḥ|| asaktamabhyavarṣanta śaravarṣāṇi bhāgaśaḥ|
Seeing Chekitana slain, the great carwarriors among the Pandavas continually showered arrows (upon the Kauravas).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.32
तावकानामनीकेषु पाण्डवा जितकाशिनः॥ व्यचरन्त महाराज प्रेक्षणीयाः समन्ततः।
tāvakānāmanīkeṣu pāṇḍavā jitakāśinaḥ|| vyacaranta mahārāja prekṣaṇīyāḥ samantataḥ|
Indeed, the Pandavas, filled with the desire of victory, O king, moved about on all sides amongst your soldiers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.33
कृपश्च कृतवर्मा च सौबलश्च महारथः॥ अयोधयन् धर्मराजं मद्रराजपुरस्कृताः।
kṛpaśca kṛtavarmā ca saubalaśca mahārathaḥ|| ayodhayan dharmarājaṃ madrarājapuraskṛtāḥ|
Kripa and Kritavarman and the powerful son of Subala, placing the king of the Madras before them, fought with king Yudhishthira.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.34
भारद्वाजस्य हन्तारं भूरिवीर्यपराक्रमम्॥ दुर्योधनो महाराज धृष्टद्युम्नमयोधयत्।
bhāradvājasya hantāraṃ bhūrivīryaparākramam|| duryodhano mahārāja dhṛṣṭadyumnamayodhayat|
Duryodhana, O king, fought with heroic and powerful Dhrishtadyumna, the slayer of Bharadvaja's son.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.35
त्रिंसाहस्रास्तथा राजंस्तव पुत्रेण चोदिताः॥ अयोधयन्त विजयं द्रोणपुत्रपुरस्कृताः।
triṃsāhasrāstathā rājaṃstava putreṇa coditāḥ|| ayodhayanta vijayaṃ droṇaputrapuraskṛtāḥ|
Three thousand cars, O king, dispatched by your son and headed by Drona's son, fought with Vijaya.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.36
विजये धृतसंकल्पाः समरे त्यक्तजीविताः॥ प्राविशंस्तावका राजन् हंसा इव महत् सरः।
vijaye dhṛtasaṃkalpāḥ samare tyaktajīvitāḥ|| prāviśaṃstāvakā rājan haṃsā iva mahat saraḥ|
All those warriors, O king, were bent upon winning victory even at the sacrifice of their lives. Indeed, O king, your warriors entered into the midst of the Pandava army like swans into a large lake.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.37
ततो युद्धमभूद् घोरं परस्परवधैषिणाम्॥ अन्योन्यवधसंयुक्तमन्योन्यप्रीतिवर्धनम्।
tato yuddhamabhūd ghoraṃ parasparavadhaiṣiṇām|| anyonyavadhasaṃyuktamanyonyaprītivardhanam|
A fierce encounter then took place between the Kurus and the Pandavas, the combatants being worked up with the desire of killing one another and deriving great pleasure from giving and receiving blows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.38
तस्मिन् प्रवृत्ते संग्रामे राजन् वीरवरक्षये॥ अनिलेनेरितं घोरमुक्तस्थौ पार्थिवं रजः।
tasmin pravṛtte saṃgrāme rājan vīravarakṣaye|| anileneritaṃ ghoramuktasthau pārthivaṃ rajaḥ|
During the progress, O king, of that battle in which great heroes were killed a terrible dust was raised by the wind.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.39
श्रवणान्नामधेयानां पाण्डवानां च कीर्तनात्॥ परस्परं विजानीमो यदयुद्ध्यन्नभीतवत्।
śravaṇānnāmadheyānāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca kīrtanāt|| parasparaṃ vijānīmo yadayuddhyannabhītavat|
From only the names we heard of the Pandava warriors) that were uttered during that battle and from those of the Kuru warriors) that were uttered by the Pandavas, we knew the heroes that fought with one another fearlessly.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.40
तद्रजः पुरुषव्याघ्र शोणितेन प्रशामितम्॥ दिशश्च विमला जातास्तस्मिंस्तमसि नाशिते।
tadrajaḥ puruṣavyāghra śoṇitena praśāmitam|| diśaśca vimalā jātāstasmiṃstamasi nāśite|
That dust, however, O foremost of men, was soon dispelled by the blood that was shed and all the points of the horizon became once more clear.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.41
तथा प्रवृत्ते संग्रामे घोररूपे भयानके॥ तावकानां परेषां च नासीत् कश्चित् पराङ्मुखः।
tathā pravṛtte saṃgrāme ghorarūpe bhayānake|| tāvakānāṃ pareṣāṃ ca nāsīt kaścit parāṅmukhaḥ|
Indeed, during that terrible and awful battle, no one, among either your warriors or those of the foc, took to his heels.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.42
ब्रह्मलोकपरा भूत्वा प्रार्थयन्तो जयं युधि॥ सुयुद्धेन पराक्रान्ता नराः स्वर्गमभीप्स्वः।
brahmalokaparā bhūtvā prārthayanto jayaṃ yudhi|| suyuddhena parākrāntā narāḥ svargamabhīpsvaḥ|
Desirous of going to the regions of Brahman and longing for victory by fair fight, the warriors displayed their prowess worked up with the hope of heaven.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.43
भर्तृपिण्डविमोक्षार्थं भर्तृकार्यविनिश्चिताः॥ स्वर्गसंसक्तमनसो योधा युयुधिरे तदा।
bhartṛpiṇḍavimokṣārthaṃ bhartṛkāryaviniścitāḥ|| svargasaṃsaktamanaso yodhā yuyudhire tadā|
For paying off the debt they owed to their masters on account of the maintenance received or bent upon achieving the objects of their friends and allies, the warriors, desirous of going to heaven, fought with one another.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.44
नानारूपाणि शस्त्राणि विसृजन्तो महारथाः॥ अन्योन्यमभिगर्जन्तः प्रहरन्तः परस्परम्।
nānārūpāṇi śastrāṇi visṛjanto mahārathāḥ|| anyonyamabhigarjantaḥ praharantaḥ parasparam|
Discharging various weapons, great carwarriors roared at the struck one another.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.45
हत विध्यत गृह्णीत प्रहरध्वं निकृन्तत॥ इति स्म वाचः श्रूयन्ते तव तेषां च वै बले।
hata vidhyata gṛhṇīta praharadhvaṃ nikṛntata|| iti sma vācaḥ śrūyante tava teṣāṃ ca vai bale|
Slay, seize, strike, cut off-these were the words that were heard in that battle, ultered by your people and those of the enemy.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.46
ततः शल्यो महाराज धर्मपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम्॥ विव्याध निशितैर्बाणैर्हन्तुकामो महारथम्।
tataḥ śalyo mahārāja dharmaputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram|| vivyādha niśitairbāṇairhantukāmo mahāratham|
Then Shalya, O king, desirous of killing him, struck king Yudhishthira, a mighty carwarrior, with many sharp arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.47
तस्य पार्थो महाराज नाराचान् वै चतुर्दश॥ मर्माण्युद्दिश्य मर्मज्ञो निचखान हसन्निव।
tasya pārtho mahārāja nārācān vai caturdaśa|| marmāṇyuddiśya marmajño nicakhāna hasanniva|
Acquainted with the vital parts of the body, the son of Pritha, however, O king, struck the king of the Madras with fourteen cloth-yard shafts, aiming at the latter's vital parts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.48
आवार्य पाण्डवं बाणैर्हन्तुकामो महाबलः॥ विव्याध समरे क्रुद्धो बहुभिः कङ्कपत्रिभिः।
āvārya pāṇḍavaṃ bāṇairhantukāmo mahābalaḥ|| vivyādha samare kruddho bahubhiḥ kaṅkapatribhiḥ|
Resisting the son of Pandu with his arrows the illustrious Shalya, filled with ire and desirous of killing his antagonist, struck hiin in that battle with innumerable Kanka-feathered arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.49
अथ भूयो महाराज शरेणानतपर्वणा॥ युधिष्ठिरं समाजम्ने सर्वसैन्यस्य पश्यतः।
atha bhūyo mahārāja śareṇānataparvaṇā|| yudhiṣṭhiraṃ samājamne sarvasainyasya paśyataḥ|
Again, O king, he struck Yudhishthura with a straight shaft in the very presences of all the troops.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.50
विव्याध निशितैर्बाणैः कङ्कबर्हिणवाजितैः। धर्मराजोऽपि संक्रुद्धो मद्रराजं महायशाः॥
vivyādha niśitairbāṇaiḥ kaṅkabarhiṇavājitaiḥ| dharmarājo'pi saṃkruddho madrarājaṃ mahāyaśāḥ||
King Yudhishthira, possessed of great renown and filled with range, cut the ruler of the Madras with many keen Kanka and peacock feathered arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.51
चन्द्रसेनं च सप्तात्या सूतं च नवभिः शरैः॥ द्रुमसेनं चतुःषष्ट्या निजघान महारथः।
candrasenaṃ ca saptātyā sūtaṃ ca navabhiḥ śaraiḥ|| drumasenaṃ catuḥṣaṣṭyā nijaghāna mahārathaḥ|
That nighty car-warrior then pierced Chandrasena with seventy arrows and Shalya's driver with nine and Drumasena with sixty four.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.52
चक्ररथे हते शल्यः पाण्डवेन महात्मना॥ निजघान ततो राजश्चेदीन् वै पञ्चविंशतिम्।
cakrarathe hate śalyaḥ pāṇḍavena mahātmanā|| nijaghāna tato rājaścedīn vai pañcaviṃśatim|
When the two protectors of his car-wheels were (thus) killed by the great son of Pandu, Shalya, O king, slew twenty five warriors among the Chedis.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.53
सात्यकिं पञ्चविशत्या भीमसेनं च पञ्चभिः॥ माद्रीपुत्रौ शतेनाजौ विव्याध निशितैः शरैः।
sātyakiṃ pañcaviśatyā bhīmasenaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ|| mādrīputrau śatenājau vivyādha niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ|
And he struck Satyaki with twenty five keen arrows and Bhimasena with seven and the two sons of Madri with a hundred, in the battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.54
एवं विचरतस्तस्य संग्रामे राजसत्तम॥ सम्प्रेषयच्छितान् पार्थः शरानाशीविषोपमान्।
evaṃ vicaratastasya saṃgrāme rājasattama|| sampreṣayacchitān pārthaḥ śarānāśīviṣopamān|
While Shalya was thus fighting in that battle, that best of kings, the son of Pritha, shot at him many arrows that resembled snakes of virulent poison.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.55
ध्वजाग्रं चास्य समरे कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः॥ प्रमुखे वर्तमानस्य भल्लेनापाहरद् रथात्।
dhvajāgraṃ cāsya samare kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ|| pramukhe vartamānasya bhallenāpāharad rathāt|
With a broad-headed arrow, Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, then cut off from his car the standard of his antagonist as the latter stood before him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.56
पाण्डुपुत्रेण वै तस्य केतुं छिन्नं महात्मना॥ निपतन्तमपश्याम गिरिशृङ्गमिवाहतम्।
pāṇḍuputreṇa vai tasya ketuṃ chinnaṃ mahātmanā|| nipatantamapaśyāma giriśṛṅgamivāhatam|
We saw the standard of Shalya, which was thus cut off by the son of Pandu in that great battle, drop down like a mountain summit.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.57
ध्वजं निपतितं दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवं च व्यवस्थितम्॥ संक्रुद्धो मद्रराजोऽभूच्छरवर्षं मुमोच ह।
dhvajaṃ nipatitaṃ dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavaṃ ca vyavasthitam|| saṃkruddho madrarājo'bhūccharavarṣaṃ mumoca ha|
Seeing his standard fallen and observing the son of Pandu standing before him, the king of the Madras, worked up with range, shot a number of shafts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.58
शल्य: सायकवर्षेण पर्जन्य इव वृष्टिमान्॥ अभ्यवर्षदमेयात्मा क्षत्रियान् क्षत्रियर्षभः।
śalya: sāyakavarṣeṇa parjanya iva vṛṣṭimān|| abhyavarṣadameyātmā kṣatriyān kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ|
That foremost of Kshatriyas, viz., Shalya of great energy poured over the Kshatriyas in that battle dense. showers of arrows like Indra pouring torrents of rain.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.59
सात्यकिं भीमसेनं च माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ॥ एकैकं पञ्चभिर्विध्वा युधिष्ठिरमपीडयत्।
sātyakiṃ bhīmasenaṃ ca mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau|| ekaikaṃ pañcabhirvidhvā yudhiṣṭhiramapīḍayat|
Piercing Satyaki and Bhimasena and the twin sons of Madri by Pandu, each with five arrows, he assailed Yudhishthira greatly.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.60
ततो बाणमयं जालं विततं पाण्डवोरसि॥ अपश्याम महाराज मेघजालमिवोद्गतम्।
tato bāṇamayaṃ jālaṃ vitataṃ pāṇḍavorasi|| apaśyāma mahārāja meghajālamivodgatam|
We then, O king, beheld a net of arrows spread before the chest of Pandu's son like a mass of risen clouds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.61
तस्य शल्यो रणे क्रुद्धः शरैः संनतपर्वभिः॥ दिशः संछादयामास प्रदिशश्च महारथः।
tasya śalyo raṇe kruddhaḥ śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ|| diśaḥ saṃchādayāmāsa pradiśaśca mahārathaḥ|
The great car-warrior Shalya, in that battle, filled with rage, covered Yudhishthira with straight shafts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 108.62
ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा बाणजालेन पीडितः। बभूवाद्भुतविक्रान्तो जम्भो वृत्रहणा यथा॥
tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā bāṇajālena pīḍitaḥ| babhūvādbhutavikrānto jambho vṛtrahaṇā yathā||
At this, king Yudhishthira, afflicted with those arrows, felt himself deprived of his prowess, even as the Asura Jambha had become before the killer of Vritra.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)