Mahabharata — Volume VI (Dutt edition) — Chapter 118
MBh 6 118.1
संजय उवाच पुत्रस्तु ते महाराज रथस्थो रथिनां वरः। दुरुत्सहो बभौ युद्धे यथा रुद्रः प्रतापवान्॥
saṃjaya uvāca putrastu te mahārāja rathastho rathināṃ varaḥ| durutsaho babhau yuddhe yathā rudraḥ pratāpavān||
Sanjaya said Filled with the courage of despair, that best of car-warriors, O king viz., your son, looked resplendent on his car in that battle like Rudra himself.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.2
तस्य बाणसहस्रैस्तु प्रच्छन्ना ह्यभवन्मही। परांश्च सिषिचे बाणैर्धाराभिरिव पर्वतान्॥
tasya bāṇasahasraistu pracchannā hyabhavanmahī| parāṃśca siṣice bāṇairdhārābhiriva parvatān||
With the thousands of arrows shot by him, the Earth was completely covered. He drenched his enemies with showers of arrows like the clouds pouring rain on mountain breasts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.3
न च सोऽति पुमान् कश्चित् पाण्डवानां बलार्णवे। यो गजो रथो वापि यः स्याद् बाणैरविक्षतः॥
na ca so'ti pumān kaścit pāṇḍavānāṃ balārṇave| yo gajo ratho vāpi yaḥ syād bāṇairavikṣataḥ||
There was then not a man amongst the Pandavas in that great battle or a horse or an elephant or a car, who or which was not struck with Duryodhana's arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.4
यं यं हि समरे योधं प्रपश्यामि विशाम्पते। स स बाणैश्चितोऽभूद्वै पुत्रेण तव भारत॥
yaṃ yaṃ hi samare yodhaṃ prapaśyāmi viśāmpate| sa sa bāṇaiścito'bhūdvai putreṇa tava bhārata||
O king, amongst the warriors every one, O Bharata, was struck by your son with his arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.5
यथा सैन्येन रजसा समुद्भूतेन वाहिनी। प्रत्यदृश्यत संछन्ना तथा बाणैर्महात्मनः॥
yathā sainyena rajasā samudbhūtena vāhinī| pratyadṛśyata saṃchannā tathā bāṇairmahātmanaḥ||
The Pandava army was then covered with the arrows of that great warriors even as a army is covered with the dust it raises while marching for battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.6
बाणभूतामपश्याम पृथिवीं पृथिवीपते। दुर्योधनेन प्रकृतां क्षिप्रहस्तेन धन्विना॥
bāṇabhūtāmapaśyāma pṛthivīṃ pṛthivīpate| duryodhanena prakṛtāṃ kṣiprahastena dhanvinā||
The Earth then, O king, was as if converted into one sheet of arrows by your son Duryodhana, that bowman endued with great lightness of hand.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.7
तेषु योधसहस्रेषु तावकेषु परेषु च। एको दुर्योधनो ह्यासीत् पुमानिति मतिर्मम॥
teṣu yodhasahasreṣu tāvakeṣu pareṣu ca| eko duryodhano hyāsīt pumāniti matirmama||
Amongst those thousands of warriors on the field, of your side or that of the enemy, it appeared as if Duryodhana was then the only man.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.8
तत्राद्भुतमपश्याम तव पुत्रस्य विक्रमम्। यदेकं सहिताः पार्था नाभ्यवर्तन्त भारत।॥
tatrādbhutamapaśyāma tava putrasya vikramam| yadekaṃ sahitāḥ pārthā nābhyavartanta bhārata|||
The prowess displayed by your son was highly wonderful, since the Parthas, even in a body, could not approach him who was single.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.9
युधिष्ठिरं शतेनाजी विव्याध भरतर्षभ। भीमसेनं च सप्तत्या सहदेवं च पञ्चभिः॥
yudhiṣṭhiraṃ śatenājī vivyādha bharatarṣabha| bhīmasenaṃ ca saptatyā sahadevaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ||
He struck Yudhishthira, O best of Bharata's race, with a hundred arrows and Bhimasena with seventy and Sahadeva with seven.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.10
नकुलं त चतुःषष्ट्या धृष्टद्युम्नं च पञ्चभिः। सप्तभिद्रौपदेयांश्च त्रिभिर्विव्याध सात्यकिम्॥ धनुश्चिच्छेद भल्लेन सहदेवस्य मारिष।
nakulaṃ ta catuḥṣaṣṭyā dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ| saptabhidraupadeyāṃśca tribhirvivyādha sātyakim|| dhanuściccheda bhallena sahadevasya māriṣa|
And he struck Nakula with sixty four and Dhrishtadyumna with five and the sons of Draupadi with seven and Satyaki with three arrows. With a broad-headed arrow, he then, O king, cut off the bow of Sahadeva.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.11
तदपास्य धनुश्छिन्नं माद्रीपुत्रः प्रतापवान्॥ अभ्यद्रवत राजानं प्रगृह्यान्यन्महद् धनुः। ततो दुर्योधनं संख्ये विव्याध दशभिः शरैः॥
tadapāsya dhanuśchinnaṃ mādrīputraḥ pratāpavān|| abhyadravata rājānaṃ pragṛhyānyanmahad dhanuḥ| tato duryodhanaṃ saṃkhye vivyādha daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ||
Casting off that broken bow, the heroic son of Madri, took up another formidable bow and rushing against the king, viz., Duryodhana struck him with ten arrows in that battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.12
नकुलस्तु ततो वीरो राजानं नवभिः शरै। घोररूपैर्महेष्वासो विव्याध च ननाद च॥
nakulastu tato vīro rājānaṃ navabhiḥ śarai| ghorarūpairmaheṣvāso vivyādha ca nanāda ca||
The great and brave bowman Nakula then struck the king with nine terrible arrows and uttered a loud war cry.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.13
सात्यकिश्चैव राजानं शरेणानतपर्वणा। द्रौपदेयास्त्रिसप्तत्या धर्मराजश्च पञ्चभिः॥ अशीत्या भीमसेनश्च शरै राजानमार्पयन्।
sātyakiścaiva rājānaṃ śareṇānataparvaṇā| draupadeyāstrisaptatyā dharmarājaśca pañcabhiḥ|| aśītyā bhīmasenaśca śarai rājānamārpayan|
Satyaki struck the king with a single straight shaft; the sons of Draupadi struck him with seventy three and king Yudhishthira struck him with five. And Bhimasena assailed the king with eighty arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.14
समन्तात् कीर्यमाणस्तु बाणसंधैर्महात्मभिः॥ न चचाल महाराज सर्वसैन्यस्य पश्यतः।
samantāt kīryamāṇastu bāṇasaṃdhairmahātmabhiḥ|| na cacāla mahārāja sarvasainyasya paśyataḥ|
Though struck thus from all sides with numerous arrows by those illustrious warriors, Duryodhana still, O king, did not waver, in the presence of all the soldiers assembled there.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.15
लाघवं सौष्ठवं चापि वीर्यं चापि पहात्मनः॥ अति सर्वाणि भूतानि ददृशुः सर्वमानवाः।
lāghavaṃ sauṣṭhavaṃ cāpi vīryaṃ cāpi pahātmanaḥ|| ati sarvāṇi bhūtāni dadṛśuḥ sarvamānavāḥ|
The quickness, the skill and the prowess of that illustrious warrior excelled those of every man.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.16
धार्तराष्ट्रा हि राजेन्द्र योधास्तु स्वल्पमन्तरम्॥ अपश्यमाना राजानं पर्यवर्तन्त दंशिताः।
dhārtarāṣṭrā hi rājendra yodhāstu svalpamantaram|| apaśyamānā rājānaṃ paryavartanta daṃśitāḥ|
Meanwhile the Dhartarashtras, O king, who had not fled far away, beholding the king, rallied and returned there, clad in mail.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.17
तेषामापततां घोरस्तुमुलः समपद्यत॥ क्षुब्धस्य हि समुद्रस्य प्रावृट्काले यथा स्वनः।
teṣāmāpatatāṃ ghorastumulaḥ samapadyata|| kṣubdhasya hi samudrasya prāvṛṭkāle yathā svanaḥ|
The noise made by them when they returned was exceedingly awful, like the roar of the surging deep during the rainy season.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.18
समासाद्य रणे ते तु राजानमपराजितम्॥ प्रत्युद्ययुर्महेष्वासाः पाण्डवानाततायिनः।
samāsādya raṇe te tu rājānamaparājitam|| pratyudyayurmaheṣvāsāḥ pāṇḍavānātatāyinaḥ|
Approaching their invincible king in that battle, those great bowmen rushed against the Pandavas for fight.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.19
भीमसेनं रणे क्रुद्धो द्रोणपुत्रो न्यवारयत्॥
bhīmasenaṃ raṇe kruddho droṇaputro nyavārayat||
The son of Drona opposed in that battle the angry Bhimasena.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.20
नानाबाणैर्महाराज प्रमुक्तैः सर्वतोदिशम्। नाज्ञायन्त रणे वीरा न दिशः प्रदिशः कुतः॥
nānābāṇairmahārāja pramuktaiḥ sarvatodiśam| nājñāyanta raṇe vīrā na diśaḥ pradiśaḥ kutaḥ||
With the arrows, O king, that were shot in that battle, all the points of the horizon were completely covered, so that the brave warriors could not distinguish the cardinal from the subsidiary points of the compass.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.21
तावुभौ क्रूरकर्माणावुभौ भारत दुःसहौ। घोररूपमयुध्येतां कृतप्रतिकृतैषिणौ॥ त्रासयन्तौ दिशः सर्वा ज्याक्षेपकठिनत्वचौ।
tāvubhau krūrakarmāṇāvubhau bhārata duḥsahau| ghorarūpamayudhyetāṃ kṛtapratikṛtaiṣiṇau|| trāsayantau diśaḥ sarvā jyākṣepakaṭhinatvacau|
As regards Ashvatthaman and Bhimasena, O Bharata, both of them performed wonderful feats. Both of them were invincible in battle. The arms of both continued marks of bowstring for having repeatedly drawn the same. Opposing each other, they fought on, frightening the entire universe.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.22
शकुनिस्तु रणे वीरो युधिष्ठिरमपीडयत्॥ तस्याश्वांश्चतुरो हत्वा सुबलस्य सुतो विभो। नादं चकार बलवत् सर्वसैन्यानि कोपयन्॥
śakunistu raṇe vīro yudhiṣṭhiramapīḍayat|| tasyāśvāṃścaturo hatvā subalasya suto vibho| nādaṃ cakāra balavat sarvasainyāni kopayan||
The heroic Shakuni struck Yudhishthira in that battle. Having killed the four horses of the king the powerful son of Subala uttered a loud roar, making all the soldiers tremble with fear.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.23
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे वीरं राजानमपराजितम्। अपोवाह रथेनाजौ सहदेवः प्रतापवान्॥
etasminnantare vīraṃ rājānamaparājitam| apovāha rathenājau sahadevaḥ pratāpavān||
Meanwhile the valiant Şahadeva carried away the heroic but defeated king on his car from that battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.24
अथान्यं रथमास्थाय धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः। शकुनि नरभिर्विद्ध्वा पुनर्विव्याध पञ्चभिः॥ ननाद च महानादं प्रवरः सर्वधन्विनाम्।
athānyaṃ rathamāsthāya dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ| śakuni narabhirviddhvā punarvivyādha pañcabhiḥ|| nanāda ca mahānādaṃ pravaraḥ sarvadhanvinām|
Then riding on another car, returned king Yudhishthira and having pierced Shakuni at first with nine arrows, once more struck him with five. And that best of all bowmen then sent up a loud roar.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.25
तद् युद्धमभवचित्रं घोररूपं च मारिष॥ प्रेक्षतां प्रीतिजननं सिद्धचारणसेवितम्।
tad yuddhamabhavacitraṃ ghorarūpaṃ ca māriṣa|| prekṣatāṃ prītijananaṃ siddhacāraṇasevitam|
That battle presented a wonderful spectacle, It filled the spectators with delight and was praised by the Siddhas and the Charanas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.26
उलूकस्तु महेष्वासं नकुलं युद्धदुर्मदम्॥ अभ्यद्रवदमेयात्मा शरवर्षेः समन्ततः।
ulūkastu maheṣvāsaṃ nakulaṃ yuddhadurmadam|| abhyadravadameyātmā śaravarṣeḥ samantataḥ|
Heroic Uluka rushed against the mighty bowman Nakula, in that battle, discharging showers of arrows from all sides.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.27
तथैव नकुलः शूरः सौबलस्य सुतं रणे॥ शरवर्षेण महता समन्तात् पर्यवारयत्।
tathaiva nakulaḥ śūraḥ saubalasya sutaṃ raṇe|| śaravarṣeṇa mahatā samantāt paryavārayat|
The heroic Nakula, however, in that battle opposed the son of Shakuni with a dense shower of arrows from every side.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.28
तौ तत्र समरे वीरो कुलपुत्रौ महारथौ॥ योध्यन्तावपश्येतां कृतप्रतिकृतैषिणौ।
tau tatra samare vīro kulaputrau mahārathau|| yodhyantāvapaśyetāṃ kṛtapratikṛtaiṣiṇau|
Both those heroes were born in high family and both were great car-warriors. They were seen to fight with each other, each enraged with the other.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.29
तथैव कृतवर्माणं शैनेयः शत्रुतापनः॥ योधयशुशुभे राजन् बलिं शक्र इवाहवे।
tathaiva kṛtavarmāṇaṃ śaineyaḥ śatrutāpanaḥ|| yodhayaśuśubhe rājan baliṃ śakra ivāhave|
Similarly Kritavarman, O king, fighting with the grandson of Shini, that scorcher of foes, shone like Shakra fighting with the Asura Vala.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.30
दुर्योधनो धनुश्छित्त्वा धृष्टद्युम्नस्य संयुगे॥ अथैनं छिन्नधन्वानं विव्याध निशितैः शरैः।
duryodhano dhanuśchittvā dhṛṣṭadyumnasya saṃyuge|| athainaṃ chinnadhanvānaṃ vivyādha niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ|
Having cut off Dhrishtadyumna's bow in that battle, Dhrishtadyumna struck his bowless antagonist with kcen arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.31
धृष्टद्युम्नोऽपि समरे प्रगृह्य परमायुधम्॥ राजानं योधयामास पश्यतां सर्वधन्विनाम्।
dhṛṣṭadyumno'pi samare pragṛhya paramāyudham|| rājānaṃ yodhayāmāsa paśyatāṃ sarvadhanvinām|
Then, in that battle, having taken up a formidable bow, Dhrishtadyumna fought with the king before all the bowmen.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.32
तयोर्युद्धं महचासीत् संग्रामे भरतर्षभ।॥ प्रभिन्नयोर्यथा सक्तं मत्तयोर्वरहस्तिनोः।
tayoryuddhaṃ mahacāsīt saṃgrāme bharatarṣabha||| prabhinnayoryathā saktaṃ mattayorvarahastinoḥ|
The encounter between those two heroes was exceedingly dreadful, O best of Bharata's race, like that between two wild and infuriate elephants with temporal juice trickling down.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.33
गौतमस्तु रणे क्रुद्धो द्रौपदेयान् महाबलान्॥ विव्याध बहुभिः शूरः शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः।
gautamastu raṇe kruddho draupadeyān mahābalān|| vivyādha bahubhiḥ śūraḥ śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ|
Worked up with rage in that battle, the heroic Gautama struck the mighty sons of Draupadi with many straight arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.34
तस्य तैरभवद् युद्धमिन्द्रियैरिव देहिनः॥ घोररूपमसंवार्य निर्मर्यादमवर्तत।
tasya tairabhavad yuddhamindriyairiva dehinaḥ|| ghorarūpamasaṃvārya nirmaryādamavartata|
The encounter that took place between him and those five resembled that which takes place between a man and his five senses. It was awful and fierce and no party showed any consideration for the other.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.35
ते च सम्पीडयामासुरिन्द्रियाणीव बालिशम्॥ स च तान् प्रति संरब्धः प्रत्ययोधयदाहवे।
te ca sampīḍayāmāsurindriyāṇīva bāliśam|| sa ca tān prati saṃrabdhaḥ pratyayodhayadāhave|
The five sons of Draupadi assailed Kripa like the senses afflicting a foolish man. He, on the other hand, fighting with thein, opposed them vigorously.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.36
एवं चित्रमभूद् युद्धं तस्य तैः सह भारत॥ उत्थायोत्थाय हि यथा देहिनामिन्द्रयैर्विभो।
evaṃ citramabhūd yuddhaṃ tasya taiḥ saha bhārata|| utthāyotthāya hi yathā dehināmindrayairvibho|
That battle between him and them was indeed wonderful because it resembled the struggles, O king, between men and their Senses.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.37
नराश्चैव नरैः सार्धं दन्तिनो द तभिस्तथा॥ हया हयैः समासक्ता रथिनो राथभिः सह। संकुलं चाभवद् भूयो घोररूपं विशाम्पते॥
narāścaiva naraiḥ sārdhaṃ dantino da tabhistathā|| hayā hayaiḥ samāsaktā rathino rāthabhiḥ saha| saṃkulaṃ cābhavad bhūyo ghorarūpaṃ viśāmpate||
Men fought with men, elephants with elephants, horses with horses and car-warriors with car-warriors. Once more O king, that encounter became general and dreadful.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.38
इदं चित्रमिदं घोरमिदं रौद्रमिति प्रभो। युद्धान्यासन् महाराज घोराणि च बहूनि च॥
idaṃ citramidaṃ ghoramidaṃ raudramiti prabho| yuddhānyāsan mahārāja ghorāṇi ca bahūni ca||
Here an encounter was beautiful, there another was dicadful and there another was exceedingly fierce. O lord, many dreadful encounters took place in course of that battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.39
ते समासाद्य समरे परस्परमरिंदमाः। व्यनदंश्चैव जघ्नुश्च समासाद्य महाहवे।॥
te samāsādya samare parasparamariṃdamāḥ| vyanadaṃścaiva jaghnuśca samāsādya mahāhave|||
Belonging to both armies and encountering one another, those chastisers of foes struck and killed one another in that dreadful battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.40
तेषां पत्रसमुद्भूतं रजस्तीव्रमदृश्यत। वातेन चोद्धतं राजन् धावद्भिश्चाश्वसादिभिः॥
teṣāṃ patrasamudbhūtaṃ rajastīvramadṛśyata| vātena coddhataṃ rājan dhāvadbhiścāśvasādibhiḥ||
A thick cloud of dust was raised by the cars and the animals. Thick dust was also raised by the running of the horses, a dust that was carried from one place to another by the wind.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.41
रथनेमिसमुद्भूतं निःश्वासैश्चापि दन्तिनाम्। रजः संध्याभ्रकलिलं दिवाकरपथं ययौ॥
rathanemisamudbhūtaṃ niḥśvāsaiścāpi dantinām| rajaḥ saṃdhyābhrakalilaṃ divākarapathaṃ yayau||
A dust, thick as an evening cloud, was caused in the sky by the wheels of cars and the breaths of the elephants.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.42
रजसा तेन सम्पृक्तो भास्करो निष्प्रभः कृतः। संछादिताऽभवद् भूमिस्ते च शूरा महारथाः॥
rajasā tena sampṛkto bhāskaro niṣprabhaḥ kṛtaḥ| saṃchāditā'bhavad bhūmiste ca śūrā mahārathāḥ||
On that dust being raised and the sun himself hidden therewith, the Earth became shrouded and the heroic and great car-warriors were not visible.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.43
मुहूर्तादिव संवृत्तं नीरजस्कं समन्ततः। वीरशोणितसिक्तायां भूमौ भरतसत्तम॥
muhūrtādiva saṃvṛttaṃ nīrajaskaṃ samantataḥ| vīraśoṇitasiktāyāṃ bhūmau bharatasattama||
That dust disappeared and everything became clear when the Earth, O best of the Bharatas, was covered with the blood of heroes.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.44
उपाशाम्यत् ततस्तीवं तद् रजो घोरदर्शनम्। ततोऽपश्यमहं भूयो द्वन्द्वयुद्धानि भारत॥ यथाप्राणं यथाश्रेष्ठं मध्याह्ने वै सुदारुणे। वर्मणां तत्र राजेन्द्र व्यदृश्यन्तोज्ज्वला: प्रभाः॥
upāśāmyat tatastīvaṃ tad rajo ghoradarśanam| tato'paśyamahaṃ bhūyo dvandvayuddhāni bhārata|| yathāprāṇaṃ yathāśreṣṭhaṃ madhyāhne vai sudāruṇe| varmaṇāṃ tatra rājendra vyadṛśyantojjvalā: prabhāḥ||
When that dense and awful cloud of dust was put down there were seen many single encounters, O Bharata, that the heroes fought at the noon each according to his strength and his rank. They were all exceedingly fierce. The sheen of the weapons in those encounters, O king, appeared full in view.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.45
शब्दश्च तुमुल: संख्ये शराणां पततामभूत्। महावेणुवनस्येव दह्यमानस्य पर्वते॥
śabdaśca tumula: saṃkhye śarāṇāṃ patatāmabhūt| mahāveṇuvanasyeva dahyamānasya parvate||
Loud noise, of the falling shafts in that battle, resembled that of a vast forest of bamboo's while burning on every side.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 118.46
शब्दश्च तुमुल: संख्ये शराणां पततामभूत्। महावेणुवनस्येव दह्यमानस्य पर्वते॥
śabdaśca tumula: saṃkhye śarāṇāṃ patatāmabhūt| mahāveṇuvanasyeva dahyamānasya parvate||
Loud noise, of the falling shafts in that battle, resembled that of a vast forest of bamboo's while burning on every side.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)