Mahabharata — Volume VI (Dutt edition) — Chapter 12
MBh 6 12.1
संजय उवाच ते सेनेऽन्योन्यमासाद्य प्रहष्टाश्चनरद्विपे। बृहत्यौ सम्प्रजह्वाते देवासुरमसप्रभे॥
saṃjaya uvāca te sene'nyonyamāsādya prahaṣṭāścanaradvipe| bṛhatyau samprajahvāte devāsuramasaprabhe||
Sanjaya said Thereupon the two vast armies, composed of horses, men and elephants, that were filled with cheer and also that had the brilliany of the celestial and Asura hosts, can. face to face and struck each other down.
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MBh 6 12.2
ततो नररथाश्वेभैः पतयशोग्रविक्रमाः। सम्प्रहारान् भृशं चक्रुर्देपाप्मसुनाशनान्॥
tato nararathāśvebhaiḥ patayaśogravikramāḥ| samprahārān bhṛśaṃ cakrurdepāpmasunāśanān||
Then the men, the cars, the horses, the elephants, as well as the infantry, all possessed of formidable strength, continued to strike most fiercely, thereby destroying the bodies and the sins as well.
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MBh 6 12.3
पूर्णचन्द्रार्कपद्मानां कान्तिभिर्गन्धतः समैः। उत्तमा.सिंहानां नृसिंहास्तस्तरुर्महीम्॥
pūrṇacandrārkapadmānāṃ kāntibhirgandhataḥ samaiḥ| uttamā.siṃhānāṃ nṛsiṃhāstastarurmahīm||
The lion-like men, began to scatter over the earth, the heads of lion-like men, which were equal in splendour to the full-moon and the sun and also which had resembled the lotuses in fragrance.
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MBh 6 12.4
अर्धचन्द्रैस्तथा भल्लैः क्षुरप्रैरसिपट्टिशैः। परश्वधैश्चाप्यकृन्तन्नुत्तमाङ्गानि युध्यताम्॥
ardhacandraistathā bhallaiḥ kṣuraprairasipaṭṭiśaiḥ| paraśvadhaiścāpyakṛntannuttamāṅgāni yudhyatām||
They, again, began to sever the heads of the fighting warriors by means of the crescentshaped, broad-faced and razor-handed arrows, swords, axes, battle-axes and other weapons.
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MBh 6 12.5
व्यायतायतबाहूनां व्यायतातबाहुभिः। बाहवः पातिता रेजुर्धरण्यां सायुधाङ्गदा॥
vyāyatāyatabāhūnāṃ vyāyatātabāhubhiḥ| bāhavaḥ pātitā rejurdharaṇyāṃ sāyudhāṅgadā||
The arms of men, possessed of long and stout arms, severed by men, possessed of long and stout arms, looked resplendent upon the ground, decorated as they were 'vith both weapons and bracelets.
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MBh 6 12.6
तैः स्फुरद्भिर्मही भाति रक्ताङ्गुलितलैस्तथा। गरुडाहितैरुप्रैः पञ्चास्यैरुरगैरिव॥
taiḥ sphuradbhirmahī bhāti raktāṅgulitalaistathā| garuḍāhitairupraiḥ pañcāsyairuragairiva||
The earth shone most brightly with the halo of their (the warriors) red fingers and palms, even as it shines with the fierce and fiveheaded snakes upon itself slain by Garuda.
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MBh 6 12.7
द्विरदस्यन्दनाश्वेभ्यः पेतुर्वीरा द्विषद्धताः। विमानेभ्यो यथा क्षीणे पुण्ये स्वर्गसदस्तथा॥
dviradasyandanāśvebhyaḥ peturvīrā dviṣaddhatāḥ| vimānebhyo yathā kṣīṇe puṇye svargasadastathā||
Smitten by the enemies, the heroic warriors fell down from the elephants, the cars and horses, even as the dwellers of heaven fall down from the celestial balloons, when their virtues are entirely spent.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 12.8
गदाभिरन्ये गुर्वीभिः परिधैर्मुसलैरपि। पोथिताः शतश: पेतुर्वीरा वीरतरै द्विपैः॥
gadābhiranye gurvībhiḥ paridhairmusalairapi| pothitāḥ śataśa: peturvīrā vīratarai dvipaiḥ||
While other heroic warriors, having been smitten by heroes of greater prowess with heavy maces, spiked clubs and maces, fell in the battle by hundreds.
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MBh 6 12.9
स्था रथैर्विमथिता मत्ता मत्तैर्द्विपा द्विपैः। सादिनः सादिभिश्चैव तस्मिन् परमसंकुले॥
sthā rathairvimathitā mattā mattairdvipā dvipaiḥ| sādinaḥ sādibhiścaiva tasmin paramasaṃkule||
In that formidable battle, the cars were smitten by cars, the infuriate elephants were crushed by infuriate elephants and the horsemen were struck down by horse-men.
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MBh 6 12.10
रथैरा रथा नागैरश्वारोहाश्च पत्तिभिः। अश्वारोहैः पदाताश्च निहता युधि शेरते॥
rathairā rathā nāgairaśvārohāśca pattibhiḥ| aśvārohaiḥ padātāśca nihatā yudhi śerate||
The men smitten by the cars and the cars destroyed by elephants and the horsemen slain by the foot-soldiers and the infantry slain by the cavalry, are lying dead in the field.
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MBh 6 12.11
रथाश्वपत्तयो नागै रथाश्वेभाश्च पत्तिभिः। रथपत्तिद्विपाश्चाश्चै रथैश्चापि नरद्विपाः॥
rathāśvapattayo nāgai rathāśvebhāśca pattibhiḥ| rathapattidvipāścāścai rathaiścāpi naradvipāḥ||
And again, the cars, the horses and the infantry smitten by the elephants; and the cars, steeds and elephants slain by the infantry; and the cars, the infantry and the elephant-force destroyed by the horses, and also the men and elephants struck down by the cars, are lying dead in the battle.
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MBh 6 12.12
रथाश्चेभनराणां तु नराश्चेभरथैः कृतम्। पाणिपादैश्च शस्त्रैश्च रथैश्च कदनं महत्॥
rathāścebhanarāṇāṃ tu narāścebharathaiḥ kṛtam| pāṇipādaiśca śastraiśca rathaiśca kadanaṃ mahat||
A terrible slaughter of car-warriors, horsemen, the elephant-force and men was wrought by men steeds, elephants and cars, with the help of their hands and feet, weapons and cars.
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MBh 6 12.13
तथा तस्मिन् बले शूरैर्वध्यमाने हतेऽपि च। अस्मानभ्याययुः पार्था वृकोदरपुरोगमाः॥
tathā tasmin bale śūrairvadhyamāne hate'pi ca| asmānabhyāyayuḥ pārthā vṛkodarapurogamāḥ||
While the army was being thus smitten and slain by the horses, the sons of Pritha with Vrikodara at their head proceeded against us.
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MBh 6 12.14
धृष्टद्युम्न: शिखण्डी च द्रौपदेयाः प्रभद्रकाः। सात्यकिश्चेकितानश्च द्राविडैः सैनिकैः सह।॥
dhṛṣṭadyumna: śikhaṇḍī ca draupadeyāḥ prabhadrakāḥ| sātyakiścekitānaśca drāviḍaiḥ sainikaiḥ saha|||
So also Dhrishtadyumna, Shikhandin, the sons of Draupadi, the Provadrakas and Shatyaki and Chekitana accompanied by the Dravida warriors (proceeded against us);
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 12.15
वृता व्यूहेन महता पाण्ड्याश्चोलाः सकेरलाः। व्यूढोरस्का दीर्घभुजा: प्रांशवः पृथुलोचनाः॥
vṛtā vyūhena mahatā pāṇḍyāścolāḥ sakeralāḥ| vyūḍhoraskā dīrghabhujā: prāṃśavaḥ pṛthulocanāḥ||
And also the Pandavas and the Cholas along with the Keralas (advanced against us), surrounded by a formidable array of soldiers, who were all possessed of strong chests, long arms, huge statures and very large eyes;
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MBh 6 12.16
आपीडिनो रक्तदन्ता मत्तमातङ्गविक्रमाः। नानाविरागवसना गन्धचूर्णावचूर्णिताः॥
āpīḍino raktadantā mattamātaṅgavikramāḥ| nānāvirāgavasanā gandhacūrṇāvacūrṇitāḥ||
And who, again, were adorned with various ornaments and were of red teeth and were endowed with the strength of mad elephants and were clothed in dresses of various colours and also were besmeared with scented powders;
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MBh 6 12.17
बद्धासयः पाशहस्ता वारप्रतिवारणा:। समानमृत्यवो राजन् नात्यजन्त परस्परम्॥
baddhāsayaḥ pāśahastā vāraprativāraṇā:| samānamṛtyavo rājan nātyajanta parasparam||
And O monarch, as they were possessed of swords and nooscs in their hands and endued with the power of with-standing the infuriate elephants and as they were equally determined to die, they (the warriors) did not forsake one another (in the field).
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MBh 6 12.18
कलापिनश्चापहस्ता दीर्घकेशाः प्रियंवदाः। पत्तयः सादिनश्चान्ये घोररूपराक्रमाः॥
kalāpinaścāpahastā dīrghakeśāḥ priyaṃvadāḥ| pattayaḥ sādinaścānye ghorarūparākramāḥ||
The infantry, belonging to the Andhara race, commanded by Satyaki, were all possessed of quivers and bows in the hand, of long hairs and were very sweet in speech and endowed with fierce forms and mighty prowess.
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MBh 6 12.19
अथापरे पुनः शूराश्चेदिपश्चालकेकयाः। कारूषाः कोसलाः काच्या मागधाश्चपि दुद्रुवः॥
athāpare punaḥ śūrāścedipaścālakekayāḥ| kārūṣāḥ kosalāḥ kācyā māgadhāścapi dudruvaḥ||
Thereupon the other heroic leaders, namely the Chedis, the Panchalas, the Kaikeyas, the Karushas, the Kosalas, the Kanchyas and the Magadhas advanced most rapidly.
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MBh 6 12.20
तेषां रथाश्वनागाश्च प्रवराचोग्रपत्तयः। नानावाद्यधरैर्हष्टा नृत्यन्ति च हसन्ति च॥
teṣāṃ rathāśvanāgāśca pravarācograpattayaḥ| nānāvādyadharairhaṣṭā nṛtyanti ca hasanti ca||
Their car-warriors, cavalry and elephantforce, that all belonged to the superior class, as well as the terrible-looking infantry, were highly gratified to hear the harmonious sound of several instruments and began to laugh.
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MBh 6 12.21
तस्य सैन्यस्य महतो महामात्रवरैर्वृतः। मध्ये वृकोदरोऽभ्यायात् त्वदीयान् नागधूर्गतः॥
tasya sainyasya mahato mahāmātravarairvṛtaḥ| madhye vṛkodaro'bhyāyāt tvadīyān nāgadhūrgataḥ||
In the midst of at vast army stood Vrikodara, encompassed by the foremost elephant-force and advanced against your troops, each riding on the neck of an elephant.
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MBh 6 12.22
स नागप्रवरोऽत्युग्रो विधिवत् कल्पितो बभौ। उदयाग्रादिभवनं यथाभ्युदितभास्करम्॥
sa nāgapravaro'tyugro vidhivat kalpito babhau| udayāgrādibhavanaṃ yathābhyuditabhāskaram||
That terrible-looking elephant, the best of his kind, shone with all the equipments befitting him, even as the mountain-abode on the top of the Udaya (mountain) looks resplendent with the rising Sun over it.
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MBh 6 12.23
तस्यायसं वर्म वरं वररत्नविभूषितम्। ताराव्याप्तस्य नभसः शारदस्य समत्विषम्॥
tasyāyasaṃ varma varaṃ vararatnavibhūṣitam| tārāvyāptasya nabhasaḥ śāradasya samatviṣam||
His best armour, made of iron and bedecked with the most precious gems, shone like the autumnal firmament besprinkled with innumerable stars.
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MBh 6 12.24
स तोमरव्यग्रकरश्चरूमौलिः स्वलंकृतः। शरन्मध्यंदिनार्काभस्तेजसा व्यदहद् रिपून॥
sa tomaravyagrakaraścarūmauliḥ svalaṃkṛtaḥ| śaranmadhyaṃdinārkābhastejasā vyadahad ripūna||
He (that Bhima), who had a lance in the hand stretched out and who was crowned with a handsome diadem and who was adorned with innumerable ornaments and who, again, had the brilliancy of the autumnal sun when at the meridian, began to burn the enemies by energy.
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MBh 6 12.25
तं दृष्ट्वा द्विरदं दूरात् क्षेमधूर्तिपिस्थितः। आह्वयन्नभिदुद्राव प्रमनाः प्रपनस्तरम्॥
taṃ dṛṣṭvā dviradaṃ dūrāt kṣemadhūrtipisthitaḥ| āhvayannabhidudrāva pramanāḥ prapanastaram||
Seeing that elephant from a distance, Kshemadhurti, riding on an elephant and very much gratified in the heart, invited that one, who was much more cheerful than he, to battle and rushed against him (Bhima).
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MBh 6 12.26
तयोः समभवद् युद्धं द्विपयोरुग्ररूपयोः। यद्दच्छया द्रुमवतोर्महापर्वतयोरिव॥
tayoḥ samabhavad yuddhaṃ dvipayorugrarūpayoḥ| yaddacchayā drumavatormahāparvatayoriva||
Then there followed an encounter between the two elephants of formidable appearances according they desired, which (the clephants) were like the two gigantic mountains with trees at their tops. as
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MBh 6 12.27
संसक्तनागौ तौ वीरौ तोमरैरितरेतरम्। बलवत् सूर्यरश्म्याभौर्भित्त्वान्योन्यं विनेदतुः॥
saṃsaktanāgau tau vīrau tomarairitaretaram| balavat sūryaraśmyābhaurbhittvānyonyaṃ vinedatuḥ||
Those two heroic warriors, whose elephants had thus been engaged in the encounter, forcibly pierced each other with their lances, that were resplendent like the rays of the sun and they roared most loudly.
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MBh 6 12.28
व्यपसृत्य तु नागाभ्यां मण्डलानि विचेरतुः। प्रगृह्य चोभौ धनुषी जनतुर्वै परस्परम्॥
vyapasṛtya tu nāgābhyāṃ maṇḍalāni viceratuḥ| pragṛhya cobhau dhanuṣī janaturvai parasparam||
Having receded back, they (the two heroes) roved about in circles dismounting from their elephants, and also having taken up their bows, really struck each other.
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MBh 6 12.29
क्ष्वेडितास्फोटितरवैर्बाणशब्दैस्तु सर्वतः। तौ जनं हर्षयन्तौ च सिंहनादं प्रचक्रतुः॥
kṣveḍitāsphoṭitaravairbāṇaśabdaistu sarvataḥ| tau janaṃ harṣayantau ca siṃhanādaṃ pracakratuḥ||
They cheered the hearts of the people by their roaring sounds and the slaps of their armpits, as well as by the whistling sound of their arrows on all sides; and then they shouted aloud like lions.
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MBh 6 12.30
समुद्यतकराभ्यां तौ द्विपाभ्यां कृतिनावुभौ। वातोद्भूतपताकाभ्यां युयुधाते महाबलौ॥
samudyatakarābhyāṃ tau dvipābhyāṃ kṛtināvubhau| vātodbhūtapatākābhyāṃ yuyudhāte mahābalau||
Again mounting upon their elephants, that had their trunks raised up in the air and that were adorned with banners floating on the wind, both the heroes, perfectly accomplished and possessed of immense strength, went on combating.
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MBh 6 12.31
तावन्योन्यस्य धनुषी छित्त्वान्योन्यं विनेदतुः। शक्तितोमरवर्षेण प्रावृण्मेधाविवाम्बुभिः॥
tāvanyonyasya dhanuṣī chittvānyonyaṃ vinedatuḥ| śaktitomaravarṣeṇa prāvṛṇmedhāvivāmbubhiḥ||
Thereupon both of them, having cut-off each other's bow, roared and poured forth showers of arrows and lances upon each other, even as the two masses of clouds during the rainy season drop down rains.
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MBh 6 12.32
क्षेमधूर्तिस्तदा भीमं तोमरेण स्तनान्तरे। निर्बिभेदातिवेगेन षड्भिश्चाप्यपरैर्नदन्॥
kṣemadhūrtistadā bhīmaṃ tomareṇa stanāntare| nirbibhedātivegena ṣaḍbhiścāpyaparairnadan||
Then having roared aloud Kshemadhurti pierced Bhima in the chest with great force by means of his lance, as well as by six other (lances).
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MBh 6 12.33
स भीमसेनः शुशुभे तोमरै रङ्गमाश्रितैः। क्रोधदीप्तवपुर्मेधैः सप्तसप्तिरिवांशुमान्॥
sa bhīmasenaḥ śuśubhe tomarai raṅgamāśritaiḥ| krodhadīptavapurmedhaiḥ saptasaptirivāṃśumān||
That Bhimasena, whose form looked bright with rage, shone with those lances adhering to his body like the resplendent Sun with the masses of clouds about him.
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MBh 6 12.34
ततो भास्करवर्णाभमञ्जोगतिमयस्मयम्। ससर्ज तोमरं भीमः प्रत्यमित्राय यत्नवान्॥
tato bhāskaravarṇābhamañjogatimayasmayam| sasarja tomaraṃ bhīmaḥ pratyamitrāya yatnavān||
Thereupon, Bhima thrust at his enemy most carefully the lance, made of iron, that had the splendour of the colour of the solar rays and had a speed, direct and straight.
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MBh 6 12.35
ततः कुलूताधिपतिश्चापमानम्य सायकैः। दशभिस्तोमरं भित्वा षष्ट्या विव्याध पाण्डवम्॥
tataḥ kulūtādhipatiścāpamānamya sāyakaiḥ| daśabhistomaraṃ bhitvā ṣaṣṭyā vivyādha pāṇḍavam||
Thereupon having stretched out his bow, the lord of the Kulatas severed the lance by means of ten arrows and pierced the son of Pandu (Bhima) by sixty other shafts.
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MBh 6 12.36
अथ कार्मुकमादाय भीमो जलदनि:स्वनम्। रिपोरभ्यर्दयन्नागमुन्नदन् पाण्डवः शरैः॥
atha kārmukamādāya bhīmo jaladani:svanam| riporabhyardayannāgamunnadan pāṇḍavaḥ śaraiḥ||
Then having taken up his bow having the twang like the roar of clouds, Bhima the son of Pandu, oppressed his enemy's elephant by arrows and uttered terrible shouts.
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MBh 6 12.37
स शरोघार्दितो नागो भीमसेनेन संयुगे। गृह्यमाणोऽपि नातिष्ठद् वातोद्भूत इवाम्बुदः॥
sa śaroghārdito nāgo bhīmasenena saṃyuge| gṛhyamāṇo'pi nātiṣṭhad vātodbhūta ivāmbudaḥ||
That elephant, being thus oppressed by the arrows of Bhimasena, did not stay in the field of battle, although repeatedly restrained, even as the cloud dispersed by the wind (run away from their positions).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 12.38
तमभ्यधावद् द्विरदं भीमो भीमस्य नागराट्। महावातेरितं मेघं वातोद्भूत इवाम्बुदः॥
tamabhyadhāvad dviradaṃ bhīmo bhīmasya nāgarāṭ| mahāvāteritaṃ meghaṃ vātodbhūta ivāmbudaḥ||
The most formidable and royal elephant of Bhima rapidly followed that elephant of (Kshemadhurti), even as the wind-blown cloud pursues the cloud dispersed by the tempest.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 12.39
संनिवार्यात्मनो नागं क्षेमधूर्तिः प्रतापवान्। विध्याधाभिद्रुतं बाणैर्भीमसेनस्य कुञ्जरम्॥
saṃnivāryātmano nāgaṃ kṣemadhūrtiḥ pratāpavān| vidhyādhābhidrutaṃ bāṇairbhīmasenasya kuñjaram||
Kshemadhurti of immense energy having checked his own elephant, pierced with his arrows the elephant of Bhimasena pursuing his own.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 12.40
ततः साधुविसृष्टेन क्षुरेणानतपर्वणा। छित्त्वा शरासनं शत्रो गमामित्रमार्दयत्॥
tataḥ sādhuvisṛṣṭena kṣureṇānataparvaṇā| chittvā śarāsanaṃ śatro gamāmitramārdayat||
Thereupon, he (Kshemadhurti), having cutoff his enemy's bow by means of an arrow well-shot, razor-like and straight, highly oppressed that elephant belonging to his foe.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 12.41
ततः क्रुद्धो रणे भीमं क्षेमधूर्तिः पराभिनत्। जघान चास्य द्विरदं नाराचैः सर्वमर्मसु॥
tataḥ kruddho raṇe bhīmaṃ kṣemadhūrtiḥ parābhinat| jaghāna cāsya dviradaṃ nārācaiḥ sarvamarmasu||
Then highly wrathful Kshemadhurti struck Bhima in the battle and killed the elephant by piercing all his vital parts with his arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 12.42
स पपात महानागो भीमसेनस्य भारत। पुरा नागस्य पतनादवप्लुत्य स्थितो महीम्॥
sa papāta mahānāgo bhīmasenasya bhārata| purā nāgasya patanādavaplutya sthito mahīm||
O descendant of the Bharata race, thus the great prince of elephant, belonging to Bhimasena, fell down. Before the fall of his elephant, Bhiinasena dismounted from him and stood on the earth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 12.43
तस्य भीमोऽपि द्विरदं गदया समपोथयत्। तस्मात् प्रमथितान्नागात् क्षेमधूर्तिमवप्लुतम्॥ उद्यतायुधमायान्तं गदयाऽहन् वृकोदरः। स पपात हतः सासिळसुस्तमभितो द्विपम्॥
tasya bhīmo'pi dviradaṃ gadayā samapothayat| tasmāt pramathitānnāgāt kṣemadhūrtimavaplutam|| udyatāyudhamāyāntaṃ gadayā'han vṛkodaraḥ| sa papāta hataḥ sāsil̤asustamabhito dvipam||
Then he, too, struck down the elephant of his enemy by means of his mace. Then Vrikodara killed Kshemadhurti with his mace, who then had descended from his crushed elephant and had advanced against him with uplifted weapons. Having been thus killed, he, with a sword in the hand, fell down dead by the side of his elephant.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 12.44
वज्रप्रभग्नमचलं सिंहो वज्रहतो यथा। तं हतं नृपति दृष्ट्वा कुलूतानां यशस्करम्। प्रादवद् व्यथिता सेना त्वदीना भरतर्षभ॥
vajraprabhagnamacalaṃ siṃho vajrahato yathā| taṃ hataṃ nṛpati dṛṣṭvā kulūtānāṃ yaśaskaram| prādavad vyathitā senā tvadīnā bharatarṣabha||
O foremost of the Bharata race, even as a lion killed by thunder falls dead by the side of a hill broken down by thunder. having seen the most famous lord of the Kulatas killed, your troops, highly distressed, ran away from ihe field.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)