Mahabharata — Volume VI (Dutt edition) — Chapter 128

MBh 6 128.1

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच एवं संतज़मानस्तु मम पुत्रो महीपतिः। प्रकृत्या मन्युमान् वीरः कथमासीत् परंतपः॥

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca evaṃ saṃtaja़mānastu mama putro mahīpatiḥ| prakṛtyā manyumān vīraḥ kathamāsīt paraṃtapaḥ||

Dhritarashtra said "Thus remonstrated with by his enemy, how, indeed, did that scorcher of enemies, my heroic and royal son, who was angry by nature, then act.

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

MBh 6 128.2

न हि संतर्जना तेन श्रुतपूर्वा कथञ्चन। राजभावेन मान्यश्च सर्वलोकस्य सोऽभवत्॥

na hi saṃtarjanā tena śrutapūrvā kathañcana| rājabhāvena mānyaśca sarvalokasya so'bhavat||

He had never before brooked such a chastisement. He had before been treated by all respectfully like a king.

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

MBh 6 128.3

यस्यातपत्रच्छायापि स्वका भानोस्तथा प्रभा। खेदायैवाभिमानित्वात् सहेत् सैवं कथं गिरः॥

yasyātapatracchāyāpi svakā bhānostathā prabhā| khedāyaivābhimānitvāt sahet saivaṃ kathaṃ giraḥ||

He who could not formerly stand in the shade of an umbrella, thinking he had taken another's shelter-he who could not endure the very effulgence of the Sun, on account of his pride, how could he brooke these words of his enemies?

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

MBh 6 128.4

इयं च पृथिवी सर्वा सम्लेच्छाटविका भृशम्। प्रसादाद् भियते यस्य प्रत्यक्षं तव संजय॥

iyaṃ ca pṛthivī sarvā samlecchāṭavikā bhṛśam| prasādād bhiyate yasya pratyakṣaṃ tava saṃjaya||

You have with your own eyes, O Sanjaya, seen the whole earth, with even her Mlecchas and nomad tribes, depend upon his grace.

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

MBh 6 128.5

स तथा तय॑मानस्तु पाण्डुपुत्रैर्विशेषतः। विहीनश्च स्वकै त्यैर्निर्जने चावृतो भृशम्॥

sa tathā taya̭mānastu pāṇḍuputrairviśeṣataḥ| vihīnaśca svakai tyairnirjane cāvṛto bhṛśam||

Chastised there by the sons of Pandu, while lying concealed in such a solitary place after having been deprived of his followers and attendants, alas, how did he answer the Pandavas upon hearing such bitter and departed rebukes from his victorious enemies. Tell me everything, O Sanjaya, about it.'

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

MBh 6 128.6

संजय उवाच तय॑मानस्तदा राजन्नुदकस्थस्तवात्मजः। युधिष्ठिरेण राजेन्द्र भ्रातृभिः सहितेन ह॥ श्रुत्वा स कटुका वाचो विषमस्थो नराधिपः। दीर्घमुष्णं च निःश्वस्य सलिलस्थः पुनः पुनः॥ सलिलान्तर्गतो राजा धुन्वन् हस्तौ पुनः पुनः। मनश्चकार युद्धाय राजानं चाभ्यभाषत॥

saṃjaya uvāca taya̭mānastadā rājannudakasthastavātmajaḥ| yudhiṣṭhireṇa rājendra bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitena ha|| śrutvā sa kaṭukā vāco viṣamastho narādhipaḥ| dīrghamuṣṇaṃ ca niḥśvasya salilasthaḥ punaḥ punaḥ|| salilāntargato rājā dhunvan hastau punaḥ punaḥ| manaścakāra yuddhāya rājānaṃ cābhyabhāṣata||

Sanjaya continued Thus chastised, O king, by Yudhishthira and his brothers, your royal son lying within the lake, O king of kings, heard those bitter words and became very wretched. Sighing heavily the king moved his arms again and again and making up his mind to fight, thus answered from within the lake, the royal son of Pandu.

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

MBh 6 128.7

यूयं ससुहृदः पार्थाः सर्वे सरथवाहनाः। अहमेकः परियूनो विस्थो हतवाहनः॥

yūyaṃ sasuhṛdaḥ pārthāḥ sarve sarathavāhanāḥ| ahamekaḥ pariyūno vistho hatavāhanaḥ||

Duryodhana said O Parthas, all of you have friends cars and animals. I, however, am alone, today without a car and without an animal.

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

MBh 6 128.8

आत्तशस्त्रै रथोपेतैर्बहुभिः परिवारितः। कथमेकः पदातिः सन्नशस्त्रो योद्धमुत्सहे॥

āttaśastrai rathopetairbahubhiḥ parivāritaḥ| kathamekaḥ padātiḥ sannaśastro yoddhamutsahe||

Alone as I am and shorn of weapons, how can I dare fight on foot, against numberless foes all well-armed and possessed of cars.

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

MBh 6 128.9

एकैकेन तु मां यूयं योधयध्वं युधिष्ठिर। न ह्येको बहुभिवीरैाय्यो योधयितुं युधि॥ विशेषतो विकवचः श्रान्तश्चापत्समाश्रितः। भृशं विक्षतगात्रश्च श्रान्तवाहनसैनिकः॥

ekaikena tu māṃ yūyaṃ yodhayadhvaṃ yudhiṣṭhira| na hyeko bahubhivīraiāyyo yodhayituṃ yudhi|| viśeṣato vikavacaḥ śrāntaścāpatsamāśritaḥ| bhṛśaṃ vikṣatagātraśca śrāntavāhanasainikaḥ||

Do you, however, O Yudhishthira, fight me one at a time. It is not proper that one should in battle fight with many especially when that one is without armour, is fatigued, stricken with calamity, greatly wounded and shorn of both animals and troops.

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

MBh 6 128.10

न मे त्वत्तो भयं राजन् न च पार्थाद् वृकोदरात्। फाल्गुनाद् वासुदेवाद् वा पञ्चालेभ्योऽथवा पुनः।।१४ यमाभ्यां युयुधानाद् वा ये चान्ये तव सैनिकाः। एकः सर्वानहं क्रुद्धो वारयिष्ये युधि स्थितः॥ धर्ममूला सतां कीर्तिर्मनुष्याणां जनाधिप। धर्मं चैवेह कीर्ति च पालयन् प्रब्रवीम्यहम्॥

na me tvatto bhayaṃ rājan na ca pārthād vṛkodarāt| phālgunād vāsudevād vā pañcālebhyo'thavā punaḥ||14 yamābhyāṃ yuyudhānād vā ye cānye tava sainikāḥ| ekaḥ sarvānahaṃ kruddho vārayiṣye yudhi sthitaḥ|| dharmamūlā satāṃ kīrtirmanuṣyāṇāṃ janādhipa| dharmaṃ caiveha kīrti ca pālayan prabravīmyaham||

I do not cherish the least fear, O king, of either you or Vrikodara, the son of Pritha or Phalguna or Vasudeva or all the Panchalas or the twins or Yuyudhana or all the warriors you have. Standing in battle alone I shall resist all of you.

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

MBh 6 128.11

अहमुत्थाय सर्वान् वै प्रतियोत्स्यामि संयुगे। अनुगम्यागतान् सर्वानृतून् संवत्सरो यथा॥

ahamutthāya sarvān vai pratiyotsyāmi saṃyuge| anugamyāgatān sarvānṛtūn saṃvatsaro yathā||

The fame, O king, of all righteous men depends on righteousness. I say all this to you who are both righteous and illustrious.

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

MBh 6 128.12

अद्यः वः सरथान् साश्वानशस्त्रो विरथोऽपि सन्। नक्षत्राणीव सर्वाणि सविता रात्रिसंक्षये॥

adyaḥ vaḥ sarathān sāśvānaśastro viratho'pi san| nakṣatrāṇīva sarvāṇi savitā rātrisaṃkṣaye||

Rising I shall fight all of you in battle Like the year that one by one meets with all the seasons, I shall meet with all of you in fight.

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

MBh 6 128.13

तेजसा नाशयिष्यामि स्थिरीभवत पाण्डवाः। अद्यानृण्यं गमिष्यामि क्षत्रियाणां यशस्विनाम्॥

tejasā nāśayiṣyāmi sthirībhavata pāṇḍavāḥ| adyānṛṇyaṃ gamiṣyāmi kṣatriyāṇāṃ yaśasvinām||

Wait, you Pandavas. Like the sun destroying by his effulgence the light of all the stars at dawn, I shall to day, though weaponless and carless, kill all of you possessed of cars and horses.

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

MBh 6 128.14

बाह्रीकद्रोणभीष्माणां कर्णस्य च महात्मनः। जयद्रथस्य शूरस्य भगदत्तस्य चोभयोः॥ मद्रराजस्य शल्यस्य भूरिश्रवस एव च। पुत्राणां भरतश्रेष्ठ शकुनेः सौबलस्य च॥ मित्राणां सुहृदां चैव बान्धवानां तथैव च।

bāhrīkadroṇabhīṣmāṇāṃ karṇasya ca mahātmanaḥ| jayadrathasya śūrasya bhagadattasya cobhayoḥ|| madrarājasya śalyasya bhūriśravasa eva ca| putrāṇāṃ bharataśreṣṭha śakuneḥ saubalasya ca|| mitrāṇāṃ suhṛdāṃ caiva bāndhavānāṃ tathaiva ca|

Today I shall release myself from the debt I woe to the many illustrious Kshatriyas, to Valhika and Drona and Bhishma and the great Karna, to the heroic Jayadratha and Bhagadatta, to Shalya the ruler of the Madras and Bhurishravas, to my sons, O best of Bharata's race and Shakuni the son of Subala, to all my friends and well-wishers and relatives.

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

MBh 6 128.15

आनृण्यमद्य गच्छामि हत्वा त्वां भ्रातृभिः सह॥ एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं विरराम जनाधिपः।

ānṛṇyamadya gacchāmi hatvā tvāṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha|| etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ virarāma janādhipaḥ|

Today I shall release myself from that debt by killing you with your brothers. Having said these words, he stopped.

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

MBh 6 128.16

युधिष्ठिर उवाच दिष्ट्या त्वमपि जानीषे क्षत्रधर्मं सुयोधन॥ दिष्ट्या ते वर्तते बुद्धिर्युद्धायैव महाभुज।

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca diṣṭyā tvamapi jānīṣe kṣatradharmaṃ suyodhana|| diṣṭyā te vartate buddhiryuddhāyaiva mahābhuja|

Yudhishthira said By good luck, O Suyodhana, you are conversant with the duties of a Kshatriya. By good luck, O mighty-armed heroe, your heart is bent on a battle.

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

MBh 6 128.17

दिष्ट्या शूरोऽसि कौरव्य दिष्ट्या जानासि संगरम्।। २४ यस्त्वमेको हि नः सर्वान् संगरे योद्भुमिच्छसि।

diṣṭyā śūro'si kauravya diṣṭyā jānāsi saṃgaram|| 24 yastvameko hi naḥ sarvān saṃgare yodbhumicchasi|

By good luck, you are a hero, O you of Kuru's race and by good luck, you are conversant with battle, since, alone, you wish to give all of us a battle.

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

MBh 6 128.18

एक एकेन संगम्य यत् ते सम्मतमायुधम्॥

eka ekena saṃgamya yat te sammatamāyudham||

Fight any one of us taking whatever weapon you like. All of us will fight.

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

MBh 6 128.19

तत् त्वमादाय युध्वस्व प्रेक्षकास्ते वयं स्थिताः। स्वयमिष्टं च ते कामं वीर भूयो ददाम्यहम्॥ हत्वैकं भवतो राज्यं हतो वा स्वर्गमाप्नुहि।

tat tvamādāya yudhvasva prekṣakāste vayaṃ sthitāḥ| svayamiṣṭaṃ ca te kāmaṃ vīra bhūyo dadāmyaham|| hatvaikaṃ bhavato rājyaṃ hato vā svargamāpnuhi|

I grant you also, O hero, this other wish of yours viz., that if you kill any one of us, you shall then become king. Otherwise, killed by us, go to heaven.

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

MBh 6 128.20

दुर्योधन उवाच एकश्चैद् योद्धमाक्रन्दे शूरोऽद्य मम दीयताम्॥ आयुधानामियं चापि वृता त्वत्सम्मते गदा।

duryodhana uvāca ekaścaid yoddhamākrande śūro'dya mama dīyatām|| āyudhānāmiyaṃ cāpi vṛtā tvatsammate gadā|

Duryodhana said Brave as you are, if you allow me the option of fighting only one of you, this mace, that I have in my hand, is the weapon that I select.

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

MBh 6 128.21

हन्तैकं भवतामेकः शक्यं मां योऽभिमन्यते॥ पदातिर्गदया संख्ये स युध्यतु मया सह।

hantaikaṃ bhavatāmekaḥ śakyaṃ māṃ yo'bhimanyate|| padātirgadayā saṃkhye sa yudhyatu mayā saha|

Let any of you, who thinks that he is a match for me, come forward and fight with me on foot, arined with mace.

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

MBh 6 128.22

वृत्तानि रथयुद्धानि विचित्राणि पदे पदे॥ इदमेकं गदायुद्धं भवत्वद्याद्भुतं महत्।

vṛttāni rathayuddhāni vicitrāṇi pade pade|| idamekaṃ gadāyuddhaṃ bhavatvadyādbhutaṃ mahat|

Many wonderful single combats have taken place on cars. Let this one great and wonderful encounter with the mace take place today.

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

MBh 6 128.23

अस्त्राणामपि पर्यायं कर्तुमिच्छन्ति मानवाः॥ युद्धानामपि पर्यायो भवत्वनुमते तव।

astrāṇāmapi paryāyaṃ kartumicchanti mānavāḥ|| yuddhānāmapi paryāyo bhavatvanumate tava|

Men wish to change weapons in battle. Let the mode of fight be changed today, with your permission.

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

MBh 6 128.24

गदया त्वां महाबाहो विजेष्यामि सहानुजम्॥ पञ्चालान् संजयांश्चैव ये चान्ये तव सैनिकाः। न हि मे सम्भ्रमो जातु शक्रादपि युधिष्ठिर॥

gadayā tvāṃ mahābāho vijeṣyāmi sahānujam|| pañcālān saṃjayāṃścaiva ye cānye tava sainikāḥ| na hi me sambhramo jātu śakrādapi yudhiṣṭhira||

O you of great arms, I shall, with my mace, defeat you today with all your younger brothers, as also all the Panchalas and the Srinjayas and all the other troops you still possess. I do not entertain the least fear, O Yudhishthira, of even Shakra himself.

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

MBh 6 128.25

युधिष्ठिर उवाच उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ गान्धारे मां योधय सुयोधन। एक एकेन संगम्य संयुगे गदया बली।॥

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha gāndhāre māṃ yodhaya suyodhana| eka ekena saṃgamya saṃyuge gadayā balī|||

Yudhishthira said Rise, rise, O son of Gandhari and fight me, O Suyodhana. Alone as you are fight us, meeting one at a time, O you of great might, armed with your mace.

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MBh 6 128.26

पुरुषो भव गान्धारे युध्यस्व सुसमाहितः। अद्य ते जीवितं नास्ति यदीन्द्रोऽपि तवाश्रयः॥

puruṣo bhava gāndhāre yudhyasva susamāhitaḥ| adya te jīvitaṃ nāsti yadīndro'pi tavāśrayaḥ||

Be a man, O son of Gandhari and fight carefully. Today you shall have to lose your life even if Indra becomes your ally. O you

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

MBh 6 128.27

संजय उवाच एतत् स नरशार्दूलो नामृष्यत तवात्मजः। सलिलान्तर्गतः श्वभ्रे महानाग इव श्वसन्॥

saṃjaya uvāca etat sa naraśārdūlo nāmṛṣyata tavātmajaḥ| salilāntargataḥ śvabhre mahānāga iva śvasan||

Sanjaya continued That foremost of men, your son, could not brook those words of Yudhishthira. He sighed heavily from within the water like a huge snake from with its hole.

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

MBh 6 128.28

तथासौ वाक्प्रतोदेन तुद्यमानः पुनः पुनः। वचो न ममृषे राजन्नुत्तमाश्वः कशामिव॥

tathāsau vākpratodena tudyamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ| vaco na mamṛṣe rājannuttamāśvaḥ kaśāmiva||

Struck repeatedly with such wordy goads, he could not bear at all like a horse of high breed that cannot bear the strokes of a whip.

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

MBh 6 128.29

संक्षोभ्य सलिलं वेगाद् गदामादाय वीर्यवान्। अद्रिसारमयीं गुर्वी काञ्चनाङ्गदभूषणाम्॥

saṃkṣobhya salilaṃ vegād gadāmādāya vīryavān| adrisāramayīṃ gurvī kāñcanāṅgadabhūṣaṇām||

Agitating the waters with great force that brave warrior rose like a prince of elephants from within the lake, sighing heavily in rage and armed with his heavy and strong mace of adamant decked with gold.

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

MBh 6 128.30

अन्तर्जलात् समुत्तस्थौ नागेन्द्र इव नि:श्वसन्। स भित्त्वा स्तम्भितं तोयं स्कन्धे कृत्वाऽऽयसीं गदाम्॥

antarjalāt samuttasthau nāgendra iva ni:śvasan| sa bhittvā stambhitaṃ toyaṃ skandhe kṛtvā''yasīṃ gadām||

Cutting through the solidified waters your son rose carrying his mace made of iron at his shoulders, like the sun himself consuming everything with his rays.

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MBh 6 128.31

उदतिष्ठत पुत्रस्ते प्रतपन् रश्मिवानिव। ततः शैक्यायसीं गुर्वी जातरूपपरिष्कृताम्॥

udatiṣṭhata putraste pratapan raśmivāniva| tataḥ śaikyāyasīṃ gurvī jātarūpapariṣkṛtām||

Highly powerful your intelligent son began to handle his heavy mace made of iron and equipt with a sling.

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MBh 6 128.32

गदां परामृशद् धीमान् धार्तराष्ट्रो महाबलः। गदाहस्तं तु तं दृष्ट्वा सशृङ्गमिव पर्वतम्॥ प्रजानामिव संक्रुद्धं शूलपाणिमिव स्थितम्। सगदो भारतो भाति प्रतपन् भास्करो यथा॥ तमुत्तीर्णं महाबाहुं गदाहस्तमरिंदमम्। मेनिरे सर्वभूतानि दण्डपाणिमिवान्तकम्॥

gadāṃ parāmṛśad dhīmān dhārtarāṣṭro mahābalaḥ| gadāhastaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā saśṛṅgamiva parvatam|| prajānāmiva saṃkruddhaṃ śūlapāṇimiva sthitam| sagado bhārato bhāti pratapan bhāskaro yathā|| tamuttīrṇaṃ mahābāhuṃ gadāhastamariṃdamam| menire sarvabhūtāni daṇḍapāṇimivāntakam||

Seeing him with the mace and resembling a mountain crest or the trident wielding Rudra himself casting angry looks on living beings they marked that Bharata chief to shed a lustre around like the scorching sun himself in the sky. Indeed, all creatures then regarded that mighty-armed chastiser of foes, as he stood with his mace on his shoulders after rising from the waters, to look like the Death himself armed with his rod.

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MBh 6 128.33

वज्रहस्तं यथा शक्रः शूलहस्तं यथा हरम्। ददृशुः सर्वपञ्चालाः पुत्रं तव जनाधिप॥

vajrahastaṃ yathā śakraḥ śūlahastaṃ yathā haram| dadṛśuḥ sarvapañcālāḥ putraṃ tava janādhipa||

Indeed, all the Panchalas then saw your royal son, resemble thunder-wielding Indra or the trident-wielding Hara.

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MBh 6 128.34

तमुत्तीर्णं तु सम्प्रेक्ष्य समहष्यन्त सर्वशः। पञ्चाला: पाण्डवेयाश्च तेऽन्योन्यस्य तलान् ददुः॥

tamuttīrṇaṃ tu samprekṣya samahaṣyanta sarvaśaḥ| pañcālā: pāṇḍaveyāśca te'nyonyasya talān daduḥ||

Seeing him, however, rise from within the lake, all the Panchalas and the Pandavas began to rejoice and seize each others hands.

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MBh 6 128.35

अवहासं तु तं मत्वा पुत्रो दुर्योधनस्तव। उद्धृत्य नयने क्रुद्धो दिधक्षुरिव पाण्डवान्॥ त्रिशिखां भृकुटीं कृत्वा संदष्टदशनच्छदः। प्रत्युवाच ततस्तान् वै पाण्डवान् सहकेशवान्॥

avahāsaṃ tu taṃ matvā putro duryodhanastava| uddhṛtya nayane kruddho didhakṣuriva pāṇḍavān|| triśikhāṃ bhṛkuṭīṃ kṛtvā saṃdaṣṭadaśanacchadaḥ| pratyuvāca tatastān vai pāṇḍavān sahakeśavān||

Your son Duryodhana considered that action of the onlookers to be an insult to nim. Rolling his eyes in anger and as if consuming the Pandavas with his looks and contracting his brow into three furrows and repeatedly biting his nether lip, he addressed the Pandavas with Keshava in their midst, saying-

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दुर्योधन उवाच अस्यावहासस्य फलं प्रतिभोक्ष्यथ पाण्डवाः। गमिष्यथ हताः सद्यः सपञ्चाला यमक्षयम्॥

duryodhana uvāca asyāvahāsasya phalaṃ pratibhokṣyatha pāṇḍavāḥ| gamiṣyatha hatāḥ sadyaḥ sapañcālā yamakṣayam||

Duryodhana said "O you Pandavas, you shall have to bear the consequences of these insults! Killed by me today, you shall, with the Panchalas, have to go to the abode of Yama."

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MBh 6 128.37

संजय उवाच उत्थितश्च जलात् तस्मात् पुत्रो दुर्योधनस्तव। अतिष्ठत गदापाणी रुधिरेण समुक्षितः॥

saṃjaya uvāca utthitaśca jalāt tasmāt putro duryodhanastava| atiṣṭhata gadāpāṇī rudhireṇa samukṣitaḥ||

Sanjaya continued Rising from the water, your son Duryodhana stood there, with his mace and with limbs covered with blood.

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MBh 6 128.38

तस्य शोणितदिग्धस्य सलिलेन समुक्षितम्। शरीरं स्म तदा भाति स्रवत्रिव महीधरः॥

tasya śoṇitadigdhasya salilena samukṣitam| śarīraṃ sma tadā bhāti sravatriva mahīdharaḥ||

Covered with blood and wet with water, his body resembled a mountain discharging water from within it.

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MBh 6 128.39

तमुद्यतगदं वीरं मेनिरे तत्र पाण्डवाः। वैवस्वतमिव क्रुद्धं शूलपाणिमिव स्थितम्॥

tamudyatagadaṃ vīraṃ menire tatra pāṇḍavāḥ| vaivasvatamiva kruddhaṃ śūlapāṇimiva sthitam||

As he stood with his mace, the Pandavas took him for the angry son of Surya himself armed with his bludgeon called Kinkara.

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MBh 6 128.40

स मेघनिनदो हर्षनर्दन्निव न गोवृषः। आजुहाव ततः पार्थान् गदया युधि वीर्यवान्॥

sa meghaninado harṣanardanniva na govṛṣaḥ| ājuhāva tataḥ pārthān gadayā yudhi vīryavān||

With voice deep as the mutterings of the clouds or of a bull roaring in joy, the highly powerful Duryodhana then, armed with his mace, asked the Parthas for battle.

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MBh 6 128.41

दुर्योधन उवाच एकैकेन च मां यूयमासीद् युधिष्ठिर। न ह्येको बहुभिाय्यो वीरो योधयितुं युधि॥ न्यस्तवर्मा विशेषेण श्रान्तश्चाप्सु परिप्लुतः। भृशं विक्षतगात्रश्च हतवाहनसैनिकः॥

duryodhana uvāca ekaikena ca māṃ yūyamāsīd yudhiṣṭhira| na hyeko bahubhiāyyo vīro yodhayituṃ yudhi|| nyastavarmā viśeṣeṇa śrāntaścāpsu pariplutaḥ| bhṛśaṃ vikṣatagātraśca hatavāhanasainikaḥ||

Duryodhana said You will have, O Yudhishthira, to meet me one at a time. It is not meet that one hero should fight with many at the same time, especially when he is divested of armour, worn out with fatigue, covered with water, greatly wounded and without cars, animals and troops.

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MBh 6 128.42

अवश्यमेव योद्धव्यं सर्वेरेव मया सह। युक्तं त्वयुक्तमित्येतद् वेत्सि त्वं चैव सर्वदा॥

avaśyameva yoddhavyaṃ sarvereva mayā saha| yuktaṃ tvayuktamityetad vetsi tvaṃ caiva sarvadā||

I shall forsooth fight all of you. You will act as a judge, as you have the necessary qualifications for judging the propriety and impropriety of everything.

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MBh 6 128.43

युधिष्ठिर उवाच मा भूदियं तव प्रज्ञा कथमेवं सुयोधन। यदाभिमन्युं बहवो जघ्नुर्युधि महारथाः॥

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca mā bhūdiyaṃ tava prajñā kathamevaṃ suyodhana| yadābhimanyuṃ bahavo jaghnuryudhi mahārathāḥ||

Yudhishthira said How is it, O Duryodhana, that you had not this knowledge when many great car-warriors, in a body, killed Abhimanyu in battle.

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MBh 6 128.44

क्षत्रधर्मं भृशं क्रूरं निरपेक्षं सुनिघृणम्। अन्यथा तु कथं हन्युरभिमन्यु तथागतम्॥

kṣatradharmaṃ bhṛśaṃ krūraṃ nirapekṣaṃ sunighṛṇam| anyathā tu kathaṃ hanyurabhimanyu tathāgatam||

This duties of a Kshatriya are high, cruel, shorn of all considerations and feelings of pity. Otherwise, how could you kill Abhimanyu under those circumstances.

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MBh 6 128.45

सर्वे भवन्तो धर्मज्ञाः सर्वे शूरास्तनुत्यजः। न्यायेन युध्यतां प्रोक्ता शक्रलोकगतिः परा॥

sarve bhavanto dharmajñāḥ sarve śūrāstanutyajaḥ| nyāyena yudhyatāṃ proktā śakralokagatiḥ parā||

All of you were acquainted with the rules of fair fight. All of you were heroes. All of you were ready to sacrifice your lives in battle. The great aim for those that fight righteously is the attainment of the regions of Shakra.

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MBh 6 128.46

यद्येकस्तु न हन्तव्यो बहुभिर्धर्म एव तु। तदाभिमन्युं बहवो निजघ्नुस्त्वन्मते कथम्॥

yadyekastu na hantavyo bahubhirdharma eva tu| tadābhimanyuṃ bahavo nijaghnustvanmate katham||

If this be your duty, that one should not be killed by many, why is it then that Abhimanyu was killed by many, acting under your advice?

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MBh 6 128.47

सर्वो विमृशते जन्तुः कृच्छुस्थो धर्मदर्शनम्। पदस्थः पिहितं द्वारं परलोकस्य पश्यति॥

sarvo vimṛśate jantuḥ kṛcchustho dharmadarśanam| padasthaḥ pihitaṃ dvāraṃ paralokasya paśyati||

In difficulty, every one forgets considerations of virtue. They then see the portals of the other world as being closed.

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MBh 6 128.48

आमुञ्च कवचं वीर मूर्धजान् यमयस्व च। यचान्यदपि ते नास्ति तदष्यादत्स्व भारत॥

āmuñca kavacaṃ vīra mūrdhajān yamayasva ca| yacānyadapi te nāsti tadaṣyādatsva bhārata||

Put on armour, O hero and blind your locks. Take everything else, O Bharata, which your require.

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MBh 6 128.49

इममेकं च ते कामं वीर भूयो ददाम्यहम्। पञ्चानां पाण्डवेयानां येनं त्वं योद्धुमिच्छसि॥ तं हत्वा वै भवान् राजा हतो वा स्वर्गमाप्नुहि। ऋते च जीविताद् वीर युद्धे किं कर्म ते प्रियम्॥

imamekaṃ ca te kāmaṃ vīra bhūyo dadāmyaham| pañcānāṃ pāṇḍaveyānāṃ yenaṃ tvaṃ yoddhumicchasi|| taṃ hatvā vai bhavān rājā hato vā svargamāpnuhi| ṛte ca jīvitād vīra yuddhe kiṃ karma te priyam||

O hero, I however grant you an additional, favour, namely, if you can slay him amongst the five Pandavas with whom you wish to fight, you shall then be the king Otherwise, killed by him, you will proceed to heaven. Save your life, O hero, tell us what boon we may give you.

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MBh 6 128.50

संजय उवाच ततस्तव सुतो राजन् वर्म जग्राह काञ्चनम्। विचित्रं च शिरस्त्राणं जाम्बूनदपरिष्कृतम्॥

saṃjaya uvāca tatastava suto rājan varma jagrāha kāñcanam| vicitraṃ ca śirastrāṇaṃ jāmbūnadapariṣkṛtam||

Sanjaya continued Then your son, O king, put on armour made of gold and a beautiful head-gear adorned with pure gold.

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MBh 6 128.51

सोऽवबद्धशिरस्त्राणः शुभकाञ्चनवर्मभृत्। रराज राजन् पुत्रस्ते काञ्चनः शैलराडिव॥

so'vabaddhaśirastrāṇaḥ śubhakāñcanavarmabhṛt| rarāja rājan putraste kāñcanaḥ śailarāḍiva||

Clad in bright armour of gold, he put on that head-gear. Indeed, O king, your son then looked resplendent like a golden summit.

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MBh 6 128.52

संनद्धः सगदो राजन् सज्जः संग्राममूर्धनि। अब्रवीत् पाण्डवान् सर्वान् पुत्रो दुर्योधनस्तव॥ भ्रातृणां भवतामेको युध्यतां गदया मया। सहदेवेन वा योत्स्ये भीमेन नकुलेन वा॥ अथवा फाल्गुनेनाद्य त्वया वा भरतर्षभ। योत्स्येऽहं संगरं प्राप्य विजेष्ये च रणाजिरे॥

saṃnaddhaḥ sagado rājan sajjaḥ saṃgrāmamūrdhani| abravīt pāṇḍavān sarvān putro duryodhanastava|| bhrātṛṇāṃ bhavatāmeko yudhyatāṃ gadayā mayā| sahadevena vā yotsye bhīmena nakulena vā|| athavā phālgunenādya tvayā vā bharatarṣabha| yotsye'haṃ saṃgaraṃ prāpya vijeṣye ca raṇājire||

Clad in amour, armed with mace and accoutered with other equipments your son Duryodhana then, O king, standing on the field of battle, addressed all the Pandavas, saying-"Amongst you five brothers let any one fight me, armed with mace. As regards myself, I ain willing to fight either Sahadeva or Bhima or Nakula or Phalguna or you today, O best of Bharata's race. If you give me battle, I will fight any one amongst you and will surely gain the victory on the field.

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MBh 6 128.53

अहमद्य गमिष्यामि वैरस्यान्तं सुदुर्गमम्। गदया पुरुषव्याघ्र हेमपट्टनिबद्धया॥

ahamadya gamiṣyāmi vairasyāntaṃ sudurgamam| gadayā puruṣavyāghra hemapaṭṭanibaddhayā||

Today I will terminate these hostilities, with the help, O foremost of men, of my mace wrapped in a cloth of gold.

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MBh 6 128.54

गदायुद्धे न मे कश्चित् सदृशोऽस्तीति चिन्तये। गदया वो हनिष्यामि सर्वानेव समागतान्॥

gadāyuddhe na me kaścit sadṛśo'stīti cintaye| gadayā vo haniṣyāmi sarvāneva samāgatān||

I think there is none who can equal me in an encounter with the mace. With my mace I shall kill all of you one after another.

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MBh 6 128.55

न मे समर्थाः सर्वे वै योद्धं न्यायेन केचना न युक्तमात्मना वक्तुमेवं गर्वोद्धतं वचः। अथवा सफलं ह्येतत् करिष्ये भवतां पुरः॥

na me samarthāḥ sarve vai yoddhaṃ nyāyena kecanā na yuktamātmanā vaktumevaṃ garvoddhataṃ vacaḥ| athavā saphalaṃ hyetat kariṣye bhavatāṃ puraḥ||

Amongst all of you there is no one who is able to fight fairly with me. It is not proper for me to vaunt thus about my own self. I shall, however, make these words of mine true before you.

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MBh 6 128.56

अस्मिन् मुहूर्ते सत्यं वा मिथ्या वैतद् भविष्यति। गृह्णातु च गदां यो वै योत्स्यतेऽद्य मया सह॥

asmin muhūrte satyaṃ vā mithyā vaitad bhaviṣyati| gṛhṇātu ca gadāṃ yo vai yotsyate'dya mayā saha||

Within this very hour, these words will either be proved or falsified. Let him amongst you take up the mace that will fight with me.

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MBh 6 128.57

अस्मिन् मुहूर्ते सत्यं वा मिथ्या वैतद् भविष्यति। गृह्णातु च गदां यो वै योत्स्यतेऽद्य मया सह॥

asmin muhūrte satyaṃ vā mithyā vaitad bhaviṣyati| gṛhṇātu ca gadāṃ yo vai yotsyate'dya mayā saha||

Within this very hour, these words will either be proved or falsified. Let him amongst you take up the mace that will fight with me.

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