Mahabharata — Volume VI (Dutt edition) — Chapter 13
MBh 6 13.1
संजय उवाच ततः कर्णो महेष्वासः पाण्डवानामानीकिनीम्। जघान समरे शूरः शरैः संनतपर्वभिः॥
saṃjaya uvāca tataḥ karṇo maheṣvāsaḥ pāṇḍavānāmānīkinīm| jaghāna samare śūraḥ śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ||
Sanjaya said Then the mighty bowman, the heroic Karna, killed the troops of the Pandavas in battle with the straight arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.2
तथैव पाण्डवा राजंस्तव पुत्रस्य वाहिनीम्। कर्णस्य प्रमुखे क्रुद्धा निजध्नुस्ते महारथाः॥
tathaiva pāṇḍavā rājaṃstava putrasya vāhinīm| karṇasya pramukhe kruddhā nijadhnuste mahārathāḥ||
O king, the mighty car-warriors, namely the Pandavas, had most wrathfully smitten the soldiers of your son in the same way in the very presence of Karna.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.3
कर्णोऽपिराजन् समरे व्यहनत् पाण्डवीं चमूम्। नाराचैरर्करशम्याभैः कर्मारपरिमार्जितैः॥
karṇo'pirājan samare vyahanat pāṇḍavīṃ camūm| nārācairarkaraśamyābhaiḥ karmāraparimārjitaiḥ||
So also Karna, O monarch, began to smite the army belonging to the Pandavas in the field of battle with the arrows, that were bright like the rays of the sun and excellently polished by the black-smith.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.4
तत्र भारत कर्णेन नाराचैस्ताडिता गजाः। नेदुः सेदुश्च मम्लुश्च बभ्रमुश्च दिशो दश॥
tatra bhārata karṇena nārācaistāḍitā gajāḥ| neduḥ seduśca mamluśca babhramuśca diśo daśa||
O descendant of the Bharata race, there (in the field of battle) the elephants highly afflicted by Karna with his straight arrows, roared most loudly, became weakened and senseless and ran away towards the ten points of the horizon.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.5
वध्यमाने बले तस्मिन् सूतपुत्रेण मारिष। नकुलोऽभ्यद्रवत तूर्ण सूतपुत्रं महारणे॥
vadhyamāne bale tasmin sūtaputreṇa māriṣa| nakulo'bhyadravata tūrṇa sūtaputraṃ mahāraṇe||
O father, while that immense force was being killed by the son of Suta, Nakula proceeded against that mighty car-warrior, the son of the Suta with great rapidity.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.6
भीमसेनस्तथा द्रौणिं कुर्वाणं कर्म दुष्करम्। विन्दानुविन्दौ कैकेयौ सात्यकिः समवारयत्॥
bhīmasenastathā drauṇiṃ kurvāṇaṃ karma duṣkaram| vindānuvindau kaikeyau sātyakiḥ samavārayat||
Then Bhimasena checked the progress of Drona's son, who was achieving the most arduous tasks and Satyaki, that of the two Kaikeya princes, Vindu and Anuvindu.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.7
श्रुतकर्माणमायान्तं चित्रसेनो महीपतिः। प्रतिविध्यस्तथा चित्रं चित्रकेतनकार्मुकम्॥
śrutakarmāṇamāyāntaṃ citraseno mahīpatiḥ| pratividhyastathā citraṃ citraketanakārmukam||
The lord of the earth, Chitrasena, rushed towards Srutakarman, who was advancing against him; so also Prativindhya towards Chitra, who carried a standard of diverse colours and a beautiful bow.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.8
दुर्योधनस्तु राजानं धर्मपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम्। संशप्तकगणान् क्रुद्धो ह्यभ्यधावद् धनंजयः॥
duryodhanastu rājānaṃ dharmaputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram| saṃśaptakagaṇān kruddho hyabhyadhāvad dhanaṃjayaḥ||
Duryodhana, too, proceeded against the king Yudhishthira the son of Dhrama, while Dhananjaya rushed against the wrathful Samsaptakas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.9
धृष्टधुम्नः कृपेणाथ तस्मिन् वीरवरक्षये। शिखण्डी कृतवर्माणं समासादयदच्युतम्॥
dhṛṣṭadhumnaḥ kṛpeṇātha tasmin vīravarakṣaye| śikhaṇḍī kṛtavarmāṇaṃ samāsādayadacyutam||
While that whole host of the foretnost heroes was being thus slain, Dhrishtadyumna rushed against Kripa; and that undecayable Shikhandin proceeded against Kritavarman.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.10
श्रुतकीर्तिस्तथा शल्यं माद्रीपुत्रः सुतं तव। दुःशासनं महाराज सहदेवः प्रतापवान्॥
śrutakīrtistathā śalyaṃ mādrīputraḥ sutaṃ tava| duḥśāsanaṃ mahārāja sahadevaḥ pratāpavān||
O mighty monarch, so again, Shrutakirti closed with Shalya; and that son of Madri, Shahadeva of immense prowess, closed with your son, Dussashana.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.11
कैकेयौ सात्यकिं युद्धे शरवर्षेण भास्वता। सात्यकिः केकयौ चापि च्छादयामास भारत॥
kaikeyau sātyakiṃ yuddhe śaravarṣeṇa bhāsvatā| sātyakiḥ kekayau cāpi cchādayāmāsa bhārata||
In that great battle, the two Kaikeya princes covered Satyaki with a shower of arrows. Satyaki on the other hand covered the two Kaikeya princes (with a shower of brilliant arrows, O descendant of the Bharata race).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.12
तावेनं भ्रातरौ वीरौ जघ्नतुर्हदये भृशम्। विषाणाभ्यां यथा नागौ प्रतिनागं महावने॥
tāvenaṃ bhrātarau vīrau jaghnaturhadaye bhṛśam| viṣāṇābhyāṃ yathā nāgau pratināgaṃ mahāvane||
Those two heroic brothers deeply pierced this warrior (Satyaki) in the chest, even as two elephant strike another hostile elephant with their tusks in a dense forest.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.13
शरसम्भिन्नवर्माणौ तावुभौ भ्रातरौ रणे। सात्यकिं सत्यकर्माणं राजन् विव्यधतुः शरैः॥
śarasambhinnavarmāṇau tāvubhau bhrātarau raṇe| sātyakiṃ satyakarmāṇaṃ rājan vivyadhatuḥ śaraiḥ||
O monarch, these two heroic brothers whose vital parts were deeply struck with the arrows, pierced Satyaki, who always performed appropriate deeds with their shafts,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.14
तौ सात्यकिर्महाराज प्रहसन् सर्वतोदिशः। छादयञ्छरवर्षेण वारयामास भारत॥
tau sātyakirmahārāja prahasan sarvatodiśaḥ| chādayañcharavarṣeṇa vārayāmāsa bhārata||
O powerful monarch, Satyaki on the other hand, having smiled and shrouded all the points of the horizon with a shower of arrows, closed with the two brothers, O descendant of the Bharata race.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.15
वार्यमाणौ ततस्तौ हि शैनेयशरवृष्टिभिः। शैनेयस्य रथं तूर्णं छादयामासतुः शरैः॥
vāryamāṇau tatastau hi śaineyaśaravṛṣṭibhiḥ| śaineyasya rathaṃ tūrṇaṃ chādayāmāsatuḥ śaraiḥ||
Thereupon those two brothers, whose progress was checked by the shower of arrows of Sini's grandson, indeed, covered the car of Sini's grandson with lots of shafts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.16
तयोस्तु धनुषी चित्रे छित्त्वा शौरिर्महायशाः। अथ तौ सायकैस्तीक्ष्णैर्वारयामास संयुगे॥
tayostu dhanuṣī citre chittvā śaurirmahāyaśāḥ| atha tau sāyakaistīkṣṇairvārayāmāsa saṃyuge||
Having severed the most beautiful bows of those two brothers, then the highly celebrated Shauri restrained the progress of them both in the battle with a shower of sharp arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.17
अथान्ये धनुषी चित्रे प्रगृह्य च महाशरान्। सात्यकिं छादयन्तौ तौ चेरतुर्लघु सुष्ठु च॥
athānye dhanuṣī citre pragṛhya ca mahāśarān| sātyakiṃ chādayantau tau ceraturlaghu suṣṭhu ca||
Then having grasped two other beautiful bows and most effective shafts, they two, too, shrounded Satyaki (with the arrows) and roved about in the field with immense activity and expertness.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.18
ताभ्यां मुक्ता महाबाणाः कङ्कबर्हिणवाससः। द्योतयन्तो दिशः सर्वाः सम्पेतुः स्वर्णभूषणाः॥
tābhyāṃ muktā mahābāṇāḥ kaṅkabarhiṇavāsasaḥ| dyotayanto diśaḥ sarvāḥ sampetuḥ svarṇabhūṣaṇāḥ||
Those mighty arrows, shot by the two brothers, adorned with the feathers of the Kanka and the peacock and ornamented with gold, fell down (upon the foes), after having illumined all the points of the horizon.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.19
बाणान्धकारमभवत् तयो राजन् महामृधे। अन्योन्यस्य धनुश्चैव चिच्छिदुस्ते महारथाः॥
bāṇāndhakāramabhavat tayo rājan mahāmṛdhe| anyonyasya dhanuścaiva cicchiduste mahārathāḥ||
O monarch, there was a gloom in that formidable battle owing to the shower of arrows shot by both the parties. Then those great car-warriors severed each other's bows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.20
ततः क्रुद्धो महाराज सात्वतो युद्धदुर्मदः। धनुरन्त्यत् समादाय सज्यं कृत्वा च संयुगे।॥ क्षुरप्रेण सुतीक्ष्णेन अनुविन्दशिरोऽहरत्।
tataḥ kruddho mahārāja sātvato yuddhadurmadaḥ| dhanurantyat samādāya sajyaṃ kṛtvā ca saṃyuge||| kṣurapreṇa sutīkṣṇena anuvindaśiro'harat|
Thereupon, O mighty monarch, wrathful Satvata, most invincible in the field, having taken up another bow and stretched its string properly, severed the head of Anuvinda with an arrow, sharp like the razor.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.21
अपतत् तच्छिरो राजन् कुण्डलोपचितं महत्॥ शम्बरस्य शिरो यद्वनिहतस्य महारणे। शोचयन् केकयान् सर्वाञ्जगामाशु वसुन्धराम्॥
apatat tacchiro rājan kuṇḍalopacitaṃ mahat|| śambarasya śiro yadvanihatasya mahāraṇe| śocayan kekayān sarvāñjagāmāśu vasundharām||
O monarch, that mighty head, adorned with ear-rings, fell like the head of Shambara, slain in that dreadful battle (of old). This, having fallen upon the earth most rapidly, greatly aggrieved all the Kaikayas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.22
तं दृष्ट्वा निहतं शूरं भ्राता तस्य महारथः। सज्यमन्यद् धनुः कृत्वा शैनेयः पर्यवारयत्॥
taṃ dṛṣṭvā nihataṃ śūraṃ bhrātā tasya mahārathaḥ| sajyamanyad dhanuḥ kṛtvā śaineyaḥ paryavārayat||
Having seen that hero slain, his brother, that mighty car-warrior (Vinda), after having stretched out the string of another bow, restrained the course of Shini's grandson.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.23
स षष्ट्या सात्यकिं विद्धा स्वर्णपु? शिलाशितैः। ननाद बलवन्नादं तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत्॥
sa ṣaṣṭyā sātyakiṃ viddhā svarṇapu? śilāśitaiḥ| nanāda balavannādaṃ tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti cābravīt||
Having pierced Satyaki with sixty shafts, all sharpened on stone and adorned with the feathers of gold, he roared most loudly and said-wait, wait.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.24
सात्यकिं च ततस्तूर्णं केकयानां महारथः। शरैरनेकसाहस्त्रैर्बाह्वोरुरसि चार्पयत्॥
sātyakiṃ ca tatastūrṇaṃ kekayānāṃ mahārathaḥ| śarairanekasāhastrairbāhvorurasi cārpayat||
The mighty car-warrior of the Kaikeya troops then pierced Satyaki in his arms and chest most rapidly with several thousands of arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.25
स शरैः क्षतसर्वाङ्गः सात्यकिः सत्यविक्रमः। रराज समरे राजन् सपुष्प इव किंशुकः॥
sa śaraiḥ kṣatasarvāṅgaḥ sātyakiḥ satyavikramaḥ| rarāja samare rājan sapuṣpa iva kiṃśukaḥ||
O king, Satyaki, of true prowess, being thus wounded with the arrows in all his limbs, shone in the field of battle like a Kinshuka with flowers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.26
सात्यकिः समे विद्धः कैकेयेन महात्मना। कैकेयं पञ्चविंशत्या विव्याध प्रहसत्रिव॥
sātyakiḥ same viddhaḥ kaikeyena mahātmanā| kaikeyaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā vivyādha prahasatriva||
In the battle, Satyaki, having been pierced by the lofty-minded Kaikeya, smilingly pierced back the Kaikeya chief with twenty-five shafts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.27
तावन्योन्यस्य समरे संछिद्य धनुषी शुभे। हत्वा च सारथी तूर्णं हयाश्च रथिनां वरौ॥
tāvanyonyasya samare saṃchidya dhanuṣī śubhe| hatvā ca sārathī tūrṇaṃ hayāśca rathināṃ varau||
Thereupon those two best of car-warriors, having broken down each other's beautiful bows and also slain each other's drivers and horses.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.28
विरथावसियुद्धाया समाजग्मतुराहवे। शतचन्द्रचिते गृह्य चर्मणी सुभुजौ तथा॥
virathāvasiyuddhāyā samājagmaturāhave| śatacandracite gṛhya carmaṇī subhujau tathā||
Both of them, having taken up shields, as if adorned with hundred moons and grasped the best of swords and possessed as they were with the handsome arms, looked resplendent in that great field of battie.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.29
व्यरोचेतां महारङ्गे निस्त्रिंशवरधारिणौ। यथा देवासुरे युद्धे जम्भशक्रौ महाबलौ॥ मण्डलानि ततस्तौ तु विचरन्तौ महारणे। अन्योन्यमभितस्तूर्णं समाजग्मतुराहवे॥
vyarocetāṃ mahāraṅge nistriṃśavaradhāriṇau| yathā devāsure yuddhe jambhaśakrau mahābalau|| maṇḍalāni tatastau tu vicarantau mahāraṇe| anyonyamabhitastūrṇaṃ samājagmaturāhave||
Like the most powerful ones, Jambha and Shakra, in the battle between the celestials and the Asuras. Thereupon both the warriors roved about in that dreadful field of battle in circles and speedily approached each other, engaged in combating, in the battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.30
अन्योयन्यस्य वधे चैव चक्रतुर्यनमुत्तमम्। कैकेयस्य द्विधा चर्म ततश्चिच्छेद सात्वतः॥ सात्यकेस्तु तथैवासौ चर्म चिच्छेद पार्थिवः।
anyoyanyasya vadhe caiva cakraturyanamuttamam| kaikeyasya dvidhā carma tataściccheda sātvataḥ|| sātyakestu tathaivāsau carma ciccheda pārthivaḥ|
Thus the two, again, made the best of their efforts in slaying each other. Then Satvata severed the shield of the Kaikeya chief into two pieces. So also this Vinda severed the shield of Satyaki into two pieces.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.31
चर्म च्छित्त्वा तु कैकेयस्तारागणशतैर्वृतम्॥ चचार मण्डलान्येव गतप्रत्यागतानि च।
carma cchittvā tu kaikeyastārāgaṇaśatairvṛtam|| cacāra maṇḍalānyeva gatapratyāgatāni ca|
The Kaikeya chief, indeed, having thus broken into pieces the shield, that was decked with hundred of stars, roved in circles in the field, sometimes advancing and sometimes receding back.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.32
तं चरन्तं महारङ्गे निस्त्रिंशवरधारिणम्॥ अपहस्तेन चिच्छेद शैनेयस्त्वरयान्वितः।
taṃ carantaṃ mahāraṅge nistriṃśavaradhāriṇam|| apahastena ciccheda śaineyastvarayānvitaḥ|
Thereupon the grandson of Shini who was possessed with greatest activity severed him (his head) who having grasped the best of swords, careered in the broad field of battle, by a side-stroke.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.33
सवर्मा केकयो राजन् द्विधा छिन्नो महारणे॥ निपपात महेष्वासो वजाहत् इवाचलः।
savarmā kekayo rājan dvidhā chinno mahāraṇe|| nipapāta maheṣvāso vajāhat ivācalaḥ|
O monarch, the Kaikeya prince, that mighty bowman, who was adorned with the shield, being thus cut-off into pieces in that dreadful battle, fell down like a hill broken down by a thunderbolt.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.34
तं निहत्य रणे शूरः शैनेयो रथसत्तमः॥ युधामन्युरथं तूर्णमासरोह परंतपः।
taṃ nihatya raṇe śūraḥ śaineyo rathasattamaḥ|| yudhāmanyurathaṃ tūrṇamāsaroha paraṃtapaḥ|
That war-like grandson of Shini, that best of car-warriors, that scorcher of enemies, after having slain him (the Kaikeya chief) in battle, immediately ascended the car of Yudhamanyu.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.35
ततोऽन्यं रथमास्थाय विधिवत्कल्पितं पुनः। केकयानां महत् सैन्यं व्यधमत् सात्यकिः शरैः॥
tato'nyaṃ rathamāsthāya vidhivatkalpitaṃ punaḥ| kekayānāṃ mahat sainyaṃ vyadhamat sātyakiḥ śaraiḥ||
Thereupon, again, having ascended another car, that furnished with its its due equipment's, Satyaki began to destroy the immense army of the Kaikeyas with his was arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 13.36
सा वध्यामाना समरे केकयानां महाचमूः। तमुत्सृज्य रणे शत्रु प्रदुद्राव दिशो दश॥
sā vadhyāmānā samare kekayānāṃ mahācamūḥ| tamutsṛjya raṇe śatru pradudrāva diśo daśa||
That vast force of the Kaikeyas, being slaughtered in battle, left that enemy in the field and ran away in the ten different directions of the horizon.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)