Mahabharata — Volume VI (Dutt edition) — Chapter 15
MBh 6 15.1
संजय उवाच भीमसेनं ततो द्रोणी राजन् विव्याध पत्रिणा। परया त्वरया युक्तो दर्शयन्नस्त्रलाघवम्॥
saṃjaya uvāca bhīmasenaṃ tato droṇī rājan vivyādha patriṇā| parayā tvarayā yukto darśayannastralāghavam||
Sanjaya said Thereupon, O king, the son of Drona, who was possessed of great alacrity and who showed easiness in the management of weapons, pierced Bhimasena with an arrow.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.2
अथैनं पुनराजने नवत्या निशितैः शरैः। सर्वमर्माणि सम्प्रेक्ष्य मर्मज्ञो लघुहस्तवत्॥
athainaṃ punarājane navatyā niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ| sarvamarmāṇi samprekṣya marmajño laghuhastavat||
In the same way, he (the son of Drona), who was well acquainted with the different vital parts of the body and who, again, was very smart in the management of his arms, after having seen all the vital parts of his body, had struck him with ninety sharp-headed shafts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.3
भीमसेनः समाकीरें द्रौणिना निशितैः शरैः। रराज समरे राजन् रश्मिवानिव भास्करः॥
bhīmasenaḥ samākīreṃ drauṇinā niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ| rarāja samare rājan raśmivāniva bhāskaraḥ||
O monarch. Bhimasenc, having been closed with a shower of keen arrows by the son of Drona, shone in the field of battle like the sun with all his rays.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.4
ततः शरसहस्रेण सुप्रयुक्तेन पाण्डवः। द्रोणपुत्रमवच्छाद्य सिंहनादममुञ्चत॥
tataḥ śarasahasreṇa suprayuktena pāṇḍavaḥ| droṇaputramavacchādya siṃhanādamamuñcata||
Thereupon the Pandava, after having covered the son of Drona with one thousand arrows, well-aimed, sent forth a leonine roar.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.5
शरैः शरांस्ततो द्रौणि: संवार्य युधि पाण्डवम्। ललाटेऽभ्यानद् राजन् नाराचेन स्मयन्निव॥
śaraiḥ śarāṃstato drauṇi: saṃvārya yudhi pāṇḍavam| lalāṭe'bhyānad rājan nārācena smayanniva||
Then, O monarch, the son of Drona, having checked the course of his (antagonist's) shafts by his own arrows in the field of battle, smilingly struck the son of Pandu in the forehead with a dart.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.6
ललाटस्थं ततो बाणं धारयामासं पाण्डवः। यथा शृङ्गं वने दृप्तः खङ्गो धारयते नृप॥
lalāṭasthaṃ tato bāṇaṃ dhārayāmāsaṃ pāṇḍavaḥ| yathā śṛṅgaṃ vane dṛptaḥ khaṅgo dhārayate nṛpa||
Thereafter, O king, the son of (Pandu), carried the shafts, that was struck in his forehead; even as the proud rhinoceros in the forest bears his horn.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.7
ततो द्रौणि रणे भीमो यतमानं पराक्रमी। त्रिभिर्विव्याध नाराचैर्ललाटे विस्मयन्निव॥
tato drauṇi raṇe bhīmo yatamānaṃ parākramī| tribhirvivyādha nārācairlalāṭe vismayanniva||
Then Bhima of immense prowess smilingly pierced the son of Drona, who attempted very hard in the battle, in the forehead with three shafts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.8
ललाटस्थैस्ततौ बाणैर्ब्राह्मणोऽसौ व्यशोभत। प्रावृषीव यथा सिक्तस्त्रिशृङ्गः पर्वतोत्तमः॥
lalāṭasthaistatau bāṇairbrāhmaṇo'sau vyaśobhata| prāvṛṣīva yathā siktastriśṛṅgaḥ parvatottamaḥ||
Then this twice-born person looked most resplendent with the arrows struck in his forehead; even as the best of mountains, being washed (with water) during the rainy season, looks resplendent with its three peaks.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.9
ततः शरशतैद्रौणिरर्दयामास पाण्डवम्। न चैनं कम्पयामास मातरिश्वेव पर्वतम्॥
tataḥ śaraśataidrauṇirardayāmāsa pāṇḍavam| na cainaṃ kampayāmāsa mātariśveva parvatam||
Thus the son of Drona afflicted the son of Pandu with hundreds of arrows, but he could not shake him; even as the wind cannot shake the mountain.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.10
तथैव पाण्डवो युद्धे द्रौणि शरशतैः शितैः। नाकम्पयत् संहृष्टो वार्योघ इव पर्वतम्॥
tathaiva pāṇḍavo yuddhe drauṇi śaraśataiḥ śitaiḥ| nākampayat saṃhṛṣṭo vāryogha iva parvatam||
In the same way, the son of Pandu, highly gratified, could not shake the son of Drona, in the field of battle, with hundreds of his sharphanded arrows; even as the torrents of rain cannot shake the mountain.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.11
तावन्योन्यं शरैोरैश्छादयानौ महारथौ। रथवर्यगतौ वीरौ शुशुभाते बलोत्कटौ।॥
tāvanyonyaṃ śaraioraiśchādayānau mahārathau| rathavaryagatau vīrau śuśubhāte balotkaṭau|||
Those two mighty car-warriors, the two heroic warriors of terrible prowess, having covered each other with their dreadful shafts, looked very handsome, sitting upon their cars.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.12
आदित्याविव संदीप्तौ लोकक्षयकरावुभौ। स्वरश्मिभिरिवान्योन्यं तापयन्तौ शरोत्तमैः॥
ādityāviva saṃdīptau lokakṣayakarāvubhau| svaraśmibhirivānyonyaṃ tāpayantau śarottamaiḥ||
Both (the heroes) looked resplendent like two suns and were destructive of men on each other's side. Moreover both of them burnt each other by their own excellent arrows, that resembled their own rays.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.13
ततः प्रतिकृते यत्नं कुर्वाणौ तौ महारणे। कृतप्रतिकृते यत्तौ शरसङ्घरभीतवत्॥
tataḥ pratikṛte yatnaṃ kurvāṇau tau mahāraṇe| kṛtapratikṛte yattau śarasaṅgharabhītavat||
Thereupon, in that dreadful battle, those two heroic warriors made their best attempts in counteracting each other's deeds; and with the torrents of shafts they most fearlessly made efforts in challenging each other.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.14
व्याघ्राविव च संग्रामे चेरतुस्तौ नरोत्तमौ। शरदंष्ट्रौ दुराधर्षों चापवक्त्रौ भयंकरौ॥
vyāghrāviva ca saṃgrāme ceratustau narottamau| śaradaṃṣṭrau durādharṣoṃ cāpavaktrau bhayaṃkarau||
Those two foremost of persons, those invincible and fierce heroes, whose teeth were constituted by the shafts and whose mouths were formed by the bows, roved about in the field of battle like two terrible tigers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.15
अभूतां तावदृश्यौ च शरजालैः समन्ततः। मेघजालैरिव च्छन्नौ गगने चन्द्रभास्करौ॥
abhūtāṃ tāvadṛśyau ca śarajālaiḥ samantataḥ| meghajālairiva cchannau gagane candrabhāskarau||
Both of them became invisible on account of the torrents of shafts in all sides; even as both the sun and the moon in the firmament become invisible, when they are covered over by the net-work of clouds.
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MBh 6 15.16
चकाशेते मुहूर्तेन ततस्तावष्यरिंदमौ। विमुक्तावभ्रजालेन अङ्गारकबुधाविव॥
cakāśete muhūrtena tatastāvaṣyariṃdamau| vimuktāvabhrajālena aṅgārakabudhāviva||
Then the two smiters of foes appeared for a very short while and shone forth like Mars and Mercury, when they become wholly released from the cover of clouds.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.17
अथ तत्रैव संग्रामे वर्तमाने सुदारुणे। अपसव्यं ततश्चक्रे द्रौणिस्तत्र वृकोदरम्॥
atha tatraiva saṃgrāme vartamāne sudāruṇe| apasavyaṃ tataścakre drauṇistatra vṛkodaram||
Then at that moment, in that dreadful battle, the son of Drona made Vrikodara in the field occupy his right position.
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MBh 6 15.18
किरज्छरशतैरुपैराभिरिव पर्वतम्। न तु तन्ममृषे भीमः शत्रोर्विजयलक्षणम्॥
kirajcharaśatairupairābhiriva parvatam| na tu tanmamṛṣe bhīmaḥ śatrorvijayalakṣaṇam||
And he showered forth hundreds of terrible shafts, even as the masses of clouds drop down torrents of rain upon a mountain. This, indeed, namely the indication of his antagonist's victory Bhimasena could not like to tolerate.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.19
प्रतिचक्रे ततो राजन् पाण्डवोऽप्यपसव्यतः। मण्डलानां विभोगेषु गतप्रत्यागतेषु च॥
praticakre tato rājan pāṇḍavo'pyapasavyataḥ| maṇḍalānāṃ vibhogeṣu gatapratyāgateṣu ca||
Thereupon, O monarch, the son of Pandu baffled his enemy's efforts from the position on his (antagonist's) right side; and they advanced or withdrew according to the divisions of their circular situations.
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MBh 6 15.20
बभूव तुमुलं युद्धं तयोः पुरुषसिंहयोः। चरित्वा विविधान् मार्गान् मण्डलस्तथानमेव त॥
babhūva tumulaṃ yuddhaṃ tayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayoḥ| caritvā vividhān mārgān maṇḍalastathānameva ta||
Thus there ensued a fierce battle between those two foremost of warriors, who roved about (in the field of battle) in several ways and circles.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.21
शरैः पूर्णायतोत्सृष्टैरन्योन्यमभिजघ्नतुः। अन्योन्यस्य वधे चैव चक्रतुर्यनमुत्तमम्॥
śaraiḥ pūrṇāyatotsṛṣṭairanyonyamabhijaghnatuḥ| anyonyasya vadhe caiva cakraturyanamuttamam||
Both of them struck each other with the arrows shot from their bows stretched to their perfect length; and also they made the best efforts in slaying each other in the battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.22
ईषतुर्विरथ चैव कर्तुमन्योन्यमाहवे। ततो द्रौणिर्महास्त्रणि प्रादुश्चक्रे महारथः॥ तान्यस्त्रैरेव समरे प्रतिजघ्नेऽथ पाण्डवः।
īṣaturviratha caiva kartumanyonyamāhave| tato drauṇirmahāstraṇi prāduścakre mahārathaḥ|| tānyastraireva samare pratijaghne'tha pāṇḍavaḥ|
Again, each of them wished to make the other carless in the field. Thereupon the son of Drona, that mighty car-warrior, imparted strength to the most powerful weapons, which, indeed the son of Pandu frustrated by the weapons of his own, in the battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.23
ततो घोरं महाराज अस्त्रयुद्धमवर्तत॥ ग्रहयुद्धं यथां घोरं प्रजासंहरणे ह्यभूत।
tato ghoraṃ mahārāja astrayuddhamavartata|| grahayuddhaṃ yathāṃ ghoraṃ prajāsaṃharaṇe hyabhūta|
Then, O mighty king, there ensued a very dreadful battle of weapons, even as there had taken place a very terrible battle of the planets, during the time of destruction of creatures of the universe.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.24
ते बाणः समसज्जन्त मुक्तास्ताभ्यां तु भारत॥ द्यौतयन्तो दिशः सर्वास्तव सैन्यं समन्ततः।
te bāṇaḥ samasajjanta muktāstābhyāṃ tu bhārata|| dyautayanto diśaḥ sarvāstava sainyaṃ samantataḥ|
O descendant of the Bharata race, those arrows, shot by both of them, struck one another, and thus illumined all the points of the i horizon, as well as the troops on your side, from all directions. even
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MBh 6 15.25
बाणसङ्घवृत घोरमाकाशं समपद्यत॥ उल्कापातावृतं युद्धं प्रजानां संक्षये नृप।
bāṇasaṅghavṛta ghoramākāśaṃ samapadyata|| ulkāpātāvṛtaṃ yuddhaṃ prajānāṃ saṃkṣaye nṛpa|
O king, the firmament looked very fearful as it was wholly covered by the showers of arrows, it appears during the destruction of the creatures of the universe, when it is entirely shrouded by the fall of the meteors.
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MBh 6 15.26
बाणभिघातात् संजज्ञे तत्र भारत पावकः॥ सविस्फुलिङ्गौदीप्तर्चिर्योऽदहद् वाहिनीद्वयम्।
bāṇabhighātāt saṃjajñe tatra bhārata pāvakaḥ|| savisphuliṅgaudīptarciryo'dahad vāhinīdvayam|
O descendant of the Bharata race, there (in the field of battle) was produced a great fire by the counteraction of shafts from both the parties, which, viz. the fire was attended with sparks and blazing flames. It continued to burn both the hosts.
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MBh 6 15.27
तत्र सिद्धा महाराज सम्पतन्तोऽब्रुवन् वचः॥ युद्धानामति सर्वेषां युद्धमेतदिति प्रभो। सर्वयुद्धानि चैतस्य कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्॥
tatra siddhā mahārāja sampatanto'bruvan vacaḥ|| yuddhānāmati sarveṣāṃ yuddhametaditi prabho| sarvayuddhāni caitasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm||
O powerful monarch, the Siddhas, who covered about there in the battle, uttered these words-'O Lord, this battle, is the foremost of all the battles fought (in the days of yore). All the battles (of old) will not be worth the sixteenth part of this (battle).
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MBh 6 15.28
नेदृशं त पुनर्युद्धं भविष्यति कदाचन। अहो ज्ञानेन सम्पन्नाबुभौ ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियौ॥
nedṛśaṃ ta punaryuddhaṃ bhaviṣyati kadācana| aho jñānena sampannābubhau brāhmaṇakṣatriyau||
Hardly, again, there will be a battle like this. 'O! these two personages, viz. this Brahmana and this Kshatriya are possessed of knowledge.
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MBh 6 15.29
अहो शौर्येण सम्पन्नावुभौ चोग्रपराक्रमौ। अहो भीमबलो भीम एतस्य च कृतास्त्रताः॥
aho śauryeṇa sampannāvubhau cograparākramau| aho bhīmabalo bhīma etasya ca kṛtāstratāḥ||
O! both of them are endowed with heroism; and also they are of terrible prowess. 'O! Bhima is of fierce strength. O! what a great skill is possessed by the other.
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MBh 6 15.30
अहो वीर्यस्य सारत्वमहो सौष्ठवमेतयोः। स्थितावेतौ हि समरे कालान्तकयमोपमौ॥
aho vīryasya sāratvamaho sauṣṭhavametayoḥ| sthitāvetau hi samare kālāntakayamopamau||
O! what an essence of the energy of both. O! how great is their skill. Both persons are, indeed, waiting in the like two all-destroying Yamas at the end of time.
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MBh 6 15.31
रुद्रौ द्वाविव सम्भूतौ यथा द्वाविव भास्करौ। यमौ वा पुरुषव्याघ्रौ घौररूपावुभौ रणे॥
rudrau dvāviva sambhūtau yathā dvāviva bhāskarau| yamau vā puruṣavyāghrau ghaurarūpāvubhau raṇe||
As if both of them are born like two Rudras, or like two light-giving suns. 'Both these foremost of persons of dreadful forms are standing in the battle like two Yamas.'
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MBh 6 15.32
इति वाचः स्म श्रूयन्ते सिद्धानां वै मुहुर्मुहुः। सिंहनादश्च संजज्ञे समेतानां दिवौकसाम्॥
iti vācaḥ sma śrūyante siddhānāṃ vai muhurmuhuḥ| siṃhanādaśca saṃjajñe sametānāṃ divaukasām||
These words of the Siddhas were, indeed, heard there every moment. Moreover there was generated a great leonine roar amongst the celestials who assembled there (in the field of battle).
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MBh 6 15.33
अद्भुतं चाप्यचिन्त्यं च दृष्ट्वा कर्म तयो रणे। सिद्धरचारणसंघाना विस्मयः समपद्यत॥
adbhutaṃ cāpyacintyaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā karma tayo raṇe| siddharacāraṇasaṃghānā vismayaḥ samapadyata||
Having witnessed the extraordinary and inconceivable achievements of those two in the field of battle, the assemblage of the Siddhas and the Charanas were greatly astonished.
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MBh 6 15.34
प्रशंसन्ति तदा देवाः सिद्धाश्च परमर्षयः। साधु द्रौणे महाबाहो साधु भीमेति चाब्रुवन्॥
praśaṃsanti tadā devāḥ siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ| sādhu drauṇe mahābāho sādhu bhīmeti cābruvan||
Then the celestials, the Siddhas and the high-class sages (the Rishis) praised them both and uttered these words 'Excellent, O powerful-armed son of Drona! Most remarkable,O Bhima!
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MBh 6 15.35
तौ शूरौ समरे राजन् परस्परकृतागसौ। परस्परमुदीक्षेतां क्रोधादुद्दृत्य चक्षुषी॥
tau śūrau samare rājan parasparakṛtāgasau| parasparamudīkṣetāṃ krodhāduddṛtya cakṣuṣī||
In the field of battle, O monarch, those two heroic warriors committed injuries to each other. They also looked upon each other.
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MBh 6 15.36
क्रोधरक्तेक्षणौ तौ तु क्रोधात् प्रस्फुरिताधरौ। क्रोधात् संदष्टदशनौ तथैव दशनच्छदौ॥
krodharaktekṣaṇau tau tu krodhāt prasphuritādharau| krodhāt saṃdaṣṭadaśanau tathaiva daśanacchadau||
Due to angry those two heroic eyes became red. They had their lips quivering with wrath. Out of wrath, again, they grinded their teeth and in the same way their lips as well.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.37
अन्योन्यं छादयन्तौ स्म शरवृष्ट्या महारथौ। शराम्बुधारौ समरे शस्त्रविद्युत्प्रकाशिनौ॥
anyonyaṃ chādayantau sma śaravṛṣṭyā mahārathau| śarāmbudhārau samare śastravidyutprakāśinau||
Those two mighty car-warriors shrouded each other with the torrents of shafts. In the field of battle, they were like two masses of clouds, dropping dovin showers of arrows and sending forth lightning, that was formed by their weapons.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.38
तावन्योन्यं ध्वजं विद्ध्वा सारथिं च महारणे। अन्योन्यस्य हयान् विद्ध्वा बिभिदाते परस्परम्।। ३९
tāvanyonyaṃ dhvajaṃ viddhvā sārathiṃ ca mahāraṇe| anyonyasya hayān viddhvā bibhidāte parasparam|| 39
Those two warriors having penetrated each other's standards and also having pierced each other's drivers of cars and again, having pierced each other's horses, pierced each other in that dreadful battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.39
ततः क्रुद्धौ महाराज बाणौ गृह्य महाहवे। उभौ चिक्षिपतुस्तूर्णमन्योन्यस्य वधैषिणौ।॥
tataḥ kruddhau mahārāja bāṇau gṛhya mahāhave| ubhau cikṣipatustūrṇamanyonyasya vadhaiṣiṇau|||
Thereupon, O powerful monarch, those two wrathful warriors, most desirous of slaying cach other, after having taken up two arrows, hurled at each other those shafts without any hesitation, in that dreadful encounter.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.40
तौ सायकौ महाराज द्यौतमानौ चमूमुखे। आजघ्नतुः समासाद्य वज्रवेगौ दुरासदौ॥
tau sāyakau mahārāja dyautamānau camūmukhe| ājaghnatuḥ samāsādya vajravegau durāsadau||
O mighty monarch, these two arrows that shone most brilliantly and that had the force of thunder and also that most unapproachable, came and struck them both who stood at the head of their respective hosts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.41
तौ परस्परवेगाच शराभ्यां च भृशाहतौ। निपेततुर्महावीयौ रथोपस्थे तयोस्तदा॥
tau parasparavegāca śarābhyāṃ ca bhṛśāhatau| nipetaturmahāvīyau rathopasthe tayostadā||
The two highly-energetic warriors, deeply struck with those two arrows by their respective forces, then fell down at the back of their cars.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.42
ततस्तु सारथिख़त्वा द्रोणपुत्रमचेतनम्। अपोवाह रणाद् राजन् सर्वसैन्यस्य पश्यतः॥
tatastu sārathikha़tvā droṇaputramacetanam| apovāha raṇād rājan sarvasainyasya paśyataḥ||
Thereupon, O king, his driver having been conscious of the insensible condition of the son of Drona, carried him away from the field of battle in the presence of all his (the son of Drona) soldiers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 15.43
तथैव पाण्डवं राजन् विह्वलन्तं मुहुर्मुहुः। अपोवाह रथेनाजौ सारथिः शत्रुतापनम्॥
tathaiva pāṇḍavaṃ rājan vihvalantaṃ muhurmuhuḥ| apovāha rathenājau sārathiḥ śatrutāpanam||
In the same way, O monarch, the son of Pandu, that scorcher of enemies, who had fainted every moment, was carried away from the field of battle, in his car, by his driver. were
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)