Mahabharata — Volume VI (Dutt edition) — Chapter 167
MBh 6 167.1
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच द्वारदेशे ततो द्रौणिमवस्थितमवेक्ष्य तौ। अकुर्वातां भोजकृपौ किं संजय वदस्व मे॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca dvāradeśe tato drauṇimavasthitamavekṣya tau| akurvātāṃ bhojakṛpau kiṃ saṃjaya vadasva me||
Dhritarashtra Said “Seeing Drona's son stop at the gate of the camp, what, O Sanjaya, did those two great car-warriors, viz., Kripa and Kritavarman, do? Tell me this."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.2
संजय उवाच कृतवर्माणमामन्त्र्य कृपं च स महारथः। द्रौणिर्मन्युपरीतात्मा शिविरद्वारमागमत्॥
saṃjaya uvāca kṛtavarmāṇamāmantrya kṛpaṃ ca sa mahārathaḥ| drauṇirmanyuparītātmā śiviradvāramāgamat||
Sanjaya said "Inviting Kritavarman as also the great carwarrior Kripa, Drona's son, worked up with rage, approached the gate of the camp.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.3
तत्र भूतं महाकायं चन्द्रार्कसदृशद्युतिम्। सोऽपश्यद् द्वारमाश्रित्य तिष्ठन्तं लोमहर्षणम्॥
tatra bhūtaṃ mahākāyaṃ candrārkasadṛśadyutim| so'paśyad dvāramāśritya tiṣṭhantaṃ lomaharṣaṇam||
He there saw a being of huge frame capable of making the very hair erect and endued with the effulgence of the Sun or the Moon, guarding the entrance.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.4
वसानं चर्म वैयाघ्रं महारुधिरविस्रवम्। कृष्णाजिनोत्तरासङ्गं नागयज्ञोपवीतिनम्॥
vasānaṃ carma vaiyāghraṃ mahārudhiravisravam| kṛṣṇājinottarāsaṅgaṃ nāgayajñopavītinam||
round his loins was a tiger-skin covered with blood, and he had a black deer for his upper garment. He had for his sacred thread a large snake.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.5
बाहुभिः स्वायतैः पीनैर्नानाप्रहरणोद्यतैः। बद्धाङ्गदमाहासर्प ज्वालामालाकुलाननम्॥
bāhubhiḥ svāyataiḥ pīnairnānāpraharaṇodyataiḥ| baddhāṅgadamāhāsarpa jvālāmālākulānanam||
His arms were long and massive, and held many sorts of uplifted weapons. He had for his armlet a huge snake wound round his upper arin. His mouth was ablaze with flames of fire.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.6
दंष्ट्राकरलवदनं व्यादितास्यं भयानकम्। नयनानां सहस्त्रैश्च विचित्रैरभिभूषितम्॥
daṃṣṭrākaralavadanaṃ vyāditāsyaṃ bhayānakam| nayanānāṃ sahastraiśca vicitrairabhibhūṣitam||
His teeth made his face terrible to look at. His mouth was open and dreadful. His face had a thousand of beautiful eyes.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.7
नैव तस्य वपुः शक्यं प्रवक्तुं वेष एव च। सर्वथा तु तदालक्ष्य स्फुटेयुरपि पर्वताः॥
naiva tasya vapuḥ śakyaṃ pravaktuṃ veṣa eva ca| sarvathā tu tadālakṣya sphuṭeyurapi parvatāḥ||
His body and his dress were beyond description. Upon seeing him the very mountains would split into a thousand pieces.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.8
तस्यास्यान्नासिकाभ्यां च श्रवणाभ्यां च. सर्वशः। तेभ्यश्चाक्षिसहस्रेभ्यः प्रादुरासन महार्चिषः॥
tasyāsyānnāsikābhyāṃ ca śravaṇābhyāṃ ca. sarvaśaḥ| tebhyaścākṣisahasrebhyaḥ prādurāsana mahārciṣaḥ||
From those blazing flames of fire came out of his mouth and nose and ears and all those thousand of eyes.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.9
तथा तेजोमरीचिभ्यः शङ्खचक्रगदाधराः। प्रादुरासन हषीकेशा: शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः॥
tathā tejomarīcibhyaḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharāḥ| prādurāsana haṣīkeśā: śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ||
From those blazing flames hundreds and thousands of Hrishikeshas came out armed with conchs and discs and maces.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.10
तदत्यद्भुतमालोक्य भूतं लोकभयंकरम्। द्रौणिरव्यथितो दिव्यैरस्त्रवर्षेरवाकिरत्॥
tadatyadbhutamālokya bhūtaṃ lokabhayaṃkaram| drauṇiravyathito divyairastravarṣeravākirat||
Seeing that extraordinary being capable of striking terror to the entire world, Drona's son, without any fear covered him with showers of celestial weapons. That being, however, devoured all those arrows discharged by Drona's son.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.11
द्रौणिमुक्ताञ्छरांस्तांस्तु तद् भूतं महदग्रसत्। उदधेरिव वार्यघान् पावको वडवामुखः॥
drauṇimuktāñcharāṃstāṃstu tad bhūtaṃ mahadagrasat| udadheriva vāryaghān pāvako vaḍavāmukhaḥ||
Like the Vadava fire devouring the waters of the ocean, that being devoured the arrows discharged by the son of Drona.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.12
अग्रसत् तांस्तथाभूतं द्रौणिना प्रहिताशरान्। अश्वत्थामा तु सम्प्रेक्ष्य शरौघांस्तान् निरर्थकान्॥
agrasat tāṃstathābhūtaṃ drauṇinā prahitāśarān| aśvatthāmā tu samprekṣya śaraughāṃstān nirarthakān||
Seeing his arrowy showers prove fruitless, Ashvathaman discharged at him a long dart burning like fire.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.13
रथशक्तिं मुमोचासौ दीप्तामग्निशिखामिव। सा तमाहत्य दीप्ताग्रा रथशक्तिदीर्यत॥
rathaśaktiṃ mumocāsau dīptāmagniśikhāmiva| sā tamāhatya dīptāgrā rathaśaktidīryata||
That blazing dart striking against that being, broke into pieces like a huge meteor at the end of a cycle breaking and falling down from the sky after striking against.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.14
युगान्ते सूर्याहत्य महोल्केव दिवश्च्युता। अथ हेमत्सरं दिव्यं खड्गमाकाशवर्चसम्॥
yugānte sūryāhatya maholkeva divaścyutā| atha hematsaraṃ divyaṃ khaḍgamākāśavarcasam||
Without losing a moment Ashvatthaman drew from its sheath an excellent sky-coloured scimitar having a golden hilt. The scimitar came out like a snake from its whole.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.15
कोशात् समुद्बबर्दाशु बिलाद् दीप्तमिबोरगम्। ततः खड्गवरं धीमान् भूताय प्राहिणोत् तदा॥
kośāt samudbabardāśu bilād dīptamiboragam| tataḥ khaḍgavaraṃ dhīmān bhūtāya prāhiṇot tadā||
The intelligent son of Drona then threw that excellent scimitar at that being. approaching that being the weapon disappeared within his body like a mungoose disappearing in its hole.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.16
स तदासाद्य भूतं वै बिलं नुकलवद् ययौ। ततः स कुपितो द्रौणिरिन्द्रकेतुनिभां गदाम्॥
sa tadāsādya bhūtaṃ vai bilaṃ nukalavad yayau| tataḥ sa kupito drauṇirindraketunibhāṃ gadām||
Worked up with anger the son of Drona then hurled a blazing mace huge as a pole set up in honor of Indra. That being devoured that mace also.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.17
ज्वलन्तीं प्राहिणोत् तस्मै भूतं तामपि चाग्रसत्। ततः सर्वायुधाभावे वीक्षमाणस्ततस्ततः॥
jvalantīṃ prāhiṇot tasmai bhūtaṃ tāmapi cāgrasat| tataḥ sarvāyudhābhāve vīkṣamāṇastatastataḥ||
At last, when all his weapons were exhausted, Ashvatthaman, looking around, saw the entire sky densely crowded with images of Janarddana.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.18
अपश्यत् कृतमाकाशमनाकाशं जनार्दनैः। तदद्भुततमं दृष्ट्वा द्रोणपुत्रो निरायुधः॥ अब्रवीदतिसंतप्तः कृपवाक्यमनुस्मरन्। ब्रुवतामप्रियं पथ्यं सुहृदां न शृणोति यः॥
apaśyat kṛtamākāśamanākāśaṃ janārdanaiḥ| tadadbhutatamaṃ dṛṣṭvā droṇaputro nirāyudhaḥ|| abravīdatisaṃtaptaḥ kṛpavākyamanusmaran| bruvatāmapriyaṃ pathyaṃ suhṛdāṃ na śṛṇoti yaḥ||
Seeing that wonderful spectacle Drona's son, divested of weapons, recollected the words of Kripa, and burning with grief, said,-"He who hears not the beneficial words of friends, repents being overwhelmed with calamity, as does my foolish self for having disregarded by two well-wishers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.19
स शोचत्पादं प्राप्य यथाहमतिवर्त्य तौ। शास्त्रदृष्टानविद्वान् यः समतीत्य जिघांसति॥
sa śocatpādaṃ prāpya yathāhamativartya tau| śāstradṛṣṭānavidvān yaḥ samatītya jighāṃsati||
That fool who, disregarding the way laid down by the scriptures, tries to kill his enemies, falls off from the path of righteousness and is lost in sin.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.20
स पथः प्रच्युतो धर्मात् कुपथे प्रतिहन्यते। गोब्राह्मणनृपस्त्रीषु सख्युर्मातुर्गुरोस्तथा॥ हीनप्राणजडान्धेषु सुप्तभीतोस्थितेषु च। मत्तोन्मत्तप्रमत्तेषु न शस्त्राणि च पातयेत्॥
sa pathaḥ pracyuto dharmāt kupathe pratihanyate| gobrāhmaṇanṛpastrīṣu sakhyurmāturgurostathā|| hīnaprāṇajaḍāndheṣu suptabhītosthiteṣu ca| mattonmattapramatteṣu na śastrāṇi ca pātayet||
One should not use weapons against kine, Brahmanas, kings, women, friends, one's own mother, one's own preceptor, a weak man, an idiot, a blind man, a sleeping man, a terrified man, one just got up from sleep, an intoxicated person, a lunatic, and one that is careless. The ancient preceptors always preached this truth to men.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.21
इत्येवं गुरुभिः पूर्वमुपदिष्टं नृणां सदा। सोऽहमुत्क्रम्य पन्थानं शास्त्रदिष्टं सनातनम्॥
ityevaṃ gurubhiḥ pūrvamupadiṣṭaṃ nṛṇāṃ sadā| so'hamutkramya panthānaṃ śāstradiṣṭaṃ sanātanam||
By neglecting the eternal way pointed out by the scriptures and by trying to follow a wrong path I have, however, fallen into a dreadful distress.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.22
अमार्गेणैवमारभ्य घोरामापदमागतः। तां चापदं घोरतरां प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः॥
amārgeṇaivamārabhya ghorāmāpadamāgataḥ| tāṃ cāpadaṃ ghoratarāṃ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ||
It is described by the wise as a terrible calamily when one through fear, cannot achieve a great feat after having tried to do the same.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.23
यदुद्यम्य महत् कृत्यं भयादपि निवर्तते। अशक्तश्चैव तत् कर्तु कर्म शक्तिबलादिह॥
yadudyamya mahat kṛtyaṃ bhayādapi nivartate| aśaktaścaiva tat kartu karma śaktibalādiha||
By using my skill and power, I am unable to achieve that which I have promised? Human exertion is never more powerful than destiny.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.24
न हि दैवाद् गरीयो वै मानुषं कर्म कथ्यते। मानुष्यं कुर्वतः कर्म यदि दैवान्न सिध्यति॥ स पथः प्रच्युतो धर्माद् विपदं प्रतिपद्यते।
na hi daivād garīyo vai mānuṣaṃ karma kathyate| mānuṣyaṃ kurvataḥ karma yadi daivānna sidhyati|| sa pathaḥ pracyuto dharmād vipadaṃ pratipadyate|
If any action of a man that is undertaken becomes unsuccessful through destiny, the actor becomes like one who deviating from the path of virtue is lost in the wilderness of sin.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.25
प्रतिज्ञानं ह्यविज्ञानं प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः॥ यदारभ्य क्रियां काञ्चिद् भयादिह निवर्तते।
pratijñānaṃ hyavijñānaṃ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ|| yadārabhya kriyāṃ kāñcid bhayādiha nivartate|
The wise describe defeat as foolishness when one having undertaken a task abandons it from fear.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.26
तदिदं दुष्प्रणीतेन भयं मां समुपस्थितम्॥ न हि द्रोणसुतः संख्ये निवर्तेत कथंचन।
tadidaṃ duṣpraṇītena bhayaṃ māṃ samupasthitam|| na hi droṇasutaḥ saṃkhye nivarteta kathaṃcana|
For the wickedness of my attempt, this great calamity has befallen me, otherwise Drona's son would never had been compelled to hold back from battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.27
इदं स समुहद् भूतं दैवदण्डमिवोद्यतम्॥ न चैतदभिजानामि चिन्तयन्नपि सर्वथा।
idaṃ sa samuhad bhūtaṃ daivadaṇḍamivodyatam|| na caitadabhijānāmi cintayannapi sarvathā|
Again this being, who is before me, is most wonderful. He stands there like the uplifted rod of divine punishment. Thinking much even, I Cannot recognise this being.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.28
ध्रुवं येयमधर्मे में प्रवृत्ता कलुषा मतिः॥ तस्याः फलमिदं घोरं प्रतिघाताय कल्पते।
dhruvaṃ yeyamadharme meṃ pravṛttā kaluṣā matiḥ|| tasyāḥ phalamidaṃ ghoraṃ pratighātāya kalpate|
Forsooth, that being is the dreadful outcome of this my sinful determination which I had attempted to achieve by unfair means, He stands there for baffling my resolution.
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MBh 6 167.29
तदिदं दैवविहितं मम संख्ये निवर्तनम्॥ नान्यत्र दैवादुद्यन्तुमिह शक्यं कथंचना
tadidaṃ daivavihitaṃ mama saṃkhye nivartanam|| nānyatra daivādudyantumiha śakyaṃ kathaṃcanā
It seems, therefore, that my casing from fight had been ordained by destiny. It is useless for me to try to accomplish my resolution unless density becomes favorable.
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MBh 6 167.30
सोऽहमद्य महादेवं प्रपद्ये शरणं विभुम्॥ दैवदण्डमिमं घोरं स हि मे नाशयिष्यति।
so'hamadya mahādevaṃ prapadye śaraṇaṃ vibhum|| daivadaṇḍamimaṃ ghoraṃ sa hi me nāśayiṣyati|
I shall, therefore, at this hour, seek the protection of the powerful Mahadeva. He will remove this dreadful rod of divine punishment uplifted before me.
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MBh 6 167.31
कपर्दिनं देवदेवमुमापतिमनामयम्॥ कपालमालिनं रुद्रं भगनेत्रहरं हरम्।
kapardinaṃ devadevamumāpatimanāmayam|| kapālamālinaṃ rudraṃ bhaganetraharaṃ haram|
I will seek refuge with that god, that source of all good, viz., the lord of Uma, otherwise called Kaparddin, adorned with a garland of human skulls, that plucker of Bhaga's eyes, called also Rudra and Hara.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 167.32
स हि देवोऽत्यगाद् देवांस्तपसा विक्रमेण चा तस्माच्छरणमभ्येमि गिरिशं शूलपाणिनम्॥
sa hi devo'tyagād devāṃstapasā vikrameṇa cā tasmāccharaṇamabhyemi giriśaṃ śūlapāṇinam||
In ascetic practices and power, he far! excells all the gods. I shall, therefore, seek refuge with Girisha armed with trident.'
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)