Mahabharata — Volume VI (Dutt edition) — Chapter 169
MBh 6 169.1
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच तथा प्रयाते शिविरं द्रोणपुत्रे महारथे। कच्चित् कृपश्च भोजश्च भयार्ती न व्यवर्तताम्॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca tathā prayāte śiviraṃ droṇaputre mahārathe| kaccit kṛpaśca bhojaśca bhayārtī na vyavartatām||
Dhritarashtra said “While Drona's son, that great car-warrior, thus proceeded towards the enemy's camp, did Kripa and Bhoja stop from fear.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.2
कच्चिन्न वारितौ क्षुदै रक्षिभर्नोपलक्षितौ। असह्यमिति मन्वानौ न निवृत्ती महारथौ॥
kaccinna vāritau kṣudai rakṣibharnopalakṣitau| asahyamiti manvānau na nivṛttī mahārathau||
I hope those two great car-warriors, stopped by mean guards, did not fly away secretly, considering their opponents irresistible.
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MBh 6 169.3
कच्चिदुन्मथ्य शिविरं हत्वा सोमकपाण्डवान्। दुर्योधनस्य पदवीं गतौ परमिको रणे॥
kaccidunmathya śiviraṃ hatvā somakapāṇḍavān| duryodhanasya padavīṃ gatau paramiko raṇe||
Or, have they, after despoiling the camp, the Somakas, and the Pandavas, followed, while still fighting, the highly illustrious path in which Duryodhana has gone.
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MBh 6 169.4
पञ्चालैनिहतौ वीरौ कच्चिन्नास्वपतां क्षितौ। कच्चित् ताभ्यां कृतं कर्म तन्ममाचक्ष्व संजय॥
pañcālainihatau vīrau kaccinnāsvapatāṃ kṣitau| kaccit tābhyāṃ kṛtaṃ karma tanmamācakṣva saṃjaya||
Are those heroes, killed by the Panchalas, sleeping on the naked Earth? Did they perforin any feat? Tell me all this, O Sanjaya.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.5
संजय उवाच तस्मिन् प्रयाते शिविरं द्रोणपुत्रे महात्मनि। कृपश्च कृतवर्मा च शिविरद्वर्यतिष्ठताम्॥
saṃjaya uvāca tasmin prayāte śiviraṃ droṇaputre mahātmani| kṛpaśca kṛtavarmā ca śiviradvaryatiṣṭhatām||
Sanjaya said "When the great son of Drona proceeded towards the camp, Kripa and Kritavarman waited at the gate.
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MBh 6 169.6
अश्वत्थामा तु त. दृष्ट्वा यत्नवन्तौ महारथौ। प्रहृष्टः शनकै राजन्निदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥
aśvatthāmā tu ta. dṛṣṭvā yatnavantau mahārathau| prahṛṣṭaḥ śanakai rājannidaṃ vacanamabravīt||
Seeing them ready to work Ashvatthaman was overjoyed, and addressing them whisperingly, O king, said,-'If you two exert, you can exterminate all the Kshariyas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.7
यत्तौ भवन्तौ पर्याप्तौ सर्वक्षत्रस्य नाशने। किं पुनर्योधशेषस्य प्रसुप्तस्य विशेषतः॥
yattau bhavantau paryāptau sarvakṣatrasya nāśane| kiṃ punaryodhaśeṣasya prasuptasya viśeṣataḥ||
What should I say, therefore, of this remnant of the (Pandava) ariny, particularly when it is asieep.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.8
अहं प्रवेक्ष्ये शिविरं चरिष्यामि च कालवत्। यथा न कश्चिदपि वा जीवन् मुच्येत मानवः॥
ahaṃ pravekṣye śiviraṃ cariṣyāmi ca kālavat| yathā na kaścidapi vā jīvan mucyeta mānavaḥ||
I shall enter the camp and move about like Yama. I am sure that you two will act in such a way that no man may escape alive.'
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.9
तथाभवद्भ्या कार्यं स्यादित मे निश्चितामतिः। इत्युक्तवाप्राविशद् द्रौणिः पार्थानां शिविरं महत्॥ अद्वारेणाभ्यवस्कन्ध विहाय भयमात्मनः।
tathābhavadbhyā kāryaṃ syādita me niścitāmatiḥ| ityuktavāprāviśad drauṇiḥ pārthānāṃ śiviraṃ mahat|| advāreṇābhyavaskandha vihāya bhayamātmanaḥ|
Having said so, the son of Drona entered the extensive camp of the Parthas. Shorn of fear, he entered into it by a spot where there was no door.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.10
स प्रविश्य महाबाहुरुद्देशज्ञश्च तस्य ह॥ धृष्टद्युम्नस्य निलयं शनकैरभ्युपागमत्।
sa praviśya mahābāhuruddeśajñaśca tasya ha|| dhṛṣṭadyumnasya nilayaṃ śanakairabhyupāgamat|
Having entered the camp the great hero proceeded, guided by sings, very softly towards Dhrishtadyumna's quarters.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.11
ते तु कृत्वा महत् कर्म श्रान्ताच बलवद् रणे॥ प्रसुप्ताश्चैव विश्वस्ताः स्वसैन्यपरिवारिताः।
te tu kṛtvā mahat karma śrāntāca balavad raṇe|| prasuptāścaiva viśvastāḥ svasainyaparivāritāḥ|
Having displayed great feats the Panchalas had been much exhausted in battle. They were sleeping confidently collected together, and by the side of one another.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.12
अथ प्रविश्य तद् वेश्म धृष्टद्युम्नस्य भारत॥ पाञ्चाल्यं शयनेद्रौणिपश्यत् सुप्तमन्तिकात्।
atha praviśya tad veśma dhṛṣṭadyumnasya bhārata|| pāñcālyaṃ śayanedrauṇipaśyat suptamantikāt|
Entering into Dhrishtadyumna's apartment, OBharata, Drona's son saw the prince of the Panchalas sleeping before him on his bed.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.13
क्षौमावदाते महति स्पास्तरणसंवृते॥ माल्यप्रवरसंयुक्ते धूपैश्चूर्णैश्च वासिते।
kṣaumāvadāte mahati spāstaraṇasaṃvṛte|| mālyapravarasaṃyukte dhūpaiścūrṇaiśca vāsite|
He lay on a beautiful sheet of silk upon a rich and excellent bed. Excellent wreaths of flowers were scattered upon that bed and it was perfumed with the powder of incense.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.14
तं शयानं महात्मानं विश्रब्धमकुतोभयम्॥ प्राबोधयत पादेन शयनस्थं महीपते।
taṃ śayānaṃ mahātmānaṃ viśrabdhamakutobhayam|| prābodhayata pādena śayanasthaṃ mahīpate|
Having received a kick from Ashvatthaman the high-souled prince who was sleeping trustfully and fearlessly on his bed, awoke.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.15
सम्बुध्य चरणस्पर्शादुत्थाय रणदुर्मदः॥ अभ्यजानादमेयात्मा द्रोणपुत्रं महारथम्।
sambudhya caraṇasparśādutthāya raṇadurmadaḥ|| abhyajānādameyātmā droṇaputraṃ mahāratham|
Feeling that kick, the great prince,! irresistible in battle, got up and recognised Drona's son standing before him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.16
तमुत्पतन्तं शयनादश्वत्थामा महाबलः॥ केशेष्वालभ्य पाणिभ्यां निष्पिपेष महीतले।
tamutpatantaṃ śayanādaśvatthāmā mahābalaḥ|| keśeṣvālabhya pāṇibhyāṃ niṣpipeṣa mahītale|
As he was rising from his bed, the great Ashvatthaman caught him by the hair of his ! head and began to press him down on the Earth with his hands.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.17
सबलं तेन निष्पिष्टः साध्वसेन च भारत॥ निद्रया चैव पाञ्चाल्यो नाशकच्चेष्टितुं तदा।
sabalaṃ tena niṣpiṣṭaḥ sādhvasena ca bhārata|| nidrayā caiva pāñcālyo nāśakacceṣṭituṃ tadā|
Thus pressed by Ashvatthaman with grea! force the prince, from fear as also from sleepiness, was not able to exert his might at that time.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.18
तमाक्रम्य पदा राजन् कण्ठे चोरसि चोभयोः॥ नदन्तं विस्फुरन्तं च पशुमापममारयत्। तुदन्नखैस्तु स द्राणिं नातिव्यक्तमुदाहरत्॥
tamākramya padā rājan kaṇṭhe corasi cobhayoḥ|| nadantaṃ visphurantaṃ ca paśumāpamamārayat| tudannakhaistu sa drāṇiṃ nātivyaktamudāharat||
Striking him with his foot, O king, on both his throat and breast while his victim roared, Drona's son tried to kill him as if he were an animal.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.19
आचार्यपुत्र शस्त्रेण जहि मां मा चिरं कृथाः। त्वत्कृते सुकृताँल्लोकान् गच्छेयं द्विपदां वर॥
ācāryaputra śastreṇa jahi māṃ mā ciraṃ kṛthāḥ| tvatkṛte sukṛtā~llokān gaccheyaṃ dvipadāṃ vara||
The Panchala prince tore Ashvatthaman with his nails and at last slowly said, — 'O preceptor's son, kill me with a weapon, do not delay. O best of men, let me, through you go to the blessed regions.'
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.20
एवमुक्त्वा तु वचन विरराम परंतपः। सुतः पाञ्चालराजस्य आक्रान्तो बलिना भृशम्॥
evamuktvā tu vacana virarāma paraṃtapaḥ| sutaḥ pāñcālarājasya ākrānto balinā bhṛśam||
Having said this much, that slayer of foes, viz., the son of the Panchala king, assailed by that great hero, became silent.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.21
तस्याव्यक्तां तु तां वाचं संश्रुत्य द्रौणिरब्रवीत्। ते आचार्यघातिना लोका न सन्ति कुलपांसन॥ तस्माच्छस्त्रेण निधनं न त्वमर्हसि दुर्मते।
tasyāvyaktāṃ tu tāṃ vācaṃ saṃśrutya drauṇirabravīt| te ācāryaghātinā lokā na santi kulapāṃsana|| tasmācchastreṇa nidhanaṃ na tvamarhasi durmate|
Hearing those indistinct sounds of his, Drona's son said,-'O wretch of your race, there is no region for those that kill their preceptor. For this, O wicked man, you do not deserve to be killed with any weapon.'
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.22
एवं ब्रुवाणस्तं वीरं सिंहो मत्तमिव द्विपम्॥ मर्मस्वभ्यवधीत् क्रुद्धः पादाष्ठीलैः सुदारुणैः।
evaṃ bruvāṇastaṃ vīraṃ siṃho mattamiva dvipam|| marmasvabhyavadhīt kruddhaḥ pādāṣṭhīlaiḥ sudāruṇaiḥ|
While saying so, Ashvatthaman, worked up with rage, began to strike the vital parts of his victim with his heels, and killed his foe like a lion killing an infuriate elephant.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.23
तस्य वीरस्य शब्देन मार्यमाणस्य वेश्मनि॥ अबुध्यन्त महाराज स्त्रियो ये चास्य रक्षिणः।
tasya vīrasya śabdena māryamāṇasya veśmani|| abudhyanta mahārāja striyo ye cāsya rakṣiṇaḥ|
At the cries of that hero, while he was being slain, his wives and guards that were in his tent all got up, O king.
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MBh 6 169.24
दृष्ट्वा धर्षयन्तं तमतिमानुषविक्रमम्॥ भूतमेवाध्यवस्यन्तो न स्म प्रव्याहरन् भयात्।
dṛṣṭvā dharṣayantaṃ tamatimānuṣavikramam|| bhūtamevādhyavasyanto na sma pravyāharan bhayāt|
Seeing some body crushing the prince with superhuman force, they took the assailant for a supernatural being, and, therefore, made no noise from fear.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.25
तं तु तेनाभ्युपायेन गमयित्वा यमक्षयम्॥ अध्यतिष्ठत तेजस्वी रथं प्राप्य सुदर्शनम्।
taṃ tu tenābhyupāyena gamayitvā yamakṣayam|| adhyatiṣṭhata tejasvī rathaṃ prāpya sudarśanam|
Having sent him to Yamas abode by such means the greatly energetic, Ashvatthaman went out and getting upon his beautiful car waited there.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.26
स तस्य भवनाद् राजन् निष्क्रम्यानादयनंदिशः॥ रथेन शिविरं प्रायाज्जिघांसुर्द्विषतो बली।
sa tasya bhavanād rājan niṣkramyānādayanaṃdiśaḥ|| rathena śiviraṃ prāyājjighāṃsurdviṣato balī|
Indeed, coming out of Dhrishtadyumna's camp, O king, Ashvatthaman made all the points of the horizon resound with his roars, and then proceeded on his car to other parts of the camp for killing his enemies.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.27
अपक्रान्ते ततस्तस्मिन् द्रोणपुत्रे महारथे।॥ सहित रक्षिभिः सर्वैः प्राणेदुर्योषितस्तदा।
apakrānte tatastasmin droṇaputre mahārathe||| sahita rakṣibhiḥ sarvaiḥ prāṇeduryoṣitastadā|
After Drona's son, that great car-warrior, had gone away, the women and all the guards began to bewail.
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MBh 6 169.28
राजानं निहतं दृष्ट्वा भृशं शोकपरायणाः॥ व्याक्रोशन् क्षत्रियाः सर्वे धृष्टद्युम्नस्य भारत।
rājānaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā bhṛśaṃ śokaparāyaṇāḥ|| vyākrośan kṣatriyāḥ sarve dhṛṣṭadyumnasya bhārata|
Secing their king killed, all the wives of Dhrishtady!mna, cried aloud sorrowfully.
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MBh 6 169.29
तासां तु तेन शब्देन समीपे क्षत्रियर्षभाः॥ क्षिप्रं च समनह्यन्त किमेतदिति चाब्रुवन्।
tāsāṃ tu tena śabdena samīpe kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ|| kṣipraṃ ca samanahyanta kimetaditi cābruvan|
Hearing their lamentations many powerful, Kshatriyas, awaking, put on their armour and came there for inquiring after the cause of their lamentations.
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MBh 6 169.30
स्त्रियस्तु जन् वित्रस्ता भारद्वाजं निरीक्ष्य ताः॥ अब्रुवन् दीनकण्ठेन क्षिप्रमाद्रवतेति वै।
striyastu jan vitrastā bhāradvājaṃ nirīkṣya tāḥ|| abruvan dīnakaṇṭhena kṣipramādravateti vai|
Terrified at seeing Ashvatthaman, those ladies in piteous tones asked the man to follow him without delay.
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MBh 6 169.31
राक्षसो वा मनुष्यो वा नैनं जानीमहे वयम्॥ हत्वा पञ्चालराजानं रथमारुह्य तिष्ठति।
rākṣaso vā manuṣyo vā nainaṃ jānīmahe vayam|| hatvā pañcālarājānaṃ rathamāruhya tiṣṭhati|
They said, we know not whether he is a Rakshasa or a human being. Having killed the Panchala king he wait there.
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MBh 6 169.32
ततस्ते योधमुख्याश्च सहसा पर्यवारयन्॥ स तानापततः सर्वान् रुद्रास्त्रेण व्यपोथयत्।
tataste yodhamukhyāśca sahasā paryavārayan|| sa tānāpatataḥ sarvān rudrāstreṇa vyapothayat|
Thereat those foremost of warriors suddenly surrounded Drona's son. The latter killed them ail the means of the Rudra weapon.
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MBh 6 169.33
धृष्टद्युम्नं च हत्वा स तांश्चैवास्य पदानुगान्॥ अपश्यच्छयने सुप्तमुत्तमौजसमन्तिके।
dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca hatvā sa tāṃścaivāsya padānugān|| apaśyacchayane suptamuttamaujasamantike|
Having killed Dhrishtadyumna and all those followers of his, he saw Uttamaujas sleeping on his bed.
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MBh 6 169.34
तपप्यक्रम्य पादेन कण्ठे चोरसि तेजसा॥ तथैव मारयामास विनर्दन्तमरिंदमम्।
tapapyakramya pādena kaṇṭhe corasi tejasā|| tathaiva mārayāmāsa vinardantamariṃdamam|
Attacking him with his foot on the throat and chest, Drona's son killed that great hero also while the latter suffered greatly.
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MBh 6 169.35
युधामन्युश्च सम्प्राप्तो मत्वा तं रक्षसा हतम्॥ गदामुद्यम्य वेगेन हृदि द्रौणिमताडयत्।
yudhāmanyuśca samprāpto matvā taṃ rakṣasā hatam|| gadāmudyamya vegena hṛdi drauṇimatāḍayat|
Coming up and taking his comrade for being slain by a Rakshasa, Yudhamanyu speedily struck Drona's son in the chest with a mace.
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MBh 6 169.36
तमभिदुत्य जग्राह क्षितौ चैनमपातयत्॥ विस्फुरन्तं च पशुवत् तथैवेनममारयत्।
tamabhidutya jagrāha kṣitau cainamapātayat|| visphurantaṃ ca paśuvat tathaivenamamārayat|
Rushing towards him, Ashvatthaman seized him and brought him down to the ground and killed him like an animal while the latter cried aloud.
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MBh 6 169.37
तथा स वीरो हत्वा तं ततोऽन्यान् समुपाद्रवत्॥ संसुप्तानेव राजेन्द्र तत्र तत्र महारथान्।
tathā sa vīro hatvā taṃ tato'nyān samupādravat|| saṃsuptāneva rājendra tatra tatra mahārathān|
Having killed Yudhamanyu thus, that hero went against the other car-warriors of the king, who were all asleep.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.38
स्फुरतो वेपमानांश्च शमितेव पशून् मखे।॥ ततो निस्त्रिंशमादाय जघानान्यान् पृथक् पृथक्।
sphurato vepamānāṃśca śamiteva paśūn makhe||| tato nistriṃśamādāya jaghānānyān pṛthak pṛthak|
He killed those trembling heroes like animals in a sacrifice. Taking up his sword then, he killed many others.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.39
भागशो विचरन् मार्गानसियुद्धविशारदः॥ तथैव गुल्मे सम्प्रेक्ष्य शयानान् मध्यगौल्मिकान्।
bhāgaśo vicaran mārgānasiyuddhaviśāradaḥ|| tathaiva gulme samprekṣya śayānān madhyagaulmikān|
Proceeding along the various roads of the camp one after another, Ashvatthaman, an expert in the use of the sword, saw various Gulmas and killed no time the unarmed and tied warriors sleeping with them.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.40
श्रान्तान् व्यस्तायुधान् सर्वान् क्षणेनैव व्यपोथयत्॥ योधानश्वान् द्विपांश्चैव प्राच्छिनत् स वरासिना।
śrāntān vyastāyudhān sarvān kṣaṇenaiva vyapothayat|| yodhānaśvān dvipāṃścaiva prācchinat sa varāsinā|
With that excellent sword he cut off combatants and horses and elephants. bathed in blood, he appeared like dcah himself commissioned by them.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.41
रुधिरोक्षितसर्वाङ्गः कालसृष्ट इवान्तकः॥ विस्फुरदिश्च तैद्रौणिर्निस्त्रिंशस्योद्यमेन च।
rudhirokṣitasarvāṅgaḥ kālasṛṣṭa ivāntakaḥ|| visphuradiśca taidrauṇirnistriṃśasyodyamena ca|
Making his foes to tremble by the repeated blows of his sword, Ashvatthaman was covered with blood.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.42
आक्षेपणेन चैवासेस्त्रिधा रक्तोक्षितोऽभवत्॥ तस्य लोहितरक्तस्य दीप्तखड्गस्य युध्यतः।
ākṣepaṇena caivāsestridhā raktokṣito'bhavat|| tasya lohitaraktasya dīptakhaḍgasya yudhyataḥ|
Covered as he was with blood, and holding a blazing sword, his form, as he moved about in battle, became exceedingly terrible and superhuman.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.43
अमानुष इवाकारो बभौ परमभीषणः॥ ये त्वजाग्रन्त कौरव्य तेऽपि शब्देन मोहिताः। निरीक्ष्यमाणा अन्योन्यं दृष्ट्वा दृष्ट्वा प्रविव्यथुः॥
amānuṣa ivākāro babhau paramabhīṣaṇaḥ|| ye tvajāgranta kauravya te'pi śabdena mohitāḥ| nirīkṣyamāṇā anyonyaṃ dṛṣṭvā dṛṣṭvā pravivyathuḥ||
Those who got up from sleep, O Kuruhero, became stupefied with the loud noise they heard. Seeing Drona's son, they looked at each other's faces and trembled with fear.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.44
तद् रूपं तस्य ते दृष्ट्वा क्षत्रिया: शत्रुकर्षिणः। राक्षसं मन्यमानास्तं नयनानि न्यमीलयन्॥
tad rūpaṃ tasya te dṛṣṭvā kṣatriyā: śatrukarṣiṇaḥ| rākṣasaṃ manyamānāstaṃ nayanāni nyamīlayan||
Seeing the form of that crusher of foes, those Kshatriyas took him to be a Rakshasa and shut up their eyes.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.45
स घोररूयो व्यचरत् कालवच्छिविरे ततः। अपश्यद् द्रौपदीपुत्रानवशिष्टांश्च सोमकन्॥
sa ghorarūyo vyacarat kālavacchivire tataḥ| apaśyad draupadīputrānavaśiṣṭāṃśca somakan||
Of terrible form, he moved about in the camp like Yama himself, and at last saw the sons of Draupadi and the residue of the Somakas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.46
तेन शब्देन वित्रस्ता धनुर्हस्ता महारथाः। धृष्टद्युम्नं हतं श्रुत्वा द्रौपदेया विशाम्पते॥
tena śabdena vitrastā dhanurhastā mahārathāḥ| dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ hataṃ śrutvā draupadeyā viśāmpate||
Terrified by the noise, and learning that Dhrishtadyumna had been killed those great car-warriors, viz., the sons of Draupadi, armed with bows, shot arrows on Drona's son.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.47
अवाकिरशरवातैर्भारद्वाजदमभीतवत्। ततस्तेन निनादेन सम्प्रबुद्धाः प्रभद्रकाः॥
avākiraśaravātairbhāradvājadamabhītavat| tatastena ninādena samprabuddhāḥ prabhadrakāḥ||
Aroused by their noise the Prabhadrakas with Shikhandin at their head, began to strike the son of Drona with their arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.48
शिलीमुखैः शिखण्डी च द्रोणपुत्रं समादयन्। भारद्वाजः स तान् दृष्ट्वा शरवर्षाणि वर्षतः॥ ननाद बलवन्नादं जिघांसुस्तान् महारथान्।
śilīmukhaiḥ śikhaṇḍī ca droṇaputraṃ samādayan| bhāradvājaḥ sa tān dṛṣṭvā śaravarṣāṇi varṣataḥ|| nanāda balavannādaṃ jighāṃsustān mahārathān|
Seeing them cast their arrows on him, Drona's son uttered a loud roar and became desirous of killing those great car-warriors.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.49
ततः परमसंक्रुद्धः पितुर्वधमनुस्मरन्॥ अवरुह्य रतोपस्थात् त्वरमाणोऽभिदुद्रुवे।
tataḥ paramasaṃkruddhaḥ piturvadhamanusmaran|| avaruhya ratopasthāt tvaramāṇo'bhidudruve|
Remembering the death of his father, Ashvatthaman became furious with rage, getting down from his car, he made a desperate rush against his enemies.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.50
सहस्रचन्द्रविमलं गृहीत्वा चर्म संयुगे।॥ खङ्गं च विमलं दिव्यं जातरूपपरिष्कृतम्। द्रौपदयानभिदुत्य खड्ड्रेन व्यधमद् बली॥
sahasracandravimalaṃ gṛhītvā carma saṃyuge||| khaṅgaṃ ca vimalaṃ divyaṃ jātarūpapariṣkṛtam| draupadayānabhidutya khaḍḍrena vyadhamad balī||
Taking up his bright shield decked with a thousand moons and his massive and celestial sword decked with god, the great Ashvatthaman rushed against the sons of Draupadi.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.51
ततः स नरशार्दूलः प्रतिविन्ध्यं महाहवे। कुक्षिदेशेऽवधीद् राजन् स हतो न्यपतद् भुवि॥
tataḥ sa naraśārdūlaḥ prativindhyaṃ mahāhave| kukṣideśe'vadhīd rājan sa hato nyapatad bhuvi||
Then that foremost of men, in that dreadful battle, struck Prativindhya in the abdomen at which the latter, O king, fell down lifeless on the Earth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.52
प्रासेन विद्ध्वा द्रौणिं तु सुतसोमः प्रतापवान्। पुनश्चासिं समुद्यम्य द्रोणपुत्रमुपाद्रवत्॥
prāsena viddhvā drauṇiṃ tu sutasomaḥ pratāpavān| punaścāsiṃ samudyamya droṇaputramupādravat||
Having pierced the son of Drona with a lance, the brave Sutasoma rushed at him with his uplifted sword.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.53
सुतसोमस्य सासिं तं बाहुं छित्त्वा नरर्षभ। पुनरप्याहनत् पार्श्वे स भिन्नहृदयोऽपतत्॥
sutasomasya sāsiṃ taṃ bāhuṃ chittvā nararṣabha| punarapyāhanat pārśve sa bhinnahṛdayo'patat||
Ashvatthaman, however, cut off Sutasoma's hand holding the sword, and once more struck him on the back. Thereat Sutasoma dropped down dead.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.54
नाकुलिस्तु शतानीको रथचक्रेण वीर्यवान्। दोामुक्षिप्य वेगेन वक्षस्येनमताडयत्॥
nākulistu śatānīko rathacakreṇa vīryavān| doāmukṣipya vegena vakṣasyenamatāḍayat||
Taking up a car-wheel with his two hands, the brave Shatanika, the son of Nakula, violently struck Ashvatthaman on the breast.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.55
अताडयच्छतानीकं मुक्तचक्रं द्विजस्तु सः। स विह्वलो ययौ भूमिं ततोऽस्पाहरच्छिरः॥
atāḍayacchatānīkaṃ muktacakraṃ dvijastu saḥ| sa vihvalo yayau bhūmiṃ tato'spāharacchiraḥ||
The great Ashvatthaman violently assailed Shatanika after he had discharged that carwheel. Exceedingly agitated, Nakula's son dropped down upon the earth, upon which Drona's son severed his head from his body.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.56
श्रुतकर्मा तु परिघं गृहीत्वा समताडयत्। अभिद्रुत्य ययौ द्रौणिं सव्ये सफलके भृशम्॥
śrutakarmā tu parighaṃ gṛhītvā samatāḍayat| abhidrutya yayau drauṇiṃ savye saphalake bhṛśam||
Then taking up a spiked bludgeon, Shrutakarman attacked Ashvatthaman. Furiously rushing at Drona's son, he struck him violently on the left part of his forehead.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.57
स तु तं श्रुतकर्माणमास्ये जघ्ने वरासिना। स हतो न्ययतद् भूमौ विमूढो विकृताननः॥
sa tu taṃ śrutakarmāṇamāsye jaghne varāsinā| sa hato nyayatad bhūmau vimūḍho vikṛtānanaḥ||
Ashvatthaman struck Shrutakarman with his excellent sword on the face. Senseless and his face disfigured, he dropped down dead on the Earth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.58
तेन शब्देन वीरस्तु श्रुतकीर्तिमहारथः। अश्वत्थामानमासाद्य शरवधैरवाकिरत्॥
tena śabdena vīrastu śrutakīrtimahārathaḥ| aśvatthāmānamāsādya śaravadhairavākirat||
At this noist, the heroic Shutakirti that great car-warrior, coming up made a downpour of arrows on Ashvatthaman.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.59
तस्यापि शरवर्षाणि चर्मणा प्रतिवार्य सः। सकुण्डलं शिरः कायाद् भ्राजमानमुपाहरत्॥
tasyāpi śaravarṣāṇi carmaṇā prativārya saḥ| sakuṇḍalaṃ śiraḥ kāyād bhrājamānamupāharat||
Counteracting those arrowy shower with his shield, Ashvatthaman sundered from his enemy's trunk his beautiful head bedecked with ear-rings.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.60
ततो भीष्मनिहन्ता तं सह सर्वैः प्रभद्रकैः। अहनत् सर्वतो वीरं नानाप्रहरणैर्बली॥ शिलीमुखेन चान्येन भ्रुवोर्मध्ये समार्पयत्।
tato bhīṣmanihantā taṃ saha sarvaiḥ prabhadrakaiḥ| ahanat sarvato vīraṃ nānāpraharaṇairbalī|| śilīmukhena cānyena bhruvormadhye samārpayat|
the destroyer of Bhishma, viz., the great Shikhandin, with all the Prabhadrakas, assailed the hero from every side with various sorts of Weapors. Shikhandin struck Ashvatthaman with an arrow in the midst of his two eyebrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.61
स तु क्रोधसमाविष्टो द्रोणपुत्रो महाबलः॥ शिखण्डिनं समासाद्य द्विधाचिच्छेद सोऽसिना।
sa tu krodhasamāviṣṭo droṇaputro mahābalaḥ|| śikhaṇḍinaṃ samāsādya dvidhāciccheda so'sinā|
Worked up with anger at this, the powerful son of Drona, approached Shikhandin and cut him in two parts with his sword.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.62
शिखण्डिनं ततो हत्वा क्रोधाविष्टः परंतपः॥ प्रभद्रकगणान् सर्वानभिदुद्राव वेगवान्।
śikhaṇḍinaṃ tato hatvā krodhāviṣṭaḥ paraṃtapaḥ|| prabhadrakagaṇān sarvānabhidudrāva vegavān|
Having killed Shikhandin, Ashvatthaman, filled with rage, rushed furiously against the other Prabhadrakas. He proceeded also against the residue of Virata's force.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.63
यच्च शिष्टं विराटस्य बलं तु भृशमाद्रवत्॥ दुपदस्य च पुत्राणां पौत्राणां सुहृदामपि।
yacca śiṣṭaṃ virāṭasya balaṃ tu bhṛśamādravat|| dupadasya ca putrāṇāṃ pautrāṇāṃ suhṛdāmapi|
Gifted with great strength, Drona's son killed the sons, the grandsons, and the followers of Draupada, taking them out one after another.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.64
चकार कदनं घोरं दृष्ट्वा दृष्ट्वा महाबलः॥ अन्यानन्यांश्च पुरुषानभिसृत्याभिसृत्य च।
cakāra kadanaṃ ghoraṃ dṛṣṭvā dṛṣṭvā mahābalaḥ|| anyānanyāṃśca puruṣānabhisṛtyābhisṛtya ca|
An expert in the use of the sword, Ashvatthaman then, rushing against other warriors, cut them down with his sword.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.65
न्यकृन्तदसिना द्रौणिरसिमार्गविशारदः॥ काली रक्तास्यनयनां रक्तमाल्यानुलेपनाम्। रक्ताम्बरधरामेको पाशहस्तां कुटुम्बिनीम्॥ दद्दशुः कालरात्रिं ते गायमानमवस्थिताम्। नराश्वकुञ्जरान् पाशैर्बद्ध्वा घोरेः प्रतस्थुषीम्॥
nyakṛntadasinā drauṇirasimārgaviśāradaḥ|| kālī raktāsyanayanāṃ raktamālyānulepanām| raktāmbaradharāmeko pāśahastāṃ kuṭumbinīm|| daddaśuḥ kālarātriṃ te gāyamānamavasthitām| narāśvakuñjarān pāśairbaddhvā ghoreḥ pratasthuṣīm||
The warriors in the Pandava camp saw that embodiment as representing Death-night, of black visage, and having bloody mouth and bloody eyes, wearing crimson garlands and smeared with crimson unguents, clad in a single piece of red cloth, with a noose in hand, and resembling an elderly lady, singing a dreadful song, and standing erect before their eyes, and about to lead away men and horses and elephant all bound in a strong rope.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.66
वहन्तीं विविधान् प्रेतान् पाशबद्धान् विमूर्धजान्। तथैव च सदा राजन् न्यस्तशस्त्रान् महारथान्॥
vahantīṃ vividhān pretān pāśabaddhān vimūrdhajān| tathaiva ca sadā rājan nyastaśastrān mahārathān||
She appeared to take away various kinds of spirits, with disheveled hair and bound together in a chord, as also, O king, many powerful carwarriors divested of their weapons
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.67
स्वप्ने सुप्तान्नयन्तीं तां रात्रिष्वन्यासु मारिष। ददृशुर्योधमुख्यास्ते जन्तं द्रौणिं च सर्वदा॥
svapne suptānnayantīṃ tāṃ rātriṣvanyāsu māriṣa| dadṛśuryodhamukhyāste jantaṃ drauṇiṃ ca sarvadā||
On previous days, ( sire the leading warriors, of the Pandava camp used to see in their dreams that figure carrying away the sleeping warriors and Drona's son striking them behind.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.68
यत: प्रभृति संग्रामः कुरुपाण्डवसेनयोः। ततः प्रभृति तां कन्यामपश्यन् द्रौणिमेव च॥
yata: prabhṛti saṃgrāmaḥ kurupāṇḍavasenayoḥ| tataḥ prabhṛti tāṃ kanyāmapaśyan drauṇimeva ca||
The Pandava soldiers dreamt that lady and Drona's son every night from the day when the battle between the Kurus and the Pandavas first began.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.69
तांस्तु दैवहतान् पूर्वं पश्चाद् द्रौणिळपातयत्। त्रासयन् सर्वभूतानि विनदन भैरवान् रवान्॥
tāṃstu daivahatān pūrvaṃ paścād drauṇil̤apātayat| trāsayan sarvabhūtāni vinadana bhairavān ravān||
Assailed before by Destiny, they were now struck by Drona's son who terrified them all with the dreadful cries.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.70
तदनुस्मृत्य ते वीरा दर्शनं पूर्वकालिकम्। इदं तदित्यमन्यन्त दैवेनोपनिपीडिताः॥
tadanusmṛtya te vīrā darśanaṃ pūrvakālikam| idaṃ tadityamanyanta daivenopanipīḍitāḥ||
Assailed by Destiny, and remembering the spectacle they had dreamt, the brave warriors of the Pandavas camp, identified it with what they now saw.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.71
ततस्तेन निनादेन प्रत्यबुद्ध्यन्त धन्विनः। शिविरे पाण्डवेयानां शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः॥
tatastena ninādena pratyabuddhyanta dhanvinaḥ| śivire pāṇḍaveyānāṃ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ||
At the noise made, hundreds and thousands of Pandava bowmen in the camp awoke from their sleep.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.72
सोऽच्छिनत् कस्याचित् पादौ जघनं चैव कस्यचित्। कांश्चिद बिभेद पार्श्वेषु कालसृष्ट इवान्तकः॥
so'cchinat kasyācit pādau jaghanaṃ caiva kasyacit| kāṃścida bibheda pārśveṣu kālasṛṣṭa ivāntakaḥ||
Ashvatthaman cut of the legs of some, and the hips of others, and cut some in their back, moving about like the Destroyer himself let loose by Time.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.73
अत्युग्रप्रतिपिष्टैश्च नदद्भिश्त भृशोत्कटैः। गजाश्वमथितैश्चान्यैर्मही कीर्णाभवत् प्रभो॥
atyugrapratipiṣṭaiśca nadadbhiśta bhṛśotkaṭaiḥ| gajāśvamathitaiścānyairmahī kīrṇābhavat prabho||
The Earth, O lord, was soon strewn with human beings that were disfigured or trampled down by elephants and horses.
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MBh 6 169.74
क्रोशतांकिमिदं कोऽयंकः शब्दः किं नु किं कृतम्। एवं तेषां तथा द्रौणिरन्तकः समपद्यत॥
krośatāṃkimidaṃ ko'yaṃkaḥ śabdaḥ kiṃ nu kiṃ kṛtam| evaṃ teṣāṃ tathā drauṇirantakaḥ samapadyata||
Many of them loudly cried-What is this?-Who is this one!-What is this noise?-Who is doing what?-While crying thus Drona's son killed them.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.75
अपेतशस्त्रसन्नाहान् सन्नद्धान् पाण्डुसृजयान्। प्राहिणोन्मृत्युलोकाय द्रौणिः प्रहरतां वरः॥
apetaśastrasannāhān sannaddhān pāṇḍusṛjayān| prāhiṇonmṛtyulokāya drauṇiḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ||
That best of strikers, viz., the son of Drona, sent to the abode of Yama all those Pandus and Srinjayas who were deprived of armour and weapons.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.76
ततस्तच्छब्दवित्रस्ता उत्पन्तो भयातुराः। निद्रान्धा नष्टसंज्ञाश्च तत्र तत्र निलिल्यिरे॥
tatastacchabdavitrastā utpanto bhayāturāḥ| nidrāndhā naṣṭasaṃjñāśca tatra tatra nililyire||
Terrified at that noise many got up from sleep. Stricken with fear, and beside themselves with sleep, those warriors seemed to disappear before the fury of Ashvatthaman.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.77
ऊरुस्तम्भगृहीताश्च कश्मलाभिहतौजसः। विनदन्तौ ,श त्रस्ताः समासीदन् परस्परम्॥
ūrustambhagṛhītāśca kaśmalābhihataujasaḥ| vinadantau ,śa trastāḥ samāsīdan parasparam||
The thighs of many were paralysed and some were so stupefied that they lost their। energy. Crying and stricken with fear, they : began to kill on another.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.78
ततो रथं पुनद्रौणिरास्थितो भीमनि:स्वनम्। धनुष्पाणिः शरैरन्यान् प्रेषयद् वै यमक्षयम्॥
tato rathaṃ punadrauṇirāsthito bhīmani:svanam| dhanuṣpāṇiḥ śarairanyān preṣayad vai yamakṣayam||
Drona's son once more mounted his car, and taking up his bow sent many with his arrows to Yama's abode.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.79
पुनरुत्पततश्चापि दूरादपि नरोत्तमान्। शूरान् सम्पततश्चान्यान् कालरात्र्यै न्यवेदयत्॥
punarutpatataścāpi dūrādapi narottamān| śūrān sampatataścānyān kālarātryai nyavedayat||
Other brave warriors and foremost of men, that got up from sleep, as they came towards Ashvatthaman, were killed before they could approach him and were thus given as victims to that Death-night.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.80
तथैव स्यन्दनाग्रेण प्रमथन् स विधावति। शरवर्षश्च विविधैरवर्षच्छात्रवांस्ततः॥
tathaiva syandanāgreṇa pramathan sa vidhāvati| śaravarṣaśca vividhairavarṣacchātravāṃstataḥ||
Crushing many with that best of cars, he moved through the encampment, and enshrouded his foes with repeated showers of arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.81
पुनश्च सुविचित्रेण शतचन्द्रेण चर्मणा। तेन चाकाशवर्णेन तथाचरत सोऽसिना॥
punaśca suvicitreṇa śatacandreṇa carmaṇā| tena cākāśavarṇena tathācarata so'sinā||
Again with that beautiful shield of his, bedecked with a hundred moons, and with that sky-colored sword of his, he moved about amidst his enemics.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.82
तथा च शिविरं तेषां द्रौणिराहवदुर्मदः। व्यक्षोभयत राजेन्द्र महाह्रदमिव द्विपः॥
tathā ca śiviraṃ teṣāṃ drauṇirāhavadurmadaḥ| vyakṣobhayata rājendra mahāhradamiva dvipaḥ||
Like an elephant agitating a large lake, Drona's son who cannot be checked in battle, agitated the camp of the Pandavas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.83
उत्पेतुस्तेन शब्देन योधा राजन् विचेतसः। निद्रार्ताश्च भयार्ताश्च व्यधावन्त ततस्ततः॥
utpetustena śabdena yodhā rājan vicetasaḥ| nidrārtāśca bhayārtāśca vyadhāvanta tatastataḥ||
Awaked by the noise, O king, many warriors, still possessed by sleep and fear ran hither and thither.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.84
विस्वरं चुक्रुशुश्चान्ये बह्ववद्धं तथा वदन्। न च स्म प्रत्यपद्यन्त शस्त्राणि वसनानि च॥
visvaraṃ cukruśuścānye bahvavaddhaṃ tathā vadan| na ca sma pratyapadyanta śastrāṇi vasanāni ca||
Many cried and many uttered unmeaning jargon. Many could not secure their weapons and armour.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.85
विमुक्तकेशाश्चाग्यन्ये नाभ्यजानन्, परस्परम्। उत्पतन्तोऽपतश्रान्ताः केचित् तत्राभ्रमंस्तदा॥
vimuktakeśāścāgyanye nābhyajānan, parasparam| utpatanto'pataśrāntāḥ kecit tatrābhramaṃstadā||
The hairs of many were disheveled, and many could not recognise one another. Having got up from sleep, many fell down, fatigued; some walked purposely here and there.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.86
पुरीषमसृजन् केचित् केचिन्मूत्रं प्रसुस्रुवुः। बन्धनानि च राजेन्द्र संच्छिद्य तुरगा द्विपाः॥
purīṣamasṛjan kecit kecinmūtraṃ prasusruvuḥ| bandhanāni ca rājendra saṃcchidya turagā dvipāḥ||
Breaking their chords, elephants and horses passed excreta and urine.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.87
समं पर्यपतंश्चान्ये कुर्वन्तो महदाकुलम्। तत्र केचिन्नरा भीता व्यलीयन्त महीतले॥
samaṃ paryapataṃścānye kurvanto mahadākulam| tatra kecinnarā bhītā vyalīyanta mahītale||
Many huddled together, set up a great confusion, some stricken with fear, prostrated themselves on the Earth. The animals of the camp crushed them there.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.88
तथैव तान् निपतितानपिंघन् गजवाजिनः। तस्मिंस्तथा वर्तमाने रक्षांसि पुरुषर्षभ॥
tathaiva tān nipatitānapiṃghan gajavājinaḥ| tasmiṃstathā vartamāne rakṣāṃsi puruṣarṣabha||
While the camp was in this state of confusion, Rakshasas, O king, cried aloud in joy, O Bharata-chief.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.89
हृष्टानि व्यनदनुच्चैर्मुदा भरतसत्तम। स शब्दः पूरितो राजन् भूतसंधैर्मुदायुतैः॥
hṛṣṭāni vyanadanuccairmudā bharatasattama| sa śabdaḥ pūrito rājan bhūtasaṃdhairmudāyutaiḥ||
That loud noise, O king, of the ghostly beings, filled all the points of the horizon and the sky.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.90
अपूरयद् दिशः सर्वा दिवं चातिमहान् स्वनः। तेषामार्तरवं श्रुत्वा वित्रस्ता गजवाजिनः॥
apūrayad diśaḥ sarvā divaṃ cātimahān svanaḥ| teṣāmārtaravaṃ śrutvā vitrastā gajavājinaḥ||
Hearing the piteous cried of elephants, horses, breaking their chords, rushed hither and thither, crushing the warriors in the camp.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.91
मुक्ताः पर्यपतन् राजन् मृद्नन्तः शिविरे जनम्। तैस्तत्र परिधावद्धिश्चरणोदीरितं रजः॥
muktāḥ paryapatan rājan mṛdnantaḥ śivire janam| taistatra paridhāvaddhiścaraṇodīritaṃ rajaḥ||
As those animals rushed here and there, the dust raised by them made the night doubly dark.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.92
अकरोच्छिविरे तेषां रजन्यां द्विगुणं तमः। तस्मिस्तमसि संजाते प्रमूढाः सर्वतो जनाः॥ नाजानन् पितरः पुत्रान् भ्रातॄन् भ्रातर एव च।
akarocchivire teṣāṃ rajanyāṃ dviguṇaṃ tamaḥ| tasmistamasi saṃjāte pramūḍhāḥ sarvato janāḥ|| nājānan pitaraḥ putrān bhrātṝn bhrātara eva ca|
When that thick darkness set in, the warriors in the camp became perfectly bewildered; fathers recognised not their sons, brothers recognised not their brothers.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.93
गजा गजानतिक्रम्य निर्मनुष्या हया हयान्॥ अताड्यंस्तथाभजंस्तथामृद्रश्च भारत।
gajā gajānatikramya nirmanuṣyā hayā hayān|| atāḍyaṃstathābhajaṃstathāmṛdraśca bhārata|
Elephants, striking riderless elephants, and horses, striking riderless horses, assailed and broke and crushed the people that stood in their way.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.94
ते भग्नाः प्रपतन्ति स्म निघ्नन्तश्च परस्परम्॥ न्यपातयंस्तथा चान्यान् पातयित्वा तदापिषन्।
te bhagnāḥ prapatanti sma nighnantaśca parasparam|| nyapātayaṃstathā cānyān pātayitvā tadāpiṣan|
Confused combatants rushed and killed one another, and felling those that stood in their way crushed them into pieces.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.95
विचेतसः सनिद्राश्च तमसा चावृता नरः॥ जग्मुः स्वानेव तत्राथ कालेनैव प्रचोदिताः।
vicetasaḥ sanidrāśca tamasā cāvṛtā naraḥ|| jagmuḥ svāneva tatrātha kālenaiva pracoditāḥ|
Senseless and overcome with sleep, and covered with darkness, men, urged on by fate, killed their own comrades.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.96
त्यक्त्वा द्वाराणि च द्वाःस्थास्तथा गुल्मानि गौल्मिकः॥ प्राद्रवन्त यथाशक्ति कांदिशीका विचेतसः।
tyaktvā dvārāṇi ca dvāḥsthāstathā gulmāni gaulmikaḥ|| prādravanta yathāśakti kāṃdiśīkā vicetasaḥ|
The guards, living the gates in their charge, and those at duty at the outposts leaving their posts, fled away for their lives, senseless, and not knowing where they proceeded.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.97
विप्रणष्टाश्च तेऽन्योन्यं नाजानन्त तथा विभो॥ क्रोशन्तस्तात पुत्रेति दैवोपहतचेतसः।
vipraṇaṣṭāśca te'nyonyaṃ nājānanta tathā vibho|| krośantastāta putreti daivopahatacetasaḥ|
They killed one another, the slayers, O lord, not recognising the killed. Assailed by fate, they cried after their fathers and sons.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.98
पलायतां दिशस्तेषां स्वानप्युत्सृज्य बान्धवान्॥ गोत्रनामभिरन्योन्यमाक्रन्दन्त ततो जनाः।
palāyatāṃ diśasteṣāṃ svānapyutsṛjya bāndhavān|| gotranāmabhiranyonyamākrandanta tato janāḥ|
While they fled, leaving behind their friends and relatives, they called upon one another, mentioning their families and names.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.99
हाहाकारं च कुर्वाणाः पृथिव्यां शेरते परे॥ तान् बुद्ध्वा रणमत्तोऽसौ द्रोणपुत्रो व्यपोथयत्।
hāhākāraṃ ca kurvāṇāḥ pṛthivyāṃ śerate pare|| tān buddhvā raṇamatto'sau droṇaputro vyapothayat|
Uttering cries of lamentation others dropped down on the Earth. In the thick of the battle Drona's son, recognising them, killed them all.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.100
तत्रापरे वध्यमाना मुहुर्मुहुरचेतसः॥ शिविरान् निष्पतन्ति स्म क्षत्रिया भयपीडिताः।
tatrāpare vadhyamānā muhurmuhuracetasaḥ|| śivirān niṣpatanti sma kṣatriyā bhayapīḍitāḥ|
While being killed, other Kshatriyas lost their senses, and, stricken with fear, tried to fly away from the camps.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.101
तांस्तु निष्पतितांस्रस्तान् शिविराजीवितैषिणः॥ कृतवर्मा कृपश्चैव द्वारदेशे निजघ्नतुः।
tāṃstu niṣpatitāṃsrastān śivirājīvitaiṣiṇaḥ|| kṛtavarmā kṛpaścaiva dvāradeśe nijaghnatuḥ|
Those men that tried to fly away from the camp for saving their lives wee killed by Kritavarman and Kripa at the gate.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.102
विस्रस्तयन्त्रकवचान् मुक्तकेशान् कृताञ्जलीन्॥ वेपमानान् क्षितौ भीतान् नैव कांश्चिदमुञ्चताम्।
visrastayantrakavacān muktakeśān kṛtāñjalīn|| vepamānān kṣitau bhītān naiva kāṃścidamuñcatām|
Having no weapons, instruments and armour, and with disheveled hair, they clasped their hands. Trembling with fear, they stood on the ground, The two Kuru-warriors. however, (who were on their cars) gave none an opportunity.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.103
नामुच्यत तयोः कश्चिन्निष्क्रान्तः शिविराद् बहिः। कृपश्चैव महाराज हार्दिक्यश्चैव दुर्मतिः।
nāmucyata tayoḥ kaścinniṣkrāntaḥ śivirād bahiḥ| kṛpaścaiva mahārāja hārdikyaścaiva durmatiḥ|
None amongst those that escaped from the camp was allowed to go by those two wicked persons, viz., Kripa and Kritavarman.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.104
भूयश्चैव चिकीर्षन्तौ द्रोणपुत्रस्य तौ प्रियम्॥ त्रिषु देशेषु ददतुः शिविरस्य हुताशनम्।
bhūyaścaiva cikīrṣantau droṇaputrasya tau priyam|| triṣu deśeṣu dadatuḥ śivirasya hutāśanam|
Then again for pleasing Drona's son, those two set fire to the Pandava camp in three places.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.105
ततः प्रकाशे शिविरे खड्डेन पितृनन्दनः॥ अश्वत्थामा महाराज व्यचरत् कृतहस्तवत्।
tataḥ prakāśe śivire khaḍḍena pitṛnandanaḥ|| aśvatthāmā mahārāja vyacarat kṛtahastavat|
When the camp was lighted, Ashvatthaman, O king, moved about sword in hand, and crushing his foes with great skill.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.106
कांश्चिदापततो वीरानपरांश्चैव धावतः॥ व्ययोजयत खड्ड्रेन प्राणैर्दिवरोत्तमः।
kāṃścidāpatato vīrānaparāṃścaiva dhāvataḥ|| vyayojayata khaḍḍrena prāṇairdivarottamaḥ|
Some of his brave enemies rushed furiously towards him and some ran here and there. That foremost of men, with his sword, deprived all of them of their lives.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.107
कांश्चिद् योधान् स खड्ड्रेन मध्ये संछिद्य वीर्यवान्।। ११२ अपातयद् द्रोणपुत्रः संरब्धस्तिलकाण्डवत्।
kāṃścid yodhān sa khaḍḍrena madhye saṃchidya vīryavān|| 112 apātayad droṇaputraḥ saṃrabdhastilakāṇḍavat|
Filled with rage the brave son of Drona, struck down some of the warriors, cutting them in two with his sword like sesame stalks.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.108
निनदद्भिर्भूशायस्तै राश्वद्विरदोत्तमैः॥ पतितैरभवत् कीर्णा मेदिनी भरतर्षभ।
ninadadbhirbhūśāyastai rāśvadviradottamaiḥ|| patitairabhavat kīrṇā medinī bharatarṣabha|
The Earth, O Chief of Bharata was covered with the bodies of foremost of men, and horses and elephants huddled together and bewailing.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.109
मानुषाणां सहस्रेषु हतेषु पतितेषु च॥ उदतिष्ठन् कबन्धानि बहून्युत्थाय चापत्तन्।
mānuṣāṇāṃ sahasreṣu hateṣu patiteṣu ca|| udatiṣṭhan kabandhāni bahūnyutthāya cāpattan|
When thousands of men had fallen down lifeless, numberless headless trunks stood up and fell down.
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MBh 6 169.110
सायुधान्साङ्गदान्बाहून विचकर्त शिरांसि च॥ हस्तिहस्तोपमानूरून हस्तान् पादांश्च भारत।
sāyudhānsāṅgadānbāhūna vicakarta śirāṃsi ca|| hastihastopamānūrūna hastān pādāṃśca bhārata|
Ashvatthaman, O Bharata, cut off arms, adorned with armlets and holding weapons, and heads, and things resembling trunks of elephants, and hands, and feet.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.111
पृष्ठच्छिन्नान् पार्श्वच्छिन्नाशिरश्छिन्नांस्तथा परान्।। ११६ स महात्माकरोद् द्रौणिः कांश्चिचापि पराङ्मुखान्।
pṛṣṭhacchinnān pārśvacchinnāśiraśchinnāṃstathā parān|| 116 sa mahātmākarod drauṇiḥ kāṃścicāpi parāṅmukhān|
The great son of Drona wounded the backs of some, cut off the heads of some, and caused some to retreat from the fight.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.112
मध्यदेशे नरानन्यांश्चिच्छेदान्यांश्च कर्णतः॥ अंसदेशे निहत्यान्यान् काये प्रावेशयच्छिरः।
madhyadeśe narānanyāṃścicchedānyāṃśca karṇataḥ|| aṃsadeśe nihatyānyān kāye prāveśayacchiraḥ|
He cut off some at the middle, and cut off the ears of others, and struck others on the shoulders, and pressed down the heads of some into their trunks.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.113
एवं विचरतस्तस्य निघ्नतः सुबहून् नरान्॥ तमसा रजनी घोरा बभौ दारुणदर्शना।
evaṃ vicaratastasya nighnataḥ subahūn narān|| tamasā rajanī ghorā babhau dāruṇadarśanā|
As Ashvatthaman moved about in this way killing thousands of men, the deep night became more dreadful for the darkness that set in.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.114
किञ्चित्प्राणैश्च पुरुषैर्हतैश्चान्यैः सहस्रशः॥ बहुना च गजाश्वेन भूरभूद् भीमदर्शना।
kiñcitprāṇaiśca puruṣairhataiścānyaiḥ sahasraśaḥ|| bahunā ca gajāśvena bhūrabhūd bhīmadarśanā|
The Earth became terrible to look at, covered with thousands of human beings, dead and dying, and numberless horses and elephants.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.115
यक्षरक्षःसमाकीर्णे रथाश्वद्विपदारुणे॥ क्रुद्धेन द्रोणपुत्रेण संछन्नाः प्रापतन् भुवि।
yakṣarakṣaḥsamākīrṇe rathāśvadvipadāruṇe|| kruddhena droṇaputreṇa saṃchannāḥ prāpatan bhuvi|
Severed by the angry son of Drona, his enemies dropped down on the Earth that was then covered with Yakshas and Rakshasas and rendered frightful with (broken) cars and killed horses and elephants.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.116
भातृनन्ये पितॄनन्ये पुत्रानन्ये विचुक्रुशुः॥ केचिदूचुर्न तत् क्रुद्धैर्धार्तराष्ट्रः कृतं रणे। कृतं यत् नः प्रसुप्तानां रक्षोभिः क्रूरकर्मभिः॥
bhātṛnanye pitṝnanye putrānanye vicukruśuḥ|| kecidūcurna tat kruddhairdhārtarāṣṭraḥ kṛtaṃ raṇe| kṛtaṃ yat naḥ prasuptānāṃ rakṣobhiḥ krūrakarmabhiḥ||
Some called upon their brothers, and some upon their fathers and some upon their sons. And some said'The son of Dhritarastra in anger could never perform such acts in battle as these which wicked Rakshasas have done during the hour of our sleep! It is only for the absence of the Parthas that this great destruction is going on!
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.117
असांनिध्याद्धि पार्थानामिदं नः कदनं कृतम्। न चासुरैर्न गन्धर्वैर्न च यक्षैर्न च राक्षसैः॥
asāṃnidhyāddhi pārthānāmidaṃ naḥ kadanaṃ kṛtam| na cāsurairna gandharvairna ca yakṣairna ca rākṣasaiḥ||
That son of Kunti who and Janarddana for his protector, is incapable of being defeated even by celestials. Asuras, Gandharvas. Yakshas, and Rakshasas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.118
शक्यो विजेतुं कौन्तेयो गोप्ता यस्य जनार्दनः। ब्रह्मण्यः सत्यवाग् दान्तः सर्वभूतानुकम्पकः॥ न च सुप्तं प्रमत्तं वा न्यस्तशस्त्रं कृताञ्जलिम्। धावन्तं मुक्तकेशं वा हन्ति पार्थो धनंजयः॥
śakyo vijetuṃ kaunteyo goptā yasya janārdanaḥ| brahmaṇyaḥ satyavāg dāntaḥ sarvabhūtānukampakaḥ|| na ca suptaṃ pramattaṃ vā nyastaśastraṃ kṛtāñjalim| dhāvantaṃ muktakeśaṃ vā hanti pārtho dhanaṃjayaḥ||
Devoted to Brahma, truthful in speech, selfcontrolled, and kind to all creatures, that son of Pritha, called Dhananjaya never killed one who is asieep, or one who is careless, or one who has thrown off his weapons, or one who joins his hands for protection, or one who is retreating, or one whose hairs have been disheveled.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.119
तदिदं नः कृतं घोरं रक्षोभिः क्रूरकर्मभिः। इति लालप्यमानाः स्म शेरते बहवो जनाः॥
tadidaṃ naḥ kṛtaṃ ghoraṃ rakṣobhiḥ krūrakarmabhiḥ| iti lālapyamānāḥ sma śerate bahavo janāḥ||
Alas, they are wicked Rakshasas, who are perpetrating such terrible acts upon ourselves!'-Saying so, many laid themselves down.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.120
स्तनतां च मनुष्याणामपरेषां च कूजताम्। ततो मुहूर्तात् प्राशाम्यत् स शब्दस्तुमुलो महान्।। १२७
stanatāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāmapareṣāṃ ca kūjatām| tato muhūrtāt prāśāmyat sa śabdastumulo mahān|| 127
The loud sound caused by the cries and groans of men stopped within a short time.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.121
शोणितव्यतिषिक्तायां वसुधायां च भूमिप। तद्रजस्तुमुलं घोरं क्षणेनान्तरधीयत॥
śoṇitavyatiṣiktāyāṃ vasudhāyāṃ ca bhūmipa| tadrajastumulaṃ ghoraṃ kṣaṇenāntaradhīyata||
The earth being drenched with blood, O king, that thick and dreadful dust soon disappeared.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.122
स चेष्टमानानुद्विग्नान् निरुत्साहान् सहस्रशः। न्यपातयनरान् क्रुद्धः पशून् पशुपतिर्यथा॥
sa ceṣṭamānānudvignān nirutsāhān sahasraśaḥ| nyapātayanarān kruddhaḥ paśūn paśupatiryathā||
Thousands of men who were writhing in agnoy, stricken with anxiety, and filled with despair were killed by Ashvatthaman like Rudra killing living animals.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.123
अन्योन्यं सम्परिष्वज्य शयानान् द्रवतोऽपरान्। संलीनान् युद्ध्यमानांश्च सर्वान् द्रौणिरपोथयत्॥
anyonyaṃ sampariṣvajya śayānān dravato'parān| saṃlīnān yuddhyamānāṃśca sarvān drauṇirapothayat||
Many who laid themselves down on the ground clasping one another, and many who tried to fly away, and many who tried to hide themselves, and many who fought, were all killed by the son of Drona.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.124
दह्यमाना हुताशेन वध्यमानाश्च तेन ते। परस्परं तदा योधा अनयन् यमसादनम्॥
dahyamānā hutāśena vadhyamānāśca tena te| parasparaṃ tadā yodhā anayan yamasādanam||
Burnt by fire and killed by Ashvatthaman, the men, beside themselves, killed one another.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.125
तस्या रजन्यास्त्वर्धन पाण्डवानां महद् बलम्। गमयामास राजेन्द्र द्रौणिर्थमनिवेशनम्॥
tasyā rajanyāstvardhana pāṇḍavānāṃ mahad balam| gamayāmāsa rājendra drauṇirthamaniveśanam||
Before half the night was over, the son of Drona, O king, killed the large army of the Pandavas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.126
निशाचराणां सत्त्वानां रात्रिः सा हर्षवर्धिनी। आसीन्नरगजाश्वानां रौद्री क्षयकरी भृशम्॥
niśācarāṇāṃ sattvānāṃ rātriḥ sā harṣavardhinī| āsīnnaragajāśvānāṃ raudrī kṣayakarī bhṛśam||
That night, so terrible and destructive of men and elephants and horses filled with joy all creatures and range in darkness.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.127
तत्रादृश्यन्त रक्षांसि पिशाचाश्च पृथग्विधाः। खादन्तो नरमांसानि पिबन्तः शोणितानि च॥
tatrādṛśyanta rakṣāṃsi piśācāśca pṛthagvidhāḥ| khādanto naramāṃsāni pibantaḥ śoṇitāni ca||
Many Rakshasas and Pishachas were secn there, eating human flesh and drinking the blood.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.128
करालाः पिङ्गलाश्चैव शैलदन्ता रजस्वला:। जटिला दीर्घशङ्खाश्च पञ्चपादा महोदराः॥
karālāḥ piṅgalāścaiva śailadantā rajasvalā:| jaṭilā dīrghaśaṅkhāśca pañcapādā mahodarāḥ||
They dreadful, twany-colored, terrible, of adamantine teeth, and covered with blood. With matted locks on their heads, their thighs were long and massive; they had five fect, their stomachs were huge. were
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.129
पश्चादगुलयो रूक्षा विरूपा भैरवस्वनाः। घण्टाजालावसक्ताश्च नीलकण्ठा विभीषणाः॥
paścādagulayo rūkṣā virūpā bhairavasvanāḥ| ghaṇṭājālāvasaktāśca nīlakaṇṭhā vibhīṣaṇāḥ||
Their fingers were set backwards. They had harsh temper and ugly features, and their voice was loud and terrible. They had rows of tinkling bells tied to their persons. They had blue throats, they looked very frightful.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.130
सपुत्रदाराः सक्रूराः सुदुर्दर्शाः सुनिघृणाः। विविधानि च रूपाणि तत्रादृश्यन्त रक्षसाम्॥
saputradārāḥ sakrūrāḥ sudurdarśāḥ sunighṛṇāḥ| vividhāni ca rūpāṇi tatrādṛśyanta rakṣasām||
High cruel and incapable of being looked at without fear, and hating nothing, they came there with their children and wives. Rakshasas of various forms that came there.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.131
पीत्वा च शोणितं हृष्टाः प्रानृत्यन् गणशोऽपरे। इदं परमिदं मेध्यमिदं स्वाद्विति चाब्रुवन्॥
pītvā ca śoṇitaṃ hṛṣṭāḥ prānṛtyan gaṇaśo'pare| idaṃ paramidaṃ medhyamidaṃ svādviti cābruvan||
Drinking the blood that flowed in streams, they were filled with joy and began to dance in separate parties. This is excellent!-This is pure! This is very sweet!'-these were the words they gave expression to.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.132
मेदोमज्जास्थिरक्तानां वसानां च भृशाशिताः। परमांसानि खादन्तः क्रव्यादा मांसजीविनः॥ वसाश्चैवापरे पीत्वा पर्यधावन् विकुक्षिकाः। नानावक्त्रास्तथा रौद्राः क्रव्यादाः पिशिताशनाः।। १४० अयुतानि च तत्रासन् प्रयुतान्यर्बुदानि च। रक्षसां घोररूपाणां महतां क्रूरकर्मणाम्॥ मुदितानां वितृप्तानां तस्मिन् महति वैशसे। समेतानि बहून्यासन् भूतानि च जन धिप॥
medomajjāsthiraktānāṃ vasānāṃ ca bhṛśāśitāḥ| paramāṃsāni khādantaḥ kravyādā māṃsajīvinaḥ|| vasāścaivāpare pītvā paryadhāvan vikukṣikāḥ| nānāvaktrāstathā raudrāḥ kravyādāḥ piśitāśanāḥ|| 140 ayutāni ca tatrāsan prayutānyarbudāni ca| rakṣasāṃ ghorarūpāṇāṃ mahatāṃ krūrakarmaṇām|| muditānāṃ vitṛptānāṃ tasmin mahati vaiśase| sametāni bahūnyāsan bhūtāni ca jana dhipa||
Having lived upon fat, marrow, bones and blood, other carnivorous creatures, began toe act the delicate parts of corpses. Others, drinking the fat that ran in streams, ran about naked over the field. Tens of thousands and millions of other carnivorous beings having different faces of great ferocity, and living upon dead flesh, came there. Grim and gigantic Rakshasas came there in numerous bands. Other ghostly creatures overjoyed with eating enough also came there in that dreadful carnage.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.133
प्रत्यूषकाले शिविरात् प्रतिगन्तुमियेष सः। नृशोणितावसिक्तस्य द्रौणेरासीदसित्सरुः॥ पाणिना सह संश्लिष्ट एकीभूत इव प्रभो।
pratyūṣakāle śivirāt pratigantumiyeṣa saḥ| nṛśoṇitāvasiktasya drauṇerāsīdasitsaruḥ|| pāṇinā saha saṃśliṣṭa ekībhūta iva prabho|
When morning came, Ashvatthaman wanted to leave the camp. He was then covered with human blood, and he held of sword so firmly that his hand and sword, O Fing, becaine one.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.134
दुर्गमां पदवीं गत्वा विरराज जनक्षये॥ युगान्ते सर्वभूतानि भस्म कृत्वेव पावकः।
durgamāṃ padavīṃ gatvā virarāja janakṣaye|| yugānte sarvabhūtāni bhasma kṛtveva pāvakaḥ|
Having walked in the path of wicked warriors, Ashvatthaman, after that destruction, looked like the blazing fire at the end of the cycle, reducing all creatures to ashes.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.135
यथाप्रतिज्ञं तत् कर्म कृत्वा द्रौणायनिः प्रभो॥ दुर्गमा पदवीं गच्छन् पितुरासीद् गतज्वरः।
yathāpratijñaṃ tat karma kṛtvā drauṇāyaniḥ prabho|| durgamā padavīṃ gacchan piturāsīd gatajvaraḥ|
Having perpetrated that massacre according to his promise, and having trodden that untrodden way, Drona's son, O king, forgot his sorrow for the death of his father.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.136
यथैव संसुप्तजने शिविरे प्राविशनिशि॥ तथैव हत्वा निःशब्दे निश्चकाम नरर्षभः।
yathaiva saṃsuptajane śivire prāviśaniśi|| tathaiva hatvā niḥśabde niścakāma nararṣabhaḥ|
The Pandavas camp, was perfectly calm when Drona's son had entered it in the night, because all the inmates were asleep. After the slaughter of the night, when all became once more quit, Ashvatthaman came out from it.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.137
निष्क्रम्य शिविरात् तस्मात् ताभ्यां संगम्य वीर्यवान्॥ आचख्यौ कर्म तत् सर्वं हृष्टः संहर्षयन् विभो।
niṣkramya śivirāt tasmāt tābhyāṃ saṃgamya vīryavān|| ācakhyau karma tat sarvaṃ hṛṣṭaḥ saṃharṣayan vibho|
Having come out of thc encampinent, the brave Ashvatthaman met his two companions and, filled with joy, communicated to them his achievement gladdening them, O king, by the news.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.138
तावथाचख्यतुस्तस्मै प्रियं प्रियकरौ तदा॥ पञ्चालान् सृञ्जयांश्चैव विनिकृत्तान् सहस्रशः।
tāvathācakhyatustasmai priyaṃ priyakarau tadā|| pañcālān sṛñjayāṃścaiva vinikṛttān sahasraśaḥ|
Those two, in return, who always sought his good, gave him the pleasant news of how they also had killed thousands of Panchalas and Srinjayas at the gates.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.139
प्रीत्या चोच्चैरुदक्रोशंस्तथैवास्फोटयंस्तलान्॥ एवंविधा हि सा रात्रि: सोमकानां जनक्षये।
prītyā coccairudakrośaṃstathaivāsphoṭayaṃstalān|| evaṃvidhā hi sā rātri: somakānāṃ janakṣaye|
Thus did that night bring on the destruction of the Somakas who were carelessly sunk in sleep.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.140
प्रसुप्तानां प्रमत्तानामासीत् सुभृशदारुणा॥ असंशयं हि कालस्य पर्यायो दुरतिक्रमः।
prasuptānāṃ pramattānāmāsīt subhṛśadāruṇā|| asaṃśayaṃ hi kālasya paryāyo duratikramaḥ|
The course of time, forsooth, is irresistible. Those who had rooted us out were themselves exterminated now."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.141
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच तादृशा निहता यत्र कृत्वास्माकं जनक्षयम्॥ प्रागेव सुमहत् कर्म द्रौणिरेतन्महारथः। नाकरोदीदृशं कस्मान्मत्पुत्रविजये धृतः॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca tādṛśā nihatā yatra kṛtvāsmākaṃ janakṣayam|| prāgeva sumahat karma drauṇiretanmahārathaḥ| nākarodīdṛśaṃ kasmānmatputravijaye dhṛtaḥ||
Dhritarashtra said “Why is it that great car-warriors, viz., the son of Drona, did not perform such an act before, although he had tried his best for conferring victory upon Duryodhana?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.142
अथ कस्माद्धते क्षुद्रं कर्मेदं कृतवानसौ। द्रोणपुत्रो महात्मा स तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि॥
atha kasmāddhate kṣudraṃ karmedaṃ kṛtavānasau| droṇaputro mahātmā sa tanme śaṃsitumarhasi||
Why did that bowmen do this after the death of the wretched Duryodhana? You should tell me all this!"
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.143
संजय उवाच तेषां नूनं भयान्नासौ कृतवान् कुरुनन्दन। असांनिध्याद्धि पार्थानां केशवस्य च धीमतः॥ सात्यकेश्चापि कर्मेदं द्रोणपुत्रेण साधितम्।
saṃjaya uvāca teṣāṃ nūnaṃ bhayānnāsau kṛtavān kurunandana| asāṃnidhyāddhi pārthānāṃ keśavasya ca dhīmataḥ|| sātyakeścāpi karmedaṃ droṇaputreṇa sādhitam|
Sanjaya said "Through fear of the Parthas, O descendant of Kuru, Ashvatthaman could not perform such a fear then! It was for the absence of the Partha and the intelligent Keshava as also of Satyaki, that Drona's son could achieve it.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.144
को हि तेषां समक्षं तान् हन्यादपि मरुत्पतिः॥ एतदीदृशकं वृत्तं राजन् सुप्तजने विभो।
ko hi teṣāṃ samakṣaṃ tān hanyādapi marutpatiḥ|| etadīdṛśakaṃ vṛttaṃ rājan suptajane vibho|
Who is there, not even excluding the lord Indra, that can kill them before these heroes? Besides, O king Ashvatthaman could achieve this only because the men were all asleep.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.145
ततो जनक्षयं कृत्वा पाण्डवानां महात्ययम्॥ दिष्ट्या दिष्ट्यैव चान्योन्यं समेत्योचुर्महारथाः। पर्यष्वजत् ततो द्रौणिस्ताभ्यां सम्प्रतिनन्दितः॥ इदं हर्षात् तु सुमहदाददे वाक्यमुत्तमम्। पञ्चाला निहताः सर्वे द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्वशः॥ सोमका मत्स्यशेषाश्च सर्वे विनिहता मया।
tato janakṣayaṃ kṛtvā pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātyayam|| diṣṭyā diṣṭyaiva cānyonyaṃ sametyocurmahārathāḥ| paryaṣvajat tato drauṇistābhyāṃ sampratinanditaḥ|| idaṃ harṣāt tu sumahadādade vākyamuttamam| pañcālā nihatāḥ sarve draupadeyāśca sarvaśaḥ|| somakā matsyaśeṣāśca sarve vinihatā mayā|
Having caused that great destruction of the Pandava forces, those three great car-warriors, viz., Ashvatthaman and Kripa and Kritavarman, meeting together, said, — 'Good luck,'—His two companions congratulated Ashvatthaman, and embraced him. Joyfully the latter said:-'All the Panchalas, as also all the sons of Draupadi, have been killed. All the Somakas and that remnant of the Matsyas, have been killed by me.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 169.146
इदानीं कृतकृत्याः स्म याम तव मा चिरम्। यदि जीवति नो राजा तस्मै शंसमहे वयम्॥
idānīṃ kṛtakṛtyāḥ sma yāma tava mā ciram| yadi jīvati no rājā tasmai śaṃsamahe vayam||
Crowned with success, let up soon go there where the king is! If the king be still alive, we will communicate to him this joyful news.'
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)