Mahabharata — Volume VI (Dutt edition) — Chapter 198

MBh 6 198.1

गांधार्युवाच एष माधव पुत्रो मे विकर्णः प्राज्ञसम्मतः। भूमौ विनिहतः शेते भीमेन शतधा कृतः॥

gāṃdhāryuvāca eṣa mādhava putro me vikarṇaḥ prājñasammataḥ| bhūmau vinihataḥ śete bhīmena śatadhā kṛtaḥ||

Gandhari said There, O Madhava, my. son Vikarma, praised by the wise, lies on the naked earth, killed by Bhima and wounded horribly.

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

MBh 6 198.2

गजमध्ये हतः शेते विकर्णो मधुसूदन। नीलमेघपरिक्षिप्तः शरदीव निशाकरः॥

gajamadhye hataḥ śete vikarṇo madhusūdana| nīlameghaparikṣiptaḥ śaradīva niśākaraḥ||

O destroyer of Madhu, Vikarna lies there dead in the midst of (slain) elephants like the moon in the autumnal sky surrounded by blue clouds.

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

MBh 6 198.3

अस्य चापग्रहेणैव पाणिः कृतकिणो महान्। कथञ्चिच्छिद्यते गृधेरत्तुकामैस्तलत्रवान्॥

asya cāpagraheṇaiva pāṇiḥ kṛtakiṇo mahān| kathañcicchidyate gṛdherattukāmaistalatravān||

His broad palm, covered with leathern fence, and scarred by constant holding of the bow, is pierced with difficulty by vultures desirous of eating it up.

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

MBh 6 198.4

अस्य भार्याऽऽमिषप्रेप्सून् गृध्रकाकांस्तपस्विनी। वारयत्यनिशं बाला न च शक्नोति माधव॥

asya bhāryā''miṣaprepsūn gṛdhrakākāṃstapasvinī| vārayatyaniśaṃ bālā na ca śaknoti mādhava||

His helpless young wife, O Madhava, is continually but unsuccessfully trying to drive away those vultures desirous of feeding on carrion.

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

MBh 6 198.5

युवा वृन्दारकः शूरो विकर्णः पुरुषर्षभ। सुखोषितः सुखार्हश्च शेते पांसुषु माधव॥

yuvā vṛndārakaḥ śūro vikarṇaḥ puruṣarṣabha| sukhoṣitaḥ sukhārhaśca śete pāṃsuṣu mādhava||

The youthful, brave and beautiful Vikarna, O foremost of men, reared in luxury and worthy of every king of happiness, now sleeps on dust, O Madhava.

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

MBh 6 198.6

कर्णिनालीकनाराचैर्भिन्नमर्माणमाहवे। अद्यापि न जहात्येनं लक्ष्मीर्भरतसत्तमम्॥

karṇinālīkanārācairbhinnamarmāṇamāhave| adyāpi na jahātyenaṃ lakṣmīrbharatasattamam||

Thought all his vital parts have been cut with cloth-yard and bearded arrows and Nalikas, yet the natural beauty of his body has not left this best of the Bharatas.

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

MBh 6 198.7

एष संग्रामशूरेण प्रतिज्ञा पालयिष्यता। दुर्मुखोऽभिमुखः शेते हतोऽरिगणहा रणे॥

eṣa saṃgrāmaśūreṇa pratijñā pālayiṣyatā| durmukho'bhimukhaḥ śete hato'rigaṇahā raṇe||

There, my son Durmuksha, that destroyer of a great number of enemies, sleeps facing the enemy, slain by the heroic Bhiinasena in satisfaction of his promisc.

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

MBh 6 198.8

तस्यैतद् वदनं कृष्ण श्वापदैरर्धभक्षितम्। विभात्यभ्यधिकं तात सप्तम्यामिव चन्द्रमाः॥

tasyaitad vadanaṃ kṛṣṇa śvāpadairardhabhakṣitam| vibhātyabhyadhikaṃ tāta saptamyāmiva candramāḥ||

His face, O Krishna, half eaten away by beasts of prey, looks more beautiful like the moon on the seventh day of the light fortnight.

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

MBh 6 198.9

शूरस्य हि रणे कृष्ण पश्याननमथेदृशम्। स कथं निहतोऽमित्रैः पांसून् असति मे सुतः॥

śūrasya hi raṇe kṛṣṇa paśyānanamathedṛśam| sa kathaṃ nihato'mitraiḥ pāṃsūn asati me sutaḥ||

Look, O Krishna at the face of that heroic son of mine. How could that son of mine be killed by enemies and thus made to eat the dust.

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

MBh 6 198.10

यस्याहमुखे सौम्य स्थिता नैवोपपद्यते। स कथं दुर्मुखोऽमित्रैर्हतो विबुधलोकजित्॥

yasyāhamukhe saumya sthitā naivopapadyate| sa kathaṃ durmukho'mitrairhato vibudhalokajit||

O amiable one, how could that Durmukha, before whom no enemy could stand be killed by foes.

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

MBh 6 198.11

चित्रसेनं हतं भूमौ शयानं मधुसूदन। धार्तराष्ट्रमिमं पश्य प्रतिमानं धनुष्मताम्॥

citrasenaṃ hataṃ bhūmau śayānaṃ madhusūdana| dhārtarāṣṭramimaṃ paśya pratimānaṃ dhanuṣmatām||

Look, O slayer of Madhu, at that other son of Dhritarashtra, viz., Chitrasena, the best of all bowmen, slain and lying on the ground.

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

MBh 6 198.12

तं चित्रमाल्याभरणं युवत्यः शोककर्शिताः। क्रव्यादसंघैः सहिता रुदत्यः पर्युपासते॥

taṃ citramālyābharaṇaṃ yuvatyaḥ śokakarśitāḥ| kravyādasaṃghaiḥ sahitā rudatyaḥ paryupāsate||

Those young ladies, stricken with grief and crying piteously and now sitting, with beasts of prey, around his beautiful body bedecked with wreaths and garlands.

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

MBh 6 198.13

स्त्रीणां रुदितनिर्घोषः श्वापदानां च गर्जितम्। चित्ररूपमिदं कृष्णं विचित्रं प्रतिभाति मे॥

strīṇāṃ ruditanirghoṣaḥ śvāpadānāṃ ca garjitam| citrarūpamidaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vicitraṃ pratibhāti me||

The piteous lamentations of women, and these cries and roars of beasts of prey, appear highly wonderful to me, OKrishna.

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

MBh 6 198.14

युवा वृन्दारको नित्यं प्रवरस्त्रीनिषेवितः। विर्विशतिरसौ शेते ध्वस्तः पांसुषु माधव॥

yuvā vṛndārako nityaṃ pravarastrīniṣevitaḥ| virviśatirasau śete dhvastaḥ pāṃsuṣu mādhava||

Young and beautiful, and always waited upon and served by the most handsome ladies, my son Vivinshati, O Madhava, sleeps there, covered with dust.

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

MBh 6 198.15

शरसंकृत्तवर्माणं वीरं विशसने हतम्। परिवार्यासते गृध्राः पश्य कृष्ण विविंशतिम्॥

śarasaṃkṛttavarmāṇaṃ vīraṃ viśasane hatam| parivāryāsate gṛdhrāḥ paśya kṛṣṇa viviṃśatim||

His armour has been cut with arrows. Killed in the general destruction, the heroic Vivingshati is now encircled and waited upon by vultures.

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

MBh 6 198.16

प्रविश्य समरे शूरः पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम्। स वीरशयने शेते परः सत्पुरुषोचिते॥

praviśya samare śūraḥ pāṇḍavānāmanīkinīm| sa vīraśayane śete paraḥ satpuruṣocite||

Having in battle penetrated the ranks of the Pandavas army, that hero now sleeps on the bed of a most exalted and heroic Kshatriya.

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

MBh 6 198.17

स्मितोपपन्नं सुनसं सुभ्रु ताराधिपोपमम्। अतीव शुभ्रं वदनं कृष्ण पश्य विविंशतः॥

smitopapannaṃ sunasaṃ subhru tārādhipopamam| atīva śubhraṃ vadanaṃ kṛṣṇa paśya viviṃśataḥ||

Look, O Krishna, at his very beautiful and smiling face, having excellent nose and beautiful eyebrows, and resembling the shining Moon himself.

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

MBh 6 198.18

एनं हि पर्युपासन्ते बहुधा वरयोषितः। क्रीडन्तमिव गन्धर्वं देवकन्याः सहस्रशः॥

enaṃ hi paryupāsante bahudhā varayoṣitaḥ| krīḍantamiva gandharvaṃ devakanyāḥ sahasraśaḥ||

Formerly a body of the most beautiful ladies used to wait upon him, like thousands of celestial girls upon a sporting Gandharva.

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

MBh 6 198.19

हन्तारं परसैन्यानां शूरं समितिशोभनम्। निबर्हणममित्राणां दुःसहं विषहेत कः॥

hantāraṃ parasainyānāṃ śūraṃ samitiśobhanam| nibarhaṇamamitrāṇāṃ duḥsahaṃ viṣaheta kaḥ||

Who again could stand before my son Dussaha, that destroyer of heroic enemies, that hero, that ornament of assemblies, that irresistible warrior, that resister of foes.

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

MBh 6 198.20

दुःसहस्यैतदाभाति शरीरं संवृतं शरैः। गिरिरात्मगतैः कुल्लैः कर्णिकारिवाचितः॥

duḥsahasyaitadābhāti śarīraṃ saṃvṛtaṃ śaraiḥ| girirātmagataiḥ kullaiḥ karṇikārivācitaḥ||

The body of Dussaha, covered with shafts, shines like a mountain overgrown with blossoming Karnikaras.

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

MBh 6 198.21

शातकौम्या स्रजा भाति कवचेन च भास्वता। अग्निवेव गिरिः श्वेतो गतासुरपि दुःसहः॥

śātakaumyā srajā bhāti kavacena ca bhāsvatā| agniveva giriḥ śveto gatāsurapi duḥsahaḥ||

With his golden garland and his bright armour, Dussaha, though dead, shines yet, like a white mountain of fire.

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