Mahabharata — Volume VI (Dutt edition) — Chapter 3

MBh 6 3.1

संजय उवाच हते द्रोणे महेष्वासे तव पुत्रा महारथाः। बभूवुरस्वस्थमुखा विषण्णा गतचेतसः॥

saṃjaya uvāca hate droṇe maheṣvāse tava putrā mahārathāḥ| babhūvurasvasthamukhā viṣaṇṇā gatacetasaḥ||

Sanjaya said When that mighty bowman Drona, was slain, your sons, the great car-warriors, became pale-faced, gloomy and senseless.

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

MBh 6 3.2

अवाङ्मुखाः शस्त्रभृतः सर्व अप्रेक्षमाणाःशोकार्ता नाभ्यभाषन् परस्परम्॥ एव विशाम्पते। तु

avāṅmukhāḥ śastrabhṛtaḥ sarva aprekṣamāṇāḥśokārtā nābhyabhāṣan parasparam|| eva viśāmpate| tu

And O king, all those who were armed with the weapons, stood speechless; and highly oppressed with grief, they neither beheld nor spoke any words to one another.

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

MBh 6 3.3

तान् दृष्ट्वा व्यथिताकारान् सैन्यानि तव भारत। ऊर्ध्वमेव निरैक्षन्त दुःखत्रस्यान्यनेकशः॥

tān dṛṣṭvā vyathitākārān sainyāni tava bhārata| ūrdhvameva niraikṣanta duḥkhatrasyānyanekaśaḥ||

descendant of the Bharata race, seeing them changed in countenance, on account of their being oppressed with sorrow, your troops, themselves being highly afflicted with grief and anxiety, looked upwards.

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

MBh 6 3.4

शस्त्राण्येषां राजेन्द्र शोणिताक्तानि सर्वशः। प्राभ्रश्यन्त करोग्रेभ्यो दृष्ट्वा द्रोणं हतं युधि॥

śastrāṇyeṣāṃ rājendra śoṇitāktāni sarvaśaḥ| prābhraśyanta karogrebhyo dṛṣṭvā droṇaṃ hataṃ yudhi||

Beholding the death of Drona in battle, O foremost of kings, the weapons of many of them, indeed besmeared with blood, dropped down from their hands.

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

MBh 6 3.5

तानि बद्धान्यरिष्टानि लम्बमानानि भारत। अदृश्यन्त महाराज नक्षत्राणि यथा दिवि॥

tāni baddhānyariṣṭāni lambamānāni bhārata| adṛśyanta mahārāja nakṣatrāṇi yathā divi||

O great monarch, O descendant of the Bharata race, several of those (weapons), still retained by the troops in the various parts of their bodies, were seen hanging, like the meteors of heaven (pending from above).

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

MBh 6 3.6

तथा तु स्तिमितं दृष्ट्वा गतसत्त्वमवस्थितम्। बलं तव महाराज राजा दुर्योधनोऽब्रवीत्॥

tathā tu stimitaṃ dṛṣṭvā gatasattvamavasthitam| balaṃ tava mahārāja rājā duryodhano'bravīt||

O great monarch, seeing your force (his own troops) thus eclipsed (by that of the Pandavas) and standing as if lifeless, king

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

MBh 6 3.7

भवतां बाहुवीर्यं हि समाश्रित्य मया युधि। पाण्डवेयाः : समाहूता युद्धं चेदं प्रवर्तितम्॥

bhavatāṃ bāhuvīryaṃ hi samāśritya mayā yudhi| pāṇḍaveyāḥ : samāhūtā yuddhaṃ cedaṃ pravartitam||

Depending upon the strength of your arms this war had been entered into and the descendants of Pandu had also been summoned to the battle by me.

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

MBh 6 3.8

तदिदं निहते द्रोणे विषण्णमिव लक्ष्यते। युध्यमानाश्च समरे योधा वध्यन्ति सर्वशः॥

tadidaṃ nihate droṇe viṣaṇṇamiva lakṣyate| yudhyamānāśca samare yodhā vadhyanti sarvaśaḥ||

But you, however, look very cheerless (dispirited) now in the death of Drona. All the warriors engaged in battle are slain in battle.

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

MBh 6 3.9

जयो वापि क्धो वापि युध्यमानस्य संयुगे। भवेत् किमत्र चित्रं वै युध्यध्वं सर्वतोमुखाः॥

jayo vāpi kdho vāpi yudhyamānasya saṃyuge| bhavet kimatra citraṃ vai yudhyadhvaṃ sarvatomukhāḥ||

Victory or death falls to the lot of one who is engaged in battle. What wonder then there is in this (the fall of Drona)? So do you fight with your faces in all directions.

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

MBh 6 3.10

पश्यध्वं च महात्मानं कर्णं वैकर्तनं युधि। प्रचरन्तं महेष्वासं दिव्यैरस्त्रैर्महाबलम्॥

paśyadhvaṃ ca mahātmānaṃ karṇaṃ vaikartanaṃ yudhi| pracarantaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ divyairastrairmahābalam||

Do you behold that lofty-minded Karna, the son of Vikartana, that highly powerful and mighty bowman-that wielder of celestial weapons, who is roving about in the (field of) battle.

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

MBh 6 3.11

यस्य वै युधि संत्रासात् कुन्तीपुत्रो धनंजयः। निवर्तते सदा मन्दः सिहात् क्षुद्रमृगो यथा।॥

yasya vai yudhi saṃtrāsāt kuntīputro dhanaṃjayaḥ| nivartate sadā mandaḥ sihāt kṣudramṛgo yathā|||

Through fear, indeed, Dhananjaya-that coward son of Kunti, always flies away from him in battle, even as the small deer (does) froni a lion.

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

MBh 6 3.12

येन नागायुतप्राणो भीमसेनो महाबलः। मानुषेणैव युद्धेन तामवस्थां प्रवेशितः॥

yena nāgāyutaprāṇo bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ| mānuṣeṇaiva yuddhena tāmavasthāṃ praveśitaḥ||

It is by him that Bhimasena of mighty strength, endowed with the force of ten thousand elephants, was brought, through the tactics of warfare that are peculiar to man, into the same circumstance.

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

MBh 6 3.13

येन दिव्यास्त्रविच्छूरो मायावी स घटोत्कचः। अमोघया रणे शक्त्या निहतो भैरवं नदन्॥

yena divyāstravicchūro māyāvī sa ghaṭotkacaḥ| amoghayā raṇe śaktyā nihato bhairavaṃ nadan||

It is by him that Ghatotkacha, thai wielder of celestial weapon, that god, that enchanter, that one who made a tremendous roar, was slain in battle through the most indomitable power.

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

MBh 6 3.14

तस्य दुर्वारवीर्यस्य सत्यसंधस्य धीमतः। बाह्वोर्द्रविणमक्षय्यमद्य द्रक्ष्यथ संयुगे॥

tasya durvāravīryasya satyasaṃdhasya dhīmataḥ| bāhvordraviṇamakṣayyamadya drakṣyatha saṃyuge||

Do you behold today in battle the inexhaustible strength of arms of that intellectual one, who is of unsubdued energy and of fixed purpose.

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

MBh 6 3.15

द्रोणपुक्षस्य विक्रान्तं राधेयस्यैव चोभयोः। पश्यन्तु पाण्डुपुत्रास्ते विष्णुवासवयोरिव॥

droṇapukṣasya vikrāntaṃ rādheyasyaiva cobhayoḥ| paśyantu pāṇḍuputrāste viṣṇuvāsavayoriva||

Do you behold today the prowess of both the son of Drona and the son of Radha who are high-souled, among the troops of the Pandus and the Panchalas.

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

MBh 6 3.16

सर्व एव भवन्तश्च शक्ताः प्रत्येकशोऽपि वा। पाण्डुपुत्रान् रणे हन्तुं ससैन्यान् किमुसंहताः॥

sarva eva bhavantaśca śaktāḥ pratyekaśo'pi vā| pāṇḍuputrān raṇe hantuṃ sasainyān kimusaṃhatāḥ||

All of you are, however, capable of slaying in battle the sons of Pandu with their troops even fighting singly. What then, when fighting together? Endowed with immense strength and acquainted with the use of weapons, do you behold today one another (engaged in battle).

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

MBh 6 3.17

संजय उवाच वीर्यवन्तः कृतास्त्राश्च द्रक्ष्यथाद्य परस्परम्। एवमुक्त्वा ततः कर्णं चके सेनापति तदा। तव पुत्रो महावीर्यो भ्रातृभिः सहितोऽनघ॥

saṃjaya uvāca vīryavantaḥ kṛtāstrāśca drakṣyathādya parasparam| evamuktvā tataḥ karṇaṃ cake senāpati tadā| tava putro mahāvīryo bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito'nagha||

Sanjaya said O faultless one, having thus addressed, you son (Duryodhana) of mighty prowess, (after having consulted) with his brothers, afterwards made Karna the generallissimo (of the Kuru troops).

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

MBh 6 3.18

सैनापत्यमथावाप्य कर्णो राजन् महारथः। सिंहनादं विनद्योचैः प्रायुध्यत रणोत्कटः॥

saināpatyamathāvāpya karṇo rājan mahārathaḥ| siṃhanādaṃ vinadyocaiḥ prāyudhyata raṇotkaṭaḥ||

O king, after having obtained the generalship (of the Kuru army) the mighty carwarrior Karna, invincible in battle, engaged himself in battle, making a tremendous roar like a lion.

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

MBh 6 3.19

स सृञ्जयानां सर्वेषां पञ्चालानां च मारिष। केकयानां विदेहानां चकार कदनं महत्॥

sa sṛñjayānāṃ sarveṣāṃ pañcālānāṃ ca māriṣa| kekayānāṃ videhānāṃ cakāra kadanaṃ mahat||

He caused a great slaughter among the Srinjayas, all the Panchalas, the Kekayas and the Videhas, in the sight of all.

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

MBh 6 3.20

तस्येषुधाराः शतशः प्रादुरासञ्छरासनात्। अग्रे पुढेषु संसक्ता यथा भ्रमरपङ्क्तयः॥

tasyeṣudhārāḥ śataśaḥ prādurāsañcharāsanāt| agre puḍheṣu saṃsaktā yathā bhramarapaṅktayaḥ||

Hundreds of arrows most fearfully issued from his bow, one closely following the wings of another like the lines of bees (flying away from the hive).

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

MBh 6 3.21

स पीडयित्वा पञ्चालान् पाण्डवांश्च तरस्विनः। हत्वा सहस्रशो योधानर्जुनेन निपातितः॥२१

sa pīḍayitvā pañcālān pāṇḍavāṃśca tarasvinaḥ| hatvā sahasraśo yodhānarjunena nipātitaḥ||21

Having oppressed the Pandavas and the Panchalas, of immense activity and killed thousands of heroes, he, at last, was slain by Arjuna. Having oppressed the Pandavas and the Panchalas, of immense activity and killed thousands of heroes, he, at last, was slain by Arjuna.

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