Mahabharata — Volume VI (Dutt edition) — Chapter 40

MBh 6 40.1

संजय उवाच अधिक्षिप्तस्तु राधेय शल्येनामिततेजसा। शल्यमाह सुसंक्रुद्धो वाक्शल्यमवधारयन्॥

saṃjaya uvāca adhikṣiptastu rādheya śalyenāmitatejasā| śalyamāha susaṃkruddho vākśalyamavadhārayan||

Sanjaya said Thus reviled by Shalya of incomparable energy the son of Radha understanding the meaning of the word Shalya by his words said to him in areat anger.

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

MBh 6 40.2

कर्ण उवाच गुणान् गुणवतां शल्य गुणवान् वेत्ति नागुणः। त्वं तु शल्य गुणैर्हीनः किं ज्ञास्यसि गुणागुणम्॥

karṇa uvāca guṇān guṇavatāṃ śalya guṇavān vetti nāguṇaḥ| tvaṃ tu śalya guṇairhīnaḥ kiṃ jñāsyasi guṇāguṇam||

Karna said O Shalya, the meritorious only appreciate the merits of those who possess them and not one who has none. You are destitute of all merits. How can you understand what is merit and what is demerit.

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

MBh 6 40.3

अर्जुनस्य महास्त्राणि क्रोधं वीर्य धनुः शरान्। अहं शल्याभिजानाभि विक्रमं च महात्मनः॥

arjunasya mahāstrāṇi krodhaṃ vīrya dhanuḥ śarān| ahaṃ śalyābhijānābhi vikramaṃ ca mahātmanaḥ||

O Shalya, I know that powerful weapons of Arjuna, his anger, energy, bow, arrows and as well as the prowess of that high-souled one.

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

MBh 6 40.4

तथा कृष्णस्य महात्म्यमृषभस्य महीक्षिताम्। यथाहं शल्य जानामि न त्वं जानासि तथा॥

tathā kṛṣṇasya mahātmyamṛṣabhasya mahīkṣitām| yathāhaṃ śalya jānāmi na tvaṃ jānāsi tathā||

O Shalya, you do not know, so well as I do, the greatness of Krishna, the foremost of kings.

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

MBh 6 40.5

एवमेवात्मनो वीर्यमहं वीर्यं च पाण्डवे। जाननेवाह्वये युद्धे शल्य गाण्डीवधारिणम्॥

evamevātmano vīryamahaṃ vīryaṃ ca pāṇḍave| jānanevāhvaye yuddhe śalya gāṇḍīvadhāriṇam||

Knowing my own strength as well as that of Pandava I have challenged him in battle, O Shalya, I shall not fall into fire like an insect.

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

MBh 6 40.6

अस्ति वाऽयमिषुः शल्य सुपुङ्खो रक्तभोजनः। एकतूणीशयः पत्री सुधौत: समलंकृतः॥

asti vā'yamiṣuḥ śalya supuṅkho raktabhojanaḥ| ekatūṇīśayaḥ patrī sudhauta: samalaṃkṛtaḥ||

I have this arrow, O Shalya, keen edged, blood-drinking, occupying alone one quiver, furnished with wings, well-steeped in oil and well-adorned.

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

MBh 6 40.7

शेते चन्दनचूर्णेषु पूजितो बहुलाः समाः। आहेयो विषवानुग्रो नराश्वद्विपसंघहा॥

śete candanacūrṇeṣu pūjito bahulāḥ samāḥ| āheyo viṣavānugro narāśvadvipasaṃghahā||

It lies in sandal dust and is being adored by me from a long time. Having the shape and nature of a serpent it is poisonous and dreadful and capable of killing a great many men, horses and elephants.

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

MBh 6 40.8

घोररूयो महारौद्रस्तनुत्रास्थिविदारणः। निर्भिन्द्यां येन रुष्टोऽमहपि मेरुं महागिरम्॥

ghorarūyo mahāraudrastanutrāsthividāraṇaḥ| nirbhindyāṃ yena ruṣṭo'mahapi meruṃ mahāgiram||

Highly dreadful in form it can go through coats of mail and bones. When worked up with anger I can perforate with it even the huge Meru mountain.

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

MBh 6 40.9

तमहं जातु नास्येयमन्यस्मिन् फाल्गुनाहते। कृष्णाद् वा देवकीपुत्रात् सत्यं चापि शृणुष्व मे॥

tamahaṃ jātu nāsyeyamanyasmin phālgunāhate| kṛṣṇād vā devakīputrāt satyaṃ cāpi śṛṇuṣva me||

I will not discharge this arrow at any other person excepting Arjuna or Krishna, the son of Devaki. Listen, I tell you the truth.

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

MBh 6 40.10

तेनाहमिषुणा शल्य वासुदेवधनंजयौ। योत्स्ये परमसंक्रुद्धस्तत् कर्म सदृशं मम॥

tenāhamiṣuṇā śalya vāsudevadhanaṃjayau| yotsye paramasaṃkruddhastat karma sadṛśaṃ mama||

Worked up with anger, I shall with that arrow, O Shalya, fight Vasudeva and Dhananjaya. That will be a deed becoming me.

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

MBh 6 40.11

सर्वेषां वृष्टिवीराणां कृष्णे लक्ष्मी: प्रतिष्ठिता। सर्वेषां पाण्डुपुत्राणां जयः पार्थे प्रतिष्ठितः॥ उभयं तु समासाद्य को निवर्तितुमर्हति।

sarveṣāṃ vṛṣṭivīrāṇāṃ kṛṣṇe lakṣmī: pratiṣṭhitā| sarveṣāṃ pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ jayaḥ pārthe pratiṣṭhitaḥ|| ubhayaṃ tu samāsādya ko nivartitumarhati|

Of all the heroes of the Vrishni race in Krishna only prosperity exists eternally. Of all the sons of Pandu, Partha is the one who comes off invariable victorious.

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

MBh 6 40.12

तावेतौ पुरुषव्याधौ समेतो स्यन्दने स्थितौ॥ मामेकमभिसंयातौ सुजातं पश्य शल्य मे।

tāvetau puruṣavyādhau sameto syandane sthitau|| māmekamabhisaṃyātau sujātaṃ paśya śalya me|

Those two foremost of men, seated on the same car, will encounter me single in battle, you will, O Shalya, witness today the nobility of my birth.

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

MBh 6 40.13

पितृष्वसा मातुलजौ भ्रातरावपराजितौ॥ मणी सूत्र इव प्रोतौ द्रष्टासि निहतौ मया।

pitṛṣvasā mātulajau bhrātarāvaparājitau|| maṇī sūtra iva protau draṣṭāsi nihatau mayā|

You will seen that (With one shaft) I will kill those two cousins, one of whom is the son of the aunt and the other the son of the maternal uncle-those two invincible warriors. They will took like two pearls strung together in the same string

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

MBh 6 40.14

अर्जुने गाण्डिवं कृष्णे चक्रं तार्थ्यकपिध्वजौ॥ भीरूणां त्रासजननं शल्य हर्षकरं मम।

arjune gāṇḍivaṃ kṛṣṇe cakraṃ tārthyakapidhvajau|| bhīrūṇāṃ trāsajananaṃ śalya harṣakaraṃ mama|

The Gandiva of Arjuna, the discus of Krishna and their two banners having the emblems of a monkey and Garuda strike terror into the timid. But they are sources of delight to me.

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

MBh 6 40.15

त्वं तु दुष्प्रकृतिर्मूढो महायुद्धेष्वकोविदः॥ भयावदीर्ण: संत्रासादबद्धं बहु भाषसे।

tvaṃ tu duṣprakṛtirmūḍho mahāyuddheṣvakovidaḥ|| bhayāvadīrṇa: saṃtrāsādabaddhaṃ bahu bhāṣase|

You are a fool, a bad character and do not know the mode of a true war-fare. Possessed by fear you are giving vent to these ravings.

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

MBh 6 40.16

संन्तौषि तौ तु केनापि हेतुना त्वं कुदेशज॥ तौ हत्वा समरे हन्ता त्वामद्य सहबान्धवम्। पापदेशज दुर्बुद्धे क्षुद्र क्षत्रियपांसन॥

saṃntauṣi tau tu kenāpi hetunā tvaṃ kudeśaja|| tau hatvā samare hantā tvāmadya sahabāndhavam| pāpadeśaja durbuddhe kṣudra kṣatriyapāṃsana||

Born in a sinful country you are wicked, mean and a wrath of a Kshatriya or you are praising them for something which is not known to me. Having killed those two first I shall kill you today with all your relatives.

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

MBh 6 40.17

सुहृद् भूत्वा रिपुः किं मा कृष्णाभ्यां भीषयिष्यसि तौ वा मामद्य हन्तारौ हनिष्ये वापि तावहम्॥

suhṛd bhūtvā ripuḥ kiṃ mā kṛṣṇābhyāṃ bhīṣayiṣyasi tau vā māmadya hantārau haniṣye vāpi tāvaham||

Being a friend why do you frighten me with (the praises of) those two Krishnas? Either they will kill me today or I will kill them both.

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

MBh 6 40.18

नाहं विभेमि कृष्णाभ्यां विजानन्नात्मनो बलम्। वासुदेवसहस्रं वा फाल्गुनानां शतानि वा॥ अहमेको हनिष्यामि जोषमास्स्व कुदेशज।

nāhaṃ vibhemi kṛṣṇābhyāṃ vijānannātmano balam| vāsudevasahasraṃ vā phālgunānāṃ śatāni vā|| ahameko haniṣyāmi joṣamāssva kudeśaja|

I know my strength well and I do not fear the two Krishnas. I will kill single handed a thousand Vasudevas and hundreds of Phalgunas. Hold your tongue. O you born in a sinful country.

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

MBh 6 40.19

स्त्रियो बालाश्च वृद्धाश्च प्रायः क्रीडागता जनाः॥ या गाथाः सम्प्रगायन्ति कुर्वतोऽध्ययनं यथा। ता गाथाः शृणु मे शल्य मद्रकेषु दुरात्मसु॥ ब्राह्मणैः कथिताः पूर्वं यथावद् राजसंनिधौ। श्रुत्वा चैकमना मूढ क्षम वा ब्रूहि चोत्तरम्॥

striyo bālāśca vṛddhāśca prāyaḥ krīḍāgatā janāḥ|| yā gāthāḥ sampragāyanti kurvato'dhyayanaṃ yathā| tā gāthāḥ śṛṇu me śalya madrakeṣu durātmasu|| brāhmaṇaiḥ kathitāḥ pūrvaṃ yathāvad rājasaṃnidhau| śrutvā caikamanā mūḍha kṣama vā brūhi cottaram||

Hear from me, O Shalya, the sayings that have already passed into proverbs, that men young and old and women, persons while sporting utter as if they are their studies about the wicked Madrakas. the Brahmanas also recounted them formerly in the courts of kings. Hearing them, O fool, you may forgive or give a reply.

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

MBh 6 40.20

मित्रध्रुङ्गभद्रको नित्यं यो नो द्वेष्टि स मद्रकः। मद्रके संगतं नास्ति क्षुद्रवाक्ये नराधमे॥

mitradhruṅgabhadrako nityaṃ yo no dveṣṭi sa madrakaḥ| madrake saṃgataṃ nāsti kṣudravākye narādhame||

Madraka is always a hater of friends. He who hates us is a Madraka. There is no good feeling in a Madraka who is the vilest of men and gives vent to mean words.

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

MBh 6 40.21

दुरात्मा मद्रको नित्यं नित्यमानृतिकोऽनृजुः। यावदन्त्यं हि दौरात्म्यं मद्रकेष्विति नः श्रुतम्॥

durātmā madrako nityaṃ nityamānṛtiko'nṛjuḥ| yāvadantyaṃ hi daurātmyaṃ madrakeṣviti naḥ śrutam||

The Madraka is always wicked, untruthful and crooked. We have heard that the Madrakas are wicked till the hour of their death.

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

MBh 6 40.22

पिता पुत्रश्च माता च श्वश्रूश्वशुरमातुलाः। जामाता दुहिता भ्राता नप्तान्ये तै च बान्धवाः॥ वयस्याभ्यागताश्चान्ये दासीदासं च संगतम्। पुम्भर्विमिश्रा नार्यश्च ज्ञाताज्ञाता: स्वयेच्छा॥ येषां गृहेष्वशिष्टानां सक्तुमत्स्याशिनां तता। पीत्वा सीधु सगोमांसं क्रन्दन्ति च हसन्ति च ॥ गायन्ति चाप्यबद्धानि प्रवर्तन्ते च कामतः। कामप्रलापिनोऽन्योन्यं तेषु धर्मः कथं भवेत्॥ मद्रकेष्ववलिप्तेषु प्रख्याताशुभकर्मसु।

pitā putraśca mātā ca śvaśrūśvaśuramātulāḥ| jāmātā duhitā bhrātā naptānye tai ca bāndhavāḥ|| vayasyābhyāgatāścānye dāsīdāsaṃ ca saṃgatam| pumbharvimiśrā nāryaśca jñātājñātā: svayecchā|| yeṣāṃ gṛheṣvaśiṣṭānāṃ saktumatsyāśināṃ tatā| pītvā sīdhu sagomāṃsaṃ krandanti ca hasanti ca || gāyanti cāpyabaddhāni pravartante ca kāmataḥ| kāmapralāpino'nyonyaṃ teṣu dharmaḥ kathaṃ bhavet|| madrakeṣvavalipteṣu prakhyātāśubhakarmasu|

Amongst them the father, the son, the mother, the mother-in-law, the father-in-law, the maternal uncle, the son-in-law, the daughter-in-law, the brother, the grandson, other relations and guests, slaves, male and female mingle together. Thus women freely mix with men, known and unknown, Dishonest as they are they live upon friend and powered corn and fish in their homes and laugh and cry being drunk; they also eat beef. They sing unconnected songs and move about lustfully. They indulge in free speeches amongst themselves. How can virtue find a room among them?

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

MBh 6 40.23

नापि वैरं न सौहार्द मद्रकेण समाचरेत्॥ मद्रके संगतं नास्ति मद्रको हि सदामलः।

nāpi vairaṃ na sauhārda madrakeṇa samācaret|| madrake saṃgataṃ nāsti madrako hi sadāmalaḥ|

No one should inake friends with a Madraka or enter into hostilities with him. There is no feeling of friendship in him. The Madraka is always impure.

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

MBh 6 40.24

मद्रकेषु न संसृष्टं शौचं गान्धारकेषु च॥ राजयाजकयाज्ये च नष्टं दत्तं हरिभवेत्। शूद्रसंस्कारको विप्रो यथा याति पराभवम्॥ यथा ब्रह्मद्विषो नित्यं गच्छन्तीह पराभवम्। यथैव संगतं कृत्वा नरः पतति मद्रकैः॥ मद्रके संगतं नास्ति हतं वृश्चिक ते विषम्। आथर्वणेन मन्त्रेण यथा शान्तिः कृता मया।॥

madrakeṣu na saṃsṛṣṭaṃ śaucaṃ gāndhārakeṣu ca|| rājayājakayājye ca naṣṭaṃ dattaṃ haribhavet| śūdrasaṃskārako vipro yathā yāti parābhavam|| yathā brahmadviṣo nityaṃ gacchantīha parābhavam| yathaiva saṃgataṃ kṛtvā naraḥ patati madrakaiḥ|| madrake saṃgataṃ nāsti hataṃ vṛścika te viṣam| ātharvaṇena mantreṇa yathā śāntiḥ kṛtā mayā|||

Friendship is lost on a Madraka as purity in Gandharakas and as oblation offered in a sacrifice where the king is both the sacrificer and the priest. As a Brahmana performing the initiation ceremony of a Sudra meets with deterioration as one who hates a Brahmana, meets with deterioration so a person, forming alliance with a Madraka, is deteriorated. As there is no friendship in a Madraka, so is your poison is powerless, O Scorpion; with this Mantra of Atharvan I have duly performed the ceremony of peace.

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

MBh 6 40.25

इति वृश्चिकदष्टस्य विषवेगहतस्य च। कुर्वन्ति भेषजं प्राज्ञाः सत्यं तचापि दृश्यते॥

iti vṛścikadaṣṭasya viṣavegahatasya ca| kurvanti bheṣajaṃ prājñāḥ satyaṃ tacāpi dṛśyate||

It is seen that with these words the wise treat a person bitten by a scorpion and affected by its poison.

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

MBh 6 40.26

एवं विद्वजोधमास्स्व शृणु चात्रोत्तरं वचः। वासांस्युत्सृज्य नृत्यानि स्त्रियो या मद्यमोहिताः॥३५ मैथुनेऽसंयताअपि यथाकामवराश्च ताः। तासां पुत्रः कथं धर्म मद्रको वक्तुमर्हति॥

evaṃ vidvajodhamāssva śṛṇu cātrottaraṃ vacaḥ| vāsāṃsyutsṛjya nṛtyāni striyo yā madyamohitāḥ||35 maithune'saṃyatāapi yathākāmavarāśca tāḥ| tāsāṃ putraḥ kathaṃ dharma madrako vaktumarhati||

Thinking of this, O learned one, either hold your tongue or hear something more that I will say. (The Madraka) women, influenced by liquor, throw off their robes and dance; they do not observe control in intercourse and do whatever they like. Being the son of one of those women, how can you, O Madraka, dictate duties unto a man?

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

MBh 6 40.27

यास्तिष्ठन्त्यः प्रमेहन्ति यथैवोष्ट्रदशेरकाः। तासां विभ्रष्टधर्माणां निर्लज्जानां ततस्ततः॥ त्वं पुत्रस्तादृशीनां हि धर्मे वक्तुमिहेच्छसि।

yāstiṣṭhantyaḥ pramehanti yathaivoṣṭradaśerakāḥ| tāsāṃ vibhraṣṭadharmāṇāṃ nirlajjānāṃ tatastataḥ|| tvaṃ putrastādṛśīnāṃ hi dharme vaktumihecchasi|

Being the son of one of those women who live and answer calls of nature like camels and asses, sinful and shameless as they are, how can you wish to dictate the duties of men?

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

MBh 6 40.28

सुवीरकं याच्यमाना मद्रिका कर्षति स्फिचौ॥ अदातुकामा वचनमिदं वदति दारुणम्। मा मां सुवीरकं कश्चिद् याचतां दयितं मम॥ पुत्रं दद्यां पतिं दद्यां न तु दद्याहं सुवीरकम्।

suvīrakaṃ yācyamānā madrikā karṣati sphicau|| adātukāmā vacanamidaṃ vadati dāruṇam| mā māṃ suvīrakaṃ kaścid yācatāṃ dayitaṃ mama|| putraṃ dadyāṃ patiṃ dadyāṃ na tu dadyāhaṃ suvīrakam|

When a Madraka woman is requested to give a little bit of vinegar she scratches her hips and reluctant to give it gives vent to harsh words-“Let no one ask of me vinegar which is so dear to me. I would give him my son, I would give him my husband but I would not part with my vinegar.

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

MBh 6 40.29

गौर्यो बृहत्यो निहींका मद्रिकाः कम्बलावृताः॥ घस्मरा नष्टशौचाश्च प्राय इत्यनुशूश्रुम।

gauryo bṛhatyo nihīṃkā madrikāḥ kambalāvṛtāḥ|| ghasmarā naṣṭaśaucāśca prāya ityanuśūśruma|

The Madraka maidens, I am informed, are generally shameless, have profuse hairs, are gluttonous and impure.

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

MBh 6 40.30

एवमादि मयान्यैर्वा शक्यं वक्तुं भवेद् बाहु॥ आकेशाग्रान्नखाग्राच वक्तव्येषु कुकर्मसु।

evamādi mayānyairvā śakyaṃ vaktuṃ bhaved bāhu|| ākeśāgrānnakhāgrāca vaktavyeṣu kukarmasu|

These and such like many other things of their evil acts beginning with the tip of their hair to that of their nails I can recount.

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

MBh 6 40.31

मद्रकाः सिन्धुसौवीराः धर्म विद्युः कथं त्वित्॥ पापदेशोद्भवा म्लेच्छा धर्माणामविचक्षणाः।

madrakāḥ sindhusauvīrāḥ dharma vidyuḥ kathaṃ tvit|| pāpadeśodbhavā mlecchā dharmāṇāmavicakṣaṇāḥ|

The Madrakas and Sindhu Souviras are born in a sinful country, are Melechas and innocent of duties. How can they know them?

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

MBh 6 40.32

एष मुख्यतमो धर्मः क्षत्रियस्येति नः श्रुतम्॥ यदाजौ निहतः शेते सद्भिः समभिपूजितः।

eṣa mukhyatamo dharmaḥ kṣatriyasyeti naḥ śrutam|| yadājau nihataḥ śete sadbhiḥ samabhipūjitaḥ|

We have heard that this is the prime duty of the Kshatriyas that when slain in battle he would lie down on earth being spoken highly of by the pious.

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

MBh 6 40.33

आयुधानां साम्पराये यन्मुच्येयमहं ततः॥ ममैष प्रथमः कल्पो निधने स्वर्गमिच्छतः।

āyudhānāṃ sāmparāye yanmucyeyamahaṃ tataḥ|| mamaiṣa prathamaḥ kalpo nidhane svargamicchataḥ|

This is my first resolution, desirous of heaven after my death as I am that I will lay down my life in this clash of arms.

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

MBh 6 40.34

सोऽयं प्रियः सखा चास्मि धार्तराष्ट्रस्य धीमतः॥४५ तदर्थे हि मम प्राणा यच मे विद्यते वसु। व्यक्तं त्वमप्युपहितः पाण्डवैः पापदेशज॥ यथा चामित्रवत् सर्वं त्वमस्मासु प्रवर्तसे।

so'yaṃ priyaḥ sakhā cāsmi dhārtarāṣṭrasya dhīmataḥ||45 tadarthe hi mama prāṇā yaca me vidyate vasu| vyaktaṃ tvamapyupahitaḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ pāpadeśaja|| yathā cāmitravat sarvaṃ tvamasmāsu pravartase|

I am the dear friend of the intelligent son of Dhritarashtra. For him are my vital airs and the wealth that I possess. As for you, born as you are in a sinful country it is clear that you have been bribed by the Pandavas as because you behave towards us in everything like an enemy.

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

MBh 6 40.35

कामं न खलु शक्योऽहं त्वद्विधानां शतैरपि॥ संग्रामाद् विमुखः कर्तुं धर्मज्ञ इव नास्तिकैः।

kāmaṃ na khalu śakyo'haṃ tvadvidhānāṃ śatairapi|| saṃgrāmād vimukhaḥ kartuṃ dharmajña iva nāstikaiḥ|

As a pious man is not to be easily pursuaded by atheists so I am not to be dissuaded from this battle by hundreds of persons like you.

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

MBh 6 40.36

सारङ्ग इव धर्मातः काम विलप शुष्य च॥ नाहं भीषयितुं शक्यं क्षत्रवृत्ते व्यवस्थितः।

sāraṅga iva dharmātaḥ kāma vilapa śuṣya ca|| nāhaṃ bhīṣayituṃ śakyaṃ kṣatravṛtte vyavasthitaḥ|

Like a deer perspiring, you may either bewail or pant; observant of the duties of a Kshatriya I am incapable of being frightened by you.

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

MBh 6 40.37

तनुत्यजां नृसिंहानामाहवेष्वनिवर्तिनाम्॥ या गतिर्गुरुणा प्रोक्ता पुरा रामेण तां स्मरे।

tanutyajāṃ nṛsiṃhānāmāhaveṣvanivartinām|| yā gatirguruṇā proktā purā rāmeṇa tāṃ smare|

I remember the end, described to me formerly by my preceptor Rama, which befell those foremost of men who laid down their lives and did not return from the field of battle.

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

MBh 6 40.38

तेषां त्राणार्थमुद्यन्तं वधार्थं द्विषतामपि॥ विद्धि मामास्थितं वृत्तं पौरूरवसमुत्तमम्।

teṣāṃ trāṇārthamudyantaṃ vadhārthaṃ dviṣatāmapi|| viddhi māmāsthitaṃ vṛttaṃ paurūravasamuttamam|

I am bent upon rescuing the Kauravas and killing my enemies; know that I am determined upon imitating the excellent conduct of Pururavas.

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

MBh 6 40.39

न तद् भूतं प्रपश्यामि त्रिषु लोकेषु मद्रप॥ यो मामस्मादभिप्रायाद् वारयेदिति मे मतिः।

na tad bhūtaṃ prapaśyāmi triṣu lokeṣu madrapa|| yo māmasmādabhiprāyād vārayediti me matiḥ|

I do not, O king of Madraka, see a man in the three worlds who can shake this resolution of mine.

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

MBh 6 40.40

एवं विद्वञ्जोषमास्स्व त्रासात् किं बहु भाषसे॥ मा त्वा हत्वा प्रदास्यामि क्रव्याद्भयो मद्रकाधम।

evaṃ vidvañjoṣamāssva trāsāt kiṃ bahu bhāṣase|| mā tvā hatvā pradāsyāmi kravyādbhayo madrakādhama|

Do not speak more. Knowing this Why do you rove in such a way from fear? O wretch of a Madraka, I shall not kill you now and offer your dead body to the carnivorous animals,

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

MBh 6 40.41

मित्रप्रतीक्षया शल्य धृतराष्ट्रस्य चोभयोः॥ अपवादतितिक्षाभिस्त्रिभिरेतैर्हि जीवसि।

mitrapratīkṣayā śalya dhṛtarāṣṭrasya cobhayoḥ|| apavādatitikṣābhistribhiretairhi jīvasi|

Out of regard for a friend, O Shalya, for the sake of Dhritarashtra's son and for avoiding blame-for these three reasons, you will live.

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

MBh 6 40.42

पुनश्चेदीदृशं वाक्यं मद्रराज वदिष्यसि॥ शिरस्ते पातयिष्यामि गदया वज्रकल्पया।

punaścedīdṛśaṃ vākyaṃ madrarāja vadiṣyasi|| śiraste pātayiṣyāmi gadayā vajrakalpayā|

O king of Madras, if you speak again in this strain I will crush down your head with my mace, as hard as the thunder.

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

MBh 6 40.43

श्रोतारस्तिवदमोह द्रष्टारो वा कुदेशज॥ कर्णवा जघ्नतुः कृष्णौ कर्णो वा निजघान तौ।

śrotārastivadamoha draṣṭāro vā kudeśaja|| karṇavā jaghnatuḥ kṛṣṇau karṇo vā nijaghāna tau|

O you born in a sinful country, people will either see or hear today that either the two Krishnas have slain Karna or Karna has killed the two Krishnas."

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

MBh 6 40.44

एवमुक्त्वा तु राधेयः पुनरेव विशाम्पते । अब्रवीन्मद्रराजानं याहि याहीत्यसम्भ्रमम्॥

evamuktvā tu rādheyaḥ punareva viśāmpate | abravīnmadrarājānaṃ yāhi yāhītyasambhramam||

Saying this the son of Radha, O king, once more addressed the king of Madras, saying-"go on! go on."

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

MBh 6 40.45

श्रोतारस्तिवदमोह द्रष्टारो वा कुदेशज॥ कर्णवा जघ्नतुः कृष्णौ कर्णो वा निजघान तौ।

śrotārastivadamoha draṣṭāro vā kudeśaja|| karṇavā jaghnatuḥ kṛṣṇau karṇo vā nijaghāna tau|

O you born in a sinful country, people will either see or hear today that either the two Krishnas have slain Karna or Karna has killed the two Krishnas."

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

MBh 6 40.46

एवमुक्त्वा तु राधेयः पुनरेव विशाम्पते । अब्रवीन्मद्रराजानं याहि याहीत्यसम्भ्रमम्॥

evamuktvā tu rādheyaḥ punareva viśāmpate | abravīnmadrarājānaṃ yāhi yāhītyasambhramam||

Saying this the son of Radha, O king, once more addressed the king of Madras, saying-"go on! go on."

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