Mahabharata — Volume VI (Dutt edition) — Chapter 75
MBh 6 75.1
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच समागमे पाण्डवसुंजयानां महाभये मामकानामगाधे। धनंजये तात रणाय याते कर्णेन तद् युद्धमथोऽत्र कीदृक्॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca samāgame pāṇḍavasuṃjayānāṃ mahābhaye māmakānāmagādhe| dhanaṃjaye tāta raṇāya yāte karṇena tad yuddhamatho'tra kīdṛk||
Dhritarashtra said When Dhananjaya, the infinite dread of my valiant chieftains, rejoined the Pandava and Srinjaya forces, O Sire, how fared the battle?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 75.2
संजय उवाच तेषामनीकानि बृहद्ध्वजानि रणे समृद्धानि समागतानि। गर्जन्ति भेरीनिनदोन्मुखानि नादैर्यथा मेघगणास्तपान्ते॥
saṃjaya uvāca teṣāmanīkāni bṛhaddhvajāni raṇe samṛddhāni samāgatāni| garjanti bherīninadonmukhāni nādairyathā meghagaṇāstapānte||
Sanjaya said All the assembled troops marshaled in array, sounding their bugles and blowing this horns, like thick volumes of clouds at the end of summer, roared thunders.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 75.3
महागजाभ्राकुलमस्त्रतोयं वादित्रनेमीतलशब्दवच। हिरण्यचित्रायुधाविद्युतं च शरासिनाराचमहास्त्रधारम्॥ तद् भीमवेग रुधिरौघवाहि खड्गाकुलं क्षत्रियजीवघाति। अनार्तवं क्रूरमनिष्टवर्षं बभूव तत् संहरण प्रजानाम्॥
mahāgajābhrākulamastratoyaṃ vāditranemītalaśabdavaca| hiraṇyacitrāyudhāvidyutaṃ ca śarāsinārācamahāstradhāram|| tad bhīmavega rudhiraughavāhi khaḍgākulaṃ kṣatriyajīvaghāti| anārtavaṃ krūramaniṣṭavarṣaṃ babhūva tat saṃharaṇa prajānām||
That grim visaged war, which followed the sanguinary contest of the Kshatriyas, all up in arins, for the extermination of their race and in which blood streamed forth in rushing currents, like the untimely falling off of a shower of evil, became the cause of destruction of all livingbeings. Huge elephants forming the cluster of wheels, clapping of hands constituting its thunder-bolts and weapons, trimmed with gold, making its lightning; and swords and arrows and cloth-yard shafts and other weapons of great velocity, becoming its drops.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 75.4
एकं रथं सम्परिवार्य मृत्यु नयन्त्यनेके च रथाः समेताः। स्तथा रथश्चापि रथाननेकान्॥
ekaṃ rathaṃ samparivārya mṛtyu nayantyaneke ca rathāḥ sametāḥ| stathā rathaścāpi rathānanekān||
Many car-warriors, assembled together, assailing an opponent dispatched him off to the King of Terrors; while a supreme car-warrior, fighting the good fight with a single adversary, hastened his departure to the other world or another, assailing many in close contest, launched them all into eternity.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 75.5
रथं ससूतं सहयं च कञ्चित् कश्चिद्रथी मृत्युवशं निनाय। निनाय चाप्येकगजेन कश्चिद् रथान् बहून् मृत्युवशे तथाश्वान्॥
rathaṃ sasūtaṃ sahayaṃ ca kañcit kaścidrathī mṛtyuvaśaṃ nināya| nināya cāpyekagajena kaścid rathān bahūn mṛtyuvaśe tathāśvān||
Then again some car-warrior in exchanging shots with his enemy made him die a violent death, together with steeds and charioteer, while another warrior riding on his elephant put to death many car-warriors and horsemen.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 75.6
रथान् ससूतान् सहयान् गजांश्च सर्वानरीन् मृत्युवशं शरौघैः। निन्ये हयांश्चैव तथा ससादीन् पदातिसङ्घांश्च तथैव पार्थः॥
rathān sasūtān sahayān gajāṃśca sarvānarīn mṛtyuvaśaṃ śaraughaiḥ| ninye hayāṃścaiva tathā sasādīn padātisaṅghāṃśca tathaiva pārthaḥ||
Partha thus inflicting the enemy with a heavy downpour of shafts rent them asunder with all their cavalry and elephant soldiers, as also the rides and riders of their war-chariots.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 75.7
कृपः शिखण्डी च रणे समेतौ दुर्योधन सात्यकिरभ्यगच्छत्। श्रुतस्तथा द्रोणपुत्रेण सार्धं युधामन्युश्चित्रसेनेन सार्धम्॥
kṛpaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca raṇe sametau duryodhana sātyakirabhyagacchat| śrutastathā droṇaputreṇa sārdhaṃ yudhāmanyuścitrasenena sārdham||
Kripacharya met Sikhandin in the field, while Satyaki encountered Duryodhana; and Srutasravas challenged Drona's son, while Yudhamauna took Chitrasena for his assailant.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 75.8
कर्णस्य पुत्रं तु रथी सुषेणं समागतं संजयश्चोत्तमौजाः। गान्धारराजं सहदेवः क्षुधार्ता महर्षभं सिंह इवाभ्यधावत्॥
karṇasya putraṃ tu rathī suṣeṇaṃ samāgataṃ saṃjayaścottamaujāḥ| gāndhārarājaṃ sahadevaḥ kṣudhārtā maharṣabhaṃ siṃha ivābhyadhāvat||
And like a hungry lion hotly pursuing a stout bull, Uttamauja, the great car-warrior of Srinjayas, pounced upon Susena, the son of Karna,; while Sahadeva launched out against Shakuni, the King of the Gandharas.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 75.9
शतानीको नाकुलिः कर्णपुत्रं युवा युवानं वृषसेन शरौघैः। समार्पयत् कर्णपुत्रश्च शूरः पाञ्चालेयं शरवर्षैरनेकैः॥
śatānīko nākuliḥ karṇaputraṃ yuvā yuvānaṃ vṛṣasena śaraughaiḥ| samārpayat karṇaputraśca śūraḥ pāñcāleyaṃ śaravarṣairanekaiḥ||
Young Satanika, the son of Nakula, rushing headlong afflicted young Vrishasena with a showering torrent of his shafts and (he, too), the heroic son of Karna returned the charges of the son of the princess of Panchala in no stinted measure.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 75.10
न्माद्रीपुत्रो नकुलचित्रयोधी। पञ्चलानामधिपो याज्ञसेनिः सेनापतिः कर्णमार्छत् ससैन्यम्॥
nmādrīputro nakulacitrayodhī| pañcalānāmadhipo yājñaseniḥ senāpatiḥ karṇamārchat sasainyam||
Madri's son Nakula, the skillful adept of war tactics and the wonderful warrior of unique fame, assailed Kritavarman, while Yajnasena's son the king of the Panchalas rushed against general Karna with all his hosts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 75.11
दुःशासनो भारत भारती च संशप्तकानां पृतना समृद्धा। भीमं रणे शस्त्रभृतां वरिष्ठं भीमं समार्छत्तमसह्यवेगम्१२॥
duḥśāsano bhārata bhāratī ca saṃśaptakānāṃ pṛtanā samṛddhā| bhīmaṃ raṇe śastrabhṛtāṃ variṣṭhaṃ bhīmaṃ samārchattamasahyavegam12||
O Bharata, Dushasana, with the swelling hosts of the Samsaptakas and all the troops comprising the Bharata force, rode full tile against Bhima, the inflictor of woes in battle to all wielders of arms and the foremost of all warriors.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 75.12
कर्णात्मजं तत्र जघान वीरस्तथाच्छिनचोत्तमौजाः प्रसह्य। तस्योत्तमाङ्गं निपपात भूमौ निनादयद् गां निनदेन खं च॥
karṇātmajaṃ tatra jaghāna vīrastathācchinacottamaujāḥ prasahya| tasyottamāṅgaṃ nipapāta bhūmau ninādayad gāṃ ninadena khaṃ ca||
There the powerful Uttamaujas, putting forth all his mighty, struck down the son of Karna and his dissevered head fell down on the ground with a terrible shriek, which made the Earth and the sky resound its roars.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 75.13
सुषेणशीर्षं पतितं पृथिव्यां विलोक्य कर्णोऽथ तदार्तरूपः। क्रोधाद्धयांस्तस्य रथं ध्वजं च बाणैः सुधारैर्निशितैरकृन्तत्॥
suṣeṇaśīrṣaṃ patitaṃ pṛthivyāṃ vilokya karṇo'tha tadārtarūpaḥ| krodhāddhayāṃstasya rathaṃ dhvajaṃ ca bāṇaiḥ sudhārairniśitairakṛntat||
Overwhelmed with grief at the (ghastly) sight of the severed head of Sushena thus rolling on the ground. Karna remained stupefied (for a while), but, his avenging spirit soon taking the better of him, he, soon, with sharp-pointed arrows cut to pieces the steeds, chariot and the standard of his son's adversary.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 75.14
स तूत्तमौजा निशितैः पृषत्कैविव्याध खङ्गेन च भास्वरेण। पाणि हयांश्चैव कृपस्य हत्वा शिखण्डिवाहं स ततोऽध्यरोहत्॥
sa tūttamaujā niśitaiḥ pṛṣatkaivivyādha khaṅgena ca bhāsvareṇa| pāṇi hayāṃścaiva kṛpasya hatvā śikhaṇḍivāhaṃ sa tato'dhyarohat||
Uttamaujas, in the interval, trucking home, with his keen shafts and the sharp edge of his steed, the steed and the side-guards of Kripa, quickly leapt into the chariot of Shikhandin.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 75.15
कृपं तु दृष्ट्वा विरथं रथस्थो नैच्छच्छरैस्ताडयितुं शिखण्डी। तं द्रौणिरावार्य रथं कृपस्य समुजहे पङ्कगतां यथा गाम्॥
kṛpaṃ tu dṛṣṭvā virathaṃ rathastho naicchaccharaistāḍayituṃ śikhaṇḍī| taṃ drauṇirāvārya rathaṃ kṛpasya samujahe paṅkagatāṃ yathā gām||
Shikhandin, observing from his own chariot, (the sad predicament of) Kripa thus deprived of his conveyance, did not like to pursue him with his shafts; the son of Drona, in the meanwhile, covering the car of Kripa with that of his own, like a bull fallen in a ditch, rescued him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 6 75.16
हिरण्यवर्मा निशितैः प्रुषत्केस्तवात्मजानामनिलात्मजो वै। अतापयत् सैन्यमतीव भीमः काले शुचौ मध्यगतो यथार्कः॥
hiraṇyavarmā niśitaiḥ pruṣatkestavātmajānāmanilātmajo vai| atāpayat sainyamatīva bhīmaḥ kāle śucau madhyagato yathārkaḥ||
Here, the son of the Wind-god, Bhima, covered with armor of gold, afflicting with his keen shafts, like the burning mid-day Sun of summer, scorched the while body of troops of your sons. Here, the son of the Wind-god, Bhima, covered with armor of gold, afflicting with his keen shafts, like the burning mid-day Sun of summer, scorched the while body of troops of your sons.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)