Mahabharata — Volume IX (Dutt edition) — Chapter 243

MBh 9 243.1

वैशम्पायन उवाच प्राग्ज्योतिषमथाभ्येत्य व्यचरत् स हयोत्तमः। भगदत्तात्मजस्तत्र निर्ययौ रणकर्कशः॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca prāgjyotiṣamathābhyetya vyacarat sa hayottamaḥ| bhagadattātmajastatra niryayau raṇakarkaśaḥ||

That foremost of horses then proceeded to the kingdom of Pragjyotisha and began to wander there. At this, Bhagadatta's son, who was greatly courageous in battle, came out.

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

MBh 9 243.2

स हयं पाण्डुपुत्रस्य विषयान्तमुपागतम्। युयुधे भरतश्रेष्ठ वज्रदत्तो महीपतिः॥

sa hayaṃ pāṇḍuputrasya viṣayāntamupāgatam| yuyudhe bharataśreṣṭha vajradatto mahīpatiḥ||

King Vajradata, O chief of the Bharatas, finding the (sacrificial) horse arrived within his kingdom, fought (for detaining it).

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

MBh 9 243.3

सोऽभिनिर्याय नगराद् भगदत्तसुतो नृपः। अश्वमायान्तमुन्मथ्य नगराभिमुखो ययौ॥

so'bhiniryāya nagarād bhagadattasuto nṛpaḥ| aśvamāyāntamunmathya nagarābhimukho yayau||

The royal son of Bhagadatta, coming out of his city, afflicted the horse which was coming (and seizing it), marched back towards his own place.

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

MBh 9 243.4

तमालक्ष्य महाबाहुः कुरूणामृषभस्तदा। गाण्डीवं विक्षिपस्तूर्णं सहसा समुपाद्रवत्॥

tamālakṣya mahābāhuḥ kurūṇāmṛṣabhastadā| gāṇḍīvaṃ vikṣipastūrṇaṃ sahasā samupādravat||

Marking this, the mighty armed chief of the Kuru-race, speedily stretched his Gandiva, and suddenly rushed towards his enemy.

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

MBh 9 243.5

ततो गाण्डीवनिर्मुक्तैरिषुभिर्मोहितो नृपः। हयमुत्सृज्य तं वीरस्ततः पार्थमुपाद्रवत्॥

tato gāṇḍīvanirmuktairiṣubhirmohito nṛpaḥ| hayamutsṛjya taṃ vīrastataḥ pārthamupādravat||

Stupefied by the arrows shot from Gandiva, the heroic son of Bhagadatta, letting loose the horse, fled from Partha.

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

MBh 9 243.6

पुनः प्रविश्य नगरं दंशितः स नृपोत्तमः। आरुह्य नागप्रवरं निर्ययौ रणकर्कशः॥

punaḥ praviśya nagaraṃ daṃśitaḥ sa nṛpottamaḥ| āruhya nāgapravaraṃ niryayau raṇakarkaśaḥ||

Once more entering his capital, that foremost of kings, irresistible in battle, cased himself in mail, and mounting on his prince of elephants, came out.

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

MBh 9 243.7

पाण्डुरेणातपत्रेण ध्रियमाणेन मूर्धनि। दोधूयता चामरेण श्वेतेन च महारथः॥

pāṇḍureṇātapatreṇa dhriyamāṇena mūrdhani| dodhūyatā cāmareṇa śvetena ca mahārathaḥ||

That powerful car-warrior had a white umbrella held over his head, and was fanned with a milk-white yak-tails.

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

MBh 9 243.8

ततः पार्थं समासाद्य पाण्डवानां महारथम्। आह्वयामास बीभत्सुं बाल्यान्मोहाच्च संयुगे॥

tataḥ pārthaṃ samāsādya pāṇḍavānāṃ mahāratham| āhvayāmāsa bībhatsuṃ bālyānmohācca saṃyuge||

Moved by childishness and folly, he challenged Partha, the powerful car warrior of the Pandavas, famed for dreadful deeds in battle, to an encounter with him.

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

MBh 9 243.9

स वारणं नगप्रख्यं प्रभिन्नकरटामुखम्। प्रेषयामास संक्रुद्धः श्वेताश्वं प्रति पार्थिवः॥

sa vāraṇaṃ nagaprakhyaṃ prabhinnakaraṭāmukham| preṣayāmāsa saṃkruddhaḥ śvetāśvaṃ prati pārthivaḥ||

The enraged prince then urged towards Arjuna that elephant of his, which resembled a veritable mountain, and from whose temples and mouth came out streams of juice showing excitement.

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

MBh 9 243.10

विक्षरन्तं महामेधं परवारणवारणम्। शास्त्रवत् कल्पितं संख्ये विवशं युद्धदुर्मदम्॥

vikṣarantaṃ mahāmedhaṃ paravāraṇavāraṇam| śāstravat kalpitaṃ saṃkhye vivaśaṃ yuddhadurmadam||

Indeed, that elephant showered its secretions like a great mass of clouds pouring rain. Capable of resisting hostile feats of its own species, it had been equipped according to the ordinances of the treatises (on warelephants). Irresistible in battle, it had become so infuriate as to be beyond control.

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

MBh 9 243.11

प्रचोद्यमानः स गजस्तेन राज्ञा महाबलः। तदाकडुशेन विबभावुत्पतिष्यन्निवाम्बरम्॥

pracodyamānaḥ sa gajastena rājñā mahābalaḥ| tadākaḍuśena vibabhāvutpatiṣyannivāmbaram||

Urged on by the prince with the iron-hook, that powerful elephant then scemed as if it would cut through the sky (like a flying hill).

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

MBh 9 243.12

तमापतन्तं सम्प्रेक्ष्य क्रुद्धो राजन् धनंजयः। भूमिष्ठो वारणगतं योधयामास भारत॥

tamāpatantaṃ samprekṣya kruddho rājan dhanaṃjayaḥ| bhūmiṣṭho vāraṇagataṃ yodhayāmāsa bhārata||

Seeing it advance towards him, o king, Dhananjaya, filled with anger and standing on the earth, O Bharata, met the prince on its back.

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

MBh 9 243.13

वज्रदत्तस्ततः क्रुद्धो मुमोचाशु धनंजये। तोमरानग्निसंकाशाशलभानिव वेगितान्॥

vajradattastataḥ kruddho mumocāśu dhanaṃjaye| tomarānagnisaṃkāśāśalabhāniva vegitān||

Filled with anger, Vajradatta quickly shed at Arjuna a number of broad headed arrows gifted with the energy of fire and resembling (as they coursed through the air) a cloud of speedily moving locusts.

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

MBh 9 243.14

अर्जुनस्तानसम्प्राप्तान् गाण्डीवप्रभवैः शरैः। द्विधा त्रिधा च चिच्छेद ख एव खगभैस्तदा॥

arjunastānasamprāptān gāṇḍīvaprabhavaiḥ śaraiḥ| dvidhā tridhā ca ciccheda kha eva khagabhaistadā||

Arjuna, however, with arrows sped from Gandiva, cut off those arrows, come into tow, and some into three, pieces. He cut them off in the sky itself with those arrows of his passing through the sky.

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

MBh 9 243.15

स तान् दृष्ट्वा तथा छिन्नांस्तोमरान् भगदत्तजः। इषूनसक्तांस्त्वरितः प्राहिणोत् पाण्डवं प्रति॥

sa tān dṛṣṭvā tathā chinnāṃstomarān bhagadattajaḥ| iṣūnasaktāṃstvaritaḥ prāhiṇot pāṇḍavaṃ prati||

The son of Bhagadatta, seeing his broadheaded arrows thus cut off, quickly sped at Arjuna a number of other arrows in a continuous line.

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

MBh 9 243.16

ततोऽर्जुनस्तूर्णतरं रुक्मपुवानजिह्मगान्। प्रेष्यामास संक्रुद्धो भगदत्तात्मजं प्रति॥

tato'rjunastūrṇataraṃ rukmapuvānajihmagān| preṣyāmāsa saṃkruddho bhagadattātmajaṃ prati||

Filled with anger at this, Arjuna more quickly than before, shot at Bhagadatta's son a number of straightly coursing arrows equipped with golden wings.

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

MBh 9 243.17

स तैर्विद्धो महातेजा वज्रदत्तो महामृधे। भृशाहतः पपातोयॊ न त्वेनमजहात् स्मृतिः॥

sa tairviddho mahātejā vajradatto mahāmṛdhe| bhṛśāhataḥ papātoyò na tvenamajahāt smṛtiḥ||

Vajradatta of powerful energy, struck with great force and pierced with those arrows in that fierce encounter, fell down on the Earth. Consciousness, however, did not leave him.

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

MBh 9 243.18

ततः स पुनरारुह्य वारणप्रवरं रणे। अव्यग्रः प्रेषयामास जयार्थी विजयं प्रति॥

tataḥ sa punarāruhya vāraṇapravaraṃ raṇe| avyagraḥ preṣayāmāsa jayārthī vijayaṃ prati||

Mounting on his prince of elephants again in the midst of that battle, the son of Bhagadatta, desirous of victory, very coolly shot a number of arrows at Arjuna.

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

MBh 9 243.19

तस्मै बाणांस्ततो जिष्णुर्निर्मुक्ताशीविषोपमान्। प्रेषयामास संक्रुद्धो ज्वलितज्वलनोपमान्॥

tasmai bāṇāṃstato jiṣṇurnirmuktāśīviṣopamān| preṣayāmāsa saṃkruddho jvalitajvalanopamān||

Filled with anger, Jishnu then shot at the prince a number of arrows which looked like burning flames of fire and which appeared to be so many snakes of dreadful poison.

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

MBh 9 243.20

स तैर्विद्धो महानागो विस्रवन् रुधिरं बभौ। गौरिकाक्तमिवाम्भोऽद्रिर्बहुप्रस्रवणं तदा।॥

sa tairviddho mahānāgo visravan rudhiraṃ babhau| gaurikāktamivāmbho'drirbahuprasravaṇaṃ tadā|||

Pierced therewith, the powerful elephant, emitting a large quantity of blood, looked like a mountain of many springs discharging rillets of water coloured with red chalk.

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