Mahabharata — Volume IX (Dutt edition) — Chapter 244
MBh 9 244.1
एवं त्रिरात्रमभवत् तद् युद्धं भरतर्षभ। अर्जुनस्य नरेन्द्रेण वृत्रेणेव शतक्रतोः॥
evaṃ trirātramabhavat tad yuddhaṃ bharatarṣabha| arjunasya narendreṇa vṛtreṇeva śatakratoḥ||
Vaishampayana said — Thus went on that battle, O chief of the Bharatas, for three days between Arjuna and that prince like the encounter between him of a hundred sacrifices and Vritra.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 244.2
ततश्चतुर्थे दिवसे वज्रदत्तो महाबलः। जाहास सस्वनं हासं वाक्यं चेदमथाब्रवीत्॥ अर्जुनार्जुन तिष्ठस्व न मे जीवन् विमोक्ष्यसे। त्वां निहत्य करिष्यामि पितुस्तोयं यथाविधि॥
tataścaturthe divase vajradatto mahābalaḥ| jāhāsa sasvanaṃ hāsaṃ vākyaṃ cedamathābravīt|| arjunārjuna tiṣṭhasva na me jīvan vimokṣyase| tvāṃ nihatya kariṣyāmi pitustoyaṃ yathāvidhi||
On the fourth day, Vajradatta of great power laughed loudly and addressing Arjuna, said these words :-Wait, wait, O Arjuna! You shall not excape me alive! Killing you I shall duly discharge the water-rite of my father.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 244.3
त्वया वृद्धो मम पिता भगदत्तः पितुः सखा। हतो वृद्धो मम पिता शिशुं मामद्य योधय॥
tvayā vṛddho mama pitā bhagadattaḥ pituḥ sakhā| hato vṛddho mama pitā śiśuṃ māmadya yodhaya||
My aged father Bhagadatta, who was the friend of your father, was killed by you on account of his weight of years. Do you, however, fight me who am but a boy.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 244.4
इत्येवमुक्त्वा संक्रुद्धो वज्रदत्तो नराधिपः। प्रेषयामास कौरव्य वारणं पाण्डवं प्रति॥
ityevamuktvā saṃkruddho vajradatto narādhipaḥ| preṣayāmāsa kauravya vāraṇaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ prati||
Having said these words, O you of Kuru's race, king Vajradatta, filled with anger, urged his elephant towards the son of Pandu.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 244.5
सम्प्रेष्यमाणो नागेन्द्रो वज्रदत्तेन धीमता। उत्पतिष्यन्निवाकाशमभिदुद्राव पाण्डवम्॥
sampreṣyamāṇo nāgendro vajradattena dhīmatā| utpatiṣyannivākāśamabhidudrāva pāṇḍavam||
Urged on by the highly intelligent Vajradatta, that prince of elephants, as if desirous of cutting through the sky, rushed towards Dhananjaya.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 244.6
अग्रहस्तसुमुक्तेन शीकरेण स नागराट्। समौक्षत गुडाकेशं शैलं नीलमिवाम्बुदः॥
agrahastasumuktena śīkareṇa sa nāgarāṭ| samaukṣata guḍākeśaṃ śailaṃ nīlamivāmbudaḥ||
That best of elephants drenched Arjuna with a shower of juice emitted from the end of his trunk, like a mass of blue clouds drenching a hill with its down-pour.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 244.7
स तेन प्रेषितो राज्ञा मेघवद् विनदन् मुहुः। मुखाडम्बरसंहादैरभ्यद्रवत फाल्गुनम्॥
sa tena preṣito rājñā meghavad vinadan muhuḥ| mukhāḍambarasaṃhādairabhyadravata phālgunam||
Indeed, urged on by the king, the elephant, repeatedly roaring like a cloud, rushed towards Phalguna, sending forth deep noise from its mouth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 244.8
स नृत्यन्निव नागेन्द्रो वज्रदत्तप्रचोदितः। आससाद द्रुतं राजन् कौरवाणां महारथम्॥
sa nṛtyanniva nāgendro vajradattapracoditaḥ| āsasāda drutaṃ rājan kauravāṇāṃ mahāratham||
Indeed urged on by Vajradatta that prince of elephants quickly moved towards the powerful car-warrior of the Kurus, with the tread of one that seemed to dance in excitement.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 244.9
तमायान्तमथालक्ष्य वज्रदत्तस्य वारणम्। गाण्डीवमाश्रित्य बली न व्यकम्पत शत्रुहा॥
tamāyāntamathālakṣya vajradattasya vāraṇam| gāṇḍīvamāśritya balī na vyakampata śatruhā||
Seeing that beast of Vajradatta advance towards him, that destroyer of enemies, viz., the powerful Dhananjaya, relaying on Gandiva, stood his ground without shaking with fear.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 244.10
चुक्रोध बलवच्चापि पाण्डवस्तस्य भूपतेः। कार्यविघ्नमनुस्मृत्य पूर्ववैरं च भारत॥
cukrodha balavaccāpi pāṇḍavastasya bhūpateḥ| kāryavighnamanusmṛtya pūrvavairaṃ ca bhārata||
Recollecting what an obstacle Vajradatta was proving to the performance of his task, and remembering the old enmity of the house, the son of Pandu became greatly excited with rage against the king.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 244.11
ततस्तं वारणं क्रुद्धः शरजालेन पाण्डवः। निवारयामास तदा बेलेव मकरालयम्॥
tatastaṃ vāraṇaṃ kruddhaḥ śarajālena pāṇḍavaḥ| nivārayāmāsa tadā beleva makarālayam||
Worked up with rage, Dhananjaya impeded the course of that beast with a shower of arrows like the shore resisting the surging sea.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 244.12
स नागप्रवरः श्रीमानर्जुनेन निवारितः। तस्थौ शरैर्विनुन्नाङ्गः श्वाविच्छललितो यथा।॥
sa nāgapravaraḥ śrīmānarjunena nivāritaḥ| tasthau śarairvinunnāṅgaḥ śvāvicchalalito yathā|||
That best of elephants and beautiful in appearance, thus impeded by Arjuna, stopped in its course, with body pierced with many an arrow, like a porcupine with its quills erect.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 244.13
निवारितं गजं दृष्ट्वा भगदत्तसुतो नृपः। उत्ससर्ज शितान् बाणानर्जुनं क्रोधमूर्च्छितः॥
nivāritaṃ gajaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhagadattasuto nṛpaḥ| utsasarja śitān bāṇānarjunaṃ krodhamūrcchitaḥ||
Seeing his elephant impeded in its course, the royal son Bhagadatta, deprived of sense by anger, shot many whetted arrows at Arjuna.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 244.14
अर्जुनस्तु महाबाहुः शरैररिनिघातिभिः। वारयामास तान् बाणांस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्॥
arjunastu mahābāhuḥ śarairarinighātibhiḥ| vārayāmāsa tān bāṇāṃstadadbhutamivābhavat||
The mighty-armed Arjuna baffled all those arrows with many foe-destroying arrows of his. The feat appeared to be exceedingly wonderful.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 244.15
ततः पुनरभिक्रुद्धो राजा प्राग्ज्योतिषाधिपः। प्रेषयामास नागेन्द्रं बलवत् पर्वतोपमम्॥
tataḥ punarabhikruddho rājā prāgjyotiṣādhipaḥ| preṣayāmāsa nāgendraṃ balavat parvatopamam||
Once more the king of the Pragjyotishas, worked up with rage, forcibly urged his elephant, which resembled a mountain, at Arjuna.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 244.16
तमापतन्तं सम्प्रेक्ष्य बलवत् पाकशासनिः। नाराचमग्निसंकाशं प्राहिणोद् वारणं प्रति॥
tamāpatantaṃ samprekṣya balavat pākaśāsaniḥ| nārācamagnisaṃkāśaṃ prāhiṇod vāraṇaṃ prati||
Seeing the beast once more advancing towards him, Arjuna shot with great strength an arrow at it which resembled a veritable flame of fire.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 244.17
स तेन वारणो राजन् मर्मस्वभिहतो भृशम्। पपात सहसा भूमौ वज्ररुग्ण इवाचलः॥
sa tena vāraṇo rājan marmasvabhihato bhṛśam| papāta sahasā bhūmau vajrarugṇa ivācalaḥ||
Cut to the quick, O king, by the son of Pandu, the beast suddenly dropped down on the Earth like a mountain-summit loosened by a thunder-bolt.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 244.18
स पतशुशुभे नागो धनंजयशराहतः। विशन्निव महाशैलो महीं वज्रप्रपीडितः॥
sa pataśuśubhe nāgo dhanaṃjayaśarāhataḥ| viśanniva mahāśailo mahīṃ vajraprapīḍitaḥ||
Struck with Dhananjaya's arrow, the elephant, as it lay on the Earth, looked like a huge mountain-cliff lying on the ground, loosened by the bolt of Indra.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 244.19
तस्मिन् निपतिते नागे वज्रदत्तस्य पाण्डवः। तं न भेतव्यमित्याह ततो भूमिगतं नृपम्॥
tasmin nipatite nāge vajradattasya pāṇḍavaḥ| taṃ na bhetavyamityāha tato bhūmigataṃ nṛpam||
When the elephant of Vajradatta was prostrated on the ground the so of Pandu, addressing the king who had fallen down with his beast, said, 'Do not fear.'
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 244.20
अब्रवीद्धि महातेजाः प्रस्थितं मां युधिष्ठिरः। राजानस्ते न हन्तव्या धनंजय कथंचन॥
abravīddhi mahātejāḥ prasthitaṃ māṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ| rājānaste na hantavyā dhanaṃjaya kathaṃcana||
Indeed, Yudhishthira of great energy said to me while commissioning me for this task even these words, viz., You should not, O Dhananjaya, kill those kings (who may give you battle).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 244.21
सर्वमेतन्नरव्याघ्र भवत्येतावता कृतम्। योधाश्चापि न हन्तव्या धनञ्जय रणे त्वया॥
sarvametannaravyāghra bhavatyetāvatā kṛtam| yodhāścāpi na hantavyā dhanañjaya raṇe tvayā||
O foremost of men, you should consider your task as accomplished if only you disable those hostile kings! You should not also, O Dhananjaya, kill the warriors of those kings who may come forth to fight you.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 244.22
वक्तव्याश्चापि राजानः सर्वे सहसुहृज्जनैः। युधिष्ठिरस्याश्वमेधो भवद्भिरनुभूयताम्॥
vaktavyāścāpi rājānaḥ sarve sahasuhṛjjanaiḥ| yudhiṣṭhirasyāśvamedho bhavadbhiranubhūyatām||
They should be requested to come, with all their kinsmen and friends, to the HorseSacrifice of Yudhishthira.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 244.23
इति भ्रातृवचः श्रुत्वा न हन्मि त्वां नराधिप। उत्तिष्ठ न भयं तेऽस्ति स्वस्तिमान् गच्छ पार्थिव॥२४
iti bhrātṛvacaḥ śrutvā na hanmi tvāṃ narādhipa| uttiṣṭha na bhayaṃ te'sti svastimān gaccha pārthiva||24
Having heard these commands of my brother, I shall not kill you, O king! Rise up; let no fear be yours; return to your city safe and sound, O king.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 244.24
आगच्छेया महाराज परां चैत्रीमुपस्थिताम्। यदाश्वमेधो भविता धर्मराजस्य धीमतः॥
āgaccheyā mahārāja parāṃ caitrīmupasthitām| yadāśvamedho bhavitā dharmarājasya dhīmataḥ||
When the day of full moon in the month of Chaitra comes, you shall O great king, go to that sacrifice of king Yudhishthira the just, for it takes place. on that day!
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 244.25
एवमुक्तः स राजा तु भगदत्तात्मजस्तदा। तथेत्येवाब्रवीद वाक्यं पाण्डवेनाभिनिर्जितः॥
evamuktaḥ sa rājā tu bhagadattātmajastadā| tathetyevābravīda vākyaṃ pāṇḍavenābhinirjitaḥ||
Thus addressed by Arjuna the royal son of Bhagadatta, defeated by the son of Pandu, said, 'So be it.' that sacrifice of king Yudhishthira the just, for it takes place. on that day!
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 244.26
एवमुक्तः स राजा तु भगदत्तात्मजस्तदा। तथेत्येवाब्रवीद वाक्यं पाण्डवेनाभिनिर्जितः॥
evamuktaḥ sa rājā tu bhagadattātmajastadā| tathetyevābravīda vākyaṃ pāṇḍavenābhinirjitaḥ||
Thus addressed by Arjuna the royal son of Bhagadatta, defeated by the son of Pandu, said, 'So be it.'
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)