Mahabharata — Volume IX (Dutt edition) — Chapter 245
MBh 9 245.1
वैशम्पायन उवाच सैन्धवैरभवद् युद्धं ततस्तस्य किरीटिनः। हतशेषैर्महाराज हतानां च सुतैरपि॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca saindhavairabhavad yuddhaṃ tatastasya kirīṭinaḥ| hataśeṣairmahārāja hatānāṃ ca sutairapi||
There took place a great battle between the diadem decked Arjuna and the hundreds of Saindhavas who still lived after the destruction of their clan.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.2
तेऽवतीर्णमुपश्रुत्य विषयं श्वेतवाहनम्। प्रत्युद्ययुरमृष्यन्तो राजानः पाण्डवर्षभम्॥
te'vatīrṇamupaśrutya viṣayaṃ śvetavāhanam| pratyudyayuramṛṣyanto rājānaḥ pāṇḍavarṣabham||
Hearing that he of white horses had entered their territories, those Kshatriyas came out against him, unable to bear that foremost one of Pandu's race.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.3
अश्वं च तं परामृश्य विषयान्ते विषोपमाः। न भयं चक्रिरे पार्थाद् भीमसेनादनन्तरात्॥
aśvaṃ ca taṃ parāmṛśya viṣayānte viṣopamāḥ| na bhayaṃ cakrire pārthād bhīmasenādanantarāt||
Those warriors who were as terrible as dreadful poison, finding the horse within their dominion, seized it without being filled with any fear of Partha who was the younger brother of Bhimasena.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.4
तेऽविदूराद् धनुष्पाणिं यज्ञियस्य हयस्य च। बीभत्सुं प्रत्यपद्यन्त पदातिनमवस्थितम्॥
te'vidūrād dhanuṣpāṇiṃ yajñiyasya hayasya ca| bībhatsuṃ pratyapadyanta padātinamavasthitam||
Advancing against Bibhatsu who waited on foot, armed with his bow, upon the sacrificial horse, they attacked him from a near point.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.5
ततस्ते तं महावीर्या राजानः पर्यवारयन्। जिगीषन्तो नरव्याघ्र पूर्वं विनिकृता युधि॥
tataste taṃ mahāvīryā rājānaḥ paryavārayan| jigīṣanto naravyāghra pūrvaṃ vinikṛtā yudhi||
Defeated in battle before, those Kshatriyas of great energy, moved by the desire of victory, surrounded that foremost of men.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.6
ते नामान्यपि गोत्राणि कर्माणि विविधानि च। कीर्तयन्तस्तदा पार्थं शरवषैरवाकिरन्॥
te nāmānyapi gotrāṇi karmāṇi vividhāni ca| kīrtayantastadā pārthaṃ śaravaṣairavākiran||
Proclaiming their names and families and their various feats, they showered their arrows on Partha.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.7
ते किरन्तः शरवातान् बारणप्रतिवारणान्। रणे जयमभीप्सन्तः कौन्तेयं पर्यवारयन्॥
te kirantaḥ śaravātān bāraṇaprativāraṇān| raṇe jayamabhīpsantaḥ kaunteyaṃ paryavārayan||
Pouring showers of arrows of such fierce energy as were capable of obstructing the course of hostile elephants, those heroes surrounded the son of Kunti, desirous of defeating him in battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.8
ते समीक्ष्य च तं कृष्णमुग्रकर्माणमाहवे। सर्वे ययुधिरे वीरा रथस्थास्तं पदातिनम्॥
te samīkṣya ca taṃ kṛṣṇamugrakarmāṇamāhave| sarve yayudhire vīrā rathasthāstaṃ padātinam||
Themselves seated on cars, they fought Arjuna of dreadful feats who was on foot,
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.9
ते तमाजन्जिरे वीरं निवातकवचान्तकम्। संशप्तकनिहन्तारं हन्तारं सैन्धवस्य च।॥
te tamājanjire vīraṃ nivātakavacāntakam| saṃśaptakanihantāraṃ hantāraṃ saindhavasya ca|||
From every side they began to strike that hero, that destroyer of the Nivatakavachas, that destroyer of the Samsaptakas, that destroyer of the king of the Sindhus.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.10
ततो रथसहस्रेण हयानामयुतेन च। कोष्ठकीकृत्य बीभत्सुं प्रहृष्टमनसोऽभवन्॥
tato rathasahasreṇa hayānāmayutena ca| koṣṭhakīkṛtya bībhatsuṃ prahṛṣṭamanaso'bhavan||
Surrounding him on all sides as within a cage by means of a thousand cars and ten thousand horse, those brave warriors expressed their joy.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.11
तं स्मरन्तो वधं वीरा: सिन्धुराजस्य चाहवे। जयद्रथस्य कौरव्य समरे सव्यसाचिना॥ ततः पर्जन्यवत् सर्वे शरवृष्टीरवासृजन्। तै: कीर्णः शुशुभे पार्थो रविर्मेघान्तरे यथा॥
taṃ smaranto vadhaṃ vīrā: sindhurājasya cāhave| jayadrathasya kauravya samare savyasācinā|| tataḥ parjanyavat sarve śaravṛṣṭīravāsṛjan| tai: kīrṇaḥ śuśubhe pārtho ravirmeghāntare yathā||
Recollecting the destruction by Dhananjaya of Jayadratha in battle, O you of Kuru's race, they poured heavy showers of arrows on that hero like a mass of clouds showering a heavy downpour. Overwhelmed with that arrow shower, Arjuna looked like the sun covered by a cloud.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.12
स शरैः समवच्छन्नश्चकाशे पाण्डवर्षभः। पञ्जरान्तरसंचारी शकुन्त इव भारत॥
sa śaraiḥ samavacchannaścakāśe pāṇḍavarṣabhaḥ| pañjarāntarasaṃcārī śakunta iva bhārata||
That foremost son of Pandu, in the midst of that cloud of arrows, resembled a bird in the midst of an iron cage, O Bharata.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.13
ततो हाहाकृतं सर्वं कौन्तेये शरपीडिते। त्रैलोक्यमभवद् राजन् रविरासीच्च निष्प्रभः॥
tato hāhākṛtaṃ sarvaṃ kaunteye śarapīḍite| trailokyamabhavad rājan ravirāsīcca niṣprabhaḥ||
Seeing the son of Kunti thus afflicted with arrows, cries of oh and alas were uticred by the three worlds, and the Sun himself became shorn of his splendour.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.14
ततो ववौ महाराज मारुतो लोमहर्षणः। राहुरग्रसदादित्यं युगपत् सोममेव च॥
tato vavau mahārāja māruto lomaharṣaṇaḥ| rāhuragrasadādityaṃ yugapat somameva ca||
Then, O king, a terrible wind began to blow, and Rahu swallowed up both the Sun and the Moon simultaneously.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.15
उल्काश्च जधिरे सूर्यं विकीर्यन्त्यः समन्ततः। वेपथुश्चाभवद् राजन् कैलासस्य महागिरेः॥
ulkāśca jadhire sūryaṃ vikīryantyaḥ samantataḥ| vepathuścābhavad rājan kailāsasya mahāgireḥ||
Many meteors struck the solar disc and then shot in different directions. The prince of mountains, viz., Kailasa, began to tremble.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.16
मुमुचुः श्वासमत्युष्णं दुःखशोकसमन्विताः। सप्तर्षयो जातभयास्तथा देवर्षयोऽपि च॥
mumucuḥ śvāsamatyuṣṇaṃ duḥkhaśokasamanvitāḥ| saptarṣayo jātabhayāstathā devarṣayo'pi ca||
The seven (celestial) Rishis, as also the other Rishis of Heaven, stricken with fear, and afflicted with grief and sorrow, breathed hot sights.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.17
शशं चाशु विनिर्भिद्य मण्डलं शशिनोऽपतत्। विपरीता दिशश्चापि सर्वा धूमाकुलास्तथा॥
śaśaṃ cāśu vinirbhidya maṇḍalaṃ śaśino'patat| viparītā diśaścāpi sarvā dhūmākulāstathā||
Piercing through the sky, those meteors fell on the Lunar disc as well. All the points of the compass became filled with smoke and assumed a strange aspect.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.18
रासभारुणसंकाशा धनुष्मन्तः सविद्युतः। आवृत्य गगनं मेघा मुमुचुर्मोसशोणितम्॥
rāsabhāruṇasaṃkāśā dhanuṣmantaḥ savidyutaḥ| āvṛtya gaganaṃ meghā mumucurmosaśoṇitam||
Reddish clouds, with flashes of lightning laying in their midst and the bow of Indra measuring them from side to side, suddenly covered the sky and poured flesh and bloods on the Earth.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.19
एवमासीत् तदा वीरे शरवर्षेण संवृते। फाल्गुने भरतश्रेष्ठ तद्युतमिवाभवत्।॥
evamāsīt tadā vīre śaravarṣeṇa saṃvṛte| phālgune bharataśreṣṭha tadyutamivābhavat|||
Such was the aspect which all nature assumed when that hero was overwhelmed with showers of arrows. Indeed, when Phalguna, that foremost one among the Bharatas, was thus afflicted, those marvels were witnessed.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.20
तस्य तेनावकीर्णस्य शरजालेन सर्वतः। मोहात् पपात गाण्डीवमावापश्च करादपि।॥
tasya tenāvakīrṇasya śarajālena sarvataḥ| mohāt papāta gāṇḍīvamāvāpaśca karādapi|||
Overwhelmed by that dense cloud of arrows, Arjuna became stupefied. The bow, Gandiva, fell down from his relaxed grip and his leathern hence also dropped down.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.21
तस्मिन् मोहमनुप्राप्ते शरजालं महत् तदा। सैन्धवा मुमुचुस्तूर्णं गतसत्त्वे महारथे॥
tasmin mohamanuprāpte śarajālaṃ mahat tadā| saindhavā mumucustūrṇaṃ gatasattve mahārathe||
When Dhananjaya became stupefied, the Saindhava warriors once more shot forthwith at that senseless warrior, numberless other arrOWS.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.22
ततो मोहसमापन्नं ज्ञात्वा पार्थं दिवौकसः। सर्वे वित्रस्तमनसस्तस्य शान्तिकृतोऽभवन्॥
tato mohasamāpannaṃ jñātvā pārthaṃ divaukasaḥ| sarve vitrastamanasastasya śāntikṛto'bhavan||
Understanding that the son of Pritha was insensible, the celestials, with hearts stricken with fear, began to seek his well-being by uttering various benedictions.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.23
ततो देवर्षयः सर्वे तथा सप्तर्षयोऽपि च। ब्रह्मर्षयश्च विजयं जेपुः पार्थस्य धीमतः॥
tato devarṣayaḥ sarve tathā saptarṣayo'pi ca| brahmarṣayaśca vijayaṃ jepuḥ pārthasya dhīmataḥ||
Then the celestial Rishis, the seven Rishis, and the twice-born Rishis, became engaged in silent recitations from desire of giving victory to the highly intelligent son of Pritha's.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.24
ततः प्रदीपिते देवैः पार्थतेजसि पार्थिव। तस्थावचलवद् धीमान् संग्रामे परमास्त्रवित्॥
tataḥ pradīpite devaiḥ pārthatejasi pārthiva| tasthāvacalavad dhīmān saṃgrāme paramāstravit||
When at last the energy of Partha blazed forth through those deeds of the dwellers of the celestial region, that hero, who was conversant with celestial weapons of great efficacy, stood immovable like a hill.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.25
विचकर्ष धनुर्दिव्यं ततः कौरवनन्दनः। यन्त्रस्येवेह शब्दोऽभून्महांस्तस्य पुनः पुनः॥
vicakarṣa dhanurdivyaṃ tataḥ kauravanandanaḥ| yantrasyeveha śabdo'bhūnmahāṃstasya punaḥ punaḥ||
The delighter of the Kurus then drew his celestial bow. And as he repeatedly stretched the bowstring, the twang that followed resembled the loud sound of some strong machine.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.26
ततः स शरवर्षाणि प्रत्यमित्रान् प्रति प्रभुः। ववर्ष धनुषा पार्थो वर्षाणीव पुरंदरः॥
tataḥ sa śaravarṣāṇi pratyamitrān prati prabhuḥ| vavarṣa dhanuṣā pārtho varṣāṇīva puraṃdaraḥ||
Like Purandara pouring rain, the powerful Arjuna then, with that bow of his, poured incessant showers of arrows on his enemies.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.27
ततस्ते सैन्धवा योधाः सर्व एव सराजकाः। नादृश्यन्त शरैः कीर्णाः शलभैरिव पादपाः॥
tataste saindhavā yodhāḥ sarva eva sarājakāḥ| nādṛśyanta śaraiḥ kīrṇāḥ śalabhairiva pādapāḥ||
Pierced by those arrows, the Saindava warriors with their cuels became invisible like trees covered with locusts.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.28
तस्य शब्देन वित्रेसुर्भयार्ताश्च विदुद्रुवुः । मुमुचुश्चाश्रु शोकार्ताः शुशुचुश्चापि सैन्धवाः॥
tasya śabdena vitresurbhayārtāśca vidudruvuḥ | mumucuścāśru śokārtāḥ śuśucuścāpi saindhavāḥ||
Terror-stricken at the very sound of Gandiva and filled with consternation they fled away. In grief of hear they shed tears and cried aloud.
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MBh 9 245.29
तांस्तु सर्वान् नरव्याघ्रः सैन्धवान् व्यचरत् बली। अलातचक्रवद् राजशरजालैः समार्पयत्॥
tāṃstu sarvān naravyāghraḥ saindhavān vyacarat balī| alātacakravad rājaśarajālaiḥ samārpayat||
The powerful warrior moved a midst that host of enemies with the celerity of a fiery wheel, all the time piercing those warriors with his arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.30
तदिन्द्रजालप्रतिम बाणजालममित्रहा। विसृज्य दिक्षु सर्वासु महेन्द्र इव वज्रभृत्॥
tadindrajālapratima bāṇajālamamitrahā| visṛjya dikṣu sarvāsu mahendra iva vajrabhṛt||
Like the great Indra, the holder of the thunder-bolt, that destroyer of enemies viz., Arjuna, shot from his bow in every direction that shower of arrows which resembled a sight produced by magic.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 9 245.31
मेघजालनिभं सैन्यं विदार्य शरवृष्टिभिः। विबभौ कौरवश्रेष्ठः शरदीव दिवाकरः॥
meghajālanibhaṃ sainyaṃ vidārya śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ| vibabhau kauravaśreṣṭhaḥ śaradīva divākaraḥ||
The Kaurava hero, piercing the hostile army with showers of arrows looked resplendent like the autumnal Sun when he disperses the clouds with his powerful rays. once
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)