03.021
Pancharatra: After returning from Rajasuya, Krishna goes after Shalva and finds his battleship parked in the middle of an ocean.
वासुदेव उवाच॥
vāsudeva uvāca॥
[वासुदेव (vāsudeva) - Vāsudeva; (a name of Kṛṣṇa; son of Vasudeva;) उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Vāsudeva said;)
Vāsudeva said.
आनर्तनगरं मुक्तं ततोऽहमगमं तदा। महाक्रतौ राजसूये निवृत्ते नृपते तव ॥३-२१-१॥
ānartanagaraṃ muktaṃ tato'hamagamaṃ tadā। mahākratau rājasūye nivṛtte nṛpate tava ॥3-21-1॥
[आनर्त-नगरम् (ānarta-nagaram) - city of Anarta; मुक्तम् (muktam) - released; ततः (tataḥ) - from there; अहम् (aham) - I; अगमम् (agamam) - went; तदा (tadā) - then; महाक्रतौ (mahākratau) - in the great sacrifice; राजसूये (rājasūye) - in the Rājasūya; निवृत्ते (nivṛtte) - having been completed; नृपते (nṛpate) - O king; तव (tava) - your;]
(city of Anarta released from there I went then; in the great sacrifice Rājasūya having been completed O king your;)
After the city of Anarta was released, I then went from there; when your great Rājasūya sacrifice had been completed, O king. (3-21-1)
अपश्यं द्वारकां चाहं महाराज हतत्विषम्। निःस्वाध्यायवषट्कारां निर्भूषणवरस्त्रियम् ॥३-२१-२॥
apaśyaṃ dvārakāṃ cāhaṃ mahārāja hatatviṣam। niḥsvādhyāyavaṣaṭkārāṃ nirbhūṣaṇavarastriyam ॥3-21-2॥
[अपश्यं (apaśyam) - I saw; (from √paś, to see, with prefix 'a' for past tense, first person); द्वारकां (dvārakām) - Dvārakā; (the city Dvārakā, accusative singular); च (ca) - and; अहम् (aham) - I; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; हतत्विषम् (hatatviṣam) - bereft of splendor; (hata- destroyed, tviṣam- brightness); निःस्वाध्यायवषट्कारां (niḥsvādhyāyavaṣaṭkārām) - devoid of svādhyāya and vaṣaṭkāra; (niḥ- without, svādhyāya- self-study/recitation, vaṣaṭkāra- sacrificial exclamation); निर्भूषणवरस्त्रियम् (nirbhūṣaṇavarastriyam) - without ornaments and excellent women; (nir- without, bhūṣaṇa- ornaments, vara- excellent, striyam- women, accusative singular);]
(I saw Dvārakā and I, O great king, bereft of splendor, devoid of svādhyāya and vaṣaṭkāra, without ornaments and excellent women. (3-21-2))
O great king, I saw Dvārakā, bereft of its former splendor, lacking the recitation of sacred texts and sacrificial exclamations, and without its ornaments and noble women. (3-21-2)
अनभिज्ञेयरूपाणि द्वारकोपवनानि च। दृष्ट्वा शङ्कोपपन्नोऽहमपृच्छं हृदिकात्मजम् ॥३-२१-३॥
anabhijñeyarūpāṇi dvārakopavanāni ca। dṛṣṭvā śaṅkopapanno'ham apṛcchaṃ hṛdikātmajam ॥3-21-3॥
[अनभिज्ञेय (anabhijñeya) - not-recognizable; रूपाणि (rūpāṇi) - forms; द्वारका (dvārakā) - Dvārakā; उपवनानि (upavanāni) - gardens; च (ca) - and; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; शङ्का (śaṅkā) - doubt; उपपन्नः (upapannaḥ) - arisen; अहम् (aham) - I; अपृच्छम् (apṛccham) - asked; हृदिकात्मजम् (hṛdikātmajam) - son of Hṛdika;]
(Not-recognizable forms, Dvārakā gardens and, having seen, doubt arisen, I asked son of Hṛdika.)
Having seen the unfamiliar forms of the gardens of Dvārakā, I became doubtful and asked the son of Hṛdika. (3-21-3)
अस्वस्थनरनारीकमिदं वृष्णिपुरं भृषम्। किमिदं नरशार्दूल श्रोतुमिच्छामहे वयम् ॥३-२१-४॥
asvasthanaranārikam idaṁ vṛṣṇipuraṁ bhṛśam। kim idaṁ naraśārdūla śrotum icchāmahe vayam ॥3-21-4॥
[अस्वस्थ (asvastha) - unwell; नर (nara) - man; नारी (nārī) - woman; कम् (kam) - with; इदं (idaṁ) - this; वृष्णिपुरम् (vṛṣṇipuram) - city of the Vṛṣṇis; भृषम् (bhṛśam) - greatly; किम् (kim) - what; इदं (idaṁ) - this; नरशार्दूल (naraśārdūla) - tiger among men; श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear; इच्छामहे (icchāmahe) - we wish; वयम् (vayam) - we;]
(Unwell man woman with this city of the Vṛṣṇis greatly; what is this, tiger among men, to hear we wish we.)
This city of the Vṛṣṇis is greatly filled with unwell men and women; what is this, O tiger among men? We wish to hear (about it). (3-21-4)
एवमुक्तस्तु स मया विस्तरेणेदमब्रवीत्। रोधं मोक्षं च शाल्वेन हार्दिक्यो राजसत्तम ॥३-२१-५॥
evam-uktas tu sa mayā vistareṇedam abravīt। rodhaṃ mokṣaṃ ca śālvena hārdikyo rājasattama ॥3-21-5॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken; तु (tu) - but; सः (saḥ) - he; मया (mayā) - by me; विस्तरेण (vistareṇa) - in detail; इदम् (idam) - this; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; रोधम् (rodham) - obstruction; मोक्षम् (mokṣam) - release; च (ca) - and; शाल्वेन (śālvena) - by Śālva; हार्दिक्यः (hārdikyaḥ) - the son of Hṛdika; राजसत्तम (rājasattama) - best of kings;]
(Thus spoken but he by me in detail this said; obstruction release and by Śālva the son of Hṛdika, best of kings;)
Thus, when I had spoken in detail, he, the son of Hṛdika, best of kings, told this about the obstruction and release by Śālva. (3-21-5)
ततोऽहं कौरवश्रेष्ठ श्रुत्वा सर्वमशेषतः। विनाशे शाल्वराजस्य तदैवाकरवं मतिम् ॥३-२१-६॥
tato'haṃ kauravaśreṣṭha śrutvā sarvamaśeṣataḥ। vināśe śālvarājasya tadaivākaravaṃ matim ॥3-21-6॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अहम् (aham) - I; कौरवश्रेष्ठ (kauravaśreṣṭha) - O best of the Kauravas; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; अशेषतः (aśeṣataḥ) - completely; विनाशे (vināśe) - in the destruction; शाल्वराजस्य (śālvarājasya) - of the king of Śālva; तदा (tadā) - then; एव (eva) - indeed; अकरवम् (akaravam) - I made; मतिम् (matim) - decision;]
(Then I, O best of the Kauravas, having heard all completely, in the destruction of the king of Śālva, then indeed made (my) decision.)
Then, O best of the Kauravas, after hearing everything in full about the destruction of the king of Śālva, I immediately made up my mind. (3-21-6)
ततोऽहं भरतश्रेष्ठ समाश्वास्य पुरे जनम्। राजानमाहुकं चैव तथैवानकदुन्दुभिम् ॥ सर्ववृष्णिप्रवीरांश्च हर्षयन्नब्रुवं तदा ॥३-२१-७॥
tato'haṃ bharataśreṣṭha samāśvāsya pure janam। rājānamāhukaṃ caiva tathaivānakadundubhim ॥ sarvavṛṣṇipravīrāṃśca harṣayann abruvaṃ tadā ॥3-21-7॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अहम् (aham) - I; भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best of the Bharatas; समाश्वास्य (samāśvāsya) - having consoled; पुरे (pure) - in the city; जनम् (janam) - the people; राजानम् (rājānam) - the king; आहुकम् (āhukaṃ) - Āhuka; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; तथा (tathā) - likewise; एव (eva) - indeed; अनकदुन्दुभिम् (anakadundubhim) - Anakadundubhi; सर्ववृष्णिप्रवीरान् (sarvavṛṣṇipravīrān) - all the foremost of the Vṛṣṇis; च (ca) - and; हर्षयन् (harṣayan) - gladdening; अब्रुवम् (abruvam) - I spoke; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(Then I, O best of the Bharatas, having consoled the people in the city, the king Āhuka and likewise Anakadundubhi, and all the foremost of the Vṛṣṇis, gladdening (them), I spoke then.)
Then, O best of the Bharatas, after consoling the people in the city, the king Āhuka, and also Anakadundubhi, I spoke to all the foremost of the Vṛṣṇis, cheering them. (3-21-7)
अप्रमादः सदा कार्यो नगरे यादवर्षभाः। शाल्वराजविनाशाय प्रयातं मां निबोधत ॥३-२१-८॥
apramādaḥ sadā kāryo nagare yādavaṛṣabhāḥ। śālvarājavināśāya prayātaṃ māṃ nibodhata ॥3-21-8॥
[अप्रमादः (apramādaḥ) - non-negligence; सदा (sadā) - always; कार्यः (kāryaḥ) - should be done; नगरे (nagare) - in the city; यादवर्षभाः (yādavaṛṣabhāḥ) - bulls among the Yādavas; शाल्वराजविनाशाय (śālvarājavināśāya) - for the destruction of the king of Śālva; प्रयातम् (prayātam) - departed; माम् (mām) - me; निबोधत (nibodhata) - know;]
(Non-negligence always should be done in the city, bulls among the Yādavas; for the destruction of the king of Śālva, departed me, know.)
O foremost of the Yādavas, always maintain vigilance in the city; know that I have departed for the destruction of the king of Śālva. (3-21-8)
नाहत्वा तं निवर्तिष्ये पुरीं द्वारवतीं प्रति। सशाल्वं सौभनगरं हत्वा द्रष्टास्मि वः पुनः ॥ त्रिसामा हन्यतामेषा दुन्दुभिः शत्रुभीषणी ॥३-२१-९॥
nāhatvā taṃ nivartiṣye purīṃ dvāravatīṃ prati। saśālavaṃ saubhanagaraṃ hatvā draṣṭāsmi vaḥ punaḥ ॥ trisāmā hanyatāmeṣā dundubhiḥ śatrubhīṣaṇī ॥3-21-9॥
[न (na) - not; अहत्वा (ahatvā) - without killing; तं (taṃ) - him; निवर्तिष्ये (nivartiṣye) - I shall return; पुरीं (purīṃ) - city; द्वारवतीं (dvāravatīṃ) - Dvāravatī; प्रति (prati) - towards; सशाल्वं (saśālvam) - with Śālva; सौभनगरं (saubhanagaram) - Saubha city; हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed; द्रष्टास्मि (draṣṭāsmi) - I shall see; वः (vaḥ) - you (all); पुनः (punaḥ) - again; त्रिसामा (trisāmā) - Trisāmā; हन्यताम् (hanyatām) - let be struck; एषा (eṣā) - this; दुन्दुभिः (dundubhiḥ) - drum; शत्रुभीषणी (śatrubhīṣaṇī) - terrifying to enemies;]
(Not without killing him I shall return towards the city Dvāravatī. Having killed Śālva with the Saubha city, I shall see you again. Trisāmā, let this drum terrifying to enemies be struck. (3-21-9))
I will not return to the city of Dvāravatī without killing him. After slaying Śālva along with the Saubha city, I shall see you all again. Trisāmā, let this drum that terrifies enemies be sounded. (3-21-9)
ते मयाश्वासिता वीरा यथावद्भरतर्षभ। सर्वे मामब्रुवन्हृष्टाः प्रयाहि जहि शात्रवान् ॥३-२१-१०॥
te mayāśvāsitā vīrā yathāvad bharatarṣabha। sarve mām abruvan hṛṣṭāḥ prayāhi jahi śātravān ॥3-21-10॥
[ते (te) - they; मया (mayā) - by me; आश्वासिता (āśvāsitā) - encouraged; वीरा (vīrā) - heroes; यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly; भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - bull among the Bharatas; सर्वे (sarve) - all; माम् (mām) - to me; अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - said; हृष्टाः (hṛṣṭāḥ) - joyful; प्रयाहि (prayāhi) - go forth; जहि (jahi) - slay; शात्रवान् (śātravān) - enemies;]
(They, encouraged by me, heroes, properly, bull among the Bharatas, all, to me, said, joyful: Go forth, slay the enemies.)
O bull among the Bharatas, those heroes, having been properly encouraged by me, all joyfully said to me: "Go forth, slay the enemies." (3-21-10)
तैः प्रहृष्टात्मभिर्वीरैराशीर्भिरभिनन्दितः। वाचयित्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठान्प्रणम्य शिरसाहुकम् ॥३-२१-११॥
taiḥ prahṛṣṭātmabhir vīrair āśīrbhir abhinanditaḥ। vācayitvā dvijaśreṣṭhān praṇamya śirasā ahukam ॥3-21-11॥
[तैः (taiḥ) - by them; प्रहृष्टात्मभिः (prahṛṣṭātmabhiḥ) - with delighted minds; वीरैः (vīraiḥ) - by heroes; आशीर्भिः (āśīrbhiḥ) - with blessings; अभिनन्दितः (abhinanditaḥ) - honored; वाचयित्वा (vācayitvā) - having caused to be recited; द्विजश्रेष्ठान् (dvijaśreṣṭhān) - the best of twice-born; प्रणम्य (praṇamya) - having bowed; शिरसा (śirasā) - with the head; अहुकम् (ahukam) - Ahuka;]
(By them, with delighted minds, by heroes, with blessings, honored; having caused the best of twice-born to recite, having bowed with the head to Ahuka.)
He was honored with blessings by those heroic men whose minds were delighted; after having the best of the twice-born recite, he bowed his head to Ahuka. (3-21-11)
सैन्यसुग्रीवयुक्तेन रथेनानादयन्दिशः। प्रध्माप्य शङ्खप्रवरं पाञ्चजन्यमहं नृप ॥३-२१-१२॥
sainyasugrīvayuktena rathenānādayandiśaḥ। pradhmāpya śaṅkhapravaraṃ pāñcajanyamahaṃ nṛpa ॥3-21-12॥
[सैन्य (sainya) - army; सुग्रीव (sugrīva) - Sugrīva; युक्तेन (yuktena) - joined with; रथेन (rathena) - by the chariot; अनादयन् (anādayan) - causing to resound; दिशः (diśaḥ) - the directions; प्रध्माप्य (pradhmāpya) - having blown; शङ्खप्रवरं (śaṅkhapravaram) - the excellent conch; पाञ्चजन्यं (pāñcajanyam) - Pāñcajanya; अहम् (aham) - I; नृप (nṛpa) - O king;]
(With the army and Sugrīva joined, by the chariot, causing the directions to resound, having blown the excellent conch Pāñcajanya, I, O king.)
O king, I, with Sugrīva and the army mounted on the chariot, blew the excellent conch Pāñcajanya, making all directions resound. (3-21-12)
प्रयातोऽस्मि नरव्याघ्र बलेन महता वृतः। कॢप्तेन चतुरङ्गेण बलेन जितकाशिना ॥३-२१-१३॥
prayāto'smi naravyāghra balena mahatā vṛtaḥ। kḷptena caturaṅgeṇa balena jitakāśinā ॥3-21-13॥
[प्रयातः (prayātaḥ) - departed; gone forth; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; नरव्याघ्र (naravyāghra) - tiger among men; बलेन (balena) - with army; with force; महतā (mahatā) - great; mighty; वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - surrounded; accompanied; कॢप्तेन (kḷptena) - well-arranged; prepared; चतुरङ्गेण (caturaṅgeṇa) - with fourfold army; बलेन (balena) - with army; with force; जितकाशिना (jitakāśinā) - by the conqueror of Kāśī;]
(Departed I am, O tiger among men, with army great surrounded; with well-arranged fourfold army, with army, by the conqueror of Kāśī.)
O tiger among men, I have set out, surrounded by a great army, with a well-arranged fourfold force, accompanied by the conqueror of Kāśī. (3-21-13)
समतीत्य बहून्देशान्गिरींश्च बहुपादपान्। सरांसि सरितश्चैव मार्त्तिकावतमासदम् ॥३-२१-१४॥
samatītya bahūn deśān girīṁś ca bahu-pādapān। sarāṁsi saritaś caiva mārtikāvatam āsadam ॥3-21-14॥
[समतीत्य (samatītya) - having crossed over; बहून् (bahūn) - many; देशान् (deśān) - regions; गिरीन् (girīn) - mountains; च (ca) - and; बहुपादपान् (bahu-pādapān) - many trees; सरांसि (sarāṁsi) - lakes; सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; मार्त्तिकावतम् (mārtikāvatam) - Mārtikāvata (name of a place); आसदम् (āsadam) - reached;]
(Having crossed over many regions, mountains and many trees, lakes and rivers indeed, (he) reached Mārtikāvata.)
After traversing many regions, mountains, and forests with many trees, as well as lakes and rivers, he finally reached Mārtikāvata. (3-21-14)
तत्राश्रौषं नरव्याघ्र शाल्वं नगरमन्तिकात्। प्रयातं सौभमास्थाय तमहं पृष्ठतोऽन्वयाम् ॥३-२१-१५॥
tatrāśrauṣaṃ naravyāghra śālvaṃ nagaram-antikāt। prayātaṃ saubham-āsthāya tam-ahaṃ pṛṣṭhato'nvayām ॥3-21-15॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; अश्रौषम् (aśrauṣam) - I heard; नरव्याघ्र (naravyāghra) - O tiger among men; शाल्वम् (śālvam) - Śālva; नगरमन्तिकात् (nagaram-antikāt) - from near the city; प्रयातम् (prayātam) - departed; सौभम् (saubham) - the Saubha (airship); आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having mounted; तम् (tam) - him; अहम् (aham) - I; पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - from behind; अन्वयाम् (anvayām) - followed;]
(There I heard, O tiger among men, that Śālva, having departed from near the city, having mounted the Saubha, him I from behind followed.)
There, O tiger among men, I heard that Śālva, having mounted the Saubha, departed from near the city; I followed him from behind. (3-21-15)
ततः सागरमासाद्य कुक्षौ तस्य महोर्मिणः। समुद्रनाभ्यां शाल्वोऽभूत्सौभमास्थाय शत्रुहन् ॥३-२१-१६॥
tataḥ sāgaram āsādya kukṣau tasya maho-rmiṇaḥ। samudra-nābhyāṃ śālvaḥ abhūt saubham āsthāya śatru-han ॥3-21-16॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; सागरम् (sāgaram) - ocean; आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached; कुक्षौ (kukṣau) - in the belly; तस्य (tasya) - of it; महोर्मिणः (maho-rmiṇaḥ) - of the great-waved; समुद्रनाभ्यां (samudra-nābhyām) - at the navel of the ocean; शाल्वः (śālvaḥ) - Śālva; अभूत् (abhūt) - became; सौभम् (saubham) - Saubha (his aerial city); आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having mounted; शत्रुहन् (śatru-han) - destroyer of enemies;]
(Then, having reached the ocean, in the belly of it, of the great-waved, at the navel of the ocean, Śālva became (appeared), having mounted Saubha, destroyer of enemies.)
Then, having reached the ocean, in the midst of its great waves, at the navel of the sea, Śālva appeared, having mounted his Saubha (aerial city), as the destroyer of enemies. (3-21-16)
स समालोक्य दूरान्मां स्मयन्निव युधिष्ठिर। आह्वयामास दुष्टात्मा युद्धायैव मुहुर्मुहुः ॥३-२१-१७॥
sa samālokya dūrānmāṃ smayanniva yudhiṣṭhira। āhvayāmāsa duṣṭātmā yuddhāyaiva muhurmuhuḥ ॥3-21-17॥
[स (sa) - he; समालोक्य (samālokya) - having looked at; दूरान् (dūrān) - from afar; माम् (mām) - me; स्मयन् (smayan) - smiling; इव (iva) - as if; युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhiṣṭhira; आह्वयामास (āhvayāmāsa) - he challenged; दुष्टात्मा (duṣṭātmā) - wicked-souled; युद्धाय (yuddhāya) - for battle; एव (eva) - indeed; मुहुःमुहुः (muhurmuhuḥ) - again and again;]
(He, having looked at me from afar, as if smiling, O Yudhiṣṭhira, the wicked-souled (one) challenged (me) for battle indeed again and again.)
O Yudhiṣṭhira, he looked at me from a distance, as if smiling, and that wicked-souled man repeatedly challenged me to battle. (3-21-17)
तस्य शार्ङ्गविनिर्मुक्तैर्बहुभिर्मर्मभेदिभिः। पुरं नासाद्यत शरैस्ततो मां रोष आविशत् ॥३-२१-१८॥
tasya śārṅgavinirmuktair bahubhir marmabhedibhiḥ। puraṃ nāsādyata śaraistato māṃ roṣa āviśat ॥3-21-18॥
[तस्य (tasya) - of him; शार्ङ्गविनिर्मुक्तैः (śārṅga-vinirmuktaiḥ) - by those released from Śārṅga (the bow); बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many; मर्मभेदिभिः (marmabhedibhiḥ) - piercing the vital points; पुरं (puraṃ) - the city; न (na) - not; असाद्यत (asādyata) - was reached; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows; ततः (tataḥ) - then; माम् (mām) - me; रोषः (roṣaḥ) - anger; आविशत् (āviśat) - entered;]
(Of him, by those released from Śārṅga, by many, piercing the vital points, the city was not reached by arrows; then, me, anger entered.)
When the city was not reached by the many arrows, piercing the vital points, released from Śārṅga, then anger entered me. (3-21-18)
स चापि पापप्रकृतिर्दैतेयापसदो नृप। मय्यवर्षत दुर्धर्षः शरधाराः सहस्रशः ॥३-२१-१९॥
sa cāpi pāpaprakṛtir daiteyāpasado nṛpa। mayy avarṣata durdharṣaḥ śaradhārāḥ sahasraśaḥ ॥3-21-19॥
[स (sa) - he; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; पापप्रकृतिः (pāpaprakṛtiḥ) - of evil nature; दैतेयापसदः (daiteyāpasadaḥ) - lowest among Daityas; नृप (nṛpa) - O king; मयि (mayi) - on me; अवर्षत् (avarṣat) - rained; दुर्धर्षः (durdharṣaḥ) - difficult to assail; शरधाराः (śaradhārāḥ) - streams of arrows; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands;]
(He and also of evil nature, lowest among Daityas, O king, on me rained, difficult to assail, streams of arrows by thousands.)
O king, that lowest among the Daityas, of evil nature and difficult to assail, rained thousands of streams of arrows upon me. (3-21-19)
सैनिकान्मम सूतं च हयांश्च समवाकिरत्। अचिन्तयन्तस्तु शरान्वयं युध्याम भारत ॥३-२१-२०॥
sainikān mama sūtaṃ ca hayāṃś ca samavākirat। acintayant as tu śarān vayaṃ yudhyāma bhārata ॥3-21-20॥
[सैनिकान् (sainikān) - soldiers; मम (mama) - my; सूतम् (sūtam) - charioteer; च (ca) - and; हयान् (hayān) - horses; च (ca) - and; समवाकिरत् (samavākirat) - covered; अचिन्तयन्तः (acintayantaḥ) - not considering; तु (tu) - but; शरान् (śarān) - arrows; वयम् (vayam) - we; युध्याम (yudhyāma) - fight; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(Soldiers my charioteer and horses and covered not considering but arrows we fight O Bhārata.)
O Bhārata, the soldiers covered my charioteer and horses with arrows, but we, not considering (the attack), continued to fight. (3-21-20)
ततः शतसहस्राणि शराणां नतपर्वणाम्। चिक्षिपुः समरे वीरा मयि शाल्वपदानुगाः ॥३-२१-२१॥
tataḥ śatasahasrāṇi śarāṇāṃ nataparvaṇām। cikṣipuḥ samare vīrā mayi śālvapadānugāḥ ॥3-21-21॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; शतसहस्राणि (śatasahasrāṇi) - hundreds of thousands; शराणां (śarāṇām) - of arrows; नतपर्वणाम् (nataparvaṇām) - with bent joints; चिक्षिपुः (cikṣipuḥ) - they hurled; समरे (samare) - in battle; वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes; मयि (mayi) - at me; शाल्वपदानुगाः (śālvapadānugāḥ) - followers of Śālva's army;]
(Then hundreds of thousands of arrows with bent joints the heroes hurled in battle at me, the followers of Śālva's army.)
Then, the heroes who were followers of Śālva's army hurled hundreds of thousands of arrows with bent joints at me in the battle. (3-21-21)
ते हयान्मे रथं चैव तदा दारुकमेव च। छादयामासुरसुरा बाणैर्मर्मविभेदिभिः ॥३-२१-२२॥
te hayān me rathaṃ caiva tadā dārukam eva ca। chādayām āsur asurā bāṇair marmavibhedibhiḥ ॥3-21-22॥
[ते (te) - they; हयान् (hayān) - horses; मे (me) - my; रथं (rathaṃ) - chariot; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; तदा (tadā) - then; दारुकम् (dārukam) - Dāruka; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; छादयाम् (chādayām) - covered; आसुः (āsuḥ) - they did; असुरा (asurā) - the Asuras; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows; मर्मविभेदिभिः (marmavibhedibhiḥ) - piercing the vital parts;]
(They horses my chariot and indeed then Dāruka indeed and covered did the Asuras with arrows piercing the vital parts.)
Then the Asuras covered my horses, chariot, and Dāruka as well with arrows that pierced the vital parts. (3-21-22)
न हया न रथो वीर न यन्ता मम दारुकः। अदृश्यन्त शरैश्छन्नास्तथाहं सैनिकाश्च मे ॥३-२१-२३॥
na hayā na ratho vīra na yantā mama dārukaḥ। adṛśyanta śaraiś channās tathāhaṃ sainikāś ca me ॥3-21-23॥
[न (na) - not; हया (hayā) - horses; न (na) - not; रथः (rathaḥ) - chariot; वीर (vīra) - hero; न (na) - not; यन्ता (yantā) - charioteer; मम (mama) - my; दारुकः (dārukaḥ) - Dāruka; अदृश्यन्त (adṛśyanta) - were not seen; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows; छन्नाः (channāḥ) - covered; तथा (tathā) - so; अहम् (aham) - I; सैनिकाः (sainikāḥ) - soldiers; च (ca) - and; मे (me) - my;]
(Not horses, not chariot, hero, not charioteer my Dāruka; were not seen, by arrows covered, so I, soldiers and my.)
Neither my horses, nor my chariot, nor my charioteer Dāruka, nor I, nor my soldiers could be seen, all being covered by arrows. (3-21-23)
ततोऽहमपि कौरव्य शराणामयुतान्बहून्। अभिमन्त्रितानां धनुषा दिव्येन विधिनाक्षिपम् ॥३-२१-२४॥
tato'ham api kauravya śarāṇām ayutān bahūn। abhimantritānāṃ dhanuṣā divyena vidhinākṣipam ॥3-21-24॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अहम् (aham) - I; अपि (api) - also; कौरव्य (kauravya) - O descendant of Kuru; शराणाम् (śarāṇām) - of arrows; अयुतान् (ayutān) - tens of thousands; बहून् (bahūn) - many; अभिमन्त्रितानाम् (abhimantritānām) - of those that are consecrated by mantra; धनुषा (dhanuṣā) - with the bow; दिव्येन (divyena) - divine; विधिना (vidhinā) - by the method; अक्षिपम् (akṣipam) - I discharged;]
(Then I also, O Kauravya, with the bow, by the divine method, discharged many tens of thousands of arrows that were consecrated by mantra.)
Then I too, O descendant of Kuru, using the divine bow and proper method, released many tens of thousands of arrows empowered by mantra. (3-21-24)
न तत्र विषयस्त्वासीन्मम सैन्यस्य भारत। खे विषक्तं हि तत्सौभं क्रोशमात्र इवाभवत् ॥३-२१-२५॥
na tatra viṣayastvāsīnmama sainyasya bhārata। khe viṣaktaṃ hi tatsaubhaṃ krośamātra ivābhavat ॥3-21-25॥
[न (na) - not; तत्र (tatra) - there; विषयः (viṣayaḥ) - domain; त्वा (tvā) - your; असीत् (āsīt) - was; मम (mama) - my; सैन्यस्य (sainyasya) - of army; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; खे (khe) - in the sky; विषक्तम् (viṣaktam) - suspended; हि (hi) - indeed; तत् (tat) - that; सौभम् (saubham) - Saubha (the aerial city); क्रोशमात्र (krośamātra) - the distance of a krośa; इव (iva) - like; अभवत् (abhavat) - became;]
(Not there domain was of my army, O Bhārata. In the sky, suspended indeed that Saubha became like the distance of a krośa.)
O Bhārata, there was no domain of my army there. That Saubha, indeed, suspended in the sky, became as if at the distance of a krośa. (3-21-25)
ततस्ते प्रेक्षकाः सर्वे रङ्गवाट इव स्थिताः। हर्षयामासुरुच्चैर्मां सिंहनादतलस्वनैः ॥३-२१-२६॥
tataste prekṣakāḥ sarve raṅgavāṭa iva sthitāḥ। harṣayāmāsur uccair māṃ siṃhanādatalasvanaiḥ ॥3-21-26॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ते (te) - they; प्रेक्षकाः (prekṣakāḥ) - spectators; सर्वे (sarve) - all; रङ्गवाट (raṅgavāṭa) - arena; इव (iva) - like; स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - standing; हर्षयामासुः (harṣayāmāsuḥ) - caused to rejoice; उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - loudly; माम् (mām) - me; सिंहनाद (siṃhanāda) - lion's roar; तल (tala) - with the sound; स्वनैः (svanaiḥ) - with reverberations;]
(Then they, all the spectators, standing like in an arena, caused me to rejoice loudly with reverberations of lion's roar sounds.)
Then all those spectators, standing as if in an arena, made me rejoice with loud reverberating lion-roar sounds. (3-21-26)
मत्कार्मुकविनिर्मुक्ता दानवानां महारणे। अङ्गेषु रुधिराक्तास्ते विविशुः शलभा इव ॥३-२१-२७॥
matkārmukavinirmuktā dānavānāṃ mahāraṇe। aṅgeṣu rudhirāktāste viviśuḥ śalabhā iva ॥3-21-27॥
[मत् (mat) - my; कार्मुक (kārmuka) - bow; विनिर्मुक्ता (vinirmuktāḥ) - released; दानवानाम् (dānavānām) - of the Dānavas; महा (mahā) - great; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; अङ्गेषु (aṅgeṣu) - on the limbs; रुधिर (rudhira) - blood; आक्ताः (āktāḥ) - smeared; ते (te) - they; विविशुः (viviśuḥ) - entered; शलभाः (śalabhāḥ) - moths; इव (iva) - like;]
(Released from my bow, smeared with blood, they entered the limbs of the Dānavas in the great battle like moths.)
The arrows released from my bow, smeared with blood, entered the bodies of the Dānavas in the great battle like moths. (3-21-27)
ततो हलहलाशब्दः सौभमध्ये व्यवर्धत। वध्यतां विशिखैस्तीक्ष्णैः पततां च महार्णवे ॥३-२१-२८॥
tato halahalāśabdaḥ saubhamadhye vyavardhata। vadhyatāṃ viśikhaiḥ tīkṣṇaiḥ patatāṃ ca mahārṇave ॥3-21-28॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; हलहलाशब्दः (halahalāśabdaḥ) - roaring sound; सौभमध्ये (saubhamadhye) - in the midst of the Saubha; व्यवर्धत (vyavardhata) - increased; वध्यताम् (vadhyatām) - let be slain; विशिखैः (viśikhaiḥ) - with arrows; तीक्ष्णैः (tīkṣṇaiḥ) - sharp; पतताम् (patatām) - of those falling; च (ca) - and; महार्णवे (mahārṇave) - in the great ocean;]
(Then a roaring sound increased in the midst of the Saubha. Let them be slain with sharp arrows, and let those falling be in the great ocean.)
Then a roaring sound arose in the midst of the Saubha. Let them be slain with sharp arrows, and let those who fall descend into the great ocean. (3-21-28)
ते निकृत्तभुजस्कन्धाः कबन्धाकृतिदर्शनाः। नदन्तो भैरवान्नादन्निपतन्ति स्म दानवाः ॥३-२१-२९॥
te nikṛttabhujaskandhāḥ kabandhākṛtidarśanāḥ। nadanto bhairavānnādannipatanti sma dānavāḥ ॥3-21-29॥
[ते (te) - they; निकृत्त (nikṛtta) - severed; भुज (bhuja) - arms; स्कन्धाः (skandhāḥ) - shoulders; कबन्ध (kabandha) - trunk; आकृति (ākṛti) - form; दर्शनाः (darśanāḥ) - appearance; नदन्तः (nadantaḥ) - roaring; भैरव (bhairava) - terrible; अन्नादन् (annādan) - sound; निपतन्ति (nipatanti) - falling; स्म (sma) - indeed; दानवाः (dānavāḥ) - demons;]
(They, with severed arms and shoulders, having the appearance of trunk-like forms, roaring with terrible sound, the demons indeed were falling.)
Those demons, with their arms and shoulders severed and appearing like trunk-forms, were roaring with terrible sounds as they fell. (3-21-29)
ततो गोक्षीरकुन्देन्दुमृणालरजतप्रभम्। जलजं पाञ्चजन्यं वै प्राणेनाहमपूरयम् ॥३-२१-३०॥
tato gokṣīrakundendumṛṇālarajataprabham। jalajaṃ pāñcajanyaṃ vai prāṇenāham apūrayam ॥3-21-30॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; गोक्षीर (gokṣīra) - cow's milk; कुन्द (kunda) - jasmine; इन्दु (indu) - moon; मृणाल (mṛṇāla) - lotus-stalk; रजत (rajata) - silver; प्रभम् (prabham) - having the radiance; जलजम् (jalajam) - born in water; पाञ्चजन्यं (pāñcajanyam) - Pāñcajanya (the conch); वै (vai) - indeed; प्राणेन (prāṇena) - with breath; अहम् (aham) - I; अपूरयम् (apūrayam) - filled;]
(Then, having the radiance of cow's milk, jasmine, moon, lotus-stalk, and silver, the water-born Pāñcajanya indeed with breath I filled.)
Then I filled the Pāñcajanya conch, which had the radiance of cow's milk, jasmine, the moon, lotus-stalk, and silver, with my breath. (3-21-30)
तान्दृष्ट्वा पतितांस्तत्र शाल्वः सौभपतिस्तदा। मायायुद्धेन महता योधयामास मां युधि ॥३-२१-३१॥
tāndṛṣṭvā patitāṃstatra śālvaḥ saubhapatis tadā। māyāyuddhena mahatā yodhayāmāsa māṃ yudhi ॥3-21-31॥
[तान् (tān) - them; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; पतितान् (patitān) - fallen; तत्र (tatra) - there; शाल्वः (śālvaḥ) - Śālva; सौभपतिः (saubhapatiḥ) - the lord of Saubha; तदा (tadā) - then; मायायुद्धेन (māyāyuddhena) - with magical warfare; महतā (mahatā) - great; योधयामास (yodhayāmāsa) - engaged in battle; माम् (mām) - me; युधि (yudhi) - in battle;]
(Having seen them fallen there, Śālva, the lord of Saubha, then with great magical warfare engaged me in battle.)
Seeing them fallen there, Śālva, the lord of Saubha, then attacked me in battle with great magical warfare. (3-21-31)
ततो हुडहुडाः प्रासाः शक्तिशूलपरश्वधाः। पट्टिशाश्च भुशुण्ड्यश्च प्रापतन्ननिशं मयि ॥३-२१-३२॥
tato huḍahuḍāḥ prāsāḥ śaktiśūlaparaśvadhāḥ। paṭṭiśāś ca bhuśuṇḍyaś ca prāpatann aniśaṃ mayi ॥3-21-32॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - from then; from that; then; हुडहुडाः (huḍahuḍāḥ) - roaring; making a loud noise; प्रासाः (prāsāḥ) - javelins; spears; शक्ति (śakti) - lance; spear; शूल (śūla) - trident; spear; परश्वधाः (paraśvadhāḥ) - battle-axes; पट्टिशाः (paṭṭiśāḥ) - pikes; long spears; च (ca) - and; भुशुण्ड्यः (bhuśuṇḍyaḥ) - slings; missile weapons; च (ca) - and; प्रापतन् (prāpatan) - fell; descended; अनिशम् (aniśam) - unceasingly; continuously; मयि (mayi) - on me; upon me;]
(Then roaring javelins, lances, tridents, battle-axes, pikes and slings and slings fell unceasingly on me.)
Then, roaring javelins, lances, tridents, battle-axes, pikes, and slings continuously fell upon me. (3-21-32)
तानहं माययैवाशु प्रतिगृह्य व्यनाशयम्। तस्यां हतायां मायायां गिरिशृङ्गैरयोधयत् ॥३-२१-३३॥
tān ahaṃ māyayā eva āśu pratigṛhya vyanāśayam। tasyām hatāyām māyāyām giriśṛṅgaiḥ ayodhayat ॥3-21-33॥
[तान् (tān) - them; (accusative plural of 'tat') अहं (ahaṃ) - I; (first person singular pronoun) मायया (māyayā) - by illusion; (instrumental singular of 'māyā') एव (eva) - indeed; (emphatic particle) आशु (āśu) - quickly; (adverb) प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having received; (absolutive of 'pratigrah') व्यानाशयम् (vyanāśayam) - I destroyed; (1st person singular aorist of 'vi-nāś') तस्याम् (tasyām) - in that; (locative singular feminine of 'tat') हतायाम् (hatāyām) - having been killed; (locative singular feminine of 'hatā') मायायाम् (māyāyām) - in the illusion; (locative singular of 'māyā') गिरिशृङ्गैः (giriśṛṅgaiḥ) - with mountain peaks; (instrumental plural of 'giriśṛṅga') अयोधयत् (ayodhayat) - he fought; (imperfect 3rd person singular of 'yudh');]
(Them I indeed by illusion quickly having received I destroyed. In that killed illusion with mountain peaks he fought.)
I quickly destroyed them by illusion. When that illusion was killed, he fought with mountain peaks. (3-21-33)
ततोऽभवत्तम इव प्रभातमिव चाभवत्। दुर्दिनं सुदिनं चैव शीतमुष्णं च भारत ॥३-२१-३४॥
tato'bhavat tama iva prabhātam iva ca abhavat। durdinaṃ sudinaṃ ca eva śīta-uṣṇaṃ ca bhārata ॥3-21-34॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; from that; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; happened; तम (tama) - darkness; इव (iva) - like; as if; प्रभातम् (prabhātam) - dawn; morning; इव (iva) - like; as if; च (ca) - and; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; happened; दुर्दिनम् (durdinam) - bad day; gloomy day; सुदिनम् (sudinam) - good day; auspicious day; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; just; शीतम् (śītam) - cold; उष्णम् (uṣṇam) - heat; hot; च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; O descendant of Bharata;]
(Then became darkness as if, dawn as if and became; bad day, good day and indeed, cold, heat and O Bhārata.)
Then, O Bhārata, it became as if night and as if dawn; it was both a bad day and a good day, both cold and hot. (3-21-34)
एवं मायां विकुर्वाणो योधयामास मां रिपुः। विज्ञाय तदहं सर्वं माययैव व्यनाशयम् ॥ यथाकालं तु युद्धेन व्यधमं सर्वतः शरैः ॥३-२१-३५॥
evaṃ māyāṃ vikurvāṇo yodhayāmāsa māṃ ripuḥ। vijñāya tadahaṃ sarvaṃ māyayāiva vyanāśayam ॥ yathākālaṃ tu yuddhena vyadhamaṃ sarvataḥ śaraiḥ ॥3-21-35॥
[एवं (evaṃ) - thus; मायाम् (māyām) - illusion; विकुर्वाणः (vikurvāṇaḥ) - transforming; योधयामास (yodhayāmāsa) - fought; माम् (mām) - me; रिपुः (ripuḥ) - enemy; विज्ञाय (vijñāya) - having known; तत् (tat) - that; अहम् (aham) - I; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; मायया (māyayā) - by illusion; एव (eva) - indeed; व्यानाशयम् (vyanāśayam) - I destroyed; यथाकालम् (yathākālam) - at the proper time; तु (tu) - but; युद्धेन (yuddhena) - by battle; व्यधमम् (vyadhamam) - I struck down; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows;]
(Thus, transforming illusion, the enemy fought me; having known that, I indeed destroyed all by illusion. At the proper time, but, by battle, I struck down from all sides with arrows.)
Thus, the enemy, employing illusion, fought with me; realizing this, I destroyed all his illusions. Then, at the right time, I struck him down from all sides with arrows in battle. (3-21-35)
ततो व्योम महाराज शतसूर्यमिवाभवत्। शतचन्द्रं च कौन्तेय सहस्रायुततारकम् ॥३-२१-३६॥
tato vyoma mahārāja śatasūryamivābhavat। śatacandraṃ ca kaunteya sahasrāyutatārakam ॥3-21-36॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; व्योम (vyoma) - sky; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; शतसूर्यम् (śatasūryam) - hundred suns; इव (iva) - like; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; शतचन्द्रम् (śatacandram) - hundred moons; च (ca) - and; कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kunti; सहस्रायुततारकम् (sahasrāyutatārakam) - with thousands and tens of thousands of stars;]
(Then the sky, O great king, became like a hundred suns; and, O son of Kunti, (it became) with a hundred moons and thousands and tens of thousands of stars.)
Then, O great king, the sky became as if with a hundred suns; and, O son of Kunti, it was filled with a hundred moons and thousands upon thousands of stars. (3-21-36)
ततो नाज्ञायत तदा दिवारात्रं तथा दिशः। ततोऽहं मोहमापन्नः प्रज्ञास्त्रं समयोजयम् ॥ ततस्तदस्त्रमस्त्रेण विधूतं शरतूलवत् ॥३-२१-३७॥
tato nājñāyata tadā divārātraṃ tathā diśaḥ। tato'haṃ mohamāpannaḥ prajñāstraṃ samayojayam॥ tatastadastramastreṇa vidhūtaṃ śaratūlavat॥3-21-37॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; न (na) - not; अज्ञायत (ajñāyata) - was perceived; तदा (tadā) - then; दिवा (divā) - day; रात्रम् (rātram) - night; तथा (tathā) - also; दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions; ततः (tataḥ) - then; अहम् (aham) - I; मोहम् (moham) - delusion; आपन्नः (āpannaḥ) - afflicted; प्रज्ञा-अस्त्रं (prajñā-astram) - wisdom-weapon; समयोजयम् (samayojayam) - I applied; ततः (tataḥ) - then; तत्-अस्त्रम् (tat-astram) - that weapon; अस्त्रेण (astreṇa) - by weapon; विधूतम् (vidhūtam) - dispelled; शर-तूलवत् (śara-tūlavat) - like autumn-cotton;]
(Then, not was perceived then day, night, also directions. Then I, afflicted by delusion, applied the wisdom-weapon. Then that weapon, by (my) weapon, was dispelled like autumn-cotton. (3-21-37))
Then, neither day nor night nor the directions were perceived. Then, afflicted by delusion, I applied the weapon of wisdom. Then that weapon was dispelled by my weapon like autumn-cotton. (3-21-37)
तथा तदभवद्युद्धं तुमुलं लोमहर्षणम्। लब्धालोकश्च राजेन्द्र पुनः शत्रुमयोधयम् ॥३-२१-३८॥
tathā tadabhavadyuddhaṃ tumulaṃ lomaharṣaṇam। labdhālokaśca rājendra punaḥ śatrumayodhayam ॥3-21-38॥
[तथा (tathā) - thus; तत् (tat) - that; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle; तुमुलम् (tumulam) - tumultuous; लोमहर्षणम् (lomaharṣaṇam) - hair-raising; लब्ध (labdha) - obtained; आलोकः (ālokaḥ) - sight; च (ca) - and; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; शत्रुम् (śatrum) - enemy; अयोधयत् (ayodhayat) - fought;]
(Thus that battle became tumultuous, hair-raising. Having obtained sight, and O king, again he fought the enemy.)
Thus, that battle became tumultuous and hair-raising. Regaining his sight, O king, he again fought the enemy. (3-21-38)
