03.022
Pancharatra: For a moment even Krishna is overpowered by Shalva’s illusion!

वासुदेव उवाच॥

vāsudeva uvāca॥

[वासुदेव (vāsudeva) - Vāsudeva; (a name of Kṛṣṇa; son of Vasudeva;) उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]

(Vāsudeva said;)

Vāsudeva said.

एवं स पुरुषव्याघ्र शाल्वो राज्ञां महारिपुः। युध्यमानो मया सङ्ख्ये वियदभ्यागमत्पुनः ॥३-२२-१॥

evaṃ sa puruṣavyāghra śālvo rājñāṃ mahāripuḥ। yudhyamāno mayā saṅkhye viyadabhyāgamatpunaḥ ॥3-22-1॥

[एवं (evaṃ) - thus; in this way; स (sa) - he; पुरुषव्याघ्र (puruṣavyāghra) - tiger among men; शाल्वः (śālvaḥ) - Śālva (proper name); राज्ञाम् (rājñām) - of kings; महारिपुः (mahāripuḥ) - great enemy; युध्यमानः (yudhyamānaḥ) - fighting; मया (mayā) - by me; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in battle; वियत् (viyat) - sky; अभ्यागमत् (abhyāgamat) - approached; पुनः (punaḥ) - again;]

(Thus he, the tiger among men, Śālva, the great enemy of kings, fighting with me in battle, again approached the sky.)

In this way, Śālva, the tiger among men and a great enemy of kings, while fighting with me in battle, once again ascended into the sky. (3-22-1)

ततः शतघ्नीश्च महागदाश्च; दीप्तांश्च शूलान्मुसलानसींश्च। चिक्षेप रोषान्मयि मन्दबुद्धिः; शाल्वो महाराज जयाभिकाङ्क्षी ॥३-२२-२॥

tataḥ śataghnīś ca mahāgadāś ca; dīptāṃś ca śūlān musalān asīṃś ca. cikṣepa roṣāt mayi mandabuddhiḥ; śālvaḥ mahārāja jayābhikāṅkṣī ॥3-22-2॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; शतघ्नीः (śataghnīḥ) - hundred-slaying weapons; च (ca) - and; महागदाः (mahāgadāḥ) - great maces; च (ca) - and; दीप्तान् (dīptān) - blazing; च (ca) - and; शूलान् (śūlān) - spears; मुसलान् (musalān) - clubs; असीन् (asīn) - swords; च (ca) - and; चिक्षेप (cikṣepa) - hurled; रोषात् (roṣāt) - from anger; मयि (mayi) - at me; मन्दबुद्धिः (mandabuddhiḥ) - dull-witted; शाल्वः (śālvaḥ) - Śālva; महाराज (mahārāja) - great king; जयाभिकाङ्क्षी (jayābhikāṅkṣī) - desiring victory;]

(Then hundred-slaying weapons and great maces and blazing spears, clubs, swords and, hurled from anger at me, the dull-witted Śālva, great king, desiring victory.)

Then, Śālva, the dull-witted great king, desiring victory, hurled at me hundred-slaying weapons, great maces, blazing spears, clubs, and swords in his anger. (3-22-2)

तानाशुगैरापततोऽहमाशु; निवार्य तूर्णं खगमान्ख एव। द्विधा त्रिधा चाच्छिनमाशु मुक्तै; स्ततोऽन्तरिक्षे निनदो बभूव ॥३-२२-३॥

tān āśugair āpatato'ham āśu; nivārya tūrṇaṃ khagamān kha eva। dvidhā tridhā cācchinam āśu muktaiḥ; tataḥ antarikṣe ninadaḥ babhūva ॥3-22-3॥

[तान् (tān) - them; आशुगैः (āśugaiḥ) - with swift (arrows); आपततः (āpatataḥ) - rushing; अहम् (aham) - I; आशु (āśu) - quickly; निवार्य (nivārya) - having repelled; तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - swiftly; खगमान् (khagamān) - birds (arrows); ख (kha) - in the sky; एव (eva) - indeed; द्विधा (dvidhā) - in two; त्रिधा (tridhā) - in three; च (ca) - and; आच्छिनम् (ācchinam) - I cut; आशु (āśu) - quickly; मुक्तैः (muktaiḥ) - released (arrows); स्ततः (tataḥ) - then; अन्तरिक्षे (antarikṣe) - in the sky; निनदः (ninadaḥ) - sound; बभूव (babhūva) - arose;]

(Them with swift (arrows) rushing I quickly; having repelled swiftly birds (arrows) in the sky indeed. In two, in three and I cut quickly with released (arrows); then in the sky sound arose.)

I quickly repelled those who were rushing at me with swift arrows; I swiftly cut down the flying arrows in the sky into two and three pieces with my released arrows. Then, a sound arose in the sky. (3-22-3)

ततः शतसहस्रेण शराणां नतपर्वणाम्। दारुकं वाजिनश्चैव रथं च समवाकिरत् ॥३-२२-४॥

tataḥ śatasahasreṇa śarāṇāṃ nataparvaṇām। dārukaṃ vājinaś caiva rathaṃ ca samavākirat ॥3-22-4॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; from that; शतसहस्रेण (śatasahasreṇa) - with a hundred thousand; शराणां (śarāṇām) - of arrows; नतपर्वणाम् (nataparvaṇām) - with bent joints; दारुकं (dārukaṃ) - Dāruka; वाजिनः (vājinaḥ) - horses; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; रथं (rathaṃ) - chariot; च (ca) - and; समवाकिरत् (samavākirat) - covered completely;]

(Then with a hundred thousand of arrows with bent joints, Dāruka, the horses, and the chariot indeed and covered completely.)

Then, with a hundred thousand arrows with bent joints, he completely covered Dāruka, the horses, and the chariot. (3-22-4)

ततो मामब्रवीद्वीर दारुको विह्वलन्निव। स्थातव्यमिति तिष्ठामि शाल्वबाणप्रपीडितः ॥३-२२-५॥

tato mām abravīd vīra dāruko vihvalan niva। sthātavyam iti tiṣṭhāmi śālvabāṇaprapīḍitaḥ ॥3-22-5॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; from that; माम् (mām) - me; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; वीर (vīra) - hero; दारुकः (dārukaḥ) - Dāruka; विह्वलन् (vihvalan) - agitated; इव (iva) - as if; स्थातव्यम् (sthātavyam) - must stand; इति (iti) - thus; तिष्ठामि (tiṣṭhāmi) - I stand; शाल्वबाणप्रपीडितः (śālvabāṇaprapīḍitaḥ) - afflicted by Śālva's arrow;]

(Then to me said hero Dāruka, agitated as if: "One must stand" thus I stand, afflicted by Śālva's arrow.)

Then, the hero Dāruka, appearing agitated, said to me: "You must stand." So I remain standing, afflicted by Śālva's arrow. (3-22-5)

इति तस्य निशम्याहं सारथेः करुणं वचः। अवेक्षमाणो यन्तारमपश्यं शरपीडितम् ॥३-२२-६॥

iti tasya niśamyāhaṃ sāratheḥ karuṇaṃ vacaḥ। avekṣamāṇo yantāram apaśyaṃ śarapīḍitam ॥3-22-6॥

[इति (iti) - thus; तस्य (tasya) - his; निशम्य (niśamya) - having heard; अहम् (aham) - I; सारथेः (sāratheḥ) - of the charioteer; करुणम् (karuṇam) - pitiful; वचः (vacaḥ) - speech; अवेक्षमाणः (avekṣamāṇaḥ) - looking; यन्तारम् (yantāram) - the charioteer; अपश्यं (apaśyaṃ) - I saw; शरपीडितम् (śarapīḍitam) - afflicted by arrows;]

(Thus, having heard his pitiful speech of the charioteer, I, looking, saw the charioteer afflicted by arrows.)

Thus, having heard the charioteer's pitiful words, I looked and saw the charioteer wounded by arrows. (3-22-6)

न तस्योरसि नो मूर्ध्नि न काये न भुजद्वये। अन्तरं पाण्डवश्रेष्ठ पश्यामि नहतं शरैः ॥३-२२-७॥

na tasyorasi no mūrdhni na kāye na bhujadvaye। antaraṃ pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha paśyāmi nahataṃ śaraiḥ ॥3-22-7॥

[न (na) - not; तस्य (tasya) - of him; उरसि (urasi) - on the chest; नो (no) - nor; मूर्ध्नि (mūrdhni) - on the head; न (na) - not; काये (kāye) - on the body; न (na) - not; भुजद्वये (bhujadvaye) - on the two arms; अन्तरं (antaraṃ) - difference; पाण्डवश्रेष्ठ (pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha) - O best of the Pāṇḍavas; पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see; नहतं (nahataṃ) - not struck; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows;]

(Not on his chest nor on the head, not on the body, not on the two arms, O best of the Pāṇḍavas, I see any difference not struck by arrows.)

O best of the Pāṇḍavas, I do not see any part of his chest, head, body, or both arms that has not been struck by arrows. (3-22-7)

स तु बाणवरोत्पीडाद्विस्रवत्यसृगुल्बणम्। अभिवृष्टो यथा मेघैर्गिरिर्गैरिकधातुमान् ॥३-२२-८॥

sa tu bāṇavarotpīḍād visravaty asṛgulbaṇam। abhivṛṣṭo yathā meghair girir gairikadhātumān ॥3-22-8॥

[स (sa) - he; तु (tu) - but; बाणवरोत्पीडात् (bāṇavara-utpīḍāt) - from the pressure of the best arrow; विस्रवति (visravati) - flows; असृगुल्बणम् (asṛg-ulbaṇam) - abundant blood; अभिवृष्टः (abhivṛṣṭaḥ) - having been rained upon; यथा (yathā) - just as; मेघैः (meghaiḥ) - by clouds; गिरिः (giriḥ) - mountain; गैरिकधातुमान् (gairika-dhātumān) - possessing red ochre ore;]

(He but from the pressure of the best arrow flows abundant blood; having been rained upon just as by clouds mountain possessing red ochre ore;)

But he, from the pressure of the best arrow, flows with abundant blood, just as a mountain possessing red ochre ore flows when rained upon by clouds. (3-22-8)

अभीषुहस्तं तं दृष्ट्वा सीदन्तं सारथिं रणे। अस्तम्भयं महाबाहो शाल्वबाणप्रपीडितम् ॥३-२२-९॥

abhīṣuhastaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā sīdantaṃ sārathiṃ raṇe। astambhayaṃ mahābāho śālvabāṇaprapīḍitam ॥3-22-9॥

[अभीषुहस्तं (abhīṣuhastam) - with hand on the reins; तं (taṃ) - him; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; सीदन्तं (sīdantam) - sinking; सारथिं (sārathim) - the charioteer; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; अस्तम्भयं (astambhayaṃ) - I supported; महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed; शाल्वबाणप्रपीडितम् (śālvabāṇaprapīḍitam) - afflicted by Śālva's arrows;]

(With hand on the reins, him having seen sinking charioteer in battle, I supported, O mighty-armed, afflicted by Śālva's arrows.)

O mighty-armed one, seeing the charioteer, with his hand on the reins, sinking in battle and afflicted by Śālva's arrows, I supported him. (3-22-9)

अथ मां पुरुषः कश्चिद्द्वारकानिलयोऽब्रवीत्। त्वरितो रथमभ्येत्य सौहृदादिव भारत ॥३-२२-१०॥

atha māṃ puruṣaḥ kaścid dvārakānilayo'bravīt। tvarito ratham abhyetya sauhṛdād iva bhārata ॥3-22-10॥

[अथ (atha) - then; माम् (mām) - me; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - man; कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone; द्वारका (dvārakā) - Dvārakā; निलयः (nilayaḥ) - resident; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke; त्वरितः (tvaritaḥ) - quickly; रथम् (ratham) - chariot; अभ्येत्य (abhyetya) - approaching; सौहृदात् (sauhṛdāt) - from friendship; इव (iva) - as if; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]

(Then me a man someone Dvārakā resident spoke; quickly chariot approaching from friendship as if O Bhārata.)

Then, O Bhārata, a certain man, a resident of Dvārakā, quickly approached my chariot and spoke to me as if out of friendship. (3-22-10)

आहुकस्य वचो वीर तस्यैव परिचारकः। विषण्णः सन्नकण्ठो वै तन्निबोध युधिष्ठिर ॥३-२२-११॥

āhukasya vaco vīra tasyaiva paricārakaḥ। viṣaṇṇaḥ sannakaṇṭho vai tannibodha yudhiṣṭhira ॥3-22-11॥

[आहुकस्य (āhukasya) - of Āhuka; वचः (vacaḥ) - speech; वीर (vīra) - O hero; तस्यैव (tasyaiva) - of him indeed; परिचारकः (paricārakaḥ) - attendant; विषण्णः (viṣaṇṇaḥ) - dejected; सन्नकण्ठः (sannakaṇṭhaḥ) - with choked throat; वै (vai) - indeed; तत् (tat) - that; निबोध (nibodha) - listen; युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira;]

(O hero, the speech of Āhuka, his very attendant, dejected, with choked throat indeed, that listen, Yudhiṣṭhira.)

O Yudhiṣṭhira, listen to the words of Āhuka, whose very attendant, dejected and with a choked throat, spoke thus. (3-22-11)

द्वारकाधिपतिर्वीर आह त्वामाहुको वचः। केशवेह विजानीष्व यत्त्वां पितृसखोऽब्रवीत् ॥३-२२-१२॥

dvārakādhipatir vīra āha tvām āhuko vacaḥ। keśaveha vijānīṣva yat tvāṃ pitṛsakho'bravīt ॥3-22-12॥

[द्वारकाधिपति: (dvārakādhipatiḥ) - lord of Dvārakā; वीर (vīra) - hero; आह (āha) - said; त्वाम् (tvām) - to you; आहुक: (āhukaḥ) - Āhuka (Ugrasena); वचः (vacaḥ) - speech; केशव (keśava) - Keśava; इह (iha) - here; विजानीष्व (vijānīṣva) - know; यत् (yat) - which; त्वाम् (tvām) - to you; पितृसख: (pitṛsakhaḥ) - friend of your father; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said;]

(The lord of Dvārakā, hero, said to you, Āhuka's speech. Keśava, here know which to you the friend of your father said.)

The lord of Dvārakā, O hero, spoke to you the words of Āhuka. O Keśava, here, know what the friend of your father said to you. (3-22-12)

उपयात्वाद्य शाल्वेन द्वारकां वृष्णिनन्दन। विषक्ते त्वयि दुर्धर्ष हतः शूरसुतो बलात् ॥३-२२-१३॥

upayātvādya śālvena dvārakāṃ vṛṣṇinandana। viṣakte tvayi durdharṣa hataḥ śūrasuto balāt ॥3-22-13॥

[उपयात्वा (upayātvā) - having approached; having come near; अद्य (adya) - today; शाल्वेन (śālvena) - by Śālva; द्वारकां (dvārakāṃ) - Dvārakā (the city); वृष्णिनन्दन (vṛṣṇinandana) - O delight of the Vṛṣṇis; O son of the Vṛṣṇi clan; विषक्ते (viṣakte) - when you were engaged; when you were separated; त्वयि (tvayi) - in you; upon you; दुर्धर्ष (durdharṣa) - O unconquerable one; हतः (hataḥ) - was slain; was killed; शूरसुतः (śūrasutaḥ) - the son of Śūra; बलात् (balāt) - by force; forcibly;]

(Having approached today by Śālva to Dvārakā, O delight of the Vṛṣṇis, when you were engaged, O unconquerable one, the son of Śūra was slain by force.)

O delight of the Vṛṣṇis, today Śālva approached Dvārakā, and while you were away, O unconquerable one, the son of Śūra was forcibly slain. (3-22-13)

तदलं साधु युद्धेन निवर्तस्व जनार्दन। द्वारकामेव रक्षस्व कार्यमेतन्महत्तव ॥३-२२-१४॥

tad alaṃ sādhu yuddhena nivartasva janārdana। dvārakām eva rakṣasva kāryam etan mahat tava ॥3-22-14॥

[तत् (tat) - that; अलम् (alam) - enough; साधु (sādhu) - well; properly; युद्धेन (yuddhena) - by battle; निवर्तस्व (nivartasva) - turn back; withdraw; जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Janardana; द्वारकाम् (dvārakām) - Dvaraka; एव (eva) - only; indeed; रक्षस्व (rakṣasva) - protect; कार्यम् (kāryam) - duty; task; एतत् (etat) - this; महत् (mahat) - great; तव (tava) - your;]

(That is enough, well, by battle withdraw, O Janardana. Dvaraka only protect, duty this great your.)

That is enough, O Janardana; withdraw from battle. Protect Dvaraka only—this is your great duty. (3-22-14)

इत्यहं तस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा परमदुर्मनाः। निश्चयं नाधिगच्छामि कर्तव्यस्येतरस्य वा ॥३-२२-१५॥

ityahaṃ tasya vacanaṃ śrutvā paramadurmanaḥ। niścayaṃ nādhigacchāmi kartavyasyetarasya vā ॥3-22-15॥

[इति (iti) - thus; अहम् (aham) - I; तस्य (tasya) - of him; वचनम् (vacanam) - speech; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; परमदुर्मनाः (paramadurmanaḥ) - extremely distressed in mind; निश्चयम् (niścayam) - certainty; न (na) - not; अधिगच्छामि (adhigacchāmi) - I obtain; कर्तव्यस्य (kartavyasya) - of what is to be done; इतरस्य (itarasya) - of the other; वा (vā) - or;]

(Thus I, having heard his speech, extremely distressed in mind, do not obtain certainty of what is to be done or of the other.)

Thus, having heard his words, I am extremely troubled in mind and cannot decide what should be done or otherwise. (3-22-15)

सात्यकिं बलदेवं च प्रद्युम्नं च महारथम्। जगर्हे मनसा वीर तच्छ्रुत्वा विप्रियं वचः ॥३-२२-१६॥

sātyakiṃ baladevaṃ ca pradyumnaṃ ca mahāratham। jagarhe manasā vīra tacchrutvā vipriyaṃ vacaḥ ॥3-22-16॥

[सात्यकिं (sātyakim) - Sātyaki; (a warrior's name); बलदेवं (baladevam) - Baladeva; (Balarāma, a warrior's name); च (ca) - and; प्रद्युम्नं (pradyumnam) - Pradyumna; (a warrior's name); च (ca) - and; महारथम् (mahāratham) - great chariot-warrior; जगर्हे (jagarhe) - censured; blamed; मनसा (manasā) - with (his) mind; वीर (vīra) - hero; तच्छ्रुत्वा (tacchrutvā) - having heard that; विप्रियं (vipriyam) - unpleasant; disagreeable; वचः (vacaḥ) - words; speech;]

(Sātyaki, Baladeva and Pradyumna, the great chariot-warrior, (he) censured with (his) mind, hero, having heard that unpleasant words.)

The hero, having heard those unpleasant words, mentally censured Sātyaki, Baladeva, and Pradyumna, the great chariot-warrior. (3-22-16)

अहं हि द्वारकायाश्च पितुश्च कुरुनन्दन। तेषु रक्षां समाधाय प्रयातः सौभपातने ॥३-२२-१७॥

ahaṃ hi dvārakāyāś ca pituś ca kurunandana। teṣu rakṣāṃ samādhāya prayātaḥ saubhapātane ॥3-22-17॥

[अहं (ahaṃ) - I; हि (hi) - indeed; द्वारकायाः (dvārakāyāḥ) - of Dvārakā; च (ca) - and; पितुः (pituḥ) - of (my) father; च (ca) - and; कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - O delight of the Kurus; तेषु (teṣu) - among them; रक्षाम् (rakṣām) - protection; समाधाय (samādhāya) - having established; प्रयातः (prayātaḥ) - departed; सौभपातने (saubhapātane) - for the destruction of Saubha;]

(I indeed of Dvārakā and of (my) father and O delight of the Kurus, among them protection having established, departed for the destruction of Saubha.)

O delight of the Kurus, I, having established protection among the people of Dvārakā and my father, departed for the destruction of Saubha. (3-22-17)

बलदेवो महाबाहुः कच्चिज्जीवति शत्रुहा। सात्यकी रौक्मिणेयश्च चारुदेष्णश्च वीर्यवान् ॥ साम्बप्रभृतयश्चैवेत्यहमासं सुदुर्मनाः ॥३-२२-१८॥

baladevo mahābāhuḥ kaccijjīvati śatruhā। sātyakī raukmiṇeyaś ca cārudeṣṇaś ca vīryavān ॥ sāmbaprabhṛtayaś caivetya ham āsaṃ sudurmanāḥ ॥3-22-18॥

[बलदेवः (baladevaḥ) - Bala (strength) + deva (god); महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed; कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether; जीवति (jīvati) - lives; शत्रुहा (śatruhā) - destroyer of enemies; सात्यकी (sātyakī) - Sātyakī; रौक्मिणेयः (raukmiṇeyaḥ) - son of Rukmiṇī; च (ca) - and; चारुदेष्णः (cārudeṣṇaḥ) - Cārudeṣṇa; च (ca) - and; वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - powerful; साम्बप्रभृतयः (sāmbaprabhṛtayaḥ) - Sāmba and others; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; इति (iti) - thus; अहम् (aham) - I; आसं (āsaṃ) - was; सुदुर्मनाः (sudurmanāḥ) - very troubled in mind;]

(Bala-deva, mighty-armed, whether lives, destroyer of enemies; Sātyakī, son of Rukmiṇī, and Cārudeṣṇa and powerful; Sāmba and others and indeed thus I was very troubled in mind.)

I wondered anxiously whether Baladeva, the mighty-armed destroyer of enemies, Sātyakī, Rukmiṇeya, Cārudeṣṇa, the powerful one, Sāmba and the others were still alive; thus I was very troubled in mind. (3-22-18)

एतेषु हि नरव्याघ्र जीवत्सु न कथञ्चन। शक्यः शूरसुतो हन्तुमपि वज्रभृता स्वयम् ॥३-२२-१९॥

eteṣu hi naravyāghra jīvatsu na kathañcana। śakyaḥ śūrasuto hantum api vajrabhṛtā svayam ॥3-22-19॥

[एतेषु (eteṣu) - in these; हि (hi) - indeed; नरव्याघ्र (naravyāghra) - tiger among men; जीवत्सु (jīvatsu) - while living; न (na) - not; कथञ्चन (kathañcana) - in any way; शक्यः (śakyaḥ) - possible; शूरसुतः (śūrasutaḥ) - son of a hero; हन्तुम् (hantum) - to kill; अपि (api) - even; वज्रभृता (vajrabhṛtā) - by the wielder of the thunderbolt; स्वयम् (svayam) - himself;]

(In these indeed, O tiger among men, while living, not in any way is it possible for the son of a hero to be killed even by the wielder of the thunderbolt himself.)

O tiger among men, as long as these are alive, it is not possible for the son of a hero to be killed, even by the wielder of the thunderbolt himself. (3-22-19)

हतः शूरसुतो व्यक्तं व्यक्तं ते च परासवः। बलदेवमुखाः सर्वे इति मे निश्चिता मतिः ॥३-२२-२०॥

hataḥ śūrasuto vyaktaṃ vyaktaṃ te ca parāsavaḥ। baladevamukhāḥ sarve iti me niścitā matiḥ॥3-22-20॥

[हतः (hataḥ) - killed; शूरसुतः (śūrasutaḥ) - son of Śūra; व्यक्तं (vyaktaṃ) - clearly; व्यक्तं (vyaktaṃ) - clearly; ते (te) - your; च (ca) - and; परासवः (parāsavaḥ) - other offspring; बलदेवमुखाः (baladevamukhāḥ) - headed by Baladeva; सर्वे (sarve) - all; इति (iti) - thus; मे (me) - my; निश्चिता (niścitā) - ascertained; मतिः (matiḥ) - thought;]

(Killed son of Śūra, clearly, clearly, your and other offspring, headed by Baladeva, all, thus, my ascertained thought.)

It is clear to me that the son of Śūra has been killed, and all your other offspring, headed by Baladeva, as well. This is my definite conclusion. (3-22-20)

सोऽहं सर्वविनाशं तं चिन्तयानो मुहुर्मुहुः। सुविह्वलो महाराज पुनः शाल्वमयोधयम् ॥३-२२-२१॥

so'haṃ sarvavināśaṃ taṃ cintayāno muhurmuhuḥ। suvihvalo mahārāja punaḥ śālvamayodhayam ॥3-22-21॥

[सः (saḥ) - he; अहम् (aham) - I; सर्वविनाशम् (sarvavināśam) - total destruction; तम् (tam) - that; चिन्तयानः (cintayānaḥ) - thinking; मुहुर्मुहुः (muhur-muhuḥ) - again and again; सुविह्वलः (suvihvalaḥ) - greatly agitated; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; शाल्वम् (śālvam) - Śālva; अयोधयम् (ayodhayam) - I fought;]

(He I total destruction that thinking again and again greatly agitated O great king again Śālva I fought.)

O great king, I, thinking again and again of that total destruction, being greatly agitated, fought Śālva again. (3-22-21)

ततोऽपश्यं महाराज प्रपतन्तमहं तदा। सौभाच्छूरसुतं वीर ततो मां मोह आविशत् ॥३-२२-२२॥

tato'paśyaṃ mahārāja prapatantam ahaṃ tadā। saubhāc chūrasutaṃ vīra tato māṃ moha āviśat ॥3-22-22॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अपश्यं (apaśyam) - I saw; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; प्रपतन्तम् (prapatantam) - falling; अहम् (aham) - I; तदा (tadā) - then; सौभात् (saubhāt) - from Saubha; शूरसुतम् (śūrasutam) - the son of Śūra; वीर (vīra) - O hero; ततः (tataḥ) - then; माम् (mām) - me; मोहः (mohaḥ) - delusion; आविशत् (āviśat) - entered;]

(Then I saw, O great king, I was falling then. From Saubha, the son of Śūra, O hero, then delusion entered me.)

Then, O great king, I saw myself falling at that time. O hero, from Saubha, the son of Śūra, then delusion overtook me. (3-22-22)

तस्य रूपं प्रपततः पितुर्मम नराधिप। ययातेः क्षीणपुण्यस्य स्वर्गादिव महीतलम् ॥३-२२-२३॥

tasya rūpaṃ prapatataḥ pitur mama narādhipa। yayāteḥ kṣīṇapuṇyasya svargādiva mahītalam ॥3-22-23॥

[तस्य (tasya) - of him; रूपं (rūpam) - form; प्रपततः (prapatataḥ) - falling; पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father; मम (mama) - my; नराधिप (narādhipa) - O king; ययातेः (yayāteḥ) - of Yayāti; क्षीणपुण्यस्य (kṣīṇapuṇyasya) - whose merit is exhausted; स्वर्गात् (svargāt) - from heaven; इव (iva) - like; महीतलम् (mahītalam) - to the earth;]

(O king, the form of him, my father, Yayāti, whose merit is exhausted, fell from heaven like (falling) to the earth.)

O king, the form of my father Yayāti, whose merit was exhausted, fell from heaven down to the earth. (3-22-23)

विशीर्णगलितोष्णीषः प्रकीर्णाम्बरमूर्धजः। प्रपतन्दृश्यते ह स्म क्षीणपुण्य इव ग्रहः ॥३-२२-२४॥

viśīrṇagalitoṣṇīṣaḥ prakīrṇāmbaramūrdhajaḥ। prapatandṛśyate ha sma kṣīṇapuṇya iva grahaḥ ॥3-22-24॥

[विशीर्ण (viśīrṇa) - torn; गलित (galita) - fallen; उष्णीषः (uṣṇīṣaḥ) - turban; प्रकीर्ण (prakīrṇa) - disheveled; अम्बर (ambara) - garment; मूर्धजः (mūrdhajaḥ) - hair; प्रपतन् (prapatan) - falling; दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen; ह (ha) - indeed; स्म (sma) - formerly; क्षीण (kṣīṇa) - diminished; पुण्य (puṇya) - merit; इव (iva) - like; ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - planet;]

(With torn and fallen turban, with disheveled garment and hair, falling, is seen indeed formerly, like a planet whose merit is diminished.)

He is seen with his turban torn and fallen, his garments and hair disheveled, falling down, just like a planet whose merit has waned. (3-22-24)

ततः शार्ङ्गं धनुःश्रेष्ठं करात्प्रपतितं मम। मोहात्सन्नश्च कौन्तेय रथोपस्थ उपाविशम् ॥३-२२-२५॥

tataḥ śārṅgaṃ dhanuḥśreṣṭhaṃ karātprapatitaṃ mama। mohātsannaśca kaunteya rathopastha upāviśam ॥3-22-25॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; शार्ङ्गं (śārṅgam) - Śārṅga (the bow of Viṣṇu); धनुःश्रेष्ठं (dhanuḥśreṣṭham) - best of bows; करात् (karāt) - from (my) hand; प्रपतितं (prapatitam) - fallen; मम (mama) - my; मोहात् (mohāt) - from delusion; सन्नः (sannaḥ) - enfeebled; च (ca) - and; कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kuntī; रथोपस्थ (rathopastha) - chariot seat; उपाविशम् (upāviśam) - I sat down;]

(Then Śārṅga, the best of bows, fell from my hand; from delusion, enfeebled and O son of Kuntī, I sat down on the chariot seat.)

Then, O son of Kuntī, Śārṅga, the best of bows, fell from my hand; overcome by delusion and enfeebled, I sat down on the chariot seat. (3-22-25)

ततो हाहाकृतं सर्वं सैन्यं मे गतचेतनम्। मां दृष्ट्वा रथनीडस्थं गतासुमिव भारत ॥३-२२-२६॥

tato hāhākṛtaṃ sarvaṃ sainyaṃ me gatacetanam। māṃ dṛṣṭvā rathanīḍasthaṃ gatāsumiva bhārata ॥3-22-26॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; हाहाकृतम् (hāhākṛtam) - made a cry of distress; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army; मे (me) - my; गतचेतनम् (gatacetanam) - devoid of consciousness; माम् (mām) - me; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; रथनीडस्थम् (rathanīḍastham) - situated in the chariot's seat; गतासुम् (gatāsum) - with life departed; इव (iva) - as if; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]

(Then, all my army, having lost consciousness, made a cry of distress, having seen me, situated in the chariot's seat, as if with life departed, O Bhārata.)

Then, O Bhārata, seeing me seated in the chariot as if lifeless, all my army, having lost consciousness, cried out in distress. (3-22-26)

प्रसार्य बाहू पततः प्रसार्य चरणावपि। रूपं पितुरपश्यं तच्छकुनेः पततो यथा ॥३-२२-२७॥

prasārya bāhū patataḥ prasārya caraṇāv api। rūpaṃ pitur apaśyaṃ tac chakuneḥ patato yathā ॥3-22-27॥

[प्रसार्य (prasārya) - having stretched out; बाहू (bāhū) - arms; पततः (patataḥ) - falling; प्रसार्य (prasārya) - having stretched out; चरणौ (caraṇau) - feet; अपि (api) - also; रूपं (rūpaṃ) - form; पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father; अपश्यं (apaśyaṃ) - I saw; तत् (tat) - that; शकुनेः (śakuneḥ) - of a bird; पततः (patataḥ) - falling; यथा (yathā) - as;]

(Having stretched out (his) arms, falling, having stretched out (his) feet also, the form of (my) father I saw, that as of a bird falling.)

I saw the form of my father, with arms and feet outstretched as he fell, just like a bird falling. (3-22-27)

तं पतन्तं महाबाहो शूलपट्टिशपाणयः। अभिघ्नन्तो भृशं वीरा मम चेतो व्यकम्पयन् ॥३-२२-२८॥

taṃ patantaṃ mahābāho śūlapaṭṭiśapāṇayaḥ। abhighnanto bhṛśaṃ vīrā mama ceto vyakampayan ॥3-22-28॥

[तं (taṃ) - him; पतन्तं (patantam) - falling; महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed; शूलपट्टिशपाणयः (śūlapaṭṭiśapāṇayaḥ) - with spears and pattiśas in hand; अभिघ्नन्तः (abhighnantaḥ) - striking; भृशं (bhṛśam) - violently; वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes; मम (mama) - my; चेतः (cetaḥ) - mind; व्यक्षम्पयन् (vyakampayan) - shook;]

(Him falling, O mighty-armed, with spears and pattiśas in hand, striking violently, the heroes shook my mind.)

O mighty-armed one, as he was falling, the heroes, armed with spears and pattiśas, struck him violently and shook my mind. (3-22-28)

ततो मुहूर्तात्प्रतिलभ्य सञ्ज्ञा; महं तदा वीर महाविमर्दे। न तत्र सौभं न रिपुं न शाल्वं; पश्यामि वृद्धं पितरं न चापि ॥३-२२-२९॥

tato muhūrtātpratilabhya sañjñā; mahaṃ tadā vīra mahāvimarde. na tatra saubhaṃ na ripuṃ na śālvam; paśyāmi vṛddhaṃ pitaraṃ na cāpi ॥3-22-29॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - from then; मुहूर्तात् (muhūrtāt) - from a moment; प्रतिलभ्य (pratilabhya) - having regained; सञ्ज्ञा (sañjñā) - consciousness; अहम् (aham) - I; तदा (tadā) - then; वीर (vīra) - O hero; महाविमर्दे (mahāvimarde) - in the great conflict; न (na) - not; तत्र (tatra) - there; सौभम् (saubham) - Saubha (the aerial city); न (na) - not; रिपुम् (ripum) - enemy; न (na) - not; शाल्वम् (śālvam) - Śālva; पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see; वृद्धम् (vṛddham) - aged; पितरम् (pitaram) - father; न (na) - not; चापि (cāpi) - and also;]

(From then, having regained consciousness after a moment, I then, O hero, in the great conflict, do not see there Saubha, nor the enemy, nor Śālva; I do not see the aged father either.)

After regaining consciousness a moment later, O hero, in that great battle I could not see Saubha, nor the enemy, nor Śālva there; nor did I see my aged father. (3-22-29)

ततो ममासीन्मनसि मायेयमिति निश्चितम्। प्रबुद्धोऽस्मि ततो भूयः शतशो विकिरञ्शरान् ॥३-२२-३०॥

tato mamāsīn manasi māyeyam iti niścitam। prabuddho'smi tato bhūyaḥ śataśo vikirañ śarān ॥3-22-30॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; मम (mama) - my; आसीत् (āsīt) - there was; मनसि (manasi) - in the mind; माया (māyā) - illusion; इयम् (iyam) - this; इति (iti) - thus; निश्चितम् (niścitam) - ascertained; प्रबुद्धः (prabuddhaḥ) - awakened; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; ततः (tataḥ) - then; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds; विकिरन् (vikiran) - scattering; शरान् (śarān) - arrows;]

(Then in my mind there was (the thought) "this is illusion" thus ascertained; awakened I am, then again by hundreds scattering arrows.)

Then, in my mind, I became certain that "this is illusion"; I became awakened, and then again I scattered arrows by the hundreds. (3-22-30)