03.255

वैशम्पायन उवाच॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca॥

[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (proper noun; name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (perfect tense, third person singular);]

(Vaiśampāyana said;)

Vaiśampāyana said.

सन्तिष्ठत प्रहरत तूर्णं विपरिधावत। इति स्म सैन्धवो राजा चोदयामास तान्नृपान् ॥०३-२५५-१॥

santiṣṭhata praharata tūrṇaṁ viparidhāvata। iti sma saindhavo rājā codayāmāsa tān nṛpān ॥03-255-1॥

[सन्तिष्ठत (santiṣṭhata) - stand firm; प्रहरत (praharata) - strike; तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly; विपरिधावत (viparidhāvata) - run around (run back and forth, encircle); इति (iti) - thus; स्म (sma) - indeed; सैन्धवः (saindhavaḥ) - the king of Sindhu; राजा (rājā) - king; चोदयामास (codayāmāsa) - urged; तान् (tān) - those (them); नृपान् (nṛpān) - kings;]

(Stand firm, strike, quickly run around. Thus indeed the king of Sindhu, the king, urged those kings.)

“Stand firm! Strike! Quickly, run around!” Thus indeed the king of Sindhu urged those kings. (03-255-1)

ततो घोरतरः शब्दो रणे समभवत्तदा। भीमार्जुनयमान्दृष्ट्वा सैन्यानां सयुधिष्ठिरान् ॥०३-२५५-२॥

tato ghorataraḥ śabdo raṇe samabhavattadā। bhīmārjunayamāndṛṣṭvā sainyānāṃ sayudhiṣṭhirān ॥03-255-2॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; घोरतरः (ghorataraḥ) - more terrible; शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; समभवत् (samabhavat) - arose; तदा (tadā) - at that time; भीमार्जुनयमान् (bhīmārjunayamān) - Bhīma, Arjuna, Yama; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; सैन्यानाम् (sainyānām) - of the armies; सयुधिष्ठिरान् (sayudhiṣṭhirān) - (those) with Yudhiṣṭhira;]

(Then a more terrible sound in battle arose at that time, having seen Bhīma, Arjuna, Yama, and those with Yudhiṣṭhira of the armies.)

Then an even more terrible sound arose in the battle at that time when the armies saw Bhīma, Arjuna, Yama, and those accompanying Yudhiṣṭhira. (03-255-2)

शिबिसिन्धुत्रिगर्तानां विषादश्चाप्यजायत। तान्दृष्ट्वा पुरुषव्याघ्रान्व्याघ्रानिव बलोत्कटान् ॥०३-२५५-३॥

śibisindhutrigartānāṃ viṣādaś cāpy ajāyata। tān dṛṣṭvā puruṣavyāghrān vyāghrān iva balotkaṭān ॥03-255-3॥

[शिबिसिन्धुत्रिगर्तानाम् (śibisindhutrigartānām) - of the Śibis, Sindhus, and Trigartas; विषादः (viṣādaḥ) - distress; sadness; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अजायत (ajāyata) - arose; तान् (tān) - them; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; पुरुषव्याघ्रान् (puruṣavyāghrān) - tiger-men; men like tigers; व्याघ्रानिव (vyāghrān iva) - like tigers; बलोत्कटान् (balotkaṭān) - of formidable strength;]

(Of the Śibis, Sindhus, and Trigartas, distress and also arose. Having seen them—men like tigers, of formidable strength, like tigers.)

Distress also arose among the Śibis, Sindhus, and Trigartas, when they saw those men who were like tigers in might, as if they were tigers themselves. (03-255-3)

हेमचित्रसमुत्सेधां सर्वशैक्यायसीं गदाम्। प्रगृह्याभ्यद्रवद्भीमः सैन्धवं कालचोदितम् ॥०३-२५५-४॥

hemacitra-samutsedhāṁ sarvaśaikyāyasīṁ gadām। pragṛhyābhyadravad bhīmaḥ saindhavaṁ kālacoditam॥03-255-4॥

[हेमचित्रसमुत्सेधाम् (hemacitra-samutsedhām) - having golden-ornamented prominence; सर्वशैक्यायसीम् (sarvaśaikyāyasīm) - entirely of iron; गदाम् (gadām) - mace; प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having taken up; अभ्यद्रवत्त् (abhyadravat) - rushed towards; भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhīma; सैन्धवम् (saindhavam) - the Sindhu prince; कालचोदितम् (kālacoditam) - impelled by Time;]

(Having taken up the mace, entirely of iron, having golden-ornamented prominence, Bhīma, impelled by Time, rushed towards the Sindhu prince.)

Bhīma, taking up his mace entirely made of iron with golden-ornamented prominence, rushed at the Sindhu prince, impelled by Time. (03-255-4)

तदन्तरमथावृत्य कोटिकाश्योऽभ्यहारयत्। महता रथवंशेन परिवार्य वृकोदरम् ॥०३-२५५-५॥

tad-antaram-athā-vṛtya koṭikāśyaḥ abhyāharayat. mahatā ratha-vaṁśena parivārya vṛkodaram ॥03-255-5॥

[तदन्तरम् (tad-antaram) - then; afterwards; अथ (atha) - now; then; आवृत्य (āvṛtya) - having turned; having encircled; कोटिकाश्यः (koṭikāśyaḥ) - Koṭikāśya (proper name); अभ्यहारयत् (abhyāharayat) - brought near; caused to approach; महता (mahatā) - with great; with large; रथवंशेन (ratha-vaṁśena) - by chariot troop; by chariot division; परिवार्य (parivārya) - having surrounded; वृकोदरम् (vṛkodaram) - Vṛkodara (Bhīma, proper name);]

(Then, having turned, Koṭikāśya brought (him) near. Having surrounded Vṛkodara with a great chariot division.)

Then, Koṭikāśya turned and, having surrounded Vṛkodara with a great chariot division, brought him close. (03-255-5)

शक्तितोमरनाराचैर्वीरबाहुप्रचोदितैः। कीर्यमाणोऽपि बहुभिर्न स्म भीमोऽभ्यकम्पत ॥०३-२५५-६॥

śakti-tomara-nārācair vīra-bāhu-pracoditaiḥ। kīryamāṇaḥ api bahubhiḥ na sma bhīmaḥ abhyakampata॥03-255-6॥

[शक्ति (śakti) - lance; तोमर (tomara) - iron javelin; नाराचैः (nārācaiḥ) - by arrows; वीरबाहु (vīra-bāhu) - by heroes' arms; प्रचोदितैः (pracoditaiḥ) - impelled; कीर्यमाणः (kīryamāṇaḥ) - being showered; अपि (api) - even; बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many; न (na) - not; स्म (sma) - indeed; भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhīma; अभ्यकम्पत् (abhyakampat) - trembled;]

(Even being showered by many (weapons) such as lances, iron javelins, and arrows, impelled by heroes' arms, Bhīma indeed did not tremble.)

Though Bhīma was showered by many lances, iron javelins and arrows, hurled by the arms of heroes, he did not tremble. (03-255-6)

गजं तु सगजारोहं पदातींश्च चतुर्दश। जघान गदया भीमः सैन्धवध्वजिनीमुखे ॥०३-२५५-७॥

gajaṃ tu sagajārohaṃ padātīṃś ca caturdaśa। jaghāna gadayā bhīmaḥ saindhava-dhvajinī-mukhe ॥03-255-7॥

[गजम् (gajam) - elephant; तु (tu) - but; सगजारोहम् (sa-gajāroham) - with elephant-driver; पदातीन् (padātīn) - foot-soldiers; च (ca) - and; चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen; जघान (jaghāna) - (he) struck down; गदया (gadayā) - with mace; भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhīma; सैन्धवध्वजिनीमुखे (saindhava-dhvajinī-mukhe) - at the fore of the Sindhu army;]

(The elephant but with elephant-driver, and fourteen foot-soldiers, struck down with mace Bhīma at the fore of the Sindhu army.)

Bhīma struck down the elephant with its rider and fourteen foot-soldiers with his mace at the forefront of the Sindhu army. (03-255-7)

पार्थः पञ्चशताञ्शूरान्पार्वतीयान्महारथान्। परीप्समानः सौवीरं जघान ध्वजिनीमुखे ॥०३-२५५-८॥

pārthaḥ pañcaśatāñ śūrān pārvatīyān mahārathān। parīpsamānaḥ sauvīraṃ jaghāna dhvajinīmukhe ॥03-255-8॥

[पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna; पञ्चशतान् (pañcaśatān) - five hundred; शूरान् (śūrān) - heroes; पार्वतीयान् (pārvatīyān) - of the mountain region; महारथान् (mahārathān) - great chariot-warriors; परीप्समानः (parīpsamānaḥ) - desiring to seize; सौवीरं (sauvīraṃ) - the Sauvīra (king or warrior); जघान (jaghāna) - slew; ध्वजिनीमुखे (dhvajinīmukhe) - at the head of the army;]

(Arjuna, five hundred heroes of the mountain region, great chariot-warriors, desiring to seize, the Sauvīra, slew at the head of the army.)

Arjuna, desiring to capture, slew the Sauvīra who was at the head of the army, along with five hundred heroic great chariot-warriors from the mountain region. (03-255-8)

राजा स्वयं सुवीराणां प्रवराणां प्रहारिणाम्। निमेषमात्रेण शतं जघान समरे तदा ॥०३-२५५-९॥

rājā svayaṃ suvīrāṇāṃ pravarāṇāṃ prahāriṇām। nimeṣamātreṇa śataṃ jaghāna samare tadā॥03-255-9॥

[राजा (rājā) - king; स्वयं (svayaṃ) - himself; सुवीराणां (suvīrāṇām) - of excellent heroes; प्रवराणां (pravarāṇām) - of the best; प्रहारिणाम् (prahāriṇām) - of the attackers; निमेषमात्रेण (nimeṣamātreṇa) - in the space of a wink; शतं (śatam) - a hundred; जघान (jaghāna) - he slew; समरे (samare) - in battle; तदा (tadā) - then;]

(The king himself, of excellent heroes, of the best, of the attackers, in the space of a wink, a hundred, he slew, in battle, then.)

Then, the king himself slew a hundred of the best and most valiant attackers in battle in the space of a single wink. (03-255-9)

ददृशे नकुलस्तत्र रथात्प्रस्कन्द्य खड्गधृक्। शिरांसि पादरक्षाणां बीजवत्प्रवपन्मुहुः ॥०३-२५५-१०॥

dadṛśe nakulas tatra rathāt praskandya khaḍgadhṛk | śirāṃsi pādarakṣāṇāṃ bījavat pravapan muhuḥ ॥03-255-10॥

[ददृशे (dadṛśe) - was seen; नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakula; तत्र (tatra) - there; रथात् (rathāt) - from the chariot; प्रस्कन्द्य (praskandya) - having leapt down; खड्गधृक् (khaḍgadhṛk) - holding a sword; शिरांसि (śirāṃsi) - heads; पादरक्षाणां (pādarakṣāṇām) - of foot-soldiers; बीजवत् (bījavat) - like seeds; प्रवपन् (pravapan) - scattering; मुः (muhuḥ) - again and again;]

(Nakula was seen there having leapt down from the chariot, holding a sword, scattering the heads of the foot-soldiers like seeds again and again.)

There, Nakula was seen leaping down from his chariot, sword in hand, scattering the heads of the foot-soldiers again and again like seeds. (03-255-10)

सहदेवस्तु संयाय रथेन गजयोधिनः। पातयामास नाराचैर्द्रुमेभ्य इव बर्हिणः ॥०३-२५५-११॥

sahadevastu saṃyāya rathena gajayodhinaḥ। pātayāmāsa nārācairdṛumebhya iva barhiṇaḥ ॥03-255-11॥

[सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva; तु (tu) - but; संयाय (saṃyāya) - having approached; रथेन (rathena) - with (his) chariot; गजयोधिनः (gajayodhinaḥ) - the elephant-warriors; पातयामास (pātayāmāsa) - he made fall; नाराचैः (nārācaiḥ) - with iron arrows; द्रुमेभ्यः (drumebhyaḥ) - from the trees; इव (iva) - like; बर्हिणः (barhiṇaḥ) - peacocks;]

(Sahadeva but having approached with (his) chariot the elephant-warriors he made fall with iron arrows from the trees like peacocks.)

But Sahadeva, having approached with his chariot, struck down the elephant-warriors with iron arrows, like peacocks falling from trees. (03-255-11)

ततस्त्रिगर्तः सधनुरवतीर्य महारथात्। गदया चतुरो वाहान्राज्ञस्तस्य तदावधीत् ॥०३-२५५-१२॥

tatas trigartaḥ sadhanur avatīrya mahārathāt। gadayā caturo vāhān rājñas tasya tadā vadhīt॥03-255-12॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; त्रिगर्तः (trigartaḥ) - Trigarta (the king named Trigarta); सधनुः (sadhanuḥ) - with bow; अवतीर्य (avatīrya) - having descended; महारथात् (mahārathāt) - from the great chariot; गदया (gadayā) - with a mace; चतुरः (caturo) - four; वाहान् (vāhān) - horses; राज्ञः (rājñas) - of the king; तस्य (tasya) - his; तदा (tadā) - then; अवधीत् (avadhīt) - he slew;]

(Then Trigarta, with bow, having descended from the great chariot, with a mace (he) slew four horses of that king then.)

Then Trigarta, armed with a bow, descended from his great chariot and with his mace slew four horses of that king at that moment. (03-255-12)

तमभ्याशगतं राजा पदातिं कुन्तिनन्दनः। अर्धचन्द्रेण बाणेन विव्याधोरसि धर्मराट् ॥०३-२५५-१३॥

tam abhyāśagataṃ rājā padātiṃ kuntinandanaḥ। ardhacandreṇa bāṇena vivyādhorasi dharmarāṭ॥03-255-13॥

[तम् (tam) - him; अभ्याशगतं (abhyāśagatam) - approached; राजा (rājā) - the king; पदातिं (padātiṃ) - the foot-soldier; कुन्तिनन्दनः (kuntinandanaḥ) - Kunti's son; अर्धचन्द्रेण (ardhacandreṇa) - with (an) ardhachandra (crescent-shaped arrow); बाणेन (bāṇena) - with an arrow; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; उरसि (urasi) - in the chest; धर्मराट् (dharmarāṭ) - the king of dharma;]

(Kunti's son, the king, pierced that approached foot-soldier in the chest with an ardhachandra arrow, the king of dharma.)

Kuntinandana, the king of dharma, pierced the approaching foot-soldier in the chest with an ardhachandra arrow. (03-255-13)

स भिन्नहृदयो वीरो वक्त्राच्छोणितमुद्वमन्। पपाताभिमुखः पार्थं छिन्नमूल इव द्रुमः ॥०३-२५५-१४॥

sa bhinnahṛdayo vīro vaktrācchoṇitamudvaman। papātābhimukhaḥ pārthaṃ chinnamūla iva drumaḥ ॥03-255-14॥

[स (sa) - he; भिन्नहृदयः (bhinna-hṛdayaḥ) - having a pierced heart; वीरः (vīraḥ) - hero; वक्त्रात् (vaktrāt) - from (his) mouth; छोणितम् (choṇitam) - blood; उद्वमन् (udvaman) - vomiting forth; पपात (papāta) - fell; अभिमुखः (abhimukhaḥ) - facing towards; पार्थम् (pārtham) - Pārtha (Arjuna); छिन्नमूलः (chinna-mūlaḥ) - having the root cut; इव (iva) - like; द्रुमः (drumaḥ) - tree;]

(He, with pierced heart, the hero, from (his) mouth blood vomiting forth, fell facing Pārtha, like a tree with its root cut.)

With his heart pierced, the valiant hero vomited blood from his mouth and fell facing Arjuna, like a tree whose root has been severed. (03-255-14)

इन्द्रसेनद्वितीयस्तु रथात्प्रस्कन्द्य धर्मराट्। हताश्वः सहदेवस्य प्रतिपेदे महारथम् ॥०३-२५५-१५॥

indrasenadvitīyas tu rathāt praskandya dharmarāṭ। hatāśvaḥ sahadevasya pratipede mahāratham ॥03-255-15॥

[इन्द्रसेनद्वितीयस् (indrasenadvitīyas) - having Indrasena as second (charioteer); तु (tu) - but; रथात् (rathāt) - from the chariot; प्रस्कन्द्य (praskandya) - having leapt down; धर्मराट् (dharmarāṭ) - the king of righteousness; हताश्वः (hatāśvaḥ) - whose horses were slain; सहदेवस्य (sahadevasya) - of Sahadeva; प्रतिपेदे (pratipede) - obtained; महारथम् (mahāratham) - the great chariot;]

(Having Indrasena as second but, from the chariot having leapt down, the king of righteousness, whose horses were slain, of Sahadeva, obtained the great chariot.)

But the king of righteousness, whose horses had been slain and whose charioteer was Indrasena, leapt down from his own chariot and mounted the great chariot of Sahadeva. (03-255-15)

नकुलं त्वभिसन्धाय क्षेमङ्करमहामुखौ। उभावुभयतस्तीक्ष्णैः शरवर्षैरवर्षताम् ॥०३-२५५-१६॥

nakulaṃ tv abhisandhāya kṣemaṅkaramahāmukhau। ubhāv ubhayatas tīkṣṇaiḥ śaravarṣair avarṣatām ॥03-255-16॥

[नकुलम् (nakulam) - Nakulam (Nakul, accusative singular); तु (tu) - but; however; अभिसन्धाय (abhisandhāya) - having aimed at; targeting; क्षेमङ्कर (kṣemaṅkara) - Kṣemaṅkara (a proper name); महामुखौ (mahāmukhau) - Mahāmukha (a proper name; dual); उभौ (ubhau) - both; उभयतस् (ubhayatas) - on both sides; तीक्ष्णैः (tīkṣṇaiḥ) - sharp; शरवर्षैः (śaravarṣaiḥ) - with showers of arrows; अवर्षताम् (avarṣatām) - rained (dual, aorist);]

(But having aimed at Nakula, Kṣemaṅkara and Mahāmukha, both, on both sides, with sharp showers of arrows, rained.)

However, after targeting Nakula, both Kṣemaṅkara and Mahāmukha attacked simultaneously from both sides, raining down sharp showers of arrows upon him. (03-255-16)

तौ शरैरभिवर्षन्तौ जीमूताविव वार्षिकौ। एकैकेन विपाठेन जघ्ने माद्रवतीसुतः ॥०३-२५५-१७॥

tau śarair abhivarṣantau jīmūtāv iva vārṣikau। ekaikena vipāṭhena jaghne mādravatī-sutaḥ ॥03-255-17॥

[तौ (tau) - those two; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; अभिवर्षन्तौ (abhivarṣantau) - showering upon (raining down); जीमूतौ (jīmūtau) - clouds; इव (iva) - like; वार्षिकौ (vārṣikau) - of the rainy season; एकैकेन (ekaikena) - with each one; विपाठेन (vipāṭhena) - with a shot (piercing blow); जघ्ने (jaghne) - struck (killed, hit); माद्रवतीसुतः (mādravatī-sutaḥ) - the son of Mādravatī;]

(Those two, with arrows raining down, like clouds of the rainy season; with each (arrow) by a shot, struck the son of Mādravatī.)

Those two, showering arrows like clouds in the rainy season, each struck the son of Mādravatī with a shot. (03-255-17)

त्रिगर्तराजः सुरथस्तस्याथ रथधूर्गतः। रथमाक्षेपयामास गजेन गजयानवित् ॥०३-२५५-१८॥

trigartarājaḥ surathas tasyātha rathadhūr gataḥ। ratham ākṣepayām āsa gajena gajayānavit ॥03-255-18॥

[त्रिगर्तराजः (trigartarājaḥ) - the king of Trigarta; सुरथः (surathaḥ) - Suratha; तस्य (tasya) - of him; अथ (atha) - then; रथधूर्गतः (rathadhūr-gataḥ) - having gone to the yoke of the chariot; रथम् (ratham) - chariot; आक्षेपयाम् (ākṣepayām) - to toss; आस (āsa) - he caused; गजेन (gajena) - with (his) elephant; गजयानवित् (gajayānavit) - accompanied by the elephant-vehicle;]

(The king of Trigarta, Suratha, then, having reached the chariot-yoke of him, caused the chariot to be tossed with (his) elephant, accompanied by the elephant-vehicle.)

Suratha, the king of Trigarta, then approached his chariot-yoke and, with his elephant and accompanied by the elephant-vehicle, caused the chariot to be tossed. (03-255-18)

नकुलस्त्वपभीस्तस्माद्रथाच्चर्मासिपाणिमान्। उद्भ्रान्तं स्थानमास्थाय तस्थौ गिरिरिवाचलः ॥०३-२५५-१९॥

nakulas tv abhītas asmād rathāc carmāsi-pāṇimān। udbhrāntaṃ sthānam āsthāya tasthau girir ivācalah ॥03-255-19॥

[नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakulah; (Nakula, proper noun;) त्व (tv) - but; (emphatic particle;) अभीतः (abhītaḥ) - fearless; (unafraid;) तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that; (from there;) रथात् (rathāt) - from the chariot; (from chariot;) च (ca) - and; (also;) चर्म (carma) - hide; (shield;) असि (asi) - sword; (sword;) पाणिमान् (pāṇimān) - having in (his) hand; (with in hand;) उद्भ्रान्तम् (udbhrāntam) - disturbed; (agitated;) स्थानम् (sthānam) - place; (location;) आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having taken up; (assuming;) तस्थौ (tasthau) - stood; (he stood;) गिरिः (giriḥ) - mountain; (mountain;) इव (iva) - like; (as;) अचलः (acalah) - unmoving; (motionless;);]

(Nakula, but fearless, from that (place), from the chariot, and (with) shield (and) sword in hand, having assumed a disturbed place, stood like a mountain unmoving.)

But Nakula, fearless, descended from the chariot with sword and shield in hand, and stood firm in an agitated spot, like an immovable mountain. (03-255-19)

सुरथस्तं गजवरं वधाय नकुलस्य तु। प्रेषयामास सक्रोधमभ्युच्छ्रितकरं ततः ॥०३-२५५-२०॥

surathas taṁ gajavaraṁ vadhāya nakulasya tu। preṣayāmāsa sakrodham abhyucchritakaraṁ tataḥ॥03-255-20॥

[सुरथः (surathaḥ) - Suratha; (proper noun, subject); तं (taṁ) - that; (accusative singular masculine); गजवरं (gajavaram) - the excellent elephant; (accusative singular masculine); वधाय (vadhāya) - for killing; (dative singular, purpose); नकुलस्य (nakulasya) - of Nakula; (genitive singular masculine); तु (tu) - but; however; प्रेषयामास (preṣayāmāsa) - sent; (imperfect active, causative); सक्रोधम् (sakrodham) - with anger; अभ्युच्छ्रितकरं (abhyucchritakaram) - with uplifted trunk; (having a raised hand, i.e. trunk of an elephant); ततः (tataḥ) - then; thereafter;]

(Suratha that excellent elephant for killing Nakula but sent with anger with uplifted trunk then.)

Then Suratha, with anger, sent that excellent elephant with uplifted trunk to kill Nakula. (03-255-20)

नकुलस्तस्य नागस्य समीपपरिवर्तिनः। सविषाणं भुजं मूले खड्गेन निरकृन्तत ॥०३-२५५-२१॥

nakulas tasya nāgasya samīpaparivartinaḥ। saviṣāṇaṁ bhujaṁ mūle khaḍgena nirakṛntata ॥03-255-21॥

[नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakula; (proper noun, name of a Pāṇḍava); तस्य (tasya) - of him; (genitive singular, masculine/neuter pronoun); नागस्य (nāgasya) - of the elephant; (genitive singular, masculine); समीपपरिवर्तिनः (samīpaparivartinaḥ) - standing near; turning in the vicinity; (possessive/adjectival, genitive singular); सविषाणं (saviṣāṇam) - along with tusk; (accusative singular, neuter; भुजं (bhujaṁ) - arm; (accusative singular, masculine; मूले (mūle) - at the root; (locative singular; खड्गेन (khaḍgena) - with sword; (instrumental singular; निरकृन्तत् (nirakṛntat) - he cut off; (third person singular, perfect indicative;]

(Nakula of him, of the elephant, standing near, the arm with tusk, at the root, with sword, cut off.)

Nakula cut off at the root, with his sword, the arm with the tusk of the elephant standing nearby. (03-255-21)

स विनद्य महानादं गजः कङ्कणभूषणः। पतन्नवाक्षिरा भूमौ हस्त्यारोहानपोथयत् ॥०३-२५५-२२॥

sa vinadya mahānādaṃ gajaḥ kaṅkaṇabhūṣaṇaḥ। patan navākṣirā bhūmau hastyārohān apothayat ॥03-255-22॥

[स (sa) - he; विनद्य (vinadya) - having roared; महानादं (mahānādam) - great sound; गजः (gajaḥ) - elephant; कङ्कणभूषणः (kaṅkaṇabhūṣaṇaḥ) - adorned with bracelets; पतन् (patan) - falling; नवाक्षिरा (navākṣirā) - with new ichor (from temples); भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground; हस्त्यारोहान् (hastyārohān) - elephant-riders; अपोथयत् (apothayat) - struck down;]

(He, having roared a great sound, the elephant adorned with bracelets, falling with new ichor (from temples) on the ground, struck down the elephant-riders.)

The elephant, adorned with bracelets and bellowing loudly, as he fell to the ground with fresh ichor streaming, struck down the elephant-riders. (03-255-22)

स तत्कर्म महत्कृत्वा शूरो माद्रवतीसुतः। भीमसेनरथं प्राप्य शर्म लेभे महारथः ॥०३-२५५-२३॥

sa tat-karma mahat-kṛtvā śūro mādravatī-sutaḥ। bhīmasena-rathaṃ prāpya śarma lebhe mahā-rathaḥ॥03-255-23॥

[स (sa) (sa) - he; तत्कर्म (tat-karma) (tat-karma) - that deed; महत्कृत्वा (mahat-kṛtvā) (mahat-kṛtvā) - having performed a great (deed); शूरः (śūraḥ) (śūraḥ) - the hero; माद्रवतीसुतः (mādravatī-sutaḥ) (mādravatī-sutaḥ) - son of Mādravatī; भीमसेनरथम् (bhīmasena-ratham) (bhīmasena-ratham) - Bhīmasena’s chariot; प्राप्य (prāpya) (prāpya) - having reached; शर्म (śarma) (śarma) - peace; लेभे (lebhe) (lebhe) - he obtained; महारथः (mahā-rathaḥ) (mahā-rathaḥ) - the great chariot-warrior;]

(He, that deed having performed a great one, the hero, son of Mādravatī, having reached Bhīmasena’s chariot, peace he obtained, the great chariot-warrior.)

The hero, the son of Mādravatī, having performed that great deed, reached Bhīmasena’s chariot; the great chariot-warrior found peace. (03-255-23)

भीमस्त्वापततो राज्ञः कोटिकाश्यस्य सङ्गरे। सूतस्य नुदतो वाहान्क्षुरेणापाहरच्छिरः ॥०३-२५५-२४॥

bhīmas tv āpatato rājñaḥ koṭikāśyasya saṅgare। sūtasya nudato vāhān kṣureṇāpāharac chiraḥ ॥03-255-24॥

[भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhīma; तु (tu) - but; आपततः (āpatataḥ) - rushing; राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king; कोटिकाश्यस्य (koṭikāśyasya) - of Koṭikāśya; सङ्गरे (saṅgare) - in battle; सूतस्य (sūtasya) - of the charioteer; नुदतः (nudataḥ) - driving; वाहान् (vāhān) - horses; क्षुरेण (kṣureṇa) - with a razor (arrow); अपाहरत् (apāharat) - cut off; शिरः (śiraḥ) - head;]

(Bhīma, but, as the king Koṭikāśya was rushing in battle, (of) the charioteer driving the horses, with a razor (arrow), cut off (his) head.)

But Bhīma, when the king Koṭikāśya rushed into battle, cut off the head of his charioteer, who was driving the horses, with a razor-edged arrow. (03-255-24)

न बुबोध हतं सूतं स राजा बाहुशालिना। तस्याश्वा व्यद्रवन्सङ्ख्ये हतसूतास्ततस्ततः ॥०३-२५५-२५॥

na bubodha hataṃ sūtaṃ sa rājā bāhuśālinā। tasyāśvā vyadravansaṅkhye hatasūtāstatastataḥ ॥03-255-25॥

[न (na) - not; बुबोध (bubodha) - perceived; हतं (hataṃ) - slain; सूतं (sūtaṃ) - charioteer; स (sa) - he; राजा (rājā) - king; बाहुशालिना (bāhuśālinā) - by the one with strong arms; तस्य (tasya) - his; अश्वा (aśvāḥ) - horses; व्यद्रवन् (vyadravan) - ran away; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in the battle; हतसूताः (hatasūtāḥ) - with their charioteer slain; ततः (tataḥ) - from there; ततः (tataḥ) - from there;]

(Not perceived (the) slain charioteer he (the) king by the one with strong arms. His horses ran away in the battle with (their) charioteer slain from there, from there.)

He, the king, did not perceive that his charioteer had been slain by the one with strong arms. His horses, their charioteer having been slain, ran away here and there on the battlefield. (03-255-25)

विमुखं हतसूतं तं भीमः प्रहरतां वरः। जघान तलयुक्तेन प्रासेनाभ्येत्य पाण्डवः ॥०३-२५५-२६॥

vimukhaṁ hatasūtaṁ taṁ bhīmaḥ praharatāṁ varaḥ। jaghāna talayuktena prāsenābhyetya pāṇḍavaḥ॥03-255-26॥

[विमुखं (vimukham) - turned away; हतसूतं (hatasūtam) - whose charioteer (sūta) was slain; तं (tam) - him; भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhīma; प्रहरतां (praharatām) - of those who strike; वरः (varaḥ) - the best; जघान (jaghāna) - killed; तलयुक्तेन (talayuktena) - with haft-equipped; प्रासेन (prāsena) - with a lance; अभ्येत्य (abhyetya) - having approached; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - the descendant of Pāṇḍu;]

(Turned away, with his charioteer slain, him Bhīma, the best of strikers, killed, with a haft-equipped lance, having approached, the descendant of Pāṇḍu.)

Bhīma, the best among warriors, approached and killed him, whose charioteer had been slain and who had turned away, with a hafted lance. (03-255-26)

द्वादशानां तु सर्वेषां सौवीराणां धनञ्जयः। चकर्त निषितैर्भल्लैर्धनूंषि च शिरांसि च ॥०३-२५५-२७॥

dvādaśānāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ sauvīrāṇāṃ dhanañjayaḥ। cakarta niśitaiḥ bhallaiḥ dhanūṃṣi ca śirāṃsi ca ॥03-255-27॥

[द्वादशानां (dvādaśānāṃ) - of the twelve; तु (tu) - but; सर्वेषां (sarveṣāṃ) - of all; सौवीराणां (sauvīrāṇāṃ) - of the Souvīras; धनञ्जयः (dhanañjayaḥ) - Dhanañjaya (Arjuna); चकर्त (cakarta) - cut (off); निषितैः (niśitaiḥ) - with sharp; भल्लैः (bhallaiḥ) - arrows; धनूंषि (dhanūṃṣi) - bows; च (ca) - and; शिरांसि (śirāṃsi) - heads; च (ca) - and; ०३-२५५-२७ (03-255-27) -;]

(Of the twelve, but, of all the Souvīras, Dhanañjaya cut off with sharp arrows their bows and heads.)

Dhanañjaya, with sharp arrows, cut off the bows and heads of all twelve among the Souvīras. (03-255-27)

शिबीनिक्ष्वाकुमुख्यांश्च त्रिगर्तान्सैन्धवानपि। जघानातिरथः सङ्ख्ये बाणगोचरमागतान् ॥०३-२५५-२८॥

śibīn ikṣvāku-mukhyān ca trigartān saindhavān api। jaghāna atirathaḥ saṅkhye bāṇa-gocaram āgatān ॥03-255-28॥

[शिबीन् (śibīn) - the Śibis; इक्ष्वाकुमुख्यान् (ikṣvāku-mukhyān) - chiefs of the Ikṣvāku clan; च (ca) - and; त्रिगर्तान् (trigartān) - the Trigartas; सैन्धवान् (saindhavān) - the Saindhavas; अपि (api) - also; जघान (jaghāna) - slayed; अतिरथः (atirathaḥ) - the mighty chariot-warrior; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in battle; बाणगोचरम् (bāṇa-gocaram) - within reach of arrows; आगतान् (āgatān) - those who had come;]

(The atiratha (mighty chariot-warrior) slayed in battle the Śibis, the chiefs of the Ikṣvāku clan, and also the Trigartas and Saindhavas, those who had come within reach of arrows.)

The mighty chariot-warrior slew in battle the Śibis, the principal Ikṣvākus, the Trigartas, and the Saindhavas—those who came within range of his arrows. (03-255-28)

सादिताः प्रत्यदृश्यन्त बहवः सव्यसाचिना। सपताकाश्च मातङ्गाः सध्वजाश्च महारथाः ॥०३-२५५-२९॥

sāditāḥ pratyadṛśyanta bahavaḥ savyasācinā। sapatākāś ca mātaṅgāḥ sadhvajāś ca mahārathāḥ ॥03-255-29॥

[सादिताः (sāditāḥ) - struck down; slain; प्रत्यदृश्यन्त (pratyadṛśyanta) - were seen; became visible; बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many; सव्यसाचिना (savyasācinā) - by Savyasācin (Arjuna); सपताकाः (sapatākāḥ) - with banners; च (ca) - and; मातङ्गाः (mātaṅgāḥ) - elephants; सध्वजाः (sadhvajāḥ) - with standards; च (ca) - and; महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great chariot-warriors;]

(Struck down were seen many by Savyasācin; with banners elephants and with standards and great chariot-warriors.)

Many were seen struck down by Savyasācin (Arjuna), as well as elephants with banners and great chariot-warriors with standards. (03-255-29)

प्रच्छाद्य पृथिवीं तस्थुः सर्वमायोधनं प्रति। शरीराण्यशिरस्कानि विदेहानि शिरांसि च ॥०३-२५५-३०॥

pracchādya pṛthivīṃ tasthuḥ sarvam āyodhanaṃ prati। śarīrāṇy aśiraskāni videhāni śirāṃsi ca॥03-255-30॥

[प्रच्छाद्य (pracchādya) - having covered; पृथिवीं (pṛthivīṃ) - the earth; तस्थुः (tasthuḥ) - they stood; सर्वं (sarvam) - all; आयोधनं (āyodhanam) - battlefield; प्रति (prati) - towards; शरीराणि (śarīrāṇi) - bodies; अशिरस्कानि (aśiraskāni) - headless; विदेहानि (videhāni) - lifeless; शिरांसि (śirāṃsi) - heads; च (ca) - and;]

(Having covered the earth, they stood, all towards the battlefield, the bodies headless, lifeless, and the heads and.)

Having covered the earth, all the bodies stood facing the battlefield—headless, lifeless bodies, and (severed) heads as well. (03-255-30)

श्वगृध्रकङ्ककाकोलभासगोमायुवायसाः। अतृप्यंस्तत्र वीराणां हतानां मांसशोणितैः ॥०३-२५५-३१॥

śvagṛdhrakaṅkakākolabhāsagomāyuvāyasāḥ। atṛpyaṃstatra vīrāṇāṃ hatānāṃ māṃsaśoṇitaiḥ ॥03-255-31॥

[श्व (śva) - dog; गृध्र (gṛdhra) - vulture; कङ्क (kaṅka) - heron; काकोल (kākola) - crow; भास (bhāsa) - falcon; गोमायु (gomāyu) - jackal; वायसाः (vāyasāḥ) - crows; अतृप्यन् (atṛpyan) - did not become satisfied; तत्र (tatra) - there; वीराणां (vīrāṇām) - of heroes; हतानां (hatānām) - of the slain; मांस (māṃsa) - flesh; शोणितैः (śoṇitaiḥ) - with blood;]

(Dogs, vultures, herons, crows, falcons, jackals, crows did not become satisfied there with the flesh and blood of the slain heroes.)

Dogs, vultures, herons, crows, falcons, jackals, and crows could not be sated there even by the flesh and blood of the slain heroes. (03-255-31)

हतेषु तेषु वीरेषु सिन्धुराजो जयद्रथः। विमुच्य कृष्णां सन्त्रस्तः पलायनपरोऽभवत् ॥०३-२५५-३२॥

hateṣu teṣu vīreṣu sindhurājo jayadrathaḥ। vimucya kṛṣṇāṃ santrastaḥ palāyanaparo'bhavat ॥03-255-32॥

[हतेषु (hateṣu) - having been slain; (locative plural, 'in the slain') ; तेषु (teṣu) - those; (locative plural, 'among those') ; वीरेषु (vīreṣu) - heroes; (locative plural); सिन्धुराजः (sindhurājaḥ) - Sindhu king; (Jayadratha); जयद्रथः (jayadrathaḥ) - Jayadratha; (appositional to previous); विमुच्य (vimucya) - having released; (absolutive); कृष्णां (kṛṣṇām) - Kṛṣṇā; (Draupadī); सन्त्रस्तः (santrastaḥ) - frightened; पलायनपरः (palāyanaparaḥ) - engaged in fleeing; intent on escape; अभवत् (abhavat) - became;]

(Among those heroes being slain, the Sindhu king Jayadratha, having released Kṛṣṇā, frightened, became intent on fleeing.)

As those heroes were being slain, the king of Sindhu, Jayadratha, released Kṛṣṇā and, frightened, became intent on escape. (03-255-32)

स तस्मिन्सङ्कुले सैन्ये द्रौपदीमवतार्य वै। प्राणप्रेप्सुरुपाधावद्वनं येन नराधमः ॥०३-२५५-३३॥

sa tasmin saṅkule sainye draupadīm avatārya vai। prāṇaprepsuḥ upādhāvat vanaṃ yena narādhamaḥ॥03-255-33॥

[स (sa) - he; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; सङ्कुले (saṅkule) - crowded; confused; सैन्ये (sainye) - army; द्रौपदीम् (draupadīm) - Draupadī; अवतार्य (avatārya) - causing to descend; having taken down; वै (vai) - indeed; प्राणप्रेप्सुः (prāṇaprepsuḥ) - desiring life; उपाधावद् (upādhāvat) - ran towards; hurried to; वनम् (vanam) - forest; येन (yena) - by whom; नराधमः (narādhamaḥ) - vilest of men;]

(He in that crowded army, having caused Draupadī to descend indeed, desiring life, ran towards the forest, by whom the vilest of men (was known).)

He, in that confused army, after causing Draupadī to dismount, indeed, desiring to save his life, ran into the forest—the basest of men. (03-255-33)

द्रौपदीं धर्मराजस्तु दृष्ट्वा धौम्यपुरस्कृताम्। माद्रीपुत्रेण वीरेण रथमारोपयत्तदा ॥०३-२५५-३४॥

draupadīṃ dharmarājas tu dṛṣṭvā dhaumyapuraskṛtām। mādrīputreṇa vīreṇa ratham āropayat tadā ॥03-255-34॥

[द्रौपदीम् (draupadīm) - Draupadī (accusative singular, the wife of the Pāṇḍavas); धर्मराजः (dharmarājaḥ) - Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira; nominative singular); तु (tu) - but; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; धौम्य-पुरस्कृताम् (dhaumya-puraskṛtām) - preceded by Dhaumya; माद्री-पुत्रेण (mādrī-putreṇa) - by the son of Mādrī (i.e., Nakula or Sahadeva); वीरेण (vīreṇa) - by the hero; रथम् (ratham) - onto the chariot; आरोपयत् (āropayat) - caused to be mounted; तदा (tadā) - at that time;]

(Dharmarāja, but, having seen Draupadī preceded by Dhaumya, caused (her) to be mounted onto the chariot by the heroic son of Mādrī at that time.)

At that time, Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira), seeing Draupadī who was led by Dhaumya, had the heroic son of Mādrī lift her onto the chariot. (03-255-34)

ततस्तद्विद्रुतं सैन्यमपयाते जयद्रथे। आदिश्यादिश्य नाराचैराजघान वृकोदरः ॥०३-२५५-३५॥

tatas tad vidrutaṃ sainyam apayāte jayadrathe। ādiśyādiśya nārācair ajaghāna vṛkodaraḥ ॥03-255-35॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तत् (tat) - that; विद्रुतं (vidrutam) - fleeing; सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army; अपयाते (apayāte) - as (he) was going away; जयद्रथे (jayadrathe) - when Jayadratha; आदिश्य (ādiśya) - in aiming; आदिश्य (ādiśya) - having aimed; नाराचैः (nārācaiḥ) - with iron arrows; अजघान (ajaghāna) - struck; वृकोदरः (vṛkodaraḥ) - Vṛkodara (Bhīma);]

(Then that fleeing army, as Jayadratha was going away, in aiming, having aimed with iron arrows, Vṛkodara struck.)

Then, as Jayadratha was retreating and the army was fleeing, Vṛkodara (Bhīma) repeatedly aimed and struck with iron arrows. (03-255-35)

सव्यसाची तु तं दृष्ट्वा पलायन्तं जयद्रथम्। वारयामास निघ्नन्तं भीमं सैन्धवसैनिकान् ॥०३-२५५-३६॥

savyasācī tu taṁ dṛṣṭvā palāyantaṁ jayadratham। vārayāmāsa nighnantaṁ bhīmaṁ saindhava-sainikān ॥03-255-36॥

[सव्यसाची (savyasācī) - one who is ambidextrous (Arjuna); तु (tu) - but; तं (taṁ) - that; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; पलायन्तं (palāyantam) - fleeing; जयद्रथम् (jayadratham) - Jayadratha; वारयामास (vārayāmāsa) - restrained; निघ्नन्तं (nighnantam) - striking; भीमं (bhīmam) - Bhima; सैन्धवसैनिकान् (saindhava-sainikān) - the Sindhu warriors;]

(Savyasachi but that having seen fleeing Jayadratha, restrained (the) striking Bhima (at) Sindhu warriors.)

Savyasachi (Arjuna), seeing Jayadratha fleeing, restrained Bhima, who was striking down the Sindhu warriors. (03-255-36)

अर्जुन उवाच॥

arjuna uvāca॥

[अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]

(Arjuna said;)

Arjuna said;

यस्यापचारात्प्राप्तोऽयमस्मान्क्लेशो दुरासदः। तमस्मिन्समरोद्देशे न पश्यामि जयद्रथम् ॥०३-२५५-३७॥

yasyāpacārāt prāpto'yam asmān kleśo durāsadaḥ। tam asmin samaroddeśe na paśyāmi jayadratham॥03-255-37॥

[यस्यापचारात् (yasyāpacārāt) - by whose offence; प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - has arisen; अयम् (ayam) - this; अस्मान् (asmān) - to us; क्लेशः (kleśaḥ) - distress; दुरासदः (durāsadaḥ) - difficult to be overcome; तम् (tam) - him; अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this; समर-उद्देशे (samara-uddeśe) - field of battle; न पश्यामि (na paśyāmi) - I do not see; जयद्रथम् (jayadratham) - Jayadratha;]

(By whose offence this distress, difficult to be overcome, has arisen to us, him in this field of battle I do not see, Jayadratha.)

I do not see Jayadratha here on the battlefield, the one by whose offence this great and unsurmountable distress has come upon us. (03-255-37)

तमेवान्विष भद्रं ते किं ते योधैर्निपातितैः। अनामिषमिदं कर्म कथं वा मन्यते भवान् ॥०३-२५५-३८॥

tam evānviṣa bhadraṃ te kiṃ te yodhair nipātitaiḥ. anāmiṣam idaṃ karma kathaṃ vā manyate bhavān ॥03-255-38॥

[तम् (tam) - him; एव (eva) - indeed; अन्विष (anviṣa) - seek; भद्रं (bhadraṃ) - welfare; ते (te) - to you; किं (kiṃ) - what; ते (te) - to you; योधैः (yodhaiḥ) - by warriors; निपातितैः (nipātitaiḥ) - who have been slain; अनामिषम् (anāmiṣam) - not for flesh; इदं (idaṃ) - this; कर्म (karma) - action; कथं (kathaṃ) - how; वा (vā) - or; मन्यते (manyate) - thinks; भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific);]

(Him indeed seek; welfare to you; what to you by warriors who have been slain? Not for flesh this action; how or thinks you?)

Seek only him; welfare to you; what do you have to do with the warriors who have been slain? This action is not for flesh; how do you understand it? (03-255-38)

वैशम्पायन उवाच॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca॥

[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]

(Vaiśampāyana said;)

Vaiśampāyana said.

इत्युक्तो भीमसेनस्तु गुडाकेशेन धीमता। युधिष्ठिरमभिप्रेक्ष्य वाग्मी वचनमब्रवीत् ॥०३-२५५-३९॥

ity-ukto bhīmasenastu guḍākeśena dhīmatā। yudhiṣṭhiram abhiprekṣya vāgmī vacanam abravīt ॥03-255-39॥

[इति-उक्तः (iti-uktaḥ) - thus addressed; भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhīmasena; तु (tu) - but; गुडाकेशेन (guḍākeśena) - by Guḍākeśa; धीमता (dhīmatā) - intelligent; युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhiṣṭhira; अभिप्रेक्ष्य (abhiprekṣya) - looking at; वाग्मी (vāgmī) - eloquent; वचनम् (vacanam) - word; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said;]

(Thus addressed, Bhīmasena but by Guḍākeśa, intelligent, Yudhiṣṭhira having looked at, eloquent (one) word said.)

Thus, being addressed by the intelligent Guḍākeśa, Bhīmasena, looking at Yudhiṣṭhira, eloquently spoke these words. (03-255-39)

हतप्रवीरा रिपवो भूयिष्ठं विद्रुता दिशः। गृहीत्वा द्रौपदीं राजन्निवर्ततु भवानितः ॥०३-२५५-४०॥

hatapravīrā ripavo bhūyiṣṭhaṃ vidrutā diśaḥ। gṛhītvā draupadīṃ rājannivartatu bhavānitaḥ॥03-255-40॥

[हतप्रवीरा (hatapravīrā) - with their heroes slain; रिपवः (ripavaḥ) - the enemies; भूयिष्ठम् (bhūyiṣṭham) - mostly; chiefly; विद्रुताः (vidrutāḥ) - fled; scattered; दिशः (diśaḥ) - in the directions; गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken; द्रौपदीम् (draupadīm) - Draupadī; राजन् (rājan) - O king; निवर्ततु (nivartatu) - should return; भवान् (bhavān) - Your Highness; you; इतः (itaḥ) - from here;]

(With their heroes slain, the enemies are mostly scattered in the directions. Having taken Draupadī, O king, Your Highness should return from here. (03-255-40))

O king, with their heroes slain, the enemies have mostly scattered in all directions. Take Draupadī and return from here, Your Highness. (03-255-40)

यमाभ्यां सह राजेन्द्र धौम्येन च महात्मना। प्राप्याश्रमपदं राजन्द्रौपदीं परिसान्त्वय ॥०३-२५५-४१॥

yamābhyāṃ saha rājeṃdra dhaumyena ca mahātmanā। prāpyāśramapadaṃ rājeṃdraupadīṃ parisāntvaya॥03-255-41॥

[यमाभ्यां (yamābhyām) - with the two Yamas (referring to Nakula and Sahadeva—Yudhishthira's brothers called Yama's twins); सह (saha) - together with; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king; धौम्येन (dhaumyena) - with Dhaumya; च (ca) - and; महात्मना (mahātmanā) - the high-souled; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached; आश्रमपदं (āśramapadam) - the hermitage; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king; औपदीं (aupadīṃ) - Draupadī; परिसान्त्वय (parisāntvaya) - comfort her;]

(With the two Yamas, together with Dhaumya, O king, the high-souled, having reached the hermitage, O king, comfort Draupadī.)

O king, accompanied by the two Yamas (Nakula and Sahadeva) and the great-souled Dhaumya, having arrived at the hermitage, comfort Draupadī. (03-255-41)

न हि मे मोक्ष्यते जीवन्मूढः सैन्धवको नृपः। पातालतलसंस्थोऽपि यदि शक्रोऽस्य सारथिः ॥०३-२५५-४२॥

na hi me mokṣyate jīvanmūḍhaḥ saindhavako nṛpaḥ। pātālatalasaṃstho'pi yadi śakro'sya sārathiḥ॥03-255-42॥

[न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; मे (me) - by me; मोक्ष्यते (mokṣyate) - is released; जीवन् (jīvan) - living; मूढः (mūḍhaḥ) - deluded; सैन्धवकः (saindhavakaḥ) - Sindhu prince; नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king; पातालतलसंस्थः (pātālatalasaṃsthaḥ) - dwelling in the depths of Pātāla (netherworld); अपि (api) - even; यदि (yadi) - if; शक्रः (śakraḥ) - Śakra (Indra); अस्य (asya) - his; सारथिः (sārathiḥ) - charioteer;]

(Not indeed by me is released the living deluded Sindhu king; even if dwelling in the depths of Pātāla, if Śakra is his charioteer.)

Indeed, the living deluded Sindhu king will not be released by me, even if he dwells in the depths of Pātāla and if Śakra himself is his charioteer. (03-255-42)

युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥

[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira; (name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]

(Yudhiṣṭhira said;)

Yudhiṣṭhira said.

न हन्तव्यो महाबाहो दुरात्मापि स सैन्धवः। दुःशलामभिसंस्मृत्य गान्धारीं च यशस्विनीम् ॥०३-२५५-४३॥

na hantavyo mahābāho durātmāpi sa saindhavaḥ। duḥśalām abhisaṁsmṛtya gāndhārīṁ ca yaśasvinīm॥03-255-43॥

[न (na) - not; हन्तव्यः (hantavyaḥ) - ought to be killed; महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed (vocative); दुरात्मा (durātmā) - wicked-minded; अपि (api) - even; स (sa) - he; सैन्धवः (saindhavaḥ) - the Sindhu prince; दुःशलाम् (duḥśalām) - Duḥśalā (proper name); अभिसंस्मृत्य (abhisaṁsmṛtya) - especially remembering; गान्धारीम् (gāndhārīm) - Gāndhārī (proper name); च (ca) - and; यशस्विनीम् (yaśasvinīm) - the illustrious (one, feminine);]

(Not ought to be killed, O mighty-armed, even though he is wicked-minded, that Sindhu prince; especially remembering Duḥśalā and also Gāndhārī, the illustrious.)

O mighty-armed, that Sindhu prince, even though wicked-minded, ought not to be killed, especially remembering Duḥśalā and the illustrious Gāndhārī. (03-255-43)

वैशम्पायन उवाच॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca॥

[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]

(Vaiśampāyana said;)

Vaiśampāyana said.

तच्छ्रुत्वा द्रौपदी भीममुवाच व्याकुलेन्द्रिया। कुपिता ह्रीमती प्राज्ञा पती भीमार्जुनावुभौ ॥०३-२५५-४४॥

tacchrutvā draupadī bhīmam uvāca vyākulendriyā। kupitā hrīmatī prājñā patī bhīmārjunāvubhau ॥03-255-44॥

[तत् (tat) - that; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; द्रौपदी (draupadī) - Draupadī; भीमम् (bhīmam) - to Bhīma; उवाच (uvāca) - said; व्याकुलेन्द्रिया (vyākulendriyā) - with agitated senses; कुपिता (kupitā) - angry; ह्रीमती (hrīmatī) - modest; प्राज्ञा (prājñā) - wise; पती (patī) - husbands; भीमार्जुनौ (bhīmārjunau) - Bhīma and Arjuna; उभौ (ubhau) - both;]

(That having heard, Draupadī, to Bhīma, said, with agitated senses, angry, modest, wise, husbands, Bhīma and Arjuna, both.)

Having heard that, Draupadī, her senses agitated, angry, modest, and wise, spoke to both her husbands, Bhīma and Arjuna. (03-255-44)

कर्तव्यं चेत्प्रियं मह्यं वध्यः स पुरुषाधमः। सैन्धवापसदः पापो दुर्मतिः कुलपांसनः ॥०३-२५५-४५॥

kartavyaṁ cet priyaṁ mahyaṁ vadhyaḥ sa puruṣādhamaḥ। saindhavāpasadaḥ pāpo durmatiḥ kulapāṁsanaḥ॥03-255-45॥

[कर्तव्यं (kartavyam) - that which ought to be done; चेत् (cet) - if; प्रियं (priyam) - dear; loved; मम (mahyaṁ) - to me; वध्यः (vadhyaḥ) - worthy of being slain; सः (saḥ) - he; पुरुषाधमः (puruṣādhamaḥ) - the lowest of men; सैन्धवापसदः (saindhavāpasadaḥ) - outcast among the inhabitants of Sindhu; पापः (pāpaḥ) - wicked; sinful; दुर्मतिः (durmatiḥ) - evil-minded; कुलपांसनः (kulapāṁsanaḥ) - defiler of the family;]

(If that which ought to be done is dear to me, he is worthy of being slain, he, the lowest of men, the outcast among the Sindhus, wicked, evil-minded, defiler of the family.)

If a man considers duty to be something pleasing to me, then he is fit to be killed—he is the lowest of men, an outcast among the Sindhus, wicked, of evil mind, and a disgrace to his family. (03-255-45)

भार्याभिहर्ता निर्वैरो यश्च राज्यहरो रिपुः। याचमानोऽपि सङ्ग्रामे न स जीवितुमर्हति ॥०३-२५५-४६॥

bhāryābhihartā nirvairo yaś ca rājyaharo ripuḥ. yācamāno 'pi saṅgrāme na sa jīvitum arhati ॥03-255-46॥

[भार्या-अभिहर्ता (bhāryā-abhihartā) - wife-violator; (one who violates another's wife); निर्वैरः (nirvairaḥ) - without hostility; यः च (yaḥ ca) - and he who; राज्य-हरः (rājya-haraḥ) - kingdom-thief; (one who steals a kingdom); रिपुः (ripuḥ) - enemy; याचमानः अपि (yācamānaḥ api) - even if requesting; (even if begging for mercy); सङ्ग्रामे (saṅgrāme) - in battle; न (na) - not; सः (saḥ) - he; जीवितुम् अर्हति (jīvitum arhati) - deserves to live;]

(Wife-violator, without hostility, and he who is kingdom-thief enemy—even if requesting in battle—not he deserves to live.)

A man who violates another's wife, or an enemy who seizes the kingdom even with no personal hostility—even if he begs for mercy in battle—he does not deserve to live. (03-255-46)

इत्युक्तौ तौ नरव्याघ्रौ ययतुर्यत्र सैन्धवः। राजा निववृते कृष्णामादाय सपुरोहितः ॥०३-२५५-४७॥

ity-uktau tau naravyāghrau yayatur yatra saindhavaḥ। rājā nivavṛte kṛṣṇām ādāya sa-purohitaḥ॥03-255-47॥

[इति-उक्तौ (iti-uktau) - thus having been spoken; तौ (tau) - those two; नरव्याघ्रौ (naravyāghrau) - tiger among men (two men distinguished as tigers among men); ययतु: (yayatuḥ) - went; यत्र (yatra) - where; सैन्धवः (saindhavaḥ) - Saindhava (the Sindhu prince); राजा (rājā) - the king; निववृते (nivavṛte) - returned; कृष्णाम् (kṛṣṇām) - Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī); आदाय (ādāya) - having taken; स-पुरोहितः (sa-purohitaḥ) - with the priest;]

(Thus having been spoken, those two tigers among men went where the Sindhu prince (was). The king, having taken Kṛṣṇā, returned with the priest.)

After these words, the two heroes went to the place where the Prince of Sindhu was. The king, along with the priest, returned with Kṛṣṇā. (03-255-47)

स प्रविश्याश्रमपदं व्यपविद्धबृसीघटम्। मार्कण्डेयादिभिर्विप्रैरनुकीर्णं ददर्श ह ॥०३-२५५-४८॥

sa praviśyāśramapadaṃ vyapaviddhabṛsīghaṭam। mārkaṇḍeyādibhirviprair anukīrṇaṃ dadarśa ha ॥03-255-48॥

[स (sa) (sa) - he; प्रविश्य (praviśya) (praviśya) - having entered; आश्रमपदं (āśramapadam) (āśramapadam) - hermitage ground; व्यपविद्ध (vyapaviddha) (vyapaviddha) - thrown away; बृसीघटम् (bṛsīghaṭam) (bṛsīghaṭam) - mat and waterpot; मार्कण्डेयादिभिः (mārkaṇḍeyādibhiḥ) (mārkaṇḍeyādibhiḥ) - by Markandeya and others; विप्रैः (vipraiḥ) (vipraiḥ) - by brahmins; अनुकीर्णं (anukīrṇam) (anukīrṇam) - filled (with); ददर्श (dadarśa) (dadarśa) - he saw; ह (ha) (ha) - indeed;]

(He, having entered the hermitage ground, where mat and waterpot were thrown away, filled (with) Markandeya and other brahmins, indeed he saw.)

He entered the hermitage, where mats and waterpots were scattered about, and saw it teeming with brahmins such as Markandeya. (03-255-48)

द्रौपदीमनुशोचद्भिर्ब्राह्मणैस्तैः समागतैः। समियाय महाप्राज्ञः सभार्यो भ्रातृमध्यगः ॥०३-२५५-४९॥

draupadīmanuśocadbhir brāhmaṇais taiḥ samāgataiḥ। samiyāya mahāprājñaḥ sabhāryo bhrātṛmadhyagaḥ॥03-255-49॥

[द्रौपदीम् (draupadīm) - Draupadī (accusative singular); अनुशोचद्भिः (anuśocadbhiḥ) - lamenting for; grieving; (instrumental plural); ब्राह्मणैः (brāhmaṇaiḥ) - by brāhmaṇas; (instrumental plural); तैः (taiḥ) - by those; (instrumental plural); समागतैः (samāgataiḥ) - assembled; gathered; (instrumental plural); समियाय (samiyāya) - approached; came; (perfect 3rd person singular); महाप्राज्ञः (mahāprājñaḥ) - the great wise one; very wise; (nominative singular); सभार्यः (sabhāryaḥ) - with his wife; (nominative singular); भ्रातृमध्यगः (bhrātṛmadhyagaḥ) - among brothers; situated among brothers; (nominative singular);]

(Draupadī, by those brāhmaṇas who were lamenting and had assembled, was approached by the great wise one, with his wife, situated among (his) brothers.)

The great wise one, along with his wife and surrounded by his brothers, approached Draupadī where the lamenting brāhmaṇas had assembled. (03-255-49)

ते स्म तं मुदिता दृष्ट्वा पुनरभ्यागतं नृपम्। जित्वा तान्सिन्धुसौवीरान्द्रौपदीं चाहृतां पुनः ॥०३-२५५-५०॥

te sma taṃ muditā dṛṣṭvā punar abhyāgataṃ nṛpam। jitvā tān sindhusauvīrān draupadīṃ ca āhṛtāṃ punaḥ ॥03-255-50॥

[ते (te) - they; स्म (sma) - indeed; तं (taṃ) - him; मुदिता (muditā) - gladdened; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; पुनर् (punar) - again; अभ्यागतं (abhyāgatam) - arrived; नृपम् (nṛpam) - king; जित्वा (jitvā) - having conquered; तान् (tān) - those; सिन्धुसौवीरान् (sindhusauvīrān) - Sindhu and Sauvīra peoples; द्रौपदीं (draupadīṃ) - Draupadī; च (ca) - and; आहृतां (āhṛtāṃ) - brought back; पुनः (punaḥ) - again;]

(They indeed, having seen him, gladdened, the king again arrived; having conquered those Sindhu and Sauvīra peoples, Draupadī also brought back again.)

They, seeing him—having returned again, gladdened—after conquering the Sindhu and Sauvīra peoples and bringing back Draupadī, rejoiced. (03-255-50)

स तैः परिवृतो राजा तत्रैवोपविवेश ह। प्रविवेशाश्रमं कृष्णा यमाभ्यां सह भामिनी ॥०३-२५५-५१॥

sa taiḥ parivṛto rājā tatraiva upaviveśa ha। praviveśāśramam kṛṣṇā yamābhyāṃ saha bhāminī ॥03-255-51॥

[स (sa) - he; तैः (taiḥ) - by them; परिवृतः (parivṛtaḥ) - surrounded; राजा (rājā) - the king; तत्रैव (tatraiva) - right there; उपविवेश (upaviveśa) - sat down; ह (ha) - indeed; प्रविवेश (praviveśa) - entered; आश्रमम् (āśramam) - hermitage; कृष्णा (kṛṣṇā) - Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī); यमाभ्यां (yamābhyām) - with the two sons of Yama (the Pāṇḍava twins, Nakula and Sahadeva); सह (saha) - together; भामिनी (bhāminī) - the radiant lady (Kṛṣṇā / Draupadī);]

(He, surrounded by them, the king, right there sat down indeed. The radiant lady Kṛṣṇā, together with the two sons of Yama, entered the hermitage.)

The king, surrounded by them, sat down right there. The radiant lady Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī), together with the two sons of Yama (the Pāṇḍava twins), entered the hermitage. (03-255-51)

भीमार्जुनावपि श्रुत्वा क्रोशमात्रगतं रिपुम्। स्वयमश्वांस्तुदन्तौ तौ जवेनैवाभ्यधावताम् ॥०३-२५५-५२॥

bhīmārjunāv api śrutvā krośamātragataṃ ripum। svayam aśvāṃs tudantau tau javenaivābhyadhāvatām ॥03-255-52॥

[भीमार्जुनौ (bhīmārjunau) - Bhīma and Arjuna; अपि (api) - also; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; क्रोशमात्रगतं (krośamātragatam) - arrived at the distance of a shout; रिपुम् (ripum) - the enemy; स्वयम् (svayam) - themselves; अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses; स्तुदन्तौ (studantau) - urging; तौ (tau) - those two; जवेन् (javena) - with speed; एव (eva) - indeed; अभ्यधावताम् (abhyadhāvatām) - rushed toward;]

(Bhīma and Arjuna also, having heard the enemy arrived at the distance of a shout, those two, themselves urging (their) horses, indeed with speed, rushed toward (him).)

Bhīma and Arjuna, too, when they heard that the enemy was only a shout's distance away, quickly urged their horses forward themselves and rushed toward him. (03-255-52)

इदमत्यद्भुतं चात्र चकार पुरुषोऽर्जुनः। क्रोशमात्रगतानश्वान्सैन्धवस्य जघान यत् ॥०३-२५५-५३॥

idam aty-adbhutaṃ cātra cakāra puruṣo 'rjunaḥ। krośa-mātra-gatān aśvān saindhavasya jaghāna yat॥03-255-53॥

[इदम् (idam) - this; अत्यद्भुतम् (aty-adbhutam) - very wonderful; च (ca) - and; अत्र (atra) - here; चकार (cakāra) - he did; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - man; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; क्रोशमात्रगतान् (krośa-mātra-gatān) - who had gone a krośa distance; अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses; सैन्धवस्य (saindhavasya) - of Saindhava; जघान (jaghāna) - killed; यत् (yat) - which;]

(This very wonderful (thing) and here did the man Arjuna: horses of Saindhava who had gone a krośa distance he killed, which.)

Here, Arjuna did this most wonderful thing: he killed Saindhava's horses even though they had gone a krośa away. (03-255-53)

स हि दिव्यास्त्रसम्पन्नः कृच्छ्रकालेऽप्यसम्भ्रमः। अकरोद्दुष्करं कर्म शरैरस्त्रानुमन्त्रितैः ॥०३-२५५-५४॥

sa hi divyāstra-sampannaḥ kṛcchra-kāle'pyasambhramaḥ। akarod duṣkaraṃ karma śaraiḥ astrānumantritaiḥ ॥03-255-54॥

[स (sa) - he; हि (hi) - indeed; दिव्यास्त्रसम्पन्नः (divyāstra-sampannaḥ) - possessed of divine weapons; कृच्छ्रकाले (kṛcchra-kāle) - in a difficult time; अपि (api) - even; असम्भ्रमः (asambhramaḥ) - unagitated; अकरोत् (akarot) - performed; दुष्करं (duṣkaraṃ) - difficult to accomplish; कर्म (karma) - deed; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; अस्त्रानुमन्त्रितैः (astrānumantritaiḥ) - consacrated by mantras of missiles;]

(He indeed possessed of divine weapons, even in difficult time, being unagitated, performed deed difficult to accomplish with arrows consecrated with weapon-mantras.)

He, truly possessed of divine weapons, remained unagitated even in difficult times and performed the difficult deed with arrows consecrated by weapon-mantras. (03-255-54)

ततोऽभ्यधावतां वीरावुभौ भीमधनञ्जयौ। हताश्वं सैन्धवं भीतमेकं व्याकुलचेतसम् ॥०३-२५५-५५॥

tato'bhyadhāvatāṃ vīrāvubhau bhīma-dhanaṅjayau. hatāśvaṃ sindhavaṃ bhītam ekaṃ vyākulacetasaṃ ॥03-255-55॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अभ्यधावताम् (abhyadhāvatām) - rushed towards; वीरौ (vīrau) - the two heroes; उभौ (ubhau) - both; भीमधनञ्जयौ (bhīma-dhanaṅjayau) - Bhīma and Dhanaṅjaya; हताश्वम् (hatāśvam) - whose horses were slain; सैन्धवम् (saindhavam) - the Sindhu prince; भीतम् (bhītam) - afraid; एकम् (ekam) - alone; व्याकुलचेतसम् (vyākulacetasam) - with distressed mind;]

(Then both the heroes, Bhīma and Dhanaṅjaya, rushed towards the Sindhu prince whose horses were slain, who was afraid, alone, and with a distressed mind.)

Then both Bhīma and Dhananjaya, the heroes, rushed toward the Sindhu prince, who was left alone, afraid, distressed in mind, and whose horses had been killed. (03-255-55)

सैन्धवस्तु हतान्दृष्ट्वा तथाश्वान्स्वान्सुदुःखितः। दृष्ट्वा विक्रमकर्माणि कुर्वाणं च धनञ्जयम् ॥ पलायनकृतोत्साहः प्राद्रवद्येन वै वनम् ॥०३-२५५-५६॥

saindhavaḥ tu hatān dṛṣṭvā tathā aśvān svān su-duḥkhitaḥ। dṛṣṭvā vikrama-karmaṇi kurvāṇam ca dhanañjayam॥ palāyana-kṛta-utsāhaḥ prādravat yena vai vanam॥03-255-56॥

[सैन्धवः (saindhavaḥ) - the Sindhu (Jayadratha); तु (tu) - but; हतान् (hatān) - (those who were) slain; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; तथा (tathā) - in that way; अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses; स्वान् (svān) - his own; सुदुःखितः (su-duḥkhitaḥ) - extremely troubled; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - seeing; विक्रमकर्माणि (vikrama-karmaṇi) - deeds of valor; कुर्वाणम् (kurvāṇam) - doing; च (ca) - and; धनञ्जयम् (dhanañjayam) - Dhananjaya (Arjuna); पलायनकृतोत्साहः (palāyana-kṛta-utsāhaḥ) - incited to flee; प्राद्रवत् (prādravat) - he fled; येन (yena) - by which (path); वै (vai) - indeed; वनम् (vanam) - forest;]

(But the Sindhu, having seen his own slain horses in that way, extremely troubled, and seeing Dhananjaya performing deeds of valor, incited to flee, indeed fled by that (path) to the forest.)

But Jayadratha, on seeing his own slain horses and deeply distressed, observing Arjuna performing acts of valor, was seized by the urge to flee and indeed escaped by that path to the forest. (03-255-56)

सैन्धवं त्वभिसम्प्रेक्ष्य पराक्रान्तं पलायने। अनुयाय महाबाहुः फल्गुनो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥०३-२५५-५७॥

saindhavaṁ tv abhisamprekṣya parākrāntaṁ palāyane। anuyāya mahābāhuḥ phalguno vākyam abravīt॥03-255-57॥

[सैन्धवं (saindhavam) - Sindhu prince; (Jayadratha); त्व (tv) - indeed; (emphatic particle); अभिसम्प्रेक्ष्य (abhisamprekṣya) - having noticed; having observed; पराक्रान्तं (parākrāntam) - having advanced; having set forth; पलायने (palāyane) - in fleeing; in flight; अनुयाय (anuyāya) - followed; went after; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - the mighty-armed; फल्गुनः (phalgunaḥ) - Phalguna; (Arjuna); वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech; words; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; spoke;]

(Indeed, having noticed the Sindhu prince advanced in flight, the mighty-armed Phalguna followed (him) and spoke words.)

Phalguna (Arjuna), the mighty-armed, noticing that the Sindhu prince had advanced in flight, followed him and spoke.

अनेन वीर्येण कथं स्त्रियं प्रार्थयसे बलात्। राजपुत्र निवर्तस्व न ते युक्तं पलायनम् ॥ कथं चानुचरान्हित्वा शत्रुमध्ये पलायसे ॥०३-२५५-५८॥

anena vīryeṇa kathaṁ striyaṁ prārthayase balāt। rājaputra nivartasva na te yuktaṁ palāyanam॥ kathaṁ cānucarān hitvā śatrumadhye palāyase॥03-255-58॥

[अनेन (anena) - by this; वीर्येण (vīryeṇa) - strength; कथं (kathaṁ) - how; स्त्रियं (striyam) - woman; प्रार्थयसे (prārthayase) - do you request; बलात् (balāt) - by force; राजपुत्र (rājaputra) - O prince; निवर्तस्व (nivartasva) - turn back; न (na) - not; ते (te) - for you; युक्तं (yuktaṁ) - proper; पलायनम् (palāyanam) - flight; कथं (kathaṁ) - how; च (ca) - and; अनुचरान् (anucarān) - companions; हित्वा (hitvā) - abandoning; शत्रुमध्ये (śatrumadhye) - in midst of enemies; पलायसे (palāyase) - do you flee;]

(By this strength, how do you request a woman by force? O prince, turn back; not for you proper is flight. How and abandoning your companions, in midst of enemies, do you flee? (03-255-58))

With such strength, how can you seek a woman by force? O prince, turn back; flight is not proper for you. And how do you flee in the midst of enemies, abandoning your companions? (03-255-58)

इत्युच्यमानः पार्थेन सैन्धवो न न्यवर्तत। तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति तं भीमः सहसाभ्यद्रवद्बली ॥ मा वधीरिति पार्थस्तं दयावानभ्यभाषत ॥०३-२५५-५९॥

ity ucyamānaḥ pārthena saindhavo na nyavartata। tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti taṃ bhīmaḥ sahasābhyadravad balī॥ mā vadhīr iti pārthas taṃ dayāvān abhyabhāṣata॥03-255-59॥

[इति (iti) - thus; उच्यमानः (ucyamānaḥ) - being spoken to; पार्थेन (pārthena) - by Pārtha; सैन्धवः (saindhavaḥ) - Saindhava (Jayadratha); न (na) - not; न्यवर्तत (nyavartata) - turned back; तिष्ठ (tiṣṭha) - stop; तिष्ठ (tiṣṭha) - stop; इति (iti) - thus; तम् (tam) - that (him); भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhīma; सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly; अभ्यद्रवत् (abhyadravat) - ran towards; बली (balī) - the strong; मा (mā) - do not; वधीर् (vadhīr) - kill; इति (iti) - thus; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Pārtha (Arjuna); तम् (tam) - that (him); दयावान् (dayāvān) - compassionate; अभ्यभाषत (abhyabhāṣata) - addressed;]

(Thus being spoken to by Pārtha, Saindhava did not turn back. "Stop, stop!"—to him Bhīma, the strong, suddenly ran towards. "Do not kill (him)," thus Pārtha, compassionate, addressed him.)

Thus, even as Pārtha called to him, Saindhava did not turn back. Bhīma, the strong, suddenly rushed at him, crying, "Stop! Stop!" But Pārtha, moved by compassion, said to him, "Do not kill (him)." (03-255-59)