04.058
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
Vaiśampāyana said;
अथ दुर्योधनः कर्णो दुःशासनविविंशती। द्रोणश्च सह पुत्रेण कृपश्चातिरथो रणे ॥०४-५८-१॥
Then Duryodhana, Karṇa, Duḥśāsana, Viviṃśati, Droṇa with his son, and Kṛpa, all great chariot-warriors in battle. (04-58-1)
पुनरीयुः सुसंरब्धा धनञ्जयजिघांसया। विस्फारयन्तश्चापानि बलवन्ति दृढानि च ॥०४-५८-२॥
Again, greatly enraged with the desire to slay Dhanañjaya, they advanced, stretching their strong and firm bows. (04-58-2)
तान्प्रकीर्णपताकेन रथेनादित्यवर्चसा। प्रत्युद्ययौ महाराज समस्तान्वानरध्वजः ॥०४-५८-३॥
O great king, the one whose banner bears the monkey, with a chariot adorned with scattered banners and the brilliance of the sun, approached all of them. (04-58-3)
ततः कृपश्च कर्णश्च द्रोणश्च रथिनां वरः। तं महास्त्रैर्महावीर्यं परिवार्य धनञ्जयम् ॥०४-५८-४॥
Then Kṛpa, Karṇa, and Droṇa, the best among chariot-warriors, surrounded the mighty Dhanañjaya with powerful weapons. (04-58-4)
शरौघान्सम्यगस्यन्तो जीमूता इव वार्षिकाः। ववर्षुः शरवर्षाणि प्रपतन्तं किरीटिनम् ॥०४-५८-५॥
Like clouds of the rainy season pouring down, they showered volleys of arrows upon the falling warrior wearing a crown. (04-58-5)
इषुभिर्बहुभिस्तूर्णं समरे लोमवाहिभिः। अदूरात्पर्यवस्थाय पूरयामासुरादृताः ॥०४-५८-६॥
With many arrows, the zealous monkeys swiftly surrounded the battlefield from nearby and filled it. (04-58-6)
तथावकीर्णस्य हि तैर्दिव्यैरस्त्रैः समन्ततः। न तस्य द्व्यङ्गुलमपि विवृतं समदृश्यत ॥०४-५८-७॥
Thus, as he was showered on all sides by those divine weapons, not even a space as wide as two fingers of him could be seen as exposed. (04-58-7)
ततः प्रहस्य बीभत्सुर्दिव्यमैन्द्रं महारथः। अस्त्रमादित्यसङ्काशं गाण्डीवे समयोजयत् ॥०४-५८-८॥
Then, having smiled, Bībhatsu (Arjuna), the mighty chariot-warrior, fitted the divine Indra missile, radiant like the sun, to his Gāṇḍīva bow. (04-58-8)
स रश्मिभिरिवादित्यः प्रतपन्समरे बली। किरीटमाली कौन्तेयः सर्वान्प्राच्छादयत्कुरून् ॥०४-५८-९॥
He, like the sun scorching with his rays in battle—mighty, crowned, the son of Kunti—covered all the Kurus. (04-58-9)
यथा बलाहके विद्युत्पावको वा शिलोच्चये। तथा गाण्डीवमभवदिन्द्रायुधमिवाततम् ॥०४-५८-१०॥
Just as lightning appears in the cloud or fire shines on a mountain peak, so the Gāṇḍīva bow looked, stretched like Indra's weapon (the rainbow). (04-58-10)
यथा वर्षति पर्जन्ये विद्युद्विभ्राजते दिवि। तथा दश दिशः सर्वाः पतद्गाण्डीवमावृणोत् ॥०४-५८-११॥
Just as when it rains in the cloud and lightning flashes in the sky, so too did the flying Gāṇḍīva cover all ten directions. (04-58-11)
त्रस्ताश्च रथिनः सर्वे बभूवुस्तत्र सर्वशः। सर्वे शान्तिपरा भूत्वा स्वचित्तानि न लेभिरे ॥ सङ्ग्रामविमुखाः सर्वे योधास्ते हतचेतसः ॥०४-५८-१२॥
All the chariot-warriors became frightened there—all of them. All of them, having become intent on peace, could not regain their own minds. All those warriors, turned away from battle, were bereft of sense. (04-58-12)
एवं सर्वाणि सैन्यानि भग्नानि भरतर्षभ। प्राद्रवन्त दिशः सर्वा निराशानि स्वजीविते ॥०४-५८-१३॥
Thus, O bull among the Bharatas, all the defeated armies fled in every direction, despairing for their very lives. (04-58-13)
